Vamana Purana — Chapter 38
VamP 38.1
दण्ड उवाच । चित्राङ्गदायास्त्वरजे तत्र सत्या यथासुखम् । स्मरन्त्याः सुरथं वीरं महान् कालः समभ्यगात्
daṇḍa uvāca / citrāṅgadāyāstvaraje tatra satyā yathāsukham / smarantyāḥ surathaṃ vīraṃ mahān kālaḥ samabhyagāt
Daṇḍa said: For Citrāṅgadā, faithful and spotless, dwelling there at her ease, remembering the hero Suratha, a long time went by.
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VamP 38.2
विश्वकर्मापि मुनिना शप्तो वानरतां गतः । न्यपतन्मेरुशिखराद् भूपृष्ठं विधिचोदितः
viśvakarmāpi muninā śapto vānaratāṃ gataḥ / nyapatanmeruśikharād bhūpṛṣṭhaṃ vidhicoditaḥ
Viśvakarman too, cursed by the sage, became a monkey; driven by ordinance, he fell from the peak of Meru to the surface of the earth.
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VamP 38.3
वनं घोरं सुगुल्माढ्यं नदीं शालूकिनीमनु । शाक्वेयं पर्वतश्रेष्ठं समावसति सुन्दरि
vanaṃ ghoraṃ sugulmāḍhyaṃ nadīṃ śālūkinīmanu / śākveyaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ samāvasati sundari
He dwells, fair lady, in a dreadful forest rich in thickets, along the river Śālūkinī, on Śākveya, best of mountains.
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VamP 38.4
तत्रासतो ऽस्त सुचिरं फलमूलान्यथाश्नतः । कालो ऽत्यगाद् वरारोहे बहुवर्षगणो वने
tatrāsato 'sta suciraṃ phalamūlānyathāśnataḥ / kālo 'tyagād varārohe bahuvarṣagaṇo vane
As he stayed there a very long while, eating fruits and roots as he pleased, time passed in the forest, O fair-hipped one — many a group of years.
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VamP 38.5
एकदा दैत्यशार्दूलः कन्दराख्यः सुतां प्रियाम् । प्रतिगृह्य समभ्यागात् ख्यातां देववतीमिति
ekadā daityaśārdūlaḥ kandarākhyaḥ sutāṃ priyām / pratigṛhya samabhyāgāt khyātāṃ devavatīmiti
Once a tiger among daityas named Kandara came there, taking with him his dear daughter, known as Devavatī.
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VamP 38.6
तां च तद् वनमायान्तीं समं पित्रा वराननाम् । ददर्श वानरश्रेष्ठः प्रजग्राह बालत् करे
tāṃ ca tad vanamāyāntīṃ samaṃ pitrā varānanām / dadarśa vānaraśreṣṭhaḥ prajagrāha bālat kare
And the best of monkeys saw her, the fair-faced one, coming into that forest together with her father, and seized her by the hand by force.
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VamP 38.7
ततो गृहीतां कपिना स दैत्यः स्वसुतां शुबे । कन्दरो वीक्ष्य संक्रुद्धः ख्ड्गमुद्यम्य चाद्रवत्
tato gṛhītāṃ kapinā sa daityaḥ svasutāṃ śube / kandaro vīkṣya saṃkruddhaḥ khḍgamudyamya cādravat
Then that daitya Kandara, seeing his own daughter seized by the monkey, O lovely one, was enraged, and raising his sword he rushed at (him).
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VamP 38.8
तमापतन्तं दैत्येन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा शाखामृगो बली । तथैव सह चार्वङ्ग्या हिमाचलमुपागतः
tamāpatantaṃ daityendraṃ dṛṣṭvā śākhāmṛgo balī / tathaiva saha cārvaṅgyā himācalamupāgataḥ
Seeing that lord of daityas rushing upon him, the mighty branch-dweller went, just as he was, together with the lovely-limbed girl, to the Himālaya.
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VamP 38.9
ददर्श च महादेवं श्रीकण्ठं यमुनातटे । तस्याविदूरे गहनमाश्रमं ऋषिवर्जितम्
dadarśa ca mahādevaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ yamunātaṭe / tasyāvidūre gahanamāśramaṃ ṛṣivarjitam
And he saw Mahādeva Śrīkaṇṭha on the bank of the Yamunā, and not far from him a dense hermitage empty of sages.
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VamP 38.10
तस्मिन् महाश्रमे पुण्ये स्थाप्य देववतीं कपिः । न्यमञ्जत स कालिन्द्यां पश्यतो दानवस्य हि
tasmin mahāśrame puṇye sthāpya devavatīṃ kapiḥ / nyamañjata sa kālindyāṃ paśyato dānavasya hi
Having set Devavatī down in that great holy hermitage, the monkey plunged into the Kālindī, while the dānava looked on.
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VamP 38.11
सो ऽजानत् तां मृतां पुत्रीं समं शाखामृगेण हि । जगाम च महातेजाः पातालं निलयं निजम्
so 'jānat tāṃ mṛtāṃ putrīṃ samaṃ śākhāmṛgeṇa hi / jagāma ca mahātejāḥ pātālaṃ nilayaṃ nijam
He supposed that his daughter had died together with the branch-dweller; and the one of great splendour went to Pātāla, his own abode.
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VamP 38.12
स चापि वानरो देव्या कालिन्द्या वेगते हृतः । नीतः शिवीति विख्याते देशं शुभजनावृतम्
sa cāpi vānaro devyā kālindyā vegate hṛtaḥ / nītaḥ śivīti vikhyāte deśaṃ śubhajanāvṛtam
And that monkey, carried off by the current of the goddess Kālindī, was brought to the country renowned as Śivi, peopled with good folk.
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VamP 38.13
ततस्तीर्त्वाथ वेगेन स कपिः पर्वतं प्रति । गन्तुकामो महातेजा यत्र न्यस्ता सुलोचना
tatastīrtvātha vegena sa kapiḥ parvataṃ prati / gantukāmo mahātejā yatra nyastā sulocanā
Then, having swum across with speed, that monkey of great splendour wished to go toward the mountain where the fair-eyed one had been left.
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VamP 38.14
अथापश्यत् समायान्तमञ्जनं गुह्यकोत्तमम् । नन्दयन्त्या समं पुत्र्या गत्वा जिगमिषुः कपिः
athāpaśyat samāyāntamañjanaṃ guhyakottamam / nandayantyā samaṃ putryā gatvā jigamiṣuḥ kapiḥ
Then the monkey, having gone (thus far) and desiring to go on, saw Añjana, the foremost of guhyakas, approaching together with his daughter Nandayantī.
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VamP 38.15
तां दृष्ट्वामन्यत श्रीमान् सेयं देववती ध्रुवम् । तन्मे वृथा श्रमो जातो जलमज्जनसंभवः
tāṃ dṛṣṭvāmanyata śrīmān seyaṃ devavatī dhruvam / tanme vṛthā śramo jāto jalamajjanasaṃbhavaḥ
Seeing her, the illustrious one thought: "This, surely, is Devavatī; so my toil of plunging into the water has been in vain."
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VamP 38.16
इति संचिन्तयन्नेव समाद्रवत् सुन्गदरीम् । सा तद् भयाच्च न्यपतन्नदीं चैव हिरण्वतीम्
iti saṃcintayanneva samādravat sungadarīm / sā tad bhayācca nyapatannadīṃ caiva hiraṇvatīm
Even as he thought thus he rushed toward the fair cave(?); and she, out of fear of him, fell into the river Hiraṇvatī.
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VamP 38.17
गुह्यको वीक्ष्य तनयां पतितामापगाजले । दुःखशोकसमाक्रान्तो जगामाञ्जनपर्वतम्
guhyako vīkṣya tanayāṃ patitāmāpagājale / duḥkhaśokasamākrānto jagāmāñjanaparvatam
The guhyaka, seeing his daughter fallen into the water of the river, overcome by pain and grief, went to Mount Añjana.
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VamP 38.18
तत्रासौ तप आस्थाय मोनव्रतधरः शुचिः । समास्ते वै महातेजाः संवत्सरगणान् बहून्
tatrāsau tapa āsthāya monavratadharaḥ śuciḥ / samāste vai mahātejāḥ saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn
There, undertaking austerity, holding a vow of silence, pure, that one of great splendour remained for many groups of years.
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VamP 38.19
नन्दयन्त्यपि वेगेन हिरण्यत्यापवाहिता । नीता देशं महापुण्यं कोशलं साधुभुर्युतम्
nandayantyapi vegena hiraṇyatyāpavāhitā / nītā deśaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ kośalaṃ sādhubhuryutam
Nandayantī too, swept away by the current of the Hiraṇvatī, was carried to the greatly holy country of Kosala, thronged with good people.
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VamP 38.20
गच्छन्ती सा च रुदती ददृशो वटपादपम् । प्ररोहप्रावृततनुं जटाधरमिवेश्वरम्
gacchantī sā ca rudatī dadṛśo vaṭapādapam / prarohaprāvṛtatanuṃ jaṭādharamiveśvaram
And as she went along weeping, she saw a banyan tree, its trunk covered over with aerial roots, like the Lord wearing matted locks.
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VamP 38.21
तं दृष्ट्वा विपुलच्छायं विशश्राम वरानना । उपविष्टा शिलवापट्टे ततो वाचं प्रशुश्रवे
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vipulacchāyaṃ viśaśrāma varānanā / upaviṣṭā śilavāpaṭṭe tato vācaṃ praśuśrave
Seeing it with its broad shade, the fair-faced one rested; and seated upon a slab of stone she then heard a voice.
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VamP 38.22
न सो ऽस्ति पुरुषः कश्चिद् यस्तं ब्रूयात् तपोधनम् । यथा स तनयस्तुभ्यमुद्बद्धो वटपादपे
na so 'sti puruṣaḥ kaścid yastaṃ brūyāt tapodhanam / yathā sa tanayastubhyamudbaddho vaṭapādape
"There is no man here who could tell you, ascetic-rich lady, how that son of yours is bound fast to the banyan tree."
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VamP 38.23
सा श्रुत्वा तां तदा वार्णीं विस्पष्टाक्षरसंयुताम् । तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्चैव समन्तादवलोकयत्
sā śrutvā tāṃ tadā vārṇīṃ vispaṣṭākṣarasaṃyutām / tiryagūrdhvamadhaścaiva samantādavalokayat
Hearing then that speech, furnished with clearly articulated syllables, she looked sideways, upward, and downward, and all around.
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VamP 38.24
ददृशे वृक्षशिखरे शिशुं पञ्चाब्दिकं स्थितम् । पिङ्गलाभिर्जटाभिस्तु उद्ब्द्धं यत्नतः शुभे
dadṛśe vṛkṣaśikhare śiśuṃ pañcābdikaṃ sthitam / piṅgalābhirjaṭābhistu udbddhaṃ yatnataḥ śubhe
On the top of the tree she saw a child of five years standing, bound tightly by his matted tawny locks, O fair one.
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VamP 38.25
तं विब्रुवन्तं दृष्ट्वैव नन्दयन्ती सुदुःखिता । प्राह केनासि बद्ध्स्तवं नन्दयन्ती सुदुःखिता । प्राह केनासि बद्धस्त्वं पापिना वद बालक
taṃ vibruvantaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva nandayantī suduḥkhitā / prāha kenāsi baddhstavaṃ nandayantī suduḥkhitā / prāha kenāsi baddhastvaṃ pāpinā vada bālaka
Seeing him speaking thus, Nandayantī, greatly grieved, said: "By whom have you been bound? Tell (me), child, by what evildoer?"
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VamP 38.26
स तामाह महाभागे बद्धो ऽस्मि कपिना वटे । जटास्वेवं सुदुष्टेन जीवामि तपसो बलात्
sa tāmāha mahābhāge baddho 'smi kapinā vaṭe / jaṭāsvevaṃ suduṣṭena jīvāmi tapaso balāt
He said to her: "Blessed lady, I have been bound in the banyan by a monkey — thus, by my matted hair, by that very wicked one; I live on by the strength of my austerity."
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VamP 38.27
पुरोन्मत्तपुरेत्येव तत्र देवो महेश्वरः । तत्रास्ति तपसो राशिः पिता मम ऋतध्वजः
puronmattapuretyeva tatra devo maheśvaraḥ / tatrāsti tapaso rāśiḥ pitā mama ṛtadhvajaḥ
"There is a city called Unmattapura; there dwells the god Maheśvara. There is (there) a mass of austerity, my father Ṛtadhvaja."
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VamP 38.28
तस्यास्मि जपमानस्य महायोगं महात्मनः । जातो ऽलिवृन्दसंयुक्तः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
tasyāsmi japamānasya mahāyogaṃ mahātmanaḥ / jāto 'livṛndasaṃyuktaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
"While that great soul was muttering the great yoga(-mantra), I was born, accompanied by a swarm of bees, skilled in all the scriptures."
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VamP 38.29
ततो मामब्रवीत् तातो नाम कृत्वा शुभानने । जाबालीति परिख्याय तच्छृणुष्व शुभानने
tato māmabravīt tāto nāma kṛtvā śubhānane / jābālīti parikhyāya tacchṛṇuṣva śubhānane
"Then my father spoke to me, having made (given me) a name, O fair-faced one, naming (me) 'Jābāli' — hear that, O fair-faced one."
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VamP 38.30
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि बाल एव भविष्यसि । दशवर्षसहस्राणि सुमारत्वे चरिष्यसि
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi bāla eva bhaviṣyasi / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi sumāratve cariṣyasi
"For five thousand years you will be just a child; for ten thousand years you will go about in the state of a youth."
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VamP 38.31
विंशतिं यौवनस्थायी वीर्येण द्विगुणं ततः । पञ्चवर्षशतान् बालो भोक्ष्यसे बन्धनं दृढम्
viṃśatiṃ yauvanasthāyī vīryeṇa dviguṇaṃ tataḥ / pañcavarṣaśatān bālo bhokṣyase bandhanaṃ dṛḍham
"For twenty (thousand) you will remain in young manhood, and then twice that in vigour; for five hundred years, as a child, you will undergo a firm bondage."
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VamP 38.32
दशवर्षशतान्येव कौमारे कायपीडनम् । यौवने पारमान् भोगान् द्विसहस्रसमास्तथा
daśavarṣaśatānyeva kaumāre kāyapīḍanam / yauvane pāramān bhogān dvisahasrasamāstathā
"For a full thousand years, in boyhood, affliction of the body; in youth, the highest enjoyments, for two thousand years."
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VamP 38.33
चत्वारिशच्छतान्येव वार्धके क्लेशमुत्तमम् । लप्स्यसे भूमिशय्याढ्यं कदन्नाशनभोजनम्
catvāriśacchatānyeva vārdhake kleśamuttamam / lapsyase bhūmiśayyāḍhyaṃ kadannāśanabhojanam
"And for four thousand, in old age, the utmost distress: you will get a bed on the bare ground and food of bad grain."
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VamP 38.34
इत्येवमुक्तः पित्राहं बालः पञ्चाब्ददेशिकः । विचरामि महीपृष्ठं गच्छन् स्नातुं हिरण्वतीम्
ityevamuktaḥ pitrāhaṃ bālaḥ pañcābdadeśikaḥ / vicarāmi mahīpṛṣṭhaṃ gacchan snātuṃ hiraṇvatīm
"Thus addressed by my father, I, a boy of about five years, wander over the surface of the earth; (once) I was going to bathe in the Hiraṇvatī."
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VamP 38.35
ततो ऽपश्यं कपिवरं सो ऽवदन्मां क्व यास्यसि । इमां देववतीं गृह्यं मूढ न्यस्तां महाश्रमे
tato 'paśyaṃ kapivaraṃ so 'vadanmāṃ kva yāsyasi / imāṃ devavatīṃ gṛhyaṃ mūḍha nyastāṃ mahāśrame
"Then I saw a great monkey; he said to me: 'Where are you going? (Go) to seize this Devavatī, fool, who has been placed in the great hermitage!'"
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VamP 38.36
ततो ऽसौ मां समादाय विस्फुरन्तं प्रयत्नतः । वटाग्रे ऽस्मिन्नुद्ब्बन्ध जटाभिरपि सुन्दरि
tato 'sau māṃ samādāya visphurantaṃ prayatnataḥ / vaṭāgre 'sminnudbbandha jaṭābhirapi sundari
"Then he, seizing me as I struggled, with effort strung me up here at the top of the banyan by my very matted locks, O lovely one."
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VamP 38.37
तथा च रक्षा कपिना कृता भीरु निरन्तरैः । लतापाशैर्महायन्त्रमधस्ताद् दुष्टबुद्धिना
tathā ca rakṣā kapinā kṛtā bhīru nirantaraiḥ / latāpāśairmahāyantramadhastād duṣṭabuddhinā
"And so a guard was made by the monkey, O timid one, with unbroken nooses of creepers — a great contrivance below, by that evil-minded one."
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VamP 38.38
अभेद्यो ऽयमनाक्रम्य उपरिष्टात् तथाप्यधः । दिशां मुकेषु सर्वेषु कृतं यन्त्रं लतामयम्
abhedyo 'yamanākramya upariṣṭāt tathāpyadhaḥ / diśāṃ mukeṣu sarveṣu kṛtaṃ yantraṃ latāmayam
"This is impenetrable, not to be trodden, both above and likewise below; in all the quarters' openings a device made of creepers has been set."
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VamP 38.39
संयम्य मां कपिवरः प३यतो ऽमरपर्वतम् । यथेच्छया मया दृष्टमेतत् ते गदितं शुभे
saṃyamya māṃ kapivaraḥ pa3yato 'maraparvatam / yathecchayā mayā dṛṣṭametat te gaditaṃ śubhe
"Having bound me fast, the great monkey (goes) to see the mountain of the immortals at will. This is what I have seen and told you, fair one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.40
भवती का महारण्ये ललना परिवर्जिता । समायाता सुचार्वङ्गी केन सार्थेन मां वद
bhavatī kā mahāraṇye lalanā parivarjitā / samāyātā sucārvaṅgī kena sārthena māṃ vada
"Who are you, a woman abandoned in the great forest? Tell me, you of very lovely limbs, with what caravan have you come?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.41
साब्रवीदढ्जनो नाम सुह्यकेन्द्रः पिता मम । नन्दयन्तीति मे नाम प्रम्लोचागर्भसंभवा
sābravīdaḍhjano nāma suhyakendraḥ pitā mama / nandayantīti me nāma pramlocāgarbhasaṃbhavā
She said: "My father is the lord of the Guhyakas named Āḍhyajana (?); my name is Nandayantī, and I was born from the womb of Pramlocā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.42
तत्र मे जातके प्रोक्तमृषिणा मुद्गलेन हि । इयं नरेन्द्रमहिषी भविष्यति न संशयः
tatra me jātake proktamṛṣiṇā mudgalena hi / iyaṃ narendramahiṣī bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
There, at my birth-rite, it was declared by the sage Mudgala: "This girl will become the chief queen of a king — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.43
तद्वाक्यसमकालं च व्यनदद् देवदुन्दुभिः । शिवा चाशिवनिर्घोषा ततो भूयो ऽब्रवीनमुनिः
tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca vyanadad devadundubhiḥ / śivā cāśivanirghoṣā tato bhūyo 'bravīnamuniḥ
And at the very moment of his words the divine drum sounded, and a jackal (howled) with an inauspicious cry; then the sage spoke once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.44
न संदेहो नरपतेर्महाराज्ञी भविष्यति । महान्तं संशयं घोरं कन्याभावे गमिष्यति । ततो जगाम स ऋषिरेवमुक्त्वा वचो ऽद्भुतम्
na saṃdeho narapatermahārājñī bhaviṣyati / mahāntaṃ saṃśayaṃ ghoraṃ kanyābhāve gamiṣyati / tato jagāma sa ṛṣirevamuktvā vaco 'dbhutam
"There is no doubt: she will become the great queen of a king; (but) while still a maiden she will pass through a great and terrible peril." Then, having spoken this astonishing utterance, that sage departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.45
पिता मामपि चादाय समागन्तुमथैच्छत । तीर्थं ततो हिरण्वत्यास्तीरात् कपिरथोत्पतत्
pitā māmapi cādāya samāgantumathaicchata / tīrthaṃ tato hiraṇvatyāstīrāt kapirathotpatat
And my father wished to come along, taking me too; then, from the bank of the Hiraṇvatī, an ape sprang up at the ford (kapiratha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.46
तद् भयाच्च मया ह्यात्मा क्षिप्तः सागरगाजले । तयास्मि देशमानीता इमं मानुषवर्जितम्
tad bhayācca mayā hyātmā kṣiptaḥ sāgaragājale / tayāsmi deśamānītā imaṃ mānuṣavarjitam
And out of fear of that I flung myself into the water of the Sāgaragā; by her I was brought to this land, empty of human beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.47
श्रुत्वा जाबालिरथ तद् वचनं वै तयोदितम् । प्राह सुन्दरि गच्छस्व श्रीकण्ठं यमुनातटे
śrutvā jābāliratha tad vacanaṃ vai tayoditam / prāha sundari gacchasva śrīkaṇṭhaṃ yamunātaṭe
Then Jābāli, hearing that speech uttered by her, said: "Fair one, go to Śrīkaṇṭha on the bank of the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.48
तत्रागच्छति मध्याह्ने मत्पिता शर्वमर्चितुम् । तस्मै निवेदयात्मानं तत्र श्रेयो ऽधिलप्स्यसे
tatrāgacchati madhyāhne matpitā śarvamarcitum / tasmai nivedayātmānaṃ tatra śreyo 'dhilapsyase
There my father comes at midday to worship Śarva; present yourself to him — there you will obtain the highest good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.49
ततस्तु त्वरिता काले नन्दयन्ती तपोनिधिम् । परित्राणार्थमगमद्धिमाद्रेर्यमुनां नदीम्
tatastu tvaritā kāle nandayantī taponidhim / paritrāṇārthamagamaddhimādreryamunāṃ nadīm
Then Nandayantī, in haste, went at that time to the river Yamunā of the Himālaya, to that treasury of austerity for her rescue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.50
सा त्वदीर्घेण कालेन कन्दमूलफलाशना । संप्राप्ता शङ्करस्थानं यत्रागच्छति तापसः
sā tvadīrgheṇa kālena kandamūlaphalāśanā / saṃprāptā śaṅkarasthānaṃ yatrāgacchati tāpasaḥ
And in no long time, living on bulbs, roots and fruits, she reached the place of Śaṅkara where the ascetic used to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.51
ततः सा देवदेवेशं श्रीकण्ठं लोकवन्दितम् । प्रतिवन्द्य ततो ऽपश्यक्षरांस्तान्महामुने
tataḥ sā devadeveśaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ lokavanditam / prativandya tato 'paśyakṣarāṃstānmahāmune
Then, having saluted in return Śrīkaṇṭha, the lord of the gods of gods, worshipped by the world, she then saw those letters, O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.52
तेषामर्थं हि विज्ञाय सा तदा चारुहासिनी । तज्जाबाल्युदितं श्लोकमलिखच्चान्यमात्मनः
teṣāmarthaṃ hi vijñāya sā tadā cāruhāsinī / tajjābālyuditaṃ ślokamalikhaccānyamātmanaḥ
Understanding their meaning, she then, the sweetly-smiling one, wrote another verse of her own beside that verse spoken by Jābāli.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.53
मुद्गलेनास्मि गदिता राजपत्नी भविष्यति । सा चावस्थामिमां प्राप्ता कश्चिन्मां त्रातुमीश्वरः
mudgalenāsmi gaditā rājapatnī bhaviṣyati / sā cāvasthāmimāṃ prāptā kaścinmāṃ trātumīśvaraḥ
"By Mudgala it was said of me: 'She will become a king's wife'; and she has come to this condition — is there any lord able to rescue me?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.54
इत्युल्लिख्य शिलापट्टे गता स्नातुं यमस्वसाम् । ददृसे चाश्रमवरं मत्तकोकिलनादितम्
ityullikhya śilāpaṭṭe gatā snātuṃ yamasvasām / dadṛse cāśramavaraṃ mattakokilanāditam
Having written thus on the slab of rock, she went to bathe in the Sun's sister (the Yamunā), and she saw a fine hermitage resounding with intoxicated cuckoos.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.55
ततो ऽमन्यत सात्रर्षिर्नूनं तिष्ठति सत्तमः । इत्येवं चिन्तयन्ती सा संप्रविष्टा महाश्रमम्
tato 'manyata sātrarṣirnūnaṃ tiṣṭhati sattamaḥ / ityevaṃ cintayantī sā saṃpraviṣṭā mahāśramam
Then she thought: "Surely some most excellent sage dwells here"; thinking thus, she entered the great hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.56
ततो ददर्श देवाभां स्थितां देववतीं शुभाम् । संशुष्कास्यां चलन्नेत्रां परिम्लानामिवाब्जिनीम्
tato dadarśa devābhāṃ sthitāṃ devavatīṃ śubhām / saṃśuṣkāsyāṃ calannetrāṃ parimlānāmivābjinīm
Then she saw, standing there, the auspicious Devavatī, radiant as a goddess, her mouth parched, her eyes restless, like a withered lotus-plant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.57
सा चापतन्तीं ददृशे यक्षजां दैत्यनन्दिनी । केयमित्येव संचिन्त्य समुत्थाय स्थिताभवत्
sā cāpatantīṃ dadṛśe yakṣajāṃ daityanandinī / keyamityeva saṃcintya samutthāya sthitābhavat
And she, the daughter of the Daitya, saw the yakṣa-born girl coming down; thinking "Who is this?", she rose up and stood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.58
ततो ऽन्योन्यं समालिङ्ग्य गाढं गाढं सुहृत्त्या । पप्रच्छतुस्तथान्यो ऽयं कथयामासतुस्तदा
tato 'nyonyaṃ samāliṅgya gāḍhaṃ gāḍhaṃ suhṛttyā / papracchatustathānyo 'yaṃ kathayāmāsatustadā
Then, embracing one another very closely in friendship, they questioned each other, "Who is this other?", and then they told (their stories).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.59
ते परिज्ञाततत्त्वार्थे अन्योन्यं ललनोत्तमे । समासीने कथाभिस्ते नानारूपाभिरादरात्
te parijñātatattvārthe anyonyaṃ lalanottame / samāsīne kathābhiste nānārūpābhirādarāt
Those two excellent women, having learned each other's true situation, sat together respectfully with talk of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.60
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तः श्रीकण्ठं स्नातुमादरात् । स तत्त्वज्ञो मुनिश्रेष्ठो अक्षराण्यवलोकयन्
etasminnantare prāptaḥ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ snātumādarāt / sa tattvajño muniśreṣṭho akṣarāṇyavalokayan
In the meantime he reached Śrīkaṇṭha to bathe with reverence — that knower of truth, the best of sages, looking at the letters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.61
स दृष्ट्वा वाचयित्वा च तमर्थमधिगम्य च । मुहूर्तं ध्यानमास्थाय व्यजानाच्च तपोनिधिः
sa dṛṣṭvā vācayitvā ca tamarthamadhigamya ca / muhūrtaṃ dhyānamāsthāya vyajānācca taponidhiḥ
Having seen and read them and grasped their meaning, that treasury of austerity remained a moment in meditation and understood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.62
ततः संपूज्य देवेशं त्वरया स ऋतध्वजः । अयोध्यामगमत् क्षिप्रं द्रष्टुमिक्ष्वाकुमीश्वरम्
tataḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ tvarayā sa ṛtadhvajaḥ / ayodhyāmagamat kṣipraṃ draṣṭumikṣvākumīśvaram
Then, having duly worshipped the lord of the gods, Ṛtadhvaja went in haste, swiftly, to Ayodhyā to see Ikṣvāku the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.63
तं दृष्ट्वा नृपतिश्रेष्ठं तापसो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । श्रूयतां नरसार्दूल विज्ञप्तिर्मम पार्थिव
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpatiśreṣṭhaṃ tāpaso vākyamabravīt / śrūyatāṃ narasārdūla vijñaptirmama pārthiva
On seeing that best of kings, the ascetic spoke these words: "Let (my) request be heard, O tiger among men, O lord of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.64
मम पुत्रो गुणैर्युक्तः सर्वसास्त्रविशारदः । उद्ब्द्धः कपिना राजन् विषयानते तवैव हि
mama putro guṇairyuktaḥ sarvasāstraviśāradaḥ / udbddhaḥ kapinā rājan viṣayānate tavaiva hi
"My son, endowed with virtues and versed in all the sciences, has been hung up by a monkey, O king, and that within your own territory."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.65
तं हि मोचयितुं नान्यः शक्तस्त्वत्तदनयादृते । शकुनिर्नाम राजेन्द्र स ह्यस्त्रविधिपारगः
taṃ hi mocayituṃ nānyaḥ śaktastvattadanayādṛte / śakunirnāma rājendra sa hyastravidhipāragaḥ
"Indeed no one else is able to free him except your son, O chief of kings, named Śakuni, for he has mastered the whole science of weapons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.66
तन्मुनेर्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य पिता मम कृशोदरि । आदिदेश प्रियं पुत्रं शकुनिं तापसान्वये
tanmunervākyamākarṇya pitā mama kṛśodari / ādideśa priyaṃ putraṃ śakuniṃ tāpasānvaye
Hearing that speech of the sage, my father, O slender-waisted one, commanded his dear son Śakuni (to go) in the ascetic's train.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.67
ततः स प्रहितः पित्रा भ्राता मम महाभुजः । संप्राप्तो बन्धनोद्देशं समं हि परमर्षिणा
tataḥ sa prahitaḥ pitrā bhrātā mama mahābhujaḥ / saṃprāpto bandhanoddeśaṃ samaṃ hi paramarṣiṇā
Then my mighty-armed brother, sent by our father, reached the place of the binding together with the great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.68
दृष्ट्वा न्यग्रोधमत्युच्चं प्ररोहास्तृतदिङ्मुखम् । ददर्श वृक्षशिखरे उद्बद्धमृषिपुत्रकम्
dṛṣṭvā nyagrodhamatyuccaṃ prarohāstṛtadiṅmukham / dadarśa vṛkṣaśikhare udbaddhamṛṣiputrakam
Seeing the very lofty banyan, whose aerial shoots covered the quarters, he saw at the tree's top the sage's young son hanging bound.
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VamP 38.69
ताश्च सर्वाल्लतापाशान् दृष्ट्वान् स समन्ततः । दृष्ट्वा स मुनिपुत्रं तं स्वजटासंयतं वटे
tāśca sarvāllatāpāśān dṛṣṭvān sa samantataḥ / dṛṣṭvā sa muniputraṃ taṃ svajaṭāsaṃyataṃ vaṭe
And he saw all those creeper-nooses on every side, and he saw that son of the sage bound by his own matted locks to the banyan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.70
धनुरादाय बलवानधिज्यं स चकार ह । लाघवादृषिपुत्रं तं रक्षंश्चिच्छेदमार्गणैः
dhanurādāya balavānadhijyaṃ sa cakāra ha / lāghavādṛṣiputraṃ taṃ rakṣaṃścicchedamārgaṇaiḥ
The strong one took up his bow and strung it, and with deftness, protecting the sage's son, he cut (the bonds) with his arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.71
कपिना यत् कृतं सर्वं लतापाशं चतुर्दिशम् । पञ्चवर्षशते काले गते शक्तस्तदा शरैः
kapinā yat kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ latāpāśaṃ caturdiśam / pañcavarṣaśate kāle gate śaktastadā śaraiḥ
All the creeper-noose which the monkey had made on all four sides — the time of five hundred years having passed — he was then able (to cut) with his arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 38.72
लताच्छन्नं ततस्तूर्णमारुरोह मुनिर्वटम् । प्राप्तं स्वपितरं दृष्ट्वा जाबालिः संयतो ऽपि सन्
latācchannaṃ tatastūrṇamāruroha munirvaṭam / prāptaṃ svapitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā jābāliḥ saṃyato 'pi san
Then the sage quickly climbed the creeper-covered banyan; and Jābāli, seeing his own father arrived, though he was bound fast,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.73
आदरात् पितरं मूर्ध्ना ववन्दत विधानतः । संपरिष्वज्य स मुनिर्मूर्ध्न्याघ्राय सुतं ततः
ādarāt pitaraṃ mūrdhnā vavandata vidhānataḥ / saṃpariṣvajya sa munirmūrdhnyāghrāya sutaṃ tataḥ
reverently bowed with his head to his father as prescribed; then the sage embraced his son and kissed him on the head,
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VamP 38.74
उन्मोचयितुमारब्धो न शशाक सुसंयतम् । ततस्तूर्णं धनुर्न्यस्य बाणांश्च शकुनिर्बली
unmocayitumārabdho na śaśāka susaṃyatam / tatastūrṇaṃ dhanurnyasya bāṇāṃśca śakunirbalī
and set about releasing him, but could not, so tightly was he bound. Then mighty Śakuni quickly laid down his bow and arrows,
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VamP 38.75
आरुरोह वटं तूर्णं जटा मोचयितुं तदा । न च शक्नोति संच्छन्नं दृढं कपिवरेम हि
āruroha vaṭaṃ tūrṇaṃ jaṭā mocayituṃ tadā / na ca śaknoti saṃcchannaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kapivarema hi
and swiftly climbed the banyan to loosen the matted locks; but he cannot do it, for they were firmly entangled by that best of monkeys.
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VamP 38.76
यदा न शकिता स्तेन संप्रमोचयितुं जटाः । तदावतीर्णः शकुनिः सहितः परमर्षिणा
yadā na śakitā stena saṃpramocayituṃ jaṭāḥ / tadāvatīrṇaḥ śakuniḥ sahitaḥ paramarṣiṇā
When he was unable to loosen the matted locks completely, then Śakuni came down, along with the great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.77
जग्राह च धनुर्बाणांश्चकार शरमण्डपम् । लाघवादर्द्धचन्द्रैस्तां शाखां चिच्छेद स त्रिधा
jagrāha ca dhanurbāṇāṃścakāra śaramaṇḍapam / lāghavādarddhacandraistāṃ śākhāṃ ciccheda sa tridhā
And he took up bow and arrows and made a pavilion of arrows; with deftness he cut that branch in three with crescent-headed arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.78
शाखया कृत्तया चासौ भारवाही तपोधनः । शरसोपानमार्गेण अवतीर्णो ऽथ पादपात्
śākhayā kṛttayā cāsau bhāravāhī tapodhanaḥ / śarasopānamārgeṇa avatīrṇo 'tha pādapāt
And with the branch cut off, that ascetic, bearing the load, came down from the tree by a stairway of arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 38.79
तस्मिंस्तदा स्वे तनये ऋतध्वजस्त्राते नरेन्द्रस्य सुतेन धन्विना । जाबालिना भारवहेन संयुतः समाजगामाथ नदीं स सूर्यजाम्
tasmiṃstadā sve tanaye ṛtadhvajastrāte narendrasya sutena dhanvinā / jābālinā bhāravahena saṃyutaḥ samājagāmātha nadīṃ sa sūryajām
When his own son had thus been rescued by the king's son, the archer, Ṛtadhvaja, together with Jābāli whom he carried as a burden, then came to the river born of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition