Vamana Purana — Chapter 39

VamP 39.1

दण्डक उवाच । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे बाले यक्षासुरसुते शुभे । समागते हरं द्रष्टुं श्रीकण्ठं योगिनां वरम्

daṇḍaka uvāca / etasminnantare bāle yakṣāsurasute śubhe / samāgate haraṃ draṣṭuṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ yogināṃ varam

Daṇḍaka said: In the meantime the two fair young girls, the daughters of the Yakṣa and of the Asura, came to see Hara, Śrīkaṇṭha, the best of yogins.

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VamP 39.2

ददृशाते परिम्लानसंशुष्ककुसुमं विभुम् । बहुनिरमालल्यसंयुक्तं गते तस्मिन् ऋतध्वजे

dadṛśāte parimlānasaṃśuṣkakusumaṃ vibhum / bahuniramālalyasaṃyuktaṃ gate tasmin ṛtadhvaje

The two saw the Lord with his flowers all faded and dried up, covered with much withered offering-refuse, since Ṛtadhvaja had gone away.

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VamP 39.3

ततस्तं वीक्ष्य देवेशं ते उभे अपि कन्यके । स्नापयेतां विधानेन पूजयेतामहर्निशम्

tatastaṃ vīkṣya deveśaṃ te ubhe api kanyake / snāpayetāṃ vidhānena pūjayetāmaharniśam

Then, beholding him, the lord of gods, both those maidens bathed (him) according to the rite and worshipped (him) day and night.

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VamP 39.4

ताभ्यां स्थिताभ्यां तत्रैव ऋषिपभ्यागमद् वनम् । द्रष्टुं श्रिकण्ठमव्यक्तं गालवो नाम नामतः

tābhyāṃ sthitābhyāṃ tatraiva ṛṣipabhyāgamad vanam / draṣṭuṃ śrikaṇṭhamavyaktaṃ gālavo nāma nāmataḥ

While the two of them were staying in that very place, a foremost sage came to the forest to see Śrīkaṇṭha the unmanifest — Gālava by name.

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VamP 39.5

स दृष्ट्वा कन्यकायुग्मं कस्येदमिति चिन्तयन् । प्रविवेश शुचिः स्नात्वा कालिन्द्या विमले जले

sa dṛṣṭvā kanyakāyugmaṃ kasyedamiti cintayan / praviveśa śuciḥ snātvā kālindyā vimale jale

Seeing the pair of maidens, and wondering "whose are these?", he, having bathed in the clear water of the Kālindī, pure, entered (there).

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VamP 39.6

ततो ऽनुपूजयामास श्रीकण्ठं गालवो मुनिः । गायेते सुस्वरं गीतं यक्षासुरसुते ततः

tato 'nupūjayāmāsa śrīkaṇṭhaṃ gālavo muniḥ / gāyete susvaraṃ gītaṃ yakṣāsurasute tataḥ

Then the sage Gālava worshipped Śrīkaṇṭha; and thereupon the daughters of the Yakṣa and the Asura sang a song in sweet tones.

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VamP 39.7

ततः स्वरं समाकर्ण्य गालवस्ते अजानत । गन्धर्वकन्येक चैते संदेहो नात्र विद्यते

tataḥ svaraṃ samākarṇya gālavaste ajānata / gandharvakanyeka caite saṃdeho nātra vidyate

Then, hearing the tones, Gālava did not recognize them: "These are surely Gandharva maidens; there is no doubt in this."

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VamP 39.8

संपूज्य देवमीशानं गालवस्तु विधानतः । कृतजप्यः समध्यास्ते कन्याभ्यामबिवादितः

saṃpūjya devamīśānaṃ gālavastu vidhānataḥ / kṛtajapyaḥ samadhyāste kanyābhyāmabivāditaḥ

Having duly worshipped the god Īśāna, Gālava, his muttered prayers completed, sat down, greeted by the two maidens.

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VamP 39.9

ततः पप्रच्छ स मुनिः कन्यके कस्य कथ्यताम् । कुलालङ्कारणे भक्तियुक्ते भवस्य हि

tataḥ papraccha sa muniḥ kanyake kasya kathyatām / kulālaṅkāraṇe bhaktiyukte bhavasya hi

Then that sage asked: "Maidens, let it be told whose (daughters you are), you who are the ornaments of your family and devoted to Bhava."

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VamP 39.10

तमूचतुर्मुनिश्रेष्ठं याथातथ्यं शुभानने । जातो विदितवृत्तान्तो गालवस्तपतां वरः

tamūcaturmuniśreṣṭhaṃ yāthātathyaṃ śubhānane / jāto viditavṛttānto gālavastapatāṃ varaḥ

They told that best of sages the truth of the matter, O fair-faced one; thus Gālava, best of ascetics, came to know the whole account.

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VamP 39.11

समुष्य तत्र रजनीं ताभ्यां संपूजितो मुनिः । प्रातरुत्थाय गौरीसं संपूज्य च विधानतः

samuṣya tatra rajanīṃ tābhyāṃ saṃpūjito muniḥ / prātarutthāya gaurīsaṃ saṃpūjya ca vidhānataḥ

Having passed the night there, the sage, worshipped by the two, rose at dawn and, having duly worshipped (Śiva) together with Gaurī,

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VamP 39.12

ते उपेत्याब्रवीद्यास्ये पुष्करारण्यमुत्तमम् । आमन्त्रयामि वां कन्ये समनुज्ञातुमर्हथः

te upetyābravīdyāsye puṣkarāraṇyamuttamam / āmantrayāmi vāṃ kanye samanujñātumarhathaḥ

approaching the two he said: "I shall go to the excellent Puṣkara forest; I take leave of you, maidens — you should give (me) your consent."

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VamP 39.13

ततस्ते ऊचतुर्ब्रहन् दुर्लभं दर्शनं तव । किमर्थं पुष्करारण्यं भवान् यास्यत्यथादरात्

tataste ūcaturbrahan durlabhaṃ darśanaṃ tava / kimarthaṃ puṣkarāraṇyaṃ bhavān yāsyatyathādarāt

Then the two said: "O brahmin, the sight of you is hard to obtain. For what purpose will your honour go, and that so eagerly, to the Puṣkara forest?"

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VamP 39.14

ते उवाच महातेजा महत्कार्यसमन्वितः । कार्तिकी पुण्यदा भाविमासान्ते पुष्करेषु हि

te uvāca mahātejā mahatkāryasamanvitaḥ / kārtikī puṇyadā bhāvimāsānte puṣkareṣu hi

He of great splendour, engaged in a great task, said to the two: "At the end of the coming month the merit-giving full moon of Kārttika falls at Puṣkara."

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VamP 39.15

ते ऊचतुर्वयं यामो भवान् यत्र गमिष्यति । न त्वया स्म विना ब्रह्मन्निह चस्थातुं हि शक्नुवः

te ūcaturvayaṃ yāmo bhavān yatra gamiṣyati / na tvayā sma vinā brahmanniha casthātuṃ hi śaknuvaḥ

The two said: "We will go wherever your honour goes; without you, O brahmin, we are not able to remain here."

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VamP 39.16

बाढमाह ऋषिश्रेष्ठस्ततो नत्वा महेश्वरम् । गते ते ऋषिणा सार्द्धू पुष्करारण्यमादरात्

bāḍhamāha ṛṣiśreṣṭhastato natvā maheśvaram / gate te ṛṣiṇā sārddhū puṣkarāraṇyamādarāt

"Very well," said the best of sages; then, having bowed to Maheśvara, the two went with the sage, eagerly, to the Puṣkara forest.

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VamP 39.17

तथान्ये ऋषयस्तत्र समायाताः सहस्रशः । पार्थिवा जानपद्याश्च मुक्त्वैकं तमृतध्वजम्

tathānye ṛṣayastatra samāyātāḥ sahasraśaḥ / pārthivā jānapadyāśca muktvaikaṃ tamṛtadhvajam

Likewise other sages came there by the thousands, and kings and country-folk — all except that one, Ṛtadhvaja.

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VamP 39.18

ततः स्नाताश्च कार्तिक्यामृषयः पुष्करेष्वथ । राजानश्च महाभागा नाभागेक्ष्वाकुसंयुताः

tataḥ snātāśca kārtikyāmṛṣayaḥ puṣkareṣvatha / rājānaśca mahābhāgā nābhāgekṣvākusaṃyutāḥ

Then on the full moon of Kārttika the sages bathed at Puṣkara, and the greatly fortunate kings too, together with Nābhāga and Ikṣvāku.

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VamP 39.19

गालवो ऽपि समं ताभ्यां कन्यकाभ्यामवातरत् । स्नातुं स पुष्करे तीर्थे मध्यमे धनुषाकृतौ

gālavo 'pi samaṃ tābhyāṃ kanyakābhyāmavātarat / snātuṃ sa puṣkare tīrthe madhyame dhanuṣākṛtau

Gālava too, together with those two maidens, went down to bathe in the middle Puṣkara pool, which is shaped like a bow.

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VamP 39.20

निमग्नश् चापि ददृशे महामत्स्यं जलेशयम्ष । बह्वीभिर्मत्स्यकन्याभिः प्रीयमाणं पुनः पुनः

nimagnaś cāpi dadṛśe mahāmatsyaṃ jaleśayamṣa / bahvībhirmatsyakanyābhiḥ prīyamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

And, having plunged in, he saw a great fish lying in the water, being pleasured again and again by many fish-maidens.

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VamP 39.21

स ताश्चाह तिमिर्मुग्धाः यूयं धर्मं न जानथ । जनापवादं घोरं हि न शक्तः सोढुमुल्बणम्

sa tāścāha timirmugdhāḥ yūyaṃ dharmaṃ na jānatha / janāpavādaṃ ghoraṃ hi na śaktaḥ soḍhumulbaṇam

And he said to them: "You are deluded by darkness; you do not know dharma. For (one) is not able to bear the terrible, harsh censure of people."

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VamP 39.22

तास्तमूचुर्महामत्स्यं किं न पस्यसि गालवम् । तापसं कन्यकाभ्यां वै विचरन्तं यथेच्छया

tāstamūcurmahāmatsyaṃ kiṃ na pasyasi gālavam / tāpasaṃ kanyakābhyāṃ vai vicarantaṃ yathecchayā

They said to that great fish: "Do you not see Gālava, the ascetic, roaming about as he pleases with two maidens?"

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VamP 39.23

यद्यसावपि धर्मात्मा न बिभेति तपोधनः । जनापवादात् तत्किं त्वं बिभेषु जलमध्यगः

yadyasāvapi dharmātmā na bibheti tapodhanaḥ / janāpavādāt tatkiṃ tvaṃ bibheṣu jalamadhyagaḥ

"If even that righteous one, rich in austerity, has no fear of people's censure, then why do you fear, you who are in the midst of the water?"

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VamP 39.24

ततस्ताश्चाह स तिमिर्नैष वेत्ति तपोधनः । रागान्धो नापि च भयं विजानाति सुबालिशः

tatastāścāha sa timirnaiṣa vetti tapodhanaḥ / rāgāndho nāpi ca bhayaṃ vijānāti subāliśaḥ

Then that timi-fish said to them: "This man rich in austerity does not know (of us); blind with passion, being very foolish, he does not even perceive danger."

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VamP 39.25

तच्छ्रुत्वा मत्स्यवचनं गालवो व्रीडया युतः । नोत्तत्तार निमग्नो ऽपि तस्थौ स विजितेन्द्रियः

tacchrutvā matsyavacanaṃ gālavo vrīḍayā yutaḥ / nottattāra nimagno 'pi tasthau sa vijitendriyaḥ

Hearing that speech of the fish, Gālava, filled with shame, did not come up though submerged, but stayed there, his senses subdued.

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VamP 39.27

३९।२६ वृत्ता च पुष्करे यात्रा गता लोका यथागतम् । ऋषयः पार्थिवाश्चान्ये नाना जानपदस्तदा

39.26 vṛttā ca puṣkare yātrā gatā lokā yathāgatam / ṛṣayaḥ pārthivāścānye nānā jānapadastadā

And the pilgrimage at Puṣkara came to an end, and the people went back as they had come — the sages, the kings, and the various country folk then.

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VamP 39.28

तत्र स्थितैका सुदती विश्वकर्मतनुरुहा । चित्राङ्गदा सुचार्वङ्गी वीक्षन्ती तनुमध्यमे

tatra sthitaikā sudatī viśvakarmatanuruhā / citrāṅgadā sucārvaṅgī vīkṣantī tanumadhyame

There remained one fair-toothed maiden, the daughter of Viśvakarman, Citrāṅgadā of lovely limbs, looking on, slender-waisted.

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VamP 39.29

ते स्थिते चापि वीक्षन्त्यौ प्रतीक्षन्त्यौ च गालवम् । संस्थिते निर्जने तीर्थे गालवो ऽन्तर्जले तथा

te sthite cāpi vīkṣantyau pratīkṣantyau ca gālavam / saṃsthite nirjane tīrthe gālavo 'ntarjale tathā

And those two stood gazing and waiting for Gālava; while the tīrtha stood deserted, Gālava likewise (remained) within the water.

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VamP 39.30

ततो ऽभ्यागाद् वेदवती नाम्ना गन्धर्वकन्यका । पर्जन्यतनया साध्वी घृताचीर्गर्भसंभवा

tato 'bhyāgād vedavatī nāmnā gandharvakanyakā / parjanyatanayā sādhvī ghṛtācīrgarbhasaṃbhavā

Then there came a gandharva maiden, Vedavatī by name, a virtuous daughter of Parjanya, sprung from the womb of Ghṛtācī.

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VamP 39.31

सा चाभ्येत्य जले पुण्ये स्नात्वा मध्यमपुष्करे । ददर्श कन्यात्रितयमुभयोस्तटयोः स्थितम्

sā cābhyetya jale puṇye snātvā madhyamapuṣkare / dadarśa kanyātritayamubhayostaṭayoḥ sthitam

And she, having come and bathed in the holy water at the middle Puṣkara, saw a trio of maidens standing on the two banks.

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VamP 39.32

चित्राङ्गदामथाभ्येत्य पर्यपृच्छदनिष्ठुरम् । कासि केन च कार्येण निर्जने स्थितवत्यसि

citrāṅgadāmathābhyetya paryapṛcchadaniṣṭhuram / kāsi kena ca kāryeṇa nirjane sthitavatyasi

Then, approaching Citrāṅgadā, she asked her gently: "Who are you, and for what purpose are you staying in this deserted place?"

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VamP 39.33

सा तामुवाच पुत्रीं मां विन्दस्व सुरव्रधकेः । चित्राङ्गदेति सुश्रेणि विख्यातां विश्वकर्मणः

sā tāmuvāca putrīṃ māṃ vindasva suravradhakeḥ / citrāṅgadeti suśreṇi vikhyātāṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ

She said to her: "Know me as the daughter of Viśvakarman, the (craftsman) of the gods, known as Citrāṅgadā, O fair-hipped one.

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VamP 39.34

साहम्भयागाता भद्रे स्नातुं पुण्यां सरस्वतीम् । नैमिषे काञ्चनाक्षीं तु विख्यातां धर्ममातरम्

sāhambhayāgātā bhadre snātuṃ puṇyāṃ sarasvatīm / naimiṣe kāñcanākṣīṃ tu vikhyātāṃ dharmamātaram

I, O good lady, came to bathe in the holy Sarasvatī, and at Naimiṣa (to see) Kāñcanākṣī, renowned as the mother of dharma.

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VamP 39.35

तत्रागताथ राज्ञाहं दृष्टा वैदर्भकेण हि । सुरथेन स कामार्तो मामेव शरणं गतः

tatrāgatātha rājñāhaṃ dṛṣṭā vaidarbhakeṇa hi / surathena sa kāmārto māmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Then, having come there, I was seen by the king of Vidarbha, Suratha, and he, stricken with desire, took refuge in me alone.

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VamP 39.36

मयात्मा तस्य दत्तश्व सखीभिवार्यमाणया । ततः शप्तास्मि तातेन वियुक्तास्मि च भूभुजा

mayātmā tasya dattaśva sakhībhivāryamāṇayā / tataḥ śaptāsmi tātena viyuktāsmi ca bhūbhujā

And I gave myself to him, though my friends held me back; thereupon I was cursed by my father and separated from the king.

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VamP 39.37

मर्तुं कृतमतिर्भद्रे वारिता गुह्यकेन च । श्रीकण्ठमगमं द्रष्टुं ततो गोदावरं जलम्

martuṃ kṛtamatirbhadre vāritā guhyakena ca / śrīkaṇṭhamagamaṃ draṣṭuṃ tato godāvaraṃ jalam

Resolved to die, O good lady, I was prevented by a Guhyaka; I went to see Śrīkaṇṭha, and then to the waters of the Godāvarī.

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VamP 39.38

तस्मादिमं समायाता तीर्थप्रवरमुत्तम् । न चापि दृष्टः सुरथः स मनोह्लादनः पतिः

tasmādimaṃ samāyātā tīrthapravaramuttam / na cāpi dṛṣṭaḥ surathaḥ sa manohlādanaḥ patiḥ

From there I have come to this foremost and highest of tīrthas; and yet Suratha, that husband who gladdens my heart, has not been seen.

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VamP 39.39

भवती चात्र का बाले वृत्ते यात्राफले ऽधुना । समागता हि तच्छंस मम सत्येन भामिनि

bhavatī cātra kā bāle vṛtte yātrāphale 'dhunā / samāgatā hi tacchaṃsa mama satyena bhāmini

And who are you here, girl, now that the fruit of the pilgrimage is finished and (the people) have come together? Tell me that truly, O lovely one."

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VamP 39.40

साब्रवीच्छ्रुयतां यास्मि मन्दभाग्या कृशोदरी । यता यात्राफले वृत्ते समायातास्मि पुष्करम्

sābravīcchruyatāṃ yāsmi mandabhāgyā kṛśodarī / yatā yātrāphale vṛtte samāyātāsmi puṣkaram

She said: "Let it be heard who I am, ill-fortuned and slender-bellied: when the fruit of the pilgrimage was finished, I came to Puṣkara.

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VamP 39.41

पर्जन्यस्य घृताच्यां तु जाता वेदवतीति हि । रममाणा वनेद्देशे दृष्टास्मि कपना सखि

parjanyasya ghṛtācyāṃ tu jātā vedavatīti hi / ramamāṇā vaneddeśe dṛṣṭāsmi kapanā sakhi

I was born to Parjanya of Ghṛtācī, Vedavatī by name; while I was enjoying myself in a forest region I was seen by a monkey, friend.

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VamP 39.42

स चाभ्येत्याब्रवीत् का त्वं यासि देववतीति हि । आनीतास्यश्रमात् केन भूपृष्ठान्मेरुपर्वतम्

sa cābhyetyābravīt kā tvaṃ yāsi devavatīti hi / ānītāsyaśramāt kena bhūpṛṣṭhānmeruparvatam

And he came up and said: "Who are you? Are you Devavatī? By whom were you brought from the hermitage, from the surface of the earth, to Mount Meru?"

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VamP 39.43

ततो मयोक्तो नैवास्मि कपे देववतीत्यहम् । नाम्ना वेदवतीत्येवं मेरोरपि कृताश्रया

tato mayokto naivāsmi kape devavatītyaham / nāmnā vedavatītyevaṃ merorapi kṛtāśrayā

Then I told him: "I am not Devavatī, O monkey; I am Vedavatī by name, and I have made Meru too my dwelling."

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VamP 39.44

ततस्तेनातिदुष्टेन वानरेण ह्यभिद्रुता । समारूढास्मि सहसा बन्दुजीवं नगोत्तमम्

tatastenātiduṣṭena vānareṇa hyabhidrutā / samārūḍhāsmi sahasā bandujīvaṃ nagottamam

Then, driven at by that most wicked monkey, I climbed in haste a bandujīva, best of trees.

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VamP 39.45

तेनापि वृक्षस्तरसा पादाक्रान्तस्त्वभज्यत । ततोस्य विपुलां वृक्षं प्राक्षिपत् सागराम्भसि । सह तेनैव वृक्षेण पतितास्म्यहमाकुला

tenāpi vṛkṣastarasā pādākrāntastvabhajyata / tatosya vipulāṃ vṛkṣaṃ prākṣipat sāgarāmbhasi / saha tenaiva vṛkṣeṇa patitāsmyahamākulā

By him too the tree, trodden under his foot, was quickly broken; then he hurled its broad trunk(?) into the ocean's water, and along with that very tree I fell down, distraught.

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VamP 39.46

ततः प्लवङ्गमो वक्षं प्राक्षिपत् सागराम्भसि । सह तेनैव वृक्षेण पतितास्म्यहमाकुला

tataḥ plavaṅgamo vakṣaṃ prākṣipat sāgarāmbhasi / saha tenaiva vṛkṣeṇa patitāsmyahamākulā

Then the monkey hurled the tree into the ocean's water, and along with that very tree I fell down, distraught.

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VamP 39.47

ततोम्बरतलाद् वृक्षं निपतन्तं यदृच्छया । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि स्तावराणि चराणि च

tatombaratalād vṛkṣaṃ nipatantaṃ yadṛcchayā / dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni stāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Then all beings, unmoving and moving, saw the tree falling by chance from the vault of the sky.

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VamP 39.48

ततो हाहाकृतं लोकैर्मा पतन्तीं निरीक्ष्य हि । ऊचुश्च सिद्धगन्धर्वाः कष्टं सेयं महात्मनः

tato hāhākṛtaṃ lokairmā patantīṃ nirīkṣya hi / ūcuśca siddhagandharvāḥ kaṣṭaṃ seyaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Then a cry of "alas!" was raised by the people as they looked at me falling; and the Siddhas and Gandharvas said, "How grievous! This is the great one's—

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VamP 39.49

इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य महिषी गदिता ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् । मनोः पुत्रस्य वीरस्य सहस्रक्रतुयाजिनः

indradyumnasya mahiṣī gaditā brahmaṇā svayam / manoḥ putrasya vīrasya sahasrakratuyājinaḥ

—the queen of Indradyumna, so named by Brahmā himself, (the queen) of the son of Manu, the hero who sacrificed with a thousand rites."

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VamP 39.50

तां वाणीं मधुरां श्रुत्वा मोहमस्म्यागता ततः । न च जाने स केनापि वृक्षश्छिन्नः सहस्रधा

tāṃ vāṇīṃ madhurāṃ śrutvā mohamasmyāgatā tataḥ / na ca jāne sa kenāpi vṛkṣaśchinnaḥ sahasradhā

Hearing that sweet speech, I then fell into a faint; and I do not know by whom that tree was cut into a thousand pieces.

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VamP 39.51

ततो ऽस्मि वेगाद् बलिना हृतानलसखेन हि । समानीतास्मयहमिमं त्वं दृष्टा चाद्य सुन्दरि

tato 'smi vegād balinā hṛtānalasakhena hi / samānītāsmayahamimaṃ tvaṃ dṛṣṭā cādya sundari

Then I was carried off with force by the mighty one, the friend of fire (the wind), and I was brought here; and today you have seen me, lovely one.

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VamP 39.52

तदुत्तष्ठस्व गच्छावः पुच्छावः क इमे स्थिते । कन्यके अनुपश्ये हि पुण्करस्योत्तरे तटे

taduttaṣṭhasva gacchāvaḥ pucchāvaḥ ka ime sthite / kanyake anupaśye hi puṇkarasyottare taṭe

So rise up, let us two go, let us ask who these two are who stand (there); look, O maiden, on the northern bank of Puṣkara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.53

एवमुक्त्वा वराङ्गी सा तया सुतनुकन्यया । जगाम कन्यके द्रष्टुं प्रष्टुं कार्यसमुत्सुका

evamuktvā varāṅgī sā tayā sutanukanyayā / jagāma kanyake draṣṭuṃ praṣṭuṃ kāryasamutsukā

Having spoken thus, that fair-limbed woman went with that slender maiden to see the two maidens and to question them, being eager about her business.

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VamP 39.54

ततो गत्वा पर्यपुच्छत् ते ऊचतुरुभे अपि । याथातथ्यं तयोस्ताभ्यां स्वमात्मानं निवेदितम्

tato gatvā paryapucchat te ūcaturubhe api / yāthātathyaṃ tayostābhyāṃ svamātmānaṃ niveditam

Then, having gone, she questioned the two, and both of them spoke; the truth about themselves was made known by those two to those two.

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VamP 39.55

ततस्ताश्तुरोपीह सप्तगोदावरं जलम् । संप्राप्य तीर्थे पिष्ठन्ति अर्चन्त्यो हाटकेश्वरम्

tatastāśturopīha saptagodāvaraṃ jalam / saṃprāpya tīrthe piṣṭhanti arcantyo hāṭakeśvaram

Then those (women) hastened here, and having reached the water of the Seven Godāvarīs, they remain at the sacred ford, worshipping Hāṭakeśvara.

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VamP 39.56

ततो बहून् वर्षगणान् बभ्रमुस्ते जनास्त्रयः । तासामर्थाय शकुनिर्जाबालिः सऋतध्वजः

tato bahūn varṣagaṇān babhramuste janāstrayaḥ / tāsāmarthāya śakunirjābāliḥ saṛtadhvajaḥ

Then for many groups of years those three men wandered for their sake: Śakuni, Jābāli, and Ṛtadhvaja.

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VamP 39.57

भारवाही ततः खिन्नो दशब्दशतिके गते । काले जगाम निर्वेदात् समं पित्रा तु शाकलम्

bhāravāhī tataḥ khinno daśabdaśatike gate / kāle jagāma nirvedāt samaṃ pitrā tu śākalam

Then the burden-bearer, wearied, when a period of a thousand years had passed, went out of despondency together with his father to Śākala.

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VamP 39.58

तस्मिन्नरपतिः श्रीमानिन्द्रद्युम्नो मनोः सुतः । समध्यास्ते स विज्ञाय सार्घपात्रो विनिर्ययौ

tasminnarapatiḥ śrīmānindradyumno manoḥ sutaḥ / samadhyāste sa vijñāya sārghapātro viniryayau

There the glorious lord of men, Indradyumna, the son of Manu, dwells; and he, on learning (of them), came forth with the vessel of welcome-offering.

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VamP 39.59

सम्यक् संपूजितस्तेन सजाबालिरृतध्वजः । स चेक्ष्वाकुसुतो धीमान् शकुनिर्भ्रातृजोर्चितः

samyak saṃpūjitastena sajābālirṛtadhvajaḥ / sa cekṣvākusuto dhīmān śakunirbhrātṛjorcitaḥ

Ṛtadhvaja together with Jābāli was fully honoured by him, and so was the wise son of Ikṣvāku, Śakuni, honoured by the two brothers.

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VamP 39.60

ततो वाक्यं मुनिः प्राह इन्द्रद्युम्नं ऋतध्वजः । राजन् नष्टऽबलास्माकं नन्दयन्तीति विश्रुता

tato vākyaṃ muniḥ prāha indradyumnaṃ ṛtadhvajaḥ / rājan naṣṭa'balāsmākaṃ nandayantīti viśrutā

Then the sage Ṛtadhvaja spoke these words to Indradyumna: "O king, our woman, renowned as Nandayantī, is lost.

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VamP 39.61

तस्यार्थे चैव वसुधा स्माभिरटिता नृप । तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ मार्गस्व साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि

tasyārthe caiva vasudhā smābhiraṭitā nṛpa / tasmāduttiṣṭha mārgasva sāhāyyaṃ kartumarhasi

And for her sake the earth has been roamed over by us, O king; therefore rise up, seek her—you ought to give your help."

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VamP 39.62

अथोवाच नृपो ब्रह्मन् ममापि ललनोत्तमा । नष्टा कृतश्रमस्यापि कस्याहं कथयामि ताम्

athovāca nṛpo brahman mamāpi lalanottamā / naṣṭā kṛtaśramasyāpi kasyāhaṃ kathayāmi tām

Then the king said: "Brahmin, my own most excellent lady too is lost, though I have made every effort; to whom am I to tell of her?

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VamP 39.63

आकाशात् पर्पताकारः पतमानो नजोत्तमः । सिद्धानां वाक्यमाकर्ण्य बाणैश्छिन्नः सहस्रधा

ākāśāt parpatākāraḥ patamāno najottamaḥ / siddhānāṃ vākyamākarṇya bāṇaiśchinnaḥ sahasradhā

A most excellent tree, shaped like a parasol(?), was falling from the sky; hearing the words of the Siddhas, I cut it with arrows into a thousand pieces.

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VamP 39.64

न चैव सा वरारोहा विभिन्ना लाघावान्मया । न च जानामि सा कुत्र तस्माद् गच्छामि मार्गितुम्

na caiva sā varārohā vibhinnā lāghāvānmayā / na ca jānāmi sā kutra tasmād gacchāmi mārgitum

"And that fair-hipped one was not split apart by me, because of (her) nimbleness; nor do I know where she is — therefore I am going to search (for her)."

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VamP 39.65

इत्येमुक्त्वा स नृपः समुत्थाय त्वरान्वितः । स्यन्दनानि द्विजाभ्यां स भ्रातृपुत्राय चार्पयत्

ityemuktvā sa nṛpaḥ samutthāya tvarānvitaḥ / syandanāni dvijābhyāṃ sa bhrātṛputrāya cārpayat

Having said this, the king rose up in haste and assigned chariots to the two brahmins and to his brother's son.

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VamP 39.66

ते ऽधिरुह्य रथांस्तूर्णं मार्गन्ते वसुधां क्रमात् । बदर्याश्रममासाद्य ददृशुस्तपसां निधिम्

te 'dhiruhya rathāṃstūrṇaṃ mārgante vasudhāṃ kramāt / badaryāśramamāsādya dadṛśustapasāṃ nidhim

They mounted the chariots and quickly searched the earth in order; and reaching the Badarī hermitage they saw a treasure-house of austerities (i.e. a great ascetic).

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VamP 39.67

तपसा कर्शितं दीनं मलपङ्कजटाधरम् । निःश्वासायासपरमं प्रथमे वयसि स्थितम्

tapasā karśitaṃ dīnaṃ malapaṅkajaṭādharam / niḥśvāsāyāsaparamaṃ prathame vayasi sthitam

(They saw him) emaciated by austerity, wretched, wearing matted hair caked with dirt, given over utterly to sighing and toil, (though) standing in the first stage of life (i.e. still young).

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VamP 39.68

तमुपेत्याब्रवीद् राजा इन्द्रद्युम्नो महाभुजः । तपस्विन् यौवने घोरमास्थितो ऽसि सुदुश्चरम्

tamupetyābravīd rājā indradyumno mahābhujaḥ / tapasvin yauvane ghoramāsthito 'si suduścaram

Approaching him, King Indradyumna of mighty arms said: "Ascetic, in your youth you have undertaken a terrible and most difficult (penance)."

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VamP 39.69

तपः किमर्थं तच्छंस किमभिप्रेतमुच्यताम् । सो ऽब्रवीत् को भवान् ब्रूहि ममात्मानं सुहृत्तया

tapaḥ kimarthaṃ tacchaṃsa kimabhipretamucyatām / so 'bravīt ko bhavān brūhi mamātmānaṃ suhṛttayā

"For what purpose is this austerity? Tell that; let it be said what is intended (by it)." He replied: "Who are you? Out of friendliness, tell me about yourself,

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VamP 39.70

परिपृच्छसि शोकार्तं परिखिन्नं तपोन्वितम् । स प्राह राजास्मि विभो तपस्विन् शाकले पुरे

paripṛcchasi śokārtaṃ parikhinnaṃ taponvitam / sa prāha rājāsmi vibho tapasvin śākale pure

(you) who question one stricken with grief, worn out, engaged in austerity." He said: "Ascetic, my lord, I am a king in the city of Śākala,

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VamP 39.71

मनोः पुत्रः प्रियो भ्राता इक्ष्वाकोः कथितं तव । स चास्मै पूर्वचरितं सर्वं कथितवान् नृपः

manoḥ putraḥ priyo bhrātā ikṣvākoḥ kathitaṃ tava / sa cāsmai pūrvacaritaṃ sarvaṃ kathitavān nṛpaḥ

the son of Manu, the dear brother of Ikṣvāku — (thus) it has been told to you." And the king related to him all that had happened before.

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VamP 39.72

श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच राजर्षिर्मा मुञ्चस्व कलेवरम् । आगच्छ यामि तन्वङ्गीं विचेतुं भ्रातृजो ऽसि मे

śrutvā provāca rājarṣirmā muñcasva kalevaram / āgaccha yāmi tanvaṅgīṃ vicetuṃ bhrātṛjo 'si me

Having heard (it), the royal sage said: "Do not give up your body. Come, I am going to search for the slender-limbed one; you are my brother's son."

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VamP 39.73

इत्युक्त्वा संपरिष्वज्य नृपं धमनिसंततम् । समारोप्य रथं तूर्णं तापसाभ्यां न्यवेदयत्

ityuktvā saṃpariṣvajya nṛpaṃ dhamanisaṃtatam / samāropya rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ tāpasābhyāṃ nyavedayat

Having said this, he embraced the king, whose veins were (all) exposed, and quickly setting (him) on the chariot, he presented (him) to the two ascetics.

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VamP 39.74

ऋतध्वजः सपुत्रस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा पृथिवीपतिम् । प्रोवाच राजन्नेह्योहि करिष्यामि तव प्रियम्

ṛtadhvajaḥ saputrastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛthivīpatim / provāca rājannehyohi kariṣyāmi tava priyam

But Ṛtadhvaja, together with his son, seeing that lord of the earth, said: "King, come, come — I shall do what pleases you.

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VamP 39.75

यासौ चित्राङ्गदा नाम त्वया दृष्टा हि नैमिषे । सप्तगोदावरं तीर्थं सा मयैव विसर्जिता

yāsau citrāṅgadā nāma tvayā dṛṣṭā hi naimiṣe / saptagodāvaraṃ tīrthaṃ sā mayaiva visarjitā

That woman named Citrāṅgadā whom you saw at Naimiṣa — she was sent away by me myself to the Saptagodāvara sacred ford.

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VamP 39.76

तदागच्छथ गच्छमः सौदेवस्यैव कारणात् । तत्रास्माकं समेष्यन्ति कन्यास्तिस्रस्तथापराः

tadāgacchatha gacchamaḥ saudevasyaiva kāraṇāt / tatrāsmākaṃ sameṣyanti kanyāstisrastathāparāḥ

So come, let us go, for Saudeva's sake alone; there the three maidens, and the others too, will meet with us."

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VamP 39.77

इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ऋषिः समाश्वास्य सुदेवजम् । शकुनिं पुरतझ कृत्वा सेन्द्रद्युम्नः सपुत्रकः

ityevamuktvā sa ṛṣiḥ samāśvāsya sudevajam / śakuniṃ puratajha kṛtvā sendradyumnaḥ saputrakaḥ

Having spoken thus, that sage, after comforting Sudeva's son (and) putting the bird in front, together with Indradyumna and with his son,

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VamP 39.78

स्यन्दनेनाश्वयुक्तेन गन्तुं समुपचक्रमे । सप्तगोदावरं तीर्थं यत्र ताः कन्यका गताः

syandanenāśvayuktena gantuṃ samupacakrame / saptagodāvaraṃ tīrthaṃ yatra tāḥ kanyakā gatāḥ

set out to go by chariot yoked with horses to the Saptagodāvara ford, where those maidens had gone.

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VamP 39.79

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तन्वी घृताची शोकसंयुता । विचचारोदयगिरिं विचिन्वन्ती सुतां निजाम्

etasminnantare tanvī ghṛtācī śokasaṃyutā / vicacārodayagiriṃ vicinvantī sutāṃ nijām

Meanwhile the slender Ghṛtācī, filled with grief, roamed the Sunrise Mountain searching for her own daughter.

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VamP 39.80

तमाससाद च कपिं पर्यपृच्छत् तथाप्सराः । किं बाला न त्वया दृष्टा कपे सत्यं वदस्व मां

tamāsasāda ca kapiṃ paryapṛcchat tathāpsarāḥ / kiṃ bālā na tvayā dṛṣṭā kape satyaṃ vadasva māṃ

And that apsaras came upon that monkey and questioned (him): "Monkey, have you not seen a girl? Tell me the truth."

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VamP 39.81

तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा सकपिः प्राह बालिकाम् । दृष्टा देववती नाम्ना मया न्यस्ता महाश्रमे

tasyāstad vacanaṃ śrutvā sakapiḥ prāha bālikām / dṛṣṭā devavatī nāmnā mayā nyastā mahāśrame

Hearing that speech of hers, the monkey spoke of the girl: "She was seen (by me), Devavatī by name; she was placed by me in a great hermitage,

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VamP 39.82

कालिन्द्या विमले तीर्थे मृगपक्षिसमन्विते । श्रकण्ठायतनस्याग्रे मया सत्यं तवोदितम्

kālindyā vimale tīrthe mṛgapakṣisamanvite / śrakaṇṭhāyatanasyāgre mayā satyaṃ tavoditam

at the clear ford of the Kālindī, frequented by beasts and birds, in front of the shrine of Śrīkaṇṭha. The truth has been told to you by me."

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VamP 39.83

सा प्राह वानरपते नाम्ना वेदवतीति सा । न हि देववती ख्याता तदाच्छ व्रजावहे

sā prāha vānarapate nāmnā vedavatīti sā / na hi devavatī khyātā tadāccha vrajāvahe

She said: "Lord of monkeys, by name she is Vedavatī; she is not known as Devavatī. So come, let us two go (there)."

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VamP 39.84

घृताच्यास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा वानरस्त्वरितक्रमः । पृष्ठतो ऽस्याः समागच्छन्नदीमन्वेव कौशिकीम्

ghṛtācyāstadvacaḥ śrutvā vānarastvaritakramaḥ / pṛṣṭhato 'syāḥ samāgacchannadīmanveva kauśikīm

Hearing that speech of Ghṛtācī, the monkey, quick of pace, came along behind her, following the river Kauśikī.

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VamP 39.85

ते चापि कौशिकीं प्राप्ता राजर्षिप्रवरास्त्रयः । द्वितये तापसाभ्यां च रथैः परमवेगिभिः

te cāpi kauśikīṃ prāptā rājarṣipravarāstrayaḥ / dvitaye tāpasābhyāṃ ca rathaiḥ paramavegibhiḥ

And they too, the three foremost royal sages, reached the Kauśikī — with the two ascetics in the second (chariot) — by exceedingly swift chariots.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.86

अवतीर्य रथेभ्यस्ते स्नातुमभ्यागमन् नदीम् । घृताच्यपि नदीं स्नातं सुपण्यमाजगाम ह

avatīrya rathebhyaste snātumabhyāgaman nadīm / ghṛtācyapi nadīṃ snātaṃ supaṇyamājagāma ha

Descending from their chariots they came to the river to bathe; Ghṛtācī too came to the river, to a good ford, to bathe.

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VamP 39.87

तामन्वेव कपिः प्रायाद् दृष्टो जाबालिना तथा । दृष्ट्वैव पितरं पार्थिवं च महाबलम्

tāmanveva kapiḥ prāyād dṛṣṭo jābālinā tathā / dṛṣṭvaiva pitaraṃ pārthivaṃ ca mahābalam

The monkey went right after her, and was seen by Jābāli; and (Jābāli), the moment he saw his father and the mighty king, (said):

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VamP 39.88

स येव पुनरायाति वानरस्तात वेगवान् । पूर्वं जटास्वेव बलाद्योन बद्धो ऽस्मि पादपे

sa yeva punarāyāti vānarastāta vegavān / pūrvaṃ jaṭāsveva balādyona baddho 'smi pādape

"That very same swift monkey is coming again, father — by whom before I was bound by force by my matted locks to the tree."

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VamP 39.89

तज्जाबालिवचः श्रुत्वा शकुनिः क्रोधसंयुतः । सशरं धनुरादाय इदं वचनमब्रवीत्

tajjābālivacaḥ śrutvā śakuniḥ krodhasaṃyutaḥ / saśaraṃ dhanurādāya idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Hearing that speech of Jābāli, Śakuni, filled with anger, took up his bow with an arrow and spoke these words:

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VamP 39.90

ब्रह्मन् प्रदीयतां मह्यमाज्ञा तात वदस्व माम । यावदेनं निहन्म्यद्य शरेणैकेन वानरम्

brahman pradīyatāṃ mahyamājñā tāta vadasva māma / yāvadenaṃ nihanmyadya śareṇaikena vānaram

"Brahman, let permission be given me; father, tell me (yes), so that I may kill this monkey today with a single arrow."

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VamP 39.91

इत्येवमुक्ते वचने सर्वभूतहिते रतः । महर्षिः शकुनिं प्राह देतुयुक्तं वचो महत्

ityevamukte vacane sarvabhūtahite rataḥ / maharṣiḥ śakuniṃ prāha detuyuktaṃ vaco mahat

When these words had been spoken, the great sage, devoted to the welfare of all beings, spoke to Śakuni this weighty speech, backed with reason:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.92

न कश्चित्तात केनापि बध्यते हन्यते ऽपि वा । वधबन्धौ पूर्वकर्मवश्यौ नृपतिनन्दन

na kaścittāta kenāpi badhyate hanyate 'pi vā / vadhabandhau pūrvakarmavaśyau nṛpatinandana

"No one, my son, is bound or slain by anyone; killing and binding are governed by earlier deeds, O son of the king."

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VamP 39.93

इत्येवमुक्त्वा शकुनिमृषिर्वानरमब्रवीत् । एह्येहि वानरास्माकं साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि

ityevamuktvā śakunimṛṣirvānaramabravīt / ehyehi vānarāsmākaṃ sāhāyyaṃ kartumarhasi

Having spoken thus to Śakuni, the sage said to the monkey: "Come, come, monkey, you ought to render us assistance."

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VamP 39.94

इत्येवमुक्तो मुनिना बाले स कपिकुञ्जरः । कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्रणिपत्येदमब्रवीत्। । ममाज्ञा दीयतां ब्रह्मन् शाधि किं करवाण्यहम्

ityevamukto muninā bāle sa kapikuñjaraḥ / kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā praṇipatyedamabravīt/ / mamājñā dīyatāṃ brahman śādhi kiṃ karavāṇyaham

Addressed thus by the sage, that bull among monkeys, joining his cupped palms and bowing down, said this: "Let a command be given me, brahman; instruct me — what shall I do?"

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VamP 39.95

इत्यक्ते प्राह स मुनिस्तं वानरपतिं वचः । मम पुत्रस्त्वयोद्बद्धो जटासु वटपादपे

ityakte prāha sa munistaṃ vānarapatiṃ vacaḥ / mama putrastvayodbaddho jaṭāsu vaṭapādape

When this had been said, the sage spoke these words to that lord of monkeys: "My son was bound by you by his matted locks to the banyan tree,

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VamP 39.96

न चोन्मोचयितुं वृक्षाच्छक्नुयामो ऽपि यत्नतः । तदनेन नरेन्द्रेण त्रिधा कृत्वा तु शाखिनः

na conmocayituṃ vṛkṣācchaknuyāmo 'pi yatnataḥ / tadanena narendreṇa tridhā kṛtvā tu śākhinaḥ

and we are not able, even with effort, to release (him) from the tree; so, this king having cut the tree in three,

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VamP 39.97

शाखां वहति मत्सूनुः शिरसा तां विमोचय । दशवर्षशतान्यस्य शाखां वै वहतो ऽगमन्

śākhāṃ vahati matsūnuḥ śirasā tāṃ vimocaya / daśavarṣaśatānyasya śākhāṃ vai vahato 'gaman

my son carries the branch on his head — release it. A thousand years have passed for him as he carries the branch,

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VamP 39.98

न च सो ऽस्ति पुमान् कश्चिद् यचो ह्युन्मोचयितुं क्षमः । स ऋषेर्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य कपिर्जाबालिनो जटाः

na ca so 'sti pumān kaścid yaco hyunmocayituṃ kṣamaḥ / sa ṛṣervākyamākarṇya kapirjābālino jaṭāḥ

and there is no man at all who is capable of releasing it." Hearing the sage's words, the monkey (took hold of) Jābāli's matted locks

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VamP 39.99

शनैरुन्मोचयामास क्षणादुन्मोचिताश्च ताः । ततः प्रीतो मुनिश्रेष्ठो वरदोभूदृतध्जः

śanairunmocayāmāsa kṣaṇādunmocitāśca tāḥ / tataḥ prīto muniśreṣṭho varadobhūdṛtadhjaḥ

and slowly loosened them, and in an instant they were loosened. Then the best of sages, Ṛtadhvaja, was pleased and became a granter of a boon.

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VamP 39.100

कपिं प्राह वृणिष्व त्वं वरं यन्मनसोप्सितम् । ऋतध्वजवचः श्रुत्वा इमं वरमयाचत

kapiṃ prāha vṛṇiṣva tvaṃ varaṃ yanmanasopsitam / ṛtadhvajavacaḥ śrutvā imaṃ varamayācata

He said to the monkey: "Choose the boon that is wished for by your mind." Hearing Ṛtadhvaja's words, he asked for this boon —

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VamP 39.101

विश्वकर्मा महातेजाः कपित्वे प्रतिसंस्थितः । ब्रह्मन् भवान्वरं मह्यं यदि दातुमिहेच्छति

viśvakarmā mahātejāḥ kapitve pratisaṃsthitaḥ / brahman bhavānvaraṃ mahyaṃ yadi dātumihecchati

(he being) Viśvakarman of great splendour, fixed in the state of a monkey: "Brahman, if you wish to give me a boon here,

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VamP 39.102

तत्स्वदत्तो महाघोरो मम शापो निवर्त्यताम् । चित्राङ्गदायाः पितरं मां त्वष्टारं तपोधन

tatsvadatto mahāghoro mama śāpo nivartyatām / citrāṅgadāyāḥ pitaraṃ māṃ tvaṣṭāraṃ tapodhana

then let this most dreadful curse, brought on by myself, be undone for me — (me), the father of Citrāṅgadā, me, Tvaṣṭṛ, O you rich in austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.104

कपिचापल्यदोषेण तानि मे यान्तु संक्ष्यम् । ततो ऋथध्वजः प्राह शापस्यान्तो भविष्यति

kapicāpalyadoṣeṇa tāni me yāntu saṃkṣyam / tato ṛthadhvajaḥ prāha śāpasyānto bhaviṣyati

Through the fault of monkeyish fickleness, let those (traits) of mine go to destruction." Then Ṛtadhvaja said: "There will be an end to the curse."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.105

यदा घृताच्यां तनयं जनिष्यसि महाबलम् । इत्येवमुक्ताः संहृष्टः स तदा कपिकुञ्जरः

yadā ghṛtācyāṃ tanayaṃ janiṣyasi mahābalam / ityevamuktāḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sa tadā kapikuñjaraḥ

"When you beget upon Ghṛtācī a son of great strength (then the curse will end)." Thus addressed, that elephant among monkeys was then delighted.

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VamP 39.106

स्नातुं तूर्णं महानद्यामवतीर्णः कृशोदरि । ततस्तु सर्वे क्रमाशः स्नात्वार्ऽच्य पितृदेवताः

snātuṃ tūrṇaṃ mahānadyāmavatīrṇaḥ kṛśodari / tatastu sarve kramāśaḥ snātvār'cya pitṛdevatāḥ

He plunged swiftly into the great river to bathe, O slender-waisted one. Then all of them, in turn, having bathed and worshipped the ancestors and the gods,

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VamP 39.107

जग्मुर्हृष्टा रथेभ्यस्ते घृताची दिवमुत्पतत् । तामन्वेव महावेगः स कपिः प्लवतां वरः

jagmurhṛṣṭā rathebhyaste ghṛtācī divamutpatat / tāmanveva mahāvegaḥ sa kapiḥ plavatāṃ varaḥ

went gladly (back) from their chariots; and Ghṛtācī flew up to heaven. Right after her that monkey, best of leapers, of great speed—

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VamP 39.109

ज्ञात्वाथत विश्वकर्माणं कामयामास कामिनी । ततो ऽनु पर्वतश्रेष्ठे ख्याते कोलाहले कपिः

jñātvāthata viśvakarmāṇaṃ kāmayāmāsa kāminī / tato 'nu parvataśreṣṭhe khyāte kolāhale kapiḥ

Then, having recognized (him as) Viśvakarman, the amorous woman desired him. Thereafter on the best of mountains, the famed Kolāhala, the monkey

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.110

रमयामास तां तन्वीं सा च तं वानरोत्तमम् । एवं रमन्तौ सुचिरं संप्राप्तौ विन्ध्यपर्वतम्

ramayāmāsa tāṃ tanvīṃ sā ca taṃ vānarottamam / evaṃ ramantau suciraṃ saṃprāptau vindhyaparvatam

gave pleasure to that slender woman, and she to that best of monkeys. Thus enjoying each other for a long time, the two reached the Vindhya mountain.

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VamP 39.111

रथैः पञ्चापि तत्तीर्थं संप्राप्तास्ते नरोत्तमाः । मघ्याह्नमये प्रीताः सप्तगोदावरं जलम्

rathaiḥ pañcāpi tattīrthaṃ saṃprāptāste narottamāḥ / maghyāhnamaye prītāḥ saptagodāvaraṃ jalam

With their five chariots those best of men reached that sacred ford; at midday, delighted, (they came to) the water of the Seven Godāvarī,

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VamP 39.112

प्राप्य विश्रामहेत्वर्थमवतेरुस्त्वरान्विताः । तेषां सारथयश्चाश्वान् स्नात्वा पीतोदकाप्लुतान्

prāpya viśrāmahetvarthamavaterustvarānvitāḥ / teṣāṃ sārathayaścāśvān snātvā pītodakāplutān

and having reached (it) they got down in haste for the sake of rest. And their charioteers, having bathed and (having let) the horses drink water and be sprinkled,

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VamP 39.113

रमणीये वनोद्देशे प्रचारार्थे समुत्सृजन् । शाढ्वलाढ्येषु देशेषु मुहुर्त्तादेव वाजिनः

ramaṇīye vanoddeśe pracārārthe samutsṛjan / śāḍhvalāḍhyeṣu deśeṣu muhurttādeva vājinaḥ

released them to graze in a delightful stretch of forest; and in those places rich in turf the horses, after only a short while,

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VamP 39.114

तृप्ताः समाद्रवन् सर्वे देवायतनमुत्तमम् । तुरङ्गखुरनिर्घोषं श्रुत्वा ता योषितां वराः

tṛptāḥ samādravan sarve devāyatanamuttamam / turaṅgakhuranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā tā yoṣitāṃ varāḥ

satisfied, all ran together toward the excellent temple of the god. Hearing the clatter of the horses' hooves, those best of women

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VamP 39.115

किमेतदिति चोक्त्वैव प्रजग्मुर्हाटकेश्वरम् । आरुह्य बलभीं तास्तु समुदैक्षन्त सर्वशः

kimetaditi coktvaiva prajagmurhāṭakeśvaram / āruhya balabhīṃ tāstu samudaikṣanta sarvaśaḥ

said "What is this?" and went off to Hāṭakeśvara; and climbing up to the roof-terrace they looked out in every direction,

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VamP 39.116

अपश्यंस्तीर्थसलिले स्नायमानान् नरोत्तमान् । ततश्चित्राङ्गदा दृष्ट्वा जटामण्डलधारिणम्। । सुरथं हसती प्राह संरोहत्पुलका सखीम्

apaśyaṃstīrthasalile snāyamānān narottamān / tataścitrāṅgadā dṛṣṭvā jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam/ / surathaṃ hasatī prāha saṃrohatpulakā sakhīm

and they saw the best of men bathing in the water of the sacred ford. Then Citrāṅgadā, seeing Suratha wearing a mass of matted locks, laughing, her hair bristling with excitement, said to her friend:

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VamP 39.117

यो ऽसौ युवा नीलघनप्रकाशः संदृश्यते दीर्घभुजः सूरूपः । स एव नूनं नरदेवसूनुर्वृतो मया पूर्वतरं पतिर्यः

yo 'sau yuvā nīlaghanaprakāśaḥ saṃdṛśyate dīrghabhujaḥ sūrūpaḥ / sa eva nūnaṃ naradevasūnurvṛto mayā pūrvataraṃ patiryaḥ

"That youth who is seen there, shining like a dark cloud, long-armed, handsome—he indeed is the son of the man-god (the king), who was chosen by me earlier as my husband;

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VamP 39.118

यश्चैव जाम्बूवनदतुल्यवर्णः श्वेतं जटाभारमधारयिष्यत् । स एष नूनं तपतां वरिष्ठो ऋतध्वजो नात्र विचारमस्ति

yaścaiva jāmbūvanadatulyavarṇaḥ śvetaṃ jaṭābhāramadhārayiṣyat / sa eṣa nūnaṃ tapatāṃ variṣṭho ṛtadhvajo nātra vicāramasti

and he whose colour is like that of gold from the Jāmbū river, who was bearing a white load of matted locks—he surely is the foremost of ascetics, Ṛtadhvaja; there is no doubt in this."

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VamP 39.119

ततो ऽब्रवीदथो हृष्टा नन्दयन्ती सखीजनम् । एषो ऽपरो ऽस्यैव सुतो जावालिर्नात्र संशयः

tato 'bravīdatho hṛṣṭā nandayantī sakhījanam / eṣo 'paro 'syaiva suto jāvālirnātra saṃśayaḥ

Then, delighted, gladdening her companions, she said: "And this other one is his very son, Jāvāli; there is no doubt of it."

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VamP 39.120

इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं बलभ्या अवतीर्य च । समासताग्रतः शंभोर्गायन्त्यो गीतिकां शुभाम्

ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ balabhyā avatīrya ca / samāsatāgrataḥ śaṃbhorgāyantyo gītikāṃ śubhām

Having spoken these words, and having come down from the terrace, they sat down before Śambhu, singing an auspicious song:

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VamP 39.121

नमो ऽस्तु शर्व शंबो त्रिनेत्र चारुगात्र त्रैलोक्यनाथ उमापते दक्षयज्ञविध्वंसकर कामाह्गनासन घोर पापप्रणाशन महापुरुष महोग्रमूर्ते सर्वसत्त्वक्षयङ्कर शुभङ्कर महेश्वर त्रिशूलधारिन् स्मरारे गुहावासिन् दिग्वासः महाशङ्कशेखर (५) जटाधर कपालमालाविभूषिकशरीर वामचक्षुः बामदेव प्रजाध्यक्ष भगाक्ष्णोः क्षयङ्कर भीमसेन महासेननाथ पशुपते कामाङ्गदहन चत्वरवासिन् शिव महादेव ईशान संकर भीम भव वषभध्वज जटिल प्रौढ महानाट्येश्वर भूरिरत्न (१०) अविमुक्तक रुद्रश्वर स्थाणो एकलिङ्ग कालिन्दीप्रिय श्रीकण्ठ नीलकण्ठ अपराजित रिपुभयङ्कर संतोषपते वामदेव अघोर तत्पुरुष महाघोर अघोरमूर्त्त शान्त सरस्वतीकान्त कीनाट सहस्रमूर्त्ते महोद्भव (१५) विबो कालाग्निरुद्र हर महीधरप्रिय सर्वतीर्थाधिवास हंस कामेश्वर केदाराधिपते परिपूर्ण मुचुकुन्द मधुनिवासिन् कृपाणपाणे भयङ्कर विद्याराज सोमराज कामराज उञ्जक अञ्जनराजकन्याहृदचलवसते समुद्रशायिन् (२०) गजमुख घण्टेश्वर गोकर्ण ब्रह्मयोने सहस्रवक्त्राक्षिचरण हाटकेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु ते । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्ताः सर्व एवर्षिपार्थिवाः । द्रष्टुं त्रैलोक्यकर्तारं त्र्यम्बकं हाटकेश्वरम्

namo 'stu śarva śaṃbo trinetra cārugātra trailokyanātha umāpate dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsakara kāmāhganāsana ghora pāpapraṇāśana mahāpuruṣa mahogramūrte sarvasattvakṣayaṅkara śubhaṅkara maheśvara triśūladhārin smarāre guhāvāsin digvāsaḥ mahāśaṅkaśekhara (5) jaṭādhara kapālamālāvibhūṣikaśarīra vāmacakṣuḥ bāmadeva prajādhyakṣa bhagākṣṇoḥ kṣayaṅkara bhīmasena mahāsenanātha paśupate kāmāṅgadahana catvaravāsin śiva mahādeva īśāna saṃkara bhīma bhava vaṣabhadhvaja jaṭila prauḍha mahānāṭyeśvara bhūriratna (10) avimuktaka rudraśvara sthāṇo ekaliṅga kālindīpriya śrīkaṇṭha nīlakaṇṭha aparājita ripubhayaṅkara saṃtoṣapate vāmadeva aghora tatpuruṣa mahāghora aghoramūrtta śānta sarasvatīkānta kīnāṭa sahasramūrtte mahodbhava (15) vibo kālāgnirudra hara mahīdharapriya sarvatīrthādhivāsa haṃsa kāmeśvara kedārādhipate paripūrṇa mucukunda madhunivāsin kṛpāṇapāṇe bhayaṅkara vidyārāja somarāja kāmarāja uñjaka añjanarājakanyāhṛdacalavasate samudraśāyin (20) gajamukha ghaṇṭeśvara gokarṇa brahmayone sahasravaktrākṣicaraṇa hāṭakeśvara namo 'stu te / etasminnantare prāptāḥ sarva evarṣipārthivāḥ / draṣṭuṃ trailokyakartāraṃ tryambakaṃ hāṭakeśvaram

Homage be to you, O Śarva, Śambhu, three-eyed one, fair-limbed one, lord of the three worlds, husband of Umā, destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice, annihilator of Kāma's body, terrible one, destroyer of sin, great Person, of most fearsome form, bringer of the destruction of all beings, bringer of good, Maheśvara, bearer of the trident, foe of Smara (Kāma), dweller in caves, clad in the (four) quarters, wearing the great conch as crest-jewel, (5) wearer of matted locks, one whose body is adorned with a garland of skulls, left-eyed one, Vāmadeva, overseer of creatures, destroyer of the eye of Bhaga, Bhīmasena, lord of the great army, Paśupati, burner of Kāma's body, dweller at crossroads, Śiva, Mahādeva, Īśāna, Śaṃkara, Bhīma, Bhava, bull-bannered one, matted-haired one, mature one, great lord of the dance, rich in jewels, (10) Avimuktaka, lord of Rudras, Sthāṇu, single-liṅga one, lover of the Kālindī, Śrīkaṇṭha, Nīlakaṇṭha, unconquered one, terror of foes, lord of contentment, Vāmadeva, Aghora, Tatpuruṣa, Mahāghora, one of non-terrible form, tranquil one, beloved of Sarasvatī, Kīnāṭa, thousand-formed one, one of great origin, (15) O lord, Kālāgnirudra, Hara, lover of the mountain, one dwelling in all sacred fords, Haṃsa, Kāmeśvara, lord of Kedāra, wholly full one, Mucukunda, dweller in Madhu, sword-in-hand, terrifying one, king of knowledge, king of Soma, king of desire, Uñjaka, one dwelling on the immovable heart of the daughter of the king of Añjana, one who lies on the ocean, (20) elephant-faced one, Ghaṇṭeśvara, Gokarṇa, source of Brahman, one of a thousand faces, eyes and feet, Hāṭakeśvara—homage be to you! Meanwhile all the sages and kings arrived to see the maker of the three worlds, the three-eyed Hāṭakeśvara.

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VamP 39.122

समारूढाश्च सुस्नाता ददृशुर्योषितश्च ताः । स्थितास्तु पुरतस्तस्य गायन्त्यो गेयमुत्तमम्

samārūḍhāśca susnātā dadṛśuryoṣitaśca tāḥ / sthitāstu puratastasya gāyantyo geyamuttamam

And having come up and having bathed well, they saw those women too, standing before him and singing an excellent song.

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VamP 39.123

ततः सुदेवतनयो विश्वकर्मसुतां प्रियाम् । दृष्ट्वा हृषितचित्तस्तु संरोहत्पुलको बभौ

tataḥ sudevatanayo viśvakarmasutāṃ priyām / dṛṣṭvā hṛṣitacittastu saṃrohatpulako babhau

Then the son of Sudeva, seeing his beloved, the daughter of Viśvakarman, was joyful in mind and appeared with his hair bristling.

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VamP 39.124

ऋतध्वजो ऽपि तन्वङ्गीं दृष्ट्वा चित्राङ्गदां स्थिताम् । प्रत्यभिज्ञाय योगात्मा बभौ मुदितमानसः

ṛtadhvajo 'pi tanvaṅgīṃ dṛṣṭvā citrāṅgadāṃ sthitām / pratyabhijñāya yogātmā babhau muditamānasaḥ

Ṛtadhvaja too, seeing the slender-limbed Citrāṅgadā standing there, recognizing her, that man of yogic self, appeared glad at heart.

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VamP 39.125

ततस्तु सहसाभ्येत्य देवेशं हाटकेश्वरम् । संपूजयन्तस्त्र्यक्षं ते स्तुवन्तः संस्थिताः क्रमात्

tatastu sahasābhyetya deveśaṃ hāṭakeśvaram / saṃpūjayantastryakṣaṃ te stuvantaḥ saṃsthitāḥ kramāt

Then, suddenly approaching Hāṭakeśvara, the lord of the gods, they stood in order, worshipping and praising the three-eyed one.

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VamP 39.126

चित्राङ्गदापि तान् दृष्ट्वा ऋतध्वजपुरोगमान् । समं ताभिः कृसाङ्गीभिरभ्युत्थायाभ्यवादयत्

citrāṅgadāpi tān dṛṣṭvā ṛtadhvajapurogamān / samaṃ tābhiḥ kṛsāṅgībhirabhyutthāyābhyavādayat

Citrāṅgadā too, seeing them with Ṛtadhvaja at their head, rose up together with those slender-limbed women and greeted (them).

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VamP 39.127

स च ताः प्रतिनन्द्यैव समं पुत्रेण तापसः । समं नृपतिभिर्हृष्टः संविवेश यथासुखम्

sa ca tāḥ pratinandyaiva samaṃ putreṇa tāpasaḥ / samaṃ nṛpatibhirhṛṣṭaḥ saṃviveśa yathāsukham

And that ascetic, having greeted them in return, together with his son and together with the kings, delighted, sat down at his ease.

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VamP 39.128

ततः कपिवरः प्राप्तो घृताच्या सह सुन्दरि । स्नात्वा गोदावरीतीर्थे दिदृक्षुर्हाटकेश्वरम्

tataḥ kapivaraḥ prāpto ghṛtācyā saha sundari / snātvā godāvarītīrthe didṛkṣurhāṭakeśvaram

Then, O lovely one, the best of monkeys arrived along with Ghṛtācī, having bathed in the Godāvarī ford, wishing to behold Hāṭakeśvara.

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VamP 39.129

ततो ऽपश्यत् सुतां तन्वीं घृताची शुभदर्शनाम् । सापि तां मातरं दृष्ट्वा हृष्टाभूद्वरवर्णिनी

tato 'paśyat sutāṃ tanvīṃ ghṛtācī śubhadarśanām / sāpi tāṃ mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭābhūdvaravarṇinī

Then Ghṛtācī saw her slender daughter, fair to look upon; and she too, the fair-complexioned one, was delighted at seeing her mother.

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VamP 39.130

ततो घृताची स्वां पुत्रीं परिष्वज्य न्यपीडयत् । स्नेहात् सवाष्पनयनां मुहुस्तां परिजिघ्रवीत्

tato ghṛtācī svāṃ putrīṃ pariṣvajya nyapīḍayat / snehāt savāṣpanayanāṃ muhustāṃ parijighravīt

Then Ghṛtācī embraced her own daughter and pressed her close; out of affection she kissed her again and again on the head, her eyes filled with tears.

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VamP 39.131

ततो ऋतध्वजः श्रीमान् कपिं वचनमब्रवीत् । गच्छनेतुं गुह्यकं त्वमञ्जनाद्रौ महाञ्जनम्

tato ṛtadhvajaḥ śrīmān kapiṃ vacanamabravīt / gacchanetuṃ guhyakaṃ tvamañjanādrau mahāñjanam

Then the illustrious Ṛtadhvaja spoke these words to the monkey: "Go and fetch the guhyaka Mahāñjana on Mount Añjana.

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VamP 39.132

पातालादपि दैत्येशं वीरं कन्दरमालिनम् । स्वर्गाद् गन्धर्वराजानं पर्जन्यं शीघ्रमानय

pātālādapi daityeśaṃ vīraṃ kandaramālinam / svargād gandharvarājānaṃ parjanyaṃ śīghramānaya

"And from Pātāla (bring) the lord of the Daityas, the hero Kandaramālin; from heaven quickly bring the king of the Gandharvas, Parjanya."

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VamP 39.133

इत्येवमुक्ते मुनिना प्राह देववती कपिम् । गालवं वानरश्रेष्ठ इहानेतुं त्वमर्हसि

ityevamukte muninā prāha devavatī kapim / gālavaṃ vānaraśreṣṭha ihānetuṃ tvamarhasi

When the sage had spoken thus, Devavatī said to the monkey: "Best of monkeys, you should also bring Gālava here."

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VamP 39.134

इत्येवमुक्ते वचने कपिर्मरुतविक्रमः । गत्वाञ्जनं समामन्त्र्य जगामामरपर्वतम्

ityevamukte vacane kapirmarutavikramaḥ / gatvāñjanaṃ samāmantrya jagāmāmaraparvatam

When these words had been spoken, the monkey, whose stride was as the wind's, went and invited Añjana, and then went to the mountain of the immortals.

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VamP 39.135

पर्जन्यं तत्र चामन्त्र्य प्रेषयित्वा महाश्रमे । सप्तगोदावरे तीर्थे पातालमगमत् कपिः

parjanyaṃ tatra cāmantrya preṣayitvā mahāśrame / saptagodāvare tīrthe pātālamagamat kapiḥ

And having invited Parjanya there and sent (him) to the great hermitage at the ford of the seven Godāvarīs, the monkey went to Pātāla.

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VamP 39.136

तत्रामन्त्र्य महावीर्यं कपिः कन्दरमालिनम् । पातालादभिनिष्क्रम्य महीं पर्यचरज्जवी

tatrāmantrya mahāvīryaṃ kapiḥ kandaramālinam / pātālādabhiniṣkramya mahīṃ paryacarajjavī

There the monkey invited the mighty Kandaramālin, and coming out from Pātāla the swift one ranged over the earth.

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VamP 39.137

गालं तपसो योनिं दृष्ट्वा माहिष्मतीमनु । समुत्पत्यानयच्छीघ्रं सप्तगोदावरं जलम्

gālaṃ tapaso yoniṃ dṛṣṭvā māhiṣmatīmanu / samutpatyānayacchīghraṃ saptagodāvaraṃ jalam

Seeing Gāla(va), the source of austerity, near Māhiṣmatī, he flew up and quickly brought (him) to the water of the seven Godāvarīs.

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VamP 39.138

तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन संप्राप्तो हाटकेश्वरम् । ददृशे नन्दयन्ती च स्थितां देववतीमपि

tatra snātvā vidhānena saṃprāpto hāṭakeśvaram / dadṛśe nandayantī ca sthitāṃ devavatīmapi

Having bathed there according to the rule, he reached Hāṭakeśvara; and he saw Nandayantī and Devavatī also standing (there).

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VamP 39.139

तं दृष्ट्वा गालवं चैव समुत्थायाभ्यवादयत् । स चार्चिष्यन्महादेवं महर्षीनभ्यवादयत् । ते चापि नृपतिश्रेष्ठस्तं संपूज्य तपोधनम्

taṃ dṛṣṭvā gālavaṃ caiva samutthāyābhyavādayat / sa cārciṣyanmahādevaṃ maharṣīnabhyavādayat / te cāpi nṛpatiśreṣṭhastaṃ saṃpūjya tapodhanam

Seeing Gālava, she rose up and greeted (him); and he, about to worship Mahādeva, greeted the great seers; and they, and the best of kings, honoured that man rich in austerity.

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VamP 39.140

प्रहर्षमतुलं गत्वा उपविष्टा यथासुखम् । तेषूपविष्टेषु तदा वानरोपनिमन्त्रिताः

praharṣamatulaṃ gatvā upaviṣṭā yathāsukham / teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu tadā vānaropanimantritāḥ

Having reached incomparable joy, they sat down at their ease. While they were seated, then those invited by the monkey—

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VamP 39.141

समायाता महात्मानो यक्षगन्धर्वदानवाः । तानागतान् समीक्ष्यैव पुत्र्यस्ताः पृथुलोचनाः

samāyātā mahātmāno yakṣagandharvadānavāḥ / tānāgatān samīkṣyaiva putryastāḥ pṛthulocanāḥ

—great-souled Yakṣas, Gandharvas and Dānavas arrived; and just on seeing them arrived, those large-eyed daughters,

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VamP 39.142

स्नेहार्द्रनयनाः सर्वास्तदा सस्वजिरे पितॄन् । नन्दयन्त्यादिका दृष्ट्वा सपितृका वरानना

snehārdranayanāḥ sarvāstadā sasvajire pitṝn / nandayantyādikā dṛṣṭvā sapitṛkā varānanā

with eyes moist with affection, all embraced their fathers then; and the fair-faced Nandayantī and the others, seeing (the daughters) with their fathers,

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VamP 39.143

सवाष्पनयना जाता विश्वकर्मसुता तदा । अथ तामाह स मुनिः सत्यं सत्यध्वजो वचः

savāṣpanayanā jātā viśvakarmasutā tadā / atha tāmāha sa muniḥ satyaṃ satyadhvajo vacaḥ

the daughter of Viśvakarman then came to have tears in her eyes. Thereupon that sage Satyadhvaja spoke a true word to her:

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VamP 39.144

मा विषादं कृताः पुत्रि पितायं तव वानरः । सा तद्वचनमाकर्ण्य व्रीडोपहतचेतना

mā viṣādaṃ kṛtāḥ putri pitāyaṃ tava vānaraḥ / sā tadvacanamākarṇya vrīḍopahatacetanā

"Do not be downcast, daughter; this monkey is your father." She, hearing that speech, her mind overcome with shame (thought):

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VamP 39.145

कथं तु विश्वकर्मासौ वानरत्वं गतो ऽधुना । दुष्पुत्र्यां मयिजातायं तस्मात् त्यक्षे कलेवरम्

kathaṃ tu viśvakarmāsau vānaratvaṃ gato 'dhunā / duṣputryāṃ mayijātāyaṃ tasmāt tyakṣe kalevaram

"But how has that Viśvakarman now come to be in the state of a monkey? This has come about because of me, a bad daughter; therefore I shall abandon my body."

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VamP 39.146

इति संचिन्त्य मनसा ऋतध्वजमुवाच ह । परित्रायस्व मां ब्रह्मन् पापोपहतचेतनाम्

iti saṃcintya manasā ṛtadhvajamuvāca ha / paritrāyasva māṃ brahman pāpopahatacetanām

Having thought thus in her mind, she said to Ṛtadhvaja: "Rescue me, brahman, whose mind is stricken by sin."

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VamP 39.147

पितृघ्नी मर्तुमिच्छामि तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि । अथोवाच मुनिस्तन्वीं मा विषादं कृथाधुना

pitṛghnī martumicchāmi tadanujñātumarhasi / athovāca munistanvīṃ mā viṣādaṃ kṛthādhunā

"I am my father's killer; I wish to die — you should grant me leave for that." Then the sage said to the slender lady, "Do not despair now."

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VamP 39.148

भाव्यस्य नैव नाशो ऽस्ति नन्मा त्याक्षीः कलेवरम् । भविष्यति पिता तुभ्यं भुययो ऽप्यमरवर्द्धकिः

bhāvyasya naiva nāśo 'sti nanmā tyākṣīḥ kalevaram / bhaviṣyati pitā tubhyaṃ bhuyayo 'pyamaravarddhakiḥ

"There is no destruction of what is destined to be; do not cast off your body. Your father will once again be the carpenter of the immortals,

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VamP 39.149

जाते ऽपत्ये घृताच्यां तु नात्र कार्या विचारणा । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने मुनिना भावितात्मना

jāte 'patye ghṛtācyāṃ tu nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / ityevamukte vacane muninā bhāvitātmanā

once a child has been born to Ghṛtācī — no doubt is to be entertained in this matter." When this speech had thus been uttered by the sage of matured spirit,

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VamP 39.150

घृताची तां सम्भ्येत्य प्राह चित्राङ्गदां वचः । पुत्रि त्यजस्व शोकं त्वं मासौर्दशभिरात्मजः

ghṛtācī tāṃ sambhyetya prāha citrāṅgadāṃ vacaḥ / putri tyajasva śokaṃ tvaṃ māsaurdaśabhirātmajaḥ

Ghṛtācī came up to Citrāṅgadā and spoke these words: "Daughter, give up your grief; in ten months a son

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VamP 39.151

भविष्यति पुतुस्तुभ्यं मत्सकाशान्न संशयः । इत्येवमुक्ता संहृष्टा बभौ चित्राङ्गदा तदा

bhaviṣyati putustubhyaṃ matsakāśānna saṃśayaḥ / ityevamuktā saṃhṛṣṭā babhau citrāṅgadā tadā

will be born to you from me — there is no doubt." Addressed thus, Citrāṅgadā then shone with joy,

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VamP 39.152

प्रतीक्षन्ती सुचार्वङ्गी विवाहे पितृदर्शनम् । सर्वास्ता अपि तावन्तं कालं सुतनुकन्यकाः

pratīkṣantī sucārvaṅgī vivāhe pitṛdarśanam / sarvāstā api tāvantaṃ kālaṃ sutanukanyakāḥ

the fair-limbed one awaiting the sight of her father at the wedding; and all those slender-bodied maidens too, for that whole time,

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VamP 39.153

प्रत्यैक्षन्त विवाहं हि तस्या एव प्रियेप्सया । ततो दशसु मासेषु समतीतेष्वथाप्सराः

pratyaikṣanta vivāhaṃ hi tasyā eva priyepsayā / tato daśasu māseṣu samatīteṣvathāpsarāḥ

waited for the marriage, out of the wish to do her a kindness. Then, when ten months had fully passed, the apsaras

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VamP 39.154

तस्म्न् गोदावरीतीर्थे प्रसूता तनयं नलम् । जाते ऽपत्ये कपित्वाच्च विश्वकर्माप्यमुच्यत

tasmn godāvarītīrthe prasūtā tanayaṃ nalam / jāte 'patye kapitvācca viśvakarmāpyamucyata

gave birth at that Godāvarī tīrtha to a son, Nala; and when the child was born, Viśvakarman too was released from his ape-form.

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VamP 39.155

समभ्येत्य प्रियां पुत्रीं पर्यष्वजत चादरात् । ततः प्रीतेन मनसा सस्मार सुरवर्द्धकिः

samabhyetya priyāṃ putrīṃ paryaṣvajata cādarāt / tataḥ prītena manasā sasmāra suravarddhakiḥ

Coming up, he embraced his dear daughter with regard. Then, with a pleased mind, the carpenter of the gods called to mind

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VamP 39.156

सुराणामधिपं शक्रं सहैव सुरकिन्नरैः । त्वष्ट्राथ संस्मृतः शक्रो मरुद्गणवृतस्तदा

surāṇāmadhipaṃ śakraṃ sahaiva surakinnaraiḥ / tvaṣṭrātha saṃsmṛtaḥ śakro marudgaṇavṛtastadā

Śakra, the lord of the gods, together with the gods and kinnaras. Then Śakra, thus remembered by Tvaṣṭṛ, surrounded by the host of Maruts,

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VamP 39.157

सुरैः सरुद्रैः संप्राप्तस्तत्तीर्थ हाटकाह्वयम् । समायातेषु देवेषु गन्धर्वेष्वप्सरस्सु च

suraiḥ sarudraiḥ saṃprāptastattīrtha hāṭakāhvayam / samāyāteṣu deveṣu gandharveṣvapsarassu ca

arrived with the gods and with the Rudras at that tīrtha called Hāṭaka. When the gods, the gandharvas and the apsarases had assembled,

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VamP 39.158

इन्द्रद्युम्नो मुनिश्रेष्ठमृतध्वजमुवाच ह । जाबालेर्दीयतां ब्रह्मन् सुताकन्दरमालिनः

indradyumno muniśreṣṭhamṛtadhvajamuvāca ha / jābālerdīyatāṃ brahman sutākandaramālinaḥ

Indradyumna said to Ṛtadhvaja, best of sages: "Brahman, let the daughter be given to Jābāli, the wearer of the neck-garland;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VamP 39.159

गृह्णातु विधिवत् पाणिं दैतेय्यास्तनयस्तव । नन्दयन्तीं च शकुनिः परिणेतुं स्वरूपवान्

gṛhṇātu vidhivat pāṇiṃ daiteyyāstanayastava / nandayantīṃ ca śakuniḥ pariṇetuṃ svarūpavān

let your son take the hand of the Daitya girl in due form; and let handsome Śakuni wed Nandayantī.

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VamP 39.160

ममेयं वेदवत्यस्तु त्वाष्ट्रोयी सुरथस्य च । बाढमित्यब्रवीद्धृष्टो मुनिर्मनुसुतं नृपम्

mameyaṃ vedavatyastu tvāṣṭroyī surathasya ca / bāḍhamityabravīddhṛṣṭo munirmanusutaṃ nṛpam

Let this Vedavatī be mine, and Tvaṣṭṛ's daughter be Suratha's." "So be it," the sage said, delighted, to the king, Manu's son.

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VamP 39.161

ततो ऽनुचक्रुः संहृष्टा विवाहविधिमुत्तमम् । ऋत्विजो ऽभूद् गालवस्तु हुत्वा हव्यं विधनतः

tato 'nucakruḥ saṃhṛṣṭā vivāhavidhimuttamam / ṛtvijo 'bhūd gālavastu hutvā havyaṃ vidhanataḥ

Then, filled with joy, they carried out the excellent marriage rite; Gālava was the officiant, offering the oblation according to the prescription.

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VamP 39.162

गायन्ते तत्र गन्धर्वा नृत्यन्ते ऽप्सरसस्तथा । आदौ जाबालिनः पाणिर्गृहीतो दैत्यकन्यया

gāyante tatra gandharvā nṛtyante 'psarasastathā / ādau jābālinaḥ pāṇirgṛhīto daityakanyayā

There the gandharvas sang and the apsarases danced; first, Jābāli's hand was taken by the Daitya maiden;

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VamP 39.163

इन्द्रद्युम्नेन तदनु वेदवत्या विधानतः । ततः शकुनिना पाणिर्गृहीतो यक्षकन्यया

indradyumnena tadanu vedavatyā vidhānataḥ / tataḥ śakuninā pāṇirgṛhīto yakṣakanyayā

after that, by Vedavatī with Indradyumna, according to the prescription; then Śakuni's hand was taken by the yakṣa maiden;

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VamP 39.164

चित्राङ्गदायाः कल्याणि सुरथः पाणिमग्रहीत् । एवं क्रमाद् विवाहस्तु निर्वृत्तस्तनुमध्यमे

citrāṅgadāyāḥ kalyāṇi surathaḥ pāṇimagrahīt / evaṃ kramād vivāhastu nirvṛttastanumadhyame

Suratha took the hand of Citrāṅgadā, O auspicious lady. Thus, in order, the marriage was concluded, O slender-waisted one.

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VamP 39.165

वृत्ते मुनिर्विवाहे तु शक्रादीन् प्राह दैवतान् । अस्मिस्तीर्थे भवद्भिस्तु सप्तगोदावरे सदा

vṛtte munirvivāhe tu śakrādīn prāha daivatān / asmistīrthe bhavadbhistu saptagodāvare sadā

When the marriage was over, the sage said to Śakra and the other gods: "At this tīrtha, at the Seven-Godāvarī, you should always

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VamP 39.166

स्थेयं विशेषतो मासमिमं माधवमुत्तमम् । बाढमुक्त्वा सुराः सर्वे जग्मुर्हृष्टा दिवं क्रमात्

stheyaṃ viśeṣato māsamimaṃ mādhavamuttamam / bāḍhamuktvā surāḥ sarve jagmurhṛṣṭā divaṃ kramāt

"(You) should stay (here), and especially during this excellent month of Mādhava." Saying "Very well," all the gods, delighted, went one by one to heaven.

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VamP 39.167

मुनयो मुनिमादाय सपुत्रं जग्मुरादरात् । भार्याश्चादाय राजानः स्वं स्वं नगरमागताः

munayo munimādāya saputraṃ jagmurādarāt / bhāryāścādāya rājānaḥ svaṃ svaṃ nagaramāgatāḥ

The sages, taking the sage along with his son, went off respectfully; and the kings, taking their wives, came each to his own city.

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VamP 39.168

प्रहृष्टाः सुखिनस्तस्थुः भुञ्जते विषयान् प्रियान् । चित्राङ्गदायाः कल्याणि एवं वृत्तं पुरा किल । तन्मां कमलपत्राक्षि भजस्व ललनोत्तमे

prahṛṣṭāḥ sukhinastasthuḥ bhuñjate viṣayān priyān / citrāṅgadāyāḥ kalyāṇi evaṃ vṛttaṃ purā kila / tanmāṃ kamalapatrākṣi bhajasva lalanottame

Greatly delighted, they lived happily and enjoyed the pleasures they loved. Thus, fair lady, did it happen of old with Citrāṅgadā; so, lotus-petal-eyed one, best of women, give yourself to me.

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VamP 39.169

इत्येवमुक्त्वा नरदेवसूनुस्तां भूमिदेवस्य सुतां वरोरुम् । स्तुवन्मृगाक्षीं मृदुना क्रमेण सा चापि वाक्यं नृपतिं बभाषे

ityevamuktvā naradevasūnustāṃ bhūmidevasya sutāṃ varorum / stuvanmṛgākṣīṃ mṛdunā krameṇa sā cāpi vākyaṃ nṛpatiṃ babhāṣe

Having spoken thus, the son of the king (of men), praising with gentle steps that fine-thighed, doe-eyed daughter of the brahmin (earth-god) — she too spoke a word to the king.

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