Vamana Purana — Chapter 41

VamP 41.1

पुलास्त्य उवाच । हरो ऽपि शम्बरे याते समाहूयाथ नन्दिनम् । प्राहामन्त्रय शैलादे ये स्थितास्तव शासने

pulāstya uvāca / haro 'pi śambare yāte samāhūyātha nandinam / prāhāmantraya śailāde ye sthitāstava śāsane

Pulastya said: And Hara, when Śambara had gone, summoned Nandin and said: "Call together, O son of Śilāda, those who stand under your command."

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VamP 41.2

ततो महेशवचनान्नन्दी तूर्णतरं गतः । उपस्पृश्य जलं श्रीमान् सस्मार गणनायकान्

tato maheśavacanānnandī tūrṇataraṃ gataḥ / upaspṛśya jalaṃ śrīmān sasmāra gaṇanāyakān

Then, at Maheśa's word, Nandin went most swiftly, and the glorious one, having touched water, called to mind the leaders of the hosts.

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VamP 41.3

नन्दिना संस्मृताः सर्वे गणनाथाः सहस्रशः । समुत्पत्य त्वरायुक्ताः प्रणतास्त्रिदसेश्वरम्

nandinā saṃsmṛtāḥ sarve gaṇanāthāḥ sahasraśaḥ / samutpatya tvarāyuktāḥ praṇatāstridaseśvaram

All the lords of the hosts, thought of by Nandin, in their thousands sprang up in haste and bowed to the lord of the thirty (gods).

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VamP 41.4

आगतांश्च गणान्नन्दी कृताञ्जलिपुटो ऽव्ययः । सर्वान् निवेदयामास शङ्कराय महात्मने

āgatāṃśca gaṇānnandī kṛtāñjalipuṭo 'vyayaḥ / sarvān nivedayāmāsa śaṅkarāya mahātmane

And Nandin, the imperishable one, with his palms joined, announced all the hosts that had come to great-souled Śaṅkara.

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VamP 41.5

नन्द्युवाच । यानेतान् पश्यसे शंभो त्रिनेत्राञ्जटिलाञ्शुचीन् । एते रुद्रा इति ख्याताः कोट्य एकादशैव तु

nandyuvāca / yānetān paśyase śaṃbho trinetrāñjaṭilāñśucīn / ete rudrā iti khyātāḥ koṭya ekādaśaiva tu

Nandin said: Those whom you see, O Śambhu, three-eyed, with matted hair, pure — these are famed as the Rudras, eleven crores of them.

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VamP 41.6

वानरास्यान् पश्यसे यान् शार्दूलसमविक्रमान् । एतेषां द्वारपालास्ते मन्नमानो यशोधनाः

vānarāsyān paśyase yān śārdūlasamavikramān / eteṣāṃ dvārapālāste mannamāno yaśodhanāḥ

Those whom you see with monkey faces, whose valour equals a tiger's — they, rich in fame, are the doorkeepers of these, and they honour me.

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VamP 41.7

षण्मुखान् पश्यसे यांश्च शक्तिपाणीञ्शिखिध्वजान् । षट् च षष्टिस्तथा कोट्यः स्कन्दनाम्नः कुमारकान्

ṣaṇmukhān paśyase yāṃśca śaktipāṇīñśikhidhvajān / ṣaṭ ca ṣaṣṭistathā koṭyaḥ skandanāmnaḥ kumārakān

And those whom you see six-faced, spear in hand, with the peacock as their banner — they are sixty-six crores of boys bearing the name Skanda.

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VamP 41.8

एतावत्यस्तथा कोट्य शाखा नाम षडाननाः । विशाखास्तावदेवोक्ता नैगमेयाश्च शङ्कर

etāvatyastathā koṭya śākhā nāma ṣaḍānanāḥ / viśākhāstāvadevoktā naigameyāśca śaṅkara

Just so many crores are the six-faced ones named Śākhā; and the Viśākhas are said to be exactly as many, and the Naigameyas too, O Śaṅkara.

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VamP 41.9

सप्तकोटिशतं शंभो अमी वै प्रमथोत्तमाः । एकैकं प्रति देवेश तावत्यो ह्यपि मातरः

saptakoṭiśataṃ śaṃbho amī vai pramathottamāḥ / ekaikaṃ prati deveśa tāvatyo hyapi mātaraḥ

Seven hundred crores, O Śambhu, are these foremost Pramathas; and for each single one, O lord of the gods, there are just as many Mothers.

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VamP 41.10

भस्मारुणितदेहाश्च त्रिनेत्राः शूलपाणयः । एते शैवा इति प्रोक्तास्तव भक्ता गणेश्वराः

bhasmāruṇitadehāśca trinetrāḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ / ete śaivā iti proktāstava bhaktā gaṇeśvarāḥ

And those with bodies reddened with ash, three-eyed, holding tridents — these are called the Śaivas, your devotees, lords of hosts.

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VamP 41.11

तथा पाशुपताश्चान्ये भस्मप्रहारणा विभो । एते गणास्त्वसंख्याताः सहायार्थं समागताः

tathā pāśupatāścānye bhasmaprahāraṇā vibho / ete gaṇāstvasaṃkhyātāḥ sahāyārthaṃ samāgatāḥ

And others likewise are the Pāśupatas, whose weapon is ash, O mighty one; these hosts, beyond counting, have assembled to help you.

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VamP 41.12

पिनाकधारिणो रौद्रा गणाः कालमुखापरे । तव भक्ताः समायाता जटामण्डलिनोद्भुताः

pinākadhāriṇo raudrā gaṇāḥ kālamukhāpare / tava bhaktāḥ samāyātā jaṭāmaṇḍalinodbhutāḥ

Others again are the fierce hosts bearing bows, black-faced, your devotees, who have come, awesome with their circles of matted hair.

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VamP 41.13

खट्वाङ्गयोधिनो वीरा रक्तचर्मसमावृताः । इमे प्राप्ता गणा योद्धुं महाव्रतिन उत्तमाः

khaṭvāṅgayodhino vīrā raktacarmasamāvṛtāḥ / ime prāptā gaṇā yoddhuṃ mahāvratina uttamāḥ

These heroes who fight with skull-staves, wrapped in red hides — these hosts, holders of the Great Vow, the highest, have come to fight.

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VamP 41.14

दिग्वाससो मौनिनश्च घण्टाप्रहरणास्तथा । निराश्रया नाम गणाः समायाता जगद्गुरो

digvāsaso mauninaśca ghaṇṭāpraharaṇāstathā / nirāśrayā nāma gaṇāḥ samāyātā jagadguro

Sky-clad and keeping silence, and striking with bells, the hosts named Nirāśraya ("the Supportless") have come, O teacher of the world.

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VamP 41.15

सार्धद्विनेत्राः पद्माक्षाः श्रीवत्साङ्कितवक्षसः । समायाताः खगारूढा वृषभध्वजिनो ऽव्ययाः

sārdhadvinetrāḥ padmākṣāḥ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasaḥ / samāyātāḥ khagārūḍhā vṛṣabhadhvajino 'vyayāḥ

With two and a half eyes, lotus-eyed, their breasts marked with the śrīvatsa, mounted on the bird (Garuḍa), bearing the bull-banner, imperishable — (these) have come.

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VamP 41.16

महापाशुपता नाम चक्रशूलधरास्तथा । भैरवो विष्णुना सार्द्धमभेदेनार्चितो हि यै

mahāpāśupatā nāma cakraśūladharāstathā / bhairavo viṣṇunā sārddhamabhedenārcito hi yai

They are called the Mahāpāśupatas, bearing discus and trident, for by them Bhairava has been worshipped together with Viṣṇu as undifferentiated.

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VamP 41.17

इमे मृगोन्द्रवदनाः शूलबाणधनुर्धराः । गणास्त्वद्रोमसंभूता वीरभद्रपुरोगमाः

ime mṛgondravadanāḥ śūlabāṇadhanurdharāḥ / gaṇāstvadromasaṃbhūtā vīrabhadrapurogamāḥ

These, with faces of deer and lions, bearing trident, arrow and bow, are the hosts born from your own body-hairs, led by Vīrabhadra.

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VamP 41.18

एते चान्ये च बहवः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । सहायार्थं तवायाता यथाप्रीत्यादिशस्व तान्

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ / sahāyārthaṃ tavāyātā yathāprītyādiśasva tān

These and many others, by hundreds and by thousands, have come for your help; command them as you please.

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VamP 41.19

ततो ऽभ्येत्य गणाः सर्वे प्रणेमुर्वृषभध्वजम् । तान् करेणैव भगवान् समाश्वास्योपवेशयत्

tato 'bhyetya gaṇāḥ sarve praṇemurvṛṣabhadhvajam / tān kareṇaiva bhagavān samāśvāsyopaveśayat

Then all the hosts came up and bowed to him of the bull-banner; and the Lord, comforting them with his very hand, made them sit down.

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VamP 41.22

महापाशुपतान् दृष्ट्वा समुत्थाय महेश्वरः । संपरिष्वजताध्यक्षांस्ते प्रणेमुर्महेश्वरम् ॥ वम्प्_४१।२० ॥ ततस्तदद्भुततमं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे गणेश्वराः सुचिरं विस्मिताक्षाश्च वैलक्ष्यमगमत् परम् ॥ वम्प्_४१।२१ ॥ विस्मिताक्षान् गणान् दृष्ट्वा सैलदिर्योगिनां वरः । प्राह प्रहस्य देवेशं शूलपाणिं गणाधिपम्

mahāpāśupatān dṛṣṭvā samutthāya maheśvaraḥ / saṃpariṣvajatādhyakṣāṃste praṇemurmaheśvaram // vamp_41.20 // tatastadadbhutatamaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve gaṇeśvarāḥ suciraṃ vismitākṣāśca vailakṣyamagamat param // vamp_41.21 // vismitākṣān gaṇān dṛṣṭvā sailadiryogināṃ varaḥ / prāha prahasya deveśaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ gaṇādhipam

Seeing the Mahāpāśupatas, Maheśvara rose up and embraced their chiefs, and they bowed to Maheśvara. (41.20) Then, seeing that most wondrous thing, all the lords of the hosts, their eyes wide with amazement for a long while, fell into the greatest embarrassment. (41.21) Seeing the hosts thus amazed, Sailadi (Nandin), best of yogins, laughed and spoke to the lord of gods, the trident-bearer, the chief of the hosts. (41.22)

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VamP 41.23

विस्मितामी गणा देव सर्व एव महेश्वर । महापाशुपतानां हि यत् त्वयालिङ्गनं कृतम्

vismitāmī gaṇā deva sarva eva maheśvara / mahāpāśupatānāṃ hi yat tvayāliṅganaṃ kṛtam

"O god, O Maheśvara, all these hosts are amazed at the embrace that was given by you to the Mahāpāśupatas.

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VamP 41.24

तदेतेषां महादेव स्फुटं त्रैलोक्यविन्दकम् । रूपं ज्ञानं विवेकं च वदस्व स्वेच्छया विभो

tadeteṣāṃ mahādeva sphuṭaṃ trailokyavindakam / rūpaṃ jñānaṃ vivekaṃ ca vadasva svecchayā vibho

So, O Mahādeva, O mighty one, declare of your own will, plainly, their form, their knowledge and their discernment, which pervades the three worlds."

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VamP 41.25

प्रमथाधिपतेर्वाक्यं विदित्वा भूतभावनः । बभाषे तान् गणान् सर्वान् भावाभावविचारिणः

pramathādhipatervākyaṃ viditvā bhūtabhāvanaḥ / babhāṣe tān gaṇān sarvān bhāvābhāvavicāriṇaḥ

Understanding the words of the lord of the Pramathas, the creator of beings spoke to all those hosts who were pondering being and non-being.

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VamP 41.26

रुद्र उवाच। । भव्द्भिर्भक्तिसंयुक्तैर्हरो भावेन पूजितः । अहङ्कारविमूढैश्च निन्दद्भिर्वैष्णवं पदम्

rudra uvāca/ / bhavdbhirbhaktisaṃyuktairharo bhāvena pūjitaḥ / ahaṅkāravimūḍhaiśca nindadbhirvaiṣṇavaṃ padam

Rudra said: By you, endowed with devotion, Hara was worshipped with feeling, yet you were deluded by egotism and reviled the station of Viṣṇu.

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VamP 41.27

तेनाज्ञानेन भवतोनादृत्यानुविरोधिताः । यो ऽहं स भगवान् विष्णुर्विष्णुर्यः सो ऽहमव्ययः

tenājñānena bhavatonādṛtyānuvirodhitāḥ / yo 'haṃ sa bhagavān viṣṇurviṣṇuryaḥ so 'hamavyayaḥ

Through that ignorance of yours you have shown disrespect and set yourselves in opposition: he who am I is the Lord Viṣṇu, and he who is Viṣṇu is I, the imperishable.

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VamP 41.28

नावयोर्वै विशेषो ऽस्ति एका मूर्तिर्द्विधा स्थिता । तदमीभिर्नरव्याघ्रैर्भक्तिभावयुतैर्गणैः

nāvayorvai viśeṣo 'sti ekā mūrtirdvidhā sthitā / tadamībhirnaravyāghrairbhaktibhāvayutairgaṇaiḥ

There is indeed no difference between us two: one form abides in two ways. Therefore, by these hosts, tigers among men, endowed with the feeling of devotion,

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VamP 41.29

यथाहं वै परिज्ञातो न भवद्भिस्तथा ध्रुवम् । येनाहं निन्दितो नित्यं भवद्भिर्मूढबुद्धिभिः

yathāhaṃ vai parijñāto na bhavadbhistathā dhruvam / yenāhaṃ nindito nityaṃ bhavadbhirmūḍhabuddhibhiḥ

I have truly been fully known, as certainly I have not been by you — for which reason I was constantly reviled by you of deluded understanding.

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VamP 41.30

तेन ज्ञानं हि वै नष्टं नातस्त्वालिङ्गिता मया । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने गणाः प्रोचुर्महेश्वरम्

tena jñānaṃ hi vai naṣṭaṃ nātastvāliṅgitā mayā / ityevamukte vacane gaṇāḥ procurmaheśvaram

By that, indeed, (your) knowledge was lost, and hence you were not embraced by me. When this speech had been so spoken, the hosts said to Maheśvara:

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VamP 41.31

कथं भवान् यथैक्येन संस्थितो ऽस्ति जनार्दनः । भवान् हि निर्मलः सुद्धः शान्तः सुक्लो निरञ्जनः

kathaṃ bhavān yathaikyena saṃsthito 'sti janārdanaḥ / bhavān hi nirmalaḥ suddhaḥ śāntaḥ suklo nirañjanaḥ

"How is it that you abide in oneness with Janārdana? For you are spotless, pure, tranquil, white, unblemished,

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VamP 41.32

स चाप्यञ्जनसंकाशः कथं तेनेह युज्यते । तेषां वचनमर्थाढ्यं श्रुत्वा जीमूतवाहनः

sa cāpyañjanasaṃkāśaḥ kathaṃ teneha yujyate / teṣāṃ vacanamarthāḍhyaṃ śrutvā jīmūtavāhanaḥ

while he is dark as collyrium — how is he joined here with you?" Hearing their speech, rich in meaning, he who rides the cloud

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VamP 41.33

विहस्य मेघगम्भीरं गणानिदमुवाच ह । श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये स्वयशोवर्द्धनं वचः

vihasya meghagambhīraṃ gaṇānidamuvāca ha / śrūyatāṃ sarvamākhyāsye svayaśovarddhanaṃ vacaḥ

laughed, deep as a cloud, and said this to the hosts: "Let it be heard; I shall tell all — a speech that increases my own glory.

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VamP 41.34

न त्वेव योग्या यूयं हि महाज्ञानस्य कर्हिचित् । अपवादभयाद् गुह्यं भवतां हि प्रकाशये

na tveva yogyā yūyaṃ hi mahājñānasya karhicit / apavādabhayād guhyaṃ bhavatāṃ hi prakāśaye

Yet you are not at all fit, ever, for the great knowledge; still, from fear of censure I reveal the secret to you.

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VamP 41.35

प्रियध्वमपि चैतेन यन्मच्चित्तास्तु नित्यशः । एकरूपात्मकं देहं कुरुध्यं यत्नमास्थिताः

priyadhvamapi caitena yanmaccittāstu nityaśaḥ / ekarūpātmakaṃ dehaṃ kurudhyaṃ yatnamāsthitāḥ

And be pleased by this too, in that your minds are ever on me; make your body of a single form, remaining intent on the effort.

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VamP 41.36

पयसा हविषाद्यैश्च स्नापनेन प्रयत्नतः । चन्दनादिभिरेकाग्रैर्न मे प्रीतिः प्रजायते

payasā haviṣādyaiśca snāpanena prayatnataḥ / candanādibhirekāgrairna me prītiḥ prajāyate

By milk and by oblations and the rest, by bathing (me) with effort, by sandalwood and the like offered with single-minded attention, no delight arises in me.

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VamP 41.37

यत्नात् क्रकचमादाय छिन्दध्वं मम विग्रहम् । नरकार्हा भवद्भक्ता रक्षामि स्वयशोर्ऽथतः

yatnāt krakacamādāya chindadhvaṃ mama vigraham / narakārhā bhavadbhaktā rakṣāmi svayaśor'thataḥ

"Take a saw with effort and cut apart my body! Your devotees deserve hell; (yet) I protect (them) for the sake of my own fame."

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VamP 41.38

मायं वदिष्यते लोको महान्तमपवादिनम् । यथा पतन्ति नरके हरभक्तास्तपस्विनः

māyaṃ vadiṣyate loko mahāntamapavādinam / yathā patanti narake harabhaktāstapasvinaḥ

"Otherwise the world will speak of me, the Great One, as one who is blamed — (saying) 'See how Hara's devotees, ascetics, fall into hell,'

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VamP 41.39

व्रजन्ति नरकं घोरं इत्येवं परिवादिनः । अतोर्ऽथं न क्षिपाम्यद्य भवतो नरके ऽद्भुते

vrajanti narakaṃ ghoraṃ ityevaṃ parivādinaḥ / ator'thaṃ na kṣipāmyadya bhavato narake 'dbhute

"they go to a dreadful hell' — thus (would be) the revilers. For that reason I do not now cast you into a terrible hell.

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VamP 41.40

यन्निन्दध्वं जगन्नाथं पुष्कराक्षं च मन्मयम् । स चैव सदृशो लोके विद्यते सचराचरे । श्वेतमूर्तिः स गवान् पीतो रक्तो ऽञ्जनप्रभः

yannindadhvaṃ jagannāthaṃ puṣkarākṣaṃ ca manmayam / sa caiva sadṛśo loke vidyate sacarācare / śvetamūrtiḥ sa gavān pīto rakto 'ñjanaprabhaḥ

Because you revile the Lord of the world, the lotus-eyed one, who is made of me — and he indeed is (without) a like in the world with its moving and unmoving (beings); that Lord is of white form, yellow, red, of the sheen of black collyrium.

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VamP 41.41

न तस्य सदृशो लोके विद्यते सचराचरे । श्वेतमूर्तिः स भगवान् पीतो रक्तो ऽञ्जनप्रभः

na tasya sadṛśo loke vidyate sacarācare / śvetamūrtiḥ sa bhagavān pīto rakto 'ñjanaprabhaḥ

There is no one like him in the world with its moving and unmoving (beings); that Lord is of white form, yellow, red, of the sheen of black collyrium.

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VamP 41.42

तस्मात् परतरं लोके नान्यद् धर्म हि विद्यते । सात्त्विकं राजसं चैव तामसं मिश्रकं तथा । स एव धत्ते भगवान् सर्वपूज्यः सदाशिवः

tasmāt parataraṃ loke nānyad dharma hi vidyate / sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ caiva tāmasaṃ miśrakaṃ tathā / sa eva dhatte bhagavān sarvapūjyaḥ sadāśivaḥ

Higher than him there is indeed no other dharma in the world — sāttvika, rājasa, tāmasa, and mixed: that same Lord, Sadāśiva, worshipped by all, assumes (these).

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VamP 41.43

शङ्करस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शैवाद्या प्रमथोत्तमाः । प्रत्यूचुर्भगवन् ब्रूहि सदाशिवविशेणम्

śaṅkarasya vacaḥ śrutvā śaivādyā pramathottamāḥ / pratyūcurbhagavan brūhi sadāśivaviśeṇam

Having heard Śaṅkara's words, the Śaivas and the other foremost of the Pramathas replied: "Lord, tell (us) the particular (nature) of Sadāśiva."

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VamP 41.44

तेषां तद् भाषितं श्रुत्वा प्रमथानामथेश्वरः । दर्शयामास तद्रूपं सदाशैवं निरञ्जनम्

teṣāṃ tad bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā pramathānāmatheśvaraḥ / darśayāmāsa tadrūpaṃ sadāśaivaṃ nirañjanam

Then, having heard that speech of theirs, of the Pramathas, the Lord showed that form of his, the Sadāśiva form, spotless.

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VamP 41.45

ततः पश्यन्ति हि गणाः तमीसं वै शहस्रशः । सहस्रवक्त्रचरणं सहस्त्रभुजमीश्वरम्

tataḥ paśyanti hi gaṇāḥ tamīsaṃ vai śahasraśaḥ / sahasravaktracaraṇaṃ sahastrabhujamīśvaram

Then the Gaṇas behold that Lord in thousands (of forms), the Lord with a thousand faces and feet, with a thousand arms,

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VamP 41.46

दण्डपाणिं सुदुर्दृश्यं लोकैर्व्याप्तं समन्ततः । दण्डसंस्थास्य दृश्यन्ते देवप्रहरणास्तथा

daṇḍapāṇiṃ sudurdṛśyaṃ lokairvyāptaṃ samantataḥ / daṇḍasaṃsthāsya dṛśyante devapraharaṇāstathā

with a staff in hand, very hard to look upon, pervading (all) the worlds on every side; and set on the staff the weapons of the gods are seen.

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VamP 41.47

तत एकमुखं भूयो ददृशुः शङ्करं गणाः । रौद्रैश्च वैष्णवैश्चैव वृतं चिह्नैः सहस्रशः

tata ekamukhaṃ bhūyo dadṛśuḥ śaṅkaraṃ gaṇāḥ / raudraiśca vaiṣṇavaiścaiva vṛtaṃ cihnaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

Then again the Gaṇas saw Śaṅkara with a single face, surrounded by thousands of Rudra-marks and Vaiṣṇava-marks,

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VamP 41.48

अर्द्धेन वैष्णववपुर्द्धेन हरविग्रहः । खगध्वजं वृषारूढं वृषध्वजम्

arddhena vaiṣṇavavapurddhena haravigrahaḥ / khagadhvajaṃ vṛṣārūḍhaṃ vṛṣadhvajam

with half a Vaiṣṇava body and half the form of Hara, bird-bannered (and) mounted on a bull, bull-bannered.

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VamP 41.49

यथा यथा त्रिनयनो रूपं धत्ते गुणाग्रणीः । तथा तथा त्वजायन्त महापाशुपता गणाः

yathā yathā trinayano rūpaṃ dhatte guṇāgraṇīḥ / tathā tathā tvajāyanta mahāpāśupatā gaṇāḥ

In whatever way the three-eyed one, foremost in qualities, assumed a form, in just that way there came into being the great Pāśupata Gaṇas.

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VamP 41.50

ततो ऽभवच्चैकरूपी शङ्करो बहुरूपवान् । द्विरूपश्चाभवद् योगी एकरूपो ऽप्यरूपवान् । क्षणाच्छ्वेतः क्षणाद् रक्तः पीतो नीलः क्षणादपि

tato 'bhavaccaikarūpī śaṅkaro bahurūpavān / dvirūpaścābhavad yogī ekarūpo 'pyarūpavān / kṣaṇācchvetaḥ kṣaṇād raktaḥ pīto nīlaḥ kṣaṇādapi

Then Śaṅkara, having one form, became many-formed; the yogin became two-formed; though of one form, he was also formless: in an instant white, in an instant red, yellow, and in an instant blue,

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VamP 41.51

मिश्रको वर्णहीनश्च महापाशुपतस्तथा । क्षणाद् भवति रुद्रेन्द्रः क्षणाच्छंभुः प्रभाकरः

miśrako varṇahīnaśca mahāpāśupatastathā / kṣaṇād bhavati rudrendraḥ kṣaṇācchaṃbhuḥ prabhākaraḥ

mixed (in colour), and colourless, and likewise the Great Pāśupata; in an instant he becomes Rudra and Indra, in an instant Śambhu, (in an instant) the Sun.

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VamP 41.52

क्षणार्द्धाच्छङ्करो विष्णुः क्षणाच्छर्वः पितामहः । ततस्तदद्भुततमं दृष्ट्वा शैवादयो गणाः

kṣaṇārddhācchaṅkaro viṣṇuḥ kṣaṇāccharvaḥ pitāmahaḥ / tatastadadbhutatamaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaivādayo gaṇāḥ

In half an instant Śaṅkara (becomes) Viṣṇu, in an instant Śarva (becomes) the Grandfather (Brahmā). Then, having seen that most wondrous thing, the Śaivas and the other Gaṇas

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VamP 41.53

अजानन्त तदैक्येन ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशभास्करान् । यदाभिन्नममन्यन्त देवेदेवं सदाशिवम्

ajānanta tadaikyena brahmaviṣṇvīśabhāskarān / yadābhinnamamanyanta devedevaṃ sadāśivam

came to know Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Īśa and the Sun through that unity (of his); when they thought of Sadāśiva, the God of gods, as undivided,

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VamP 41.54

तदा निर्धूतपापास्ते समजायन्त पार्षदाः । तेष्वेवं धूतपापेषु अभिन्नेषु हरीश्वरः

tadā nirdhūtapāpāste samajāyanta pārṣadāḥ / teṣvevaṃ dhūtapāpeṣu abhinneṣu harīśvaraḥ

then they, their sins shaken off, became his attendants. When they had thus had their sins shaken off and were undivided (in view), the Lord Hara,

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VamP 41.55

प्रीतात्मा विबभो शंशुः प्रीतीयुक्तो ऽब्रवीद् वचः । परितुष्टो ऽस्मि वः सर्वे ज्ञानेनानेन सुव्रताः

prītātmā vibabho śaṃśuḥ prītīyukto 'bravīd vacaḥ / parituṣṭo 'smi vaḥ sarve jñānenānena suvratāḥ

his heart pleased, Śambhu shone forth, and filled with pleasure spoke these words: "I am well satisfied with you all, O you of good vows, by this knowledge.

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VamP 41.56

वृणुध्वं वरमानन्त्यं दास्ये वो मनसेप्सितम् । ऊचुस्ते देहि भगवन् वरमस्माकमीश्वर । भिन्नदृष्ट्युद्भवं पापं यत्तद् भ्रंशं प्रयातु नः

vṛṇudhvaṃ varamānantyaṃ dāsye vo manasepsitam / ūcuste dehi bhagavan varamasmākamīśvara / bhinnadṛṣṭyudbhavaṃ pāpaṃ yattad bhraṃśaṃ prayātu naḥ

"Choose an unending boon; I shall give you what is desired in your mind." They said: "Grant us a boon, Lord, O Īśvara: may the sin that arises from seeing (you as) divided come to destruction for us."

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VamP 41.57

पुलस्त्य उवाच । बाढमित्यब्रवीच्छर्वश्चक्रे निर्धूतकल्पषान् । संपरिष्वजताव्यक्तस्तान् सर्वान् गणयूथपान्

pulastya uvāca / bāḍhamityabravīccharvaścakre nirdhūtakalpaṣān / saṃpariṣvajatāvyaktastān sarvān gaṇayūthapān

Pulastya said: Śarva said, "Very well," and made them free of stain; and the Unmanifest One embraced all those leaders of the troops.

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VamP 41.58

इति विभुना प्रणतार्तिहरेण गणपतयो वृषमेघरथेन । श्रुतिगदितानुगमेनेव मन्दरं गिरिमवतत्य समध्यवसन्तम्

iti vibhunā praṇatārtihareṇa gaṇapatayo vṛṣamegharathena / śrutigaditānugameneva mandaraṃ girimavatatya samadhyavasantam

Thus, (dismissed) by the Lord who removes the pain of those who bow, whose chariot is the cloud-like bull, whom (they) follow as (they follow) what is uttered in the Vedas, the lords of the troops came down upon Mount Mandara and settled upon it.

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VamP 41.59

आच्छादितो गिरिवरः प्रमथैर्घनाभै राभाति शुक्लतनुरीश्वरपादजुष्टः । नीलाजिनातततनुः शरदभ्रवर्णो यद्वद् विभाति बलवान् वृषभो हरस्य

ācchādito girivaraḥ pramathairghanābhai rābhāti śuklatanurīśvarapādajuṣṭaḥ / nīlājinātatatanuḥ śaradabhravarṇo yadvad vibhāti balavān vṛṣabho harasya

That best of mountains, its body white, covered over by the Pramathas who resemble clouds, and touched by the feet of the Lord, shines just as Hara's mighty bull shines, its body wrapped in a black antelope skin, itself of the colour of an autumn cloud.

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