Vamana Purana — Chapter 45

VamP 45.1

नारद उवाच । मलये ऽपि महेन्द्रेण यत्कृतं ब्राह्मणर्षभ । निष्पादितं स्वकं कार्यं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि

nārada uvāca / malaye 'pi mahendreṇa yatkṛtaṃ brāhmaṇarṣabha / niṣpāditaṃ svakaṃ kāryaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

Nārada said: What was done by great Indra on Malaya too, O bull among brahmins, and how his own purpose was accomplished — that you should explain to me.

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VamP 45.2

पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रूयतां यन्महेन्द्रेण मलये पर्वतोत्तमे । कृतं लोकहितं ब्रह्मन्नात्मनश्च तथा हितम्

pulastya uvāca / śrūyatāṃ yanmahendreṇa malaye parvatottame / kṛtaṃ lokahitaṃ brahmannātmanaśca tathā hitam

Pulastya said: Let it be heard what was done by great Indra on Malaya, best of mountains — a benefit to the world, O brahmin, and likewise a benefit to himself.

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VamP 45.3

अन्धासुरस्यानुचरा मयतापुरोगमाः । ते निर्जिताः सुरगणैः पातालगमनोत्सुकाः

andhāsurasyānucarā mayatāpurogamāḥ / te nirjitāḥ suragaṇaiḥ pātālagamanotsukāḥ

The followers of the demon Andha, headed by Maya and Tāra — they, defeated by the hosts of the gods, were eager to go to Pātāla.

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VamP 45.4

ददृशुर्मलयं शैलं सिद्धाध्युषितकन्दरम् । लतावितासंछन्नं मत्तसत्त्वसमाकुलम्

dadṛśurmalayaṃ śailaṃ siddhādhyuṣitakandaram / latāvitāsaṃchannaṃ mattasattvasamākulam

They saw Mount Malaya, its caves inhabited by Siddhas, covered over with canopies of creepers, thronged with rutting animals,

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VamP 45.5

चन्दनैरुरगाक्रान्तैः सुशीतैरभिसेवितम् । माधवीकुसुमामोदं ऋष्यर्चितहरं गिरिम्

candanairuragākrāntaiḥ suśītairabhisevitam / mādhavīkusumāmodaṃ ṛṣyarcitaharaṃ girim

frequented by very cool sandal trees overrun by serpents, fragrant with mādhavī blossoms — the mountain where Hara is worshipped by the sages.

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VamP 45.6

तं दृष्ट्वा शीतलच्छायं श्रान्ता व्यायामकर्षिताः । मयतारपुरोगास्ते निवासं समरोचयन्

taṃ dṛṣṭvā śītalacchāyaṃ śrāntā vyāyāmakarṣitāḥ / mayatārapurogāste nivāsaṃ samarocayan

Seeing it with its cool shade, weary and worn out by exertion, those (demons) headed by Maya and Tāra chose it for a dwelling.

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VamP 45.7

तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु प्राणतृप्तिप्रदो ऽनिलः । विवाति शीतः शनकैर्दक्षिणो गन्धसंयुतः

teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu prāṇatṛptiprado 'nilaḥ / vivāti śītaḥ śanakairdakṣiṇo gandhasaṃyutaḥ

When they had settled there, the wind, giving satisfaction to the breath, blew cool and gently from the south, laden with fragrance.

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VamP 45.8

तत्रैव च रतिं चक्रः सर्व एव महासुराः । कुर्वन्तो लोकसंपूज्ये विद्धेषं देवतागणे

tatraiva ca ratiṃ cakraḥ sarva eva mahāsurāḥ / kurvanto lokasaṃpūjye viddheṣaṃ devatāgaṇe

And right there all those great Asuras took their pleasure, doing injury to the company of the gods who are honoured by the world.

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VamP 45.9

ताञ्ज्ञात्वा शङ्करः शक्रं प्रेषयन्मलये ऽसुरान् । स चापि ददृशे गच्छन् पथि गोमातरं हरिः

tāñjñātvā śaṅkaraḥ śakraṃ preṣayanmalaye 'surān / sa cāpi dadṛśe gacchan pathi gomātaraṃ hariḥ

Knowing of them, Śaṅkara sent Śakra against the Asuras on Malaya; and he too, Hari, as he went, saw on the road the mother of cows.

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VamP 45.10

तस्याः प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा दृष्ट्वा शैलं च सुप्रभम् । ददृशे दानवान् सर्वान् संहृष्टान् भोगसंयुतान्

tasyāḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā dṛṣṭvā śailaṃ ca suprabham / dadṛśe dānavān sarvān saṃhṛṣṭān bhogasaṃyutān

Having circumambulated her, and having seen the bright mountain, he saw all the Dānavas, delighted and given over to enjoyments.

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VamP 45.11

अथाजुहाव बलहा सर्वानेव महासुरान् । ते चाप्याययुरव्यग्रा विकिरन्तः शेरोत्करान्

athājuhāva balahā sarvāneva mahāsurān / te cāpyāyayuravyagrā vikirantaḥ śerotkarān

Then the slayer of Bala challenged all the great Asuras; and they came on unperturbed, scattering showers of arrows.

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VamP 45.12

तानागतान् बाणजालैः रथस्थो ऽद्भुतदर्शना । छादयामास विप्रर्षे गिरीन् वृष्ट्या यथा घनः

tānāgatān bāṇajālaiḥ rathastho 'dbhutadarśanā / chādayāmāsa viprarṣe girīn vṛṣṭyā yathā ghanaḥ

As they came on, standing in his chariot, of wondrous appearance, he covered them with nets of arrows, O brahmin sage, as a cloud covers mountains with rain.

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VamP 45.13

ततो बाणैरवच्छाद्य मयादीन् दानवान् हरिः । पाकं जघान तीक्ष्णाग्रैर्मार्गणैः कङ्गवाससैः

tato bāṇairavacchādya mayādīn dānavān hariḥ / pākaṃ jaghāna tīkṣṇāgrairmārgaṇaiḥ kaṅgavāsasaiḥ

Then, having covered over Maya and the other Dānavas with arrows, Hari slew Pāka with sharp-pointed shafts feathered with heron plumes.

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VamP 45.14

तत्र नाम विभुर्लोभे शासनत्वात् शरैर्दृढैः । पाकशासनतां शक्रः सर्वामरपतिर्विभुः

tatra nāma vibhurlobhe śāsanatvāt śarairdṛḍhaiḥ / pākaśāsanatāṃ śakraḥ sarvāmarapatirvibhuḥ

There the mighty (Indra) obtained the name — because of his chastising (Pāka) with firm arrows, Śakra, the lord of all the immortals, the mighty one, (obtained) the status of being Pākaśāsana ('chastiser of Pāka').

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VamP 45.15

तथान्यं पुरनामानं बाणासुरसुतं शरैः । सुपुङ्खैर्दारयामास ततो ऽभूत् स पुरन्दरः

tathānyaṃ puranāmānaṃ bāṇāsurasutaṃ śaraiḥ / supuṅkhairdārayāmāsa tato 'bhūt sa purandaraḥ

Likewise another (son), Pura by name, the son of the demon Bāṇa, he tore apart with well-feathered arrows; thereafter he became Purandara ('breaker of Pura').

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VamP 45.16

हत्वेत्थं समरे ऽजैषीद् गोत्रभिद् दानवं बलम् । तच्चापि विजितं ब्रह्मन् रसातलमुपागमत्

hatvetthaṃ samare 'jaiṣīd gotrabhid dānavaṃ balam / taccāpi vijitaṃ brahman rasātalamupāgamat

Having thus slain (them) in battle, the Splitter of Mountains conquered the army of the Dānavas; and that too, being vanquished, went down to Rasātala, O brahman.

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VamP 45.17

एतदर्थं सहस्राक्षः प्रेषितो मलयाचलम् । त्र्यम्बकेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

etadarthaṃ sahasrākṣaḥ preṣito malayācalam / tryambakena muniśreṣṭha kimanyacchrotumicchasi

For this purpose the Thousand-eyed one was sent to Mount Malaya by the Three-eyed one, O best of sages. What else do you wish to hear?

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VamP 45.18

नारद उवाच । किमर्थं दैवतपतिर्गौन्त्रभित् कथ्यते हरिः । एष मे संशयो ब्रह्मन् हृदि संपरिवर्तते

nārada uvāca / kimarthaṃ daivatapatirgauntrabhit kathyate hariḥ / eṣa me saṃśayo brahman hṛdi saṃparivartate

Nārada said: For what reason is Hari, the lord of the gods, called Gotrabhid ('splitter of mountains')? This doubt of mine, O brahman, keeps turning about in my heart.

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VamP 45.19

पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रुयतां गोत्रभिच्छक्रः कीर्तितो हि यथा मया । हते हिरण्यकशिपौ यच्चकारारिमर्दनः

pulastya uvāca / śruyatāṃ gotrabhicchakraḥ kīrtito hi yathā mayā / hate hiraṇyakaśipau yaccakārārimardanaḥ

Pulastya said: Listen to how Śakra was proclaimed by me as Gotrabhid, (and) what the crusher of foes did when Hiraṇyakaśipu had been slain.

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VamP 45.20

दितिर्विनष्टपुत्रा तु कश्यपं प्राह नारद । विभो नाथो ऽसि मे देहि शक्रहन्तारमात्मजम्

ditirvinaṣṭaputrā tu kaśyapaṃ prāha nārada / vibho nātho 'si me dehi śakrahantāramātmajam

But Diti, her sons destroyed, said to Kaśyapa, O Nārada: "Lord, you are my protector; grant me a son who will be the slayer of Śakra."

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VamP 45.21

कश्यपस्तामुवाचाथ यदि त्वमसितेक्षणे । शौचाचारसमायुक्ता स्थास्यसे दशतीर्दश

kaśyapastāmuvācātha yadi tvamasitekṣaṇe / śaucācārasamāyuktā sthāsyase daśatīrdaśa

Then Kaśyapa said to her: "If you, O dark-eyed one, will remain endowed with purity of observance for ten times ten hundred

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VamP 45.22

संवत्सराणां दिव्यानां ततस्त्रैलोक्यनायकम् । जनयिष्यसि पुत्रं त्वं शत्रुघ्नं नान्यथा प्रिये

saṃvatsarāṇāṃ divyānāṃ tatastrailokyanāyakam / janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śatrughnaṃ nānyathā priye

divine years, then you will bring forth a son who is the lord of the three worlds and the slayer of your enemy — otherwise not, my dear."

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VamP 45.23

इत्येवमुक्ता सा भर्त्रा दितिर्नियममास्थिता । गर्भाधानं ऋषिः कृत्वा जगामोदयपर्वतम्

ityevamuktā sā bhartrā ditirniyamamāsthitā / garbhādhānaṃ ṛṣiḥ kṛtvā jagāmodayaparvatam

Thus addressed by her husband, that Diti undertook the observance; and the sage, having placed the embryo (in her), went to Mount Udaya.

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VamP 45.24

गते तस्मिन् मुनिश्रेष्ठे सहस्राक्षो ऽपि सत्वरम् । तमाश्रममुपागम्य दितिं वचनमब्रवीत्

gate tasmin muniśreṣṭhe sahasrākṣo 'pi satvaram / tamāśramamupāgamya ditiṃ vacanamabravīt

When that best of sages had gone, the Thousand-eyed one too came swiftly to that hermitage and spoke these words to Diti:

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VamP 45.25

करिष्याम्यनुशुश्रूषां भवत्या यदि मन्यसे । बाञमित्यब्रवीद् देवी भाविकर्मप्रचोदिता

kariṣyāmyanuśuśrūṣāṃ bhavatyā yadi manyase / bāñamityabravīd devī bhāvikarmapracoditā

"I shall perform service (for you), if you think fit." "Very well," said the goddess, impelled by what was destined to happen.

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VamP 45.26

समिदाहरणादीनि तस्याश्चक्रे पुरन्दरः । विनीतात्मा च कार्यार्था छिद्रान्वेषी भुजङ्गवत्

samidāharaṇādīni tasyāścakre purandaraḥ / vinītātmā ca kāryārthā chidrānveṣī bhujaṅgavat

Purandara did for her the fetching of firewood and the rest, self-restrained and intent on his purpose, seeking a flaw like a serpent.

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VamP 45.27

एकदा सा तपोयुक्ता शौचे महति संस्थिता । दशवर्षशतान्ते तु शिरःस्नाता तपस्विनी

ekadā sā tapoyuktā śauce mahati saṃsthitā / daśavarṣaśatānte tu śiraḥsnātā tapasvinī

Once, she, engaged in austerity, established in great purity, at the end of a thousand years, the ascetic woman having bathed her head,

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VamP 45.28

जानुभ्यामुपरि स्थाप्य मुक्तकेशा निजं शिरः । सुष्वाप केशप्रान्तैस्तु संश्लिष्टचरणाभवत्

jānubhyāmupari sthāpya muktakeśā nijaṃ śiraḥ / suṣvāpa keśaprāntaistu saṃśliṣṭacaraṇābhavat

with her hair loose, having placed her own head upon her knees, fell asleep; and her feet came to be touched by the ends of her hair.

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VamP 45.29

तमन्तरमशौचस्य ज्ञात्वा देवः सहस्रदृक् । विवेश मातुरुदरं नासारन्ध्रेण नारद

tamantaramaśaucasya jñātvā devaḥ sahasradṛk / viveśa māturudaraṃ nāsārandhreṇa nārada

Recognizing that as an occasion of impurity, the thousand-eyed god entered his mother's womb through her nostril, O Nārada.

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VamP 45.30

प्रविश्य जठरं क्रुद्धो दैत्यमातुः पुरन्दरः । ददर्शोर्ध्वमुकं बालं कटिन्यस्तकरं महत्

praviśya jaṭharaṃ kruddho daityamātuḥ purandaraḥ / dadarśordhvamukaṃ bālaṃ kaṭinyastakaraṃ mahat

Having entered the belly of the mother of the Daityas, Purandara, enraged, saw a great child, face upward, its hand placed on its hip.

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VamP 45.31

तस्यैवास्ये ऽथ ददृशे पेशीं मांसस्य वासवः । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशां कराभ्यां जगृहे ऽथ ताम्

tasyaivāsye 'tha dadṛśe peśīṃ māṃsasya vāsavaḥ / śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśāṃ karābhyāṃ jagṛhe 'tha tām

Then in its very mouth Vāsava saw a lump of flesh, resembling pure crystal; and he seized it with both hands.

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VamP 45.32

ततः कोपसमाध्मातो मांसपेशीं शतक्रतुः । कराभ्यं मर्दयामास ततः सा कठिनाभवत्

tataḥ kopasamādhmāto māṃsapeśīṃ śatakratuḥ / karābhyaṃ mardayāmāsa tataḥ sā kaṭhinābhavat

Then the Hundred-sacrificer, swollen with rage, crushed the lump of flesh with both hands, and thereupon it became hard.

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VamP 45.33

ऊर्ध्वेनार्धं च ववृधे त्वधोर्ऽधं ववृधे तथा । शतपर्वाथ कुलिशः संजातो मांसपेशितः

ūrdhvenārdhaṃ ca vavṛdhe tvadhor'dhaṃ vavṛdhe tathā / śataparvātha kuliśaḥ saṃjāto māṃsapeśitaḥ

It grew in its upper half and likewise grew in its lower half; thus from the lump of flesh arose the hundred-jointed thunderbolt.

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VamP 45.34

तेनैव गर्भं दितिजं वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । चिच्छेद सप्तधा ब्रह्मन् स रुरोद च विस्वरम्

tenaiva garbhaṃ ditijaṃ vajreṇa śataparvaṇā / ciccheda saptadhā brahman sa ruroda ca visvaram

With that very hundred-jointed thunderbolt he cut the embryo of Diti into seven, O brahman, and it wept with a broken (discordant) cry.

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VamP 45.35

ततो ऽपयबुध्यत दितिरजानाच्छक्रचोष्टितम् । शुश्राव वाचं पुत्रस्य रुदमानस्य नारद

tato 'payabudhyata ditirajānācchakracoṣṭitam / śuśrāva vācaṃ putrasya rudamānasya nārada

Then Diti awoke and came to know of Śakra's doing; she heard the voice of her son as he wept, O Nārada.

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VamP 45.36

शक्रो ऽपि प्राह मा मूढ रुदस्वेति सुघर्घरम् । इत्येवमुक्त्वा चैकैकं भूयश्चिच्छेद सप्तधा

śakro 'pi prāha mā mūḍha rudasveti sughargharam / ityevamuktvā caikaikaṃ bhūyaściccheda saptadhā

Śakra too said, very harshly, "Do not weep, fool!"; and having spoken thus, he cut each one again into seven.

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VamP 45.38

ते जाता मरुतो नाम देवभृत्याः शतक्रतोः । मातुरेवापचारेण चलन्ते ते पुरस्कृताः । ४५।३७ ततः सकुलिशः शक्रो निर्गम्य जठरात् तदा । दितिं कृताञ्जलिपुटः प्राह भीतस्तु शापतः

te jātā maruto nāma devabhṛtyāḥ śatakratoḥ / māturevāpacāreṇa calante te puraskṛtāḥ / 45.37 tataḥ sakuliśaḥ śakro nirgamya jaṭharāt tadā / ditiṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ prāha bhītastu śāpataḥ

They were born as the ones named Maruts, servants of Śatakratu; by the mother's very lapse they move about, held in honour. (45.37) Then Śakra, thunderbolt in hand, having come out of the belly, with cupped hands spoke to Diti, being afraid of a curse.

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VamP 45.39

ममास्ति नापराधो ऽयं यच्छास्तस्तनयस्तव । तवैवापनयाच्छस्तस्तन्मे न क्रोद्धमर्हसि

mamāsti nāparādho 'yaṃ yacchāstastanayastava / tavaivāpanayācchastastanme na kroddhamarhasi

This is no offence of mine, that your son was cut; he was cut through your own lapse; therefore you ought not be angry with me.

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VamP 45.40

दितिरुवाच । न तावत्रापराधो ऽस्ति मन्ये दिष्टमिदं पुरा । संपूर्णे त्वपि काले वै या शौचत्वमुपागता

ditiruvāca / na tāvatrāparādho 'sti manye diṣṭamidaṃ purā / saṃpūrṇe tvapi kāle vai yā śaucatvamupāgatā

Diti said: You have no offence in this; I think this was ordained long ago—since, even when the time was complete, I came to (a state of) impurity.

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

VamP 45.41

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा तान् बालान् परिसान्त्व्य दितिः स्वयम् । देवाराज्ञा सहैतांस्तु प्रेषयामास भामिनि

pulastya uvāca / ityevamuktvā tān bālān parisāntvya ditiḥ svayam / devārājñā sahaitāṃstu preṣayāmāsa bhāmini

Pulastya said: Having spoken thus, Diti herself soothed those boys and sent them off along with the king of the gods, O beautiful lady.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 45.42

एवं पुरा स्वानपि सोदरान् स गर्भस्थितानुज्जरितुं भयार्तः । बिभेद वज्रेण ततः स गोत्रभित् ख्यातो महर्षे भगवान् महेन्द्रः

evaṃ purā svānapi sodarān sa garbhasthitānujjarituṃ bhayārtaḥ / bibheda vajreṇa tataḥ sa gotrabhit khyāto maharṣe bhagavān mahendraḥ

Thus long ago, stricken with fear, in order to destroy even his own brothers while they were in the womb, he split (them) with the thunderbolt; from that, O great sage, the lord Mahendra became known as Gotrabhid ("splitter of the clan / of mountains").

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