Vamana Purana — Chapter 46
VamP 46.1
नारद उवाच । यदमी भवता प्रोक्ता मरुतो दितिजोत्तमाः । तत् केन पूर्वमासन् वै मरुन्मार्गेण कथ्यताम्
nārada uvāca / yadamī bhavatā proktā maruto ditijottamāḥ / tat kena pūrvamāsan vai marunmārgeṇa kathyatām
Nārada said: As for these whom you have called Maruts, the foremost of Diti's sons—by whom formerly was the path of the winds (occupied)? Let that be told.
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VamP 46.2
पूर्वमन्वन्तरेष्वेव समतीतेषु सत्तम् । के त्वासन् वायुमार्गस्थास्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
pūrvamanvantareṣveva samatīteṣu sattam / ke tvāsan vāyumārgasthāstanme vyākhyātumarhasi
In the earlier manvantaras that have wholly passed, O best of beings, who were those stationed on the path of the wind? That you ought to explain to me.
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VamP 46.3
पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रूयतां पूर्वमरुतामुत्पत्तिं कथयामि ते । स्वायंभुवं समारभ्य यावन्मन्वन्तरं त्विदम्
pulastya uvāca / śrūyatāṃ pūrvamarutāmutpattiṃ kathayāmi te / svāyaṃbhuvaṃ samārabhya yāvanmanvantaraṃ tvidam
Pulastya said: Let it be heard—I shall tell you the origin of the former Maruts, beginning from the Svāyaṃbhuva (manvantara) down to this present manvantara.
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VamP 46.4
स्वायंभुवस्य पुत्रो ऽभून्मनोर्नाम प्रियव्रतः । तस्यासीत् सवनो नाम पुत्रस्त्रैलोक्यपूजितः
svāyaṃbhuvasya putro 'bhūnmanornāma priyavrataḥ / tasyāsīt savano nāma putrastrailokyapūjitaḥ
Svāyaṃbhuva Manu had a son named Priyavrata; his son was named Savana, honoured in the three worlds.
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VamP 46.5
स चानपत्यो देवर्षे नृपः प्रेतगतिं गतः । ततो ऽरुदत् तस्य पत्नी सुदेवा शोकविह्वला
sa cānapatyo devarṣe nṛpaḥ pretagatiṃ gataḥ / tato 'rudat tasya patnī sudevā śokavihvalā
And that king, being without offspring, O divine sage, went the way of the dead; then his wife Sudevā wept, overwhelmed by grief.
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VamP 46.6
न ददाति तदा दग्धुं समालिङ्ग्य स्थिता पतिम् । नाथ नातेति बहुशो विलपन्ती त्वनाथवत्
na dadāti tadā dagdhuṃ samāliṅgya sthitā patim / nātha nāteti bahuśo vilapantī tvanāthavat
She did not then let (him) be burned, but stayed clasping her husband, lamenting again and again, "O lord, O lord!" like one bereft of protection.
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VamP 46.7
तामन्तरिक्षादशरीरिणी वाक् प्रोवाच मा राजपत्नीह रोदीः । यद्यस्ति ते सत्यमनुत्तमं तदा भवत्वयं ते पतिना सहाग्निः
tāmantarikṣādaśarīriṇī vāk provāca mā rājapatnīha rodīḥ / yadyasti te satyamanuttamaṃ tadā bhavatvayaṃ te patinā sahāgniḥ
A bodiless voice from the sky spoke to her: "Do not weep here, O king's wife; if your truthfulness is unsurpassed, then let this fire be yours together with your husband."
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VamP 46.8
सा तां वाणीमन्तरिक्षान्निशम्य प्रोवाचेदं राजपुत्री सुदेवा । शोचाम्येनं पार्थिवं पुत्रहीनं नैवात्मानं मन्दभाग्यं विहङ्ग
sā tāṃ vāṇīmantarikṣānniśamya provācedaṃ rājaputrī sudevā / śocāmyenaṃ pārthivaṃ putrahīnaṃ naivātmānaṃ mandabhāgyaṃ vihaṅga
Hearing that voice from the sky, she, the princess Sudevā, said this: "I grieve for this king, who is without a son, not at all for my own ill-fated self, O sky-goer."
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VamP 46.9
सो ऽथाब्रवीन्मा रुदस्वायताक्षि पुत्रास्त्वत्तो भूमिपालस्य सप्त । भविष्यन्ति वह्निमारोह शीघ्रं सत्यं प्रोक्तं श्रद्दधत्स्व त्वमद्य
so 'thābravīnmā rudasvāyatākṣi putrāstvatto bhūmipālasya sapta / bhaviṣyanti vahnimāroha śīghraṃ satyaṃ proktaṃ śraddadhatsva tvamadya
Then he said: "Do not weep, long-eyed one; from you seven sons of the king will be born. Mount the fire quickly; what has been said is true—believe it now."
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VamP 46.10
इत्येवमुक्ता खचरेण बाला चितौ समारोप्य पितं वरार्हम् । हुताशमासाद्य पतिव्रता तं संचिन्तयन्ती ज्वलनं प्रवनन्ना
ityevamuktā khacareṇa bālā citau samāropya pitaṃ varārham / hutāśamāsādya pativratā taṃ saṃcintayantī jvalanaṃ pravanannā
Thus addressed by the sky-goer, the young woman placed her most worthy husband upon the pyre, and, faithful to her husband, approaching the fire and thinking of him, entered the blaze.
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VamP 46.11
ततो मुहूर्तान्नृपतिः श्रिया युतः समुत्तस्थौ सहितो भार्ययासौ । खमुत्पपाताथ स कामचारी समं महिष्या च सुनाभपुत्र्या
tato muhūrtānnṛpatiḥ śriyā yutaḥ samuttasthau sahito bhāryayāsau / khamutpapātātha sa kāmacārī samaṃ mahiṣyā ca sunābhaputryā
Then, after a moment, the king, endowed with splendour, rose up together with his wife; and he, now moving at will, flew up into the sky along with his queen, the daughter of Sunābha.
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VamP 46.12
तस्याम्बरे नारद पार्थिवस्य जाता रजोगा महिषी तु गच्छतः । स दिव्ययोगात् प्रतिसंस्थितो ऽम्बरे भार्यासहायो दिवसानि पञ्च
tasyāmbare nārada pārthivasya jātā rajogā mahiṣī tu gacchataḥ / sa divyayogāt pratisaṃsthito 'mbare bhāryāsahāyo divasāni pañca
In the sky, O Nārada, while that king was travelling, his queen came to be in her menses; by divine power he remained stationed in the sky with his wife for five days.
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VamP 46.13
ततस्तु षष्ठे ऽहनि पार्थिवेन ऋतुर्न वन्ध्यो ऽद्य भवेद् विचिन्त्य । रराम तन्व्या सह कामचारी ततो ऽम्बरात् प्राच्यवतास्य शुक्रम्
tatastu ṣaṣṭhe 'hani pārthivena ṛturna vandhyo 'dya bhaved vicintya / rarāma tanvyā saha kāmacārī tato 'mbarāt prācyavatāsya śukram
Then on the sixth day the king, reflecting "the fertile season must not go barren today," made love with the slender woman at his pleasure; and thereupon his semen fell down from the sky.
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VamP 46.15
तदम्बरात् प्रचलितमभ्रवर्णं शुक्रं समाना नलिनी वपुष्मती । चित्रा विशाला हरितालिनी च सप्तर्षिपत्न्यो ददृशुर्यथेच्छया
tadambarāt pracalitamabhravarṇaṃ śukraṃ samānā nalinī vapuṣmatī / citrā viśālā haritālinī ca saptarṣipatnyo dadṛśuryathecchayā
That semen, cloud-coloured, slipping down from the sky — Samānā, Nalinī, Vapuṣmatī, Citrā, Viśālā and Haritālinī, the wives of the seven seers, saw it at will.
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VamP 46.16
तद् दृष्ट्वा पुष्करे न्यस्तं प्रत्यैच्छन्त तपोधन । मन्यमानास्तदमृतं सदा यौवनलिप्सया
tad dṛṣṭvā puṣkare nyastaṃ pratyaicchanta tapodhana / manyamānāstadamṛtaṃ sadā yauvanalipsayā
Seeing it deposited in the lotus-pond, O you rich in austerity, they desired it, taking it to be nectar, out of their constant longing for youth.
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VamP 46.17
ततः स्नात्वा च विधिवत् संपूज्य तान् निजान् पतीन् । पतिभिः समनुज्ञाताः पपुः पुष्करसंस्थितम्
tataḥ snātvā ca vidhivat saṃpūjya tān nijān patīn / patibhiḥ samanujñātāḥ papuḥ puṣkarasaṃsthitam
Then, having bathed and duly honoured their own husbands, permitted by their husbands they drank what lay in the lotus-pond.
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VamP 46.18
तच्छुक्रं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य मन्यमानास्तदामृतम् । पीतमात्रेण शुक्रेण पार्थिवेन्द्रोद्भवेन ताः
tacchukraṃ pārthivendrasya manyamānāstadāmṛtam / pītamātreṇa śukreṇa pārthivendrodbhavena tāḥ
Taking that semen of the lord of kings to be nectar — merely by the drinking of that semen sprung from the lord of kings, those (wives) —
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VamP 46.19
ब्रह्मतेजोविहीनास्ता जाताः पत्न्यस्तपस्विताम् । ततस्तु तत्यजुः सर्वे सदोषास्ताश्च पत्नयः
brahmatejovihīnāstā jātāḥ patnyastapasvitām / tatastu tatyajuḥ sarve sadoṣāstāśca patnayaḥ
those wives of the ascetics became bereft of brahminical splendour; and thereupon all (the sages) abandoned those wives, who were at fault.
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VamP 46.20
सुषुवुः सप्त तनयान् रुदतो भैरवं मुने । तेषां रुदितशब्देन सर्वमापूरितं जगत्
suṣuvuḥ sapta tanayān rudato bhairavaṃ mune / teṣāṃ ruditaśabdena sarvamāpūritaṃ jagat
They gave birth to seven sons who cried out fearfully, O sage; by the sound of their crying the whole world was filled.
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VamP 46.21
अथाजगाम भगवान् ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः । समभ्येत्याब्रवीद् बालान् मा रुदध्वं महाबलाः
athājagāma bhagavān brahma lokapitāmahaḥ / samabhyetyābravīd bālān mā rudadhvaṃ mahābalāḥ
Then the lord Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, came; approaching, he said to the boys: "Do not cry, you of great strength.
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VamP 46.22
मरुतो नाम यूयं वै भविष्यध्वं वियच्चराः । इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशो ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः
maruto nāma yūyaṃ vai bhaviṣyadhvaṃ viyaccarāḥ / ityevamuktvā deveśo brahma lokapitāmahaḥ
"You shall indeed become the sky-going ones named Maruts." Having spoken thus, the lord of gods, Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds—
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VamP 46.23
तानादाय वियच्चारी मारुतानादिदेश ह । ते त्वासन् मरुतस्त्वाद्या मनोः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे
tānādāya viyaccārī mārutānādideśa ha / te tvāsan marutastvādyā manoḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare
—taking them, the sky-goer appointed the Maruts (to their office). They were the first Maruts, in the interval of Manu Svāyaṃbhuva.
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VamP 46.24
स्वारेचिषे तु मरुतो वक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद । स्वारोचिषस्य पुत्रस्तु श्रीमानासीत् क्रतुध्वजः
svāreciṣe tu maruto vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada / svārociṣasya putrastu śrīmānāsīt kratudhvajaḥ
But I shall tell of the Maruts in the Svārociṣa (manvantara); listen, Nārada. Svārociṣa's son was the illustrious Kratudhvaja.
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VamP 46.25
तस्य पुत्राभवन् सप्त सप्तार्च्चिःप्रतिमा मुने । तपोर्ऽथं ते गताः शैलं महामेरुं नरेश्वराः
tasya putrābhavan sapta saptārcciḥpratimā mune / tapor'thaṃ te gatāḥ śailaṃ mahāmeruṃ nareśvarāḥ
He had seven sons, like seven flames, O sage; those lords of men went to the mountain, the great Meru, for the sake of austerity.
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VamP 46.26
आराधयन्तो ब्रह्मणं पदमैन्द्रमथेप्सवः । ततो विपश्चिन्नामाथ सहस्राक्षो भयातुरः
ārādhayanto brahmaṇaṃ padamaindramathepsavaḥ / tato vipaścinnāmātha sahasrākṣo bhayāturaḥ
Worshipping Brahmā, desiring the station of Indra; then the thousand-eyed one named Vipaścit, distressed with fear,
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VamP 46.27
पूतनामप्सरोमुख्यां प्राह नारद वाक्यवित् । गच्छस्व पूतने शैलं महामेरुं विशालिनम्
pūtanāmapsaromukhyāṃ prāha nārada vākyavit / gacchasva pūtane śailaṃ mahāmeruṃ viśālinam
spoke, knowing how to speak, O Nārada, to Pūtanā, chief of the apsarases: "Go, Pūtanā, to the mountain, the vast great Meru.
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VamP 46.28
तत्र तप्यन्ति हि तपः क्रतुध्वजसुता महत् । यथा हि तपसो विघ्नं तेषां भवति सुन्दरि
tatra tapyanti hi tapaḥ kratudhvajasutā mahat / yathā hi tapaso vighnaṃ teṣāṃ bhavati sundari
"There the sons of Kratudhvaja are performing great austerity; in such a way that an obstruction to their austerity comes about, O fair one—
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VamP 46.29
तथा कुरुष्व मा तेषां सिद्धिर्भवतु सुन्दरि । इत्येवमुक्ता शक्रेण पूतना रूपशालिनी
tathā kuruṣva mā teṣāṃ siddhirbhavatu sundari / ityevamuktā śakreṇa pūtanā rūpaśālinī
"—so act; let there be no success for them, O fair one." Addressed thus by Śakra, the beautiful Pūtanā
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VamP 46.30
तत्राजगाम त्वरिता यत्रातप्यन्त ते तपः । आश्रमस्याविदूरे तु नदी मन्दोदवाहिनी
tatrājagāma tvaritā yatrātapyanta te tapaḥ / āśramasyāvidūre tu nadī mandodavāhinī
came in haste to where they were performing austerity. Not far from the hermitage was a river flowing with slow water.
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VamP 46.31
तस्यां स्नातुं समायाताः सर्व एव सहोदराः । सापि स्नातुं सुचार्वङ्गी त्ववतीर्णा महानदीम्
tasyāṃ snātuṃ samāyātāḥ sarva eva sahodarāḥ / sāpi snātuṃ sucārvaṅgī tvavatīrṇā mahānadīm
All the brothers together came to bathe in it; and she too, of very lovely limbs, went down into the great river to bathe.
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VamP 46.32
ददृशुस्ते नृपाः स्नातां ततश्चुक्षुभिरे मुने । तेषां च प्राच्यवच्छुक्रं तत्पपौ जलचारिणी
dadṛśuste nṛpāḥ snātāṃ tataścukṣubhire mune / teṣāṃ ca prācyavacchukraṃ tatpapau jalacāriṇī
Those kings saw her bathing, and then they were agitated, O sage; and their semen fell out, and the water-dweller drank it —
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VamP 46.33
शङ्खिना ग्राहमुख्यस्य महाशङ्खस्य वल्लभा । ते ऽपि विभ्रष्टतपसो जग्मू राज्यं तु षैतृकम्
śaṅkhinā grāhamukhyasya mahāśaṅkhasya vallabhā / te 'pi vibhraṣṭatapaso jagmū rājyaṃ tu ṣaitṛkam
Śaṅkhinī, the beloved of Mahāśaṅkha, chief of the crocodiles. And they, their austerity ruined, went off to their paternal kingdom.
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VamP 46.34
सा चापसराः शक्रमेत्य याथातथ्यं न्यवेदयत् । ततो बहुतिथे काले सा ग्राही शङ्खरूपिणी
sā cāpasarāḥ śakrametya yāthātathyaṃ nyavedayat / tato bahutithe kāle sā grāhī śaṅkharūpiṇī
And that apsaras came to Śakra and reported the matter as it truly was. Then, after a long time, she, the crocodile-woman in the form of a conch (śaṅkhinī),
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VamP 46.35
समुद्धृता महाजालौर्मत्स्यबन्धेन मानिनी । स तां दृष्ट्वा महाशङ्खी स्थलास्थां मत्स्यजीविकः
samuddhṛtā mahājālaurmatsyabandhena māninī / sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāśaṅkhī sthalāsthāṃ matsyajīvikaḥ
was hauled up in great nets by a fisherman — she, the proud one. Seeing her lying on the bank, that great conch-shell(-woman), the fisherman whose living was fish,
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VamP 46.36
निवेदयामास तदा क्रतुध्वजसुतेषु वै । तथाभ्येत्य महात्मानो योगिनो योगधारिणः
nivedayāmāsa tadā kratudhvajasuteṣu vai / tathābhyetya mahātmāno yogino yogadhāriṇaḥ
then reported (it) to the sons of Kratudhvaja; and so those great-souled yogins, upholders of yoga, came there,
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VamP 46.37
नीत्वा स्वमन्दिरं सर्वे पुरवाप्यां समुत्सृजन् । ततः प्रमाच्छङ्खिनी सी सुषुवे सप्त वै शिशून्
nītvā svamandiraṃ sarve puravāpyāṃ samutsṛjan / tataḥ pramācchaṅkhinī sī suṣuve sapta vai śiśūn
and they all, taking (her) to their own dwelling, released (her) into the city's pond. Then in due time that conch-woman gave birth to seven infants.
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VamP 46.38
जातमात्रेषु पुत्रेषु मोक्षभावमगाच्च सा । अमातृपितृका बाला जलमध्यविहारिणः
jātamātreṣu putreṣu mokṣabhāvamagācca sā / amātṛpitṛkā bālā jalamadhyavihāriṇaḥ
And as soon as the sons were born she attained release; the children, without mother or father, roaming in the midst of the water,
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VamP 46.39
स्तान्यार्थिनो वै रुरुदुराथाभ्यागात् पितामहः । मा रुदध्वमितीत्याह मरुतो नाम पुत्रकाः
stānyārthino vai rurudurāthābhyāgāt pitāmahaḥ / mā rudadhvamitītyāha maruto nāma putrakāḥ
cried out, wanting the breast. Then the Grandfather (Brahmā) came and said, "Do not weep, little sons named Maruts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.40
यूयं देवा भविष्यध्वं वायुस्कन्धविचारिणः । इत्येवमुक्त्वाथादाय सर्वास्तान् दैवतान् प्रति
yūyaṃ devā bhaviṣyadhvaṃ vāyuskandhavicāriṇaḥ / ityevamuktvāthādāya sarvāstān daivatān prati
"You shall become gods, ranging in the tracts of the wind." Having spoken thus, he took them all to the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.41
नियोज्य च मरुमार्गे वैराजं भवनं गतः । एवमासंश्च मरुतो मनोः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे
niyojya ca marumārge vairājaṃ bhavanaṃ gataḥ / evamāsaṃśca maruto manoḥ svārociṣe 'ntare
and having appointed (them) on the path of the wind, he went to the Vairāja mansion. Thus were the Maruts in the interval of Manu Svārociṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.42
उत्तमे मरुतो ये च ताञ्छृणुष्व तपोधन । उत्तमस्यान्ववाये तु राजासीन्निषधाधिपः
uttame maruto ye ca tāñchṛṇuṣva tapodhana / uttamasyānvavāye tu rājāsīnniṣadhādhipaḥ
And hear now of those Maruts who were in (the Manu-interval of) Uttama, O you rich in ascetic power. In Uttama's line there was a king, lord of Niṣadha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.43
वपुष्मानिति विख्यातो वपुषा भास्करोपमः । तस्य पुत्रो गुणश्रेष्ठो ज्योतिष्मान् धार्मिको ऽभवत्
vapuṣmāniti vikhyāto vapuṣā bhāskaropamaḥ / tasya putro guṇaśreṣṭho jyotiṣmān dhārmiko 'bhavat
renowned as Vapuṣmān, like the sun in bodily beauty. His son was Jyotiṣmān, foremost in virtues and righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.44
स पुत्रार्थो तपस्तेपे नदीं मन्दाकिनीमनु । तस्य भार्या च सुश्रोणी देवाचार्यासुता शुभा
sa putrārtho tapastepe nadīṃ mandākinīmanu / tasya bhāryā ca suśroṇī devācāryāsutā śubhā
For the sake of a son he performed austerities along the river Mandākinī. And his wife, fair-hipped, the lovely daughter of the teacher of the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.45
तपश्चारणयुक्तस्य बभूव परिचारिका । सा स्वयं फलपुष्पाम्बुसमित्कुशं समाहरत्
tapaścāraṇayuktasya babhūva paricārikā / sā svayaṃ phalapuṣpāmbusamitkuśaṃ samāharat
became the attendant of him engaged in the practice of austerity; she herself gathered fruits, flowers, water, firewood and kuśa grass,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.46
चकार पद्मपत्राक्षी सम्यक् चातिथिपूजनम् । पतिं शुश्रूषमाणा सा कृशा धमनिसंतता
cakāra padmapatrākṣī samyak cātithipūjanam / patiṃ śuśrūṣamāṇā sā kṛśā dhamanisaṃtatā
and that lotus-petal-eyed woman performed the honouring of guests properly. Serving her husband, she grew thin, her veins showing,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.47
तेजोयुक्ता सुचार्वङ्गीं दृष्टा सप्तर्षिभिर्वने । तां तथा चारुसर्वाङ्गीं दृष्ट्वाथ तपसा कृसाम्
tejoyuktā sucārvaṅgīṃ dṛṣṭā saptarṣibhirvane / tāṃ tathā cārusarvāṅgīṃ dṛṣṭvātha tapasā kṛsām
yet full of radiance and with lovely limbs, she was seen in the forest by the seven sages. Seeing her thus, all her limbs lovely (though) wasted by austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.48
पप्रच्छुस्तपसो हेतुं तस्यास्तद्भर्तुरेव च । साब्रवीत् तनयार्थाय आवाभ्यां वै तपःक्रिया
papracchustapaso hetuṃ tasyāstadbhartureva ca / sābravīt tanayārthāya āvābhyāṃ vai tapaḥkriyā
they asked the reason for her austerity and for her husband's. She said: "For the sake of a son the two of us perform this austerity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.49
ते चास्यै वरदा ब्रह्मन् जाताः सप्त सहर्षयाः । व्रजध्वं तनयाः सप्त भविष्यन्ति न सशं यः
te cāsyai varadā brahman jātāḥ sapta saharṣayāḥ / vrajadhvaṃ tanayāḥ sapta bhaviṣyanti na saśaṃ yaḥ
And those seven great sages became granters of a boon to her, O brahman: "Go; seven sons shall be yours, without doubt,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.50
युवयोर्गुणसंयुक्ता महर्षीणां प्रसादतः । इत्येवमुक्त्वा जग्मुस्ते सर्व एव महर्षयः
yuvayorguṇasaṃyuktā maharṣīṇāṃ prasādataḥ / ityevamuktvā jagmuste sarva eva maharṣayaḥ
"endowed with the qualities of you both, by the favour of the great sages." Having spoken thus, all those great sages departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.51
स चापि राजर्षिरगात् सभार्यो नगरं निरम् । ततो बहुतिथे काले सा राज्ञो महिषी प्रिया
sa cāpi rājarṣiragāt sabhāryo nagaraṃ niram / tato bahutithe kāle sā rājño mahiṣī priyā
And that royal sage too went with his wife to his own city. Then after a long time she, the king's beloved chief queen,
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VamP 46.52
अवाप गर्भं तन्वङ्गी तस्मान्नृपतिसत्तमात् । गुर्विण्यामथ भार्यायां ममारासौ नराधिपः
avāpa garbhaṃ tanvaṅgī tasmānnṛpatisattamāt / gurviṇyāmatha bhāryāyāṃ mamārāsau narādhipaḥ
slender-limbed, conceived a child from that best of kings. But while his wife was pregnant, that ruler of men died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.53
सा चाप्यारोढुमिच्छन्ती भर्तारं वै पतिव्रता । निवारिता तदामात्यैर्न तथापि व्यतिष्ठता
sā cāpyāroḍhumicchantī bhartāraṃ vai pativratā / nivāritā tadāmātyairna tathāpi vyatiṣṭhatā
And she, devoted to her husband, wishing to mount (the pyre) with him, was then restrained by the ministers; even so she did not desist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.54
समारोप्याथ भर्तारं चितायामारुहच्च सा । ततो ऽग्निमध्यात् सलिले मांसपेश्यपतन्मुने
samāropyātha bhartāraṃ citāyāmāruhacca sā / tato 'gnimadhyāt salile māṃsapeśyapatanmune
Having placed her husband (upon it), she too mounted the pyre; then, O sage, from the midst of the fire a lump of flesh fell into water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.55
साम्भसा सुखशीतेन संसिक्ता सप्तधाभवत् । ते ऽजायन्ताथ मरुत उत्तमस्यान्तरे मनोः
sāmbhasā sukhaśītena saṃsiktā saptadhābhavat / te 'jāyantātha maruta uttamasyāntare manoḥ
Drenched by that pleasantly cool water, it became sevenfold; and these were born as the Maruts within (the reign of) Manu Uttama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.56
तामसस्यान्तरे ये च मरुतो ऽप्यभवन् पुरा । तानहं कीर्तयिष्यामि गीतनृत्यकलिप्रिय
tāmasasyāntare ye ca maruto 'pyabhavan purā / tānahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi gītanṛtyakalipriya
And those Maruts who came to be of old within (the reign) of Tāmasa — them I shall proclaim, O you who delight in song, dance, and merriment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.57
तामसस्य मनोः पुत्रो ऋतध्वज इति श्रुतः । स पुत्रर्थो जुहावाग्नौ स्वमांसं रुधिरं तथा
tāmasasya manoḥ putro ṛtadhvaja iti śrutaḥ / sa putrartho juhāvāgnau svamāṃsaṃ rudhiraṃ tathā
The son of Manu Tāmasa was known as Ṛtadhvaja; for the sake of a son he offered into the fire his own flesh and likewise his blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.58
अस्थीनि रोमकेशांश्च स्नायुमज्जायकृद्ःअनम् । शुक्रं च चित्रगौ राजा सुतार्थो इति नः श्रुतम्
asthīni romakeśāṃśca snāyumajjāyakṛdḥanam / śukraṃ ca citragau rājā sutārtho iti naḥ śrutam
and (his) bones, body-hair and head-hair, sinew, marrow, liver, and fat, and his seed — so it has been heard by us that the king Citragu (did) for the sake of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 46.59
सप्तस्वेवार्चिषु ततः शुक्रपातादनन्तरम् । मा मा क्षिपस्वेत्यभवच्छब्दः सो ऽपि मृतो नृपः
saptasvevārciṣu tataḥ śukrapātādanantaram / mā mā kṣipasvetyabhavacchabdaḥ so 'pi mṛto nṛpaḥ
Then, immediately after the falling of the seed among the seven flames, there arose a sound, "Do not, do not cast (it)!" — and that king too died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.60
ततस्तस्माद्धुतवहात् सप्त तत्तेजसोपमाः । शिशवः समजायन्त ते रुदन्तो ऽभवन् मुने
tatastasmāddhutavahāt sapta tattejasopamāḥ / śiśavaḥ samajāyanta te rudanto 'bhavan mune
Then from that fire, O sage, seven infants equal in splendour to it were born, and they were crying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.61
तेषां तु ध्वनिमाकर्ण्य भगवान् पद्मसंभवः । समागम्य निवार्य्याथ स चक्रे मरुतः सुतान्
teṣāṃ tu dhvanimākarṇya bhagavān padmasaṃbhavaḥ / samāgamya nivāryyātha sa cakre marutaḥ sutān
But hearing their cry, the lord born from the lotus came and, having quieted them, made them the Maruts, his sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.62
ते त्वासन् मरुतो ब्रह्मंस्तमसे देवतागणाः । ये ऽभवन् रैवते तांश्च शृणुष्व त्वं तपोधनः
te tvāsan maruto brahmaṃstamase devatāgaṇāḥ / ye 'bhavan raivate tāṃśca śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ tapodhanaḥ
These, O brahmin, were the Maruts, the host of deities in (the reign of) Tāmasa; and those that came to be in (the reign of) Raivata — hear of them, you whose wealth is austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.63
रैवतस्यान्ववाये तु राजासीद् रिपुजिद् वशी । रिपुजिन्नामतः ख्यातो न तस्यासीत् सुतः किल
raivatasyānvavāye tu rājāsīd ripujid vaśī / ripujinnāmataḥ khyāto na tasyāsīt sutaḥ kila
In the lineage of Raivata there was a self-controlled king who was a conqueror of foes, renowned by the name Ripujit; he had, it is said, no son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.64
स समाराध्य तपसा भास्करं तेजसां निधिम् । अवाप कन्यां सुरतिं तां प्रगृह्य गृहं ययौ
sa samārādhya tapasā bhāskaraṃ tejasāṃ nidhim / avāpa kanyāṃ suratiṃ tāṃ pragṛhya gṛhaṃ yayau
Having propitiated by austerity the Sun, the treasury of splendours, he obtained a daughter, Surati; taking her, he went home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.65
तस्यां पितृगृहे ब्रह्मन् वसन्त्यां स पिता मृतः । सापि दुःखपरीताङ्गीं स्वां तनुं त्यक्तुमुद्यता
tasyāṃ pitṛgṛhe brahman vasantyāṃ sa pitā mṛtaḥ / sāpi duḥkhaparītāṅgīṃ svāṃ tanuṃ tyaktumudyatā
While she was dwelling in her father's house, O brahmin, that father died; and she, her limbs overcome with grief, made ready to abandon her own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.66
ततस्तां वारयामासुरृषयः सप्त मानसाः । तस्यामासक्तचित्तास्तु सर्व एव तपोधनाः
tatastāṃ vārayāmāsurṛṣayaḥ sapta mānasāḥ / tasyāmāsaktacittāstu sarva eva tapodhanāḥ
Then the seven mind-born seers restrained her, all those whose wealth is austerity having their minds attached to her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.67
अपारयन्ती तद्दुःखं प्रज्वाल्याग्निं विवेश ह । ते चापश्यन्त ऋषयस्तच्चित्ता भावितास्तथा
apārayantī tadduḥkhaṃ prajvālyāgniṃ viveśa ha / te cāpaśyanta ṛṣayastaccittā bhāvitāstathā
Unable to bear that grief, she kindled a fire and entered it; and those seers, their minds (fixed) on her and thus affected, looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.68
तां मृतामृषयो दृष्ट्वा कष्टं कष्टेति वादिनः । प्रजग्मुर्ज्वलनाच्चापि सप्ताजायन्त दारकाः
tāṃ mṛtāmṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭeti vādinaḥ / prajagmurjvalanāccāpi saptājāyanta dārakāḥ
Seeing her dead, the seers went away crying "Alas, alas!"; and from the fire seven boys were born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.69
ते च मात्रा विनाभूता रुरुदुस्तान् पितामहः । निवारयित्वा कृतवांल्लोकनाथो मरुद्गणान्
te ca mātrā vinābhūtā rurudustān pitāmahaḥ / nivārayitvā kṛtavāṃllokanātho marudgaṇān
And they, being without a mother, wept; the Grandfather, the lord of the world, quieted them and made them the hosts of Maruts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.70
रैवतस्यान्तरे जाता मरुतो ऽमी तपोधन । शृणुष्व कीर्तयिष्यामि चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः
raivatasyāntare jātā maruto 'mī tapodhana / śṛṇuṣva kīrtayiṣyāmi cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ
These are the Maruts born within (the reign) of Raivata, O you whose wealth is austerity; now listen, I shall proclaim those within (the reign) of Manu Cākṣuṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.71
आसीन्मङ्किरिति ख्यातस्तपस्वी सत्यवाक् शुचिः । सप्तसारस्वते तीर्थे सो ऽतप्यत महत् तपः
āsīnmaṅkiriti khyātastapasvī satyavāk śuciḥ / saptasārasvate tīrthe so 'tapyata mahat tapaḥ
There was an ascetic renowned as Maṅki, truthful in speech and pure; at the Saptasārasvata sacred ford he practised great austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.72
विघ्नार्थं तस्य तुषिता देवाः संप्रेषयन् वपुम् । सा चाभ्येत्य नदीतीरे क्षोभयामास भामिनी
vighnārthaṃ tasya tuṣitā devāḥ saṃpreṣayan vapum / sā cābhyetya nadītīre kṣobhayāmāsa bhāminī
To obstruct him, the Tuṣita gods sent Vapu; and she, that lovely woman, came to the river bank and agitated (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.73
ततो ऽस्य प्राच्यवच्छ्रुक्रं सप्तसारस्वते जले । तां चैवाप्यशपन्मूढां मुनिर्मङ्कणको वपुम्
tato 'sya prācyavacchrukraṃ saptasārasvate jale / tāṃ caivāpyaśapanmūḍhāṃ munirmaṅkaṇako vapum
Then his seed fell into the water of the Saptasārasvata; and the sage Maṅkaṇaka cursed that foolish Vapu:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.74
गच्छ लब्धासि मूढे त्वं पापस्यास्य महत् फलम् । विध्वंसयिष्यति हयो भवतीं यज्ञसंसदि
gaccha labdhāsi mūḍhe tvaṃ pāpasyāsya mahat phalam / vidhvaṃsayiṣyati hayo bhavatīṃ yajñasaṃsadi
"Go, foolish woman, you shall receive the great fruit of this sin: a horse will destroy you in the assembly of a sacrifice."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.75
एवं शप्त्वा ऋषिः श्रीमान् जगामाथ स्वमाश्रमम् । सरस्वतीभ्यः सप्तभयः सप्त वै मरुतो ऽभवन्
evaṃ śaptvā ṛṣiḥ śrīmān jagāmātha svamāśramam / sarasvatībhyaḥ saptabhayaḥ sapta vai maruto 'bhavan
Having cursed (her) thus, the glorious sage then went to his own hermitage; and from the seven Sarasvatīs seven Maruts came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 46.76
एतत् तवोक्ता मरुतः पुरा यथा जाता वियद्व्याप्तिकरा महर्षे । येषां श्रुते जन्मनि पापहानिर्भवेच्च धर्माभ्युदयो महान् वै
etat tavoktā marutaḥ purā yathā jātā viyadvyāptikarā maharṣe / yeṣāṃ śrute janmani pāpahānirbhavecca dharmābhyudayo mahān vai
This has been told to you, great sage, how the Maruts, who fill the sky, were born of old — on the hearing of whose birth there comes destruction of sin and a great rise of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition