Vamana Purana — Chapter 59
VamP 59.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । कश्चिदासीद् द्विजद्रोग्धा पिशुनः क्षत्रियाधमः । परपीडारुचिः क्षुद्रः स्वभावादपि निर्घृणः
pulastya uvāca / kaścidāsīd dvijadrogdhā piśunaḥ kṣatriyādhamaḥ / parapīḍāruciḥ kṣudraḥ svabhāvādapi nirghṛṇaḥ
Pulastya said: There was a certain injurer of brahmins, a slanderer, the lowest of kṣatriyas, who took pleasure in harming others, base, and pitiless by his very nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.2
पर्यासिताः दा तेन पितृदेवद्विजातयः । स त्वायुषि परिक्षिणे जज्ञे घोरो निशाचरः
paryāsitāḥ dā tena pitṛdevadvijātayaḥ / sa tvāyuṣi parikṣiṇe jajñe ghoro niśācaraḥ
By him the fathers, gods and twice-born were harassed; and when his lifespan was exhausted he was born a dreadful night-roamer.
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VamP 59.3
तेनैव कर्मदोषेम स्वेन पापकृतां वरः । क्रुरैश्चक्रे ततो वृत्तिं राक्षसत्वाद् विशेषतः
tenaiva karmadoṣema svena pāpakṛtāṃ varaḥ / kruraiścakre tato vṛttiṃ rākṣasatvād viśeṣataḥ
By that very fault of his own deeds, that foremost of sinners then made his living by cruel acts, especially because of his demon nature.
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VamP 59.4
तस्य पापरतस्यैवं जग्मुर्वर्षशतानि तु । तेनैव कर्मदोषेण नान्यां वृत्तिमरोचयत्
tasya pāparatasyaivaṃ jagmurvarṣaśatāni tu / tenaiva karmadoṣeṇa nānyāṃ vṛttimarocayat
Thus hundreds of years passed for him, devoted to sin; by that very fault of his deeds he took no pleasure in any other mode of life.
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VamP 59.5
यं यं पश्यति सत्त्वं स तं तमादाय राक्षसः । चखाद रौद्रकर्मासौ बाहुगोचरमागतम्
yaṃ yaṃ paśyati sattvaṃ sa taṃ tamādāya rākṣasaḥ / cakhāda raudrakarmāsau bāhugocaramāgatam
Whatever creature that demon of dreadful deeds saw, having seized it, he devoured it, once it came within reach of his arms.
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VamP 59.6
एवं तस्यातिदुष्टस्य कुर्वतः प्राणिनां वधम् । जगाम च महान् कालः परिणामं तथा वयः
evaṃ tasyātiduṣṭasya kurvataḥ prāṇināṃ vadham / jagāma ca mahān kālaḥ pariṇāmaṃ tathā vayaḥ
Thus, while that exceedingly evil one was slaying living beings, a great length of time passed, and likewise his age underwent change.
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VamP 59.7
स कदाचित् तपस्यन्तं ददर्श सतरितस्तटे । महाभागमूर्ध्वभुजं यथावत्संयतेन्द्रियम्
sa kadācit tapasyantaṃ dadarśa sataritastaṭe / mahābhāgamūrdhvabhujaṃ yathāvatsaṃyatendriyam
Once he saw, on the bank of a river, one practising austerity, a greatly fortunate man with arms raised, his senses duly restrained,
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VamP 59.8
अनया रक्षया ब्रह्मन् कृतरक्षं तपोनिधिम् । योगाचार्यं शुचिं दक्षं वासुदेवपरायणम्
anayā rakṣayā brahman kṛtarakṣaṃ taponidhim / yogācāryaṃ śuciṃ dakṣaṃ vāsudevaparāyaṇam
—a treasury of austerity who had made his protection with this protective (formula), O brahmin, a teacher of yoga, pure, capable, wholly devoted to Vāsudeva:
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VamP 59.9
विष्णुः प्राच्यां स्तितश्चक्री विषणुर्दक्षिणतो गदी । प्रतीच्यां शार्ङ्गधृग्विष्णुर्विष्णुः खड्गी ममोत्तरे
viṣṇuḥ prācyāṃ stitaścakrī viṣaṇurdakṣiṇato gadī / pratīcyāṃ śārṅgadhṛgviṣṇurviṣṇuḥ khaḍgī mamottare
"Viṣṇu with the discus stands in the east, Viṣṇu with the mace to the south, in the west Viṣṇu holding the bow, Viṣṇu with the sword to my north.
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VamP 59.10
हृषीकेशो विकोणेषु तच्छिद्रेषु जनार्दनः । क्रोडरूपी हरिर्भूमौ नारसिंहो ऽम्बरे मम
hṛṣīkeśo vikoṇeṣu tacchidreṣu janārdanaḥ / kroḍarūpī harirbhūmau nārasiṃho 'mbare mama
Hṛṣīkeśa (be) in the intermediate corners, Janārdana in the gaps between them; Hari in boar form on the earth, and the Man-Lion in the sky above me.
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VamP 59.11
श्रुरान्तममलं चक्रं भ्रमत्येतत् सुदर्शनम् । अस्यांशुमाला दुष्प्रेक्ष्या हन्तुं प्रेतनिशाचरान्
śrurāntamamalaṃ cakraṃ bhramatyetat sudarśanam / asyāṃśumālā duṣprekṣyā hantuṃ pretaniśācarān
This spotless discus Sudarśana, sharp-edged, whirls about; its garland of rays, hard to look upon, (is there) to slay ghosts and night-roamers.
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VamP 59.12
गदा चेयं सहस्रार्चिरुद्वमन् पावको यथा । रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां डाकिनीनां च शातनी
gadā ceyaṃ sahasrārcirudvaman pāvako yathā / rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ ḍākinīnāṃ ca śātanī
And this mace, thousand-rayed, blazing up like fire, is the destroyer of rākṣasas, bhūtas, piśācas and ḍākinīs.
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VamP 59.13
शार्ङ्गं विस्फूर्जितं चैव वासुदेवस्य मद्रिपून् । तिर्यङ्मनुष्यकूष्माण्डप्रेतादीन् हन्त्वशेषतः
śārṅgaṃ visphūrjitaṃ caiva vāsudevasya madripūn / tiryaṅmanuṣyakūṣmāṇḍapretādīn hantvaśeṣataḥ
And let the twanging Śārṅga bow of Vāsudeva slay my foes without remainder — beasts, men, kūṣmāṇḍas, ghosts and the rest.
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VamP 59.14
खड्गधाराज्वलज्ज्योत्स्नानिर्धूता ये ममाहिताः । ते यान्तु सौम्यतां सद्यो गरुडेनेव पन्नगाः
khaḍgadhārājvalajjyotsnānirdhūtā ye mamāhitāḥ / te yāntu saumyatāṃ sadyo garuḍeneva pannagāḥ
Those hostile to me, shaken off by the blazing moonlight of the sword's edge — let them at once become gentle, as serpents (do) before Garuḍa.
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VamP 59.15
ये कूष्माण्डास्तथा यक्षा दैत्या ये च निशाचराः । प्रेता विनायकाः क्रूरा मनुष्या जृम्भकाः खगाः
ye kūṣmāṇḍāstathā yakṣā daityā ye ca niśācarāḥ / pretā vināyakāḥ krūrā manuṣyā jṛmbhakāḥ khagāḥ
Whatever kūṣmāṇḍas there are, and yakṣas, daityas and night-roamers, ghosts, cruel vināyakas, men, jṛmbhakas, birds,
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VamP 59.16
सिंहादयो ये पशवो दन्दशूकाश्च पन्नगाः । सर्वे भवन्तु मे सौम्या विष्णुचक्ररवाहताः
siṃhādayo ye paśavo dandaśūkāśca pannagāḥ / sarve bhavantu me saumyā viṣṇucakraravāhatāḥ
and the animals beginning with lions, and biting serpents — let all of them, struck by the roar of Viṣṇu's discus, become gentle toward me.
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VamP 59.17
चित्तवृत्तिहरा ये च ये जनाः स्मृतीहारकाः । बलौजसां च हर्तारश्छायाविध्वंसकाश्च ये
cittavṛttiharā ye ca ye janāḥ smṛtīhārakāḥ / balaujasāṃ ca hartāraśchāyāvidhvaṃsakāśca ye
And those who steal the workings of the mind, and those beings who carry off memory, and those who rob strength and vigour, and those who destroy one's shadow,
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VamP 59.18
ये चोपभोगहर्तारो ये च लक्षणनाशकाः । कूष्माण्डास्ते प्रणश्यन्तु विष्णुचक्ररवाहताः
ye copabhogahartāro ye ca lakṣaṇanāśakāḥ / kūṣmāṇḍāste praṇaśyantu viṣṇucakraravāhatāḥ
and those who steal away enjoyments, and those who destroy (auspicious) marks — let those kūṣmāṇḍas perish, struck by the roar of Viṣṇu's discus.
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VamP 59.19
बुद्धिस्वास्थ्यं मनःस्वास्थ्यं स्वास्थमैन्द्रियकं तथा । ममास्तु देवदेवस्य वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्
buddhisvāsthyaṃ manaḥsvāsthyaṃ svāsthamaindriyakaṃ tathā / mamāstu devadevasya vāsudevasya kīrtanāt
Let there be for me soundness of intellect, soundness of mind, and soundness of the senses, through the praising of Vāsudeva, the god of gods.
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VamP 59.20
पृष्ठे पुरस्तादथ दक्षिणोत्तरे विकोणतश्चास्तु नजार्दनो हरिः । तमीड्यमीशानमनन्तमच्युतं जनार्दनं प्रणिपतितो न सीदति
pṛṣṭhe purastādatha dakṣiṇottare vikoṇataścāstu najārdano hariḥ / tamīḍyamīśānamanantamacyutaṃ janārdanaṃ praṇipatito na sīdati
Behind, in front, and to the south and north, and in the corners, let Hari Janārdana be; one who has bowed down to that praiseworthy, ruling, endless, imperishable Janārdana does not sink.
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VamP 59.21
यथा परं ब्रह्म हरिस्तथा परं जगत्स्वरूपश्च स एव केशवः । ऋतेन तेनाच्युतनामकीर्तनात्प्रणाशमेतु त्रिविधं ममासुभम्
yathā paraṃ brahma haristathā paraṃ jagatsvarūpaśca sa eva keśavaḥ / ṛtena tenācyutanāmakīrtanātpraṇāśametu trividhaṃ mamāsubham
As Hari is the supreme brahman, so too he, Keśava, is the supreme one whose form is the world; by that truth, through the praising of Acyuta's name, let my threefold ill go to destruction.
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VamP 59.22
इत्यसावात्मरक्षार्थं कृत्वा वै विष्णुपञ्जरम् । संस्थितो ऽसावपि बली राक्षसः समुपाद्रवत्
ityasāvātmarakṣārthaṃ kṛtvā vai viṣṇupañjaram / saṃsthito 'sāvapi balī rākṣasaḥ samupādravat
Thus he, having made the "cage of Viṣṇu" for the protection of himself, stood firm; and that mighty rākṣasa too rushed upon (him).
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VamP 59.23
ततो द्विजनियुक्तायां रक्षायां रजनीचरः । निर्धूतवेगः सहसा तस्थौ मासचतुष्टयम्
tato dvijaniyuktāyāṃ rakṣāyāṃ rajanīcaraḥ / nirdhūtavegaḥ sahasā tasthau māsacatuṣṭayam
Then, at the protective rite employed by the brāhmaṇa, the night-roamer, his onrush suddenly beaten back, stood there for four months.
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VamP 59.24
यावद् द्विजस्य देवर्षे समाप्तिर्वै समाधितः । जाते जप्यावसाने ऽसौ त ददर्श निशाचरम्
yāvad dvijasya devarṣe samāptirvai samādhitaḥ / jāte japyāvasāne 'sau ta dadarśa niśācaram
O divine sage, as long as the brāhmaṇa's completion (of the rite) was in concentration — when the end of the muttered recitation came, he saw that night-roamer,
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VamP 59.25
दीनं हतबालोत्साहं कान्दिशीकं हतौजसम् । तं दृष्ट्वा कृपयाविष्टः समाश्वास्य निशाचरम्
dīnaṃ hatabālotsāhaṃ kāndiśīkaṃ hataujasam / taṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāviṣṭaḥ samāśvāsya niśācaram
wretched, his youthful energy broken, in flight, his vigour gone; seeing him, filled with compassion, having reassured the night-roamer,
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VamP 59.26
पप्रच्छागमने हेतुं स चाचष्ट यथातथम् । स्वभावमात्मनो द्रष्टुं रक्षया तेजसः क्षितिम्
papracchāgamane hetuṃ sa cācaṣṭa yathātatham / svabhāvamātmano draṣṭuṃ rakṣayā tejasaḥ kṣitim
he asked the reason for his coming, and he told it as it was: that (he had come) to see his own nature, (and) the ground of his power, by means of the protective rite.
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VamP 59.27
कथयित्वा च तद्रक्षः कारणं विविधं ततः । प्रसीदेत्यब्रवीद् विप्रं निर्विण्णाः स्वेन कर्मणा
kathayitvā ca tadrakṣaḥ kāraṇaṃ vividhaṃ tataḥ / prasīdetyabravīd vipraṃ nirviṇṇāḥ svena karmaṇā
And that rākṣasa, having told the manifold cause, then said to the brāhmaṇa: "Be gracious! I am weary of my own deeds."
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VamP 59.28
बहूनि पापानि मोक्षमिच्छामि त्वत्प्रसादतः । कृताः स्त्रियो मया बह्व्यो विधवाः पुत्रवर्जिताः । अनागसां च सत्त्वानामल्पकानां क्षयः कृतः
bahūni pāpāni mokṣamicchāmi tvatprasādataḥ / kṛtāḥ striyo mayā bahvyo vidhavāḥ putravarjitāḥ / anāgasāṃ ca sattvānāmalpakānāṃ kṣayaḥ kṛtaḥ
"My sins are many; I desire release through your grace. Many women have been made widows by me and deprived of sons, and the destruction of small, innocent creatures has been wrought (by me)."
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VamP 59.29
तस्मात् पापादहं मोक्षमिच्छमि त्वत्प्रसादतः । पापप्रशमनायालं कुरु मे धर्मदेशनम्
tasmāt pāpādahaṃ mokṣamicchami tvatprasādataḥ / pāpapraśamanāyālaṃ kuru me dharmadeśanam
"Therefore I desire release from that sin through your grace; give me sufficient instruction in dharma for the quenching of sin."
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VamP 59.30
पापस्यास्य क्षयरमुपदेशं प्रयच्छ मे । तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसस्य द्विजोत्तमः
pāpasyāsya kṣayaramupadeśaṃ prayaccha me / tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasasya dvijottamaḥ
“Grant me the instruction that destroys this sin of mine.” Hearing that speech of his, of the rākṣasa, the best of the twice-born
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VamP 59.31
वचनं प्राह धर्मात्मा हेतुमच्च सुभाषितम् । कथं क्रूरस्वभावस्य सतस्तव निशाचर । सहसैव समायाता जिज्ञासा धर्मवर्त्मनि
vacanaṃ prāha dharmātmā hetumacca subhāṣitam / kathaṃ krūrasvabhāvasya satastava niśācara / sahasaiva samāyātā jijñāsā dharmavartmani
— he, whose nature was righteousness — spoke a word both reasoned and well-said: “How is it, night-roamer, that in you, who are of cruel nature, a desire to know has all at once arisen concerning the path of dharma?”
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VamP 59.32
राक्षस उवाच । त्वां वै समागतो ऽस्म्यद्य क्षिप्तो ऽहं रक्षया बलात् । तव संसर्गतो ब्रह्मन् जातो निर्वेद उत्तमः
rākṣasa uvāca / tvāṃ vai samāgato 'smyadya kṣipto 'haṃ rakṣayā balāt / tava saṃsargato brahman jāto nirveda uttamaḥ
The rākṣasa said: Today indeed I have come upon you, hurled (here) forcibly by my rākṣasa-nature; from contact with you, brahmin, a supreme disgust (with it) has arisen (in me).
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VamP 59.33
का सा रक्षा न तां वेद्मि वेद्मि नास्याः परायणम् । यस्याः संसर्गसासाद्य निर्वेदं प्रापितं परम्
kā sā rakṣā na tāṃ vedmi vedmi nāsyāḥ parāyaṇam / yasyāḥ saṃsargasāsādya nirvedaṃ prāpitaṃ param
What is that rākṣasa-nature? I do not know it, nor do I know its final resort — that (nature) on reaching whose contact supreme disgust has been produced (in me).
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VamP 59.34
त्वं कृपां कुरु धर्मज्ञ मय्यनुक्रोशमावह । यथा पापापनोदो मे भवत्यार्य तथा कुरु
tvaṃ kṛpāṃ kuru dharmajña mayyanukrośamāvaha / yathā pāpāpanodo me bhavatyārya tathā kuru
Show me compassion, knower of dharma; bear pity toward me. Act, noble one, in such a way that there be a removal of my sin.
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VamP 59.35
पुलस्त्य उवाच। । इत्येवमुक्तः स मुनिस्तदा वै तेन रक्षसा । प्रत्युवाच महाभागो विमृश्य सुचिरं मुनिः
pulastya uvāca/ / ityevamuktaḥ sa munistadā vai tena rakṣasā / pratyuvāca mahābhāgo vimṛśya suciraṃ muniḥ
Pulastya said: Thus addressed then by that rākṣasa, the greatly fortunate sage, having reflected for a long while, replied.
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VamP 59.36
ऋषिरुवाच। । यन्ममाहोपदेशार्थं निर्विण्णाः स्वेन कर्मणा । युक्तमेतद्धि पापानां निवृत्तिरुपकारिका
ṛṣiruvāca/ / yanmamāhopadeśārthaṃ nirviṇṇāḥ svena karmaṇā / yuktametaddhi pāpānāṃ nivṛttirupakārikā
The ṛṣi said: As for what you said to me about instruction — (you are) disgusted with your own deeds; this is fitting, for the cessation (of such deeds) is beneficial to sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 59.37
करिष्ये यातुधानानां नत्वहं धर्मदेशनम् । तान् संपृच्छ द्विजान् सौम्य ये वै प्रवचने रताः
kariṣye yātudhānānāṃ natvahaṃ dharmadeśanam / tān saṃpṛccha dvijān saumya ye vai pravacane ratāḥ
But I shall not give a teaching of dharma to flesh-eaters. Ask those brahmins, gentle one, who are devoted to expounding (the scriptures).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.38
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ विप्रश्चिन्तामाप स राक्षसः । कथं पापापनोदः स्यादिति चिन्ताकुलेन्द्रियः
evamuktvā yayau vipraścintāmāpa sa rākṣasaḥ / kathaṃ pāpāpanodaḥ syāditi cintākulendriyaḥ
Having said this the brahmin went away, and that rākṣasa fell into brooding, his faculties troubled by the thought, “How may the removal of sin come about?”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.39
न चखाद स सत्त्वानि क्षुधा संबाधितो ऽपि सन् । षष्ठे षष्ठे तदा काले जन्तुमेकमभक्षयत्
na cakhāda sa sattvāni kṣudhā saṃbādhito 'pi san / ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭhe tadā kāle jantumekamabhakṣayat
He did not devour creatures, even though he was tormented by hunger; at every sixth mealtime he then ate a single creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.41
गृहीतो रक्षसा तेन स तदा मुनिदारकः । निराशो जीविते प्राह सामपूर्वं निशाचरम्
gṛhīto rakṣasā tena sa tadā munidārakaḥ / nirāśo jīvite prāha sāmapūrvaṃ niśācaram
Seized then by that rākṣasa, the sage's son, hopeless of his life, spoke to the night-roamer with conciliation first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.42
ब्राह्मण उवाच । भो भद्र ब्रूहि यत् कार्यं गृहीतो येन हेतुना । तदनुब्रूहि भद्रं ते अयमस्म्यनुशाधि माम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca / bho bhadra brūhi yat kāryaṃ gṛhīto yena hetunā / tadanubrūhi bhadraṃ te ayamasmyanuśādhi mām
The brahmin said: Ho, good sir, tell me what is to be done, for what reason I have been seized. Tell me that — blessings on you — here I am, command me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.43
राक्षस उवाच । षष्ठे काले त्वमाहारः क्षुधितस्य समागतः । निःश्रीकस्यातिपापस्य निर्घृणस्य द्विजद्रुहः
rākṣasa uvāca / ṣaṣṭhe kāle tvamāhāraḥ kṣudhitasya samāgataḥ / niḥśrīkasyātipāpasya nirghṛṇasya dvijadruhaḥ
The rākṣasa said: At the sixth mealtime you have arrived as food for one who is hungry, luckless, exceedingly sinful, pitiless, a hater of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.44
ब्राह्मण उवाच । यद्यवश्यं त्वया चाहं भक्षितव्यो निशाचर । आयास्यामि तवाद्यैव निवेद्य गुरवे फलम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca / yadyavaśyaṃ tvayā cāhaṃ bhakṣitavyo niśācara / āyāsyāmi tavādyaiva nivedya gurave phalam
The brahmin said: If I must inevitably be eaten by you, night-roamer, I will come to you this very day, after presenting the fruit to my teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.45
गुर्वर्थमेतदागत्य यत्फलग्रहणं कृतम् । ममात्र निष्ठा प्राप्तस्य फलानि विनिवेदितुम्
gurvarthametadāgatya yatphalagrahaṇaṃ kṛtam / mamātra niṣṭhā prāptasya phalāni viniveditum
This gathering of fruit that I did, having come here, was for my teacher's sake; my duty here, having obtained (them), is to present the fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.46
स त्वं मुहूर्तमात्रं मामत्रैवं प्रतिपालय । निवेद्य गुरवे यावदिहागच्छाम्यहं फलम्
sa tvaṃ muhūrtamātraṃ māmatraivaṃ pratipālaya / nivedya gurave yāvadihāgacchāmyahaṃ phalam
So wait for me right here for just a moment, until I come back here having presented the fruit to my teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.47
राक्षस उवाच। । षष्ठे काले न मे ब्रह्मन् कश्चिद् ग्रहणमागतः । प्रतिमुच्येत देवो ऽपि इति मे पापाजीविका
rākṣasa uvāca/ / ṣaṣṭhe kāle na me brahman kaścid grahaṇamāgataḥ / pratimucyeta devo 'pi iti me pāpājīvikā
The rākṣasa said: At the sixth mealtime, brahmin, no one who has come into my grasp — not even a god — is to be released: such is my sinful livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.48
एक एवात्र मोक्षस्य तव हेतुः शृणुष्व तत् । मुञ्चाम्यहमसंदिग्धं यदि तत्कुरुते भवान्
eka evātra mokṣasya tava hetuḥ śṛṇuṣva tat / muñcāmyahamasaṃdigdhaṃ yadi tatkurute bhavān
There is here only one ground for your release; hear it. I will let (you) go without doubt, if your honour does that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.49
ब्राह्मण उवाच । गुरोर्यन्न विरोधाय यन्न धर्मोपरोधकम् । तत्करिष्याम्यहं रक्षो यन्न व्रतहरं मम
brāhmaṇa uvāca / guroryanna virodhāya yanna dharmoparodhakam / tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ rakṣo yanna vrataharaṃ mama
The brahmin said: What is not in conflict with my teacher, what is not an obstruction to dharma, that I shall do, rākṣasa — what does not destroy my vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.50
राक्षस उवाच । मया निसर्गतो ब्रह्मन् जातिदोषाद् विशेषतः । निर्विवेकेन चित्तेन पापकर्म सदा कृतम्
rākṣasa uvāca / mayā nisargato brahman jātidoṣād viśeṣataḥ / nirvivekena cittena pāpakarma sadā kṛtam
The rākṣasa said: By me, brahmin, by nature and especially through the fault of my birth, sinful deeds have always been done with an undiscerning mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.51
आबाल्यान्मम पापेषु न धर्मेषु रतं मनः । तत्पापासंक्षयान्मोक्षं प्राप्नुयां येन तद् वद
ābālyānmama pāpeṣu na dharmeṣu rataṃ manaḥ / tatpāpāsaṃkṣayānmokṣaṃ prāpnuyāṃ yena tad vada
From childhood my mind has been fixed on sins, not on duties; tell me that by which, through the destruction of that sin, I might attain release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.52
यानि पापानि कर्माणि बालत्वाच्चरितानि च । दुष्टां योनिमिमां प्राप्य तन्मुक्तिं कथय द्विज
yāni pāpāni karmāṇi bālatvāccaritāni ca / duṣṭāṃ yonimimāṃ prāpya tanmuktiṃ kathaya dvija
Tell me, O twice-born, the release from those sinful deeds that were done out of childishness, having (thereby) come to this vile birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.53
यद्येतद् द्विजपुत्र त्वं समाख्यास्यस्यशेषतः । ततः क्षुधार्तान्मत्तस्त्वं नियतं मोक्षमाप्स्यसि
yadyetad dvijaputra tvaṃ samākhyāsyasyaśeṣataḥ / tataḥ kṣudhārtānmattastvaṃ niyataṃ mokṣamāpsyasi
If you, son of a brahmin, will tell me this completely, then you will certainly obtain release from me, who am tormented by hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.54
न चेत् तत्पापशीलो ऽहमत्यर्थं क्षुत्पिपासितः । षष्ठे काले नृशंसात्मा भक्षयिष्यामि निर्घृणः
na cet tatpāpaśīlo 'hamatyarthaṃ kṣutpipāsitaḥ / ṣaṣṭhe kāle nṛśaṃsātmā bhakṣayiṣyāmi nirghṛṇaḥ
If not, then I, of sinful nature, excessively hungry and thirsty, cruel-hearted and pitiless, will devour (you) at the sixth mealtime.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.55
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्तो मुनिसुतस्तेन घोरेम रक्षसा । चिन्तामवाप महतीमशक्तस्तदुदीरणे
pulastya uvāca / evamukto munisutastena ghorema rakṣasā / cintāmavāpa mahatīmaśaktastadudīraṇe
Pulastya said: Thus addressed by that dreadful rākṣasa, the sage's son fell into great anxiety, being incapable of declaring it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.56
स विमृश्य चिरं विप्रः शरणं जातवेदसम् । जगाम ज्ञानदानाय संशयं परमं गतः
sa vimṛśya ciraṃ vipraḥ śaraṇaṃ jātavedasam / jagāma jñānadānāya saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
That brahmin, having pondered a long while, went for refuge to Jātavedas (Fire) for the gift of knowledge, having reached the utmost doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.57
यदि शुश्रुषितो वह्निर्गुरुशुश्रूषणादनु । व्रतानि वा सुचीर्णानि सप्तार्चिः पातु मां ततः
yadi śuśruṣito vahnirguruśuśrūṣaṇādanu / vratāni vā sucīrṇāni saptārciḥ pātu māṃ tataḥ
"If the fire has been served by me after the service of my teacher, or if vows have been well performed, then let the Seven-flamed one protect me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.58
न मातरं न पितरं गौरवेण यथा गुरुम् । सर्वदैवावगच्छामि तथा मां पातु पावकः
na mātaraṃ na pitaraṃ gauraveṇa yathā gurum / sarvadaivāvagacchāmi tathā māṃ pātu pāvakaḥ
"As I do not regard mother or father always with such reverence as the teacher, so let the Purifier protect me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.59
यथा गुरुं न मनसा कर्मणा वचसापि वा । अवजानाम्यहं तेन पातु सत्येन पावकः
yathā guruṃ na manasā karmaṇā vacasāpi vā / avajānāmyahaṃ tena pātu satyena pāvakaḥ
"Inasmuch as I do not disparage my teacher in thought, deed, or word, by that truth let the Fire protect me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.60
इत्येवं मनसा सत्यान् कुर्वतः शपथान् पुनः । सप्तर्चिषा समादिष्टा प्रादुरासीत् सरस्वती
ityevaṃ manasā satyān kurvataḥ śapathān punaḥ / saptarciṣā samādiṣṭā prādurāsīt sarasvatī
As he thus in his mind made these oaths true again, Sarasvatī appeared, commanded by the Seven-flamed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.61
सा प्रोवाच द्विजसुतं राक्षसग्रहणाकुलम् । मा भैर्द्विजसुताहं त्वां मोक्षयिष्यामि संकटात्
sā provāca dvijasutaṃ rākṣasagrahaṇākulam / mā bhairdvijasutāhaṃ tvāṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi saṃkaṭāt
She said to the brahmin's son, who was distraught at being seized by the rākṣasa: "Do not fear, son of a brahmin; I will free you from this danger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.62
यदस्य रक्षसः श्रेयो जिह्वाग्रे संस्थिता तव । तत् सर्वं कथयिष्यामि ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
yadasya rakṣasaḥ śreyo jihvāgre saṃsthitā tava / tat sarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tato mokṣamavāpsyasi
"Whatever is the good of this rākṣasa, I, seated on the tip of your tongue, will tell it all; thereby you will obtain release."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.63
अदृश्या रक्षसा तेन प्रोक्त्वेत्थं सा सरस्वती । अदर्शानं गता सो ऽपि द्विजः प्राह निशाचरम्
adṛśyā rakṣasā tena proktvetthaṃ sā sarasvatī / adarśānaṃ gatā so 'pi dvijaḥ prāha niśācaram
Unseen by that rākṣasa, that Sarasvatī, having spoken thus, vanished; and he, the brahmin, addressed the night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.64
ब्राह्मण उवाच । श्रुयतां तव यच्छ्रेयस्तथान्येषां च पापिनाम् । समस्तपापशुद्ध्यर्थं पुण्योपचयदं च यत्
brāhmaṇa uvāca / śruyatāṃ tava yacchreyastathānyeṣāṃ ca pāpinām / samastapāpaśuddhyarthaṃ puṇyopacayadaṃ ca yat
The brahmin said: Let there be heard what is for your good and that of other sinners as well, which serves for the cleansing of all sins and bestows an increase of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.65
प्रातरुत्थाय जप्तव्यं मध्याह्ने ऽह्नक्षये ऽपि वा । असंशयं सदा जप्यो जपतां पुष्टिशान्तिदः
prātarutthāya japtavyaṃ madhyāhne 'hnakṣaye 'pi vā / asaṃśayaṃ sadā japyo japatāṃ puṣṭiśāntidaḥ
Having risen at dawn it is to be muttered, or at midday, or at the day's end; without doubt it is always to be recited, and it gives prosperity and peace to those who recite it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.66
ॐ हरिं कुष्णं हृषीकेशं वासुदेवं जनार्दनम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि जगन्नाथं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
oṃ hariṃ kuṣṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ vāsudevaṃ janārdanam / praṇato 'smi jagannāthaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
Om. I bow to Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa, Vāsudeva, Janārdana, the Lord of the world: may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.67
चराचरसुरुं नाथं गोविन्दं शेषशायिनम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि परं देवं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
carācarasuruṃ nāthaṃ govindaṃ śeṣaśāyinam / praṇato 'smi paraṃ devaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
I bow to the lord of the moving and unmoving, the master, Govinda, who lies on Śeṣa, the supreme god: may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.68
शङ्खिनं चक्रिणं शार्ङ्गधारिणं स्रग्धरं परम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि पतिं लक्ष्म्याः स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
śaṅkhinaṃ cakriṇaṃ śārṅgadhāriṇaṃ sragdharaṃ param / praṇato 'smi patiṃ lakṣmyāḥ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
I bow to the bearer of the conch, the discus, and the Śārṅga bow, the supreme wearer of the garland, the husband of Lakṣmī: may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.69
दामोदरमुदाराक्षं पुण्डरीकाक्षमच्युतम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि स्तुतं स्तुत्यैः स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
dāmodaramudārākṣaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣamacyutam / praṇato 'smi stutaṃ stutyaiḥ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
I bow to Dāmodara, the large-eyed, the lotus-eyed, the unfallen, praised by the praiseworthy: may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.70
नारायणं नरं शौरिं माधवं मधुसूदनम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि धराधारं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
nārāyaṇaṃ naraṃ śauriṃ mādhavaṃ madhusūdanam / praṇato 'smi dharādhāraṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
I bow to Nārāyaṇa, Nara, Śauri, Mādhava, the slayer of Madhu, the support of the earth: may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.71
केशवं चन्द्रसूर्याक्षं कंसकेशिनिषूदनम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि महाबाहुं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
keśavaṃ candrasūryākṣaṃ kaṃsakeśiniṣūdanam / praṇato 'smi mahābāhuṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
To Keśava, whose eyes are the moon and the sun, the slayer of Kaṃsa and Keśin — I bow to (him of) mighty arms; may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.72
श्रीवत्सवक्षसं श्रीशं श्रीधरं श्रीनिकेतनम् । प्रणतो ऽस्मि श्रियः कान्तं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु
śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ śrīśaṃ śrīdharaṃ śrīniketanam / praṇato 'smi śriyaḥ kāntaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu
To (him) who bears the śrīvatsa on his chest, the lord of Śrī, the bearer of Śrī, the abode of Śrī — I bow to the beloved of Śrī; may he drive away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.73
यमीशं सर्वभूतानां ध्यायन्ति यतयो ऽक्षरम् । वासुदेवमनिर्देश्यं तमस्मि शरणं गतः
yamīśaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dhyāyanti yatayo 'kṣaram / vāsudevamanirdeśyaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Him whom the ascetics meditate on as the lord of all beings, the imperishable, Vāsudeva who cannot be pointed out — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.74
समस्तालम्बनेभ्यो यं व्यावृत्त्य मनसो गतिम् । ध्यायन्ति वासुदेवाख्यं तमस्मि शरणं गतः
samastālambanebhyo yaṃ vyāvṛttya manaso gatim / dhyāyanti vāsudevākhyaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Him whom, having turned back the mind's course from all supports, they meditate on under the name Vāsudeva — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.75
सर्वगं सर्वभूतं च सर्वस्याधारमीश्वरम् । वासुदेवं परं ब्रह्म तमस्मि शरणं गतः
sarvagaṃ sarvabhūtaṃ ca sarvasyādhāramīśvaram / vāsudevaṃ paraṃ brahma tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
The all-pervading, who is all beings, the support of all, the Lord, Vāsudeva, the supreme brahman — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.76
परमात्मानमव्यक्तं यं प्रयान्ति सुमेधसः । कर्मक्षये ऽक्षयं देवं तमस्मि शरणं गतः
paramātmānamavyaktaṃ yaṃ prayānti sumedhasaḥ / karmakṣaye 'kṣayaṃ devaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
The supreme Self, the unmanifest, to whom the wise go when their karma is exhausted, the imperishable god — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.77
पुण्यपापविनिर्मुक्ता यं प्रविश्य पुनर्भवम् । न योगिनः प्राप्नुवन्ति तमस्मि शरणं गतः
puṇyapāpavinirmuktā yaṃ praviśya punarbhavam / na yoginaḥ prāpnuvanti tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Having entered whom, the yogins, freed from merit and demerit, do not come to rebirth again — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.78
ब्रह्म भूत्वा जगत् सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । यः सृजत्यच्युतो देवस्तमस्मि शरणं गतः
brahma bhūtvā jagat sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / yaḥ sṛjatyacyuto devastamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
The unfallen god who, having become Brahmā, creates this whole world with its gods, demons and men — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.79
ब्रह्मत्वे यस्य वक्त्रेभ्यश्चतुर्वेदमयं वपुः । प्रभुः पुरातनो जज्ञे तमस्मि शरणं गतः
brahmatve yasya vaktrebhyaścaturvedamayaṃ vapuḥ / prabhuḥ purātano jajñe tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
He in whose state of being Brahmā the ancient lord came to be from (his) mouths as a body made of the four Vedas — to him I have gone for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.80
ब्रह्मरूपधरं देवं जगद्योनि जनार्दनम् । स्रष्टृत्वे संस्थितं सृष्टौ प्रणतो ऽस्मि सनातनम्
brahmarūpadharaṃ devaṃ jagadyoni janārdanam / sraṣṭṛtve saṃsthitaṃ sṛṣṭau praṇato 'smi sanātanam
The god who bears the form of Brahmā, the womb of the world, Janārdana, who abides in the role of creator at creation — I bow to (him) the eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.81
स्रष्टा भूत्वा स्थितो योगी स्थितावसुरसूदनः । तमादिपुरुषं विष्णुं प्रमतो ऽस्मि जनार्दनम्
sraṣṭā bhūtvā sthito yogī sthitāvasurasūdanaḥ / tamādipuruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ pramato 'smi janārdanam
Having become the creator he abides as the yogin; in (the phase of) maintenance he is the slayer of the demons — to that primal Person, Viṣṇu, Janārdana, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.82
धृता मही हता दैत्याः परित्रातास्तथा सुराः । येन तं विष्णुमाद्येशं प्रणतो ऽस्मि जनार्दनम्
dhṛtā mahī hatā daityāḥ paritrātāstathā surāḥ / yena taṃ viṣṇumādyeśaṃ praṇato 'smi janārdanam
By whom the earth was upheld, the Daityas slain, and the gods rescued — to that Viṣṇu, the primal lord, Janārdana, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.83
यज्ञैर्यजन्ति यं विप्रा यज्ञेशं यज्ञभावनम् । तं यज्ञपुरुषं विष्णुं प्रणतो ऽस्मि सनातनम्
yajñairyajanti yaṃ viprā yajñeśaṃ yajñabhāvanam / taṃ yajñapuruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ praṇato 'smi sanātanam
Him whom the brahmins worship with sacrifices, the lord of sacrifice, the promoter of sacrifice — to that Person of sacrifice, Viṣṇu, the eternal, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.84
पातालवीथीभूतानु तथा लोकान् निहन्ति यः । तमन्तपुरुषं रुद्रं प्रणतो ऽस्मि सनातनम्
pātālavīthībhūtānu tathā lokān nihanti yaḥ / tamantapuruṣaṃ rudraṃ praṇato 'smi sanātanam
Who destroys the beings (dwelling) along the paths of Pātāla and likewise the worlds — to that Person of the end, Rudra, the eternal, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 59.85
संभक्षयित्वा सकलं यथासृष्टमिदं जगत् । यो वै नृत्यति रुद्रात्मा प्रणतो ऽस्मि जनार्दनम्
saṃbhakṣayitvā sakalaṃ yathāsṛṣṭamidaṃ jagat / yo vai nṛtyati rudrātmā praṇato 'smi janārdanam
Who, having devoured this whole world just as it was created, dances as the Rudra-self — I bow to Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.86
सुरासुराः पितृगणाः यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसाः । संभूता यस्य देवस्य सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
surāsurāḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ / saṃbhūtā yasya devasya sarvagaṃ taṃ namāmyaham
The god from whom gods and demons, the hosts of ancestors, yakṣas, gandharvas and rākṣasas have come into being — him, the all-pervading, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.87
समस्तदेवाः सकला मनुष्याणां च जातयः । यस्यांशभूता देवस्य सर्वगं तं नतो ऽस्मयहम्
samastadevāḥ sakalā manuṣyāṇāṃ ca jātayaḥ / yasyāṃśabhūtā devasya sarvagaṃ taṃ nato 'smayaham
The god of whom all the gods and all the races of men are portions — him, the all-pervading, I bow to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.88
वृक्षगुल्मादयो यस्य तथा पशुमृगादयः । एकांशभूता देवस्य सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
vṛkṣagulmādayo yasya tathā paśumṛgādayaḥ / ekāṃśabhūtā devasya sarvagaṃ taṃ namāmyaham
The god of whom trees and shrubs and so on, and likewise cattle, wild animals and the rest, are a single portion — him, the all-pervading, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.89
यस्मान्नान्यत् परं किञ्चिद् यस्मिन् सर्वं महात्मनि । यः सर्वमध्यगो ऽनन्तः सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
yasmānnānyat paraṃ kiñcid yasmin sarvaṃ mahātmani / yaḥ sarvamadhyago 'nantaḥ sarvagaṃ taṃ namāmyaham
Than whom there is nothing else higher, in whom, the great Self, is everything, who is endless and goes within all — him, the all-pervading, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.90
यथा सर्वेषु भूतेषु गूढो ऽग्निरिव दारुषु । विष्णुरेवं तथा पापं ममाशेषं प्रणश्यतु
yathā sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍho 'gniriva dāruṣu / viṣṇurevaṃ tathā pāpaṃ mamāśeṣaṃ praṇaśyatu
As Viṣṇu is hidden in all beings, like fire in kindling wood, so let my sin be destroyed without remainder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.91
यथा विष्णुमयं सर्वं ब्रह्मदि सचराचरम् । यच्च ज्ञानपरिच्छेद्यं पापं नश्यतु मे तथा
yathā viṣṇumayaṃ sarvaṃ brahmadi sacarācaram / yacca jñānaparicchedyaṃ pāpaṃ naśyatu me tathā
As all this, beginning with Brahmā, moving and unmoving, is pervaded by Viṣṇu, and as (he) is to be discerned by knowledge, so let my sin perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.92
शुभशुभानि कर्माणि रजःसत्त्वतमांसि च । अनेकजन्मकर्मोत्थं पापं नश्यतु मे तथा
śubhaśubhāni karmāṇi rajaḥsattvatamāṃsi ca / anekajanmakarmotthaṃ pāpaṃ naśyatu me tathā
Deeds good and bad, and (the qualities) passion, goodness and darkness — let the sin arisen from the acts of many births perish for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.93
यन्निशायां च यत्प्रातर्यन्मध्याह्नापराह्णयोः । संध्ययोश्च कृतं पापं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
yanniśāyāṃ ca yatprātaryanmadhyāhnāparāhṇayoḥ / saṃdhyayośca kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā
Whatever sin has been done by act, by mind, by speech, at night, at dawn, at midday and afternoon, and at the two twilights —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.94
यत् तिष्ठता यद् व्रजता यच्च शय्यागतेन मे । कृतं यदशुभं कर्म कायेन मनसा गिरा
yat tiṣṭhatā yad vrajatā yacca śayyāgatena me / kṛtaṃ yadaśubhaṃ karma kāyena manasā girā
whatever evil deed has been done by me standing, walking, or lying on my bed, with body, mind, or speech —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.95
अज्ञानतो ज्ञानतो वा मदाच्चलितमानसैः । तत् क्षिप्रं विलयं यातु वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्
ajñānato jñānato vā madāccalitamānasaiḥ / tat kṣipraṃ vilayaṃ yātu vāsudevasya kīrtanāt
whether unknowingly or knowingly, by (those) whose minds were unsteady from intoxication — let that swiftly come to dissolution through the praising of Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.96
परदारपरद्रव्यवाञ्छाद्रोहोद्भवं च यत् । परपीडोद्भवां निन्दां कुर्वता यन्महात्मनाम्
paradāraparadravyavāñchādrohodbhavaṃ ca yat / parapīḍodbhavāṃ nindāṃ kurvatā yanmahātmanām
And whatever (sin) arises from desire for another's wife or another's property, and from malice, and whatever slander of great souls one commits, arising from the injury of others —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.97
यच्च भोज्ये तथा पेये भक्ष्ये चोष्ये विलेहने । तद् यातु विलयं तोये यथा लवणभाजनम्
yacca bhojye tathā peye bhakṣye coṣye vilehane / tad yātu vilayaṃ toye yathā lavaṇabhājanam
and whatever (sin there is) in food and in drink, in what is chewed, sucked, and licked — let that come to dissolution as a lump of salt does in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.98
यद् बाल्ये यच्च कौमारे यत् पापं यौवने मम । वयःपरिणतौ यच्च यच्च जन्मातरे कृतम्
yad bālye yacca kaumāre yat pāpaṃ yauvane mama / vayaḥpariṇatau yacca yacca janmātare kṛtam
Whatever sin of mine (was done) in infancy, in boyhood, in youth, and in the decline of my years, and whatever was done in another birth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.99
तन्नारायण गोविन्द हरिकृष्णेश कीर्तनात् । प्रयातु विलयं तोये यथा लवणभाजनम्
tannārāyaṇa govinda harikṛṣṇeśa kīrtanāt / prayātu vilayaṃ toye yathā lavaṇabhājanam
let that, through the praising of Nārāyaṇa, Govinda, Hari, Kṛṣṇa, the Lord, come to dissolution as a lump of salt in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.100
विष्णवे वासुदेवाय हरये केशवाय च । जनार्दनाय कृष्णाय नमो भूयो नमो नमः
viṣṇave vāsudevāya haraye keśavāya ca / janārdanāya kṛṣṇāya namo bhūyo namo namaḥ
To Viṣṇu, to Vāsudeva, to Hari, and to Keśava, to Janārdana, to Kṛṣṇa — homage, again homage, homage!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.101
भविष्यन्नरकघ्नाय नमः कंसविघातिने । अरिष्टकेशिचणूरदेवारिक्षयिणे नमः
bhaviṣyannarakaghnāya namaḥ kaṃsavighātine / ariṣṭakeśicaṇūradevārikṣayiṇe namaḥ
Homage to him who will be the slayer of Naraka, homage to the destroyer of Kaṃsa; homage to the destroyer of Ariṣṭa, Keśin, Cāṇūra, and the enemies of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.102
को ऽन्यो बलेर्वञ्चयिता त्वामृते वै भविष्यति । को ऽन्यो नाशयति बलाद् दर्पं हैहयभूपतेः
ko 'nyo balervañcayitā tvāmṛte vai bhaviṣyati / ko 'nyo nāśayati balād darpaṃ haihayabhūpateḥ
Who else but you will be the deceiver of Bali? Who else destroys by force the pride of the Haihaya king?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.103
कः करिष्यत्यथान्यो वै सागरे सेतुबन्धनम् । वधिष्यति दशग्रीवं कः सामात्यपुरःसरम्
kaḥ kariṣyatyathānyo vai sāgare setubandhanam / vadhiṣyati daśagrīvaṃ kaḥ sāmātyapuraḥsaram
And who else indeed will build a bridge over the ocean? Who will slay the ten-necked one together with his ministers and his retinue?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.104
कस्त्वामृते ऽन्यो नन्दस्य गोकुले रतिमेष्यति । प्रलम्बपूतनादीनां त्वामृते मधुसूदन । निहन्ताप्यथबा शास्ता देवदेव भविष्यति
kastvāmṛte 'nyo nandasya gokule ratimeṣyati / pralambapūtanādīnāṃ tvāmṛte madhusūdana / nihantāpyathabā śāstā devadeva bhaviṣyati
Who else but you will take delight in Nanda's cow-station? And but for you, O slayer of Madhu, who will be the destroyer, or rather the chastiser, of Pralamba, Pūtanā and the rest, O god of gods?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.105
जपन्नेवं नरः पुण्यं वैष्णवं धर्ममुत्तमम् । इष्टानिष्टप्रसंगेभ्यो ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो ऽपि वा
japannevaṃ naraḥ puṇyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamuttamam / iṣṭāniṣṭaprasaṃgebhyo jñānato 'jñānato 'pi vā
A man muttering thus this holy, supreme Vaiṣṇava law — (whatever sin he has done) through contact with things desired and undesired, whether knowingly or unknowingly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.106
कृतं तेन तु यत् पापं सप्तजन्मान्तराणि वै । महापातकसंज्ञं वा तथा चैवोपपातकम्
kṛtaṃ tena tu yat pāpaṃ saptajanmāntarāṇi vai / mahāpātakasaṃjñaṃ vā tathā caivopapātakam
whatever sin has been done by him through seven other births, whether called a great sin or likewise a lesser sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.107
जज्ञादीनि च पुण्यानि जपहोमव्रतानि च । नाशयेद् योगिनां सर्वमामपात्रमिवाम्भसि
jajñādīni ca puṇyāni japahomavratāni ca / nāśayed yogināṃ sarvamāmapātramivāmbhasi
and the meritorious acts beginning with sacrifice, and mutterings, oblations and vows, of the yogins — (this recitation) would destroy it all, like an unbaked vessel in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 59.108
नरः संवत्सरं पूर्णं तिलपात्राणि षोडश । अहन्यहनि यो दद्यात् पठत्येतच्च तत्समम्
naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ tilapātrāṇi ṣoḍaśa / ahanyahani yo dadyāt paṭhatyetacca tatsamam
The man who day after day for a full year would give sixteen vessels of sesame — and (the man) who recites this — (the merit) is equal to that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.109
अविलुप्तब्रह्मचर्यं संप्राप्य स्मरणं हरेः । विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
aviluptabrahmacaryaṃ saṃprāpya smaraṇaṃ hareḥ / viṣṇulokamavāpnoti satyametanmayoditam
Having attained unbroken chastity and the remembrance of Hari, he reaches the world of Viṣṇu; this that I have declared is the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.110
यथैतत् स्तयमुक्तं मे न ह्यल्पमपि मे मृषा । राक्षसस्त्रस्तसर्वाङ्गं तथा मामेष मुञ्चतु
yathaitat stayamuktaṃ me na hyalpamapi me mṛṣā / rākṣasastrastasarvāṅgaṃ tathā māmeṣa muñcatu
As this has been spoken by me truthfully, and not even a little of it is false by me, so let this (rākṣasa) release me, all whose limbs are terrified by the rākṣasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.111
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुच्चारिते तेन मुक्तो विप्रस्तु रक्षसा । अकामेन द्विजो भूयस्तमाह रजनीचरम्
pulastya uvāca / evamuccārite tena mukto viprastu rakṣasā / akāmena dvijo bhūyastamāha rajanīcaram
Pulastya said: When he had uttered this, the brahmin was released by the demon, unwillingly; and the twice-born spoke again to that night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.112
ब्रह्मण उवाच । एतद् भद्र मया ख्यातं तव पातकनाशनम् । विष्णोः सारस्वतं स्तोत्रं यज्जगाद सरस्वती
brahmaṇa uvāca / etad bhadra mayā khyātaṃ tava pātakanāśanam / viṣṇoḥ sārasvataṃ stotraṃ yajjagāda sarasvatī
The brahmin said: Good sir, this destroyer of your sins has been declared by me — the Sārasvata hymn of Viṣṇu, which Sarasvatī spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.113
हुताशनेन प्रहिता मम जिह्वाग्रसंस्थिता । जगादैनं स्तवं विष्णोः सर्वेषां चोपशान्तिदम्
hutāśanena prahitā mama jihvāgrasaṃsthitā / jagādainaṃ stavaṃ viṣṇoḥ sarveṣāṃ copaśāntidam
Sent by the Fire-god, seated on the tip of my tongue, she spoke this hymn of Viṣṇu, which gives peace to all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.114
अनेनैव जगन्नाथं त्वमाराधय केसवम् । ततः शापापनोदं तु स्तुते लप्स्यसि केशवे
anenaiva jagannāthaṃ tvamārādhaya kesavam / tataḥ śāpāpanodaṃ tu stute lapsyasi keśave
With this very (hymn) worship Keśava, the Lord of the world; then, when Keśava has been praised, you will obtain the removal of the curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 59.115
अहर्निशं हृषीकेशं स्तवेनानेन राक्षस । स्तुहि भक्तिं दृढां कृत्वा ततः पापाद् विमोक्ष्यसे
aharniśaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ stavenānena rākṣasa / stuhi bhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ kṛtvā tataḥ pāpād vimokṣyase
Day and night, O demon, praise Hṛṣīkeśa with this hymn; making your devotion firm, you will then be freed from sin.
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VamP 59.116
स्तुतो हि सर्वपापानि नाशयिष्यत्यसंशयम् । स्तुतो हि भक्त्या नॄणां वै सर्वपापहरो हरिः
stuto hi sarvapāpāni nāśayiṣyatyasaṃśayam / stuto hi bhaktyā nṝṇāṃ vai sarvapāpaharo hariḥ
For when praised he will destroy all sins, without doubt; for when praised with devotion, Hari is indeed the remover of all the sins of men.
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VamP 59.117
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः प्रणम्य तं विप्रं प्रसाद्य स निशाचरः । तदैव तपसे श्रीमान् शालग्राममगाद् वशी
pulastya uvāca / tataḥ praṇamya taṃ vipraṃ prasādya sa niśācaraḥ / tadaiva tapase śrīmān śālagrāmamagād vaśī
Pulastya said: Then that night-roamer, having bowed to that brahmin and won his favour, at once — glorious and self-controlled — went to Śālagrāma for ascetic practice.
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VamP 59.118
अहर्निशं स एवैनं जपन् सारस्वतं स्तवम् । देवक्रियारतिर्भूत्वा तपस्तेपे निशाचरः
aharniśaṃ sa evainaṃ japan sārasvataṃ stavam / devakriyāratirbhūtvā tapastepe niśācaraḥ
Day and night muttering that very Sārasvata hymn, taking delight in the rites of the god, the night-roamer performed austerities.
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VamP 59.119
समाराध्य जगन्नाथं स तत्र पुरषोत्तमम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकमवाप्तवान्
samārādhya jagannāthaṃ sa tatra puraṣottamam / sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokamavāptavān
Having there fully worshipped Puruṣottama, the Lord of the world, freed from all sins he attained the world of Viṣṇu.
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VamP 59.120
एतत् ते कथितं ब्रह्मन् विष्णोः सारस्वतं स्तवम् । विप्रवक्त्रस्थया सम्यक्सरस्वत्या समीरितम्
etat te kathitaṃ brahman viṣṇoḥ sārasvataṃ stavam / vipravaktrasthayā samyaksarasvatyā samīritam
This Sārasvata hymn of Viṣṇu has been told to you, O brahmin — properly uttered by Sarasvatī abiding in the brahmin's mouth.
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VamP 59.121
य एतत् परमं स्तोत्रं वासुदेवस्य मानवः । पठष्यति स सर्वेभ्यः पापेभ्यो मोक्षमाप्स्यति
ya etat paramaṃ stotraṃ vāsudevasya mānavaḥ / paṭhaṣyati sa sarvebhyaḥ pāpebhyo mokṣamāpsyati
Whatever man shall recite this supreme hymn of Vāsudeva, he will obtain release from all sins.
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