Vamana Purana — Chapter 6

VamP 6.1

पुलस्त्य उवाच । हृद्भवो ब्रह्मणो यो ऽसौ धर्मो दिव्यवपुर्मुने । दाक्षायाणी तस्य भार्या तस्यामजनयत्सुतान्

pulastya uvāca / hṛdbhavo brahmaṇo yo 'sau dharmo divyavapurmune / dākṣāyāṇī tasya bhāryā tasyāmajanayatsutān

Pulastya said: He who was born from Brahmā's heart, that Dharma of divine body, O sage — Dākṣāyaṇī was his wife, and on her he begot sons.

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VamP 6.2

हरिं कुष्णं च देवर्षे नारायणनरौ तथा । योगाभ्यासरतौ नित्यं हरिकृष्णौ बभूवतुः

hariṃ kuṣṇaṃ ca devarṣe nārāyaṇanarau tathā / yogābhyāsaratau nityaṃ harikṛṣṇau babhūvatuḥ

Hari and Kṛṣṇa, O sage of the gods, and also Nārāyaṇa and Nara; Hari and Kṛṣṇa were ever devoted to the practice of yoga.

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VamP 6.3

नरनारायणौ चैव जगतो हितकाम्यया । तप्येतां च तपः सौम्यौ पुराणवृषिसत्त्मौ

naranārāyaṇau caiva jagato hitakāmyayā / tapyetāṃ ca tapaḥ saumyau purāṇavṛṣisattmau

And Nara and Nārāyaṇa, out of desire for the welfare of the world, those two gentle ones, the best of ancient sages, performed austerity.

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VamP 6.4

प्रालेयाद्रिं समागम्य तीर्थे बदरिकाश्रमे । गृमन्तौ तत्परं ब्रह्म गङ्गाया विपुले तटे

prāleyādriṃ samāgamya tīrthe badarikāśrame / gṛmantau tatparaṃ brahma gaṅgāyā vipule taṭe

Having come to the snow-mountain, to the sacred ford, the hermitage of Badarī, the two, on the broad bank of the Gaṅgā, grasping(?) that supreme Brahman —

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VamP 6.5

नरनारायणाभ्यां च जगदेतच्चराचरम् । तापितं तपसा ब्रह्मन् शक्रः क्षोभं तदा ययौ

naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca jagadetaccarācaram / tāpitaṃ tapasā brahman śakraḥ kṣobhaṃ tadā yayau

And when this world, moving and unmoving, was scorched by the austerity of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, O Brahman, then Śakra fell into agitation.

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VamP 6.6

संक्षुब्धस्तपसा ताभ्यां क्षोभमणाय शतक्रतुः । रम्भाद्याप्सरसः श्रेष्ठाः प्रेषयत्स महाश्रमम्

saṃkṣubdhastapasā tābhyāṃ kṣobhamaṇāya śatakratuḥ / rambhādyāpsarasaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ preṣayatsa mahāśramam

Agitated by the austerity of those two, the Performer of a Hundred Sacrifices, in order to disturb (them), sent the foremost apsarases, Rambhā and the rest, to that great hermitage.

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VamP 6.7

कन्दर्पश्च सुदुर्धर्षश्चूताङ्कुरमहायुधः । समं सहचरेणैव वसन्तेनाश्रमं गतः

kandarpaśca sudurdharṣaścūtāṅkuramahāyudhaḥ / samaṃ sahacareṇaiva vasantenāśramaṃ gataḥ

And Kandarpa, very hard to withstand, whose great weapon is the mango sprout, went to the hermitage together with his companion Spring.

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VamP 6.8

ततो माधवकन्दर्पौ ताश्चैवाप्सरसो वराः । बदर्याश्रममागम्य विचिक्रीडुर्यथेच्छया

tato mādhavakandarpau tāścaivāpsaraso varāḥ / badaryāśramamāgamya vicikrīḍuryathecchayā

Then Mādhava (Spring) and Kandarpa and those excellent apsarases, having come to the hermitage of Badarī, played about as they pleased.

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VamP 6.9

ततो वसन्ते संप्राप्ते सिंशुका ज्वलनप्रभाः । निष्पत्राः सततं रेजुः शोमभयन्तो धरातलम्

tato vasante saṃprāpte siṃśukā jvalanaprabhāḥ / niṣpatrāḥ satataṃ rejuḥ śomabhayanto dharātalam

Then, when spring had arrived, the kiṃśuka trees, with the brilliance of fire, leafless, shone continually, beautifying the surface of the earth.

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VamP 6.10

शिशिरं नाम मातङ्गं विदार्य नखरैरिव । वसन्तकेसरी प्राप्तः पलाशकुसुमैर्मुने

śiśiraṃ nāma mātaṅgaṃ vidārya nakharairiva / vasantakesarī prāptaḥ palāśakusumairmune

As if tearing apart with his claws the elephant named Winter, the lion Spring has arrived with the blossoms of the palāśa, O sage.

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VamP 6.11

मया तुषारौघकरी निर्जितः स्वेन तेजसा । तमेव हसतेत्युच्चैः वसन्तः कुन्दकुड्मलैः

mayā tuṣāraughakarī nirjitaḥ svena tejasā / tameva hasatetyuccaiḥ vasantaḥ kundakuḍmalaiḥ

"By me, by my own splendour, the maker of the mass of frost has been vanquished" — laughing loudly at him, as it were, Spring (spoke) with its jasmine buds.

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VamP 6.12

वनानि कर्णिकाराणां पुष्पितानि विरेजिरे । यथा नरेन्द्रपुत्राणि कनकाभरणानि हि

vanāni karṇikārāṇāṃ puṣpitāni virejire / yathā narendraputrāṇi kanakābharaṇāni hi

The forests of karṇikāra trees in bloom shone like the sons of a king (adorned) with golden ornaments.

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VamP 6.13

तेषामनु तथा नीपाः पिङ्करा इव रेजिरे । स्वमिसंलब्धसंमाना भृत्या राजसुतानिव

teṣāmanu tathā nīpāḥ piṅkarā iva rejire / svamisaṃlabdhasaṃmānā bhṛtyā rājasutāniva

After them the nīpa trees, tawny as it were, shone like servants who have received honour from their master, resembling king's sons.

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VamP 6.14

रक्ताशोकवना भान्ति पुष्पिताः सहसोज्ज्वलाः । भृत्वा वसन्तनृपतेः संग्रामे ऽसृक्प्लुता इव

raktāśokavanā bhānti puṣpitāḥ sahasojjvalāḥ / bhṛtvā vasantanṛpateḥ saṃgrāme 'sṛkplutā iva

The groves of red aśoka shine, blossoming, brilliant with force, like the soldiers of King Spring bathed in blood in battle.

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VamP 6.15

मृगवृन्दाः पिञ्जरिता राजन्ते गहने वने । पुलकाभिर्वृता यद्वत् सज्जनाः सुहृदागमे

mṛgavṛndāḥ piñjaritā rājante gahane vane / pulakābhirvṛtā yadvat sajjanāḥ suhṛdāgame

Herds of deer, tawny-yellow, shine forth in the deep forest, just as good men are covered with thrills of joy at the coming of a friend.

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VamP 6.16

मञ्जरीभिर्विराजन्ते नदीकूलेषु वेतसाः । वक्तुकामा इवाङ्गुल्या को ऽस्माकं सदृशो नगः

mañjarībhirvirājante nadīkūleṣu vetasāḥ / vaktukāmā ivāṅgulyā ko 'smākaṃ sadṛśo nagaḥ

On the riverbanks the reeds are resplendent with their blossom-clusters, as if wishing to say with a pointing finger, "Who is our equal among trees?"

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VamP 6.17

रक्ताशोककरा तन्वी देवर्षे किशुकाङ्घ्रिका । नीलाशोककचा श्यामा विकासिकमलानना

raktāśokakarā tanvī devarṣe kiśukāṅghrikā / nīlāśokakacā śyāmā vikāsikamalānanā

Her hands are red aśoka blossoms, O divine seer, she is slender, her feet the kiṃśuka flowers; her hair the blue aśoka, dark-complexioned, her face an opened lotus—

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VamP 6.18

नीलेन्दीवरनेत्रा च ब्रह्मन् बिल्वफलस्तनी । प्रफुल्लकुन्ददशना मञ्जरीकरशोभिता

nīlendīvaranetrā ca brahman bilvaphalastanī / praphullakundadaśanā mañjarīkaraśobhitā

and her eyes blue water-lilies, O brahmin, her breasts bilva fruits, her teeth blossoming jasmine, her hands adorned with flower-clusters,

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VamP 6.19

बन्धुजीवाधरा शुभ्रा सिन्दुवारनखाद्भता । पुंस्कोकिलस्वना दिव्या अङ्कोलवसना शुभा

bandhujīvādharā śubhrā sinduvāranakhādbhatā / puṃskokilasvanā divyā aṅkolavasanā śubhā

her lower lip the bandhujīva flower, radiant, her nails wonderful with sinduvāra blossoms, her voice the male cuckoo's, divine, her garment the aṅkola, lovely,

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VamP 6.20

बर्हिवृन्दकलापा च सारसस्वरनूपुरा । प्राग्वंशरसना ब्रह्मन् मत्तहंसगतिस्तथा

barhivṛndakalāpā ca sārasasvaranūpurā / prāgvaṃśarasanā brahman mattahaṃsagatistathā

her braid a flock of peacocks, her anklets the cry of cranes, her girdle the prāgvaṃśa (bamboo), O brahmin, and her gait that of an intoxicated goose,

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VamP 6.21

पुत्रजीवांशुका भृङ्गरोमराजिविराजिता । वसन्तलक्ष्मीः संप्राप्ता ब३ह्मन् बदरिकाश्रमे

putrajīvāṃśukā bhṛṅgaromarājivirājitā / vasantalakṣmīḥ saṃprāptā ba3hman badarikāśrame

her fine garment the putrajīva tree, made resplendent by the line of down that is a row of bees—thus the Splendour of Spring arrived, O brahmin, at the Badarikā hermitage.

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VamP 6.22

ततो नारायणो दृष्ट्वा आश्रमस्यानवद्यताम् । समीक्ष्य च दिशः सर्वास्ततो ऽनङ्गमपश्यत

tato nārāyaṇo dṛṣṭvā āśramasyānavadyatām / samīkṣya ca diśaḥ sarvāstato 'naṅgamapaśyata

Then Nārāyaṇa, seeing the flawlessness of the hermitage and surveying all the directions, thereupon beheld the Bodiless One (Kāma).

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VamP 6.23

नारद उवाच। । को ऽसावनङ्गो ब्रह्मर्षे तस्मिन् बदरिकाश्रमे । यं ददर्श जगन्नाथो देवो नारायणो ऽव्ययः

nārada uvāca/ / ko 'sāvanaṅgo brahmarṣe tasmin badarikāśrame / yaṃ dadarśa jagannātho devo nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ

Nārada said: Who was that Bodiless One, O brahmin seer, there in the Badarikā hermitage, whom the Lord of the world, the imperishable god Nārāyaṇa, saw?

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VamP 6.24

पुलस्त्य उवाच । कन्दर्पो हर्षतनयो यो ऽसौ कामो निगद्यते । स शङ्करेण संदग्धो ह्यनङ्गत्वमुपागतः

pulastya uvāca / kandarpo harṣatanayo yo 'sau kāmo nigadyate / sa śaṅkareṇa saṃdagdho hyanaṅgatvamupāgataḥ

Pulastya said: Kandarpa, the son of Harṣa (Joy), who is called Kāma—he, burned up by Śaṅkara, indeed came to be bodiless.

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VamP 6.25

नारद उवाच । किमर्थं कामदेवो ऽसौ देवदेवेन शंभुना । दग्धस्तु कारणे कस्मिन्नेतद्व्याख्यातुमर्हसि

nārada uvāca / kimarthaṃ kāmadevo 'sau devadevena śaṃbhunā / dagdhastu kāraṇe kasminnetadvyākhyātumarhasi

Nārada said: For what purpose was that Kāmadeva burned by Śambhu, the god of gods? For what reason? You should explain this.

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VamP 6.26

पुलस्त्य उवाच । यदा दक्षसुता ब्रह्मन् सती याता यमक्षयम् । विनाश्य दक्षयज्ञं तं विचचार त्रिलोचनः

pulastya uvāca / yadā dakṣasutā brahman satī yātā yamakṣayam / vināśya dakṣayajñaṃ taṃ vicacāra trilocanaḥ

Pulastya said: When Dakṣa's daughter Satī, O brahmin, had gone to the abode of Yama, the three-eyed one, having destroyed that sacrifice of Dakṣa, wandered about.

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VamP 6.27

ततो वृषध्वजं दृष्ट्वा कन्दर्पः कुसुमायुधः । अपत्नीकं तदास्त्रेण उन्मादेनाभ्यताडयत्

tato vṛṣadhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā kandarpaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ / apatnīkaṃ tadāstreṇa unmādenābhyatāḍayat

Then Kandarpa, whose weapons are flowers, seeing the bull-bannered god without a wife, struck him with that weapon of his, the Madness-arrow.

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VamP 6.28

ततो हरः शरेणाथ उन्मादेनाशु ताडितः । विचचार तदोन्मत्तः काननानि सरांसि च

tato haraḥ śareṇātha unmādenāśu tāḍitaḥ / vicacāra tadonmattaḥ kānanāni sarāṃsi ca

Then Hara, swiftly struck by the arrow of madness, wandered, maddened, through the forests and the lakes.

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VamP 6.29

स्मरन् सतीं महादेवस्तथोन्मादेन ताडितः । न शर्म लेभे देवर्षे बाणविद्ध इव द्विपः

smaran satīṃ mahādevastathonmādena tāḍitaḥ / na śarma lebhe devarṣe bāṇaviddha iva dvipaḥ

Remembering Satī, and struck thus by the madness, Mahādeva found no relief, O divine seer, like an elephant pierced by an arrow.

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VamP 6.30

ततः पपात देवेशः कालिन्दीसरितं मुने । निमग्ने शङ्करे आपो दग्धाः कृष्णात्वमागताः

tataḥ papāta deveśaḥ kālindīsaritaṃ mune / nimagne śaṅkare āpo dagdhāḥ kṛṣṇātvamāgatāḥ

Then the lord of the gods fell into the river Kālindī, O sage; when Śaṅkara had plunged in, the waters were scorched and turned black.

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VamP 6.31

तदाप्रभृति कालिन्द्या भृङ्गाञ्जननिभं जलम् । आस्यन्दत् पुण्यतीर्था सा केशपाशमिवावने

tadāprabhṛti kālindyā bhṛṅgāñjananibhaṃ jalam / āsyandat puṇyatīrthā sā keśapāśamivāvane

From then on the water of the Kālindī, like the black of a bee or like collyrium, flowed—she of the holy fords—like a braid of hair upon the earth.

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VamP 6.32

ततो नदीषु पुण्यासु सरस्सु च नदेषु च । पुलुनेषु च रम्येषु वापीषु नलिनीषु च

tato nadīṣu puṇyāsu sarassu ca nadeṣu ca / puluneṣu ca ramyeṣu vāpīṣu nalinīṣu ca

Then in the holy rivers, and in lakes and in streams, and on lovely sandbanks, and in tanks and lotus-ponds,

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VamP 6.33

पर्वतेषु च रम्येषु काननेषु च सानुषु । विचारन् स्वेच्छया नैव शर्म लेभे महेश्वरः

parvateṣu ca ramyeṣu kānaneṣu ca sānuṣu / vicāran svecchayā naiva śarma lebhe maheśvaraḥ

and on lovely mountains, and in forests and on ridges, wandering at his own will, Maheśvara found no relief at all.

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VamP 6.34

क्षणं गायति देवर्षे क्षणं रोदिति शङ्करः । क्षणं ध्यायति तन्वङ्गीं दक्षकन्यां मनोरमाम्

kṣaṇaṃ gāyati devarṣe kṣaṇaṃ roditi śaṅkaraḥ / kṣaṇaṃ dhyāyati tanvaṅgīṃ dakṣakanyāṃ manoramām

For a moment Śaṅkara sings, O divine seer, for a moment he weeps, for a moment he meditates on the slender-limbed, delightful daughter of Dakṣa.

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VamP 6.35

ध्यात्वा क्षणं प्रस्वपिति क्षणं स्वप्नायते हरः । स्वप्ने तथेदं गदति तां दृष्ट्वा दक्षकन्यकाम्

dhyātvā kṣaṇaṃ prasvapiti kṣaṇaṃ svapnāyate haraḥ / svapne tathedaṃ gadati tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dakṣakanyakām

Having brooded a moment, Hara falls asleep, and a moment later he dreams; and in the dream, seeing that daughter of Dakṣa, he speaks thus:

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VamP 6.36

निर्घृणे तिष्ठ किं मूढे त्यजसे मामनिन्दिते । मुग्धे त्वया विरहितो दग्धो ऽस्मि मदनाग्निना

nirghṛṇe tiṣṭha kiṃ mūḍhe tyajase māmanindite / mugdhe tvayā virahito dagdho 'smi madanāgninā

"Stay, pitiless one! Why, foolish girl, do you abandon me, O blameless one? Bewildered one, parted from you I am burnt by the fire of love."

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VamP 6.37

सति सत्यं प्रकुपिता मा कोपं कुरु सुन्दरि । पादप्रणामावनतमभिभाषितु मर्हसि

sati satyaṃ prakupitā mā kopaṃ kuru sundari / pādapraṇāmāvanatamabhibhāṣitu marhasi

"O virtuous lady, truly you are enraged — do not be angry, beautiful one; you ought to speak to one who bows down in obeisance at your feet."

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VamP 6.38

श्रूयसे दृश्यसे नित्यं स्पृश्यसे वन्द्यसे प्रिये । आलिङ्ग्यसे च सततं किमर्थं नाभिभाषसे

śrūyase dṛśyase nityaṃ spṛśyase vandyase priye / āliṅgyase ca satataṃ kimarthaṃ nābhibhāṣase

"You are heard, you are seen constantly, you are touched, you are saluted, beloved, and you are embraced continually — why do you not speak (to me)?"

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VamP 6.39

विलपन्तं जनं दृष्ट्वा कृपा कस्य न जायते । विशेषतः पतिं बाले ननुप त्वमतिनिर्घृणा

vilapantaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpā kasya na jāyate / viśeṣataḥ patiṃ bāle nanupa tvamatinirghṛṇā

"Seeing a person lamenting, in whom does pity not arise? — and especially (for) a husband, O girl; are you not exceedingly pitiless?"

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VamP 6.40

त्वयोक्तानि वचांस्येवं पूर्वं मम कृशोदरि । विना त्वया न जीवेयं तदसत्यं त्वया कृतम्

tvayoktāni vacāṃsyevaṃ pūrvaṃ mama kṛśodari / vinā tvayā na jīveyaṃ tadasatyaṃ tvayā kṛtam

"Such words were spoken by you to me before, O slender-waisted one: 'Without you I would not live' — that has been made false by you."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.41

एह्येहि कामसंतप्तं परिष्वज सुलोचने । नान्यथा नश्यते तापः सत्येनापि शपे प्रिये

ehyehi kāmasaṃtaptaṃ pariṣvaja sulocane / nānyathā naśyate tāpaḥ satyenāpi śape priye

"Come, come, embrace me who am scorched with desire, fair-eyed one; otherwise the burning does not perish — I swear it even by truth, beloved."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.42

इत्थं विलप्य स्वप्नान्ते प्रतिबुद्धस्तु तत्क्षणात् । उत्कूजति तथारण्ये मुक्तकण्ठं पुनः पुनः

itthaṃ vilapya svapnānte pratibuddhastu tatkṣaṇāt / utkūjati tathāraṇye muktakaṇṭhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Having lamented thus, at the end of the dream he awoke that very instant, and then in the forest he cries aloud with unrestrained throat again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.43

तं कूजमानं विलपन्तमारात् समीक्ष्य पाचं तरसा वृषकेतनं हि । विव्याध चापं तरसा विनाम्य संतापनाम्ना तु शरेण भूयः

taṃ kūjamānaṃ vilapantamārāt samīkṣya pācaṃ tarasā vṛṣaketanaṃ hi / vivyādha cāpaṃ tarasā vināmya saṃtāpanāmnā tu śareṇa bhūyaḥ

Seeing from nearby him whose banner is the bull, crying out and lamenting, (Kāma) swiftly bending his bow struck him again with the arrow named Saṃtāpana (Tormentor).

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

VamP 6.44

संतापनास्त्रेण तदा स विद्धो भूयः स संतप्ततरो बभूव । संतापयंश्चापि जगत्समग्रं फूत्कृत्य फूत्कृत्य विवासते स्म

saṃtāpanāstreṇa tadā sa viddho bhūyaḥ sa saṃtaptataro babhūva / saṃtāpayaṃścāpi jagatsamagraṃ phūtkṛtya phūtkṛtya vivāsate sma

Then, pierced by the Saṃtāpana weapon, he became still more tormented; and tormenting the entire world as well, panting and panting he wandered about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.45

तं चापि भूयो मदनो जघान विजृण्भणास्त्रेण ततो विजृम्भे । ततो भृशं कामशरैर्वितुन्नो विजृम्भमाणः परितो भ्रमंश्च

taṃ cāpi bhūyo madano jaghāna vijṛṇbhaṇāstreṇa tato vijṛmbhe / tato bhṛśaṃ kāmaśarairvitunno vijṛmbhamāṇaḥ parito bhramaṃśca

And Madana struck him yet again with the Yawning weapon, and thereupon he yawned; then, sorely pierced by the arrows of Kāma, yawning and wandering all around,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.46

ददर्श यक्षाधिपतेस्तनूजं पाञ्चालिकं नाम जगत्प्रधानम् । दृष्ट्वा त्रिनेत्रो धनदस्य पुत्रं पार्श्वं समभ्येत्य वचो बभाषे । भ्रातृव्य वक्ष्यसि वचो यदद्य तत् त्वं कुरुष्वामितविक्रमो ऽसि

dadarśa yakṣādhipatestanūjaṃ pāñcālikaṃ nāma jagatpradhānam / dṛṣṭvā trinetro dhanadasya putraṃ pārśvaṃ samabhyetya vaco babhāṣe / bhrātṛvya vakṣyasi vaco yadadya tat tvaṃ kuruṣvāmitavikramo 'si

he saw the son of the lord of the Yakṣas, named Pāñcālika, foremost in the world. Seeing the son of the Wealth-giver, the three-eyed one came up to his side and spoke these words: "Cousin, whatever word I shall speak today, that do you carry out — you are of measureless valour."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.47

पाञ्चालिक उवाच । यन्नाथ मां वक्ष्यसि तत्करिष्ये सुदुष्करं यद्यपि देवसंघै । आज्ञापयस्वातुलवीर्य शंभो दासो ऽस्मि ते भक्तियुतस्तथेश

pāñcālika uvāca / yannātha māṃ vakṣyasi tatkariṣye suduṣkaraṃ yadyapi devasaṃghai / ājñāpayasvātulavīrya śaṃbho dāso 'smi te bhaktiyutastatheśa

Pāñcālika said: "Whatever, lord, you shall tell me, that I will do, even if it is most hard to do for the hosts of gods. Command me, O Śambhu of incomparable might; I am your servant, endowed with devotion, so (be it), O Lord."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.48

ईश्वर उवाच । नाशं गतायां वरदाम्बिकायां कामाग्निना प्लुष्सुविग्रहो ऽस्मि । विजृम्भणोन्मादसरैर्विभिन्नो धृतिं न विन्दामि रतिं सुखं वा

īśvara uvāca / nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ varadāmbikāyāṃ kāmāgninā pluṣsuvigraho 'smi / vijṛmbhaṇonmādasarairvibhinno dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi ratiṃ sukhaṃ vā

The Lord said: "Since the boon-giving Ambikā has met her destruction, my body is scorched by the fire of love; split apart by the arrows of yawning and madness, I find neither steadiness nor pleasure nor happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.49

विजृम्भणं पुत्र तथैव तापमुन्मादमुग्रं मदनप्रणुन्नम् । नान्यः पुमान् धारयितुं हि शक्तो मुक्त्वा भवन्तं हि ततः प्रतीच्छ

vijṛmbhaṇaṃ putra tathaiva tāpamunmādamugraṃ madanapraṇunnam / nānyaḥ pumān dhārayituṃ hi śakto muktvā bhavantaṃ hi tataḥ pratīccha

"This yawning, son, and likewise the burning and the fierce madness driven on by Madana — no other man is able to bear them but you; therefore take them upon yourself."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.50

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्तो वृषभध्वजेन यक्षः प्रतीच्छत् स विजृम्भणादीन् । तोषं जगामाशु ततस्त्रिशूली तुष्टस्तदैवं वचनं बभाषे

pulastya uvāca / ityevamukto vṛṣabhadhvajena yakṣaḥ pratīcchat sa vijṛmbhaṇādīn / toṣaṃ jagāmāśu tatastriśūlī tuṣṭastadaivaṃ vacanaṃ babhāṣe

Pulastya said: Thus addressed by him whose banner is the bull, the Yakṣa accepted the yawning and the rest; thereupon the trident-bearer at once became pleased, and being pleased spoke this word:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.51

हर उवाच । यस्मात्त्वया पुत्र सुदुर्धराणि विजृम्भणादीन् प्रतीच्छितानि । तस्माद्वरं त्वां प्रतिपूजनाय दास्यामि लोक्य च हास्यकारि

hara uvāca / yasmāttvayā putra sudurdharāṇi vijṛmbhaṇādīn pratīcchitāni / tasmādvaraṃ tvāṃ pratipūjanāya dāsyāmi lokya ca hāsyakāri

Hara said: "Since, son, you have accepted these things most hard to bear, the yawning and the rest, therefore I shall give you a boon for your worship, and one that causes laughter in the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.52

यस्त्वां यदा पश्यति चैत्रमासे स्पृशेन्नरो वार्चयते च भक्त्या । वृद्धो ऽथ बालो ऽथ युवाथ योषित् सर्वे तदोन्मादधरा भवन्ति

yastvāṃ yadā paśyati caitramāse spṛśennaro vārcayate ca bhaktyā / vṛddho 'tha bālo 'tha yuvātha yoṣit sarve tadonmādadharā bhavanti

"Whoever looks upon you in the month of Caitra, or a man touches or worships (you) with devotion — old man, or child, or youth, or woman — all then become possessed of madness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.53

गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति रमन्ति यक्ष वाद्यानि यत्नादपि वादयन्ति । तवाग्रतो हास्यवचो ऽभिरक्ता भवन्ति ते योगयुतास्तु ते स्युः

gāyanti nṛtyanti ramanti yakṣa vādyāni yatnādapi vādayanti / tavāgrato hāsyavaco 'bhiraktā bhavanti te yogayutāstu te syuḥ

"They sing, they dance, they take delight, O Yakṣa, and with effort they even play instruments; before you they become devoted to words of jesting, and they shall be joined to (successful) union.

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

VamP 6.54

ममैव नाम्ना भवितासि पूज्यः पाञ्चालिकेशः प्रथितः पृथिव्याम् । मम प्रसादाद् वरदो नराणां भविष्यसे पूज्यतमो ऽभिगच्छ

mamaiva nāmnā bhavitāsi pūjyaḥ pāñcālikeśaḥ prathitaḥ pṛthivyām / mama prasādād varado narāṇāṃ bhaviṣyase pūjyatamo 'bhigaccha

"By my very name you shall become worthy of worship, renowned on earth as Pāñcālikeśa; by my grace you shall be a giver of boons to men, most worthy of worship — go now."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.55

इत्येवमुक्तो विभुना स यक्षो जगाम देशान् सहसैव सर्वान् । कालञ्जरस्योत्तरतः सुपुण्यो देशो हिमाद्रेरपि दक्षिणस्थः

ityevamukto vibhunā sa yakṣo jagāma deśān sahasaiva sarvān / kālañjarasyottarataḥ supuṇyo deśo himādrerapi dakṣiṇasthaḥ

Thus addressed by the Lord, that Yakṣa went at once to all the regions. North of Kālañjara there is a most holy region, lying also to the south of the Himālaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.56

तस्मिन् सुपुण्ये विषये निविष्टो रुद्रप्रसादादभिपूज्यते ऽसौ । तस्मिन् प्रयाते भगवांस्त्रिनेत्रो देवो ऽपि विन्ध्यं गिरिमभ्यगच्छत्

tasmin supuṇye viṣaye niviṣṭo rudraprasādādabhipūjyate 'sau / tasmin prayāte bhagavāṃstrinetro devo 'pi vindhyaṃ girimabhyagacchat

Settled in that most holy country, he is worshipped by Rudra's favour. When he had departed, the three-eyed Lord, the god, went to the Vindhya mountain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.57

तत्रापि मदनो गत्वा ददर्श वृषकेतनम् । दृष्ट्वा प्रहर्त्तुकामं च ततः प्रादुवचद्धरः

tatrāpi madano gatvā dadarśa vṛṣaketanam / dṛṣṭvā praharttukāmaṃ ca tataḥ prāduvacaddharaḥ

There too Madana (Love) went and saw the one whose banner is the bull; and seeing him bent on striking, Hara then fled.

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

VamP 6.58

ततो दारुवनं घोरं मदनाभिसृतो हरः । विवेश ऋषयो यत्र सपत्नीका व्यवस्थिताः

tato dāruvanaṃ ghoraṃ madanābhisṛto haraḥ / viveśa ṛṣayo yatra sapatnīkā vyavasthitāḥ

Then Hara, pursued by Madana, entered the fearsome Dāru forest, where the sages dwelt together with their wives.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.59

ते चापि ऋषयः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा मूर्ध्ना नताभवन् । ततस्तान् प्राह भगवान् भिक्षा मे प्रतिदीयताम्

te cāpi ṛṣayaḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā mūrdhnā natābhavan / tatastān prāha bhagavān bhikṣā me pratidīyatām

And all those sages, on seeing (him), bowed their heads. Then the Lord said to them: "Let alms be given to me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.60

ततस्ते मौनिनस्तस्थुः सर्व एव महर्षयः । तदाश्रमाणि सर्वाणि परिचक्राम नारदः

tataste mauninastasthuḥ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ / tadāśramāṇi sarvāṇi paricakrāma nāradaḥ

Then all those great sages stood silent. Nārada wandered about all those hermitages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.61

तं प्रविष्टं तदा दृष्ट्वा भार्गवात्रेययोषितः । प्रक्षोभमगमन् सर्वा हीनसत्त्वाः समन्ततः

taṃ praviṣṭaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhārgavātreyayoṣitaḥ / prakṣobhamagaman sarvā hīnasattvāḥ samantataḥ

Then, seeing him having entered, the wives of the Bhārgavas and Ātreyas were all thrown into agitation on every side, their strength (of mind) gone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.62

ऋते त्वरुन्धतीमेकामनसूयां च भामिनीम् । एताभ्यां भर्तृपूजासु तच्चिन्तासु स्थितं मनः

ṛte tvarundhatīmekāmanasūyāṃ ca bhāminīm / etābhyāṃ bhartṛpūjāsu taccintāsu sthitaṃ manaḥ

Except only Arundhatī and the lovely Anasūyā — these two had their minds fixed on the worship of their husbands and on thoughts of them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.63

ततः संक्षुभिताः सर्वा यत्र याति महेश्वरः । तत्र प्रयान्ति कामार्त्ता मदविह्वलितेन्द्रियाः

tataḥ saṃkṣubhitāḥ sarvā yatra yāti maheśvaraḥ / tatra prayānti kāmārttā madavihvalitendriyāḥ

Then all of them, agitated, wherever Maheśvara goes, there they go, stricken with desire, their senses overcome by intoxication.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.64

त्यक्त्वाश्रमणि शून्यानि स्वानिता मुनियोषितः । अनुडजग्मुर्यथा मत्तं करिण्य इव कुञ्जरम्

tyaktvāśramaṇi śūnyāni svānitā muniyoṣitaḥ / anuḍajagmuryathā mattaṃ kariṇya iva kuñjaram

Abandoning their hermitages empty, the sages' wives, of their own accord, followed after (him) as cow-elephants follow a rutting bull elephant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.65

ततस्तु ऋषयो दृष्ट्वा भार्गवाङ्गिरसो मुने । क्रोधान्विताब्रुवन्सर्वे लिङ्गे ऽस्य पततां भुवि

tatastu ṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā bhārgavāṅgiraso mune / krodhānvitābruvansarve liṅge 'sya patatāṃ bhuvi

Then the sages, the Bhārgavas and Aṅgirasas, seeing it, O sage, all filled with anger said: "Let his liṅga fall to the ground!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.66

ततः पपात देवस्य लिङ्गं पृथ्वीं विदारयन् । अन्तर्द्धानं जगामाथ त्रिशूली नीललोहितः

tataḥ papāta devasya liṅgaṃ pṛthvīṃ vidārayan / antarddhānaṃ jagāmātha triśūlī nīlalohitaḥ

Then the god's liṅga fell, splitting the earth open; and then the trident-bearer, the blue-red one, vanished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.67

ततः स पतितो लिङ्गो विभिद्य वसुधातलम् । रसातलं विवेशाशु ब्रह्मण्डं चोर्ध्वतो ऽभिनत्

tataḥ sa patito liṅgo vibhidya vasudhātalam / rasātalaṃ viveśāśu brahmaṇḍaṃ cordhvato 'bhinat

Then that fallen liṅga, splitting the surface of the earth, swiftly entered Rasātala, and above it broke through the egg of Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.68

ततश्चचाल पृथिवी गिरयः सरितो नगाः । पातालभुवनाः सर्वे जङ्गमाजङ्गमैर्वृताः

tataścacāla pṛthivī girayaḥ sarito nagāḥ / pātālabhuvanāḥ sarve jaṅgamājaṅgamairvṛtāḥ

Then the earth trembled, and the mountains, rivers and trees, and all the worlds of the underworld, with all that moves and does not move.

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VamP 6.69

संक्षुब्धान् भुवनान् दृष्ट्वा भूर्लोकादीन् पितामहः । जगाम माधवं द्रष्टुं क्षीरोदं नाम सागरम्

saṃkṣubdhān bhuvanān dṛṣṭvā bhūrlokādīn pitāmahaḥ / jagāma mādhavaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṣīrodaṃ nāma sāgaram

Seeing the worlds, beginning with Bhūrloka, thrown into turmoil, the Grandfather went to see Mādhava, to the ocean named Kṣīroda (the Milk Ocean).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.70

तत्र दृष्ट्वा हृषीकेशं प्रणिपत्य च भक्तितः । उवाच देव भुवनाः किमर्थ क्षुभिता विभो

tatra dṛṣṭvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ praṇipatya ca bhaktitaḥ / uvāca deva bhuvanāḥ kimartha kṣubhitā vibho

There, seeing Hṛṣīkeśa and bowing down with devotion, he said: "O god, for what reason are the worlds agitated, O mighty one?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.71

अथोवाच हरिर्ब्रह्मन् शार्वो लिङ्गो महर्षिभिः । पातितस्तस्य भारार्ता संचचाल वसुंधरा

athovāca harirbrahman śārvo liṅgo maharṣibhiḥ / pātitastasya bhārārtā saṃcacāla vasuṃdharā

Then Hari said: "O Brahmā, Śarva's liṅga has been made to fall by the great sages; oppressed by its weight the earth has shaken."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.72

ततस्तदद्भुततमं श्रुत्वा देवः वितामहः । तत्र गच्छाम देवेश एवमाह पुनः पुनः

tatastadadbhutatamaṃ śrutvā devaḥ vitāmahaḥ / tatra gacchāma deveśa evamāha punaḥ punaḥ

Then, hearing that most marvellous thing, the god the Grandfather said again and again: "Let us go there, O lord of gods."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VamP 6.73

ततः पितामहो देवः केशवश्च जगत्पतिः । आजग्मतुस्तमुद्देशं यत्र लिङ्गं भवस्य तत्

tataḥ pitāmaho devaḥ keśavaśca jagatpatiḥ / ājagmatustamuddeśaṃ yatra liṅgaṃ bhavasya tat

Then the god the Grandfather and Keśava, the lord of the world, came to that place where that liṅga of Bhava was.

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VamP 6.74

ततो ऽनन्तं हरिर्लिङ्गं दृष्ट्वारुह्य खगेश्वरम् । पातालं प्रविवेशाथ विस्मयान्तरितो विभुः

tato 'nantaṃ harirliṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvāruhya khageśvaram / pātālaṃ praviveśātha vismayāntarito vibhuḥ

Then Hari, seeing the liṅga endless, mounted the lord of birds and entered Pātāla, the mighty one filled with amazement.

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VamP 6.75

ब्रह्म पद्मविमानेन उर्ध्वमाक्रम्य सर्वतः । नैवान्तमलभद् ब्रह्मन् विस्मितः पुनरागतः

brahma padmavimānena urdhvamākramya sarvataḥ / naivāntamalabhad brahman vismitaḥ punarāgataḥ

Brahmā, in his lotus-chariot, ascending upward in every direction, found no end at all, O brahman, and came back astonished.

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VamP 6.76

विष्णुर्गत्वाथ पातालान् सप्त लोकपरायणः । चक्रपाणिर्विनिष्क्रान्तो लेभे ऽन्तं न महामुने

viṣṇurgatvātha pātālān sapta lokaparāyaṇaḥ / cakrapāṇirviniṣkrānto lebhe 'ntaṃ na mahāmune

And Viṣṇu, the refuge of the worlds, going through the seven nether regions, came out again holding the discus, and did not find the end, O great sage.

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VamP 6.77

विष्णुः पितामहश्चोभौ हरलिङ्गं समेत्य हि । कृताञ्जलिपुटौ भूत्वा स्तोतुं देवं प्रचक्रतुः

viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaścobhau haraliṅgaṃ sametya hi / kṛtāñjalipuṭau bhūtvā stotuṃ devaṃ pracakratuḥ

Viṣṇu and the Grandfather, both having come together before Hara's liṅga, making their palms folded, began to praise the god.

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VamP 6.78

हरिब्रह्माणावूचतुः । नमो ऽस्तु ते शूलपाणे नमो ऽस्तु वृषभध्वज । जीमूतवाहन कवे शर्व त्र्यम्बक शङ्कर

haribrahmāṇāvūcatuḥ / namo 'stu te śūlapāṇe namo 'stu vṛṣabhadhvaja / jīmūtavāhana kave śarva tryambaka śaṅkara

Hari and Brahmā said: Homage to you, bearer of the trident; homage to you, whose banner is the bull; O you who ride the cloud, O poet, Śarva, three-eyed one, Śaṅkara.

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VamP 6.79

महेश्वर महेशान सुपर्णाक्ष वृषाकपे । दक्षयज्ञक्षयकर कालरूप नमो ऽस्तु ते

maheśvara maheśāna suparṇākṣa vṛṣākape / dakṣayajñakṣayakara kālarūpa namo 'stu te

O Maheśvara, Maheśāna, of beautiful (or eagle-like) eyes, O Vṛṣākapi, O destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice, O you whose form is Time, homage be to you.

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VamP 6.80

त्वमादिरस्य जगतस्त्वं मध्यं परमेश्वर । भवानन्तश्च भगवान् सर्वगस्त्वं नमो ऽस्तु ते

tvamādirasya jagatastvaṃ madhyaṃ parameśvara / bhavānantaśca bhagavān sarvagastvaṃ namo 'stu te

You are the beginning of this world, you are the middle, O supreme lord; and you, O Lord, are the end; you go everywhere—homage be to you.

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VamP 6.81

पुलस्त्य उवाच। । एवं संस्तूयमानस्तु तस्मिन् दारुवने हरः । स्वरूपी ताविदं वाक्यमुवाच वदतां वरः

pulastya uvāca/ / evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu tasmin dāruvane haraḥ / svarūpī tāvidaṃ vākyamuvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ

Pulastya said: Being thus praised there in the Dāru forest, Hara, in his own form, the best of speakers, spoke this speech to the two.

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VamP 6.82

हर उवाच । किमर्थं देवतानाथौ परिभूतक्रमं त्विह । मां स्तुवाते भृशास्वस्थं कामतापितविग्रहम्

hara uvāca / kimarthaṃ devatānāthau paribhūtakramaṃ tviha / māṃ stuvāte bhṛśāsvasthaṃ kāmatāpitavigraham

Hara said: For what purpose, O you two lords of the gods, do you here praise me, whose course has been slighted, me who am utterly unwell, my body burned by desire?

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VamP 6.83

देवावूचतुः । । भक्तः पातितं लिङ्गं यदेतद् भुवि शङ्कर । एतत् प्रगृह्यतां भूय अतो देव स्तुवावहे

devāvūcatuḥ / / bhaktaḥ pātitaṃ liṅgaṃ yadetad bhuvi śaṅkara / etat pragṛhyatāṃ bhūya ato deva stuvāvahe

The two gods said: This liṅga which was made to fall on the earth (by you), O Śaṅkara—let it be taken up again; for this reason, O god, we two praise (you).

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VamP 6.84

हर उवाच। । यद्यर्चयन्ति त्रिदशा मम लिङ्गं सुरोत्तमौ । तदेतत्प्रतिगृह्णीयां नान्यथेति कथञ्चन

hara uvāca/ / yadyarcayanti tridaśā mama liṅgaṃ surottamau / tadetatpratigṛhṇīyāṃ nānyatheti kathañcana

Hara said: If the gods worship my liṅga, O you two best of gods, then I would take this back; otherwise not, in any way.

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VamP 6.85

ततः प्रोवाच भगवानेवमस्त्विति केशव । ब्रह्म स्वयं च जग्राह लिङ्गं कनकपिङ्गलम्

tataḥ provāca bhagavānevamastviti keśava / brahma svayaṃ ca jagrāha liṅgaṃ kanakapiṅgalam

Then the Lord said, "Let it be so," O Keśava; and Brahmā himself took up the liṅga, tawny-gold in colour.

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VamP 6.87

६।८६ आद्यं शैवं परिख्यातमन्यत्पाशुपतं मुने । तृतीयं कालवदनं चतुर्थं च कपालिनम्

6.86 ādyaṃ śaivaṃ parikhyātamanyatpāśupataṃ mune / tṛtīyaṃ kālavadanaṃ caturthaṃ ca kapālinam

The first is known as the Śaiva, the next the Pāśupata, O sage, the third the Kālavadana (Kālamukha), and the fourth the Kāpālika.

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VamP 6.88

शैवश्चासीत्स्वयं शक्तिर्वसिष्ठस्य प्रियः श्रुतः । तस्य शिष्यो बभूवाथ गोपायन इति श्रुतः

śaivaścāsītsvayaṃ śaktirvasiṣṭhasya priyaḥ śrutaḥ / tasya śiṣyo babhūvātha gopāyana iti śrutaḥ

And the Śaiva was Śakti himself, known as the dear (disciple) of Vasiṣṭha; his disciple then was one known as Gopāyana.

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VamP 6.89

महापाशुपतश्चासीद्भरद्वाजस्तपोधनः । तस्य शिष्यो ऽप्यभूद्राजा ऋषभः सोमकेश्वरः

mahāpāśupataścāsīdbharadvājastapodhanaḥ / tasya śiṣyo 'pyabhūdrājā ṛṣabhaḥ somakeśvaraḥ

The great Pāśupata was Bharadvāja, rich in ascetic power; and his disciple was the king Ṛṣabha, lord of Somaka.

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VamP 6.90

कालस्यो भगवानासीदापस्तम्बस्तपोधनः । तस्य शिष्योभवद्वैश्यो नाम्ना क्राथेश्वरो मुने

kālasyo bhagavānāsīdāpastambastapodhanaḥ / tasya śiṣyobhavadvaiśyo nāmnā krātheśvaro mune

The Kālasya (Kālamukha) was the lord Āpastamba, rich in austerity; his disciple was a Vaiśya named Krātheśvara, O sage.

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VamP 6.91

महाव्रती च धनदस्तस्य शिष्यश्च विर्यवान् । कर्णोदर इति ख्यातो जात्या शूद्रो महातपाः

mahāvratī ca dhanadastasya śiṣyaśca viryavān / karṇodara iti khyāto jātyā śūdro mahātapāḥ

And the Mahāvratin was Dhanada, and his disciple was a vigorous man known as Karṇodara, a Śūdra by birth, of great austerity.

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VamP 6.92

एवं म भगवान्ब्रह्म पूजनाय शिवस्य तु । कृत्वा तु चातुराश्रम्यं स्वमेव भवनं गतः

evaṃ ma bhagavānbrahma pūjanāya śivasya tu / kṛtvā tu cāturāśramyaṃ svameva bhavanaṃ gataḥ

Thus, indeed, the lord Brahmā, having established the four orders of life for the worship of Śiva, went to his own abode.

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VamP 6.94

गते ब३ह्मणि शर्वो ऽपि उपसंहृत्य तं तदा । लिङ्गं चित्रवने सूक्ष्मं प्रतिष्ठाप्य चचार ह । ६।९३ विचरन्तं तदा भूयो महेशं कुसुमायुधः । आरात्स्थित्वाग्रतो धन्वी संतापयितुमुद्यतः

gate ba3hmaṇi śarvo 'pi upasaṃhṛtya taṃ tadā / liṅgaṃ citravane sūkṣmaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya cacāra ha / 6.93 vicarantaṃ tadā bhūyo maheśaṃ kusumāyudhaḥ / ārātsthitvāgrato dhanvī saṃtāpayitumudyataḥ

When Brahmā had gone, Śarva too then withdrew that liṅga, and having installed it in a subtle form in the Citra forest, he wandered about. Then, as Maheśa was wandering again, the flower-arrowed one (Kāma), bow in hand, standing near before him, made ready to inflame him.

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VamP 6.95

ततस्तमग्रतो दृष्ट्वा क्रोधाध्मातदृशा हरः । स्मरमालोकयामास शिखाग्राच्चरणान्तिकम्

tatastamagrato dṛṣṭvā krodhādhmātadṛśā haraḥ / smaramālokayāmāsa śikhāgrāccaraṇāntikam

Then, seeing him in front of him, Hara, with eyes swollen with anger, looked at Smara from the tip of his crest down to his feet.

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VamP 6.96

आलोकितस्त्रिनेत्रेण मदनो द्युतिमानपि । प्रादह्यत तदा ब्रह्मन् पादादारभ्य कक्षवत्

ālokitastrinetreṇa madano dyutimānapi / prādahyata tadā brahman pādādārabhya kakṣavat

Being looked upon by the three-eyed one, Madana, though radiant, then began to burn, O brahman, beginning from his feet, like dry grass.

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VamP 6.97

प्रदह्यमानौ चरणौ दृष्ट्वासौ कुसुमायुधः । उत्ससर्ज धनुः श्रेष्ठं तज्जगामाथ पञ्चधा

pradahyamānau caraṇau dṛṣṭvāsau kusumāyudhaḥ / utsasarja dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ tajjagāmātha pañcadhā

Seeing his two feet being burnt up, that flower-weaponed one let go his excellent bow, and it then broke into five parts.

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VamP 6.98

यदासीन्मुष्टिबन्धं तु रुक्मपृष्ठं महाप्रभम् । स चम्पकतरुर्जातः सुगन्धाढ्यो गुणाकृतिः

yadāsīnmuṣṭibandhaṃ tu rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāprabham / sa campakatarurjātaḥ sugandhāḍhyo guṇākṛtiḥ

That which was the grip of the fist, gold-backed and of great brilliance, became the campaka tree, rich in sweet fragrance and shapely.

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VamP 6.99

नाहस्थानं शुभाकारं यदासीद्वज्रभूषितम् । तज्जातं केसरारण्यं बकुलं नामतो मुने

nāhasthānaṃ śubhākāraṃ yadāsīdvajrabhūṣitam / tajjātaṃ kesarāraṇyaṃ bakulaṃ nāmato mune

The binding-place (of the bow), of fair shape, which was adorned with diamond — that became the kesara grove, bakula by name, O sage.

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VamP 6.100

या च कोटी सुभा ह्यासीदिन्द्रनीलविभूषिता । जाता सा पाटला रम्या भृङ्गराजिविभूषिता

yā ca koṭī subhā hyāsīdindranīlavibhūṣitā / jātā sā pāṭalā ramyā bhṛṅgarājivibhūṣitā

And the fair bow-tip, which was adorned with sapphire, became the lovely pāṭala, adorned with rows of bees.

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VamP 6.101

नाहोपरि तथा मुष्टौ स्थानं शशिमणिप्रभम् । पञ्चगुल्माभवज्जाती शशाङ्ककिरणोज्ज्वला

nāhopari tathā muṣṭau sthānaṃ śaśimaṇiprabham / pañcagulmābhavajjātī śaśāṅkakiraṇojjvalā

Likewise the spot above the binding, at the fist, gleaming like moonstone, became five clusters of jātī, bright as the moon's rays.

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VamP 6.102

ऊर्द्ध्व मुष्ट्या अधः कोट्योः स्थानं विद्रुमभूषितम् । तस्माद्भुपुटा मल्ली संजाता विविधा मुने

ūrddhva muṣṭyā adhaḥ koṭyoḥ sthānaṃ vidrumabhūṣitam / tasmādbhupuṭā mallī saṃjātā vividhā mune

The place above the fist and below the two tips, adorned with coral — from that, O sage, arose the manifold mallī with cupped (blossoms).

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VamP 6.103

पुष्पोत्तमानि रम्याणि सुरभीणि च नारद । जातियुक्तानि देवेन स्वयमाचरितानि च

puṣpottamāni ramyāṇi surabhīṇi ca nārada / jātiyuktāni devena svayamācaritāni ca

(These are) the finest flowers, lovely and fragrant, O Nārada, of (good) kinds, and used by the god himself.

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VamP 6.104

मुमोच मार्गणान् भूम्यां शरीरे दह्यति स्मरः । फलोपगानि वृक्षाणि संभूतानि सहस्रशः

mumoca mārgaṇān bhūmyāṃ śarīre dahyati smaraḥ / phalopagāni vṛkṣāṇi saṃbhūtāni sahasraśaḥ

While his body was burning, Smara released his arrows upon the ground; from them thousands of fruit-bearing trees came into being.

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VamP 6.105

चूतादीनि सुगन्धीनि स्वादूनि विविधानि च । हरप्रसादाज्जातानि भोज्यान्यपि सुरोत्तमैः

cūtādīni sugandhīni svādūni vividhāni ca / haraprasādājjātāni bhojyānyapi surottamaiḥ

Mango and the rest, fragrant, sweet and of many kinds, arisen by Hara's favour, edible even for the foremost gods.

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VamP 6.106

एवं दग्ध्वा स्मरं रुद्रः संयम्य स्वतनुं विभुः । पुष्यार्था शिशिराद्रिं स जगाम तपसे ऽव्ययः

evaṃ dagdhvā smaraṃ rudraḥ saṃyamya svatanuṃ vibhuḥ / puṣyārthā śiśirādriṃ sa jagāma tapase 'vyayaḥ

Thus, having burnt Smara, the lord Rudra, restraining his own body, went, imperishable, to the Śiśira mountain for austerity, for the sake of the flowering.

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VamP 6.107

एवं पुरा देववरेण शंभुना कामस्तु दग्धः सशरः सचापः । ततस्त्वनङ्गेति महाधनुर्द्धरो देवैस्तु गीतः सुरपूर्वपूजितः

evaṃ purā devavareṇa śaṃbhunā kāmastu dagdhaḥ saśaraḥ sacāpaḥ / tatastvanaṅgeti mahādhanurddharo devaistu gītaḥ surapūrvapūjitaḥ

Thus of old, by Śambhu the best of gods, Kāma was burnt up together with his arrow and his bow; and thereafter the bearer of the great bow was sung of by the gods as 'Anaṅga' (the bodiless), he who had earlier been honoured by the gods.

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