Vamana Purana — Chapter 64

VamP 64.1

श्रीवामनपुराणं-६४ पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः समागच्चति वासुदेवे मही चकम्पे गिरयच चेलुः । क्षुब्धाः समुद्रा श्रीवामनपुराणं-६४ पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः समागच्चति वासुदेवे मही चकम्पे गिरयश्च चेलुः । क्षुब्धाः समुद्रा दिवि ऋक्षमण्डलो बभौ विपर्यस्तगतिर्महर्षे

śrīvāmanapurāṇaṃ-64 pulastya uvāca / tataḥ samāgaccati vāsudeve mahī cakampe girayaca celuḥ / kṣubdhāḥ samudrā śrīvāmanapurāṇaṃ-64 pulastya uvāca / tataḥ samāgaccati vāsudeve mahī cakampe girayaśca celuḥ / kṣubdhāḥ samudrā divi ṛkṣamaṇḍalo babhau viparyastagatirmaharṣe

The Vāmana Purāṇa, 64. Pulastya said: Then, as Vāsudeva drew near, the earth quaked and the mountains shook; the oceans were churned, and in the sky the circle of stars shone with its course reversed, O great sage.

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VamP 64.2

यज्ञः समागात् परमाकुलत्वं न वेद्मि किं मे मधुहा करिष्यति । यथा प्रदग्धो ऽस्मि महेश्वरेण किं मां न संधक्ष्ययति वासुदेवः

yajñaḥ samāgāt paramākulatvaṃ na vedmi kiṃ me madhuhā kariṣyati / yathā pradagdho 'smi maheśvareṇa kiṃ māṃ na saṃdhakṣyayati vāsudevaḥ

"The sacrifice has come to the utmost confusion. I do not know what the slayer of Madhu will do to me. Since I have (already) been scorched by Maheśvara, will Vāsudeva not burn me up (too)?"

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VamP 64.3

ऋक्साममन्त्राहुतिभिर्हुताभिर्वितानकीयान् ज्वलनास्तु भागान् । भक्त्या द्विजेन्द्ररपि संप्रपादितान् नैव प्रतीच्चन्ति विभोर्भयेन

ṛksāmamantrāhutibhirhutābhirvitānakīyān jvalanāstu bhāgān / bhaktyā dvijendrarapi saṃprapāditān naiva pratīccanti vibhorbhayena

The fires do not accept the portions of the sacrifice, offered with the oblations poured to the ṛc and sāman mantras and presented in full with devotion by the foremost of brahmins — out of fear of the Lord.

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VamP 64.4

तान् दृष्ट्वा घोररुपांस्तु उत्पातान् दानवेश्वरः । पप्रच्छोशनसं शुक्रं प्रणिपत्य कृताञ्जलिः

tān dṛṣṭvā ghorarupāṃstu utpātān dānaveśvaraḥ / papracchośanasaṃ śukraṃ praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ

Seeing those portents of dreadful form, the lord of the dānavas bowed down with joined palms and asked Śukra Uśanas.

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VamP 64.5

किमर्थमाचार्य मही सशैला रम्भेव वाताभिहता चचाल । किमासुरीयान् सुहुतानपीह भागान् न गृह्णन्ति हुताशनाश्च

kimarthamācārya mahī saśailā rambheva vātābhihatā cacāla / kimāsurīyān suhutānapīha bhāgān na gṛhṇanti hutāśanāśca

"For what reason, O teacher, has the earth with its mountains trembled like a plantain tree struck by the wind? Why do the fires not take the asuras' portions, though they are well offered here?"

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VamP 64.6

क्षुब्धाः किमर्थं मकरालयाश्च भो ऋक्षा न खे किं प्रचरन्ति पूर्ववत् । दिशः किमर्थं तमसा परिप्लुता दोषेण कस्याद्य वदस्व मे गुरो

kṣubdhāḥ kimarthaṃ makarālayāśca bho ṛkṣā na khe kiṃ pracaranti pūrvavat / diśaḥ kimarthaṃ tamasā pariplutā doṣeṇa kasyādya vadasva me guro

And why are the oceans, the dwellings of sea-monsters, churned up? Ho, why do the stars not move in the sky as before? Why are the quarters flooded over with darkness? Through whose fault (is this) today? Tell me, my teacher.

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VamP 64.7

पुल्स्त्य उवाच । शुक्रस्तद् वाक्यमाकर्ण्य विरोचनसुतेरितम् । अथ ज्ञात्वा कारणं च बलिं वचनमब्रवीत्

pulstya uvāca / śukrastad vākyamākarṇya virocanasuteritam / atha jñātvā kāraṇaṃ ca baliṃ vacanamabravīt

Pulastya said: Śukra, having heard that speech uttered by Virocana's son, and then having understood the cause, spoke these words to Bali.

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VamP 64.8

शुक्र उवाच । शृणुष्व दैत्येश्वर येन भागान् नामी प्रतीच्छन्ति हि आसुरीयान् । हुताशना मन्त्रहुतानपीह नूनं समागच्छति वासुदेवः

śukra uvāca / śṛṇuṣva daityeśvara yena bhāgān nāmī pratīcchanti hi āsurīyān / hutāśanā mantrahutānapīha nūnaṃ samāgacchati vāsudevaḥ

Śukra said: Listen, lord of the daityas, (to the reason) why these fires do not accept the demons' portions, offered here even with mantras: surely Vāsudeva is on his way here.

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VamP 64.9

तदङ्घ्रिविक्षेपमपारयन्ती मही सशैला चलिता दितीश । तस्यां चलत्यां मकरालयामी उद्वृत्तवेला दितिजाद्य जाताः

tadaṅghrivikṣepamapārayantī mahī saśailā calitā ditīśa / tasyāṃ calatyāṃ makarālayāmī udvṛttavelā ditijādya jātāḥ

Unable to bear the tread of his feet, the earth with its mountains has shaken, O lord of Diti's line; and as she shook, these oceans, the homes of sea-monsters, have today got their tides surging up, O son of Diti.

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VamP 64.10

पुलस्त्य उवाच । शुक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा बलिर्भार्गवमब्रवीत् । धर्मं सत्यं च पथ्यं च सर्वोत्साहसमीरितम्

pulastya uvāca / śukrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā balirbhārgavamabravīt / dharmaṃ satyaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca sarvotsāhasamīritam

Pulastya said: Having heard Śukra's speech, Bali spoke to the Bhārgava (words that were) righteous, true and beneficial, uttered with all eagerness.

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VamP 64.11

बलिरुवाच । आयाते वासुदेवे वद मम भगवन् धर्मकामर्थत्तत्त्वं किं कार्यं किं च देयं मणिकन्कमथो भूगजाश्वादिकं वा । किं वा वाच्यं मुरारेर्निजहितमथवा तद्धितं वा प्रयुढञ्जे तथ्यं पथ्यंप्रियभोमम वदशुभदन्तत्करिष्ये न चान्यत्

baliruvāca / āyāte vāsudeve vada mama bhagavan dharmakāmarthattattvaṃ kiṃ kāryaṃ kiṃ ca deyaṃ maṇikankamatho bhūgajāśvādikaṃ vā / kiṃ vā vācyaṃ murārernijahitamathavā taddhitaṃ vā prayuḍhañje tathyaṃ pathyaṃpriyabhomama vadaśubhadantatkariṣye na cānyat

Bali said: Now that Vāsudeva has come, tell me, revered one, the truth about dharma, kāma and artha: what is to be done, and what is to be given—a jewel, a bracelet, or land, elephants, horses and the like? And what is to be said to Murāri—my own benefit, or his benefit? Tell me, giver of good, what is true, what is wholesome and what is dear to me; that I shall do, and nothing else.

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VamP 64.12

पुलस्त्य उवाच । तद् वाक्यं भार्गवं श्रुत्वा दैत्यनाथेरितं वरम् । विचिन्त्य नारद प्राह भूतभव्यविदीश्वरः

pulastya uvāca / tad vākyaṃ bhārgavaṃ śrutvā daityanātheritaṃ varam / vicintya nārada prāha bhūtabhavyavidīśvaraḥ

Pulastya said: Having heard that excellent speech uttered by the lord of the daityas, the Bhārgava, who knows past and future, reflected and spoke, O Nārada.

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VamP 64.13

त्वाया कृता यज्ञभुजो ऽसुरेन्द्रा बहिष्कृता ये श्रुतिदृष्टमार्गे । श्रुतिप्रमाणं मखभोजिनो बहिः सुरास्तदर्थं हरिर् अभ्युपैति

tvāyā kṛtā yajñabhujo 'surendrā bahiṣkṛtā ye śrutidṛṣṭamārge / śrutipramāṇaṃ makhabhojino bahiḥ surāstadarthaṃ harir abhyupaiti

By you the lords of the asuras have been made eaters of the sacrifice, who were excluded from the path seen in the Veda; the gods, who by scriptural authority are the eaters of the oblation, are left outside—for that reason Hari approaches.

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VamP 64.14

तस्याध्वरं दैत्यसमागतस्य कार्यं हि किं मां परिपृच्छसे यत् । कार्यं न देयं हि विभो तृणाग्रं यदध्वरे भूकनकादिकं वा

tasyādhvaraṃ daityasamāgatasya kāryaṃ hi kiṃ māṃ paripṛcchase yat / kāryaṃ na deyaṃ hi vibho tṛṇāgraṃ yadadhvare bhūkanakādikaṃ vā

What is to be done at the sacrifice of him who has come (to the place) of the daityas, that you ask me about? Nothing at all should be given, lord—not the tip of a blade of grass, nor land, gold and the like at the sacrifice.

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VamP 64.15

वाच्यं तथा साम निरर्थकं विभो कस्ते वरं दातुमलं हि शक्नुयात् । यस्योदरे भूर्भुवनाकपालरसातलेशा निवसन्ति नित्यशः

vācyaṃ tathā sāma nirarthakaṃ vibho kaste varaṃ dātumalaṃ hi śaknuyāt / yasyodare bhūrbhuvanākapālarasātaleśā nivasanti nityaśaḥ

Likewise, lord, conciliatory speech is pointless; for who could be capable of granting you a boon—he in whose belly the earth, the worlds, the vault (of heaven) and the regions of Rasātala dwell perpetually?

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VamP 64.16

बलिरुवाच । मया न चोक्तं वचनं हि भार्गव न चास्ति मह्यं न च दातुमुत्सहे । समागते ऽप्ययर्थिनि हीनवृत्ते जनार्दने लोकपतौ कथं तु

baliruvāca / mayā na coktaṃ vacanaṃ hi bhārgava na cāsti mahyaṃ na ca dātumutsahe / samāgate 'pyayarthini hīnavṛtte janārdane lokapatau kathaṃ tu

Bali said: I did not say such a thing, Bhārgava, nor do I have (anything), nor do I venture to give; but when Janārdana, the lord of the worlds, has come as a petitioner, fallen to low conduct, how then (can I refuse)?

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VamP 64.17

एवं च श्रुयते श्लोकः सतां कथयतां विभो । सद्भावो ब्राह्मणेष्वेव कर्त्तव्यो भूतिमिच्छता । दृश्यते हि तथा तच्च सत्यं ब्राह्मणसत्तम

evaṃ ca śruyate ślokaḥ satāṃ kathayatāṃ vibho / sadbhāvo brāhmaṇeṣveva karttavyo bhūtimicchatā / dṛśyate hi tathā tacca satyaṃ brāhmaṇasattama

And thus a verse is heard from good men when they speak, lord: "By one who desires prosperity, goodwill should be shown toward brahmins alone"; and it is indeed seen to be so, and that is true, O best of brahmins.

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VamP 64.18

पूर्वाभ्यासेन कर्माणि संभवन्ति नृणां स्फुटम् । वाक्कायमनसानीह योन्यन्तरगतान्यपि

pūrvābhyāsena karmāṇi saṃbhavanti nṛṇāṃ sphuṭam / vākkāyamanasānīha yonyantaragatānyapi

Through former habit men's acts manifestly come about—those of speech, body and mind—even acts belonging to another birth.

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VamP 64.19

किं वा त्वया द्विजश्रेष्ठ पौराणी न श्रुता कथा । या वृत्ता मलये पूर्वं कोशकारसुतस्य तु

kiṃ vā tvayā dvijaśreṣṭha paurāṇī na śrutā kathā / yā vṛttā malaye pūrvaṃ kośakārasutasya tu

Or have you not heard, best of the twice-born, the ancient tale of what befell long ago on Malaya to the son of Kośakāra?

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VamP 64.20

शुक्र उवाच । कथयस्व महाबाहो कोशकारसुताश्रयाम् । कथां पौराणिकीं पुण्यां महाकौतूहलं हि मे

śukra uvāca / kathayasva mahābāho kośakārasutāśrayām / kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ puṇyāṃ mahākautūhalaṃ hi me

Śukra said: Tell it, mighty-armed one, that holy ancient tale concerning the son of Kośakāra; great indeed is my curiosity.

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VamP 64.21

बलिरुवाच । शृणुष्व कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां मखान्तरे । पूर्वाभ्यासनिबद्धां हि सत्यां भृगुकुलोद्वह

baliruvāca / śṛṇuṣva kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ makhāntare / pūrvābhyāsanibaddhāṃ hi satyāṃ bhṛgukulodvaha

Bali said: Listen, I shall tell you this tale during the interval of the sacrifice—a true one, bound up with former habit, O upholder of Bhṛgu's line.

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VamP 64.22

मुद्गलस्य मुनेः पुत्रो ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगः । कोशकार इति ख्यात आसीद् ब्रह्मंस्तपोरतः

mudgalasya muneḥ putro jñānavijñānapāragaḥ / kośakāra iti khyāta āsīd brahmaṃstaporataḥ

The son of the sage Mudgala, who had mastered knowledge and discernment, was known as Kośakāra, O brahmin; he was devoted to austerity.

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VamP 64.23

तस्यासीद् दयिता साध्वी धर्मिष्ठा नामतः सुता । सती वात्स्यायनसुता धर्मशीला पतिव्रता

tasyāsīd dayitā sādhvī dharmiṣṭhā nāmataḥ sutā / satī vātsyāyanasutā dharmaśīlā pativratā

He had a beloved, virtuous wife, Dharmiṣṭhā by name, a daughter of Vātsyāyana—a faithful woman, of righteous character, devoted to her husband.

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VamP 64.24

तस्यामस्य सुतो जातः प्रकृत्या वै जडाकृतिः । मूकवन्नालपति स न च पश्यति चान्धवत्

tasyāmasya suto jātaḥ prakṛtyā vai jaḍākṛtiḥ / mūkavannālapati sa na ca paśyati cāndhavat

By her a son was born to him, dull-shaped by nature: he did not speak, like a mute, and did not see, like a blind man.

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VamP 64.25

तं जातं ब्राह्मणी पुत्रं जडं मूकं त्वचक्षुषम् । मन्यमाना गृहद्वारि षष्ठे ऽहनि समुत्सृजत्

taṃ jātaṃ brāhmaṇī putraṃ jaḍaṃ mūkaṃ tvacakṣuṣam / manyamānā gṛhadvāri ṣaṣṭhe 'hani samutsṛjat

Reckoning the son born to her to be dull, mute and sightless, the brahmin woman abandoned him at the house door on the sixth day.

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VamP 64.26

ततो ऽभ्यागाद् दुराचारा राक्षसी जातहारिणी । स्वं शिशुं कृशमादाय सूर्पाक्षी नाम नामतः

tato 'bhyāgād durācārā rākṣasī jātahāriṇī / svaṃ śiśuṃ kṛśamādāya sūrpākṣī nāma nāmataḥ

Then there came an ill-behaved rākṣasī, a stealer of newborns, carrying her own scrawny infant — Sūrpākṣī was her name.

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VamP 64.27

तत्रोत्सृज्य स्वपुत्रं सा जग्राह द्विजनन्दनम् । तमादाय जगामाथ भोक्तुं शालोदरे गिरौ

tatrotsṛjya svaputraṃ sā jagrāha dvijanandanam / tamādāya jagāmātha bhoktuṃ śālodare girau

Leaving her own son there, she seized the brahmin's boy; then, taking him, she went to eat (him) on Mount Śālodara.

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VamP 64.28

ततस्तामागतां वीक्ष्य तस्या भर्ता घटोदरः । नेत्रहीनः प्रत्युवाच किमानीतस्त्वया प्रिये

tatastāmāgatāṃ vīkṣya tasyā bhartā ghaṭodaraḥ / netrahīnaḥ pratyuvāca kimānītastvayā priye

Then, seeing her arrived, her husband Ghaṭodara, who was eyeless, said in reply: "What have you brought, my dear?"

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VamP 64.29

साब्रवीत् राक्षसपते मया स्थाप्य निजं शिशुम् । कोशकारद्विजगृहे तस्यानीतः प्रभो सुतः

sābravīt rākṣasapate mayā sthāpya nijaṃ śiśum / kośakāradvijagṛhe tasyānītaḥ prabho sutaḥ

She said: "Lord of rākṣasas, having put my own infant in the house of the silk-weaver brahmin, I have brought his son, O master."

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VamP 64.30

स प्राह न त्वया भद्रे भद्रमाचरितं त्विति । महाज्ञानी द्विजेन्द्रो ऽसौ ततः शप्स्यति कोपितः

sa prāha na tvayā bhadre bhadramācaritaṃ tviti / mahājñānī dvijendro 'sau tataḥ śapsyati kopitaḥ

He said: "Good woman, what you have done is not good; that best of brahmins is one of great knowledge, and so, when angered, he will curse (us)."

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VamP 64.31

तस्माच्छीघ्रमिमं त्यक्त्वा मनुजं घोररुपिणम् । अन्यस्य कस्यचित् पुत्रं शीघ्रमानय सुन्दरि

tasmācchīghramimaṃ tyaktvā manujaṃ ghorarupiṇam / anyasya kasyacit putraṃ śīghramānaya sundari

"Therefore quickly abandon this human infant of dreadful form, and quickly bring the son of some other, O lovely one."

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VamP 64.32

इत्येवमुक्ता सा रौद्रा राक्षसी कामचारिणी । समाजगाम त्वरिता समुत्पत्य विहायसम्

ityevamuktā sā raudrā rākṣasī kāmacāriṇī / samājagāma tvaritā samutpatya vihāyasam

Thus addressed, that dreadful rākṣasī, who moved at will, flew up into the sky and came (back) in haste.

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VamP 64.33

स चापि राक्षससुतो निसृष्टो गृहबाह्यतः । रुरोद सुस्वरं ब्रह्मन् प्रक्षिप्याङ्गुष्ठमानने

sa cāpi rākṣasasuto nisṛṣṭo gṛhabāhyataḥ / ruroda susvaraṃ brahman prakṣipyāṅguṣṭhamānane

And that son of the rākṣasa, left outside the house, cried loudly, O brahmin, thrusting his thumb into his mouth.

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VamP 64.34

सा क्रन्दितं चिराच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मिष्ठा पतिमब्रवीत् । पश्य स्वयं मुनिश्रेष्ठ सशब्दस्तनयस्तव

sā kranditaṃ cirācchrutvā dharmiṣṭhā patimabravīt / paśya svayaṃ muniśreṣṭha saśabdastanayastava

That most dutiful (woman), hearing the wailing after a while, said to her husband: "Look yourself, best of sages — your son is making a noise."

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VamP 64.35

त्रस्ता सा निर्जगामाथ गृहमध्यात् तपस्विनी । स चापि ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठः समपश्यत तं शिशुम्

trastā sā nirjagāmātha gṛhamadhyāt tapasvinī / sa cāpi brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ samapaśyata taṃ śiśum

Then that ascetic woman came out from inside the house, alarmed; and that best of brahmins too looked at the infant,

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VamP 64.36

वर्णरूपादिसंयुक्तं यथा स्वतनयं तथा । ततो विहस्य प्रोवाच कोशकारो निजां प्रियाम्

varṇarūpādisaṃyuktaṃ yathā svatanayaṃ tathā / tato vihasya provāca kośakāro nijāṃ priyām

endowed with the same colour, form and the rest as his own son. Then the silk-weaver, laughing, said to his own wife:

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VamP 64.37

एतेनाविश्य धर्मिष्ठे भाव्यं भूतेन साम्प्रतम् । को ऽप्यटस्माकं छलयितुं सुरूपी भुवि संस्थितः

etenāviśya dharmiṣṭhe bhāvyaṃ bhūtena sāmpratam / ko 'pyaṭasmākaṃ chalayituṃ surūpī bhuvi saṃsthitaḥ

"Right now, O dutiful one, one must reckon that a spirit has entered into this (child): someone of fair form has settled here on the ground to deceive us."

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

VamP 64.38

इत्युक्त्वा वचनं मन्त्री मन्त्रैस्तं राक्षसात्मजम् । बबन्धोल्लिख्य वसुधां सकुशेनाथ पाणिना

ityuktvā vacanaṃ mantrī mantraistaṃ rākṣasātmajam / babandhollikhya vasudhāṃ sakuśenātha pāṇinā

Having spoken this speech, the knower of mantras then bound that son of the rākṣasa with mantras, scratching the ground with his hand holding kuśa grass.

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VamP 64.39

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्ता सूर्पाक्षी विप्रबालकम् । अन्तर्धानगता भूमौ चिक्षेप गृहदूरतः

etasminnantare prāptā sūrpākṣī viprabālakam / antardhānagatā bhūmau cikṣepa gṛhadūrataḥ

In the meantime Sūrpākṣī arrived and, having become invisible, flung the brahmin's little boy onto the ground at a distance from the house.

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VamP 64.40

तं क्षिप्तमात्रं जग्राह कोशकारः स्वकं सुतम् । सा चाभ्येत्य ग्रहीतुं स्वं नाशकद् राक्षसी सुतम्

taṃ kṣiptamātraṃ jagrāha kośakāraḥ svakaṃ sutam / sā cābhyetya grahītuṃ svaṃ nāśakad rākṣasī sutam

The moment he was flung down, the silk-weaver took up his own son; and the rākṣasī, though she came to take her own son, was unable to.

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VamP 64.41

इतश्चेतश्च विभ्रष्टा सा भर्तारमुपागमत् । कथयामासा यद् वृत्तं स्वद्विजात्मजहीरिणम्

itaścetaśca vibhraṣṭā sā bhartāramupāgamat / kathayāmāsā yad vṛttaṃ svadvijātmajahīriṇam

Falling back this way and that, she went to her husband and told what had happened, (namely about) the stealer of her own — that is, the brahmin's — son.

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VamP 64.42

एवं गतायं राक्षस्यां ब्राह्मणेन महात्मना । स राभसशिशुर्ब्रह्मन् भार्यायै विनिवेदितः

evaṃ gatāyaṃ rākṣasyāṃ brāhmaṇena mahātmanā / sa rābhasaśiśurbrahman bhāryāyai viniveditaḥ

When the rākṣasī had gone off thus, the great-souled brahmin, O brahmin, presented that rākṣasa infant to his wife.

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VamP 64.43

स चात्मतनयः पित्रा कपिलायाः सवत्सयाः । दध्ना संयोजितो ऽत्यर्थं क्षीरेणेक्षुरसेन च

sa cātmatanayaḥ pitrā kapilāyāḥ savatsayāḥ / dadhnā saṃyojito 'tyarthaṃ kṣīreṇekṣurasena ca

And his own son was abundantly supplied by his father with the curds of a tawny cow that had a calf, and with milk and with sugarcane juice.

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VamP 64.44

द्वावेव वर्धितौ बालौ संजातौ सप्तवार्षिकौ । पित्रा च कृतनामानौ निशाकरदिवाकरौ

dvāveva vardhitau bālau saṃjātau saptavārṣikau / pitrā ca kṛtanāmānau niśākaradivākarau

Both boys were reared alike and became seven years old, and their father gave them the names Niśākara and Divākara.

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VamP 64.45

नैशाचरिर्दिवाकीर्तिर्निशाकीर्तिः स्वपुत्रकः । तयोश्चकार विप्रो ऽसौ व्रतबन्धक्रियां क्रमात्

naiśācarirdivākīrtirniśākīrtiḥ svaputrakaḥ / tayoścakāra vipro 'sau vratabandhakriyāṃ kramāt

The one born of the night-walker (was called) Divākīrti, and his own little son Niśākīrti; that brahmin performed for the two of them, in order, the rite of investiture.

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VamP 64.46

व्रतबन्धे कृते वेदं पपाठासौ दिवाकरः । निशाकरो जडतया न पपाठेति नः श्रुतम्

vratabandhe kṛte vedaṃ papāṭhāsau divākaraḥ / niśākaro jaḍatayā na papāṭheti naḥ śrutam

When the initiation rite had been performed, that Divākara recited the Veda, but Niśākara, out of dullness, did not recite it — so we have heard.

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VamP 64.47

तं बान्धवाश्च पितरौ माता भ्राता गुरुस्तथा । पर्यनिन्दंस्तथा ये च जना मलयवासिनः

taṃ bāndhavāśca pitarau mātā bhrātā gurustathā / paryanindaṃstathā ye ca janā malayavāsinaḥ

And his kinsmen, his parents — mother, brother, and his teacher too — reviled him, and so did those people who dwelt on the Malaya (mountain).

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VamP 64.48

ततः स पित्रा क्रुद्धेन क्षिप्तः कूपे निरूदके । महाशिलां चोपरि वै पिधानमवरोपयत्

tataḥ sa pitrā kruddhena kṣiptaḥ kūpe nirūdake / mahāśilāṃ copari vai pidhānamavaropayat

Then he was thrown by his angry father into a waterless well, and (the father) let down a great slab of rock over it as a cover.

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VamP 64.49

एवं क्षिप्तस्तदा कूपे समतीतेषु भार्गव । तस्य मातागमत् कूपं तमन्धं शिलयाचितम्

evaṃ kṣiptastadā kūpe samatīteṣu bhārgava / tasya mātāgamat kūpaṃ tamandhaṃ śilayācitam

Thus thrown into the well at that time, O Bhārgava, when (years) had passed, his mother came to that blind well covered over with the rock.

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VamP 64.50

ततो दशसु वर्षेषु समतीतेषु भार्गव । तस्य मातागमत् कूपं तमन्धं शिलयाचितम्

tato daśasu varṣeṣu samatīteṣu bhārgava / tasya mātāgamat kūpaṃ tamandhaṃ śilayācitam

Then, when ten years had passed, O Bhārgava, his mother came to that blind well covered over with the rock.

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VamP 64.51

सा दृष्टावा निचितं कूपं शिलया गिरिकल्पया । उच्चैः प्रोवाच केनेयं कूपोपरि शिला कृता

sā dṛṣṭāvā nicitaṃ kūpaṃ śilayā girikalpayā / uccaiḥ provāca keneyaṃ kūpopari śilā kṛtā

Seeing the well blocked up with a rock as big as a mountain, she said aloud: "By whom was this rock placed over the well?"

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VamP 64.52

कूपान्तस्थः स तां वाणीं श्रुत्वा मातुर्निशाकरः । प्राह प्रदत्ता पित्रा मे कूपोपरि शिला त्वियम्

kūpāntasthaḥ sa tāṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvā māturniśākaraḥ / prāha pradattā pitrā me kūpopari śilā tviyam

Niśākara, who was inside the well, hearing that speech of his mother, said: "This rock over the well was set (there) by my father."

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VamP 64.53

सातिभीताब्रवीत् को ऽसि कूपान्तस्थो ऽद्भुतस्वरः । सो ऽप्याह तव पुत्रो ऽस्मि निशाकरेति विश्रुतः

sātibhītābravīt ko 'si kūpāntastho 'dbhutasvaraḥ / so 'pyāha tava putro 'smi niśākareti viśrutaḥ

Greatly frightened, she said: "Who are you, inside the well, with this astonishing voice?" And he replied: "I am your son, known as Niśākara."

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VamP 64.54

साब्रवीत् तनयो मह्यं नाम्ना ख्यातो दिवाकरः । निशाकरेति नाम्नाहो न कश्चित् तनयो ऽस्ति मे

sābravīt tanayo mahyaṃ nāmnā khyāto divākaraḥ / niśākareti nāmnāho na kaścit tanayo 'sti me

She said: "I have a son renowned by the name Divākara; but as for one named Niśākara — I have no son at all (by that name)."

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VamP 64.55

स चाह पूर्वचरितं मातुर्निरवशेषतः । सा श्रुत्वा तां शिलांसुभ्रः समुत्क्षिप्यान्तयो ऽश्रिपत्

sa cāha pūrvacaritaṃ māturniravaśeṣataḥ / sā śrutvā tāṃ śilāṃsubhraḥ samutkṣipyāntayo 'śripat

And he told his mother his former history without leaving anything out. Hearing it, she, with tears (?), heaved up that rock and ... her son.

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VamP 64.56

सोत्तीर्य कूपात् भगवन् मातुः पादाववन्दत । सा स्वानुरूपं तनयं दृष्ट्वा स्वसुतस्य च

sottīrya kūpāt bhagavan mātuḥ pādāvavandata / sā svānurūpaṃ tanayaṃ dṛṣṭvā svasutasya ca

Having climbed out of the well, revered one, he bowed at his mother's feet. She, seeing the son (who was) like herself, and of her own son ...

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VamP 64.57

ततस्तमादाय सुतं धर्मिष्ठा पतिमेत्य च । कथयामास तत्सर्वं चेष्टितं स्वसुतस्य च

tatastamādāya sutaṃ dharmiṣṭhā patimetya ca / kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ svasutasya ca

Then that most righteous woman took the son, went to her husband, and told him all that, and the doings of her own son.

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VamP 64.58

ततो।न्वपृच्छद् विप्रो ऽसौ किमिदं तात कारणम् । नोक्तवान् यद्भवान् पूर्वं महत्कौतूहलं मम

tato/nvapṛcchad vipro 'sau kimidaṃ tāta kāraṇam / noktavān yadbhavān pūrvaṃ mahatkautūhalaṃ mama

Then that brahmin asked (him): "What is the reason for this, my child? — that you did not speak of it before. My curiosity is great."

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

VamP 64.59

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं धीमान् कोशकारं द्विजोत्तमम् । प्राह पुत्रो ऽद्भुतं वाक्यं मातरं पितरं तथा

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ dhīmān kośakāraṃ dvijottamam / prāha putro 'dbhutaṃ vākyaṃ mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā

Hearing that speech, the wise son spoke astonishing words to Kośakāra, best of the twice-born, and likewise to his mother and father.

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VamP 64.60

श्रूयतां कारणं तात येन मूकत्वमाश्रितम् । मया जडत्वमनघ तथान्धत्वं स्वचक्षुषः

śrūyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tāta yena mūkatvamāśritam / mayā jaḍatvamanagha tathāndhatvaṃ svacakṣuṣaḥ

"Hear, father, the reason for which muteness was taken on by me, and dullness, O sinless one, and likewise the blindness of my own eyes.

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VamP 64.61

पूर्वमासमहं विप्र कुले वृन्दारकस्य तु । वृषाकपेश्च तनयो मालागर्भसमुद्भवः

pūrvamāsamahaṃ vipra kule vṛndārakasya tu / vṛṣākapeśca tanayo mālāgarbhasamudbhavaḥ

Formerly, brahmin, I was (born) in the family of Vṛndāraka, the son of Vṛṣākapi, sprung from the womb of Mālā.

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VamP 64.62

ततः पिता पाठयन्मां शास्त्रं धर्मार्थकामदम् । मोक्षशास्त्रं परं तात सेतिहासश्रुतिं तथा

tataḥ pitā pāṭhayanmāṃ śāstraṃ dharmārthakāmadam / mokṣaśāstraṃ paraṃ tāta setihāsaśrutiṃ tathā

Then my father had me study the scripture that grants dharma, wealth and pleasure, and the highest scripture of liberation, father, together with the epics and the Veda.

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VamP 64.63

सो ऽहं तात महाज्ञानी परावरविशारदः । जातो मदान्धस्तेनाहं दुष्कर्माभिरतो ऽभवम्

so 'haṃ tāta mahājñānī parāvaraviśāradaḥ / jāto madāndhastenāhaṃ duṣkarmābhirato 'bhavam

So I, father, being greatly learned and skilled in the higher and the lower, became blind with pride, and by that I grew addicted to evil deeds.

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VamP 64.64

मदात् समभवल्लेभस्तेन नष्टा प्रगल्भता । विवेको नाशमगमत् मूर्खभावमुपागतः

madāt samabhavallebhastena naṣṭā pragalbhatā / viveko nāśamagamat mūrkhabhāvamupāgataḥ

From pride arose greed; by that my (proper) assurance was destroyed; discrimination went to ruin, and I fell into a state of folly.

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VamP 64.65

मूढ भावतया चाथ जातः पापरतो ऽस्म्भहम् । परदारपरार्थेषु मतिर्मे च सदाभवत्

mūḍha bhāvatayā cātha jātaḥ pāparato 'smbhaham / paradāraparārtheṣu matirme ca sadābhavat

And then, through my deluded state, I became devoted to sin, and my mind was always set on others' wives and others' property.

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VamP 64.66

परदाराभिमर्शित्वात् परार्थहरणादपि । मृतो ऽस्म्युद्ब्न्धनेनाहं नरकं रौरवं गतः

paradārābhimarśitvāt parārthaharaṇādapi / mṛto 'smyudbndhanenāhaṃ narakaṃ rauravaṃ gataḥ

Because I had laid hands on another man's wife, and because I had seized another's property, I died by hanging and went to the Raurava hell.

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VamP 64.67

तस्माद् वर्षसहस्रान्ते भुक्तशिष्टे तदागसि । अरण्ये मृगहा पापः संजातो ऽहं मृगाधिपः

tasmād varṣasahasrānte bhuktaśiṣṭe tadāgasi / araṇye mṛgahā pāpaḥ saṃjāto 'haṃ mṛgādhipaḥ

Then, at the end of a thousand years, when that sin had been (partly) consumed and a remainder was left, I, a sinner, was born in the forest as a lord of beasts, a slayer of deer.

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VamP 64.68

व्याघ्रत्वे संस्थितस्तात बद्धः पञ्जरगः कृतः । नराधिपेन विभुना नीतश्च नगरं निजम्

vyāghratve saṃsthitastāta baddhaḥ pañjaragaḥ kṛtaḥ / narādhipena vibhunā nītaśca nagaraṃ nijam

Established in the condition of a tiger, my son, I was bound and put into a cage, and taken by a mighty king to his own city.

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VamP 64.69

बद्धस्य पिञ्जरस्थस्य व्याघ्रत्वे ऽधिष्ठितस्य ह । धर्मार्थकामशास्त्राणि प्रत्यभासन्त सर्वशः

baddhasya piñjarasthasya vyāghratve 'dhiṣṭhitasya ha / dharmārthakāmaśāstrāṇi pratyabhāsanta sarvaśaḥ

And to me, bound, sitting in the cage, fixed in the state of a tiger, the treatises on dharma, artha and kāma appeared (in memory) completely.

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VamP 64.70

ततो नृपतिशार्दूलो गदापाणिः कदाचन । एकवस्त्रपरीधानो नगरान्निर्ययौ बहिः

tato nṛpatiśārdūlo gadāpāṇiḥ kadācana / ekavastraparīdhāno nagarānniryayau bahiḥ

Then once that tiger among kings, club in hand, wearing a single garment, went out of the city.

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VamP 64.71

तस्य भार्या जिता नाम रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । सा निर्गते तु रमणे ममान्तिकमुपागता

tasya bhāryā jitā nāma rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi / sā nirgate tu ramaṇe mamāntikamupāgatā

His wife, named Jitā, unequalled on earth in beauty — she, when her husband had gone out, came near me.

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VamP 64.72

तां दृष्ट्वा ववृधे मह्यं पूर्वाभ्यासान्मनोभवः । यथैव धर्मशास्त्राणि तथाहमवदं च ताम्

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vavṛdhe mahyaṃ pūrvābhyāsānmanobhavaḥ / yathaiva dharmaśāstrāṇi tathāhamavadaṃ ca tām

Seeing her, desire grew in me from former habit; and I spoke to her just as the treatises on dharma (prescribe).

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VamP 64.73

राजपुत्रि सुकल्याणि नवयौवनशालिनि । चित्तं हरसि मे भीरु कोकिला ध्वनिना यथा

rājaputri sukalyāṇi navayauvanaśālini / cittaṃ harasi me bhīru kokilā dhvaninā yathā

"Princess, most fair one, endowed with fresh youth, you steal my mind, timid one, as a cuckoo does with its call."

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VamP 64.74

सा मद्वचनमाकर्ण्य प्रोवाच तनुमध्यमा । कथमेवावयोर्व्याघ्र रतियोगमुपेष्यति

sā madvacanamākarṇya provāca tanumadhyamā / kathamevāvayorvyāghra ratiyogamupeṣyati

She, hearing my words, the slender-waisted one, said: "Tiger, how could a union of love come about between the two of us?"

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VamP 64.75

ततो ऽहमब्रुवं तात राजपुत्रीं सुमध्यमाम् । द्वारमुद्घाटयस्वाद्य निर्गमिष्यामि सत्वरम्

tato 'hamabruvaṃ tāta rājaputrīṃ sumadhyamām / dvāramudghāṭayasvādya nirgamiṣyāmi satvaram

Then, my son, I said to the fair-waisted princess: "Open the door now; I shall come out at once."

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VamP 64.76

साप्ययब्रवीद् दिवा व्याघ्र लोको ऽयं परिपश्यति । रात्रावुद्घाटयिष्याम ततो रंस्याव स्वेच्छया

sāpyayabravīd divā vyāghra loko 'yaṃ paripaśyati / rātrāvudghāṭayiṣyāma tato raṃsyāva svecchayā

She too said: "By day, tiger, these people are looking on all round; at night we shall open it, and then we two shall make love as we please."

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VamP 64.77

तामेवाहमवोचं वै कालक्षेपे ऽहमक्षमः । तस्मादुद्घाटय द्वारं मां बन्धाच्च विमोचय

tāmevāhamavocaṃ vai kālakṣepe 'hamakṣamaḥ / tasmādudghāṭaya dvāraṃ māṃ bandhācca vimocaya

To her I said: "I cannot bear delay; therefore open the door and release me from bondage."

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VamP 64.78

ततः सा पीवरश्रेणी द्वारमुद्घाटयन्मुने । उद्घाटिते ततो द्वारे निर्गतो ऽहं बहिः श्रणात्

tataḥ sā pīvaraśreṇī dvāramudghāṭayanmune / udghāṭite tato dvāre nirgato 'haṃ bahiḥ śraṇāt

Then, O sage, she of the full hips opened the door; and when the door was opened I came out of the enclosure.

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VamP 64.79

पाशानि निगडादीनि छिन्नानि हि बलान्मया । सा गृहीता च नृपतेर्भार्या रमितुमिच्छता

pāśāni nigaḍādīni chinnāni hi balānmayā / sā gṛhītā ca nṛpaterbhāryā ramitumicchatā

For the ropes, fetters and the rest were broken by me by force; and the king's wife was seized (by me), who wished to make love.

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VamP 64.80

ततो दृष्टो ऽस्मि नृपतेर्भृत्यैरतुलविक्रमैः । शस्त्रहस्तैः सर्वतश्च तैरहं परिवेष्टितः

tato dṛṣṭo 'smi nṛpaterbhṛtyairatulavikramaiḥ / śastrahastaiḥ sarvataśca tairahaṃ pariveṣṭitaḥ

Then I was seen by the king's servants of unmatched valour, and I was surrounded on all sides by them, weapons in hand.

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VamP 64.81

महापाशैः शृङ्खलाभिः समाहत्य च मुद्गरैः । वध्यमानो ऽब्रुवमहं मा मा हिंसध्वमाकुलाः

mahāpāśaiḥ śṛṅkhalābhiḥ samāhatya ca mudgaraiḥ / vadhyamāno 'bruvamahaṃ mā mā hiṃsadhvamākulāḥ

Struck with great nooses, with chains and with mallets, being killed, I said: "Do not, do not harm me, you agitated men!"

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VamP 64.82

ते मद्वचनमाकर्ण्य मत्वैव रजनीचरम् । दृढं वृक्षे समुद्ब्ध्य घातयन्त तपोधन

te madvacanamākarṇya matvaiva rajanīcaram / dṛḍhaṃ vṛkṣe samudbdhya ghātayanta tapodhana

They, hearing my words, took me for a night-roaming demon and, tying me firmly to a tree, killed me, O rich in austerity.

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VamP 64.83

भयो गतश्च नरकं परदारनिषेवणात् । मुक्तो वर्षसहस्रान्ते जातो ऽहं श्वेतगर्दभः

bhayo gataśca narakaṃ paradāraniṣevaṇāt / mukto varṣasahasrānte jāto 'haṃ śvetagardabhaḥ

And again I went to hell for consorting with another's wife; released at the end of a thousand years, I was born a white donkey,

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VamP 64.84

ब्राह्मणस्याग्निवेश्यस्य गेहे बहुकलत्रिणः । तत्रापि सर्वविज्ञानं प्रत्यभासत् ततो मम

brāhmaṇasyāgniveśyasya gehe bahukalatriṇaḥ / tatrāpi sarvavijñānaṃ pratyabhāsat tato mama

in the house of a brahmin named Āgniveśya, who had many wives; and there too all knowledge appeared (again) to me.

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VamP 64.85

उपवनाह्यः कृतश्चास्मि द्विजयोषिद्भिरादरात् । एकदा नवराष्ट्रीया भार्या तस्याग्रजन्मनः

upavanāhyaḥ kṛtaścāsmi dvijayoṣidbhirādarāt / ekadā navarāṣṭrīyā bhāryā tasyāgrajanmanaḥ

And I was made a riding-beast by the brahmin's wives, out of regard (for me). Once, that brahmin's wife, a woman of Navarāṣṭra,

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VamP 64.86

विमतिर्नामतः ख्याता गन्तुमैच्छद् गृहं पितुः । तामुवाच पतिर्गच्छ आरुह्यं श्वेतगर्दभम्

vimatirnāmataḥ khyātā gantumaicchad gṛhaṃ pituḥ / tāmuvāca patirgaccha āruhyaṃ śvetagardabham

(She) was known by the name Vimati; she wished to go to her father's house. Her husband said to her: "Go, mounting the white donkey."

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VamP 64.87

मासेनागमनं कार्यं न स्थेयं परतस्ततः । इत्येवमुक्ता सा भर्त्रा तन्वी मामधिरुह्य च

māsenāgamanaṃ kāryaṃ na stheyaṃ paratastataḥ / ityevamuktā sā bhartrā tanvī māmadhiruhya ca

"Your return must be made within a month; you must not stay longer than that." Being thus addressed by her husband, the slender woman mounted upon me,

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VamP 64.88

बन्धनादवमुच्याथ जगाम त्वरिता मुने । ततोर्ऽधपथि सा तन्वी मत्पृष्ठादवरुह्य वै

bandhanādavamucyātha jagāma tvaritā mune / tator'dhapathi sā tanvī matpṛṣṭhādavaruhya vai

and then, loosing (me) from the tether, she went off in haste, O sage. Then, halfway along the road, that slender woman got down from my back

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VamP 64.89

अवतीर्णा नदीं स्नातुं स्वरूपा चार्द्रवाससा । साङ्गोपाङ्गां रूपवतीं दृष्ट्वा तामहमाद्रवम्

avatīrṇā nadīṃ snātuṃ svarūpā cārdravāsasā / sāṅgopāṅgāṃ rūpavatīṃ dṛṣṭvā tāmahamādravam

and went down into the river to bathe, beautiful of form and with wet garments. Seeing her shapely, with (all) her limbs and lesser limbs, I ran at her.

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VamP 64.90

मया चाभिद्रुता तूर्णं पतिता पृथिवीतले । तस्यामुपरि भो तात पतितो ऽहं भृशातुरः

mayā cābhidrutā tūrṇaṃ patitā pṛthivītale / tasyāmupari bho tāta patito 'haṃ bhṛśāturaḥ

And, being run at by me, she quickly fell upon the ground; and upon her, O father, I fell, sorely tormented (with desire).

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VamP 64.91

हृष्टो भर्त्रानुसृष्टेन नृणा तदनुसारिणा । प्रोत्क्षिप्य यष्टिं मां ब्रह्मन् समाधावत् त्वरान्वितः

hṛṣṭo bhartrānusṛṣṭena nṛṇā tadanusāriṇā / protkṣipya yaṣṭiṃ māṃ brahman samādhāvat tvarānvitaḥ

Then a man sent after (her) by the husband, following her, delighted (to catch me), raised up a staff and rushed at me in haste, O brahmin.

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VamP 64.92

तद् भयात् तां परित्यज्य प्रद्रुतो दक्षिणामुखः । ततो ऽभिद्रवतस्तूर्ण खलीनरसना मुने

tad bhayāt tāṃ parityajya pradruto dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ / tato 'bhidravatastūrṇa khalīnarasanā mune

Out of fear of him I abandoned her and fled away, facing south; then, as I ran off swiftly, the bridle-rein, O sage,

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VamP 64.93

ममासक्ता वंशगुल्मे दुर्मोक्षे प्राणनाशने । तत्रासक्तस्य षड्रात्रान्ममाभूज्जीवितक्षयः

mamāsaktā vaṃśagulme durmokṣe prāṇanāśane / tatrāsaktasya ṣaḍrātrānmamābhūjjīvitakṣayaḥ

got caught for me in a bamboo thicket, hard to get free of, destroying life; and caught there, after six nights my life came to an end.

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VamP 64.94

गतो ऽस्मि नरकं भूयस्तस्मान्मुक्तो ऽभवं शुकः । महारण्ये तथा बद्धः शबरेण दुरात्मना

gato 'smi narakaṃ bhūyastasmānmukto 'bhavaṃ śukaḥ / mahāraṇye tathā baddhaḥ śabareṇa durātmanā

I went to hell again; released from that, I became a parrot. In the great forest I was thus caught by an evil-natured Śabara,

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VamP 64.95

पञ्जरे क्षिप्य विक्रीतो वणिक्पुत्राय शालिने । तेनाप्यन्तः पुरवरे युवतीनां समीपतः

pañjare kṣipya vikrīto vaṇikputrāya śāline / tenāpyantaḥ puravare yuvatīnāṃ samīpataḥ

put into a cage and sold to the prosperous son of a merchant; and by him too (I was placed) in the finest inner apartment, near the young women,

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VamP 64.96

शब्दशास्त्रविदित्येव दोषघ्नश्चेत्यवस्थितः । तत्रासतस्तरुण्यस्ता ओदनाम्बुफलादिभिः

śabdaśāstravidityeva doṣaghnaścetyavasthitaḥ / tatrāsatastaruṇyastā odanāmbuphalādibhiḥ

and I was installed there as "one who knows the science of words" and "a remover of faults." As I stayed there, those young women, with boiled rice, water, fruits and the like,

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VamP 64.97

भक्ष्यैश्च दाडिमफलैः पुष्णन्त्यहरहः पितः । कदाचित् पद्मपत्राक्षी श्यामा पीनपयोधरा

bhakṣyaiśca dāḍimaphalaiḥ puṣṇantyaharahaḥ pitaḥ / kadācit padmapatrākṣī śyāmā pīnapayodharā

and with delicacies and pomegranates, nourished (me) day after day, father. Once a woman with eyes like lotus-petals, dark-complexioned, with full breasts,

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VamP 64.98

सुश्रोणी तनुमध्या च वणिक्पुत्रप्रिया शुभा । नाम्ना चन्द्रावली नाम समुद्घाट्याथ पञ्जरम्

suśroṇī tanumadhyā ca vaṇikputrapriyā śubhā / nāmnā candrāvalī nāma samudghāṭyātha pañjaram

with fine hips and a slim waist, the beloved of the merchant's son, lovely, named Candrāvalī by name, opened the cage

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VamP 64.99

मां जग्राह सुचार्वङ्गी कराभ्यां चारुहासिनी । चकारोपरि पीनाभ्यां कराभ्यां चारुहासिनी । चकारोपरि पीनाभ्यां स्तनाभ्यां सा हि मां ततः

māṃ jagrāha sucārvaṅgī karābhyāṃ cāruhāsinī / cakāropari pīnābhyāṃ karābhyāṃ cāruhāsinī / cakāropari pīnābhyāṃ stanābhyāṃ sā hi māṃ tataḥ

and took hold of me with her two hands, she of very lovely limbs, sweetly smiling; sweetly smiling, with her two hands she then set me upon her full breasts.

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VamP 64.100

ततो ऽहं कृतवान् भावं तस्यां विलसितुं प्लवन् । ततो ऽनुप्लपतस्तत्र हारे मर्कटबन्धनम्

tato 'haṃ kṛtavān bhāvaṃ tasyāṃ vilasituṃ plavan / tato 'nuplapatastatra hāre markaṭabandhanam

Then I formed a desire to sport with her, fluttering; and then, as I fluttered after (her), there in her necklace was a monkey-knot (an inextricable tangle).

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VamP 64.101

बद्धो ऽहं पापसंयुक्तो मृश्च तदनन्तरम् । भूयो ऽपि नरकं घोरं प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि सुदुर्मतिः

baddho 'haṃ pāpasaṃyukto mṛśca tadanantaram / bhūyo 'pi narakaṃ ghoraṃ prapanno 'smi sudurmatiḥ

I was caught there, joined with sin, and died immediately after; and again, most evil-minded, I fell into terrible hell.

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VamP 64.102

तस्माच्चाहं वृषत्वं वै गतश्चाण्डालपक्वणे । स चैकदा मां शकटे नियोज्य स्वां विलासिनीम्

tasmāccāhaṃ vṛṣatvaṃ vai gataścāṇḍālapakvaṇe / sa caikadā māṃ śakaṭe niyojya svāṃ vilāsinīm

And from that I attained the state of a bull in a Caṇḍāla settlement. And once, having yoked me to a cart, (and) his own pleasure-woman

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VamP 64.103

समारोप्य महातेजा गन्तुं कृतमतिर्वनम् । ततो ऽग्रतः स चण्डालो गतस्त्वेवास्य पृष्ठतः

samāropya mahātejā gantuṃ kṛtamatirvanam / tato 'grataḥ sa caṇḍālo gatastvevāsya pṛṣṭhataḥ

having mounted (her upon it), that man of great vigour resolved to go to the forest. Then that Caṇḍāla went in front, while behind him

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VamP 64.104

गायन्ती याति तच्छ्रुत्वा जातो ऽहं व्यथितेन्द्रियः । पृष्ठस्तु समालोक्य विपर्यस्तस्तथोत्प्लुतः

gāyantī yāti tacchrutvā jāto 'haṃ vyathitendriyaḥ / pṛṣṭhastu samālokya viparyastastathotplutaḥ

she went along singing; hearing that, I became agitated in my senses. Looking back behind, I was turned about and thus leapt up,

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VamP 64.105

पतितो भूमिमगमम् तदक्षे क्षणविक्रमात् । योक्त्रे सुबद्ध एवास्मि पञ्चत्वमगमं ततः

patito bhūmimagamam tadakṣe kṣaṇavikramāt / yoktre subaddha evāsmi pañcatvamagamaṃ tataḥ

and having fallen I went to the ground, by (that) momentary rush upon its axle; being tightly bound in the harness-rope, I then met with death.

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VamP 64.106

भूयो निमग्नो नरके दशवर्षशतान्यपि । अतस्तव गृहे जातस्त्वहं जातिमनुस्मरन्

bhūyo nimagno narake daśavarṣaśatānyapi / atastava gṛhe jātastvahaṃ jātimanusmaran

Again I sank into hell for ten hundred years; from there I have been born in your house, remembering my (former) birth.

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VamP 64.107

तावन्त्येवाद्य जन्मानि स्मरामि चानुपूर्वशः । पूर्वाभ्यासाच्च शास्त्राणि बन्धनं चागतं मम

tāvantyevādya janmāni smarāmi cānupūrvaśaḥ / pūrvābhyāsācca śāstrāṇi bandhanaṃ cāgataṃ mama

Just that many births do I now recall, in due order; and through former practice the scriptures came to me, and (so did) bondage.

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VamP 64.108

तदहं जातविज्ञानो नाचरिष्ये कथञ्चन । पापानि घोररूपाणि मनसा कर्मणा गिरा

tadahaṃ jātavijñāno nācariṣye kathañcana / pāpāni ghorarūpāṇi manasā karmaṇā girā

Therefore, since knowledge has arisen in me, I shall in no way commit sins of dreadful form, by mind, by deed, or by speech.

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VamP 64.109

शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि स्वाध्यायं शास्त्रजीविका । बन्धनं वा वधो वापि पूर्वाभ्यासेन जायते

śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi svādhyāyaṃ śāstrajīvikā / bandhanaṃ vā vadho vāpi pūrvābhyāsena jāyate

Whether good or bad — recitation of one's own Veda, living by the scriptures, bondage or even killing — (all) arises from former practice.

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VamP 64.110

जातिं यदा पौर्विकीं तु स्मरते तात मानवः । तदा स तेभ्यः पापेभ्यो शुभवर्धनाय पापक्षयायाथ मुने ह्यरण्यम् । भवान् दिवाकीर्तिमिमं सुपुत्रं गार्हस्थ्यधर्मे विनियोजयस्व

jātiṃ yadā paurvikīṃ tu smarate tāta mānavaḥ / tadā sa tebhyaḥ pāpebhyo śubhavardhanāya pāpakṣayāyātha mune hyaraṇyam / bhavān divākīrtimimaṃ suputraṃ gārhasthyadharme viniyojayasva

When, father, a man remembers his former birth, then he (turns away) from those sins... for the increase of good and for the destruction of sin, O sage, (I shall go) to the forest; do you appoint this good son Divākīrti to the duty of household life.

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VamP 64.111

तस्माद् गमिष्ये शुभवर्धनाय पापक्षयायाथ मुने ह्यरण्यम् । भवान् दिवाकीर्तिमिमं सुपुत्रं गार्हस्थ्यधर्मे विनियोजयस्व

tasmād gamiṣye śubhavardhanāya pāpakṣayāyātha mune hyaraṇyam / bhavān divākīrtimimaṃ suputraṃ gārhasthyadharme viniyojayasva

Therefore I shall go to the forest, O sage, for the increase of good and for the destruction of sin; do you appoint this good son Divākīrti to the duty of household life.

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VamP 64.112

बलिरुवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा स निशाकरस्तदा प्रणम्य मातापितरौ महर्षे । जगाम पुण्यं सदनं मुरारेः ख्यातं बदर्याश्रममाद्यमीड्यम्

baliruvāca / ityevamuktvā sa niśākarastadā praṇamya mātāpitarau maharṣe / jagāma puṇyaṃ sadanaṃ murāreḥ khyātaṃ badaryāśramamādyamīḍyam

Bali said: Having spoken thus, that Niśākara then bowed to his mother and father, O great sage, and went to the holy abode of Murāri, the renowned, primordial, praiseworthy hermitage of Badarī.

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VamP 64.113

एवं पुराभ्यासरतस्य पुंसो भवन्ति दानाध्ययनादिकानि । तस्माच्च पूर्वं द्विजवर्य वै मया अभ्यस्तमासीन्ननु ते ब्रवीमि

evaṃ purābhyāsaratasya puṃso bhavanti dānādhyayanādikāni / tasmācca pūrvaṃ dvijavarya vai mayā abhyastamāsīnnanu te bravīmi

Thus for a man devoted to former practice there arise giving, study and the rest; and therefore, best of the twice-born, it was indeed practised by me formerly — that is what I am telling you.

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VamP 64.114

दानं तपो वाध्ययनं महर्षे स्तेयं महापातकमग्निदाहम् । ज्ञानानि चैवाब्यसंतां हि पूर्वं भवन्ति धर्मार्थशांसि नाथ

dānaṃ tapo vādhyayanaṃ maharṣe steyaṃ mahāpātakamagnidāham / jñānāni caivābyasaṃtāṃ hi pūrvaṃ bhavanti dharmārthaśāṃsi nātha

Giving, austerity or study, O great sage, theft, great sin, arson — and knowledge too: (all) these that were practised formerly come (again), declaring dharma and wealth, O lord.

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VamP 64.115

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा बलवान् स शुक्रं दैत्येश्वरः स्वः गुरुमीशितारम् । ध्यायंस्तदास्ते मधुकैटभघ्नं नारायणं चक्रगदासिपाणिम्

pulastya uvāca / ityevamuktvā balavān sa śukraṃ daityeśvaraḥ svaḥ gurumīśitāram / dhyāyaṃstadāste madhukaiṭabhaghnaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ cakragadāsipāṇim

Pulastya said: Having spoken thus to Śukra, his own teacher and ruler, that mighty lord of the Daityas then remained meditating on Nārāyaṇa, slayer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, who holds discus, mace and sword in his hands.

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