Vamana Purana — Chapter 65
VamP 65.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तो भगवान् वामनाकृतिः । जज्ञवाटमुपागम् उच्चैर्वचनमब्रवीत्
pulastya uvāca / etasminnantare prāpto bhagavān vāmanākṛtiḥ / jajñavāṭamupāgam uccairvacanamabravīt
Pulastya said: In the meantime the Lord arrived in the form of a dwarf; approaching the sacrificial enclosure he spoke these words aloud.
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VamP 65.2
ओङ्कारपूर्वाः श्रुतयो मखे ऽस्मिन् तिष्ठन्ति रूपेण तपोधनानाम् । यज्ञो ऽश्वमेधः प्रवरः क्रतूनां मुख्यस्तथा सत्रिषु दैत्यनाथः
oṅkārapūrvāḥ śrutayo makhe 'smin tiṣṭhanti rūpeṇa tapodhanānām / yajño 'śvamedhaḥ pravaraḥ kratūnāṃ mukhyastathā satriṣu daityanāthaḥ
"In this sacrifice the Vedic texts, preceded by the syllable Om, stand embodied in the form of those whose wealth is austerity; the horse-sacrifice is the foremost of rites, and the lord of the Daityas is the chief among the performers of the sacrificial session."
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VamP 65.3
इत्थं वचनमाकर्ण्य दानवाधिपतिर्वशी । सार्घपात्रः समभ्यागाद्यत्र देवः स्थितो ऽभवत्
itthaṃ vacanamākarṇya dānavādhipatirvaśī / sārghapātraḥ samabhyāgādyatra devaḥ sthito 'bhavat
Hearing such words, the self-controlled overlord of the Dānavas came forward with a vessel of welcome-water to where the god was standing.
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VamP 65.4
ततोर्ऽच्य। देवदेवेशमर्च्यमर्घादिनासुरः । भरद्वाजर्षिणा सार्धं यज्ञवाटं प्रवेशयत्
tator'cya. devadeveśamarcyamarghādināsuraḥ / bharadvājarṣiṇā sārdhaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ praveśayat
Then, having honoured with welcome-water and the rest the worshipful Lord of the lords of gods, the Asura, together with the sage Bharadvāja, led (him) into the sacrificial enclosure.
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VamP 65.5
प्रविष्टमात्रं देवेशं प्रतिपूज्य वधानतः । प्रोवाच भगवन् ब्रूहि किं दद्मि तव मानद
praviṣṭamātraṃ deveśaṃ pratipūjya vadhānataḥ / provāca bhagavan brūhi kiṃ dadmi tava mānada
As soon as the Lord of the gods had entered, (Bali) honoured him and, bowing, said: "Speak, Lord — what am I to give you, O giver of honour?"
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VamP 65.6
ततो ऽब्रवीत् सुरश्रेष्ठो दैत्यराजानमव्ययः । विहस्य सुचिरं कालं भरद्वाजमवेक्ष्य च
tato 'bravīt suraśreṣṭho daityarājānamavyayaḥ / vihasya suciraṃ kālaṃ bharadvājamavekṣya ca
Then the best of the gods, the imperishable one, laughing for a long while and glancing at Bharadvāja, spoke to the king of the Daityas.
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VamP 65.7
गुरोर्मदीयस्य गुरुस्तस्यास्त्यग्निपरिग्रहः । न स धारयते भूम्यां पारक्यां जातवेदसम्
gurormadīyasya gurustasyāstyagniparigrahaḥ / na sa dhārayate bhūmyāṃ pārakyāṃ jātavedasam
"My teacher's teacher has undertaken the maintenance of the sacred fire; he does not keep the fire-god upon ground belonging to another.
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VamP 65.8
तदर्थमभियाच्ऽहं मम दानवपार्थिव । मच्छरीरप्रमाणेन देहि राजन् पदत्रयम्
tadarthamabhiyāc'haṃ mama dānavapārthiva / maccharīrapramāṇena dehi rājan padatrayam
For that purpose I ask of you, O Dānava king: give me, O king, three steps by the measure of my own body."
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VamP 65.9
सुरारेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा बलिर्भार्यामवेक्ष्य च । बाणं च तनयं वीक्ष्य इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
surārervacanaṃ śrutvā balirbhāryāmavekṣya ca / bāṇaṃ ca tanayaṃ vīkṣya idaṃ vacanamabravīt
Hearing the words of the enemy of the gods, Bali looked at his wife and, glancing at his son Bāṇa, spoke these words:
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VamP 65.10
न केवलं प्रमाणेन वामनो ऽयं लघुः प्रिये । येन क्रमत्रयं मौर्ख्याद् याचते बुद्धितो ऽपि च
na kevalaṃ pramāṇena vāmano 'yaṃ laghuḥ priye / yena kramatrayaṃ maurkhyād yācate buddhito 'pi ca
"Not only in size is this dwarf small, my dear, but in intelligence too, since out of folly he asks for three paces."
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VamP 65.11
प्रयो विधाताल्पधियां नराणां बहिष्कृतानां च महानुभाग्यैः । धनादिकं भूरि न वै ददाति यथेह विष्णोर्न बहुप्रयासः
prayo vidhātālpadhiyāṃ narāṇāṃ bahiṣkṛtānāṃ ca mahānubhāgyaiḥ / dhanādikaṃ bhūri na vai dadāti yatheha viṣṇorna bahuprayāsaḥ
Generally the Creator does not give much wealth and the like to men of little intelligence and to those excluded by the greatly fortunate—just as here Viṣṇu makes no great effort (in his asking).
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VamP 65.12
न ददाति विधिस्तस्य यस्य भाग्यविपर्ययः । मयि दातरि यश्चायमद्य याचेत् पदत्रयम्
na dadāti vidhistasya yasya bhāgyaviparyayaḥ / mayi dātari yaścāyamadya yācet padatrayam
Fate does not give to him whose fortune is reversed—as this one, who today, when I am the giver, would ask (only) for three paces.
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VamP 65.13
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं महात्मा भूयो ऽप्युवाचाथ हरिं दनूजः । याचस्व विष्णो गजवाजिभूमिं दासीहिरण्यं यदभीप्सितं च
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā bhūyo 'pyuvācātha hariṃ danūjaḥ / yācasva viṣṇo gajavājibhūmiṃ dāsīhiraṇyaṃ yadabhīpsitaṃ ca
Having spoken this speech, the great-souled son of Danu then spoke again to Hari: "Ask, Viṣṇu, for elephants, horses, land, servant-women, gold, and whatever you desire."
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VamP 65.14
भवान् याचयिता विष्णो अहं दाता जगत्पतिः । दातुर्याचयितुर्लज्जा कथं न स्यात् पदत्रये
bhavān yācayitā viṣṇo ahaṃ dātā jagatpatiḥ / dāturyācayiturlajjā kathaṃ na syāt padatraye
"You, Viṣṇu, are the asker, and I, the lord of the world, am the giver: how should there not be shame for giver and asker over three paces?"
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VamP 65.15
रसातलं वा वृथिवीं भुवं नाकमथापि वा । एतभ्यः कतमं दद्यां स्थानं याचस्व वामन
rasātalaṃ vā vṛthivīṃ bhuvaṃ nākamathāpi vā / etabhyaḥ katamaṃ dadyāṃ sthānaṃ yācasva vāmana
"The nether world, or the earth, or the (middle) region, or else heaven—which of these places shall I give? Ask, Vāmana."
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VamP 65.16
वामन उवाच । गजाश्वभूहिरण्यादि तदर्थिभ्यः प्रदीयताम् । एतावता त्वहं चार्थी देहि राजन् पदत्रयम्
vāmana uvāca / gajāśvabhūhiraṇyādi tadarthibhyaḥ pradīyatām / etāvatā tvahaṃ cārthī dehi rājan padatrayam
Vāmana said: Let elephants, horses, land, gold and the rest be given to those who want them; I am one who asks for just this much—give me, O king, three paces.
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VamP 65.17
इत्येवमुक्ते वचने वामनेन महासुरः । बलिर्भृङ्गारमादाय ददौ विष्णोः क्रमत्रयम्
ityevamukte vacane vāmanena mahāsuraḥ / balirbhṛṅgāramādāya dadau viṣṇoḥ kramatrayam
When this speech had been thus spoken by Vāmana, the great asura Bali took up the water-vessel and gave Viṣṇu the three strides.
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VamP 65.18
पाणौ तु पतिते तोये दिव्यं रूपं चकार ह । त्रैलोक्यक्रमणार्थाय बहुरूपं जगन्मयम्
pāṇau tu patite toye divyaṃ rūpaṃ cakāra ha / trailokyakramaṇārthāya bahurūpaṃ jaganmayam
And when the water had fallen into his hand, he assumed a divine form, of many forms, consisting of the world, for the purpose of striding over the three worlds.
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VamP 65.19
पद्भ्यां भूमिस्तथा जङ्घे नभस्त्रैलोक्यवन्दितः । सत्यं तपो जानुयुग्मे ऊरुभ्यां मेरुमन्दरौ
padbhyāṃ bhūmistathā jaṅghe nabhastrailokyavanditaḥ / satyaṃ tapo jānuyugme ūrubhyāṃ merumandarau
He who is honoured by the three worlds (had) the earth in his feet, the sky in his shanks, truth and austerity in his two knees, Meru and Mandara in his thighs.
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VamP 65.20
विश्वेदेवा कटीभागे मरुतो वस्तिशीर्षगाः । लिङ्गे स्थितो मन्मथश्च वृषणाभ्यां प्रजापतिः
viśvedevā kaṭībhāge maruto vastiśīrṣagāḥ / liṅge sthito manmathaśca vṛṣaṇābhyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
The Viśvedevas were in the hip region, the Maruts in the bladder and the head, Manmatha stood in the genital, Prajāpati in the testicles.
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VamP 65.21
कुक्षिभ्यामर्णवाः सप्त जठरे भुवनानि च । वलिषु त्रिषु नद्यश्च यज्ञास्तु जठरे स्थिताः
kukṣibhyāmarṇavāḥ sapta jaṭhare bhuvanāni ca / valiṣu triṣu nadyaśca yajñāstu jaṭhare sthitāḥ
The seven oceans were in his two flanks and the worlds in his belly; the rivers in his three folds (of the belly), and the sacrifices stood in his belly.
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VamP 65.22
इष्टापूर्तादयः सर्वाः क्रियास्तत्र तु संस्थिताः । पृष्ठस्था वसवो देवाः स्कन्धौ रुद्रैरधिषठितौ
iṣṭāpūrtādayaḥ sarvāḥ kriyāstatra tu saṃsthitāḥ / pṛṣṭhasthā vasavo devāḥ skandhau rudrairadhiṣaṭhitau
All the rites, sacrificial and charitable and the rest, were established there; the Vasu gods were on his back, his two shoulders were occupied by the Rudras.
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VamP 65.23
बाहवश्च दिशः सर्वा वसवो ऽष्टौ करे स्मृताः । हृदये संस्थितो ब्रह्मा कुलिशो हृदयास्थिषु
bāhavaśca diśaḥ sarvā vasavo 'ṣṭau kare smṛtāḥ / hṛdaye saṃsthito brahmā kuliśo hṛdayāsthiṣu
His arms were all the directions; the eight Vasus are held to be in his hand; Brahmā stood in his heart, the thunderbolt in the bones of his heart.
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VamP 65.24
श्रीसमुद्रा उरोमध्ये चन्द्रमा मनसि स्थितः । ग्रीवादितिर्देवमाता विद्यास्तद्वलयस्थिताः
śrīsamudrā uromadhye candramā manasi sthitaḥ / grīvāditirdevamātā vidyāstadvalayasthitāḥ
Śrī and the oceans in the middle of his chest, the moon stood in his mind; in his neck was Aditi, the mother of the gods, and the sciences stood in the folds of it.
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VamP 65.25
मुखे तु साग्नयो विप्राः संस्कारा दशनच्छदाः । धर्मकामार्थमोक्षीयाः शास्त्रः शौचसमन्विताः
mukhe tu sāgnayo viprāḥ saṃskārā daśanacchadāḥ / dharmakāmārthamokṣīyāḥ śāstraḥ śaucasamanvitāḥ
In his mouth were the brahmins together with the fires, the sacraments were his lips, and the treatises on dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation, together with purity.
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VamP 65.26
लक्ष्म्या सह ललाटस्थाः श्रवणाभ्यामथाश्विनौ । श्वासस्थो मातरिश्वा च मरुतः सर्वसंधिषु
lakṣmyā saha lalāṭasthāḥ śravaṇābhyāmathāśvinau / śvāsastho mātariśvā ca marutaḥ sarvasaṃdhiṣu
Together with Lakṣmī they stood on his forehead; in his two ears were the Aśvins; Mātariśvan (the wind) stood in his breath, and the Maruts in all his joints.
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VamP 65.27
सर्वसूक्तानि दशाना जिह्वा देवी सरस्वती । चन्द्रादित्यौ च नयने पक्ष्मस्थाः कृत्तिकादयः
sarvasūktāni daśānā jihvā devī sarasvatī / candrādityau ca nayane pakṣmasthāḥ kṛttikādayaḥ
All the hymns were his teeth, his tongue the goddess Sarasvatī; the moon and sun were his eyes, and the Kṛttikās and the other (constellations) were in his eyelashes.
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VamP 65.28
शिखायां देवदेवस्य ध्रुवो राजा न्यषीदत । तारका रोमकूपेभ्यो रोमाणि च महर्षयः
śikhāyāṃ devadevasya dhruvo rājā nyaṣīdata / tārakā romakūpebhyo romāṇi ca maharṣayaḥ
On the crest-lock of the god of gods King Dhruva was seated; the stars (came) from his hair-pores, and his hairs were the great sages.
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VamP 65.29
गुणैः सर्वमयो भूत्वा भगवान् भूतभावनः । क्रमेणैकेन जगतीं जहार सचराचराम्
guṇaiḥ sarvamayo bhūtvā bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ / krameṇaikena jagatīṃ jahāra sacarācarām
Having become all-comprising through the qualities, the Lord, the creator of beings, seized the earth with its moving and unmoving things in a single stride.
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VamP 65.30
भूमिं विक्रममाणस्य महारूपस्य तस्य वै । दक्षिणो ऽभूत् स्तनश्चन्द्रः सूर्यो ऽभूदथ चोत्तरः । नक्षश्चाक्रमतो नाभिं सूर्येन्दू सव्यदक्षिणौ
bhūmiṃ vikramamāṇasya mahārūpasya tasya vai / dakṣiṇo 'bhūt stanaścandraḥ sūryo 'bhūdatha cottaraḥ / nakṣaścākramato nābhiṃ sūryendū savyadakṣiṇau
As that one of great form strode over the earth, his right breast became the moon and his left became the sun; and as he strode, night (reached) his navel, the sun and moon (being) on the left and right.
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VamP 65.31
द्वितीयेन क्रमेणाथ स्वर्महर्जनतापसाः । क्रान्तार्धार्धेन वैराजं मध्येनापूर्यताम्बरम्
dvitīyena krameṇātha svarmaharjanatāpasāḥ / krāntārdhārdhena vairājaṃ madhyenāpūryatāmbaram
Then with the second stride (were covered) Svar, Mahar, Jana and Tapas; by half of the half traversed (was covered) the Vairāja world, and by the middle portion the sky was filled up.
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VamP 65.32
ततः प्रतापिना ब्रह्मन् बृहद्विष्ण्वङ्घ्रिणाम्बरे । ब्रह्माण्डोदरमाहत्य निरालोकं जगाम ह
tataḥ pratāpinā brahman bṛhadviṣṇvaṅghriṇāmbare / brahmāṇḍodaramāhatya nirālokaṃ jagāma ha
Then, O brahman, by the mighty, blazing foot of Viṣṇu (extended) into the sky, the interior of Brahmā's egg was struck, and it became without light.
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VamP 65.33
विश्वाङ्घ्रिणा प्रसरता कटाहो भेदितो बलान् । कुटिला विष्णुपादे तु समेत्य कुटिला ततः
viśvāṅghriṇā prasaratā kaṭāho bhedito balān / kuṭilā viṣṇupāde tu sametya kuṭilā tataḥ
By the world-foot as it spread forth the shell (of the egg) was forcibly split open; and the Kuṭilā, meeting Viṣṇu's foot, (flowed) thence winding.
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VamP 65.34
तस्या विष्णुपदीत्येवं नामाख्यातमभून्मुने । तथा सुरनदीत्येवं तामसेवन्त तापसाः । भगवानप्यसंपूर्णे तृतीये तु क्रमे विभुः
tasyā viṣṇupadītyevaṃ nāmākhyātamabhūnmune / tathā suranadītyevaṃ tāmasevanta tāpasāḥ / bhagavānapyasaṃpūrṇe tṛtīye tu krame vibhuḥ
Her name, O sage, came to be declared thus as 'Viṣṇupadī' (Viṣṇu's foot); and likewise the ascetics attended upon her as 'the river of the gods'. And the Lord, the all-pervading, while the third stride was still unfulfilled,
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VamP 65.35
समभ्येत्य बलिं प्राह ईषत् प्रस्फुरिताधरः । ऋमाद् भवति दैत्येन्द्र बन्धनं घोरदर्शनम् । त्वं पूरय पदं तन्मे नो चेद् बन्धं प्रतीच्छ भोः
samabhyetya baliṃ prāha īṣat prasphuritādharaḥ / ṛmād bhavati daityendra bandhanaṃ ghoradarśanam / tvaṃ pūraya padaṃ tanme no ced bandhaṃ pratīccha bhoḥ
approached Bali and said, his lip quivering slightly: "From debt, O lord of the Daityas, comes bondage grim to look upon. Fill up that step of mine; if not, then accept binding, sir!"
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VamP 65.36
तन्मुरारिवचः श्रुत्वा विहस्याथ बलेः सुतः । बाणः प्राहामरपतिं वचनं हेतुसंयुतम्
tanmurārivacaḥ śrutvā vihasyātha baleḥ sutaḥ / bāṇaḥ prāhāmarapatiṃ vacanaṃ hetusaṃyutam
Having heard that speech of Murāri, Bali's son Bāṇa then laughed and spoke to the lord of the immortals words joined with reasons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.37
बाण उवाच । कृत्वा महीमल्पतरां जगत्पते स्वायंभुवादिभुवनानि वै षट् । कथं बलिं प्रार्थयसे सुविस्तृतां यां प्राग्भवान् नो विपुलामथाकरोत्
bāṇa uvāca / kṛtvā mahīmalpatarāṃ jagatpate svāyaṃbhuvādibhuvanāni vai ṣaṭ / kathaṃ baliṃ prārthayase suvistṛtāṃ yāṃ prāgbhavān no vipulāmathākarot
Bāṇa said: Having made the earth, O lord of the world, and the six worlds beginning with that of the Self-born, smaller (than they were), how do you beg Bali for the widely extended (earth) which you yourself earlier made not vast for us?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.38
विभो सही यावतीयं त्वयाद्य सृष्टचा समेता भुवनान्तरालैः । दत्ता च तातेन हि तावतीयं किं वाक्छलेनैष निबध्यते ऽद्य
vibho sahī yāvatīyaṃ tvayādya sṛṣṭacā sametā bhuvanāntarālaiḥ / dattā ca tātena hi tāvatīyaṃ kiṃ vākchalenaiṣa nibadhyate 'dya
O all-pervading one, just so much as this earth is, created by you today together with the intervals of the worlds — and just so much was given by (my) father: why then is he bound today by a trick of words?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.39
या नैव शक्य भवता हि पूरितुं कथं वितन्याद् दितिजेश्वरो ऽसौ । शक्तस्तु संपूजयितुं मुरारे प्रसीद मा बन्धनमादिशस्व
yā naiva śakya bhavatā hi pūrituṃ kathaṃ vitanyād ditijeśvaro 'sau / śaktastu saṃpūjayituṃ murāre prasīda mā bandhanamādiśasva
That which cannot be filled even by you — how should this lord of Diti's sons spread it out? He is able to honour (you) (only so far): be gracious, Murāri, do not decree bondage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.40
प्रोक्तं श्रुतौ भवतापीश वाक्यं दानं पात्रे भवते सौख्यदायि । देशे सुपुण्ये वरदे यच्च काले तच्चाशेषं दृश्यते चक्रपाणे
proktaṃ śrutau bhavatāpīśa vākyaṃ dānaṃ pātre bhavate saukhyadāyi / deśe supuṇye varade yacca kāle taccāśeṣaṃ dṛśyate cakrapāṇe
By you too, O lord, a saying is uttered in the Veda: a gift to a worthy vessel bestows happiness on you (the giver), (given) in a very holy place and at a boon-granting time — and all of that is seen (here), O wielder of the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.41
दानं भूमिः सर्वकामप्रदेयं भवान् पात्रं देवदेवो जितात्मा । कालो ज्येष्ठामूलयोगे मृगाङ्गः कुरुक्षेत्रं पुण्यदेशं प्रसिद्धम्
dānaṃ bhūmiḥ sarvakāmapradeyaṃ bhavān pātraṃ devadevo jitātmā / kālo jyeṣṭhāmūlayoge mṛgāṅgaḥ kurukṣetraṃ puṇyadeśaṃ prasiddham
The gift is the earth, to be given as granting all desires; the vessel is you, god of gods, self-conquered; the time is the conjunction of Jyeṣṭhā and Mūla with the moon; Kurukṣetra is the renowned holy place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.42
किं वा देवो ऽस्मद्विधैर्बुद्धिहीनैः शिक्षापनीयः साधु वासाधु चैव । स्वयं श्रुतीनामपि चादिकर्त्ता व्याप्य स्थितः सदसद् यो जगद् वै
kiṃ vā devo 'smadvidhairbuddhihīnaiḥ śikṣāpanīyaḥ sādhu vāsādhu caiva / svayaṃ śrutīnāmapi cādikarttā vyāpya sthitaḥ sadasad yo jagad vai
Or is a god to be taught by dull-witted ones such as us what is good and what is not good — he who is himself the first maker even of the Vedas, who abides pervading the world, being and non-being?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.43
कृत्वा प्रमाणं स्वयसेव हीनं पदत्रयं याचितवान् भुवश्च । किं त्वं न गृह्णासि जगत्त्रयं भो रूपेण लोकत्रयवन्दितेन
kṛtvā pramāṇaṃ svayaseva hīnaṃ padatrayaṃ yācitavān bhuvaśca / kiṃ tvaṃ na gṛhṇāsi jagattrayaṃ bho rūpeṇa lokatrayavanditena
Having yourself made the measure deficient, you begged for three steps of earth; why do you not take the three worlds, sir, with that form which the three worlds revere?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.44
नात्राश्चर्यं यज्जगद् वै समग्रं क्रमत्रयं नैव पूर्णं तवाद्य । क्रमेण त्वं लङ्घयितुं समर्थो लीलामेतां कृतवान् लोकनाथ
nātrāścaryaṃ yajjagad vai samagraṃ kramatrayaṃ naiva pūrṇaṃ tavādya / krameṇa tvaṃ laṅghayituṃ samartho līlāmetāṃ kṛtavān lokanātha
There is no wonder in this, that the whole world is today not enough to fill your three strides; you are capable of overstepping (it) with a single stride — you have played this play, O lord of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.45
प्रमाणहीनां स्वयमेव कृत्वा वसुंधरां माधव पद्मनाभ । विष्णो न बध्नासि बलिं न दूरे प्रभुर्यदेवेच्छति तत्करोति
pramāṇahīnāṃ svayameva kṛtvā vasuṃdharāṃ mādhava padmanābha / viṣṇo na badhnāsi baliṃ na dūre prabhuryadevecchati tatkaroti
Having yourself made the earth without measure, O Mādhava, lotus-naveled, O Viṣṇu, you do not bind Bali, nor (is he) far off: a master does just what he wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.46
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने बाणेन बलिसूनुना । प्रोवाच भगवान् वाक्यमादिकर्त्ता जनार्दनः
pulastya uvāca / ityevamukte vacane bāṇena balisūnunā / provāca bhagavān vākyamādikarttā janārdanaḥ
Pulastya said: When these words had been spoken by Bāṇa, Bali's son, the Lord Janārdana, the first maker, spoke (these) words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.47
त्रिविक्रम उवाच । यान्युक्तानि वचांसीत्थं त्वया बालेय साम्प्रतम् । तेषां वैच हेतुसंयुक्तं शृणु प्रत्युत्तरं मम
trivikrama uvāca / yānyuktāni vacāṃsītthaṃ tvayā bāleya sāmpratam / teṣāṃ vaica hetusaṃyuktaṃ śṛṇu pratyuttaraṃ mama
Trivikrama said: As for the words you have thus spoken now, O son of Bali, hear my reply to them, joined with reasons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.48
पूर्वमुक्तस्तव पिता मया राजन् पदत्रयम् । देहि मह्यं प्रमाणेन तदेतत् समनुष्ठितम्
pūrvamuktastava pitā mayā rājan padatrayam / dehi mahyaṃ pramāṇena tadetat samanuṣṭhitam
Formerly your father was told by me: "Give me, O king, three steps by (my own) measure" — and that very thing has been carried out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.49
किं न वेत्ति प्रमाणं मे बलिस्तव पितासुर । प्रायच्छद् येन निःशङ्कं ममानन्तं क्रमत्रयम्
kiṃ na vetti pramāṇaṃ me balistava pitāsura / prāyacchad yena niḥśaṅkaṃ mamānantaṃ kramatrayam
Does Bali, your father, O asura, not know my measure — he by whom my endless three strides were granted without hesitation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.50
सत्यं क्रमेण चैकेन क्रमेयं भूर्भुवादिकम् । बलेरपि हितार्थाय कृतमेतत् क्रमत्रयम्
satyaṃ krameṇa caikena krameyaṃ bhūrbhuvādikam / balerapi hitārthāya kṛtametat kramatrayam
True, with a single stride I could stride over the earth, the atmosphere and the rest; but for Bali's own benefit these three strides were made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.51
तस्माद् यन्मम बालेय त्वत्पित्राम्बु करे महत् । दत्तं तेनायुरेतस्य कल्पं यावद् भविष्यति
tasmād yanmama bāleya tvatpitrāmbu kare mahat / dattaṃ tenāyuretasya kalpaṃ yāvad bhaviṣyati
"Therefore, O son of Bali, because your father poured great water into my hand (in the act of giving), by that his life will last as long as a kalpa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.52
गते मन्वन्तरे बाण श्राद्धदेवस्य साम्प्रतम् । सावर्णिके च संप्राप्ते बलिरिन्द्रो भविष्यति
gate manvantare bāṇa śrāddhadevasya sāmpratam / sāvarṇike ca saṃprāpte balirindro bhaviṣyati
"When the present manvantara of Śrāddhadeva has passed, O Bāṇa, and the Sāvarṇika one has arrived, Bali will become Indra."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.53
इत्थं प्रोक्त्वा बलिसुतं बाणं देवस्त्रिविक्रमः । प्रोवाच बलिमभ्येत्य वचनं मधुराक्षरम्
itthaṃ proktvā balisutaṃ bāṇaṃ devastrivikramaḥ / provāca balimabhyetya vacanaṃ madhurākṣaram
Having spoken thus to Bāṇa, Bali's son, the god Trivikrama approached Bali and spoke words of sweet syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.54
श्रीभगवानुवाच । आपूरणाद् दक्षिणाया गच्छ राजन् महाफलम् । सुतलं नाम पातालं वस तत्र निरामयः
śrībhagavānuvāca / āpūraṇād dakṣiṇāyā gaccha rājan mahāphalam / sutalaṃ nāma pātālaṃ vasa tatra nirāmayaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Because of the completion of the sacrificial fee, go, O king, to the greatly fruitful netherworld named Sutala; dwell there free of affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.55
बलिरुवाच । सुतले वसतो नाथ मम भोगाः कुतो ऽव्ययाः । भविष्यन्ति तु येनाहं निवत्स्यामि निरामयः
baliruvāca / sutale vasato nātha mama bhogāḥ kuto 'vyayāḥ / bhaviṣyanti tu yenāhaṃ nivatsyāmi nirāmayaḥ
Bali said: While I dwell in Sutala, O Lord, whence will I have undiminishing enjoyments, by which I shall live free of affliction?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.56
त्रिविक्रम उवाच । सुतलस्थस्य दैत्येन्द्र यानि भोगानि ते ऽधुना । भिवष्यन्ति महार्हाणि तानि वक्ष्यामि सर्वशः
trivikrama uvāca / sutalasthasya daityendra yāni bhogāni te 'dhunā / bhivaṣyanti mahārhāṇi tāni vakṣyāmi sarvaśaḥ
Trivikrama said: O lord of the daityas, the enjoyments, most precious, that will now be yours while you stay in Sutala—those I shall declare in full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.57
दानान्यविधित्तानि श्राद्धान्यश्रोत्रियाणि च । तथाधीतान्यव्रतिभिर्दास्यन्ति भवतः फलम्
dānānyavidhittāni śrāddhānyaśrotriyāṇi ca / tathādhītānyavratibhirdāsyanti bhavataḥ phalam
Gifts made without the prescribed rite, śrāddhas performed for non-śrotriyas, and (Vedic texts) studied by those who keep no vows—these will yield their fruit to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.58
तथान्यमुत्सवं पुण्यं वृत्ते शक्रमहोत्सवे । द्वारप्रतिपदा नाम तव भावी महोत्सवः
tathānyamutsavaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛtte śakramahotsave / dvārapratipadā nāma tava bhāvī mahotsavaḥ
And likewise another holy festival: when Śakra's great festival is over, there will be a great festival of yours named the Dvārapratipadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.59
तत्र त्वां नरशार्दूला हृष्टाः पुष्टाः स्वलङ्कृताः । पुष्पदीपप्रदानेन अर्जयिष्यन्ति यत्नतः
tatra tvāṃ naraśārdūlā hṛṣṭāḥ puṣṭāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ / puṣpadīpapradānena arjayiṣyanti yatnataḥ
There men, tigers among men, glad, well-fed and finely adorned, will diligently honour you with offerings of flowers and lamps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.60
तत्रोत्सवो सुख्यतमो भविष्यति दिवानिशं हृष्टजनाभिरामम् । यथैव राज्ये भवतस्तु साम्प्रतं तथैव सा भाव्यथ कौमुदी च
tatrotsavo sukhyatamo bhaviṣyati divāniśaṃ hṛṣṭajanābhirāmam / yathaiva rājye bhavatastu sāmprataṃ tathaiva sā bhāvyatha kaumudī ca
There the festival will be most joyful day and night, delightful with gladdened people; just as it is now in your kingdom, so shall that Kaumudī festival be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.61
इत्येवमुक्त्वा मधुहा दितीश्वरं विसर्जयित्वा सुतलं सभार्यम् । यज्ञं समादाय जगाम तूर्णं स शक्रसद्भामरसंघजुष्टम्
ityevamuktvā madhuhā ditīśvaraṃ visarjayitvā sutalaṃ sabhāryam / yajñaṃ samādāya jagāma tūrṇaṃ sa śakrasadbhāmarasaṃghajuṣṭam
Having spoken thus, the slayer of Madhu, having dispatched the lord of Diti's sons together with his wife to Sutala, took up the sacrifice and swiftly went to Śakra's hall, frequented by throngs of the good immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.62
दत्त्वा मघोने च विभुस्त्रिविष्टपं कृत्वा च देवान् मखभागभोक्तॄन् । अन्तर्दधे विश्वपतिर्महर्षे संपश्यतामेव मुराधिपानाम्
dattvā maghone ca vibhustriviṣṭapaṃ kṛtvā ca devān makhabhāgabhoktṝn / antardadhe viśvapatirmaharṣe saṃpaśyatāmeva murādhipānām
And having given heaven to Maghavan and made the gods enjoyers of their share in the sacrifice, the lord of the universe vanished, O great sage, even as the lords of the demons looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 65.63
स्वर्गं गते धातरि वासुदेवे शाल्वो ऽसुराणां महता बलेन । कृत्वा पुरं सौभमिति प्रसिद्धं तदान्तरिक्षे विचचार कामात्
svargaṃ gate dhātari vāsudeve śālvo 'surāṇāṃ mahatā balena / kṛtvā puraṃ saubhamiti prasiddhaṃ tadāntarikṣe vicacāra kāmāt
When Vāsudeva, the ordainer, had gone to heaven, Śālva, with a great host of asuras, having made the city famed as Saubha, roamed in the sky at will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.64
मयस्तु कृत्वा त्रिपुरं महात्मा सुवर्णताम्रायसमग्र्यसौख्यम् । सतारकाक्षः सह वैद्युतेन संतिष्ठते भृत्यकलत्रवान् सः
mayastu kṛtvā tripuraṃ mahātmā suvarṇatāmrāyasamagryasaukhyam / satārakākṣaḥ saha vaidyutena saṃtiṣṭhate bhṛtyakalatravān saḥ
And great Maya, having made Tripura—of gold, copper and iron, supremely comfortable—dwells there with Tārakākṣa and with Vaidyuta, having his servants and wives with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.65
बणो ऽपि देवेन हृते त्रिविष्टपे बद्धे बलौ चापि रसातलस्थे । कृत्वा सुगुप्तं भुवि शोणिताख्यं पुरं स चास्ते सह दानवेन्द्रैः
baṇo 'pi devena hṛte triviṣṭape baddhe balau cāpi rasātalasthe / kṛtvā suguptaṃ bhuvi śoṇitākhyaṃ puraṃ sa cāste saha dānavendraiḥ
Bāṇa too, when heaven had been taken away by the god and Bali bound and set in Rasātala, having made on earth the well-guarded city called Śoṇita, dwells there together with the chiefs of the dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.66
एवं पुरा चक्रधरेण विष्णुना बद्धो बलिर्वामनरूपधारिणा । शक्रप्रियार्थ सुरकार्यसिद्धये हिताय विप्रर्षभगोद्विजानाम्
evaṃ purā cakradhareṇa viṣṇunā baddho balirvāmanarūpadhāriṇā / śakrapriyārtha surakāryasiddhaye hitāya viprarṣabhagodvijānām
Thus of old was Bali bound by Viṣṇu, the discus-bearer, who took on the dwarf's form—for Śakra's pleasure, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose, and for the good of bulls among brahmins, cows and the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.67
प्रादुर्भवस्ते कथितो महर्षे पुण्यः शुचिर्वामनस्याघहारी । श्रुते यस्मिन् संस्मृते कीर्तिते च पापं याति प्रक्षयं पुण्यमेति
prādurbhavaste kathito maharṣe puṇyaḥ śucirvāmanasyāghahārī / śrute yasmin saṃsmṛte kīrtite ca pāpaṃ yāti prakṣayaṃ puṇyameti
The manifestation of the Dwarf has been told to you, O great sage—holy, pure, remover of sin—on hearing, remembering, or reciting which sin goes to destruction and merit accrues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 65.68
एतत् प्रोक्तं भवतः पुण्यकीर्त्तेः प्रादुर्भावो बलिबन्धो ऽव्ययस्य । यच्चाप्यन्यन् श्रोतुकामो ऽसि विप्र तत्प्रोच्यतां कथयिष्याम्यशेषम्
etat proktaṃ bhavataḥ puṇyakīrtteḥ prādurbhāvo balibandho 'vyayasya / yaccāpyanyan śrotukāmo 'si vipra tatprocyatāṃ kathayiṣyāmyaśeṣam
This has been told to you: the manifestation of the imperishable one of holy fame, and the binding of Bali. And whatever else you wish to hear, O brahmin, let that be spoken; I shall tell it all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition