Vamana Purana — Chapter 66
VamP 66.1
नारद उवाच । श्रुतं यथा भगवता बलिर्बद्धो महात्मना । किं त्वस्तयन्यत्तु प्रष्टव्यं तच्छ्रुत्वा कथयाद्य मे
nārada uvāca / śrutaṃ yathā bhagavatā balirbaddho mahātmanā / kiṃ tvastayanyattu praṣṭavyaṃ tacchrutvā kathayādya me
Nārada said: I have heard how Bali was bound by the great-souled Lord. But there is something else to be asked; hear it and tell me now.
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VamP 66.2
भगवान् देवराजाय दत्त्वा विष्णुस्त्रिविष्टपम् । अन्तर्धानं गतः क्वासौ सर्वात्मा तात कथ्यताम्
bhagavān devarājāya dattvā viṣṇustriviṣṭapam / antardhānaṃ gataḥ kvāsau sarvātmā tāta kathyatām
Where did that Lord Viṣṇu, the Self of all, go when he vanished after giving heaven to the king of the gods? Tell (me), father.
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VamP 66.3
सुतलस्थश्च दैत्येन्द्रः किमकार्षीत् तथा वद । का चेष्टा तस्य विप्रर्षे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
sutalasthaśca daityendraḥ kimakārṣīt tathā vada / kā ceṣṭā tasya viprarṣe tanme vyākhyātumarhasi
And tell (me) likewise what the lord of the Daityas, dwelling in Sutala, did; and what his conduct was, O sage among brahmins — this you ought to explain to me.
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VamP 66.4
पुलस्त्य उवाच । अन्तर्धाय सुरावासं वामनो ऽभूदवामनः । जगाम ब्रह्मसदनमधिरुह्योरगाशनम्
pulastya uvāca / antardhāya surāvāsaṃ vāmano 'bhūdavāmanaḥ / jagāma brahmasadanamadhiruhyoragāśanam
Pulastya said: Having made the dwelling of the gods vanish (from sight), the dwarf became no dwarf; mounting the serpent-eater (Garuḍa), he went to Brahmā's abode.
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VamP 66.5
वासुदेवं समायान्तं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्माव्ययात्मकः । समुत्थायायथ सौहार्दात् सस्वजे कमलासनः
vāsudevaṃ samāyāntaṃ jñātvā brahmāvyayātmakaḥ / samutthāyāyatha sauhārdāt sasvaje kamalāsanaḥ
Knowing that Vāsudeva was approaching, Brahmā, whose nature is imperishable, the lotus-seated one, rose up and then embraced him out of friendship.
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VamP 66.7
परिष्वज्यार्च्य विधिना वेधाः पूजादिना हरिम् । पप्रच्छ किं चिरेणेह भवतागमनं कृतम् । ६६।६ अथोवाच जगत्स्वामी मया कार्यं महत्कृतम् । सुराणां क्रतुभागार्थं स्वयंभो बलिबन्धनम्
pariṣvajyārcya vidhinā vedhāḥ pūjādinā harim / papraccha kiṃ cireṇeha bhavatāgamanaṃ kṛtam / 66.6 athovāca jagatsvāmī mayā kāryaṃ mahatkṛtam / surāṇāṃ kratubhāgārthaṃ svayaṃbho balibandhanam
Having embraced and duly honoured Hari with worship and the rest, the Creator asked: "Why has your coming here been made after so long a time?" (66.6) Then the lord of the world said: "A great deed has been done by me, O Self-born: the binding of Bali, for the sake of the gods' share of the sacrifice."
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VamP 66.8
पितामहस्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मुदितमानसः । कथं कथमिति प्राह त्वं मां दर्शितुमर्हसि
pitāmahastad vacanaṃ śrutvā muditamānasaḥ / kathaṃ kathamiti prāha tvaṃ māṃ darśitumarhasi
The grandfather (Brahmā), hearing that speech, with delighted mind said, "How? How?" — "You ought to show me (that form)."
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VamP 66.9
इत्येवमुक्ते वचने भगवान् गरुडध्वजः । दर्शयामास तद्रूपं सर्वदेवमयं लघु
ityevamukte vacane bhagavān garuḍadhvajaḥ / darśayāmāsa tadrūpaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ laghu
When this speech had thus been spoken, the Lord whose banner is Garuḍa quickly displayed that form of his, which comprised all the gods.
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VamP 66.10
तं दृष्ट्वा पुण्डरीकाक्षं योजनायुतविस्तृतम् । तावानेवोर्ध्वामानेन ततो ऽजः प्रणतो ऽभवत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ yojanāyutavistṛtam / tāvānevordhvāmānena tato 'jaḥ praṇato 'bhavat
Seeing him, the lotus-eyed one, extended ten thousand leagues, and just as much in upward measure, the Unborn (Brahmā) then bowed down.
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VamP 66.11
ततः प्रणम्य सुचिरं साधु साध्वित्युदीर्य च । भक्तितम्रो महादेवं पद्मजः स्तोत्रमीरयत्
tataḥ praṇamya suciraṃ sādhu sādhvityudīrya ca / bhaktitamro mahādevaṃ padmajaḥ stotramīrayat
Then, having bowed for a long while and uttering "Well done! Well done!", the lotus-born one, dark-red with devotion, sent forth a hymn to the great god.
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VamP 66.12
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्थं स्तुतः पद्मवेन विष्णुस्तपस्विभिश्चाद्भुतकार्मकारी । प्रोवाच देवं प्रपितामहं तु वरं वृणीष्वामलसत्त्ववृत्ते
pulastya uvāca / itthaṃ stutaḥ padmavena viṣṇustapasvibhiścādbhutakārmakārī / provāca devaṃ prapitāmahaṃ tu varaṃ vṛṇīṣvāmalasattvavṛtte
Pulastya said: Thus praised by the lotus-born one and by the ascetics, Viṣṇu, the doer of wondrous deeds, said to the god, the great-grandfather: "Choose a boon, you of pure being and conduct."
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VamP 66.13
तमब्रवीत् प्रीतियुतः पितामहो वरं ममेहाद्य विभो प्रयच्छ । रूपेण पुण्येन विबो ह्यनेन संस्थीयतां मद्भवने मुरारे
tamabravīt prītiyutaḥ pitāmaho varaṃ mamehādya vibho prayaccha / rūpeṇa puṇyena vibo hyanena saṃsthīyatāṃ madbhavane murāre
Filled with affection, the grandfather said to him: "Grant me a boon here today, O mighty one: in this holy form, O lord, let (you) remain in my dwelling, O Murāri."
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VamP 66.14
इत्थं वृते देववरेण प्रादात् प्रभुस्तथास्त्विति तमव्ययात्मा । तस्थौ हि रूपेण हि वामनेन संपूज्यमानः सदने स्वयंभोः
itthaṃ vṛte devavareṇa prādāt prabhustathāstviti tamavyayātmā / tasthau hi rūpeṇa hi vāmanena saṃpūjyamānaḥ sadane svayaṃbhoḥ
When it was thus chosen by the best of the gods, the Lord, of imperishable nature, granted it to him, saying "So be it"; and he remained in the dwarf form, being worshipped in the abode of the Self-born.
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VamP 66.15
नृत्यन्ति तत्राप्सरसां समूह्य गायन्ति गीतानि सुरेन्द्रगायनाः । विद्याधरास्तूर्यरांश्च वादयन् स्तुवन्ति देवासुरसिद्धसङ्घाः
nṛtyanti tatrāpsarasāṃ samūhya gāyanti gītāni surendragāyanāḥ / vidyādharāstūryarāṃśca vādayan stuvanti devāsurasiddhasaṅghāḥ
There the throngs of apsarases dance, the singers of the lord of the gods sing songs, the Vidyādharas play on musical instruments, and the hosts of gods, asuras and siddhas offer praise.
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VamP 66.18
ततः समाराध्य विभुं सुराधिपः पितामहो धौतमलः स शुद्धः । स्वर्गे विरिञ्चिः सदनात् सुपुष्पाण्यानीय पूजां प्रचकार विष्णोः ॥ वम्प्_६६।१६ ॥ स्वर्गे सहस्रं स तु योजनानां विष्णोः प्रमाणेन हि वामनो ऽभूत् तत्रास्य शक्रः प्रचकार पूजां स्वयंभुवस्तुल्यगुणां महर्षे ॥ वम्प्_६६।१७ ॥ एतत् तवोक्तं भगवांस्त्रिविक्रमश्चकार यद् देवहितं महात्मा । रसातलस्थो दितिजश्चकार यत्तच्छृणुष्वाद्य वदामि विप्र
tataḥ samārādhya vibhuṃ surādhipaḥ pitāmaho dhautamalaḥ sa śuddhaḥ / svarge viriñciḥ sadanāt supuṣpāṇyānīya pūjāṃ pracakāra viṣṇoḥ // vamp_66.16 // svarge sahasraṃ sa tu yojanānāṃ viṣṇoḥ pramāṇena hi vāmano 'bhūt tatrāsya śakraḥ pracakāra pūjāṃ svayaṃbhuvastulyaguṇāṃ maharṣe // vamp_66.17 // etat tavoktaṃ bhagavāṃstrivikramaścakāra yad devahitaṃ mahātmā / rasātalastho ditijaścakāra yattacchṛṇuṣvādya vadāmi vipra
Then, having worshipped the Lord, the grandfather, chief of the gods, his impurity washed away, pure — Viriñci brought fine flowers from his dwelling in heaven and performed the worship of Viṣṇu. (66.16) In heaven he became a dwarf of a thousand leagues by Viṣṇu's measure; there Śakra performed worship of him, equal in quality to that of the Self-born, O great sage. (66.17) This has been told to you: what the great-souled Lord Trivikrama did for the good of the gods. What the son of Diti, dwelling in Rasātala, did — hear that now; I shall tell (it), O brahmin.
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