Vamana Purana — Chapter 7
VamP 7.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो ऽनङ्गं विभुर्द्दष्ट्वा ब्रह्मन् नारायणो मुनिः । प्रहस्यैवं वचः प्राह कन्दर्व इह आस्यताम्
pulastya uvāca / tato 'naṅgaṃ vibhurddaṣṭvā brahman nārāyaṇo muniḥ / prahasyaivaṃ vacaḥ prāha kandarva iha āsyatām
Pulastya said: Then, O brahmin, the lord Nārāyaṇa, the sage, seeing the bodiless one, laughed and spoke thus: "Kandarpa, be seated here."
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VamP 7.2
तदक्षुब्धत्वमीक्ष्यास्य कामो विस्मयमागतः । वसन्तो ऽपि महाचिन्तां जगामाशु महामुने
tadakṣubdhatvamīkṣyāsya kāmo vismayamāgataḥ / vasanto 'pi mahācintāṃ jagāmāśu mahāmune
Seeing that he was unshaken, Kāma fell into amazement; and Vasanta too, O great sage, at once fell into deep anxiety.
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VamP 7.3
ततश्चाप्सरसो दृष्ट्वा स्वागतेनाभिपूज्य च । वसन्तमाह भगवानेह्येहि स्थीयतामिति
tataścāpsaraso dṛṣṭvā svāgatenābhipūjya ca / vasantamāha bhagavānehyehi sthīyatāmiti
Then, having seen the apsarases and honoured (them) with a welcome, the Lord said to Vasanta: "Come, come, let (you) be seated."
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VamP 7.4
ततो विहस्य भगवान् मञ्जरीं कुसुमावृताम् । आदाय प्राक्सुवर्णाङ्गीमूर्वोर्बालां विनिर्ममे
tato vihasya bhagavān mañjarīṃ kusumāvṛtām / ādāya prāksuvarṇāṅgīmūrvorbālāṃ vinirmame
Then the Lord, smiling, took a blossom-cluster covered with flowers and fashioned from his thigh a girl of golden limbs.
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VamP 7.5
ऊरूद्भवां स कन्दर्पो दृष्ट्वा सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरीम् । अमन्यत तदानङ्गः किमियं सा प्रिया रतिः
ūrūdbhavāṃ sa kandarpo dṛṣṭvā sarvāṅgasundarīm / amanyata tadānaṅgaḥ kimiyaṃ sā priyā ratiḥ
Seeing her, born of the thigh, beautiful in every limb, Kandarpa the bodiless then thought: "Can this be my beloved Rati?"
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VamP 7.6
तदेव वदनं चारु स्वक्षिभ्रूकुटिलालकम् । सुनासावंशाधरोष्ठमालोकनपरायणम्
tadeva vadanaṃ cāru svakṣibhrūkuṭilālakam / sunāsāvaṃśādharoṣṭhamālokanaparāyaṇam
That very lovely face, with its fine eyes, brows and curling locks, with fair nose and bamboo-(smooth) lower lip, wholly intent on gazing.
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VamP 7.7
तावेवाहार्य विरलौ पीवरौ मग्नचूचुकौ । राजेते ऽस्यः कुचौ पीनौ सज्जनावि संहतौ
tāvevāhārya viralau pīvarau magnacūcukau / rājete 'syaḥ kucau pīnau sajjanāvi saṃhatau
Those very two (breasts), not to be taken (in the hand), set apart, plump, with sunken nipples — her full breasts shine, well-formed and pressed together.
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VamP 7.8
तदेव तनु चार्वङ्ग्या वलित्रयविभूषितम् । उदरं राजते श्लक्ष्णं रोमावलिविभूषितम्
tadeva tanu cārvaṅgyā valitrayavibhūṣitam / udaraṃ rājate ślakṣṇaṃ romāvalivibhūṣitam
That very slender belly of the fair-limbed one, adorned with the three folds, shines smooth, adorned with the line of down.
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VamP 7.9
रोमावलीच जघनाद् यान्ती स्तनतटं त्वियम् । राजते भृङ्गमालेव पुलिनात् कमलाकरम्
romāvalīca jaghanād yāntī stanataṭaṃ tviyam / rājate bhṛṅgamāleva pulināt kamalākaram
And this line of down, going from the hips to the slope of the breasts, shines like a garland of bees (going) from the sandbank to a lotus-pond.
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VamP 7.10
जघनं त्वतिविस्तीर्ण भात्यस्या रशनावृतम् । श्रीरोदमथने नद्धूं भूजङ्गेनेव मन्दरम्
jaghanaṃ tvativistīrṇa bhātyasyā raśanāvṛtam / śrīrodamathane naddhūṃ bhūjaṅgeneva mandaram
Her hips, very broad, shine girded with a girdle, like Mount Mandara bound with the serpent at the churning of the ocean.
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VamP 7.11
कदलीस्तम्भसदृशैरूर्ध्वमूलैरथोरुभिः । विभाति सा सुचार्वङ्गी पद्मकिढ्जल्कसन्निभा
kadalīstambhasadṛśairūrdhvamūlairathorubhiḥ / vibhāti sā sucārvaṅgī padmakiḍhjalkasannibhā
Then with her thighs, resembling plantain trunks, tapering upward from the root, she of very lovely limbs shines, like the filament of a lotus.
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VamP 7.12
जानुनी गूढगुल्फे च शुभे जङ्घे त्वरोमशे । विभातो ऽस्यास्तथा पादावलक्तकसमत्विषौ
jānunī gūḍhagulphe ca śubhe jaṅghe tvaromaśe / vibhāto 'syāstathā pādāvalaktakasamatviṣau
And her two knees, and her fair shanks with hidden ankles and free of hair, shine so, and likewise her feet, with a glow like red lac dye.
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VamP 7.13
इति संचिन्तयन् कामस्तामनिन्दितलोचनाम् । कामातुरो ऽसौ संजातः किमुतान्यो जनो मुने
iti saṃcintayan kāmastāmaninditalocanām / kāmāturo 'sau saṃjātaḥ kimutānyo jano mune
Thinking thus about her of blameless eyes, Kāma himself became sick with desire — how much more, then, another person, O sage?
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VamP 7.14
माधवो ऽप्युर्वशीं दृष्ट्वा संचिन्तयत नारद । किंस्वित् कामनरेन्द्रस्य राजधानी स्वयं स्थिता
mādhavo 'pyurvaśīṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃcintayata nārada / kiṃsvit kāmanarendrasya rājadhānī svayaṃ sthitā
Mādhava too, seeing Urvaśī, reflected, O Nārada: "Can it be that the capital city of King Kāma stands here in person?
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VamP 7.15
आयाता शशिनो नूनमियं कान्तिर्निशाक्षये । रविरश्मिप्रतापार्तिभीता शरणमागता
āyātā śaśino nūnamiyaṃ kāntirniśākṣaye / raviraśmipratāpārtibhītā śaraṇamāgatā
Surely this is the loveliness of the moon come here at the ending of night, which, afraid of the pain of the sun's scorching rays, has come for refuge."
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VamP 7.16
इत्थं संचितयन्नेव अवष्टभाप्सरोगणम् । तस्थौ मुनिरिव ध्यानमास्थितः स तु माधवः
itthaṃ saṃcitayanneva avaṣṭabhāpsarogaṇam / tasthau muniriva dhyānamāsthitaḥ sa tu mādhavaḥ
Even while thinking thus, having stopped short the troop of apsarases, that Mādhava stood like a sage settled in meditation.
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VamP 7.17
ततः स विस्मितान् सर्वान् कन्दर्पादीन् महामुने । दृष्ट्वा प्रोवाच वचनं स्मितं कृत्वा शुभव्रतः
tataḥ sa vismitān sarvān kandarpādīn mahāmune / dṛṣṭvā provāca vacanaṃ smitaṃ kṛtvā śubhavrataḥ
Then, O great sage, seeing them all — Kandarpa and the rest — amazed, he of auspicious vows smiled and spoke these words:
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VamP 7.18
इयं ममोरुसंभृता कामाप्सरस माधव । नीयतां सुरलोकाय दीयतां वासवाय च
iyaṃ mamorusaṃbhṛtā kāmāpsarasa mādhava / nīyatāṃ suralokāya dīyatāṃ vāsavāya ca
"This apsaras, born from my thigh, is (formed) of desire, O Mādhava; let her be led to the world of the gods and given to Vāsava."
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VamP 7.19
इत्युक्ताः कम्पमानास्ते जग्मुर्गृह्योर्वशीं दिवम् । सहस्राक्षाय तां प्रादाद् रूपयौवनशालिनीम्
ityuktāḥ kampamānāste jagmurgṛhyorvaśīṃ divam / sahasrākṣāya tāṃ prādād rūpayauvanaśālinīm
Addressed thus, they, trembling, took Urvaśī and went to heaven; he gave her, endowed with beauty and youth, to the Thousand-eyed one.
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VamP 7.20
आचक्षुश्चरितं ताभ्यां धर्मजाभ्यां महामुने । देवाराजाय कामाद्यास्ततो ऽभृद् विस्मयः परः
ācakṣuścaritaṃ tābhyāṃ dharmajābhyāṃ mahāmune / devārājāya kāmādyāstato 'bhṛd vismayaḥ paraḥ
Kāma and the others reported to the king of the gods the deed done by those two sons of Dharma, O great sage, and thereupon there arose the utmost astonishment.
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VamP 7.21
एताद्शं हि चरितं ख्यातिमग्र्यां जगाम ह । पातालेषु तथा मर्त्यै दिक्ष्वष्टासु जगाम च
etādśaṃ hi caritaṃ khyātimagryāṃ jagāma ha / pātāleṣu tathā martyai dikṣvaṣṭāsu jagāma ca
Indeed such a deed attained foremost renown; it spread also in the nether worlds, among mortals, and in the eight directions.
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VamP 7.22
एकदा निहते रौद्रो हिरण्यकशिपौ मुने । अभिषिक्तस्तदा राज्ये प्रह्लादौ नाम दानवः
ekadā nihate raudro hiraṇyakaśipau mune / abhiṣiktastadā rājye prahlādau nāma dānavaḥ
Once, when the terrible Hiraṇyakaśipu had been slain, O sage, a dānava named Prahlāda was then consecrated in the kingship.
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VamP 7.23
तस्मिञ्शासति दैत्येन्द्रे देवब्राह्मणपूजके । मखानि भुवि राजानो यजन्ते विधिवत्तदा
tasmiñśāsati daityendre devabrāhmaṇapūjake / makhāni bhuvi rājāno yajante vidhivattadā
While that lord of the daityas, honourer of gods and brahmins, was ruling, the kings on earth then performed sacrifices according to the rules.
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VamP 7.24
ब्राह्मणाश्च तपो धर्मं तीर्थयात्राश्च कुर्वते । वैश्याश्च पशुवृत्तिस्थाः शूद्राः शुश्रूषणे रताः
brāhmaṇāśca tapo dharmaṃ tīrthayātrāśca kurvate / vaiśyāśca paśuvṛttisthāḥ śūdrāḥ śuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ
And the brahmins practised austerity and dharma and pilgrimages to holy places; the vaiśyas were engaged in cattle-keeping, the śūdras devoted to service.
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VamP 7.25
चातुर्वर्ण्यं ततः स्वे स्वे आश्रमे धर्मकर्मणि । आवर्त्तत ततो देवा वृत्त्या युक्ताभवान् मुने
cāturvarṇyaṃ tataḥ sve sve āśrame dharmakarmaṇi / āvarttata tato devā vṛttyā yuktābhavān mune
Then the four classes each moved within their own stage of life in the observance of dharma; thereupon the gods too became endowed with their sustenance, O sage.
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VamP 7.26
ततस्तु च्यवनो नाम भार्गवेन्द्रो महातपाः । जगाम नर्मदां स्नातुं तीर्थं चैवाकुलीश्वरम्
tatastu cyavano nāma bhārgavendro mahātapāḥ / jagāma narmadāṃ snātuṃ tīrthaṃ caivākulīśvaram
Then one named Cyavana, foremost of the Bhārgavas, of great austerity, went to the Narmadā to bathe, and to the holy place Kulīśvara.
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VamP 7.27
तत्र दृष्ट्वा महादेवं नदीं स्नातुमवातरत् । अवतीर्णं प्रजग्राह नागः केकरलोहितः
tatra dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ nadīṃ snātumavātarat / avatīrṇaṃ prajagrāha nāgaḥ kekaralohitaḥ
There, having seen Mahādeva, he went down into the river to bathe; as he descended, a serpent, speckled and red, seized him.
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VamP 7.28
गृहीतस्तेन नागेन सस्मार मनसा हरिम् । संस्मृते पुण्डरीकाक्षे निर्विषो ऽभून्महोरगः
gṛhītastena nāgena sasmāra manasā harim / saṃsmṛte puṇḍarīkākṣe nirviṣo 'bhūnmahoragaḥ
Seized by that serpent, he called Hari to mind; and when the Lotus-eyed one was remembered, the great snake became without venom.
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VamP 7.29
नीतस्तेनातिरौद्रेण पन्नगेन रसातलम् । निर्विषश्चापि तत्याज च्यवनं भुजगोत्तमः
nītastenātiraudreṇa pannagena rasātalam / nirviṣaścāpi tatyāja cyavanaṃ bhujagottamaḥ
He was carried by that exceedingly fierce serpent down to Rasātala; and being without venom, the best of snakes let Cyavana go.
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VamP 7.30
संत्यक्तमात्रो नागेन च्यवनो भार्गवोत्तमः । चचार नागकन्याभिः पूज्यचमानः समन्ततः
saṃtyaktamātro nāgena cyavano bhārgavottamaḥ / cacāra nāgakanyābhiḥ pūjyacamānaḥ samantataḥ
As soon as he was released by the serpent, Cyavana, best of the Bhārgavas, wandered about, honoured on all sides by the serpent maidens.
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VamP 7.31
विचारन् प्रविवेशाथ दानवानां महत् पुरम् । संपूज्यमानो दैत्येन्द्रः प्रह्लादो ऽथ ददर्श तम्
vicāran praviveśātha dānavānāṃ mahat puram / saṃpūjyamāno daityendraḥ prahlādo 'tha dadarśa tam
Then, wandering, he entered the great city of the Dānavas; and Prahlāda, lord of the Daityas, being himself honoured (there), saw him.
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VamP 7.32
भृगुपुत्रे महातेजाः पूजां चक्रे यथार्हतः । संपूजितोपविष्टश्च पृष्टश्चागमनं प्रति
bhṛguputre mahātejāḥ pūjāṃ cakre yathārhataḥ / saṃpūjitopaviṣṭaśca pṛṣṭaścāgamanaṃ prati
The greatly splendid (Prahlāda) paid homage to the son of Bhṛgu as was fitting; and (Cyavana), duly honoured and seated, was asked about (the purpose of) his coming.
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VamP 7.33
स चोवाच महाराज महातीर्थं महाफलम् । स्नातुमेवागतो ऽस्म्यद्य द्रष्टुञ्चैवाकुलीश्वरम्
sa covāca mahārāja mahātīrthaṃ mahāphalam / snātumevāgato 'smyadya draṣṭuñcaivākulīśvaram
And he said: "Great king, (there is) a great holy ford of great fruit; I came today just to bathe (there) and to see Akulīśvara.
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VamP 7.34
नद्यामेवावतीर्णो ऽस्मि गृहीतश्चाहिना बलान् । समानीतो ऽस्मि पाताले दृष्टश्चात्र भवानपि
nadyāmevāvatīrṇo 'smi gṛhītaścāhinā balān / samānīto 'smi pātāle dṛṣṭaścātra bhavānapi
I had just gone down into the river when I was seized by force by a serpent; I was brought to Pātāla, and here you too have been seen (by me)."
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VamP 7.35
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं च्यवनस्य दितीश्वरः । प्रोवाच धर्मसंयुक्तं स वाक्यं वाक्यकोविदः
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ cyavanasya ditīśvaraḥ / provāca dharmasaṃyuktaṃ sa vākyaṃ vākyakovidaḥ
But having heard this speech of Cyavana, the lord of Diti's sons, skilled in speech, uttered a statement in accord with dharma.
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VamP 7.36
प्रह्लाद उवाच । भगवन् कानि तीर्थानि पृथिव्यां कानि चाम्बरे । रसातले च कानि स्युरेतद् वक्तुं ममार्हसि
prahlāda uvāca / bhagavan kāni tīrthāni pṛthivyāṃ kāni cāmbare / rasātale ca kāni syuretad vaktuṃ mamārhasi
Prahlāda said: Blessed one, which are the holy fords on earth, and which in the sky, and which may be in Rasātala? This you ought to tell me.
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VamP 7.37
च्यवन उवाच । पृथिव्यां नैमिषं तीर्थमन्तरिक्षे च पुष्करम् । चक्रतीर्थं महाबाहो रसातलतले विदुः
cyavana uvāca / pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthamantarikṣe ca puṣkaram / cakratīrthaṃ mahābāho rasātalatale viduḥ
Cyavana said: On earth (is) the ford Naimiṣa, and in the middle region Puṣkara; and in the floor of Rasātala, O mighty-armed one, they know Cakratīrtha.
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VamP 7.38
पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रुत्वा तद्भार्गववचो दैत्यराजो महामुने । नेमिषै गन्तुकामस्तु दानवानितदब्रवीत्
pulastya uvāca / śrutvā tadbhārgavavaco daityarājo mahāmune / nemiṣai gantukāmastu dānavānitadabravīt
Pulastya said: Having heard that speech of the Bhārgava, O great sage, the king of the Daityas, wishing to go to Naimiṣa, said this to the Dānavas.
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VamP 7.39
प्रह्लाद उवाच । उत्तिष्ठध्वं गमिष्यामः स्नातुं तीर्थं हि नैमिषम् । द्रक्ष्यामः पुण्डरीकाक्षं पीतवाससमच्युतम्
prahlāda uvāca / uttiṣṭhadhvaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ snātuṃ tīrthaṃ hi naimiṣam / drakṣyāmaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam
Prahlāda said: Rise up! We shall go to bathe at the ford Naimiṣa; we shall see the lotus-eyed, yellow-robed Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.40
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्युक्ता दानवेन्द्रेण सर्वे ते दैत्यदानवाः । चक्रुरुद्योगमतुलं निर्जग्मुश्च रसातलात्
pulastya uvāca / ityuktā dānavendreṇa sarve te daityadānavāḥ / cakrurudyogamatulaṃ nirjagmuśca rasātalāt
Pulastya said: Thus addressed by the lord of the Dānavas, all those Daityas and Dānavas made unmatched preparation and set out from Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.41
ते समभ्येत्य दैतेया दानवाश्च महाबलाः । नेमिषारण्यमागत्य स्नानं चक्रुर्मुदान्विताः
te samabhyetya daiteyā dānavāśca mahābalāḥ / nemiṣāraṇyamāgatya snānaṃ cakrurmudānvitāḥ
Those sons of Diti and the mighty Dānavas, having come together and arrived at the Naimiṣa forest, bathed, filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.42
ततो दितीश्वरः श्रीमान् मृगव्यां स चचार ह । चरन् सरस्वतीं पुण्यां ददर्श विमलोदकाम्
tato ditīśvaraḥ śrīmān mṛgavyāṃ sa cacāra ha / caran sarasvatīṃ puṇyāṃ dadarśa vimalodakām
Then the glorious lord of Diti's sons went hunting; and while roaming he saw the holy Sarasvatī with her clear waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.43
तस्यादूरे महाशाखं शलवृक्षं शरैश्चितम् । ददर्श बाणानपरान् मुखे लग्नान् परस्परम्
tasyādūre mahāśākhaṃ śalavṛkṣaṃ śaraiścitam / dadarśa bāṇānaparān mukhe lagnān parasparam
Not far from her he saw a śāla tree with great branches, studded with arrows; and he saw other arrows fixed head to head against one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.44
ततस्तानद्भुताकारान् बाणान् नागोपवीतकान् । दृष्ट्वातुलं तदा चक्रे क्रोधं दैत्येश्वरः किल
tatastānadbhutākārān bāṇān nāgopavītakān / dṛṣṭvātulaṃ tadā cakre krodhaṃ daityeśvaraḥ kila
Then, seeing those arrows of wondrous form, with serpents as their sacred threads, the lord of the Daityas grew, it is said, immeasurably angry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.45
स ददर्श ततो ऽदूरात्कृष्णाजिनधरौ मुनी । समुन्नतजटाभारौ तपस्यासक्तमानसौ
sa dadarśa tato 'dūrātkṛṣṇājinadharau munī / samunnatajaṭābhārau tapasyāsaktamānasau
Then, not far off, he saw two sages wearing black antelope skins, with high piled masses of matted hair, their minds intent on ascetic practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.46
तयोश्च पार्श्वयोर्दिव्ये धनुषी लक्षणान्विते । शार्ङ्गमागवं चैव अक्ष्य्यौ च महेषुधी
tayośca pārśvayordivye dhanuṣī lakṣaṇānvite / śārṅgamāgavaṃ caiva akṣyyau ca maheṣudhī
And at the two sides of those two (were) two divine bows marked with (auspicious) signs — the Śārṅga and the Āgava — and two great inexhaustible quivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 7.47
तौ दृष्ट्वामन्यत तदा दामिबिकाविति दानवः । ततः प्रोवाच वचनं तावुभौ पुरुषोत्तमौ
tau dṛṣṭvāmanyata tadā dāmibikāviti dānavaḥ / tataḥ provāca vacanaṃ tāvubhau puruṣottamau
Seeing those two, the Dānava then thought them hypocrites, and thereupon spoke words to those two, the best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 7.48
किं भवद्भ्यां समारःधं दम्भं धर्मविनाशनम् । क्व तपः क्व जटाभारः क्व चेमौ प्रवरायुधौ
kiṃ bhavadbhyāṃ samāraḥdhaṃ dambhaṃ dharmavināśanam / kva tapaḥ kva jaṭābhāraḥ kva cemau pravarāyudhau
"What is this hypocrisy, destructive of dharma, undertaken by you two? Where is asceticism, where the mass of matted hair, and where these excellent weapons?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.49
अथोवाच नरो दैत्यं का ते चिन्ता दितीश्वर । सामर्थ्ये सति यः कुर्यात् तत्संपद्येत तस्य हि
athovāca naro daityaṃ kā te cintā ditīśvara / sāmarthye sati yaḥ kuryāt tatsaṃpadyeta tasya hi
Then Nara said to the Daitya: "What concern is it of yours, lord of Diti's sons? When ability is present, whatever a man may do, that indeed succeeds for him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.50
अथोवाच दितीशस्तौ का शक्तिर्युवयोरिह । मयि तिष्ठति दैत्येन्द्रे धर्मसेतुप्रवर्तके
athovāca ditīśastau kā śaktiryuvayoriha / mayi tiṣṭhati daityendre dharmasetupravartake
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.51
नरस्तं प्रत्युवाचाथ आवाभ्यां शक्तिरूर्जिता । न कश्चिच्छक्नुयाद् योद्धुं नरनारायणौ युधि
narastaṃ pratyuvācātha āvābhyāṃ śaktirūrjitā / na kaścicchaknuyād yoddhuṃ naranārāyaṇau yudhi
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.52
दैत्येश्वरस्तस्तः क्रुद्धः प्रतिज्ञामारुरोह च । यथा कथञ्चिज्जेष्यामि नरनारायणौ रणे
daityeśvarastastaḥ kruddhaḥ pratijñāmāruroha ca / yathā kathañcijjeṣyāmi naranārāyaṇau raṇe
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.53
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं महात्मा दितीश्वरः स्थाप्य बलं वनान्ते । वितत्य चापं गुणमाविकृष्य तलध्वनिं घोरतरं चकार
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā ditīśvaraḥ sthāpya balaṃ vanānte / vitatya cāpaṃ guṇamāvikṛṣya taladhvaniṃ ghorataraṃ cakāra
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.54
ततो नरस्त्वाजगवं हि चापमानम्य बाणान् सुबहुञ्शिताग्रान् । मुमोच तानप्रतिमैः पृषत्कैश्चिच्छेद दैत्यस्तपनीयपुङ्खैः
tato narastvājagavaṃ hi cāpamānamya bāṇān subahuñśitāgrān / mumoca tānapratimaiḥ pṛṣatkaiściccheda daityastapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.55
छिन्नान् समीक्ष्याथ नरः पृषत्कान् दैत्येश्वरेणाप्रतिमेव संख्ये । क्रुद्धः समानम्य महाधनुस्ततो मुमोच चान्यान् विविधान् पृषत्कान्
chinnān samīkṣyātha naraḥ pṛṣatkān daityeśvareṇāpratimeva saṃkhye / kruddhaḥ samānamya mahādhanustato mumoca cānyān vividhān pṛṣatkān
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.56
एकं नरो द्वौ दितिजेश्वरश्च त्रीन् धर्मसूनुश्चतुरो दितीशः । नरस्तु बाणान् प्रमुमोच पञ्च षड् द्रत्यनाथो निशितान् पृषत्कान्
ekaṃ naro dvau ditijeśvaraśca trīn dharmasūnuścaturo ditīśaḥ / narastu bāṇān pramumoca pañca ṣaḍ dratyanātho niśitān pṛṣatkān
Nara (loosed) one, and the lord of Diti's offspring two, the son of Dharma three, the lord of Diti four; then Nara released five shafts, and the daityas' lord six sharpened arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 7.57
सप्तर्षिमुख्यो द्विचतुश्च दैत्यो नरस्तु षट् त्रीणि च दैत्यमुख्ये । षट्त्रीणि चैकं च दितीश्वरेण मुक्तानि बाणानि नराय विप्र
saptarṣimukhyo dvicatuśca daityo narastu ṣaṭ trīṇi ca daityamukhye / ṣaṭtrīṇi caikaṃ ca ditīśvareṇa muktāni bāṇāni narāya vipra
The foremost of the seven seers (loosed) two and four, and so did the daitya; but Nara (loosed) six and three at the daitya chief; and six, three, and one arrows were released by the lord of Diti at Nara, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 7.58
एकं च षट् पञ्च नरेण मुक्तास्त्वष्टौ शराः सप्त च दानवेन । षट् सप्त चाष्टौ नव षण्नरेण द्विसप्ततिं दैत्यपतिः ससर्ज्ज
ekaṃ ca ṣaṭ pañca nareṇa muktāstvaṣṭau śarāḥ sapta ca dānavena / ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau nava ṣaṇnareṇa dvisaptatiṃ daityapatiḥ sasarjja
One, and six, and five (arrows) were released by Nara; eight arrows, and seven, by the Dānava; six, seven, eight, nine, six by Nara; and the lord of the Daityas let fly seventy-two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.59
शतं नरस्त्रीणि शतानि दैत्यः षड् धर्मपुत्रो दश दैत्यराजः । ततो ऽप्यसंख्येयतरान् हि बाणान् मुमोचतुस्तौ सुभृशं हि कोपात्
śataṃ narastrīṇi śatāni daityaḥ ṣaḍ dharmaputro daśa daityarājaḥ / tato 'pyasaṃkhyeyatarān hi bāṇān mumocatustau subhṛśaṃ hi kopāt
A hundred (arrows) Nara (loosed), three hundred the Daitya, six the son of Dharma, ten the Daitya king; and then the two of them discharged arrows still more countless than that, most violently, out of anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.60
ततो नरो बाणगणैरसख्यैरवास्तरद्भूमिमथो दिशः खम् । स चापि दैत्यप्रवरः पृषत्कैश्चिच्छेद वेगात् तपनीयपुङ्खैः
tato naro bāṇagaṇairasakhyairavāstaradbhūmimatho diśaḥ kham / sa cāpi daityapravaraḥ pṛṣatkaiściccheda vegāt tapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ
Then Nara covered over the earth, and then the directions and the sky, with countless multitudes of arrows; and that foremost of the Daityas swiftly cut (them) apart with darts whose nocks were of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.61
ततः पतत्त्रिभिर्वीरौ सुभृशं नरदानवौ । युद्धे वरास्त्रैर्युध्येतां घोररूपैः परस्परम्
tataḥ patattribhirvīrau subhṛśaṃ naradānavau / yuddhe varāstrairyudhyetāṃ ghorarūpaiḥ parasparam
Then the two heroes, Nara and the Dānava, fought most fiercely against each other in battle with winged arrows, with excellent weapons of dreadful form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.62
ततस्तु दैत्येन वरास्त्रपाणिना चापे नियुक्तं तु पितामहास्त्रम् । महेश्वरास्त्रं पुरुषोत्तमेव समं समाहत्य निपेततुस्तौ
tatastu daityena varāstrapāṇinā cāpe niyuktaṃ tu pitāmahāstram / maheśvarāstraṃ puruṣottameva samaṃ samāhatya nipetatustau
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.63
ब्रह्मस्त्रे तु प्रशमिते प्रह्लादः क्रोधमूर्छितः । गदां प्रगृह्य तरसा प्रचस्कन्द रथोत्तमात्
brahmastre tu praśamite prahlādaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ / gadāṃ pragṛhya tarasā pracaskanda rathottamāt
When the brahma-weapon had been quelled, Prahlāda, senseless with rage, seized his mace and leapt swiftly down from his excellent chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 7.64
गदापाणिं समायान्तं दैत्यं नारायणस्तदा । दृष्ट्वाथ पृष्ठतश्चक्रे नरं योद्धूमनाः स्वयम्
gadāpāṇiṃ samāyāntaṃ daityaṃ nārāyaṇastadā / dṛṣṭvātha pṛṣṭhataścakre naraṃ yoddhūmanāḥ svayam
— tr. refused: cyber
VamP 7.65
ततो दीतीशः सगदः समाद्रवत् सशार्ङ्गपाणिं तपसां निधानम् । ख्यातं पुराणर्षिमुदारविक्रमं नारायणं नारद लोकपालम्
tato dītīśaḥ sagadaḥ samādravat saśārṅgapāṇiṃ tapasāṃ nidhānam / khyātaṃ purāṇarṣimudāravikramaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nārada lokapālam
Then the lord of Diti's sons, with his mace, rushed at him who held the Śārṅga bow in his hand, the treasure-house of austerities — at the renowned ancient seer of noble valour, Nārāyaṇa, O Nārada, the guardian of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition