Varaha Purana — Chapter 125
VrP 125.1
अथ मायाचक्रम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा षडृतुकर्माणि पृथिवी संशितव्रता ।। ततो नारायणं भूयः प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा ततो दुःखेन संतप्तः अपश्यंश्च स्वकां प्रियाम् ।। दृष्ट्वा पटं च कुम्भं च करुणं पर्यवेदयेत्
atha māyācakram || sūta uvāca || śrutvā ṣaḍṛtukarmāṇi pṛthivī saṃśitavratā || tato nārāyaṇaṃ bhūyaḥ pratyuvāca vasundharā tato duḥkhena saṃtaptaḥ apaśyaṃśca svakāṃ priyām || dṛṣṭvā paṭaṃ ca kumbhaṃ ca karuṇaṃ paryavedayet
Now the wheel of illusion. Sūta said: Having heard the rites of the six seasons, the earth, of firm vows — thereupon Vasundharā again replied to Nārāyaṇa. Then, scorched with grief and not seeing his own beloved, on seeing the cloth and the pot he would lament piteously.
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VrP 125.2
मङ्गल्याश्च पवित्राश्च ये त्वया समुदाहृताः ।। मम लोकेषु विख्याता मनः प्रह्लादयन्ति ते
maṅgalyāśca pavitrāśca ye tvayā samudāhṛtāḥ || mama lokeṣu vikhyātā manaḥ prahlādayanti te
The auspicious and purifying things that have been recounted by you are renowned in my worlds; they gladden the mind.
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VrP 125.3
श्रुत्वा त्वेतानि कर्माणि त्वन्मुखोक्तानि माधव ।। जातास्मि निर्मला देव शशाङ्क इव शारदः
śrutvā tvetāni karmāṇi tvanmukhoktāni mādhava || jātāsmi nirmalā deva śaśāṅka iva śāradaḥ
Having heard these rites spoken from your mouth, Mādhava, I have become spotless, O god, like the autumn moon.
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VrP 125.4
एतन्मे परमं गुह्यं परं कौतूहलं तथा ।। मम चैव हितार्थाय त्वं विष्णो वक्तुमर्हसि
etanme paramaṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ tathā || mama caiva hitārthāya tvaṃ viṣṇo vaktumarhasi
This is for me a supreme secret and likewise a great curiosity; for my own benefit you, Viṣṇu, ought to speak (of it).
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VrP 125.5
यामेनां भाषसे देव मम मायेति नित्यशः ।। का माया कीदृशी विष्णो किं वा मायेति चोच्यते
yāmenāṃ bhāṣase deva mama māyeti nityaśaḥ || kā māyā kīdṛśī viṣṇo kiṃ vā māyeti cocyate
That which you constantly speak of, O god, saying "my māyā" — what is māyā, of what kind, Viṣṇu, and why is it called māyā?
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VrP 125.6
ज्ञातुमिच्छामि मायार्थं रहस्यं परमुत्तमम् ।। ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्मायाकरण्डकः
jñātumicchāmi māyārthaṃ rahasyaṃ paramuttamam || tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā viṣṇurmāyākaraṇḍakaḥ
I wish to know the meaning of māyā, the supremely excellent secret. Then, hearing her words, Viṣṇu, the casket of māyā,
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VrP 125.7
प्रत्युवाच तदा वाक्यं प्रहस्य तु वसुन्धराम् ।। भूमे मा पृच्छ मायां मे यन्मां पृच्छसि सादरम्
pratyuvāca tadā vākyaṃ prahasya tu vasundharām || bhūme mā pṛccha māyāṃ me yanmāṃ pṛcchasi sādaram
then, laughing, spoke these words in reply to Vasundharā: "Earth, do not ask me about māyā, since you ask me respectfully.
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VrP 125.8
वृथा क्लेशं किमर्थं त्वं प्राप्स्यते यद्विलोकनात् ।। अद्यापि मां न जानन्ति रुद्रेन्द्राः सपितामहाः
vṛthā kleśaṃ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyate yadvilokanāt || adyāpi māṃ na jānanti rudrendrāḥ sapitāmahāḥ
Why will you get trouble in vain, from beholding which? Even now Rudra and Indra, together with the Grandfather, do not know me,
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VrP 125.9
मम मायां विशालाक्षि किं पुनस्त्वं वसुन्धरे।। पर्जन्यो वर्षते यत्र तज्जलेन प्रपूर्यते
mama māyāṃ viśālākṣi kiṃ punastvaṃ vasundhare|| parjanyo varṣate yatra tajjalena prapūryate
(nor) my māyā, O wide-eyed one — how much less you, Vasundharā! Where the rain-cloud rains, (that place) is filled with its water;
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VrP 125.11
अमायां न स दृश्येत मायेयं मम तत्त्वतः।। हेमन्ते सलिलं कूपे उष्णं भवति सुन्दरि
amāyāṃ na sa dṛśyeta māyeyaṃ mama tattvataḥ|| hemante salilaṃ kūpe uṣṇaṃ bhavati sundari
without māyā that would not be seen — this is my māyā in truth. In winter the water in a well becomes warm, fair lady,
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VrP 125.12
भवेच्च शीतलं ग्रीष्मे मायेयं मम तत्त्वतः।। पश्चिमां दिशमास्थाय यदस्तं याति भास्करः
bhavecca śītalaṃ grīṣme māyeyaṃ mama tattvataḥ|| paścimāṃ diśamāsthāya yadastaṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ
and in summer it becomes cool — this is my māyā in truth. That the sun, taking to the western quarter, goes to its setting,
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VrP 125.13
उदेति पूर्वतः प्रातर्मायेयं मम सुन्दरि।। शोणितं चैव शुक्रं च उभे च प्राणिसंस्थिते
udeti pūrvataḥ prātarmāyeyaṃ mama sundari|| śoṇitaṃ caiva śukraṃ ca ubhe ca prāṇisaṃsthite
and rises in the east at dawn — this is my māyā, fair lady. Blood and semen, both, established in living beings,
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VrP 125.14
गर्भे च जायते जन्तुर्मायेयं मम सुन्दरि। जीवः प्रविश्य गर्भं तु सुखदुःखे च विन्दति
garbhe ca jāyate janturmāyeyaṃ mama sundari| jīvaḥ praviśya garbhaṃ tu sukhaduḥkhe ca vindati
and (from them) a creature is born in the womb — this is my māyā, fair lady. The soul, having entered the womb, experiences pleasure and pain,
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VrP 125.15
जातश्च विस्मरेत्सर्वमेषा माया ममोत्तमा ।। आत्मकर्माश्रितो जीवो नष्टसंज्ञो गतस्पृहः
jātaśca vismaretsarvameṣā māyā mamottamā || ātmakarmāśrito jīvo naṣṭasaṃjño gataspṛhaḥ
and once born it forgets everything — this is my supreme māyā. The soul, dependent on its own deeds, its awareness lost, its longing gone,
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VrP 125.16
कर्मणा नीयतेऽन्यत्र मायैषा मम चोत्तमा ।। शुक्रशोणितसंयोगाज्जायते मम जन्तवः
karmaṇā nīyate'nyatra māyaiṣā mama cottamā || śukraśoṇitasaṃyogājjāyate mama jantavaḥ
is led elsewhere by its deeds — this too is my supreme māyā. From the union of semen and blood my creatures are born:
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VrP 125.17
अङ्गुल्यश्चरणौ चैव भुजौ शीर्षं कटिस्तथा ।। पृष्ठं तथोदरं चैव दन्तौष्ठपुटनासिकम्
aṅgulyaścaraṇau caiva bhujau śīrṣaṃ kaṭistathā || pṛṣṭhaṃ tathodaraṃ caiva dantauṣṭhapuṭanāsikam
fingers and the two feet, the two arms, the head and likewise the hips, the back and also the belly, teeth, lips, the hollow (of the mouth) and the nose,
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VrP 125.18
कर्णौ नेत्रे कपालौ च ललाटं जिह्वया सह।। एतया मायया युक्ता जायन्ते यदि जन्तवः
karṇau netre kapālau ca lalāṭaṃ jihvayā saha|| etayā māyayā yuktā jāyante yadi jantavaḥ
the two ears, the eyes, the skull-bones and the forehead together with the tongue — if creatures are born endowed with this māyā,
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VrP 125.19
तस्यैव जीर्यते भुक्तमग्निना पीतमेव च।। अधश्च स्रवते जन्तुरेषा माया ममोत्तमा
tasyaiva jīryate bhuktamagninā pītameva ca|| adhaśca sravate jantureṣā māyā mamottamā
then for that very (creature) what is eaten and what is drunk is digested by fire, and the creature discharges (it) downward — this is my supreme māyā.
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VrP 125.21
सर्वर्तुषु निजाकारः स्थावरे जङ्गमे तथा ।। तत्त्वं न ज्ञायते तस्य मायैषा मम सुन्दरि
sarvartuṣu nijākāraḥ sthāvare jaṅgame tathā || tattvaṃ na jñāyate tasya māyaiṣā mama sundari
In all seasons (I have) my own form, in the stationary and the moving alike; his true nature is not known — this is my māyā, O beautiful one.
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VrP 125.22
आपो दिव्यास्तथा भौमा आपो येषु प्रतिष्ठिताः ।। नद्यो वृद्धिं प्रयान्त्यत्र मायैषा मम सुन्दरि
āpo divyāstathā bhaumā āpo yeṣu pratiṣṭhitāḥ || nadyo vṛddhiṃ prayāntyatra māyaiṣā mama sundari
The waters are heavenly and also earthly, the waters in which (all things) are established; here the rivers swell — this is my māyā, O beautiful one.
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VrP 125.23
वृष्टौ बहूदकाः सर्वे पल्वलानि सरांसि च ।। ग्रीष्मे सर्वाणि शुष्यन्ति एतन्मायाबलं मम मायामेतामहं कृत्वा तोषयामि दिवौकसः ।। लोकाः सर्वे विजानन्ति देवा नित्यं मखाशिनः
vṛṣṭau bahūdakāḥ sarve palvalāni sarāṃsi ca || grīṣme sarvāṇi śuṣyanti etanmāyābalaṃ mama māyāmetāmahaṃ kṛtvā toṣayāmi divaukasaḥ || lokāḥ sarve vijānanti devā nityaṃ makhāśinaḥ
In the rains all the pools and lakes are full of water; in the summer all dry up — this is the power of my māyā. Having wrought this māyā, I gratify the dwellers in heaven; all the worlds know (only that) the gods constantly eat the sacrifice.
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VrP 125.24
हिमवच्छिखरान्मुक्ता नाम्ना मन्दाकिनी नदी ।। गां गता सा भवेद्गङ्गा मायैषा मम कीर्त्तिता
himavacchikharānmuktā nāmnā mandākinī nadī || gāṃ gatā sā bhavedgaṅgā māyaiṣā mama kīrttitā
Released from the peak of the Himalaya, the river named Mandākinī, when it has come to the earth becomes the Gaṅgā — this is declared to be my māyā.
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VrP 125.25
मेघा वहन्ति सलिलमुद्धृत्य लवणार्णवात् ।। वर्षन्ति मधुरं लोके एतन्मायाबलं मम
meghā vahanti salilamuddhṛtya lavaṇārṇavāt || varṣanti madhuraṃ loke etanmāyābalaṃ mama
The clouds carry water, having drawn it up from the salt ocean, and rain it sweet upon the world — this is the power of my māyā.
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VrP 125.26
रोगार्ता जन्तवः केचिद्भक्षयन्ति महौषधम् ।। तस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य मायां तु विसृजाम्यहम्
rogārtā jantavaḥ kecidbhakṣayanti mahauṣadham || tasya vīryaṃ samāśritya māyāṃ tu visṛjāmyaham
Some creatures afflicted by disease eat a great herb; it is I who, resorting to its potency, send forth the māyā.
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VrP 125.27
औषधे दीयमानेऽपि जन्तुः पंचत्वमेति यत् ।। निर्वीर्यमौषधं कृत्वा कालो भूत्वा हराम्यहम्
auṣadhe dīyamāne'pi jantuḥ paṃcatvameti yat || nirvīryamauṣadhaṃ kṛtvā kālo bhūtvā harāmyaham
That a creature, even when medicine is given, goes to death — (there) having made the medicine devoid of potency, I, becoming Time, carry (him) off.
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VrP 125.28
प्रथमं जायते गर्भः पश्चात्संजायते पुमान् ।। जायते मध्यमं रूपं ततोऽपि जरया युतः
prathamaṃ jāyate garbhaḥ paścātsaṃjāyate pumān || jāyate madhyamaṃ rūpaṃ tato'pi jarayā yutaḥ
First the embryo is born, afterwards it comes to be a man; the middle form arises, and thereafter he is joined with old age.
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VrP 125.29
तत इन्द्रियनाशश्च एतन्मायाबलं मम ।। यद्भूमौ विहितं बीजं तस्मात्तज्जायतेऽङ्कुरम्
tata indriyanāśaśca etanmāyābalaṃ mama || yadbhūmau vihitaṃ bījaṃ tasmāttajjāyate'ṅkuram
Then comes the destruction of the senses — this is the power of my māyā. The seed that is placed in the ground, from it the sprout is born.
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VrP 125.31
तत्रामृतं विसृजामि मायायोगेन भूरिशः ।। लोक एवं विजानाति गरुडो वहतेऽच्युतम्
tatrāmṛtaṃ visṛjāmi māyāyogena bhūriśaḥ || loka evaṃ vijānāti garuḍo vahate'cyutam
There I release the nectar abundantly by the application of māyā. The world understands it thus: 'Garuḍa carries Acyuta.'
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VrP 125.32
भूत्वा वेगेन गरुडो वहाम्यात्मानमात्मना ।। या एता देवताः सर्वा यज्ञभागेन तोषिताः
bhūtvā vegena garuḍo vahāmyātmānamātmanā || yā etā devatāḥ sarvā yajñabhāgena toṣitāḥ
Becoming Garuḍa, I swiftly carry myself by myself. And all these deities who are gratified by the share of the sacrifice —
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VrP 125.34
मायामेतामहं कृत्वा यक्ष्यामि त्रिदिवौकसः ।। सर्वोऽपि भजते लोके यष्टारं च बृहस्पतिम्
māyāmetāmahaṃ kṛtvā yakṣyāmi tridivaukasaḥ || sarvo'pi bhajate loke yaṣṭāraṃ ca bṛhaspatim
having wrought this māyā, I shall sacrifice to the dwellers in the three heavens. Everyone in the world worships also the sacrificer, Bṛhaspati.
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VrP 125.35
मायामाङ्गिरसीं कृत्वा याजयामि दिवौकसः ।। सर्वे लोका विजानन्ति वरुणः पाति सागरम्
māyāmāṅgirasīṃ kṛtvā yājayāmi divaukasaḥ || sarve lokā vijānanti varuṇaḥ pāti sāgaram
Having made the māyā of the son of Aṅgiras, I make the heaven-dwellers sacrifice. All the worlds know: 'Varuṇa guards the ocean.'
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VrP 125.36
मायां तु वारुणीं कृत्वा रक्षामि च महार्णवम् ।। सर्वे लोका विजानन्ति कुबेरोऽयं धनेश्वरः
māyāṃ tu vāruṇīṃ kṛtvā rakṣāmi ca mahārṇavam || sarve lokā vijānanti kubero'yaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ
But having made the māyā of Varuṇa, I guard the great ocean. All the worlds know: 'This Kubera is the lord of wealth.'
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VrP 125.37
कुबेरमायामादाय अहं रक्षामि तद्धनम् ।। एवं लोका विजानन्ति वृत्रः शक्रेण सूदितः
kuberamāyāmādāya ahaṃ rakṣāmi taddhanam || evaṃ lokā vijānanti vṛtraḥ śakreṇa sūditaḥ
Taking on Kubera's māyā, it is I who guard that wealth. Thus the worlds know: 'Vṛtra was slain by Śakra.'
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VrP 125.38
शाक्रीं मायां समास्थाय मया वृत्रो निषूदितः ।। एवं लोका विजानन्ति आदित्यश्च ध्रुवो महान्
śākrīṃ māyāṃ samāsthāya mayā vṛtro niṣūditaḥ || evaṃ lokā vijānanti ādityaśca dhruvo mahān
Assuming the māyā of Indra, Vṛtra was slain by me. Thus the worlds know: 'The sun and the great Dhruva (are so).'
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VrP 125.39
मेरुं मायामयं कृत्वा वहाम्यादित्यमेव च ।। एवमाभाषते लोको जलं वा नश्यतेऽखिलम्
meruṃ māyāmayaṃ kṛtvā vahāmyādityameva ca || evamābhāṣate loko jalaṃ vā naśyate'khilam
Having made Meru of māyā, I bear the sun as well. Thus the world says: 'Or else all the water perishes.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.41
यदीदं भाषते लोकः कुत्रैतत्तिष्ठते जलम् ।। देवा अपि न जानन्ति अमृतं कुत्र तिष्ठति
yadīdaṃ bhāṣate lokaḥ kutraitattiṣṭhate jalam || devā api na jānanti amṛtaṃ kutra tiṣṭhati
If the world asks this: 'Where does this water stand?' — even the gods do not know where the nectar stands.
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VrP 125.42
मम मायानियोगेन तिष्ठति ह्यौषधं वने ।। लोको ह्येवं विजानाति राजा पालयते प्रजाः
mama māyāniyogena tiṣṭhati hyauṣadhaṃ vane || loko hyevaṃ vijānāti rājā pālayate prajāḥ
By the appointment of my māyā the herb stands in the forest. Thus indeed the world understands: 'The king protects the subjects.'
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VrP 125.43
राजमायामहं कृत्वा पालयामि वसुन्धराम् ।। ये तु वै द्वादशादित्या उदेष्यन्ति युगक्षये
rājamāyāmahaṃ kṛtvā pālayāmi vasundharām || ye tu vai dvādaśādityā udeṣyanti yugakṣaye
Having made the māyā of a king, I protect the earth. And those twelve suns that will rise at the destruction of the age —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.44
प्रविश्य तानहं भूमे मायां लोके सृजाम्यहम् ।। सूर्यश्च चांशुना भूमे सदा लोकेषु पच्यते
praviśya tānahaṃ bhūme māyāṃ loke sṛjāmyaham || sūryaśca cāṃśunā bhūme sadā lokeṣu pacyate
Entering into them, O Earth, I create illusion in the world; and the sun too, O Earth, with its rays constantly ripens (things) in the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.45
मायामंशुमयीं कृत्वा पूरयाम्यखिलं जगत् ।। वर्षन्ते यत्र संवर्त्ता धारैर्मुसलसन्निभैः
māyāmaṃśumayīṃ kṛtvā pūrayāmyakhilaṃ jagat || varṣante yatra saṃvarttā dhārairmusalasannibhaiḥ
Making the illusion consist of rays, I fill the whole world; (and) when the clouds of dissolution rain with torrents like pestles—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.46
मायां सांवर्त्तकीं गृह्य पूरयाम्यखिलं जगत् ।। यत्स्वपामि वरारोहे शेषस्योपरि धारिणि
māyāṃ sāṃvarttakīṃ gṛhya pūrayāmyakhilaṃ jagat || yatsvapāmi varārohe śeṣasyopari dhāriṇi
—taking up the illusion of dissolution, I fill the whole world. And when I sleep, O fair-hipped one, upon Śeṣa who bears (me)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.47
अनन्तमायया चाहं धारयामि स्वपामि च ।। वराहमायामादाय भूमे जानासि किं न वै
anantamāyayā cāhaṃ dhārayāmi svapāmi ca || varāhamāyāmādāya bhūme jānāsi kiṃ na vai
—by the illusion of Ananta I both bear (the world) and sleep. Taking up the illusion of the Boar, O Earth, do you not know it?
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VrP 125.48
देवा यत्र निलीयन्ते सा माया मम कीर्त्तिता ।। त्वं चापि वैष्णवीं मायां कृत्वा जानासि किं न तत्
devā yatra nilīyante sā māyā mama kīrttitā || tvaṃ cāpi vaiṣṇavīṃ māyāṃ kṛtvā jānāsi kiṃ na tat
That illusion of mine has been declared to be the one in which the gods disappear. And you too, having assumed Vaiṣṇava illusion, do you not know that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.49
धारितासि च सुश्रोणि वारान् सप्तदशैव तु ।। माया तु मम देवीयं कृत्वा ह्येकार्णवां महीम्
dhāritāsi ca suśroṇi vārān saptadaśaiva tu || māyā tu mama devīyaṃ kṛtvā hyekārṇavāṃ mahīm
And you have been upheld, O fair-hipped one, seventeen times over; but this divine illusion of mine, having made the earth one single ocean—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.51
तेऽपि मायां न जानन्ति मम मायाविमोहिताः ।। अथो पितृगणाश्चापि य एते सूर्यवर्च्चसः
te'pi māyāṃ na jānanti mama māyāvimohitāḥ || atho pitṛgaṇāścāpi ya ete sūryavarccasaḥ
They too do not know my illusion, being bewildered by my illusion; and moreover the hosts of the fathers as well, these who have the radiance of the sun—
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VrP 125.52
मायां पितृमयीं ह्येतां गृह्णामीति च तत्त्वतः ।। किन्तु त्वयैव सुश्रोणि अन्यच्च शृणु सुन्दरि
māyāṃ pitṛmayīṃ hyetāṃ gṛhṇāmīti ca tattvataḥ || kintu tvayaiva suśroṇi anyacca śṛṇu sundari
—(saying) "I take up this illusion made of the fathers," and that in truth. But by you alone, O fair-hipped one—and hear something else, O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.53
ऋषिर्मायानुसारेण स्त्रिया योनिं प्रवेशितः ।। ततो विष्णोर्वचः श्रुत्वा श्रोतुकामा वसुन्धरा
ṛṣirmāyānusāreṇa striyā yoniṃ praveśitaḥ || tato viṣṇorvacaḥ śrutvā śrotukāmā vasundharā
A sage, in conformity with illusion, was made to enter a woman's womb. Then, having heard Viṣṇu's words, Vasundharā, wishing to hear (more),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.54
कराभ्यामञ्जलिं कृत्वा वाक्यमेतत्तदब्रवीत् ।। किं तेन ऋषिमुख्येन कृतं कर्म सुदुष्करम्
karābhyāmañjaliṃ kṛtvā vākyametattadabravīt || kiṃ tena ṛṣimukhyena kṛtaṃ karma suduṣkaram
making a cupped-hand gesture with both hands, then spoke these words: "What exceedingly difficult deed was done by that foremost of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.55
स्त्रीत्वं चैव पुनः प्राप्तं स्त्रीयोनिं चैव प्रापितः ।। एतन्मे सर्वमाख्याहि परं कौतूहलं मम
strītvaṃ caiva punaḥ prāptaṃ strīyoniṃ caiva prāpitaḥ || etanme sarvamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
that womanhood was obtained again and he was made to enter a woman's womb? Tell me all this; my curiosity is great,
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VrP 125.56
तस्य ब्राह्मणमुख्यस्य स्त्रीत्वे यत्कर्म पापकम्।। ततो मह्या वचः श्रुत्वा हृष्टतुष्टमना हरिः
tasya brāhmaṇamukhyasya strītve yatkarma pāpakam|| tato mahyā vacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭatuṣṭamanā hariḥ
(and tell) what sinful deed that foremost of brahmins did while in womanhood." Then, having heard the Earth's words, Hari, glad and satisfied in mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.57
मधुरं वाक्यमादाय प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि धर्माख्याने च सुन्दरि
madhuraṃ vākyamādāya pratyuvāca vasundharām || śṛṇu tattvena me devi dharmākhyāne ca sundari
taking up sweet speech, replied to Vasundharā: "Hear from me in truth, O goddess, in the recital of dharma, O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.58
माया मम विशालाक्षि रोहिणी लोमहर्षिणी ।। मायाया मम योगेन सोमशर्मा च कर्शितः
māyā mama viśālākṣi rohiṇī lomaharṣiṇī || māyāyā mama yogena somaśarmā ca karśitaḥ
My illusion, O wide-eyed one, is Rohiṇī, the hair-raising one; through the working of my illusion Somaśarman was worn away,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.59
गतो गतीरनेकाश्च उत्तमाधममध्यमाः ।। ब्राह्मणत्वं पुनः प्राप्तो मम मायाप्रचोदितः
gato gatīranekāśca uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ || brāhmaṇatvaṃ punaḥ prāpto mama māyāpracoditaḥ
and he went to many courses of existence—high, low and middling; and again he attained brahminhood, impelled by my illusion,
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VrP 125.61
ममैवाराधनपरो मम कर्मपरायणः ।। नित्यं चिन्तयते भूमे मम मूर्तिं मनोरमाम्
mamaivārādhanaparo mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || nityaṃ cintayate bhūme mama mūrtiṃ manoramām
devoted to worshipping me alone, wholly given to rites for me; constantly, O Earth, he meditates on my delightful form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.62
अयं दीर्घेण कालेन तस्य तुष्टोऽस्मि सुन्दरि ।। तपसा कर्मणा भक्त्या अनन्यमनसा स्तुतः
ayaṃ dīrgheṇa kālena tasya tuṣṭo'smi sundari || tapasā karmaṇā bhaktyā ananyamanasā stutaḥ
Over a long time I have become pleased with him, O lovely one, praised (as I was) by him with austerity, with rites, with devotion, with a mind fixed on nothing else.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.63
ततस्तस्य मया देवि दत्त्वा दर्शनमुत्तमम् ।। वरेण छन्दितो विप्र तपस्तुष्टोऽस्मि ते द्विज
tatastasya mayā devi dattvā darśanamuttamam || vareṇa chandito vipra tapastuṣṭo'smi te dvija
Then, O goddess, I gave him an excellent sight (of myself): "You are invited to choose a boon, O brahmin; I am pleased with your austerity, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.64
वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव यद्धृदि वर्त्तते ।। रत्नानि कांचनं गावस्तथा राज्यमकण्टकम्
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tava yaddhṛdi varttate || ratnāni kāṃcanaṃ gāvastathā rājyamakaṇṭakam
Choose a boon—blessings on you—whatever is in your heart: jewels, gold, cattle, or a kingdom free of thorns;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.65
अथवेच्छसि तं स्वर्गं यत्र सौख्यं वराङ्गनाः ।। धनरत्नं समृद्धं हि हेमभाण्डविभूषितम्
athavecchasi taṃ svargaṃ yatra saukhyaṃ varāṅganāḥ || dhanaratnaṃ samṛddhaṃ hi hemabhāṇḍavibhūṣitam
or if you desire that heaven, where there is delight and beautiful women, abounding indeed in wealth and jewels, adorned with vessels of gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.67
यत्र सर्वा दिव्यरूपा भवन्त्यप्सरसः पराः।। ददामि ते वरं विप्र यावत्ते चित्तचिन्तितम्।। ततो मम वचः श्रुत्वा स च ब्राह्मणपुंगवः ।। शिरसा पतितो भूमौ मामुवाच प्रियं वचः
yatra sarvā divyarūpā bhavantyapsarasaḥ parāḥ|| dadāmi te varaṃ vipra yāvatte cittacintitam|| tato mama vacaḥ śrutvā sa ca brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ || śirasā patito bhūmau māmuvāca priyaṃ vacaḥ
"(a heaven) where all the supreme Apsarases are of divine form — I grant you a boon, Brahmin, whatever your mind has thought of." Then, having heard my words, that bull among Brahmins fell to the ground with his head (bowed) and spoke pleasing words to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.68
अथ नो कुप्यसे देव वरं समनुयाचते ।। यत्त्वया भाषितं देव मम देयं यदृच्छया
atha no kupyase deva varaṃ samanuyācate || yattvayā bhāṣitaṃ deva mama deyaṃ yadṛcchayā
"Then are you not angry, O god, with one who begs a boon? What has been spoken by you, O god, must be given to me according to my wish."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.69
न चाहं कांचनं गावो न च स्त्रीराज्यमेव च ।। स्वर्गं वाप्सरसो वापि ऐश्वर्यं न मनोहरम्
na cāhaṃ kāṃcanaṃ gāvo na ca strīrājyameva ca || svargaṃ vāpsaraso vāpi aiśvaryaṃ na manoharam
"I (want) neither gold nor cows, nor women nor kingdom, nor heaven, nor the Apsarases, nor is lordship delightful (to me)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.71
ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा समया तत्र भाषितः ।। किं मायया ते विप्रेन्द्र अकार्यं पृच्छसे द्विज
tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā samayā tatra bhāṣitaḥ || kiṃ māyayā te viprendra akāryaṃ pṛcchase dvija
Then, having heard his words, (I) spoke there mildly: "What (do you want) with my māyā, best of Brahmins? You ask for what should not be done, O twice-born."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.72
देवा अपि न जानन्ति विष्णुमायाविमोहिताः।। ततो मम वचः श्रुत्वा स च ब्राह्मणपुंगवः
devā api na jānanti viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ|| tato mama vacaḥ śrutvā sa ca brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ
"Even the gods, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā, do not know (it)." Then, having heard my words, that bull among Brahmins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.73
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं मायया च प्रचोदितः।। यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव कर्मणा तपसाऽथवा
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ māyayā ca pracoditaḥ|| yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva karmaṇā tapasā'thavā
— urged on by māyā itself, spoke sweet words: "If you are pleased with me, O god, whether by (my) ritual acts or by (my) austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.74
तव देव प्रसादेन ममैवं दीयतां वरः ।। ततस्तु स मया प्रोक्तस्तपस्वी ब्राह्मणस्तथा
tava deva prasādena mamaivaṃ dīyatāṃ varaḥ || tatastu sa mayā proktastapasvī brāhmaṇastathā
then by your grace, O god, let just such a boon be given to me." Then that ascetic Brahmin was told by me thus:
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VrP 125.76
गच्छ कुब्जाम्रके गङ्गास्नातो मायां तु गच्छसि।। ममैव वचनं श्रुत्वा कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणम्।। कुब्जाम्रके देवि विप्रो मम मायाभिलाषुकः ।। ततः कुण्डी त्रिदण्डी च मात्राभाण्डं च यत्नतः
gaccha kubjāmrake gaṅgāsnāto māyāṃ tu gacchasi|| mamaiva vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam|| kubjāmrake devi vipro mama māyābhilāṣukaḥ || tataḥ kuṇḍī tridaṇḍī ca mātrābhāṇḍaṃ ca yatnataḥ
"Go to Kubjāmraka; having bathed in the Gaṅgā you will attain māyā." Having heard my very words and having circumambulated (me) — at Kubjāmraka, O goddess, the Brahmin, eager for my māyā, then carefully (set down) his water-pot, his triple staff and his begging bowl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.77
स्थापयित्वा यथान्यायं तीर्थमाराधयद्यथा।। ततो ह्यवतरद्गङ्गां विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा
sthāpayitvā yathānyāyaṃ tīrthamārādhayadyathā|| tato hyavataradgaṅgāṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
and having set (them) down in the proper manner, he duly worshipped the sacred ford; then he went down into the Gaṅgā with the rite prescribed by the injunctions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.78
अवगाह्य ततो गङ्गां सर्वगात्रे च क्लेदिते ।। तावन्निषादसदने तत्स्त्रीगर्भे गतोऽभवत्
avagāhya tato gaṅgāṃ sarvagātre ca kledite || tāvanniṣādasadane tatstrīgarbhe gato'bhavat
Then, having plunged into the Gaṅgā, when all his limbs were wetted, at that very moment he came to be in the house of a Niṣāda, in the womb of that man's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.79
हृदयेऽचिन्तयत्तत्र गर्भक्लेशेन पीडितः ।। अहो कष्टं मया किंस्वित्कर्म वा दुष्कृतं कृतम्
hṛdaye'cintayattatra garbhakleśena pīḍitaḥ || aho kaṣṭaṃ mayā kiṃsvitkarma vā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam
There, afflicted by the distress of the womb, he thought in his heart: "Alas, what pain! What deed, or what evil, have I done,
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VrP 125.81
योऽहं निषादगर्भेऽस्मिन्पीडास्ति मलसंकुले ।। अस्थ्नां त्रिशतसङ्कीर्णे नवद्वाराभिसंवृते
yo'haṃ niṣādagarbhe'sminpīḍāsti malasaṃkule || asthnāṃ triśatasaṅkīrṇe navadvārābhisaṃvṛte
that I am in this Niṣāda woman's womb? There is pain (here), in (this place) crowded with filth, packed with three hundred bones, closed in by nine doors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.82
पुरीषमूत्रसङ्कीर्णे मांसशोणितकर्द्दमे।। दुर्गन्धे दुःसहे चैव वातिकश्लेष्मपत्तिके
purīṣamūtrasaṅkīrṇe māṃsaśoṇitakarddame|| durgandhe duḥsahe caiva vātikaśleṣmapattike
strewn with excrement and urine, a mire of flesh and blood, foul-smelling and unbearable, (full) of wind, phlegm and bile,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.83
बहुरोगसमाकीर्णे बहुदुःखतमाकुले ।। अलं किं तेन चोक्तेन दुःखान्यनुभवामि च
bahurogasamākīrṇe bahuduḥkhatamākule || alaṃ kiṃ tena coktena duḥkhānyanubhavāmi ca
filled with many diseases, crowded with much and utter suffering. Enough — what is (the use) of speaking of it? I am indeed undergoing the sufferings.
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VrP 125.84
कुतो विष्णुः कुतो वाहं कुतो गङ्गाजलानि च ।। गर्भसंसारनिष्क्रान्तः पश्चादाप्यामि तां क्रियाम्
kuto viṣṇuḥ kuto vāhaṃ kuto gaṅgājalāni ca || garbhasaṃsāraniṣkrāntaḥ paścādāpyāmi tāṃ kriyām
Where is Viṣṇu, where am I, and where are the waters of the Gaṅgā? Once I have come out of the transmigration of the womb, afterwards I shall complete that rite."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.85
एवं चिन्तयमानस्तु शीघ्रं गर्भाद्विनिःसृतः ।। भूम्यां तु पततस्तस्य नष्टं यत्पूर्वचिन्तितम्
evaṃ cintayamānastu śīghraṃ garbhādviniḥsṛtaḥ || bhūmyāṃ tu patatastasya naṣṭaṃ yatpūrvacintitam
While thinking thus, he quickly came forth from the womb; and as he fell to the ground, what he had thought of before was lost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.86
अजायत ततः कन्या निषादस्य गृहे तदा ।। धनधान्यसमृद्धस्य ब्राह्मणो वर्त्तते स च
ajāyata tataḥ kanyā niṣādasya gṛhe tadā || dhanadhānyasamṛddhasya brāhmaṇo varttate sa ca
Then a girl was born in the house of the Niṣāda, who was rich in wealth and grain — and that (girl) is the Brahmin (himself).
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VrP 125.87
न च संज्ञायते किंचिद्विष्णुमायाविमोहिता।। अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य कृतोद्वाहा यशस्विनी
na ca saṃjñāyate kiṃcidviṣṇumāyāvimohitā|| atha dīrghasya kālasya kṛtodvāhā yaśasvinī
And she remembers nothing at all, being deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā. Then after a long time the illustrious (girl) was married,
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VrP 125.88
पुत्रान्दुहितरश्चैव जनयामास मायया ।। भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं च खादेत पेयापेयं च तत्पिबेत्
putrānduhitaraścaiva janayāmāsa māyayā || bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ ca khādeta peyāpeyaṃ ca tatpibet
and by māyā she brought forth sons and daughters; she would eat what is edible and what is not to be eaten, and she would drink what is drinkable and what is not to be drunk.
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VrP 125.89
जीवानि चैव सततं घातितानि ततस्ततः ।। कार्याकार्यं न जानीते वाच्यावाच्यं तथेति च
jīvāni caiva satataṃ ghātitāni tatastataḥ || kāryākāryaṃ na jānīte vācyāvācyaṃ tatheti ca
And living creatures were constantly killed (by her) here and there; she does not know what is to be done and not to be done, nor likewise what is to be said and not said.
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VrP 125.91
घटं गृहीत्वा विड्लिप्तवस्त्रक्षालनकारणात् ।। तीरे निःक्षिप्य वस्त्रं स घटं च विनिधाय हि
ghaṭaṃ gṛhītvā viḍliptavastrakṣālanakāraṇāt || tīre niḥkṣipya vastraṃ sa ghaṭaṃ ca vinidhāya hi
Having taken the pot, for the sake of washing the garments soiled with filth, and having laid the garment down on the bank and set the pot aside,
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VrP 125.92
स्नातुं गङ्गाजले स्थित्वा विगाहयति जाह्नवीम् ।। प्रस्वेदघर्मसन्तप्तः स शिरःस्नानमीहते
snātuṃ gaṅgājale sthitvā vigāhayati jāhnavīm || prasvedagharmasantaptaḥ sa śiraḥsnānamīhate
standing in the water of the Ganges to bathe, (she) plunges into the Jāhnavī; scorched by sweat and heat, she desires a bath of the head.
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VrP 125.93
जातस्तपोधनस्तत्र दण्डी कुण्डीधरः पुनः ।। यत्र पश्यति विप्रोऽसौ मात्रां कुण्डीं त्रिदण्डकम्
jātastapodhanastatra daṇḍī kuṇḍīdharaḥ punaḥ || yatra paśyati vipro'sau mātrāṃ kuṇḍīṃ tridaṇḍakam
There (he) became again an ascetic rich in austerity, bearing a staff and a water-pot, and that brahmin sees there his utensils, the water-pot, and the triple staff.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.94
वस्त्रादि दर्शितं चैव यत्र संस्थापितं पुरा ।। तत्तेन सर्वं सन्दृष्टं जाते ज्ञाने तु पूर्ववत्
vastrādi darśitaṃ caiva yatra saṃsthāpitaṃ purā || tattena sarvaṃ sandṛṣṭaṃ jāte jñāne tu pūrvavat
And the garment and the rest were revealed, where they had formerly been placed: all that was seen by him, once knowledge had arisen, as before,
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VrP 125.95
विप्रेण ज्ञातुकामेन विष्णुमायां यथा पुरा ।। तत उत्तरतस्तत्र गङ्गायां तु तपोधनः
vipreṇa jñātukāmena viṣṇumāyāṃ yathā purā || tata uttaratastatra gaṅgāyāṃ tu tapodhanaḥ
by the brahmin who desired to know Viṣṇu's māyā, as before. Then, to the north there, in the Ganges, the ascetic
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.96
वासो गृह्णाति सव्रीडो योगं च परिचिन्तयन्।। उपविश्य च गङ्गायाः पुलिने समबालुके
vāso gṛhṇāti savrīḍo yogaṃ ca paricintayan|| upaviśya ca gaṅgāyāḥ puline samabāluke
takes up his garment, ashamed, and reflecting upon yoga; and having sat down on the Ganges' shore, on the level sand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.97
ततो विन्दति चात्मानं तपसा यत्तदा कृतम् ।। मया किं कर्म पापेन कृतं निन्द्यं सुदुष्करम्
tato vindati cātmānaṃ tapasā yattadā kṛtam || mayā kiṃ karma pāpena kṛtaṃ nindyaṃ suduṣkaram
he then perceives himself, (and) what had then been done through austerity: "What deed, blameworthy and most difficult, was done by me, a sinner?
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VrP 125.98
एवं निन्दति चात्मानं धिक्कुर्वन् साधुदूषितम् ।। आचारो वा परिभ्रष्टो येनाहं प्रापितस्त्विमाम्
evaṃ nindati cātmānaṃ dhikkurvan sādhudūṣitam || ācāro vā paribhraṣṭo yenāhaṃ prāpitastvimām
Thus he blames himself, reproaching (himself as one) condemned by the good: "Or has (my) conduct fallen away, whereby I was brought to this (state)—
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VrP 125.99
निषादस्य कुले जातो भक्ष्याभक्ष्याश्च भक्षिताः ।। जीवाश्च घातिताः सर्वे जलस्थलदिवौकसः
niṣādasya kule jāto bhakṣyābhakṣyāśca bhakṣitāḥ || jīvāśca ghātitāḥ sarve jalasthaladivaukasaḥ
born in the family of a Niṣāda, and eatables and non-eatables were eaten, and living creatures were all slain—dwellers of water, land, and sky;
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VrP 125.101
वेश्मन्यभोज्यभोज्यं च भुक्तं चैव न संशयः ।। पुत्रा दुहितरश्चैव निषादाज्जनिता मया
veśmanyabhojyabhojyaṃ ca bhuktaṃ caiva na saṃśayaḥ || putrā duhitaraścaiva niṣādājjanitā mayā
and in the house what was fit to eat and what was not fit to eat was eaten, no doubt; and sons and daughters were begotten by me by the Niṣāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.102
ततः किंचापराधं वा केन वा तद्विचिन्तये ।। येनाहं प्रापितो ह्येनां नैषादीमीदृशीं दशाम्
tataḥ kiṃcāparādhaṃ vā kena vā tadvicintaye || yenāhaṃ prāpito hyenāṃ naiṣādīmīdṛśīṃ daśām
So what was the offence, and by whom—this I ponder—whereby I was brought to this such Niṣāda-woman's condition?"
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VrP 125.103
एतस्मिन्नंतरे भूमे निषादः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।। पुत्रैः परिवृतस्तत्र मायातीर्थमुपागतः
etasminnaṃtare bhūme niṣādaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ || putraiḥ parivṛtastatra māyātīrthamupāgataḥ
In this interval, O Earth, the Niṣāda, senseless with rage, surrounded by his sons, came there to the Māyā-tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.104
ततो मृगयते भार्यां भक्तियुक्तां शुभेक्षणाम् ।। परिपृच्छति चैकैकं तप्यमानं तपोधनम्
tato mṛgayate bhāryāṃ bhaktiyuktāṃ śubhekṣaṇām || paripṛcchati caikaikaṃ tapyamānaṃ tapodhanam
Then he searches for his wife, devoted and fair-eyed, and questions one by one each ascetic practising austerity:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.105
क्व गतासि प्रियेऽस्माकं त्यक्त्वा पुत्रान् गृहे च माम् ।। बाला दुहिता रोदिति क्षुधार्त्तास्तनपायिनी
kva gatāsi priye'smākaṃ tyaktvā putrān gṛhe ca mām || bālā duhitā roditi kṣudhārttāstanapāyinī
"Where have you gone, dear one, leaving our sons and me in the house? The little daughter, a suckling, cries, tormented by hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.106
किं नु पश्यथ भार्यां मे गङ्गातीरमुपागता ।। घटमादाय हस्तेन आगता जलकारणात्
kiṃ nu paśyatha bhāryāṃ me gaṅgātīramupāgatā || ghaṭamādāya hastena āgatā jalakāraṇāt
Do you perhaps see my wife? She had come to the bank of the Ganges; taking a pot in her hand she came for the sake of water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.107
तत्रैव च नराः सर्वे मायातीर्थमुपागताः ।। पश्यंतेऽत्र परिव्राजं कुम्भं चैव यथास्थितम्
tatraiva ca narāḥ sarve māyātīrthamupāgatāḥ || paśyaṃte'tra parivrājaṃ kumbhaṃ caiva yathāsthitam
And there all the men came to the Māyā-tīrtha; they see there the wandering ascetic, and the pot standing just as it was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.109
०८।। इदं वासश्च कुम्भश्च नदीकूले च तिष्ठति ।। न चापि दृश्यते भार्या मम गङ्गामुपागता
08|| idaṃ vāsaśca kumbhaśca nadīkūle ca tiṣṭhati || na cāpi dṛśyate bhāryā mama gaṅgāmupāgatā
"This garment and this pot stand here on the river's bank, yet my wife, who had come to the Ganges, is not to be seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.111
न चाप्रियं मयाऽस्युक्ता कदाचिदपि वाचकम् ।। स्वप्नेऽपि नोक्तपूर्वासि कदाचिदपि चाप्रियम्
na cāpriyaṃ mayā'syuktā kadācidapi vācakam || svapne'pi noktapūrvāsi kadācidapi cāpriyam
Nor was any unkind word ever spoken to her by me; not even in a dream were you ever before spoken to unkindly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.112
अथवापि पिशाचेन भक्षिता भूतराक्षसैः ।। आकृष्टा किं नु रोगेण गङ्गातीरं समाश्रिता
athavāpi piśācena bhakṣitā bhūtarākṣasaiḥ || ākṛṣṭā kiṃ nu rogeṇa gaṅgātīraṃ samāśritā
Or else has she been devoured by a piśāca, dragged off by ghosts and rākṣasas? Or has she, afflicted by disease, taken refuge on the Ganges' bank?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.113
किं कृतं दुष्कृतं पूर्वं मया कर्म सुसङ्कटम् ।। येन मत्पुरतो भार्याप्यदृष्टा विगतिं गता
kiṃ kṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā karma susaṅkaṭam || yena matpurato bhāryāpyadṛṣṭā vigatiṃ gatā
What evil deed, what most calamitous act, was done by me before, whereby even my wife, unseen, has passed away before my very face?"
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VrP 125.114
एहि मे सुभगे कान्ते मम चित्तानुवर्त्तिनि ।। पश्यैतान्बालकान् भीतान् क्लिश्यमानानितस्ततः
ehi me subhage kānte mama cittānuvarttini || paśyaitānbālakān bhītān kliśyamānānitastataḥ
Come to me, my fair and lovely one, you who follow my heart's wish. Look at these children, frightened, tormented, (running) this way and that.
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VrP 125.115
मां पश्य त्वं वरारोहे त्रीन्पुत्रानतिबालकान् ।। चतस्रो दुहितॄः पश्य सर्वाश्च मम मानदे
māṃ paśya tvaṃ varārohe trīnputrānatibālakān || catasro duhitṝḥ paśya sarvāśca mama mānade
Look at me, O you of lovely hips, and at (my) three very young sons; look at the four daughters — all of them mine, O bestower of honour.
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VrP 125.116
मम पुत्रा रुदन्त्येते बालकास्तव लालसा ।। नित्यं च दारिका रक्ष मम दुष्कृतकारिणः
mama putrā rudantyete bālakāstava lālasā || nityaṃ ca dārikā rakṣa mama duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ
These sons of mine, children longing for you, are weeping; and protect the little girls always — (the children) of me, a doer of evil deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.117
कामं मां क्षुधितं चैव ज्ञास्यसे त्वं पिपासितम् ।। एवमुक्ता च कल्याणि मम मुक्त्या व्यवस्थिता
kāmaṃ māṃ kṣudhitaṃ caiva jñāsyase tvaṃ pipāsitam || evamuktā ca kalyāṇi mama muktyā vyavasthitā
Surely you will come to know me hungry and thirsty as well. And when she had been addressed thus, O auspicious one, she stayed apart, released from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.118
एवं विलपमानस्य निषादस्य त्वितस्ततः ।। सव्रीडं भाषते विप्रो निषादं गच्छ नास्ति सा
evaṃ vilapamānasya niṣādasya tvitastataḥ || savrīḍaṃ bhāṣate vipro niṣādaṃ gaccha nāsti sā
To the Niṣāda lamenting thus this way and that, the brahmin says with embarrassment: "Go, Niṣāda; she is not (here)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.119
सुखं योगं च ते नीत्वा सा गता ह्यनिवृत्तये ।। तं रुदन्तं तथा दृष्ट्वा कारुण्येन परिप्लुतः
sukhaṃ yogaṃ ca te nītvā sā gatā hyanivṛttaye || taṃ rudantaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā kāruṇyena pariplutaḥ
"Having carried off your happiness and your union (with her), she has gone, never to return." Seeing him weeping in that way, (the brahmin was) flooded with compassion.
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VrP 125.121
एते न त्यजनीयास्ते कदाचिदपि पुत्रकाः ।। परिव्राज वचः श्रुत्वा निषादस्तस्य सन्निधौ
ete na tyajanīyāste kadācidapi putrakāḥ || parivrāja vacaḥ śrutvā niṣādastasya sannidhau
"These little sons of yours must never be abandoned by you." Hearing the wandering ascetic's words, the Niṣāda, in his presence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.122
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं दुःखशोकपरिप्लुतः ।। अहो मुनिवरश्रेष्ठ अहो धर्मभृतां वर
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ duḥkhaśokapariplutaḥ || aho munivaraśreṣṭha aho dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
spoke sweet words, flooded with pain and grief: "Ah, best of the foremost sages! Ah, greatest of those who uphold dharma!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.123
सान्त्वितोऽस्मि त्वया विप्र वचनैर्मधुराक्षरैः
sāntvito'smi tvayā vipra vacanairmadhurākṣaraiḥ
I have been consoled by you, brahmin, with words of sweet syllables."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.124
निषदास्य वचः श्रुत्वा स मुनिः संशितव्रतः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं दुःखशोकपरिप्लुतः
niṣadāsya vacaḥ śrutvā sa muniḥ saṃśitavrataḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ duḥkhaśokapariplutaḥ
Hearing the Niṣāda's words, that sage of strict vows spoke sweet words, flooded with pain and grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.125
देशो निर्जलतां याति एषा माया मम प्रिये। सोमो यत्क्षीयते पक्षे पक्षे वापि च वर्द्धते शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धश्च पंचम।। अन्नात्प्रवर्त्तते जन्तुरेषा माया मम प्रिया पुनश्च पत्रादियुतमेतन्मायाबलं मम ।। एकबीजात्प्रकीर्णाद्वै जायन्ते तानि भूरिशः वडवामुखमास्थाय पिबामि तदहं जलम् ।। वायुं मायामयं कृत्वा मेघेषु विसृजाम्यहम् मम् मायाबलं ह्येतद्येन तिष्ठाम्यहं जले ।। प्रजापतिं च रुद्रं च सृजामि च वहामि च यथा ब्राह्मणमुख्येन प्राप्ता स्त्रीयोनिरेव च ।। न तस्य विकृतं कर्म अपराधो न विद्यते तथा स्वर्गसहस्राणामेकं चापि न रोचते।। ज्ञातुमिच्छामि ते मायां यया क्रीडसि माधव योऽहं निषादगर्भेऽस्मिन्वसामि नरकेषु च ।। धिक् तपो धिक्च मे कर्म धिक्फलं धिक् च जीवितम् गम्यागम्यं न जानाति मायाजालेन मोहितः ।। पंचाशद्वर्षके काले मया ख्यातः स ब्राह्मणः पेयापेयं च मे पीतं विक्रीताश्चाप्यविक्रेयाः ।। अगम्यागमनं चैव वाच्यावाच्यं न रक्षितम् अथ केनापि ग्राहेण स्नायमाना तपस्विनी ।। गृहीता तोयमध्ये तु जिह्वालोडेन चाबला निषादं भाषते तत्र गच्छ किं परिक्लिश्यसे ।। बालांस्तान्परिरक्षस्व आहारैर्विविधैरपि मा रोदीर्वच्मि भद्रं ते तवाहं सा प्रियाऽभवत् ।। गङ्गातीरं समासाद्य मुनिर्जातोऽस्महं तथा स तेन चोदितो ह्येवं निषादो नावगच्छति ।। मधुरं स्वरमादाय प्रत्युवाच द्विजोत्तमम् अहं मायाप्रलोभेन गङ्गातीरमुपागतः ।। दण्डं कुण्डीं च वस्त्रं च तीरे संस्थाप्य यत्ननः ।। ततः स्नानविधानेन निमग्नस्तज्जलेऽमले ततो विप्रवचः श्रुत्वा तूष्णीमासीन्मुनिस्तदा ।। ब्राह्मणानुगतं स्थानमात्मनात्मानुसंस्थितः किं मया विकृतं कर्म सेवमानेन माधव ।। तपश्च तप्यमानेन किं मया विकृतं कृतम् त्वया न तत्कृतं किंचिच्छुभं वाशुभमेव वा ।। सर्वं मायामयं तत्र विस्मयात्परितप्यसे धन्वी तूणी शरी खड्गी मायाबलपराक्रमः ।। मां च पश्यति वै नित्यं मायाबलसुसंस्थितम्
deśo nirjalatāṃ yāti eṣā māyā mama priye| somo yatkṣīyate pakṣe pakṣe vāpi ca varddhate śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaśca paṃcama|| annātpravarttate jantureṣā māyā mama priyā punaśca patrādiyutametanmāyābalaṃ mama || ekabījātprakīrṇādvai jāyante tāni bhūriśaḥ vaḍavāmukhamāsthāya pibāmi tadahaṃ jalam || vāyuṃ māyāmayaṃ kṛtvā megheṣu visṛjāmyaham mam māyābalaṃ hyetadyena tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ jale || prajāpatiṃ ca rudraṃ ca sṛjāmi ca vahāmi ca yathā brāhmaṇamukhyena prāptā strīyonireva ca || na tasya vikṛtaṃ karma aparādho na vidyate tathā svargasahasrāṇāmekaṃ cāpi na rocate|| jñātumicchāmi te māyāṃ yayā krīḍasi mādhava yo'haṃ niṣādagarbhe'sminvasāmi narakeṣu ca || dhik tapo dhikca me karma dhikphalaṃ dhik ca jīvitam gamyāgamyaṃ na jānāti māyājālena mohitaḥ || paṃcāśadvarṣake kāle mayā khyātaḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ peyāpeyaṃ ca me pītaṃ vikrītāścāpyavikreyāḥ || agamyāgamanaṃ caiva vācyāvācyaṃ na rakṣitam atha kenāpi grāheṇa snāyamānā tapasvinī || gṛhītā toyamadhye tu jihvāloḍena cābalā niṣādaṃ bhāṣate tatra gaccha kiṃ parikliśyase || bālāṃstānparirakṣasva āhārairvividhairapi mā rodīrvacmi bhadraṃ te tavāhaṃ sā priyā'bhavat || gaṅgātīraṃ samāsādya munirjāto'smahaṃ tathā sa tena codito hyevaṃ niṣādo nāvagacchati || madhuraṃ svaramādāya pratyuvāca dvijottamam ahaṃ māyāpralobhena gaṅgātīramupāgataḥ || daṇḍaṃ kuṇḍīṃ ca vastraṃ ca tīre saṃsthāpya yatnanaḥ || tataḥ snānavidhānena nimagnastajjale'male tato vipravacaḥ śrutvā tūṣṇīmāsīnmunistadā || brāhmaṇānugataṃ sthānamātmanātmānusaṃsthitaḥ kiṃ mayā vikṛtaṃ karma sevamānena mādhava || tapaśca tapyamānena kiṃ mayā vikṛtaṃ kṛtam tvayā na tatkṛtaṃ kiṃcicchubhaṃ vāśubhameva vā || sarvaṃ māyāmayaṃ tatra vismayātparitapyase dhanvī tūṇī śarī khaḍgī māyābalaparākramaḥ || māṃ ca paśyati vai nityaṃ māyābalasusaṃsthitam
A region becomes waterless: this is my māyā, my dear. That the moon wanes fortnight by fortnight and also waxes; sound, and touch, and form, and taste, and smell as the fifth; that a creature comes forth from food — this is my māyā, my dear. And again, this (growth) furnished with leaves and the rest is my power of māyā. From a single scattered seed those (plants) are born in abundance. Taking on the mare's mouth, I drink up that water. Making the wind out of māyā, I release it among the clouds; this indeed is my power of māyā, by which I abide upon the waters. Both Prajāpati and Rudra I create, and I sustain. Just as a woman's womb is entered by a foremost brahmin, and there is no perverse deed of his, no offence is found in him, so too not even one out of thousands of heavens is pleasing (to him). I wish to know your māyā, with which you play, Mādhava — I who dwell in this Niṣāda's womb and in the hells. Fie on austerity, fie on my deeds, fie on the fruit, fie on life! Deluded by the net of māyā, one does not know what may be approached and what may not. In my fiftieth year that brahmin was made known by me. What is drinkable and what is not drinkable I have drunk, and I have sold things not to be sold; I did not guard against going to those not to be gone to, nor against speech to be spoken and not to be spoken. Then the ascetic woman, while bathing, was seized in the midst of the water by some crocodile — the helpless woman, by (its) lashing tongue. There she says to the Niṣāda: "Go; why do you torment yourself? Protect those children with various kinds of food. Do not weep — I tell you, blessings on you: I was that beloved of yours. Having reached the bank of the Gaṅgā I have thus become a sage." Though urged in this way by him, the Niṣāda does not understand. Taking up a sweet voice he replied to the best of the twice-born: "I came to the bank of the Gaṅgā through the enticement of māyā; having carefully set down my staff, my water-pot and my garment on the bank, I then plunged, by the rite of bathing, into that spotless water." Then, hearing the brahmin's words, the sage became silent, having himself settled himself in the state that follows the brahmin(s). "What perverse deed have I done, Mādhava, while serving (you)? And what wrong have I committed while practising austerity?" "Nothing whatever was done by you, either good or evil; all of it there is made of māyā — out of bewilderment you torment yourself. (He is) bearer of bow, quiver, arrows and sword, whose prowess is the power of māyā, and he indeed sees me always, well established in the power of māyā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.126
परिव्राजवचः श्रुत्वा निषादो विगतज्वरः ।। श्लक्ष्णं वचनमादाय प्रत्युवाच द्विजोत्तमम्
parivrājavacaḥ śrutvā niṣādo vigatajvaraḥ || ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamādāya pratyuvāca dvijottamam
Hearing the wandering ascetic's words, the Niṣāda, his distress gone, took up gentle speech and replied to the best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.127
किमिदं भाषसे विप्र अव्यक्तं यत्कदाचन ।। न भावं वा यद्धटितं स्त्रियः पुंस्त्वं सदैव हि
kimidaṃ bhāṣase vipra avyaktaṃ yatkadācana || na bhāvaṃ vā yaddhaṭitaṃ striyaḥ puṃstvaṃ sadaiva hi
"What is this you say, brahmin, which is at times unintelligible — not (a real) state of being, or something fabricated: womanhood, manhood, and that always?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.128
निषादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणो दुःखमूर्च्छितः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं गङ्गातीरे च धीवरम्
niṣādasya vacaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇo duḥkhamūrcchitaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ gaṅgātīre ca dhīvaram
Hearing the Niṣāda's words, the brahmin, senseless with grief, spoke sweet words to the fisherman on the bank of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.129
शीघ्रं गच्छ स्वकं देशमेतान् गृह्य स्वबालकान् ।। सर्वेषां च यथासंख्यं स्नेहः कर्त्तव्य एव च
śīghraṃ gaccha svakaṃ deśametān gṛhya svabālakān || sarveṣāṃ ca yathāsaṃkhyaṃ snehaḥ karttavya eva ca
"Go quickly to your own country, taking these children of yours; and affection must indeed be shown to all of them, each according to their number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.131
किं त्वया दुष्कृतं कर्म कृतं पूर्वं पुरातनम् ।। मम यद्भाषसे चैव स्त्रीत्वं प्राप्तोऽसि तत्कथम्
kiṃ tvayā duṣkṛtaṃ karma kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ purātanam || mama yadbhāṣase caiva strītvaṃ prāpto'si tatkatham
What evil deed was done by you before, in a former time — since you speak to me thus — and how did you come to womanhood?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.132
केन दोषेण प्राप्तस्त्वं स्त्रीत्वं भूत्वा पुमान् पुनः ।। पुंस्त्वं चैव कथं प्राप्त एतदाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः
kena doṣeṇa prāptastvaṃ strītvaṃ bhūtvā pumān punaḥ || puṃstvaṃ caiva kathaṃ prāpta etadācakṣva pṛcchataḥ
Through what fault did you attain womanhood, and, having become a woman, become a man again? And how did you attain manhood? Tell this to me who ask.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.133
एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स ऋषिः संशितव्रतः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं मायातीर्थजलेचरम्
evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa ṛṣiḥ saṃśitavrataḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ māyātīrthajalecaram
Hearing his words thus, that seer of strict vows spoke sweet words to the water-rover of Māyātīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.134
निषाद शृणु तत्त्वेन मत्कथां च प्रजल्पतः ।। न मया दुष्कृतं किंचित्कृतं कुत्रापि तत्त्वतः
niṣāda śṛṇu tattvena matkathāṃ ca prajalpataḥ || na mayā duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcitkṛtaṃ kutrāpi tattvataḥ
"Niṣāda, hear truly my story as I relate it: no evil whatever was done by me anywhere, in truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.135
एकभक्तं मयाचारे अभक्ष्यं चैव वर्जितम् ।। स मयाराधितो देवो लोकनाथो जनार्दनः ।। कर्मभिर्बहुभिश्चैव मया दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणा
ekabhaktaṃ mayācāre abhakṣyaṃ caiva varjitam || sa mayārādhito devo lokanātho janārdanaḥ || karmabhirbahubhiścaiva mayā darśanakāṅkṣiṇā
In my observance (I took) a single meal (a day), and what was forbidden as food was avoided. That god, the lord of the worlds, Janārdana, was worshipped by me with many rites, as I longed for a sight of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.136
अथ दीर्घेण कालेन मया दृष्टो जनार्द्दनः ।। वरेण छन्दयामास बहुधा मायया ततः
atha dīrgheṇa kālena mayā dṛṣṭo janārddanaḥ || vareṇa chandayāmāsa bahudhā māyayā tataḥ
Then, after a long time, Janārdana was seen by me; and then he urged (upon me) a boon, in many ways, by his māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.137
मया नाभीप्सितस्तस्माद्दीयमानो वरस्ततः।। मायां मे दर्शय विभो विष्णो प्रणतवत्सल
mayā nābhīpsitastasmāddīyamāno varastataḥ|| māyāṃ me darśaya vibho viṣṇo praṇatavatsala
That was not what I desired; therefore, when the boon was being granted (I said): "Show me your māyā, O mighty one, Viṣṇu, fond of those who bow (to you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.138
ततो मां भाषते विष्णुर्मायां दृष्ट्वा ह्यलं द्विज ।। मया पुनः पुनश्चोक्तो मम प्रीत्या प्रदर्शय
tato māṃ bhāṣate viṣṇurmāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā hyalaṃ dvija || mayā punaḥ punaścokto mama prītyā pradarśaya
Then Viṣṇu says to me: "Enough of seeing māyā, O twice-born one!" But I said to him again and again: "Out of love for me, show it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.139
ततोऽहं तेन चाप्युक्तस्तर्हि द्रक्षत्यलं भवान् ।। गच्छ कुब्जाम्रके गङ्गां स्नात्वेत्यंतर्हितोऽभवत्
tato'haṃ tena cāpyuktastarhi drakṣatyalaṃ bhavān || gaccha kubjāmrake gaṅgāṃ snātvetyaṃtarhito'bhavat
Then I was told by him: "Well then, you shall see enough of it. Go to Kubjāmraka and bathe in the Gaṅgā"—and saying this he vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.141
न तत्र किंचिज्जानामि किमिदं किं प्रवर्त्तते ।। निषादीगर्भसम्भूतस्तव पत्न्यभवं ततः
na tatra kiṃcijjānāmi kimidaṃ kiṃ pravarttate || niṣādīgarbhasambhūtastava patnyabhavaṃ tataḥ
There I know nothing—what is this, what is going on? Then, born from the womb of a Niṣāda woman, I became your wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.142
केनचित्कारणेनात्र प्रविष्टो जाह्नवीजले ।। स्नात्वाऽपश्यं पूर्ववच्च तावज्जातो ऋषिस्त्वहम्
kenacitkāraṇenātra praviṣṭo jāhnavījale || snātvā'paśyaṃ pūrvavacca tāvajjāto ṛṣistvaham
For some reason I entered here into the water of the Jāhnavī; having bathed, I saw (things) as before, and by then I had become a sage again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.143
निषाद पश्य कुण्डीं च मात्रां वस्त्रं यथा पुरा ।। पंचाशद्वर्षदेशीयो जातोऽस्मि त्वद्गृहे वसन् ।। दण्डवस्त्रादि यत्किंचिन्न जीर्णं गङ्गया हृतम्
niṣāda paśya kuṇḍīṃ ca mātrāṃ vastraṃ yathā purā || paṃcāśadvarṣadeśīyo jāto'smi tvadgṛhe vasan || daṇḍavastrādi yatkiṃcinna jīrṇaṃ gaṅgayā hṛtam
Niṣāda, look at the water-pot, the utensil, the cloth, just as before! I am some fifty years old, having lived in your house. The staff, cloth and the rest—nothing of it is worn out, nor carried off by the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.144
एवं तेन ततश्चोक्ता निषादोऽदृश्यतां गतः ।। ये च ते बालकास्तत्र तेषां कश्चिन्न दृश्यते
evaṃ tena tataścoktā niṣādo'dṛśyatāṃ gataḥ || ye ca te bālakāstatra teṣāṃ kaścinna dṛśyate
When these things had been said by him, the Niṣāda passed out of sight; and of those boys who were there, not one is seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.145
स ततो ब्राह्मणो देवि तपस्तपति निश्चितम् ।। ऊर्ध्वश्वासोर्द्धबाहुश्च वायुभक्षपरायणः
sa tato brāhmaṇo devi tapastapati niścitam || ūrdhvaśvāsorddhabāhuśca vāyubhakṣaparāyaṇaḥ
Then that brahmin, O goddess, practises austerity resolutely: breath drawn upward, arms raised, given over to feeding on air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.146
तस्य प्रतिष्ठमानस्य अपराह्णं तु जायते ।। ततः प्रमुच्यते तोयं देवि कृत्वा यथोचितम्
tasya pratiṣṭhamānasya aparāhṇaṃ tu jāyate || tataḥ pramucyate toyaṃ devi kṛtvā yathocitam
While he was standing firm (in this), the afternoon comes on; then, O goddess, he releases the water (of the offering), having done as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.147
कर्मण्यानि च पुष्पाणि आहृत्य श्रद्धयान्वितः ।। अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं वीरासनमुपागतः
karmaṇyāni ca puṣpāṇi āhṛtya śraddhayānvitaḥ || arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ vīrāsanamupāgataḥ
Having gathered flowers fit for the rite, filled with faith, and having worshipped according to rule, he took up the vīrāsana posture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.148
वृतस्तु ब्राह्मणैर्मुख्यैर्गङ्गास्नानेषु वै द्विजः ।। ऊचुस्ततो द्विजास्तत्र तपस्विनमनिंदितम्
vṛtastu brāhmaṇairmukhyairgaṅgāsnāneṣu vai dvijaḥ || ūcustato dvijāstatra tapasvinamaniṃditam
The twice-born one was surrounded by the foremost brahmins at the bathing places of the Gaṅgā; then the brahmins there spoke to the blameless ascetic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.149
पूर्वाह्णे स्थापयित्वात्र मात्रां कुण्डीं त्रिदण्डकम् ।। इतो गतोऽसि ब्रह्मेन्द्र स्थापयित्वा तु धीवरान् ।। विस्मृतं किं त्वया स्थानं कथं शीघ्रं न चागतः
pūrvāhṇe sthāpayitvātra mātrāṃ kuṇḍīṃ tridaṇḍakam || ito gato'si brahmendra sthāpayitvā tu dhīvarān || vismṛtaṃ kiṃ tvayā sthānaṃ kathaṃ śīghraṃ na cāgataḥ
"Having set down here in the forenoon your utensil, water-pot and triple staff, you went away from here, O Indra among brahmins, leaving the fishermen (to watch them). Have you forgotten the place? Why did you not come back quickly?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.151
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि स च ब्राह्मणपुंगवः ।। अद्य पंचाशद्वर्षाणि अमावास्याद्य चैव हि
etasminnaṃtare devi sa ca brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ || adya paṃcāśadvarṣāṇi amāvāsyādya caiva hi
Meanwhile, O goddess, that bull among brahmins (thought/said): "Today it is fifty years, and today too is the new-moon day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.152
कथमेतावतङ्कालं मामूचुर्ब्राह्मणाश्च किम् ।। पूर्वाह्ने स्थापयित्वा त्वं स्वां मात्रां चापराह्णिके ।। कथं कालेऽनुसम्प्राप्तः किमेतदिति भाषते
kathametāvataṅkālaṃ māmūcurbrāhmaṇāśca kim || pūrvāhne sthāpayitvā tvaṃ svāṃ mātrāṃ cāparāhṇike || kathaṃ kāle'nusamprāptaḥ kimetaditi bhāṣate
How (can) so long a time (have passed)—and what is it the brahmins have said to me? 'Having set down your own utensil in the forenoon, how is it that you have come back at the (proper) time in the afternoon—what is this?'" So he speaks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.153
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि ब्राह्मणाय ततो मया ।। दर्शयित्वा निजं रूपं तमवोचमिदं धरे
etasminnaṃtare devi brāhmaṇāya tato mayā || darśayitvā nijaṃ rūpaṃ tamavocamidaṃ dhare
Meanwhile, O goddess, then, having shown my own form to the brahmin, I said this to him, O Dharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.154
किमिदं भ्रांतरूपोऽसि किं वा त्वं दृष्टवानसि ।। पश्यामि त्वां व्यग्रमिव सावधानो भव स्वयम्
kimidaṃ bhrāṃtarūpo'si kiṃ vā tvaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi || paśyāmi tvāṃ vyagramiva sāvadhāno bhava svayam
"What is this? Are you bewildered? Or what is it that you have seen? I see you as if agitated—collect yourself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.155
एवमुक्तः स तु मया भूमौ कृत्वा शिरः स्वकम् ।। उवाच दुःखितो दीनो निःश्वस्य च मुहुर्मुहुः
evamuktaḥ sa tu mayā bhūmau kṛtvā śiraḥ svakam || uvāca duḥkhito dīno niḥśvasya ca muhurmuhuḥ
Thus addressed by me, he placed his head on the ground and spoke, grieving and dejected, sighing again and again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.156
अहो देव द्विजा एते मां वदन्ति जगद्गुरो।। पूर्वाह्णे स्थापयित्वा त्वं वस्त्रं दण्डकमण्डलू ।। आगतोऽस्यपराह्ने किं स्थलं विस्मृतवानसि
aho deva dvijā ete māṃ vadanti jagadguro|| pūrvāhṇe sthāpayitvā tvaṃ vastraṃ daṇḍakamaṇḍalū || āgato'syaparāhne kiṃ sthalaṃ vismṛtavānasi
"Ah, lord, teacher of the world, these twice-born ones say to me: 'Having set down your cloth, staff and water-pot in the forenoon, you have come back in the afternoon—have you forgotten the place?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.157
अहं व्याधस्य वै भूत्वा भार्या च व्याधयोनिजा ।। पंचाशद्वर्षपर्यंतं तत्र स्थित्वा ततः किल
ahaṃ vyādhasya vai bhūtvā bhāryā ca vyādhayonijā || paṃcāśadvarṣaparyaṃtaṃ tatra sthitvā tataḥ kila
I, having become the wife of a hunter, myself born from a hunter's womb, and having stayed there for fifty full years, then indeed—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.158
तस्माच्चैव त्रयः पुत्रास्तिस्रश्चापि च कन्यकाः ।। जातान्येवमपत्यानि दुष्टकर्मकृतस्तथा
tasmāccaiva trayaḥ putrāstisraścāpi ca kanyakāḥ || jātānyevamapatyāni duṣṭakarmakṛtastathā
And from her three sons and also three daughters (were born); thus offspring were born to me, a doer of evil deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.159
स्नातुं कदाचिद्गङ्गायां गतोऽहं तीरभूमिगः ।। स्थापयित्वाद्य स्वं वस्त्रं मग्नः स्नास्यन् जलेऽमले।। उन्मज्य स्वयं पुनश्चैव प्राप्तो रूपं मुनिस्तुतम्
snātuṃ kadācidgaṅgāyāṃ gato'haṃ tīrabhūmigaḥ || sthāpayitvādya svaṃ vastraṃ magnaḥ snāsyan jale'male|| unmajya svayaṃ punaścaiva prāpto rūpaṃ munistutam
Once I went to the Ganges to bathe, standing on the bank; having first laid aside my garment, I plunged in, about to bathe in the clear water; and on rising up again I myself regained the form praised by sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.161
भक्षितं किमकर्मण्यं सेवमानेन चाच्युत ।। व्यभिचारश्च मे तत्र को जातस्तु तवार्च्चने
bhakṣitaṃ kimakarmaṇyaṃ sevamānena cācyuta || vyabhicāraśca me tatra ko jātastu tavārccane
What forbidden thing did I eat while serving (you), O Acyuta? And what lapse of mine occurred there in your worship?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.162
एतदाचक्ष तत्त्वेन येनाहं नरकं गतः।। एतच्चिन्ताव्याकुलोऽहं निबोध भगवन्मम
etadācakṣa tattvena yenāhaṃ narakaṃ gataḥ|| etaccintāvyākulo'haṃ nibodha bhagavanmama
Tell me this truly, that by which I went to hell; I am distraught with this worry — hear me, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.163
मायालुब्धेन हि मया पूर्वं विज्ञापितो ह्यसि ।। नान्यत्स्मरामि पापं च नरके येन पातितः
māyālubdhena hi mayā pūrvaṃ vijñāpito hyasi || nānyatsmarāmi pāpaṃ ca narake yena pātitaḥ
Formerly, greedy for māyā, I made my request to you; I remember no other sin by which I was cast into hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.164
ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कारुण्यपरिदेवितम् ।। उक्तवानस्मि तं विप्रं दुःखसंतप्तमानसम्
tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā kāruṇyaparidevitam || uktavānasmi taṃ vipraṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptamānasam
Then, having heard his words, lamented with pity, I spoke to that brahmin whose mind was scorched with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.165
मा दुःखं कुरु विप्रेन्द्र आत्मदोषसमुद्भवम् ।। विकर्म न कृतं किंचिदपि मे विप्र पूजने ।। येन दुःखमनुप्राप्तं तिर्यग्योनिं च वै गतः
mā duḥkhaṃ kuru viprendra ātmadoṣasamudbhavam || vikarma na kṛtaṃ kiṃcidapi me vipra pūjane || yena duḥkhamanuprāptaṃ tiryagyoniṃ ca vai gataḥ
Do not grieve, O chief of brahmins, (with grief) arising from your own fault. No wrong act at all was done by me, brahmin, in the worship, by which suffering came upon (you) and you went to an animal birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.166
उक्तमेव मया पूर्वं शृणु ब्राह्मणपुङ्गव ।। वरान् वरय भो ब्रह्मन् त्वं मायां वृतवानसि
uktameva mayā pūrvaṃ śṛṇu brāhmaṇapuṅgava || varān varaya bho brahman tvaṃ māyāṃ vṛtavānasi
It was already said by me before — listen, O bull among brahmins: 'Choose boons, O brahmin!' — and you chose māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.167
ददामि दिव्यभोगान्वै भौमान्वापि तवेप्सितम् ।। तांस्तु नेच्छसि मायाया दर्शनं वृतवानसि
dadāmi divyabhogānvai bhaumānvāpi tavepsitam || tāṃstu necchasi māyāyā darśanaṃ vṛtavānasi
'I grant divine enjoyments, or earthly ones, whatever you desire' — but you did not want those; you chose the sight of māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.168
दृष्टा तु वैष्णवी माया या त्वया ब्राह्मणेप्सिता ।। न गतो दिवसश्रेष्ठ नापराह्णेऽपि कुत्रचित् ।। वर्षाणि चैव पंचाशान्निषादस्य गृहेऽपि न
dṛṣṭā tu vaiṣṇavī māyā yā tvayā brāhmaṇepsitā || na gato divasaśreṣṭha nāparāhṇe'pi kutracit || varṣāṇi caiva paṃcāśānniṣādasya gṛhe'pi na
And the Vaiṣṇava māyā which you desired, brahmin, has (now) been seen: no day passed, O best (of men), nor even an afternoon anywhere, nor the fifty years in the fowler's house either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.169
अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व द्विजोत्तम ।। या एषा वैष्णवी माया त्वया ब्राह्मण ईप्सिता
anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva dvijottama || yā eṣā vaiṣṇavī māyā tvayā brāhmaṇa īpsitā
And I shall tell you something else — listen to it, O best of the twice-born: as for this Vaiṣṇava māyā which you desired, brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.171
यत्त्वया दुष्कृतं कर्म व्यभिचारश्च तत्र वै ।। अर्च्चनं च न ते भ्रष्टं तपश्चैव न नाशितम्
yattvayā duṣkṛtaṃ karma vyabhicāraśca tatra vai || arccanaṃ ca na te bhraṣṭaṃ tapaścaiva na nāśitam
the evil deed done by you and the transgression there — your worship has not lapsed, nor has your austerity been destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.172
भवान्तरे कृतं यच्च येनेदं प्राप्तवान्महत् ।। दुःखं तच्च तवाख्यास्ये शृणु ब्राह्मणसत्तम
bhavāntare kṛtaṃ yacca yenedaṃ prāptavānmahat || duḥkhaṃ tacca tavākhyāsye śṛṇu brāhmaṇasattama
And what was done in another existence, by which you obtained this great suffering — that too I shall tell you; listen, O best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.173
मम भक्ता द्विजाः शुद्धा यत्त्वया नाभिवादिताः ।। तत्पापादीदृशो भोगस्तव जातो हि दुःखदः
mama bhaktā dvijāḥ śuddhā yattvayā nābhivāditāḥ || tatpāpādīdṛśo bhogastava jāto hi duḥkhadaḥ
Because the pure brahmins who are my devotees were not saluted by you, from that sin such a sorrow-giving experience came to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.174
ये च भागवताः शुद्धास्ते नूनं मम मूर्त्तयः ।। तान्विप्रान्ये नमस्यन्ति ते मामेव नमस्यते ।। विदितोऽस्मीह विप्रेन्द्र तैरहं नात्र संशयः
ye ca bhāgavatāḥ śuddhāste nūnaṃ mama mūrttayaḥ || tānviprānye namasyanti te māmeva namasyate || vidito'smīha viprendra tairahaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
And those pure Bhāgavatas — they are surely my own forms; those who salute those brahmins salute me alone; by them I am known here, O chief of brahmins, there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.175
मम दर्शनकामा ये ते मे भक्ता द्विजास्तथा ।। शुद्धा भागवताः पूज्या द्रष्टव्याः सर्वदा नृभिः
mama darśanakāmā ye te me bhaktā dvijāstathā || śuddhā bhāgavatāḥ pūjyā draṣṭavyāḥ sarvadā nṛbhiḥ
Those brahmins who desire to see me are my devotees; the pure Bhāgavatas are always to be honoured and to be visited by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.176
विशेषेण कलौ ब्रह्मन्द्विजरूपो ह्यवस्थितः ।। तस्माद्ब्राह्मणभक्ता ये ते मद्भक्ता न संशयः
viśeṣeṇa kalau brahmandvijarūpo hyavasthitaḥ || tasmādbrāhmaṇabhaktā ye te madbhaktā na saṃśayaḥ
Especially in the Kali (age), O brahmin, I abide in the form of a brahmin; therefore those who are devoted to brahmins are my devotees, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.177
यो मां प्राप्तमिहेच्छेत यस्यावाच्यं न विद्यते ।। अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा मद्भक्तेषु नियोजयेत्
yo māṃ prāptamiheccheta yasyāvācyaṃ na vidyate || ananyamānaso bhūtvā madbhakteṣu niyojayet
He who would wish me to be attained here, for whom nothing is unspeakable, should, becoming single-minded, engage himself among my devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.178
गच्छ ब्राह्मण सिद्धोऽसि यदा प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यसि ।। तदाऽऽगन्ताऽसि मत्स्थानं श्वेतद्वीपं न सशंयः
gaccha brāhmaṇa siddho'si yadā prāṇānvimokṣyasi || tadā''gantā'si matsthānaṃ śvetadvīpaṃ na saśaṃyaḥ
Go, brahmin, you are accomplished; when you release your life-breaths, then you will come to my abode, Śvetadvīpa — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.179
एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहे तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम् ।। सोऽपि द्विजस्तनुं त्यक्त्वा मायातीर्थे यशस्विनि ।। कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म श्वेतद्वीपमुपागतः
evamuktvā varārohe tatraivāntarhito'bhavam || so'pi dvijastanuṃ tyaktvā māyātīrthe yaśasvini || kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma śvetadvīpamupāgataḥ
Having spoken thus, O fair-hipped one, I vanished right there; and that brahmin too, abandoning his body at Māyātīrtha, O illustrious lady, having performed a most difficult deed, went to Śvetadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.181
मायया किं तव धरे न मायां ज्ञातुमर्हसि।। मम मायां न जानन्ति देवदानवराक्षसाः
māyayā kiṃ tava dhare na māyāṃ jñātumarhasi|| mama māyāṃ na jānanti devadānavarākṣasāḥ
What have you to do with māyā, O Earth? You are not fit to know māyā. Gods, dānavas and rākṣasas do not know my māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.182
एतत्ते कथितं भूमे मायाख्यानं महौजसम् ।। मायाचक्रमिति ख्यातं सर्वपुण्यसुखावहम्
etatte kathitaṃ bhūme māyākhyānaṃ mahaujasam || māyācakramiti khyātaṃ sarvapuṇyasukhāvaham
This has been told to you, O Earth: the narrative of māyā, of great power, renowned as the "Wheel of Māyā," which brings all merit and happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.183
आख्यानानां महाख्यानं तपसां च परन्तपः ।। पुण्यानां परमं पुण्यं गतीनां च परा गतिः
ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ tapasāṃ ca parantapaḥ || puṇyānāṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ gatīnāṃ ca parā gatiḥ
(It is) the great narrative among narratives, and the supreme scorcher among austerities; the highest merit of merits, and the ultimate goal among goals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.184
नित्यं पठेद्यो भक्तेषु अभक्तेषु न कीर्तयेत् ।। मा पठेन्नीचमध्येषु मा पठेच्छास्त्रदूषके
nityaṃ paṭhedyo bhakteṣu abhakteṣu na kīrtayet || mā paṭhennīcamadhyeṣu mā paṭhecchāstradūṣake
He who recites (it) constantly (should recite it) among the devoted; among the undevoted he should not proclaim it. Let him not recite it among the low and the middling; let him not recite it before one who reviles the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.185
अग्रतः पृच्छता शूद्रमद्भक्तेषु तथाग्रतः ।। पठते शोभते विप्रो न तु ये शास्त्रदूषकाः
agrataḥ pṛcchatā śūdramadbhakteṣu tathāgrataḥ || paṭhate śobhate vipro na tu ye śāstradūṣakāḥ
In the presence of a śūdra who asks, and likewise in the presence of my devotees, a brahmin does well by reciting — but not (before) those who revile the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 125.186
कल्यमुत्थाय यो भूमे पठते च दृढव्रतः ।। तेन द्वादश वर्षाणि ममाग्रे पठितं भवेत्
kalyamutthāya yo bhūme paṭhate ca dṛḍhavrataḥ || tena dvādaśa varṣāṇi mamāgre paṭhitaṃ bhavet
He who rises at daybreak and recites (it), O Earth, firm in his vow — by him it counts as having been recited before me for twelve years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.187
अथ पूर्णेन कालेन पुमान्पंचत्वमागतः ।। मद्भक्तो जायते देवि वियोनिं न च गच्छति
atha pūrṇena kālena pumānpaṃcatvamāgataḥ || madbhakto jāyate devi viyoniṃ na ca gacchati
Then, when his full span is completed and the man has come to death, he is born as my devotee, O goddess, and does not go to a wrong womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.188
य एवं शृणुयान्नित्यं महाख्यानं वसुन्धरे ।। न स जायेत मन्दात्मा वियोनिं नैव गच्छति
ya evaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ mahākhyānaṃ vasundhare || na sa jāyeta mandātmā viyoniṃ naiva gacchati
He who thus hears constantly this great narrative, O Vasundharā, is not born dull of soul, nor does he go to a wrong womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 125.189
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे त्वया यत्पूर्वमीप्सितम् ।। मुच्यमाना वरारोहे किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre tvayā yatpūrvamīpsitam || mucyamānā varārohe kimanyatparipṛcchasi
This has been told to you, good lady, what you desired earlier; being (now) released, O fair-hipped one, what else do you ask?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition