Varaha Purana — Chapter 126

VrP 126.1

अथ कुब्जाम्रकमाहात्म्यारम्भः ।। तत्र रैभ्यानुग्रहः ।। श्रुत्वा मायाबलं ह्येतद्धरणी संशितव्रता।। वराहरूपिणं देवं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा पुनश्च पीतवर्णाभा पुना रक्तः कदा भवेत् ।। पुनर्मरकताभासं पुनर्मुक्तासमप्रभम् पश्यते च ततस्तत्र रममाणं यदृच्छया।। नकुलेन सह व्याल्या तदा युद्धमभूच्च तत् ततो बहुतिथे काले व्यतीते सति धीमताम् ।। ततः कदाचिद्भूपालो राजपुत्रमुपस्थितम्

atha kubjāmrakamāhātmyārambhaḥ || tatra raibhyānugrahaḥ || śrutvā māyābalaṃ hyetaddharaṇī saṃśitavratā|| varāharūpiṇaṃ devaṃ pratyuvāca vasundharā punaśca pītavarṇābhā punā raktaḥ kadā bhavet || punarmarakatābhāsaṃ punarmuktāsamaprabham paśyate ca tatastatra ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā|| nakulena saha vyālyā tadā yuddhamabhūcca tat tato bahutithe kāle vyatīte sati dhīmatām || tataḥ kadācidbhūpālo rājaputramupasthitam

Now begins the Glorification of Kubjāmraka; therein, the favour shown to Raibhya. Having heard this power of māyā, the Earth, of strict vows, Vasundharā, replied to the god in the form of a boar: "And when will (it/she) again be yellow-hued, again red, again of emerald sheen, again of a lustre like pearl?" And then he sees (one) sporting there at will; then there took place that fight of the she-serpent with the mongoose. Then, when much time of the wise ones had passed, then at some time the king (addressed) the prince who had come before him.

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VrP 126.2

धरण्युवाच ।। यत्तत्कुब्जाम्रके देव भाषसे तदनन्तकम् ।। न तत्राहं विजानामि पूर्वमुक्तं च यत्त्वया एतैश्चिह्नैस्तु विज्ञेयं तत्तीर्थं विदितात्मभिः ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थं कुब्जाम्रके महत् दम्पत्योः प्रीतिविच्छेदं गुह्यं तत्समपृच्छत ।। स्थानं पावनकं वत्स विष्णोः पादसमाश्रयम्

dharaṇyuvāca || yattatkubjāmrake deva bhāṣase tadanantakam || na tatrāhaṃ vijānāmi pūrvamuktaṃ ca yattvayā etaiścihnaistu vijñeyaṃ tattīrthaṃ viditātmabhiḥ || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tīrthaṃ kubjāmrake mahat dampatyoḥ prītivicchedaṃ guhyaṃ tatsamapṛcchata || sthānaṃ pāvanakaṃ vatsa viṣṇoḥ pādasamāśrayam

Dharaṇī said: What you tell of Kubjāmraka, O god, is endless; I do not understand it there, nor what was said by you before. By these marks that tīrtha is to be recognized by those who know the self. And I shall tell you of another, great tīrtha at Kubjāmraka. He asked about that secret, the severing of affection between husband and wife. It is a purifying place, my child, the resort of Viṣṇu's feet.

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VrP 126.3

यच्च कुब्जाम्रके पुण्यं पुष्टिस्तस्य सनातनी ।। एतन्मे परमं गुह्यं भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि तीर्थं मानसरो नाम सर्वभागवतप्रियम् ।। तस्मिन् स्नातो वरारोहे गच्छते मानसं सरः दत्तानि धनरत्नानि जातस्तस्य विधिः परः ।। इदानीं ब्रूहि सत्यं तद्यत्कृते सुन्दरी स्नुषा

yacca kubjāmrake puṇyaṃ puṣṭistasya sanātanī || etanme paramaṃ guhyaṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi tīrthaṃ mānasaro nāma sarvabhāgavatapriyam || tasmin snāto varārohe gacchate mānasaṃ saraḥ dattāni dhanaratnāni jātastasya vidhiḥ paraḥ || idānīṃ brūhi satyaṃ tadyatkṛte sundarī snuṣā

And what merit there is at Kubjāmraka, and its eternal abundance — this supreme secret you should tell me, Lord. There is a tīrtha named Mānasara, dear to all Bhāgavatas; one who has bathed in it, O fair-hipped one, goes to the Mānasa lake. Wealth and jewels were given; the highest rite was performed for him. Now tell truly for whose sake the beautiful daughter-in-law (was abandoned).

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VrP 126.4

वराह उवाच ।। सर्वं तत्कथयिष्यामि सर्वलोकसुखावहम् ।। यच्च कुब्जाम्रके पुष्टिर्यच्च तीर्थमनिन्दिते देवान्पश्यति वै सर्वान्रुद्रेंद्रसमरुद्गणान्।। अथ तत्र मृतो भूमे त्रिंशद्रात्रोषितो नरः अदुष्टकारिणी युक्ता कुलशीलगुणान्विता ।। त्वया मिथ्यैव किं त्यक्ता तद्गुह्यं वद पुत्रक

varāha uvāca || sarvaṃ tatkathayiṣyāmi sarvalokasukhāvaham || yacca kubjāmrake puṣṭiryacca tīrthamanindite devānpaśyati vai sarvānrudreṃdrasamarudgaṇān|| atha tatra mṛto bhūme triṃśadrātroṣito naraḥ aduṣṭakāriṇī yuktā kulaśīlaguṇānvitā || tvayā mithyaiva kiṃ tyaktā tadguhyaṃ vada putraka

Varāha said: I shall tell all of that, which brings happiness to all the worlds — what abundance there is at Kubjāmraka and what tīrtha, O blameless one. He sees indeed all the gods, Rudra, Indra and the hosts of Maruts — the man, that is, who has died there, O Earth, having fasted thirty nights. "She did no wrong, she was devoted, endowed with good family, character and virtues; why was she cast off by you on a falsehood? Tell that secret, my son."

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VrP 126.5

तच्च कार्त्स्न्येन मे देवि शृणु तत्त्वेन सुन्दरि ।। यथा कुब्जाम्रको जातस्ततस्तीर्थं यथाक्रमम् सर्वसङ्गविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन तज्ज्ञायते नरैः ततः स पितरं प्राह रात्रिगर्च्छतु सुप्यताम् ।। श्वः प्रभाते ततः सर्वं कथयिष्यामि तत्पुनः

tacca kārtsnyena me devi śṛṇu tattvena sundari || yathā kubjāmrako jātastatastīrthaṃ yathākramam sarvasaṅgavinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena tajjñāyate naraiḥ tataḥ sa pitaraṃ prāha rātrigarcchatu supyatām || śvaḥ prabhāte tataḥ sarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tatpunaḥ

And hear that from me in full, O goddess, as it truly is, O beautiful one: how Kubjāmraka came to be, and then the tīrthas in their order. Freed from every attachment, he goes to my world. I shall tell its mark, by which men recognize it. Then he said to his father: "Let the night pass, let (us) sleep; tomorrow at dawn I shall tell all that again."

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VrP 126.6

यच्च कर्म यतो भूमे स्नातो याति मृतोऽपि च ।। युगे सप्तदशे भूमे कृत्वा चैकां वसुन्धराम् पंचाशत्क्रोशविततं मानुषाणां दुरासदम् ।। एतत्तु भूमे विज्ञेयं यथैतन्मानसं सरः ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुदिते च दिवाकरे ।। कृतोदकस्तु गङ्गायां क्षौमवस्त्रविभूषितः

yacca karma yato bhūme snāto yāti mṛto'pi ca || yuge saptadaśe bhūme kṛtvā caikāṃ vasundharām paṃcāśatkrośavitataṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ durāsadam || etattu bhūme vijñeyaṃ yathaitanmānasaṃ saraḥ tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāmudite ca divākare || kṛtodakastu gaṅgāyāṃ kṣaumavastravibhūṣitaḥ

And what rite it is by which one who has bathed goes (there), and one who has died as well, O Earth — in the seventeenth yuga, O Earth, having made the earth one, extending fifty krośas, unapproachable by men. This, O Earth, is to be understood: how this Mānasa lake (came to be). Then, when the night had passed and the sun had risen, having made the water-offering in the Gaṅgā, adorned with linen garments...

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VrP 126.7

मधुकैटभौ तथा हत्वा ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तदा ।। जलसंहरणं कृत्वा ममाधारमुपागतः शुद्धैर्भागवतैर्ज्ञेयं मम कर्मसु निष्ठितैः ।। एतत्तीर्थं महाभागे तस्मिन् कुब्जाम्रकं स्मृतम् अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं मां चैव गुरुवत्सलः ।। पितुः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा वाक्यमेतदुदाहरत्

madhukaiṭabhau tathā hatvā brahmaṇo vacanāttadā || jalasaṃharaṇaṃ kṛtvā mamādhāramupāgataḥ śuddhairbhāgavatairjñeyaṃ mama karmasu niṣṭhitaiḥ || etattīrthaṃ mahābhāge tasmin kubjāmrakaṃ smṛtam arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ māṃ caiva guruvatsalaḥ || pituḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vākyametadudāharat

Having likewise slain Madhu and Kaiṭabha then at Brahmā's word, and having drawn together the waters, he came to my support. It is to be known by pure Bhāgavatas who are established in the rites for me: this tīrtha, O greatly fortunate one, in which Kubjāmraka is remembered. Having worshipped me duly as well, he, devoted to his elders, circumambulated his father and spoke these words.

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VrP 126.8

पश्यामि तं नतं भूमे रैभ्यं नाममहामुनिम् ।। ममैवाराधने युक्तं सर्वकर्मसु निष्ठितम् सिद्धिकामस्य विप्रस्य रैभ्यस्य परिकीर्तितम्।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे एह्येहि तात गच्छामः यस्त्वं गुह्यानि पृच्छसि ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे राजन्यत्त्वया पूर्वपृच्छितम्

paśyāmi taṃ nataṃ bhūme raibhyaṃ nāmamahāmunim || mamaivārādhane yuktaṃ sarvakarmasu niṣṭhitam siddhikāmasya viprasya raibhyasya parikīrtitam|| anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare ehyehi tāta gacchāmaḥ yastvaṃ guhyāni pṛcchasi || śṛṇu tattvena me rājanyattvayā pūrvapṛcchitam

I see him bowed down, O Earth, the great sage named Raibhya, intent upon the worship of me alone, established in all the rites. This has been declared concerning the brahmin Raibhya, who desired attainment. And I shall tell you something else; hear it, Vasundharā. "Come, come, father, let us go" — you who ask about secrets: hear from me as it truly is, O king, what you asked before.

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VrP 126.9

युक्तिमन्तं गुणज्ञं च शुचिं दक्षं जितेंद्रियम् ।। दशवर्षसहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स तिष्ठति तत्र कुब्जाम्रके वृत्तं पुराश्चर्यं महाद्भुतम् ।। मम निर्माल्यपार्श्वे वै व्याली तिष्ठति निर्भया राजपुत्रश्च वै राजा सा च पङ्कजलोचना ।। गत्वा निर्माल्यकूटं ते यत्त्वृत्तं पुरातनम्

yuktimantaṃ guṇajñaṃ ca śuciṃ dakṣaṃ jiteṃdriyam || daśavarṣasahasrāṇi ūrdhvabāhuḥ sa tiṣṭhati tatra kubjāmrake vṛttaṃ purāścaryaṃ mahādbhutam || mama nirmālyapārśve vai vyālī tiṣṭhati nirbhayā rājaputraśca vai rājā sā ca paṅkajalocanā || gatvā nirmālyakūṭaṃ te yattvṛttaṃ purātanam

(He was) resourceful, a knower of virtues, pure, capable, his senses subdued; for ten thousand years he stands with arms upraised. There at Kubjāmraka an ancient and most wondrous observance took place. Beside my offering-remains a she-serpent stays without fear; and the prince, and the king, and she of lotus eyes — having gone to the heap of offering-remains, that ancient happening of yours...

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VrP 126.11

इतः प्रीतोऽस्म्यहं देवि रैभ्यस्य च महात्मनः ।। भक्त्या च परया चैव तेन चाराधितो ह्यहम् नकुलोऽहं महाराज वसामि कदलीतले ।। ततोऽहं कालसंयुक्तः प्राप्तो निर्माल्यकूटकम्

itaḥ prīto'smyahaṃ devi raibhyasya ca mahātmanaḥ || bhaktyā ca parayā caiva tena cārādhito hyaham nakulo'haṃ mahārāja vasāmi kadalītale || tato'haṃ kālasaṃyuktaḥ prāpto nirmālyakūṭakam

For this reason I am pleased, O goddess, and with the great-souled Raibhya as well; by his supreme devotion he indeed worshipped me. "I am a mongoose, great king; I dwell at the foot of a plantain tree. Then, my time having come upon me, I reached the heap of offering-remains."

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VrP 126.12

ततो वै तप्यमानं तं गङ्गाद्वारमुपागतम्।। आम्रवृक्षं समासाद्य दृष्टः स मुनिपुङ्गवः १ ।। सम्पूर्णे ते तु मध्याह्ने माघमासे तु द्वादशीम् ।। तया स दष्टो नकुलो नाशाय मम मंदिरे ततस्त्वाशीविषा सर्पी सर्पतेऽत्र जनाधिप।। भक्षयन्ती सुगन्धानि पुष्पाणि विविधानि च

tato vai tapyamānaṃ taṃ gaṅgādvāramupāgatam|| āmravṛkṣaṃ samāsādya dṛṣṭaḥ sa munipuṅgavaḥ 1 || sampūrṇe te tu madhyāhne māghamāse tu dvādaśīm || tayā sa daṣṭo nakulo nāśāya mama maṃdire tatastvāśīviṣā sarpī sarpate'tra janādhipa|| bhakṣayantī sugandhāni puṣpāṇi vividhāni ca

Then indeed that one, practising austerity, who had come to Gaṅgādvāra — reaching a mango tree, that foremost of sages was seen. And at full midday, on the twelfth of the month Māgha, the mongoose was bitten by her, to my ruin, in my temple. Then a venomous she-serpent creeps about here, O lord of men, eating fragrant flowers of many kinds.

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VrP 126.13

दर्शितोऽयं मया चात्मा हेतुमात्रेण केनचित्।। मया यदाश्रितश्चाम्रस्तेन कुब्जत्वमागतः तेनापि विषदिग्धेन व्याली शीघ्रं निपातिता ।। उभौ चान्योन्य युद्धेन तदा पंचत्वमागतौ दृष्ट्वा तु तां महाव्यालीं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ।। अचिरेणैव कालेन तस्याङ्कं सहसा गतः

darśito'yaṃ mayā cātmā hetumātreṇa kenacit|| mayā yadāśritaścāmrastena kubjatvamāgataḥ tenāpi viṣadigdhena vyālī śīghraṃ nipātitā || ubhau cānyonya yuddhena tadā paṃcatvamāgatau dṛṣṭvā tu tāṃ mahāvyālīṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ || acireṇaiva kālena tasyāṅkaṃ sahasā gataḥ

This self of mine was shown by me for some cause or other. The mango tree that I clung to became bent because of that; and by that one, smeared with poison, the she-serpent was quickly struck down. Both, through fighting one another, then met their death. But (he), seeing that great she-serpent, his eyes reddened with rage, in no long time suddenly went into her lap.

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VrP 126.14

एवं कुब्जाम्रकं ख्यातं स्थानमतेन्मनस्विनि ।। मृतापि तत्र गच्छन्ति मम लोकाय केवलम् व्याली प्राग्जोतिषे जाता राजपुत्री यशस्विनी ।। नकुलोऽजायत तदा कोसलेषु जनाधिपः तया सह महाराज घोरं युद्धमवर्त्तत ।। माघमासस्य द्वादश्यां तत्र कश्चिन्न पश्यति

evaṃ kubjāmrakaṃ khyātaṃ sthānamatenmanasvini || mṛtāpi tatra gacchanti mama lokāya kevalam vyālī prāgjotiṣe jātā rājaputrī yaśasvinī || nakulo'jāyata tadā kosaleṣu janādhipaḥ tayā saha mahārāja ghoraṃ yuddhamavarttata || māghamāsasya dvādaśyāṃ tatra kaścinna paśyati

Thus this place became renowned as Kubjāmraka, O high-minded lady; even those who die there go only to my world. The she-serpent was born in Prāgjyotiṣa as a glorious princess; the mongoose then was born among the Kosalas as a ruler of men. With her, O great king, a terrible fight took place; on the twelfth of the month of Māgha no one there sees (it).

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VrP 126.15

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। दृष्ट्वा स मामृषिश्चैव यानि वाक्यानि भाषते रूपवान्गुणवान्देवि सर्वशास्त्रकलान्वितः ।। तौ तु दीर्घेण कालेन सौख्येन परिरञ्जितौ युध्यमानस्य मे तत्र गात्रं चैव निगूहतः ।। नासावंशे तया दष्टो भुजङ्ग्या च तदन्तरे

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || dṛṣṭvā sa māmṛṣiścaiva yāni vākyāni bhāṣate rūpavānguṇavāndevi sarvaśāstrakalānvitaḥ || tau tu dīrgheṇa kālena saukhyena parirañjitau yudhyamānasya me tatra gātraṃ caiva nigūhataḥ || nāsāvaṃśe tayā daṣṭo bhujaṅgyā ca tadantare

And another thing I shall tell you; listen to it, O Earth. That seer, having seen me, and the words that he speaks — handsome, virtuous, O goddess, endowed with all sciences and arts. But those two, over a long time, were delighted with happiness. As I was fighting there and hiding my body, in that interval I was bitten on the bridge of the nose by that she-serpent.

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VrP 126.16

एवं तत्र मया दृष्टः कुब्जरूपं समास्थितः ।। जानुभ्यामवनिङ्गत्वा किंचिदेव प्रभाषते अवर्द्धतां यथाकालं शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी ।। सा कन्या नकुलं दृष्ट्वा सद्यो हन्तुं तथेच्छति मयापि विषदिग्धेन निहता च भुजंगमा ।। उभौ प्राणान्परित्यज्य उभौ पंचत्वमागतौ

evaṃ tatra mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kubjarūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ || jānubhyāmavaniṅgatvā kiṃcideva prabhāṣate avarddhatāṃ yathākālaṃ śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī || sā kanyā nakulaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadyo hantuṃ tathecchati mayāpi viṣadigdhena nihatā ca bhujaṃgamā || ubhau prāṇānparityajya ubhau paṃcatvamāgatau

Thus he was seen by me there, having assumed a bent (hunchbacked) form; going upon the ground on his knees, he says just a little. Let the two grow with the seasons, as the moon in the bright fortnight. That maiden, seeing the mongoose, thereupon wishes to kill it at once. And by me too, smeared with poison, the serpent was slain; both, giving up their lives, both met death.

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VrP 126.17

नमस्कृत्य स्थितं तं तु मुनिं वै संशितव्रतम् ।। वरेण छन्दयामास अहं प्रीतमना धरे व्यालीं दृष्ट्वा राजपुत्रः सहसा हन्तुमिच्छति ।। अथ तस्यास्तु कालेन कोसलाधिपतिस्तथा मृतौ स्व काले राजेन्द्र क्रोधमोहपरिच्युतौ ।। जातोऽहं तव पुत्रस्तु कोसलाधिपतेः प्रियः

namaskṛtya sthitaṃ taṃ tu muniṃ vai saṃśitavratam || vareṇa chandayāmāsa ahaṃ prītamanā dhare vyālīṃ dṛṣṭvā rājaputraḥ sahasā hantumicchati || atha tasyāstu kālena kosalādhipatistathā mṛtau sva kāle rājendra krodhamohaparicyutau || jāto'haṃ tava putrastu kosalādhipateḥ priyaḥ

Having bowed to that sage of strict vows who stood there, I, my mind pleased, invited him (to choose) a boon, O Earth. The prince, seeing the she-serpent, wishes to kill it at once. Then in time she, and likewise the lord of Kosala — the two died at their own time, O lord of kings, freed from anger and delusion. And I was born as your son, dear to the lord of Kosala.

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VrP 126.18

ममैव वचनं श्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तपसान्वितः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं प्रसादार्थी महायशाः पाणिं जग्राह विधिवन्मत्प्रसादाद्वसुन्धरे ।। कोसलाधिपतेश्चापि राज्ञः प्राग्जोतिषस्य च एवं मे घातितः सर्पस्तत्क्रोधवशनिश्चयात् ।। एतद्गुह्यं मया राजन्यत्त्वया पूर्वपृच्छितम्

mamaiva vacanaṃ śrutvā sa munistapasānvitaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ prasādārthī mahāyaśāḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha vidhivanmatprasādādvasundhare || kosalādhipateścāpi rājñaḥ prāgjotiṣasya ca evaṃ me ghātitaḥ sarpastatkrodhavaśaniścayāt || etadguhyaṃ mayā rājanyattvayā pūrvapṛcchitam

Having heard my very words, that sage endowed with austerity, of great fame, seeking (my) favour, spoke sweet words. He took her hand according to rule by my favour, O Earth — (the daughter) of the lord of Kosala and of the king of Prāgjyotiṣa as well. Thus the snake was killed by me out of a resolve made under the sway of anger. This is the secret, O king, which you asked of me before.

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VrP 126.19

यदि प्रसन्नो भगवाँल्लोकनाथो जनार्द्दनः ।। तव चात्र निवासं वै देव इच्छामि नित्यशः महोत्सवेन संवृत्तः सम्बन्धो मत्प्रसादतः ।। दृढप्रीतिस्तयोर्जाता यथा च जतुकाष्ठयोः राजपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा वधूर्वचनमब्रवीत् ।। अहं सर्पी महाराज पुरा निर्माल्यकूटके

yadi prasanno bhagavā~llokanātho janārddanaḥ || tava cātra nivāsaṃ vai deva icchāmi nityaśaḥ mahotsavena saṃvṛttaḥ sambandho matprasādataḥ || dṛḍhaprītistayorjātā yathā ca jatukāṣṭhayoḥ rājaputravacaḥ śrutvā vadhūrvacanamabravīt || ahaṃ sarpī mahārāja purā nirmālyakūṭake

If the blessed Janārdana, lord of the worlds, is gracious — I wish, O god, for your dwelling here for ever. The alliance came about with a great festival, by my favour; firm affection arose between those two, as between lac and wood. Hearing the prince's words, the bride spoke these words: I, O great king, was formerly a she-serpent on Nirmālyakūṭaka.

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VrP 126.21

त्वयि भक्तिः सदा भूयाद्यावत्स्थानं जनार्द्दन ।। अन्यभक्तिर्मम विभो रोचते न कदाचन एवं च दीर्घकालं हि तयोः प्रीतिर्न हीयते ।। एवं तौ विहरन्तौ तु तस्मिन्नुपवने ततः तेन क्रोधेन नृपते मूर्च्छिता मरणं प्रति ।। घातितो नकुलश्चैतद्गुह्यं प्रोक्तं तव प्रभो

tvayi bhaktiḥ sadā bhūyādyāvatsthānaṃ janārddana || anyabhaktirmama vibho rocate na kadācana evaṃ ca dīrghakālaṃ hi tayoḥ prītirna hīyate || evaṃ tau viharantau tu tasminnupavane tataḥ tena krodhena nṛpate mūrcchitā maraṇaṃ prati || ghātito nakulaścaitadguhyaṃ proktaṃ tava prabho

May devotion to you always be mine, as long as I have existence, O Janārdana; devotion to another, O mighty one, never pleases me. And thus for a long time the love of those two does not diminish. Thus as those two were roaming in that grove, then — by that anger, O king, she was stupefied unto death; the mongoose was killed. This secret has been declared to you, O lord.

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VrP 126.22

एतदेव परं चित्ते मया चैव विधार्यते ।। उपेन्द्र यदि तुष्टोऽसि ममायं दीयतां वरः वसेते च यथान्यायं वेलामिव महोदधिः ।। एवं तयोर्गतः कालो वर्षाणां सप्तसप्ततिः वधूपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा स राजा संशितव्रतः ।। मायातीर्थं समासाद्य ततः पंचत्वमागतः

etadeva paraṃ citte mayā caiva vidhāryate || upendra yadi tuṣṭo'si mamāyaṃ dīyatāṃ varaḥ vasete ca yathānyāyaṃ velāmiva mahodadhiḥ || evaṃ tayorgataḥ kālo varṣāṇāṃ saptasaptatiḥ vadhūputravacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā saṃśitavrataḥ || māyātīrthaṃ samāsādya tataḥ paṃcatvamāgataḥ

This very thing is held supreme in my mind: O Upendra, if you are pleased, let this boon be given to me. And let the two dwell (together) as is right, as the great ocean (abides within) its shore. Thus a time of seventy-seven years passed for those two. Hearing the words of his daughter-in-law and son, that king of strict vows went to Māyātīrtha and there met his death.

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VrP 126.23

ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा रैभ्यस्यर्षेरहं पुनः ।। बाढमित्येव ब्रह्मर्षे एवमेतद्भविष्यति न बुध्यतोस्तथात्मानं मम मायाविमोहितौ ।। एवं तौ विहरन्तौ तु तस्मिन्नुपवने ततः राजपुत्रो विशालाक्षी राजपुत्री यशस्विनी

tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā raibhyasyarṣerahaṃ punaḥ || bāḍhamityeva brahmarṣe evametadbhaviṣyati na budhyatostathātmānaṃ mama māyāvimohitau || evaṃ tau viharantau tu tasminnupavane tataḥ rājaputro viśālākṣī rājaputrī yaśasvinī

Then, having heard those words of the seer Raibhya, I again (said): "Certainly, O brahmin-seer, so shall this be." The two did not know their own true selves, being bewildered by my māyā. Thus those two were roaming in that grove: the prince, and the wide-eyed, glorious princess.

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VrP 126.24

ममैवं वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणः स वसुन्धरे ।। मुहुर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थाय मामुवाच मुदान्वितः दृष्ट्वा व्यालीं राजपुत्रस्ततो हन्तुं व्यवस्थितः ।। स तया वार्यमाणोऽपि व्याली हन्तुमिहोद्यतः पौण्डरीके ततस्तीर्थे तेऽपि पंचत्वमागताः

mamaivaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇaḥ sa vasundhare || muhurttaṃ dhyānamāsthāya māmuvāca mudānvitaḥ dṛṣṭvā vyālīṃ rājaputrastato hantuṃ vyavasthitaḥ || sa tayā vāryamāṇo'pi vyālī hantumihodyataḥ pauṇḍarīke tatastīrthe te'pi paṃcatvamāgatāḥ

Having heard these words of mine, O Earth, that brahmin, after abiding a moment in meditation, spoke to me, filled with joy. Seeing the she-serpent, the prince then made ready to kill it; and though restrained by her, he was intent on killing the serpent there. Then at the Pauṇḍarīka tīrtha they too met their death.

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VrP 126.25

एतस्य तीर्थवर्यस्य महिमानं त्वया प्रभो ।। शृणु वै कथ्यमानं तु वद लोकोपकारक गरुडो हन्ति नागान्वै दृष्ट्वैव विनतात्मजः ।। एवं स वार्यमाणोऽपि व्यालीं हन्ति स्म दारुणम् गतास्ते परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो जनार्द्दनः ।। राजा वा राजपुत्रश्च राजपुत्री यशस्विनी

etasya tīrthavaryasya mahimānaṃ tvayā prabho || śṛṇu vai kathyamānaṃ tu vada lokopakāraka garuḍo hanti nāgānvai dṛṣṭvaiva vinatātmajaḥ || evaṃ sa vāryamāṇo'pi vyālīṃ hanti sma dāruṇam gatāste paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo janārddanaḥ || rājā vā rājaputraśca rājaputrī yaśasvinī

The greatness of this best of tīrthas — by you, O lord: hear it as it is being told; speak, O benefactor of the world. Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā, kills serpents at the mere sight of them; thus he too, though restrained, cruelly killed the she-serpent. They went to the highest abode, where the god Janārdana is — the king, the prince, and the glorious princess.

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VrP 126.26

अन्यानि यानि तीर्थानि एतत्क्षेत्राश्रितानि तु ।। तान्यपि श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यमानानि च त्वया तदा सा रुषिता देवी न किञ्चिदपि भाषते ।। ततस्तस्यां तु वेलायां राजपुत्र्यग्रतो बिलात् मम चैव प्रसादेन तपसश्च बलेन च ।। कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म श्वेतद्वीपमुपागताः

anyāni yāni tīrthāni etatkṣetrāśritāni tu || tānyapi śrotumicchāmi kathyamānāni ca tvayā tadā sā ruṣitā devī na kiñcidapi bhāṣate || tatastasyāṃ tu velāyāṃ rājaputryagrato bilāt mama caiva prasādena tapasaśca balena ca || kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma śvetadvīpamupāgatāḥ

Those other tīrthas that belong to this holy field — those too I wish to hear told by you. Then that lady, angered, says nothing at all. Then at that moment, in front of the princess, out of a hole (a snake came). And by my favour and by the power of austerity, having performed a most difficult deed, they reached Śvetadvīpa.

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VrP 126.27

शृणु तत्त्वेन मे ब्रह्मन्यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।। तीर्थे कुब्जाम्रके पुण्ये मम लोके सुखावहे नकुलस्तु विनिर्गत्य आहारार्थं समुद्यतः ।। दृष्ट्वा तु राजपुत्री सा नकुलं सर्पकांक्षिणम् योऽसौ परिजनो देवि कृत्वा तु सुकृतं महत् ।। सोऽपि सिद्धिं परा प्राप्तः श्वेतद्द्वीपमुपागतः

śṛṇu tattvena me brahmanyanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || tīrthe kubjāmrake puṇye mama loke sukhāvahe nakulastu vinirgatya āhārārthaṃ samudyataḥ || dṛṣṭvā tu rājaputrī sā nakulaṃ sarpakāṃkṣiṇam yo'sau parijano devi kṛtvā tu sukṛtaṃ mahat || so'pi siddhiṃ parā prāptaḥ śvetaddvīpamupāgataḥ

Hear from me in truth, O brahmin, what you ask me. At the holy tīrtha Kubjāmraka, which brings happiness in my world — the mongoose, having come out, was intent on getting food; and that princess, seeing the mongoose bent on the snake ... That retinue, O goddess, having performed a great good deed — it too attained the highest perfection and reached Śvetadvīpa.

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VrP 126.28

तीर्थं तु कुमुदाकारं तस्मिन् कुब्जाम्रके स्थितम् ।। स्नानमात्रेण सुश्रोणि स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति मानवः हृष्टं चंक्रममाणं सा नकुलं शुभदर्शनम् ।। क्रोधात्तं नकुलं चापि विनिहन्तुं प्रचक्रमे एष ते कथिता देवि पुष्टिः कुब्जाम्रकस्य च ।। तस्य ब्राह्मणमुख्यस्य रैभ्यस्य कथिता मया

tīrthaṃ tu kumudākāraṃ tasmin kubjāmrake sthitam || snānamātreṇa suśroṇi svargaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ hṛṣṭaṃ caṃkramamāṇaṃ sā nakulaṃ śubhadarśanam || krodhāttaṃ nakulaṃ cāpi vinihantuṃ pracakrame eṣa te kathitā devi puṣṭiḥ kubjāmrakasya ca || tasya brāhmaṇamukhyasya raibhyasya kathitā mayā

And there is a tīrtha in the shape of a white lotus situated in that Kubjāmraka; by merely bathing there, O fair-hipped one, a man attains heaven. (Seeing) the mongoose, delighted, roaming about, fair to look upon, out of anger she set about slaying that mongoose. This has been told to you, O goddess — the abundance of Kubjāmraka; it was told by me to that foremost of brahmins, Raibhya.

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VrP 126.29

कौमुदस्य तु मासस्य तथा मार्गशिरस्य च ।। वैशाखस्यैव मासस्य कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् वारिता राजपुत्रेण सुता प्राज्योतिषस्य वै ।। नकुलं घातितं दृष्ट्वा मङ्गल्यं शुभदर्शनम् एतत्पुण्यं परं जप्यं चातुर्वर्ण्येन सर्वदा ।। सर्वकर्मसु मुख्यं च एतदेव विशिष्यते

kaumudasya tu māsasya tathā mārgaśirasya ca || vaiśākhasyaiva māsasya kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram vāritā rājaputreṇa sutā prājyotiṣasya vai || nakulaṃ ghātitaṃ dṛṣṭvā maṅgalyaṃ śubhadarśanam etatpuṇyaṃ paraṃ japyaṃ cāturvarṇyena sarvadā || sarvakarmasu mukhyaṃ ca etadeva viśiṣyate

Of the month Kaumuda (Kārttika), and of Mārgaśīrṣa, and of the month Vaiśākha, having performed a most difficult rite — the daughter of the king of Prāgjyotiṣa was restrained by the prince, when she saw the mongoose slain, auspicious and fair to look upon. This supreme merit is always to be recited by the four classes; and it is foremost among all rites — this alone is pre-eminent.

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VrP 126.31

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे ।। तीर्थं मानसमित्येव विख्यातं मम सुन्दरि दर्शनीयः प्रियो राज्ञां मङ्गल्यः शुभदर्शनः ।। घातितो नकुलः कस्मान्मया वै वार्यमाणया न पठेद्गोघ्नमध्ये तु वेदवेदाङ्गनिन्दके ।। न पठेद्गुरुविद्विष्टे न पठेच्छास्त्रदूषके

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare || tīrthaṃ mānasamityeva vikhyātaṃ mama sundari darśanīyaḥ priyo rājñāṃ maṅgalyaḥ śubhadarśanaḥ || ghātito nakulaḥ kasmānmayā vai vāryamāṇayā na paṭhedgoghnamadhye tu vedavedāṅganindake || na paṭhedguruvidviṣṭe na paṭhecchāstradūṣake

And another thing I shall tell you; listen to it, O Earth. There is a tīrtha of mine renowned as Mānasa, O beautiful one. Fair to look upon, dear to kings, auspicious, of blessed appearance — why was the mongoose slain by me, though I was being restrained? One should not recite (it) among cow-killers, nor before one who reviles the Veda and the Vedāṅgas; one should not recite where the guru is hated, nor before one who defames the scriptures.

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VrP 126.32

यस्मिन् स्नात्वा विशालाक्षि गच्छते नंदनं वनम् ।। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै मोदते चाप्सरैः सह इति भर्तृवचः श्रुत्वा प्राग्ज्योतिषसुता तदा ।। प्रत्युवाच ततः क्रोधात्कोसलाधिपतेः सुतम् पठेद्भागवतानां च मध्ये दीक्षावतां तथा ।। य एतत्पठते भूमे कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः

yasmin snātvā viśālākṣi gacchate naṃdanaṃ vanam || divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai modate cāpsaraiḥ saha iti bhartṛvacaḥ śrutvā prāgjyotiṣasutā tadā || pratyuvāca tataḥ krodhātkosalādhipateḥ sutam paṭhedbhāgavatānāṃ ca madhye dīkṣāvatāṃ tathā || ya etatpaṭhate bhūme kalyamutthāya mānavaḥ

Having bathed in which, O wide-eyed one, one goes to the Nandana grove and rejoices there a thousand divine years together with the apsarases. Hearing these words of her husband, the daughter of Prāgjyotiṣa then replied in anger to the son of the lord of Kosala. One should recite (it) among the Bhāgavatas and among those who have taken initiation. The man who, O Earth, rising at dawn recites this —

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VrP 126.33

पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु जायते विपुले कुले ।। द्रव्यवान् गुणवांश्चैव जायते तत्र मानवः असकृद्वार्यमाणोऽपि व्याली घातितवान्यतः ।। तस्मान्मयापि नकुलो घातितः सर्पघातकः तारयेच्च स्वकुलजान् दशपूर्वान्दशापरान् ।। एतत्तु पठमानो वै यस्तु प्राणान्विमुंचति

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu jāyate vipule kule || dravyavān guṇavāṃścaiva jāyate tatra mānavaḥ asakṛdvāryamāṇo'pi vyālī ghātitavānyataḥ || tasmānmayāpi nakulo ghātitaḥ sarpaghātakaḥ tārayecca svakulajān daśapūrvāndaśāparān || etattu paṭhamāno vai yastu prāṇānvimuṃcati

when a full thousand years are past, he is born in a great family; wealthy and endowed with virtues is the man born there. Though restrained again and again, he nonetheless killed the she-serpent; therefore the mongoose, the snake-slayer, was killed by me too. And he would carry across ten forebears and ten descendants born of his own family. But he who, while reciting this, gives up his life —

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VrP 126.34

तत्राथ मुंचते प्राणान् कौमुदस्य तु द्वादशी ।। पुष्कलां लभते सिद्धिं मम लोकं च गच्छति राजपुत्र्या वचः श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रस्ततोऽब्रवीत् ।। वाग्भिः स कटुकाभिश्च तर्ज्जयन्निव तां धरे

tatrātha muṃcate prāṇān kaumudasya tu dvādaśī || puṣkalāṃ labhate siddhiṃ mama lokaṃ ca gacchati rājaputryā vacaḥ śrutvā rājaputrastato'bravīt || vāgbhiḥ sa kaṭukābhiśca tarjjayanniva tāṃ dhare

if he then releases his life-breaths there, on the twelfth of Kaumuda (Kārttika), he obtains abundant success and goes to my world. Having heard the princess's words, the prince then spoke, as if threatening her with harsh words, O Earth.

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VrP 126.35

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे ।। मायातीर्थमिदं ख्यातं येन मायां विजानते सर्पस्तीव्रविषो भद्रे तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो दुरासदः ।। दशते मानुषं दुष्टो येनाऽसौ म्रियते जनः

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare || māyātīrthamidaṃ khyātaṃ yena māyāṃ vijānate sarpastīvraviṣo bhadre tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro durāsadaḥ || daśate mānuṣaṃ duṣṭo yenā'sau mriyate janaḥ

"And I shall tell you another (thing); listen to it, Earth. This is renowned as the Māyā-tīrtha, by which one comes to know māyā. A serpent of fierce venom, good lady, sharp-fanged and hard to approach, the wicked one bites a man, by which that person dies."

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VrP 126.36

तस्मिन् कृतोदको ब्रह्मन्मायातीर्थे महायशाः ।। दशवर्षसहस्राणि मद्भक्तो जायते नरः तस्मान्मया हतो भद्रेऽहितकारी विषोद्धतः ।। प्रजापाला वयं भद्रे येऽपि चैवापथे स्थिताः

tasmin kṛtodako brahmanmāyātīrthe mahāyaśāḥ || daśavarṣasahasrāṇi madbhakto jāyate naraḥ tasmānmayā hato bhadre'hitakārī viṣoddhataḥ || prajāpālā vayaṃ bhadre ye'pi caivāpathe sthitāḥ

"Having made a water-offering at that Māyā-tīrtha, O brahmin, the greatly renowned man becomes my devotee for ten thousand years. Therefore, good lady, the malicious one, swollen with venom, was killed by me. We are protectors of the people, good lady — even those who stand on the wrong path (we punish)."

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VrP 126.37

लभते परमां पुष्टिं कुबेरभवनं यथा ।। एकं सहस्रं वर्षाणां स्वच्छंदगमनात्त्रयम् सर्वांस्तान्दण्डयामो हि तीव्रदण्डैर्यथोचितम् ।। साधून्ये चापि हिंसन्ति ह्यपराधविवर्ज्जितान्

labhate paramāṃ puṣṭiṃ kuberabhavanaṃ yathā || ekaṃ sahasraṃ varṣāṇāṃ svacchaṃdagamanāttrayam sarvāṃstāndaṇḍayāmo hi tīvradaṇḍairyathocitam || sādhūnye cāpi hiṃsanti hyaparādhavivarjjitān

He obtains supreme prosperity, like the mansion of Kubera; one thousand years, (and) three by moving at will. "All of those we punish with severe punishments, as is fitting — and those who injure good people who are free of offence."

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VrP 126.38

अथवा म्रियते तत्र मायातीर्थे यशस्विनि ।। मायायोगी ततो भूत्वा मम लोकाय गच्छति स्त्रियं चैवापि हिंसन्ति कामकाराश्च ये नराः ।। ते दण्ड्याश्चैव वध्याश्च राजधर्माद्यथार्हतः

athavā mriyate tatra māyātīrthe yaśasvini || māyāyogī tato bhūtvā mama lokāya gacchati striyaṃ caivāpi hiṃsanti kāmakārāśca ye narāḥ || te daṇḍyāścaiva vadhyāśca rājadharmādyathārhataḥ

"Or if one dies there at the Māyā-tīrtha, O illustrious lady, then, having become a master of māyā, he goes to my world." "And those men who injure a woman and act from lust — they are to be punished and to be put to death, according to the king's law, as each deserves."

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VrP 126.39

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। तीर्थं सर्वात्मकं नाम सर्वतीर्थगुणान्वितम् मयापि राजधर्मो वै कर्त्तव्यो राजकर्मणि ।। नकुलेनापराद्धं किं तद्वद त्वं ममापि हि

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || tīrthaṃ sarvātmakaṃ nāma sarvatīrthaguṇānvitam mayāpi rājadharmo vai karttavyo rājakarmaṇi || nakulenāparāddhaṃ kiṃ tadvada tvaṃ mamāpi hi

"And I shall tell you another (thing); listen to it, Earth: the tīrtha named Sarvātmaka, endowed with the virtues of all tīrthas." "By me too the king's law must indeed be carried out in the business of kingship. What offence did the mongoose commit? Tell that to me."

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VrP 126.41

अथात्र मुंचते प्राणांस्तीर्थे सार्षपके तथा ।। सर्वसंगं परित्यज्य मम लोकं च गच्छति वार्यमाणोऽपि हि मया घातितो नकुलस्ततः ।। ततो मम न भार्यासि न चाहं ते पतिः स्थितः

athātra muṃcate prāṇāṃstīrthe sārṣapake tathā || sarvasaṃgaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ ca gacchati vāryamāṇo'pi hi mayā ghātito nakulastataḥ || tato mama na bhāryāsi na cāhaṃ te patiḥ sthitaḥ

"Now if one gives up his life there at the Sārṣapaka tīrtha, having abandoned all attachment, he goes to my world." "Though I forbade it, the mongoose was killed by you; therefore you are not my wife, nor do I stand as your husband."

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VrP 126.42

पुनरन्यत् प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व शुभलोचने ।। तीर्थं पूर्णमुखं नाम तन्न जानाति कश्चन किञ्च तेन न हन्मि त्वां स्त्रियोऽवध्याः तदैव यत् ।। इत्युक्त्वा राजपुत्रस्तां निवृत्य नगरं प्रति

punaranyat pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva śubhalocane || tīrthaṃ pūrṇamukhaṃ nāma tanna jānāti kaścana kiñca tena na hanmi tvāṃ striyo'vadhyāḥ tadaiva yat || ityuktvā rājaputrastāṃ nivṛtya nagaraṃ prati

"Again I shall tell you another; listen, fair-eyed one: the tīrtha named Pūrṇamukha, which no one knows." "And for that reason I do not kill you — because women are not to be slain, precisely then." Having said this, the prince turned back towards the city.

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VrP 126.43

तत्र सर्वा भवेद्गङ्गा शीतलं जायते जलम् ।। यत्र चोष्णं भवत्यम्बु ज्ञेयं पूर्णमुखं तथा एवं क्रोधं समादाय नष्टस्नेहैः परस्परम् ।। एवं गच्छति काले वै कोसलायां जनाधिपः

tatra sarvā bhavedgaṅgā śītalaṃ jāyate jalam || yatra coṣṇaṃ bhavatyambu jñeyaṃ pūrṇamukhaṃ tathā evaṃ krodhaṃ samādāya naṣṭasnehaiḥ parasparam || evaṃ gacchati kāle vai kosalāyāṃ janādhipaḥ

"There the whole (river) becomes the Gaṅgā, and the water becomes cool; and where the water is hot, that is to be known as Pūrṇamukha." Thus taking up anger, with affection destroyed on both sides — thus, as time passed, the ruler of men in Kosala...

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VrP 126.44

स्नातो गच्छति सुश्रोणी सोमलोके महीयते ।। तदा सोमं पश्यति तु सहस्रं दश पंच च शृणोति तां कथां सर्वां वधं नकुलसर्पयोः ।। एवं श्रुत्वा यथान्यायं सक्रोधौ तावुभावपि

snāto gacchati suśroṇī somaloke mahīyate || tadā somaṃ paśyati tu sahasraṃ daśa paṃca ca śṛṇoti tāṃ kathāṃ sarvāṃ vadhaṃ nakulasarpayoḥ || evaṃ śrutvā yathānyāyaṃ sakrodhau tāvubhāvapi

Having bathed, the fair-hipped woman goes and is honoured in the world of Soma; then she sees Soma for fifteen thousand (years). He hears that whole story, the killing of the mongoose and the serpent. Having heard it thus, in due order, both of them being angry...

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VrP 126.45

ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो ब्राह्मणश्चैव जायते ।। मद्भक्तः शुचिमान्दक्षः सर्वकर्मगुणान्वितः ततः कञ्चुकिनश्चैव स्वामात्यानग्रतः स्थितान् ।। पुत्रं मम वधूं चैव समानयत सत्वरम्

tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo brāhmaṇaścaiva jāyate || madbhaktaḥ śucimāndakṣaḥ sarvakarmaguṇānvitaḥ tataḥ kañcukinaścaiva svāmātyānagrataḥ sthitān || putraṃ mama vadhūṃ caiva samānayata satvaram

"Then, fallen from heaven, he is born a brahmin, my devotee, pure, capable, endowed with the qualities of all rites." Then (he said) to the chamberlains and his ministers standing before him: "Bring my son and my daughter-in-law at once."

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VrP 126.46

अथवा म्रियते तत्र मासि मार्गशिरे तथा ।। शुक्लपक्षे च द्वादश्यां मम लोकं च गच्छति ततो वै राजभृत्यास्तु राज्ञो वै प्रियकारिणः ।। राजाज्ञां तां पुरस्कृत्य वधूं पुत्रं च सादरम्

athavā mriyate tatra māsi mārgaśire tathā || śuklapakṣe ca dvādaśyāṃ mama lokaṃ ca gacchati tato vai rājabhṛtyāstu rājño vai priyakāriṇaḥ || rājājñāṃ tāṃ puraskṛtya vadhūṃ putraṃ ca sādaram

"Or if one dies there in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth, he goes to my world." Then the king's servants, who did what pleased the king, putting that royal command foremost, respectfully (brought) the daughter-in-law and the son.

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VrP 126.47

तत्र पश्यति मां नित्यं दीप्तिमन्तं चतुर्भुजम् ।। न जन्म विद्यते तस्य मरणं च कदाचन आनीय दर्शयामासुर्यत्र राजा स्वयं स्थितः ।। वधूपुत्रौ ततो दृष्ट्वा राजा वचनमब्रवीत्

tatra paśyati māṃ nityaṃ dīptimantaṃ caturbhujam || na janma vidyate tasya maraṇaṃ ca kadācana ānīya darśayāmāsuryatra rājā svayaṃ sthitaḥ || vadhūputrau tato dṛṣṭvā rājā vacanamabravīt

"There he sees me always, radiant and four-armed; for him there is no birth, nor ever death." Having brought them, they presented them where the king himself was seated; then, seeing his son and daughter-in-law, the king spoke these words:

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VrP 126.48

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्याभि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा भक्तो भागवतो मम पुत्र कुत्र गतं प्रेम युवयोस्तत्समाहितम् ।। स्नेहश्च क्व गतः पूर्वो विरुद्धाचरणौ कथम्

punaranyatpravakṣyābhi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || ananyamānaso bhūtvā bhakto bhāgavato mama putra kutra gataṃ prema yuvayostatsamāhitam || snehaśca kva gataḥ pūrvo viruddhācaraṇau katham

"Again I shall tell you another; listen to it, Earth: having become single-minded, (he becomes) my devotee, a Bhāgavata." "Son, where has that concentrated love of you two gone? And where has your former affection gone? How is it that you two act at odds?"

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VrP 126.49

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नाति कदाचिदपि मानवः।। दशवर्षसहस्राणि मोदते ह्यमरालये आसीद्या युवयोः प्रीतिरन्योऽन्यं जतुकाष्ठवत् ।। दर्पणे प्रतिबिम्बं च दृश्यते यद्वदात्मनः

tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ snāti kadācidapi mānavaḥ|| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi modate hyamarālaye āsīdyā yuvayoḥ prītiranyo'nyaṃ jatukāṣṭhavat || darpaṇe pratibimbaṃ ca dṛśyate yadvadātmanaḥ

"And whatever man bathes at that tīrtha, even once, rejoices for ten thousand years in the abode of the immortals." "The love you two had for each other was like lac and wood, and as one's own reflection is seen in a mirror..."

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VrP 126.51

वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशी ।। यदि मुञ्चेत्स्वकं देहं कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् अप्रियं नोक्तपूर्वं तु यया परिजनेऽपि च ।। मिष्टान्नसाधने दक्षा त्वया त्यक्तं न युज्यते

vaiśākhasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣasya dvādaśī || yadi muñcetsvakaṃ dehaṃ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram apriyaṃ noktapūrvaṃ tu yayā parijane'pi ca || miṣṭānnasādhane dakṣā tvayā tyaktaṃ na yujyate

"(On) the twelfth of the bright fortnight of the month of Vaiśākha, if he gives up his own body, having performed a very difficult act..." "She by whom no unkind word was ever spoken before, even to the servants, and who is skilled in preparing sweet food — she has been abandoned by you; it is not right."

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VrP 126.52

न जन्म मरणं तस्य न ग्लानिर्न च वै भयम् ।। सर्वसङ्गविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकाय गच्छति धनपूर्वस्तु ते धर्मः स च योषित्कृतः खलु ।। अहो सत्यं जनानां च स तु स्त्रीभ्यः सुतः कुलम्

na janma maraṇaṃ tasya na glānirna ca vai bhayam || sarvasaṅgavinirmukto mama lokāya gacchati dhanapūrvastu te dharmaḥ sa ca yoṣitkṛtaḥ khalu || aho satyaṃ janānāṃ ca sa tu strībhyaḥ sutaḥ kulam

"For him there is no birth, no death, no weariness, and no fear; freed from all attachment, he goes to my world." "Your dharma formerly consisted in wealth, and that indeed was made by a woman. Ah, it is a truth among people: from women (come) the son and the family."

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VrP 126.53

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे।। करवीरं नाम तीर्थं सर्वलोकसुखावहम् ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रो यशस्विनि।। उभौ तच्चरणौ गृह्य पितरं प्रत्यभाषत

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare|| karavīraṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā rājaputro yaśasvini|| ubhau taccaraṇau gṛhya pitaraṃ pratyabhāṣata

"And I shall tell you another; listen to it, Earth: the tīrtha named Karavīra, which brings happiness to all the worlds." Then, having heard his father's words, the prince, O illustrious lady, clasping both his feet, replied to his father:

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VrP 126.54

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन ज्ञापयते शुभे ।। पुरुषो ज्ञानवांस्तावन्मम भक्तिविनिश्चितः दोषो न विद्यते तात स्नुषायां कोऽपि कुत्रचित् ।। किं मे तु वार्यमाणापि नकुलं मेऽग्रतोऽहनत्

tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena jñāpayate śubhe || puruṣo jñānavāṃstāvanmama bhaktiviniścitaḥ doṣo na vidyate tāta snuṣāyāṃ ko'pi kutracit || kiṃ me tu vāryamāṇāpi nakulaṃ me'grato'hanat

"I shall tell its mark, by which one recognises it, fair lady: a man is possessed of knowledge only so far as he is settled in devotion to me." "Father, there is no fault whatsoever in your daughter-in-law anywhere; but why, though forbidden by me, did she kill the mongoose before my eyes?"

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VrP 126.55

ततोऽभवन्मम क्रोधो दृष्ट्वा पातितमग्रतः ।। क्रोधासक्तेन तु मया यथेयं परिभाषिता

tato'bhavanmama krodho dṛṣṭvā pātitamagrataḥ || krodhāsaktena tu mayā yatheyaṃ paribhāṣitā

"Then anger arose in me on seeing (it) struck down before me; and being seized by anger, I spoke to her as (I did)."

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VrP 126.56

तस्मिंकृतोदकस्तीर्थे स्वच्छंदगमनालयः।। भ्रमेद्विमानमारूढो सहस्रांतरनर्त्तितः मम भार्या न भवती न चाहं तव वै पतिः ।। एतच्च कारणं नान्यत्किञ्चिद्राजन्न संशयः

tasmiṃkṛtodakastīrthe svacchaṃdagamanālayaḥ|| bhramedvimānamārūḍho sahasrāṃtaranarttitaḥ mama bhāryā na bhavatī na cāhaṃ tava vai patiḥ || etacca kāraṇaṃ nānyatkiñcidrājanna saṃśayaḥ

"Having made the water-offering at that tīrtha, having freedom of movement as his dwelling, he would roam mounted on a celestial car, made to dance amid thousands." "You are not my wife, nor am I your husband" — this and nothing else was the cause, O king, without doubt.

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

VrP 126.57

तत्राथ म्रियते भूमे माघमासस्य द्वाशीम्।। ब्रह्माणं मां च पश्येत पश्यते च वृषध्वजम् ततः पतिवचः श्रुत्वा प्राग्ज्योतिषकुलोद्भवा ।। शिरसा प्रणतिं कृत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्

tatrātha mriyate bhūme māghamāsasya dvāśīm|| brahmāṇaṃ māṃ ca paśyeta paśyate ca vṛṣadhvajam tataḥ pativacaḥ śrutvā prāgjyotiṣakulodbhavā || śirasā praṇatiṃ kṛtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt

And if one dies there, O Earth, on the twelfth of the month of Māgha, he shall behold Brahmā and me, and he beholds the Bull-bannered One. — Then, having heard her husband's words, she who was sprung from the family of Prāgjyotiṣa, making obeisance with her head, spoke this speech.

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VrP 126.58

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे।। तस्य ब्राह्मणमुख्यस्य पूर्वं यत्कथितं मया

punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare|| tasya brāhmaṇamukhyasya pūrvaṃ yatkathitaṃ mayā

Again I shall declare another (tīrtha); hear it, O Vasundharā. — Of that foremost of brahmins, that which was formerly told by me.

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VrP 126.59

तस्मिन्कुब्जाम्रके भद्रे स्थानं तु मम रोचते।। पुण्डरीक इति ख्यातं तीर्थं चैव महत्फलम् ततः सर्पवधं दृष्ट्वा कोधसंतप्तमानसा ।। नाभाषितः किमपि नो मयैतदवधेहि वै

tasminkubjāmrake bhadre sthānaṃ tu mama rocate|| puṇḍarīka iti khyātaṃ tīrthaṃ caiva mahatphalam tataḥ sarpavadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kodhasaṃtaptamānasā || nābhāṣitaḥ kimapi no mayaitadavadhehi vai

In that Kubjāmraka, O good lady, that place is pleasing to me: the tīrtha renowned as Puṇḍarīka, of great fruit. — Then, having seen the killing of the serpent, her mind inflamed with anger, she was not addressed by me in any way at all — mark this well.

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VrP 126.61

रथचक्रप्रमाणो वै चरते तत्र कच्छपः।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे अनेन निहतः सर्पस्त्वया च नकुलो हतः ।। कथं वा क्रियते क्रोधस्तन्मे वक्तुमिहार्हथ

rathacakrapramāṇo vai carate tatra kacchapaḥ|| anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasuṃdhare anena nihataḥ sarpastvayā ca nakulo hataḥ || kathaṃ vā kriyate krodhastanme vaktumihārhatha

A tortoise of the measure of a chariot-wheel moves about there. And I shall tell you something else; hear it, O Vasundharā. — By him the serpent was slain, and by you the mongoose was killed; or how is anger to be made? That you ought to tell me here.

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VrP 126.62

स्नात्वा प्राप्नोति सुश्रोणि फलं तत्र महागुणम्।। पुण्डरीकस्य यज्ञस्य यजमानस्य यत्फलम् हते तु नकुले पुत्र किं ते क्रोधस्य कारणम् ।। राजपुत्रि हते सर्पे किं वा ते मन्युकारणम्

snātvā prāpnoti suśroṇi phalaṃ tatra mahāguṇam|| puṇḍarīkasya yajñasya yajamānasya yatphalam hate tu nakule putra kiṃ te krodhasya kāraṇam || rājaputri hate sarpe kiṃ vā te manyukāraṇam

Having bathed there, O fair-hipped one, one obtains fruit of great excellence: the fruit that belongs to the patron of a Puṇḍarīka sacrifice. — But when the mongoose was killed, son, what was the cause of your anger? O king's daughter, when the serpent was killed, what was the cause of your wrath?

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VrP 126.63

प्राप्नोति वसुधे तत्र एवमेव न संशयः।। अथवा म्रियते तत्र लब्धसंज्ञो महायशाः ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा कोसलेश्वरनंदनः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं राजपुत्रो महयशाः

prāpnoti vasudhe tatra evameva na saṃśayaḥ|| athavā mriyate tatra labdhasaṃjño mahāyaśāḥ tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā kosaleśvaranaṃdanaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ rājaputro mahayaśāḥ

He obtains (it) there, O Earth, just so, without doubt; or else he dies there, having gained awareness, greatly glorious. — Then, having heard his father's words, the son of the lord of Kosala, the prince of great fame, spoke sweet speech.

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VrP 126.64

दशानां पुण्डरीकाणां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः।। भुक्त्वा यज्ञफलं तत्र जातिशुद्धो महातपाः एतेन किं वा प्रश्नेन नैतत्प्रष्टुं त्वमर्हसि ।। एनां पृच्छ महाराज ज्ञास्यते कायचेष्टितम्

daśānāṃ puṇḍarīkāṇāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ|| bhuktvā yajñaphalaṃ tatra jātiśuddho mahātapāḥ etena kiṃ vā praśnena naitatpraṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi || enāṃ pṛccha mahārāja jñāsyate kāyaceṣṭitam

A man obtains the fruit of ten Puṇḍarīka sacrifices; having enjoyed the sacrifice's fruit there, he becomes pure in birth and of great austerity. — What use is this question? You ought not to ask this of me. Ask her, great king; (thus) the doing of the body will be known.

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VrP 126.65

सिद्धस्य लभते नित्यं मम लोकाय गच्छति ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रिये तद्वै शृणुष्व मे पुत्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कोसलानां जनेश्वरः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं धर्मसंयोगसाधनम्

siddhasya labhate nityaṃ mama lokāya gacchati || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi priye tadvai śṛṇuṣva me putrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kosalānāṃ janeśvaraḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ dharmasaṃyogasādhanam

He obtains constantly (the state) of the accomplished one; he goes to my world. And I shall tell you something else, dear one; hear that from me. — Having heard his son's words, the lord of the people of Kosala spoke sweet speech, a means of union with dharma.

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VrP 126.66

अग्नितीर्थमिति ख्यातं सिद्धं कुब्जाम्रके स्थितम् ।। यद्वै प्रज्ञायते देवि द्वादश्यां पापवर्जितैः ब्रूहि पुत्र यथान्यायं यत्ते मनसि वर्तते ।। प्रीतिविच्छेदकरणमुभयोरिह कथ्यताम्

agnitīrthamiti khyātaṃ siddhaṃ kubjāmrake sthitam || yadvai prajñāyate devi dvādaśyāṃ pāpavarjitaiḥ brūhi putra yathānyāyaṃ yatte manasi vartate || prītivicchedakaraṇamubhayoriha kathyatām

Renowned as Agnitīrtha, perfected, situated in Kubjāmraka, which indeed becomes known, O goddess, on the twelfth to those free of sin. — Speak, son, as is proper, what is in your mind; let the cause of the severance of affection between the two be told here.

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VrP 126.67

कौमुदस्य तु मासस्य मासो मार्गशिरस्य च ।। आषाढस्य च मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशीम् जाताः सम्वर्धिताः पुत्राः सर्वकामेषु निष्ठिताः ।। पितृपृष्टं तु यद्गुह्यं गोपयंति सुताधमाः

kaumudasya tu māsasya māso mārgaśirasya ca || āṣāḍhasya ca māsasya śuklapakṣasya dvādaśīm jātāḥ samvardhitāḥ putrāḥ sarvakāmeṣu niṣṭhitāḥ || pitṛpṛṣṭaṃ tu yadguhyaṃ gopayaṃti sutādhamāḥ

Of the month Kaumuda and of the month Mārgaśīrṣa, and of the month Āṣāḍha, the twelfth of the bright fortnight. — Sons born and brought up, established in all their desires, yet lowest among sons, conceal the secret that is asked by a father.

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VrP 126.68

यश्चैव माधवे मासि समये यदि वर्त्तते ।। तस्यां तु शुक्लद्वादश्यां तीर्थे तिष्ठति यत्रतः सत्यं वा यदि वाऽसत्यं न ब्रुवंति कदाचन ।। पतंति नरके घोरे रौरवे तप्तवालुके

yaścaiva mādhave māsi samaye yadi varttate || tasyāṃ tu śukladvādaśyāṃ tīrthe tiṣṭhati yatrataḥ satyaṃ vā yadi vā'satyaṃ na bruvaṃti kadācana || pataṃti narake ghore raurave taptavāluke

And whichever (twelfth) falls in the month of Mādhava, if the occasion arises: on that bright twelfth he stands in the tīrtha there. — Those who never speak either truth or untruth fall into the dreadful hell Raurava, into the hot sand.

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VrP 126.69

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व हि वसुन्धरे ।। येन चिह्नेन विज्ञेयं तीर्थं तत्रैव मामकम् पित्रा पृष्टं तु ये ब्रूयुः शुभं वाशुभमेव वा ।। दिव्यां च ते गतिं यांति या गतिः सत्यवादिनाम्

tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva hi vasundhare || yena cihnena vijñeyaṃ tīrthaṃ tatraiva māmakam pitrā pṛṣṭaṃ tu ye brūyuḥ śubhaṃ vāśubhameva vā || divyāṃ ca te gatiṃ yāṃti yā gatiḥ satyavādinām

I shall declare its mark; hear indeed, O Vasundharā, the mark by which that tīrtha of mine there is to be recognised. — But those who, when asked by a father, would speak what is good or even what is not good, they go the divine course, the course that belongs to speakers of truth.

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VrP 126.71

न हि कश्चिद्विजानाति शास्त्रं मम न यश्च वै ।। फलं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि मृतोऽपि स्नातकोऽपि वा ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा कोसलानन्दिवर्द्धनः ।। उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा तत्रैव जनसंसदि

na hi kaścidvijānāti śāstraṃ mama na yaśca vai || phalaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi mṛto'pi snātako'pi vā tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā kosalānandivarddhanaḥ || uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā tatraiva janasaṃsadi

For no one knows my teaching, nor who (does so); I shall declare the fruit of it, whether one dies (there) or bathes (there). — Then, having heard his father's words, the increaser of the joy of the Kosalas spoke with gentle voice there in the assembly of the people.

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VrP 126.72

एकचित्तं समाधाय तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। अग्नितीर्थेषु स्नातो वै तस्मिन्कुब्जाम्रकेषु च गच्छत्वेष जनः सर्वो यथान्यायं गृहाणि वै ।। प्रातस्त्वां कथयिष्यामि यद्वक्तव्यमवश्यकम्

ekacittaṃ samādhāya tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || agnitīrtheṣu snāto vai tasminkubjāmrakeṣu ca gacchatveṣa janaḥ sarvo yathānyāyaṃ gṛhāṇi vai || prātastvāṃ kathayiṣyāmi yadvaktavyamavaśyakam

Fixing your mind on one point, hear that, O Vasundharā: one who has bathed in the Agni-tīrthas and in those at Kubjāmraka — — Let all these people go to their homes, as is proper; in the morning I shall tell you what must necessarily be said.

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VrP 126.73

अग्नितीर्थं महाभागे दीप्तमन्तं सवैष्णवम् ।। सप्त कृत्वाग्निमेधानां यत्फलं भवति प्रिये प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां दुंदुभीनां विनादनैः ।। निबुद्धः कोसलश्रेष्ठः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः

agnitīrthaṃ mahābhāge dīptamantaṃ savaiṣṇavam || sapta kṛtvāgnimedhānāṃ yatphalaṃ bhavati priye prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ duṃdubhīnāṃ vinādanaiḥ || nibuddhaḥ kosalaśreṣṭhaḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ

The Agnitīrtha, O greatly fortunate one, blazing, together with the Vaiṣṇava (tīrtha): the fruit that comes, dear one, from performing seven fire-sacrifices — — But when the night had turned to dawn, the best of the Kosalas was awakened by the sounding of drums, by bards, Māgadhas and panegyrists.

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VrP 126.74

प्राप्नोति तन्महाभागे स्नानमात्रान्न संशयः ।। अथवा म्रियते तत्र एकैकान्द्वादशीकृतान् तदा कमलपत्राक्षो राजपुत्रो महायशाः ।। स्नात्वा च मङ्गलैर्युक्तो राजद्वारमुपागतः

prāpnoti tanmahābhāge snānamātrānna saṃśayaḥ || athavā mriyate tatra ekaikāndvādaśīkṛtān tadā kamalapatrākṣo rājaputro mahāyaśāḥ || snātvā ca maṅgalairyukto rājadvāramupāgataḥ

He obtains that, O greatly fortunate one, by mere bathing, without doubt; or else he dies there — (as regards) the twelfths observed one by one. — Then the lotus-petal-eyed prince of great fame, having bathed and furnished with auspicious rites, came to the king's gate.

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VrP 126.75

स्थित्वा विंशत्यहोरात्रान्मम लोकाय गच्छति ।। तीर्थस्य तस्य वक्ष्यामि चिह्नानि शृणु सुन्दरि

sthitvā viṃśatyahorātrānmama lokāya gacchati || tīrthasya tasya vakṣyāmi cihnāni śṛṇu sundari

Having remained twenty days and nights, he goes to my world. I shall tell the marks of that tīrtha; hear, O beautiful one.

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VrP 126.76

येन विज्ञायते प्राज्ञैर्मम भक्तं सुखावहम् ।। उष्णं भवति हेमन्ते वसुधे तज्जलं तथा कंचुकेस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा कोसलानां जनेश्वरः ।। शीघ्रं प्रवेशय सुतं कंचुके साधुवादिनम्

yena vijñāyate prājñairmama bhaktaṃ sukhāvaham || uṣṇaṃ bhavati hemante vasudhe tajjalaṃ tathā kaṃcukestu vacaḥ śrutvā kosalānāṃ janeśvaraḥ || śīghraṃ praveśaya sutaṃ kaṃcuke sādhuvādinam

(That) by which the wise recognise that which is devoted to me and brings happiness: in the cold season that water becomes warm, O Earth. — And having heard the chamberlain's words, the lord of the people of Kosala (said): 'Bring in the son quickly, chamberlain — him who speaks well.'

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VrP 126.77

उष्णकाले भवेच्छीतमेवं चिह्नं तु तद्भवेत् ।। एष वह्निर्महाभागे तीर्थमाग्नेयमुत्तरे इत्युक्तो राजपुत्रं तु प्रावेशयदनुज्ञया ।। राजपुत्रः पितुर्वेश्म प्रविश्य नियतः शुचिः

uṣṇakāle bhavecchītamevaṃ cihnaṃ tu tadbhavet || eṣa vahnirmahābhāge tīrthamāgneyamuttare ityukto rājaputraṃ tu prāveśayadanujñayā || rājaputraḥ piturveśma praviśya niyataḥ śuciḥ

In the hot season it would become cold: such would be that mark. This is fire, O greatly fortunate one, the Āgneya tīrtha to the north. — Being thus addressed, he brought the prince in with (the king's) permission; the prince, having entered his father's dwelling, restrained and pure,

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VrP 126.78

तरन्ति मानवा येन घोरं संसारसागरम् ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि कुब्जाम्रके महत् ववन्दे चरणौ मूर्ध्ना निषीदेति सुतं ततः ।। तमब्रवीत्पिता जीव जयेत्युक्ता मुदान्वितः

taranti mānavā yena ghoraṃ saṃsārasāgaram || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi devi kubjāmrake mahat vavande caraṇau mūrdhnā niṣīdeti sutaṃ tataḥ || tamabravītpitā jīva jayetyuktā mudānvitaḥ

by which men cross over the dreadful ocean of saṃsāra. And I shall tell you of another great (tīrtha), O goddess, at Kubjāmraka. — He saluted the feet with his head; then (the father said) to his son, 'Be seated'; the father, filled with joy, said to him, 'Live! Be victorious!'

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VrP 126.79

वायव्यमितिविख्यातं तीर्थं धर्माद्विनिस्सृतम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नातः कृतनित्योदकक्रियः ततस्तु कंचुकी गत्वा राज्ञे चैव न्यवेदयत् ।। द्वारि तिष्ठति पुत्रस्ते तव दर्शनलालसः पितृपुत्रौ तु विज्ञेयौ जनैस्त्वेकत्र संस्थितौ ।। हर्षितस्त्वान्तरो बाह्यः कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः

vāyavyamitivikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ dharmādvinissṛtam | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ snātaḥ kṛtanityodakakriyaḥ tatastu kaṃcukī gatvā rājñe caiva nyavedayat || dvāri tiṣṭhati putraste tava darśanalālasaḥ pitṛputrau tu vijñeyau janaistvekatra saṃsthitau || harṣitastvāntaro bāhyaḥ kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ

The tīrtha renowned as Vāyavya, which issued forth from dharma — whoever has bathed in that tīrtha and performed the daily water-rite... Then the chamberlain went and announced to the king: "Your son stands at the door, eager for sight of you." But when the two, father and son, stood together, they could (hardly) be told apart by people. He was delighted within and without, and had the festive and auspicious rites performed.

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VrP 126.81

दिनानि दश पंचैतत्कृतमेव हि मामकम्।। जन्म वा मरणं वापि भूमौ नैव पुनर्भवेत् युवयोः प्रीतिविच्छेदे कारणं गोपितं हि यत् ।। ततो राजकुमारस्तं पितरं प्रत्यभाषत

dināni daśa paṃcaitatkṛtameva hi māmakam|| janma vā maraṇaṃ vāpi bhūmau naiva punarbhavet yuvayoḥ prītivicchede kāraṇaṃ gopitaṃ hi yat || tato rājakumārastaṃ pitaraṃ pratyabhāṣata

"These ten and five days (i.e. fifteen) — this indeed is my own doing." Neither birth nor death would ever occur again on earth. Since the cause of the breaking of affection between you two has been kept hidden — then the prince spoke back to his father.

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VrP 126.82

जायते च चतुर्बाहुर्मम लोके प्रतिष्ठितः।। तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि वायु तीर्थस्य सुन्दरि अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यं त्वया पृष्ठेन निष्फलम् ।। तद्गुह्यं हि महाराज प्रीतिविच्छेदकारकम्

jāyate ca caturbāhurmama loke pratiṣṭhitaḥ|| tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi vāyu tīrthasya sundari avaśyameva vaktavyaṃ tvayā pṛṣṭhena niṣphalam || tadguhyaṃ hi mahārāja prītivicchedakārakam

And he is born four-armed, established in my world. I shall declare the sign of the Vāyu-tīrtha, O lovely one. "It must certainly be told by you; (otherwise) the asking is fruitless." "But that, great king, is a secret, and it causes the breaking of affection."

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VrP 126.83

येन चिह्नेन विज्ञेयं तीर्थं तच्च महत्तरम् ।। अश्वत्थवृक्षपत्राणि चलन्ति नित्यशो वने यदीच्छसि महाराज श्रोतुं गुह्यमिदं महत् ।। आगच्छ तात कुब्जाम्रे मया सह महीपते

yena cihnena vijñeyaṃ tīrthaṃ tacca mahattaram || aśvatthavṛkṣapatrāṇi calanti nityaśo vane yadīcchasi mahārāja śrotuṃ guhyamidaṃ mahat || āgaccha tāta kubjāmre mayā saha mahīpate

By which sign that tīrtha, the greater one, is to be recognised: the leaves of the aśvattha tree move constantly in the forest. "If you wish, great king, to hear this great secret, then come, father, to Kubjāmraka along with me, O lord of the earth."

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VrP 126.84

चतुर्विंशतिर्द्वादश्यां येन विज्ञायते खलु ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थं कुब्जाम्रके धरे तत्र ते कथयिष्यामि कोसलाधिपते त्वरन् ।। यत्त्वया पृच्छितं ह्येतद्गुह्यं पूर्वमनिन्दितम्

caturviṃśatirdvādaśyāṃ yena vijñāyate khalu || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tīrthaṃ kubjāmrake dhare tatra te kathayiṣyāmi kosalādhipate tvaran || yattvayā pṛcchitaṃ hyetadguhyaṃ pūrvamaninditam

...twenty-four, by which it is indeed recognised on the twelfth. Again I shall declare another tīrtha in Kubjāmraka, O Earth-bearer. "There I shall tell you at once, lord of Kosala, that secret you have asked about, which is unblamed from of old."

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VrP 126.85

शक्रतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम् ।। तस्मिंस्तीर्थे वरारोहे शक्रतीर्थे वसुंधरे ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रस्य वै नृपः ।। बाढमित्येव तत्राह पुत्रप्रेम्णा समन्वितः

śakratīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam || tasmiṃstīrthe varārohe śakratīrthe vasuṃdhare tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājaputrasya vai nṛpaḥ || bāḍhamityeva tatrāha putrapremṇā samanvitaḥ

...known as Śakratīrtha, which releases from all saṃsāra. In that tīrtha, O fair-hipped one, in Śakratīrtha, O Earth — then, having heard that word of the prince, the king said there only "Very well," filled with love for his son.

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VrP 126.86

शक्रस्तु वसते लोके वज्रहस्तो न संशयः ।। अथवा म्रियते तत्र शक्रतीर्थे महातपे राजपुत्रे गते सुभ्रु अमात्यानां च सन्निधौ ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्य ये वै तत्र समागताः

śakrastu vasate loke vajrahasto na saṃśayaḥ || athavā mriyate tatra śakratīrthe mahātape rājaputre gate subhru amātyānāṃ ca sannidhau || uvāca madhuraṃ vākya ye vai tatra samāgatāḥ

Śakra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, dwells in (that) world — there is no doubt. Or if one dies there at Śakratīrtha, of great heat... When the prince had gone, O fair-browed one, in the presence of the ministers he spoke sweet words to those who had assembled there.

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

VrP 126.87

उपोष्य दशरात्राणि मम लोकाय गच्छति ।। तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन विज्ञायते ततः अमात्याः शृणुतेमं मे वचनं कृतनिश्चयम् ।। कुब्जाम्रकं प्रति वयं गच्छामस्तस्य साधनम्

upoṣya daśarātrāṇi mama lokāya gacchati || tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena vijñāyate tataḥ amātyāḥ śṛṇutemaṃ me vacanaṃ kṛtaniścayam || kubjāmrakaṃ prati vayaṃ gacchāmastasya sādhanam

Having fasted ten nights, he goes to my world. I shall declare its sign, by which it is then recognised. "Ministers, hear this word of mine, my settled resolve: we are going to Kubjāmraka; (make) the preparation for that."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 126.88

एकचित्तं समाधाय शृणु सुन्दरि तत्त्वतः ।। पञ्च वृक्षास्तु तिष्ठन्ति तद्दक्षिणदिशे क्षिते शीघ्रं सम्पाद्यतां चैव युज्यन्तां गजवाजिनः ।। राज्ञो वचस्ते संश्रुत्य तमूचुः कृतमेव तत्

ekacittaṃ samādhāya śṛṇu sundari tattvataḥ || pañca vṛkṣāstu tiṣṭhanti taddakṣiṇadiśe kṣite śīghraṃ sampādyatāṃ caiva yujyantāṃ gajavājinaḥ || rājño vacaste saṃśrutya tamūcuḥ kṛtameva tat

Fixing the mind on one point, listen truly, O lovely one: five trees stand on the ground to the south of it. "Let it be arranged quickly, and let the elephants and horses be yoked." Hearing the king's word, they said to him, "That is already done."

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VrP 126.89

शक्रतीर्थस्य चिह्नं ते वसुधे परिकीर्त्तितम् ।। अन्यच्च तीर्थं वक्ष्यामि तस्मिन् कुब्जाम्रके परम् इत्युक्त्वा सप्तरात्रेण सर्वं सम्पाद्य साधनम् ।। गजाश्वपशुयानादिकार्षापणकधेनुकम्

śakratīrthasya cihnaṃ te vasudhe parikīrttitam || anyacca tīrthaṃ vakṣyāmi tasmin kubjāmrake param ityuktvā saptarātreṇa sarvaṃ sampādya sādhanam || gajāśvapaśuyānādikārṣāpaṇakadhenukam

The sign of Śakratīrtha has been declared to you, O Earth. And I shall tell of another, further tīrtha there in Kubjāmraka. Having said this, in seven nights, when all the equipment had been prepared — elephants, horses, cattle, vehicles and the rest, kārṣāpaṇas and milch cows...

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VrP 126.91

यत्प्राप्नोति मृतो वापि पुरुषः संशितव्रतः ।। अष्ट वर्ष सहस्राणि गत्वा वै वरुणालयम् ।। ततः स राजशार्दूलः पुत्रमाह वसुन्धरे ।। राज्यं शून्यं कथं त्यक्त्वा गमिष्यामो वयं सुत

yatprāpnoti mṛto vāpi puruṣaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ || aṣṭa varṣa sahasrāṇi gatvā vai varuṇālayam || tataḥ sa rājaśārdūlaḥ putramāha vasundhare || rājyaṃ śūnyaṃ kathaṃ tyaktvā gamiṣyāmo vayaṃ suta

...which a man of strict vows obtains, even when dead: having gone to the abode of Varuṇa for eight thousand years. Then that tiger among kings said to his son, O Earth: "How shall we go, son, leaving the kingdom empty?"

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

VrP 126.92

स्वच्छन्दगमनो भूत्वा एवमेव न संशयः ।। अथ वै म्रियते तत्र विंशवर्षोषितो नरः ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रो महायशाः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं गृहीत्वा चरणौ पितुः

svacchandagamano bhūtvā evameva na saṃśayaḥ || atha vai mriyate tatra viṃśavarṣoṣito naraḥ tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā rājaputro mahāyaśāḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ gṛhītvā caraṇau pituḥ

Becoming one who moves at his own will — just so, without doubt. Or else, if a man who has dwelt (there) twenty years dies there... Then, having heard his father's word, the greatly renowned prince, clasping his father's feet, spoke sweet words.

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

VrP 126.93

सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे कनीयानेष मे भ्राता एकोदर समुद्भवः ।। एतस्य दीयतां राज्यं यथान्यायेन चागतम्

sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare kanīyāneṣa me bhrātā ekodara samudbhavaḥ || etasya dīyatāṃ rājyaṃ yathānyāyena cāgatam

Abandoning all attachment, he goes to my world. I shall declare its sign; hear it, O Earth. "This is my younger brother, born of the same womb; let the kingdom, which has come (to us) lawfully, be given to him."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 126.94

तत्र धारा पतत्येका एकरूपा सदा भवेत् ।। न वर्द्धते च वर्षासु घर्मे न ह्रसते पुनः पुत्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कोसलानां कुलोद्वहः ।। वर्त्तमानेऽपि च ज्येष्ठे कनीयान् कथमर्हति

tatra dhārā patatyekā ekarūpā sadā bhavet || na varddhate ca varṣāsu gharme na hrasate punaḥ putrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kosalānāṃ kulodvahaḥ || varttamāne'pi ca jyeṣṭhe kanīyān kathamarhati

There a single stream falls, and it is always of one form: it does not swell in the rains, nor again does it shrink in the hot season. Having heard his son's words, the upholder of the line of the Kosalas (said): "While the elder is present, how is the younger entitled (to it)?"

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VrP 126.95

सप्तसामुद्रकं नाम तस्मिन्कुब्जाम्रके परम् ।। तस्मिन्कृतोदको भूमे नरो धर्मपरायणः ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा कोसलायाः कुलोद्भवः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं पितरं धर्मकारणात्

saptasāmudrakaṃ nāma tasminkubjāmrake param || tasminkṛtodako bhūme naro dharmaparāyaṇaḥ tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā kosalāyāḥ kulodbhavaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ pitaraṃ dharmakāraṇāt

There is a supreme (tīrtha) named Saptasāmudraka in that Kubjāmraka; a man intent upon dharma who makes the water-offering there, O Earth... Then, having heard his father's word, the one born of the line of Kosalā spoke sweet words to his father for the sake of dharma.

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VrP 126.96

त्रयाणामश्वमेधानां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ।। शीघ्रं गच्छति वै स्वर्गं सहस्रं दश पञ्च च अनुजानामि ते तात दीयमानां वसुन्धराम् ।। नास्य धर्मविलोपस्तु भुञ्जमानस्य मेदिनीम्

trayāṇāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ || śīghraṃ gacchati vai svargaṃ sahasraṃ daśa pañca ca anujānāmi te tāta dīyamānāṃ vasundharām || nāsya dharmavilopastu bhuñjamānasya medinīm

A man obtains the fruit of three horse-sacrifices; indeed he goes swiftly to heaven for fifteen thousand (years). "I consent, father, to the earth being given (to him); there will be no lapse of dharma for him while he enjoys the earth."

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

VrP 126.97

ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः कुलवाञ्जायते द्विजः ।। वेदवेदाङ्गकुशलः सोमपश्चैव जायते नाहं कुब्जाम्रकं गत्वा निवर्तिष्ये कदाचन ।। एतत्सत्यं च धर्मश्च तात ते कथितं मया

tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kulavāñjāyate dvijaḥ || vedavedāṅgakuśalaḥ somapaścaiva jāyate nāhaṃ kubjāmrakaṃ gatvā nivartiṣye kadācana || etatsatyaṃ ca dharmaśca tāta te kathitaṃ mayā

Then, fallen from heaven, he is born a twice-born of good family, skilled in the Veda and the Vedāṅgas, and a drinker of soma. "Once I have gone to Kubjāmraka I shall never return. This is truth and this is dharma, father, that I have told you."

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VrP 126.98

अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मुक्तसङ्गो जितेन्द्रियः ।। उषित्वा सप्तरात्रं वै मम लोकं स गच्छति अपराधविहीनश्च भीतश्च भुजगस्तथा ।। शतशो वार्यमाणेन शीघ्रमेव निपातितः पुत्रेण चाभ्यनुज्ञातः कनीयानभिषेचितः ।। स मुख्येनाभ्यनुज्ञातो भूमे भूपतिसत्तमः

athātra muñcate prāṇānmuktasaṅgo jitendriyaḥ || uṣitvā saptarātraṃ vai mama lokaṃ sa gacchati aparādhavihīnaśca bhītaśca bhujagastathā || śataśo vāryamāṇena śīghrameva nipātitaḥ putreṇa cābhyanujñātaḥ kanīyānabhiṣecitaḥ || sa mukhyenābhyanujñāto bhūme bhūpatisattamaḥ

Or if here he releases his breath, free from attachment, his senses subdued, having dwelt seven nights he goes to my world. And a snake, free of any offence and frightened, though restrained a hundred times, was quickly struck down. Authorised by the son, the younger was consecrated; authorised by the eldest, O Earth, (he became) the best of kings.

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

VrP 126.99

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थस्य शृणु सुन्दरि ।। वैशाखशुक्लद्वादश्यां विभूतिस्तत्र या भवेत् ततो दीर्घेण कालेन स्थानं कुब्जाम्रकं गतः ।। अन्तःपुरेण सहितः सर्वद्रव्यसमन्वितः

tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi tīrthasya śṛṇu sundari || vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāṃ vibhūtistatra yā bhavet tato dīrgheṇa kālena sthānaṃ kubjāmrakaṃ gataḥ || antaḥpureṇa sahitaḥ sarvadravyasamanvitaḥ

I shall declare the sign of that tīrtha; hear it, O lovely one: whatever manifestation of power occurs there on the bright twelfth of Vaiśākha. Then, after a long time, he reached the place Kubjāmraka, together with his womenfolk and provided with all goods.

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

VrP 126.126

सहस्रं चांबुभक्षेण तथा शैवालभक्षणम् ।। वर्षाणां च शतं पंच तिष्ठते स महामुनिः यावल्लोका धरिष्यन्ति तावच्चैव महाप्रभो ।। स्थानं तव हृषीकेश इच्छामि मधुसूदन यो वै परित्यजेत्प्राणान् स्त्री पुमान्वा नपुंसकम् ।। निष्कलां लभते सिद्धिं मम लोकं स गच्छति यस्तत्र स्नाति कश्चिद्वै वैशाखस्य तु द्वादशीम्।। निष्कलं लभते स्वर्गं सहस्रं दश पंच च ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टस्तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः।। द्रव्यवान्गुणवांश्चैव मद्भक्तश्चैव जायते तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व शुचिस्मिते।। तस्य तीर्थस्य सुश्रोणि मध्याह्ने द्वादशीदिने एकाग्रं तु मनः कृत्वा तच्छृणुश्व वसुन्धरे ।। मुक्त्वा भागवतान्शुद्धान्त्संहितापाठकान्मम वाजपेयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति निष्कलम् ।। अथवा म्रियते तत्र वायुतीर्थे महाह्रदे वरुणेन तपस्तप्तं सहस्रं पञ्च सप्त च ।। तत्र स्नातस्य वक्ष्यामि जायते तत्र यत्फलम् विमला गाङ्गता यत्र गङ्गाजलविमिश्रितम् ।। तस्मिन् तीर्थे तदेवैतत्क्षीरवर्णं पुनर्भवेत् गंधमाल्योपहार्याणि भक्षयंती यदृच्छया।। कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य नकुलस्तत्र चागतः रमतो धूमकेतोश्च वह्नेश्चैव यथा तथा ।। यथा शची च शक्रश्च रमन्तौ नन्दने वने कुपितो राजपुत्रो वै राजपुत्रीमभाषत ।। स्त्रीणां भर्त्ता सदा मान्यस्तं मामुल्लङ्घ्य निष्ठुरम् दर्शनीयः सुरूपश्च राज्ञां योग्यो गृहेषु च ।। मङ्गल्यश्च पवित्रश्च नकुलः किं हतस्त्वया ।। सन्मुखत्वेन च सदा तद्वद्वां याऽभवत्पुरा ।। दक्षा सुशीला धर्मिष्ठा नैनां त्यक्तुं त्वमर्हसि वधूपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा कोसलानां जनेश्वरः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यमुभयोर्जनसंसदि अवश्यमेव तद्वाक्यं वक्तव्यं मम सन्निधौ ।। यस्य दोषेण ते पुत्र नष्टा प्रीतिर्गुणाकरा ततः पुत्रं प्रहस्याह कुमारं स जनाधिपः ।। ।। वद पुत्र महाभाग पूर्वं पृष्टं मया हि यत् सुवर्णरत्नवस्त्राणि अन्नं चान्यदपेक्षितम् ।। राजानं ते समागत्य सिद्धमित्यूचुरीश्वरम् ततस्तीर्थावधिं कृत्वा दत्त्वा दानानि भूरिशः ।। अन्नवस्त्र सुवर्णानि गोहस्त्यश्वभुवस्तथा निर्माल्यं तु समासाद्य राजपुत्रो महातपाः ।। उभो तौ चरणौ गृह्य पितरं प्रत्यभाषत युध्यमाना तु तेनैव नकुलेन निपातिता ।। प्राग्ज्योतिषकुले जाता जाता तव वधूस्ततः तेजसां च महत्तेजस्तपसां च महत्तपः ।। एतन्न मूर्खमध्ये तु पठेच्चापि कदाचन

sahasraṃ cāṃbubhakṣeṇa tathā śaivālabhakṣaṇam || varṣāṇāṃ ca śataṃ paṃca tiṣṭhate sa mahāmuniḥ yāvallokā dhariṣyanti tāvaccaiva mahāprabho || sthānaṃ tava hṛṣīkeśa icchāmi madhusūdana yo vai parityajetprāṇān strī pumānvā napuṃsakam || niṣkalāṃ labhate siddhiṃ mama lokaṃ sa gacchati yastatra snāti kaścidvai vaiśākhasya tu dvādaśīm|| niṣkalaṃ labhate svargaṃ sahasraṃ daśa paṃca ca tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭastattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ|| dravyavānguṇavāṃścaiva madbhaktaścaiva jāyate tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva śucismite|| tasya tīrthasya suśroṇi madhyāhne dvādaśīdine ekāgraṃ tu manaḥ kṛtvā tacchṛṇuśva vasundhare || muktvā bhāgavatānśuddhāntsaṃhitāpāṭhakānmama vājapeyasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti niṣkalam || athavā mriyate tatra vāyutīrthe mahāhrade varuṇena tapastaptaṃ sahasraṃ pañca sapta ca || tatra snātasya vakṣyāmi jāyate tatra yatphalam vimalā gāṅgatā yatra gaṅgājalavimiśritam || tasmin tīrthe tadevaitatkṣīravarṇaṃ punarbhavet gaṃdhamālyopahāryāṇi bhakṣayaṃtī yadṛcchayā|| kasyacittvatha kālasya nakulastatra cāgataḥ ramato dhūmaketośca vahneścaiva yathā tathā || yathā śacī ca śakraśca ramantau nandane vane kupito rājaputro vai rājaputrīmabhāṣata || strīṇāṃ bharttā sadā mānyastaṃ māmullaṅghya niṣṭhuram darśanīyaḥ surūpaśca rājñāṃ yogyo gṛheṣu ca || maṅgalyaśca pavitraśca nakulaḥ kiṃ hatastvayā || sanmukhatvena ca sadā tadvadvāṃ yā'bhavatpurā || dakṣā suśīlā dharmiṣṭhā naināṃ tyaktuṃ tvamarhasi vadhūputravacaḥ śrutvā kosalānāṃ janeśvaraḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyamubhayorjanasaṃsadi avaśyameva tadvākyaṃ vaktavyaṃ mama sannidhau || yasya doṣeṇa te putra naṣṭā prītirguṇākarā tataḥ putraṃ prahasyāha kumāraṃ sa janādhipaḥ || || vada putra mahābhāga pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ mayā hi yat suvarṇaratnavastrāṇi annaṃ cānyadapekṣitam || rājānaṃ te samāgatya siddhamityūcurīśvaram tatastīrthāvadhiṃ kṛtvā dattvā dānāni bhūriśaḥ || annavastra suvarṇāni gohastyaśvabhuvastathā nirmālyaṃ tu samāsādya rājaputro mahātapāḥ || ubho tau caraṇau gṛhya pitaraṃ pratyabhāṣata yudhyamānā tu tenaiva nakulena nipātitā || prāgjyotiṣakule jātā jātā tava vadhūstataḥ tejasāṃ ca mahattejastapasāṃ ca mahattapaḥ || etanna mūrkhamadhye tu paṭheccāpi kadācana

By eating only water and by eating moss, for a thousand — and for five hundred years — that great sage remains. "As long as the worlds shall endure, just so long may your place endure, O great lord Hṛṣīkeśa; this I desire, Madhusūdana." Whoever gives up his life there, whether woman, man, or neuter, gains unimpaired perfection and goes to my world. Anyone who bathes there on the twelfth of Vaiśākha gains unimpaired heaven for fifteen thousand (years). Then, fallen from heaven, by the power of that tīrtha he is born wealthy, endowed with virtues, and my devotee. I shall declare its sign; hear it, O bright-smiling one: of that tīrtha, O fair-hipped one, at midday on the twelfth day — making your mind single-pointed, hear it, O Earth — leaving aside the pure Bhāgavatas, the reciters of my Saṃhitā (it is not to be told). He obtains the undiminished fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice; or else he dies there in the Vāyutīrtha, in the great lake. By Varuṇa austerity was practised (there) for twelve thousand (years); I shall tell what fruit arises there for one who bathes there. Where there is pure Gaṅgā-water, mingled with the water of the Ganges — in that tīrtha this very (water) becomes milk-coloured again. Eating at will the offerings of perfumes and garlands — then at some time a mongoose came there. The two taking pleasure as the smoke-bannered one and fire (do), just as Śacī and Śakra take pleasure in the Nandana grove. Angered, the prince spoke to the princess: "A husband is always to be honoured by women; you, disregarding me, cruelly — why was the mongoose killed by you, one fair to look at and handsome, fit for the houses of kings, auspicious and pure?" "And she, who was always of pleasant countenance toward you two as before — capable, of good conduct, devoted to dharma: you ought not to abandon her." Hearing the words of the daughter-in-law and of the son, the lord of the people of Kosala spoke sweet words to them both in the assembly of people: "That matter must certainly be spoken in my presence — by whose fault, my son, has your affection, that mine of virtues, been destroyed?" Then that lord of the people, laughing, said to his son the prince: "Speak, greatly fortunate son, what I asked you before." Gold, jewels, garments, food and whatever else was required — they came to the king and said to the lord, "It is ready." Then, having fixed the limit of the pilgrimage, and having given gifts abundantly — food, clothes, gold, cows, elephants, horses and lands — and having received the remnants of the offering, the prince of great austerity, clasping both his feet, replied to his father. While fighting she was struck down by that very mongoose; born (again) in the family of Prāgjyotiṣa, she then became your daughter-in-law. It is the great splendour among splendours and the great austerity among austerities; one should never recite this in the midst of fools.

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

VrP 126.234

चतुर्भुजश्च जायेत मल्लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठितः ।। एतत्ते कथितं भूमे स्थानं कुब्जाम्रके तथा ।। मम भक्तसुखार्थाय किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि

caturbhujaśca jāyeta mallokeṣu pratiṣṭhitaḥ || etatte kathitaṃ bhūme sthānaṃ kubjāmrake tathā || mama bhaktasukhārthāya kimanyatparipṛcchasi

And he would be born four-armed, established in my worlds. This has been told to you, O Earth, and likewise the place at Kubjāmraka, for the happiness of my devotees. What else do you ask?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 126.585

माघमासे तु सुश्रोणि शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी ।। पुष्पिते करवीरे वै मध्याह्ने तु न संशयः

māghamāse tu suśroṇi śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśī || puṣpite karavīre vai madhyāhne tu na saṃśayaḥ

But in the month of Māgha, O fair-hipped one, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth, when the oleander is in bloom, at midday — of this there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition