Varaha Purana — Chapter 137
VrP 137.1
अथ गृध्रजम्बुकाख्यानम् । तत्रादित्यवरप्रदानम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा तु विपुलं ह्येतदपराधविशोधनम् ।। कर्म भागवतं श्रेष्ठं सर्वभागवत प्रियम् मम किं तात राज्येन कोशेन च बलेन च ।। यस्त्वया रहितस्तात न शक्नोमि विचेष्टितुम्
atha gṛdhrajambukākhyānam | tatrādityavarapradānam || sūta uvāca || śrutvā tu vipulaṃ hyetadaparādhaviśodhanam || karma bhāgavataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvabhāgavata priyam mama kiṃ tāta rājyena kośena ca balena ca || yastvayā rahitastāta na śaknomi viceṣṭitum
Now the narrative of the vulture and the jackal; therein the granting of a boon by Āditya. Sūta said: Having heard this extensive purification of offences, the excellent Bhāgavata rite, dear to every Bhāgavata — "What is a kingdom to me, father, or a treasury, or an army? He who is bereft of you, father — I cannot even stir."
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VrP 137.2
अहो कर्म महाश्रेष्ठं भगवंस्तव भाषितम् ।। मम चैव प्रियार्थाय तव भक्तसुखावहम् संगृह्य चोभौ चरणौ भर्त्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ।। न चैव रत्नानीच्छामि हस्त्यश्वरथमेव च अभिषेकं राजशब्दं मम संज्ञापितं त्वया ।। एतन्न बहुमन्येऽहं विना तात त्वया ह्यहम्
aho karma mahāśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavaṃstava bhāṣitam || mama caiva priyārthāya tava bhaktasukhāvaham saṃgṛhya cobhau caraṇau bharttāramidamabravīt || na caiva ratnānīcchāmi hastyaśvarathameva ca abhiṣekaṃ rājaśabdaṃ mama saṃjñāpitaṃ tvayā || etanna bahumanye'haṃ vinā tāta tvayā hyaham
"Ah, the most excellent rite that you have spoken, O Lord, both for my pleasure and bringing happiness to your devotees." And grasping both his feet she said this to her husband: "I do not desire jewels, nor elephants, horses and chariots; the consecration and the title of king that you have announced for me — this I do not think much of, for without you, father, I..."
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VrP 137.3
श्रुतं ह्येव महाबाहो सर्वधर्मार्थ साधकम्।। तव भक्तसुखार्थाय तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति पट्टबन्धेन कार्यं च यावद्ध्रियति मे गुरुः ।। एका स्वपितुमिच्छामि मध्याह्ने तु तथाविधे पर्यङ्कस्य तले तत्र राजा दर्शनलालसः ।। विलोक्य तां वरारोहां ततश्चिन्तापरायणाम् क्रीडामेवाऽत्र जानामि येन क्रीडन्ति बालकाः ।। राज्यचिन्तां न जानामि राजानो यां तु कुर्वते
śrutaṃ hyeva mahābāho sarvadharmārtha sādhakam|| tava bhaktasukhārthāya tadbhavānvaktumarhati paṭṭabandhena kāryaṃ ca yāvaddhriyati me guruḥ || ekā svapitumicchāmi madhyāhne tu tathāvidhe paryaṅkasya tale tatra rājā darśanalālasaḥ || vilokya tāṃ varārohāṃ tataścintāparāyaṇām krīḍāmevā'tra jānāmi yena krīḍanti bālakāḥ || rājyacintāṃ na jānāmi rājāno yāṃ tu kurvate
"It has indeed been heard, O mighty-armed one, as accomplishing all dharma and wealth; for the sake of the happiness of your devotees, your honour should therefore speak it. And the matter of the tying of the fillet, so long as my elder holds (it)... I wish to sleep alone at midday, in such a fashion, upon the surface of the couch." There the king, eager for the sight (of her), beholding that fair-hipped one then absorbed in thought: "I know only the play with which children play; I do not know the care for a kingdom that kings take up."
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VrP 137.4
किमुच्यते व्रतं चैव शुभं कुब्जाम्रकं महत् ।। कतरच्चापि तच्छ्रेष्ठं क्षेत्रं भक्तसुखावहम् न चिरं वाल्पकालं तु यथा कश्चिन्न पश्यति ।। श्वशुरो यदि वा श्वश्रूर्यथैवान्यो नराधिप ततः पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा कलिङ्गानां महीपतिः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सामपूर्वं यशस्विनि
kimucyate vrataṃ caiva śubhaṃ kubjāmrakaṃ mahat || kataraccāpi tacchreṣṭhaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaktasukhāvaham na ciraṃ vālpakālaṃ tu yathā kaścinna paśyati || śvaśuro yadi vā śvaśrūryathaivānyo narādhipa tataḥ putravacaḥ śrutvā kaliṅgānāṃ mahīpatiḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sāmapūrvaṃ yaśasvini
"What is said to be the vow, and the great auspicious Kubjāmraka? And which of these is the best field, bringing happiness to devotees? Not for long, but for a short time, in such a way that no one sees — neither father-in-law nor mother-in-law nor anyone else, O ruler of men." Then, hearing his son's words, the lord of the Kaliṅgas spoke sweet speech, prefaced with conciliation, O illustrious lady.
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VrP 137.5
सुप्ता नैव च द्रष्टव्या व्रतमेतन्मुहूर्त्तकम् ।। आत्मनो वै गृहजना ये केचित्स्वजने जनाः यच्चेदं भाषसे पुत्र नाहं जानामि तद्वचः ।। पुत्र शिक्षापयिष्यन्ति पौरजानपदास्तव तं प्रयान्तं ततो दृष्ट्वा पौरजानपदास्तव
suptā naiva ca draṣṭavyā vratametanmuhūrttakam || ātmano vai gṛhajanā ye kecitsvajane janāḥ yaccedaṃ bhāṣase putra nāhaṃ jānāmi tadvacaḥ || putra śikṣāpayiṣyanti paurajānapadāstava taṃ prayāntaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā paurajānapadāstava
"And I must not be seen asleep — this vow lasts but a moment — by one's own household folk, whoever the people among one's own kin may be." "And what you say here, son, I do not understand that speech; son, your townsfolk and country folk will instruct you." Then, seeing him setting out, your townsfolk and country folk...
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VrP 137.6
परं कोकामुखं स्थानं तथा कुब्जा म्रकं परम् ।। परं सौकरवं स्थानं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम् ते मां प्रसुप्तां पश्येयुः कदाचिदपि संस्थिताम् ।। ततो भार्यावचः श्रुत्वा कलिङ्गैश्वर्यवर्द्धनः एवं संदिश्य तं तत्र स राजा धर्मशास्त्रतः ।। गमनाय मतिं चक्रे क्षेत्रं सौकरवं प्रति
paraṃ kokāmukhaṃ sthānaṃ tathā kubjā mrakaṃ param || paraṃ saukaravaṃ sthānaṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam te māṃ prasuptāṃ paśyeyuḥ kadācidapi saṃsthitām || tato bhāryāvacaḥ śrutvā kaliṅgaiśvaryavarddhanaḥ evaṃ saṃdiśya taṃ tatra sa rājā dharmaśāstrataḥ || gamanāya matiṃ cakre kṣetraṃ saukaravaṃ prati
Supreme is the place Kokāmukha, and supreme too Kubjāmraka; supreme is the place Saukara, which releases from all transmigration. "They might see me fast asleep, or at some time lying down." Then, hearing his wife's words, he who increased the sovereignty of the Kaliṅgas — having thus instructed him there, that king, in accordance with the dharma treatises, made up his mind to go to the field of Saukara.
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VrP 137.7
यत्र संस्था च मे देवि ह्युद्धृतासि रसातलात् ।। यत्र भागीरथी गङ्गा मम सौकरवे स्थिता बाढमित्येव तां वाक्यं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरे ।। विस्रब्धा भव सुश्रोणि कल्याणेन यशस्विनि सकलत्रसुताः सर्वेऽप्यनुयान्ति नराधिपम्
yatra saṃsthā ca me devi hyuddhṛtāsi rasātalāt || yatra bhāgīrathī gaṅgā mama saukarave sthitā bāḍhamityeva tāṃ vākyaṃ pratyuvāca vasundhare || visrabdhā bhava suśroṇi kalyāṇena yaśasvini sakalatrasutāḥ sarve'pyanuyānti narādhipam
"Where my abode is, O goddess, and where you were lifted up out of the netherworld, where the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā stands in my Saukara." "Very well" — with just this word he replied to her, O Vasundharā: "Be at ease, fair-hipped one, all will be well, O illustrious one." All, together with their wives and sons, follow the ruler of men.
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VrP 137.8
धरोवाच ।। केषु लोकेषु यान्तीश सौकरे ये मृताः प्रभो ।। किं वा पुण्यं भवेत्तत्र स्नातस्य पिबतस्तथा न त्वां वै द्रक्ष्यते कश्चिच्छयनीये महाव्रताम् ।। एवं गच्छति काले तु तयोस्तु तदनन्तरे हस्त्यश्वरथयानानि स्त्रियश्चान्तःपुरस्थिताः ।। संहृष्टमनसः सर्वे अनुयान्ति नराधिपम्
dharovāca || keṣu lokeṣu yāntīśa saukare ye mṛtāḥ prabho || kiṃ vā puṇyaṃ bhavettatra snātasya pibatastathā na tvāṃ vai drakṣyate kaścicchayanīye mahāvratām || evaṃ gacchati kāle tu tayostu tadanantare hastyaśvarathayānāni striyaścāntaḥpurasthitāḥ || saṃhṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve anuyānti narādhipam
Dharā said: To what worlds do they go, O lord, who die at Saukara, O master? And what merit arises there for one who bathes, and likewise for one who drinks (its water)? "No one shall see you, keeper of the great vow, upon your bed." As time passed thus for the two of them, thereafter elephants, horses, chariots and carriages, and the women who dwelt in the inner apartments — all with delighted minds follow the ruler of men.
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VrP 137.9
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु मे परमं गुह्यं यत्त्वया पृच्छितं मम ।। मम क्षेत्रं परं चैव शुद्धं भागवतप्रियम् कति तीर्थानि पद्माक्ष क्षेत्रे सौकरवे तव ।। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय तद्विष्णो वक्तुमर्हसि कलिङ्गो जरया युक्तो पुत्रं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ।। राज्यं दत्त्वा वरारोहे यथान्यायं कुलोद्भवम् अथ दीर्घेण कालेन प्राप्य सौकरवं तदा ।। धनधान्यसमृद्ध्यादि प्रददौ तत्र माधवि
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu me paramaṃ guhyaṃ yattvayā pṛcchitaṃ mama || mama kṣetraṃ paraṃ caiva śuddhaṃ bhāgavatapriyam kati tīrthāni padmākṣa kṣetre saukarave tava || dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya tadviṣṇo vaktumarhasi kaliṅgo jarayā yukto putraṃ rājye'bhyaṣecayat || rājyaṃ dattvā varārohe yathānyāyaṃ kulodbhavam atha dīrgheṇa kālena prāpya saukaravaṃ tadā || dhanadhānyasamṛddhyādi pradadau tatra mādhavi
Śrī Varāha said: Hear from me the supreme secret which you have asked of me. My field is supreme and pure, dear to the Bhāgavatas. "How many tīrthas, O lotus-eyed one, are in your field of Saukara? For the sake of establishing dharma, O Viṣṇu, you should tell that." Kaliṅga, overtaken by old age, consecrated his son in the kingship; having given the kingdom, O fair-hipped one, in due form, to the scion of his line. Then, after a long time, having reached Saukara, he bestowed there wealth, grain, abundance and the rest, O Mādhavī.
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VrP 137.11
यत्र स्नातस्य यत्पुण्यं गतस्य च मृतस्य च।। यत्र यानि च तीर्थानि मम संस्थानसंस्थिताः एकाकी स्वपते तत्र यत्र कश्चिन्न पश्यति ।। स तु दीर्घेण कालेन कलिङ्गकुलवर्द्धनः ततः स पद्मपत्राक्षः कलिङ्गानां जनाधिपः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं कांचीराजसुतां तदा
yatra snātasya yatpuṇyaṃ gatasya ca mṛtasya ca|| yatra yāni ca tīrthāni mama saṃsthānasaṃsthitāḥ ekākī svapate tatra yatra kaścinna paśyati || sa tu dīrgheṇa kālena kaliṅgakulavarddhanaḥ tataḥ sa padmapatrākṣaḥ kaliṅgānāṃ janādhipaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kāṃcīrājasutāṃ tadā
What merit there is for one who bathes there, and for one who goes there and who dies there; and what tīrthas there are established at my abode. He sleeps alone there, where no one sees him. And he, after a long time, the increaser of the Kaliṅga line — then that lotus-petal-eyed ruler of the Kaliṅga people spoke sweet words to the daughter of the king of Kāñcī.
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VrP 137.12
शृणु पुण्यं महाभागे मम क्षेत्रेषु सुन्दरि ।। प्राप्नुवन्ति महाभागे गता सौकरवं प्रति सुतानजनयत्पंच आदित्यसमतेजसः ।। एवं तु मानुषं लोकं मम मायाप्रमोहितम् पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं वै जीवितं मम सुन्दरि ।। ब्रूहि तत्परमं गुह्यं यन्मया पूर्वपृच्छितम्
śṛṇu puṇyaṃ mahābhāge mama kṣetreṣu sundari || prāpnuvanti mahābhāge gatā saukaravaṃ prati sutānajanayatpaṃca ādityasamatejasaḥ || evaṃ tu mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ mama māyāpramohitam pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai jīvitaṃ mama sundari || brūhi tatparamaṃ guhyaṃ yanmayā pūrvapṛcchitam
Hear the merit, O greatly blessed, beautiful one, in my fields; they obtain it, O greatly blessed one, having gone to Saukara. He begot five sons equal in splendour to the sun. Thus is the world of men deluded by my māyā. A full thousand years is my lifetime, O beautiful one. Tell that supreme secret which I asked about before.
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VrP 137.13
दश पूर्वापराश्चापि अपरे सप्त पंच च ।। स्वर्गं गच्छन्ति पुरुषास्तेषां ये तत्र वै मृताः आत्मकर्मसु संयुक्तं चक्रवत्परिवर्त्तते ।। जातो जन्तुर्भवेद्बालो बालस्तु तरुणो भवेत् ततो भर्त्तुर्वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य रुचिरेक्षणा ।। उभौ तौ चरणौ गृह्य राजानं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
daśa pūrvāparāścāpi apare sapta paṃca ca || svargaṃ gacchanti puruṣāsteṣāṃ ye tatra vai mṛtāḥ ātmakarmasu saṃyuktaṃ cakravatparivarttate || jāto janturbhavedbālo bālastu taruṇo bhavet tato bhartturvacaḥ śrutvā prahasya rucirekṣaṇā || ubhau tau caraṇau gṛhya rājānaṃ vākyamabravīt
Ten before and after, and another seven and five. || Those men who die there go to heaven. Bound up in his own deeds, (a being) turns round like a wheel. || A creature, once born, becomes a child; the child becomes a youth. Then, having heard her husband's words, she of the lovely eyes laughed, || and grasping both his feet she spoke these words to the king.
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VrP 137.14
गमनादेव सुश्रोणि मुखस्य मम दर्शनात् ।। सप्तजन्मान्तरे भद्रे जायते विपुले कुले तरुणो मध्यमं याति पश्चाद्याति जरां ततः ।। बालो वै यानि कर्माणि करोत्यज्ञानतः स्वयम् एवमेतन्महाभाग यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।। उपोष्य तु त्रिरात्रं त्वं पश्चाच्छ्रोष्यसि मानद
gamanādeva suśroṇi mukhasya mama darśanāt || saptajanmāntare bhadre jāyate vipule kule taruṇo madhyamaṃ yāti paścādyāti jarāṃ tataḥ || bālo vai yāni karmāṇi karotyajñānataḥ svayam evametanmahābhāga yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || upoṣya tu trirātraṃ tvaṃ paścācchroṣyasi mānada
Merely by going (there), fair-hipped one, and by the sight of my face — || within seven births, good lady, one is born in a great family. The youth reaches middle age, and afterwards comes to old age. || Whatever deeds a child does of himself out of ignorance — just this, O greatly fortunate one, is what you ask me about. || Having fasted three nights, you shall hear afterwards, O giver of honour.
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VrP 137.15
धनधान्यसमृद्धेषु रूपवान्गुणवान् शुचिः ।। मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत मम कर्मपरायणः न स लिप्यति पापेन एवमेतन्न संशयः ।। ततः करिष्यतो राज्यं निष्कण्टकमनामयम् बाढमित्येव तां राजा प्रत्युवाच यशस्विनि ।। पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षि पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानने
dhanadhānyasamṛddheṣu rūpavānguṇavān śuciḥ || madbhaktaścaiva jāyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ na sa lipyati pāpena evametanna saṃśayaḥ || tataḥ kariṣyato rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakamanāmayam bāḍhamityeva tāṃ rājā pratyuvāca yaśasvini || padmapatraviśālākṣi pūrṇacandranibhānane
Among (families) rich in wealth and grain, handsome, endowed with virtues, pure, || and my devotee, he would be born, intent upon my worship. He is not stained by sin — so it is, there is no doubt. || Then he will rule a kingdom free of thorns and of disease. "Very well" indeed the king replied to her, O illustrious lady, || "O you whose eyes are wide as lotus petals, whose face resembles the full moon."
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VrP 137.16
एवं वै मानुषो भूत्वा अपराधविवर्जितः ।। गमनं तस्य क्षेत्रस्य मरणं तत्र कारणम् सप्तसप्ततिवर्षाणि ह्यतीतानि यशस्विनि ।। अष्टसप्ततिके वर्षे एकान्ते तु नराधिपः यथा वदसि सुश्रोणि तथैव मम रोचते ।। दन्तकाष्ठं समादाय द्वादशांगुलमायतम्
evaṃ vai mānuṣo bhūtvā aparādhavivarjitaḥ || gamanaṃ tasya kṣetrasya maraṇaṃ tatra kāraṇam saptasaptativarṣāṇi hyatītāni yaśasvini || aṣṭasaptatike varṣe ekānte tu narādhipaḥ yathā vadasi suśroṇi tathaiva mama rocate || dantakāṣṭhaṃ samādāya dvādaśāṃgulamāyatam
Thus indeed, having become a man free from offence — || the cause therein is the going to that sacred field and dying there. Seventy-seven years have passed, O illustrious lady; || in the seventy-eighth year, in solitude, the lord of men (said): "As you say, fair-hipped one, so it pleases me too." || Taking a tooth-stick twelve fingers long...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.17
ये मृतास्तस्य क्षेत्रस्य सौकरस्य प्रभावतः ।। शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधनुर्हस्ताश्चतुर्भुजाः तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थं मध्यसंस्थे दिवाकरे ।। माधवस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी स्नात्वा सङ्कल्पयामास त्रिरात्रं नियमान्वितौ ।। उपोष्य तौ त्रिरात्रं तु विधिना नियमान्वितौ
ye mṛtāstasya kṣetrasya saukarasya prabhāvataḥ || śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhanurhastāścaturbhujāḥ tameva cintayannarthaṃ madhyasaṃsthe divākare || mādhavasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśī snātvā saṅkalpayāmāsa trirātraṃ niyamānvitau || upoṣya tau trirātraṃ tu vidhinā niyamānvitau
Those who die (there), by the power of that Field of the Boar, || (become) four-armed, with conch, discus, mace, lotus and bow in their hands. Reflecting upon that very matter, when the sun stood at midday — || in the month of Mādhava, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth, having bathed, (he/they) resolved upon three nights with due observance. || The two, having fasted three nights according to the rule, with due observance...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.18
त्यक्त्वा कलेवरं तूर्णं श्वतेद्द्वीपं प्रयान्ति ते ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे बुद्धिः सम्पद्यते तस्य प्रियादर्शनलालसा ।। कोऽर्च्यस्तत्किं व्रतं चास्या एषा स्वपिति निर्जने ततः स्नातौ शुची क्षौमे परिधाय तु वाससी ।। प्रणम्य भूषितौ विष्णुं दम्पती तदनन्तरम्
tyaktvā kalevaraṃ tūrṇaṃ śvateddvīpaṃ prayānti te || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare buddhiḥ sampadyate tasya priyādarśanalālasā || ko'rcyastatkiṃ vrataṃ cāsyā eṣā svapiti nirjane tataḥ snātau śucī kṣaume paridhāya tu vāsasī || praṇamya bhūṣitau viṣṇuṃ dampatī tadanantaram
Abandoning the body, they go swiftly to the White Island. || And I shall tell you something else; hear it, O Earth. His mind becomes eager for the sight of his beloved. || "Who is to be worshipped? What is this vow of hers? She sleeps in a solitary place." Then the two, bathed and pure, having put on garments of linen, || adorned, having bowed to Viṣṇu, the husband and wife thereafter...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.19
तीर्थेषु तेषु स्नातश्च यां प्राप्नोति परां गतिम् ।। चक्रतीर्थं महाभागे यत्र चक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् न सुप्ताया व्रतं किंचिद्दृश्यते धर्मसंचयः ।। न च विष्णुकृतं कर्म न चैवेश्वरचोदितम् ततः सा सुन्दरी भूषां समुत्तार्य शुभेक्षणा।। मह्यं निवेदयामास प्रोवाच च जनेश्वरम्
tīrtheṣu teṣu snātaśca yāṃ prāpnoti parāṃ gatim || cakratīrthaṃ mahābhāge yatra cakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam na suptāyā vrataṃ kiṃciddṛśyate dharmasaṃcayaḥ || na ca viṣṇukṛtaṃ karma na caiveśvaracoditam tataḥ sā sundarī bhūṣāṃ samuttārya śubhekṣaṇā|| mahyaṃ nivedayāmāsa provāca ca janeśvaram
And one who has bathed in those sacred fords, whatever supreme goal he attains — || the Cakra ford, O greatly fortunate one, where the discus is established. "No vow of a sleeping woman is seen (to be) any accumulation of merit, || nor is it an act done for Viṣṇu, nor one enjoined by the Lord." Then that beautiful woman of auspicious eyes, taking off her ornaments, || presented (them) to me and spoke to the lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.21
वैशाख द्वादशीं प्राप्य स्नायाद्यो विधिपूर्वकम् ।। दशवर्षसहस्राणि दश वर्षशतानि च न तत्र एष विद्येत यश्चरेद्व्रतमीदृशम् ।। बार्हस्पत्येषु धर्मेषु याम्येषु च न विद्यते उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं कलिंगाधिपतिं तथा।। सृगाली पूर्वमेवाहं तिर्य्यग्योनिव्यवस्थिता
vaiśākha dvādaśīṃ prāpya snāyādyo vidhipūrvakam || daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca na tatra eṣa vidyeta yaścaredvratamīdṛśam || bārhaspatyeṣu dharmeṣu yāmyeṣu ca na vidyate uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kaliṃgādhipatiṃ tathā|| sṛgālī pūrvamevāhaṃ tiryyagyonivyavasthitā
Whoever, having reached the twelfth of Vaiśākha, bathes according to the rule — || ten thousand years and ten hundred years... There would not exist there such a one as would perform a vow like this. || Among the ordinances of Bṛhaspati and those of Yama it is not found. She spoke a sweet speech thus to the lord of Kaliṅga: || "Formerly I was a jackal-bitch, established in the animal womb."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.22
धनधान्यसमृद्धो हि जायते विपुले कुले ।। मद्भक्तश्चापि जायेत मम कर्मपरायणः न एष विद्यते तत्र सुप्ता चरति यद्व्रतम् ।। भुक्त्वा तु कामभोगानि भुक्त्वा तु पिशितोदनम् विद्धास्मि सोमदत्तेन बाणेन मृगलिप्सुना।। एतं शिरसि मे राजन्पश्य बाणं सुसंस्कृतम्
dhanadhānyasamṛddho hi jāyate vipule kule || madbhaktaścāpi jāyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ na eṣa vidyate tatra suptā carati yadvratam || bhuktvā tu kāmabhogāni bhuktvā tu piśitodanam viddhāsmi somadattena bāṇena mṛgalipsunā|| etaṃ śirasi me rājanpaśya bāṇaṃ susaṃskṛtam
For he is born rich in wealth and grain in a great family, || and he would be born my devotee, intent upon my worship. This does not exist there — the vow which she performs while asleep. || Having enjoyed the pleasures of desire, having eaten rice with meat, I was pierced by Somadatta with an arrow, as he sought game. || Look, O king, at this well-wrought arrow in my head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.23
अपराधं वर्जयति दीक्षितश्चैव जायते ।। भूत्वा वै मानुषस्तत्र तीर्थे संसारसागरम् ताम्बूलं रक्तवस्त्रं तु सुसूक्ष्मे पट्टवाससी ।। सुगन्धैर्भूषिता गात्रे सर्वरत्नसमायुता यस्य दोषेण मेऽप्येष रुजा शिरसि संस्थिता।। कांचीराजकुले जन्म पित्रा दत्ता तव प्रिया
aparādhaṃ varjayati dīkṣitaścaiva jāyate || bhūtvā vai mānuṣastatra tīrthe saṃsārasāgaram tāmbūlaṃ raktavastraṃ tu susūkṣme paṭṭavāsasī || sugandhairbhūṣitā gātre sarvaratnasamāyutā yasya doṣeṇa me'pyeṣa rujā śirasi saṃsthitā|| kāṃcīrājakule janma pitrā dattā tava priyā
He avoids offence and is born consecrated. || Having become a man there at that ford, (crossing) the ocean of transmigration — betel, red cloth, and two very fine silken garments, || her limbs adorned with fragrances, furnished with all jewels. "By whose fault this pain too is lodged in my head — || (my) birth in the royal house of Kāñcī, given by my father as your beloved."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.24
तीर्त्वा चक्र गदाशंखपद्मपाणिश्चतुर्भुजः ।। मम रूपधरः श्रीमान्मम लोके महीयते मम कान्ता विशालाक्षी किमत्र चरते व्रतम् ।। कुप्येतापि तु सन्तुष्टा प्रिया मे कमलेक्षणा क्षेत्रप्रभावान्मे सैषा जाता सिद्धिर्नमोऽस्तु ते।। स ततः पद्मपत्राक्षः कलिङ्गानां जनाधिपः
tīrtvā cakra gadāśaṃkhapadmapāṇiścaturbhujaḥ || mama rūpadharaḥ śrīmānmama loke mahīyate mama kāntā viśālākṣī kimatra carate vratam || kupyetāpi tu santuṣṭā priyā me kamalekṣaṇā kṣetraprabhāvānme saiṣā jātā siddhirnamo'stu te|| sa tataḥ padmapatrākṣaḥ kaliṅgānāṃ janādhipaḥ
Having crossed over, four-armed, with discus, mace, conch and lotus in his hands, || bearing my form, glorious, he is honoured in my world. "My beloved of the wide eyes — what vow is she performing here? || Even were she to be angry, my beloved of lotus eyes is content." "By the power of the sacred field this success of mine has come about; homage be to you." || Then he of the lotus-petal eyes, the lord of the people of the Kaliṅgas...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.25
चक्रतीर्थे विशालाक्षि मरणे कृतकृत्यतः ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य श्रोतुकामा वसुन्धरा अवश्यमेव द्रष्टव्या कीदृशं चरति व्रतम् ।। किन्नरैः सुप्रलक्ष्येत वशीकरणमुत्तमम् श्रुत्वा राजा प्रियां वाक्यं प्रत्युवाच स्मृतिङ्गतः।। अहं गृध्रो महाभागे तेनैव वनचारिणा
cakratīrthe viśālākṣi maraṇe kṛtakṛtyataḥ || etacchrutvā vacastasya śrotukāmā vasundharā avaśyameva draṣṭavyā kīdṛśaṃ carati vratam || kinnaraiḥ supralakṣyeta vaśīkaraṇamuttamam śrutvā rājā priyāṃ vākyaṃ pratyuvāca smṛtiṅgataḥ|| ahaṃ gṛdhro mahābhāge tenaiva vanacāriṇā
At the Cakra ford, O wide-eyed one, by dying (there) one's purpose is accomplished. || Hearing that speech of his, Earth wished to hear (more): "She must certainly be seen — what sort of vow is she performing? || It could be well recognized by kinnaras — a supreme means of subjugation." Hearing his beloved's words, the king, having come to recollection, replied: || "I was a vulture, greatly fortunate one, (slain) by that same forest-ranger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.26
शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय श्लक्ष्णमेतदुवाच ह ।। तत्र सौकरवे तीर्थे चन्द्रमास्त्वामतोषयत् अथ योगीश्वरी भूत्वा यत्र गच्छति रोचते ।। अथवा चान्यसंसृष्टा कामरोगेण चावृता सोमदत्तेन बाणेन एकेनैव निपातितः।। ततो जातोऽस्म्यहं भद्रे कलिंगानां जनाधिपः
śirasyañjalimādhāya ślakṣṇametaduvāca ha || tatra saukarave tīrthe candramāstvāmatoṣayat atha yogīśvarī bhūtvā yatra gacchati rocate || athavā cānyasaṃsṛṣṭā kāmarogeṇa cāvṛtā somadattena bāṇena ekenaiva nipātitaḥ|| tato jāto'smyahaṃ bhadre kaliṃgānāṃ janādhipaḥ
Placing his joined hands upon his head, he spoke these smooth words: || "There at the Saukarava ford the Moon propitiated you." "Or else, having become a mistress of yoga, she goes wherever she pleases; || or else she is joined with another, overcome by the disease of desire." "By Somadatta I was struck down with a single arrow; || thereafter I was born, good lady, as the lord of the people of the Kaliṅgas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.27
एतदाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।। वसुधाया वचः श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्मायाकरण्डकः एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य अस्तं प्राप्तो दिवाकरः ।। संवृत्ता रजनी सुभ्रूः सर्वसार्थसुखावहा जातोऽस्मि परमा व्युष्टिः प्राप्तं राज्यं मया महत्।। सिद्धिर्लब्धा वरारोहे मया सर्वांगसुन्दरि
etadācakṣva tattvena paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || vasudhāyā vacaḥ śrutvā viṣṇurmāyākaraṇḍakaḥ evaṃ cintayatastasya astaṃ prāpto divākaraḥ || saṃvṛttā rajanī subhrūḥ sarvasārthasukhāvahā jāto'smi paramā vyuṣṭiḥ prāptaṃ rājyaṃ mayā mahat|| siddhirlabdhā varārohe mayā sarvāṃgasundari
"Tell me this truly; my curiosity is great." || Hearing Earth's words, Viṣṇu, the casket of illusion (spoke). While he thought thus, the sun reached its setting; || night came on, fair-browed one, bringing ease to all travellers. "I have been born; supreme is the reward; a great kingdom has been won by me; || success has been gained by me, O fair-hipped one, O beauty of every limb."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.28
उवाच वाक्यं मेदिन्याः मेषदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः ।। शृणु भूमे प्रयत्नेन कथ्यमानं मयानघे ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां प्रभातसमये शुभे ।। पठन्ति मागधा बन्दिसूता वैतालिकास्तथा अकामपतितेनापि पश्य क्षेत्रस्य वै फलम्।। ये च भागवतश्रेष्ठा ये च नारायणप्रियाः
uvāca vākyaṃ medinyāḥ meṣadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ || śṛṇu bhūme prayatnena kathyamānaṃ mayānaghe tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prabhātasamaye śubhe || paṭhanti māgadhā bandisūtā vaitālikāstathā akāmapatitenāpi paśya kṣetrasya vai phalam|| ye ca bhāgavataśreṣṭhā ye ca nārāyaṇapriyāḥ
He spoke a word to Earth, he whose voice was like the ram('s) and the drum: || "Hear, O Earth, attentively what is told by me, O sinless one." Then, when the night had passed, at the auspicious time of dawn, || the Māgadhas, the bards, the sūtas and the panegyrists recite. "See the fruit of the sacred field even for one who fell (there) without desiring it, || and those who are the best of the Bhāgavatas and those dear to Nārāyaṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.29
तस्य वै कारणं येन तेन चाराधितोस्म्यहम् ।। तस्य प्रीतोऽस्म्यहं देवि विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादैश्च बोधितो वसुधाधिपः ।। सर्वलोकहितार्थाय उदिते च दिवाकरे पौरजानपदाः सर्वे श्रुत्वा तु तदनन्तरम्।। लाभालाभौ परित्यज्य सर्वकर्माण्यकारयन्
tasya vai kāraṇaṃ yena tena cārādhitosmyaham || tasya prīto'smyahaṃ devi viśuddhenāntarātmanā śaṅkhadundubhinādaiśca bodhito vasudhādhipaḥ || sarvalokahitārthāya udite ca divākare paurajānapadāḥ sarve śrutvā tu tadanantaram|| lābhālābhau parityajya sarvakarmāṇyakārayan
"The reason for that, whereby I was worshipped by him — || with him I am pleased, O goddess, with a wholly purified inner self." By the sounds of conches and drums the lord of the earth was awakened, || for the welfare of all the world, when the sun had risen. All the townsfolk and country-folk, having heard, thereafter, || abandoning (thought of) gain and loss, had all the rites performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.31
मां स द्रष्टुं न शक्नोति मम तेजःप्रमोहितः ।। ततो निमीलिताक्षेण कृत्वा शिरसि चाञ्जलिम् स्नातस्तु विधिना सोऽथ क्षौमाभ्यामुपसंवृतः ।। भूत्वा चोत्सारयामास आज्ञां दत्त्वा यथोचितम् सर्वे शङ्खधराश्चैव सर्वे चायुधसंयुताः।. ताः स्त्रियश्च वरारोहे स्तुतिमान्या महौजसः
māṃ sa draṣṭuṃ na śaknoti mama tejaḥpramohitaḥ || tato nimīlitākṣeṇa kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim snātastu vidhinā so'tha kṣaumābhyāmupasaṃvṛtaḥ || bhūtvā cotsārayāmāsa ājñāṃ dattvā yathocitam sarve śaṅkhadharāścaiva sarve cāyudhasaṃyutāḥ|. tāḥ striyaśca varārohe stutimānyā mahaujasaḥ
"He cannot look at me, bewildered by my radiance. || Then, with eyes closed, having placed his joined hands on his head..." Then he, bathed according to the rule, wrapped in two linen garments, || being (so), had (the people) cleared away, giving orders as was fitting. All bearing conches and all equipped with weapons; || and those women, O fair-hipped one, worthy of praise, of great vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.32
न शक्नोति तथा वक्तुं भीरुः सन्त्रस्तलोचनः ।। एवमेतद्विचेष्टन्तं ब्राह्मणानामपीश्वरम् व्रतस्थं यः स्पृशेन्मां तु नारी पुरुष एव च ।। धर्मयुक्तेन दण्डेन मम वध्यो भवेत्तु सः श्वेतद्वीपे प्रमोदन्ते सर्वभोगसमन्विताः।। एवं ते कथितं भूमे व्युष्टिः सौकरवे महत्
na śaknoti tathā vaktuṃ bhīruḥ santrastalocanaḥ || evametadviceṣṭantaṃ brāhmaṇānāmapīśvaram vratasthaṃ yaḥ spṛśenmāṃ tu nārī puruṣa eva ca || dharmayuktena daṇḍena mama vadhyo bhavettu saḥ śvetadvīpe pramodante sarvabhogasamanvitāḥ|| evaṃ te kathitaṃ bhūme vyuṣṭiḥ saukarave mahat
He cannot speak so, being timid, his eyes full of terror. || (Him) so behaving, the lord even of the brahmins — "Whoever, woman or man, should touch me while I am engaged in the vow, || by a punishment in accord with dharma he shall be liable to death at my hands." "They rejoice in the White Island, endowed with every enjoyment. || Thus has been told to you, O Earth, the great reward at Saukarava."
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VrP 137.33
वाणीं सूक्ष्मां समादाय स सोमो चोदितो मया ।। किं वा फलं समुद्दिश्य तप्यसे सुमहत्तपः एवमाज्ञापयित्वा तु कालिङ्गो नृपतिः किल ।। गतश्च त्वरया धीमान्प्रविष्टस्तत्र सुव्रते अकामपतिताश्चैव श्वेतद्वीपमुपागताः।। य एतेन विधानेन वासं तीर्थे तु कारयेत्
vāṇīṃ sūkṣmāṃ samādāya sa somo codito mayā || kiṃ vā phalaṃ samuddiśya tapyase sumahattapaḥ evamājñāpayitvā tu kāliṅgo nṛpatiḥ kila || gataśca tvarayā dhīmānpraviṣṭastatra suvrate akāmapatitāścaiva śvetadvīpamupāgatāḥ|| ya etena vidhānena vāsaṃ tīrthe tu kārayet
"Taking on a subtle voice, that Soma, urged by me — || 'With what fruit in view do you practise so great an austerity?'" Having thus given orders, the Kaliṅga king, so they say, || went with haste, the wise one, and entered there, O you of good vows. "And even those who fell (there) without desiring it came to the White Island. || Whoever by this rule takes up residence at the ford..."
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VrP 137.34
ब्रूहि तत्वेन मे सोम यत्ते मनति वर्त्तते ।। सर्वं सम्पादयिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादान्न संशयः मरणं च विशालाक्षि श्वेतद्वीपं च गच्छति।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
brūhi tatvena me soma yatte manati varttate || sarvaṃ sampādayiṣyāmi tvatprasādānna saṃśayaḥ maraṇaṃ ca viśālākṣi śvetadvīpaṃ ca gacchati|| anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
"Tell me truly, Soma, what is passing in your mind. || I shall accomplish it all; by your grace, there is no doubt." "And death, O wide-eyed one — and he goes to the White Island. || And I shall tell you something else; hear it, O Earth."
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VrP 137.35
मम वाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा ग्रहाणां प्रवरेश्वरः।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सोमतीर्थमवस्थितः ४।। ततः कमलपत्राक्षी वेदनायासपीडिता ।। रुजार्त्ता रुरुदे तत्र शिरोवेदनताडिता स्नानादाखोटके तीर्थे यत्फलं समुपाश्नुते।। दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च
mama vākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā grahāṇāṃ pravareśvaraḥ|| uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ somatīrthamavasthitaḥ 4|| tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī vedanāyāsapīḍitā || rujārttā rurude tatra śirovedanatāḍitā snānādākhoṭake tīrthe yatphalaṃ samupāśnute|| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca
Then, having heard my words, the foremost lord of the planets spoke sweet words, stationed at Somatīrtha. Then the lotus-eyed woman, oppressed by the strain of the pain, tormented by illness, wept there, struck by a headache. Whatever fruit one obtains from bathing at the Ākhoṭaka tīrtha — ten thousand years and a thousand years...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.36
भगवन् यदि तुष्टोऽसि मम चात्र गतः प्रभो।। योगनाथो जगच्छ्रेष्ठः सर्वयोगीश्वरेश्वरः किं मया तु कृतं कर्म पूर्वमेव सुदुष्करम् ।। येनाहमीदृशीं प्राप्ता दशां पुण्यपरिक्षयात् नन्दनं समवाश्रित्य मोदन्ते चैव सर्वदा।। ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जायते विपुले कुले
bhagavan yadi tuṣṭo'si mama cātra gataḥ prabho|| yoganātho jagacchreṣṭhaḥ sarvayogīśvareśvaraḥ kiṃ mayā tu kṛtaṃ karma pūrvameva suduṣkaram || yenāhamīdṛśīṃ prāptā daśāṃ puṇyaparikṣayāt nandanaṃ samavāśritya modante caiva sarvadā|| tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vipule kule
"Lord, if you are pleased, and have come here to me, O master, lord of yoga, best in the world, lord of all lords of yogins — what deed, exceedingly hard to do, was done by me long ago, by which I have reached such a condition through the wearing away of merit?" Having resorted to Nandana they rejoice always; then, fallen from heaven, one is born in a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.37
यावल्लोका धरिष्यन्ति तावत्त्वयि जनार्दन ।। अतुला त्वयि मे भक्तिर्भवेन्नित्यं सुनिश्चला भर्त्ता च मां न जानाति क्लिश्यमानामनाथवत् ।। अथ मां किं कथं भर्त्ता मन्यते स्वजनोऽपि वा मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत एवमेतन्न संशयः।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि स्नातो गृध्रवटे नरः
yāvallokā dhariṣyanti tāvattvayi janārdana || atulā tvayi me bhaktirbhavennityaṃ suniścalā bharttā ca māṃ na jānāti kliśyamānāmanāthavat || atha māṃ kiṃ kathaṃ bharttā manyate svajano'pi vā madbhaktaścaiva jāyeta evametanna saṃśayaḥ|| punaranyatpravakṣyāmi snāto gṛdhravaṭe naraḥ
"As long as the worlds shall endure, so long, O Janārdana, may my devotion to you be unequalled and ever wholly unwavering. And my husband does not know me, suffering like one with no protector. Now what does my husband think of me, and how, or my own kin?" He becomes my devotee — so it is, there is no doubt. Again I shall declare something else: a man who has bathed at Gṛdhravaṭa...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.38
यच्चापि मम तद्रूपं त्वया संस्थापितं प्रभो ।। सप्तद्वीपेषु दृश्येत तत्र तत्रैव संस्थितम् कथये किं शयाना तु सखीनां शयने स्थिता।। एवमत्र न युज्येत यन्मया परिचिन्तितम् यत्फलं समवाप्नोति स्नानमात्रकृतोदकः।। नववर्षसहस्राणि नववर्षशतानि च
yaccāpi mama tadrūpaṃ tvayā saṃsthāpitaṃ prabho || saptadvīpeṣu dṛśyeta tatra tatraiva saṃsthitam kathaye kiṃ śayānā tu sakhīnāṃ śayane sthitā|| evamatra na yujyeta yanmayā paricintitam yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti snānamātrakṛtodakaḥ|| navavarṣasahasrāṇi navavarṣaśatāni ca
"And that form of mine which was set up by you, O Lord — may it be seen in the seven continents, established in each place. What am I to say, lying down, resting on my companions' bed? Thus what I have pondered would not be fitting here." The fruit which he obtains who has merely made the water-offering (of bathing) — nine thousand years and nine hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.39
सोम इत्येव यज्ञेषु पिबन्तु मम ब्राह्मणाः।। गतिः पारमिका तेषां दिव्या विष्णो भवेद्यथा किंच वात्मनि दुःखस्य सर्वमेतच्च युज्यते ।। किंच मां वक्ष्यते भर्त्ता किं च मामितरे जनाः इन्द्रलोकं समासाद्य मोदते निर्जरैः सह।। इन्द्रलोकात्परिभ्रष्टो मम तीर्थप्रभावतः
soma ityeva yajñeṣu pibantu mama brāhmaṇāḥ|| gatiḥ pāramikā teṣāṃ divyā viṣṇo bhavedyathā kiṃca vātmani duḥkhasya sarvametacca yujyate || kiṃca māṃ vakṣyate bharttā kiṃ ca māmitare janāḥ indralokaṃ samāsādya modate nirjaraiḥ saha|| indralokātparibhraṣṭo mama tīrthaprabhāvataḥ
"Let my brahmins drink (me) in sacrifices as 'soma'; may their course be the ultimate and divine one, O Viṣṇu. And whatever there is of sorrow in myself, all this fits together. And what will my husband say of me, and what will other people?" Having reached Indra's world he rejoices together with the ageless ones; fallen from Indra's world, by the power of my tīrtha...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.41
अधर्मे च न मे बुद्धिर्भवेद्विष्णो कदाचन। पतित्वं चाथ गच्छेयमोषधीनां तथा कुरु ततो ब्रूयामिदं वाक्यं यन्मे हृद्यवतिष्ठते ।। ततः प्रियावचः श्रुत्वा समुत्थाय ततो नृपः यत्त्वया पृच्छितं पूर्वं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम्।। ततो नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा पृथिवी संशितव्रता
adharme ca na me buddhirbhavedviṣṇo kadācana| patitvaṃ cātha gaccheyamoṣadhīnāṃ tathā kuru tato brūyāmidaṃ vākyaṃ yanme hṛdyavatiṣṭhate || tataḥ priyāvacaḥ śrutvā samutthāya tato nṛpaḥ yattvayā pṛcchitaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam|| tato nārāyaṇācchrutvā pṛthivī saṃśitavratā
"And let my mind never be set on unrighteousness, O Viṣṇu; and act so that I may attain lordship over the herbs. Then I would speak this word which stands fast in my heart." Then, hearing his beloved's speech, the king rose up. What you asked before, the release from all saṃsāra — then, having heard it from Nārāyaṇa, the Earth, of firm vows...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.42
यदि तुष्टो महादेव आदिमध्यान्त वर्जितः ।। मम चैव प्रियार्थाय एतन्मे दीयतां वरः दोर्भ्यामालिङ्ग्य वै भार्यां वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ।। किमिदं भाषसे भद्रे आत्मानं न प्रशंससि उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं लोकनाथं जनार्दनम्।। केन कर्मविपाकेन तीर्थं पुनरवाप्यते
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva ādimadhyānta varjitaḥ || mama caiva priyārthāya etanme dīyatāṃ varaḥ dorbhyāmāliṅgya vai bhāryāṃ vākyametaduvāca ha || kimidaṃ bhāṣase bhadre ātmānaṃ na praśaṃsasi uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ lokanāthaṃ janārdanam|| kena karmavipākena tīrthaṃ punaravāpyate
"If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, you who are free of beginning, middle and end, and for the sake of what is dear to me, let this boon be given to me." Embracing his wife with both arms he spoke this word: "What is this you say, good lady? You do not speak well of yourself." She spoke sweet words to Janārdana, lord of the worlds: "By what ripening of deeds is the tīrtha attained again?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.43
ततः सोमवचः श्रुत्वा तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम् ।। एवं तप्तं महाभागे तपः सोमेन निश्च यात् अशोच्या शोचिता या तु यच्च निन्दसि चात्मनि ।। भिषजः किं न विद्यन्ते अष्टकर्मसमाहिताः स्नानं वा मरणं देव यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु देवि महाभागे पूर्वधर्मकृतो नराः
tataḥ somavacaḥ śrutvā tatraivāntarhito'bhavam || evaṃ taptaṃ mahābhāge tapaḥ somena niśca yāt aśocyā śocitā yā tu yacca nindasi cātmani || bhiṣajaḥ kiṃ na vidyante aṣṭakarmasamāhitāḥ snānaṃ vā maraṇaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi|| śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu devi mahābhāge pūrvadharmakṛto narāḥ
Then, having heard Soma's words, I vanished on that very spot. Thus, O greatly blessed one, austerity was practised by Soma with resolve. She who is not to be grieved over is grieved over, and as for what you blame in yourself — are there no physicians, trained in the eight procedures? "Of bathing or of death, O god, you should speak as it truly is." Śrī Varāha said: Hear, O goddess, greatly blessed one: men who have done dharma in a former (life)...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.44
प्राप्ता च परमा सिद्धिः सोमतीर्थेऽन्यदुर्ल्लभा ।। स्नायाद्यः सोमतीर्थे तु मम कर्मपरायणः ये तु संस्थापयेयुस्ते शिरसो वेदनां पराम् ।। त्वया पूर्वं व्रतमिषाद्वेदना यदि गोपिता केनचित्कर्मदोषेण तिर्यग्योनिमवाप्य हि ।। जन्मान्तरार्जितैः पुण्यैस्तीर्थस्नान जपादिभिः
prāptā ca paramā siddhiḥ somatīrthe'nyadurllabhā || snāyādyaḥ somatīrthe tu mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ ye tu saṃsthāpayeyuste śiraso vedanāṃ parām || tvayā pūrvaṃ vratamiṣādvedanā yadi gopitā kenacitkarmadoṣeṇa tiryagyonimavāpya hi || janmāntarārjitaiḥ puṇyaistīrthasnāna japādibhiḥ
And the highest attainment, hard to obtain elsewhere, was gained at Somatīrtha. He who bathes at Somatīrtha, devoted to my rites... but those who would fix upon (him) the utmost pain of the head. If the pain was concealed by you before under pretext of a vow... by some fault of karma, having indeed reached birth as an animal, by merits earned in another birth, by bathing at tīrthas, by muttering prayers and so on...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.45
अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन मम कर्मविधौ स्थितः ।। फलं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि सोमतीर्थे नरस्य यत येन वै क्लिश्यसे भद्रे शिरस्य सुखपीडिता ।। वायुना कफपित्तेन शोणितेन कफेन वा महादानैश्च लभ्येत तीर्थे पञ्चत्वमर्च्चकैः ।। जन्मान्तरकृतं कर्म यत्स्वल्पमपि वा बहु
aṣṭamena tu bhaktena mama karmavidhau sthitaḥ || phalaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi somatīrthe narasya yata yena vai kliśyase bhadre śirasya sukhapīḍitā || vāyunā kaphapittena śoṇitena kaphena vā mahādānaiśca labhyeta tīrthe pañcatvamarccakaiḥ || janmāntarakṛtaṃ karma yatsvalpamapi vā bahu
But (fasting until) the eighth meal, standing firm in the rule of my rites — I shall declare the fruit of that man at Somatīrtha. That by which you are afflicted, good lady, pained in the head — by wind, by phlegm and bile, by blood, or by phlegm. And by great gifts, death may be won at the tīrtha by those who worship. The karma done in another birth, whether little or much...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.46
यत्र तप्तं तपस्तेन सोमेन सुमहात्मना ।। पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि एकपादेन तिष्ठता सन्निपातस्य दोषेण येनेदं पीड्यते शिरः ।। काले विकाले कृत्वा वै पित्तोद्रेकं यशस्विति तत्कदाचित्फलत्येव न तस्य परिसंक्षयः ।। कदाचिद्वासहायो वै पुण्यतीर्थादिदर्शनात्
yatra taptaṃ tapastena somena sumahātmanā || pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi ekapādena tiṣṭhatā sannipātasya doṣeṇa yenedaṃ pīḍyate śiraḥ || kāle vikāle kṛtvā vai pittodrekaṃ yaśasviti tatkadācitphalatyeva na tasya parisaṃkṣayaḥ || kadācidvāsahāyo vai puṇyatīrthādidarśanāt
Where austerity was practised by that most great-souled Soma, standing on one foot for five thousand years. By the fault of the concurrence of the humours this head is pained, producing an excess of bile at the proper and improper times, O illustrious lady. That sometimes bears fruit indeed; there is no complete destruction of it. But sometimes one is helped, through the sight of holy tīrthas and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.47
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि तथैवोर्द्ध्वमुखः स्थितः ।। एवमुग्रं तपः कृत्वा कान्तिमानभवच्च सः अश्नासि पिशितं चान्नं तेनेदं दूष्यते शिरः ।। क्रियतेऽत्र शिरावेधो रुधिरस्राव एव च दुर्बलं प्रबलम्भूत्वा प्रबलं दुर्बलम्भवेत् ।। पापान्तरं समासाद्य गहना कर्मणो गतिः
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi tathaivorddhvamukhaḥ sthitaḥ || evamugraṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā kāntimānabhavacca saḥ aśnāsi piśitaṃ cānnaṃ tenedaṃ dūṣyate śiraḥ || kriyate'tra śirāvedho rudhirasrāva eva ca durbalaṃ prabalambhūtvā prabalaṃ durbalambhavet || pāpāntaraṃ samāsādya gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
For five thousand years likewise he stood with face turned upward; having performed such fierce austerity, he became radiant. You eat meat as food, and by that this head is spoiled. Here the piercing of a vein is performed, and the letting of blood. The weak, having become strong, and the strong would become weak. Having met with another sin, the course of karma is unfathomable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.48
ममापराधान्मुक्तश्च ब्राह्मणानां पतिस्तथा ।। एवमेव महाभागे सोमतीर्थे कृतोदकः दीयते चेच्छिरोऽभ्यङ्गः कथं तिष्ठति वेदना ।। किमेतद्गोपितं भद्रे मयि तन्न निवेदितम् यदल्पमिव दृश्येत तन्महत्त्वाय कल्पते ।। अत एव मनुष्यत्वं प्राप्तं राजत्वमेव च
mamāparādhānmuktaśca brāhmaṇānāṃ patistathā || evameva mahābhāge somatīrthe kṛtodakaḥ dīyate cecchiro'bhyaṅgaḥ kathaṃ tiṣṭhati vedanā || kimetadgopitaṃ bhadre mayi tanna niveditam yadalpamiva dṛśyeta tanmahattvāya kalpate || ata eva manuṣyatvaṃ prāptaṃ rājatvameva ca
And he was freed from his offence against me, and (became) the lord of brahmins. Just so, O greatly blessed one, one who has made the water-offering at Somatīrtha — and if an anointing of the head is given, how does the pain persist? Why is this hidden, good lady, and not reported to me? What appears to be small turns out to be great. For this very reason human birth was obtained, and kingship as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.49
त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि त्रिंशद्वर्षशतानि च ।। जायते ब्राह्मणः सुभ्रु वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः त्वया व्रतमिषेणायमात्मा संक्लिश्यते वृथा ।। या त्वं वै भाषसे वाक्यं सौकरे गमनं प्रति सृगाली चैव गृध्रश्च तीर्थस्यैव प्रभावतः ।। मरणादेव सम्प्राप्य क्षीणपापौ स्मृतिं पुनः
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi triṃśadvarṣaśatāni ca || jāyate brāhmaṇaḥ subhru vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ tvayā vratamiṣeṇāyamātmā saṃkliśyate vṛthā || yā tvaṃ vai bhāṣase vākyaṃ saukare gamanaṃ prati sṛgālī caiva gṛdhraśca tīrthasyaiva prabhāvataḥ || maraṇādeva samprāpya kṣīṇapāpau smṛtiṃ punaḥ
Thirty thousand years and three thousand years... he is born a brahmin, O fair-browed one, having gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas. By you, under pretext of a vow, this self is afflicted to no purpose. As for the word you speak concerning the journey to Saukara — the jackal-bitch and the vulture, by the power of that very tīrtha, by death itself regained their memory, their sins worn away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.51
स एष ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा संसाराद्विप्रमुच्यते ।। तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि सोम तीर्थस्य सुन्दरि भर्तुर्गृहीत्वा चरणौ सा पतिं प्रत्यभाषत ।। प्रसीद मे महाराज नेदं प्रष्टुं त्वमर्हसि तीर्थं वैवस्वतं नाम यत्रार्कस्तप्तवांस्तपः ।। कदाचित्पुत्रकामेन मार्त्तण्डेन महत्तपः
sa eṣa brāhmaṇo bhūtvā saṃsārādvipramucyate || tasya cihnaṃ pravakṣyāmi soma tīrthasya sundari bharturgṛhītvā caraṇau sā patiṃ pratyabhāṣata || prasīda me mahārāja nedaṃ praṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi tīrthaṃ vaivasvataṃ nāma yatrārkastaptavāṃstapaḥ || kadācitputrakāmena mārttaṇḍena mahattapaḥ
He, having become a brahmin, is wholly released from saṃsāra. I shall declare the mark of that Somatīrtha, O lovely one. Taking hold of her husband's feet, she replied to her husband: "Be gracious to me, great king; you should not ask this." The tīrtha named Vaivasvata, where the Sun performed austerity — once, by Mārtaṇḍa who desired a son, great austerity...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.52
तत्तीर्थं येन विज्ञेयं मम मार्गानुसारिणा ।। वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशी मम पूर्वकथां वीर दुष्टकर्मानुसारिणीम् ।। ततो भार्यावचः श्रुत्वा कलिङ्गानां जनाधिपः कृतं चान्द्रायणं तत्र दशवर्षसहस्रकम् ।। ततः सप्तसहस्राणि वायुभक्षस्तु संस्थितः
tattīrthaṃ yena vijñeyaṃ mama mārgānusāriṇā || vaiśākhasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣasya dvādaśī mama pūrvakathāṃ vīra duṣṭakarmānusāriṇīm || tato bhāryāvacaḥ śrutvā kaliṅgānāṃ janādhipaḥ kṛtaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ tatra daśavarṣasahasrakam || tataḥ saptasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣastu saṃsthitaḥ
That tīrtha is to be recognized by one who follows my path: (on) the twelfth of the bright fortnight of the month Vaiśākha. "My earlier story, O hero, which follows upon evil deeds..." Then, having heard his wife's word, the ruler of the people of the Kaliṅgas... The cāndrāyaṇa (rite) was performed there for ten thousand years; then for seven thousand he remained feeding on air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.53
प्रवृत्ते चान्धकारे तु यत्र कश्चिन्न दृश्यते।। सोमेन च विना भूमिर्दृश्यते चन्द्रसप्रभा उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सुहितेनान्तरात्मना ।। किमिदं गोप्यते देवि ममाग्रे वरवर्णिनि
pravṛtte cāndhakāre tu yatra kaścinna dṛśyate|| somena ca vinā bhūmirdṛśyate candrasaprabhā uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ suhitenāntarātmanā || kimidaṃ gopyate devi mamāgre varavarṇini
When darkness has set in, in which no one is seen, and even without the moon the earth is seen as though lit by the moon — he spoke sweet words with a well-pleased inner self: "Why is this being hidden, goddess, in front of me, O lady of fair complexion?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.54
आलोकश्चैव दृश्येत सोमस्तत्र न दृश्यते ।। एवं त्वां वच्मि हे भद्रे एष ३ विस्मयः परः तथ्यमेव महाभागे पृच्छ्यमाना यशस्विनि ।। ततो भर्तृवचः श्रुत्वा विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचना विवस्वन्तं महाभागं मम कर्मपरायणम् ।। वरं वरय भद्रं ते यस्ते मनसि वर्त्तते
ālokaścaiva dṛśyeta somastatra na dṛśyate || evaṃ tvāṃ vacmi he bhadre eṣa 3 vismayaḥ paraḥ tathyameva mahābhāge pṛcchyamānā yaśasvini || tato bhartṛvacaḥ śrutvā vismayotphullalocanā vivasvantaṃ mahābhāgaṃ mama karmaparāyaṇam || varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yaste manasi varttate
Light is seen, (yet) the moon is not seen there. Thus I tell you, O good lady: this is a supreme wonder. (Tell) only the truth, O greatly blessed and illustrious one, since you are being asked. Then, hearing her husband's word, her eyes wide open with amazement... Vivasvat, the greatly blessed, devoted to my rites: "Choose a boon, blessings on you, whatever is in your mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.55
एतच्चिह्नं महाभागे पुण्ये सौकरवे मम ।। सौमतीर्थे विशालाक्षि येन मुच्यन्ति जन्तवः उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं कलिङ्गानां महाधिपम् ।। भर्त्ता धर्मो यशो भर्त्ता भर्त्तैव प्रियमात्मनः ततो ममवचः श्रुत्वा कश्यपस्य सुतो बली ।। मधुरं स्वरमादाय प्रत्युवाच महद्वचः
etaccihnaṃ mahābhāge puṇye saukarave mama || saumatīrthe viśālākṣi yena mucyanti jantavaḥ uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kaliṅgānāṃ mahādhipam || bharttā dharmo yaśo bharttā bharttaiva priyamātmanaḥ tato mamavacaḥ śrutvā kaśyapasya suto balī || madhuraṃ svaramādāya pratyuvāca mahadvacaḥ
This is the mark, O greatly blessed one, in my holy Saukara, at Somatīrtha, wide-eyed one, whereby living beings are released. She spoke sweet words to the great ruler of the Kaliṅgas: "The husband is dharma, the husband is fame, the husband alone is what is dear to oneself." Then, having heard my word, the mighty son of Kaśyapa, taking up a sweet tone, replied with a lofty speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.56
अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। प्रभावमस्य क्षेत्रस्य विस्मयं परमं महत् तस्य पूर्वेण पार्श्वेन तीर्थं गृध्रवटं स्मृतम् ।। यत्राकामो मृतो गृध्रो मानुषत्वमुपागतः अवश्यमेव तद्वाच्यं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छति ।। तथापि नोत्सहे वक्तुं हृदि यत्परिवर्त्तते यदि देव प्रसन्नोऽसि अयं मे दीयतां वरः ।। पुत्रमिच्छाम्यहं देव प्रसादात्ते सुरेश्वर
anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || prabhāvamasya kṣetrasya vismayaṃ paramaṃ mahat tasya pūrveṇa pārśvena tīrthaṃ gṛdhravaṭaṃ smṛtam || yatrākāmo mṛto gṛdhro mānuṣatvamupāgataḥ avaśyameva tadvācyaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchati || tathāpi notsahe vaktuṃ hṛdi yatparivarttate yadi deva prasanno'si ayaṃ me dīyatāṃ varaḥ || putramicchāmyahaṃ deva prasādātte sureśvara
And I shall declare another thing to you; hear it, O Vasundharā: the power of this field, a supreme and great wonder. On its eastern side is known the tīrtha called Gṛdhravaṭa, where a vulture died unwillingly and attained human state. "That which you ask me must certainly be told; yet I do not dare to speak what turns about in my heart." "If, O god, you are pleased, let this boon be given me: I wish for a son, O god, by your favour, lord of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.57
अकामा तु मृता तीर्थे आत्मनः कर्मनिश्चयात् ।। मम क्षेत्रप्रभावेण सृगाली मानुषी भवेत् तव पीडाकरमिति तन्मां न प्रष्टुमर्हसि ।। एतद्दुःखं महाभाग हृदि मे परिवर्त्तते विवस्वद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तुष्टोऽहं तस्य सुन्दरि ।। तस्य शुद्धेन मनसा प्रोक्तवानस्मि सुन्दरि
akāmā tu mṛtā tīrthe ātmanaḥ karmaniścayāt || mama kṣetraprabhāveṇa sṛgālī mānuṣī bhavet tava pīḍākaramiti tanmāṃ na praṣṭumarhasi || etadduḥkhaṃ mahābhāga hṛdi me parivarttate vivasvadvacanaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭo'haṃ tasya sundari || tasya śuddhena manasā proktavānasmi sundari
But she died unwilling at the tīrtha, by the determination of her own past deeds. "By the power of my sacred field, let the jackal-bitch become a human woman. Since that causes you pain, you ought not to question me on it. This is the grief, O greatly fortunate one, that turns about in my heart." Hearing the words of Vivasvat, I was pleased with him, O lovely one; with a pure mind I spoke to him, O lovely one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.58
राजपुत्री विशालाक्षी श्यामा सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरी ।। गुणवद्रूपसम्पन्ना चतुःषष्टिकलान्विता सुखे हि वर्त्तसे नित्यं महाराजोऽसि सुन्दरः ।। बह्व्यो मत्सदृशा भार्यास्तिष्ठन्त्यन्तःपुरे तव यमश्च यमुना चैव मिथुनं जनयिष्यतः ।। एवं तस्य वरं दत्त्वा आदित्यस्य वसुन्धरे
rājaputrī viśālākṣī śyāmā sarvāṅgasundarī || guṇavadrūpasampannā catuḥṣaṣṭikalānvitā sukhe hi varttase nityaṃ mahārājo'si sundaraḥ || bahvyo matsadṛśā bhāryāstiṣṭhantyantaḥpure tava yamaśca yamunā caiva mithunaṃ janayiṣyataḥ || evaṃ tasya varaṃ dattvā ādityasya vasundhare
"(She shall be) a king's daughter, wide-eyed, dark, lovely in every limb, endowed with beauty and virtue, possessed of the sixty-four arts. Indeed you dwell always in ease, you are a great king and handsome; many wives like me stand in your inner apartments. And they two shall beget a pair, Yama and Yamunā." Thus, having given the boon to him, to Āditya, O Vasundharā—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.59
प्राश्नासि पिशितान्नं च प्रावारान्भूषणानि च ।। आच्छादयसि यानैश्च हस्त्यश्वरथपृष्ठगः आत्मयोगप्रभावेण तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम् ।। आदित्योऽपि गतो भद्रे वेश्म स्वं च महाधनम्
prāśnāsi piśitānnaṃ ca prāvārānbhūṣaṇāni ca || ācchādayasi yānaiśca hastyaśvarathapṛṣṭhagaḥ ātmayogaprabhāveṇa tatraivāntarhito'bhavam || ādityo'pi gato bhadre veśma svaṃ ca mahādhanam
"You eat meat-food, and (wear) cloaks and ornaments; you cover (the road) with vehicles too, riding on the backs of elephants, horses and chariots." By the power of my own yoga I vanished right there; and Āditya too went, good lady, to his own dwelling of great wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.61
अहो तीर्थप्रभावो वै त्वया प्रोक्तो महान्मम ।। यस्य देव प्रभावेण तिर्यग्योनित्वमागतौ ।। गृध्रश्चैव सृगाली च प्राप्तौ वै मानुषीं तनुम् बिभर्षि स्वेच्छया राजन्न मां संप्रष्टुमर्हसि ।। त्वं मे देवो गुरुः साक्षाद्भर्त्ता यज्ञः सनातनः दशवर्षसहस्राणि सूर्यलोके महीयते ।। अथवा तत्र सुश्रोणि म्रियते पुण्यवान्नरः
aho tīrthaprabhāvo vai tvayā prokto mahānmama || yasya deva prabhāveṇa tiryagyonitvamāgatau || gṛdhraścaiva sṛgālī ca prāptau vai mānuṣīṃ tanum bibharṣi svecchayā rājanna māṃ saṃpraṣṭumarhasi || tvaṃ me devo guruḥ sākṣādbharttā yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ daśavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaloke mahīyate || athavā tatra suśroṇi mriyate puṇyavānnaraḥ
"Ah, a great power of the tīrtha has been declared to me by you, by whose power, O god, the two who had entered animal birth—the vulture and the jackal-bitch—obtained human bodies. You bear (your form) at your own will, O king; you ought not to question me. You are to me a god, a teacher in person, a husband, the eternal sacrifice." For ten thousand years he is honoured in the world of the sun; or else, O fair-hipped one, when a meritorious man dies there—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.62
स्नानेन तत्र तीर्थे च मरणाद्वा जनार्दन ।। कां गतिं वै प्रपद्यन्ते तन्ममाचक्ष्व केशव यमलोकं न गच्छेत्तु तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे स्नानस्य मरणस्य च
snānena tatra tīrthe ca maraṇādvā janārdana || kāṃ gatiṃ vai prapadyante tanmamācakṣva keśava yamalokaṃ na gacchettu tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre snānasya maraṇasya ca
"By bathing there in that tīrtha, or by dying (there), O Janārdana, what destiny do they attain? Tell me that, O Keśava." He would not go to the world of Yama, by the power of this tīrtha. This has been told to you, good lady, concerning bathing and concerning dying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.63
चिह्नं च कीदृशं तेषां जायन्ते येन ते तथा ।। अकामावपि तौ क्षेत्रे प्राप्तौ नु परमां गतिम् पतिव्रतानां सर्वासामेष धर्मः सनातनः ।। न संशये नियोक्तव्यः सुखस्थो हि पतिः स्त्रिया फलं चैव यथावृत्तं तीर्थे सौकरवे मम ।। आख्यानानां महाख्यानं क्रियाणां च महाक्रिया
cihnaṃ ca kīdṛśaṃ teṣāṃ jāyante yena te tathā || akāmāvapi tau kṣetre prāptau nu paramāṃ gatim pativratānāṃ sarvāsāmeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || na saṃśaye niyoktavyaḥ sukhastho hi patiḥ striyā phalaṃ caiva yathāvṛttaṃ tīrthe saukarave mama || ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ kriyāṇāṃ ca mahākriyā
"And what sort of mark arises in them, by which they become such? Though unwilling, those two attained the highest destiny in that field." This is the eternal law of all wives devoted to their husbands: (the husband) is not to be put into doubt, for the husband is a woman's well-being. And the fruit, just as it came about, at my tīrtha of Saukarava—the greatest of tales among tales, the greatest of rites among rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.64
ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्धर्मविदां वरः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं धर्मकामो वसुन्धराम् एतन्निश्चित्य मे पीडां न प्रष्टुं त्वमिहार्हसि ।। ततो भार्यावचः श्रुत्वा कलिङ्गानां जनाधिपः एष जप्यः प्रमाणं च सन्ध्योपासनमेव च ।। एष तेजश्च मन्त्रश्च सर्वभागवतप्रियम्
tato mahīvacaḥ śrutvā viṣṇurdharmavidāṃ varaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ dharmakāmo vasundharām etanniścitya me pīḍāṃ na praṣṭuṃ tvamihārhasi || tato bhāryāvacaḥ śrutvā kaliṅgānāṃ janādhipaḥ eṣa japyaḥ pramāṇaṃ ca sandhyopāsanameva ca || eṣa tejaśca mantraśca sarvabhāgavatapriyam
Then, having heard the Earth's words, Viṣṇu, best of the knowers of dharma, desiring dharma, spoke a sweet speech to Vasundharā: "Having determined this to be my pain, you ought not to ask about it here." Then, having heard his wife's words, the ruler of the people of the Kaliṅgas (said): This is the prayer to be muttered and the authority, and the worship at the junctures of the day; this is the splendour and the mantra, dear to all Bhāgavatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.65
शृणु तत्त्वेन मे भूमे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।। उभौ तौ कारणाद्यस्मात्प्राप्तौ वै मानुषीं गतिम धर्मश्चार्थश्च कामश्च यशः स्वर्गश्च मानद ।। पृष्टया मे सदा वाच्यं सर्वं सत्यं प्रियं तव उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं भार्यापीडाभिपीडितः ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे भद्रे शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यं पृष्टया पतिना ध्रुवम् ।। यानि गुह्यान्यगुह्यानि स्त्रियो धर्मपथे स्थिताः पिशुनाय न दातव्यं मूर्खे भागवते न तु ।। न च वैश्याय शूद्राय येन जानन्ति मां परम्
śṛṇu tattvena me bhūme yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || ubhau tau kāraṇādyasmātprāptau vai mānuṣīṃ gatima dharmaścārthaśca kāmaśca yaśaḥ svargaśca mānada || pṛṣṭayā me sadā vācyaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ priyaṃ tava uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ bhāryāpīḍābhipīḍitaḥ || śṛṇu tattvena me bhadre śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham avaśyameva vaktavyaṃ pṛṣṭayā patinā dhruvam || yāni guhyānyaguhyāni striyo dharmapathe sthitāḥ piśunāya na dātavyaṃ mūrkhe bhāgavate na tu || na ca vaiśyāya śūdrāya yena jānanti māṃ param
"Hear from me in truth, O Earth, that which you ask me: from what cause those two attained the human state—dharma and wealth and pleasure, fame and heaven, O bestower of honour. When you have asked, everything must always be told by me to you, true and pleasing." He spoke a sweet speech, afflicted by his wife's distress: "Hear from me in truth, good lady, be it auspicious or inauspicious. When the wife has asked, it must certainly be told by the husband, without fail—whatever things are secret or not secret; women who stand on the path of dharma..." It is not to be given to a slanderer, nor to a fool, but not (to be withheld?) from a Bhāgavata; and not to a Vaiśya or a Śūdra, by which they might know me as the supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.66
तस्मिन्काले ह्यतिक्रान्ते मम कर्मविनिश्चयात् ।। त्रेतायुगे ह्युपक्रान्ते ज्ञाते च युगसंस्थितौ पण्डितानां सभामध्ये ये च भागवता भुवि ।। मठे ब्राह्मणमध्ये तु ये च वेदविदां वराः
tasminkāle hyatikrānte mama karmaviniścayāt || tretāyuge hyupakrānte jñāte ca yugasaṃsthitau paṇḍitānāṃ sabhāmadhye ye ca bhāgavatā bhuvi || maṭhe brāhmaṇamadhye tu ye ca vedavidāṃ varāḥ
When that time had passed, by the determination of my working, and when the Tretā age had begun and the ordering of the ages was known—in the midst of an assembly of learned men, and those who are Bhāgavatas on earth, and in a monastery among brahmins, and those who are the best of the knowers of the Veda—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.67
तत्र राजा महाभागः स्वधर्मकृतनिश्चयः ।। ब्रह्मदत्तेति विख्यातः पुरं काम्पिल्लमास्थितः भर्त्तारं च समासाद्य रहस्तां गोपयन्ति न ।। कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म रागलोभप्रमोहिता दीक्षिताय च दातव्यं ये च शास्त्राणि जानते ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पुण्यं सौकरवे महत्
tatra rājā mahābhāgaḥ svadharmakṛtaniścayaḥ || brahmadatteti vikhyātaḥ puraṃ kāmpillamāsthitaḥ bharttāraṃ ca samāsādya rahastāṃ gopayanti na || kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma rāgalobhapramohitā dīkṣitāya ca dātavyaṃ ye ca śāstrāṇi jānate || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre puṇyaṃ saukarave mahat
There was a king, greatly fortunate, firm in the resolve of his own dharma, renowned as Brahmadatta, established in the city of Kāmpilla. And having obtained a husband, they do not keep that (secret) hidden, having done a very hard deed, deluded by passion and greed. And it is to be given to one initiated, and to those who know the scriptures. This great merit at Saukarava has been told to you, good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.68
तस्य पुत्रो महाभागः सर्वधर्मेषु निष्ठितः ।। सोमदत्तेति विख्यातः कुमारः शुभलक्षणः या सुगोपायते गुह्यं सती सा नोच्यते बुधैः ।। एवं चिन्त्य महाभागे ब्रूहि सत्यं यशस्विनि य एतत्पठते सुभ्रु कल्य उत्थाय मानवः ।। तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि चिन्तितोऽहं न संशयः
tasya putro mahābhāgaḥ sarvadharmeṣu niṣṭhitaḥ || somadatteti vikhyātaḥ kumāraḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ yā sugopāyate guhyaṃ satī sā nocyate budhaiḥ || evaṃ cintya mahābhāge brūhi satyaṃ yaśasvini ya etatpaṭhate subhru kalya utthāya mānavaḥ || tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi cintito'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ
His son, greatly fortunate, established in all the dharmas, renowned as Somadatta, a prince of auspicious marks. She who well guards a secret is chaste; (otherwise) she is not so called by the wise. Considering thus, greatly fortunate one, speak the truth, O illustrious lady. The man who recites this, O fair-browed one, rising at dawn—by him I have been meditated upon for twelve years, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.69
पित्रर्थे मृगयां यातो मृगलिप्सुर्वने तदा ।। अरण्ये स तदा गत्वा व्याघ्रसिंहनिषेविते अधर्मस्ते न भविता गुह्यार्थकथने मम ।। ततो भर्तृवचः श्रुत्वा सा देवी परमप्रिया न स जायेत गर्भेषु मुक्तिमाप्नोति शाश्वतीम् ।। यः पठेदकेमध्यायं तारयेत्स कुलान्दश
pitrarthe mṛgayāṃ yāto mṛgalipsurvane tadā || araṇye sa tadā gatvā vyāghrasiṃhaniṣevite adharmaste na bhavitā guhyārthakathane mama || tato bhartṛvacaḥ śrutvā sā devī paramapriyā na sa jāyeta garbheṣu muktimāpnoti śāśvatīm || yaḥ paṭhedakemadhyāyaṃ tārayetsa kulāndaśa
For his father's sake he went hunting then, seeking deer in the wood; and having gone then into the wilderness frequented by tigers and lions... "There will be no unrighteousness for you in telling me the secret matter." Then, hearing her husband's words, that most beloved queen... He would not be born (again) in wombs; he attains everlasting release. Whoever should recite this one chapter would carry across ten lineages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.71
अङ्गमध्ये तु विद्धा सा स्फुरन्ती सर्वमङ्गला ।। तथा सा बाणसन्तप्ता व्यथया च परिप्लुता अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ।। यदि गुह्यं न मे कार्यं श्रूयतां राजसत्तम
aṅgamadhye tu viddhā sā sphurantī sarvamaṅgalā || tathā sā bāṇasantaptā vyathayā ca pariplutā avaśyameva vaktavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || yadi guhyaṃ na me kāryaṃ śrūyatāṃ rājasattama
And she, pierced in the middle of her body, quivering, wholly auspicious—so she, scorched by the arrow and flooded with pain... "It must certainly be spoken; this is the eternal law. If no secret is to be kept by me, let it be heard, O best of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.72
पीत्वा सा सलिलं तत्र वृक्षं शाकोटकङ्गता ।। आतपेन परिक्लान्ता बाणविद्धातुरा भृशम् अभिषिंचस्व राज्ये स्वे ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं कुलोचितम्।। एहि नाथ मया सार्द्धं क्षेत्रं सौकरवं प्रति
pītvā sā salilaṃ tatra vṛkṣaṃ śākoṭakaṅgatā || ātapena pariklāntā bāṇaviddhāturā bhṛśam abhiṣiṃcasva rājye sve jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ kulocitam|| ehi nātha mayā sārddhaṃ kṣetraṃ saukaravaṃ prati
Having drunk water there, she went to a śākoṭaka tree, worn out by the heat, sorely afflicted, pierced by the arrow. "Consecrate in your own kingdom your eldest son, as befits the family. Come, lord, together with me, to the field of Saukarava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.73
अकामा मुञ्चती प्राणान् तीर्थं सोमात्मकं प्रति ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे भद्रे राजपुत्रः क्षुधार्दितः ततो भार्यावचः श्रुत्वा कलिंगानां जनाधिपः ।। । बाढमित्येव वाक्येन छन्दयामास तां प्रियाम्
akāmā muñcatī prāṇān tīrthaṃ somātmakaṃ prati || etasminnaṃtare bhadre rājaputraḥ kṣudhārditaḥ tato bhāryāvacaḥ śrutvā kaliṃgānāṃ janādhipaḥ || | bāḍhamityeva vākyena chandayāmāsa tāṃ priyām
Unwilling, giving up her life toward the tīrtha whose nature is Soma. Meanwhile, good lady, the prince, tormented by hunger... Then, hearing his wife's words, the ruler of the people of the Kaliṅgas gratified his beloved with just the word "So be it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.74
प्राप्तो गृध्रवटं तीर्थं विश्रामं तत्र चाकरोत् ।। अथ पश्यति गृध्रं स वटशाखां समाश्रितम् दास्यामि राज्यं पुत्राय वचनात्तव सुन्दरि।। यथा पूर्वं मया लब्धं स्वपितुर्यद्यथाक्रमम्
prāpto gṛdhravaṭaṃ tīrthaṃ viśrāmaṃ tatra cākarot || atha paśyati gṛdhraṃ sa vaṭaśākhāṃ samāśritam dāsyāmi rājyaṃ putrāya vacanāttava sundari|| yathā pūrvaṃ mayā labdhaṃ svapituryadyathākramam
He reached the tīrtha of Gṛdhravaṭa and took his rest there; then he sees a vulture settled on a branch of the banyan. "I shall give the kingdom to (our) son at your word, O lovely one, just as it was formerly obtained by me from my own father, each thing in its due order."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.75
एकेन स तु बाणेन तया गृध्रो निपातितः ।। स तत्र पतितो गृध्रो वटमूले यशस्विनि इत्युक्त्वा तौ महाभागौ युक्तं चैव परस्परम् ।। राजा च राजपुत्री च निष्क्रान्तौ तद्गृहात्ततः
ekena sa tu bāṇena tayā gṛdhro nipātitaḥ || sa tatra patito gṛdhro vaṭamūle yaśasvini ityuktvā tau mahābhāgau yuktaṃ caiva parasparam || rājā ca rājaputrī ca niṣkrāntau tadgṛhāttataḥ
And with a single arrow the vulture was brought down by her; that vulture fell there at the foot of the banyan, O illustrious lady. Having said this, those two greatly fortunate ones, and being agreed with each other, the king and the princess, then went out from that house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.76
गतासुर्नष्टसंज्ञो वै बाणभिन्नस्तथा हृदि ।। तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं गृध्रं राजपुत्रस्तुतोष ह ततः कञ्चुकिनं दृष्ट्वा प्रोवाचोच्चस्वरेण च ।। अपसारय सर्वं वै जनमावृत्य तिष्ठति
gatāsurnaṣṭasaṃjño vai bāṇabhinnastathā hṛdi || taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ gṛdhraṃ rājaputrastutoṣa ha tataḥ kañcukinaṃ dṛṣṭvā provācoccasvareṇa ca || apasāraya sarvaṃ vai janamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
Its life gone, its consciousness lost, split by the arrow in the heart. Seeing that vulture fallen, the prince was delighted. Then, seeing a chamberlain, he said in a loud voice: "Drive away all the people who stand crowding round."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.77
तस्य च्छित्वा ततः पक्षौ गृहीत्वा राजनन्दनः ।। बाणपक्षान्विधातुं च सोमदत्तो गृहं ययौ ज्ञानकौतूहलो योऽत्र शीघ्रं गच्छत्वितो बहिः।। ततो हलहलाशब्दः प्रवृत्तोऽन्तःपुरे महान्
tasya cchitvā tataḥ pakṣau gṛhītvā rājanandanaḥ || bāṇapakṣānvidhātuṃ ca somadatto gṛhaṃ yayau jñānakautūhalo yo'tra śīghraṃ gacchatvito bahiḥ|| tato halahalāśabdaḥ pravṛtto'ntaḥpure mahān
Then, cutting off its two wings and taking them, the king's son Somadatta went home to make feathering for his arrows. "Whoever here is curious to know, let him go out from here at once." Then a great uproar arose in the inner apartments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.78
सोऽपि दीर्घेण कालेन अकामोऽपि मृतः खगः ।। जातः कलिङ्गराजस्य सुतो गुणविभूषितः . किमिदं कारणं वृत्तं येन चोत्सारिता वयम् ।। नाज्ञास्ति चिन्तालोलानामागतानां स्वकार्यतः
so'pi dīrgheṇa kālena akāmo'pi mṛtaḥ khagaḥ || jātaḥ kaliṅgarājasya suto guṇavibhūṣitaḥ . kimidaṃ kāraṇaṃ vṛttaṃ yena cotsāritā vayam || nājñāsti cintālolānāmāgatānāṃ svakāryataḥ
And that bird, dead though unwilling, after a long time was born as the son of the king of Kaliṅga, adorned with virtues. "What is this cause that has arisen, by which we have been driven out? There is no notice given to those who, unsettled by anxiety, have come on their own business."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.79
रूपवान् पण्डितश्चैव प्रजानंदकरः सदा ।। तस्मिन्राजनि नायासं कोऽपि कुत्रापि विंदति अश्रोतव्यं भवेन्नूनं येन चोत्सारिता वयम् ।। ततो भोज्यान्नपानानि भुक्त्वा रुच्या नृपः प्रियान्
rūpavān paṇḍitaścaiva prajānaṃdakaraḥ sadā || tasminrājani nāyāsaṃ ko'pi kutrāpi viṃdati aśrotavyaṃ bhavennūnaṃ yena cotsāritā vayam || tato bhojyānnapānāni bhuktvā rucyā nṛpaḥ priyān
(He was) handsome and learned, and always a source of joy to the subjects. Under that king no one anywhere finds any trouble. Surely something not to be heard (of) must have happened, by which we have been driven out. Then, having eaten foods, drinks and beverages with relish, the king (addressed) his dear ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.81
चतुःषष्टिकलायुक्ता कोकिलेव सुखस्वरा सम्प्राप्तान्सचिवांस्तत्र राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ।। राजधानी संस्क्रियतां मङ्गलाचारपूर्वकम्
catuḥṣaṣṭikalāyuktā kokileva sukhasvarā samprāptānsacivāṃstatra rājā vacanamabravīt || rājadhānī saṃskriyatāṃ maṅgalācārapūrvakam
(She was) endowed with the sixty-four arts, sweet-voiced like a cuckoo. There the king spoke these words to the ministers who had arrived: "Let the royal capital be adorned, preceded by auspicious rites."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 137.82
एवं प्रवर्त्तिते तत्र कांचीराज्ये कलिङ्गके ।। हार्दिक्यात्सौहृदात्प्रीतिरन्योऽन्यकुलनिश्चयात् वृद्धामात्यमुपास्याथ कलिङ्गो धर्मसंहितम् ।। नीतिशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञमुवाचाविक्लवं वचः
evaṃ pravarttite tatra kāṃcīrājye kaliṅgake || hārdikyātsauhṛdātprītiranyo'nyakulaniścayāt vṛddhāmātyamupāsyātha kaliṅgo dharmasaṃhitam || nītiśāstrārthatattvajñamuvācāviklavaṃ vacaḥ
When the Kāñcī and Kaliṅga kingdoms were thus (mutually) engaged — affection out of cordiality, out of friendship, out of the mutual determination of the two families — then Kaliṅga, having approached the aged minister, who was bound by dharma and knew the true meaning of the treatises on policy, spoke these unfaltering words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.83
भूमे मम प्रसादेन सम्बधोऽजायत स्वतः ।। अथ दीर्घेण कालेन कांचीराजसुता तथा काल्यमिच्छाम्यहं तात पुत्रं राज्येऽभिषेचितुम् ।। शीघ्रं सज्जं प्रकुर्वन्तु आभिषेचनिकं विधिम्
bhūme mama prasādena sambadho'jāyata svataḥ || atha dīrgheṇa kālena kāṃcīrājasutā tathā kālyamicchāmyahaṃ tāta putraṃ rājye'bhiṣecitum || śīghraṃ sajjaṃ prakurvantu ābhiṣecanikaṃ vidhim
"O Earth, by my grace the connection came about of itself." Then after a long time the daughter of the king of Kāñcī likewise... "Tomorrow, my dear, I wish to consecrate my son in the kingship; let them quickly make ready the rite of consecration."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.84
कलिङ्गराजपुत्रेण विधिना तु विवाहिता ।। कांचीराजस्तयोः प्रीत्या नानारत्नानि चाददत् भूतमित्येव तं प्राहुः सचिवास्तं नराधिपम् ।। अस्माकमपि तच्चैव रोचते यत्प्रभाषसे
kaliṅgarājaputreṇa vidhinā tu vivāhitā || kāṃcīrājastayoḥ prītyā nānāratnāni cādadat bhūtamityeva taṃ prāhuḥ sacivāstaṃ narādhipam || asmākamapi taccaiva rocate yatprabhāṣase
(She) was married with due rite to the son of the king of Kaliṅga; and the king of Kāñcī, out of affection for the two, gave various jewels. The ministers said to that lord of men, "So be it! To us too just that is pleasing which you propose."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.85
भूषणानि च दिव्यानि गजाश्वमहिषीः स्त्रियः ।। ततः कलिङ्गराजोऽपि सवधूकं निजं सुतम् पुत्रस्ते राजशार्दूल सर्वलोकहिते रतः ।। प्रजानुरागवाञ्छूरो नीतिज्ञस्तु विचारकः
bhūṣaṇāni ca divyāni gajāśvamahiṣīḥ striyaḥ || tataḥ kaliṅgarājo'pi savadhūkaṃ nijaṃ sutam putraste rājaśārdūla sarvalokahite rataḥ || prajānurāgavāñchūro nītijñastu vicārakaḥ
And divine ornaments, elephants, horses, buffalo-cows, and women. Then the king of Kaliṅga too (took) his own son together with the bride. "Your son, O tiger among kings, is devoted to the welfare of all the world; he has the love of the subjects, he is brave, versed in policy and discerning."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.86
आदाय स्वगृहं यातस्तेन राज्ञातिमानितः ।। एवं गच्छति काले वै दम्पत्योस्तुष्यमाणयोः मनीषितं तव विभो सम्यङ् नो मनसः प्रियम् ।। एवमुक्त्वा गतामात्याः सूर्यश्चास्तमुपागतः
ādāya svagṛhaṃ yātastena rājñātimānitaḥ || evaṃ gacchati kāle vai dampatyostuṣyamāṇayoḥ manīṣitaṃ tava vibho samyaṅ no manasaḥ priyam || evamuktvā gatāmātyāḥ sūryaścāstamupāgataḥ
Taking (them), he went to his own house, greatly honoured by that king. As time thus passed for the delighted couple — "What you desire, O lord, is entirely dear to our mind." Having spoken thus the ministers departed, and the sun went to its setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.87
अव्युच्छिन्नाऽभवत्प्रीती रोहिणीचंद्रयोरिव ।। रेमतुस्तौ विहारेषु देवतायतनेषु च सुखेन सा गता रात्रिर्गीतगान्धर्ववादितैः ।। बोधितः स च राजा तु सूतमागधबन्दिभिः
avyucchinnā'bhavatprītī rohiṇīcaṃdrayoriva || rematustau vihāreṣu devatāyataneṣu ca sukhena sā gatā rātrirgītagāndharvavāditaiḥ || bodhitaḥ sa ca rājā tu sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ
Their love was unbroken, like that of Rohiṇī and the moon; the two took pleasure in pleasure-grounds and in the temples of the gods. That night passed pleasantly with songs, music and instrumental playing, and the king was awakened by bards, panegyrists and minstrels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 137.88
वने चोपवने चैव ये केचिन्नन्दनोपमाः ।। भर्त्तारं सा न पश्येच्चेत्कदाचिदपि पार्श्वतः वेतालिकैश्च सुश्रोणि सर्वमंगलपाठकैः ।। प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते च दिवाकरे
vane copavane caiva ye kecinnandanopamāḥ || bharttāraṃ sā na paśyeccetkadācidapi pārśvataḥ vetālikaiśca suśroṇi sarvamaṃgalapāṭhakaiḥ || prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmudite ca divākare
In forests and groves, whichever ones were like (the garden) Nandana — if she did not see her husband at her side even once, O fair-hipped one, and by the vetālikas, the reciters of all auspicious verses — and when the night had brightened and the sun had risen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.89
नष्टं मन्येत चात्मानं राजपुत्री यशस्विनि ।। न चेत्पश्यति भार्यां स्वां सोऽपि राजन्यनन्दनः मुहूर्त्तं शुभमासाद्य ह्यभिषिक्तः सुतः शुचिः ।। एवं दत्वा तदा राज्यं मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय धर्मवित्
naṣṭaṃ manyeta cātmānaṃ rājaputrī yaśasvini || na cetpaśyati bhāryāṃ svāṃ so'pi rājanyanandanaḥ muhūrttaṃ śubhamāsādya hyabhiṣiktaḥ sutaḥ śuciḥ || evaṃ datvā tadā rājyaṃ mūrdhni cāghrāya dharmavit
the princess would think herself lost, O illustrious lady; and if that prince too did not see his own wife (he thought likewise). Having found an auspicious moment, the pure son was consecrated; having thus given the kingdom then, and having kissed him on the head, the knower of dharma —
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VrP 137.91
नान्तरं पश्यते कश्चित् पुरुषः पुण्यकर्मणोः ।। सोऽपि बुद्ध्या सुशीलेन कृतेन च वसुन्धरे यदीच्छेः परमं धर्मं पितॄणां तारणं तथा ।। दातव्यं न च हंतव्यं हंतव्याः पारदारिकाः
nāntaraṃ paśyate kaścit puruṣaḥ puṇyakarmaṇoḥ || so'pi buddhyā suśīlena kṛtena ca vasundhare yadīccheḥ paramaṃ dharmaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tāraṇaṃ tathā || dātavyaṃ na ca haṃtavyaṃ haṃtavyāḥ pāradārikāḥ
No man sees any difference between the two of meritorious deeds. He too, by intelligence, good conduct and action, O Earth — if you desire the highest dharma and likewise the deliverance of the ancestors, then one must give and must not kill; adulterers are to be killed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.92
कलिंगस्तोषयामास पौरान्जानपदांस्तथा ।। अन्तःपुरे तु या नार्यः कलिंगेषु धरे तयोः बालघाताश्च हंतव्या हंतव्याः स्त्रीविघातकाः।।। न लोभः परभार्यासु ब्राह्मणीषु विशेषतः
kaliṃgastoṣayāmāsa paurānjānapadāṃstathā || antaḥpure tu yā nāryaḥ kaliṃgeṣu dhare tayoḥ bālaghātāśca haṃtavyā haṃtavyāḥ strīvighātakāḥ||| na lobhaḥ parabhāryāsu brāhmaṇīṣu viśeṣataḥ
Kaliṅga gratified the townsfolk and the country-folk; and those women who were in the inner apartments among the Kaliṅgas, O Earth, of those two — child-killers are to be slain, slayers of women are to be slain; there must be no greed for others' wives, especially for brahmin women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.93
ताभ्यां सन्तोषिताः सर्वाः शीलेन स्वगुणैस्तथा।। एवं प्रवर्द्धिता ताभ्यां प्रीतिः पूर्वं यशस्विनि सुरूपां परनारीं तु दृष्ट्वा चक्षुर्निमीलयेः ।। परद्रव्येषु मा लोभः अन्यायोपार्ज्जितेषु च
tābhyāṃ santoṣitāḥ sarvāḥ śīlena svaguṇaistathā|| evaṃ pravarddhitā tābhyāṃ prītiḥ pūrvaṃ yaśasvini surūpāṃ paranārīṃ tu dṛṣṭvā cakṣurnimīlayeḥ || paradravyeṣu mā lobhaḥ anyāyopārjjiteṣu ca
All (the women) were gratified by those two, by their conduct and their own good qualities. Thus the affection formerly increased by those two, O illustrious lady — on seeing a beautiful woman belonging to another you should close your eyes; let there be no greed for others' goods, nor for things acquired unjustly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.94
रमते तत्र चान्योन्यं शचीवासवयोरिव ।। अथ प्रणयपूर्वं सा कांतं सर्वांगसुन्दरी न चिरं तिष्ठसि क्वापि कथंचन न पश्यसि ।। रक्षणीयश्च ते देशः कुशलन्यायसज्जितः
ramate tatra cānyonyaṃ śacīvāsavayoriva || atha praṇayapūrvaṃ sā kāṃtaṃ sarvāṃgasundarī na ciraṃ tiṣṭhasi kvāpi kathaṃcana na paśyasi || rakṣaṇīyaśca te deśaḥ kuśalanyāyasajjitaḥ
There the two delighted in each other like Śacī and Indra. Then she, beautiful in every limb, (said) to her beloved with affection: "You never stay long anywhere, and (I) do not see you" — and your realm is to be protected, well ordered with skill and justice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.95
व्यजिज्ञपद्राजसुतं सौहृदेन यशस्विनी ।। किंचिदिच्छामि ते वक्तुं राजपुत्र यशोधन नित्योद्युक्तेन स्थातव्यममात्यवचनं कुरु ।। अमात्यो यद्वचो ब्रूयात्तस्य कार्यं विमर्शयन् अवश्यमेव कर्त्तव्यं शरीरपरिरक्षणम् ।। प्रजा येन प्रमोदंति येन तुष्यंति ब्राह्मणाः
vyajijñapadrājasutaṃ sauhṛdena yaśasvinī || kiṃcidicchāmi te vaktuṃ rājaputra yaśodhana nityodyuktena sthātavyamamātyavacanaṃ kuru || amātyo yadvaco brūyāttasya kāryaṃ vimarśayan avaśyameva karttavyaṃ śarīraparirakṣaṇam || prajā yena pramodaṃti yena tuṣyaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ
The illustrious lady made her request to the prince out of affection: "I wish to say something to you, O prince, rich in fame" — one must remain ever diligent; do as the minister says. Whatever word the minister speaks, weighing his business (accordingly) — the protection of the body must certainly be attended to — by which the subjects rejoice and by which the brahmins are pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.96
मम स्नेहात्प्रियं चैव तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ।। ततो भार्यावचः श्रुत्वा कलिंगस्य सुतः प्रभुः
mama snehātpriyaṃ caiva tadbhavānvaktumarhati || tato bhāryāvacaḥ śrutvā kaliṃgasya sutaḥ prabhuḥ
"...and out of love for me it is fitting that you speak what is dear." Then, having heard his wife's words, the mighty son of Kaliṅga
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 137.97
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणः ।। यद्वदिष्यसि भद्रे त्वं यच्च तेऽस्ति मनीषितम् एवं ते पुत्र कर्त्तव्यं मम प्रियहितैषिणा ।। सप्तव्यसनवर्गोऽत्र दोषो राज्ञां महान्भवेत्
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇaḥ || yadvadiṣyasi bhadre tvaṃ yacca te'sti manīṣitam evaṃ te putra karttavyaṃ mama priyahitaiṣiṇā || saptavyasanavargo'tra doṣo rājñāṃ mahānbhavet
— he whose eyes were like lotus-petals — spoke sweet words: "Whatever you will say, good lady, and whatever is your wish" — thus, my son, it must be done by you, who seek what is dear and good to me; here the group of seven vices would be a great fault for kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.98
सर्वं ते कथयिष्यामि शपे सत्येन सुन्दरि ।। सत्यं मूलं ब्राह्मणानां विष्णुः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः अर्थदूषणकं चैव न कर्त्तव्यं कदाचन ।। अमात्यं नाप्रियं ब्रूया यमिच्छे राजकर्मणि
sarvaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi śape satyena sundari || satyaṃ mūlaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viṣṇuḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ arthadūṣaṇakaṃ caiva na karttavyaṃ kadācana || amātyaṃ nāpriyaṃ brūyā yamicche rājakarmaṇi
"I shall tell you everything; I swear by the truth, O beautiful one" — truth is the root of brahmins, Viṣṇu is established in truth; and corruption in matters of wealth must never be committed; you should not speak unkindly to a minister whom you wish (to employ) in royal business.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.99
तस्य मूलं तपो राज्ञि राज्यं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम् ।। नाहं मिथ्या प्रवक्ष्यामि कदाचिदपि सुन्दरि नाहं निवारणीयस्ते गमनाय पथे स्थितः ।। एतन्मे क्रियतां शीघ्रं यदीच्छसि मम प्रियम्
tasya mūlaṃ tapo rājñi rājyaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam || nāhaṃ mithyā pravakṣyāmi kadācidapi sundari nāhaṃ nivāraṇīyaste gamanāya pathe sthitaḥ || etanme kriyatāṃ śīghraṃ yadīcchasi mama priyam
Its root is austerity, O queen; kingship is established in truth. "I shall never speak falsely, O beautiful one; I am not to be hindered by you, standing in the path for going" — let this be done for me quickly, if you wish what is dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.101
अथवा परमग्र्यं तु पट्टबन्धं करोमि ते ।। सा भर्तृवचनं श्रुत्वा कांचीराजस्य चात्मजा
athavā paramagryaṃ tu paṭṭabandhaṃ karomi te || sā bhartṛvacanaṃ śrutvā kāṃcīrājasya cātmajā
"Or else I will make for you a most excellent binding of the fillet." She, the daughter of the king of Kāñcī, having heard her husband's words,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 137.137
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि यत्त्वं मां परिपृच्छसि ।। यां गतिं ते प्रपद्यन्ते नराः सौकरवे मृताः शृणु पुण्यं तत्र भद्रे प्राप्नोति परमं नरः ।। चक्रतीर्थे नरो गत्वा नियतो नियताशनः दर्शितश्च मया ह्यात्मा यो हि देवेषु दुर्लभः ।। रूपं सोमेन तद्दृष्ट्वा विसंज्ञस्तदनन्तरम् क्षीणस्तत्र त्वमावस्यां तत्र पिण्डपितृक्रियाः।। प्रवर्त्तन्ते यथान्यायं भवेयं सौम्यदर्शनः द्रव्यवान्गुणवांश्चैव संविभागी यशस्विनि ।। मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत अपराधविवर्जितः वाक्यं नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा धरणी शुभलक्षणा ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं विष्णुभक्तसुखावहम् न तत्र लभते किञ्चित्पितृकार्ये नराधिपः ।। एवं हि भ्रमतस्तस्य सृगाली दक्षिणे तथा या सा सृगाली सञ्जज्ञे कांचीराजस्य वै सुता।। रूपयुक्ता गुणवती दक्षा सर्वांगसुंदरी आत्मानं मन्यते प्रीत्या नष्टप्रायं वसुन्धरे ।। दिने दिने तयोरेवं वर्द्धते प्रीतिरुत्तमा न मिथ्या पूर्वमुक्तं मे ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ।। हस्त्यश्वरथरत्नानि यानानि च धनानि च कृत्वा निष्कण्टकं राज्यं दत्त्वा पंचत्वमागतः ।। एवं प्रभुस्ततो राज्यं पितुर्दत्तं यथोचितम् मनुना वै कृतो धर्म एष नैव न दृश्यते ।। न क्वाप्यपकृतो धर्मो महानपि न योगिनाम् यत्तदा चिन्तितं पूर्वं द्रष्टुकामेन तां प्रियाम् ।। सर्वचिन्तां परित्यज्य सा चिन्ता हृदि वर्त्तते अन्यायेन व्रतं चीर्णं सर्वतो विकृतं भवेत् ।। कदाचिदपि काले तु गच्छेत्सौकरवं प्रति तत्र गोप्यं किमस्तीति येन ते परिवेदना ।। ततः कमलपत्राक्षी सव्रीडा दुःखपीडिता गच्छस्यनारतं राजन् किं स्थितं च मया विना ।। आज्ञा च तेऽप्रतिहता गन्धान्भोगांश्च सर्वशः प्रत्युवाच प्रियं वाक्यं राजानं धर्मवादिनम् ।। देवो राजा गुरू राजा सोमो राजेति पठ्यते समं महिष्या चाचम्य क्षणं विश्रम्य पार्थिवः ।। अमात्यानानयामास ह्यभिषेक्तुं निजं सुतम् उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं पुत्रं पुत्रवतां वरः ।। राज्यस्थेनापि ते पुत्र कर्त्तव्यं शृणु तन्मम ततः पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रो यशस्विनि ।। पितुः पादौ तु संगृह्य करुणं प्रत्युवाच तम् एवं गच्छति काले तु तयोस्तत्र वसुन्धरे ।। प्रवर्त्तमानयोर्नित्यं धर्मे कर्मणि शुद्धयोः एह्येहि नाथ गच्छावः पश्य गोप्यं मनीषितम्।। ततो हस्ते पतिं गृह्य उद्वाह इव सुन्दरी तत्रैव मरणं प्रापुः सर्वसंगविवर्जिताः।। श्वेतद्वीपं ततः प्राप्ताः सर्व एव चतुर्भुजाः सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मद्भक्तश्चैव जायते।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे स्नानमात्रस्य यत्फलम् श्वेतद्वीपं ततः प्राप्तौ जानीहि त्वं वसुन्धरे ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे पुण्यं सौकरवे कृत्वा सुदुष्करतरं महत् ।। अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन यस्तु स्नाति वसुन्धरे
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me devi yattvaṃ māṃ paripṛcchasi || yāṃ gatiṃ te prapadyante narāḥ saukarave mṛtāḥ śṛṇu puṇyaṃ tatra bhadre prāpnoti paramaṃ naraḥ || cakratīrthe naro gatvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ darśitaśca mayā hyātmā yo hi deveṣu durlabhaḥ || rūpaṃ somena taddṛṣṭvā visaṃjñastadanantaram kṣīṇastatra tvamāvasyāṃ tatra piṇḍapitṛkriyāḥ|| pravarttante yathānyāyaṃ bhaveyaṃ saumyadarśanaḥ dravyavānguṇavāṃścaiva saṃvibhāgī yaśasvini || madbhaktaścaiva jāyeta aparādhavivarjitaḥ vākyaṃ nārāyaṇācchrutvā dharaṇī śubhalakṣaṇā || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ viṣṇubhaktasukhāvaham na tatra labhate kiñcitpitṛkārye narādhipaḥ || evaṃ hi bhramatastasya sṛgālī dakṣiṇe tathā yā sā sṛgālī sañjajñe kāṃcīrājasya vai sutā|| rūpayuktā guṇavatī dakṣā sarvāṃgasuṃdarī ātmānaṃ manyate prītyā naṣṭaprāyaṃ vasundhare || dine dine tayorevaṃ varddhate prītiruttamā na mithyā pūrvamuktaṃ me brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te || hastyaśvaratharatnāni yānāni ca dhanāni ca kṛtvā niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ dattvā paṃcatvamāgataḥ || evaṃ prabhustato rājyaṃ piturdattaṃ yathocitam manunā vai kṛto dharma eṣa naiva na dṛśyate || na kvāpyapakṛto dharmo mahānapi na yoginām yattadā cintitaṃ pūrvaṃ draṣṭukāmena tāṃ priyām || sarvacintāṃ parityajya sā cintā hṛdi varttate anyāyena vrataṃ cīrṇaṃ sarvato vikṛtaṃ bhavet || kadācidapi kāle tu gacchetsaukaravaṃ prati tatra gopyaṃ kimastīti yena te parivedanā || tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī savrīḍā duḥkhapīḍitā gacchasyanārataṃ rājan kiṃ sthitaṃ ca mayā vinā || ājñā ca te'pratihatā gandhānbhogāṃśca sarvaśaḥ pratyuvāca priyaṃ vākyaṃ rājānaṃ dharmavādinam || devo rājā gurū rājā somo rājeti paṭhyate samaṃ mahiṣyā cācamya kṣaṇaṃ viśramya pārthivaḥ || amātyānānayāmāsa hyabhiṣektuṃ nijaṃ sutam uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ || rājyasthenāpi te putra karttavyaṃ śṛṇu tanmama tataḥ piturvacaḥ śrutvā rājaputro yaśasvini || pituḥ pādau tu saṃgṛhya karuṇaṃ pratyuvāca tam evaṃ gacchati kāle tu tayostatra vasundhare || pravarttamānayornityaṃ dharme karmaṇi śuddhayoḥ ehyehi nātha gacchāvaḥ paśya gopyaṃ manīṣitam|| tato haste patiṃ gṛhya udvāha iva sundarī tatraiva maraṇaṃ prāpuḥ sarvasaṃgavivarjitāḥ|| śvetadvīpaṃ tataḥ prāptāḥ sarva eva caturbhujāḥ sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya madbhaktaścaiva jāyate|| etatte kathitaṃ bhadre snānamātrasya yatphalam śvetadvīpaṃ tataḥ prāptau jānīhi tvaṃ vasundhare || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare puṇyaṃ saukarave kṛtvā suduṣkarataraṃ mahat || aṣṭamena tu bhaktena yastu snāti vasundhare
The Blessed Boar said: Hear from me in truth, O goddess, what you ask of me. Hear what goal those men attain who die at Saukara; there, good lady, a man obtains the highest merit. Going to Cakratīrtha, restrained and eating measured food, the Self was indeed shown by me — that which is hard for even the gods to obtain. Having seen that form by (the grace of) Soma, he thereupon lost consciousness; wasted away there, on the new-moon day, there the rites of the ancestral piṇḍas are performed according to rule: (whoever does so) may I become of gentle aspect (to him?) — he becomes wealthy and endowed with virtues and generous in sharing, O glorious one, and is born my devotee, free of offence. Having heard the speech from Nārāyaṇa, the Earth of auspicious marks spoke a sweet speech that brings joy to Viṣṇu's devotees: "The lord of men obtains nothing there in the rite for the ancestors." Thus, as he wandered, there was a jackal-bitch on his right; that jackal-bitch was born as the daughter of the king of Kāñcī, endowed with beauty, virtuous, skilful, lovely in every limb. Out of love he thinks himself as good as lost, O Vasundharā. Day by day their supreme love grows thus. What I said before is not false; tell me what I should do for you. Elephants, horses, chariots, jewels, vehicles and riches — having made the kingdom free of thorns and given (it), he came to death. Thus the lord (received) the kingdom given by his father as was fitting. This dharma was indeed made by Manu; it is not so — it is not seen. Nowhere is dharma diminished, not even the great (dharma) of yogins. What was thought of before by him who desired to see that beloved — abandoning every other thought, that (one) thought abides in his heart. A vow observed unlawfully becomes wholly spoiled. "At some time, though, you should go toward Saukara. What secret is there, on account of which you have this distress?" Then the lotus-petal-eyed one, bashful and afflicted with grief, (said): "You go incessantly, O king; and what remains for me without (you)? And your command is unopposed — perfumes and enjoyments in every way." She answered with a loving speech the king who spoke of dharma: "The king is a god, the king is a teacher, the king is Soma — so it is recited." Having rinsed his mouth together with the queen and rested a moment, the king had the ministers brought in order to consecrate his own son. The best of those having sons spoke a sweet speech to his son: "Even while established in the kingdom, my son, there is a duty for you; hear it from me." Then, having heard his father's words, the prince, O glorious one, clasped his father's feet and answered him piteously. As time went on thus for those two there, O Vasundharā, both of them ever engaged in dharma and in pure action: "Come, come, lord, let us go; behold the secret that is desired." Then taking her husband by the hand like a bride, the beautiful woman — right there they met their death, freed from all attachment. Then they reached Śvetadvīpa, all of them four-armed; abandoning all attachment, one is born my devotee. This has been told to you, good lady — the fruit that comes from mere bathing. Know, O Vasundharā, that thereupon the two reached Śvetadvīpa. Again I shall declare something else; hear it, O Vasundharā. Having performed at Saukara the meritorious, most difficult, great (observance): whoever bathes, O Vasundharā, with a portion at the eighth (period of the day) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 137.513
ततस्तुष्टोऽस्म्यहं भद्रे सूर्यस्य सुमहौजसः ।। वरेण छन्दयामास आदित्यं तदनन्तरम्
tatastuṣṭo'smyahaṃ bhadre sūryasya sumahaujasaḥ || vareṇa chandayāmāsa ādityaṃ tadanantaram
Then I was pleased, good lady, with the Sun of exceedingly great splendour; thereupon he invited Āditya (to choose) a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain