Varaha Purana — Chapter 153
VrP 153.1
अथ मथुरातीर्थमाहात्म्यम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। उत्तरे शिवकुण्डाच्च तीर्थानां नवकं स्मृतम् ।। नवतीर्थात्परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति
atha mathurātīrthamāhātmyam || śrīvarāha uvāca || uttare śivakuṇḍācca tīrthānāṃ navakaṃ smṛtam || navatīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Now the greatness of the Mathurā tirtha. The blessed Varāha said: To the north of Śivakuṇḍa a set of nine tirthas is recorded; higher than the nine tirthas there has been no tirtha, nor will there be.
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VrP 153.2
तत्रैव स्नानमात्रेण सौभाग्यं जायते परम् ।। रूपवन्तः प्रजायंते स्वर्गलोके न सशंयः
tatraiva snānamātreṇa saubhāgyaṃ jāyate param || rūpavantaḥ prajāyaṃte svargaloke na saśaṃyaḥ
There, by bathing alone, supreme good fortune arises; (people) are born beautiful — in the world of heaven, no doubt.
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VrP 153.3
तस्मिन् स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोके प्रपद्यते ।। तत्र संयमनं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
tasmin snāto naro devi mama loke prapadyate || tatra saṃyamanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
Bathed in it, O goddess, a man attains my world. There is the tirtha named Saṃyamana, famed throughout the three worlds.
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VrP 153.4
तत्र स्नातो मृतो वापि मम लोकं स गच्छति।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
tatra snāto mṛto vāpi mama lokaṃ sa gacchati|| punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
Having bathed there, or having died (there), he goes to my world. I shall tell yet another thing; hear it, O Vasundharā.
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VrP 153.5
तस्मिन् संयमने तीर्थे यद्यद्वृत्तं पुरातनम् ।। कश्चित्पापसमाचारो निषादो दुष्टमानसः
tasmin saṃyamane tīrthe yadyadvṛttaṃ purātanam || kaścitpāpasamācāro niṣādo duṣṭamānasaḥ
(Hear) whatever happened of old at that Saṃyamana tirtha. A certain Niṣāda of sinful conduct, of evil mind,
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VrP 153.6
वसते नैमिषारण्ये सुप्रतीतेऽतिपापकृत्।। केनचित्त्वथ कालेन सोऽगच्छन्मथुरां प्रति
vasate naimiṣāraṇye supratīte'tipāpakṛt|| kenacittvatha kālena so'gacchanmathurāṃ prati
dwelt in the well-known Naimiṣa forest, a doer of exceeding sin. Then at some time he went towards Mathurā.
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VrP 153.7
तत्र प्राप्य च कालिन्दीं कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् ।। स निषादस्तर्त्तुकामस्तस्यां चैव तिथौ ततः
tatra prāpya ca kālindīṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm || sa niṣādastarttukāmastasyāṃ caiva tithau tataḥ
And having reached the Kālindī there on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight, that Niṣāda, wishing to cross, on that very lunar day then
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VrP 153.8
ततार यमुनां सोऽथ प्राप्य संयमनं शुभे ।। ममज्जासौ ततः पापस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे शुभे
tatāra yamunāṃ so'tha prāpya saṃyamanaṃ śubhe || mamajjāsau tataḥ pāpastasmiṃstīrthe vare śubhe
crossed the Yamunā, and then, having reached Saṃyamana, O fair one, that sinner plunged in, in that excellent, auspicious tirtha.
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VrP 153.9
मग्नमात्रस्ततः पापः सद्यः प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत ।। तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावेण जातोऽसौ पृथवीपतिः
magnamātrastataḥ pāpaḥ sadyaḥ prāṇairvyayujyata || tattīrthasya prabhāveṇa jāto'sau pṛthavīpatiḥ
As soon as he was immersed, the sinner was at once parted from his life-breaths; by the power of that tirtha he was born a lord of the earth.
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VrP 153.11
पालयामास वसुधां क्षत्रधर्मं समाश्रितः ।। तेनोढा काशिराजस्य पीवरी नामतः शुभा
pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ kṣatradharmaṃ samāśritaḥ || tenoḍhā kāśirājasya pīvarī nāmataḥ śubhā
He ruled the earth, adhering to the duty of a kṣatriya. By him was wedded the fair (daughter) of the king of Kāśī, Pīvarī by name,
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VrP 153.12
पत्नी शतानां मुख्यानां प्रवरा सा वसुन्घरे।। तां चैव रमयामास उद्यानेषु वनेषु च
patnī śatānāṃ mukhyānāṃ pravarā sā vasunghare|| tāṃ caiva ramayāmāsa udyāneṣu vaneṣu ca
chief among a hundred wives, she was the foremost, O Vasundharā; and he made love with her in gardens and in forests,
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VrP 153.13
प्रासादेषु च रम्येषु नदीनां पुलिनेषु च।। प्रजाः पालयतस्तस्य दानानि ददतस्तथा
prāsādeṣu ca ramyeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca|| prajāḥ pālayatastasya dānāni dadatastathā
And in lovely palaces, and on the sandbanks of rivers — as he protected his subjects and likewise gave gifts,
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VrP 153.14
कालो गच्छति राजा तु भोगासक्तिं च विंदति।। भोगासक्तस्य वसुधे वर्षाणि सप्तसप्ततिः
kālo gacchati rājā tu bhogāsaktiṃ ca viṃdati|| bhogāsaktasya vasudhe varṣāṇi saptasaptatiḥ
time passed; but the king found attachment to enjoyments. O Vasudhā, for one attached to enjoyments (there passed) seventy-seven years.
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VrP 153.15
पुत्राः सप्त तथा जाताः कन्याः पंच सुशोभनाः ।। राज्ञां पंचसुता दत्ताः कन्याः कमललोचनाः
putrāḥ sapta tathā jātāḥ kanyāḥ paṃca suśobhanāḥ || rājñāṃ paṃcasutā dattāḥ kanyāḥ kamalalocanāḥ
And thus seven sons were born, and five very beautiful daughters; the five daughters, lotus-eyed, were given (in marriage) to kings.
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VrP 153.16
पुत्रान्संस्थापयामास स्थानेषु वसुधाधिपान् ।। पीवर्या सह सुप्तः स रात्रौ च वसुधाधिपः
putrānsaṃsthāpayāmāsa sthāneṣu vasudhādhipān || pīvaryā saha suptaḥ sa rātrau ca vasudhādhipaḥ
He established (his) sons, the lords of the earth, in (their) posts; and that lord of the earth slept at night together with Pīvarī.
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VrP 153.17
तत्र प्रबुद्धो नृपतिर्हाहेति वदते मुहुः ।। स्मृत्त्वा तु मथुरां देवि स्मृत्वा संयमनं परम्
tatra prabuddho nṛpatirhāheti vadate muhuḥ || smṛttvā tu mathurāṃ devi smṛtvā saṃyamanaṃ param
There the king, having awakened, says "Alas, alas!" again and again, remembering Mathurā, O Goddess, and remembering the supreme Saṃyamana.
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VrP 153.18
तत सा पीवरी प्राह किमेवं भाषसे नृप ।। प्रियाया वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा वचनमब्रवीत्
tata sā pīvarī prāha kimevaṃ bhāṣase nṛpa || priyāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā vacanamabravīt
Then that Pīvarī said: "Why do you speak thus, O king?" Hearing his beloved's words, the king spoke these words:
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VrP 153.19
मत्तः सुप्तः प्रमत्तश्च असम्बद्धं प्रभाषते ।। निद्रावशस्य वचनं न सम्प्रष्टुं त्वमर्हसि
mattaḥ suptaḥ pramattaśca asambaddhaṃ prabhāṣate || nidrāvaśasya vacanaṃ na sampraṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi
"A drunken man, a sleeping man, and a heedless man speak incoherently; you ought not to question the speech of one in the power of sleep."
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VrP 153.21
प्रियाया वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच नराधिपः ।। अवश्यं यदि वक्तव्यं गच्छावो मथुरां पुरीम्
priyāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca narādhipaḥ || avaśyaṃ yadi vaktavyaṃ gacchāvo mathurāṃ purīm
Hearing his beloved's words, the ruler of men replied: "If it must certainly be told, let us two go to the city of Mathurā.
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VrP 153.22
तत्र गत्वा यथातत्त्वं वदिष्यामि शुभानने ।। ददस्व विपुलं दानं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुलोचने
tatra gatvā yathātattvaṃ vadiṣyāmi śubhānane || dadasva vipulaṃ dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sulocane
Having gone there I will tell (it) as it truly is, O fair-faced one; give abundant gifts to the brahmins, O lovely-eyed one."
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VrP 153.23
पुत्रान्संस्थाप्य दौहित्रान्स्वे स्थाने शुभान्प्रिये ।। ग्रामांश्च कोशं रत्नानि पुत्रान्वीक्ष्य पुनः पुनः
putrānsaṃsthāpya dauhitrānsve sthāne śubhānpriye || grāmāṃśca kośaṃ ratnāni putrānvīkṣya punaḥ punaḥ
Having established the sons and the daughters' sons, the good ones, each in his own post, O beloved — and the villages, the treasury, the jewels — looking at his sons again and again,
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VrP 153.24
ततः सम्मानयामास जनं पुरनिवासिनम् ।। पितृपैतामहं राज्यं पालनीयं यथाक्रमम्
tataḥ sammānayāmāsa janaṃ puranivāsinam || pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ pālanīyaṃ yathākramam
then he honoured the people dwelling in the city: "The kingdom of (my) father and grandfather is to be protected in due order.
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VrP 153.25
राज्ये पुत्रान्नियोक्ष्यामि यदि वो रोचतेऽनघाः ।। राज्यपुत्रकलत्राणि बन्धुवर्गं तथैव च
rājye putrānniyokṣyāmi yadi vo rocate'naghāḥ || rājyaputrakalatrāṇi bandhuvargaṃ tathaiva ca
I shall appoint (my) sons to the kingdom, if it pleases you, O sinless ones. Kingdom, sons and wives, and likewise the circle of kinsmen —
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VrP 153.26
नित्यमिच्छन्ति वै लोको यमस्येच्छन्ति नान्यथा ।। एवं ज्ञात्वा प्रसन्नेन कर्त्तव्यं चात्मनो हितम्
nityamicchanti vai loko yamasyecchanti nānyathā || evaṃ jñātvā prasannena karttavyaṃ cātmano hitam
people indeed always desire (them); they desire (them) as belonging to Yama, not otherwise. Knowing this, with a cheerful mind one should do what is good for oneself.
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VrP 153.27
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन गच्छावो मथुरां पुरीम् ।। अहो कष्टं यदस्माभिः पुरा राज्यमनुष्ठितम्
tasmātsarvaprayatnena gacchāvo mathurāṃ purīm || aho kaṣṭaṃ yadasmābhiḥ purā rājyamanuṣṭhitam
Therefore with every effort let us two go to the city of Mathurā. Ah, what a hardship that formerly kingship was practised by us!
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VrP 153.28
इदानीं तु मया ज्ञातं त्यागान्नास्ति परं सुखम् ।। नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति चक्षुस्समं बलम्
idānīṃ tu mayā jñātaṃ tyāgānnāsti paraṃ sukham || nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣurnāsti cakṣussamaṃ balam
But now I have understood: there is no happiness higher than renunciation. There is no eye equal to knowledge, no strength equal to the eye.
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VrP 153.29
नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागात्परं सुखम् ।। यः कामान्कुरुते सर्वान्यश्चैतान्केवलांस्त्यजेत्
nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgātparaṃ sukham || yaḥ kāmānkurute sarvānyaścaitānkevalāṃstyajet
There is no suffering equal to passion, no happiness higher than renunciation — (compare) him who indulges all desires and him who would abandon these entirely.
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VrP 153.31
ततः पौरजनं दृष्ट्वा चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः ।। ततः कालेन महता सम्प्राप्तो मथुरां पुरीम्
tataḥ paurajanaṃ dṛṣṭvā caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ || tataḥ kālena mahatā samprāpto mathurāṃ purīm
Then, having seen the townspeople, accompanied by an army of four divisions — then after a long time he reached the city of Mathurā.
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VrP 153.32
तेन दृष्टा पुरी रम्या वासवस्य पुरी यथा ।। तीर्थैर्द्वादशभिर्युक्ता पुण्या पापहरा शुभा
tena dṛṣṭā purī ramyā vāsavasya purī yathā || tīrthairdvādaśabhiryuktā puṇyā pāpaharā śubhā
By him was seen that lovely city, like the city of Vāsava, endowed with twelve sacred bathing-places, holy, sin-removing, auspicious.
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VrP 153.33
रम्यं मधुवनं नाम विष्णुस्थानमनुत्तमम् ।। तं दृष्ट्वा मनुजो देवि कृतकृत्यो हि जायते
ramyaṃ madhuvanaṃ nāma viṣṇusthānamanuttamam || taṃ dṛṣṭvā manujo devi kṛtakṛtyo hi jāyate
There is the lovely (grove) named Madhuvana, an unsurpassed abode of Viṣṇu; having seen it, O Goddess, a man becomes one who has accomplished his purpose.
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VrP 153.34
एकादशी शुक्लपक्षे मासि भाद्रपदे तथा ।। तस्यां स्नातो नरो देवि कृतकृत्यो हि जायते
ekādaśī śuklapakṣe māsi bhādrapade tathā || tasyāṃ snāto naro devi kṛtakṛtyo hi jāyate
(There is) the eleventh day in the bright fortnight, in the month of Bhādrapada; one who has bathed on that (day), O Goddess, becomes a man who has accomplished his purpose.
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VrP 153.35
वनं कुन्दवनं नाम तृतीयं चैवमुत्तमम् ।। तत्र गत्वा नरो देवि कृतकृत्यो हि जायते
vanaṃ kundavanaṃ nāma tṛtīyaṃ caivamuttamam || tatra gatvā naro devi kṛtakṛtyo hi jāyate
The third (grove) is the one named Kundavana, likewise excellent; going there, O goddess, a man becomes one whose duty is accomplished.
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VrP 153.36
एकादशी कृष्णपक्षे मासि भाद्रपदे हि वा ।। तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि रुद्रलोके महीयते
ekādaśī kṛṣṇapakṣe māsi bhādrapade hi vā || tatra snāto naro devi rudraloke mahīyate
(On) the eleventh of the dark fortnight, or in the month Bhādrapada, a man who bathes there, O goddess, is honoured in the world of Rudra.
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VrP 153.37
चतुर्थं काम्यकवनं वनानां वनमुत्तमम्।। तत्र गत्वा नरो देवि मम लोके महीयते
caturthaṃ kāmyakavanaṃ vanānāṃ vanamuttamam|| tatra gatvā naro devi mama loke mahīyate
The fourth is the Kāmyaka grove, the best grove among groves; going there, O goddess, a man is honoured in my world.
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VrP 153.38
विमलस्य च कुण्डे तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। यस्तत्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
vimalasya ca kuṇḍe tu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || yastatra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
And in the pool of Vimala one is released from all sins; he who gives up his life-breaths there goes to my world.
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VrP 153.39
पंचमं बकुलं नाम वनानामुत्तमं वनम् ।। तत्र गत्वा नरो देवि अग्निस्थानं स गच्छति
paṃcamaṃ bakulaṃ nāma vanānāmuttamaṃ vanam || tatra gatvā naro devi agnisthānaṃ sa gacchati
The fifth is the grove named Bakula, the best of groves; going there, O goddess, a man goes to the abode of Agni.
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VrP 153.41
तत्र गत्वा तु वसुधे मद्भक्तो मत्परायणः ।। तद्वनस्य प्रभावेण नागलोकं स गच्छति
tatra gatvā tu vasudhe madbhakto matparāyaṇaḥ || tadvanasya prabhāveṇa nāgalokaṃ sa gacchati
But going there, O Earth, one devoted to me and intent on me, by the power of that grove goes to the world of the Nāgas.
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VrP 153.42
सप्तमं तु वनं भूमे खादिरं लोकविश्रुतम् ।। तत्र गत्वा नरो भद्रे मम लोकं स गच्छति
saptamaṃ tu vanaṃ bhūme khādiraṃ lokaviśrutam || tatra gatvā naro bhadre mama lokaṃ sa gacchati
And the seventh grove, O Earth, is the Khādira, famed in the world; going there, O gracious one, a man goes to my world.
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VrP 153.43
महावनं चाष्टमं तु सदैव तु मम प्रियम् ।। यत्र गत्वा तु मनुज इन्द्रलोके महीयते
mahāvanaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ tu sadaiva tu mama priyam || yatra gatvā tu manuja indraloke mahīyate
And the eighth is Mahāvana, ever dear to me; going where, a man is honoured in the world of Indra.
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VrP 153.44
लोहजङ्घवनं नाम लोहजङ्घेन रक्षितम् ।। नवमं तु वनं नाम सर्वपातकनाशनम्
lohajaṅghavanaṃ nāma lohajaṅghena rakṣitam || navamaṃ tu vanaṃ nāma sarvapātakanāśanam
(There is one) named Lohajaṅgha's grove, guarded by Lohajaṅgha; and the ninth grove by name destroys all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 153.45
वनं बिल्ववनं नाम दशमं देवपूजितम् ।। तत्र गत्वा तु मनुजो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
vanaṃ bilvavanaṃ nāma daśamaṃ devapūjitam || tatra gatvā tu manujo brahmaloke mahīyate
The tenth is the grove named Bilvavana, worshipped by the gods; going there, a man is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
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VrP 153.46
एकादशं तु भाण्डीरं योगिनः प्रियमुत्तमम् ।। तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण नरो गर्भं न गच्छति
ekādaśaṃ tu bhāṇḍīraṃ yoginaḥ priyamuttamam || tasya darśanamātreṇa naro garbhaṃ na gacchati
But the eleventh is Bhāṇḍīra, excellent and dear to the yogin; by merely seeing it a man does not enter a womb (again).
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VrP 153.47
भाण्डीरं तमनुप्राप्य वनानां वनमुत्तमम् ।। वासुदेवं ततो दृष्ट्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
bhāṇḍīraṃ tamanuprāpya vanānāṃ vanamuttamam || vāsudevaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā punarjanma na vidyate
Having reached that Bhāṇḍīra, the best grove among groves, and then having seen Vāsudeva, there is no rebirth (for him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 153.48
वृन्दावनं द्वादशकं वृन्दया परिरक्षितम् ।। मम चैव प्रियं भूमे महापातकनाशनम्
vṛndāvanaṃ dvādaśakaṃ vṛndayā parirakṣitam || mama caiva priyaṃ bhūme mahāpātakanāśanam
The twelfth is Vṛndāvana, guarded by Vṛndā, and dear to me, O Earth, destroying great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 153.49
वृन्दावनं च गोविन्दं ये पश्यन्ति वसुन्धरे ।। न ते यमपुरं यान्ति यान्ति पुण्यकृतां गतिम्
vṛndāvanaṃ ca govindaṃ ye paśyanti vasundhare || na te yamapuraṃ yānti yānti puṇyakṛtāṃ gatim
Those who behold Vṛndāvana and Govinda, O Earth-bearer, do not go to Yama's city; they go to the goal of those who have done merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 153.153
सौराष्ट्रविषये देवि क्षत्रियोऽभूद्धनुर्द्धरः ।। नाम्ना यक्ष्मधनुर्नाम सोऽभवत्प्रियदर्शनः पीवर्युवाच ।। कथयस्व ममाद्य त्वं यद्यहं वल्लभा तव ।। प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्याम्यहं देव गोपयिष्यसि मे यदि प्रायेण सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते ।। अभिषिच्य सुतं ज्येष्ठमनुयोज्य परान्बहून् यमुनायाः परे पारे देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम् ।। अस्ति भद्रवनं नाम षष्ठं वनमनुत्तमम्
saurāṣṭraviṣaye devi kṣatriyo'bhūddhanurddharaḥ || nāmnā yakṣmadhanurnāma so'bhavatpriyadarśanaḥ pīvaryuvāca || kathayasva mamādya tvaṃ yadyahaṃ vallabhā tava || prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmyahaṃ deva gopayiṣyasi me yadi prāyeṇa sarvakāmānāṃ parityāgo viśiṣyate || abhiṣicya sutaṃ jyeṣṭhamanuyojya parānbahūn yamunāyāḥ pare pāre devānāmapi durllabham || asti bhadravanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭhaṃ vanamanuttamam
In the land of Saurāṣṭra, O goddess, there was a kṣatriya bowman; by name he was called Yakṣmadhanu, and he was pleasing to look upon. Pīvarī said: Tell me now, if I am dear to you; I shall give up my life-breaths, O lord, if you conceal (it) from me. As a rule, the renunciation of all desires is superior. Having consecrated his eldest son and appointed many others (to office)... On the far bank of the Yamunā, (a place) hard to attain even for the gods, there is the sixth grove, called Bhadravana, unsurpassed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain