Varaha Purana — Chapter 171
VrP 171.1
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शुकं गृह्य ततः स्थानात्प्रस्थितो मथुरां पुरीम् ।। प्रविश्य गृह्य तत्पुण्यं मातापित्रोस्तदर्पितम्
śrīvarāha uvāca || śukaṃ gṛhya tataḥ sthānātprasthito mathurāṃ purīm || praviśya gṛhya tatpuṇyaṃ mātāpitrostadarpitam
Śrī Varāha said: Then, taking the parrot, he set out from that place for the city of Mathurā; having entered, and having received that merit presented to him for his mother and father,
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VrP 171.2
शुकस्य चरितं सर्वं निवेद्य च महामतिः ।। एवं निवसतस्तस्य बहुवर्षाणि तत्र वै
śukasya caritaṃ sarvaṃ nivedya ca mahāmatiḥ || evaṃ nivasatastasya bahuvarṣāṇi tatra vai
And that man of great mind reported the whole story of the parrot. As he dwelt there thus for many years,
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VrP 171.3
सुखं प्राप्तं मतं चापि व्यवहारे च पूजने ।। एवं निवसतस्तस्य द्रव्यं शेषमजायत
sukhaṃ prāptaṃ mataṃ cāpi vyavahāre ca pūjane || evaṃ nivasatastasya dravyaṃ śeṣamajāyata
happiness was obtained, and (his) purpose too, in trade and in worship; and as he dwelt thus, wealth accrued to him in abundance.
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VrP 171.4
पुनस्तत्रैव गमने वणिग्भावे मतिर्गता ।। समुद्रयाने रत्नानि महामौल्यानि साधुभिः
punastatraiva gamane vaṇigbhāve matirgatā || samudrayāne ratnāni mahāmaulyāni sādhubhiḥ
Again his mind turned to going to that very place in the character of a merchant: (thinking) "on a sea-voyage, jewels of great price, together with good men—
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VrP 171.5
आनयिष्ये बहून्यत्र सार्धं रत्नपरीक्षकैः ।। एवं निश्चित्य मनसा महासार्थपुरःसरः ।। समुद्रयायिभिर्लोकैः संविदं प्रोच्य निर्गतः
ānayiṣye bahūnyatra sārdhaṃ ratnaparīkṣakaiḥ || evaṃ niścitya manasā mahāsārthapuraḥsaraḥ || samudrayāyibhirlokaiḥ saṃvidaṃ procya nirgataḥ
I shall bring back many of them here, along with appraisers of jewels"—having so resolved in his mind, at the head of a great caravan, having declared the agreement with the people who travel by sea, he set out.
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VrP 171.6
पेयाहार समाहारं कृत्वा कृत्यविदार्थकम् ।। शुकं गृहीत्वा प्रस्थानमकरोत्पुण्यवासरे
peyāhāra samāhāraṃ kṛtvā kṛtyavidārthakam || śukaṃ gṛhītvā prasthānamakarotpuṇyavāsare
Having made a gathering of drink and food, provided with means for one who knows what is to be done, taking the parrot he made his departure on an auspicious day.
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VrP 171.7
मातापित्रोः शुभा वाचो गृहीत्वा देवतागृहे ।। भार्याणां देवकार्यं च वाटिकायाश्च पोषणम्
mātāpitroḥ śubhā vāco gṛhītvā devatāgṛhe || bhāryāṇāṃ devakāryaṃ ca vāṭikāyāśca poṣaṇam
Having received the auspicious words of his mother and father, (he charged his) wives with the service of the deity in the shrine and the tending of the garden,
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VrP 171.8
पितुः शुश्रूषणं चोक्त्वा सर्वं यूयं करिष्यथ ।। यथायोगं यथाकालं यथाकृत्यं यथा च यत्
pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ coktvā sarvaṃ yūyaṃ kariṣyatha || yathāyogaṃ yathākālaṃ yathākṛtyaṃ yathā ca yat
and having mentioned the attendance upon his father: "You shall do all of it, as is fitting, as the time requires, as the task requires, and in whatever way each (is to be done);
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VrP 171.9
भवतीभिश्च कृत्यं मे करणीयं यथा तथा ।। सन्दिश्य भार्याः सुश्रोणीर्देवं दृष्ट्वा प्रसाद्य च
bhavatībhiśca kṛtyaṃ me karaṇīyaṃ yathā tathā || sandiśya bhāryāḥ suśroṇīrdevaṃ dṛṣṭvā prasādya ca
and by you ladies my business is to be done just so"—having thus instructed his fair-hipped wives, and having beheld and propitiated the god,
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VrP 171.11
पोतारूढास्ततः सर्वे पोतवाहैरुपोहिताः ।। अपारे दुस्तरेऽगाधे यान्ति वेगेन नित्यशः
potārūḍhāstataḥ sarve potavāhairupohitāḥ || apāre dustare'gādhe yānti vegena nityaśaḥ
then all of them, embarked on the ship, were carried along by the ship's crew; over the shoreless, hard-to-cross, unfathomable (sea) they go swiftly, day after day.
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VrP 171.12
अथ दैववशाद्वायुर्विलोमः समजायत ।। दुर्वातेन तदा नित्यं बलात्पोत उपोहितः ।। पोतवाहास्ततः सर्वे विसंज्ञा मोहिताः कृशाः
atha daivavaśādvāyurvilomaḥ samajāyata || durvātena tadā nityaṃ balātpota upohitaḥ || potavāhāstataḥ sarve visaṃjñā mohitāḥ kṛśāḥ
Then by the force of fate a contrary wind arose. By that foul wind the ship was then constantly driven by force; and all the ship's crew became senseless, bewildered and enfeebled.
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VrP 171.13
हा कष्टं हि कथं किञ्च कुत्र गच्छामहे वयम् ।। तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञात्वा दुर्वातपीडनम् ।। आक्षिपद्वाग्भिरुग्राभिरन्योन्यं शङ्क्य मूर्च्छिताः
hā kaṣṭaṃ hi kathaṃ kiñca kutra gacchāmahe vayam || teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā durvātapīḍanam || ākṣipadvāgbhirugrābhiranyonyaṃ śaṅkya mūrcchitāḥ
"Alas, what a calamity! How, and what, and where are we going?"—hearing their words and understanding the affliction of the foul wind, they abused one another with harsh words, suspecting one another, and swooned.
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VrP 171.14
जल्पन्ति कोऽत्र पापिष्ठः समारूढो निराकृतः ।। तस्य पातकसंस्पर्शान्मृताः सर्वे न संशयः
jalpanti ko'tra pāpiṣṭhaḥ samārūḍho nirākṛtaḥ || tasya pātakasaṃsparśānmṛtāḥ sarve na saṃśayaḥ
They babble: "Who here is the greatest sinner, an outcast, who has come aboard? By the contact of his sin all of us are dead, there is no doubt."
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VrP 171.15
एवं विलपतां तेषां चत्वारोऽपि समभ्ययुः ।। मासास्तत्रैव वाणिज्यं षण्मासात्सिध्यते फलम्
evaṃ vilapatāṃ teṣāṃ catvāro'pi samabhyayuḥ || māsāstatraiva vāṇijyaṃ ṣaṇmāsātsidhyate phalam
While they were lamenting thus, four months went by; the trading there itself bears fruit after six months.
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VrP 171.16
निर्भर्त्सनं ततस्तेषामन्योन्यमभिजल्पनम् ।। श्रुत्वा शुकस्य गोकर्णः शशंसात्मविनिन्दनम्
nirbhartsanaṃ tatasteṣāmanyonyamabhijalpanam || śrutvā śukasya gokarṇaḥ śaśaṃsātmavinindanam
Then, hearing their reviling and their railing at one another, Gokarṇa uttered to the parrot a reproach of himself:
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VrP 171.17
अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति इति सर्वस्य निश्चितम् ।। एषां मध्ये ह्यहं पापस्तेन तप्यामि पुत्रक
aputrasya gatirnāsti iti sarvasya niścitam || eṣāṃ madhye hyahaṃ pāpastena tapyāmi putraka
"'For a sonless man there is no (good) course'—that is settled for everyone. Among these men it is I who am the sinner; therefore I burn (with grief), my son.
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VrP 171.18
यदत्र युक्तं कालेऽस्मिन्विषमे समुपस्थिते ।। वद स्वाध्यायषाड्गुण्यं कृच्छ्रे त्वं कार्यवित्तमः
yadatra yuktaṃ kāle'sminviṣame samupasthite || vada svādhyāyaṣāḍguṇyaṃ kṛcchre tvaṃ kāryavittamaḥ
Say what is fitting here, now that this hard time has come upon (us)—(you who know) the sixfold policy of your own study; in a crisis you are the best knower of what is to be done."
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VrP 171.19
शुक उवाच ।। मा जोषमास्व भैस्तात अस्मिन्काले यथोचितम् ।। अहं करिष्ये तत्सर्वं मा विषादे मनः कृथाः
śuka uvāca || mā joṣamāsva bhaistāta asminkāle yathocitam || ahaṃ kariṣye tatsarvaṃ mā viṣāde manaḥ kṛthāḥ
The parrot said: "Keep silent, do not fear, father. At this time I shall do all that is proper; do not set your mind on despair.
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VrP 171.21
नीचगत्या रक्षयन्वै सुतरं दुस्तरं जलम् ।। सानौ पर्वतसामीप्ये योजनेन वरं गिरिम्
nīcagatyā rakṣayanvai sutaraṃ dustaraṃ jalam || sānau parvatasāmīpye yojanena varaṃ girim
Guiding (the ship) by a low course, (making) the hard-to-cross water easy to cross, on a ridge in the vicinity of the mountain—a fine mountain a league away...
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VrP 171.22
रोमांचिततनुर्जातः शुको वीक्ष्य महागिरिम् ।। क्रमित्वोर्द्ध्वं च यात्युग्रं तावद्देवालयं शुभम्
romāṃcitatanurjātaḥ śuko vīkṣya mahāgirim || kramitvorddhvaṃ ca yātyugraṃ tāvaddevālayaṃ śubham
His body became bristling with horripilation; the parrot, seeing the great mountain, and flying steeply upward, goes on until (he reaches) a beautiful temple of the god.
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VrP 171.23
दृष्टं च विष्ण्वायतनं तेजसा चोपशोभितम् ।। दिक्षु सर्वास्वटित्वैवं निलिल्ये देवमन्दिरे ।
dṛṣṭaṃ ca viṣṇvāyatanaṃ tejasā copaśobhitam || dikṣu sarvāsvaṭitvaivaṃ nililye devamandire |
And a shrine of Viṣṇu was seen, adorned with radiance; having circled thus in all directions, he settled down in the god's temple.
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VrP 171.24
वत्साऽयं कोऽत्र संचारी कदा किं तु पिता मम ।। वितरिष्यति नो कालं दुरन्तं सुकृतिर्यथा
vatsā'yaṃ ko'tra saṃcārī kadā kiṃ tu pitā mama || vitariṣyati no kālaṃ durantaṃ sukṛtiryathā
"Child, who is this that moves about here? And when will my father ferry (us) across the time that is hard to pass through, as a man of merit does?"
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VrP 171.25
क्षणमेकं तथा चैनं तस्य चिन्तान्वितस्य हि ।। सौवर्णपात्रहस्ता च देवी देवं समर्च्चयत्
kṣaṇamekaṃ tathā cainaṃ tasya cintānvitasya hi || sauvarṇapātrahastā ca devī devaṃ samarccayat
So for a single moment, while he was filled with that anxiety, the goddess, with a golden vessel in her hand, worshipped the god.
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VrP 171.26
नमो नारायणायोक्त्वा निषसाद वरासने ।। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण वयोरूपसमन्विताः ।। असंख्याताः समायाता यथा देवी तथैव ताः
namo nārāyaṇāyoktvā niṣasāda varāsane || nimeṣāntaramātreṇa vayorūpasamanvitāḥ || asaṃkhyātāḥ samāyātā yathā devī tathaiva tāḥ
Saying "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," she sat down on an excellent seat; and in no more than the interval of a blink countless (women), endowed with youth and beauty, arrived, just such as the goddess herself was.
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VrP 171.27
गीतं वाद्यं च नृत्यं च यथासौख्यं विहृत्य च ।। गतास्ता देवताः सर्वा यथास्थानमनुत्तमम्
gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca yathāsaukhyaṃ vihṛtya ca || gatāstā devatāḥ sarvā yathāsthānamanuttamam
And having disported themselves with song and instrumental music and dance as they pleased, all those deities went, each to her own most excellent place.
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VrP 171.28
देवतादक्षिणे भागे पक्षिणां च जटायुषाम् ।। लक्ष्यान्यनेकयूथानि बृहन्ति बहु सङ्घशः
devatādakṣiṇe bhāge pakṣiṇāṃ ca jaṭāyuṣām || lakṣyānyanekayūthāni bṛhanti bahu saṅghaśaḥ
On the right side of the deity there were to be seen many great flocks of birds, of the vulture kind, in many companies.
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VrP 171.29
शुको लेख्यसमस्तेषां मध्ये कृत्वा तु संविदम् ।। स्वभाषां पुरतः कृत्य शरणं तमयाचत
śuko lekhyasamasteṣāṃ madhye kṛtvā tu saṃvidam || svabhāṣāṃ purataḥ kṛtya śaraṇaṃ tamayācata
The parrot, having made an agreement in the midst of all of them, and putting his own language forward, begged him for protection.
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VrP 171.31
शुकस्तान्प्रत्युवाचाथ पिता मे पोतसंस्थितः ।। दुर्गवाताद्दुर्गमस्थो विषमे समुपस्थिते
śukastānpratyuvācātha pitā me potasaṃsthitaḥ || durgavātāddurgamastho viṣame samupasthite
Then the parrot answered them: "My father is aboard a boat; because of a violent wind he is stuck in a hard place, a peril having befallen him."
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VrP 171.32
तस्य त्राणमभीप्सन्वै ह्यागतोऽत्र वरं गिरिम् ।। कुरुध्वं तस्य मे त्राणं यथा सुखमवाप्यते
tasya trāṇamabhīpsanvai hyāgato'tra varaṃ girim || kurudhvaṃ tasya me trāṇaṃ yathā sukhamavāpyate
"Desiring his rescue I have come here to this excellent mountain. Effect for me his rescue, so that he may attain safety."
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VrP 171.33
पक्षिण ऊचुः ।। एहि पुत्र सुकार्यं ते मार्गं द्रक्ष्यामहे वयम् ।। पोताभ्याशगतिं यासि पितुस्तव गतिं प्रति
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ || ehi putra sukāryaṃ te mārgaṃ drakṣyāmahe vayam || potābhyāśagatiṃ yāsi pitustava gatiṃ prati
The birds said: "Come, son, your task is easy; we shall look out the route. You shall go by a passage close to the boat, toward where your father is."
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VrP 171.34
ममैव पादविन्यासे क्रमयिष्ये यथा जलम् ।। तेन ते पृष्ठतो मह्यं स पिता सन्तरिष्यति
mamaiva pādavinyāse kramayiṣye yathā jalam || tena te pṛṣṭhato mahyaṃ sa pitā santariṣyati
"At the mere setting down of my foot I shall make the water passable, so that with you on my back that father of yours will cross over."
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VrP 171.35
मम चंच्वावगाहेन नङ्क्ष्यन्ति जलजन्तवः ।। एतत्पितुः समक्षं हि शंसन् क्षिप्रं नदीपतिम्
mama caṃcvāvagāhena naṅkṣyanti jalajantavaḥ || etatpituḥ samakṣaṃ hi śaṃsan kṣipraṃ nadīpatim
"By the plunging of my beak the water-creatures will perish." Announcing this in his father's presence, (he) swiftly (crossed) the lord of rivers,
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VrP 171.36
तारयामास वेगेन गत्वा पृष्ठं जटायुषः ।। स ययौ पर्वतं तीर्त्वा क्वचिन्नाभिसमं जलम्
tārayāmāsa vegena gatvā pṛṣṭhaṃ jaṭāyuṣaḥ || sa yayau parvataṃ tīrtvā kvacinnābhisamaṃ jalam
and carried (him) across at speed, having gone onto the back of the vulture. Having crossed over, he reached the mountain; in places the water was level with the navel,
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VrP 171.37
हृत्कण्ठं चैव गम्भीरं सुखेन सुकृती यथा ।। स्तोकान्तरे ततः सोऽथ देवागारमनुत्तमम्
hṛtkaṇṭhaṃ caiva gambhīraṃ sukhena sukṛtī yathā || stokāntare tataḥ so'tha devāgāramanuttamam
and (in places) up to the heart and the throat, and deep — yet (he crossed) with ease, as a man of merit does. Then, a little way off, he (saw) the most excellent house of the god,
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VrP 171.38
सरोवरं च पद्माढ्यं मणिरत्नविभूषितम् ।। स्नात्वा देवान्पितृंश्चैव तर्पयित्वा यथासुखम्
sarovaraṃ ca padmāḍhyaṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitam || snātvā devānpitṛṃścaiva tarpayitvā yathāsukham
and a lake rich in lotuses, adorned with gems and jewels. Having bathed and satisfied the gods and the ancestors at his ease,
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VrP 171.39
पुष्पाण्यादाय देवं च पूजयित्वा स केशवम् ।। पंचायतनकं चैव खचितं रत्नसंचयैः ।। दृष्ट्वा निलिल्ये चैकान्ते शुकस्यानुमते स्थितः
puṣpāṇyādāya devaṃ ca pūjayitvā sa keśavam || paṃcāyatanakaṃ caiva khacitaṃ ratnasaṃcayaiḥ || dṛṣṭvā nililye caikānte śukasyānumate sthitaḥ
and having taken flowers and worshipped the god Keśava, and having seen the five-shrined temple inlaid with masses of jewels, he settled down in a solitary spot, staying with the parrot's consent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.41
स्वागतस्य क्षुधार्त्तस्य ब्रह्मिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।। भोजनार्थं फलं दिव्यं पानार्थं तोयमुत्तमम्
svāgatasya kṣudhārttasya brahmiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ || bhojanārthaṃ phalaṃ divyaṃ pānārthaṃ toyamuttamam
"For this guest who has come, tormented by hunger, devoted to brahman, great of soul — for eating, divine fruit; for drinking, the finest water:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.42
गोकर्णस्य प्रयच्छध्वं येन तृप्तिस्त्रिमासिकी ।। यथा शोको यथा पापं यथा मोहः प्रणश्यति
gokarṇasya prayacchadhvaṃ yena tṛptistrimāsikī || yathā śoko yathā pāpaṃ yathā mohaḥ praṇaśyati
give it to Gokarṇa, such that his satisfaction lasts three months, and such that his grief, his sin, and his delusion perish."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.43
तथा कृत्वा तमूचुस्ता अभयं तेऽस्तु मा शुचः ।। वस स्वर्गोपमे स्थाने यावत्सिद्धिर्भवेत्तव
tathā kṛtvā tamūcustā abhayaṃ te'stu mā śucaḥ || vasa svargopame sthāne yāvatsiddhirbhavettava
Having done so, they said to him: "Let there be no fear for you; do not grieve. Dwell in this place like heaven, until your success comes about."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.44
गतास्ताः पुनरेवं च नित्यमेव दिने दिने ।। वसते स सुखं तत्र मथुरायां यथा तथा
gatāstāḥ punarevaṃ ca nityameva dine dine || vasate sa sukhaṃ tatra mathurāyāṃ yathā tathā
They went away, and so again, constantly, day after day; and he dwelt there happily, just as he had in Mathurā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.45
पोतात्तस्मादुत्ततार सुवातेनोपवाहितः ।। रत्नाकरः शुभो यत्र भावित्वाद्दैवयोगतः
potāttasmāduttatāra suvātenopavāhitaḥ || ratnākaraḥ śubho yatra bhāvitvāddaivayogataḥ
He came ashore from that boat, borne along by a favorable wind, to where the auspicious mine of jewels was — by force of what was destined, through the conjunction of fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.46
रत्नानि बहु मौल्यानि आहृतानि बहून्यथ ।। यावत्परीक्षणार्थं च गोकर्णं रत्नकोविदम्
ratnāni bahu maulyāni āhṛtāni bahūnyatha || yāvatparīkṣaṇārthaṃ ca gokarṇaṃ ratnakovidam
Then many jewels of great price were brought; and when, for the purpose of appraising (them), (they looked for) Gokarṇa, who was skilled in jewels—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.47
निरीक्ष्यतेऽस्य संवासो न दृष्टश्चुक्रुशुस्ततः ।। कुतोऽसौ गतवान्भद्रो मृतो नष्टो जले प्लुतः
nirīkṣyate'sya saṃvāso na dṛṣṭaścukruśustataḥ || kuto'sau gatavānbhadro mṛto naṣṭo jale plutaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.48
व्रीडायुतो निमग्नोऽयं निश्चितं मकरालये ।। पितुरस्य वयं सर्वे पुत्रवद्विचरामहे
vrīḍāyuto nimagno'yaṃ niścitaṃ makarālaye || piturasya vayaṃ sarve putravadvicarāmahe
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.49
यथाभागं च रत्नानां भागं दास्यामहे परम् ।। एष धर्मः सदास्माकमेकसार्थागमेन हि
yathābhāgaṃ ca ratnānāṃ bhāgaṃ dāsyāmahe param || eṣa dharmaḥ sadāsmākamekasārthāgamena hi
And we shall give (him) a share of the jewels according to due portion, indeed the best (share); for this is always our rule (dharma), since we have come as a single caravan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.51
शुकेन मन्त्रमूढत्वात्पितुरेवं निवेदितम् ।। अहं पक्षी लघुतनुर्भवन्तं नेतुमक्षमः
śukena mantramūḍhatvātpiturevaṃ niveditam || ahaṃ pakṣī laghutanurbhavantaṃ netumakṣamaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.52
याता ऽस्मि मथुरां मार्गे समुद्रे जलमालिनि ।। पित्रोर्वाक्यं तवाख्यासे त्वदीयं च तयोरहम्
yātā 'smi mathurāṃ mārge samudre jalamālini || pitrorvākyaṃ tavākhyāse tvadīyaṃ ca tayoraham
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.53
अवश्यं च गमिष्येऽहमनुज्ञा तु प्रदीयताम् ।। सत्यमुक्तं ततस्तेन गोकर्णेन शुकं प्रति
avaśyaṃ ca gamiṣye'hamanujñā tu pradīyatām || satyamuktaṃ tatastena gokarṇena śukaṃ prati
"And I will certainly go; but let permission be granted (me)." Then that Gokarṇa (said) to the parrot: "You have spoken truly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.54
गच्छ त्वं पुत्र मथुरामवस्थां मामकीमिमाम् ।। त्वया विना न शक्नोमि शीघ्रमागमनं कुरु
gaccha tvaṃ putra mathurāmavasthāṃ māmakīmimām || tvayā vinā na śaknomi śīghramāgamanaṃ kuru
"Go, my son, to Mathurā — (but consider) this condition of mine: without you I cannot (endure). Make your return swift."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 171.55
इत्युक्तः स तथेत्युक्त्वा पोतारूढः खगोत्तमः ।। कालेन मथुरां प्राप्तः सर्वं पित्रे न्यवेदयत्
ityuktaḥ sa tathetyuktvā potārūḍhaḥ khagottamaḥ || kālena mathurāṃ prāptaḥ sarvaṃ pitre nyavedayat
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.56
श्रुत्वा तौ विषमावस्थं मृतं हृदि निवेश्य च ।। रुदित्वा सुचिरं कालं शुके स्नेहो निवेशितः
śrutvā tau viṣamāvasthaṃ mṛtaṃ hṛdi niveśya ca || ruditvā suciraṃ kālaṃ śuke sneho niveśitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.57
अस्माकं जीवनार्थाय त्वया कार्यं विहङ्गम ।। कथाभिरनुकूलाभिर्धर्मदर्शिभिरेव च
asmākaṃ jīvanārthāya tvayā kāryaṃ vihaṅgama || kathābhiranukūlābhirdharmadarśibhireva ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.58
शुकेन पंजरस्थेन कथालापेन विद्यया ।। पुत्रशोकाभितन्तप्तौ तथैवानेन सान्त्वितौ
śukena paṃjarasthena kathālāpena vidyayā || putraśokābhitantaptau tathaivānena sāntvitau
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.61
प्रसाद्य सर्वे सम्पूज्य प्रेषितास्ते गृहं ययुः ।। एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र यावत्कालं सुखेन तु
prasādya sarve sampūjya preṣitāste gṛhaṃ yayuḥ || evaṃ te nyavasaṃstatra yāvatkālaṃ sukhena tu
Having conciliated and duly honoured (them) all, they were sent off and went to (their) home. Thus they dwelt there happily for a while,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.62
शुश्रूषमाणास्तं वैश्यं यथा स्वपितरं तथा
śuśrūṣamāṇāstaṃ vaiśyaṃ yathā svapitaraṃ tathā
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 171.99
अथ सार्थः समायातो रत्नपूर्णो यथोदधिः ।। वसुकर्णस्य पुत्रार्थमकरोत्स जनो महान्
atha sārthaḥ samāyāto ratnapūrṇo yathodadhiḥ || vasukarṇasya putrārthamakarotsa jano mahān
Then a caravan arrived, filled with jewels like the ocean; that great throng of people did (this) for the sake of Vasukarṇa's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 171.171
भार्याभिः समनुज्ञातो यानपात्रं गतस्तदा ।। शुकेन सह संप्राप्तो महान्तं लवणार्णवम् एवमाश्वास्य पितरं समुड्डीय ततो द्रुतम् ।। ध्रुवाख्यां दिशमुद्वीक्ष्य उत्तराभिमुखो ययौ ते समाश्वास्य तं प्राहुः कथमस्मिन्भवान्गतः ।। वारिराशिर्दुराधर्षः समुद्रो झषसंकुलः क्षणेन ता यथापूर्वं देवताश्चागताः पुनः ।। नर्त्तयित्वा यथायोग्यं तासां ज्येष्ठाऽब्रवीदिदम् एवं वसन्स गोकर्णो द्वीपस्थः शोकविह्वलः ।। शुकं प्रोवाच दीनात्मा मातापित्रोः कृते तदा सर्वैस्तैर्विंशतिः संख्या एकैकेन समुद्रगैः ।। रत्नैः समर्च्चितोऽत्यर्थं पर्वतः कुसुमोत्करैः
bhāryābhiḥ samanujñāto yānapātraṃ gatastadā || śukena saha saṃprāpto mahāntaṃ lavaṇārṇavam evamāśvāsya pitaraṃ samuḍḍīya tato drutam || dhruvākhyāṃ diśamudvīkṣya uttarābhimukho yayau te samāśvāsya taṃ prāhuḥ kathamasminbhavāngataḥ || vārirāśirdurādharṣaḥ samudro jhaṣasaṃkulaḥ kṣaṇena tā yathāpūrvaṃ devatāścāgatāḥ punaḥ || narttayitvā yathāyogyaṃ tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā'bravīdidam evaṃ vasansa gokarṇo dvīpasthaḥ śokavihvalaḥ || śukaṃ provāca dīnātmā mātāpitroḥ kṛte tadā sarvaistairviṃśatiḥ saṃkhyā ekaikena samudragaiḥ || ratnaiḥ samarccito'tyarthaṃ parvataḥ kusumotkaraiḥ
Permitted by his wives, he went then to the ship, and together with Śuka reached the great salt ocean. Having thus consoled his father, he flew up and swiftly, gazing toward the quarter called Dhruva, went facing north. They, having consoled him, said: "How have you come to this place? — a mass of waters, an ocean unassailable and crowded with fish." In a moment those goddesses came again as before; having made (them) dance as was fitting, the eldest of them said this. Living thus, that Gokarṇa, dwelling on the island, overwhelmed with grief, wretched in spirit, then spoke to Śuka for the sake of his mother and father. By all of those sea-farers, twenty in number, each one singly, the mountain was worshipped exceedingly with jewels and with heaps of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain