Varaha Purana — Chapter 172
VrP 172.1
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। गोकर्णस्तु तथा चक्रे तस्मिन्नायतने शुभे ।। प्रथमेऽह्नि यथा कृत्यमेवमेव त्रयोदश
śrīvarāha uvāca || gokarṇastu tathā cakre tasminnāyatane śubhe || prathame'hni yathā kṛtyamevameva trayodaśa
Śrī Varāha said: And Gokarṇa did just so in that lovely sanctuary — as the rite (was performed) on the first day, exactly so for thirteen (days).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 172.2
ता देव्यो नृत्यगीतेषु कुशलाश्चागमेऽभवन् ।। सुरूपाश्च स्वलंकारा रमयन्ति दिनेदिने
tā devyo nṛtyagīteṣu kuśalāścāgame'bhavan || surūpāśca svalaṃkārā ramayanti dinedine
Those goddesses were skilled in dance and song and in scripture (āgama); beautiful and well-adorned, they gave (him) pleasure day after day.
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VrP 172.3
गोकर्णः सर्वभावेन गृहं विस्मृतवानसौ ।। तथैकदा स गोकर्णस्ता देव्यश्च हतौजसः
gokarṇaḥ sarvabhāvena gṛhaṃ vismṛtavānasau || tathaikadā sa gokarṇastā devyaśca hataujasaḥ
Gokarṇa, with his whole being (given over to them), forgot his home. Then one day that Gokarṇa and those goddesses (became) drained of vigour —
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VrP 172.4
विवर्णं वदना दीना भग्नालंकारवाससः ।। हीनांगा लुंचितशिरः केशपक्ष्मनखादयः
vivarṇaṃ vadanā dīnā bhagnālaṃkāravāsasaḥ || hīnāṃgā luṃcitaśiraḥ keśapakṣmanakhādayaḥ
(they were) discoloured of face, wretched, their ornaments and garments ruined, their limbs maimed, with the hair of their heads, their eyelashes, their nails and the rest torn out —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 172.5
दृश्यन्ते विकृताकाराः सव्रणा रुधिरस्रवाः ।। ता दृष्ट्वाऽतीवदुःखार्त्ताश्चक्रे मनसि वेदनाम्
dṛśyante vikṛtākārāḥ savraṇā rudhirasravāḥ || tā dṛṣṭvā'tīvaduḥkhārttāścakre manasi vedanām
They appear misshapen in form, covered with sores, oozing blood. Seeing them, he was pierced with extreme grief and felt anguish in his heart.
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VrP 172.6
अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति स्वर्गो नैव च नैव च ।। मम सङ्गादिमा देव्यो दशमीं च दशां गताः
aputrasya gatirnāsti svargo naiva ca naiva ca || mama saṅgādimā devyo daśamīṃ ca daśāṃ gatāḥ
"For a sonless man there is no course onward, and no heaven at all, none at all; and it is through association with me that these goddesses have come to the tenth condition."
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VrP 172.7
एवं ज्ञात्वा स पप्रच्छ तासां रूपविपर्ययम् ।। कथयध्वं महाभागाः किमेतद्रूपव्यत्ययम्
evaṃ jñātvā sa papraccha tāsāṃ rūpaviparyayam || kathayadhvaṃ mahābhāgāḥ kimetadrūpavyatyayam
Knowing thus, he asked about the alteration of their form: "Tell (me), most fortunate ones, what is this reversal of your appearance?"
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VrP 172.8
देव्य ऊचुः ।। अप्रष्टव्यं महाभाग दैवः सर्वेषु कारणम् ।। कालात्मकः स भगवान्भुज्यते सुकृतं यतः
devya ūcuḥ || apraṣṭavyaṃ mahābhāga daivaḥ sarveṣu kāraṇam || kālātmakaḥ sa bhagavānbhujyate sukṛtaṃ yataḥ
The goddesses said: It is not to be asked, most fortunate one; fate is the cause in all things. That lord has time for his essence, since by (it) one's own deed is undergone.
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VrP 172.9
स एव नित्यकालं च पृच्छति स्म तदुत्तरम् ।। दुःखार्त्तस्य सुदीनस्य न जल्पन्त्यतिदुःखिताः
sa eva nityakālaṃ ca pṛcchati sma taduttaram || duḥkhārttasya sudīnasya na jalpantyatiduḥkhitāḥ
He indeed kept asking, again and again, for an answer to that; but to him, pained with grief and utterly wretched, they, being exceedingly sorrowful, said nothing.
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VrP 172.11
यदि गोप्यं ममार्त्तस्य वैरूप्यं कथयिष्यथ ।। अगाधे दुस्तरे प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्याम्यद्य सुदुःखितः
yadi gopyaṃ mamārttasya vairūpyaṃ kathayiṣyatha || agādhe dustare prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmyadya suduḥkhitaḥ
"If (it is) to be kept secret, will you (still) tell me, who am afflicted, of this disfigurement? Otherwise, in unfathomable, unpassable (grief) I shall today, utterly miserable, give up my life-breaths."
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VrP 172.12
एवमुक्ते तदा तासां मध्ये एकाऽब्रवीदिदम् ।। दुःखं तस्य समाख्येयं यो विनाशयते रुजम्
evamukte tadā tāsāṃ madhye ekā'bravīdidam || duḥkhaṃ tasya samākhyeyaṃ yo vināśayate rujam
When this was said, then one among them spoke thus: "His grief should be told out to one who will destroy the affliction."
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VrP 172.13
शृणु वत्स वदिष्येऽहं विरूपकरणं यथा ।। अस्माकं च समुत्पन्नमेकचित्तोऽवधारय
śṛṇu vatsa vadiṣye'haṃ virūpakaraṇaṃ yathā || asmākaṃ ca samutpannamekacitto'vadhāraya
"Listen, child, I shall tell how the disfiguring came about for us; attend with a single mind."
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VrP 172.14
आस्ते मधुपुरी रम्या नृणां मुक्तिप्रदायिनी ।। अयोध्याधिपतिर्वीरश्चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः
āste madhupurī ramyā nṛṇāṃ muktipradāyinī || ayodhyādhipatirvīraścaturaṅgabalānvitaḥ
"There stands the lovely city of Mathurā, granting release to men. The lord of Ayodhyā, a hero, accompanied by an army of four divisions—"
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VrP 172.15
चातुर्मास्यं तीर्थसेवी स गतो भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। विष्णोर्देवस्य चागारं पञ्चसंख्यासमन्वितम्
cāturmāsyaṃ tīrthasevī sa gato bhaktipūrvakam || viṣṇordevasya cāgāraṃ pañcasaṃkhyāsamanvitam
"—frequenting the sacred ford for the four months (of the rains), he went, with devotion, to the temple of the god Viṣṇu, which was five in number."
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VrP 172.16
आरामवाटिकाः शुभ्राः प्राकारवरवेष्टिताः ।। कूपप्रावर्त्तकोपेताः पुष्पजात्यः सुवासिताः
ārāmavāṭikāḥ śubhrāḥ prākāravaraveṣṭitāḥ || kūpaprāvarttakopetāḥ puṣpajātyaḥ suvāsitāḥ
"(There were) bright pleasure-gardens and groves, girded with fine walls, furnished with wells and water-channels, sweet-scented with kinds of flowers,"
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VrP 172.17
फलवन्तो द्रुमास्तस्मिन्सर्वर्त्तुसुमनोहराः ।। तस्याभ्याशे स राजर्षिश्चकारावासमुत्तमम्
phalavanto drumāstasminsarvarttusumanoharāḥ || tasyābhyāśe sa rājarṣiścakārāvāsamuttamam
"and in it fruit-bearing trees, delightful in every season. Close to it that royal sage made an excellent dwelling."
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VrP 172.18
सेवकैर्नाशितः सर्वं आरामः सफलद्रुमः ।। प्राकारपरिखा चैव स्थण्डिलप्रतिमा कृता
sevakairnāśitaḥ sarvaṃ ārāmaḥ saphaladrumaḥ || prākāraparikhā caiva sthaṇḍilapratimā kṛtā
"By his servants the whole garden with its fruit trees was destroyed; and wall and moat too were made level like a bare sacrificial ground."
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VrP 172.19
बहुधा वार्यमाणैस्तु पापबुद्धिसमाश्रितैः ।। एवं तेन कृतं तत्र सोऽपि दैववशङ्गतः
bahudhā vāryamāṇaistu pāpabuddhisamāśritaiḥ || evaṃ tena kṛtaṃ tatra so'pi daivavaśaṅgataḥ
"Though they were forbidden many times, by those men given over to evil intent it was done there in this way at his (bidding); and he too had fallen under the sway of fate."
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VrP 172.21
रुरोदोच्चैः स्वरं दीना हा कष्टमिति जल्पती ।। सर्वासां रुदतीनां च कुररीणामिव स्वनः
rurodoccaiḥ svaraṃ dīnā hā kaṣṭamiti jalpatī || sarvāsāṃ rudatīnāṃ ca kurarīṇāmiva svanaḥ
The wretched one wept aloud, crying out "Ah, what misery!"; and of all of them weeping the sound was as of ospreys.
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VrP 172.22
श्रूयते बहुधाकारो गोकर्णोऽप्यतिदुःखितः ।। एकैकस्यास्तु चक्रेऽसौ मूर्ध्ना पादाभिवन्दनम्
śrūyate bahudhākāro gokarṇo'pyatiduḥkhitaḥ || ekaikasyāstu cakre'sau mūrdhnā pādābhivandanam
A cry of many kinds is heard; Gokarṇa too was greatly grieved. To each one of them he made obeisance at her feet with his head.
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VrP 172.23
प्राञ्जलिर्दीनया वाचा सान्त्वयामास ताः शनैः ।। प्राप्तसंज्ञास्तु ताः सर्वाः गोकर्णोऽप्याह सुस्वनः
prāñjalirdīnayā vācā sāntvayāmāsa tāḥ śanaiḥ || prāptasaṃjñāstu tāḥ sarvāḥ gokarṇo'pyāha susvanaḥ
With joined palms, in a piteous voice, he gently consoled them; and when they had all regained their senses, Gokarṇa spoke in a clear voice:
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VrP 172.24
भविता यदि तत्राहं राजानं तं निवारयम् ।। किं करिष्यामि दैवेन समर्थोऽप्यवसादितः
bhavitā yadi tatrāhaṃ rājānaṃ taṃ nivārayam || kiṃ kariṣyāmi daivena samartho'pyavasāditaḥ
"If I had been there, I would have held that king back. What shall I do against fate—even one who is able is brought to nothing."
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VrP 172.25
इत्युक्तमात्रे वचने ताः सर्वा लब्धचेतसः ।। ऐक्यभावेन ताः सर्वाः पप्रच्छुर्वणिजं प्रति ।। कस्त्वं कथय कस्माच्च स्थानाद्यत्त्वमिहागतः
ityuktamātre vacane tāḥ sarvā labdhacetasaḥ || aikyabhāvena tāḥ sarvāḥ papracchurvaṇijaṃ prati || kastvaṃ kathaya kasmācca sthānādyattvamihāgataḥ
The moment these words were spoken, they all recovered their wits; and with one accord they all asked the merchant: "Who are you? Tell (us), and from what place have you come here?"
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VrP 172.26
गोकर्ण उवाच ।। गोकर्णोऽहं सुचार्वास्यः सुकपोलो ऽब्रवीन्मया ।। पूर्वं दृष्टा भवत्यो वै चार्वंग्यश्चारुलोचनाः
gokarṇa uvāca || gokarṇo'haṃ sucārvāsyaḥ sukapolo 'bravīnmayā || pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭā bhavatyo vai cārvaṃgyaścārulocanāḥ
Gokarṇa said: I am Gokarṇa, fair of face and fair of cheek—so I said. Formerly you were seen (by me) with lovely limbs and lovely eyes.
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VrP 172.27
इदानीं मलिना जाता मम शोकविवर्द्धनाः ।। कथयध्वं ममात्मानमत्र हेतुमनन्तरम्
idānīṃ malinā jātā mama śokavivarddhanāḥ || kathayadhvaṃ mamātmānamatra hetumanantaram
Now you have become soiled, and (so) increase my grief. Tell me about yourselves, and the cause of this, at once.
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VrP 172.28
ज्येष्ठा सोवाच तस्याग्रे पुष्पजात्या स्वलंकृताः ।। वयमारामसंस्थाश्च स्वामिना परिपालिताः
jyeṣṭhā sovāca tasyāgre puṣpajātyā svalaṃkṛtāḥ || vayamārāmasaṃsthāśca svāminā paripālitāḥ
The eldest of them said before him: "We, well adorned with kinds of blossoms, dwelt in the pleasure-garden and were tended by (our) master.
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VrP 172.29
हृद्यवेषाः सुचार्वंग्यः पुष्पवृद्धिरताः तदा ।। पूर्वं द्रष्टाः सुरूपाश्च विपर्ययमथो शृणु
hṛdyaveṣāḥ sucārvaṃgyaḥ puṣpavṛddhiratāḥ tadā || pūrvaṃ draṣṭāḥ surūpāśca viparyayamatho śṛṇu
Charming in appearance, with very lovely limbs, devoted then to the increase of flowers — such were we seen before, and beautiful of form; now hear the reverse.
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VrP 172.31
पुष्पमालाविहीनाश्च मूलस्कन्धावशेषिताः ।। एवंविधाश्च संभूता नष्टसंज्ञाः स्थिता वयम्
puṣpamālāvihīnāśca mūlaskandhāvaśeṣitāḥ || evaṃvidhāśca saṃbhūtā naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ sthitā vayam
Bereft of garlands of flowers, with only root and trunk left over — of such a kind have we become, standing here with our (former) marks destroyed.
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VrP 172.32
यो देवस्तत्र पाषाणो मृत्पिण्डेष्टकयन्त्रितः ।। सोऽत्र सत्त्वमयः साक्षी तस्य पुण्यस्य कर्मणि
yo devastatra pāṣāṇo mṛtpiṇḍeṣṭakayantritaḥ || so'tra sattvamayaḥ sākṣī tasya puṇyasya karmaṇi
The god who is there, of stone, fixed together with clods of earth and bricks — he here, made of being, is the witness to the merit of that deed.
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VrP 172.33
पुण्यं सोदकपूर्णोऽयं तस्यारामस्य सेचकम् ।। सरश्चोत्पलपूर्णं च कलहंसैर्युतं सदा
puṇyaṃ sodakapūrṇo'yaṃ tasyārāmasya secakam || saraścotpalapūrṇaṃ ca kalahaṃsairyutaṃ sadā
Meritorious is this (well) full of water, the waterer of that garden; and the lake full of blue lotuses, always frequented by kalahaṃsa geese.
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VrP 172.34
ये च वृक्षाः फलोपेतास्ते सौवर्णाश्च सत्तम ।। एता रक्षन्ति सततमारामं सुखदं नृणाम् ।। तस्या नाशाद्यथा नोऽत्र जातेयं च विरूपता
ye ca vṛkṣāḥ phalopetāste sauvarṇāśca sattama || etā rakṣanti satatamārāmaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām || tasyā nāśādyathā no'tra jāteyaṃ ca virūpatā
And those trees that bear fruit, they are golden, O best of beings; these (women) constantly guard the garden that gives pleasure to men; from its ruin this disfigurement of ours has come about here.
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VrP 172.35
गोकर्ण उवाच ।। आरामकर्तुः किं चात्र फलं भवति यादृशम् ।। करणात्कूपदेवानां तस्य पुण्यफलं वद
gokarṇa uvāca || ārāmakartuḥ kiṃ cātra phalaṃ bhavati yādṛśam || karaṇātkūpadevānāṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vada
Gokarṇa said: And what sort of fruit accrues here to the maker of a garden? Tell the fruit of his merit from the making of wells and (images of) gods.
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VrP 172.36
ज्येष्ठोवाच ।। इष्टापूर्त्तं द्विजातीनां प्रथमं धर्मसाधनम् ।। इष्टेन लभते स्वर्गं पूर्त्ते मोक्षं च विन्दति
jyeṣṭhovāca || iṣṭāpūrttaṃ dvijātīnāṃ prathamaṃ dharmasādhanam || iṣṭena labhate svargaṃ pūrtte mokṣaṃ ca vindati
The eldest said: The iṣṭāpūrta (sacrifice and public works) is the foremost means of dharma for the twice-born; by the 'offered' one obtains heaven, and in the 'fulfilled' one finds release.
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VrP 172.37
वापीकूपतडागानि देवतायतनानि च ।। पतितान्युद्धरेद्यस्तु स पूर्त्तफलमश्नुते
vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca || patitānyuddharedyastu sa pūrttaphalamaśnute
Whoever raises up fallen tanks, wells, ponds and temples of the gods, he enjoys the fruit of the pūrta (works of public benefit).
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VrP 172.38
भूमिदानेन ये लोका गोदानेन च कीर्त्तिताः ।। ते लोकाः प्राप्यते पुंभिः पादपानां प्ररोहणे
bhūmidānena ye lokā godānena ca kīrttitāḥ || te lokāḥ prāpyate puṃbhiḥ pādapānāṃ prarohaṇe
Those worlds that are declared (to be won) by the gift of land and by the gift of a cow — those worlds are attained by men in the raising of trees.
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VrP 172.39
अश्वत्थमेकं पिचुमन्दमेकं न्यग्रोधमेकं दश पुष्पजातीः ।। द्वे द्वे तथा दाडिममातुलिंगे पंचाम्ररोपी नरकं न याति
aśvatthamekaṃ picumandamekaṃ nyagrodhamekaṃ daśa puṣpajātīḥ || dve dve tathā dāḍimamātuliṃge paṃcāmraropī narakaṃ na yāti
One aśvattha, one picumanda (nimb), one nyagrodha, ten kinds of flowering plants, and two each of pomegranate and citron, and five mangoes — he who plants (these) does not go to hell.
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VrP 172.41
गोकर्ण उवाच ।। इन्धनार्थं यदानीतमग्निहोत्रं तदुच्यते ।। छायाविश्रामपथिकैः पक्षिणां निलयेन च
gokarṇa uvāca || indhanārthaṃ yadānītamagnihotraṃ taducyate || chāyāviśrāmapathikaiḥ pakṣiṇāṃ nilayena ca
Gokarṇa said: What is brought (from a tree) for the sake of fuel, that is called its agnihotra; and by shade for the resting of travellers, and by being a dwelling for birds,
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VrP 172.42
पत्रमूलत्वगाद्यैश्च औषधार्थं तु देहिनाम् ।। उपकुर्वन्ति वृक्षस्य पंचयज्ञः स उच्यते
patramūlatvagādyaiśca auṣadhārthaṃ tu dehinām || upakurvanti vṛkṣasya paṃcayajñaḥ sa ucyate
and by leaves, roots, bark and the rest for the sake of medicine for embodied beings — (thus) they render service; that is called the five sacrifices of a tree.
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VrP 172.43
गृहकृत्यानि काष्ठानि क्षुद्रजन्तुगृहास्तथा ।। यत्र निर्वर्त्तनं प्रोक्तं भिक्षा पत्रैः समीकृता
gṛhakṛtyāni kāṣṭhāni kṣudrajantugṛhāstathā || yatra nirvarttanaṃ proktaṃ bhikṣā patraiḥ samīkṛtā
Timbers for household work, and likewise houses for small creatures — wherein a means of subsistence is declared, alms made equal by the leaves.
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VrP 172.44
फलन्ति वत्सरे मध्ये द्विवारं शकुनादयः ।। सांवत्सरं पितुर्मातुरुपकारं फलैः कृतम् ।। एवं पुत्रसमारोपा एवं तत्त्वविदो विदुः
phalanti vatsare madhye dvivāraṃ śakunādayaḥ || sāṃvatsaraṃ piturmāturupakāraṃ phalaiḥ kṛtam || evaṃ putrasamāropā evaṃ tattvavido viduḥ
Trees such as the śakuna bear fruit twice within the year; a year-long service to father and mother is done by the fruits. Thus the planting (of trees) is equal to (having) sons — thus the knowers of the truth know it.
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VrP 172.45
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवमुक्तस्तया देव्या मालत्या पुष्पजातया ।। हा कष्टं कथमित्येव मुमोह च पपात ह
śrīvarāha uvāca || evamuktastayā devyā mālatyā puṣpajātayā || hā kaṣṭaṃ kathamityeva mumoha ca papāta ha
Śrī Varāha said: Addressed thus by that lady, the Mālatī born of the flower-kind, he cried "Alas, how grievous!" and swooned and fell down.
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VrP 172.46
ताभिराश्वासितो धीमान्ससंज्ञो वारिणोक्षितः ।। आत्मानं कथयास्माकं यस्माच्च त्वमुपागतः
tābhirāśvāsito dhīmānsasaṃjño vāriṇokṣitaḥ || ātmānaṃ kathayāsmākaṃ yasmācca tvamupāgataḥ
Comforted by them, the wise one, sprinkled with water, came to his senses. (They said:) "Tell us about yourself, and from where you have come."
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VrP 172.47
गोकर्ण उवाच ।। वृद्धौ च मातापितरौ साधु भार्याचतुष्टयम् ।। मथुरायां ममैवतदुद्यानं देवतागृहम्
gokarṇa uvāca || vṛddhau ca mātāpitarau sādhu bhāryācatuṣṭayam || mathurāyāṃ mamaivatadudyānaṃ devatāgṛham
Gokarṇa said: (I have) an aged mother and father, and a good set of four wives; in Mathurā that garden and temple of the deity is indeed mine.
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VrP 172.48
यदि तत्र गतश्चाहं पितृराज्ञोस्तु सन्निधौ ।। इमामापदमापन्ना यूयं तद्वै निवेदये
yadi tatra gataścāhaṃ pitṛrājñostu sannidhau || imāmāpadamāpannā yūyaṃ tadvai nivedaye
If I go there, into the presence of my father and mother, I shall report that you have fallen into this calamity.
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VrP 172.49
ज्येष्ठा प्रोवाच नेष्यामि यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ ।। अद्यैव मथुरां देवीमवेक्ष्यामोऽधिगम्यताम्
jyeṣṭhā provāca neṣyāmi yadi te rocate'nagha || adyaiva mathurāṃ devīmavekṣyāmo'dhigamyatām
The eldest said: "I will take (you), if it pleases you, O sinless one. This very day let us look upon the goddess Mathurā — let (that place) be reached."
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VrP 172.51
गृह्णीष्वोपायनं राज्ञे तस्मै त्वं देह्यनर्घ्यकम् ।। आरुह्य स तथेत्युक्त्वा नमस्कृत्य हरिं च ताः
gṛhṇīṣvopāyanaṃ rājñe tasmai tvaṃ dehyanarghyakam || āruhya sa tathetyuktvā namaskṛtya hariṃ ca tāḥ
"Take a present for the king; give him what is beyond price." Having mounted, he said "so be it," and, when they had made obeisance to Hari,
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VrP 172.52
उत्पपात ततः स्थानाद्यत्र राजा व्यवस्थितः ।। राज्ञे निवेदयामास रत्नानि सुबहूनि च
utpapāta tataḥ sthānādyatra rājā vyavasthitaḥ || rājñe nivedayāmāsa ratnāni subahūni ca
he then flew up from that spot to where the king was stationed, and presented to the king very many jewels.
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VrP 172.53
राजा दर्शनमात्रेण सन्तुष्टः सोब्रवीदिदम् ।। स्वागतं ते महाभाग संमान्य परिपूज्य च
rājā darśanamātreṇa santuṣṭaḥ sobravīdidam || svāgataṃ te mahābhāga saṃmānya paripūjya ca
The king, pleased by the mere sight (of him), said this — and, honouring and worshipping him:
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VrP 172.54
अर्द्धासने कृतः प्रीत्या रत्नदो धनदो यथा ।। अस्मात्स्थानादिदानीञ्च अपसर्प्य क्षणान्तरे
arddhāsane kṛtaḥ prītyā ratnado dhanado yathā || asmātsthānādidānīñca apasarpya kṣaṇāntare
he was placed with affection on half his own seat, like a giver of jewels, a giver of wealth. "And now, from this place, after withdrawing a moment,
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VrP 172.55
आश्चर्यं दर्शयिष्यामि कथयिष्यामि चापि भोः ।। स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य सेनापतिमुवाच ह
āścaryaṃ darśayiṣyāmi kathayiṣyāmi cāpi bhoḥ || sa tatheti pratiśrutya senāpatimuvāca ha
I shall show a marvel, and I shall also tell of it, sir." He, assenting with "so be it," spoke to the commander of the army:
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VrP 172.56
मुहूर्त्तार्द्धाद्यथा याति सैन्यं तच्च तथा कुरु ।। क्षिप्रं तत्प्रतिपद्यस्व न कालोऽत्यभ्यगाद्यथा
muhūrttārddhādyathā yāti sainyaṃ tacca tathā kuru || kṣipraṃ tatpratipadyasva na kālo'tyabhyagādyathā
"Act so that the army moves out within half a muhūrta; see to it quickly, so that the (right) time does not slip past."
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VrP 172.57
कृतं तेन तथा सर्वं यथा राज्ञा हि भाषितम् ।। ता देव्यो दिव्यरूपाश्च विमानकृतरूपकाः
kṛtaṃ tena tathā sarvaṃ yathā rājñā hi bhāṣitam || tā devyo divyarūpāśca vimānakṛtarūpakāḥ
All was done by him just as the king had said. And those goddesses of divine form, whose shapes were fashioned as celestial cars,
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VrP 172.58
साधु साध्विति गोकर्णं प्रशशंसुः पुनः पुनः ।। वरं दत्त्वा यथाकामं स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा दिवं ययुः
sādhu sādhviti gokarṇaṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ punaḥ punaḥ || varaṃ dattvā yathākāmaṃ svastītyuktvā divaṃ yayuḥ
praised Gokarṇa again and again with "Well done! Well done!"; and having granted a boon according to his wish and said "fare well," they went to heaven.
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VrP 172.59
गोकर्णस्तु तदाचक्षे तत्सर्वं नृपतेः सुखी ।। सर्वं तच्चात्मचरितं पूर्त्तधर्मस्य यत् फलम्
gokarṇastu tadācakṣe tatsarvaṃ nṛpateḥ sukhī || sarvaṃ taccātmacaritaṃ pūrttadharmasya yat phalam
And Gokarṇa, being happy, related all that to the king — all that history of his own, and what the fruit of the dharma of charitable works is.
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VrP 172.61
आश्चर्यं परमं धर्ममारामस्य महत् फलम् ।। श्रुत्वा सर्वं चकारासौ सार्वभौमो महीपतिः
āścaryaṃ paramaṃ dharmamārāmasya mahat phalam || śrutvā sarvaṃ cakārāsau sārvabhaumo mahīpatiḥ
Having heard it all — the marvel, the supreme dharma, the great fruit of the garden — that lord of the earth, ruler of the whole world, did (the same).
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VrP 172.172
निश्चयार्थं पुनः सोऽथ गोकर्णस्ताः प्रणम्य च ।। पृच्छत्याग्रहरूपेण निश्चयं विन्दते यथा पञ्जरस्थो यथा सिंहः कोऽस्मांस्त्राता भवेदिति ।। पिधायाञ्जलिना वक्त्रमश्रुक्लिन्नस्तनान्तरा राजलोकैः पीडिताश्च च्छेदनोन्मूलनेन च ।। पीडिता भृशमुद्विग्नास्तेनेदानीं सकल्मषाः यथा सुपुत्रः कुलमुद्धरेद्धि यथाऽतिकृच्छ्रान्नियमप्रयत्नात् ।। तथाऽत्र वृक्षाः फलपुष्पभूताः स्वं स्वामिनं नरकादुद्धरन्ति विमानप्रतिमाकारं यानमारुह्य सत्वरः ।। दिव्यानीमानि रत्नानि भूषणानि फलानि च राज्ञा तस्मै प्रदत्ताश्च ग्रामाश्चैव पुराणि च ।। वस्त्राणि च गजाश्चैव वाजिनोऽन्यधनं बहु
niścayārthaṃ punaḥ so'tha gokarṇastāḥ praṇamya ca || pṛcchatyāgraharūpeṇa niścayaṃ vindate yathā pañjarastho yathā siṃhaḥ ko'smāṃstrātā bhavediti || pidhāyāñjalinā vaktramaśruklinnastanāntarā rājalokaiḥ pīḍitāśca cchedanonmūlanena ca || pīḍitā bhṛśamudvignāstenedānīṃ sakalmaṣāḥ yathā suputraḥ kulamuddhareddhi yathā'tikṛcchrānniyamaprayatnāt || tathā'tra vṛkṣāḥ phalapuṣpabhūtāḥ svaṃ svāminaṃ narakāduddharanti vimānapratimākāraṃ yānamāruhya satvaraḥ || divyānīmāni ratnāni bhūṣaṇāni phalāni ca rājñā tasmai pradattāśca grāmāścaiva purāṇi ca || vastrāṇi ca gajāścaiva vājino'nyadhanaṃ bahu
Then, to make certain of it, Gokarṇa again bowed to them and asks in the form of an urgent plea, so as to arrive at certainty: "Who would be a rescuer for us, who are like one shut in a cage, like a lion?" — (and they,) covering their mouths with folded hands, their breasts wet with tears: "Oppressed by the king's people, and by cutting and uprooting, sorely afflicted and distressed, we are therefore now stained with guilt. Just as a good son lifts up the family, as (one does) out of the greatest hardship by effort in observances, so here the trees, having become fruit and flower, lift their own master out of hell." Swiftly mounting the vehicle shaped like a celestial car — these divine jewels, ornaments and fruits, and villages too and towns, were bestowed on him by the king, and garments and elephants and horses and much other wealth.
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