Varaha Purana — Chapter 176
VrP 176.1
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। पंचानां तु कनिष्ठो यः पंचालो ब्राह्मणात्मजः ।। वाणिज्यभाण्डमादाय समूहस्य प्रसंगतः
śrīvarāha uvāca || paṃcānāṃ tu kaniṣṭho yaḥ paṃcālo brāhmaṇātmajaḥ || vāṇijyabhāṇḍamādāya samūhasya prasaṃgataḥ
The Glorious Boar said: Of the five, the youngest, Pāñcāla, the son of a brahmin, took trading goods, by attaching himself to a company (of merchants);
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VrP 176.2
सार्थेन निष्ठितः सोऽथ धनवान्रूपवांस्ततः ।। क्रमेण ते सर्वदेशान्विषयान् पर्वतान्नदीः
sārthena niṣṭhitaḥ so'tha dhanavānrūpavāṃstataḥ || krameṇa te sarvadeśānviṣayān parvatānnadīḥ
and so he set out with the caravan, becoming thereafter wealthy and handsome. Step by step they (traversed) all lands, territories, mountains and rivers,
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VrP 176.3
आक्रम्य तत्र सम्प्राप्ता यत्र सा मथुरा पुरी ।। आवासं कारयामासुः प्रभूतयवसेन्धने
ākramya tatra samprāptā yatra sā mathurā purī || āvāsaṃ kārayāmāsuḥ prabhūtayavasendhane
and having overrun (them) they arrived there where that city of Mathurā (stands); they had a lodging made in a place abundant in fodder and firewood.
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VrP 176.4
तस्मिन्स्थाने स पांचालः प्रातस्तु पुरुषैः सह ।। तस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नाप्य वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषितः ।। ऐश्वर्यमदभावेन यानेन महता तदा
tasminsthāne sa pāṃcālaḥ prātastu puruṣaiḥ saha || tasmiṃstīrthavare snāpya vastrālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ || aiśvaryamadabhāvena yānena mahatā tadā
In that place that Pāñcāla, in the morning, together with his men, having bathed in that excellent tīrtha, adorned with garments and ornaments, in a mood of pride at his wealth, then with a great carriage —
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VrP 176.6
कौतुकार्थं ततो गत्वा देवं गर्त्तेश्वरं तदा ।। तिलोत्तमायास्तद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा मोहवशं गतः
kautukārthaṃ tato gatvā devaṃ gartteśvaraṃ tadā || tilottamāyāstadrūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mohavaśaṃ gataḥ
then, having gone out of curiosity to the god Garteśvara, he saw that form of Tilottamā and fell under the sway of infatuation.
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VrP 176.7
धात्रेयिकायास्तस्याश्च बहुमानपुरःसरम् ।। वस्त्राणि बद्धरूपाणि कटकानां शतानि च
dhātreyikāyāstasyāśca bahumānapuraḥsaram || vastrāṇi baddharūpāṇi kaṭakānāṃ śatāni ca
And to her nurse, with a show of great regard, (he gave) garments done up in bundles and hundreds of bracelets,
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VrP 176.8
हारा रत्नमयास्तद्वद्ददौ लोभविमोहितः ।। ददावगुरुसारं च सकर्पूरं सचन्दनम्
hārā ratnamayāstadvaddadau lobhavimohitaḥ || dadāvagurusāraṃ ca sakarpūraṃ sacandanam
and likewise necklaces made of jewels he gave, deluded by his craving; he also gave the finest aloe-wood together with camphor and sandal.
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VrP 176.9
देवतादर्शनं कृत्वा दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः तस्या गृहवरे तत्र वसति स्म दिनेदिने ।। प्रहरार्द्धे दिने जाते ततः स्वशिबिरं ययौ
devatādarśanaṃ kṛtvā dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ tasyā gṛhavare tatra vasati sma dinedine || praharārddhe dine jāte tataḥ svaśibiraṃ yayau
Having taken the sight of the deity and given gifts many times over, he used to stay there in her fine house day after day; when a day and a half watch had passed, he then went off to his own camp.
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VrP 176.11
एवं तु कुर्वतस्तस्य मासषट्कं ततो गतम् ।। अथैकदा समायातः स्नातुं तत्र सुमन्तुना
evaṃ tu kurvatastasya māsaṣaṭkaṃ tato gatam || athaikadā samāyātaḥ snātuṃ tatra sumantunā
As he was doing thus, six months went by. Then one day he came there to bathe, along with Sumantu.
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VrP 176.12
स्वाश्रमस्थेन दृष्टः स कृमियुक्तः समागतः ।। कृमयो रोमकूपेभ्यः पतमाना अनेकशः
svāśramasthena dṛṣṭaḥ sa kṛmiyuktaḥ samāgataḥ || kṛmayo romakūpebhyaḥ patamānā anekaśaḥ
He was seen, by (Sumantu) who abode in his own hermitage, arriving infested with worms — worms falling in great numbers from the pores of his hair.
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VrP 176.13
यावत्स्नानं स कुरुते पतते राशिमात्रकः ।। स्नाने कृते नश्यति च सुरूपश्चाभिजायते
yāvatsnānaṃ sa kurute patate rāśimātrakaḥ || snāne kṛte naśyati ca surūpaścābhijāyate
As long as he bathes, they fall in sheer heaps; and when the bath is done they disappear and he becomes handsome.
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VrP 176.14
एवं सुमन्तुना दृष्टमाश्चर्यं बहुवासरम् ।। सुमन्तुस्तर्कयामास कोऽयं कस्यात्मजो युवा
evaṃ sumantunā dṛṣṭamāścaryaṃ bahuvāsaram || sumantustarkayāmāsa ko'yaṃ kasyātmajo yuvā
Thus this marvel was seen by Sumantu for many days, and Sumantu reflected: who is this young man, whose son is he?
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VrP 176.15
इति चिन्तासमायुक्तस्तमपृच्छद्विशंकितः ।। कस्त्वं कस्यासि सुभग का जातिः कश्च ते पिता
iti cintāsamāyuktastamapṛcchadviśaṃkitaḥ || kastvaṃ kasyāsi subhaga kā jātiḥ kaśca te pitā
Engaged in this thought, in perplexity he asked him: Who are you, whose are you, fortunate one? What is your caste and who is your father?
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VrP 176.16
किं करोषि दिवारात्रौ ब्रूहि त्वं पृच्छतो मम ।। पाञ्चाल उवाच ।। पांचालो ब्राह्मणसुतो वाणिज्यं च समाश्रितः
kiṃ karoṣi divārātrau brūhi tvaṃ pṛcchato mama || pāñcāla uvāca || pāṃcālo brāhmaṇasuto vāṇijyaṃ ca samāśritaḥ
What do you do by day and by night? Tell me, who am asking. Pāñcāla said: I am Pāñcāla, the son of a brahmin, and I have taken to trade.
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VrP 176.17
दक्षिणापथदेशाच्च मथुरायां समागतः ।। निशामुषित्वा शिबिरे प्रातस्तीर्थं समाश्रितः
dakṣiṇāpathadeśācca mathurāyāṃ samāgataḥ || niśāmuṣitvā śibire prātastīrthaṃ samāśritaḥ
And I have come to Mathurā from the southern country; having passed the night in the camp, in the morning I resort to the tīrtha.
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VrP 176.18
स्नात्वा महेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा त्रिगर्तेश्वरसंज्ञितम् ।। कालिञ्जरं भवत्पादौ गच्छामि शिबिरं ततः
snātvā maheśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā trigarteśvarasaṃjñitam || kāliñjaraṃ bhavatpādau gacchāmi śibiraṃ tataḥ
Having bathed, having seen Maheśvara who is called Trigarteśvara, (and) Kāliñjara, (and) your feet, I then go to the camp.
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VrP 176.19
सुमन्तुरुवाच ।। आश्चर्यं तव देहेऽस्मिन्नित्यं पश्यामि निःसृतम् ।। अस्नाते कृमिसम्पूर्णं स्नाते निर्मलवर्चसम्
sumanturuvāca || āścaryaṃ tava dehe'sminnityaṃ paśyāmi niḥsṛtam || asnāte kṛmisampūrṇaṃ snāte nirmalavarcasam
Sumantu said: I see a marvel constantly coming forth in this body of yours: when unbathed it is full of worms, when bathed it is of spotless lustre.
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VrP 176.21
कालिञ्जरस्य संस्पर्शाच्छुद्धं देहं च दृश्यते
kāliñjarasya saṃsparśācchuddhaṃ dehaṃ ca dṛśyate
And by contact with Kāliñjara the body is seen to be clean.
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VrP 176.22
निरूप्य कथयास्माकं यत्ते प्रच्छन्नकिल्बिषम्
nirūpya kathayāsmākaṃ yatte pracchannakilbiṣam
Having examined (it), tell us what hidden sin of yours (there is).
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VrP 176.23
तीर्थमाहात्म्याभवं च दृष्ट्वा पृच्छामि ते हितम् ।। इति तस्य मुनेः श्रुत्वा त्रिकालज्ञस्य भाषितम्
tīrthamāhātmyābhavaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā pṛcchāmi te hitam || iti tasya muneḥ śrutvā trikālajñasya bhāṣitam
And seeing that the greatness of the sacred ford has had no effect, I ask you (this) for your own good." — Hearing that speech of that sage who knew the three times,
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VrP 176.24
किंचिन्नोवाच पृष्टोऽपि एवमेव गतः पुनः ।। तस्यामासीत्स एकान्ते तां तु पप्रच्छ सादरम्
kiṃcinnovāca pṛṣṭo'pi evameva gataḥ punaḥ || tasyāmāsītsa ekānte tāṃ tu papraccha sādaram
though questioned, he said nothing at all, and went off again just as (he had come). He stayed with her in a private place and asked her respectfully:
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VrP 176.26
का त्वं कस्यासि सुभगे कश्च देशः प्रियंवदे ।। किं तत्कारणमुद्दिश्य वसस्यत्र सुखं सदा इति निर्बन्धतः पृष्टा किंचिन्नोवाच तं प्रति ।। पुनःपुनश्च पप्रच्छ सा प्रोवाच न किंचन
kā tvaṃ kasyāsi subhage kaśca deśaḥ priyaṃvade || kiṃ tatkāraṇamuddiśya vasasyatra sukhaṃ sadā iti nirbandhataḥ pṛṣṭā kiṃcinnovāca taṃ prati || punaḥpunaśca papraccha sā provāca na kiṃcana
"Who are you, fair one, whose (kin) are you, and what is your country, sweet-spoken one? With what reason in view do you always dwell here happily?" — Thus insistently questioned, she said nothing to him in reply; and he asked again and again, (but) she said nothing.
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VrP 176.27
किंचित्कालं समास्थाय तेनोक्तं हि प्रियां प्रति ।। त्यक्ष्यामि हि प्रियान्प्राणान्यदि सत्यं न वक्ष्यति
kiṃcitkālaṃ samāsthāya tenoktaṃ hi priyāṃ prati || tyakṣyāmi hi priyānprāṇānyadi satyaṃ na vakṣyati
After staying (there) some time, he said to his beloved: "I shall give up my dear life if she will not speak the truth."
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VrP 176.28
निर्बन्धं तस्य तज्ज्ञात्वा दुःखेनोवाच तं प्रति ।। पितरौ भ्रातरश्चेति देशं ज्ञातिं ततः कुलम्
nirbandhaṃ tasya tajjñātvā duḥkhenovāca taṃ prati || pitarau bhrātaraśceti deśaṃ jñātiṃ tataḥ kulam
Knowing that insistence of his, she said to him sorrowfully — her parents and brothers, her country, her kinsfolk, and then her family:
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VrP 176.29
पंचालनगरी रम्या गङ्गायाश्चोत्तरे तटे ।। तस्यां तौ पितरौ मह्यं वसतश्च यदृच्छया
paṃcālanagarī ramyā gaṅgāyāścottare taṭe || tasyāṃ tau pitarau mahyaṃ vasataśca yadṛcchayā
"There is the pleasant city of Pañcāla on the northern bank of the Gaṅgā; in it those two parents of mine dwelt, as chance had it.
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VrP 176.31
तस्मिन् स्थाने पितुर्मह्यं पंच पुत्रा मया सह ।। जातास्तेषामहं षष्ठी कनिष्ठा विधवाऽभवम्
tasmin sthāne piturmahyaṃ paṃca putrā mayā saha || jātāsteṣāmahaṃ ṣaṣṭhī kaniṣṭhā vidhavā'bhavam
In that place five sons were born to my father, along with me; of them I was the sixth, the youngest, and I became a widow.
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VrP 176.32
योऽसौ कनिष्ठको भ्राता मम ज्येष्ठश्च पंचमः ।। बाल एव गतो देशं धनतृष्णाप्रलोभितः
yo'sau kaniṣṭhako bhrātā mama jyeṣṭhaśca paṃcamaḥ || bāla eva gato deśaṃ dhanatṛṣṇāpralobhitaḥ
That youngest brother of mine — and (there was) the eldest and a fifth — while still a boy went abroad, lured by the thirst for wealth.
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VrP 176.33
तस्मिन्गतेऽथ पितरौ कालधर्ममुपेयतुः ।। तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नस्थिपातार्थमहं सार्थैः सहागता
tasmingate'tha pitarau kāladharmamupeyatuḥ || tīrthe'sminnasthipātārthamahaṃ sārthaiḥ sahāgatā
When he had gone, my parents met with the law of time (i.e. died); I came to this sacred ford together with caravans in order to cast their bones (into the water).
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VrP 176.34
अत्र स्नानपरा नित्यं देवब्राह्मणवन्दनम् ।। कुर्वन्ती वशमापन्ना आसां यस्या ममेदृशम्
atra snānaparā nityaṃ devabrāhmaṇavandanam || kurvantī vaśamāpannā āsāṃ yasyā mamedṛśam
Here, devoted daily to bathing and performing homage to the gods and to brahmins, I fell under the power of these (women), by which such a state came to me.
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VrP 176.36
नीता नरकमत्युग्रं मया पापिष्ठया भृशम् ।। एवं सा तस्य तत्सर्वं कथयित्वा तिलोत्तमा
nītā narakamatyugraṃ mayā pāpiṣṭhayā bhṛśam || evaṃ sā tasya tatsarvaṃ kathayitvā tilottamā
and (my family) was led to a most terrible hell by me, an exceedingly wicked woman." Thus, when Tilottamā had told him all that,
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VrP 176.37
रुरोद सुस्वरं दीना स्मृत्वा पूर्वं कुलं वरम् ।। विलप्य बहुधा रात्रौ संस्मृत्य स्वं विचेष्टितम्
ruroda susvaraṃ dīnā smṛtvā pūrvaṃ kulaṃ varam || vilapya bahudhā rātrau saṃsmṛtya svaṃ viceṣṭitam
she wept aloud, wretched, remembering her former excellent family; and having lamented much in the night, recalling her own conduct —
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VrP 176.38
तस्या विलपितं श्रुत्वा स्त्रीजनः स तदागतः ।। सान्त्वयामास तां बालां कि भद्रे रुदितं तव
tasyā vilapitaṃ śrutvā strījanaḥ sa tadāgataḥ || sāntvayāmāsa tāṃ bālāṃ ki bhadre ruditaṃ tava
hearing her lament, the womenfolk came there then and consoled the girl: "Why this weeping of yours, good lady?"
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VrP 176.39
आश्रिता कुलटाधर्मं कुलनाशो मया कृतः ।। कुलद्वये च पुरुषा एकविंशतिसंख्यया एतच्छ्रुत्वा स पांचाल्यो मूर्च्छितो धरणीं गतः ।। ताः स्त्रियस्तां समाश्वास्य पांचाल्यं परिवार्य च
āśritā kulaṭādharmaṃ kulanāśo mayā kṛtaḥ || kuladvaye ca puruṣā ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā etacchrutvā sa pāṃcālyo mūrcchito dharaṇīṃ gataḥ || tāḥ striyastāṃ samāśvāsya pāṃcālyaṃ parivārya ca
"Having taken to the way of a wanton woman, I have brought about the destruction of my family, and of the men in the two families, twenty-one in number." Hearing this, that man of Pañcāla fainted and fell to the ground; those women, having comforted her and gathered round the Pāñcāla,
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VrP 176.41
ततस्तेन सवृत्तान्तं कथितं च कुलं महत् ।। तिलोत्तमासहायानां स्त्रीणामग्रे सविस्तरम्
tatastena savṛttāntaṃ kathitaṃ ca kulaṃ mahat || tilottamāsahāyānāṃ strīṇāmagre savistaram
thereupon the whole affair was told by him, and (the name of) his great family, in detail before Tilottamā's companion women.
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VrP 176.42
ततः स विमना जातो अगम्यागमनेन च ।। प्रायश्चित्ते मतिरभून्निर्विण्णस्य दुरात्मनः
tataḥ sa vimanā jāto agamyāgamanena ca || prāyaścitte matirabhūnnirviṇṇasya durātmanaḥ
Then he became dejected because of intercourse with one forbidden; and the mind of that wretched man, filled with despair, turned to expiation.
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VrP 176.43
ब्रह्महा च सुरापश्च ब्राह्मणो यदि जायते ।। प्रायश्चित्तं विनिर्दिष्टं मुनिभिर्देहनाशनम्
brahmahā ca surāpaśca brāhmaṇo yadi jāyate || prāyaścittaṃ vinirdiṣṭaṃ munibhirdehanāśanam
"If a brahmin becomes a killer of a brahmin or a drinker of liquor, the expiation prescribed by the sages is the destruction of the body.
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VrP 176.44
मातरं गुरुपत्नीं च स्वसारं पुत्रिकां वधूम् ।। गत्वा तु प्रविशेदग्निं नान्या शुद्धिर्विधीयते
mātaraṃ gurupatnīṃ ca svasāraṃ putrikāṃ vadhūm || gatvā tu praviśedagniṃ nānyā śuddhirvidhīyate
Having gone to (i.e. lain with) one's mother, the wife of one's teacher, one's sister, one's daughter, or one's daughter-in-law, one should enter the fire; no other purification is ordained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.45
ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च स्त्रीघ्नश्च गुरुतल्पगः ।। अगम्यागमनं कृत्वा एषां स समतामियात्
brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca strīghnaśca gurutalpagaḥ || agamyāgamanaṃ kṛtvā eṣāṃ sa samatāmiyāt
A brahmin-killer, a liquor-drinker, a killer of a woman, one who violates his teacher's bed — having had intercourse with one forbidden, he would become equal to these."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.46
इति श्रुत्वा तु पांचाली ज्येष्ठभ्रातरमेव तम् ।। द्विजेभ्यः प्रददौ सर्वमङ्गलग्नं विभूषणम्
iti śrutvā tu pāṃcālī jyeṣṭhabhrātarameva tam || dvijebhyaḥ pradadau sarvamaṅgalagnaṃ vibhūṣaṇam
Having heard this, Pāñcālī gave away to the brahmins, for that very eldest brother, every ornament fastened on for auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.47
रत्नं वस्त्रं धनं धान्यं यत्किंचित्तत्र संस्थितम् ।। तत्सर्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दत्त्वाशेषं ददौ धनम्
ratnaṃ vastraṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ yatkiṃcittatra saṃsthitam || tatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaśca dattvāśeṣaṃ dadau dhanam
Jewels, cloth, wealth, grain — whatever was there — having given all that to the brahmins, (she/he) gave away the remaining wealth as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.48
कालिञ्जरस्य भूषार्थमारामार्थं विशेषतः ।। कृष्णगङ्गोद्भवे तीर्थे चितां कृत्वा विधानतः
kāliñjarasya bhūṣārthamārāmārthaṃ viśeṣataḥ || kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhave tīrthe citāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ
For the adornment of Kāliñjara, and especially for (making) a garden, having built a pyre according to the prescribed manner at the tīrtha where the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā rises,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.49
आत्मनश्च विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रजज्वाल हुताशनम् ।। इति निश्चित्य तत्रैव स्नात्वा देवं प्रणम्य च
ātmanaśca viśuddhyarthaṃ prajajvāla hutāśanam || iti niścitya tatraiva snātvā devaṃ praṇamya ca
and for the purification of himself, he kindled the fire. Having so resolved, having bathed right there and bowed to the god,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.51
मरणायोपयोग्यानि कृत्वा कर्माणि तत्र च ।। माथुरान्स समाहूय दत्त्वा दानानि सर्वशः
maraṇāyopayogyāni kṛtvā karmāṇi tatra ca || māthurānsa samāhūya dattvā dānāni sarvaśaḥ
and having performed there the rites required for dying, he summoned the people of Mathurā and gave gifts in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.52
क्रीत्वा ग्रामांश्च तत्रैव ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ तदा ।। ईशावास्यं जपं दिव्यं जापकेभ्यः शृणोति च
krītvā grāmāṃśca tatraiva brāhmaṇebhyo dadau tadā || īśāvāsyaṃ japaṃ divyaṃ jāpakebhyaḥ śṛṇoti ca
And having bought villages there, he then gave them to the brahmins; and he listens to the divine Īśāvāsya recitation from the reciters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.53
तेभ्योऽपि प्रददौ द्रव्यं सत्रार्थं च विभागशः ।। और्ध्वदेहिकभागार्थं कल्पयित्वा यथाविधि
tebhyo'pi pradadau dravyaṃ satrārthaṃ ca vibhāgaśaḥ || aurdhvadehikabhāgārthaṃ kalpayitvā yathāvidhi
To them too he gave goods, and (shares) for an almshouse, portion by portion, having arranged as prescribed a share for the after-death rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.54
स्नात्वा तीर्थे च कृष्णस्य देवं दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य च ।। कालिञ्जरस्य पूजार्थं सत्रार्थं परिकल्प्य च
snātvā tīrthe ca kṛṣṇasya devaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamya ca || kāliñjarasya pūjārthaṃ satrārthaṃ parikalpya ca
Having bathed at the tīrtha of Kṛṣṇa, and having seen the god and bowed (to him), and having arranged (an endowment) for the worship of Kāliñjara and for an almshouse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.55
देवालयं च तत्रैव कृत्वा सन्दिश्य सार्थकान् ।। सुमन्तोः प्रवरस्याथ पादौ जग्राह धर्मवित्
devālayaṃ ca tatraiva kṛtvā sandiśya sārthakān || sumantoḥ pravarasyātha pādau jagrāha dharmavit
and having built a temple right there and given instructions to those who were competent, the knower of dharma then took hold of the feet of the eminent Sumantu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.56
देव ज्ञानं च ते दिव्यमद्भुतं लोमहर्षणम् ।। अगम्यागमनादेव पापं जातं मम प्रभो
deva jñānaṃ ca te divyamadbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam || agamyāgamanādeva pāpaṃ jātaṃ mama prabho
"O lord, your knowledge is divine, marvellous, hair-raising. From the very act of intercourse with one forbidden, sin has arisen in me, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.57
आगतोऽहं यदारभ्य मथुरायां ततो गुरो ।। भगिन्या सह संयोगे जातोऽयं कुलनाशकः
āgato'haṃ yadārabhya mathurāyāṃ tato guro || bhaginyā saha saṃyoge jāto'yaṃ kulanāśakaḥ
"From the time I came, O teacher, thence to Mathurā, in union with my sister this destroyer of the family came about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.58
त्वया निर्मलदृष्ट्या च वीक्षितोऽहं पुरा मुने ।। कृमयो मम गात्रात्तु निर्गच्छन्तो हि नित्यदा
tvayā nirmaladṛṣṭyā ca vīkṣito'haṃ purā mune || kṛmayo mama gātrāttu nirgacchanto hi nityadā
"Formerly, O sage, I was looked upon by you with your clear sight: worms were indeed continually coming out from my body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.59
कृष्णगंगाप्रभावेण पुनर्निर्मलतां गतम् ।। तत्सर्वं हि त्वया दृष्टं पृष्टश्चाहं पुनः पुनः
kṛṣṇagaṃgāprabhāveṇa punarnirmalatāṃ gatam || tatsarvaṃ hi tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ pṛṣṭaścāhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
"and by the power of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā it (my body) became clean again. All that was seen by you, and I was questioned again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.61
अनुज्ञां देहि भो स्वामिंस्तव पादौ नमाम्यहम् ।। विश्राव्य तस्य तत्पापं चितां दीप्य घृतोक्षिताम्
anujñāṃ dehi bho svāmiṃstava pādau namāmyaham || viśrāvya tasya tatpāpaṃ citāṃ dīpya ghṛtokṣitām
"Give (me) leave, O master; I bow to your feet." Having made his sin heard, and having kindled the pyre sprinkled with ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.62
प्रवेष्टुकामं तत्राग्नौ खे प्रोवाचाशरीरिणी ।। मैवं कार्षीः साहसं च विपाप्मानौ यतश्च वाम्
praveṣṭukāmaṃ tatrāgnau khe provācāśarīriṇī || maivaṃ kārṣīḥ sāhasaṃ ca vipāpmānau yataśca vām
as he wished to enter the fire there, a bodiless (voice) spoke in the sky: "Do not do such a rash thing, since you two are free of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.63
कस्माद्वा कस्य सन्त्रासान्मरणे कृतनिश्चयौ ।। यत्र कृष्णस्य संचारः क्रीडितं च यथासुखम्
kasmādvā kasya santrāsānmaraṇe kṛtaniścayau || yatra kṛṣṇasya saṃcāraḥ krīḍitaṃ ca yathāsukham
"Why, or from fear of whom, are you two resolved on death — here, where Kṛṣṇa moved about and played as he pleased,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.64
चक्राङ्कितपदा तेन स्थानं ब्रह्मसमं शुभम् ।। अन्यत्र हि कृतं पापं तीर्थमासाद्य गच्छति
cakrāṅkitapadā tena sthānaṃ brahmasamaṃ śubham || anyatra hi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tīrthamāsādya gacchati
"where the ground is marked by (his) discus-marked feet: by that the place is auspicious, equal to Brahman. For sin committed elsewhere goes away when one reaches a tīrtha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.65
तीर्थे च यत्कृतं पापं वज्रलेपो भविष्यति ।। द्वावेतौ च यथावश्यं गंगासागरसंगमे
tīrthe ca yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepo bhaviṣyati || dvāvetau ca yathāvaśyaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame
"but sin committed at a tīrtha will be (fixed like) a coating of adamant. And these two (sins), as must be, at the confluence of Gaṅgā and the ocean —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.66
सकृदेव नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ।। पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सर्वाण्येवाभिषेचनात्
sakṛdeva naraḥ snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā || pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni sarvāṇyevābhiṣecanāt
"bathing there but once, a man is freed even from the killing of a brahmin. Whatever tīrthas there are on earth, all of them, by their ablution,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.67
तत्पंचतीर्थस्नानेन समं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ।। एकादश्यां च विश्रान्तौ द्वादश्यां सौकरे तथा
tatpaṃcatīrthasnānena samaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || ekādaśyāṃ ca viśrāntau dvādaśyāṃ saukare tathā
"are not equal to that bathing at the five tīrthas — there is no doubt here. And on the eleventh at Viśrānti, on the twelfth likewise at Saukara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.68
त्रयोदश्यां नैमिषे च प्रयागे च चतुर्दशीम् ।। कार्त्तिक्यां पुष्करे चैव कार्त्तिकस्य सितासिते
trayodaśyāṃ naimiṣe ca prayāge ca caturdaśīm || kārttikyāṃ puṣkare caiva kārttikasya sitāsite
On the thirteenth at Naimiṣa, and on the fourteenth at Prayāga, and on the full-moon day of Kārttika at Puṣkara, and in the bright and dark (fortnights) of Kārttika—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.69
कालेष्वेषु नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापं व्यपोहति ।। मथुरायां च तीर्थेभ्यो विश्रान्तः पंचतीर्थके
kāleṣveṣu naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati || mathurāyāṃ ca tīrthebhyo viśrāntaḥ paṃcatīrthake
A man who bathes at these times casts off all sin. And at Mathurā, of (all) the sacred fords, (there is) Viśrānta among the five fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.71
कृष्णगंगा दशगुणं लभते च दिनेदिने ।। ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतो वापि यत्पापं समुपार्जितम्
kṛṣṇagaṃgā daśaguṇaṃ labhate ca dinedine || jñānato'jñānato vāpi yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam
And (at) Kṛṣṇagaṅgā one obtains tenfold, day by day. Whatever sin has been accumulated, whether knowingly or unknowingly—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.72
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चापि मथुरायां प्रणश्यति ।। वराहेण पुरा चेदं पृथिव्यै कथितं शुभम्
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ cāpi mathurāyāṃ praṇaśyati || varāheṇa purā cedaṃ pṛthivyai kathitaṃ śubham
—both the good deed and the evil deed perish at Mathurā. And this auspicious (account) was formerly told by the Boar to the Earth:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.73
तीर्थानां गुणमाहात्म्यं महापातकनाशनम् ।। सर्वदेवमयो योऽसौ सर्ववेदमयस्तथा
tīrthānāṃ guṇamāhātmyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || sarvadevamayo yo'sau sarvavedamayastathā
the greatness of the virtues of the sacred fords, which destroys the great sins. He who consists of all the gods and likewise of all the Vedas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.74
अनन्तश्चाप्रमेयश्च यस्य चान्तो न विद्यते ।। यस्य श्रोत्रैकदेशे तु आकाशो लेशमात्रकः
anantaścāprameyaśca yasya cānto na vidyate || yasya śrotraikadeśe tu ākāśo leśamātrakaḥ
who is endless and immeasurable, of whom no end exists, in one part of whose ear space (itself) is a mere fragment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.75
विलीनो ज्ञायते नैव तस्य देवस्य का कथा ।। तथा नयनयोः प्रान्ते तेजो लीनं न दृश्यते
vilīno jñāyate naiva tasya devasya kā kathā || tathā nayanayoḥ prānte tejo līnaṃ na dṛśyate
dissolved (there), it is not even perceived—what to say of that god? So too at the corner of his eyes fire is absorbed and is not seen;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.76
निःश्वासे च विलीनोऽसौ वायुर्नष्टो न दृश्यते ।। खुराग्रेषु तथा लीनाः समुद्राः सप्त च प्रभोः
niḥśvāse ca vilīno'sau vāyurnaṣṭo na dṛśyate || khurāgreṣu tathā līnāḥ samudrāḥ sapta ca prabhoḥ
and in his breath the wind is dissolved, lost, and is not seen; and likewise the seven oceans are absorbed in the tips of the Lord's hooves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.77
दृश्यन्ते स्वेदसङ्काशा नाममात्रा यथा पुरा ।। रोमकूपान्तरे लग्ना सशैलवनकानना
dṛśyante svedasaṅkāśā nāmamātrā yathā purā || romakūpāntare lagnā saśailavanakānanā
they appear like drops of sweat, mere names as (they were) before; clinging within a pore of his hair, with its mountains, woods and forests
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.78
नष्टा पृथ्वी न लभ्येत तस्माद्देवात्तु कोऽधिकः ।। सोऽत्र तीर्थपरित्राणं कुर्वन्देवः स्वयं प्रभुः
naṣṭā pṛthvī na labhyeta tasmāddevāttu ko'dhikaḥ || so'tra tīrthaparitrāṇaṃ kurvandevaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ
the earth was lost and could not be found—so who is greater than that god? He, the Lord himself, the god, making protection of the sacred fords here,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.79
वराहः संस्थितः साक्षात्पुराणं येन सूचितम् ।। पृथिव्याः सर्वसन्देहान् स्फोटयामास योऽव्ययः
varāhaḥ saṃsthitaḥ sākṣātpurāṇaṃ yena sūcitam || pṛthivyāḥ sarvasandehān sphoṭayāmāsa yo'vyayaḥ
stands present as the Boar, by whom the Purāṇa was made known, who, the imperishable one, shattered all the doubts of the Earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.81
नवम्यां ज्येष्ठ शुक्लस्य स्नात्वा गङ्गोदके नरः ।। सूकरे तु त्रिरात्रं च मानवो दीपदः सकृत्
navamyāṃ jyeṣṭha śuklasya snātvā gaṅgodake naraḥ || sūkare tu trirātraṃ ca mānavo dīpadaḥ sakṛt
A man who bathes in the water of the Ganges on the ninth of the bright (fortnight) of Jyeṣṭha, and (stays) three nights at Sūkara, a man who once gives a lamp,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.82
दत्त्वा दानं यथाशक्ति सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। कालिञ्जरे च द्वादश्यां स्नात्वा संपूज्य देवताम्
dattvā dānaṃ yathāśakti sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || kāliñjare ca dvādaśyāṃ snātvā saṃpūjya devatām
and gives a gift according to his ability, is freed from all sins. And at Kāliñjara, having bathed on the twelfth and worshipped the deity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.83
द्वादशादित्यसङ्काशो विमाने च समास्थितः ।। विष्णुना समनुज्ञातो विष्णुलोके महीयते
dvādaśādityasaṅkāśo vimāne ca samāsthitaḥ || viṣṇunā samanujñāto viṣṇuloke mahīyate
like twelve suns, seated in a celestial chariot, permitted by Viṣṇu, he is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.84
वराह उवाच ।। एवं सुखदशब्देन देववाण्या प्रचोदितः ।। पांचालसंज्ञकस्तत्र सुमन्तुं पर्यपृच्छत
varāha uvāca || evaṃ sukhadaśabdena devavāṇyā pracoditaḥ || pāṃcālasaṃjñakastatra sumantuṃ paryapṛcchata
The Boar said: Thus urged by the divine voice with the word 'sukhada', the one named Pāñcāla there questioned Sumantu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.85
अस्मद्गुरुः पिता त्वं च ब्रूहि किं करवाणि वै ।। पावकालम्भनं मे स्यादुताहो तीर्थसेवनम्
asmadguruḥ pitā tvaṃ ca brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi vai || pāvakālambhanaṃ me syādutāho tīrthasevanam
"You are our teacher and father; say what indeed I should do. Should it be entering the fire for me, or rather the frequenting of sacred fords?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.86
त्रिरात्रं कृच्छ्रपाराक चान्द्रायणमथापि वा ।। तव पादांकिते वापि स्थित्वा मोक्षमवाप्नुयाम्
trirātraṃ kṛcchrapārāka cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā || tava pādāṃkite vāpi sthitvā mokṣamavāpnuyām
or a three-night (fast), the kṛcchra, the pāraka, or else the cāndrāyaṇa? Or, staying in the place marked by your feet, might I attain release?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.87
आकाशभारती यत्तु तत्सत्यं नानृतं क्वचित् ।। मया प्रत्यक्षतः पूर्वं तव गात्रेषु पातकम्
ākāśabhāratī yattu tatsatyaṃ nānṛtaṃ kvacit || mayā pratyakṣataḥ pūrvaṃ tava gātreṣu pātakam
"What the voice from the sky (said), that is true, in no way false. Formerly the sin in your limbs was directly (seen) by me;
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VrP 176.88
दिनेदिने च स्नानात्प्राक् प्रतिगच्छति नित्यशः ।। आश्रमे त्वं स्थितश्चात्र निर्मलश्च शशी यथा
dinedine ca snānātprāk pratigacchati nityaśaḥ || āśrame tvaṃ sthitaścātra nirmalaśca śaśī yathā
and day by day, before the bath, it constantly departs. You have stayed here in the hermitage and are stainless as the moon.
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VrP 176.89
तिष्ठोपरमितः पापाद्यावत्कालं च जीवसि ।। इयं तु भगिनी पापादुपावृत्ता सती परम्
tiṣṭhoparamitaḥ pāpādyāvatkālaṃ ca jīvasi || iyaṃ tu bhaginī pāpādupāvṛttā satī param
Remain desisting from sin for as long as you live. And this sister of yours, turned back from sin, is a chaste woman indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 176.91
कृष्णगंगोद्भवस्यापि तथा कालिञ्जरस्य च ।। सूकरस्य च माहात्म्यं यथा ते वर्णितं पुरा
kṛṣṇagaṃgodbhavasyāpi tathā kāliñjarasya ca || sūkarasya ca māhātmyaṃ yathā te varṇitaṃ purā
(Such is) the greatness of the (tīrtha) arisen from the Kṛṣṇa-Gaṅgā, and likewise of Kāliñjara and of Sūkara, as it was described to you before.
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VrP 176.92
यः शृणोति वरारोहे श्रद्धया परया युतः ।। पठति प्रातरेवापि न स पापेन लिप्यते
yaḥ śṛṇoti varārohe śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ || paṭhati prātarevāpi na sa pāpena lipyate
Whoever, O fair-hipped one, hears (this) endowed with the highest faith, or even recites (it) in the morning, is not smeared with sin.
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VrP 176.93
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं तस्य सर्वं व्यपोहति ।। फलं च गोशतस्यापि दत्तस्य समवाप्नुयात्।। अमृतत्वं च लभते स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya sarvaṃ vyapohati || phalaṃ ca gośatasyāpi dattasya samavāpnuyāt|| amṛtatvaṃ ca labhate svargalokaṃ ca gacchati
It drives away all his sin committed in seven births; and he obtains the fruit of even a hundred cows given (in gift); he gains immortality and goes to the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 176.176
स्नात्वा तीर्थे समीपे च कृष्णगङ्गोद्भवे सदा ।। एवं नित्यं प्रसक्तो हि करोति द्रव्यगर्वितः अस्ति किंचिन्महत्पापं तव प्रच्छन्नसम्भवम् ।। अस्यां तीर्थप्रभावेण स्नानाद्गच्छति दूरतः दुर्भिक्षपीडिते राष्ट्रे गतौ तौ दक्षिणापथम् ।। नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले ब्राह्मणानां पुरोत्तमे तैस्तैरुपायैर्विविधैर्जीवयित्वा च तं नरम् ।। लब्धप्राणं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छुर्मोहकारणम् पंचालोऽपि विधानेन नमस्कृत्य मुनिं गुरुम् ।। सुमन्तुं च महाभागमुपविश्याग्रतश्च सः तत्सत्यं मम सञ्जातमगम्यागमपातकम् ।। तत्पापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थं देहत्यागं करोमि वै असिकुण्डे सरस्वत्यां तथा कालिञ्जरस्य च ।। पंचतीर्थाभिषेकाच्च यत्फलं लभते नरः तस्य सन्दर्शनादेव सर्वपापविवर्जितः ।। तत्क्षणादेव जायेत नात्र कार्या विचारणा सगतिश्च विपापा च भविष्यति न संशयः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवं प्रभावस्तीर्थस्य मथुरायां वसुन्धरे
snātvā tīrthe samīpe ca kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhave sadā || evaṃ nityaṃ prasakto hi karoti dravyagarvitaḥ asti kiṃcinmahatpāpaṃ tava pracchannasambhavam || asyāṃ tīrthaprabhāveṇa snānādgacchati dūrataḥ durbhikṣapīḍite rāṣṭre gatau tau dakṣiṇāpatham || narmadādakṣiṇe kūle brāhmaṇānāṃ purottame taistairupāyairvividhairjīvayitvā ca taṃ naram || labdhaprāṇaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā papracchurmohakāraṇam paṃcālo'pi vidhānena namaskṛtya muniṃ gurum || sumantuṃ ca mahābhāgamupaviśyāgrataśca saḥ tatsatyaṃ mama sañjātamagamyāgamapātakam || tatpāpasya viśuddhyarthaṃ dehatyāgaṃ karomi vai asikuṇḍe sarasvatyāṃ tathā kāliñjarasya ca || paṃcatīrthābhiṣekācca yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ tasya sandarśanādeva sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ || tatkṣaṇādeva jāyeta nātra kāryā vicāraṇā sagatiśca vipāpā ca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || evaṃ prabhāvastīrthasya mathurāyāṃ vasundhare
Having bathed always in the nearby tīrtha arisen from the Kṛṣṇa-Gaṅgā — thus does one act who is constantly attached (to it) and proud of his wealth. "There is some great sin of yours, of concealed origin; by the power of this tīrtha it departs far off through bathing (here)." When the realm was afflicted by famine, the two went to the southern country, to the southern bank of the Narmadā, to the finest city of brahmins. And having revived that man by these and those various means, seeing him with his breath regained, they asked the cause of his swoon. Pañcāla too, having bowed according to the rule to the sage, his guru, the greatly fortunate Sumantu, and having sat down before him, (said): "That is true: the sin of intercourse with a woman not to be approached has been committed by me. For the purification of that sin I shall indeed give up my body." Whatever fruit a man obtains from the ablution at the five tīrthas — at Asikuṇḍa, at the Sarasvatī, and likewise of Kāliñjara — merely by the sight of that (tīrtha) he becomes free of all sins; at that very moment it would come about — no deliberation is to be made here. And she will attain a (good) course and be free of sin; there is no doubt. Śrī Varāha said: Such is the power of the tīrtha at Mathurā, O Vasundharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain