Varaha Purana — Chapter 177

VrP 177.1

श्रीवराह उवाच।। शृणु चान्यद्वरारोहे कृष्णस्यान्यद्विचेष्टितम् ।। द्वारकां वसमानस्य साम्बशापादिकं शृणु

śrīvarāha uvāca|| śṛṇu cānyadvarārohe kṛṣṇasyānyadviceṣṭitam || dvārakāṃ vasamānasya sāmbaśāpādikaṃ śṛṇu

Śrī Varāha said: Hear, O fair-hipped one, another deed of Kṛṣṇa's; hear of the curse of Sāmba and the rest, (which befell him) while he was dwelling in Dvārakā.

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VrP 177.3

सुखासीनस्य कृष्णस्य पुत्रदारसुतैः सह ।। आगतो नारदस्तत्र यदृच्छागमनो मुनिः।। पाद्यमर्घ्यं चासनं च मधुपर्कं सभाजनम्।। गां च दत्त्वा यथान्यायं कृतं संवादमुत्तमम्

sukhāsīnasya kṛṣṇasya putradārasutaiḥ saha || āgato nāradastatra yadṛcchāgamano muniḥ|| pādyamarghyaṃ cāsanaṃ ca madhuparkaṃ sabhājanam|| gāṃ ca dattvā yathānyāyaṃ kṛtaṃ saṃvādamuttamam

While Kṛṣṇa was seated at ease together with his sons, wives and grandsons, the sage Nārada came there, arriving of his own accord. And having given, as is proper, water for the feet, arghya, a seat, madhuparka, honourable reception, and a cow, an excellent conversation was held.

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VrP 177.5

एकान्ते प्राप्य कृष्णं च विज्ञप्तिमकरोत्प्रभुः।। कृष्ण किञ्चिद्वक्तुकामस्तत्त्वं शृणु महामते।।।। साम्बनामा तव युवा पुत्रो वाग्मी तु रूपवान्।। स्पृहणीयः सदा कान्तः स्त्रीजनस्य सुरेश्वरः

ekānte prāpya kṛṣṇaṃ ca vijñaptimakarotprabhuḥ|| kṛṣṇa kiñcidvaktukāmastattvaṃ śṛṇu mahāmate|||| sāmbanāmā tava yuvā putro vāgmī tu rūpavān|| spṛhaṇīyaḥ sadā kāntaḥ strījanasya sureśvaraḥ

And having got Kṛṣṇa in a private place, the lord (Nārada) made his representation: "Kṛṣṇa, I wish to say something — hear the truth of it, O great-minded one. Your young son named Sāmba is eloquent and handsome, ever to be longed for and dear to womenfolk, O lord of the gods."

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VrP 177.6

एतास्तु वरनार्यो वै क्रीडार्थं हि सुरेश्वरः। देवयोन्यो ददुस्तुभ्यं सहस्राणि च षोडश

etāstu varanāryo vai krīḍārthaṃ hi sureśvaraḥ| devayonyo dadustubhyaṃ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa

These excellent women, of divine birth, sixteen thousand (of them), the (gods) gave to you for pleasure, O lord of the gods.

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VrP 177.7

साम्बं दृष्ट्वा च सर्वासां क्षुभ्यते च मनः प्रभो ।। एतत्तु ब्रह्मलोके च गीयते दैवतैः स्वयम्

sāmbaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca sarvāsāṃ kṣubhyate ca manaḥ prabho || etattu brahmaloke ca gīyate daivataiḥ svayam

On seeing Sāmba the mind of all of them is stirred, O lord; and this is sung of even in Brahmā's world by the gods themselves.

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VrP 177.8

त्वत्प्रियार्थं समायातः कथितुं ते सुरोत्तम ।। श्रूयते चार्थ विद्रूपः श्लोको द्वैपायनेन वै

tvatpriyārthaṃ samāyātaḥ kathituṃ te surottama || śrūyate cārtha vidrūpaḥ śloko dvaipāyanena vai

For your good I have come to tell you (this), O best of gods; and a verse in the form of (this) matter is heard, (spoken) by Dvaipāyana.

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VrP 177.9

क्रियातः स्वर्गवासोस्ति नरकस्तद्विपर्ययात् ।। पुण्यरूपं तु यत्कर्म दिशो भूमिं च संस्पृशेत्

kriyātaḥ svargavāsosti narakastadviparyayāt || puṇyarūpaṃ tu yatkarma diśo bhūmiṃ ca saṃspṛśet

From (right) action there is dwelling in heaven, and hell from the reverse of that; but the deed that is of the form of merit touches the (whole of the) quarters and the earth.

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VrP 177.11

नरके पुरुषः प्रोक्तो विपरीतो मनीषिभिः ।। तस्मात्साम्बं समाहूय तथा देवीगणं च तम्

narake puruṣaḥ prokto viparīto manīṣibhiḥ || tasmātsāmbaṃ samāhūya tathā devīgaṇaṃ ca tam

The man who is the reverse (of that) is declared by the wise to be in hell. Therefore, having summoned Sāmba and likewise that company of ladies,

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VrP 177.12

आसनेषूपविष्टानां तासां क्षोभं च तत्त्वतः ।। लक्षयिष्याम्यहं सर्वं सत्यं चासत्यमेव च

āsaneṣūpaviṣṭānāṃ tāsāṃ kṣobhaṃ ca tattvataḥ || lakṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ cāsatyameva ca

I shall mark, truly and entirely, the agitation of those women seated on their seats — both what is true and what is untrue.

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VrP 177.13

तावत्सभ्यासनान्येव स्वास्तीर्य च विभागशः ।। सर्वास्तास्तु समाहूय आसने चोपवेश्य च

tāvatsabhyāsanānyeva svāstīrya ca vibhāgaśaḥ || sarvāstāstu samāhūya āsane copaveśya ca

Thereupon, having spread out the very seats of the assembly, each in its place, and having summoned all those women and seated them on the seats,

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VrP 177.14

पश्चात्साम्बः समायातस्तस्याग्रे करसंपुटम् ।। कृत्वा स्थितो मुहूर्तं तु किमाज्ञापयसि प्रभो

paścātsāmbaḥ samāyātastasyāgre karasaṃpuṭam || kṛtvā sthito muhūrtaṃ tu kimājñāpayasi prabho

afterwards Sāmba came, and making a cupped-hand salutation before him stood a moment (saying): "What do you command, lord?"

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VrP 177.15

दृष्ट्वा रूपमतीवास्य साम्बस्यैव वरस्त्रियः ।। चुक्षुभुः सकला देव्य कृष्णस्यैव तु पश्यतः

dṛṣṭvā rūpamatīvāsya sāmbasyaiva varastriyaḥ || cukṣubhuḥ sakalā devya kṛṣṇasyaiva tu paśyataḥ

Seeing the exceedingly (beautiful) form of this Sāmba, those excellent women, all the ladies, were stirred — and that while Kṛṣṇa himself was looking on.

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VrP 177.16

उत्तिष्ठतः प्रियाः सर्वा गच्छत स्वनिवेशनम् ।। कृष्णवाक्यात्तदा देव्यो जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम्

uttiṣṭhataḥ priyāḥ sarvā gacchata svaniveśanam || kṛṣṇavākyāttadā devyo jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam

"Rise, all my dear ones, go to your own dwellings." At Kṛṣṇa's word the ladies then went each to her own dwelling.

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VrP 177.17

सांबस्तत्रैव संतस्थौ वेपमानः कृताञ्जलिः ।। स कृष्णो नारदं वीक्ष्य लज्जयावाङ्मुखोऽभवत्

sāṃbastatraiva saṃtasthau vepamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ || sa kṛṣṇo nāradaṃ vīkṣya lajjayāvāṅmukho'bhavat

Sāmba stood there trembling, with hands folded; and Kṛṣṇa, looking at Nārada, turned his face down out of shame.

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VrP 177.18

कृष्णस्तु कथयामास नारदाय सविस्तरम् ।। स्त्रीस्वभावं चरित्रं च आश्चर्यं पापकारकम्

kṛṣṇastu kathayāmāsa nāradāya savistaram || strīsvabhāvaṃ caritraṃ ca āścaryaṃ pāpakārakam

But Kṛṣṇa related at length to Nārada the nature and conduct of women — astonishing and productive of sin.

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VrP 177.19

क्षणो नास्ति रहो नास्ति नास्ति कृत्ये विभावना ।। तेन नारद नारीणां सतीत्वमुपजायते

kṣaṇo nāsti raho nāsti nāsti kṛtye vibhāvanā || tena nārada nārīṇāṃ satītvamupajāyate

There is no (right) moment, no secret place, no one to contrive the deed — by that, Nārada, the chastity of women comes about.

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VrP 177.21

सुरूपं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा क्षरन्ति मुनिसत्तम ।। स्वभाव एष नारीणां सांबस्य शृणु कारणम्

surūpaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣaranti munisattama || svabhāva eṣa nārīṇāṃ sāṃbasya śṛṇu kāraṇam

On seeing a handsome man they melt, O best of sages; this is the nature of women. (Now) hear the reason in Sāmba's case.

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VrP 177.22

अतीव मानी तेजस्वी धार्मिकोऽतिगुणान्वितः ।। रूपकारणमुद्दिश्य गतः क्षोभं कथञ्चन

atīva mānī tejasvī dhārmiko'tiguṇānvitaḥ || rūpakāraṇamuddiśya gataḥ kṣobhaṃ kathañcana

Exceedingly proud, fiery, righteous, endowed with surpassing virtues — with reference to (his) beauty as the cause, he somehow came to be agitated.

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VrP 177.23

नारदस्त्वेवमेवं च प्रतिपूज्य हरेर्वचः ।। अन्तरज्ञ उवाचेदं सांबशापकरं तथा

nāradastvevamevaṃ ca pratipūjya harervacaḥ || antarajña uvācedaṃ sāṃbaśāpakaraṃ tathā

And Nārada, having thus honoured Hari's words in just this way, knowing what was within, spoke this, which brought about the curse on Sāmba.

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VrP 177.24

यथा एकेन चक्रेण रथस्य न गतिर्भवेत् ।। पुरुषास्वादनाच्चैवं क्षरन्ति सततं स्त्रियः

yathā ekena cakreṇa rathasya na gatirbhavet || puruṣāsvādanāccaivaṃ kṣaranti satataṃ striyaḥ

Just as a chariot could have no motion with a single wheel, so women flow continually from the tasting of a man.

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VrP 177.25

पुंसः सुदृष्टिपातेन कृतकृत्या भवन्ति ताः ।। प्रद्युम्नं वीक्ष्य नार्यस्तु लज्जामापुः सुपुष्कलाम्

puṃsaḥ sudṛṣṭipātena kṛtakṛtyā bhavanti tāḥ || pradyumnaṃ vīkṣya nāryastu lajjāmāpuḥ supuṣkalām

By a man's good glance they become fulfilled; but the women, on beholding Pradyumna, felt very abundant shame.

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VrP 177.26

सांबं दृष्ट्वैव ताः सर्वा अनङ्गेन प्रपीडिताः ।। उद्दीपनविभावोऽयं तासां गन्धादिकं यथा

sāṃbaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva tāḥ sarvā anaṅgena prapīḍitāḥ || uddīpanavibhāvo'yaṃ tāsāṃ gandhādikaṃ yathā

But merely on seeing Sāmba all of them were sorely tormented by Anaṅga (the god of love); this is what kindles (desire) in them, as are perfume and the like.

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VrP 177.27

तस्मात्सांबस्तु दुष्टात्मा तव स्त्रीणां विनाशकृत् ।। सत्यलोके प्रवादो यस्तव जातो दुरत्ययः

tasmātsāṃbastu duṣṭātmā tava strīṇāṃ vināśakṛt || satyaloke pravādo yastava jāto duratyayaḥ

Therefore Sāmba, of evil soul, is the ruin of your women; and the rumour about you which has arisen in Satyaloka is hard to get past.

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VrP 177.28

मया श्रुतस्तु लोकेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिभ्यो मुहुर्मुहुः ।। सांबत्यागात्प्रमार्ष्टुं त्वमयशः कुलनाशकम्

mayā śrutastu lokebhyo brahmarṣibhyo muhurmuhuḥ || sāṃbatyāgātpramārṣṭuṃ tvamayaśaḥ kulanāśakam

And I have heard again and again from the worlds, from the brahmin sages, that you (should) wipe away, by casting off Sāmba, the ill-fame that destroys the family.

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VrP 177.29

त्वमिहार्हस्यमेयात्मन्मया नु कथितं हितम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा वचनं तत्र नारदो मौनमास्थितः

tvamihārhasyameyātmanmayā nu kathitaṃ hitam || ityuktvā vacanaṃ tatra nārado maunamāsthitaḥ

You ought (to do) this here, O one of immeasurable soul; what is beneficial has indeed been told by me. Having spoken these words, Nārada remained silent there.

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VrP 177.31

शरीरात्तु गलद्रक्तं पूतिगन्धयुतं सदा ।। पशुवत्कर्तितो यस्तु तद्वद्देहोऽस्य दृश्यते

śarīrāttu galadraktaṃ pūtigandhayutaṃ sadā || paśuvatkartito yastu tadvaddeho'sya dṛśyate

Blood dripping from his body, always accompanied by a foul smell: like one who has been cut up like a beast, so does his body appear.

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VrP 177.32

ततस्तु नारदेनैव साम्बशापविनाशकः ।। समादिष्टो महान्धर्म आदित्याराधनं प्रति

tatastu nāradenaiva sāmbaśāpavināśakaḥ || samādiṣṭo mahāndharma ādityārādhanaṃ prati

Then by Nārada himself the great observance that destroys Sāmba's curse was enjoined — (namely) with regard to the worship of the Sun.

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VrP 177.33

सांब सांब महाबाहो शृणु जांबवतीसुत ।। पूर्वाचले च पूर्वाह्ने उद्यन्तं तु विभावसुम्

sāṃba sāṃba mahābāho śṛṇu jāṃbavatīsuta || pūrvācale ca pūrvāhne udyantaṃ tu vibhāvasum

"Sāmba, Sāmba, mighty-armed one, listen, son of Jāmbavatī: on the eastern mountain, in the forenoon, the rising sun—

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VrP 177.34

नमस्कुरु यथान्यायं वेदोपनिषदादिभिः ।। त्वयोदितं रविः श्रुत्वा तुष्टिं यास्यति नान्यथा

namaskuru yathānyāyaṃ vedopaniṣadādibhiḥ || tvayoditaṃ raviḥ śrutvā tuṣṭiṃ yāsyati nānyathā

—salute him as is proper, with the Vedas, Upaniṣads and the rest. Hearing what is uttered by you, the Sun will come to be pleased, and not otherwise.

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VrP 177.35

सांब उवाच ।। अगम्यगमनात्पापाद्व्याप्तो यः पुरुषो भवेत् ।। तस्य देवः कथं तुष्टो भविष्यति स वै मुने

sāṃba uvāca || agamyagamanātpāpādvyāpto yaḥ puruṣo bhavet || tasya devaḥ kathaṃ tuṣṭo bhaviṣyati sa vai mune

Sāmba said: A man who is steeped in the sin of approaching a woman who must not be approached — how, O sage, will the god become pleased with him?

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VrP 177.36

नारद उवाच ।। भविष्यत्पुराणमिति तव वादाद्भविष्यति ।। ब्रह्मलोके पठिष्यामि ब्रह्मणोऽग्रे त्वहं सदा

nārada uvāca || bhaviṣyatpurāṇamiti tava vādādbhaviṣyati || brahmaloke paṭhiṣyāmi brahmaṇo'gre tvahaṃ sadā

Nārada said: From your utterance it will come to be the Bhaviṣyat Purāṇa; I shall always recite it in Brahmaloka in Brahmā's presence.

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VrP 177.37

सुमन्तुर्मर्त्त्यलोके च मनोः प्रकथयिष्यति ।। सांब उवाच ।। कथं पूर्वाचले गत्वा मांसपिण्डोपमः प्रभो

sumanturmarttyaloke ca manoḥ prakathayiṣyati || sāṃba uvāca || kathaṃ pūrvācale gatvā māṃsapiṇḍopamaḥ prabho

And Sumantu will relate it to Manu in the world of mortals. Sāmba said: How am I to go to the eastern mountain, O lord, being like a lump of flesh?

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VrP 177.38

त्वत्प्रसादान्महद्दुःखं प्राप्तस्त्वहमकल्मषः ।। नारद उवाच ।। यथोदयाचले देवमाराध्य लभते फलम्

tvatprasādānmahadduḥkhaṃ prāptastvahamakalmaṣaḥ || nārada uvāca || yathodayācale devamārādhya labhate phalam

By your favour I, who was without sin, have obtained great suffering. Nārada said: Just as on the mountain of sunrise one obtains the fruit by worshipping the god,

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VrP 177.39

मथुरायां तथा गत्वा षट्सूर्ये लभते फलम् ।। मध्याह्ने च तथा देवं फलप्रियमकल्मषम्

mathurāyāṃ tathā gatvā ṣaṭsūrye labhate phalam || madhyāhne ca tathā devaṃ phalapriyamakalmaṣam

so too, having gone to Mathurā, one obtains the fruit at the six Suns; and likewise at midday (one worships) the god who is fond of fruit and free of sin.

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VrP 177.41

मथुरायां तथा पुण्यमुदयास्तं रवेर्जपन् ।। मध्याह्ने प्रयतो वाग्भिः जपन्मुच्येत पातकात्

mathurāyāṃ tathā puṇyamudayāstaṃ raverjapan || madhyāhne prayato vāgbhiḥ japanmucyeta pātakāt

So too in Mathurā there is merit for one muttering (the Sun's praise) from the Sun's rising to his setting; at midday, self-restrained, muttering with words, one would be freed from sin.

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VrP 177.42

कृष्णगङ्गोद्भवे स्नात्वा सूर्यमाराध्य यत्नतः ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः कुष्ठादिभ्यो विमुच्यते

kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhave snātvā sūryamārādhya yatnataḥ || sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ kuṣṭhādibhyo vimucyate

Having bathed at the source of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā and worshipped the Sun with diligence, one is freed from all sins and released from leprosy and the other (diseases).

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VrP 177.43

श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ततः साम्बो महाबाहुः कृष्णाज्ञप्तो ययौ पुरीम् ।। मथुरां मुक्तिफलदां रवेराराधनोत्सुकः

śrīvarāha uvāca || tataḥ sāmbo mahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇājñapto yayau purīm || mathurāṃ muktiphaladāṃ raverārādhanotsukaḥ

The Blessed Boar said: Then great-armed Sāmba, commanded by Kṛṣṇa, went to the city of Mathurā, the giver of the fruit of liberation, eager to worship the Sun.

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VrP 177.44

नारदोक्तेन विधिना सांबो जांबवतीसुतः ।। षट्सूर्यान्पूजयामास उदयन्तं दिवाकरम्

nāradoktena vidhinā sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ || ṣaṭsūryānpūjayāmāsa udayantaṃ divākaram

By the rite told by Nārada, Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī, worshipped the six Suns, (and) the rising Maker of Day.

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VrP 177.45

कृत्वा योगेन चात्मानं सांबस्याग्रे रविस्तदा ।। वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते मद्व्रतख्यापनाय च

kṛtvā yogena cātmānaṃ sāṃbasyāgre ravistadā || varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te madvratakhyāpanāya ca

Having made himself twofold by yoga, the Sun then (said) before Sāmba: "Choose a boon — good fortune to you — and for the proclaiming of my observance,

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VrP 177.46

यस्तोषितो नारदेन तद्वदस्व ममाग्रतः ।। सांब पंचाशकैः श्लोकेर्वेदगृह्यपदाक्षरैः

yastoṣito nāradena tadvadasva mamāgrataḥ || sāṃba paṃcāśakaiḥ ślokervedagṛhyapadākṣaraiḥ

recite before me that (hymn) by which Nārada was pleased, O Sāmba — with fifty verses whose words and syllables are drawn from the Veda and the Gṛhya (texts)."

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VrP 177.47

यः स्तुतोऽहं त्वया वीर तेन तुष्टोऽस्मि ते सदा ।। स्पृष्टो देवेन सर्वाङ्गे तत्क्षणाद्दीप्तसच्छविः

yaḥ stuto'haṃ tvayā vīra tena tuṣṭo'smi te sadā || spṛṣṭo devena sarvāṅge tatkṣaṇāddīptasacchaviḥ

"Since I have been praised by you, hero, I am therefore always pleased with you." Touched by the god on every limb, that very instant he became of blazing, pure complexion,

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VrP 177.48

व्यक्तांगावयवः साक्षाद्द्वितीयोऽभूद्रविर्यथा ।। मध्याह्ने याज्ञवल्क्यस्य यज्ञं माध्यन्दिनीयकम्

vyaktāṃgāvayavaḥ sākṣāddvitīyo'bhūdraviryathā || madhyāhne yājñavalkyasya yajñaṃ mādhyandinīyakam

his limbs and bodily parts made manifest; he became visibly like a second Sun. At midday (he taught) the Mādhyandina sacrifice of Yājñavalkya —

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VrP 177.49

अध्यापयत्सांबयुतो रविर्मध्यन्दिनोऽभवत् ।। वैकुण्ठपश्चिमे पार्श्वे तीर्थं माध्यन्दिनीयकम्

adhyāpayatsāṃbayuto ravirmadhyandino'bhavat || vaikuṇṭhapaścime pārśve tīrthaṃ mādhyandinīyakam

the Sun, together with Sāmba, taught (it) and became the Midday One. On the western side of Vaikuṇṭha is the Mādhyandinīya sacred bathing place.

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VrP 177.51

सायाह्ने कृष्णगंगाया दक्षिणे संस्थितस्तदा ।। तत्र दृष्ट्वा तु सायाह्ने रविमस्तोदयं प्रभुम्

sāyāhne kṛṣṇagaṃgāyā dakṣiṇe saṃsthitastadā || tatra dṛṣṭvā tu sāyāhne ravimastodayaṃ prabhum

In the evening he was then stationed to the south of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā. And there, seeing in the evening the Sun, the lord of setting and rising,

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VrP 177.52

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवं सांबस्य तुष्टेन मध्याह्ने तु नभस्तलात्

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā paraṃ brahmādhigacchati || śrīvarāha uvāca || evaṃ sāṃbasya tuṣṭena madhyāhne tu nabhastalāt

(a man) whose self is purified of all sins attains the supreme brahman. The Blessed Boar said: Thus, by (the Sun) being pleased with Sāmba, at midday from the vault of the sky,

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VrP 177.53

द्विधाकृतात्मयोगेन सांबकुष्ठमपोहितम् ।। साम्बः प्रख्याततीर्थे तु तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

dvidhākṛtātmayogena sāṃbakuṣṭhamapohitam || sāmbaḥ prakhyātatīrthe tu tatraivāntaradhīyata

by the yoga of making himself twofold, Sāmba's leprosy was removed; and Sāmba vanished right there at that renowned sacred place.

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VrP 177.54

सांबस्तु सह सूर्येण रथस्थेन दिवानिशम् ।। रविं पप्रच्छ धर्मात्मा पुराणं सूर्यभाषितम्

sāṃbastu saha sūryeṇa rathasthena divāniśam || raviṃ papraccha dharmātmā purāṇaṃ sūryabhāṣitam

But Sāmba, day and night together with the Sun who was seated in his chariot, the righteous one, asked the Sun about the Purāṇa spoken by the Sun,

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VrP 177.55

भविष्यमिति विख्यातं ख्यातं कृत्वा पुनर्नवम् ।। सांबः सूर्यप्रतिष्ठां च कारयामास तत्त्ववित्

bhaviṣyamiti vikhyātaṃ khyātaṃ kṛtvā punarnavam || sāṃbaḥ sūryapratiṣṭhāṃ ca kārayāmāsa tattvavit

known as the Bhaviṣya — and having made the known (text) new again, Sāmba, the knower of truth, had an installation of the Sun performed.

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VrP 177.56

उदयाचलमाश्रित्य यमुनायाश्च दक्षिणे ।। मध्ये कालप्रियं देवं मध्याह्ने स्थाप्य चोत्तमम्

udayācalamāśritya yamunāyāśca dakṣiṇe || madhye kālapriyaṃ devaṃ madhyāhne sthāpya cottamam

Resorting to the Mountain of Sunrise, and to the south of the Yamunā, having installed in the middle the excellent god Kālapriya for the midday,

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VrP 177.57

मूलस्थानं ततः पश्चादस्तमानाचले रविम् ।। स्थाप्य त्रिमूर्त्तिं सांबस्तु प्रातर्मध्यापराह्णिकम्

mūlasthānaṃ tataḥ paścādastamānācale ravim || sthāpya trimūrttiṃ sāṃbastu prātarmadhyāparāhṇikam

then the Mūlasthāna (form), and afterwards the Sun on the Mountain of Setting — having installed the triple form, Sāmba (established the worship) of morning, midday and afternoon,

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VrP 177.58

मथुरायां तथा चैकं स्थाप्य सांबो वसुन्धरे ।। स्वनाम्ना स्थापयामास पुराणविधिना स्वयम्

mathurāyāṃ tathā caikaṃ sthāpya sāṃbo vasundhare || svanāmnā sthāpayāmāsa purāṇavidhinā svayam

and likewise having installed one in Mathurā, O Earth, Sāmba himself installed (it) under his own name according to the Purāṇic rule.

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VrP 177.61

गच्छन्ति तत्पदं शान्तं सूर्यमण्डलभेदकम् ।। एतत्ते कथितं देवि सांबशापसमुद्भवम्

gacchanti tatpadaṃ śāntaṃ sūryamaṇḍalabhedakam || etatte kathitaṃ devi sāṃbaśāpasamudbhavam

They go to that peaceful station which pierces the orb of the Sun. This has been told to you, O goddess — (the story) arising from the curse of Sāmba,

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VrP 177.62

पापप्रशमनाख्यानं महापातक नाशनम्

pāpapraśamanākhyānaṃ mahāpātaka nāśanam

the narrative that allays sin, the destroyer of great sins.

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VrP 177.99

एवं सांबपुरं नाम मथुरायां कुलेश्वरम् ।। रथयात्रां तथा कृत्वा रविणा कथिता यदा

evaṃ sāṃbapuraṃ nāma mathurāyāṃ kuleśvaram || rathayātrāṃ tathā kṛtvā raviṇā kathitā yadā

Thus (there is) in Mathurā the place named Sāmbapura, the lord of the family; and when, having likewise performed the chariot procession, it was told by the Sun —

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VrP 177.177

यावत्स शब्दो भवति तावत्पुरुष उच्यते ।। पुरुषश्चाविनाशी च कथ्यते शाश्वतोऽव्ययः एकवासास्तथा गौरी श्यामा वा वरवर्णिनी ।। मध्यं गता प्रगल्भा च वयोऽतीतास्तथा स्त्रियः कृष्णः शशाप सांबं तु विरूपत्वं भविष्यति ।। शापयुक्तः स सांबस्तु कुष्ठयुक्तोऽभवत्क्षणात् मथुरायां च मध्याह्ने मध्यन्दिन रवौ तथा ।। अस्तङ्गते तथा देवं सद्यो राज्यफलं भवेत् स्नात्वा मध्यन्दिनं दृष्ट्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। उदयास्ते ततो देवः सांबेन सहितो विराट् माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां दिव्यं सांबपुरं नराः ।। रथयात्रां प्रकुर्वन्ति सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जिताः

yāvatsa śabdo bhavati tāvatpuruṣa ucyate || puruṣaścāvināśī ca kathyate śāśvato'vyayaḥ ekavāsāstathā gaurī śyāmā vā varavarṇinī || madhyaṃ gatā pragalbhā ca vayo'tītāstathā striyaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaśāpa sāṃbaṃ tu virūpatvaṃ bhaviṣyati || śāpayuktaḥ sa sāṃbastu kuṣṭhayukto'bhavatkṣaṇāt mathurāyāṃ ca madhyāhne madhyandina ravau tathā || astaṅgate tathā devaṃ sadyo rājyaphalaṃ bhavet snātvā madhyandinaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || udayāste tato devaḥ sāṃbena sahito virāṭ māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ divyaṃ sāṃbapuraṃ narāḥ || rathayātrāṃ prakurvanti sarvadvandvavivarjitāḥ

As long as that sound persists, so long is he called puruṣa; and the puruṣa is said to be indestructible, everlasting, unperishing. Women wearing a single garment, fair-skinned or dark, of lovely colour, of middle age and bold, and those past their prime. Kṛṣṇa cursed Sāmba: "You shall become deformed"; and that Sāmba, bound by the curse, became leprous in an instant. In Mathurā at midday, when the Sun is at the meridian, and likewise when he has set — (seeing) the god (there) brings at once the fruit of a kingdom. Having bathed and seen the Midday (Sun), one is released from all sins. Then the god of rising and setting, the vast one, together with Sāmba. On the seventh day of the month of Māgha, men perform the chariot procession at divine Sāmbapura, freed from all pairs of opposites.

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