Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 2

VaP 1 2.1

शुक उवाच।। प्रत्यब्रुवन् पुनः सूतमृषयस्ते तपोधनाः। कुत्र सत्रं समभवत् तेषामद्भुतकर्मणाम्

śuka uvāca|| pratyabruvan punaḥ sūtamṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ| kutra satraṃ samabhavat teṣāmadbhutakarmaṇām

Śuka said: Those seers, whose wealth was austerity, answered the Sūta again: Where did the sacrifice of those of wondrous deeds take place?

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VaP 1 2.2

कियन्तं चैव तत्कालं कथं च समवर्त्तत। आचचक्ष पुराणं च कथं तेभ्यः प्रभञ्चनः

kiyantaṃ caiva tatkālaṃ kathaṃ ca samavarttata| ācacakṣa purāṇaṃ ca kathaṃ tebhyaḥ prabhañcanaḥ

And how long was that time, and how did it come about? And how did Prabhañjana (the Wind) declare the ancient lore to them?

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VaP 1 2.3

आचक्ष्व विस्तरेणेदं परं कौतूहलं हि नः। इति सन्नोदितः सूतः प्रत्युवाच शुभं वचः

ācakṣva vistareṇedaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ| iti sannoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ

Tell this in detail, for our curiosity is great. Thus urged, the Sūta replied with auspicious speech:

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VaP 1 2.4

श्रृणुध्वं यत्र ते धीरा ईजिरे सत्रमुत्तमम्। यावन्तं चाभवत् कालं यथा च समवर्तत

śrṛṇudhvaṃ yatra te dhīrā ījire satramuttamam| yāvantaṃ cābhavat kālaṃ yathā ca samavartata

Hear where those steadfast ones performed that excellent sacrifice, and how long a time it lasted, and how it came about.

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VaP 1 2.5

सिसृक्षमाणा विश्वं हि यत्र विश्वसृजः पुरा। सत्रं हि ईजिरे पुण्यं सहस्रं परिवत्सरान्

sisṛkṣamāṇā viśvaṃ hi yatra viśvasṛjaḥ purā| satraṃ hi ījire puṇyaṃ sahasraṃ parivatsarān

For there, of old, the creators of the universe, desiring to create the universe, performed a holy sacrifice for a thousand years.

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VaP 1 2.6

तपो गृहपतिर्यत्र ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माऽभवत् स्वयम्। इलाया यत्र पत्नीत्वं शामित्रं यत्र बुद्धिमान्। मृत्युश्चक्रे महातेजास्तस्मिन् सत्रे महात्मनाम्

tapo gṛhapatiryatra brahmā brahmā'bhavat svayam| ilāyā yatra patnītvaṃ śāmitraṃ yatra buddhimān| mṛtyuścakre mahātejāstasmin satre mahātmanām

There austerity was the householder (patron), and Brahmā himself became the brahman-priest; there Ilā held the position of wife, and there the wise, greatly resplendent Death performed the office of the slaughterer at that sacrifice of the great-souled ones.

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VaP 1 2.7

विबुधा ईजिरे तत्र सहस्रं प्रतिवत्सरान्। भ्रमतो धर्मचक्रस्य यत्र नेमिरशीर्यत। कर्मणा तेन विख्यात नैमिषं मुनिपूजितम्

vibudhā ījire tatra sahasraṃ prativatsarān| bhramato dharmacakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata| karmaṇā tena vikhyāta naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam

There the gods sacrificed for a thousand years; there the rim of the rolling wheel of dharma was worn away — from that deed it is renowned as Naimiṣa, honoured by the sages.

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VaP 1 2.8

यत्र सा गोमती पुण्या सिद्धचारण सेविता। रोहिणी सुषुवे तत्र ततः सौम्योऽभवत् सुतः

yatra sā gomatī puṇyā siddhacāraṇa sevitā| rohiṇī suṣuve tatra tataḥ saumyo'bhavat sutaḥ

Where the holy Gomatī (flows), frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas — there Rohiṇī gave birth, and from that the son Saumya (Budha) came to be.

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VaP 1 2.9

शक्तिर्ज्येष्ठः समभवद्वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः। अरुन्धत्याः सुता यत्र शतमुत्तमतेजसः

śaktirjyeṣṭhaḥ samabhavadvasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ| arundhatyāḥ sutā yatra śatamuttamatejasaḥ

(There) Śakti became the eldest (son) of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha; there Arundhatī had a hundred sons of the highest splendour.

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VaP 1 2.10

कल्माषपादो नृपतिर्यत्र शप्तश्च शक्तिना। यत्र वैरं समभवद्विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः

kalmāṣapādo nṛpatiryatra śaptaśca śaktinā| yatra vairaṃ samabhavadviśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ

Where King Kalmāṣapāda was cursed by Śakti; where the enmity between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha arose.

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VaP 1 2.11

अदृश्यन्त्यां समभवन्मुनिर्यत्र पराशरः। पराभवो वसिष्ठस्य यस्मिन् जातेऽप्यवर्त्तत

adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavanmuniryatra parāśaraḥ| parābhavo vasiṣṭhasya yasmin jāte'pyavarttata

Where the sage Parāśara was born of Adṛśyantī, at whose birth even Vasiṣṭha's defeat (i.e. his intent to die) ceased.

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VaP 1 2.12

तत्र ते ईजिरे सत्रं नैमिषे ब्रह्मवादिनः। नैमिषे ईजिरे यत्र नैमिषेयास्ततः स्मृताः

tatra te ījire satraṃ naimiṣe brahmavādinaḥ| naimiṣe ījire yatra naimiṣeyāstataḥ smṛtāḥ

There, at Naimiṣa, those expounders of Brahman performed the sacrificial session; since they sacrificed at Naimiṣa, they are accordingly called Naimiṣeyas.

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VaP 1 2.13

तत्सत्रमभवत्तेषां समा द्वादश धीमताम्। पुरूरवसि विक्रान्ते प्रशासति वसुन्धराम्

tatsatramabhavatteṣāṃ samā dvādaśa dhīmatām| purūravasi vikrānte praśāsati vasundharām

That session of those wise ones lasted twelve years, while the valiant Purūravas was ruling the earth.

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VaP 1 2.14

अष्टादश समुद्रस्य द्वीपानश्नन् पुरूरवाः। तुतोष नैव रत्नानां लोभादिति हि नः श्रुतम्

aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnan purūravāḥ| tutoṣa naiva ratnānāṃ lobhāditi hi naḥ śrutam

Purūravas, enjoying the eighteen islands of the ocean, was still not satisfied, out of greed for jewels — so we have heard.

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VaP 1 2.15

उर्वशी चकमे यं च देवहूतिप्रणोदिता। आजहार च तत्सत्रं स्वर्वेश्यासहसङ्गतः

urvaśī cakame yaṃ ca devahūtipraṇoditā| ājahāra ca tatsatraṃ svarveśyāsahasaṅgataḥ

And whom Urvaśī desired, urged on by the summons of the gods; and he carried out that session, in constant union with the courtesan of heaven.

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VaP 1 2.16

तस्मिन्नरपतौ सत्रं नैमिषेयाः प्रचक्रिरे। यं गर्भे सुषुवे गङ्गा पावकाद्दीप्ततेजसम्। तदुल्बं पर्वते न्यस्तं हिरण्यं प्रत्यपद्यत

tasminnarapatau satraṃ naimiṣeyāḥ pracakrire| yaṃ garbhe suṣuve gaṅgā pāvakāddīptatejasam| tadulbaṃ parvate nyastaṃ hiraṇyaṃ pratyapadyata

While he was the lord of men, the Naimiṣeyas performed the session — (he) whom Gaṅgā bore in her womb from Fire, blazing with splendour; that after-birth membrane, laid upon the mountain, turned into gold.

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VaP 1 2.17

हिरण्मयं ततश्चक्रे यज्ञवाटं महात्मनाम्। विश्वकर्मा स्वयं देवो भावयन् लोकभावनम्

hiraṇmayaṃ tataścakre yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanām| viśvakarmā svayaṃ devo bhāvayan lokabhāvanam

Then Viśvakarman, the god himself, made the sacrificial enclosure of those great-souled ones out of gold, fashioning it as the fashioner of the world (does).

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VaP 1 2.18

बृहस्पतिस्ततस्तत्र तेषाममिततेजसाम्। ऐलः पुरूरवा भेजे तं देशं मृगयां चरन्

bṛhaspatistatastatra teṣāmamitatejasām| ailaḥ purūravā bheje taṃ deśaṃ mṛgayāṃ caran

Then Bṛhaspati was there among those of measureless splendour; (and) Purūravas, son of Iḷā, came upon that region while roaming on a hunt.

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VaP 1 2.19

तं दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चार्यं यज्ञवाटं हिरण्मयम्। लोभेन हतविज्ञानस्तदादातुं प्रचक्रमे

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścāryaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam| lobhena hatavijñānastadādātuṃ pracakrame

Seeing that great marvel, the golden sacrificial enclosure, his discernment destroyed by greed, he set about seizing it.

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VaP 1 2.20

नैमिषेयास्ततस्तस्य चुक्रुधुर्नृपतेर्भृशम्। निजघ्नुश्चापि संक्रुद्धाः कुशवज्रैर्मनीषिणः। ततो निशान्ते राजानं मुनयो दैवनोदिताः

naimiṣeyāstatastasya cukrudhurnṛpaterbhṛśam| nijaghnuścāpi saṃkruddhāḥ kuśavajrairmanīṣiṇaḥ| tato niśānte rājānaṃ munayo daivanoditāḥ

Then the Naimiṣeyas grew exceedingly angry at that king, and, enraged, the wise ones struck him down with kuśa-grass as thunderbolts; then at the end of the night the sages, impelled by fate, (assailed) the king.

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VaP 1 2.21

कुशवज्रैर्विनिष्पिष्टः स राजा व्यजहात्तनुम् । और्वशेयं ततस्तस्य पुत्रञ्चक्रुर्नृपं भुवि

kuśavajrairviniṣpiṣṭaḥ sa rājā vyajahāttanum | aurvaśeyaṃ tatastasya putrañcakrurnṛpaṃ bhuvi

Crushed by the kuśa-thunderbolts, that king abandoned his body; then they made his son, Urvaśī's child, king upon the earth.

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VaP 1 2.22

नहुषस्य महात्मानं पितरं यं प्रचक्षते। स तेषु वर्त्तते सम्यग् धर्मशीलो महीपतिः। आयुरारोग्यमत्युग्रं तस्मिन् स नरसत्तमः

nahuṣasya mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ yaṃ pracakṣate| sa teṣu varttate samyag dharmaśīlo mahīpatiḥ| āyurārogyamatyugraṃ tasmin sa narasattamaḥ

Whom they declare to be the father of the great-souled Nahuṣa. He, a king of righteous conduct, conducted himself properly toward them; that best of men (had) exceedingly abundant long life and health.

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VaP 1 2.23

सान्त्वयित्वा च राजानं ततो ब्रह्मविदां वराः। सत्रमारेभिरे कर्त्तुं यथावद्धर्मभूतये

sāntvayitvā ca rājānaṃ tato brahmavidāṃ varāḥ| satramārebhire karttuṃ yathāvaddharmabhūtaye

And having appeased the king, those best of the knowers of Brahman then began to perform the session duly, for the increase of dharma.

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VaP 1 2.24

बभूव सत्रं तत्तेषां बह्वाश्चर्यं महात्मनाम्। विश्वं सिसृक्षमाणानां पुरा विश्वसृजामिव

babhūva satraṃ tatteṣāṃ bahvāścaryaṃ mahātmanām| viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā viśvasṛjāmiva

That session of those great-souled ones was full of many marvels, like (that) of the world-creators of old who wished to bring forth the universe.

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VaP 1 2.25

वैखानसैः प्रियसखैर्वालखिल्यैर्मरीचिकैः। अन्यैश्च मुनिभिर्जुष्टं सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभैः

vaikhānasaiḥ priyasakhairvālakhilyairmarīcikaiḥ| anyaiśca munibhirjuṣṭaṃ sūryavaiśvānaraprabhaiḥ

It was attended by the Vaikhānasas, by their dear friends the Vālakhilyas and the descendants of Marīci, and by other sages with the radiance of the sun and of fire.

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VaP 1 2.26

पितृदेवाप्सरःसिद्धैर्गन्धर्वोरगचारणैः। सम्भारैस्तु शुभैर्जुष्टं तैरेवेन्द्रसदो यथा

pitṛdevāpsaraḥsiddhairgandharvoragacāraṇaiḥ| sambhāraistu śubhairjuṣṭaṃ tairevendrasado yathā

(It was attended) by ancestors, gods, apsarases, Siddhas, Gandharvas, serpents and Cāraṇas; and it was furnished with auspicious materials, so that by these it was like the assembly-hall of Indra.

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VaP 1 2.27

स्तोत्रसत्रग्रहैर्देवान् पितृन् पित्र्यैश्च कर्मभिः। आनर्चुश्च यथाजाति गन्धर्वादीन् यथाविधि

stotrasatragrahairdevān pitṛn pitryaiśca karmabhiḥ| ānarcuśca yathājāti gandharvādīn yathāvidhi

They worshipped the gods with hymns, sessions and libations, and the ancestors with the rites for the fathers, and the Gandharvas and the rest according to their kind, as prescribed.

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VaP 1 2.28

आराधयितुमिच्छन्तस्ततः कर्मान्तरेष्वथ। जगुः सामानि गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः

ārādhayitumicchantastataḥ karmāntareṣvatha| jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ

Then, wishing to render worship, in the intervals between the rites the gandharvas sang the sāman chants and the troops of apsarases danced.

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VaP 1 2.29

व्याजहुर्मुनयो वाचं चित्राक्षरपदां शुभाम्। मन्त्रादितत्त्वविद्वांसो जगदुश्च परस्परम्

vyājahurmunayo vācaṃ citrākṣarapadāṃ śubhām| mantrāditattvavidvāṃso jagaduśca parasparam

The sages uttered auspicious speech, with variegated syllables and words; knowing the truth about mantras and the rest, they conversed with one another.

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VaP 1 2.30

वितण्डावचनाश्चैके निजघ्नुः प्रतिवादिनः। ऋषयस्तत्र विद्वांसः साङ्ख्यार्थन्यायकोविदाः

vitaṇḍāvacanāścaike nijaghnuḥ prativādinaḥ| ṛṣayastatra vidvāṃsaḥ sāṅkhyārthanyāyakovidāḥ

And some struck down the opposing disputants with words of destructive argument (vitaṇḍā) — learned seers there, skilled in the doctrine of Sāṅkhya and in Nyāya.

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VaP 1 2.31

न तत्र दुरितं किंचिद्विदधुर्ब्रह्मराक्षसाः। न च यज्ञहनो दैत्या न च यज्ञमुषोऽसुराः

na tatra duritaṃ kiṃcidvidadhurbrahmarākṣasāḥ| na ca yajñahano daityā na ca yajñamuṣo'surāḥ

There the brahma-rākṣasas worked no mischief at all, nor the daityas who wreck sacrifices, nor the asuras who steal away sacrifices.

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VaP 1 2.32

प्रायश्चित्तं दुरिष्टं वा न तत्र समजायत। शक्तिप्रज्ञा क्रियायोगैर्विधिरासीत् स्वनुष्ठितः

prāyaścittaṃ duriṣṭaṃ vā na tatra samajāyata| śaktiprajñā kriyāyogairvidhirāsīt svanuṣṭhitaḥ

No expiation, nor any faulty offering, arose there; through the combined application of power, understanding, and ritual action the prescribed procedure was well carried out.

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VaP 1 2.33

एवं वितेनिरे सत्रं द्वादशाब्दं मनीषिणः। भृग्वाद्या ऋषयो धीरा ज्योतिष्टोमान् पृथक् पृथक्। चक्रिरे पृष्ठगमनान् सर्वानयुतदक्षिणान्

evaṃ vitenire satraṃ dvādaśābdaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ| bhṛgvādyā ṛṣayo dhīrā jyotiṣṭomān pṛthak pṛthak| cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanān sarvānayutadakṣiṇān

Thus the thoughtful ones extended the twelve-year sacrificial session; the steadfast seers, Bhṛgu and the rest, performed jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices one by one — all of them with the pṛṣṭha chants and with a myriad as the priestly fee.

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VaP 1 2.34

पप्रच्छुरमितात्मानं भवद्भिर्यदहं द्विजाः। प्रणोदितश्च वंशार्थं स च तानब्रवीत्प्रभुः

papracchuramitātmānaṃ bhavadbhiryadahaṃ dvijāḥ| praṇoditaśca vaṃśārthaṃ sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ

They questioned him of unbounded mind, just as I, O twice-born ones, have been urged by you concerning the lineage; and that lord spoke to them.

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VaP 1 2.35

शिष्यः स्वयम्भुवो देवः सर्वप्रत्यक्षदृग्वशी। अणिमादिभिरष्टाभिरैश्वर्यैर्यः समन्वितः

śiṣyaḥ svayambhuvo devaḥ sarvapratyakṣadṛgvaśī| aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryairyaḥ samanvitaḥ

(He is) a disciple of the Self-existent, a god, self-controlled, seeing everything directly, who is endowed with the eight lordly powers beginning with aṇimā (minuteness).

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VaP 1 2.36

तिर्यग्योन्यादिभिर्धर्मैः सर्वलोकान्बिभर्त्ति यः। सप्तस्कन्धादिकं शश्वत् प्लवते योजनाद्वरः

tiryagyonyādibhirdharmaiḥ sarvalokānbibhartti yaḥ| saptaskandhādikaṃ śaśvat plavate yojanādvaraḥ

He who sustains all the worlds by means of the ordinances (that govern) the animal wombs and the rest; the foremost one, seven-trunked and so forth, ever floats a yojana onward.

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VaP 1 2.37

विषये नियता यस्य संस्थिताः सप्तका गणाः। व्यूहांस्त्रयाणां भूतानां कुर्वन् यश्च महाबलः। तेजसश्चात्त्युपध्यानन्दधातीमं शरीरिणम्

viṣaye niyatā yasya saṃsthitāḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ| vyūhāṃstrayāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ kurvan yaśca mahābalaḥ| tejasaścāttyupadhyānandadhātīmaṃ śarīriṇam

He whose sevenfold hosts stand fixed, each restricted to its own sphere; and who, of great strength, forms the arrangements of the three (kinds of) beings; and (who), of fiery nature, by (his) constant attention upholds this embodied one.

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VaP 1 2.38

प्राणाद्या वृत्तयः पञ्च करणानां च वृत्तिभिः। प्रेर्यमाणाः शरीराणां कुर्वते यास्तु धारणम्

prāṇādyā vṛttayaḥ pañca karaṇānāṃ ca vṛttibhiḥ| preryamāṇāḥ śarīrāṇāṃ kurvate yāstu dhāraṇam

The five functions beginning with prāṇa (breath), impelled together with the functions of the sense-organs, are those which effect the sustaining of bodies.

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VaP 1 2.39

आकाशयोनिर्हि गुणः शब्दस्पर्शसमन्वितः। तैजसप्रकृतिश्चोक्तोऽप्ययं भावो मनीषिभिः

ākāśayonirhi guṇaḥ śabdasparśasamanvitaḥ| taijasaprakṛtiścokto'pyayaṃ bhāvo manīṣibhiḥ

For the quality that has space as its source is endowed with sound and touch; and this state has also been declared by the wise to have fire as its origin.

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VaP 1 2.40

तत्राभि मानी भगवान् वायुश्चातिक्रियात्मकः। वातारणिः समाख्यातः शब्दशास्त्रविशारदः

tatrābhi mānī bhagavān vāyuścātikriyātmakaḥ| vātāraṇiḥ samākhyātaḥ śabdaśāstraviśāradaḥ

There the presiding deity is the lord Vāyu, whose nature is intense activity, called Vātāraṇi, expert in the science of sound.

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VaP 1 2.41

भारत्या श्लक्ष्णया सर्वान् मुनीन् प्रह्लादयन्निव। पुराणज्ञः सुमनसः पुराणाश्रययुक्तया

bhāratyā ślakṣṇayā sarvān munīn prahlādayanniva| purāṇajñaḥ sumanasaḥ purāṇāśrayayuktayā

As if gladdening all the sages with smooth speech, a knower of the ancient lore, well-disposed, with reasoning grounded upon the ancient lore.

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