Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 30
VaP 1 30.1
।।सूत उवाच।। ब्रह्मणः सृजतः पुत्रान् पूर्वे स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। अम्भांसि जज्ञिरे तानि मनुष्यासुरदेवताः
||sūta uvāca|| brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ putrān pūrve svāyambhuve'ntare| ambhāṃsi jajñire tāni manuṣyāsuradevatāḥ
Sūta said: When Brahmā was emitting sons in the former Svāyambhuva period, those waters were born (as) men, asuras and deities.
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VaP 1 30.2
पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य जज्ञिरे पितरोऽस्य वै। तेषान्निसर्गः प्रागुक्तो विस्तरस्तस्य वक्ष्यते
pitṛvanmanyamānasya jajñire pitaro'sya vai| teṣānnisargaḥ prāgukto vistarastasya vakṣyate
To him, regarding (them) as fathers, the Fathers were indeed born. Their emission has been stated before; its detailed account will be told.
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VaP 1 30.3
देवासुरमनुष्याणां दृष्ट्वा देवोऽभ्यभाषत। पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य जज्ञिरे वोपयक्षिताः
devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā devo'bhyabhāṣata| pitṛvanmanyamānasya jajñire vopayakṣitāḥ
Seeing (the birth) of the gods, asuras and men, the god spoke; and to him, regarding (them) as fathers, there were born (those who are) to be worshipped.
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VaP 1 30.4
मध्वादयः षडृतवस्तान् पितॄन् परिचक्षते। ऋतवः पितरो देवा इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
madhvādayaḥ ṣaḍṛtavastān pitṝn paricakṣate| ṛtavaḥ pitaro devā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
The six seasons beginning with Madhu — these they designate as the Fathers. "The seasons are the Fathers, the gods" — this is the Vedic revelation.
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VaP 1 30.5
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ह्यतीतानागतेष्वपि। एते स्वायम्भुवे पूर्वमुत्पन्ना ह्यन्तरे शुभे
manvantareṣu sarveṣu hyatītānāgateṣvapi| ete svāyambhuve pūrvamutpannā hyantare śubhe
In all the Manu-periods, past and future alike — these were produced formerly in the auspicious Svāyambhuva period.
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VaP 1 30.6
अग्निष्वात्ताः स्मृता नाम्ना तथा बर्हिषदश्च वै। अयज्वानस्तथा तेषामासन् वै गृहमेधिनः। अग्निष्वात्ताः स्मृतास्ते वै पितरोऽनाहिताग्नयः
agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtā nāmnā tathā barhiṣadaśca vai| ayajvānastathā teṣāmāsan vai gṛhamedhinaḥ| agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtāste vai pitaro'nāhitāgnayaḥ
They are known by name as the Agniṣvāttas and likewise the Barhiṣads. Among them the non-sacrificers were householders; those Fathers who had not established the (sacred) fires are remembered as the Agniṣvāttas.
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VaP 1 30.7
यज्वानस्तेषु ये ह्यासन् पितरः सोमपीथिनः। स्मृता बर्हिषदस्ते वै पितरस्त्वग्निहोत्रिणः। ऋतवः पितरो देवाः शास्त्रेऽस्मिन्निश्चयो मतः
yajvānasteṣu ye hyāsan pitaraḥ somapīthinaḥ| smṛtā barhiṣadaste vai pitarastvagnihotriṇaḥ| ṛtavaḥ pitaro devāḥ śāstre'sminniścayo mataḥ
Those among them who were sacrificers, the Fathers who drink the soma — they are remembered as the Barhiṣads, the Fathers who maintain the fire-oblation. "The seasons are the Fathers, the gods" — this is held to be the settled view in this treatise.
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VaP 1 30.8
मधुमाधवौ रसौ ज्ञेयौ शुचिशुक्रौ तु शुष्मिणौ। नभश्चैव नभस्तश्च जीवावेतावुदाहृतौ
madhumādhavau rasau jñeyau śuciśukrau tu śuṣmiṇau| nabhaścaiva nabhastaśca jīvāvetāvudāhṛtau
Madhu and Mādhava are to be known as the two Sap(-months); Śuci and Śukra as the two Vigorous ones; Nabhas and Nabhasya — these two are declared to be the two Living ones.
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VaP 1 30.9
इषश्चैव तथोर्जश्च सुधावन्तावुदाहृतौ। सहश्चैव सहस्यश्च मन्युमन्तौ तु तौ स्मृतौ। तपश्चैव तपस्यश्च घोरावेतौ तु शैशिरौ
iṣaścaiva tathorjaśca sudhāvantāvudāhṛtau| sahaścaiva sahasyaśca manyumantau tu tau smṛtau| tapaścaiva tapasyaśca ghorāvetau tu śaiśirau
Iṣa and Ūrja are declared to be the two possessing nectar; Sahas and Sahasya are remembered as the two possessing wrath; Tapas and Tapasya — these two, belonging to the cold season, are the terrible ones.
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VaP 1 30.10
कालावस्थास्तु षट् तेषाम्मासाख्या वै व्यवस्थिताः। त इमे ऋतवः प्रोक्ताश्चेतनाचेतनास्तु वै
kālāvasthāstu ṣaṭ teṣāmmāsākhyā vai vyavasthitāḥ| ta ime ṛtavaḥ proktāścetanācetanāstu vai
Six are their time-states, established under the names of months. These are said to be the seasons, both conscious and unconscious.
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VaP 1 30.11
ऋतवो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा विज्ञेयास्तेऽभिमानिनः। मासार्द्धमासस्थानेषु स्थानञ्च ऋतवोर्त्तवाः
ṛtavo brahmaṇaḥ putrā vijñeyāste'bhimāninaḥ| māsārddhamāsasthāneṣu sthānañca ṛtavorttavāḥ
The seasons are to be known as sons of Brahmā, they being the presiding (self-conscious) ones; and their station is in the stations of months and half-months — the seasonal (deities) of the seasons.
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VaP 1 30.12
स्थानानां व्यतिरेकेण ज्ञेयाः स्थानाभिमानिनः। अहोरात्रञ्च मासाश्च ऋतवश्चायनानि च
sthānānāṃ vyatirekeṇa jñeyāḥ sthānābhimāninaḥ| ahorātrañca māsāśca ṛtavaścāyanāni ca
Apart from the stations themselves, those who preside over the stations are to be known: day-and-night, months, seasons, and the half-year courses (of the sun).
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VaP 1 30.13
संवत्सराश्च स्थानानि कालावस्थाभिमानिनः। निमेषाश्च कलाः काष्ठा मुहूर्त्ता वै दिनक्षपाः
saṃvatsarāśca sthānāni kālāvasthābhimāninaḥ| nimeṣāśca kalāḥ kāṣṭhā muhūrttā vai dinakṣapāḥ
And years are stations; (these deities) preside over the states of time. And winks, kalās, kāṣṭhās, muhūrtas, and days and nights (are likewise stations).
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VaP 1 30.14
एतेषु स्थानिनो ये तु कालावस्थास्ववस्थिताः। तन्मयत्वात्तदात्मानस्तान् वक्ष्यामि निबोधत
eteṣu sthānino ye tu kālāvasthāsvavasthitāḥ| tanmayatvāttadātmānastān vakṣyāmi nibodhata
Those who are the occupants in these, who are established in the states of time — since they consist of that, they have that as their self: I shall declare them; hear.
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VaP 1 30.15
पर्व्वण्यास्तिथयः सन्ध्याः पक्षा मासार्द्धसंज्ञिताः। द्वावर्द्धमासौ मासस्तु द्वौ मासावृतुरुच्यते
parvvaṇyāstithayaḥ sandhyāḥ pakṣā māsārddhasaṃjñitāḥ| dvāvarddhamāsau māsastu dvau māsāvṛturucyate
The joints (of the month) are the lunar days, the twilights; the fortnights are called half-months; two half-months are a month, and two months are called a season.
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VaP 1 30.16
ऋतुत्रयं चायनं द्वे अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे । संवत्सरः सुमेकस्तु स्थानान्येतानि स्थानिनाम्
ṛtutrayaṃ cāyanaṃ dve ayane dakṣiṇottare | saṃvatsaraḥ sumekastu sthānānyetāni sthāninām
Three seasons make a half-year (ayana), and the two half-years are the southern and the northern; the year is Sumeka — these are the stations of those who occupy stations.
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VaP 1 30.17
ऋतवः सुमेकपुत्रा विज्ञेया ह्यष्टधा तु षट्। ऋतुपुत्राः स्मृताः पञ्च प्रजास्त्वार्त्तवलक्षणाः
ṛtavaḥ sumekaputrā vijñeyā hyaṣṭadhā tu ṣaṭ| ṛtuputrāḥ smṛtāḥ pañca prajāstvārttavalakṣaṇāḥ
The seasons are to be known as the sons of Sumeka, six of them in eightfold (manner); five are declared the sons of the seasons, and the offspring have the mark of the ārtavas (menstrual/seasonal periods).
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VaP 1 30.18
यस्माच्चैवार्त्तवेयास्तु जायन्ते स्थाणुजङ्गमाः। आर्त्तवाः पितरश्चैव ऋतवश्च पितामहाः
yasmāccaivārttaveyāstu jāyante sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ| ārttavāḥ pitaraścaiva ṛtavaśca pitāmahāḥ
Since standing and moving beings are born from the ārtavas, the ārtavas are the fathers and the seasons the grandfathers.
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VaP 1 30.19
सुमेकात्तु प्रसूयन्ते म्रियन्ते च प्रजातयः। तस्मात् स्मृतः प्रजानां वै सुमेकः प्रपितामहः
sumekāttu prasūyante mriyante ca prajātayaḥ| tasmāt smṛtaḥ prajānāṃ vai sumekaḥ prapitāmahaḥ
From Sumeka the generations are born and they die; therefore Sumeka is declared the great-grandfather of creatures.
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VaP 1 30.20
स्थानेषु स्थानिनो ह्येते स्थानात्मानः प्रकीर्तिताः। तदाख्यास्तन्मयत्वाच्च तदात्मनश्च ते स्मृताः
sthāneṣu sthānino hyete sthānātmānaḥ prakīrtitāḥ| tadākhyāstanmayatvācca tadātmanaśca te smṛtāḥ
These station-holders (are established) in the stations; they are proclaimed to have the stations as their selves; and because they consist of that, they are called by that name and are said to have that as their self.
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VaP 1 30.21
प्रजापतिः स्मृतो यस्तु स तु संवत्सरो मतः। संवत्सरः स्मृतो ह्यग्निः ऋतमित्युच्यते द्वजैः
prajāpatiḥ smṛto yastu sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ| saṃvatsaraḥ smṛto hyagniḥ ṛtamityucyate dvajaiḥ
He who is called Prajāpati is held to be the year; the year is called Agni, and by the twice-born it is called ṛta (the ordered/right).
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VaP 1 30.22
ऋतात्तु ऋतवो यस्माज्जज्ञिरे ऋतवस्ततः। मासाः षडृतवो ज्ञेयास्तेषां पञ्चार्त्तवाः सुताः
ṛtāttu ṛtavo yasmājjajñire ṛtavastataḥ| māsāḥ ṣaḍṛtavo jñeyāsteṣāṃ pañcārttavāḥ sutāḥ
Since the seasons (ṛtavaḥ) were born from ṛta, therefore they are the seasons; the months are to be known as the six seasons, and the five ārtavas are their sons.
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VaP 1 30.23
द्विपदाञ्चतुष्पदाञ्चैव पक्षिसंसर्पतामपि। स्थावराणां च पञ्चानां पुष्पं कालार्त्तवं स्मृतम्
dvipadāñcatuṣpadāñcaiva pakṣisaṃsarpatāmapi| sthāvarāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ puṣpaṃ kālārttavaṃ smṛtam
For bipeds and quadrupeds, and also for birds and creeping things, and for the five (classes) of immobile beings, the flowering is declared to be the ārtava of time.
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VaP 1 30.24
ऋतुत्वमार्त्तवत्वञ्च पितृत्वञ्च प्रकीर्तितम्। इत्येते पितरो ज्ञेया ऋतवश्चार्त्तवाश्च ये
ṛtutvamārttavatvañca pitṛtvañca prakīrtitam| ityete pitaro jñeyā ṛtavaścārttavāśca ye
Thus the state of being seasons, the state of being ārtavas, and fatherhood have been proclaimed; so these are to be known as the fathers — those who are the seasons and the ārtavas.
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VaP 1 30.25
सर्वभूतानि तेभ्योऽथ ऋतुकालाद्विजज्ञिरे। तस्मादेतेऽपि पितर आर्त्तवा इति नः श्रुतम्
sarvabhūtāni tebhyo'tha ṛtukālādvijajñire| tasmādete'pi pitara ārttavā iti naḥ śrutam
And all beings were born from them, from the season-time; therefore these too are fathers, ārtavas — so we have heard.
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VaP 1 30.26
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु स्थिताः कालाभिमानिनः। स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते तिष्ठन्तीह प्रसंयमात्
manvantareṣu sarveṣu sthitāḥ kālābhimāninaḥ| sthānābhimānino hyete tiṣṭhantīha prasaṃyamāt
In all the manvantaras they stand, identifying themselves with time; these, identifying themselves with (their) stations, remain here through restraint.
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VaP 1 30.27
अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः पितरो द्विविधाः स्मृताः। जज्ञाते च पितृभ्यस्तु द्वे कन्ये लोकविश्रुते
agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ pitaro dvividhāḥ smṛtāḥ| jajñāte ca pitṛbhyastu dve kanye lokaviśrute
The fathers are declared to be of two kinds, the Agniṣvāttas and the Barhiṣads; and from the fathers were born two maidens famed in the world.
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VaP 1 30.28
मेना च धारिणी चैव याभ्यां विश्वमिदं धृतम्। पितरस्ते निजे कन्ये धर्मार्थं प्रददुः शुभे। त उभे व्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ चैव ते उभे
menā ca dhāriṇī caiva yābhyāṃ viśvamidaṃ dhṛtam| pitaraste nije kanye dharmārthaṃ pradaduḥ śubhe| ta ubhe vrahmavādinyau yoginyau caiva te ubhe
Menā and Dhāriṇī, by whom this universe is upheld; those fathers gave away their own two auspicious daughters for the sake of dharma; both of them were expounders of the Veda (brahman) and both were yoginīs.
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VaP 1 30.29
अग्निष्वात्तास्तु ये प्रोक्तास्तेषां मेना तु मानसी। धारणी मानसी चैव कन्या बर्हिषदां स्मृता
agniṣvāttāstu ye proktāsteṣāṃ menā tu mānasī| dhāraṇī mānasī caiva kanyā barhiṣadāṃ smṛtā
Of those who are called the Agniṣvāttas, Menā was the mind-born (daughter); and Dhāraṇī, also mind-born, is declared the daughter of the Barhiṣads.
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VaP 1 30.30
मेरोस्तु धारणीं नाम पत्न्यर्थं व्यसृजन् शुभाम्। पितरस्ते बर्हिषदः स्मृता ये सोमपीथिनः
merostu dhāraṇīṃ nāma patnyarthaṃ vyasṛjan śubhām| pitaraste barhiṣadaḥ smṛtā ye somapīthinaḥ
They gave away to Meru, as his wife, the auspicious one named Dhāraṇī — those fathers, the Barhiṣads, who are said to be drinkers of soma.
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VaP 1 30.31
अग्निष्वात्तास्तु तां मेनां पत्नीं हिमवते ददुः। स्मृतास्ते वै तु दौहित्रास्तद्दौहित्रान् निबोधत
agniṣvāttāstu tāṃ menāṃ patnīṃ himavate daduḥ| smṛtāste vai tu dauhitrāstaddauhitrān nibodhata
And the Agniṣvāttas gave that Menā as wife to Himavat; they are indeed said to be their daughters' sons — learn of the sons of those daughters.
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VaP 1 30.32
मेना हिमवतः पत्नी मैनाकं सान्वसूयत। गङ्गा सरिद्वरा चैव पत्नी या लवणो दधेः। मैनाकस्यानुजः क्रौञ्चः क्रौञ्चद्वीपो यतः स्मृतः
menā himavataḥ patnī mainākaṃ sānvasūyata| gaṅgā saridvarā caiva patnī yā lavaṇo dadheḥ| mainākasyānujaḥ krauñcaḥ krauñcadvīpo yataḥ smṛtaḥ
Menā, wife of Himavat, bore Maināka, and also Gaṅgā the best of rivers, who became the wife of the salt ocean; Krauñca was Maināka's younger brother, from whom Krauñcadvīpa is named.
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VaP 1 30.33
मेरोस्तु धारणी पत्नी दिव्यौषधिसमन्वितम्। मन्दरं सुषुवे पुत्रं तिस्रः कन्याश्च विश्रुताः
merostu dhāraṇī patnī divyauṣadhisamanvitam| mandaraṃ suṣuve putraṃ tisraḥ kanyāśca viśrutāḥ
Dhāraṇī, the wife of Meru, bore a son, Mandara, endowed with divine herbs, and three famed daughters.
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VaP 1 30.34
वेला च नियतिश्चैव तृतीया चायतिः पुनः। धातुश्चैवायतिः पत्नी विधातुर्नियतिः स्मृता
velā ca niyatiścaiva tṛtīyā cāyatiḥ punaḥ| dhātuścaivāyatiḥ patnī vidhāturniyatiḥ smṛtā
Velā and Niyati, and the third again, Āyati; Āyati was the wife of Dhātṛ, and Niyati is said to be (the wife) of Vidhātṛ.
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VaP 1 30.35
स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे पूर्वन्तयोर्वै कीर्तिताः प्रजाः। सुषुवे सागराद्वेला कन्यामेकामनिन्दिताम्
svāyambhuve'ntare pūrvantayorvai kīrtitāḥ prajāḥ| suṣuve sāgarādvelā kanyāmekāmaninditām
The offspring of those two were already described in the Svāyambhuva manvantara; Velā bore from the Ocean one blameless daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.36
सावर्णिना च सामुद्री पत्नी प्राचीनबर्हिषः। सवर्णा साथ सामुद्री दशप्राचीनबर्हिषः। सर्वे प्रचेतसो नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः
sāvarṇinā ca sāmudrī patnī prācīnabarhiṣaḥ| savarṇā sātha sāmudrī daśaprācīnabarhiṣaḥ| sarve pracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ
And by Sāvarṇi(?), the ocean's daughter (became) the wife of Prācīnabarhis; she, Savarṇā, the ocean's daughter, (bore) the ten (sons) of Prācīnabarhis; all of them (were) named the Pracetases, masters of the science of archery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.37
तेषां स्वायम्भुवौ दक्षः पुत्रत्वे जज्ञिवान् प्रभुः। त्र्यम्बकस्याभिशापेन चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः
teṣāṃ svāyambhuvau dakṣaḥ putratve jajñivān prabhuḥ| tryambakasyābhiśāpena cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ
Among them the lord Dakṣa, (son) of Svāyambhuva (Manu), was born in the status of a son, through the curse of Tryambaka, in the interval of the Cākṣuṣa Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.38
एतच्छुत्वा ततः सूतमपृच्छच्छांशपायनः। उत्पन्नः स कथं दक्षो ह्यभिशापाद्भवस्य तु। चाक्षुषस्यान्वये पूर्वं तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
etacchutvā tataḥ sūtamapṛcchacchāṃśapāyanaḥ| utpannaḥ sa kathaṃ dakṣo hyabhiśāpādbhavasya tu| cākṣuṣasyānvaye pūrvaṃ tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām
Having heard this, Śāṃśapāyana then asked the Sūta: "How was that Dakṣa born, and indeed from the curse of Bhava? Formerly (he was) in the lineage of Cākṣuṣa — tell us that, who ask it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.39
इत्युक्तः कथयामास सूतो दक्षाश्रितां कथाम्। शांशपायनमामन्त्र्य त्र्यम्बकाच्छापकारणम्
ityuktaḥ kathayāmāsa sūto dakṣāśritāṃ kathām| śāṃśapāyanamāmantrya tryambakācchāpakāraṇam
Thus addressed, the Sūta, calling upon Śāṃśapāyana, related the story concerning Dakṣa and the cause of the curse from Tryambaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.40
दक्षस्यासन् सुता ह्यष्टौ कन्या याः कीर्तिता मया। स्वेब्यो गृहेभ्यो ह्यानाय्य ताः पिताभ्यर्च्चयद्गृहे। ततस्त्वभ्यर्चिताः सर्वा न्यवसंस्ताः पितुर्गृहे
dakṣasyāsan sutā hyaṣṭau kanyā yāḥ kīrtitā mayā| svebyo gṛhebhyo hyānāyya tāḥ pitābhyarccayadgṛhe| tatastvabhyarcitāḥ sarvā nyavasaṃstāḥ piturgṛhe
Dakṣa had eight daughters, the maidens who have been named by me. Having summoned them from their own houses, their father honoured them in his house; then all of them, being honoured, dwelt in their father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.41
तासां ज्येष्ठा सती नाम पत्नी या त्र्यम्बकस्य वै। नाजुहावात्मजां तां वै दक्षो रुद्रमभिद्विषन्
tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā satī nāma patnī yā tryambakasya vai| nājuhāvātmajāṃ tāṃ vai dakṣo rudramabhidviṣan
The eldest of them was named Satī, who was the wife of Tryambaka; Dakṣa, hating Rudra, did not summon that daughter of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.42
अकरोत्स नतिं दक्षे न कदाचिन्महेश्वरः। जामाता श्वशुरे तस्मिन् स्वभावात् तेजसि स्थितः
akarotsa natiṃ dakṣe na kadācinmaheśvaraḥ| jāmātā śvaśure tasmin svabhāvāt tejasi sthitaḥ
That Maheśvara never made obeisance to Dakṣa; (though) a son-in-law, he stood by his own nature in (his own) splendour before that father-in-law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.43
ततो ज्ञात्वा सती सर्वाः स्वस्रः प्राप्ताः पितृर्गृहम्। जगाम साप्यनाहूता सती तत् स्वं पितुर्गृहम्
tato jñātvā satī sarvāḥ svasraḥ prāptāḥ pitṛrgṛham| jagāma sāpyanāhūtā satī tat svaṃ piturgṛham
Then Satī, learning that all her sisters had come to their father's house, she too, though not invited, went to that house of her own father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.44
ततोऽब्रवीत् सा पितरं देवी क्रोधादमर्षिता। यवीयसीब्यो ज्यायसीं किन्तु पूजामिमां प्रभो। असम्मतामवज्ञाय कृतवानसि गर्हिताम्
tato'bravīt sā pitaraṃ devī krodhādamarṣitā| yavīyasībyo jyāyasīṃ kintu pūjāmimāṃ prabho| asammatāmavajñāya kṛtavānasi garhitām
Then that goddess, indignant from anger, said to her father: "Why this honouring, O lord, of the younger ones rather than the elder? Disregarding (me), unconsulted, you have done a blameworthy thing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.45
अहं ज्येष्ठा वरिष्ठा हि न त्वसत् कर्त्तुमर्हसि। एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीदेनां दक्षः संरक्तलोचनः
ahaṃ jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā hi na tvasat karttumarhasi| evamukto'bravīdenāṃ dakṣaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ
I am the eldest and indeed the best; you ought not to do what is wrong." Thus addressed, Dakṣa, his eyes red (with anger), said to her:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.46
त्वन्तु श्रेष्ठ वरिष्ठा च पूज्या बाला सदा मम। तासां ये चैव भर्त्तारस्ते मे बहुमताः सदा
tvantu śreṣṭha variṣṭhā ca pūjyā bālā sadā mama| tāsāṃ ye caiva bharttāraste me bahumatāḥ sadā
"You are indeed the best and the highest, and always to be honoured by me, (my) child; and those who are the husbands of those (other daughters) are always highly esteemed by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.47
ब्रह्नमष्ठाश्च तपिष्ठाश्च महायोगाः सुधार्मिकाः। गुणैश्चैवाधिकाः श्लाघ्याः सर्वे ते त्र्यम्बकात्सति
brahnamaṣṭhāśca tapiṣṭhāśca mahāyogāḥ sudhārmikāḥ| guṇaiścaivādhikāḥ ślāghyāḥ sarve te tryambakātsati
They are most devoted to Brahman, most austere, great yogins, thoroughly righteous, and superior in virtues and praiseworthy — all of them (more so) than Tryambaka, O Satī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.48
वसिष्ठोऽत्रिः पुलस्त्यश्च अङ्गिराः पुलहः क्रतुः। भृगुर्मरीचिश्च तथा श्रेष्ठा जामातरो मम
vasiṣṭho'triḥ pulastyaśca aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ| bhṛgurmarīciśca tathā śreṣṭhā jāmātaro mama
Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Pulastya, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhṛgu and Marīci — these are my excellent sons-in-law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.49
तस्यात्मा स च ते शर्वो भक्ता चासि हि तं सदा। तेन त्वां न बुभूषामि प्रतिकूलो हि मे भवः
tasyātmā sa ca te śarvo bhaktā cāsi hi taṃ sadā| tena tvāṃ na bubhūṣāmi pratikūlo hi me bhavaḥ
But that Śarva of yours is his own self (alone), and you are always devoted to him; therefore I do not wish you (here), for Bhava is hostile to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.50
इत्युवाच तदा दक्षः संप्रमूढेन चेतसा। शापार्थमात्मनश्चैव ये चोक्ताः परमर्षयः
ityuvāca tadā dakṣaḥ saṃpramūḍhena cetasā| śāpārthamātmanaścaiva ye coktāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
So spoke Dakṣa then, with a wholly deluded mind, to the purpose of a curse upon himself, and (upon) those supreme sages who were mentioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.51
तथोक्ता पितरं सा वै क्रुद्धा देवीदमब्रवीत् । वाङ्मनःकर्मभिर्यस्माददुष्ठां मां विगर्हसे। तस्मात्त्यजाम्यहन्देहमिदन्तात तवात्मजम्
tathoktā pitaraṃ sā vai kruddhā devīdamabravīt | vāṅmanaḥkarmabhiryasmādaduṣṭhāṃ māṃ vigarhase| tasmāttyajāmyahandehamidantāta tavātmajam
Thus addressed, the goddess, angered, said this to her father: "Since with speech, mind, and deeds you revile me who am blameless, therefore, father, I abandon this body, which is yours (i.e. born of you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.52
ततस्तेनावमानेन सती दुःखादमर्षिता। अब्रवीद्वचनं तेवी नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम्
tatastenāvamānena satī duḥkhādamarṣitā| abravīdvacanaṃ tevī namaskṛtya maheśvaram
Then Satī, indignant with grief at that insult, the goddess spoke (these) words, after making obeisance to Maheśvara:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.53
यत्राहमुपपत्स्येहं पुनर्देहेन भास्वता। तत्राप्यहमसंमूढा सम्भूता धार्मिकी पुनः। गच्छेयं धर्मपत्नीत्वं त्र्यम्बकस्यैव धर्मतः
yatrāhamupapatsyehaṃ punardehena bhāsvatā| tatrāpyahamasaṃmūḍhā sambhūtā dhārmikī punaḥ| gaccheyaṃ dharmapatnītvaṃ tryambakasyaiva dharmataḥ
"Wherever I shall be born again with a shining body, there too, being born undeluded and again righteous, may I attain, in accordance with dharma, the state of being the lawful wife of Tryambaka alone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.54
तत्रैवाथ समासीना युक्तात्मानं समादधे। धारयामास चाग्नेयीं धारणां मनसात्मनः
tatraivātha samāsīnā yuktātmānaṃ samādadhe| dhārayāmāsa cāgneyīṃ dhāraṇāṃ manasātmanaḥ
Then, seated right there, she concentrated her disciplined self, and with the mind she held the fiery concentration of her self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.55
तत आग्नेयीसमुत्थेन वायुना समुदीरितः। सर्वाङ्गेभ्यो विनिः सृत्य वह्निर्भस्म चकार ताम्
tata āgneyīsamutthena vāyunā samudīritaḥ| sarvāṅgebhyo viniḥ sṛtya vahnirbhasma cakāra tām
Then the fire, roused by the wind arisen from the fiery (concentration), issuing forth from all her limbs, reduced her to ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.56
तदुपश्रुत्य निधनं सत्या देवोऽथ शूलधृक्। संवादञ्च तयोर्बुद्ध्वा याथातथ्येन शङ्करः। दक्षस्याथ ऋषीणाञ्च चुकोप भगवान् प्रभुः
tadupaśrutya nidhanaṃ satyā devo'tha śūladhṛk| saṃvādañca tayorbuddhvā yāthātathyena śaṅkaraḥ| dakṣasyātha ṛṣīṇāñca cukopa bhagavān prabhuḥ
Having heard of the death of Satī, the god who bears the trident, and having learned exactly how the two of them had spoken together, the lord Śaṅkara, the blessed one, then grew angry at Dakṣa and at the sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.57
यस्मादवमता दक्ष मत्कृते मान सा सती। प्रशस्ताश्चेतराः सर्वाः स्वसुता भर्तृभिः सह
yasmādavamatā dakṣa matkṛte māna sā satī| praśastāścetarāḥ sarvāḥ svasutā bhartṛbhiḥ saha
"Since, Dakṣa, that Satī was slighted on my account, O proud one, while all your other daughters, together with their husbands, were praised—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.58
तस्माद्वैवस्वतं प्राप्य पुनरेव महर्षयः। उत्पत्स्यन्ते द्वितीये वै मम यज्ञे ह्ययोनिजाः
tasmādvaivasvataṃ prāpya punareva maharṣayaḥ| utpatsyante dvitīye vai mama yajñe hyayonijāḥ
"—therefore the great sages, on reaching the Vaivasvata (Manu period), shall be born again, not from a womb, at my second sacrifice."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.59
हुते वै ब्रह्मणा शुक्ते चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः। अभिव्याहृत्य च ऋषीन् दक्षमभ्यगमत् पुनः
hute vai brahmaṇā śukte cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ| abhivyāhṛtya ca ṛṣīn dakṣamabhyagamat punaḥ
When the oblation had been offered by Brahmā in the interval of the Cākṣuṣa Manu, having thus spoken (his curse) upon the sages, he approached Dakṣa again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.60
भविता चाक्षुषो राजा चाश्रुषस्य समन्वये। प्राचीनबर्हिषः पौत्रः पुत्रश्चैव प्रचेतसः
bhavitā cākṣuṣo rājā cāśruṣasya samanvaye| prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva pracetasaḥ
"In the course of the Cākṣuṣa (Manu period) there will be a king (named) Cākṣuṣa, grandson of Prācīnabarhis and son of Pracetas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.61
दक्ष इत्येव नाम्ना त्वं मार्षायां जनयिष्यसि। कन्यायां शाखिनाञ्चैव प्राप्ते वै चाक्षुषेऽन्तरे
dakṣa ityeva nāmnā tvaṃ mārṣāyāṃ janayiṣyasi| kanyāyāṃ śākhināñcaiva prāpte vai cākṣuṣe'ntare
"You, by the very name Dakṣa, will beget (offspring) upon Mārṣā, the daughter of the Śākhins, when the Cākṣuṣa interval has arrived."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.62
।।दक्ष उवाच।। अहं तत्रापि ते विघ्नमाचरिष्यामि दुर्मते। धर्मार्थकामयुक्तेषु कर्मस्विह पुनः पुनः
||dakṣa uvāca|| ahaṃ tatrāpi te vighnamācariṣyāmi durmate| dharmārthakāmayukteṣu karmasviha punaḥ punaḥ
Dakṣa said: Even there I shall make obstruction for you, O evil-minded one, again and again in rites here that are joined with dharma, wealth and pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.63
यस्मात् त्वं मत्कृते क्रूरमृषीन् व्याहृतवानसि। तस्मात्सार्द्धं सुरैर्यज्ञे न त्वां यक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः
yasmāt tvaṃ matkṛte krūramṛṣīn vyāhṛtavānasi| tasmātsārddhaṃ surairyajñe na tvāṃ yakṣyanti vai dvijāḥ
"Since you have spoken cruelly of the sages on my account, therefore the twice-born shall not make you a sharer in sacrifice along with the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.64
हुत्वाहुतिं ततः क्रूरः अपस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति कर्मसु। इहैव वत्स्यसि तथा दिवं हित्वा युगक्षयात्
hutvāhutiṃ tataḥ krūraḥ apastyakṣyanti karmasu| ihaiva vatsyasi tathā divaṃ hitvā yugakṣayāt
"Then, cruel one, having offered the oblation, they will discard the waters in the rites; and you shall dwell here itself, forsaking heaven, until the destruction of the age."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.65
।।रुद्र उवाच।। सर्वेषामेव लोकानां भूर्लोकस्त्वादिरुच्यते। तमहं धारयिष्यामि निदेशात् परमेष्ठिनः
||rudra uvāca|| sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ bhūrlokastvādirucyate| tamahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi nideśāt parameṣṭhinaḥ
Rudra said: Of all the worlds, the earth-world is called the first; that one I shall uphold, by the command of the Supreme One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.66
अस्यां क्षितौ वृता लोकाः सर्वे तिष्ठन्ति भास्कराः। तानहं धारयामीह सततं न तवाज्ञया
asyāṃ kṣitau vṛtā lokāḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti bhāskarāḥ| tānahaṃ dhārayāmīha satataṃ na tavājñayā
"Upon this earth all the worlds are set, encompassed, and the suns; these I uphold here constantly—not by your command."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.67
चातुर्वर्ण्यं हि देवानां ते चाप्येकत्र भुञ्जते। नाहं तैः सह भोक्ष्यामि ततो दास्यन्ति ते पृथक्। ततो देवैः स तैः सार्द्धं नेज्यते पृथगिज्यते
cāturvarṇyaṃ hi devānāṃ te cāpyekatra bhuñjate| nāhaṃ taiḥ saha bhokṣyāmi tato dāsyanti te pṛthak| tato devaiḥ sa taiḥ sārddhaṃ nejyate pṛthagijyate
"The gods are of four classes, and they too eat in one place; I shall not eat together with them, and so they will give (offerings) to me separately. Thereafter he is not worshipped along with those gods; he is worshipped separately."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.68
ततोऽभिव्याहृतो दक्षो रुद्रेणामिततेजसा। स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे त्यक्त्वा उत्पन्नो मानुषेष्विह
tato'bhivyāhṛto dakṣo rudreṇāmitatejasā| svāyambhuve'ntare tyaktvā utpanno mānuṣeṣviha
Then Dakṣa, cursed by Rudra of measureless splendour, left the Svāyambhuva interval and was born here among men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.69
ज्ञात्वा गृहपतिं दक्षं ज्ञानानामीश्वरं प्रभुम्। दक्षो नाम महायज्ञैः सोऽयजद्दैवतैः सह
jñātvā gṛhapatiṃ dakṣaṃ jñānānāmīśvaraṃ prabhum| dakṣo nāma mahāyajñaiḥ so'yajaddaivataiḥ saha
Recognising Dakṣa as the householder, the lord and master of knowledge—he, Dakṣa by name, sacrificed with great sacrifices together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.70
अथ देवी सती या तु प्राप्ते वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे। मैनायां तामुमां देवीं जनयामास शैलराट्
atha devī satī yā tu prāpte vaivasvate'ntare| maināyāṃ tāmumāṃ devīṃ janayāmāsa śailarāṭ
Then that goddess who was Satī—when the Vaivasvata interval had arrived, the king of mountains begot her, the goddess Umā, upon Mainā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.71
सा तु देवी सती पूर्वं ततः पश्चादुमाऽभवत्। सह व्रता भवस्यैषा न तया मुच्यते भवः। यावदिच्छति संस्थातुं प्रभुर्मन्वन्तरेष्विह
sā tu devī satī pūrvaṃ tataḥ paścādumā'bhavat| saha vratā bhavasyaiṣā na tayā mucyate bhavaḥ| yāvadicchati saṃsthātuṃ prabhurmanvantareṣviha
That goddess was Satī first, and afterwards became Umā; she shares Bhava's vows, and Bhava is not parted from her, for as long as the lord wishes to abide here through the Manu-intervals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.72
मारीचं कश्यपं देवी यथाहितिरनुव्रता। साध्यं नारायणं श्रीस्तु मघवन्तं शची यथा
mārīcaṃ kaśyapaṃ devī yathāhitiranuvratā| sādhyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ śrīstu maghavantaṃ śacī yathā
As the goddess Aditi is devoted to Kaśyapa, son of Marīci; as Śrī to Nārāyaṇa the Sādhya; as Śacī to Maghavan (Indra);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.73
विष्णुं कीर्ती रुचिः सूर्यं वसिष्ठञ्चाप्यरून्धती। नैतास्तु विजहत्येतान् भर्तॄन् देव्यः कथंचन। आवर्त्तमानकल्पेषु पुनर्जायन्ति तैः सह
viṣṇuṃ kīrtī ruciḥ sūryaṃ vasiṣṭhañcāpyarūndhatī| naitāstu vijahatyetān bhartṝn devyaḥ kathaṃcana| āvarttamānakalpeṣu punarjāyanti taiḥ saha
as Kīrti to Viṣṇu, Ruci to the Sun, and Arundhatī to Vasiṣṭha—these goddesses do not abandon these husbands of theirs in any way; in the recurring kalpas they are born again together with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.74
एवं प्राचेतसो दक्षो जज्ञे वै चाक्षुषेऽन्तरे। प्राचीनबर्हिषः पौत्रः पुत्रश्चैव प्रचेतसः
evaṃ prācetaso dakṣo jajñe vai cākṣuṣe'ntare| prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva pracetasaḥ
Thus Dakṣa the son of Pracetas was born in the Cākṣuṣa interval, grandson of Prācīnabarhis and son of Pracetas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.75
दशभ्यस्तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मार्षायाञ्च पुनर्नृपः। जज्ञे रुद्राभिशापेन द्वितीयेऽस्मिन्निति श्रुतिः
daśabhyastu pracetobhyo mārṣāyāñca punarnṛpaḥ| jajñe rudrābhiśāpena dvitīye'sminniti śrutiḥ
And the king was born again from the ten Pracetases and from Mārṣā, by Rudra's curse, in this second (birth)—so runs the tradition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.76
भृग्वादयस्तु ते सर्वे जज्ञिरे वै महर्षयः। आद्ये त्रेतायुगे पूर्वं मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह। देवस्य महतो यज्ञे रुद्राभिशापेन द्वितीयेऽस्मिन्निति श्रुतिः
bhṛgvādayastu te sarve jajñire vai maharṣayaḥ| ādye tretāyuge pūrvaṃ manorvaivasvatasya ha| devasya mahato yajñe rudrābhiśāpena dvitīye'sminniti śrutiḥ
All those great seers, Bhṛgu and the rest, were born formerly, in the first Tretā age, in the great sacrifice of the god (offered) by Manu Vaivasvata — so runs the tradition — and (born) a second time here by Rudra's curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.77
इति सानुशयोऽह्यासीत्तयोर्जात्यन्तरागतः। प्रजापतेस्तु दक्षस्य त्र्यम्बकस्य च धीमतः
iti sānuśayo'hyāsīttayorjātyantarāgataḥ| prajāpatestu dakṣasya tryambakasya ca dhīmataḥ
Thus there was lingering resentment between the two, carried over from another birth — between Dakṣa the Lord of Creatures and the wise Three-Eyed One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.78
तस्मान्नानुशयः कार्यो वैरिष्विह कदाचन। जात्यन्तरगतस्यापि भावितस्य शुभाशुभैः। जन्तुं न मुञ्चति ख्यातिस्तत्र कार्यं विजानता
tasmānnānuśayaḥ kāryo vairiṣviha kadācana| jātyantaragatasyāpi bhāvitasya śubhāśubhaiḥ| jantuṃ na muñcati khyātistatra kāryaṃ vijānatā
Therefore resentment should never be harboured here toward enemies; for even of one who has passed into another birth, conditioned by his good and bad deeds, reputation does not release the creature — therein the knowing man should act.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.79
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। प्राचेतसस्य दक्षस्य कथं वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे। विनाशामगमत् सूत हयमेधः प्रजापतेः
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| prācetasasya dakṣasya kathaṃ vaivasvate'ntare| vināśāmagamat sūta hayamedhaḥ prajāpateḥ
The seers said: How, O Sūta, did the horse-sacrifice of Dakṣa Prācetasa, the Lord of Creatures, come to destruction in the Vaivasvata interval?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.80
देव्या मृत्युं कृतं मत्वा क्रुद्धं सर्वात्मकं प्रभुम्। कथं प्रसादयद्दक्षः स यज्ञः साधितः कथम्। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
devyā mṛtyuṃ kṛtaṃ matvā kruddhaṃ sarvātmakaṃ prabhum| kathaṃ prasādayaddakṣaḥ sa yajñaḥ sādhitaḥ katham| etadveditumicchāmastanno brūhi yathātatham
How did Dakṣa propitiate the Lord who is the self of all, angered, thinking that the Goddess had been put to death? And how was that sacrifice accomplished? We wish to know this; tell it to us as it truly was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.81
।।सूत उवाच।। पूरा मेरोर्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः श्रृङ्गं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्। ज्योतिष्कं नाम सावित्रं सर्वरत्नविभूषितम्
||sūta uvāca|| pūrā merordvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śrṛṅgaṃ trailokyaviśrutam| jyotiṣkaṃ nāma sāvitraṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam
Sūta said: Formerly, O best of the twice-born, there was a peak of Meru, famed in the three worlds, called Jyotiṣka, belonging to Savitṛ, adorned with every kind of jewel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.82
अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम्। तस्मिन् देवो गिरिश्रेष्ठे सर्वधातु विभूषिते। पर्यङ्क इव विभ्राजन्नुपविष्टो बभूव ह
aprameyamanādhṛṣyaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam| tasmin devo giriśreṣṭhe sarvadhātu vibhūṣite| paryaṅka iva vibhrājannupaviṣṭo babhūva ha
immeasurable, unassailable, revered by all the worlds. On that best of mountains, adorned with every mineral, the god sat shining, as if on a couch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.83
शैलराजसुता चास्य नित्यं पार्श्वस्थिताऽभवत्। आधित्याश्च महात्मानो वसवश्चामितौजसः
śailarājasutā cāsya nityaṃ pārśvasthitā'bhavat| ādhityāśca mahātmāno vasavaścāmitaujasaḥ
And the daughter of the mountain king was constantly at his side; and the great-souled Ādityas and the Vasus of boundless energy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.84
तथैव च महात्मानावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ। तथा वैश्रवणो राजा गुह्यकैः परिवारितः
tathaiva ca mahātmānāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau| tathā vaiśravaṇo rājā guhyakaiḥ parivāritaḥ
and likewise the two great-souled Aśvins, the best of physicians; and King Vaiśravaṇa, surrounded by the Guhyakas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.85
यक्षाणामीश्वरः श्रीमान् कैलासनिलयः प्रभुः। उपासते महात्मानं उशना च महामुनिः. सनत्कुमारप्रमुखास्ते चैव परमर्षयः
yakṣāṇāmīśvaraḥ śrīmān kailāsanilayaḥ prabhuḥ| upāsate mahātmānaṃ uśanā ca mahāmuniḥ. sanatkumārapramukhāste caiva paramarṣayaḥ
the glorious lord and master of the Yakṣas, dwelling on Kailāsa — (these) attend upon the great-souled one; and the great sage Uśanas, and those supreme seers headed by Sanatkumāra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.86
अङ्गिरःप्रमुखाश्चैव तथा देवर्षयोऽपरे। विश्वावसुश्च गन्धर्वस्तथा नारदपर्वतौ
aṅgiraḥpramukhāścaiva tathā devarṣayo'pare| viśvāvasuśca gandharvastathā nāradaparvatau
and those headed by Aṅgiras, and likewise other divine seers, and Viśvāvasu the Gandharva, and Nārada and Parvata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.87
अप्सरोगणसङ्घाश्च समाजग्मुरनेकशः। ववौ शिवः सुखो वायुर्नानागन्धवहः शुचिः
apsarogaṇasaṅghāśca samājagmuranekaśaḥ| vavau śivaḥ sukho vāyurnānāgandhavahaḥ śuciḥ
and hosts of throngs of Apsarases came together in numbers. A pleasant, auspicious, pure wind blew, bearing many fragrances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.88
सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेताः पुष्पवन्तो द्रुमा स्तथा। तथा विद्याधराश्चैव सिद्धाश्चैव तपोधनाः
sarvartukusumopetāḥ puṣpavanto drumā stathā| tathā vidyādharāścaiva siddhāścaiva tapodhanāḥ
And the trees were in flower, laden with blossoms of every season. Likewise the Vidyādharas and the Siddhas, rich in austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.89
महादेवं पशुपतिं पर्युपासन्ति तत्र वै। भूतानि च तथान्यानि नानारूपधराण्यथ
mahādevaṃ paśupatiṃ paryupāsanti tatra vai| bhūtāni ca tathānyāni nānārūpadharāṇyatha
attend there upon Mahādeva, the Lord of Creatures; and other beings too, wearing manifold forms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.90
राक्षसाश्च महारौद्राः पिशाचाश्च महाबलाः। बहुरूपधरा हृष्टा नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः
rākṣasāśca mahāraudrāḥ piśācāśca mahābalāḥ| bahurūpadharā hṛṣṭā nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ
and Rākṣasas of terrible fierceness, and Piśācas of great strength, wearing many forms, delighted, holding up their various weapons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.91
देवस्यानुचरास्तत्र तस्थुर्वैश्वानरोपमाः। नन्दीश्वरश्च भगवान् देवस्यानुम ते स्थितः
devasyānucarāstatra tasthurvaiśvānaropamāḥ| nandīśvaraśca bhagavān devasyānuma te sthitaḥ
the god's attendants, like fire, stood there; and the lord Nandīśvara stood at the god's side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.92
प्रगृह्य ज्वलितं शूलं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा। गङ्गा च सरितां श्वेष्ठा सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवा। पर्युपासत तन्देवरूपिणी द्विजसत्तमाः
pragṛhya jvalitaṃ śūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā| gaṅgā ca saritāṃ śveṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbhavā| paryupāsata tandevarūpiṇī dvijasattamāḥ
grasping the blazing trident, radiant with its own fiery energy. And Gaṅgā, the best of rivers, arisen from the waters of all the sacred fords, in divine form, attended upon him, O most excellent twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.93
एवं स भगवांस्तत्र दीप्यमानः सुरर्षिभिः। देवैश्च सुमहाबागैर्महादेवो व्यवस्थितः
evaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra dīpyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ| devaiśca sumahābāgairmahādevo vyavasthitaḥ
Thus that lord Mahādeva was stationed there, shining, with the divine seers and with the gods of great fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.94
पुरा हिमवतः पृष्ठे दक्षो वै यज्ञमारभत्। गङ्गाद्वारे शुभे देशे ऋषिसिद्धनिषेविते
purā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣo vai yajñamārabhat| gaṅgādvāre śubhe deśe ṛṣisiddhaniṣevite
Formerly, on the back of Himavat, Dakṣa began a sacrifice, at the Gate of Gaṅgā, in an auspicious region frequented by seers and Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.95
ततस्तस्य मखे देवाः शतक्रतुपुरोगमाः। गमनाय समागम्य बुद्धिमापेदिरे तदा
tatastasya makhe devāḥ śatakratupurogamāḥ| gamanāya samāgamya buddhimāpedire tadā
Then the gods, led by the god of a hundred sacrifices, assembled and resolved upon going to his sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.96
स्वैर्विमानैर्महात्मानो ज्वलद्भिर्ज्वलनप्रभाः। देवस्यानुमनेऽगच्छन् गङ्गाद्वार इति श्रुतिः
svairvimānairmahātmāno jvaladbhirjvalanaprabhāḥ| devasyānumane'gacchan gaṅgādvāra iti śrutiḥ
In their own blazing aerial cars, the great-souled ones, radiant as fire, went with the god's permission to Gaṅgādvāra — so the tradition says.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.97
गन्धर्वाप्सरसाकीर्णं नानाद्रुमलतावृतम्। ऋषिसङ्घैः परिवृतं दक्षं धर्मभृतां वरम्
gandharvāpsarasākīrṇaṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam| ṛṣisaṅghaiḥ parivṛtaṃ dakṣaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam
(They approached) Dakṣa, best of the upholders of dharma, (in a place) crowded with gandharvas and apsarases, covered with many kinds of trees and creepers, and surrounded by throngs of seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.98
पृथिव्यामन्तरिक्षे वा ये च स्वर्लोकवासिनः। सर्वे प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा उपतस्थुः प्रजापतिम्
pṛthivyāmantarikṣe vā ye ca svarlokavāsinaḥ| sarve prāñjalayo bhūtvā upatasthuḥ prajāpatim
Those on the earth, and in the mid-air, and those who dwell in the heavenly world — all of them, with palms joined, stood before the Lord of Creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.99
आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः साध्याः सह मरुद्गणैः। जिष्णुना सहिताः सर्वे आगता यज्ञभागिनः
ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyāḥ saha marudgaṇaiḥ| jiṣṇunā sahitāḥ sarve āgatā yajñabhāginaḥ
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sādhyas together with the hosts of Maruts, all accompanied by Jiṣṇu (Indra), came as sharers in the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.100
ऊष्मपाः सोमपाश्चैव आज्यपा धूमपास्तथा। अश्विनौ पितरश्चैव आगता ब्रह्मणा सह
ūṣmapāḥ somapāścaiva ājyapā dhūmapāstathā| aśvinau pitaraścaiva āgatā brahmaṇā saha
The vapour-drinkers, the soma-drinkers, the ghee-drinkers and likewise the smoke-drinkers, the two Aśvins and the ancestors came, along with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.101
एते चान्ये च बहवो भूतग्रामास्तथैव च। जरायुजाण्डजाश्चैव स्वेदजोद्भिज्जकास्तथा
ete cānye ca bahavo bhūtagrāmāstathaiva ca| jarāyujāṇḍajāścaiva svedajodbhijjakāstathā
These and many others, and likewise the multitudes of beings — those born from a womb, those born from an egg, those born from sweat, and those that sprout up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.102
आहूता मन्त्रतः सर्वे देवाश्च सह पत्निभिः। विराजन्ते विमानस्था दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः
āhūtā mantrataḥ sarve devāśca saha patnibhiḥ| virājante vimānasthā dīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ
All summoned by the sacred formulas, the gods too along with their wives, seated in their aerial cars, shine forth like blazing fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.103
तान् दष्ट्वा मन्युमाविष्टो दधीचो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। अपूज्यपूजने चैव पूज्यानां चाप्यपूजने। नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद्वै नात्र संशयः
tān daṣṭvā manyumāviṣṭo dadhīco vākyamabravīt| apūjyapūjane caiva pūjyānāṃ cāpyapūjane| naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ
Seeing them, Dadhīca, filled with indignation, spoke these words: "In honouring the unworthy of honour, and in not honouring those worthy of honour, a man incurs great sin — of this there is no doubt here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.104
एवमुक्त्वा तु विप्रर्षिः पुनर्दक्षमभाषत। पूज्यन्तु पशुभर्त्तारं कस्मान्नाह्वयसे प्रभुम्
evamuktvā tu viprarṣiḥ punardakṣamabhāṣata| pūjyantu paśubharttāraṃ kasmānnāhvayase prabhum
Having spoken thus, the brahmin-seer addressed Dakṣa again: "Let the Lord of Beasts be honoured — why do you not invite the Lord?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.105
।।दक्ष उवाच।। सन्ति मे बहवो रुद्राः शूलहस्ताः कपर्द्दिनः। एकादशावस्थगता नान्यं वेझि महेश्वरम्
||dakṣa uvāca|| santi me bahavo rudrāḥ śūlahastāḥ kaparddinaḥ| ekādaśāvasthagatā nānyaṃ vejhi maheśvaram
Dakṣa said: I have many Rudras, trident in hand, with matted locks, abiding in eleven stations; know no other Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.106
।।दधीच उवाच।। सर्वे निमन्त्रिता देवा येन ईशो निमन्त्रितः। यथाहं शङ्करादूर्द्ध्वं नान्यं पश्यामि दैवतम्। तथा दक्षस्य विपुलो यज्ञोऽयं न भविष्यति
||dadhīca uvāca|| sarve nimantritā devā yena īśo nimantritaḥ| yathāhaṃ śaṅkarādūrddhvaṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmi daivatam| tathā dakṣasya vipulo yajño'yaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Dadhīca said: All the gods have been invited, by whom (alone) the Lord would have been invited. Just as I see no deity higher than Śaṅkara, so this vast sacrifice of Dakṣa's will not come to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.107
।।दक्ष उवाच।। एतन्मखे शूर सुवर्णपात्रे हविः समस्तं विधिमन्त्रपूतम्। विष्णोर्नयाम्यप्रतिमस्य सर्वं प्रभोर्विभो ह्याहवनीयनित्यम्
||dakṣa uvāca|| etanmakhe śūra suvarṇapātre haviḥ samastaṃ vidhimantrapūtam| viṣṇornayāmyapratimasya sarvaṃ prabhorvibho hyāhavanīyanityam
Dakṣa said: O hero, this whole oblation in the golden vessel at the sacrifice, purified by rite and mantra — all of it I offer to the incomparable Viṣṇu, the lord, the all-pervading, who is ever (the recipient) of the āhavanīya fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.108
गतास्तु देवता ज्ञात्वा शैलराजसुता तदा। उवाच वचनं साध्वी देवं पशुपतिं तदा
gatāstu devatā jñātvā śailarājasutā tadā| uvāca vacanaṃ sādhvī devaṃ paśupatiṃ tadā
Then the daughter of the mountain king, the virtuous one, knowing that the deities had gone, spoke these words to the god Paśupati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.109
।।उमोवाच।। भगवन् व्क गता ह्येते देवा- शक्रपुरोगमाः । बूहि तत्त्वेन तत्त्वज्ञ संशयो मे महानयम्
||umovāca|| bhagavan vka gatā hyete devā- śakrapurogamāḥ | būhi tattvena tattvajña saṃśayo me mahānayam
Umā said: Blessed one, where have these gods gone, with Śakra at their head? Tell (me) truly, knower of truth; this great doubt is mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.110
।।महेश्वर उवाच।। दक्षो नाम महाभागो प्रजानां पतिरूत्तमः। हयमेधेन यजते तत्र यान्ति दिवौकसः
||maheśvara uvāca|| dakṣo nāma mahābhāgo prajānāṃ patirūttamaḥ| hayamedhena yajate tatra yānti divaukasaḥ
Maheśvara said: There is one named Dakṣa, greatly fortunate, the foremost lord of creatures; he is sacrificing with a horse-sacrifice, and the sky-dwellers are going there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.111
।।देव्युवाच।। यज्ञमेतं महाभाग किमर्थं न गतोऽसि वै। केन वा प्रतिषेधेन गमनं प्रतिषिध्यते
||devyuvāca|| yajñametaṃ mahābhāga kimarthaṃ na gato'si vai| kena vā pratiṣedhena gamanaṃ pratiṣidhyate
The Goddess said: Greatly fortunate one, why have you not gone to this sacrifice? Or by what prohibition is your going forbidden?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.112
।।महेश्वर उवाच ।। सुरैरेव महाभागे सर्वमेतदनुष्ठितम्। यज्ञेषु मम सर्वेषु न भाग उपकल्पितः
||maheśvara uvāca || suraireva mahābhāge sarvametadanuṣṭhitam| yajñeṣu mama sarveṣu na bhāga upakalpitaḥ
Maheśvara said: O greatly fortunate one, all this has been arranged by the gods themselves: in all sacrifices no share is allotted to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.113
पूर्वोपायोपपन्नेन मार्गेण वरवर्णिनि। न मे सुराः प्रयच्छन्ति भागं यज्ञस्य धीमतः
pūrvopāyopapannena mārgeṇa varavarṇini| na me surāḥ prayacchanti bhāgaṃ yajñasya dhīmataḥ
By the way established by the ancient usage, O fair-complexioned one, the gods do not grant me a share of the sacrifice, wise (though I am).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.114
।।देव्युवाच।। भगवन् सर्वदेवेषु प्रभावानधिको गुणैः । अजेयश्चाप्यधृष्यश्च तेजसा यशसा श्रिया
||devyuvāca|| bhagavan sarvadeveṣu prabhāvānadhiko guṇaiḥ | ajeyaścāpyadhṛṣyaśca tejasā yaśasā śriyā
The Goddess said: Blessed one, among all the gods you are superior in power and in qualities, unconquerable and unassailable in fiery energy, in fame, in splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.115
अनेन तु महाभाग प्रतिषेधेन नामतः । अतीव दुःखमापन्ना वेपथुश्च ममानघ
anena tu mahābhāga pratiṣedhena nāmataḥ | atīva duḥkhamāpannā vepathuśca mamānagha
But by this exclusion (of you) even in name, greatly fortunate one, I have fallen into extreme grief, and trembling has come upon me, sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.116
किं नाम दानं नियमन्तपो वा कुर्य्यामहं येन पतिर्ममाद्य। लभेत भागं भगवानचिन्त्यो यज्ञस्य चार्द्धं त्वथ वा तृतीयम्
kiṃ nāma dānaṃ niyamantapo vā kuryyāmahaṃ yena patirmamādya| labheta bhāgaṃ bhagavānacintyo yajñasya cārddhaṃ tvatha vā tṛtīyam
What gift, what observance or austerity might I perform, by which my husband, the inconceivable Lord, would today obtain a share of the sacrifice — a half of it, or else a third?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.117
एवं ब्रुवाणां भगवानचिन्त्यः पत्नीं प्रहृष्टः क्षुभितामुवाच। न वेत्सि देवेशि कृशोदराङ्गि किं नाम युक्तं वचनन्तवेदम्
evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ bhagavānacintyaḥ patnīṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ kṣubhitāmuvāca| na vetsi deveśi kṛśodarāṅgi kiṃ nāma yuktaṃ vacanantavedam
To his wife, who spoke thus and was agitated, the inconceivable Lord said, delighted: "You do not understand, O queen of the gods, O slender-waisted one — what sort of speech of yours is this that is fitting?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.118
अहं हि जानामि विशालनेत्रे ध्यानेन सर्वं हि वदन्ति सन्तः। न वाद्य मोहेन महेन्द्रदेवो लोकत्रयं सर्वथा संप्रमूढम्
ahaṃ hi jānāmi viśālanetre dhyānena sarvaṃ hi vadanti santaḥ| na vādya mohena mahendradevo lokatrayaṃ sarvathā saṃpramūḍham
"For I know all things, O wide-eyed one, through meditation — so the good declare. Nor is it today through delusion that the god Mahendra (acts); the three worlds are utterly bewildered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.119
मामध्वरे शंसितारः स्तुवन्ति रथन्तरे साम गायन्ति गेयम्। मां ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मसत्रे यजन्ते माध्वर्य्यवः कल्पयन्ते च भागम्
māmadhvare śaṃsitāraḥ stuvanti rathantare sāma gāyanti geyam| māṃ brāhmaṇā brahmasatre yajante mādhvaryyavaḥ kalpayante ca bhāgam
"In the sacrifice the reciters praise me; in the Rathantara they sing the chant to be sung; the brahmins worship me at the brahma-sacrifice, and the Adhvaryus apportion my share."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.120
।।देव्युवाच।। अप्राकृतोऽपि भगवान् सर्वस्त्रीजनसंसदि। स्तौति गोपा यते वापि स्वमात्मानं न संशयः
||devyuvāca|| aprākṛto'pi bhagavān sarvastrījanasaṃsadi| stauti gopā yate vāpi svamātmānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
The Goddess said: Though he is beyond nature, the Lord, in an assembly of all the women, praises or keeps hidden his own self — of that there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.121
।।भगवानुवाच।। नात्मानं स्तौमि देवेशि पश्य त्वमुपगच्छ च। यं स्रक्ष्यामि वरारोहे भागार्थं वरवर्णिनि
||bhagavānuvāca|| nātmānaṃ staumi deveśi paśya tvamupagaccha ca| yaṃ srakṣyāmi varārohe bhāgārthaṃ varavarṇini
The Lord said: I do not praise myself, O queen of the gods; look, and draw near — (see) him whom I shall create, O fair-hipped, fair-complexioned one, for the sake of the share.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.122
एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान् पत्नीं प्राणैरपि प्रियाम्। सोऽसृजद्भगवान्वक्राद्भूतं क्रोधाग्निसन्निभम्
evamuktvā tu bhagavān patnīṃ prāṇairapi priyām| so'sṛjadbhagavānvakrādbhūtaṃ krodhāgnisannibham
Having spoken thus to his wife, dearer to him than life, the Lord created from his mouth a being like the fire of wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.123
सहस्रशीर्षं देवञ्च सहस्रचरणे क्षणम्। सहस्रमुद्गरधरं सहस्रशरपाणिनम्
sahasraśīrṣaṃ devañca sahasracaraṇe kṣaṇam| sahasramudgaradharaṃ sahasraśarapāṇinam
A god with a thousand heads, with a thousand feet, ... , holding a thousand maces, with a thousand arrows in his hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.124
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं दीप्तकार्मुकधारिणम्। परश्वसिधरं देवं महारौद्रं भयावहम्
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ dīptakārmukadhāriṇam| paraśvasidharaṃ devaṃ mahāraudraṃ bhayāvaham
with conch, discus and club in his hands, bearing a blazing bow, holding axe and sword, a god exceedingly terrible, bringing fear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.125
घोर रूपेण दीप्यन्तं चन्द्रार्धकृतभूषणम्। वसानं चर्म वैयाघ्रं महारुधिरनिःस्रवम्
ghora rūpeṇa dīpyantaṃ candrārdhakṛtabhūṣaṇam| vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ mahārudhiraniḥsravam
blazing with dreadful form, adorned with the half-moon as ornament, clad in a tiger's skin dripping with much blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.126
दंष्ट्राकरालं विभ्रान्तं महावक्त्रं महोदरम्। विद्युज्जिह्वं प्रलम्बोष्ठं लम्बकर्णं दुरासदम्
daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ vibhrāntaṃ mahāvaktraṃ mahodaram| vidyujjihvaṃ pralamboṣṭhaṃ lambakarṇaṃ durāsadam
gaping with fangs, whirling about, huge-mouthed, huge-bellied, lightning-tongued, with hanging lips and long ears, hard to approach,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.127
कुलिशोद्योतितकरम्भाभिर्ज्वलितमूर्द्धजम्। ज्वालामालापरिक्षिप्तं मुक्तादामविभूषितम्
kuliśodyotitakarambhābhirjvalitamūrddhajam| jvālāmālāparikṣiptaṃ muktādāmavibhūṣitam
his hair blazing with the flashes lit up by his thunderbolt(-hands), encircled with a garland of flames, adorned with strings of pearls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.128
तेजसा चैव दीप्यन्तं युगान्तमिव पावकम्। आकर्णदारितास्यान्तञ्चतुर्दिक्षु भयानकम्
tejasā caiva dīpyantaṃ yugāntamiva pāvakam| ākarṇadāritāsyāntañcaturdikṣu bhayānakam
blazing with fiery energy like the fire at the end of an age, his mouth split open up to the ears, terrifying in all four directions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.129
महाबलं महातेजं महापुरुषमीश्वरम्। विश्वहर्तृमहा कायं महान्यग्रोधमण्डलम्। युगपच्चन्द्रशतवद्दीप्यन्तं मन्मथाग्निवत्
mahābalaṃ mahātejaṃ mahāpuruṣamīśvaram| viśvahartṛmahā kāyaṃ mahānyagrodhamaṇḍalam| yugapaccandraśatavaddīpyantaṃ manmathāgnivat
of great strength, of great fiery energy, the great Person, the Lord, the destroyer of the universe, of vast body, with the circumference of a great banyan tree, blazing like a hundred moons at once, like the fire of desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.130
चतुर्महास्यं सिततीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं महोग्रतेजोबलकौतुकाढयम्। युगान्तसूर्य्याग्निसहस्रभासं सहस्रचन्द्रामलकान्तिकान्तम्। प्रदीप्तसर्वौषधिमन्दराभं सुमेरुकैलासहिमाद्रितुल्यम्
caturmahāsyaṃ sitatīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ mahogratejobalakautukāḍhayam| yugāntasūryyāgnisahasrabhāsaṃ sahasracandrāmalakāntikāntam| pradīptasarvauṣadhimandarābhaṃ sumerukailāsahimādritulyam
with four great faces, with white sharp fangs, rich in fierce splendour, strength and eagerness, shining like a thousand suns and fires at the age's end, lovely with the pure radiance of a thousand moons, gleaming like Mandara with all its herbs ablaze, equal to Sumeru, Kailāsa, and the Himālaya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.131
युगार्काभं महावीर्य्यं चारुनासं महाननम्। प्रचण्डगण्डं दीप्ताक्षमग्निज्वालाविलाननम्
yugārkābhaṃ mahāvīryyaṃ cārunāsaṃ mahānanam| pracaṇḍagaṇḍaṃ dīptākṣamagnijvālāvilānanam
shining like the sun at the age's end, of great valour, with a fine nose and a great face, with fierce cheeks, with blazing eyes, his face filled with the flames of fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.132
मृगेन्द्रकृत्तिवसनं महाभुजगवेष्टितम्। उष्णीषिणं चन्द्रधरं व्कचिदुग्रं व्कचित्समम्
mṛgendrakṛttivasanaṃ mahābhujagaveṣṭitam| uṣṇīṣiṇaṃ candradharaṃ vkacidugraṃ vkacitsamam
clad in a lion's hide, wrapped about with a great serpent, wearing a turban, bearing the moon, in places fierce, in places calm,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.133
नानाकुसुममूर्द्धानं नानागन्दानुलेपनम् । नानारत्नविचित्राङ्गं नानाभरणभूषितम्
nānākusumamūrddhānaṃ nānāgandānulepanam | nānāratnavicitrāṅgaṃ nānābharaṇabhūṣitam
his head (decked) with many flowers, anointed with many perfumes, his limbs variegated with many jewels, adorned with many ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.134
कर्णिकारस्रजं दीप्तं क्रोधादुद्भ्रान्तलोचनम्। व्कचिन्नृत्यति चित्राङ्गं व्कचिद्वदति सुस्वरम्
karṇikārasrajaṃ dīptaṃ krodhādudbhrāntalocanam| vkacinnṛtyati citrāṅgaṃ vkacidvadati susvaram
wearing a garland of karṇikāra flowers, blazing, his eyes rolling with anger — sometimes he dances, his limbs many-hued, sometimes he speaks with a sweet voice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.135
व्कचिद्ध्यायति युक्तात्मा व्कचित्स्तूलं प्रमार्जति। व्कचिद्गायति विश्वात्मा व्कचिद्रौति मुहुर्मुहुः
vkaciddhyāyati yuktātmā vkacitstūlaṃ pramārjati| vkacidgāyati viśvātmā vkacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ
sometimes, his mind composed, he meditates; sometimes he wipes clean his trident; sometimes the Self of all sings; sometimes he roars again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.136
ज्ञानं वैराग्यमैश्वर्य्यं तपः सत्यं क्षमा धृतिः। प्रभुत्वमात्मसंबोधो ह्यधिष्ठानगुणैर्युतः
jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryyaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ| prabhutvamātmasaṃbodho hyadhiṣṭhānaguṇairyutaḥ
Knowledge, dispassion, lordship, austerity, truth, forbearance, firmness, sovereignty, and self-awareness — (he is) indeed endowed with (these) qualities of (his) station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.137
जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा प्रणतः प्राञ्जलिः स्थितः। आज्ञापय त्वं देवेश किं कार्य्यं करवाणि ते
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā praṇataḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ| ājñāpaya tvaṃ deveśa kiṃ kāryyaṃ karavāṇi te
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.138
तमुवाचाक्षिप मखं दक्षस्येह महेश्वरः। देवस्यानुमतिं श्रुत्वा वीरभद्रो महाबलः। प्रणम्य शिरसा पादौ देवेशस्य उमापतेः
tamuvācākṣipa makhaṃ dakṣasyeha maheśvaraḥ| devasyānumatiṃ śrutvā vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ| praṇamya śirasā pādau deveśasya umāpateḥ
Maheśvara said to him: "Break up Dakṣa's sacrifice here." Having heard the god's consent, Vīrabhadra of great strength, bowing with his head to the feet of the lord of gods, the husband of Umā, (went forth)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.139
ततो बन्धात् प्रमुक्तेन सिंहेनेवेह लीलया। देव्या मन्युकृतं मत्वा हतो दक्षस्य स क्रतुः
tato bandhāt pramuktena siṃheneveha līlayā| devyā manyukṛtaṃ matvā hato dakṣasya sa kratuḥ
Then, like a lion loosed from its bonds, he here effortlessly destroyed that sacrifice of Dakṣa, holding it (a thing) to be done because of the Goddess's wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.140
मन्युना च महाभीमा भद्रकाली महेश्वरी। आत्मनः सर्वसाक्षित्वे तेन सार्द्ध सहानुगा
manyunā ca mahābhīmā bhadrakālī maheśvarī| ātmanaḥ sarvasākṣitve tena sārddha sahānugā
And out of wrath the exceedingly terrible Bhadrakālī, the great mistress, (went) along with him, with her attendants, so as to be herself witness of it all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.141
स एष भगवान् क्रुद्धः प्रेतावासकृतालयः। वीरभद्र इति ख्यातो देव्या मन्युप्रमार्जकः
sa eṣa bhagavān kruddhaḥ pretāvāsakṛtālayaḥ| vīrabhadra iti khyāto devyā manyupramārjakaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.142
सोऽसृजद्रोमकूपेभ्यो रौद्रान्नाम गणेश्वरान्। रुद्रानुगा महावीर्य्या रुद्रवीर्यपराक्रमाः
so'sṛjadromakūpebhyo raudrānnāma gaṇeśvarān| rudrānugā mahāvīryyā rudravīryaparākramāḥ
He created from the pores of his skin the lords of hosts called Raudras, followers of Rudra, of great might, whose valour and prowess were Rudra's own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.143
रुद्रस्यानुचराः सर्वे सर्वे रुद्रसमप्रभाः। ते निपेतुस्ततस्तूर्णं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
rudrasyānucarāḥ sarve sarve rudrasamaprabhāḥ| te nipetustatastūrṇaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
All (of them) were followers of Rudra, all equal in splendour to Rudra; then they swiftly fell upon (the foe) by hundreds and by thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.144
ततः किलकिलाशब्द आकाशं पूरयन्निव। तेन शब्देन महता त्रस्ताः सर्वे दिवौकसः
tataḥ kilakilāśabda ākāśaṃ pūrayanniva| tena śabdena mahatā trastāḥ sarve divaukasaḥ
Then a sound of "kilakila" (arose), as if filling the sky; by that great sound all the dwellers in heaven were terrified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.145
पर्वताश्च व्यशीर्यन्त कम्पते च वसुन्धरा। मेरुश्च घूर्णते विप्राः क्षुभ्यन्ते वरुणालयाः
parvatāśca vyaśīryanta kampate ca vasundharā| meruśca ghūrṇate viprāḥ kṣubhyante varuṇālayāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.146
अग्नयो नैव दीप्यन्ते न च दीप्यन्ति भास्कराः। ग्रहा नैव प्रकाशन्ते नक्षत्राणि न तारकाः
agnayo naiva dīpyante na ca dīpyanti bhāskarāḥ| grahā naiva prakāśante nakṣatrāṇi na tārakāḥ
The fires do not blaze, nor do the suns give light; the planets do not shine, nor the lunar mansions, nor the stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.147
ऋषयो नाभ्यभाषन्त न देवा न च दानवाः। एवं हि तिमिरीभूतं निर्द्दहन्ति विमानिताः
ṛṣayo nābhyabhāṣanta na devā na ca dānavāḥ| evaṃ hi timirībhūtaṃ nirddahanti vimānitāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.148
सिंहनादं प्रमुञ्चन्ते घोररूपा महाबलाः। प्रभञ्जन्ते परे घोरा यूपानुत्पाटयन्ति च
siṃhanādaṃ pramuñcante ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ| prabhañjante pare ghorā yūpānutpāṭayanti ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.149
प्रमर्द्दन्ति तथा चान्ये विनृत्यन्ति तताऽपरे। आधावन्ति प्रधावन्ति वायुवेगा मनोजवाः
pramarddanti tathā cānye vinṛtyanti tatā'pare| ādhāvanti pradhāvanti vāyuvegā manojavāḥ
Others crush (things) down, and still others dance about; they run up and run forth, (swift) as the wind's speed, swift as thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.150
चूर्णन्ते यज्ञपात्राणि यागस्यायतनानि च। शीर्यमाणानि दृश्यन्ते तारा इव नभस्तलात्
cūrṇante yajñapātrāṇi yāgasyāyatanāni ca| śīryamāṇāni dṛśyante tārā iva nabhastalāt
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.151
दिव्यान्नपानभक्षाणां राशयः पर्वतोपमाः। क्षीर नद्यस्तथा चान्या घृतपायसकर्दमाः. मधुमण्डोदका दिव्याः खण्डशर्करवालुकाः
divyānnapānabhakṣāṇāṃ rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ| kṣīra nadyastathā cānyā ghṛtapāyasakardamāḥ. madhumaṇḍodakā divyāḥ khaṇḍaśarkaravālukāḥ
(There were) heaps of divine food, drink and edibles, like mountains; and rivers of milk, and others whose mud was ghee and rice-pudding, divine (rivers) whose water was honey-liquor, with sands of candy and sugar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.152
षड्रसान्निवहन्त्यन्या गुडकुल्या मनोरमाः। उच्चावचानि मांसानि भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च
ṣaḍrasānnivahantyanyā guḍakulyā manoramāḥ| uccāvacāni māṃsāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca
Other delightful (streams) flow with food of the six tastes, rivulets of molasses; and meats high and low, and various foods to be eaten,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.153
यानि कानि च दिव्यानि लेह्यञ्चोष्यं तथापरे। भुञ्जते विविधैर्वक्त्रैर्विलुण्ठन्ति च सर्वसः। क्रीडन्ति विविधाकाराश्चिक्षिपुः सुरयोषितः
yāni kāni ca divyāni lehyañcoṣyaṃ tathāpare| bhuñjate vividhairvaktrairviluṇṭhanti ca sarvasaḥ| krīḍanti vividhākārāścikṣipuḥ surayoṣitaḥ
Whatever divine things there were — lickables and suckables, and others besides — (these) they devoured with their many mouths and plundered on all sides; taking many shapes they sported about, and they flung the women of the gods about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.154
रुद्रकोपप्रयुक्तास्तु सर्वदेवैः सुरक्षितम्। तं यज्ञमहनन् शीघ्रं रुद्रकल्पाः समीपतः
rudrakopaprayuktāstu sarvadevaiḥ surakṣitam| taṃ yajñamahanan śīghraṃ rudrakalpāḥ samīpataḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.155
चक्रुरन्ये तथा नादान् सर्वभूतभयंकरान्। छित्त्वा शिरोऽन्ये यज्ञस्य विनदन्ति भयङ्कराः
cakruranye tathā nādān sarvabhūtabhayaṃkarān| chittvā śiro'nye yajñasya vinadanti bhayaṅkarāḥ
Others likewise made roars that terrified all beings; and others, having cut off the head of the sacrifice, bellow terrifyingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.156
दक्षो दक्षपतिश्चैव देवो यज्ञपतिस्तथा। मृगरूपेण चाकाशे प्रपलायितुमारभत्
dakṣo dakṣapatiścaiva devo yajñapatistathā| mṛgarūpeṇa cākāśe prapalāyitumārabhat
Dakṣa, lord of skill, the god who was lord of the sacrifice, in the form of a deer began to flee away into the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.157
वीरभद्रोऽप्रमेयात्मा ज्ञात्वा तस्य बलन्तदा। अन्तरिक्षगतस्याशु चिच्छेदास्य शिरो महान्
vīrabhadro'prameyātmā jñātvā tasya balantadā| antarikṣagatasyāśu cicchedāsya śiro mahān
Vīrabhadra, of immeasurable spirit, then, knowing his power, at once cut off the head of him who had gone into the sky — he, the mighty one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.158
दक्षः प्रजापतिश्चैव विनष्ट भ्रान्तचेतनः। क्रुद्धेन वीरभद्रेण शिरः पादेन पीडितः। जराभिभूततीव्रात्मा निपपात महीतले
dakṣaḥ prajāpatiścaiva vinaṣṭa bhrāntacetanaḥ| kruddhena vīrabhadreṇa śiraḥ pādena pīḍitaḥ| jarābhibhūtatīvrātmā nipapāta mahītale
And Dakṣa Prajāpati was undone, his awareness reeling; his head was crushed with the foot by the angered Vīrabhadra, and, his fierce self overcome by decrepitude, he fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.159
त्रयस्त्रिंशद्देवतानां ताः कोटयो विमलात्मकाः। पाशेनाग्निबलेनाशु बद्धाः सिंहबलेन च
trayastriṃśaddevatānāṃ tāḥ koṭayo vimalātmakāḥ| pāśenāgnibalenāśu baddhāḥ siṃhabalena ca
Those thirty-three crores of deities, spotless in nature, were swiftly bound with a noose by the power of fire and by the power of the lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.160
ततो जग्मुर्महात्मानं सर्वे देवा महाबलम्। प्रसीद भगवन् रुद्र बृत्यानां मा कुधः प्रभो
tato jagmurmahātmānaṃ sarve devā mahābalam| prasīda bhagavan rudra bṛtyānāṃ mā kudhaḥ prabho
Then all the gods went to the great-souled one of great strength: "Be gracious, lord Rudra; do not be angry with your servants, O master."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.161
ततो ब्रह्मादयो देवा दक्षश्चैव प्रजापतिः। ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा कथ्यतां को भवानिति
tato brahmādayo devā dakṣaścaiva prajāpatiḥ| ūcuḥ prāñjalayo bhūtvā kathyatāṃ ko bhavāniti
Then the gods, with Brahmā at their head, and Dakṣa Prajāpati, having made the gesture of folded hands, said: "Let it be told — who are you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.162
।।वीरभद्र उवाच।। न च देवो न चादित्यो न च भोक्तुमिहागतः। नैवद्रष्टुं हि देवेन्द्रान्न च कौतूहलान्वितः
||vīrabhadra uvāca|| na ca devo na cādityo na ca bhoktumihāgataḥ| naivadraṣṭuṃ hi devendrānna ca kautūhalānvitaḥ
Vīrabhadra said: I am no god, nor the sun, nor have I come here to eat; nor indeed to look on, O lords of the gods, nor am I moved by curiosity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.163
दक्षयज्ञविनाशार्थं सम्प्राप्तं विद्धि मामिह। वीरभद्र इति ख्यातं रुद्रकोपाद्विनिर्गतम्
dakṣayajñavināśārthaṃ samprāptaṃ viddhi māmiha| vīrabhadra iti khyātaṃ rudrakopādvinirgatam
Know that I have arrived here for the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, known as Vīrabhadra, come forth from Rudra's wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.164
भद्रकाली च विज्ञेया देव्याः क्रोधाद्विनिर्गता। प्रेषिता देवदेवेन यज्ञान्तिकमिहागता
bhadrakālī ca vijñeyā devyāḥ krodhādvinirgatā| preṣitā devadevena yajñāntikamihāgatā
And she is to be known as Bhadrakālī, come forth from the Goddess's anger; sent by the god of gods, she has come here for the ending of the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.165
शारणं गच्छ राजेन्द्र देवं ते त्वमुमापतिम्। वरं क्रोधोऽपि रुद्रस्य वरदानं न देवतः
śāraṇaṃ gaccha rājendra devaṃ te tvamumāpatim| varaṃ krodho'pi rudrasya varadānaṃ na devataḥ
Go for refuge, O best of kings — you, to your god, the husband of Umā; even Rudra's anger is better than the granting of a boon by (another) god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.166
वीरभद्रवचः श्रुत्वा दक्षो धर्म्मभृतां वरः। तोषयामास देवेशं शूलपाणिं महेश्वरम्
vīrabhadravacaḥ śrutvā dakṣo dharmmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram
Having heard Vīrabhadra's words, Dakṣa, the best of the upholders of dharma, propitiated the lord of gods, Maheśvara who holds the trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.167
प्रदुष्टे यज्ञवादे तु विद्रुतेषु द्विजातिषु। तारामृगमये दीप्ते रौद्रे भीममहानले
praduṣṭe yajñavāde tu vidruteṣu dvijātiṣu| tārāmṛgamaye dīpte raudre bhīmamahānale
When the sacrificial ground was defiled and the twice-born had fled, when the terrible great fire blazed dreadfully, full of stars and deer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.168
शूलनिर्भिन्नवदनैः कूजद्भिः परिचारकैः। निखातोत्पाटितैर्यूपैरपविद्धै र्य्यतस्ततः
śūlanirbhinnavadanaiḥ kūjadbhiḥ paricārakaiḥ| nikhātotpāṭitairyūpairapaviddhai ryyatastataḥ
with the attendants whining, their faces pierced by the trident, with the sacrificial posts uprooted from where they were planted and flung about here and there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.169
उत्पत्द्भिः पतद्भिश्च गृध्रैरामिषगृध्रुभिः। पक्षपातविनिर्धूतैः शिवाशतनिनादितैः
utpatdbhiḥ patadbhiśca gṛdhrairāmiṣagṛdhrubhiḥ| pakṣapātavinirdhūtaiḥ śivāśatanināditaiḥ
with vultures greedy for flesh flying up and swooping down, with (things) blown about by the beating of their wings, amid the howling of hundreds of jackals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.170
प्राणापानौ सन्निरुध्य ततः स्थानेन यत्नतः। विचार्य सर्वतो दृष्टिं बहुदृष्टिरमित्रजित्
prāṇāpānau sannirudhya tataḥ sthānena yatnataḥ| vicārya sarvato dṛṣṭiṃ bahudṛṣṭiramitrajit
then, restraining the in-breath and out-breath, with effort by (holding) his posture, turning his gaze in every direction — he of many eyes, the conqueror of foes —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.171
सहसा देवदेवेशः अग्निकुण्डादुपागतः। चन्द्रसूर्य्यसहस्रस्य तेजः संवर्त्तकोपमम्
sahasā devadeveśaḥ agnikuṇḍādupāgataḥ| candrasūryyasahasrasya tejaḥ saṃvarttakopamam
all at once the lord of the gods of gods came forth from the fire-pit, his brilliance like that of a thousand moons and suns, like the fire of universal dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.172
प्रहस्य चैनं भगवानिदं वचनमब्रवीत्। नष्टस्ते ज्ञानतो दक्ष प्रीतिस्ते मयि सांप्रतम्
prahasya cainaṃ bhagavānidaṃ vacanamabravīt| naṣṭaste jñānato dakṣa prītiste mayi sāṃpratam
And the Lord, laughing, spoke this word to him: "Your knowledge was lost, Dakṣa; now you have affection for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.173
स्मितं कृत्वाब्रवीद्वाक्यं ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते। श्रावितञ्च समाख्याय देवानां गुरुभिः सह
smitaṃ kṛtvābravīdvākyaṃ brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te| śrāvitañca samākhyāya devānāṃ gurubhiḥ saha
Smiling, he said the words: "Tell me, what shall I do for you?" — and, declaring it, he made it heard by the gods together with their teachers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.174
तमुवाचाञ्जलिं कृत्वा दक्षो देवं प्रजापतिः। भीतशङ्कितवित्रस्तः सबाष्पवदनेक्षणः
tamuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā dakṣo devaṃ prajāpatiḥ| bhītaśaṅkitavitrastaḥ sabāṣpavadanekṣaṇaḥ
Dakṣa Prajāpati, making the gesture of folded hands, said to the god — frightened, apprehensive, trembling, his face and eyes full of tears:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.175
यदि प्रसन्नो भगवान् यदि वाहं तव प्रियः। यदि वाहमनुग्राह्यो यदि देयो वरो मम
yadi prasanno bhagavān yadi vāhaṃ tava priyaḥ| yadi vāhamanugrāhyo yadi deyo varo mama
"If the Lord is pleased, or if I am dear to you, or if I am one to be favoured, or if a boon is to be given to me —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.176
यज्जग्धं भक्षितं पीतमशितं यच्च नाशितम्। चूर्णीकृतञ्जापविद्धं यज्ञसम्भारमीदृशम्
yajjagdhaṃ bhakṣitaṃ pītamaśitaṃ yacca nāśitam| cūrṇīkṛtañjāpaviddhaṃ yajñasambhāramīdṛśam
Whatever has been chewed, eaten, drunk, consumed, and whatever has been destroyed, ground to powder, or scattered about — such (as it is), the sacrificial material —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.177
दीर्घकालेन महता प्रयत्नेन च सञ्चितम्। तन्न मिथ्या भवेन्मह्यं वरमेतं वृणोम्यहम्
dīrghakālena mahatā prayatnena ca sañcitam| tanna mithyā bhavenmahyaṃ varametaṃ vṛṇomyaham
gathered over a long time and with great effort — let that not be in vain for me: this is the boon I choose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.178
तथास्त्वित्याह भगवान् भगनेत्रहयो हरः। धर्माध्यक्षं महादेवं त्र्यक्षन्तं वै प्रजापतिः
tathāstvityāha bhagavān bhaganetrahayo haraḥ| dharmādhyakṣaṃ mahādevaṃ tryakṣantaṃ vai prajāpatiḥ
'So be it,' said the Lord, Hara, who destroyed Bhaga's eyes — (so said) Prajāpati to the great god, the three-eyed overseer of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.179
जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा दक्षो लब्ध्वा भवाद्वरम्। नाम्नामष्टसहस्रेण स्तुतवान् वृषभध्वजम्
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā dakṣo labdhvā bhavādvaram| nāmnāmaṣṭasahasreṇa stutavān vṛṣabhadhvajam
Going to the ground on both knees, Dakṣa, having obtained the boon from Bhava, praised the bull-bannered one with a thousand and eight names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.180
।।दक्ष उवाच।। नमस्ते देवदेवेश देवारिबलसूदन। देवेन्द्र ह्यमरश्रेष्ठ देवदानवपूजित
||dakṣa uvāca|| namaste devadeveśa devāribalasūdana| devendra hyamaraśreṣṭha devadānavapūjita
Dakṣa said: Homage to you, lord of the gods of gods, destroyer of the army of the gods' foes, Indra of gods, best of the immortals, worshipped by gods and dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.181
सहस्राक्ष विरूपाक्ष त्र्यक्ष यक्षाधिपप्रिय। सर्वतः पाणिपादस्त्वं सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखः। सर्वतः श्रुतिमान् लोके सर्वानावृत्य तिष्ठसि
sahasrākṣa virūpākṣa tryakṣa yakṣādhipapriya| sarvataḥ pāṇipādastvaṃ sarvato'kṣiśiromukhaḥ| sarvataḥ śrutimān loke sarvānāvṛtya tiṣṭhasi
O thousand-eyed one, misshapen-eyed one, three-eyed one, dear to the lord of the yakṣas! You have hands and feet on all sides, eyes, heads and faces on all sides; you have hearing on all sides in the world, and you stand enveloping all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.182
शङ्कुकर्ण महाकर्ण कुम्भकर्णार्णवालय। गजेन्द्रकर्ण गोकर्ण पाणिकर्ण नमोऽस्तु ते
śaṅkukarṇa mahākarṇa kumbhakarṇārṇavālaya| gajendrakarṇa gokarṇa pāṇikarṇa namo'stu te
O peg-eared one, great-eared one, pot-eared one whose abode is the ocean, eared like a lordly elephant, cow-eared, hand-eared — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.183
शतोदर शतावर्त्त शतजिह्व शतानन। गायन्ति त्वां गायत्रिणो ह्यर्च्चयन्ति तथार्च्चिनः
śatodara śatāvartta śatajihva śatānana| gāyanti tvāṃ gāyatriṇo hyarccayanti tathārccinaḥ
O hundred-bellied one, hundred-whorled one, hundred-tongued one, hundred-faced one! The singers of chants sing of you, and the worshippers worship you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.184
देवदानवगोप्ता च ब्रह्मा च त्वं शतक्रतुः। मूर्त्तीशस्त्वं महामूर्ते समुद्राम्बु धराय च
devadānavagoptā ca brahmā ca tvaṃ śatakratuḥ| mūrttīśastvaṃ mahāmūrte samudrāmbu dharāya ca
You are the protector of gods and dānavas, and Brahmā, and the performer of a hundred sacrifices; you are the lord of forms, O you of great form — and (homage) to the bearer of the ocean's waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.185
सर्वा ह्यस्मिन् देवतास्ते गावो गोष्ठ इवासते। शरीरन्ते प्रपश्यामि सोममग्निं जलेश्वरम्
sarvā hyasmin devatāste gāvo goṣṭha ivāsate| śarīrante prapaśyāmi somamagniṃ jaleśvaram
For all these deities dwell in him as cows in a cow-pen; in your body I behold Soma, Agni, and the lord of the waters,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.186
आदित्यमथ विष्णुञ्च ब्रह्माणं सबृहस्पतिम्। क्रिया कार्य्यं कारणञ्च कर्त्ता करणमेव च
ādityamatha viṣṇuñca brahmāṇaṃ sabṛhaspatim| kriyā kāryyaṃ kāraṇañca karttā karaṇameva ca
and Āditya, and Viṣṇu, and Brahmā together with Bṛhaspati; (you are) the act, the thing to be done, the cause, the doer, and the instrument as well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.187
असच्च सदसच्चैव तथैव प्रभवाव्ययम्। नमो भवाय शर्वाय रुद्राय वरदाय च
asacca sadasaccaiva tathaiva prabhavāvyayam| namo bhavāya śarvāya rudrāya varadāya ca
the unreal, the real, and the both-real-and-unreal, and likewise origination and decay. Homage to Bhava, to Śarva, to Rudra, and to the giver of boons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.188
पशूनां पतये चैव नमस्त्वन्धकघातिने। त्रिजटाय त्रिशीर्षाय त्रिशूलवरधारिणे
paśūnāṃ pataye caiva namastvandhakaghātine| trijaṭāya triśīrṣāya triśūlavaradhāriṇe
and to the lord of beasts; homage to you, slayer of Andhaka, to the one with three matted locks, three heads, bearing the trident as his weapon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.189
त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिनेत्राय त्रिपुरघ्नाय वै नमः। नमश्चण्डाय मुण्डाय प्रचण्डाय धराय च
tryambakāya trinetrāya tripuraghnāya vai namaḥ| namaścaṇḍāya muṇḍāya pracaṇḍāya dharāya ca
Homage indeed to the three-eyed one, to the one with three eyes, to the destroyer of the triple city. Homage to Caṇḍa, to Muṇḍa, to Pracaṇḍa, and to the sustainer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.190
दण्डि(?) मासक्तकर्णाय दण्डिमुण्डाय वै नमः। नमोऽर्द्धदण्डकेशाय निष्काय विकृताय च
daṇḍi(?) māsaktakarṇāya daṇḍimuṇḍāya vai namaḥ| namo'rddhadaṇḍakeśāya niṣkāya vikṛtāya ca
homage to the staff-bearer with ears (hung) with flesh(?), and to Daṇḍimuṇḍa; homage to him whose hair is (bound) as a half-staff, to the golden-ornamented(?) one, and to the misshapen one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.191
विलोहिताय धूम्राय नालग्रीवाय ते नमः। नमस्त्वप्रतिरूपाय शिवाय च नमोऽस्तु ते
vilohitāya dhūmrāya nālagrīvāya te namaḥ| namastvapratirūpāya śivāya ca namo'stu te
Homage to you, the deep-red one, the smoke-coloured one, the stalk-necked one; homage to the one without a likeness, and homage be to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.192
सूर्य्याय सूर्य्यपतये सूर्य्यध्वजपताकिने। नमः प्रमथनाथाय वृषस्कन्धाय धन्विने
sūryyāya sūryyapataye sūryyadhvajapatākine| namaḥ pramathanāthāya vṛṣaskandhāya dhanvine
To the sun, to the lord of the sun, to him whose banner and flag are the sun; homage to the lord of the Pramathas, to him whose shoulders are a bull's, to the bearer of the bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.193
नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय हिरण्यकवचाय च। हिरण्यकृतचूडाय हिरण्यपतये नमः
namo hiraṇyagarbhāya hiraṇyakavacāya ca| hiraṇyakṛtacūḍāya hiraṇyapataye namaḥ
Homage to the golden-wombed one and to the one with golden armour; to him whose crest is made of gold, homage to the lord of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.194
सत्रघाताय दण्डाय वर्णपानपुटाय च। नमः स्तुताय स्तुत्याय स्तूयमानाय वै नमः
satraghātāya daṇḍāya varṇapānapuṭāya ca| namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya vai namaḥ
To the destroyer of the sacrificial session, to the rod (of punishment), and to him of the colour-drinking cup(?); homage to the praised one, to the one worthy of praise, homage indeed to the one being praised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.195
सर्वायाभक्ष्यभक्ष्याय सर्वभूतान्त्तरात्मने। नमो होत्राय मन्त्राय शुक्लध्वजपताकिने
sarvāyābhakṣyabhakṣyāya sarvabhūtānttarātmane| namo hotrāya mantrāya śukladhvajapatākine
To the All, to the eater of what may not be eaten, to the inner self of all beings; homage to the oblation, to the mantra, to him whose banner and flag are white.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.196
नमो नमाय नम्याय नमः किलिकिलाय च। नमस्ते शयमानाय शयितायोत्थिताय च
namo namāya namyāya namaḥ kilikilāya ca| namaste śayamānāya śayitāyotthitāya ca
Homage to the bowing one, to him who is to be bowed to, and homage to him who cries "kilikila"; homage to you who are lying down, who have lain down, and who have risen up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.197
स्थिताय चलमानाय मुद्राय कुटिलाय च। नप्नो नर्त्तनशीलाय मुखवादित्रकारिणे
sthitāya calamānāya mudrāya kuṭilāya ca| napno narttanaśīlāya mukhavāditrakāriṇe
To (him who is) standing, and to (him who is) moving, to the sealed one and to the crooked one; homage to (him) whose nature is dancing, to (him) who makes music with his mouth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.198
नाट्योपहारलुब्धाय गीतवाद्यरताय च। नमो ज्येष्ठाय श्रेष्ठाय बलप्रमथनाय च
nāṭyopahāralubdhāya gītavādyaratāya ca| namo jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya balapramathanāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.199
कलनाय च कल्पाय क्षयायोपक्षयाय च। भीमदुन्दुभिहासाय भीमसेनप्रियाय च
kalanāya ca kalpāya kṣayāyopakṣayāya ca| bhīmadundubhihāsāya bhīmasenapriyāya ca
To the Reckoner, to the Aeon (Kalpa), to Destruction and to Decay; to him whose laughter is a terrible war-drum, and to him who is dear to Bhīmasena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.200
उग्राय च नमो नित्यं नमस्ते दशबाहवे। नमः कपालहस्ताय चिताभस्मप्रियाय च
ugrāya ca namo nityaṃ namaste daśabāhave| namaḥ kapālahastāya citābhasmapriyāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.201
विभीषणाय भीष्माय भीष्मव्रतधराय च। नमो विकृतवक्षाय खड्गजिह्वाग्रदंष्ट्रिणे
vibhīṣaṇāya bhīṣmāya bhīṣmavratadharāya ca| namo vikṛtavakṣāya khaḍgajihvāgradaṃṣṭriṇe
To the terrifying one, to the dreadful one, and to the holder of dreadful vows; homage to him of misshapen chest, to him whose tongue is a sword and whose front teeth are fangs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.202
पक्वाममांसलुब्धाय तुम्बवीणाप्रियाय च। नमो वृषाय वृष्याय वृष्णये वृषणाय च
pakvāmamāṃsalubdhāya tumbavīṇāpriyāya ca| namo vṛṣāya vṛṣyāya vṛṣṇaye vṛṣaṇāya ca
To him who is greedy for cooked and raw flesh, and to him who loves the gourd-lute; homage to the Bull, to the virile one, to the potent one, and to the seminal one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.203
कटङ्कटाय चण्डाय नमः सावयवाय च। नमस्ते वरकृष्णाय वराय वरदाय च
kaṭaṅkaṭāya caṇḍāya namaḥ sāvayavāya ca| namaste varakṛṣṇāya varāya varadāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.204
वरगन्धमाल्यवस्त्राय वरातिवरये नमः । नमो वर्षाय वाताय छायायै आतपाय च
varagandhamālyavastrāya varātivaraye namaḥ | namo varṣāya vātāya chāyāyai ātapāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.205
नमो रक्तविरक्ताय शोभनायाक्षमालिने। सम्भिन्नाय विभान्नाय विविक्तविकटाय च
namo raktaviraktāya śobhanāyākṣamāline| sambhinnāya vibhānnāya viviktavikaṭāya ca
Homage to him who is red and who is pale (or: passionate and dispassionate), to the beautiful one wearing the rosary of aksha beads; to the joined and to the divided, and to the separate and the terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.206
अघोररूपरूपाय घोरघोरतराय च । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय नमः शान्ततराय च
aghorarūparūpāya ghoraghoratarāya ca | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya namaḥ śāntatarāya ca
To (him) whose form is the non-terrible form, and to the terrible and the more terrible; homage to Śiva, the peaceful, and homage to the more peaceful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.207
एकपाद्बहुनेत्राय एकशीर्षन्नमोऽस्तु ते। नमो वृद्धाय लुब्धाय संविभागप्रियाय च
ekapādbahunetrāya ekaśīrṣannamo'stu te| namo vṛddhāya lubdhāya saṃvibhāgapriyāya ca
To the one-footed, the many-eyed — O single-headed one, homage be to you! Homage to the aged one, to the greedy one, and to him who delights in the sharing out (of portions).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.208
पञ्चमालार्चिताङ्गाय नमः पाशुपताय च। नमश्चण्डाय घण्टाय घण्टया जग्धरन्ध्रिणे
pañcamālārcitāṅgāya namaḥ pāśupatāya ca| namaścaṇḍāya ghaṇṭāya ghaṇṭayā jagdharandhriṇe
Homage to him whose limbs are worshipped with five garlands, and to the bearer of the Pāśupata (weapon); homage to Caṇḍa, to Ghaṇṭa (the Bell), to him whose hollows are devoured by the bell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.209
सहसशतघण्टाय घण्टामालाप्रियाय च। प्राणदण्डाय त्यागाय नमो हिलिहिलाय च
sahasaśataghaṇṭāya ghaṇṭāmālāpriyāya ca| prāṇadaṇḍāya tyāgāya namo hilihilāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.210
हूंहूङ्काराय पाराय हूंहूङ्कारप्रियाय च। नमश्च शम्भवे नित्यं गिरि वृक्षकलाय च
hūṃhūṅkārāya pārāya hūṃhūṅkārapriyāya ca| namaśca śambhave nityaṃ giri vṛkṣakalāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.211
गर्भमांसश्रृगालाय तारकाय तराय च । नमो यज्ञाधिपतये द्रुतायोपद्रुताय च
garbhamāṃsaśrṛgālāya tārakāya tarāya ca | namo yajñādhipataye drutāyopadrutāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 30.212
यज्ञवाहाय दानाय तप्याय तपनाय च। नमस्तटाय भव्याय तडितां पतये नमः
yajñavāhāya dānāya tapyāya tapanāya ca| namastaṭāya bhavyāya taḍitāṃ pataye namaḥ
To the bearer of sacrifice, to the gift, to the one to be heated and to the one who heats; homage to him of the slope, to him who is to come, homage to the lord of lightnings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.213
अन्नदायान्नपतये नमोऽस्त्वन्नभवाय च। नमः सहस्रशीर्ष्णे च सहस्रचरणाय च
annadāyānnapataye namo'stvannabhavāya ca| namaḥ sahasraśīrṣṇe ca sahasracaraṇāya ca
Homage to the giver of food, to the lord of food, and to him who is the source of food; homage to the thousand-headed one, and to the thousand-footed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.214
सहस्रोद्यतशूलाय सहस्रनयनाय च। नमोऽस्तु बालरूपाय बालरूपधराय च
sahasrodyataśūlāya sahasranayanāya ca| namo'stu bālarūpāya bālarūpadharāya ca
To him of the thousand upraised tridents, and to him of the thousand eyes; homage to him whose form is a child, and to him who bears a child's form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.215
बालानाञ्चैव गोप्त्रे च बालक्रीडनकाय च। नमः शुद्धाय बुद्धाय क्षोभणायाक्षताय च
bālānāñcaiva goptre ca bālakrīḍanakāya ca| namaḥ śuddhāya buddhāya kṣobhaṇāyākṣatāya ca
And to the protector of children, and to him who is the children's plaything; homage to the pure one, to the awakened one, to the agitator, and to the unhurt one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.216
तरङ्गाङ्कितकेशाय मुक्तकेशाय वै नमः। नमः षट्कर्मनिष्ठाय त्रिकर्मनिरताय च
taraṅgāṅkitakeśāya muktakeśāya vai namaḥ| namaḥ ṣaṭkarmaniṣṭhāya trikarmaniratāya ca
Homage to him whose hair is marked with waves, and to him whose hair hangs loose; homage to him who is fixed in the six duties, and to him who delights in the three duties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.217
वर्णाश्रमाणां विधिवत् पृथक्कर्मप्रवर्तिने। मनो घोषाय घोष्याय नमः कलकलाय च
varṇāśramāṇāṃ vidhivat pṛthakkarmapravartine| mano ghoṣāya ghoṣyāya namaḥ kalakalāya ca
To him who duly sets in motion the separate duties of the classes and stages of life; homage to him whose sound is mind (or: to Manoghoṣa), to him who is to be sounded, and to the clamour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.218
श्वेतपिङ्गलनेत्राय कृष्णरक्तक्षणाय च । धर्मार्थ काममोक्षाय क्रथाय कथनाय च
śvetapiṅgalanetrāya kṛṣṇaraktakṣaṇāya ca | dharmārtha kāmamokṣāya krathāya kathanāya ca
To him with a white and tawny eye, and to him whose glance is black and red; to (him who is) dharma, wealth, pleasure and release; to Kratha and to the speaker.
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VaP 1 30.219
साङ्ख्याय साङ्ख्यमुख्याय योगाधिपतये नमः। नमोरथ्यविरथ्याय चतुष्पथरताय च
sāṅkhyāya sāṅkhyamukhyāya yogādhipataye namaḥ| namorathyavirathyāya catuṣpatharatāya ca
Homage to Sāṅkhya, to the foremost of Sāṅkhya, to the overlord of Yoga; homage to him of the highways and the byways, and to him who haunts the crossroads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.220
कृष्णा जिनोत्तरीयाय व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने। ईशानवज्रसंहाय हरिकेश नमोऽस्तु ते। अविवेकैकनाथाय व्यक्ताव्यक्त नमोऽस्तु ते
kṛṣṇā jinottarīyāya vyālayajñopavītine| īśānavajrasaṃhāya harikeśa namo'stu te| avivekaikanāthāya vyaktāvyakta namo'stu te
To him whose upper garment is a black antelope hide, who wears a serpent for his sacred thread; to Īśāna, compact as the thunderbolt — homage be to you, tawny-haired one; to the one lord of non-discrimination — homage be to you, manifest and unmanifest.
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VaP 1 30.221
काम कामद कामध्न धृष्टोदृप्तनिषूदन। सर्व सर्वद सर्वज्ञ सन्ध्याराग नमोऽस्तु ते
kāma kāmada kāmadhna dhṛṣṭodṛptaniṣūdana| sarva sarvada sarvajña sandhyārāga namo'stu te
O Desire, giver of desire, destroyer of desire, slayer of the bold and the arrogant! O All, giver of all, knower of all, O glow of twilight — homage be to you.
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VaP 1 30.222
महाबाल महाबाहो महासत्त्व महाद्युते। महामेघवरप्रेक्ष महाकाल नमोऽस्तु ते
mahābāla mahābāho mahāsattva mahādyute| mahāmeghavaraprekṣa mahākāla namo'stu te
O greatly strong, great-armed, of great being, of great brilliance, whose look is like a great splendid cloud, O Mahākāla — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.223
स्थूलजीर्णणाङ्गजटिने वल्कलाजिनधारिणे। दीप्तशूर्याग्निजटिने वल्कलाजिनवाससे। सहस्रसूर्यप्रतिम तपोनित्य नमोऽस्तु ते
sthūlajīrṇaṇāṅgajaṭine valkalājinadhāriṇe| dīptaśūryāgnijaṭine valkalājinavāsase| sahasrasūryapratima taponitya namo'stu te
To him with matted locks on a gross and aged body, who wears bark and hide; to him whose matted locks blaze like the sun and fire, who is clothed in bark and hide; O you equal to a thousand suns, ever intent on austerity — homage be to you.
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VaP 1 30.224
उन्मादनशतावर्त्त गङ्गातोयार्द्धमूर्द्धज। चन्द्रावर्त्त युगावर्त्त मेघावर्त्त नमोऽस्तु ते
unmādanaśatāvartta gaṅgātoyārddhamūrddhaja| candrāvartta yugāvartta meghāvartta namo'stu te
O you of a hundred maddening whirls, in whose head-hair is half the water of the Gaṅgā! O whirl of the moon, whirl of the age, whirl of the clouds — homage be to you.
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VaP 1 30.225
त्वमन्नमन्नकर्त्ता च अन्नदश्च त्वमेव हि। अन्नस्रष्टा च पक्ता च पक्वभुक्तपचे नमः
tvamannamannakarttā ca annadaśca tvameva hi| annasraṣṭā ca paktā ca pakvabhuktapace namaḥ
You are food, and the maker of food, and you indeed are the giver of food; homage to the creator of food, the cooker, and the cooker of what is cooked and eaten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.226
जरायुजोऽण्डजश्चैव स्वेदजोद्भिज्ज एव च। त्वमेव देवदेवशो भूतग्रामश्चतुर्विधः
jarāyujo'ṇḍajaścaiva svedajodbhijja eva ca| tvameva devadevaśo bhūtagrāmaścaturvidhaḥ
Born of the womb, born of an egg, born of sweat, and born by sprouting — you alone, O lord of the gods, are the fourfold host of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.227
. चराचरस्य ब्रह्मा त्वं प्रतिहर्त्ता त्वमेव च। त्वमेव ब्रह्मविदुषामपि ब्रह्मविदां वरः
. carācarasya brahmā tvaṃ pratiharttā tvameva ca| tvameva brahmaviduṣāmapi brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
You are the creator of the moving and the unmoving, and you are its withdrawer; you are the best of the knowers of brahman, even among those learned in brahman.
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VaP 1 30.228
सत्त्वस्य परमा योनिरब्वायुज्योतिषां निधिः। ऋक्सामनि तथोङ्कारमाहुस्त्वां ब्रह्मवादिनः
sattvasya paramā yonirabvāyujyotiṣāṃ nidhiḥ| ṛksāmani tathoṅkāramāhustvāṃ brahmavādinaḥ
(You are) the supreme womb of being, the repository of the waters, the wind and the lights; the speakers of brahman call you Ṛk, Sāman, and likewise the syllable Om.
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VaP 1 30.229
हविर्हावी हवो हावी हुवां वाचाहुतिः सदा। गायन्ति त्वां सुरश्रेष्ठ सामगा ब्रह्मवादिनः
havirhāvī havo hāvī huvāṃ vācāhutiḥ sadā| gāyanti tvāṃ suraśreṣṭha sāmagā brahmavādinaḥ
You are the oblation and the offerer, the invocation and the invoker, of things called upon, ever the offering made with speech; O best of the gods, the Sāman-singers, the speakers of brahman, sing of you.
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VaP 1 30.230
यजुर्मयो ऋङ्मयस्व सामाथर्वमयस्तथा। पठ्यसे ब्रह्मविद्भिस्त्वं कल्पोपनिषदां गणैः
yajurmayo ṛṅmayasva sāmātharvamayastathā| paṭhyase brahmavidbhistvaṃ kalpopaniṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ
Consisting of the Yajus, consisting of the Ṛk, and likewise of the Sāman and the Atharvan, you are recited by the knowers of brahman together with the collections of the Kalpas and Upaniṣads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.231
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा वर्णावराश्च ये। त्वामेव मेघसङ्घाश्च विश्वस्त नितगर्ज्जितम्
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā varṇāvarāśca ye| tvāmeva meghasaṅghāśca viśvasta nitagarjjitam
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and those who are of the lower classes — (all these are) you alone; and the masses of clouds, O all-pervading one, and the continual thundering.
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VaP 1 30.232
संवत्सरस्त्वमृतवो मासा मासार्द्धमेव च। कला काष्ठा निमेषाश्च नक्षत्राणि युगा ग्रहाः
saṃvatsarastvamṛtavo māsā māsārddhameva ca| kalā kāṣṭhā nimeṣāśca nakṣatrāṇi yugā grahāḥ
You are the year, the seasons, the months and the half-months, the kalās, the kāṣṭhās and the nimeṣas, the lunar mansions, the ages and the planets.
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VaP 1 30.233
वृषाणां ककुदं त्वं हिगिरीणां शिखराणि च। सिंहो मृगाणां पततां तार्क्ष्योऽनन्तश्च भोगिनाम्
vṛṣāṇāṃ kakudaṃ tvaṃ higirīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca| siṃho mṛgāṇāṃ patatāṃ tārkṣyo'nantaśca bhoginām
You are the hump of bulls and the peaks of the mountains, the lion among beasts, Tārkṣya among birds, and Ananta among serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.234
क्षीरोदो ह्युदधीनाञ्च यन्त्राणां धनुरेव च। वज्रम्प्रहरणानाञ्च व्रतानां सत्यमेव च
kṣīrodo hyudadhīnāñca yantrāṇāṃ dhanureva ca| vajrampraharaṇānāñca vratānāṃ satyameva ca
(You are) the ocean of milk among oceans, and the bow among devices, the thunderbolt among weapons, and truth among vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.235
इच्छा द्वेषश्च रागश्च मोहः क्षामो दमः शमः। व्यवसायो धृतिर्लोभः कामक्रोधौ जयाजयौ
icchā dveṣaśca rāgaśca mohaḥ kṣāmo damaḥ śamaḥ| vyavasāyo dhṛtirlobhaḥ kāmakrodhau jayājayau
(You are) wish and aversion and passion, delusion, weakness, self-control, calm, resolve, steadfastness, greed, desire and anger, victory and defeat.
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VaP 1 30.236
त्वं गदी त्वं शरी चापि खट्वाङ्गी झर्झरी तथा । छेत्ता भेत्ता प्रहर्त्ता च त्वं नेताप्यन्तको मतः
tvaṃ gadī tvaṃ śarī cāpi khaṭvāṅgī jharjharī tathā | chettā bhettā praharttā ca tvaṃ netāpyantako mataḥ
You bear the mace, you bear the arrow, and also the skull-staff and the jharjhara drum; you are the cutter, the splitter, the striker, and you are held to be the leader and the ender.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.237
दशलक्षणसंयुक्तो धर्मोऽर्थः काम एव । इन्द्रः समुद्राः सरितः पल्वलानि सरांसि च
daśalakṣaṇasaṃyukto dharmo'rthaḥ kāma eva | indraḥ samudrāḥ saritaḥ palvalāni sarāṃsi ca
(You are) dharma joined with its ten marks, and wealth, and desire itself; (you are) Indra, the oceans, the rivers, the ponds and the lakes.
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VaP 1 30.238
लतावल्ली तृणौषध्यः पशवो मृगपक्षिणः। द्रव्यकर्मगुणारम्भः कालपुष्पफलप्रदः
latāvallī tṛṇauṣadhyaḥ paśavo mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ| dravyakarmaguṇārambhaḥ kālapuṣpaphalapradaḥ
(You are) creeper and vine, grasses and herbs, cattle, wild beasts and birds; (you are) the origin of substance, action and quality, the giver of flowers and fruit in season.
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VaP 1 30.239
आदिश्वान्तश्च मध्यश्च गायत्र्योङ्कार एव च। हरितो लोहितः कृष्णो नीलः पीतस्तथारुणः
ādiśvāntaśca madhyaśca gāyatryoṅkāra eva ca| harito lohitaḥ kṛṣṇo nīlaḥ pītastathāruṇaḥ
(You are) the beginning, the end, and the middle, the Gāyatrī and the syllable Oṃ; (you are) green, red, black, dark blue, yellow and ruddy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.240
कद्रुश्च कपिलश्चैव कपोतो मेचकस्तथा। सुवर्णरेता विख्यातः सुवर्ण श्चाप्यतो मतः
kadruśca kapilaścaiva kapoto mecakastathā| suvarṇaretā vikhyātaḥ suvarṇa ścāpyato mataḥ
And (you are) tawny-brown and dun, dove-grey and dark; you are renowned as the one whose seed is gold, and hence you are held to be Suvarṇa (Gold).
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VaP 1 30.241
सुवर्णनामा च तथा सुवर्णप्रिय एव च। त्वमिन्द्रोऽथ यमश्चैव वरुणो धनदोऽनलः
suvarṇanāmā ca tathā suvarṇapriya eva ca| tvamindro'tha yamaścaiva varuṇo dhanado'nalaḥ
And likewise (you are) the one named Gold and the one to whom gold is dear; you are Indra, and Yama, Varuṇa, the giver of wealth (Kubera), and Fire.
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VaP 1 30.242
उत्फुल्लश्चित्रभानुश्च स्वर्भानुर्भानुरेव च। होत्रं होता च होमस्त्वं हुतञ्च प्रहुतं प्रभुः
utphullaścitrabhānuśca svarbhānurbhānureva ca| hotraṃ hotā ca homastvaṃ hutañca prahutaṃ prabhuḥ
(You are) the blossoming one, the one of variegated radiance, Svarbhānu and the Sun itself; you are the offering, the offerer, and the oblation, the poured-out and the offered-forth, the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.243
सुपर्णञ्च तथा ब्रह्म यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्। पवित्राणां पवित्रं च मङ्गलानाञ्च मङ्गलम्
suparṇañca tathā brahma yajuṣāṃ śatarudriyam| pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāñca maṅgalam
And (you are) the fine-winged one, and the Brahman, the Śatarudriya among the Yajus formulas; (you are) the purest of pure things and the auspicious among auspicious things.
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VaP 1 30.244
गिरिः स्तोकस्तथा वृक्षो जीवः पुद्गल एव च। सत्त्वं त्वञ्च रजस्त्वञ्च तमश्च प्रजनं तथा
giriḥ stokastathā vṛkṣo jīvaḥ pudgala eva ca| sattvaṃ tvañca rajastvañca tamaśca prajanaṃ tathā
(You are) mountain, drop, and tree, the living being and the individual person; you are goodness (sattva), you are passion (rajas), and darkness (tamas), and likewise generation.
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VaP 1 30.245
प्राणोऽपानः सामानश्च उदानो व्यान एव च। उन्मेषश्चैव मेषश्च तथा जृम्भितमेव च
prāṇo'pānaḥ sāmānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca| unmeṣaścaiva meṣaśca tathā jṛmbhitameva ca
(You are) the out-breath, the down-breath, and the equalizing breath, the up-breath and the diffused breath; (you are) the opening of the eyes and the closing, and likewise yawning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.246
लोहिताङ्गो गदी दंष्ट्री महावक्त्रो महोदरः। सुचिरोमा हरिच्छ्मश्रुरूर्द्ध्वकेशस्त्रिलोचनः
lohitāṅgo gadī daṃṣṭrī mahāvaktro mahodaraḥ| suciromā haricchmaśrurūrddhvakeśastrilocanaḥ
(You are) red-limbed, mace-bearing, tusked, wide-mouthed, big-bellied, with beautiful hair, with a tawny beard, with hair standing upward, three-eyed.
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VaP 1 30.247
गीतवादित्रनृत्याङ्गो गीतवादनकप्रियः। मत्स्यो जली जलो जल्य जवः कालः कली कलः
gītavāditranṛtyāṅgo gītavādanakapriyaḥ| matsyo jalī jalo jalya javaḥ kālaḥ kalī kalaḥ
(You are) one whose limbs move in song, instrumental music and dance, fond of singing and playing; (you are) fish, water-holder, water, watery, speed, Time, strife, and Kala.
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VaP 1 30.248
विकालश्च सुकालश्च दुष्कालः कलनाशनः। मृत्युश्चैव क्षयोऽन्तश्च क्षमापायकरो हरः
vikālaśca sukālaśca duṣkālaḥ kalanāśanaḥ| mṛtyuścaiva kṣayo'ntaśca kṣamāpāyakaro haraḥ
(You are) the wrong time and the good time, the evil time, and the destroyer of reckoning; (you are) death, decay and the end, patience, the bringer of ruin, Hara.
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VaP 1 30.249
संवर्त्तकोऽन्तकश्चैव संवर्त्तकबलाहकौ। घटो घटीको घण्टीको चूडालोलबलो बलम्
saṃvarttako'ntakaścaiva saṃvarttakabalāhakau| ghaṭo ghaṭīko ghaṇṭīko cūḍālolabalo balam
(You are) Saṃvartaka and the Ender, and the two, Saṃvartaka and Balāhaka; (you are) the pot, the little pot, the little bell, the one with a crest, the restless, the strong one, and strength itself.
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VaP 1 30.250
ब्रह्मकालोऽग्निवक्त्रश्च दण्डी मुण्डी च दण्डधृक्। चतुर्युगश्चतुर्वेदश्चतुर्होत्रश्चतुष्पथः
brahmakālo'gnivaktraśca daṇḍī muṇḍī ca daṇḍadhṛk| caturyugaścaturvedaścaturhotraścatuṣpathaḥ
(You are) the Time of Brahmā, the fire-mouthed, staff-bearing, shaven-headed, and the wielder of the rod; (you are) the four ages, the four Vedas, the four sacrificial offices, and the crossroads.
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VaP 1 30.251
चतुरा श्रमवेत्ता च चातुर्वर्ण्यकरश्च ह। क्षराक्षरप्रियो धूर्त्तोऽगण्योऽगण्यगणाधिपः
caturā śramavettā ca cāturvarṇyakaraśca ha| kṣarākṣarapriyo dhūrtto'gaṇyo'gaṇyagaṇādhipaḥ
(You are) clever, the knower of the (four) stages of life, and indeed the maker of the four classes; (you are) fond of the perishable and the imperishable, a rogue, uncountable, the lord of countless hosts.
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VaP 1 30.252
रुद्राक्षमाल्याम्बरधरो गिरिको गिरिकप्रियः। शिल्पीशः शिल्पिनां श्रेष्ठः सर्वशिल्पप्रवर्त्तकः
rudrākṣamālyāmbaradharo giriko girikapriyaḥ| śilpīśaḥ śilpināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśilpapravarttakaḥ
(You are) wearing garlands of rudrākṣa beads and (bark) garments, dwelling on the mountain and fond of the mountain; (you are) lord of craftsmen, best of craftsmen, the instigator of every craft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.253
भगनेत्रान्तकश्चन्द्रः पूष्णो दन्तविनाशनः। गूढावर्त्तश्च गूढश्च गूढप्रतिनिषेविता
bhaganetrāntakaścandraḥ pūṣṇo dantavināśanaḥ| gūḍhāvarttaśca gūḍhaśca gūḍhapratiniṣevitā
(You are) the ender of Bhaga's eyes, the moon, and the destroyer of Pūṣan's teeth; (you are) the hidden whirl and the hidden one, and the one served in secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.254
तरणस्ता रकश्चैव सर्वभूतसुतारणः। धाता विधाता सत्वानां निधाता धारणो धरः
taraṇastā rakaścaiva sarvabhūtasutāraṇaḥ| dhātā vidhātā satvānāṃ nidhātā dhāraṇo dharaḥ
(You are) the one who carries across, and the deliverer, and the one who carries all beings well across; (you are) the ordainer, the disposer of creatures, the depositor, the supporter, the bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.255
तपो ब्रह्म च सत्यञ्च ब्रह्मचर्यमथार्जवम् । भूतात्मा भूतकृद्भूतो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः
tapo brahma ca satyañca brahmacaryamathārjavam | bhūtātmā bhūtakṛdbhūto bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ
(You are) ascetic heat, and Brahman, and truth, chastity, and uprightness; (you are) the self of beings, the maker of beings, being itself, the origin of what has been, what will be, and what is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.256
भूर्भुवःस्वरितश्चैव तथोत्पत्तिर्महेश्वरः। ईशानो वीक्षणः शान्तो दुर्दान्तो दन्तनाशनः
bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritaścaiva tathotpattirmaheśvaraḥ| īśāno vīkṣaṇaḥ śānto durdānto dantanāśanaḥ
(You are) bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and svar, and likewise origination, the great lord; the ruler, the beholder, the tranquil, the hard to tame, the destroyer of teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.257
ब्रह्मावर्त्त सुरावर्त्त कामावर्त्त नमोऽस्तु ते। कामबिम्बनिहर्त्ता च कर्णिकाररजःप्रियः
brahmāvartta surāvartta kāmāvartta namo'stu te| kāmabimbaniharttā ca karṇikārarajaḥpriyaḥ
O whirl of brahman, whirl of the gods, whirl of desire, homage be to you; destroyer of the orb of desire, and lover of the pollen of the karṇikāra flower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.258
मुखचन्द्रो भीममुखः सुमुखो दुर्मुखो मुखः। चतुर्मुखो बहुमुखो रणे ह्यभिमुखः सदा
mukhacandro bhīmamukhaḥ sumukho durmukho mukhaḥ| caturmukho bahumukho raṇe hyabhimukhaḥ sadā
Moon-faced, of terrible face, fair-faced, ill-faced, (himself) the face; four-faced, many-faced, and always facing (the foe) in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.259
हिरण्यगर्भः शकुनिर्महोदधिः परो विराट् । अधर्महा महादण्डो दण्डधारो रणप्रियः
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śakunirmahodadhiḥ paro virāṭ | adharmahā mahādaṇḍo daṇḍadhāro raṇapriyaḥ
The golden womb, the bird, the great ocean, the supreme, the vast one; slayer of unrighteousness, the great rod, wielder of the rod, lover of battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.260
गोतमोगोप्रतारश्च गोवृषेश्चरवाहनः। धर्मकृद्धर्मस्रष्टा च धर्मो धर्मविदुत्तमः
gotamogopratāraśca govṛṣeścaravāhanaḥ| dharmakṛddharmasraṣṭā ca dharmo dharmaviduttamaḥ
Gotama, the ferrier of cattle, whose vehicle moves as a bull of the cows; doer of dharma and creator of dharma, dharma itself, best of the knowers of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.261
त्रैलोक्यगोप्ता गोविन्दो मानदो मान एव च। तिष्ठन् स्थिरश्च स्थाणुश्च निष्कम्पः कम्प एव च
trailokyagoptā govindo mānado māna eva ca| tiṣṭhan sthiraśca sthāṇuśca niṣkampaḥ kampa eva ca
Protector of the three worlds, Govinda, the giver of honour and honour itself; standing, steady, the pillar, the unshaking, and shaking too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.262
दुर्वारणो दुर्विषदो दुःसहो दुरतिक्रमः। दुर्द्धरो दुष्प्रकम्पश्च दुर्विदो दुर्ज्जयो जयः
durvāraṇo durviṣado duḥsaho duratikramaḥ| durddharo duṣprakampaśca durvido durjjayo jayaḥ
Hard to ward off, hard to approach, hard to endure, hard to overtake; hard to hold, hard to make tremble, hard to know, hard to conquer, and victory (itself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.263
शशः शशाङ्कः शमनः शीतोष्णं दुर्जराऽथ तृट्। आधयो व्याधयश्चैव व्याधिहा व्याधिगश्च ह
śaśaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ śamanaḥ śītoṣṇaṃ durjarā'tha tṛṭ| ādhayo vyādhayaścaiva vyādhihā vyādhigaśca ha
The hare, the moon, the quieter, cold and heat, hard-to-digest (food), and thirst; mental afflictions and diseases too, the destroyer of disease and the one who goes to disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.264
सह्यो यज्ञो मृगा व्याधा व्याधीनामाकरोऽकरः । शिखण्डी पुण्डरीकाक्षः पुण्डरीकावलोकनः
sahyo yajño mṛgā vyādhā vyādhīnāmākaro'karaḥ | śikhaṇḍī puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ puṇḍarīkāvalokanaḥ
The Sahya (mountain), the sacrifice, the deer, the hunters, the source of diseases and the non-source; the crested one, the lotus-eyed, the one who gazes upon the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.265
दण्डधरः सदण्डश्च दण्डमुण्डविभूषितः। विषपोऽमृतपश्चैव सुरापः क्षीरसोमपः
daṇḍadharaḥ sadaṇḍaśca daṇḍamuṇḍavibhūṣitaḥ| viṣapo'mṛtapaścaiva surāpaḥ kṣīrasomapaḥ
Bearer of the rod, holding the rod, adorned with rod and skull; drinker of poison and drinker of nectar, drinker of liquor, drinker of milk and soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.266
मधुपश्चाज्यपश्चैव सर्वपश्च महाबलः। वृषाश्ववाह्यो वृषभस्तथा वृषभलोचनः
madhupaścājyapaścaiva sarvapaśca mahābalaḥ| vṛṣāśvavāhyo vṛṣabhastathā vṛṣabhalocanaḥ
Drinker of honey and drinker of clarified butter, drinker of all things, of great strength; borne by bull and horse, the bull, and likewise bull-eyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.267
वृषभश्चैव विख्यातो लोकानां लोकसत्कृतः। चन्द्रादित्यौ चक्षुषी ते हृदयञ्च पितामहः। अग्निरापस्तथा देवो धर्मकर्मप्रसाधितः
vṛṣabhaścaiva vikhyāto lokānāṃ lokasatkṛtaḥ| candrādityau cakṣuṣī te hṛdayañca pitāmahaḥ| agnirāpastathā devo dharmakarmaprasādhitaḥ
And he is renowned as the bull of the worlds, honoured by the world; the moon and the sun are your two eyes, and the heart is the grandfather (Brahmā); fire and the waters, likewise the god accomplished by the works of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.268
न ब्रह्मा न च गोविन्दः पुराणऋषयो न च। माहात्म्यं वेदितुं शक्ता याथातथ्येन ते शिव
na brahmā na ca govindaḥ purāṇaṛṣayo na ca| māhātmyaṃ vedituṃ śaktā yāthātathyena te śiva
Neither Brahmā nor Govinda, nor the ancient seers, are able to know your greatness as it truly is, O Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.269
या मूर्त्तयः सुसूक्ष्मास्ते न मह्यं यान्ति दर्शनम्। ताभिर्णां सततं रक्ष पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम्
yā mūrttayaḥ susūkṣmāste na mahyaṃ yānti darśanam| tābhirṇāṃ satataṃ rakṣa pitā putramivaurasam
Those forms of yours that are very subtle do not come into my sight; with them guard me constantly, as a father his own-born son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.270
रक्ष मां रक्षणीयोऽहं तवानघ नमोऽस्तु ते ।। भक्तानुकम्पी भगवान् भक्तश्चाहं सदा त्वयि
rakṣa māṃ rakṣaṇīyo'haṃ tavānagha namo'stu te || bhaktānukampī bhagavān bhaktaścāhaṃ sadā tvayi
Protect me, I am one to be protected by you, O sinless one; homage be to you. The Lord is compassionate to his devotees, and I am always devoted to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.271
यः सहस्राण्यनेकानि पुंसामाहृत्य दुर्द्दशः। तिष्ठत्येकः समुद्रान्ते स मे गोप्तास्तु नित्यशः
yaḥ sahasrāṇyanekāni puṃsāmāhṛtya durddaśaḥ| tiṣṭhatyekaḥ samudrānte sa me goptāstu nityaśaḥ
He who, hard to look upon, having gathered up many thousands of men, stands alone at the ocean's edge — let him be my protector always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.272
यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासाः सत्त्वस्थाः समदर्शिनः। ज्योतिः पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मने नमः
yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsāḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ| jyotiḥ paśyanti yuñjānāstasmai yogātmane namaḥ
He whom the sleepless, breath-controlled, established in purity, of equal vision, see as light when practising yoga — to him, whose self is yoga, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.273
सम्भक्ष्य सर्व भूतानि युगान्ते समुपस्थिते। यः शेते जलमध्यस्थस्तं प्रपद्येऽप्सुशायिनम्
sambhakṣya sarva bhūtāni yugānte samupasthite| yaḥ śete jalamadhyasthastaṃ prapadye'psuśāyinam
When the end of the age has arrived, having devoured all beings, he who lies down abiding in the midst of the waters — to him who sleeps upon the waters I go for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.274
प्रविश्य वदने राहोर्यः सोमं ग्रसते निशि । ग्रसत्यर्कञ्च स्वर्भानुर्भुत्वा सोमाग्निरेव च
praviśya vadane rāhoryaḥ somaṃ grasate niśi | grasatyarkañca svarbhānurbhutvā somāgnireva ca
He who, having entered the mouth of Rāhu, swallows the moon at night, and becoming Svarbhānu swallows the sun, and is indeed the fire of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.275
येऽङ्गुष्ठमात्राः पुरुषा देहस्थाः सर्वदेहिनाम्। रक्षन्तु ते हि मां नित्यं नित्यमाप्याययन्तु माम्
ye'ṅguṣṭhamātrāḥ puruṣā dehasthāḥ sarvadehinām| rakṣantu te hi māṃ nityaṃ nityamāpyāyayantu mām
May those thumb-sized persons who dwell in the bodies of all embodied beings ever protect me and ever nourish me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.276
ये चाप्युत्पतिता गर्भादधोभागगताश्च ये। तेषां स्वाहाः स्वधाश्चैव आप्नुवन्तु स्वदन्तु च
ye cāpyutpatitā garbhādadhobhāgagatāśca ye| teṣāṃ svāhāḥ svadhāścaiva āpnuvantu svadantu ca
And those who have come forth from the womb, and those who have gone to the lower region — let their svāhā-offerings and svadhā-offerings reach them, and let them taste (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.277
ये न रोदन्ति देहस्थाः प्राणिनो रोदयन्ति च। हर्षयन्ति च हृष्यन्ति नमस्तेभ्योऽस्तु नित्यशः
ye na rodanti dehasthāḥ prāṇino rodayanti ca| harṣayanti ca hṛṣyanti namastebhyo'stu nityaśaḥ
Those dwelling in bodies who do not weep and (yet) make living beings weep, and who gladden and rejoice — homage to them always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.278
ये समुद्रे नदीदुर्गे पर्वतेषु गुहासु च। वृक्षमूलेषु गोष्ठेषु कान्तारगहनेषु न
ye samudre nadīdurge parvateṣu guhāsu ca| vṛkṣamūleṣu goṣṭheṣu kāntāragahaneṣu na
Those (who dwell) in the ocean, in the difficult places of rivers, on mountains and in caves, at the roots of trees, in cowpens, and in the depths of the wilderness — (homage to them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.279
चतुष्पथेषु रथ्यासु चत्वरेषु सभासु च। चन्द्रार्कयोर्मध्यगता ये च चन्द्रार्करश्मिषु
catuṣpatheṣu rathyāsu catvareṣu sabhāsu ca| candrārkayormadhyagatā ye ca candrārkaraśmiṣu
(Those who dwell) at crossroads, on carriage-roads, in courtyards and in assembly halls, and those who go between the moon and the sun, and (are) in the rays of the moon and the sun —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.280
रसातलगता ये च ये च तस्मात्परङ्गताः। नमस्तेभ्यो नमस्तेभ्यो नमस्तेभ्यश्च नित्यशः। सूक्ष्माः स्थूलाः कृशा ह्रस्वा नमस्तेभ्यस्तु नित्यशः
rasātalagatā ye ca ye ca tasmātparaṅgatāḥ| namastebhyo namastebhyo namastebhyaśca nityaśaḥ| sūkṣmāḥ sthūlāḥ kṛśā hrasvā namastebhyastu nityaśaḥ
And those who have gone to Rasātala, and those who have gone beyond that — homage to them, homage to them, and homage to them always. Subtle, gross, thin, short — homage to them always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.281
सर्वस्त्वं सर्वगो देव सर्वभूतपतिर्भवान्। सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा च तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रितः
sarvastvaṃ sarvago deva sarvabhūtapatirbhavān| sarvabhūtāntarātmā ca tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ
You are all, you go everywhere, O God; you are the lord of all beings, and the inner self of all beings — therefore you were not invited (by me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.282
त्वमेव चेज्यसे यस्माद्यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः। त्वमेव कर्त्ता सर्वस्य तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रितः
tvameva cejyase yasmādyajñairvividhadakṣiṇaiḥ| tvameva karttā sarvasya tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ
And since it is you alone who are worshipped by sacrifices with their various priestly gifts, and you alone are the maker of all — therefore you were not invited.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.283
अथ वा मायया देव मोहितः सूक्ष्मया त्वया। एतस्मात् कारणाद्वापि तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रितः
atha vā māyayā deva mohitaḥ sūkṣmayā tvayā| etasmāt kāraṇādvāpi tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ
Or else, O God, I was deluded by your subtle māyā; for this reason too, therefore, you were not invited.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.284
प्रसीद मम देवेश त्वमेव शरणं मम। त्वं गतिस्त्वं प्रतिष्ठा च न चान्यास्ति न मे गतिः
prasīda mama deveśa tvameva śaraṇaṃ mama| tvaṃ gatistvaṃ pratiṣṭhā ca na cānyāsti na me gatiḥ
Be gracious to me, lord of gods; you alone are my refuge. You are (my) goal and you are (my) support; there is no other, I have no (other) recourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.285
स्तुत्वैवं स महादेवं विरराम प्रजापातिः। भगवानपि सुप्रीतः पुनर्दक्षमभाषत
stutvaivaṃ sa mahādevaṃ virarāma prajāpātiḥ| bhagavānapi suprītaḥ punardakṣamabhāṣata
Having praised the Great God thus, that Prajāpati fell silent; and the Lord too, well pleased, spoke again to Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.286
परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते दक्ष स्तवेनानेन सुव्रत। बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन मत्समीपं गमिष्यसि
parituṣṭo'smi te dakṣa stavenānena suvrata| bahunātra kimuktena matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyasi
"I am well satisfied with you, Dakṣa, by this hymn of praise, O you of good vows. What need of much speech here? You shall come into my presence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.287
अथैनमब्रवीद्वाक्यं त्रैलोक्याधिपतिर्भवः। कृत्वाश्वासकरं वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वाक्यमाहतम्
athainamabravīdvākyaṃ trailokyādhipatirbhavaḥ| kṛtvāśvāsakaraṃ vākyaṃ vākyajño vākyamāhatam
Then Bhava, the lord of the three worlds, knowing (how to) speak, spoke this word to him, having made his speech reassuring — a word (to relieve) the stricken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.288
दक्ष दक्ष न कर्त्तव्यो मन्युर्विघ्नमिमं प्रति। अहं यज्ञहा न त्वन्यो दृश्यते तत्पुरा त्वया
dakṣa dakṣa na karttavyo manyurvighnamimaṃ prati| ahaṃ yajñahā na tvanyo dṛśyate tatpurā tvayā
"Dakṣa, Dakṣa, you must not be angry about this obstruction. I am the destroyer of the sacrifice, not another; that was seen by you before."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.289
भूयश्च तं वरमिमं मत्तो गृह्णीष्व सुव्रत। प्रसन्नवदनो भूत्वा त्वमेकाग्रमनाः श्रृणु
bhūyaśca taṃ varamimaṃ matto gṛhṇīṣva suvrata| prasannavadano bhūtvā tvamekāgramanāḥ śrṛṇu
"And further, receive this boon from me, O you of good vows; with a glad face and one-pointed mind, listen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.290
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च। प्रजापते मत्प्रसादात् फलभागी भविष्यसि
aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca| prajāpate matprasādāt phalabhāgī bhaviṣyasi
"O Prajāpati, by my grace you shall become a partaker of the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices and of a hundred Vājapeya rites."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.291
वेदान् षडङ्गानुद्धृत्य साङ्ख्यान्योगांश्च कृत्स्नशः। तपश्च विपुलं तप्त्वा दुश्चरं देवदानवैः
vedān ṣaḍaṅgānuddhṛtya sāṅkhyānyogāṃśca kṛtsnaśaḥ| tapaśca vipulaṃ taptvā duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ
"Having extracted (the essence of) the Vedas with their six auxiliaries, and the Sāṃkhya and Yoga (teachings) entirely, and having performed vast austerity, hard to practise for gods and demons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.292
अर्थैर्द्दशार्द्धसंयुक्तैर्गूढमप्राज्ञनिर्म्मितम्। वर्णाश्रमकृतैर्धर्मैंर्विपरीतं क्वचित्समम्
arthairddaśārddhasaṃyuktairgūḍhamaprājñanirmmitam| varṇāśramakṛtairdharmaiṃrviparītaṃ kvacitsamam
— (a vow) joined with five topics, hidden, not fashioned by the unwise, contrary to the duties laid down for the classes and life-stages, (yet) in some respects the same,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.293
श्रुत्यर्थैरध्यवसितं पशुपाशविमोक्षणम्। सर्वेषामाश्रमाणान्तु मया पाशुपतं व्रतम्। उत्पादितं शुभं दक्ष सर्वपापविमोक्षणम्
śrutyarthairadhyavasitaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam| sarveṣāmāśramāṇāntu mayā pāśupataṃ vratam| utpāditaṃ śubhaṃ dakṣa sarvapāpavimokṣaṇam
— determined by the meanings of scripture, releasing the bound creature from its bonds: the Pāśupata vow, auspicious and freeing from all sin, has been brought forth by me, Dakṣa, for (those in) all the life-stages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.294
अस्य चीर्णस्य यत्सम्यक् फलं भवति पुष्कलम्। तदस्तु ते महाभाग मानसस्त्यज्यतां ज्वरः
asya cīrṇasya yatsamyak phalaṃ bhavati puṣkalam| tadastu te mahābhāga mānasastyajyatāṃ jvaraḥ
"Whatever abundant fruit rightly comes to be from the practice of this — let that be yours, O greatly fortunate one; let the fever of your mind be abandoned."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.295
एवमुक्त्वा महादेवः सपत्नीकः सहानुगः। अदर्शनमनुप्राप्तो दक्षस्यामितविक्रमः
evamuktvā mahādevaḥ sapatnīkaḥ sahānugaḥ| adarśanamanuprāpto dakṣasyāmitavikramaḥ
Having spoken thus, the Great God of immeasurable might, together with his wife and with his followers, passed out of Dakṣa's sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.296
अवाप्य च तदा भागं यथोक्तं ब्रह्मणा भवः। ज्वरञ्च सर्वधर्मज्ञो बहुधा व्यभजत्तदा। शान्त्यर्थं सर्वभूतानां श्रृणुध्वं तत्र वै द्विजाः
avāpya ca tadā bhāgaṃ yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā bhavaḥ| jvarañca sarvadharmajño bahudhā vyabhajattadā| śāntyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śrṛṇudhvaṃ tatra vai dvijāḥ
And when Bhava, knower of all duties, had received his share as Brahmā had declared, he then divided the Fever into many parts, for the appeasing of all beings — hear of that, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.297
शीर्षाभितापो नागानां पर्वतानां शिलारुजः। अपान्तु नालिकां विद्यान्निर्मोकम्भुजगेष्वपि
śīrṣābhitāpo nāgānāṃ parvatānāṃ śilārujaḥ| apāntu nālikāṃ vidyānnirmokambhujageṣvapi
Among serpents it is the head-ache; among mountains, the crumbling of rock; in the waters one should know it as nālikā, and among snakes also the sloughing of the skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.298
शौरकः सौरभेयाणामूषरः पृथिवीतले । इभा नामपि धर्मज्ञ दृष्टिप्रत्यवरोधनम्
śaurakaḥ saurabheyāṇāmūṣaraḥ pṛthivītale | ibhā nāmapi dharmajña dṛṣṭipratyavarodhanam
Among the offspring of Surabhi (cattle) it is śauraka; on the surface of the earth, saline barrenness; and among elephants too, O knower of dharma, the obstruction of sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.299
रन्ध्रोद्भूतं तथाश्वानां शिखोद्भेदश्च बर्हिणाम्। नेत्ररोगः कोकिलानां ज्वरः प्रोक्तो महात्मभिः
randhrodbhūtaṃ tathāśvānāṃ śikhodbhedaśca barhiṇām| netrarogaḥ kokilānāṃ jvaraḥ prokto mahātmabhiḥ
So too, in horses it is what arises in the openings (of the body), and in peacocks the splitting of the crest; in cuckoos the fever is declared by the great-souled ones to be disease of the eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.300
अजानां पित्तभेदश्च सर्वेषामिति नः श्रुतम्। शुकानामपि सर्वेषां हिमिका प्रोच्यते ज्वरः। शार्दूलेष्वपि वै विप्राः श्रमो ज्वर इहोच्यते
ajānāṃ pittabhedaśca sarveṣāmiti naḥ śrutam| śukānāmapi sarveṣāṃ himikā procyate jvaraḥ| śārdūleṣvapi vai viprāḥ śramo jvara ihocyate
And among goats it is the disorder of the bile — so we have heard — for all of them; and among all parrots too the fever is called himikā (chill); and among tigers, O brahmins, fever is here said to be exhaustion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.301
मानुषेषु तु सर्वज्ञ ज्वरो नामैष कीर्तितः। मरणे जन्मनि तथा मध्ये च विशते सदा
mānuṣeṣu tu sarvajña jvaro nāmaiṣa kīrtitaḥ| maraṇe janmani tathā madhye ca viśate sadā
But among humans, O all-knowing one, this is proclaimed by the name of fever; it always enters (them) at death, at birth, and in between.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.302
एतन्माहेश्वरं तेजौ ज्वरो नाम सुदारुणः। नमस्यश्चैव मान्यश्च सर्वप्राणिभिरीश्वरः
etanmāheśvaraṃ tejau jvaro nāma sudāruṇaḥ| namasyaścaiva mānyaśca sarvaprāṇibhirīśvaraḥ
This most terrible thing named fever is the fiery power of Maheśvara; and the Lord is to be bowed to and honoured by all living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.303
इमां ज्वरोत्पत्तिमदीनमानसः पठेत्सदा यः सुसमाहितो नरः । विमुक्तरोगः स नरो मुदा युतो लभेत कामान् स यथामनीषितान्
imāṃ jvarotpattimadīnamānasaḥ paṭhetsadā yaḥ susamāhito naraḥ | vimuktarogaḥ sa naro mudā yuto labheta kāmān sa yathāmanīṣitān
The man who, undejected in mind and well composed, constantly recites this origin of fever — that man, freed from disease and filled with joy, would obtain the objects of desire just as he wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.304
दक्षप्रोक्तं स्तवञ्चापि कीर्त्तयेद्यः श्रृणोति वा। नाशुभं प्राप्नुयात् किञ्चिद्दीर्घञ्चायुरवाप्नुयात्
dakṣaproktaṃ stavañcāpi kīrttayedyaḥ śrṛṇoti vā| nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiñciddīrghañcāyuravāpnuyāt
And whoever proclaims or hears the hymn uttered by Dakṣa would meet with nothing inauspicious, and would obtain long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.305
यथा सर्वेषु देवेषु वरिष्ठो योगवान् हरः। तथा स्तवो वरिष्ठोऽयं स्तवानां ब्रह्मनिर्मितः
yathā sarveṣu deveṣu variṣṭho yogavān haraḥ| tathā stavo variṣṭho'yaṃ stavānāṃ brahmanirmitaḥ
As Hara, the possessor of yoga, is the most excellent among all the gods, so this hymn, fashioned by Brahmā, is the most excellent of hymns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.306
यशोराज्यसुखैश्वर्यवित्तायुर्धनकाङ्क्षिभिः। स्तोतव्यो भक्तिमास्थाय विद्याकामैश्च यत्नतः
yaśorājyasukhaiśvaryavittāyurdhanakāṅkṣibhiḥ| stotavyo bhaktimāsthāya vidyākāmaiśca yatnataḥ
It is to be recited with devotion and with effort by those who desire fame, kingship, pleasure, lordship, wealth, long life and riches, and by those who desire learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.307
व्याधितो दुःखितो दीनश्चौरत्रस्तो भयार्दितः। राजकार्यनियुक्तो वा मुच्यते महतो भयात्
vyādhito duḥkhito dīnaścauratrasto bhayārditaḥ| rājakāryaniyukto vā mucyate mahato bhayāt
One who is diseased, sorrowful, wretched, frightened of thieves, afflicted by fear, or employed in the king's business, is released from great fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.308
अनेन चैव देहेन गणानां स गणाधिपः। इह लोके सुखं प्राप्य गण एवोपपद्यते
anena caiva dehena gaṇānāṃ sa gaṇādhipaḥ| iha loke sukhaṃ prāpya gaṇa evopapadyate
And with this very body he becomes a lord of the troops of the gaṇas; having obtained happiness in this world, he is born as a gaṇa itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.309
न च यक्षाः पिशाचा वा न नागा न विनायकाः। कुर्युर्विघ्नं गृहे तस्य यत्र संस्तूयते भवः
na ca yakṣāḥ piśācā vā na nāgā na vināyakāḥ| kuryurvighnaṃ gṛhe tasya yatra saṃstūyate bhavaḥ
Neither yakṣas nor piśācas, nor nāgas, nor Vināyakas, would cause obstruction in the house of the man where Bhava is praised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.310
श्रृणुयाद्वा इदं नारी सुभक्त्या ब्रह्मचारिणी। पितृभिर्भर्तृपक्षाभ्यां पूज्या भवति देववत्
śrṛṇuyādvā idaṃ nārī subhaktyā brahmacāriṇī| pitṛbhirbhartṛpakṣābhyāṃ pūjyā bhavati devavat
Or should a woman, chaste and with good devotion, hear this, she becomes worthy of worship like a deity by her fathers (her own family) and by both her husband's kin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.311
श्रृणुयाद्वा इदं सर्व कीर्त्तयेद्वाप्यभीक्ष्णशः। तस्य सर्वाणि कार्याणि सिद्धिं गच्छन्त्यविघ्नतः
śrṛṇuyādvā idaṃ sarva kīrttayedvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ| tasya sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhiṃ gacchantyavighnataḥ
Or should anyone hear this, or recite it repeatedly, all his undertakings reach success without obstruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.312
मनसा चिन्तितं यच्च यच्च वाचाप्युदाहृतम्। सर्वं सम्पद्यते तस्य स्तवनस्यानुकीर्त्तनात्
manasā cintitaṃ yacca yacca vācāpyudāhṛtam| sarvaṃ sampadyate tasya stavanasyānukīrttanāt
Whatever is thought in the mind and whatever is uttered by speech — all of it comes about for him, from the repeated recitation of the hymn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.313
देवस्य सगुहस्याथ देव्या नन्दीश्वरस्य तु। बलिं विभवतः कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च
devasya saguhasyātha devyā nandīśvarasya tu| baliṃ vibhavataḥ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca
Having made an offering, according to his means, to the god together with Guha, and to the Goddess and to Nandīśvara, with self-restraint and observance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.314
ततः स युक्तो गृह्णीयान्नामान्याशु यथाक्रमम्। ईप्सितान् लभतेऽत्यर्थं कामान् भोगांश्च मानवः। मृतश्च स्वर्गमाप्नोति स्त्रीसहस्रपरिवृतः
tataḥ sa yukto gṛhṇīyānnāmānyāśu yathākramam| īpsitān labhate'tyarthaṃ kāmān bhogāṃśca mānavaḥ| mṛtaśca svargamāpnoti strīsahasraparivṛtaḥ
then, being thus joined (to the rite), let him take up the names swiftly in due order; the man obtains the desires he has longed for and enjoyments in the highest degree; and when dead he attains heaven, surrounded by a thousand women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.315
सर्व कर्मसु युक्तो वा युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः। पठन् दक्षकृतं स्तोत्रं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते। मृतश्च गणसालोक्यं पूज्यमानः सुरासुरैः
sarva karmasu yukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ| paṭhan dakṣakṛtaṃ stotraṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate| mṛtaśca gaṇasālokyaṃ pūjyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ
Whether he be engaged in all (ritual) acts, or joined with all the (grave) sins, reciting the hymn made by Dakṣa he is wholly released from all sins; and when dead he (attains) the same world as the gaṇas, being honoured by gods and demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.316
वृषेव विधियुक्तेन विमानेन विराजते। आभूतसंप्लवस्थायी रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत्
vṛṣeva vidhiyuktena vimānena virājate| ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī rudrasyānucaro bhavet
Like a bull he shines forth in a celestial car furnished according to rule; enduring until the dissolution of beings, he becomes an attendant of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.317
इत्याह भगवान् व्यासः पराशरसुतः प्रभुः । नैतद्वेदयते कश्चिन्नेदं श्राव्यन्तु कस्यचित्
ityāha bhagavān vyāsaḥ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ | naitadvedayate kaścinnedaṃ śrāvyantu kasyacit
So spoke the lord Bhagavān Vyāsa, the son of Parāśara: "No one should teach this (to anyone), and let this not be made to be heard by just anyone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 30.318
श्रुत्वैतत्परमं गुह्यं येऽपि स्युः पापकारिणः। वैश्याः स्त्रियश्च शूद्राश्च रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयुः
śrutvaitatparamaṃ guhyaṃ ye'pi syuḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ| vaiśyāḥ striyaśca śūdrāśca rudralokamavāpnuyuḥ
Having heard this supreme secret, even those who are doers of evil—vaiśyas, women, and śūdras—would attain the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 30.319
श्रावयेद्यस्तु विप्रेभ्यः सदा पर्वसु पर्वसु। रुद्रलोकमवाप्नोति द्विजो वै नात्र संशयः
śrāvayedyastu viprebhyaḥ sadā parvasu parvasu| rudralokamavāpnoti dvijo vai nātra saṃśayaḥ
And the twice-born who causes (it) to be heard by brahmins always at each festival juncture attains the world of Rudra—there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition