Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 47

VaP 2 47.1

।.नारद उवाच।। कथं व्यक्तस्वरूपेण स्थितश्चादिगदाधरः। कथं व्यक्तस्वरूपेण व्यक्ताव्यक्तात्मना स्थितः

|.nārada uvāca|| kathaṃ vyaktasvarūpeṇa sthitaścādigadādharaḥ| kathaṃ vyaktasvarūpeṇa vyaktāvyaktātmanā sthitaḥ

Nārada said: How does the primal mace-bearer stand in a manifest form? How, in a manifest form, does he stand as one whose nature is manifest and unmanifest?

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VaP 2 47.2

कथं गदा समुत्पन्ना यथा ह्यादिगदाधरः। गदालोलं कथं चासीत् सर्व्वपापक्षयङ्करम्

kathaṃ gadā samutpannā yathā hyādigadādharaḥ| gadālolaṃ kathaṃ cāsīt sarvvapāpakṣayaṅkaram

How did the mace arise, such that he is the primal mace-bearer? And how did (the place) Gadāloli come to be, which destroys all sins?

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VaP 2 47.3

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। गदो नामासुरो ह्यासीद्वज्राद्वज्रतरो दृढः। तपसा दारुणेनासौ ब्रह्मलब्धवरः पुरा। प्रार्थितो ब्रह्मणे प्रादात्स्वशरीरास्थि दुस्त्यजम्

sanatkumāra uvāca|| gado nāmāsuro hyāsīdvajrādvajrataro dṛḍhaḥ| tapasā dāruṇenāsau brahmalabdhavaraḥ purā| prārthito brahmaṇe prādātsvaśarīrāsthi dustyajam

Sanatkumāra said: There was indeed an asura named Gada, firm, harder than the thunderbolt; formerly he obtained a boon from Brahmā by fierce austerity. Being asked, he gave to Brahmā the bone of his own body, hard to give up.

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VaP 2 47.4

ब्रह्मोक्तो विश्वकर्म्मापि गदां चक्रेऽद्भुतां तदा। तदस्थि वज्रनिष्पेषैः कुन्दैः स्वर्गे ह्यधारयत्

brahmokto viśvakarmmāpi gadāṃ cakre'dbhutāṃ tadā| tadasthi vajraniṣpeṣaiḥ kundaiḥ svarge hyadhārayat

Then Viśvakarman too, told by Brahmā, made a wondrous mace; and that bone he held (in place) in heaven with balls (of it) crushed by thunderbolt-blows.

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VaP 2 47.5

अथ कालेन महता मनौ स्वायम्भुवे क्वचित। हेती रक्षो ब्रह्मपुत्रः तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्

atha kālena mahatā manau svāyambhuve kvacita| hetī rakṣo brahmaputraḥ tapastepe sudāruṇam

Then after a great length of time, at some point in the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu, the rākṣasa Heti, a son of Brahmā, practised very fierce austerity.

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VaP 2 47.6

दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणां शतं वायुमभक्षयत्। उन्मुखश्चोर्द्ध्वबाहुश्च पादाङ्गुष्ठभरेण ह

divyavarṣasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ vāyumabhakṣayat| unmukhaścorddhvabāhuśca pādāṅguṣṭhabhareṇa ha

For a hundred thousand divine years he fed on air, face upturned and arms raised, supported by the weight (of his body) on his big toe.

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VaP 2 47.7

एकेनातिष्ठदव्यग्रः शीर्णपर्णानिलाशनः। ब्रह्मादींस्तपसा तुष्टान्वरं वव्रे वरप्रदान्

ekenātiṣṭhadavyagraḥ śīrṇaparṇānilāśanaḥ| brahmādīṃstapasā tuṣṭānvaraṃ vavre varapradān

He stood undistracted on one (foot), eating withered leaves and wind; and from Brahmā and the others, pleased by his austerity and granters of boons, he chose a boon.

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VaP 2 47.8

देवैर्दैत्यैश्च शस्त्रैर्विविधैर्मनुजादिभिः। कृष्णेशानादिचक्राद्यैरवध्यः स्यां महाबलः

devairdaityaiśca śastrairvividhairmanujādibhiḥ| kṛṣṇeśānādicakrādyairavadhyaḥ syāṃ mahābalaḥ

"May I, of great strength, be unslayable by gods and by daityas, by weapons of many kinds, by men and the rest, by Kṛṣṇa, Īśāna and the others, by the discus and other (weapons)."

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VaP 2 47.9

तथेत्युक्त्वान्तर्हितास्ते हेतिर्देवानथाजयत्। इन्द्रत्वमकरोद्धेतिर्भीता ब्रह्महरादयः

tathetyuktvāntarhitāste hetirdevānathājayat| indratvamakaroddhetirbhītā brahmaharādayaḥ

Saying "So be it," they vanished; then Heti conquered the gods. Heti took over the rank of Indra, and Brahmā, Hara and the rest were afraid.

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VaP 2 47.10

हरिं ते शरणं जग्मुरूचुर्हेतिं जहीति तान् । ऊचे हरिरवध्योऽयं हेतिर्देवासुरैः सुराः

hariṃ te śaraṇaṃ jagmurūcurhetiṃ jahīti tān | ūce hariravadhyo'yaṃ hetirdevāsuraiḥ surāḥ

They went to Hari for refuge and said, "Slay Heti"; Hari said to them, "This Heti, O gods, is unslayable by gods and asuras."

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VaP 2 47.11

महास्त्रं मे प्रयच्छध्वं हेतिं हन्मि हि येन तम्। इत्युक्तास्ते ततो देवा गदां तां हरये ददुः

mahāstraṃ me prayacchadhvaṃ hetiṃ hanmi hi yena tam| ityuktāste tato devā gadāṃ tāṃ haraye daduḥ

"Give me a great weapon, with which I may slay that Heti!" Thus addressed, the gods then gave that mace to Hari.

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VaP 2 47.12

दधार तां गदामादौ देवैरुक्तो गदाधरः । गदया हेतिमाहत्य देवैः स त्रिदिवं ययौ

dadhāra tāṃ gadāmādau devairukto gadādharaḥ | gadayā hetimāhatya devaiḥ sa tridivaṃ yayau

He bore that mace at the beginning, being told (to do so) by the gods, and (so became) the Mace-bearer; having struck Heti down with the mace, he went with the gods to the third heaven.

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VaP 2 47.13

गदामादाववष्टभ्य गयासुरशिरःशिलाम्। निश्चलार्थं स्थितो यस्मात्तस्मादादिगदाधरः

gadāmādāvavaṣṭabhya gayāsuraśiraḥśilām| niścalārthaṃ sthito yasmāttasmādādigadādharaḥ

Because he stood pressing down with the mace, at the beginning, the rock that was the head of the demon Gaya, in order to make it motionless — therefore (he is) Ādi-Gadādhara (the primal Mace-bearer).

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VaP 2 47.14

शिलापर्वतरूपेण व्यक्त आदिगदाधरः । शिलासौ मुण्डपृष्ठाद्रिः प्रभासो नामपर्व्वतः

śilāparvatarūpeṇa vyakta ādigadādharaḥ | śilāsau muṇḍapṛṣṭhādriḥ prabhāso nāmaparvvataḥ

In the form of a rock and a mountain the primal Mace-bearer is made manifest: that rock is the hill Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, and the mountain named Prabhāsa,

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VaP 2 47.15

उद्यन्तो गीतनादश्च भस्मकूटो गिरिर्म्महान्। गृध्र कूटः प्रेतकूटश्चादिपालोऽरविन्दकः

udyanto gītanādaśca bhasmakūṭo girirmmahān| gṛdhra kūṭaḥ pretakūṭaścādipālo'ravindakaḥ

Udyanta and Gītanāda, and the great mountain Bhasmakūṭa, Gṛdhrakūṭa and Pretakūṭa, and Ādipāla, Aravindaka,

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VaP 2 47.16

पञ्चलोकः सप्तलोको वैकुण्ठो लोहदण्डकः । क्रौञ्चपादोऽक्षयवटः फल्गुतीर्थं मधुश्रवाः

pañcalokaḥ saptaloko vaikuṇṭho lohadaṇḍakaḥ | krauñcapādo'kṣayavaṭaḥ phalgutīrthaṃ madhuśravāḥ

Pañcaloka, Saptaloka, Vaikuṇṭha, Lohadaṇḍaka, Krauñcapāda, the Undying Banyan, the Phalgu ford, Madhuśravas,

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VaP 2 47.17

दधिकुल्या मधुकुल्या देविका च महानदी। वैतरण्यादिरूपेण व्यक्त आदिगदाधरः

dadhikulyā madhukulyā devikā ca mahānadī| vaitaraṇyādirūpeṇa vyakta ādigadādharaḥ

Dadhikulyā, Madhukulyā, and Devikā the great river — in the form of the Vaitaraṇī and the rest the primal Mace-bearer is made manifest.

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VaP 2 47.18

विष्णोः पदं रुद्रपदं ब्रह्मणः पदमुत्तमम्। काश्यपस्य पदं दिव्यं द्वौ हस्तौ यत्र निर्गतौ

viṣṇoḥ padaṃ rudrapadaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padamuttamam| kāśyapasya padaṃ divyaṃ dvau hastau yatra nirgatau

(There is) the footprint of Viṣṇu, the footprint of Rudra, the highest footprint of Brahmā, the divine footprint of Kāśyapa, where two hands came forth,

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VaP 2 47.19

पञ्चाग्नीनां पदान्यत्र इन्द्रागस्त्यपदे परे। रवेश्च कार्त्तिकेयस्य क्रौञ्चमातङ्गयोरपि

pañcāgnīnāṃ padānyatra indrāgastyapade pare| raveśca kārttikeyasya krauñcamātaṅgayorapi

here the footprints of the five fires, and beyond them the footprints of Indra and Agastya, and of the Sun and of Kārttikeya, and of Krauñca and Mātaṅga too,

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VaP 2 47.20

मुख्यलिङ्गानि सर्व्वाणि व्यक्ताव्यक्तात्मना स्थितः। आद्यो गदाधरश्चैव व्यक्तः श्रीमान् गदाधरः

mukhyaliṅgāni sarvvāṇi vyaktāvyaktātmanā sthitaḥ| ādyo gadādharaścaiva vyaktaḥ śrīmān gadādharaḥ

and all the chief liṅgas: he abides with a manifest and an unmanifest nature — both the primal Mace-bearer and the glorious manifest Gadādhara.

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VaP 2 47.21

गायत्री चैव सावित्री सन्ध्या चैव सरस्वती । गयादित्यश्चोत्तरार्को दक्षिणार्कोऽपि नैमिषः

gāyatrī caiva sāvitrī sandhyā caiva sarasvatī | gayādityaścottarārko dakṣiṇārko'pi naimiṣaḥ

And Gāyatrī, Sāvitrī, Sandhyā, and Sarasvatī; Gayāditya, the northern Sun, the southern Sun too, Naimiṣa,

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VaP 2 47.22

श्वेतार्को गणनाथश्च वसवोऽष्टौ मुनीश्वराः। रुद्राश्चैकादशैवाथ तथा सप्तर्षयोऽपरे

śvetārko gaṇanāthaśca vasavo'ṣṭau munīśvarāḥ| rudrāścaikādaśaivātha tathā saptarṣayo'pare

the White Sun, and the Lord of the Hosts, the eight Vasus, the lords among sages, the eleven Rudras, and likewise the seven seers besides,

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VaP 2 47.23

सोमनाथश्च सिद्धेशः कपर्द्दीशो विनायकः। नारायणो महालक्ष्मीर्ब्रह्मा श्रीपुरुषोत्तमः

somanāthaśca siddheśaḥ kaparddīśo vināyakaḥ| nārāyaṇo mahālakṣmīrbrahmā śrīpuruṣottamaḥ

and Somanātha, Siddheśa, Kapardīśa, Vināyaka, Nārāyaṇa, Mahālakṣmī, Brahmā, the glorious Puruṣottama,

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VaP 2 47.24

मार्कण्डेयेशः कौटीशो ह्यङ्गिरेशः पितामहः। जनार्दनो मङ्गला च पुण्डरीकाक्ष उत्तमः

mārkaṇḍeyeśaḥ kauṭīśo hyaṅgireśaḥ pitāmahaḥ| janārdano maṅgalā ca puṇḍarīkākṣa uttamaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeyeśa, Kauṭīśa, and indeed Aṅgireśa, the Grandfather, Janārdana, and Maṅgalā, and the supreme Lotus-eyed one —

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VaP 2 47.25

इत्यादिव्यक्तरूपेण स्थितश्चादिगदाधरः। हेतिर्यो राक्षसस्तस्मिन्हते विष्णुः पुरं गतः

ityādivyaktarūpeṇa sthitaścādigadādharaḥ| hetiryo rākṣasastasminhate viṣṇuḥ puraṃ gataḥ

in such manifest forms as these the primal Mace-bearer abides. When that demon Heti was slain, Viṣṇu went to his own city.

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VaP 2 47.26

ब्रह्मणा सह रुद्राद्यैः कारिते निश्चलेऽसुरे । तुष्टावाद्यगदापाणिं वेधा हर्षेण निर्वृतः

brahmaṇā saha rudrādyaiḥ kārite niścale'sure | tuṣṭāvādyagadāpāṇiṃ vedhā harṣeṇa nirvṛtaḥ

When the demon had been made motionless by Brahmā together with Rudra and the others, the Creator, filled with joy, praised him who held the primal mace in his hand.

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VaP 2 47.27

ब्रह्मोवाच।। गदाधरं व्यपगतकालकल्मषं गयागतं विदितगुणं गुणातिगम्। गुहागतं गिरिवरगौरगेहगं गणार्च्चितं वरदमहं नमामि

brahmovāca|| gadādharaṃ vyapagatakālakalmaṣaṃ gayāgataṃ viditaguṇaṃ guṇātigam| guhāgataṃ girivaragauragehagaṃ gaṇārccitaṃ varadamahaṃ namāmi

Brahmā said: I bow to the Mace-bearer, from whom the stains of time have departed, who has come to Gayā, whose qualities are known and who is beyond qualities, who has entered the cave, who goes to the white house on the best of mountains, who is worshipped by the hosts, the giver of boons.

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VaP 2 47.28

अहःश्रियं त्रिदशगणादिसुश्रियं भवश्रियं दितिभवदारणश्रियम्। कलिश्रियं कलिमलमर्दनश्रियं गदाधरं नौमि तमाश्रितश्रियम्

ahaḥśriyaṃ tridaśagaṇādisuśriyaṃ bhavaśriyaṃ ditibhavadāraṇaśriyam| kaliśriyaṃ kalimalamardanaśriyaṃ gadādharaṃ naumi tamāśritaśriyam

Him who is the splendour of day, the fair splendour of the throngs of gods and the rest, the splendour of existence, the splendour that tears apart Diti's offspring, the splendour of the Kali age, the splendour that crushes the filth of Kali — the Mace-bearer, the splendour of those who take refuge in him, I praise.

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VaP 2 47.29

दृढादॄढं परिवृढगाढसंस्तुतं कामाद्भुतं सुदृढमरूढिरूढिगम्। तमाढ्यगं दृढदुरिताद्यढौकितं स्वढौकृतं दृढतरगोत्रसूक्तिभम्

dṛḍhādṝḍhaṃ parivṛḍhagāḍhasaṃstutaṃ kāmādbhutaṃ sudṛḍhamarūḍhirūḍhigam| tamāḍhyagaṃ dṛḍhaduritādyaḍhaukitaṃ svaḍhaukṛtaṃ dṛḍhataragotrasūktibham

(I praise) him, firm beyond the firm, deeply extolled by lords, wondrous beyond desire, very firm, attaining a station that is no mere reputation, him who goes to the rich, to whom firm sins and the rest have drawn near, who has been well approached, who shines with the hymns of the firmest lineages.

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VaP 2 47.30

विदेहकं करणकलाविवर्जितं विजन्मकं दिवकरवेदिभूषितम्। गदाधरं ध्वनिमुखवर्जितं परं नमाम्यहं सतत मनादिमीश्वरं हरिम्

videhakaṃ karaṇakalāvivarjitaṃ vijanmakaṃ divakaravedibhūṣitam| gadādharaṃ dhvanimukhavarjitaṃ paraṃ namāmyahaṃ satata manādimīśvaraṃ harim

Him who is without a body, free of the organs and their functions, without birth, adorned by the altar of the sun, the Mace-bearer, beyond sound and speech, supreme — him, the beginningless Lord, Hari, I bow to constantly.

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VaP 2 47.31

मनोऽतिगं मतिगतिवर्जितं परं सदाद्वयं स्तुतिशिरसि संस्तुतं बुधैः। चिदात्मकं कलिगतकारणातिगं गदाधरं हृदयगतं नमामि तम्

mano'tigaṃ matigativarjitaṃ paraṃ sadādvayaṃ stutiśirasi saṃstutaṃ budhaiḥ| cidātmakaṃ kaligatakāraṇātigaṃ gadādharaṃ hṛdayagataṃ namāmi tam

Him who is beyond mind, devoid of the movement of thought, supreme, ever without a second, praised by the wise at the head of their hymns, whose nature is consciousness, who is beyond the causes that operate in the Kali age, the bearer of the mace, dwelling in the heart — him I salute.

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VaP 2 47.32

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। देवैः सार्द्धं ब्रह्मणैवं स्तुतश्चादिगदाधरः । ऊचे वरं वृणीष्व त्वं वरं ब्रह्मा तमब्रवीत्

sanatkumāra uvāca|| devaiḥ sārddhaṃ brahmaṇaivaṃ stutaścādigadādharaḥ | ūce varaṃ vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ varaṃ brahmā tamabravīt

Sanatkumāra said: Thus praised by Brahmā together with the gods, the primal mace-bearer said, "Choose a boon!" — and Brahmā said this to him:

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VaP 2 47.33

शिलायां देवरूपिण्यां न तिष्ठामस्त्वया विना। स्थास्यामोऽत्र त्वया सार्द्धं नित्यं व्यक्तादिरूपिणा

śilāyāṃ devarūpiṇyāṃ na tiṣṭhāmastvayā vinā| sthāsyāmo'tra tvayā sārddhaṃ nityaṃ vyaktādirūpiṇā

"Without you we shall not remain upon the stone that has the form of the deity; here we shall abide together with you, who are eternally of manifest and unmanifest form."

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VaP 2 47.34

एवमस्तु श्रिया सार्द्धं स्थितश्चादिगदाधरः। लोकानां रक्षणार्थाय जगतां मुक्तिहेतवे। सुव्यक्तः पुण्डरीकाक्षो जनार्दन इति श्रुतः

evamastu śriyā sārddhaṃ sthitaścādigadādharaḥ| lokānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya jagatāṃ muktihetave| suvyaktaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo janārdana iti śrutaḥ

"So be it" — and the primal mace-bearer took his place there together with Śrī, for the protection of the worlds and to be the cause of liberation for the universe; fully manifest, the lotus-eyed one, known as Janārdana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.35

वेदैरगम्या या मूर्त्तिरादिभूता सनातनी। सुव्यक्ता श्वेतकल्पे सा भविष्यति तथा पुनः। वाराहकल्पे ह्यव्यक्ता व्यक्तिमप्यगमत्पुरा

vedairagamyā yā mūrttirādibhūtā sanātanī| suvyaktā śvetakalpe sā bhaviṣyati tathā punaḥ| vārāhakalpe hyavyaktā vyaktimapyagamatpurā

That form which is unapproachable by the Vedas, primordial, eternal, which was fully manifest in the Śveta Kalpa, shall be so again; for in the Vārāha Kalpa, being unmanifest, it formerly came into manifestation as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.36

सन्तारणाय लोकानां देवानां रक्षणाय च। गयाशिरसि सुव्यक्तो भविष्यति न संशयः

santāraṇāya lokānāṃ devānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca| gayāśirasi suvyakto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

For the deliverance of the worlds and for the protection of the gods, he will become fully manifest at Gayāśiras — there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.37

ये द्रक्ष्यन्ति सदा भक्त्या देवमादिगदाधरम्। कुष्ठरोगादिनिर्म्मुक्ता यास्यन्ति हरिमन्दिरम्

ye drakṣyanti sadā bhaktyā devamādigadādharam| kuṣṭharogādinirmmuktā yāsyanti harimandiram

Those who will always behold with devotion the god, the primal mace-bearer, freed from leprosy and other diseases, will go to Hari's abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.38

ये द्रक्ष्यन्ति सदा भक्त्या देवमादिगदाधरम्। ते प्राप्स्यन्ति धनं धान्यमायुरारोग्यमेव च

ye drakṣyanti sadā bhaktyā devamādigadādharam| te prāpsyanti dhanaṃ dhānyamāyurārogyameva ca

Those who will always behold with devotion the god, the primal mace-bearer, they will obtain wealth, grain, long life, and health,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.39

कलत्रपुत्रपौत्रादिगुणकीर्त्तिसुखानि च। श्रद्धया ये नमस्यन्ति राज्यं ब्रह्मपुरं तथा। भुक्त्वा व्रजेयुः सततं पुण्यपुञ्जफलं नराः

kalatraputrapautrādiguṇakīrttisukhāni ca| śraddhayā ye namasyanti rājyaṃ brahmapuraṃ tathā| bhuktvā vrajeyuḥ satataṃ puṇyapuñjaphalaṃ narāḥ

and wife, sons, grandsons and the rest, virtue, fame and pleasures; those men who bow with faith, having enjoyed kingship and then Brahmā's city, would go on always (to enjoy) the fruit of their heap of merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VaP 2 47.40

गन्धदानेन गन्धाढ्यः सौभाग्यं पुष्पदानतः। धूपदानेन राज्याप्तिर्दीपाद्दीप्तिर्भविष्यति

gandhadānena gandhāḍhyaḥ saubhāgyaṃ puṣpadānataḥ| dhūpadānena rājyāptirdīpāddīptirbhaviṣyati

By the gift of perfume one becomes rich in fragrance; from the gift of flowers, good fortune; by the gift of incense, the winning of a kingdom; from a lamp there will be radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.41

ध्वजदानात्पापहानिर्यात्राकृद्ब्रह्मलोकभाक्। श्राद्धपिण्डप्रदो यस्तु विष्णुं नेष्यति वै पितॄन्

dhvajadānātpāpahāniryātrākṛdbrahmalokabhāk| śrāddhapiṇḍaprado yastu viṣṇuṃ neṣyati vai pitṝn

From the gift of a banner, the loss of sins; one who makes the pilgrimage gains the world of Brahmā; and he who offers the śrāddha rice-balls will indeed lead his ancestors to Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.42

श्रद्धया ये नमस्यन्ति सतोत्रेणादिगदाधरम्। स्तोष्यन्ति च समभ्यर्च्य पितॄन्नेष्यन्ति माधवम्। शिवोऽपि परया प्रीत्या तुष्टावादिगदाधरम्

śraddhayā ye namasyanti satotreṇādigadādharam| stoṣyanti ca samabhyarcya pitṝnneṣyanti mādhavam| śivo'pi parayā prītyā tuṣṭāvādigadādharam

Those who with faith bow to the primal mace-bearer with a hymn, and who will praise him and worship him fully, will lead their ancestors to Mādhava. Śiva too, with the highest delight, praised the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.43

।।शिव उवाच।। अव्यक्तरूपो यो देवो मुण्डपृष्ठादिरूपतः । फल्गुतीर्थादिरूपेण नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

||śiva uvāca|| avyaktarūpo yo devo muṇḍapṛṣṭhādirūpataḥ | phalgutīrthādirūpeṇa namāmyādigadādharam

Śiva said: The god who is of unmanifest form, by way of Muṇḍapṛṣṭha and the rest, and in the form of the Phalgu ford and the rest — I salute that primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.44

व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपेण पदरूपेण संस्थितः। मुखलिङ्गादिरूपेण नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpeṇa padarūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ| mukhaliṅgādirūpeṇa namāmyādigadādharam

He who abides in the form of the manifest and the unmanifest, and in the form of the footprint, and in the form of the mukhaliṅga and the rest — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.45

अव्यक्तरूपो यो देवो जनार्दनस्वरूपतः। मुण्डपृष्ठे स्वयं जातो नामाम्यादिगदा धरम्

avyaktarūpo yo devo janārdanasvarūpataḥ| muṇḍapṛṣṭhe svayaṃ jāto nāmāmyādigadā dharam

The god who is of unmanifest form, in the form of Janārdana, who arose of himself upon Muṇḍapṛṣṭha — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.46

शिलायां देवरूपिण्यां स्थितं ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरैः। पूजितं सत्कृतं देवैस्तं नमामि गदाधरम्

śilāyāṃ devarūpiṇyāṃ sthitaṃ brahmādibhiḥ suraiḥ| pūjitaṃ satkṛtaṃ devaistaṃ namāmi gadādharam

Him who abides upon the stone that has the form of the deity, worshipped and honoured by Brahmā and the other gods — that mace-bearer I salute.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.47

यं च दृष्ट्वा ततः स्पृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा प्रणम्य च । श्राद्धादौ ब्रह्मलोकाप्तिर्नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

yaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tataḥ spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā praṇamya ca | śrāddhādau brahmalokāptirnamāmyādigadādharam

He whom, having seen and then touched, worshipped and bowed to, one gains the world of Brahmā in the śrāddha and the rest — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.48

महदादेश्च जगतो व्यक्तस्यैकं हि कारणम्। अव्यक्तज्ञानरूपं तं नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

mahadādeśca jagato vyaktasyaikaṃ hi kāraṇam| avyaktajñānarūpaṃ taṃ namāmyādigadādharam

Him who is the one cause of the manifest world beginning with mahat, whose form is unmanifest knowledge — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.49

देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितम्। जाग्रत्स्वप्नविनिर्मुक्तं नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitam| jāgratsvapnavinirmuktaṃ namāmyādigadādharam

Him who is devoid of body, senses, mind, intellect, breath and ego, wholly free of waking and dream — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.50

नित्यानित्यविनिर्मुक्तं सत्यमानन्दमव्ययम्। तुरीयं ज्योतिरात्मानं नमाम्यादिगदाधरम्

nityānityavinirmuktaṃ satyamānandamavyayam| turīyaṃ jyotirātmānaṃ namāmyādigadādharam

Him who is free of both the eternal and the non-eternal, the true, bliss, imperishable, the fourth (state), the Self that is light — I salute the primal mace-bearer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.51

।।सनत्कुमार उवाच।। एवं स्तुतो महेशेन प्रीतो ह्यादिगदाधरः। स्थितो देवः शिलायां स ब्रह्माद्यैर्दैवतैः सह

||sanatkumāra uvāca|| evaṃ stuto maheśena prīto hyādigadādharaḥ| sthito devaḥ śilāyāṃ sa brahmādyairdaivataiḥ saha

Sanatkumāra said: Thus praised by Maheśa, the primal Bearer of the Mace was pleased; the god remained upon the rock together with Brahmā and the other deities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.52

संस्थितं मुण्डपृष्ठाद्रौ देवमादिगदाधरम्। स्तुवन्ति पूजयन्तीह ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयान्तु ते

saṃsthitaṃ muṇḍapṛṣṭhādrau devamādigadādharam| stuvanti pūjayantīha brahmalokaṃ prayāntu te

Those who praise and worship here the god, the primal Mace-bearer, established on the Muṇḍapṛṣṭha mountain — may they go to the world of Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.53

धर्मार्थी प्राप्नुयाद्धर्ममर्थार्थी चार्थमाप्नुयात् । कामानवाप्नुयात्कामी मोक्षार्थी मोक्षमाप्नुयात्

dharmārthī prāpnuyāddharmamarthārthī cārthamāpnuyāt | kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī mokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt

One who seeks dharma would obtain dharma, and one who seeks wealth would obtain wealth; one desiring pleasures would obtain pleasures, and one seeking liberation would obtain liberation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.54

वन्ध्या च लभते पुत्रं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम्। राजा विजयमाप्नोति शूद्रश्च सुखमाप्नुयात्

vandhyā ca labhate putraṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam| rājā vijayamāpnoti śūdraśca sukhamāpnuyāt

And a barren woman obtains a son who masters the Vedas and the auxiliary sciences; a king wins victory, and a śūdra would obtain happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VaP 2 47.55

पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रानभ्यर्च्यादिगदाधरम्। मनसा प्रार्थितं सर्वं पूजाद्यैः प्राप्नुयाद्धरेः

putrārthī labhate putrānabhyarcyādigadādharam| manasā prārthitaṃ sarvaṃ pūjādyaiḥ prāpnuyāddhareḥ

One who wants sons obtains sons by worshipping the primal Mace-bearer; through the worship and the rest (offered) to Hari one would obtain all that is wished for in the mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition