Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1 — Chapter 15
ViP 1 15.1
तपश् चरत्सु पृथिवीं प्रचेतःसु महीरुहाः अरक्ष्यमाणाम् आवव्रुर् बभूवाथ प्रजाक्षयः ॥
tapaś caratsu pṛthivīṃ pracetaḥsu mahīruhāḥ arakṣyamāṇām āvavrur babhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ //
While the Pracetases were practising austerity, the trees covered over the unguarded earth, and then there was destruction of the creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.2
नाशकन् मारुतो वातुं वृतं खम् अभवद् द्रुमैः दशवर्षसहस्राणि न शेकुश् चेष्टितुं प्रजाः ॥
nāśakan māruto vātuṃ vṛtaṃ kham abhavad drumaiḥ daśavarṣasahasrāṇi na śekuś ceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ //
The wind could not blow, the sky became covered by trees; for ten thousand years the creatures could not stir.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.3
तान् दृष्ट्वा जलनिष्क्रान्ताः सर्वे क्रुद्धाः प्रचेतसः मुखेभ्यो वायुम् अग्निं च ते ऽसृजञ् जातमन्यवः ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā jalaniṣkrāntāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ pracetasaḥ mukhebhyo vāyum agniṃ ca te 'sṛjañ jātamanyavaḥ //
Seeing them, all the Pracetases, come out of the water, were angered, and with wrath arisen they emitted wind and fire from their mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.4
उन्मूलान् अथ तान् वृक्षान् कृत्वा वायुर् अशोषयत् तान् अग्निर् अदहद् घोरस् तत्राभूद् द्रुमसंक्षयः ॥
unmūlān atha tān vṛkṣān kṛtvā vāyur aśoṣayat tān agnir adahad ghoras tatrābhūd drumasaṃkṣayaḥ //
Then the wind, having torn those trees up by the roots, dried them out, and the terrible fire burned them; there arose the destruction of the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.5
द्रुमक्षयम् अथो दृष्ट्वा किंचिच् छिष्टेषु शाखिषु उपगम्याब्रवीद् एतान् राजा सोमः प्रजापतीन् ॥
drumakṣayam atho dṛṣṭvā kiṃcic chiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu upagamyābravīd etān rājā somaḥ prajāpatīn //
Then, seeing the destruction of the trees, when only a few branching ones were left, King Soma approached and spoke to these Prajāpatis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.6
कोपं यच्छत राजानः शृणुध्वं च वचो मम संधानं वः करिष्यामि सह क्षितिरुहैर् अहम् ॥
kopaṃ yacchata rājānaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ ca vaco mama saṃdhānaṃ vaḥ kariṣyāmi saha kṣitiruhair aham //
"Restrain your anger, kings, and hear my words: I shall make a settlement between you and the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.7
रत्नभूता च कन्येयं वार्क्षेयी वरवर्णिनी भविष्यं जानता पूर्वं मया गोभिर् विवर्धिता ॥
ratnabhūtā ca kanyeyaṃ vārkṣeyī varavarṇinī bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā pūrvaṃ mayā gobhir vivardhitā //
And this maiden, a very jewel, born of the trees, of excellent complexion, was formerly nourished by me with the cows' (milk), since I knew what was to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.8
मारिषा नाम नाम्नैषा वृक्षाणाम् इति निर्मिता भार्या वो ऽस्तु महाभागा ध्रुवं वंशविवर्धिनी ॥
māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣāṇām iti nirmitā bhāryā vo 'stu mahābhāgā dhruvaṃ vaṃśavivardhinī //
She is called Māriṣā by name, and she was fashioned as (a daughter) of the trees; let this greatly fortunate woman be your wife, assuredly an increaser of the line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.9
युष्माकं तेजसो ऽर्धेन मम चार्धेन तेजसः अस्याम् उत्पत्स्यते विद्वान् दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः ॥
yuṣmākaṃ tejaso 'rdhena mama cārdhena tejasaḥ asyām utpatsyate vidvān dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ //
From half of your energy and half of my energy there will be born in her a learned Prajāpati named Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.10
मम चांशेन संयुक्तो युष्मत्तेजोमयेन वै अग्निनाग्निसमो भूयः प्रजाः संवर्धयिष्यति ॥
mama cāṃśena saṃyukto yuṣmattejomayena vai agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati //
And joined with a portion of me, with the fire made of your energy, he will become equal to fire and will make the creatures increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.11
कण्डुर् नाम मुनिः पूर्वम् आसीद् वेदविदां वरः सुरम्ये गोमतीतीरे स तेपे परमं तपः ॥
kaṇḍur nāma muniḥ pūrvam āsīd vedavidāṃ varaḥ suramye gomatītīre sa tepe paramaṃ tapaḥ //
Formerly there was a sage named Kaṇḍu, the best of those who know the Vedas; on the very lovely bank of the Gomatī he practised supreme austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.12
तत्क्षोभाय सुरेन्द्रेण प्रम्लोचाख्या वराप्सराः प्रयुक्ता क्षोभयाम् आस तम् ऋषिं सा शुचिस्मिता ॥
tatkṣobhāya surendreṇa pramlocākhyā varāpsarāḥ prayuktā kṣobhayām āsa tam ṛṣiṃ sā śucismitā //
To disturb him, an excellent apsaras named Pramlocā was employed by the lord of the gods; she of the bright smile did disturb that sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.13
क्षोभितः स तया सार्धं वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् अतिष्ठन् मन्दरद्रोण्यां विषयासक्तमानसः ॥
kṣobhitaḥ sa tayā sārdhaṃ varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam atiṣṭhan mandaradroṇyāṃ viṣayāsaktamānasaḥ //
Disturbed, he stayed together with her more than a hundred years in a valley of Mandara, his mind attached to the objects of sense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.14
सा तं प्राह महाभाग गन्तुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं दिवम् प्रसादसुमुखो ब्रह्मन्न् अनुज्ञां दातुम् अर्हसि ॥
sā taṃ prāha mahābhāga gantum icchāmy ahaṃ divam prasādasumukho brahmann anujñāṃ dātum arhasi //
She said to him: "Greatly fortunate one, I wish to go to heaven; be gracious of countenance, brahmin, and grant me leave."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.15
तयैवम् उक्तः स मुनिस् तस्याम् आसक्तमानसः दिनानि कतिचिद् भद्रे स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
tayaivam uktaḥ sa munis tasyām āsaktamānasaḥ dināni katicid bhadre sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
Thus addressed by her, that sage, his mind attached to her, said: "Stay a few days, good lady."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.16
एवम् उक्ता ततस् तेन साग्रं वर्षशतं पुनः बुभुजे विषयांस् तन्वी तेन सार्धं महात्मना ॥
evam uktā tatas tena sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ punaḥ bubhuje viṣayāṃs tanvī tena sārdhaṃ mahātmanā //
Being thus spoken to by him, the slender woman again enjoyed the pleasures of sense together with that great one for a full hundred years and more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.17
अनुज्ञां देहि भगवन् व्रजामि त्रिदशालयम् उक्तस् तयेति स मुनिः स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
anujñāṃ dehi bhagavan vrajāmi tridaśālayam uktas tayeti sa muniḥ sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
"Give me leave, lord; I am going to the abode of the thirty (gods)." Thus addressed by her, the sage said: "Stay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.18
पुनर् गते वर्षशते साधिके सा शुभानना यामीत्य् आह दिवं ब्रह्मन् प्रणयस्मितशोभनम् ॥
punar gate varṣaśate sādhike sā śubhānanā yāmīty āha divaṃ brahman praṇayasmitaśobhanam //
Again, when a hundred years and more had passed, she of the fair face said, radiant with an affectionate smile: "Brahmin, I am going to heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.19
उक्तस् तयैवं स मुनिर् उपगुह्यायतेक्षणाम् प्राहास्यतां क्षणं सुभ्रु चिरकालं गमिष्यसि ॥
uktas tayaivaṃ sa munir upaguhyāyatekṣaṇām prāhāsyatāṃ kṣaṇaṃ subhru cirakālaṃ gamiṣyasi //
Thus addressed by her, the sage embraced the long-eyed woman and said: "Stay a moment, fair-browed one; you will go for a long time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.20
तच्छापभीता सुश्रोणी सह तेनर्षिणा पुनः शतद्वयं किंचिद् ऊनं वर्षाणाम् अन्वतिष्ठत ॥
tacchāpabhītā suśroṇī saha tenarṣiṇā punaḥ śatadvayaṃ kiṃcid ūnaṃ varṣāṇām anvatiṣṭhata //
Afraid of his curse, the fair-hipped one again remained with that sage for two hundred years less a little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.21
गमनाय महाभागो देवराजनिवेशनम् प्रोक्तः प्रोक्तस् तया तन्व्या स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
gamanāya mahābhāgo devarājaniveśanam proktaḥ proktas tayā tanvyā sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
Told again and again by that slender woman about going to the dwelling of the king of the gods, the greatly fortunate one said: "Stay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.22
तं सा शापभयाद् भीता दाक्षिण्येन च दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता प्रणयभङ्गार्तिवेदिनी न जहौ मुनिम् ॥
taṃ sā śāpabhayād bhītā dākṣiṇyena ca dakṣiṇā proktā praṇayabhaṅgārtivedinī na jahau munim //
Through fear of a curse, and being obliging out of courtesy, she—thus addressed, and knowing the pain of a broken affection—did not leave the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.23
तया च रमतस् तस्य परमर्षेर् अहर्निशम् नवं नवम् अभूत् प्रेम मन्मथाविष्टचेतसः ॥
tayā ca ramatas tasya paramarṣer aharniśam navaṃ navam abhūt prema manmathāviṣṭacetasaḥ //
And as that great sage took pleasure with her day and night, his love became ever new, his mind possessed by the god of love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.24
एकदा तु त्वरायुक्तो निश्चक्रामोटजान् मुनिः निष्क्रामन्तं च कुत्रेति गम्यते प्राह सा शुभा ॥
ekadā tu tvarāyukto niścakrāmoṭajān muniḥ niṣkrāmantaṃ ca kutreti gamyate prāha sā śubhā //
But one day the sage, in haste, went out from the hut; and as he was going out, that lovely woman said, "Where are you going?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.25
इत्य् उक्तः स तया प्राह परिवृत्तम् अहः शुभे संध्योपास्तिं करिष्यामि क्रियालोपो ऽन्यथा भवेत् ॥
ity uktaḥ sa tayā prāha parivṛttam ahaḥ śubhe saṃdhyopāstiṃ kariṣyāmi kriyālopo 'nyathā bhavet //
Addressed thus by her, he said: "The day has turned, fair one; I shall perform the twilight worship—otherwise there would be a lapse of the rite."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.26
ततः प्रहस्य मुदिता तं सा प्राह महामुनिम् किम् अद्य सर्वधर्मज्ञ परिवृत्तम् अहस् तव ॥
tataḥ prahasya muditā taṃ sā prāha mahāmunim kim adya sarvadharmajña parivṛttam ahas tava //
Then, delighted, she laughed and said to that great sage: "How, O knower of all dharma, has your day turned today?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.27
बहूनां विप्र वर्षाणां परिणामम् अहस् तव गतम् एतन् न कुरुते विस्मयं कस्य कथ्यताम् ॥
bahūnāṃ vipra varṣāṇāṃ pariṇāmam ahas tava gatam etan na kurute vismayaṃ kasya kathyatām //
"Your day, brahmin, is the passing of many years. Does this that has gone by cause no astonishment? To whom is it to be told?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.28
प्रातस् त्वम् आगता भद्रे नदीतीरम् इदं शुभम् मया दृष्टा च तन्वङ्गि प्रविष्टा च ममाश्रमम् ॥
prātas tvam āgatā bhadre nadītīram idaṃ śubham mayā dṛṣṭā ca tanvaṅgi praviṣṭā ca mamāśramam //
"In the morning, good lady, you came to this lovely riverbank, and you were seen by me, slender-limbed one, and you entered my hermitage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.29
इयं च वर्तते संध्या परिणामम् अहर् गतम् अवहासः किमर्थो ऽयं सद्भावः कथ्यतां मम ॥
iyaṃ ca vartate saṃdhyā pariṇāmam ahar gatam avahāsaḥ kimartho 'yaṃ sadbhāvaḥ kathyatāṃ mama //
"And now this twilight is here; the day has gone to its close. What is this mockery for? Tell me the true state of things."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.30
प्रत्यूषस्य् आगता ब्रह्मन् सत्यम् एतन् न तन् मृषा किन्त्व् अद्य तस्य कालस्य गतान्य् अब्दशतानि ते ॥
pratyūṣasy āgatā brahman satyam etan na tan mṛṣā kintv adya tasya kālasya gatāny abdaśatāni te //
"I came at dawn, brahmin—this is true, that is no falsehood; but today hundreds of years of that time have gone by for you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.31
ततः ससाध्वसो विप्रस् तां पप्रच्छायतेक्षणाम् कथ्यतां भीरु कः कालस् त्वया मे रमतः सह ॥
tataḥ sasādhvaso vipras tāṃ papracchāyatekṣaṇām kathyatāṃ bhīru kaḥ kālas tvayā me ramataḥ saha //
Then the brahmin, alarmed, asked the long-eyed woman: "Tell me, timid one, how much time (has passed) while I took pleasure together with you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.32
सप्तोत्तराण्य् अतीतानि नव वर्षशतानि ते मासाश् च षट् तथैवान्यत् समतीतं दिनत्रयम् ॥
saptottarāṇy atītāni nava varṣaśatāni te māsāś ca ṣaṭ tathaivānyat samatītaṃ dinatrayam //
"Nine hundred years and seven have passed for you, and six months, and likewise another three days have gone by as well."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.33
सत्यं भीरु वदस्य् एतत् परिहासो ऽथ वा शुभे दिनम् एकम् अहं मन्ये त्वया सार्धम् इहासितम् ॥
satyaṃ bhīru vadasy etat parihāso 'tha vā śubhe dinam ekam ahaṃ manye tvayā sārdham ihāsitam //
"Are you speaking this truly, timid one, or is it a jest, fair one? I think that one single day has been spent here with you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.34
वदिष्याम्य् अनृतं ब्रह्मन् कथम् अत्र तवान्तिके विशेषेणाद्य भवता पृष्टा मार्गानुवर्तिना ॥
vadiṣyāmy anṛtaṃ brahman katham atra tavāntike viśeṣeṇādya bhavatā pṛṣṭā mārgānuvartinā //
"How should I speak an untruth here in your presence, brahmin—especially when asked today by you, who follow the (right) path?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.35
निशम्य तद् वचः तस्याः स मुनिर् नृपनन्दनाः धिङ् मां धिङ् माम् अतीवेत्थं निनिन्दात्मानम् आत्मना ॥
niśamya tad vacaḥ tasyāḥ sa munir nṛpanandanāḥ dhiṅ māṃ dhiṅ mām atīvetthaṃ ninindātmānam ātmanā //
Hearing that speech of hers, that sage, O sons of the king, reproached himself exceedingly by himself in this way: "Shame on me! Shame on me!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.36
तपांसि मम नष्टानि हतं ब्रह्मविदां धनम् हृतो विवेकः केनापि योषिन् मोहाय निर्मिता ॥
tapāṃsi mama naṣṭāni hataṃ brahmavidāṃ dhanam hṛto vivekaḥ kenāpi yoṣin mohāya nirmitā //
"My austerities are lost, the wealth of the knowers of Brahman is destroyed, my discrimination has been carried off by someone: woman was fashioned for delusion."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.37
ऊर्मिषट्कातिगं ब्रह्म ज्ञेयम् आत्मजयेन मे मतिर् एषा हृता येन धिक् तं कामं महाग्रहम् ॥
ūrmiṣaṭkātigaṃ brahma jñeyam ātmajayena me matir eṣā hṛtā yena dhik taṃ kāmaṃ mahāgraham //
"Brahman, which lies beyond the six waves, was to be known by me through conquest of myself; shame on that Desire, the great seizer, by whom this mind of mine has been stolen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.38
व्रतानि वेदवेद्याप्तिकारणान्य् अखिलानि च नरकग्राममार्गेण सङ्गेनापहृतानि मे ॥
vratāni vedavedyāptikāraṇāny akhilāni ca narakagrāmamārgeṇa saṅgenāpahṛtāni me //
"And all my vows, which are the means of attaining what is to be known through the Vedas, have been carried off from me by attachment, the road to the village of hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.39
विनिन्द्येत्थं स धर्मज्ञः स्वयम् आत्मानम् आत्मना ताम् अप्सरसम् आसीनाम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
vinindyetthaṃ sa dharmajñaḥ svayam ātmānam ātmanā tām apsarasam āsīnām idaṃ vacanam abravīt //
Having thus reproached himself by himself, that knower of dharma spoke this word to the apsaras who was sitting there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.40
गच्छ पापे यथा कामं यत् कार्यं तत् कृतं त्वया देवराजस्य मत्क्षोभं कुर्वन्त्या भावचेष्टितैः ॥
gaccha pāpe yathā kāmaṃ yat kāryaṃ tat kṛtaṃ tvayā devarājasya matkṣobhaṃ kurvantyā bhāvaceṣṭitaiḥ //
"Go, wicked one, as you please. What had to be done has been done by you, who by your amorous gestures worked my disturbance for the sake of the king of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.41
न त्वां करोम्य् अहं भस्म क्रोधतीव्रेण वह्निना सतां सप्तपदं मैत्रम् उषितो ऽहं त्वया सह ॥
na tvāṃ karomy ahaṃ bhasma krodhatīvreṇa vahninā satāṃ saptapadaṃ maitram uṣito 'haṃ tvayā saha //
"I do not turn you to ashes with the fire fierce with anger: the friendship of good people (is formed by walking) seven steps together—and I have lived together with you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.42
अथ वा तव को दोषः किं वा कुप्याम्य् अहं तव ममैव दोषो नितरां येनाहम् अजितेन्द्रियः ॥
atha vā tava ko doṣaḥ kiṃ vā kupyāmy ahaṃ tava mamaiva doṣo nitarāṃ yenāham ajitendriyaḥ //
"Or rather, what fault is yours? Or why should I be angry with you? The fault is entirely my own, in that I am one whose senses were unconquered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.43
यया शक्रप्रियार्थिन्या कृतो मे तपसो व्ययः त्वया धिक् त्वां महामोहमञ्जूषां सुजुगुप्सिताम् ॥
yayā śakrapriyārthinyā kṛto me tapaso vyayaḥ tvayā dhik tvāṃ mahāmohamañjūṣāṃ sujugupsitām //
"You, who seeking to please Śakra brought about the squandering of my austerity—shame on you, chest of great delusion, thoroughly detestable!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.44
यावद् इत्थं स विप्रर्षिस् तां ब्रवीति सुमध्यमाम् तावद् गलत्स्वेदजला सा बभूवातिवेपथुः ॥
yāvad itthaṃ sa viprarṣis tāṃ bravīti sumadhyamām tāvad galatsvedajalā sā babhūvātivepathuḥ //
While that brahmin-sage was speaking thus to her of the lovely waist, she came to be trembling greatly, her sweat-water trickling down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.45
प्रवेपमानां सततं खिन्नगात्रलतां सतीम् गच्छ गच्छेति सक्रोधम् उवाच मुनिसत्तमः ॥
pravepamānāṃ satataṃ khinnagātralatāṃ satīm gaccha gaccheti sakrodham uvāca munisattamaḥ //
To her, continually trembling, faithful, her limbs like a wilted creeper, the best of sages said angrily, "Go, go!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.46
सा तु निर्भर्त्सिता तेन विनिष्क्रम्य तदाश्रमात् आकाशगामिनी स्वेदं ममार्ज तरुपल्लवैः ॥
sā tu nirbhartsitā tena viniṣkramya tadāśramāt ākāśagāminī svedaṃ mamārja tarupallavaiḥ //
And she, thus rebuked by him, going out from that hermitage, travelling through the sky, wiped away her sweat with the leaves of the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.47
वृक्षाद् वृक्षं ययौ बाला तदग्रारुणपल्लवैः निर्मार्जमाना गात्राणि गलत्स्वेदजलानि वै ॥
vṛkṣād vṛkṣaṃ yayau bālā tadagrāruṇapallavaiḥ nirmārjamānā gātrāṇi galatsvedajalāni vai //
The young woman went from tree to tree, wiping her limbs, wet with trickling sweat-water, on the reddish young leaves at their tips.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.48
ऋषिणा यस् तदा गर्भस् तस्या देहे समाहितः निर्जगाम सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी तदङ्गतः ॥
ṛṣiṇā yas tadā garbhas tasyā dehe samāhitaḥ nirjagāma saromāñcasvedarūpī tadaṅgataḥ //
The embryo which had then been placed in her body by the sage came out from her limbs in the form of the sweat along with the bristling of her hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.49
तं वृक्षा जगृहुर् गर्भम् एकं चक्रे च मारुतः मया चाप्यायितो गोभिः स तदा ववृधे शनैः ॥
taṃ vṛkṣā jagṛhur garbham ekaṃ cakre ca mārutaḥ mayā cāpyāyito gobhiḥ sa tadā vavṛdhe śanaiḥ //
The trees received that embryo; the wind made it one; and, nourished by me with (my) rays, it then grew little by little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.50
वृक्षाग्रगर्भसंभूता मारिषाख्या वरानना तां प्रदास्यन्ति वो वृक्षाः कोप एष प्रशाम्यताम् ॥
vṛkṣāgragarbhasaṃbhūtā māriṣākhyā varānanā tāṃ pradāsyanti vo vṛkṣāḥ kopa eṣa praśāmyatām //
Born from the embryo in the treetops, the fair-faced one named Māriṣā—the trees will give her to you; let this anger of yours be quieted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.51
कण्डोर् अपत्यम् एवं सा वृक्षेभ्यश् च समुद्गता ममापत्यं तथा वायोः प्रम्लोचातनया च सा ॥
kaṇḍor apatyam evaṃ sā vṛkṣebhyaś ca samudgatā mamāpatyaṃ tathā vāyoḥ pramlocātanayā ca sā //
Thus she is the offspring of Kaṇḍu, and (also) risen up from the trees, and my offspring, and the wind's, and she is the daughter of Pramlocā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.52
स चापि भगवान् कण्डुः क्षीणे तपसि सत्तमाः पुरुषोत्तमाख्यम् अद्रीशं विष्णोर् आयतनं ययौ ॥
sa cāpi bhagavān kaṇḍuḥ kṣīṇe tapasi sattamāḥ puruṣottamākhyam adrīśaṃ viṣṇor āyatanaṃ yayau //
And that lord Kaṇḍu too, when his ascetic power was exhausted, O best of men, went to the lord of mountains called Puruṣottama, the abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.53
तत्रैकाग्रमतिर् भूत्वा चकाराराधनं हरेः ब्रह्मपारमयं कुर्वञ् जपम् एकाग्रमानसः ऊर्ध्वबाहुर् महायोगी स्थित्वासौ भूपनन्दनाः ॥
tatraikāgramatir bhūtvā cakārārādhanaṃ hareḥ brahmapāramayaṃ kurvañ japam ekāgramānasaḥ ūrdhvabāhur mahāyogī sthitvāsau bhūpanandanāḥ //
There, becoming single-minded in mind, he performed the worship of Hari, making the recitation (called) Brahmapāra with one-pointed mind, that great yogin standing with arms upraised, O sons of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.54
ब्रह्मपारं मुनेः श्रोतुम् इच्छामः परमं स्तवम् जपता कण्डुना देवो येनाराध्यत केशवः ॥
brahmapāraṃ muneḥ śrotum icchāmaḥ paramaṃ stavam japatā kaṇḍunā devo yenārādhyata keśavaḥ //
We wish to hear the sage's supreme hymn of praise, the Brahmapāra, by reciting which Kaṇḍu propitiated the god Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.55
पारं परं विष्णुर् अपारपारः परः परेभ्यः परमार्थरूपी स ब्रह्मपारः परपारभूतः परः पराणाम् अपि पारपारः ॥
pāraṃ paraṃ viṣṇur apārapāraḥ paraḥ parebhyaḥ paramārtharūpī sa brahmapāraḥ parapārabhūtaḥ paraḥ parāṇām api pārapāraḥ //
Viṣṇu is the farther shore, the supreme, the shore of the shoreless, higher than the high, having the form of the highest truth; he is the farther shore of brahman, existing as the shore beyond the beyond, higher than the highest, and the shore of the shores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.56
स कारणं कारणतस् ततो ऽपि तस्यापि हेतुः परहेतुहेतुः कार्येषु चैवं सह कर्मकर्तृ रूपैर् अशेषैर् अवतीह सर्वम् ॥
sa kāraṇaṃ kāraṇatas tato 'pi tasyāpi hetuḥ parahetuhetuḥ kāryeṣu caivaṃ saha karmakartṛ rūpair aśeṣair avatīha sarvam //
He is the cause, and beyond the cause too, and the ground even of that, the ground of the highest ground; and thus in effects, together (as) act and agent, he pervades all here with his endless forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.57
ब्रह्म प्रभुर् ब्रह्म स सर्वभूतो ब्रह्म प्रजानां पतिर् अच्युतो ऽसौ ब्रह्माव्ययं नित्यम् अजं स विष्णुर् अपक्षयाद्यैर् अखिलैर् असङ्गि ॥
brahma prabhur brahma sa sarvabhūto brahma prajānāṃ patir acyuto 'sau brahmāvyayaṃ nityam ajaṃ sa viṣṇur apakṣayādyair akhilair asaṅgi //
Brahman is the lord; brahman is he who has become all beings; brahman is the lord of creatures, that unfallen one; brahman is imperishable, eternal, unborn—he is Viṣṇu, untouched by all diminution and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.58
ब्रह्माक्षरम् अजं नित्यं यथासौ पुरुषोत्तमः तथा रागादयो दोषाः प्रयान्तु प्रशमं मम ॥
brahmākṣaram ajaṃ nityaṃ yathāsau puruṣottamaḥ tathā rāgādayo doṣāḥ prayāntu praśamaṃ mama //
As brahman is imperishable, unborn, eternal, so is that Puruṣottama; may my faults, passion and the rest, likewise come to quiescence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.59
एतद् ब्रह्मपराख्यं वै संस्तवं परमं जपन् अवाप परमां सिद्धिं स समाराध्य केशवम् ॥
etad brahmaparākhyaṃ vai saṃstavaṃ paramaṃ japan avāpa paramāṃ siddhiṃ sa samārādhya keśavam //
Reciting this supreme hymn of praise called Brahmapara, he, having fully propitiated Keśava, attained the highest attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.60
इयं च मारिषा पूर्वम् आसीद् या तां ब्रवीमि वः कार्यगौरवम् एतस्याः कथने फलदायि वः ॥
iyaṃ ca māriṣā pūrvam āsīd yā tāṃ bravīmi vaḥ kāryagauravam etasyāḥ kathane phaladāyi vaḥ //
And this Māriṣā—what she was before, that I tell you; there is a weighty purpose in the telling of her (story), which will bear fruit for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.61
अपुत्रा प्राग् इयं विष्णुं मृते भर्तरि सत्तमाः भूपपत्नी महाभागा तोषयाम् आस भक्तितः ॥
aputrā prāg iyaṃ viṣṇuṃ mṛte bhartari sattamāḥ bhūpapatnī mahābhāgā toṣayām āsa bhaktitaḥ //
Formerly, O best of men, this sonless and greatly fortunate wife of a king, her husband being dead, pleased Viṣṇu with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.62
आराधितस् तया विष्णुः प्राह प्रत्यक्षतां गतः वरं वृणीष्वेति शुभां सा च प्राहात्मवाञ्छितम् ॥
ārādhitas tayā viṣṇuḥ prāha pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti śubhāṃ sā ca prāhātmavāñchitam //
Propitiated by her, Viṣṇu, having become visible, said, "Choose a boon"; and that auspicious woman spoke her own wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.63
भगवन् बालवैधव्याद् वृथाजन्माहम् ईदृशी मन्दभाग्या समुद्भूता विफला च जगत्पते ॥
bhagavan bālavaidhavyād vṛthājanmāham īdṛśī mandabhāgyā samudbhūtā viphalā ca jagatpate //
"Lord, because of widowhood in girlhood my birth is in vain—such am I, of little fortune, born and fruitless, O lord of the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.64
भवन्तु पतयः श्लाघ्या मम जन्मनि जन्मनि त्वत्प्रसादात् तथा पुत्रः प्रजापतिसमो ऽस्तु मे ॥
bhavantu patayaḥ ślāghyā mama janmani janmani tvatprasādāt tathā putraḥ prajāpatisamo 'stu me //
"Let my husbands, birth after birth, be praiseworthy through your grace, and let me have a son equal to a Lord of Creatures."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.65
रूपसंपत्समायुक्ता सर्वस्य प्रियदर्शना अयोनिजा च जायेयं त्वत्प्रसादाद् अधोक्षज ॥
rūpasaṃpatsamāyuktā sarvasya priyadarśanā ayonijā ca jāyeyaṃ tvatprasādād adhokṣaja //
"And by your grace, O Adhokṣaja, may I be born endowed with perfection of beauty, lovely to look upon for everyone, and not born from a womb."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.66
तयैवम् उक्तो देवेशो हृषीकेश उवाच ताम् प्रणामनम्राम् उत्थाप्य वरदः परमेश्वरः ॥
tayaivam ukto deveśo hṛṣīkeśa uvāca tām praṇāmanamrām utthāpya varadaḥ parameśvaraḥ //
Addressed thus by her, the lord of the gods, Hṛṣīkeśa, the supreme Lord, the giver of boons, raised her up as she bowed low in obeisance, and said to her:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.67
भविष्यन्ति महावीर्या एकस्मिन्न् एव जन्मनि प्रख्यातोदारकर्माणो भवत्याः पतयो दश ॥
bhaviṣyanti mahāvīryā ekasminn eva janmani prakhyātodārakarmāṇo bhavatyāḥ patayo daśa //
"Ten husbands of yours shall be, in one and the same birth, of great valour and famed for noble deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.68
पुत्रं च सुमहात्मानम् अतिवीर्यपराक्रमम् प्रजापतिगुणैर् युक्तं त्वम् अवाप्स्यसि शोभने ॥
putraṃ ca sumahātmānam ativīryaparākramam prajāpatiguṇair yuktaṃ tvam avāpsyasi śobhane //
"And you shall obtain, O lovely one, a son of very great spirit, of surpassing valour and might, endowed with the qualities of a Lord of Creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.69
वंशानां तस्य कर्तृत्वं जगत्य् अस्मिन् भविष्यति त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं सूतिस् तस्य चापूरयिष्यति ॥
vaṃśānāṃ tasya kartṛtvaṃ jagaty asmin bhaviṣyati trailokyam akhilaṃ sūtis tasya cāpūrayiṣyati //
"His will be the making of lineages in this world, and his progeny will fill the whole of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.70
त्वं चाप्य् अयोनिजा साध्वी रूपौदार्यगुणान्विता मनःप्रीतिकरी नॄणां मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यसि ॥
tvaṃ cāpy ayonijā sādhvī rūpaudāryaguṇānvitā manaḥprītikarī nṝṇāṃ matprasādād bhaviṣyasi //
"And you too, by my grace, shall be born not from a womb, virtuous, endowed with beauty, nobility and (good) qualities, and one who gives delight to the minds of men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.71
इत्य् उक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवस् तां विशालविलोचनाम् सा चेयं मारिषा जाता युष्मत्पत्नी नृपात्मजाः ॥
ity uktvāntardadhe devas tāṃ viśālavilocanām sā ceyaṃ māriṣā jātā yuṣmatpatnī nṛpātmajāḥ //
Having said this to her of the large eyes, the god vanished; and she was born as this Māriṣā, your wife, O sons of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.72
ततः सोमस्य वचनाज् जगृहुस् ते प्रचेतसः संहृत्य कोपं वृक्षेभ्यः पत्नीधर्मेण मारिषाम् ॥
tataḥ somasya vacanāj jagṛhus te pracetasaḥ saṃhṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīdharmeṇa māriṣām //
Then, at Soma's word, those Pracetases laid aside their anger and received Māriṣā from the trees as a wife, by the law (of marriage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.73
दशभ्यस् तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मारिषायां प्रजापतिः जज्ञे दक्षो महाभागो यः पूर्वं ब्रह्मणो ऽभवत् ॥
daśabhyas tu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ jajñe dakṣo mahābhāgo yaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇo 'bhavat //
And from the ten Pracetases there was born in Māriṣā the Lord of Creatures, the greatly fortunate Dakṣa, who formerly had been (a son) of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.74
स तु दक्षो महाभागः सृष्ट्यर्थं सुमहामते पुत्रान् उत्पादयाम् आस प्रजासृष्ट्यर्थम् आत्मनः ॥
sa tu dakṣo mahābhāgaḥ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ sumahāmate putrān utpādayām āsa prajāsṛṣṭyartham ātmanaḥ //
That greatly fortunate Dakṣa, O you of vast intellect, for the sake of creation begot sons, for the sake of his own creation of creatures;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.75
अचरांश् च चरांश् चैव द्विपदो ऽथ चतुष्पदः आदेशं ब्रह्मणः कुर्वन् सृष्ट्यर्थं समवस्थितः ॥
acarāṃś ca carāṃś caiva dvipado 'tha catuṣpadaḥ ādeśaṃ brahmaṇaḥ kurvan sṛṣṭyarthaṃ samavasthitaḥ //
and (he begot) the unmoving and the moving, the two-footed and the four-footed; carrying out Brahmā's command, he was set upon creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.76
स सृष्ट्वा मनसा दक्षः पञ्चाशद् असृजत् स्त्रियः ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश कालस्य नयने युक्ताः सप्तविंशतिम् इन्दवे ॥
sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ pañcāśad asṛjat striyaḥ dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa kālasya nayane yuktāḥ saptaviṃśatim indave //
Having created (these) by his mind, Dakṣa then created fifty daughters. He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven to Indu (the Moon), (those) engaged in the marking of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.77
तासु देवास् तथा दैत्या नागा गावस् तथा खगाः गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव दानवाद्याश् च जज्ञिरे ॥
tāsu devās tathā daityā nāgā gāvas tathā khagāḥ gandharvāpsarasaś caiva dānavādyāś ca jajñire //
In them were born the gods and likewise the Daityas, the Nāgas, the cattle and also the birds, the Gandharvas and Apsarases, and the Dānavas and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.78
ततः प्रभृति मैत्रेय प्रजा मैथुनसंभवाः संकल्पाद् दर्शनात् स्पर्शात् पूर्वेषाम् अभवन् प्रजाः तपोविशैषैर् इद्धानां तदात्यन्ततपस्विनाम् ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti maitreya prajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ saṃkalpād darśanāt sparśāt pūrveṣām abhavan prajāḥ tapoviśaiṣair iddhānāṃ tadātyantatapasvinām //
From then on, Maitreya, creatures came into being from sexual union; the offspring of the earlier ones came about from will, from sight, from touch — (the offspring) of those extreme ascetics of that time, kindled by their special austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.79
अङ्गुष्ठाद् दक्षिणाद् दक्षः पूर्वं जातः श्रुतो मया कथं प्राचेतसो भूयः स संभूतो महामुने ॥
aṅguṣṭhād dakṣiṇād dakṣaḥ pūrvaṃ jātaḥ śruto mayā kathaṃ prācetaso bhūyaḥ sa saṃbhūto mahāmune //
"I have heard that Dakṣa was formerly born from the right thumb (of Brahmā); how, O great sage, did he come into being again as the son of the Pracetases?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.80
एष मे संशयो ब्रह्मन् सुमहान् हृदि वर्तते यद् दौहित्रश् च सोमस्य पुनः श्वशुरतां गतः ॥
eṣa me saṃśayo brahman sumahān hṛdi vartate yad dauhitraś ca somasya punaḥ śvaśuratāṃ gataḥ //
"This very great doubt, O brahman, is in my heart: that being the daughter's son of Soma, he became again his father-in-law."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.81
उत्पत्तिश् च निरोधश् च नित्यो भूतेषु सत्तम ऋषयो ऽत्र न मुह्यन्ति ये चान्ये दिव्यचक्षुषः ॥
utpattiś ca nirodhaś ca nityo bhūteṣu sattama ṛṣayo 'tra na muhyanti ye cānye divyacakṣuṣaḥ //
"Arising and ceasing are perpetual among beings, O best of the good; the sages are not confounded at this, nor others who have divine sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.82
युगे युगे भवन्त्य् एते दक्षाद्या मुनिसत्तम पुनश् चैव निरुद्ध्यन्ते विद्वांस् तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
yuge yuge bhavanty ete dakṣādyā munisattama punaś caiva niruddhyante vidvāṃs tatra na muhyati //
"In age after age these — Dakṣa and the rest — come into being, O best of sages, and again are brought to an end; the wise man is not confounded at that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.83
कानिष्ठ्यं ज्यैष्ठ्यम् अप्य् एषां पूर्वं नाभूद् द्विजोत्तम तप एव गरीयो ऽभूत् प्रभावश् चैव कारणम् ॥
kāniṣṭhyaṃ jyaiṣṭhyam apy eṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nābhūd dvijottama tapa eva garīyo 'bhūt prabhāvaś caiva kāraṇam //
"Among them there formerly existed no seniority or juniority, O best of the twice-born; austerity alone was weightier, and power was the determining cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.84
देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् उत्पत्तिं विस्तरेणेह मम ब्रह्मन् प्रकीर्तय ॥
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām utpattiṃ vistareṇeha mama brahman prakīrtaya //
Tell me here at length, O brahman, the origin of the gods and the dānavas, of the gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.85
प्रजाः सृजेति व्यादिष्टः पूर्वं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा यथा ससर्ज भूतानि तथा शृणु महामते ॥
prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā yathā sasarja bhūtāni tathā śṛṇu mahāmate //
Hear, O great-minded one, how Dakṣa, having formerly been commanded by the Self-existent, "Beget offspring," brought forth beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.86
मनसा त्व् एव भूतानि पूर्वं दक्षो ऽसृजत् तदा देवान् ऋषीन् सगन्धर्वान् असुरान् पन्नगांस् तथा ॥
manasā tv eva bhūtāni pūrvaṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat tadā devān ṛṣīn sagandharvān asurān pannagāṃs tathā //
At first, indeed, Dakṣa then created beings by mind alone: gods, seers together with gandharvas, asuras, and likewise serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.87
यदास्य सृजमानस्य न व्यवर्धन्त ताः प्रजाः ततः संचिन्त्य बहुशः सृष्टिहेतोः प्रजापतिः ॥
yadāsya sṛjamānasya na vyavardhanta tāḥ prajāḥ tataḥ saṃcintya bahuśaḥ sṛṣṭihetoḥ prajāpatiḥ //
When those offspring of his, as he was creating them, did not increase, then the Lord of Creatures, reflecting much on the means of creation—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.88
मैथुनेनैव धर्मेण सिसृक्षुर् विविधाः प्रजाः असिक्नीम् आवहत् कन्यां वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः सुतां सुतपसा युक्तां महतीं लोकधारिणीम् ॥
maithunenaiva dharmeṇa sisṛkṣur vividhāḥ prajāḥ asiknīm āvahat kanyāṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ sutāṃ sutapasā yuktāṃ mahatīṃ lokadhāriṇīm //
—desiring to beget manifold offspring by the law of sexual union, took to wife the maiden Asiknī, daughter of the Prajāpati Vīraṇa, endowed with good austerity, great, upholder of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.89
अथ पुत्रसहस्राणि वैरिण्यां पञ्च वीर्यवान् असिक्न्यां जनयाम् आस सर्गहेतोः प्रजापतिः ॥
atha putrasahasrāṇi vairiṇyāṃ pañca vīryavān asiknyāṃ janayām āsa sargahetoḥ prajāpatiḥ //
Then the mighty Prajāpati, for the sake of creation, begot five thousand sons in Vairiṇī, in Asiknī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.90
तान् दृष्ट्वा नारदो विप्र संविवर्द्धयिषून् प्रजाः संगम्य प्रियसंवादो देवर्षिर् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā nārado vipra saṃvivarddhayiṣūn prajāḥ saṃgamya priyasaṃvādo devarṣir idam abravīt //
Seeing them, O brahman, wishing to increase offspring, Nārada the divine seer, of pleasant speech, approached them and said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.91
हे हर्यश्वा महावीर्याः प्रजा यूयं करिष्यथ ईदृशो लक्ष्यते यत्नो भवतां श्रूयताम् इदम् ॥
he haryaśvā mahāvīryāḥ prajā yūyaṃ kariṣyatha īdṛśo lakṣyate yatno bhavatāṃ śrūyatām idam //
"Ho, Haryaśvas of great valor, you intend to produce offspring; such is the effort that is seen in you—let this be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.92
बालिशा बत यूयं वै नास्या जानीत वै भुवः अन्तर् ऊर्ध्वम् अधश् चैव कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः ॥
bāliśā bata yūyaṃ vai nāsyā jānīta vai bhuvaḥ antar ūrdhvam adhaś caiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ //
Alas, you are simple-minded: you do not know the interior of this earth, nor above and below. How then will you create offspring?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.93
ऊर्ध्वं तिर्यग् अधश् चैव यदाप्रतिहता गतिः तदा कस्माद् भुवो नान्तं सर्वे द्रक्ष्यथ बालिशाः ॥
ūrdhvaṃ tiryag adhaś caiva yadāpratihatā gatiḥ tadā kasmād bhuvo nāntaṃ sarve drakṣyatha bāliśāḥ //
When your going is unobstructed upward, across, and downward, why then, simpletons, will you not all see the end of the earth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.94
ते तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रयाताः सर्वतो दिशम् अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः ॥
te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātāḥ sarvato diśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ //
But they, having heard that speech of his, set out in every direction, and to this day do not return, like rivers (that do not return) from the oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.95
हर्यश्वेष्व् अथ नष्टेषु दक्षः प्राचेतसः पुनः वैरिण्याम् अथ पुत्राणां सहस्रम् असृजत् प्रभुः ॥
haryaśveṣv atha naṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ punaḥ vairiṇyām atha putrāṇāṃ sahasram asṛjat prabhuḥ //
Then, when the Haryaśvas were lost, Dakṣa the son of Pracetas, the lord, again begot in Vairiṇī a thousand sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.96
विवर्धयिषवस् ते तु शबलाश्वाः प्रजाः पुनः पूर्वोक्तं वचनं ब्रह्मन् नारदेनैव चोदिताः ॥
vivardhayiṣavas te tu śabalāśvāḥ prajāḥ punaḥ pūrvoktaṃ vacanaṃ brahman nāradenaiva coditāḥ //
But those Śabalāśvas, wishing to increase offspring, were again urged, O brahman, by Nārada with the aforesaid speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.97
अन्योन्यम् ऊचुस् ते सर्वे सम्यग् आह महामुनिः भ्रातॄणां पदवी चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः ॥
anyonyam ūcus te sarve samyag āha mahāmuniḥ bhrātṝṇāṃ padavī caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ //
They all said to one another: "The great sage has spoken rightly; and the path of our brothers must be gone—there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.98
ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृथ्व्याश् च प्रजाः स्रक्ष्यामहे ततः ॥
jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛthvyāś ca prajāḥ srakṣyāmahe tataḥ //
And having learned the measure of the earth, we shall then create offspring."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.99
ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतो दिशम् अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः ॥
te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvato diśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ //
They too set out by that very road in every direction, and to this day do not return, like rivers (that do not return) from the oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.100
ततः प्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुर् अन्वेषणे द्विज प्रयातो नश्यति तथा तन् न कार्यं विजानता ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrātur anveṣaṇe dvija prayāto naśyati tathā tan na kāryaṃ vijānatā //
From that time on, O twice-born, a brother who sets out in search of a brother perishes; therefore that should not be done by one who knows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.101
तांश् चापि नष्टान् विज्ञाय पुत्रान् दक्षः प्रजापतिः क्रोधं चक्रे महाभागो नारदं स शशाप च ॥
tāṃś cāpi naṣṭān vijñāya putrān dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ krodhaṃ cakre mahābhāgo nāradaṃ sa śaśāpa ca //
And learning that those sons too were lost, the greatly fortunate Dakṣa, Lord of Creatures, gave way to anger, and he cursed Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.102
सर्गकामस् ततो विद्वान् स मैत्रेय प्रजापतिः षष्टिं दक्षो ऽसृजत् कन्या वैरिण्याम् इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
sargakāmas tato vidvān sa maitreya prajāpatiḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat kanyā vairiṇyām iti naḥ śrutam //
Then, O Maitreya, that learned Prajāpati Dakṣa, desiring creation, produced sixty daughters in Vairiṇī—so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.103
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश सप्तविंशति सोमाय चतस्रो ऽरिष्टनेमिने ॥
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa saptaviṃśati somāya catasro 'riṣṭanemine //
He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Ariṣṭanemi,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.104
द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा द्वे कृशाश्वाय विदुषे तासां नामानि मे शृणु ॥
dve caiva bahuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā dve kṛśāśvāya viduṣe tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //
And two to Bahuputra, and likewise two to Aṅgiras, and two to the learned Kṛśāśva. Hear from me their names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.105
अरुन्धती वसुर् जामिर् लम्बा भानुर् मरुत्वती संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च साध्या विश्वा च ता दश धर्मपत्न्यो दश त्व् एतास् तास्व् अपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥
arundhatī vasur jāmir lambā bhānur marutvatī saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca tā daśa dharmapatnyo daśa tv etās tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu //
Arundhatī, Vasu, Jāmi, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, Saṃkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā and Viśvā — these ten are the ten wives of Dharma. Hear from me the offspring born of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.106
विश्वेदेवास् तु विश्वायाः साध्या साध्यान् व्यजायत मरुत्वत्या मरुत्वन्तो वसोस् तु वसवः स्मृताः ॥
viśvedevās tu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyān vyajāyata marutvatyā marutvanto vasos tu vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ //
The Viśvedevas (were born) of Viśvā, and Sādhyā brought forth the Sādhyas; of Marutvatī the Marutvants, and of Vasu the Vasus are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.107
भानोस् तु भानवस् तत्र मुहूर्ताया मुहूर्तजाः लम्बायाश् चैव घोषो ऽथ नागवीथी तु जामिजा ॥
bhānos tu bhānavas tatra muhūrtāyā muhūrtajāḥ lambāyāś caiva ghoṣo 'tha nāgavīthī tu jāmijā //
Of Bhānu, there, the Bhānus; of Muhūrtā the Muhūrtajas; of Lambā, Ghoṣa; and Nāgavīthī was born of Jāmi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.108
पृथिवीविषयं सर्वम् अरुन्धत्याम् अजायत संकल्पायास् तु सर्वात्मा जज्ञे संकल्प एव च ॥
pṛthivīviṣayaṃ sarvam arundhatyām ajāyata saṃkalpāyās tu sarvātmā jajñe saṃkalpa eva ca //
Everything belonging to the sphere of the earth was born of Arundhatī; and of Saṃkalpā was born Saṃkalpa, the self of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.109
ये त्व् अनेकवसुप्राणा देवा ज्योतिःपुरोगमाः वसवो ऽष्टौ समाख्यातास् तेषां वक्ष्यामि विस्तरम् ॥
ye tv anekavasuprāṇā devā jyotiḥpurogamāḥ vasavo 'ṣṭau samākhyātās teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi vistaram //
But those gods who have manifold wealth and breath (or: whose vital powers are the many Vasus), who have light foremost, are declared to be the eight Vasus; of them I shall speak in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.110
आपो ध्रुवश् च सोमश् च धरश् चैवानिलो ऽनलः प्रत्यूषश् च प्रभासश् च वसवो नामभिः स्मृताः ॥
āpo dhruvaś ca somaś ca dharaś caivānilo 'nalaḥ pratyūṣaś ca prabhāsaś ca vasavo nāmabhiḥ smṛtāḥ //
Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these are recorded as the Vasus by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.111
आपस्य पुत्रो वैतण्डः श्रमः श्रान्तो ऽधुनिस् तथा ध्रुवस्य पुत्रो भगवान् कालो लोकप्रकालनः ॥
āpasya putro vaitaṇḍaḥ śramaḥ śrānto 'dhunis tathā dhruvasya putro bhagavān kālo lokaprakālanaḥ //
Āpa's sons are Vaitaṇḍa, Śrama, Śrānta and Dhuni; Dhruva's son is the lord Kāla, who drives the worlds onward (to dissolution).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.112
सोमस्य भगवान् वर्चा वर्चस्वी येन जायते ॥
somasya bhagavān varcā varcasvī yena jāyate //
Of Soma (the son is) the lord Varcas, by whom the radiant one is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.113
धरस्य पुत्रो द्रविणो हुतहव्यवहस् तथा मनोहरायां शिशिरः प्राणो ऽथ रवणस् तथा ॥
dharasya putro draviṇo hutahavyavahas tathā manoharāyāṃ śiśiraḥ prāṇo 'tha ravaṇas tathā //
Dhara's son is Draviṇa, and also Hutahavyavaha; by Manoharā (were born) Śiśira, Prāṇa and Ravaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.114
अनिलस्य शिवा भार्या तस्याः पुत्रः पुरोजवः अविज्ञातगतिश् चैव द्वौ पुत्राव् अनिलस्य तु ॥
anilasya śivā bhāryā tasyāḥ putraḥ purojavaḥ avijñātagatiś caiva dvau putrāv anilasya tu //
Anila's wife is Śivā; her son is Purojava, and also Avijñātagati — these two are Anila's sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.115
अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस् तु शरस्तम्बे व्यजायत तस्य शाखो विशाखश् च नैगमेयश् च पृष्ठजाः ॥
agniputraḥ kumāras tu śarastambe vyajāyata tasya śākho viśākhaś ca naigameyaś ca pṛṣṭhajāḥ //
Agni's son Kumāra was born in a thicket of reeds; his (offspring) Śākha, Viśākha and Naigameya were born after him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.116
अपत्यं कृत्तिकानां तु कार्त्तिकेय इति स्मृतः ॥
apatyaṃ kṛttikānāṃ tu kārttikeya iti smṛtaḥ //
And as the offspring of the Kṛttikās he is known as Kārttikeya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.117
प्रत्यूषस्य विदुः पुत्रं ऋषिं नाम्ना तु देवलम् द्वौ पुत्रौ देवलस्यापि क्षमावन्तौ मनीषिणौ ॥
pratyūṣasya viduḥ putraṃ ṛṣiṃ nāmnā tu devalam dvau putrau devalasyāpi kṣamāvantau manīṣiṇau //
They know Pratyūṣa's son to be a sage, Devala by name; and Devala too had two sons, patient and wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.118
बृहस्पतेस् तु भगिनी वरस्त्री ब्रह्मचारिणी योगसिद्धा जगत् कृत्स्नम् असक्ता विचरत्य् उत प्रभासस्य तु भार्या सा वसूनाम् अष्टमस्य ह ॥
bṛhaspates tu bhaginī varastrī brahmacāriṇī yogasiddhā jagat kṛtsnam asaktā vicaraty uta prabhāsasya tu bhāryā sā vasūnām aṣṭamasya ha //
But Bṛhaspati's sister, an excellent woman, chaste, accomplished in yoga, unattached, roams the whole world; she indeed was the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.119
विश्वकर्मा महाभागस् तस्यां जज्ञे प्रजापतिः कर्ता शिल्पसहस्राणां त्रिदशानां च वार्द्धकिः ॥
viśvakarmā mahābhāgas tasyāṃ jajñe prajāpatiḥ kartā śilpasahasrāṇāṃ tridaśānāṃ ca vārddhakiḥ //
The greatly fortunate Viśvakarman, a Prajāpati, was born of her — maker of thousands of crafts and the carpenter of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.120
भूषणानां च सर्वेषां कर्ता शिल्पवतां वरः यः सर्वेषां विमानानि देवतानां चकार ह मनुष्याश् चोपजीवन्ति यस्य शिल्पं महात्मनः ॥
bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kartā śilpavatāṃ varaḥ yaḥ sarveṣāṃ vimānāni devatānāṃ cakāra ha manuṣyāś copajīvanti yasya śilpaṃ mahātmanaḥ //
Maker of all ornaments, best of craftsmen, who made the aerial cars of all the deities, and by whose craft — that great one's — men subsist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.121
अजैकपाद् अहिर्बुध्न्यस् त्वष्टा रुद्रश् च बुद्धिमान् त्वष्टुश् चाप्य् आत्मजः पुत्रो विश्वरूपो महातपाः ॥
ajaikapād ahirbudhnyas tvaṣṭā rudraś ca buddhimān tvaṣṭuś cāpy ātmajaḥ putro viśvarūpo mahātapāḥ //
Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Tvaṣṭṛ, and the wise Rudra; and Tvaṣṭṛ's own-born son was Viśvarūpa of great austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.122
हरश् च बहुरूपश् च त्र्यम्बकश् चापराजितः वृषाकपिश् च शंभुश् च कपर्दी रैवतस् तथा ॥
haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryambakaś cāparājitaḥ vṛṣākapiś ca śaṃbhuś ca kapardī raivatas tathā //
Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śaṃbhu, Kapardī, and Raivata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.123
मृगव्याधश् च शर्वश् च कपाली च महामुने एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास् त्रिभुवनेश्वराः ॥
mṛgavyādhaś ca śarvaś ca kapālī ca mahāmune ekādaśaite kathitā rudrās tribhuvaneśvarāḥ //
and Mṛgavyādha, Śarva, and Kapālī, O great sage: these eleven are declared to be the Rudras, lords of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.124
शतं त्व् एवं समाम्नातं रुद्राणाम् अमितौजसाम् ॥
śataṃ tv evaṃ samāmnātaṃ rudrāṇām amitaujasām //
Thus a hundred Rudras of immeasurable power are handed down (in tradition).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.125
अदितिर् दितिर् दनुश् चैव अरिष्टा सुरसा स्वसा सुरभिर् विनता चैव ताम्रा क्रोधवशा इरा कद्रुर् मुनिश् च धर्मज्ञ तदपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥
aditir ditir danuś caiva ariṣṭā surasā svasā surabhir vinatā caiva tāmrā krodhavaśā irā kadrur muniś ca dharmajña tadapatyāni me śṛṇu //
Aditi, Diti, and Danu, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Svasā, Surabhi, and Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadru and Muni — O knower of dharma, hear from me of their offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.126
पूर्वमन्वन्तरे श्रेष्ठा द्वादशासन् सुरोत्तमाः तुषिता नाम ते ऽन्योन्यम् ऊचुर् वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे ॥
pūrvamanvantare śreṣṭhā dvādaśāsan surottamāḥ tuṣitā nāma te 'nyonyam ūcur vaivasvate 'ntare //
In the former manvantara there were twelve foremost ones, best of gods, called the Tuṣitas; they said to one another, with regard to the Vaivasvata period:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.127
उपस्थिते ऽतियशसश् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः समवायीकृताः सर्वे समागम्य परस्परम् ॥
upasthite 'tiyaśasaś cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ samavāyīkṛtāḥ sarve samāgamya parasparam //
"Since the (period) of the greatly glorious Manu Cākṣuṣa has arrived, let us all, having assembled and joined together with one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.128
आगच्छत द्रुतं देवा अदितिं संप्रविश्य वै मन्वन्तरे प्रसूयामस् तन् नः श्रेयो भवेद् इति ॥
āgacchata drutaṃ devā aditiṃ saṃpraviśya vai manvantare prasūyāmas tan naḥ śreyo bhaved iti //
come quickly, O gods, and entering into Aditi, let us be born in the (coming) manvantara: that would be for our good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.129
एवम् उक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः मारीचात् कश्यपाज् जातास् ते ऽदित्या दक्षकन्यया ॥
evam uktvā tu te sarve cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ mārīcāt kaśyapāj jātās te 'dityā dakṣakanyayā //
Having spoken thus, they were all born, in the period of the Manu Cākṣuṣa, from Kaśyapa the son of Marīci, by Aditi the daughter of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.130
तत्र विष्णुश् च शक्रश् च जज्ञाते पुनर् एव हि अर्यमा चैव धाता च त्वष्टा पूषा तथैव च ॥
tatra viṣṇuś ca śakraś ca jajñāte punar eva hi aryamā caiva dhātā ca tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathaiva ca //
There Viṣṇu and Śakra were born again, and Aryaman and Dhātā, Tvaṣṭā and likewise Pūṣā,
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ViP 1 15.131
विवस्वान् सविता चैव मित्रो वरुण एव च अंशो भगश् चातितेजा आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः ॥
vivasvān savitā caiva mitro varuṇa eva ca aṃśo bhagaś cātitejā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ //
Vivasvān and Savitā, Mitra and Varuṇa too, Aṃśa and Bhaga of surpassing splendour — these are known as the twelve Ādityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.132
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वम् आसन् ये तुषिताः सुराः वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे ते वै आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः ॥
cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsan ye tuṣitāḥ surāḥ vaivasvate 'ntare te vai ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ //
Those gods who formerly, in the period of Cākṣuṣa, were the Tuṣitas, they indeed are known as the twelve Ādityas in the Vaivasvata period.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.134
अरिष्टनेमिपत्नीनाम् अपत्यानीह षोडश ॥
ariṣṭanemipatnīnām apatyānīha ṣoḍaśa //
The offspring of the wives of Ariṣṭanemi are here sixteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.135
बहुपुत्रस्य विदुषश् चतस्रो विद्युतः स्मृताः ॥
bahuputrasya viduṣaś catasro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ //
Of the learned Bahuputra four lightnings are recorded (as offspring).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.136
प्रत्यङ्गिरसजाः श्रेष्ठा ऋचो ब्रह्मर्षिसत्कृताः ॥
pratyaṅgirasajāḥ śreṣṭhā ṛco brahmarṣisatkṛtāḥ //
Born of Pratyaṅgirasa are the excellent ṛc-verses, honoured by the brahmarṣis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.137
कृशाश्वस्य तु देवर्षेर् देवप्रहरणाः सुताः ॥
kṛśāśvasya tu devarṣer devapraharaṇāḥ sutāḥ //
But of the divine sage Kṛśāśva the sons are the weapons of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.138
एते युगसहस्रान्ते जायन्ते पुनर् एव हि सर्वे देवगणास् तात त्रयस् त्रिंशत् तु छन्दजाः तेषाम् अपीह सततं निरोधोत्पत्तिर् उच्यते ॥
ete yugasahasrānte jāyante punar eva hi sarve devagaṇās tāta trayas triṃśat tu chandajāḥ teṣām apīha satataṃ nirodhotpattir ucyate //
These are born again at the end of a thousand ages: all the hosts of gods, my dear, and the thirty-three born of (their own) will; and of these too a continual cessation and arising is spoken of here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.139
यथा सूर्यस्य मैत्रेय उदयास्तमनाव् इह एवं देवनिकायास् ते संभवन्ति युगे युगे ॥
yathā sūryasya maitreya udayāstamanāv iha evaṃ devanikāyās te saṃbhavanti yuge yuge //
Just as the sun here has its rising and setting, O Maitreya, so these companies of gods come into being age after age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.140
दित्या पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे कश्यपाद् इति नः श्रुतम् हिरण्यकशिपुश् चैव हिरण्याक्षश् च दुर्जयः ॥
dityā putradvayaṃ jajñe kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva hiraṇyākṣaś ca durjayaḥ //
By Diti a pair of sons was born from Kaśyapa — so we have heard: Hiraṇyakaśipu and the hard-to-conquer Hiraṇyākṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.141
सिंहिका चाभवत् कन्या विप्रचित्तेः परिग्रहः ॥
siṃhikā cābhavat kanyā vipracitteḥ parigrahaḥ //
And there was a daughter, Siṃhikā, taken as wife by Vipracitti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.142
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्राश् चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः अनुह्लादश् च ह्लादश् च प्रह्लादश् चैव धर्मवान् संह्लादश् च महावीर्या दैत्यवंशविवर्धनाः ॥
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ anuhlādaś ca hlādaś ca prahlādaś caiva dharmavān saṃhlādaś ca mahāvīryā daityavaṃśavivardhanāḥ //
Hiraṇyakaśipu's sons were four, of renowned might: Anuhlāda and Hlāda and Prahlāda the righteous, and Saṃhlāda — of great valour, increasers of the Daitya lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.143
तेषां मध्ये महाभागः सर्वत्र समदृग् वशी प्रह्लादः परमां भक्तिं य उवाह जनार्दने ॥
teṣāṃ madhye mahābhāgaḥ sarvatra samadṛg vaśī prahlādaḥ paramāṃ bhaktiṃ ya uvāha janārdane //
Among them the highly blessed Prahlāda, of equal vision everywhere, self-controlled, was the one who bore supreme devotion to Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.144
दैत्येन्द्रदीपितो वह्निः सर्वाङ्गोपचितो द्विज न ददाह च यं पूर्वं वासुदेवे हृदि स्थिते ॥
daityendradīpito vahniḥ sarvāṅgopacito dvija na dadāha ca yaṃ pūrvaṃ vāsudeve hṛdi sthite //
O twice-born, the fire kindled by the lord of the Daityas, heaped upon all his limbs, did not burn him of old, since Vāsudeva dwelt in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.145
महार्णवान्तःसलिले स्थितस्य चलतो मही चचाल सकला यस्य पाशबद्धस्य धीमतः ॥
mahārṇavāntaḥsalile sthitasya calato mahī cacāla sakalā yasya pāśabaddhasya dhīmataḥ //
When he, the wise one, bound with cords, stayed in the water within the great ocean, the whole earth shook as he moved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.146
न भिन्नं विविधैः शस्त्रैर् यस्य दैत्येन्द्रपातितैः शरीरम् अद्रिकठिनं सर्वत्राच्युतचेतसः ॥
na bhinnaṃ vividhaiḥ śastrair yasya daityendrapātitaiḥ śarīram adrikaṭhinaṃ sarvatrācyutacetasaḥ //
His body, hard as a rock, was nowhere cut by the various weapons hurled by the lord of the Daityas, since his mind was on Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.147
विषानलोज्ज्वलमुखा यस्य दैत्यप्रचोदिताः नान्ताय सर्पपतयो बभूवुर् उरुतेजसः ॥
viṣānalojjvalamukhā yasya daityapracoditāḥ nāntāya sarpapatayo babhūvur urutejasaḥ //
The lords of serpents of great fierceness, their mouths blazing with the fire of their venom, urged on by the Daitya, did not bring about his death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.148
शैलैर् आक्रान्तदेहो ऽपि यः स्मरन् पुरुषोत्तमम् तत्याज नात्मनः प्राणान् विष्णुस्मरणदंशितः ॥
śailair ākrāntadeho 'pi yaḥ smaran puruṣottamam tatyāja nātmanaḥ prāṇān viṣṇusmaraṇadaṃśitaḥ //
Even with his body crushed under mountains, he, remembering the Supreme Person, did not give up his life, armoured by the remembrance of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.149
पतन्तम् उच्चाद् अवनिर् यम् उपेत्य महामतिम् दधार दैत्यपतिना क्षिप्तं स्वर्गनिवासिना ॥
patantam uccād avanir yam upetya mahāmatim dadhāra daityapatinā kṣiptaṃ svarganivāsinā //
When he of great mind, hurled down by the lord of the Daityas, was falling from on high, the earth came up and held him — (him) who dwells in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 15.150
यस्य संशोषको वायुर् देहे दैत्येन्द्रयोजितः अवाप संक्षयं सद्यश् चित्तस्थे मधुसूदने ॥
yasya saṃśoṣako vāyur dehe daityendrayojitaḥ avāpa saṃkṣayaṃ sadyaś cittasthe madhusūdane //
The parching wind that the lord of the Daityas set upon his body at once came to destruction, since Madhusūdana dwelt in his mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.151
विषाणभङ्गम् उन्मत्ता मदहानिं च दिग्गजाः यस्य वक्षःस्थले प्राप्ता दैत्येन्द्रपरिणामिताः ॥
viṣāṇabhaṅgam unmattā madahāniṃ ca diggajāḥ yasya vakṣaḥsthale prāptā daityendrapariṇāmitāḥ //
The elephants of the quarters, maddened and driven on by the lord of the Daityas, got the breaking of their tusks and the loss of their rut upon his chest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.152
यस्य चोत्पादिता कृत्या दैत्यराजपुरोहितैः बभूव नान्ताय पुरा गोविन्दासक्तचेतसः ॥
yasya cotpāditā kṛtyā daityarājapurohitaiḥ babhūva nāntāya purā govindāsaktacetasaḥ //
And the destructive spell that the priests of the Daitya king produced long ago did not bring about the death of him whose mind was fixed on Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.153
शम्बरस्य च मायानां सहस्रम् अतिमायिनः यस्मिन् प्रयुक्तं चक्रेण कृष्णस्य वितथीकृतम् ॥
śambarasya ca māyānāṃ sahasram atimāyinaḥ yasmin prayuktaṃ cakreṇa kṛṣṇasya vitathīkṛtam //
And the thousand magic illusions of Śambara, that master of illusion, employed against him, were made void by Kṛṣṇa's discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.154
दैत्येन्द्रसूदोपहृतं यश् च हालाहलं विषम् जरयाम् आस मतिमान् अविकारम् अमत्सरी ॥
daityendrasūdopahṛtaṃ yaś ca hālāhalaṃ viṣam jarayām āsa matimān avikāram amatsarī //
And the hālāhala poison brought by the cook of the Daitya lord that wise one digested, unaltered and without ill will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.155
समचेता जगत्य् अस्मिन् यः सर्वेष्व् एव जन्तुषु यथात्मनि तथान्यत्र परं मैत्रगुणान्वितः ॥
samacetā jagaty asmin yaḥ sarveṣv eva jantuṣu yathātmani tathānyatra paraṃ maitraguṇānvitaḥ //
He was even-minded in this world toward all creatures indeed — as toward himself, so toward another — supremely endowed with the quality of friendliness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 15.156
धर्मात्मा सत्यशौचादिगुणानाम् आकरः परः उपमानम् अशेषाणां साधूनां यः सदाभवत् ॥
dharmātmā satyaśaucādiguṇānām ākaraḥ paraḥ upamānam aśeṣāṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ yaḥ sadābhavat //
Righteous in nature, a supreme mine of the virtues of truth, purity and the rest, he was always the standard of comparison for all good men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition