Vishnu Purana — Amsha 4 — Chapter 2
ViP 4 2.7
एते क्षत्रप्रसूता वै पुनश् चाङ्गिरसाः स्मृताः । रथीतराणां प्रवराः क्षत्रोपेता द्विजातयः ॥
ete kṣatraprasūtā vai punaś cāṅgirasāḥ smṛtāḥ | rathītarāṇāṃ pravarāḥ kṣatropetā dvijātayaḥ ||
These, though sprung from the kṣatra, are again reckoned as Āṅgirasas: the foremost of the Rathītaras, twice-born men endowed with kṣatra-nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.44
निर्वेष्टुकामो ऽस्मि नरेन्द्र कन्यां प्रयच्छ मे मा प्रणयं विभाङ्क्षीः न ह्य् अर्थिनः कार्यवशाभ्युपेताः ककुत्स्थगोत्रे विमुखाः प्रयान्ति ॥
nirveṣṭukāmo 'smi narendra kanyāṃ prayaccha me mā praṇayaṃ vibhāṅkṣīḥ na hy arthinaḥ kāryavaśābhyupetāḥ kakutsthagotre vimukhāḥ prayānti //
I wish to take a wife, O king; grant me a daughter, do not break off (my) suit; for petitioners who have come in pursuit of some purpose do not go away rebuffed from the lineage of Kakutstha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.45
अन्ये ऽपि सन्त्य् एव नृपाः पृथिव्यां क्ष्मापाल येषांतनयाः प्रसूताः किंत्व् अर्थिनाम् अर्थितदानदीक्षा कृतव्रतं श्लाघ्यम् इदं कुलं ते ॥
anye 'pi santy eva nṛpāḥ pṛthivyāṃ kṣmāpāla yeṣāṃtanayāḥ prasūtāḥ kiṃtv arthinām arthitadānadīkṣā kṛtavrataṃ ślāghyam idaṃ kulaṃ te //
There are indeed other kings too on earth, O protector of the land, to whom daughters have been born; but this praiseworthy family of yours has made it its vow, consecrated to granting petitioners what they ask.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.46
शतार्धसंख्यास् तव सन्ति कन्यास् तासां ममैकां नृपते प्रयच्छ यत् प्रार्थनाभङ्गभयाद् बिभेमि तस्माद् अहं राजवरातिदुःखात् ॥
śatārdhasaṃkhyās tava santi kanyās tāsāṃ mamaikāṃ nṛpate prayaccha yat prārthanābhaṅgabhayād bibhemi tasmād ahaṃ rājavarātiduḥkhāt //
You have daughters fifty in number; grant me one of them, O king; for I dread the breaking off of a request — therefore I fear, O best of kings, that exceeding pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.48
नरेन्द्र कस्मात् समुपैषि चिन्ताम् अशक्यम् उक्तं न मयात्र किंचित् यावश्यदेया तनया तयैव कृतार्थता नो यदि किं न लब्धम् ॥
narendra kasmāt samupaiṣi cintām aśakyam uktaṃ na mayātra kiṃcit yāvaśyadeyā tanayā tayaiva kṛtārthatā no yadi kiṃ na labdham //
O king, why do you fall into worry? Nothing impossible has been asked by me here. By that very daughter who must needs be given, our purpose is accomplished; and if not, what is there that has not (already) been gained?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 2.56
अलं भगिन्यो ऽहम् इमं वृणोमि वृतो मया नैष तवानुरूपः ममैव भर्ता विधिनैष सृष्टः सृष्टाहम् अस्योपशमं प्रयाहि ॥
alaṃ bhaginyo 'ham imaṃ vṛṇomi vṛto mayā naiṣa tavānurūpaḥ mamaiva bhartā vidhinaiṣa sṛṣṭaḥ sṛṣṭāham asyopaśamaṃ prayāhi //
"Enough, sisters! I choose him." "He has been chosen by me; he is no match for you. He alone is my husband, fashioned by fate, and I was fashioned for him — leave off (your claim) upon him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.57
वृतो मयायं प्रथमं मयायं गृहं विशन्न् एव विहन्यसे किम् मया मयेति क्षितिपात्मजानां तदर्थम् अत्यर्थकलिर् बभूव ॥
vṛto mayāyaṃ prathamaṃ mayāyaṃ gṛhaṃ viśann eva vihanyase kim mayā mayeti kṣitipātmajānāṃ tadartham atyarthakalir babhūva //
"He was chosen by me first — he is mine!" "Why are you being thwarted even as he enters the house?" "By me!" "By me!" — thus over him there arose an exceedingly great quarrel among the daughters of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 2.58
यदा तु सर्वाभिर् अतीव हार्दाद् वृतः स कन्याभिर् अनिन्द्यकीर्तिः तदा स कन्याधिकृतो नृपाय यथावद् आचष्ट विनम्रमूर्तिः ॥
yadā tu sarvābhir atīva hārdād vṛtaḥ sa kanyābhir anindyakīrtiḥ tadā sa kanyādhikṛto nṛpāya yathāvad ācaṣṭa vinamramūrtiḥ //
But when he of blameless renown had been chosen by all the maidens out of intense affection, then the officer set over the maidens, his form bowed low, reported it duly to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.78
मनोरथानां न समाप्तिर् अस्ति वर्षायुतेनापि तथाब्दलक्षैः पूर्णेषु पूर्णेषु पुनर् नवानाम् उत्पत्तयः सन्ति मनोरथानाम् ॥
manorathānāṃ na samāptir asti varṣāyutenāpi tathābdalakṣaiḥ pūrṇeṣu pūrṇeṣu punar navānām utpattayaḥ santi manorathānām //
There is no ending of desires, not by ten thousand years nor by hundreds of thousands of years; as they are fulfilled one after another, there arise again births of new desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.79
पद्भ्यां गता यौवनिनश् च जाता दारैश् च संयोगम् इताः प्रसूताः दृष्टाः सुतास् तत्तनयप्रसूतिं द्रष्टुं पुनर् वाञ्छति मे ऽन्तरात्मा ॥
padbhyāṃ gatā yauvaninaś ca jātā dāraiś ca saṃyogam itāḥ prasūtāḥ dṛṣṭāḥ sutās tattanayaprasūtiṃ draṣṭuṃ punar vāñchati me 'ntarātmā //
They have walked on their own feet, they have become youths, they have entered into union with wives, they have begotten children; the sons have been seen — and now my inner self longs to see the offspring of their sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.80
द्रक्ष्यामि तेषाम् अपि चेत् प्रसूतिं मनोरथो मे भविता ततो ऽन्यः पूर्णे ऽपि तत्राप्य् अपरस्य जन्म निवार्यते केन मनोरथस्य ॥
drakṣyāmi teṣām api cet prasūtiṃ manoratho me bhavitā tato 'nyaḥ pūrṇe 'pi tatrāpy aparasya janma nivāryate kena manorathasya //
If I shall see their offspring too, then another desire of mine will come to be; and even when that is fulfilled, by whom can the birth of yet another desire be prevented?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.81
आमृत्युतो नैव मनोरथानाम् अन्तो ऽस्ति विज्ञातम् इदं मयाद्य मनोरथासक्तिपरस्य चित्तं न जायते वै परमार्थसङ्गि ॥
āmṛtyuto naiva manorathānām anto 'sti vijñātam idaṃ mayādya manorathāsaktiparasya cittaṃ na jāyate vai paramārthasaṅgi //
Until death there is simply no end to desires — this I have understood today; the mind of one given over to clinging to desires never becomes attached to the highest reality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.82
स मे समाधिर् जलवासमित्र मत्स्यस्य सङ्गात् सहसैव नष्टः परिग्रहः सङ्गकृतो ममायं परिग्रहोत्था च महाविधित्सा ॥
sa me samādhir jalavāsamitra matsyasya saṅgāt sahasaiva naṣṭaḥ parigrahaḥ saṅgakṛto mamāyaṃ parigrahotthā ca mahāvidhitsā //
That concentration of mine, O friend dwelling in the water, was suddenly destroyed through association with the fish; this possession of mine was brought about by attachment, and from possession arose great craving to act.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.83
दुःखं यदैवैकशरीरजन्म शतार्धसंख्यं यद् इदं प्रसूतम् परिग्रहेण क्षितिपात्मजानां सुतैर् अनेकैर् बहुलीकृतं तत् ॥
duḥkhaṃ yadaivaikaśarīrajanma śatārdhasaṃkhyaṃ yad idaṃ prasūtam parigraheṇa kṣitipātmajānāṃ sutair anekair bahulīkṛtaṃ tat //
The suffering that is the birth of a single body — that same, produced here fifty times over, has been multiplied by the taking in marriage of these kings' daughters and by many sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 2.84
सुतात्मजैस् तत्तनयैश् च भूयो भूयश् च तेषां स्वपरिग्रहेण विस्तारम् एष्यत्य् अतिदुःखहेतुः परिग्रहो वै ममतानिधानम् ॥
sutātmajais tattanayaiś ca bhūyo bhūyaś ca teṣāṃ svaparigraheṇa vistāram eṣyaty atiduḥkhahetuḥ parigraho vai mamatānidhānam //
And through sons' sons, and their sons, and again and again through their own possessions, it will grow to further extent; possession is indeed the cause of exceeding suffering, the storehouse of the sense of 'mine'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.85
चीर्णं तपो यत् तु जलाश्रयेण तस्यर्द्धिर् एषा तपसो ऽन्तरायः मत्स्यस्य सङ्गाद् अभवच् च यो मे सुतादिरागो मुषितो ऽस्मि तेन ॥
cīrṇaṃ tapo yat tu jalāśrayeṇa tasyarddhir eṣā tapaso 'ntarāyaḥ matsyasya saṅgād abhavac ca yo me sutādirāgo muṣito 'smi tena //
As for the austerity practised (by me) with the water for my abode, this prosperity of it is an obstruction to austerity; and that love for sons and the rest which arose in me from association with the fish — by that I have been robbed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.86
निःसङ्गता मुक्तिपदं यतीनां सङ्गाद् अशेषाः प्रभवन्ति दोषाः आरूढयोगो ऽपि निपात्यते ऽधः सङ्गेन योगी किम् उताल्पसिद्धिः ॥
niḥsaṅgatā muktipadaṃ yatīnāṃ saṅgād aśeṣāḥ prabhavanti doṣāḥ ārūḍhayogo 'pi nipātyate 'dhaḥ saṅgena yogī kim utālpasiddhiḥ //
Freedom from attachment is the state of liberation for ascetics; from attachment all faults without exception arise. Even a yogin who has mounted high in yoga is cast down by attachment — how much more one of slight attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.87
अहं चरिष्यामि तथात्मनो ऽर्थे परिग्रहग्राहगृहीतबुद्धिः यथा हि भूयः परिहीनदोषो जनस्य दुःखैर् भविता न दुःखी ॥
ahaṃ cariṣyāmi tathātmano 'rthe parigrahagrāhagṛhītabuddhiḥ yathā hi bhūyaḥ parihīnadoṣo janasya duḥkhair bhavitā na duḥkhī //
I shall so conduct myself for my own sake — I whose understanding has been seized by the crocodile of possession — that, once more rid of fault, I shall not be made wretched by the sorrows of people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.88
सर्वस्य धातारम् अचिन्त्यरूपम् अणोर् अणीयांसम् अतिप्रमाणम् सितासितं चेश्वरम् ईश्वराणाम् आराधयिष्ये तपसैव विष्णुम् ॥
sarvasya dhātāram acintyarūpam aṇor aṇīyāṃsam atipramāṇam sitāsitaṃ ceśvaram īśvarāṇām ārādhayiṣye tapasaiva viṣṇum //
I will worship by ascetic practice alone Viṣṇu, the establisher of all, of inconceivable form, smaller than the smallest and beyond all measure, white and not-white, the Lord of lords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 2.89
तस्मिन्न् अशेषौजसि सर्वरूपिण्य् अव्यक्तविस्पष्टतनाव् अनन्ते ममाचलं चित्तम् अपेतदोषं सदास्तु विष्णाव् अभवाय भूयः ॥
tasminn aśeṣaujasi sarvarūpiṇy avyaktavispaṣṭatanāv anante mamācalaṃ cittam apetadoṣaṃ sadāstu viṣṇāv abhavāya bhūyaḥ //
Let my mind, freed from fault, be always unwavering in that Viṣṇu, whose energy is undiminished, who has all forms, whose body is both unmanifest and manifest, who is endless — so that there be no more (re)birth for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 2.90
समस्तभूताद् अमलाद् अनन्तात् सर्वेश्वराद् अन्यद् अनादिमध्यात् यस्मान् न किंचित् तम् अहं गुरूणां परं गुरुं संश्रयम् एमि विष्णुम् ॥
samastabhūtād amalād anantāt sarveśvarād anyad anādimadhyāt yasmān na kiṃcit tam ahaṃ gurūṇāṃ paraṃ guruṃ saṃśrayam emi viṣṇum //
Than whom — the whole of beings, stainless, endless, the lord of all, without beginning or middle — there is nothing other: to him, Viṣṇu, the highest teacher of teachers, I go for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain