The Boar Incarnation

Verse 1 (2.45.1)

प्रादुर्भावसहस्राणि समतीतान्यनेकशः । यथाशक्ति तु वक्ष्यामि शृणु तान्कुरुनन्दन ॥

prādurbhāvasahasrāṇi samatītānyanekaśaḥ | yathāśakti tu vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tānkurunandana

The Lord's manifestations have numbered in the thousands, past many times over. I shall tell of them as far as I am able; hear them, joy of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 136–137.

Verse 2 (2.45.2)

पुरा कमलनाभस्य स्वपतः सागराम्भसि । पुष्करे यत्र सम्भूता देवा ऋषिगणैः सह ॥

purā kamalanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi | puṣkare yatra sambhūtā devā ṛṣigaṇaiḥ saha

Long ago, as the lotus-naveled one slept on the waters of the ocean, the gods together with the hosts of sages were born there in a lotus (pushkara).

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 138–139.

Verse 3 (2.45.3)

एष पौष्करिको नाम प्रादुर्भावः प्रकीर्तितः । पुराणैः कथ्यते यत्र वेदश्रुतिसमाहितः ॥

eṣa pauṣkariko nāma prādurbhāvaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | purāṇaiḥ kathyate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitaḥ

This is celebrated as the manifestation called Paushkara; the Puranas tell of it, and it is confirmed by the Vedic scripture.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 140–141 (पुराणैः for purāṇaḥ).

Verse 4 (2.45.4)

वाराहस्तु श्रुतिसुखः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः । यत्र विष्णुः सुरश्रेष्ठो वाराहं रूपमास्थितः ॥

vārāhastu śrutisukhaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ | yatra viṣṇuḥ suraśreṣṭho vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ

Pleasing to hear is the Boar manifestation of the great-souled one, in which Vishnu, best of the gods, took on the form of a boar

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 142–143 (श्रुतिसुखः for śrutimukhaḥ).

Verse 5 (2.45.5)

उज्जहार महीं तोयात्सशैलवनकाननाम् । वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुर्दन्तश्चितीमुखः ॥

ujjahāra mahīṃ toyātsaśailavanakānanām | vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kraturdantaścitīmukhaḥ

and raised the earth, with its mountains, woods and forests, out of the water. The Vedas were his feet, the sacrificial post his tusk, the sacrifice his teeth, the fire-altar his mouth;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 144–145.

Verse 6 (2.45.6)

अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः । अहोरात्रेक्षणो दिव्यो वेदाङ्गः श्रुतिभूषणः ॥

agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ | ahorātrekṣaṇo divyo vedāṅgaḥ śrutibhūṣaṇaḥ

fire was his tongue, the darbha grass his bristles, Brahman his head; of great austerity, with day and night for eyes, divine, the Vedangas his limbs, the scriptures his ornament;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 146–147.

Verse 7 (2.45.7)

आज्यनासः स्रुवं तुण्डं सामघोषस्वनो महान् । धर्मसत्यमयः श्रीमान्कर्मविक्रमसत्कृतः ॥

ājyanāsaḥ sruvaṃ tuṇḍaṃ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān | dharmasatyamayaḥ śrīmānkarmavikramasatkṛtaḥ

clarified butter his nostrils, the sacrificial ladle his snout, the chanting of the Sama hymns his mighty voice; made of dharma and truth, glorious, honoured for his deeds and valour;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 148–149 (स्रुवं तुण्डं for snuvatuṇḍaḥ).

Verse 8 (2.45.8)

प्रायश्चित्तमुखो धीरः पशुजानुर्महावृषः । औद्गात्रहोमलिङ्गोऽसौ पशुबीजमहौषधिः ॥

prāyaścittamukho dhīraḥ paśujānurmahāvṛṣaḥ | audgātrahomaliṅgo'sau paśubījamahauṣadhiḥ

the rites of atonement his face, steadfast, the sacrificial victim his knees, mighty as a great bull; the udgatri's chant and the oblation his emblem, the victims, the seeds and the great herbs his substance;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 150–151 (in a variant form).

Verse 9 (2.45.9)

बाह्यान्तरात्मा मन्त्रास्थिविकृतः सौम्यदर्शनः । वेदिस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्याभिवेगवान् ॥

bāhyāntarātmā mantrāsthivikṛtaḥ saumyadarśanaḥ | vediskandho havirgandho havyakavyābhivegavān

the outer and the inner self, his bones made of mantras, gentle to behold; the altar his shoulders, the oblations his scent, swift with the offerings to gods and ancestors;

Note on the text: Corrected बाह्यन्तरात्मा → बाह्यान्तरात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; बाह्य + अन्तर- requires the long ā; the critical edition reads bāhyāntarātmā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 152–153 (वेदिस्कन्धो and -अभिवेगवान् for vedaskandho and -ādivegavān).

Verse 10 (2.45.10)

प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान्नानादीक्षाभिरूर्जितः । दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महाशास्त्रमयो महान् ॥

prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimānnānādīkṣābhirūrjitaḥ | dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāśāstramayo mahān

the eastern hall of the sacrifice his body, radiant, made mighty by many consecrations; the sacrificial fee his heart, a yogin, made of the great scriptures, great;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 154–155 (in a variant form).

Verse 11 (2.45.11)

उपाकर्मोष्ठरुचकः प्रावर्ग्यावर्तभूषणः । शालापत्नीसहायो वै मणिशृङ्गसमुच्छ्रितः ॥

upākarmoṣṭharucakaḥ prāvargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ | śālāpatnīsahāyo vai maṇiśṛṅgasamucchritaḥ

the upakarma rite the ornament of his lips, the pravargya rite the curl that adorned him; with the sacrificial hall as his wife and helper, towering high with a jewel-like horn.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 156–157 (in a variant form).

Verse 12 (2.45.12)

एवं यज्ञवराहो वै भूत्वा विष्णुः सनातनः । महीं सागरपर्यन्तां सशैलवनकाननाम् ॥

evaṃ yajñavarāho vai bhūtvā viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām

Thus the eternal Vishnu became the Boar of Sacrifice; and the earth, bounded by the ocean, with its mountains, woods and forests,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 158–159.

Verse 13 (2.45.13)

एकार्णवजले भ्रष्टामेकार्णवगतः प्रभुः । मज्जन्तीं सलिले तस्मिन्स्वदेवीं पृथिवीं तदा ॥

ekārṇavajale bhraṣṭāmekārṇavagataḥ prabhuḥ | majjantīṃ salile tasminsvadevīṃ pṛthivīṃ tadā

fallen into the waters of the single ocean — the lord, having entered that single ocean, found his own goddess, the earth, sinking in those waters,

Note on the text: Corrected कार्णवजले → एकार्णवजले (misprint in Wikisource; the initial ए was lost, leaving a short line; the critical edition reads ekārṇavajale). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 160–161.

Verse 14 (2.45.14)

उज्जहार विषाणेन मार्कण्डेयस्य पश्यतः । शृङ्गेण यः समुद्धृत्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥

ujjahāra viṣāṇena mārkaṇḍeyasya paśyataḥ | śṛṅgeṇa yaḥ samuddhṛtya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

and raised her up on his tusk while Markandeya looked on. He who lifted her up on his horn for the good of the worlds,

Note on the text: Corrected मार्गण्डेयस्य → मार्कण्डेयस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ग for क; the sage is Mārkaṇḍeya, as in the critical edition). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 162–163.

Verse 15 (2.45.15)

सहस्रशीर्षो देवेशो निर्ममे जगतीं प्रभुः । एवं यज्ञवराहेण भूतभव्यभवात्मना ॥

sahasraśīrṣo deveśo nirmame jagatīṃ prabhuḥ | evaṃ yajñavarāheṇa bhūtabhavyabhavātmanā

the thousand-headed lord of the gods, then fashioned the world. Thus by the Boar of Sacrifice, whose self is the past, the future and the present,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 164–165.

Verse 16 (2.45.16)

उद्धृता पृथिवी देवी पूज्या वै सागराम्बरा । निहता दानवाः सर्वे देवदेवेन विष्णुना ॥

uddhṛtā pṛthivī devī pūjyā vai sāgarāmbarā | nihatā dānavāḥ sarve devadevena viṣṇunā

the goddess earth, ocean-clad and worthy of worship, was raised up; and all the danavas were slain by Vishnu, the god of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 166–167 (the first line in a variant form).

Verse 17 (2.45.17)

वाराहः कथितो ह्येष नारसिंहमथो शृणु । यत्र भूत्वा मृगेन्द्रेण हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः ॥

vārāhaḥ kathito hyeṣa nārasiṃhamatho śṛṇu | yatra bhūtvā mṛgendreṇa hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ

This is the Boar manifestation I have told you of; now hear of the Man-Lion, in which, having become the lord of beasts, he slew Hiranyakashipu.

Note on the text: Corrected नारसिंहमतो → नारसिंहमथो (misprint in Wikisource; अतो before शृणु is not a possible sandhi form; the critical edition reads atho). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 168–169.