Varuna Is Made Lord of the Waters

Verse 1 (9.48.1)

अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मञ्श्रुतवानस्मि तत्त्वतः । अभिषेकं कुमारस्य विस्तरेण यथाविधि ॥

atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmañśrutavānasmi tattvataḥ | abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya vistareṇa yathāvidhi

O brahmin, I have heard truly this most wondrous account of the consecration of Kumara, told at length and according to rule.

Verse 2 (9.48.2)

यच्छ्रुत्वा पूतमात्मानं विजानामि तपोधन । प्रहृष्टानि च रोमाणि प्रसन्नं च मनो मम ॥

yacchrutvā pūtamātmānaṃ vijānāmi tapodhana | prahṛṣṭāni ca romāṇi prasannaṃ ca mano mama

O ascetic, hearing it I feel myself made pure; my hair stands on end with joy and my mind is serene.

Verse 3 (9.48.3)

अभिषेकं कुमारस्य दैत्यानां च वधं तथा । श्रुत्वा मे परमा प्रीतिर्भूयः कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya daityānāṃ ca vadhaṃ tathā | śrutvā me paramā prītirbhūyaḥ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Having heard of Kumara's consecration and of the slaying of the Daityas, I feel the highest delight, and my curiosity is greater still.

Verse 4 (9.48.4)

अपाम्पतिः कथं ह्यस्मिन्नभिषिक्तः पुरा सुरैः । तन्मे ब्रूहि महाप्रज्ञ कुशलो ह्यसि सत्तम ॥

apāmpatiḥ kathaṃ hyasminnabhiṣiktaḥ purā suraiḥ | tanme brūhi mahāprajña kuśalo hyasi sattama

How, in this same manner, was the Lord of the Waters consecrated long ago by the gods? Tell me that, O greatly wise one; you are skilled in such matters, O best of men.

Verse 5 (9.48.5)

शृणु राजन्निदं चित्रं पूर्वकाले यथाऽभवत् ॥

śṛṇu rājannidaṃ citraṃ pūrvakāle yathā'bhavat

Listen, O king, to this wonderful account, as it came to pass in an earlier time.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; this line is the first line (9.46.5a) of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.46.5 (śṛṇu rājann idaṃ citraṃ pūrvakalpe yathātatham), here with पूर्वकाले यथाऽभवत्.

Verse 6 (9.48.6)

आदौ कृतयुगे राजन्वर्तमाने यथाविधि । वरुणं देवताः सर्वाः समेत्येदमथाब्रुवन् ॥

ādau kṛtayuge rājanvartamāne yathāvidhi | varuṇaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ sametyedamathābruvan

In the beginning, O king, when the Krita age was running its proper course, all the gods came together before Varuna and said this to him:

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; these lines are the second and third lines (9.46.5c, 5e) of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.46.5 (ādau kṛtayuge tasmin vartamāne yathāvidhi / varuṇaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ sametyedam athābruvan), here with राजन् for तस्मिन्.

Verse 7 (9.48.7)

यथाऽस्मान्सुरराट् शक्रो भयेभ्यः पाति सर्वदा । तथा त्वमपि सर्वासां सरितां वै पतिर्भव ॥

yathā'smānsurarāṭ śakro bhayebhyaḥ pāti sarvadā | tathā tvamapi sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ vai patirbhava

"As Shakra, king of the gods, always protects us from dangers, so you too be the lord of all rivers.

Verse 8 (9.48.8)

वासश्च ते सदा देव सागरे मकरालये । समुद्रोऽयं तव वशे भविष्यति नदीपतिः ॥

vāsaśca te sadā deva sāgare makarālaye | samudro'yaṃ tava vaśe bhaviṣyati nadīpatiḥ

Your dwelling, O god, shall always be in the ocean, the home of sea-monsters; and this ocean, the lord of rivers, will be under your sway.

Verse 9 (9.48.9)

सोमेन सार्धं च तव हानिवृद्धी भविष्यतः । एवमस्त्विति तान्देवान्वरुणो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

somena sārdhaṃ ca tava hānivṛddhī bhaviṣyataḥ | evamastviti tāndevānvaruṇo vākyamabravīt

Your waning and waxing will go together with Soma's." "So be it," Varuna replied to those gods.

Note on the text: Corrected हानिवृद्वी → हानिवृद्धी (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध in the conjunct; the critical edition reads hānivṛddhī).

Verse 10 (9.48.10)

समागम्य ततः सर्वे वरुणं सागरालयम् । अपाम्पतिं प्रचक्रुर्हि विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

samāgamya tataḥ sarve varuṇaṃ sāgarālayam | apāmpatiṃ pracakrurhi vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Then they all gathered about Varuna, who dwells in the sea, and by the rite the scriptures prescribe they made him lord of the waters.

Verse 11 (9.48.11)

अभिषिच्य ततो देवा वरुणं यादसाम्पतिम् । जग्मुः स्वान्येव स्थानानि पूजयित्वा जलेश्वरम् ॥

abhiṣicya tato devā varuṇaṃ yādasāmpatim | jagmuḥ svānyeva sthānāni pūjayitvā jaleśvaram

Having consecrated Varuna, lord of the aquatic creatures, and having honoured the lord of the waters, the gods went back to their own abodes.

Verse 12 (9.48.12)

अभिषिक्तस्ततो देवैर्वरुणोऽपि महायशाः । सरितः सागरांश्चैव नदांश्चापि सरांसि च । पालयामास विधिना यथा देवाञ्शतक्रतुः ॥

abhiṣiktastato devairvaruṇo'pi mahāyaśāḥ | saritaḥ sāgarāṃścaiva nadāṃścāpi sarāṃsi ca | pālayāmāsa vidhinā yathā devāñśatakratuḥ

Consecrated by the gods, the greatly renowned Varuna protected the rivers and seas, the great rivers and the lakes, according to rule, just as Shatakratu protects the gods.

Verse 13 (9.48.13)

ततस्तत्राप्युपस्पृश्य दत्त्वा च विविधं वसु । अग्नितीर्थं महाप्राज्ञो जगामाथ प्रलम्बहा । नष्टो न दृश्यते यत्र शमीगर्भे हुताशनः ॥

tatastatrāpyupaspṛśya dattvā ca vividhaṃ vasu | agnitīrthaṃ mahāprājño jagāmātha pralambahā | naṣṭo na dṛśyate yatra śamīgarbhe hutāśanaḥ

Then, having bathed there too and given wealth of many kinds, the greatly wise slayer of Pralamba went to the Agni tirtha, where Agni, the Eater of Oblations, had vanished and was not to be seen within the shami tree.

Note on the text: Corrected ततस्त्रत्राप्युपस्पृश्य → ततस्तत्राप्युपस्पृश्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the critical edition reads tatas tatrāpy upaspṛśya). Corrected दुताशनः → हुताशनः (misprint in Wikisource; द for ह; the critical edition reads hutāśanaḥ).

Verse 14 (9.48.14)

लोकालोकविनाशे च प्रादुर्भूते तदाऽनघ । उपतस्थुः सुरा यत्र सर्वलोकपितामहम् ॥

lokālokavināśe ca prādurbhūte tadā'nagha | upatasthuḥ surā yatra sarvalokapitāmaham

When, O sinless one, the destruction of the worlds appeared before them, the gods went to the Grandsire of all the worlds.

Verse 15 (9.48.15)

अग्निः प्रनष्टो भगवान्कारणं च न विद्महे । सर्वभूतक्षयो राजन्सम्पादय विभोऽनलम् ॥

agniḥ pranaṣṭo bhagavānkāraṇaṃ ca na vidmahe | sarvabhūtakṣayo rājansampādaya vibho'nalam

"The blessed Agni has vanished, and we do not know the cause. The destruction of all beings is at hand, O sovereign; O almighty one, bring back the fire."

Note on the text: Speaker: the gods' words to Brahma fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading over from verse 5). Line 1 is the critical edition's 9.46.14a; line 2 is a recension variant of 9.46.14c (sarvalokakṣayo mā bhūt saṃpādayatu no 'nalam).

Verse 16 (9.48.16)

किमर्थं भगवानग्निः प्रनष्टो लोकभावनाः । विज्ञातश्च कथं देवैस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वतः ॥

kimarthaṃ bhagavānagniḥ pranaṣṭo lokabhāvanāḥ | vijñātaśca kathaṃ devaistanmamācakṣva tattvataḥ

Why did the blessed Agni, the sustainer of the worlds, vanish? And how did the gods come to know where he was? Tell me that truly.

Verse 17 (9.48.17)

भृगोः शापाद्भृशं भीतो जातवेदाः प्रतापवान् । शमीगर्भमथासाद्य ननाश भगवांस्ततः ॥

bhṛgoḥ śāpādbhṛśaṃ bhīto jātavedāḥ pratāpavān | śamīgarbhamathāsādya nanāśa bhagavāṃstataḥ

Greatly afraid of Bhrigu's curse, the mighty Jatavedas entered the interior of the shami tree, and the blessed one then vanished.

Verse 18 (9.48.18)

प्रनष्टे तु तदा वह्नौ देवाः सर्वे सवासवाः । अन्वैषन्त तदा नष्टं ज्वलनं भृशदुःखिताः ॥

pranaṣṭe tu tadā vahnau devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ | anvaiṣanta tadā naṣṭaṃ jvalanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ

When Agni had vanished, all the gods together with Vasava, deeply distressed, searched for the lost fire.

Verse 19 (9.48.19)

ततोऽग्नितीर्थमासाद्य शमीगर्भस्थमेव हि । ददृशुर्ज्वलनं तत्र वसमानं यथाविधि ॥

tato'gnitīrthamāsādya śamīgarbhasthameva hi | dadṛśurjvalanaṃ tatra vasamānaṃ yathāvidhi

Then they came to the Agni tirtha and saw Agni dwelling there, hidden inside the shami, as the rule required.

Verse 20 (9.48.20)

देवाः सर्वे नरव्याघ्र बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः । ज्वलनं तं समासाद्य प्रीताऽभूवन्सवासवाः ॥

devāḥ sarve naravyāghra bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ | jvalanaṃ taṃ samāsādya prītā'bhūvansavāsavāḥ

All the gods, O tiger among men, with Brihaspati at their head and Vasava among them, were glad when they reached Agni.

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Verse 21 (9.48.21)

पुनर्यथागतं जग्मुः सर्वभक्षश्च सोऽभवत् । भृगोः शापान्महाभाग यदुक्तं ब्रह्मवादिना ॥

punaryathāgataṃ jagmuḥ sarvabhakṣaśca so'bhavat | bhṛgoḥ śāpānmahābhāga yaduktaṃ brahmavādinā

They went back as they had come, and Agni became the devourer of all things, as the expounder of Brahman had declared in Bhrigu's curse, O greatly fortunate one.

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Verse 22 (9.48.22)

तत्राप्याप्लुत्य मतिमान्ब्रह्मशापान्मुमोच ह ॥

tatrāpyāplutya matimānbrahmaśāpānmumoca ha

There too the wise one bathed, and was freed from the brahmin's curse.

Note on the text: A single line as printed; it is a recension variant of the critical edition's 9.46.20c (tatrāpy āplutya matimān brahmayoniṃ jagāma ha), here reading ब्रह्मशापान्मुमोच ह. Not matched by the alignment.

Verse 23 (9.48.23)

तत्राप्लुत्य ततो ब्रह्मा सह देवैः प्रभुः पुरा । ससर्ज चान्नानि तथा देवतानां यथाविधि ॥

tatrāplutya tato brahmā saha devaiḥ prabhuḥ purā | sasarja cānnāni tathā devatānāṃ yathāvidhi

Bathing there, the lord Brahma, together with the gods, created in that earlier time the foods for the gods, according to rule.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.46.21c and 21e. Its first line (9.46.21a, sasarja bhagavān yatra sarvalokapitāmahaḥ) is not in Wikisource's text.

Verse 24 (9.48.24)

तत्र स्नात्वा च दत्त्वा च वसूनि विविधानि च । कौबेरं प्रययौ तीर्थं यत्र तप्त्वा महत्तपः ॥

tatra snātvā ca dattvā ca vasūni vividhāni ca | kauberaṃ prayayau tīrthaṃ yatra taptvā mahattapaḥ

Having bathed there and given wealth of many kinds, he went to the tirtha of Kubera, where, after practising great austerity,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.46.22a and 22c (here yatra for tatra).

Verse 25 (9.48.25)

धनाधिपत्यं सम्प्राप्तो राजन्नैलबिलः प्रभुः ॥

dhanādhipatyaṃ samprāpto rājannailabilaḥ prabhuḥ

the lord Ailabila obtained the lordship of wealth, O king.

Note on the text: A single line as printed; it is the third line (9.46.22e) of the critical edition's verse 9.46.22, so no text is lost. Not matched by the alignment.

Verse 26 (9.48.26)

तत्रस्थमेव तं राजन्धनानि निधयस्तथा । उपतस्थुर्नरश्रेष्ठ तत्तीर्थं लाङ्गली बलः ॥

tatrasthameva taṃ rājandhanāni nidhayastathā | upatasthurnaraśreṣṭha tattīrthaṃ lāṅgalī balaḥ

As he dwelt there, O king, wealth and treasures waited upon him, O best of men; and to that tirtha came Bala, the plough-bearer.

Note on the text: Corrected उपतद्धतुर् → उपतस्थुर् (misprint in Wikisource; द्ध/त for स्थ; the critical edition reads upatasthur). Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.46.23a and 23c (here बलः for ततः).

Verse 27 (9.48.27)

गत्वा स्नात्वा च विधिवद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं ददौ । ददृशे तत्र तत्स्थानं कौबेरे काननोत्तमे ॥

gatvā snātvā ca vidhivadbrāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dadau | dadṛśe tatra tatsthānaṃ kaubere kānanottame

Having gone there and bathed, he gave wealth to brahmins according to rule, and he saw that place in the best of Kubera's forests,

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Verse 28 (9.48.28)

पुरा यत्र तपस्तप्तं विपुलं सुमहात्मना । यक्षराज्ञा कुबेरेण वरा लब्धाश्च पुष्कलाः ॥

purā yatra tapastaptaṃ vipulaṃ sumahātmanā | yakṣarājñā kubereṇa varā labdhāśca puṣkalāḥ

where in former times the great-souled king of the Yakshas, Kubera, performed vast austerities and won abundant boons:

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Verse 29 (9.48.29)

धनाधिपत्यं सख्यं च रुद्रेणामिततेजसा । सुरत्वं लोकपालत्वं पुत्रं च नलकूबरम् ॥

dhanādhipatyaṃ sakhyaṃ ca rudreṇāmitatejasā | suratvaṃ lokapālatvaṃ putraṃ ca nalakūbaram

lordship of wealth, friendship with Rudra of boundless splendour, godhood, the office of guardian of the world, and a son, Nalakubara.

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Verse 30 (9.48.30)

यत्र लेभे महाबाहो धनाधिपतिरञ्जसा । अभिषिक्तश्च तत्रैव समागम्य मरुद्गणैः ॥

yatra lebhe mahābāho dhanādhipatirañjasā | abhiṣiktaśca tatraiva samāgamya marudgaṇaiḥ

There, O mighty-armed one, the lord of wealth easily obtained these, and there too he was consecrated, joined by the hosts of the Maruts.

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Verse 31 (9.48.31)

वाहनं चास्य तद्दत्तं हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम् । विमानं पुष्पकं दिव्यं नैर्ऋतैश्वर्यमेव च ॥

vāhanaṃ cāsya taddattaṃ haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam | vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ divyaṃ nairṛtaiśvaryameva ca

There he was given a vehicle yoked with swans, swift as thought, the divine aerial car Pushpaka, and sovereignty over the Nairritas.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.46.27c and 27e.

Verse 32 (9.48.32)

तत्राप्लुत्य बलो राजन्दत्त्वा दायांश्च पुष्कलान् । जगाम त्वरितो रामस्तीर्थं श्वेतानुलेपनः ॥

tatrāplutya balo rājandattvā dāyāṃśca puṣkalān | jagāma tvarito rāmastīrthaṃ śvetānulepanaḥ

Having bathed there, O king, and given rich gifts, Rama, anointed with white unguents, went swiftly to the next tirtha,

Note on the text: Corrected स्वेतानुलेपनः → श्वेतानुलेपनः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śvetānulepanaḥ).

Verse 33 (9.48.33)

निषेवितं सर्वसत्वैर्नाम्ना बदरपाचनम् । नानर्तुकवनोपेतं सदा पुष्पफलं शुभम् ॥

niṣevitaṃ sarvasatvairnāmnā badarapācanam | nānartukavanopetaṃ sadā puṣpaphalaṃ śubham

called Badarapachana, frequented by all creatures, furnished with groves for every season, and ever bright with flowers and fruit.