The Avataras and the Deluding of the Danavas

Verse 1 (padma.1.13.1)

पुलस्त्य उवाच। क्रोष्टोः शृणु त्वं राजेंद्र वंशमुत्तमपूरुषम्। यस्यान्ववाये संभूतो विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुलोद्वहः।

pulastya uvāca kroṣṭoḥ śṛṇu tvaṁ rājeṁdra vaṁśamuttamapūruṣam yasyānvavāye saṁbhūto viṣṇurvṛṣṇikulodvahaḥ

Pulastya said: O best of kings, hear now the excellent lineage of Kroshtu, in whose line Vishnu himself was born as the uplifter of the Vrishni race.

Verse 2 (padma.1.13.2)

क्रोष्टोरेवाभवत्पुत्रो वृजिनीवान्महायशाः। तस्य पुत्रोभवत्स्वातिः कुशंकुस्तत्सुतोभवत्।

kroṣṭorevābhavatputro vṛjinīvānmahāyaśāḥ tasya putrobhavatsvātiḥ kuśaṁkustatsutobhavat

From Kroshtu was born the greatly renowned son Vrijinivat; his son was Svati, and Svati's son was Kushanku.

Verse 3 (padma.1.13.3)

कुशंकोरभवत्पुत्रो नाम्ना चित्ररथोस्य तु। शशबिंदुरिति ख्यातश्चक्रवर्ती बभूव ह।

kuśaṁkorabhavatputro nāmnā citrarathosya tu śaśabiṁduriti khyātaścakravartī babhūva ha

From Kushanku was born a son named Chitraratha, who became famed as Shashabindu and rose to be a great emperor.

Verse 4 (padma.1.13.4)

अत्रानुवंशश्लोकोयं गीतस्तस्य पुराभवत्। शशबिंदोस्तु पुत्राणां शतानामभवच्छतम्।

atrānuvaṁśaślokoyaṁ gītastasya purābhavat śaśabiṁdostu putrāṇāṁ śatānāmabhavacchatam

In this connection, an ancient verse of lineage used to be sung: Shashabindu had a hundred hundreds of sons — ten thousand in all.

Verse 5 (padma.1.13.5)

धीमतां चारुरूपाणां भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम्। तेषां शतप्रधानानां पृथुसाह्वा महाबलाः।

dhīmatāṁ cārurūpāṇāṁ bhūridraviṇatejasām teṣāṁ śatapradhānānāṁ pṛthusāhvā mahābalāḥ

They were all wise, of handsome form, abounding in wealth and splendor; among them the hundred foremost, called by the epithet Prithu, were men of immense strength.

Verse 6 (padma.1.13.6)

पृथुश्रवाः पृथुयशाः पृथुतेजाः पृथूद्भवः। पृथुकीर्तिः पृथुमतो राजानः शशबिंदवः।

pṛthuśravāḥ pṛthuyaśāḥ pṛthutejāḥ pṛthūdbhavaḥ pṛthukīrtiḥ pṛthumato rājānaḥ śaśabiṁdavaḥ

Prithushravas, Prithuyashas, Prithuteja, Prithudbhava, Prithukirti, and Prithumat — these were the royal sons of Shashabindu.

Verse 7 (padma.1.13.7)

शंसंति च पुराणज्ञाः पृथुश्रवसमुत्तमम्। ततश्चास्याभवन्पुत्राः उशना शत्रुतापनः।

śaṁsaṁti ca purāṇajñāḥ pṛthuśravasamuttamam tataścāsyābhavanputrāḥ uśanā śatrutāpanaḥ

Those learned in the Puranas praise Prithushravas as the foremost among them; from him was born a son, Ushana, the scorcher of foes.

Verse 8 (padma.1.13.8)

पुत्रश्चोशनसस्तस्य शिनेयुर्नामसत्तमः। आसीत्शिनेयोः पुत्रो यः स रुक्मकवचो मतः।

putraścośanasastasya śineyurnāmasattamaḥ āsītśineyoḥ putro yaḥ sa rukmakavaco mataḥ

The son of Ushanas was the most excellent Shineyu; the son of Shineyu was known as Rukmakavacha.

Verse 9 (padma.1.13.9)

निहत्य रुक्मकवचो युद्धे युद्धविशारदः। धन्विनो विविधैर्बाणैरवाप्य पृथिवीमिमाम्।

nihatya rukmakavaco yuddhe yuddhaviśāradaḥ dhanvino vividhairbāṇairavāpya pṛthivīmimām

Rukmakavacha, skilled in warfare, having slain the archers with various arrows in battle, conquered this entire earth.

Verse 10 (padma.1.13.10)

अश्वमेधे ऽददाद्राजा ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दक्षिणां। जज्ञे तु रुक्मकवचात्परावृत्परवीरहा।

aśvamedhe 'dadādrājā brāhmaṇebhyaśca dakṣiṇāṁ jajñe tu rukmakavacātparāvṛtparavīrahā

That king gave sacrificial gifts to brahmins at an Ashvamedha rite; from Rukmakavacha was born Paravrit, the destroyer of enemy heroes.

Verse 11 (padma.1.13.11)

तत्पुत्रा जज्ञिरे पंच महावीर्यपराक्रमाः। रुक्मेषुः पृथुरुक्मश्च ज्यामघः परिघो हरिः।

tatputrā jajñire paṁca mahāvīryaparākramāḥ rukmeṣuḥ pṛthurukmaśca jyāmaghaḥ parigho hariḥ

His five sons of great might and valor were born: Rukmeshu, Prithurukma, Jyamagha, Parigha, and Hari.

Verse 12 (padma.1.13.12)

परिघं च हरिं चैव विदेहे स्थापयत्पिता। रुक्मेषुरभवद्राजा पृथुरुक्मस्तथाश्रयः।

parighaṁ ca hariṁ caiva videhe sthāpayatpitā rukmeṣurabhavadrājā pṛthurukmastathāśrayaḥ

Their father established Parigha and Hari in the land of Videha; Rukmeshu became king, while Prithurukma remained under his protection as a dependent.

Verse 13 (padma.1.13.13)

ताभ्यां प्रव्राजितो राज्याज्ज्यामघोवसदाश्रमे। प्रशांतश्चाश्रमस्थस्तु ब्राह्मणेन विबोधितः।

tābhyāṁ pravrājito rājyājjyāmaghovasadāśrame praśāṁtaścāśramasthastu brāhmaṇena vibodhitaḥ

Banished from the kingdom by those two brothers, Jyamagha went to dwell in a hermitage; there, living peacefully in the ashrama, he was awakened by a brahmin's counsel.

Verse 14 (padma.1.13.14)

जगाम धनुरादाय देशमन्यं ध्वजी रथी। नर्मदातट एकाकी केवलं वृत्तिकर्शितः।

jagāma dhanurādāya deśamanyaṁ dhvajī rathī narmadātaṭa ekākī kevalaṁ vṛttikarśitaḥ

Taking up his bow, with banner and chariot, he journeyed to another land; on the bank of the Narmada, alone, worn thin by mere subsistence, he dwelt.

Verse 15 (padma.1.13.15)

ऋक्षवंतं गिरिं गत्वा मुक्तमन्यैरुपाविशत्। ज्यामघस्याभवद्भार्या शैब्या परिणता सती।

ṛkṣavaṁtaṁ giriṁ gatvā muktamanyairupāviśat jyāmaghasyābhavadbhāryā śaibyā pariṇatā satī

Going to Mount Rikshavat, he settled in that place forsaken by others; Jyamagha's wife was Shaibya, a devoted and chaste woman advanced in years.

Verse 16 (padma.1.13.16)

अपुत्रोप्यभवद्राजा भार्यामन्यामचिंतयन्। तस्यासीद्विजयो युद्धे तत्र कन्यामवाप्य सः।

aputropyabhavadrājā bhāryāmanyāmaciṁtayan tasyāsīdvijayo yuddhe tatra kanyāmavāpya saḥ

Though sonless, the king never even thought of another wife; in a certain battle he won victory, and there he took possession of a maiden.

Verse 17 (padma.1.13.17)

भार्यामुवाच संत्रासात्स्नुषेयं ते शुचिस्मिते। एवमुक्त्वाब्रवीदेनं कस्य केयं स्नुषेति वै।

bhāryāmuvāca saṁtrāsātsnuṣeyaṁ te śucismite evamuktvābravīdenaṁ kasya keyaṁ snuṣeti vai

Trembling with apprehension, he said to his wife, 'O fair-smiling one, this girl is your daughter-in-law.' Hearing this she asked him, 'Whose is she, and how can she be a daughter-in-law?'

Verse 18 (padma.1.13.18)

राजोवाच। यस्ते जनिष्यते पुत्रस्तस्य भार्या भविष्यति। तस्याः सा तपसोग्रेण कन्यायाः संप्रसूयत।

rājovāca yaste janiṣyate putrastasya bhāryā bhaviṣyati tasyāḥ sā tapasogreṇa kanyāyāḥ saṁprasūyata

The king said, 'Whatever son shall be born to you, she shall become his wife.' Then, by the power of that fierce vow of truth, she herself conceived, with that maiden as its instrument.

Verse 19 (padma.1.13.19)

पुत्रं विदर्भं सुभगं शैब्या परिणता सती। राजपुत्र्यां तु विद्वांसौ स्नुषायां क्रथकौशिकौ।

putraṁ vidarbhaṁ subhagaṁ śaibyā pariṇatā satī rājaputryāṁ tu vidvāṁsau snuṣāyāṁ krathakauśikau

Shaibya, the devoted wife though advanced in years, brought forth the fortunate son Vidarbha; and from that princess, his daughter-in-law, were born the learned Kratha and Kaushika.

Verse 20 (padma.1.13.20)

लोमपादं तृतीयं तु पुत्रं परमधार्मिकम्। पश्चाद्विदर्भो जनयच्छूरं रणविशारदम्।

lomapādaṁ tṛtīyaṁ tu putraṁ paramadhārmikam paścādvidarbho janayacchūraṁ raṇaviśāradam

A third son was the supremely righteous Lomapada; thus Vidarbha thereafter begot heroic sons skilled in warfare.

Verse 21 (padma.1.13.21)

लोमपादात्मजो बभ्रुर्धृतिस्तस्य तु चात्मजः। कौशिकस्यात्मजश्चेदिस्तस्माच्चैद्यनृपाः स्मृताः।

lomapādātmajo babhrurdhṛtistasya tu cātmajaḥ kauśikasyātmajaścedistasmāccaidyanṛpāḥ smṛtāḥ

Lomapada's son was Babhru, and his son was Dhriti; Kaushika's son was Chedi, from whom the kings of Chedi are remembered.

Verse 22 (padma.1.13.22)

क्रथो विदर्भपुत्रो यः कुंतिस्तस्यात्मजोभवत्। कुंतेर्धृष्टस्ततो जज्ञे धृष्टात्सृष्टः प्रतापवान्।

kratho vidarbhaputro yaḥ kuṁtistasyātmajobhavat kuṁterdhṛṣṭastato jajñe dhṛṣṭātsṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān

Kratha, the son of Vidarbha, had a son named Kunti; from Kunti was born Dhrishta, and from Dhrishta the mighty Srishta.

Verse 23 (padma.1.13.23)

सृष्टस्य पुत्रो धर्मात्मा निवृत्तिः परवीरहा। निवृत्तिपुत्रो दाशार्हो नाम्ना स तु विदूरथः।

sṛṣṭasya putro dharmātmā nivṛttiḥ paravīrahā nivṛttiputro dāśārho nāmnā sa tu vidūrathaḥ

The son of Srishta was the righteous Nivritti, slayer of enemy heroes; Nivritti's son was named Dasharha, who was also known as Vidhuratha.

Verse 24 (padma.1.13.24)

दाशार्हपुत्रो भीमस्तु भीमाज्जीमूत उच्यते। जीमूतपुत्रो विकृतिस्तस्यभीमरथः सुतः।

dāśārhaputro bhīmastu bhīmājjīmūta ucyate jīmūtaputro vikṛtistasyabhīmarathaḥ sutaḥ

Dasharha's son was Bhima, and from Bhima came the one called Jimuta; Jimuta's son was Vikriti, whose son was Bhimaratha.

Verse 25 (padma.1.13.25)

अथ भीमरथस्यापि पुत्रो नवरथः किल। तस्य चासीद्दशरथः शकुनिस्तस्य चात्मजः।

atha bhīmarathasyāpi putro navarathaḥ kila tasya cāsīddaśarathaḥ śakunistasya cātmajaḥ

Then Bhimaratha's own son was Navaratha; his son was Dasharatha, and his son was Shakuni.

Verse 26 (padma.1.13.26)

तस्मात्करंभस्तस्माच्च देवरातो बभूव ह। देवक्षत्रोभवद्राजा देवरातान्महायशाः।

tasmātkaraṁbhastasmācca devarāto babhūva ha devakṣatrobhavadrājā devarātānmahāyaśāḥ

From him came Karambha, and from him was born Devarata; from the greatly renowned Devarata came King Devakshatra.

Verse 27 (padma.1.13.27)

देवगर्भसमो जज्ञे देवक्षत्रस्य नंदनः। मधुर्नाममहातेजा मधोः कुरुवशः स्मृतः।

devagarbhasamo jajñe devakṣatrasya naṁdanaḥ madhurnāmamahātejā madhoḥ kuruvaśaḥ smṛtaḥ

Devakshatra's son, radiant as a god, was born — the greatly splendorous one named Madhu; from Madhu, Kuruvasha is remembered.

Verse 28 (padma.1.13.28)

आसीत्कुरुवशात्पुत्रः पुरुहोत्रः प्रतापवान्। अंशुर्जज्ञेथ वैदर्भ्यां द्रवंत्यां पुरुहोत्रतः।

āsītkuruvaśātputraḥ puruhotraḥ pratāpavān aṁśurjajñetha vaidarbhyāṁ dravaṁtyāṁ puruhotrataḥ

From Kuruvasha came the mighty son Puruhotra; through the Vaidarbhi princess Dravanti, Puruhotra begot Anshu.

Verse 29 (padma.1.13.29)

वेत्रकी त्वभवद्भार्या अंशोस्तस्यां व्यजायत। सात्वतः सत्वसंपन्नः सात्वतान्कीर्तिवर्द्धनः।

vetrakī tvabhavadbhāryā aṁśostasyāṁ vyajāyata sātvataḥ satvasaṁpannaḥ sātvatānkīrtivarddhanaḥ

Vetraki was Anshu's wife; by her was born Satvata, endowed with goodness, from whom the fame-increasing Satvatas descend.

Verse 30 (padma.1.13.30)

इमां विसृष्टिं विज्ञाय ज्यामघस्य महात्मनः। प्रजावानेति सायुज्यं राज्ञः सोमस्य धीमतः।

imāṁ visṛṣṭiṁ vijñāya jyāmaghasya mahātmanaḥ prajāvāneti sāyujyaṁ rājñaḥ somasya dhīmataḥ

Knowing this line of descent of the great-souled Jyamagha, one blessed with worthy progeny attains close union with the wise King Soma, the Moon.

Verse 31 (padma.1.13.31)

सात्वतान्सत्वसंपन्ना कौसल्या सुषुवे सुतान्। तेषां सर्गाश्च चत्वारो विस्तरेणैव तान्शृणु।

sātvatānsatvasaṁpannā kausalyā suṣuve sutān teṣāṁ sargāśca catvāro vistareṇaiva tānśṛṇu

Kausalya, endowed with goodness, bore the sons of the Satvata line; hear now, in detail, of their four branches.

Verse 32 (padma.1.13.32)

भजमानस्य सृंजय्यां भाजनामा सुतोभवत्। सृंजयस्य सुतायां तु भाजकास्तु ततोभवन्।

bhajamānasya sṛṁjayyāṁ bhājanāmā sutobhavat sṛṁjayasya sutāyāṁ tu bhājakāstu tatobhavan

To Bhajamana, by his wife Srinjayi, was born a son named Bhaja; from him, through Srinjaya's daughter, came the Bhajakas.

Verse 33 (padma.1.13.33)

तस्य भाजस्य भार्ये द्वे सुषुवाते सुतान्बहून्। नेमिं चकृकणं चैव वृष्णिं परपुरंजयं।

tasya bhājasya bhārye dve suṣuvāte sutānbahūn nemiṁ cakṛkaṇaṁ caiva vṛṣṇiṁ parapuraṁjayaṁ

That Bhaja's two wives bore many sons: Nemi, Krikana, Vrishni, and Parapuranjaya.

Verse 34 (padma.1.13.34)

ते भाजकाः स्मृता यस्माद्भजमानाद्वि जज्ञिरे। देवावृधः पृथुर्नाम मधूनां मित्रवर्द्धनः।

te bhājakāḥ smṛtā yasmādbhajamānādvi jajñire devāvṛdhaḥ pṛthurnāma madhūnāṁ mitravarddhanaḥ

Since they were born from Bhajamana, they are remembered as the Bhajakas; then came Devavridha, called Prithu, a friend and well-wisher to the Madhus.

Verse 35 (padma.1.13.35)

अपुत्रस्त्वभवद्राजा चचार परमं तपः। पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतो मम भूयादिति स्पृहन्।

aputrastvabhavadrājā cacāra paramaṁ tapaḥ putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama bhūyāditi spṛhan

That king, being sonless, performed the highest austerity, longing, 'May a son endowed with every virtue be born to me.'

Verse 36 (padma.1.13.36)

संयोज्य कृष्णमेवाथ पर्णाशाया जलं स्पृशन्। सा तोयस्पर्शनात्तस्य सांनिध्यं निम्नगा ह्यगात्।

saṁyojya kṛṣṇamevātha parṇāśāyā jalaṁ spṛśan sā toyasparśanāttasya sāṁnidhyaṁ nimnagā hyagāt

Wearing the black antelope-skin and touching the waters of the Parnasha river, he made his resolve; by the touch of that water the river drew near to him.

Verse 37 (padma.1.13.37)

कल्याणं चरतस्तस्य शुशोच निम्नगाततः। चिंतयाथ परीतात्मा जगामाथ विनिश्चयम्।

kalyāṇaṁ caratastasya śuśoca nimnagātataḥ ciṁtayātha parītātmā jagāmātha viniścayam

Seeing him engaged in that auspicious rite, the river became sorrowful; lost in thought, she at last arrived at a resolve.

Verse 38 (padma.1.13.38)

भूत्वा गच्छाम्यहं नारी यस्यामेवं विधः सुतः। जायेत तस्मादद्याहं भवाम्यस्य सुतप्रदा।

bhūtvā gacchāmyahaṁ nārī yasyāmevaṁ vidhaḥ sutaḥ jāyeta tasmādadyāhaṁ bhavāmyasya sutapradā

'Becoming a woman, I shall go to him, so that such a worthy son may be born through me; from today I shall become the giver of a son to him.'

Verse 39 (padma.1.13.39)

अथ भूत्वा कुमारी सा बिभ्रती परमं वपुः। ज्ञापयामास राजानं तामियेष नृपस्ततः।

atha bhūtvā kumārī sā bibhratī paramaṁ vapuḥ jñāpayāmāsa rājānaṁ tāmiyeṣa nṛpastataḥ

Then, becoming a maiden of supremely beautiful form, she made herself known to the king, and the king desired her.

Verse 40 (padma.1.13.40)

अथसानवमेमासिसुषुवेसरितांवरा। पुत्रं सर्वगुणोपेतं बभ्रुं देवावृधात्परम्।

athasānavamemāsisuṣuvesaritāṁvarā putraṁ sarvaguṇopetaṁ babhruṁ devāvṛdhātparam

Then, in the ninth month, that best of rivers gave birth to a son endowed with every virtue — Babhru — by Devavridha.

Verse 41 (padma.1.13.41)

अत्र वंशे पुराणज्ञा ब्रुवंतीति परिश्रुतम्। गुणान्देवावृधस्याथ कीर्त्तयंतो महात्मनः।

atra vaṁśe purāṇajñā bruvaṁtīti pariśrutam guṇāndevāvṛdhasyātha kīrttayaṁto mahātmanaḥ

In this lineage, those learned in the Puranas, extolling the virtues of the great-souled Devavridha, relate what has come down through tradition.

Verse 42 (padma.1.13.42)

बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृधः समः। षष्टिः शतं च पुत्राणां सहस्राणि च सप्ततिः।

babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṁ devairdevāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ śataṁ ca putrāṇāṁ sahasrāṇi ca saptatiḥ

'Babhru is the foremost of men, and Devavridha is the equal of the gods' — a hundred and sixty, and seventy thousand sons in all —

Verse 43 (padma.1.13.43)

एतेमृतत्वं संप्राप्ता बभ्रोर्देवावृधादपि। यज्ञदानतपोधीमान्ब्रह्मण्यस्सुदृढव्रतः।

etemṛtatvaṁ saṁprāptā babhrordevāvṛdhādapi yajñadānatapodhīmānbrahmaṇyassudṛḍhavrataḥ

all these attained immortality through Babhru and through Devavridha; he was wise in sacrifice, gift-giving and austerity, devoted to brahmins, firm in his vows.

Verse 44 (padma.1.13.44)

रूपवांश्च महातेजा भोजोतोमृतकावतीम्। शरकान्तस्य दुहिता सुषुवे चतुरः सुतान्।

rūpavāṁśca mahātejā bhojotomṛtakāvatīm śarakāntasya duhitā suṣuve caturaḥ sutān

Handsome and of great splendor was Bhoja; his wife Mriktavati, daughter of Sharakanta, bore four sons.

Verse 45 (padma.1.13.45)

कुकुरं भजमानं च श्यामं कंबलबर्हिषम्। कुकुरस्यात्मजो वृष्टिर्वृष्टेस्तु तनयो धृतिः।

kukuraṁ bhajamānaṁ ca śyāmaṁ kaṁbalabarhiṣam kukurasyātmajo vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭestu tanayo dhṛtiḥ

Kukura, Bhajamana, Shyama, and Kambalabarhisha; Kukura's son was Vrishti, and Vrishti's son was Dhriti.

Verse 46 (padma.1.13.46)

कपोतरोमा तस्यापि तित्तिरिस्तस्य चात्मजः। तस्यासीद्बहुपुत्रस्तु विद्वान्पुत्रो नरिः किल।

kapotaromā tasyāpi tittiristasya cātmajaḥ tasyāsīdbahuputrastu vidvānputro nariḥ kila

His son was Kapotaroma, and his son was Tittiri; his learned son, blessed with many sons, was Nari.

Verse 47 (padma.1.13.47)

ख्यायते तस्य नामान्यच्चंदनोदकदुंदुभिः। अस्यासीदभिजित्पुत्रस्ततो जातः पुनर्वसुः।

khyāyate tasya nāmānyaccaṁdanodakaduṁdubhiḥ asyāsīdabhijitputrastato jātaḥ punarvasuḥ

He is known also by the name Chandanodakadundubhi; his son was Abhijit, from whom was born Punarvasu.

Verse 48 (padma.1.13.48)

अपुत्रोह्यभिजित्पूर्वमृषिभिः प्रेरितो मुदा। अश्वमेधंतुपुत्रार्थमाजुहावनरोत्तमः।

aputrohyabhijitpūrvamṛṣibhiḥ prerito mudā aśvamedhaṁtuputrārthamājuhāvanarottamaḥ

Abhijit, being at first without a son, was joyfully urged on by the sages, and that best of men performed the Ashvamedha sacrifice for the sake of a son.

Verse 49 (padma.1.13.49)

तस्य मध्ये विचरतः सभामध्यात्समुत्थितः। अन्धस्तु विद्वान्धर्मज्ञो यज्ञदाता पुनर्वसुः।

tasya madhye vicarataḥ sabhāmadhyātsamutthitaḥ andhastu vidvāndharmajño yajñadātā punarvasuḥ

As he moved about in the midst of that rite, from the midst of the assembly there arose Punarvasu — learned, knower of dharma, giver of sacrifice.

Verse 50 (padma.1.13.50)

तस्यासीत्पुत्रमिथुनं वसोश्चारिजितः किल। आहुकश्चाहुकी चैव ख्याता मतिमतां वर।

tasyāsītputramithunaṁ vasoścārijitaḥ kila āhukaścāhukī caiva khyātā matimatāṁ vara

To Punarvasu, foremost among the wise, was born a renowned pair of twins, Ahuka and Ahuki.

Verse 51 (padma.1.13.51)

इमांश्चोदाहरंत्यत्र श्लोकांश्चातिरसात्मकान्। सोपासंगानुकर्षाणां तनुत्राणां वरूथिनाम्।

imāṁścodāharaṁtyatra ślokāṁścātirasātmakān sopāsaṁgānukarṣāṇāṁ tanutrāṇāṁ varūthinām

Here, in this connection, verses of great feeling are cited — [describing hosts] equipped with quivers, chariot-yokes, and coats of mail,

Verse 52 (padma.1.13.52)

रथानां मेघघोषाणां सहस्राणि दशैव तु। नासत्यवादिनो भोजा नायज्ञा नासहस्रदाः।

rathānāṁ meghaghoṣāṇāṁ sahasrāṇi daśaiva tu nāsatyavādino bhojā nāyajñā nāsahasradāḥ

and ten thousand chariots thundering like clouds — 'The Bhojas were never speakers of untruth, never without sacrifice, never sparing of a thousand gifts,

Verse 53 (padma.1.13.53)

नाशुचिर्नाप्यविद्वांसो न भोजादधिकोभवत्। आहुकां तमनुप्राप्त इत्येषोन्वय उच्यते।

nāśucirnāpyavidvāṁso na bhojādadhikobhavat āhukāṁ tamanuprāpta ityeṣonvaya ucyate

never impure, never unlearned — none ever surpassed a Bhoja' — having reached down to that Ahuka, thus is this lineage told.

Verse 54 (padma.1.13.54)

आहुकश्चाप्यवंतीषु स्वसारं चाहुकीं ददौ। आहुकस्यैव दुहिता पुत्रौ द्वौ समसूयत।

āhukaścāpyavaṁtīṣu svasāraṁ cāhukīṁ dadau āhukasyaiva duhitā putrau dvau samasūyata

And Ahuka gave his sister Ahuki in marriage in Avanti; Ahuka's own daughter bore two sons.

Verse 55 (padma.1.13.55)

देवकं चोग्रसेनं च देवगर्भसमावुभौ। देवकस्य सुताश्चैव जज्ञिरे त्रिदशोपमाः।

devakaṁ cograsenaṁ ca devagarbhasamāvubhau devakasya sutāścaiva jajñire tridaśopamāḥ

Devaka and Ugrasena, both radiant as gods; and to Devaka too were born sons equal to the gods themselves.

Verse 56 (padma.1.13.56)

देववानुपदेवश्च सुदेवो देवरक्षितः। तेषां स्वसारः सप्तैव वसुदेवाय ता ददौ।

devavānupadevaśca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ teṣāṁ svasāraḥ saptaiva vasudevāya tā dadau

Devavan, Upadeva, Sudeva, and Devarakshita; their seven sisters he gave in marriage to Vasudeva.

Verse 57 (padma.1.13.57)

देवकी श्रुतदेवा च यशोदा च श्रुतिश्रवा। श्रीदेवा चोपदेवा च सुरूपा चेति सप्तमी।

devakī śrutadevā ca yaśodā ca śrutiśravā śrīdevā copadevā ca surūpā ceti saptamī

Devaki, Shrutadeva, Yashoda, Shrutishrava, Shridevā, Upadevā, and Surupā as the seventh —

Verse 58 (padma.1.13.58)

नवोग्रसेनस्य सुताः कंसस्तेषां च पूर्वजः। न्यग्रोधस्तु सुनामा च कंकः शंकुः सुभूश्च यः।

navograsenasya sutāḥ kaṁsasteṣāṁ ca pūrvajaḥ nyagrodhastu sunāmā ca kaṁkaḥ śaṁkuḥ subhūśca yaḥ

Ugrasena had nine sons, the eldest among them being Kamsa: Nyagrodha, Sunama, Kanka, Shanku, and Subhu,

Verse 59 (padma.1.13.59)

अन्यस्तु राष्ट्रपालश्च बद्धमुष्टिः समुष्टिकः। तेषां स्वसारः पंचासन्कंसा कंसवती तथा।

anyastu rāṣṭrapālaśca baddhamuṣṭiḥ samuṣṭikaḥ teṣāṁ svasāraḥ paṁcāsankaṁsā kaṁsavatī tathā

and others — Rashtrapala, Baddhamushti, and Samushtika; their five sisters were Kansa, Kansavati,

Verse 60 (padma.1.13.60)

सुरभी राष्ट्रपाली च कंका चेति वरांगनाः। उग्रसेनः सहापत्यो व्याख्यातः कुकुरोद्भवः।

surabhī rāṣṭrapālī ca kaṁkā ceti varāṁganāḥ ugrasenaḥ sahāpatyo vyākhyātaḥ kukurodbhavaḥ

Surabhi, Rashtrapali, and Kanka — these fair maidens. Thus has Ugrasena, of the Kukura line, been described together with his offspring.

Verse 61 (padma.1.13.61)

भजमानस्य पुत्रोभूद्रथिमुख्यो विदूरथः। राजाधिदेवः शूरश्च विदूरथसुतोभवत्।

bhajamānasya putrobhūdrathimukhyo vidūrathaḥ rājādhidevaḥ śūraśca vidūrathasutobhavat

Bhajamana had a son, foremost of charioteers, named Viduratha; Viduratha's son was the hero Rajadhideva.

Verse 62 (padma.1.13.62)

राजाधिदेवस्य सुतौ जज्ञाते वीरसंमतौ। क्षत्रव्रतेतिनिरतौ शोणाश्वः श्वेतवाहनः।

rājādhidevasya sutau jajñāte vīrasaṁmatau kṣatravratetiniratau śoṇāśvaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

To Rajadhideva were born two sons, esteemed among heroes and devoted to the warrior's vow: Shonashva and Shvetavahana.

Verse 63 (padma.1.13.63)

शोणाश्वस्य सुताः पंच शूरा रणविशारदाः। शमी च राजशर्मा च निमूर्त्तः शत्रुजिच्छुचिः।

śoṇāśvasya sutāḥ paṁca śūrā raṇaviśāradāḥ śamī ca rājaśarmā ca nimūrttaḥ śatrujicchuciḥ

Shonashva had five sons, heroes skilled in battle: Shami, Rajasharma, Nimurta, Shatrujit, and Shuchi.

Verse 64 (padma.1.13.64)

शमीपुत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रस्य चात्मजः। प्रतिक्षत्रसुतो भोजो हृदीकस्तस्य चात्मजः। हृदीकस्याभवन्पुत्रा दश भीमपराक्रमाः।

śamīputraḥ pratikṣatraḥ pratikṣatrasya cātmajaḥ pratikṣatrasuto bhojo hṛdīkastasya cātmajaḥ hṛdīkasyābhavanputrā daśa bhīmaparākramāḥ

Shami's son was Pratikshatra; Pratikshatra's son was Bhoja, whose son was Hridika; Hridika had ten sons, all of terrible might.

Verse 65 (padma.1.13.65)

कृतवर्माग्रजस्तेषां शतधन्वा च सत्तमः। देवार्हश्च सुभानुश्च भीषणश्च महाबलः।

kṛtavarmāgrajasteṣāṁ śatadhanvā ca sattamaḥ devārhaśca subhānuśca bhīṣaṇaśca mahābalaḥ

Among them the eldest was Kritavarma, and the most excellent Shatadhanva; Devarha, Subhanu, and the mighty Bhishana,

Verse 66 (padma.1.13.66)

अजातश्च विजातश्च करकश्च करंधमः। देवार्हस्य सुतो विद्वान्जज्ञे कंबलबर्हिषः।

ajātaśca vijātaśca karakaśca karaṁdhamaḥ devārhasya suto vidvānjajñe kaṁbalabarhiṣaḥ

Ajata, Vijata, Karaka, and Karandhama. Devarha's learned son was born under the name Kambalabarhisha.

Verse 67 (padma.1.13.67)

असमौजास्ततस्तस्य समौजाश्च सुतावुभौ। अजातपुत्रस्य सुतौ प्रजायेते समौजसौ।

asamaujāstatastasya samaujāśca sutāvubhau ajātaputrasya sutau prajāyete samaujasau

From him came Asamauja, and to him two sons of equal vigor, Samauja, were born; and to Ajata's son too were born two sons of equal splendor.

Verse 68 (padma.1.13.68)

समौजः पुत्रा विख्यातास्त्रयः परमधार्मिकाः। सुदंशश्च सुवंशश्च कृष्ण इत्यनुनामतः।

samaujaḥ putrā vikhyātāstrayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ sudaṁśaśca suvaṁśaśca kṛṣṇa ityanunāmataḥ

Samauja's three renowned and supremely righteous sons were Sudansha, Suvansha, and a third named Krishna.

Verse 69 (padma.1.13.69)

अंधकानामिमं वंशं यः कीर्तयति नित्यशः। आत्मनो विपुलं वंशं प्रजामाप्नोत्ययं ततः।

aṁdhakānāmimaṁ vaṁśaṁ yaḥ kīrtayati nityaśaḥ ātmano vipulaṁ vaṁśaṁ prajāmāpnotyayaṁ tataḥ

Whoever constantly recites this lineage of the Andhakas thereby obtains for himself a vast lineage and abundant progeny.

Verse 70 (padma.1.13.70)

गांधारी चैव माद्री च क्रोष्टोर्भार्ये बभूवतुः। गांधारी जनयामास सुनित्रं मित्रवत्सलम्।

gāṁdhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭorbhārye babhūvatuḥ gāṁdhārī janayāmāsa sunitraṁ mitravatsalam

Gandhari and Madri were the two wives of Kroshtu; Gandhari gave birth to Sunitra, who cherished his friends.

Verse 71 (padma.1.13.71)

माद्री युधाजितं पुत्रं ततो वै देवमीढुषं। अनमित्रं शिनिं चैव पंचात्र कृतलक्षणाः।

mādrī yudhājitaṁ putraṁ tato vai devamīḍhuṣaṁ anamitraṁ śiniṁ caiva paṁcātra kṛtalakṣaṇāḥ

Madri bore the sons Yudhajit, then Devamidhusha, Anamitra, and Shini — five in all, each marked by distinguished qualities.

Verse 72 (padma.1.13.72)

अनमित्रसुतो निघ्नो निघ्नस्यापि च द्वौ सुतौ। प्रसेनश्च महावीर्यः शक्तिसेनश्च तावुभौ।

anamitrasuto nighno nighnasyāpi ca dvau sutau prasenaśca mahāvīryaḥ śaktisenaśca tāvubhau

Anamitra's son was Nighna; Nighna too had two sons, Prasena of great valor and Shaktisena.

Verse 73 (padma.1.13.73)

स्यमंतकं प्रसेनस्य मणिरत्नमनुत्तमं। पृथिव्यां मणिरत्नानां राजेति समुदाहृतम्।

syamaṁtakaṁ prasenasya maṇiratnamanuttamaṁ pṛthivyāṁ maṇiratnānāṁ rājeti samudāhṛtam

Prasena possessed the incomparable jewel called Syamantaka, spoken of as the very king among all gems on earth.

Verse 74 (padma.1.13.74)

हृदि कृत्वा सुबहुशो मणिं तं स व्यराजत। मणिरत्नं ययाचेथ राजार्थं शौरिरुत्तमम्।

hṛdi kṛtvā subahuśo maṇiṁ taṁ sa vyarājata maṇiratnaṁ yayācetha rājārthaṁ śauriruttamam

Wearing that jewel always upon his breast, he shone with great splendor; the noble Shauri (Krishna) asked for that gem on the king's behalf.

Verse 75 (padma.1.13.75)

गोविंदश्च न तं लेभे शक्तोपि न जहार सः। कदाचिन्मृगयां यातः प्रसेनस्तेन भूषितः।

goviṁdaśca na taṁ lebhe śaktopi na jahāra saḥ kadācinmṛgayāṁ yātaḥ prasenastena bhūṣitaḥ

Govinda did not obtain it, and though capable, he did not seize it by force; once, adorned with that jewel, Prasena went out hunting.

Verse 76 (padma.1.13.76)

बिले शब्दं स शुश्राव कृतं सत्त्वेन केनचित्। ततः प्रविश्य स बिलं प्रसेनो ह्यृक्षमासदत्।

bile śabdaṁ sa śuśrāva kṛtaṁ sattvena kenacit tataḥ praviśya sa bilaṁ praseno hyṛkṣamāsadat

He heard a sound made by some creature within a cave; entering that cave, Prasena came face to face with a bear.

Verse 77 (padma.1.13.77)

ऋक्षः प्रसेनं च तथा ऋक्षं चापि प्रसेनजित्। आसाद्य युयुधाते तौ परस्परजयेच्छया।

ṛkṣaḥ prasenaṁ ca tathā ṛkṣaṁ cāpi prasenajit āsādya yuyudhāte tau parasparajayecchayā

The bear and Prasena, each desiring to conquer the other, met and fought one another.

Verse 78 (padma.1.13.78)

हत्वा ऋक्षः प्रसेनं च ततस्तं मणिमाददात्। प्रसेनं तु हतं श्रुत्वा गोविंदः परिशंकितः।

hatvā ṛkṣaḥ prasenaṁ ca tatastaṁ maṇimādadāt prasenaṁ tu hataṁ śrutvā goviṁdaḥ pariśaṁkitaḥ

The bear slew Prasena and then took the jewel; hearing that Prasena had been killed, Govinda fell under suspicion.

Verse 79 (padma.1.13.79)

सत्राजित्रा तु तद्भ्रात्रा यादवैश्च तथापरैः। गोविंदेन हतो नूनं प्रसेनो मणिकारणात्।

satrājitrā tu tadbhrātrā yādavaiśca tathāparaiḥ goviṁdena hato nūnaṁ praseno maṇikāraṇāt

Satrajit, his brother, and the other Yadavas too said, 'Surely Prasena was slain by Govinda for the sake of the jewel.

Verse 80 (padma.1.13.80)

प्रसेनस्तु गतोरण्यं मणिरत्नेन भूषितः। तं दृष्ट्वा निजघानाथ न त्यजन्तं स्यमंतकम्।

prasenastu gatoraṇyaṁ maṇiratnena bhūṣitaḥ taṁ dṛṣṭvā nijaghānātha na tyajantaṁ syamaṁtakam

Prasena had gone into the forest adorned with the jewel; seeing him, and because he would not give it up, Syamantaka's owner was slain,

Verse 81 (padma.1.13.81)

जघानैवाप्रदानेन शत्रुभूतं च केशवः। इति प्रवादस्सर्वत्र ख्यातस्सत्राजिता कृतः।

jaghānaivāpradānena śatrubhūtaṁ ca keśavaḥ iti pravādassarvatra khyātassatrājitā kṛtaḥ

'and Keshava indeed killed him, treating him as an enemy, because he refused to hand it over' — thus this rumor, set going by Satrajit, spread everywhere.

Verse 82 (padma.1.13.82)

अथ दीर्घेण कालेन मृगयां निर्गतः पुनः। यदृच्छया च गोविंदो बिलाभ्याशमथागमत्।

atha dīrgheṇa kālena mṛgayāṁ nirgataḥ punaḥ yadṛcchayā ca goviṁdo bilābhyāśamathāgamat

Then, after a long time, going out again to hunt, Govinda by chance arrived near that very cave.

Verse 83 (padma.1.13.83)

ततश्शब्दं यथापूर्वं स चक्रे ऋक्षराड्बली। शब्दं श्रुत्वा तु गोविंदः खङ्गपाणिः प्रविश्य च।

tataśśabdaṁ yathāpūrvaṁ sa cakre ṛkṣarāḍbalī śabdaṁ śrutvā tu goviṁdaḥ khaṅgapāṇiḥ praviśya ca

Then the mighty king of bears made the same sound as before; hearing it, Govinda, sword in hand, entered the cave.

Verse 84 (padma.1.13.84)

अपश्यज्जांबवंतं च ऋक्षराजं महाबलं। ततस्तूर्णं हृषीकेशस्तमृक्षमतिरंहसा।

apaśyajjāṁbavaṁtaṁ ca ṛkṣarājaṁ mahābalaṁ tatastūrṇaṁ hṛṣīkeśastamṛkṣamatiraṁhasā

He beheld the mighty king of bears, Jambavan; then swiftly, with great speed, Hrishikesha seized that bear.

Verse 85 (padma.1.13.85)

जांबवंतं स जग्राह क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः। दृष्ट्वा चैनं तथा विष्णुं कर्मभिर्वैष्णवीं तनुं।

jāṁbavaṁtaṁ sa jagrāha krodhasaṁraktalocanaḥ dṛṣṭvā cainaṁ tathā viṣṇuṁ karmabhirvaiṣṇavīṁ tanuṁ

With eyes red in fury he seized Jambavan; but by his deeds he recognized in him the Vaishnava form of Vishnu himself,

Verse 86 (padma.1.13.86)

तुष्टाव ऋक्षराजोपि विष्णुसूक्तेन सत्वरं। ततस्तु भगवांस्तुष्टो वरेण समरोचयत्।

tuṣṭāva ṛkṣarājopi viṣṇusūktena satvaraṁ tatastu bhagavāṁstuṣṭo vareṇa samarocayat

and the king of bears at once praised him with a hymn to Vishnu; then the Lord, well pleased, resolved to grant him a boon.

Verse 87 (padma.1.13.87)

जाम्बवानुवाच। इष्टं चक्रप्रहारेण त्वत्तो मे मरणं शुभम्। कन्या चेयं मम सुता भर्त्तारं त्वामवाप्नुयात्।

jāmbavānuvāca iṣṭaṁ cakraprahāreṇa tvatto me maraṇaṁ śubham kanyā ceyaṁ mama sutā bharttāraṁ tvāmavāpnuyāt

Jambavan said: 'I wish for an auspicious death at your hands, by the blow of your discus; and let this maiden, my daughter, obtain you as her husband.

Verse 88 (padma.1.13.88)

योयं मणिः प्रसेनात्तु हत्वा चैवाप्तवानहम्। स त्वया गृह्यतां नाथ मणिरेषोऽत्र वर्त्तते।

yoyaṁ maṇiḥ prasenāttu hatvā caivāptavānaham sa tvayā gṛhyatāṁ nātha maṇireṣo'tra varttate

And this jewel which I obtained after slaying Prasena — let it be taken by you, O Lord; here indeed is that jewel.'

Verse 89 (padma.1.13.89)

इत्युक्तो जांबवंतं वै हत्वा चक्रेण केशवः। कृतकार्यो महाबाहुः कन्यां चैवाददौ तदा।

ityukto jāṁbavaṁtaṁ vai hatvā cakreṇa keśavaḥ kṛtakāryo mahābāhuḥ kanyāṁ caivādadau tadā

Thus addressed, Keshava slew Jambavan with his discus as asked; his purpose accomplished, the mighty-armed one then also accepted the maiden.

Verse 90 (padma.1.13.90)

ततः सत्राजिते चैतन्मणिरत्नं स वै ददौ। यल्लब्धमृक्षराजाच्च सर्वयादवसन्निधौ।

tataḥ satrājite caitanmaṇiratnaṁ sa vai dadau yallabdhamṛkṣarājācca sarvayādavasannidhau

Then, in the presence of all the Yadavas, he restored to Satrajit that jewel which he had obtained from the king of bears.

Verse 91 (padma.1.13.91)

तेन मिथ्याप्रवादेन संतप्तोयं जनार्दनः। ततस्ते यादवाः सर्वे वासुदेवमथाब्रुवन्।

tena mithyāpravādena saṁtaptoyaṁ janārdanaḥ tataste yādavāḥ sarve vāsudevamathābruvan

Janardana had been deeply pained by that false rumor; then all the Yadavas said to Vasudeva,

Verse 92 (padma.1.13.92)

अस्माकं मनसि ह्यासीत्प्रसेनस्तु त्वया हतः। एकैकस्यास्तु सुंदर्यो दश सत्राजितः सुताः।

asmākaṁ manasi hyāsītprasenastu tvayā hataḥ ekaikasyāstu suṁdaryo daśa satrājitaḥ sutāḥ

'It was indeed in our minds that Prasena had been slain by you.' — Satrajit had ten daughters, each one of great beauty.

Verse 93 (padma.1.13.93)

सत्योत्पन्नास्सुतास्तस्य शतमेकं च विश्रुताः। विख्याताश्च महावीर्या भंगकारश्च पूर्वजः।

satyotpannāssutāstasya śatamekaṁ ca viśrutāḥ vikhyātāśca mahāvīryā bhaṁgakāraśca pūrvajaḥ

Born of Satya were his renowned hundred-and-one sons, all famed and of great valor, with Bhangakara as the eldest.

Verse 94 (padma.1.13.94)

सत्या व्रतवती स्वप्ना भंगकारस्य पूर्वजा। सुषुवुस्ताः कुमारांश्च शिनीवालः प्रतापवान्।

satyā vratavatī svapnā bhaṁgakārasya pūrvajā suṣuvustāḥ kumārāṁśca śinīvālaḥ pratāpavān

Satya, Vratavati, and Svapna were the mothers of Bhangakara's line; they bore sons, foremost among them the mighty Shinivala,

Verse 95 (padma.1.13.95)

अभंगो युयुधानश्च शिनिस्तस्यात्मजोभवत्। तस्माद्युगंधरः पुत्राश्शतं तस्य प्रकीर्तिताः।

abhaṁgo yuyudhānaśca śinistasyātmajobhavat tasmādyugaṁdharaḥ putrāśśataṁ tasya prakīrtitāḥ

Abhanga, and Yuyudhana; Yuyudhana's son was Shini; from him came Yugandhara, whose hundred sons are celebrated.

Verse 96 (padma.1.13.96)

अनमित्राह्वयो यो वै विख्यातो वृष्णिवंशजः। अनमित्रात्शिनिर्जज्ञे कनिष्ठो वृष्णिनंदनः।

anamitrāhvayo yo vai vikhyāto vṛṣṇivaṁśajaḥ anamitrātśinirjajñe kaniṣṭho vṛṣṇinaṁdanaḥ

He who became renowned by the name Anamitra was born in the Vrishni line; from Anamitra was born the youngest, Shini, a delight of the Vrishnis.

Verse 97 (padma.1.13.97)

अनमित्राच्च संजज्ञे वृष्णिवीरो युधाजितः। अन्यौ च तनयौ वीरा वृषभश्चित्र एव च।

anamitrācca saṁjajñe vṛṣṇivīro yudhājitaḥ anyau ca tanayau vīrā vṛṣabhaścitra eva ca

From Anamitra was also born the Vrishni hero Yudhajit; and two other heroic sons, Vrishabha and Chitra.

Verse 98 (padma.1.13.98)

ऋषभः काशिराजस्य सुतां भार्यामनिंदितां। जयंतश्च जयंतीं च शुभां भार्यामविंदत।

ṛṣabhaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṁ bhāryāmaniṁditāṁ jayaṁtaśca jayaṁtīṁ ca śubhāṁ bhāryāmaviṁdata

Rishabha took as his blameless wife the daughter of the king of Kashi; and Jayanta obtained the gracious Jayanti as his wife.

Verse 99 (padma.1.13.99)

जयंतस्य जयंत्यां वै पुत्रः समभवत्ततः। सदा यज्वातिधीरश्च श्रुतवानतिथिप्रियः।

jayaṁtasya jayaṁtyāṁ vai putraḥ samabhavattataḥ sadā yajvātidhīraśca śrutavānatithipriyaḥ

To Jayanta, by Jayanti, a son was then born — ever devoted to sacrifice, most steadfast, learned, and fond of guests.

Verse 100 (padma.1.13.100)

अक्रूरः सुषुवे तस्मात्सुदक्षो भूरिदक्षिणः। रत्नकन्या च शैब्या च अक्रूरस्तामवाप्तवान्।

akrūraḥ suṣuve tasmātsudakṣo bhūridakṣiṇaḥ ratnakanyā ca śaibyā ca akrūrastāmavāptavān

From him was born Akrura, most skillful and generous in giving; Akrura obtained as his wife Shaibya, a maiden like a jewel.

Verse 101 (padma.1.13.101)

पुत्रानुत्पादयामास एकादशमहाबलान्। उपलंभं सदालंभमुत्कलं चार्य्यशैशवं।

putrānutpādayāmāsa ekādaśamahābalān upalaṁbhaṁ sadālaṁbhamutkalaṁ cāryyaśaiśavaṁ

He begot eleven sons of great might: Upalambha, Sadalambha, Utkala, and Aryashaishava,

Verse 102 (padma.1.13.102)

सुधीरं च सदायक्षं शत्रुघ्नं वारिमेजयं। धर्मदृष्टिं च धर्मं च सृष्टिमौलिं तथैव च।

sudhīraṁ ca sadāyakṣaṁ śatrughnaṁ vārimejayaṁ dharmadṛṣṭiṁ ca dharmaṁ ca sṛṣṭimauliṁ tathaiva ca

Sudhira, Sadayaksha, Shatrughna, Varimejaya, Dharmadrishti, Dharma, and likewise Srishtimauli.

Verse 103 (padma.1.13.103)

सर्वे च प्रतिहर्तारो रत्नानां जज्ञिरे च ते। अक्रूराच्छूरसेनायां सुतौ द्वौ कुलनंदनौ।

sarve ca pratihartāro ratnānāṁ jajñire ca te akrūrācchūrasenāyāṁ sutau dvau kulanaṁdanau

All of them were born as bearers of great treasures. From Akrura, through Shurasena, two sons, delights of the family, were born —

Verse 104 (padma.1.13.104)

देववानुपदेवश्च जज्ञाते देवसंमतौ। अश्विन्यां त्रिचतुः पुत्राः पृथुर्विपृथुरेव च।

devavānupadevaśca jajñāte devasaṁmatau aśvinyāṁ tricatuḥ putrāḥ pṛthurvipṛthureva ca

Devavan and Upadeva, esteemed as gods, were born; and by Ashvini, seven sons — Prithu and Viprithu,

Verse 105 (padma.1.13.105)

अश्वग्रीवो श्वबाहुश्च सुपार्श्वक गवेषणौ। रिष्टनेमिः सुवर्चा च सुधर्मा मृदुरेव च।

aśvagrīvo śvabāhuśca supārśvaka gaveṣaṇau riṣṭanemiḥ suvarcā ca sudharmā mṛdureva ca

Ashvagriva, Shvabahu, Suparshvaka, Gaveshana, Rishtanemi, Suvarcha, Sudharma, and also Mridu.

Verse 106 (padma.1.13.106)

अभूमिर्बहुभूमिश्च श्रविष्ठा श्रवणे स्त्रियौ। इमां मिथ्याभिशप्तिं यो वेद कृष्णस्य बुद्धिमान्।

abhūmirbahubhūmiśca śraviṣṭhā śravaṇe striyau imāṁ mithyābhiśaptiṁ yo veda kṛṣṇasya buddhimān

Abhumi and Bahubhumi; Shravishtha and Shravana were his two wives. Whoever, wise, comes to know of this false accusation once laid on Krishna,

Verse 107 (padma.1.13.107)

न स मिथ्याभिशापेन अभिगम्यश्च केनचित्। एक्ष्वाकी सुषुवे पुत्रं शूरमद्भुतमीढुषम्।

na sa mithyābhiśāpena abhigamyaśca kenacit ekṣvākī suṣuve putraṁ śūramadbhutamīḍhuṣam

he shall never be touched by any false slander from anyone. An Ikshvaku princess bore a heroic and wondrous son named Midhusha.

Verse 108 (padma.1.13.108)

मीढुषा जज्ञिरे शूरा भोजायां पुरुषा दश। वसुदेवो महाबाहुः पूर्वमानकदुंदुभिः।

mīḍhuṣā jajñire śūrā bhojāyāṁ puruṣā daśa vasudevo mahābāhuḥ pūrvamānakaduṁdubhiḥ

From Midhusha, through his wife Bhoja, ten heroic sons were born; among them the mighty-armed Vasudeva, formerly called Anakadundubhi,

Verse 109 (padma.1.13.109)

देवभागस्तथा जज्ञे तथा देवश्रवाः पुनः। अनावृष्टिं कुनिश्चैव नंदिश्चैव सकृद्यशाः।

devabhāgastathā jajñe tathā devaśravāḥ punaḥ anāvṛṣṭiṁ kuniścaiva naṁdiścaiva sakṛdyaśāḥ

and Devabhaga was born, and then Devashravas, Anavrishti and Kuni, and Nandi of undying fame,

Verse 110 (padma.1.13.110)

श्यामः शमीकः सप्ताख्यः पंच चास्य वरांगनाः। श्रुतकीर्तिः पृथा चैव श्रुतदेवी श्रुतश्रवाः।

śyāmaḥ śamīkaḥ saptākhyaḥ paṁca cāsya varāṁganāḥ śrutakīrtiḥ pṛthā caiva śrutadevī śrutaśravāḥ

Shyama and Shamika — thus seven sons named in all; and his five noble sisters — Shrutakirti, Pritha, Shrutadevi, Shrutashrava,

Verse 111 (padma.1.13.111)

राजाधिदेवी च तथा पंचैता वीरमातरः। वृद्धस्य श्रुतदेवी तु कारूषं सुषुवे नृपम्।

rājādhidevī ca tathā paṁcaitā vīramātaraḥ vṛddhasya śrutadevī tu kārūṣaṁ suṣuve nṛpam

and Rajadhidevi — these five were mothers of heroes. Shrutadevi, wife of Vriddha, bore the king of Karusha.

Verse 112 (padma.1.13.112)

कैकेयाच्छ्रुतकीर्तेस्तु जज्ञे संतर्दनो नृपः। श्रुतश्रवसि चैद्यस्य सुनीथः समपद्यत।

kaikeyācchrutakīrtestu jajñe saṁtardano nṛpaḥ śrutaśravasi caidyasya sunīthaḥ samapadyata

By the Kaikeya king, Shrutakirti bore King Santardana; and by the king of Chedi, Shrutashrava bore Sunitha.

Verse 113 (padma.1.13.113)

राजाधिदेव्याः संभूतो धर्माद्भयविवर्जितः। शूरः सख्येन बद्धोसौ कुंतिभोजे पृथां ददौ।

rājādhidevyāḥ saṁbhūto dharmādbhayavivarjitaḥ śūraḥ sakhyena baddhosau kuṁtibhoje pṛthāṁ dadau

From Rajadhidevi was born the hero Shura, fearless through righteousness; bound by friendship, he gave Pritha over to Kuntibhoja.

Verse 114 (padma.1.13.114)

एवं कुंती समाख्या च वसुदेवस्वसा पृथा। कुंतिभोजोददात्तां तु पांडोर्भार्यामनिंदिताम्।

evaṁ kuṁtī samākhyā ca vasudevasvasā pṛthā kuṁtibhojodadāttāṁ tu pāṁḍorbhāryāmaniṁditām

Thus Pritha, Vasudeva's sister, came to be known as Kunti; Kuntibhoja gave her as the blameless wife of Pandu.

Verse 115 (padma.1.13.115)

पाण्ड्वर्थेसूत देवी सा देवपुत्रान्महारथान्। धर्माद्युधिष्ठिरो जज्ञे वाताज्जज्ञे वृकोदरः।

pāṇḍvarthesūta devī sā devaputrānmahārathān dharmādyudhiṣṭhiro jajñe vātājjajñe vṛkodaraḥ

For Pandu's sake, that goddess-like woman bore great chariot-warrior sons of the gods; from Dharma was born Yudhishthira, from Vayu was born Bhima,

Verse 116 (padma.1.13.116)

इंद्राद्धनंजयश्चैव शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः। योऽसौ त्रिपुरुषाज्जातस्त्रिभिरंशैर्महारथः।

iṁdrāddhanaṁjayaścaiva śakratulyaparākramaḥ yo'sau tripuruṣājjātastribhiraṁśairmahārathaḥ

and from Indra, Dhananjaya (Arjuna), of valor equal to Shakra himself — born of three portions from three divine sources, a great chariot-warrior.

Verse 117 (padma.1.13.117)

देवकार्यकरश्चैव सर्वदानवसूदनः। अवध्याश्चापि शक्रस्य दानवा येन घातिताः।

devakāryakaraścaiva sarvadānavasūdanaḥ avadhyāścāpi śakrasya dānavā yena ghātitāḥ

He was a doer of the gods' work, destroyer of all danavas; by him even the danavas unslayable by Shakra himself were slain.

Verse 118 (padma.1.13.118)

स्थापितस्स तु शक्रेण लब्धवर्चास्त्रिविष्टपे। माद्रवत्यां तु जनितावश्विनाविति नः श्रुतम्।

sthāpitassa tu śakreṇa labdhavarcāstriviṣṭape mādravatyāṁ tu janitāvaśvināviti naḥ śrutam

He was established by Shakra in heaven, having attained great splendor there; and by Madravati were born two sons like the Ashvin twins, so it is told.

Verse 119 (padma.1.13.119)

नकुलः सहदेवश्च रूपसत्वगुणान्वितौ। रोहिणी पौरवी नाम भार्या चानकदुंदुभेः।

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca rūpasatvaguṇānvitau rohiṇī pauravī nāma bhāryā cānakaduṁdubheḥ

Nakula and Sahadeva, endowed with beauty and fine qualities. Rohini, called Pauravi, was the wife of Anakadundubhi (Vasudeva).

Verse 120 (padma.1.13.120)

लेभे चेष्टं सुतं रामं सारणं च रणप्रियम्। दुर्धरं दमनं चैव पिंडारकमहाहनुं।

lebhe ceṣṭaṁ sutaṁ rāmaṁ sāraṇaṁ ca raṇapriyam durdharaṁ damanaṁ caiva piṁḍārakamahāhanuṁ

She obtained the beloved son Rama (Balarama), and Sarana who loved battle, Durdhara, Damana, and the great-jawed Pindaraka.

Verse 121 (padma.1.13.121)

अथ मायात्वमावास्या देवकी या भविष्यति। तस्यां जज्ञे महाबाहुः पूर्वं तु स प्रजापतिः।

atha māyātvamāvāsyā devakī yā bhaviṣyati tasyāṁ jajñe mahābāhuḥ pūrvaṁ tu sa prajāpatiḥ

Then, taking on a form of divine illusion, in her who was to be Devaki, the mighty-armed one — who was formerly Prajapati himself — was born.

Verse 122 (padma.1.13.122)

अनुजाताभवत्कृष्णा सुभद्रा भद्रभाषिणी। विजयो रोचमानस्तु वर्धमानश्च देवलः।

anujātābhavatkṛṣṇā subhadrā bhadrabhāṣiṇī vijayo rocamānastu vardhamānaśca devalaḥ

After him was born the fair-spoken Subhadra, also called Krishna; and also Vijaya, Rochamana, Vardhamana, and Devala.

Verse 123 (padma.1.13.123)

एते सर्वे महात्मान उपदेव्यां प्रजज्ञिरे। अगावहं महात्मानं बृहद्देवी व्यजायत।

ete sarve mahātmāna upadevyāṁ prajajñire agāvahaṁ mahātmānaṁ bṛhaddevī vyajāyata

All these great souls were born to Upadevi. Brihaddevi gave birth to the great-souled Agavaha.

Verse 124 (padma.1.13.124)

बृहद्देव्यां स्वयं जज्ञे मन्दको नाम नामतः। सप्तमं देवकी पुत्रं रेमंतं सषुवे सुतम्।

bṛhaddevyāṁ svayaṁ jajñe mandako nāma nāmataḥ saptamaṁ devakī putraṁ remaṁtaṁ saṣuve sutam

To Brihaddevi herself was born a son named Mandaka. Devaki bore her seventh son, named Remanta.

Verse 125 (padma.1.13.125)

गवेषणं महाभागं संग्रामेष्वपराजितम्। श्रुतदेव्या विहारे तु वने विचरता पुरा।

gaveṣaṇaṁ mahābhāgaṁ saṁgrāmeṣvaparājitam śrutadevyā vihāre tu vane vicaratā purā

and also the illustrious Gaveshana, unconquered in battles. Once, in earlier times, wandering for pleasure in the forest with Shrutadeva,

Verse 126 (padma.1.13.126)

वैश्यायां समधाच्छौरिः पुत्रं कौशिकमग्रजम्। श्रुतंधरा तु राज्ञी तु सौरगंधपरिग्रहः।

vaiśyāyāṁ samadhācchauriḥ putraṁ kauśikamagrajam śrutaṁdharā tu rājñī tu sauragaṁdhaparigrahaḥ

Shauri (Vasudeva) begot on a Vaishya woman his eldest son, Kaushika. The queen Shrutandhara, adorned with fragrance,

Verse 127 (padma.1.13.127)

पुत्रं च कपिलं चैव वसुदेवात्मजो बली। जनानां च विषादोभूत्प्रथमः स धनुर्द्धरः।

putraṁ ca kapilaṁ caiva vasudevātmajo balī janānāṁ ca viṣādobhūtprathamaḥ sa dhanurddharaḥ

bore also Vasudeva's mighty son Kapila; he was the foremost archer, whose skill struck despair into people.

Verse 128 (padma.1.13.128)

सौभद्रश्चाभवश्चैव महासत्वौ बभूवतुः। देवभागसुतश्चापि प्रस्तावः स बुधः स्मृतः।

saubhadraścābhavaścaiva mahāsatvau babhūvatuḥ devabhāgasutaścāpi prastāvaḥ sa budhaḥ smṛtaḥ

Saubhadra and Abhava too became sons of great strength. Devabhaga's son also is remembered by the name of the wise Prastava.

Verse 129 (padma.1.13.129)

पण्डितं प्रथमं बाहु देवश्रवसमुत्तमम्। इक्ष्वाकुकुलतो यस्य मनस्विन्या यशस्विनी।

paṇḍitaṁ prathamaṁ bāhu devaśravasamuttamam ikṣvākukulato yasya manasvinyā yaśasvinī

The learned Pandita, and the foremost Bahu; and the excellent son of Devashrava, whose wife, from the Ikshvaku line, was the renowned Manasvini,

Verse 130 (padma.1.13.130)

निवृत्तशत्रुः शत्रुघ्नः श्रद्धा तस्मादजायत। गंडूषायामपत्यानि कृष्णस्तुष्टः शतं ददौ।

nivṛttaśatruḥ śatrughnaḥ śraddhā tasmādajāyata gaṁḍūṣāyāmapatyāni kṛṣṇastuṣṭaḥ śataṁ dadau

Nivrittashatru, Shatrughna, and Shraddha were born from him. Krishna, well pleased, granted a hundred children through Gandusha.

Verse 131 (padma.1.13.131)

स चंद्रं तु महाभागं वीर्यवंतं महाबलम्। रंतिपालश्च रंतिश्च नंदनस्य सुतावुभौ।

sa caṁdraṁ tu mahābhāgaṁ vīryavaṁtaṁ mahābalam raṁtipālaśca raṁtiśca naṁdanasya sutāvubhau

He begot the illustrious, mighty, and greatly valorous Chandra. Rantipala and Ranti were Nandana's two sons.

Verse 132 (padma.1.13.132)

शमीकपुत्राश्चत्वारो विक्रांताः सुमहाबलाः। विरजश्च धनुश्चैव व्योमस्तस्य स सृंजयः।

śamīkaputrāścatvāro vikrāṁtāḥ sumahābalāḥ virajaśca dhanuścaiva vyomastasya sa sṛṁjayaḥ

Shamika had four sons, valiant and mighty: Viraja, Dhanu, and Vyoma; Vyoma's son was Srinjaya.

Verse 133 (padma.1.13.133)

अनपत्योभवद्व्योमः सृंजयस्य धनंजयः। यो जायमानो भोजत्वं राजर्षित्वमवाप्तवान्।

anapatyobhavadvyomaḥ sṛṁjayasya dhanaṁjayaḥ yo jāyamāno bhojatvaṁ rājarṣitvamavāptavān

Vyoma remained without offspring; Srinjaya's son was Dhananjaya, who upon his very birth attained the status of a Bhoja and of a royal sage.

Verse 134 (padma.1.13.134)

कृष्णस्य जन्माभ्युदयं यः कीर्तयति नित्यशः। शृणोति वा नरो नित्यं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।

kṛṣṇasya janmābhyudayaṁ yaḥ kīrtayati nityaśaḥ śṛṇoti vā naro nityaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Whoever constantly recites, or constantly listens to, this glorious account of Krishna's birth, that person is freed from all sins.

Verse 135 (padma.1.13.135)

अथ देवो महादेवः पूर्वं कृष्णः प्रजापतिः। विहारार्थं स देवोसौ मानुषेष्वप्यजायत।

atha devo mahādevaḥ pūrvaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ vihārārthaṁ sa devosau mānuṣeṣvapyajāyata

Now that great god Krishna, who was formerly Prajapati himself, was born among men for the sake of divine sport.

Verse 136 (padma.1.13.136)

देवक्यां वसुदेवेन तपसा पुष्करेक्षणः। चतुर्बाहुस्तु संजातो दिव्यरूपो जनाश्रयः।

devakyāṁ vasudevena tapasā puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ caturbāhustu saṁjāto divyarūpo janāśrayaḥ

By Vasudeva's austerity, the lotus-eyed Lord, refuge of all beings, was born in Devaki, four-armed, in his own divine form.

Verse 137 (padma.1.13.137)

श्रीवत्सलक्षणं देवं दृष्ट्वा देवैः सलक्षणम्। उवाच वसुदेवस्तं रूपं संहर वै प्रभो।

śrīvatsalakṣaṇaṁ devaṁ dṛṣṭvā devaiḥ salakṣaṇam uvāca vasudevastaṁ rūpaṁ saṁhara vai prabho

Seeing that god marked with the Shrivatsa sign and endowed with every divine mark, Vasudeva said to him, 'O Lord, withdraw this form.

Verse 138 (padma.1.13.138)

भीतोहं देव कंसस्य ततस्त्वेतद्ब्रवीमि ते। मम पुत्रा हतास्तेन श्रेष्ठाः षड्भीमविक्रमाः।

bhītohaṁ deva kaṁsasya tatastvetadbravīmi te mama putrā hatāstena śreṣṭhāḥ ṣaḍbhīmavikramāḥ

O God, I am afraid of Kamsa, and so I say this to you — my six excellent sons of terrible might have already been slain by him.'

Verse 139 (padma.1.13.139)

वसुदेववचः श्रुत्वा रूपं संहरदच्युतः। अनुज्ञाप्य तु तं शौरिर्नन्दगोपगृहेनयत्।

vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā rūpaṁ saṁharadacyutaḥ anujñāpya tu taṁ śaurirnandagopagṛhenayat

Hearing Vasudeva's words, Achyuta withdrew that divine form; then Shauri, taking his leave, carried him to the house of Nandagopa.

Verse 140 (padma.1.13.140)

दत्वा तं नंदगोपाय रक्ष्यतामिति चाब्रवीत्। अतस्तुसर्वकल्याणं यादवानां भविष्यति।

datvā taṁ naṁdagopāya rakṣyatāmiti cābravīt atastusarvakalyāṇaṁ yādavānāṁ bhaviṣyati

Handing him over to Nandagopa, he said, 'Let him be protected'; from this all prosperity was to come to the Yadavas.

Verse 141 (padma.1.13.141)

अयं तु गर्भो देवक्या यावत्कंसं हनिष्यति। तावत्पृथिव्यां भविता क्षेमो भारावहः परम्।

ayaṁ tu garbho devakyā yāvatkaṁsaṁ haniṣyati tāvatpṛthivyāṁ bhavitā kṣemo bhārāvahaḥ param

So long as this child of Devaki's womb has not yet slain Kamsa, the earth, though bearing its burden, shall know the highest peace.

Verse 142 (padma.1.13.142)

ये वै दुष्टास्तु राजानस्तांस्तु सर्वान्हनिष्यति। कौरवाणां रणे भूते सर्वक्षत्रसमागमे।

ye vai duṣṭāstu rājānastāṁstu sarvānhaniṣyati kauravāṇāṁ raṇe bhūte sarvakṣatrasamāgame

Whatever wicked kings there are, he shall slay them all; when war breaks out among the Kauravas, in that great gathering of all the kshatriyas,

Verse 143 (padma.1.13.143)

सारथ्यमर्जुनस्यायं स्वयं देवः करिष्यति। निःक्षत्रियां धरां कृत्वा भोक्ष्यते शेषतां गताम्।

sārathyamarjunasyāyaṁ svayaṁ devaḥ kariṣyati niḥkṣatriyāṁ dharāṁ kṛtvā bhokṣyate śeṣatāṁ gatām

this god himself shall become Arjuna's charioteer; and having rid the earth of kshatriyas, he shall enjoy what remains of it.

Verse 144 (padma.1.13.144)

सर्वं यदुकुलं चैव देवलोकं नयिष्यति। भीष्म उवाच। क एष वसुदेवस्तु देवकी का यशस्विनी।

sarvaṁ yadukulaṁ caiva devalokaṁ nayiṣyati bhīṣma uvāca ka eṣa vasudevastu devakī kā yaśasvinī

And he shall lead the entire Yadu race to the world of the gods. Bhishma said: Who is this Vasudeva, and who is the illustrious Devaki?

Verse 145 (padma.1.13.145)

नंदगोपश्च कश्चैव यशोदा का महाव्रता। या विष्णुं पोषितवती यां स मातेत्यभाषत।

naṁdagopaśca kaścaiva yaśodā kā mahāvratā yā viṣṇuṁ poṣitavatī yāṁ sa mātetyabhāṣata

And who is Nandagopa, and who is the greatly devoted Yashoda, who nurtured Vishnu and whom he addressed as 'mother'?

Verse 146 (padma.1.13.146)

या गर्भं जनयामास या चैनं समवर्द्धयत्। पुलस्त्य उवाच। पुरुषः कश्यपश्चासावदितिस्तत्प्रिया स्मृता।

yā garbhaṁ janayāmāsa yā cainaṁ samavarddhayat pulastya uvāca puruṣaḥ kaśyapaścāsāvaditistatpriyā smṛtā

Who bore him in her womb, and who else raised him? Pulastya said: That very Purusha was Kashyapa, and Aditi is remembered as his beloved.

Verse 147 (padma.1.13.147)

कश्यपो ब्रह्मणोंशस्तु पृथिव्या अदितिस्तथा। नंदो द्रोणस्समाख्यातो यशोदाथ धराभवत्।

kaśyapo brahmaṇoṁśastu pṛthivyā aditistathā naṁdo droṇassamākhyāto yaśodātha dharābhavat

Kashyapa is a portion of Brahma, and Aditi likewise a portion of the Earth; Nanda is declared to be Drona reborn, and Yashoda became Dhara, the Earth.

Verse 148 (padma.1.13.148)

अथकामान्महाबाहुर्देवक्याः समपूरयत्। ये तया कांक्षिताः पूर्वमजात्तस्मान्महात्मनः।

athakāmānmahābāhurdevakyāḥ samapūrayat ye tayā kāṁkṣitāḥ pūrvamajāttasmānmahātmanaḥ

Then the mighty-armed one fulfilled Devaki's desires — those which she had already longed for from that great, unborn one.

Verse 149 (padma.1.13.149)

अचिरं स महादेवः प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुं। मोहयन्सर्वभूतानि योगाद्योगी समाययौ।

aciraṁ sa mahādevaḥ praviṣṭo mānuṣīṁ tanuṁ mohayansarvabhūtāni yogādyogī samāyayau

Before long, that great god entered a human body; deluding all beings, that supreme Yogi came forth by his own yogic power.

Verse 150 (padma.1.13.150)

नष्टे धर्मे तथा यज्ञे विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुले विभुः। कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानमसुराणां प्रणाशनम्।

naṣṭe dharme tathā yajñe viṣṇurvṛṣṇikule vibhuḥ kartuṁ dharmavyavasthānamasurāṇāṁ praṇāśanam

When dharma and sacrifice had fallen into ruin, the all-pervading Vishnu appeared in the Vrishni line to re-establish the order of dharma and destroy the asuras.

Verse 151 (padma.1.13.151)

रुक्मिणी सत्यभामा च सत्या नाग्निजिती तथा। सुमित्रा च तथा शैब्या गांधारी लक्ष्मणा तथा।

rukmiṇī satyabhāmā ca satyā nāgnijitī tathā sumitrā ca tathā śaibyā gāṁdhārī lakṣmaṇā tathā

Rukmini, Satyabhama, Satya (also called Nagnajiti), Sumitra, Shaibya, Gandhari, Lakshmana,

Verse 152 (padma.1.13.152)

सुभीमा च तथा माद्री कौशल्या विजया तथा। एवमादीनि देवीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश।

subhīmā ca tathā mādrī kauśalyā vijayā tathā evamādīni devīnāṁ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa

Subhima, Madri, Kaushalya, and Vijaya — these and others, sixteen thousand queens in all.

Verse 153 (padma.1.13.153)

रुक्मिणी जनयामास पुत्रान्शृणु विशारदान्। चारुदेष्णं रणेशूरं प्रद्युम्नञ्च महाबलम्।

rukmiṇī janayāmāsa putrānśṛṇu viśāradān cārudeṣṇaṁ raṇeśūraṁ pradyumnañca mahābalam

Rukmini gave birth to learned sons — hear them: Charudeshna, a hero in battle, and the mighty Pradyumna,

Verse 154 (padma.1.13.154)

सुचारुं चारुभद्रञ्च सदश्वं ह्रस्वमेव च। सप्तमञ्चारुगुप्तञ्च चारुभद्रञ्च चारुकं।

sucāruṁ cārubhadrañca sadaśvaṁ hrasvameva ca saptamañcāruguptañca cārubhadrañca cārukaṁ

Sucharu, Charubhadra, Sadashva, and Hrasva too; a seventh, Charugupta, also Charubhadra and Charuka,

Verse 155 (padma.1.13.155)

चारुहासं कनिष्ठञ्च कन्याञ्चारुमतीं तथा। जज्ञिरे सत्यभामाया भानुर्भीमरथः क्षणः।

cāruhāsaṁ kaniṣṭhañca kanyāñcārumatīṁ tathā jajñire satyabhāmāyā bhānurbhīmarathaḥ kṣaṇaḥ

Charuhasa the youngest, and a daughter, Charumati too. To Satyabhama were born Bhanu, Bhimaratha, Kshana,

Verse 156 (padma.1.13.156)

रोहितो दीप्तिमांश्चैव ताम्रबंधो जलंधमः। चतस्रो जज्ञिरे तेषां स्वसारश्च यवीयसीः।

rohito dīptimāṁścaiva tāmrabaṁdho jalaṁdhamaḥ catasro jajñire teṣāṁ svasāraśca yavīyasīḥ

Rohita, Diptiman, Tamrabandha, and Jalandhama were born; four younger sisters were also born to them.

Verse 157 (padma.1.13.157)

जांबवत्याः सुतो जज्ञे सांबश्चैवातिशोभनः। सौरशास्त्रस्य कर्त्ता वै प्रतिमा मंदिरस्य च।

jāṁbavatyāḥ suto jajñe sāṁbaścaivātiśobhanaḥ sauraśāstrasya karttā vai pratimā maṁdirasya ca

To Jambavati was born the exceedingly beautiful son Samba, composer of the treatise on sun-worship, and establisher of the temple image —

Verse 158 (padma.1.13.158)

मूलस्थाने निवेशश्च कृतस्तेन महात्मना। तुष्टेन देवदेवेन कुष्ठरोगो विनाशितः।

mūlasthāne niveśaśca kṛtastena mahātmanā tuṣṭena devadevena kuṣṭharogo vināśitaḥ

that great soul established it in its original shrine; and the God of gods (the Sun), pleased with him, destroyed his leprosy.

Verse 159 (padma.1.13.159)

सुमित्रं चारुमित्रं च मित्रविंदा व्यजायत। मित्रबाहुः सुनीथश्च नाग्नजित्यां बभूवतुः।

sumitraṁ cārumitraṁ ca mitraviṁdā vyajāyata mitrabāhuḥ sunīthaśca nāgnajityāṁ babhūvatuḥ

Mitravinda gave birth to Sumitra and Charumitra; Mitrabahu and Sunitha were born to Nagnajiti.

Verse 160 (padma.1.13.160)

एवमादीनि पुत्राणांसहस्राणि निशामय। अशीतिश्च सहस्राणां वासुदेवसुतास्तथा।

evamādīni putrāṇāṁsahasrāṇi niśāmaya aśītiśca sahasrāṇāṁ vāsudevasutāstathā

Thus know that there were thousands upon thousands of such sons; in all, Vasudeva had eighty thousand sons.

Verse 161 (padma.1.13.161)

प्रद्युम्नस्य च दायादो वैदर्भ्यां बुद्धिसत्तमः। अनिरुद्धो रणे योद्धा जज्ञेस्य मृगकेतनः।

pradyumnasya ca dāyādo vaidarbhyāṁ buddhisattamaḥ aniruddho raṇe yoddhā jajñesya mṛgaketanaḥ

Pradyumna's heir, most wise, born through the Vaidarbhi princess, was Aniruddha, a warrior in battle, son of him who bears the deer-banner.

Verse 162 (padma.1.13.162)

काम्या सुपार्श्वतनया सांबाल्लेभे तरस्विनम्। सत्त्वप्रकृतयो देवाः पराः पंच प्रकीर्तिताः।

kāmyā supārśvatanayā sāṁbāllebhe tarasvinam sattvaprakṛtayo devāḥ parāḥ paṁca prakīrtitāḥ

Kamya, daughter of Suparshva, obtained from Samba a swift, vigorous son. Thus the five supreme gods of pure sattva-nature have been proclaimed.

Verse 163 (padma.1.13.163)

तिस्रः कोट्यः प्रवीराणां यादवानां महात्मनां। षष्टिः शतसहस्राणि वीर्यवंतो महाबलाः।

tisraḥ koṭyaḥ pravīrāṇāṁ yādavānāṁ mahātmanāṁ ṣaṣṭiḥ śatasahasrāṇi vīryavaṁto mahābalāḥ

Three crores of heroic, great-souled Yadavas there were; among them sixty hundred-thousand were of great valor and mighty strength.

Verse 164 (padma.1.13.164)

देवांशाः सर्व एवेह उत्पन्नास्ते महौजसः। दैवासुरे हता ये वा असुरास्तु महाबलाः।

devāṁśāḥ sarva eveha utpannāste mahaujasaḥ daivāsure hatā ye vā asurāstu mahābalāḥ

All these, of great splendor, were born here as portions of the gods; and those mighty asuras who had been slain in the war between gods and asuras,

Verse 165 (padma.1.13.165)

इहोत्पन्ना मनुष्येषु बाधंते सर्वमानवान्। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय उत्पन्ना यादवे कुले।

ihotpannā manuṣyeṣu bādhaṁte sarvamānavān teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya utpannā yādave kule

were born here among men, tormenting all mankind; and to remove them, these gods were born in the Yadu clan.

Verse 166 (padma.1.13.166)

कुलानां शतमेकं च यादवानां महात्मनाम्। विष्णुस्तेषां प्रणेता च प्रभुत्वे च व्यवस्थितः।

kulānāṁ śatamekaṁ ca yādavānāṁ mahātmanām viṣṇusteṣāṁ praṇetā ca prabhutve ca vyavasthitaḥ

There were a hundred and one clans of the great-souled Yadavas; Vishnu was their leader, established in sovereignty over them.

Verse 167 (padma.1.13.167)

निदेशस्थायिनस्तस्य ऋद्ध्यंते सर्वयादवाः। भीष्म उवाच। सप्तर्षयः कुबेरश्च यक्षो मणिधरस्तथा।

nideśasthāyinastasya ṛddhyaṁte sarvayādavāḥ bhīṣma uvāca saptarṣayaḥ kuberaśca yakṣo maṇidharastathā

All the Yadavas who abided by his command prospered. Bhishma said: The seven sages, and Kubera, and the yaksha Manidhara likewise,

Verse 168 (padma.1.13.168)

सात्यकिर्नारदश्चैव शिवो धन्वंतरिस्तथा। आदिदेवस्तथाविष्णुरेभिस्तु सह दैवतैः।

sātyakirnāradaścaiva śivo dhanvaṁtaristathā ādidevastathāviṣṇurebhistu saha daivataiḥ

Satyaki, Narada, Shiva, Dhanvantari likewise, and the primal god Vishnu himself — together with these deities,

Verse 169 (padma.1.13.169)

किमर्थं सहसंभूताः सुरसम्भूतयः क्षितौ। भविष्याः कति वा चास्य प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः।

kimarthaṁ sahasaṁbhūtāḥ surasambhūtayaḥ kṣitau bhaviṣyāḥ kati vā cāsya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ

why were all these, themselves born of the gods, born together upon the earth? And how many future manifestations shall there be of this great-souled one?

Verse 170 (padma.1.13.170)

सर्वक्षेत्रेषु सर्वेषु किमर्थमिह जायते। यदर्थमिह संभूतो विष्णुर्वृष्ण्यंधके कुले।

sarvakṣetreṣu sarveṣu kimarthamiha jāyate yadarthamiha saṁbhūto viṣṇurvṛṣṇyaṁdhake kule

Why is he born here in every sacred field? For what purpose has Vishnu been born here in the Vrishni-Andhaka clan,

Verse 171 (padma.1.13.171)

पुनःपुनर्मनुष्येषु तन्मे त्वं ब्रूहि पृच्छतः। पुलस्त्य उवाच। शृणु भूप प्रवक्ष्यामि रहस्यातिरहस्यकम्। यथा दिव्यतनुर्विष्णुर्मानुषेष्विह जायते।

punaḥpunarmanuṣyeṣu tanme tvaṁ brūhi pṛcchataḥ pulastya uvāca śṛṇu bhūpa pravakṣyāmi rahasyātirahasyakam yathā divyatanurviṣṇurmānuṣeṣviha jāyate

again and again, among men — tell me this, as I ask. Pulastya said: Listen, O king; I shall tell you this most secret of mysteries — how Vishnu, of divine form, is born here among men.

Verse 172 (padma.1.13.172)

युगांते तु परावृत्ते काले प्रशिथिले प्रभुः। देवासुरमनुष्येषु जायते हरिरीश्वरः।

yugāṁte tu parāvṛtte kāle praśithile prabhuḥ devāsuramanuṣyeṣu jāyate harirīśvaraḥ

At the end of an age, when time has grown slack and turns, the Lord Hari, the sovereign, is born among gods, asuras, and men.

Verse 173 (padma.1.13.173)

हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यस्त्रैलोक्यस्य प्रशासिता। बलिनाधिष्ठिते चैव पुनर्लोकत्रये क्रमात्।

hiraṇyakaśipurdaityastrailokyasya praśāsitā balinādhiṣṭhite caiva punarlokatraye kramāt

The daitya Hiranyakashipu was ruler of the three worlds; and again, in due course, when the three worlds came to be held by Bali,

Verse 174 (padma.1.13.174)

सख्यमासीत्परमकं देवानामसुरैः सह। युगाख्या दश संपूर्णा आसीदव्याकुलं जगत्।

sakhyamāsītparamakaṁ devānāmasuraiḥ saha yugākhyā daśa saṁpūrṇā āsīdavyākulaṁ jagat

there was, for a time, the closest friendship between the gods and the asuras; ten full ages passed by, and the world remained undisturbed.

Verse 175 (padma.1.13.175)

निदेशस्थायिनश्चापि तयोर्देवासुरा स्वयं। बद्धो बलिर्विमर्दोयं सुसंवृत्तः सुदारुणः।

nideśasthāyinaścāpi tayordevāsurā svayaṁ baddho balirvimardoyaṁ susaṁvṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

Both gods and asuras themselves abided by their commands. Then Bali was bound, and this most terrible conflict came fully to pass —

Verse 176 (padma.1.13.176)

देवानामसुराणां च घोरः क्षयकरो महान्। कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थां च जायते मानुषेष्विह।

devānāmasurāṇāṁ ca ghoraḥ kṣayakaro mahān kartuṁ dharmavyavasthāṁ ca jāyate mānuṣeṣviha

a great conflict, destructive to both gods and asuras alike. To establish the order of dharma, he is born here among men,

Verse 177 (padma.1.13.177)

भृगोः शापनिमित्तं तु देवासुरकृते तदा। भीष्म उवाच। कथं देवासुरकृते हरिर्देहमवाप्तवान्।

bhṛgoḥ śāpanimittaṁ tu devāsurakṛte tadā bhīṣma uvāca kathaṁ devāsurakṛte harirdehamavāptavān

then, on account of Bhrigu's curse, for the sake of the gods and asuras. Bhishma said: For the sake of gods and asuras, how did Hari come to take on a body?

Verse 178 (padma.1.13.178)

दैवासुरं यथावृत्तं तन्मे कथय सुव्रत। पुलस्त्य उवाच। तेषां जयनिमित्तं वै संग्रामा स्युः सुदारुणाः।

daivāsuraṁ yathāvṛttaṁ tanme kathaya suvrata pulastya uvāca teṣāṁ jayanimittaṁ vai saṁgrāmā syuḥ sudāruṇāḥ

Tell me, O one of good vows, how the conflict between gods and asuras came to pass. Pulastya said: For the sake of victory over them, most terrible battles took place —

Verse 179 (padma.1.13.179)

अवतारा दशद्वौ च शुद्धा मन्वंतरे स्मृताः। नामधेयं समासेन शृणु तेषां विवक्षितम्।

avatārā daśadvau ca śuddhā manvaṁtare smṛtāḥ nāmadheyaṁ samāsena śṛṇu teṣāṁ vivakṣitam

Within a single Manvantara, twelve pure incarnations are remembered; hear now, in brief, their names as I intend to tell them.

Verse 180 (padma.1.13.180)

प्रथमो नारसिंहस्तु द्वितीयश्चापि वामनः। तृतीयस्तु वराहश्च चतुर्थोऽमृतमंथनः।

prathamo nārasiṁhastu dvitīyaścāpi vāmanaḥ tṛtīyastu varāhaśca caturtho'mṛtamaṁthanaḥ

The first was Narasimha, the second was Vamana, the third was Varaha, and the fourth was at the churning of the nectar —

Verse 181 (padma.1.13.181)

संग्रामः पंचमश्चैव सुघोरस्तारकामयः। षष्ठो ह्याडीबकाख्यश्च सप्तमस्त्रैपुरस्तथा।

saṁgrāmaḥ paṁcamaścaiva sughorastārakāmayaḥ ṣaṣṭho hyāḍībakākhyaśca saptamastraipurastathā

the fifth was the most terrible war called Tarakamaya; the sixth was called Adibaka, and the seventh was the destruction of Tripura,

Verse 182 (padma.1.13.182)

अष्टमश्चांधकवधो नवमो वृत्रघातनः। ध्वजश्च दशमस्तेषां हालाहलस्ततः परं।

aṣṭamaścāṁdhakavadho navamo vṛtraghātanaḥ dhvajaśca daśamasteṣāṁ hālāhalastataḥ paraṁ

the eighth was the slaying of Andhaka, the ninth the slaying of Vritra; the tenth was the Dhvaja war, and after that came Halahala —

Verse 183 (padma.1.13.183)

प्रथितो द्वादशस्तेषां घोरः कोलाहलस्तथा। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो नरसिंहेन सूदितः।

prathito dvādaśasteṣāṁ ghoraḥ kolāhalastathā hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo narasiṁhena sūditaḥ

and the twelfth among them, renowned, was the terrible Kolahala. The daitya Hiranyakashipu was destroyed by Narasimha;

Verse 184 (padma.1.13.184)

वामनेन बलिर्बद्धस्त्रैलोक्याक्रमणे पुरा। हिरण्याक्षो हतो द्वंद्वे प्रतिवादे तु दैवतैः।

vāmanena balirbaddhastrailokyākramaṇe purā hiraṇyākṣo hato dvaṁdve prativāde tu daivataiḥ

in ancient times, while striding across the three worlds, Vamana bound Bali; Hiranyaksha was slain in single combat, in a dispute with the gods,

Verse 185 (padma.1.13.185)

दंष्ट्रया तु वराहेण समुद्रस्थो द्विधा कृतः। प्रह्लादो निर्जितो युद्धे इंद्रेणामृतमंथने।

daṁṣṭrayā tu varāheṇa samudrastho dvidhā kṛtaḥ prahlādo nirjito yuddhe iṁdreṇāmṛtamaṁthane

cleft in two by Varaha's tusk while he lay in the ocean. At the churning of the nectar, Prahlada was defeated in battle by Indra;

Verse 186 (padma.1.13.186)

विरोचनस्तु प्राह्लादिर्नित्यमिन्द्रवधोद्यतः। इंद्रेणैव च विक्रम्य निहतस्तारकामये।

virocanastu prāhlādirnityamindravadhodyataḥ iṁdreṇaiva ca vikramya nihatastārakāmaye

Virochana, son of Prahlada, ever intent on slaying Indra, was struck down by Indra himself, through his own valor, in the war called Tarakamaya.

Verse 187 (padma.1.13.187)

अशक्नुवत्सु देवेषु त्रिपुरं सोढुमासुरम्। मोहयित्वाऽमृते पीते गोरूपेणासुरारिणा।

aśaknuvatsu deveṣu tripuraṁ soḍhumāsuram mohayitvā'mṛte pīte gorūpeṇāsurāriṇā

When the gods proved unable to withstand the demonic power of Tripura. And at the drinking of the nectar, the enemy of the asuras, having deluded them by taking on the form of a cow,

Verse 188 (padma.1.13.188)

नासन्जीवयितुं शक्या भूयो भूयोमृतासुराः। निहता दानवाः सर्वे त्रैलोक्ये त्र्यंबकेण तु।

nāsanjīvayituṁ śakyā bhūyo bhūyomṛtāsurāḥ nihatā dānavāḥ sarve trailokye tryaṁbakeṇa tu

made it so that the asuras, once slain again and again, could no longer be brought back to life; all those danavas were slain throughout the three worlds by Tryambaka (Shiva).

Verse 189 (padma.1.13.189)

असुराश्च पिशाचाश्च दानवाश्चांधके वधे। हता देवमनुष्यैस्ते पितृभिश्चैव सर्वशः।

asurāśca piśācāśca dānavāścāṁdhake vadhe hatā devamanuṣyaiste pitṛbhiścaiva sarvaśaḥ

In the slaying of Andhaka, the asuras, pishachas, and danavas were all entirely slain by the gods, men, and Pitris together.

Verse 190 (padma.1.13.190)

संपृक्तो दानवैर्वृत्रो घोरे कोलाहले हतः। तदा विष्णुसहायेन महेंद्रेण निपातितः।

saṁpṛkto dānavairvṛtro ghore kolāhale hataḥ tadā viṣṇusahāyena maheṁdreṇa nipātitaḥ

Vritra, allied with the danavas, was slain in the terrible Kolahala war; he was then struck down by Mahendra, with Vishnu's aid.

Verse 191 (padma.1.13.191)

हतस्ततो महेंद्रेण मायाछन्नस्तु योगवित्। वज्रेण क्षणमाविश्य विप्रचित्तिः सहानुगः।

hatastato maheṁdreṇa māyāchannastu yogavit vajreṇa kṣaṇamāviśya vipracittiḥ sahānugaḥ

Then Vipracitti, skilled in yogic power, concealed by illusion, was struck down along with his followers by Mahendra's thunderbolt in an instant.

Verse 192 (padma.1.13.192)

दैत्याश्च दानवाश्चैव संयुताः कृत्स्नशस्तु ते। एते दैवाऽसुरावृत्ताः संग्रामाद्वा दशैव तु।

daityāśca dānavāścaiva saṁyutāḥ kṛtsnaśastu te ete daivā'surāvṛttāḥ saṁgrāmādvā daśaiva tu

The daityas and danavas, all of them together, took part entirely in these battles. These, then, were the ten great conflicts between gods and asuras,

Verse 193 (padma.1.13.193)

देवासुरक्षयकराः प्रजानां च हिताय वै। हिरण्यकशिपू राजा वर्षाणामर्बुदं बभौ।

devāsurakṣayakarāḥ prajānāṁ ca hitāya vai hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṁ babhau

destructive of both gods and asuras, yet for the welfare of created beings. King Hiranyakashipu shone forth for an arbuda of years,

Verse 194 (padma.1.13.194)

द्विसप्ततिं तथान्यानि नियुतान्यधिकानि तु। अशीति च सहस्राणि त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यवानभूत्।

dvisaptatiṁ tathānyāni niyutānyadhikāni tu aśīti ca sahasrāṇi trailokyaiśvaryavānabhūt

with seventy-two additional hundred-thousands, and eighty thousand more — for that whole span he remained lord of the sovereignty of the three worlds.

Verse 195 (padma.1.13.195)

पर्यायेण तु राजाभूद्बलिर्वर्षार्बुदं पुनः। षष्ठिं चैव सहस्राणि नियुतानि च विंशतिं।

paryāyeṇa tu rājābhūdbalirvarṣārbudaṁ punaḥ ṣaṣṭhiṁ caiva sahasrāṇi niyutāni ca viṁśatiṁ

In due succession, Bali again became king for an arbuda of years, together with sixty thousand more and twenty hundred-thousand years besides,

Verse 196 (padma.1.13.196)

बलिराज्याधिकारे तु यावत्कालश्च कीर्तितः। तावत्कालं तु प्रह्लादो निर्वृतो ह्यसुरैः सह।

balirājyādhikāre tu yāvatkālaśca kīrtitaḥ tāvatkālaṁ tu prahlādo nirvṛto hyasuraiḥ saha

for as long as Bali's period of sovereignty is told, for that same span Prahlada too lived contentedly together with the asuras.

Verse 197 (padma.1.13.197)

जयार्थमेते विज्ञेया असुराणां महौजसः। त्रैलोक्यमिदमव्यग्रं महेंद्रेणानुपाल्यते।

jayārthamete vijñeyā asurāṇāṁ mahaujasaḥ trailokyamidamavyagraṁ maheṁdreṇānupālyate

All this is to be understood as pertaining only to the periods of victory of the mighty asuras; otherwise this undisturbed triple world is continually protected by Mahendra alone.

Verse 198 (padma.1.13.198)

असम्पन्नमिदं सर्वं यावद्वर्षायुतं पुनः। पर्यायेणैव सम्प्राप्ते त्रैलोक्यं पाकशासने।

asampannamidaṁ sarvaṁ yāvadvarṣāyutaṁ punaḥ paryāyeṇaiva samprāpte trailokyaṁ pākaśāsane

All this remained incomplete until ten thousand years had passed once more; then in due course the triple world came again to Pakashasana (Indra).

Verse 199 (padma.1.13.199)

ततोऽसुरान्परित्यज्य यज्ञो देवानगच्छत। यज्ञे देवानथ गते दितिजाः काव्यमब्रुवन्।

tato'surānparityajya yajño devānagacchata yajñe devānatha gate ditijāḥ kāvyamabruvan

Then, abandoning the asuras, sacrifice went over to the gods. When sacrifice had gone over to the gods, the sons of Diti spoke to Kavya (Shukra):

Verse 200 (padma.1.13.200)

दैत्या ऊचुः-। हृतं मघवता राज्यं त्यक्त्वा यज्ञः सुरान्गतः। स्थातुं न शुक्नुमो ह्यत्र प्रविशामो रसातलम्।

daityā ūcuḥ- hṛtaṁ maghavatā rājyaṁ tyaktvā yajñaḥ surāngataḥ sthātuṁ na śuknumo hyatra praviśāmo rasātalam

The daityas said: 'Our kingdom has been seized by Maghavan (Indra); sacrifice has forsaken us and gone over to the gods. We can no longer remain here — let us enter Rasatala, the netherworld.'

Verse 201 (padma.1.13.201)

एवमुक्तोब्रवीदेतान्विषण्णान्सांत्वयन्गिरा। मा भैष्ट धारयिष्यामि तेजसा स्वेन वोऽसुराः।

evamuktobravīdetānviṣaṇṇānsāṁtvayangirā mā bhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena vo'surāḥ

Thus addressed, he spoke to those sorrowful daityas, consoling them: 'Fear not, O asuras — I shall sustain you by my own power.

Verse 202 (padma.1.13.202)

मंत्राश्चौषधयश्चैव धरायां यत्तु वर्तते। मयि तिष्ठति तत्सर्वं पादमात्रं सुरेषु वै।

maṁtrāścauṣadhayaścaiva dharāyāṁ yattu vartate mayi tiṣṭhati tatsarvaṁ pādamātraṁ sureṣu vai

Whatever mantras and herbs exist upon the earth — all of that abides in me alone; among the gods there remains only a bare quarter part of it.

Verse 203 (padma.1.13.203)

तत्सर्वं च प्रदास्यामि युष्मदर्थे धृतं मया। ततो देवास्तुतान्दृष्ट्वा धृतान्काव्येन धीमता।

tatsarvaṁ ca pradāsyāmi yuṣmadarthe dhṛtaṁ mayā tato devāstutāndṛṣṭvā dhṛtānkāvyena dhīmatā

'All of that which I hold, I shall give for your sake.' Then the gods, seeing them thus sustained by the wise Kavya,

Verse 204 (padma.1.13.204)

अमंत्रयंत देवा वै संविग्नास्तज्जिघृक्षया। काव्यो ह्येष इदं सर्वं व्यावर्तयति नो बलात्।

amaṁtrayaṁta devā vai saṁvignāstajjighṛkṣayā kāvyo hyeṣa idaṁ sarvaṁ vyāvartayati no balāt

took counsel among themselves, troubled and desiring to seize that power: 'This Kavya is forcibly turning all of this away from us.

Verse 205 (padma.1.13.205)

साधु गच्छामहे तूर्णं यावन्न च्यावयेत वै। प्रसह्य जित्वा शिष्टांस्तु पातालं प्रापयामहे।

sādhu gacchāmahe tūrṇaṁ yāvanna cyāvayeta vai prasahya jitvā śiṣṭāṁstu pātālaṁ prāpayāmahe

It is best that we go swiftly, before he can dislodge us; let us overpower and conquer the rest of them, and drive them down into Patala.'

Verse 206 (padma.1.13.206)

ततो देवास्तु संरब्धा दानवानुपसृत्य ह। ततस्ते वध्यमानास्तैः काव्यमेवाभिदुद्रुवुः।

tato devāstu saṁrabdhā dānavānupasṛtya ha tataste vadhyamānāstaiḥ kāvyamevābhidudruvuḥ

Then the enraged gods fell upon the danavas; and being slain by them, those danavas fled straight for refuge to Kavya.

Verse 207 (padma.1.13.207)

ततः काव्यस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा तूर्णं देवैरभिद्रुतान्। रक्षाकार्येण संहृत्य देवेभ्यस्तान्सुरार्दितान्।

tataḥ kāvyastu tāndṛṣṭvā tūrṇaṁ devairabhidrutān rakṣākāryeṇa saṁhṛtya devebhyastānsurārditān

Then Kavya, seeing them swiftly pursued by the gods, gathered up those tormented asuras for the sake of protecting them from the gods.

Verse 208 (padma.1.13.208)

काव्यं दृष्ट्वा स्थितं देवा निर्विशंकास्तु ते जहुः। ततः काव्योनुचिंत्याथ ब्रह्मणो वचनं हितम्।

kāvyaṁ dṛṣṭvā sthitaṁ devā nirviśaṁkāstu te jahuḥ tataḥ kāvyonuciṁtyātha brahmaṇo vacanaṁ hitam

Seeing Kavya standing there, the gods, though free of fear, withdrew from that place. Then Kavya, reflecting on Brahma's beneficial counsel,

Verse 209 (padma.1.13.209)

तानुवाच ततः काव्यः पूर्ववृत्तमनुस्मरन्। त्रैलोक्यं वो हृतं सर्वं वामनेन त्रिभिः क्रमैः।

tānuvāca tataḥ kāvyaḥ pūrvavṛttamanusmaran trailokyaṁ vo hṛtaṁ sarvaṁ vāmanena tribhiḥ kramaiḥ

recalling what had happened before, spoke to them: 'Your entire triple world was seized by Vamana in three strides;

Verse 210 (padma.1.13.210)

बलिर्बद्धो हतो जंभो निहतश्च विरोचनः। महासुरा द्वादशसु संग्रामेषु सुरैर्हताः।

balirbaddho hato jaṁbho nihataśca virocanaḥ mahāsurā dvādaśasu saṁgrāmeṣu surairhatāḥ

Bali was bound, Jambha was slain, and Virochana too was struck down; great asuras were slain by the gods in twelve battles.

Verse 211 (padma.1.13.211)

तैस्तैरुपायैर्भूयिष्ठा निहतास्तु प्रधानतः। केचिच्छिष्टाश्च यूयं वै युद्धं नास्तीति मे मतम्।

taistairupāyairbhūyiṣṭhā nihatāstu pradhānataḥ kecicchiṣṭāśca yūyaṁ vai yuddhaṁ nāstīti me matam

By these very means, most of our chief leaders have already been slain; only a few of you remain — it is my opinion that there should be no more war.

Verse 212 (padma.1.13.212)

नीतयो वो विधातव्या उपासे कालपर्ययात्। यास्याम्यहं महादेवं मंत्रार्थं विजयावहम्।

nītayo vo vidhātavyā upāse kālaparyayāt yāsyāmyahaṁ mahādevaṁ maṁtrārthaṁ vijayāvaham

You must decide your own policy while awaiting the passage of time; I shall go to Mahadeva to obtain a victory-bringing mantra.

Verse 213 (padma.1.13.213)

अप्रतीपांस्ततो देवान्मंत्रान्प्राप्य महेश्वरात्। योत्स्यामहे पुनर्देवैस्ततः प्राप्स्यथ वै जयम्।

apratīpāṁstato devānmaṁtrānprāpya maheśvarāt yotsyāmahe punardevaistataḥ prāpsyatha vai jayam

Having obtained from Maheshvara mantras that the gods cannot withstand, we shall fight the gods once more — then you shall surely obtain victory.

Verse 214 (padma.1.13.214)

ततस्ते कृतसंवादा देवानूचुस्तदासुराः। न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं सर्वे निःस्सन्नाहा रथैर्विना।

tataste kṛtasaṁvādā devānūcustadāsurāḥ nyastaśastrā vayaṁ sarve niḥssannāhā rathairvinā

Having agreed on this, the asuras then said to the gods: 'We have all laid down our weapons, and are now without armor and without chariots.

Verse 215 (padma.1.13.215)

वयं तपश्चरिष्यामः संवृता वल्कलैस्तथा। देवास्तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा सत्याभिव्याहृतं ततः।

vayaṁ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ saṁvṛtā valkalaistathā devāsteṣāṁ vacaḥ śrutvā satyābhivyāhṛtaṁ tataḥ

We shall now perform austerities, clad in bark garments.' The gods, hearing these truthfully spoken words,

Verse 216 (padma.1.13.216)

ततोन्यवर्तयन्सर्वे विज्वरा मुदिताश्च ते। न्यस्तशस्त्रेषु दैत्येषु विनिवृत्तास्तदा सुराः।

tatonyavartayansarve vijvarā muditāśca te nyastaśastreṣu daityeṣu vinivṛttāstadā surāḥ

then all withdrew, freed of anxiety and rejoicing; since the daityas had laid down their weapons, the gods too turned back from war.

Verse 217 (padma.1.13.217)

ततस्तानब्रवीत्काव्य उपाध्वं तपसि स्थिताः। निरुत्सिक्तास्तपोयुक्ताः कालं कार्यार्थसाधकम्।

tatastānabravītkāvya upādhvaṁ tapasi sthitāḥ nirutsiktāstapoyuktāḥ kālaṁ kāryārthasādhakam

Then Kavya said to them: 'Remain established in austerity, free of pride and devoted to penance, until the time comes that accomplishes our purpose.

Verse 218 (padma.1.13.218)

पितुराश्रमसंस्था वै मां प्रतीक्षथ दानवाः। तानुद्दिश्यासुरान्काव्यो महादेवं प्रपद्यत।

piturāśramasaṁsthā vai māṁ pratīkṣatha dānavāḥ tānuddiśyāsurānkāvyo mahādevaṁ prapadyata

Remain, O danavas, settled in my father's hermitage, and await my return.' Having thus instructed the asuras, Kavya betook himself to Mahadeva.

Verse 219 (padma.1.13.219)

शुक्र उवाच। मंत्रानिच्छाम्यहं देव येन सन्ति बृहस्पतौ। पराभवाय देवानामसुराणां जयाय च।

śukra uvāca maṁtrānicchāmyahaṁ deva yena santi bṛhaspatau parābhavāya devānāmasurāṇāṁ jayāya ca

Shukra said: 'O god, I desire those mantras which reside in Brihaspati, for the defeat of the gods and the victory of the asuras.'

Verse 220 (padma.1.13.220)

एवमुक्तोब्रवीद्देवो व्रतं त्वं चर भार्गव। पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु कणधूममधः शिराः।

evamuktobravīddevo vrataṁ tvaṁ cara bhārgava pūrṇaṁ varṣasahasraṁ tu kaṇadhūmamadhaḥ śirāḥ

Thus addressed, the god said: 'O Bhargava, observe this vow for a full thousand years, subsisting on smoke and husks, with your head hung down —

Verse 221 (padma.1.13.221)

यदि पास्यसि भद्रं ते ततो मंत्रानवाप्स्यसि। तथेति समनुज्ञाप्य शुक्रस्तु भृगुनंदनः।

yadi pāsyasi bhadraṁ te tato maṁtrānavāpsyasi tatheti samanujñāpya śukrastu bhṛgunaṁdanaḥ

if you can endure this, good fortune shall be yours, and then you shall obtain the mantras.' Shukra, saying 'so be it,' the son of Bhrigu, taking his leave,

Verse 222 (padma.1.13.222)

पादौ संस्पृश्य देवस्य बाढमित्यब्रवीद्वचः। व्रतं चराम्यहं देव त्वयादिष्टोद्य वै प्रभो।

pādau saṁspṛśya devasya bāḍhamityabravīdvacaḥ vrataṁ carāmyahaṁ deva tvayādiṣṭodya vai prabho

touched the god's feet and said, 'Very well.' 'O God, O Lord, I shall now practice the vow you have this day instructed me in.'

Verse 223 (padma.1.13.223)

आदिष्टो देवदेवेन कृतवान्भार्गवो मुनिः। तदा तस्मिन्गते शुक्रे असुराणां हिताय वै।

ādiṣṭo devadevena kṛtavānbhārgavo muniḥ tadā tasmingate śukre asurāṇāṁ hitāya vai

Thus instructed by the God of gods, the sage of Bhrigu's line did accordingly. While Shukra had gone away for the welfare of the asuras,

Verse 224 (padma.1.13.224)

मंत्रार्थे तनुते काव्यो ब्रह्मचर्यं महेश्वरात्। तद्बुद्ध्वा नीतिपूर्वं वै राजन्यास्तु तदा सुखं।

maṁtrārthe tanute kāvyo brahmacaryaṁ maheśvarāt tadbuddhvā nītipūrvaṁ vai rājanyāstu tadā sukhaṁ

Kavya, as taught by Maheshvara, extended his vow of celibate austerity for the sake of the mantra. Knowing this, the warrior-gods, following policy and at ease,

Verse 225 (padma.1.13.225)

अस्मिंश्छिद्रे तदामर्षाद्देवास्तानभिदुद्रुवुः। दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे बृहस्पतिपुरःसराः।

asmiṁśchidre tadāmarṣāddevāstānabhidudruvuḥ daṁśitāḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve bṛhaspatipuraḥsarāḥ

seized upon this opening, and out of impatience, the gods, with Brihaspati at their head, all armored and armed, fell upon them.

Verse 226 (padma.1.13.226)

दृष्ट्वा सुरगणा देवान्प्रगृहीतायुधान्पुनः। उत्पेतुस्सहसा सर्वे संत्रस्तास्तान्वचोब्रुवत्।

dṛṣṭvā suragaṇā devānpragṛhītāyudhānpunaḥ utpetussahasā sarve saṁtrastāstānvacobruvat

Seeing the host of gods once more with weapons raised, they all suddenly rose in terror and spoke these words to them.

Verse 227 (padma.1.13.227)

दैत्या ऊचुः। न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं देवा आचार्ये व्रतमास्थिते। दत्वा भवंतस्त्वभयं संप्राप्ता नो जिघांसया।

daityā ūcuḥ nyastaśastrā vayaṁ devā ācārye vratamāsthite datvā bhavaṁtastvabhayaṁ saṁprāptā no jighāṁsayā

The daityas said: 'O gods, we have laid down our weapons, while our teacher remains engaged in his vow. Having granted us safety, you now come with intent to kill us.

Verse 228 (padma.1.13.228)

अनमर्षा वयं सर्वे त्यक्तशस्त्राश्च संस्थिताः। चीरकृष्णाजिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः।

anamarṣā vayaṁ sarve tyaktaśastrāśca saṁsthitāḥ cīrakṛṣṇājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ

We all remain here without resentment, having cast our weapons aside, clad in bark and deerskin, without ritual acts, without possessions.

Verse 229 (padma.1.13.229)

रणे विजेतुं देवांश्च न शक्ष्यामः कथंचन। अयुद्धेन प्रपत्स्यामः शरणं काव्यमातरम्।

raṇe vijetuṁ devāṁśca na śakṣyāmaḥ kathaṁcana ayuddhena prapatsyāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ kāvyamātaram

We shall be unable, in any way, to defeat the gods in battle; without fighting, we shall take refuge with Kavya's mother.

Verse 230 (padma.1.13.230)

ज्ञापयामः कृच्छ्रमिदं यावन्नाभ्येति नो गुरुः। निवृत्ते च तथा शुक्रे योत्स्यामो दंशितायुधाः।

jñāpayāmaḥ kṛcchramidaṁ yāvannābhyeti no guruḥ nivṛtte ca tathā śukre yotsyāmo daṁśitāyudhāḥ

We shall make known this hardship until our teacher returns to us; and when Shukra comes back, we shall fight, armored and armed.'

Verse 231 (padma.1.13.231)

एवमुक्त्वा च तेन्योन्यं शरणं काव्यमातरम्। प्रापद्यंत ततो भीतास्तेभ्योऽदादभयं तु सा।

evamuktvā ca tenyonyaṁ śaraṇaṁ kāvyamātaram prāpadyaṁta tato bhītāstebhyo'dādabhayaṁ tu sā

Having said this to one another, they, in fear, went for refuge to Kavya's mother; and she granted them safety.

Verse 232 (padma.1.13.232)

न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यं भयं त्यजत दानवाः। मत्सन्निधौ वर्त्ततां वो न भीर्भवितुर्महति।

na bhetavyaṁ na bhetavyaṁ bhayaṁ tyajata dānavāḥ matsannidhau varttatāṁ vo na bhīrbhaviturmahati

'Do not fear, do not fear, O danavas — cast away your fear. Remain in my presence; there shall be no great danger for you.'

Verse 233 (padma.1.13.233)

तयाभिरक्षितांस्तांश्च दृष्ट्वा देवास्तदाऽसुरान्। अभिजग्मुः प्रसह्यैतानविचार्य बलाबलम्।

tayābhirakṣitāṁstāṁśca dṛṣṭvā devāstadā'surān abhijagmuḥ prasahyaitānavicārya balābalam

Seeing those asuras thus protected by her, the gods, without considering strength or weakness, attacked them by force.

Verse 234 (padma.1.13.234)

ततस्तान्बध्यमानांस्तु देवैर्दृष्ट्वासुरांस्तदा। देवी क्रुद्धाब्रवीद्देवान्निद्रया मोहयाम्यहम्।

tatastānbadhyamānāṁstu devairdṛṣṭvāsurāṁstadā devī kruddhābravīddevānnidrayā mohayāmyaham

Then, seeing those asuras being slain by the gods, the goddess, enraged, said to the gods, 'I shall now delude you with sleep.'

Verse 235 (padma.1.13.235)

संभृत्य सर्वसंभारान्निद्रां सा व्यसृजत्तदा। तस्तंभ देवी च बलाद्योगयुक्ता तपोधना।

saṁbhṛtya sarvasaṁbhārānnidrāṁ sā vyasṛjattadā tastaṁbha devī ca balādyogayuktā tapodhanā

Gathering all her materials, she then unleashed sleep; and the goddess, endowed with yogic power and rich in austerity, forcibly paralyzed Indra.

Verse 236 (padma.1.13.236)

ततस्तं स्तभितं दृष्ट्वा इन्द्रं देवाश्च मूढवत्। प्राद्रवंत ततो भीता इन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा वशीकृतम्।

tatastaṁ stabhitaṁ dṛṣṭvā indraṁ devāśca mūḍhavat prādravaṁta tato bhītā indraṁ dṛṣṭvā vaśīkṛtam

Seeing Indra thus paralyzed, the gods, as if stunned, fled in terror at the sight of Indra brought under her power.

Verse 237 (padma.1.13.237)

गतेषु सुरसंघेषु विष्णुरिंद्रमभाषत। विष्णुरुवाच। मां त्वं प्रविश भद्रं ते रक्षिष्ये त्वां सुरोत्तम।

gateṣu surasaṁgheṣu viṣṇuriṁdramabhāṣata viṣṇuruvāca māṁ tvaṁ praviśa bhadraṁ te rakṣiṣye tvāṁ surottama

When the hosts of gods had fled, Vishnu spoke to Indra. Vishnu said: 'Enter into me; may good come to you — I shall protect you, O best of gods.'

Verse 238 (padma.1.13.238)

एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुं प्रविवेश पुरंदरः। विष्णुसंरक्षितं दृष्ट्वा देवी क्रुद्धा वचोऽब्रवीत्।

evamuktastato viṣṇuṁ praviveśa puraṁdaraḥ viṣṇusaṁrakṣitaṁ dṛṣṭvā devī kruddhā vaco'bravīt

Thus addressed, Purandara (Indra) entered into Vishnu. Seeing him protected by Vishnu, the goddess, enraged, spoke these words:

Verse 239 (padma.1.13.239)

एष त्वां विष्णुना सार्धं दहामि मघवन्बलात्। मिषतां सर्वभूतानां दृश्यतां मे तपोबलम्।

eṣa tvāṁ viṣṇunā sārdhaṁ dahāmi maghavanbalāt miṣatāṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ dṛśyatāṁ me tapobalam

'O Maghavan, I shall now burn you, together with Vishnu, by force; let the power of my austerity be witnessed by all beings as they watch.'

Verse 240 (padma.1.13.240)

तयाभिभूतौ तौ देवाविंद्रविष्णू बभूवतुः। कथं मुच्येय सहितो विष्णुरिंद्रमभाषत।

tayābhibhūtau tau devāviṁdraviṣṇū babhūvatuḥ kathaṁ mucyeya sahito viṣṇuriṁdramabhāṣata

Overpowered by her, those two gods, Indra and Vishnu, became helpless. 'How may I be freed?' — thus Vishnu spoke, together with Indra, in distress.

Verse 241 (padma.1.13.241)

इंद्रोब्रवीज्जहि ह्येनां यावन्नौ न दहेत्प्रभो। विशेषेणाभिभूतोस्मि जहीमां जहि मा चिरम्।

iṁdrobravījjahi hyenāṁ yāvannau na dahetprabho viśeṣeṇābhibhūtosmi jahīmāṁ jahi mā ciram

Indra said: 'Slay her, O Lord, before she can burn us both; I am especially overpowered — kill her, kill her without delay.'

Verse 242 (padma.1.13.242)

ततः समीक्ष्य विष्णुस्तांस्त्रीवधे कृच्छ्रमास्थितः। अभिध्याय ततः शक्रमापन्नं सत्वरं प्रभुः।

tataḥ samīkṣya viṣṇustāṁstrīvadhe kṛcchramāsthitaḥ abhidhyāya tataḥ śakramāpannaṁ satvaraṁ prabhuḥ

Then Vishnu, reflecting, found himself in a grave difficulty over the killing of a woman; yet, thinking of Shakra in his peril, the Lord acted swiftly.

Verse 243 (padma.1.13.243)

ततः स त्वरयायुक्तः शीघ्रकारी भयान्वितः। ज्ञात्वा विष्णुस्ततस्तस्याः क्रूरं देव्याश्चिकीर्षितम्।

tataḥ sa tvarayāyuktaḥ śīghrakārī bhayānvitaḥ jñātvā viṣṇustatastasyāḥ krūraṁ devyāścikīrṣitam

Then, urged by haste, acting at once, filled with urgency, Vishnu, having understood that goddess's cruel intent,

Verse 244 (padma.1.13.244)

क्रुद्धश्च चक्रमादाय शिरश्चिच्छेद वै भयात्। तं दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीवधं घोरं चुक्रोध भृगुरीश्वरः।

kruddhaśca cakramādāya śiraściccheda vai bhayāt taṁ dṛṣṭvā strīvadhaṁ ghoraṁ cukrodha bhṛgurīśvaraḥ

in anger took up his discus and, driven by urgency, severed her head. Seeing that terrible slaying of a woman, the mighty Bhrigu became enraged.

Verse 245 (padma.1.13.245)

ततो हि शप्तो भृगुणा विष्णुर्भार्यावधे कृते। भृगुरुवाच। यत्त्वया जानता धर्ममवध्या स्त्री निषूदिता।

tato hi śapto bhṛguṇā viṣṇurbhāryāvadhe kṛte bhṛguruvāca yattvayā jānatā dharmamavadhyā strī niṣūditā

Then, for the killing of his wife, Bhrigu cursed Vishnu. Bhrigu said: 'Since, though knowing dharma, you have slain a woman who should never be slain,

Verse 246 (padma.1.13.246)

तस्मात्त्वं सप्तकृत्वो हि मानुषेषूपयास्यसि। ततस्तेनाभिशापेन नष्टे धर्मे पुनःपुनः।

tasmāttvaṁ saptakṛtvo hi mānuṣeṣūpayāsyasi tatastenābhiśāpena naṣṭe dharme punaḥpunaḥ

therefore you shall indeed be born among men seven times.' Then, by virtue of that curse, whenever dharma comes to ruin, again and again,

Verse 247 (padma.1.13.247)

लोकस्य च हितार्थाय जायते मानुषेष्विह। अथ व्याहृत्य विष्णुं स तदादाय शिरः स्वयम्।

lokasya ca hitārthāya jāyate mānuṣeṣviha atha vyāhṛtya viṣṇuṁ sa tadādāya śiraḥ svayam

he is born here among men for the welfare of the world. Then, having said this to Vishnu, he himself took up that severed head,

Verse 248 (padma.1.13.248)

समानीय ततः कायं पाणौ गृह्येदमब्रवीत्। भृगुरुवाच। एषा त्वं विष्णुना देवि हता संजीवयाम्यहं।

samānīya tataḥ kāyaṁ pāṇau gṛhyedamabravīt bhṛguruvāca eṣā tvaṁ viṣṇunā devi hatā saṁjīvayāmyahaṁ

and bringing it near the body, taking it in his hand, he said this. Bhrigu said: 'O goddess, slain by Vishnu, I shall now bring you back to life —

Verse 249 (padma.1.13.249)

यदि कृत्स्नो मया धर्मो ज्ञायते चरितोपि वा। तेन सत्येन जीवस्व यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्।

yadi kṛtsno mayā dharmo jñāyate caritopi vā tena satyena jīvasva yadi satyaṁ bravīmyaham

if the whole of dharma has been known and practiced by me, then by that very truth — if what I say is true — may you live again.'

Verse 250 (padma.1.13.250)

ततस्तां प्रोक्ष्य शीताद्भिर्जीवजीवेति सोब्रवीत्। ततोभिव्याहृते तस्मिन्देवी संजीविता तदा।

tatastāṁ prokṣya śītādbhirjīvajīveti sobravīt tatobhivyāhṛte tasmindevī saṁjīvitā tadā

Then, sprinkling her with cool water, he said, 'Live, live'; and as soon as he had spoken thus, the goddess was at once brought back to life.

Verse 251 (padma.1.13.251)

ततस्तां सर्वभूतानि दृष्ट्वा सुप्तोत्थितामिव। साधुसाध्विति दृष्ट्वैव वचस्तां सर्वतोब्रुवन्।

tatastāṁ sarvabhūtāni dṛṣṭvā suptotthitāmiva sādhusādhviti dṛṣṭvaiva vacastāṁ sarvatobruvan

Then all beings, seeing her as though risen from sleep, cried out from every side, on seeing her, 'Well done, well done!'

Verse 252 (padma.1.13.252)

एवं प्रत्याहृता तेन देवी सा भृगुणा तदा। मिषतां दैवतानां हि तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्।

evaṁ pratyāhṛtā tena devī sā bhṛguṇā tadā miṣatāṁ daivatānāṁ hi tadadbhutamivābhavat

Thus Bhrigu, in this manner, restored the goddess to life; while all the gods looked on, it seemed indeed a wondrous event.

Verse 253 (padma.1.13.253)

असंभ्रांतेन भृगुणा पत्नी संजीविता पुनः। दृष्ट्वा चेंद्रो नालभत शर्म काव्यभयात्पुनः।

asaṁbhrāṁtena bhṛguṇā patnī saṁjīvitā punaḥ dṛṣṭvā ceṁdro nālabhata śarma kāvyabhayātpunaḥ

Undisturbed, Bhrigu brought his wife back to life once more. Seeing this, Indra found no peace again, out of fear of Kavya.

Verse 254 (padma.1.13.254)

प्रजागरे ततश्चेंद्रो जयंतीमिदमब्रवीत्। संधिकामोभ्यधाद्वाक्यं स्वां कन्यां पाकशासनः।

prajāgare tataśceṁdro jayaṁtīmidamabravīt saṁdhikāmobhyadhādvākyaṁ svāṁ kanyāṁ pākaśāsanaḥ

Then, lying sleepless, Indra spoke thus to Jayanti; desiring reconciliation, Pakashasana (Indra) addressed these words to his own daughter.

Verse 255 (padma.1.13.255)

इन्द्र उवाच। एष काव्यो ह्यनिंद्राय व्रतं चरति दारुणम्। तेनाहं व्याकुलः पुत्रि कृतो मतिमता दृढम्।

indra uvāca eṣa kāvyo hyaniṁdrāya vrataṁ carati dāruṇam tenāhaṁ vyākulaḥ putri kṛto matimatā dṛḍham

Indra said: 'This Kavya practices a terrible vow in order to unseat me from Indra's throne; by this resolute and wise one, my daughter, I have been thrown into deep distress.

Verse 256 (padma.1.13.256)

तैस्तैर्मनोनुकूलैश्च उपचारैरतंद्रिता। आराधय तथा पुत्रि यथा तुष्येत स द्विजः।

taistairmanonukūlaiśca upacārairataṁdritā ārādhaya tathā putri yathā tuṣyeta sa dvijaḥ

With every attention that might please his mind, tirelessly, propitiate him, my daughter, in such a way that that brahmin becomes satisfied.

Verse 257 (padma.1.13.257)

गच्छ त्वं तस्य दत्तासि प्रयत्नं कुरु मत्कृते। एवमुक्ता जयंती सा वचः संगृह्य वै पितुः।

gaccha tvaṁ tasya dattāsi prayatnaṁ kuru matkṛte evamuktā jayaṁtī sā vacaḥ saṁgṛhya vai pituḥ

Go — you are given over to him; make this effort for my sake.' Thus addressed, Jayanti, taking her father's words to heart,

Verse 258 (padma.1.13.258)

अगच्छद्यत्र घोरं स तपो ह्यारभ्य तिष्ठति। तं दृष्ट्वा च पिबंतं सा कणधूममधोमुखम्।

agacchadyatra ghoraṁ sa tapo hyārabhya tiṣṭhati taṁ dṛṣṭvā ca pibaṁtaṁ sā kaṇadhūmamadhomukham

went to where he remained, having undertaken his terrible austerity. She saw him drinking smoke and husks, his head bowed down,

Verse 259 (padma.1.13.259)

यक्षेण पात्यमानं च कुंडधारेण पावनम्। दृष्ट्वा तं यतमानं तु देवी काव्यमवस्थितम्।

yakṣeṇa pātyamānaṁ ca kuṁḍadhāreṇa pāvanam dṛṣṭvā taṁ yatamānaṁ tu devī kāvyamavasthitam

being made to drink it from a purifying vessel held by a yaksha. Seeing that resolute Kavya thus striving in his firm resolve,

Verse 260 (padma.1.13.260)

शत्रूपघाते श्राम्यंन्तं दुर्बलस्थितिमास्थितम्। पित्रा यथोक्तं वाक्यं सा काव्ये कृतवती तदा।

śatrūpaghāte śrāmyaṁntaṁ durbalasthitimāsthitam pitrā yathoktaṁ vākyaṁ sā kāvye kṛtavatī tadā

wearied in his effort to destroy his enemy, reduced to a state of weakness — the goddess Jayanti then did as her father had instructed, in service of Kavya.

Verse 261 (padma.1.13.261)

गीर्भिश्चैवानुकूलाभिः स्तुवंती वल्गुभाषिणी। गात्रसंवाहनैः काले सेवमाना त्वचः सुखैः।

gīrbhiścaivānukūlābhiḥ stuvaṁtī valgubhāṣiṇī gātrasaṁvāhanaiḥ kāle sevamānā tvacaḥ sukhaiḥ

Praising him with sweet and pleasing words, and serving him at the right times with soothing massage and comforts for the skin,

Verse 262 (padma.1.13.262)

व्रतचर्यानुकूलाभिरुपास्य बहुलाः समाः। पूर्णे धूमव्रते तस्मिन्घोरे वर्षसहस्रके।

vratacaryānukūlābhirupāsya bahulāḥ samāḥ pūrṇe dhūmavrate tasminghore varṣasahasrake

attending upon him for many years with services suited to his vow — when that terrible thousand-year vow of smoke came to completion,

Verse 263 (padma.1.13.263)

वरेण छंदयामास शिवः प्रीतोभवत्तदा। महेश्वर उवाच। एतद्व्रतं त्वयैकेन चीर्णं नान्येन केनचित्।

vareṇa chaṁdayāmāsa śivaḥ prītobhavattadā maheśvara uvāca etadvrataṁ tvayaikena cīrṇaṁ nānyena kenacit

Shiva, well pleased, then invited him to choose a boon. Maheshvara said: 'This vow has been observed by you alone, by none other.

Verse 264 (padma.1.13.264)

तस्माद्वै तपसा बुद्ध्या श्रुतेन च बलेन च। तेजसा च सुरान्सर्वांस्त्वमेकोभिभविष्यसि।

tasmādvai tapasā buddhyā śrutena ca balena ca tejasā ca surānsarvāṁstvamekobhibhaviṣyasi

Therefore, by austerity, wisdom, learning, strength, and splendor, you alone shall surpass all the gods.

Verse 265 (padma.1.13.265)

यच्च किंचिन्मयि ब्रह्मन्विद्यते भृगुनंदन। प्रतिदास्यामि तत्सर्वं त्वया वाच्यं न कस्यचित्।

yacca kiṁcinmayi brahmanvidyate bhṛgunaṁdana pratidāsyāmi tatsarvaṁ tvayā vācyaṁ na kasyacit

And whatever exists within me, O brahmin, descendant of Bhrigu, I shall give all of it to you in return; this must not be spoken of to anyone.

Verse 266 (padma.1.13.266)

किं भाषितेन बहुना अवध्यस्त्वं भविष्यसि। तान्दत्वा तु वरांस्तस्मै भार्गवाय पुनः पुनः।

kiṁ bhāṣitena bahunā avadhyastvaṁ bhaviṣyasi tāndatvā tu varāṁstasmai bhārgavāya punaḥ punaḥ

What need of many words — you shall become unslayable.' Granting boon after boon to the descendant of Bhrigu in this manner,

Verse 267 (padma.1.13.267)

प्रजेशत्वं धनेशत्वमवध्यत्वं च वै ददौ। एतान्लब्ध्वा वरान्काव्यः संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः।

prajeśatvaṁ dhaneśatvamavadhyatvaṁ ca vai dadau etānlabdhvā varānkāvyaḥ saṁprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ

he granted him lordship over creatures, lordship over wealth, and invulnerability besides. Having obtained these boons, the hairs on Kavya's body stood on end with joy.

Verse 268 (padma.1.13.268)

एवमाभाष्य देवेशमीश्वरं नीललोहितम्। प्रज्ञान्वितस्ततस्तस्मै प्राञ्जलि प्रणतो ऽभवत्।

evamābhāṣya deveśamīśvaraṁ nīlalohitam prajñānvitastatastasmai prāñjali praṇato 'bhavat

Having thus spoken to Ishvara Nilalohita, Lord of the gods, that wise one then bowed to him with joined palms.

Verse 269 (padma.1.13.269)

ततः सोंऽतर्हिते देवे जयंतीमिदमब्रवीत्। कस्य त्वं सुभगे का वा दुःखिते मयि दुःखिता।

tataḥ soṁ'tarhite deve jayaṁtīmidamabravīt kasya tvaṁ subhage kā vā duḥkhite mayi duḥkhitā

When the god had vanished, he said this to Jayanti: 'O fortunate one, whose are you? And why did you share in my sorrow while I suffered?

Verse 270 (padma.1.13.270)

महता तपसा युक्ता किमर्थं मां जिगीषसि। अनया संस्थिता भक्त्या प्रश्रयेण दमेन च।

mahatā tapasā yuktā kimarthaṁ māṁ jigīṣasi anayā saṁsthitā bhaktyā praśrayeṇa damena ca

You yourself are endowed with great austerity — for what purpose do you seek to win me over? Established in such devotion, humility, and self-restraint,

Verse 271 (padma.1.13.271)

स्नेहेन चैव सुश्रोणि प्रीतोस्मि वरवर्णिनि। किमिच्छसि वरारोहे कस्ते कामः समुद्यतः।

snehena caiva suśroṇi prītosmi varavarṇini kimicchasi varārohe kaste kāmaḥ samudyataḥ

and with such tender affection, O fair one of lovely form, I am well pleased. What do you desire, O beautiful one? What wish has arisen in you?

Verse 272 (padma.1.13.272)

तं ते संपादयाम्यद्य यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम्। एवमुक्ताब्रवीदेनं तपसा ज्ञातुमर्हसि।

taṁ te saṁpādayāmyadya yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram evamuktābravīdenaṁ tapasā jñātumarhasi

Today I shall fulfill it for you, however difficult it may be.' Thus addressed, she said: 'You ought to know it yourself, through your own power of austerity —

Verse 273 (padma.1.13.273)

चिकीर्षितं हि मे ब्रह्मंस्त्वं वै वद यथातथम्। एवमुक्तोब्रवीदेनं दृष्ट्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा।

cikīrṣitaṁ hi me brahmaṁstvaṁ vai vada yathātatham evamuktobravīdenaṁ dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā

what my intention truly is, O brahmin; tell it yourself, exactly as it is.' Thus addressed, seeing with his divine eye, he said to her —

Verse 274 (padma.1.13.274)

मया सह त्वं सुश्रोणि शतवर्षाणि भामिनि। सर्वभूतैरदृश्यांतः संप्रयोगमिहेच्छसि।

mayā saha tvaṁ suśroṇi śatavarṣāṇi bhāmini sarvabhūtairadṛśyāṁtaḥ saṁprayogamihecchasi

'O fair one, O radiant lady, you desire union with me here, unseen by all beings, for a hundred years,

Verse 275 (padma.1.13.275)

देवि इंदीवरश्यामे वरार्हे वामलोचने। एवं वृणोषि कामांस्त्वं ददे वै वल्गुभाषिते।

devi iṁdīvaraśyāme varārhe vāmalocane evaṁ vṛṇoṣi kāmāṁstvaṁ dade vai valgubhāṣite

O goddess, dark as the blue lotus, worthy of every honor, of lovely eyes — this is the desire you have chosen.' 'I grant it,' said the sweetly-speaking one.

Verse 276 (padma.1.13.276)

एवं भवतु गच्छाव गृहं मे मत्तकाशिनि। ततः स गृहमागम्य जयंत्या सह चोशना।

evaṁ bhavatu gacchāva gṛhaṁ me mattakāśini tataḥ sa gṛhamāgamya jayaṁtyā saha cośanā

'So be it — let us go to my home, O radiant one.' Then Ushanas (Shukra), together with Jayanti, went to his home,

Verse 277 (padma.1.13.277)

तया सहावसद्देव्या शतवर्षाणि भार्गवः। अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां मायया संशितव्रतः।

tayā sahāvasaddevyā śatavarṣāṇi bhārgavaḥ adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ māyayā saṁśitavrataḥ

and that descendant of Bhrigu dwelt there with that goddess for a hundred years, hidden from all beings by her illusion, his stern vow firmly kept.

Verse 278 (padma.1.13.278)

कृतार्थमागतं ज्ञात्वा शुक्रं सर्वे दितेस्सुताः। अभिजग्मुर्गृहं तस्य मुदितास्ते दिदृक्षवः।

kṛtārthamāgataṁ jñātvā śukraṁ sarve ditessutāḥ abhijagmurgṛhaṁ tasya muditāste didṛkṣavaḥ

Knowing that Shukra had returned, his purpose accomplished, all the sons of Diti went rejoicing to his house, eager to see him.

Verse 279 (padma.1.13.279)

गता यदा न पश्यंति मायया संवृतं गुरुम्। लक्षणं तस्य चाबुद्ध्वा नाद्यागच्छति नो गुरुः।

gatā yadā na paśyaṁti māyayā saṁvṛtaṁ gurum lakṣaṇaṁ tasya cābuddhvā nādyāgacchati no guruḥ

Going there, they could not see their teacher, concealed as he was by illusion; finding no sign of him, they said, 'Our teacher has still not returned.'

Verse 280 (padma.1.13.280)

एवं ते स्वानि धिष्ण्यानि गताः सर्वे यथागताः। ततो देवगणास्सर्वे गत्वांगिरसमब्रुवन्।

evaṁ te svāni dhiṣṇyāni gatāḥ sarve yathāgatāḥ tato devagaṇāssarve gatvāṁgirasamabruvan

Thus they all returned to their own dwellings just as they had come. Then all the hosts of gods went to Angiras (Brihaspati) and said —

Verse 281 (padma.1.13.281)

दानवालये तु भगवान्गत्वा तत्र च तां चमूम्। मोहयित्वात्मवशगां क्षिप्रमेव तथा कुरु।

dānavālaye tu bhagavāngatvā tatra ca tāṁ camūm mohayitvātmavaśagāṁ kṣiprameva tathā kuru

'O illustrious one, go to the abode of the danavas, and having deluded that host, bring it swiftly under your own control — do this.'

Verse 282 (padma.1.13.282)

धिषणस्तान्सुरानाह एवमेव व्रजाम्यहम्। तेन गत्वा दानवेंद्रः प्रह्लादो वै वशीकृतः।

dhiṣaṇastānsurānāha evameva vrajāmyaham tena gatvā dānaveṁdraḥ prahlādo vai vaśīkṛtaḥ

Dhishana (Brihaspati) said to those gods, 'I shall do exactly that.' Going there, he brought the lord of the danavas, Prahlada, under his control,

Verse 283 (padma.1.13.283)

शुक्रो भूत्वा स्थितस्तत्र पौरोहित्यं चकार सः। स्थितो वर्षशतं साग्रमुशना तावदागतः।

śukro bhūtvā sthitastatra paurohityaṁ cakāra saḥ sthito varṣaśataṁ sāgramuśanā tāvadāgataḥ

taking on Shukra's form, and remaining there he performed the duties of priest. He stayed there for over a hundred years, by which time Ushanas too had returned.

Verse 284 (padma.1.13.284)

दनुपुत्रैस्ततो दृष्टः सभायां तु बृहस्पतिः। उशना एक एवात्र द्वितीयः किमिहागतः।

danuputraistato dṛṣṭaḥ sabhāyāṁ tu bṛhaspatiḥ uśanā eka evātra dvitīyaḥ kimihāgataḥ

Then the sons of Danu, in the assembly, saw Brihaspati there — 'There was only ever one Ushanas here; who is this second one who has arrived?

Verse 285 (padma.1.13.285)

सुमहत्कौतुकं चात्र भविता विग्रहो दृढम्। किं वदिष्यति लोकोयं द्वारि योयं व्यवस्थितः।

sumahatkautukaṁ cātra bhavitā vigraho dṛḍham kiṁ vadiṣyati lokoyaṁ dvāri yoyaṁ vyavasthitaḥ

This is a matter of great wonder — a fierce dispute will surely arise here. What will people say about this one standing at the door,

Verse 286 (padma.1.13.286)

सभायामास्थितो योयं गुरुः किं नो वदिष्यति। एवं प्रजल्पतां तेषां दनूनां कविरागतः।

sabhāyāmāsthito yoyaṁ guruḥ kiṁ no vadiṣyati evaṁ prajalpatāṁ teṣāṁ danūnāṁ kavirāgataḥ

and what will this one, already seated in the assembly as our teacher, say to us?' While the sons of Danu were thus talking among themselves, the true Kavi (Shukra) arrived.

Verse 287 (padma.1.13.287)

स्वरूपधारिणं तत्र दृष्ट्वासीनं बृहस्पतिम्। उवाच वचनं क्रुद्धः किमर्थं त्वमिहागतः।

svarūpadhāriṇaṁ tatra dṛṣṭvāsīnaṁ bṛhaspatim uvāca vacanaṁ kruddhaḥ kimarthaṁ tvamihāgataḥ

Seeing Brihaspati seated there in his very form, he spoke angrily: 'For what purpose have you come here?

Verse 288 (padma.1.13.288)

शिष्यान्मोहयसे मे त्वं युक्तं सुरगुरोस्तव। मूढास्ते त्वां न जानंति त्वन्मायामोहिता ध्रुवम्।

śiṣyānmohayase me tvaṁ yuktaṁ suragurostava mūḍhāste tvāṁ na jānaṁti tvanmāyāmohitā dhruvam

You are deluding my disciples — is this fitting for you, guru of the gods? These foolish ones do not recognize you, surely deluded by your illusion.

Verse 289 (padma.1.13.289)

तन्न युक्तं तव ब्रह्मन्परशिष्यप्रधर्षणम्। व्रज त्वं देवलोकं स्वं तिष्ठ धर्ममवाप्स्यसि।

tanna yuktaṁ tava brahmanparaśiṣyapradharṣaṇam vraja tvaṁ devalokaṁ svaṁ tiṣṭha dharmamavāpsyasi

This transgression against another's disciples is not fitting for you, O brahmin. Go to your own world of the gods, remain there, and you shall obtain the fruit of dharma.

Verse 290 (padma.1.13.290)

शिष्यो हि मे कचः पूर्वं हतो दानवपुंगवैः। विद्यार्थी तनयो ब्रह्मंस्तवायोग्या गतिस्त्विह।

śiṣyo hi me kacaḥ pūrvaṁ hato dānavapuṁgavaiḥ vidyārthī tanayo brahmaṁstavāyogyā gatistviha

My disciple Kacha, formerly, was slain by the foremost of the danavas — though he came only as a seeker of knowledge, and was moreover your own son, O brahmin. This conduct of yours here is unbecoming.'

Verse 291 (padma.1.13.291)

श्रुत्वा तु तस्य तद्वाक्यं स्मितं कृत्वावदद्गुरुः। संति चोराः पृथिव्यां येपरद्रव्यापहारिणः।

śrutvā tu tasya tadvākyaṁ smitaṁ kṛtvāvadadguruḥ saṁti corāḥ pṛthivyāṁ yeparadravyāpahāriṇaḥ

Hearing his words, the guru (Brihaspati), smiling, replied: 'There are thieves upon the earth who steal the wealth of others;

Verse 292 (padma.1.13.292)

एवं विधानदृष्टाश्च रूपदेहापहारिणः। वृत्रघातेन चेंद्रस्य ब्रह्महहत्या पुराभवत्।

evaṁ vidhānadṛṣṭāśca rūpadehāpahāriṇaḥ vṛtraghātena ceṁdrasya brahmahahatyā purābhavat

in the same way there are those seen to steal another's form and body. By the slaying of Vritra, the sin of brahmin-slaying once fell upon Indra —

Verse 293 (padma.1.13.293)

लोकायतिक शास्त्रेण भवता सा तिरस्कृता। जानामि त्वामांगिरसं देवाचार्यं बृहस्पतिम्।

lokāyatika śāstreṇa bhavatā sā tiraskṛtā jānāmi tvāmāṁgirasaṁ devācāryaṁ bṛhaspatim

and it was you yourself who set that sin aside through the doctrine of the Lokayata (materialist) philosophy.' [Shukra continued]: 'I recognize you as Angirasa, Brihaspati, the teacher of the gods,

Verse 294 (padma.1.13.294)

मद्रूपधारिणं प्राप्तं सर्वे पश्यत दानवाः। एष वो मोहनायालं प्राप्तो विष्णुविचेष्टितैः।

madrūpadhāriṇaṁ prāptaṁ sarve paśyata dānavāḥ eṣa vo mohanāyālaṁ prāpto viṣṇuviceṣṭitaiḥ

having assumed my form and come here — behold, all you danavas! This one has come here, ready to delude you, through the machinations of Vishnu.

Verse 295 (padma.1.13.295)

तदेनं शृंखलैर्बद्ध्वा क्षिपेत लवणार्णवे। पुनरेवाब्रवीच्छुक्रः पुरोधायं दिवौकसाम्।

tadenaṁ śṛṁkhalairbaddhvā kṣipeta lavaṇārṇave punarevābravīcchukraḥ purodhāyaṁ divaukasām

Bind him in chains and cast him into the salt ocean — this is the priest of the dwellers in heaven,' Shukra said once more.

Verse 296 (padma.1.13.296)

मोहितानूनमेतेन क्षयं यास्यथ दानवाः। भो अहं दानवेंद्रेह वंचितोऽस्मि दुरात्मना।

mohitānūnametena kṣayaṁ yāsyatha dānavāḥ bho ahaṁ dānaveṁdreha vaṁcito'smi durātmanā

'O danavas, deluded by him, you shall surely go to ruin. O lords of the danavas, I have been deceived here by this wicked one!'

Verse 297 (padma.1.13.297)

किमर्थं भवता त्यक्तः कृतश्चान्यः पुरोहितः। देवाचार्यॐगिरःपुत्रएषएवबृहस्पतिः।

kimarthaṁ bhavatā tyaktaḥ kṛtaścānyaḥ purohitaḥ devācāryaoṁgiraḥputraeṣaevabṛhaspatiḥ

[The danavas said]: 'For what reason did you abandon us and have another appointed as priest? This is indeed Brihaspati, son of Angiras, teacher of the gods —

Verse 298 (padma.1.13.298)

वंचितोसि न संदेहो हितार्थं तु दिवौकसाम्। त्यजस्वैनं महाभाग शत्रुपक्षजयावहम्।

vaṁcitosi na saṁdeho hitārthaṁ tu divaukasām tyajasvainaṁ mahābhāga śatrupakṣajayāvaham

you have without doubt been deceived, for the benefit of the dwellers in heaven. Abandon him, O illustrious one — he brings victory to your enemy's side.'

Verse 299 (padma.1.13.299)

अनुशिष्यभयाद्यातः पूर्वमेवमहं प्रभो। जलमध्येस्थितः पीतो महादेवेन शंभुना।

anuśiṣyabhayādyātaḥ pūrvamevamahaṁ prabho jalamadhyesthitaḥ pīto mahādevena śaṁbhunā

[Shukra said]: 'O lords, I had gone away earlier, in truth, out of fear over my disciple's fate; standing in the midst of the water, I was swallowed by the great god Shambhu.

Verse 300 (padma.1.13.300)

उदरस्थस्य मे जातं साग्रं वर्षशतं किल। उदराच्छुक्ररूपेण शिश्नेनाहं विसर्जितः।

udarasthasya me jātaṁ sāgraṁ varṣaśataṁ kila udarācchukrarūpeṇa śiśnenāhaṁ visarjitaḥ

A full hundred years and more passed while I remained within his belly; then I was released from that belly, in the form of vital seed, through his own body.

Verse 301 (padma.1.13.301)

वरदः प्राह मां देवश्शुक्रेष्टं त्वं वरं वृणु। मयावृतो वरं राजन्देवदेवः पिनाकधृत्।

varadaḥ prāha māṁ devaśśukreṣṭaṁ tvaṁ varaṁ vṛṇu mayāvṛto varaṁ rājandevadevaḥ pinākadhṛt

The boon-granting god said to me, 'O Shukra, choose the boon you desire.' O king, entreating him, I said to the God of gods, wielder of the Pinaka bow —

Verse 302 (padma.1.13.302)

मनसा चिंतिता ह्यर्था मानसे ये स्थिता वराः। भवंतु मयि ते सर्वे प्रसादात्तव शंकर।

manasā ciṁtitā hyarthā mānase ye sthitā varāḥ bhavaṁtu mayi te sarve prasādāttava śaṁkara

'Whatever purposes are conceived in the mind, whatever boons reside in one's thoughts — let all of them, O Shankara, be fulfilled in me by your grace.'

Verse 303 (padma.1.13.303)

एवमस्त्विति देवेन प्रेषितोऽस्मि तवांतिकम्। तावदत्राभवच्चायं पुरोधास्ते बृहस्पतिः।

evamastviti devena preṣito'smi tavāṁtikam tāvadatrābhavaccāyaṁ purodhāste bṛhaspatiḥ

'So be it,' said the god, and sent me forth to you. Meanwhile, this Brihaspati came here and became your priest.

Verse 304 (padma.1.13.304)

दृष्टः सत्यं दानवेंद्र मयोक्तं त्वं निशामय। बृहस्पतिस्तदा वाक्यं प्रह्लादं प्रत्यभाषत।

dṛṣṭaḥ satyaṁ dānaveṁdra mayoktaṁ tvaṁ niśāmaya bṛhaspatistadā vākyaṁ prahlādaṁ pratyabhāṣata

O lord of the danavas, the truth is now revealed — hear well what I have said.' Then Brihaspati spoke these words in reply to Prahlada —

Verse 305 (padma.1.13.305)

नाहमेतं प्रजानामि देवं वा दानवं नरम्। मद्रूपधारिणं राजन्वंचनार्थं तवागतम्।

nāhametaṁ prajānāmi devaṁ vā dānavaṁ naram madrūpadhāriṇaṁ rājanvaṁcanārthaṁ tavāgatam

'I do not recognize this one — whether god, danava, or man, O king — who has assumed my form and come here for the purpose of deceiving you.'

Verse 306 (padma.1.13.306)

ततस्ते दानवाः सर्वे साधुसाध्विति वादिनः। पुरोधाः पौर्विको नोस्तु यो वा को वा भवत्विति।

tataste dānavāḥ sarve sādhusādhviti vādinaḥ purodhāḥ paurviko nostu yo vā ko vā bhavatviti

Then all the danavas cried out, 'Well said, well said! Whoever our original priest truly is, let him remain ours, whoever that may be —

Verse 307 (padma.1.13.307)

नानेन कार्यमस्माकं या तु ह्येष यथागतः। सक्रोधमशपत्काव्यो दानवेंद्रान्समागतान्।

nānena kāryamasmākaṁ yā tu hyeṣa yathāgataḥ sakrodhamaśapatkāvyo dānaveṁdrānsamāgatān

we have no use for this newcomer — let him go, just as he came.' Then, in anger, Kavya cursed the assembled lords of the danavas —

Verse 308 (padma.1.13.308)

त्यक्तो यथाहं युष्माभिस्तथा सर्वांश्चिरादिव। गतश्रीकान्गतप्राणान्पश्येयं दुःखजीविकान्।

tyakto yathāhaṁ yuṣmābhistathā sarvāṁścirādiva gataśrīkāngataprāṇānpaśyeyaṁ duḥkhajīvikān

'Just as you have abandoned me, so may I soon see all of you stripped of glory and of life, living out your days in misery,

Verse 309 (padma.1.13.309)

सुघोरामापदं प्राप्तानचिरादेव सर्वशः। एवमुक्त्वा गतः काव्यो यदृच्छातस्तपोवनम्।

sughorāmāpadaṁ prāptānacirādeva sarvaśaḥ evamuktvā gataḥ kāvyo yadṛcchātastapovanam

having fallen entirely into the most terrible calamity, before long.' Having said this, Kavya went off, as he wished, to a forest of austerities.

Verse 310 (padma.1.13.310)

तस्मिन्गते ततः शुक्रे स्थितस्तत्र बृहस्पतिः। पालयन्दानवांस्तत्र किंचित्कालमतिष्ठत।

tasmingate tataḥ śukre sthitastatra bṛhaspatiḥ pālayandānavāṁstatra kiṁcitkālamatiṣṭhata

When Kavya had thus departed, Brihaspati remained there, and stayed on for some time, protecting the danavas.

Verse 311 (padma.1.13.311)

ततो बहुतिथे काले अतिक्रांते नरेश्वर। संभूय दानवाः सर्वे पर्यपृछंस्तदा गुरुम्।

tato bahutithe kāle atikrāṁte nareśvara saṁbhūya dānavāḥ sarve paryapṛchaṁstadā gurum

O lord of men, thereafter, after much time had passed, all the danavas gathered together and questioned their guru —

Verse 312 (padma.1.13.312)

संसारेस्मिन्नसारे तु किंचिज्ज्ञानं प्रयच्छ नः। येन मोक्षं व्रजामश्च प्रसादात्तव सुव्रत।

saṁsāresminnasāre tu kiṁcijjñānaṁ prayaccha naḥ yena mokṣaṁ vrajāmaśca prasādāttava suvrata

'In this fleeting, essence-less round of existence, grant us some knowledge, O one of noble vows, by which, through your grace, we may attain liberation.'

Verse 313 (padma.1.13.313)

ततः सुरगुरुः प्राह काव्यरूपी तदा गुरुः। ममाप्येषा मतिः पूर्वं या युष्माभिरुदाहृता।

tataḥ suraguruḥ prāha kāvyarūpī tadā guruḥ mamāpyeṣā matiḥ pūrvaṁ yā yuṣmābhirudāhṛtā

Then the teacher of the gods, in Kavya's form, said: 'This very thought was already present in my mind before you spoke it.

Verse 314 (padma.1.13.314)

क्षणं कुर्वंतु सहिताश्शुचीभूय समाहिताः। ज्ञानं वक्ष्यामि वो दैत्या अहं वै मोक्षदायि यत्।

kṣaṇaṁ kurvaṁtu sahitāśśucībhūya samāhitāḥ jñānaṁ vakṣyāmi vo daityā ahaṁ vai mokṣadāyi yat

Wait a moment, all of you together, made pure and composed in mind; O daityas, I shall tell you that knowledge which truly grants liberation.

Verse 315 (padma.1.13.315)

एषा श्रुतिर्वैदिकी या ऋग्यजुःसामसंज्ञिता। वैश्वानरप्रसादात्तु दुःखदा प्राणिनामिह।

eṣā śrutirvaidikī yā ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṁjñitā vaiśvānaraprasādāttu duḥkhadā prāṇināmiha

This Vedic revelation, named Rig, Yajus, and Sama — through the agency of Vaishvanara (fire) — is here a source of suffering for living beings.

Verse 316 (padma.1.13.316)

यज्ञश्राद्धं कृतं क्षुद्रैरैहिकस्वार्थतत्परैः। ये त्वमी वैष्णवा धर्मा ये च रुद्रकृतास्तथा।

yajñaśrāddhaṁ kṛtaṁ kṣudrairaihikasvārthatatparaiḥ ye tvamī vaiṣṇavā dharmā ye ca rudrakṛtāstathā

Sacrifice and the ancestral rite are performed by petty people intent only on the self-interest of this world. And those Vaishnava duties, and those likewise ordained by Rudra —

Verse 317 (padma.1.13.317)

कुधर्मा दारसहितैर्हिंसाप्रायाः कृताहितैः। अर्द्धनारीश्वरो रुद्र कथं मोक्षं गमिष्यति।

kudharmā dārasahitairhiṁsāprāyāḥ kṛtāhitaiḥ arddhanārīśvaro rudra kathaṁ mokṣaṁ gamiṣyati

these are false dharmas, mostly full of violence, practiced by those living with wives, doing harm to themselves. How shall Rudra, half in the form of a woman, lead one to liberation?

Verse 318 (padma.1.13.318)

वृतो भूतगणैर्भूरिभूषितश्चास्थिभिस्तथा। न स्वर्गो नैव मोक्षोत्र लोकाः क्लिश्यंति वै तथा।

vṛto bhūtagaṇairbhūribhūṣitaścāsthibhistathā na svargo naiva mokṣotra lokāḥ kliśyaṁti vai tathā

Surrounded by hosts of ghosts, and heavily adorned with bones — there is here neither heaven nor liberation; people merely suffer thereby.

Verse 319 (padma.1.13.319)

हिंसायामास्थितो विष्णुः कथं मोक्षं गमिष्यति। रजोगुणात्मको ब्रह्मा स्वां सृष्टिमुपजीवति।

hiṁsāyāmāsthito viṣṇuḥ kathaṁ mokṣaṁ gamiṣyati rajoguṇātmako brahmā svāṁ sṛṣṭimupajīvati

Vishnu too, engaged in violence, how shall he lead one to liberation? Brahma, whose nature is rajas, lives off his own creation.

Verse 320 (padma.1.13.320)

देवर्षयोथ ये चान्ये वैदिकं पक्षमाश्रिताः। हिंसाप्रायाः सदा क्रूरा मांसादाः पापकारिणः।

devarṣayotha ye cānye vaidikaṁ pakṣamāśritāḥ hiṁsāprāyāḥ sadā krūrā māṁsādāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ

And the divine sages, and others who follow the Vedic side, are mostly violent, ever cruel, eaters of flesh, and doers of sin.

Verse 321 (padma.1.13.321)

सुरास्तु मद्यपानेन मांसादा ब्राह्मणास्त्वमी। धर्मेणानेन कः स्वर्गं कथं मोक्षं गमिष्यति।

surāstu madyapānena māṁsādā brāhmaṇāstvamī dharmeṇānena kaḥ svargaṁ kathaṁ mokṣaṁ gamiṣyati

The gods are given to drinking wine, and these brahmins are eaters of flesh. By such a dharma, who shall reach heaven, and how shall liberation be attained?

Verse 322 (padma.1.13.322)

यच्च यज्ञादिकं कर्म स्मार्तं श्राद्धादिकं तथा। तत्र नैवापवर्गोस्ति यत्रैषा श्रूयते श्रुतिः।

yacca yajñādikaṁ karma smārtaṁ śrāddhādikaṁ tathā tatra naivāpavargosti yatraiṣā śrūyate śrutiḥ

Sacrificial rites and the smarta rites like shraddha — wherever this Vedic revelation is proclaimed, there is no final liberation to be found.

Verse 323 (padma.1.13.323)

यज्ञं कृत्वा पशुं हत्वा कृत्वा रुधिरकर्दमम्। यद्येवं गम्यते स्वर्गो नरकः केन गम्यते।

yajñaṁ kṛtvā paśuṁ hatvā kṛtvā rudhirakardamam yadyevaṁ gamyate svargo narakaḥ kena gamyate

If, by performing sacrifice, killing an animal, and making a mire of blood, one reaches heaven this way — then by what means does one reach hell?

Verse 324 (padma.1.13.324)

यदि भुक्तमिहान्येन तृप्तिरन्यस्य जायते। दद्यात्प्रवसतः श्राद्धं न स भोजनमाहरेत्।

yadi bhuktamihānyena tṛptiranyasya jāyate dadyātpravasataḥ śrāddhaṁ na sa bhojanamāharet

If, when food is eaten here by one person, another's hunger is thereby satisfied, then let the shraddha-offering simply be sent to one who is traveling abroad — he need not take food himself.

Verse 325 (padma.1.13.325)

आकाशगामिनो विप्राः पतिता मांसभक्षणात्। तेषां न विद्यते स्वर्गो मोक्षो नैवेह दानवाः।

ākāśagāmino viprāḥ patitā māṁsabhakṣaṇāt teṣāṁ na vidyate svargo mokṣo naiveha dānavāḥ

Brahmins who once could move through the sky have fallen because of eating flesh; O danavas, for them there exists neither heaven nor liberation here.

Verse 326 (padma.1.13.326)

जातस्य जीवितं जंतोरिष्टं सर्वस्य जायते। आत्ममांसोपमं मांसं कथं खादेत पंडितः।

jātasya jīvitaṁ jaṁtoriṣṭaṁ sarvasya jāyate ātmamāṁsopamaṁ māṁsaṁ kathaṁ khādeta paṁḍitaḥ

Life is dear to every creature that is born; flesh is comparable to one's own flesh — how then could a wise man ever eat it?

Verse 327 (padma.1.13.327)

योनिजास्तु कथं योनिं सेवंते जंतवस्त्वमी। मैथुनेन कथं स्वर्गं यास्यंते दानवेश्वर। मृद्भस्मना यत्रशुद्धिस्तत्र शुद्धिस्तु का भवेत्।

yonijāstu kathaṁ yoniṁ sevaṁte jaṁtavastvamī maithunena kathaṁ svargaṁ yāsyaṁte dānaveśvara mṛdbhasmanā yatraśuddhistatra śuddhistu kā bhavet

And how do these creatures, themselves born from a womb, again resort to a womb? How, O lord of danavas, shall union bring one to heaven? Where purity is claimed through mere mud and ashes, what real purity can there be?

Verse 328 (padma.1.13.328)

विपरीततमं लोकं पश्य दानव यादृशम्। विण्मूत्रस्य कृतोत्सर्गे शिश्नापाने तु शोधनम्।

viparītatamaṁ lokaṁ paśya dānava yādṛśam viṇmūtrasya kṛtotsarge śiśnāpāne tu śodhanam

Behold, O danava, how utterly topsy-turvy this world is. After excreting urine and feces, purification is performed only for the organ,

Verse 329 (padma.1.13.329)

भुक्ते वा भोजने राजन्कथं नापानशिश्नयोः।

bhukte vā bhojane rājankathaṁ nāpānaśiśnayoḥ

but, O king, why after eating a meal is purification not likewise performed for both the mouth and the organ?

Verse 330 (padma.1.13.330)

क्रियते शोधनं तद्वद्विपरीता स्थितिस्त्वियम्। यत्र प्रक्षालनं प्रोक्तं तत्र तेनैव कुर्वते।

kriyate śodhanaṁ tadvadviparītā sthitistviyam yatra prakṣālanaṁ proktaṁ tatra tenaiva kurvate

As purification is performed for the one, so it is not for the other — this state of affairs is entirely contradictory. Wherever washing is prescribed, they perform it only in that selective manner.

Verse 331 (padma.1.13.331)

तारां बृंहस्पतेर्भार्यां हृत्वा सोमः पुरा गतः। तस्यां जातो बुधः पुत्रो गुरुर्जग्राह तां पुनः।

tārāṁ bṛṁhaspaterbhāryāṁ hṛtvā somaḥ purā gataḥ tasyāṁ jāto budhaḥ putro gururjagrāha tāṁ punaḥ

In ancient times, Soma carried off Tara, the wife of Brihaspati; a son, Budha, was born to her, and the guru took her back again.

Verse 332 (padma.1.13.332)

गौतमस्य मुनेः पत्नीमहल्यां नाम नामतः। अगृह्णात्तां स्वयं शक्रः पश्य धर्मो यथाविधः।

gautamasya muneḥ patnīmahalyāṁ nāma nāmataḥ agṛhṇāttāṁ svayaṁ śakraḥ paśya dharmo yathāvidhaḥ

The wife of the sage Gautama, named Ahalya — Shakra himself violated her. See, then, what dharma truly amounts to!

Verse 333 (padma.1.13.333)

एतदन्यच्च जगति दृश्यते पापदायकम्। एवंविधो यत्र धर्मः परमार्थो मतस्तु कः।

etadanyacca jagati dṛśyate pāpadāyakam evaṁvidho yatra dharmaḥ paramārtho matastu kaḥ

This and much else besides is seen in the world, all bringing sin — where dharma is of such a kind, what ultimate truth can there be in it?'

Verse 334 (padma.1.13.334)

वदस्व त्वं दानवेंद्र वद भूयो वदामि ते। गुरोस्तु गदितं श्रुत्वा परमार्थान्वितं वचः।

vadasva tvaṁ dānaveṁdra vada bhūyo vadāmi te gurostu gaditaṁ śrutvā paramārthānvitaṁ vacaḥ

'Speak, O lord of the danavas, speak, and I shall tell you still more.' Hearing the guru's words, which seemed laden with ultimate truth,

Verse 335 (padma.1.13.335)

जातकौतूहलास्तत्र विविक्तास्तु भवार्णवात्। दानवा ऊचुः। दीक्षयस्व गुरो सर्वान्प्रपन्नान्भक्तितः स्थितान्।

jātakautūhalāstatra viviktāstu bhavārṇavāt dānavā ūcuḥ dīkṣayasva guro sarvānprapannānbhaktitaḥ sthitān

the danavas, filled with curiosity there, as if set apart from the ocean of worldly existence, said: 'O guru, initiate us all, who stand devoted and have taken refuge in you,

Verse 336 (padma.1.13.336)

येन वै न पुनर्मोहं व्रजामस्तव शासनात्। सुविरक्ताः स्म संसारे शोकमोहप्रदायिनि।

yena vai na punarmohaṁ vrajāmastava śāsanāt suviraktāḥ sma saṁsāre śokamohapradāyini

so that, by your instruction, we may never again fall into delusion; we have become utterly detached from this world, which brings only grief and delusion.

Verse 337 (padma.1.13.337)

उद्धरस्व गुरो सर्वान्केशाकर्षेण कूपतः। कस्य देवस्य शरणं गच्छामो ब्राह्मणोत्तम।

uddharasva guro sarvānkeśākarṣeṇa kūpataḥ kasya devasya śaraṇaṁ gacchāmo brāhmaṇottama

O guru, draw us all up from this well, even by the hair if need be. O best of brahmins, whose divine refuge should we seek?

Verse 338 (padma.1.13.338)

दैवतं च प्रपन्नानां प्रकाशय महामते। स्मरणेनोपवासेन ध्यानधारणया तथा।

daivataṁ ca prapannānāṁ prakāśaya mahāmate smaraṇenopavāsena dhyānadhāraṇayā tathā

O great-minded one, reveal to us, who have taken refuge, that deity we should worship. By remembrance, by fasting, and likewise by meditation and concentration,

Verse 339 (padma.1.13.339)

पूजोपहारे च कृते अपवर्गस्तु लभ्यते। विरक्तास्स्म कुटुंबे तु भूयो नात्र यतामहे।

pūjopahāre ca kṛte apavargastu labhyate viraktāssma kuṭuṁbe tu bhūyo nātra yatāmahe

and by offering worship, final liberation is attained. We have become detached from family life; we shall strive no further here.'

Verse 340 (padma.1.13.340)

एवं चैव गुरुश्छन्नस्तैरुक्तो दनुपुंगवैः। चिंतयामास तत्कार्यं कथमेतत्करोम्यहम्।

evaṁ caiva guruśchannastairukto danupuṁgavaiḥ ciṁtayāmāsa tatkāryaṁ kathametatkaromyaham

Thus addressed by the sons of Danu, the disguised guru pondered: 'How am I to accomplish this task?

Verse 341 (padma.1.13.341)

कथमेते मया पापाः कर्तव्या नरकौकसः। विडंबनाच्छ्रुतेर्बाह्यास्त्रैलोक्ये हास्यकारिणः।

kathamete mayā pāpāḥ kartavyā narakaukasaḥ viḍaṁbanācchruterbāhyāstrailokye hāsyakāriṇaḥ

How am I to make these ones sinners, dwellers destined for hell — cast, through deception, outside the Vedic revelation, objects of ridicule in the three worlds?'

Verse 342 (padma.1.13.342)

इत्युक्त्वा धिषणो राजंश्चिन्तयामास केशवम्। तस्य तच्चिंतितं ज्ञात्वा मायामोहं जनार्दनः।

ityuktvā dhiṣaṇo rājaṁścintayāmāsa keśavam tasya tacciṁtitaṁ jñātvā māyāmohaṁ janārdanaḥ

O king, having thought thus, Dhishana (Brihaspati) meditated upon Keshava. Knowing what was troubling his mind, Janardana,

Verse 343 (padma.1.13.343)

समुत्पाद्य ददौ तस्य प्राह चेदं बृहस्पतिम्। मायामोहोयमखिलांस्तान्दैत्यान्मोहयिष्यति।

samutpādya dadau tasya prāha cedaṁ bṛhaspatim māyāmohoyamakhilāṁstāndaityānmohayiṣyati

having brought forth Mayamoha (Delusion incarnate), gave him to Brihaspati and said this to him: 'This Mayamoha, together with you, shall delude all those daityas,

Verse 344 (padma.1.13.344)

भवता सहितः सर्वान्वेदमार्गबहिष्कृतान्। एवमादिश्य भगवानंतर्द्धानं जगाम ह।

bhavatā sahitaḥ sarvānvedamārgabahiṣkṛtān evamādiśya bhagavānaṁtarddhānaṁ jagāma ha

casting them out from the path of the Veda.' Having given this instruction, the Lord then vanished.

Verse 345 (padma.1.13.345)

तपस्यभिरतान्सोथ मायामोहो गतोऽसुरान्। तेषां समीपमागत्य बृहस्पतिरुवाच ह।

tapasyabhiratānsotha māyāmoho gato'surān teṣāṁ samīpamāgatya bṛhaspatiruvāca ha

Then Mayamoha went to those asuras who were absorbed in austerity; approaching them, Brihaspati, in disguise, spoke —

Verse 346 (padma.1.13.346)

अनुग्रहार्थं युष्माकं भक्त्या प्रीतस्त्विहागतः। योगी दिगम्बरो मुण्डो बर्हिपत्रधरो ह्ययम्।

anugrahārthaṁ yuṣmākaṁ bhaktyā prītastvihāgataḥ yogī digambaro muṇḍo barhipatradharo hyayam

'For your blessing, moved by devotion and pleasure, this one has come here — a yogi, sky-clad, shaven-headed, bearing peacock feathers.'

Verse 347 (padma.1.13.347)

इत्युक्ते गुरुणा पश्चान्मायामोहोब्रवीद्वचः। भो भो दैत्याधिपतयः प्रब्रूत तपसि स्थिताः।

ityukte guruṇā paścānmāyāmohobravīdvacaḥ bho bho daityādhipatayaḥ prabrūta tapasi sthitāḥ

When the guru had spoken thus, Mayamoha then said: 'Ho, lords of the daityas, established in austerity, tell me —

Verse 348 (padma.1.13.348)

एहिकार्थं तु पारक्यं तपसः फलमिच्छथ। दानवा ऊचुः। पारक्यधर्मलाभाय तपश्चर्या हि नो मता।

ehikārthaṁ tu pārakyaṁ tapasaḥ phalamicchatha dānavā ūcuḥ pārakyadharmalābhāya tapaścaryā hi no matā

do you desire the fruit of your austerity for this world, or for the world beyond?' The danavas said: 'Our practice of austerity is intended only for the sake of gaining dharma of the world beyond;

Verse 349 (padma.1.13.349)

अस्माभिरियमारब्धा किं वा तत्र विवक्षितम्। दिगंबर उवाच। कुरुध्वं मम वाक्यानि यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सथ।

asmābhiriyamārabdhā kiṁ vā tatra vivakṣitam digaṁbara uvāca kurudhvaṁ mama vākyāni yadi muktimabhīpsatha

this is what we have undertaken; what more is there to say?' The sky-clad one said: 'If you desire liberation, follow my words.

Verse 350 (padma.1.13.350)

आर्हतं सर्वमेतच्च मुक्तिद्वारमसंवृतम्। धर्माद्विमुक्तेरर्होयं नैतस्मादपरः परः।

ārhataṁ sarvametacca muktidvāramasaṁvṛtam dharmādvimukterarhoyaṁ naitasmādaparaḥ paraḥ

This entire Arhata teaching is the unobstructed door to liberation; this alone is worthy of the dharma of final release — nothing higher exists than this.

Verse 351 (padma.1.13.351)

अत्रैवावस्थिताः स्वर्गं मुक्तिं चापि गमिष्यथ। एवंप्रकारैर्बहुभिर्मुक्तिदर्शनवर्जितैः।

atraivāvasthitāḥ svargaṁ muktiṁ cāpi gamiṣyatha evaṁprakārairbahubhirmuktidarśanavarjitaiḥ

Remaining fixed in this alone, you shall attain both heaven and liberation.' By many such statements, devoid of any true vision of liberation,

Verse 352 (padma.1.13.352)

मायामोहेन ते दैत्याः वेदमार्गबहिष्कृताः। धर्मायैतदधर्माय सदेतदसदित्यपि।

māyāmohena te daityāḥ vedamārgabahiṣkṛtāḥ dharmāyaitadadharmāya sadetadasadityapi

Mayamoha thus cast those daityas out from the path of the Veda — saying 'this is for dharma, this for adharma,' 'this is real, this too is unreal,'

Verse 353 (padma.1.13.353)

विमुक्तये त्विदं नैतद्विमुक्तिं संप्रयच्छति। परमार्थोयमत्यर्थं परमार्थो न चाप्ययम्।

vimuktaye tvidaṁ naitadvimuktiṁ saṁprayacchati paramārthoyamatyarthaṁ paramārtho na cāpyayam

'this is for liberation,' 'no, this does not grant liberation,' 'this indeed is the highest truth,' and yet 'this too is not the highest truth' —

Verse 354 (padma.1.13.354)

कार्यमेतदकार्यं हि नैतदेतत्स्फुटं त्विदम्। दिग्वाससामयं धर्मो धर्मोयं बहुवाससाम्।

kāryametadakāryaṁ hi naitadetatsphuṭaṁ tvidam digvāsasāmayaṁ dharmo dharmoyaṁ bahuvāsasām

'this is to be done, this is not,' 'this is unclear, but this is not' — 'this is the dharma of the sky-clad ascetics, this the dharma of those who wear many garments' —

Verse 355 (padma.1.13.355)

इत्यनेकार्थवादांस्तु मायामोहेन ते यतः। उक्तास्ततोऽखिला दैत्याः स्वधर्मांस्त्याजिता नृप।

ityanekārthavādāṁstu māyāmohena te yataḥ uktāstato'khilā daityāḥ svadharmāṁstyājitā nṛpa

O king, by such many contradictory statements did Mayamoha address them, and thereby all the daityas were made to abandon their own proper dharma.

Verse 356 (padma.1.13.356)

अर्हध्वं मामकं धर्मं मायामोहेन ते यतः। उक्तास्तमाश्रिता धर्ममार्हतास्तेन तेभवन्।

arhadhvaṁ māmakaṁ dharmaṁ māyāmohena te yataḥ uktāstamāśritā dharmamārhatāstena tebhavan

'Accept my dharma as worthy' — thus addressed by Mayamoha, and taking refuge in that teaching, they became known, on that very account, as Arhatas.

Verse 357 (padma.1.13.357)

त्रयीमार्गं समुत्सृज्य मायामोहेन तेसुराः। कारितास्तन्मया ह्यासंस्तथान्ये तत्प्रबोधिताः।

trayīmārgaṁ samutsṛjya māyāmohena tesurāḥ kāritāstanmayā hyāsaṁstathānye tatprabodhitāḥ

Abandoning the path of the threefold Veda entirely, those asuras were made so by Mayamoha; and by them, in turn, others too were awakened to that same teaching.

Verse 358 (padma.1.13.358)

तैरप्यन्ये परे तैश्च तैरन्योन्यैस्तथापरे। नमोऽर्हते चेति सर्वे संगमे स्थिरवादिनः।

tairapyanye pare taiśca tairanyonyaistathāpare namo'rhate ceti sarve saṁgame sthiravādinaḥ

By them still others, and by those others yet more, thus one after another — all of them together became firm, proclaiming 'Homage to the Arhat!'

Verse 359 (padma.1.13.359)

अल्पैरहोभिः संत्यक्ता तैर्दैत्यैः प्रायशस्त्रयी। पुनश्च रक्तांबरधृन्मायामोहो जितेक्षणः।

alpairahobhiḥ saṁtyaktā tairdaityaiḥ prāyaśastrayī punaśca raktāṁbaradhṛnmāyāmoho jitekṣaṇaḥ

Within just a few days, the threefold Veda was, for the most part, entirely abandoned by those daityas. Then Mayamoha, now clad in red garments, his gaze subdued,

Verse 360 (padma.1.13.360)

सोन्यानप्यसुरान्गत्वा ऊचेन्यन्मधुराक्षरम्। स्वर्गार्थं यदि वो वाञ्छा निर्वाणार्थाय वा पुनः।

sonyānapyasurāngatvā ūcenyanmadhurākṣaram svargārthaṁ yadi vo vāñchā nirvāṇārthāya vā punaḥ

went to yet other asuras, and spoke to them in other sweet words: 'If your desire is for heaven, or again for the sake of nirvana,

Verse 361 (padma.1.13.361)

तदलं पशुघातादि दुष्टधर्मैर्निबोधत। विज्ञानमयमेतद्वै त्वशेषमधिगच्छत।

tadalaṁ paśughātādi duṣṭadharmairnibodhata vijñānamayametadvai tvaśeṣamadhigacchata

then have done with animal-slaughter and such corrupt practices — understand this. All this is made of true knowledge — attain it in its entirety.

Verse 362 (padma.1.13.362)

बुध्यध्वं मे वचः सम्यग्बुधैरेवमिहोदितम्। जगदेतदनाधारं भ्रांतिज्ञानानुतत्परम्।

budhyadhvaṁ me vacaḥ samyagbudhairevamihoditam jagadetadanādhāraṁ bhrāṁtijñānānutatparam

Understand my words rightly, as the wise have declared here. This world is without any real support, intent only on delusive knowledge;

Verse 363 (padma.1.13.363)

रागादिदुष्टमत्यर्थं भ्राम्यते भवसंकटे। नानाप्रकारं वचनं स तेषां मुक्तियोजितम्।

rāgādiduṣṭamatyarthaṁ bhrāmyate bhavasaṁkaṭe nānāprakāraṁ vacanaṁ sa teṣāṁ muktiyojitam

utterly corrupted by passion and the like, it wanders in the perilous round of existence.' He spoke to them in many ways, as if leading them toward liberation.

Verse 364 (padma.1.13.364)

तथा तथावदद्धर्मं तत्यजुस्ते यथायथा। केचिद्विनिंदां वेदानां देवानामपरे नृप।

tathā tathāvadaddharmaṁ tatyajuste yathāyathā kecidviniṁdāṁ vedānāṁ devānāmapare nṛpa

In whatever way he spoke of dharma, in just that way they abandoned it; O king, some began to revile the Vedas, others the gods,

Verse 365 (padma.1.13.365)

यज्ञकर्मकलापस्य तथा चान्ये द्विजन्मनाम्। नैतद्युक्तिसहं वाक्यं हिंसा धर्माय जायते।

yajñakarmakalāpasya tathā cānye dvijanmanām naitadyuktisahaṁ vākyaṁ hiṁsā dharmāya jāyate

and others still the whole body of sacrificial rites, and others the twice-born — 'This statement cannot withstand reason, that violence should give rise to dharma.

Verse 366 (padma.1.13.366)

हवींष्यनलदग्धानि फलान्यर्हंति कोविदाः। निहतस्य पशोर्यज्ञे स्वर्गप्राप्तिर्यदीष्यते।

havīṁṣyanaladagdhāni phalānyarhaṁti kovidāḥ nihatasya paśoryajñe svargaprāptiryadīṣyate

How can offerings burned in fire, as the learned themselves say, bring any fruit? If it is held that an animal slain in sacrifice attains heaven,

Verse 367 (padma.1.13.367)

स्वपिता यजमानेन किं वा तत्र न हन्यते। तृप्तये जायते पुंसो भुक्तमन्येन चेद्यदि।

svapitā yajamānena kiṁ vā tatra na hanyate tṛptaye jāyate puṁso bhuktamanyena cedyadi

then why does the sacrificer not also slay his own father there? If, when one man eats, another's hunger is thereby satisfied,

Verse 368 (padma.1.13.368)

दद्याच्छ्राद्धं प्रवसतो न वहेयुः प्रवासिनः। यज्ञैरनेकैर्देवत्वमवाप्येंद्रेण भुज्यते।

dadyācchrāddhaṁ pravasato na vaheyuḥ pravāsinaḥ yajñairanekairdevatvamavāpyeṁdreṇa bhujyate

then simply send the shraddha-offering to the traveler, and travelers need not carry provisions at all.' Godhood, gained through many sacrifices, is in the end enjoyed only by Indra —

Verse 369 (padma.1.13.369)

शम्यादि यदि चेत्काष्ठं तद्वरं पत्रभुक्पशुः। जना श्रद्धेयमित्येतदवगम्य तु तद्वचः।

śamyādi yadi cetkāṣṭhaṁ tadvaraṁ patrabhukpaśuḥ janā śraddheyamityetadavagamya tu tadvacaḥ

'and if the shami-wood merely matters, then a leaf-eating animal is better still.' People, taking this teaching to be trustworthy,

Verse 370 (padma.1.13.370)

उपेक्ष्य श्रेयसे वाक्यं रोचतां यन्मयेरितम्। न ह्याप्तवादा नभसो निपतंति महासुराः।

upekṣya śreyase vākyaṁ rocatāṁ yanmayeritam na hyāptavādā nabhaso nipataṁti mahāsurāḥ

set aside the teaching meant for their true good and found what I declared pleasing instead — for, O great asuras, trustworthy sayings do not simply fall from the sky.

Verse 371 (padma.1.13.371)

युक्तिमद्वचनं ग्राह्यं मयान्यैश्च भवद्विधैः। दानवा ऊचुः। तत्ववादे वयं सर्वे प्रपन्नास्तव भक्तितः।

yuktimadvacanaṁ grāhyaṁ mayānyaiśca bhavadvidhaiḥ dānavā ūcuḥ tatvavāde vayaṁ sarve prapannāstava bhaktitaḥ

A reasoned statement is what people like me, and like you, ought to accept.' The danavas said: 'In this true doctrine, we have all taken refuge in you, out of devotion.

Verse 372 (padma.1.13.372)

कुरुष्वानुग्रहं चाद्य प्रसन्नोसि यदि प्रभो। संभारानाहरामोद्य दीक्षायोग्यांश्च सर्वशः।

kuruṣvānugrahaṁ cādya prasannosi yadi prabho saṁbhārānāharāmodya dīkṣāyogyāṁśca sarvaśaḥ

O Lord, if you are pleased, show us your grace today; we shall bring all the materials fitting for our initiation,

Verse 373 (padma.1.13.373)

प्रसादात्तव येनाशु मोक्षो हस्तगतो भवेत्। ततस्तानब्रवीत्सर्वान्मायामोहोसुरांस्तदा।

prasādāttava yenāśu mokṣo hastagato bhavet tatastānabravītsarvānmāyāmohosurāṁstadā

so that, through your grace, liberation may swiftly come into our very hands.' Then Mayamoha spoke to all those asuras —

Verse 374 (padma.1.13.374)

प्रपन्नः शासनं ह्येष मदीयो गुरुरग्र्यधीः। दीक्षां दास्यति युष्माकं निदेशान्मम सत्तमः।

prapannaḥ śāsanaṁ hyeṣa madīyo gururagryadhīḥ dīkṣāṁ dāsyati yuṣmākaṁ nideśānmama sattamaḥ

'This foremost-minded guru of mine has accepted my teaching; this most excellent one shall give you initiation at my command —

Verse 375 (padma.1.13.375)

एतान्दीक्षय भो ब्रह्मन्वचनान्मम पुत्रकान्। गते मोहे दानवास्ते भार्गवं वाक्यमब्रुवन्।

etāndīkṣaya bho brahmanvacanānmama putrakān gate mohe dānavāste bhārgavaṁ vākyamabruvan

initiate these, my children, O brahmin.' When Mayamoha had gone, those danavas spoke these words to the one in Bhargava's (Shukra's) disguise —

Verse 376 (padma.1.13.376)

देहि दीक्षां महाभाग सर्वसंसारमोचनीम्। तथेत्याहोशना दैत्यान्गच्छामो नर्मदामनु।

dehi dīkṣāṁ mahābhāga sarvasaṁsāramocanīm tathetyāhośanā daityāngacchāmo narmadāmanu

'O illustrious one, grant us that initiation which frees one from the whole of worldly existence.' 'So be it,' said Ushanas to the daityas — 'let us go along the Narmada.

Verse 377 (padma.1.13.377)

भोभोस्त्यजत वासांसि दीक्षां कारयितास्मि वः। एवं ते दानवा भीष्म भृगुरूपेण धीमता।

bhobhostyajata vāsāṁsi dīkṣāṁ kārayitāsmi vaḥ evaṁ te dānavā bhīṣma bhṛgurūpeṇa dhīmatā

Ho, ho, cast off your garments — I shall have you initiated.' Thus, O Bhishma, that wise one in Bhrigu's form,

Verse 378 (padma.1.13.378)

आंगिरसेन ते तत्र कृता दिग्वाससोसुराः। बर्हिपिच्छध्वजं तेषां गुंजिका चारुमालिकां।

āṁgirasena te tatra kṛtā digvāsasosurāḥ barhipicchadhvajaṁ teṣāṁ guṁjikā cārumālikāṁ

the son of Angiras, there made those asuras into sky-clad ascetics. He gave them a banner of peacock feathers, and lovely garlands of gunja-berries,

Verse 379 (padma.1.13.379)

दत्वा चकार तेषां तु शिरसो लुंचनं ततः। केशस्योत्पाटनं चैव परमं धर्मसाधनम्।

datvā cakāra teṣāṁ tu śiraso luṁcanaṁ tataḥ keśasyotpāṭanaṁ caiva paramaṁ dharmasādhanam

and then had the hair plucked out from their heads. 'The plucking out of the hair is indeed the supreme means of accomplishing dharma —

Verse 380 (padma.1.13.380)

धनानामीश्वरो देवो धनदः केशलुंचनात्। सिद्धिं परमिकां प्राप्ताः सदा वेषस्य धारणात्।

dhanānāmīśvaro devo dhanadaḥ keśaluṁcanāt siddhiṁ paramikāṁ prāptāḥ sadā veṣasya dhāraṇāt

the god who is lord of riches, Dhanada (Kubera), attained his very position through hair-plucking. By ever wearing this garb alone, the highest perfection is attained;

Verse 381 (padma.1.13.381)

नित्यत्वं लभ्यते ह्येवं पुरा प्राहार्हतः स्वयम्। वालोत्पाटेन देवत्वं मानुषैर्लभ्यते त्विह।

nityatvaṁ labhyate hyevaṁ purā prāhārhataḥ svayam vālotpāṭena devatvaṁ mānuṣairlabhyate tviha

Eternity indeed is thus obtained — so the Arhat himself declared of old. By plucking out the hair, godhood is here attained by men.

Verse 382 (padma.1.13.382)

किं न कुर्वीत तत्तस्मान्महापुण्यप्रदं यतः। मनोरथो हि देवानां लोके वै मानुषे कदा।

kiṁ na kurvīta tattasmānmahāpuṇyapradaṁ yataḥ manoratho hi devānāṁ loke vai mānuṣe kadā

Then why would one not do this, since it grants such great merit? For it is even the gods' own heartfelt wish — when, in the human world,

Verse 383 (padma.1.13.383)

अस्मिन्स्याद्भारते वर्षे जन्मनः श्रावके कुले। तपसा युञ्ज्महेस्मान्वै केशोत्पाटनपूर्वकम्।

asminsyādbhārate varṣe janmanaḥ śrāvake kule tapasā yuñjmahesmānvai keśotpāṭanapūrvakam

might one be born, here in the land of Bharata, into a family of Shravakas! Come, let us join ourselves to this austerity, beginning with the plucking of the hair.'

Verse 384 (padma.1.13.384)

तीर्थंकराश्चतुर्विंशत्तथा तैस्तु पुरस्कृताः। छायाकृतं फणींद्रेण ध्यानमार्गप्रदर्शकम्।

tīrthaṁkarāścaturviṁśattathā taistu puraskṛtāḥ chāyākṛtaṁ phaṇīṁdreṇa dhyānamārgapradarśakam

The twenty-four Tirthankaras, honored by them — one shaded by the lord of serpents — showing the path of meditation,

Verse 385 (padma.1.13.385)

स्तुवन्तं मंत्रवादेन स्वर्गो हस्तगतोर्हतं। मोक्षो वा भविता नूनं विचारः कोत्र कथ्यते।

stuvantaṁ maṁtravādena svargo hastagatorhataṁ mokṣo vā bhavitā nūnaṁ vicāraḥ kotra kathyate

praising them with recitation of mantras — 'through the Arhat, heaven has come into our very hands, or surely liberation shall be ours — what doubt remains to be spoken of here?'

Verse 386 (padma.1.13.386)

कदा स्यामर्षयो भूत्वा सूर्याग्निसमतेजसः। जप्त्वा विरागिणश्चैवमनुपंचांगकं तथा।

kadā syāmarṣayo bhūtvā sūryāgnisamatejasaḥ japtvā virāgiṇaścaivamanupaṁcāṁgakaṁ tathā

'When shall we become sages of splendor equal to sun and fire, detached, reciting the vows of this five-limbed observance?

Verse 387 (padma.1.13.387)

तथा तपस्यतां मृत्युं गतानां कालपर्ययात्। पाषाणेन शिरोभग्नं भवते पुण्यकर्मणाम्।

tathā tapasyatāṁ mṛtyuṁ gatānāṁ kālaparyayāt pāṣāṇena śirobhagnaṁ bhavate puṇyakarmaṇām

So too, for those of meritorious deeds who, while practicing such austerity, meet death in the course of time — even having the head broken by a stone is held to be auspicious.

Verse 388 (padma.1.13.388)

अरण्ये निर्जने वासःकदा वै भविता हि नः। कर्णजप्यं श्रावकाश्च करिष्यंति समाहिताः।

araṇye nirjane vāsaḥkadā vai bhavitā hi naḥ karṇajapyaṁ śrāvakāśca kariṣyaṁti samāhitāḥ

When indeed shall we dwell in a lonely forest?' And the Shravakas, composed in mind, will perform whispered recitation into the ear.

Verse 389 (padma.1.13.389)

भोभो ऋषे न गंतव्यं मोक्षमार्गी यतो भवान्। लब्धानि यानि स्थानानि भूयोवृत्तिकराणि च।

bhobho ṛṣe na gaṁtavyaṁ mokṣamārgī yato bhavān labdhāni yāni sthānāni bhūyovṛttikarāṇi ca

'Ho, O sage, there is no need to go elsewhere, since you yourself already walk the path of liberation. Whatever positions have been attained, which bring further worldly livelihood,

Verse 390 (padma.1.13.390)

त्याज्यानि तेन चैतानि सत्यमेव वचो हि नः। अस्मदीयेन तपसा नियमैर्विविधैस्तथा।

tyājyāni tena caitāni satyameva vaco hi naḥ asmadīyena tapasā niyamairvividhaistathā

these are to be abandoned — this indeed is our true teaching. By our own austerity, and by various vows besides,

Verse 391 (padma.1.13.391)

व्रजध्वं चोत्तमं स्थानं मोक्षमार्गं च यं बुधाः। विंदंति भक्तिभावेन तपोयुक्तास्तपस्विनः।

vrajadhvaṁ cottamaṁ sthānaṁ mokṣamārgaṁ ca yaṁ budhāḥ viṁdaṁti bhaktibhāvena tapoyuktāstapasvinaḥ

go forth to that supreme abode, that path of liberation, which the wise attain through devotion, ascetics joined with austerity.

Verse 392 (padma.1.13.392)

अक्षेषु निग्रहो यत्र दयाभूतेषु सर्वदा। तत्तपोधर्ममित्युक्तं सर्वा चान्या विडंबना।

akṣeṣu nigraho yatra dayābhūteṣu sarvadā tattapodharmamityuktaṁ sarvā cānyā viḍaṁbanā

Where there is restraint over the senses, and compassion toward all beings always — that alone is called the true dharma of austerity; all else is mere pretense.

Verse 393 (padma.1.13.393)

ज्ञात्वैतद्भवता साध्यं गंतव्यं परमं पदम्। यां वै तीर्थंकरा याता यां गतिं योगिनो गताः।

jñātvaitadbhavatā sādhyaṁ gaṁtavyaṁ paramaṁ padam yāṁ vai tīrthaṁkarā yātā yāṁ gatiṁ yogino gatāḥ

Knowing this, you must attain that supreme state — the state to which the Tirthankaras went, that destination which the yogis reached.'

Verse 394 (padma.1.13.394)

एवं वै देवताः पूर्वं विद्याधरमहोरगाः। मनोरथाभिलाषांस्ते चिंतयंतो दिवानिशम्।

evaṁ vai devatāḥ pūrvaṁ vidyādharamahoragāḥ manorathābhilāṣāṁste ciṁtayaṁto divāniśam

In just this way, formerly, the gods, vidyadharas, and great serpents too, pondering these same longings day and night —

Verse 395 (padma.1.13.395)

यद्येषणा वै युष्माकं संसारविरतौ कृता। परित्यजध्वं दाराणि स्वर्गमार्गार्गलानि च।

yadyeṣaṇā vai yuṣmākaṁ saṁsāraviratau kṛtā parityajadhvaṁ dārāṇi svargamārgārgalāni ca

'If your desire is truly set on release from worldly existence, then abandon your wives, who are but bolts barring the path to heaven.

Verse 396 (padma.1.13.396)

यस्यां योनौ पिता यातस्तां योनिं सेवसे कथम्। आत्ममांसोपमं मांसं कथं खादंति जंतवः।

yasyāṁ yonau pitā yātastāṁ yoniṁ sevase katham ātmamāṁsopamaṁ māṁsaṁ kathaṁ khādaṁti jaṁtavaḥ

That very womb into which your own father once went — how can you resort to that same womb? How can creatures eat flesh, comparable to their own flesh?'

Verse 397 (padma.1.13.397)

ततस्ते दानवा भीष्मा ऊचुः सर्वे गुरुं वचः। दीक्षस्व नो महाभाग भ्रूणकानग्रतः स्थितान्।

tataste dānavā bhīṣmā ūcuḥ sarve guruṁ vacaḥ dīkṣasva no mahābhāga bhrūṇakānagrataḥ sthitān

O Bhishma, then all those danavas spoke this word to their guru: 'O illustrious one, initiate us all, standing before you like unformed infants.'

Verse 398 (padma.1.13.398)

तथा कृत्वा स तानाह समयेन पुरोहितः। प्रणामो नान्यदेवेषु कर्तव्यो वः कदाचन।

tathā kṛtvā sa tānāha samayena purohitaḥ praṇāmo nānyadeveṣu kartavyo vaḥ kadācana

Having done so, the priest bound them under a vow and said: 'You must never bow down to any other god.

Verse 399 (padma.1.13.399)

एकस्थाने यदा भक्तं भोक्तव्यं करसंपुटे। तत्रस्थाने स्थितं तोयं केशकीटविवर्जितम्।

ekasthāne yadā bhaktaṁ bhoktavyaṁ karasaṁpuṭe tatrasthāne sthitaṁ toyaṁ keśakīṭavivarjitam

Whenever food is to be taken, it must be eaten in one place, from cupped hands; and the water kept there must be free of hair and insects.

Verse 400 (padma.1.13.400)

तुल्यं प्रियाप्रियं कार्यं नान्यदृष्टिहतं क्वचित्। भोक्तव्यमेतेन विभो आचारेण तथा कुरु।

tulyaṁ priyāpriyaṁ kāryaṁ nānyadṛṣṭihataṁ kvacit bhoktavyametena vibho ācāreṇa tathā kuru

The pleasant and unpleasant are to be treated alike; food seen by another's eyes must never be taken. O lord, food is to be eaten only by this observance — do accordingly.

Verse 401 (padma.1.13.401)

भवध्वं सहिता यूयं ते तथा मोक्षभागिनः। एवमुक्त्वा स नियमान्कृत्वा तान्दनुपुंगवान्।

bhavadhvaṁ sahitā yūyaṁ te tathā mokṣabhāginaḥ evamuktvā sa niyamānkṛtvā tāndanupuṁgavān

Remain thus united with one another, and in this way you shall become sharers in liberation.' Having said this, and having thus bound those sons of Danu to these vows,

Verse 402 (padma.1.13.402)

जगाम धिषणो राजन्देवलोकं दिवौकसाम्। आचचक्षे स तत्सर्वं दानवानां च कारितम्।

jagāma dhiṣaṇo rājandevalokaṁ divaukasām ācacakṣe sa tatsarvaṁ dānavānāṁ ca kāritam

O king, Dhishana (Brihaspati) then went to the world of the gods, and related to them all that he had accomplished among the danavas.

Verse 403 (padma.1.13.403)

ततस्ते त्वसुरा जग्मुर्नर्मदामभितो वसन्। दृष्ट्वा तान्दानवांस्तत्र प्रह्लादेन विना कृतान्।

tataste tvasurā jagmurnarmadāmabhito vasan dṛṣṭvā tāndānavāṁstatra prahlādena vinā kṛtān

Then those asuras went and settled around the Narmada. Seeing those danavas there, thus transformed, apart from Prahlada,

Verse 404 (padma.1.13.404)

देवराजस्ततो हृष्टो नमुचिं प्राह वै वचः। हिरण्याक्षं यज्ञहनं धर्मघ्नं वेदनिंदकम्।

devarājastato hṛṣṭo namuciṁ prāha vai vacaḥ hiraṇyākṣaṁ yajñahanaṁ dharmaghnaṁ vedaniṁdakam

the king of the gods, rejoicing, spoke this word to Namuchi — Hiranyaksha, destroyer of sacrifice, slayer of dharma, reviler of the Vedas,

Verse 405 (padma.1.13.405)

राक्षसं क्रूरकर्माणं प्रघसं विघसं तथा। मुचिं चैव तथा बाणं विरोचनमथापि वा।

rākṣasaṁ krūrakarmāṇaṁ praghasaṁ vighasaṁ tathā muciṁ caiva tathā bāṇaṁ virocanamathāpi vā

the cruel-deeded Rakshasa, and Praghasa and Vighasa, Muchi, Bana, and Virochana too,

Verse 406 (padma.1.13.406)

महिषाक्षं बाष्कलं च प्रचंडं चंडकं तथा। रोचमानं तथात्युग्रं सुषेणं दानवोत्तमम्।

mahiṣākṣaṁ bāṣkalaṁ ca pracaṁḍaṁ caṁḍakaṁ tathā rocamānaṁ tathātyugraṁ suṣeṇaṁ dānavottamam

Mahishaksha, Bashkala, Prachanda, Chandaka, Rochamana, and the exceedingly fierce Sushena — these foremost danavas,

Verse 407 (padma.1.13.407)

एतान्दृष्ट्वा तथा चान्यान्दानवेंद्रानथाब्रवीत्। इन्द्र उवाच। दानवेंद्राः पुरा जाताः कृतं राज्यं त्रिविष्टपे।

etāndṛṣṭvā tathā cānyāndānaveṁdrānathābravīt indra uvāca dānaveṁdrāḥ purā jātāḥ kṛtaṁ rājyaṁ triviṣṭape

seeing these and other lords of the danavas thus, he spoke. Indra said: 'Lords of the danavas, you were born long ago, and once ruled even the three worlds;

Verse 408 (padma.1.13.408)

इदानीं कथमेवेदं व्रतं वेदविलोपकम्। भवद्भिः कर्तुमारब्धं नग्नमुंडिकमंडलु।

idānīṁ kathamevedaṁ vrataṁ vedavilopakam bhavadbhiḥ kartumārabdhaṁ nagnamuṁḍikamaṁḍalu

how then have you now taken up this vow that destroys the Veda — going naked, shaven-headed, bearing a water-pot,

Verse 409 (padma.1.13.409)

मयूरध्वजधारित्वं कथं चैवेह तिष्ठथ। दानवा ऊचुः। त्यक्तः सर्वासुरभाव ऋषिधर्मे वयं स्थिताः।

mayūradhvajadhāritvaṁ kathaṁ caiveha tiṣṭhatha dānavā ūcuḥ tyaktaḥ sarvāsurabhāva ṛṣidharme vayaṁ sthitāḥ

and carrying a peacock banner — why do you remain here like this?' The danavas said: 'We have wholly abandoned our asura nature; we are now established in the dharma of sages.

Verse 410 (padma.1.13.410)

धर्मवृद्धिकरं कर्म चरामः सर्वजंतुषु। त्रैलोक्यराज्यमखिलं भुंक्ष्व शक्र व्रजस्व च।

dharmavṛddhikaraṁ karma carāmaḥ sarvajaṁtuṣu trailokyarājyamakhilaṁ bhuṁkṣva śakra vrajasva ca

We perform only such deeds, toward all creatures, as increase dharma. Enjoy, O Shakra, the entire sovereignty of the three worlds, and go your way.'

Verse 411 (padma.1.13.411)

तथेति चोक्त्वा मघवा पुनर्यातस्त्रिविष्टपम्। एवं ते मोहिताः सर्वे भीष्म देवपुरोधसा।

tatheti coktvā maghavā punaryātastriviṣṭapam evaṁ te mohitāḥ sarve bhīṣma devapurodhasā

Saying 'so be it,' Maghavan (Indra) returned once more to heaven. Thus, O Bhishma, were all of them deluded by the priest of the gods.

Verse 412 (padma.1.13.412)

नर्मदा सरितं प्राप्य स्थिता दानवसत्तमाः। ज्ञात्वा शुक्रेण ते सर्वे वृत्तांतमनुबोधिताः।

narmadā saritaṁ prāpya sthitā dānavasattamāḥ jñātvā śukreṇa te sarve vṛttāṁtamanubodhitāḥ

Those foremost danavas, having reached the river Narmada, settled there; and learning the whole account from Shukra, they all became fully aware of the truth,

Verse 413 (padma.1.13.413)

तदा त्रैलोक्यहरणे चक्रुः क्रूरां पुनर्मतिम्।

tadā trailokyaharaṇe cakruḥ krūrāṁ punarmatim

and then they resolved once more, with cruel intent, upon seizing the three worlds.