Savitri's Dispute and Gayatri's Boon

Verse 1 (padma.1.17.1)

भीष्म उवाच। तस्मिन्यज्ञे किमाश्चर्यं तदासीद्द्विजसत्तम। कथं रुद्रःस्थितस्तत्र विष्णुश्चापि सुरोत्तमः

bhīṣma uvāca tasminyajñe kimāścaryaṁ tadāsīddvijasattama kathaṁ rudraḥsthitastatra viṣṇuścāpi surottamaḥ

Bhishma said: O best of the twice-born, what wonder took place at that sacrifice? How did Rudra come to stand there, and Vishnu too, the greatest of gods?

Verse 2 (padma.1.17.2)

आभीरःपुत्री गायत्र्या किं कृतं तत्र पत्नीत्वे स्थितया तया। आभीराः किं सुवृत्तज्ञैर्ज्ञात्वा तैश्च कृतं मुने

ābhīraḥputrī gāyatryā kiṁ kṛtaṁ tatra patnītve sthitayā tayā ābhīrāḥ kiṁ suvṛttajñairjñātvā taiśca kṛtaṁ mune

What happened when Gayatri, daughter of an Abhira, was made to stand there as his wife? O sage, on learning of this, what did the well-conducted Abhiras do?

Verse 3 (padma.1.17.3)

एतद्वृत्तं समाचक्ष्व यथावृत्तं यथाकृतम्। आभीरैर्ब्राह्मणाचापि ममैतत्कौतुकं महत्

etadvṛttaṁ samācakṣva yathāvṛttaṁ yathākṛtam ābhīrairbrāhmaṇācāpi mamaitatkautukaṁ mahat

Relate this event to me exactly as it happened and exactly as it was done, by the Abhiras and by the Brahmins alike; I have great curiosity about it.

Verse 4 (padma.1.17.4)

पुलस्त्य उवाच। तस्मिन्यज्ञे यदाश्चर्यं वृत्तमासीन्नराधिप। कथयिष्यामि तत्सर्वं शृणुष्वैकमना नृप

pulastya uvāca tasminyajñe yadāścaryaṁ vṛttamāsīnnarādhipa kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṁ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa

Pulastya said: O lord of men, I shall tell all of the wonder that occurred at that sacrifice; listen, O king, with a focused mind.

Verse 5 (padma.1.17.5)

रुद्रस्तु महदाश्चर्यं कृतवान्वै सदो गतः। निन्द्यरूपधरो देवस्तत्रायाद्द्विजसन्निधौ

rudrastu mahadāścaryaṁ kṛtavānvai sado gataḥ nindyarūpadharo devastatrāyāddvijasannidhau

Rudra performed a great wonder, going to the assembly hall; assuming a despicable form, the god came there into the presence of the twice-born.

Verse 6 (padma.1.17.6)

विष्णुना न कृतं किञ्चित्प्राधान्ये स यतःस्थितः। नाशं तु गोपकन्याया ज्ञात्वा गोपकुमारकाः

viṣṇunā na kṛtaṁ kiñcitprādhānye sa yataḥsthitaḥ nāśaṁ tu gopakanyāyā jñātvā gopakumārakāḥ

Vishnu did nothing at all, remaining aloof in his position of primacy; but the cowherd boys, on learning of the disappearance of the cowherd girl,

Verse 7 (padma.1.17.7)

गोप्यश्च तास्तथा सर्वा आगता ब्रह्मणोन्तिकम्। दृष्ट्वा तां मेखलाबद्धां यज्ञसीमव्यस्थिताम्

gopyaśca tāstathā sarvā āgatā brahmaṇontikam dṛṣṭvā tāṁ mekhalābaddhāṁ yajñasīmavyasthitām

and all the cowherd women too came near Brahma; seeing her bound with a girdle, standing at the boundary of the sacrifice,

Verse 8 (padma.1.17.8)

हा पुत्रीति तदा माता पिता हा पुत्रिकेति च। स्वसेति बान्धवाः सर्वे सख्यः सख्येन हासखि

hā putrīti tadā mātā pitā hā putriketi ca svaseti bāndhavāḥ sarve sakhyaḥ sakhyena hāsakhi

then the mother cried, 'Alas, daughter!', the father, 'Alas, my little daughter!', all the kinsmen, 'Sister!', and the friends cried out with their friend, 'Alas, friend!'

Verse 9 (padma.1.17.9)

केन त्वमिह चानीता अलक्तांका तु सुन्दरी। शाटीं निवृत्तांकृत्वा तु केन युक्ता च कम्बली

kena tvamiha cānītā alaktāṁkā tu sundarī śāṭīṁ nivṛttāṁkṛtvā tu kena yuktā ca kambalī

'O beautiful one marked with lac-dye, who brought you here? Who removed your sari and clothed you instead in a woolen wrap?

Verse 10 (padma.1.17.10)

केन चेयं जटा पुत्रि रक्तसूत्रावकल्पिता। एवंविधानि वाक्यानि श्रुत्वोवाच स्वयंहरिः

kena ceyaṁ jaṭā putri raktasūtrāvakalpitā evaṁvidhāni vākyāni śrutvovāca svayaṁhariḥ

Who has bound this matted hair of yours, O daughter, with a red thread?' Hearing such words, Hari himself then spoke:

Verse 11 (padma.1.17.11)

इह चास्माभिरानीता पत्न्यर्थं विनियोजिता। ब्रह्मणालम्बिता बाला प्रलापं माकृथास्त्विह

iha cāsmābhirānītā patnyarthaṁ viniyojitā brahmaṇālambitā bālā pralāpaṁ mākṛthāstviha

'She has been brought here by us, appointed to be my wife; this girl has been taken by Brahma — do not lament here.

Verse 12 (padma.1.17.12)

पुण्या चैषा सुभाग्या च सर्वेषां कुलनन्दिनी। पुण्या चेन्न भवत्येषा कथमागच्छते सदः

puṇyā caiṣā subhāgyā ca sarveṣāṁ kulanandinī puṇyā cenna bhavatyeṣā kathamāgacchate sadaḥ

She is virtuous and supremely fortunate, the delight of the whole family; were she not virtuous, how could she have come to this assembly?

Verse 13 (padma.1.17.13)

एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागन त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि। कन्यैषा ते महाभागा प्राप्ता देवं विरिंचनम्

evaṁ jñātvā mahābhāgana tvaṁ śocitumarhasi kanyaiṣā te mahābhāgā prāptā devaṁ viriṁcanam

Knowing this, O most fortunate one, you ought not to grieve; this most fortunate daughter of yours has attained the god Virinchi (Brahma).

Verse 14 (padma.1.17.14)

योगिनो योगयुक्ता ये ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। न लभन्ते प्रार्थयन्तस्तां गतिं दुहिता गता

yogino yogayuktā ye brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ na labhante prārthayantastāṁ gatiṁ duhitā gatā

Even yogis devoted to yoga, and Brahmins learned in the Vedas, do not obtain, however much they pray, the state your daughter has attained.

Verse 15 (padma.1.17.15)

धर्मवन्तं सदाचारं भवन्तं धर्मवत्सलम्। मया ज्ञात्वा ततः कन्या दत्ताचैषा विरञ्चये

dharmavantaṁ sadācāraṁ bhavantaṁ dharmavatsalam mayā jñātvā tataḥ kanyā dattācaiṣā virañcaye

Knowing you to be righteous, of good conduct, and devoted to dharma, I have therefore given this girl to Virinchi.

Verse 16 (padma.1.17.16)

अनया आभीरकन्याया तारितो गच्छ दिव्यान्लोकान्महोदयान्। युष्माकं च कुले चापि देवकार्यार्थसिद्धये

anayā ābhīrakanyāyā tārito gaccha divyānlokānmahodayān yuṣmākaṁ ca kule cāpi devakāryārthasiddhaye

Through this Abhira girl your family shall be delivered — go to the divine, most exalted worlds, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose and the good of your own lineage.

Verse 17 (padma.1.17.17)

अवतारं करिष्येहं सा क्रीडा तु भविष्यति। यदा नन्दप्रभृतयो ह्यवतारं धरातले

avatāraṁ kariṣyehaṁ sā krīḍā tu bhaviṣyati yadā nandaprabhṛtayo hyavatāraṁ dharātale

I myself shall take incarnation — that shall be my divine play — when Nanda and the others take incarnation upon the earth,

Verse 18 (padma.1.17.18)

करिष्यन्ति तदा चाहं वसिष्ये तेषु मध्यतः। युष्माकं कन्यकाः सर्वा वसिष्यन्ति मया सह

kariṣyanti tadā cāhaṁ vasiṣye teṣu madhyataḥ yuṣmākaṁ kanyakāḥ sarvā vasiṣyanti mayā saha

then I too shall dwell in their midst; all your daughters shall dwell together with me.

Verse 19 (padma.1.17.19)

तत्र दोषो न भविता न द्वेषो न च मत्सरः। करिष्यन्ति तदा गोपा भयं च न मनुष्यकाः

tatra doṣo na bhavitā na dveṣo na ca matsaraḥ kariṣyanti tadā gopā bhayaṁ ca na manuṣyakāḥ

There shall be no fault in that, no hatred, nor any jealousy; the cowherds shall then have no fear on account of other people.

Verse 20 (padma.1.17.20)

न चास्याभविता दोषः कर्मणानेन कर्हिचित्। श्रुत्वा वाक्यं तदा विष्णोःप्रणिपत्य ययुस्तदा

na cāsyābhavitā doṣaḥ karmaṇānena karhicit śrutvā vākyaṁ tadā viṣṇoḥpraṇipatya yayustadā

And no fault shall ever attach to her because of this deed. Having heard these words of Vishnu, they then bowed down and departed.

Verse 21 (padma.1.17.21)

एवमेष वरो देव यो दत्तो भविता हि मे। अवतारः कुलेस्माकं कर्तव्यो धर्मसाधनः

evameṣa varo deva yo datto bhavitā hi me avatāraḥ kulesmākaṁ kartavyo dharmasādhanaḥ

O Lord of gods, let this be the very boon you have granted, O mighty one — let this incarnation be accomplished in our family as a means to dharma.

Verse 22 (padma.1.17.22)

भवतो दर्शनादेव भवामः स्वर्गवासिनः। शुभदा कन्यका चैषा तारिणी मे कुलैः सह

bhavato darśanādeva bhavāmaḥ svargavāsinaḥ śubhadā kanyakā caiṣā tāriṇī me kulaiḥ saha

By the mere sight of you we have become dwellers in heaven; and this auspicious girl is the deliverer of our whole family.

Verse 23 (padma.1.17.23)

एवं भवतु देवेश वरदानं विभो तव। अनुनीतास्तदा गोपाः स्वयं देवेन विष्णुना

evaṁ bhavatu deveśa varadānaṁ vibho tava anunītāstadā gopāḥ svayaṁ devena viṣṇunā

'O Lord of gods, so be it' — thus, O mighty one, was the boon granted. Then the cowherds themselves were reassured by the god Vishnu.

Verse 24 (padma.1.17.24)

ब्रह्मणाप्येवमेवं तु वामहस्तेन भाषितम्। त्रपान्विता दर्शने तु बन्धूनां वरवर्णिनी

brahmaṇāpyevamevaṁ tu vāmahastena bhāṣitam trapānvitā darśane tu bandhūnāṁ varavarṇinī

By Brahma too, with his left hand, the same was spoken; and seeing her kinsmen, the fair one grew abashed —

Verse 25 (padma.1.17.25)

कैरहं तु समाख्याता येनेमं देशमागताः। दृष्ट्वा तु तांस्ततः प्राह गायत्री आभीरकन्यका

kairahaṁ tu samākhyātā yenemaṁ deśamāgatāḥ dṛṣṭvā tu tāṁstataḥ prāha gāyatrī ābhīrakanyakā

'By whom was I recognized, by whom was I brought to this land?' — seeing them, Gayatri, the Abhira girl, then said this.

Verse 26 (padma.1.17.26)

वामहस्तेन तान्सर्वान्प्राणिपातपुरःसरम्। अत्र चाहं स्थिता मातर्ब्रह्माणं समुपागता

vāmahastena tānsarvānprāṇipātapuraḥsaram atra cāhaṁ sthitā mātarbrahmāṇaṁ samupāgatā

Gayatri, bowing to all of them with hands joined in prostration, said: 'Here I stand, O mother — I have come to Brahma.'

Verse 27 (padma.1.17.27)

भर्ता लब्धो मया देवः सर्वस्याद्योजगत्पतिः। नाहंशोच्या भवत्यातु न पित्रा न च बान्धवैः

bhartā labdho mayā devaḥ sarvasyādyojagatpatiḥ nāhaṁśocyā bhavatyātu na pitrā na ca bāndhavaiḥ

I have won as husband this god who is the primordial lord of the whole universe; let me not be mourned, neither by father nor by kinsmen.

Verse 28 (padma.1.17.28)

सखीगणश्च मे यातु भगिन्यो दारकैः सह। सर्वेषां कुशलं वाच्यं स्थितास्मि सह दैवतैः

sakhīgaṇaśca me yātu bhaginyo dārakaiḥ saha sarveṣāṁ kuśalaṁ vācyaṁ sthitāsmi saha daivataiḥ

Let my companions go, together with my sisters and their children; convey well-wishes to all — I remain here together with the gods.

Verse 29 (padma.1.17.29)

गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु गायत्री सा सुमध्यमा। ब्रह्मणा सहिता रेजे यज्ञवाटं गता सती

gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu gāyatrī sā sumadhyamā brahmaṇā sahitā reje yajñavāṭaṁ gatā satī

When all of them had gone, that slender-waisted Gayatri, united with Brahma, shone radiantly, going as a virtuous wife into the sacrificial enclosure.

Verse 30 (padma.1.17.30)

याचितो ब्राह्मणैर्ब्रह्मा वरान्नो देहि चेप्सितान्। यथेप्सितं वरं तेषां तदाब्रह्माप्ययच्छत

yācito brāhmaṇairbrahmā varānno dehi cepsitān yathepsitaṁ varaṁ teṣāṁ tadābrahmāpyayacchata

Entreated by the Brahmins, 'Grant us the boons we desire,' Brahma then bestowed on them the boons as they wished.

Verse 31 (padma.1.17.31)

तया देव्या च गायत्र्या दत्तं तच्चानुमोदितम्। सा तु यज्ञे स्थिता साध्वीदेवतानां समीपगा

tayā devyā ca gāyatryā dattaṁ taccānumoditam sā tu yajñe sthitā sādhvīdevatānāṁ samīpagā

By the goddess Gayatri too that same grant was given and confirmed; that virtuous lady remained present at the sacrifice, close beside the gods.

Verse 32 (padma.1.17.32)

दिव्यंवर्षशतं साग्रं स यज्ञो ववृधे तदा। यज्ञवाटं कपर्दीतु भिक्षार्थं समुपागतः

divyaṁvarṣaśataṁ sāgraṁ sa yajño vavṛdhe tadā yajñavāṭaṁ kapardītu bhikṣārthaṁ samupāgataḥ

That sacrifice then went on growing for more than a full hundred divine years; then Kapardin, the matted-locked one, came to the sacrificial enclosure seeking alms.

Verse 33 (padma.1.17.33)

बृहत्कपालं संगृह्य पञ्चमुण्डैरलंकृतः। ऋत्विग्भिश्च सदस्यैश्च दूरात्तिष्ठन्जुगुप्सितः

bṛhatkapālaṁ saṁgṛhya pañcamuṇḍairalaṁkṛtaḥ ṛtvigbhiśca sadasyaiśca dūrāttiṣṭhanjugupsitaḥ

Carrying a great skull-bowl, adorned with five skulls, he stood far off from the officiating priests and the assembly, appearing an object of disgust.

Verse 34 (padma.1.17.34)

कथं त्वमिह सम्प्राप्तो निन्दितो वेदवादिभिः। एवं प्रोत्सार्यमाणोपि निन्द्यमानः स तैर्द्विजैः

kathaṁ tvamiha samprāpto nindito vedavādibhiḥ evaṁ protsāryamāṇopi nindyamānaḥ sa tairdvijaiḥ

'How have you come here?' — thus scorned by the upholders of the Veda; though repeatedly driven off by those Brahmins, he still remained.

Verse 35 (padma.1.17.35)

उवाच तान्द्विजान्सर्वान्स्मितं कृत्वा महेश्वरः। अत्र पैतामहे यज्ञे सर्वेषां तोषदायिनि

uvāca tāndvijānsarvānsmitaṁ kṛtvā maheśvaraḥ atra paitāmahe yajñe sarveṣāṁ toṣadāyini

Maheshvara, smiling, said to all those Brahmins: 'Here, in this sacrifice of the Grandsire, which brings satisfaction to everyone,'

Verse 36 (padma.1.17.36)

कश्चिदुत्सार्य तेनैव ऋतेमां द्विजसत्तमाः। उक्तः स तैःकपर्दी तु भुक्त्वा चान्नंततो व्रज

kaścidutsārya tenaiva ṛtemāṁ dvijasattamāḥ uktaḥ sa taiḥkapardī tu bhuktvā cānnaṁtato vraja

'let someone drive this one out, O best of the twice-born' — so it was said. Then those Brahmins told Kapardin, 'Eat, and then go.'

Verse 37 (padma.1.17.37)

कपर्दिना च ते उक्ता भुक्त्वा यास्यामि भो द्विजाः। एवमुक्त्वा निषण्णः सकपालं न्यस्य चाग्रतः

kapardinā ca te uktā bhuktvā yāsyāmi bho dvijāḥ evamuktvā niṣaṇṇaḥ sakapālaṁ nyasya cāgrataḥ

Kapardin said to them, 'I will go only after eating, O Brahmins.' So saying, he sat down, setting the skull-bowl before him.

Verse 38 (padma.1.17.38)

तेषां निरीक्ष्य तत्कर्म चक्रे कौटिल्यमीश्वरः। मुक्त्वा कपालं भूमौ तु तान्द्विजानवलोकयन्

teṣāṁ nirīkṣya tatkarma cakre kauṭilyamīśvaraḥ muktvā kapālaṁ bhūmau tu tāndvijānavalokayan

Beholding their conduct, the Lord wrought a deception; setting the skull-bowl on the ground, gazing at those Brahmins,

Verse 39 (padma.1.17.39)

उवाच पुष्करं यामि स्नानार्थं द्विजसत्तमाः। तूर्णं गच्छेति तैरुक्तः स गतः परमेश्वरः

uvāca puṣkaraṁ yāmi snānārthaṁ dvijasattamāḥ tūrṇaṁ gaccheti tairuktaḥ sa gataḥ parameśvaraḥ

he said: 'O best of the twice-born, I am going to Pushkara to bathe.' Told, 'Go quickly,' that Supreme Lord departed.

Verse 40 (padma.1.17.40)

वियत्स्थितः कौतुकेन मोहयित्वा दिवौकसः। स्नानार्थं पुष्करं याते कपर्दिनि द्विजातयः

viyatsthitaḥ kautukena mohayitvā divaukasaḥ snānārthaṁ puṣkaraṁ yāte kapardini dvijātayaḥ

Remaining in the sky and, in his playfulness, bewildering the gods, once Kapardin had gone off to bathe at Pushkara, the Brahmins —

Verse 41 (padma.1.17.41)

कथं होमोत्र क्रियते कपाले सदसि स्थिते। कपालान्तान्यशौचानि पुरा प्राह प्रजापतिः

kathaṁ homotra kriyate kapāle sadasi sthite kapālāntānyaśaucāni purā prāha prajāpatiḥ

said: 'How can the fire-oblation be performed here with the skull-bowl present in the assembly? All that is near a skull is impure' — so Prajapati had declared long ago.

Verse 42 (padma.1.17.42)

विप्रोभ्यधात्सदस्येकः कपालमुत्क्षिपाम्यहं। उद्धृतं तु सदस्येन प्रक्षिप्तं पाणिना स्वयम्

viprobhyadhātsadasyekaḥ kapālamutkṣipāmyahaṁ uddhṛtaṁ tu sadasyena prakṣiptaṁ pāṇinā svayam

One Brahmin of the assembly said, 'I shall remove this skull-bowl.' That assembly-member, taking it up, threw it away himself with his own hand.

Verse 43 (padma.1.17.43)

तावदन्यत्स्थितं तत्र पुनरेव समुद्धृतम्। एवं द्वितीयं तृतीयं विंशतिस्त्रिंशदप्यहो

tāvadanyatsthitaṁ tatra punareva samuddhṛtam evaṁ dvitīyaṁ tṛtīyaṁ viṁśatistriṁśadapyaho

But at once another skull-bowl appeared there; that too was taken up again. So a second, a third, even a twentieth, a thirtieth one — how astonishing!

Verse 44 (padma.1.17.44)

पञ्चाशच्च शतं चैव सहस्रमयुतं तथा। एवं नान्तः कपालानां प्राप्यते द्विजसत्तमैः

pañcāśacca śataṁ caiva sahasramayutaṁ tathā evaṁ nāntaḥ kapālānāṁ prāpyate dvijasattamaiḥ

A fiftieth and a hundredth too, and a thousandth, even a ten-thousandth — thus even the finest of Brahmins could find no end to the skull-bowls.

Verse 45 (padma.1.17.45)

नत्वा कपर्दिनं देवं शरणं समुपागताः। पुष्करारण्यमासाद्य जप्यैश्च वैदिकैर्भृशम्

natvā kapardinaṁ devaṁ śaraṇaṁ samupāgatāḥ puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya japyaiśca vaidikairbhṛśam

Then, bowing to the god Kapardin, they came to him for refuge; reaching the Pushkara forest, with Vedic recitations, most fervently

Verse 46 (padma.1.17.46)

तुष्टुवुः सहिताः सर्वे तावत्तुष्टो हरः स्वयम्। ततः सदर्शनं प्रादाद्द्विजानां भक्तितः शिवः

tuṣṭuvuḥ sahitāḥ sarve tāvattuṣṭo haraḥ svayam tataḥ sadarśanaṁ prādāddvijānāṁ bhaktitaḥ śivaḥ

all together they praised him; thereupon Hara himself became pleased. Then Shiva, out of grace toward their devotion, granted the Brahmins his sight.

Verse 47 (padma.1.17.47)

उवाच तांस्ततो देवो भक्तिनम्रान्द्विजोत्तमान्। पुरोडाशस्य निष्पत्तिः कपालं न विना भवेत्

uvāca tāṁstato devo bhaktinamrāndvijottamān puroḍāśasya niṣpattiḥ kapālaṁ na vinā bhavet

Then the god said to those finest Brahmins, humbled in devotion: 'The making of the sacrificial cake cannot happen without the skull-bowl.'

Verse 48 (padma.1.17.48)

कुरुध्वं वचनं विप्राः भागः स्विष्टकृतो मम। एवं कृते कृतं सर्वं मदीयं शासनं भवेत्

kurudhvaṁ vacanaṁ viprāḥ bhāgaḥ sviṣṭakṛto mama evaṁ kṛte kṛtaṁ sarvaṁ madīyaṁ śāsanaṁ bhavet

'O Brahmins, honor my word — the share of the Svishtakrit offering is mine. Only when this is done will everything be reckoned as under my ordinance.'

Verse 49 (padma.1.17.49)

तथेत्यूचुर्द्विजाश्शम्भुं कुर्मो वै तव शासनम्। कपालपाणिराहेशो भगवन्तं पितामहम्

tathetyūcurdvijāśśambhuṁ kurmo vai tava śāsanam kapālapāṇirāheśo bhagavantaṁ pitāmaham

'So be it' — the Brahmins told Shambhu, 'we shall carry out your command.' Then the Lord, skull-bowl in hand, said to the Lord Grandsire —

Verse 50 (padma.1.17.50)

वरं वरय भो ब्रह्मन्हृदि यत्ते प्रियं स्थितम्। सर्वं तव प्रदास्यामि अदेयं नास्ति मे प्रभो

varaṁ varaya bho brahmanhṛdi yatte priyaṁ sthitam sarvaṁ tava pradāsyāmi adeyaṁ nāsti me prabho

'O Brahma, ask for whatever boon lies dear in your heart; I shall grant you everything — O lord, there is nothing I cannot give.'

Verse 51 (padma.1.17.51)

ब्रह्मोवाच। न ते वरं ग्रहीष्यामि दीक्षितोहं सदःस्थितः। सर्वकामप्रदश्चाहं यो मां प्रार्थयते त्विह

brahmovāca na te varaṁ grahīṣyāmi dīkṣitohaṁ sadaḥsthitaḥ sarvakāmapradaścāhaṁ yo māṁ prārthayate tviha

Brahma said: 'I shall not accept a boon, for I am consecrated and seated in this assembly; I myself am the granter of all desires to whoever prays to me here.'

Verse 52 (padma.1.17.52)

एवं वदन्तं वरदं क्रतौ तस्मिन्पितामहम्। तथेति चोक्त्वा रुद्रः स वरमस्मादयाचत

evaṁ vadantaṁ varadaṁ kratau tasminpitāmaham tatheti coktvā rudraḥ sa varamasmādayācata

When the Grandsire, the boon-giver, spoke thus at that sacrifice, Rudra said 'So be it' and asked a boon from him instead.

Verse 53 (padma.1.17.53)

ततो मन्वन्तरेतीते पुनरेव प्रभुः स्वयम्। ब्रह्मोत्तरं कृतं स्थानं स्वयं देवेन शंभुना

tato manvantaretīte punareva prabhuḥ svayam brahmottaraṁ kṛtaṁ sthānaṁ svayaṁ devena śaṁbhunā

Then, after a manvantara had passed, the Lord himself came there once more; the god Shambhu himself had a seat set up higher than Brahma's.

Verse 54 (padma.1.17.54)

चतुर्ष्वपि हि वेदेषु परिनिष्ठां गतो हि यः। तस्मिन्काले तदा देवो नगरस्यावलोकने

caturṣvapi hi vedeṣu pariniṣṭhāṁ gato hi yaḥ tasminkāle tadā devo nagarasyāvalokane

He who had attained complete mastery of all four Vedas — at that time that god, in order to view the city,

Verse 55 (padma.1.17.55)

सम्भाषणे द्विजानां तु कौतुकेन सदो गतः। तेनैवोन्मत्तवेषेण हुतशेषे महेश्वरः

sambhāṣaṇe dvijānāṁ tu kautukena sado gataḥ tenaivonmattaveṣeṇa hutaśeṣe maheśvaraḥ

and to converse with the Brahmins, went out of curiosity to the assembly. In that same guise of a madman, at the time of the fire-offering's remains, Maheshvara

Verse 56 (padma.1.17.56)

प्रविष्टो ब्रह्मणः सद्म दृष्टो देवैर्द्विजोत्तमैः। प्रहसन्ति च केप्येनं केचिन्निर्भर्त्सयंति च

praviṣṭo brahmaṇaḥ sadma dṛṣṭo devairdvijottamaiḥ prahasanti ca kepyenaṁ kecinnirbhartsayaṁti ca

entered Brahma's hall, and the gods and the finest of the Brahmins saw him. Some laughed at him, and some began to scold him,

Verse 57 (padma.1.17.57)

अपरे पान्सुभिः सिञ्चन्त्युन्मत्तं तं तथा द्विजाः। लोष्टैश्च लगुडैश्चान्ये शुष्मिणो बलगर्विताः

apare pānsubhiḥ siñcantyunmattaṁ taṁ tathā dvijāḥ loṣṭaiśca laguḍaiścānye śuṣmiṇo balagarvitāḥ

other Brahmins threw dust on that madman; others, fierce and proud of their strength, struck him with clods and cudgels,

Verse 58 (padma.1.17.58)

प्रहरन्ति स्मोपहासं कुर्वाणा हस्तसंविदम्। ततोन्ये वटवस्तत्र जटास्वागृह्य चान्तिकम्

praharanti smopahāsaṁ kurvāṇā hastasaṁvidam tatonye vaṭavastatra jaṭāsvāgṛhya cāntikam

mocking him and making derisive gestures with their hands. Then other young student-brahmacharins there, seizing his matted locks, coming close,

Verse 59 (padma.1.17.59)

पृच्छन्ति व्रतचर्यां तां केनैषा ते निदर्शिता। अत्र वामास्त्रियः संति तासामर्थे त्वमागतः

pṛcchanti vratacaryāṁ tāṁ kenaiṣā te nidarśitā atra vāmāstriyaḥ saṁti tāsāmarthe tvamāgataḥ

began asking about this observance: 'Who showed you this? There are wicked women here — have you come for their sake?

Verse 60 (padma.1.17.60)

केनैषा दर्शिता चर्या गुरुणा पापदर्शिना। येनचोन्मत्तवद्वाक्यं वदन्मध्येप्रधावसि

kenaiṣā darśitā caryā guruṇā pāpadarśinā yenaconmattavadvākyaṁ vadanmadhyepradhāvasi

What evil-minded teacher taught you this practice, on whose account, speaking like a lunatic, you run about in the midst of the assembly?'

Verse 61 (padma.1.17.61)

शिश्नं मे ब्रह्मणो रूपं भगं चापि जनार्दनः। उप्यमानमिदं बीजं लोकः क्लिश्नातिचान्यथा

śiśnaṁ me brahmaṇo rūpaṁ bhagaṁ cāpi janārdanaḥ upyamānamidaṁ bījaṁ lokaḥ kliśnāticānyathā

'My linga is the very form of Brahma, and the yoni is Janardana; this is the seed that is sown — without it, the world suffers affliction.

Verse 62 (padma.1.17.62)

मयायं जनितः पुत्रो जनितोनेन चाप्यहम्। महादेवकृते सृष्टिः सृष्टा भार्या हिमालये

mayāyaṁ janitaḥ putro janitonena cāpyaham mahādevakṛte sṛṣṭiḥ sṛṣṭā bhāryā himālaye

By me this son was begotten, and by him I too was begotten; for Mahadeva's sake a creation was fashioned on Himalaya, a wife was created —

Verse 63 (padma.1.17.63)

उमादत्ता तु रुद्रस्य कस्य सा तनया वद। मूढा यूयं न जानीथ वदतां भगवांस्तु वः

umādattā tu rudrasya kasya sā tanayā vada mūḍhā yūyaṁ na jānītha vadatāṁ bhagavāṁstu vaḥ

given by Uma to Rudra — whose daughter is she, tell me! You are fools and do not know — it is the Lord himself who speaks through your mouths.

Verse 64 (padma.1.17.64)

ब्रह्मणा न कृता चर्या दर्शिता नैव विष्णुना। गिरिशेनापि देवेन ब्रह्मवध्या कृतेन तु

brahmaṇā na kṛtā caryā darśitā naiva viṣṇunā giriśenāpi devena brahmavadhyā kṛtena tu

This practice was done neither by Brahma, nor shown by Vishnu, nor even by the god Girisha, who committed the sin of slaying Brahma —

Verse 65 (padma.1.17.65)

कथंस्विद्गर्हसे देवं वध्योस्माकं त्वमद्य वै। एवं तैर्हन्यमानस्तु ब्राह्मणैस्तत्र शंकरः

kathaṁsvidgarhase devaṁ vadhyosmākaṁ tvamadya vai evaṁ tairhanyamānastu brāhmaṇaistatra śaṁkaraḥ

so how then do you revile the god? Today you deserve to be slain by us!' Thus, being struck by those Brahmins there, Shankara,

Verse 66 (padma.1.17.66)

स्मितं कृत्वाब्रवीत्सर्वान्ब्राह्मणान्नृपसत्तम। किं मां न वित्थ भो विप्रा उन्मत्तं नष्टचेतनम्

smitaṁ kṛtvābravītsarvānbrāhmaṇānnṛpasattama kiṁ māṁ na vittha bho viprā unmattaṁ naṣṭacetanam

smiling, said to all those Brahmins, O best of kings: 'Do you not recognize me, O Brahmins? Am I truly mad, out of my senses?

Verse 67 (padma.1.17.67)

यूयं कारुणिकाः सर्वे मित्रभावे व्यवस्थिताः। वदमानमिदं छद्म ब्रह्मरूपधरं हरम्

yūyaṁ kāruṇikāḥ sarve mitrabhāve vyavasthitāḥ vadamānamidaṁ chadma brahmarūpadharaṁ haram

You are all compassionate, established in friendship' — thus, in this disguise, Hara, wearing Brahma's form, went on speaking this feigned confusion.

Verse 68 (padma.1.17.68)

मायया तस्य देवस्य मोहितास्ते द्विजोत्तमाः। कपर्दिनं निजघ्नुस्ते पाणिपादैश्च मुष्टिभिः

māyayā tasya devasya mohitāste dvijottamāḥ kapardinaṁ nijaghnuste pāṇipādaiśca muṣṭibhiḥ

Deluded by that god's power of illusion, those finest Brahmins struck Kapardin with hands, feet, and fists,

Verse 69 (padma.1.17.69)

दण्डैश्चापि च कीलैश्च उन्मत्तवेषधारिणम्। पीड्यमानस्ततस्तैस्तु द्विजैः कोपमथागमत्

daṇḍaiścāpi ca kīlaiśca unmattaveṣadhāriṇam pīḍyamānastatastaistu dvijaiḥ kopamathāgamat

and with staffs and stakes as well, that one wearing the guise of a madman. Being so tormented by those Brahmins, he then grew angry.

Verse 70 (padma.1.17.70)

ततो देवेन ते शप्ता यूयं वेदविवर्जिताः। ऊर्ध्वजटाः क्रतुभ्रष्टाः परदारोपसेविनः

tato devena te śaptā yūyaṁ vedavivarjitāḥ ūrdhvajaṭāḥ kratubhraṣṭāḥ paradāropasevinaḥ

Then the god cursed them: 'You shall become devoid of the Vedas, with matted hair standing erect, fallen from the sacrifice, devoted to others' wives,

Verse 71 (padma.1.17.71)

वेश्यायान्तु रता द्यूते पितृमातृविवर्जिताः। न पुत्रः पैतृकं वित्तं विद्यां वापि गमिष्यति

veśyāyāntu ratā dyūte pitṛmātṛvivarjitāḥ na putraḥ paitṛkaṁ vittaṁ vidyāṁ vāpi gamiṣyati

given to prostitutes and gambling, bereft of father and mother; the son shall obtain neither the paternal wealth nor learning.

Verse 72 (padma.1.17.72)

सर्वे च मोहिताः सन्तु सर्वेंद्रियविवर्जिताः। रौद्रीं भिक्षां समश्नंतु परपिण्डोपजीविनः

sarve ca mohitāḥ santu sarveṁdriyavivarjitāḥ raudrīṁ bhikṣāṁ samaśnaṁtu parapiṇḍopajīvinaḥ

May all of you become deluded, deprived of all your senses; may you eat degrading, Rudra-fit alms, living off the food offered to others,

Verse 73 (padma.1.17.73)

आत्मानं वर्तयन्तश्च निर्ममा धर्मवर्जिताः। कृपार्पिता तु यैर्विप्रैरुन्मत्ते मयि सांप्रतम्

ātmānaṁ vartayantaśca nirmamā dharmavarjitāḥ kṛpārpitā tu yairviprairunmatte mayi sāṁpratam

sustaining yourselves however you can, without possessions, without dharma. But those Brahmins who just now, while I was in this mad state, showed me compassion —

Verse 74 (padma.1.17.74)

तेषां धनं च पुत्राश्च दासीदासमजाविकम्। कुलोत्पन्नाश्च वै नार्यो मयि तुष्टे भवन्विह

teṣāṁ dhanaṁ ca putrāśca dāsīdāsamajāvikam kulotpannāśca vai nāryo mayi tuṣṭe bhavanviha

their wealth and sons, maidservants and menservants, goats and sheep, and the women born in their families, shall flourish here once I am pleased.'

Verse 75 (padma.1.17.75)

एवं शापं वरं चैव दत्वान्तर्द्धानमीश्वरः। गतो द्विजागते देवे मत्वा तं शंकरं प्रभुम्

evaṁ śāpaṁ varaṁ caiva datvāntarddhānamīśvaraḥ gato dvijāgate deve matvā taṁ śaṁkaraṁ prabhum

Having thus given both curse and boon, the Lord vanished from sight. The Brahmins, realizing that it was the Lord Shankara himself who had come in disguise, departed.

Verse 76 (padma.1.17.76)

अन्विष्यन्तोपि यत्नेन न चापश्यंत ते यदा। तदा नियमसंपन्नाः पुष्करारण्यमागताः

anviṣyantopi yatnena na cāpaśyaṁta te yadā tadā niyamasaṁpannāḥ puṣkarāraṇyamāgatāḥ

When, though searching diligently, they still could not find him, then, taking up their observances, they came to the Pushkara forest.

Verse 77 (padma.1.17.77)

स्नात्वा ज्येष्ठसरो विप्रा जेपुस्ते शतरुद्रियम्। जाप्यावसाने देवस्तानशीररगिराऽब्रवीत्

snātvā jyeṣṭhasaro viprā jepuste śatarudriyam jāpyāvasāne devastānaśīraragirā'bravīt

Having bathed in Jyeshtha lake, those Brahmins recited the Shatarudriya hymn; at the end of the recitation the god spoke to them in a gentle voice —

Verse 78 (padma.1.17.78)

अनृतं न मया प्रोक्तं स्वैरेष्वपि कुतःपुनः। आगते निग्रहे क्षेमं भूयोपि करवाण्यहम्

anṛtaṁ na mayā proktaṁ svaireṣvapi kutaḥpunaḥ āgate nigrahe kṣemaṁ bhūyopi karavāṇyaham

'I have spoken no falsehood, not even in jest — how then could I now? Now that the reckoning has passed, I shall once more do good for you.

Verse 79 (padma.1.17.79)

शान्ता दांता द्विजा ये तु भक्तिमन्तो मयि स्थिराः। न तेषां छिद्यते वेदो न धनं नापि सन्ततिः

śāntā dāṁtā dvijā ye tu bhaktimanto mayi sthirāḥ na teṣāṁ chidyate vedo na dhanaṁ nāpi santatiḥ

Those Brahmins who are peaceful, self-controlled, devoted and steadfast in me — for them neither their Vedic learning, nor their wealth, nor their progeny is ever cut off.

Verse 80 (padma.1.17.80)

अग्निहोत्ररता ये च भक्तिमन्तो जनार्दने। पूजयन्ति च ब्रह्माणंतेजोराशिं दिवाकरम्

agnihotraratā ye ca bhaktimanto janārdane pūjayanti ca brahmāṇaṁtejorāśiṁ divākaram

Those who are devoted to the fire-oblation and to Janardana, who worship Brahma and the sun, that mass of radiance,

Verse 81 (padma.1.17.81)

नाशुभं विद्यते तेषां येषां साम्ये स्थिता मतिः। एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तूष्णीं भूतस्तु सोऽभवत्

nāśubhaṁ vidyate teṣāṁ yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitā matiḥ etāvaduktvā vacanaṁ tūṣṇīṁ bhūtastu so'bhavat

for those whose intellect is fixed in equanimity, nothing at all is inauspicious.' Having said just this much, he fell silent.

Verse 82 (padma.1.17.82)

लब्ध्वा वरं सप्रसादं देवदेवान्महेश्वरात्। आजग्मुः सहितास्सर्वे यत्र देवःपितामहः

labdhvā varaṁ saprasādaṁ devadevānmaheśvarāt ājagmuḥ sahitāssarve yatra devaḥpitāmahaḥ

Having received a gracious boon from Maheshvara, god of gods, they all came together to where the god, the Grandsire, was seated.

Verse 83 (padma.1.17.83)

विरिञ्चिं संहिताजाप्यैस्तोषयंतोऽग्रतःस्थिताः। तुष्टस्तानब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा मत्तोपि व्रियतां वरः

viriñciṁ saṁhitājāpyaistoṣayaṁto'grataḥsthitāḥ tuṣṭastānabravīdbrahmā mattopi vriyatāṁ varaḥ

Standing before Virinchi, pleasing him with recitation of the Samhita, Brahma, pleased, said to them: 'Ask a boon of me as well.'

Verse 84 (padma.1.17.84)

ब्रह्मणस्तेनवाक्येन हृष्टाः सर्वे द्विजोत्तमाः। को वरो याच्यतां विप्राः परितुष्टे पितामहे

brahmaṇastenavākyena hṛṣṭāḥ sarve dvijottamāḥ ko varo yācyatāṁ viprāḥ parituṣṭe pitāmahe

At that word of Brahma all the finest Brahmins rejoiced: 'O Brahmins, now that the Grandsire is fully pleased, what boon should be asked?'

Verse 85 (padma.1.17.85)

अग्निहोत्राणि वेदाश्च शास्त्राणि विविधानि च। सान्तानिकाश्च ये लोका वरदानाद्भवंतु नः

agnihotrāṇi vedāśca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca sāntānikāśca ye lokā varadānādbhavaṁtu naḥ

'Let the fire-oblations, the Vedas, the various shastras, and the worlds attained through progeny, become ours by this boon.'

Verse 86 (padma.1.17.86)

एवं प्रजल्पतां तत्र विप्राणां कोपमाविशत्। के यूयं केत्र प्रवरा वयं श्रेष्ठास्तथापरे

evaṁ prajalpatāṁ tatra viprāṇāṁ kopamāviśat ke yūyaṁ ketra pravarā vayaṁ śreṣṭhāstathāpare

As they spoke thus, anger arose among the Brahmins: 'Who are you? Who here is superior? We are the finest' — so others too began to claim.

Verse 87 (padma.1.17.87)

नेतिनेति तथा विप्रा द्विजांस्तांस्तत्र संस्थितान्। ब्रह्मोवाचाभिसंप्रेक्ष्य ब्राह्मणान्क्रोधपूरितान्

netineti tathā viprā dvijāṁstāṁstatra saṁsthitān brahmovācābhisaṁprekṣya brāhmaṇānkrodhapūritān

'No, no' — thus a dispute broke out among those Brahmins standing there. Then Brahma, looking upon those Brahmins filled with anger, said —

Verse 88 (padma.1.17.88)

यस्माद्यूयं त्रिभिर्भागैः सभायां बाह्यतः स्थिताः। तस्मादामूलिको गुल्मो ह्येको भवतु वोद्विजाः

yasmādyūyaṁ tribhirbhāgaiḥ sabhāyāṁ bāhyataḥ sthitāḥ tasmādāmūliko gulmo hyeko bhavatu vodvijāḥ

'Since you stand outside the assembly, split into three factions, therefore, O Brahmins, let one of your groups become a settled, rooted clan.

Verse 89 (padma.1.17.89)

उदासीनाः स्थिता ये तु उदासीना भवंतु ते। सायुधाबद्धनिस्त्रिंशा योद्धुकामा व्यवस्थिताः

udāsīnāḥ sthitā ye tu udāsīnā bhavaṁtu te sāyudhābaddhanistriṁśā yoddhukāmā vyavasthitāḥ

Those who remained neutral, let them remain the neutral ones; those who stood armed, swords girded, eager to fight —

Verse 90 (padma.1.17.90)

कौशिकीति गणो नाम तृतीयो भवतु द्विजाः। त्रिधाबद्धमिदं स्थानं सर्वं युष्मद्भविष्यति

kauśikīti gaṇo nāma tṛtīyo bhavatu dvijāḥ tridhābaddhamidaṁ sthānaṁ sarvaṁ yuṣmadbhaviṣyati

let their group be called by the name Kaushiki, O Brahmins, as the third. This place, thus divided threefold, shall all belong to you.

Verse 91 (padma.1.17.91)

बाह्यतो लोकशब्देन प्रोच्यमानाः प्रजास्त्विह। अविज्ञेयमिदं स्थानं विष्णुः पालयिता ध्रुवम्

bāhyato lokaśabdena procyamānāḥ prajāstviha avijñeyamidaṁ sthānaṁ viṣṇuḥ pālayitā dhruvam

By whatever name these people are spoken of in the world outside, this place shall remain likewise beyond ordinary understanding; Vishnu shall surely be its protector.

Verse 92 (padma.1.17.92)

मया दत्तं चिरस्थायि अभंगं चभविष्यति। एवमुक्त्वा तदा ब्रह्मा समाप्तिंतामवैक्षत

mayā dattaṁ cirasthāyi abhaṁgaṁ cabhaviṣyati evamuktvā tadā brahmā samāptiṁtāmavaikṣata

'What I have granted shall endure long and remain unbroken.' Having said this, Brahma then looked upon the fulfilment of his purpose.

Verse 93 (padma.1.17.93)

ब्राह्मणाः सहितास्ते तु क्रोधामर्षसमन्विताः। अतिथिं भोजयानाश्च वेदाभ्यासरतास्तु ते

brāhmaṇāḥ sahitāste tu krodhāmarṣasamanvitāḥ atithiṁ bhojayānāśca vedābhyāsaratāstu te

Those Brahmins together, though filled with anger and impatience, remained ones who fed their guests and stayed devoted to the practice of the Veda.

Verse 94 (padma.1.17.94)

एतच्च परमं क्षेत्रं पुष्करं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्। तत्रस्था ये द्विजाः शांता वसंति क्षेत्रवासिनः

etacca paramaṁ kṣetraṁ puṣkaraṁ brahmasaṁjñitam tatrasthā ye dvijāḥ śāṁtā vasaṁti kṣetravāsinaḥ

And this supreme sacred field, Pushkara, known by Brahma's name — the peaceful Brahmins who dwell there, resident in that field,

Verse 95 (padma.1.17.95)

न तेषां दुर्लभं किंचिद्ब्रह्मलोके भविष्यति। कोकामुखे कुरुक्षेत्रे नैमिषे ऋषिसंगमे

na teṣāṁ durlabhaṁ kiṁcidbrahmaloke bhaviṣyati kokāmukhe kurukṣetre naimiṣe ṛṣisaṁgame

for them nothing remains hard to attain in Brahmaloka. At Kokamukha, at Kurukshetra, at Naimisha, the meeting-place of sages,

Verse 96 (padma.1.17.96)

वाराणस्यां प्रभासे च तथा बदरिकाश्रमे। गंगाद्वारे प्रयागे च गंगासागरसंगमे

vārāṇasyāṁ prabhāse ca tathā badarikāśrame gaṁgādvāre prayāge ca gaṁgāsāgarasaṁgame

at Varanasi, at Prabhasa, and likewise at Badarikashrama, at Gangadvara, at Prayaga, and at the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean,

Verse 97 (padma.1.17.97)

रुद्रकोट्यां विरूपाक्षे मित्रस्यापि तथा वने। तीर्थेष्वेतेषु सर्वेषु सिद्धिर्या द्वादशाब्दिका

rudrakoṭyāṁ virūpākṣe mitrasyāpi tathā vane tīrtheṣveteṣu sarveṣu siddhiryā dvādaśābdikā

at Rudrakoti, at Virupaksha, and likewise in Mitra's forest too — at all these sacred fords, whatever perfection over twelve years

Verse 98 (padma.1.17.98)

प्राप्यते मानवैर्लोके षण्मासाद्राजसत्तम। पुष्करे तु न संदेहो ब्रह्मचर्यमना यदि

prāpyate mānavairloke ṣaṇmāsādrājasattama puṣkare tu na saṁdeho brahmacaryamanā yadi

is attained by men in this world, O best of kings, that very perfection is attained at Pushkara in six months — this is beyond doubt, if one is devoted to celibacy.

Verse 99 (padma.1.17.99)

तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं क्षेत्राणामपि चोत्तमम्। सदा तु पूजितं पूज्यैर्भक्तियुक्तैः पितामहे

tīrthānāṁ paramaṁ tīrthaṁ kṣetrāṇāmapi cottamam sadā tu pūjitaṁ pūjyairbhaktiyuktaiḥ pitāmahe

It is the supreme of sacred fords and the best of sacred fields too; ever worshipped, in the Grandsire, by devout and venerable people.

Verse 100 (padma.1.17.100)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामिसावित्र्या ब्रह्मणा सह। वादो यथानुभूतस्तु परिहासकृतो महान्

ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmisāvitryā brahmaṇā saha vādo yathānubhūtastu parihāsakṛto mahān

Henceforth I shall relate the great dispute between Savitri and Brahma, exactly as it actually occurred, one that arose half in jest.

Verse 101 (padma.1.17.101)

सावित्रीगमने सर्वा आगता देवयोषितः। भृगोःख्यात्यां समुत्पन्नाविष्णुपत्नी यशस्विनी

sāvitrīgamane sarvā āgatā devayoṣitaḥ bhṛgoḥkhyātyāṁ samutpannāviṣṇupatnī yaśasvinī

When Savitri set out, all the wives of the gods came there; the illustrious wife of Vishnu too, born of Khyati, Bhrigu's line.

Verse 102 (padma.1.17.102)

आमन्त्रिता सदा लक्ष्मीस्तत्रायाता त्वरान्विता। मदिराच महाभागा योगनिद्रा विभूतिदा

āmantritā sadā lakṣmīstatrāyātā tvarānvitā madirāca mahābhāgā yoganidrā vibhūtidā

Lakshmi, ever invited, came there in haste; and the greatly blessed Yoganidra too, bestower of prosperity, gracious and gentle.

Verse 103 (padma.1.17.103)

श्रीः कमलालयाभूतिः कीर्तिः श्रद्धा मनस्विनी। पुष्टितुष्टिप्रदा या तु देव्या एताः समागताः

śrīḥ kamalālayābhūtiḥ kīrtiḥ śraddhā manasvinī puṣṭituṣṭipradā yā tu devyā etāḥ samāgatāḥ

Shri, the lotus-dwelling Bhuti, Kirti, Shraddha, wise Manasvini, and the goddesses who grant nourishment and contentment — all these came together.

Verse 104 (padma.1.17.104)

सती या दक्षतनया उमेति पार्वती शुभा। त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी देवी स्त्रीणां सौभाग्यदायिनी

satī yā dakṣatanayā umeti pārvatī śubhā trailokyasundarī devī strīṇāṁ saubhāgyadāyinī

Sati, the daughter of Daksha, called Uma, the auspicious Parvati, the goddess most beautiful in the three worlds, who bestows good fortune upon women,

Verse 105 (padma.1.17.105)

जया च विजया चैव मधुच्छन्दामरावती। सुप्रिया जनकान्ता च सावित्र्या मंदिरे शुभे

jayā ca vijayā caiva madhucchandāmarāvatī supriyā janakāntā ca sāvitryā maṁdire śubhe

Jaya and Vijaya, Madhucchanda, Amaravati, Supriya, and Janakanta too, at Savitri's auspicious abode,

Verse 106 (padma.1.17.106)

गौर्या सह समायातास्सुवेषा भरणान्विताः। पुलोमदुहिता चैव शक्राणी च सहाप्सराः

gauryā saha samāyātāssuveṣā bharaṇānvitāḥ pulomaduhitā caiva śakrāṇī ca sahāpsarāḥ

arrived well-attired and bejeweled, together with Gauri; Puloma's daughter (Shachi) and Shakrani too, accompanied by the Apsarases.

Verse 107 (padma.1.17.107)

स्वाहा चापि स्वधाऽऽयाता धूमोर्णा च वरानना। यक्षी तु राक्षसी चैव गौरी चैव महाधना

svāhā cāpi svadhā''yātā dhūmorṇā ca varānanā yakṣī tu rākṣasī caiva gaurī caiva mahādhanā

Svaha and Svadha too arrived, and the fair-faced Dhumorna as well; the Yakshi, the Rakshasi, and the greatly wealthy Gauri too,

Verse 108 (padma.1.17.108)

मनोजवा वायुपत्नी ऋद्धिश्च धनदप्रिया। देवकन्यास्तथाऽऽयाता दानव्यो दनुवल्लभाः

manojavā vāyupatnī ṛddhiśca dhanadapriyā devakanyāstathā''yātā dānavyo danuvallabhāḥ

Manojava, Vayu's wife, and Riddhi, dear to Dhanada; the daughters of the gods came too, and the Danava-women, beloved of Danu.

Verse 109 (padma.1.17.109)

सप्तर्षीणां महापत्न्य ऋषीणां च वरांगनाः। एवं भगिन्यो दुहिता विद्याधरीगणास्तथा

saptarṣīṇāṁ mahāpatnya ṛṣīṇāṁ ca varāṁganāḥ evaṁ bhaginyo duhitā vidyādharīgaṇāstathā

The great wives of the Seven Sages, and the noble wives of other sages; likewise sisters, daughters, and the bands of Vidyadhari women too,

Verse 110 (padma.1.17.110)

राक्षस्यः पितृकन्याश्च तथान्या लोकमातरः। वधूभिः सस्नुषाभिश्च सावित्री गन्तुमिच्छति

rākṣasyaḥ pitṛkanyāśca tathānyā lokamātaraḥ vadhūbhiḥ sasnuṣābhiśca sāvitrī gantumicchati

Rakshasis, daughters of the Pitris, and other mothers of the worlds — together with brides and daughters-in-law, Savitri wished to set out.

Verse 111 (padma.1.17.111)

अदित्याद्यास्तथा सर्वा दक्षकन्यास्समागताः। ताभिः परिवृता साध्वी ब्रह्माणी कमलालया

adityādyāstathā sarvā dakṣakanyāssamāgatāḥ tābhiḥ parivṛtā sādhvī brahmāṇī kamalālayā

Aditi and all the other daughters of Daksha gathered too; surrounded by them, the virtuous Brahmani, dweller in the lotus,

Verse 112 (padma.1.17.112)

काचिन्मोदकमादाय काचिच्छूर्पं वरानना। फलपूरितमादाय प्रयाता ब्रह्मणोंतिकम्

kācinmodakamādāya kācicchūrpaṁ varānanā phalapūritamādāya prayātā brahmaṇoṁtikam

one carrying sweet cakes, another, fair-faced, a winnowing-tray heaped with fruit, proceeded toward Brahma's presence.

Verse 113 (padma.1.17.113)

आढकीः सह निष्पावा गृहीत्वान्यास्तथापरा। दाडिमानि विचित्राणि मातुलिंगानि शोभना

āḍhakīḥ saha niṣpāvā gṛhītvānyāstathāparā dāḍimāni vicitrāṇi mātuliṁgāni śobhanā

Others carrying pigeon-peas together with beans, and others still, exquisite pomegranates and lovely citrons,

Verse 114 (padma.1.17.114)

करीराणि तथा चान्या गृहीत्वा कमलानि च। कौसुंभकं जीरकं च खर्जूरमपरा तथा

karīrāṇi tathā cānyā gṛhītvā kamalāni ca kausuṁbhakaṁ jīrakaṁ ca kharjūramaparā tathā

others taking karira fruit and lotuses, others safflower and cumin, and others dates,

Verse 115 (padma.1.17.115)

उत्तमान्यपरादाय नालिकेराणि सर्वशः। द्राक्षयापूरितं काचित्पात्रंश्रृँगाटकंतथा

uttamānyaparādāya nālikerāṇi sarvaśaḥ drākṣayāpūritaṁ kācitpātraṁśrṛ~gāṭakaṁtathā

others the finest coconuts of every kind, one a vessel filled with grapes, and others water-chestnuts,

Verse 116 (padma.1.17.116)

कर्पूराणि विचित्राणि जंबूकानि शुभानि च। अक्षोटामलकान्गृह्य जम्बीराणि तथापरा

karpūrāṇi vicitrāṇi jaṁbūkāni śubhāni ca akṣoṭāmalakāngṛhya jambīrāṇi tathāparā

others rare varieties of camphor and lovely jambu fruit, others walnuts and myrobalans, and others citrons,

Verse 117 (padma.1.17.117)

बिल्वानि परिपक्वानि चिपिटानि वरानना। कार्पासतूलिकाश्चान्या वस्त्रं कौसुम्भकं तथा

bilvāni paripakvāni cipiṭāni varānanā kārpāsatūlikāścānyā vastraṁ kausumbhakaṁ tathā

others ripe bilva fruit and flattened rice, others cotton-tufts and safflower-dyed cloth —

Verse 118 (padma.1.17.118)

एवमाद्यानि चान्यानि कृत्वा शूर्पे वराननाः। सावित्र्यासहिताःसर्वाः संप्राप्ताःसहसाशुभाः

evamādyāni cānyāni kṛtvā śūrpe varānanāḥ sāvitryāsahitāḥsarvāḥ saṁprāptāḥsahasāśubhāḥ

having arranged all such things and more on their winnowing-trays, those fair, auspicious women arrived there suddenly, together with Savitri.

Verse 119 (padma.1.17.119)

सावित्रीमागतां दृष्ट्वा भीतस्तत्र पुरन्दरः। अधोमुखः स्थितोब्रह्मा किमेषा मांवदिष्यति

sāvitrīmāgatāṁ dṛṣṭvā bhītastatra purandaraḥ adhomukhaḥ sthitobrahmā kimeṣā māṁvadiṣyati

Seeing Savitri approaching, Purandara (Indra) grew afraid there; Brahma stood with face lowered — 'What will she say to me?'

Verse 120 (padma.1.17.120)

त्रपान्वितौ विष्णुरुद्रौ सर्वे चान्ये द्विजातयः। सभासदस्तथा भीतास्तथा चान्ये दिवौकसः

trapānvitau viṣṇurudrau sarve cānye dvijātayaḥ sabhāsadastathā bhītāstathā cānye divaukasaḥ

Vishnu and Rudra were filled with shame, and all the other Brahmins and assembly-members grew afraid too, along with the other dwellers of heaven.

Verse 121 (padma.1.17.121)

पुत्राःपौत्रा भागिनेया मातुला भ्रातरस्तथा। ऋभवो नाम ये देवा देवानामपि देवताः

putrāḥpautrā bhāgineyā mātulā bhrātarastathā ṛbhavo nāma ye devā devānāmapi devatāḥ

Sons, grandsons, nephews, maternal uncles, and brothers too, and the gods called Ribhus, who are gods even among the gods —

Verse 122 (padma.1.17.122)

वैलक्ष्येवस्थिताः सर्वे सावित्री किं वदिष्यति। ब्रह्मपार्श्वे स्थिता तत्र किंतु वै गोपकन्यका

vailakṣyevasthitāḥ sarve sāvitrī kiṁ vadiṣyati brahmapārśve sthitā tatra kiṁtu vai gopakanyakā

all stood there abashed: 'What will Savitri say?' But that cowherd girl standing beside Brahma

Verse 123 (padma.1.17.123)

मौनीभूता तु शृण्वाना सर्वेषां वदतां गिरः। अद्ध्वर्युणा समाहूता नागता वरवर्णिनी

maunībhūtā tu śṛṇvānā sarveṣāṁ vadatāṁ giraḥ addhvaryuṇā samāhūtā nāgatā varavarṇinī

remained silent, listening to what everyone was saying. Though summoned by the Adhvaryu priest, the fair one had still not arrived.

Verse 124 (padma.1.17.124)

शक्रेणान्याहृता आभीरादत्ता सा विष्णुनास्वयम्। अनुमोदिताचरुद्रेणपित्राऽदत्तास्वयं तथा

śakreṇānyāhṛtā ābhīrādattā sā viṣṇunāsvayam anumoditācarudreṇapitrā'dattāsvayaṁ tathā

Someone else had been led in by Shakra; that Abhira girl had been given herself by Vishnu, approved by Rudra, and given by her own father —

Verse 125 (padma.1.17.125)

कथं सा भविता यज्ञे समाप्तिं वा व्रजेत्कथम्। एवं चिंतयतां तेषां प्रविष्टा कमलालया

kathaṁ sā bhavitā yajñe samāptiṁ vā vrajetkatham evaṁ ciṁtayatāṁ teṣāṁ praviṣṭā kamalālayā

'How will she behave at the sacrifice? How will it come to its completion?' As they thought this, the lotus-dwelling Savitri entered before them all.

Verse 126 (padma.1.17.126)

वृतो ब्रह्मासदस्यैस्तु ऋत्विग्भिर्दैवतैस्तथा। हूयंते चाग्नयस्तत्र ब्राह्मणैर्वैदपारगैः

vṛto brahmāsadasyaistu ṛtvigbhirdaivataistathā hūyaṁte cāgnayastatra brāhmaṇairvaidapāragaiḥ

Brahma remained surrounded by the assembly-members, the officiating priests, and the deities; there the fires were being fed with oblations by Brahmins learned in the Veda.

Verse 127 (padma.1.17.127)

पत्नीशालास्थिता गोपी सैणश्रृँगा समेखला। क्षौमवस्त्रपरीधाना ध्यायंती परमं पदम्

patnīśālāsthitā gopī saiṇaśrṛ~gā samekhalā kṣaumavastraparīdhānā dhyāyaṁtī paramaṁ padam

The cowherd woman, seated in the wife's pavilion, wearing a deer-horn ornament and a girdle, clothed in linen, meditating upon the Supreme State,

Verse 128 (padma.1.17.128)

पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा प्राधान्ये च निवेशिता। रूपान्विता विशालाक्षी तेजसा भास्करोपमा

pativratā patiprāṇā prādhānye ca niveśitā rūpānvitā viśālākṣī tejasā bhāskaropamā

devoted to her husband, living wholly for him, established in the place of chief consort, beautiful, wide-eyed, radiant as the sun,

Verse 129 (padma.1.17.129)

द्योतयन्ती सदस्तत्र सूर्यस्येव यथा प्रभा। ज्वलमानं तथा वह्निं श्रयन्ते ऋत्विजस्तथा

dyotayantī sadastatra sūryasyeva yathā prabhā jvalamānaṁ tathā vahniṁ śrayante ṛtvijastathā

illumined the assembly there like the very splendor of the sun; and the officiating priests too took their place by the blazing fire,

Verse 130 (padma.1.17.130)

पशूनामिह गृह्णानाभागं स्वस्व चरोर्मुदा। यज्ञभागार्थिनो देवा विलम्बाद्ब्रुवते तदा

paśūnāmiha gṛhṇānābhāgaṁ svasva carormudā yajñabhāgārthino devā vilambādbruvate tadā

joyfully receiving each their own portion of the sacrificial offering. The gods, desiring their share of the sacrifice, then spoke because of the delay:

Verse 131 (padma.1.17.131)

कालहीनं न कर्तव्यं कृतं न फलदं यतः। वेदेष्वेवमधीकारो दृष्टःसर्वैर्मनीषिभिः

kālahīnaṁ na kartavyaṁ kṛtaṁ na phaladaṁ yataḥ vedeṣvevamadhīkāro dṛṣṭaḥsarvairmanīṣibhiḥ

'What is not done at its proper time should not be done, for an untimely act bears no fruit — this very principle is seen upheld in the Vedas by all the wise.'

Verse 132 (padma.1.17.132)

प्रावर्ग्ये क्रियमाणे तु ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः। क्षीरद्वयेन संयुक्त शृतेनाध्वर्युणा तथा

prāvargye kriyamāṇe tu brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ kṣīradvayena saṁyukta śṛtenādhvaryuṇā tathā

While the Pravargya rite was being performed by the Brahmins learned in the Veda, with the offering made of two kinds of milk, cooked by the Adhvaryu priest,

Verse 133 (padma.1.17.133)

उपहूतेनागते नचाहूतेषु द्विजन्मसु। क्रियमाणे तथाभक्ष्ये दृष्ट्वा देवी रुषान्विता

upahūtenāgate nacāhūteṣu dvijanmasu kriyamāṇe tathābhakṣye dṛṣṭvā devī ruṣānvitā

though summoned, Savitri had not come, while among the invited twice-born Gayatri was already included — seeing this offering-rite proceed, the goddess Savitri filled with anger.

Verse 134 (padma.1.17.134)

उवाच देवी ब्रह्माणं सदोमध्ये तु मौनिनम्। किमेतद्युज्यते देव कर्तुमेतद्विचेष्टितम्

uvāca devī brahmāṇaṁ sadomadhye tu mauninam kimetadyujyate deva kartumetadviceṣṭitam

She said to Brahma, sitting silent in the midst of the assembly: 'O god, is this fitting to do? This wayward deed you are performing?

Verse 135 (padma.1.17.135)

मां परित्यज्य यत्कामात्कृतवानसि किल्बिषम्। नतुल्यापादरजसा ममैषा या शिरः कृता

māṁ parityajya yatkāmātkṛtavānasi kilbiṣam natulyāpādarajasā mamaiṣā yā śiraḥ kṛtā

Abandoning me, out of what desire have you committed this sin? She who is not even equal to the dust of my feet — her you have made your chief consort!

Verse 136 (padma.1.17.136)

यद्वदन्ति जनास्सर्वे संगताः सदसि स्थिताः। आज्ञामीश्वरभूतानां तां कुरुष्व यदीच्छसि

yadvadanti janāssarve saṁgatāḥ sadasi sthitāḥ ājñāmīśvarabhūtānāṁ tāṁ kuruṣva yadīcchasi

All the people gathered here in the assembly are saying this — if you wish, follow the command of these lord-like elders.

Verse 137 (padma.1.17.137)

भवता रूपलोभेन कृतं लोकविगर्हितम्। पुत्रेषु नकृतालज्जा पौत्रेषुचन ते प्रभो

bhavatā rūpalobhena kṛtaṁ lokavigarhitam putreṣu nakṛtālajjā pautreṣucana te prabho

Out of greed for her beauty you have done a deed condemned by the world; you felt no shame before your sons, nor before your grandsons, O lord!

Verse 138 (padma.1.17.138)

कामकारकृतं मन्य एतत्कर्मविगर्हितम्। पितामहोसि देवानामृषीणां प्रपितामहः

kāmakārakṛtaṁ manya etatkarmavigarhitam pitāmahosi devānāmṛṣīṇāṁ prapitāmahaḥ

I consider this a reprehensible act, done out of mere self-will; you are the grandfather of the gods and the great-grandfather of the sages —

Verse 139 (padma.1.17.139)

कथं न ते त्रपा जाता आत्मनःपश्यतस्तनुम्। लोकमध्येकृतं हास्यमहं चापकृता प्रभो

kathaṁ na te trapā jātā ātmanaḥpaśyatastanum lokamadhyekṛtaṁ hāsyamahaṁ cāpakṛtā prabho

then how, seeing your own conduct, has no shame arisen in you? This has become a mockery in the eyes of the world, and I have been disgraced, O lord!

Verse 140 (padma.1.17.140)

यद्येष ते स्थिरो भावस्तिष्ठ देव नमोस्तुते। अहंकथंसखीनांतु दर्शयिष्यामि वैमुखम्

yadyeṣa te sthiro bhāvastiṣṭha deva namostute ahaṁkathaṁsakhīnāṁtu darśayiṣyāmi vaimukham

If this resolve of yours is fixed, then so be it, O god, I bow to you — but how shall I show my face to my own companions?

Verse 141 (padma.1.17.141)

भर्त्रा मे विधृता पत्नी कथमेतदहं वदे। ब्रह्मोवाच। ऋत्विग्भिस्त्वरितश्चाहं दीक्षाकालादनंतरम्

bhartrā me vidhṛtā patnī kathametadahaṁ vade brahmovāca ṛtvigbhistvaritaścāhaṁ dīkṣākālādanaṁtaram

How shall I say, "My husband has taken another wife"?' Brahma said: 'Hastened by the officiating priests immediately after the time of consecration,

Verse 142 (padma.1.17.142)

पत्नीं विना न होमोत्र शीघ्रं पत्नीमिहानय। शक्रेणैषा समानीता दत्तेयं मम विष्णुना

patnīṁ vinā na homotra śīghraṁ patnīmihānaya śakreṇaiṣā samānītā datteyaṁ mama viṣṇunā

"there can be no fire-offering here without a wife — quickly bring one," [they said]. This girl was brought by Shakra, and given to me by Vishnu;

Verse 143 (padma.1.17.143)

गृहीता च मया सुभ्रु क्षमस्वैतं मया कृतम्। न चापराधं भूयोन्यं करिष्ये तव सुव्रते

gṛhītā ca mayā subhru kṣamasvaitaṁ mayā kṛtam na cāparādhaṁ bhūyonyaṁ kariṣye tava suvrate

and accepted by me, O fair-browed one. Forgive me for what I have done; I shall commit no other offense against you again, O you of noble vows.

Verse 144 (padma.1.17.144)

पादयोः पतितस्तेहं क्षमस्वेह नमोस्तुते। पुलस्त्य उवाच। एवमुक्ता तदा क्रुद्धा ब्रह्माणं शप्तुमुद्यता

pādayoḥ patitastehaṁ kṣamasveha namostute pulastya uvāca evamuktā tadā kruddhā brahmāṇaṁ śaptumudyatā

Fallen at your feet, I bow to you — forgive me.' Pulastya said: Thus addressed, she, enraged, then prepared to curse Brahma:

Verse 145 (padma.1.17.145)

यदि मेस्ति तपस्तप्तं गुरवो यदि तोषिताः। सर्वब्रह्मसमूहेषु स्थानेषु विविधेषु च

yadi mesti tapastaptaṁ guravo yadi toṣitāḥ sarvabrahmasamūheṣu sthāneṣu vividheṣu ca

'If I have performed austerity, if the gurus have ever been pleased with me, then in all assemblies of Brahmins, and in the various places,

Verse 146 (padma.1.17.146)

नैव ते ब्राह्मणाः पूजां करिष्यंति कदाचन। ॠते तु कार्तिकीमेकां पूजां सांवत्सरीं तव

naiva te brāhmaṇāḥ pūjāṁ kariṣyaṁti kadācana ṝte tu kārtikīmekāṁ pūjāṁ sāṁvatsarīṁ tava

the Brahmins shall never worship you — except for one annual worship on the Kartiki day,

Verse 147 (padma.1.17.147)

करिष्यन्ति द्विजाः सर्वे मर्त्या नान्यत्र भूतले। एतद्ब्रह्माणमुक्त्वाह शतक्रतुमुपस्थितम्

kariṣyanti dvijāḥ sarve martyā nānyatra bhūtale etadbrahmāṇamuktvāha śatakratumupasthitam

that alone all mortal Brahmins shall perform for you, and nowhere else on this earth.' Having said this to Brahma, she then spoke to Shatakratu, who stood there:

Verse 148 (padma.1.17.148)

भोभोः शक्र त्वयानीता आभीरी ब्रह्मणोन्तिकम्। यस्मात्ते क्षुद्रकंकर्मतस्मात्वं लप्स्यसे फलम्

bhobhoḥ śakra tvayānītā ābhīrī brahmaṇontikam yasmātte kṣudrakaṁkarmatasmātvaṁ lapsyase phalam

'O Shakra, Shakra! It was you who brought that Abhira girl into Brahma's presence; because of this vile deed of yours, you shall reap its fruit —

Verse 149 (padma.1.17.149)

यदा संग्राममध्ये त्वं स्थाता शक्र भविष्यसि। तदा त्वं शत्रुभिर्बद्धो नीतः परमिकां दशाम्

yadā saṁgrāmamadhye tvaṁ sthātā śakra bhaviṣyasi tadā tvaṁ śatrubhirbaddho nītaḥ paramikāṁ daśām

when you stand in the midst of battle, O Shakra, then, bound by your enemies, you shall be brought to the most wretched condition,

Verse 150 (padma.1.17.150)

अकिञ्चनो नष्टसत्वः शत्रूणां नगरे स्थितः। पराभवं महत्प्राप्य न चिरादेव मोक्ष्यसे

akiñcano naṣṭasatvaḥ śatrūṇāṁ nagare sthitaḥ parābhavaṁ mahatprāpya na cirādeva mokṣyase

destitute, your strength destroyed, held captive in the city of your enemies — having suffered great humiliation, you shall not be freed for a long time.'

Verse 151 (padma.1.17.151)

शक्रं शप्त्वा तदा देवी विष्णुं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्। भृगुवाक्येन ते जन्म यदा मर्त्ये भविष्यति

śakraṁ śaptvā tadā devī viṣṇuṁ vākyamathābravīt bhṛguvākyena te janma yadā martye bhaviṣyati

Having cursed Shakra, the goddess then spoke these words to Vishnu: 'When, by Bhrigu's word, your birth occurs among mortals,

Verse 152 (padma.1.17.152)

भार्यावियोगजं दुःखं तदा त्वं तत्र भोक्ष्यसे। हृतातेशत्रुणा पत्नी परे पारो महोदधेः

bhāryāviyogajaṁ duḥkhaṁ tadā tvaṁ tatra bhokṣyase hṛtāteśatruṇā patnī pare pāro mahodadheḥ

then you shall suffer there the sorrow born of separation from your wife; your wife shall be carried off by an enemy, across the far shore of the great ocean.

Verse 153 (padma.1.17.153)

न च त्वं ज्ञास्यसे नीतां शोकोपहतचेतनः। भ्रात्रा सह परं कष्टामापदं प्राप्य दुःखितः

na ca tvaṁ jñāsyase nītāṁ śokopahatacetanaḥ bhrātrā saha paraṁ kaṣṭāmāpadaṁ prāpya duḥkhitaḥ

You shall not even know where she has been taken, your mind stricken with grief; together with your brother, falling into extreme calamity, you shall be sorrowful.

Verse 154 (padma.1.17.154)

यदा यदुकुले जातःकृष्णसंज्ञो भविष्यसि। पशूनां दासतां प्राप्य चिरकालं भ्रमिष्यसि

yadā yadukule jātaḥkṛṣṇasaṁjño bhaviṣyasi paśūnāṁ dāsatāṁ prāpya cirakālaṁ bhramiṣyasi

When you are born in the Yadu clan and called by the name Krishna, you shall fall into servitude among cattle and wander thus for a long time.'

Verse 155 (padma.1.17.155)

तदाह रुद्रं कुपिता यदा दारुवने स्थितः। तदा त ॠषयः क्रुद्धाःशापं दास्यन्तिवै हर

tadāha rudraṁ kupitā yadā dāruvane sthitaḥ tadā ta ṝṣayaḥ kruddhāḥśāpaṁ dāsyantivai hara

Then, in fury, she addressed Rudra: 'When you dwell in the Daru forest, then the sages there, enraged, shall give you a curse, O Hara —

Verse 156 (padma.1.17.156)

भोभोः कापालिक क्षुद्र स्त्रीरस्माकं जिहीर्षसि। तदेतद्दर्पितं तेद्य भूमौ लिङ्गंपतिष्यति

bhobhoḥ kāpālika kṣudra strīrasmākaṁ jihīrṣasi tadetaddarpitaṁ tedya bhūmau liṅgaṁpatiṣyati

"O vile skull-bearing beggar, you wish to seduce our wives!" Then this linga of yours, so proud today, shall fall to the ground.

Verse 157 (padma.1.17.157)

विहीनः पौरुषेण त्वं मुनिशापाच्च पीडितः। गङ्गाद्वारेस्थिता पत्नी सा त्वामाश्वासयिष्यति

vihīnaḥ pauruṣeṇa tvaṁ muniśāpācca pīḍitaḥ gaṅgādvāresthitā patnī sā tvāmāśvāsayiṣyati

You shall be stripped of your manhood, afflicted by the sages' curse; your wife, dwelling at Gangadvara, shall then be the one to console you.

Verse 158 (padma.1.17.158)

अग्ने त्वं सर्वभक्षोसि पूर्वं पुत्रेण मे कृतः। भृगुणा धर्मनित्येन कथं दग्धं दहाम्यहम्

agne tvaṁ sarvabhakṣosi pūrvaṁ putreṇa me kṛtaḥ bhṛguṇā dharmanityena kathaṁ dagdhaṁ dahāmyaham

'O Agni, you who devour all — this was ordained by my son, the ever-righteous Bhrigu; being thus consumed myself, how should I not now burn you?

Verse 159 (padma.1.17.159)

जातवेदस्स रुद्रस्त्वां रेतसा प्लावयिष्यति। अमेध्येषु च तेजिह्वा अधिकं प्रज्वलिष्यति

jātavedassa rudrastvāṁ retasā plāvayiṣyati amedhyeṣu ca tejihvā adhikaṁ prajvaliṣyati

O Jataveda, that Rudra shall flood you with his seed, and your tongue, reaching into impure things, shall blaze all the more.'

Verse 160 (padma.1.17.160)

ब्राह्मणानृत्विजः सर्वान्सावित्रीवैशशाप ह। प्रतिग्रहार्थाग्निहोत्रोवृथाटव्याश्रयास्तथा

brāhmaṇānṛtvijaḥ sarvānsāvitrīvaiśaśāpa ha pratigrahārthāgnihotrovṛthāṭavyāśrayāstathā

Savitri cursed all the Brahmins and officiating priests too: 'You who live for the sake of receiving gifts, whose fire-oblations are in vain, who take refuge in the forest in vain,

Verse 161 (padma.1.17.161)

सदा तीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि लोभादेव भजिष्यथ। परान्नेषु सदातृप्ता अतृप्तास्स्वगृहेषु च

sadā tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi lobhādeva bhajiṣyatha parānneṣu sadātṛptā atṛptāssvagṛheṣu ca

you shall always frequent sacred fords and holy fields out of mere greed; ever content with others' food, yet never content in your own homes,

Verse 162 (padma.1.17.162)

अयाज्ययाजनं कृत्वा कुत्सितस्य प्रतिग्रहम्। वृथाधनार्जनं कृत्वा व्ययं चैव तथा वृथा

ayājyayājanaṁ kṛtvā kutsitasya pratigraham vṛthādhanārjanaṁ kṛtvā vyayaṁ caiva tathā vṛthā

officiating at forbidden sacrifices, accepting gifts from the despicable, earning wealth in vain and spending it just as vainly —

Verse 163 (padma.1.17.163)

प्रेतानां तेन प्रेतत्वं भविष्यति न संशयः। एवं शक्रं तथा विष्णुं रुद्रं वै पावकं तथा

pretānāṁ tena pretatvaṁ bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ evaṁ śakraṁ tathā viṣṇuṁ rudraṁ vai pāvakaṁ tathā

for this reason you shall attain the state of ghosts (pretas) — this is beyond doubt.' Thus Shakra, and Vishnu, and Rudra, and Pavaka too,

Verse 164 (padma.1.17.164)

ब्रह्माणं ब्राह्मणांश्चैव सर्वांस्तानाशपद्रुषा। शापं दत्वा तथातेषां निष्क्रांता सदसस्तथा

brahmāṇaṁ brāhmaṇāṁścaiva sarvāṁstānāśapadruṣā śāpaṁ datvā tathāteṣāṁ niṣkrāṁtā sadasastathā

and Brahma and all the Brahmins as well — she cursed them all in her fury. Having given them the curse, she departed from the assembly,

Verse 165 (padma.1.17.165)

ज्येष्ठं पुष्करमासाद्य तदासा च व्यवस्थिता। लक्ष्मींप्राह सतीं तां चशक्रभार्यां वराननाम्

jyeṣṭhaṁ puṣkaramāsādya tadāsā ca vyavasthitā lakṣmīṁprāha satīṁ tāṁ caśakrabhāryāṁ varānanām

and reaching Jyeshtha Pushkara, she settled there. She said to Sati, the fair-faced and virtuous wife of Shakra,

Verse 166 (padma.1.17.166)

युवतीस्तास्तथोवाच नात्र स्थास्यामि सन्सदि। तत्रचाहं गमिष्यामि यत्रश्रोष्ये न च ध्वनिम्

yuvatīstāstathovāca nātra sthāsyāmi sansadi tatracāhaṁ gamiṣyāmi yatraśroṣye na ca dhvanim

and to the other young women as well: 'I shall not stay in this assembly; I shall go where I will not even hear its sound.'

Verse 167 (padma.1.17.167)

ततस्ताः प्रमदाः सर्वाः प्रयाताः स्वनिकेतनम्। सावित्री कुपिता तासामपि शापाय चोद्यता

tatastāḥ pramadāḥ sarvāḥ prayātāḥ svaniketanam sāvitrī kupitā tāsāmapi śāpāya codyatā

Then all those young women returned to their own dwellings. Savitri, angry with them too, prepared to curse them as well —

Verse 168 (padma.1.17.168)

यस्मान्मां तु परित्यज्य गतास्ता देवयोषितः। तासामपि तथा शापंप्रदास्येकुपिता भृशम्

yasmānmāṁ tu parityajya gatāstā devayoṣitaḥ tāsāmapi tathā śāpaṁpradāsyekupitā bhṛśam

'Since these wives of the gods have gone off, abandoning me, in my great fury I shall give a curse to them as well —

Verse 169 (padma.1.17.169)

नैकत्रवासो लक्ष्म्यास्तु भविष्यतिकदाचन। क्षुद्रा सा चलचित्ता चमूर्खेषु चवसिष्यति

naikatravāso lakṣmyāstu bhaviṣyatikadācana kṣudrā sā calacittā camūrkheṣu cavasiṣyati

Lakshmi shall never have a lasting dwelling in one place; fickle-minded and base, she shall dwell among fools,

Verse 170 (padma.1.17.170)

म्लेच्छेषु पार्वतीयेषु कुत्सिते कुत्सिते तथा। मूर्खेषु चावलिप्तेषु अभिशप्ते दुरात्मनि

mleccheṣu pārvatīyeṣu kutsite kutsite tathā mūrkheṣu cāvalipteṣu abhiśapte durātmani

among mlecchas, among mountain-dwellers, among the most base of places, among fools and the arrogant, and even in a wicked, accursed man —

Verse 171 (padma.1.17.171)

एवंविधे नरे स्यात्ते वसतिःशापकारिता। शापं दत्वाततस्तस्या इन्द्राणीमशपत्ततदा

evaṁvidhe nare syātte vasatiḥśāpakāritā śāpaṁ datvātatastasyā indrāṇīmaśapattatadā

in such a man, by my curse, shall your dwelling be.' Having given this curse, she then cursed Indrani as well —

Verse 172 (padma.1.17.172)

ब्रह्महत्या गृहीतेंद्रे पत्यौ तेदुःखभागिनि। नहुषापहृते राज्ये दृष्ट्वा त्वांयाचयिष्यति

brahmahatyā gṛhīteṁdre patyau teduḥkhabhāgini nahuṣāpahṛte rājye dṛṣṭvā tvāṁyācayiṣyati

'When Indra is seized by the sin of Brahmin-slaying, while your husband suffers this affliction, when Nahusha seizes his kingdom, seeing you he shall entreat you —

Verse 173 (padma.1.17.173)

अहमिन्द्रः कथं चैषा नोपस्थास्यति बालिशा। सर्वान्देवान्हनिष्यामि न लप्स्येहं शचीं यदि

ahamindraḥ kathaṁ caiṣā nopasthāsyati bāliśā sarvāndevānhaniṣyāmi na lapsyehaṁ śacīṁ yadi

"I am Indra — why does this foolish girl not come to me? If I do not obtain Shachi, I shall slay all the gods!"

Verse 174 (padma.1.17.174)

नष्टा त्वं च तदा त्रस्ता वाक्पतेर्दुःखिता गृहे। वसिष्यसे दुराचारे मम शापेन गर्विते

naṣṭā tvaṁ ca tadā trastā vākpaterduḥkhitā gṛhe vasiṣyase durācāre mama śāpena garvite

Then you, ruined and terrified, sorrowful, shall dwell in the house of that wicked man, made arrogant by my curse.

Verse 175 (padma.1.17.175)

देवभार्यासु सर्वासु तदा शापमयच्छत। न चापत्यकृतां प्रीतिमेताः सर्वा लभिष्यथ

devabhāryāsu sarvāsu tadā śāpamayacchata na cāpatyakṛtāṁ prītimetāḥ sarvā labhiṣyatha

To all the wives of the gods she then gave this curse as well: 'None of you shall ever attain the joy that comes from children.'

Verse 176 (padma.1.17.176)

दह्यमाना दिवारात्रौ वंध्याशब्देन दूषिताः। गौर्य्यप्येवं तदा शप्ता सावित्र्या वरवर्णिनी

dahyamānā divārātrau vaṁdhyāśabdena dūṣitāḥ gauryyapyevaṁ tadā śaptā sāvitryā varavarṇinī

Burning day and night, defiled by the reproach of 'barren one' — Gauri too, the fair one, was thus cursed by Savitri.

Verse 177 (padma.1.17.177)

रुदमाना तु सा दृष्टा विष्णुना च प्रसादिता। मा रोदीस्त्वंविशालाक्षि एह्यागच्छ सदाशुभे

rudamānā tu sā dṛṣṭā viṣṇunā ca prasāditā mā rodīstvaṁviśālākṣi ehyāgaccha sadāśubhe

Seeing her weeping, Vishnu sought to comfort her: 'Do not weep, O wide-eyed one; come, come here, O ever-auspicious one.

Verse 178 (padma.1.17.178)

प्रविश्य च सभां देहि मेखलां क्षौमवाससी। गृहाण दीक्षां ब्रह्माणिपादौ च प्रणमामि ते

praviśya ca sabhāṁ dehi mekhalāṁ kṣaumavāsasī gṛhāṇa dīkṣāṁ brahmāṇipādau ca praṇamāmi te

Enter the assembly and give me your girdle and linen garments; take up the consecration, O Brahmani — I bow at your feet.'

Verse 179 (padma.1.17.179)

एवमुक्ताऽब्रवीदेनं न करोमि वचस्तव। तत्रचाहं गमिष्यामि यत्रश्रोष्ये न वै ध्वनिम्

evamuktā'bravīdenaṁ na karomi vacastava tatracāhaṁ gamiṣyāmi yatraśroṣye na vai dhvanim

Thus addressed, she said to him: 'I shall not do as you say; I shall go where I will not even hear that sound.'

Verse 180 (padma.1.17.180)

एतावदुक्त्वा सारुह्य तस्मात्स्थानद्गिरौ स्थिता। विष्णुस्तदग्रतःस्थित्वाबध्वा च करसम्पुटं

etāvaduktvā sāruhya tasmātsthānadgirau sthitā viṣṇustadagrataḥsthitvābadhvā ca karasampuṭaṁ

Having said just this, she climbed up from that place and settled upon the mountain. Vishnu, standing before her with hands joined together,

Verse 181 (padma.1.17.181)

तुष्टाव प्रणतो भूत्वा भक्त्या परमयास्थितः। विष्णुरुवाच। सर्वगा सर्वभूतेषु द्रष्टव्या सर्वतोद्भुता

tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā bhaktyā paramayāsthitaḥ viṣṇuruvāca sarvagā sarvabhūteṣu draṣṭavyā sarvatodbhutā

bowed low and praised her with the deepest devotion. Vishnu said: 'You who pervade all things, who are to be beheld in every being, manifest everywhere,

Verse 182 (padma.1.17.182)

सदसच्चैव यत्किंचिद्दृश्यं तन्न विना त्वया। तथापियेषु स्थानेषु द्रष्टव्या सिद्धिमीप्सुभिः

sadasaccaiva yatkiṁciddṛśyaṁ tanna vinā tvayā tathāpiyeṣu sthāneṣu draṣṭavyā siddhimīpsubhiḥ

the existent and the non-existent, whatever is visible — none of it exists apart from you. Yet the places where those who desire perfection should behold you,

Verse 183 (padma.1.17.183)

स्मर्तव्या भूमिकामैर्वा तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तेग्रतः। सावित्री पुष्करेनाम तीर्थानां प्रवरे शुभे

smartavyā bhūmikāmairvā tatpravakṣyāmi tegrataḥ sāvitrī puṣkarenāma tīrthānāṁ pravare śubhe

or where those who desire good land should call you to mind — that I shall now declare before you: at Pushkara, foremost and most auspicious among sacred fords, you are Savitri;

Verse 184 (padma.1.17.184)

वाराणस्यां विशालाक्षी नैमिषे लिंगधारिणी। प्रयागे ललितादेवी कामुका गन्धमादने

vārāṇasyāṁ viśālākṣī naimiṣe liṁgadhāriṇī prayāge lalitādevī kāmukā gandhamādane

at Varanasi you are Vishalakshi; at Naimisha, Lingadharini; at Prayaga, the goddess Lalita; at Gandhamadana, Kamuka;

Verse 185 (padma.1.17.185)

मानसे कुमुदा नाम विश्वकाया तथाम्बरे। गोमन्ते गोमती नाम मन्दरेकामचारिणी

mānase kumudā nāma viśvakāyā tathāmbare gomante gomatī nāma mandarekāmacāriṇī

at lake Manasa, named Kumuda; in the sky, Vishvakaya; at Gomanta, named Gomati; at Mandara, Kamacharini;

Verse 186 (padma.1.17.186)

मदोत्कटा चैत्ररथे जयन्ती हस्तिनापुरे। कान्यकुब्जे तथा गौरीरम्भा मलयपर्वते

madotkaṭā caitrarathe jayantī hastināpure kānyakubje tathā gaurīrambhā malayaparvate

at Chaitraratha, Madotkata; at Hastinapura, Jayanti; likewise at Kanyakubja, Gauri; on the Malaya mountain, Rambha;

Verse 187 (padma.1.17.187)

एकाम्रके कीर्तिमती विश्वा विश्वेश्वरी तथा। कर्णिके पुरुहस्तेति केदारे मार्गदायिका

ekāmrake kīrtimatī viśvā viśveśvarī tathā karṇike puruhasteti kedāre mārgadāyikā

at Ekamraka, Kirtimati; and at Vishva, Vishveshvari; at Karnika, named Puruhasta; at Kedara, Margadayika, giver of the path;

Verse 188 (padma.1.17.188)

नन्दा हिमवतः पृष्टे गोकर्णे भद्रकालिका। स्थाण्वीश्वरे भवानी तु बिल्वकेबिल्वपत्रिका

nandā himavataḥ pṛṣṭe gokarṇe bhadrakālikā sthāṇvīśvare bhavānī tu bilvakebilvapatrikā

on Himavat's ridge, Nanda; at Gokarna, Bhadrakalika; at Sthanvishvara, Bhavani; at Bilvaka, Bilvapatrika;

Verse 189 (padma.1.17.189)

श्रीशैले माधवीदेवी भद्राभद्रेश्वरी तथा। जया वराहशैले तु कमलाकमलालये

śrīśaile mādhavīdevī bhadrābhadreśvarī tathā jayā varāhaśaile tu kamalākamalālaye

at Shrishaila, the goddess Madhavi; at Bhadra, Bhadreshvari; at Varahashaila, Jaya; at Kamalalaya, Kamala;

Verse 190 (padma.1.17.190)

रुद्रकोट्यां तुरुद्राणी काली कालञ्जरे तथा। महालिंगे तु कपिला कर्कोटे मंगलेश्वरी

rudrakoṭyāṁ turudrāṇī kālī kālañjare tathā mahāliṁge tu kapilā karkoṭe maṁgaleśvarī

at Rudrakoti, Rudrani; at Kalanjara, Kali; at Mahalinga, Kapila; at Karkota, Mangaleshvari;

Verse 191 (padma.1.17.191)

शालिग्रामे महादेवी शिवलिंगेजलप्रिया। मायापुर्यां कुमारीतु सन्तानेललितातथा

śāligrāme mahādevī śivaliṁgejalapriyā māyāpuryāṁ kumārītu santānelalitātathā

at Shaligrama, Mahadevi; at the Shivalinga, Jalapriya; at Mayapuri, Kumari; likewise at Santana, Lalita;

Verse 192 (padma.1.17.192)

उत्पलाक्षी सहस्राक्षे हिरण्याक्षे महोत्पला। गयायां मंगला नाम विमला पुरुषोत्तमे

utpalākṣī sahasrākṣe hiraṇyākṣe mahotpalā gayāyāṁ maṁgalā nāma vimalā puruṣottame

at Sahasraksha, Utpalakshi; at Hiranyaksha, Mahotpala; at Gaya, named Mangala; at Purushottama, Vimala;

Verse 193 (padma.1.17.193)

विपाशायाममोघाक्षी पाटला पुण्यवर्द्धने। नारायणी सुपार्श्वे तु त्रिकूटे भद्रसुंदरी

vipāśāyāmamoghākṣī pāṭalā puṇyavarddhane nārāyaṇī supārśve tu trikūṭe bhadrasuṁdarī

on the Vipasha river, Amoghakshi; at Punyavardhana, Patala; at Suparshva, Narayani; at Trikuta, Bhadrasundari;

Verse 194 (padma.1.17.194)

विपुले विपुला नाम कल्याणी मलयाचले। कोटवी कोटितीर्थे तु सुगंधा माधवीवने

vipule vipulā nāma kalyāṇī malayācale koṭavī koṭitīrthe tu sugaṁdhā mādhavīvane

at Vipula, named Vipula; on the Malaya slope, Kalyani; at Kotitirtha, Kotavi; at Madhavivana, Sugandha;

Verse 195 (padma.1.17.195)

कुब्जाम्रके त्रिसन्ध्या तु गंगाद्वारे हरिप्रिया। शिवकुण्डे शिवानंदा नन्दिनी देविकातटे

kubjāmrake trisandhyā tu gaṁgādvāre haripriyā śivakuṇḍe śivānaṁdā nandinī devikātaṭe

at Kubjamraka, Trisandhya; at Gangadvara, Haripriya; at Shivakunda, Shivananda; on the bank of the Devika, Nandini;

Verse 196 (padma.1.17.196)

रुक्मिणी द्वारवत्यां तु राधा वृन्दावने तथा। देवकी मथुरायां तु पाताले परमेश्वरी

rukmiṇī dvāravatyāṁ tu rādhā vṛndāvane tathā devakī mathurāyāṁ tu pātāle parameśvarī

at Dvaravati, Rukmini; likewise at Vrindavana, Radha; at Mathura, Devaki; in Patala, Parameshvari;

Verse 197 (padma.1.17.197)

चित्रकूटे तथा सीता विंध्ये विंध्यनिवासिनी। सह्याद्रावेकवीरा तु हरिश्चन्द्रे तु चन्द्रिका

citrakūṭe tathā sītā viṁdhye viṁdhyanivāsinī sahyādrāvekavīrā tu hariścandre tu candrikā

likewise at Chitrakuta, Sita; at the Vindhyas, Vindhyanivasini; at the Sahyadri, Ekavira; at Harishchandra, Chandrika;

Verse 198 (padma.1.17.198)

रमणा रामतीर्थे तु यमुनायां मृगावती। करवीरे महालक्ष्मी रुमादेवी विनायके

ramaṇā rāmatīrthe tu yamunāyāṁ mṛgāvatī karavīre mahālakṣmī rumādevī vināyake

at Ramatirtha, Ramana; on the Yamuna, Mrigavati; at Karavira, Mahalakshmi; at Vinayaka, Rumadevi;

Verse 199 (padma.1.17.199)

अरोगा वैद्यनाथे तु महाकाले महेश्वरी। अभया पुष्पतीर्थे तु अमृता विंध्यकन्दरे

arogā vaidyanāthe tu mahākāle maheśvarī abhayā puṣpatīrthe tu amṛtā viṁdhyakandare

at Vaidyanatha, Aroga; at Mahakala, Maheshvari; at Pushpatirtha, Abhaya; in the Vindhya cave, Amrita;

Verse 200 (padma.1.17.200)

माण्डव्ये माण्डवी देवी स्वाहा माहेश्वरे पुरे। वेगले तु प्रचण्डाथ चण्डिकामरकण्टके

māṇḍavye māṇḍavī devī svāhā māheśvare pure vegale tu pracaṇḍātha caṇḍikāmarakaṇṭake

at Mandavya, the goddess Mandavi; in the city of Maheshvara, Svaha; at Vegala, Prachanda; at Amarakantaka, Chandika.

Verse 201 (padma.1.17.201)

सोमेश्वरे वरारोहा प्रभासे पुष्करावती। देवमाता सरस्वत्यांपारापारे तटे स्थिता

someśvare varārohā prabhāse puṣkarāvatī devamātā sarasvatyāṁpārāpāre taṭe sthitā

At Someshvara, Vararoha; at Prabhasa, Pushkaravati; at the meeting of the Devamata and Sarasvati, present on both banks;

Verse 202 (padma.1.17.202)

महालये महापद्मापयोष्ण्यां पिंगलेश्वरी। सिंहिका कृतशौचे तु कार्तिकेये तु शंकरी

mahālaye mahāpadmāpayoṣṇyāṁ piṁgaleśvarī siṁhikā kṛtaśauce tu kārtikeye tu śaṁkarī

at Mahalaya, Mahapadma; on the Payoshni, Pingaleshvari; Simhika at Kritashaucha; at Kartikeya's shrine, Shankari;

Verse 203 (padma.1.17.203)

उत्पलावर्तके लोला सुभद्रा सिन्धुसंगमे। उमा सिद्धवने लक्ष्मीरनंगा भरताश्रमे

utpalāvartake lolā subhadrā sindhusaṁgame umā siddhavane lakṣmīranaṁgā bharatāśrame

at Utpalavartaka, Lola; at the Sindhu confluence, Subhadra; at Siddhavana, Uma; at Bharata's hermitage, Ananga, that is Lakshmi;

Verse 204 (padma.1.17.204)

जालन्धरे विश्वमुखी तारा किष्किन्धपर्वते। देवदारुवने पुष्टिर्मेधा काश्मीरमण्डले

jālandhare viśvamukhī tārā kiṣkindhaparvate devadāruvane puṣṭirmedhā kāśmīramaṇḍale

at Jalandhara, Vishvamukhi; at the Kishkindha mountain, Tara; in the Devadaru forest, Pushti; in the Kashmir region, Medha;

Verse 205 (padma.1.17.205)

भीमा देवी हिमाद्रौ च तुष्टिर्वस्त्रेश्वरे तथा। कपालमोचने श्रद्धा माता कायावरोहणे

bhīmā devī himādrau ca tuṣṭirvastreśvare tathā kapālamocane śraddhā mātā kāyāvarohaṇe

on the Himalaya, the goddess Bhima; at Vastreshvara, Tushti; at Kapalamochana, Shraddha; at Kayavarohana, Mata;

Verse 206 (padma.1.17.206)

शङ्खोद्धारे ध्वनिर्नाम धृतिःपिण्डारके तथा। काला तु चन्द्रभागायामच्छोदे सिद्धिदायिनी

śaṅkhoddhāre dhvanirnāma dhṛtiḥpiṇḍārake tathā kālā tu candrabhāgāyāmacchode siddhidāyinī

at Shankhoddhara, named Dhvani; at Pindaraka, Dhriti; on the Chandrabhaga, Kala; at Acchoda, the bestower of perfection;

Verse 207 (padma.1.17.207)

वेणायाममृता देवी वदर्यामूर्वशी तथा। औषधी चोत्तरकुरौ कुशद्वीपे कुशोदका

veṇāyāmamṛtā devī vadaryāmūrvaśī tathā auṣadhī cottarakurau kuśadvīpe kuśodakā

on the Vena, the goddess Amrita; likewise at Badari, Urvashi; in Uttarakuru, Aushadhi; in Kushadvipa, Kushodaka;

Verse 208 (padma.1.17.208)

मन्मथा हेमकूटे तु कुमुदे सत्यवादिनी। अश्वत्थेवन्दनीया तु निधिर्वै श्रवणालये

manmathā hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādinī aśvatthevandanīyā tu nidhirvai śravaṇālaye

at Hemakuta, Manmatha; at Kumuda, the truth-speaking one; at the Ashvattha tree, the venerable one; at Shravana's abode, Nidhi,

Verse 209 (padma.1.17.209)

गायत्री वेदवदने पार्वती शिवसन्निधौ। देवलोके तथेंद्राणी ब्रह्मास्ये तु सरस्वती

gāyatrī vedavadane pārvatī śivasannidhau devaloke tatheṁdrāṇī brahmāsye tu sarasvatī

in the mouth of the Veda, Gayatri; in Shiva's presence, Parvati; likewise in the world of the gods, Indrani; in Brahma's mouth, Sarasvati;

Verse 210 (padma.1.17.210)

सूर्यबिम्बे प्रभानाम मातॄणां वैष्णवी तथा। अरुन्धती सतीनां तु रामासु च तिलोत्तमा

sūryabimbe prabhānāma mātṝṇāṁ vaiṣṇavī tathā arundhatī satīnāṁ tu rāmāsu ca tilottamā

in the orb of the sun, named Prabha; among the Mother-goddesses, Vaishnavi; among faithful wives, Arundhati; and among the celestial nymphs, Tilottama;

Verse 211 (padma.1.17.211)

चित्रे ब्रह्मकला नाम शक्तिः सर्वशरीरिणां। एतद्भक्त्या मया प्रोक्तं नामाष्टशतमुत्तमं

citre brahmakalā nāma śaktiḥ sarvaśarīriṇāṁ etadbhaktyā mayā proktaṁ nāmāṣṭaśatamuttamaṁ

in the constellation Chitra, named Brahmakala — this is the power dwelling in all embodied beings. This excellent set of one hundred and eight names I have declared out of devotion,

Verse 212 (padma.1.17.212)

अष्टोत्तरं च तीर्थानां शतमेतदुदाहृतं। यो जपेच्छ्रुणुयाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

aṣṭottaraṁ ca tīrthānāṁ śatametadudāhṛtaṁ yo japecchruṇuyādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

and likewise these hundred and eight sacred fords have been enumerated. Whoever recites this or even hears it is freed from all sins.

Verse 213 (padma.1.17.213)

येषु तीर्थेषु यः कृत्वा स्नानं पश्येन्नरोत्तमः। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः कल्पं ब्रह्मपुरे वसेत्

yeṣu tīrtheṣu yaḥ kṛtvā snānaṁ paśyennarottamaḥ sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ kalpaṁ brahmapure vaset

The finest of men who, having bathed at these sacred fords, beholds the goddess there, freed from all sin, shall dwell for a full kalpa in Brahma's city.

Verse 214 (padma.1.17.214)

नामाष्टकशतं यस्तु श्रावयेद्ब्रह्मसन्निधौ। पौर्णमास्याममायां वा बहुपुत्रो भवेन्नरः

nāmāṣṭakaśataṁ yastu śrāvayedbrahmasannidhau paurṇamāsyāmamāyāṁ vā bahuputro bhavennaraḥ

Whoever recites these hundred and eight names in Brahma's presence, on the full-moon or the new-moon day, that man becomes blessed with many sons.

Verse 215 (padma.1.17.215)

गोदाने श्राद्धदाने वा अहन्यहनि वा पुनः। देवार्चनविधौ शृण्वन्परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

godāne śrāddhadāne vā ahanyahani vā punaḥ devārcanavidhau śṛṇvanparaṁ brahmādhigacchati

In the giving of a cow, in offering shraddha, or day after day while listening during the rite of worshipping the gods, he attains the Supreme Brahman.

Verse 216 (padma.1.17.216)

एवं स्तुवंतं सावित्री विष्णुं प्रोवाच सुव्रता। सम्यक्स्तुता त्वया पुत्र त्वमजय्योभविष्यसि

evaṁ stuvaṁtaṁ sāvitrī viṣṇuṁ provāca suvratā samyakstutā tvayā putra tvamajayyobhaviṣyasi

Thus, to Vishnu who was praising her, Savitri, of noble vows, said: 'Having been well praised by you, my son, you shall become unconquerable.

Verse 217 (padma.1.17.217)

अवतारे सदारस्त्वं पितृमातृषु वल्लभः। इह चागत्य यो मां तु स्तवेनानेन संस्तुयात्

avatāre sadārastvaṁ pitṛmātṛṣu vallabhaḥ iha cāgatya yo māṁ tu stavenānena saṁstuyāt

In your incarnation you shall always have a wife, and remain dear to your father and mother. Whoever comes here and praises me with this hymn,

Verse 218 (padma.1.17.218)

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः परं स्थानं गमिष्यति। गच्छयज्ञं विरिञ्चस्य समाप्तिं नय पुत्रक

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṁ sthānaṁ gamiṣyati gacchayajñaṁ viriñcasya samāptiṁ naya putraka

freed from all sin, shall attain the Supreme Abode. Now go, my son, and bring Virinchi's sacrifice to its completion.

Verse 219 (padma.1.17.219)

कुरुक्षेत्रे प्रयागे च भविष्ये चान्नदायिनी। समीपगा स्थिता भर्त्तुःकरिष्ये तव भाषितम्

kurukṣetre prayāge ca bhaviṣye cānnadāyinī samīpagā sthitā bharttuḥkariṣye tava bhāṣitam

At Kurukshetra and at Prayaga, in time to come, I shall be the giver of food; remaining near my husband, I shall carry out what you have asked.'

Verse 220 (padma.1.17.220)

एवमुक्तो गतो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मणः सद उत्तम्। गतायामथ सावित्र्यां गायत्री वाक्यमब्रवीत्

evamukto gato viṣṇurbrahmaṇaḥ sada uttam gatāyāmatha sāvitryāṁ gāyatrī vākyamabravīt

Thus addressed, Vishnu went to Brahma's excellent assembly. When Savitri had departed, Gayatri then spoke these words —

Verse 221 (padma.1.17.221)

शृण्वन्तु वाक्यमृषयो मदीयं भर्तृसन्निधौ। यदिदं वच्म्यहं तुष्टा वरदानाय चोद्यता

śṛṇvantu vākyamṛṣayo madīyaṁ bhartṛsannidhau yadidaṁ vacmyahaṁ tuṣṭā varadānāya codyatā

'Let the sages hear my words, here in the presence of my husband; what I am about to say, being pleased, I am prepared to grant as a boon —

Verse 222 (padma.1.17.222)

ब्रह्माणं पूजयिष्यंति नरा भक्तिसमन्विताः। तेषां वस्त्रं धनंधान्यं दाराःसौख्यं धनानि च

brahmāṇaṁ pūjayiṣyaṁti narā bhaktisamanvitāḥ teṣāṁ vastraṁ dhanaṁdhānyaṁ dārāḥsaukhyaṁ dhanāni ca

men endowed with devotion who worship Brahma — their clothing, wealth, grain, wives, happiness, and riches,

Verse 223 (padma.1.17.223)

अविच्छिन्नं तथा सौख्यं गृहे वै पुत्रपौत्रकम्। भुक्त्वासौ सुचिरं कालमंते मोक्षं गमिष्यति

avicchinnaṁ tathā saukhyaṁ gṛhe vai putrapautrakam bhuktvāsau suciraṁ kālamaṁte mokṣaṁ gamiṣyati

and unbroken happiness in the home together with sons and grandsons — having enjoyed all this for a very long time, at the end they shall attain liberation.'

Verse 224 (padma.1.17.224)

पुलस्त्य उवाच। ब्रह्माणं च प्रतिष्ठाप्य सर्वयत्नैर्विधानतः। यत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति तदेकाग्रमनाः शृणु

pulastya uvāca brahmāṇaṁ ca pratiṣṭhāpya sarvayatnairvidhānataḥ yatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti tadekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu

Pulastya said: 'Hear now, with a focused mind, the meritorious fruit obtained from establishing Brahma's image with every proper effort, according to the prescribed rule —

Verse 225 (padma.1.17.225)

सर्वयज्ञ तपो दान तीर्थ वेदेषु यत्फलम्। तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं लभेतैतत्प्रतिष्ठया

sarvayajña tapo dāna tīrtha vedeṣu yatphalam tatphalaṁ koṭiguṇitaṁ labhetaitatpratiṣṭhayā

whatever fruit exists in all sacrifices, austerities, gifts, sacred fords, and the Vedas — that fruit is obtained multiplied a million-fold through this act of consecration.'

Verse 226 (padma.1.17.226)

पौर्णमास्युपवासं तु कृत्वा भक्त्या नराधिप। अनेन विधिना यस्तु विरिञ्चिं पूजयेन्नरः

paurṇamāsyupavāsaṁ tu kṛtvā bhaktyā narādhipa anena vidhinā yastu viriñciṁ pūjayennaraḥ

Having kept the full-moon fast with devotion, O lord of men, whoever worships Virinchi by this rite,

Verse 227 (padma.1.17.227)

प्रतिपदि महाबाहो स याति ब्रह्मणः पदम्। विरिञ्चिं वासुदेवं तु ऋत्विग्भिश्च विशेषतः

pratipadi mahābāho sa yāti brahmaṇaḥ padam viriñciṁ vāsudevaṁ tu ṛtvigbhiśca viśeṣataḥ

O mighty-armed one, attains Brahma's abode on the first lunar day, especially by worshipping Virinchi and Vasudeva together with the officiating priests.

Verse 228 (padma.1.17.228)

कार्तिके मासि देवस्य रथयात्रा प्रकीर्तिता। यांकृत्वावामानवाभक्त्यासंयान्तिब्रह्मलोकताम्

kārtike māsi devasya rathayātrā prakīrtitā yāṁkṛtvāvāmānavābhaktyāsaṁyāntibrahmalokatām

In the month of Kartika the god's chariot-procession is proclaimed; performing it, people, even the lowly, attain by devotion the state of Brahmaloka.

Verse 229 (padma.1.17.229)

कार्तिके मासि राजेंद्र पौर्णमास्यां चतुर्मुखम्। मार्गेण ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं सावित्र्या च परंतप

kārtike māsi rājeṁdra paurṇamāsyāṁ caturmukham mārgeṇa brahmaṇā sārddhaṁ sāvitryā ca paraṁtapa

O Indra among kings, on the full-moon day of Kartika, O scorcher of foes, the four-faced Brahma, together with Savitri, along the road —

Verse 230 (padma.1.17.230)

भ्रामयेन्नगरं सर्वं नानावाद्यसमन्वितः। स्नपयेद्भ्रमयित्वा तु सलोकं नगरं नृप

bhrāmayennagaraṁ sarvaṁ nānāvādyasamanvitaḥ snapayedbhramayitvā tu salokaṁ nagaraṁ nṛpa

should be paraded through the whole city with various musical instruments; having paraded him, O king, one should then bathe him along with the city.

Verse 231 (padma.1.17.231)

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वाग्रे शाण्डिलेयं प्रपूज्य च। आरोपयेद्रथे देवं पुण्यवादित्रनिःस्वनैः

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvāgre śāṇḍileyaṁ prapūjya ca āropayedrathe devaṁ puṇyavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

Having first fed the Brahmins and duly worshipped Shandileya, one should mount the god upon the chariot amid the resounding of auspicious instruments.

Verse 232 (padma.1.17.232)

रथाग्रे शाण्डिलीपुत्रं पूजयित्वा विधानतः। ब्राह्मणान्वाचयित्वातु कृत्वा पुण्याहमङ्गलम्

rathāgre śāṇḍilīputraṁ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ brāhmaṇānvācayitvātu kṛtvā puṇyāhamaṅgalam

Having duly worshipped the son of Shandili at the front of the chariot, having the Brahmins recite blessings, and performing the auspicious-day benediction,

Verse 233 (padma.1.17.233)

देवमारोपयित्वा च रथे कुर्यात्प्रजागरं। नानाविधैः प्रेक्षणिकैर्ब्रह्मघौषैश्च पुष्कलैः

devamāropayitvā ca rathe kuryātprajāgaraṁ nānāvidhaiḥ prekṣaṇikairbrahmaghauṣaiśca puṣkalaiḥ

and having mounted the god, one should keep a night-vigil, with various kinds of entertainment and abundant Vedic recitation.

Verse 234 (padma.1.17.234)

कृत्वा प्रजागरं देवं प्रभाते ब्राह्मणान्नृप। भोजयित्वा यथाशक्ति भक्ष्यभोज्यैरनेकशः

kṛtvā prajāgaraṁ devaṁ prabhāte brāhmaṇānnṛpa bhojayitvā yathāśakti bhakṣyabhojyairanekaśaḥ

Having thus kept the night-vigil, at dawn, O king, having fed the Brahmins according to one's ability with many kinds of food,

Verse 235 (padma.1.17.235)

पूजयित्वा जनं धीर मंत्रेण विधिवन्नृप। आज्येन तु महाबाहो पयसा पायसेन च

pūjayitvā janaṁ dhīra maṁtreṇa vidhivannṛpa ājyena tu mahābāho payasā pāyasena ca

O steadfast king, having worshipped the people duly with mantra, and, O mighty-armed one, with ghee, milk, and rice-pudding,

Verse 236 (padma.1.17.236)

ब्राह्मणान्वाचयित्वा तु स्वस्त्या तु विधिवन्नृप। कृत्वा पुण्याहशब्दं च तद्रथं भ्रामयेत्पुरे

brāhmaṇānvācayitvā tu svastyā tu vidhivannṛpa kṛtvā puṇyāhaśabdaṁ ca tadrathaṁ bhrāmayetpure

having the Brahmins recite blessings of well-being duly, O king, and pronouncing the auspicious-day exclamation, one should then parade that chariot through the city.

Verse 237 (padma.1.17.237)

विप्रैश्चतुर्वेदविद्भिर्भ्रामयेद्ब्रह्मणो रथम्। बह्वृवृचाथर्वणैर्वीरछन्दोगाध्वर्युभिस्तथा

vipraiścaturvedavidbhirbhrāmayedbrahmaṇo ratham bahvṛvṛcātharvaṇairvīrachandogādhvaryubhistathā

Brahma's chariot should be paraded together with Brahmins learned in all four Vedas — with reciters of the Rig, the Atharva, heroes, Samavedic chanters, and Adhvaryus.

Verse 238 (padma.1.17.238)

भ्रामयेद्देवदेवस्य सुरश्रेष्ठस्य तं रथं। प्रदक्षिणं पुरं सर्वं मार्गेण सुसमेन तु

bhrāmayeddevadevasya suraśreṣṭhasya taṁ rathaṁ pradakṣiṇaṁ puraṁ sarvaṁ mārgeṇa susamena tu

The chariot of that god of gods, the finest of the immortals, should be paraded in a clockwise circuit of the whole city, by a level and even road.

Verse 239 (padma.1.17.239)

न वोढव्यो रथो वीर रूद्रेण हितमिच्छता। न चारोहेद्रथं प्राज्ञो मुक्त्वैकं भोजकं नृपः

na voḍhavyo ratho vīra rūdreṇa hitamicchatā na cārohedrathaṁ prājño muktvaikaṁ bhojakaṁ nṛpaḥ

O hero, one seeking good should not have the chariot drawn improperly; nor should even the wise king mount the chariot, except for the one appointed priest.

Verse 240 (padma.1.17.240)

ब्रह्मणो दक्षिणे पार्श्वे गायत्रीं स्थापयेन्नृप। भोजकं वामपार्श्वे तुपुरतःपंङ्कजं न्येसेत्

brahmaṇo dakṣiṇe pārśve gāyatrīṁ sthāpayennṛpa bhojakaṁ vāmapārśve tupurataḥpaṁṅkajaṁ nyeset

O king, on Brahma's right side Gayatri should be installed, the officiating priest on the left, and a lotus placed before him.

Verse 241 (padma.1.17.241)

एवं तूर्यनिनादैस्तु शङ्ख शब्दैश्च पुष्कलैः। भ्रामयित्वा रथं वीर पुरं सर्वं प्रदक्षिणम्

evaṁ tūryaninādaistu śaṅkha śabdaiśca puṣkalaiḥ bhrāmayitvā rathaṁ vīra puraṁ sarvaṁ pradakṣiṇam

Thus, with the blare of trumpets and abundant conch-sounds, O hero, having led the chariot in a full circuit around the whole city,

Verse 242 (padma.1.17.242)

स्वस्थाने स्थापयेद्देवं दत्वा नीराजनं बुधः। यएवं कुरुते यात्रां यो वा भक्त्यापिपश्यति

svasthāne sthāpayeddevaṁ datvā nīrājanaṁ budhaḥ yaevaṁ kurute yātrāṁ yo vā bhaktyāpipaśyati

the wise one should perform the waving of lamps and then install the god back in his own place. Whoever performs this procession thus, or even beholds it with devotion,

Verse 243 (padma.1.17.243)

रथं वा कर्षयेद्यस्तु स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणः पदं। कार्तिके मास्यमावास्यां यश्च दीपप्रदीपनं

rathaṁ vā karṣayedyastu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padaṁ kārtike māsyamāvāsyāṁ yaśca dīpapradīpanaṁ

or who draws the chariot, attains Brahma's abode. And whoever, on the new-moon day of the month of Kartika, performs the lighting of lamps

Verse 244 (padma.1.17.244)

शालायां ब्रह्मणः कुर्यात्स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्। गन्धपुष्पैर्नवैर्वस्त्रैरात्मानं पूजयेत्तु यः

śālāyāṁ brahmaṇaḥ kuryātsa gacchetparamaṁ padam gandhapuṣpairnavairvastrairātmānaṁ pūjayettu yaḥ

in Brahma's hall, attains the Supreme Abode. Whoever worships the deity with fresh scents, flowers, and garments,

Verse 245 (padma.1.17.245)

तस्यां प्रतिपदायां तु स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणः पदम्। महापुण्यातिथिरियं बलिराज्यप्रवर्तिनी

tasyāṁ pratipadāyāṁ tu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam mahāpuṇyātithiriyaṁ balirājyapravartinī

attains Brahma's abode on that first lunar day. This is a most meritorious observance, the one that inaugurates Bali's reign,

Verse 246 (padma.1.17.246)

ब्रह्मणः सुप्रिया नित्यं बालेयी परिकीर्तिता। ब्रह्माणं पूजयेद्योऽस्यामात्मानं च विशेषतः

brahmaṇaḥ supriyā nityaṁ bāleyī parikīrtitā brahmāṇaṁ pūjayedyo'syāmātmānaṁ ca viśeṣataḥ

ever most dear to Brahma, celebrated by the name 'Baleyi.' Whoever worships Brahma on this day, and especially worships himself,

Verse 247 (padma.1.17.247)

स याति परमं स्थानं विष्णोरमिततेजसः। चैत्रे मासि महाबाहो पुण्या प्रतिपदां वरा

sa yāti paramaṁ sthānaṁ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ caitre māsi mahābāho puṇyā pratipadāṁ varā

attains the supreme abode of Vishnu of immeasurable splendor. O mighty-armed one, on the excellent and meritorious first day of the month of Chaitra,

Verse 248 (padma.1.17.248)

तस्यां यः श्वपचं स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानं कुर्यान्नरोत्तमः। न तस्य दुरितं किंचिन्नाधयो व्याधयो नृप

tasyāṁ yaḥ śvapacaṁ spṛṣṭvā snānaṁ kuryānnarottamaḥ na tasya duritaṁ kiṁcinnādhayo vyādhayo nṛpa

on that day, the finest of men who, having touched even an outcaste, performs a bath — for him, O king, there is no sin, no mental affliction, no disease

Verse 249 (padma.1.17.249)

भवन्ति कुरुशार्दूल तस्मात्स्नानं समाचरेत्। दिव्यं नीराजनंतद्धि सर्वरोगविनाशनं

bhavanti kuruśārdūla tasmātsnānaṁ samācaret divyaṁ nīrājanaṁtaddhi sarvarogavināśanaṁ

that arises, O tiger among the Kurus; therefore this bathing should surely be performed. That divine waving of lamps destroys every disease.

Verse 250 (padma.1.17.250)

गोमहिष्यादि यत्किंचित्तत्सर्वं कर्षयेन्नृप। तेन वस्त्रादिभिः सर्वैस्तोरणंबाह्यतो न्यसेत्

gomahiṣyādi yatkiṁcittatsarvaṁ karṣayennṛpa tena vastrādibhiḥ sarvaistoraṇaṁbāhyato nyaset

Whatever cows, buffaloes, and such there are, O king, all of these should be led in procession; with all these, and with cloths and the like, a festive arch should be set up outside.

Verse 251 (padma.1.17.251)

ब्राह्मणानां तथा भोज्यं कुर्यात्कुरुकुलोद्वह। तिस्रो ह्येताः पुरा प्रोक्तास्तिथयः कुरुनन्दन

brāhmaṇānāṁ tathā bhojyaṁ kuryātkurukulodvaha tisro hyetāḥ purā proktāstithayaḥ kurunandana

One should also arrange a meal for the Brahmins, O foremost of the Kuru line. These three tithis were declared in ancient times, O joy of the Kurus,

Verse 252 (padma.1.17.252)

कार्तिकाश्वयुजे मासि चैत्रेमासि तथा नृप। स्नानं दानं शतगुणं कार्त्तिके या तिथिर्नृप

kārtikāśvayuje māsi caitremāsi tathā nṛpa snānaṁ dānaṁ śataguṇaṁ kārttike yā tithirnṛpa

in the months of Kartika, Ashvayuja, and likewise Chaitra, O king; bathing and giving are a hundredfold meritorious on the Kartika tithi, O king —

Verse 253 (padma.1.17.253)

बलिराज्ञस्तु शुभदा पशूनां हितकारिणी। गायत्र्युवाच। यदुक्तं तु तया वाक्यं सावित्र्या कमलोद्भवं

balirājñastu śubhadā paśūnāṁ hitakāriṇī gāyatryuvāca yaduktaṁ tu tayā vākyaṁ sāvitryā kamalodbhavaṁ

for King Bali it is auspicious, and beneficial to cattle.' Gayatri said: 'The word that the lotus-born Savitri spoke,

Verse 254 (padma.1.17.254)

न तु ते ब्राह्मणाः पूजां करिष्यन्ति कदाचन। मदीयं तु वचःश्रुत्वा ये करिष्यन्ति चार्चनं

na tu te brāhmaṇāḥ pūjāṁ kariṣyanti kadācana madīyaṁ tu vacaḥśrutvā ye kariṣyanti cārcanaṁ

that those Brahmins would never perform this worship — hearing this word of mine, those who shall in fact perform this worship,

Verse 255 (padma.1.17.255)

इह भुक्त्वा तु भोगांस्ते परत्र मोक्षभागिनः। एतां ज्ञात्वा परां दृष्टिं वरं तुष्टः प्रयच्छति

iha bhuktvā tu bhogāṁste paratra mokṣabhāginaḥ etāṁ jñātvā parāṁ dṛṣṭiṁ varaṁ tuṣṭaḥ prayacchati

having enjoyed pleasures here, shall become partakers of liberation in the world beyond.' Knowing this supreme insight, pleased, she grants a boon —

Verse 256 (padma.1.17.256)

शक्राहं ते वरं दास्ये संग्रामे शत्रुनिग्रहे। तदा ब्रह्मा मोचयिता गत्वा शत्रुनिकेतनम्

śakrāhaṁ te varaṁ dāsye saṁgrāme śatrunigrahe tadā brahmā mocayitā gatvā śatruniketanam

'O Shakra, I shall grant you a boon: in battle, in subduing your enemies — then Brahma shall be the one to free you, going to the enemy's abode,

Verse 257 (padma.1.17.257)

स्वपुरं लप्स्यसे नष्टं शत्रुनाशात्परां मुदं। अकंटकं महद्राज्यं त्रैलोक्ये ते भविष्यति

svapuraṁ lapsyase naṣṭaṁ śatrunāśātparāṁ mudaṁ akaṁṭakaṁ mahadrājyaṁ trailokye te bhaviṣyati

you shall regain your own lost city, and shall find supreme joy in the destruction of your enemy. A great, thornless kingdom in the three worlds shall be yours.

Verse 258 (padma.1.17.258)

मर्त्यलोके यदा विष्णो अवतारं करिष्यसि। भ्रात्रा सह परं दुःखं स्वभार्याहरणादिजं

martyaloke yadā viṣṇo avatāraṁ kariṣyasi bhrātrā saha paraṁ duḥkhaṁ svabhāryāharaṇādijaṁ

O Vishnu, when you take incarnation in the mortal world, together with your brother you shall suffer supreme sorrow born of your own wife's abduction;

Verse 259 (padma.1.17.259)

हत्वा शत्रुं पुनर्भार्यां लप्स्यसे सुरसन्निधौ। गृहीत्वातां पुनाराज्यं कृत्वा स्वर्गंगमिष्यसि

hatvā śatruṁ punarbhāryāṁ lapsyase surasannidhau gṛhītvātāṁ punārājyaṁ kṛtvā svargaṁgamiṣyasi

having slain the enemy, you shall regain your wife again in the presence of the gods. Having regained your kingdom and ruled it, you shall go to heaven,

Verse 260 (padma.1.17.260)

एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां च पुनर्दिवं। ख्यातिस्ते विपुला लोके अनुरागं जनैस्सह

ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ ca punardivaṁ khyātiste vipulā loke anurāgaṁ janaissaha

for eleven thousand years, and then heaven again. Your fame shall be vast in the world, and the love of the people shall remain with you.

Verse 261 (padma.1.17.261)

सान्तानिकानाम तेषां लोका स्थास्यन्ति भाविताः। त्वया ते तारिता देव रामरूपेण मानवाः

sāntānikānāma teṣāṁ lokā sthāsyanti bhāvitāḥ tvayā te tāritā deva rāmarūpeṇa mānavāḥ

The worlds of those who seek the continuity of their lineage shall remain established. By you, O god, in the form of Rama, mankind shall be delivered.'

Verse 262 (padma.1.17.262)

गायत्री तु तदा रुद्रंवरदा प्रत्यभाषत। पतितेपिच ते लिंगे पूजां कुर्वंति ये नराः

gāyatrī tu tadā rudraṁvaradā pratyabhāṣata patitepica te liṁge pūjāṁ kurvaṁti ye narāḥ

Then Gayatri, the boon-giver, spoke to Rudra: 'Even when your linga has fallen, those men who worship it,

Verse 263 (padma.1.17.263)

ते पूताः पुण्यकर्माणः स्वर्गलोकस्य भागिनः। न तां गतिं चाग्निहोत्रे न क्रतौ हुतपावके

te pūtāḥ puṇyakarmāṇaḥ svargalokasya bhāginaḥ na tāṁ gatiṁ cāgnihotre na kratau hutapāvake

become pure, of meritorious deeds, and partakers of the heavenly world. Not even by the fire-oblation, nor by a sacrifice with kindled fire,

Verse 264 (padma.1.17.264)

यां गतिं मनुजा यांति तव लिंगस्य पूजनात्। गंगातीरे सदा लिंगं बिल्बपत्रेण ये तव

yāṁ gatiṁ manujā yāṁti tava liṁgasya pūjanāt gaṁgātīre sadā liṁgaṁ bilbapatreṇa ye tava

do men attain the state that they attain through worshipping your linga. On the bank of the Ganga, those who ever worship your linga with bilva leaves,

Verse 265 (padma.1.17.265)

पूजयिष्यंति सुप्राता रुद्रलोकस्य भागिनः। प्राप्यापि शर्वभक्तत्वमग्ने त्वं भव पावनः

pūjayiṣyaṁti suprātā rudralokasya bhāginaḥ prāpyāpi śarvabhaktatvamagne tvaṁ bhava pāvanaḥ

at dawn, become partakers of Rudra's world. O Agni, having attained even the state of Shiva's devotee, become the purifier —

Verse 266 (padma.1.17.266)

त्वयि प्रीते सुराः सर्वे प्रीता वै नात्र संशयः। त्वन्मुखेन हविर्देवैः प्रीताः प्रीते त्वयिध्रुवम्

tvayi prīte surāḥ sarve prītā vai nātra saṁśayaḥ tvanmukhena havirdevaiḥ prītāḥ prīte tvayidhruvam

when you are pleased, all the gods too are pleased, without doubt. Through your mouth, receiving the oblation, the gods are pleased; when you are pleased, they surely

Verse 267 (padma.1.17.267)

भुञ्जते नात्र सन्देहो वेदोक्तं वचनं यथा। गायत्री ब्राह्मणांस्तांश्च सर्वांश्चैवाब्रवीदिदं

bhuñjate nātra sandeho vedoktaṁ vacanaṁ yathā gāyatrī brāhmaṇāṁstāṁśca sarvāṁścaivābravīdidaṁ

partake of it — this is beyond doubt, as the word of the Veda declares.' Gayatri also said this to all those Brahmins —

Verse 268 (padma.1.17.268)

युष्माकं प्रीणनं कृत्वा सर्वतीर्थेषु मानवाः। पदं सर्वे गमिष्यंति वैराजाख्यं न संशयः

yuṣmākaṁ prīṇanaṁ kṛtvā sarvatīrtheṣu mānavāḥ padaṁ sarve gamiṣyaṁti vairājākhyaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

'Having pleased you at all the sacred fords, men shall all, without doubt, attain the abode called Viraja.

Verse 269 (padma.1.17.269)

अन्नप्रकारान्विविधान्दत्वा दानान्यनेकशः। श्राद्धेषु प्रीणनं कृत्वा देवदेवा भवन्ति ते

annaprakārānvividhāndatvā dānānyanekaśaḥ śrāddheṣu prīṇanaṁ kṛtvā devadevā bhavanti te

Giving various kinds of food and many gifts, and bringing satisfaction in the shraddha rites, they become as gods even among the gods.

Verse 270 (padma.1.17.270)

ये च वै ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठास्तेषामास्ये दिवौकसः। भुञ्जते च हविः क्षिप्रं कव्यं चैवपितामहाः

ye ca vai brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāsteṣāmāsye divaukasaḥ bhuñjate ca haviḥ kṣipraṁ kavyaṁ caivapitāmahāḥ

And those who are the finest Brahmins — through their mouths, the dwellers of heaven swiftly partake of the oblation, and the ancestors of the funeral offering.

Verse 271 (padma.1.17.271)

यूयं हि धारणे शक्तास्त्रैलोक्यस्य न संशयः। प्राणायामेन चैकेन सर्वे पूता भविष्यथ

yūyaṁ hi dhāraṇe śaktāstrailokyasya na saṁśayaḥ prāṇāyāmena caikena sarve pūtā bhaviṣyatha

You are indeed capable of sustaining the three worlds, without doubt. By a single breath-restraint you shall all become purified,

Verse 272 (padma.1.17.272)

विशेषात्पुष्करे स्नात्वा मां जप्त्वा वेदमातरं। प्रतिग्रहकृतान्दोषान्न प्राप्स्यथ द्विजोतमाः

viśeṣātpuṣkare snātvā māṁ japtvā vedamātaraṁ pratigrahakṛtāndoṣānna prāpsyatha dvijotamāḥ

especially by bathing at Pushkara and reciting me, the Mother of the Vedas — O finest of the twice-born, you shall not incur the faults born of accepting gifts.

Verse 273 (padma.1.17.273)

पुष्करे चान्नदानेन प्रीताः स्युः सर्वदेवताः। एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रेकोट्याः फलमवाप्स्यते

puṣkare cānnadānena prītāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ ekasminbhojite viprekoṭyāḥ phalamavāpsyate

And at Pushkara, by the gift of food, all the gods become pleased. Feeding a single Brahmin there yields the fruit of feeding a million.

Verse 274 (padma.1.17.274)

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि दुष्कृतानि कृतानि च। करिष्यंति नरास्सर्वे दत्वा युष्मत्करे धनम्

brahmahatyādipāpāni duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca kariṣyaṁti narāssarve datvā yuṣmatkare dhanam

Whatever sins such as Brahmin-slaying, and whatever misdeeds, men commit — all these, by placing wealth in your hands,

Verse 275 (padma.1.17.275)

मदीयेन तु जाप्येन पूजनीयस्त्रिभिः कृतैः। ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

madīyena tu jāpyena pūjanīyastribhiḥ kṛtaiḥ brahmahatyāsamaṁ pāpaṁ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

and by worship performed with my recitation, done three times, are destroyed — even a sin equal to Brahmin-slaying is destroyed that very instant.

Verse 276 (padma.1.17.276)

दशभिर्जन्मभिर्जातं शतेन च पुरा कृतं। त्रियुगेन सहस्रेण गायत्री हन्ति किल्बिषं

daśabhirjanmabhirjātaṁ śatena ca purā kṛtaṁ triyugena sahasreṇa gāyatrī hanti kilbiṣaṁ

Whatever sin has accumulated over ten births, or was committed a hundred times before, or over a thousand years across three ages — Gayatri destroys that sin.

Verse 277 (padma.1.17.277)

एवं ज्ञात्वा सदा पूता जाप्ये तु मम वै कृते। भविष्यध्वं न संदेहो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

evaṁ jñātvā sadā pūtā jāpye tu mama vai kṛte bhaviṣyadhvaṁ na saṁdeho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Knowing this, through recitation performed for my sake you shall always remain purified — there is no doubt in this, no need to deliberate over it.

Verse 278 (padma.1.17.278)

प्रणवेन त्रिमात्रेण सार्द्धंजप्त्वा विशेषतः। पूताः सर्वे न संदेहो जप्त्वामां शिरसा सह

praṇavena trimātreṇa sārddhaṁjaptvā viśeṣataḥ pūtāḥ sarve na saṁdeho japtvāmāṁ śirasā saha

Reciting especially together with the three-syllabled Pranava, and reciting me together with the head-mantra, you shall all become pure without doubt.

Verse 279 (padma.1.17.279)

अष्टाक्षरा स्थिता चाहं जगद्व्याप्तं मया त्त्विदं। माताहं सर्ववेदानां पदैः सर्वेरलंकृता

aṣṭākṣarā sthitā cāhaṁ jagadvyāptaṁ mayā ttvidaṁ mātāhaṁ sarvavedānāṁ padaiḥ sarveralaṁkṛtā

I abide in the form of the eight-syllabled mantra; by me this whole universe is pervaded. I am the mother of all the Vedas, adorned with all their metrical feet.

Verse 280 (padma.1.17.280)

जप्त्वा मां भक्तितः सिद्धिं यास्यंति द्विजसत्तमाः। प्राधान्यं मम जाप्येन सर्वेषां वो भविष्यति

japtvā māṁ bhaktitaḥ siddhiṁ yāsyaṁti dvijasattamāḥ prādhānyaṁ mama jāpyena sarveṣāṁ vo bhaviṣyati

Reciting me with devotion, the finest of the twice-born shall attain perfection; through recitation of me, primacy shall come to all of you.

Verse 281 (padma.1.17.281)

गायत्रीसारमात्रोपि वरं विप्रः सुसंयतः। नायंत्रितश्चतुर्वेदी सर्वाशी सर्वविक्रयी

gāyatrīsāramātropi varaṁ vipraḥ susaṁyataḥ nāyaṁtritaścaturvedī sarvāśī sarvavikrayī

Even a self-restrained Brahmin who knows only the essence of the Gayatri is superior to one learned in all four Vedas who is unrestrained, indiscriminate in eating, and sells everything.

Verse 282 (padma.1.17.282)

यस्माद्विप्रेषु सावित्र्या शापो दत्तःसदस्यथ। अत्र दत्तं हुतं चापि सर्वमक्षयकारकम्

yasmādvipreṣu sāvitryā śāpo dattaḥsadasyatha atra dattaṁ hutaṁ cāpi sarvamakṣayakārakam

Since the curse was given by Savitri upon the Brahmins in the assembly, whatever is given or offered here at Pushkara has thereby become imperishable in its fruit.

Verse 283 (padma.1.17.283)

दत्तो वरो मया तेन युष्माकं द्विजसत्तमाः। अग्निहोत्रपरा विप्रास्त्रिकालं होमदायिनः

datto varo mayā tena yuṣmākaṁ dvijasattamāḥ agnihotraparā viprāstrikālaṁ homadāyinaḥ

Therefore this boon has been granted by me to you, O finest of the twice-born. Brahmins devoted to the fire-oblation, performing the homa at all three times of day,

Verse 284 (padma.1.17.284)

स्वर्गं ते तु गमिष्यंति सैकविंशतिभिः कुलैः। एवं शक्रस्य विष्णोश्च रुद्रस्य पावकस्य च

svargaṁ te tu gamiṣyaṁti saikaviṁśatibhiḥ kulaiḥ evaṁ śakrasya viṣṇośca rudrasya pāvakasya ca

shall attain heaven together with twenty-one generations of their lineage.' Thus, having granted the excellent boon of the Gayatri to Shakra, Vishnu, Rudra, Pavaka,

Verse 285 (padma.1.17.285)

ब्रह्मणो ब्राह्मणानां च गायत्रीवरमुत्तमम्। तस्मिन्वै पुष्करे दत्त्वा ब्रह्मणःपार्श्वगाऽभवत्

brahmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṁ ca gāyatrīvaramuttamam tasminvai puṣkare dattvā brahmaṇaḥpārśvagā'bhavat

Brahma, and the Brahmins, and having given it there at Pushkara, she took her place at Brahma's side.

Verse 286 (padma.1.17.286)

चारणैस्तु तदाऽऽख्यातं लक्ष्म्या वै शापकारणम्। युवतीनाञ्च सर्वासां शापाञ्ज्ञात्वापृथक्पृथक्

cāraṇaistu tadā''khyātaṁ lakṣmyā vai śāpakāraṇam yuvatīnāñca sarvāsāṁ śāpāñjñātvāpṛthakpṛthak

Then the celestial bards proclaimed the reason for Lakshmi's curse; and, having learned of the curses upon all the young women, one by one,

Verse 287 (padma.1.17.287)

लक्ष्म्याश्चैव वरं प्रादाद्गायत्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया। अकुत्सितान्सदा सर्वान्कुर्वन्ती धनशोभना

lakṣmyāścaiva varaṁ prādādgāyatrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā akutsitānsadā sarvānkurvantī dhanaśobhanā

Gayatri, Brahma's beloved, granted a boon to Lakshmi as well — she who, ever keeping all things blameless, is resplendent with wealth —

Verse 288 (padma.1.17.288)

शोभिष्यसे न संदेहः सर्वेभ्यः प्रीतिदायिनी। ये त्वया वीक्षिताःपुत्रि सर्वेते पुण्यभोजनाः

śobhiṣyase na saṁdehaḥ sarvebhyaḥ prītidāyinī ye tvayā vīkṣitāḥputri sarvete puṇyabhojanāḥ

'You shall surely remain resplendent, the bestower of affection upon all. My daughter, whoever is looked upon by you, all of them become enjoyers of merit;

Verse 289 (padma.1.17.289)

परित्यक्तास्त्वया ये तु सर्वे ते दुःखभागिनः। तेषां जातिः कुलं शीलं धर्मश्चैव वरानने

parityaktāstvayā ye tu sarve te duḥkhabhāginaḥ teṣāṁ jātiḥ kulaṁ śīlaṁ dharmaścaiva varānane

and whoever is abandoned by you, all of them become sharers in sorrow. Their caste, family, character, and dharma too, O fair-faced one,

Verse 290 (padma.1.17.290)

सभायां ते च शोभंते दृश्यंते चैव पार्थिवैः। अर्थित्वं चैव तेषां तु करिष्यंति द्विजोत्तमाः

sabhāyāṁ te ca śobhaṁte dṛśyaṁte caiva pārthivaiḥ arthitvaṁ caiva teṣāṁ tu kariṣyaṁti dvijottamāḥ

shall shine forth in the assembly, and be regarded favorably even by kings; and the finest of Brahmins too shall honor their requests.

Verse 291 (padma.1.17.291)

सौजन्यं तेषु कुर्वंति त्वं नो भ्राता पिता गुरुः। बांधवोपि न संदेहो न जीवेयं त्वया विना

saujanyaṁ teṣu kurvaṁti tvaṁ no bhrātā pitā guruḥ bāṁdhavopi na saṁdeho na jīveyaṁ tvayā vinā

They will show them kindness: "You are our brother, father, guru, and kinsman too, without doubt; I could not live without you."

Verse 292 (padma.1.17.292)

त्वयि दृष्टे प्रसन्ना मे दृष्टिर्भवति शोभना। मनः प्रसीदतेत्यर्थं सत्यं सत्यं वदामि ते

tvayi dṛṣṭe prasannā me dṛṣṭirbhavati śobhanā manaḥ prasīdatetyarthaṁ satyaṁ satyaṁ vadāmi te

"When I see you, my sight becomes pleased and beautiful; my mind becomes gladdened — that is the meaning; I speak truth, truth to you."

Verse 293 (padma.1.17.293)

एवंविधानि वाक्यानि त्वद्दृष्ट्या ये निरीक्षिताः। सज्जनास्ते तु श्रोष्यंति जनानां प्रीतिदायकाः

evaṁvidhāni vākyāni tvaddṛṣṭyā ye nirīkṣitāḥ sajjanāste tu śroṣyaṁti janānāṁ prītidāyakāḥ

Such words as these, spoken about those looked upon by your glance, good people shall speak, and they shall become bestowers of affection among the people.

Verse 294 (padma.1.17.294)

इन्द्रत्वं नहुषः प्राप्य दृष्ट्वा त्वां याचयिष्यति। त्वद्दृष्ट्या तु हतःपापो ह्यगस्त्यवचनाद्ध्रुवम्

indratvaṁ nahuṣaḥ prāpya dṛṣṭvā tvāṁ yācayiṣyati tvaddṛṣṭyā tu hataḥpāpo hyagastyavacanāddhruvam

Nahusha, having gained Indra's position, seeing you, shall entreat you; but that sinner, struck down by your very glance, by Agastya's word, shall surely,

Verse 295 (padma.1.17.295)

सर्पत्वं समनुप्राप्य प्रार्थयिष्यति तं तु सः। दर्पेणाहं विनष्टोस्मि शरणं मे मुने भव

sarpatvaṁ samanuprāpya prārthayiṣyati taṁ tu saḥ darpeṇāhaṁ vinaṣṭosmi śaraṇaṁ me mune bhava

having attained the form of a serpent, entreat that same sage: "By my own arrogance I have been ruined — be my refuge, O sage."

Verse 296 (padma.1.17.296)

वाक्येन तेन तस्यासौ नृपस्य भगवानृषिः। कृत्वा मनसि कारुण्यमिदं वाक्यं वदिष्यति

vākyena tena tasyāsau nṛpasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ kṛtvā manasi kāruṇyamidaṁ vākyaṁ vadiṣyati

By that word of his, that lord, the sage, moved to compassion in his heart for that king, shall speak this word —

Verse 297 (padma.1.17.297)

उत्पत्स्यते कुले राजा त्वदीये कुलनन्दनः। सर्परूपधरं दृष्ट्वा स ते शापं हि भेत्स्यति

utpatsyate kule rājā tvadīye kulanandanaḥ sarparūpadharaṁ dṛṣṭvā sa te śāpaṁ hi bhetsyati

"A king, the delight of the family, shall be born in your very lineage; seeing you in serpent-form, he shall break your curse."

Verse 298 (padma.1.17.298)

तदा त्वं सर्पतां त्यक्त्वा पुनः स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि। अश्वमेधकृतेन त्वं भर्त्रा सह पुनर्दिवम्

tadā tvaṁ sarpatāṁ tyaktvā punaḥ svargaṁ gamiṣyasi aśvamedhakṛtena tvaṁ bhartrā saha punardivam

Then, giving up your serpent-state, you shall go again to heaven. Through the performance of an Ashvamedha sacrifice, together with your husband, again to heaven

Verse 299 (padma.1.17.299)

प्राप्स्यसे वरदानेन मदीयेन सुलोचने। पुलस्त्य उवाच। देवपत्न्यस्तदा सर्वास्तुष्टया परिभाषिताः

prāpsyase varadānena madīyena sulocane pulastya uvāca devapatnyastadā sarvāstuṣṭayā paribhāṣitāḥ

you shall attain, O fair-eyed one, by this boon of mine.' Pulastya said: Then all the wives of the gods were addressed by the now-pleased Gayatri —

Verse 300 (padma.1.17.300)

अपत्यैरपि हीनानां नैव दुःखं भविष्यति। गौरी चैव तु गायत्र्या तदा सापि विबोधिता

apatyairapi hīnānāṁ naiva duḥkhaṁ bhaviṣyati gaurī caiva tu gāyatryā tadā sāpi vibodhitā

'Even those bereft of children shall have no sorrow.' Gauri too was then consoled by Gayatri —

Verse 301 (padma.1.17.301)

बृंहिता परितोषेण वरान्दत्त्वा मनस्विनी। समाप्तिंतस्य यज्ञस्य काञ्क्षन्तीब्रह्मणःप्रिया

bṛṁhitā paritoṣeṇa varāndattvā manasvinī samāptiṁtasya yajñasya kāñkṣantībrahmaṇaḥpriyā

Thus, having given these boons and filled with satisfaction, the wise one, Brahma's beloved, began to long for the completion of that sacrifice.

Verse 302 (padma.1.17.302)

वरदां तां तथा दृष्ट्वा गायत्रीं वेदमातरम्। प्रणिपत्य तदा रुद्रः स्तुतिमेतां चकार ह

varadāṁ tāṁ tathā dṛṣṭvā gāyatrīṁ vedamātaram praṇipatya tadā rudraḥ stutimetāṁ cakāra ha

Seeing the boon-giving Gayatri, Mother of the Vedas, thus, Rudra then bowed down to her and offered this hymn of praise —

Verse 303 (padma.1.17.303)

रुद्र उवाच। नमोस्तु ते वेदमातरष्टाक्षरविशोधिते। गायत्री दुर्गतरणी वाणी सप्तविधा तथा

rudra uvāca namostu te vedamātaraṣṭākṣaraviśodhite gāyatrī durgataraṇī vāṇī saptavidhā tathā

Rudra said: 'Salutation to you, O Mother of the Vedas, purified in eight syllables. O Gayatri, the ferry across misfortune, the sevenfold form of Speech,

Verse 304 (padma.1.17.304)

सर्वाणि स्तुतिशास्त्राणि गाथाश्च निखिलास्तथा। अक्षराणि च सर्वाणि लक्षणानि तथैव च

sarvāṇi stutiśāstrāṇi gāthāśca nikhilāstathā akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi lakṣaṇāni tathaiva ca

all the scriptures of praise, and all the sacred verses too, all the syllables, and likewise all their grammatical marks,

Verse 305 (padma.1.17.305)

भाष्यादि सर्वशास्त्राणि ये चान्ये नियमास्तथा। अक्षराणि च सर्वाणि त्वं तु देवि नमोस्तुते

bhāṣyādi sarvaśāstrāṇi ye cānye niyamāstathā akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi tvaṁ tu devi namostute

all the commentaries and other treatises, and whatever other disciplines exist, and every syllable — all are you, O goddess! Salutation to you.

Verse 306 (padma.1.17.306)

श्वेता त्वं श्वेतरूपासि शशांकेन समानना। बिभ्रती विपुलौ बाहू कदलीगर्भकोमलौ

śvetā tvaṁ śvetarūpāsi śaśāṁkena samānanā bibhratī vipulau bāhū kadalīgarbhakomalau

You are white, of white form, your face equal to the moon; you bear two broad arms, soft as the pith of the plantain,

Verse 307 (padma.1.17.307)

एणश्रृँगं करे गृह्य पंकजं च सुनिर्मलम्। वसाना वसने क्षौमे रक्तेनोत्तरवाससा

eṇaśrṛ~gaṁ kare gṛhya paṁkajaṁ ca sunirmalam vasānā vasane kṣaume raktenottaravāsasā

holding in your hand an antelope-horn and a spotlessly pure lotus, clothed in linen garments, with a red upper cloth,

Verse 308 (padma.1.17.308)

शशिरश्मिप्रकाशेन हारेणोरसि राजिता। दिव्यकुंडलपूर्णाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां सुविभूषिता

śaśiraśmiprakāśena hāreṇorasi rājitā divyakuṁḍalapūrṇābhyāṁ karṇābhyāṁ suvibhūṣitā

adorned on the breast with a necklace radiant as moonbeams, beautifully ornamented with both ears full of divine earrings,

Verse 309 (padma.1.17.309)

चंद्रसापत्न्यभूतेन मुखेन त्वं विराजसे। मकुटेनातिशुद्धेन केशबंधेन शोभिता

caṁdrasāpatnyabhūtena mukhena tvaṁ virājase makuṭenātiśuddhena keśabaṁdhena śobhitā

you shine forth with a face that rivals even the moon, adorned with a most pure crown and bound tresses of hair.

Verse 310 (padma.1.17.310)

भुजंगाभोगसदृशौ भुजौ ते भूषणन्दिवः। स्तनौ ते रुचिरौ देवि वर्तुलौ समचूचुकौ

bhujaṁgābhogasadṛśau bhujau te bhūṣaṇandivaḥ stanau te rucirau devi vartulau samacūcukau

Your two arms, like the coils of a serpent, are ornaments of the sky itself; your two breasts, O goddess, are lovely, round, and evenly formed.

Verse 311 (padma.1.17.311)

जघनेनातिशुभ्रेण त्रिवलीभंगदर्पिता। सुमध्यवर्त्तिनी नाभिर्गंभीरा शुभदर्शिनी

jaghanenātiśubhreṇa trivalībhaṁgadarpitā sumadhyavarttinī nābhirgaṁbhīrā śubhadarśinī

Your exceedingly fair hips are graced with the beauty of the three folds; your navel, set amid a slender waist, is deep and lovely to behold.

Verse 312 (padma.1.17.312)

विस्तीर्णजघना देवी सुश्रोणी च वरानने। सुजातवृत्तोरुयुगा सुजानु चरणा तथा

vistīrṇajaghanā devī suśroṇī ca varānane sujātavṛttoruyugā sujānu caraṇā tathā

O goddess of broad hips and lovely waist, O fair-faced one! Your two thighs are well-formed and round, and your knees and feet likewise fine.

Verse 313 (padma.1.17.313)

त्रैलोक्यधारिणी सा त्वं भुवि सत्योपयाचना। भविष्यसि महाभागे वरदा वरवर्णिनी

trailokyadhāriṇī sā tvaṁ bhuvi satyopayācanā bhaviṣyasi mahābhāge varadā varavarṇinī

You who uphold the three worlds, you who are the very fulfillment of true prayer upon the earth — O greatly blessed, fair one, you shall be the granter of boons.

Verse 314 (padma.1.17.314)

पुष्करे च कृता यात्रा दृष्ट्वा त्वां संभविष्यति। ज्येष्ठे मासेपौर्णमास्यामग्र्यांपूजां च लप्स्यसे

puṣkare ca kṛtā yātrā dṛṣṭvā tvāṁ saṁbhaviṣyati jyeṣṭhe māsepaurṇamāsyāmagryāṁpūjāṁ ca lapsyase

A pilgrimage made to Pushkara shall find its fulfillment in the sight of you; on the full-moon day of the month of Jyeshtha, you shall receive the foremost worship.

Verse 315 (padma.1.17.315)

ये च वा त्वत्प्रभावज्ञाः पूजयिष्यंति मानवाः। न तेषां दुर्लभं किंचित्पुत्रतो धनतोपि वा

ye ca vā tvatprabhāvajñāḥ pūjayiṣyaṁti mānavāḥ na teṣāṁ durlabhaṁ kiṁcitputrato dhanatopi vā

And whatever humans, knowing your power, shall worship you — for them nothing shall remain hard to attain, whether through sons or through wealth.

Verse 316 (padma.1.17.316)

कान्तारेषु निमग्नानामटव्यां वा महार्णवे। दस्युभिर्वानिरुद्धानां त्वं गतिः परमा नृणाम्

kāntāreṣu nimagnānāmaṭavyāṁ vā mahārṇave dasyubhirvāniruddhānāṁ tvaṁ gatiḥ paramā nṛṇām

For those sunk in wildernesses, in forests, or in the great ocean, or hemmed in by bandits, you alone are the supreme refuge of men.

Verse 317 (padma.1.17.317)

त्वं सिद्धिःश्रीर्धृतिः कीर्तिर्ह्रीर्विद्या सन्नतिर्मतिः। संध्या रात्रिःप्रभा निद्रा कालरात्रिस्त्वमेव च

tvaṁ siddhiḥśrīrdhṛtiḥ kīrtirhrīrvidyā sannatirmatiḥ saṁdhyā rātriḥprabhā nidrā kālarātristvameva ca

You are Siddhi, Shri, Dhriti, Kirti, Hri, Vidya, Sannati, and Mati. You are also Sandhya, Ratri, Prabha, Nidra, and Kalaratri.

Verse 318 (padma.1.17.318)

अंबा च कमला मातुर्ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मचारिणी। जननी सर्वदेवानां गायत्री परमांगना

aṁbā ca kamalā māturbrahmāṇī brahmacāriṇī jananī sarvadevānāṁ gāyatrī paramāṁganā

You are Amba and Kamala, the mother, Brahmani, Brahmacharini; the mother of all the gods, Gayatri, the supreme woman.

Verse 319 (padma.1.17.319)

जया च विजया चैव पुष्टिस्त्वं च क्षमा दया। सावित्र्यवरजा चासि सदा चेष्टा पितामहे

jayā ca vijayā caiva puṣṭistvaṁ ca kṣamā dayā sāvitryavarajā cāsi sadā ceṣṭā pitāmahe

You are Jaya and Vijaya too, and Pushti, Kshama, and Daya as well; you are Savitri's younger sister, ever present beside the Grandsire.

Verse 320 (padma.1.17.320)

बहुरूपा विश्वरूपा सुनेत्रा ब्रह्मचारिणी। सुरूपा त्वं विशालाक्षी भक्तानां परिरक्षिणी

bahurūpā viśvarūpā sunetrā brahmacāriṇī surūpā tvaṁ viśālākṣī bhaktānāṁ parirakṣiṇī

Multiform, of universal form, fine-eyed, Brahmacharini; beautiful, wide-eyed, the protector of your devotees.

Verse 321 (padma.1.17.321)

नगरेषु च पुण्येषु आश्रमेषु वरानने। वासस्तव महादेवि वनेषूपवनेषु च

nagareṣu ca puṇyeṣu āśrameṣu varānane vāsastava mahādevi vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca

In sacred cities and in hermitages, O fair-faced one, O great goddess! Your dwelling is in forests and in groves as well.

Verse 322 (padma.1.17.322)

ब्रह्मस्थानेषु सर्वेषु ब्रह्मणो वामतः स्थिता। दक्षिणेन तु सावित्री मध्ये ब्रह्मा पितामहः

brahmasthāneṣu sarveṣu brahmaṇo vāmataḥ sthitā dakṣiṇena tu sāvitrī madhye brahmā pitāmahaḥ

In all the places of Brahma, you stand at Brahma's left; Savitri on the right, and Brahma the Grandsire in the middle.

Verse 323 (padma.1.17.323)

अंतर्वेदी च यज्ञानामृत्विजां चापि दक्षिणा। सिद्धिस्त्वंहि नृपाणांच वेला सागरजा मता

aṁtarvedī ca yajñānāmṛtvijāṁ cāpi dakṣiṇā siddhistvaṁhi nṛpāṇāṁca velā sāgarajā matā

You are the altar-ground of sacrifices, and the priestly fee given to the officiants as well; you are indeed the success of kings, and are reckoned as the tide born of the ocean.

Verse 324 (padma.1.17.324)

ब्रह्मचारिणि या दीक्षा शोभा च परमा मता। ज्योतिषांच प्रभा देवीलक्ष्मीर्नारायणे स्थिता

brahmacāriṇi yā dīkṣā śobhā ca paramā matā jyotiṣāṁca prabhā devīlakṣmīrnārāyaṇe sthitā

You are the initiation of the celibate student, and are held to be the supreme beauty; you are the radiance of the heavenly lights, and the goddess Lakshmi dwelling in Narayana,

Verse 325 (padma.1.17.325)

क्षमा सिद्धिर्मुनीनां च नक्षत्राणां च रोहिणी। राजद्वारेषु तीर्थेषु नदीनां संगमेषु च

kṣamā siddhirmunīnāṁ ca nakṣatrāṇāṁ ca rohiṇī rājadvāreṣu tīrtheṣu nadīnāṁ saṁgameṣu ca

the forbearance and accomplishment of sages, and Rohini among the constellations; at the gates of kings, at sacred fords, and at the confluences of rivers,

Verse 326 (padma.1.17.326)

पूर्णिमा पूर्णचंद्रे च बुद्धिर्नीत्यां क्षमा धृतिः। उमादेवी च नारीणां श्रूयसे वरवर्णिनी

pūrṇimā pūrṇacaṁdre ca buddhirnītyāṁ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ umādevī ca nārīṇāṁ śrūyase varavarṇinī

You are the fullness in the full moon, intellect in right policy, forgiveness, and steadfastness; O fair-complexioned one, among women you are heard of by the name of the goddess Uma.

Verse 327 (padma.1.17.327)

इन्द्रस्य चारुदृष्टिस्त्वं सहस्रनयनोपगा। ॠषीणां धर्मबुद्धिस्त्वं देवानां च परायणा

indrasya cārudṛṣṭistvaṁ sahasranayanopagā ṝṣīṇāṁ dharmabuddhistvaṁ devānāṁ ca parāyaṇā

You are Indra's lovely gaze, dwelling in his thousand eyes; you are the righteous intellect of the sages, and the supreme refuge of the gods.

Verse 328 (padma.1.17.328)

कर्षकाणां च सीता त्वं भूतानां धरणी तथा। स्त्रीणामवैधव्यकरी धनधान्यप्रदा सदा

karṣakāṇāṁ ca sītā tvaṁ bhūtānāṁ dharaṇī tathā strīṇāmavaidhavyakarī dhanadhānyapradā sadā

You are Sita to the farmers, and likewise the earth, Dharani, to all beings; you who shield women from widowhood, ever bestowing wealth and grain.

Verse 329 (padma.1.17.329)

व्याधिं मृत्युं भयं चैव पूजिता शमयिष्यसि। तथा तु कार्तिके मासि पौर्णमास्यांसुपूजिता

vyādhiṁ mṛtyuṁ bhayaṁ caiva pūjitā śamayiṣyasi tathā tu kārtike māsi paurṇamāsyāṁsupūjitā

Worshipped, you shall pacify disease, death, and fear; and likewise, well worshipped on the full-moon day of the month of Kartika,

Verse 330 (padma.1.17.330)

सर्वकामप्रदा देवी भविष्यसि शुभप्रदे। यश्चेदं पठते स्तोत्रं शृणुयाद्वाप्यभीक्ष्णशः

sarvakāmapradā devī bhaviṣyasi śubhaprade yaścedaṁ paṭhate stotraṁ śṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ

you shall become the granter of every desire, O bestower of auspiciousness. Whoever reads this hymn, or even listens to it again and again,

Verse 331 (padma.1.17.331)

सर्वार्थसिद्धिं लभते नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः। गायत्र्युवाच। भविष्यत्येवमेवं तु यत्त्वया पुत्र भाषितम् विष्णुना सहितः सर्वस्थानेष्वेव भविष्यसि

sarvārthasiddhiṁ labhate naro nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ gāyatryuvāca bhaviṣyatyevamevaṁ tu yattvayā putra bhāṣitam viṣṇunā sahitaḥ sarvasthāneṣveva bhaviṣyasi

that man attains success in all his aims — there is no doubt in this.' Gayatri said: 'It shall be exactly so, my son, as you have spoken; together with Vishnu, you shall be present in every place.'