The Telling of the Boar Incarnation

Verse 1 (padma.6.237.1)

श्रीरुद्र उवाच- हिरण्यक हिरण्याक्षौ काश्यपेयौ महाबलौ । दितिपुत्रौ महावीर्य्यौ सर्व्वदैत्यपती उभौ ।

śrīrudra uvāca hiraṇyaka hiraṇyākṣau kāśyapeyau mahābalau ditiputrau mahāvīryyau sarvvadaityapatī ubhau

Shri Rudra said: Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha, sons of Kashyapa and Diti, of great strength and great valor — both were lords of all the daityas.

Verse 2 (padma.6.237.2)

नाम्ना तौ जयविजयौ श्वेतद्वीपे हरिं गतौ । तस्मिन्प्रविष्टयोगीन्द्रान्सनकादीन्महाबलौ ।

nāmnā tau jayavijayau śvetadvīpe hariṁ gatau tasminpraviṣṭayogīndrānsanakādīnmahābalau

In an earlier birth, by the names Jaya and Vijaya, they had gone to Hari in Shvetadvipa. There, those two mighty gatekeepers obstructed the great yogis Sanaka and his brothers —

Verse 3 (padma.6.237.3)

वारयामासतुर्देवि हरिसंदर्शनोत्सुकान् । तैः प्रशप्तौ महावीर्य्यौ द्वारपालौ सुरोत्तमौ ।

vārayāmāsaturdevi harisaṁdarśanotsukān taiḥ praśaptau mahāvīryyau dvārapālau surottamau

who were eager for the sight of Hari, O Goddess. By them, those two mighty gatekeepers, best among the gods, were cursed.

Verse 4 (padma.6.237.4)

सनकादय ऊचुः- उत्सृज्य तत्पृथिव्यां च यातौ देवस्य किंकरौ । रुद्र उवाच- इति शापं तयोर्दत्त्वा तत्र तस्थुर्मुनीश्वराः ।

sanakādaya ūcuḥ utsṛjya tatpṛthivyāṁ ca yātau devasya kiṁkarau rudra uvāca iti śāpaṁ tayordattvā tatra tasthurmunīśvarāḥ

Sanaka and the others said: "Leave this place, you two servants of the Lord, and go take birth on earth!" Rudra said: Having thus given the curse, the lords of sages remained there.

Verse 5 (padma.6.237.5)

देवस्तमर्थं ज्ञात्वा च तानाहूय च तावपि ।

devastamarthaṁ jñātvā ca tānāhūya ca tāvapi

The Lord, having learned of this matter, summoned those sages, and those two gatekeepers as well.

Verse 6 (padma.6.237.6)

तौ चोत्थायाब्रवीत्तत्र भगवान्भूतभावनः । भगवानुवाच- कृतवंतौ महावीर्य्यावपराधं महात्मनाम् ।

tau cotthāyābravīttatra bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ bhagavānuvāca kṛtavaṁtau mahāvīryyāvaparādhaṁ mahātmanām

Then, rising there, the Lord, source of all beings, spoke to them. Bhagavan said: "You two, of great valor, have committed an offense against these great souls —

Verse 7 (padma.6.237.7)

नातिक्रमणीयमिदं भवद्भ्यां द्वारपालकौ । दासत्वं सप्तजन्मानि युवां भक्तौ ममानघौ ।

nātikramaṇīyamidaṁ bhavadbhyāṁ dvārapālakau dāsatvaṁ saptajanmāni yuvāṁ bhaktau mamānaghau

this curse cannot be set aside for you two gatekeepers. O my sinless devotees, either remain seven births in servitude, worshipping Me,

Verse 8 (padma.6.237.8)

अमित्रतस्तथा त्रीणि जन्मानि भजतोऽपि वा । रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्तौ तौ महावीर्य्यावब्रूतां परमेश्वरम् ।

amitratastathā trīṇi janmāni bhajato'pi vā rudra uvāca ityuktau tau mahāvīryyāvabrūtāṁ parameśvaram

or else, even while worshipping, take three births as My enemies — the choice is yours." Rudra said: Hearing this, those two mighty ones spoke to the Supreme Lord.

Verse 9 (padma.6.237.9)

जयविजयावूचतुः । चिरकालं महीं गंतुं न समर्थौ स्व मानद । तस्माद्वैराय जन्मानि विद्धि वां च व्रजावहे ।

jayavijayāvūcatuḥ cirakālaṁ mahīṁ gaṁtuṁ na samarthau sva mānada tasmādvairāya janmāni viddhi vāṁ ca vrajāvahe

Jaya and Vijaya said: "O bestower of honor, we are not able to endure long ages on earth apart from you. Therefore know that we shall take birth in enmity instead, and go swiftly —

Verse 10 (padma.6.237.10)

देवत्व यैव निहतो प्राप्स्यावो भवदंतिकम् । रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा द्वारपालौ तौ पूर्वं जातौ महाबलौ ।

devatva yaiva nihato prāpsyāvo bhavadaṁtikam rudra uvāca ityuktvā dvārapālau tau pūrvaṁ jātau mahābalau

being slain by your own divine power, we shall swiftly reach your presence." Rudra said: Having spoken thus, those two mighty ones, gatekeepers in their former birth —

Verse 11 (padma.6.237.11)

कश्यपस्य महावीर्य्यौ दितिगर्भे महासुरौ । हिरण्यकशिपुर्ज्येष्ठो हिरण्याक्षः कनिष्ठकः ।

kaśyapasya mahāvīryyau ditigarbhe mahāsurau hiraṇyakaśipurjyeṣṭho hiraṇyākṣaḥ kaniṣṭhakaḥ

were born as great asuras of great valor, from Kashyapa, in Diti's womb. Hiranyakashipu was the elder, Hiranyaksha the younger.

Verse 12 (padma.6.237.12)

उभौ तौ लोकविख्यातौ महावीर्य्य बलोद्धतौ । अप्रमाणशरीरः स हिरण्याक्षो महोद्धतः ।

ubhau tau lokavikhyātau mahāvīryya baloddhatau apramāṇaśarīraḥ sa hiraṇyākṣo mahoddhataḥ

Both were renowned throughout the world, of great valor, intoxicated with their own strength. That Hiranyaksha, of measureless body and exceeding arrogance —

Verse 13 (padma.6.237.13)

उत्पाट्य बाहुसाहस्रैः पृथिवीं समहीधराम् । ससागरां द्वीपयुतां सर्व्वप्राणिसमन्विताम् ।

utpāṭya bāhusāhasraiḥ pṛthivīṁ samahīdharām sasāgarāṁ dvīpayutāṁ sarvvaprāṇisamanvitām

tore up, with his thousand arms, the earth together with its mountains, its oceans, its continents, and all its living beings,

Verse 14 (padma.6.237.14)

उत्पाट्य शिरसा कृत्वा प्रविवेश रसातलम् । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे चुक्रुशुर्भयपीडिताः ।

utpāṭya śirasā kṛtvā praviveśa rasātalam tato devagaṇāḥ sarve cukruśurbhayapīḍitāḥ

and having torn it up and set it upon his head, he entered the netherworld. Then all the hosts of gods, stricken with fear, cried out,

Verse 15 (padma.6.237.15)

शरणं प्रययुर्देवं नारायणमनामयम् । ततस्तदद्भुतं ज्ञात्वा शंखचक्रगदाधरः ।

śaraṇaṁ prayayurdevaṁ nārāyaṇamanāmayam tatastadadbhutaṁ jñātvā śaṁkhacakragadādharaḥ

and went for refuge to the god Narayana, free of all affliction. Then, learning of that wonder, he who bears the conch, discus, and mace —

Verse 16 (padma.6.237.16)

वाराहरूपमास्थाय विश्वरूपं जनार्दनः । अनादिमध्यांतवपुः सर्वदेवमयो विभुः ।

vārāharūpamāsthāya viśvarūpaṁ janārdanaḥ anādimadhyāṁtavapuḥ sarvadevamayo vibhuḥ

Janardana assumed the universal form of a boar — whose body has no beginning, middle, or end, the all-pervading one made of all the gods,

Verse 17 (padma.6.237.17)

विश्वतः पाणिपच्चक्षुर्महादंष्ट्रो महाभुजः । दंष्ट्रैकया तु तं दैत्यं जघान परमेश्वरः ।

viśvataḥ pāṇipaccakṣurmahādaṁṣṭro mahābhujaḥ daṁṣṭraikayā tu taṁ daityaṁ jaghāna parameśvaraḥ

with hands, feet, and eyes on every side, of mighty tusks and mighty arms — the Supreme Lord slew that daitya with a single tusk.

Verse 18 (padma.6.237.18)

संचूर्णितमहागात्रो ममार दितिजाधमः । पतितां धरणीं दृष्ट्वा दंष्ट्रयोद्धृत्य पूर्ववत् ।

saṁcūrṇitamahāgātro mamāra ditijādhamaḥ patitāṁ dharaṇīṁ dṛṣṭvā daṁṣṭrayoddhṛtya pūrvavat

His great body was crushed to pieces, and that vilest of daityas died. Seeing the earth fallen into the waters, raising it up on his tusk as before —

Verse 19 (padma.6.237.19)

संस्थाप्य धारयामास शेषे कूर्म्मवपुस्तदा । तं दृष्ट्वा देवताः सर्व्वे क्रोडरूपं महाहरिम् । तुष्टुवुर्म्मुनयश्चैव भक्तिनम्रात्ममूर्त्तयः ।

saṁsthāpya dhārayāmāsa śeṣe kūrmmavapustadā taṁ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ sarvve kroḍarūpaṁ mahāharim tuṣṭuvurmmunayaścaiva bhaktinamrātmamūrttayaḥ

he set it in place and held it upon Shesha in tortoise-form. Seeing that great Hari in his boar-form, all the gods and the sages too, bowing in devotion, praised him.

Verse 20 (padma.6.237.20)

देवा ऊचुः- नमो यज्ञवराहाय नमस्ते शतबाहवे । नमस्ते देवदेवाय नमस्ते विश्वरूपिणे ।

devā ūcuḥ namo yajñavarāhāya namaste śatabāhave namaste devadevāya namaste viśvarūpiṇe

The gods said: "Homage to the sacrificial Boar! Homage to you, of a hundred arms! Homage to you, God of gods! Homage to you, of universal form!

Verse 21 (padma.6.237.21)

नमः स्थितिस्वरूपाय सर्वयज्ञस्वरूपिणे । कलाकाष्ठानिमेषाय नमस्ते कालरूपिणे ।

namaḥ sthitisvarūpāya sarvayajñasvarūpiṇe kalākāṣṭhānimeṣāya namaste kālarūpiṇe

Homage to you whose nature is preservation, whose form is every sacrifice! Homage to you of the form of Time — the kala, the kashtha, the blink of an eye!

Verse 22 (padma.6.237.22)

भूतात्मने नमस्तुभ्यमृग्वेदवपुषे तथा । सुरात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं सामवेदाय ते नमः ।

bhūtātmane namastubhyamṛgvedavapuṣe tathā surātmane namastubhyaṁ sāmavedāya te namaḥ

Homage to you, the self of all beings, and whose body is the Rig Veda! Homage to you, the self of the gods! Homage to you, who are the Sama Veda!

Verse 23 (padma.6.237.23)

ॐकाराय नमस्तुभ्यं यजुर्वेदस्वरूपिणे । ऋचःस्वरूपिणे चैव चतुर्वेदमयाय च ।

oṁkārāya namastubhyaṁ yajurvedasvarūpiṇe ṛcaḥsvarūpiṇe caiva caturvedamayāya ca

Homage to you, the syllable Om, whose form is the Yajur Veda! Homage to you, whose form is the Rig-verses, and who consist of all four Vedas!

Verse 24 (padma.6.237.24)

नमस्ते वेदवेदाङ्ग सांगोपांगाय ते नमः । गोविंदाय नमस्तुभ्यमनादिनिधनाय च ।

namaste vedavedāṅga sāṁgopāṁgāya te namaḥ goviṁdāya namastubhyamanādinidhanāya ca

Homage to you, O Veda and Vedanga, complete with every limb and sub-limb! Homage to you, Govinda, without beginning or end!

Verse 25 (padma.6.237.25)

नमस्ते वेदविदुषे विशिष्टैकस्वरूपिणे । श्रीभूलीलाधिपतये जगत्पित्रे नमोनमः ।

namaste vedaviduṣe viśiṣṭaikasvarūpiṇe śrībhūlīlādhipataye jagatpitre namonamaḥ

Homage to you, the knower of the Vedas, of a unique and distinguished form! Homage, homage to you, Lord of the sport with Shri and Bhu, the father of the world!"

Verse 26 (padma.6.237.26)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्यादि स्तुतिभिः स्तुत्वा देवं वाराहरूपिणम् । अर्च्चयामासुरात्मेशं गंधपुष्पादिभिर्हरिम् ।

rudra uvāca ityādi stutibhiḥ stutvā devaṁ vārāharūpiṇam arccayāmāsurātmeśaṁ gaṁdhapuṣpādibhirharim

Rudra said: Having praised the god in his boar-form with these and other hymns, they worshipped Hari, Lord of the self, with fragrances, flowers, and the like.

Verse 27 (padma.6.237.27)

समर्च्यमानस्तैर्देवैस्तेषामिष्टं वरं ददौ । गंधर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च गायमानो मुदा हरिः ।

samarcyamānastairdevaisteṣāmiṣṭaṁ varaṁ dadau gaṁdharvairapsarobhiśca gāyamāno mudā hariḥ

Being thus duly worshipped by those gods, he granted them their desired boons. And Hari, being sung to joyfully by the Gandharvas and Apsarases,

Verse 28 (padma.6.237.28)

महर्षिभिः स्तूयमानस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । एभिः स्तुत्वा नरो भक्त्या प्रातरुत्थाय भक्तिमान् ।

maharṣibhiḥ stūyamānastatraivāṁtaradhīyata ebhiḥ stutvā naro bhaktyā prātarutthāya bhaktimān

and praised by the great sages, disappeared then and there. A devoted man who rises at dawn and, with devotion, praises him with these hymns —

Verse 29 (padma.6.237.29)

ईप्सितांल्लभते भूमिं चिरं सस्यफलान्विताम् । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वाराहवैभवं हरैः । नारसिंहं तथा वक्ष्ये शृणु देवि वरानने ।

īpsitāṁllabhate bhūmiṁ ciraṁ sasyaphalānvitām etatte sarvamākhyātaṁ vārāhavaibhavaṁ haraiḥ nārasiṁhaṁ tathā vakṣye śṛṇu devi varānane

obtains for long the desired land, endowed with crops and fruit. O beautiful-faced Goddess, this glory of Hari's Boar incarnation has now been told to you. I shall now tell of Narasimha as well — listen.