Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.45
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13.45.1
पितामह महेशाय नामान्याचक्ष्व शम्भवे ।
विदुषे विश्वमायाय महाभाग्यं च तत्वतः ॥ १३.४५.१ ॥
Grandsire, recount the names of the great lord Śambhu, the wise one whose illusion is the universe, and declare his great glory truly.
13.45.2
सुरासुरगुरो देव विष्णो त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ।
शिवाय शिवरूपाय यन्माऽपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १३.४५.२ ॥
Teacher of gods and asuras, divine Viṣṇu, it is fitting that you speak of Śiva, whose form is auspicious, concerning whom Yudhiṣṭhira questioned me.
13.45.3
नाम्नां सहस्रं देवस्य तण्डिना ब्रह्मवादिना ।
निवेदितं ब्रह्मलोके ब्रह्मणो यत्पुराऽभवत् ॥ १३.४५.३ ॥
The sacred-word speaker Taṇḍin declared the thousand names of the god to Brahmā in Brahmā's world, as it happened in former times.
13.45.4
द्वैपायनप्रभृतयस्तथा चेमे तपोधनाः ।
ऋषयः सुव्रता दान्ताः शृण्वन्तु गदतस्तव ॥ १३.४५.४ ॥
Let these ascetic-wealthy sages, led by Dvaipāyana, of good vows and self-controlled, listen as you speak.
13.45.5
ध्रुवाय नन्दिने होत्रे गोप्त्रे विश्वसृजेऽग्नये ।
महाभाग्यं विभोर्ब्रूहि मुण्डिनेऽथ कपर्दिने ॥ १३.४५.५ ॥
Declare the great glory of the all-pervading one: the steadfast, Nandin, the sacrificer, the protector, creator of the universe, Agni, the shaven-headed, and the matted-haired.
13.45.6
न गतिः कर्मणां शक्या वेत्तुमीशस्य तत्त्वतः ।
हिरण्यगर्भप्रमुखा देवाः सेन्द्रा महर्षयः ॥ १३.४५.६ ॥
The course of the Lord's deeds cannot truly be known; not even the gods led by Hiraṇyagarbha, nor the great sages together with Indra.
13.45.7
न विदुर्यस्य निधनमादिं वा सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ।
स कथं नाममात्रेण शक्यो ज्ञातुं सतां गतिः ॥ १३.४५.७ ॥
Those who see subtly do not know the end or the beginning of him. How can he, the refuge of the good, be known by name alone?
13.45.8
तस्याहमसुरघ्नस्य कांश्चिद्भगवतो गुणान् ।
भवतां कीर्तयिष्यामि व्रतेशाय यथातथम् ॥ १३.४५.८ ॥
I will recount for you, truly as they are, some of the qualities of that Lord, slayer of the asuras, lord of vows.
13.45.9
एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्गुणांस्तस्य महात्मनः ।
उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा कथयामास धीमतः ॥ १३.४५.९ ॥
Having spoken thus, the Lord sipped water, became pure, and recounted the qualities of that great-souled, wise one.
13.45.10
शुश्रूषध्वं ब्राह्मणेन्द्रास्त्वं च तात युधिष्ठिर ।
त्वं चापगेय नामानि निशामय जगत्पतेः ॥ १३.४५.१० ॥
Listen, lords among brahmins, and you too, dear Yudhiṣṭhira; and you, Apageya, hear the names of the lord of the world.
13.45.11
यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं साम्बहेतोः सुदुष्करम् ।
यथावद्भगवान्दृष्टो मया पूर्वं समाधिना ॥ १३.४५.११ ॥
I shall tell of what I formerly obtained, very hard to attain, for the sake of Sāmba, and how formerly, through concentration, I duly beheld the Lord.
13.45.12
शम्बरे निहते पूर्वं रौक्मिणेयेन धीमता ।
अतीते द्वादशे वर्षे जाम्बवत्यब्रवीद्धि माम् ॥ १३.४५.१२ ॥
After Śambara had formerly been slain by the wise son of Rukmiṇī, when twelve years had passed, Jāmbavatī spoke to me.
13.45.13
प्रद्युम्नचारुदेष्णादीन्रुक्मिण्या वीक्ष्य पुत्रकान् ।
पुत्रार्थिनी मामुपेत्य वाक्यमाह युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.४५.१३ ॥
Seeing her sons Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa and the others, Rukmiṇī, desiring a son, came to me and spoke these words, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.45.14
शूरं बलवतां श्रेष्ठं कान्तरूपमकल्मषम् ।
आत्मतुल्यं मम सुतं प्रयच्छाच्युत माचिरम् ॥ १३.४५.१४ ॥
Give me quickly, O Acyuta, my son, heroic, the best of the mighty, of lovely form, stainless, equal to myself.
13.45.15
न हि तेऽप्राप्यमस्तीह त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।
लोकान्सृजेस्त्वमपरानिच्छन्यदुकुलोद्वह ॥ १३.४५.१५ ॥
Nothing in these three worlds is unattainable for you here. O bearer of the Yadu line, should you wish it, you could create other worlds.
13.45.16
त्वया द्वादशवर्षाणि व्रतीभूतेन शुष्यता ।
आराध्य पशुभर्तारं रुक्मिण्यां जनिताः सुताः ॥ १३.४५.१६ ॥
Having become a keeper of vows for twelve years, withering away, you propitiated the Lord of Beasts, and by that means sons were begotten in Rukmiṇī.
13.45.17
चारुदेष्णः सुचारुश्च चारुवेशो यशोधरः ।
चारुश्रवाश्चारुयशाः प्रद्युम्नः सम्भुरेव च ॥ १३.४५.१७ ॥
Cārudeṣṇa, Sucāru, Cāruveśa, Yaśodhara, Cāruśravas, Cāruyaśas, Pradyumna, and Sambhu as well.
13.45.18
यथा ते जनिताः पुत्रा रुक्मिण्यां चारुविक्रमाः ।
तथा ममापि तनयं प्रयच्छ मधुसूदन ॥ १३.४५.१८ ॥
As your sons of lovely prowess were begotten in Rukmiṇī, so give me my son too, O slayer of Madhu.
13.45.19
इत्येवं चोदितो देव्या तामवोचं सुमध्यमाम् ।
अनुजानीहि मां राज्ञि करिष्ये वचनं तव ॥ १३.४५.१९ ॥
Thus urged by the goddess, I spoke to that slender-waisted one: O queen, grant me leave; I shall do your bidding.
13.45.20
सा च मामब्रवीद्गच्छ शिवाय विजयाय च ।
ब्रह्मा शिवः काश्यपश्च नद्यो देवा मनोऽनुगाः। ॥ १३.४५.२० ॥
She said to me: Go for welfare and victory; may Brahmā, Śiva, Kāśyapa, the rivers and the gods who follow the mind be with you.
13.45.21
क्षेत्रौषध्यो यज्ञवाहाश्छन्दास्यृषिगणाध्वराः ।
समुद्रा दक्षिणा स्तोभा ऋक्षाणि पितरो ग्रहाः ॥ १३.४५.२१ ॥
The fields and herbs, the bearers of sacrifice, the Vedic metres, the sacrifices of the host of sages, the oceans, sacrificial fees, the chants, the constellations, the ancestors and the planets.
13.45.22
देवपत्न्यो देवकन्या देवमातर एव च ।
मन्वन्तराणि गावश्च चन्द्रमाः सविता हरिः ॥ १३.४५.२२ ॥
The wives of the gods, the daughters of the gods, the mothers of the gods, the manvantaras, the cows, the moon, the sun Savitā, and Hari.
13.45.23
सावित्री ब्रह्मविद्या च ऋतवो वत्सरास्तथा ।
क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्च निमेषा युगपर्ययाः ॥ १३.४५.२३ ॥
Sāvitrī and the knowledge of Brahman, the seasons and the years, likewise the moments, the instants, the muhūrtas, the blinks of the eye, and the turnings of the yugas.
13.45.24
रक्षन्तु सर्वत्र गतं त्वां यादव सुखाय च ।
अरिष्टं गच्छ पन्थानमप्रमत्तो भवानघ ॥ १३.४५.२४ ॥
O Yādava, wherever you go, may they all protect you for happiness. O sinless one, go by the safe path, heedful.
13.45.25
एवं कृतस्वस्त्ययनस्तयाऽहं ।
ततोऽभ्यनुज्ञाय नरेन्द्रपुत्रीम्।
पितुः समीपं नरसत्तमस्य ।
मातुश्च राज्ञश्च तथाऽऽहुकस्य ॥ १३.४५.२५ ॥
Thus, having received auspicious blessings from her, I then took leave of the king's daughter and went to the presence of my father, the best of men, and of my mother, the king, and Āhuka.
13.45.27
ततःसमृद्धिर्भवतोऽस्त्वविघ्नम् ।
प्राप्यानुज्ञां गुरुजनादहं तार्क्ष्यमचिन्तयम्।
सोवहद्धिमवन्तं मां प्राप्य चैनं व्यसर्जयम् ॥ १३.४५.२७ ॥
Then may your prosperity be unobstructed. Having obtained leave from my elders, I called to mind Tārkṣya (Garuḍa); he carried me to the Himālaya, and having arrived there I released him.
13.45.28
तत्राहमद्बुतान्भावानपश्यं गिरिसत्तमे ।
क्षेत्रं च तपसां श्रेष्ठं पश्याम्यद्भुतमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.४५.२८ ॥
There, on the best of mountains, I saw wonderful sights. I also saw a sacred place, the foremost of austerities, wonderful and supreme.
13.45.29
दिव्यं वैयाघ्रपद्यस्य उपमन्योर्महात्मनः ।
पूजितं देवगन्धर्वैर्ब्राह्मया लक्ष्म्या समावृतम् ॥ १३.४५.२९ ॥
The divine (hermitage) of the great-souled Upamanyu, the son of Vyāghrapāda, was worshipped by gods and Gandharvas, surrounded by the splendor of Brahmā's Lakṣmī.
13.45.30
धवककुभकदम्बनारिकेलैः ।
कुरवककेतकजम्बुपाटलाभिः।
वटवरुणकवत्सनाभविल्वैः ।
सरलकपित्थप्रियालसालतालैः ॥ १३.४५.३० ॥
It was adorned with dhava, kubha, kadamba, coconut, kuravaka, ketaka, jambu, pāṭalā, banyan, varuṇa, vatsanābha, bilva, sarala, kapittha, priyāla, sāla and palm trees.
13.45.31
बदरीकुन्दपुन्नागरैशोकाम्रातिमुक्तकैः ।
मधूकैः कोविदारैश्च चम्पकैः पनसैस्तथा ॥ १३.४५.३१ ॥
It was adorned with badarī, kunda, punnāga, aśoka, mango, atimuktaka, madhūka, kovidāra, campaka and jackfruit trees, and likewise.
13.45.32
वन्यैर्बहुविधैर्वृक्षैः फलपुष्पप्रदैर्युतम् ।
पुष्पगुल्मलताकीर्णं कदलीषण्डशोभितम् ॥ १३.४५.३२ ॥
Endowed with many kinds of wild trees that give fruit and flowers, strewn with flowering shrubs and creepers, and adorned with groves of plantain.
13.45.33
नानाशकुनिसम्भोज्यैः फलैर्वृक्षैरलङ्कृतम् ।
यथास्थानविनिक्षिप्तैर्भूषितं भस्मराशिभिः ॥ १३.४५.३३ ॥
Adorned with fruits and trees that many kinds of birds feed upon, and decorated with heaps of ash placed in their proper places.
13.45.34
रुरुवानरशार्दूलसिंहद्वीपिसमाकुलम् ।
कुरङ्गबर्हिणाकीर्णं मार्जारभुजगावृतम्।
पूगैश्च मृगजातीनां महिषर्क्षनिषेवितम् ॥ १३.४५.३४ ॥
Teeming with ruru deer, monkeys, tigers, lions and leopards, strewn with antelopes and peacocks, surrounded by cats and snakes, and frequented by herds of many kinds of deer, buffaloes and bears.
13.45.35
सकृत्प्रभिन्नैश्च गजैर्विभूषितं ।
प्रहृष्टनानाविधपक्षिसेवितम्।
सुपुष्पितैरम्बुधरप्रकाशै-
र्महीरुहाणां च वनैर्विचित्रैः ॥ १३.४५.३५ ॥
Adorned with rutting elephants, frequented by many joyful kinds of birds, and filled with well-blossomed trees gleaming like clouds and with varied groves.
13.45.36
नानापुष्परजोमिश्रो गजदानाधइवासितः ।
दिव्यस्त्रीगीतबहुलो मारुतोऽभिमुखो ववौ ॥ १३.४५.३६ ॥
A wind mingled with the pollen of many flowers, perfumed with the ichor of elephants, rich with the songs of divine women, blew toward us.
13.45.37
धारानिनादैर्विहगप्राणादैः ।
शुभैस्तथा बृंहितैः कुञ्जराणाम्।
गीतैस्तथा किन्नराणामुदारैः ।
शुभैः स्वनैः सामगानां च वीर ॥ १३.४५.३७ ॥
With the roar of streams, the auspicious calls of birds, the auspicious trumpeting of elephants, the noble songs of kinnaras, and the auspicious sounds of those who chant the Sāma, O hero.
13.45.38
अचिन्त्यं मनसाऽप्यन्यैः सरोभिः समलङ्कृतम् ।
विशालैश्चाग्निशरणैर्भूषितं कुसुमावृतैः ॥ १३.४५.३८ ॥
Unthinkable even to the mind, adorned with lakes for others, with vast fire-shelters, and decked and covered with flowers.
13.45.39
विभूषितं पुण्ययवित्रतोयया ।
सदा च जुष्टं नृप जह्नुकन्यया।
विभूषितं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठै-
र्महात्मभिर्वह्निसमानकल्पैः ॥ १३.४५.३९ ॥
Adorned with holy, pure waters, O king, ever frequented by Jahnu's daughter (the Gaṅgā), adorned by the best of the upholders of dharma, great-souled ones like fire.
13.45.40
वाय्वाहारैरम्बुपैर्जप्यनित्यैः ।
सम्प्रक्षालैर्योगिभिर्ध्याननित्यैः।
धूमप्राशैरूष्मपैः क्षीरपैश्च ।
संजुष्टं च ब्राह्मणेन्द्रैः समन्तात् ॥ १३.४५.४० ॥
Frequented on all sides by the foremost brahmins: air-eaters, water-drinkers, constant reciters of japa, yogins who practise ritual ablution, constant in meditation, smoke-eaters, heat-drinkers and milk-drinkers.
13.45.41
गोचारिणोऽर्थाश्मकुट्टा दन्तोलूखलिकास्तथा ।
मरीचिपाः फेनपाश्च तथैव मृगचारिणः ॥ १३.४५.४१ ॥
Those who wander like cows, who pound grain with stones, who make their teeth their mortar, likewise drinkers of sunbeams, drinkers of foam, and those who wander like deer.
13.45.42
अश्वत्थफलभक्षाश्च तथा ह्युदकशायिनः ।
चीचचर्माम्बरधरास्तथा वल्कलधारिणः ॥ १३.४५.४२ ॥
Eaters of fig-tree fruit, likewise those who sleep in water, wearers of garments of cīca-bark and hide, and wearers of bark-cloth.
13.45.43
सुदुःखान्नियमांस्तांस्तान्वहतः सुतपोधनान् ।
पश्यन्मुनीन्बहुविधानप्रवेष्टुमुपचक्रमे ॥ १३.४५.४३ ॥
Seeing the many kinds of sages who observed those most painful vows, whose wealth was their austerity, he began to enter.
13.45.44
सूपूजितं देवगणैर्महात्मभिः ।
शिवादिभिर्भारतपुण्यकर्मभिः।
रराज तच्चाश्रममण्डलं सदा ।
दिवीव राजञ्शशिमण्डलं यथा ॥ १३.४५.४४ ॥
Greatly worshipped by hosts of gods and by the great-souled ones headed by Śiva, and by the meritorious doers of deeds among the Bhāratas, that circle of hermitages always shone, O king, like the orb of the moon in the sky.
13.45.45
क्रीडन्ति सर्पैर्नकुला मृगैर्व्याघ्राश्च मित्रवत् ।
प्रभावाद्दीप्ततपसां सन्निकर्षान्महात्मनाम् ॥ १३.४५.४५ ॥
By the power and proximity of the great-souled ones whose asceticism blazes, mongooses play with snakes, and tigers with deer, as friends do.
13.45.46
तत्राश्रमपदे श्रेष्ठे सर्वभूतमनोरम ।
सेविते द्विजशार्दूलैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः ॥ १३.४५.४६ ॥
There, in that excellent hermitage site, delightful to the minds of all beings, it was attended by tiger-like brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and their limbs.
13.45.47
नानानियमविख्यातैर्ऋषिभि सुमहान्मभिः ।
प्रविशन्नेव चापश्यं जटाचीरधरं प्रभुम् ॥ १३.४५.४७ ॥
Upon entering among the sages, renowned for their many vows and very great-souled, I saw a lord bearing matted locks and bark garments.
13.45.48
तेजसा तपसा चैव दीप्यमानं यथाऽनलम् ।
शिष्यैरनुगतं शान्तं युवानं ब्राह्मणर्वभम् ॥ १३.४५.४८ ॥
Blazing like fire with brilliance and asceticism, followed by disciples, calm, young, the bull among brahmins.
13.45.49
शिरसा वन्दमानं मामुपमन्युरभाषत ॥ १३.४५.४९ ॥
As I bowed to him with my head, Upamanyu spoke to me.
13.45.50
स्वागतं पुण्डरीकाक्ष सफलानि तपांसि नः ।
यः पूज्यः पूजयसि मां द्रष्टव्यो द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ १३.४५.५० ॥
Welcome, lotus-eyed one; our austerities have borne fruit. You, worthy of worship, worship me; you, worthy to be seen, wish to see me.
13.45.51
मनुष्यतानुवृत्त्या त्वा ज्ञात्वा तिष्ठाम सर्वगम् ।
तमहं प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा मृगपक्षिष्वथाग्निषु।
धर्मे च शिष्यवर्गे च समपृच्छमनामयम् ॥ १३.४५.५१ ॥
Following human custom, knowing you to be all-pervading, we stood. With joined palms I asked him after the welfare of beasts and birds, of the fires, of dharma, and of the disciples.
13.45.52
ततो मां भगवानाह साम्ना परमवल्गुना ।
लप्स्यसे तनयं कृष्णि आत्मतुल्यमसंशयम् ॥ १३.४५.५२ ॥
Then the Lord spoke to me in very sweet words: "You will certainly obtain a son equal to yourself, O descendant of Kṛṣṇi."
13.45.53
तपः सुमहदास्थाय तोषयेशानमीश्वरम् ।
इह देवः सपत्नीकः समाक्रीडत्यधोक्षज ॥ १३.४५.५३ ॥
Undertaking a very great austerity, propitiate Īśāna, the Lord. Here the god plays with his consort, O Adhokṣaja.
13.45.54
इहैनं दैवतश्रेष्ठं देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरा ।
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन च ॥ १३.४५.५४ ॥
Here in former times the gods and the groups of sages worshipped this best of gods by austerity, chastity, truthfulness and self-restraint.
13.45.55
तोषयित्वा शुभान्कामान्प्राप्तवन्तो जनार्दन ।
तेजसां सपसां चैव निधिः स भगवानिह ॥ १३.४५.५५ ॥
Having pleased him, O Janārdana, people obtained auspicious desires. That Lord here is the treasury of splendours and of austerities.
13.45.56
शुभाशुभान्वितान्भावान्विसृजन्स क्षिपन्नपि ।
आस्ते देव्या सहाचिन्त्यो यं प्रार्थयसि शत्रुहन् ॥ १३.४५.५६ ॥
Though he casts off and discards the states bound up with good and evil, he who is inconceivable abides with the goddess whom you seek, O slayer of foes.
13.45.57
हिरण्यकशिपुर्योऽभूद्दानवो मेरुकम्पनः ।
तेन सर्वामरैश्वर्यं शर्वात्प्राप्तं समार्बुदम् ॥ १३.४५.५७ ॥
There was the Dānava Hiraṇyakaśipu, who made Meru tremble; from Śarva he obtained the lordship of all the immortals for a hundred million years.
13.45.58
तस्यैव पुत्रप्रवरो दमनो नाम विश्रुतः ।
महादेववराच्छक्रं वर्षार्बुदमयोधयम् ॥ १३.४५.५८ ॥
His foremost son, renowned by the name Damana, fought Indra for a hundred million years by the boon of Mahādeva.
13.45.59
विष्णोश्चक्रं च तद्धोरं वज्रमाखण्डलस्य च ।
शीर्णं पुराऽभवत्तात ग्रहस्याङ्गेषु केशव ॥ १३.४५.५९ ॥
Viṣṇu's dreadful discus and Indra's thunderbolt were once shattered upon the limbs of the seizer, O dear one, O Keśava.
13.45.60
यत्तद्भगवता पूर्वं दत्तं चक्रं तवानघ ।
जलान्तरचरं हत्वा दैत्यं च बलगर्वितम् ॥ १३.४५.६० ॥
That discus which the Blessed Lord formerly gave to you, O sinless one, having slain the Daitya who roams within the waters and is proud of his strength.
13.45.61
उत्पादितं वृषाङ्केन दीप्तज्वलनसन्निभम् ।
दत्तं भगवता तुभ्यं दुर्धषं तेजसाऽद्भुतम् ॥ १३.४५.६१ ॥
Produced by the bull-bannered one, resembling a blazing fire, given to you by the Blessed Lord, unassailable and wondrous in its brilliance.
13.45.62
न शक्यं द्रष्टुमन्येन वर्जयित्वा पिनाकिनम् ।
सुदर्शनं भवत्येवं भवेनोक्तं तदा तु तत् ॥ १३.४५.६२ ॥
It cannot be seen by anyone except Pinākin (Śiva). Then Bhava (Śiva) declared that it would become the Sudarśana.
13.45.63
सुदर्शनं तदा तस्य लोके नाम प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
तज्जीर्णमभावत्तात ग्रहस्याङ्गेषु केशव। ॥ १३.४५.६३ ॥
Then its name Sudarśana was established in the world. Dear Keśava, it became worn out in the limbs of Graha.
13.45.64
ग्रहस्यातिवलस्याङ्गे वरदत्तस्य धीमतः ।
न शस्त्राणि वहन्त्यङ्गे चक्रवज्रशतान्यपि ॥ १३.४५.६४ ॥
In the body of Graha, the very mighty and wise one granted by boon, not even hundreds of discs and thunderbolts bear weapons.
13.45.65
अर्द्यमानाश्च विबुधा ग्रहेणि सुबलीयसा ।
शिवदत्तवराञ्जघ्नुरसुरेन्द्रान्सुरा भृशम् ॥ १३.४५.६५ ॥
Though tormented by the very strong Graha, the gods, having boons granted by Śiva, struck down the lords of the asuras fiercely.
13.45.66
तृष्टो विद्युत्प्रभस्यापि त्रिलोकेश्वरतां ददौ ।
शतं वर्षसहस्राणां सर्वलोकेश्वरोऽभवत् ॥ १३.४५.६६ ॥
Pleased, he gave Vidyutprabha also lordship over the three worlds; for a hundred thousand years he became lord of all worlds.
13.45.67
ममैवानुचरो नित्यं भवितासीति चाब्रवीत् ।
तथा पुत्रसहस्राणामयुतं च ददौ प्रभुः ॥ १३.४५.६७ ॥
He also said, "You will always be my follower." Likewise the lord gave him ten thousand sons out of a thousand.
13.45.68
कुशद्वीपं च स ददौ राज्येन भगवानजः ।
तथा शतमुखो नाम धात्रा सृष्टो महासुरः। ॥ १३.४५.६८ ॥
The blessed Aja gave him the island of Kuśa as a kingdom. Likewise, there was the great asura named Śatamukha, created by Dhātṛ.
13.45.69
येन वर्षशतं साग्रमात्ममांसैर्हुतोऽनलः ।
तं प्राह भववांस्तुष्टः किंकरोमीति शंकरः ॥ १३.४५.६९ ॥
To him who for more than a hundred years offered his own flesh as oblations into the fire, Śaṅkara, pleased, said: 'What shall I do?'
13.45.70
तं वै शतमुखः प्राह योगो भवतु मेऽद्भुतः ।
बलं च दैवतश्रेष्ठ शाश्वतं सम्प्रयच्छ मे ॥ १३.४५.७० ॥
Śatamukha said to him: 'Let me have a wondrous yoga, and, best of gods, grant me eternal strength.'
13.45.71
तथेति भगवानाह तस्य तद्वचनं प्रभुः ।
स्वायंभुवः क्रतुश्चापि पुत्रार्थमभवत्पुरा ॥ १३.४५.७१ ॥
The blessed lord Prabhu said to his words, 'So be it.' In former times, Svāyambhuva Kratu too had become (thus) for the sake of a son.
13.45.72
आविश्य योगेनात्मानं त्रीणि वर्षशतान्यपि ।
तस्य चोपददौ पुत्रान्सहस्रं क्रतुसम्मितान्।
योगेश्वरं देवगीतं वेत्थ कृष्ण न संशयः ॥ १३.४५.७२ ॥
Entering his own self through yoga, he practiced for three hundred years, and gave him a thousand sons equal to sacrifices. You know, Kṛṣṇa, the divine song of the lord of yoga; there is no doubt.
13.45.73
याज्ञवल्क्य इति ख्यात ऋषिः परमधार्मिकः ।
आराध्य स महादेवं प्राप्तवानतुलं यशः ॥ १३.४५.७३ ॥
The sage renowned as Yājñavalkya, most righteous, having worshipped Mahādeva, obtained incomparable fame.
13.45.74
वेदव्यासश्च योगात्मा पराशरसुतो मुनिः ।
सोऽपि शंकरमाराध्य प्राप्तवानतुलं यशः ॥ १३.४५.७४ ॥
Vedavyāsa, whose self is yoga, the sage son of Parāśara, he too, having worshipped Śaṅkara, obtained incomparable fame.
13.45.75
वालखिल्या मघवता ह्यवज्ञाताः पुरा किल ।
तैः क्रुद्धैर्भगवान्रुद्रस्तपसा तोषितो ह्यभूत् ॥ १३.४५.७५ ॥
Long ago Maghavan (Indra) despised the Vālakhilyas; by their asceticism, angered as they were, the venerable Rudra was pleased.
13.45.76
तांश्चापि दैवतश्रेष्ठः प्राह प्रीतो जगत्पतिः ।
सुपर्णं सोमहर्तारं तपसोत्पादयिष्यथ ॥ १३.४५.७६ ॥
The best of gods, the lord of the world, pleased, spoke to them too: 'By asceticism you will bring forth Suparṇa (Garuḍa), the stealer of soma.'
13.45.77
महादेवस्य रोषाच्च आपो नष्टाः पुराऽभवन् ।
ताश्च सप्तकपालेन देवैरन्याः प्रवर्तिताः ॥ १३.४५.७७ ॥
Formerly, from the anger of Mahādeva the waters were destroyed, and the gods set other waters flowing by means of the seven-skull vessel.
13.45.78
ततः पानीयमभवत्प्रसन्ने त्र्यम्बके भुवि ।
अत्रिभार्या सुतं दत्तं सोमं दुर्वाससं प्रभो ॥ १३.४५.७८ ॥
Then, when the three-eyed one was pleased, drinking water came to be on earth; and to Atri's wife, O lord, were given sons named Soma and Durvāsas.
13.45.79
अत्रेर्भार्याऽपि भर्तारं संत्यज्य ब्रह्मवादिनी ।
नाहं तव मुने भूयो वशगा स्यां कथञ्चन ॥ १३.४५.७९ ॥
Atri's wife too, a speaker of Brahman, abandoning her husband, said: 'O sage, I shall never again be subject to you in any way.'
13.45.80
इत्युक्त्वा सा महादेवमगमच्छरणं किल ।
निराहास भयादत्रेस्त्रीणि वर्षशतान्यपि ॥ १३.४५.८० ॥
Having said this, she went to Mahādeva for refuge, and out of fear of Atri she fasted for even three hundred years.
13.45.81
अशेत मुसलेष्वेव प्रसादार्थं भवस्य सा ।
तामब्रवीद्धसन्देवो भविता वै सुतस्तव ॥ १३.४५.८१ ॥
For the sake of Bhava's grace she lay down on the pestles, and the god, laughing, said to her: 'A son will surely be born to you.'
13.45.82
विना भर्त्रा चरुद्रेण भविष्यति न संशयः ।
वंशे तवैव नाम्ना तु ख्यातिं यास्यति चेप्सिताम् ॥ १३.४५.८२ ॥
Without a husband, it will come to pass through Cārudra (Śiva), of this there is no doubt; and in your own lineage, bearing your name, he will attain the fame he desires.
13.45.83
विकर्णश्च महादेवं तथा भक्तसुखावहम् ।
प्रसाद्य भगवान्सिद्धिं प्राप्तवान्मधुसूदन ॥ १३.४५.८३ ॥
Vikarṇa too, in the same way, having propitiated Mahādeva who brings happiness to his devotees, attained perfection, O slayer of Madhu.
13.45.84
शाकल्यः संशितात्मा वै नववर्षशतान्यपि ।
आराधयामास भवं मनोयज्ञेन केशव ॥ १३.४५.८४ ॥
Śākalya, his self disciplined, worshipped Bhava for even nine hundred years through the sacrifice of the mind, O Keśava.
13.45.85
तं चाह भगवांस्तुष्टो ग्रन्थकारो भविष्यसि ।
वत्साक्षया च ते कीतिस्त्रेलोक्ये वै भविष्यति ॥ १३.४५.८५ ॥
The pleased Lord said to him: 'You shall become an author of texts, and your fame shall be imperishable in the three worlds.'
13.45.86
अक्षयं च कुलं तेऽस्तु महर्षिभिरलंकृतम् ।
भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठः सूत्रकर्ता सुतस्तव ॥ १३.४५.८६ ॥
May your lineage be undying and adorned by great sages. Best of the twice-born, your son will be the author of the aphorisms.
13.45.87
सावर्णिश्चापि विख्यात ऋषिरासीत्कृते युगे ।
इह तेन तपस्तप्तं षष्टिवर्षशतान्यथ ॥ १३.४५.८७ ॥
In the Kṛta age there was a renowned sage named Sāvarṇi. He performed austerities here for six hundred years.
13.45.88
तमाह भगवान्रुद्रः साक्षात्तुष्टोस्मि तेऽनघ ।
ग्रन्थकृल्लोकविख्यातो भवितास्यजरामरः ॥ १३.४५.८८ ॥
The blessed Rudra said to him: 'Sinless one, I am pleased with you directly. You will become a text-author renowned in the world, ageless and undying.'
13.45.89
शक्रेणि तु पुरा देवो वाराणस्यां जनार्दन ।
आराधितोऽभूद्भक्तेन दिग्वासा भस्मगुष्ठितः
आराध्य स महादेवं देवराज्यमवाप्तवान् ॥ १३.४५.८९ ॥
O Janārdana, long ago at Vārāṇasī, Indra worshipped with devotion the god who is sky-clad and smeared with ash. Having propitiated that great god, he obtained the kingship of the gods.
13.45.90
नारदेन तु भक्त्याऽसौ भव आराधितः पुरा ।
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो जगौ देवगुरुर्गुरुः ॥ १३.४५.९० ॥
Long ago Nārada worshipped Bhava with devotion. Pleased with him, the great god, teacher of the gods, sang.
13.45.91
तेजसा तपसा कीर्त्या त्वत्समो न भविष्यति ।
गीतेन वादितव्येन नित्यं मामनुयास्यसि ॥ १३.४५.९१ ॥
None will equal you in splendor, austerity or fame. With song and instrument you will always follow me.
13.45.92
बाणः स्कन्दसमत्वं च कामो दर्पविमोक्षणम् ।
लवणोऽवध्यतामन्यैर्दशास्यश्च पुनर्बलम्।
अन्तकोऽन्तमनुप्राप्तस्तस्मात्कोऽन्यः परः प्रभुः ॥ १३.४५.९२ ॥
Bāṇa became equal to Skanda, Kāma was freed from pride, Lavaṇa became unslayable by others, and the ten-faced Daśāsya regained strength. Death himself reached an end; therefore, who else is a higher lord?
13.45.93
मयाऽपि च यथा दृष्टो देवदेवः पुरा विभो ।
साक्षात्पशुपतिस्तात तच्चापि शृणु माधव ॥ १३.४५.९३ ॥
O mighty one, as I too once saw the god of gods, Paśupati himself, face to face — hear that too, dear one, O Mādhava.
13.45.94
यदर्थं च मया देवः प्रयतेन तथा विभो ।
आराधितो महातेजास्तच्चापि शृणु विस्तरात् ॥ १३.४५.९४ ॥
O mighty one, the purpose for which I thus diligently worshipped that god of great splendour — hear that too, in full detail.
13.45.95
यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं देवदेवान्महेश्वरात् ।
तत्सर्वं निखिलेनाद्य कथयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ॥ १३.४५.९५ ॥
Whatever I once obtained from Maheśvara, the god of gods — all of it, in full, I will now tell you, O sinless one.
13.45.96
पुरा कृतयुगे तात ऋषिरासीन्महायशाः ।
व्याघ्रपाद इति ख्यातो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः।
तस्याहमभवं पुत्रो धौम्यश्चापि ममानुजः ॥ १३.४५.९६ ॥
Long ago, dear one, in the Kṛta age, there was a sage of great fame named Vyāghrapāda, master of the Vedas and their limbs. I was his son, and Dhaumya was my younger brother.
13.45.97
कस्यचित्त्थ कालस्य धौम्येन सह माधव ।
आगच्छमाश्रमं क्रीडन्मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ॥ १३.४५.९७ ॥
At some time, O Mādhava, while playing with Dhaumya, I came to the hermitage of the sages whose souls were purified.
13.45.98
तत्रापि च मया दृष्टा दुह्यमाना पयस्विनी ।
लक्षितं च मया क्षीरं स्वादुतो ह्यमृतोपमम् ॥ १३.४५.९८ ॥
There too I saw a milch cow being milked, and I observed her milk, which in sweetness was indeed like nectar.
13.45.99
तदाप्रभृति चैवाहमरुदं मधुसूदन ।
दीयतां दीयतां क्षीरं मम मातरितीरिता ॥ १३.४५.९९ ॥
O Madhusūdana, from that time on I began to weep, saying, "Mother, give me milk, give me milk!"
13.45.100
अभावाच्चैव दुग्धस्य दुःखिता जननी तदा ॥ १३.४५.१०० ॥
And then, for lack of milk, my mother was grieved.
13.45.101
ततः पिष्टं समालोड्य तोयेन सह माधव ।
आवयोः क्षीरमित्येव पानार्थं समुपानयत् ॥ १३.४५.१०१ ॥
Then, O Mādhava, having thoroughly mixed ground flour with water, saying "This is milk for us both," she brought it for us to drink.
13.45.102
अथ गव्यं पयस्तात कदाचित्प्राशितं मया। ॥ १३.४५.१०२ ॥
Then, dear one, once I drank cow's milk.
13.45.103
पित्राऽहं यज्ञकाले हि नीतो ज्ञातिकुलं महत् ।
तत्र सा क्षरते देवी दिव्या गौः सुरनन्दिनी ॥ १३.४५.१०३ ॥
At the time of a sacrifice my father took me to a great kinsmen's household, where that divine cow, the daughter of the gods (Surabhi/Surānandinī), yields her milk.
13.45.104
यस्ताहं तत्पयः पीत्वा रसेन ह्यमृतोपमम् ।
ज्ञात्वा क्षीरगुणांश्चैव उपलभ्य हि सम्भवम्।
स च पिष्टरसस्तात न मे प्रीतिमुपावहत् ॥ १३.४५.१०४ ॥
Having drunk that milk, nectar-like in flavour, and knowing its qualities and origin, yet, dear one, that ground essence brought me no delight.
13.45.105
ततोऽहमब्रुवं बाल्याज्जननीमात्मनस्तदा ।
नेदं क्षीरोदनं मातर्यत्त्वं मे दत्तवत्यसि ॥ १३.४५.१०५ ॥
Then, out of childishness, I said to my mother: Mother, this is not the milk-rice you have given me.
13.45.106
ततो मामब्रवीन्माता दुःखशोकसमन्विता ।
पुत्रस्नेहात्परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय माधव ॥ १३.४५.१०६ ॥
Then my mother, filled with sorrow and grief, spoke to me; out of love for her son, embracing me and smelling my head, O Mādhava.
13.45.107
कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स मुनीनां भावितात्मनम् ।
वने निवसतां नित्यं कन्दमूलफलाशिनाम् ॥ १३.४५.१०७ ॥
Dear child, for sages with purified souls who always dwell in the forest and eat roots, tubers and fruits, where would milk-rice come from?
13.45.108
आस्थितानां नदीं दिव्यां वालखिल्यैर्निषेविताम् ।
कुत क्षीरं वनस्थानां मुनीनां गिरिवासिनाम् ॥ १३.४५.१०८ ॥
For those who have taken refuge by the divine river frequented by the Vālakhilyas, sages who dwell in the forest and live in the mountains, from where would milk come?
13.45.109
पावनानां वनाशानां वनाश्रमनिवासिनाम् ।
ग्राम्याहारनिवृत्तानामारण्यफलभोजिनाम्।
नास्ति पुत्र पयोऽरण्ये सुरभीगोत्रवर्जिते ॥ १३.४५.१०९ ॥
Son, for those who are pure, whose hope lies in the forest, who dwell in forest hermitages, who have given up village food and eat forest fruits, there is no milk in the forest, which is bereft of the family of the divine cow Surabhi.
13.45.110
नदीगह्वरशैलेषु तीर्थेषु विविधेषु च ।
तपसा जप्यनित्यानां शिवो नः परमा गतिः ॥ १३.४५.११० ॥
In rivers, caves and mountains, and at the various sacred fords, for those who practise austerity and constant recitation, Śiva is our supreme refuge.
13.45.111
अप्रसाद्य विरूपाक्षं वरदं स्थाणुमव्ययम् ।
कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स सुखानि वसनानि च ॥ १३.४५.१११ ॥
Child, without propitiating Śiva — the three-eyed, boon-giving, steadfast and imperishable one — how could there be milk and rice, or comfortable garments?
13.45.112
तं प्रपद्य सदा वत्स सर्वभावेन शङ्करम् ।
तत्प्रसादाच्च कामेभ्यः फलं प्राप्स्यसि पुत्रक ॥ १३.४५.११२ ॥
Child, always take refuge in that Śaṅkara with your whole being; by his grace you will obtain the fruit of your desires, my son.
13.45.113
जनन्यास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन् ।
प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा इदमम्बामवोचयं ॥ १३.४५.११३ ॥
Having heard those words of my mother, slayer of foes, from that very moment, with folded hands and bowed head, I spoke to her thus.
13.45.114
कोऽयमम्ब महादेवः स कथं च प्रसीदति ।
कुत्र वा वसते देवो द्रष्टव्यो वा कथञ्चन ॥ १३.४५.११४ ॥
Mother, who is this Mahādeva? How is he pleased? Where does that god dwell, and how might he be seen at all?
13.45.115
तुष्यते वा कथं शर्वो रूपं तस्य च कीदृशम् ।
कथं ज्ञेयः प्रसन्नो वा दर्शयेज्जननी मम ॥ १३.४५.११५ ॥
How is Śarva satisfied, and what is his form? How can one know that he is pleased? Mother, how might he show himself to me?
13.45.116
एवमुक्ता तदा कृष्ण माता मे सुतवत्सला ।
मूर्घन्याध्राय गोविन्द सबाष्पाकुललोचना ॥ १३.४५.११६ ॥
Thus addressed, Kṛṣṇa, my mother, fond of her son, with eyes clouded and full of tears, kissed my head, O Govinda.
13.45.117
प्रमार्जन्ती च गात्राणि मम वै मधुसूदन ।
दैन्यमालम्ब्य जननी इदमाह सुरोत्तम ॥ १३.४५.११७ ॥
Stroking my limbs, O Madhusūdana, my mother, taking on humility, spoke these words, O best of gods.
13.45.118
दुर्विज्ञेयो महादेवो दुराधारो दुरन्तकः ।
दुराबाधश्च दुर्ग्राह्यो दुर्द्दश्यो ह्यकृतात्मभिः ॥ १३.४५.११८ ॥
Mahādeva is hard to know, hard to support, hard to end, hard to harass, hard to grasp, and hard to see for those whose selves are unrefined.
13.45.119
यस्य रूपाण्यनेकानि प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।
स्थानानि च विचित्राणि प्रासादाश्चाप्यनेकशः ॥ १३.४५.११९ ॥
Whose many forms the wise proclaim, and whose wondrous abodes and many palaces are also his.
13.45.120
को हि तत्त्वेन तद्वेद ईशस्य चरितं शुभम् ।
कृतवान्यानि रूपाणि देवदेवः पुरा किल।
क्रीडते च तथा शर्वः प्रसीदति यथाच वै ॥ १३.४५.१२० ॥
Who truly knows the auspicious deeds of that Lord, the forms the god of gods once took, and how Śarva plays and is pleased?
13.45.121
हृदिस्थः सर्वभूतानां विश्वरूपो महेश्वरः ।
भक्तानामनुकम्पार्थं दर्शनं च यथाश्रुतम्।
मुनीनां ब्रुवतां दिव्यमीशानचरितं शुभम् ॥ १३.४५.१२१ ॥
He who dwells in the heart of all beings, whose form is the universe, the great lord, gives his sight out of compassion for devotees; and as heard from the sages who speak of it, this is the divine and auspicious deed of Īśāna.
13.45.122
कृतवान्यानि रूपाणि कथितानि दिवौकसैः ।
अनुग्रहार्थं विप्राणां शृणु वत्स समासतः ॥ १३.४५.१२२ ॥
Listen briefly, dear one, to the forms he assumed for the grace of the Brahmins, forms told by the gods of heaven.
13.45.123
तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥ १३.४५.१२३ ॥
Those I will recount to you, which you ask me about.
13.45.124
ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेन्द्राणां रुद्रादित्याश्विनामपि ।
विश्वेषामपि देवानां वपुर्धारयते भवः ॥ १३.४५.१२४ ॥
Bhava (Śiva) also assumes the forms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the lord of the gods, the Rudras, the Ādityas, the Aśvins, and the Viśvedevas.
13.45.125
नराणां देवनारीणां तथा प्रेतपिशाचयोः ।
किरातशबराणां च जलजानामनेकशः ॥ १३.४५.१२५ ॥
He also takes on many forms of men, goddesses, ghosts and goblins, Kirātas and Śabaras, and water-dwelling creatures.
13.45.126
करोति भगवान्रूपमाटव्यशबराण्यपि ।
कूर्मो मत्स्यस्तथा शङ्खः प्रवालाङ्कुरभूषणः ॥ १३.४५.१२६ ॥
The blessed lord also takes the form of forest Śabaras; likewise the tortoise, the fish, and the conch adorned with coral sprouts.
13.45.127
यक्षराक्षससर्पाणां दैत्यदानवयोरपि ।
वपुर्धारयते देवो भूयश्च बिलवासिनाम् ॥ १३.४५.१२७ ॥
The god also assumes the forms of yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents, of daityas and dānavas, and moreover of those who dwell in caves.
13.45.128
व्याघ्रसिंहमृगाणां च तरक्ष्वृक्षपतत्त्रिणाम् ।
उलूकश्वशृगालानां रूपाणि कुरुतेऽपि च ॥ १३.४५.१२८ ॥
He also takes the forms of tigers, lions, deer, hyenas, bears, birds, owls, dogs and jackals.
13.45.129
हंसकाकमयूराणां कृकलासकसारसाम् ।
रूपाणि च बलाकानां गृध्रचक्राङ्गयोरपि ॥ १३.४५.१२९ ॥
He takes the forms of swans, crows, peacocks, lizards, cranes, herons, vultures and cakravāka ducks as well.
13.45.130
करोति वा स रूपाणि धारयत्यपि पर्वतम् ।
गोरूपं च महादेवो हस्त्यश्वोष्ट्रखराकृतिः ॥ १३.४५.१३० ॥
He assumes these forms, and even bears a mountain. Mahādeva takes the form of a cow and the shapes of elephant, horse, camel and donkey.
13.45.131
छागशार्दूलरूपश्च अनेकमृगरूपधृक् ।
अण्डजानां च दिव्यानां वपुर्धारयते भवः ॥ १३.४५.१३१ ॥
Bhava, who takes the form of a goat and of a tiger and assumes the forms of many deer, also takes the bodies of divine egg-born creatures.
13.45.132
दण्डी छत्री च कुण्डी च द्विजानां वारणस्तथा ।
षण्मुखो वै बहुमुखस्त्रिनेत्रो बहुशीर्षकः ॥ १३.४५.१३२ ॥
He is the staff-bearer, the umbrella-bearer and the water-pot-bearer, the protector of the twice-born, the six-faced, the many-faced, the three-eyed, the many-headed one.
13.45.133
अनेककटिपादश्च अनेकोदरवक्त्रधृत् ।
अनेकपाणिपार्श्वश्च अनेकगपसंवृतः ॥ १३.४५.१३३ ॥
He has many hips and feet, bears many bellies and faces, has many hands and sides, and is surrounded by many attendant hosts.
13.45.134
ऋषिगन्धर्वरूपश्च सिद्धचारणरूपधृत् ।
भस्पपाण्डुरगात्रश्च चन्द्रार्धकृतभूषणः ॥ १३.४५.१३४ ॥
I take the form of a seer and of a gandharva, and I take the form of a siddha and a cāraṇa; my body is pale with ash, and a half-moon is my ornament.
13.45.135
अनेकरावसंघुष्टश्चानेकस्तुतिसंस्कृतः ।
सर्वभूतान्तकः सर्वः सर्वलोकप्रतिष्ठितः ॥ १३.४५.१३५ ॥
Resounding with many cries and honored with many praises, I am the end of all beings, I am all, and I am established in all worlds.
13.45.136
सर्वलोकान्तरात्मा च सर्वगः सर्ववाद्यपि ।
सर्वत्र भगवान्ज्ञेयो हृदिस्थः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ १३.४५.१३६ ॥
I am the inner self of all worlds, all-pervading, and also the speaker of all things. The blessed Lord is to be known everywhere, dwelling in the heart of all embodied beings.
13.45.137
यो हि यं कामयेत्कामं यस्मिन्नर्थऽर्च्यते पुनः ।
तत्सर्वं वेत्ति देवेशस्तं प्रपद्य यदीच्छसि ॥ १३.४५.१३७ ॥
Whatever desire any person wishes, and for whatever purpose he again worships, the Lord of gods knows all of it. If you wish, take refuge in him.
13.45.138
नन्दते कुप्यते चापि तथा हुंकारयत्यपि ।
चक्री शूली गदापाणिर्मुसली खड्गपट्टसी ॥ १३.४५.१३८ ॥
He rejoices, he grows angry, and in the same way he utters the cry huṃ. I am the wielder of the discus, the wielder of the spear, mace in hand, the wielder of the club, and wielder of sword and cutlass.
13.45.139
भूधरो नागमौञ्जी च नागकुण्डलकुण्डली ।
नागयज्ञोपवीती य नागचर्मोत्तरच्छदः ॥ १३.४५.१३९ ॥
I am the bearer of the mountains; I wear a serpent as my girdle and wear serpent earrings; I wear a serpent as my sacred thread, and I am clad in an upper garment of elephant hide.
13.45.140
हसते गायते चैव नृत्यते च मनोहरम् ।
वादयत्यपि वाद्यानि विचित्राणि गणैर्युतः ॥ १३.४५.१४० ॥
He laughs, sings and dances charmingly, and with his retinue plays various wondrous instruments.
13.45.141
वल्गते जृम्बते चैव रुदते रोदयत्यपि ।
उन्मत्तमत्तरूपं च भाषते चापि सुस्वरः ॥ १३.४५.१४१ ॥
He leaps and yawns, weeps and makes others weep, and in the form of a madman, intoxicated, he speaks in a sweet voice.
13.45.142
अतीव हसते रौद्रस्त्रासयन्नयनैर्जनम् ।
जागर्ति चैव स्वपिति जृम्भते च यथासुवम् ॥ १३.४५.१४२ ॥
He laughs exceedingly; fierce, he terrifies people with his eyes; he stays awake, sleeps and yawns, as he pleases.
13.45.143
जपते जप्यते चैव तपते तप्यते पुनः ।
ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति युञ्जते ध्यायतेऽपि च ॥ १३.४५.१४३ ॥
He recites, and is made to recite; he performs austerity, and is made to perform austerity again; he gives and receives; he applies himself to yoga and also meditates.
13.45.144
वेदीमध्ये तथा यूपे गोष्ठमध्ये हुताशने ।
दृश्यते दृश्यते चापि बालो वृद्धो युवा तथा ॥ १३.४५.१४४ ॥
He is seen in the middle of the altar, at the sacrificial post, in the middle of the cow-pen, and in the sacrificial fire; and he is seen as a child, an old man, and a youth.
13.45.145
क्रीडते ऋषिकन्याभिर्ऋषिपत्नीभिरेव च ।
ऊर्ध्वकेशो महाशेफो नग्नो विकृतलोचनः ॥ १३.४५.१४५ ॥
He plays with the daughters of sages and with the wives of sages; his hair stands upright, his phallus is great, he is naked, and his eyes are distorted.
13.45.146
गौरः श्यामस्तथा कृष्णः पाण्डुरो धूमलोहितः ।
विकृताक्षो विशालाक्षो दिग्वासाः सर्ववासकः ॥ १३.४५.१४६ ॥
Fair, dark, black, pale, smoke-red; wild-eyed, broad-eyed, sky-clad, dwelling in all.
13.45.147
अरूपस्याद्यरूपस्य अतिरूपाद्यरूपिणः ।
अनाद्यन्तमजस्यान्तं वेत्स्यते कोस्य तत्त्वतः ॥ १३.४५.१४७ ॥
Who will truly know the end of the formless, of the one of primordial form, of him who has primordial form beyond form, of the unborn without beginning or end?
13.45.148
हृदि प्राणो मनो जीवो योगात्मा योगसंज्ञितः ।
ध्यानं तत्परमात्मा च भावग्राह्यो महेश्वरः ॥ १३.४५.१४८ ॥
In the heart are breath, mind, the living self; he is the self of yoga, named yoga; meditation, that supreme self, and Maheśvara, grasped by inner feeling.
13.45.149
वादको गायनश्चैव सहस्रशतलोचनः ।
एकवक्त्रो द्विवक्त्रश्च त्रिवक्त्रोऽनेकवक्त्रकः ॥ १३.४५.१४९ ॥
Player of instruments and singer, with a hundred thousand eyes; one-faced, two-faced, three-faced, and many-faced.
13.45.150
तद्भक्तस्तद्गतो नित्यं तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः ।
भज पुत्र महादेवं ततः प्राप्स्यसि चेप्सितं ॥ १३.४५.१५० ॥
Devoted to him, absorbed in him, ever steadfast in him, making him your supreme refuge, worship Mahādeva, my son; then you will obtain what you desire.
13.45.151
जनन्यास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन् ।
मम भक्तिर्महादेवे नैष्ठिकी समपद्यत ॥ १३.४५.१५१ ॥
Having heard his mother's words, slayer of enemies, from that time onward my steadfast devotion to Mahādeva arose fully.
13.45.152
ततोऽहं तप आस्थाय तोषयामास शंकरम् ।
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु वामाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः ॥ १३.४५.१५२ ॥
Then, having taken up austerity, I pleased Śaṅkara. For a divine thousand years I stood poised on the tip of my left big toe.
13.45.153
एकं वर्षशतं चैव फलाहारस्ततोऽभवम् ।
द्वितीयं शीर्णपर्णाशी तृतीयं चाम्बुभोजनः ॥ १३.४५.१५३ ॥
For one hundred years I lived on fruit; then, for a second hundred, on fallen leaves; and for a third, on water alone.
13.45.154
शतानि सप्त चैवाहं वायुभक्षस्तदाऽभवम् ।
एकं वर्षसहस्रं तु दिव्यमाराधितो मया ॥ १३.४५.१५४ ॥
For seven hundred years I subsisted on air alone; and for one divine thousand years I worshipped him.
13.45.155
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः ।
एकभक्त इति ज्ञात्वा जिज्ञासां कुरुते तदा ॥ १३.४५.१५५ ॥
Then Mahādeva, pleased, lord of all worlds and sovereign lord, knowing me to be a single-minded devotee, then desired to test me.
13.45.156
शक्ररूपं स कृत्वा तु सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वृतः ।
सहस्राक्षस्तदा भूत्वा वज्रपाणिर्महायशाः ॥ १३.४५.१५६ ॥
He took on the form of Śakra and, surrounded by all the hosts of gods, became the thousand-eyed, thunderbolt-handed one of great glory.
13.45.157
सुधावदातं रक्ताक्षं स्तब्धकर्णं मदोत्कटम् ।
आवेष्टतकरं घोरं चतुर्दष्ट्रं महागजम् ॥ १३.४५.१५७ ॥
A great elephant, white as nectar, red-eyed, stiff-eared, fierce with rut, its trunk coiled, terrible, four-tusked.
13.45.158
समास्थितः स भगवान्दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा ।
आजगाम किरीटी तु हारकेयूरभूषितः ॥ १३.४५.१५८ ॥
The blessed Lord, blazing with his own radiance, was seated there. Then Arjuna, the diademed one, came, adorned with necklace and armlets.
13.45.159
पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि ।
सेव्यभानोप्सरोभिश्च दिव्यगन्धर्वनादितैः ॥ १३.४५.१५९ ॥
With a white parasol held above his head, attended by celestial nymphs, and resounding with the songs of divine gandharvas.
13.45.160
ततो मामाह देवेन्द्रस्तुष्टस्तेऽहं द्विजोत्तम ।
वरं वृणीष्व मत्तस्त्वं यत्ते मनसि वर्तते ॥ १३.४५.१६० ॥
Then the lord of the gods said to me: 'Best of the twice-born, I am pleased with you. Choose a boon from me, whatever lies in your mind.'
13.45.161
शक्रस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा नाहं प्रीतमनाऽभवम् ।
अब्रवं च तदा कृष्ण देवराजमिदं वचः ॥ १३.४५.१६१ ॥
Hearing Śakra's words, my mind was not pleased. O Kṛṣṇa, then I spoke these words to the king of gods.
13.45.162
नाहं त्वत्तो वरं काङ्क्षे नान्यस्मादपि दैवतात् ।
महादेवादृते सौम्य सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ १३.४५.१६२ ॥
I desire no boon from you, nor from any other deity except Mahādeva. Gentle one, this I tell you truly.
13.45.163
सत्यंसत्यं हि नः शक्र वाक्यमेतत्सुनिश्चितम् ।
न यन्मिहेश्वरं मुक्त्वा कथाऽन्या मम रोचते ॥ १३.४५.१६३ ॥
O Śakra, this is our word — true, true indeed, and firmly settled: apart from the great Lord Maheśvara, no other talk pleases me.
13.45.164
पशुपतिवचनाद्भवामि सद्यः ।
कृमिरथवा तरुरप्यनेकशाखः।
अपशुपतिवरप्रसादजा मे ।
त्रिभुवनराज्यविभूतिरप्यनिष्टा ॥ १३.४५.१६४ ॥
By the word of Paśupati I become at once — a worm, or a tree with many branches. Born of Paśupati's grace through a boon, even sovereignty and splendor over the three worlds are unwelcome to me.
13.45.165
जन्मश्वपाकमध्येऽ-
पि मेऽस्तु हरचरणवन्दनरतस्य।
मा वाऽनीश्वरभक्तो ।
भवानि भवनेऽपि शक्रस्य ॥ १३.४५.१६५ ॥
Let my birth be even among outcastes, delighting in worship at Hara's feet; and may I not become a devotee of a non-lord, even in the house of Indra.
13.45.166
वाय्वम्बुभुजोऽपि सतो ।
नरस्य दुःखक्षयः कुतस्तस्य।
भवति हि सुरासुरगुरौ ।
यस्य न विश्वेश्वरे भक्तिः ॥ १३.४५.१६६ ॥
Even for an ascetic who lives on air and water, how could a man's suffering come to an end? For one who lacks devotion to the Lord of the universe, how could suffering end, even in the presence of the teacher of gods and demons?
13.45.167
अलमन्याभिस्तेषां ।
कथाभिरप्यन्यधर्मयुक्ताभिः।
येषां न क्षणमपि रुचितो ।
हरचरणस्मरणविच्छेदः ॥ १३.४५.१६७ ॥
For those to whom even a moment's interruption in remembering Hara's feet is not pleasing, other tales joined to other dharmas are enough — let there be no more of them.
13.45.168
हरचरणनिरतमतिना ।
भवितव्यमनार्जवं युगं प्राप्य।
संसारभयं न भवति ।
हरभक्तिरसायनं पीत्वा ॥ १३.४५.१६८ ॥
One whose mind delights in Hara's feet must be free of crookedness, even when the age has come. Having drunk the elixir of devotion to Hara, there is no fear of saṃsāra.
13.45.169
दिवसं दिवसार्धं वा मुहूर्तं वा क्षणं लवम् ।
न ह्यलब्धप्रसादस्य भक्तिर्भवति शङ्करे ॥ १३.४५.१६९ ॥
A day, half a day, a muhūrta, an instant, or a fraction of a moment — in one who has not obtained grace, devotion to Śaṅkara does not arise.
13.45.170
अपि कीटः पतङ्गो वा भवेयं शङ्कराज्ञया ।
न तु शक्र त्वया दत्तं त्रैलोक्यमपि कामये ॥ १३.४५.१७० ॥
Even if by Śaṅkara's command I were to become a worm or a moth, O Śakra, I do not desire even the three worlds given by you.
13.45.171
श्वाऽपि महेश्वरवचना-
द्भवामि स हि नः परः कामः।
त्रिदशगणराज्यमपि खलु ।
नेच्छाम्यमहेश्वराज्ञप्तम् ॥ १३.४५.१७१ ॥
Even a dog I would become, by the word of Maheśvara; that is our supreme desire. Even lordship over the host of gods, if not ordered by Maheśvara, I surely do not wish for.
13.45.172
न नाकपृष्ठं न च देवराज्यं ।
न ब्रह्मलोकं न च निष्कलत्वम्।
न सर्वकामानखिलान्वृणोमि ।
हरस्य दासत्वमहं वृणोमि ॥ १३.४५.१७२ ॥
I choose neither the summit of heaven, nor the kingdom of the gods, nor the world of Brahmā, nor the state beyond parts; nor do I choose all desires in their entirety. I choose only servitude to Hara.
13.45.173
यावच्छशाङ्कधवलामलबद्धमौलि-
र्न प्रीयते पशुपतिर्भगवान्ममेशः।
तावज्जरामरणजन्मशताभिघातै-
र्दुःखानि देहविहितानि समुद्वहामि ॥ १३.४५.१७३ ॥
As long as the blessed Paśupati, my lord, whose clear crown is bound and white as the moon, is not pleased, I bear the sufferings inflicted upon the body by the hundred blows of old age, death and birth.
13.45.174
दिवसकरशशाङ्कवह्निदीप्तं ।
त्रिभुवनसारमसारमाद्यमेकम्।
अजरममरमप्रसाद्य रुद्रं ।
जगति पुमानिह को लभेत शान्तिं ॥ १३.४५.१७४ ॥
Who in this world, without having propitiated Rudra, shining with sun, moon and fire, the essence and non-essence of the three worlds, the primordial one, ageless and deathless, would obtain peace?
13.45.175
धिक्तेषां धिक्तेषां ।
पुनरपि च धिगस्तु धिक्तेषाम्।
येषां न वसति हृदये ।
कुपथगतिविमोक्षको रुद्रः ॥ १३.४५.१७५ ॥
Shame upon them, shame upon them; and again, shame upon them, in whose heart Rudra does not dwell, the liberator from the wrong paths.
13.45.176
यदि नाम जन्म भूयो ।
भवति मदीयैः पुनर्दोषैः।
तस्मिंस्तस्मिञ्जन्मनि ।
भवे भवेन्मेऽक्षया भक्तिः ॥ १३.४५.१७६ ॥
If through my faults there is birth again, then in that birth, in that existence, may my devotion be unfailing.
13.45.177
कः पुनर्भवने हेतुरीशे कारणकारणे ।
येन शर्वादृतेऽन्यस्मात्प्रसादं नाभिकाङ्क्षसि ॥ १३.४५.१७७ ॥
Then what is the cause of this existence in the Lord, the cause of causes, by which you desire grace from no one other than Śarva?
13.45.178
उपमन्युरुवाच ।
सदसद्व्यक्तमव्यक्तं यमाहुर्ब्रह्मवादिनः।
नित्यमेकमनेकं च वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१७८ ॥
Upamanyu said: That which the speakers of Brahman call being and non-being, manifest and unmanifest, eternal, one and many — from that we choose a boon.
13.45.179
अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तं ज्ञानैश्वर्यमचिन्तितम् ।
आत्मानं परमं यस्माद्वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१७९ ॥
From that which is without beginning, middle or end, possessed of knowledge and sovereignty, unimaginable, the supreme Self, we choose a boon.
13.45.180
ऐश्वर्यं सकलं यस्मादनुत्पादितमव्ययम् ।
अबीजाद्बीजसम्भूतं वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१८० ॥
From that from which all sovereignty comes, unproduced and imperishable, which without seed gives rise to what springs from seed — from that we choose a boon.
13.45.181
तमसः परमं ज्योतिस्तपस्तद्वृत्तिनां परम् ।
यं ज्ञात्वा नानुशोचन्ति वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१८१ ॥
The supreme light beyond darkness, austerity, the highest for those who walk that path, knowing which people do not grieve — from that we choose a boon.
13.45.182
भूतभावनभावज्ञं सर्वभूताभिभावनम् ।
सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरंदर ॥ १३.४५.१८२ ॥
I worship the god who knows the nature of the origin of beings, who overpowers all beings, who pervades all and gives all, O Purandara.
13.45.183
हेतुवादैर्विनिर्मुक्तं साङ्ख्ययोगार्थदं परम् ।
यमुपासन्ति तत्त्वज्ञा वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१८३ ॥
From him, freed from disputations, giver of the highest aims of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, whom the knowers of truth worship, we choose a boon.
13.45.184
मघवन्मघवात्मानं यं वदन्ति सुरेश्वरम् ।
सर्वभूतगुरुं देवं वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१८४ ॥
O Maghavan, from him whom they call Maghavan-self, lord of the gods, teacher of all beings, god, we choose a boon.
13.45.185
यत्पूर्वमसृजद्देवं ब्रह्माणं लोकभावनम् ।
अण्डमाकाशमापूर्य वरं तस्माद्वृणीमहे ॥ १३.४५.१८५ ॥
From him who first created the god Brahmā, sustainer of the worlds, who filling space created the cosmic egg, we choose a boon.
13.45.186
अग्निरापोऽनिलः पृथ्वी खं बुद्धिश्च मनो महान् ।
स्रष्टा चैषां भवेद्योऽन्यो ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात् ॥ १३.४५.१८६ ॥
Fire, water, wind, earth, space, intellect, mind and the great principle — who, other than the supreme lord, could be the creator of these? Tell me.
13.45.187
मनो मतिरहङ्कारस्तन्मात्राणीन्द्रियाणि च ।
ब्रूहि चैषां भवेच्छक्र कोऽन्योस्ति परमं शिवात् ॥ १३.४५.१८७ ॥
Mind, thought, ego-sense, the subtle elements and the senses — tell me, O Śakra, who other than Śiva could be the creator of these?
13.45.188
स्रष्टारं भुवनस्येह वदन्तीह पितामहम् ।
आराध्य स तु देवेशमश्नुते महतीं क्षियम् ॥ १३.४५.१८८ ॥
Here he is called the creator of the world and the grandfather. Having worshipped the lord of gods, he attains great dominion.
13.45.189
भगवत्युत्तमैश्वर्यं ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमम् ।
विद्यते वै महादेवाद्ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात् ॥ १३.४५.१८९ ॥
The supreme lordship, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at its head, belongs to the blessed Mahādeva. Tell me, who is greater than the supreme lord?
13.45.190
दैत्यदानवमुख्यानामाधिपत्यारिमर्दनात् ।
कोऽन्यः शक्रोति देवेशाद्दितेः सम्पादितुं सुतान् ॥ १३.४५.१९० ॥
Who other than the lord of gods could, by crushing enemies, bring about the sons of Diti, through whom the supremacy of the chief Daityas and Dānavas would be taken away?
13.45.191
दिक्कालसूर्यतेजांसि ग्रहवाय्विन्दुतारकाः ।
विद्धि त्वेते महादेवाद्ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात् ॥ १३.४५.१९१ ॥
Know that the quarters, time, the splendor of the sun, the planets, the wind, the moon and the stars all come from the great god Mahādeva. Tell me, who is greater than the supreme lord?
13.45.192
अथोत्पत्तिविनाशे वा यज्ञस्य त्रिपुरस्य वा ।
दैत्यदानवमुख्यानामाधिपत्यारिमर्दनः ॥ १३.४५.१९२ ॥
Who is capable of the origin and destruction of the sacrifice, or of Tripura, or of crushing the enemies and the lordship of the chief Daityas and Dānavas?
13.45.193
किं चात्र बहुभिः सूक्तैर्हेतुवादैः पुरंदर ।
सहस्रनयनं दृष्ट्वा त्वामेव सुरसत्तम ॥ १३.४५.१९३ ॥
What use is there here in many hymns and arguments, O Purandara? O best of gods, having seen you, the thousand-eyed one, all is clear.
13.45.194
पूजितं सिद्धगन्धर्वैर्देवैश्च ऋषिभिस्तथा ।
देवदेवप्रसादेन तत्सर्वं कुशिकोत्तम ॥ १३.४५.१९४ ॥
Honored by the siddhas, gandharvas, gods and sages as well: all of that comes from the grace of the god of gods, best of the Kuśikas.
13.45.195
अव्यक्तमुक्तकेशाय सर्वगस्येदमात्मकम् ।
चेतनाचेतनाद्येषु शक्र विद्धि महेश्वरात् ॥ १३.४५.१९५ ॥
Know, Śakra, that all this, consisting of the conscious and the unconscious and the rest, comes from Maheśvara, the unmanifest one with loosened hair, the all-pervading, and is his own form.
13.45.196
भुवाद्येषु महान्तेषु लोकालोकान्तरेषु च ।
द्वीपस्थानेषु मेरोश्च विभवेष्वन्तरेषु च। ॥ १३.४५.१९६ ॥
Among the great elements beginning with earth, in the worlds and the realms beyond the worlds, in the island regions of Meru, and in the manifestations and in the intervals as well.
13.45.197
भगवन्मघवन्देवं वदन्ते तत्त्वदर्शिनः ।
यदि देवाः सुराः शक्र पश्यन्त्यन्यां भवाकृतिम्। ॥ १३.४५.१९७ ॥
O blessed Maghavan, those who see the truth call that god by this name. O Śakra, if the gods and the suras behold another form of Bhava—
13.45.198
किं न गच्छन्ति शरणं मर्दिताश्चासुरैः सुराः ।
अभिघातेषु देवानां सयक्षोरगरक्षसाम्। ॥ १३.४५.१९८ ॥
Why do the suras, crushed by the asuras, not go for refuge when the gods are struck down, along with the yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas?
13.45.199
परस्परविनाशीषु स्वस्थानैश्वर्यदो भवः ।
अन्धकस्याथ शुक्रस्य दुन्दुभेर्महिषस्य च।
यक्षेन्द्रबलरक्षःसु निवातकवचेषु च ।
वरदानावघाताय ब्रूहि कोऽन्यो महेश्वरात् ॥ १३.४५.१९९ ॥
Bhava, who grants lordship in one's own place amid mutual destruction—Andhaka, Śukra, Dundubhi, Mahiṣa, the strength of the lord of yakṣas and the rākṣasas, and the Nivātakavacas, destroyed by the blows of boons—tell me, who other than Maheśvara is there?
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सुरासुरगुरोर्वक्त्रे कस्य रेतः पुरा हुतम् ।
कस्य वाऽन्यस्य रेतस्तद्येन हैमो गिरिः कृतः ॥ १३.४५.२०० ॥
In the mouth of the teacher of gods and demons, whose seed was offered in ancient times? Or whose other seed was it, by which the golden mountain was made?
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दिग्वासाः कीर्त्यते कोऽन्यो लोके कश्चोर्ध्वरेतसः ।
कस्य चार्धे स्थिता कान्ता अनङ्गः केन निर्जितः ॥ १३.४५.२०१ ॥
Who in the world is praised as the sky-clad one, and who else is the upward-seeded one? In whose half does the beloved wife stand, and by whom was Anaṅga (Kāma) conquered?
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ब्रूहीन्द्र परमं स्थानं कस्य देवैः प्रशस्यते ।
श्मशाने कस्य क्रीडार्थं नृत्ते वा कोऽभिभाष्यते ॥ १३.४५.२०२ ॥
Tell me, Indra: whose is the supreme abode praised by the gods? In the cremation ground, for whose sport, or in dance, whom is it said to address?
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कस्यैश्वर्यं समानं च भूतैः को वाऽपि क्रीडते ।
कस्य तुल्यबला देवगणाश्चैश्वर्यदर्पिताः ॥ १३.४५.२०३ ॥
Whose lordship is equal to that of the beings, or who plays with them? Whose equal in might are the hosts of gods, proud in their lordship?
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घुष्यते ह्यचलं स्थानं कस्य त्रैलोक्यपूजितम् ।
वर्षते तपते कोऽन्यो ज्वलते तेजसा च कः ॥ १३.४५.२०४ ॥
Whose immovable abode, worshipped in the three worlds, is proclaimed? Who sends the rain, who gives the heat, and who else blazes with splendor?
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कस्मादोषधिसम्पत्तिः को वा धारयते वसु ।
प्रकामं क्रीडते को वा त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ॥ १३.४५.२०५ ॥
From whom comes the abundance of herbs? Or who bears the wealth? In the three worlds, with the moving and the unmoving, who plays at will?
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ज्ञानसिद्धिक्रियायोगैः सेव्यमानश्च योगिभिः ।
ऋषिगन्धर्वसिद्धैश्च विहितं कारणं परम् ॥ १३.४५.२०६ ॥
Served by yogins through the union of knowledge, attainment and action, and established by sages, gandharvas and perfected beings as the supreme cause.
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कर्मयज्ञक्रियायोगैः सेव्यमानः सुरासुरैः ।
नित्यं कर्मफलैर्हीनं तमहं कारणं वदे ॥ १३.४५.२०७ ॥
Ever served by gods and demons through the union of action, sacrifice and ritual, free from the fruits of action, him I declare to be the cause.
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स्थूलं सूक्ष्ममनौपम्यमग्राह्यं गुणगोचरम् ।
गुणहीनं गुणाध्यक्षं परं माहेश्वरं पदम् ॥ १३.४५.२०८ ॥
Gross and subtle, incomparable, ungraspable, within the range of qualities yet devoid of qualities, lord of the qualities: the supreme state of the Great Lord.
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विश्वेशं कारणगुरुं लोककालोकान्तकारणम् ।
भूताभूतभविष्यच्च जनकं सर्वकारणम्। ॥ १३.४५.२०९ ॥
Lord of the universe, teacher of causes, cause of the worlds, of time and of its end, begetter of the past, the unmanifest and the future, the cause of all.
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अक्षराक्षरमव्यक्तं विद्याविद्ये कृताकृते ।
धर्माधर्मौ यतः शक्र तमहं कारणं ब्रुवे ॥ १३.४५.२१० ॥
Imperishable and perishable, unmanifest, knowledge and ignorance, done and undone, dharma and adharma — from whom these arise, O Śakra, him I declare to be the cause.
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प्रत्यक्षमिह देवेन्द्र पश्य लिङ्गं भगाङ्कितम् ।
देवदेवेन रुद्रेण सृष्टिसंहारहेतुना ॥ १३.४५.२११ ॥
Behold here before you, O lord of the gods, the liṅga marked with the bhaga-sign, established by Rudra, god of gods, the cause of creation and dissolution.
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मात्रा पूर्वं ममाख्यातं कारणं लोकलक्षणम् ।
नास्ति चेशात्परं शक्र तं प्रपद्य यदीच्छसि ॥ १३.४५.२१२ ॥
Earlier my mother declared to me the cause that characterizes the worlds. O Śakra, there is nothing higher than Īśa; if you wish, take refuge in him.
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प्रत्यक्षं ननु ते सुरेश विदितं संयोगलिङ्गोद्भवं ।
त्रैलोक्यं सविकारनिर्गुणगणं ब्रह्मादिरेतोद्भवम्।
यद्ब्रह्मेन्द्रहुताशविष्णुसहिता देवाश्च दैत्येश्वरा ।
नान्यत्कामसहस्रकल्पितधियः शंसन्ति ईशात्परं ॥ १३.४५.२१३ ॥
O lord of gods, you know well, as something evident, the three worlds arisen from the union-sign, with their modifications and qualities, arisen from the seed of Brahmā and the others. Gods together with Brahmā, Indra, Agni and Viṣṇu, and the lords of the Daityas, whose minds are shaped by a thousand desires, proclaim nothing higher than Īśa.
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तं देवं सचराचरस्य जगतो व्याख्यातवेद्योत्तमं ।
कामार्थी वरयामि संयतमना मोक्षाय सद्यः शिवम्
हेतुभिर्वा किमन्यैस्तैरीशः कारणकारणम् ।
न शुश्रुम यदन्यस्य लिङ्गमभ्यर्चितं सुरैः ॥ १३.४५.२१४ ॥
That god, declared as the highest knowable of the moving and unmoving world, I choose at once as Śiva, with a restrained mind, for desire and for liberation. What use are other causes? Īśa is the cause of causes. We have not heard that the lingam of any other was worshipped by the gods in this way.
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कस्यान्यस्य सुरैः सर्वैर्लिङ्गं मुक्त्वा महेश्वरम् ।
अर्च्यतेऽर्चितपूर्वं वा ब्रूहि यद्यस्ति ते श्रुतिः ॥ १३.४५.२१५ ॥
Leaving aside the liṅga of Maheśvara, is the liṅga of any other being worshipped by all the gods, or was it worshipped formerly? Tell me, if you have heard of it.
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यस्य ब्रह्म च विष्णुश्च त्वं चापि सहदैवतैः ।
अर्चयध्वं सदा लिङ्गं तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठतमो हि सः ॥ १३.४५.२१६ ॥
Him whose liṅga Brahmā and Viṣṇu, and you too, together with the other gods, always worship — therefore he indeed is the most excellent.
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न पद्माङ्गा न चक्राङ्का न वज्राङ्का यतः प्रजाः ।
लिङ्गाङ्का च भगाङ्का च तस्मान्माहेश्वरी प्रजा ॥ १३.४५.२१७ ॥
Since creatures are not marked with the lotus, nor the discus, nor the thunderbolt, but are marked with the liṅga and the yoni, therefore this progeny belongs to Maheśvara.
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देव्याःकरणरूपभावजनिताःसर्वाभगाङ्काः स्त्रियो ।
लिङ्गेनापि हरस्य सर्वपुरुषाः प्रत्यक्षचिह्नीकृताः।
योऽन्यत्कारणमीश्वरात्प्रवदते देव्या च यन्नाङ्कितं ।
त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे स तु पुमान्बाह्यो भवेद्दुर्मतिः ॥ १३.४५.२१८ ॥
All women, born of the goddess's form and organ, bear the mark of the yoni, and all men have been made plainly marked by the liṅga of Hara. Whoever declares any cause other than Īśvara, and whatever is not marked by the goddess among the moving and unmoving beings of the three worlds — that man would be outside, of evil mind.
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पुल्लिङ्गं सर्वमीशानं स्त्रीलिङ्गं विद्धि चाप्यमाम् ।
द्वाभ्यां तनुभ्यां व्याप्तं हि चराचरमिदं जगत् ॥ १३.४५.२१९ ॥
Know all that is masculine to be Īśāna, and the feminine too to be Amā. By these two bodies this world of moving and unmoving beings is pervaded.
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तस्माद्वरमहं काङ्क्षे निधनं वाऽपि कौशिक ।
गच्छ वा तिष्ठ वा शक्र यथेष्टं बलसूदन ॥ १३.४५.२२० ॥
Therefore, O Kauśika, I desire a boon, or even death. Go or stay, O Śakra, O slayer of Bala, as you wish.
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काममेष वरो मेस्तु शापो वाऽथ महेश्वरात् ।
न चान्यां देवतां काङ्क्षे सर्वकामफलामपि ॥ १३.४५.२२१ ॥
Let this boon be mine, or let it be a curse from Maheśvara. I do not desire any other deity, even one who grants the fruit of all desires.
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एवमुक्त्वा तु देवेन्द्रं दुःखादाकुलितेन्द्रियः ।
न प्रसीदति मे देवः किमेतदिति चिन्तयन् ॥ १३.४५.२२२ ॥
Having spoken thus to the lord of the gods, my senses troubled by grief, I thought: 'The god is not pleased with me. What is this?'
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अथापश्यं क्षणेनैव तमेवैरावतं पुनः ।
हंसकुन्देन्दुसदृशं मृणालरजतप्रभम् ॥ १३.४५.२२३ ॥
Then in an instant I saw again that very Airāvata, like a swan, a jasmine flower and the moon, with a lustre like lotus-fibre and silver.
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वृषरूपधरं साक्षात्क्षीरोदमिव सागरम् ।
कृष्णपुच्छं महाकायं मधुपिङ्गललोचनम् ॥ १३.४५.२२४ ॥
He bore the very form of a bull, like the ocean of milk; with a black tail, a great body, and eyes tawny as honey.
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वज्रसारमयैः शृङ्गैर्निष्टप्तकनकप्रभैः ।
सुतीक्ष्णैर्मृदुरक्ताग्रैरुत्किरन्तमिवावनिम् ॥ १३.४५.२२५ ॥
His horns were made of the essence of the thunderbolt, with the lustre of refined gold, very sharp, with soft reddish tips, as if he were scattering the earth.
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जाम्बूनदेन दाम्ना च सर्वतः समलङ्कृतम् ।
सुवक्त्रखुरनासं च सुकर्णं सुकटीतटम्।
सुपार्श्वं विपुलस्कन्धं सुरूपं चारुदर्शनम् ॥ १३.४५.२२६ ॥
Adorned on all sides with a garland of Jāmbūnada gold, fine of mouth, hooves, nose, ears, flanks and sides, broad-shouldered, of fine form and pleasing to behold.
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ककुदं तस्य चाभाति स्कन्धमापूर्य धिष्ठितम् ।
तुषारगिरिकूटाभं सिताभ्रशिखरोपमम् ॥ १३.४५.२२७ ॥
Its hump shines, filling the shoulder and set firmly there, like the peak of a snowy mountain, like the crest of a white cloud.
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तभास्थितश्च भगवान्देवदेवः सहोमया ।
अशोभत महादेवः पौर्णमास्यामिवोडुराट् ॥ १३.४५.२२८ ॥
And the blessed god of gods, Mahādeva, seated there together with Umā, shone like the moon on the night of the full moon.
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किरीटं च जटाभारः सर्पाद्याभरणानि च ।
वज्रादिशूलमातङ्गगम्भीरस्मितमागतम् ॥ १३.४५.२२९ ॥
With crown, mass of matted hair, ornaments of serpents and the like, with thunderbolt and other weapons, trident, and a deep smile like an elephant's, he came.
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तस्य तेजोभवो वह्निः समेघः स्तनयित्नुमान् ।
सहस्रमिव सूर्याणां सर्वमापूर्य धिष्ठितः ॥ १३.४५.२३० ॥
The fire born of his splendor, thundering with clouds, stood filling everything as though it were a thousand suns.
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ईश्वरः सुमहातेजाः संवर्तक इवानलः ।
युगान्ते सर्वभूतानां दिधक्षुरिव चोद्यतः ॥ १३.४५.२३१ ॥
That Lord of very great splendor was like the destroying fire at the end of the age, raised as if desiring to burn all beings.
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तेजसा तु तदा व्याप्तं दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ततः ।
पुनरुद्विग्नहृदय किमेतदिति चिन्तयम् ॥ १३.४५.२३२ ॥
Then, pervaded on all sides by that splendor, hard to look upon, I was again agitated at heart, thinking, 'What is this?'
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मुहूर्तमिव तत्तेजो व्याप्य सर्वा दिशो दश ।
प्रशान्तं च क्षणेनैव देवदेवस्य मायया ॥ १३.४५.२३३ ॥
That radiance, as if for a moment, spread through all ten directions, and by the illusion of the god of gods it was calmed in an instant.
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अथापश्यं स्थितं स्थाणुं भगवन्तं महेश्वरम् ।
सौरभेयगतं सौम्यं विधूममिव पावकम् ॥ १३.४५.२३४ ॥
Then I saw the blessed great lord Sthāṇu standing, mounted on the bull, gentle like smokeless fire.
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प्रशान्तमनसं देवं त्रिनेत्रमपराजितम् ।
सहितं चारुसर्वाङ्ग्या पार्वत्या परमेश्वरम् ॥ १३.४५.२३५ ॥
The god of tranquil mind, three-eyed and unconquered, the supreme lord, together with Pārvatī of beautiful limbs.
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नीलकण्ठं महात्मनमसक्तं तेजसां निधिम् ।
अष्टादशभुजं स्थाणुं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् ॥ १३.४५.२३६ ॥
The blue-throated great-souled one, unattached, the treasure-house of splendors, eighteen-armed Sthāṇu, adorned with all ornaments.
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शुक्लाम्बरधरं देवं शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनम् ।
शुक्लध्वजमनाधृष्यं शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतिनम् ॥ १३.४५.२३७ ॥
The god wearing white garments, with white garlands and unguents, with a white banner, unassailable, wearing the white sacred thread.
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गायद्भिर्नृत्यमानैश्च वादयद्भिश्च सर्वशः ।
वृतं पार्श्वचरैर्दिव्यैरात्मतुल्यपराक्रमैः ॥ १३.४५.२३८ ॥
Surrounded on all sides by singers, dancers and players of instruments, and by divine attendants at his side, equal to himself in valor.
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बालेन्दुमुकुटं पाण्डुं शरच्चन्द्रमिवोदितम् ।
त्रिभिर्नेत्रैः कृतोद्योतं त्रिभिः सूर्यैरिवोदितैः ॥ १३.४५.२३९ ॥
Crowned with the young moon, pale like the risen autumn moon, lit by three eyes as if by three risen suns.
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सर्वविद्याधिपं देवं शरच्चन्द्रसमप्रभम् ।
नयनाह्लादसौम्योऽहमपश्यं परमेश्वरम् ॥ १३.४५.२४० ॥
I saw the supreme lord, the god who is master of all knowledge, radiant like the autumn moon, gentle in form and delighting the eyes.
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अशोभतास्य देवस्य माला गात्रे सितप्रभे ।
जातरूपमयैः पद्मैर्ग्रथिता रत्नभूषिता ॥ १३.४५.२४१ ॥
On the body of that god, of white radiance, shone a garland strung with golden lotuses and adorned with jewels.
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मूर्तिमन्ति तथाऽस्त्राणि सर्वतेजोमयानि च ।
मया दृष्टानि गोविन्द भवस्यामिततेजसः ॥ १३.४५.२४२ ॥
O Govinda, I also saw the weapons of Bhava, of boundless splendor, embodied and made wholly of radiance.
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इन्द्रायुधसहस्राभं धनुस्तस्य महात्मनः ।
पिनाकमिति विख्यातं स च वै पन्नगो महान् ॥ १३.४५.२४३ ॥
The bow of that great-souled one, bright as a thousand thunderbolts of Indra, was famed as Pināka; and that great serpent was there too.
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सप्तशीर्षो महाकायस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो विषोल्वणः ।
ज्यावेष्टितमहाग्रीवः स्थितः पुरुषविग्रहः ॥ १३.४५.२४४ ॥
Seven-headed, great-bodied, sharp-fanged, terrible with venom, with a great neck wound round with the bowstring, he stood in the form of a man.
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शरश्च सूर्यसङ्काशो दृष्टः पाशुपताह्वयः ।
सहस्रभुजजिह्वास्यो भीषणो नागविग्रह ॥ १३.४५.२४५ ॥
The arrow, sun-like, was seen under the name Pāśupata: terrible, serpent-formed, with a thousand arms, tongues and mouths.
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शङ्खशूलासिभिश्चैव पट्टसै रूपवान्स्थितः ।
येन च त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा क्षणाद् भस्मीकृतं पुरा ॥ १३.४५.२४६ ॥
Taking form with conch-shells, tridents, swords and clubs, it stood; by it the three cities of old were burnt to ashes in an instant.
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अद्वितीयमनिर्देश्यं सर्वभूतभयावहम् ।
सस्फुलिङ्गं महाकायं विसृजन्तमिवानलम् ॥ १३.४५.२४७ ॥
Unrivalled, indescribable, causing fear to all beings, with a vast body and sparks, as if emitting fire.
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एकपादं महादंष्ट्रं सहस्रशिरसोदरम् ।
सहस्रभुजजिह्वाक्षमुद्गिरन्तमिवानलम् ॥ १३.४५.२४८ ॥
One-footed, great-fanged, with a thousand heads and bellies, a thousand arms, tongues and eyes, as if spewing forth fire.
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ब्राह्मान्नारायणाच्चैन्द्रादाग्नेयादपि वारुणात् ।
यद्विशिष्टं महाबाहो सर्वशस्त्रविघातनम् ॥ १३.४५.२४९ ॥
O mighty-armed one, superior even to the Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa, Aindra, Āgneya and Vāruṇa weapons, destroyer of all weapons.
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येन तत्त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा क्षणाद्भस्मीकृतं पुरा ।
शरेणैकेन गोविन्द महादेवेन लीलया ॥ १३.४५.२५० ॥
O Govinda, by which Mahādeva once, playfully, with a single arrow, burnt the three cities to ashes in an instant.
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निर्दहेत च यत्कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।
महेश्वरभुजोत्सृष्टं निमेषार्धान्न संशयः ॥ १३.४५.२५१ ॥
That which, hurled from the arm of Maheśvara, would burn up the entire three worlds with all that moves and does not move, in half a blink — there is no doubt.
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नावध्यो यस्य लोकेऽस्मिन्ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेष्वपि ।
तदहं दृष्टवांस्तत्र आश्चर्यमिदमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.४५.२५२ ॥
Him whom none in this world can slay, not even Brahmā, Viṣṇu or the gods — that I saw there; this was a most supreme wonder.
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गुह्यमस्त्रवरं नान्यत्तत्तुल्यमधिकं हि वा ।
यत्तच्छूलमिति ख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु शूलिनः ॥ १३.४५.२५३ ॥
This is the secret, supreme weapon; there is nothing else equal to it or greater — that trident renowned in all worlds as the trident of the Trident-bearer.
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दारयेद्द्यां मही कृत्स्नां शोषयेद्वा महोदधिम् ।
संहरेद्वा जगत्कृत्स्नं विसृष्टं शूलपाणिना ॥ १३.४५.२५४ ॥
Hurled by the trident-handed one, it could split the entire sky and earth, dry up the great ocean, or destroy the whole world.
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यौवनाश्वो हतो येन मान्धाता सबलः पुरा ।
चक्रवर्ती महातेजास्त्रिलोकविजयी नृपः ॥ १३.४५.२५५ ॥
By which in former times Yauvanāśva Māndhātṛ was slain together with his army — the universal emperor, of great splendor, conqueror of the three worlds, king.
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महाबलो महावीर्यः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः ।
करस्थेनैव गोविन्द लवणस्येह रक्षसः ॥ १३.४५.२५६ ॥
Of great might, of great valor, whose prowess equaled Indra's — O Govinda, here, the rākṣasa Lavaṇa was slain by him with the weapon held in his hand.
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तच्छूलमतितीक्ष्णाग्रं सुभीमं रोमहर्षणम् ।
त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटिं कृत्वा तर्जमानमिव स्थितम् ॥ १३.४५.२५७ ॥
That spear, with its very sharp point, very terrifying and hair-raising, three-pronged, stood as if threatening, its brows knit in a frown.
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विधूमं सार्चिषं कृष्णं कालसूर्यमिवोदितम् ।
सर्पहस्तमनिर्देश्यं पाशहस्तामिवान्तकम् ॥ १३.४५.२५८ ॥
Smokeless, flaming, dark, it was like the death-sun risen; holding a serpent in its hand, indescribable, it was like Death with a noose in his hand.
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दृष्टवानस्मि गोविन्द तदस्त्रं रुद्रसन्निधौ ।
परशुस्तीक्ष्णधारश्च दत्तो रामस्य यः पुराः ॥ १३.४५.२५९ ॥
O Govinda, I have seen that weapon in the presence of Rudra, and that axe with its sharp edge, which was formerly given to Rāma.
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महादेवेन तुष्टेन दत्तं भृगुसुताय च ।
कार्तवीर्यो हतो येन चक्रवर्ती महामृधे ॥ १३.४५.२६० ॥
Given by the pleased Mahādeva to the son of Bhṛgu, by which the universal emperor Kārtavīrya was slain in the great battle.
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त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी येन निःक्षत्रिया कृता ।
जामदग्न्येन गोविन्द रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥ १३.४५.२६१ ॥
O Govinda, by Rāma son of Jamadagni, who made the earth free of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, whose deeds are effortless.
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दीप्तधारः सुरौद्रास्यः सर्पकण्ठाग्रधिष्ठितः ।
अभवच्छूलिनोऽभ्याशे दीप्तवह्निशतोपमः। ॥ १३.४५.२६२ ॥
With blazing edge and a terrible divine face, resting on the tip of a serpent's neck, near the trident-bearer it became like hundreds of blazing fires.
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असङ्ख्येयानि चास्त्राणि तस्य दिव्यानि धीमतः ।
प्राधान्यतो मयैतानि कीर्तितानि तवानघ ॥ १३.४५.२६३ ॥
Countless are his divine weapons, O wise one; chiefly these I have named to you, O sinless one.
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सव्यदेशे तु देवस्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
दिव्यं विमानमास्थाय हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम् ॥ १३.४५.२६४ ॥
On the god's left side stands Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, mounted on a divine celestial car yoked with swans, swift as thought.
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वामपार्श्वगतश्चापि तथा नारायणः स्थितः ।
वैनतेयं समारुह्य शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥ १३.४५.२६५ ॥
Likewise on the left flank stands Nārāyaṇa, mounted on Garuḍa, bearing conch, discus and mace.
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स्कन्दो मयूरमास्थाय स्थितो देव्याः समीपतः ।
शक्तिघण्टे समादाय द्वितीय इव पावकः ॥ १३.४५.२६६ ॥
Skanda, mounted on a peacock, stands near the goddess, holding spear and bell, like a second fire.
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पुरस्ताच्चैव देवस्य नन्दिं पश्याम्यवस्थितम् ।
शूलं विष्टभ्य तिष्ठन्तं द्वितीयमिव शङ्करम् ॥ १३.४५.२६७ ॥
And in front of the god I see Nandin standing, leaning on a trident, like a second Śaṅkara.
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स्वायंभुवाद्या मनवो भृग्वाद्या ऋषयस्तथा ।
शक्राद्या देवताश्चैव सर्व एव समभ्ययुः ॥ १३.४५.२६८ ॥
The Manus led by Svāyambhuva, the sages led by Bhṛgu, and the gods led by Śakra — all of them assembled there.
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सर्वभूतगणाश्चैव मातरो विविधाः स्थिताः ।
तेऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥ १३.४५.२६९ ॥
All the hosts of beings and the various Mothers stood there too; having bowed to the great-souled one, they surrounded him on every side.
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अस्तुवन्विविधैः सतोत्रैर्महादेवं सुरास्तदा ।
जगन्मूर्ति महालिङ्गं तन्मध्ये स्फूतरूपिणम् ॥ १३.४५.२७० ॥
Then the gods praised Mahādeva with various hymns — the form of the world, the great liṅga, manifest in their midst.
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ब्रह्मा भवं तदाऽस्तौवीद्रथन्तरमुदीरयन् ।
ज्येष्ठसाम्ना च देवेशं जगौ नारायणस्तदा ॥ १३.४५.२७१ ॥
Then Brahmā praised Bhava (Śiva), reciting the Rathantara chant; and Nārāyaṇa sang of the lord of gods with the Jyeṣṭha chant.
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गृणन्ब्रह्म परं शक्रः शतरुद्रियमुत्तमम् ।
ब्रह्मा नारायणश्चैव देवराजश्च कौशिकः।
अशोभन्त महात्मानस्त्रयस्त्रय इवाग्नयः ॥ १३.४५.२७२ ॥
Śakra praised the supreme Brahman with the excellent Śatarudrīya; Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa and the king of gods Kauśika — those great-souled ones shone like three fires.
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तेषां मध्यगतो देवो रराज भगवाञ्छिवः ।
शरदभ्रविनिर्मुक्तः परिधिस्थ इवांशुमान् ॥ १३.४५.२७३ ॥
In the midst of them the blessed god Śiva shone, freed from autumn clouds, like the sun standing within its halo.
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अयुतानि च चन्द्रार्कानपश्यं दिवि केशव ।
ततोऽहमस्तुवं देवं स्तवेनानेन सुव्रत ॥ १३.४५.२७४ ॥
O Keśava, I saw tens of thousands of moons and suns in the sky; then, O one of good vows, I praised that god with this hymn.
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उपमन्युरुवाच ।
नमो देवाधिदेवाय महादेवाय ते नमः।
शक्ररूपाय शक्राय शक्रवेषधराय च ॥ १३.४५.२७५ ॥
Homage to you, god above the gods, great god. Homage to you who have the form of Śakra, to Śakra, and to the one who bears the guise of Śakra.
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नमस्ते वज्रहस्ताय पिङ्गलायारुणाय च ।
पिनाकपाणये नित्यं शङ्खशूलधराय च॥। ॥ १३.४५.२७६ ॥
Homage to you who hold the thunderbolt in your hand, tawny and ruddy one. Homage to you, who always bear the pināka bow, the conch and the trident.
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नमस्ते कृष्णवासाय कृष्णकुञ्चितमूर्धज ।
कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयाय कृष्णाष्टमिरताय च ॥ १३.४५.२७७ ॥
Homage to you, clad in black, with black curling hair. Homage to you, who wear a black antelope hide as your upper garment and delight in the dark eighth day.
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शुक्लवर्णाय शुक्लाय शुक्लाम्बरधराय च ।
शुक्लभस्मावलिप्ताय शुक्लकर्मरताय च ॥ १३.४५.२७८ ॥
Homage to you of white hue, the white one, bearing white garments. Homage to you smeared with white ash, delighting in pure works.
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नमोस्तु रक्तवर्णाय रक्ताम्बरधराय च ।
रक्तध्वजपताकाय रक्तस्रगनुलेपिने ॥ १३.४५.२७९ ॥
Homage be to you of red hue, bearing red garments. Homage be to you whose banner and pennant are red, anointed with red garlands and unguents.
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नमोस्तु पीतवर्णाय पीताम्बरधराय च ॥ १३.४५.२८० ॥
Homage be to you of yellow hue, bearing yellow garments.
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नमोस्तूच्छ्रितच्छत्राय किरीटवरधारिणे ।
अर्धहारार्दकेयूर अर्धकुण्डलकर्णिने ॥ १३.४५.२८१ ॥
Homage to him with the raised parasol, who wears the finest diadem; homage to him who wears half a necklace and half an armlet, with half an earring in his ear.
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नमः पवनवेगाय नमो देवाय वै नमः ।
सुरेन्द्राय मुनीन्द्राय महेन्द्राय नमोस्तु ते ॥ १३.४५.२८२ ॥
Homage to him whose speed is that of the wind; homage to the god; homage to you, lord of the gods, lord of sages, great Indra.
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नमः पद्मार्धमालाय उत्पलैर्मिश्रिताय च ।
अर्धचन्दनलिप्ताय अर्धस्रगनुलेपिने ॥ १३.४५.२८३ ॥
Homage to him with a half garland of lotuses, mixed with blue lotuses; homage to him smeared with half sandal-paste, wearing half a garland and unguent.
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नम आदित्यवक्त्राय आदित्यनयनाय च ।
नम आदित्यवर्णाय आदित्यप्रतिमाय च ॥ १३.४५.२८४ ॥
Homage to him whose face is the sun, whose eyes are the sun; homage to him of sun-colour, who is the image of the sun.
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नमः सोमाय सौम्याय सौम्यवक्त्रधराय च ।
सौम्यरूपाय मुख्याय सौम्यदंष्ट्राविभूषिणे ॥ १३.४५.२८५ ॥
Homage to Soma, to the gentle one, to him who bears a gentle face; homage to him of gentle form, the chief, adorned with gentle teeth.
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नमः श्यामाय गौराय अर्धपीतार्धपाण्डवे ।
नारीनरशरीराय स्त्रीपुंसाय नमोस्तु ते ॥ १३.४५.२८६ ॥
Homage to the dark one, homage to the fair one; homage to him half yellow and half pale; homage to you, whose body is woman and man, the woman-man form.
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नमो वृषभवाहाय गजेन्द्रगमनाय च ।
दुर्गमाय नमस्तुभ्यमगम्यागमनाय च ॥ १३.४५.२८७ ॥
Homage to him who rides the bull, whose gait is that of the lord of elephants. Homage to you, the inaccessible, who goes where none can go.
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नमोस्तु गणनीताय गणवृन्दरताय च ।
गुणानुयातमार्गाय गणनित्यव्रताय च ॥ १३.४५.२८८ ॥
Homage to him led by the hosts, who delights in the multitudes of attendants. Homage to him whose path the qualities follow, whose vow is the eternal vow of the hosts.
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नमः श्वेताभ्रवर्णाय संध्यारागप्रभाच य ।
अनुद्दिष्टामभिधानाय स्वरूपाय नमोस्तु ते ॥ १३.४५.२८९ ॥
Homage to him whose hue is the white cloud, whose radiance is the glow of twilight. Homage to you, whose name is not specified, whose form is your own.
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नमो रक्ताग्रवासाय रक्तसूत्रधराय च ।
रक्तमालाविचित्राय रक्ताम्बरधराय च ॥ १३.४५.२९० ॥
Homage to him whose garment's edge is red and who bears a red thread. Homage to him, variegated with red garlands, who wears red garments.
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मणिभूषितमूर्धाय नमश्चन्द्रार्धभूषिणे ।
विचित्रमणिमूर्धाय कुसुमाष्टधराय च ॥ १३.४५.२९१ ॥
Homage to him whose head is adorned with jewels, who wears the half-moon as his ornament. Homage to him whose head bears variegated jewels and who bears eight flowers.
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नमोऽग्निमुखनेत्राय सहस्रशशिलोचने ।
अग्निरूपाय कान्ताय नमोस्तु गहनाय च ॥ १३.४५.२९२ ॥
Homage to him whose face and eyes are fire, with a thousand moon-like eyes. Homage to you whose form is fire, the lovely, the unfathomable.
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खचराय नमस्तुभ्यं गोचराभिरताय च ।
भूचराय भुवनाय अनन्ताय शिवाय च ॥ १३.४५.२९३ ॥
Homage to you, wanderer of the sky, and to him who delights in the realm of the senses. Homage to the earth-wanderer, to the world, to the infinite one, and to Śiva.
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नमो दिग्वाससे नित्यमधिवाससुवाससे ।
नमो जगन्निवासाय प्रतिपत्तिसुखाय च ॥ १३.४५.२९४ ॥
Ever homage to him who is clothed in the quarters, homage to him who is well-clothed in his abode. Homage to the dwelling of the world, and to the bliss of attainment.
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नित्यमुद्बद्धमुकुटे महाकेयूरधारिणे ।
सर्पकण्ठोपहाराय विचित्राभरणाय च ॥ १३.४५.२९५ ॥
Homage to him who always wears his crown bound high, homage to the bearer of great armlets. To him whose offering is the serpent's neck, and to him of wondrous ornaments.
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नमस्त्रिनेत्रनेत्राय सहस्रशतलोचने ।
स्त्रीपुंसाय नपुंसाय नमः साङ्ख्याय योगिने ॥ १३.४५.२९६ ॥
Homage to the eye of the three-eyed one, homage to him of a thousand and a hundred eyes. Homage to him who is woman and man, homage to him who is neither; homage to the Sāṅkhya, homage to the yogin.
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शंयोरभिस्रवन्ताय अथर्वाय नमोनमः ।
नमः सर्वार्तिनाशाय नमः शोकहराय च ॥ १३.४५.२९७ ॥
Homage, homage to Atharvan, the one flowing toward welfare and union. Homage to the destroyer of all distress, and to the remover of sorrow.
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नमो मेघनिनादाय बहुमायाधराय च ।
बीजक्षेत्राभिपालाय स्रष्टाराय नमोनमः ॥ १३.४५.२९८ ॥
Homage to him of the thundering clouds, and to the bearer of many illusions. Homage, homage to the protector of seed and field, to the creator.
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नमः सुरासुरेशाय विश्वेशाय नमोनमः ।
मनः पवनवेगाय नमः पवनरूपिणे ॥ १३.४५.२९९ ॥
Homage to the lord of gods and asuras, homage again and again to the lord of the universe. Homage to him whose speed is that of the mind and the wind, homage to him who has the form of the wind.
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नमः काञ्चनमालाय गिरिमालाय वै नमः ।
नमः सुरारिमालाय चण्डवेगाय वै नमः ॥ १३.४५.३०० ॥
Homage to him who wears a garland of gold, and indeed homage to him who wears a garland of mountains. Homage to him who wears a garland of the enemies of the gods, homage to him of fierce speed.
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ब्रह्मशिरोपहर्ताय महिषघ्नाय वै नमः ।
नमः स्त्रीरूपधाराय यज्ञविध्वंसनाय च ॥ १३.४५.३०१ ॥
Homage to him who cut off the head of Brahmā, and homage to the slayer of the buffalo demon. Homage to him who takes a woman's form, and homage to the destroyer of sacrifice.
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नमस्त्रिपुरहर्ताय यज्ञविध्वंसनाय च ।
नमः कामाङ्गनाशाय कालदण्डधराय च ॥ १३.४५.३०२ ॥
Homage to the destroyer of the three cities, and homage to the destroyer of sacrifice. Homage to him who destroyed the body of Kāma, and homage to him who holds the staff of Death.
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नमः स्कन्दविशाखाय ब्रह्मदण्डाय वै नमः ।
नमो भवाय शर्वाय विश्वरूपाय वै नमः ॥ १३.४५.३०३ ॥
Homage to him of the form of Skanda and Viśākha, and homage to him who is the staff of Brahman. Homage to Bhava, homage to Śarva, and homage to him of all forms.
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ईशानाय भवघ्नाय नमोस्त्वन्धकघातिने ।
नमो विश्वाय मायायचिन्त्याचिन्त्याय वै नमः ॥ १३.४५.३०४ ॥
Homage to Īśāna, homage to the destroyer of worldly existence. Homage to the slayer of Andhaka, homage to the universal one, homage to Māyā, homage to the unthinkable, homage to the unthinkable.
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त्वं नो गतिश्च श्रेष्ठश्च त्वमेव हृदयं तथा ।
त्वं ब्रह्मा सर्वदेवानां रुद्राणां नीललोहितः ॥ १३.४५.३०५ ॥
You are our refuge and our best, you indeed are the heart as well. Among all gods you are Brahmā, and among the Rudras you are Nīlalohita.
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आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां साङ्ख्ये पुरुष उच्यते ।
ऋषभस्त्वं पवित्राणां योगिनां निष्कलः शिवः ॥ १३.४५.३०६ ॥
You are the self of all beings; in Sāṅkhya you are called the Puruṣa. Among the pure you are the foremost bull, and among yogins you are Śiva, partless.
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गृहस्थस्त्वमाश्रगिणामीश्वराणां महेश्वरः ।
कुबेरः सर्वयक्षाणां क्रतूनां विष्णुरुच्यते ॥ १३.४५.३०७ ॥
Among the stages of life you are the householder; among the lords you are Maheśvara. Among all yakṣas you are Kubera, and among sacrifices you are called Viṣṇu.
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पर्वतानां भवान्मेरुर्नक्षत्राणां च चन्द्रमाः ।
वसिष्ठस्त्वमृषीणां च ग्रहाणां सूर्य उच्यते ॥ १३.४५.३०८ ॥
Among mountains you are Meru, and among constellations the moon. Among sages you are Vasiṣṭha, and among planets the sun is said to be you.
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आरण्यानां पशूनां च सिंहस्त्वं परमेश्वरः ।
ग्राम्याणां गोवृषश्चासि भवाँल्लोक्प्रपूजितः ॥ १३.४५.३०९ ॥
Among forest beasts you are the lion, the supreme lord; among domestic animals you are the bull, and you are honored by the world.
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आदित्यानां भवान्विष्णुर्वसूनां चैव पावकः ।
पक्षिणां वैनतेयस्त्वमनन्तो भ्रुजगेषु च ॥ १३.४५.३१० ॥
Among the Ādityas you are Viṣṇu, and among the Vasus indeed the fire Pāvaka. Among birds you are Vainateya (Garuḍa), and among serpents Ananta.
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सामवेदश्च वेदानां यजुषां शतरुद्रियम् ।
सनत्कुमारो योगानां साङ्ख्यानां कपिलो ह्यसि ॥ १३.४५.३११ ॥
Among the Vedas you are the Sāmaveda, among the Yajus formulas the Śatarudrīya; among the yogas you are Sanatkumāra, and among the Sāṅkhya teachings indeed Kapila.
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शक्रोसि मरुतां देव पितॄणां हव्यवाडसि ।
ब्रह्मलोकश्च लोकानां गतीनां मोक्ष उच्यसे ॥ १३.४५.३१२ ॥
O god, you are Śakra among the Maruts and the bearer of oblations among the ancestors; among the worlds you are called Brahmā's world, and among the paths, liberation.
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क्षीरोदः सागराणां च शैलानां हिमवान्गिरिः ।
वर्णानां ब्राह्मणश्चासि विप्राणां दीक्षितो द्विजः ॥ १३.४५.३१३ ॥
Among the oceans you are the Sea of Milk, and among the mountains the Himālaya; among the social classes you are the brahmin, and among the learned, the consecrated twice-born.
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आदिस्त्वमसि लोकानां संहर्ता काल एव च ।
यच्चान्यदपि लोके वै सर्वतेजोधिकं स्मृतम्।
तत्सर्वं भगवानेव इति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥ १३.४५.३१४ ॥
You are the beginning of the worlds, their destroyer, and Time itself; and whatever else in the world is remembered as surpassing all splendour, all that is the Lord Himself — this is my firm conviction.
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नमस्ते भगवन्देव नमस्ते भक्तवत्सलः ।
योगेश्वर नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते विस्वसम्भव ॥ १३.४५.३१५ ॥
Homage to you, O Lord, O god; homage to you, O fond of your devotees. Homage be to you, O lord of yoga; homage to you, O source of the universe.
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प्रसीद मम भक्तस्य दीनस्य कृपणस्य च ।
अनैश्वर्येणि युक्तस्य गतिर्भव सनातन ॥ १३.४५.३१६ ॥
Be gracious to me, your devotee, the wretched and pitiful one; for me, afflicted by powerlessness, be my refuge, O eternal one.
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यच्चापराधं कृतवानज्ञात्वा परमेश्वर ।
मद्भक्त इति देवेश तत्सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥ १३.४५.३१७ ॥
O Supreme Lord, whatever offense I have committed in ignorance, knowing me to be your devotee, O lord of the gods, you ought to forgive it all.
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मोहितश्चास्मि देवेश त्वया रूपविपर्ययात् ।
नार्घ्यं तेन मया दत्तं पाद्यं चापि महेश्वर ॥ १३.४५.३१८ ॥
I was deluded, O lord of the gods, by your change of form; therefore, O great lord, I offered neither the arghya nor the water for the feet.
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एवं स्तुत्वाऽहमीशानं पाद्यमर्घ्यं च भक्तितः ।
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा सर्वं तस्मै न्यवेदयम् ॥ १३.४५.३१९ ॥
Having thus praised the lord Īśāna, and with devotion, my palms folded, I presented everything to him, the water for the feet and the arghya too.
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ततः शीताम्बुसंयुक्ता दिव्यगन्धसमन्विता ।
पुष्पवृष्टिः शुभा तात पपात मम मूर्धनि ॥ १३.४५.३२० ॥
Then, dear one, an auspicious shower of flowers, joined with cool water and endowed with divine fragrance, fell upon my head.
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दुन्दुभिश्च तदा दिव्यस्ताडितो देवकिंकरैः ।
ववौ च मारुतः पुण्यः शुचिगन्धः सुखावहः ॥ १३.४५.३२१ ॥
Then a divine drum was struck by the servants of the gods, and a pure wind blew, of pure fragrance, bringing comfort.
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ततः प्रीतो महादेवः सपत्नीको वृषध्वजः ।
अब्रवीत्त्रिदशांस्तत्र हर्षयन्निव मां तदा ॥ १३.४५.३२२ ॥
Then the pleased great god, the bull-bannered one, with his consort, spoke to the thirty gods there, as if gladdening me too.
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पश्यध्वं त्रिदशाः सर्वे उपमन्योर्महात्मनः ।
मयि भक्तिं परां नित्यमेकभावादवस्थिताम् ॥ १३.४५.३२३ ॥
Behold, O gods, the supreme devotion of the great-souled Upamanyu toward me, steadfast always in single-minded regard.
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एवमुक्तास्तदा कृष्ण सुरास्ते शूलपाणिना ।
ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा वृषध्वजम् ॥ १३.४५.३२४ ॥
Thus addressed by the trident-bearer, O Kṛṣṇa, all the gods, with folded palms, bowed to the bull-bannered one and spoke.
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भगवन्देवदेवेश लोकनाथ जगत्पते ।
लभतां सर्वकामेभ्यः फलं त्वत्तो द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १३.४५.३२५ ॥
O blessed lord, lord of gods, lord of worlds, lord of the universe, may the best of twice-born obtain from you the fruit of all desires.
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एवमुक्तस्ततः शर्वः सुरैर्ब्रह्मादिभिस्तथा ।
आह मां भगवानीशः प्रहसन्निव शङ्करः ॥ १३.४५.३२६ ॥
Thus addressed by the gods led by Brahmā, the blessed lord Śarva, Īśa, Śaṅkara, spoke to me as if smiling.
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भगवानुवाच ।
वत्सोपमन्यो तृष्टोस्मि पश्य मां मुनिपुङ्गव।
दृढभक्तोसि विप्रर्षे मया जिज्ञासितो ह्यसि ॥ १३.४५.३२७ ॥
The blessed lord said: Dear Upamanyu, I am pleased; behold me, best of sages. You are firm in devotion, O brahmin-sage; I have tested you.
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अनया चैव भक्त्या ते अत्यर्थं प्रीतिमानहम् ।
तस्मात्सर्वान्ददाम्यद्य कामांस्तव यथोप्सितान् ॥ १३.४५.३२८ ॥
Through this devotion of yours I am exceedingly pleased; therefore today I grant you all the desires you wish for.
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एवमुक्तस्य चैवाथ महादेवेन धीमता ।
हर्षादश्रूण्यवर्तन्त रोमहर्षस्त्वजायत ॥ १३.४५.३२९ ॥
When the wise Mahādeva had spoken thus, tears flowed from joy, and the hair of my body stood up.
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अब्रवं च तदा देव हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ।
जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः ॥ १३.४५.३३० ॥
Then, with a voice choked with joy, I went down on my knees to the earth, bowed again and again, and said: "O god."
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अद्य जातो ह्यहं देव सफलं जन्म चाद्य मे ।
यन्मे साक्षान्महादेवः प्रसन्नस्तिष्ठतेऽग्रतः ॥ १३.४५.३३१ ॥
O god, today I am truly born, and today my birth has borne fruit, for the great god Mahādeva, pleased, stands directly before me.
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यं न पश्यन्ति चैवाद्धा देवा ह्यमितविक्रमम् ।
तमहं दृष्टवान्देवं कोऽन्यो धन्यतरो मया ॥ १३.४५.३३२ ॥
That god of boundless valour whom even the gods truly do not see, I have seen. Who is more fortunate than I?
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एवं ध्यायन्ति विद्वांसः परं तत्त्वं सनातनम् ।
तद्विशेषमतिख्यातं यदजं ज्ञानमक्षरम् ॥ १३.४५.३३३ ॥
Thus do the wise meditate upon that supreme, eternal reality, which is especially renowned: the unborn knowledge, the imperishable.
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स एष भगवान्देवः सर्वसत्त्वादिरव्ययः ।
सर्वतत्त्वविधानज्ञः प्रधानपुरुषः परः ॥ १३.४५.३३४ ॥
That very one is this blessed god: the origin of all beings, the imperishable, knower of the ordinance of all principles, the primal person, the supreme.
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योऽसृजद्दक्षिणादङ्गाद्ब्रह्माणां लोकसम्भवम् ।
वामपार्श्वात्तथा विष्णुं लोकरक्षार्थमीश्वरः ॥ १३.४५.३३५ ॥
He who created the Brahmās, the origin of the worlds, from his right limb, and likewise Viṣṇu from his left side for the protection of the worlds — that Lord.
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युगान्ते चैव सम्प्राप्ते रुद्रमीशोऽसृजत्प्रभुः ।
स रुद्रः संहरन्कृत्स्नं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥ १३.४५.३३६ ॥
When the end of the age had come, the Lord Īśa created the mighty Rudra; that Rudra, destroying the entire world, both the immobile and the mobile.
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कालो भूत्वा परं ब्रह्म याति संवर्तकानलः ।
युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि ग्रसन्निव व्यवस्थितः ॥ १३.४५.३३७ ॥
Becoming Time, the fire of dissolution goes to the supreme Brahman; at the end of the age it stands, as if devouring all beings.
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एष देवो महादेवो जगत्सृष्ट्वा चराचरम् ।
कल्पान्ते चैव सर्वेषां स्मृतिमाक्षिप्य तिष्ठति ॥ १३.४५.३३८ ॥
This god, the great god, having created the moving and unmoving world, stands at the end of the kalpa, having taken away the memory of all.
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सर्वगः सर्वभूतात्मा सर्वभूतभवोद्भवः ।
आस्ते सर्वगतो नित्यमदृश्यः सर्वदैवतैः ॥ १३.४५.३३९ ॥
All-pervading, the self of all beings, the source of the origin of all beings, he abides eternally, present everywhere, invisible to all the gods.
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यदि देयो वरो मह्यं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो ।
भक्तिर्भक्तु मे नित्यं त्वयि देव सुरेश्वर ॥ १३.४५.३४० ॥
If a boon is to be given to me, if you are pleased with me, O lord — may my devotion always be toward you, O god, lord of the gods.
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अतीतानागतं चैव वर्तमानं च यद्विभो ।
जानीयामिति मे बुद्धिः प्रसादात्सुरसत्तम ॥ १३.४५.३४१ ॥
O lord, may I know whatever is past, future and present — this is my wish, by your grace, best of gods.
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क्षीरोदनं च भुञ्जीयामक्षयं सह बान्धवैः ।
आश्रमे च सदाऽस्माकं सान्निध्यं परमस्तु ते ॥ १३.४५.३४२ ॥
May I eat milk-rice, inexhaustible, together with my kinsmen; and in our hermitage may your presence be always supreme.
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एवमुक्तः स मां प्राह भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः ।
महेश्वरो महातेजाश्वराचरगुरुः शिवः ॥ १३.४५.३४३ ॥
Thus addressed, the blessed Maheśvara Śiva, worshipped by the worlds, of great splendour, teacher of the moving and unmoving, said to me.
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श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
अजरश्चामरश्चैव भव त्वं दुःखवर्जितः।
यशस्वी तेजसा युक्तो दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः ॥ १३.४५.३४४ ॥
The blessed Lord said: Be ageless and undying, free from sorrow, renowned, endowed with splendour and possessed of divine knowledge.
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ऋषीणामभिगम्यश्च मत्प्रसादाध्भविष्यसि ।
शीलवान्गुणसम्पन्नः सर्वज्ञः प्रियदर्शनः ॥ १३.४५.३४५ ॥
By my grace you shall be approachable to the sages, virtuous, endowed with good qualities, omniscient and pleasant to behold.
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अक्षयं यौवनं तेऽस्तु तेजश्चैवानलोपमम् ।
क्षीरोदः सागरश्चैव यत्रयत्रेच्छसि प्रियम् ॥ १३.४५.३४६ ॥
May your youth be undiminishing and your radiance like fire; may the Milk Ocean and the sea be yours wherever you wish for what is dear.
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तत्र ते भविता कामं सान्निध्यं पयसोनिधेः ।
क्षीरोदनं च भुङ्ख त्वममृतेन समन्वितम् ॥ १३.४५.३४७ ॥
There you will have, as you wish, the nearness of the ocean of milk, and you shall eat milk-rice mingled with nectar.
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बन्धुभिः सहितः कल्पं ततो मामुपयास्यसि ।
अक्षया बान्धवाश्चैव कुलं गोत्रं च ते सदा ॥ १३.४५.३४८ ॥
Together with your kinsmen you shall remain there for an aeon, and then you shall come to me; your kinsmen, your lineage and your clan shall always be imperishable.
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भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठ मयि भक्तिश्च शाश्वती ।
सान्निध्यं चाश्रमे नित्यं करिष्यामि द्विजोत्तम ॥ १३.४५.३४९ ॥
O best of the twice-born, your devotion to me shall be eternal, and I shall always keep my presence in your hermitage, O foremost of the twice-born.
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तिष्ठ वत्स यथाकामं नोत्कण्ठां च करिष्यति ।
स्मृतस्त्वया पुनर्विप्र करिष्यामि च दर्शनम्
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः ।
ईशानः स वरान्दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ १३.४५.३५० ॥
Stay, dear child, as you wish, and do not long for me. O Brahmin, when you remember me, I shall grant you sight of me again.
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एवं दृष्टो मया कृष्ण देवदेवः समाधिना ।
तदवाप्तं च मे सर्वं यदुक्तं तेन धीमता ॥ १३.४५.३५२ ॥
Thus, O Kṛṣṇa, I saw the god of gods in meditation, and all that the wise one had said was obtained by me.
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प्रत्यक्षं चैव ते कृष्ण पश्य सिद्धान्व्यवस्थितान् ।
ऋषीन्विद्याधरान्यक्षान्गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ॥ १३.४५.३५३ ॥
And see for yourself, O Kṛṣṇa, the perfected ones standing there: the seers, the Vidyādharas, the Yakṣas, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases.
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पश्य वृक्षलतागुल्मान्सर्वपुष्पफलप्रदान् ।
सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्युक्तान्सुखपत्रान्सुगन्धिनः ॥ १३.४५.३५४ ॥
Behold the trees, creepers and shrubs, giving every flower and fruit, endowed with flowers of all seasons, with pleasant leaves and fragrant.
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सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो दिव्यभावसमन्वितम् ।
प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य ईशअवरस्य महात्मनः ॥ १३.४५.३५५ ॥
All this, O mighty-armed one, is endowed with divine nature, by the grace of the god of gods, the great-souled lesser lord.
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एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रत्यक्षमिव दर्शनम् ।
विस्मयं परमं गत्वा अब्रवं तं महामुनिम् ॥ १३.४५.३५६ ॥
Hearing these words of his, as if it were a vision directly seen, reaching supreme wonder, I spoke to that great sage.
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धन्यस्त्वमसि विप्रेन्द्रि कस्त्वदन्योस्ति पुण्यकृत् ।
यस्य देवाधिदेवस्ते सान्निध्यं कुरुतेऽऽश्रमे ॥ १३.४५.३५७ ॥
Blessed are you, O best of brahmins. Who other than you is a doer of merit, in whose hermitage the god above the gods makes his presence near you?
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अपि तावन्ममाप्येवं दद्यात्स भगवाञ्शिवः ।
दर्शं मुनिशार्दूल प्रसादं चापि शङ्करः ॥ १३.४५.३५८ ॥
O tiger among sages, will that blessed Śiva also grant such a sight to me, and grace, as Śaṅkara did?
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उपमन्युरुवाच ।
द्रक्ष्यसे पुण्डरीकाक्ष महादेवं न संशयः।
अचिरेणैव कालेन यथा दृष्टो मयाऽनघ ॥ १३.४५.३५९ ॥
Upamanyu said: You will see the great god, lotus-eyed one, without doubt, very soon in time, just as I have seen him, O sinless one.
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चक्षुषा चैव दिव्येन पश्याम्यमितविक्रमम् ।
षष्ठे मासि महादेवं द्रक्ष्यसे पुरुषोत्तम ॥ १३.४५.३६० ॥
With the divine eye I behold him of immeasurable valour. In the sixth month, O Puruṣottama, you will see the great god Mahādeva.
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षोडशाष्टौ वरांश्चापि प्राप्स्यसि त्वं महेश्वरात् ।
सपत्नीकाद्यदुश्रेष्ठ सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ १३.४५.३६१ ॥
O best of the Yadus, together with your wife you will obtain sixteen and eight boons from Maheśvara. This is true; I tell it to you.
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अतीतानागतं चैव वर्तमानं च नित्यशः ।
विदितं मे महाबाहो प्रसादात्तस्य धीमतः ॥ १३.४५.३६२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, by the grace of that wise one, past, future and present are always known to me.
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एतान्सहस्रशश्चान्यान्समनुध्यातवान्हरः ।
कस्मात्प्रसादं भगवान्न कुर्यात्तव माधव ॥ १३.४५.३६३ ॥
Hara has meditated upon these and thousands of others. O Mādhava, why would the Lord not show grace to you?
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त्वादृशेन हि देवानां श्लाघनीय समागमः ।
ब्रह्मणअयेनानृशंसेन श्रद्दधानेन चाप्युत।
जप्यं तु ते प्रदास्यामि येन द्रक्ष्यसि शंकरम् ॥ १३.४५.३६४ ॥
A meeting of the gods with one like you, devoted to brahmins, compassionate and faithful, is praiseworthy. But I will give you the mantra for recitation by which you will see Śaṅkara.
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अब्रवं तमहं ब्रह्मन्त्वत्प्रसादान्महामुने ।
द्रक्ष्ये दितिजसङ्घानां मर्दनं त्रिदशेश्वरम् ॥ १३.४५.३६५ ॥
I said to him: O brahmin, O great sage, by your grace I shall see the lord of the gods, the destroyer of the hosts of Daityas.
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एवं कथयतस्तस्य महादेवाश्रितां कथाम् ।
दिनान्यष्टौ ततो जग्मुर्मुहूर्तमिव भारत ॥ १३.४५.३६६ ॥
As he was telling this story concerning Mahādeva, eight days passed as if they were a single moment, O Bhārata.
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दिनेऽष्टमे तु विप्रेणि दीक्षितोऽहं यथाविधि ।
दण्डी मुण्डी कुशी चीरि घृताक्तो मेखलीकृतः ॥ १३.४५.३६७ ॥
On the eighth day, O brahmin, I was initiated according to rule, bearing a staff, shaven-headed, wearing kuśa grass, clad in bark, anointed with ghee, and girded with a belt.
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मासमेकं फलाहारो द्वितीयं सलिलाशनः ।
तृतीयं च चतुर्थं च पञ्चमं चानिलाशः ॥ १३.४५.३६८ ॥
For one month I lived on fruit, the second on water alone, the third and fourth, and the fifth on air alone.
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एकपादेन तिष्ठंश्च ऊर्ध्वबाहुरतन्द्रितः ।
तेजः सूर्यसहस्रस्य अपश्यं दिवि भारत ॥ १३.४५.३६९ ॥
Standing on one foot, arms raised, tireless, I saw in the sky, O Bhārata, the radiance of a thousand suns.
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तस्य मध्यगतं चापि तेजसः पाण्डुनन्दन ।
इन्द्रायुधपिनद्धाङ्गं विद्युन्मालागवाक्षकम्।
नीलसैलचयप्रख्यं बलाकाभूषिताम्बरम् ॥ १३.४५.३७० ॥
And in the midst of that radiance, O son of Pāṇḍu, there was a form whose limbs were bound with rainbows, with a garland of lightning and window-like openings, resembling a heap of blue mountains, its garments adorned with cranes.
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तत्र स्थितश्च भगवान्देव्या सह महाद्युतिः ।
तपसा तेजसा कान्त्या दीप्तया सह भार्यया ॥ १३.४५.३७१ ॥
There stood the blessed lord, of great splendor, together with the goddess, with asceticism, radiance, brilliance and blazing glory, together with his consort.
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रराज भगवांस्तत्र देव्या सह महेश्वरः ।
सोमेन सहितः सूर्यो यथा मेघस्थितस्तथा ॥ १३.४५.३७२ ॥
There the blessed Maheśvara shone with the goddess, as the sun stationed in a cloud shines together with the moon.
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संहृष्टरोमा कौन्तेय विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः ।
अपश्यं देवसङ्घानां गतिमार्तिहरं हरम् ॥ १३.४५.३७३ ॥
O son of Kuntī, with hair standing on end and eyes wide open in wonder, I saw Hara, the refuge of the multitudes of gods, the remover of distress.
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किरीटिनं गदिनं शूलपाणिं ।
व्याघ्राजिनं जटिलं दण्डपाणिम्।
पिनाकिनं वज्रिणं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं ।
शुभाङ्गदं व्यालयज्ञोपवीतम् ॥ १३.४५.३७४ ॥
Wearing a diadem, bearing a mace, trident in hand, clad in a tiger skin, matted-haired, staff in hand, bearing the Pināka bow, wielding the thunderbolt, sharp-fanged, with auspicious armlets, a serpent as his sacred thread.
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दिव्यां मालामुरसाऽनेकवर्णां ।
समुद्वहन्तं गुल्फदेशावलम्बाम्।
चन्द्रं यथा परिविष्टं ससन्ध्यं ।
वर्षात्यये तद्वदपश्यमेनम् ॥ १३.४५.३७५ ॥
Bearing on his chest a divine garland of many colors, hanging down to the ankles, I saw him like the moon encircled by twilight at the end of the rainy season.
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प्रमथानां गणैश्चैव समन्तात्परिवारितम् ।
शरदीव सुदुष्प्रेक्ष्यं परिविष्टं दिवाकरम् ॥ १३.४५.३७६ ॥
Surrounded on all sides by the troops of the Pramathas, hard to look upon like the sun in autumn, encircled, the sun of the day.
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एकादशशतान्येवं रुद्राणां वृषवाहनम् ।
अस्तुवं नियतात्मानं कर्मभिः शुभकर्मिणम् ॥ १३.४५.३७७ ॥
Thus I praised him, the bull-mounted lord of the eleven hundred Rudras, self-controlled, of auspicious deeds.
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आदित्या वसवः साध्या विश्वेदेवास्तथाऽश्विनौ ।
विश्वाभिः स्तुतिभिर्देवं विश्वदेवं समस्तुवन् ॥ १३.४५.३७८ ॥
The Ādityas, Vasus, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, and the two Aśvins praised the all-god with all their praises.
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शतक्रतुश्च भगवान्विष्णुश्चादितिनन्दनौ ।
ब्रह्मा रथन्तरं साम ईरयन्ति भवान्तिके ॥ १३.४५.३७९ ॥
Indra of the hundred sacrifices, the blessed Viṣṇu, the two sons of Aditi, and Brahmā utter the Rathantara chant near you.
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योगीश्वराः सुबहवो योगदं पितरं गुरुम् ।
ब्रह्मर्षयश्च ससुतास्तथा देवर्षयश्च वै ॥ १३.४५.३८० ॥
Many lords of yoga, the brahmin sages with their sons, and the divine sages praise you, the giver of yoga, father and teacher.
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पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा ।
मासार्धमासा क्रतवो रात्रिः संवत्सराः क्षणाः ॥ १३.४५.३८१ ॥
Earth and the atmosphere, the stars and planets, months and fortnights, the seasons, night, the years, and the moments praise you.
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मुहूर्ताश्च निमेपाश्च तथैव युगपर्ययाः ।
दिव्या राजन्नमस्यन्ति विद्याः सत्वविदस्तथा ॥ १३.४५.३८२ ॥
The muhūrtas and the blinks of the eye, the cycles of the yugas, O king, the divine powers, the sciences, and the knowers of being also bow to you.
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सनत्कुमारो देवाश्च इतिहासास्तथैव च ।
मरीचिरङ्गिरा अत्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ॥ १३.४५.३८३ ॥
Sanatkumāra and the gods, the histories likewise, and Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu praise you.
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मनवः सप्त सोमश्च अर्थवा सबृहस्पतिः ।
भृगुर्दक्षः कश्यपश्च वसिष्ठः काश्य एव च ॥ १३.४५.३८४ ॥
The seven Manus, Soma, Atharvan together with Bṛhaspati, Bhṛgu, Dakṣa, Kaśyapa, Vasiṣṭha and Kāśya as well.
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छन्दांसि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च दक्षिणाः पावको हविः ।
यज्ञोपगानि द्रव्याणि मूर्तिमन्ति युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.४५.३८५ ॥
The Vedic metres, the initiation, the sacrifices and the sacrificial fees, the sacred fire Pāvaka and the oblation; the things used in sacrifice, embodied — O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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प्रजानां पालकाः सर्वे सरितः पन्नगा नगाः ।
देवानां मातरः सर्वादेवपत्न्य सकन्यकाः ॥ १३.४५.३८६ ॥
All the protectors of creatures, the rivers, the serpents, the mountains; all the mothers of the gods and the wives of the gods together with their daughters.
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सहस्राणि मुनीनां च अयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
नमस्यन्ति प्रभुं शान्तं पर्वताःसागरा दिशः ॥ १३.४५.३८७ ॥
Thousands of sages, tens of thousands and hundreds of millions, bow to the tranquil lord; the mountains, the oceans and the directions as well.
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गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतवादित्रकोविदाः ।
दिव्यतालेषु गायन्तः स्तुवन्ति भवमद्भुतम् ॥ १३.४५.३८८ ॥
The Gandharvas and Apsarases, skilled in song and instruments, singing to divine rhythms, praise the wondrous Bhava.
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विद्याधरा दानवाश्च गुह्यका राक्षसास्तथा ।
सर्वाणि चैव भूतानि स्तावराणि चराणि च।
नमस्यन्ति महाराज वाङ्मनः कर्मभिर्विभुम् ॥ १३.४५.३८९ ॥
The Vidyādharas, Dānavas, Guhyakas and Rākṣasas likewise; all beings, the immobile and the mobile, O great king, bow to the all-pervading lord with speech, mind and deeds.
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पुरस्ताद्धिष्ठितः शर्वो ममासीस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥ १३.४५.३९० ॥
Before me stood Śarva (Śiva), the lord of the thirty gods.
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पुरस्तद्धिष्ठितं दृष्ट्वा ममेशानं च भारत ।
सप्रजापतिशक्रान्तं जगन्मामभ्युदैक्षत ॥ १३.४५.३९१ ॥
O Bhārata, seeing Īśāna standing before me, the world, together with the Prajāpatis and Indra, looked upon me.
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ईक्षितुं च महादेवं न मे शक्तिरभूत्तदा ।
ततो मामब्रवीद्देवः पश्य कृष्ण वदस्व च ॥ १३.४५.३९२ ॥
I then had no strength to look upon the great god. Then the god said to me, 'Look, Kṛṣṇa, and speak.'
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त्वया ह्याराधितश्चाहं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
त्वत्समो नास्ति मे कश्चित्त्रिषु लोकषु वै प्रियः ॥ १३.४५.३९३ ॥
You have worshipped me hundreds and thousands of times, and in the three worlds there is no one dear to me equal to you.
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शिरसा वन्दिते देवे देवी प्रीता ह्युमा तदा ।
ततोऽहमब्रुवं स्थाणुं स्तुतं ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरैः ॥ १३.४५.३९४ ॥
When the god was reverently bowed to with the head, the goddess Umā was pleased. Then I spoke to Sthāṇu, who is praised by Brahmā and the other gods.
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नमोस्तु ते शाश्वत सर्वयोने ।
ब्राह्माधिपं त्वामृषयो वदन्ति।
तपश्च सत्वं च रजस्तमश्च ।
त्वामेव सत्यं च वदन्ति सन्तः ॥ १३.४५.३९५ ॥
Homage be to you, O eternal source of all. The sages call you the lord of Brahman. Austerity, goodness, passion and darkness are you indeed; and the wise call you truth.
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त्वं वै ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च वरुणोऽग्निर्मनुर्भवः ।
धाता त्वष्टा विधाता च त्वं प्रभुः सर्वतोमुखः ॥ १३.४५.३९६ ॥
You are Brahmā, Rudra, Varuṇa, Agni, Manu and Bhava. You are Dhātṛ, Tvaṣṭṛ and Vidhātṛ as well; you are the lord whose face is turned every way.
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त्वत्तो जातानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
त्वया सृष्टमिदं कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥ १३.४५.३९७ ॥
From you all beings were born, the immovable and the movable. By you this entire three-world realm, with the moving and the unmoving, was created.
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यानीन्द्रियाणीह मनश्च कृत्स्नं ।
ये वायवः सप्ति तथैव चाग्नयः।
ये देवसंस्थास्तव देवताश्च ।
तस्मात्परं त्वामृषयो वदन्ति ॥ १३.४५.३९८ ॥
The senses here and the whole mind, the seven winds and fires, the abodes of the gods and your deities — therefore the sages call you the Supreme.
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वेदाश्च यज्ञाः सोमश्च दक्षिणा पावको हविः ।
यज्ञोपगं च यत्किंचिद्भगवांस्तदसंशयम् ॥ १३.४५.३९९ ॥
The Vedas and the sacrifices, soma and the sacrificial fee, fire and the oblation, and whatever pertains to sacrifice — that, O Blessed Lord, is without doubt you.
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इष्टं दत्तमधीतं व्रतानि नियमाश्च ये ।
ह्रीः कीर्तिः श्रीर्द्युतिस्तुष्टिः सिद्धिश्चैव तदर्पणी ॥ १३.४५.४०० ॥
Sacrifice, gift, study, vows and observances, and modesty, fame, prosperity, radiance, contentment and success — all of these are offered to that.
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कामः क्रोधो भयं लोभो मदः स्तम्भोथ मत्सरः ।
आधयो व्याधयश्चैव भगवंस्तनवस्तव ॥ १३.४५.४०१ ॥
Desire, anger, fear, greed, pride, arrogance and envy, and mental afflictions and bodily diseases — these too, O Blessed Lord, are your forms.
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कृतिर्विकारः प्रणयः प्रधानं बीजमव्ययम् ।
मनसः परमा योनिः प्रभावश्चापि शाश्वतः ॥ १३.४५.४०२ ॥
Action, transformation, affection, the primal matter, the imperishable seed, the supreme womb of the mind, and eternal power — all of these are you.
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अव्यक्तः पावनोऽचिन्त्यः सहस्रांशुर्हिरण्मयः ।
आदिर्गणानां सर्वेषां भवान्वैजीविताश्रयः ॥ १३.४५.४०३ ॥
You are the unmanifest, the purifier, the unthinkable, the thousand-rayed, the golden one; you are the first of all the hosts and the support of life.
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महानात्मा मतिर्ब्रह्मा विश्वः शंभुः स्वयंभुवः ।
बुद्धिः प्रज्ञोपलब्धिश्चसंवित्ख्यातिर्धृतिः स्मृतिः ॥ १३.४५.४०४ ॥
The great self, intellect, Brahmā, the all, Śambhu, the self-existent, understanding, wisdom, perception, awareness, renown, steadfastness and memory — these are your names.
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पर्यायवाचकैः शब्दैर्महानात्मा विभाव्यते ।
त्वां बुद्ध्वा ब्राह्मणो वेदात्प्रमोहं विनियच्छति ॥ १३.४५.४०५ ॥
The great self is described by synonymous words; having known you, the brahmin through the Veda puts an end to confusion.
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हृदयं सर्वभूतानां क्षेत्रज्ञस्त्वमृषिस्तुतः ॥ १३.४५.४०६ ॥
You are the heart of all beings, the knower of the field, praised by the seers.
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सर्वतः पाणिपादस्त्वं सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुखः ।
सर्वतः श्रुतिमाँल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठसि ॥ १३.४५.४०७ ॥
On all sides you have hands and feet, on all sides eyes, heads and faces; on all sides you have hearing; in the world you stand, enveloping all.
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फलं त्वमसि दिग्मांशोर्निमेषादिषु कर्मसु ।
त्वं वै प्रबार्चिः पुरुषः सर्वस्य हृदि संश्रितः।
अणिमा महिमा प्राप्तिरीशानो ज्योतिरव्ययः ॥ १३.४५.४०८ ॥
You are the fruit of the sun, the ray-bearer, present in acts such as the blink of an eye. You are the blazing flame, the Puruṣa resting in the heart of all. You are minuteness, greatness, attainment, the Lord, the imperishable light.
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त्वयि बुद्धिर्मतिर्लोकाः प्रपन्नाः संश्रिताश्च ये ।
ध्यानिनो नित्ययोगाश्च सत्यसत्वा जितेन्द्रियाः ॥ १३.४५.४०९ ॥
In you rest intellect and understanding, and the worlds that have taken refuge in you and depend upon you. Meditators, those constantly devoted to yoga, those whose nature is truth, and those who have conquered the senses, all depend upon you.
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यस्त्वां ध्रुवं वेदयते गुहाशयं ।
प्रभुं पुराणं पुरुषं विश्वरूपम्।
हिरण्मयं बुद्धिमतां परां गतिं ।
स बुद्धिमान्बुद्धिमतीत्य तिष्ठति ॥ १३.४५.४१० ॥
He who truly knows you as the one dwelling in the cave, the lord, the ancient Puruṣa, of universal form, golden, the supreme goal of the wise, is himself wise; he stands beyond even the wise.
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विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडङ्गं त्वां च मूर्तितः ।
प्रधानविधियोगस्थस्त्वामेव विशते बुधः ॥ १३.४५.४११ ॥
Having known the seven subtle principles, the six limbs, and you in your embodied form, the wise man abiding in the yoga of the principal rites enters into you alone.
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एवमुक्ते मया पार्थ भवे चार्तिविनाशने ।
चराचरं जगत्सर्गं सिंहनादं तदाऽकरोत् ॥ १३.४५.४१२ ॥
O Pārtha, when I had spoken thus, for the sake of existence and the destruction of distress, then he brought forth the world of moving and unmoving beings and roared like a lion.
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तं विप्रसङ्घाश्च सुरासुराश्च ।
नागाः पिशाचाः पितरो वयांसि।
रक्षोगणा भूतगणाश्च सर्वे ।
महर्षयश्चैव तदा प्रणेमुः ॥ १३.४५.४१३ ॥
Then the throngs of brahmins, gods and demons, serpents, piśācas, the ancestors, birds, hosts of rākṣasas and bhūtas, all of them, and the great sages too, bowed down to him.
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मम मूर्ध्नि च दिव्यानां कुसुमानां सुगन्धिनाम् ।
राशयो निपतन्ति स्म वायुश्च सुसुखो ववौ ॥ १३.४५.४१४ ॥
Heaps of divine, fragrant flowers fell upon my head, and a most pleasant wind blew.
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निरीक्ष्य भगवान्देवीं ह्युमां मां च जगद्धितः ।
शतक्रतुं चाभिवीक्ष्य स्वयं मामाह शङ्करः ॥ १३.४५.४१५ ॥
Having looked at the goddess Umā and at me, and having looked upon Śatakratu, the Lord Śaṅkara, benefactor of the world, himself spoke to me.
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विद्मः कृष्ण परां भक्तिमस्मासु तव शत्रुहन् ।
क्रियतामात्मनः श्रेयः प्रीतिर्हित्वयि मे परा ॥ १३.४५.४१६ ॥
We know your supreme devotion towards us, Kṛṣṇa. O slayer of enemies, do what is good for yourself; my affection for you is supreme.
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वृणीष्वाष्टौ वरान्कृष्ण दाताऽस्मि तव सत्तम ।
ब्रूहि यादवशार्दूल यानिच्छसि सुदुर्लभान् ॥ १३.४५.४१७ ॥
Choose eight boons, Kṛṣṇa; best of the good, I am your giver. Speak, tiger among the Yādavas, the boons you desire that are so very hard to obtain.