Chapter 5
अध्यायः 5
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 5
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 1
दैत्यानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम। सर्पभूतापिशा चानां वसूनां पक्षिवीरुधाम।।
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām| sarpabhūtāpiśā cānāṃ vasūnāṃ pakṣivīrudhām||
The Sages requested: “Please explain to us in detail the origin and death of Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, serpents, Rākṣasas, cobras, ghosts, vampires, Vasus, birds and creepers.” On being asked thus, Sūta replied to the excellent sage:
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 2
उत्पत्तिं निधनं चैव विस्तारात्कथयस्व नः। एवमुक्तस्तदा सूतः प्रत्युवाचर्षिसत्तमम।।
utpattiṃ nidhanaṃ caiva vistārātkathayasva naḥ| evamuktastadā sūtaḥ pratyuvācarṣisattamam||
The Sages requested: “Please explain to us in detail the origin and death of Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, serpents, Rākṣasas, cobras, ghosts, vampires, Vasus, birds and creepers.” On being asked thus, Sūta replied to the excellent sage:
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 3
दितेः पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे कन्या चैका महाबला। कश्यपस्यात्मजौ तौ तु सर्वेभ्यः पूर्वजौ स्मृतौ।।
diteḥ putradvayaṃ jajñe kanyā caikā mahābalā| kaśyapasyātmajau tau tu sarvebhyaḥ pūrvajau smṛtau||
Sūta said: “Two sons and a very powerful daughter were born to Diti. Those two sons of Kaśyapa are remembered as the. eldest of all.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 4
सौत्ये ऽहन्यतिरा त्रस्य कश्यपस्याश्वमेधिकाः। हिरण्यकशिपुर्नाम प्रथितं पृथगासनम।।
sautye 'hanyatirā trasya kaśyapasyāśvamedhikāḥ| hiraṇyakaśipurnāma prathitaṃ pṛthagāsanam||
Sūta said: On the day of Sautya (i.e. the day on which the juice of Soma is to be extracted), when the sacrifice Atirātra was to be performed, Kaśyapa was seated in a separate seat well known as Hiraṇyakaśipu at the time of Aśvamedha (Horse sacrifice). The son came out of Diti’s Garbha (womb) and sat (near Kaśyapa’s golden seat) in different places all round. Due to this activity, he is remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 5
दित्या गर्भाद्विनिः सृत्य तत्रासीनः समन्ततः। हिरण्य कशिपुस्तस्मात कर्मणा तेन स समृतः।।
dityā garbhādviniḥ sṛtya tatrāsīnaḥ samantataḥ| hiraṇya kaśipustasmāt karmaṇā tena sa samṛtaḥ||
Sūta said: On the day of Sautya (i.e. the day on which the juice of Soma is to be extracted), when the sacrifice Atirātra was to be performed, Kaśyapa was seated in a separate seat well known as Hiraṇyakaśipu at the time of Aśvamedha (Horse sacrifice). The son came out of Diti’s Garbha (womb) and sat (near Kaśyapa’s golden seat) in different places all round. Due to this activity, he is remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 6
हिरण्यकशिपोर्जन्म नाम चैव महात्मनः। प्रभावं चैव दैत्यस्य विस्ताराद्ब्रूहि नः प्रभो।।
hiraṇyakaśiporjanma nāma caiva mahātmanaḥ| prabhāvaṃ caiva daityasya vistārādbrūhi naḥ prabho||
The Sages said: “O holy lord, narrate in detail the name, nativity and prowess of the noble-souled Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 7
कश्यपस्याश्वमेधो ऽभूत्पुण्ये वै पुष्करे तदा। ऋषिभिदेंवताभिश्च गन्धर्वैरुपशोभितः।।
kaśyapasyāśvamedho 'bhūtpuṇye vai puṣkare tadā| ṛṣibhideṃvatābhiśca gandharvairupaśobhitaḥ||
Sūta said: In the holy place of pilgrimage named Puṣkara, Kaśyapa performed a horse-sacrifice. It had been adorned by their presence by the sages, Devas, and Gandharvas,
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 8
उत्सृष्टे स्वे च विधिना आख्यानादौ यथाविधि। आसनान्युपकॢप्तानि सौवर्णानि तु पञ्च वै।।
utsṛṣṭe sve ca vidhinā ākhyānādau yathāvidhi| āsanānyupakḷptāni sauvarṇāni tu pañca vai||
Sūta said: When the horse was duly let loose for roaming about, when the rites of Ākhyāna (Narration) etc were to be duly performed, five golden seats were kept ready.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 9
कुलस्पदापि? त्रीण्यत्र कूर्चः फलकमेव च। मुख्यर्त्विजस्तु चत्वारस्तेषां तान्युपकल्पयन।।
kulaspadāpi? trīṇyatra kūrcaḥ phalakameva ca| mukhyartvijastu catvārasteṣāṃ tānyupakalpayan||
Sūta said: Three of them were Kulāspadāni (the basic emblems of his family), the other two were the Kūrca (bundle of Darbha grass) and Phalaka (wooden plank). Among these four one was set apart for the chief Ṛtvik. A seat made of gold was separately kept ready for the Hotṛ. That womb (the newly born child) occupied that gold chair meant for the Hotṛ. He recited the narration (Ākhyāna). Seeing this the sages gave him an additional name (?). He was remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu, on account of that activity. Hiraṇyākṣa was his younger brother and Siṃhikā was his younger sister.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 10
कॢप्त तत्रासनं चैकं होतुरर्थे हिरण्यम। निषसाद सगर्भो ऽत्र तत्रासीनः शशंस च।।
kḷpta tatrāsanaṃ caikaṃ hoturarthe hiraṇyam| niṣasāda sagarbho 'tra tatrāsīnaḥ śaśaṃsa ca||
Sūta said: Three of them were Kulāspadāni (the basic emblems of his family), the other two were the Kūrca (bundle of Darbha grass) and Phalaka (wooden plank). Among these four one was set apart for the chief Ṛtvik. A seat made of gold was separately kept ready for the Hotṛ. That womb (the newly born child) occupied that gold chair meant for the Hotṛ. He recited the narration (Ākhyāna). Seeing this the sages gave him an additional name (?). He was remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu, on account of that activity. Hiraṇyākṣa was his younger brother and Siṃhikā was his younger sister.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 11
आख्यानमानुपूर्व्येण महर्षिः कश्यपो यथा। तं दृष्ट्वा ऋषयस्तस्य नाम कुर्वन्ति वर्द्धितम।।
ākhyānamānupūrvyeṇa maharṣiḥ kaśyapo yathā| taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣayastasya nāma kurvanti varddhitam||
Sūta said: Three of them were Kulāspadāni (the basic emblems of his family), the other two were the Kūrca (bundle of Darbha grass) and Phalaka (wooden plank). Among these four one was set apart for the chief Ṛtvik. A seat made of gold was separately kept ready for the Hotṛ. That womb (the newly born child) occupied that gold chair meant for the Hotṛ. He recited the narration (Ākhyāna). Seeing this the sages gave him an additional name (?). He was remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu, on account of that activity. Hiraṇyākṣa was his younger brother and Siṃhikā was his younger sister.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 12
हिरण्यकशिपुस्तस्मात्कर्मणा तेन स स्मृतः। हिरण्यक्षो ऽनुजस्तस्य सिंहिका तस्य चानुजा।।
hiraṇyakaśipustasmātkarmaṇā tena sa smṛtaḥ| hiraṇyakṣo 'nujastasya siṃhikā tasya cānujā||
Sūta said: Three of them were Kulāspadāni (the basic emblems of his family), the other two were the Kūrca (bundle of Darbha grass) and Phalaka (wooden plank). Among these four one was set apart for the chief Ṛtvik. A seat made of gold was separately kept ready for the Hotṛ. That womb (the newly born child) occupied that gold chair meant for the Hotṛ. He recited the narration (Ākhyāna). Seeing this the sages gave him an additional name (?). He was remembered as Hiraṇyakaśipu, on account of that activity. Hiraṇyākṣa was his younger brother and Siṃhikā was his younger sister.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 13
राहोः सा जननी देवी विप्र चित्तेः परिग्रहः। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यश्चचार परमं तपः।।
rāhoḥ sā jananī devī vipra citteḥ parigrahaḥ| hiraṇyakaśipurdaityaścacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ||
Sūta said: That gentle lady was the wife of Vipracitti and the mother of Rāhu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 14
शतं वर्षसहस्राणां निराहारो ह्यधःशिराः। वरयामास ब्रह्माणं तुष्टं दैत्यो वरेण तु।।
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ nirāhāro hyadhaḥśirāḥ| varayāmāsa brahmāṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ daityo vareṇa tu||
Sūta said: That gentle lady was the wife of Vipracitti and the mother of Rāhu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 15
सर्वामरत्वमवधं सर्वभूतेभ्य एव हि। योगद्देवान विनिर्जित्य सर्वदेवत्वमास्थितः।।
sarvāmaratvamavadhaṃ sarvabhūtebhya eva hi| yogaddevān vinirjitya sarvadevatvamāsthitaḥ||
Sūta said: That gentle lady was the wife of Vipracitti and the mother of Rāhu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 16
कारये ऽहमिहैश्वर्यं बलवीर्यसमन्वितः। दानवास्त्वसुराश्चैव देवाश्च सह चारणैः।।
kāraye 'hamihaiśvaryaṃ balavīryasamanvitaḥ| dānavāstvasurāścaiva devāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ||
Sūta said: He said:—“I shall be endowed with strength and virility and I shall carry out the activities of Īśvaras (Devas). Let Dānavas, Asuras and Devas become subject to my control along with Cāraṇas. They must be near me (i.e. wait on me) and they must take food only after me. I must not be killed with any weapon wet or dry. I must not be killed during daytime or at night.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 17
भवन्तु वशगाः सर्वे मत्समीपानुभोजनाः। आर्द्रशुष्कैरवध्यश्च दिवा रात्रौ तथैव च। एवमुक्तस्तदा ब्रह्मानुजज्ञे सांतरं वरम।।
bhavantu vaśagāḥ sarve matsamīpānubhojanāḥ| ārdraśuṣkairavadhyaśca divā rātrau tathaiva ca| evamuktastadā brahmānujajñe sāṃtaraṃ varam||
Sūta said: He said:—“I shall be endowed with strength and virility and I shall carry out the activities of Īśvaras (Devas). Let Dānavas, Asuras and Devas become subject to my control along with Cāraṇas. They must be near me (i.e. wait on me) and they must take food only after me. I must not be killed with any weapon wet or dry. I must not be killed during daytime or at night.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 18
ब्रह्मोवाच। महानयं वरस्तात वृतो दितिसुत त्वया। एही दानीं प्रतिज्ञानं भविष्यत्येवमेव तु।।
brahmovāca| mahānayaṃ varastāta vṛto ditisuta tvayā| ehī dānīṃ pratijñānaṃ bhaviṣyatyevameva tu||
Brahmā said: “O dear one, O son of Diti, the boon sought by you is very great. Gome on. The promise shall now be thus alone.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 19
दत्त्वा चाभिमतं तस्मै तत्रेवान्तरधादथ। सो ऽपि दैत्यस्तदा सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम।।
dattvā cābhimataṃ tasmai tatrevāntaradhādatha| so 'pi daityastadā sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam||
Brahmā said: “O dear one, O son of Diti, the boon sought by you is very great. Gome on. The promise shall now be thus alone.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 20
महिम्ना व्याप्य संतस्थे बहुमूर्त्तिरमित्रजित। स एव तपति व्योम्नि चन्द्रसूर्यत्वमास्थितः।।
mahimnā vyāpya saṃtasthe bahumūrttiramitrajit| sa eva tapati vyomni candrasūryatvamāsthitaḥ||
Brahmā said: “O dear one, O son of Diti, the boon sought by you is very great. Gome on. The promise shall now be thus alone.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 21
स एव वायुर्भूत्वा च ववौ जगति सर्वदा। स गोपालो ऽविपालश्च कर्षकश्च स एव ह।।
sa eva vāyurbhūtvā ca vavau jagati sarvadā| sa gopālo 'vipālaśca karṣakaśca sa eva ha||
Brahmā said: He alone became the wind and blew continuously all over the world. He alone was the cowherd, shepherd and farmer.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 22
स ज्ञाता सर्वलोकेषु मन्त्रव्याख्याकरस्तथा। नेता गोप्ता गोपयिता दीक्षितो याजकः स तु।।
sa jñātā sarvalokeṣu mantravyākhyākarastathā| netā goptā gopayitā dīkṣito yājakaḥ sa tu||
Brahmā said: He was the knower in all the worlds. He was the expositor of the Mantras. He was the leader, the protector. He was (he person who kept other persons in protective hiding. He was the initiated person and also the performer of sacrifices.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 23
तस्य देवाः सुराः सर्वे तदासन्सोमपायिनः। एवंप्रभावो दैत्यो ऽसावतो भूयो निबोधत।।
tasya devāḥ surāḥ sarve tadāsansomapāyinaḥ| evaṃprabhāvo daityo 'sāvato bhūyo nibodhata||
Brahmā said: All the Devas and Asuras became the imbibers of the Soma juice through him. This Daitya had such a power. Learn further about him.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 24
तस्मै सर्वे नमस्कारं कुर्वन्तीज्यः स एव च। हिरण्यकशिपोर्दैत्यैः श्लोको गीतः पुरा त्विह।।
tasmai sarve namaskāraṃ kurvantījyaḥ sa eva ca| hiraṇyakaśipordaityaiḥ śloko gītaḥ purā tviha||
Brahmā said: All made obeisance to him. He alone was the person, worthy of being worshipped. Formerly, this verse was sung by the Daityas about Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 25
हिरण्यकशिपू राजा यां यामाशां निरैक्षत। तस्यै तस्यै तदा देवा नमश्चक्रुर्महर्षिभिः।।
hiraṇyakaśipū rājā yāṃ yāmāśāṃ niraikṣata| tasyai tasyai tadā devā namaścakrurmaharṣibhiḥ||
Brahmā said: ‘The Devas along with the great sages made obeisance to that quarter to which king Hiraṇyakaśipu looked at.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 26
तस्यासीन्नरसिंहस्तु मृत्युर्विष्णुः पुरा किल। नरात्तु यस्माज्जन्मास्य नरमूर्त्तिश्च यत्प्रभुः।।
tasyāsīnnarasiṃhastu mṛtyurviṣṇuḥ purā kila| narāttu yasmājjanmāsya naramūrttiśca yatprabhuḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 27
तस्मात्स नरसिंहो वै गीयते वेदवादिभिः। सागरस्य च वेलायामुच्छ्रित स्तपसो विभुः।।
tasmātsa narasiṃho vai gīyate vedavādibhiḥ| sāgarasya ca velāyāmucchrita stapaso vibhuḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 28
शरीरं तस्य देवस्य ह्यासीद्देवमयं प्रभो। नाम्ना सुदर्शनं चैव विश्रुतश्च महाबलः।।
śarīraṃ tasya devasya hyāsīddevamayaṃ prabho| nāmnā sudarśanaṃ caiva viśrutaśca mahābalaḥ||
Brahmā said: That infuriated lord split that leader of the Daityas of great strength by means of his nails (claws) in the course of his hand-to-hand fight. For, the nails are neither wet nor dry.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 29
ततः स बाहुयुद्धेन दैत्येन्द्रं तं महाबलम। नखैर्बिभद संक्रुद्धो नार्द्राः शुष्का नखा इति।।
tataḥ sa bāhuyuddhena daityendraṃ taṃ mahābalam| nakhairbibhada saṃkruddho nārdrāḥ śuṣkā nakhā iti||
Brahmā said: The sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were five. They were very strong and valorous. They were Sambara, Śakuni, Kālanābha, Mahānābha and Surasantāpana who was extremely valorous. These sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were unassailable even to the Devas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 30
हिरण्याक्षसुताः पञ्च विक्रान्ताः सुमहाबलाः। शंबरः शकुनिश्चैव कालनाभस्तथैव च।।
hiraṇyākṣasutāḥ pañca vikrāntāḥ sumahābalāḥ| śaṃbaraḥ śakuniścaiva kālanābhastathaiva ca||
Brahmā said: The sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were five. They were very strong and valorous. They were Sambara, Śakuni, Kālanābha, Mahānābha and Surasantāpana who was extremely valorous. These sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were unassailable even to the Devas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 31
महानाभः सुविक्रान्तो सुत संतापनस्तथा। हिरण्यक्षसुता ह्येते देवैरपि दुरासदाः।।
mahānābhaḥ suvikrānto suta saṃtāpanastathā| hiraṇyakṣasutā hyete devairapi durāsadāḥ||
Brahmā said: The sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were five. They were very strong and valorous. They were Sambara, Śakuni, Kālanābha, Mahānābha and Surasantāpana who was extremely valorous. These sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were unassailable even to the Devas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 32
तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च दैतेयाः सगणाः स्मृताः। स शतानि सहस्राणि निहतास्तारकामये।।
teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca daiteyāḥ sagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ| sa śatāni sahasrāṇi nihatāstārakāmaye||
Brahmā said: Their sons and grandsons along with their clans are remembered as Daityas. Hundreds and thousands of those Daityas were killed in the Tārakāmaya (i.e. the fight against Tārakāsura).
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 33
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्राश्चत्वारः सुमहाबलाः। प्रह्लादः पूर्वजस्तेषामनुह्ना दस्तथापरः।।
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāścatvāraḥ sumahābalāḥ| prahlādaḥ pūrvajasteṣāmanuhnā dastathāparaḥ||
Brahmā said: Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons of very great strength viz. Prahlāda the eldest among them, then Anuhrāda, Saṃhrāda and Hrāda. Understand that Hrāda had two sons Sunda and Nisunḍa.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 34
संह्रादश्चैव ह्रादश्च ह्रादपुत्रौ निबोधत। सुंदो निसुन्दश्च तथा ह्रादपुतौ बभूवतुः।।
saṃhrādaścaiva hrādaśca hrādaputrau nibodhata| suṃdo nisundaśca tathā hrādaputau babhūvatuḥ||
Brahmā said: Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons of very great strength viz. Prahlāda the eldest among them, then Anuhrāda, Saṃhrāda and Hrāda. Understand that Hrāda had two sons Sunda and Nisunḍa.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 35
ब्रह्यघ्नौ तौ महावीरौ मूकस्तु ह्राददायकः। मारीचः सुन्दपुत्रस्तु ताडकायामजायत।।
brahyaghnau tau mahāvīrau mūkastu hrādadāyakaḥ| mārīcaḥ sundaputrastu tāḍakāyāmajāyata||
Brahmā said: Those two great heroic demons were destroyers of Brāhmaṇas. Mūka too was a heir and successor of Hrāda. Mārīca, son of Sunda, was born to Tāḍakā.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 36
दण्डके निहतः सो ऽथ राघवेण बलीयसा। मूको विनिहतश्चापि कैराते सव्यसाचिना।।
daṇḍake nihataḥ so 'tha rāghaveṇa balīyasā| mūko vinihataścāpi kairāte savyasācinā||
Brahmā said: He was killed in the Daṇḍaka forest by Rāghava the powerful (king of Ayodhyā). Mūka was killed by Savyasācī (i.e. Arjuna) at the time of his encounter with Kirāta (the hunter in whose guise Śiva came before him).
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 37
संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः कुले। उत्पन्ना महता चैव तपसा भाविताः स्वयम।।
saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule| utpannā mahatā caiva tapasā bhāvitāḥ svayam||
Brahmā said: Nivātakavacas were born in the family of Saṃhrāda, the Daitya. They were themselves sanctified by means of great penance. They were the enemies of the gods. There were four leaders of Daityas viz. Jambha, Śatadundubhi, Dakṣa the Asura, and Caṇḍa. These were the sons of Bāṣkala. Listen to the names of the sons of Kālanemi. They were Brahmajit, Kratujit, Devāntaka and Narāntaka.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 38
अरयो देवतानां ते जंभस्य शतदुन्दुभिः। तथा दक्षो सुरश्चण्डश्चत्वारो देत्यनायकाः।।
arayo devatānāṃ te jaṃbhasya śatadundubhiḥ| tathā dakṣo suraścaṇḍaścatvāro detyanāyakāḥ||
Brahmā said: Nivātakavacas were born in the family of Saṃhrāda, the Daitya. They were themselves sanctified by means of great penance. They were the enemies of the gods. There were four leaders of Daityas viz. Jambha, Śatadundubhi, Dakṣa the Asura, and Caṇḍa. These were the sons of Bāṣkala. Listen to the names of the sons of Kālanemi. They were Brahmajit, Kratujit, Devāntaka and Narāntaka.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 39
बाष्कलस्य सुता ह्येते काल नेमेः सुताञ्छृणु। ब्रह्मजित्क्रतुजिच्चैव देवान्तकनरान्तकौ।।
bāṣkalasya sutā hyete kāla nemeḥ sutāñchṛṇu| brahmajitkratujiccaiva devāntakanarāntakau||
Brahmā said: Nivātakavacas were born in the family of Saṃhrāda, the Daitya. They were themselves sanctified by means of great penance. They were the enemies of the gods. There were four leaders of Daityas viz. Jambha, Śatadundubhi, Dakṣa the Asura, and Caṇḍa. These were the sons of Bāṣkala. Listen to the names of the sons of Kālanemi. They were Brahmajit, Kratujit, Devāntaka and Narāntaka.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 40
कालनेमिसुता ह्येते शभोस्तु शृणुत प्रजाः। राजाजश्चैव गोमश्च शंभोः पुत्रौ प्रकीर्त्तितौ।।
kālanemisutā hyete śabhostu śṛṇuta prajāḥ| rājājaścaiva gomaśca śaṃbhoḥ putrau prakīrttitau||
Brahmā said: These were the sons of Kālanemi. Listen to the progeny of Śambhu. King Aja and Goma are glorified as the sons of Śambhu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 41
विरोजनस्य पुत्रश्च बलिरेकः प्रतापवान। बलेः पुत्रशतं जज्ञे राजानः सर्व एव ते।।
virojanasya putraśca balirekaḥ pratāpavān| baleḥ putraśataṃ jajñe rājānaḥ sarva eva te||
Brahmā said: These were the sons of Kālanemi. Listen to the progeny of Śambhu. King Aja and Goma are glorified as the sons of Śambhu.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 42
तेषां प्रधानाश्चत्वारो विक्रान्ताः सुमहाबलाः। सहस्रबाहुः श्रेष्ठो ऽभूद्बाणो राजा प्रतापवान।।
teṣāṃ pradhānāścatvāro vikrāntāḥ sumahābalāḥ| sahasrabāhuḥ śreṣṭho 'bhūdbāṇo rājā pratāpavān||
Brahmā said: Four of them were very prominent, valorous and very powerful viz. the thousand-armed Bāṇa, the valorous king was the eldest (or the most excellent one) Kumbhāgarta who was merciless and Bhoja. There were others also such as Kuñci etc. Śakunī and Pūtanā are remembered as the two daughters of Bali. Bali’s sons and grandsons were hundreds and thousands. They are well known by the name of Bāleyas. They were a clan of demons whose manliness and valour are well known.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 43
कुंभगर्त्तो दयो भोजः कुञ्चिरित्येवमा दयः। शकुनी पूतना चैव कन्ये द्वे तु बलेः स्मृते।।
kuṃbhagartto dayo bhojaḥ kuñcirityevamā dayaḥ| śakunī pūtanā caiva kanye dve tu baleḥ smṛte||
Brahmā said: Four of them were very prominent, valorous and very powerful viz. the thousand-armed Bāṇa, the valorous king was the eldest (or the most excellent one) Kumbhāgarta who was merciless and Bhoja. There were others also such as Kuñci etc. Śakunī and Pūtanā are remembered as the two daughters of Bali. Bali’s sons and grandsons were hundreds and thousands. They are well known by the name of Bāleyas. They were a clan of demons whose manliness and valour are well known.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 44
बलेः पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः। बालेया नाम विख्याता गणा विक्रान्तपौरुषाः।।
baleḥ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ| bāleyā nāma vikhyātā gaṇā vikrāntapauruṣāḥ||
Brahmā said: Four of them were very prominent, valorous and very powerful viz. the thousand-armed Bāṇa, the valorous king was the eldest (or the most excellent one) Kumbhāgarta who was merciless and Bhoja. There were others also such as Kuñci etc. Śakunī and Pūtanā are remembered as the two daughters of Bali. Bali’s sons and grandsons were hundreds and thousands. They are well known by the name of Bāleyas. They were a clan of demons whose manliness and valour are well known.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 45
बाणस्य चैन्द्रधन्वा तु लोहिन्यामुदपद्यत। दितिर्विहितपुत्रा वै तोषयामास कश्यपम।।
bāṇasya caindradhanvā tu lohinyāmudapadyata| ditirvihitaputrā vai toṣayāmāsa kaśyapam||
Brahmā said: Indradhanvan (the son) of Bāṇa was born of Lohinī.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 46
तां कश्यपः प्रसन्नात्मा सम्यगाराधितस्त्वथ। वरेण छन्दयामास सा च वव्रे वरं तत।।
tāṃ kaśyapaḥ prasannātmā samyagārādhitastvatha| vareṇa chandayāmāsa sā ca vavre varaṃ tata||
Brahmā said: Indradhanvan (the son) of Bāṇa was born of Lohinī.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 47
अथ तस्यै वरं प्रादात्प्रार्थितो भगवान्पुनः। उक्ते वरे तु मा तुष्टा दितिस्तं समभाषत।।
atha tasyai varaṃ prādātprārthito bhagavānpunaḥ| ukte vare tu mā tuṣṭā ditistaṃ samabhāṣata||
Brahmā said: On being requested again the holy lord granted her the boon. When the boon was verbally conferred, Diti was pleased and so she spoke to him. The gentle lady spoke to her husband Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci with palms joined in reverence
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 48
मारीचं कण्यपं देवी भर्त्तारं प्राञ्जलिस्तदा। हतपुत्रास्मि भगवन्नादित्यैस्तव सूनुभिः।।
mārīcaṃ kaṇyapaṃ devī bharttāraṃ prāñjalistadā| hataputrāsmi bhagavannādityaistava sūnubhiḥ||
Brahmā said: On being requested again the holy lord granted her the boon. When the boon was verbally conferred, Diti was pleased and so she spoke to him. The gentle lady spoke to her husband Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci with palms joined in reverence
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 49
शक्रहन्तारमिच्छमि पुत्रं दीर्घतपो ऽर्जितम। साहं तपश्चरिष्यामि गर्भमाधातुमर्हसि।।
śakrahantāramicchami putraṃ dīrghatapo 'rjitam| sāhaṃ tapaścariṣyāmi garbhamādhātumarhasi||
Brahmā said: I wish for a son who will kill Śakra (Indra) and who will be obtained by me due to long penance. I shall perform the severe penance. It behoves you to make me pregnant.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 50
पुत्रमिन्द्रवधे युक्तं त्वं मै वै दातुमर्हसि। तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मारीचः कश्यपस्तदा।।
putramindravadhe yuktaṃ tvaṃ mai vai dātumarhasi| tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mārīcaḥ kaśyapastadā||
Brahmā said: It behoves you to grant me a son capable of slaying Indra.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 51
प्रत्युवाच महातेजा दितिं परमदुः खितः। एवं भवतु गर्भे तु शुचिर्भव तपोधने।।
pratyuvāca mahātejā ditiṃ paramaduḥ khitaḥ| evaṃ bhavatu garbhe tu śucirbhava tapodhane||
Brahmā said: It behoves you to grant me a son capable of slaying Indra.”
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 52
जनयिष्यसि पुत्रं त्वं शक्रहन्तारमाहवे। पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु शुचिर्यदि भविष्यसि।।
janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śakrahantāramāhave| pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu śuciryadi bhaviṣyasi||
Brahmā said: If you remain pure for a full period of thousand years, you will give birth to a son who will kill Śakra in battle. You will give birth to a son beautiful like Manmatha (the god of love), the most excellent one in the three worlds.” After saying thus the (sage) of great splendour remained (ready to receive her). After embracing her the holy sage went to his abode. When the husband had gone, Diti, the gentle lady who was delighted much, went to Kuśaplavana and performed a very severe penance.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 53
पुत्रं त्रिलोकप्रवरं मन्मथं जनयिष्यसि। एवमुक्त्वा महातेजास्तथा समभावत्तदा।।
putraṃ trilokapravaraṃ manmathaṃ janayiṣyasi| evamuktvā mahātejāstathā samabhāvattadā||
Brahmā said: If you remain pure for a full period of thousand years, you will give birth to a son who will kill Śakra in battle. You will give birth to a son beautiful like Manmatha (the god of love), the most excellent one in the three worlds.” After saying thus the (sage) of great splendour remained (ready to receive her). After embracing her the holy sage went to his abode. When the husband had gone, Diti, the gentle lady who was delighted much, went to Kuśaplavana and performed a very severe penance.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 54
तामालभ्य स्वभवनं जगाम भगवानृषिः। गते भर्त्तरि सा देवी दितिः परमहर्षिता।।
tāmālabhya svabhavanaṃ jagāma bhagavānṛṣiḥ| gate bharttari sā devī ditiḥ paramaharṣitā||
Brahmā said: If you remain pure for a full period of thousand years, you will give birth to a son who will kill Śakra in battle. You will give birth to a son beautiful like Manmatha (the god of love), the most excellent one in the three worlds.” After saying thus the (sage) of great splendour remained (ready to receive her). After embracing her the holy sage went to his abode. When the husband had gone, Diti, the gentle lady who was delighted much, went to Kuśaplavana and performed a very severe penance.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 55
कुशप्लवनमासाद्य तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम। शक्रस्तु समुपश्रुत्य संवादं तं तयोः प्रभुः।।
kuśaplavanamāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam| śakrastu samupaśrutya saṃvādaṃ taṃ tayoḥ prabhuḥ||
Brahmā said: Lord Śakra had heard about their conversation. He went over to Kuśaplavana and spoke these words to Diti:—
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 56
कुशप्लवनमागम्य दितिं वाक्यमभाषत। शुश्रूषां ते करिष्यामि मानुज्ञां दातुमर्हसि।।
kuśaplavanamāgamya ditiṃ vākyamabhāṣata| śuśrūṣāṃ te kariṣyāmi mānujñāṃ dātumarhasi||
Brahmā said: Lord Śakra had heard about their conversation. He went over to Kuśaplavana and spoke these words to Diti:—
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 57
समिधश्चाहरिष्यामि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च। यथा त्वं मन्यसे वत्स सुश्रूषाभिरतो भव।।
samidhaścāhariṣyāmi puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca| yathā tvaṃ manyase vatsa suśrūṣābhirato bhava||
Brahmā said: Lord Śakra had heard about their conversation. He went over to Kuśaplavana and spoke these words to Diti:—
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 58
सर्वकर्मसु निष्णात आत्मनो हितमाचर। वरं श्रुत्वा तु त द्वाक्यं मातुः शक्रः प्रहर्षितः।।
sarvakarmasu niṣṇāta ātmano hitamācara| varaṃ śrutvā tu ta dvākyaṃ mātuḥ śakraḥ praharṣitaḥ||
Brahmā said: Lord Śakra had heard about their conversation. He went over to Kuśaplavana and spoke these words to Diti:—
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 59
शुश्रूषाभिरतो भूत्वा कलुषेणान्तरात्मना। शुश्रूषते तु तां शक्रः सर्वकालमनुव्रतः।।
śuśrūṣābhirato bhūtvā kaluṣeṇāntarātmanā| śuśrūṣate tu tāṃ śakraḥ sarvakālamanuvrataḥ||
Brahmā said: Lord Śakra had heard about their conversation. He went over to Kuśaplavana and spoke these words to Diti:—
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 60
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 60
फलपुष्पाण्युपादाय समिधश्च दृढव्रतः। गात्रसंवाहनं काले श्रमापनयने तथा।।
phalapuṣpāṇyupādāya samidhaśca dṛḍhavrataḥ| gātrasaṃvāhanaṃ kāle śramāpanayane tathā||
Brahmā said: Śakra was steady in his resolve. He used to bring fruits, flowers and sacrificial twigs. At the time of alleviating weariness, he used to message her limbs. Śakra rendered service to Diti on all occasions. When the period of her holy rites was almost over and the balance remained but a little, that delighted noble lady said to Śakra:—
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 61
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 61
शक्रः सर्वेषु कालेषु दितिं परिचचार ह। किञ्चिच्छिष्टे व्रते देवी तुष्टा शक्रमुवाच ह।।
śakraḥ sarveṣu kāleṣu ditiṃ paricacāra ha| kiñcicchiṣṭe vrate devī tuṣṭā śakramuvāca ha||
Brahmā said: Śakra was steady in his resolve. He used to bring fruits, flowers and sacrificial twigs. At the time of alleviating weariness, he used to message her limbs. Śakra rendered service to Diti on all occasions. When the period of her holy rites was almost over and the balance remained but a little, that delighted noble lady said to Śakra:—
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 62
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 62
प्रतीताहं ते सुरश्रेष्ठ दशवर्षाणि पुत्रक। अवशिष्ठानि भद्रं ते भ्रातरं द्रक्ष्यसे ततः।।
pratītāhaṃ te suraśreṣṭha daśavarṣāṇi putraka| avaśiṣṭhāni bhadraṃ te bhrātaraṃ drakṣyase tataḥ||
Brahmā said: “I am pleased with you, O excellent one among the Suras. O dear son, only ten more years remain, welfare unto you. Thereafter, you will see your brother.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 63
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 63
तमहं त्वत्कृते पुत्र सह धास्ये जयैषिणम। त्रैलोक्यविजयं पुत्र भोक्ष्यसे सह तेन वै।।
tamahaṃ tvatkṛte putra saha dhāsye jayaiṣiṇam| trailokyavijayaṃ putra bhokṣyase saha tena vai||
Brahmā said: I shall place him at your service even as he is desirous of victory on your behalf. You will enjoy the conquest of the three worlds along with him, O my son.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 64
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 64
नाहं पुत्राभिजानामि मद्भक्तिगतमानसम। एवमुक्त्वा दितिः शक्रं मध्यं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे।।
nāhaṃ putrābhijānāmi madbhaktigatamānasam| evamuktvā ditiḥ śakraṃ madhyaṃ prāpte divākare||
Brahmā said: Do not I know, O my son, that your mind is eagerly devoted to me?”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 65
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 65
निद्रयापहृता दवी शिरः कृत्वा तु जानुनि। केशान्कृत्वा तु पादस्थान्सा सुष्वाप च देवता।।
nidrayāpahṛtā davī śiraḥ kṛtvā tu jānuni| keśānkṛtvā tu pādasthānsā suṣvāpa ca devatā||
Brahmā said: Do not I know, O my son, that your mind is eagerly devoted to me?”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 66
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 66
अधस्ताद्यत्तु नाभेर्वै सर्वं तदशुचि स्मृतम। ततस्तामशुचिं ज्ञात्वा सोंतरं तदमन्यत।।
adhastādyattu nābhervai sarvaṃ tadaśuci smṛtam| tatastāmaśuciṃ jñātvā soṃtaraṃ tadamanyata||
Brahmā said: Everything that is below the navel is remembered as unclean. Hence, considering her to be unclean, he thought that to be the befitting occasion (for his own action).
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 67
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 67
दृष्ट्वा तु कारणं सर्वं तस्य बुद्धिरजायत। गर्भं निहन्तु वै देव्या स हि दोषो ऽत्र दृश्यते।।
dṛṣṭvā tu kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ tasya buddhirajāyata| garbhaṃ nihantu vai devyā sa hi doṣo 'tra dṛśyate||
Brahmā said: Having considered the whole reason, this thought struck him that a defect was seen in the noble lady (giving him an opportunity) to destroy the child in the womb.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 68
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 68
ततो विवेश दित्या वै ह्युपस्थेनोदरं वृषा। प्रविश्य चापि तं दृष्ट्वा गभमिन्द्रो महौजसम।।
tato viveśa dityā vai hyupasthenodaraṃ vṛṣā| praviśya cāpi taṃ dṛṣṭvā gabhamindro mahaujasam||
Brahmā said: Then Vṛṣan (Indra) entered the belly of Diti through her vaginal passage. After entering, Indra saw the child of great prowess in the womb. He became afraid and so split that foetus, his own enemy. On being split by the thunderbolt of a hundred spikes, the foetus trembled again and again and squealed in a deep and awful note.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 69
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 69
भीतस्तं सप्तधा गभ बिभेद रिपुमात्मनः। म गर्भो भिद्यमानस्तु वज्रणशतपर्वणा।।
bhītastaṃ saptadhā gabha bibheda ripumātmanaḥ| ma garbho bhidyamānastu vajraṇaśataparvaṇā||
Brahmā said: Then Vṛṣan (Indra) entered the belly of Diti through her vaginal passage. After entering, Indra saw the child of great prowess in the womb. He became afraid and so split that foetus, his own enemy. On being split by the thunderbolt of a hundred spikes, the foetus trembled again and again and squealed in a deep and awful note.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 70
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 70
रुरोद सुस्वरं भीमं वेपमानः पुनः पुनः। मारोद मारोद इति गर्भं शक्रो ऽभ्यभाषत।।
ruroda susvaraṃ bhīmaṃ vepamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ| māroda māroda iti garbhaṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata||
Brahmā said: Then Vṛṣan (Indra) entered the belly of Diti through her vaginal passage. After entering, Indra saw the child of great prowess in the womb. He became afraid and so split that foetus, his own enemy. On being split by the thunderbolt of a hundred spikes, the foetus trembled again and again and squealed in a deep and awful note.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 71
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 71
तं गर्भं सप्तधा कृत्वा ह्येकैकं सप्तधा पुनः। कुलिशेन बिभेदेन्द्रस्ततो दितिरबुध्यता।।
taṃ garbhaṃ saptadhā kṛtvā hyekaikaṃ saptadhā punaḥ| kuliśena bibhedendrastato ditirabudhyatā||
Brahmā said: Indra split the foetus into seven parts and each of them into seven more parts by means of his thunderbolt. At that time Diti woke up.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 72
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 72
न हन्तव्यो न हन्तव्य इत्येवं दितिरब्रवीत। निष्पपात ततो वज्री मातुर्वचनगौरवात।।
na hantavyo na hantavya ityevaṃ ditirabravīt| niṣpapāta tato vajrī māturvacanagauravāt||
Brahmā said: Diti said thus—“He (the child in the womb) should not be killed. He should not be killed.” Thereupon, Indra jumped out, out of deference to his mother’s words.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 73
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 73
प्राञ्जलिर्वज्रसहितो दितिं शक्रो ऽभ्यभाषत। अशुचिर्देवि सुप्तासि पादयोर्गतमूर्द्धजा।।
prāñjalirvajrasahito ditiṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata| aśucirdevi suptāsi pādayorgatamūrddhajā||
Brahmā said: With the palms joined in reverence along with the thunderbolt, Śakra spoke to Diti:—O noble lady, you were sleeping unclean with the tresses of your hair spreading over your feet. Seizing that opportunity I reached the foetus that was to be my slayer in the fight and split it into many parts. It behoves you to forgive me.”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 74
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 74
तदं तरमनुप्राप्य गर्भं हेतारमाहवे। भिन्नवानहमेतं ते बहुधा क्षन्तुमर्हसि।।
tadaṃ taramanuprāpya garbhaṃ hetāramāhave| bhinnavānahametaṃ te bahudhā kṣantumarhasi||
Brahmā said: With the palms joined in reverence along with the thunderbolt, Śakra spoke to Diti:—O noble lady, you were sleeping unclean with the tresses of your hair spreading over your feet. Seizing that opportunity I reached the foetus that was to be my slayer in the fight and split it into many parts. It behoves you to forgive me.”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 75
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 75
तस्मिंस्तु विफले गर्भे दितिः परमदुःखिता। सहस्राक्षं दुराधर्षं वाक्यं सानुनयाब्रवीत।।
tasmiṃstu viphale garbhe ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā| sahasrākṣaṃ durādharṣaṃ vākyaṃ sānunayābravīt||
Brahmā said: When that foetus became fruitless, Diti was extremely distressed. She thereupon spoke to the invincible thousandeyed lord Indra in a pacifying note:—
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 76
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 76
ममापराधाद्गर्भो ऽयं यदि ते विफलीकृतः। नापराधो ऽस्ति देवेश तव पुत्र महाबल।।
mamāparādhādgarbho 'yaṃ yadi te viphalīkṛtaḥ| nāparādho 'sti deveśa tava putra mahābala||
Brahmā said: “If it was due to my default that this foetus was rendered ineffective by you, it is not your fault, O lord of the Devas, O son of great strength.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 77
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 77
शत्रोर्वधे न दोषो ऽस्ति भेतव्यं न च ते विभो। प्रियं तु कृतमिच्छामि श्रेयो गर्भस्य मे कुतः।।
śatrorvadhe na doṣo 'sti bhetavyaṃ na ca te vibho| priyaṃ tu kṛtamicchāmi śreyo garbhasya me kutaḥ||
Brahmā said: There is no fault in killing an enemy. You need not be afraid, O lord. I wish that something pleasing (conducive to the happiness) is done. Otherwise whence is the felicity unto my child in the womb. Let there be seven abodes of my sons in the heaven. Let my sons traverse these seven Vātaskandhas (pathways of wind).
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 78
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 78
भवन्तु मम पुत्राणां सप्त स्थानानि वै दिवि। वातस्कन्धानिमान्सप्त चरन्तु मम पुत्रकाः।।
bhavantu mama putrāṇāṃ sapta sthānāni vai divi| vātaskandhānimānsapta carantu mama putrakāḥ||
Brahmā said: There is no fault in killing an enemy. You need not be afraid, O lord. I wish that something pleasing (conducive to the happiness) is done. Otherwise whence is the felicity unto my child in the womb. Let there be seven abodes of my sons in the heaven. Let my sons traverse these seven Vātaskandhas (pathways of wind).
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 79
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 79
मरुतस्ते तु विख्याता गतास्ते सप्तसप्तकाः। पृथिव्यां प्रथमस्कन्धो द्वितीयश्चापि भास्करे।।
marutaste tu vikhyātā gatāste saptasaptakāḥ| pṛthivyāṃ prathamaskandho dvitīyaścāpi bhāskare||
Brahmā said: They will be well known as Maruts. They will be seven groups of seven each (7 x 7 = 49). The first Skandha should be known as being present on the earth, the second in the sun, the third should be known in the moon, the fourth in the group of luminaries, the fifth in the planets and the sixth in the zone of seven sages (the Great Bear), the seventh in Dhruva (Pole star). Let my sons traverse these seven Vātaskandhas on different occasions.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 80
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 80
सोमे तृतीयो विज्ञेयश्चतुर्थो ज्योतिषां गणे। ग्रहेषु पञ्चमस्चैव षष्ठः सप्तर्षिमण्डले।।
some tṛtīyo vijñeyaścaturtho jyotiṣāṃ gaṇe| graheṣu pañcamascaiva ṣaṣṭhaḥ saptarṣimaṇḍale||
Brahmā said: They will be well known as Maruts. They will be seven groups of seven each (7 x 7 = 49). The first Skandha should be known as being present on the earth, the second in the sun, the third should be known in the moon, the fourth in the group of luminaries, the fifth in the planets and the sixth in the zone of seven sages (the Great Bear), the seventh in Dhruva (Pole star). Let my sons traverse these seven Vātaskandhas on different occasions.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 81
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 81
ध्रुवे तु सप्तमश्चैव वातस्कन्धाश्चसप्त ये। तानेते विचरन्त्वद्य कालेकाले ममात्मजाः।।
dhruve tu saptamaścaiva vātaskandhāścasapta ye| tānete vicarantvadya kālekāle mamātmajāḥ||
Brahmā said: They will be well known as Maruts. They will be seven groups of seven each (7 x 7 = 49). The first Skandha should be known as being present on the earth, the second in the sun, the third should be known in the moon, the fourth in the group of luminaries, the fifth in the planets and the sixth in the zone of seven sages (the Great Bear), the seventh in Dhruva (Pole star). Let my sons traverse these seven Vātaskandhas on different occasions.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 82
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 82
वातस्कन्धाधिपा भूत्वा चरन्तु मम पुत्रकाः। पृथिव्यां प्रथमस्कन्ध आ मेघेब्यो य आवहः।।
vātaskandhādhipā bhūtvā carantu mama putrakāḥ| pṛthivyāṃ prathamaskandha ā meghebyo ya āvahaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 83
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 83
चरन्तु मम पुत्रास्ते सप्त ये प्रथमे गणे। द्वितीयश्चापि मेघेभ्य आसूर्यात्प्रवहस्ततः।।
carantu mama putrāste sapta ye prathame gaṇe| dvitīyaścāpi meghebhya āsūryātpravahastataḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 84
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 84
वातस्कन्धो हि विज्ञेयो द्वितीयश्चरतां गणः। सूर्यादूर्ध्वमधः सोमादुद्वहो ऽथ स वै स्मृतः।।
vātaskandho hi vijñeyo dvitīyaścaratāṃ gaṇaḥ| sūryādūrdhvamadhaḥ somādudvaho 'tha sa vai smṛtaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 85
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 85
वातस्कन्धस्तृतीयश्च पुत्राणां चरता गणः। सोमादूर्द्ध्वमधर्क्षेभ्यश्चतुर्थ संवहस्तु सः।।
vātaskandhastṛtīyaśca putrāṇāṃ caratā gaṇaḥ| somādūrddhvamadharkṣebhyaścaturtha saṃvahastu saḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 86
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 86
चतुर्थो मम पुत्राणां गणस्तु चरतां विभो। ऋक्षेभ्यश्च तथैवोर्द्ध्वमा ग्रहाद्विवहस्तु यः।।
caturtho mama putrāṇāṃ gaṇastu caratāṃ vibho| ṛkṣebhyaśca tathaivorddhvamā grahādvivahastu yaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 87
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 87
वातस्कन्धः पञ्चमस्तु पुत्राणां चरतां गणः। ग्रहेभ्य ऊर्द्ध्वमार्षिभ्यः षष्ठो ह्यनुवहश्च यः।।
vātaskandhaḥ pañcamastu putrāṇāṃ caratāṃ gaṇaḥ| grahebhya ūrddhvamārṣibhyaḥ ṣaṣṭho hyanuvahaśca yaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 88
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 88
वातस्कन्धस्तत्र मम पुराणां चरता गणः। ऋषिभ्य ऊर्द्ध्वमाध्रौवं सप्तमो यः प्रकीर्त्तितः।।
vātaskandhastatra mama purāṇāṃ caratā gaṇaḥ| ṛṣibhya ūrddhvamādhrauvaṃ saptamo yaḥ prakīrttitaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 89
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 89
वातस्कन्धः परिवहस्तत्र तिष्ठन्तु मे सुताः। एतान्सर्वाश्चरन्त्वन्ते कालेकाले ममात्मजाः।।
vātaskandhaḥ parivahastatra tiṣṭhantu me sutāḥ| etānsarvāścarantvante kālekāle mamātmajāḥ||
Brahmā said: Let my sons be the lords of Vātaskandhas and traverse these paths. The first Vātaskandha is on the earth. It extends upto the clouds It is Āvaha (by name). Let my seven sons belonging to the first set traverse this first path.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 90
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 90
त्वत्कृतेन च नाम्ना वै भवतु मरुतस्त्विमे। ततस्तेषां तु नामानि मत्पुत्राणां शतक्रतो।।
tvatkṛtena ca nāmnā vai bhavatu marutastvime| tatasteṣāṃ tu nāmāni matputrāṇāṃ śatakrato||
Brahmā said: Let these be Maruts, that name having been given by you. Understand the names of my sons, O Śatakratu separately, as befitting their activities of that nature.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 91
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 91
तद्विधैः कर्मभिश्चैव समवेहि पृथक्पृथक। शक्रज्योतिस्तथा सत्यः सत्यज्योतिस्तथापरः।।
tadvidhaiḥ karmabhiścaiva samavehi pṛthakpṛthak| śakrajyotistathā satyaḥ satyajyotistathāparaḥ||
Brahmā said: Let these be Maruts, that name having been given by you. Understand the names of my sons, O Śatakratu separately, as befitting their activities of that nature.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 92
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 92
चित्रज्योतिश्च ज्योतिष्मान सुतपश्चैत्य एव च। प्रथमो ऽयं गणः प्रोक्तो द्वितीयं तु निबोधत।।
citrajyotiśca jyotiṣmān sutapaścaitya eva ca| prathamo 'yaṃ gaṇaḥ prokto dvitīyaṃ tu nibodhata||
Brahmā said: Let these be Maruts, that name having been given by you. Understand the names of my sons, O Śatakratu separately, as befitting their activities of that nature.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 93
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 93
ऋतजित्सत्यजिश्चैव सुषेणः सेनजित्तथा। सुतमित्रो ह्यमित्रश्च सुरमित्रस्तथापरः।।
ṛtajitsatyajiścaiva suṣeṇaḥ senajittathā| sutamitro hyamitraśca suramitrastathāparaḥ||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 94
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 94
गण एष द्वितीयस्तु तृतीयं च निबोधत। धातुश्च धनदश्चैव ह्युग्रो भीमस्तथैव च।।
gaṇa eṣa dvitīyastu tṛtīyaṃ ca nibodhata| dhātuśca dhanadaścaiva hyugro bhīmastathaiva ca||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 95
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 95
वरुणश्च तृतीयं च मया प्रोक्तं निबोधत। अभियुक्ताक्षिकश्चैव साह्वायश्च गणः स्मृतः।।
varuṇaśca tṛtīyaṃ ca mayā proktaṃ nibodhata| abhiyuktākṣikaścaiva sāhvāyaśca gaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 96
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 96
ईदृक चैव तथान्यादृक समरिद्द्रुमवृचक्षकाः। मितश्च समितश्चैव पञ्चमश्च तथा गणः।।
īdṛk caiva tathānyādṛk samariddrumavṛcakṣakāḥ| mitaśca samitaścaiva pañcamaśca tathā gaṇaḥ||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 97
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 97
ईदृक च पुरुषश्चैव नान्यादृक समचेतनः। संमितः समवृत्तिश्च प्रतिहर्ता च षड गणाः।।
īdṛk ca puruṣaścaiva nānyādṛk samacetanaḥ| saṃmitaḥ samavṛttiśca pratihartā ca ṣaḍ gaṇāḥ||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 98
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 98
यज्ञैश्चित्वास्तुवन्सर्वे तथान्ये मानुषा विशः। दैत्यदेवाः समाख्याताः सप्तैते सप्तसप्तकाः।।
yajñaiścitvāstuvansarve tathānye mānuṣā viśaḥ| daityadevāḥ samākhyātāḥ saptaite saptasaptakāḥ||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 99
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 99
एते ह्येकोनपञ्चाशन्मरुतो नामतः स्मृताः। प्रसंख्यातास्तदा ताभ्यां दित्या शक्रेण चैव वै।।
ete hyekonapañcāśanmaruto nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ| prasaṃkhyātāstadā tābhyāṃ dityā śakreṇa caiva vai||
Brahmā said: (Partially defective text) 1) Ṛtajit 2) Satyajit 3) Suṣeṇa 4) Senajit 5) Sutamitra 6) Amitra 7) Suramitra. This is the second group. Understand the third set: They are:—1) Dhātṛ 2) Dhanada 3) Ugra 4) Bhīma 5) Varuṇa 6) Abhiyuktākṣika 7) Sāhvāya. Understand the third class mentioned by me:
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 100
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 100
कृत्वा चैतानि नामानि दितिरिन्द्रमुवाच ह। वातस्कन्धांश्चरन्त्वेते भ्रतरो मम पुत्रकाः।।
kṛtvā caitāni nāmāni ditirindramuvāca ha| vātaskandhāṃścarantvete bhrataro mama putrakāḥ||
Brahmā said: After giving these names, Diti said to Indra, Let these brothers, my sons, traverse these Vātaskandhas.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 101
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 101
विचरन्तु च भद्रं ते देवैः सह ममात्मजाः। तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा महस्राक्षः पुरन्दरः।।
vicarantu ca bhadraṃ te devaiḥ saha mamātmajāḥ| tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ||
Brahmā said: Welfare unto you. Let my sons traverse (these paths) along with the Devas.”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 102
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 102
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा मातर्भवतु तत्तथा। सर्व मेतद्यथोक्तं ते भविष्यति न संशयः।।
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā mātarbhavatu tattathā| sarva metadyathoktaṃ te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ||
Brahmā said: Welfare unto you. Let my sons traverse (these paths) along with the Devas.”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 103
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 103
एवंभूता महात्मानः कुमारा लोकसंमताः। देवैः सह भविष्यन्ति यज्ञभाजस्तवात्म जाः।।
evaṃbhūtā mahātmānaḥ kumārā lokasaṃmatāḥ| devaiḥ saha bhaviṣyanti yajñabhājastavātma jāḥ||
Brahmā said: By becoming as said by you, these noble-souled bachelors (?) will be honoured by the world. Along with the Devas they will participate (have their share in the oblations) in the Yajñas.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 104
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 104
तस्मात्ते मरुतो देवाः सर्वे चेन्द्रानुजा वराः। विज्ञेयाश्चामराः सर्वे दितिपुत्रास्तरस्विनः।।
tasmātte maruto devāḥ sarve cendrānujā varāḥ| vijñeyāścāmarāḥ sarve ditiputrāstarasvinaḥ||
Brahmā said: Hence, these Maruts are Devas. All of them were excellent younger brothers of Indra. All those powerful and speedy sons, of Diti should be known as immortal ones.”
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 105
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 105
एवं तौ निश्चयं कृत्वा मातापुत्रौ तपोवने। जग्मतुस्त्रिदिवं त्दृष्टौ शक्रमाभूद्गतज्वरः।।
evaṃ tau niścayaṃ kṛtvā mātāputrau tapovane| jagmatustridivaṃ tdṛṣṭau śakramābhūdgatajvaraḥ||
Brahmā said: Those two, the son and the mother came to this agreement in the hermitage. They went to the heaven delighted. Śakra became freed of all worries and pains.
Nṛsiṃha incarnation and race of Hiraṇyakaśipu - Verse 106
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 5 · Verse 106
मरुतां च शुभं जन्म शृणुयाद्यः पठेच्च वा। वादे विजयमाप्नोति लब्धात्मा च भवत्युत।।
marutāṃ ca śubhaṃ janma śṛṇuyādyaḥ paṭhecca vā| vāde vijayamāpnoti labdhātmā ca bhavatyuta||
Brahmā said: He who listens to the auspicious birth of the Maruts or he who reads this, shall attain victory in argument. He shall regain his lost soul.