Chapter 55
अध्यायः 55
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 55
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 1
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे कपिलाश्रमस्थाश्वानयनं नाम चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः।। 54।। अभिनन्द्याशिषात्यर्थं लालयन्प्रशशंस ह।।
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde kapilāśramasthāśvānayanaṃ nāma catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ|| 54|| abhinandyāśiṣātyarthaṃ lālayanpraśaśaṃsa ha||
Jaimini said: Then Sagara was beside himself with excessive affection. He embraced his grandson, blessed him, fondled him very much and praised him.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 2
अथ ऋत्विक्सदस्यैश्च सहितो राजसत्तमः। उपाक्रमत तं यज्ञे विधिवद्वेदपारगैः।।
atha ṛtviksadasyaiśca sahito rājasattamaḥ| upākramata taṃ yajñe vidhivadvedapāragaiḥ||
Jaimini said: Then accompanied by the Ṛtviks (sacrificial priests) and the sadasyas (members of the holy assembly) who had mastered the Vedas, the excellent king resumed the Yajña in accordance with the prescribed injunctions.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 3
ततः प्रववृते यज्ञः सर्वसंपद्गुणान्वितः। सम्यगौर्ववसिष्ठाद्यैर्मुनिभिः संप्रवर्त्तितः।।
tataḥ pravavṛte yajñaḥ sarvasaṃpadguṇānvitaḥ| samyagaurvavasiṣṭhādyairmunibhiḥ saṃpravarttitaḥ||
Jaimini said: Then the sacrifice endowed with the equipments and articles of good quality, and conducted very well by Vasiṣṭha, Aurva and other sages, began to be celebrated.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 4
हिरण्मयमयी वेदिः पात्राण्युच्चावचानि च। सुसमृद्धं यथाशास्त्रं यज्ञे सर्वं बभूव ह।।
hiraṇmayamayī vediḥ pātrāṇyuccāvacāni ca| susamṛddhaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yajñe sarvaṃ babhūva ha||
Jaimini said: The altar was made of gold. There were big and small vessels in full complement. In that sacrifice everything was luxuriously plentiful and in accordance with the dictates of the scriptures.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 5
एवं प्रवर्त्तितं यज्ञमृत्विजः सर्व एव ते। क्रमात्समापयामासुर्यजमानपुरस्सराः।।
evaṃ pravarttitaṃ yajñamṛtvijaḥ sarva eva te| kramātsamāpayāmāsuryajamānapurassarāḥ||
Jaimini said: All the Ṛtviks with the Yajamāna (the performer of sacrifice) at the head, in due order of procedure, concluded sacrifice that began thus.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 6
समापयित्वा तं यज्ञं राजा विधिविदां वरः। यथावद्दक्षिणां चैव ऋत्विजां प्रददौ तदा।।
samāpayitvā taṃ yajñaṃ rājā vidhividāṃ varaḥ| yathāvaddakṣiṇāṃ caiva ṛtvijāṃ pradadau tadā||
Jaimini said: After concluding the sacrifice, the king, who was the most excellent among those who were conversant with the injunctions of scriptures, offered due Dakṣiṇās (monetary gifts) to the Ṛtviks.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 7
अथ ऋत्विक्सदस्यानां ब्राह्मणानां तथार्थिनाम। तत्काङ्क्षितादभ्यधिकं प्रददौ वसु सर्वशः।।
atha ṛtviksadasyānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tathārthinām| tatkāṅkṣitādabhyadhikaṃ pradadau vasu sarvaśaḥ||
Jaimini said: Then he distributed money to every one of them more than what he (the receiver of Dakṣiṇā) expected, to the Ṛtviks, to the sadasyas and to the Brāhmaṇas who came as suppliants.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 8
एवं संतर्प्य विप्रादीन्दक्षिणाभिर्यथाक्रमम। क्षमापयामास गुरून्सदस्यान्प्रणिपत्य च।।
evaṃ saṃtarpya viprādīndakṣiṇābhiryathākramam| kṣamāpayāmāsa gurūnsadasyānpraṇipatya ca||
Jaimini said: After propitiating the Brāhmaṇas and others thus, in due order, by means of monetary gifts, he fell at the feet of preceptors and Sadasyas and sought their forgiveness (for his acts of omissions and commissions).
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 9
ब्राह्मणाद्यैस्ततो वर्णैरृत्विग्भिश्च समन्वितः। वारकीयाकदंबैश्च सूतमागधवन्दिभिः।।
brāhmaṇādyaistato varṇairṛtvigbhiśca samanvitaḥ| vārakīyākadaṃbaiśca sūtamāgadhavandibhiḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 10
अन्वीयमानः सस्त्रीकः श्वेतच्छत्रविराजितः। दोधूयमानचमरो वालव्यजनराजितः।।
anvīyamānaḥ sastrīkaḥ śvetacchatravirājitaḥ| dodhūyamānacamaro vālavyajanarājitaḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 11
नानावादित्रनिर्घोषैर्बधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः। स गत्वा सरयूतीरं यथाशाश्त्रं यथाविधि।।
nānāvāditranirghoṣairbadhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ| sa gatvā sarayūtīraṃ yathāśāśtraṃ yathāvidhi||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 12
चकारावभृथस्नानं मुदितः सहबन्धुभिः। एवं स्नात्वा सपत्नीकः सुहृद्भिर्ब्राह्मणैः सह।।
cakārāvabhṛthasnānaṃ muditaḥ sahabandhubhiḥ| evaṃ snātvā sapatnīkaḥ suhṛdbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 13
वीणावेणुमृदङ्गादिनानावादित्रनिःस्वनैः। मङ्गल्यैर्वेदघोषैश्च सह विप्रजनेरितैः।।
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādinānāvāditraniḥsvanaiḥ| maṅgalyairvedaghoṣaiśca saha viprajaneritaiḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 14
संस्तूयमानः परितः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः। प्रविवेश पुरीं रम्यां हृष्टपुष्टजनायुतम।।
saṃstūyamānaḥ paritaḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ| praviveśa purīṃ ramyāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāyutam||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 15
श्वेतव्यजन सच्छत्रपताकाध्वजमालिनीम। सिक्तसंमृष्टभूभागापणशोभासमन्विताम।।
śvetavyajana sacchatrapatākādhvajamālinīm| siktasaṃmṛṣṭabhūbhāgāpaṇaśobhāsamanvitām||
Jaimini said: There were white fans, good umbrellas and colourful banners, flags and festoons displayed in the city. The grounds, bazaars and other places had been swept and sprinkled clean with water and they appeared very splendid.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 16
कैलासाद्रिप्रकाशाभिरुज्ज्वलां सौधपङ्क्तिभिः। स तत्रागरुधूपोत्थगन्धामोदितदिङ्मुखम।।
kailāsādriprakāśābhirujjvalāṃ saudhapaṅktibhiḥ| sa tatrāgarudhūpotthagandhāmoditadiṅmukham||
Jaimini said: The city shone splendidly on account of the rows of mansions, lofty and brilliant like the Kailāsa mountain. The quarters were rendered fragrant by means of the sweet scent arising from fumes of Aguru.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 17
विकीर्यमाणः परितः पौरनारीजनैर्मुहुः। लाजवर्षेण सानन्दं वीक्षमाणश्च नागरैः।।
vikīryamāṇaḥ paritaḥ pauranārījanairmuhuḥ| lājavarṣeṇa sānandaṃ vīkṣamāṇaśca nāgaraiḥ||
Jaimini said: Heaps of fried rice were showered on him frequently by the womenfolk of the city all round. He was delightedly viewed by the citizens. He was honoured at various places by the merchant community with many kinds of presents. Thus he went into the city slowly.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 18
उपदाभिरनेकाभिस्तत्रतत्र वणिग्जनैः। संभाव्यमानः शनकैर्जगम स्वपुरं प्रति।।
upadābhiranekābhistatratatra vaṇigjanaiḥ| saṃbhāvyamānaḥ śanakairjagama svapuraṃ prati||
Jaimini said: Heaps of fried rice were showered on him frequently by the womenfolk of the city all round. He was delightedly viewed by the citizens. He was honoured at various places by the merchant community with many kinds of presents. Thus he went into the city slowly.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 19
स प्रविश्य गृहं रम्यं सर्वमण्डलमण्डितम। सम्यक्संभावयामास सुहृदो ब्राह्मणानपि।।
sa praviśya gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sarvamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam| samyaksaṃbhāvayāmāsa suhṛdo brāhmaṇānapi||
Jaimini said: After entering his beautiful abode that had been embellished with all kinds of ornamental fittings, he honoured well, all his friends and Brāhmaṇas too.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 20
संसेव्यमानश्च तदा नानादेशेश्वरैर्नृपैः। सभायां राजशार्दूलो रेमे शक्र इवापरः।।
saṃsevyamānaśca tadā nānādeśeśvarairnṛpaiḥ| sabhāyāṃ rājaśārdūlo reme śakra ivāparaḥ||
Jaimini said: Being served and attended upon by the kings, the rulers of different countries, Sagara the tiger among kings stayed in there like another Indra.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 21
एवं सुहृद्भिः सहितः पूरयित्वा मनोरथम। सगरः सह भार्याभ्यां रेमे नृपवरोत्तमः।।
evaṃ suhṛdbhiḥ sahitaḥ pūrayitvā manoratham| sagaraḥ saha bhāryābhyāṃ reme nṛpavarottamaḥ||
Jaimini said: Having fulfilled his desire thus in the company of his friends and allies, Sagara the most excellent among kings rejoiced there accompanied by his two wives.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 22
अंशुमन्तं ततः पौत्रं मुदा विनयशालिनम। वसिष्ठानुमते राजा यौवराज्ये ऽभ्यषेचयत।।
aṃśumantaṃ tataḥ pautraṃ mudā vinayaśālinam| vasiṣṭhānumate rājā yauvarājye 'bhyaṣecayat||
Jaimini said: With approval of Vasiṣṭha, the king gladly crowned Aṃśumān, his grandson, who was humble and modest, by disposition as the heir-apparent.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 23
पौरजानपदानां तु बन्धूनां सुहृदामपि। स प्रियो ऽभवदत्यर्थमुदारैश्च गुणैर्नृपः।।
paurajānapadānāṃ tu bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāmapi| sa priyo 'bhavadatyarthamudāraiśca guṇairnṛpaḥ||
Jaimini said: On account of his exalted liberal qualities, he became a great favourite with friends, kinsmen and the residents of the city as well as the outlying districts and rural territories, O king.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 24
प्रजास्तमन्वरज्यन्त बालमप्यमितौजसम। नवं च शुक्लपक्षादौशीतांशुमचिरोदितम।।
prajāstamanvarajyanta bālamapyamitaujasam| navaṃ ca śuklapakṣādauśītāṃśumaciroditam||
Jaimini said: The subjects were delighted with him and they loved him because, though he was a boy, he had unmeasured valour and prowess, just as one loves the fresh crescent of the moon that has risen just at the beginning of the bright half of the lunar month.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 25
स तेन सहितः श्रीमान्सुत्दृद्भिश्च नृपोत्तमः। भार्याभ्यामनुरूपाभ्यां रममाणो ऽवसच्चिरम।।
sa tena sahitaḥ śrīmānsutdṛdbhiśca nṛpottamaḥ| bhāryābhyāmanurūpābhyāṃ ramamāṇo 'vasacciram||
Jaimini said: Accompanied by him, his friends and allies as well as the two wives who suited him in every respect, the glorious king rejoiced and lived for a long time.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 26
युवैव राजशार्दूलः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः। पालयामास वसुधां सशैलवनकाननाम।।
yuvaiva rājaśārdūlaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ| pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ saśailavanakānanām||
Jaimini said: The mighty king, Sagara, who was like another Dharma himself, protected the earth including the mountains, forests and parks, as though he was young.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 55 · Verse 27
एवं महानहिमदीधितिवंशमौलिरत्नाय यमानवपुरुत्तरकोसलेशः। पूर्णेन्दुवत्सकललोकमनो ऽभिरामः सार्द्ध प्रजाभिरखिलाभिरलं जहर्ष।।
evaṃ mahānahimadīdhitivaṃśamauliratnāya yamānavapuruttarakosaleśaḥ| pūrṇenduvatsakalalokamano 'bhirāmaḥ sārddha prajābhirakhilābhiralaṃ jaharṣa||
Jaimini said: Thus the great lord of the Northern Kosalas whose person shone like a precious gem in the crown of kings of the solar race, delighted the minds of all the worlds like the full moon. Along with all his subjects he rejoiced very well.