Skip to main content

Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Unit 122 of 276Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 25Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 251 source entries

Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 25

Source

नारायण उवाच ।। हरिं स्मरन्कार्तवीर्य्यो हृदयेन विदूयता ।। दूतं प्रस्थापयामास कुपितो मुनिसन्निधिम् ।। १ ।। युद्धं देहि मुनिश्रेष्ठ किं वा धेनुं च वाञ्छिताम् ।। मह्यं भृत्यायातिथये सुविचार्य्य यथोचितम् ।।२।। दूतस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जहास मुनिपुंगवः ।। हितं सत्यं नीतिसारं सर्वं दूतमुवाच ह ।। ३ ।। मुनिरुवाच ।। दृष्टो नृपो निराहारः समानीतो मया गृहम् ।। विविधं च यथाशक्त्या भोजितश्च यथोचितम् ।।४ ।। कपिलां याचते राजा मम प्राणाधिकां प्रियाम्।। तां दातुमक्षमो दूत युद्धं दास्यामि निश्चितम् ।। ५ ।। मुनेस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दूतः सर्वमुवाच ह ।। नृपेन्द्रं च सभामध्ये सन्नाहैस्संयुतं भिया ।।६।। मुनिश्च कपिलामाह साम्प्रतं किङ्करोम्यहम् ।। कर्णधारं विना नौका तथा सैन्यं विना मया।।७।। कपिला च ददौ तस्मै शस्त्राणि विविधानि च।। युद्धशास्त्रोपदेशं च सन्धानं चौपयोगिकम्।।८।। जयं भवतु ते विप्र युद्धे जेष्यसि निश्चितम् ।। तव मृत्युर्न भविता सत्यमस्त्रं विना मुने ।।९ ।। नृपेण सार्द्धं ते युद्धमयुक्तं ब्राह्मणस्य च ।। दत्तात्रेयस्य शिष्येण व्यर्थं वै शक्तिधारिणा ।। इत्युक्त्वा कपिला ब्रह्मन्विरराम मनस्विनी ।। १० ।। मुनिर्मनस्वी सैन्यं च सज्जीकृत्य ततो मुने ।। गृहीत्वा सर्वसैन्यं च स जगाम रणाजिरम्।।११।। राजा जगाम युद्धाय ननाम मुनिपुंगवम् ।। उभयोः सैन्ययोर्युद्धं बभूव बहुदुष्करम् ।। १२ ।। राजसैन्यं जितं सर्वं कपिलासेनया बलात् ।। विचित्रं च रथं राज्ञो बभञ्जे लीलया रणे ।। १३ ।। धनुश्चिच्छेद सज्यं तत्सा सेना कापिली मुदा।। नृपेन्द्रः कापिलेयानि जेतुं सैन्यानि चाक्षमः ।। १४ ।। सैन्यानि तं शस्त्रवृष्ट्या न्यस्तशस्त्रं चकार ह ।। शरवृष्ट्या शस्त्रवृष्ट्या राजा मूर्च्छामवाप ह ।। १९ ।। किञ्चिच्छिष्टं बलं राज्ञः किंचिदेव पलायितम् ।। मुनीन्द्रो मूर्च्छितं दृष्ट्वा नृपेन्द्रमतिथिं मुने ।। १६ ।। कृपानिधिश्च कृपया तत्सैन्यं सञ्जहार च ।। गत्वा सैन्यं विलीनं च कपिलायां च कृत्रिमम् ।। १७ ।। नृपाय मुनिना शीघ्रं दत्ताश्चरणरेणवः ।। आशीर्वादं प्रदत्तं च जयोऽस्त्विति कृपालुना ।। कमण्डलुजलं प्रोक्ष्य जीवयामास तं नृपम् ।। १८ ।। स राजा चेतनां प्राप्य समुत्थाय रणाजिरात् ।। मूर्ध्ना ननाम भक्त्या च मुनिश्रेष्ठं कृताञ्जलिः ।। १९ ।। मुनिः शुभाशिषं दत्त्वा राजानं त्वालिलिङ्ग सः ।। पुनस्तं स्नापयित्वा च भोजयामास यत्नतः ।। २० ।। नवनीतं हि हृदयं ब्राह्मणानां तु सन्ततम् ।। अन्येषां क्षुरधाराभमसाध्यं दारुणं सदा ।। उवाच तं मुनिश्रेष्ठो गृहं गच्छ धराधिप।। ।। २१ ।। राजोवाच ।। रणं देहि महाबाहो धेनुं किं वा मयेप्सिताम् ।। २२ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणपतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे जमदग्निकार्तवीर्यार्जुनयुद्धवर्णनं नाम पञ्चविंशोऽध्यायः ।। २५ ।।

nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ smarankārtavīryyo hṛdayena vidūyatā || dūtaṃ prasthāpayāmāsa kupito munisannidhim || 1 || yuddhaṃ dehi muniśreṣṭha kiṃ vā dhenuṃ ca vāñchitām || mahyaṃ bhṛtyāyātithaye suvicāryya yathocitam ||2|| dūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa munipuṃgavaḥ || hitaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ sarvaṃ dūtamuvāca ha || 3 || muniruvāca || dṛṣṭo nṛpo nirāhāraḥ samānīto mayā gṛham || vividhaṃ ca yathāśaktyā bhojitaśca yathocitam ||4 || kapilāṃ yācate rājā mama prāṇādhikāṃ priyām|| tāṃ dātumakṣamo dūta yuddhaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam || 5 || munestadvacanaṃ śrutvā dūtaḥ sarvamuvāca ha || nṛpendraṃ ca sabhāmadhye sannāhaissaṃyutaṃ bhiyā ||6|| muniśca kapilāmāha sāmprataṃ kiṅkaromyaham || karṇadhāraṃ vinā naukā tathā sainyaṃ vinā mayā||7|| kapilā ca dadau tasmai śastrāṇi vividhāni ca|| yuddhaśāstropadeśaṃ ca sandhānaṃ caupayogikam||8|| jayaṃ bhavatu te vipra yuddhe jeṣyasi niścitam || tava mṛtyurna bhavitā satyamastraṃ vinā mune ||9 || nṛpeṇa sārddhaṃ te yuddhamayuktaṃ brāhmaṇasya ca || dattātreyasya śiṣyeṇa vyarthaṃ vai śaktidhāriṇā || ityuktvā kapilā brahmanvirarāma manasvinī || 10 || munirmanasvī sainyaṃ ca sajjīkṛtya tato mune || gṛhītvā sarvasainyaṃ ca sa jagāma raṇājiram||11|| rājā jagāma yuddhāya nanāma munipuṃgavam || ubhayoḥ sainyayoryuddhaṃ babhūva bahuduṣkaram || 12 || rājasainyaṃ jitaṃ sarvaṃ kapilāsenayā balāt || vicitraṃ ca rathaṃ rājño babhañje līlayā raṇe || 13 || dhanuściccheda sajyaṃ tatsā senā kāpilī mudā|| nṛpendraḥ kāpileyāni jetuṃ sainyāni cākṣamaḥ || 14 || sainyāni taṃ śastravṛṣṭyā nyastaśastraṃ cakāra ha || śaravṛṣṭyā śastravṛṣṭyā rājā mūrcchāmavāpa ha || 19 || kiñcicchiṣṭaṃ balaṃ rājñaḥ kiṃcideva palāyitam || munīndro mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpendramatithiṃ mune || 16 || kṛpānidhiśca kṛpayā tatsainyaṃ sañjahāra ca || gatvā sainyaṃ vilīnaṃ ca kapilāyāṃ ca kṛtrimam || 17 || nṛpāya muninā śīghraṃ dattāścaraṇareṇavaḥ || āśīrvādaṃ pradattaṃ ca jayo'stviti kṛpālunā || kamaṇḍalujalaṃ prokṣya jīvayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam || 18 || sa rājā cetanāṃ prāpya samutthāya raṇājirāt || mūrdhnā nanāma bhaktyā ca muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 19 || muniḥ śubhāśiṣaṃ dattvā rājānaṃ tvāliliṅga saḥ || punastaṃ snāpayitvā ca bhojayāmāsa yatnataḥ || 20 || navanītaṃ hi hṛdayaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu santatam || anyeṣāṃ kṣuradhārābhamasādhyaṃ dāruṇaṃ sadā || uvāca taṃ muniśreṣṭho gṛhaṃ gaccha dharādhipa|| || 21 || rājovāca || raṇaṃ dehi mahābāho dhenuṃ kiṃ vā mayepsitām || 22 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde jamadagnikārtavīryārjunayuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 25 ||

English translation

Battle between Jamadagni and Narayana said - The king Kartavirya was painful at heart and in anger he sent a messenger to the sage.

He said, ”0 best of the sage, I am your servant and a guest, therefore you give me appropriately either the sacred cow or the battle, whatever you On hearing the words of the messengers, the sage laughed and spoke to the messenger, the words which were beneficial, truthful and quite The sage said - Finding the king hungry I brought him to my abode and served him with food appropriately whatever was available with O messengers, now the same king is demanding my sacred cow from me which is dearer to me than my life. I am therefore unable to part with her. I will fight now; this is my On hearing the words of the sage, the messenger felt panicky at heart and spoke to the king whatever the sage had told him.

Thereafter, the sage spoke to the cow. "You tell me what I should do now, because the army is like a boat without a sailor."

Kapila then imparted the sage with the knowledge of the use of various types of weapons and arrows and other tricks of the She then said, "O Brahmana, you will surely be victorious in the battle-field." O sage, you are not supposed to die without the Satydstra. A Brahmana is going to fight with a king who is the disciple of Dattatreya and is quite powerful, is quite valorous but useless. Thus speaking, O Brahmana, the sacred cow kept quiet.

Thereafter the sage kept the army ready and proceeded on to the battle-field.

The king also bowed in reverence to the sage Jamadagni reaching in the battle-field. Thereafter the battle between the two armies started.

The soldiers of Kapila forcefully defeated the army of the king and the chariot of the king was also playfully broken. His kavaca was cut-off; the king was unable to be victorious over the army of Kapila. By the showering of the weapons, the army was deprived of the arrows and the weapons.

O sage, only a small number of the king's army could escape and some of the soldiers fled from the battle field. The merciful sage found the king fainted.

Thereafter, the sage gave the king the dust of his feet besides the blessings, saying, "You will be victorious." Thus speaking he took away the water from the Kamandalu and brought him back to life.

On regaining consciousness, the king came out of the battle-field and spoke humble words.

folding his hands to the sage bowing in reverence to him at the same time. The sage blessed him variously and embraced the king. The king was then bathed and was served food. The mind of the Brahmanas is always soft like butter.

The mind of other people is always sharp like the edge of a blade, which is quite stiff and hard.

Thereafter the sage said, "O king you go back to your abode."

The king said - "0 great warrior I shall not return home; you kindly give me the battle or the cow desired by me."

O king, finding you hungry I brought to you my abode and extended you all the honour appropriately. Currently also finding you fainted I blessed you pouring the dust of my feet over you, which brought you back to your senses.

This is not appropriate to be talked."

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117474 (2017-08-08T21:22:21Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n708–n711: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n708/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.