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Chapter 79

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अथैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः नन्द उवाच राहुग्रस्तः कथं सूर्यश्चन्द्रो वाऽपि जगत्प्रभो । नेष्टश्चन्द्रः कथं भाद्रे चतुर्थ्यां चासिते सिते ।। १ ।। वेदानां जनकस्त्वं च कं पृच्छामित्वया विना । वेदे पुराणे गोप्यं यन्न जानन्ति विपश्यितः ।। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चेदं वचनमब्रवीत् ।। २ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच अतथ्यं वचनं चेदं निषिद्धं वैदिकैरपि । क्षमस्व नन्द भद्रं ते प्रश्नमन्यं कुरुष्व माम् ।। ३ ।। बिश्वस्तं वचनं तात न प्रकाश्यं मनीषिभिः । विघ्नः प्रकाशे भवति सतां छिद्रं च दैवतः ।। ४ ।। नन्द उवाच कथयस्व जगन्नाथ न भक्ते व़ञ्चनं कुरु । अदृश्यौ चापि देवेशौ राहुग्रस्तौ च पुष्यदौ ।। ५ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु नन्द प्रवक्षयामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा निष्कलङ्कश्च तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः ।। ६ ।। सर्वपातकिनं दृष्ट्वा यत्पापं लभते नरः । आख्यानश्रवणोनैव भस्मीभूतं भविष्यति ।। ७ ।। एकदा जमदग्निश्च महाकौतूहलान्वितः । रेणुकासहितस्तुष्टो जगाम नर्मदातटम् ।। ८ ।। निर्जने नर्मदातीरे विजहार तया सह । नवोढया च सुन्दर्या नवयौवनयुक्तया ।। ९ ।। सुवेषया सुस्मितया रत्नभूषणयुक्तया । नतया स्तनभारेण श्रोणीभारेण मन्दया ।। १० ।। सुन्दरीणामतुलया श्वेतचम्पकवर्णया । सुपूर्णचन्द्राननया कटाक्षयुतया तथा ।। ११ ।। अतीवसूक्ष्माम्बरया कामबाणार्तया व्रज । पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गसंभोगेनापि मूर्च्छया ।। १२ ।। पुंस्कोकिलयुते रम्ये शब्दिते सुमधुव्रते । सुगन्धिवायुसंयुक्ते पुष्पतल्पान्विते शुभे ।। १३ ।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं वस्त्रमाल्यधरं मुनिम् । महारासरसाढ्यं तमुवाच भास्करः स्वयम् ।। १४ ।। वेदकर्तुः प्रपौत्रस्तवं ब्रह्मणश्च जगत्वतेः । चतुर्वेदविधेयेषु सुनिष्णातः सदा शुचिः ।। १५ ।। वेदाङ्गकर्ता धर्मज्ञः श्रेष्ठो वेदविदां वरः । महातपस्वी तेजस्वी ब्रह्मचारी च सुव्रती ।। १६ ।। युष्मद्विधोक्तं शास्त्रं च पठित्वाऽन्यश्च पण्डितः । वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः ।। १७ ।। धर्म त्यजति धर्मज्ञो ह्यधर्मेण रतः कथम् । दिवामैथुनदोषं च वक्ति वेदो विशेषतः ।। १८ ।। अहं च धर्मिणां साक्षी तेन त्वां कथयामि ते । सूर्यस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तत्याज मैथुनं द्विजः ।। १९ ।। दृष्ट्वा पुरो विप्ररूपं सूर्य तेजस्विनं सुरम् । उवाच सूर्य रक्तास्यः कोपलज्जासमन्वितः ।। रेणुका लज्जिता तत्र विधार्य वाससी सती ।। २० ।। जमदग्निरुवाच को भवान्पण़्डितंमन्यो न त्वदन्योऽस्ति पण्डितः । अहं भृगोर्भगवतः शिष्यस्त्वं कश्यपस्य च ।। २१ ।। चतुर्वेदांश्च जानामि धर्माधर्मनिरूपणो । वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मे ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः ।। २२ ।। अज्ञानी पुरुषः शश्वज्जडितश्च स्वकर्मणा । तेजीयसां न दोषाय वङ्नेः सर्वभुजो यथा ।। २३ ।। अन्ये भवांश्च धर्मश्च साक्षी सर्वे च कर्मणाम् । फलदाता च शास्त्रज्ञो यतस्त्वत्तनयः सदा ।। २४ ।। न वैष्णवानां शास्तारो यूयमस्माकमेव च । न वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् ।। २५ ।। हरेः सुदर्शनं चक्रं शश्वद्रक्षति वैष्णवान् । नारायणश्च भगवान्स्वयं ब्रह्मा च शंकरः ।। २६ ।। शास्ता यमश्च नास्माकं त्वं वै नापि दिवाकर। राजपुत्रो यथा स्थाने वयं स्वच्छन्दगामिनः ।। २७ ।। शक्तोऽहं भस्मसात्कर्तुं यमं सर्वसुरांस्तथा । महेन्द्रप्रभृतीन्सूर्य क्षणेनैवावलीलया ।। २८ ।। कस्त्वं धर्मप्रवक्ता मे याहि स्वस्थानमेव च । मम शास्ता तु भगवाञ्छ्रीकृष्णः प्रकृतेः परः ।। २९ ।। अद्य मे निर्जने स्थाने रसभङ्गस्त्वया कृतः । मम शापात्पाप दृश्यो राहुग्रस्तो भविष्यसि ।। ३० ।। द्रष्टुं त्वां ये घनाः सर्वे दूरीभूता भवन्ति ते । त्वामाच्छन्नं करिष्यन्ति वायुना प्रेरितास्तथा ।। ३१ ।। स्वतेजसा भवान्गर्वाद्धततेजा भविष्यसि । मेघाच्छन्नः स्वल्पतेजा राहुग्रस्तो भवान्भव ।। ३२ ।। ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्भास्करः स्वयम् । ततः पुटाञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तुष्टाव मुनिपुंगवम् ।। ३३ ।। भास्कर उवाच अवध्याः सर्वे धर्मज्ञ धन्या मान्याः पुरस्कृताः । नारायणश्च भगवाञ्छंभुर्ब्रह्मा स्वयं प्रभुः ।। ३४ ।। गणेशाश्चापि शेषश्च धर्मश्चापि सनातनः । स्तुवान्ति ब्रह्मणं सर्वे विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। ३५ ।। विप्रदत्तश्च यो ब्रह्मन्वयमस्मन्मुखो द्विजः । हुताशनश्च द्विमुखाः सुराः सर्वे द्विजो वरः ।। ३६ ।। क्षमस्व वैष्णवः शुद्धः स्वधर्म स समाचर । वैष्णवानां कृतः कोपो हृदि येषां जनार्दनः ।। ३७ ।। अस्माभिः पूजिता विप्रा युषमाभिः पूजिताः सुराः । परस्परं स्नेहपात्रं चेदमाचरणं द्विज ।। ३८ ।। अहमेवं त्वया शप्तो मया शप्तो भवान्भव । अन्यथा मां वदन्त्येवं सूर्य निस्तेजसं जनाः ।। ३९ ।। पराभूतः क्षत्रियेण भविष्यसि द्विजेश्वर । मरणं क्षत्रियास्त्रेण भवतश्च भविष्यति ।। ४० ।। सूर्यस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप ब्राह्मणः पुनः । तं शशापातिरक्तास्यः शंभुना निर्जितो भवान् ।। ४१ ।। उभयोः कलहं ज्ञात्वा कश्यपेन सह व्रज । आजगाम स्वयं ब्रह्मा विधाता जगतामपि ।। ४२ ।। आगत्य ब्रह्मा संत्रस्तं बोधयामास भास्करम् । मुनिश्रेष्ठं च धर्मज्ञं धर्मज्ञानां गुरोर्गुरुः ।। ४३ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच क्षमस्व भास्कर त्वं च साक्षान्नारायणो भवान् । युष्माकं परिपाल्यश्चाप्यवध्यो ब्राह्मणाः सदा ।। ४४ ।। अहं करोमि भवतो विप्रशापान्तमुल्बणम् । अत्राहमागतस्त्रस्तो भृगुणा प्रेरितस्ततः ।। ४५ ।। स्फुटोऽहं प्रेरितश्चापि कश्यपेन मरीचिना । शान्तो भव सुरक्षेष्ठ साक्षीत्वं सर्वकर्मणाम् ।। ४६ ।। कुत्रचिद्दिवसे ब्रह्मंस्त्वं तत्र कुत्रचित्क्षणम् । भविष्यसि घनाच्छन्नः सद्यो मुक्तो भविष्यसि ।। ४७ ।। न्यूनातिरक्ते वर्षे च राहुग्रस्तो भविष्यसि । तत्रादृश्यश्च केषांचित्पुण्यदृश्यो हि कस्यचित् ।। ४८ ।। अन्यथा सर्वकालेन पुण्यदृश्यो भवान्भुवि । त्वां दृष्ट्वा च नमस्कृत्य सर्वे निष्पापिनो जनाः ।। ४९ ।। जन्मसप्ताष्टरिः फाङ्कचतुर्थे दशमे तथा । जन्मर्क्षे निधनै नणामदृश्यस्त्वं भविष्यसि ।। ५० ।। अस्तकाले घनाच्छन्ने मध्याहनस्थे जलेऽपि वा । अर्धोदिते च काने च पापदृश्यो भविष्यसि ।। ५१ ।। भार्यादुःखनिमित्तेन भार्यया हेतुभूतया । श्वशुरेण शालकेन हततेजा भविष्यसि ।। ५२ ।। अन्यथा तव तेजश्च संज्ञा सहितुमक्षमा । मालीसुमालियुद्धे च शंभुना त्वं पराचितः ।। ५३ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा सूर्य च बोधयामास ब्राह्मणम् । नम्रं शापपराभूतं लज्जितं कोपितं व्रज ।। ५४ ।। हे विप्र श्वगृहं गच्छ गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम् । त्वत्तेजसा क्षणेनैव भस्मीभूतं भवेज्जगत् ।। ५५ ।। सूर्यस्त्वत्परिपाल्यश्च भवान्सूर्यस्य नित्यशः । परस्परं च पूज्यश्च संबन्धः पोष्यपोष्कः ।। ५६ ।। हर्यशेन क्षत्रियेण कार्तवीर्यार्जुनेन च । भविष्यसि न संदेहः पराभूतो द्विजो मृतः ।। ५७ ।। पुरा ते प्राक्तनं सर्व कदाचिन्न हि खण्डितम् । नारायणाश्च स्वांशोन तव पुत्रो भविष्यति ।। ५८ ।। त्रिः सप्तकृत्वो जगतीं निःक्षत्रां च करिष्यति । मृत्युस्ते यशसो बीजं भदिष्यति महीतले ।। ५९ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्ता ब्रह्मा च ययौ गेहं व्रजेश्वर । प्रययौ जमदग्निश्च भास्करश्च स्वमन्दिरम् ।। ६० ।। इत्येवं कथितं तात आख्यानं पुण्यकारकम् । राहुग्रस्तो भास्करश्चाप्यदृश्यो येन हेतुना ।। ६१ ।। चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रो भाद्रे मासि सितासिते । अदृश्यो नष्टरूपश्च श्रूयतां येन हेतुरा ।। ६२ ।। राहुग्रस्तः कलङ्की वा पुराशप्तो मया पितः । सर्व त्वां कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् ।। ६३ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo ।। एकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ।। ७९ ।।

athaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ nanda uvāca rāhugrastaḥ kathaṃ sūryaścandro vā'pi jagatprabho | neṣṭaścandraḥ kathaṃ bhādre caturthyāṃ cāsite site || 1 || vedānāṃ janakastvaṃ ca kaṃ pṛcchāmitvayā vinā | vede purāṇe gopyaṃ yanna jānanti vipaśyitaḥ || iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā cedaṃ vacanamabravīt || 2 || śrībhagavānuvāca atathyaṃ vacanaṃ cedaṃ niṣiddhaṃ vaidikairapi | kṣamasva nanda bhadraṃ te praśnamanyaṃ kuruṣva mām || 3 || biśvastaṃ vacanaṃ tāta na prakāśyaṃ manīṣibhiḥ | vighnaḥ prakāśe bhavati satāṃ chidraṃ ca daivataḥ || 4 || nanda uvāca kathayasva jagannātha na bhakte va़ñcanaṃ kuru | adṛśyau cāpi deveśau rāhugrastau ca puṣyadau || 5 || śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu nanda pravakṣayāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | yāṃ śrutvā niṣkalaṅkaśca tīrthasnāyī bhavennaraḥ || 6 || sarvapātakinaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatpāpaṃ labhate naraḥ | ākhyānaśravaṇonaiva bhasmībhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati || 7 || ekadā jamadagniśca mahākautūhalānvitaḥ | reṇukāsahitastuṣṭo jagāma narmadātaṭam || 8 || nirjane narmadātīre vijahāra tayā saha | navoḍhayā ca sundaryā navayauvanayuktayā || 9 || suveṣayā susmitayā ratnabhūṣaṇayuktayā | natayā stanabhāreṇa śroṇībhāreṇa mandayā || 10 || sundarīṇāmatulayā śvetacampakavarṇayā | supūrṇacandrānanayā kaṭākṣayutayā tathā || 11 || atīvasūkṣmāmbarayā kāmabāṇārtayā vraja | pulakāñcitasarvāṅgasaṃbhogenāpi mūrcchayā || 12 || puṃskokilayute ramye śabdite sumadhuvrate | sugandhivāyusaṃyukte puṣpatalpānvite śubhe || 13 || candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ vastramālyadharaṃ munim | mahārāsarasāḍhyaṃ tamuvāca bhāskaraḥ svayam || 14 || vedakartuḥ prapautrastavaṃ brahmaṇaśca jagatvateḥ | caturvedavidheyeṣu suniṣṇātaḥ sadā śuciḥ || 15 || vedāṅgakartā dharmajñaḥ śreṣṭho vedavidāṃ varaḥ | mahātapasvī tejasvī brahmacārī ca suvratī || 16 || yuṣmadvidhoktaṃ śāstraṃ ca paṭhitvā'nyaśca paṇḍitaḥ | vedapraṇihito dharmo hyadharmastadviparyayaḥ || 17 || dharma tyajati dharmajño hyadharmeṇa rataḥ katham | divāmaithunadoṣaṃ ca vakti vedo viśeṣataḥ || 18 || ahaṃ ca dharmiṇāṃ sākṣī tena tvāṃ kathayāmi te | sūryasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tatyāja maithunaṃ dvijaḥ || 19 || dṛṣṭvā puro viprarūpaṃ sūrya tejasvinaṃ suram | uvāca sūrya raktāsyaḥ kopalajjāsamanvitaḥ || reṇukā lajjitā tatra vidhārya vāsasī satī || 20 || jamadagniruvāca ko bhavānpaṇa़ḍitaṃmanyo na tvadanyo'sti paṇḍitaḥ | ahaṃ bhṛgorbhagavataḥ śiṣyastvaṃ kaśyapasya ca || 21 || caturvedāṃśca jānāmi dharmādharmanirūpaṇo | vedapraṇihito dharme hyadharmastadviparyayaḥ || 22 || ajñānī puruṣaḥ śaśvajjaḍitaśca svakarmaṇā | tejīyasāṃ na doṣāya vaṅneḥ sarvabhujo yathā || 23 || anye bhavāṃśca dharmaśca sākṣī sarve ca karmaṇām | phaladātā ca śāstrajño yatastvattanayaḥ sadā || 24 || na vaiṣṇavānāṃ śāstāro yūyamasmākameva ca | na vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit || 25 || hareḥ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ śaśvadrakṣati vaiṣṇavān | nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānsvayaṃ brahmā ca śaṃkaraḥ || 26 || śāstā yamaśca nāsmākaṃ tvaṃ vai nāpi divākara| rājaputro yathā sthāne vayaṃ svacchandagāminaḥ || 27 || śakto'haṃ bhasmasātkartuṃ yamaṃ sarvasurāṃstathā | mahendraprabhṛtīnsūrya kṣaṇenaivāvalīlayā || 28 || kastvaṃ dharmapravaktā me yāhi svasthānameva ca | mama śāstā tu bhagavāñchrīkṛṣṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ || 29 || adya me nirjane sthāne rasabhaṅgastvayā kṛtaḥ | mama śāpātpāpa dṛśyo rāhugrasto bhaviṣyasi || 30 || draṣṭuṃ tvāṃ ye ghanāḥ sarve dūrībhūtā bhavanti te | tvāmācchannaṃ kariṣyanti vāyunā preritāstathā || 31 || svatejasā bhavāngarvāddhatatejā bhaviṣyasi | meghācchannaḥ svalpatejā rāhugrasto bhavānbhava || 32 || brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānbhāskaraḥ svayam | tataḥ puṭāñjalirbhūtvā tuṣṭāva munipuṃgavam || 33 || bhāskara uvāca avadhyāḥ sarve dharmajña dhanyā mānyāḥ puraskṛtāḥ | nārāyaṇaśca bhagavāñchaṃbhurbrahmā svayaṃ prabhuḥ || 34 || gaṇeśāścāpi śeṣaśca dharmaścāpi sanātanaḥ | stuvānti brahmaṇaṃ sarve viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || 35 || vipradattaśca yo brahmanvayamasmanmukho dvijaḥ | hutāśanaśca dvimukhāḥ surāḥ sarve dvijo varaḥ || 36 || kṣamasva vaiṣṇavaḥ śuddhaḥ svadharma sa samācara | vaiṣṇavānāṃ kṛtaḥ kopo hṛdi yeṣāṃ janārdanaḥ || 37 || asmābhiḥ pūjitā viprā yuṣamābhiḥ pūjitāḥ surāḥ | parasparaṃ snehapātraṃ cedamācaraṇaṃ dvija || 38 || ahamevaṃ tvayā śapto mayā śapto bhavānbhava | anyathā māṃ vadantyevaṃ sūrya nistejasaṃ janāḥ || 39 || parābhūtaḥ kṣatriyeṇa bhaviṣyasi dvijeśvara | maraṇaṃ kṣatriyāstreṇa bhavataśca bhaviṣyati || 40 || sūryasya vacanaṃ śrutvā cukopa brāhmaṇaḥ punaḥ | taṃ śaśāpātiraktāsyaḥ śaṃbhunā nirjito bhavān || 41 || ubhayoḥ kalahaṃ jñātvā kaśyapena saha vraja | ājagāma svayaṃ brahmā vidhātā jagatāmapi || 42 || āgatya brahmā saṃtrastaṃ bodhayāmāsa bhāskaram | muniśreṣṭhaṃ ca dharmajñaṃ dharmajñānāṃ gurorguruḥ || 43 || brahmovāca kṣamasva bhāskara tvaṃ ca sākṣānnārāyaṇo bhavān | yuṣmākaṃ paripālyaścāpyavadhyo brāhmaṇāḥ sadā || 44 || ahaṃ karomi bhavato vipraśāpāntamulbaṇam | atrāhamāgatastrasto bhṛguṇā preritastataḥ || 45 || sphuṭo'haṃ preritaścāpi kaśyapena marīcinā | śānto bhava surakṣeṣṭha sākṣītvaṃ sarvakarmaṇām || 46 || kutraciddivase brahmaṃstvaṃ tatra kutracitkṣaṇam | bhaviṣyasi ghanācchannaḥ sadyo mukto bhaviṣyasi || 47 || nyūnātirakte varṣe ca rāhugrasto bhaviṣyasi | tatrādṛśyaśca keṣāṃcitpuṇyadṛśyo hi kasyacit || 48 || anyathā sarvakālena puṇyadṛśyo bhavānbhuvi | tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca namaskṛtya sarve niṣpāpino janāḥ || 49 || janmasaptāṣṭariḥ phāṅkacaturthe daśame tathā | janmarkṣe nidhanai naṇāmadṛśyastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 50 || astakāle ghanācchanne madhyāhanasthe jale'pi vā | ardhodite ca kāne ca pāpadṛśyo bhaviṣyasi || 51 || bhāryāduḥkhanimittena bhāryayā hetubhūtayā | śvaśureṇa śālakena hatatejā bhaviṣyasi || 52 || anyathā tava tejaśca saṃjñā sahitumakṣamā | mālīsumāliyuddhe ca śaṃbhunā tvaṃ parācitaḥ || 53 || ityevamuktvā sūrya ca bodhayāmāsa brāhmaṇam | namraṃ śāpaparābhūtaṃ lajjitaṃ kopitaṃ vraja || 54 || he vipra śvagṛhaṃ gaccha gaccha vatsa yathāsukham | tvattejasā kṣaṇenaiva bhasmībhūtaṃ bhavejjagat || 55 || sūryastvatparipālyaśca bhavānsūryasya nityaśaḥ | parasparaṃ ca pūjyaśca saṃbandhaḥ poṣyapoṣkaḥ || 56 || haryaśena kṣatriyeṇa kārtavīryārjunena ca | bhaviṣyasi na saṃdehaḥ parābhūto dvijo mṛtaḥ || 57 || purā te prāktanaṃ sarva kadācinna hi khaṇḍitam | nārāyaṇāśca svāṃśona tava putro bhaviṣyati || 58 || triḥ saptakṛtvo jagatīṃ niḥkṣatrāṃ ca kariṣyati | mṛtyuste yaśaso bījaṃ bhadiṣyati mahītale || 59 || ityevamukttā brahmā ca yayau gehaṃ vrajeśvara | prayayau jamadagniśca bhāskaraśca svamandiram || 60 || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ tāta ākhyānaṃ puṇyakārakam | rāhugrasto bhāskaraścāpyadṛśyo yena hetunā || 61 || caturthyāmuditaścandro bhādre māsi sitāsite | adṛśyo naṣṭarūpaśca śrūyatāṃ yena heturā || 62 || rāhugrastaḥ kalaṅkī vā purāśapto mayā pitaḥ | sarva tvāṃ kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm || 63 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo || ekonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 79 ||

English translation

Reason for not viewing the Eclipsed Sun Nanda said- O lord of the universe, why is the viewing of the sun and moon eclipsed by Rahu and the moon on the fourth day of the bright fortnight is prohibited?.

You are the creator of the Vedas, therefore who else could be consulted on the subject? This is a secret topic in the Vedas as well as in the Puranas. Because of this, even the people with wisdom are not aware of the same. On hearing this, the lord said to him.

gER gm g w?g The lord said- The revealing of this secret is prohibited in the Vedas; therefore you please forgive me and you ask for something else. O father, the secret things are not revealed by the learned people, because by doing so some obstructions or dissension's are created among the intellectuals.

Nanda said- O lord of the universe, you kindly tell me. Do not deprive a devotee of the knowledge; why are the sun and the moon getting eclipsed considered as auspicious?.

ggrni gT:i Lord Krsna said- O Nanda, I an going to narrate to you an old story by listening to which, a man is freed from blemish and earns the merit of having a bath in a holy place. I am going to tell you the same. You please listen. The sin one earns after looking at a most sinful person-all such sins are washed out by listening to the story.

Once, Jamadagni delightfully went to the bank of Narmadt together with his wife Renuka. He enjoyed the water-sport with her on the bank of the river; she was newly wedded, beautiful, quite youthful, clad in beautiful garments, wearing a serene smile on the face, adorned with the best of ornaments studded with gems, heaving with the weight of her breasts, having a developed pelvic region, moving slowly, the best of the beauties, having the complexion of white campaka flowers and the face like the full moon and the O lord of Vraja, she was clad in extremely fine garments and was filled with passion; she was feeling emotional and had fainted after the union.

The sweet notes of the cuckoos, the hissing sound of the black wasps, the fragrant breeze, the flower beds arranged on the bank of the river looked quite fine. The sage had his body plastered with sandal-paste and having the rosary on the clothes, was engaged in the love-sport with the damsel. At that point of time the sun spoke to him, "You are the great grandson of Brahma the lord of the universe, who happens to be the creator of the Vedas. You are yourself quite well-versed in the Vedas and the post- Vedic literature, well-versed in the dharma, the best of those well-versed in the Vedas, a great ascetic, illustrious, a BrahmacarT and performer of the best of vratas.".

Tfi: gRrq;i The people attain wisdom with the study of the scriptures composed by you. It is quite religious to act according to the provision of the Vedas and to act against them is quite sinful.

Therefore, being well-versed in the dharma, why are you acting in an opposite manner? How have you been indulging in the sinful ways when the Vedas prohibit union between a man and woman during the day time?.

I am the witness of all the religious people; that is why I am speaking to you like this. On hearing the words of the sun the sage stopped enjoying the conjugal pleasures and finding Suiya having been turned into the form of a Brahmana, the sage was over-powered with shame and anger. His mouth became red in anger. Reiiuka also hurriedly clad herself in the said- How do you consider yourself a great intellectual; is there no other intellectual on earth beside you? I am a pupil of sage Bhygu and you happen to be a pupil of sage Kas'yapa. I am quite well-versed in all the four Vedas and the provisions of dharma and the sins prescribed there in. The actions according to the Vedas are considered to be dharma and the opposite of the same is called sinful. Whatever you have spoken now is meant for the people without wisdom and those who are inactive having been surrounded with their own deeds.

But the illustrious person while moving in an opposite direction does not earn and sin like the fire flames which consumes everything. The people, yourself and all others are witnesses of dharma and your son named dharma also bestows the reward for the deeds, still you do not happen to be the rulers of the Vaisnavas like us.

The devotees of lord Vasudeva never meet with any evil because the Sudarsana-cakra of the lord always protects them. Therefore, O son, none of the gods like Narayana, lord Brahma, Siva, Yama and you yourself can control us. We people always move at will like the princes. I can reduce all the people including Yama and the gods to ashes. O son, I can make Mahendra and others lifeless just in a moment.

srfjragiT tT grfl g-i How could you be the spokesperson for me?

You go to your abode, Sri Krsna happens to be my only lord who is beyond Prakrti. Arriving in this lonely place, you have destroyed my conjugal pleasures. Because of this, you would disappear due to your being eclipsed by Rahu.

The clouds who used to arrive to have a look at you always remained at a distance from you but with the blowing of the wind they would cover you and your arrogance and lustre would disappear with then. Getting covered by the clouds, you would lose your lustre and you would be eclipsed by Rahu. Listening to the words of Brahmana, the sun offered prayers to Jamadagni with folded hands Tgsnf it TTgrari The sun said- O well-versed in dharma^ all the Brahmanas are adorable, graceful and respected, even lord Narayana, ^iva, Brahma, Ganesa, Sesa, eternal dharma and even Janardana in the form of a Brahmana, adore the Brahmanas. O Brahmana, we are receiving everything that is given by the Brahmanas. The Brahmanas as well as the god of fire are extremely important for us, they happen to be the mouths for all the gods.

The Brahmanas are the best and you happen to be the pure Vaisnava. You perform your dharma.

The Vaisnavas are devoid of anger, in whose mind the lord Janardana always resides. The Brahmanas are adorable by us and you adore all the gods. Therefore, O Brahmana, this type of conduct begets mutual love. If you have pronounced a curse on me, I am also going to pronounce a curse on you, because otherwise you would feel that the sun has no lustre.

Therefore, O Brahmana, you would he defeated by a Ksatriya and you would meet your end with the weapon of a Ksatriya. On hearing the words of the sun, the Brahmana was again enraged as a result of which his face became extremely red, he pronounced another curse on the sun saying, You would be defeated by Siva.

IHT Wm gtggTRTTT mTgJTT^I O lord of Vraja, knowing about the dispute of both of them, Brahm§ and Kasyapa arrived there.

On their arrival Brahma, the teacher of all, the well-known persons spoke to the panic-stricken Surya and the extremely religious sage Brahma said- O sun, you are the form of Narayana, therefore you forgive the Brahmana who is to be maintained by you and is not to be killed. 1 would reveal to you the result of the curse pronounced by you because I have arrived here getting terrified at the instance of Bhrgu, Kasyapa and Marici. Therefore I am going to speak out plainly, O best of the gods, you be peaceful, you are the witness of all the people, sometime you would be covered by the clouds but then again you would be freed from the You would be eclipsed by Rahu when the year has a short or the access of a month. At that point of time you would not be looked at by the people but for some people looking at you would be quite meritorious. Besides this a look at you at all the times would bestow merit. People would be

relieved of their sins by going before you, By remaining in the house of birth, the seventh, eighth, tenth, ninth, fourth and tenth house, you would be invisible for the people and similarly at the time of sunset, with the sky over¬ cast with clouds, at noon, in the water and when half risen, your viewing would earn sin for the Because of the grief of the wife, moving in the forest or the abode of father-in-law and wives' brothers your lustre would be reduced. Otherwise your wife Sahjna would be unable to bear your heat. You would be defeated by Siva while engaged in the battle with the demons named Mall and Sumall O lord of Vraja, thus speaking to Surya, Brahma further said to the Brahmana who was quite humble, defeated by the curse, feeling shameful and enraged. He said, ”0 Brahmana, now you go to your abode," O son, you can reduce the entire universe to ashes in a moment.

Instead of behaving like that you comfortably go to your abode because you have to serve the sun always and the sun to you. Thus the relation between both of you is adorable and stands and stands for survival of both of you, A king named Kartavirya Arjuna would be bom in the race of Ksatriya and you would be defeated at his hand and meet with your end.

Your path of the birth and death has not been destroyed so far but Narayaita would be your son from his ams'a who would relieve the earth of Ks ati'iyas, twenty one times and your death at the hands of a Ksatriya would earn glory in the w (TTW 3TnstrR.5nww^i gr grr wat w fcRr:i O lord of Vraja, after thus speaking Brahma went to the Brahmaloka. Thereafter Bhaskara and Jamadagni also reverted to their respective places. O father, the reason for which the sun is eclipsed and is not to be viewed during that time, the same reason has been highlighted by me. O father, I shall now narrate to you the old story relating to the prohibiting of the viewing of the moon during the fourth day of the black fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada and the reason for the sun getting eclipsed with the curse of the sage are related to the old story which I am going to tell you now

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 370114 (2023-04-07T00:10:05Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1401–n1406: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1401/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.