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Chapter 103

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 103

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नारद उवाच- विष्णुर्जालंधरं गत्वा तद्दैत्यपुटभेदनम् । पातिव्रत्यस्य भंगाय वृंदायाश्चाकरोन्मतिम् १। अथ वृंदारका देवी स्वप्नमध्ये ददर्श ह । भर्त्तारं महिषारूढं तैलाभ्यक्तं दिगंबरम् २। कृष्णप्रसूनभूषाढ्यं क्रव्यादगणसेवितम् । दक्षिणाशां गतं मुंडं तमसा व्यावृतं तदा ३। स्वपुरं सागरे मग्नं सहसैवात्मना सह । ततः प्रबुद्धा सा बाला स्वस्वप्नं प्रविचिन्वती ४। ददर्शोदितमादित्यं सच्छिद्रं निश्चलं मुहुः । तदनिष्टमिति ज्ञात्वा रुदती भयविह्वला ५। कुत्रचिन्नालभच्छर्म गोपुराट्टालभूमिषु । ततः सखीद्वययुता नगरोद्यानमागमत् ६। तत्रापि सागता बाला नालभत्कुत्रचित्सुखम् । वनाद्वनांतरं याता नैव वेदात्मनस्तदा ७। ततो भ्रमंते सा बाला ददर्शातिविभीषणौ । राक्षसौ सिंहवदनौ दंष्ट्रानयनभीषणौ ८। तौ दृष्ट्वा विह्वलातीव पलायनपरा तदा । ददर्श तापसंशांतं सशिष्यं मौनमास्थितम् ९। ततस्तत्कंठ आसज्य निजां बाहुलतां भयात् । मुने मां रक्ष शरणमागतामित्यभाषत १०। मुनिस्तां विह्वलां दृष्ट्वा राक्षसानुगतां तदा । हुंकारेणैव तौ घोरौ चकार विमुखौ रुषा ११। यद्धुंकारभयत्रस्तौ दृष्ट्वा तौ गगनं गतौ । प्रणम्य दंडवद्भूमौ वृंदा वचनमब्रवीत् १२। वृंदोवाच। रक्षिताहं त्वया घोराद्भयात्तस्मात्कृपानिधे । किंचिद्विज्ञप्तुमिच्छामि कृपया तन्निशामय १३। जलंधरो हि मे भर्त्ता रुद्रं योद्धुं गतः प्रभो । स तत्रास्ति कथं युद्धे तन्मे कथय सुव्रत १४। नारद उवाच-। मुनिस्तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य कृपयोर्ध्वमवैक्षत । तावत्कपीशावायातौ तं प्रणम्याग्रतः स्थितौ १५। ततस्तद्भ्रूलतासंज्ञा नियुक्तौ गगनं गतौ । गत्वा क्षणार्द्धादागत्य वानरावग्रतः स्थितौ १६। शिरः कबंधहस्तौ तौ दृष्ट्वाब्धितनयस्य सा । पपात मूर्छिता भूमौ भर्तृव्यसनदुःखिता १७। कमंडलुजलैः सिक्ता मुनिनाश्वासिता तदा । स्वभर्तृभाले सा भालं कृत्वा खिन्ना रुरोद ह १८। वृंदोवाच-। यः पुरा सुखसंवादैर्विनोदयसि मां विभो । स कथं न वदस्यद्य वल्लभां मामनागसम् १९। येन देवाः सगंधर्वा निर्जिता हरिणा सह । स कथं तापसेन त्वं त्रैलोक्यविजयी हतः २०। नारद उवाच-। रुदित्वेति तदा वृंदा तं मुनिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । वृंदोवाच । कृपानिधे मुनिश्रेष्ठ जीवनं मेऽस्य सुप्रियम् २१। त्वमेवास्य पुनः शक्तो जीवनाय मतो मम । अथ तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य प्रहस्य मुनिरब्रवीत् २२। मुनिरुवाच। नायं जीवयितुं शक्यो रुद्रेण निहतो युधि । तथापि त्वत्कृपाविष्ट एवं संजीवयाम्यहम् २३। नारद उवाच। इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे यावत्तावत्सागरनंदनः । वृंदामालिंग्य तद्वक्त्रं चुचुंबे प्रीतमानसः २४। अथ वृंदापि भर्त्तारं दृष्ट्वा हर्षितमानसा । रेमे तद्वनमध्यस्था तद्युक्ता बहुवासरम् २५। कदाचित्सुरतस्यांते दृष्ट्वा विष्णुं तमेव हि । निर्भर्त्स्य क्रोधसंयुक्ता वृंदा वचनमब्रवीत् २६। वृंदोवाच। धिक्त वेदं हरे शीलं परदाराभिगामिनः । ज्ञातोऽसि त्वं मया सम्यङ्माया प्रत्यक्ष तापसः २७। यौ त्वया मायया द्वास्थौ स्वकीयौ दर्शितौ मम । तावेव राक्षसौ भूत्वा भार्यां तव हरिष्यथ २८। त्वं चापि भार्यादुःखार्तो वने कपिसहायवान् । भ्रम सर्वेश्वरेणायं यस्ते शिष्यत्वमागतः २९। इत्युक्त्वा सा तदा वृंदा प्राविशद्धव्यवाहनम् । विष्णुना वार्यमाणापि तस्मिन्नासक्तमानसा ३०। ततो हरिस्तामनुसंस्मरन्मुहुर्वृंदाचिताभस्मरजोवगुंठितः । तत्रैव तस्थौ मुनिसिद्धसंघैः प्रबोध्यमानोपि ययौ न शांतिंम् ३१। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे वृंदाचिताग्निप्रवेशोनाम त्र्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १०३।

nārada uvāca- viṣṇurjālaṃdharaṃ gatvā taddaityapuṭabhedanam | pātivratyasya bhaṃgāya vṛṃdāyāścākaronmatim 1| atha vṛṃdārakā devī svapnamadhye dadarśa ha | bharttāraṃ mahiṣārūḍhaṃ tailābhyaktaṃ digaṃbaram 2| kṛṣṇaprasūnabhūṣāḍhyaṃ kravyādagaṇasevitam | dakṣiṇāśāṃ gataṃ muṃḍaṃ tamasā vyāvṛtaṃ tadā 3| svapuraṃ sāgare magnaṃ sahasaivātmanā saha | tataḥ prabuddhā sā bālā svasvapnaṃ pravicinvatī 4| dadarśoditamādityaṃ sacchidraṃ niścalaṃ muhuḥ | tadaniṣṭamiti jñātvā rudatī bhayavihvalā 5| kutracinnālabhaccharma gopurāṭṭālabhūmiṣu | tataḥ sakhīdvayayutā nagarodyānamāgamat 6| tatrāpi sāgatā bālā nālabhatkutracitsukham | vanādvanāṃtaraṃ yātā naiva vedātmanastadā 7| tato bhramaṃte sā bālā dadarśātivibhīṣaṇau | rākṣasau siṃhavadanau daṃṣṭrānayanabhīṣaṇau 8| tau dṛṣṭvā vihvalātīva palāyanaparā tadā | dadarśa tāpasaṃśāṃtaṃ saśiṣyaṃ maunamāsthitam 9| tatastatkaṃṭha āsajya nijāṃ bāhulatāṃ bhayāt | mune māṃ rakṣa śaraṇamāgatāmityabhāṣata 10| munistāṃ vihvalāṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasānugatāṃ tadā | huṃkāreṇaiva tau ghorau cakāra vimukhau ruṣā 11| yaddhuṃkārabhayatrastau dṛṣṭvā tau gaganaṃ gatau | praṇamya daṃḍavadbhūmau vṛṃdā vacanamabravīt 12| vṛṃdovāca| rakṣitāhaṃ tvayā ghorādbhayāttasmātkṛpānidhe | kiṃcidvijñaptumicchāmi kṛpayā tanniśāmaya 13| jalaṃdharo hi me bharttā rudraṃ yoddhuṃ gataḥ prabho | sa tatrāsti kathaṃ yuddhe tanme kathaya suvrata 14| nārada uvāca-| munistadvākyamākarṇya kṛpayordhvamavaikṣata | tāvatkapīśāvāyātau taṃ praṇamyāgrataḥ sthitau 15| tatastadbhrūlatāsaṃjñā niyuktau gaganaṃ gatau | gatvā kṣaṇārddhādāgatya vānarāvagrataḥ sthitau 16| śiraḥ kabaṃdhahastau tau dṛṣṭvābdhitanayasya sā | papāta mūrchitā bhūmau bhartṛvyasanaduḥkhitā 17| kamaṃḍalujalaiḥ siktā munināśvāsitā tadā | svabhartṛbhāle sā bhālaṃ kṛtvā khinnā ruroda ha 18| vṛṃdovāca-| yaḥ purā sukhasaṃvādairvinodayasi māṃ vibho | sa kathaṃ na vadasyadya vallabhāṃ māmanāgasam 19| yena devāḥ sagaṃdharvā nirjitā hariṇā saha | sa kathaṃ tāpasena tvaṃ trailokyavijayī hataḥ 20| nārada uvāca-| ruditveti tadā vṛṃdā taṃ muniṃ vākyamabravīt | vṛṃdovāca | kṛpānidhe muniśreṣṭha jīvanaṃ me'sya supriyam 21| tvamevāsya punaḥ śakto jīvanāya mato mama | atha tadvākyamākarṇya prahasya munirabravīt 22| muniruvāca| nāyaṃ jīvayituṃ śakyo rudreṇa nihato yudhi | tathāpi tvatkṛpāviṣṭa evaṃ saṃjīvayāmyaham 23| nārada uvāca| ityuktvāṃtardadhe yāvattāvatsāgaranaṃdanaḥ | vṛṃdāmāliṃgya tadvaktraṃ cucuṃbe prītamānasaḥ 24| atha vṛṃdāpi bharttāraṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitamānasā | reme tadvanamadhyasthā tadyuktā bahuvāsaram 25| kadācitsuratasyāṃte dṛṣṭvā viṣṇuṃ tameva hi | nirbhartsya krodhasaṃyuktā vṛṃdā vacanamabravīt 26| vṛṃdovāca| dhikta vedaṃ hare śīlaṃ paradārābhigāminaḥ | jñāto'si tvaṃ mayā samyaṅmāyā pratyakṣa tāpasaḥ 27| yau tvayā māyayā dvāsthau svakīyau darśitau mama | tāveva rākṣasau bhūtvā bhāryāṃ tava hariṣyatha 28| tvaṃ cāpi bhāryāduḥkhārto vane kapisahāyavān | bhrama sarveśvareṇāyaṃ yaste śiṣyatvamāgataḥ 29| ityuktvā sā tadā vṛṃdā prāviśaddhavyavāhanam | viṣṇunā vāryamāṇāpi tasminnāsaktamānasā 30| tato haristāmanusaṃsmaranmuhurvṛṃdācitābhasmarajovaguṃṭhitaḥ | tatraiva tasthau munisiddhasaṃghaiḥ prabodhyamānopi yayau na śāṃtiṃm 31| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde vṛṃdācitāgnipraveśonāma tryadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 103|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-12. Viṣṇu having gone to Jalandhara broke through his cover and decided to break (i.e. spoil) the vow of chastity of Vṛndā . Respectable Vṛndārakā saw in her dream her husband mounted upon a buffalo, smeared with oil, naked, adorned with black flowers, and waited upon by groups of eaters of raw flesh, (saw him as) having gone to the southern direction clean-shaved and covered with darkness. (She saw) her city plunged into the ocean with herself. Then the young lady, (trying to) ascertain (the meaning of) her dream, awoke. She repeatedly saw the sun that had risen, as having holes and steady. Knowing it to be undesirable, she, overcome by fear and weeping did not find pleasure at the principal gate and upper story. Then with two (of her) friends she went to the city-garden. The young lady, even after having gone there, did not get pleasure anywhere. Going from forest to forest, she was not at all aware of herself. Then the young lady who was wandering, saw two demons very fierce, having lion-like faces, and fierce fangs and eyes. Seeing them, she being extremely alarmed, became wholly engaged in running. She saw a calm ascetic observing silence with his disciples. Then putting, through fear, her creeper-like arm round his neck she said: “O sage, protect me who have sought your shelter.” The sage, seeing her alarmed and followed by the demons, angrily turned away the fierce demons just with a hum sound. Vṛndā, seeing them to have gone to the sky due to his hum sound, fell (i.e. prostrated herself) on the ground like a staff and spoke (these) words:

Vṛndā said :

13-14. O you treasure of compassion, you have protected me from a terrible fear. So I desire to say something respectfully. Kindly listen to it. O lord, O you of a good vow, my husband Jalandhara has gone to fight with Rudra . Tell me how he is (faring) in the battle.

Nārada said :

15-18. The sage having heard the words looked about with compassion. Just then two lordly monkeys came and saluting him stood before him. Then ordered by the indication of his creeper-like brows, they went to the sky. Having gone, the monkeys returned within half a moment and stood before him. Seeing them having in their hands the head and trunk of the Ocean’s son, she, afflicted by the grief for her husband, fell unconscious on the ground. She was sprinkled over with the water from the pitcher and was brought back to consciousness by the sage. Putting her forehead on that of her husband, she, being dejected, wept.

Vṛndā said :

19-20. O lord, how is it that you who formerly amused me with pleasing news, are not talking to me, your innocent beloved. How is it that you, the conqueror of the three worlds, who vanquished gods with gandharvas and Indra , were killed by an ascetic (i.e. Śiva )?

Nārada said :

21a. Thus weeping, Vṛndā said (these) words to the sage.

Vṛndā said :

21b-22. O you treasure of penance, O best sage, his life is very dear to me. I think you alone are capable of bringing him back to life.

Hearing her words the sage laughed and said:

The sage said :

23. It is not possible to bring back to life him who is killed by Śiva in a battle. Yet full of pity for you, I shall revive him.

Nārada said :

24-26. Speaking like this, when he just vanished, just then the Ocean’s son, with his mind pleased, embraced and kissed Vṛndā. Then Vṛndā too seeing her husband, delighted in mind; she lived in the forest with him, and enjoyed with him for many days. Once, at the end of the coitus seeing him to be Viṣṇu only, Vṛndā getting angry censured him and spoke (these) words:

Vṛndā said :

27-31. O Viṣṇu, fie upon the conduct of you, molesting another’s wife! I have recognized you to be actually an illusory ascetic. The two door-keepers of you whom you showed me through your Māyā (illusion), shall become demons and kidnap your wife. You too, afflicted with the grief due to your wife and assisted by the monkeys wander in the forest with him, the lord of all who has become your disciple.

Speaking like this, Vṛndā, though prohibited by Viṣṇu, not having any mental attachment for him, entered fire. Then Viṣṇu, repeatedly remembering her, and having covered himself with the ash of Vṛndā’s funeral pyre, remained there only; and though advised by the groups of sages and siddhas , did not obtain peace.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44673, revision 336554 (2022-04-24T08:29:03Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365682.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.