Tato Vavre Nripo Rajyam — Complete Lyrics
ततो वव्रे नृपो राज्यम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
ततो वव्रे नृपो राज्यमविभ्रंश्यन्यजन्मनि ।
अत्रैव च निजं राज्यं हतशत्रुबलं बलात् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
tato vavre nṛpo rājyamavibhraṃśyanyajanmani
atraiva ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt
Markandeya said: Then the king chose a kingdom imperishable in another birth, and, here itself, his own kingdom — with the strength of his foes destroyed by force. And that merchant too, dispassionate of mind, the wise one, chose knowledge (jnana) — that which causes the falling away of attachment to the notions of 'mine' and 'I'.
Verse 2
सोऽपि वैश्यस्ततो ज्ञानं वव्रे निर्विण्णमानसः ।
ममेत्यहमिति प्राज्ञः सङ्गविच्युतिकारकम् ॥
so'pi vaiśyastato jñānaṃ vavre nirviṇṇamānasaḥ
mametyahamiti prājñaḥ saṅgavicyutikārakam
The Devi said: O King, in a few days you shall obtain your own kingdom. Having slain your foes, it shall be yours there, unfailing. And, dying, obtaining birth again from the god Vivasvan (Surya), you shall become on earth a Manu named Savarni.
Verse 3
देव्युवाच
स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् ।
हत्वा रिपूनस्खलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति ॥
devyuvāca
svalpairahobhirnṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān
hatvā ripūnaskhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati
And, O best of merchants, the boon desired by you from me — that I grant for your fulfilment: to you shall come knowledge (jnana).
Verse 4
मृतश्च भूयः सम्प्राप्य जन्म देवाद्विवस्वतः ।
सावर्णिको मनुर्नाम भवान्भुवि भविष्यति ॥
mṛtaśca bhūyaḥ samprāpya janma devādvivasvataḥ
sāvarṇiko manurnāma bhavānbhuvi bhaviṣyati
Verse 5
वैश्यवर्य त्वया यश्च वरोऽस्मत्तोऽभिवाञ्छितः ।
तं प्रयच्छामि संसिद्ध्यै तव ज्ञानं भविष्यति ॥
vaiśyavarya tvayā yaśca varo'smatto'bhivāñchitaḥ
taṃ prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati
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