Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 12, Part 1 (1970)
29 (of 240)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan., 1970] THE STORY OF SAMVARA峁咥 AND TAPAT莫 23 King Samvarana, was given a send-off by the Sun-God. Vasistha,
then, returned with Tapati to the mountain where Samvarana
stood practising penance to propitiate the Sun. Samvarana,
already possessed by passionate love for Tapati, was greatly
enraptured by the sight of sweet-smiling beloved, accompanying
Vasistha. When Vasistha arrived with Tapati, Samvara峁嘺 had
already completed his religious penance of twelve nights. 16
V. 22.47-60 ab
(God Vasudeva continues the story)
Vasistha took Tapati, the daughter of Sun-god with him to his
own hermitage. Tapati, who possibly anticipated that she was
brought by Vasistha for being given away in marriage to some
prince, unburdened to Vasistha the desire of her heart to marry
that very prince whom she had seen in the Vaibhr膩ja garden. She
did not know the name of the Prince but she quite accurately
remembered the handsome features which distinguished the personal
appearance of that prince. 17 She described to Vasistha these
distingushing handsome features of her beloved prince and begged
of the sage that she should be married to that very prince and
no other.
Tapati said to Vasistha "I remember the characteristic
features of that handsome prince who struck me with the darts of
love when I met him with my female friends. His feet bear the
royal marks of disc, mace and sword. His calves and thighs are
like the trunk of the elephant. His waist resembles that of a lion.
His middle part (the belly) is slender having three folds. His neck
16. 啶掂じ啶苦し啷嵿啷嬥そ啶� 啶掂た啶膏啶粪啶熰ざ啷嵿 啶啶ㄠぐ啷囙さ啶距啶椸ぞ啶� 啶� 啷�
啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶掂た啶栢啶ぞ啶む啷�啶班啶むた啶� 啶� 啶曕啶班啶｀ぞ啶啶粪き啷嬥そ啶さ啶む 啷�
啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶え啷嵿ぎ啶ムぞ啶掂た啶粪啶熰じ啷嵿い啶︵啶椸い啷囙え啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぞ啶む啶え啶� 啷�
啶︵啶粪啶熰啶掂ぞ 啶� 啶︵啶掂啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶� 啶むぞ啶� 啶むお啶む啶� 啶氞ぞ啶班啶灌ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠ啶 啷�
啶掂じ啶苦し啷嵿啷囙え 啶膏す啶距く啶距え啷嵿い啷�啶� 啶膏啶灌啶粪啶熰啶洁き啷嵿く啶оた啶曕 啶き啷� 啷むイ
啶曕啶氞啶涏啶班 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶班ぞ啶む啶班 啶む 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧 啶膏ぎ啶距お啶苦い啷� 啷�
啶多啶班ぞ啶溹啶距ぎ 啶掂た啶多啶︵啶оぞ啶む啶ぞ 啶掂じ啶苦し啷嵿啷� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶粪た啶� 啷�
-- [vasi峁ａ弓ho'ya vis峁涐梗峁璦艣ca punarev膩jag膩ma ha |
yatra vikhy膩tak墨rti岣� sa kuru峁嚹乵峁涐梗abho'bhavat ||
sa r膩j膩 manmath膩vi峁ａ弓astadgaten膩ntar膩tman膩 |
d峁涐梗峁璿膩 ca devakany膩峁� t膩峁� tapat墨峁� c膩ruh膩sin墨m ||
vasi峁ａ弓hena sah膩y膩nt墨峁� sa峁僪峁涐梗峁璷'bhyadhika峁� babhau ||
k峁沜chre dv膩da艣ar膩tre tu tasya r膩j帽a岣� sam膩pite |
艣r膩jag膩ma vi艣uddh膩tm膩 vasi峁ａ弓ho bhagav膩n峁涐梗i岣� ||
--] Mb 1.163. 6-8
17. 啶膏ぞ啶掂た啶む啶班た啶ぞ啶︵ぞ啶� 啶むい啷� 啶掂じ啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啶膏啶掂ぎ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啶啶｀啶ぎ啶ぞ啶溹啶距ぎ 啷�
啶膏ぞ 啶氞ぞ啶た 啶膏啶膏啶啶む啶� 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶む啶啶� 啶む 啶曕啶むぞ啶炧啶溹げ啶苦ぐ啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷佮ぃ啶苦ぎ啶距す 啶︵啶掂 啷�
-- [s膩vitrim膩d膩ya tato vasi峁ａ弓ha岣� svam膩艣rama峁� pu峁噛amap膩jag膩ma |
s膩 c膩pi sa峁僺m峁泃ya n峁沺膩tmaja峁� ta峁� k峁泃膩帽jalirv膩ru峁噄m膩ha dev墨 ||
--] V. 22.47
