सूत उवाच राजन्मूर्खो हि कस्तेषां श्रुत्वा राजाब्रवीदिदम्
Sūta said: O King, having heard this, the king spoke these words—who among them is truly the fool?
बोधितो येन स व्याघ्रः स मूर्खस्त्वधिको मतः 3.2.21.
He who instructed the tiger is considered even more foolish.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे प्रतिसर्गपर्वणि चतुर्युगखण्डापरपर्याये कलियुगीयेतिहा ससमुच्चय एकविंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, the summary of the Kali Yuga narrative, in the Caturyuga Section of the Pratisarga Parvan of the illustrious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
अहं पूर्वभवे चासं क्षत्रसिंहो महीपतिः
In a previous birth, I was Kṣatrasiṃha, a king.
तस्य ग्रामे वसद्विप्रो वेदवेदांगपारगः
In his village lived a brāhmaṇa, learned in the Vedas and their branches.
उभकौ तनयौ तस्य सर्वविद्याविशारदौ शाक्तोऽभवत्तदनुजो मोहनो नाम श्रुतः
He had two sons, both skilled in all branches of knowledge; the younger, known as Mohana, became devoted to Śakti.
कदाचित्क्षत्रसिंहस्तु यज्ञार्थी यज्ञहेतवे स्वयं च कारयामास च्छागमेधं सुरप्रियम्
Once, Kṣatrasiṃha, desiring a sacrifice for the sake of the ritual, himself arranged a goat-sacrifice, dear to the gods.
शंभुदत्तस्तु वृद्धात्मा शिवभक्तिपरायणः
Śaṃbhudatta, of mature spirit, was devoted to the worship of Śiva.
हव्यैः सुसंस्कृतै रम्यैश्चकार हवनं मुदा
With well-prepared and delightful offerings, he joyfully performed the fire-ritual.
लीलाधरस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा छागं च मरणोन्मुखम्
Līladhara, seeing that goat about to meet its death,
दारुणं नरकं योग्यमनया जीवहिंसया
thought, 'Such violence against life leads to a terrible hell.'
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य ज्येष्ठबंधोश्च मोहनः
Hearing these words of his elder brother, Mohana—
पुरा सत्ययुगे भ्रातर्ब्राह्मणा यज्ञतत्पराः 3.2.22.१
In the former Satya Yuga, O brother, brāhmaṇas were devoted to sacrifice.
तिलाधिकमजं मत्वा हव्ये ते तु मनो दधुः
Considering sesame superior to a goat, they set their minds on offering it in the fire.
ऊचुस्ते मधुरं वाक्यं त्वन्मतं निष्फलप्रदम्
They spoke sweet words: 'Your opinion yields no fruit.'
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र पितृयोनिरमावसुः
At that moment, a pitṛ named Amāvasu appeared there.
विमानं परमारुह्य मुनीन्प्रोवाच निर्भयः
Ascending a splendid aerial chariot, he addressed the sages without fear.
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य तथा कृत्वा शिवं ययुः
Hearing his words, they acted accordingly and attained auspiciousness.
इति श्रुत्वा वचो घोरं लीलाधर उदारधीः
Having heard those dreadful words, Liladhara, of noble intellect,
रजोगुणमयो लोकस्त्रेतायां संबभूव ह
The world, composed of the quality of passion, arose in the Treta age.
हव्येन तर्पिता देवा न मांसे रक्तसंभवैः
The gods were satisfied by offerings, not by flesh born of blood.
फलाऽद्यैः कारयामास तदा पूर्णाहुतीर्नृप नगरं दाहयामास नरनारीसमन्वितम्
He caused complete oblations with fruits and other things, O king, and burned the city along with its men and women.
महामायाप्रभावेण शंभुदत्तः शिवप्रियः 3.2.22.
By the power of great illusion, Shambhudatta, beloved of Shiva,
तदा लीलाधरो विप्रो दशपुत्रोपजीवकः
Then Liladhara, the Brahmin, who lived with ten sons,
क्षत्रसिंहस्तु नृपतिर्मोहनान्तिकमाययौ
Kshatrasingha, the king, approached Mohana.
तदंबायै नमस्तुभ्यं महावीरायै नमोनमः
Salutations to you, O Ambā; salutations again and again to the great heroine.
जप्त्वा सप्तशतीं विष्णुर्वैष्णवीं शक्तिमाप्तवान्
Having recited the Seven Hundred, Vishnu obtained the Vaishnavi power.
प्रणवास्तनया यस्यास्तुरीयपुरुषप्रिया
Whose offspring is Pranava, who is dear to the fourth person.
यस्या देहे स्थितं विश्वं तदंबायै नमोनमः
In whose body the universe resides—salutations again and again to that Ambā.
शची सिद्धिस्तथा मृत्युः प्रभा गीर्वाणसैनिकाः लोकपालप्रिया त्वं हि लोकमातर्नमोनमः
You are Shachi, success, death, radiance, the army of the gods, beloved of the guardians of the worlds; you are indeed the mother of the world—salutations again and again.