ईषत्कार्यमिदं कृत्वा त्रायस्वास्मान्महाबल
Having performed this slight act, O mighty one, protect us.
जगामात्मविनाशाय यतो हिमवतस्तटम्
He went to the bank of the Himalaya for the destruction of himself.
ददर्शेशानमासीनं कुसुमषुरुदायुधः
He saw the Lord seated there, armed with a bow of flowers and arrows.
आरिराधयिषुश्चा गाद्बिभ्राणा रूपमद्भुतम्
Desiring to propitiate him, she approached, bearing a wondrous form.
शुश्रूषणपरां तत्र ददर्शातिबलः स्मरः
There, the exceedingly powerful god of love beheld her, intent on service.
सुमनोमार्गणैरग्र्यैस्स विव्याध महेश्वरम्
With his foremost flower-tipped arrows, he struck Maheshvara.
गौरीं विलोकयामास मन्मथाविष्टचेतनः
His mind overpowered by love, he gazed upon Gauri.
ददर्शाग्रे तु सन्नद्धं मन्मथं कुसुमायुधम्
He saw before him Manmatha, armed with the bow of flowers, standing ready.
तार्तीयं चक्षुरुन्मील्य ददाह मकरध्वजम्
Opening his third eye, he burned the bannered god of love.
अनुज्ञया ततः पित्रोस्तपः कर्तुमगाद्वनम्
Then, with his parents' permission, he went to the forest to perform austerity.
तद्भस्मना तु पुरुषं चित्राकारं चकार सः
With those ashes, he fashioned a man of wondrous form.
महाबलो ऽतितेजस्वी मध्याह्नार्कसमप्रभः
He was exceedingly strong, of intense brilliance, radiant as the midday sun.
स्तुहि वाल महादेवं स तु सर्वार्थसिद्धिदः
O child, praise Mahadeva, the bestower of all attainments.
ननाम शतशो रुद्रं शतरुद्रियमाजपन्
He bowed hundreds of times to Rudra, reciting the Śatarudriya hymn.
वरेण च्छन्दयामास वरं वव्रे स बालकः
He offered him a boon of his choice, and the boy chose his boon.
तदस्त्रशस्त्रमुख्यानि वृथा कुर्वन्तु नो मम
May all the foremost weapons and missiles become powerless against me.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि राज्यमस्मै ददौ पुनः
He again granted him the kingdom for sixty thousand years.
यदुवाच ततो नाम्ना भण्डो लोकेषु कथ्यते
From then on, he became known in the worlds by the name Bhaṇḍa.
दत्त्वास्त्राणि च शस्त्राणि तत्रैवान्तरधाच्च सः
Having given him weapons and missiles, he thereupon disappeared.
तस्माद्रौद्रस्वभावो हि दानवश्चाभवत्ततः
From him, a demon of fierce nature was then born.
समायाताश्च शतशो दैतेयाः सुमहाबलाः
Hundreds of mighty Daityas also assembled.
नियुक्तो भृगुपुत्रेण निजगादार्थवद्वचः
Appointed by the son of Bhṛgu, he spoke meaningful words.
तद्गत्वा शोणितपुरं कुरुष्व त्वं यथापुरम्
Go, therefore, to the city of Śoṇita and act as before.
चक्रे ऽमरपुरप्रख्यं मनसैवेक्षणेन तु
By mere thought, he created a city resembling the city of the immortals.
शुशभे परया लक्ष्म्या तेजसा च समन्वितः
He shone with supreme beauty and was endowed with brilliance.
दधौ भृगुसुतोत्सृष्टं भण्डो बालार्कसन्निभम्
Bhaṇḍa bore what was given by the son of Bhṛgu, radiant like the rising sun.
न रोगो न च दुःखानि संदधौ यन्निषेवणात्
By his service, there was neither disease nor suffering.
यस्य च्छायानिषण्णास्तु बाध्यन्ते नास्त्रकोटिभिः
Those who sat in his shade were not harmed even by millions of weapons.
अन्यान्यपि महार्हाणि भूषणानि प्रदत्तवान्
He also gave other exceedingly precious ornaments.
बभूवातीव तेजस्वी रत्नमुत्तेजितं यथा
He became exceedingly radiant, like a jewel made more lustrous.