The Disguised Ascetic Is Lodged Near Subhadra

Verse 1 (1.240.1)

चारैः संचारिते तस्मिन्ननुज्ञाते युधिष्ठिरे । वासुदेवाभ्यनुज्ञातः कथयित्वेतिकृत्यताम् ॥

cāraiḥ saṃcārite tasminnanujñāte yudhiṣṭhire | vāsudevābhyanujñātaḥ kathayitvetikṛtyatām

When the messengers had carried the word and Yudhishthira had given his consent, Arjuna, with Vasudeva's leave and after talking over what was to be done,

Note on the text: Corrected चैराः → चारैः (misprint in Wikisource; caira is not a word — "by the messengers" is the sense, the vowel signs having been transposed). The first line loosely parallels CE 1.212.1ab (tataḥ saṃvādite tasminn anujñāto dhanaṃjayaḥ), but the verse as a whole is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.240.2)

कृष्णस्य मतमास्थाय प्रययौ भरतर्षभः । द्वारकाया उपवने तस्थौ वै कार्यसाधनः ॥

kṛṣṇasya matamāsthāya prayayau bharatarṣabhaḥ | dvārakāyā upavane tasthau vai kāryasādhanaḥ

the bull of the Bharatas set out, following Krishna's counsel, and stayed in a grove outside Dvaraka, intent on gaining his end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.240.3)

निवृत्ते ह्युत्सवे तस्मिन्गिरौ रैवतके तदा । वृष्णयोऽप्यगमन्सर्वे पुरीं द्वारवतीमनु ॥

nivṛtte hyutsave tasmingirau raivatake tadā | vṛṣṇayo'pyagamansarve purīṃ dvāravatīmanu

When the festival on Mount Raivataka had ended, all the Vrishnis too went back to the city of Dvaravati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.240.4)

चिन्तयानस्ततो भद्रामुपविष्टः शिलातले । रमणीये वनोद्देशे बहुपादपसंवृते ॥

cintayānastato bhadrāmupaviṣṭaḥ śilātale | ramaṇīye vanoddeśe bahupādapasaṃvṛte

Then, thinking of Bhadra, he sat down on a slab of stone in a lovely part of the forest, thick with many trees —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 5 (1.240.5)

सालतालाश्वकर्णैश्च बकुलैरर्जुनैस्तथा । चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागैः केतकैः पाटलैस्तथा ॥

sālatālāśvakarṇaiśca bakulairarjunaistathā | campakāśokapunnāgaiḥ ketakaiḥ pāṭalaistathā

sala, palmyra and ashvakarna, bakula and arjuna, champaka, ashoka and punnaga, ketaka and patala,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 6 (1.240.6)

कर्णिकारैरशोकैश्च अङ्कोलैरतिमुक्तकैः । एवमादिभिरन्यैश्च संवृते स शिलातले ॥

karṇikārairaśokaiśca aṅkolairatimuktakaiḥ | evamādibhiranyaiśca saṃvṛte sa śilātale

karnikara and ashoka, ankola and atimuktaka — on that slab, ringed by these and other such trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 7 (1.240.7)

पुनःपुनश्चिन्तयानः सुभद्रां भद्रभाषिणीम् । यदृच्छया चोपपन्नान्वृष्णिवीरान्ददर्श सः ॥

punaḥpunaścintayānaḥ subhadrāṃ bhadrabhāṣiṇīm | yadṛcchayā copapannānvṛṣṇivīrāndadarśa saḥ

As he thought again and again of sweet-spoken Subhadra, he saw the Vrishni heroes, who had come there by chance:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 8 (1.240.8)

बलदेवं च हार्दिक्यं साम्बं सारणमेव च । प्रद्युम्नं च गदं चैव चारुदेष्णं विदूरथम् ॥

baladevaṃ ca hārdikyaṃ sāmbaṃ sāraṇameva ca | pradyumnaṃ ca gadaṃ caiva cārudeṣṇaṃ vidūratham

Baladeva and Hardikya, Samba and Sarana, Pradyumna and Gada, Charudeshna and Viduratha,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 9 (1.240.9)

भानुं च हरितं चैव विपृथुं पृथुमेव च । तथान्यांश्च बहून्पश्यन्हृदि शोकमधारयत् ॥

bhānuṃ ca haritaṃ caiva vipṛthuṃ pṛthumeva ca | tathānyāṃśca bahūnpaśyanhṛdi śokamadhārayat

Bhanu and Harita, Viprithu and Prithu, and many others besides; seeing them, he kept his heartache to himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 10 (1.240.10)

ततस्ते सहिताः सर्वे यतिं दृष्ट्वा समुत्सुकाः । वृष्णयो विनयोपेताः परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥

tataste sahitāḥ sarve yatiṃ dṛṣṭvā samutsukāḥ | vṛṣṇayo vinayopetāḥ parivāryopatasthire

Then all the Vrishnis together, seeing the ascetic, came up eagerly and respectfully and stood around him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 11 (1.240.11)

ततोऽर्जुनः प्रीतमनाः स्वागतं व्याजहार सः । आस्यतामास्यतां सर्वै रमणीये शिलातले ॥

tato'rjunaḥ prītamanāḥ svāgataṃ vyājahāra saḥ | āsyatāmāsyatāṃ sarvai ramaṇīye śilātale

Then Arjuna, glad at heart, bade them welcome: "Be seated, all of you, be seated on this pleasant stone."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 12 (1.240.12)

इत्येवमुक्ता यतिना प्रीतास्ते यादवर्षभाः । उपोपविविशुः सर्वे ते स्वागतमिति ब्रुवन् ॥

ityevamuktā yatinā prītāste yādavarṣabhāḥ | upopaviviśuḥ sarve te svāgatamiti bruvan

Spoken to thus by the ascetic, those bulls among the Yadavas were pleased, and they all sat down beside him, saying "Welcome to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 13 (1.240.13)

परितः सन्निविष्टेषु वृष्णिवीरेषु पाण्डवः । आकारं गूहमानस्तु कुशलप्रश्नमब्रवीत् ॥

paritaḥ sanniviṣṭeṣu vṛṣṇivīreṣu pāṇḍavaḥ | ākāraṃ gūhamānastu kuśalapraśnamabravīt

When the Vrishni heroes had sat down all around him, the Pandava, hiding his true appearance, asked after their welfare.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 14 (1.240.14)

सर्वत्र कुशलं चोक्त्वा बलदेवोऽब्रवीदिदम् । प्रसादं कुरु मे विप्र कुतस्त्वं चागतो ह्यसि ॥

sarvatra kuśalaṃ coktvā baladevo'bravīdidam | prasādaṃ kuru me vipra kutastvaṃ cāgato hyasi

Having told him that all was well everywhere, Baladeva said this: "Be gracious to me, brahmin — where have you come from?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 15 (1.240.15)

त्वया दृष्टानि पुण्यानि वद त्वं वदतांवर । पर्वतांश्चैव तीर्थानि वनान्यायतनानि च ॥

tvayā dṛṣṭāni puṇyāni vada tvaṃ vadatāṃvara | parvatāṃścaiva tīrthāni vanānyāyatanāni ca

"Tell us, best of speakers, of the holy places you have seen — mountains and sacred fords, forests and shrines."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to बलदेव: the whole verse continues Baladeva's question begun in verse 14, with no speaker line printed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 16 (1.240.16)

तीर्थानां दर्शनं चैव पर्वतानां च भारत । आपगानां वनानां च कथयामास ताः कथाः ॥

tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ caiva parvatānāṃ ca bhārata | āpagānāṃ vanānāṃ ca kathayāmāsa tāḥ kathāḥ

And he told them, O Bharata, the tales of his visits to sacred fords and mountains, to rivers and forests.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text here (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1). The automatic alignment matched CE 1.210.12, a near-identical verse in which Arjuna tells his travels to Krishna (ending kathayām āsa sātvate), which is a different passage.

Verse 17 (1.240.17)

श्रुत्वा धर्मकथाः पुण्या वृष्णिवीरा मुदान्विताः । अपूजयंस्तदा भिक्षुं कथान्ते जनमेजय ॥

śrutvā dharmakathāḥ puṇyā vṛṣṇivīrā mudānvitāḥ | apūjayaṃstadā bhikṣuṃ kathānte janamejaya

Hearing those holy tales of dharma, the Vrishni heroes were delighted, and when the telling was done, Janamejaya, they honoured the mendicant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (1.240.18)

ततस्तु यादवाः सर्वे मन्त्रयन्ति स्म भारत । अयं देशातिथिः श्रीमान्यतिलिङ्गधरो द्विजः ॥

tatastu yādavāḥ sarve mantrayanti sma bhārata | ayaṃ deśātithiḥ śrīmānyatiliṅgadharo dvijaḥ

Then all the Yadavas took counsel together, O Bharata: "This illustrious guest from foreign parts, a brahmin bearing the marks of an ascetic —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 19 (1.240.19)

आवासं कमुपाश्रित्य वसेत निरुपद्रवः । इत्येवं प्रब्रुवन्तस्तु रौहिणेयं च यादवाः ॥

āvāsaṃ kamupāśritya vaseta nirupadravaḥ | ityevaṃ prabruvantastu rauhiṇeyaṃ ca yādavāḥ

in what lodging should he stay, undisturbed?" As the Yadavas were saying this to Rauhineya (Balarama),

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 20 (1.240.20)

ददृशुः कृष्णमायान्तं सर्वे यादवनन्दनम् । एहि केशव तातेति रौहिणेयो वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥

dadṛśuḥ kṛṣṇamāyāntaṃ sarve yādavanandanam | ehi keśava tāteti rauhiṇeyo vaco'bravīt

they all saw Krishna, the joy of the Yadavas, coming towards them. "Come, Keshava, my dear," Rauhineya said to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 21 (1.240.21)

यतिलिङ्गधरो विद्वान्देशातिथिरयं द्विजः । वर्षमासनिवासार्थमागतो नः पुरं प्रति । स्थाने यस्मिन्निवसतु तन्मे ब्रूहि जनार्दन ॥

yatiliṅgadharo vidvāndeśātithirayaṃ dvijaḥ | varṣamāsanivāsārthamāgato naḥ puraṃ prati | sthāne yasminnivasatu tanme brūhi janārdana

"This learned brahmin, a guest from foreign parts who bears the marks of an ascetic, has come to our city to stay through the months of the rains. Tell me, Janardana, in what place he should live."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to बलदेव: Baladeva's speech to Krishna, begun in verse 20, fills the whole verse with no speaker line printed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 22 (1.240.22)

त्वयि स्थिते महाभाग परवानस्मि धर्मतः । स्वयं तु रुचिरे स्थाने वासयेर्यदुनन्दन ॥

tvayi sthite mahābhāga paravānasmi dharmataḥ | svayaṃ tu rucire sthāne vāsayeryadunandana

"While you are here, fortunate one, dharma makes me defer to you. You yourself should lodge him in a pleasant place, joy of the Yadus."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 23 (1.240.23)

प्रीतः स तेन वाक्येन परिष्वज्य जनार्दनम् । बलदेवोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं चिन्तयित्वा महाबलः ॥

prītaḥ sa tena vākyena pariṣvajya janārdanam | baladevo'bravīdvākyaṃ cintayitvā mahābalaḥ

Pleased by those words, mighty Baladeva embraced Janardana and, after some thought, spoke:

Note on the text: Speaker changed from श्रीकृष्ण to वैशम्पायन: this verse is narration (carry-over of the preceding speaker line corrected). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 24 (1.240.24)

आरामे तु वसेद्धीमांश्चतुरो वर्षमासकान् । कन्यागृहे सुभद्राया भुक्त्वा भोजनमिच्छया ॥

ārāme tu vaseddhīmāṃścaturo varṣamāsakān | kanyāgṛhe subhadrāyā bhuktvā bhojanamicchayā

"Let the wise man stay in the garden for the four months of the rains, taking his meals as he pleases in Subhadra's maiden-quarters,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from श्रीकृष्ण to बलदेव: Baladeva's speech, announced in verse 23, with no speaker line printed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 25 (1.240.25)

लतागृहेषु वसतामिति मे धीयते मतिः । लब्धानुज्ञास्त्वया तात मन्यन्ते सर्वयादवाः ॥

latāgṛheṣu vasatāmiti me dhīyate matiḥ | labdhānujñāstvayā tāta manyante sarvayādavāḥ

and let him lodge in the bowers of creepers — so my mind is settled. Once you give your leave, dear one, all the Yadavas will agree."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from श्रीकृष्ण to बलदेव (continuation of his speech). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 26 (1.240.26)

बलवान्दर्शनीयश्च वाग्मी श्रीमान्बहुश्रुतः । कन्यापुरसमीपे तु न युक्तमिति मे मतिः ॥

balavāndarśanīyaśca vāgmī śrīmānbahuśrutaḥ | kanyāpurasamīpe tu na yuktamiti me matiḥ

"He is strong and handsome, eloquent, splendid and deeply learned. For him to be near the maidens' quarters is not fitting, in my view.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 27 (1.240.27)

गुरुः शास्ता च नेता च शास्त्रज्ञो धर्मवित्तमः । त्वयोक्तं न विरुध्येहं करिष्यामि वचस्तव ॥

guruḥ śāstā ca netā ca śāstrajño dharmavittamaḥ | tvayoktaṃ na virudhyehaṃ kariṣyāmi vacastava

"But you are my elder, my guide and my leader, learned in the shastras and foremost in knowing dharma. I will not oppose what you have said; I will do as you bid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 28 (1.240.28)

शुभाशुभस्य विज्ञाता नान्योऽस्ति भुवि कश्चन ॥

śubhāśubhasya vijñātā nānyo'sti bhuvi kaścana

"There is no one else on earth who knows good and ill as you do."

Note on the text: A single half-verse as printed in Wikisource, completing Krishna's reply. Corrected नान्योऽस्मि → नान्योऽस्ति (misprint in Wikisource; "there is no other" is the sense, as in the apparatus reading nānyo 'sti). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 29 (1.240.29)

अयं देशातिथिः श्रीमान्सर्वधर्मभृतां वरः । धृतिमान्विनयोपेतः सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः ॥

ayaṃ deśātithiḥ śrīmānsarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | dhṛtimānvinayopetaḥ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ

"This illustrious guest from foreign parts is foremost among all who uphold dharma — steadfast, modest, truthful, master of his senses.

Note on the text: Corrected सत्यबादी → सत्यवादी (misprint in Wikisource; ba for va). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 30 (1.240.30)

यतिलिङ्गधरो ह्येष को विजानाति मानसम् । त्वमिमं पुण्डरीकाक्ष नीत्वा कन्यापुरं शुभम् ॥

yatiliṅgadharo hyeṣa ko vijānāti mānasam | tvamimaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa nītvā kanyāpuraṃ śubham

"He bears the marks of an ascetic — who can judge what is in his mind? Lotus-eyed one, take him to the fair maidens' quarters,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).

Verse 31 (1.240.31)

निवेदय सुभद्रायै मद्वाक्यपरिचोदितः । भक्ष्यैर्भोज्यैश्च पानैश्च अन्नैरिष्टैश्च पूजय ॥

nivedaya subhadrāyai madvākyaparicoditaḥ | bhakṣyairbhojyaiśca pānaiśca annairiṣṭaiśca pūjaya

"and, prompted by my words, commend him to Subhadra; honour him with foods to eat and to relish, with drinks and with choice dishes."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, App. I.114, after 1.212.1).