Agni's Request and the Tale of King Shvetaki

Verse 1 (1.249.1)

सोऽब्रवीदर्जुनं चैव वासुदेवं च सात्वतम् । लोकप्रवीरौ तिष्ठन्तौ खाण्डवस्य समीपतः ॥

so'bravīdarjunaṃ caiva vāsudevaṃ ca sātvatam | lokapravīrau tiṣṭhantau khāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ

He spoke to Arjuna and to Vasudeva of the Satvata line, those two foremost heroes of the world, as they stood near the Khandava forest:

Note on the text: Corrected काण्डवस्य → खाण्डवस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped aspiration; the critical edition reads khāṇḍavasya).

Verse 2 (1.249.2)

ब्राह्मणो बहुभोक्ताऽस्मि भुञ्जेऽपरिमितं सदा । भिक्षे वार्ष्णेयपार्थौ वामेकां तृप्तिं प्रयच्छतम् ॥

brāhmaṇo bahubhoktā'smi bhuñje'parimitaṃ sadā | bhikṣe vārṣṇeyapārthau vāmekāṃ tṛptiṃ prayacchatam

"I am a brahmin who eats a great deal; I always eat beyond measure. O scion of Vrishni, O son of Pritha, I beg of you both: give me a single meal that will satisfy me."

Note on the text: Corrected बुञ्जेऽपरिमितं → भुञ्जेऽपरिमितं (misprint in Wikisource; बुञ्जे is not a word; the critical edition reads bhuñje). Speech of the brahmin (Agni in disguise) with no printed speaker heading; assigned to him.

Verse 3 (1.249.3)

एवमुक्तौ तमब्रूतां ततस्तौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ । केनान्नेन भवांस्तृप्येत्तस्यान्नस्य यतावहे ॥

evamuktau tamabrūtāṃ tatastau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau | kenānnena bhavāṃstṛpyettasyānnasya yatāvahe

Addressed in this way, Krishna and the Pandava replied to him: "With what food would you be satisfied? We will strive to provide that food."

Note on the text: Corrected एवमुक्तो तम → एवमुक्तौ तम (misprint in Wikisource; the dual is required for Krishna and Arjuna; the critical edition reads evam uktau).

Verse 4 (1.249.4)

एवमुक्तः स भगवानब्रवीत्तावुभौ ततः । भाषमाणौ तदा वीरौ किमन्नं क्रियतामिति ॥

evamuktaḥ sa bhagavānabravīttāvubhau tataḥ | bhāṣamāṇau tadā vīrau kimannaṃ kriyatāmiti

When the two heroes had spoken, asking, "What food shall be prepared?", the lord answered them both:

Verse 5 (1.249.5)

नाहमन्नं बुभुक्षे वै पावकं मां निबोधतम् । यदन्नमनुरूपं मे तद्युवां संप्रयच्छतम् ॥

nāhamannaṃ bubhukṣe vai pāvakaṃ māṃ nibodhatam | yadannamanurūpaṃ me tadyuvāṃ saṃprayacchatam

"It is not ordinary food that I hunger for. Know me to be Agni, the Fire. Give me the food that befits me.

Verse 6 (1.249.6)

इदमिन्द्रः सदा दावं खाण्डवं परिरक्षति । न च शक्नोम्यहं दग्धुं रक्ष्यमाणं महात्मना ॥

idamindraḥ sadā dāvaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ parirakṣati | na ca śaknomyahaṃ dagdhuṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahātmanā

Indra always guards this forest, Khandava, and while that great one protects it I cannot burn it.

Verse 7 (1.249.7)

वसत्यत्र सखा तस्य तक्षकः पन्नगः सदा । सगणस्तत्कृते दावं परिरक्षति वज्रभृत् ॥

vasatyatra sakhā tasya takṣakaḥ pannagaḥ sadā | sagaṇastatkṛte dāvaṃ parirakṣati vajrabhṛt

His friend, the serpent Takshaka, lives here always with his kin; for his sake the wielder of the thunderbolt guards the forest.

Verse 8 (1.249.8)

तत्र भूतान्यनेकानि रक्ष्यन्तेऽस्य प्रसङ्गतः । तं दिधक्षुर्न शक्नोमि दग्धुं शक्रस्य तेजसा ॥

tatra bhūtānyanekāni rakṣyante'sya prasaṅgataḥ | taṃ didhakṣurna śaknomi dagdhuṃ śakrasya tejasā

Many other creatures are protected there along with him. Though I long to burn it, I cannot, because of Shakra's might.

Verse 9 (1.249.9)

स मां प्रज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा मेघाम्भोभिः प्रवर्षति । ततो दग्धुं न शक्नोमि दिधक्षुर्दावमीप्सितम् ॥

sa māṃ prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā meghāmbhobhiḥ pravarṣati | tato dagdhuṃ na śaknomi didhakṣurdāvamīpsitam

Whenever he sees me blazing, he pours down water from the clouds, and so I cannot burn the forest I long to burn.

Verse 10 (1.249.10)

स युवाभ्यां सहायाभ्यामस्त्रविद्भ्यां समागतः । दहेयं खाण्डवं दावमेतदन्नं वृतं मया ॥

sa yuvābhyāṃ sahāyābhyāmastravidbhyāṃ samāgataḥ | daheyaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ dāvametadannaṃ vṛtaṃ mayā

Now that I have met you two, skilled in weapons, with your help I could burn the Khandava forest. This is the food I have chosen.

Verse 11 (1.249.11)

युवां ह्युदकधारास्ता भूतानि च समन्ततः । उत्तमास्त्रविदौ सम्यक्सर्वतो वारयिष्यथः ॥

yuvāṃ hyudakadhārāstā bhūtāni ca samantataḥ | uttamāstravidau samyaksarvato vārayiṣyathaḥ

For you two, who know the finest weapons thoroughly, will hold back those streams of water, and the creatures too, on every side."

Note on the text: The critical edition prints this verse as 1.215.11 and then gives the following Shvetaki episode (Wikisource 249.12 to 250.13) only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 12 (1.249.12)

किमर्थं भगवानग्निः खाण्डवं दग्धुमिच्छति । रक्ष्यमाणं महेन्द्रेण नानासत्वसमायुतम् ॥

kimarthaṃ bhagavānagniḥ khāṇḍavaṃ dagdhumicchati | rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahendreṇa nānāsatvasamāyutam

Janamejaya said: Why did the blessed Agni wish to burn the Khandava forest, guarded as it was by great Indra and filled with creatures of every kind?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 13 (1.249.13)

न ह्येतत्कारणं ब्रह्मन्नल्पं संप्रतिभाति मे । यद्ददाह सुसंक्रुद्धः खाण्डवं हव्यवाहनः ॥

na hyetatkāraṇaṃ brahmannalpaṃ saṃpratibhāti me | yaddadāha susaṃkruddhaḥ khāṇḍavaṃ havyavāhanaḥ

For the reason why the bearer of oblations, in great anger, burned Khandava does not seem a small one to me, O brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 14 (1.249.14)

एतद्विस्तरशो ब्रह्मन्श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । खाण्डवस्य पुरा दाहो यथा समभवन्मुने ॥

etadvistaraśo brahmanśrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ | khāṇḍavasya purā dāho yathā samabhavanmune

I wish to hear this in full and as it truly was, O brahmin, O sage: how the burning of Khandava came about long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 15 (1.249.15)

शृणु मे ब्रुवतो राजन्सर्वमेतद्यथातथम् । यन्निमित्तं ददाहाग्निः खाण्डवं पृथिवीपते ॥

śṛṇu me bruvato rājansarvametadyathātatham | yannimittaṃ dadāhāgniḥ khāṇḍavaṃ pṛthivīpate

Vaishampayana said: Listen, O king, as I tell you all of this just as it was: the cause for which Agni burned Khandava, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 16 (1.249.16)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि पौराणीमृषिसंस्तुताम् । कथामिमां नरश्रेष्ठ खाण्डवस्य विनाशिनीम् ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi paurāṇīmṛṣisaṃstutām | kathāmimāṃ naraśreṣṭha khāṇḍavasya vināśinīm

I will tell you this ancient tale, praised by the seers, the story of Khandava's destruction, O best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 17 (1.249.17)

पौराणः श्रूयते राजन्राजा हरिहयोपमः । श्वेतकिर्नाम विख्यातो बलविक्रमसंयुतः ॥

paurāṇaḥ śrūyate rājanrājā harihayopamaḥ | śvetakirnāma vikhyāto balavikramasaṃyutaḥ

It is told, O king, that long ago there lived a king named Shvetaki, famed far and wide, endowed with strength and valour, the equal of Indra of the bay horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 18 (1.249.18)

यज्वा दानपतिर्धीमान्यथा नान्योऽस्ति कश्चन । जग्राह दीक्षां स नृपः तदा द्वादशवार्षिकीम् ॥

yajvā dānapatirdhīmānyathā nānyo'sti kaścana | jagrāha dīkṣāṃ sa nṛpaḥ tadā dvādaśavārṣikīm

He was a sacrificer, a lord of giving and a wise man, such that there was no other like him. That king undertook the consecration for a sacrifice lasting twelve years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Removed stray wiki marks (backtick / quote mark) from the Sanskrit. The second line (marked as an insertion in Wikisource with a backtick) and the whole of verse 19 are not in Appendix I No. 118 either.

Verse 19 (1.249.19)

तस्य सत्रे सदा तस्मिन्समागच्छन्महर्षयः । वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वांसो ब्राह्मणाश्च सहस्रशः ॥

tasya satre sadā tasminsamāgacchanmaharṣayaḥ | vedavedāṅgavidvāṃso brāhmaṇāśca sahasraśaḥ

To that sacrificial session of his great seers always came, and brahmins learned in the Vedas and the Vedangas, in their thousands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Removed stray wiki marks (backtick / quote mark) from the Sanskrit. Marked as an insertion in Wikisource (closing quote mark).

Verse 20 (1.249.20)

ईजे च स महायज्ञैः क्रतुभिश्चाप्तदक्षिणैः ॥

īje ca sa mahāyajñaiḥ kratubhiścāptadakṣiṇaiḥ

And he sacrificed with great sacrifices and with rites rich in gifts to the priests.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. A single line in Wikisource (numbered 20a only). In Appendix I No. 118 this line directly follows 18a; the inserted lines 18b-19 have separated it. Kept as printed.

Verse 21 (1.249.21)

तस्य नान्याऽभवद्बुद्धिर्दिवसे दिवसे नृप । सत्रे क्रियासमारम्भे दानेषु विविधेषु च ॥

tasya nānyā'bhavadbuddhirdivase divase nṛpa | satre kriyāsamārambhe dāneṣu vividheṣu ca

Day after day, O king, he had no other thought than the sacrificial session, the undertaking of rites, and gifts of every kind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 22 (1.249.22)

ऋत्विग्भिः सहितो धीमानेवमीजे स भूमिपः । ततस्तु ऋत्विजश्चास्य धूमव्याकुललोचनाः ॥

ṛtvigbhiḥ sahito dhīmānevamīje sa bhūmipaḥ | tatastu ṛtvijaścāsya dhūmavyākulalocanāḥ

In this way the wise lord of the earth went on sacrificing together with his priests. Then his priests, their eyes troubled by the smoke,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 23 (1.249.23)

कालेन महता खिन्नास्तत्यजुस्ते नराधिपम् । ततः प्रसादयामास ऋत्विजस्तान्महीपतिः ॥

kālena mahatā khinnāstatyajuste narādhipam | tataḥ prasādayāmāsa ṛtvijastānmahīpatiḥ

worn out after so long a time, abandoned the king. Then the king tried to win those priests back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 24 (1.249.24)

चक्षुर्विकलतां प्राप्ता न प्रपेदुश्च ते क्रतुम् । ततस्तेषामनुमते तद्विप्रैस्तु नराधिपः ॥

cakṣurvikalatāṃ prāptā na prapeduśca te kratum | tatasteṣāmanumate tadvipraistu narādhipaḥ

But they, their eyesight now impaired, would not return to the sacrifice. Then, with their consent, the king

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 25 (1.249.25)

सत्रं समापयामास ऋत्विग्भिरपरैः सह । तस्यैवंवर्तमानस्य कदाचित्कालपर्यये ॥

satraṃ samāpayāmāsa ṛtvigbhiraparaiḥ saha | tasyaivaṃvartamānasya kadācitkālaparyaye

completed the session with other priests. As he went on in this way, at some point in the course of time,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 26 (1.249.26)

सत्रमाहर्तुकामस्य संवत्सरशतं किल । ऋत्विजो नाभ्यपद्यन्त समाहर्तुं महात्मनः ॥

satramāhartukāmasya saṃvatsaraśataṃ kila | ṛtvijo nābhyapadyanta samāhartuṃ mahātmanaḥ

he wished to undertake a session lasting a hundred years, it is said; but no priests would come forward to carry it out for that great-souled man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected सत्रमहार्तुकामस्य → सत्रमाहर्तुकामस्य (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas; Appendix I No. 118 reads satram āhartukāmasya).

Verse 27 (1.249.27)

स च राजाऽकरोद्यत्नं महान्तं ससुहृज्जनः । प्रणिपातेन सान्त्वेन दानेन च महायशाः ॥

sa ca rājā'karodyatnaṃ mahāntaṃ sasuhṛjjanaḥ | praṇipātena sāntvena dānena ca mahāyaśāḥ

The famous king, together with his friends, made a great effort, with prostrations, conciliation and gifts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 28 (1.249.28)

ऋत्विजोऽनुनयामास भूयो भूयस्त्वतन्द्रितः । ते चास्य तमभिप्रायं न चक्रुरमितौजसः ॥

ṛtvijo'nunayāmāsa bhūyo bhūyastvatandritaḥ | te cāsya tamabhiprāyaṃ na cakruramitaujasaḥ

and tirelessly entreated the priests again and again; but those men of boundless energy would not grant his wish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 29 (1.249.29)

स चाश्रमस्थान्राजर्षिस्तानुवाच रुषान्वितः । यद्यहं पतितो विप्राः शुश्रूषायां न च स्थितः ॥

sa cāśramasthānrājarṣistānuvāca ruṣānvitaḥ | yadyahaṃ patito viprāḥ śuśrūṣāyāṃ na ca sthitaḥ

Then the royal sage, filled with anger, said to them as they sat in their hermitages: "If I were fallen, O brahmins, or had failed in my service to you,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 30 (1.249.30)

आशु त्याज्योऽस्मि युष्माभिर्ब्राह्मणैश्च जुगुप्सितः । तन्नार्हथ क्रतुश्रद्धां व्याघातयितुमद्य ताम् ॥

āśu tyājyo'smi yuṣmābhirbrāhmaṇaiśca jugupsitaḥ | tannārhatha kratuśraddhāṃ vyāghātayitumadya tām

then I should be abandoned at once by you and by the brahmins as one despised. But you ought not now to wreck my devotion to this sacrifice,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 31 (1.249.31)

अस्थाने वा परित्यागं कर्तुं मे द्विजसत्तमाः । प्रपन्न एव वो विप्राः प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हथ ॥

asthāne vā parityāgaṃ kartuṃ me dvijasattamāḥ | prapanna eva vo viprāḥ prasādaṃ kartumarhatha

nor to abandon me without cause, O best of the twice-born. I have come to you for refuge, O brahmins; be gracious to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 32 (1.249.32)

सान्त्वदानादिभिर्वाक्यैस्तत्त्वतः कार्यवत्तया । प्रसादयित्वा वक्ष्यामि यन्नः कार्यं द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

sāntvadānādibhirvākyaistattvataḥ kāryavattayā | prasādayitvā vakṣyāmi yannaḥ kāryaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Once I have won your favour with words of conciliation, with gifts and the like, sincerely and as the task demands, I will tell you what work we have to do, O best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 33 (1.249.33)

अथवाऽहं परित्यक्तो भवद्भिर्द्वेषकारणात् । ऋत्विजोऽन्यान्गमिष्यामि याजनार्थं द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

athavā'haṃ parityakto bhavadbhirdveṣakāraṇāt | ṛtvijo'nyāngamiṣyāmi yājanārthaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Or if you have abandoned me out of hatred, O best of brahmins, I shall go to other priests to have the sacrifice performed."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 34 (1.249.34)

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विरराम स पार्थिवः । यदा न शेकू राजानं याजनार्थं परन्तप ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ virarāma sa pārthivaḥ | yadā na śekū rājānaṃ yājanārthaṃ parantapa

Having said this much, the king fell silent. When they could not bring themselves to perform the sacrifice for the king, O scorcher of foes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 35 (1.249.35)

ततस्ते याजकाः क्रुद्धास्तमूचुर्नृपसत्तमम् । तव कर्माण्यजस्रं वै वर्तन्ते पार्थिवोत्तम ॥

tataste yājakāḥ kruddhāstamūcurnṛpasattamam | tava karmāṇyajasraṃ vai vartante pārthivottama

those priests grew angry and said to that best of kings: "Your rites go on without end, O best of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected कर्माम्यजस्रं → कर्माण्यजस्रं (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; Appendix I No. 118 reads karmāṇy ajasraṃ).

Verse 36 (1.249.36)

ततो वयं परिश्रान्ताः सततं कर्मवाहिनः । श्रमादस्मात्परिश्रान्तान्स त्वं नस्त्यक्तुमर्हसि ॥

tato vayaṃ pariśrāntāḥ satataṃ karmavāhinaḥ | śramādasmātpariśrāntānsa tvaṃ nastyaktumarhasi

So we, who bear the burden of these rites without pause, are exhausted. Worn out as we are by this labour, you ought to release us.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 37 (1.249.37)

बुद्धिमोहं समास्थाय त्वरासंभावितोऽनघ । गच्छ रुद्रसकाशं त्वं सहि त्वां याजयिष्यति ॥

buddhimohaṃ samāsthāya tvarāsaṃbhāvito'nagha | gaccha rudrasakāśaṃ tvaṃ sahi tvāṃ yājayiṣyati

In your confusion of mind and your headlong haste, O sinless one, go to Rudra; he will perform your sacrifice!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 38 (1.249.38)

साधिक्षेपं वचः श्रुत्वा संक्रुद्धः श्वेतकिर्नृपः । कैलासं पर्वतं गत्वा तप उग्रं समास्थितः ॥

sādhikṣepaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā saṃkruddhaḥ śvetakirnṛpaḥ | kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā tapa ugraṃ samāsthitaḥ

Hearing these scornful words, King Shvetaki was enraged. He went to Mount Kailasa and undertook fierce austerities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 39 (1.249.39)

आराधयन्महादेवं नियतः संशितव्रतः । उपवासपरो राजन्दीर्घकालमतिष्ठत ॥

ārādhayanmahādevaṃ niyataḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | upavāsaparo rājandīrghakālamatiṣṭhata

Worshipping Mahadeva, self-restrained and firm in his vows, intent on fasting, O king, he stayed there a long time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 40 (1.249.40)

कदाचिद्द्वादशे काले कदाचिदपि षोडशे । आहारमकरोद्राजा मूलानि च फलानि च ॥

kadāciddvādaśe kāle kadācidapi ṣoḍaśe | āhāramakarodrājā mūlāni ca phalāni ca

Sometimes at the twelfth mealtime, sometimes even at the sixteenth, the king took food, and that only roots and fruits.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 41 (1.249.41)

ऊर्ध्वबाहुस्त्वनिमिषस्तिष्ठन्स्थाणुरिवाचलः । षण्मासानभवद्राजा श्वेतकिः सुसमाहितः ॥

ūrdhvabāhustvanimiṣastiṣṭhansthāṇurivācalaḥ | ṣaṇmāsānabhavadrājā śvetakiḥ susamāhitaḥ

With arms raised and eyes unblinking, standing motionless like a post, King Shvetaki remained for six months, wholly absorbed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 42 (1.249.42)

तं तथा नृपशार्दूलं तप्यमानं महत्तपः । शङ्करः परमप्रीत्या दर्शयामास भारत ॥

taṃ tathā nṛpaśārdūlaṃ tapyamānaṃ mahattapaḥ | śaṅkaraḥ paramaprītyā darśayāmāsa bhārata

As that tiger among kings practised such great austerity, Shankara, in great delight, showed himself to him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 43 (1.249.43)

उवाच चैनं भगवान्स्निग्धगम्भीरया गिरा । प्रीतोऽस्मि नरशार्दूल तपसा ते परन्तप ॥

uvāca cainaṃ bhagavānsnigdhagambhīrayā girā | prīto'smi naraśārdūla tapasā te parantapa

And the Lord spoke to him in a gentle, deep voice: "I am pleased with your austerity, O tiger among men, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 44 (1.249.44)

वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यं त्वमिच्छसि पार्थिव । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं रुद्रस्यामिततेजसः ॥

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yaṃ tvamicchasi pārthiva | etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rudrasyāmitatejasaḥ

Choose a boon, whatever you wish, O king; may good fortune be yours." Hearing these words of Rudra of boundless splendour,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 45 (1.249.45)

प्रणिपत्य महात्मानं राजर्षिः प्रत्यभाषत । यदि मे भगवान्प्रीतः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः ॥

praṇipatya mahātmānaṃ rājarṣiḥ pratyabhāṣata | yadi me bhagavānprītaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ

the royal sage bowed to the great god and replied: "If you are pleased with me, Lord, you whom all the worlds revere,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 46 (1.249.46)

स्वयं मां देवदेवेश याजयस्व सुरेश्वर । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं राज्ञा तेन प्रभाषितम् ॥

svayaṃ māṃ devadeveśa yājayasva sureśvara | etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rājñā tena prabhāṣitam

then, O god of gods, O lord of the immortals, perform my sacrifice yourself." Hearing these words spoken by the king,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 47 (1.249.47)

उवाच भगवान्प्रीतः स्मितपूर्वमिदं वचः । नास्माकमेतद्विषये वर्तते याजनं प्रति ॥

uvāca bhagavānprītaḥ smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ | nāsmākametadviṣaye vartate yājanaṃ prati

the Lord, well pleased, said this with a smile: "Officiating at sacrifices for others does not fall within my province.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 48 (1.249.48)

त्वया च सुमहत्तप्तं तपो राजन्वरार्थिना । याजयिष्यामि राजंस्त्वां समयेन परन्तप ॥

tvayā ca sumahattaptaṃ tapo rājanvarārthinā | yājayiṣyāmi rājaṃstvāṃ samayena parantapa

But you have practised very great austerities, O king, in quest of a boon. I will perform your sacrifice, O king, O scorcher of foes, on one condition.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 49 (1.249.49)

समा द्वादश राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । सततं त्वाज्यधाराभिर्यदि तर्पयसेऽनलम् ॥

samā dvādaśa rājendra brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | satataṃ tvājyadhārābhiryadi tarpayase'nalam

If for twelve years, O king of kings, you live as a celibate, composed, and continually gratify Fire with unbroken streams of clarified butter,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 50 (1.249.50)

कामं प्रार्थयसे यं त्वं मत्तः प्राप्स्यसि तं नृप । एवमुक्तश्च रुद्रेण श्वेतकिर्मनुजाधिपः ॥

kāmaṃ prārthayase yaṃ tvaṃ mattaḥ prāpsyasi taṃ nṛpa | evamuktaśca rudreṇa śvetakirmanujādhipaḥ

you shall obtain from me whatever you desire, O king." Thus told by Rudra, Shvetaki, lord of men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 51 (1.249.51)

तथा चकार तत्सर्वं यथोक्तं शूलपाणिना । पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे पुनरायान्महेश्वरः ॥

tathā cakāra tatsarvaṃ yathoktaṃ śūlapāṇinā | pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe punarāyānmaheśvaraḥ

did all of it just as the bearer of the trident had said. When the twelfth year was complete, Maheshvara came again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 52 (1.249.52)

दृष्ट्वैव च स राजानं शङ्करो लोकभावनः । उवाच परमप्रीतः श्वेतकिं नृपसत्तमम् ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva ca sa rājānaṃ śaṅkaro lokabhāvanaḥ | uvāca paramaprītaḥ śvetakiṃ nṛpasattamam

As soon as he saw the king, Shankara, who sustains the worlds, greatly pleased, spoke to Shvetaki, best of kings:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected दृष्टैव → दृष्ट्वैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped va; Appendix I No. 118 reads dṛṣṭvaiva).

Verse 53 (1.249.53)

तोषितोऽहं नृपश्रेष्ठ त्वयेहाद्येन कर्मणा । याजनं ब्राह्मणानां तु विधिदृष्टं परन्तप ॥

toṣito'haṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha tvayehādyena karmaṇā | yājanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu vidhidṛṣṭaṃ parantapa

"I am satisfied, O best of kings, by this foremost deed of yours here. But officiating at sacrifices is ordained by rule for brahmins, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 54 (1.249.54)

अतोऽहं त्वां स्वयं नाद्य याजयामि परन्तप । ममांशस्तु क्षितितले महाभागो द्विजोत्तमः ॥

ato'haṃ tvāṃ svayaṃ nādya yājayāmi parantapa | mamāṃśastu kṣititale mahābhāgo dvijottamaḥ

Therefore I will not myself perform your sacrifice now. But there is a portion of me on earth, an illustrious and excellent brahmin

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 55 (1.249.55)

दुर्वासा इति विख्यातः स हि त्वां याजयिष्यति । मन्नियोगान्महातेजाः संभाराः संभ्रियन्तु ते ॥

durvāsā iti vikhyātaḥ sa hi tvāṃ yājayiṣyati | manniyogānmahātejāḥ saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantu te

renowned as Durvasas; he of great splendour will perform your sacrifice at my command. Let your materials be gathered."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 56 (1.249.56)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं रुद्रेण समुदाहृतम् । स्वपुरं पुनरागम्य संभारान्पुनरार्जयत् ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rudreṇa samudāhṛtam | svapuraṃ punarāgamya saṃbhārānpunarārjayat

Hearing these words spoken by Rudra, the king returned to his city and gathered the materials once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 57 (1.249.57)

ततः संभृतसंभारो भूयो रुद्रमुपागमत् । उवाच च महीपालः प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतः स्थितः । संभृता मम संभाराः सर्वोपकरणानि च ॥

tataḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro bhūyo rudramupāgamat | uvāca ca mahīpālaḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇataḥ sthitaḥ | saṃbhṛtā mama saṃbhārāḥ sarvopakaraṇāni ca

Then, with the materials gathered, he went again to Rudra. The king stood with folded hands, bowed low, and said: "My materials are gathered, and all the implements.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected महिपालः → महीपालः (misprint in Wikisource; short i for long ī; the word is mahīpāla, "king"). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick / quote mark) from the Sanskrit. The middle line is marked as an insertion in Wikisource and is not in Appendix I No. 118; three-line verse kept as printed.

Verse 58 (1.249.58)

त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव श्वो मे दीक्षा भवेदिति । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः ॥

tvatprasādānmahādeva śvo me dīkṣā bhavediti | etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ

By your grace, Mahadeva, let my consecration take place tomorrow." Hearing these words of that great-souled king,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected त्वत्प्रसादानमहादेव → त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; Appendix I No. 118 reads tvatprasādān mahādeva).

Verse 59 (1.249.59)

दुर्वाससं समाहूय रुद्रो वचनमब्रवीत् । एष राजा महाभागः श्वेतकिर्द्विजसत्तम ॥

durvāsasaṃ samāhūya rudro vacanamabravīt | eṣa rājā mahābhāgaḥ śvetakirdvijasattama

Rudra summoned Durvasas and said: "This is the illustrious king Shvetaki, O best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 60 (1.249.60)

एनं याजय विप्रेन्द्र मन्नियोगेन भूमिपम् । बाढमित्येव वचनं रुद्रं त्वृषिरुवाच ह ॥

enaṃ yājaya viprendra manniyogena bhūmipam | bāḍhamityeva vacanaṃ rudraṃ tvṛṣiruvāca ha

Perform the sacrifice for this king, O chief of brahmins, at my command." And the seer said to Rudra, "So be it."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 61 (1.249.61)

ततः सत्रं समभवत्तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः । यथाविधि यथाकालं यथोक्तं बहुदक्षिणम् ॥

tataḥ satraṃ samabhavattasya rājño mahātmanaḥ | yathāvidhi yathākālaṃ yathoktaṃ bahudakṣiṇam

Then the session of that great-souled king took place, according to rule, at its proper time, as prescribed, with abundant gifts to the priests.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 62 (1.249.62)

तस्मिन्परिसमाप्ते तु राज्ञः सत्रे महात्मनः । दुर्वाससाऽभ्यनुज्ञाता विप्रतस्थुः स्म याजकाः ॥

tasminparisamāpte tu rājñaḥ satre mahātmanaḥ | durvāsasā'bhyanujñātā vipratasthuḥ sma yājakāḥ

When the great king's session was over, the priests, given leave by Durvasas, departed,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 63 (1.249.63)

ये तत्र दीक्षिताः सर्वे सदस्याश्च महौजसः । सोऽपि राजन्महाभागः स्वपुरं प्राविशत्तदा ॥

ye tatra dīkṣitāḥ sarve sadasyāśca mahaujasaḥ | so'pi rājanmahābhāgaḥ svapuraṃ prāviśattadā

all who had been consecrated there, and the mighty members of the assembly. And that illustrious king, O king, then entered his own city,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 64 (1.249.64)

पूज्यमानो महाभागैर्ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । बन्दिभिः स्तूयमानश्च नागरैश्चाभिनन्दितः ॥

pūjyamāno mahābhāgairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | bandibhiḥ stūyamānaśca nāgaraiścābhinanditaḥ

honoured by illustrious brahmins versed in the Vedas, praised by bards and welcomed by the citizens.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 65 (1.249.65)

एवंवृत्तः स राजर्षिः श्वेतकिर्नृपसत्तमः । कालेन महता चापि ययौ स्वर्गमभिष्टुतः ॥

evaṃvṛttaḥ sa rājarṣiḥ śvetakirnṛpasattamaḥ | kālena mahatā cāpi yayau svargamabhiṣṭutaḥ

Such was the life of that royal sage Shvetaki, best of kings; and after a long time he went to heaven, extolled by all,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 66 (1.249.66)

ऋत्विग्भिः सहितः सर्वैः सदस्यैश्च समन्वितः । तस्य सत्रे पपौ वह्निर्हविर्द्वादशवत्सरान् ॥

ṛtvigbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ sadasyaiśca samanvitaḥ | tasya satre papau vahnirhavirdvādaśavatsarān

together with all his priests and accompanied by the members of the assembly. At his session the Fire had drunk oblations for twelve years,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected हविद्वार्दशवत्सरान् → हविर्द्वादशवत्सरान् (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced repha; the sense is "oblations for twelve years").

Verse 67 (1.249.67)

सततं चाज्यधाराभिरैकात्म्ये तत्र कर्मणि । हविषा च ततो वह्निः परां तृप्तिमगच्छत ॥

satataṃ cājyadhārābhiraikātmye tatra karmaṇi | haviṣā ca tato vahniḥ parāṃ tṛptimagacchata

without pause, in unbroken streams of clarified butter, in that one continuous rite. And with that oblation the Fire reached utter satiety.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 68 (1.249.68)

न चैच्छत्पुनरादातुं हविरन्यस्य कस्यचित् । पाण्डुवर्णो विवर्णश्च न यथावत्प्रकाशते ॥

na caicchatpunarādātuṃ haviranyasya kasyacit | pāṇḍuvarṇo vivarṇaśca na yathāvatprakāśate

He no longer wished to accept anyone else's oblation. He grew pale and lost his colour, and did not shine as he should.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected यतावत् → यथावत् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; यतावत् is not a word).

Verse 69 (1.249.69)

ततो भगवतो वह्नेर्विकारः समजायत । तेजसा विप्रहीणश्च ग्लानिश्चैनं समाविशत् ॥

tato bhagavato vahnervikāraḥ samajāyata | tejasā viprahīṇaśca glāniścainaṃ samāviśat

Then a sickness came upon the blessed Fire. Bereft of his radiance, he was overcome by languor.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected भघवतो → भगवतो (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ग; Appendix I No. 118 reads bhagavato).

Verse 70 (1.249.70)

स लक्षयित्वा चात्मानं तेजोहीनं हुताशनः । जगाम सदनं पुण्यं ब्रह्मणो लोकपूजितम् ॥

sa lakṣayitvā cātmānaṃ tejohīnaṃ hutāśanaḥ | jagāma sadanaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaṇo lokapūjitam

Seeing himself stripped of his radiance, the eater of oblations went to the holy abode of Brahma, honoured by the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 71 (1.249.71)

तत्र ब्रह्माणमासीनमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । भगवन्परमा प्रीतिः कृता श्वेतकिना मम ॥

tatra brahmāṇamāsīnamidaṃ vacanamabravīt | bhagavanparamā prītiḥ kṛtā śvetakinā mama

There he spoke these words to Brahma, who was seated: "Lord, Shvetaki has given me the greatest satisfaction,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 72 (1.249.72)

अरुचिश्चाभवत्तीव्रा तां न शक्नोम्यपोहितुम् । तेजसा विप्रहीणोऽस्मि बलेन च जगत्पते ॥

aruciścābhavattīvrā tāṃ na śaknomyapohitum | tejasā viprahīṇo'smi balena ca jagatpate

and a severe loss of appetite has come upon me that I cannot shake off. I am bereft of radiance and of strength, O lord of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 73 (1.249.73)

इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादेन स्वात्मनः प्रकृतिं स्थिराम् । एतच्छ्रुत्वा हुतवहाद्भगवान्सर्वलोककृत् ॥

iccheyaṃ tvatprasādena svātmanaḥ prakṛtiṃ sthirām | etacchrutvā hutavahādbhagavānsarvalokakṛt

By your grace I wish to regain my own true nature, steady as before." Hearing this from the bearer of oblations, the blessed creator of all the worlds

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 74 (1.249.74)

हव्यवाहमिदं वाक्यमुवाच प्रहसन्निव । त्वया द्वादश वर्षाणि वसोर्धाराहुतं हविः ॥

havyavāhamidaṃ vākyamuvāca prahasanniva | tvayā dvādaśa varṣāṇi vasordhārāhutaṃ haviḥ

said these words to the carrier of oblations, as though laughing: "For twelve years you have consumed the oblation poured as an unbroken stream of ghee, the vasordhara,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 75 (1.249.75)

उपयुक्तं महाभाग तेन त्वां ग्लानिराविशत् । तेजसा विप्रहीणत्वात्सहसा हव्यवाहन ॥

upayuktaṃ mahābhāga tena tvāṃ glānirāviśat | tejasā viprahīṇatvātsahasā havyavāhana

O illustrious one; that is why languor has come upon you and you have suddenly lost your radiance, O carrier of oblations.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 76 (1.249.76)

मागमस्त्वं व्यथां वह्ने प्रकृतिस्थो भविष्यसि । अरुचिं नाशयिष्येऽहं समयं प्रतिपद्य ते ॥

māgamastvaṃ vyathāṃ vahne prakṛtistho bhaviṣyasi | aruciṃ nāśayiṣye'haṃ samayaṃ pratipadya te

Do not be troubled, O Fire; you will return to your true nature. I will cure your loss of appetite by settling on a remedy for you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 77 (1.249.77)

पुरा देवनियोगेन यत्त्वया भस्मसात्कृतम् । आलयं देवशत्रूणां सुघोरं खाण्डवं वनम् ॥

purā devaniyogena yattvayā bhasmasātkṛtam | ālayaṃ devaśatrūṇāṃ sughoraṃ khāṇḍavaṃ vanam

Long ago, at the gods' command, you reduced to ashes that dreadful Khandava forest, the haunt of the gods' enemies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 78 (1.249.78)

तत्र सर्वाणि सत्वानि निवसन्ति विभावसो । तेषां त्वं मेदसा तृप्तः प्रकृतिस्थो भविष्यसि ॥

tatra sarvāṇi satvāni nivasanti vibhāvaso | teṣāṃ tvaṃ medasā tṛptaḥ prakṛtistho bhaviṣyasi

Creatures of every kind now live there, O Vibhavasu. Sated with their fat, you will return to your true nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 79 (1.249.79)

गच्छ शीघ्रं प्रदग्धुं त्वं ततो मोक्ष्यसि किल्विषात् । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं परमेष्ठिमुखाच्च्युतम् ॥

gaccha śīghraṃ pradagdhuṃ tvaṃ tato mokṣyasi kilviṣāt | etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ parameṣṭhimukhāccyutam

Go quickly and burn it; then you will be freed from this affliction." Hearing these words that fell from the lips of the Supreme Lord,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected एतच्छुत्वा → एतच्छ्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; Appendix I No. 118 reads etac chrutvā).

Verse 80 (1.249.80)

उत्तमं जवमास्थाय प्रदुद्राव हुताशनः । आगम्य खाण्डवं दावमुत्तमं वीर्यमास्थितः । सहसा प्राज्वलच्चाग्निः क्रुद्धो वायुसमीरितः ॥

uttamaṃ javamāsthāya pradudrāva hutāśanaḥ | āgamya khāṇḍavaṃ dāvamuttamaṃ vīryamāsthitaḥ | sahasā prājvalaccāgniḥ kruddho vāyusamīritaḥ

the eater of oblations rushed off at top speed. Reaching the Khandava forest, he summoned up his utmost strength, and suddenly the angry Fire blazed up, fanned by the wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Three-line verse, kept as printed.

Verse 81 (1.249.81)

प्रदीप्तं खाण्डवं दृष्ट्वा ये स्युस्तत्र निवासिनः । परमं यत्नमातिष्ठन्पावकस्य प्रशान्तये ॥

pradīptaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye syustatra nivāsinaḥ | paramaṃ yatnamātiṣṭhanpāvakasya praśāntaye

Seeing Khandava ablaze, those who lived there made every effort to put out the fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118. Corrected यत्नेमातिष्ठन् → यत्नमातिष्ठन् (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; Appendix I No. 118 reads yatnam ātiṣṭhan).

Verse 82 (1.249.82)

करैस्तु करिणः शीघ्रं जलमादाय सत्वराः । सिषिचुः पावकं क्रुद्धाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

karaistu kariṇaḥ śīghraṃ jalamādāya satvarāḥ | siṣicuḥ pāvakaṃ kruddhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Elephants swiftly drew up water in their trunks and in haste sprayed it on the fire, angrily, in hundreds and in thousands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 83 (1.249.83)

बहुशीर्षास्ततो नागाः शिरोभिर्जलसन्ततिम् । मुमुचुः पावकाभ्याशे सत्वराः क्रोधमूर्च्छिताः ॥

bahuśīrṣāstato nāgāḥ śirobhirjalasantatim | mumucuḥ pāvakābhyāśe satvarāḥ krodhamūrcchitāḥ

Then many-headed serpents, hurrying and beside themselves with rage, poured streams of water from their heads close to the fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 84 (1.249.84)

तथैवान्यानि सत्वानि नानाप्रहरणोद्यमैः । विलयं पावकं शीघ्रमनयन्भरतर्षभ ॥

tathaivānyāni satvāni nānāpraharaṇodyamaiḥ | vilayaṃ pāvakaṃ śīghramanayanbharatarṣabha

In the same way other creatures, with efforts of every kind of weapon, quickly put the fire out, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.

Verse 85 (1.249.85)

अनेन तु प्रकारेण भूयोभूयश्च प्रज्वलन् । सप्तकृत्वः प्रशमितः खाण्डवे हव्यवाहनः ॥

anena tu prakāreṇa bhūyobhūyaśca prajvalan | saptakṛtvaḥ praśamitaḥ khāṇḍave havyavāhanaḥ

In this manner, though he blazed up again and again, the eater of oblations was put out seven times in Khandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives the Shvetaki episode only in Appendix I, No. 118.