The Elephant and the Tortoise

Verse 1 (1.29.1)

तस्य कण्ठमनुप्राप्तो ब्राह्मणः सह भार्यया । दहन्दीप्त इवाङ्गारस्तमुवाचान्तरिक्षगः ॥

tasya kaṇṭhamanuprāpto brāhmaṇaḥ saha bhāryayā | dahandīpta ivāṅgārastamuvācāntarikṣagaḥ

A brahmin and his wife had reached Garuda's throat, and the brahmin was burning there like a blazing coal. The sky-ranger said to him:

Verse 2 (1.29.2)

द्विजोत्तम विनिर्गच्छ तूर्णमास्यादपावृतात् । न हि मे ब्राह्मणो वध्यः पापेष्वपि रतः सदा ॥

dvijottama vinirgaccha tūrṇamāsyādapāvṛtāt | na hi me brāhmaṇo vadhyaḥ pāpeṣvapi rataḥ sadā

Best of the twice-born, come out quickly from my open mouth. A brahmin is never to be killed by me, even one who is forever given to sin.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Garuda: the verse is his address to the brahmin (the input carried Sauti over from the previous verse). Aligned by hand with 1.25.2 of the critical edition.

Verse 3 (1.29.3)

ब्रुवाणमेवं गरुडं ब्राह्मणः प्रत्यभाषत । निषादी मम भार्येयं निर्गच्छतु मया सह ॥

bruvāṇamevaṃ garuḍaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pratyabhāṣata | niṣādī mama bhāryeyaṃ nirgacchatu mayā saha

When Garuda spoke thus, the brahmin answered: "This Nishada woman is my wife. Let her come out with me."

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.25.3 of the critical edition, which reads samabhāṣata for प्रत्यभाषत.

Verse 4 (1.29.4)

एतामपि निषादीं त्वं परिगृह्याशु निष्पत । तूर्णं संभावयात्मानमजीर्णं मम तेजसा ॥

etāmapi niṣādīṃ tvaṃ parigṛhyāśu niṣpata | tūrṇaṃ saṃbhāvayātmānamajīrṇaṃ mama tejasā

Take this Nishada woman too and fly out at once. Save yourself quickly, before my fiery heat digests you.

Verse 5 (1.29.5)

ततः स विप्रो निष्क्रान्तो निषादीसहितस्तदा । वर्धयित्वा च गरुडमिष्टं देशं जगाम ह ॥

tataḥ sa vipro niṣkrānto niṣādīsahitastadā | vardhayitvā ca garuḍamiṣṭaṃ deśaṃ jagāma ha

Then the brahmin came out together with the Nishada woman, and blessing Garuda, went to the land of his choice.

Verse 6 (1.29.6)

सहभार्ये विनिष्क्रान्ते तस्मिन्विप्रे स पक्षिराट् । वितत्य पक्षावाकाशमुत्पपात मनोजवः ॥

sahabhārye viniṣkrānte tasminvipre sa pakṣirāṭ | vitatya pakṣāvākāśamutpapāta manojavaḥ

When the brahmin and his wife had come out, the king of birds spread his wings and flew up into the sky, swift as thought.

Verse 7 (1.29.7)

ततोऽपश्यत्स्वपितरं पृष्टश्चाख्यातवान्पितुः । यथान्यायममेयात्मा तं चोवाच महानृषिः ॥

tato'paśyatsvapitaraṃ pṛṣṭaścākhyātavānpituḥ | yathānyāyamameyātmā taṃ covāca mahānṛṣiḥ

Then he saw his father, and being questioned, told him everything as was fitting. And the great sage of boundless spirit said to him:

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to 1.25.7ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand), which reads tato 'paśyat sa pitaraṃ; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.29.8)

कच्चिद्वः कुशलं नित्यं भोजने बहुलं सुत । कच्चिच्च मानुषे लोके तवान्नं विद्यते बहु । क्व गन्तास्यतिवेगेन मम त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

kaccidvaḥ kuśalaṃ nityaṃ bhojane bahulaṃ suta | kaccicca mānuṣe loke tavānnaṃ vidyate bahu | kva gantāsyativegena mama tvaṃ vaktumarhasi

Are you all well, my son? Do you always have plenty to eat? Is there abundant food for you in the world of men? Tell me, where are you going with such great speed?

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and a doubled danda. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (1.29.9)

माता मे कुशला शश्वत्तथा भ्राता तथा ह्यहम् । न हि मे कुशलं तात भोजने बहुले सदा ॥

mātā me kuśalā śaśvattathā bhrātā tathā hyaham | na hi me kuśalaṃ tāta bhojane bahule sadā

My mother is always well, and so is my brother, and so am I. But, father, I do not always fare well when it comes to plenty of food.

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

Verse 10 (1.29.10)

अहं हि सर्पैः प्रहितः सोममाहर्तुमुत्तमम् । मातुर्दास्यविमोक्षार्थमाहरिष्ये तमद्य वै ॥

ahaṃ hi sarpaiḥ prahitaḥ somamāhartumuttamam | māturdāsyavimokṣārthamāhariṣye tamadya vai

I have been sent by the serpents to fetch the excellent Soma. To free my mother from slavery I shall bring it this very day.

Note on the text: Corrected महातुर्दास्य- → मातुर्दास्य- (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, as in the critical edition's mātur dāsya-). The verse = 1.25.7cdef of the critical edition (aligned by hand), which reads udyataḥ for उत्तमम्.

Verse 11 (1.29.11)

मात्रा चात्र समादिष्टो निषादान्भक्षयेति ह । न च मे तृप्तिरभवद्भक्षयित्वा सहस्रशः ॥

mātrā cātra samādiṣṭo niṣādānbhakṣayeti ha | na ca me tṛptirabhavadbhakṣayitvā sahasraśaḥ

My mother told me then, "Eat the Nishadas." But though I ate them by the thousand, I was not satisfied.

Verse 12 (1.29.12)

तस्माद्भक्ष्यं त्वमपरं भगवन्प्रदिशस्व मे । यद्भुक्त्वाऽमृतमाहर्तुं समर्थः स्यामहं प्रभो ॥

tasmādbhakṣyaṃ tvamaparaṃ bhagavanpradiśasva me | yadbhuktvā'mṛtamāhartuṃ samarthaḥ syāmahaṃ prabho

So, my lord, show me some other food, by eating which, O master, I may become able to bring the amrita.

Note on the text: Corrected समर्तः → समर्थः (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, as in the critical edition).

Verse 13 (1.29.13)

क्षुत्पिपासाविघातार्थं भक्ष्यमाख्यातु मे भवान् ॥

kṣutpipāsāvighātārthaṃ bhakṣyamākhyātu me bhavān

Tell me of some food that will put an end to my hunger and thirst.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading कश्यप उवाच inside its verse 13, after this line; the line is Garuda's and the next is Kashyapa's, so each is given as a verse of its own. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (1.29.14)

इदं सरो महापुण्यं देवलोकेऽपि विश्रुतम् ॥

idaṃ saro mahāpuṇyaṃ devaloke'pi viśrutam

Here is a lake, most holy, famed even in the world of the gods,

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading कश्यप उवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 13. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (1.29.15)

यत्र कूर्माग्रजं हस्ती सदा कर्षत्यवाङ्मुखः । तयोर्जन्मान्तरे वैरं संप्रवक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ॥

yatra kūrmāgrajaṃ hastī sadā karṣatyavāṅmukhaḥ | tayorjanmāntare vairaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ

where an elephant, head lowered, forever drags at his elder brother, who has become a tortoise. I shall tell you in full of the enmity between them that began in a former birth.

Note on the text: Corrected संप्रवक्ष्याम्यसोषतः → संप्रवक्ष्याम्यशेषतः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong consonant and vowel sign, the smallest fix giving the evident word). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.29.16)

तन्मे तत्त्वं निबोधस्व यत्प्रमाणौ च तावुभौ । शृणु त्वं वत्स भद्रं ते कथां वैराग्यवर्धिनीम् ॥

tanme tattvaṃ nibodhasva yatpramāṇau ca tāvubhau | śṛṇu tvaṃ vatsa bhadraṃ te kathāṃ vairāgyavardhinīm

Learn from me the truth of it, and how large the two of them are. Listen, my child, and may all be well with you, to a tale that deepens detachment,

Note on the text: Corrected निबोधस्य → निबोधस्व (misprint in Wikisource; य for व in the imperative). Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.29.17)

पित्रोरर्थविभागे वै समुत्पन्नां पुराण्डज । आसीद्विभावसुर्नाम महर्षिः कोपनो भृशम् ॥

pitrorarthavibhāge vai samutpannāṃ purāṇḍaja | āsīdvibhāvasurnāma maharṣiḥ kopano bhṛśam

which arose long ago, O egg-born, over the division of their parents' wealth. There was a great sage named Vibhavasu, exceedingly quick to anger.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a stray danda. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.25.10ab (aligned by hand).

Verse 18 (1.29.18)

भ्राता तस्यानुजश्चासीत्सुप्रतीको महातपाः । स नेच्छति धनं भ्रात्रा सहैकस्थं महामुनिः ॥

bhrātā tasyānujaścāsītsupratīko mahātapāḥ | sa necchati dhanaṃ bhrātrā sahaikasthaṃ mahāmuniḥ

He had a younger brother, Supratika, a great ascetic. That great sage did not wish to keep his wealth in common with his brother.

Note on the text: = 1.25.10cd + 1.25.11ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 19 (1.29.19)

विभागं कीर्तयत्येव सुप्रतीको हि नित्यशः । अथाब्रवीच्च तं भ्राता सुप्रतीकं विभावसुः ॥

vibhāgaṃ kīrtayatyeva supratīko hi nityaśaḥ | athābravīcca taṃ bhrātā supratīkaṃ vibhāvasuḥ

Supratika spoke of nothing but a division, day after day. Then his brother Vibhavasu said to Supratika:

Note on the text: = 1.25.11cd + 1.25.12ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the critical edition reads 'tha for हि.

Verse 20 (1.29.20)

विभागे बहवो दोषा भविष्यन्ति महातपः । विभागं बहवो मोहात्कर्तुमिच्छन्ति नित्यशः । ततो विभक्तास्त्वन्योन्यं नाद्रियन्तेऽर्थमोहिताः ॥

vibhāge bahavo doṣā bhaviṣyanti mahātapaḥ | vibhāgaṃ bahavo mohātkartumicchanti nityaśaḥ | tato vibhaktāstvanyonyaṃ nādriyante'rthamohitāḥ

Many evils will come of a division, great ascetic. Many people, in their folly, are forever wanting to divide; and once divided, deluded by wealth, they no longer respect one another.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and a stray danda. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines = 1.25.12cdef (aligned by hand).

Verse 21 (1.29.21)

ततः स्वार्थपरान्मूढान्पृथग्भूतान्स्वकैर्धनैः । विदित्वा भेदयन्त्येतानमित्रा मित्ररूपिणः ॥

tataḥ svārthaparānmūḍhānpṛthagbhūtānsvakairdhanaiḥ | viditvā bhedayantyetānamitrā mitrarūpiṇaḥ

Then, seeing them selfish and foolish and set apart each with his own wealth, enemies in the guise of friends sow discord among them.

Verse 22 (1.29.22)

विदित्वा चापरे भिन्नानन्तरेषु पतन्त्यथ । भिन्नानामतुलो नाशः क्षिप्रमेव प्रवर्तते ॥

viditvā cāpare bhinnānantareṣu patantyatha | bhinnānāmatulo nāśaḥ kṣiprameva pravartate

And others, seeing them divided, fall upon their weak points. For those who are divided, utter ruin follows very quickly.

Verse 23 (1.29.23)

तस्माद्विभागं भ्रातॄणां न प्रशंसन्ति साधवः । एवमुक्तः सुप्रतीको भागं कीर्तयतेऽनिशम् ॥

tasmādvibhāgaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ na praśaṃsanti sādhavaḥ | evamuktaḥ supratīko bhāgaṃ kīrtayate'niśam

That is why the good do not approve of division among brothers. Though spoken to in this way, Supratika went on demanding his share without pause.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line corresponds to 1.25.15ab of the critical edition, which reads differently (tasmāc caiva vibhāgārthaṃ … paṇḍitāḥ); the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.29.24)

एवं निर्बध्यमानस्तु शशापैनं विभावसुः । गुरुशास्त्रेऽनिबद्धानामन्योन्येनाभिशङ्किनाम् ॥

evaṃ nirbadhyamānastu śaśāpainaṃ vibhāvasuḥ | guruśāstre'nibaddhānāmanyonyenābhiśaṅkinām

Pressed in this way, Vibhavasu cursed him: "You are one of those who are not held by the teaching of their elders and the scriptures, and who distrust one another.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a stray danda. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to 1.25.15cd, which reads guruśāstre nibaddhānām anyonyam (aligned by hand).

Verse 25 (1.29.25)

नियन्तुं न हि शक्यस्त्वं भेदतो धनमिच्छसि । यस्मात्तस्मात्सुप्रतीक हस्तित्वं समवाप्स्यसि ॥

niyantuṃ na hi śakyastvaṃ bhedato dhanamicchasi | yasmāttasmātsupratīka hastitvaṃ samavāpsyasi

You cannot be restrained; you seek wealth through division. Since that is so, Supratika, you shall become an elephant."

Note on the text: Corrected नियन्तु → नियन्तुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 26 (1.29.26)

शप्तस्त्वेवं सुप्रतीको विभावसुमथाब्रवीत् । त्वमप्यन्तर्जलचरः कच्छपः संभविष्यसि ॥

śaptastvevaṃ supratīko vibhāvasumathābravīt | tvamapyantarjalacaraḥ kacchapaḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi

Cursed in this way, Supratika then said to Vibhavasu: "You too shall become a tortoise that moves within the waters."

Verse 27 (1.29.27)

एवमन्योन्यशापात्तौ सुप्रतीकविभावसू । गजकच्छपतां प्राप्तावर्थार्थं मूढचेतसौ ॥

evamanyonyaśāpāttau supratīkavibhāvasū | gajakacchapatāṃ prāptāvarthārthaṃ mūḍhacetasau

So, through each other's curses, Supratika and Vibhavasu, their minds deluded for the sake of wealth, became an elephant and a tortoise.

Verse 28 (1.29.28)

रोषदोषानुषङ्गेण तिर्यग्योनिगतावपि । परस्परद्वेषरतौ प्रमाणबलदर्पितौ ॥

roṣadoṣānuṣaṅgeṇa tiryagyonigatāvapi | parasparadveṣaratau pramāṇabaladarpitau

Bound by the fault of their anger, even after being born as beasts they delight in hating each other, proud of their size and strength.

Verse 29 (1.29.29)

सरस्यस्मिन्महाकायौ पूर्ववैरानुसारिणौ । तयोरन्यतरः श्रीमान्समुपैति महागजः ॥

sarasyasminmahākāyau pūrvavairānusāriṇau | tayoranyataraḥ śrīmānsamupaiti mahāgajaḥ

In this lake the two huge creatures pursue their old enmity. One of them, the splendid great elephant, comes down to it,

Verse 30 (1.29.30)

यस्य बृंहितशब्देन कूर्मोऽप्यन्तर्जलेशयः । उत्थितोऽसौ महाकायः कृत्स्नं विक्षोभयन्सरः ॥

yasya bṛṃhitaśabdena kūrmo'pyantarjaleśayaḥ | utthito'sau mahākāyaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vikṣobhayansaraḥ

and at the sound of his trumpeting the tortoise too, who lies within the water, rises up, huge of body, churning the whole lake.

Verse 31 (1.29.31)

तं दृष्ट्वाऽऽवेष्टितकरः पतत्येष गजो जलम् । दन्तहस्ताग्रलाङ्गूलपादवेगेन वीर्यवान् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā''veṣṭitakaraḥ patatyeṣa gajo jalam | dantahastāgralāṅgūlapādavegena vīryavān

Seeing him, the mighty elephant curls his trunk and plunges into the water with the force of his tusks, the tip of his trunk, his tail and his feet,

Verse 32 (1.29.32)

विक्षोभयंस्ततो नागः सरो बहुझषाकुलम् । कूर्मोऽप्यभ्युद्यतशिरा युद्धायाभ्येति वीर्यवान् ॥

vikṣobhayaṃstato nāgaḥ saro bahujhaṣākulam | kūrmo'pyabhyudyataśirā yuddhāyābhyeti vīryavān

and the elephant churns up the lake, teeming with fish; and the mighty tortoise too, raising his head, comes forward to fight.

Verse 33 (1.29.33)

षडुच्छ्रितो योजनानि गजस्तद्द्विगुणायतः । कूर्मस्त्रियोजनोत्सेधो दशयोजनमण्डलः ॥

ṣaḍucchrito yojanāni gajastaddviguṇāyataḥ | kūrmastriyojanotsedho daśayojanamaṇḍalaḥ

The elephant stands six yojanas high and is twice that in length; the tortoise is three yojanas high and ten yojanas round.

Verse 34 (1.29.34)

तावुभौ युद्धसंमत्तौ परस्परवधैषिणौ । उपयुज्याशु कर्मेदं साधयेहितमात्मनः ॥

tāvubhau yuddhasaṃmattau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau | upayujyāśu karmedaṃ sādhayehitamātmanaḥ

Both of them are maddened for battle, each seeking the other's death. Eat them quickly, and accomplish the task you desire.

Note on the text: Joined साधये हितम् → साधयेहितम् (misprint in Wikisource; a wrongly split word, साधय + ईहितम्, "accomplish what you desire"; the critical edition reads sādhayepsitam). The critical edition also reads tāv etau and parasparajayaiṣiṇau.

Verse 35 (1.29.35)

महाभ्रघनसंकाशं तं भुक्त्वामृतमानय । महागिरिसमप्रख्यं घोररूपं च हस्तिनम् ॥

mahābhraghanasaṃkāśaṃ taṃ bhuktvāmṛtamānaya | mahāgirisamaprakhyaṃ ghorarūpaṃ ca hastinam

Eat the one who looks like a great, dense mass of cloud, and the terrible elephant who looks like a great mountain, and bring back the amrita.

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

Verse 36 (1.29.36)

इत्युक्त्वा गरुडं सोऽथ माङ्गल्यमकरोत्तदा । युध्यतः सह देवैस्ते युद्धे भवतु मङ्गलम् ॥

ityuktvā garuḍaṃ so'tha māṅgalyamakarottadā | yudhyataḥ saha devaiste yuddhe bhavatu maṅgalam

Having said this to Garuda, Kashyapa then pronounced a blessing: "When you fight with the gods, may good fortune be with you in battle.

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

Verse 37 (1.29.37)

पूर्णकुम्भो द्विजा गावो यच्चान्यत्किंचिदुत्तमम् । शुभं स्वस्त्ययनं चापि भविष्यति तवाण्डज ॥

pūrṇakumbho dvijā gāvo yaccānyatkiṃciduttamam | śubhaṃ svastyayanaṃ cāpi bhaviṣyati tavāṇḍaja

A full pitcher, brahmins, cows and whatever else is excellent, and auspicious blessings too, shall be yours, O egg-born.

Note on the text: Corrected तवाण्डजा → तवाण्डज (misprint in Wikisource; stray long vowel on the vocative). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 38 (1.29.38)

युध्यमानस्य सङ्ग्रामे देवैः सार्धं महाबल । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि पवित्राणि हवींषि च ॥

yudhyamānasya saṅgrāme devaiḥ sārdhaṃ mahābala | ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni pavitrāṇi havīṃṣi ca

When you fight in battle with the gods, O mighty one, the verses of the Rik, the Yajus and the Saman, the purifying texts and the oblations,

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

Verse 39 (1.29.39)

रहस्यानि च सर्वाणि सर्वे वेदाश्च ते बलम् । वर्धयिष्यन्ति समरे भविष्यति खगोत्तम । इत्युक्तो गरुडः पित्रा गतस्तं ह्रदमन्तिकात् ॥

rahasyāni ca sarvāṇi sarve vedāśca te balam | vardhayiṣyanti samare bhaviṣyati khagottama | ityukto garuḍaḥ pitrā gatastaṃ hradamantikāt

all the secret teachings and all the Vedas will be your strength; they will increase it in battle, O best of birds." Thus addressed by his father, Garuda went close to that lake.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and a stray danda. Corrected ह्वदम् → ह्रदम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for र in 'lake'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 40 (1.29.40)

अपश्यन्निर्मलजलं नानापक्षिसमाकुलम् । स तत्स्मृत्वा पितुर्वाक्यं भीमवेगोऽन्तरिक्षगः ॥

apaśyannirmalajalaṃ nānāpakṣisamākulam | sa tatsmṛtvā piturvākyaṃ bhīmavego'ntarikṣagaḥ

He saw its clear water, crowded with birds of many kinds. Remembering his father's words, the sky-ranger of fearsome speed

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.25.26ab, which reads śrutvā for स्मृत्वा (aligned by hand).

Verse 41 (1.29.41)

नखेन गजमेकेन कूर्ममेकेन चाक्षिपत् । समुत्पपात चाकाशं तत उच्चैर्विहङ्गमः ॥

nakhena gajamekena kūrmamekena cākṣipat | samutpapāta cākāśaṃ tata uccairvihaṅgamaḥ

seized the elephant with one talon and the tortoise with the other, and the bird then flew up high into the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected सधुत्पपात → समुत्पपात (misprint in Wikisource; wrong akshara, as in the critical edition). = 1.25.26cd + 1.25.27ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 42 (1.29.42)

सोऽलम्बं तीर्थमासाद्य देववृक्षानुपागमत् । ते भीताः समकम्पन्त तस्य पक्षानिलाहताः ॥

so'lambaṃ tīrthamāsādya devavṛkṣānupāgamat | te bhītāḥ samakampanta tasya pakṣānilāhatāḥ

Reaching the sacred ford called Alamba, he came to the trees of the gods. Struck by the wind of his wings, they trembled in fear,

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्थणासाद्य → तीर्थमासाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म, as in the critical edition's -tīrtham āsādya). = 1.25.27cd + 1.25.28ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 43 (1.29.43)

न नो भञ्ज्यादिति तदा दिव्याः कनकशाखिनः । प्रचलाङ्गान्स तान्दृष्ट्वा मनोरथफलद्रुमान् ॥

na no bhañjyāditi tadā divyāḥ kanakaśākhinaḥ | pracalāṅgānsa tāndṛṣṭvā manorathaphaladrumān

those heavenly trees with golden branches, thinking, "May he not break us." Seeing those trees that bear the fruit of every wish tremble in every limb,

Note on the text: = 1.25.28cd + 1.25.29ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand), which reads manorathaphalāṅkurān for मनोरथफलद्रुमान्.

Verse 44 (1.29.44)

अन्यानतुलरूपाङ्गानुपचक्राम खेचरः । काञ्चनै राजतैश्चैव फलैर्वैदूर्यशाखिनः । सागराम्बुपरिक्षिप्तान्भ्राजमानान्महाद्रुमान् ॥

anyānatularūpāṅgānupacakrāma khecaraḥ | kāñcanai rājataiścaiva phalairvaidūryaśākhinaḥ | sāgarāmbuparikṣiptānbhrājamānānmahādrumān

the sky-ranger went on to other great trees of matchless form, with fruits of gold and silver and branches of beryl, shining and ringed by the waters of the ocean.

Note on the text: = 1.25.29cd + 1.25.30 of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 45 (1.29.45)

तेषां मध्ये महानासीत्पादपः सुमनोहरः । सहस्रयोजनोत्सेधो बहुशाखासमन्वितः ॥

teṣāṃ madhye mahānāsītpādapaḥ sumanoharaḥ | sahasrayojanotsedho bahuśākhāsamanvitaḥ

Among them stood a great and most lovely tree, a thousand yojanas high and spreading many branches,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (1.29.46)

खगानामालयो दिव्यो नाम्ना रौहिणपादपः । यस्य छायां समाश्रित्य सद्यो भवति निर्वृतः ॥

khagānāmālayo divyo nāmnā rauhiṇapādapaḥ | yasya chāyāṃ samāśritya sadyo bhavati nirvṛtaḥ

the heavenly home of birds, called the Rauhina tree; whoever takes shelter in its shade is at once at peace.

Note on the text: Removed a stray semicolon. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (1.29.47)

तमुवाच खगश्रेष्ठं तत्र रौहिणपादपः । अतिप्रवृद्धः सुमहानापतन्तं मनोजवम् ॥

tamuvāca khagaśreṣṭhaṃ tatra rauhiṇapādapaḥ | atipravṛddhaḥ sumahānāpatantaṃ manojavam

There the Rauhina tree, grown exceedingly tall and vast, spoke to the best of birds as he swept towards it, swift as thought:

Note on the text: Corrected समुहानापतन्तं → सुमहानापतन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs, as in the critical edition's sumahān). The critical edition names the tree rohiṇa.

Verse 48 (1.29.48)

यैषा मम महाशाखा शतयोजनमायता । एतामास्थाय शाखां त्वं खादेमौ गजकच्छपौ ॥

yaiṣā mama mahāśākhā śatayojanamāyatā | etāmāsthāya śākhāṃ tvaṃ khādemau gajakacchapau

This great branch of mine stretches a hundred yojanas. Perch on this branch and eat the elephant and the tortoise.

Verse 49 (1.29.49)

ततो द्रुमं पतगसहस्रसेवितं । महीधरप्रतिमवपुः प्रकम्पयन् । खगोत्तमो द्रुतमभिपत्य वेगवा- । न्बभञ्ज तामविरलपत्रसंचयाम् ॥

tato drumaṃ patagasahasrasevitaṃ | mahīdharapratimavapuḥ prakampayan | khagottamo drutamabhipatya vegavā- | nbabhañja tāmaviralapatrasaṃcayām

Then the swift best of birds, his body like a mountain, swooped down upon the tree where thousands of birds lived, shaking it, and broke that branch with its dense mass of leaves.