Yayati Ascends to Heaven with His Daughter's Sons

Verse 1 (1.87.1)

पृच्छामि त्वां वसुमानौषदश्वि- । र्यद्यस्ति लोको दिवि मे नरेन्द्र । यद्यन्तरिक्षे प्रथितो महात्मन् । क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥

pṛcchāmi tvāṃ vasumānauṣadaśvi- | ryadyasti loko divi me narendra | yadyantarikṣe prathito mahātman | kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye

I ask you, I who am Vasumanas, son of Ushadashva: is there a world for me in heaven, lord of men, or one renowned in the mid-air, great-souled one? I take you to be one who knows that law.

Verse 2 (1.87.2)

यदन्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिशश्च । यत्तेजसा तपते भानुमांश्च । लोकास्तावन्तो दिवि संस्थिता वै । तेनान्तवन्तः प्रतिपालयन्ति ॥

yadantarikṣaṃ pṛthivī diśaśca | yattejasā tapate bhānumāṃśca | lokāstāvanto divi saṃsthitā vai | tenāntavantaḥ pratipālayanti

As far as the mid-air, the earth and the directions extend, and as far as the sun warms with his radiance, so many worlds are established for you in heaven; they are without end, and they await you.

Verse 3 (1.87.3)

तांस्ते ददानि मा प्रपत प्रपातं । ये मे लोकास्तव ते वै भवन्तु । क्रीणीष्वैतांस्तृणकेनापि राज- । न्प्रतिग्रहस्ते यदि धीमन्प्रदुष्टः ॥

tāṃste dadāni mā prapata prapātaṃ | ye me lokāstava te vai bhavantu | krīṇīṣvaitāṃstṛṇakenāpi rāja- | npratigrahaste yadi dhīmanpraduṣṭaḥ

I give them to you; do not fall headlong. Let the worlds that are mine be yours. Buy them, king, even for a blade of grass, if, wise one, accepting a gift is wrong for you.

Verse 4 (1.87.4)

न मिथ्याऽहं विक्रयं वै स्मरामि । वृथा गृहीतं शिशुकाच्छङ्कमानः । कुर्यां न चैवाकृतपूर्वमन्यै- । र्विधित्समानः किमु तत्र साधुः ॥

na mithyā'haṃ vikrayaṃ vai smarāmi | vṛthā gṛhītaṃ śiśukācchaṅkamānaḥ | kuryāṃ na caivākṛtapūrvamanyai- | rvidhitsamānaḥ kimu tatra sādhuḥ

I do not remember ever making a false sale, or taking anything wrongly, even from a child, for I feared to do so. I will not do what others have never done before; for one intent on acting rightly, what good is there in that?

Verse 5 (1.87.5)

तांस्त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राज- । न्मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते । अहं न तान्वै प्रतिगन्ता नरेन्द्र । सर्वे लोकास्तव ते वै भवन्तु ॥

tāṃstvaṃ lokānpratipadyasva rāja- | nmayā dattānyadi neṣṭaḥ krayaste | ahaṃ na tānvai pratigantā narendra | sarve lokāstava te vai bhavantu

Then accept those worlds, king, as my gift, if purchase does not please you. I will not go back to them, lord of men; let all those worlds be yours.

Verse 6 (1.87.6)

पृच्छामि त्वां शिबिरौशीनरोऽहं । ममापि लोका यदि सन्तीह तात । यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः । क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥

pṛcchāmi tvāṃ śibirauśīnaro'haṃ | mamāpi lokā yadi santīha tāta | yadyantarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ | kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye

I ask you, I who am Shibi, son of Ushinara: are there worlds for me too, dear sir, whether in the mid-air or in heaven? I take you to be one who knows that law.

Verse 7 (1.87.7)

यत्त्वं वाचा हृदयेनापि साधू- । न्परीप्समानान्नावमंस्था नरेन्द्र । तेनानन्ता दिवि लोकाः श्रितास्ते । विद्युद्रूपाः स्वनवन्तो महान्तः ॥

yattvaṃ vācā hṛdayenāpi sādhū- | nparīpsamānānnāvamaṃsthā narendra | tenānantā divi lokāḥ śritāste | vidyudrūpāḥ svanavanto mahāntaḥ

Because you never slighted, in word or in heart, the good who came to you seeking help, lord of men, endless worlds are established for you in heaven, bright as lightning, resounding and vast.

Verse 8 (1.87.8)

तांस्त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राज- । न्मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते । न चाहं तान्प्रतिपत्स्ये ह दत्त्वा । यत्र गत्वा नानुशोचन्ति धीराः ॥

tāṃstvaṃ lokānpratipadyasva rāja- | nmayā dattānyadi neṣṭaḥ krayaste | na cāhaṃ tānpratipatsye ha dattvā | yatra gatvā nānuśocanti dhīrāḥ

Accept those worlds, king, as my gift, if purchase does not please you. Having given them, I will not take back those worlds, where the steadfast, once they arrive, grieve no more.

Verse 9 (1.87.9)

यथा त्वमिन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभाव- । स्ते चाप्यनन्ता नरदेव लोकाः । तथाऽद्य लोके न रमेऽन्यदत्ते । तस्माच्छिबे नाभिनन्दामि दायम् ॥

yathā tvamindrapratimaprabhāva- | ste cāpyanantā naradeva lokāḥ | tathā'dya loke na rame'nyadatte | tasmācchibe nābhinandāmi dāyam

Though your power, Shibi, equals Indra's, and your worlds are endless, god among men, still I take no delight in a world given by another; so I do not welcome your gift.

Verse 10 (1.87.10)

न चेदेकैकशो राजँल्लोकान्नः प्रतिनन्दसि । सर्वे प्रदाय भवते गन्तारो नरकं वयम् ॥

na cedekaikaśo rājam̐llokānnaḥ pratinandasi | sarve pradāya bhavate gantāro narakaṃ vayam

If, king, you will not accept our worlds from each of us in turn, then all of us will give them to you and go to hell.

Verse 11 (1.87.11)

यदर्होऽहं तद्यतध्वं सन्तः सत्याभिनन्दिनः । अहं तन्नाभिजानामि यत्कृतं न मया पुरा ॥

yadarho'haṃ tadyatadhvaṃ santaḥ satyābhinandinaḥ | ahaṃ tannābhijānāmi yatkṛtaṃ na mayā purā

Good men devoted to truth, strive for what I am worthy of. I do not recognise anything that I have not done before.

Note on the text: Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.88.11, of which this is a variant reading.

Verse 12 (1.87.12)

कस्यैते प्रतिदृश्यन्ते रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः । यानारुह्य नरो लोकानभिवाञ्छति शाश्वतान् ॥

kasyaite pratidṛśyante rathāḥ pañca hiraṇmayāḥ | yānāruhya naro lokānabhivāñchati śāśvatān

Whose are these five golden chariots that appear before us, mounting which a man seeks the eternal worlds?

Note on the text: Matched by hand: the first line is the critical edition 1.88.12ab; the second line differs (the critical edition has the line that Wikisource gives in verse 13).

Verse 13 (1.87.13)

युष्मानेते वहिष्यन्ति रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः । उच्चैः सन्तः प्रकाशन्ते ज्वलन्तोऽग्निशिखा इव ॥

yuṣmānete vahiṣyanti rathāḥ pañca hiraṇmayāḥ | uccaiḥ santaḥ prakāśante jvalanto'gniśikhā iva

These five golden chariots will carry you. They shine on high, blazing like tongues of fire.

Verse 14 (1.87.14)

अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे स्वयंभुविहिते पुरा । हयस्य यानि चाङ्गानि संनिकृत्य यथाक्रमम् ॥

aśvamedhe mahāyajñe svayaṃbhuvihite purā | hayasya yāni cāṅgāni saṃnikṛtya yathākramam

Long ago, at the great horse sacrifice ordained by the Self-born, the limbs of the horse were cut apart in due order,

Note on the text: Removed the speaker line "वैशंपायन उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text. Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 15 (1.87.15)

होताऽध्वर्युरथोद्गाता ब्रह्मणा सह भारत । अग्नौ प्रास्यन्ति विधिवत्समस्ताः षोडशर्त्विजः ॥

hotā'dhvaryurathodgātā brahmaṇā saha bhārata | agnau prāsyanti vidhivatsamastāḥ ṣoḍaśartvijaḥ

and the hotri, the adhvaryu and the udgatri, together with the brahman priest, all sixteen priests, O Bharata, cast them duly into the fire.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 16 (1.87.16)

धूमगन्धं च पापिष्ठा ये जिघ्रन्ति नरा भुवि । विमुक्तपापाः पूतास्ते तत्क्षणेनाभवन्नराः ॥

dhūmagandhaṃ ca pāpiṣṭhā ye jighranti narā bhuvi | vimuktapāpāḥ pūtāste tatkṣaṇenābhavannarāḥ

Even the most sinful men on earth who smelled the smoke of it were freed from sin and purified that very moment.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 17 (1.87.17)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चैव माधवी सा तपोधना । मृगचर्मपरीताङ्गी परिधाय मृगत्वचम् ॥

etasminnantare caiva mādhavī sā tapodhanā | mṛgacarmaparītāṅgī paridhāya mṛgatvacam

Meanwhile Madhavi, rich in austerity, her limbs wrapped in deerskin, wearing the hide of a deer,

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 18 (1.87.18)

मृगैः परिचरन्ती सा मृगाहारविचेष्टिता । यज्ञवाटं मृगगणैः प्रविश्य भृशविस्मिता ॥

mṛgaiḥ paricarantī sā mṛgāhāraviceṣṭitā | yajñavāṭaṃ mṛgagaṇaiḥ praviśya bhṛśavismitā

moving among the deer and living and feeding as the deer do, entered the sacrificial enclosure with the herds of deer, greatly amazed.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 19 (1.87.19)

आघ्रायन्ती धूमगन्धं मृगैरेव चचार सा । यज्ञवाटमटन्ती सा पुत्रांस्तानपराजितान् ॥

āghrāyantī dhūmagandhaṃ mṛgaireva cacāra sā | yajñavāṭamaṭantī sā putrāṃstānaparājitān

Breathing in the smell of the smoke, she wandered on with the deer. Roaming the sacrificial ground, she saw those unconquered sons of hers

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 20 (1.87.20)

पश्यन्ती यज्ञमाहात्म्यं मुदं लेभे च माधवी । असंस्पृशन्तं वसुधां ययातिं नाहुषं यदा ॥

paśyantī yajñamāhātmyaṃ mudaṃ lebhe ca mādhavī | asaṃspṛśantaṃ vasudhāṃ yayātiṃ nāhuṣaṃ yadā

and the grandeur of the sacrifice, and Madhavi rejoiced. When she saw Yayati, son of Nahusha, who did not touch the earth,

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 21 (1.87.21)

दिविष्ठं प्राप्तमाज्ञाय ववन्दे पितरं तदा । तदा वसुमनापृच्छन्मातरं वै तपस्विनीम् ॥

diviṣṭhaṃ prāptamājñāya vavande pitaraṃ tadā | tadā vasumanāpṛcchanmātaraṃ vai tapasvinīm

she knew that her father had come and was standing in the sky, and she bowed to him. Then Vasumanas asked his mother, the ascetic woman:

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Yayati to Vaishampayana: Wikisource's heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" before verse 14 governs this passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 22 (1.87.22)

भवत्या यत्कृतमिदं वन्दनं पादयोरिह । कोऽयं देवोपमो राजा याऽभिवन्दसि मे वद ॥

bhavatyā yatkṛtamidaṃ vandanaṃ pādayoriha | ko'yaṃ devopamo rājā yā'bhivandasi me vada

"This reverence you have paid here at his feet: who is this godlike king to whom you bow? Tell me."

Note on the text: Added the avagraha in कोऽयं. Speaker set to Vasumanas: the verse is his question to his mother, introduced at the end of verse 21 (Wikisource prints no heading here; the critical edition's apparatus marks him as speaker). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 23 (1.87.23)

शृणुध्वं सहिताः पुत्रा नाहुषोऽयं पिता मम । ययातिर्मम पुत्राणां मातामह इति स्मृतः ॥

śṛṇudhvaṃ sahitāḥ putrā nāhuṣo'yaṃ pitā mama | yayātirmama putrāṇāṃ mātāmaha iti smṛtaḥ

Listen together, my sons: this is my father, the son of Nahusha, Yayati, known as the maternal grandfather of my sons.

Note on the text: Added the avagraha in नाहुषोऽयं. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 24 (1.87.24)

पूरुं मे भ्रातरं राज्ये समावेश्य दिवं गतः । केन वा कारणेनैवमिह प्राप्तो महायशाः ॥

pūruṃ me bhrātaraṃ rājye samāveśya divaṃ gataḥ | kena vā kāraṇenaivamiha prāpto mahāyaśāḥ

He set my brother Puru on the throne and went to heaven. For what reason has this illustrious one come here in this way?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 25 (1.87.25)

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टेति चाब्रवीत् । सा पुत्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा संभ्रमाविष्टचेतना ॥

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā svargādbhraṣṭeti cābravīt | sā putrasya vacaḥ śrutvā saṃbhramāviṣṭacetanā

Hearing her words, he said, "He has fallen from heaven." On hearing her son's words, her mind seized with alarm,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 26 (1.87.26)

माधवी पितरं प्राह दौहित्रपरिवारितम् । तपसा निर्जिताँल्लोकान्प्रतिगृह्णीष्व मामकान् ॥

mādhavī pitaraṃ prāha dauhitraparivāritam | tapasā nirjitām̐llokānpratigṛhṇīṣva māmakān

Madhavi said to her father, who was surrounded by his daughter's sons: "Accept the worlds I have won by my austerity; they are mine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 27 (1.87.27)

पुत्राणामिव पौत्राणां धर्मादधिगतं धनम् । स्वार्थमेव वदन्तीह ऋषयो धर्मपाठकाः । तस्माद्दानेन तपसा चास्माकं दिवमाव्रज ॥

putrāṇāmiva pautrāṇāṃ dharmādadhigataṃ dhanam | svārthameva vadantīha ṛṣayo dharmapāṭhakāḥ | tasmāddānena tapasā cāsmākaṃ divamāvraja

The seers who teach dharma say that wealth rightly won by grandsons, as by sons, serves one's own good. So come to heaven through our giving and our austerity."

Note on the text: Corrected स्वार्थणेव → स्वार्थमेव (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म, as in the critical edition's Appendix I). Speaker set to Madhavi: the verse continues the speech she begins in the second line of verse 26 (the critical edition's apparatus marks her as speaker). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 28 (1.87.28)

यदि धर्मफलं ह्येतच्छोभनं भविता तव । दुहित्रा चैव दौहित्रैस्तारितोऽहं महात्मभिः ॥

yadi dharmaphalaṃ hyetacchobhanaṃ bhavitā tava | duhitrā caiva dauhitraistārito'haṃ mahātmabhiḥ

If this is the fruit of dharma, it will be glorious for you. I have been saved by my daughter and by her great-souled sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 29 (1.87.29)

तस्मात्पवित्रं दौहित्रमद्यप्रभृति पैतृके । त्रीणि श्राद्धे पवित्राणि दौहित्रः कुतपस्तिलाः ॥

tasmātpavitraṃ dauhitramadyaprabhṛti paitṛke | trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraḥ kutapastilāḥ

Therefore, from this day on, the daughter's son is a purifier in the rites for the ancestors. Three things purify the shraddha: the daughter's son, the kutapa hour and sesame.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 30 (1.87.30)

त्रीणि चात्र प्रशंसन्ति शौचमक्रोधमत्वराम् । भोक्तारः परिवेष्टारः श्रावितारः पवित्रकाः ॥

trīṇi cātra praśaṃsanti śaucamakrodhamatvarām | bhoktāraḥ pariveṣṭāraḥ śrāvitāraḥ pavitrakāḥ

Three more are praised in it: purity, freedom from anger and freedom from haste. Those who eat, those who serve the food and those who recite are also purifiers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 31 (1.87.31)

दिवसस्याष्टमे भागे मन्दीभवति भास्करे । स कालः कुतपो नाम पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम् ॥

divasasyāṣṭame bhāge mandībhavati bhāskare | sa kālaḥ kutapo nāma pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam

In the eighth part of the day, when the sun's heat grows mild, comes the time called kutapa; what is given to the ancestors then is imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 32 (1.87.32)

तिलाः पिशाचाद्रक्षन्ति दर्भा रक्षन्ति राक्षसात् । रक्षन्ति श्रोत्रियाः पङ्क्तिं यतिभिर्भुक्तमक्षयम् ॥

tilāḥ piśācādrakṣanti darbhā rakṣanti rākṣasāt | rakṣanti śrotriyāḥ paṅktiṃ yatibhirbhuktamakṣayam

Sesame guards against pishachas, darbha grass guards against rakshasas, brahmins learned in the Veda guard the row of diners, and what ascetics eat becomes imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 33 (1.87.33)

लब्ध्वा पात्रं तु विद्वांसं श्रोत्रियं सुव्रतं शुचिम् । स कालः कालतो दत्तं नान्यथा काल इष्यते ॥

labdhvā pātraṃ tu vidvāṃsaṃ śrotriyaṃ suvrataṃ śucim | sa kālaḥ kālato dattaṃ nānyathā kāla iṣyate

When one finds a worthy recipient, learned, versed in the Veda, faithful to his vows and pure, that itself is the right time; a gift counts by its proper time, and no other time is accepted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 34 (1.87.34)

एवमुक्त्वा ययातिस्तु पुनः प्रोवाच बुद्धिमान् । सर्वे ह्यवभृथस्नातास्त्वरध्वं कार्यगौरवात् ॥

evamuktvā yayātistu punaḥ provāca buddhimān | sarve hyavabhṛthasnātāstvaradhvaṃ kāryagauravāt

Having said this, the wise Yayati spoke again: "All of you have bathed at the close of the sacrifice; make haste, for the matter is weighty."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') before the final danda. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 52, after 1.88.12).

Verse 35 (1.87.35)

आतिष्ठ स्वरथं राजन्विक्रमस्व विहायसम् । वयमप्यनुयास्यामो यदा कालो भविष्यति ॥

ātiṣṭha svarathaṃ rājanvikramasva vihāyasam | vayamapyanuyāsyāmo yadā kālo bhaviṣyati

Mount your chariot, king, and stride across the sky. We too will follow when the time comes.

Verse 36 (1.87.36)

सर्वैरिदानीं गन्तव्यं सह स्वर्गजितो वयम् । एष नो विरजाः पन्था दृश्यते देवसद्मनः ॥

sarvairidānīṃ gantavyaṃ saha svargajito vayam | eṣa no virajāḥ panthā dṛśyate devasadmanaḥ

We must all go now, together, we who have conquered heaven. This stainless path to the abode of the gods lies open before us.

Verse 37 (1.87.37)

अष्टकश्च शिबिश्चैव काशेयश्च प्रतर्दनः । ऐक्ष्वाकवो वसुमनाश्चत्वारो भूमिपास्तदा । सर्वे ह्यवभृथस्नाताः स्वर्गताः साधवः सह ॥

aṣṭakaśca śibiścaiva kāśeyaśca pratardanaḥ | aikṣvākavo vasumanāścatvāro bhūmipāstadā | sarve hyavabhṛthasnātāḥ svargatāḥ sādhavaḥ saha

Ashtaka, Shibi, Pratardana of Kashi and Vasumanas of the Ikshvaku line, these four kings, all good men, having bathed at the close of the sacrifice, went together to heaven.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and ।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.88.16*867).

Verse 38 (1.87.38)

तेऽधिरुह्य रथान्सर्वे प्रयाता नृपसत्तमाः । आक्रमन्तो दिवं भाभिर्धर्मेणावृत्य रोदसी ॥

te'dhiruhya rathānsarve prayātā nṛpasattamāḥ | ākramanto divaṃ bhābhirdharmeṇāvṛtya rodasī

All those best of kings mounted the chariots and set out, striding across heaven in their radiance and filling earth and sky with their dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected नृपस्तमाः → नृपसत्तमाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 39 (1.87.39)

अहं मन्ये पूर्वमेकोऽस्मि गन्ता । सखा चेन्द्रः सर्वथा मे महात्मा । कस्मादेवं शिबिरौशीनरोऽय- । मेकोऽत्यगात्सर्ववेगेन वाहान् ॥

ahaṃ manye pūrvameko'smi gantā | sakhā cendraḥ sarvathā me mahātmā | kasmādevaṃ śibirauśīnaro'ya- | meko'tyagātsarvavegena vāhān

I thought that I alone would go first, for great-souled Indra is in every way my friend. How is it, then, that Shibi, son of Ushinara, alone has outstripped us all, driving his horses at full speed?

Verse 40 (1.87.40)

अददद्याचमानाय यावद्वित्तमविन्दत । उशीनरस्य पुत्रोऽयं तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठोहि वः शिबिः ॥

adadadyācamānāya yāvadvittamavindata | uśīnarasya putro'yaṃ tasmācchreṣṭhohi vaḥ śibiḥ

This son of Ushinara gave to all who asked whatever wealth he had. That is why Shibi is the best among you.

Verse 41 (1.87.41)

दानं तपः सत्यमथाऽपि धर्मो । ह्रीः श्रीः क्षमा सौम्यमथो विधित्सा । राजन्नेतान्यप्रमेयाणि राज्ञः । शिबेः स्थितान्यप्रतिमस्य बुद्ध्या ॥

dānaṃ tapaḥ satyamathā'pi dharmo | hrīḥ śrīḥ kṣamā saumyamatho vidhitsā | rājannetānyaprameyāṇi rājñaḥ | śibeḥ sthitānyapratimasya buddhyā

Giving, austerity, truth and dharma too, modesty, fortune, forbearance, gentleness and the will to do right: O king, these are beyond measure in King Shibi, the peerless, and abide in his mind.

Note on the text: Corrected संत्यम → सत्यम (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara). Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.88.19abcd, of which this is a variant reading.

Verse 42 (1.87.42)

एवं वृत्तो ह्रीनिषेवश्च यस्मा- । त्तस्माच्छिबिरत्यगाद्वै रथेन ॥

evaṃ vṛtto hrīniṣevaśca yasmā- | ttasmācchibiratyagādvai rathena

Because his conduct is such and he lives by modesty, Shibi has outstripped you in his chariot.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the heading "वैशंपायन उवाच" between the two halves of this verse; its second half, Vaishampayana's narration, is moved to the next verse. Matches the critical edition 1.88.19ef.

Verse 43 (1.87.43)

अथाष्टकः पुनरेवान्वपृच्छ- । न्मातामहं कौतुकेनेन्द्रकल्पम् । पृच्छामि त्वां नृपते ब्रूहि सत्यं । कुतश्च कश्चासि सुतश्च कस्य । कृतं त्वया यद्धि न तस्य कर्ता । लोके त्वदन्यः क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणो वा ॥

athāṣṭakaḥ punarevānvapṛccha- | nmātāmahaṃ kautukenendrakalpam | pṛcchāmi tvāṃ nṛpate brūhi satyaṃ | kutaśca kaścāsi sutaśca kasya | kṛtaṃ tvayā yaddhi na tasya kartā | loke tvadanyaḥ kṣatriyo brāhmaṇo vā

Then Ashtaka, out of curiosity, again questioned his mother's father, who was like Indra: "I ask you, king, tell me truly: where do you come from, who are you, and whose son? What you have done, no other kshatriya or brahmin in the world has done."

Note on the text: The first two lines are the second half of Wikisource verse 42, printed after the heading "वैशंपायन उवाच"; joined to this verse, which continues the same narration, as in the critical edition 1.88.20. Speaker remains Vaishampayana.

Verse 44 (1.87.44)

ययातिरस्मि नहुषस्य पुत्रः । पूरोः पिता सार्वभौमस्त्विहासम् । गुह्यं चार्थं मामकेभ्यो ब्रवीमि । मातामहोऽहं भवतां प्रकाशम् ॥

yayātirasmi nahuṣasya putraḥ | pūroḥ pitā sārvabhaumastvihāsam | guhyaṃ cārthaṃ māmakebhyo bravīmi | mātāmaho'haṃ bhavatāṃ prakāśam

I am Yayati, son of Nahusha and father of Puru; here I was sovereign of the whole earth. I tell a secret to my own people: I am your maternal grandfather, I say it openly.

Note on the text: Corrected सार्वबौम → सार्वभौम (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ).

Verse 45 (1.87.45)

सर्वामिमां पृथिवीं निर्जिगाय । दत्त्वा प्रतस्थे विपिनं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः । मेध्यानश्वानेकशतान्सुरूपां- । स्तदा देवाः पुण्यभाजो भवन्ति ॥

sarvāmimāṃ pṛthivīṃ nirjigāya | dattvā pratasthe vipinaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ | medhyānaśvānekaśatānsurūpāṃ- | stadā devāḥ puṇyabhājo bhavanti

I conquered this whole earth, gave it to the brahmins and set out for the forest. I gave a hundred and one handsome horses fit for sacrifice; it is then that the gods share in merit.

Verse 46 (1.87.46)

अदामहं पृथिवीं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः । पूर्णामिमामखिलां वाहनेन । गोभिः सुवर्णेन धनैश्च मुख्यै- । स्तदाऽददं गाः शतमर्बुदानि ॥

adāmahaṃ pṛthivīṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ | pūrṇāmimāmakhilāṃ vāhanena | gobhiḥ suvarṇena dhanaiśca mukhyai- | stadā'dadaṃ gāḥ śatamarbudāni

I gave this earth to the brahmins, full and entire, with its vehicles, with cattle, gold and the choicest riches; and I gave cows, a hundred arbudas of them.

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

Verse 47 (1.87.47)

सत्येन मे द्यौश्च वसुन्धरा च । तथैवाग्निर्ज्वलते मानुषेषु । न मे वृथा व्याहृतमेव वाक्यं । सत्यं हि सन्तः प्रतिपूजयन्ति ॥

satyena me dyauśca vasundharā ca | tathaivāgnirjvalate mānuṣeṣu | na me vṛthā vyāhṛtameva vākyaṃ | satyaṃ hi santaḥ pratipūjayanti

By my truth heaven and earth stand firm, and so too fire blazes among men. No word of mine has ever been spoken in vain, for the good honour truth.

Note on the text: Corrected तथैवाग्निज्वर्लते → तथैवाग्निर्ज्वलते (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced repha, as in the critical edition). Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.88.24abcd.

Verse 48 (1.87.48)

यदष्टक प्रब्रवीमीह सत्यं । प्रतर्दनं चौषदश्विं तथैव । सर्वे च लोका मुनयश्च देवाः । सत्येन पूज्या इति मे मनोगतम् ॥

yadaṣṭaka prabravīmīha satyaṃ | pratardanaṃ cauṣadaśviṃ tathaiva | sarve ca lokā munayaśca devāḥ | satyena pūjyā iti me manogatam

What I say here, Ashtaka, is true, and to Pratardana and the son of Ushadashva as well: all the worlds, the sages and the gods are to be honoured through truth. That is my conviction.

Note on the text: Matched by hand: the last two lines are the critical edition 1.88.24ef; the first two are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints them in its apparatus, 1.88.24*868).

Verse 49 (1.87.49)

यो नः स्वर्गजितः सर्वान्यथावृत्तं निवेदयेत् । अनसूयुर्द्विजाग्र्येभ्यः स लभेन्नः सलोकताम् ॥

yo naḥ svargajitaḥ sarvānyathāvṛttaṃ nivedayet | anasūyurdvijāgryebhyaḥ sa labhennaḥ salokatām

Whoever, free of envy, recounts to the foremost of the twice-born the whole story of us who conquered heaven, will reach the same world as ours.

Verse 50 (1.87.50)

एवं राजा स महात्मा ह्यतीव । स्वैर्दौहित्रैस्तारितोऽमित्रसाह । त्यक्त्वा महीं परमोदारकर्मा । स्वर्गं गतः कर्मभिर्व्याप्य पृथ्वीम् ॥

evaṃ rājā sa mahātmā hyatīva | svairdauhitraistārito'mitrasāha | tyaktvā mahīṃ paramodārakarmā | svargaṃ gataḥ karmabhirvyāpya pṛthvīm

So that great-souled king, the crusher of foes, was saved by his daughter's sons; and leaving the earth, he of most generous deeds went to heaven, having filled the earth with his deeds.