Dushyanta Reaches Kanva's Hermitage

Verse 1 (1.91.1)

ततो मृगसहस्राणि हत्वा सबलवाहनः । तत्र मेघघनप्रख्यं सिद्धचारणसेवितम् ॥

tato mṛgasahasrāṇi hatvā sabalavāhanaḥ | tatra meghaghanaprakhyaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam

Then, having killed thousands of deer, the king with his troops and mounts saw there a forest like a mass of dense clouds, frequented by Siddhas and Charanas,

Note on the text: The first line = 1.64.1a, in a variant form; the second (तत्र मेघघनप्रख्यं…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.91.2)

वनमालोकयामास नगराद्योजनद्वये । मृगाननुचरन्वन्याञ्श्रमेण परिपीडितः ॥

vanamālokayāmāsa nagarādyojanadvaye | mṛgānanucaranvanyāñśrameṇa paripīḍitaḥ

two yojanas from the city. Following the wild deer, worn down with fatigue,

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

Verse 3 (1.91.3)

मृगाननुचरन्राजा वेगेनाश्वानचोदयत् । राजा मृगप्रसङ्गेन वनमन्यद्विवेश ह ॥

mṛgānanucaranrājā vegenāśvānacodayat | rājā mṛgaprasaṅgena vanamanyadviveśa ha

the king, chasing the deer, urged his horses on at speed; and in pursuit of the game he entered another forest.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.64.1c.

Verse 4 (1.91.4)

एक एवोत्तमबलः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्वितः । स वनस्यान्तमासाद्य महच्छून्यं समासदत् ॥

eka evottamabalaḥ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitaḥ | sa vanasyāntamāsādya mahacchūnyaṃ samāsadat

Alone, though of the highest strength, and beset by hunger, thirst and weariness, he reached the end of that forest and came upon a great empty waste.

Verse 5 (1.91.5)

तच्चाप्यतीत्य नृपतिरुत्तमाश्रमसंयुतम् । मनःप्रह्लादजननं दृष्टिकान्तमतीव च ॥

taccāpyatītya nṛpatiruttamāśramasaṃyutam | manaḥprahlādajananaṃ dṛṣṭikāntamatīva ca

Crossing that as well, the king came to another great forest, rich in fine hermitages, gladdening to the mind and most lovely to the eye,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.64.3ac of the critical edition.

Verse 6 (1.91.6)

शीतमारुतसंयुक्तं जगामान्यन्महद्वनम् । पुष्पितैः पादपैः कीर्णमतीव सुखशाद्वलम् ॥

śītamārutasaṃyuktaṃ jagāmānyanmahadvanam | puṣpitaiḥ pādapaiḥ kīrṇamatīva sukhaśādvalam

and fanned by cool breezes. It was strewn with flowering trees and carpeted with soft, pleasant grass;

Note on the text: Corrected सीतमारुत → शीतमारुत (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, 'cool breeze', as in the critical edition's śītamāruta-). Lines correspond to 1.64.3e and 1.64.4a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 7 (1.91.7)

विपुलं मधुरारावैर्नादितं विहगैस्तथा । पुंस्कोकिलनिनादैश्च झिल्लीकगणनादितम् ॥

vipulaṃ madhurārāvairnāditaṃ vihagaistathā | puṃskokilaninādaiśca jhillīkagaṇanāditam

it was wide, echoing with the sweet calls of birds, resounding with the cries of male cuckoos and the shrilling of crickets.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.64.4c; the second (पुंस्कोकिलनिनादैश्च…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.91.8)

प्रवृद्धविटपैर्वृक्षैः सुखच्छायैः समावृतम् । षट्पदाघूर्णिततलं लक्ष्म्या परमया युतम् ॥

pravṛddhaviṭapairvṛkṣaiḥ sukhacchāyaiḥ samāvṛtam | ṣaṭpadāghūrṇitatalaṃ lakṣmyā paramayā yutam

It was covered with trees of spreading boughs that gave pleasant shade; bees hovered over its ground, and it was filled with the highest beauty.

Verse 9 (1.91.9)

नापुष्पः पादपः कश्चिन्नाफलो नापि कण्टकी । षट्पदैर्नाप्यपाकीर्णस्तस्मिन्वै काननेऽभवत् ॥

nāpuṣpaḥ pādapaḥ kaścinnāphalo nāpi kaṇṭakī | ṣaṭpadairnāpyapākīrṇastasminvai kānane'bhavat

In that wood there was no tree without flowers, none without fruit, none that bore thorns, and none that the bees passed by.

Verse 10 (1.91.10)

विहगैर्नादितं पुष्पैरलङ्कृतमतीव च । सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्वृक्षैः सुखच्छायैः समावृतम् ॥

vihagairnāditaṃ puṣpairalaṅkṛtamatīva ca | sarvartukusumairvṛkṣaiḥ sukhacchāyaiḥ samāvṛtam

It rang with birds and was richly adorned with flowers, covered with trees that blossom in every season and give pleasant shade.

Note on the text: Corrected विगहैः → विहगैः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, as in the critical edition's vihagair). Lines = 1.64.7ac of the critical edition, the second in a variant form.

Verse 11 (1.91.11)

मनोरमं महेष्वासो विवेश वनमुत्तमम् । मारुताकलितास्तत्र द्रुमाः कुसुमशाखिनः ॥

manoramaṃ maheṣvāso viveśa vanamuttamam | mārutākalitāstatra drumāḥ kusumaśākhinaḥ

The great archer entered that lovely, excellent forest. There the trees with their flowering branches, shaken by the wind,

Note on the text: Corrected सहेष्वासो → महेष्वासो (misprint in Wikisource; स for म — the king is alone here, and the critical edition reads maheṣvāso) and मारुता कलितास् → मारुताकलितास् (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong word break, मारुता alone not being a valid form; the compound means 'shaken by the wind'). Lines correspond to 1.64.7e and 1.64.8a of the critical edition, the second in a variant form (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 12 (1.91.12)

पुष्पवृष्टिं विचित्रां तु व्यसृजंस्ते पुनः पुनः । दिवस्पृशोऽथ संघुष्टाः पक्षिभिर्मधुरस्वनैः ॥

puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ vicitrāṃ tu vyasṛjaṃste punaḥ punaḥ | divaspṛśo'tha saṃghuṣṭāḥ pakṣibhirmadhurasvanaiḥ

let fall a many-coloured shower of blossoms again and again. Touching the sky and ringing with the sweet notes of birds,

Note on the text: Corrected व्यसजंस्ते → व्यसृजंस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ृ, as in the critical edition's vyasṛjaṃs). Lines correspond to 1.64.8c and 1.64.9a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 13 (1.91.13)

विरेजुः पादपास्तत्र विचित्रकुसुमाम्बराः । तेषां तत्र प्रवालेषु पुष्पभारावनामिषु ॥

virejuḥ pādapāstatra vicitrakusumāmbarāḥ | teṣāṃ tatra pravāleṣu puṣpabhārāvanāmiṣu

the trees there shone, clothed in many-coloured blossoms. On their young shoots, bowed down by the weight of flowers,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.9c and 1.64.10a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 14 (1.91.14)

रुवन्ति रावान्मधुरान्षट्पदा मधुलिप्सवः । तत्र प्रदेशांश्च बहून्कुसुमोत्करमण्डितान् ॥

ruvanti rāvānmadhurānṣaṭpadā madhulipsavaḥ | tatra pradeśāṃśca bahūnkusumotkaramaṇḍitān

bees greedy for honey hummed their sweet hum. Seeing there many spots adorned with heaps of blossoms,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.10c, in a variant form, and 1.64.11a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 15 (1.91.15)

लतागृहपरिक्षिप्तान्मनसः प्रीतिवर्धनान् । संपश्यन्सुमहातेजा बभूव मुदितस्तदा ॥

latāgṛhaparikṣiptānmanasaḥ prītivardhanān | saṃpaśyansumahātejā babhūva muditastadā

ringed with bowers of creepers and delighting the heart, the king of great splendour was filled with joy.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.64.11ce of the critical edition.

Verse 16 (1.91.16)

परस्पराश्लिष्टशाखैः पादपैः कुसुमान्वितैः । अशोभत वनं तत्तु महेन्द्रध्वजसन्निभैः ॥

parasparāśliṣṭaśākhaiḥ pādapaiḥ kusumānvitaiḥ | aśobhata vanaṃ tattu mahendradhvajasannibhaiḥ

With its flowering trees, their branches entwined, like the banners of great Indra, that forest was beautiful.

Verse 17 (1.91.17)

सिद्धचारणसङ्घैश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः । सेवितं वनमत्यर्थं मत्तवानरकिन्नरैः ॥

siddhacāraṇasaṅghaiśca gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | sevitaṃ vanamatyarthaṃ mattavānarakinnaraiḥ

The forest was much frequented by bands of Siddhas and Charanas, by troops of Gandharvas and Apsarases, and by frolicking monkeys and Kinnaras.

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

Verse 18 (1.91.18)

सुखः शीतः सुगन्धी च पुष्परेणुवहोऽनिलः । परिक्रामन्वने वृक्षानुपैतीव रिरंसया ॥

sukhaḥ śītaḥ sugandhī ca puṣpareṇuvaho'nilaḥ | parikrāmanvane vṛkṣānupaitīva riraṃsayā

A pleasant, cool and fragrant breeze, bearing the pollen of the flowers, moved round the trees of the forest as though drawing near them in longing for love.

Verse 19 (1.91.19)

एवंगुणसमायुक्तं ददर्श स वनं नृपः । नदीकच्छोद्भवं कान्तमुच्छ्रितध्वजसन्निभम् ॥

evaṃguṇasamāyuktaṃ dadarśa sa vanaṃ nṛpaḥ | nadīkacchodbhavaṃ kāntamucchritadhvajasannibham

Such was the forest, endowed with these qualities, that the king beheld: lovely, rising from the marshy banks of a river, like a raised banner.

Note on the text: Corrected नदीकच्छोद्भं → नदीकच्छोद्भवं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व, as in the critical edition's nadīkacchodbhavaṃ).

Verse 20 (1.91.20)

प्रेक्षमाणो वनं तत्तु सुप्रहृष्टविहङ्गमम् । आश्रमप्रवरं रम्यं ददर्श च मनोरमम् ॥

prekṣamāṇo vanaṃ tattu suprahṛṣṭavihaṅgamam | āśramapravaraṃ ramyaṃ dadarśa ca manoramam

Gazing at that forest full of joyful birds, he saw a fine and lovely hermitage, delightful to the mind,

Verse 21 (1.91.21)

नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं संप्रज्वलितपावकम् । तं तदाऽप्रतिमं श्रीमानाश्रमं प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥

nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ saṃprajvalitapāvakam | taṃ tadā'pratimaṃ śrīmānāśramaṃ pratyapūjayat

set among trees of many kinds, its sacred fires blazing. The glorious king then did honour to that matchless hermitage.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.64.16a; the second (तं तदाऽप्रतिमं…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (1.91.22)

यतिभिर्वालखिल्यैश्च वृतं मुनिगणान्वितम् । अग्न्यगारैश्च बहुभिः पुष्पसंस्तरसंस्तृतम् ॥

yatibhirvālakhilyaiśca vṛtaṃ munigaṇānvitam | agnyagāraiśca bahubhiḥ puṣpasaṃstarasaṃstṛtam

It was filled with ascetics and Valakhilyas and thronged with hosts of sages, with many fire-sanctuaries, and strewn with carpets of flowers,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.16c and 1.64.17a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 23 (1.91.23)

महाकच्छैर्बृहद्भिश्च विभ्राजितमतीव च । मालिनीमभितो राजन्नदीं पुण्यां सुखोदकाम् ॥

mahākacchairbṛhadbhiśca vibhrājitamatīva ca | mālinīmabhito rājannadīṃ puṇyāṃ sukhodakām

and made splendid by great, broad stretches of riverbank. Along the Malini, O king, a holy river of pleasant water,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.17c and 1.64.18a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 24 (1.91.24)

नैकपक्षिगणाकीर्णां तपोवनमनोरमाम् । तत्रव्यालमृगान्सौम्यान्पश्यन्प्रीतिमवाप सः ॥

naikapakṣigaṇākīrṇāṃ tapovanamanoramām | tatravyālamṛgānsaumyānpaśyanprītimavāpa saḥ

crowded with many flocks of birds and charming with its groves of austerity, he saw beasts of prey grown gentle, and he was delighted.

Note on the text: Corrected सैम्यान् → सौम्यान् (misprint in Wikisource; ै for ौ, as in the critical edition's saumyān). Lines = 1.64.18ce of the critical edition.

Verse 25 (1.91.25)

तं चाप्रतिरथः श्रीमानाश्रमं प्रत्यपद्यत । देवलोकप्रतीकाशं सर्वतः सुमनोहरम् ॥

taṃ cāpratirathaḥ śrīmānāśramaṃ pratyapadyata | devalokapratīkāśaṃ sarvataḥ sumanoharam

That glorious king, without rival among chariot-fighters, approached the hermitage, which was like the world of the gods and lovely on every side.

Verse 26 (1.91.26)

नदीं चाश्रमसंश्लिष्टां पुण्यतोयां ददर्श सः । सर्वप्राणभृतां तत्र जननीमिव धिष्ठिताम् ॥

nadīṃ cāśramasaṃśliṣṭāṃ puṇyatoyāṃ dadarśa saḥ | sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ tatra jananīmiva dhiṣṭhitām

He saw the river of holy waters that bordered the hermitage, standing there like a mother to all living beings,

Verse 27 (1.91.27)

सचक्रवाकपुलिनां पुष्पफेनप्रवाहिनीम् । सकिन्नरगणावासां वानरर्क्षनिषेविताम् ॥

sacakravākapulināṃ puṣpaphenapravāhinīm | sakinnaragaṇāvāsāṃ vānararkṣaniṣevitām

its sandbanks alive with chakravaka birds, its current carrying flowers and foam, home to troops of Kinnaras and haunted by monkeys and bears,

Note on the text: Corrected वारनर्क्ष → वानरर्क्ष (misprint in Wikisource; र and न transposed, as in the critical edition's vānararkṣa-).

Verse 28 (1.91.28)

पुण्यस्वाध्यायसंघुष्टां पुलिनैरुपशोभिताम् । मत्तवारणशार्दूलभुजगेन्द्रनिषेविताम् ॥

puṇyasvādhyāyasaṃghuṣṭāṃ pulinairupaśobhitām | mattavāraṇaśārdūlabhujagendraniṣevitām

resounding with the holy recitation of the Veda, graced by its sandbanks, and haunted by rutting elephants, tigers and great serpents.

Note on the text: Corrected संघुष्टा → संघुष्टां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — the word qualifies the river in the accusative, as in the critical edition's saṃghuṣṭāṃ).

Verse 29 (1.91.29)

तस्यास्तीरे भगवतः काश्यपस्य महात्मनः । आश्रमप्रवरं रम्यं महर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥

tasyāstīre bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ | āśramapravaraṃ ramyaṃ maharṣigaṇasevitam

On its bank lay the lovely and excellent hermitage of the holy, great-souled Kashyapa, attended by hosts of great sages.

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

Verse 30 (1.91.30)

नदीमाश्रमसंबद्धां दृष्ट्वाश्रमपदं तथा । चकाराभिप्रवेशाय मतिं स नृपतिस्तदा ॥

nadīmāśramasaṃbaddhāṃ dṛṣṭvāśramapadaṃ tathā | cakārābhipraveśāya matiṃ sa nṛpatistadā

Seeing the river joined to the hermitage, and the hermitage grounds as well, the king then set his mind on going in.

Verse 31 (1.91.31)

अलङ्कृतं द्वीपवत्या मालिन्या रम्यतीरया । नरनारायणस्थानं गङ्गयेवोपशोभितम् ॥

alaṅkṛtaṃ dvīpavatyā mālinyā ramyatīrayā | naranārāyaṇasthānaṃ gaṅgayevopaśobhitam

It was adorned by the Malini, with its islands and lovely banks, like the abode of Nara and Narayana graced by the Ganga.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.64.24ac of the critical edition.

Verse 32 (1.91.32)

मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्टं प्रविवेश महद्वनम् । तत्स चैत्ररथप्रख्यं समुपेत्य नरर्षभः ॥

mattabarhiṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ praviveśa mahadvanam | tatsa caitrarathaprakhyaṃ samupetya nararṣabhaḥ

He entered the great forest, which rang with the cries of excited peacocks. Approaching that place, which was like Chaitraratha,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.24e and 1.64.25a of the critical edition, the second in a variant form (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 33 (1.91.33)

अतीव गुणसंपन्नमनिर्देश्यं च वर्चसा । महर्षिं काश्यपं द्रष्टुमथ कण्वं तपोधनम् ॥

atīva guṇasaṃpannamanirdeśyaṃ ca varcasā | maharṣiṃ kāśyapaṃ draṣṭumatha kaṇvaṃ tapodhanam

exceedingly rich in virtues and of a radiance beyond description, the bull among men, wishing to see the great sage Kanva of Kashyapa's line, rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.64.25ce of the critical edition.

Verse 34 (1.91.34)

ध्वजिनीमश्वसंबाधां पदातिगजसङ्कुलाम् । अवस्थाप्य वनद्वारि सेनामिदमुवाच सः ॥

dhvajinīmaśvasaṃbādhāṃ padātigajasaṅkulām | avasthāpya vanadvāri senāmidamuvāca saḥ

halted at the forest gate his army with its banners, crowded with horses and full of foot-soldiers and elephants, and said to it:

Verse 35 (1.91.35)

मुनिं विरजसं द्रष्टुं गमिष्यामि तपोधनम् । काश्यपं स्थीयतामत्र यावदागमनं मम ॥

muniṃ virajasaṃ draṣṭuṃ gamiṣyāmi tapodhanam | kāśyapaṃ sthīyatāmatra yāvadāgamanaṃ mama

'I am going to see Kashyapa, the sage free of passion, rich in austerity. Stay here until I return.'

Verse 36 (1.91.36)

तद्वनं नन्दनप्रख्यमासाद्य मनुजेश्वरः । क्षुत्पिपासे जहौ राजा मुदं चावाप पुष्कलाम् ॥

tadvanaṃ nandanaprakhyamāsādya manujeśvaraḥ | kṣutpipāse jahau rājā mudaṃ cāvāpa puṣkalām

Reaching that forest, which was like Nandana, the lord of men, the king, cast off his hunger and thirst and felt abundant joy.

Verse 37 (1.91.37)

सामात्यो राजलिङ्गानि सोऽपनीय नराधिपः । पुरोहितसहायश्च जगामाश्रममुत्तमम् ॥

sāmātyo rājaliṅgāni so'panīya narādhipaḥ | purohitasahāyaśca jagāmāśramamuttamam

Laying aside his royal insignia, the king, with his ministers and with his priest at his side, went to that excellent hermitage,

Note on the text: Corrected सोपनीय → सोऽपनीय (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha turned अपनीय 'having put aside' into उपनीय 'having brought', as in the critical edition's so 'panīya). Lines = 1.64.29ac of the critical edition.

Verse 38 (1.91.38)

दिदृक्षुस्तत्र तमृषिं तपोराशिमथाव्ययम् । ब्रह्मलोकप्रतीकाशमाश्रमं सोऽभिवीक्ष्य ह । षट्पदोद्गीतसंघुष्टं नानाद्विजगणायुतम् ॥

didṛkṣustatra tamṛṣiṃ taporāśimathāvyayam | brahmalokapratīkāśamāśramaṃ so'bhivīkṣya ha | ṣaṭpadodgītasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nānādvijagaṇāyutam

eager to see the sage there, that imperishable store of austerity. He looked upon the hermitage, which was like the world of Brahma, ringing with the songs of bees and thronged with birds of many kinds.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.64.29e and 1.64.30 of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 39 (1.91.39)

विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो राजा प्रीतो बभूव ह । ऋचो बह्वृचमुख्यैश्च प्रेर्यमाणाः पदक्रमैः । शुश्राव मनुजव्याघ्रो विततेष्विह कर्मसु ॥

vismayotphullanayano rājā prīto babhūva ha | ṛco bahvṛcamukhyaiśca preryamāṇāḥ padakramaiḥ | śuśrāva manujavyāghro vitateṣviha karmasu

His eyes wide with wonder, the king was delighted. That tiger among men heard the Rig verses being chanted in their pada and krama forms by the foremost Bahvricha priests at the rites being performed there.

Note on the text: Corrected बभूवह → बभूव ह (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the other two = 1.64.31.

Verse 40 (1.91.40)

यज्ञविद्याङ्गविद्भिश्च यजुर्विद्भिश्च शोभितम् । मधुरैः सामगीतैश्च ऋषिभिर्नियतव्रतैः ॥

yajñavidyāṅgavidbhiśca yajurvidbhiśca śobhitam | madhuraiḥ sāmagītaiśca ṛṣibhirniyatavrataiḥ

The hermitage was graced by men who knew the lore of sacrifice and its limbs and by knowers of the Yajus, by sweet chanting of the Saman, and by sages of strict vows;

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to 1.64.32a of the critical edition, in a variant form; the second (मधुरैः सामगीतैश्च…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.91.41)

भारुण्डसामगीताभिरथर्वशिरसोद्गतैः । यतात्मभिः सुनियतैः शुशुभे स तदाश्रमः ॥

bhāruṇḍasāmagītābhiratharvaśirasodgataiḥ | yatātmabhiḥ suniyataiḥ śuśubhe sa tadāśramaḥ

by the singing of the Bharunda Samans and by recitations of the Atharvashiras, and by self-controlled men of strict discipline, that hermitage was made beautiful.

Note on the text: The first line (भारुण्डसामगीताभिः…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second corresponds to 1.64.32c, in a variant form.

Verse 42 (1.91.42)

अथर्ववेदप्रवराः पूगयज्ञियसामगाः । संहितामीरयन्ति स्म पदक्रमयुतां तु ते ॥

atharvavedapravarāḥ pūgayajñiyasāmagāḥ | saṃhitāmīrayanti sma padakramayutāṃ tu te

The foremost of those versed in the Atharva Veda, and the Saman singers of the guild sacrifices, were reciting the Samhita together with its pada and krama readings.

Verse 43 (1.91.43)

शब्दसंस्कारसंयुक्तैर्ब्रुवद्भिश्चापरैर्द्विजैः । नादितः स बभौ श्रीमान्ब्रह्मलोक इवापरः ॥

śabdasaṃskārasaṃyuktairbruvadbhiścāparairdvijaiḥ | nāditaḥ sa babhau śrīmānbrahmaloka ivāparaḥ

Echoing with other brahmins who spoke with correct and refined speech, that glorious hermitage shone like a second world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected संयुक्तर्ब्रुवद्भिः → संयुक्तैर्ब्रुवद्भिः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ै of the instrumental plural).

Verse 44 (1.91.44)

यज्ञसंस्तरविद्भिश्च क्रमशिक्षाविशारदैः । न्यायतत्त्वात्मविज्ञानसंपन्नैर्वेदपारगैः ॥

yajñasaṃstaravidbhiśca kramaśikṣāviśāradaiḥ | nyāyatattvātmavijñānasaṃpannairvedapāragaiḥ

There were men who knew how the sacrifice is laid out, skilled in krama recitation and in phonetics, accomplished in logic, in the principles of things and in knowledge of the self, masters of the Vedas;

Verse 45 (1.91.45)

नानावाक्यसमाहारसमवायविशारदैः । विशेषकार्यविद्भिश्च मोक्षधर्मपरायणैः ॥

nānāvākyasamāhārasamavāyaviśāradaiḥ | viśeṣakāryavidbhiśca mokṣadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ

men skilled in gathering together many statements and finding their harmony, who knew the particular rites, devoted to the dharma of liberation;

Verse 46 (1.91.46)

स्थापनाक्षेपसिद्धान्तपरमार्थज्ञतां गतैः । शब्दच्छन्दोनिरुक्तज्ञैः कालज्ञानविशारदैः ॥

sthāpanākṣepasiddhāntaparamārthajñatāṃ gataiḥ | śabdacchandoniruktajñaiḥ kālajñānaviśāradaiḥ

men who had mastered thesis, objection, conclusion and the highest truth; knowers of grammar, metre and etymology, skilled in the science of time;

Note on the text: Corrected स्तापना → स्थापना (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, as in the critical edition's sthāpanā-). The first line = 1.64.37a; the second (शब्दच्छन्दोनिरुक्तज्ञैः…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (1.91.47)

द्रव्यकर्मगुणज्ञैश्च कार्यकारणवेदिभिः । पक्षिवानररुतज्ञैश्च व्यासग्रन्थसमाश्रितैः ॥

dravyakarmaguṇajñaiśca kāryakāraṇavedibhiḥ | pakṣivānararutajñaiśca vyāsagranthasamāśritaiḥ

knowers of substance, action and quality, versed in cause and effect, who understood the cries of birds and monkeys, and who relied on the works of Vyasa;

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

Verse 48 (1.91.48)

नानाशास्त्रेषु मुख्यैश्च शुश्राव स्वनमीरितम् । लोकायतिकमुख्यैश्च समन्तादनुनादितम् ॥

nānāśāstreṣu mukhyaiśca śuśrāva svanamīritam | lokāyatikamukhyaiśca samantādanunāditam

and leaders in many sciences: he heard the sound they raised, and the place echoed all around with the foremost of the Lokayatikas as well.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.64.37c.

Verse 49 (1.91.49)

तत्रतत्र च विप्रेन्द्रान्नियतान्संशितव्रतान् । जपहोमपरान्विप्रान्ददर्श परवीरहा ॥

tatratatra ca viprendrānniyatānsaṃśitavratān | japahomaparānviprāndadarśa paravīrahā

Here and there the slayer of enemy heroes saw eminent brahmins, self-restrained and firm in their vows, intent on prayer and fire offerings.

Verse 50 (1.91.50)

आसनानि विचित्राणि रुचिराणि महीपतिः । प्रयत्नोपहितानि स्म दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमागमत् ॥

āsanāni vicitrāṇi rucirāṇi mahīpatiḥ | prayatnopahitāni sma dṛṣṭvā vismayamāgamat

Seeing the fine seats of many kinds that had been set out with care, the lord of the earth was filled with wonder.

Verse 51 (1.91.51)

देवतायतनानां च प्रेक्ष्य पूजां कृतां द्विजैः । ब्रह्मलोकस्थमात्मानं मेने स नृपसत्तमः ॥

devatāyatanānāṃ ca prekṣya pūjāṃ kṛtāṃ dvijaiḥ | brahmalokasthamātmānaṃ mene sa nṛpasattamaḥ

Seeing the worship the brahmins had performed at the shrines of the gods, that best of kings felt himself to be in the world of Brahma.

Verse 52 (1.91.52)

स काश्यपतपोगुप्तमाश्रमप्रवरं शुभम् । नातृप्यत्प्रेक्षमाणो वै तपोवनगुणैर्युतम् ॥

sa kāśyapatapoguptamāśramapravaraṃ śubham | nātṛpyatprekṣamāṇo vai tapovanaguṇairyutam

Gazing at that splendid, excellent hermitage, guarded by the austerity of Kashyapa and endowed with all the virtues of a grove of penance, he could not look his fill.

Verse 53 (1.91.53)

स काश्यपस्यायतनं महाव्रतै- । र्वृतं समन्तादृषिभिस्तपोधनैः । विवेश सामात्यपुरोहितोऽरिहा । विविक्तमत्यर्थमनोहरं शुभम् ॥

sa kāśyapasyāyatanaṃ mahāvratai- | rvṛtaṃ samantādṛṣibhistapodhanaiḥ | viveśa sāmātyapurohito'rihā | viviktamatyarthamanoharaṃ śubham

Then the slayer of foes, with his ministers and his priest, entered the dwelling of Kashyapa, secluded, exceedingly lovely and auspicious, surrounded on every side by sages of great vows, rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected समान्तात् → समन्तात् (misprint in Wikisource; long ā for a, as in the critical edition's samantād). Printed, as in Wikisource, one quarter-verse per line.