Vyasa Teaches Shuka the Greatness of Cows

Verse 1 (13.124.1)

पवित्राणां पवित्रं यच्छ्रेष्ठं लोकेषु पूजितम् । महाव्रतं महाभाग तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yacchreṣṭhaṃ lokeṣu pūjitam | mahāvrataṃ mahābhāga tanme brūhi pitāmaha

O greatly fortunate grandfather, tell me that great vow which is the purest of the pure and the best, honoured throughout the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0001-0002). Removed the speaker heading '`युधिष्ठिर उवाच' (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the first line of the verse; Yudhishthira is recorded as the speaker. Wikisource footnote: one manuscript reads देवव्रत महाभाग for महाव्रतं महाभाग; the base reading is kept.

Verse 2 (13.124.2)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । पितुः पुत्रस्य संवादं व्यासस्य च शुकस्य च ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | pituḥ putrasya saṃvādaṃ vyāsasya ca śukasya ca

On this they recount an ancient tale, a conversation between a father and his son, Vyasa and Shuka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0003-0004).

Verse 3 (13.124.3)

ऋषीणामुत्तमं कृष्णं भावितात्मानमच्युतम् । पारम्पर्यविशेषज्ञं सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदम् ॥

ṛṣīṇāmuttamaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhāvitātmānamacyutam | pāramparyaviśeṣajñaṃ sarvaśāstrārthakovidam

(It concerns) Krishna, the best of sages, of cultivated soul and unfallen, who knew every particular of the traditions and was skilled in the meaning of all the scriptures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0005-0006).

Verse 4 (13.124.4)

कृतशौचः शुकस्तत्र कृतजप्यः कृताह्निकः । परं नियममास्थाय परं धर्ममुपाश्रितः ॥

kṛtaśaucaḥ śukastatra kṛtajapyaḥ kṛtāhnikaḥ | paraṃ niyamamāsthāya paraṃ dharmamupāśritaḥ

Shuka there, having purified himself, finished his recitation and his daily rites, adopted the highest discipline and taken refuge in the highest dharma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0007-0008).

Verse 5 (13.124.5)

प्रणम्य शिरसा व्यासं सूक्ष्मतत्वार्थदर्शिनम् । शुकः पप्रच्छ वै प्रश्नं दानधर्मकुतूहलः ॥

praṇamya śirasā vyāsaṃ sūkṣmatatvārthadarśinam | śukaḥ papraccha vai praśnaṃ dānadharmakutūhalaḥ

bowed his head to Vyasa, who saw the truth of subtle things, and put this question to him, eager to learn the dharma of giving:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0009-0010). सूक्ष्मतत्वार्थ spelled with a single त् in Wikisource (CE tattva); kept as an accepted spelling.

Verse 6 (13.124.6)

बहुचित्राणि दानानि बहुशः शंससे मुने । महार्थं पावनं पुण्यं किंस्विद्दानं महाफलम् ॥

bahucitrāṇi dānāni bahuśaḥ śaṃsase mune | mahārthaṃ pāvanaṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃsviddānaṃ mahāphalam

You speak, O sage, of many wonderful kinds of gifts, again and again. Which gift is of great purpose, purifying, meritorious and rich in fruit?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0011-0012).

Verse 7 (13.124.7)

केन दुर्गाणि तरति केन लोकानवाप्नुते । केन वा महदाप्नोति इह लोके परत्र च ॥

kena durgāṇi tarati kena lokānavāpnute | kena vā mahadāpnoti iha loke paratra ca

By what does one cross over hardships? By what does one gain the worlds? By what does one gain greatness, both in this world and in the next?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0013-0014).

Verse 8 (13.124.8)

के वा यज्ञस्य वोढारः केषु यज्ञः प्रतिष्ठितः । किञ्च यज्ञस्य यज्ञत्वं किञ्च यज्ञस्य भेषजम् । यज्ञानामुत्तमं किञ्च तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥

ke vā yajñasya voḍhāraḥ keṣu yajñaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | kiñca yajñasya yajñatvaṃ kiñca yajñasya bheṣajam | yajñānāmuttamaṃ kiñca tadbhavānprabravītu me

Who are the bearers of the sacrifice, and on what is the sacrifice founded? What makes a sacrifice a sacrifice, and what is the remedy of a sacrifice? And what is the best of sacrifices? Please tell me this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0015-0017).

Verse 9 (13.124.9)

स तस्मै भजमानाय जातकौतूहलाय च । व्यासो व्रतनिधिः प्राह गवामिदमनुत्तमम् ॥

sa tasmai bhajamānāya jātakautūhalāya ca | vyāso vratanidhiḥ prāha gavāmidamanuttamam

To him, who revered him and whose curiosity was aroused, Vyasa, the storehouse of vows, spoke of this supreme matter concerning cows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0018-0019).

Verse 10 (13.124.10)

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं लोके श्रुतिसुखावहम् । यत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् ॥

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ loke śrutisukhāvaham | yatpavitraṃ pavitrāṇāṃ maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam

blessed, renowned, giving long life, pleasing to hear in the world, the purest of the pure and the most auspicious of the auspicious,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0020-0021). Taken as the object of the preceding verse (in apposition to "this supreme matter"), hence left with the narrator.

Verse 11 (13.124.11)

सर्वपापप्रशमनं तत्समासेन मे शृणु । यदिदं तिष्ठते लोके जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । गावस्तत्प्राप्य तिष्ठन्ति गोलोके पुण्यदर्शनाः ॥

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ tatsamāsena me śṛṇu | yadidaṃ tiṣṭhate loke jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | gāvastatprāpya tiṣṭhanti goloke puṇyadarśanāḥ

and the destroyer of all sin. Hear it from me in brief. All this world that stands here, moving and unmoving: having reached it, the cows, holy to behold, abide in Goloka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0022-0024).

Verse 12 (13.124.12)

मातरः सर्वभूतानां विश्वस्य जगतश्च ह । रुद्राणामिह साध्यानां गाव एव तु मातरः ॥

mātaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ viśvasya jagataśca ha | rudrāṇāmiha sādhyānāṃ gāva eva tu mātaraḥ

They are the mothers of all beings and of the whole universe. Of the Rudras and of the Sadhyas here, the cows alone are the mothers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0025-0026).

Verse 13 (13.124.13)

रुद्राणां मातरो ह्येता ह्यादित्यानां स्वसा स्मृताः । वसूनां च दुहित्रस्ता ब्रह्मसन्तानमूलजाः ॥

rudrāṇāṃ mātaro hyetā hyādityānāṃ svasā smṛtāḥ | vasūnāṃ ca duhitrastā brahmasantānamūlajāḥ

These are the mothers of the Rudras, they are remembered as the sisters of the Adityas and the daughters of the Vasus, born of the root of Brahma's creation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0027-0028).

Verse 14 (13.124.14)

यासामधिपतिः पूषा मरुतो वालबन्धनाः । ऐश्वर्यं वरुणो राजा विश्वेदेवाः समाश्रिताः ॥

yāsāmadhipatiḥ pūṣā maruto vālabandhanāḥ | aiśvaryaṃ varuṇo rājā viśvedevāḥ samāśritāḥ

Their overlord is Pushan, and the Maruts are their tail-binders; King Varuna holds sovereignty over them, and the Vishvedevas have taken refuge in them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0029-0030).

Verse 15 (13.124.15)

य एवं वेद ता गावो मातरो देवपूजिताः । स विप्रो ब्रह्मलोकाय गवां लोकाय वा ध्रुवः ॥

ya evaṃ veda tā gāvo mātaro devapūjitāḥ | sa vipro brahmalokāya gavāṃ lokāya vā dhruvaḥ

The brahmin who knows thus that the cows are mothers, honoured by the gods, is sure to reach the world of Brahma or the world of the cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0031-0032).

Verse 16 (13.124.16)

गावस्तु नावमन्येत कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । गवां स्थानं परं लोके प्रार्थयेद्यः परां गतिम् ॥

gāvastu nāvamanyeta karmaṇā manasā girā | gavāṃ sthānaṃ paraṃ loke prārthayedyaḥ parāṃ gatim

One who seeks the supreme station of the cows in the world, the highest goal, should never slight the cows in deed, thought or word.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0033-0034).

Verse 17 (13.124.17)

न पद्भ्यां ताडयेद्गा वै न दण्डेन न मुष्टिना । इमां विद्यामुपाश्रित्य पावनीं ब्रह्मनिर्मिताम् ॥

na padbhyāṃ tāḍayedgā vai na daṇḍena na muṣṭinā | imāṃ vidyāmupāśritya pāvanīṃ brahmanirmitām

Relying on this purifying lore made by Brahma, he should not strike a cow with his feet, with a stick or with his fist.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0035-0036).

Verse 18 (13.124.18)

मातॄणामन्ववाये च न गोमध्ये न गोव्रजे । नरो मूत्रपुरीषस्य दृष्ट्वा कुर्याद्विसर्जनम् ॥

mātṝṇāmanvavāye ca na gomadhye na govraje | naro mūtrapurīṣasya dṛṣṭvā kuryādvisarjanam

And a man who sees cows should not void urine or excrement where the mothers pass, among the cows, or in the cow-pen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0037-0038).

Verse 19 (13.124.19)

शुद्धाश्चन्दनशीताङ्ग्यश्चन्द्ररश्मिसमप्रभाः । सौम्याः सुरभ्यः सुभगा गावो गुग्गुलुगन्धयः ॥

śuddhāścandanaśītāṅgyaścandraraśmisamaprabhāḥ | saumyāḥ surabhyaḥ subhagā gāvo guggulugandhayaḥ

The cows are pure, their limbs cool as sandalwood, bright as the rays of the moon, gentle, fragrant and fortunate, smelling of guggulu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0039-0040).

Verse 20 (13.124.20)

सर्वे देवाऽविशन्गा वै समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः । दिवं चैवान्तरिक्षं च गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥

sarve devā'viśangā vai samudramiva sindhavaḥ | divaṃ caivāntarikṣaṃ ca gavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ samaśnute

All the gods have entered the cows, as rivers enter the ocean. One gains heaven and the sky, and the prosperity that comes from cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0041-0042).

Verse 21 (13.124.21)

दधिना जुहुयादग्निं दधिना स्वस्ति वाचयेत् । दधि दद्याच्च प्राशेत गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥

dadhinā juhuyādagniṃ dadhinā svasti vācayet | dadhi dadyācca prāśeta gavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ samaśnute

One should offer curds in the fire, have the blessing pronounced with curds, give curds and eat them: thus he gains the prosperity that comes from cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0043-0044).

Verse 22 (13.124.22)

घृतेन जुहुयादग्निं घृतेन स्वस्ति वाचयेत् । घृतमालभ्य प्राश्नीयाद्गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥

ghṛtena juhuyādagniṃ ghṛtena svasti vācayet | ghṛtamālabhya prāśnīyādgavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ samaśnute

One should offer ghee in the fire, have the blessing pronounced with ghee, touch ghee and eat it: thus he gains the prosperity that comes from cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0045-0046).

Verse 23 (13.124.23)

गावः संजीवना यास्तु गावो दानमनुत्तमम् । ताः पुण्यगोपाः सुफला भजमानं भजन्तु माम् ॥

gāvaḥ saṃjīvanā yāstu gāvo dānamanuttamam | tāḥ puṇyagopāḥ suphalā bhajamānaṃ bhajantu mām

The cows give life; the cows are the supreme gift. May those cows, guardians of merit and rich in fruit, cherish me, who cherish them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0047-0048).

Verse 24 (13.124.24)

येन देवाः पवित्रेण स्वर्गलोकमितो गताः । तत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां मम मूर्ध्नि प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

yena devāḥ pavitreṇa svargalokamito gatāḥ | tatpavitraṃ pavitrāṇāṃ mama mūrdhni pratiṣṭhitam

That purifier by which the gods went from here to the world of heaven, the purest of the pure, is established upon my head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0049-0050).

Verse 25 (13.124.25)

वीणामृदङ्गपणवा गवां गात्रं प्रतिष्ठिताः । क्रीडारतिविहारार्थे त्रिषु लोकेषु वर्तते ॥

vīṇāmṛdaṅgapaṇavā gavāṃ gātraṃ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | krīḍārativihārārthe triṣu lokeṣu vartate

The vina, the mridanga and the panava drum rest on the bodies of the cows; for play, delight and recreation they exist in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0051-0052).

Verse 26 (13.124.26)

न तत्र देवा वर्तन्ते नाग्निहोत्राणि जुह्वति । न यज्ञैरिज्यते चात्र यत्र गौर्वै न दृश्यते ॥

na tatra devā vartante nāgnihotrāṇi juhvati | na yajñairijyate cātra yatra gaurvai na dṛśyate

Where no cow is to be seen, the gods do not stay, the fire-offerings are not made, and no sacrifice is performed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0053-0054).

Verse 27 (13.124.27)

क्षीरं दधि घृतं यासां रसानामुत्तमो रसः । अमृतप्रभवा गावस्त्रैलोक्यं येन जीवति ॥

kṣīraṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ yāsāṃ rasānāmuttamo rasaḥ | amṛtaprabhavā gāvastrailokyaṃ yena jīvati

Their milk, curds and ghee are the best of tastes. The cows are born of nectar, and by them the three worlds live.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0055-0056). Corrected घृथं → घृतं (misprint in Wikisource; CE ghṛtaṃ).

Verse 28 (13.124.28)

इमामाहूय धेनुं च सवत्सां यज्ञमातरम् । उपाह्वयन्ति यां विप्रा गावो यज्ञहविष्कृतम् ॥

imāmāhūya dhenuṃ ca savatsāṃ yajñamātaram | upāhvayanti yāṃ viprā gāvo yajñahaviṣkṛtam

Summoning this cow with her calf, the mother of sacrifice, the brahmins call upon her; the cows are the makers of the sacrificial oblation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0057-0058). The second line reads यज्ञहविष्कृतम् in Wikisource and यज्ञहविष्कृताः in the CE; kept as the base reading. CE has इडाम् for इमाम्.

Verse 29 (13.124.29)

या मेध्या प्रथमं कर्म इयं धेनुः सरस्वती । पौर्णमासेन वत्सेन कामं कामगुणान्विता ॥

yā medhyā prathamaṃ karma iyaṃ dhenuḥ sarasvatī | paurṇamāsena vatsena kāmaṃ kāmaguṇānvitā

She who is fit for sacrifice and first in the rite is this cow, Sarasvati; with her calf at the full-moon rite she brings, as one wishes, every desired blessing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0059-0060).

Verse 30 (13.124.30)

यत्र सर्वमिदं प्रोतं यत्किंचिज्जङ्गमं जगत् । स गौर्वै प्रथमा पुण्या सर्वभूतहिते रता ॥

yatra sarvamidaṃ protaṃ yatkiṃcijjaṅgamaṃ jagat | sa gaurvai prathamā puṇyā sarvabhūtahite ratā

She in whom all this is woven, whatever moves in the world, that cow is first, holy, and devoted to the good of all beings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0061-0062).

Verse 31 (13.124.31)

धारणाः पावनाः पुण्या भावना भूतभावनाः । गावो मामभिरक्षन्तु इह लोके परत्र च ॥

dhāraṇāḥ pāvanāḥ puṇyā bhāvanā bhūtabhāvanāḥ | gāvo māmabhirakṣantu iha loke paratra ca

Upholders, purifiers, holy, nurturers, bringers of beings into being, may the cows protect me in this world and in the next.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0063-0064).

Verse 32 (13.124.32)

एष यज्ञः सहोपाङ्ग एष यज्ञः सनातनः । वेदाः सहोपनिषदो गवां रूपाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

eṣa yajñaḥ sahopāṅga eṣa yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ | vedāḥ sahopaniṣado gavāṃ rūpāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

This is the sacrifice with its subsidiary parts; this is the eternal sacrifice. The Vedas, with the Upanishads, are established in the form of cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0065-0066).

Verse 33 (13.124.33)

एतत्तात मया प्रोक्तं गवामिह परं मतम् । सर्वतः श्रावयेन्नित्यं प्रयतो ब्रह्मसंसदि ॥

etattāta mayā proktaṃ gavāmiha paraṃ matam | sarvataḥ śrāvayennityaṃ prayato brahmasaṃsadi

This, my child, is what I have told you, the supreme teaching about cows in this world. One should always recite it everywhere, self-controlled, in an assembly of brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0067-0068).

Verse 34 (13.124.34)

श्रुत्वा लभेत ताँल्लोकान्ये मया परिकीर्तिताः । श्रावयित्वापि प्रीतात्मा लोकांस्तान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥

śrutvā labheta tām̐llokānye mayā parikīrtitāḥ | śrāvayitvāpi prītātmā lokāṃstānpratipadyate

By hearing it one gains the worlds I have described, and one who recites it to others, glad at heart, also reaches those worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0069-0070).

Verse 35 (13.124.35)

धेनुमेकां समादद्यादहन्यहनि पावनीम् । तत्तथा प्राप्नुयाद्विप्रः पठन्वै गोमतीं सदा ॥

dhenumekāṃ samādadyādahanyahani pāvanīm | tattathā prāpnuyādvipraḥ paṭhanvai gomatīṃ sadā

Let him take up the giving of one purifying cow each day; a brahmin who always recites the Gomati obtains the same.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0071-0072).

Verse 36 (13.124.36)

अथ धेनुर्न विद्यते तिलधेनुमनुत्तमाम् । दद्याद्गोमतिकल्पेन तां धेनुं सर्वपावनीम् ॥

atha dhenurna vidyate tiladhenumanuttamām | dadyādgomatikalpena tāṃ dhenuṃ sarvapāvanīm

If there is no cow, let him give a supreme sesame-cow, that all-purifying cow, according to the Gomati rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0073-0074).

Verse 37 (13.124.37)

आह्निकं गोमतीं नित्यं यः पठेत सदा नरः । सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्येत प्रयतात्मा य आचरेत् ॥

āhnikaṃ gomatīṃ nityaṃ yaḥ paṭheta sadā naraḥ | sarvapāpātpramucyeta prayatātmā ya ācaret

A man who always recites the Gomati as his daily rite is freed from all sin, if he practises it with a restrained soul.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0075-0076).

Verse 38 (13.124.38)

घृतं वा नित्यमालभ्य प्राश्य वा गोमतीं जपेत् । स्नात्वा वा गोकरीषेण पठन्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

ghṛtaṃ vā nityamālabhya prāśya vā gomatīṃ japet | snātvā vā gokarīṣeṇa paṭhanpāpātpramucyate

Or, touching ghee or tasting it, he should recite the Gomati; or bathing with cow-dung and reciting it, he is freed from sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0077-0078).

Verse 39 (13.124.39)

मनसा गोमतीं जप्येद्गोमत्या नित्यमाह्निकम् । न त्वेव दिवसं कुर्याद्व्यर्थं गोमत्यपाठकः ॥

manasā gomatīṃ japyedgomatyā nityamāhnikam | na tveva divasaṃ kuryādvyarthaṃ gomatyapāṭhakaḥ

He should recite the Gomati in his mind as his daily rite; one who does not recite the Gomati should never let a day pass in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0079-0080). Corrected न त्वेन → न त्वेव (misprint in Wikisource; "एन" does not fit the sense; CE na tv eva).

Verse 40 (13.124.40)

गोमतीं जपमाना हि देवा देवत्वमाप्नुवन् । ऋषित्वमृषयश्चापि गोमत्या सर्वमाप्नुवन् ॥

gomatīṃ japamānā hi devā devatvamāpnuvan | ṛṣitvamṛṣayaścāpi gomatyā sarvamāpnuvan

By reciting the Gomati the gods attained godhood, and the sages sagehood; all that they gained, they gained through the Gomati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0081-0082).

Verse 41 (13.124.41)

बद्धो बन्धात्प्रमुच्येत कृच्छ्रान्मुच्येत सङ्कटात् । गोमतीं सेवते यस्तु लभते प्रियसङ्गमम् ॥

baddho bandhātpramucyeta kṛcchrānmucyeta saṅkaṭāt | gomatīṃ sevate yastu labhate priyasaṅgamam

The bound man is freed from bondage, and one is freed from hardship and from danger. He who resorts to the Gomati is reunited with those he loves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0083-0084).

Verse 42 (13.124.42)

एतत्पवित्रं कार्त्स्न्येन एतद्व्रतमनुत्तमम् । एतत्तु पृथिवीपाल पावनं शृण्वतां सदा ॥

etatpavitraṃ kārtsnyena etadvratamanuttamam | etattu pṛthivīpāla pāvanaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā

This is purifying in its entirety; this is the supreme vow. This, O protector of the earth, always purifies those who hear it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0085-0086).

Verse 43 (13.124.43)

पुत्रकामाश्च ये केचिद्धनकामाश्च मानवाः । अध्वाने चोरवैरिभ्यो मुच्यते गोमतीं पठन् ॥

putrakāmāśca ye keciddhanakāmāśca mānavāḥ | adhvāne coravairibhyo mucyate gomatīṃ paṭhan

Whichever men desire sons or wealth, and whoever is on a road beset by thieves and enemies, is freed by reciting the Gomati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0087-0088). Corrected अद्धाने → अध्वाने (misprint in Wikisource; CE adhvāne).

Verse 44 (13.124.44)

पूर्ववैरानुबन्धेषु रणे चाप्याततायिनः । लभेत जयमेवाशु सदा गोमतिपाठकः ॥

pūrvavairānubandheṣu raṇe cāpyātatāyinaḥ | labheta jayamevāśu sadā gomatipāṭhakaḥ

In old feuds, or in battle against attackers, the reciter of the Gomati quickly wins victory, always.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition main text; found only in Appendix I no. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0089-0090). Corrected रणए → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; CE raṇe).