The Origin and Merit of Gold

Verse 1 (13.130.1)

उक्तं पितामहेनेदं गवां दानमनुत्तमम् । विशेषेण नरेन्द्राणामिह धर्ममवेक्षताम् ॥

uktaṃ pitāmahenedaṃ gavāṃ dānamanuttamam | viśeṣeṇa narendrāṇāmiha dharmamavekṣatām

Grandfather, you have described the gift of cows as the highest of gifts, especially for kings who keep dharma in view in this world.

Verse 2 (13.130.2)

राज्यं हि सततं दुःखमाश्रमाश्च सुदुर्विदाः । परिचारेषु वै दुःखं दुर्धरं चाकृतात्मभिः । भूयिष्ठं च नरेन्द्राणां विद्यते न शुभा गतिः ॥

rājyaṃ hi satataṃ duḥkhamāśramāśca sudurvidāḥ | paricāreṣu vai duḥkhaṃ durdharaṃ cākṛtātmabhiḥ | bhūyiṣṭhaṃ ca narendrāṇāṃ vidyate na śubhā gatiḥ

Kingship is a constant sorrow, and the stages of life are hard to understand. There is sorrow in attendance and service, hard to bear for those whose minds are untrained. And for kings, for the most part, there is no good destination.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed (13-130-2a,b,c) = CE 13.83.2 a, c, e.

Verse 3 (13.130.3)

पूयन्ते तत्र नियतं प्रयच्छन्तो वसुन्धराम् । सर्वे च कथिता धर्मास्त्वया मे कुरुनन्दन ॥

pūyante tatra niyataṃ prayacchanto vasundharām | sarve ca kathitā dharmāstvayā me kurunandana

Yet in that very state they are surely purified when they give away the earth. And all the duties have been told to me by you, delight of the Kurus.

Verse 4 (13.130.4)

एवमेव गवामुक्तं प्रदानं ते नृगेण ह । ऋषिणा नाचिकेतेन पूर्वमेव निदर्शितम् ॥

evameva gavāmuktaṃ pradānaṃ te nṛgeṇa ha | ṛṣiṇā nāciketena pūrvameva nidarśitam

In just this way the giving of cows has been spoken of, with the example of Nriga, and it was shown long ago by the sage Nachiketa.

Verse 5 (13.130.5)

वेदोपनिषदे चैव सर्वकर्मसु दक्षिणाः । सर्वक्रतुषु चोद्दिष्टा भूमिर्गावोऽथ काञ्चनम् ॥

vedopaniṣade caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇāḥ | sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭā bhūmirgāvo'tha kāñcanam

In the Vedas and Upanishads, in every rite and every sacrifice, the sacrificial fee is laid down as land, cows and gold.

Verse 6 (13.130.6)

तत्र श्रुतिस्तु परमा सुवर्णं दक्षिणेति वै । एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं पितामह यथातथम् ॥

tatra śrutistu paramā suvarṇaṃ dakṣiṇeti vai | etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ pitāmaha yathātatham

Among these, the highest scriptural word is that gold is the fee. This I wish to hear from you exactly as it is, grandfather.

Verse 7 (13.130.7)

किं सुवर्णं कथं जातं कस्मिन्काले किमात्मकम् । किंदैव किंफलं चैव कस्माच्च परमुच्यते ॥

kiṃ suvarṇaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kasminkāle kimātmakam | kiṃdaiva kiṃphalaṃ caiva kasmācca paramucyate

What is gold? How was it born, and at what time? What is its nature? What deity does it have, and what fruit? And why is it called supreme?

Verse 8 (13.130.8)

कस्माद्दानं सुवर्णस्य पूजयन्ति मनीषिणः । कस्माच्च दक्षिणार्थं तद्यज्ञकर्मसु शस्यते ॥

kasmāddānaṃ suvarṇasya pūjayanti manīṣiṇaḥ | kasmācca dakṣiṇārthaṃ tadyajñakarmasu śasyate

Why do the wise honour the gift of gold? And why is it praised as the sacrificial fee in the rites of sacrifice?

Verse 9 (13.130.9)

कस्माच्च पावनं श्रेष्ठं भूमेर्गोभ्यश्च काञ्चनम् । परमं दक्षिणार्थे च तद्ब्रवीहि पितामह ॥

kasmācca pāvanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhūmergobhyaśca kāñcanam | paramaṃ dakṣiṇārthe ca tadbravīhi pitāmaha

Why is gold the best purifier, better than land and cows, and supreme as a sacrificial fee? Tell me this, grandfather.

Verse 10 (13.130.10)

शृणु राजन्नवहितो बहुकारणविस्तरम् । जातरूपसमुत्पत्तिमनुभूतं च यन्मया ॥

śṛṇu rājannavahito bahukāraṇavistaram | jātarūpasamutpattimanubhūtaṃ ca yanmayā

Listen attentively, king, to the long account of the many reasons, and to the origin of gold, which I have myself experienced.

Verse 11 (13.130.11)

पिता मम महातेजाः शन्तनुर्निधनं गतः । तस्य दित्सुरहं श्राद्धं गङ्गाद्वारमुपागमम् ॥

pitā mama mahātejāḥ śantanurnidhanaṃ gataḥ | tasya ditsurahaṃ śrāddhaṃ gaṅgādvāramupāgamam

My father, the greatly radiant Shantanu, had died. Wishing to offer him the funeral rite, I went to Gangadvara.

Note on the text: Corrected श्तनुः → शन्तनुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्; CE reads 'śaṃtanuḥ').

Verse 12 (13.130.12)

तत्रागम्य पितुः पुत्र श्राद्धकर्म समारभम् । माता मे जाह्नवी चात्र साहाय्यमकरोत्तदा ॥

tatrāgamya pituḥ putra śrāddhakarma samārabham | mātā me jāhnavī cātra sāhāyyamakarottadā

Having come there, I, his son, began the shraddha rite for my father, and my mother Jahnavi helped me then.

Note on the text: Corrected मातो → माता (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign; CE reads 'mātā').

Verse 13 (13.130.13)

तत्रागतांस्तपस्सिद्धानुपवेश्य बहूनृषीन् । तोयप्रदानात्प्रभृति कार्याण्यहमथारभम् ॥

tatrāgatāṃstapassiddhānupaveśya bahūnṛṣīn | toyapradānātprabhṛti kāryāṇyahamathārabham

I seated the many ascetic sages, perfected in austerity, who had come there, and beginning with the offering of water I started the rites.

Verse 14 (13.130.14)

तत्समाप्य यथोद्दिष्टं पूर्वकर्म समाहितः । दातुं निर्वपणं सम्यग्यथावदहमारभम् ॥

tatsamāpya yathoddiṣṭaṃ pūrvakarma samāhitaḥ | dātuṃ nirvapaṇaṃ samyagyathāvadahamārabham

When I had attentively completed the preliminary rites as prescribed, I began to make the offering of the rice-ball, properly and as the rule requires.

Verse 15 (13.130.15)

ततस्तं दर्भविन्यासं भित्त्वा सुरुचिराङ्गदः । प्रलम्बाभरणो बाहुरुदतिष्ठद्विशाम्पते ॥

tatastaṃ darbhavinyāsaṃ bhittvā surucirāṅgadaḥ | pralambābharaṇo bāhurudatiṣṭhadviśāmpate

Then, breaking through the spread of darbha grass, an arm rose up, O lord of the people, adorned with beautiful armlets and hanging ornaments.

Verse 16 (13.130.16)

मुहूर्तमपि तं दृष्ट्वा परं विस्मयमागमम् । प्रतिग्रहीता साक्षान्मे पितेति भरतर्षभ ॥

muhūrtamapi taṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayamāgamam | pratigrahītā sākṣānme piteti bharatarṣabha

Seeing it, I was for a moment filled with great wonder: the one receiving the offering was my own father in person, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 17 (13.130.17)

ततो मे पुनरेवासीत्संज्ञा सञ्चिन्त्य शास्त्रतः । नायं वेदेषु विहितो विधिर्हस्त इति प्रभो । पिण्डो देयो नरेणेह ततो मतिरभून्मम ॥

tato me punarevāsītsaṃjñā sañcintya śāstrataḥ | nāyaṃ vedeṣu vihito vidhirhasta iti prabho | piṇḍo deyo nareṇeha tato matirabhūnmama

Then my awareness returned, and I reflected on the scriptures. "The rule in the Vedas does not provide for a hand, my lord. The rice-ball is to be given by a man here." So my mind decided.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed (13-130-17a,b,c) = CE 13.83.17 a, c, e.

Verse 18 (13.130.18)

साक्षान्नेह मनुष्यस्य पिण्डं हि पितरः क्वचित् । गृह्णन्ति विहितं चेत्थं पिण्डो देयः कुशेष्विति ॥

sākṣānneha manuṣyasya piṇḍaṃ hi pitaraḥ kvacit | gṛhṇanti vihitaṃ cetthaṃ piṇḍo deyaḥ kuśeṣviti

"The ancestors never take a man's rice-ball in person here; the prescribed way is this: the rice-ball is to be placed on the kusha grass."

Verse 19 (13.130.19)

ततोऽहं तदनादृत्य पितुर्हस्तनिदर्शनम् । शास्त्रप्रामाण्यसूक्ष्मं तु विधिं पिण्डस्य संस्मरन् ॥

tato'haṃ tadanādṛtya piturhastanidarśanam | śāstraprāmāṇyasūkṣmaṃ tu vidhiṃ piṇḍasya saṃsmaran

So I disregarded that showing of my father's hand, remembering the subtle rule of the rice-ball, which rests on the authority of scripture.

Note on the text: Corrected विधइं → विधिं (misprint in Wikisource; stray इ for ि; CE reads 'vidhiṃ').

Verse 20 (13.130.20)

ततो दर्भेषु तत्सर्वमददं भरतर्षभ । शास्त्रमार्गानुसारेण तद्विद्धि मनुजर्षभ ॥

tato darbheṣu tatsarvamadadaṃ bharatarṣabha | śāstramārgānusāreṇa tadviddhi manujarṣabha

Then I placed all of it on the darbha grass, O best of the Bharatas, following the path of the scriptures. Know this, O best of men.

Verse 21 (13.130.21)

ततः सोऽन्तर्हितो बाहुः पितुर्मम जनाधिप । ततो मां दर्शयामासुः स्वप्नान्ते पितरस्तथा ॥

tataḥ so'ntarhito bāhuḥ piturmama janādhipa | tato māṃ darśayāmāsuḥ svapnānte pitarastathā

Then that arm of my father vanished, O ruler of men, and afterwards the ancestors appeared to me at the end of a dream.

Verse 22 (13.130.22)

प्रीयमाणास्तु मामूचुः प्रीताः स्म भरतर्षभ । विज्ञानेन तवानेन यन्न मुह्यसि धर्मतः ॥

prīyamāṇāstu māmūcuḥ prītāḥ sma bharatarṣabha | vijñānena tavānena yanna muhyasi dharmataḥ

Pleased, they said to me, "We are content, O best of the Bharatas, with this discernment of yours, by which you are not confused about dharma.

Verse 23 (13.130.23)

त्वया हि कुर्वता शास्त्रं प्रमाणमिह पार्थिव । आत्मा धर्मः श्रुतं वेदाः पितरश्चर्षिभिः सह ॥

tvayā hi kurvatā śāstraṃ pramāṇamiha pārthiva | ātmā dharmaḥ śrutaṃ vedāḥ pitaraścarṣibhiḥ saha

"In following the scripture, O king, you have taken as your authority here the self, dharma, sacred learning, the Vedas, and the ancestors together with the sages.

Verse 24 (13.130.24)

साक्षात्पितामहो ब्रह्मा गुरवोऽथ प्रजापतिः । प्रमाणमुपनीता वै स्थिताश्च न विचालिताः ॥

sākṣātpitāmaho brahmā guravo'tha prajāpatiḥ | pramāṇamupanītā vai sthitāśca na vicālitāḥ

"Brahma himself, the grandfather, the teachers and Prajapati have been brought forward as the authority, and they stand unshaken.

Verse 25 (13.130.25)

तदिदं सम्यगारब्धं त्वयाऽद्य भरतर्षभ । किन्तु भूमेर्गवां चार्थे सुवर्णं दीयतामिति ॥

tadidaṃ samyagārabdhaṃ tvayā'dya bharatarṣabha | kintu bhūmergavāṃ cārthe suvarṇaṃ dīyatāmiti

"So what you have begun today is entirely right, O best of the Bharatas. But let gold also be given along with land and cows.

Verse 26 (13.130.26)

एवं वयं च धर्मश्च सर्वे चास्मत्पितामहाः । पाविता वै भविष्यन्ति पावनं हि परं हि तत् ॥

evaṃ vayaṃ ca dharmaśca sarve cāsmatpitāmahāḥ | pāvitā vai bhaviṣyanti pāvanaṃ hi paraṃ hi tat

"Thus we, dharma, and all our forefathers will be purified, for that is the highest purifier.

Verse 27 (13.130.27)

दश पूर्वान्दशैवान्यांस्तथा सन्तारयन्ति ते । सुवर्णं ये प्रयच्छन्ति एवं मत्पितरोऽब्रुवन् ॥

daśa pūrvāndaśaivānyāṃstathā santārayanti te | suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti evaṃ matpitaro'bruvan

"Those who give gold carry across ten earlier generations and ten others." Thus my ancestors spoke.

Verse 28 (13.130.28)

ततोऽहं विस्मितो राजन्प्रतिबुद्धो विशाम्पते । सुवर्णदानेऽकरवं मतिं च भरतर्षभ ॥

tato'haṃ vismito rājanpratibuddho viśāmpate | suvarṇadāne'karavaṃ matiṃ ca bharatarṣabha

Then, O king, I awoke in wonder, O lord of the people, and I set my mind on the giving of gold, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 29 (13.130.29)

इतिहासमिमं चापि शृणु राजन्पुरातनम् । जामदग्न्यं प्रति विभो धन्यमायुष्यमेव च ॥

itihāsamimaṃ cāpi śṛṇu rājanpurātanam | jāmadagnyaṃ prati vibho dhanyamāyuṣyameva ca

Hear also this ancient account, O king, concerning the son of Jamadagni, O mighty one; it brings merit and long life.

Verse 30 (13.130.30)

जामदग्न्येन रामेण तीव्ररोषान्वितेन वै । त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी कृता निःक्षत्रिया पुरा ॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tīvraroṣānvitena vai | triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā purā

Long ago Rama, son of Jamadagni, in fierce anger, made the earth empty of kshatriyas twenty-one times.

Verse 31 (13.130.31)

ततो जित्वा महीं कृत्स्नां रामो राजीवलोचनः । आजहार क्रतुं वीरो ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण पूजितम् ॥

tato jitvā mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ | ājahāra kratuṃ vīro brahmakṣatreṇa pūjitam

Then, having conquered the whole earth, lotus-eyed Rama, the hero, performed a sacrifice honoured by brahmins and kshatriyas alike.

Verse 32 (13.130.32)

वाजिमेधं महाराज सर्वकामसमन्वितम् । पावनं सर्वभूतानां तेजोद्युतिविवर्धनम् ॥

vājimedhaṃ mahārāja sarvakāmasamanvitam | pāvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejodyutivivardhanam

It was the horse sacrifice, great king, which fulfils every desire, purifies all beings, and increases brilliance and splendour.

Verse 33 (13.130.33)

विपाप्मा च स तेजस्वी तेन क्रतुफलेन च । नैवात्मनोऽथ लघुतां जामदग्न्योऽध्यगच्छत ॥

vipāpmā ca sa tejasvī tena kratuphalena ca | naivātmano'tha laghutāṃ jāmadagnyo'dhyagacchata

Though that radiant man was freed from sin by the fruit of the sacrifice, the son of Jamadagni still did not find lightness within himself.

Verse 34 (13.130.34)

स तु क्रतुवरेणेष्ट्वा महात्मा दक्षिणावता । पप्रच्छागमसम्पन्नानृषीन्देवांश्च भारत ॥

sa tu kratuvareṇeṣṭvā mahātmā dakṣiṇāvatā | papracchāgamasampannānṛṣīndevāṃśca bhārata

Having sacrificed with that best of sacrifices, rich in fees, the great-souled one questioned the sages versed in the sacred tradition, and the gods, O Bharata.

Verse 35 (13.130.35)

पावनं यत्परं नॄणामुग्रे कर्मणि वर्तताम् । तदुच्यतां महाभागा इति जातघृणोऽब्रवीत् ॥

pāvanaṃ yatparaṃ nṝṇāmugre karmaṇi vartatām | taducyatāṃ mahābhāgā iti jātaghṛṇo'bravīt

"Tell me, great ones, what is the supreme purifier for men engaged in fierce deeds." So spoke Jamadagni's son, moved by remorse.

Note on the text: Corrected जागघृणः → जातघृणः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for त; CE reads 'jātaghṛṇaḥ').

Verse 36 (13.130.36)

इत्युक्ता वेदशास्त्रज्ञास्तमूचुस्ते महर्षयः । राम विप्राः सत्क्रियन्तां वेदप्रामाण्यदर्शनात् ॥

ityuktā vedaśāstrajñāstamūcuste maharṣayaḥ | rāma viprāḥ satkriyantāṃ vedaprāmāṇyadarśanāt

Thus addressed, those great sages, learned in the Vedas and scriptures, said to him, "Rama, let brahmins be honoured, since the authority of the Veda is clearly seen."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 2 (राम विप्राः …) is the star line 13,083.035f*0389_01. Line 1 (इत्युक्ता … महर्षयः) has no counterpart in the critical edition (its star line 13,083.035f*0388_01, 'pratyuvāca tatas teṣāṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ', is a different line and is not added). No Appendix I passage occurs in 13,083.

Verse 37 (13.130.37)

भूयश्च विप्रर्षिगणाः प्रष्टव्याः पावनं प्रति । ते यद्ब्रूयुर्महाप्राज्ञास्तच्चैव समुदाचर ॥

bhūyaśca viprarṣigaṇāḥ praṣṭavyāḥ pāvanaṃ prati | te yadbrūyurmahāprājñāstaccaiva samudācara

"And further, the assemblies of brahmin sages should be asked about the purifier. Whatever those greatly wise ones say, do exactly that."

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रूर् → ब्रूयुर् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped यु; CE star line reads 'brūyur'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_02-03.

Verse 38 (13.130.38)

ततो वसिष्ठं देवर्षिमगस्त्यमथ काश्यपम् । तमेवार्तं महातेजाः पप्रच्छ भृगुनन्दनः ॥

tato vasiṣṭhaṃ devarṣimagastyamatha kāśyapam | tamevārtaṃ mahātejāḥ papraccha bhṛgunandanaḥ

Then the descendant of Bhrigu, of great brilliance, troubled by that same concern, asked the divine sage Vasishtha, Agastya and Kashyapa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_04-05.

Verse 39 (13.130.39)

जाता मतिर्मे विप्रेन्द्राः कथं पूयेयमित्युत । केन वा कर्मयोगेन प्रदानेनेह केन वा ॥

jātā matirme viprendrāḥ kathaṃ pūyeyamityuta | kena vā karmayogena pradāneneha kena vā

"The thought has arisen in me, O best of brahmins: how may I be purified? By what course of action, or by what gift here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_06-07.

Verse 40 (13.130.40)

यदि वोऽनुग्रहकृता बुद्धिर्मां प्रति सत्तमाः । प्रब्रूत पावनं किं मे भवेदिति तपोधनाः ॥

yadi vo'nugrahakṛtā buddhirmāṃ prati sattamāḥ | prabrūta pāvanaṃ kiṃ me bhavediti tapodhanāḥ

If your minds are kindly disposed towards me, O excellent ones, tell me, O ascetics, what would be my purifier."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रबूत → प्रब्रूत (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; CE star line reads 'prabrūta'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 1 = star line 13,083.035f*0389_08; line 2 = star line 13,083.035f*0389_09 (printed there after the heading 'ṛṣaya ūcuḥ'; the page puts the sages' heading before verse 41).

Verse 41 (13.130.41)

गाश्च भूमिं च वित्तं च दत्त्वेह भृगुनन्दन । पापकृत्पूयते मर्त्य इति भार्गव शुश्रुम ॥

gāśca bhūmiṃ ca vittaṃ ca dattveha bhṛgunandana | pāpakṛtpūyate martya iti bhārgava śuśruma

"Having given cows, land and wealth here, O joy of the Bhrigus, even a sinner is cleansed. So we have heard, O descendant of Bhrigu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_10-11.

Verse 42 (13.130.42)

अन्यद्दानं तु विप्रर्षे श्रूयतां पावनं महत् । दिव्यमत्यद्भुताकारमपत्यं जातवेदसः ॥

anyaddānaṃ tu viprarṣe śrūyatāṃ pāvanaṃ mahat | divyamatyadbhutākāramapatyaṃ jātavedasaḥ

But hear of another gift, O brahmin sage, a great purifier: the divine and most marvellous offspring of Fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_12-13.

Verse 43 (13.130.43)

दग्ध्वा लोकान्पुरा वीर्यात्सम्भूतमिह शुश्रुम । सुवर्णमिति विख्यातं तद्ददत्सिद्धिमेष्यसि ॥

dagdhvā lokānpurā vīryātsambhūtamiha śuśruma | suvarṇamiti vikhyātaṃ taddadatsiddhimeṣyasi

We have heard that it was born long ago from his power after he burned the worlds. It is renowned as gold. By giving it you will attain success."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_14-15.

Verse 44 (13.130.44)

ततोऽब्रवीद्वसिष्ठस्तं भगवान्संशितव्रतः । शृणु राम यथोत्पन्नं सुवर्णमनलप्रभम् ॥

tato'bravīdvasiṣṭhastaṃ bhagavānsaṃśitavrataḥ | śṛṇu rāma yathotpannaṃ suvarṇamanalaprabham

Then the blessed Vasishtha, firm in his vows, said to him, "Hear, Rama, how gold, radiant as fire, came into being.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_16-17.

Verse 45 (13.130.45)

फलं दास्यति ते यत्तु दाने परमिहोच्यते । सुवर्णं यच्च यस्माच्च यथा च गुणवत्तमम् ॥

phalaṃ dāsyati te yattu dāne paramihocyate | suvarṇaṃ yacca yasmācca yathā ca guṇavattamam

The supreme fruit that gold will give you in the giving, what gold is, from what it comes, and how it is the most excellent in quality,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_18-19.

Verse 46 (13.130.46)

तन्निबोध महाबाहो सर्वं निगदतो मम । अग्निषोमात्मकमिदं सुवर्णं विद्धि निश्चये ॥

tannibodha mahābāho sarvaṃ nigadato mama | agniṣomātmakamidaṃ suvarṇaṃ viddhi niścaye

learn all that as I tell it, O mighty-armed one. Know for certain that this gold is made of Agni and Soma.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्दि → विद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; CE reads 'viddhi'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_20-21.

Verse 47 (13.130.47)

अजोऽग्निर्वरुणो मेषः सूर्योऽश्व इति दर्शनम् । कुञ्जराश्च मृगा नागा महिषाश्चासुरा इति ॥

ajo'gnirvaruṇo meṣaḥ sūryo'śva iti darśanam | kuñjarāśca mṛgā nāgā mahiṣāścāsurā iti

The goat is Agni, the ram is Varuna, the horse is the Sun, so runs the teaching. Elephants, deer, serpents and buffaloes are asuras,

Note on the text: Corrected सूर्योऽश्च → सूर्योऽश्व (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for श्व, "the horse"; CE star line reads 'sūryo 'śva'). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_22-23.

Verse 48 (13.130.48)

कुक्कुटाश्च वराहाश्च राक्षसा भृगुनन्दन । इडा गावः पयः सोमो भूमिरित्येव च स्मृतिः ॥

kukkuṭāśca varāhāśca rākṣasā bhṛgunandana | iḍā gāvaḥ payaḥ somo bhūmirityeva ca smṛtiḥ

and cocks and boars are rakshasas, O joy of the Bhrigus. Ida, cows, milk, Soma and the earth: so the tradition holds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_24-25.

Verse 49 (13.130.49)

जगत्सर्वं च निर्मथ्य तेजोराशिः समुत्थितः । सुवर्णमेभ्यो विप्रर्षे रत्नं परममुत्तमम् ॥

jagatsarvaṃ ca nirmathya tejorāśiḥ samutthitaḥ | suvarṇamebhyo viprarṣe ratnaṃ paramamuttamam

Having churned the whole world, a mass of radiance arose; from these came gold, O brahmin sage, the supreme and best of jewels.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_26-27.

Verse 50 (13.130.50)

एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवा गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः । मनुष्याश्च पिशाचाश्च प्रयता धारयन्ति तत् ॥

etasmātkāraṇāddevā gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ | manuṣyāśca piśācāśca prayatā dhārayanti tat

For this reason gods, gandharvas, serpents, rakshasas, men and pishachas wear it with reverence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_28-29.

Verse 51 (13.130.51)

मुकुटैरङ्गदयुतैरलङ्कारैः पृथग्विधैः । सुवर्णविकृतैस्तत्र विराजन्ते भृगूत्तम ॥

mukuṭairaṅgadayutairalaṅkāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | suvarṇavikṛtaistatra virājante bhṛgūttama

With crowns, armlets and many kinds of ornaments made of gold, they shine there, O best of the Bhrigus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_30-31.

Verse 52 (13.130.52)

तस्मात्सर्वपवित्रेभ्यः पवित्रं परमं स्मृतम् । भूमेर्गोभ्योऽथ रत्नेभ्यस्तद्विद्धि मनुजर्षभ ॥

tasmātsarvapavitrebhyaḥ pavitraṃ paramaṃ smṛtam | bhūmergobhyo'tha ratnebhyastadviddhi manujarṣabha

Therefore it is held to be the supreme purifier among all purifiers, above land, cows and jewels. Know this, O best among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_32-33.

Verse 53 (13.130.53)

पृथिवीं गाश्च दत्त्वेह यच्चान्यदपि किञ्चन । विशिष्यते सुवर्णस्य दानं परमकं विभो ॥

pṛthivīṃ gāśca dattveha yaccānyadapi kiñcana | viśiṣyate suvarṇasya dānaṃ paramakaṃ vibho

Even after giving the earth and cows, and anything else whatever, the gift of gold is distinguished as the highest, O mighty one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_34-35.

Verse 54 (13.130.54)

अक्षयं पावनं चैव सुवर्णममरद्युते । प्रयच्छ द्विजमुख्येभ्यः पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥

akṣayaṃ pāvanaṃ caiva suvarṇamamaradyute | prayaccha dvijamukhyebhyaḥ pāvanaṃ hyetaduttamam

Gold is imperishable and purifying, O you of godlike lustre. Give it to the foremost brahmins, for this is the supreme purifier.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_36-37.

Verse 55 (13.130.55)

सुवर्णमेव सर्वासु दक्षिणासु विधीयते । सुवर्णं ये प्रयच्छन्ति सर्वदास्ते भवन्त्युत ॥

suvarṇameva sarvāsu dakṣiṇāsu vidhīyate | suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti sarvadāste bhavantyuta

Gold alone is prescribed in all the sacrificial fees. Those who give gold become givers of everything.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.035f*0389_38-39.

Verse 56 (13.130.56)

देवतास्ते प्रयच्छन्ति ये सुवर्णं ददत्यथ । अग्निर्हि देवताः सर्वाः सुवर्णं च तदात्मकम् ॥

devatāste prayacchanti ye suvarṇaṃ dadatyatha | agnirhi devatāḥ sarvāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca tadātmakam

Those who give gold give the gods themselves, for Agni is all the gods, and gold has his nature.

Note on the text: CE 13.83.36 a, c (the critical edition heads this verse 'vasiṣṭha uvāca'; the page has no heading here).

Verse 57 (13.130.57)

तस्मात्सुवर्णं ददता दत्ताः सर्वाः स्म देवताः । भवन्ति पुरुषव्याघ्र न ह्यतः परमं विदुः ॥

tasmātsuvarṇaṃ dadatā dattāḥ sarvāḥ sma devatāḥ | bhavanti puruṣavyāghra na hyataḥ paramaṃ viduḥ

Therefore, by one who gives gold, all the gods are given, O tiger among men. They know of nothing higher than this.

Verse 58 (13.130.58)

भूय एव च महात्म्यं सुवर्णस्य निबोध मे । गदतो मम विप्रर्षे सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवर ॥

bhūya eva ca mahātmyaṃ suvarṇasya nibodha me | gadato mama viprarṣe sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvara

Hear from me still more of the greatness of gold, as I speak, O brahmin sage, best of all who bear weapons.

Verse 59 (13.130.59)

मया श्रुतमिदं पूर्वं पुराणे भृगुनन्दन । प्रजापतेः कथयतो मनोः स्वायंभुवस्य वै ॥

mayā śrutamidaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇe bhṛgunandana | prajāpateḥ kathayato manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya vai

I heard this long ago in the Purana, O joy of the Bhrigus, as Prajapati Svayambhuva Manu was telling it.

Verse 60 (13.130.60)

शूलपाणेर्भगवतो रुद्रस्य च महात्मनः । गिरौ हिमवति श्रेष्ठे तदा भृगुकुलोद्वह ॥

śūlapāṇerbhagavato rudrasya ca mahātmanaḥ | girau himavati śreṣṭhe tadā bhṛgukulodvaha

It concerned the blessed Rudra, the great soul who bears the trident, on the Himalaya, best of mountains, at that time, O scion of the Bhrigu line.

Verse 61 (13.130.61)

देव्या विवाहे निर्वृत्ते रुद्राण्या भृगुनन्दन । समागमे भगवतो देव्या सह महात्मनः ॥

devyā vivāhe nirvṛtte rudrāṇyā bhṛgunandana | samāgame bhagavato devyā saha mahātmanaḥ

When the wedding with the goddess Rudrani had been completed, O joy of the Bhrigus, and the great god was in union with the goddess,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.83.41 a, c (CE 41 has a third line, 41e, which opens verse 62 here).

Verse 62 (13.130.62)

ततः सर्वे समुद्विग्ना देवा रुद्रमुपागमन् । ते महादेवमासीनं देवीं च वरदामुमाम् ॥

tataḥ sarve samudvignā devā rudramupāgaman | te mahādevamāsīnaṃ devīṃ ca varadāmumām

all the gods, in great alarm, came to Rudra: to Mahadeva seated there, and to the goddess Uma, the giver of boons.

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्विग्रा → समुद्विग्ना (misprint in Wikisource; CE reads 'samudvignā'). Line 1 = CE 13.83.41e (here 'tataḥ sarve samudvignā devā rudram upāgaman' for the CE's '… bhagavantam upāgaman'); line 2 = CE 13.83.42a.

Verse 63 (13.130.63)

प्रसाद्य शिरसा सर्वे रुद्रमूचुर्भृगूद्वह । अयं समागमो देव देव्या सह तवानघ ॥

prasādya śirasā sarve rudramūcurbhṛgūdvaha | ayaṃ samāgamo deva devyā saha tavānagha

Bowing their heads to win his favour, they all said to Rudra, O descendant of Bhrigu, "This union of yours with the goddess, O sinless god,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.83.42c; line 2 = CE 13.83.43a.

Verse 64 (13.130.64)

तपस्विनस्तपस्विन्या तेजस्विन्याऽतितेजसः । अमोघतेजास्त्वं देव देवी चेयमुमा तथा ॥

tapasvinastapasvinyā tejasvinyā'titejasaḥ | amoghatejāstvaṃ deva devī ceyamumā tathā

of an ascetic with an ascetic woman, of one of surpassing radiance with a radiant woman: your power, O god, never fails, and neither does that of this goddess Uma.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.83.43c; line 2 = CE 13.83.43e.

Verse 65 (13.130.65)

अपत्यं युवयोर्देव बलवद्भविता विभो । तन्नूनं त्रिषु लोकेषु न किञ्चिच्छेषयिष्यति ॥

apatyaṃ yuvayordeva balavadbhavitā vibho | tannūnaṃ triṣu lokeṣu na kiñciccheṣayiṣyati

A mighty offspring will be born to the two of you, O lord, and surely it will leave nothing remaining in the three worlds.

Verse 66 (13.130.66)

तदेभ्यः प्रणतेभ्यस्त्वं देवेभ्यः पृथुलोचन । वरं प्रयच्छ लोकेश त्रैलोक्यहितकाम्यया ॥

tadebhyaḥ praṇatebhyastvaṃ devebhyaḥ pṛthulocana | varaṃ prayaccha lokeśa trailokyahitakāmyayā

So, O broad-eyed one, grant a boon to these gods who bow before you, O lord of the worlds, for the welfare of the three worlds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.83.45 a, c (CE 45 has a third line, 45e, used in verses 67 and 70 here).

Verse 67 (13.130.67)

अपत्यार्थं निगृह्णीष्व तेजः परमकं विभो । त्रैलोक्यसारौ हि युवां लोकं सन्तापयिष्यथ ॥

apatyārthaṃ nigṛhṇīṣva tejaḥ paramakaṃ vibho | trailokyasārau hi yuvāṃ lokaṃ santāpayiṣyatha

For the sake of offspring, hold back your supreme energy, O mighty one. You two are the essence of the three worlds, and you will scorch the world.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening bracket "[" printed before the second line (the page brackets verses 67-71 as a bracketed passage; it is not part of the text). Line 1 = CE 13.83.45e, first half ('apatyārthaṃ nigṛhṇīṣva'), continued with star line 13,083.045e*0390_01 ('tejaḥ paramakaṃ vibho') in place of the CE's 'tejo jvalitam uttamam'; line 2 = star line 13,083.045e*0390_02.

Verse 68 (13.130.68)

तदपत्यं हि युवयोर्देवानभिभवेद्ध्रुवम् । न हि ते पृथिवी देवी न च द्यौर्न दिवं विभो ॥

tadapatyaṃ hi yuvayordevānabhibhaveddhruvam | na hi te pṛthivī devī na ca dyaurna divaṃ vibho

Your child would surely overpower the gods. Neither the goddess Earth, nor the sky, nor heaven, O lord,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.045e*0390_03-04.

Verse 69 (13.130.69)

नेदं धारयितुं शक्ताः समस्ता इति मे मतिः । तेजःप्रभावनिर्दग्धं तस्मात्सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥

nedaṃ dhārayituṃ śaktāḥ samastā iti me matiḥ | tejaḥprabhāvanirdagdhaṃ tasmātsarvamidaṃ jagat

can bear it, all of them together: such is our thought. By the force of that energy this whole world would be burned up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,083.045e*0390_05-06.

Verse 70 (13.130.70)

तस्मात्प्रसादं भगवन्कर्तुमर्हसि नः प्रभो । न देव्यां सम्भवेत्पुत्रो भवतः सुरसत्तम । धैर्यादेव निगृह्णीष्व तेजो ज्वलितमुत्तमम् ॥

tasmātprasādaṃ bhagavankartumarhasi naḥ prabho | na devyāṃ sambhavetputro bhavataḥ surasattama | dhairyādeva nigṛhṇīṣva tejo jvalitamuttamam

Therefore, O lord, you ought to show us your favour. Let no son be born to you from the goddess, O best of the gods. Hold back, by your steadfastness alone, that blazing supreme energy."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: lines 1-2 = star passage 13,083.045e*0390_07-08; line 3 completes the star line 13,083.045e*0390_09 ('dhairyād eva nigṛhṇīṣva') with the second half of CE 13.83.45e ('tejo jvalitam uttamam').

Verse 71 (13.130.71)

इति तेषां कथयतां भगवान्वृषभध्वजः । एवमस्त्विति देवांस्तान्विप्रर्षे प्रत्यभाषत ॥

iti teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | evamastviti devāṃstānviprarṣe pratyabhāṣata

While they were still speaking, the blessed Lord whose banner bears the bull said to those gods, O brahmin sage, "So be it."

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing bracket "]" (end of the bracketed passage printed from verse 67).

Verse 72 (13.130.72)

इत्युक्त्वा चोर्ध्वमनयद्रेतो वृषभवाहनः । ऊर्ध्वरेषः समभवत्ततः प्रभृति चापि सः ॥

ityuktvā cordhvamanayadreto vṛṣabhavāhanaḥ | ūrdhvareṣaḥ samabhavattataḥ prabhṛti cāpi saḥ

Having said this, the god whose vehicle is the bull turned his seed upward, and from then on he became one whose seed is held upward.

Verse 73 (13.130.73)

रुद्राणीति ततः क्रुद्धा प्रजोच्छेदे तदा कृते । देवानथाब्रवीत्तत्र स्त्रीभावात्परुषं वचः ॥

rudrāṇīti tataḥ kruddhā prajocchede tadā kṛte | devānathābravīttatra strībhāvātparuṣaṃ vacaḥ

Then Rudrani, enraged that offspring had been cut off, spoke harsh words to the gods, out of her feeling as a woman.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रजोच्छेद → प्रजोच्छेदे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped locative ending; CE reads 'prajocchede').

Verse 74 (13.130.74)

यस्मादपत्यकामो वै भर्ता मे विनिवर्तितः । तस्मात्सर्वे सुरा यूयमनपत्या भविष्यथ ॥

yasmādapatyakāmo vai bhartā me vinivartitaḥ | tasmātsarve surā yūyamanapatyā bhaviṣyatha

"Because my husband, who desired offspring, has been turned back, therefore all of you gods shall be without offspring.

Note on the text: Corrected भूयम् → यूयम् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for य; CE reads 'yūyam').

Verse 75 (13.130.75)

प्रजोच्छेदो मम कृतो यस्माद्युष्माभिरद्य वै । तस्मात्प्रजा वः खगमाः सर्वेषां न भविष्यति ॥

prajocchedo mama kṛto yasmādyuṣmābhiradya vai | tasmātprajā vaḥ khagamāḥ sarveṣāṃ na bhaviṣyati

Because you have today brought about the cutting off of my offspring, therefore the offspring of all of you, O sky-goers, shall not come to be."

Verse 76 (13.130.76)

पावकस्तु न तत्रासीच्छापकाले भृगूद्वह । देवा देव्यास्तथा शापादनपत्यास्ततोऽभवन् ॥

pāvakastu na tatrāsīcchāpakāle bhṛgūdvaha | devā devyāstathā śāpādanapatyāstato'bhavan

Agni was not present at the time of the curse, O joy of the Bhrigus. So the gods became childless through the goddess's curse.

Verse 77 (13.130.77)

रुद्रस्तु तेजोऽप्रतिमं धारयामास वै तदा । प्रस्कन्नं तु ततस्तस्मात्किंचित्तत्रापतद्भुवि ॥

rudrastu tejo'pratimaṃ dhārayāmāsa vai tadā | praskannaṃ tu tatastasmātkiṃcittatrāpatadbhuvi

But Rudra held his incomparable energy at that time. Yet a little of it slipped from him and fell to the ground.

Verse 78 (13.130.78)

उत्पपात तदा वह्नौ ववृधे चाद्भुतोपमम् । तेजस्तेजसि संयुक्तमेकयोनित्वमागतम् ॥

utpapāta tadā vahnau vavṛdhe cādbhutopamam | tejastejasi saṃyuktamekayonitvamāgatam

It leapt up into the fire then and grew there, wonderful to behold; energy joined with energy and became one in origin.

Verse 79 (13.130.79)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । असुरस्तारको नाम तेन सन्तापिता भृशम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | asurastārako nāma tena santāpitā bhṛśam

At that very time the gods, led by Shakra, were sorely tormented by an asura named Taraka.

Verse 80 (13.130.80)

आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मरुतोऽथाश्विनावपि । साध्याश्च सर्वे संत्रस्ता दैतेयस्य पराक्रमात् ॥

ādityā vasavo rudrā maruto'thāśvināvapi | sādhyāśca sarve saṃtrastā daiteyasya parākramāt

The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Maruts and the two Ashvins, and the Sadhyas, all were terrified by the prowess of the Daitya.

Verse 81 (13.130.81)

स्थानानि देवतानां हि विमानानि पुराणि च । ऋषीणां चाश्रमाश्चैव बभूवुरसुरैर्हृताः ॥

sthānāni devatānāṃ hi vimānāni purāṇi ca | ṛṣīṇāṃ cāśramāścaiva babhūvurasurairhṛtāḥ

The dwellings of the gods, their celestial chariots and cities, and the hermitages of the sages had all been seized by the asuras.

Verse 82 (13.130.82)

ते दीनमनसः सर्वे देवता ऋषयश्च ये । प्रजग्मुः शरणं देवं ब्रह्माणमजरं विभुम् ॥

te dīnamanasaḥ sarve devatā ṛṣayaśca ye | prajagmuḥ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇamajaraṃ vibhum

Their minds downcast, all those gods and sages went for refuge to the god Brahma, the ageless, all-pervading lord.