Indra Tells Matali Whom He Honours

Verse 1 (13.153.1)

केषां देवा महाभागाः सन्नमन्ते महात्मनाम् । लोकेऽस्मिंस्तानृषीन्सर्वाञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि सत्तम ॥

keṣāṃ devā mahābhāgāḥ sannamante mahātmanām | loke'smiṃstānṛṣīnsarvāñśrotumicchāmi sattama

To which great-souled ones, in this world, do the illustrious gods bow down? I wish to hear of all those sages, O best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0001-0002 (printed after 13.98.22d). Removed the speaker heading "`युधिष्ठिर उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker. Corrected तनृषीन् → तानृषीन् and सर्वञ्श्रोतुम् → सर्वाञ्श्रोतुम् (misprints in Wikisource; "tān ṛṣīn sarvān" with the sandhi before श्, long ā dropped; CE tān ṛṣīn sarvāñ śrotum).

Verse 2 (13.153.2)

इतिहासमिमं विप्राः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः । अस्मिन्नर्थे महाप्राज्ञास्तं निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

itihāsamimaṃ viprāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ | asminnarthe mahāprājñāstaṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira

Those who know the old accounts recite this history, O Brahmins; hear it, Yudhishthira, great in wisdom, for it bears on this matter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0003-0004 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 3 (13.153.3)

वृत्रं हत्वाऽप्युपावृत्तं त्रिदशानां पुरस्कृतम् । महेन्द्रमनुसम्प्राप्तं स्तूयमानं महर्षिभिः ॥

vṛtraṃ hatvā'pyupāvṛttaṃ tridaśānāṃ puraskṛtam | mahendramanusamprāptaṃ stūyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ

When Mahendra had slain Vritra and returned, with the gods placing him in the front, and the great sages praising him,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0005-0006 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 4 (13.153.4)

श्रिया परमया युक्तं रथस्थं हरिवाहनम् । मातलिः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा देवमिन्द्रमुवाच ह ॥

śriyā paramayā yuktaṃ rathasthaṃ harivāhanam | mātaliḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā devamindramuvāca ha

endowed with supreme glory, seated in his chariot drawn by bay horses, Matali, joining his palms, spoke to the god Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0007-0008 (printed after 13.98.22d). Corrected मुघाच → मुवाच (misprint in Wikisource; व misprinted as घ; CE uvāca).

Verse 5 (13.153.5)

नमस्कृतानां सर्वेषां भगवंस्त्वं पुरस्कृतः । येषां लोके नमस्कुर्यात्तान्ब्रवीतु भवान्मम ॥

namaskṛtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ bhagavaṃstvaṃ puraskṛtaḥ | yeṣāṃ loke namaskuryāttānbravītu bhavānmama

"Lord, among all who are saluted you are held first. Those in the world whom you yourself would salute — tell me of them, sir."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0009-0010 (printed after 13.98.22d). Speaker: Matali, Indra's charioteer. His speech is unheaded on the page but is introduced by v4 ("मातलिः … देवमिन्द्रमुवाच ह"); the input carried Bhishma over from the narration.

Verse 6 (13.153.6)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा देवराजः शचीपतिः । यन्तारं परिपृच्छन्तं तमिन्द्रः प्रत्युवाच सः ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devarājaḥ śacīpatiḥ | yantāraṃ paripṛcchantaṃ tamindraḥ pratyuvāca saḥ

Hearing his words, Indra, king of the gods and husband of Shachi, answered his charioteer, who had asked him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0011-0012 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 7 (13.153.7)

धर्मं चार्थं च कामं च येषां चिन्तयतां मतिः । नाधर्मे वर्तते नित्यं तान्नमस्यामि मातले ॥

dharmaṃ cārthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca yeṣāṃ cintayatāṃ matiḥ | nādharme vartate nityaṃ tānnamasyāmi mātale

"Those who, as they reflect on dharma, wealth and desire, never let their minds turn to unrighteousness — to them I bow, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0013-0014 (printed after 13.98.22d). Speaker: Indra. His reply is unheaded on the page but is introduced by v6 ("तमिन्द्रः प्रत्युवाच"), and it runs through v17 (every verse addresses Matali); the input carried Bhishma over from the narration.

Verse 8 (13.153.8)

ये रूपगुणसम्पन्नाः प्रमदाहृदयंगमाः । निवृत्ताः कामभोगेषु तान्नमस्यामि मातले ॥

ye rūpaguṇasampannāḥ pramadāhṛdayaṃgamāḥ | nivṛttāḥ kāmabhogeṣu tānnamasyāmi mātale

Those endowed with beauty and fine qualities, who win women's hearts and yet have turned away from the pleasures of desire — to them I bow, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0015-0016 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 9 (13.153.9)

स्वेषु भोगेषु सन्तुष्टाः सुवाचो वचनक्षमाः । अमानकामाश्चार्घार्हास्तान्नमस्यामि मातले ॥

sveṣu bhogeṣu santuṣṭāḥ suvāco vacanakṣamāḥ | amānakāmāścārghārhāstānnamasyāmi mātale

Those content with their own enjoyments, sweet in speech and patient in what they say, who seek no honour for themselves yet are worthy of the guest-offering — to them I bow, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0017-0018 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 10 (13.153.10)

धनं विद्यास्तथैश्वर्यं येषां न चलयेन्मतिम् । चलितां ये निगृह्णन्ति तान्नित्यं पूजयाम्यहम् ॥

dhanaṃ vidyāstathaiśvaryaṃ yeṣāṃ na calayenmatim | calitāṃ ye nigṛhṇanti tānnityaṃ pūjayāmyaham

Those whose minds neither wealth, nor learning, nor power can sway, and who hold the mind back when it wavers — them I always honour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0019-0020 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 11 (13.153.11)

इष्टैर्दारैरुपेतानां शुचीनामग्निहोत्रिणाम् । चतुष्पादकुटुम्बानां मातले प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥

iṣṭairdārairupetānāṃ śucīnāmagnihotriṇām | catuṣpādakuṭumbānāṃ mātale praṇamāmyaham

The pure householders who keep the Agnihotra, blessed with wives they love, whose households include the four-footed beasts — to them I bow, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0021-0022 (printed after 13.98.22d). Corrected मातिले → मातले (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; the vocative of मातलि is मातले, as in every other verse; CE mātale).

Verse 12 (13.153.12)

महतस्तपसा प्राप्तौ धनस्य विपुलस्य च । त्यागस्तस्य न वै कार्यो योऽऽत्मानं नावबुध्यते ॥

mahatastapasā prāptau dhanasya vipulasya ca | tyāgastasya na vai kāryo yo''tmānaṃ nāvabudhyate

When great and abundant wealth has been won by austerity, it must not be given up by one who has not understood the Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0023-0024 (printed after 13.98.22d). Corrected कत्यागस्तस्य → त्यागस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE tyāgas tasya).

Verse 13 (13.153.13)

येषामर्थस्तथा कामो धर्ममूलविवर्धितः । धर्मार्थौ तस्य नियतौ तान्नमस्यामि मातले ॥

yeṣāmarthastathā kāmo dharmamūlavivardhitaḥ | dharmārthau tasya niyatau tānnamasyāmi mātale

Those whose wealth and desire grow from the root of dharma, whose dharma and wealth are both firmly fixed — to them I bow, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0025-0026 (printed after 13.98.22d). Reading kept: तस्य (CE yasya), a recension variant.

Verse 14 (13.153.14)

धर्ममूलार्थकामानां ब्राह्मणानां गवामपि । पतिव्रतानां नारीणां प्रणामं प्रकरोम्यहम् ॥

dharmamūlārthakāmānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ gavāmapi | pativratānāṃ nārīṇāṃ praṇāmaṃ prakaromyaham

To those for whom dharma is the root of wealth and desire, to Brahmins and to cows, and to faithful wives, I make my bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0027-0028 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 15 (13.153.15)

ये भुक्त्वा मानुषान्भोगान्पूर्वे वयसि मातले । तपसा स्वर्गमायान्ति शश्वत्तान्पूजयाम्यहम् ॥

ye bhuktvā mānuṣānbhogānpūrve vayasi mātale | tapasā svargamāyānti śaśvattānpūjayāmyaham

Those who, having enjoyed human pleasures in the first part of life, go to heaven through austerity — them I always honour, Matali.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0029-0030 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 16 (13.153.16)

असंभोगान्नचासक्तान्धर्मनित्याञ्जितेन्द्रियान् । संन्यस्तानचलप्रख्यान्मनसा पूजयामि तान् ॥

asaṃbhogānnacāsaktāndharmanityāñjitendriyān | saṃnyastānacalaprakhyānmanasā pūjayāmi tān

Those who take no part in enjoyments, are not attached, are ever steady in dharma and master of their senses, renouncers firm as mountains — them I honour in my mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0031-0032 (printed after 13.98.22d).

Verse 17 (13.153.17)

ज्ञानप्रसन्नविद्यानां निरूढं धर्ममीप्सितम् । परैः कीर्तितशौचानां मातले तान्नमाम्यहम् ॥

jñānaprasannavidyānāṃ nirūḍhaṃ dharmamīpsitam | paraiḥ kīrtitaśaucānāṃ mātale tānnamāmyaham

Those whose learning is made clear by knowledge, whose desired dharma stands firmly established, and whose purity is proclaimed even by others — to them I bow, Matali."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 10A, lines 13,098.022d@010A_0033-0034 (printed after 13.98.22d). Reading kept: धर्ममीप्सितम् (CE dharmam icchatām), a recension variant. Removed the stray closing quote mark after नमाम्यहम्.