Gautama and Indra: The Worlds Beyond, and the Elephant Won Back

Verse 1 (13.159.1)

एको लोकस्तु कृतिनां स्वर्गे लोके पितामह । उत तत्रापि नानात्वं सर्वं ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

eko lokastu kṛtināṃ svarge loke pitāmaha | uta tatrāpi nānātvaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi pitāmaha

Grandfather, is there a single world for the meritorious in the world of heaven? Or is there diversity even there? Tell me everything, Grandfather.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the couplet is CE 13.105.1 (eko lokaḥ sukṛtināṃ sarve tv āho pitāmaha / uta tatrāpi nānātvaṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha), with स्वर्गे लोके for 'sarve tv āho' and सर्वं for 'tan me'. Recension variant, kept. The page is a poem-only page; its verse numbering 1-63 agrees with the input.

Verse 2 (13.159.2)

कर्मभिः पार्थ नानात्वं लोकानां यान्ति मानवाः । पुण्यान्पुण्यकृतो यान्ति पापान्पापकृतो नराः ॥

karmabhiḥ pārtha nānātvaṃ lokānāṃ yānti mānavāḥ | puṇyānpuṇyakṛto yānti pāpānpāpakṛto narāḥ

By their deeds, O Partha, men go to differing worlds: the righteous go to meritorious ones, the doers of evil to evil ones.

Verse 3 (13.159.3)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । गौतमस्य मुनेस्तात संवादं वासवस्य च ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | gautamasya munestāta saṃvādaṃ vāsavasya ca

On this they recount an ancient tale, my son: the conversation between the sage Gautama and Vasava.

Verse 4 (13.159.4)

ब्राह्मणो गौतमः कश्चिन्मृदुर्दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः । महावने हस्तिशिशुं परिद्यूनममातृकम् ॥

brāhmaṇo gautamaḥ kaścinmṛdurdānto jitendriyaḥ | mahāvane hastiśiśuṃ paridyūnamamātṛkam

There was a certain Brahmin named Gautama, gentle, self-controlled and master of his senses. In a great forest he came upon a young elephant, wretched and motherless.

Verse 5 (13.159.5)

तं दृष्ट्वा जीवयामास सानुक्रोशो धृतव्रतः । स तु दीर्घेण कालेन बभूवातिबलो महान् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā jīvayāmāsa sānukrośo dhṛtavrataḥ | sa tu dīrgheṇa kālena babhūvātibalo mahān

Seeing it, he, compassionate and firm in his vows, kept it alive. In a long time it grew into a huge and very strong animal.

Note on the text: Corrected कालेनि → कालेन (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; CE 'dīrgheṇa kālena'). (A stray label '13-159-5b' printed after this verse on the page is not text.)

Verse 6 (13.159.6)

तं प्रपन्नं महादीर्घं प्रभूतं सर्वतोमदम् । धृतराष्ट्रस्वरूपेण शक्रो जग्राह हस्तिनम् ॥

taṃ prapannaṃ mahādīrghaṃ prabhūtaṃ sarvatomadam | dhṛtarāṣṭrasvarūpeṇa śakro jagrāha hastinam

That elephant, grown very tall and large, with rut flowing on every side, was seized by Shakra, who had taken the form of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads प्रपन्नं महादीर्घं प्रभूतं सर्वतोमदम् against CE 13.105.6a 'prabhinnaṃ mahānāgaṃ prasrutaṃ sarvato madam', and line 2 धृतराष्ट्रस्वरूपेण against 'dhṛtarāṣṭrasya rūpeṇa'; recension variants, kept.

Verse 7 (13.159.7)

ह्रियमाणं तु तं दृष्ट्वा गौतमः संशितव्रतः । अभ्यभाषत राजानं धृतराष्ट्रं महातपाः ॥

hriyamāṇaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā gautamaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | abhyabhāṣata rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahātapāḥ

Seeing the elephant being carried off, Gautama of strict vows, the great ascetic, spoke to King Dhritarashtra.

Verse 8 (13.159.8)

मा मे हार्षीर्हस्तिनं पुत्रमेनं । दुःखात्पुष्टं धृतराष्ट्राकृतज्ञ । मैत्रं सतां सप्तपदं वदन्ति । मित्रद्रोहो नेह राजन्स्पृशेत्त्वाम् ॥

mā me hārṣīrhastinaṃ putramenaṃ | duḥkhātpuṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrākṛtajña | maitraṃ satāṃ saptapadaṃ vadanti | mitradroho neha rājanspṛśettvām

"Do not take from me this elephant, my son, reared with great pain, Dhritarashtra, O ungrateful one. The good say that friendship is made in seven steps; let not the sin of betraying a friend touch you here, O king."

Note on the text: Speaker: Gautama. No heading is printed; the whole verse is his direct speech (the input carried Bhishma over). Corrected मामाहार्षीर्हस्तिनं → मा मे हार्षीर्हस्तिनं (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'mā me hārṣīr hastinaṃ'), धृतराष्ट्रात्कृतज्ञ → धृतराष्ट्राकृतज्ञ ('O Dhritarashtra, O ungrateful one'; CE 'dhṛtarāṣṭrākṛtajña'; the printed form does not parse) and स्पृसेत्त्वाम् → स्पृशेत्त्वाम् (स for श; CE 'spṛśet'). Line 2 reads मैत्रं सतां सप्तपदं वदन्ति against CE 'mitraṃ satāṃ saptapadaṃ vadanti'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 9 (13.159.9)

इध्मोदकप्रदातारं शून्यपालं ममाश्रमे । विनीतमाचार्यकुले सुयुक्तं गुरुकर्मणि ॥

idhmodakapradātāraṃ śūnyapālaṃ mamāśrame | vinītamācāryakule suyuktaṃ gurukarmaṇi

"He brought me firewood and water, kept watch over my hermitage when it was empty, was trained as in a teacher's household, and was diligent in his service to the guru."

Note on the text: Speaker: Gautama. No heading is printed; the whole verse is his direct speech (the input carried Bhishma over).

Verse 10 (13.159.10)

शिष्टं दान्तं कृतज्ञं च प्रियं च सततं मम । न मे विक्रोशतो राजन्हर्तुमर्हसि कुञ्जरम् ॥

śiṣṭaṃ dāntaṃ kṛtajñaṃ ca priyaṃ ca satataṃ mama | na me vikrośato rājanhartumarhasi kuñjaram

"Obedient, restrained, grateful and always dear to me: while I cry out, O king, you should not take away the elephant."

Note on the text: Speaker: Gautama. No heading is printed; the whole verse is his direct speech (the input carried Bhishma over).

Verse 11 (13.159.11)

गवां सहस्रं भवते ददानि । शतानि निष्कस्य ददानि पञ्च । अन्यच्च वित्तं विविधं महर्षे । किं ब्राह्मणस्येह गजेन कृत्यम् ॥

gavāṃ sahasraṃ bhavate dadāni | śatāni niṣkasya dadāni pañca | anyacca vittaṃ vividhaṃ maharṣe | kiṃ brāhmaṇasyeha gajena kṛtyam

"I will give you a thousand cows, five hundred nishkas of gold, and other wealth of many kinds, great sage. What use is an elephant to a Brahmin?"

Note on the text: Dhritarashtra here is Indra, who took Dhritarashtra's form at verse 6; speaker given by the page's heading. Line 2 reads शतानि निष्कस्य ददानि पञ्च against CE 'dāsīśataṃ niṣkaśatāni pañca' (the page's footnote records the same variant); kept.

Verse 12 (13.159.12)

तवैव गावो हि भवन्तु राज- । न्दास्यः सनिष्का विविधं च रत्नम् । अन्यच्च वित्तं विविधं नरेन्द्र । किं ब्राह्मणस्येह धनेन कृत्यम् ॥

tavaiva gāvo hi bhavantu rāja- | ndāsyaḥ saniṣkā vividhaṃ ca ratnam | anyacca vittaṃ vividhaṃ narendra | kiṃ brāhmaṇasyeha dhanena kṛtyam

"Let the cows be yours, O king, and the maidservants with their gold ornaments, and your many kinds of jewels, and other wealth of many kinds, O lord of men. What use to a Brahmin is wealth here?"

Note on the text: Lines differ slightly from CE 13.105.12a (tvām eva gāvo 'bhi bhavantu rājan); recension variant, kept.

Verse 13 (13.159.13)

ब्राह्मणानां हस्तिभिर्नास्ति कृत्यं । राजन्यानां नागकुलानि विप्र । स्वं वाहनं नयतो नास्त्यधर्मो । नागश्रेष्ठं गौतमास्मान्निवर्त ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ hastibhirnāsti kṛtyaṃ | rājanyānāṃ nāgakulāni vipra | svaṃ vāhanaṃ nayato nāstyadharmo | nāgaśreṣṭhaṃ gautamāsmānnivarta

"Elephants are of no use to Brahmins; herds of elephants belong to kings, learned sir. There is no wrong in a man taking his own vehicle. Give up claiming the best of elephants, Gautama, and turn back from us."

Verse 14 (13.159.14)

यत्र प्रेतो नन्दति पुण्यकर्मा । यत्र प्रेतः शोचते पापकर्मा । वैवस्वतस्य सदने महात्मन- । स्तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

yatra preto nandati puṇyakarmā | yatra pretaḥ śocate pāpakarmā | vaivasvatasya sadane mahātmana- | statra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Where the dead man of good deeds rejoices, and where the dead man of evil deeds grieves, in the abode of great Vaivasvata, there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 15 (13.159.15)

ये निष्क्रिया नास्तिका अश्रद्दधानाः । पापात्मान इन्द्रियार्थे निसृष्टाः । यमस्य ते यातनां प्राप्नुवन्ति । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

ye niṣkriyā nāstikā aśraddadhānāḥ | pāpātmāna indriyārthe nisṛṣṭāḥ | yamasya te yātanāṃ prāpnuvanti | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"Those who do no rites, unbelievers, faithless, evil-souled, given over to the objects of the senses, undergo the torments of Yama. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Note on the text: Corrected नास्तिकाः श्रद्धधानाः → नास्तिका अश्रद्दधानाः (misprint in Wikisource; the negative अ is dropped and द्ध for द्द, which turns 'faithless' into 'faithful'; CE 'nāstikā aśraddadhānāḥ').

Verse 16 (13.159.16)

वैवस्वती संयमनी जनानां । यत्रानृतं नोच्यते यत्र सत्यम् । यत्रांबलान्बलिनो घातयन्ति । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

vaivasvatī saṃyamanī janānāṃ | yatrānṛtaṃ nocyate yatra satyam | yatrāṃbalānbalino ghātayanti | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Yama's Samyamani, the city of mortals, where untruth is not spoken and where truth is, where the strong have the weak killed: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.16 (vaivasvatī saṃyamanī janānāṃ / yatrānṛtaṃ nocyate yatra satyam / yatrābalā balinaṃ yātayanti / tatra tvāhaṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye). Line 3 reads यत्रांबलान्बलिनो घातयन्ति ("the strong have the weak killed") against CE 'yatrābalā balinaṃ yātayanti'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 17 (13.159.17)

ज्येष्ठां स्वसारं पितरं मातरं च । गुरून्यथाऽमानयन्तश्चरन्ति । तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

jyeṣṭhāṃ svasāraṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca | gurūnyathā'mānayantaścaranti | tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"Those who live without honouring, as they should, an elder sister, a father, a mother and their teachers: this world is for such as these, great sage. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Note on the text: Line 2 reads गुरून्यथाऽमानयन्तः ("not honouring … as they should") against CE 13.105.17a 'guruṃ yathā mānayantaḥ'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 18 (13.159.18)

मन्दाकिनी वैश्रवणस्य राज्ञो । महाभागा भोगिजनप्रवेश्या । गन्धर्वयक्षैरप्सरोभिश्च जुष्टा । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

mandākinī vaiśravaṇasya rājño | mahābhāgā bhogijanapraveśyā | gandharvayakṣairapsarobhiśca juṣṭā | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"The Mandakini of King Vaishravana, the river of great glory, which the serpent-folk may enter, resorted to by Gandharvas, Yakshas and Apsarases: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Note on the text: Corrected वैश्रवणस् राज्ञो → वैश्रवणस्य राज्ञो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य and a stray space; CE 'vaiśravaṇasya rājño'). Line 2 reads महाभागा against CE 'mahābhogā'; kept.

Verse 19 (13.159.19)

अतिथिव्रताः सुव्रता ये जना वै । प्रतिश्रयं ददति ब्राह्मणेभ्यः । शिष्टाशिनः संविभज्याश्रितेभ्यो । मन्दाकिनीं तेऽपि हि भूषयन्ति ॥

atithivratāḥ suvratā ye janā vai | pratiśrayaṃ dadati brāhmaṇebhyaḥ | śiṣṭāśinaḥ saṃvibhajyāśritebhyo | mandākinīṃ te'pi hi bhūṣayanti

"Those people of devoted hospitality and good vows who give shelter to Brahmins, who eat what is left after sharing with their dependents: they too adorn the Mandakini."

Verse 20 (13.159.20)

मेरोरग्रे यद्वनं भाति रम्यं । सुपुष्पितं किन्नरीगीतजुष्टम् । सुदर्शना यत्र जम्बूर्विशाला । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

meroragre yadvanaṃ bhāti ramyaṃ | supuṣpitaṃ kinnarīgītajuṣṭam | sudarśanā yatra jambūrviśālā | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"The lovely, flowering forest that shines on the summit of Meru, resounding with the songs of kinnara women, where the great Sudarshana rose-apple tree stands: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 21 (13.159.21)

ये ब्राह्मणा मृदवः सत्यशीला । बहुश्रुताः सर्वभूताभिरामाः । येऽधीयते सेतिहासं पुराणं । मध्वाहुत्या जुह्वति वै द्विजेभ्यः ॥

ye brāhmaṇā mṛdavaḥ satyaśīlā | bahuśrutāḥ sarvabhūtābhirāmāḥ | ye'dhīyate setihāsaṃ purāṇaṃ | madhvāhutyā juhvati vai dvijebhyaḥ

"Brahmins who are gentle, truthful in conduct, learned, delighting all beings, who study the Itihasas and the Puranas, and who offer honey as an oblation to the twice-born,"

Verse 22 (13.159.22)

तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र । यदन्यत्ते विदितं स्थानमस्ति । तद्ब्रूहि त्वं त्वरितो ह्येष यामि ॥

tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra | yadanyatte viditaṃ sthānamasti | tadbrūhi tvaṃ tvarito hyeṣa yāmi

"this world is for such as these, great sage. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place. If you know of another place, tell me, for I am going in haste."

Verse 23 (13.159.23)

सुपुष्पितं किंनरराजजुष्टं । प्रियं वनं नन्दनं नारदस्य । गन्धर्वाणामप्सरसां च सद्म । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

supuṣpitaṃ kiṃnararājajuṣṭaṃ | priyaṃ vanaṃ nandanaṃ nāradasya | gandharvāṇāmapsarasāṃ ca sadma | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"The lovely, flowering Nandana grove, dear to Narada, resorted to by the king of the Kinnaras, the abode of Gandharvas and Apsarases: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 24 (13.159.24)

ये नृत्यगीते कुशला जनाः सदा । देवात्मानः प्रियकामाश्चरन्ति । तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

ye nṛtyagīte kuśalā janāḥ sadā | devātmānaḥ priyakāmāścaranti | tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"Those people who are always skilled in dance and song, godlike in spirit, and devoted to what is pleasing,"

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्रियकामाश्चरन्ति against CE 13.105.24a 'hy ayācamānāḥ sahitāś caranti'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 25 (13.159.25)

यत्रोत्तराः कुरवो भान्ति रम्या । देवैः सार्धं मोदमाना नरेन्द्र । यत्राग्नियौनाश्च वसन्ति विप्रा । अब्योनयः पर्वतयोनयश्च ॥

yatrottarāḥ kuravo bhānti ramyā | devaiḥ sārdhaṃ modamānā narendra | yatrāgniyaunāśca vasanti viprā | abyonayaḥ parvatayonayaśca

"Where the lovely Uttara Kurus shine, delighting in company with the gods, O lord of men, and where live the Brahmins born of fire, those born of water, and those born of mountains;"

Note on the text: Corrected नरेन्द्रः → नरेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; a vocative, as at verse 12; CE 'narendra').

Verse 26 (13.159.26)

यत्र शक्रो वर्षति सर्वकामा- । न्यत्र स्त्रियः कामचारा भवन्ति । यत्र चेर्ष्या नास्ति नारीनराणां । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

yatra śakro varṣati sarvakāmā- | nyatra striyaḥ kāmacārā bhavanti | yatra cerṣyā nāsti nārīnarāṇāṃ | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"where Shakra rains down all desires, where women move as they please, and where there is no jealousy between women and men: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 27 (13.159.27)

ये सर्वभूतेषु निवृत्तकामा । अमांसादा न्यस्तदण्डाश्चरन्ति । न हिंसन्ति स्थावरं जङ्गमानि । भूतानां ये सर्वभूतात्मभूताः ॥

ye sarvabhūteṣu nivṛttakāmā | amāṃsādā nyastadaṇḍāścaranti | na hiṃsanti sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamāni | bhūtānāṃ ye sarvabhūtātmabhūtāḥ

"Those who have turned away from desire in all beings, who eat no meat and go about with the rod laid aside, who harm neither the moving nor the unmoving, who are the self of all beings among the beings,"

Verse 28 (13.159.28)

निराशिषो निर्ममा वीतरागा । लाभालाभे तुल्यनिन्दाप्रशंसाः । तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

nirāśiṣo nirmamā vītarāgā | lābhālābhe tulyanindāpraśaṃsāḥ | tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"free of expectation, free of possessiveness, free of attachment, equal in gain and loss and in blame and praise: this world is for such as these, great sage. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Verse 29 (13.159.29)

ततोऽपरे भान्ति लोकाः सनातनाः । सुपुण्यगन्धा विरजा वीतशोकाः । सोमस्य राज्ञः सदने महात्मन- । स्तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

tato'pare bhānti lokāḥ sanātanāḥ | supuṇyagandhā virajā vītaśokāḥ | somasya rājñaḥ sadane mahātmana- | statra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Beyond that other eternal worlds shine, fragrant with great merit, free of dust and free of sorrow, in the abode of King Soma, the great one: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.29. Lines 1-2 read ततोऽपरे … विरजा वीतशोकाः against CE 'tataḥ paraṃ … nirmalā vītaśokāḥ', and lines 3-4 = CE 29c; recension variants, kept.

Verse 30 (13.159.30)

ये दानशीला न प्रतिगृह्णते सदा । न चाप्यर्थांश्चाददते परेभ्यः । येषामदेयमर्हते नास्ति किञ्चि- । त्सर्वातिथ्याः सुप्रजना जनाश्च ॥

ye dānaśīlā na pratigṛhṇate sadā | na cāpyarthāṃścādadate parebhyaḥ | yeṣāmadeyamarhate nāsti kiñci- | tsarvātithyāḥ suprajanā janāśca

"Those who are givers by nature, who never accept gifts and take no wealth from others, to whom nothing is ungiveable to a worthy person, who are hospitable to all and blessed with good offspring,"

Verse 31 (13.159.31)

ये क्षन्तारो नाभिजल्पन्ति चान्या- । ञ्शक्ता भूत्वा सततं पुण्यशीलाः । तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

ye kṣantāro nābhijalpanti cānyā- | ñśaktā bhūtvā satataṃ puṇyaśīlāḥ | tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"who are forgiving, who do not speak ill of others though able to, and who are always of meritorious conduct: this world is for such as these, great sage. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Verse 32 (13.159.32)

ततोऽपरे भान्ति लोकाः सनातना । विरजसो वितमस्का विशोकाः । आदित्यदेवस्य पदं महात्मन- । स्तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

tato'pare bhānti lokāḥ sanātanā | virajaso vitamaskā viśokāḥ | ādityadevasya padaṃ mahātmana- | statra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Beyond that other eternal worlds shine, dustless, free of darkness and free of sorrow, the place of the great divine Aditya: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.32. Corrected विराजसा → विरजसो (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'virajaso'). Line 3 reads आदित्यदेवस्य पदं महात्मनः against CE 'ādityasya sumahāntaḥ suvṛttās'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (13.159.33)

स्वाध्यायशीला गुरुशुश्रूषकाश्च । तपस्विनः सुव्रताः सत्यसन्धाः । आचार्याणामप्रतिकूलभाषिणो । नित्योत्थिता गुरुकर्मस्वचोद्याः ॥

svādhyāyaśīlā guruśuśrūṣakāśca | tapasvinaḥ suvratāḥ satyasandhāḥ | ācāryāṇāmapratikūlabhāṣiṇo | nityotthitā gurukarmasvacodyāḥ

"Those devoted to study, who serve their teachers, ascetics of good vows, true to their word, who never speak against their teachers, who are always up and about, and need no urging in their teachers' tasks,"

Verse 34 (13.159.34)

तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे । विशुद्धानां भावितो वाग्यतानाम् । सत्ये स्थितानां वेदविदां महात्मनां । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

tathāvidhānāmeṣa loko maharṣe | viśuddhānāṃ bhāvito vāgyatānām | satye sthitānāṃ vedavidāṃ mahātmanāṃ | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"this world is for such as these, the purified, restrained in speech, established in truth, the great-souled knowers of the Veda, great sage. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Verse 35 (13.159.35)

ततोऽपरे भान्ति लोकाः सनातनाः । सुपुण्यगन्धा विरजा विशोकाः । वरुणस्य राज्ञः सदने महात्मन- । स्तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

tato'pare bhānti lokāḥ sanātanāḥ | supuṇyagandhā virajā viśokāḥ | varuṇasya rājñaḥ sadane mahātmana- | statra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Beyond that other eternal worlds shine, fragrant with great merit, dustless and free of sorrow, in the abode of King Varuna, the great one: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 36 (13.159.36)

चातुर्मास्यैर्ये यजन्ते जनाः सदा । तथेष्टीनां दशशतं प्राप्नुवन्ति । ये चाग्निहोत्रं जुह्वति श्रद्दधाना । यथान्यायं त्रीणि वर्षाणि विप्राः ॥

cāturmāsyairye yajante janāḥ sadā | tatheṣṭīnāṃ daśaśataṃ prāpnuvanti | ye cāgnihotraṃ juhvati śraddadhānā | yathānyāyaṃ trīṇi varṣāṇi viprāḥ

"Those who always sacrifice with the Chaturmasya rites and likewise attain a thousand ishtis, and the Brahmins who with faith offer the Agnihotra for three years according to the rule,"

Verse 37 (13.159.37)

स्वदारगाणां धर्मकृतां महात्मनां । यथोदिते वर्त्मनि सुस्थितानाम् । धर्मात्मनामुद्वहतां गतिं तां । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

svadāragāṇāṃ dharmakṛtāṃ mahātmanāṃ | yathodite vartmani susthitānām | dharmātmanāmudvahatāṃ gatiṃ tāṃ | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"the great-souled who are faithful to their own wives, who do dharma, firmly established in the path as laid down, the righteous who carry its load: that is their destination. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.37. Corrected धर्मान्मनामुद्वहतां → धर्मात्मनामुद्वहतां (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'dharmātmanām udvahatāṃ'). Line 1 reads स्वदारगाणां against CE 'svadāriṇāṃ'; kept.

Verse 38 (13.159.38)

इन्द्रस्य लोका विरजा विशोका । दुरन्वयाः काङ्क्षिता मानवानाम् । तस्याहं ते भवने भूरितेजसो । राजन्निमं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

indrasya lokā virajā viśokā | duranvayāḥ kāṅkṣitā mānavānām | tasyāhaṃ te bhavane bhūritejaso | rājannimaṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"The worlds of Indra, dustless and free of sorrow, hard to reach, longed for by men: in the abode of that greatly radiant one, O king, there I shall claim this elephant from you."

Verse 39 (13.159.39)

शतवर्षजीवी यश्च शूरो मनुष्यो । वेदाध्यायी यश्च यज्वाऽप्रमत्तः । एते सर्वे शक्रलोकं व्रजन्ति । परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

śatavarṣajīvī yaśca śūro manuṣyo | vedādhyāyī yaśca yajvā'pramattaḥ | ete sarve śakralokaṃ vrajanti | paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"The man who lives a hundred years, and the hero, and he who studies the Veda, and the sacrificer who is never careless: all these go to the world of Shakra. Dhritarashtra will not go on to that place."

Verse 40 (13.159.40)

प्राजापत्याः सन्ति लोका महान्तो । नाकस्य पृष्ठे पुष्कला वीतशोकाः । मनीषिणां सर्वलोकाभयानां । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

prājāpatyāḥ santi lokā mahānto | nākasya pṛṣṭhe puṣkalā vītaśokāḥ | manīṣiṇāṃ sarvalokābhayānāṃ | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"There are great worlds of Prajapati on the back of heaven, spacious and free of sorrow, for the wise, who give fearlessness to all worlds: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 41 (13.159.41)

ये राजानो राजसूयाभिषिक्ता । धर्मात्मानो रक्षितारः प्रजानाम् । ये चाश्वमेधावभृथे प्लुताङ्गा- । स्तेषां लोका धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र ॥

ye rājāno rājasūyābhiṣiktā | dharmātmāno rakṣitāraḥ prajānām | ye cāśvamedhāvabhṛthe plutāṅgā- | steṣāṃ lokā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra

"Kings who have been consecrated by the Rajasuya, righteous-souled protectors of their subjects, and those whose limbs have been bathed in the avabhritha of the Ashvamedha: theirs are the worlds. Dhritarashtra is not there."

Verse 42 (13.159.42)

ततःपरं भान्ति लोकाः सनातनाः । सुपुण्यगन्धा विरजा वीतशोकाः । तस्मिन्नहं दुर्लभे चाप्यधृष्ये । गवां लोके हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

tataḥparaṃ bhānti lokāḥ sanātanāḥ | supuṇyagandhā virajā vītaśokāḥ | tasminnahaṃ durlabhe cāpyadhṛṣye | gavāṃ loke hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Beyond that other eternal worlds shine, fragrant with great merit, dustless and free of sorrow. In that hard to reach and unassailable world of the cows, I shall claim the elephant from you."

Verse 43 (13.159.43)

यो गोसहस्री शतदो महात्मा । यो गोशती दश दद्याच्च शक्त्या । तथा दशभ्यो यश्च दद्यादिहैकां । पञ्चभ्यो वा दानशीलस्तथैकाम् ॥

yo gosahasrī śatado mahātmā | yo gośatī daśa dadyācca śaktyā | tathā daśabhyo yaśca dadyādihaikāṃ | pañcabhyo vā dānaśīlastathaikām

"The great soul who owning a thousand cows gives a hundred, he who owning a hundred cows gives ten as he is able, he who owning ten gives one here, or who, of generous nature, gives one out of five,"

Verse 44 (13.159.44)

ये जीर्यन्ते ब्रह्मचर्येण विप्रा । ब्राह्मीं वाचं परिरक्षन्ति चैव । मनस्विनस्तीर्थयात्रापरा ये । ते तत्र मोदन्ति ततो विमानैः ॥

ye jīryante brahmacaryeṇa viprā | brāhmīṃ vācaṃ parirakṣanti caiva | manasvinastīrthayātrāparā ye | te tatra modanti tato vimānaiḥ

"and the Brahmins who grow old in celibacy and guard the speech of Brahman, the high-minded who are devoted to pilgrimages to sacred fords: they rejoice there, and from there in celestial cars."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.44. Corrected ब्रह्मचर्येणि → ब्रह्मचर्येण (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'brahmacaryeṇa'). Line 4 reads ते तत्र मोदन्ति ततो विमानैः against CE 'te tatra modanti gavāṃ vimāne'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 45 (13.159.45)

प्रभासं मानसं तीर्थं पुष्कराणि महत्सरः । पुण्यं च नैमिषं तीर्थं बाहुदां करतोयिनीम् ॥

prabhāsaṃ mānasaṃ tīrthaṃ puṣkarāṇi mahatsaraḥ | puṇyaṃ ca naimiṣaṃ tīrthaṃ bāhudāṃ karatoyinīm

"Prabhasa, Manasa, the Pushkaras, the great lake, holy Naimisha, the Bahuda and the Karatoyini,"

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्थ → तीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara). Line 1 reads तीर्थं against CE 13.105.45a 'puṇyaṃ'; kept.

Verse 46 (13.159.46)

गयां गयशिरश्चैव विपाशां स्थूलवालुकाम् । तूष्णीं गङ्गां शनैर्गङ्गां महाह्रदमथापि च ॥

gayāṃ gayaśiraścaiva vipāśāṃ sthūlavālukām | tūṣṇīṃ gaṅgāṃ śanairgaṅgāṃ mahāhradamathāpi ca

"Gaya and Gayashiras, the Vipasha, the Sthulavaluka, the Tushnigangā, the Shanairgangā, and the Mahahrada too,"

Note on the text: Corrected गां हयशिरश्चैव → गयां गयशिरश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; the printed 'cow, Hayashiras' is not a place-name pair; CE 'gayāṃ gayaśiraś caiva'). Line 2 reads तूष्णीं गङ्गां शनैर्गङ्गां against CE 'tūṣṇīṃgaṅgāṃ daśagaṅgāṃ'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 47 (13.159.47)

गोमतीं कौशिकीं पंपां महात्मानो धृतव्रताः । सरस्वतीदृषद्वत्यौ यमुनां ये तु यान्ति च ॥

gomatīṃ kauśikīṃ paṃpāṃ mahātmāno dhṛtavratāḥ | sarasvatīdṛṣadvatyau yamunāṃ ye tu yānti ca

"the Gomati, the Kaushiki, the Pampa; and the great-souled, firm in vows, who go to the Sarasvati, the Drishadvati and the Yamuna:"

Note on the text: Line 1 reads गोमतीं … पंपां against CE 13.105.47a 'gautamīṃ … pākāṃ'; recension variants (Gomati, Pampa), kept.

Verse 48 (13.159.48)

तत्र ते दिव्यसंस्थाना दिव्यमाल्यधराः शिवाः । प्रयान्ति पुण्यगन्धाढ्या धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र वै ॥

tatra te divyasaṃsthānā divyamālyadharāḥ śivāḥ | prayānti puṇyagandhāḍhyā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra vai

"there they go, of divine form, wearing divine garlands, auspicious, rich in the fragrance of merit. Dhritarashtra is not there."

Note on the text: Corrected तत ते → तत्र ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्र; CE 'tatra te').

Verse 49 (13.159.49)

यत्र शीतभयं नास्ति न चोष्णभयमण्वपि । न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिर्न दुःखं न सुखं तथा ॥

yatra śītabhayaṃ nāsti na coṣṇabhayamaṇvapi | na kṣutpipāse na glānirna duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ tathā

"Where there is no fear of cold and not the slightest fear of heat, no hunger or thirst, no weariness, no sorrow and no joy either,"

Verse 50 (13.159.50)

न द्वेष्यो न प्रियः कश्चिन्न बन्धुर्न रिपुस्तथा । न जरामरणे तत्र न पुण्यं न च पातकम् ॥

na dveṣyo na priyaḥ kaścinna bandhurna ripustathā | na jarāmaraṇe tatra na puṇyaṃ na ca pātakam

"no one hated and no one dear, no kinsman and no enemy, no old age or death there, no merit and no sin,"

Verse 51 (13.159.51)

तस्मिन्विरजसि स्फीते प्रज्ञासत्वव्यवस्थिते । स्वयम्भुभवने पुण्ये हस्तिनं यातयिष्यति ॥

tasminvirajasi sphīte prajñāsatvavyavasthite | svayambhubhavane puṇye hastinaṃ yātayiṣyati

"in that dustless, flourishing place, established in wisdom and purity, in the sacred abode of the Self-born, the elephant will be claimed."

Note on the text: Line 2 reads हस्तिनं यातयिष्यति (third person) against CE 13.105.51c 'hastinaṃ me yatiṣyati'; the page's footnote records another reading, हस्तिनं मे प्रदास्यसि. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 52 (13.159.52)

निर्मुक्ताः सर्वसङ्गैर्ये कृतात्मानो यतव्रताः । अध्यात्मयोगसंस्थानैर्युक्ताः स्वर्गगतिं गताः ॥

nirmuktāḥ sarvasaṅgairye kṛtātmāno yatavratāḥ | adhyātmayogasaṃsthānairyuktāḥ svargagatiṃ gatāḥ

"Those who are freed from all attachments, self-perfected, firm in their vows, joined with the disciplines of the yoga of the Self, who have gone the way to heaven,"

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.52. Corrected अध्यात्मयोगसंस्तानैर्युक्ताः → अध्यात्मयोगसंस्थानैर्युक्ताः (misprint in Wikisource; स्त for स्थ; CE 'adhyātmayogasaṃsthāne yuktāḥ').

Verse 53 (13.159.53)

ते ब्रह्मभवनं पुण्यं प्राप्नुवन्तीह सात्विकाः । न तत्र धृतराष्ट्रस्ते शक्यो द्रष्टुं महामुने ॥

te brahmabhavanaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnuvantīha sātvikāḥ | na tatra dhṛtarāṣṭraste śakyo draṣṭuṃ mahāmune

"those sattvic ones attain here the sacred abode of Brahma. Your Dhritarashtra cannot be seen there, great sage."

Verse 54 (13.159.54)

रथन्तरं यत्र बृहच्च गीयते । यत्र वेदिः पुण्यजनैर्वृता च । यत्रोपयाति हरिभिः सोमपीथी । तत्र त्वाऽहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये ॥

rathantaraṃ yatra bṛhacca gīyate | yatra vediḥ puṇyajanairvṛtā ca | yatropayāti haribhiḥ somapīthī | tatra tvā'haṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye

"Where the Rathantara and the Brihat are sung, where the altar is surrounded by pious folk, and where the Soma-drinker comes with his bay horses: there I shall claim the elephant from you."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.54. Line 2 reads यत्र वेदिः पुण्यजनैर्वृता च against CE 'yatra vedī puṇḍarīkaiḥ stṛṇoti'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 55 (13.159.55)

बुध्यामि त्वां वृत्रहणं शतक्रतुं । व्यतिक्रमन्तं भुवनानि विश्वा । कच्चिन्न वाचा वृजिनं कदाचि- । दकार्षं ते मनसोऽभिषङ्कात् ॥

budhyāmi tvāṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ śatakratuṃ | vyatikramantaṃ bhuvanāni viśvā | kaccinna vācā vṛjinaṃ kadāci- | dakārṣaṃ te manaso'bhiṣaṅkāt

"I know you, slayer of Vritra, Shatakratu, who go beyond all the worlds. Have I ever wronged you by a word, from any leaning of my mind?"

Verse 56 (13.159.56)

मघवाऽहं लोकपथं प्रजाना- । मन्वागमं परिवादे गजस्य । तस्माद्भवान्प्रणतं माऽनुशास्तु । ब्रवीषि यत्तत्करवाणि सर्वम् ॥

maghavā'haṃ lokapathaṃ prajānā- | manvāgamaṃ parivāde gajasya | tasmādbhavānpraṇataṃ mā'nuśāstu | bravīṣi yattatkaravāṇi sarvam

"I am Maghavan. In the dispute over the elephant I have followed the way of the world's creatures. So may your honour instruct me, bowed before you; whatever you tell me, I shall do it all."

Note on the text: Speaker heading is 'शतक्रतुरुवाच' (CE 'śakra uvāca'). Lines differ from CE 13.105.56 (yasmād imaṃ lokapathaṃ prajānām / anvāgamaṃ padavāde gajasya …): मघवाऽहं … परिवादे गजस्य; recension variant, kept.

Verse 57 (13.159.57)

श्वेतं करेणुं मम पुत्रं हि नागं । प्रियं तु मे षष्टिवर्षं तु बालम् । यो मे वने वसतोऽभूद्द्वितीय- । स्तमेव मे देहि सुरेन्द्र नागम् ॥

śvetaṃ kareṇuṃ mama putraṃ hi nāgaṃ | priyaṃ tu me ṣaṣṭivarṣaṃ tu bālam | yo me vane vasato'bhūddvitīya- | stameva me dehi surendra nāgam

"My son, the white elephant, dear to me, still a child though sixty years old, who was my only companion as I lived in the forest: give me back that very elephant, lord of the gods."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the verse is CE 13.105.57. Line 2 reads प्रियं तु मे षष्टिवर्षं तु बालम् against CE 'yaṃ me 'hārṣīr daśavarṣāṇi bālam'; recension variant, kept.

Verse 58 (13.159.58)

अयं सुतस्ते द्विजमुख्यनाग । आघ्रायते त्वामभिवीक्षमाणः । पादौ च ते नासिकयोपजिघ्रते । श्रेयो ममाध्याहि नमश्च तेऽस्तु ॥

ayaṃ sutaste dvijamukhyanāga | āghrāyate tvāmabhivīkṣamāṇaḥ | pādau ca te nāsikayopajighrate | śreyo mamādhyāhi namaśca te'stu

"Here is your son, O best of Brahmins, the elephant; he looks at you and sniffs at you, and he smells your feet with his nostrils. Wish me well; I bow to you."

Note on the text: Speaker heading 'शतक्रतुरुवाच'. Lines 1-2 read द्विजमुख्यनाग आघ्रायते against CE 'dvijamukhya nāgaś cāghrāyate'; kept.

Verse 59 (13.159.59)

शिवं सदैवेह सुरेन्द्र तुभ्यं । ध्यायामि पूजां च सदा प्रयुञ्जे । ममापि त्वं शक्र शिवं ददस्व । त्वया दत्तं प्रतिगृह्णामि नागम् ॥

śivaṃ sadaiveha surendra tubhyaṃ | dhyāyāmi pūjāṃ ca sadā prayuñje | mamāpi tvaṃ śakra śivaṃ dadasva | tvayā dattaṃ pratigṛhṇāmi nāgam

"I always wish you well here, lord of the gods; I think of you and always offer you worship. You too, Shakra, grant me well-being; by your gift I accept the elephant."

Verse 60 (13.159.60)

येषां वेदा निहिता वै गुहायां । मनीषिणां सत्यवतां महात्मनाम् । तेषां त्वयैकेन महात्मनाऽस्मि । बुद्धस्तस्मात्प्रीतिमांस्तेऽहमद्य ॥

yeṣāṃ vedā nihitā vai guhāyāṃ | manīṣiṇāṃ satyavatāṃ mahātmanām | teṣāṃ tvayaikena mahātmanā'smi | buddhastasmātprītimāṃste'hamadya

"Of the wise, truthful and great-souled men in whose hearts' cave the Vedas are laid, it is you alone, great soul, who have recognised me; therefore I am pleased with you today."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीतिमांस्तेऽहतद्य → प्रीतिमांस्तेऽहमद्य (misprint in Wikisource; त for म; CE 'prītimāṃs te 'ham adya'). Speaker heading 'शतक्रतुरुवाच'.

Verse 61 (13.159.61)

हन्तैहि ब्राह्मण क्षिप्रं सह पुत्रेण हस्तिना । त्वं हि प्राप्तुं शुभाँल्लोकानह्नाय च चिराय च ॥

hantaihi brāhmaṇa kṣipraṃ saha putreṇa hastinā | tvaṃ hi prāptuṃ śubhām̐llokānahnāya ca cirāya ca

"Come, Brahmin, quickly, with your son the elephant; for you are worthy to attain the auspicious worlds, soon and for long."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the couplet is CE 13.105.61a, 61c (hantaihi brāhmaṇa kṣipraṃ saha putreṇa hastinā / prāpnuhi tvaṃ śubhāṃl lokān ahnāya ca cirāya ca). Corrected ब्राह्मणि → ब्राह्मण (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि, a feminine form addressed to a man; CE 'brāhmaṇa'). Line 2 reads त्वं हि प्राप्तुं against CE 'prāpnuhi tvaṃ'; recension variant, kept. Speaker: Shatakratu, continuing under his heading.

Verse 62 (13.159.62)

स गौतमं पुरस्कृत्य सह पुत्रेण हस्तिना । दिवमाचक्रमे वज्री सद्भिः सह दुरासदम् ॥

sa gautamaṃ puraskṛtya saha putreṇa hastinā | divamācakrame vajrī sadbhiḥ saha durāsadam

Placing Gautama before him, with his son the elephant, the wielder of the thunderbolt ascended to heaven, hard to reach, together with the good.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुस्कृत्य → पुरस्कृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'puraskṛtya').

Verse 63 (13.159.63)

इदं यः शृणुयान्नित्यं यः पठेद्वा जितेन्द्रियः । स याति ब्रह्मणो लोकं ब्राह्मणो गौतमो यथा ॥

idaṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ yaḥ paṭhedvā jitendriyaḥ | sa yāti brahmaṇo lokaṃ brāhmaṇo gautamo yathā

Whoever always hears this, or recites it with his senses controlled, goes to the world of Brahma, as the Brahmin Gautama did.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: it is CE star passage 13.105.62d*0470_01-02.