Vishnu Is the Whole of the Sacrifice

Verse 1 (13.16.1)

द्वारकायां यथा प्राह पुराऽयं मुनिसत्तमः । वेदविप्रमयत्वं तु वासुदेवस्य तच्छृणु ॥

dvārakāyāṃ yathā prāha purā'yaṃ munisattamaḥ | vedavipramayatvaṃ tu vāsudevasya tacchṛṇu

As this best of sages declared long ago in Dvaraka, so hear now how Vasudeva consists of the Veda and of Brahmins.

Note on the text: The speaker heading (`भीष्म उवाच) slipped into the text; removed from the verse and made the speaker (the page's heading carries a stray backtick, 13-16-1x, so the parser left the speaker empty). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 68-69 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0068-0069). Bhishma's speech continues through the adhyaya.

Verse 2 (13.16.2)

यूपं विष्णुं वासुदेवं विजानन् । सर्वान्विप्रान्बोधते तत्वदर्शी । विष्णुं क्रान्तं वासुदेवं विजानन् । विप्रो विप्रत्वं गच्छते तत्वदर्शी ॥

yūpaṃ viṣṇuṃ vāsudevaṃ vijānan | sarvānviprānbodhate tatvadarśī | viṣṇuṃ krāntaṃ vāsudevaṃ vijānan | vipro vipratvaṃ gacchate tatvadarśī

The seer of truth who knows the sacrificial post to be Vishnu, Vasudeva, awakens all Brahmins; the seer of truth who knows Vishnu, the Strider, to be Vasudeva attains the state of a true Brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 70-73 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0070-0073). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them (13-16-2a-d). Corrected तत्वदर्शि → तत्वदर्शी (misprint in Wikisource; short i, as in line 4 and the critical edition's tattvadarśī). Rejoined the words split across the line breaks with a hyphen (विजान- । न्सर्वान् → विजानन् । सर्वान्; विजान- । न्विप्रो → विजानन् । विप्रो; pausal forms at the pāda ends); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 3 (13.16.3)

विष्णुर्यज्ञस्त्विज्यते चापि विष्णुः । कृष्णो विष्णुर्यश्च कृत्स्नः प्रभुश्च । कृष्णो वेदाङ्गं वेदवादाश्च कृष्ण । एवं जानन्ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म एति ॥

viṣṇuryajñastvijyate cāpi viṣṇuḥ | kṛṣṇo viṣṇuryaśca kṛtsnaḥ prabhuśca | kṛṣṇo vedāṅgaṃ vedavādāśca kṛṣṇa | evaṃ jānanbrāhmaṇo brahma eti

Vishnu is the sacrifice, and Vishnu too is the one worshipped; Krishna is Vishnu, who is whole and the Lord. Krishna is the limb of the Veda, and the teachings of the Veda are Krishna. A Brahmin who knows this reaches Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 74-77 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0074-0077). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 4 (13.16.4)

स्थानं सर्वं वैष्णवं यज्ञमार्गे । चातुर्होत्रं वैष्णवं तत्र कृष्णः । सर्वैर्भावैरिज्यते सर्वकामैः । पुण्याँल्लोकान्ब्राह्मणाः प्राप्नुवन्ति ॥

sthānaṃ sarvaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yajñamārge | cāturhotraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tatra kṛṣṇaḥ | sarvairbhāvairijyate sarvakāmaiḥ | puṇyām̐llokānbrāhmaṇāḥ prāpnuvanti

In the way of sacrifice every station belongs to Vishnu; the fourfold hotra rite belongs to Vishnu, and in it is Krishna. He is worshipped with every disposition and every desire, and Brahmins who worship him attain the worlds of merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 78-81 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0078-0081). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 5 (13.16.5)

सोमं सद्भावाद्ये च जातं पिबन्ति । दीप्तिं कर्म ये विदानाश्चरन्ति । एकान्तमिष्टं चिन्तयन्तो दिविस्थाः । ते वै स्थानं प्राप्नुवन्ति व्रतज्ञाः ॥

somaṃ sadbhāvādye ca jātaṃ pibanti | dīptiṃ karma ye vidānāścaranti | ekāntamiṣṭaṃ cintayanto divisthāḥ | te vai sthānaṃ prāpnuvanti vratajñāḥ

Those who drink the Soma that arises from true devotion, and who, knowing the radiance of ritual action, perform it, dwelling in heaven and meditating single-mindedly on the one they have worshipped: those who know the vows reach that station.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 82-85 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0082-0085). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (दिविस्था- । स्ते → दिविस्थाः । ते; pausal form at the pāda end); the text is otherwise unchanged. Wikisource दीप्तिं against CE dīptaṃ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (13.16.6)

ओमित्येतद्ध्यायमानो न गच्छेत् । दुर्गं पन्थानं पापकर्मापि विप्रः । सर्वं कृष्णं वासुदेवं हि विप्राः । कृत्वा ध्यानं दुर्गतिं न प्रयान्ति ॥

omityetaddhyāyamāno na gacchet | durgaṃ panthānaṃ pāpakarmāpi vipraḥ | sarvaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vāsudevaṃ hi viprāḥ | kṛtvā dhyānaṃ durgatiṃ na prayānti

A Brahmin who meditates on this Om does not go the hard road, even if he is a doer of evil deeds; for Brahmins who meditate on everything as Krishna, as Vasudeva, do not go to an evil end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 86-89 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0086-0089). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Corrected विग्राः → विप्राः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for प, as in the critical edition's viprāḥ). Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (गच्छे- । द्दुर्गं → गच्छेत् । दुर्गं; pausal form at the pāda end); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 7 (13.16.7)

आज्यं यज्ञः स्रुक्स्रुवौ यज्ञदाता । इच्छा पत्नी पत्निशाला हवींषि । इध्माः पुरोडाशं सर्वदा होतृकर्ता । कृत्स्नं विष्णुं संविजानंस्तमेति ॥

ājyaṃ yajñaḥ sruksruvau yajñadātā | icchā patnī patniśālā havīṃṣi | idhmāḥ puroḍāśaṃ sarvadā hotṛkartā | kṛtsnaṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃvijānaṃstameti

The ghee, the sacrifice, the ladles, the giver of the sacrifice; desire as the wife, the wives' hall, the oblations; the fuel sticks, the rice-cake, the hotr who performs at all times: he who knows all this to be Vishnu comes to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 90-93 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0090-0093). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Corrected इध्याः → इध्माः (misprint in Wikisource; ध्य for ध्म, as in the critical edition's idhmāḥ).

Verse 8 (13.16.8)

योगेयोगे कर्मणां चाभिहारे । युक्ते वैताने कर्मणि ब्राह्मणस्य । पुष्ट्यर्थेषु प्राप्नुयात्कर्मसिद्धिं । शान्त्यर्थेषु प्राप्नुयात्सर्वशान्तिम् ॥

yogeyoge karmaṇāṃ cābhihāre | yukte vaitāne karmaṇi brāhmaṇasya | puṣṭyartheṣu prāpnuyātkarmasiddhiṃ | śāntyartheṣu prāpnuyātsarvaśāntim

At every undertaking and every repetition of rites, when a Brahmin is engaged in the performance of the Vedic fire-rite, in rites for prosperity he gains the success of the rite, and in rites for peace he gains complete peace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 94-97 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0094-0097). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Corrected सर्वशान्तिम्ट' → सर्वशान्तिम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ट and a closing quote mark, as in the critical edition's sarvaśāntim).