The Lunar Vow for a Perfect Body

Verse 1 (13.172.1)

शरतल्पगतं भीष्मं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम् । उपगम्य महाप्राज्ञः पर्यपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

śaratalpagataṃ bhīṣmaṃ vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham | upagamya mahāprājñaḥ paryapṛcchadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Yudhishthira, the wise, approached Bhishma, the aged grandsire of the Kurus, as he lay on his bed of arrows, and put this question to him.

Note on the text: Removed the opening bracket and the speaker heading “वैशम्पायन उवाच” that slipped into the text (speaker set instead). The page also prints a heading line (“भीष्मेण युधिष्ठिरंप्रति … चान्द्रव्रताचरणप्रकारकथनम्”) above the table; it is not verse text and is not included. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: this whole adhyaya is Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0001-0002 for this verse), an interpolation after CE 13.111.21d.

Verse 2 (13.172.2)

अङ्गानां रूपसौभाग्यं प्रियं चैव कथं भवेत् । धर्मार्थकामसंयुक्तः सुखभागी कथं भवेत् ॥

aṅgānāṃ rūpasaubhāgyaṃ priyaṃ caiva kathaṃ bhavet | dharmārthakāmasaṃyuktaḥ sukhabhāgī kathaṃ bhavet

How may a man come to have beauty of form, good fortune and the affection of others in his limbs? And how may he, joined with dharma, wealth and desire, come to share in happiness?

Note on the text: Speaker (Yudhishthira) not printed on the page; the verse is his question. Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0003-0004), with a variant first line (the Appendix reads jñānaṃ rūpaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ priyatvaṃ ca kathaṃ bhavet).

Verse 3 (13.172.3)

मार्गशीर्षस्य मासस्य चन्द्रे मूलेन संयुते । पादौ मूलेन राजेन्द्र जङ्घायामथ रोहिणीम् ॥

mārgaśīrṣasya māsasya candre mūlena saṃyute | pādau mūlena rājendra jaṅghāyāmatha rohiṇīm

In the month of Margashirsha, when the moon is joined with Mula: assign the feet to Mula, O best of kings, and the calves to Rohini.

Note on the text: Corrected राजेन्द्रि → राजेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ि for the vocative ending, as in the Appendix reading rājendra). Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0005-0006).

Verse 4 (13.172.4)

अश्विन्यां सक्थिनी चैव ऊरू चाषाढयोस्तथा । गुह्यं तु फाल्गुनी विद्यात्कृत्तिका कटिकास्तथा ॥

aśvinyāṃ sakthinī caiva ūrū cāṣāḍhayostathā | guhyaṃ tu phālgunī vidyātkṛttikā kaṭikāstathā

The haunches belong to Ashvini, and the thighs to the two Ashadhas. Know the private parts to be the Phalgunis, and the waist to be Krittika.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0007-0008).

Verse 5 (13.172.5)

नाभिं भाद्रपदे विद्याद्रेवत्यामक्षिमण्डलम् । पृष्ठमेव धनिष्ठासु अनुराधोत्तरास्तथा ॥

nābhiṃ bhādrapade vidyādrevatyāmakṣimaṇḍalam | pṛṣṭhameva dhaniṣṭhāsu anurādhottarāstathā

Know the navel to be Bhadrapada and the circle of the eyes Revati. The back is Dhanishtha, and likewise Anuradha and the Uttaras.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0009-0010).

Verse 6 (13.172.6)

बाहुभ्यां तु विशाखासु हस्तौ हस्तेन निर्दिशेत् । पुनर्वस्वङ्गुली राजन्नाश्लेषासु नखास्तथा ॥

bāhubhyāṃ tu viśākhāsu hastau hastena nirdiśet | punarvasvaṅgulī rājannāśleṣāsu nakhāstathā

The arms belong to Vishakha; one should assign the hands to Hasta. The fingers are Punarvasu, O king, and the nails Ashlesha.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0011-0012), with a variant in line 1 (hastau hasteṣu nirdiśet against the page's हस्तौ हस्तेन निर्दिशेत्).

Verse 7 (13.172.7)

ग्रीवां ज्येष्ठा च राजेन्द्र श्रवणेन तु कर्णयोः । मुखं पुष्येण दानेन दन्तोष्ठौ स्वातिरुच्यते ॥

grīvāṃ jyeṣṭhā ca rājendra śravaṇena tu karṇayoḥ | mukhaṃ puṣyeṇa dānena dantoṣṭhau svātirucyate

The neck is Jyeshtha, O best of kings, and the ears are given to Shravana. The mouth belongs to Pushya, and by the gift the teeth and lips are said to be Svati.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0013-0014). Line 2 reads पुष्येण दानेन दन्तोष्ठौ स्वातिरुच्यते against the Appendix rājendra dantoṣṭhau svātir ucyate (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept; दानेन is obscure and is rendered as printed).

Verse 8 (13.172.8)

हासं शतभिषां चैव मघां चैवाथ नासिकाम् । नेत्रे मृगशिरो विद्याल्ललाटे मित्रमेव तु ॥

hāsaṃ śatabhiṣāṃ caiva maghāṃ caivātha nāsikām | netre mṛgaśiro vidyāllalāṭe mitrameva tu

Laughter is Shatabhisha, and the nose is Magha. Know the eyes to be Mrigashiras, and the forehead Mitra.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0015-0016), with variants (the Appendix has hastaṃ śatabhiṣāṃ for the page's हासं शतभिषां, and lalāṭaṃ for ललाटे).

Verse 9 (13.172.9)

भरण्यां तु शिरो विद्यात्केशानार्द्रां नराधिप । समाप्ते तु घृतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे ॥

bharaṇyāṃ tu śiro vidyātkeśānārdrāṃ narādhipa | samāpte tu ghṛtaṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇe vedapārage

Know the head to be Bharani, and the hair Ardra, O lord of men. When the vow is complete, one should give ghee to a brahmin who has mastered the Veda.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0017-0018).

Verse 10 (13.172.10)

सुभगो दर्शनीयश्च ज्ञानभाग्यथ जायते । जायते परिपूर्णाङ्गः पौर्णमास्येव चन्द्रमाः ॥

subhago darśanīyaśca jñānabhāgyatha jāyate | jāyate paripūrṇāṅgaḥ paurṇamāsyeva candramāḥ

He becomes fortunate and pleasing to behold, a sharer in knowledge, and he is born whole in every limb, like the moon on the full-moon night.

Note on the text: Corrected जानते → जायते (misprint in Wikisource; जानते is not construable here, and the Appendix reads jñānī bhogī ca jāyate). Removed the stray doubled danda and closing bracket (the bracket opened in verse 1). Appendix I No. 12A (13.111.21d@012A_0019-0020), with variants (ज्ञानभाग्यथ for the Appendix jñānī bhogī ca; पौर्णमास्येव चन्द्रमाः for paurṇamāsyām ivoḍurāṭ). The page's commentary and a closing note after the colophon are not added.