Krishna Is Worshipped in Every Sacrifice

Verse 1 (13.18.1)

सर्वे वेदाः सर्ववेद्याः सशास्त्राः । सर्वे यज्ञाः सर्व इज्याश्च कृष्णः । विदुः कृष्णं ब्राह्मणास्तत्वतो ये । तेषां राजन्सर्वयज्ञः समाप्तः ॥

sarve vedāḥ sarvavedyāḥ saśāstrāḥ | sarve yajñāḥ sarva ijyāśca kṛṣṇaḥ | viduḥ kṛṣṇaṃ brāhmaṇāstatvato ye | teṣāṃ rājansarvayajñaḥ samāptaḥ

All the Vedas, all that is to be known, with the scriptures; all the sacrifices, all the objects of worship: all is Krishna. Those Brahmins who truly know Krishna have, O king, completed every sacrifice.

Note on the text: The speaker heading (`द्वैपायन उवाच) slipped into the text; removed from the verse and made the speaker (the page's heading carries a stray backtick, 13-18-1x, so the parser left the speaker empty). Corrected सर्व इत्यश्च → सर्व इज्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sarva ijyāś ca). Wikisource सर्वयज्ञः समाप्तः against CE sarvayajñāḥ samāptāḥ is a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 118-121 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0118-0121). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 2 (13.18.2)

ज्ञेयो योगी ब्राह्मणैर्वेदतत्वैः । आरण्यकैः सैष कृष्णः प्रभुत्वात् । सर्वान्यज्ञान्ब्राह्मणान्ब्रह्म चैव । व्याप्यातिष्ठद्देवदेवस्त्रिलोके ॥

jñeyo yogī brāhmaṇairvedatatvaiḥ | āraṇyakaiḥ saiṣa kṛṣṇaḥ prabhutvāt | sarvānyajñānbrāhmaṇānbrahma caiva | vyāpyātiṣṭhaddevadevastriloke

He is to be known as the yogin by Brahmins who know the truths of the Veda and the Aranyakas, for this Krishna is the Lord; the god of gods stands in the three worlds pervading all sacrifices, all Brahmins, and Brahman itself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 122-125 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0122-0125). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (वेदतत्वै- । रारण्यकैः → वेदतत्वैः । आरण्यकैः; pausal form at the pāda end, where the CE prints tattvair); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 3 (13.18.3)

स एष देवः शक्रमीशं यजानं । प्रीत्या प्राह क्रतुयष्टारमग्र्यम् । न मा शक्रो वेदवेदार्थतत्वात् । भक्तो भक्त्या शुद्धभावप्रधानः ॥

sa eṣa devaḥ śakramīśaṃ yajānaṃ | prītyā prāha kratuyaṣṭāramagryam | na mā śakro vedavedārthatatvāt | bhakto bhaktyā śuddhabhāvapradhānaḥ

This god, in his affection, spoke to Shakra, the lord who was sacrificing, the foremost of sacrificers. Shakra does not know me from the essence of the Veda and its meanings; he is a devotee, and his devotion rests chiefly on purity of heart.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 126-129 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0126-0129). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (वेदवेदार्थतत्वा- । द्भक्तो → वेदवेदार्थतत्वात् । भक्तो; pausal form at the pāda end); the text is otherwise unchanged. Wikisource वेदवेदार्थ° against CE vedārtha° is a recension variant, kept. Lines 3-4 are in the first person and are apparently the Lord's own words, but the page prints no heading for them, so the verse stays with the narrator Dvaipayana.

Verse 4 (13.18.4)

मा जानन्ते ब्रह्मशीर्षं वरिष्ठं । विश्वे विश्वं ब्रह्मयोनिं ह्ययोनिम् । सर्वत्राहं शाश्वतः शाश्वतेशः । कृत्स्नो वेदोऽग्निर्निर्गुणोऽनन्ततेजाः ॥

mā jānante brahmaśīrṣaṃ variṣṭhaṃ | viśve viśvaṃ brahmayoniṃ hyayonim | sarvatrāhaṃ śāśvataḥ śāśvateśaḥ | kṛtsno vedo'gnirnirguṇo'nantatejāḥ

All know me as the most excellent Brahman-head, the universe itself, the womb of Brahman and yet without a womb. Everywhere I am the eternal, the lord of the eternal; I am the whole Veda, Agni, free of qualities, of endless radiance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 130-133 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0130-0133). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. The page prints no speaker heading for this verse; it is wholly in the first person, the Lord (Krishna) speaking of himself, so it is given to him (his next headed speech, भवगानुवाच [sic] for भगवानुवाच, begins at 18.7). Wikisource मा जानन्ते (epic mā for mām) and कृत्स्नो वेदोऽग्निर्निर्गुणः against CE māṃ jānante and kṛtsno vedo nirguṇaḥ are recension variants, kept.

Verse 5 (13.18.5)

सर्वे देवा वासुदेवं यजन्ते । ततो बुद्ध्या मार्गमाणास्तनूनाम् । सर्वान्कामान्प्राप्नुवन्ते विशालान् । त्रैलोक्येऽस्मिन्कृष्णनामाभिधानात् ॥

sarve devā vāsudevaṃ yajante | tato buddhyā mārgamāṇāstanūnām | sarvānkāmānprāpnuvante viśālān | trailokye'sminkṛṣṇanāmābhidhānāt

All the gods worship Vasudeva; then, searching out by understanding the ways of embodied beings, they obtain all their vast desires in these three worlds through uttering the name of Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 134-137 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0134-0137). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (विशालां- । स्त्रैलोक्ये → विशालान् । त्रैलोक्ये; pausal form at the pāda end, where the CE prints viśālāṃs); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 6 (13.18.6)

कृष्णो यज्ञैरिज्यते यायजूकैः । कृष्णो वीर्यैरिज्यते विक्रमद्भिः । कृष्णो वाक्यैरिज्यते सम्मृशानैः । कृष्णो मुक्तैरिज्यते वीतमोहैः ॥

kṛṣṇo yajñairijyate yāyajūkaiḥ | kṛṣṇo vīryairijyate vikramadbhiḥ | kṛṣṇo vākyairijyate sammṛśānaiḥ | kṛṣṇo muktairijyate vītamohaiḥ

Krishna is worshipped in sacrifices by the constant sacrificers; Krishna is worshipped with feats of strength by the valiant; Krishna is worshipped in words by those who reflect; Krishna is worshipped by the liberated, free of delusion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 138-141 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0138-0141). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 7 (13.18.7)

विद्यावन्तः सोमपा ये विपापा । इष्ट्वा यज्ञैर्गोचरं प्रार्थयन्ते ॥

vidyāvantaḥ somapā ye vipāpā | iṣṭvā yajñairgocaraṃ prārthayante

The learned, sinless drinkers of Soma, having sacrificed with sacrifices, seek to come within his reach.

Note on the text: First half of Wikisource's verse 7, split at the speaker heading that the page prints in the middle of the verse (भवगानुवाच, 13-18-7x); the second half is the next verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 142-143 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0142-0143). Corrected यज्ञेर्गोचरं → यज्ञैर्गोचरं (misprint in Wikisource; ए for ऐ, as in the critical edition's yajñair).

Verse 8 (13.18.8)

सर्वं क्रान्तं देवलोकं विशालम् । अन्ते गत्वा मुक्तिलोकं भजन्ति ॥

sarvaṃ krāntaṃ devalokaṃ viśālam | ante gatvā muktilokaṃ bhajanti

The whole wide world of the gods has been traversed; at the end they go and reach the world of release.

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource's verse 7, split at the speaker heading that the page prints in the middle of the verse (भवगानुवाच, a misspelling of भगवानुवाच, 13-18-7x); this half is the Lord's. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 144-145 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0144-0145). Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (विशाल- । मन्ते → विशालम् । अन्ते; pausal form at the pāda end); the text is otherwise unchanged. Wikisource मुक्तिलोकं against CE martyalokaṃ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 9 (13.18.9)

एवं सर्वे त्वाश्रमाः सुव्रता ये । मां जानन्तो यान्ति लोकानदीनान् । ये ध्यानदीक्षामुद्वहन्तो विपापा । ज्योतिर्भूत्वा देवलोकं भजन्ति ॥

evaṃ sarve tvāśramāḥ suvratā ye | māṃ jānanto yānti lokānadīnān | ye dhyānadīkṣāmudvahanto vipāpā | jyotirbhūtvā devalokaṃ bhajanti

So all those of the life-stages who keep good vows, knowing me, go to worlds free of misery; and those sinless ones who bear the consecration of meditation become light and attain the world of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 146-149 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0146-0149). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. The input's speaker spelling भवगान् (from the page's heading भवगानुवाच) is corrected to भगवान्. The page labels the last line 13-18-8c twice (for 8d).

Verse 10 (13.18.10)

पूज्यन्ते मां पूजयन्तः प्रहृष्टा । मां जानन्तः श्रद्धया वासुदेवम् । भक्त्या तुष्टोऽहं तस्य सत्त्वं प्रयच्छे । सत्वस्पृष्टो वीतमोहोऽयमेति ॥

pūjyante māṃ pūjayantaḥ prahṛṣṭā | māṃ jānantaḥ śraddhayā vāsudevam | bhaktyā tuṣṭo'haṃ tasya sattvaṃ prayacche | satvaspṛṣṭo vītamoho'yameti

Those who worship me with joy are themselves honoured; those who know me, Vasudeva, with faith, I, pleased by their devotion, grant purity of being; touched by that purity and freed from delusion, such a one comes to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 150-153 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0150-0153). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. The input's speaker spelling भवगान् is corrected to भगवान् (the page's heading भवगानुवाच, 13-18-7x, governs verses 7b-9).

Verse 11 (13.18.11)

ज्योतींषि शुक्लानि च यानि लोके । त्रयो लोका लोकपालास्त्रयश्च । त्रयोऽग्नयश्चाहुतयश्च पञ्च । सर्वे देवा देवकीपुत्र एव ॥

jyotīṃṣi śuklāni ca yāni loke | trayo lokā lokapālāstrayaśca | trayo'gnayaścāhutayaśca pañca | sarve devā devakīputra eva

The bright lights that are in the world, the three worlds, the guardians of the world and the three besides, the three fires and the five oblations: all the gods are the son of Devaki alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 154-157 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0154-0157). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Corrected शुक्तानि → शुक्लानि (misprint in Wikisource; त for ल, as in the critical edition's śuklāni). The alignment's 0.863 match to CE 13.143.29 (jyotīṃṣi śuklāni ca sarvaloke / trayo lokā lokapālās trayaś ca / trayo 'gnayo vyāhṛtayaś ca tisraḥ / sarve devā devakīputra eva) is a parallel passage, not this one.

Verse 12 (13.18.12)

व्यासस्यैतद्वचः श्रुत्वा मद्रराजः सहर्षिभिः । व्यासं कृष्णं च विधिवत्प्रीतात्मा प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥

vyāsasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā madrarājaḥ saharṣibhiḥ | vyāsaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca vidhivatprītātmā pratyapūjayat

Hearing these words of Vyasa, the king of Madra, with the sages and with a glad heart, duly honoured Vyasa and Krishna in return.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 158-159 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0158-0159). Two lines, as the page prints them (13-18-11a-b).

Verse 13 (13.18.13)

कविः प्रयातस्तु महर्षिपुत्रो । द्वैपायनस्तद्वचनं निशम्य । जगाम पृथ्वीं शिरसा महात्मा । नमश्च कृष्णाय चकार भीष्मः ॥

kaviḥ prayātastu maharṣiputro | dvaipāyanastadvacanaṃ niśamya | jagāma pṛthvīṃ śirasā mahātmā | namaśca kṛṣṇāya cakāra bhīṣmaḥ

The poet, the great seer's son Dvaipayana, who had come forward, on hearing those words, the great-souled one, bowed his head to the earth; and Bhishma did homage to Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 160-163 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0160-0163). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Removed the closing quote with the doubled danda (।।') by which Wikisource ends the passage it opened with a backtick in the heading of 18.1. Wikisource कविः प्रयातस्तु against CE kavipradhānas tu is a recension variant, kept. The page's heading reads वैशम्पायन उवाच, although line 4 names Bhishma in the third person; kept.