What Pleases Vishnu, the Gods and Brahma

Verse 1 (13.189.1)

केन ते च भवेत्प्रीतिः कथं तुष्टिं तु गच्छसि । इति पृष्टः सुरेन्द्रेण प्रोवाच हरिरीश्वरः ॥

kena te ca bhavetprītiḥ kathaṃ tuṣṭiṃ tu gacchasi | iti pṛṣṭaḥ surendreṇa provāca harirīśvaraḥ

"By what are you pleased, and how do you come to be satisfied?" Questioned in this way by the lord of the gods, Hari, the Lord, replied.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0170-0171 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0170-0171). Speaker: the first line is Indra's question and the second is narration; given to the narrator (Bhishma), whom the page's heading names.

Verse 2 (13.189.2)

ब्राह्मणानां परीवादो मम विद्वेषणं महत् । ब्राह्मणैः पूजितैर्नित्यं पूजितोऽहं न संशयः ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ parīvādo mama vidveṣaṇaṃ mahat | brāhmaṇaiḥ pūjitairnityaṃ pūjito'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Disparagement of brahmins is a great hatred of me. When brahmins are always honoured, I am honoured; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0172-0173 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0172-0173). Speaker: Vishnu (Hari) answers Indra; the page prints no new heading, so the input simply carried Bhishma over.

Verse 3 (13.189.3)

नित्याभिवाद्या विप्रेन्द्रा भुक्त्वा पादौ तथाऽऽत्मनः । तेषां तुष्यामि मर्त्यानां यश्चक्रे च बलिं हरेत् ॥

nityābhivādyā viprendrā bhuktvā pādau tathā''tmanaḥ | teṣāṃ tuṣyāmi martyānāṃ yaścakre ca baliṃ haret

The foremost brahmins are to be greeted every day, and so too, after eating, one's own feet and one's own self. I am pleased with those mortals who offer the bali at the Wheel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0174-0175 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0174-0175). Speaker: Vishnu (see verse 2).

Verse 4 (13.189.4)

वामनं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा वराहं च जलोत्थितम् । उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव मूर्ध्ना धारयते तु यः । न तेषामशुभं किञ्चित्कल्मषं चोपपद्यते ॥

vāmanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā varāhaṃ ca jalotthitam | uddhṛtāṃ dharaṇīṃ caiva mūrdhnā dhārayate tu yaḥ | na teṣāmaśubhaṃ kiñcitkalmaṣaṃ copapadyate

Having seen Vamana the brahmin, and the Boar risen from the water, whoever bears on his head the earth that was lifted up: no evil whatever, no stain, comes upon them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0176-0178 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0176-0178). Speaker: Vishnu (see verse 2).

Verse 5 (13.189.5)

अश्वत्थं रोचनां गां च पूजयेद्यो नरः सदा । पूजितं च जगत्तेन सदेवासुरमानुषम् ॥

aśvatthaṃ rocanāṃ gāṃ ca pūjayedyo naraḥ sadā | pūjitaṃ ca jagattena sadevāsuramānuṣam

The man who always worships an ashvattha tree, gorochana and a cow: by him the world, with its gods, asuras and men, is worshipped.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0179-0180 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0179-0180). Speaker: Vishnu (see verse 2).

Verse 6 (13.189.6)

तेन रूपेण तेषां च पूजां गृह्णामि तत्त्वतः । पूजा ममैषा नास्त्यन्या यावल्लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

tena rūpeṇa teṣāṃ ca pūjāṃ gṛhṇāmi tattvataḥ | pūjā mamaiṣā nāstyanyā yāvallokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

In that form I truly accept their worship. This worship of me has no other kind, as long as the worlds stand established.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0181-0182 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0181-0182). Speaker: Vishnu (see verse 2).

Verse 7 (13.189.7)

अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्याः पूजयन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः । नाहं तत्प्रतिगृह्णामि न सा तुष्टिकरी मम ॥

anyathā hi vṛthā martyāḥ pūjayantyalpabuddhayaḥ | nāhaṃ tatpratigṛhṇāmi na sā tuṣṭikarī mama

Otherwise mortals of little understanding worship in vain. I do not accept that, and it does not please me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0183-0184 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0183-0184). Corrected पूजयन्त्यल्पबुद्ध्यः → पूजयन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative plural of बुद्धि is बुद्धयः (the critical edition reads alpabuddhayaḥ)). Speaker: Vishnu (see verse 2).

Verse 8 (13.189.8)

चक्रं पादौ वराहं च ब्राह्मणं चापि वामनम् । उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव किमर्थं त्वं प्रशंससि ॥

cakraṃ pādau varāhaṃ ca brāhmaṇaṃ cāpi vāmanam | uddhṛtāṃ dharaṇīṃ caiva kimarthaṃ tvaṃ praśaṃsasi

Why do you praise the wheel, the feet, the Boar, the brahmin and also the Dwarf, and the earth that was lifted up?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0185-0186 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0185-0186).

Verse 9 (13.189.9)

भवान्सृजति भूतानि भवान्संहरति प्रजाः । प्रकृतिः सर्वभूतानां समर्त्यानां सनातनी ॥

bhavānsṛjati bhūtāni bhavānsaṃharati prajāḥ | prakṛtiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ samartyānāṃ sanātanī

You create beings and you destroy creatures; you are the eternal Nature of all beings, together with mortals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0187-0188 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0187-0188). Corrected भावन्संहरति → भवान्संहरति (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhavān saṃharati).

Verse 10 (13.189.10)

सम्प्रहस्य ततो विष्णुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । चक्रेण निहता दैत्याः पद्भ्यां क्रान्ता वसुन्धरा ॥

samprahasya tato viṣṇuridaṃ vacanamabravīt | cakreṇa nihatā daityāḥ padbhyāṃ krāntā vasundharā

Then Vishnu laughed and spoke these words: "The Daityas were slain by the discus, and the earth was strode over by my feet."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0189-0190 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0189-0190). Corrected पद्म्यां → पद्भ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads padbhyāṃ). Speaker: the first line is narration and the second is Vishnu's speech; given to the narrator (Bhishma), as the page's heading names him.

Verse 11 (13.189.11)

वाराहं रूपमास्थाय हिरण्याक्षो निपातितः । वामनं रूपमास्थाय जितो राजा मया बलिः ॥

vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya hiraṇyākṣo nipātitaḥ | vāmanaṃ rūpamāsthāya jito rājā mayā baliḥ

"Taking the form of the Boar, Hiranyaksha was struck down; taking the form of the Dwarf, King Bali was conquered by me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0191-0192 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0191-0192). Wikisource's poem prints this verse (page number 11) and the next (12) together on one row; the row is split here. The printed number '11' stands at the end of the second line without its danda, which is restored as ॥. Speaker: Vishnu.

Verse 12 (13.189.12)

परितुष्टो भवाम्येवं मानुषाणां महात्मनाम् । तन्मां ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नास्ति तेषां पराभवः ॥

parituṣṭo bhavāmyevaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ mahātmanām | tanmāṃ ye pūjayiṣyanti nāsti teṣāṃ parābhavaḥ

"So I am pleased with great-souled men. Therefore for those who worship me there is no defeat."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0193-0194 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0193-0194). Split out of the merged row of verses 11-12 (see verse 11). Speaker: Vishnu.

Verse 13 (13.189.13)

अपि वा ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मचारिणमागतम् । ब्राह्मणाग्र्याहुतिं दत्त्वा अमृतं तस्य भोजनम् ॥

api vā brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmacāriṇamāgatam | brāhmaṇāgryāhutiṃ dattvā amṛtaṃ tasya bhojanam

Or, on seeing a brahmin student arrive, if one gives a brahmin the first offering, one's food becomes ambrosia.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0195-0196 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0195-0196). Corrected ब्राह्म्णं → ब्राह्मणं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads brāhmaṇaṃ). Corrected ब्रह्म चारिणमागतम् → ब्रह्मचारिणमागतम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray space inside the compound; the critical edition reads brahmacāriṇam).

Verse 14 (13.189.14)

ऐन्द्रीं संध्यामुपासित्वा आदित्याभिमुखः स्थितः । सर्वतीर्थेषु स स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ॥

aindrīṃ saṃdhyāmupāsitvā ādityābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ | sarvatīrtheṣu sa snāto mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Having performed the twilight rite of Indra, standing facing the sun, he is as one bathed in all holy fords and is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0197-0198 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0197-0198).

Verse 15 (13.189.15)

एतद्वः कथितं गुह्यमखिलेन तपोधनाः । संशयं पृच्छमानानां किं भूयः कथयाम्यहम् ॥

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ guhyamakhilena tapodhanāḥ | saṃśayaṃ pṛcchamānānāṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathayāmyaham

This secret has been told to you in full, O ascetics. To you who put your doubt to me, what more shall I say?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0199-0200 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0199-0200). Corrected मखिलेनि → मखिलेन (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads akhilena).

Verse 16 (13.189.16)

श्रूयतां परमं गुह्यं मानुषाणां सुखावहम् । अजानन्तो यदबुधाः क्लिश्यन्ते भूतपीडिताः ॥

śrūyatāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ sukhāvaham | ajānanto yadabudhāḥ kliśyante bhūtapīḍitāḥ

Listen to the supreme secret that brings happiness to men, through ignorance of which the unwise suffer, tormented by spirits.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0201-0202 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0201-0202). Speaker: Baladeva; the CE (13,125.038d@014_0200-0201) has the heading baladevaḥ here, as the page does.

Verse 17 (13.189.17)

कल्य उत्थाय यो मर्त्यः स्पृशेद्गां वै घृतं दधि । सर्षपं च प्रियङ्गुं च कल्मषात्प्रतिमुच्यते ॥

kalya utthāya yo martyaḥ spṛśedgāṃ vai ghṛtaṃ dadhi | sarṣapaṃ ca priyaṅguṃ ca kalmaṣātpratimucyate

The mortal who, rising at dawn, touches a cow, ghee, curds, mustard and priyangu is freed from stain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0203-0204 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0203-0204). Corrected प्रियङ्गं → प्रियङ्गुं (misprint in Wikisource; the noun is प्रियङ्गु, accusative प्रियङ्गुम् (the critical edition reads priyaṅguṃ)).

Verse 18 (13.189.18)

भूतानि चैव सर्वाणि अग्रतः पृष्ठतोपि वा । उच्छिष्टं वाऽपि च्छिद्रेषु वर्जयन्ति तपोधनाः ॥

bhūtāni caiva sarvāṇi agrataḥ pṛṣṭhatopi vā | ucchiṣṭaṃ vā'pi cchidreṣu varjayanti tapodhanāḥ

Ascetics avoid all beings, whether in front or behind, and leftover food even at the openings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0205-0206 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0205-0206).

Verse 19 (13.189.19)

प्रगृह्यौदुम्बरं पात्रं तोयपूर्णमुदङ्मुखः । उपवासं तु गृह्णीयाद्यद्वा सङ्कल्पयेद्व्रतम् ॥

pragṛhyaudumbaraṃ pātraṃ toyapūrṇamudaṅmukhaḥ | upavāsaṃ tu gṛhṇīyādyadvā saṅkalpayedvratam

Taking a vessel of udumbara wood filled with water, facing north, he should take up a fast, or resolve upon a vow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0207-0208 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0207-0208). Corrected मुदङ्भुखः → मुदङ्मुखः (misprint in Wikisource; उदङ्मुख, 'facing north' (the critical edition reads udaṅmukhaḥ)).

Verse 20 (13.189.20)

देवतास्तस्य तुष्यन्ति कामिकं चापि सिध्यति । अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्याः कुर्वते स्वल्पबुद्धयः ॥

devatāstasya tuṣyanti kāmikaṃ cāpi sidhyati | anyathā hi vṛthā martyāḥ kurvate svalpabuddhayaḥ

The gods are pleased with him and his desire is fulfilled. Otherwise mortals of little understanding act in vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0209-0210 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0209-0210).

Verse 21 (13.189.21)

उपवासे बलौ चापि ताम्रपात्रं विशिष्यते । बलिर्भिक्षा तथाऽर्घ्यं च पितॄणां च तिलोदकम् ॥

upavāse balau cāpi tāmrapātraṃ viśiṣyate | balirbhikṣā tathā'rghyaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca tilodakam

In fasting and in the bali offering a copper vessel is preferred: the bali, the alms, the arghya, and the sesame-water for the ancestors

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0211-0212 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0211-0212). Corrected तथाऽर्ध्यं → तथाऽर्घ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the offering is अर्घ्य (the critical edition reads arghya)). Wikisource prints this verse (number 21) and the next (22) together on one row, with the number '21' printed inside the second line; the row is split here and the inline number removed, ॥ added.

Verse 22 (13.189.22)

ताम्रपात्रेण दातव्यमन्यथाऽल्पफलं भवेत् । गुह्यमेतत्समुद्दिष्टं यथा तुष्यन्ति देवताः ॥

tāmrapātreṇa dātavyamanyathā'lpaphalaṃ bhavet | guhyametatsamuddiṣṭaṃ yathā tuṣyanti devatāḥ

should be given in a copper vessel; otherwise the fruit is small. This secret has been taught: how the gods are pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0213-0214 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0213-0214). Split out of the merged row of verses 21-22 (see verse 21).

Verse 23 (13.189.23)

राजपौरुषिके विप्रे घाण्टिके परिचारिके । गोरक्षके वाणिजके तथा कारुकुशीलवे ॥

rājapauruṣike vipre ghāṇṭike paricārike | gorakṣake vāṇijake tathā kārukuśīlave

To a brahmin who is a king's servant, to a bell-ringer, an attendant, a cowherd, a merchant, and likewise an artisan or an actor,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0215-0216 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0215-0216). Speaker: Dharma (printed heading धर्म उवाच, as in the CE, 13,125.038d@014_0214-0215).

Verse 24 (13.189.24)

मित्रद्रुह्यनधीयाने यश्च स्याद्वृषलीपतिः । एतेषु दैवं पित्र्यं वा न देयं स्यात्कथञ्चन । पिण्डदास्तस्य हीयन्ते न च प्रीणाति वै पितॄन् ॥

mitradruhyanadhīyāne yaśca syādvṛṣalīpatiḥ | eteṣu daivaṃ pitryaṃ vā na deyaṃ syātkathañcana | piṇḍadāstasya hīyante na ca prīṇāti vai pitṝn

to a betrayer of friends, to one who does not study, and to one who is the husband of a vṛṣalī: to these, an offering for gods or ancestors must never be given in any way. His piṇḍa-givers dwindle, and he does not satisfy the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0217-0219 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0217-0219).

Verse 25 (13.189.25)

अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात्प्रतिनिवर्तते । पितरस्तस्य देवाश्च अग्नयश्च तथैव हि । निराशाः प्रतिगच्छन्ति अतिथेरप्रतिग्रहात् ॥

atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate | pitarastasya devāśca agnayaśca tathaiva hi | nirāśāḥ pratigacchanti atitherapratigrahāt

The man whose guest turns back from his house, disappointed: his ancestors, his gods and his fires all go away disappointed, because the guest was not received.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0220-0222 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0220-0222).

Verse 26 (13.189.26)

स्त्रीघ्नैर्गोघ्नैः कृतघ्नैश्च ब्रह्मघ्नैर्गुरुतल्पगैः । तुल्यदोषो भवत्येभिर्यस्यातिथिरनर्चितः ॥

strīghnairgoghnaiḥ kṛtaghnaiśca brahmaghnairgurutalpagaiḥ | tulyadoṣo bhavatyebhiryasyātithiranarcitaḥ

He whose guest is left unhonoured becomes equal in guilt to killers of women, killers of cows, the ungrateful, killers of brahmins and violators of the teacher's bed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0223-0224 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0223-0224). Corrected यस्यातिथितरनर्चितः → यस्यातिथिरनर्चितः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yasyātithir anarcitaḥ).

Verse 27 (13.189.27)

पादमुद्यम्य यो मर्त्यः स्पृशेद्गाश्च सुदुर्मतिः । ब्राह्मणं वा महाभागं दीप्यमानं तथाऽनलम् । तस्य दोषान्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुध्वं समाहिताः ॥

pādamudyamya yo martyaḥ spṛśedgāśca sudurmatiḥ | brāhmaṇaṃ vā mahābhāgaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tathā'nalam | tasya doṣānpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ

The mortal, ill-minded, who lifting his foot touches cows, or a great brahmin, or a blazing fire: I shall tell his faults; hear them with attention.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0225-0227 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0225-0227). Speaker: Agni (printed heading अग्निरुवाच, as in the CE, 13,125.038d@014_0224-0225).

Verse 28 (13.189.28)

दिवं स्पृशत्यशब्दोऽस्य त्रस्यन्ति पितरश्च वै । वैमनस्यं च देवानां कृतं भवति पुष्कलम् । पावकश्च महातेजा हव्यं न प्रतिगृह्णति ॥

divaṃ spṛśatyaśabdo'sya trasyanti pitaraśca vai | vaimanasyaṃ ca devānāṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati puṣkalam | pāvakaśca mahātejā havyaṃ na pratigṛhṇati

Reproach of him reaches heaven; the ancestors tremble; deep displeasure is aroused in the gods; and Pavaka, of great splendour, does not accept his oblation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0228-0230 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0228-0230).

Verse 29 (13.189.29)

आजन्मनां शतं चैव नरके पच्यते तु सः । निष्कृतिं च न तस्यापि अनुमन्यन्ति कर्हिचित् ॥

ājanmanāṃ śataṃ caiva narake pacyate tu saḥ | niṣkṛtiṃ ca na tasyāpi anumanyanti karhicit

For a hundred lifetimes he is cooked in hell, and they never allow any atonement for him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0231-0232 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0231-0232).

Verse 30 (13.189.30)

तस्माद्गावो न पादेन स्प्रष्टव्या वै कदाचन । ब्राह्मणश्च महातेजा दीप्यमानस्तथाऽनलः । श्रद्दधानेन मर्त्येन आत्मनो हितमिच्छता ॥

tasmādgāvo na pādena spraṣṭavyā vai kadācana | brāhmaṇaśca mahātejā dīpyamānastathā'nalaḥ | śraddadhānena martyena ātmano hitamicchatā

Therefore cows must never be touched with the foot, nor a brahmin of great splendour, nor a blazing fire, by a faithful man who wishes his own good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0233-0235 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0233-0235).

Verse 31 (13.189.31)

एते दोषा मया प्रोक्तास्त्रिषु यः पादमुत्सृजेत् ॥

ete doṣā mayā proktāstriṣu yaḥ pādamutsṛjet

These faults I have declared, of him who thrusts out his foot toward the three.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 0236 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0236). The line stands alone as a half-verse in Wikisource, as it does in the CE. The page numbers this lone line 31 (the number was printed inside the line and is removed); the input row had no number.

Verse 32 (13.189.32)

श्रूयतां परमं गुह्यं रहस्यं धर्मसंहितम् । परमान्नेन यो दद्यात्पितॄणामौपहारिकम् ॥

śrūyatāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ rahasyaṃ dharmasaṃhitam | paramānnena yo dadyātpitṝṇāmaupahārikam

Listen to the supreme secret, a mystery joined with dharma: he who gives the ancestors an offering of the best food (rice cooked in milk),

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0237-0238 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0237-0238). Speaker: Vishvamitra (printed heading विश्वामित्र उवाच). The CE (13,125.038d@014_0242-0243) marks the cows (gāvaḥ) as speakers from verse 33 on; the page's heading is kept.

Verse 33 (13.189.33)

गजच्छायायां पूर्वस्यां कुतपे दक्षिणामुखः । यदा भाद्रपदे मासि भवते बहुले मघा ॥

gajacchāyāyāṃ pūrvasyāṃ kutape dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | yadā bhādrapade māsi bhavate bahule maghā

in the elephant's shadow toward the east, at the kutapa hour, facing south, in the month of Bhadrapada, when Magha falls in the dark fortnight,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0239-0240 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0239-0240).

Verse 34 (13.189.34)

श्रूयतां तस्य दानस्य यादृशो गुणविस्तरः । कृतं तेन महच्छ्राद्धं वर्षाणीह त्रयोदश ॥

śrūyatāṃ tasya dānasya yādṛśo guṇavistaraḥ | kṛtaṃ tena mahacchrāddhaṃ varṣāṇīha trayodaśa

hear how great the extent of merit of that gift is: by him a great śrāddha is performed here for thirteen years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0241-0242 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0241-0242).

Verse 35 (13.189.35)

बहुले समङ्गे ह्यकुतोभये च । क्षेमे च संख्येव हि भूयसी च । यथा पुरा ब्रह्मपुरे सवत्सा । शतक्रतोर्वज्रधरस्य यज्ञे ॥

bahule samaṅge hyakutobhaye ca | kṣeme ca saṃkhyeva hi bhūyasī ca | yathā purā brahmapure savatsā | śatakratorvajradharasya yajñe

In Bahula and Samanga, free of fear from any side, and in Kshema, and in her who increases like a count; as of old, in the city of Brahma, the cow with her calf at the sacrifice of Shatakratu, the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0243-0246 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0243-0246). Corrected बहपल् समङ्गे → बहुले समङ्गे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bahule samaṅge).

Verse 36 (13.189.36)

भूयश्च या विष्णुपदे स्थिता या । विभावसोश्चापि पथे स्थिता या । देवाश्च सर्वे सह नारदेन । प्रकुर्वते सर्वसहेति नाम ॥

bhūyaśca yā viṣṇupade sthitā yā | vibhāvasoścāpi pathe sthitā yā | devāśca sarve saha nāradena | prakurvate sarvasaheti nāma

And she who stands at the step of Vishnu, and she who stands on the path of the Sun, and whom all the gods with Narada call by the name Sarvasaha, the All-enduring.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0247-0250 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0247-0250). Corrected स्थिताया → स्थिता या (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together; the critical edition reads sthitā yā).

Verse 37 (13.189.37)

मन्त्रेणैतेनाभिवन्देत यो वै । विमुच्यते पापकृतेन कर्मणा । लोकानवाप्नोति पुरंदरस्य । गवां फलं चन्द्रमसो द्युतिं च ॥

mantreṇaitenābhivandeta yo vai | vimucyate pāpakṛtena karmaṇā | lokānavāpnoti puraṃdarasya | gavāṃ phalaṃ candramaso dyutiṃ ca

He who salutes with this mantra is freed from the evil done by his deeds; he attains the worlds of Purandara, the fruit of cows, and the radiance of the moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0251-0254 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0251-0254).

Verse 38 (13.189.38)

एवं हि मन्त्रं त्रिदशाभिजुष्टं । पठेत यः पर्वसु गोष्ठमध्ये । न तस्य पापं न भयं न शोकः । सहस्रनेत्रस्य च याति लोकम् ॥

evaṃ hi mantraṃ tridaśābhijuṣṭaṃ | paṭheta yaḥ parvasu goṣṭhamadhye | na tasya pāpaṃ na bhayaṃ na śokaḥ | sahasranetrasya ca yāti lokam

He who recites this mantra, beloved of the gods, on festival days in the middle of the cowshed: no sin, no fear and no sorrow is his, and he goes to the world of the thousand-eyed one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0255-0258 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0255-0258). Corrected तस्यि → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tasya).

Verse 39 (13.189.39)

अथ सप्त महाभाग ऋषयो लोकविश्रुताः । वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः सर्वे ब्रह्माणं पद्मसम्भवम् ॥

atha sapta mahābhāga ṛṣayo lokaviśrutāḥ | vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve brahmāṇaṃ padmasambhavam

Then the seven great sages, famed in the world, with Vasishtha at their head, all [came to] Brahma, the lotus-born,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0259-0260 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0259-0260). Corrected ब्रह्मणं → ब्रह्माणं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads brahmāṇaṃ). Wikisource prints verses 39-42 together on one row (the input row carried number 42), with the numbers '39', '40', '41' printed inside the text; the row is split into four verses at the page's own numbers, and the inline numbers removed. (The page's 'सर्वे ब्रह्माणं' has no verb; the verb is understood from the sense.)

Verse 40 (13.189.40)

प्रदक्षिणमभिक्रम्य सर्वे प्राञ्जलयः स्थिताः । उवाच वचनं तेषां वसिष्ठो ब्रह्मवित्तमः ॥

pradakṣiṇamabhikramya sarve prāñjalayaḥ sthitāḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ teṣāṃ vasiṣṭho brahmavittamaḥ

Having circled him with their right side toward him, all stood with joined palms; and Vasishtha, the best of the knowers of Brahman, spoke their words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0261-0262 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0261-0262). Split out of the merged row of verses 39-42 (see verse 39).

Verse 41 (13.189.41)

सर्वप्राणिहितं प्रश्नं ब्रह्मक्षेत्रे विशेषतः । द्रव्यहीनाः कथं मर्त्या दरिद्राः साधुवर्तिनः ॥

sarvaprāṇihitaṃ praśnaṃ brahmakṣetre viśeṣataḥ | dravyahīnāḥ kathaṃ martyā daridrāḥ sādhuvartinaḥ

"A question that benefits all beings, especially in the sacred field of Brahman: how do poor mortals who lack wealth but live righteously

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0263-0264 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0263-0264). Corrected ब्रह्मिक्षत्रे → ब्रह्मक्षेत्रे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads brahmakṣetre). Split out of the merged row of verses 39-42 (see verse 39). Speaker: Vasishtha, whose question begins here (given to him; the input carried Bhishma). The reading ब्रह्मक्षेत्रे is the CE's; the vulgate's ब्रह्मिक्षत्रे is probably a garble of ब्रह्मक्षत्रे, 'for brahmins and kshatriyas'.

Verse 42 (13.189.42)

प्राप्नुवन्तीह यज्ञस्य फलं केन च कर्मणा । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

prāpnuvantīha yajñasya phalaṃ kena ca karmaṇā | etacchrutvā vacasteṣāṃ brahmā vacanamabravīt

obtain the fruit of sacrifice, and by what act?" Hearing these words of theirs, Brahma replied.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0265-0266 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0265-0266). Split out of the merged row of verses 39-42 (see verse 39). The first line ends Vasishtha's question; the second is narration; given to the narrator (Bhishma).

Verse 43 (13.189.43)

अहो प्रश्नो महाभाग गूढार्थः परमः शुभः । सूक्ष्मः श्रेयांश्च मर्त्यानां भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः ॥

aho praśno mahābhāga gūḍhārthaḥ paramaḥ śubhaḥ | sūkṣmaḥ śreyāṃśca martyānāṃ bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

"Ah, what a question, O great ones! You have put to me a question that is deep in meaning, supreme, auspicious, subtle and most beneficial for mortals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0267-0268 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0267-0268). Speaker: Brahma; his answer runs through verse 47 without a printed heading (the page's heading is still Bhishma's, carried over).

Verse 44 (13.189.44)

श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये निखिलेन तपोधनाः । यथा यज्ञफलं मर्त्यो लभते नात्र संशयः ॥

śrūyatāṃ sarvamākhyāsye nikhilena tapodhanāḥ | yathā yajñaphalaṃ martyo labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Listen, ascetics; I shall tell it all in full, how a mortal obtains the fruit of sacrifice. There is no doubt in this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0269-0270 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0269-0270). Speaker: Brahma (see verse 43).

Verse 45 (13.189.45)

पौषमासस्य शुक्ले वै यदा युज्येत रोहिणी । तेन नक्षत्रयोगेन आकाशशयनो भवेत् ॥

pauṣamāsasya śukle vai yadā yujyeta rohiṇī | tena nakṣatrayogena ākāśaśayano bhavet

In the bright half of the month of Pausha, when Rohini is in conjunction with the moon, at that conjunction of the stars he should lie down to sleep under the open sky,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0271-0272 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0271-0272). Speaker: Brahma (see verse 43).

Verse 46 (13.189.46)

एकवस्त्रः शुचिः स्नातः श्रद्दधानः समाहितः । सोमस्य रश्मयः पीत्वा महायज्ञफलं लभेत् ॥

ekavastraḥ śuciḥ snātaḥ śraddadhānaḥ samāhitaḥ | somasya raśmayaḥ pītvā mahāyajñaphalaṃ labhet

wearing a single garment, pure, bathed, faithful and collected; drinking the rays of the moon, he would gain the fruit of a great sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0273-0274 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0273-0274). Speaker: Brahma (see verse 43).

Verse 47 (13.189.47)

एतद्वः परमं गुह्यं कथितं द्विजसत्तमाः । यन्मां भवन्तः पृच्छन्ति सूक्ष्मतत्त्वार्थदर्शिनः ॥

etadvaḥ paramaṃ guhyaṃ kathitaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | yanmāṃ bhavantaḥ pṛcchanti sūkṣmatattvārthadarśinaḥ

This supreme secret has been told to you, O best of the twice-born, which you ask of me, seers of the subtle truth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0275-0276 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0275-0276). Speaker: Brahma (see verse 43). The stray closing bracket ']' printed before the colophon is removed. The CE continues with a further speech by Vibhavasu (the Sun, 13,125.038d@014_0276-), which Wikisource places in adhyaya 190.