Skanda, Vishnu and Bhishma Close the Secrets of Dharma

Verse 1 (13.197.1)

ममाप्यनुमतो धर्मस्तं शृणुध्वं समाहिताः । नीलषण्डस्य शृङ्गाभ्यां गृहीत्वा मृत्तिकां तु यः ॥

mamāpyanumato dharmastaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ | nīlaṣaṇḍasya śṛṅgābhyāṃ gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ tu yaḥ

The dharma that I too approve: hear it with attention. One who takes clay from the two horns of a dark bull (Nilashanda)

Note on the text: Removed the opening bracket and the speaker heading "स्कन्द उवाच ।" printed inside the verse text (it is the speaker); the page brackets this whole passage as an interpolation. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0527-0528); ce_ref left null.

Verse 2 (13.197.2)

अभिषेकं त्र्यहं कुर्यात्तस्य धर्मं निबोधत । शोधयेदशुभं सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च ॥

abhiṣekaṃ tryahaṃ kuryāttasya dharmaṃ nibodhata | śodhayedaśubhaṃ sarvamādhipatyaṃ paratra ca

and bathes with it for three days: hear the dharma of that. He washes away all that is inauspicious and wins lordship in the next world as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0529-0530); ce_ref left null.

Verse 3 (13.197.3)

यावच्च जायते मर्त्यस्तावच्छूरो भविष्यति । इदं चाप्यपरं गुह्यं सरहस्यं निबोधत ॥

yāvacca jāyate martyastāvacchūro bhaviṣyati | idaṃ cāpyaparaṃ guhyaṃ sarahasyaṃ nibodhata

As long as that mortal lives, he will be a hero. Hear also this other secret, with its mystery.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0531-0532); ce_ref left null.

Verse 4 (13.197.4)

प्रगृह्यौदुम्बरं पात्रं पक्वान्नं मधुना सह । सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य पौर्णमास्यां बलिं हरेत् ॥

pragṛhyaudumbaraṃ pātraṃ pakvānnaṃ madhunā saha | somasyottiṣṭhamānasya paurṇamāsyāṃ baliṃ haret

Taking a vessel of udumbara wood with cooked food and honey, let him present the offering on the full-moon day to the rising moon.

Note on the text: Corrected सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्यि → सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; the genitive, CE somasyottiṣṭhamānasya). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0533-0534); ce_ref left null.

Verse 5 (13.197.5)

तस्य धर्मफलं नित्यं श्रद्दधाना निबोधत । साध्या रुद्रास्तथाऽऽदित्या विश्वेदेवास्तथाऽश्विनौ ॥

tasya dharmaphalaṃ nityaṃ śraddadhānā nibodhata | sādhyā rudrāstathā''dityā viśvedevāstathā'śvinau

Hear, with faith, the constant fruit of dharma that comes of this: the Sadhyas, the Rudras, the Adityas, the Vishvedevas and the two Ashvins,

Note on the text: The verse has no closing mark of its own on the page (13-197-5b); the sentence runs on into the next verse. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0535-0536); ce_ref left null.

Verse 6 (13.197.6)

मरुतो वसवश्चैव प्रतिगृह्णन्ति तं बलिम् । सोमश्च वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्च महोदधिः ॥

maruto vasavaścaiva pratigṛhṇanti taṃ balim | somaśca vardhate tena samudraśca mahodadhiḥ

the Maruts and the Vasus accept that offering; and by it the moon waxes, and the ocean, the great water-store, as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0537-0538); ce_ref left null.

Verse 7 (13.197.7)

एष धर्मो मयोद्दिष्टः सरहस्यः सुखावहः ॥

eṣa dharmo mayoddiṣṭaḥ sarahasyaḥ sukhāvahaḥ

This dharma, with its secret, which brings happiness, has been declared by me.

Note on the text: A single line on the page; the CE has it as one line (13.125.038d@014_0539) after which the label of Vishnu follows. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0539); ce_ref left null.

Verse 8 (13.197.8)

धर्मगुह्यानि सर्वाणि देवतानां महात्मनाम् । ऋषीणां चैव गुह्यानि यः पठेदाह्निकं सदा ॥

dharmaguhyāni sarvāṇi devatānāṃ mahātmanām | ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva guhyāni yaḥ paṭhedāhnikaṃ sadā

All the secrets of dharma of the great-souled gods, and the secrets of the sages: whoever recites them daily,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0540-0541); ce_ref left null.

Verse 9 (13.197.9)

शृणुयाद्वाऽनसूयुर्यः श्रद्दधानः समाहितः । नास्य विघ्नः प्रभवति भयं चास्य न विद्यते ॥

śṛṇuyādvā'nasūyuryaḥ śraddadhānaḥ samāhitaḥ | nāsya vighnaḥ prabhavati bhayaṃ cāsya na vidyate

or who hears them without envy, with faith and attention: no obstacle prevails over him, and he has nothing to fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0542-0543); ce_ref left null.

Verse 10 (13.197.10)

ये च धर्माः शुभाः पुण्याः सरहस्या उदाहृताः । तेषां धर्मफलं तस्य यः पठेत जितेन्द्रियः ॥

ye ca dharmāḥ śubhāḥ puṇyāḥ sarahasyā udāhṛtāḥ | teṣāṃ dharmaphalaṃ tasya yaḥ paṭheta jitendriyaḥ

Of the auspicious and meritorious dharmas that have been declared with their secrets, the fruit of dharma belongs to the self-controlled man who recites them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0544-0545); ce_ref left null.

Verse 11 (13.197.11)

नास्य पापं प्रभवति न च पापेन लिप्यते । पठेद्वा श्रावयेद्वाऽपि श्रुत्वा वा लभते फलम् ॥

nāsya pāpaṃ prabhavati na ca pāpena lipyate | paṭhedvā śrāvayedvā'pi śrutvā vā labhate phalam

Sin does not prevail over him, and he is not stained by sin. Whether he recites it, causes it to be heard, or hears it, he gains the fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0546-0547); ce_ref left null.

Verse 12 (13.197.12)

भुञ्जते पितरो देवा हव्यं कव्यमथाक्षयम् । श्रावयंश्चापि विप्रेन्द्रान्पर्वसु प्रयतो नरः ॥

bhuñjate pitaro devā havyaṃ kavyamathākṣayam | śrāvayaṃścāpi viprendrānparvasu prayato naraḥ

The ancestors and the gods partake of his offerings to the gods and the dead, imperishable, when a man, restrained, causes eminent brahmins to hear it on parva days,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0548-0549); ce_ref left null.

Verse 13 (13.197.13)

ऋषीणां देवतानां च पितॄणां चैव नित्यदा । भवत्यभिमतः श्रीमान्धर्मेषु प्रयतः सदा ॥

ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ caiva nityadā | bhavatyabhimataḥ śrīmāndharmeṣu prayataḥ sadā

and he becomes dear to the sages, the gods and the ancestors at all times, prosperous, and ever steady in the duties of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0550-0551); ce_ref left null.

Verse 14 (13.197.14)

कृत्वाऽपि पापकं कर्म महापातकवर्जितम् । रहस्यधर्मं श्रुत्वेमं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

kṛtvā'pi pāpakaṃ karma mahāpātakavarjitam | rahasyadharmaṃ śrutvemaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Even one who has done a sinful act, short of the great sins, is freed from all sins on hearing this secret dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0552-0553); ce_ref left null.

Verse 15 (13.197.15)

एतद्धर्मरहस्यं वै देवतानां नराधिप । व्यासोद्दिष्टं मया प्रोक्तं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् ॥

etaddharmarahasyaṃ vai devatānāṃ narādhipa | vyāsoddiṣṭaṃ mayā proktaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam

This is the secret of dharma of the gods, O lord of men, as pointed out by Vyasa and declared by me; it is honoured by all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0554-0555); ce_ref left null.

Verse 16 (13.197.16)

पृथिवी रत्नसंपूर्णा ज्ञानं चेदमनुत्तमम् । इदमेव ततः श्राव्यमिति मन्येत धर्मवित् ॥

pṛthivī ratnasaṃpūrṇā jñānaṃ cedamanuttamam | idameva tataḥ śrāvyamiti manyeta dharmavit

Between the earth filled with jewels and this unsurpassed knowledge, a knower of dharma should hold that this alone is worth hearing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0556-0557); ce_ref left null.

Verse 17 (13.197.17)

नाश्रद्दधानाय न नास्तिकाय । न नष्टधर्माय न निर्घृणाय । न हेतुदुष्टाय गुरुद्विषे वा । नानात्मभूताय निवेद्यमेतत् ॥

nāśraddadhānāya na nāstikāya | na naṣṭadharmāya na nirghṛṇāya | na hetuduṣṭāya gurudviṣe vā | nānātmabhūtāya nivedyametat

It should not be told to one without faith, nor to a disbeliever; not to one who has lost his dharma, nor to a pitiless man; not to one spoiled by sophistry, nor to one who hates his teacher, nor to one who is not like one's own self.

Note on the text: Corrected नष्टधर्मायि → नष्टधर्माय (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; dative, CE naṣṭadharmāya). WS निर्घृणाय against CE 560 nirguṇāya: a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0558-0561); ce_ref left null.