Sudarshana Conquers Death

Verse 1 (13.2.1)

पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । श्रुतं मे महदाख्यानमिदं मतिमतांवर ॥

pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada | śrutaṃ me mahadākhyānamidaṃ matimatāṃvara

Grandfather, greatly wise and versed in all the sciences, I have heard this great account, O best of the wise.

Verse 2 (13.2.2)

भूयस्तु श्रोतुमिच्छामि धर्मार्थसहितं नृप । कथ्यमानं त्वया किञ्चित्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

bhūyastu śrotumicchāmi dharmārthasahitaṃ nṛpa | kathyamānaṃ tvayā kiñcittanme vyākhyātumarhasi

O king, I wish to hear more, something rich in dharma and profit, told by you. Please explain it to me.

Verse 3 (13.2.3)

केन मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन धर्ममाश्रित्य निर्जितः । इत्येतद्धर्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेनापि च पार्थिव ॥

kena mṛtyurgṛhasthena dharmamāśritya nirjitaḥ | ityetaddharmamācakṣva tattvenāpi ca pārthiva

By what householder, relying on dharma, was Death conquered? Tell me this truly, O ruler of the earth.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads धर्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेनापि च against the CE's sarvam ācakṣva tattvena mama (13.2.3c); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 4 (13.2.4)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । यथा मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन धर्ममाश्रित्य निर्जितः ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | yathā mṛtyurgṛhasthena dharmamāśritya nirjitaḥ

On this subject people recount an ancient tale: how a householder, relying on dharma, conquered Death.

Note on the text: Corrected मृत्यर्गृहस्थेन → मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ु; CE mṛtyur gṛhasthena, and verse 110 reads मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन).

Verse 5 (13.2.5)

मनोः प्रजापते राजन्निक्ष्वाकुरभवत्सुतः । तस्य पुत्रशतं जज्ञे नृपतेः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥

manoḥ prajāpate rājannikṣvākurabhavatsutaḥ | tasya putraśataṃ jajñe nṛpateḥ sūryavarcasaḥ

O king, Ikshvaku was a son of the Prajapati Manu, and that sun-radiant ruler had a hundred sons.

Verse 6 (13.2.6)

दशमस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु दशाश्वो नाम भारत । माहिष्मत्यामभूद्राजा धर्मात्मा सत्यविक्रमः ॥

daśamastasya putrastu daśāśvo nāma bhārata | māhiṣmatyāmabhūdrājā dharmātmā satyavikramaḥ

His tenth son, O Bharata, was named Dashashva, a righteous-souled king of true valour, who ruled at Mahishmati.

Verse 7 (13.2.7)

दशाश्वस्य सुतस्त्वासीद्राजा परमधार्मिकः । सत्ये तपसि दाने च यस्य नित्यं रतं मनः ॥

daśāśvasya sutastvāsīdrājā paramadhārmikaḥ | satye tapasi dāne ca yasya nityaṃ rataṃ manaḥ

Dashashva had a son, a king of the highest righteousness, whose mind was always devoted to truth, austerity and giving.

Verse 8 (13.2.8)

मदिराश्व इति ख्यातः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपतिः । धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च निरतो योऽभवत्सदा ॥

madirāśva iti khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ | dhanurvede ca vede ca nirato yo'bhavatsadā

That lord of the earth was known on earth as Madirashva, and he was ever devoted to the science of archery and to the Veda.

Verse 9 (13.2.9)

मदिराश्वस्य पुत्रस्तु द्युतिमान्नाम पार्थिवः । महाभागो महातेजा महासत्वो महाबलः ॥

madirāśvasya putrastu dyutimānnāma pārthivaḥ | mahābhāgo mahātejā mahāsatvo mahābalaḥ

Madirashva's son was a king named Dyutiman, greatly fortunate, of great radiance, great spirit and great strength.

Verse 10 (13.2.10)

पुत्रो द्युतिमतस्त्वासीद्राजा परमधार्मिकः । सर्वलोकेषु विख्यातः सुवीरो नाम नामतः । धर्मात्मा कोशवांश्चापि देवराज इवापरः ॥

putro dyutimatastvāsīdrājā paramadhārmikaḥ | sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaḥ suvīro nāma nāmataḥ | dharmātmā kośavāṃścāpi devarāja ivāparaḥ

Dyutiman's son was a king of the highest righteousness, famed in all the worlds by the name of Suvira; righteous-souled and rich in treasure, he was like a second king of the gods.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 3 = CE 13.2.10c; lines 1-2 are the vulgate's rendering of CE 13.2.10a (putro dyutimatas tv āsīt suvīro nāma pārthivaḥ), with the CE star lines 10a*0014_01-02 (rājā paramadhārmikaḥ / sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaḥ) as parallel. Kept as printed.

Verse 11 (13.2.11)

सुवीरस्य तु पुत्रोऽभूत्सर्वसङ्ग्रामदुर्जयः । दुर्जयो नाम विख्यातः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवर ॥

suvīrasya tu putro'bhūtsarvasaṅgrāmadurjayaḥ | durjayo nāma vikhyātaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvara

Suvira had a son who could not be overcome in any battle, famed by the name of Durjaya, the best of all who bear weapons.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads दुर्जयो नाम विख्यातः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवर against the CE's durjayety abhivikhyātaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ (13.2.11c); the Wikisource line is the CE star line 11d*0015_01 (sudurjaya iti khyātaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ) in other words. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 12 (13.2.12)

दुर्जयस्येन्द्रवपुषः पुत्रोऽग्निसदृशद्युतिः । दुर्योधनो नाम महान्राजा राजर्षिसत्तमः ॥

durjayasyendravapuṣaḥ putro'gnisadṛśadyutiḥ | duryodhano nāma mahānrājā rājarṣisattamaḥ

Durjaya, who had the form of Indra, had a son of fire-like splendour, a great king named Duryodhana, the best of royal sages.

Verse 13 (13.2.13)

तस्येन्द्रसमवीर्यस्य सङ्ग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनः । विषये वासवस्तस्य सम्यगेव प्रवर्षति ॥

tasyendrasamavīryasya saṅgrāmeṣvanivartinaḥ | viṣaye vāsavastasya samyageva pravarṣati

He had the valour of Indra and never turned back in battles; in his realm Vasava rained exactly as was due.

Note on the text: Line 2 (विषये वासवस्तस्य सम्यगेव प्रवर्षति) is the CE star line 13d*0017_01; the CE's constituted 13c (viṣayaś ca prabhāvaś ca tulyam evābhyavartata) is not in Wikisource. Kept as printed.

Verse 14 (13.2.14)

रत्नैर्धनैश्च पशुभिः सस्यैश्चापि पृथग्विधैः । नगरं विषयश्चास्य प्रतिपूर्णस्तदाऽभवत् ॥

ratnairdhanaiśca paśubhiḥ sasyaiścāpi pṛthagvidhaiḥ | nagaraṃ viṣayaścāsya pratipūrṇastadā'bhavat

In those days his city and his whole realm were filled with jewels, wealth, cattle and grains of many kinds.

Verse 15 (13.2.15)

न तस्य विषये चाभूत्कृपणो नापि दुर्गतः । व्याधितो वा कृशो वाऽपि तस्मिन्नाभून्नरः क्वचित् ॥

na tasya viṣaye cābhūtkṛpaṇo nāpi durgataḥ | vyādhito vā kṛśo vā'pi tasminnābhūnnaraḥ kvacit

In his realm there was no miser and no one in misery; nowhere in it was there a man who was sick or wasted.

Note on the text: Corrected वाऽपरि → वाऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; ि→र, CE vāpi).

Verse 16 (13.2.16)

सुदक्षिणो मधुरवागनसूयुर्जितेन्द्रियः । धर्मात्मा चानृशंसश्च विक्रान्तोऽथाविकत्थनः ॥

sudakṣiṇo madhuravāganasūyurjitendriyaḥ | dharmātmā cānṛśaṃsaśca vikrānto'thāvikatthanaḥ

He was generous, sweet of speech, free from envy, master of his senses, righteous-souled, merciful, valiant and not given to boasting.

Verse 17 (13.2.17)

यज्वा च दान्तो मेधावी ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यसङ्गरः । न चावमन्ता दाता च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥

yajvā ca dānto medhāvī brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | na cāvamantā dātā ca vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

He was a sacrificer, self-controlled and wise, devoted to Brahmins, true to his word, never scornful of others, a giver, and a master of the Vedas and their limbs.

Verse 18 (13.2.18)

तं नर्मदा देवनदी पुण्या शीतजला शिवा । चकमे पुरुषव्याघ्रं स्वेन भावेन भारत ॥

taṃ narmadā devanadī puṇyā śītajalā śivā | cakame puruṣavyāghraṃ svena bhāvena bhārata

The Narmada, the divine river, holy, cool-watered and auspicious, loved that tiger among men with all her heart, O Bharata.

Verse 19 (13.2.19)

तस्यां जज्ञे तदा नद्यां कन्या राजीवलोचना । नाम्ना सुदर्शना राजन्रूपेण च सुदर्शना ॥

tasyāṃ jajñe tadā nadyāṃ kanyā rājīvalocanā | nāmnā sudarśanā rājanrūpeṇa ca sudarśanā

Then, O king, a lotus-eyed daughter was born in that river, named Sudarshana, and as lovely in form as in name.

Verse 20 (13.2.20)

तादृग्रूपा न नारीषु भूतपूर्वा युधिष्ठिर । दुर्योधनसुता यादृगभवद्वरवर्णिनी ॥

tādṛgrūpā na nārīṣu bhūtapūrvā yudhiṣṭhira | duryodhanasutā yādṛgabhavadvaravarṇinī

O Yudhishthira, among women there had never been one of such beauty as the fair daughter of Duryodhana.

Verse 21 (13.2.21)

तामग्निश्चकमे साक्षाद्राजकन्यां सुदर्शनाम् । स्वरूपं दीप्तिमत्कृत्वा शरदर्कसमद्युति ॥

tāmagniścakame sākṣādrājakanyāṃ sudarśanām | svarūpaṃ dīptimatkṛtvā śaradarkasamadyuti

Agni himself desired that princess Sudarshana, having made his own form blaze with the radiance of the autumn sun.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.2.21a. Line 2 (स्वरूपं दीप्तिमत्कृत्वा शरदर्कसमद्युति) is not CE 21c (bhūtvā ca brāhmaṇaḥ sākṣād varayām āsa taṃ nṛpam); it is a vulgate doublet of the line printed again at verse 43 (CE 27c). Kept as printed. The CE has the long star passage 21b*0019_01-32 after 21a, which Wikisource carries as verses 22-37.

Verse 22 (13.2.22)

सा चाग्निशरणे राज्ञः शुश्रूषाकृतनिश्चया । नियुक्ता पितृसन्देशादारिराधयिषुः शिखिम् ॥

sā cāgniśaraṇe rājñaḥ śuśrūṣākṛtaniścayā | niyuktā pitṛsandeśādārirādhayiṣuḥ śikhim

She had resolved to serve in the king's fire-chamber, and by her father's command she was appointed there, wishing to propitiate the Fire.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star passage 13.2.21b*0019_01-02 (sā cāgniśaraṇe rājñaḥ … ārirādhayiṣuḥ śikhim).

Verse 23 (13.2.23)

तस्या मनोहरं रूपं दृष्ट्वा देवो हुताशनः । मन्मथेन समादिष्टः पत्नीत्वे यतते मिथः ॥

tasyā manoharaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā devo hutāśanaḥ | manmathena samādiṣṭaḥ patnītve yatate mithaḥ

Seeing her lovely form, the god Hutashana, driven on by Manmatha, secretly sought to make her his wife.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_03-04; Wikisource मनोहरं / समादिष्टः against CE manoramaṃ / samāviṣṭaḥ, variants kept.

Verse 24 (13.2.24)

भज मामनवद्याङ्गि कामात्कमललोचने । रम्भोरु मृगशावाक्षि पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानने ॥

bhaja māmanavadyāṅgi kāmātkamalalocane | rambhoru mṛgaśāvākṣi pūrṇacandranibhānane

Love me, O faultless one, out of desire, lotus-eyed lady, you of plantain-smooth thighs, deer-eyed, with a face like the full moon.

Note on the text: The input row joined two verses and carried a stray "0" line (the page prints 0 where line 25a should stand). Split here: this verse is the page's lines 13-2-24a,b; the next verse carries 25a,b. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_05-06. Removed the stray "0". Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 25 (13.2.25)

तवेदं पद्मपत्राक्षं मुखं दृष्ट्वा मनोहरम् । भ्रूलताललितं कान्तमनङ्गो बाधते हि माम् ॥

tavedaṃ padmapatrākṣaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā manoharam | bhrūlatālalitaṃ kāntamanaṅgo bādhate hi mām

Seeing this charming face of yours, with eyes like lotus petals and brows gracefully curved like tendrils, the bodiless god of love torments me.

Note on the text: Restored from the page: the first line, तवेदं पद्मपत्राक्षं मुखं दृष्ट्वा मनोहरम्, is printed in the label column of the previous row (as the text of 13-2-25a), where the input parser lost it; the input's second line was joined to verse 24 after a "0" placeholder. Line 1 = CE 13.2.21b*0019_07 exactly; line 2 = *0019_08 exactly. The page numbers this verse 25. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 26 (13.2.26)

ललाटं चन्द्ररेखाभं शिरोरुहविभूषितम् । दृष्ट्वा ते पत्रलेखान्तमनङ्गो बाधते भृशम् ॥

lalāṭaṃ candrarekhābhaṃ śiroruhavibhūṣitam | dṛṣṭvā te patralekhāntamanaṅgo bādhate bhṛśam

Seeing your forehead, bright as the crescent moon and framed by your hair, down to the painted lines on your cheeks, the bodiless god torments me sorely.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_09-10; Wikisource पत्रलेखान्तम् against CE patralekhāṅkam, a variant, kept. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 27 (13.2.27)

बालातपेन तुलितं सस्वेदपुलकोद्गमम् । बिम्बाधरोष्ठवदनं विबुद्धमिव पङ्कजम् । अतीव चारुविभ्रान्तं मदमावहते मम ॥

bālātapena tulitaṃ sasvedapulakodgamam | bimbādharoṣṭhavadanaṃ vibuddhamiva paṅkajam | atīva cāruvibhrāntaṃ madamāvahate mama

Your face, matching the morning sun, beaded with sweat and thrilled with joy, with its lips red as bimba fruit, like a lotus just awakened, and so charmingly bewildered, fills me with intoxication.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_11-13; Wikisource तुलितम् / बिम्बाधरोष्ठवदनम् / मदम् against CE ākulitam / bimbādharoṣṭhaṃ vadanam / mudam, variants kept. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 28 (13.2.28)

दन्तप्रकाशनियता वाणी तव सुरक्षिता । ताम्रपल्लवसंकाशा जिह्वेयं मे मनोहरा ॥

dantaprakāśaniyatā vāṇī tava surakṣitā | tāmrapallavasaṃkāśā jihveyaṃ me manoharā

Your speech, held in check and shown only by the gleam of your teeth, is well guarded, and this tongue of yours, like a copper-red new leaf, enchants me.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_14-15; Wikisource दन्तप्रकाशनियता against CE dantaprākāraniyatā, a variant, kept. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 29 (13.2.29)

समाः स्निग्धाः सुजाताश्च सहिताश्च द्विजास्तव । द्विजप्रिये प्रसीदस्व भज मां सुभगा ह्यसि ॥

samāḥ snigdhāḥ sujātāśca sahitāśca dvijāstava | dvijapriye prasīdasva bhaja māṃ subhagā hyasi

Your teeth are even, smooth, well formed and close-set. Be gracious, you who are fond of the twice-born, and love me, for you are fortunate.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_16-17. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 30 (13.2.30)

मनोज्ञं सुकृतापाङ्गं मुखं तव मनोहरम् । स्तनौ ते संहतौ भीरु हाराभरणभूषितौ ॥

manojñaṃ sukṛtāpāṅgaṃ mukhaṃ tava manoharam | stanau te saṃhatau bhīru hārābharaṇabhūṣitau

Your face is charming, with the outer corners of the eyes beautifully drawn; your breasts, timid one, are close together and adorned with necklaces and ornaments.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_18-19. Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 31 (13.2.31)

पक्वबिल्वप्रतीकाशौ कर्कशौ सङ्गमक्षमौ । गम्भीरनाभिसुभगे भज मां वरवर्णिनि ॥

pakvabilvapratīkāśau karkaśau saṅgamakṣamau | gambhīranābhisubhage bhaja māṃ varavarṇini

They are like ripe bilva fruits, firm and fit for embrace. O you with the deep and lovely navel, O fair lady, love me.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. = CE star 13.2.21b*0019_20-21 (the CE prints the label bhīṣmaḥ inside line 21, but the sense continues Agni's speech to the end of this verse). Speaker: the page prints no heading here; these verses are wholly Agni's address to the girl (the CE marks the speaker agniḥ in this passage), so they are given to Agni (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 32 (13.2.32)

सैवमुक्ता विरहिते पावकेन महात्मना । ईषदाकम्पहृदया व्रीडिता वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

saivamuktā virahite pāvakena mahātmanā | īṣadākampahṛdayā vrīḍitā vākyamabravīt

Spoken to thus in private by the great-souled Fire, she, her heart slightly trembling and abashed, said these words.

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Verse 33 (13.2.33)

ननु नाम कुलीनानां कन्यकानां विशेषतः । माता पिता प्रभवतः प्रदाने बान्धवाश्च ये ॥

nanu nāma kulīnānāṃ kanyakānāṃ viśeṣataḥ | mātā pitā prabhavataḥ pradāne bāndhavāśca ye

Surely, among girls of good family especially, it is the mother and father and whatever kinsmen there are who hold authority in giving them away.

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Verse 34 (13.2.34)

पाणिग्रहणमन्त्रैश्च हुते चैव विभावसौ । सतां मध्ये निविष्टायाः कन्यायाः शरणं पतिः ॥

pāṇigrahaṇamantraiśca hute caiva vibhāvasau | satāṃ madhye niviṣṭāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ śaraṇaṃ patiḥ

With the marriage mantras, and once the offering has been made in the fire, in the midst of the good, a maiden so established has her husband for her refuge.

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Verse 35 (13.2.35)

साऽहं नात्मवशा देव पितरं वरयस्व मे ॥

sā'haṃ nātmavaśā deva pitaraṃ varayasva me

I am not my own mistress, O god; ask my father for me.

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Verse 36 (13.2.36)

अथ नातिचिराद्राजा कालाद्दुर्योधनस्तदा । यज्ञसम्भारनिपुणान्मन्त्रीनाहूय चोक्तवान् । यज्ञं यक्ष्येऽहमिति वै सम्भारान्सम्भ्रियन्तु मे ॥

atha nāticirādrājā kālādduryodhanastadā | yajñasambhāranipuṇānmantrīnāhūya coktavān | yajñaṃ yakṣye'hamiti vai sambhārānsambhriyantu me

Not long after, in due time, King Duryodhana called his ministers, who were skilled in arranging a sacrifice, and said, "I will perform a sacrifice; let the materials be gathered for me."

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Verse 37 (13.2.37)

ततः समाहिते तस्य यज्ञे ब्राह्मणसत्तमैः । विप्ररूपी हुतवहो नृपं कन्यामयाचत ॥

tataḥ samāhite tasya yajñe brāhmaṇasattamaiḥ | viprarūpī hutavaho nṛpaṃ kanyāmayācata

Then, when his sacrifice had been set up with the best of Brahmins, the Fire, in the guise of a Brahmin, asked the king for the maiden.

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Verse 38 (13.2.38)

न तु राजा प्रदानाय तस्मै भावमकल्पयत् । दरिद्रश्चासवर्णश्च ममायमिति पार्थिवः । इति तस्मै न वै कन्यां दित्सां चक्रे नराधिपः ॥

na tu rājā pradānāya tasmai bhāvamakalpayat | daridraścāsavarṇaśca mamāyamiti pārthivaḥ | iti tasmai na vai kanyāṃ ditsāṃ cakre narādhipaḥ

But the king would not bring his mind to give her to him, thinking, "This man is poor and not of my class." So the lord of men had no wish to give him the girl.

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Verse 39 (13.2.39)

अथ दीक्षामुपेतस्य यज्ञे तस्य महात्मनः । आहितो हवनार्थाय वेद्यामग्निः प्रणश्यत ॥

atha dīkṣāmupetasya yajñe tasya mahātmanaḥ | āhito havanārthāya vedyāmagniḥ praṇaśyata

Then, while that great-souled king was consecrated for the sacrifice, the fire that had been set on the altar for the offerings vanished.

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Verse 40 (13.2.40)

ततः स भीतो नृपतिर्भृशं प्रव्यथितेन्द्रियः । मन्त्रिणो ब्राह्मणांश्चैव पप्रच्छ किमिदं भवेत् । यज्ञे समिद्धो भगवान्नष्टो मे हव्यवाहनः ॥

tataḥ sa bhīto nṛpatirbhṛśaṃ pravyathitendriyaḥ | mantriṇo brāhmaṇāṃścaiva papraccha kimidaṃ bhavet | yajñe samiddho bhagavānnaṣṭo me havyavāhanaḥ

Then the king, terrified, his senses badly shaken, asked his ministers and the Brahmins, "What can this be? At my sacrifice the blessed Fire, the bearer of oblations, once kindled, has disappeared."

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Verse 41 (13.2.41)

सम्मन्त्रकुशलैस्तैस्तैर्ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । ऋत्विग्भिर्मन्त्रकुशलैर्यज्यतां वा हुताशनः ॥

sammantrakuśalaistaistairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | ṛtvigbhirmantrakuśalairyajyatāṃ vā hutāśanaḥ

Let the Fire be worshipped by those various Brahmins, skilled in the right mantras and masters of the Vedas, and by the priests skilled in mantras.

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Verse 42 (13.2.42)

अथ ऋक्सामयजुषां ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । वेदतत्वार्थकुशलैस्ततः सोमपुरस्करैः ॥

atha ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | vedatatvārthakuśalaistataḥ somapuraskaraiḥ

Then, by Brahmins of the Rik, Sama and Yajus, masters of the Vedas and skilled in the true meaning of the Veda, with the soma-sacrificers at their head,

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Verse 43 (13.2.43)

गुह्यैश्च नामभिः सर्वैराहूतो हव्यवाहनः । स्वरूपं दीप्तिमत्कृत्वा शरदर्कसमद्युतिः ॥

guhyaiśca nāmabhiḥ sarvairāhūto havyavāhanaḥ | svarūpaṃ dīptimatkṛtvā śaradarkasamadyutiḥ

the bearer of oblations was called upon by all his secret names, and he appeared, having made his own form blaze with the radiance of the autumn sun.

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Verse 44 (13.2.44)

ततो महात्मा तानाह दहनो ब्राह्मणर्षभान् । वरयाम्यात्मनोऽर्थाय दुर्योधनसुतामिति ॥

tato mahātmā tānāha dahano brāhmaṇarṣabhān | varayāmyātmano'rthāya duryodhanasutāmiti

Then the great-souled Fire said to those bulls among Brahmins, "I choose the daughter of Duryodhana for myself."

Verse 45 (13.2.45)

ततस्ते कल्यमुत्थाय तस्मै राज्ञे न्यवेदयन् । ब्राह्मणा विस्मिताः सर्वे यदुक्तं चित्रभानुना ॥

tataste kalyamutthāya tasmai rājñe nyavedayan | brāhmaṇā vismitāḥ sarve yaduktaṃ citrabhānunā

At dawn those Brahmins rose, astonished, and reported to the king what Chitrabhanu had said.

Verse 46 (13.2.46)

ततः स राजा तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । अवाप्य परमं हर्षं तथेति प्राह बुद्धिमान् ॥

tataḥ sa rājā tacchrutvā vacanaṃ brahmavādinām | avāpya paramaṃ harṣaṃ tatheti prāha buddhimān

Hearing the words of the speakers of Brahman, the wise king was filled with the highest joy and said, "So be it."

Verse 47 (13.2.47)

अयाचत च तं शुल्कं भगवन्तं विभावसुम् । नित्यं सान्निध्यमिह ते चित्रभानो भवेदिति ॥

ayācata ca taṃ śulkaṃ bhagavantaṃ vibhāvasum | nityaṃ sānnidhyamiha te citrabhāno bhavediti

And he asked the blessed Vibhavasu for a bride-price: "O Chitrabhanu, may your presence be here always."

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Verse 48 (13.2.48)

तमाह भगवानग्निरेवमस्त्विति पार्थिवम् । ततः सान्निध्यमद्यापि माहिष्मत्यां विभावसोः । दृष्टं हि सहदेवेन दिशं विजयता च तत् ॥

tamāha bhagavānagnirevamastviti pārthivam | tataḥ sānnidhyamadyāpi māhiṣmatyāṃ vibhāvasoḥ | dṛṣṭaṃ hi sahadevena diśaṃ vijayatā ca tat

The blessed Agni said to the king, "So be it." And so even today the presence of Vibhavasu is at Mahishmati; Sahadeva saw it when he was conquering that quarter.

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Verse 49 (13.2.49)

ततस्तां समलङ्कृत्य कन्यामहतवाससम् । ददौ दुर्योधनो राजा पावकाय महात्मने ॥

tatastāṃ samalaṅkṛtya kanyāmahatavāsasam | dadau duryodhano rājā pāvakāya mahātmane

Then King Duryodhana adorned the girl, dressed in unworn garments, and gave her to the great-souled Pavaka.

Verse 50 (13.2.50)

प्रतिजग्राह चाग्निस्तु राजकन्यां सुदर्शनाम् । विधिना वेददृष्टेन वसोर्धारामिवाध्वरे ॥

pratijagrāha cāgnistu rājakanyāṃ sudarśanām | vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena vasordhārāmivādhvare

And Agni received the princess Sudarshana by the rite seen in the Veda, as one receives the stream of ghee at a sacrifice.

Verse 51 (13.2.51)

तस्या रूपेण शीलेन कुलेन वपुषा श्रिया । अभवत्प्रीतिमानग्निर्गर्भं चास्यां समादधे ॥

tasyā rūpeṇa śīlena kulena vapuṣā śriyā | abhavatprītimānagnirgarbhaṃ cāsyāṃ samādadhe

Agni was delighted with her beauty, character, family, person and grace, and he placed a child in her womb.

Verse 52 (13.2.52)

तस्याः समभवत्पुत्रो नाम्नाऽग्नेयः सुदर्शनः ॥

tasyāḥ samabhavatputro nāmnā'gneyaḥ sudarśanaḥ

A son was born to her, named Sudarshana, the son of Agni.

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Verse 53 (13.2.53)

सुदर्शनस्तु रूपेण पूर्णेन्दुसदृशोपमः । शिशुरेवाध्यगात्सर्वं परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥

sudarśanastu rūpeṇa pūrṇendusadṛśopamaḥ | śiśurevādhyagātsarvaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam

Sudarshana, like the full moon in beauty, mastered everything while still a child, and the eternal supreme Brahman as well.

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Verse 54 (13.2.54)

अथौघवान्नाम नृपो नृगस्यासीत्पितामहः । तस्याप्योघवती कन्या पुत्रश्चौघरथोऽभवत् ॥

athaughavānnāma nṛpo nṛgasyāsītpitāmahaḥ | tasyāpyoghavatī kanyā putraścaugharatho'bhavat

Now there was a king named Oghavan, the grandfather of Nriga. He had a daughter, Oghavati, and a son, Ogharatha.

Verse 55 (13.2.55)

तामोघवान्ददौ तस्मै स्वयमोघवतीं सुताम् । सुदर्शनाय विदुषे भार्यार्थे देवरूपिणीम् ॥

tāmoghavāndadau tasmai svayamoghavatīṃ sutām | sudarśanāya viduṣe bhāryārthe devarūpiṇīm

Oghavan himself gave that daughter Oghavati, divine in form, to the learned Sudarshana as his wife.

Verse 56 (13.2.56)

स गृहस्थाश्रमरतस्तया सह सुदर्शनः । कुरुक्षेत्रेऽवसद्राजन्नोघवत्या समन्वितः ॥

sa gṛhasthāśramaratastayā saha sudarśanaḥ | kurukṣetre'vasadrājannoghavatyā samanvitaḥ

Devoted to the householder's stage of life, Sudarshana lived with her at Kurukshetra, O king, together with Oghavati.

Verse 57 (13.2.57)

गृहस्थश्चावजेष्यामि मृत्युमित्येव स प्रभो । प्रतिज्ञामकरोद्धीमान्दीप्ततेजा विशाम्पते ॥

gṛhasthaścāvajeṣyāmi mṛtyumityeva sa prabho | pratijñāmakaroddhīmāndīptatejā viśāmpate

"As a householder I will conquer Death": this was the vow that wise man of blazing splendour made, O lord of the people.

Verse 58 (13.2.58)

तामेवौघवतीं राजन्स पावकसुतोऽब्रवीत् । अतिथेः प्रतिकूलं ते न कर्तव्यं कथञ्चन ॥

tāmevaughavatīṃ rājansa pāvakasuto'bravīt | atitheḥ pratikūlaṃ te na kartavyaṃ kathañcana

That son of Fire said to the same Oghavati, O king, "You must never act against a guest in any way."

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 begins Sudarshana's words, so it stays with Bhishma.

Verse 59 (13.2.59)

येनयेन च तुष्येत नित्यमेव त्वयाऽतिथिः । अप्यात्मनः प्रदानेन न ते कार्या विचारणा ॥

yenayena ca tuṣyeta nityameva tvayā'tithiḥ | apyātmanaḥ pradānena na te kāryā vicāraṇā

By whatever means the guest may be pleased, you must always do it; even if it means giving your own self, you need not hesitate.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म). Sudarshana's instruction to Oghavati runs through verse 62.

Verse 60 (13.2.60)

एतद्व्रतं मम सदा हृदि सम्परिवर्तते । गृहस्थानां च सुश्रोणि नातिथेर्विद्यते परम् ॥

etadvrataṃ mama sadā hṛdi samparivartate | gṛhasthānāṃ ca suśroṇi nātithervidyate param

This vow ever turns in my heart: for householders, fair-hipped one, there is nothing higher than the guest.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 61 (13.2.61)

प्रमाणं यदि वामोरु वचस्ते मम शोभने । इदं वचनमव्यग्रा हृदि त्वं धारयेः सदा ॥

pramāṇaṃ yadi vāmoru vacaste mama śobhane | idaṃ vacanamavyagrā hṛdi tvaṃ dhārayeḥ sadā

If my word is your authority, lovely one, then keep these words always in your heart, undisturbed.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 62 (13.2.62)

निष्क्रान्ते मयि कल्याणि तथा सन्निहितेऽनघे । नातिथिस्तेऽवमन्तव्यः प्रमाणं यद्यहं तव ॥

niṣkrānte mayi kalyāṇi tathā sannihite'naghe | nātithiste'vamantavyaḥ pramāṇaṃ yadyahaṃ tava

When I have gone out and a guest is present, blameless one, he must not be slighted, if I am your authority.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 63 (13.2.63)

तमब्रवीदोघवती तथा मूर्ध्नि कृताञ्जलिः । न मे त्वद्वचनात्किञ्चिन्न कर्तव्यं कथञ्चन ॥

tamabravīdoghavatī tathā mūrdhni kṛtāñjaliḥ | na me tvadvacanātkiñcinna kartavyaṃ kathañcana

Oghavati, her joined palms at her forehead, answered him, "There is nothing in your word that I shall in any way leave undone."

Verse 64 (13.2.64)

जिगीषमाणस्तु गृहे तदा मृत्युः सुदर्शनम् । पृष्ठतोऽन्वगमद्राजन्रन्ध्रान्वेषी तदा सदा ॥

jigīṣamāṇastu gṛhe tadā mṛtyuḥ sudarśanam | pṛṣṭhato'nvagamadrājanrandhrānveṣī tadā sadā

Wishing to overcome him, Death followed Sudarshana at his back in the house, O king, ever watching for a weak point.

Verse 65 (13.2.65)

इध्मार्थं तु गते तस्मिन्नग्निपुत्रे सुदर्शने । अतिथिर्ब्राह्मणः श्रीमांस्तामाहौघवतीं तदा ॥

idhmārthaṃ tu gate tasminnagniputre sudarśane | atithirbrāhmaṇaḥ śrīmāṃstāmāhaughavatīṃ tadā

When that son of Agni, Sudarshana, had gone to fetch firewood, a glorious Brahmin guest came and said to Oghavati:

Note on the text: Corrected अग्रिपुत्रे → अग्निपुत्रे and अतिधिर्ब्राह्मणः → अतिथिर्ब्राह्मणः (misprints in Wikisource; र for न and ध for थ, CE agniputre, atithir).

Verse 66 (13.2.66)

आतिथ्यं कृतमिच्छामि त्वयाऽद्य वरवर्णिनि । प्रमाणं यदि धर्मस्ते गृहस्थाश्रमसम्मतः ॥

ātithyaṃ kṛtamicchāmi tvayā'dya varavarṇini | pramāṇaṃ yadi dharmaste gṛhasthāśramasammataḥ

I wish for hospitality from you today, fair lady, if the dharma approved in the householder's stage of life is your authority.

Note on the text: Wikisource आतिथ्यं कृतम् against CE ātithyaṃ dattam (13.2.49a); a variant, kept. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of the Brahmin guest (Dharma in disguise, as verse 95 reveals), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 67 (13.2.67)

इत्युक्ता तेन विप्रेण राजपुत्री यशस्विनी । विधिना प्रतिजग्राह वेदोक्तेन विशांपते ॥

ityuktā tena vipreṇa rājaputrī yaśasvinī | vidhinā pratijagrāha vedoktena viśāṃpate

Thus addressed by that Brahmin, the renowned princess received him by the rite laid down in the Veda, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रेणि → विप्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि, CE vipreṇa).

Verse 68 (13.2.68)

आसनं चैव पाद्यं च तस्मै दत्त्वा द्विजातये । प्रोवाचौघवती विप्रं केनार्थः किं ददामि ते ॥

āsanaṃ caiva pādyaṃ ca tasmai dattvā dvijātaye | provācaughavatī vipraṃ kenārthaḥ kiṃ dadāmi te

Having given the twice-born a seat and water for his feet, Oghavati said to the Brahmin, "What do you need? What shall I give you?"

Verse 69 (13.2.69)

तामब्रवीत्ततो विप्रो राजपुत्रीं सुदर्शनाम् । त्वया ममार्थः कल्याणि निर्विशङ्कैतदाचर ॥

tāmabravīttato vipro rājaputrīṃ sudarśanām | tvayā mamārthaḥ kalyāṇi nirviśaṅkaitadācara

Then the Brahmin said to the beautiful princess, "I have need of you, auspicious lady; do this without misgiving."

Note on the text: The CE has the star line 13.2.69b*0025_01 (hīnapratijñam atraikaṃ saṃprāptasya tu gacchati) between the two lines of its verse; Wikisource does not have it (see verse 86).

Verse 70 (13.2.70)

यदि प्रमाणं धर्मस्ते गृहस्थाश्रमसम्मतः । प्रदानेनात्मनो राज्ञि कर्तुमर्हसि मे प्रियम् ॥

yadi pramāṇaṃ dharmaste gṛhasthāśramasammataḥ | pradānenātmano rājñi kartumarhasi me priyam

If the dharma approved in the householder's stage of life is your authority, O queen, you ought to do what pleases me by giving yourself.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of the Brahmin guest (Dharma in disguise, as verse 95 reveals), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 71 (13.2.71)

स तया छन्द्यमानोऽन्यैरीप्सितैर्नृपकन्यया । नान्यमात्मप्रदानात्स तस्या वव्रे परं द्विजः ॥

sa tayā chandyamāno'nyairīpsitairnṛpakanyayā | nānyamātmapradānātsa tasyā vavre paraṃ dvijaḥ

Though the king's daughter tried to win him over with other things he might wish for, the Brahmin chose nothing in preference to the gift of herself.

Note on the text: Wikisource स तया छन्द्यमानः … तस्या वव्रे परं द्विजः against CE tathā saṃchandyamāno … tasyā vavre varaṃ dvijaḥ (13.2.54): variants, kept.

Verse 72 (13.2.72)

सा तु राजसुता स्मृत्वा भर्तुर्वचनमादितः । तथेति लज्जमाना सा तमुवाच द्विजर्षभम् ॥

sā tu rājasutā smṛtvā bharturvacanamāditaḥ | tatheti lajjamānā sā tamuvāca dvijarṣabham

Then that princess, remembering her husband's words from the beginning, said to that best of Brahmins, with shame, "So be it."

Verse 73 (13.2.73)

ततो विहस्य विप्रर्षिः सा चैवोपविवेश ह । संस्मृत्य भर्तुर्वचनं गृहस्थाश्रमकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

tato vihasya viprarṣiḥ sā caivopaviveśa ha | saṃsmṛtya bharturvacanaṃ gṛhasthāśramakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Then the Brahmin sage laughed, and she too went in with him, calling to mind the words of her husband, who was devoted to the householder's way of life.

Note on the text: Wikisource ततो विहस्य विप्रर्षिः against CE tato rahaḥ sa viprarṣiḥ (13.2.56a): a variant, kept.

Verse 74 (13.2.74)

अथेध्मान्समुपादाय स पावकिरुपागमत् । मृत्युना रौद्रभावेन नित्यं बन्धुरिवान्वितः ॥

athedhmānsamupādāya sa pāvakirupāgamat | mṛtyunā raudrabhāvena nityaṃ bandhurivānvitaḥ

Then the son of Fire came back carrying firewood, with Death, terrible in aspect, always at his side like a kinsman.

Verse 75 (13.2.75)

ततस्त्वाश्रममागम्य स पावकसुतस्तदा । तां व्याजहारौघवतीं क्वासि यातेति चासकृत् ॥

tatastvāśramamāgamya sa pāvakasutastadā | tāṃ vyājahāraughavatīṃ kvāsi yāteti cāsakṛt

Reaching the hermitage, the son of Fire called to Oghavati again and again, "Where have you gone?"

Verse 76 (13.2.76)

तस्मै प्रतिवचः सा तु भर्त्रे न प्रददौ तदा । कराभ्यां तेन विप्रेण स्पृष्टा भर्तृव्रता सती ॥

tasmai prativacaḥ sā tu bhartre na pradadau tadā | karābhyāṃ tena vipreṇa spṛṣṭā bhartṛvratā satī

She, the faithful wife, who had been touched by that Brahmin with his hands, did not then give her husband any answer.

Verse 77 (13.2.77)

उच्छिष्टाऽस्मीति मन्वाना लज्जिता भर्तुरेव च । तूष्णींभूताऽभवत्साध्वी विप्रकोपाच्च शङ्किता ॥

ucchiṣṭā'smīti manvānā lajjitā bhartureva ca | tūṣṇīṃbhūtā'bhavatsādhvī viprakopācca śaṅkitā

Thinking, "I am defiled," and ashamed before her husband, the virtuous woman fell silent, fearful of the Brahmin's anger.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 13.2.60c (na covācātha kiṃ cana); the page's footnote records विप्रकाराच्च शङ्किता as another reading. Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 78 (13.2.78)

अथ तां किन्विति पुनः प्रोवाच स सुदर्शनः । क्व सा साध्वी क्व सायाता गरीयः किमतो मम ॥

atha tāṃ kinviti punaḥ provāca sa sudarśanaḥ | kva sā sādhvī kva sāyātā garīyaḥ kimato mama

Then Sudarshana called again, "Where is that good woman? Where has she gone? What is weightier for me than she?"

Note on the text: Corrected गरीय → गरीयः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, CE garīyaḥ). Line 1 differs from CE 13.2.61a (atha tāṃ punar evedam); variant kept. Mixed verse: line 1 narration, line 2 Sudarshana's words, so it stays with Bhishma.

Verse 79 (13.2.79)

पतिव्रता सत्यशीला नित्यं चैवार्जवे रता । कथं न प्रत्युदेत्यद्य स्मयमाना यथापुरम् ॥

pativratā satyaśīlā nityaṃ caivārjave ratā | kathaṃ na pratyudetyadya smayamānā yathāpuram

"Faithful to her husband, true in character, ever devoted to uprightness, why does she not come to meet me today, smiling as she always has?"

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 80 (13.2.80)

उटजस्थस्तु तं विप्रः प्रत्युवाच सुदर्शनम् । अतिथिं विद्धि सम्प्राप्तं ब्राह्मणं पावके च माम् ॥

uṭajasthastu taṃ vipraḥ pratyuvāca sudarśanam | atithiṃ viddhi samprāptaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ pāvake ca mām

From inside the hut the Brahmin answered Sudarshana, "Know, son of Fire, that I am a Brahmin guest who has come."

Verse 81 (13.2.81)

अनया छन्द्यमानोऽहं भार्यया तव सत्तम । तैस्तैरतिथिसत्कारैर्ब्रह्मन्नेषा वृता मया ॥

anayā chandyamāno'haṃ bhāryayā tava sattama | taistairatithisatkārairbrahmanneṣā vṛtā mayā

Pressed by this wife of yours, excellent man, with all the honours due to a guest, I, O Brahmin, chose her herself.

Note on the text: Line 2 (तैस्तैरतिथिसत्कारैर्ब्रह्मन्नेषा वृता मया) differs from CE 13.2.64c (tais tair atithisatkārair ārjave 'syā dṛḍhaṃ manaḥ); a recension variant, kept. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of the Brahmin guest (Dharma in disguise, as verse 95 reveals), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 82 (13.2.82)

आत्मप्रदानविधिना मामर्चति शुभानना । अनुरूपं यदत्रान्यत्तद्भवान्कर्तुमर्हति ॥

ātmapradānavidhinā māmarcati śubhānanā | anurūpaṃ yadatrānyattadbhavānkartumarhati

This fair-faced lady honours me by the rite of giving herself. Whatever else is fitting in this case, you ought to do.

Note on the text: Corrected अनूरूपं → अनुरूपं (misprint in Wikisource; long ऊ for उ, CE anurūpaṃ). Lines differ from CE 13.2.65 (anena vidhinā seyaṃ … vaktum arhati); variants kept. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of the Brahmin guest (Dharma in disguise, as verse 95 reveals), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 83 (13.2.83)

कूटमुद्गरहस्तस्तु मृत्युस्तं वै समन्वगात् । हीनप्रतिज्ञमत्रैवं वधिष्यामीति चिन्तयन् ॥

kūṭamudgarahastastu mṛtyustaṃ vai samanvagāt | hīnapratijñamatraivaṃ vadhiṣyāmīti cintayan

Death, an iron mace in his hand, followed him, thinking, "Here I shall strike him down, his vow broken."

Verse 84 (13.2.84)

सुदर्शनस्तु मनसा कर्मणा चक्षुषा गिरा । त्यक्तेर्ष्यस्त्यक्तमन्युश्च स्मयमानोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

sudarśanastu manasā karmaṇā cakṣuṣā girā | tyakterṣyastyaktamanyuśca smayamāno'bravīdidam

But Sudarshana, with mind, deed, glance and speech, free of jealousy and anger, said smiling:

Verse 85 (13.2.85)

सुरतं तेऽस्तु विप्राग्र्य प्रीतिर्हि परमा मम । गृहस्थस्य हि धर्मोऽग्र्यः सम्प्राप्तातिथिपूजनम् ॥

surataṃ te'stu viprāgrya prītirhi paramā mama | gṛhasthasya hi dharmo'gryaḥ samprāptātithipūjanam

May your pleasure be full, best of Brahmins; my joy is supreme. For a householder the foremost dharma is the honouring of a guest who has come.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म). Sudarshana's speech runs from here to verse 91.

Verse 86 (13.2.86)

अतिथिः पूजितो यस्य गृहस्थस्य तु गच्छति । नान्यस्तस्मात्परो धर्म इति प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

atithiḥ pūjito yasya gṛhasthasya tu gacchati | nānyastasmātparo dharma iti prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

The householder whose guest departs honoured: there is no other dharma higher than that, say the wise.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.2.69a, line 2 = CE 13.2.69c; the CE star line 69b*0025_01 between them is not in Wikisource. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 87 (13.2.87)

प्राणाश्च मम दाराश्च यच्चान्यद्विद्यते वसु । अतिथिभ्यो मया देयमिति मे व्रतमाहितम् ॥

prāṇāśca mama dārāśca yaccānyadvidyate vasu | atithibhyo mayā deyamiti me vratamāhitam

My life, my wife and whatever other wealth there is must be given to guests; this is the vow I have undertaken.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 88 (13.2.88)

निःसन्दिग्धं यथा वाक्यमेतन्मे समुदाहृतम् । तेनाहं विप्र सत्येन स्वयमात्मानमालभे ॥

niḥsandigdhaṃ yathā vākyametanme samudāhṛtam | tenāhaṃ vipra satyena svayamātmānamālabhe

By the truth that this declaration of mine is free from doubt, I lay hold of my own self, O Brahmin.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 89 (13.2.89)

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् । बुद्धिरात्मा मनः कालो दिशश्चैव गुणा दश ॥

pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam | buddhirātmā manaḥ kālo diśaścaiva guṇā daśa

Earth, air, space, water, and light as the fifth; intellect, self, mind, time and the directions: these are the ten attributes.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 90 (13.2.90)

नित्यमेव हि पश्यन्ति देहिनां देहसंश्रिताः । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चापि कर्म कर्मवतांवर ॥

nityameva hi paśyanti dehināṃ dehasaṃśritāḥ | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ cāpi karma karmavatāṃvara

Dwelling in the bodies of embodied beings, they ever behold their deeds, good and bad, O best of those who act.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 91 (13.2.91)

यथैषा नानृता वाणी मयाऽद्य समुदीरिता । तेन सत्येन मां देवाः पालयन्तु दहन्तु वा ॥

yathaiṣā nānṛtā vāṇī mayā'dya samudīritā | tena satyena māṃ devāḥ pālayantu dahantu vā

If these words I have spoken today are not false, then by that truth let the gods protect me or burn me.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Sudarshana (the husband), so given to him (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 92 (13.2.92)

ततो नादः समभवद्दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत । असकृत्सत्यमित्येवं नैतन्मिथ्येति सर्वतः ॥

tato nādaḥ samabhavaddikṣu sarvāsu bhārata | asakṛtsatyamityevaṃ naitanmithyeti sarvataḥ

Then, O Bharata, a cry arose in all the directions, again and again, from every side: "It is true! This is not false!"

Verse 93 (13.2.93)

उटजात्तु ततस्तस्मान्निश्चक्राम स वै द्विजः । वपुषा द्यां च भूमिं च व्याप्य वायुरिवोद्यतः ॥

uṭajāttu tatastasmānniścakrāma sa vai dvijaḥ | vapuṣā dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca vyāpya vāyurivodyataḥ

Then that Brahmin came out of the hut, filling sky and earth with his form, rising like the wind.

Verse 94 (13.2.94)

स्वरेण विप्रः शैक्षेण त्रींल्लोकाननुनादयन् । उवाच चैनं धर्मज्ञं पूर्वमामन्त्र्य नामतः ॥

svareṇa vipraḥ śaikṣeṇa trīṃllokānanunādayan | uvāca cainaṃ dharmajñaṃ pūrvamāmantrya nāmataḥ

Making the three worlds resound with a voice of perfect accent, the Brahmin first addressed that knower of dharma by name, and then spoke to him:

Verse 95 (13.2.95)

धर्मोऽहमस्मि भद्रं ते जिज्ञासार्थं तवानघ । प्राप्तः सत्यं च ते ज्ञात्वा प्रीतिर्मे परमा त्वयि ॥

dharmo'hamasmi bhadraṃ te jijñāsārthaṃ tavānagha | prāptaḥ satyaṃ ca te jñātvā prītirme paramā tvayi

I am Dharma. May good come to you, blameless one. I came to test you, and having found you true, my delight in you is supreme.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म). Dharma's speech runs from here to verse 103; the page's heading भीष्म उवाच (13-2-104x) ends it.

Verse 96 (13.2.96)

विजितश्च त्वया मृत्युर्योऽयं त्वामनुगच्छति । रन्ध्रान्वेषी तव सदा त्वया धृत्या वशीकृतः ॥

vijitaśca tvayā mṛtyuryo'yaṃ tvāmanugacchati | randhrānveṣī tava sadā tvayā dhṛtyā vaśīkṛtaḥ

You have conquered Death, who follows you, ever watching for your weak point; by your steadfastness he has been brought under your power.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 97 (13.2.97)

न चास्ति शक्तिस्त्रैलोक्ये कस्य चित्पुरुषोत्तम । पतिव्रतामिमां साध्वीं तवोद्वीक्षितुमप्युत ॥

na cāsti śaktistrailokye kasya citpuruṣottama | pativratāmimāṃ sādhvīṃ tavodvīkṣitumapyuta

And in the three worlds, best of men, no one has the power even to look upon this faithful and virtuous wife of yours.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 98 (13.2.98)

रक्षिता त्वद्गुणैरेषा पातिव्रत्यगुणैस्तथा । अधृष्या यदियं ब्रूयात्तथा तन्नान्यथा भवेत् ॥

rakṣitā tvadguṇaireṣā pātivratyaguṇaistathā | adhṛṣyā yadiyaṃ brūyāttathā tannānyathā bhavet

Guarded by your virtues and by the virtues of her own wifely devotion, she cannot be assailed; whatever she says will come to pass, and will not be otherwise.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 99 (13.2.99)

एषा हि तपसा स्वेन संयुक्ता ब्रह्मवादिनी । पावनार्थं च लोकस्य सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा भविष्यति ॥

eṣā hi tapasā svena saṃyuktā brahmavādinī | pāvanārthaṃ ca lokasya saricchreṣṭhā bhaviṣyati

Endowed with her own austerity, she is a speaker of Brahman, and for the purification of the world she will become the best of rivers.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 100 (13.2.100)

अर्धेनौघवती नाम त्वामर्धेनानुयास्यति । शरीरेण महाभागा योगो ह्यस्या वशे स्थितः । अनया सह लोकांश्च गन्ताऽसि तपसार्जितान् ॥

ardhenaughavatī nāma tvāmardhenānuyāsyati | śarīreṇa mahābhāgā yogo hyasyā vaśe sthitaḥ | anayā saha lokāṃśca gantā'si tapasārjitān

With half of her body the great lady will be the river named Oghavati, and with the other half she will follow you; yoga is under her control. With her you will go to the worlds won by austerity,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines 1-2 = CE 13.2.83a, 83c; line 3 = CE 13.2.84a. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 101 (13.2.101)

यत्र नावृत्तिमभ्येति शाश्वतांस्ताननुत्तमान् । अनेन चैव देहेन लोकांस्त्वमभिपत्स्यसे ॥

yatra nāvṛttimabhyeti śāśvatāṃstānanuttamān | anena caiva dehena lokāṃstvamabhipatsyase

from which there is no return, eternal and unsurpassed. And in this very body you will attain those worlds.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.2.84c (Wikisource शाश्वतांस्ताननुत्तमान् for CE śāśvatāṃs tān sanātanān, a variant); line 2 = CE 13.2.85a. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 102 (13.2.102)

निर्जितश्च त्वया मृत्युरैश्वर्यं च तवोत्तमम् । पञ्चभूतान्यतिक्रान्तः स्ववीर्याच्च मनोजवः ॥

nirjitaśca tvayā mṛtyuraiśvaryaṃ ca tavottamam | pañcabhūtānyatikrāntaḥ svavīryācca manojavaḥ

You have conquered Death, and yours is the highest sovereignty. You have passed beyond the five elements, and by your own strength you move with the speed of thought.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.2.85c; line 2 = CE 13.2.86a (Wikisource मनोजवः for CE manobhavaḥ, a variant). Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 103 (13.2.103)

गृहस्थधर्मेणानेन कामक्रोधौ च ते जितौ । स्नेहो रागश्च तन्द्री च मोहो द्रोहश्च केवलः । तव शुश्रूषया राजन्राजपुत्र्या च निर्जिताः ॥

gṛhasthadharmeṇānena kāmakrodhau ca te jitau | sneho rāgaśca tandrī ca moho drohaśca kevalaḥ | tava śuśrūṣayā rājanrājaputryā ca nirjitāḥ

By this householder's dharma you have conquered desire and anger; affection, passion, drowsiness, delusion and malice, entire, have been conquered, O king, by your devoted service and by the king's daughter.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.2.86c; lines 2-3 = CE 13.2.87a, 87c (Wikisource निर्जिताः for CE vinirjitāḥ). The page labels the three lines 13-2-103a,b,c. Dharma's speech ends here. Speaker: no heading is printed; whole-verse speech of Dharma, so given to Dharma (the input had भीष्म).

Verse 104 (13.2.104)

शुक्लानां तु सहस्रेण वाजिनां रथमुत्तमम् । युक्तं प्रगृह्य भगवान्वासवोप्याजगाम तम् ॥

śuklānāṃ tu sahasreṇa vājināṃ rathamuttamam | yuktaṃ pragṛhya bhagavānvāsavopyājagāma tam

Then the blessed Vasava himself came to him, bringing a splendid chariot yoked to a thousand white horses.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.2.88a; line 2 reads वासवोप्याजगाम तम् against the CE's vyavasāyo jagāma tam (13.2.88c); a recension variant, kept. The page's heading भीष्म उवाच (13-2-104x) matches the CE heading before 13.2.88.

Verse 105 (13.2.105)

मृत्युरात्मा च लोकाश्च जिता भूतानि पञ्च च । बुद्धिः कालो मदो मोहः कामक्रोधौ तथैव च ॥

mṛtyurātmā ca lokāśca jitā bhūtāni pañca ca | buddhiḥ kālo mado mohaḥ kāmakrodhau tathaiva ca

Death, the self, the worlds, the five elements, intellect, time, pride, delusion, desire and anger: all these were conquered.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads बुद्धिः कालो मदो मोहः against the CE's buddhiḥ kālo mano vyoma (13.2.89c); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 106 (13.2.106)

तस्माद्गृहाश्रमस्थस्य नान्यद्दैवतमस्ति वै । ऋतेऽतिथिं नरव्याघ्र मनसैतद्विचारय ॥

tasmādgṛhāśramasthasya nānyaddaivatamasti vai | ṛte'tithiṃ naravyāghra manasaitadvicāraya

Therefore, for one who dwells in the householder's stage of life there is no deity other than the guest. Reflect on this in your mind, tiger among men.

Verse 107 (13.2.107)

अतिथिः पूजितो यद्धि ध्यायते मनसा शुभम् । न तत्क्रतुशतेनापि तुल्यमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

atithiḥ pūjito yaddhi dhyāyate manasā śubham | na tatkratuśatenāpi tulyamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

The good that a guest, once honoured, contemplates in his mind is not matched even by a hundred sacrifices, say the wise.

Note on the text: Corrected मनीपिण → मनीषिणः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष and dropped visarga, CE manīṣiṇaḥ). Line 1 reads पूजितो यद्धि against the CE's pūjito yasya (13.2.91a); a variant, kept.

Verse 108 (13.2.108)

सुदत्तं सुकृतं वाऽपि कम्पयेदप्यनर्चितः ॥

sudattaṃ sukṛtaṃ vā'pi kampayedapyanarcitaḥ

Even what is well given or well done is made to tremble when the guest has not been honoured.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition as such (vulgate-only). A single line, as printed (13-2-108a); it parallels the second half of CE 13.2.92 (sa dattvā sukṛtaṃ tasya kṣapayeta hy anarcitaḥ). Nothing is plainly lost here, so no line is added.

Verse 109 (13.2.109)

पात्रं त्वतिथिमासाद्य शीलाढ्यं यो न पूजयेत् । स दत्त्वा दुष्कृतं तस्मै पुण्यमादाय गच्छति ॥

pātraṃ tvatithimāsādya śīlāḍhyaṃ yo na pūjayet | sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati

When a worthy guest, rich in good conduct, has come and a man does not honour him, that guest goes away after giving him his own sin and taking away his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected तुष्कृतं → दुष्कृतं (misprint in Wikisource; त for द, the sense requires duṣkṛtaṃ, "his sin"). Line 1 = CE 13.2.92a; line 2 differs from CE 13.2.92c (sa dattvā sukṛtaṃ tasya kṣapayeta hy anarcitaḥ); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 110 (13.2.110)

एतत्ते कथितं पुत्र मयाऽऽख्यानमनुत्तमम् । यथा हि विजितो मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन पुराऽभवत् ॥

etatte kathitaṃ putra mayā''khyānamanuttamam | yathā hi vijito mṛtyurgṛhasthena purā'bhavat

This most excellent tale I have told you, my son: how in former times Death was conquered by a householder.

Verse 111 (13.2.111)

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यमिदमाख्यानमुत्तमम् । बुभूषताऽभिमन्तव्यं सर्वदुश्चरितापहम् ॥

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyamidamākhyānamuttamam | bubhūṣatā'bhimantavyaṃ sarvaduścaritāpaham

This excellent tale brings wealth, fame and long life, and removes every misdeed; it should be kept in mind by one who seeks prosperity.

Verse 112 (13.2.112)

इदं यः कथयेद्विद्वानहन्यहनि भारत । सुदर्शनस्य चरितं पुण्याँल्लोकानवाप्नुयात् ॥

idaṃ yaḥ kathayedvidvānahanyahani bhārata | sudarśanasya caritaṃ puṇyām̐llokānavāpnuyāt

The learned man who recounts this deed of Sudarshana day after day, O Bharata, will attain the worlds of the virtuous.