Krishna's Vow and the Burning of the Mountain

Verse 1 (13.203.1)

अयं नारायणः श्रीमान्पुत्रार्थे व्रतकाङ्क्षया । दीक्षितोऽभून्महाबाहुः पुरा द्वादशवार्षिकम् ॥

ayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānputrārthe vratakāṅkṣayā | dīkṣito'bhūnmahābāhuḥ purā dvādaśavārṣikam

This glorious Narayana, wishing to keep a vow for the sake of a son, the mighty-armed one, once underwent a consecration lasting twelve years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0032-0033. Wikisource pages 203-205 are one continuous passage of Appendix I No. 15; the critical edition proper has the corresponding episode in a different text at 13.126-127.

Verse 2 (13.203.2)

दीक्षितं केशवं द्रष्टुमभिजग्मुर्महर्षयः । सेवित्वा च महात्मानः प्रीयमाणं जनार्दनम् ॥

dīkṣitaṃ keśavaṃ draṣṭumabhijagmurmaharṣayaḥ | sevitvā ca mahātmānaḥ prīyamāṇaṃ janārdanam

The great sages came to see Keshava in his consecration, and those great souls waited upon Janardana, who was pleased to receive them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0034-0035.

Verse 3 (13.203.3)

नारदः पर्वतश्चैव कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तथा । देवलः काश्यपश्चैव हस्तिकाश्यप एव च । जमदग्निश्च राजेन्द्र धौम्यो वाल्मीकिरेव च ॥

nāradaḥ parvataścaiva kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastathā | devalaḥ kāśyapaścaiva hastikāśyapa eva ca | jamadagniśca rājendra dhaumyo vālmīkireva ca

Narada, Parvata, Krishna Dvaipayana, Devala, Kashyapa, Hastikashyapa, Jamadagni, O king of kings, Dhaumya and Valmiki.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0036-0038. Line b also occurs in the critical edition at 13.126.11c.

Verse 4 (13.203.4)

अपरेऽपि तपःसिद्धाः सत्यव्रतपरायणाः । शिष्यैरनुगताः सर्वे ब्रह्मविद्भिरकल्मषैः ॥

apare'pi tapaḥsiddhāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ | śiṣyairanugatāḥ sarve brahmavidbhirakalmaṣaiḥ

Other ascetics too, perfected through austerity and devoted to their vow of truth, all came, followed by their disciples, who were knowers of Brahman and free of stain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0039-0040.

Verse 5 (13.203.5)

केशवस्तानभिगतान्प्रीत्या सम्परिगृह्य च । तेषामतिथिसत्कारं पूजनार्थं कुलोचितम् । देवकीतनयो हृष्टो देवतुल्यमकल्पयत् ॥

keśavastānabhigatānprītyā samparigṛhya ca | teṣāmatithisatkāraṃ pūjanārthaṃ kulocitam | devakītanayo hṛṣṭo devatulyamakalpayat

Keshava welcomed those who had come with affection, and Devaki's son, delighted, arranged for them a reception of guests, a worship befitting their station, fit for gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0041-0043.

Verse 6 (13.203.6)

उपविष्टेषु सर्वेषु विष्टरेषु तदाऽनघ । विश्वस्तेष्वभितुष्टेषु केशवार्चनया पुनः ॥

upaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣu viṣṭareṣu tadā'nagha | viśvasteṣvabhituṣṭeṣu keśavārcanayā punaḥ

Then, O blameless one, when all were seated on their seats, trusting and well pleased with the honour done them by Keshava,

Note on the text: Corrected विश्वस्तेष्व्नभितुष्टेषु → विश्वस्तेष्वभितुष्टेषु (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct with a stray न; the sense is "trusting and well pleased", cf. Appendix I विश्वस्तेषु हि तुष्टेषु). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0044-0045.

Verse 7 (13.203.7)

परस्परं कथा दिव्याः प्रावर्तन्त मनोरमाः । विष्णोर्नारायणस्यैव प्रसादात्कथयामि ताः ॥

parasparaṃ kathā divyāḥ prāvartanta manoramāḥ | viṣṇornārāyaṇasyaiva prasādātkathayāmi tāḥ

divine and delightful conversations began among them. By the favour of Vishnu Narayana himself, I shall tell them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0046-0047.

Verse 8 (13.203.8)

तस्यैव व्रतचर्यायां मुनिभिर्विस्मितं पुरा । यत्र गोवृषभाङ्कस्य प्रभावोऽभून्महात्मनः ॥

tasyaiva vratacaryāyāṃ munibhirvismitaṃ purā | yatra govṛṣabhāṅkasya prabhāvo'bhūnmahātmanaḥ

Once, during that same vow of his, the sages were struck with wonder, when the power of the great-souled one marked with the bull, Shiva, was revealed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0048-0049.

Verse 9 (13.203.9)

यत्र देवी महादेवमपृच्छत्संशयान्पुरा । कथयामास सर्वांस्तान्देव्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

yatra devī mahādevamapṛcchatsaṃśayānpurā | kathayāmāsa sarvāṃstāndevyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā

There the Goddess once asked Mahadeva her doubts, and he, wishing to please the Goddess, explained them all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0050-0051.

Verse 10 (13.203.10)

उमापत्योश्च संवादं शृणु तात मनोरमम् । वर्णाश्रमाणां धर्मश्च तत्र तात समाहितः ॥

umāpatyośca saṃvādaṃ śṛṇu tāta manoramam | varṇāśramāṇāṃ dharmaśca tatra tāta samāhitaḥ

Hear, dear child, the delightful dialogue of Uma and her lord. In it, dear one, are gathered the duties of the castes and the stages of life,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0052-0053.

Verse 11 (13.203.11)

ऋषिधर्मश्च निखिलो राजधर्मश्च पुष्कलः । गृहस्थधर्मश्च शुभः कर्मपाकफलानि च ॥

ṛṣidharmaśca nikhilo rājadharmaśca puṣkalaḥ | gṛhasthadharmaśca śubhaḥ karmapākaphalāni ca

the whole duty of the sages, the abundant duties of kings, the auspicious duties of the householder, and the fruits that ripen from deeds,

Note on the text: Corrected राजधर्मस्च → राजधर्मश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0054-0055.

Verse 12 (13.203.12)

देवगुह्यं च विविधं दानधर्मविधिस्तथा । विधानमत्र प्रोक्तं यद्यमस्य नियमस्य च ॥

devaguhyaṃ ca vividhaṃ dānadharmavidhistathā | vidhānamatra proktaṃ yadyamasya niyamasya ca

the manifold secrets of the gods, the rules of the duty of giving, and the rule laid down there about restraint and observance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0056-0057.

Verse 13 (13.203.13)

यमलोकविधानं च स्वर्गलोकगतिस्तथा । प्राणमोक्षविधिश्चैव तीर्थचर्या च पुष्कला ॥

yamalokavidhānaṃ ca svargalokagatistathā | prāṇamokṣavidhiścaiva tīrthacaryā ca puṣkalā

the rules concerning the world of Yama and the course to the world of heaven, the method of the release of the life-breath, and abundant teaching on pilgrimage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0058-0059.

Verse 14 (13.203.14)

मोक्षधर्मविधानं च साङ्ख्ययोगसमन्वितम् । स्त्रीधर्मश्च स्वयं देव्या देवदेवाय भाषितः ॥

mokṣadharmavidhānaṃ ca sāṅkhyayogasamanvitam | strīdharmaśca svayaṃ devyā devadevāya bhāṣitaḥ

the rules of the duty of liberation together with Sankhya and Yoga, and the duties of women, which the Goddess herself spoke to the God of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0060-0061.

Verse 15 (13.203.15)

एवमादि शुभं सर्वं तत्र तात समाहितम् । रुद्राण्याः संशयप्रश्नो यत्र तात प्रवर्तते ॥

evamādi śubhaṃ sarvaṃ tatra tāta samāhitam | rudrāṇyāḥ saṃśayapraśno yatra tāta pravartate

All this, and whatever else is auspicious, is gathered there, dear one, where the doubts and questions of Rudrani are put.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0062-0063.

Verse 16 (13.203.16)

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं धर्म्यं च परमं हितम् । पुष्टियोगमिमं दिव्यं कथ्यमानं मया शृणु ॥

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dharmyaṃ ca paramaṃ hitam | puṣṭiyogamimaṃ divyaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu

Listen to this divine means of thriving, which I now relate; it is blessed, gives fame and long life, is lawful and supremely beneficial.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0064-0065.

Verse 17 (13.203.17)

इतिहासमिमं दिव्यं पवित्रं परमं शुभम् । सायं प्रातः सदा सम्यक् श्रोतव्यं च बुभूषता ॥

itihāsamimaṃ divyaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ śubham | sāyaṃ prātaḥ sadā samyak śrotavyaṃ ca bubhūṣatā

This divine history, holy, supreme and auspicious, should be heard attentively, evening and morning always, by one who wishes to prosper.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0066-0067.

Verse 18 (13.203.18)

ततो नारायणो देवः संक्लिष्टो व्रतचर्यया । वह्निर्विनिःसृतो वक्त्रात्कृष्णस्याद्भुतदर्शनः ॥

tato nārāyaṇo devaḥ saṃkliṣṭo vratacaryayā | vahnirviniḥsṛto vaktrātkṛṣṇasyādbhutadarśanaḥ

Then, as the god Narayana was worn down by the practice of his vow, a fire of wondrous aspect burst forth from Krishna's mouth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0068-0069.

Verse 19 (13.203.19)

अग्निना तेन महता निःसृतेन मुखाद्विभोः । पश्यतामेव सर्वेषां दग्ध एव नगोत्तमः ॥

agninā tena mahatā niḥsṛtena mukhādvibhoḥ | paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ dagdha eva nagottamaḥ

As that great fire issued from the mouth of the Lord, the best of mountains was burnt before the eyes of all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0070-0071.

Verse 20 (13.203.20)

मृगपक्षिगणाकीर्णः श्वापदैरपि सङ्कुलः । वृक्षगुल्मलताकीर्णो मथितो दीनदर्शनः ॥

mṛgapakṣigaṇākīrṇaḥ śvāpadairapi saṅkulaḥ | vṛkṣagulmalatākīrṇo mathito dīnadarśanaḥ

Crowded with herds of deer and birds and with beasts of prey, overgrown with trees, bushes and creepers, it was ravaged and pitiable to see.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0072-0073.

Verse 21 (13.203.21)

पुनः स दृष्टमात्रेण हरिणा सौम्यचेतसा । स बभूव गिरिः क्षिप्रं प्रफुल्लद्रुमकाननः ॥

punaḥ sa dṛṣṭamātreṇa hariṇā saumyacetasā | sa babhūva giriḥ kṣipraṃ praphulladrumakānanaḥ

But at a mere glance from gentle-minded Hari, that mountain at once became again as it had been, its woods in flower.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0074-0075.

Verse 22 (13.203.22)

सिद्धचारणसङ्घैश्च प्रसन्नैरुपशोभितः । मत्तवारणसंयुक्तो नानापक्षिगणैर्युतः । तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च सर्वेषामभवद्भृशम् ॥

siddhacāraṇasaṅghaiśca prasannairupaśobhitaḥ | mattavāraṇasaṃyukto nānāpakṣigaṇairyutaḥ | tadadbhutamacintyaṃ ca sarveṣāmabhavadbhṛśam

Graced by delighted hosts of Siddhas and Charanas, with rutting elephants and many flocks of birds, that sight was wonderful and beyond thought to all of them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0076-0078.

Verse 23 (13.203.23)

तं दृष्ट्वा हृष्टरोमाणः सर्वे मुनिगणास्तदा । विस्मिताः परमायत्ताः साध्वसाकुललोचनाः । न किञ्चिदब्रुवंस्तत्र शुभं वा यदि वेतरत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ sarve munigaṇāstadā | vismitāḥ paramāyattāḥ sādhvasākulalocanāḥ | na kiñcidabruvaṃstatra śubhaṃ vā yadi vetarat

Seeing it, all the hosts of sages, their hair standing on end, were amazed and utterly overwhelmed, their eyes full of awe, and they said nothing there, either good or otherwise.

Note on the text: Corrected विस्तिताः → विस्मिताः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct; Appendix I reads vismitāḥ). Corrected साध्यसाकुल → साध्वसाकुल (misprint in Wikisource; साध्वस "fear"; Appendix I reads sādhvasākula). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0079-0081.

Verse 24 (13.203.24)

ततो नारायणो देवो मुनिसङ्घे तु विस्मिते । तान्समीक्ष्यैव मधुरं बभाषे पुष्करेक्षणः ॥

tato nārāyaṇo devo munisaṅghe tu vismite | tānsamīkṣyaiva madhuraṃ babhāṣe puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ

Then, as the company of sages stood amazed, the god Narayana, the lotus-eyed one, looked at them and spoke gently.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0082-0083.

Verse 25 (13.203.25)

किमर्थं मुनिसङ्घेऽस्मिन्विस्मयोऽयमनुत्तमः । एतन्मे संशयं सर्वे याथातथ्येन नन्दिताः । ऋषयो वक्तुमर्हन्ति निश्चयेनार्थकोविदाः ॥

kimarthaṃ munisaṅghe'sminvismayo'yamanuttamaḥ | etanme saṃśayaṃ sarve yāthātathyena nanditāḥ | ṛṣayo vaktumarhanti niścayenārthakovidāḥ

“Why has this supreme astonishment come over this company of sages? Let all you sages, content and skilled in the meaning of things, tell me truly and with certainty this doubt of mine.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0084-0086. Speaker: Krishna's own words, unheaded on the page (the next heading, at verse 30, is Shri Bhagavan); the input's carried-over Bhishma is corrected.

Verse 26 (13.203.26)

केशवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तुष्टुवुर्मुनिपुङ्गवाः । भवान्सृजति वै लोकान्भवान्संहरति प्रजाः । भवाञ्शीतं भवानुष्णं भवान्सत्यं भवान्क्रतुः ॥

keśavasya vacaḥ śrutvā tuṣṭuvurmunipuṅgavāḥ | bhavānsṛjati vai lokānbhavānsaṃharati prajāḥ | bhavāñśītaṃ bhavānuṣṇaṃ bhavānsatyaṃ bhavānkratuḥ

Hearing Keshava's words, the foremost sages praised him: “You create the worlds and you withdraw living beings; you are cold and you are heat; you are truth and you are sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0087-0089. Speaker: line a is narration, lines b-c are the sages' words; the verse is given to the sages. The page keeps Bhishma's heading here.

Verse 27 (13.203.27)

भवानादिर्भवानन्तो भवतोऽन्यन्न विद्यते । स्थावरं जङ्गमं सर्वं त्वमेव पुरुषोत्तम ॥

bhavānādirbhavānanto bhavato'nyanna vidyate | sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ sarvaṃ tvameva puruṣottama

You are the beginning and you are the end; nothing exists apart from you. The immovable and the moving, all of it, is you alone, O Supreme Person.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0090-0091. Speaker: the sages' words, unheaded on the page; the input's carried-over Bhishma is corrected.

Verse 28 (13.203.28)

त्वत्तः सर्वमिदं तात लोकचक्रं प्रवर्तते । त्वमेवार्हसि तद्वक्तुं मुखादग्निविनिर्गमम् ॥

tvattaḥ sarvamidaṃ tāta lokacakraṃ pravartate | tvamevārhasi tadvaktuṃ mukhādagnivinirgamam

From you, dear one, this wheel of the worlds goes forth. You alone are fit to tell us how the fire came out of your mouth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0092-0093. Speaker: the sages' words, unheaded on the page; the input's carried-over Bhishma is corrected.

Verse 29 (13.203.29)

एतन्नो विस्मयकरं बभूव मधुसूदन । ततो विगतसंत्रासा भवाम पुरुषोत्तम । यदिच्छेत्तत्र वक्तव्यं कुतोऽस्माकं नियोगतः ॥

etanno vismayakaraṃ babhūva madhusūdana | tato vigatasaṃtrāsā bhavāma puruṣottama | yadicchettatra vaktavyaṃ kuto'smākaṃ niyogataḥ

This has amazed us, O Madhusudana. Then we shall be freed from fear, O Supreme Person. Say there whatever you wish; how could we command you?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0094-0096. Speaker: the sages' words, unheaded on the page; the input's carried-over Bhishma is corrected. Appendix I places a speaker change after the second line of this verse.

Verse 30 (13.203.30)

नित्यं हितार्थं लोकानां भवद्भिः क्रियते तपः । तस्माल्लोकहितं गुह्यं श्रूयतां कथयामि वः ॥

nityaṃ hitārthaṃ lokānāṃ bhavadbhiḥ kriyate tapaḥ | tasmāllokahitaṃ guhyaṃ śrūyatāṃ kathayāmi vaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: “You constantly practise austerities for the good of the worlds; therefore I shall tell you a secret that concerns the welfare of the worlds. Listen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0097-0098.

Verse 31 (13.203.31)

असुरः साम्प्रतं कश्चिदहितो लोकनाशनः । मायास्त्रकुशलश्चैव बलदर्पसमन्वितः ॥

asuraḥ sāmprataṃ kaścidahito lokanāśanaḥ | māyāstrakuśalaścaiva baladarpasamanvitaḥ

There is at present a certain asura, an enemy and destroyer of the worlds, skilled in illusion and in missiles, and proud of his strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0099-0100.

Verse 32 (13.203.32)

बभूव स मया बद्धो लोकानां हितकाम्यया । पुत्रेण मे वधो दृष्टस्तस्य वै मुनिपुङ्गवाः ॥

babhūva sa mayā baddho lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | putreṇa me vadho dṛṣṭastasya vai munipuṅgavāḥ

He was bound by me, out of a wish for the good of the worlds. His death, O foremost sages, was foreseen to come from a son of mine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0101-0102.

Verse 33 (13.203.33)

तदर्थं पुत्रमेवाहं सिसृक्षुर्वनमागतः । आत्मनः सदृशं पुत्रमहं जनयितुं व्रतैः ॥

tadarthaṃ putramevāhaṃ sisṛkṣurvanamāgataḥ | ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ putramahaṃ janayituṃ vrataiḥ

For that purpose I came to the forest, wishing to create a son, a son like myself, to beget him by means of vows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0103-0104.

Verse 34 (13.203.34)

एवं व्रतपरीतस्य तपस्तीव्रतया मम । अथात्मा मम देहस्थः सोऽग्निर्भूत्वा विनिःसृतः ॥

evaṃ vrataparītasya tapastīvratayā mama | athātmā mama dehasthaḥ so'gnirbhūtvā viniḥsṛtaḥ

While I was thus bound to my vow, through the intensity of my austerity, my own self, dwelling in the body, became fire and went out.

Note on the text: Corrected सोग्निर्भूत्वा → सोऽग्निर्भूत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0105-0106.

Verse 35 (13.203.35)

विनिःसृत्य गतो द्रष्टुं क्षणेन च पितामहम् । ब्रह्मणा मन्मथोऽनङ्गः पुत्रत्वेन प्रकल्पितः । अनुज्ञातश्च तेनैव पुनरायान्ममान्तिकम् ॥

viniḥsṛtya gato draṣṭuṃ kṣaṇena ca pitāmaham | brahmaṇā manmatho'naṅgaḥ putratvena prakalpitaḥ | anujñātaśca tenaiva punarāyānmamāntikam

Having gone out, it went in a moment to see the Grandsire. Brahma designated Manmatha, the bodiless one, as my son, and with his leave it came back to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0107-0109.

Verse 36 (13.203.36)

एवं मे वैष्णवं तेजो मम वक्त्राद्विनिःसृतम् । तत्तेजसा निर्मथितः पुरतोऽयं गिरिः स्थितः ॥

evaṃ me vaiṣṇavaṃ tejo mama vaktrādviniḥsṛtam | tattejasā nirmathitaḥ purato'yaṃ giriḥ sthitaḥ

Thus this Vaishnava energy of mine came forth from my mouth, and by that energy this mountain standing before you was ravaged.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0110-0111.

Verse 37 (13.203.37)

दृष्ट्वा दाहं गिरेस्तस्य सौम्यभावतया मम । पुनः स दृष्टमात्रेण गिरिरासीद्यथा पुरा ॥

dṛṣṭvā dāhaṃ girestasya saumyabhāvatayā mama | punaḥ sa dṛṣṭamātreṇa girirāsīdyathā purā

Seeing the burning of that mountain, in my gentleness I looked again at it, and at a mere glance the mountain became as it was before.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0112-0113.

Verse 38 (13.203.38)

एतद्गुह्यं यथातथ्यं कथितं वः समासतः । भवन्तो व्यथिता येन विस्मिताश्च तपोधनाः ॥

etadguhyaṃ yathātathyaṃ kathitaṃ vaḥ samāsataḥ | bhavanto vyathitā yena vismitāśca tapodhanāḥ

This secret has been told to you truly and briefly, the secret that so troubled and amazed you, O ascetics.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0114-0115.

Verse 39 (13.203.39)

ऋषीणामेवमुक्त्वा तु तान्पुनः प्रत्यभाषत ॥

ṛṣīṇāmevamuktvā tu tānpunaḥ pratyabhāṣata

Having spoken thus to the sages, he addressed them again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0116. Speaker: narration (Bhishma), not the words of Shri Bhagavan under whose heading the page prints it; one line only, as printed.