Shiva Teaches the Dharma of the Forest Hermits

Verse 1 (13.209.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश त्रिपुरान्तक शङ्कर । अयं त्वृषिगणो देव तपस्तप इति प्रभो ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa tripurāntaka śaṅkara | ayaṃ tvṛṣigaṇo deva tapastapa iti prabho

“Blessed one, god of gods, lord, slayer of Tripura, Shankara! This company of sages, O Lord, is given to nothing but austerity upon austerity.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0568-0569.

Verse 2 (13.209.2)

तपसा कर्शितो नित्यं तपोऽर्जनपरायणः । अस्य किंलक्षणो धर्मः कीदृशश्चागमस्तथा । एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तन्मे वद वरप्रद ॥

tapasā karśito nityaṃ tapo'rjanaparāyaṇaḥ | asya kiṃlakṣaṇo dharmaḥ kīdṛśaścāgamastathā | etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ tanme vada varaprada

“Always wasted by austerity, bent only on amassing the merit of austerity — what marks their dharma, and what is the tradition behind it? This I wish to hear. Tell it to me, giver of boons.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0570-0572.

Verse 3 (13.209.3)

एवं ब्रुवन्त्यां रुद्राण्यामृषयः साधुसाध्विति । अब्रुवन्हृष्टमनसः सर्वे तद्गतमानसाः ॥

evaṃ bruvantyāṃ rudrāṇyāmṛṣayaḥ sādhusādhviti | abruvanhṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve tadgatamānasāḥ

While the consort of Rudra was speaking thus, the sages, glad at heart and with their minds wholly fixed on her, said, “Well said! Well said!”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0573-0574.

Verse 4 (13.209.4)

शृण्वन्तीमृषिधर्मांस्तु ऋषयश्चाभ्यपूजयन् ॥

śṛṇvantīmṛṣidharmāṃstu ṛṣayaścābhyapūjayan

As she listened to the dharma of the sages, the sages also paid her honour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0575.

Verse 5 (13.209.5)

त्वत्प्रसादाद्वयं देवि श्रोष्यामः परमं हितम् । धन्याः खलु वयं सर्वे पादमूलं तवाश्रिताः । इति सर्वे तदा देवीं वाचा समभिपूजयन् ॥

tvatprasādādvayaṃ devi śroṣyāmaḥ paramaṃ hitam | dhanyāḥ khalu vayaṃ sarve pādamūlaṃ tavāśritāḥ | iti sarve tadā devīṃ vācā samabhipūjayan

“By your grace, O goddess, we shall hear what is supreme and beneficial. Blessed indeed are we all, who have come to take refuge at your feet.” So, then, all of them honoured the goddess with their words.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वत्प्रसादद्वयं → त्वत्प्रसादाद्वयं (misprint in Wikisource; the ablative ending is lost, so the words do not parse; Appendix I reads tvatprasādād vayaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0576-0578.

Verse 6 (13.209.6)

न्यायतस्त्वं महाभागे श्रोतुकामा मनस्विनि । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि मुनिधर्मं शुचिस्मिते ॥

nyāyatastvaṃ mahābhāge śrotukāmā manasvini | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi munidharmaṃ śucismite

“Rightly do you wish to hear, O highly fortunate and thoughtful one. Come, I shall tell you the dharma of the sages, O fair-smiling one.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0579-0580.

Verse 7 (13.209.7)

वानप्रस्थं समाश्रित्य क्रियते बहुधा नरैः । बहुशाखो बहुविधो ऋषिधर्मः सनातनः ॥

vānaprasthaṃ samāśritya kriyate bahudhā naraiḥ | bahuśākho bahuvidho ṛṣidharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

“Men follow it in many ways, taking refuge in the life of the forest-dweller. The dharma of the sages is eternal, with many branches and of many kinds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0581-0582.

Verse 8 (13.209.8)

प्रायशः सर्वभोगार्थमृषिभिः क्रियते तपः । तथा सञ्चरतां तेषां देवि धर्मविधिं शृणु ॥

prāyaśaḥ sarvabhogārthamṛṣibhiḥ kriyate tapaḥ | tathā sañcaratāṃ teṣāṃ devi dharmavidhiṃ śṛṇu

“For the most part the sages practise austerity for the sake of every kind of enjoyment. Hear, O goddess, the rule of dharma for those who live in this way.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0583-0584.

Verse 9 (13.209.9)

भूत्वा पूर्वं गृहस्थस्तु पुत्रानृण्यमवाप्य च । कलत्रकार्यं संस्थाप्य कारणात्संत्यजेद्गृहम् ॥

bhūtvā pūrvaṃ gṛhasthastu putrānṛṇyamavāpya ca | kalatrakāryaṃ saṃsthāpya kāraṇātsaṃtyajedgṛham

“Having first been a householder, having discharged his debt through sons, and having settled the affairs of his wife, he should, for good cause, leave his home.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0585-0586.

Verse 10 (13.209.10)

अवस्थाप्य मनो धृत्या व्यवसायपुरःसरः । निर्दारो वा सदारो वा वनवासाय संव्रजेत् ॥

avasthāpya mano dhṛtyā vyavasāyapuraḥsaraḥ | nirdāro vā sadāro vā vanavāsāya saṃvrajet

“Steadying his mind with firmness, with resolve going before him, whether without a wife or with her, let him set out to live in the forest.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0587-0588.

Verse 11 (13.209.11)

देशाः परमपुण्या ये नदीवनसमन्विताः । अबोधमुक्ताः प्रायेण तीर्थायतनसंयुताः ॥

deśāḥ paramapuṇyā ye nadīvanasamanvitāḥ | abodhamuktāḥ prāyeṇa tīrthāyatanasaṃyutāḥ

“There are exceedingly holy regions, rich in rivers and woods, for the most part free of ignorance, and furnished with sacred fords and shrines.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0589-0590.

Verse 12 (13.209.12)

तत्र गत्वा विधिं ज्ञात्वा दीक्षां कुर्याद्यथागमम् । दीक्षित्वैकमना भूत्वा परिचर्यां समाचरेत् ॥

tatra gatvā vidhiṃ jñātvā dīkṣāṃ kuryādyathāgamam | dīkṣitvaikamanā bhūtvā paricaryāṃ samācaret

“Going there and learning the rule, let him take initiation according to the scripture; having been initiated, let him, single-minded, carry out his service.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0591-0592.

Verse 13 (13.209.13)

काल्योत्थानं च शौचं च सर्वदेवप्रणामनम् । सकृदालेपनं काये त्यक्तदोषोऽप्रमादिता ॥

kālyotthānaṃ ca śaucaṃ ca sarvadevapraṇāmanam | sakṛdālepanaṃ kāye tyaktadoṣo'pramāditā

“Rising at dawn, cleanliness, bowing to all the gods, smearing the body once, giving up faults, and heedfulness —”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0593-0594.

Verse 14 (13.209.14)

सायंप्रातश्चाभिषेकं चाग्निहोत्रं यथाविधि । काले शौचं च कार्यं च जटावल्कलधारणम् ॥

sāyaṃprātaścābhiṣekaṃ cāgnihotraṃ yathāvidhi | kāle śaucaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca jaṭāvalkaladhāraṇam

“bathing at dusk and at dawn, the fire-offering according to rule, cleanliness and duty at the proper time, and wearing matted hair and bark garments;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0595-0596.

Verse 15 (13.209.15)

सततं वनचर्या च समित्कुसुमकारणात् । नीवाराग्रयणं काले शाकमूलोपचायनम् ॥

satataṃ vanacaryā ca samitkusumakāraṇāt | nīvārāgrayaṇaṃ kāle śākamūlopacāyanam

“constant roaming in the forest to gather firewood and flowers, in due season the first-fruit offering of wild rice, and the gathering of greens and roots;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0597-0598.

Verse 16 (13.209.16)

सदायतनशौचं च तस्य धर्माय चेष्यते । अतिथीनामाभिमुख्यं तत्परत्वं च सर्वदा ॥

sadāyatanaśaucaṃ ca tasya dharmāya ceṣyate | atithīnāmābhimukhyaṃ tatparatvaṃ ca sarvadā

“keeping his dwelling always clean — this is prescribed for the sake of his dharma — and always turning to guests and being devoted to 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 0599-0600.

Verse 17 (13.209.17)

पाद्यासनाभ्यां सम्पूज्य तथाऽऽहारनिमन्त्रणम् । अग्राम्यपचनं काले पितृदेवार्चनं तथा ॥

pādyāsanābhyāṃ sampūjya tathā''hāranimantraṇam | agrāmyapacanaṃ kāle pitṛdevārcanaṃ tathā

“honouring them with water for the feet and a seat, then inviting them to a meal, in due season cooking food not of the village, and worshipping the ancestors and the 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 0601-0602.

Verse 18 (13.209.18)

पश्चादतिथिसत्कारस्तस्य धर्मः सनातनः । शिष्टैर्धर्मासने चैव धर्मार्थसहिताः कथाः ॥

paścādatithisatkārastasya dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | śiṣṭairdharmāsane caiva dharmārthasahitāḥ kathāḥ

“afterwards, the hospitable entertainment of guests — this is his eternal dharma; and, among the cultured, seated at the seat of dharma, talk that bears on dharma and profit;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0603-0604.

Verse 19 (13.209.19)

प्रतिश्रयविभागश्च भूमिशय्या शिलासु वा । व्रतोपवासयोगश्च क्षमा चेन्द्रियनिग्रहः ॥

pratiśrayavibhāgaśca bhūmiśayyā śilāsu vā | vratopavāsayogaśca kṣamā cendriyanigrahaḥ

“sharing his shelter with others, sleeping on the ground or on stones, keeping vows and fasts, forbearance, and restraint of the senses;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0605-0606.

Verse 20 (13.209.20)

दिवारात्रं यथायोगं शौचं धर्मस्य चिन्तनम् । एवं धर्माः पुरा दृष्टाः सामान्या वनवासिनाम् ॥

divārātraṃ yathāyogaṃ śaucaṃ dharmasya cintanam | evaṃ dharmāḥ purā dṛṣṭāḥ sāmānyā vanavāsinām

“by day and night, as occasion requires, cleanliness and reflection on dharma. Such were the dharmas seen of old, common to all who live in the forest.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0607-0608.

Verse 21 (13.209.21)

एवं वै यतमानस्य कालधर्मो यथा भवेत् । तथैव सोऽभिजयति स्वर्गलोकं शुचिस्मिते ॥

evaṃ vai yatamānasya kāladharmo yathā bhavet | tathaiva so'bhijayati svargalokaṃ śucismite

“One who strives in this way, when the time of death comes, at once wins the world of heaven, O fair-smiling one.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0609-0610.

Verse 22 (13.209.22)

तत्र संविदिता भोगाः स्वर्गस्त्रीभिरनिन्दिते । परिभ्रष्टो यथा स्वर्गाद्विशिष्टस्तु भवेन्नृषु ॥

tatra saṃviditā bhogāḥ svargastrībhiranindite | paribhraṣṭo yathā svargādviśiṣṭastu bhavennṛṣu

“There, enjoyments await him in the company of the women of heaven, O blameless one; and when he falls from heaven, he becomes the foremost among men.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0611-0612.

Verse 23 (13.209.23)

एवं धर्मस्तथा देवि सर्वेषां वनवासिनाम् । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

evaṃ dharmastathā devi sarveṣāṃ vanavāsinām | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

“Such, goddess, is the dharma of all who dwell in the forest. All this I have told you. What more do you wish to hear?”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0613-0614.

Verse 24 (13.209.24)

भगवन्देवदेवेश ऋषीणां चरितं शुभम् । विशेषधर्मानिच्छामि श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa ṛṣīṇāṃ caritaṃ śubham | viśeṣadharmānicchāmi śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

“Blessed one, god of gods, the conduct of the sages is auspicious. I wish to hear their special duties, for my curiosity is great.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0615-0616.

Verse 25 (13.209.25)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि समाहिता ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu devi samāhitā

“That I shall tell you. Listen, goddess, with a collected mind.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0617.

Verse 26 (13.209.26)

वननित्यैर्वनरतैर्वानप्रस्थैर्महर्षिभिः । वनं गुरुमिवालम्ब्य वस्तव्यमिति निश्चयः ॥

vananityairvanaratairvānaprasthairmaharṣibhiḥ | vanaṃ gurumivālambya vastavyamiti niścayaḥ

“Those sages, the forest-dwellers, constantly at home in the forest and delighting in it, resting on the forest as on a teacher, hold that they must live in the forest.”

Note on the text: Corrected वस्तुव्यमिति → वस्तव्यमिति (misprint in Wikisource; not a Sanskrit form; Appendix I reads vastavyam iti). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0618-0619.

Verse 27 (13.209.27)

वीरशय्यामुपासद्भिर्वीरस्थानोपसेविभिः । व्रतोपवासैर्बहुलैर्ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपैस्तथा ॥

vīraśayyāmupāsadbhirvīrasthānopasevibhiḥ | vratopavāsairbahulairgrīṣme pañcatapaistathā

“Some lie in the hero’s posture and keep to hero’s stations, with many vows and fasts, and in summer with the five fires;”

Note on the text: Corrected वारस्थानोपसेविभिः → वीरस्थानोपसेविभिः (misprint in Wikisource; the "hero's posture/station" sense requires vīra-; Appendix I reads vīrasthānopasevibhiḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0620-0621.

Verse 28 (13.209.28)

पञ्चयज्ञपरैर्नित्यं पौर्णमास्यापरायणैः । मण्डूकशायैर्हेमन्ते शैवालाङ्कुरभोजनैः ॥

pañcayajñaparairnityaṃ paurṇamāsyāparāyaṇaiḥ | maṇḍūkaśāyairhemante śaivālāṅkurabhojanaiḥ

“some are ever devoted to the five great sacrifices and intent on the full-moon rites; in winter some rest like frogs in the water and live on moss and sprouts;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0622-0623.

Verse 29 (13.209.29)

चीरवल्कलसंवीतैर्मृगाजिनधरैस्तथा । चातुर्मास्यपरैः कैश्चिद्देवधर्मपरायणैः ॥

cīravalkalasaṃvītairmṛgājinadharaistathā | cāturmāsyaparaiḥ kaiściddevadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ

“some are clothed in bark and rags, others wear the skins of deer, and some are devoted to the four-month vows and intent on the duties owed to the 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 0624-0625.

Verse 30 (13.209.30)

एवंविधैर्वनेवासैस्तप्यते सुमहत्तपः । एवं कृत्वा शुभं कर्म पश्चाद्याति त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

evaṃvidhairvanevāsaistapyate sumahattapaḥ | evaṃ kṛtvā śubhaṃ karma paścādyāti triviṣṭapam

“By such forest-dwellers a very great austerity is performed. Having done such good deeds, he afterwards goes to heaven.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0626-0627.

Verse 31 (13.209.31)

तत्रापि सुमहत्कालं संविहृत्य यथासुखम् । जायते मानुषे लोके दानभोगसमन्वितः ॥

tatrāpi sumahatkālaṃ saṃvihṛtya yathāsukham | jāyate mānuṣe loke dānabhogasamanvitaḥ

“There too he roams at ease for a very long time, and then is born in the human world, endowed with charity and enjoyment.”

Note on the text: Corrected संविहृत्यि → संविहृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign on the absolutive; Appendix I reads vihṛtya). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0628-0629.

Verse 32 (13.209.32)

तपोविशेषसंयुक्ताः कथितास्ते शुचिस्मिते ॥

tapoviśeṣasaṃyuktāḥ kathitāste śucismite

“Those who are endowed with special austerities have been described to you, O fair-smiling one.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0630.

Verse 33 (13.209.33)

भगवन्देवदेवेश तेषु ये दारसंयुताः । कीदृशं चरितं तेषां तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa teṣu ye dārasaṃyutāḥ | kīdṛśaṃ caritaṃ teṣāṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Blessed one, god of gods, among them, what is the conduct of those who live with their wives? You should tell me that.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0631-0632.

Verse 34 (13.209.34)

य एकपत्नीधर्माणश्चरन्ति विपुलं तपः । विंध्यपादेषु ये केचिद्ये च नैमिषवासिनः ॥

ya ekapatnīdharmāṇaścaranti vipulaṃ tapaḥ | viṃdhyapādeṣu ye kecidye ca naimiṣavāsinaḥ

“Those who hold to the dharma of a single wife and practise vast austerity — some on the slopes of the Vindhya, and some who dwell at Naimisha,”

Note on the text: Corrected नैमिशवासिनः → नैमिषवासिनः (misprint in Wikisource; the sacred forest is Naimisha; Appendix I reads naimiṣavāsinaḥ). Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0633-0634.

Verse 35 (13.209.35)

पुष्करेषु च ये चान्ये नदीवनसमाश्रिताः । सर्वे ते विधिदृष्टेन चरन्ति विपुलं तपः ॥

puṣkareṣu ca ye cānye nadīvanasamāśritāḥ | sarve te vidhidṛṣṭena caranti vipulaṃ tapaḥ

“and others at Pushkara, who live by rivers and woods — all of them practise vast austerity as the rule prescribes.”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0635-0636.

Verse 36 (13.209.36)

हिंसाद्रोहविमुक्ताश्च सर्वभूतानुकम्पिनः । शान्ता दान्ता जितक्रोधाः सर्वातिथ्यपरायणाः ॥

hiṃsādrohavimuktāśca sarvabhūtānukampinaḥ | śāntā dāntā jitakrodhāḥ sarvātithyaparāyaṇāḥ

“Free from violence and malice, compassionate to all beings, peaceful, self-controlled, victors over anger, devoted to hospitality toward all,”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0637-0638.

Verse 37 (13.209.37)

प्राणिष्वात्मोपमा नित्यमृतुकालाभिगामिनः । स्वदारसहिता देवि चरन्ति व्रतमुत्तमम् ॥

prāṇiṣvātmopamā nityamṛtukālābhigāminaḥ | svadārasahitā devi caranti vratamuttamam

“regarding all creatures as themselves, approaching their wives only in the proper season, O goddess, they keep the highest vow together with their wives.”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0639-0640.

Verse 38 (13.209.38)

वसन्ति सुखमव्यग्राः पुत्रदारसमन्विताः । तेषां परिच्छदारम्भाः कृतोपकरणानि च ॥

vasanti sukhamavyagrāḥ putradārasamanvitāḥ | teṣāṃ paricchadārambhāḥ kṛtopakaraṇāni ca

“They live happily and undisturbed with their sons and wives; they have their household undertakings and the implements they have made.”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0641-0642.

Verse 39 (13.209.39)

गृहस्थवद्द्वितीयं ते यथायोगं प्रमाणतः । पोषणार्थं स्वदाराणामग्निकार्यार्थमेव च । गावश्च कर्षणं चैव सर्वमेतद्विधीयते ॥

gṛhasthavaddvitīyaṃ te yathāyogaṃ pramāṇataḥ | poṣaṇārthaṃ svadārāṇāmagnikāryārthameva ca | gāvaśca karṣaṇaṃ caiva sarvametadvidhīyate

“Like a householder’s, a second household of theirs, suitable and in due measure, is provided: for the support of their wives and for the needs of the sacred fire, and also cows and tilling — all this is prescribed.”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0643-0645.

Verse 40 (13.209.40)

एवं वनगतैर्देवि कर्तव्यं दारसङ्ग्रहैः । ते स्वदारैः समायान्ति पुण्याँल्लोकान्दृढव्रताः ॥

evaṃ vanagatairdevi kartavyaṃ dārasaṅgrahaiḥ | te svadāraiḥ samāyānti puṇyām̐llokāndṛḍhavratāḥ

“Thus, goddess, must it be done by those who live in the forest with their wives. With their wives they reach the holy worlds, firm in their vows.”

Note on the text: Corrected द्दढव्रताः → दृढव्रताः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct for दृढ; Appendix I reads dṛḍhavratāḥ). Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0646-0647.

Verse 41 (13.209.41)

पतिभिः सह ये दाराश्चरन्ति विपुलं तपः । अव्यग्रभावादैकात्म्यात्ताश्च गच्छन्ति वै दिवम् । एतत्ते कथितं देवि किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

patibhiḥ saha ye dārāścaranti vipulaṃ tapaḥ | avyagrabhāvādaikātmyāttāśca gacchanti vai divam | etatte kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

“The wives who practise vast austerity together with their husbands, with undisturbed minds and oneness of spirit, they too go to heaven. This I have told you, goddess. What more do you wish to hear?”

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints the heading as महेश्व उवाच (truncated); corrected to महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0648-0650.