The Rewards of the Forest Hermits

Verse 1 (13.210.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश तेषां कर्मफलं प्रभो । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं देव प्रसादात्ते वरप्रद ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa teṣāṃ karmaphalaṃ prabho | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ deva prasādātte varaprada

“Blessed one, god of gods, lord — I wish to hear the fruit of their deeds, O god, by your grace, 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 0651-0652.

Verse 2 (13.210.2)

वानप्रस्थगतं सर्वं फलपाकं शृणु प्रिये ॥

vānaprasthagataṃ sarvaṃ phalapākaṃ śṛṇu priye

“Hear, dear one, the whole ripening of the fruit of the forest-hermit’s 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 0653.

Verse 3 (13.210.3)

अग्नियोगं व्रजन्ग्रीष्मे ततो द्वादशवार्षिकम् । रुद्रलोकेऽभिजायेत विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

agniyogaṃ vrajangrīṣme tato dvādaśavārṣikam | rudraloke'bhijāyeta vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

“A man who takes up the fire-discipline in summer and keeps it for twelve years is born in the world of Rudra, by a deed done as the rule prescribes.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0654-0655.

Verse 4 (13.210.4)

उपवासव्रतं कुर्वन्वर्षाकाले दृढव्रतः । सोमलोकेऽभिजायेत नरो द्वादशवार्षिकम् ॥

upavāsavrataṃ kurvanvarṣākāle dṛḍhavrataḥ | somaloke'bhijāyeta naro dvādaśavārṣikam

“He who, firm in his vow, keeps the fasting vow in the rainy season for twelve years is born in the world of Soma.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0656-0657.

Verse 5 (13.210.5)

काष्ठवन्मौनमास्थाय नरो द्वादशवार्षिकम् । मरुतां लोकमास्थाय तत्र भोगैश्च युज्यते ॥

kāṣṭhavanmaunamāsthāya naro dvādaśavārṣikam | marutāṃ lokamāsthāya tatra bhogaiśca yujyate

“A man who takes up silence like a log of wood for twelve years reaches the world of the Maruts and is joined there with enjoyments.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0658-0659.

Verse 6 (13.210.6)

कुशशर्करसंयुक्ते स्थण्डिले संविशन्मुनिः । यक्षलोकेऽभिजायेत सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥

kuśaśarkarasaṃyukte sthaṇḍile saṃviśanmuniḥ | yakṣaloke'bhijāyeta sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

“The sage who lies down on bare ground strewn with kusha grass and gravel is born in the world of the Yakshas for fourteen thousand —”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0660-0661. Wikisource reads कुशशर्कर-; Appendix I reads kaṇṭakaśarkara- (variant kept).

Verse 7 (13.210.7)

वर्षाणां भोगसंयुक्तो नरो द्वादशवार्षिकम् । वीरासनगतो यस्तु कण्टकाफलकाश्रितः । गन्धर्वेष्वभिजायेत नरो द्वादशवार्षिकम् ॥

varṣāṇāṃ bhogasaṃyukto naro dvādaśavārṣikam | vīrāsanagato yastu kaṇṭakāphalakāśritaḥ | gandharveṣvabhijāyeta naro dvādaśavārṣikam

“years, joined with enjoyment — the man of twelve years’ practice. And the man who, for twelve years, takes the hero’s posture, resting on a plank of thorns, is born among the Gandharvas.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0662-0664.

Verse 8 (13.210.8)

वीरस्थायी चोर्ध्वबाहुर्नरो द्वादशवार्षिकम् । देवलोकेऽभिजायेत दिव्यभोगसमन्वितः ॥

vīrasthāyī cordhvabāhurnaro dvādaśavārṣikam | devaloke'bhijāyeta divyabhogasamanvitaḥ

“One who stands in the hero’s stance with arms raised for twelve years is born in the world of the gods, endowed with divine enjoyments.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0665-0666.

Verse 9 (13.210.9)

पादाङ्गुष्ठेन यस्तिष्ठेदूर्ध्वबाहुर्जितेन्द्रियः । इन्द्रलोकेऽभिजायेत सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥

pādāṅguṣṭhena yastiṣṭhedūrdhvabāhurjitendriyaḥ | indraloke'bhijāyeta sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

“One who stands on the tip of his big toe with arms raised, his senses conquered, is born in the world of Indra for fourteen thousand —”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0667-0668.

Verse 10 (13.210.10)

आहारनियमं कृत्वा मुनिर्द्वादशवार्षिकम् । नागलोकेऽभिजायेत संवत्सरगणान्बहून् ॥

āhāraniyamaṃ kṛtvā munirdvādaśavārṣikam | nāgaloke'bhijāyeta saṃvatsaragaṇānbahūn

“years. A sage who keeps a rule of diet for twelve years is born in the world of the Nagas for many 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 0669-0670.

Verse 11 (13.210.11)

एवं दृढव्रता देवि वानप्रस्थाश्च कर्मभिः । स्थानेषु तत्र तिष्ठन्ति तत्तद्भोगसमन्विताः ॥

evaṃ dṛḍhavratā devi vānaprasthāśca karmabhiḥ | sthāneṣu tatra tiṣṭhanti tattadbhogasamanvitāḥ

“Thus, goddess, the forest-hermits who are firm in their vows, through their deeds, abide in those realms, each endowed with its own enjoyments.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0671-0672.

Verse 12 (13.210.12)

तेभ्यो भ्रष्टाः पुनर्देवि जायन्ते नृषु भोगिनः । वर्णोत्तमकुलेष्वेव धनधान्यसमन्विताः ॥

tebhyo bhraṣṭāḥ punardevi jāyante nṛṣu bhoginaḥ | varṇottamakuleṣveva dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ

“Fallen from those worlds, goddess, they are born again among men as enjoyers, in the best families of the castes, endowed with wealth and grain.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0673-0674.

Verse 13 (13.210.13)

एतत्ते कथितं देवि किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

etatte kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

“This I have told you, goddess. 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 0675.

Verse 14 (13.210.14)

एषां यथा वराणां तु धर्ममिच्छामि मानद । कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टस्तन्मे ब्रूहि महेश्वर ॥

eṣāṃ yathā varāṇāṃ tu dharmamicchāmi mānada | kṛpayā parayā''viṣṭastanme brūhi maheśvara

“O giver of honour, I wish to know the dharma of those others as well, the excellent ones. Moved by supreme compassion, tell me that, Maheshvara.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0676-0677. Wikisource reads एषां यथा वराणाम् (Appendix I: yāyāvarāṇām, "wandering ascetics"); kept as the base reading.

Verse 15 (13.210.15)

धर्मं यथा वराणां त्वं शृणु भामिनि तत्परा ॥

dharmaṃ yathā varāṇāṃ tvaṃ śṛṇu bhāmini tatparā

“Hear, radiant lady, with attention, the dharma of the excellent ones.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0678. Wikisource reads यथा वराणाम् (Appendix I: yāyāvarāṇām); kept as the base reading.

Verse 16 (13.210.16)

व्रतोपवासशुद्धाङ्गास्तीर्थस्नानपरायणाः । धृतिमन्तः क्षमायुक्ताः सत्यव्रतपरायणाः ॥

vratopavāsaśuddhāṅgāstīrthasnānaparāyaṇāḥ | dhṛtimantaḥ kṣamāyuktāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ

“Their limbs purified by vows and fasts, devoted to bathing at the sacred fords, steadfast, forbearing, and devoted to the vow of truth,”

Note on the text: Corrected धृतिमन्तःक क्षमायुक्ताः → धृतिमन्तः क्षमायुक्ताः (misprint in Wikisource; stray क after the visarga; Appendix I reads dhṛtimantaḥ kṣamāyuktāḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0679-0680.

Verse 17 (13.210.17)

पक्षमासोपवासैश्च कर्शिता धर्मदर्शिनः । वर्षैः शीतातपैश्चैव कुर्वन्तः परमं तपः ॥

pakṣamāsopavāsaiśca karśitā dharmadarśinaḥ | varṣaiḥ śītātapaiścaiva kurvantaḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ

“wasted by fasts of a fortnight and of a month, seers of dharma, practising supreme austerity through rains, cold and heat,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0681-0682.

Verse 18 (13.210.18)

कालयोगेन गच्छन्ति शक्रलोकं शुचिस्मिते । तत्र ते भोगसंयुक्ता दिव्यगन्धसमन्विताः ॥

kālayogena gacchanti śakralokaṃ śucismite | tatra te bhogasaṃyuktā divyagandhasamanvitāḥ

“in the course of time they go to the world of Shakra, O fair-smiling one. There they are joined with enjoyments, endowed with divine fragrances,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0683-0684.

Verse 19 (13.210.19)

दिव्यभूषणसंयुक्ता विमानवरसंयुताः । विचरन्ति यथाकामं दिव्यस्त्रीगणसंयुताः । एतत्ते कथितं देवि किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

divyabhūṣaṇasaṃyuktā vimānavarasaṃyutāḥ | vicaranti yathākāmaṃ divyastrīgaṇasaṃyutāḥ | etatte kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

“adorned with divine ornaments and possessed of excellent celestial cars, and they roam at will in the company of hosts of divine women. This I have told you, goddess. 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 0685-0687.

Verse 20 (13.210.20)

तेषां चक्रचराणां च धर्ममिच्छामि वै प्रभो ॥

teṣāṃ cakracarāṇāṃ ca dharmamicchāmi vai prabho

“Lord, I wish to know the dharma of the wheel-goers, the chakracharas.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0688.

Verse 21 (13.210.21)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु शाकटिकं शुभे ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu śākaṭikaṃ śubhe

“Come, I shall tell you; hear of the cart-folk, O auspicious 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 0689.

Verse 22 (13.210.22)

संवहन्तो धुरं दानैः शकटानां तु सर्वदा । प्रार्थयन्ते यथाकालं शकटैर्भैक्षचर्यया ॥

saṃvahanto dhuraṃ dānaiḥ śakaṭānāṃ tu sarvadā | prārthayante yathākālaṃ śakaṭairbhaikṣacaryayā

“Always bearing the yoke of their carts by means of gifts, they beg in due season by means of their carts, living by alms.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0690-0691.

Verse 23 (13.210.23)

तपोर्जनपरा धीरास्तपसा क्षीणकल्मषाः । पर्यटन्तो दिशः सर्वाः कामक्रोधविवर्जिताः ॥

taporjanaparā dhīrāstapasā kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ | paryaṭanto diśaḥ sarvāḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitāḥ

“Steadfast, intent on amassing austerity, their sins worn away by austerity, wandering in all directions, free of desire and anger,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0692-0693.

Verse 24 (13.210.24)

तेनैव कालयोगेन त्रिदिवं यान्ति शोभने । तत्र प्रमुदिता भोगैर्विचरन्ति यथासुखम् ॥

tenaiva kālayogena tridivaṃ yānti śobhane | tatra pramuditā bhogairvicaranti yathāsukham

“by that same course of time they go to heaven, O auspicious one; there, delighted with enjoyments, they roam at ease.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0698-0699. Appendix I lines 0694-0697 (svavaśād eva te mṛtyum…, indraloke tathā teṣām…, amaraiḥ saha…, varāpsarobhiḥ…) follow the wanderers passage there but are absent from Wikisource at this point (not added); Wikisource has them under the Vaikhanasas (verses 31-33).

Verse 25 (13.210.25)

एतत्ते कथितं देवि किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

etatte kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

“This I have told you, goddess. 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 0700.

Verse 26 (13.210.26)

वैखानसानां वै धर्मं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥

vaikhānasānāṃ vai dharmaṃ śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho

“Lord, I wish to hear the dharma of the Vaikhanasas.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0701.

Verse 27 (13.210.27)

ते वै वैखानसा नाम वानप्रस्थाः शुभेक्षणे । तीव्रेण तपसा युक्ता दीप्तिमन्तः स्वतेजसा । सत्यव्रतपरा धीरास्तेषां निष्कल्मषं तपः ॥

te vai vaikhānasā nāma vānaprasthāḥ śubhekṣaṇe | tīvreṇa tapasā yuktā dīptimantaḥ svatejasā | satyavrataparā dhīrāsteṣāṃ niṣkalmaṣaṃ tapaḥ

“Those, O fair-eyed one, are the forest-hermits called Vaikhanasas, joined with fierce austerity, shining with their own radiance, firm in their vows of truth. Stainless is their 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 0702-0704.

Verse 28 (13.210.28)

अश्मकुट्टास्तथाऽन्ये च दन्तोलूखलिनस्तथा । शीर्णपर्णाशिनश्चान्ये उञ्छवृत्तास्तथा परे ॥

aśmakuṭṭāstathā'nye ca dantolūkhalinastathā | śīrṇaparṇāśinaścānye uñchavṛttāstathā pare

“Some are the stone-pounders, others use their teeth as mortars; others eat fallen leaves, and still others live by gleaning grains.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0705-0706.

Verse 29 (13.210.29)

कपोतवृत्तयश्चान्ये कापोतीं वृत्तिमाश्रिताः । पशुप्रचारनिरताः फेनपाश्च तथा परे ॥

kapotavṛttayaścānye kāpotīṃ vṛttimāśritāḥ | paśupracāraniratāḥ phenapāśca tathā pare

“Others live like pigeons, following the pigeon’s way of life; others are intent on roaming with the animals, and others still drink only foam.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0707-0708.

Verse 30 (13.210.30)

मृगवन्मृगचर्यायां सञ्चरन्ति तथा परे । अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च निराहारास्तथैव च ॥

mṛgavanmṛgacaryāyāṃ sañcaranti tathā pare | abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca nirāhārāstathaiva ca

“Others roam about like deer, in the manner of deer; some live on water alone, some on air alone, and some on no food at 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 0709-0710.

Verse 31 (13.210.31)

केचिच्चरन्ति सद्विष्णोः पादपूजनमुत्तमम् । सञ्चरन्ति तपो घोरं व्याधिमृत्युविवर्जिताः । स्ववशादेव ते मृत्युं भीषयन्ति च नित्यशः ॥

keciccaranti sadviṣṇoḥ pādapūjanamuttamam | sañcaranti tapo ghoraṃ vyādhimṛtyuvivarjitāḥ | svavaśādeva te mṛtyuṃ bhīṣayanti ca nityaśaḥ

“Some perform the supreme worship of the feet of the good Vishnu. They practise dire austerity, free of disease and death, and by their own will alone they ever frighten death.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0711-0712. The first line (केचिच्चरन्ति सद्विष्णोः पादपूजनमुत्तमम्) is not in Appendix I (vulgate only); the other lines match Appendix I 0711-0712.

Verse 32 (13.210.32)

इन्द्रलोके तथा तेषां निर्मिता भोगसञ्चयाः । अमरैः समतां यान्ति देववद्भोगसंयुताः ॥

indraloke tathā teṣāṃ nirmitā bhogasañcayāḥ | amaraiḥ samatāṃ yānti devavadbhogasaṃyutāḥ

“In the world of Indra, stores of enjoyments have been prepared for them; they attain equality with the immortals, endowed with enjoyments like 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 0713-0714.

Verse 33 (13.210.33)

वराप्सरोभिः संयुक्ताश्चिरकालमनिन्दिते । एतत्ते कथितं देवि भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

varāpsarobhiḥ saṃyuktāścirakālamanindite | etatte kathitaṃ devi bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

“joined with excellent apsarases for a long time, O blameless one. This I have told you, goddess. 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 0715-0716.

Verse 34 (13.210.34)

भगवञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि वालखिल्यांस्तपोधनान् ॥

bhagavañśrotumicchāmi vālakhilyāṃstapodhanān

“Blessed one, I wish to hear about the Valakhilyas, rich in 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 0717.

Verse 35 (13.210.35)

धर्मचर्यां तथा देवि वालखिल्यगतां शृणु ॥

dharmacaryāṃ tathā devi vālakhilyagatāṃ śṛṇu

“Hear, goddess, the way of dharma that belongs to the Valakhilyas.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0718.

Verse 36 (13.210.36)

मृगनिर्मोकवसना निर्द्वन्द्वास्ते तपोधनाः । अङ्गुष्ठमात्राः सुश्रोणि तेष्वेवाङ्गेषु संश्रिताः ॥

mṛganirmokavasanā nirdvandvāste tapodhanāḥ | aṅguṣṭhamātrāḥ suśroṇi teṣvevāṅgeṣu saṃśritāḥ

“Clad in the cast-off skins of deer, free from the pairs of opposites, those rich in austerity are no bigger than a thumb, O fair-hipped one, and abide within their own limbs.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0719-0720.

Verse 37 (13.210.37)

उद्यन्तं सततं सूर्यं स्तुवन्तो विविधैः स्तवैः । भास्करस्येव किरणैः सहसा यान्ति नित्यदा । द्योतयन्तो दिशः सर्वा धर्मज्ञाः सत्यवादिनः ॥

udyantaṃ satataṃ sūryaṃ stuvanto vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ | bhāskarasyeva kiraṇaiḥ sahasā yānti nityadā | dyotayanto diśaḥ sarvā dharmajñāḥ satyavādinaḥ

“Praising the rising sun continually with hymns of many kinds, they travel with the rays of the sun every day, lighting up all the quarters — knowers of dharma, truthful in speech.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0724-0726. Appendix I lines 0721-0723 (te mṛtyuviṣayātītāḥ…) are not in Wikisource (not added); Wikisource lines 2-3 and 36 correspond to 0724-0726 and 0719-0720.

Verse 38 (13.210.38)

तेष्वेव निर्मलं सत्यं लोकार्थं तु प्रतिष्ठितम् । लोकोऽयं धार्यते देवि तेषामेव तपोबलात् ॥

teṣveva nirmalaṃ satyaṃ lokārthaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitam | loko'yaṃ dhāryate devi teṣāmeva tapobalāt

“In them alone pure truth is established, for the sake of the world. This world, goddess, is upheld by the power of their austerity alone.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0727-0728.

Verse 39 (13.210.39)

महात्मनां तु तपसा सत्येन च शुचिस्मिते । क्षमया च महाभागे भूतानां संस्थितिं विदुः ॥

mahātmanāṃ tu tapasā satyena ca śucismite | kṣamayā ca mahābhāge bhūtānāṃ saṃsthitiṃ viduḥ

“Through the austerity of those great souls, through truth, O fair-smiling one, and through forbearance, O highly fortunate one, the steadiness of living beings is known to be maintained.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0729-0730.

Verse 40 (13.210.40)

प्रजार्थमपि लोकार्थं महद्भिः क्रियते तपः । तपसा प्राप्यते सर्वं तपसा प्राप्यते फलम् । दुष्प्रापमपि यल्लोके तपसा प्राप्यते हि तत् ॥

prajārthamapi lokārthaṃ mahadbhiḥ kriyate tapaḥ | tapasā prāpyate sarvaṃ tapasā prāpyate phalam | duṣprāpamapi yalloke tapasā prāpyate hi tat

“For the sake of offspring and for the sake of the world, austerity is practised by the great. By austerity everything is obtained; by austerity the fruit is obtained; whatever in the world is hard to win is won by austerity.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0731-0733.

Verse 41 (13.210.41)

पञ्चभूतार्थतत्वे च लोकसृष्टिविवर्धनम् । एतत्सर्वं समासेन तपोयोगाद्विनिर्मितम् ॥

pañcabhūtārthatatve ca lokasṛṣṭivivardhanam | etatsarvaṃ samāsena tapoyogādvinirmitam

“As for the truth of the five elements and the creation and growth of the world — all this, in brief, was brought into being by the discipline of austerity.”

Note on the text: Corrected लोकसृष्टिविर्धनम् → लोकसृष्टिविवर्धनम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; Appendix I reads lokasṛṣṭivivardhanam). Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0734-0735. Wikisource reads पञ्चभूतार्थतत्वे (Appendix I: pañcabhūtasthitiś caiva; variant kept).

Verse 42 (13.210.42)

तस्मादयं त्वृषिगणस्तपस्तप इति प्रिये । धर्मान्वेषी तपः कर्तुं यतते सततं प्रिये ॥

tasmādayaṃ tvṛṣigaṇastapastapa iti priye | dharmānveṣī tapaḥ kartuṃ yatate satataṃ priye

“Therefore this company of sages, dear one, crying ‘Austerity, austerity!’, seeking dharma, ever strives to practise austerity, dear one.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0736-0737.

Verse 43 (13.210.43)

अमरत्वं शिवत्वं च तपसा प्रापयेत्सदा । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं शृण्वन्त्यास्ते श्रुतं प्रिये । प्रियार्थमृषिसङ्घस्य प्रजानां हितकाम्यया ॥

amaratvaṃ śivatvaṃ ca tapasā prāpayetsadā | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śṛṇvantyāste śrutaṃ priye | priyārthamṛṣisaṅghasya prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā

“By austerity one may always attain immortality and the state of Shiva. All this I have told you, dear one, and you have heard it, for the sake of the company of sages and out of desire for the welfare of creatures.”

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as महेस्वर उवाच on the page (misspelt); read as महेश्वर. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0738-0740. Wikisource reads शिवत्वं (Appendix I: vaśitvaṃ) and प्रापयेत्सदा (Appendix I: prārthayet sadā); variants kept.

Verse 44 (13.210.44)

एवं ब्रुवन्तं देवेशमृषयश्चापि तुष्टुवुः । भूयः परतरं यत्तु तदाप्रभृति चक्रिरे ॥

evaṃ bruvantaṃ deveśamṛṣayaścāpi tuṣṭuvuḥ | bhūyaḥ parataraṃ yattu tadāprabhṛti cakrire

As the lord of the gods spoke thus, the sages praised him as well; and from that time on they undertook still higher practice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0741-0742. Wikisource reads एवं ब्रुवन्तं देवेशम् (Appendix I: iti bruvantaṃ deveśam) and भूयः परतरं यत्तु (Appendix I: bhūyaḥ paramakaṃ yatnam); variants kept.