Planets, Death and Long Life

Verse 1 (13.225.1)

भगवन्भगनेत्रघ्न मानुषाणां विचेष्टितम् । सर्वमात्मकृतं चेति श्रुतं मे भगवन्मतम् ॥

bhagavanbhaganetraghna mānuṣāṇāṃ viceṣṭitam | sarvamātmakṛtaṃ ceti śrutaṃ me bhagavanmatam

Lord, destroyer of Bhaga's eyes! I have heard your teaching that all that human beings do is their own making.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2231-2232.

Verse 2 (13.225.2)

लोके ग्रहकृतं सर्वं मत्वा कर्म शुभाशुभम् । तदेव ग्रहनक्षत्रं प्रायशः पर्युपासते । एष मे संशयो देव तं मे त्वं छेत्तुमर्हसि ॥

loke grahakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ matvā karma śubhāśubham | tadeva grahanakṣatraṃ prāyaśaḥ paryupāsate | eṣa me saṃśayo deva taṃ me tvaṃ chettumarhasi

Yet people, believing that all the good and bad done in the world is the doing of the planets, mostly worship those very planets and stars. This is my doubt, O god; you ought to cut it away for 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 2233-2235.

Verse 3 (13.225.3)

स्थाने संशयितं देवि शृणु तत्वविनिश्चयम् ॥

sthāne saṃśayitaṃ devi śṛṇu tatvaviniścayam

You have rightly doubted, goddess. Hear the settled truth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2236.

Verse 4 (13.225.4)

नक्षत्राणि ग्रहाश्चैव शुभाशुभनिवेदकाः । मानवानां महाभागे न तु कर्मकराः स्वयम् ॥

nakṣatrāṇi grahāścaiva śubhāśubhanivedakāḥ | mānavānāṃ mahābhāge na tu karmakarāḥ svayam

The stars and planets only announce good and bad to human beings, O highly fortunate one; they are not themselves the doers of deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2237-2238.

Verse 5 (13.225.5)

प्रजानां तु हितार्थाय शुभाशुभविधिं प्रति । अनागतमतिक्रान्तं ज्योतिश्चक्रेण बोध्यते ॥

prajānāṃ tu hitārthāya śubhāśubhavidhiṃ prati | anāgatamatikrāntaṃ jyotiścakreṇa bodhyate

For the good of creatures, concerning the course of good and bad, the future and the past are made known by the circle of the heavenly bodies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2239-2240.

Verse 6 (13.225.6)

किन्तु तत्र शुभं कर्म सुग्रहैस्तु निवेद्यते । दुष्कृतस्याशुभैरेव समवायो भवेदिति ॥

kintu tatra śubhaṃ karma sugrahaistu nivedyate | duṣkṛtasyāśubhaireva samavāyo bhavediti

But in this matter a good deed is signified by the favourable planets, and the evil of the wrongdoer by the unfavourable ones, which coincide with it.

Note on the text: Corrected समावायो → समवायो (misprint in Wikisource; समावाय is not a word here; CE samavāyaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2241-2242.

Verse 7 (13.225.7)

तस्मात्तु ग्रहवैषम्ये विषमं कुरुते जनः । ग्रहसाम्ये शुभं कुर्याज्ज्ञात्वाऽऽत्मानं तथा कृतम् ॥

tasmāttu grahavaiṣamye viṣamaṃ kurute janaḥ | grahasāmye śubhaṃ kuryājjñātvā''tmānaṃ tathā kṛtam

Therefore, when the planets are in discord, people act amiss; when they are in accord, one should do good, understanding oneself and what has been done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2243-2244.

Verse 8 (13.225.8)

केवलं ग्रहनक्षत्रं न करोति शुभाशुभम् । सर्वमात्मकृतं कर्म लोकवादो ग्रहा इति ॥

kevalaṃ grahanakṣatraṃ na karoti śubhāśubham | sarvamātmakṛtaṃ karma lokavādo grahā iti

By themselves the planets and stars do neither good nor bad. All is a deed of oneself; "it is the planets" is only a saying of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2245-2246.

Verse 9 (13.225.9)

पृथग्ग्रहाः पृथक्कर्ता कर्ता स्वं भुञ्जते फलम् । इति ते कथितं सर्वं विशङ्कां जहि शोभने ॥

pṛthaggrahāḥ pṛthakkartā kartā svaṃ bhuñjate phalam | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ viśaṅkāṃ jahi śobhane

The planets are one thing, the doer another; the doer eats the fruit of himself. So I have told you everything; give up your doubt, O fair 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 2247-2248.

Verse 10 (13.225.10)

भगवन्विविधं कर्म कृत्वा जन्तुः शुभाशुभम् । किं तयोः पूर्वकतरं भुङ्क्ते जन्मान्तरे पुनः । एष मे संशयो देव तं मे त्वं छेत्तुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanvividhaṃ karma kṛtvā jantuḥ śubhāśubham | kiṃ tayoḥ pūrvakataraṃ bhuṅkte janmāntare punaḥ | eṣa me saṃśayo deva taṃ me tvaṃ chettumarhasi

Lord, when a creature has done deeds of many kinds, good and bad, which of the two does it enjoy first in the next birth? This is my doubt, O god; you ought to cut it away for 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 2249-2251.

Verse 11 (13.225.11)

स्थाने संशयितं देवि तत्ते वक्ष्यामि तत्वतः । अशुभं पूर्वमित्याहुरपरे शुभमित्यपि ॥

sthāne saṃśayitaṃ devi tatte vakṣyāmi tatvataḥ | aśubhaṃ pūrvamityāhurapare śubhamityapi

You have rightly doubted, goddess; I shall tell you the truth of it. Some say the bad comes first, others say the good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2252-2253.

Verse 12 (13.225.12)

मिथ्या तदुभयं प्रोक्तं केवलं तद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

mithyā tadubhayaṃ proktaṃ kevalaṃ tadbravīmi te

Both are said to be false. I shall tell you only the plain truth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2254.

Verse 13 (13.225.13)

मानुषे तु पदे कर्म युगपद्भुज्यते सदा । यथाकृतं यथायोगमुभयं भुज्यते क्रमात् ॥

mānuṣe tu pade karma yugapadbhujyate sadā | yathākṛtaṃ yathāyogamubhayaṃ bhujyate kramāt

In the human state, deeds are always enjoyed together; according to what was done and as each is fitting, both are enjoyed in due order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2255-2256.

Verse 14 (13.225.14)

भुञ्जानाश्चापि दृश्यन्ते क्रमशो भुवि मानवाः । ऋद्धिं हानिं सुखं दुःखं तत्सर्वमुभयं भयम् ॥

bhuñjānāścāpi dṛśyante kramaśo bhuvi mānavāḥ | ṛddhiṃ hāniṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tatsarvamubhayaṃ bhayam

Human beings are seen on earth enjoying them in turn: prosperity and loss, happiness and sorrow, all of it, both together, and fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2257-2258.

Verse 15 (13.225.15)

दुःखान्यनुभवन्त्याढ्या दरिद्राश्च सुखानि च । यौगपद्याद्धि भुञ्जाना दृश्यन्ते लोकसाक्षिकम् ॥

duḥkhānyanubhavantyāḍhyā daridrāśca sukhāni ca | yaugapadyāddhi bhuñjānā dṛśyante lokasākṣikam

The rich are seen to feel sorrows, and the poor joys; as the whole world bears witness, they are seen enjoying both at once.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2259-2260.

Verse 16 (13.225.16)

नरके स्वर्गलोके च न तथा संस्थितिः प्रिये । नित्यं दुःखं हि नरके स्वर्गे नित्यं सुखं तथा ॥

narake svargaloke ca na tathā saṃsthitiḥ priye | nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi narake svarge nityaṃ sukhaṃ tathā

In hell and in the world of heaven the state is not so, beloved. In hell there is unceasing sorrow, and in heaven unceasing happiness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2261-2262.

Verse 17 (13.225.17)

शुभाशुभानामाधिक्यं कर्मणां तत्र सेव्यते । निरन्तरं सुखं दुःखं स्वर्गे च नरके भवेत् ॥

śubhāśubhānāmādhikyaṃ karmaṇāṃ tatra sevyate | nirantaraṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ svarge ca narake bhavet

There, the preponderance of good or bad deeds is what is enjoyed. In heaven and in hell, happiness or sorrow would be unbroken.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2263-2264.

Verse 18 (13.225.18)

तत्रापि सुमहद्भुक्त्वा पूर्वमल्पं पुनः शुभे । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

tatrāpi sumahadbhuktvā pūrvamalpaṃ punaḥ śubhe | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

Even there, one first enjoys the very great share, and then the small one again, in a good state. All this has been told to 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 2265-2266.

Verse 19 (13.225.19)

भगवन्प्राणिनो लोके म्रियन्ते केन हेतुना । जाताजाता न तिष्ठन्ति तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanprāṇino loke mriyante kena hetunā | jātājātā na tiṣṭhanti tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

Lord, for what reason do living beings die in the world? Born again and again, they do not stay. Please tell 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 2267-2268.

Verse 20 (13.225.20)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सत्यं समाहिता । आत्मा कर्मक्षयाद्देहं यथा मुञ्चति तच्छृणु ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu satyaṃ samāhitā | ātmā karmakṣayāddehaṃ yathā muñcati tacchṛṇu

I shall tell you that. Hear the truth with attention: how the self leaves the body when its deeds are exhausted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2269-2270.

Verse 21 (13.225.21)

शरीरात्मसमाहारो जन्तुरित्यभिधीयते । तत्रात्मानं नित्यमाहुरनित्यं क्षेत्रमुच्यते ॥

śarīrātmasamāhāro janturityabhidhīyate | tatrātmānaṃ nityamāhuranityaṃ kṣetramucyate

The union of body and self is what is called a creature. Of these, they call the self eternal, and the field, the body, is called non-eternal.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षेत्रिमुच्यते → क्षेत्रमुच्यते (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the body is called क्षेत्र, as CE kṣetram ucyate). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2271-2272.

Verse 22 (13.225.22)

एवं कालेन सङ्क्रान्तं शरीरं जर्झरीकृतम् । अकर्मयोग्यं संशीर्णं त्यक्त्वा देही ततो व्रजेत् ॥

evaṃ kālena saṅkrāntaṃ śarīraṃ jarjharīkṛtam | akarmayogyaṃ saṃśīrṇaṃ tyaktvā dehī tato vrajet

So the body, passed over by time, worn out, unfit for action and falling to pieces, is abandoned by the embodied one, who then departs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2279-2280.

Verse 23 (13.225.23)

नित्यस्यानित्यसंत्यागाल्लोके तन्मरणं विदुः । कालं नातिक्रमेरन्हि सदेवासुरमानवाः ॥

nityasyānityasaṃtyāgālloke tanmaraṇaṃ viduḥ | kālaṃ nātikrameranhi sadevāsuramānavāḥ

Because the eternal abandons the non-eternal, people call it death. Gods, demons and men cannot overstep time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2281 and 2276.

Verse 24 (13.225.24)

यथाऽऽकाशे न तिष्ठेत द्रव्यं किञ्चिदचेतनम् । तथा धावति कालोऽयं क्षणं किञ्चिन्न तिष्ठति ॥

yathā''kāśe na tiṣṭheta dravyaṃ kiñcidacetanam | tathā dhāvati kālo'yaṃ kṣaṇaṃ kiñcinna tiṣṭhati

As no inert thing can stay in the sky, so this time runs on; it does not stay even for a moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2277-2278.

Verse 25 (13.225.25)

स पुनर्जायतेऽन्यत्र शरीरं नवमाविशन् । एवंलोकगतिर्नित्यमादिप्रभृति वर्तते ॥

sa punarjāyate'nyatra śarīraṃ navamāviśan | evaṃlokagatirnityamādiprabhṛti vartate

He is born again elsewhere, entering a new body. So the course of the world has gone on from the beginning.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2283-2284.

Verse 26 (13.225.26)

भगवन्प्राणिनो बाला दृश्यन्ते मरणं गताः । अतिवृद्धाश्च जीवन्तो दृश्यन्ते चिरजीविनः ॥

bhagavanprāṇino bālā dṛśyante maraṇaṃ gatāḥ | ativṛddhāśca jīvanto dṛśyante cirajīvinaḥ

Lord, young creatures are seen to die, while the very old are seen living long.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2285-2286.

Verse 27 (13.225.27)

केवलं कालमरणं न प्रमाणं महेश्वर । तस्मान्मे संशयं ब्रूहि प्राणिनां जीवकारणम् ॥

kevalaṃ kālamaraṇaṃ na pramāṇaṃ maheśvara | tasmānme saṃśayaṃ brūhi prāṇināṃ jīvakāraṇam

Death by time alone is not the measure, Maheshvara. So resolve my doubt: tell me the cause of the life of living creatures.

Note on the text: Corrected संशय ब्रूहि → संशयं ब्रूहि (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; CE saṃśayaṃ brūhi). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2287-2288.

Verse 28 (13.225.28)

शृणु तत्कारणं देवि निर्णयस्त्वेक एव सः । जीर्णत्वमात्रं कुरुते कालो देहं न पातयेत् ॥

śṛṇu tatkāraṇaṃ devi nirṇayastveka eva saḥ | jīrṇatvamātraṃ kurute kālo dehaṃ na pātayet

Hear that cause, goddess; there is just one settled answer. Time only brings on old age; it does not throw down the body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2289-2290.

Verse 29 (13.225.29)

जीर्णे कर्मणि संघातः स्वयमेव विशीर्यते । पूर्वकर्मप्रमाणेन जीवितं मृत्युरेव वा ॥

jīrṇe karmaṇi saṃghātaḥ svayameva viśīryate | pūrvakarmapramāṇena jīvitaṃ mṛtyureva vā

When the deed is worn out, the aggregate falls apart of itself. Life, or death, goes by the measure of former deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2291-2292.

Verse 30 (13.225.30)

यावत्पूर्वकृतं कर्म तावज्जीवति मानवः । तत्र कर्मवशाद्बाला म्रियन्ते कालसंक्षयात् ॥

yāvatpūrvakṛtaṃ karma tāvajjīvati mānavaḥ | tatra karmavaśādbālā mriyante kālasaṃkṣayāt

As long as the deed done before lasts, so long a man lives. Of these, the young die through the force of their deeds, when their allotted time is spent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2293-2294.

Verse 31 (13.225.31)

चिरं जीवन्ति वृद्धाश्च तथा कर्मप्रमाणतः । इति ते कथितं देवि निर्विशङ्का भव प्रिये ॥

ciraṃ jīvanti vṛddhāśca tathā karmapramāṇataḥ | iti te kathitaṃ devi nirviśaṅkā bhava priye

And the old live long likewise, by the measure of their deeds. So I have told you, goddess; be free from doubt, beloved.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2295-2296.

Verse 32 (13.225.32)

भगवन्केन वृत्तेन भवन्ति चिरजीविनः । अल्पायुषो नराः केन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavankena vṛttena bhavanti cirajīvinaḥ | alpāyuṣo narāḥ kena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

Lord, by what conduct do men become long-lived, and by what are they short-lived? Please tell 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 2297-2298.

Verse 33 (13.225.33)

शृणु तत्सर्वमखिलं गुह्यं पथ्यतरं नृणाम् । येन वृत्तेन सम्पन्ना भवन्ति चिरजीविनः ॥

śṛṇu tatsarvamakhilaṃ guhyaṃ pathyataraṃ nṛṇām | yena vṛttena sampannā bhavanti cirajīvinaḥ

Hear all of it fully, the secret that is most beneficial to men: the conduct by which they become long-lived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2299-2300.

Verse 34 (13.225.34)

अहिंसा सत्यवचनमक्रोधः क्षान्तिरार्जवम् । गुरूणां नित्यशुश्रूषा वृद्धानामपि पूजनम् ॥

ahiṃsā satyavacanamakrodhaḥ kṣāntirārjavam | gurūṇāṃ nityaśuśrūṣā vṛddhānāmapi pūjanam

Nonviolence, truthful speech, freedom from anger, patience, uprightness, constant service of teachers, and honouring of elders,

Note on the text: Corrected क्षीन्तिरार्जवम् → क्षान्तिरार्जवम् (misprint in Wikisource; ी for ा; CE kṣāntir ārjavam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2301-2302.

Verse 35 (13.225.35)

शौचादकार्यसंत्यागात्सदा पथ्यस्य भोजनम् । एवमादिगुणं वृत्तं नराणां दीर्घजीविनाम् ॥

śaucādakāryasaṃtyāgātsadā pathyasya bhojanam | evamādiguṇaṃ vṛttaṃ narāṇāṃ dīrghajīvinām

purity, abandoning of forbidden acts, and always eating wholesome food: such qualities and the like make up the conduct of the long-lived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2303-2304.

Verse 36 (13.225.36)

तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण रसायननिषेवणात् । उदग्रसत्त्वा बलिनो भवन्ति चिरजीविनः । स्वर्गे वा मानुषे वाऽपि चिरं तिष्ठन्ति धार्मिकाः ॥

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa rasāyananiṣevaṇāt | udagrasattvā balino bhavanti cirajīvinaḥ | svarge vā mānuṣe vā'pi ciraṃ tiṣṭhanti dhārmikāḥ

Through austerity, celibacy and the use of rejuvenating remedies, men become strong in spirit and in body and live long. The righteous remain long in heaven or 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 2305-2307.

Verse 37 (13.225.37)

अपरे पापकर्माणः प्रायशोऽनृतवादिनः । हिंसाप्रिया गुरुद्विष्टा निष्क्रियाः शौचवर्जिताः ॥

apare pāpakarmāṇaḥ prāyaśo'nṛtavādinaḥ | hiṃsāpriyā gurudviṣṭā niṣkriyāḥ śaucavarjitāḥ

Others, doers of evil, mostly speakers of falsehood, fond of violence, hating their teachers, idle in rites and lacking purity,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2308-2309.

Verse 38 (13.225.38)

नास्तिका घोरकर्माणः सततं मांसपानपाः । पापाचारा गुरुद्विष्टाः कोपनाः कलहप्रियाः ॥

nāstikā ghorakarmāṇaḥ satataṃ māṃsapānapāḥ | pāpācārā gurudviṣṭāḥ kopanāḥ kalahapriyāḥ

unbelievers of dreadful deeds, always drinkers and eaters of meat, evil in conduct, hating their teachers, irascible and fond of quarrels,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2310-2311.

Verse 39 (13.225.39)

एवमेवाशुभाचारास्तिष्ठन्ति नरके चिरम् । तिर्यग्योनौ तथाऽत्यन्तमल्पास्तिष्ठन्ति मानवाः । तस्मादल्पायुषो मर्त्यास्तादृशाः सम्भवन्ति ते ॥

evamevāśubhācārāstiṣṭhanti narake ciram | tiryagyonau tathā'tyantamalpāstiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ | tasmādalpāyuṣo martyāstādṛśāḥ sambhavanti te

and so men of ill conduct stay long in hell. They stay very long in animal wombs as well, while as human beings they stay but briefly. Hence such mortals are born short-lived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2312-2314.

Verse 40 (13.225.40)

अगम्यदेशगमनादपथ्यानां च भोजनात् । आयुःक्षयो भवेन्नॄणामायुःक्षयकरा हि ते ॥

agamyadeśagamanādapathyānāṃ ca bhojanāt | āyuḥkṣayo bhavennṝṇāmāyuḥkṣayakarā hi te

By going to forbidden places and eating unwholesome food, the life of men is destroyed; those things are indeed what shorten 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 2315-2316.

Verse 41 (13.225.41)

भवन्त्यल्पायुषस्तैस्तैरन्यथा चिरजीविनः । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

bhavantyalpāyuṣastaistairanyathā cirajīvinaḥ | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

By these and those means they become short-lived, and otherwise long-lived. All this has been told to 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 2317-2318.