Uma Completes Her Teaching on Wives and Women

Verse 1 (13.250.1)

पतिमत्या दिवारात्रं वृत्तान्तं श्रूयतां शुभम् । पत्युः पूर्वं समुत्थाय प्रातःकर्म समाचरेत् ॥

patimatyā divārātraṃ vṛttāntaṃ śrūyatāṃ śubham | patyuḥ pūrvaṃ samutthāya prātaḥkarma samācaret

Now hear the auspicious account of a wife's day and night. Rising before her husband, she should attend to the morning duties.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4534-4535. The page heads this speech "उमोवाच"; in the CE (line 4534 ff.) the passage runs on from Uma's speech without a new heading, and the page's adhyaya division (249/250) falls between CE lines 4533 and 4534. Corrected प्रातःक्रम → प्रातःकर्म (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; CE prātaḥkarma).

Verse 2 (13.250.2)

पत्युर्भावं विदित्वा तु पश्चात्सम्बोधयेत्तु तम् । नित्यं पौर्वाह्णिकं कार्यं स्वयं कुर्याद्यथाविधि ॥

patyurbhāvaṃ viditvā tu paścātsambodhayettu tam | nityaṃ paurvāhṇikaṃ kāryaṃ svayaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

Having understood her husband's mood, she should afterwards wake him. The daily forenoon duties she should perform herself, as prescribed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4536-4537.

Verse 3 (13.250.3)

निवेद्य च तथाऽऽहारं यथा सम्पद्यतामिति । तथैव कुर्यात्तत्सर्वं यथा पत्युः प्रियं भवेत् ॥

nivedya ca tathā''hāraṃ yathā sampadyatāmiti | tathaiva kuryāttatsarvaṃ yathā patyuḥ priyaṃ bhavet

She should present the meal, saying, "Let it be arranged as it ought," and do all of it in whatever way will please her husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4538-4539.

Verse 4 (13.250.4)

यथा भर्ता तथा नारी गुरूणां प्रतिपद्यते ॥

yathā bhartā tathā nārī gurūṇāṃ pratipadyate

As her husband treats his elders, so does the wife behave toward 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 4540. A single line, as the page prints it; the CE also has just one line here (4540).

Verse 5 (13.250.5)

शुश्रूषापोषणविधौ पतिप्रियचिकीर्षया । भर्तुर्निष्क्रमणे कार्यं संस्मरेदप्रमादतः ॥

śuśrūṣāpoṣaṇavidhau patipriyacikīrṣayā | bharturniṣkramaṇe kāryaṃ saṃsmaredapramādataḥ

In serving and sustaining the household, wishing to please her husband, she should carefully keep in mind what is to be done when her husband goes out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4541-4542.

Verse 6 (13.250.6)

आगतं तु पतिं दृष्ट्वा सहसा परिचारणम् । स्वयं कुर्वीत सम्प्रीत्या कायश्रमहरं परम् ॥

āgataṃ tu patiṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā paricāraṇam | svayaṃ kurvīta samprītyā kāyaśramaharaṃ param

On seeing her husband come home, she should at once, and with affection, attend to him herself in the way that most relieves his bodily weariness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4543-4544.

Verse 7 (13.250.7)

पाद्यासनाभ्यां शयनैर्वाक्यैश्च हृदयप्रियैः । अतिथीनामागमेन प्रीतियुक्ता सदा भवेत् ॥

pādyāsanābhyāṃ śayanairvākyaiśca hṛdayapriyaiḥ | atithīnāmāgamena prītiyuktā sadā bhavet

With water for the feet and a seat, with a bed and with words dear to his heart; and when guests arrive she should always be glad.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4545-4546. Corrected पाद्यसनाभ्यां → पाद्यासनाभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel for ā; CE pādyāsanābhyām).

Verse 8 (13.250.8)

कर्मणा वचनेनापि तोषयेदतिथीन्सदा । मङ्गलं गृहशौचं च सर्वोपकरणानि च ॥

karmaṇā vacanenāpi toṣayedatithīnsadā | maṅgalaṃ gṛhaśaucaṃ ca sarvopakaraṇāni ca

By deed and word she should always content her guests. Auspicious things, the cleanliness of the house, and all the household equipment

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4547-4548.

Verse 9 (13.250.9)

सर्वकालमवेक्षेत कारयन्ती च कुर्वती । धर्मकार्ये तु सम्प्राप्ते तद्वद्धर्मपरा भवेत् ॥

sarvakālamavekṣeta kārayantī ca kurvatī | dharmakārye tu samprāpte tadvaddharmaparā bhavet

she should see to at all times, doing it herself or having it done. When a religious duty arises, she should be equally devoted to dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4549-4550.

Verse 10 (13.250.10)

अर्थकार्ये पुनर्भर्तुः प्रमादालस्यवर्जिता । सा यत्नं परमं कुर्यात्तस्य साहाय्यकारणात् ॥

arthakārye punarbhartuḥ pramādālasyavarjitā | sā yatnaṃ paramaṃ kuryāttasya sāhāyyakāraṇāt

When her husband has a task of wealth, she should be free of carelessness and laziness and make the utmost effort to help him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4551-4552. Corrected तस्यि → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE tasya).

Verse 11 (13.250.11)

धुरन्धरा भवेद्भर्तुः साध्वी धर्मार्थयोः सदा । विहारकाले वै भर्तुर्ज्ञात्वा भावं हृदि स्थितम् ॥

dhurandharā bhavedbhartuḥ sādhvī dharmārthayoḥ sadā | vihārakāle vai bharturjñātvā bhāvaṃ hṛdi sthitam

A good wife should always bear the burden with her husband in dharma and in wealth. In the time of pleasure, knowing the feeling that lies in her husband's heart,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4553-4554.

Verse 12 (13.250.12)

अलङ्कृत्य यथायोगं मन्दहाससमन्वितम् । वाक्यैर्मधुरसंयुक्तैः स्मयन्ती तोषयेत्पतिम् ॥

alaṅkṛtya yathāyogaṃ mandahāsasamanvitam | vākyairmadhurasaṃyuktaiḥ smayantī toṣayetpatim

she should adorn herself suitably, gently smiling, and with sweet words and a smile please her husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4555-4556. Line 2 differs from the CE (मन्दहाससमन्वितम् against CE hāvabhāvasamanvitā); the CE has an extra line 4557 (yena yena yathā tuṣyet …) that Wikisource lacks. Recension variants, kept.

Verse 13 (13.250.13)

कठोराणि न वाच्यानि अन्यथा प्रमदान्तरे । यस्यां कामी भवेद्भर्ता तस्याः प्रीतिकरी भवेत् ॥

kaṭhorāṇi na vācyāni anyathā pramadāntare | yasyāṃ kāmī bhavedbhartā tasyāḥ prītikarī bhavet

Harsh words must not be spoken, nor otherwise amid other women. Toward her for whom the husband feels desire she should act with affection.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4558-4559. Line 1 reads अन्यथा where the CE has anyadā; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 14 (13.250.14)

अप्रमादं पुरस्कृत्य मनसा तोषयेत्पतिम् । अनन्तरमथान्येषां भोजनावेक्षणं चरेत् ॥

apramādaṃ puraskṛtya manasā toṣayetpatim | anantaramathānyeṣāṃ bhojanāvekṣaṇaṃ caret

Putting heedfulness first, she should please her husband in her heart. Afterwards she should look to the meals of the others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4560-4561.

Verse 15 (13.250.15)

दासीदासबलीवर्दांश्चण्डालं च शुनस्तथा । अनाथान्कृपणांश्चैव भिक्षुकांश्च तथैव च । पूजयेद्बलिभैक्षेण पत्युर्धर्मं विवर्धयेत् ॥

dāsīdāsabalīvardāṃścaṇḍālaṃ ca śunastathā | anāthānkṛpaṇāṃścaiva bhikṣukāṃśca tathaiva ca | pūjayedbalibhaikṣeṇa patyurdharmaṃ vivardhayet

Maidservants and menservants, oxen, the outcaste and dogs, the helpless, the wretched and likewise beggars: she should honour them with offerings of food and alms, and so increase her husband's dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4562-4564. Line 3 differs from the CE (पत्युर्धर्मं विवर्धयेत् against CE patyur dharmavivṛddhaye); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 16 (13.250.16)

कुपितं वाऽर्थहीनं वा श्रान्तं वोपचरेत्पतिम् । यथा स तुष्टः स्वस्थश्च तथा सन्तोषयेत्पतिम् ॥

kupitaṃ vā'rthahīnaṃ vā śrāntaṃ vopacaretpatim | yathā sa tuṣṭaḥ svasthaśca tathā santoṣayetpatim

Whether he is angry, or without wealth, or weary, she should tend her husband; in whatever way he becomes pleased and at ease, in that way she should content him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4565-4566. Corrected यता → यथा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ् ; CE yathā).

Verse 17 (13.250.17)

यथा कुटुम्बचिन्तायां विवादे वाऽर्थसञ्चये । आहूता तत्सहायार्थं तथा प्रियहितं वदेत् ॥

yathā kuṭumbacintāyāṃ vivāde vā'rthasañcaye | āhūtā tatsahāyārthaṃ tathā priyahitaṃ vadet

When she is called to help him in thinking over family matters, in a dispute, or in amassing wealth, she should speak what is pleasing and 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 4567-4568.

Verse 18 (13.250.18)

अप्रियं च हितं ब्रूयात्तस्य धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षया । एकान्तचर्याकथनं कलहं वर्जयेत्परैः ॥

apriyaṃ ca hitaṃ brūyāttasya dharmārthakāṅkṣayā | ekāntacaryākathanaṃ kalahaṃ varjayetparaiḥ

She should say even what is unpleasant, if it is beneficial, from the wish for his dharma and wealth. She should avoid telling what is done in solitude, and quarrels with others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4569-4570. Line 1 differs from the CE (अप्रियं च against CE apriyaṃ vā; धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षया against kāmārthakāṅkṣayā); recension variants, kept.

Verse 19 (13.250.19)

बहिरालोकनं चैव मोहं व्रीडां च पैशुनम् । बह्वाशित्वं दिवास्वप्नमेवमादि विवर्जयेत् ॥

bahirālokanaṃ caiva mohaṃ vrīḍāṃ ca paiśunam | bahvāśitvaṃ divāsvapnamevamādi vivarjayet

Looking out of doors, infatuation, shyness, tale-bearing, overeating, sleeping by day and the like she should avoid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4571-4572. Line 2 differs from the CE (एवमादि विवर्जयेत् against CE evamādīni varjayet); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 20 (13.250.20)

रहस्येकासनं साध्वी न कुर्यादात्मजैरपि । यद्यद्दद्यान्निधत्स्वेति न्यासवत्परिपालयेत् ॥

rahasyekāsanaṃ sādhvī na kuryādātmajairapi | yadyaddadyānnidhatsveti nyāsavatparipālayet

A good wife should not sit alone on the same seat even with her own sons. Whatever he gives her saying, "Keep this," she should guard as a deposit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4573-4574. Corrected नियत्स्वेति → निधत्स्वेति (misprint in Wikisource; त for ध; CE nidhatsveti).

Verse 21 (13.250.21)

विस्मृतं वाऽपि यद्द्रव्यं प्रतिपद्यात्स्वशौचतः । यत्किञ्चित्पतिना दत्तं लब्ध्वा तत्सा सुखी भवेत् ॥

vismṛtaṃ vā'pi yaddravyaṃ pratipadyātsvaśaucataḥ | yatkiñcitpatinā dattaṃ labdhvā tatsā sukhī bhavet

Even an article he has forgotten she should return honestly; and whatever her husband has given her, receiving it she should be glad.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4575-4576. Corrected सुकी → सुखी (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख; sense requires "happy").

Verse 22 (13.250.22)

अतीवाज्ञामतीर्ष्यां च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत् । बालवद्वृद्धवद्भार्या सदैवानुचरेत्पतिम् ॥

atīvājñāmatīrṣyāṃ ca dūrataḥ parivarjayet | bālavadvṛddhavadbhāryā sadaivānucaretpatim

Excessive commanding and jealousy she should avoid from afar. As toward a child and toward an elder, the wife should always attend her husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4577-4578. Line 1 differs from the CE (अतीवाज्ञामतीर्ष्यां against CE atiyācñām atīrṣyāṃ); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 23 (13.250.23)

भार्याया व्रतमित्येव कर्तव्यं सततं विभो । एतत्पतिव्रतावृत्तमुक्तं देव समासतः ॥

bhāryāyā vratamityeva kartavyaṃ satataṃ vibho | etatpativratāvṛttamuktaṃ deva samāsataḥ

This, O lord, is the vow of a wife, which she must always observe. Thus, O god, the way of life of the devoted wife has been told in brief.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4579-4580.

Verse 24 (13.250.24)

न च भोगे न चैश्वर्ये न सुखे न धने तथा । स्पृहा यस्यास्तथा भर्तुः सा नारीणां पतिव्रता ॥

na ca bhoge na caiśvarye na sukhe na dhane tathā | spṛhā yasyāstathā bhartuḥ sā nārīṇāṃ pativratā

She who has no craving for pleasure, for power, for comfort or for wealth, but only for her husband, is the devoted wife among women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4581-4582.

Verse 25 (13.250.25)

पतिर्हि दैवतं स्त्रीणां पतिर्बन्धुः पतिर्गतिः । नान्यं गतिमहं पश्ये प्रमदाया यथा पतिः ॥

patirhi daivataṃ strīṇāṃ patirbandhuḥ patirgatiḥ | nānyaṃ gatimahaṃ paśye pramadāyā yathā patiḥ

For women the husband is deity, kinsman and refuge. I see no other refuge for a woman such as the husband is.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4583-4584.

Verse 26 (13.250.26)

जातिष्वपि च वै स्त्रीत्वं विशिष्टं मे मतिः प्रभो । कायक्लेशेन महता पुरुषः प्राप्नुयात्फलम् । तत्सर्वं लभते नारी सुखेन पतिपूजया ॥

jātiṣvapi ca vai strītvaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ me matiḥ prabho | kāyakleśena mahatā puruṣaḥ prāpnuyātphalam | tatsarvaṃ labhate nārī sukhena patipūjayā

I hold, O lord, that womanhood is excellent among all births. What a man gains as fruit by great bodily austerity, a woman wins entirely, and with ease, by honouring her husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4585-4587. Line 3 differs from the CE (सुखेन पतिपूजया against CE sevantīndriyagocarān); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (13.250.27)

यथासुखं पतिमती सर्वं पत्यनुकूलतः । ईदृशं धर्मसाकल्यं पश्य त्वं प्रमदां प्रति । एतद्विसृज्य पच्यन्ते कुस्त्रियः पापमोहिताः ॥

yathāsukhaṃ patimatī sarvaṃ patyanukūlataḥ | īdṛśaṃ dharmasākalyaṃ paśya tvaṃ pramadāṃ prati | etadvisṛjya pacyante kustriyaḥ pāpamohitāḥ

A woman with a husband has all the comfort she wishes, through being agreeable to her husband. See you this completeness of dharma in the case of a woman. Abandoning it, evil women, deluded by sin, are tormented.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4588-4590. Line 2 differs from the CE (पश्य त्वं प्रमदां प्रति against CE paśyadhvaṃ pramadāḥ prati); recension variants, kept.

Verse 28 (13.250.28)

तपश्चर्या च दानं च पतौ तस्याः समर्पितम् । रूपं कुलं यशस्तेजः सर्वं तस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

tapaścaryā ca dānaṃ ca patau tasyāḥ samarpitam | rūpaṃ kulaṃ yaśastejaḥ sarvaṃ tasminpratiṣṭhitam

Her austerity and her charity are placed in her husband; beauty, family, fame and splendour are all established in him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4591-4592. Line 2 differs from the CE (यशस्तेजः against CE yaśaḥ svargaḥ); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 29 (13.250.29)

एवं व्रतसमाचाराः स्ववृत्तेनैव शोभनाः । स्वभर्त्रा च समं गच्छेत्पुण्यलोकान्सुकर्मणा ॥

evaṃ vratasamācārāḥ svavṛttenaiva śobhanāḥ | svabhartrā ca samaṃ gacchetpuṇyalokānsukarmaṇā

Thus women of such vows and conduct, beautiful by their own conduct alone, go with their husband to the worlds of the righteous by their good 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 4593-4594. Corrected सम गच्छेत् → समं गच्छेत् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE samaṃ gacchet).

Verse 30 (13.250.30)

वृद्धो विरूपो बीभत्सो धनवान्निर्धनोऽपि वा । एवंभूतोपि वै भर्ता स्त्रीणां भूषणमुत्तमम् ॥

vṛddho virūpo bībhatso dhanavānnirdhano'pi vā | evaṃbhūtopi vai bhartā strīṇāṃ bhūṣaṇamuttamam

Old, ugly, repulsive, rich or poor: a husband of any such kind is the highest ornament of women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4595-4596. Corrected विरुपो → विरूपो (misprint in Wikisource; short u for ū; CE virūpo (cf. verse 31)).

Verse 31 (13.250.31)

आढ्यं वा रूपयुक्तं वा विरूपं धनवर्जितम् । या पतिं तोषयेत्साध्वी सा पत्नीनां विशिष्यते ॥

āḍhyaṃ vā rūpayuktaṃ vā virūpaṃ dhanavarjitam | yā patiṃ toṣayetsādhvī sā patnīnāṃ viśiṣyate

Whether he is prosperous or handsome, or ugly and without wealth, the good wife who pleases her husband is distinguished among wives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4597-4598.

Verse 32 (13.250.32)

दरिद्रांश्च विरूपाश्च प्रमूढान्कुष्टसंयुतान् । पतीनुपचरेल्लोकानक्षयान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥

daridrāṃśca virūpāśca pramūḍhānkuṣṭasaṃyutān | patīnupacarellokānakṣayānpratipadyate

By serving poor, ugly, utterly foolish, leprous husbands, a wife gains imperishable worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4599-4601. Wikisource gives two lines where the CE has three (4599-4601, with different wording in the last two); recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (13.250.33)

एवं प्रवर्तमानायाः पतिः पूर्वं म्रियेत चेत् । तदाऽनुमरणं गच्छेत्पुनर्धर्मं चरेत वा ॥

evaṃ pravartamānāyāḥ patiḥ pūrvaṃ mriyeta cet | tadā'numaraṇaṃ gacchetpunardharmaṃ careta vā

If, while she lives in this way, her husband dies before her, then she may follow him in death, or else go on practising dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4602-4603.

Verse 34 (13.250.34)

एतदेवं मया प्रोक्तं स्त्रियस्तु बहुधा स्मृताः । देवदानवगन्धर्वा मनुष्या इति नैकधा ॥

etadevaṃ mayā proktaṃ striyastu bahudhā smṛtāḥ | devadānavagandharvā manuṣyā iti naikadhā

What I have said is so; women are said to be of many kinds: gods, danavas, gandharvas, humans, and so not of one kind only.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4604-4606. The first line blends CE 4604b-4605 (etad evaṃ mayā proktaṃ … striyas tu bahudhā smṛtāḥ); the CE marks Uma as speaker from line 4604.

Verse 35 (13.250.35)

सौम्यशीलाः शुभाचाराः सर्वास्ताः सम्भवन्ति च । यथा शुभं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्त्रीणां धर्मं महेश्वर ॥

saumyaśīlāḥ śubhācārāḥ sarvāstāḥ sambhavanti ca | yathā śubhaṃ pravakṣyāmi strīṇāṃ dharmaṃ maheśvara

All of them are gentle by nature and of good conduct. In this way, O Maheshvara, I shall tell of the auspicious dharma of women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4607-4608. Line 2 corresponds to CE 4608 (athāśubhaṃ pravakṣyāmi strīṇāṃ vṛttaṃ maheśvara); the wording differs, kept.

Verse 36 (13.250.36)

आसुर्यश्चैव पैशाच्यो राक्षस्यश्च भवन्ति हि । तासां वृत्तमशेषेण श्रूयतां लोककारणात् ॥

āsuryaścaiva paiśācyo rākṣasyaśca bhavanti hi | tāsāṃ vṛttamaśeṣeṇa śrūyatāṃ lokakāraṇāt

There are also women of the asura, paishacha and rakshasa kind. Let their conduct be heard in full, for the good 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 4609-4610. Corrected भन्ति → भवन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; CE bhavanti).

Verse 37 (13.250.37)

न्यायतो वाऽन्यथा प्रोक्ता भावदोषसमन्विताः । भर्तॄनुपचरन्त्येव रागद्वेषबलात्कृताः ॥

nyāyato vā'nyathā proktā bhāvadoṣasamanvitāḥ | bhartṝnupacarantyeva rāgadveṣabalātkṛtāḥ

Whether rightly or otherwise so called, afflicted with faults of disposition, they wait upon their husbands only under the force of attachment and aversion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4611-4612. Line 2 reads भर्तॄनुपचरन्त्येव (CE bhartṝn apacaranty eva); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 38 (13.250.38)

स्वधर्मविमुखा भूत्वा प्रदूष्यन्ति यतस्ततः । प्रवृद्धविषया नित्यं प्रतिकूलं वदन्ति च ॥

svadharmavimukhā bhūtvā pradūṣyanti yatastataḥ | pravṛddhaviṣayā nityaṃ pratikūlaṃ vadanti ca

Turned away from their own duty, they become corrupt here and there; their appetites for sense-objects swollen, they always speak against their husbands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4613-4614. Corrected प्रवृद्दविषया → प्रवृद्धविषया (misprint in Wikisource; dd for ddh; CE pravṛddhaviṣayā).

Verse 39 (13.250.39)

अर्थान्विनाशयन्त्येवं न गृह्णन्ति हितं क्वचित् । स्वबुद्धिनिरता भूत्वा जीवन्ति च यथा तथा ॥

arthānvināśayantyevaṃ na gṛhṇanti hitaṃ kvacit | svabuddhiniratā bhūtvā jīvanti ca yathā tathā

They waste his wealth, and never take good advice anywhere; devoted to their own judgement, they live in any way they please.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4615-4616.

Verse 40 (13.250.40)

गुणवत्यः क्वचिद्भूत्वा पतिधर्मपरा इव । पुनर्भवन्ति पापिष्ठा विषमं वृत्तमास्थिताः ॥

guṇavatyaḥ kvacidbhūtvā patidharmaparā iva | punarbhavanti pāpiṣṭhā viṣamaṃ vṛttamāsthitāḥ

Sometimes becoming virtuous, as though devoted to the dharma of the husband, they again become exceedingly wicked, taking to crooked conduct.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4617-4618.

Verse 41 (13.250.41)

अनवस्थितमर्यादा बहुवेषा व्यवस्थिताः । असन्तुष्टाश्च लुब्धाश्च ईर्ष्याक्रोधयुता भृशम् ॥

anavasthitamaryādā bahuveṣā vyavasthitāḥ | asantuṣṭāśca lubdhāśca īrṣyākrodhayutā bhṛśam

Keeping no fixed bounds, assuming many guises and persisting in them, discontented, greedy, and exceedingly jealous and angry,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4619-4620.

Verse 42 (13.250.42)

भोगप्रिया हितद्वेष्याः कामभोगपरायणाः । प्रायशोऽनृतभूयिष्ठा गुरूणां प्रतिलोमकाः ॥

bhogapriyā hitadveṣyāḥ kāmabhogaparāyaṇāḥ | prāyaśo'nṛtabhūyiṣṭhā gurūṇāṃ pratilomakāḥ

fond of pleasure, hating what is good for them, intent on sensual enjoyment, mostly given to falsehood, and contrary to their elders.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4621 and 4623. Wikisource lacks CE line 4622 (patīn paribhavanty eva …).

Verse 43 (13.250.43)

एवंवृत्तसमाचारा आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः । अपकारपरा नित्यं सततं कलहप्रिया ॥

evaṃvṛttasamācārā āsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ | apakāraparā nityaṃ satataṃ kalahapriyā

Of such conduct and behaviour, they have taken refuge in the asura nature: always bent on doing harm, ever 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 4624-4625. Wording differs from the CE (एवंवृत्त° against CE evaṃyukta°; अपकारपरा नित्यं against CE aparāḥ pāpakāriṇyaḥ); recension variants, kept.

Verse 44 (13.250.44)

परुषा रुक्षवचना निर्घृणा निरपत्रपाः । निःस्नेहाः क्रोधनाश्चैव भर्तृपुत्रस्वबन्धुषु ॥

paruṣā rukṣavacanā nirghṛṇā nirapatrapāḥ | niḥsnehāḥ krodhanāścaiva bhartṛputrasvabandhuṣu

harsh, rough of speech, pitiless, shameless, without affection and wrathful toward husband, sons and their own kin,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4626-4627.

Verse 45 (13.250.45)

घोरा मांसप्रिया नित्यं हसन्ति च रुदन्ति च । पतीन्व्यभिचरन्त्येव दुर्मार्गेण यथा तथा । बन्धुभिर्भर्त्सिता भूत्वा गृहकार्याणि कुर्वते ॥

ghorā māṃsapriyā nityaṃ hasanti ca rudanti ca | patīnvyabhicarantyeva durmārgeṇa yathā tathā | bandhubhirbhartsitā bhūtvā gṛhakāryāṇi kurvate

fierce, ever fond of meat, they laugh and weep; they stray from their husbands by evil paths, in whatever way they can; and when scolded by their kin, they do the household tasks.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4628-4630. Line 2 reads व्यभिचरन्त्येव दुर्मार्गेण (CE unmārgeṇa); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 46 (13.250.46)

अथवा भर्त्सिता देव निवृत्ताः स्वेषु कर्मसु । तथैवात्मवधं घोरं व्यवस्येयुर्न संशयः ॥

athavā bhartsitā deva nivṛttāḥ sveṣu karmasu | tathaivātmavadhaṃ ghoraṃ vyavasyeyurna saṃśayaḥ

Or, O god, when scolded, they withdraw from their own tasks, and in the same way they may resolve upon a dreadful self-destruction; there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4631-4632. Line 1 reads निवृत्ताः स्वेषु कर्मसु (CE nīcavṛttāḥ svabandhuṣu); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 47 (13.250.47)

निर्दया निरनुक्रोशाः कुटुम्बार्थविलोपकाः । धर्मार्थरहिता घोराः सततं कुर्वते क्रियाः ॥

nirdayā niranukrośāḥ kuṭumbārthavilopakāḥ | dharmārtharahitā ghorāḥ satataṃ kurvate kriyāḥ

Pitiless and merciless, destroyers of the family's wealth, devoid of dharma and profit, fierce, they ever perform their 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 4633-4634. Corrected धर्मर्थरहिता → धर्मार्थरहिता (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; CE dharmārtharahitā).

Verse 48 (13.250.48)

अनर्थे निपुणाः पापाः परप्राणेषु निर्दयाः । एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः स्त्रियः पैशाचमाश्रिताः ॥

anarthe nipuṇāḥ pāpāḥ paraprāṇeṣu nirdayāḥ | evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ striyaḥ paiśācamāśritāḥ

Skilled in what is harmful, wicked, merciless toward the lives of others: women of such conduct have taken refuge in the paishacha nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4635-4636.

Verse 49 (13.250.49)

अपरा मोहसंयुक्ता निर्लज्जा रोदनप्रियाः । अशुद्धा मलदिग्धाङ्गाः पानमांसरता भृशम् । वदन्त्यनृतवाक्यानि हसन्ति विलपन्ति च ॥

aparā mohasaṃyuktā nirlajjā rodanapriyāḥ | aśuddhā maladigdhāṅgāḥ pānamāṃsaratā bhṛśam | vadantyanṛtavākyāni hasanti vilapanti ca

Others are deluded, shameless and fond of weeping, unclean, their limbs smeared with filth, greatly given to drink and meat; they speak untruths, laugh and wail.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4637-4639. Corrected मलदिग्धाङ्ग्य → मलदिग्धाङ्गाः (misprint in Wikisource; broken ending; CE maladigdhāṅgāḥ).

Verse 50 (13.250.50)

दुष्प्रसादा महाक्रोधाः स्वप्नशीला निरन्तरम् । तामस्यो नष्टतत्त्वार्था मन्दशीला महोदराः । भुञ्जते विविधं सिद्धं भोजनं तीव्रसम्भ्रमाः ॥

duṣprasādā mahākrodhāḥ svapnaśīlā nirantaram | tāmasyo naṣṭatattvārthā mandaśīlā mahodarāḥ | bhuñjate vividhaṃ siddhaṃ bhojanaṃ tīvrasambhramāḥ

Hard to appease, of great anger, always given to sleep, dominated by tamas, having lost sight of what truly matters, slow in conduct, big-bellied, they eat various kinds of cooked food in violent haste.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4640-4642. Corrected दुष्पसादा → दुष्प्रसादा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; CE duṣprasādā). Corrected नष्टतत्वार्था → नष्टतत्त्वार्था (misprint in Wikisource; ungeminated conjunct; CE naṣṭatattvārthā).

Verse 51 (13.250.51)

गुणरूपवयोयुक्तं पतिं कामिनमुत्तमम् । हित्वाऽन्येनैव गच्छन्ति सर्वधा भृशतापिताः ॥

guṇarūpavayoyuktaṃ patiṃ kāminamuttamam | hitvā'nyenaiva gacchanti sarvadhā bhṛśatāpitāḥ

Abandoning a husband endowed with good qualities, beauty and youth, loving and excellent, they go off with another, utterly consumed in every 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 4643-4644.

Verse 52 (13.250.52)

निर्लज्जा धर्मसन्दिग्धाः प्रतिकूलाः समन्ततः । एवंरूपसमाचाराः स्त्रियो राक्षसमाश्रिताः ॥

nirlajjā dharmasandigdhāḥ pratikūlāḥ samantataḥ | evaṃrūpasamācārāḥ striyo rākṣasamāśritāḥ

Shameless, doubtful in dharma, hostile on every side: women of such conduct have taken refuge in the rakshasa nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4645-4646.

Verse 53 (13.250.53)

एवंविधानां सर्वासां न परत्र महासुखम् । नरकाद्विप्रमुक्तानां मानुष्यं दुर्लभं भवेत् ॥

evaṃvidhānāṃ sarvāsāṃ na paratra mahāsukham | narakādvipramuktānāṃ mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ bhavet

For all such women there is no great happiness in the next world. Even when they are freed from hell, a human birth is hard to obtain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4647 and 4650. Wikisource lacks CE lines 4648-4649, and line 2 corresponds to CE 4650 (narakād dhi vimuktānāṃ); recension variant.

Verse 54 (13.250.54)

कष्टं तत्रापि भुञ्जन्ते स्वकृतं दुःखजं बहु । दरिद्राः क्लेशभूयिष्ठा विरूपाः कुत्सिताः परैः । विधवा दुर्भगा वाऽपि लभन्ते दुःखमीदृशम् ॥

kaṣṭaṃ tatrāpi bhuñjante svakṛtaṃ duḥkhajaṃ bahu | daridrāḥ kleśabhūyiṣṭhā virūpāḥ kutsitāḥ paraiḥ | vidhavā durbhagā vā'pi labhante duḥkhamīdṛśam

There too they suffer much grief born of their own deeds: poor, full of afflictions, deformed, despised by others, widowed or unfortunate, they receive misery of this kind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4651-4654. Wikisource lacks CE line 4652; recension variants.

Verse 55 (13.250.55)

शतवर्षसहस्राणि निरयं व्यभिचारिणी । व्रजेत्पतिं च पापेन संयोज्य स्वकुलं तथा ॥

śatavarṣasahasrāṇi nirayaṃ vyabhicāriṇī | vrajetpatiṃ ca pāpena saṃyojya svakulaṃ tathā

The adulterous wife goes to hell for hundreds of thousands of years, having joined her husband and her own family to sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4655-4656. Line 1-2 differ from the CE (शतवर्षसहस्राणि निरयं व्यभिचारिणी against CE śatavarṣasahasrāntam … nayej jāraṃ ca nirayaṃ); recension variants, kept.

Verse 56 (13.250.56)

एतद्विज्ञाय पतितं पुनश्चेद्धितमात्मनः । कुर्याद्भर्तारमाश्रित्य तथा धर्ममवाप्नुयात् ॥

etadvijñāya patitaṃ punaśceddhitamātmanaḥ | kuryādbhartāramāśritya tathā dharmamavāpnuyāt

Knowing this, if a fallen woman wishes her own good again, she should take refuge in her husband, and so attain dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4657-4658. Corrected धर्मवमाप्नुयात् → धर्ममवाप्नुयात् (misprint in Wikisource; letters garbled; CE dharmam avāpnuyuḥ (plural verb there)).

Verse 57 (13.250.57)

अतिसंयान्ति ताँल्लोकान्पुण्यान्परमशोभनान् । अवमत्य च याः पूर्वं पतिं दुष्टेन चेतसा ॥

atisaṃyānti tām̐llokānpuṇyānparamaśobhanān | avamatya ca yāḥ pūrvaṃ patiṃ duṣṭena cetasā

They go on to those holy and supremely beautiful worlds. Those who earlier, with a corrupt mind, scorned their husband,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4659-4660. Line 1 reads अतिसंयान्ति ताँल्लोकान् (CE abhisaṃyānti tā lokān); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 58 (13.250.58)

वर्तमानाश्च सततं भर्तॄणां प्रतिकूलतः । भर्त्रानुमरणं काले याः कुर्वन्ति तथाविधाः ॥

vartamānāśca satataṃ bhartṝṇāṃ pratikūlataḥ | bhartrānumaraṇaṃ kāle yāḥ kurvanti tathāvidhāḥ

and who ever acted contrary to their husbands, and who, of that kind, follow their husbands in death at the proper 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 4661-4662. Corrected वर्तमानास्च → वर्तमानाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स for श).

Verse 59 (13.250.59)

कामात्क्रोधाद्भयाल्लोभादपहास्या भवन्ति ताः । आदिप्रभृति कुस्त्रीणां तथाऽनुमरणं वृथा ॥

kāmātkrodhādbhayāllobhādapahāsyā bhavanti tāḥ | ādiprabhṛti kustrīṇāṃ tathā'numaraṇaṃ vṛthā

whether from desire, anger, fear or greed, become objects of ridicule. For bad wives, following their husbands in death, when it comes from the very start, is vain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4663-4664.

Verse 60 (13.250.60)

आदिप्रभृति या साध्वी पत्युः प्रियपरायणा । ऊर्ध्वं गच्छति सा पूता भर्त्राऽनुमरणं गता ॥

ādiprabhṛti yā sādhvī patyuḥ priyaparāyaṇā | ūrdhvaṃ gacchati sā pūtā bhartrā'numaraṇaṃ gatā

But the good wife who, from the very beginning, has been devoted to her husband's pleasure goes upward, purified, when she follows her husband in 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 4665-4666.

Verse 61 (13.250.61)

एवं मृताया वै लोकानहं पश्यामि चक्षुषा । स्पृहणीयान्सुरगणैर्यान्गच्छन्ति पतिव्रताः ॥

evaṃ mṛtāyā vai lokānahaṃ paśyāmi cakṣuṣā | spṛhaṇīyānsuragaṇairyāngacchanti pativratāḥ

I see with my own eyes the worlds of a woman who has died in this way, worlds desired even by hosts of gods, to which devoted wives go.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4667-4668.

Verse 62 (13.250.62)

अथवा भर्तरि मृते वैधव्यं धर्ममाश्रिताः । तूष्णीं भौमं जले नित्यमञ्जलिस्नानमुत्तमम् । व्रतं च पतिमुद्दिश्य कुर्युश्चैव विधिं ततः ॥

athavā bhartari mṛte vaidhavyaṃ dharmamāśritāḥ | tūṣṇīṃ bhaumaṃ jale nityamañjalisnānamuttamam | vrataṃ ca patimuddiśya kuryuścaiva vidhiṃ tataḥ

Or, when her husband has died, women who have turned to the dharma of widowhood, silent, keeping to the ground, daily performing the excellent bath with handfuls of water, may keep a vow for their husband's sake and then perform the due rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4669-4670. The wording of lines 2-3 differs from the CE (तूष्णीं भौमं जले … against CE mṛtaṃ ca patim uddiśya kuryāc caivaṃvidhaṃ tapaḥ); recension variants, kept. Corrected कुर्यश्चैव → कुर्युश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; optative plural कुर्युः).

Verse 63 (13.250.63)

एवं गच्छति सा नारी पतिलोकमनुत्तमम् । रमणीयमनिर्देश्यं दुष्प्रापं देवमानुषैः ॥

evaṃ gacchati sā nārī patilokamanuttamam | ramaṇīyamanirdeśyaṃ duṣprāpaṃ devamānuṣaiḥ

In this way that woman goes to the supreme world of her husband, delightful, indescribable, hard to attain even for gods and 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 4671-4672. Line 1 reads पतिलोकमनुत्तमम् (CE patīnāṃ lokam uttamam); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 64 (13.250.64)

प्राप्नुयात्तादृशं लोकं केवलं या पतिव्रता । इति ते कथितं देव स्त्रीणां धर्ममनुत्तमम् ॥

prāpnuyāttādṛśaṃ lokaṃ kevalaṃ yā pativratā | iti te kathitaṃ deva strīṇāṃ dharmamanuttamam

Only the wife wholly devoted to her husband attains such a world. Thus, O god, the supreme dharma of women has been told to 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 4673-4674. Corrected धर्मिमनुत्तमम् → धर्ममनुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE dharmam anuttamam).

Verse 65 (13.250.65)

भवतः प्रियकामिन्या यन्मयोक्तं तवाग्रतः । चापल्यान्मम देवेश तद्भवान्क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥

bhavataḥ priyakāminyā yanmayoktaṃ tavāgrataḥ | cāpalyānmama deveśa tadbhavānkṣantumarhati

What I have said before you, wishing to please you, may you, O lord of gods, forgive me for that, out of my fickleness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4675-4676. The CE prints the speaker mark nāradaḥ before line 4676 (cāpalyān mama deveśa …); the page keeps both lines with Uma, and the Narada heading comes at verse 66.

Verse 66 (13.250.66)

एवं वदन्तीं रुद्राणीं लज्जाभावसमन्विताम् । प्रशशंस च देवेशो वाचा सञ्जनयन्प्रियम् ॥

evaṃ vadantīṃ rudrāṇīṃ lajjābhāvasamanvitām | praśaśaṃsa ca deveśo vācā sañjanayanpriyam

As Rudrani spoke thus, full of modesty, the lord of the gods praised her, delighting her with his words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4677-4678. Speaker per the page heading "नारद उवाच". Line 2 differs from the CE (प्रशशंस च देवेशो against CE toṣayām āsa deveśo); recension variants.

Verse 67 (13.250.67)

ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वाः प्रमदाश्च सहस्रशः । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीं स्तुतिभिश्चाभितुष्टुवुः ॥

ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ pramadāśca sahasraśaḥ | praṇamya śirasā devīṃ stutibhiścābhituṣṭuvuḥ

Sages, gods and gandharvas, and women by the thousand, bowing their heads to the goddess, praised her with hymns.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4679-4681. Wording differs from the CE (4679-4681); recension variants, kept.

Verse 68 (13.250.68)

पूजयामासुरपरे देवदेव मुदा युताः । संवादं चिन्तयन्त्यन्ते श्रद्दधानाः सुचेतसः ॥

pūjayāmāsurapare devadeva mudā yutāḥ | saṃvādaṃ cintayantyante śraddadhānāḥ sucetasaḥ

Others, O god of gods, filled with joy, worshipped her; and at the end, with faith and good hearts, they reflected on this dialogue.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4682 and 4684. Wikisource lacks CE line 4683; the lines are variants of CE 4682 and 4684.

Verse 69 (13.250.69)

ततस्तु देवदेवेशो देवीं वचनमब्रवीत् । शृणु कल्याणि मद्वाक्यं संवादोऽयं मया तव । पुण्यं पवित्रं ख्यातं च भविता नात्र संशयः ॥

tatastu devadeveśo devīṃ vacanamabravīt | śṛṇu kalyāṇi madvākyaṃ saṃvādo'yaṃ mayā tava | puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ khyātaṃ ca bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ

Then the lord of the gods spoke to the goddess: "Listen, auspicious one, to my words. This dialogue of mine with you will be famed as holy and purifying; of that there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4685, 4686 and 4688. Narada narrates in line 1; the god's own words begin in line 2 (शृणु कल्याणि), so the verse is not split. Wikisource lacks CE line 4687.

Verse 70 (13.250.70)

य इमं श्रावयेद्विद्वान्संवादं चावयोः प्रिये । शुचिर्भूत्वा नरान्युक्तान्स तैः स्वर्गं व्रजेत्सुखम् ॥

ya imaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsaṃvādaṃ cāvayoḥ priye | śucirbhūtvā narānyuktānsa taiḥ svargaṃ vrajetsukham

Whoever, learned and pure, recites this dialogue of ours, my beloved, to attentive men will go happily to heaven with 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 4689-4690. Speaker settled as Maheshvara: the page prints no heading, but the god's speech (begun in verse 69) fills this whole verse. Line 2 reads स तैः स्वर्गं व्रजेत्सुखम् (CE sa yajñaphalam āpnuyāt); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 71 (13.250.71)

यस्त्वेनं शृणुयान्नित्यं संवादं चावयोः शुभम् । कीर्तिमायुष्यमारोग्यं लभते स गतिं पराम् ॥

yastvenaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ saṃvādaṃ cāvayoḥ śubham | kīrtimāyuṣyamārogyaṃ labhate sa gatiṃ parām

And whoever hears this auspicious dialogue of ours daily gains fame, long life and health, and attains the highest state."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4695-4696. Speaker settled as Maheshvara (his speech from verse 69 ends here). This is the last verse of the page. Wikisource lacks CE lines 4691-4694 and 4697-4706 (Narada's closing words to Krishna, Bhishma's and Vaishampayana's closing lines) and the CE's following lines (Appendix I No. 15 runs on); not added.