Ishvara Foretells the Birth of Krishna

Verse 1 (13.251.1)

पिनाकिन्भगनेत्रघ्न सर्वलोकनमस्कृत । महात्म्यं वासुदेवस्य श्रोतुमिच्छाम शङ्कर ॥

pinākinbhaganetraghna sarvalokanamaskṛta | mahātmyaṃ vāsudevasya śrotumicchāma śaṅkara

O wielder of the Pinaka, destroyer of Bhaga's eyes, honoured by all the worlds, O Shankara, we wish to hear the greatness of Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1-2. The page heads this verse ऋषय ऊचुः; in the Appendix the sages' request is lines 1-2 and the reply begins at line 3.

Verse 2 (13.251.2)

पितामहादपि वरः शाश्वतः पुरुषो हरिः । कृष्णो जाम्बूनदाभासो व्यभ्रे सूर्य इवोदितः ॥

pitāmahādapi varaḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣo hariḥ | kṛṣṇo jāmbūnadābhāso vyabhre sūrya ivoditaḥ

Hari, the eternal Person, is higher even than the Grandfather, Brahma. Krishna, golden as the gold of the Jambu river, is like the sun risen in a cloudless sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3-4. Page heading ईश्वर उवाच kept; the Appendix names the speaker Maheshvara.

Verse 3 (13.251.3)

दशबाहुर्महातेजा देवतारिनिषूदनः । श्रीवत्साङ्को हृषीकेशः सर्वदैवतपूजितः ॥

daśabāhurmahātejā devatāriniṣūdanaḥ | śrīvatsāṅko hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarvadaivatapūjitaḥ

He is ten-armed and of great splendour, the slayer of the gods' enemies, marked with the Shrivatsa, Hrishikesha, worshipped by all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 5-6.

Verse 4 (13.251.4)

ब्रह्मा तस्योदरभवस्तस्याहं च शिरोभवः । शिरोरुहेभ्यो ज्योतींषि रोमभ्यश्च सुराऽसुराः ॥

brahmā tasyodarabhavastasyāhaṃ ca śirobhavaḥ | śiroruhebhyo jyotīṃṣi romabhyaśca surā'surāḥ

Brahma was born from his belly, and I from his head; from the hairs of his head came the luminaries, and from the pores of his skin the gods and the asuras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 7-8.

Verse 5 (13.251.5)

ऋषयो देहसम्भूतास्तस्य लोकाश्च शाश्वताः । पितामहगृहं साक्षात्सर्वदेवगृहं च सः ॥

ṛṣayo dehasambhūtāstasya lokāśca śāśvatāḥ | pitāmahagṛhaṃ sākṣātsarvadevagṛhaṃ ca saḥ

The sages were born from his body, and the eternal worlds are his. He is himself the house of the Grandfather and the house of all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 9-10.

Verse 6 (13.251.6)

सोस्याः पृथिव्याः कृत्स्नायाः स्रष्टा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । संहर्ता चैव भूतानां स्थावरस्य चरस्य च ॥

sosyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ sraṣṭā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ | saṃhartā caiva bhūtānāṃ sthāvarasya carasya ca

He is the creator of this whole earth and lord of the three worlds, and he is the destroyer of all beings, moving and unmoving.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 11-12.

Verse 7 (13.251.7)

स हि देववरः साक्षाद्देवनाथः परन्तपः । सर्वज्ञः सर्वसंश्लिष्टः सर्वगः सर्वतोमुखः ॥

sa hi devavaraḥ sākṣāddevanāthaḥ parantapaḥ | sarvajñaḥ sarvasaṃśliṣṭaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ

He is the best of the gods in person, the lord of the gods, the scorcher of foes; all-knowing, joined with all things, going everywhere, facing every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 13-14.

Verse 8 (13.251.8)

परमात्मा हृषीकेशः सर्वव्यापी महेश्वरः । न तस्मात्परमं भूतं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ॥

paramātmā hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarvavyāpī maheśvaraḥ | na tasmātparamaṃ bhūtaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana

He is the Supreme Self, Hrishikesha, all-pervading, the great lord. In the three worlds there is no being higher than he.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 15-16.

Verse 9 (13.251.9)

सनातनो वै मधुहा गोविन्द इति विश्रुतः । स सर्वान्पार्थिवान्सङ्ख्ये घातयिष्यति मानदः ॥

sanātano vai madhuhā govinda iti viśrutaḥ | sa sarvānpārthivānsaṅkhye ghātayiṣyati mānadaḥ

The eternal slayer of Madhu, known as Govinda, the giver of honour, will have all the kings killed in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वान्पार्तिवान् → सर्वान्पार्थिवान् (misprint in Wikisource; पार्तिवान् is not a word; read पार्थिवान् (त/थ)). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); no parallel in Appendix I No. 16.

Verse 10 (13.251.10)

सुरकार्यार्थमुत्पन्नो मानुषं वपुरास्थितः । न हि देवगणाः शक्तास्त्रिविक्रमविनाकृताः ॥

surakāryārthamutpanno mānuṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ | na hi devagaṇāḥ śaktāstrivikramavinākṛtāḥ

He has been born for the work of the gods and has taken on a human body; for without Trivikrama the hosts of gods are not able

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 17-18.

Verse 11 (13.251.11)

भुवने देवकार्याणि कर्तुं नायकवर्जिताः । नायकः सर्वभूतानां सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः ॥

bhuvane devakāryāṇi kartuṃ nāyakavarjitāḥ | nāyakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ

to accomplish the gods' tasks in the world, being left without a leader. He is the leader of all beings, saluted by all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 19-20.

Verse 12 (13.251.12)

एतस्य देवनाथस्य देवकार्यपरस्य च । ब्रह्मभूतस्य सततं ब्रह्मर्षिशरणस्य च ॥

etasya devanāthasya devakāryaparasya ca | brahmabhūtasya satataṃ brahmarṣiśaraṇasya ca

In the body of this lord of the gods, who is ever intent on the gods' work, who has become Brahman itself and is the refuge of the brahmin sages,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 21-22.

Verse 13 (13.251.13)

ब्रह्मा वसति गर्भस्थः शरीरे सुखसंस्थितः । शर्वः सुखं संश्रितश्च शरीरे सुखसंस्थितः ॥

brahmā vasati garbhasthaḥ śarīre sukhasaṃsthitaḥ | śarvaḥ sukhaṃ saṃśritaśca śarīre sukhasaṃsthitaḥ

Brahma dwells in the womb, comfortably settled; and Sharva too dwells at ease, comfortably settled in that body.

Note on the text: Corrected संश्रितश्च् → संश्रितश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray halant sign after च). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), line 23. The second line of the verse has no parallel in the Appendix text (vulgate-only).

Verse 14 (13.251.14)

सर्वाः सुखं संश्रिताश्च शरीरे तस्य देवताः । स देवः पुण्डरीकाक्षः श्रीगर्भः श्रीसहोषितः ॥

sarvāḥ sukhaṃ saṃśritāśca śarīre tasya devatāḥ | sa devaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śrīgarbhaḥ śrīsahoṣitaḥ

All the gods likewise are lodged at ease in his body. That god is lotus-eyed, with Shri in his womb, dwelling together with Shri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 24-25.

Verse 15 (13.251.15)

शार्ङ्गचक्रायुधः खड्गी सर्वनागरिपुध्वजः । उत्तमेन स शीलेन दमेन च शमेन च ॥

śārṅgacakrāyudhaḥ khaḍgī sarvanāgaripudhvajaḥ | uttamena sa śīlena damena ca śamena ca

He bears the Sharnga bow, the discus and a sword, and has on his banner the enemy of all serpents. He is endowed with the highest conduct, self-control and calm,

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वनागरिपुध्वज → सर्वनागरिपुध्वजः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; the epithet agrees with the nominatives around it and the Appendix reads ध्वजः). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 26-27.

Verse 16 (13.251.16)

पराक्रमेण वीर्येण वपुषा दर्शनेन च । आरोहेण प्रमाणेन धैर्येणार्जवसम्पदा ॥

parākrameṇa vīryeṇa vapuṣā darśanena ca | āroheṇa pramāṇena dhairyeṇārjavasampadā

with prowess and valour, with bodily form and appearance, with stature and proportion, with steadiness and the wealth of uprightness,

Note on the text: Corrected आरोहेणि → आरोहेण (misprint in Wikisource; invalid form; the Appendix reads āroheṇa, instrumental like the words around it). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 28-29.

Verse 17 (13.251.17)

आनृशंस्येन रूपेण बलेन च समन्वितः । अस्त्रैः समुदितः सर्वैर्दिव्यैरद्भुतदर्शनैः ॥

ānṛśaṃsyena rūpeṇa balena ca samanvitaḥ | astraiḥ samuditaḥ sarvairdivyairadbhutadarśanaiḥ

with mercy, beauty and strength he is endowed; he is furnished with all the divine weapons, wondrous to behold.

Note on the text: Corrected बलेन न समन्वितः → बलेन च समन्वितः (misprint in Wikisource; न would reverse the sense of the list of qualities; the Appendix reads ca). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 30-31.

Verse 18 (13.251.18)

योगमायः सहस्राक्षो निरपायो महामनाः । वीरो मित्रजनश्लाघी ज्ञातिबन्धुजनप्रियः ॥

yogamāyaḥ sahasrākṣo nirapāyo mahāmanāḥ | vīro mitrajanaślāghī jñātibandhujanapriyaḥ

Master of yogic illusion, thousand-eyed, never failing, great-minded, a hero who praises his friends, dear to his kin and relatives,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 32-33.

Verse 19 (13.251.19)

क्षमावांश्चानहंवादी ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मनायकः । भयहर्ता भयार्तानां मित्राणां नन्दिवर्धनः ॥

kṣamāvāṃścānahaṃvādī brahmaṇyo brahmanāyakaḥ | bhayahartā bhayārtānāṃ mitrāṇāṃ nandivardhanaḥ

forbearing and free of boasting, devoted to brahmins and the leader of brahmins, the remover of fear from the frightened, the one who increases his friends' joy,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 34-35.

Verse 20 (13.251.20)

शरण्यः सर्वभूतानां दीनानां पालने रतः । श्रुतवानर्थसम्पन्नः सर्वभूतनमस्कृतः ॥

śaraṇyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dīnānāṃ pālane rataḥ | śrutavānarthasampannaḥ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtaḥ

the refuge of all beings, delighting in protecting the wretched, learned, rich in worth, saluted by all beings,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 36-37.

Verse 21 (13.251.21)

समाश्रितानां वरदः शत्रूणामपि धर्मवित् । नीतिज्ञो नीतिसम्पन्नो ब्रह्मवादी जितेन्द्रियः ॥

samāśritānāṃ varadaḥ śatrūṇāmapi dharmavit | nītijño nītisampanno brahmavādī jitendriyaḥ

a giver of boons to those who take refuge in him, knowing dharma even toward his enemies, versed in policy and endowed with it, a speaker of Brahman, master of his senses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 38-39.

Verse 22 (13.251.22)

भवार्थमिह देवानां बुद्ध्या परमया युतः । प्राजापत्ये शुभे मार्गे मानवे धर्मसंस्कृते ॥

bhavārthamiha devānāṃ buddhyā paramayā yutaḥ | prājāpatye śubhe mārge mānave dharmasaṃskṛte

For the welfare of the gods here, endowed with supreme understanding, in the auspicious path of Prajapati, the human path refined by dharma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 40-41.

Verse 23 (13.251.23)

समुत्पत्स्यति गोविन्दो मनोर्वंशे महात्मनः । अङ्गो नाम मनोः पुत्रो अन्तर्धामा ततः परः ॥

samutpatsyati govindo manorvaṃśe mahātmanaḥ | aṅgo nāma manoḥ putro antardhāmā tataḥ paraḥ

Govinda will arise in the line of the great-souled Manu. Manu had a son named Anga, and after him came Antardhama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 42-43.

Verse 24 (13.251.24)

अन्तर्धाम्नो हविर्धामा प्रजापतिरनिन्दितः । प्राचीनबर्हिर्भविता हविर्धाम्नः सुतो महान् ॥

antardhāmno havirdhāmā prajāpatiraninditaḥ | prācīnabarhirbhavitā havirdhāmnaḥ suto mahān

From Antardhama came Havirdhama, a blameless Prajapati; and the great son of Havirdhama will be Prachinabarhis.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 44-45.

Verse 25 (13.251.25)

तस्य प्रचेतःप्रमुखा भविष्यन्ति दशात्मजाः । प्राचेतसस्तथा दक्षो भवितेह प्रजापतिः ॥

tasya pracetaḥpramukhā bhaviṣyanti daśātmajāḥ | prācetasastathā dakṣo bhaviteha prajāpatiḥ

He will have ten sons headed by Prachetas, and Daksha, son of Prachetas, will be the Prajapati here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 46-47.

Verse 26 (13.251.26)

दाक्षायण्यास्तथाऽऽदित्यो मनुरादित्यतस्तथा । मनोश्च वंशज इला सुद्युम्नश्च भविष्यति ॥

dākṣāyaṇyāstathā''dityo manurādityatastathā | manośca vaṃśaja ilā sudyumnaśca bhaviṣyati

From Daksha's daughter came Aditya, and from Aditya, Manu; and in Manu's line Ila and Sudyumna will be born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 48-49.

Verse 27 (13.251.27)

बुधात्पुरूरवाश्चापि तस्मादायुर्भविष्यति । नहुषो भविता तस्माद्ययातिस्तस्य चात्मजः ॥

budhātpurūravāścāpi tasmādāyurbhaviṣyati | nahuṣo bhavitā tasmādyayātistasya cātmajaḥ

From Budha will come Pururavas, and from him Ayu; from him Nahusha will be born, and Nahusha's son was Yayati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 50-51.

Verse 28 (13.251.28)

यदुस्तस्मान्महासत्वः क्रोष्टा तस्माद्भविष्यति । क्रोष्टुश्चैव महान्पुत्रो वृजिनीवान्भविष्यति ॥

yadustasmānmahāsatvaḥ kroṣṭā tasmādbhaviṣyati | kroṣṭuścaiva mahānputro vṛjinīvānbhaviṣyati

From him came Yadu, of great strength, and from Yadu Kroshtu will be born; and Kroshtu's great son will be Vrijinivan.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 52-53.

Verse 29 (13.251.29)

वृजिनीवतश्च भविता उषङ्गुरपराजितः । उषङ्गोर्भविता पुत्रः शूरश्चित्ररथस्तथा । तस्य त्ववरजः पुत्रः शूरो नाम भविष्यति ॥

vṛjinīvataśca bhavitā uṣaṅguraparājitaḥ | uṣaṅgorbhavitā putraḥ śūraścitrarathastathā | tasya tvavarajaḥ putraḥ śūro nāma bhaviṣyati

From Vrijinivan will come the unconquered Ushangu. Ushangu will have a son, Shura, and also Chitraratha; and the younger son of that one will be named Shura.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 54-56.

Verse 30 (13.251.30)

तेषां विख्यातवीर्याणां चरित्रगुणशालिनाम् । यज्वनां सुविशुद्धानां वंशे ब्राह्मणसम्मते ॥

teṣāṃ vikhyātavīryāṇāṃ caritraguṇaśālinām | yajvanāṃ suviśuddhānāṃ vaṃśe brāhmaṇasammate

In the line of these renowned heroes, men of fine conduct and virtue, performers of sacrifice, wholly pure and honoured by brahmins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 57-58.

Verse 31 (13.251.31)

स शूरः क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठो महावीर्यो महायशाः । स्ववंशविस्तरकरं जनयिष्यति मानदः । वसुदेव इति ख्यातं पुत्रमानकदुन्दुभिम् ॥

sa śūraḥ kṣatriyaśreṣṭho mahāvīryo mahāyaśāḥ | svavaṃśavistarakaraṃ janayiṣyati mānadaḥ | vasudeva iti khyātaṃ putramānakadundubhim

that Shura, best of kshatriyas, of great valour and great fame, will beget a son who will extend his lineage, he who gives honour to others: the one known as Vasudeva, Anakadundubhi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 59-61.

Verse 32 (13.251.32)

तस्य पुत्रश्चतुर्बाहुर्वासुदेवो भविष्यति । दाता ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता ब्रह्मभूतो द्विजप्रियः ॥

tasya putraścaturbāhurvāsudevo bhaviṣyati | dātā brāhmaṇasatkartā brahmabhūto dvijapriyaḥ

His son will be the four-armed Vasudeva, a giver, an honourer of brahmins, one who has become Brahman, dear to the twice-born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 62-63.

Verse 33 (13.251.33)

राज्ञो मागधसंरुद्धान्मोक्षयिष्यति यादवः ॥

rājño māgadhasaṃruddhānmokṣayiṣyati yādavaḥ

That Yadava will free the kings held captive by the king of Magadha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), line 64. Wikisource prints this single line as a verse of its own; with the two lines of verse 32 it forms the three-line unit of Appendix lines 62-64.

Verse 34 (13.251.34)

जरासन्धं तु राजानं निर्जित्य गिरिगह्वरे । सर्वपार्थिवरत्नाढ्यो भविष्यति स वीर्यवान् ॥

jarāsandhaṃ tu rājānaṃ nirjitya girigahvare | sarvapārthivaratnāḍhyo bhaviṣyati sa vīryavān

Having defeated King Jarasandha in a mountain cave, that valiant one will be rich in the jewels of all the kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 65-66.

Verse 35 (13.251.35)

पृथिव्यामप्रतिहतो वीर्येण च भविष्यति । विक्रमेण च सम्पन्नः सर्वपार्थिवपार्थिवः ॥

pṛthivyāmapratihato vīryeṇa ca bhaviṣyati | vikrameṇa ca sampannaḥ sarvapārthivapārthivaḥ

He will be unopposed on earth by his valour, and endowed with prowess, a king over all kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 67-68.

Verse 36 (13.251.36)

शूरसेनेषु भूत्वा स द्वारकायां वसन्प्रभुः । पालयिष्यति गां देवीं विजित्य नयवित्सदा ॥

śūraseneṣu bhūtvā sa dvārakāyāṃ vasanprabhuḥ | pālayiṣyati gāṃ devīṃ vijitya nayavitsadā

Born among the Shurasenas and dwelling in Dvaraka, that lord, ever skilled in policy, will conquer and rule the divine Earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 69-70.

Verse 37 (13.251.37)

तं भवन्तः समासाद्य वाङ्माल्यैरर्हणैर्वरैः । अर्चयन्तु यथान्यायं ब्रह्माणमिव शाश्वतम् ॥

taṃ bhavantaḥ samāsādya vāṅmālyairarhaṇairvaraiḥ | arcayantu yathānyāyaṃ brahmāṇamiva śāśvatam

Approaching him, honour him as is proper, with words as garlands and with the finest offerings, as you would honour the eternal Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected वाङ्भाल्यै → वाङ्माल्यै (misprint in Wikisource; भाल्य is not a word; the Appendix reads vāṅmālyair, "garlands of words"). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 71-72.

Verse 38 (13.251.38)

यो हि मां द्रष्टुमिच्छेत ब्रह्माणं च पितामहम् । द्रष्टव्यस्तेन भगवान्वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥

yo hi māṃ draṣṭumiccheta brahmāṇaṃ ca pitāmaham | draṣṭavyastena bhagavānvāsudevaḥ pratāpavān

Whoever wishes to see me, or Brahma the Grandfather, should see the glorious lord Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 73-74.

Verse 39 (13.251.39)

दृष्टे तस्मिन्नहं दृष्टो न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा । पितामहो वा देवेश इति वित्त तपोधनाः ॥

dṛṣṭe tasminnahaṃ dṛṣṭo na me'trāsti vicāraṇā | pitāmaho vā deveśa iti vitta tapodhanāḥ

When he has been seen, I have been seen; in this I have no doubt. Or, know that it is the Grandfather, the lord of the gods who has been seen, O sages rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 75-76.

Verse 40 (13.251.40)

स यस्य पुण्डरीकाक्षः प्रीतियुक्तो भविष्यति । तस्य देवगणः प्रीतो ब्रह्मपूर्वो भविष्यति ॥

sa yasya puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ prītiyukto bhaviṣyati | tasya devagaṇaḥ prīto brahmapūrvo bhaviṣyati

When that lotus-eyed one is pleased with someone, the host of gods, with Brahma at its head, will be pleased with him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 77-78.

Verse 41 (13.251.41)

यश्च तं मानवे लोके संश्रयिष्यति केशवम् । तस्य कीर्तिर्जयश्चैव स्वर्गश्चैव भविष्यति ॥

yaśca taṃ mānave loke saṃśrayiṣyati keśavam | tasya kīrtirjayaścaiva svargaścaiva bhaviṣyati

And whoever among men in the human world takes refuge in Keshava will have fame, victory and heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 79-80.

Verse 42 (13.251.42)

धर्माणां देशिकः साक्षात्स भविष्यति धर्मभाक् । धर्मवद्भिः स देवेशो नमस्कार्यः सदोद्यतैः ॥

dharmāṇāṃ deśikaḥ sākṣātsa bhaviṣyati dharmabhāk | dharmavadbhiḥ sa deveśo namaskāryaḥ sadodyataiḥ

He will be in person the teacher of the dharmas, a sharer in dharma; that lord of the gods should always be saluted by the righteous who are ever diligent.

Note on the text: Corrected धऱ्मिभाक् → धर्मभाक् (misprint in Wikisource; stray Dravidian letter ऱ and a wrong vowel sign; the Appendix reads dharmabhāk). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 81-82.

Verse 43 (13.251.43)

धर्म एव परो हि स्यात्तस्मिन्नभ्यर्चिते विभौ । स हि देवो महातेजाः प्रजाहितचिकीर्षया ॥

dharma eva paro hi syāttasminnabhyarcite vibhau | sa hi devo mahātejāḥ prajāhitacikīrṣayā

When that all-pervading lord is worshipped, dharma itself becomes supreme. For that god of great splendour, desiring the welfare of creatures,

Note on the text: Corrected सहि देवो → स हि देवो (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 83-84.

Verse 44 (13.251.44)

धर्मार्थं पुरुषव्याघ्र ऋषिकोटीः ससर्ज ह । ताः सृष्टास्तेन विभुना पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥

dharmārthaṃ puruṣavyāghra ṛṣikoṭīḥ sasarja ha | tāḥ sṛṣṭāstena vibhunā parvate gandhamādane

created, for dharma's sake, ten million sages, O tiger among men. Those created by that lord stay on Mount Gandhamadana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 85-86.

Verse 45 (13.251.45)

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखास्तिष्ठन्ति तपसाऽन्विताः । तस्मात्स वाग्मी धर्मज्ञो नमस्यो द्विजपुङ्गवाः ॥

sanatkumārapramukhāstiṣṭhanti tapasā'nvitāḥ | tasmātsa vāgmī dharmajño namasyo dvijapuṅgavāḥ

led by Sanatkumara and endowed with austerity. Therefore he, eloquent and knowing dharma, should be revered, O best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 87-88.

Verse 46 (13.251.46)

दिवि श्रेष्ठो हि भगवान्हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । वन्दितो हि स वन्देत मानितो मानयीत च । अर्हितश्चार्हयेन्नित्यं पूजितः प्रतिपूजयेत् ॥

divi śreṣṭho hi bhagavānharirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | vandito hi sa vandeta mānito mānayīta ca | arhitaścārhayennityaṃ pūjitaḥ pratipūjayet

The blessed lord Hari Narayana is the foremost in heaven. Honoured, he honours in return; respected, he respects; revered, he reveres; worshipped, he worships in turn.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 89-90. The first line of the verse has no parallel in the Appendix text (vulgate-only).

Verse 47 (13.251.47)

दृष्टः पश्येदहरहः संश्रितः प्रतिसंश्रयेत् । अर्चितश्चार्चयेन्नित्यं स देवो द्विजसत्तमाः ॥

dṛṣṭaḥ paśyedaharahaḥ saṃśritaḥ pratisaṃśrayet | arcitaścārcayennityaṃ sa devo dvijasattamāḥ

Seen, he looks on one day after day; resorted to, he gives refuge in return; adored, he always adores in turn — such is that god, O best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 91-92.

Verse 48 (13.251.48)

एतत्तस्यानवद्यस्य विष्णोर्वै परमं व्रतम् । आदिदेवस्य महतः सज्जनाचरितं सदा ॥

etattasyānavadyasya viṣṇorvai paramaṃ vratam | ādidevasya mahataḥ sajjanācaritaṃ sadā

This is the supreme vow of the faultless Vishnu, the great primal god, always followed by good people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 93-94.

Verse 49 (13.251.49)

भुवनेऽभ्यर्चितो नित्यं देवैरपि सनातनः । अभयेनानुरूपेण युज्यन्ते तमनुव्रताः ॥

bhuvane'bhyarcito nityaṃ devairapi sanātanaḥ | abhayenānurūpeṇa yujyante tamanuvratāḥ

He, the eternal one, is always worshipped in the world even by the gods; those who are devoted to him are endowed with a fitting fearlessness.

Note on the text: Corrected अभयेनानुरूपेणि → अभयेनानुरूपेण (misprint in Wikisource; invalid form; instrumental अनुरूपेण agrees with अभयेन). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 95-96.

Verse 50 (13.251.50)

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा स नमस्यो द्विजैः सदा । यत्नवद्भिरुपस्थाय द्रष्टव्यो देवकीसुतः ॥

karmaṇā manasā vācā sa namasyo dvijaiḥ sadā | yatnavadbhirupasthāya draṣṭavyo devakīsutaḥ

In deed, mind and speech he is always to be revered by the twice-born; with effort, drawing near to serve him, Devaki's son is to be seen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 97-98.

Verse 51 (13.251.51)

एष वोऽभिहितो मार्गो मया वै मुनिसत्तमाः । तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वशो देवं दृष्टाः स्युः सुरसत्तमाः ॥

eṣa vo'bhihito mārgo mayā vai munisattamāḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaśo devaṃ dṛṣṭāḥ syuḥ surasattamāḥ

This is the path I have declared to you, O best of sages. Having seen that god in every way, the best of the gods will have been seen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 99-100.

Verse 52 (13.251.52)

महावराहं तं देवं सर्वलोकपितामहम् । अहं चैव नमस्यामि नित्यमेव जगत्पतिम् ॥

mahāvarāhaṃ taṃ devaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham | ahaṃ caiva namasyāmi nityameva jagatpatim

I too always revere that god, Mahavaraha, the grandfather of all worlds, the lord of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 101-102.

Verse 53 (13.251.53)

तत्र च त्रितयं दृष्टं भविष्यति न संशयः । समस्ता हि वयं देवास्तस्य देहे वसामहे ॥

tatra ca tritayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | samastā hi vayaṃ devāstasya dehe vasāmahe

And in him a triad will be seen, without doubt: all of us gods dwell in his body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 103-104.

Verse 54 (13.251.54)

तस्य चैवाग्रजो भ्राता सिताद्रिनिचयप्रभः । हली बल इति ख्यातो भविष्यति धराधरः ॥

tasya caivāgrajo bhrātā sitādrinicayaprabhaḥ | halī bala iti khyāto bhaviṣyati dharādharaḥ

His elder brother, bright as a mass of white mountains, will be known as Bala, the plough-bearer, the supporter of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 105-106.

Verse 55 (13.251.55)

त्रिशिरास्तस्य दिव्यश्च सातकुम्भमयो द्रुमः । ध्वजस्तृणेन्द्रो देवस्य भविष्यति रथाश्रितः ॥

triśirāstasya divyaśca sātakumbhamayo drumaḥ | dhvajastṛṇendro devasya bhaviṣyati rathāśritaḥ

The god's banner will be a divine, golden, three-headed palm tree, the king of grasses, set upon his chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 107-108.

Verse 56 (13.251.56)

शिरो नागैर्महाभोगैः परिकीर्णं महात्मभिः । भविष्यति महाबाहोः सर्वलोकेश्वरस्य च ॥

śiro nāgairmahābhogaiḥ parikīrṇaṃ mahātmabhiḥ | bhaviṣyati mahābāhoḥ sarvalokeśvarasya ca

The head of that mighty-armed lord of all the worlds will be covered all around by great-hooded serpents, great-souled ones.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 109-110.

Verse 57 (13.251.57)

चिन्तितानि समेष्यन्ति शस्त्राण्यस्त्राणि चैव ह । अनन्तश्च स एवोक्तो भगवान्हरिरव्ययः ॥

cintitāni sameṣyanti śastrāṇyastrāṇi caiva ha | anantaśca sa evokto bhagavānhariravyayaḥ

Weapons and missiles will come to him at the mere thought. And he too is spoken of as Ananta, the blessed, imperishable Hari.

Note on the text: Corrected स अवोक्तो → स एवोक्तो (misprint in Wikisource; अवोक्तो is not a word; the Appendix reads sa evokto). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 111-112.

Verse 58 (13.251.58)

समादिष्टश्च विबुधैर्दर्शय त्वमिति प्रभो । सुपर्णो यस्य वीर्येण कश्यपस्यात्मजो बली । अन्तं नैवाशकद्द्रष्टुं देवस्य परमात्मनः ॥

samādiṣṭaśca vibudhairdarśaya tvamiti prabho | suparṇo yasya vīryeṇa kaśyapasyātmajo balī | antaṃ naivāśakaddraṣṭuṃ devasya paramātmanaḥ

Urged by the gods with the words "You must show it, O lord," Suparna, Kashyapa's mighty son, who owes his strength to him, could not find the end of that god, the Supreme Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 113-115.

Verse 59 (13.251.59)

स च शेषो विचरते परया वै मुदा युतः । अन्तर्वसति भोगेन परिरभ्य वसुन्धराम् ॥

sa ca śeṣo vicarate parayā vai mudā yutaḥ | antarvasati bhogena parirabhya vasundharām

And that Shesha moves about, filled with supreme joy, dwelling within, embracing the earth with his coils.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 116-117.

Verse 60 (13.251.60)

य एव विष्णुः सोऽनन्तो भगवान्वसुधाधरः । यो रामः स हृषीकेशो योच्युतः स धराधरः ॥

ya eva viṣṇuḥ so'nanto bhagavānvasudhādharaḥ | yo rāmaḥ sa hṛṣīkeśo yocyutaḥ sa dharādharaḥ

He who is Vishnu is that same Ananta, the blessed supporter of the earth; he who is Rama is Hrishikesha; and he who is Achyuta is the bearer of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 118-119.

Verse 61 (13.251.61)

तावुभौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ दिव्यौ दिव्यपराक्रमौ । द्रष्टव्यौ माननीयौ च चक्रलाङ्गलधारिणौ ॥

tāvubhau puruṣavyāghrau divyau divyaparākramau | draṣṭavyau mānanīyau ca cakralāṅgaladhāriṇau

Those two, tigers among men, divine, of divine prowess, bearers of the discus and the plough, are to be seen and honoured.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 120-121.

Verse 62 (13.251.62)

एष वोऽनुग्रहः प्रोक्तो मया पुण्यस्तपोधनाः । यद्भवन्तो यदुश्रेष्ठं पूजयेयुः प्रयत्नतः ॥

eṣa vo'nugrahaḥ prokto mayā puṇyastapodhanāḥ | yadbhavanto yaduśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayeyuḥ prayatnataḥ

This is the favour I have declared to you, holy ones rich in austerity: that you should worship the best of the Yadus with care.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 122-123. The Appendix label nāradaḥ falls in the second line (line 123), where Shiva's speech ends and Narada's narration begins; Wikisource starts adhyaya 252 there.