The Sages Praise Krishna and Bhishma Ends His Teaching

Verse 1 (13.252.1)

अथ व्योम्नि महाञ्शब्दः सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान् । मेघैश्च गगनं नीलं संरुद्धमभवद्धनैः ॥

atha vyomni mahāñśabdaḥ savidyutstanayitnumān | meghaiśca gaganaṃ nīlaṃ saṃruddhamabhavaddhanaiḥ

Then a great sound arose in the sky, with lightning and thunder, and the heavens were shut in by dense dark clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 124-125. Narada narrates; the page heads the speech नारद उवाच. In the Appendix the label nāradaḥ falls at line 123, just before this verse.

Verse 2 (13.252.2)

प्रावृषीव च पर्जन्यो ववृषे निर्मलं पयः । तमश्चैवाभवद्घोरं दिशश्च न चकाशिरे ॥

prāvṛṣīva ca parjanyo vavṛṣe nirmalaṃ payaḥ | tamaścaivābhavadghoraṃ diśaśca na cakāśire

As in the rainy season, the cloud poured down clear water; darkness grew terrible and the quarters could not be seen.

Note on the text: Corrected तमश्वैवाभवद्धोरं → तमश्चैवाभवद्घोरं (misprint in Wikisource; श्व is a slip for श्च and भवद्धोरं for भवद्घोरं; the Appendix reads abhavad ghoraṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 126-127.

Verse 3 (13.252.3)

ततो देवगिरौ तस्मिन्रम्ये पुण्ये सनातने । न शर्वं भूतसङ्घं वा ददृशुर्मुनयस्तदा ॥

tato devagirau tasminramye puṇye sanātane | na śarvaṃ bhūtasaṅghaṃ vā dadṛśurmunayastadā

Then, on that lovely, holy, ancient mountain of the gods, the sages no longer saw Sharva or the host of beings.

Note on the text: Corrected ददृशुर्मनयः → ददृशुर्मुनयः (misprint in Wikisource; मनयः is not a word here; the Appendix reads munayaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 128-129.

Verse 4 (13.252.4)

व्यभ्रं च गगनं सद्यः क्षणेन समपद्यत । तीर्थयात्रां ततो विप्रा जग्मुश्चान्ये यथागतम् ॥

vyabhraṃ ca gaganaṃ sadyaḥ kṣaṇena samapadyata | tīrthayātrāṃ tato viprā jagmuścānye yathāgatam

In an instant the sky became cloudless; the brahmins then went off on pilgrimage, and the others went back the way they had come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 130-131.

Verse 5 (13.252.5)

तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा ते विस्मिताऽभवन् । शङ्करस्योमया सार्धं संवादं त्वत्कथाश्रयम् ॥

tadadbhutamacintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā te vismitā'bhavan | śaṅkarasyomayā sārdhaṃ saṃvādaṃ tvatkathāśrayam

Seeing that wonder, beyond all thought, they were filled with amazement — at the dialogue of Shankara with Uma, which had you as its subject.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 132-133. Narration by Narada; the second half (the dialogue of Shankara with Uma "centred on your story") runs on into the sages' words in the next verse. Wikisource reads त्वत्कथाश्रयम् where the Appendix has tatkathāśrayam (variant, kept).

Verse 6 (13.252.6)

स भवान्पुरुषव्याघ्र ब्रह्मभूतः सनातनः । यदर्थमनुशिष्टा स्मो गिरिपृष्ठे महात्मना ॥

sa bhavānpuruṣavyāghra brahmabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ | yadarthamanuśiṣṭā smo giripṛṣṭhe mahātmanā

You, O tiger among men, the eternal one who has become Brahman, are the one for whose sake we were instructed on the mountain's ridge by the great soul.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 134-135. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages. Wikisource reads स भवान् where the Appendix has bhagavān (variant, kept).

Verse 7 (13.252.7)

द्वितीयं त्वद्भुतमिदं त्वत्तेजःकृतमद्य वै । दृष्ट्वा च विस्मिताः कृष्ण सा च नः स्मृतिरागता ॥

dvitīyaṃ tvadbhutamidaṃ tvattejaḥkṛtamadya vai | dṛṣṭvā ca vismitāḥ kṛṣṇa sā ca naḥ smṛtirāgatā

And this is a second marvel, made today by your own splendour. Seeing it, O Krishna, we were amazed, and that memory has come back to us.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 136-137. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 8 (13.252.8)

एतत्ते देवदेवस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं प्रभो । कपर्दिनो गिरीशस्य महाबाहो जनार्दन ॥

etatte devadevasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ prabho | kapardino girīśasya mahābāho janārdana

This account of the greatness of the God of gods, of Kapardin, the lord of the mountain, has been told to you, O lord, O mighty-armed Janardana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 138-139. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 9 (13.252.9)

इत्युक्तः स तदा कृष्णस्तपोवननिवासिभिः । मानयामास तान्सर्वानृषीन्देवकिनन्दनः ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tadā kṛṣṇastapovananivāsibhiḥ | mānayāmāsa tānsarvānṛṣīndevakinandanaḥ

Thus addressed by the dwellers of the penance-forest, Krishna, Devaki's son, then honoured all those sages.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्युक्ताः स → इत्युक्तः स (misprint in Wikisource; plural agreeing with a singular subject; the Appendix reads uktaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 140-141.

Verse 10 (13.252.10)

अथर्षयः सम्प्रहृष्टाः पुनस्ते कृष्णमब्रुवन् । पुनःपुनर्दर्शयास्मान्सदैव मधुसूदन ॥

atharṣayaḥ samprahṛṣṭāḥ punaste kṛṣṇamabruvan | punaḥpunardarśayāsmānsadaiva madhusūdana

Then the sages, greatly delighted, spoke to Krishna again: "Show yourself to us again and again, always, O Madhusudana."

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्ममब्रुवन् → कृष्णमब्रुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; ष्म for ष्ण). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 142-143. Narration introducing the sages' request; the request itself fills the second line and is kept with the narrator.

Verse 11 (13.252.11)

न हि नः सा रतिः स्वर्गे या च त्वद्दर्शने विभो । तदृतं च महाबाहो यदाह भगवान्भवः ॥

na hi naḥ sā ratiḥ svarge yā ca tvaddarśane vibho | tadṛtaṃ ca mahābāho yadāha bhagavānbhavaḥ

For we find no delight in heaven like that which comes from seeing you, O lord; and what the blessed Bhava said is true, O mighty-armed one.

Note on the text: Corrected सा रति स्वर्गे → सा रतिः स्वर्गे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 144-145. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 12 (13.252.12)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं रहस्यमरिकर्शन । त्वमेव ह्यर्थतत्त्वज्ञः पृष्टोऽस्मान्पृच्छसे यदा ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ rahasyamarikarśana | tvameva hyarthatattvajñaḥ pṛṣṭo'smānpṛcchase yadā

All this secret has been told to you, O afflicter of foes; for you yourself know the truth of every matter, and yet whenever you are questioned, you question us in return.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यर्ततत्त्वज्ञः → ह्यर्थतत्त्वज्ञः (misprint in Wikisource; अर्त for अर्थ; the Appendix reads arthatattvajñaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 146-147. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 13 (13.252.13)

तदस्माभिरिदं गुह्यं त्वत्प्रियार्थमुदाहृतम् । न च तेऽविदितं किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते ॥

tadasmābhiridaṃ guhyaṃ tvatpriyārthamudāhṛtam | na ca te'viditaṃ kiñcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

So this secret has been spoken by us for your pleasure; and nothing in the three worlds is unknown to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 148-149. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 14 (13.252.14)

जन्म चैव प्रसूतिश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं विभो । वयं तु बहुचापल्यादशक्ता गुह्यधारणे ॥

janma caiva prasūtiśca yaccānyatkāraṇaṃ vibho | vayaṃ tu bahucāpalyādaśaktā guhyadhāraṇe

Your birth, your origin, and whatever other cause there is, O lord — but we, from much fickleness, are unable to keep secrets.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 150-151. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 15 (13.252.15)

ततः स्थिते त्वयि विभो लघुत्वात्प्रलपामहे । न हि किञ्चित्तदाश्चर्यं यन्न वेत्ति भवानिह ॥

tataḥ sthite tvayi vibho laghutvātpralapāmahe | na hi kiñcittadāścaryaṃ yanna vetti bhavāniha

So, with you here, we chatter out of lightness, O lord. For nothing that you do not know could be a wonder 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 152-153. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 16 (13.252.16)

दिवि वा भुवि वा देव सर्वं हि विदितं तव । साधयाम वयं कृष्ण बुद्धिं पुष्टिमवाप्नुहि ॥

divi vā bhuvi vā deva sarvaṃ hi viditaṃ tava | sādhayāma vayaṃ kṛṣṇa buddhiṃ puṣṭimavāpnuhi

Whether in heaven or on earth, O god, all is known to you. We shall do what is needed, O Krishna; may you attain understanding and prosperity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 154-155. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages.

Verse 17 (13.252.17)

पुत्रस्ते सदृशस्तात विशिष्टो वा भविष्यति । महाप्रभावसंयुक्तो दीप्तिकीर्तिकरः प्रभुः ॥

putraste sadṛśastāta viśiṣṭo vā bhaviṣyati | mahāprabhāvasaṃyukto dīptikīrtikaraḥ prabhuḥ

May you have a son like yourself, dear one, or even better — one of great power, who brings splendour and fame, O lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 156-157. Spoken by the sages to Krishna within Narada's narration; the page prints no heading for it (it heads the stretch नारद उवाच), so the speech is given to the sages. The Appendix label bhīṣmaḥ falls at line 157, i.e. at the end of this verse; the page's heading भीष्म उवाच begins at verse 18.

Verse 18 (13.252.18)

ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं यादवं पुरुषोत्तमम् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य प्रजग्मुस्ते महर्षयः ॥

tataḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ yādavaṃ puruṣottamam | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya prajagmuste maharṣayaḥ

Then, bowing to the lord of gods, the Yadava, best of men, and circling him with their right side toward him, the great sages departed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 158-159. Page heading भीष्म उवाच.

Verse 19 (13.252.19)

सोयं नारायणः श्रीमन्दीप्त्या परमया युतः । व्रतं यथावत्तच्चीर्त्वा द्वारकां पुनरागमत् ॥

soyaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmandīptyā paramayā yutaḥ | vrataṃ yathāvattaccīrtvā dvārakāṃ punarāgamat

That glorious Narayana, endowed with supreme radiance, having duly completed his vow, returned again to Dvaraka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 160-161.

Verse 20 (13.252.20)

पूर्णे च दशमे मासि पुत्रोऽस्य परमाद्भुतः । रुक्मिण्यां सम्मतो जज्ञे शूरो वंशधरः प्रभो ॥

pūrṇe ca daśame māsi putro'sya paramādbhutaḥ | rukmiṇyāṃ sammato jajñe śūro vaṃśadharaḥ prabho

And when the tenth month was complete, a supremely wondrous son was born to Rukmini — honoured, a hero, a bearer of the lineage, O lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 162-163.

Verse 21 (13.252.21)

स कामः सर्वभूतानां सर्वभावगतो नृप । असुराणां सुराणां च चरत्यन्तर्गतः सदा ॥

sa kāmaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhāvagato nṛpa | asurāṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca caratyantargataḥ sadā

He is Kama, desire, in all beings, O king, present in every state of being; he moves always within asuras and gods alike.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 164-165.

Verse 22 (13.252.22)

सोयं पुरुषशार्दूलो मेघवर्णश्चतुर्भुजः । संश्रितः पाण्डवान्प्रेम्णा भवन्तश्चैनमाश्रिताः ॥

soyaṃ puruṣaśārdūlo meghavarṇaścaturbhujaḥ | saṃśritaḥ pāṇḍavānpremṇā bhavantaścainamāśritāḥ

This tiger among men, cloud-dark and four-armed, has taken refuge with the Pandavas out of love, and you too have taken refuge in 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 166-167.

Verse 23 (13.252.23)

कीर्तिर्लक्ष्मीर्धृतिश्चैव स्वर्गमार्गस्तथैव च । यत्रैष संस्थितस्तत्र देवो विष्णुस्त्रिविक्रमः ॥

kīrtirlakṣmīrdhṛtiścaiva svargamārgastathaiva ca | yatraiṣa saṃsthitastatra devo viṣṇustrivikramaḥ

Fame, Lakshmi, steadiness and the path to heaven — wherever he stands, there stands the god Vishnu, Trivikrama.

Note on the text: Corrected चैवक स्वर्गमार्ग → चैव स्वर्गमार्ग (misprint in Wikisource; stray क). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 168-169.

Verse 24 (13.252.24)

सेन्द्रा देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशदेष नात्र विचारणा । आदिदेवो महादेवः सर्वभूतप्रतिश्रयः ॥

sendrā devāstrayastriṃśadeṣa nātra vicāraṇā | ādidevo mahādevaḥ sarvabhūtapratiśrayaḥ

The thirty-three gods with Indra are he — there is no doubt in this. He is the primal god, the great god, the shelter of 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 170-171.

Verse 25 (13.252.25)

अनादिनिधनोऽव्यक्तो महात्मा मधुसूदनः । अयं जातो महातेजाः सुराणामर्थसिद्धये ॥

anādinidhano'vyakto mahātmā madhusūdanaḥ | ayaṃ jāto mahātejāḥ surāṇāmarthasiddhaye

without beginning or end, unmanifest, the great Self, Madhusudana. He was born, of great splendour, for the accomplishment of the gods' aims.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 172-173.

Verse 26 (13.252.26)

सुदुस्तरार्थतत्त्वस्य वक्ता कर्ता च माधवः । तव पार्थ जयः कृत्स्नस्तव कीर्तिस्तथाऽतुला ॥

sudustarārthatattvasya vaktā kartā ca mādhavaḥ | tava pārtha jayaḥ kṛtsnastava kīrtistathā'tulā

Madhava is the speaker and doer of the truth of things so hard to fathom. Yours, O Partha, is all the victory; yours is the unequalled fame;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 174-175.

Verse 27 (13.252.27)

तवेयं पृथिवी देवी कृत्स्ना नारायणाश्रयात् । अयं नाथस्तवाचिन्त्यो यस्य नारायणो गतिः ॥

taveyaṃ pṛthivī devī kṛtsnā nārāyaṇāśrayāt | ayaṃ nāthastavācintyo yasya nārāyaṇo gatiḥ

yours is this whole divine earth, through the refuge of Narayana. This protector of yours is beyond thought — he whose refuge is Narayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 176-177.

Verse 28 (13.252.28)

स भवांस्त्वमुपाध्वर्यू रणाग्नौ हुतवान्नृपान् । कृष्णस्रुवेण महता युगान्ताग्निसमेन वै ॥

sa bhavāṃstvamupādhvaryū raṇāgnau hutavānnṛpān | kṛṣṇasruveṇa mahatā yugāntāgnisamena vai

So you, like the assistant priest, have offered the kings into the fire of battle, with Krishna as the great ladle, equal to the fire at the end of the age.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 178-179.

Verse 29 (13.252.29)

दुर्योधनश्च शोच्योसौ सपुत्रभ्रातृबान्धवः । कृतवान्योऽबुधः क्रोधाद्धरिगाण्डीविविग्रहम् ॥

duryodhanaśca śocyosau saputrabhrātṛbāndhavaḥ | kṛtavānyo'budhaḥ krodhāddharigāṇḍīvivigraham

And Duryodhana, with his sons, brothers and kinsmen, is to be pitied — the fool who in anger made war on Hari and the bearer of the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 180-181.

Verse 30 (13.252.30)

दैतेया दानवेन्द्राश्च महाकाया महाबलाः । चक्राग्नौ क्षयमापन्ना दावाग्नौ शलभा इव ॥

daiteyā dānavendrāśca mahākāyā mahābalāḥ | cakrāgnau kṣayamāpannā dāvāgnau śalabhā iva

The Daityas and the chiefs of the Danavas, huge-bodied and mighty, perished in the fire of the discus like moths in a forest fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 182-183.

Verse 31 (13.252.31)

प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्यो हि मानुषैरेव संयुगे । विहीनैः पुरुषव्याघ्र सत्त्वशक्तिबलादिभिः ॥

pratiyoddhuṃ na śakyo hi mānuṣaireva saṃyuge | vihīnaiḥ puruṣavyāghra sattvaśaktibalādibhiḥ

He cannot be fought in battle by mere men, O tiger among men, deprived as they are of strength, courage, power and the rest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 184-185.

Verse 32 (13.252.32)

जयो योगी युगान्ताभः सव्यसाची रणाग्रगः । तेजसा हतवान्सर्वं सुयोधनवलं नृप ॥

jayo yogī yugāntābhaḥ savyasācī raṇāgragaḥ | tejasā hatavānsarvaṃ suyodhanavalaṃ nṛpa

Jaya, the yogi, blazing like the fire at the end of an age, Savyasachi at the head of the battle, destroyed with his splendour the whole force of Suyodhana, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 186-187.

Verse 33 (13.252.33)

यत्तु गोवृषभाङ्केन मुनिभ्यः समुदाहृतम् । पुराणं हिमवत्पृष्ठे तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

yattu govṛṣabhāṅkena munibhyaḥ samudāhṛtam | purāṇaṃ himavatpṛṣṭhe tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Now hear from me what the bull-bannered god told the sages, the ancient account on the Himalaya's flank.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 188-189.

Verse 34 (13.252.34)

यावत्तस्य भवेत्पुष्टिस्तेजो दीप्तिः पराक्रमः । प्रभावः सन्नतिर्जन्म कृष्णे तत्त्रिगुणं विभो ॥

yāvattasya bhavetpuṣṭistejo dīptiḥ parākramaḥ | prabhāvaḥ sannatirjanma kṛṣṇe tattriguṇaṃ vibho

Whatever growth, splendour, brilliance, valour, power, humility and birth one may have, in Krishna that is threefold, O lord.

Note on the text: Corrected जीप्तिः → दीप्तिः (misprint in Wikisource; जीप्ति is not a word; read दीप्ति (the Appendix has a different wording for this line)). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 190-191.

Verse 35 (13.252.35)

कः शक्नोत्यन्यथा कर्तुं तद्यदि स्यात्तथा शृणु । यत्र कृष्णो हि भगवांस्तत्र पुष्टिरनुत्तमा ॥

kaḥ śaknotyanyathā kartuṃ tadyadi syāttathā śṛṇu | yatra kṛṣṇo hi bhagavāṃstatra puṣṭiranuttamā

Who can make it otherwise? If it should be so, listen: where the blessed Krishna is, there is supreme prosperity.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्रः कृष्णो → यत्र कृष्णो (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the adverb यत्र). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 192-193.

Verse 36 (13.252.36)

वयं त्विहाल्पमतयः परतन्त्राः सुविक्लबाः । ज्ञानपूर्वं प्रपन्नाः स्मो मृत्योः पन्थानमव्ययम् ॥

vayaṃ tvihālpamatayaḥ paratantrāḥ suviklabāḥ | jñānapūrvaṃ prapannāḥ smo mṛtyoḥ panthānamavyayam

We here are of small mind, dependent on others, greatly bewildered; knowingly we have entered the endless road of death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 194-195.

Verse 37 (13.252.37)

भवांश्चाप्यार्जवपरः पूर्वं कृत्वा प्रतिश्रयम् । राजवृत्तं न लभते प्रतिज्ञापालने रतः ॥

bhavāṃścāpyārjavaparaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtvā pratiśrayam | rājavṛttaṃ na labhate pratijñāpālane rataḥ

And you, intent on uprightness, having given your word beforehand and devoted to keeping your vow, do not take up the usual conduct of 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 196-197.

Verse 38 (13.252.38)

अत्येवात्मवधं लोके राजंस्त्वं बहु मन्यसे । न हि प्रतिज्ञा या दत्ता तां प्रहातुमरिंदम ॥

atyevātmavadhaṃ loke rājaṃstvaṃ bahu manyase | na hi pratijñā yā dattā tāṃ prahātumariṃdama

O king, you think too much of killing yourself; the pledge that was given, O subduer of foes, you cannot give up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 198-199.

Verse 39 (13.252.39)

कालेनायं जनः सर्वो निहतो रणमूर्धनि । वयं च कालेन हताः कालो हि परमेश्वरः ॥

kālenāyaṃ janaḥ sarvo nihato raṇamūrdhani | vayaṃ ca kālena hatāḥ kālo hi parameśvaraḥ

By Time this whole people has been struck down at the head of battle, and we too have been struck down by Time; Time is the supreme lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 200-201.

Verse 40 (13.252.40)

न हि कालेन कालज्ञः स्पृष्टः शोचितुमर्हसि । कालो लोहितरक्ताक्षः कृष्णो दण्डी सनातनः ॥

na hi kālena kālajñaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ śocitumarhasi | kālo lohitaraktākṣaḥ kṛṣṇo daṇḍī sanātanaḥ

One who knows Time, touched by Time, ought not to grieve. Time is dark, with blood-red eyes, bearing the rod, eternal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 202-203.

Verse 41 (13.252.41)

तस्मात्कुन्तीसुत ज्ञातीन्नेह शोचितुमर्हसि । व्यपेतमन्युर्नित्यं त्वं भव कौरवनन्दन ॥

tasmātkuntīsuta jñātīnneha śocitumarhasi | vyapetamanyurnityaṃ tvaṃ bhava kauravanandana

Therefore, son of Kunti, you should not grieve here for your kinsmen. Be always free from anger, O joy of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 204-205.

Verse 42 (13.252.42)

माधवस्यास्य महात्म्यं श्रुतं यत्कथितं मया । तदेव तावत्पर्याप्तं सज्जनस्य निदर्शनम् ॥

mādhavasyāsya mahātmyaṃ śrutaṃ yatkathitaṃ mayā | tadeva tāvatparyāptaṃ sajjanasya nidarśanam

The greatness of Madhava that I have told, which you have heard — that alone suffices as an example for a good man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 206-207.

Verse 43 (13.252.43)

व्यासस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य च धीमतः । स्वयं चैव महाराज कृष्णस्यार्हतमस्य वै ॥

vyāsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā nāradasya ca dhīmataḥ | svayaṃ caiva mahārāja kṛṣṇasyārhatamasya vai

Having heard the words of Vyasa and of the wise Narada, and of Krishna himself, the most worthy, O great king —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 208-209.

Verse 44 (13.252.44)

प्रभावश्चर्षिपूगस्य कथितः सुमहान्मया । महेश्वरस्य संवादं शैलपुत्र्याश्च भारत ॥

prabhāvaścarṣipūgasya kathitaḥ sumahānmayā | maheśvarasya saṃvādaṃ śailaputryāśca bhārata

the very great power of that company of sages has been told by me, together with the dialogue of Maheshvara and the Mountain's daughter, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 210-211.

Verse 45 (13.252.45)

धारयिष्यति यश्चैनं महापुरुषसम्भवम् । शृणुयात्कथयेद्वा यः स श्रेयो लभते परम् ॥

dhārayiṣyati yaścainaṃ mahāpuruṣasambhavam | śṛṇuyātkathayedvā yaḥ sa śreyo labhate param

Whoever bears in mind this account of the origin of the Great Person, and hears it or tells it, obtains the highest good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 212-213.

Verse 46 (13.252.46)

भवितारश्च तस्याथ सर्वे कामा यथेप्सिताः । प्रेत्य स्वर्गं च लभते नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

bhavitāraśca tasyātha sarve kāmā yathepsitāḥ | pretya svargaṃ ca labhate naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

All his desires will be fulfilled as wished, and after death that man attains heaven; there is no doubt in this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 214-215.

Verse 47 (13.252.47)

न्याय्यं श्रेयोभिकामेन प्रतिपत्तुं जनार्दनः । एष एवाक्षयो विप्रैः स्तुतो राजञ्जनार्दनः ॥

nyāyyaṃ śreyobhikāmena pratipattuṃ janārdanaḥ | eṣa evākṣayo vipraiḥ stuto rājañjanārdanaḥ

It is fitting for one who desires the highest good to turn to Janardana; he is the imperishable one praised by brahmins, O king, Janardana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 216-217. Wikisource reads प्रतिपत्तुं जनार्दनः (nominative) where the Appendix has janārdane; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 48 (13.252.48)

महेश्वरमुखोत्सृष्टा ये च धर्मगुणाः स्मृताः । ते त्वया मनसा धार्याः कुरुराज दिवानिशम् ॥

maheśvaramukhotsṛṣṭā ye ca dharmaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ | te tvayā manasā dhāryāḥ kururāja divāniśam

And the virtues of dharma which came from Maheshvara's mouth should be kept in mind by you, O king of the Kurus, day and night.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 218-219.

Verse 49 (13.252.49)

एवं ते वर्तमानस्य सम्यग्दण्डधरस्य च । प्रजापालनदक्षस्य स्वर्गलोको भविष्यति ॥

evaṃ te vartamānasya samyagdaṇḍadharasya ca | prajāpālanadakṣasya svargaloko bhaviṣyati

Thus, as you act, rightly wielding the rod and skilled at protecting your subjects, you will have the world of 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 220-221.

Verse 50 (13.252.50)

धर्मेणापि सदा राजन्प्रजा रक्षितुमर्हसि । यस्तस्य विपुलो दण्डः सम्यग्धर्मः स कीर्त्यते ॥

dharmeṇāpi sadā rājanprajā rakṣitumarhasi | yastasya vipulo daṇḍaḥ samyagdharmaḥ sa kīrtyate

O king, you ought always to protect your subjects by dharma as well; a king's great rod, rightly applied, is called dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मोणापि → धर्मेणापि (misprint in Wikisource; धर्मोण is not a form; the Appendix reads dharmeṇa). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 222-223.

Verse 51 (13.252.51)

य एष कथितो राजन्मया सज्जनसन्निधौ । शङ्करस्योमया सार्धं संवादो धर्मसंहितः ॥

ya eṣa kathito rājanmayā sajjanasannidhau | śaṅkarasyomayā sārdhaṃ saṃvādo dharmasaṃhitaḥ

This dialogue of Shankara with Uma, endowed with dharma, which I have told, O king, in the presence of good men —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 224-225.

Verse 52 (13.252.52)

श्रुत्वा वा श्रोतुकामो वाऽप्यर्चयेद्वृषभध्वजम् । विशुद्धेनेह भावेन य इच्छेद्भूतिमात्मनः ॥

śrutvā vā śrotukāmo vā'pyarcayedvṛṣabhadhvajam | viśuddheneha bhāvena ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ

whoever has heard it or wishes to hear it should worship the bull-bannered god here with a pure heart, if he desires his own prosperity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 226-227.

Verse 53 (13.252.53)

एष तस्यानवद्यस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः । संदेशो देवपूजार्थं तं तथा कुरु पाण्डव ॥

eṣa tasyānavadyasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | saṃdeśo devapūjārthaṃ taṃ tathā kuru pāṇḍava

This is the message of the faultless, great-souled Narada for the worship of the gods; do accordingly, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 228-229.

Verse 54 (13.252.54)

एतदत्यद्भुतं वृत्तं पुण्ये हि भवति प्रभो । वासुदेवस्य कौन्तेय स्थाणोश्चैव स्वभावजम् ॥

etadatyadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ puṇye hi bhavati prabho | vāsudevasya kaunteya sthāṇoścaiva svabhāvajam

This most wonderful occurrence is a holy one, O lord; it arose naturally from Vasudeva and Sthanu, O son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 230-231.

Verse 55 (13.252.55)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि बदर्यामेष शाश्वतः । तपश्चचार विपुलं सह गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi badaryāmeṣa śāśvataḥ | tapaścacāra vipulaṃ saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

This eternal one practised vast austerity for ten thousand years at Badari, together with the bearer of the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Corrected दशवर्शसहस्राणि → दशवर्षसहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; श for ष). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 232-233.

Verse 56 (13.252.56)

त्रियुगौ पुण्डरीकाक्षौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ । विदितौ नारदादेतौ मम व्यासाच्च पार्थिव ॥

triyugau puṇḍarīkākṣau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau | viditau nāradādetau mama vyāsācca pārthiva

The two lotus-eyed ones, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, those of the three ages, are known to me from Narada and from Vyasa, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 234-235.

Verse 57 (13.252.57)

बाल एव महाबाहुश्चकार कदनं महत् । कंसस्य पुण्डरीकाक्षो ज्ञातित्राणार्थकारणात् ॥

bāla eva mahābāhuścakāra kadanaṃ mahat | kaṃsasya puṇḍarīkākṣo jñātitrāṇārthakāraṇāt

Even as a boy, the mighty-armed lotus-eyed one wrought great slaughter of Kamsa's men, for the protection of his kin.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्ञातित्रामार्थ → ज्ञातित्राणार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; त्राम for त्राण; the Appendix reads jñātitrāṇārtha). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 236-237.

Verse 58 (13.252.58)

कर्मणामस्य कौन्तेय नान्तं सङ्ख्यातुमुत्सहे । शाश्वतस्य पुराणस्य पुरुषस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥

karmaṇāmasya kaunteya nāntaṃ saṅkhyātumutsahe | śāśvatasya purāṇasya puruṣasya yudhiṣṭhira

I cannot count the end of his deeds, O son of Kunti, of that eternal, ancient Person, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 238-239.

Verse 59 (13.252.59)

ध्रुवं श्रेयः परं तात भविष्यति तवोत्तमम् । यस्य ते पुरुषव्याघ्रः सखा चायं जनार्दनः ॥

dhruvaṃ śreyaḥ paraṃ tāta bhaviṣyati tavottamam | yasya te puruṣavyāghraḥ sakhā cāyaṃ janārdanaḥ

Supreme and lasting good will surely come to you, dear one, for this tiger among men, Janardana, is your friend.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 240-241.

Verse 60 (13.252.60)

दुर्योधनं तु शोचामि प्रेत्य लोकेऽपि दुर्मतिम् । यत्कृते पृथिवी सर्वा विनष्टा सहयद्विपा ॥

duryodhanaṃ tu śocāmi pretya loke'pi durmatim | yatkṛte pṛthivī sarvā vinaṣṭā sahayadvipā

But I grieve for Duryodhana, the ill-minded, even in the world beyond, on whose account the whole earth was destroyed along with its horses and elephants.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 242-243.

Verse 61 (13.252.61)

दुर्योधनापराधेन कर्णस्य शकुनेस्तथा । दुःशासनचतुर्थानां कुरवो निधनं गताः ॥

duryodhanāparādhena karṇasya śakunestathā | duḥśāsanacaturthānāṃ kuravo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

Through the fault of Duryodhana, and of Karna and Shakuni, with Duhshasana as the fourth, the Kurus went to their deaths.

Note on the text: Corrected दुःशासनवतुर्थानां → दुःशासनचतुर्थानां (misprint in Wikisource; व for च; the Appendix reads caturthānām). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 244-245.

Verse 62 (13.252.62)

एवं सम्भाषमाणे तु गाङ्गेये पुरुषर्षभे । तूष्णीं बभूव कौरव्यो मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇe tu gāṅgeye puruṣarṣabhe | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva kauravyo madhye teṣāṃ mahātmanām

While Bhishma, Ganga's son, the bull among men, was speaking thus, the Kaurava Yudhishthira fell silent in the midst of those 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 246-247. Page heading वैशम्पायन उवाच (Appendix label vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ at line 245).

Verse 63 (13.252.63)

तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयं जग्मुर्धृतराष्ट्रादयो नृपाः । सम्पूज्य मनसा कृष्णं सर्वे प्राञ्जलयोऽभवन् ॥

tacchrutvā vismayaṃ jagmurdhṛtarāṣṭrādayo nṛpāḥ | sampūjya manasā kṛṣṇaṃ sarve prāñjalayo'bhavan

Hearing it, Dhritarashtra and the other kings were struck with wonder, and, honouring Krishna in their minds, all stood with joined palms.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राञ्जलयऽभवन् → प्राञ्जलयोऽभवन् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ो; the Appendix reads prāñjalayo 'bhavan). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 248-249.

Verse 64 (13.252.64)

ऋषयश्चापि ते सर्वे नारदप्रमुखास्तदा । प्रतिगृह्याभ्यनन्दन्त तद्वाक्यं प्रतिपूज्य च ॥

ṛṣayaścāpi te sarve nāradapramukhāstadā | pratigṛhyābhyanandanta tadvākyaṃ pratipūjya ca

And all those sages too, led by Narada, accepted his words and rejoiced, honouring them in return.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 250-251.

Verse 65 (13.252.65)

इत्येतदखिलं सर्वैः पाण्डवो भ्रातृभिः सह । श्रुतवान्सुमहाश्चर्यं पुण्यं भीष्मानुशासनम् ॥

ityetadakhilaṃ sarvaiḥ pāṇḍavo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | śrutavānsumahāścaryaṃ puṇyaṃ bhīṣmānuśāsanam

Thus the Pandava, with his brothers, heard all of this, the very wonderful and holy instruction of Bhishma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 252-253.

Verse 66 (13.252.66)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु गाङ्गेयं विश्रान्तं भूरिदक्षिणम् । पुनरेव महाबुद्धिः पर्यपृच्छन्महीपतिः ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu gāṅgeyaṃ viśrāntaṃ bhūridakṣiṇam | punareva mahābuddhiḥ paryapṛcchanmahīpatiḥ

Then Yudhishthira, the lord of the earth, of great understanding, again questioned Ganga's son, who was resting and was generous in gifts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 16 (after 13.134.57d), lines 254-255. The page repeats the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच here.