Garuda Seizes the Elephant and the Tortoise

Verse 1 (13.26.1)

कथं तौ भगवञ्शक्यौ मया वारणकच्छपौ । युगपद्ग्रहीतुं तं मे त्वमुपायं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

kathaṃ tau bhagavañśakyau mayā vāraṇakacchapau | yugapadgrahītuṃ taṃ me tvamupāyaṃ vaktumarhasi

"How, venerable one, can I seize the elephant and the tortoise together? Please tell me the means."

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "गरुड उवाच" (with a stray backtick) printed as the first line of the verse text; it is made the speaker. Corrected युगपद्गृहीतं तं मे → युगपद्ग्रहीतुं तं मे (misprint in Wikisource; गृहीतं (past participle) does not fit; the infinitive ग्रहीतुं is required, as in the CE (yugapad grahītuṃ tan me)). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 263-264, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0263-0264.

Verse 2 (13.26.2)

योद्धुकामे गजे तस्मिन्मुहूर्तं स जलेचरः । उत्तिष्ठति जलात्तूर्णं योद्धुकामः पुनःपुनः ॥

yoddhukāme gaje tasminmuhūrtaṃ sa jalecaraḥ | uttiṣṭhati jalāttūrṇaṃ yoddhukāmaḥ punaḥpunaḥ

"When the elephant wants to fight, that water-dweller too, eager to fight, rises quickly out of the water for a short while, again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 265-266, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0265-0266. Page heading misprinted कश्यय उवाच; read कश्यप (Kashyapa), as the CE (kaśyapaḥ).

Verse 3 (13.26.3)

जलजं निर्गतं तात प्रमत्तं चैव वारणम् । ग्रहीष्यसि पतङ्गेश नान्यो योगोऽत्र विद्यते ॥

jalajaṃ nirgataṃ tāta pramattaṃ caiva vāraṇam | grahīṣyasi pataṅgeśa nānyo yogo'tra vidyate

You will seize the water-born one when it has come out, and the elephant when it is off guard, son, lord of birds; there is no other way here."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 267-268, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0267-0268.

Verse 4 (13.26.4)

इत्येवमुक्तो विहगस्तद्गत्वा वनमुत्तमम् । ददर्श वारणेन्द्रं तं मेघाचलसमप्रभम् ॥

ityevamukto vihagastadgatvā vanamuttamam | dadarśa vāraṇendraṃ taṃ meghācalasamaprabham

Told this, the bird went to that fine forest and saw the lord of elephants, resembling a cloud-mountain in lustre.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्येमुक्तो → इत्येवमुक्तो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; CE ity evam ukto). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 269-270, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0269-0270.

Verse 5 (13.26.5)

तां स नागो गिरेर्वीथिं सम्प्राप्त इव भारत । स तं दृष्ट्वा महाभागः सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहः ॥

tāṃ sa nāgo girervīthiṃ samprāpta iva bhārata | sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhāgaḥ samprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ

O Bharata, that elephant had just reached that path of the mountain, and the mighty bird, seeing him, was thrilled in every hair of his body.

Note on the text: Corrected भारतः → भारत (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the vocative; CE bhārata). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 271-272, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0271-0272.

Verse 6 (13.26.6)

बिभक्षयिषतो राजन्दारुणस्य महात्मनः । मातङ्गं कच्छपं चैव प्रहर्षः सुमहानभूत् ॥

bibhakṣayiṣato rājandāruṇasya mahātmanaḥ | mātaṅgaṃ kacchapaṃ caiva praharṣaḥ sumahānabhūt

O king, great was the delight of that terrible, mighty one, who longed to devour the elephant and the tortoise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 273-274, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0273-0274.

Verse 7 (13.26.7)

अथ वेगेन महता खेचरः स महाबलः । सङ्कुच्य सर्वगात्राणि कृच्छ्रेणैवान्वपद्यत ॥

atha vegena mahatā khecaraḥ sa mahābalaḥ | saṅkucya sarvagātrāṇi kṛcchreṇaivānvapadyata

Then with great speed that mighty sky-ranger, drawing in all his limbs, came on with effort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 275-276, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0275-0276.

Verse 8 (13.26.8)

तथा गत्वा तमध्वानं वारणप्रवरो बली । निशश्वास महाश्वासः श्रमाद्विश्रमणाय च ॥

tathā gatvā tamadhvānaṃ vāraṇapravaro balī | niśaśvāsa mahāśvāsaḥ śramādviśramaṇāya ca

Having gone that way, the mighty chief of elephants, breathing heavily, drew a long breath from weariness, to rest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 277-278, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0277-0278.

Verse 9 (13.26.9)

तस्य निश्वासवातेन मदगन्धेन चैव ह । उदतिष्ठन्महाकूर्मो वारणप्रतिषेधकः ॥

tasya niśvāsavātena madagandhena caiva ha | udatiṣṭhanmahākūrmo vāraṇapratiṣedhakaḥ

At the wind of his breath and the smell of his rut-juice, the great tortoise, the elephant's opponent, rose up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 279-280, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0279-0280.

Verse 10 (13.26.10)

तयोः सुतुमुलं युद्धं ददर्श पतगेश्वरः । कच्छपेन्द्रद्विरदयोरिन्द्रप्रह्रादयोरिव ॥

tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ dadarśa patageśvaraḥ | kacchapendradviradayorindraprahrādayoriva

The lord of birds saw the fierce battle between them, the king of tortoises and the elephant, like that of Indra and Prahrada.

Note on the text: Corrected कच्छपेन्द्रद्विरदयोरिन्द्रप्रह्वादयोरिव → कच्छपेन्द्रद्विरदयोरिन्द्रप्रह्रादयोरिव (misprint in Wikisource; the form प्रह्वाद is not a name; Prahrāda; CE indraprahrādayor iva). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 281-282, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0281-0282.

Verse 11 (13.26.11)

स्पृशन्तमग्रहस्तेन तोयं वारणयूथपम् । दन्तैर्नखैश्च जलजो वारयामास भारत ॥

spṛśantamagrahastena toyaṃ vāraṇayūthapam | dantairnakhaiśca jalajo vārayāmāsa bhārata

O Bharata, the water-born one held back with teeth and claws the leader of the elephants, who was touching the water with the tip of his trunk.

Note on the text: Corrected दन्तैर्नस्तैश्च → दन्तैर्नखैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the form नस्त is not a word; CE nakhaiś ca). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 283-284, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0283-0284.

Verse 12 (13.26.12)

जलजं वारणोऽप्येवं चरणैः पुष्करेण च । प्रत्यषेधन्निमज्जन्तमुन्मज्जन्तं तथैव च ॥

jalajaṃ vāraṇo'pyevaṃ caraṇaiḥ puṣkareṇa ca | pratyaṣedhannimajjantamunmajjantaṃ tathaiva ca

And the elephant in turn held back the water-born creature with his feet and trunk, as it dived and as it surfaced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 285-286, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0285-0286.

Verse 13 (13.26.13)

मुहूर्तमभवद्युद्धं तयोर्भीमप्रदर्शनम् । अथ तस्माज्जलाद्राजन्कच्छपः स्थलमास्थितः ॥

muhūrtamabhavadyuddhaṃ tayorbhīmapradarśanam | atha tasmājjalādrājankacchapaḥ sthalamāsthitaḥ

For a moment the fight between them was terrible to behold. Then the tortoise, O king, came out of the water onto dry land.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 287-288, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0287-0288.

Verse 14 (13.26.14)

स तु नागः प्रभग्नोऽपि पिपासुर्न न्यवर्तत । तोयगृध्नुः शनैस्तर्षादपासर्पत पृष्ठतः ॥

sa tu nāgaḥ prabhagno'pi pipāsurna nyavartata | toyagṛdhnuḥ śanaistarṣādapāsarpata pṛṣṭhataḥ

But the elephant, though beaten back, being thirsty, did not turn away; longing for water, he slowly drew back out of thirst.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभग्रोऽपि → प्रभग्नोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; the form प्रभग्र is not a word; CE prabhagno 'pi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 289-290, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0289-0290.

Verse 15 (13.26.15)

तं दृष्ट्वा जलजस्तूर्णमपसर्पन्तमाहवात् । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन वज्रपाणिरिवासुरम् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā jalajastūrṇamapasarpantamāhavāt | abhidudrāva vegena vajrapāṇirivāsuram

Seeing him retreating from the fight, the water-born one swiftly charged after him, like Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, against an asura.

Note on the text: Corrected वज्रयाणिरिवासुरम् → वज्रपाणिरिवासुरम् (misprint in Wikisource; the form वज्रयाणि is not a word; CE vajrapāṇir ivāsuram). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 291-292, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0291-0292.

Verse 16 (13.26.16)

तं रोषात्स्थलमुत्तीर्णमसम्प्राप्तं गजोत्तमम् । उभावेव समस्तौ तु जग्राह विनतासुतः ॥

taṃ roṣātsthalamuttīrṇamasamprāptaṃ gajottamam | ubhāveva samastau tu jagrāha vinatāsutaḥ

Vinata's son, in anger, seized both together: the tortoise, which had come up onto the land, and the best of elephants, whom it had not yet reached.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 293-294, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0293-0294.

Verse 17 (13.26.17)

चरणेन तु सव्येन जग्राह स गजोत्तमम् । प्रस्पन्दमानं बलवान्दक्षिणेन तु कच्छपम् ॥

caraṇena tu savyena jagrāha sa gajottamam | praspandamānaṃ balavāndakṣiṇena tu kacchapam

The mighty one took the best of elephants in his left foot, and the struggling tortoise in his right.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 295-296, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0295-0296.

Verse 18 (13.26.18)

उत्पपात ततस्तूर्णं पन्नगेन्द्रनिषूदनः । दिवं खं च समुत्पत्य पक्षाभ्यामपराजितः ॥

utpapāta tatastūrṇaṃ pannagendraniṣūdanaḥ | divaṃ khaṃ ca samutpatya pakṣābhyāmaparājitaḥ

Then that slayer of the chiefs of serpents, the unconquered, flew swiftly up and soared into heaven and the sky on his wings.

Note on the text: Corrected पन्नगेन्द्रनिषूदतः → पन्नगेन्द्रनिषूदनः (misprint in Wikisource; the form निषूदत is not a word; CE pannagendraniṣūdanaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 297-298, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0297-0298.

Verse 19 (13.26.19)

तेन चोत्पतता तूर्णं सङ्गृहीतौ नखैर्भृशम् । वज्रगर्भैः सुनिशितैः प्राणांस्तूर्णं मुमोचतुः ॥

tena cotpatatā tūrṇaṃ saṅgṛhītau nakhairbhṛśam | vajragarbhaiḥ suniśitaiḥ prāṇāṃstūrṇaṃ mumocatuḥ

Gripped tightly as he flew up by his sharp, diamond-hard claws, the two quickly gave up their lives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 299-300, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0299-0300.

Verse 20 (13.26.20)

तौ गृह्य बलवांस्तूर्णं स्रस्तपादशिरोधरौ । विवल्गन्निव खे क्रीडन्खेचरोऽभिजगाम ह ॥

tau gṛhya balavāṃstūrṇaṃ srastapādaśirodharau | vivalganniva khe krīḍankhecaro'bhijagāma ha

Holding them, their feet and necks hanging limp, the strong sky-ranger sped on, as if bounding and playing in the air.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 301-302, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0301-0302.

Verse 21 (13.26.21)

अत्तुकामस्ततो वीरः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते । निरैक्षत न चापश्यद्द्रुमं पर्याप्तमासितुम् ॥

attukāmastato vīraḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | niraikṣata na cāpaśyaddrumaṃ paryāptamāsitum

Wishing to eat them, the hero looked over the earth, O lord of the earth, but saw no tree big enough to perch on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 303-304, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0303-0304.

Verse 22 (13.26.22)

नैमिषं त्वथ सम्प्राप्य देवारण्यं महाद्युतिः । अपश्यत द्रुमं कञ्चिच्छाखास्कन्धसमावृतम् ॥

naimiṣaṃ tvatha samprāpya devāraṇyaṃ mahādyutiḥ | apaśyata drumaṃ kañcicchākhāskandhasamāvṛtam

Then, reaching the divine forest of Naimisha, the radiant one saw a tree thick with branches and trunk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 305-306, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0305-0306.

Verse 23 (13.26.23)

हिमवच्छिखरप्रख्यं योजनद्वयमुच्छ्रितम् । परिणाहेन राजेन्द्र नल्वमात्रं समन्ततः ॥

himavacchikharaprakhyaṃ yojanadvayamucchritam | pariṇāhena rājendra nalvamātraṃ samantataḥ

It was like a peak of the Himalaya, two yojanas high, and, O best of kings, a nalva in girth all around.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 307-308, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0307-0308.

Verse 24 (13.26.24)

तस्य शाखाऽभवत्काचिदायता पञ्चयोजनम् । दृढमूला दृढस्कन्धा वज्रपत्रसमाचिता ॥

tasya śākhā'bhavatkācidāyatā pañcayojanam | dṛḍhamūlā dṛḍhaskandhā vajrapatrasamācitā

One of its branches stretched out five yojanas, firm at the root and firm in the trunk, thick with leaves hard as diamond.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 309-310, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0309-0310.

Verse 25 (13.26.25)

तत्रोपविष्टः सहसा वैनतेयो निगृह्य तौ । अत्तुकामस्ततः शाखा तस्य वेगादवापतत् ॥

tatropaviṣṭaḥ sahasā vainateyo nigṛhya tau | attukāmastataḥ śākhā tasya vegādavāpatat

Vainateya suddenly alighted there, holding the two, wishing to eat them; then the branch gave way under his force and fell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 311-312, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0311-0312.

Verse 26 (13.26.26)

तां पतन्तीमभिप्रेक्ष्य प्रेक्ष्य चर्षिगणानधः । आसीनान्वसुभिः सार्धं सत्रेण जगतीपते ॥

tāṃ patantīmabhiprekṣya prekṣya carṣigaṇānadhaḥ | āsīnānvasubhiḥ sārdhaṃ satreṇa jagatīpate

O lord of the earth, he saw the branch falling and, beneath it, hosts of sages seated with the Vasus at a sacrificial session.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 313-314, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0313-0314.

Verse 27 (13.26.27)

वैखानसान्नाम यतीन्वालखिल्यगणानपि । तत्र भीराविशत्तस्य पतगेन्द्रस्य भारत ॥

vaikhānasānnāma yatīnvālakhilyagaṇānapi | tatra bhīrāviśattasya patagendrasya bhārata

There were ascetics called Vaikhanasas, and the hosts of Valakhilyas as well. Fear entered the lord of birds there, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 315-316, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0315-0316.

Verse 28 (13.26.28)

तान्दृष्ट्वा स यतींस्तत्र समासीनान्सुरैः सह । तुण्डेन गृह्य तां शाखामुत्पपात खगेश्वरः । तौ च पक्षी भुजङ्गाशो व्योम्नि क्रीडन्निवाव्रजत् ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā sa yatīṃstatra samāsīnānsuraiḥ saha | tuṇḍena gṛhya tāṃ śākhāmutpapāta khageśvaraḥ | tau ca pakṣī bhujaṅgāśo vyomni krīḍannivāvrajat

Seeing those ascetics seated there with the gods, the lord of birds seized the branch in his beak and flew up; and that bird, the eater of serpents, with the two in his claws, went on through the sky as if at play.

Note on the text: Corrected तौच पक्षी → तौ च पक्षी (misprint in Wikisource; joined words separated (तौ च); CE tau ca pakṣī). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 317-319, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0317-0319.

Verse 29 (13.26.29)

तं दृष्ट्वा गुरुसम्भारं प्रगृह्योत्पतितं खगम् । ऋषयस्तेऽब्रुवन्सर्वे गरुडोऽयमिति स्म ह । न त्वन्यः क्षमते कश्चिद्यथाऽयं वीर्यवान्खगः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā gurusambhāraṃ pragṛhyotpatitaṃ khagam | ṛṣayaste'bruvansarve garuḍo'yamiti sma ha | na tvanyaḥ kṣamate kaścidyathā'yaṃ vīryavānkhagaḥ

Seeing the bird fly up, carrying that enormous weight, all the sages said, "This is Garuda. No other could bear it as this mighty bird does."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 320-322, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0320-0322.

Verse 30 (13.26.30)

असौ गच्छति धर्मात्मा गुरुभारसमन्वितः । अयं क्रीडन्निवाकाशे तस्माद्गरुड एव सः ॥

asau gacchati dharmātmā gurubhārasamanvitaḥ | ayaṃ krīḍannivākāśe tasmādgaruḍa eva saḥ

"This righteous one goes along weighed down by a great burden, yet he seems to be at play in the sky; therefore he is truly Garuda."

Note on the text: Corrected असौ यच्छति → असौ गच्छति (misprint in Wikisource; the form यच्छति ("restrains") does not fit; CE asau gacchati). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 323-324, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0323-0324. Direct speech of the sages continuing from the previous verse (no heading printed); speaker given by the text.

Verse 31 (13.26.31)

एवं ते समयं सर्वे वसवश्च दिवौकसः । अकार्षुः पक्षिराजस्य गरुडेत्येव नाम ह ॥

evaṃ te samayaṃ sarve vasavaśca divaukasaḥ | akārṣuḥ pakṣirājasya garuḍetyeva nāma ha

Thus they all, and the Vasus and the dwellers in heaven, settled together that the king of birds should be named Garuda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 325-326, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0325-0326.

Verse 32 (13.26.32)

स पक्षी पृथिवीं सर्वां परिधावंस्ततस्ततः । मुमुक्षुः शाखिनः शाखां न स्म देशमपश्यत ॥

sa pakṣī pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ paridhāvaṃstatastataḥ | mumukṣuḥ śākhinaḥ śākhāṃ na sma deśamapaśyata

That bird ran all over the earth, here and there, wishing to rid himself of the tree's branch, but found no place for it.

Note on the text: Corrected मुमुक्षः → मुमुक्षुः (misprint in Wikisource; the form मुमुक्ष is not a word; CE mumukṣuḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 327-328, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0327-0328.

Verse 33 (13.26.33)

स वाचमशृणोद्दिव्यामुपर्युपरि जल्पतः । देवदूतस्य विस्पष्टमाभाष्य गरुडेति च ॥

sa vācamaśṛṇoddivyāmuparyupari jalpataḥ | devadūtasya vispaṣṭamābhāṣya garuḍeti ca

He heard a divine voice speaking clearly from high above, the voice of a heavenly messenger, who called, "Garuda!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 329-330, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0329-0330.

Verse 34 (13.26.34)

वैनतेय कुविन्देषु समुद्रान्ते महाबल । पात्यतां शाखिनः शाखा न हि ते धर्मनिश्चयाः ॥

vainateya kuvindeṣu samudrānte mahābala | pātyatāṃ śākhinaḥ śākhā na hi te dharmaniścayāḥ

"Vainateya, mighty one, let the branch of the tree be dropped among the Kuvindas at the edge of the sea; for they are not firm in dharma."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 331-332, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0331-0332.

Verse 35 (13.26.35)

तच्छ्रुत्वा गरुडस्तूर्णं जगाम लवणाम्भसः । उद्देशं यत्र ते मन्दाः कुविन्दाः पापकर्मिणः ॥

tacchrutvā garuḍastūrṇaṃ jagāma lavaṇāmbhasaḥ | uddeśaṃ yatra te mandāḥ kuvindāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ

Hearing this, Garuda swiftly went to the region by the salt sea where those foolish Kuvindas, doers of evil, lived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 333-334, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0333-0334.

Verse 36 (13.26.36)

ततो गत्वा ततः शाखां मुमोच पततांवरः । तया हता जनपदास्तदा षट्त्रिंशतो नृप ॥

tato gatvā tataḥ śākhāṃ mumoca patatāṃvaraḥ | tayā hatā janapadāstadā ṣaṭtriṃśato nṛpa

Going there, that best of fliers let the branch fall, and thirty-six realms were destroyed by it then, O king.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (App. I No. 1A, 13.8.28d@001A_0336): Wikisource prints जनपदा as asterisks ("हता ********* दास्तदा" → "हता जनपदास्तदा"). Corrected षड्विंशतो → षट्त्रिंशतो (misprint in Wikisource; the form षड्विंशतो is not regular; CE ṣaṭtriṃśato (thirty-six)). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 335-336, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0335-0336.

Verse 37 (13.26.37)

स देशो राजशार्दूल ख्यातः परमदारुणः । शाखापतग इत्येव कुविन्दानां महात्मनाम् ॥

sa deśo rājaśārdūla khyātaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ | śākhāpataga ityeva kuvindānāṃ mahātmanām

That region, O tiger among kings, became known as most dreadful, and is called Shakhapataga, "where the branch fell", of the Kuvindas, the lofty-souled.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark and a doubled danda printed after the verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 1A, lines 337-338, printed inline after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001A_0337-0338. Wikisource reads महात्मनाम् ("high-souled"); the CE has दुरात्मनाम् ("evil-souled"), which agrees with the preceding verses. Wikisource's reading is kept as a recension variant.