Krishna Tells of Durvasa's Wrath and Blessing

Verse 1 (13.264.1)

ब्रूहि ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिं त्वं मधुसूदन । वेत्ता त्वमस्य चार्थस्य वेद त्वां हि पितामहः ॥

brūhi brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ tvaṃ madhusūdana | vettā tvamasya cārthasya veda tvāṃ hi pitāmahaḥ

Tell us, Madhusudana, the reward of honouring brahmanas. You are the one who knows this matter, and the Grandfather knows you.

Verse 2 (13.264.2)

शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्द्विजानां भरतर्षभ । यथातत्त्वेन वदतो गुणान्वै कुरुसत्तम ॥

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājandvijānāṃ bharatarṣabha | yathātattvena vadato guṇānvai kurusattama

Listen with attention, O king, O best of the Bharatas, to the virtues of the brahmanas, as I tell them truly, O best of the Kurus.

Verse 3 (13.264.3)

द्वारवत्यां समासीनं पुरा मां कुरुनन्दन । प्रद्युम्नः परिपप्रच्छ ब्राह्मणैः परिकोपितः ॥

dvāravatyāṃ samāsīnaṃ purā māṃ kurunandana | pradyumnaḥ paripapraccha brāhmaṇaiḥ parikopitaḥ

Long ago, O joy of the Kurus, when I was seated at Dvaravati, Pradyumna, provoked by some brahmanas, asked me:

Note on the text: Line 1 = star line 13,144.002d*0667_01 (attached to CE 2d; not in the CE's numbered text); line 2 = CE 13.144.3a.

Verse 4 (13.264.4)

किं फलं ब्राह्मणेष्वस्ति पूजायां मधुसूदन । ईश्वरत्वं कुतस्तेषामिहैव च परत्र च ॥

kiṃ phalaṃ brāhmaṇeṣvasti pūjāyāṃ madhusūdana | īśvaratvaṃ kutasteṣāmihaiva ca paratra ca

What reward is there in honouring brahmanas, Madhusudana? Whence comes their lordship, both here and in the world beyond?

Note on the text: Speaker: Pradyumna's own unheaded question fills the whole verse (introduced by verse 3); the input had वासुदेव. Line 1 = CE 13.144.3c; line 2 (ईश्वरत्वं कुतस्तेषामिहैव च परत्र च) is a variant of CE 3e (īśvarasya satas tasya iha caiva paratra ca), kept.

Verse 5 (13.264.5)

सदा द्विजातीन्सम्पूज्य किं फलं तत्र मानद । एतद्ब्रूहि स्फुटं सर्वं सुमहान्संशयोऽत्र मे ॥

sadā dvijātīnsampūjya kiṃ phalaṃ tatra mānada | etadbrūhi sphuṭaṃ sarvaṃ sumahānsaṃśayo'tra me

What reward comes from always worshipping the twice-born, O giver of honour? Tell me all this plainly; I have a very great doubt about it.

Note on the text: Speaker: Pradyumna's own unheaded question fills the whole verse; the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 6 (13.264.6)

इत्युक्ते वचने तस्मिन्प्रद्युम्नेन तथा त्वहम् । प्रत्यब्रवं महाराज यत्तच्छृणु समाहितः ॥

ityukte vacane tasminpradyumnena tathā tvaham | pratyabravaṃ mahārāja yattacchṛṇu samāhitaḥ

When Pradyumna had spoken thus, O great king, I answered him. Listen attentively to what I said.

Verse 7 (13.264.7)

व्युष्टिं ब्राह्मणपूजायां रौक्मिणेय निबोध मे । एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः ॥

vyuṣṭiṃ brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ raukmiṇeya nibodha me | ete hi somarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

Learn from me, son of Rukmini, the fruit of honouring brahmanas. For these have Soma as their king, and they are lords over happiness and sorrow.

Verse 8 (13.264.8)

अस्मिँल्लोके रौक्मिणेय तथाऽमुष्मिंश्च पुत्रक । ब्राह्मणप्रमुखं सौम्यं न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा ॥

asmim̐lloke raukmiṇeya tathā'muṣmiṃśca putraka | brāhmaṇapramukhaṃ saumyaṃ na me'trāsti vicāraṇā

In this world, son of Rukmini, and in the next, my child, all welfare has the brahmanas at its head. I have no doubt of this.

Verse 9 (13.264.9)

ब्राह्मणप्रभवं सौख्यमायुः कीर्तिर्यशो बलम् । लोका लोकेश्वराश्चैव सर्वे ब्राह्मणपूजकाः ॥

brāhmaṇaprabhavaṃ saukhyamāyuḥ kīrtiryaśo balam | lokā lokeśvarāścaiva sarve brāhmaṇapūjakāḥ

Happiness, long life, fame, renown and strength arise from the brahmanas; the worlds and the lords of the worlds are all worshippers of brahmanas.

Verse 10 (13.264.10)

त्रिवर्गे चापवर्गे च यशःश्रीरोगशान्तिषु । देवतापितृपूजासु सन्तोष्याश्चैव नो द्विजाः ॥

trivarge cāpavarge ca yaśaḥśrīrogaśāntiṣu | devatāpitṛpūjāsu santoṣyāścaiva no dvijāḥ

In the three aims of life and in liberation, in fame, prosperity, health and peace, and in the worship of gods and ancestors, it is the twice-born whom we must keep pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,144.006b*0668_01-02 (printed after 6a, before 6c).

Verse 11 (13.264.11)

तान्कथं वै नाद्रियेयमीश्वरोस्मीति पुत्रक । मा ते मन्युर्महाबाहो भवत्वत्र द्विजान्प्रति ॥

tānkathaṃ vai nādriyeyamīśvarosmīti putraka | mā te manyurmahābāho bhavatvatra dvijānprati

How then could I fail to honour them, my son, merely because I am a lord? Let no anger arise in you, mighty-armed one, against the brahmanas.

Verse 12 (13.264.12)

ब्राह्मणा हि महद्भूतमस्मिँल्लोके परत्र च । भस्म कुर्युर्जगदिदं क्रुद्धाः प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः ॥

brāhmaṇā hi mahadbhūtamasmim̐lloke paratra ca | bhasma kuryurjagadidaṃ kruddhāḥ pratyakṣadarśinaḥ

The brahmanas are a great power in this world and in the next; when angered, seeing all things before their eyes, they could reduce this world to ashes.

Note on the text: Corrected कुर्यर्जगदिदं → कुर्युर्जगदिदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, CE reads kuryur jagad idam).

Verse 13 (13.264.13)

हन्युस्तेऽपि सृजेयुश्च लोकान्लोकेश्वरांस्तथा । कथं तेषु न वर्तेरन्सम्यग्ज्ञानात्सुतेजसः ॥

hanyuste'pi sṛjeyuśca lokānlokeśvarāṃstathā | kathaṃ teṣu na varteransamyagjñānātsutejasaḥ

They could destroy, and they could create other worlds and other lords of the worlds. How should one not behave rightly toward them, so radiant through perfect knowledge?

Note on the text: Corrected सृजेयुस्च → सृजेयुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; wrong sibilant, CE reads sṛjeyuś ca).

Verse 14 (13.264.14)

अवसन्मद्गृहे तात ब्राह्मणो हरिपिङ्गलः । चीरवासा बिल्वदण्डी दीर्घश्मश्रुः कृशो महान् ॥

avasanmadgṛhe tāta brāhmaṇo haripiṅgalaḥ | cīravāsā bilvadaṇḍī dīrghaśmaśruḥ kṛśo mahān

A brahmana of tawny-brown colour once lived in my house, my child: clad in bark, carrying a bilva staff, long-bearded, lean, and very tall.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.144.12a; line 2 is a variant of CE 12c (dīrghaśmaśrunakhādimān), the page's own note records the reading दीर्घश्मश्रुनखादिमान्; kept as printed.

Verse 15 (13.264.15)

दीर्घेभ्यश्च मनुष्येभ्यः प्रमाणादधिको भुवि । स स्वैरं चरते लोकान्ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः ॥

dīrghebhyaśca manuṣyebhyaḥ pramāṇādadhiko bhuvi | sa svairaṃ carate lokānye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ

He stood taller than tall men, beyond all measure on earth. He wandered at will through the worlds, both divine and human.

Note on the text: Corrected दीर्घभ्यश्च → दीर्घेभ्यश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, CE reads dīrghebhyaś ca). Line 1 = CE 13.144.12e; line 2 is a variant of CE 13a (sa sma saṃcarate lokān ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ).

Verse 16 (13.264.16)

इमां गाथां गायमानश्चत्वरेषु सभासु च । दुर्वाससं वासयेत्को ब्राह्मणं सत्कृतं गृहे ॥

imāṃ gāthāṃ gāyamānaścatvareṣu sabhāsu ca | durvāsasaṃ vāsayetko brāhmaṇaṃ satkṛtaṃ gṛhe

Singing this song in the squares and assemblies: "Who will lodge in his house the honoured brahmana Durvasa?"

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.144.13c, 14a (the CE reads imā gāthā for इमां गाथां). Line 1 is narration, line 2 begins the verse he sang; verse kept whole and given to the narrator.

Verse 17 (13.264.17)

रोषणः सर्वभूतानां सूक्ष्मेऽप्यपकृते कृते । परिभाषां च मे श्रुत्वा को नु दद्यात्प्रतिश्रयम् ॥

roṣaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sūkṣme'pyapakṛte kṛte | paribhāṣāṃ ca me śrutvā ko nu dadyātpratiśrayam

"I am wrathful to all beings, even over the smallest wrong done to me. Hearing my terms, who indeed would give me shelter?"

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Durvasa's song (introduced by verse 16), in the first person; the input had वासुदेव. Line 1 = star line 13,144.014b*0669_01 (attached to CE 14; not in the CE's numbered text); line 2 = CE 13.144.14c.

Verse 18 (13.264.18)

यो मां कश्चिद्वासयीत न स मां कोपयेदिति । यस्मान्नाद्रियते कश्चित्ततोऽहं समवासयम् ॥

yo māṃ kaścidvāsayīta na sa māṃ kopayediti | yasmānnādriyate kaścittato'haṃ samavāsayam

"Whoever would lodge me must not anger me." Since no one would receive him, I gave him lodging.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.144.14e (Durvasa's song, continued); line 2 (यस्मान्नाद्रियते कश्चित्ततोऽहं समवासयम्) is Krishna's narration and is a variant of CE 15a (taṃ sma nādriyate kaś cit tato 'haṃ tam avāsayam). Mixed verse, given to the narrator.

Verse 19 (13.264.19)

स सम्भुङ्क्ते सहस्राणां बहूनामन्नमेकदा । एकदा सोल्पकं भुङ्क्ते न चैवैति पुनर्गृहान् ॥

sa sambhuṅkte sahasrāṇāṃ bahūnāmannamekadā | ekadā solpakaṃ bhuṅkte na caivaiti punargṛhān

At one time he ate the food of many thousands at once; at another he ate very little, and did not come back to the house again.

Note on the text: Corrected the run-together नचैवैति → न चैवैति (word-division misprint in Wikisource; CE reads na vaiti ca). Lines = CE 13.144.16a, 16c.

Verse 20 (13.264.20)

अकस्माच्च प्रहसति तथाऽकस्मात्प्ररोदिति । न चास्य वयसा तुल्यः पृथिव्यामभवत्तदा ॥

akasmācca prahasati tathā'kasmātpraroditi | na cāsya vayasā tulyaḥ pṛthivyāmabhavattadā

He would laugh suddenly and weep suddenly, and there was no one on earth then equal to him in age.

Verse 21 (13.264.21)

अथ स्वावसथं गत्वा सशय्यास्तरणानि च । अदहत्स महातेजास्ततश्चाभ्यपतत्स्वयम् ॥

atha svāvasathaṃ gatvā saśayyāstaraṇāni ca | adahatsa mahātejāstataścābhyapatatsvayam

Then he went to his own lodging and burned the beds and their coverings; and then he himself came rushing back.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 13.144.18a (so 'smadāvasathaṃ gatvā śayyāś cāstaraṇāni ca); line 2 = star line 13,144.018d*0670_01 (attached to CE 18; not in the CE's numbered text).

Verse 22 (13.264.22)

अथ मामब्रवीद्भूयः स मुनिः संशितव्रतः । कृष्ण पायसमिच्छामि भोक्तुमित्येव सत्वरः ॥

atha māmabravīdbhūyaḥ sa muniḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | kṛṣṇa pāyasamicchāmi bhoktumityeva satvaraḥ

Then the sage of strict vows said to me again, in great haste: "Krishna, I wish to eat pāyasa."

Verse 23 (13.264.23)

तदैव तु मया तस्य चित्तज्ञेन गृहे जनः । सर्वाण्यन्नानि पानानि भक्ष्याश्चोच्चावचास्तथा ॥

tadaiva tu mayā tasya cittajñena gṛhe janaḥ | sarvāṇyannāni pānāni bhakṣyāścoccāvacāstathā

Knowing his mind, I had already instructed the people of my house about all the foods and drinks and eatables, of every kind, high and low:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.144.20a, 20c (तदैव for the CE's sadaiva, a variant). The sentence runs on into verse 24.

Verse 24 (13.264.24)

भवन्तु सत्कृतानीह पूर्वमेव प्रचोदितः । ततोऽहं ज्वलमानं वै पायसं प्रत्यवेदयम् ॥

bhavantu satkṛtānīha pūrvameva pracoditaḥ | tato'haṃ jvalamānaṃ vai pāyasaṃ pratyavedayam

"Let all of it be prepared here with honour." This the household had been told beforehand. Then I offered him the pāyasa, still blazing hot.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रयोचितः → प्रचोदितः (misprint in Wikisource; CE reads pracoditaḥ). Line 1 = CE 13.144.20e; line 2 = CE 21a.

Verse 25 (13.264.25)

तं भुक्त्वैव स तु क्षिप्रं ततो वचनमब्रवीत् । क्षिप्रमङ्गानि लिम्पस्व पायसेनेति स स्म ह ॥

taṃ bhuktvaiva sa tu kṣipraṃ tato vacanamabravīt | kṣipramaṅgāni limpasva pāyaseneti sa sma ha

Having eaten it, he quickly spoke: "Quickly, smear your limbs with this pāyasa!"

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.144.21c, 21e (तं भुक्त्वैव for the CE's tad bhuktvaiva, a variant).

Verse 26 (13.264.26)

अविमृश्यैव च ततः कृतवानस्मि तत्तथा । तेनोच्छिष्टेन गात्राणि शरीरं च समालिपम् ॥

avimṛśyaiva ca tataḥ kṛtavānasmi tattathā | tenocchiṣṭena gātrāṇi śarīraṃ ca samālipam

Without considering, I did just as he said, and with that leftover food I smeared my limbs and my body.

Note on the text: Line 2 (तेनोच्छिष्टेन गात्राणि शरीरं च समालिपम्) is a variant of CE 22c (tenocchiṣṭena gātrāṇi śiraś caivābhyamṛkṣayam).

Verse 27 (13.264.27)

स ददर्श तदाऽभ्याशे मातरं ते शुभाननाम् । तामपि स्मयमानां स पायसेनाभ्यलेपयत् ॥

sa dadarśa tadā'bhyāśe mātaraṃ te śubhānanām | tāmapi smayamānāṃ sa pāyasenābhyalepayat

Then he saw your mother, of lovely face, standing near; and as she smiled, he smeared her too with the pāyasa.

Verse 28 (13.264.28)

मुनिः पायसदिग्धाङ्गीं रथे तूर्णमयोजयत् । तमारुद्य रथं चैव निर्ययौ स गृहान्मम ॥

muniḥ pāyasadigdhāṅgīṃ rathe tūrṇamayojayat | tamārudya rathaṃ caiva niryayau sa gṛhānmama

The sage quickly yoked her, her limbs smeared with pāyasa, to a chariot; and mounting the chariot, he drove out of my house.

Verse 29 (13.264.29)

अग्निवर्णो ज्वलन्धीमान्स द्विजो रथधुर्यवत् । प्रतोदेनातुदद्बालां रुक्मिणीं मम पश्यतः ॥

agnivarṇo jvalandhīmānsa dvijo rathadhuryavat | pratodenātudadbālāṃ rukmiṇīṃ mama paśyataḥ

Fiery in colour, blazing, intelligent, that brahmana, treating her as a chariot-horse, goaded young Rukmini with a whip as I looked on.

Verse 30 (13.264.30)

न च मे स्तोकमप्यासीद्दुःखमीर्ष्याकृतं तदा । तथा स राजमार्गेण महता निर्ययौ बहिः ॥

na ca me stokamapyāsīdduḥkhamīrṣyākṛtaṃ tadā | tathā sa rājamārgeṇa mahatā niryayau bahiḥ

And I felt not the slightest pain or jealousy then. So he went out through the great royal road, beyond the city.

Note on the text: Corrected दुः खमीर्ष्याकृतं → दुःखमीर्ष्याकृतं (stray space inside the word, misprint in Wikisource) and राजमार्गेणि → राजमार्गेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, CE reads rājamārgeṇa). Line 2 begins तथा where the CE has tataḥ (variant, kept).

Verse 31 (13.264.31)

तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं दाशार्हा जातमन्यवः । तत्राजल्पन्मिथः केचित्समाभाष्य परस्परम् ॥

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ dāśārhā jātamanyavaḥ | tatrājalpanmithaḥ kecitsamābhāṣya parasparam

Seeing that great marvel, the Dasharhas grew angry, and some of them there spoke to one another:

Verse 32 (13.264.32)

ब्राह्मणा एव जायेरन्नान्यो वर्णः कथञ्चन । को ह्येनां रथमास्थाय जीवेदन्यः पुमानिह ॥

brāhmaṇā eva jāyerannānyo varṇaḥ kathañcana | ko hyenāṃ rathamāsthāya jīvedanyaḥ pumāniha

"Let only brahmanas be born, and no other class at all! For what other man, having mounted such a chariot, could go on living?"

Note on the text: Corrected जीवेदन्य → जीवेदन्यः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, CE reads jīved anyaḥ). Speaker: unheaded speech of some of the Dasharhas fills the whole verse (introduced by verse 31); the input had वासुदेव. Line 1 reads ब्राह्मणा एव जायेरन्नान्यो वर्णः कथञ्चन where the CE has the same; line 2 एनां for the CE's enaṃ, kept.

Verse 33 (13.264.33)

आशीविषविषं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णतरो द्विजः । ब्रह्माहिविषदिग्धस्य नास्ति कश्चिच्चिकित्सकः ॥

āśīviṣaviṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tatastīkṣṇataro dvijaḥ | brahmāhiviṣadigdhasya nāsti kaściccikitsakaḥ

"The venom of a poisonous snake is sharp, but the brahmana is sharper still. For one smeared with the venom of the brahmana-serpent there is no physician."

Note on the text: Speaker: unheaded speech of some of the Dasharhas fills the whole verse (continuing verse 32); the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 34 (13.264.34)

तस्मिन्व्रजति दुर्धर्षे प्रास्खलद्रुक्मिणी पथि । अमर्षयंस्तथा श्रीमान्स्मितपूर्वमचोदयत् ॥

tasminvrajati durdharṣe prāskhaladrukmiṇī pathi | amarṣayaṃstathā śrīmānsmitapūrvamacodayat

As that unassailable one went on, Rukmini stumbled on the road; the glorious sage, unable to bear it, urged her on, with a smile.

Note on the text: Corrected अचोदयम् → अचोदयत् (misprint in Wikisource; the first-person form does not fit, since the sage is the one who goads, CE reads acodayat). Line 2 reads differently from the CE (tāṃ nāmarṣayata śrīmāṃs tatas tūrṇam acodayat), recension variant, kept. Line 1 = CE 13.144.30a.

Verse 35 (13.264.35)

ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य स द्विजः । पदातिरुत्पथेनैव प्राद्रवद्दक्षिणामुखः ॥

tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rathātpraskandya sa dvijaḥ | padātirutpathenaiva prādravaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

Then, in a great fury, the brahmana leapt down from the chariot and ran off on foot, off the road, facing south.

Verse 36 (13.264.36)

तमुत्पथेन धावन्तमन्वधावं द्विजोत्तमम् । तथैव पायसादिग्धः प्रसीद भगवन्निति ॥

tamutpathena dhāvantamanvadhāvaṃ dvijottamam | tathaiva pāyasādigdhaḥ prasīda bhagavanniti

I ran after that best of brahmanas as he fled off the road, still smeared with pāyasa, saying, "Be gracious, Lord!"

Verse 37 (13.264.37)

ततो विलोक्य तेजस्वी ब्राह्मणो मामुवाच ह । जितः क्रोधस्त्वया कृष्ण प्रकृत्यैव महाभुज ॥

tato vilokya tejasvī brāhmaṇo māmuvāca ha | jitaḥ krodhastvayā kṛṣṇa prakṛtyaiva mahābhuja

Then the radiant brahmana looked at me and said: "You have conquered anger, Krishna, by your very nature, mighty-armed one."

Verse 38 (13.264.38)

न तेऽपराधमिह वै दृष्टवानस्मि सुव्रत । प्रीतोस्मि तव गोविन्द वृणु कामान्यथेप्सितान् ॥

na te'parādhamiha vai dṛṣṭavānasmi suvrata | prītosmi tava govinda vṛṇu kāmānyathepsitān

"I have seen no offence in you here, man of good vows. I am pleased with you, Govinda; choose whatever boons you wish."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's own speech fills the whole verse (introduced in verse 37); the input had वासुदेव. Lines = CE 13.144.34a, 34c.

Verse 39 (13.264.39)

प्रसन्नस्य च मे तात पश्य व्युष्टिं यथाविधाम् ॥

prasannasya ca me tāta paśya vyuṣṭiṃ yathāvidhām

"And see, my dear one, what kind of blessing follows when I am pleased."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's speech; the input had वासुदेव. A single line, as printed (13-264-39a) and as in CE 13.144.34e (the third line of the CE verse of which verse 38 holds the first two).

Verse 40 (13.264.40)

यावदेव मनुष्याणामन्ने भावो भविष्यति । यथैवान्ने तथा तेषां त्वयि भावो भविष्यति ॥

yāvadeva manuṣyāṇāmanne bhāvo bhaviṣyati | yathaivānne tathā teṣāṃ tvayi bhāvo bhaviṣyati

"As long as men's love for food endures, so long will their love for you endure, just as for food."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's speech; the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 41 (13.264.41)

यावच्च पुण्या लोकेषु त्वयि कीर्तिर्भविष्यति । त्रिषु लोकेषु तावच्च वैशिष्ट्यं प्रतिपत्स्यसे । सुप्रियः सर्वलोकस्य भविष्यसि जनार्दन ॥

yāvacca puṇyā lokeṣu tvayi kīrtirbhaviṣyati | triṣu lokeṣu tāvacca vaiśiṣṭyaṃ pratipatsyase | supriyaḥ sarvalokasya bhaviṣyasi janārdana

"As long as your holy fame lasts in the worlds, so long will you hold pre-eminence in the three worlds, and you will be dear to the whole world, Janardana."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's speech; the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 42 (13.264.42)

यत्ते भिन्नं च दग्धं च यच्च किञ्चिद्विनाशितम् । सर्वं तथैव द्रष्टासि विशिष्टं जनार्दन ॥

yatte bhinnaṃ ca dagdhaṃ ca yacca kiñcidvināśitam | sarvaṃ tathaiva draṣṭāsi viśiṣṭaṃ janārdana

"Whatever of yours was broken or burnt or in any way destroyed, you will see all of it again just as before, or even better, Janardana."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's speech; the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 43 (13.264.43)

यावदेतत्प्रलिप्तं ते गात्रेषु मधुसूदन । अतो मृत्युभयं नास्ति यावदिच्छसि चाच्युत ॥

yāvadetatpraliptaṃ te gātreṣu madhusūdana | ato mṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti yāvadicchasi cācyuta

"As long as this smearing remains on your limbs, Madhusudana, so long you will have no fear of death, for as long as you wish, Achyuta."

Note on the text: Speaker: Durvasa's speech; the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 44 (13.264.44)

न तु पादतले लिप्ते तस्मात्ते मृत्युरत्र वै । नैतन्मे प्रियमित्येवं स मां प्रीतोऽब्रवीत्तदा ॥

na tu pādatale lipte tasmātte mṛtyuratra vai | naitanme priyamityevaṃ sa māṃ prīto'bravīttadā

"But since the soles of your feet were not smeared, your death will come through that place." "This was not to my liking" — so, though pleased, he said to me then.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 13.144.39a (the page's own note records the reading लिप्ते कस्मात्ते पुत्रकाद्य वै); line 2 = CE 39c. Line 1 is Durvasa's speech, line 2 narration; mixed verse, given to the narrator.

Verse 45 (13.264.45)

इत्युक्तोऽहं शरीरं स्वं ददर्श श्रीसमायुतम् ॥

ityukto'haṃ śarīraṃ svaṃ dadarśa śrīsamāyutam

Thus addressed, I saw my body endowed with splendour.

Note on the text: A single line, as printed (13-264-45a) and as in CE 13.144.39e.

Verse 46 (13.264.46)

रुक्मिणीं चाब्रवीत्प्रीतः सर्वस्त्रीणां वरं यशः । कीर्तिं चानुत्तमां लोके समवाप्स्यसि शोभने ॥

rukmiṇīṃ cābravītprītaḥ sarvastrīṇāṃ varaṃ yaśaḥ | kīrtiṃ cānuttamāṃ loke samavāpsyasi śobhane

Pleased, he said to Rukmini: "Your fame will be the foremost among all women, and you will win unsurpassed renown in the world, fair lady."

Verse 47 (13.264.47)

न त्वां जरा वा रोगो वा वैवर्ण्यं चापि भामिनि । स्प्रक्ष्यन्ति पुण्यगन्धा च कृष्णमाराधयिष्यसि ॥

na tvāṃ jarā vā rogo vā vaivarṇyaṃ cāpi bhāmini | sprakṣyanti puṇyagandhā ca kṛṣṇamārādhayiṣyasi

"Neither old age nor disease nor pallor will touch you, lady; you will be fragrant with a holy scent, and you will be devoted to Krishna."

Verse 48 (13.264.48)

षोडशानां सहस्राणां वधूनां केशवस्य ह । वरिष्ठा च सलोक्या च केशवस्य भविष्यसि ॥

ṣoḍaśānāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ vadhūnāṃ keśavasya ha | variṣṭhā ca salokyā ca keśavasya bhaviṣyasi

"Among the sixteen thousand wives of Keshava, you will be the foremost, and you will share his world."

Note on the text: Corrected बधूनां → वधूनां (misprint in Wikisource; CE reads vadhūnāṃ). Speaker: Durvasa's speech to Rukmini (the heading is carried over from verse 46); the input had वासुदेव.

Verse 49 (13.264.49)

तव मातरमित्युक्त्वा ततो मां पुनरब्रवीत् । प्रस्थितः सुमहातेजा दुर्वासाऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

tava mātaramityuktvā tato māṃ punarabravīt | prasthitaḥ sumahātejā durvāsā'gniriva jvalan

Having said this of your mother, the radiant Durvasa, blazing like fire, was about to depart, and spoke to me again:

Verse 50 (13.264.50)

एषैव ते बुद्धिरस्तु ब्राह्मणान्प्रति केशव । इत्युक्त्वा स तदा पुत्र तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

eṣaiva te buddhirastu brāhmaṇānprati keśava | ityuktvā sa tadā putra tatraivāntaradhīyata

"May this very devotion toward brahmanas stay with you, Keshava." Having said this, my son, he vanished on the spot.

Note on the text: Line 1 is Durvasa's speech, line 2 narration; mixed verse, given to the narrator.

Verse 51 (13.264.51)

तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते चाहमुपांशु व्रतमाचरम् । यत्किञ्चिद्ब्राह्मणो ब्रूयात्सर्वं कुर्यामिति प्रभो ॥

tasminnantarhite cāhamupāṃśu vratamācaram | yatkiñcidbrāhmaṇo brūyātsarvaṃ kuryāmiti prabho

When he had vanished, I quietly took a vow: "Whatever a brahmana may say, I shall do it all," O lord.

Verse 52 (13.264.52)

एतद्व्रतमहं कृत्वा मात्रा ते सह पुत्रक । ततः परमहृष्टात्मा प्राविशं गृहमेव च ॥

etadvratamahaṃ kṛtvā mātrā te saha putraka | tataḥ paramahṛṣṭātmā prāviśaṃ gṛhameva ca

Having taken this vow, my son, together with your mother, I entered my house with a delighted heart.

Verse 53 (13.264.53)

प्रविष्टमात्रश्च गृहे सर्वं पश्यामि तन्नवम् । यद्भिन्नं यच्च वै दग्धं तेन विप्रेण पुत्रक ॥

praviṣṭamātraśca gṛhe sarvaṃ paśyāmi tannavam | yadbhinnaṃ yacca vai dagdhaṃ tena vipreṇa putraka

The moment I entered the house, I saw everything new again, whatever that brahmana had broken or burnt, my son.

Verse 54 (13.264.54)

ततोऽहं विस्मयं प्राप्तः सर्वं दृष्ट्वा नवं दृढम् । अपूजयं च मनसा रौक्मिणेय सदा द्विजान् ॥

tato'haṃ vismayaṃ prāptaḥ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā navaṃ dṛḍham | apūjayaṃ ca manasā raukmiṇeya sadā dvijān

Then, amazed to see everything made new and firm, I honoured the twice-born in my mind ever after, son of Rukmini.

Verse 55 (13.264.55)

इत्यहं रौक्मिणेयस्य पृच्छतो भरतर्षभ । माहात्म्यं द्विजमुख्यस्य सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा ॥

ityahaṃ raukmiṇeyasya pṛcchato bharatarṣabha | māhātmyaṃ dvijamukhyasya sarvamākhyātavāṃstadā

In this way, O best of the Bharatas, when the son of Rukmini asked, I told him the whole greatness of that foremost of brahmanas.

Verse 56 (13.264.56)

तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय ब्राह्मणान्सततं प्रभो । पूजयस्व महाभागान्वाग्भिर्दानैश्च नित्यदा ॥

tathā tvamapi kaunteya brāhmaṇānsatataṃ prabho | pūjayasva mahābhāgānvāgbhirdānaiśca nityadā

So you too, son of Kunti, mighty one, should always honour the highly blessed brahmanas, every day, with kind words and with gifts.

Verse 57 (13.264.57)

एवं व्युष्टिमहं प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणस्य प्रसादजाम् । यच्च मामाह भीष्मोऽयं तत्सत्यं भरतर्षभ ॥

evaṃ vyuṣṭimahaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇasya prasādajām | yacca māmāha bhīṣmo'yaṃ tatsatyaṃ bharatarṣabha

Thus I obtained the fruit that is born of a brahmana's grace. And what Bhishma here has told me is true, O best of the Bharatas.