Yudhishthira's Dread of Rebirth and His Plea for the Vaishnava Dharma

Verse 1 (13.36.1)

चित्तं मे दूयते तात लोके परमविन्दतः ॥

cittaṃ me dūyate tāta loke paramavindataḥ

My heart is tormented, grandsire, for I find nothing supreme in the world.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`युधिष्ठिर उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker. The page opens with that heading (13-36-1x). One-line verse as printed (13-36-1a). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0001); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 2 (13.36.2)

अशाश्वतमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । ऋते नारायणं पुण्यं प्रतिभाति पितामह ॥

aśāśvatamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | ṛte nārāyaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pratibhāti pitāmaha

All this world, moving and unmoving, is impermanent; apart from Narayana, nothing seems holy, O grandsire.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रते → ऋते (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'ṛte'). Speaker: heading slipped into verse 1 carries over. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0002-0003); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 3 (13.36.3)

नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा पुरुषः पुष्करेक्षणः । तस्यास्य देवकीसूनोः श्रुतं कृत्स्नं त्वयाऽनघ ॥

nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā puruṣaḥ puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ | tasyāsya devakīsūnoḥ śrutaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tvayā'nagha

For Narayana is the self of the universe, the Person with lotus eyes; and of this son of Devaki you have heard everything, O sinless one.

Note on the text: Speaker as the page heads it (Yudhishthira, 13-36-1x). In the CE's Appendix I text the heading 'bhīṣmaḥ' stands before line 13,013.006d@003_0005 (this verse's second line) and 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ' after @003_0006, so the CE gives line 2 and the next verse to Bhishma; the page's headings are kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0004-0005); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 4 (13.36.4)

युधिष्ठिर महाप्राज्ञ मया दृष्टं च सङ्गरे ॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahāprājña mayā dṛṣṭaṃ ca saṅgare

Yudhishthira, great-minded one, I have seen him too, in battle.

Note on the text: One-line verse as printed (13-36-4a), under the page's heading 'भीष्म उवाच' (13-36-4x). In the CE the line belongs to the same speech as the previous verse's second line (see the note on verse 3). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0006); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 5 (13.36.5)

त्वत्त एव तु राजेन्द्र राजधर्माश्च पुष्कलाः । श्रुतं पुराणमखिलं नारदेन निवेदितम् । गुह्यं नारायणाख्यानं त्रिविधक्लेशनाशनम् ॥

tvatta eva tu rājendra rājadharmāśca puṣkalāḥ | śrutaṃ purāṇamakhilaṃ nāradena niveditam | guhyaṃ nārāyaṇākhyānaṃ trividhakleśanāśanam

From you alone, O king of kings, I have heard the rich teachings on the duties of kings; the whole Purana told by Narada has been heard, the secret account of Narayana that destroys the threefold affliction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0007-0009); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 6 (13.36.6)

एकान्तिधर्मनियमाः समासव्यासकल्पिताः । कथिता वै महाभाग त्वया वै मदनुग्रहात् ॥

ekāntidharmaniyamāḥ samāsavyāsakalpitāḥ | kathitā vai mahābhāga tvayā vai madanugrahāt

The rules of the single-minded devotees' dharma, composed both briefly and at length, have been told to me, O fortunate one, by you, out of kindness to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0010-0011); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 7 (13.36.7)

लोकरक्षणकर्तृत्वं तस्यैव हरिमेधसः । आतिथेयविधिश्चैव तपांसि नियमाश्च ये ॥

lokarakṣaṇakartṛtvaṃ tasyaiva harimedhasaḥ | ātitheyavidhiścaiva tapāṃsi niyamāśca ye

I have heard of the role of that same wise Hari as protector of the worlds; the rule of hospitality; austerities and the observances;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0012-0013); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 8 (13.36.8)

वेदवादप्रसिद्धाश्च वाजपेयादयो मखाः । यज्ञा द्रविणनिष्पाद्या अग्निहोत्रानुपालिताः ॥

vedavādaprasiddhāśca vājapeyādayo makhāḥ | yajñā draviṇaniṣpādyā agnihotrānupālitāḥ

the sacrifices such as the Vajapeya, famed in Vedic teaching; sacrifices accomplished with wealth and sustained by the agnihotra;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0014-0015); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 9 (13.36.9)

जपयज्ञाश्च विविधा ब्राह्मणानां तपस्विनाम् । एकादशविधाः प्रोक्ता हविर्यज्ञा द्विजातिनाम् ॥

japayajñāśca vividhā brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām | ekādaśavidhāḥ proktā haviryajñā dvijātinām

the many japa-sacrifices of ascetic brahmins; and the eleven kinds of oblation-sacrifices of the twice-born, which have been declared;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0016-0017); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 10 (13.36.10)

तेषां फलविशेषाश्च उञ्छधर्मास्तथैव च । अहन्यहनि ये प्रोक्ता महायज्ञा द्विजातिनाम् ॥

teṣāṃ phalaviśeṣāśca uñchadharmāstathaiva ca | ahanyahani ye proktā mahāyajñā dvijātinām

their particular fruits; the dharma of gleaning grain; the great sacrifices prescribed for each day for the twice-born;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0018-0019); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 11 (13.36.11)

वेदश्रवणधर्माश्च ब्रह्मयज्ञफलं तथा । वेदव्रतविधानं च नियमाश्चैव वैदिकाः ॥

vedaśravaṇadharmāśca brahmayajñaphalaṃ tathā | vedavratavidhānaṃ ca niyamāścaiva vaidikāḥ

the duties of listening to the Veda; the fruit of the Brahma-sacrifice; the rules of Vedic vows; and the Vedic observances;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0020-0021); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 12 (13.36.12)

स्वाहा स्वधा प्रणीते च इष्टापूर्तफलं तथा । उत्तरोत्तरसेवायामाश्रमाणां च यत्फलम् ॥

svāhā svadhā praṇīte ca iṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃ tathā | uttarottarasevāyāmāśramāṇāṃ ca yatphalam

svaha and svadha, and the pranita rites; the fruit of sacrifices and works of public good; the fruit of serving the successive stages of life in turn;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0022-0023); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 13 (13.36.13)

प्रत्येकशश्च निष्ठायामाश्रमाणां महामते । मासपक्षोपवासानां सम्यगुक्तफलं च यत् ॥

pratyekaśaśca niṣṭhāyāmāśramāṇāṃ mahāmate | māsapakṣopavāsānāṃ samyaguktaphalaṃ ca yat

the fruit of steadfastness in each stage of life separately, O wise one; and the fruit duly declared for fasting for a month or a fortnight;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0024-0025); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 14 (13.36.14)

अनाशितानां ये लोका ये च पञ्चतपा नराः । वीराध्वानं प्रपन्नानां या गतिश्चाग्निहोत्रिणाम् ॥

anāśitānāṃ ye lokā ye ca pañcatapā narāḥ | vīrādhvānaṃ prapannānāṃ yā gatiścāgnihotriṇām

the worlds of those who go without food; those who practise the five fires; the destination of those who set out on the hero's path, and of those who keep the agnihotra;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0026-0027); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 15 (13.36.15)

ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपानां च शिशिरे जलचारिणाम् । वर्षे स्थण्डिलशायीनां फलं यत्परिकीर्तितम् ॥

grīṣme pañcatapānāṃ ca śiśire jalacāriṇām | varṣe sthaṇḍilaśāyīnāṃ phalaṃ yatparikīrtitam

the fruit that has been declared for those who practise the five fires in summer, those who live in water in winter, and those who lie on the bare ground in the rains;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0028-0029); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 16 (13.36.16)

लोके चक्रचराणां च द्विजानां यत्फलं स्मृतम् । अन्नादीनां च दानानां यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् ॥

loke cakracarāṇāṃ ca dvijānāṃ yatphalaṃ smṛtam | annādīnāṃ ca dānānāṃ yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam

the fruit recorded for twice-born men who wander in circuits in the world; and the fruit declared for gifts of food and the like;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0030-0031); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 17 (13.36.17)

सर्वतीर्थाभिषिक्तानां नराणां च फलोदयः । राज्ञां धर्माश्च ये लोके सम्यक्पालयतां प्रजाः ॥

sarvatīrthābhiṣiktānāṃ narāṇāṃ ca phalodayaḥ | rājñāṃ dharmāśca ye loke samyakpālayatāṃ prajāḥ

the rise of fruit for men bathed at all the holy places; and the duties of kings who rightly protect their subjects in the world;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0032-0033); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 18 (13.36.18)

ये च सत्यव्रता लोके ये तीर्थे कृतश्रमाः । मातापितृपरा ये च गुरुवृत्तीश्च संश्रिताः ॥

ye ca satyavratā loke ye tīrthe kṛtaśramāḥ | mātāpitṛparā ye ca guruvṛttīśca saṃśritāḥ

those in the world who hold to truth as their vow, those who have laboured at holy places, those devoted to mother and father, and those who have taken refuge in service to their gurus;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0034-0035); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 19 (13.36.19)

गोब्राह्मणपरित्राणे राष्ट्रातिक्रमणे तथा । त्यजन्त्यभिमुखाः प्राणान्निर्भयाः सत्वमाश्रिताः ॥

gobrāhmaṇaparitrāṇe rāṣṭrātikramaṇe tathā | tyajantyabhimukhāḥ prāṇānnirbhayāḥ satvamāśritāḥ

those who, in defending cows and brahmins, or when the realm is invaded, give up their lives facing the enemy, fearless and resting on courage;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0036-0037); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 20 (13.36.20)

सहस्रदक्षिणानां च या गतिर्ददतां वर । ये च संध्यामुपासन्ते सम्यगुक्ता महाव्रताः ॥

sahasradakṣiṇānāṃ ca yā gatirdadatāṃ vara | ye ca saṃdhyāmupāsante samyaguktā mahāvratāḥ

the destination of those who give a thousand fees, O best of givers; and those great-vowed ones who rightly perform the twilight worship, as it has been told;

Note on the text: Corrected वदनां → ददतां (misprint in Wikisource; 'वदना' is not a word; the CE reads 'dadatāṃ vara', 'best of givers'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0038-0039); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 21 (13.36.21)

तथा योगविधानं च यद्ग्रन्थेष्वभिशब्दितम् । वेदाद्याः श्रुतयश्चापि श्रुता मे गुरुसत्तम ॥

tathā yogavidhānaṃ ca yadgrantheṣvabhiśabditam | vedādyāḥ śrutayaścāpi śrutā me gurusattama

and likewise the discipline of yoga as set out in the texts; the Veda and the other sacred revelations too have been heard by me, O best of elders;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0040-0041); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 22 (13.36.22)

सिद्धान्तनिर्णयाश्चापि द्वैपायनमुखोद्गताः । श्रुताः पञ्च महायज्ञा येषु सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

siddhāntanirṇayāścāpi dvaipāyanamukhodgatāḥ | śrutāḥ pañca mahāyajñā yeṣu sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

and the settled conclusions that came from the mouth of Dvaipayana; the five great sacrifices, on which everything rests, have been heard;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0042-0043); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 23 (13.36.23)

तत्प्रभेदेषु ये धर्मास्तेऽपि वै कृत्स्नशः श्रुताः । न च दूषयितुं शक्याः सद्भिरुक्ता हि ते तथा ॥

tatprabhedeṣu ye dharmāste'pi vai kṛtsnaśaḥ śrutāḥ | na ca dūṣayituṃ śakyāḥ sadbhiruktā hi te tathā

the dharmas found in their subdivisions have also been heard in full; and they cannot be faulted, for they were declared by the good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0044-0045); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 24 (13.36.24)

एतेषां किल धर्माणामुत्तमो वैष्णवो विधिः । रक्षते भगवान्विष्णुर्भक्तमात्मशरीरवत् ॥

eteṣāṃ kila dharmāṇāmuttamo vaiṣṇavo vidhiḥ | rakṣate bhagavānviṣṇurbhaktamātmaśarīravat

Of all these dharmas, the Vaishnava rule is indeed the highest; the blessed Vishnu protects his devotee as he would his own body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0046-0047); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 25 (13.36.25)

कर्मणो हि कृतस्येह कामितस्य द्विजोत्तम । फलं ह्यवश्यं भोक्तव्यमृषिर्द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

karmaṇo hi kṛtasyeha kāmitasya dvijottama | phalaṃ hyavaśyaṃ bhoktavyamṛṣirdvaipāyano'bravīt

Of every deed done here and desired, O best of the twice-born, the fruit must certainly be enjoyed; so said the sage Dvaipayana.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतेस्येह → कृतस्येह (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'kṛtasyeha'). Line 1 reads द्विजोत्तम where the CE has 'dvijottamaiḥ'; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0048-0049); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 26 (13.36.26)

भोगान्ते चापि पतनं गतिः पूर्वं प्रभाषिता । न मे प्रीतिकरास्त्वेते विषोदर्का हि मे मताः ॥

bhogānte cāpi patanaṃ gatiḥ pūrvaṃ prabhāṣitā | na me prītikarāstvete viṣodarkā hi me matāḥ

And at the end of enjoyment there is a fall; that destination was told before. These are not pleasing to me, for I regard them as bearing poison as their fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0050-0051); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 27 (13.36.27)

वधात्कष्टतरं मन्ये गर्भवासं महाद्युते । दिष्टान्ते यानि दुःखानि पुरुषो विन्दते विभो । ततः कष्टतराणीह गर्भवासे हि विन्दति ॥

vadhātkaṣṭataraṃ manye garbhavāsaṃ mahādyute | diṣṭānte yāni duḥkhāni puruṣo vindate vibho | tataḥ kaṣṭatarāṇīha garbhavāse hi vindati

I consider life in the womb worse than being put to death, O radiant one. Whatever sufferings a man meets at the end of his allotted time, O lord, he meets even more painful ones in the womb.

Note on the text: Corrected वधात्कृष्टतरं → वधात्कष्टतरं (misprint in Wikisource; कृष्टतर does not fit; CE 'kaṣṭataram'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0052-0054); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 28 (13.36.28)

ततश्चाभ्यधिकां तीव्रां वेदनां लभते नरः । गर्भापक्रमणे तात कर्मणामुपसर्पणे ॥

tataścābhyadhikāṃ tīvrāṃ vedanāṃ labhate naraḥ | garbhāpakramaṇe tāta karmaṇāmupasarpaṇe

And beyond that a man suffers a still more intense pain, dear one, at the leaving of the womb, as his deeds come creeping upon him.

Note on the text: Corrected ततश्चाभ्याधिकां → ततश्चाभ्यधिकां and कर्मणासुपसर्पणे → कर्मणामुपसर्पणे (misprints in Wikisource; CE 'tataś cābhyadhikām', 'karmaṇām upasarpaṇe'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0055-0056); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 29 (13.36.29)

तस्मान्मे निश्चयो जातो धर्मेष्वेतेषु भारत । तदिच्छामि कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्वत्प्रसादान्महामते । तं धर्मं चेह वेत्तुं वै यो जराजन्ममृत्युहा ॥

tasmānme niścayo jāto dharmeṣveteṣu bhārata | tadicchāmi kuruśreṣṭha tvatprasādānmahāmate | taṃ dharmaṃ ceha vettuṃ vai yo jarājanmamṛtyuhā

Therefore this conviction has arisen in me about these dharmas, O Bharata. So I wish, O best of the Kurus, O wise one, by your grace, to learn that dharma which destroys old age, birth and death,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0057-0059); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 30 (13.36.30)

येनोष्णदा वैतरणी असिपत्रवनं च तत् । कुण्डानि चाग्नितप्तानि क्षुरधारापथस्तथा । शाल्मलीं च महाघोरामायसीं घोरकण्टकाम् ॥

yenoṣṇadā vaitaraṇī asipatravanaṃ ca tat | kuṇḍāni cāgnitaptāni kṣuradhārāpathastathā | śālmalīṃ ca mahāghorāmāyasīṃ ghorakaṇṭakām

the dharma by which one is spared the scalding Vaitarani, the forest of sword-leaves, the pits heated by fire, the razor-edged path, and the terrible iron Shalmali tree with its dreadful thorns.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0060-0062); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 31 (13.36.31)

मातापितृकृते चापि सुहृन्मित्रार्थकारणात् । आत्महेतोश्च पापानि कृतानीह नरैश्च यैः । तेषां फलोदयं कष्टमृषिर्द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

mātāpitṛkṛte cāpi suhṛnmitrārthakāraṇāt | ātmahetośca pāpāni kṛtānīha naraiśca yaiḥ | teṣāṃ phalodayaṃ kaṣṭamṛṣirdvaipāyano'bravīt

The sins that men have committed here for the sake of mother and father, of friends and companions, or for themselves: the bitter ripening of their fruit the sage Dvaipayana has described.

Note on the text: Corrected मातापितृकते → मातापितृकृते (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'mātāpitṛkṛte'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0063-0065); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 32 (13.36.32)

कुम्भीपाकप्रदीप्तानां शूलार्तानां च क्रन्दताम् । रौरवे क्षिप्यमाणानां प्रहारैर्मथितात्मनाम् ॥

kumbhīpākapradīptānāṃ śūlārtānāṃ ca krandatām | raurave kṣipyamāṇānāṃ prahārairmathitātmanām

Of those burning in cauldrons, pierced by spears and crying out, flung into Raurava, their bodies pounded with blows;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0066-0067); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 33 (13.36.33)

स्तनतामपकृत्तानां पिबतामात्मशोणितम् । तेषामेव प्रवदतां कारुण्यं नास्ति यन्त्रतः ॥

stanatāmapakṛttānāṃ pibatāmātmaśoṇitam | teṣāmeva pravadatāṃ kāruṇyaṃ nāsti yantrataḥ

groaning, cut to pieces, drinking their own blood: though they plead, there is no mercy for them from the torture engines;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0068-0069); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 34 (13.36.34)

तृष्णाशुष्कोष्ठकण्ठानां विह्वलानामचेतसाम् । सर्वदुःखाभिभूतानां रुजार्तानां च क्रोशताम् ॥

tṛṣṇāśuṣkoṣṭhakaṇṭhānāṃ vihvalānāmacetasām | sarvaduḥkhābhibhūtānāṃ rujārtānāṃ ca krośatām

with lips, mouths and throats dried up by thirst, bewildered and senseless, overwhelmed by every suffering, shrieking in tormenting pain;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0070-0071); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 35 (13.36.35)

वेदनार्ता हि क्रन्दन्ति पूरयन्तो दिशो दश ॥

vedanārtā hi krandanti pūrayanto diśo daśa

tormented by pain they cry aloud, filling the ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0072); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 36 (13.36.36)

एकः करोति पापानि सहभोज्यानि बान्धवैः । तेषामेकः फलं भुङ्क्ते कष्टं वैवस्वते गृहे ॥

ekaḥ karoti pāpāni sahabhojyāni bāndhavaiḥ | teṣāmekaḥ phalaṃ bhuṅkte kaṣṭaṃ vaivasvate gṛhe

One man commits sins whose fruit is shared in eating with his kinsmen; of them he alone eats the fruit, in bitter suffering, in the house of Vaivasvata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0073-0074); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 37 (13.36.37)

येन नैतां गतिं गच्छेन्न विण्मूत्रास्थिपिच्छिले । विष्ठामूत्रकृमीमध्ये बहुजन्तुनिषेविते ॥

yena naitāṃ gatiṃ gacchenna viṇmūtrāsthipicchile | viṣṭhāmūtrakṛmīmadhye bahujantuniṣevite

By that dharma one would not go to this state, nor to the slimy place of filth, urine and bones, amid dung, urine and worms, swarming with many creatures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0075-0076); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 38 (13.36.38)

को गर्भवासात्परतो नरकोऽन्यो विधीयते । यत्र वासकृतो योगः कुक्षौ वासो विधीयते ॥

ko garbhavāsātparato narako'nyo vidhīyate | yatra vāsakṛto yogaḥ kukṣau vāso vidhīyate

What other hell is appointed beyond life in the womb, where a being is made to dwell confined within the belly?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0077-0078); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 39 (13.36.39)

जातो विस्तीर्णशोकः स्याद्भवेत विगतज्वरः । न चैष लभ्यते कामो जातमात्रं हि मानवम् । आविशन्तीह दुःखानि मनोवाक्कायिकानि तु ॥

jāto vistīrṇaśokaḥ syādbhaveta vigatajvaraḥ | na caiṣa labhyate kāmo jātamātraṃ hi mānavam | āviśantīha duḥkhāni manovākkāyikāni tu

Once born, a man has sorrow spread wide, and might hope to be free of fever; yet this wish is never granted to a newborn human, for sufferings of mind, speech and body enter him here.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads विस्तीर्णशोकः and भवेत where the CE has 'vistīrṇaduḥkhaḥ … bhavate'; recension variants, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0079-0081); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 40 (13.36.40)

तैरस्वतन्त्रो भवति पीड्यमानो भयानकैः । तैर्गर्भवासं गच्छति अवशो जायते तथा ॥

tairasvatantro bhavati pīḍyamāno bhayānakaiḥ | tairgarbhavāsaṃ gacchati avaśo jāyate tathā

Tormented by these terrors he becomes helpless; through them he enters the womb, and is born helpless as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0082-0083); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 41 (13.36.41)

अवशश्चेहते जन्तुर्व्रजत्यवश एव हि । जरसा रूपविध्वंसं प्राप्नोत्यवश एव तु ॥

avaśaścehate janturvrajatyavaśa eva hi | jarasā rūpavidhvaṃsaṃ prāpnotyavaśa eva tu

Helpless a creature strives, helpless he goes on his way; helpless he meets the ruin of beauty through old age;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0084-0085); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 42 (13.36.42)

शरीरभेदमाप्नोति जीर्यतेऽवश एव तु । एवं ह्यनियतो मृत्युर्भवत्येव सदा नृषु ॥

śarīrabhedamāpnoti jīryate'vaśa eva tu | evaṃ hyaniyato mṛtyurbhavatyeva sadā nṛṣu

helpless he meets the breaking of the body, helpless he wears away. Thus death is always uncertain among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0086-0087); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 43 (13.36.43)

गर्भेषु म्रियते कश्चिज्जायमानस्तथाऽपरः । जाता म्रियन्ते बहवो यौवनस्थास्तथाऽपरे । मध्यभावे तु नश्यन्ति स्थविरो मृत एव तु ॥

garbheṣu mriyate kaścijjāyamānastathā'paraḥ | jātā mriyante bahavo yauvanasthāstathā'pare | madhyabhāve tu naśyanti sthaviro mṛta eva tu

Some die in the womb, another while being born; many die after birth, others in youth; some perish in middle age, and the aged man is as good as dead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0088-0090); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 44 (13.36.44)

को जन्मनो नोद्विजते स्वयम्भूरपि यो भवेत् । कुतस्त्वस्मद्विधस्तात मरणस्य वशानुगः ॥

ko janmano nodvijate svayambhūrapi yo bhavet | kutastvasmadvidhastāta maraṇasya vaśānugaḥ

Who does not shudder at birth, even if he were Svayambhu himself? How much more, dear one, someone like me, subject to the power of death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0091-0092); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 45 (13.36.45)

नित्याविष्टो भयेनाहं मनसा कुरुसत्तम । मुहूर्तमप्यहं शर्म न विन्दामि महामते ॥

nityāviṣṭo bhayenāhaṃ manasā kurusattama | muhūrtamapyahaṃ śarma na vindāmi mahāmate

I am constantly possessed by fear in my mind, O best of the Kurus; I cannot find peace even for a moment, O wise one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0093-0094); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 46 (13.36.46)

कालात्मनि तिरोभूतो नित्यं तद्गुणवर्जितः । अन्नैर्बहुविधैः पुष्टं वस्त्रैर्नानाविधैर्वृतम् ॥

kālātmani tirobhūto nityaṃ tadguṇavarjitaḥ | annairbahuvidhaiḥ puṣṭaṃ vastrairnānāvidhairvṛtam

Concealed in the self of Time, forever bereft of its qualities, [this body] is nourished with food of many kinds and clothed in garments of many sorts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0095-0096); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 47 (13.36.47)

चन्दनागरुदिग्धाङ्गं मणिमुक्ताविभूषितम् । यानैर्बहुविधैर्यातमेकान्तेनैव लालितम् ॥

candanāgarudigdhāṅgaṃ maṇimuktāvibhūṣitam | yānairbahuvidhairyātamekāntenaiva lālitam

with its limbs anointed with sandal and aloe, adorned with gems and pearls, carried about in vehicles of many kinds, utterly pampered,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0097-0098); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 48 (13.36.48)

यौवनोद्धतरूपाभिर्मन्दविह्वलगामिभिः । इष्टाभिरभिरामाभिर्वरस्त्रीभिरयन्त्रितम् ॥

yauvanoddhatarūpābhirmandavihvalagāmibhiḥ | iṣṭābhirabhirāmābhirvarastrībhirayantritam

unrestrained among fine women, beloved and charming, of exuberant youthful beauty, slow and unsteady in their gait, intoxicated with desire,

Note on the text: Corrected इष्टिभिः → इष्टाभिः (misprint in Wikisource; the adjective must agree with वरस्त्रीभिः, 'beloved'; CE 'iṣṭābhir'). Line 1 reads मन्द० where the CE has 'mada-vihvala-'; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0099-0100); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 49 (13.36.49)

रमितं सुचिरं कालं शरीरममितप्रभम् । अवितृप्ता गमिष्यन्ति हित्वा प्राणांस्तथाऽपरे ॥

ramitaṃ suciraṃ kālaṃ śarīramamitaprabham | avitṛptā gamiṣyanti hitvā prāṇāṃstathā'pare

a body of boundless splendour, long indulged in pleasure: yet unsated they will depart, leaving their breaths behind, and others after them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0101-0102); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 50 (13.36.50)

स्वर्गेऽप्यनियता भूतिस्तथैवाकाशसंश्रये । देवाऽप्यधिष्ठानवशास्तस्माद्देवं न कामये ॥

svarge'pyaniyatā bhūtistathaivākāśasaṃśraye | devā'pyadhiṣṭhānavaśāstasmāddevaṃ na kāmaye

Even in heaven prosperity is not fixed, nor in the sky-dwelling; even the gods are subject to their station. Therefore I do not wish for godhood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0103-0104); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 51 (13.36.51)

कामानां नास्त्यधिष्ठानमकामस्तु निवर्तते । लोकसङ्ग्रहधर्मास्तु सर्व एव न संशयः ॥

kāmānāṃ nāstyadhiṣṭhānamakāmastu nivartate | lokasaṅgrahadharmāstu sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ

Desires have no fixed ground; one free of desire turns back from them. And all the duties of upholding the world, without doubt,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0105-0106); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 52 (13.36.52)

डोलासधर्मा धर्मज्ञ ऋषिर्द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् । अस्मात्को विषमं दुःखमारोहेत विचक्षणः ॥

ḍolāsadharmā dharmajña ṛṣirdvaipāyano'bravīt | asmātko viṣamaṃ duḥkhamāroheta vicakṣaṇaḥ

are of the nature of a swing, O knower of dharma, so the sage Dvaipayana said. What discerning person would climb onto so uneven a sorrow?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0107-0108); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 53 (13.36.53)

विद्यमाने समे मार्गे डोलाधर्मविवर्जिते । को ह्यात्मानं प्रियं लोके डोलासाधर्म्यतां नयेत् ॥

vidyamāne same mārge ḍolādharmavivarjite | ko hyātmānaṃ priyaṃ loke ḍolāsādharmyatāṃ nayet

When an even path is at hand, free of the swing's nature, who in the world would bring his own dear self into likeness with a swing?

Note on the text: Divided the run-together word: डोलासाधर्म्यतांनयेत् → डोलासाधर्म्यतां नयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; missing space). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0109-0110); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 54 (13.36.54)

चराचरैः सर्वभूतैर्गन्तव्यमविशङ्कया । अस्माल्लोकात्परं लोकमपाथेयमदैशिकम् । घोरं तमः प्रवेष्टव्यमत्रातारमबान्धवम् ॥

carācaraiḥ sarvabhūtairgantavyamaviśaṅkayā | asmāllokātparaṃ lokamapātheyamadaiśikam | ghoraṃ tamaḥ praveṣṭavyamatrātāramabāndhavam

All beings, moving and unmoving, must go without hesitation from this world to the next, with no provisions, no guide, into dreadful darkness, with no protector and no kinsman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0111-0113); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 55 (13.36.55)

ये तु तं किल धर्मज्ञा धर्मं नारायणेरितम् । अनन्यमनसो दान्ताः स्मरन्ति नियतव्रताः ॥

ye tu taṃ kila dharmajñā dharmaṃ nārāyaṇeritam | ananyamanaso dāntāḥ smaranti niyatavratāḥ

But those who know dharma, with undivided minds, self-controlled, firm in their vows, who remember that dharma proclaimed by Narayana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0114-0115); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 56 (13.36.56)

ततस्तेनैव पश्यन्ति प्राप्नुवन्ति परं पदम् । रक्षते भगवान्विष्णुर्भक्तानात्मशरीरवत् ॥

tatastenaiva paśyanti prāpnuvanti paraṃ padam | rakṣate bhagavānviṣṇurbhaktānātmaśarīravat

by it they see and reach the supreme state; the blessed Vishnu protects his devotees as he would his own body.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्नुव्ति → प्राप्नुवन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE 'prāpnuvanti'). Line 1 reads ततस्तेनैव पश्यन्ति where the CE has 'tatas te na ca paśyanti'; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0116-0117); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 57 (13.36.57)

कुलालचक्रप्रतिमे भ्राम्यमाणेषु जन्तुषु । मातापितृसहस्राणि सम्प्राप्तानि मया गुरो ॥

kulālacakrapratime bhrāmyamāṇeṣu jantuṣu | mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi samprāptāni mayā guro

While beings whirl round like a potter's wheel, I have had thousands of mothers and fathers, O teacher.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0118-0119); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 58 (13.36.58)

स्नेहापन्नेन पीतास्तु मातॄणां विविधाः स्तनाः ॥

snehāpannena pītāstu mātṝṇāṃ vividhāḥ stanāḥ

Out of affection I have drunk the various breasts of mothers.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तलाः → स्तनाः (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'stanāḥ'). One-line verse as printed (13-36-58a). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0120); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 59 (13.36.59)

पुत्रदारसहस्राणि इष्टानिष्टशतानि च । प्राप्तान्यधिष्ठानवशादतीतानि तथैव च । न क्वचिच्च सुखं प्राप्तं न क्वचिच्छाश्वती स्थितिः ॥

putradārasahasrāṇi iṣṭāniṣṭaśatāni ca | prāptānyadhiṣṭhānavaśādatītāni tathaiva ca | na kvacicca sukhaṃ prāptaṃ na kvacicchāśvatī sthitiḥ

Thousands of sons and wives, hundreds of loved and unwelcome ones, have come to me by the working of circumstance, and have passed away likewise. Nowhere has happiness been found, nowhere is there a lasting state.

Note on the text: Corrected न क्वचिन्न सुखं → न क्वचिच्च सुखं (misprint in Wikisource that reverses the sense: 'न … न' would say that happiness was found everywhere; CE 'na kva cic ca sukhaṃ prāptam'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0121-0123); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 60 (13.36.60)

स्थानैर्महद्भिर्विभ्रंशो दुःखलब्धैः पुनः पुनः । धननाशश्च सम्प्राप्तो लब्ध्वा दुःखेन तद्धनम् । अध्वगानामिव पथि च्छायामाश्रित्य सङ्गमः ॥

sthānairmahadbhirvibhraṃśo duḥkhalabdhaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ | dhananāśaśca samprāpto labdhvā duḥkhena taddhanam | adhvagānāmiva pathi cchāyāmāśritya saṅgamaḥ

Again and again there is a fall from high stations won through suffering; loss of wealth has come, after getting it with pain; companionship is like that of travellers resting in the shade on a road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0124-0126); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 61 (13.36.61)

एवं कर्मवशो लोको ज्ञातीनां हितसङ्गमः । विश्रम्य च पुनर्याति कर्मभिर्दर्शितां गतिम् ॥

evaṃ karmavaśo loko jñātīnāṃ hitasaṅgamaḥ | viśramya ca punaryāti karmabhirdarśitāṃ gatim

So the world is bound to its deeds; the meeting of kinsfolk is a passing good; after resting, one goes on again to the destination shown by his deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0127-0128); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 62 (13.36.62)

एतदीदृशकं दृष्ट्वा ज्ञात्वा चैव समागमम् । को न बिभ्येत्कुरुश्रेष्ठ विष्ठान्नस्येव भोजनात् ॥

etadīdṛśakaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātvā caiva samāgamam | ko na bibhyetkuruśreṣṭha viṣṭhānnasyeva bhojanāt

Seeing all this and knowing the nature of such meetings, who would not be afraid, O best of the Kurus, as one would be afraid of a meal of filth?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0129-0130); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 63 (13.36.63)

बुद्धिश्च मे समुत्पन्ना वैष्णवे धर्मविस्तरे । तदेष शिरसा पादौ गतोऽस्मि भगवंस्तव । शरणं च प्रपन्नोऽस्मि गन्तव्ये शरणे ध्रुवे ॥

buddhiśca me samutpannā vaiṣṇave dharmavistare | tadeṣa śirasā pādau gato'smi bhagavaṃstava | śaraṇaṃ ca prapanno'smi gantavye śaraṇe dhruve

A resolve has arisen in me toward the wide-spread Vaishnava dharma; so here I have come to your feet, bowing my head, O blessed one, and have taken refuge in the sure refuge to which one must go.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0131-0133); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 64 (13.36.64)

जन्ममृत्युजराखिन्नस्त्रिभिर्दुःखैर्निपीडितः । इच्छामि भवता त्रातुमेभ्यस्त्वत्तो महामते । तस्याद्य युगधर्मस्य श्रवणात्कुरुपुङ्गव ॥

janmamṛtyujarākhinnastribhirduḥkhairnipīḍitaḥ | icchāmi bhavatā trātumebhyastvatto mahāmate | tasyādya yugadharmasya śravaṇātkurupuṅgava

Worn out by birth, death and old age, oppressed by the three kinds of suffering, I wish to be delivered from these by you, O wise one, through hearing today that dharma of the ages,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0134-0136); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 65 (13.36.65)

एतदाद्ययुगोद्भूतं त्रेतायां तत्तिरोहितम् । स एव धर्ममखिलमृषिर्द्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

etadādyayugodbhūtaṃ tretāyāṃ tattirohitam | sa eva dharmamakhilamṛṣirdvaipāyano'bravīt

which arose in the first age and was hidden in the Treta: that whole dharma the sage Dvaipayana himself declared.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote marks (।।'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003_0137-0138); vulgate-only otherwise.