Brahma Tells the Gods of Garuda and Narayana

Verse 1 (13.40.1)

आत्मन्यग्नौ समाधाय य एते कुरुनन्दन । द्विजातयो व्रतोपेता जपयज्ञपरायणाः ॥

ātmanyagnau samādhāya ya ete kurunandana | dvijātayo vratopetā japayajñaparāyaṇāḥ

Yudhishthira said: Those twice-born, O delight of the Kurus, who keep their vows, are devoted to silent recitation as their sacrifice, and have placed the sacred fires within the self,

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`युधिष्ठर उवाच" (with a stray backtick; the page spells युधिष्ठर) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker, spelled युधिष्ठिर. Corrected समाध्नाय → समाधाय (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the verb is samā-√dhā; CE samādhāya). Reading kept: आत्मन्यग्नौ (locative singular) against CE ātmany agnīn. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0001-0002 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 2 (13.40.2)

यजन्त्यारम्भयज्ञैश्च मानसं यज्ञमास्थिताः । अग्निभ्यश्च परं नास्ति येषामेषोऽव्यवस्थितः ॥

yajantyārambhayajñaiśca mānasaṃ yajñamāsthitāḥ | agnibhyaśca paraṃ nāsti yeṣāmeṣo'vyavasthitaḥ

who sacrifice with the rites of undertaking while resting in the sacrifice of the mind, and for whom there is nothing higher than the fires, this being their settled course:

Note on the text: Reading kept: येषामेषोऽव्यवस्थितः against CE yeṣām eṣā vyavasthitiḥ (recension variant). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0003-0004 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 3 (13.40.3)

तेषां गतिर्महाप्राज्ञ कीदृशी किम्पराश्च ते । एतदिच्छामि तत्वेन त्वत्तः श्रोतुं पितामह ॥

teṣāṃ gatirmahāprājña kīdṛśī kimparāśca te | etadicchāmi tatvena tvattaḥ śrotuṃ pitāmaha

what is their destination, O man of great wisdom, and what is their final aim? This I wish to hear from you truly, grandfather.

Note on the text: The CE prints the heading भीष्म inside this verse (before 13,013.006d@003A_0006, the second line); Wikisource places the heading भीष्म उवाच before the next verse, and this verse is kept with Yudhishthira. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0005-0006 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 4 (13.40.4)

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् । वैकुण्ठस्य च संवादं सुपर्णस्य च भारत ॥

atra te vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam | vaikuṇṭhasya ca saṃvādaṃ suparṇasya ca bhārata

Bhishma said: On this I shall tell you an ancient account, O Bharata, the dialogue of Vaikuntha and Suparna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0007-0008 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 5 (13.40.5)

अमृतस्य समुत्पत्तौ देवानामसुरैः सह । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि दैवासुरमवर्तत ॥

amṛtasya samutpattau devānāmasuraiḥ saha | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi daivāsuramavartata

When the nectar of immortality was coming into being, the war of the gods and the asuras went on for sixty thousand years.

Note on the text: Reading kept: दैवासुरम् (CE devāsuram). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0009-0010 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 6 (13.40.6)

तत्र देवास्तु दैतेयैर्वध्यन्ते भृशदारुणैः । त्रातारं नाधिगच्छन्ति वध्यमाना महासुरैः ॥

tatra devāstu daiteyairvadhyante bhṛśadāruṇaiḥ | trātāraṃ nādhigacchanti vadhyamānā mahāsuraiḥ

There the gods were being slain by the exceedingly fierce Daityas, and, struck down by the great asuras, they found no protector.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0011-0012 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 7 (13.40.7)

आर्तास्ते देवदेवेशं प्रपन्नाः शरणैषिणः । पितामहं महाप्राज्ञं वध्यमानाः सुरेतरैः ॥

ārtāste devadeveśaṃ prapannāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ | pitāmahaṃ mahāprājñaṃ vadhyamānāḥ suretaraiḥ

Afflicted, and seeking shelter while the enemies of the gods went on slaying them, they went for refuge to the greatly wise Grandfather, the god of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0013-0014 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 8 (13.40.8)

ता दृष्ट्वा देवता ब्रह्मा सम्भ्रान्तेन्द्रियमानसः । वैकुण्ठं शरणं देवं प्रतिपेदे च तैः सह ॥

tā dṛṣṭvā devatā brahmā sambhrāntendriyamānasaḥ | vaikuṇṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ pratipede ca taiḥ saha

Seeing the gods, Brahma, his senses and mind shaken, took refuge together with them in the god Vaikuntha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0015-0016 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 9 (13.40.9)

ततः स देवैः सहितः पद्मयोनिर्नरेश्वर । तुष्टाव प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा नारायणमनामयम् ॥

tataḥ sa devaiḥ sahitaḥ padmayonirnareśvara | tuṣṭāva prāñjalirbhūtvā nārāyaṇamanāmayam

Then, O lord of men, the lotus-born god, together with the gods, joined his palms and praised the faultless Narayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0017-0018 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 10 (13.40.10)

त्वद्रूपचिन्तनान्नाम्नां स्मरणादर्चनादपि । तपोयोगादिभिश्चैव श्रेयो यान्ति मनीषिणः ॥

tvadrūpacintanānnāmnāṃ smaraṇādarcanādapi | tapoyogādibhiścaiva śreyo yānti manīṣiṇaḥ

By meditating on your form, by remembering your names, and by worshipping you, and through austerity, yoga and the like, the wise attain the highest good.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn, no printed heading (the page's heading is still Bhishma's); whole-verse speech of Brahma, so given to him (input had भीष्म). Verses 10-16. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0019-0020 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 11 (13.40.11)

भक्तवत्सल पद्माक्ष परमेश्वर पापहन् । परमात्माऽविकाराद्य नारायण नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

bhaktavatsala padmākṣa parameśvara pāpahan | paramātmā'vikārādya nārāyaṇa namo'stu te

O friend of devotees, lotus-eyed, supreme Lord, destroyer of sin, Supreme Self, changeless primal one, Narayana, homage to you.

Note on the text: Corrected नमोंस्तु → नमोऽस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha replaced by an anusvara; CE namo 'stu). Brahma's hymn continues (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0021-0022 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 12 (13.40.12)

नमस्ते सर्वलोकादे सर्वात्मामितविक्रम । सर्वभूतभविष्येश सर्वभूतमहेश्वर ॥

namaste sarvalokāde sarvātmāmitavikrama | sarvabhūtabhaviṣyeśa sarvabhūtamaheśvara

Homage to you, source of all the worlds, Self of all, of boundless prowess, lord of all that has been and will be, great lord of all beings.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn continues (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0023-0024 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 13 (13.40.13)

देवानामपि देवस्त्वं सर्वविद्यापरायणः । जगद्वीजसमाहार जगतः परमो ह्यसि ॥

devānāmapi devastvaṃ sarvavidyāparāyaṇaḥ | jagadvījasamāhāra jagataḥ paramo hyasi

You are the god even of the gods, devoted wholly to all knowledge; you are the place where the world's seed is gathered, and you are beyond the world.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn continues (input had भीष्म). Reading kept: जगद्वीज (CE jagadbīja; spelling variant). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0025-0026 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 14 (13.40.14)

त्रायस्व देवता वीर दानवाद्यैः सुपीडिताः । लोकांश्च लोकपालांश्च ऋषींश्च जयतांवर ॥

trāyasva devatā vīra dānavādyaiḥ supīḍitāḥ | lokāṃśca lokapālāṃśca ṛṣīṃśca jayatāṃvara

O hero, protect the gods who are sorely oppressed by the Danavas and others, and the worlds, the guardians of the worlds and the sages, O best of the victorious.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn continues (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0027-0028 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 15 (13.40.15)

वेदाः साङ्गोपनिषदः सरहस्याः ससङ्ग्रहाः । सोङ्काराः सवषट्काराः प्राहुस्त्वां यज्ञमुत्तमम् ॥

vedāḥ sāṅgopaniṣadaḥ sarahasyāḥ sasaṅgrahāḥ | soṅkārāḥ savaṣaṭkārāḥ prāhustvāṃ yajñamuttamam

The Vedas with their limbs and Upanishads, with their secrets and compendia, with the syllable Om and the cry of vashat, declare you the supreme sacrifice.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn continues (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0029-0030 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 16 (13.40.16)

पवित्राणां पवित्रं च मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् । तपस्विनां तपश्चैव दैवतं देवतास्वपि ॥

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam | tapasvināṃ tapaścaiva daivataṃ devatāsvapi

You are the purifier of purifiers and the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, the austerity of the ascetics, and the deity even among the deities.

Note on the text: Brahma's hymn ends (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0031-0032 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 17 (13.40.17)

एवमादिपुरस्कारैर्ऋक्सामयजुषां गणैः । वैकुण्ठं तुष्टुवुर्देवाः सर्वे ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह ॥

evamādipuraskārairṛksāmayajuṣāṃ gaṇaiḥ | vaikuṇṭhaṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ sarve brahmarṣibhiḥ saha

With such praises at the start, and with the hosts of Rig, Sama and Yajus verses, all the gods together with the Brahmin sages praised Vaikuntha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0033-0034 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 18 (13.40.18)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षे वागासीन्मेघगम्भीरनिस्वना । जेष्यध्वं दानवान्यूयं मयैव सह सङ्गरे ॥

tato'ntarikṣe vāgāsīnmeghagambhīranisvanā | jeṣyadhvaṃ dānavānyūyaṃ mayaiva saha saṅgare

Then a voice came from the sky, deep as the roar of a cloud: "You shall conquer the Danavas in battle, with me alone beside you."

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is the narrator's; line 2 is the voice from the sky, kept under the page's heading (Bhishma). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0035-0036 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 19 (13.40.19)

ततो देवगणानां च दानवानां च युध्यताम् । प्रादुरासीन्महातेजाः शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः ॥

tato devagaṇānāṃ ca dānavānāṃ ca yudhyatām | prādurāsīnmahātejāḥ śārṅgacakragadādharaḥ

Then, as the hosts of the gods and the Danavas were fighting, the greatly radiant bearer of the Sharnga bow, the discus and the mace appeared.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0037-0038 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 20 (13.40.20)

सुपर्णपृष्ठमास्थाय तेजसा प्रदहन्निव । व्यधमद्दानवान्सर्वान्बाहुद्रविणतेजसा ॥

suparṇapṛṣṭhamāsthāya tejasā pradahanniva | vyadhamaddānavānsarvānbāhudraviṇatejasā

Mounting Suparna's back, as though burning with his own splendour, he destroyed all the Danavas by the glory of the strength of his arms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0039-0040 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 21 (13.40.21)

तं समासाद्य समरे दैत्यदानवपुङ्गवाः । व्यनश्यन्त महाराज पतङ्गा इव पावकम् ॥

taṃ samāsādya samare daityadānavapuṅgavāḥ | vyanaśyanta mahārāja pataṅgā iva pāvakam

O great king, the foremost of the Daityas and Danavas who came against him in battle perished like moths in a fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0041-0042 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 22 (13.40.22)

स विजित्यासुरान्सर्वान्दानवांश्च महामतिः । पश्यतामेव देवानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

sa vijityāsurānsarvāndānavāṃśca mahāmatiḥ | paśyatāmeva devānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having conquered all the asuras and Danavas, that greatly wise one vanished there and then, while the gods looked on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0043-0044 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 23 (13.40.23)

तं दृष्ट्वान्तर्हितं देवा विष्णुं देवामितद्युतिम् । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयना ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रुवन् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvāntarhitaṃ devā viṣṇuṃ devāmitadyutim | vismayotphullanayanā brahmāṇamidamabruvan

Seeing Vishnu, the god of immeasurable splendour, vanished, the gods, their eyes wide with wonder, said this to Brahma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0045-0046 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 24 (13.40.24)

भगवन्सर्वलोकेश सर्वलोकपितामह । इदमत्यद्भुतं वृत्तं तन्नः शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavansarvalokeśa sarvalokapitāmaha | idamatyadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ tannaḥ śaṃsitumarhasi

Blessed one, lord of all the worlds, grandfather of all the worlds, you should tell us of this most wonderful event.

Note on the text: The gods' speech, no printed heading (the page's heading is Bhishma's); whole-verse speech of the gods, so given to them with speaker_line देवा ऊचुः (input had भीष्म). Verses 24-26. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0047-0048 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 25 (13.40.25)

दैवासुरेऽस्मिन्सङ्ग्रामे त्राता येन वयं विभो । एतद्विज्ञातुमिच्छामः कुतोसौ कश्च तत्वतः ॥

daivāsure'sminsaṅgrāme trātā yena vayaṃ vibho | etadvijñātumicchāmaḥ kutosau kaśca tatvataḥ

O mighty one, we wish to know who and whence he is in truth, by whom we were saved in this war of gods and asuras.

Note on the text: The gods' speech continues (input had भीष्म). Readings kept: दैवासुरेऽस्मिन्, विभो (CE devāsure 'smin, prabho). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0049-0050 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 26 (13.40.26)

कोऽयमस्मान्परित्राय तूष्णीमेव यथागतम् । प्रतिप्रयातो दिव्यात्मा तं नः शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

ko'yamasmānparitrāya tūṣṇīmeva yathāgatam | pratiprayāto divyātmā taṃ naḥ śaṃsitumarhasi

Who is this divine one who, having rescued us, has gone back silently as he came? You should tell us of him.

Note on the text: The gods' speech ends (input had भीष्म). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0051-0052 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 27 (13.40.27)

एवमुक्तः सुरैः सर्वैर्वचनं वचनार्थवित् । उवाच पद्मनाभस्य पूर्वरूपं प्रति प्रभो ॥

evamuktaḥ suraiḥ sarvairvacanaṃ vacanārthavit | uvāca padmanābhasya pūrvarūpaṃ prati prabho

Thus addressed by all the gods, Brahma, who knew the sense of words, spoke, O lord, of the primal nature of the lotus-navelled one.

Note on the text: The CE prints the heading ब्रह्मा before the second line (13,013.006d@003A_0054); Wikisource has it before the next verse. Narration, kept with Bhishma as on the page. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0053-0054 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 28 (13.40.28)

न ह्येनं वेद तत्वेन भुवनं भुवनेश्वरम् । सङ्ख्यातुं नैव चात्मानं निर्गुणं गुणिनां वरम् ॥

na hyenaṃ veda tatvena bhuvanaṃ bhuvaneśvaram | saṅkhyātuṃ naiva cātmānaṃ nirguṇaṃ guṇināṃ varam

The world does not know the lord of the world as he truly is, nor can that Self be reckoned, free of qualities yet the best of those who have them.

Note on the text: Page heading ब्रह्मोवाच before this verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0055-0056 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 29 (13.40.29)

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् । सुपर्णस्य च संवादमृषीणां चापि देवताः ॥

atra te vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam | suparṇasya ca saṃvādamṛṣīṇāṃ cāpi devatāḥ

On this I shall tell you an ancient account, O gods, the dialogue of Suparna and the sages.

Note on the text: Reading kept: अत्र ते (CE atra vo). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0057-0058 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 30 (13.40.30)

पुरा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव सिद्धाश्च भुवनेश्वरम् । आश्रित्य हिमवत्पृष्ठे चक्रिरे विविधाः कथाः ॥

purā brahmarṣayaścaiva siddhāśca bhuvaneśvaram | āśritya himavatpṛṣṭhe cakrire vividhāḥ kathāḥ

Once, on a slope of the Himalaya, Brahmin sages and Siddhas, taking the lord of the world as their refuge, held many kinds of discourse.

Note on the text: Corrected सिद्दाश्च → सिद्धाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; aspiration dropped; CE siddhāś ca). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0059-0060 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 31 (13.40.31)

तेषां कथयतां तत्र कथान्ते पततां वरः । प्रादुरासीन्महातेजा वाहश्चक्रगदाभृतः ॥

teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ tatra kathānte patatāṃ varaḥ | prādurāsīnmahātejā vāhaścakragadābhṛtaḥ

While they were speaking there, at the end of their talk the best of birds appeared, the mighty mount of the bearer of the discus and mace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0061-0062 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 32 (13.40.32)

स तानृषीन्समासाद्य विनयावनताननः । अवतीर्य महावीर्यस्तानृषीनभिजग्मिवान् ॥

sa tānṛṣīnsamāsādya vinayāvanatānanaḥ | avatīrya mahāvīryastānṛṣīnabhijagmivān

Approaching those sages with his face bowed in humility, the greatly mighty one alighted and went up to them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0063-0064 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 33 (13.40.33)

अभ्यर्चितः स ऋषिभिः स्वागतेन महाबलः । उपाविशत तेजस्वी भूमौ वेगवतां वरः ॥

abhyarcitaḥ sa ṛṣibhiḥ svāgatena mahābalaḥ | upāviśata tejasvī bhūmau vegavatāṃ varaḥ

Welcomed by the sages with words of greeting, the radiant and mighty one, best of the swift, sat down on the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0065-0066 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 34 (13.40.34)

तमासीनं महात्मानं वैनतेयं महाद्युतिम् । ऋषयः परिपप्रच्छुर्महात्मानस्तपस्विनः ॥

tamāsīnaṃ mahātmānaṃ vainateyaṃ mahādyutim | ṛṣayaḥ paripapracchurmahātmānastapasvinaḥ

As that great-souled and glorious son of Vinata sat there, the great-souled ascetic sages questioned him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0067-0068 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 35 (13.40.35)

कौतूहलं वैनतेय परं नो हृदि वर्तते । तस्य नान्योस्ति वक्तेह त्वामृते पन्नगाशन ॥

kautūhalaṃ vainateya paraṃ no hṛdi vartate | tasya nānyosti vakteha tvāmṛte pannagāśana

"A great curiosity lives in our hearts, O son of Vinata, and there is none but you here to answer it, O eater of serpents.

Note on the text: The sages speak without a printed heading (the page's heading is still Brahma's); the verse is wholly their speech, so given to them (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0069-0070 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 36 (13.40.36)

तदाख्यातमिहेच्छामो भवता प्रश्नमुत्तमम् । एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच प्राञ्जलिर्विनतासुतः ॥

tadākhyātamihecchāmo bhavatā praśnamuttamam | evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca prāñjalirvinatāsutaḥ

We wish that excellent question to be answered by you." Thus addressed, the son of Vinata replied with joined palms.

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 closes the sages' speech, line 2 is the narrator's (Brahma); kept under the page's heading. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0071-0072 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 37 (13.40.37)

धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि यन्मां ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमाः । प्रष्टव्यं प्रष्टुमिच्छन्ति प्रीतिमन्तोऽनसूयकाः ॥

dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yanmāṃ brahmarṣisattamāḥ | praṣṭavyaṃ praṣṭumicchanti prītimanto'nasūyakāḥ

"I am blessed and favoured, O best of the Brahmin sages, that you, kindly and free of envy, wish to ask me what is fit to be asked.

Note on the text: Corrected धन्योस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि → धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped twice; CE dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi). Garuda's reply, with no printed heading; whole-verse speech, so given to him (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0073-0074 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 38 (13.40.38)

किं मया ब्रूत वक्तव्यं कार्यं च वदतां वराः । यूयं हि मां यथायुक्तं सर्वं वै प्रष्टुमर्हथ ॥

kiṃ mayā brūta vaktavyaṃ kāryaṃ ca vadatāṃ varāḥ | yūyaṃ hi māṃ yathāyuktaṃ sarvaṃ vai praṣṭumarhatha

What am I to tell you? Say what is to be said and done, O best of speakers. You may rightly ask me anything."

Note on the text: Garuda's speech continues, no printed heading (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0075-0076 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 39 (13.40.39)

नमस्कृत्वा ह्यनन्ताय ततस्ते ऋषिसत्तमाः । प्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमुस्तत्र वैनतेयं महाबलम् ॥

namaskṛtvā hyanantāya tataste ṛṣisattamāḥ | praṣṭuṃ pracakramustatra vainateyaṃ mahābalam

Then those best of sages, having bowed to the Infinite One, began to question the mighty son of Vinata.

Note on the text: Corrected ततस्त ऋषिसत्तमाः → ततस्ते ऋषिसत्तमाः (misprint in Wikisource; vowel sign dropped; CE tatas te ṛṣisattamāḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0077-0078 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 40 (13.40.40)

देवदेवं महात्मानं नारायणमनामयम् । भवानुपास्ते वरदं कुतोऽसौ कश्च तत्वतः ॥

devadevaṃ mahātmānaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam | bhavānupāste varadaṃ kuto'sau kaśca tatvataḥ

"The god of gods, the great-souled, faultless Narayana, giver of boons, whom you serve: whence is he, and who is he in truth?

Note on the text: The sages speak without a printed heading (input had ब्रह्मा); whole-verse speech, so given to them. Verses 40-48. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0079-0080 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 41 (13.40.41)

प्रकृतिर्विकृतिर्वाऽस्य कीदृशी क्वनु संस्थितिः । एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामो देवोऽयं क्व कृतालयः ॥

prakṛtirvikṛtirvā'sya kīdṛśī kvanu saṃsthitiḥ | etadbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmo devo'yaṃ kva kṛtālayaḥ

What is his nature, and what is its modification, of what kind, and where does he abide? This we ask of you: where has this god made his dwelling?

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0081-0082 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 42 (13.40.42)

एष भक्तप्रियो देवः प्रियभक्तस्तथैव च । त्वं प्रियश्चास्य भक्तश्च नान्यः काश्यप विद्यते ॥

eṣa bhaktapriyo devaḥ priyabhaktastathaiva ca | tvaṃ priyaścāsya bhaktaśca nānyaḥ kāśyapa vidyate

This god loves his devotees and is dear to his devotee; and you, O son of Kashyapa, are dear to him and are his devotee. There is no other.

Note on the text: Corrected एथ → एष (misprint in Wikisource; CE eṣa). The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0083-0084 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 43 (13.40.43)

मुष्णन्निव मनश्चक्षूंष्यविभाव्यतनुर्विभुः । अनादिमध्यनिधनो न विद्मैनं कुतो ह्यसौ ॥

muṣṇanniva manaścakṣūṃṣyavibhāvyatanurvibhuḥ | anādimadhyanidhano na vidmainaṃ kuto hyasau

The all-pervading one, whose body cannot be discerned, as though robbing the mind and the eyes, without beginning, middle or end: we do not know whence he is.

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0085-0086 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 44 (13.40.44)

वेदेष्वपि च विश्वात्मा गीयते न च विद्महे । तत्वतस्तत्वभूतात्मा विभुर्नित्यः सनातनः ॥

vedeṣvapi ca viśvātmā gīyate na ca vidmahe | tatvatastatvabhūtātmā vibhurnityaḥ sanātanaḥ

Even in the Vedas the Self of all is sung, and still we do not know him, who in truth is the very Self of truth, all-pervading, eternal, ancient.

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0087-0088 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 45 (13.40.45)

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् । गुणाश्चैषां यथासङ्ख्यं भावाभावौ तथैव च ॥

pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam | guṇāścaiṣāṃ yathāsaṅkhyaṃ bhāvābhāvau tathaiva ca

Earth, air, space, water, and fire as the fifth, their qualities in due order, and likewise existence and non-existence,

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0089-0090 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 46 (13.40.46)

तमः सत्वं रजश्चैव भावाश्चैव तदात्मकाः । मनो बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च बुद्धिगम्यानि तत्वतः । जायन्ते तात तस्माद्धि तिष्ठते तेष्वसौ विभुः ॥

tamaḥ satvaṃ rajaścaiva bhāvāścaiva tadātmakāḥ | mano buddhiśca tejaśca buddhigamyāni tatvataḥ | jāyante tāta tasmāddhi tiṣṭhate teṣvasau vibhuḥ

darkness, goodness and passion and the states that partake of them, mind, intellect and radiance, all that is truly grasped by the intellect: from him, dear one, these are born, and that all-pervader abides in them.

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Three-line verse. Reading kept: तस्माद्धि (CE kasmād dhi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0091-0093 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 47 (13.40.47)

सञ्चिन्त्य बहुधा बुद्ध्या नाध्यवस्यामहे परम् । तस्य देवस्य तत्वेन तन्नः शंस यथातथम् ॥

sañcintya bahudhā buddhyā nādhyavasyāmahe param | tasya devasya tatvena tannaḥ śaṃsa yathātatham

Though we have pondered in many ways with the intellect, we cannot settle on the Supreme. So tell us truly about that god, exactly as he is.

Note on the text: The sages' speech continues (input had ब्रह्मा). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0094-0095 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 48 (13.40.48)

एतमेव परं प्रश्नं कौतूहलसमन्विताः । एवं भवन्तं पृच्छामस्तन्नः शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

etameva paraṃ praśnaṃ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ | evaṃ bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmastannaḥ śaṃsitumarhasi

Full of curiosity, we ask you just this supreme question; you should tell us."

Note on the text: The sages' speech ends (input had ब्रह्मा). The CE prints the heading सुपर्ण before this verse's second line (13,013.006d@003A_0097); Wikisource has the heading सुपर्ण उवाच before the next verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0096-0097 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 49 (13.40.49)

स्थूलतो यस्तु भगवांस्तेनैव स्वेन हेतुना । त्रैलोक्यस्य तु रक्षार्थं दृश्यते रूपमास्थितः ॥

sthūlato yastu bhagavāṃstenaiva svena hetunā | trailokyasya tu rakṣārthaṃ dṛśyate rūpamāsthitaḥ

Suparna said: The Blessed One who is seen in a gross form is seen so, for his own reason, assuming that form to protect the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0098-0099 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 50 (13.40.50)

मया तु महदाश्चर्यं पुरा दृष्टं सनातने । देवे श्रीवत्सनिलये तच्छृणुध्वमशेषतः ॥

mayā tu mahadāścaryaṃ purā dṛṣṭaṃ sanātane | deve śrīvatsanilaye tacchṛṇudhvamaśeṣataḥ

I once saw a great marvel in the eternal god who bears the Shrivatsa mark; hear it, O sages, in full.

Note on the text: Reading kept: श्रीवत्सनिलये (CE śrīvṛkṣanilaye). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0100-0101 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 51 (13.40.51)

न स्म शक्यो मया वेत्तुं न भवद्भिः कथञ्चन । यथा मां प्राह भगवांस्तथा तच्छ्रूयतां मम ॥

na sma śakyo mayā vettuṃ na bhavadbhiḥ kathañcana | yathā māṃ prāha bhagavāṃstathā tacchrūyatāṃ mama

Neither I nor you could in any way have understood it; hear it just as the Blessed One told it to me.

Note on the text: Corrected तच्छ्रुयतां → तच्छ्रूयतां (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel in the passive of √śru; CE tac chrūyatāṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0102-0103 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 52 (13.40.52)

मयाऽमृतं देवतानां मिषतामृषिसत्तमाः । हृतं विपाट्य तद्यन्त्रं विद्राव्यामृतरक्षिणः ॥

mayā'mṛtaṃ devatānāṃ miṣatāmṛṣisattamāḥ | hṛtaṃ vipāṭya tadyantraṃ vidrāvyāmṛtarakṣiṇaḥ

O best of sages, I carried off the nectar from beneath the very eyes of the gods, tearing open that device and routing the guardians of the nectar,

Note on the text: Corrected तं यन्त्रं → तद्यन्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; gender disagreement (yantra is neuter); CE tad yantraṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0104-0105 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 53 (13.40.53)

देवता विमुखीकृत्य सेन्द्राः समरुतो मृधे । उन्मथ्याशु गिरींश्चैव विक्षोभ्य च महोदधिं ॥

devatā vimukhīkṛtya sendrāḥ samaruto mṛdhe | unmathyāśu girīṃścaiva vikṣobhya ca mahodadhiṃ

turning the gods, with Indra and the Maruts, away from the fight, quickly uprooting the mountains and churning up the great ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0106-0107 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 54 (13.40.54)

तं दृष्ट्वा मम विक्रान्तं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । प्रीतोऽस्मि ते वैनतेय कर्मणाऽनेन सुव्रत । अवृथा तेऽस्तु मद्वाक्यं ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mama vikrāntaṃ vāguvācāśarīriṇī | prīto'smi te vainateya karmaṇā'nena suvrata | avṛthā te'stu madvākyaṃ brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

Seeing that prowess of mine, a bodiless voice spoke: "I am pleased with you, O Vainateya of firm vows, for this deed. Let my word not be in vain; say what I may do for you."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीतोस्मि → प्रीतोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE prīto 'smi). Mixed three-line verse: line 1 is Garuda's narration, lines 2-3 the voice's words; kept under the page's heading (Suparna). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0108-0110 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 55 (13.40.55)

तामेवंवादिनीं वाचमहं प्रत्युक्तवांस्तदा । ज्ञातुमिच्छामि कस्त्वं हि ततो मे दास्यसे वरम् । प्रकृतिर्विकृतिर्वा त्वं देवो वा दानवोऽपि वा ॥

tāmevaṃvādinīṃ vācamahaṃ pratyuktavāṃstadā | jñātumicchāmi kastvaṃ hi tato me dāsyase varam | prakṛtirvikṛtirvā tvaṃ devo vā dānavo'pi vā

To that voice, as it spoke so, I replied then: "I wish to know who you are; then you shall give me a boon. Are you primal nature or its modification, a god or even a Danava?"

Note on the text: Corrected दानवोपि → दानवोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE dānavo 'pi). Three-line verse; lines 2-3 are Garuda's words to the voice, line 1 narration. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0111-0113 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 56 (13.40.56)

ततो जलदगम्भीरं प्रहस्य वदतांवरः । उवाच वरदः प्रीतः काले त्वं माऽभिवेत्स्यसि ॥

tato jaladagambhīraṃ prahasya vadatāṃvaraḥ | uvāca varadaḥ prītaḥ kāle tvaṃ mā'bhivetsyasi

Then the giver of boons, best of speakers, was pleased and laughed, and said in a voice deep as a cloud: "In time you will come to know me."

Note on the text: Corrected उंवाच → उवाच (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE uvāca). Mixed verse: line 1 and the words उवाच वरदः प्रीतः are narration, the rest of line 2 the voice's; kept under the page's heading (Suparna). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0114-0115 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 57 (13.40.57)

वाहनं भव मे साधो वरं दद्मि तवोत्तमम् । न ते वीर्येण सदृशः कश्चिल्लोके भविष्यति ॥

vāhanaṃ bhava me sādho varaṃ dadmi tavottamam | na te vīryeṇa sadṛśaḥ kaścilloke bhaviṣyati

"Become my mount, good one; I give you the highest boon: no one in the world will equal you in strength.

Note on the text: The god's own words, no printed heading (the page's heading is Suparna's); whole-verse speech, so given to Narayana (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0116-0117 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 58 (13.40.58)

पतङ्ग पततांश्रेष्ठ न देवो नापि दानवः । मत्सखित्वमनुप्राप्तो दुर्धर्षश्च भविष्यसि ॥

pataṅga patatāṃśreṣṭha na devo nāpi dānavaḥ | matsakhitvamanuprāpto durdharṣaśca bhaviṣyasi

O bird, best of fliers, you will be neither god nor Danava, but having gained friendship with me you will be unassailable."

Note on the text: Narayana's speech continues, no printed heading (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0118-0119 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 59 (13.40.59)

तमब्रवं देवदेवं मामेवंवादिनं परम् । प्रयतः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा प्रणम्य शिरसा विभुम् ॥

tamabravaṃ devadevaṃ māmevaṃvādinaṃ param | prayataḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā praṇamya śirasā vibhum

To the supreme god of gods who spoke thus I replied, self-controlled, with joined palms, bowing my head to the all-pervading lord:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0120-0121 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 60 (13.40.60)

एवमेतन्महाबाहो सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति । वाहनं ते भविष्यामि यथा वदति मां भवान् ॥

evametanmahābāho sarvametadbhaviṣyati | vāhanaṃ te bhaviṣyāmi yathā vadati māṃ bhavān

"So be it, O mighty-armed; all this shall come to pass. I shall be your mount, as you tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0122-0123 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 61 (13.40.61)

मम चापि महाबुद्धे निश्चयं श्रूयतामिति । ध्वजस्तेऽहं भविष्यामि रथस्थस्य न संशयः ॥

mama cāpi mahābuddhe niścayaṃ śrūyatāmiti | dhvajaste'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi rathasthasya na saṃśayaḥ

And hear my own resolve too, O greatly wise one: I shall be your banner when you stand on your chariot. There is no doubt of it."

Note on the text: Reading kept: मम चापि (CE mamāpi ca). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0124-0125 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 62 (13.40.62)

तथास्त्विति स मामुक्त्वा भूयः प्राह महामनाः । न ते गतिविघातोऽद्य भविष्यत्यमृतं विना ॥

tathāstviti sa māmuktvā bhūyaḥ prāha mahāmanāḥ | na te gativighāto'dya bhaviṣyatyamṛtaṃ vinā

Saying "So be it" to me, the great-minded one spoke further: "Your course will meet no obstruction now, even without the nectar."

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 narration, line 2 the god's words; kept under the page's heading (Suparna). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0126-0127 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 63 (13.40.63)

एवं कृत्वा तु समयं देवदेवः सनातनः । मामुक्त्वा साधयस्वेति यथाऽभिप्रायतो गतः ॥

evaṃ kṛtvā tu samayaṃ devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ | māmuktvā sādhayasveti yathā'bhiprāyato gataḥ

Having made this pact, the eternal god of gods said to me, "Accomplish your purpose," and went away as he pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0128-0129 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 64 (13.40.64)

ततोऽहं कृतसंवादो येन केनापि सत्तमाः । कौतूहलसमाविष्टः पितरं कश्यपं गतः ॥

tato'haṃ kṛtasaṃvādo yena kenāpi sattamāḥ | kautūhalasamāviṣṭaḥ pitaraṃ kaśyapaṃ gataḥ

Then, O good ones, after such a conversation with someone or other, I was filled with curiosity and went to my father Kashyapa.

Note on the text: Reading kept: येन केनापि (CE tena kenāpi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0130-0131 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 65 (13.40.65)

सोऽहं पितरमासाद्य प्रणिपत्याभिवाद्य च । सर्वमेतद्यथातथ्यमुक्तवान्पितुरन्तिके ॥

so'haṃ pitaramāsādya praṇipatyābhivādya ca | sarvametadyathātathyamuktavānpiturantike

Reaching my father, I bowed and saluted him, and told him all this exactly as it had happened, in his presence.

Note on the text: Corrected सोहं → सोऽहं (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE so 'haṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0132-0133 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 66 (13.40.66)

श्रुत्वा तु भगवान्मह्यं ध्यानमेवान्वपद्यत । स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा मामाह वदतां वरः ॥

śrutvā tu bhagavānmahyaṃ dhyānamevānvapadyata | sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā māmāha vadatāṃ varaḥ

Having heard it, the Blessed Kashyapa fell into meditation. After reflecting for a moment, that best of speakers said to me:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0134-0135 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 67 (13.40.67)

धन्योऽस्यनुगृहीतश्च यत्त्वं तेन महात्मना । संवादं कृतवांस्तात गुह्येन परमात्मना ॥

dhanyo'syanugṛhītaśca yattvaṃ tena mahātmanā | saṃvādaṃ kṛtavāṃstāta guhyena paramātmanā

You are blessed and favoured, my son, that you have held converse with that great one, the secret Supreme Self.

Note on the text: Corrected धन्योस्यनुगृहीतश्च → धन्योऽस्यनुगृहीतश्च (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE dhanyo 'sy anugṛhīta). Kashyapa's words, no printed heading (the page's heading is Suparna's); whole-verse speech inside Garuda's narrative, so given to Kashyapa (input had सुपर्ण). Verses 67-74. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0136-0137 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 68 (13.40.68)

स्थूलदृश्यः स भगवांस्तेन तेनैव हेतुना । दृश्यतेऽव्यक्तरूपस्थः प्रधानप्रभवाप्ययः ॥

sthūladṛśyaḥ sa bhagavāṃstena tenaiva hetunā | dṛśyate'vyaktarūpasthaḥ pradhānaprabhavāpyayaḥ

The Blessed One is visible in a gross form, and for that very reason is seen even though abiding in an unmanifest form, he from whom primal nature arises and into whom it dissolves.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's speech continues (input had सुपर्ण). Reading kept: प्रधानप्रभवाप्ययः (CE pradhānaṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0138-0139 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 69 (13.40.69)

मया हि स महातेजा नान्ययोगसमाधिना । तपसोग्रेण तेजस्वी तोषितस्तपसांनिधिः ॥

mayā hi sa mahātejā nānyayogasamādhinā | tapasogreṇa tejasvī toṣitastapasāṃnidhiḥ

For I pleased that radiant one, the treasury of austerities, by no other yoga or concentration but by fierce austerity.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's speech continues (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0140-0141 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 70 (13.40.70)

ततो मे दर्शयामास तोषयन्निव पुत्रक । श्वेतपीतारुणनिभः कद्रूकपिलपिङ्गलः ॥

tato me darśayāmāsa toṣayanniva putraka | śvetapītāruṇanibhaḥ kadrūkapilapiṅgalaḥ

Then, as if to please me, my child, he showed me a form of white, yellow and red hue, brown, tawny and yellow-brown,

Note on the text: Kashyapa's account to Garuda, no printed heading (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0142-0143 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 71 (13.40.71)

रक्तनीलासितनिभः सहस्रोदरपाणिमान् । द्विसाहस्रमहावक्त्र एकाक्षः शतलोचनः ॥

raktanīlāsitanibhaḥ sahasrodarapāṇimān | dvisāhasramahāvaktra ekākṣaḥ śatalocanaḥ

of red, blue and black colour, with a thousand bellies and hands, two thousand great mouths, one eye, and a hundred eyes.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's account continues (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0144-0145 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 72 (13.40.72)

अनिष्पन्दा निराहाराः समानाः सूर्यतेजसा । तमुपासन्ति परमं गुह्यमक्षरमव्ययम् ॥

aniṣpandā nirāhārāḥ samānāḥ sūryatejasā | tamupāsanti paramaṃ guhyamakṣaramavyayam

Those who are motionless and fast, equal to the sun in radiance, worship him, the supreme, secret, imperishable, changeless one.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's account continues (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0146-0147 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 73 (13.40.73)

समासाद्य तु तं विश्वमहं मूर्ध्ना प्रणम्य च । ऋग्यजुःसामभिः स्तुत्वा शरण्यं शरणं गतः ॥

samāsādya tu taṃ viśvamahaṃ mūrdhnā praṇamya ca | ṛgyajuḥsāmabhiḥ stutvā śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Approaching that All, I bowed my head to him, praised him with Rig, Yajus and Sama verses, and went to him for refuge, the worthy giver of refuge.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's account continues (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0148-0149 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 74 (13.40.74)

महामेघौघधीरेण स्वरेण जयतांवरः । आभाष्य पुत्रपुत्रेति इदमाह धृतं वचः ॥

mahāmeghaughadhīreṇa svareṇa jayatāṃvaraḥ | ābhāṣya putraputreti idamāha dhṛtaṃ vacaḥ

In a voice steady as a great mass of clouds, that best of the victorious addressed me, "Son, son!" and spoke these firm words:

Note on the text: Kashyapa's narration of the god's address (input had सुपर्ण). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0150-0151 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 75 (13.40.75)

त्वयाऽभ्युदयकामेन तपश्चीर्णं महामुने । अमुक्तस्त्वं समासङ्गैरविमुक्तोऽद्य पश्यसि ॥

tvayā'bhyudayakāmena tapaścīrṇaṃ mahāmune | amuktastvaṃ samāsaṅgairavimukto'dya paśyasi

You have practised austerity, great sage, out of desire for prosperity. Though you are not freed from attachments, and are still unreleased, you see me today.

Note on the text: The god's words, no printed heading; whole-verse speech inside Kashyapa's account, so given to Narayana (input had सुपर्ण). Verses 75-77. Reading kept: समासङ्गैः (CE na māṃ saṅgair). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0152-0153 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 76 (13.40.76)

यदा सङ्गैर्विमुक्तश्च गतमोहो गतस्पृहः । भविष्यसि सदा ब्रह्म मामनुध्यास्यसे द्विज ॥

yadā saṅgairvimuktaśca gatamoho gataspṛhaḥ | bhaviṣyasi sadā brahma māmanudhyāsyase dvija

When you are freed from attachments, with delusion and longing gone, you will become Brahman for ever, and you will meditate on me, O twice-born.

Note on the text: The god's words continue (input had सुपर्ण). Reading kept: सदा ब्रह्म (CE tadā brahman). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0154-0155 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 77 (13.40.77)

ऐकान्तिकीं मतिं कृत्वा मद्भक्तो मत्परायणः । ज्ञास्यसे मां ततो ब्रह्मन्वीतमोहश्च तत्वतः ॥

aikāntikīṃ matiṃ kṛtvā madbhakto matparāyaṇaḥ | jñāsyase māṃ tato brahmanvītamohaśca tatvataḥ

Making your mind single-pointed, devoted to me, with me as your highest goal, you will then know me truly, O Brahmin, free from delusion.

Note on the text: The god's words end (input had सुपर्ण). Reading kept: ऐकान्तिकीम् (CE ekāntikīṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0156-0157 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 78 (13.40.78)

तेन त्वं कृतसंवादः स्वतः सर्वहितैषिणा । विश्वरूपेण देवेन पुरुषेण महात्मना । तमेवाराधय क्षिप्रं तमाराध्य न सीदसि ॥

tena tvaṃ kṛtasaṃvādaḥ svataḥ sarvahitaiṣiṇā | viśvarūpeṇa devena puruṣeṇa mahātmanā | tamevārādhaya kṣipraṃ tamārādhya na sīdasi

With him, who of his own accord wishes good to all, the god, the Person of universal form, the great-souled one, you have held converse. Worship him alone quickly; having worshipped him, you will not sink.

Note on the text: Kashyapa's concluding words to Garuda, no printed heading (input had सुपर्ण). Three-line verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0158-0160 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 79 (13.40.79)

सोऽहमेवं भगवता पित्रा ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमाः । अनुनीतो यथान्यायं स्वमेव भवनं गतः ॥

so'hamevaṃ bhagavatā pitrā brahmarṣisattamāḥ | anunīto yathānyāyaṃ svameva bhavanaṃ gataḥ

So I, O best of Brahmin sages, thus instructed by my father the Blessed One, went back, as was fitting, to my own dwelling.

Note on the text: Corrected सोहमेवं → सोऽहमेवं (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE so 'ham evaṃ). Corrected गतः।।' ॥ → गतः ॥ (misprint in Wikisource; stray double danda and quotation mark). Reading kept: अनुनीतः (CE anugīto). The CE prints the heading सुपर्ण inside this verse (13,013.006d@003A_0162, before line 2). The page ends here with its colophon; the story continues in the next adhyaya. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 3A, lines 13,013.006d@003A_0161-0162 (printed after 13.13.6d).