Garuda Follows Narayana into the Darkness and the Fire

Verse 1 (13.41.1)

सोऽहमामन्त्र्य पितरं तद्भावगतमानसः । स्वमेवालयमासाद्य तमेवार्थमचिन्तयम् ॥

so'hamāmantrya pitaraṃ tadbhāvagatamānasaḥ | svamevālayamāsādya tamevārthamacintayam

Suparna said: Taking leave of my father, with my mind set on that very thought, I reached my own dwelling and kept pondering that same matter.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`सुपर्ण उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker. Removed the speaker heading "`सुपर्ण उवाच" (with a stray backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; it is made the speaker. 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_0163-0164 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 2 (13.41.2)

तद्भावगतभावात्मा तद्भूतगतमानसः । गोविन्दं चिन्तयन्नासे शाश्वतं परमव्ययम् ॥

tadbhāvagatabhāvātmā tadbhūtagatamānasaḥ | govindaṃ cintayannāse śāśvataṃ paramavyayam

With my being absorbed in that thought and my mind sunk in it, I stayed there meditating on Govinda, the eternal, supreme, imperishable one.

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_0165-0166 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 3 (13.41.3)

धृतं बभूव हृदयं नारायणदिदृक्षया । सोऽहं वेगं समास्थाय मनोमारुतवेगवान् । रम्यां विशालां बदरीं गतो नारायणाश्रमम् ॥

dhṛtaṃ babhūva hṛdayaṃ nārāyaṇadidṛkṣayā | so'haṃ vegaṃ samāsthāya manomārutavegavān | ramyāṃ viśālāṃ badarīṃ gato nārāyaṇāśramam

My heart was seized by the longing to see Narayana. Taking up speed, swift as mind and wind, I went to the lovely, spacious Badari, the hermitage of Narayana.

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_0167-0169 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 4 (13.41.4)

ततस्तत्र हरिं दृष्ट्वा जगतः प्रभवं विभुम् । गोविन्दं पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रणतः शिरसा हरिम् । ऋग्यजुस्सामभिश्चैनं तुष्टाव परया मुदा ॥

tatastatra hariṃ dṛṣṭvā jagataḥ prabhavaṃ vibhum | govindaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ praṇataḥ śirasā harim | ṛgyajussāmabhiścainaṃ tuṣṭāva parayā mudā

There I bowed my head to Hari, the all-pervading source of the world, Govinda the lotus-eyed, and praised him with Rig, Yajus and Sama verses in supreme joy.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: ततस्तत्र हरिं जगतः → ततस्तत्र हरिं दृष्ट्वा जगतः (the line lacks दृष्ट्वा (14 syllables for a 16-syllable pāda); CE tatas tatra hariṃ dṛṣṭvā jagataḥ prabhavaṃ vibhum, 13,013.006d@003A_0170). Reading kept: ऋग्यजुस्सामभिः (CE ṛgyajuḥsāmabhiḥ; sandhi 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_0170-0172 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 5 (13.41.5)

अथापश्यं सुविपुलमश्वत्थं देवसंश्रयम् ॥

athāpaśyaṃ suvipulamaśvatthaṃ devasaṃśrayam

Then I saw a very vast pipal tree, the refuge 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, line 13,013.006d@003A_0173 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 6 (13.41.6)

चतुर्द्विगुणपीनांसः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । प्रादुर्बभूव पुरुषः पीतवासाः सनातनः । मध्याह्नार्कप्रतीकाशस्तेजसा भासयन्दिशः ॥

caturdviguṇapīnāṃsaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | prādurbabhūva puruṣaḥ pītavāsāḥ sanātanaḥ | madhyāhnārkapratīkāśastejasā bhāsayandiśaḥ

A Person appeared, the eternal one clad in yellow, with stout shoulders, four doubled, bearing conch, discus and mace, radiant as the midday sun, lighting the quarters with his splendour.

Note on the text: Corrected शङ्कचक्रगदाधरः → शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः (misprint in Wikisource; शङ्क for शङ्ख, conch; CE śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ). 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_0174-0176 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 7 (13.41.7)

संस्तुतः संविदं कृत्वा व्रजेति श्रेयसे रतः । प्रागुदीचीं दिशं देवः प्रतस्थे पुरुषोत्तमः । दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव भासयन्स्वेन तेजसा ॥

saṃstutaḥ saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā vrajeti śreyase rataḥ | prāgudīcīṃ diśaṃ devaḥ pratasthe puruṣottamaḥ | diśaśca vidiśaścaiva bhāsayansvena tejasā

Praised by me, and having come to an understanding with me, the god, the best of Persons, ever intent on welfare, said "Go" and set out toward the north-east, lighting the directions and the intermediate directions with his own splendour.

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_0177-0179 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 8 (13.41.8)

तमहं पुरुषं दिव्यं व्रजन्तममितौजसम् । अनुवव्राज वेगेन शनैर्गच्छन्तमव्ययम् ॥

tamahaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ vrajantamamitaujasam | anuvavrāja vegena śanairgacchantamavyayam

I followed with speed that divine Person of immeasurable might as he went, the imperishable one moving slowly.

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_0180-0181 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 9 (13.41.9)

योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिमष्टौ तथा शतम् । तथा शतसहस्रं च शतं द्विगुणमेव च ॥

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭimaṣṭau tathā śatam | tathā śatasahasraṃ ca śataṃ dviguṇameva ca

For sixty-eight thousand yojanas and a hundred, and likewise a hundred thousand and a hundred twice over,

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_0182-0183 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 10 (13.41.10)

स गत्वा दीर्घमध्वानमपश्यमहमद्भुतम् । महान्तं पावकं दीप्तमर्चिष्मन्तमनिन्धनम् ॥

sa gatvā dīrghamadhvānamapaśyamahamadbhutam | mahāntaṃ pāvakaṃ dīptamarciṣmantamanindhanam

after going that long way, I saw a wonder: a great blazing fire, full of flames and without any fuel.

Note on the text: Corrected दीर्गम → दीर्घम (misprint in Wikisource; CE dīrgham adhvānam). 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_0184-0185 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 11 (13.41.11)

शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं तस्माद्द्विगुणमायतम् । विवेश स महायोगी पावकं पावकद्युतिः ॥

śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ tasmāddviguṇamāyatam | viveśa sa mahāyogī pāvakaṃ pāvakadyutiḥ

It was a hundred yojanas wide and twice as long; that great yogin, bright as fire, entered it.

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_0186-0187 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 12 (13.41.12)

तत्र शंभुस्तपस्तेपे महादेवः सहोमया । स तेन संविदं कृत्वा पावकं समतिक्रमत् ॥

tatra śaṃbhustapastepe mahādevaḥ sahomayā | sa tena saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā pāvakaṃ samatikramat

There Shambhu, Mahadeva, was practising austerities with Uma. Having come to an understanding with him, the Lord passed beyond the 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_0188-0189 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 13 (13.41.13)

श्रमाभिभूतेन मया कथञ्चिदनुगम्यते ॥

śramābhibhūtena mayā kathañcidanugamyate

I followed him somehow, overcome with weariness.

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, line 13,013.006d@003A_0190 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 14 (13.41.14)

गत्वा स दीर्घमध्वानं भास्करेणावभासितम् । अभास्करममर्यादं विवेश सुमहत्तमः ॥

gatvā sa dīrghamadhvānaṃ bhāskareṇāvabhāsitam | abhāskaramamaryādaṃ viveśa sumahattamaḥ

After going a long way lit by the sun, he entered a vast darkness, sunless and without limit.

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_0191-0192 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 15 (13.41.15)

अथ दृष्टिः प्रतिहता मम तत्र बभूव ह । यथास्वभावं भूतात्मा विवेश स महाद्युतिः ॥

atha dṛṣṭiḥ pratihatā mama tatra babhūva ha | yathāsvabhāvaṃ bhūtātmā viveśa sa mahādyutiḥ

Then my sight was blocked there; the Self of all beings, of great splendour, entered as was his nature.

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_0193-0194 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 16 (13.41.16)

ततोऽहमभवं मूढो जडान्धबधिरोपमः । दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव न विजज्ञे तमोवृतः ॥

tato'hamabhavaṃ mūḍho jaḍāndhabadhiropamaḥ | diśaśca vidiśaścaiva na vijajñe tamovṛtaḥ

Then I became bewildered, as though stupid, blind and deaf; wrapped in darkness, I could not tell the directions or the intermediate directions.

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_0195-0196 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 17 (13.41.17)

अविजानन्नहं किञ्चित्तस्मिंस्तमसि संवृते । ससंभ्रान्तेन मनसा व्यथां परमिकां गतः ॥

avijānannahaṃ kiñcittasmiṃstamasi saṃvṛte | sasaṃbhrāntena manasā vyathāṃ paramikāṃ gataḥ

Knowing nothing in that enveloping darkness, with a confused mind, I fell into the deepest distress.

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_0197-0198 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 18 (13.41.18)

सोऽहं प्रपन्नः शरणं देवदेवं सनातनम् । प्राञ्जलिर्मनसा भूत्वा वाक्यमेतत्तदोक्तवान् ॥

so'haṃ prapannaḥ śaraṇaṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam | prāñjalirmanasā bhūtvā vākyametattadoktavān

I took refuge in the eternal god of gods, and with joined palms in my mind I then spoke these words.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राञ्चलिर् → प्राञ्जलिर् (misprint in Wikisource; CE prāñjalir). 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_0199-0200 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 19 (13.41.19)

भगवन्भूतभव्येश भवद्भूतकृदव्यय । शरणं सम्प्रपन्नं मां त्रातुमर्हस्यरिंदम ॥

bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa bhavadbhūtakṛdavyaya | śaraṇaṃ samprapannaṃ māṃ trātumarhasyariṃdama

"Blessed one, lord of the past and the future, imperishable maker of all that has been, subduer of foes, you should save me, who have come to you for refuge.

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_0201-0202 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 20 (13.41.20)

अहं तु तत्त्वजिज्ञासुः कोऽसि कस्यासि कुत्र वा । सम्प्राप्तः पदवीं देव स मां संत्रातुमर्हसि ॥

ahaṃ tu tattvajijñāsuḥ ko'si kasyāsi kutra vā | samprāptaḥ padavīṃ deva sa māṃ saṃtrātumarhasi

I long to know the truth: who are you, whose are you, and where? I have come to your path, O god; you should rescue me."

Note on the text: Corrected कोसि → कोऽसि (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE ko 'si). 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_0203-0204 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 21 (13.41.21)

आविर्भूतः पुराणात्मा मामेहीति सनातनः । ततोऽपरान्ततो देवो विश्वस्य गतिरात्मवान् । मोहयामास मां तत्र दुर्विभाव्यवपुर्विभुः ॥

āvirbhūtaḥ purāṇātmā māmehīti sanātanaḥ | tato'parāntato devo viśvasya gatirātmavān | mohayāmāsa māṃ tatra durvibhāvyavapurvibhuḥ

The primal Self, the eternal one, appeared and said, "Come to me." Then from the farther side the god, the goal of the universe, the self-possessed lord whose form is hard to grasp, bewildered me there.

Note on the text: Corrected ततोपरान्ततो → ततोऽपरान्ततो (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE tato 'parāntato). 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_0205-0207 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 22 (13.41.22)

स्वभावमात्मनस्तत्र दर्शयन्स्वयमात्मना । श्रमं मे जनयामास भयं चाभयदः प्रभुः ॥

svabhāvamātmanastatra darśayansvayamātmanā | śramaṃ me janayāmāsa bhayaṃ cābhayadaḥ prabhuḥ

Showing his own nature there by his own will, the lord who gives fearlessness caused me both weariness and fear.

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_0208-0209 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 23 (13.41.23)

खिन्न इत्येव मां मत्वा भगवानव्ययोऽच्युतः । शब्देनाश्वासयामास जगाहे च तमो महत् ॥

khinna ityeva māṃ matvā bhagavānavyayo'cyutaḥ | śabdenāśvāsayāmāsa jagāhe ca tamo mahat

Thinking me exhausted, the Blessed One, imperishable Achyuta, reassured me with a sound, and plunged on into the vast darkness.

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_0210-0211 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 24 (13.41.24)

अहं तमेवानुगतः श्रमालसपदश्चरन् । मनसा देवदेवेशं ध्यातुं समुपचक्रमे ॥

ahaṃ tamevānugataḥ śramālasapadaścaran | manasā devadeveśaṃ dhyātuṃ samupacakrame

I followed him, my steps slow with weariness, and began to meditate with my mind on the lord of the gods of gods.

Note on the text: Reading kept: अहं तमेवानुगतः श्रमालसपदश्चरन् (CE ahaṃ tu khedānugataḥ śramāc calapadaś caran). 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_0212-0213 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 25 (13.41.25)

तथागतं तु मां ज्ञात्वा भगवानमितद्युतिः । तमः प्रणाशयामास ममानुग्रहकाङ्क्षया ॥

tathāgataṃ tu māṃ jñātvā bhagavānamitadyutiḥ | tamaḥ praṇāśayāmāsa mamānugrahakāṅkṣayā

Knowing me to be in such a state, the Blessed One of immeasurable splendour dispelled the darkness, wishing to show me favour.

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_0214-0215 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 26 (13.41.26)

ततः प्रनष्टे तमसि तमहं दीप्ततेजसम् । अपश्यं तेजसा व्याप्तं मध्याह्न इव भास्करम् ॥

tataḥ pranaṣṭe tamasi tamahaṃ dīptatejasam | apaśyaṃ tejasā vyāptaṃ madhyāhna iva bhāskaram

When the darkness had vanished, I saw him of blazing splendour, filled with radiance like the sun at noon.

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_0216-0217 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 27 (13.41.27)

स्वयंप्रभांश्च पुरुषान्स्त्रियश्च परमाद्भुताः । अपश्यमहमव्यग्रस्तस्मिन्देशे सहस्रशः ॥

svayaṃprabhāṃśca puruṣānstriyaśca paramādbhutāḥ | apaśyamahamavyagrastasmindeśe sahasraśaḥ

I saw there, unflustered, thousands of self-luminous men and women of the most wondrous beauty in that place.

Note on the text: Reading kept: अव्यग्रः (CE avyagraṃ). 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_0218-0219 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 28 (13.41.28)

न तत्र द्योतते सूर्यो नक्षत्राणि तथैव च । न तत्र चन्द्रमा भाति न वायुर्वाति पांसुलः ॥

na tatra dyotate sūryo nakṣatrāṇi tathaiva ca | na tatra candramā bhāti na vāyurvāti pāṃsulaḥ

There the sun does not shine, nor the stars; there the moon does not glow, nor does the dusty wind blow.

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_0220-0221 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 29 (13.41.29)

तत्र तूर्याण्यनेकानि गीतानि मधुराणि च । अदृश्यानि मनोज्ञानि श्रूयन्ते सर्वतोदिशम् ॥

tatra tūryāṇyanekāni gītāni madhurāṇi ca | adṛśyāni manojñāni śrūyante sarvatodiśam

There many instruments and sweet songs, unseen but delightful, are heard from every side.

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_0222-0223 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 30 (13.41.30)

स्रवन्ति वैडूर्यलताः पद्मोत्पलझषाकुलाः । मुक्तासिकतवप्राश्च सरितो निर्मलोदकाः ॥

sravanti vaiḍūryalatāḥ padmotpalajhaṣākulāḥ | muktāsikatavaprāśca sarito nirmalodakāḥ

There flow rivers of clear water with banks of pearl sand, with lapis-lazuli creepers, crowded with lotuses, water-lilies and fish.

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_0224-0225 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 31 (13.41.31)

अगतिस्तत्र देवानामसुराणां तथैव च । गन्धर्वनागयक्षाणां राक्षसानां तथैव च ॥

agatistatra devānāmasurāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | gandharvanāgayakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ tathaiva ca

There is no way in for gods and asuras, nor for gandharvas, nagas, yakshas and rakshasas.

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_0226-0227 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 32 (13.41.32)

स्वयंप्रभास्तत्र नरा दृश्यन्तेऽद्भुतदर्शनाः । येषां न देवतास्तुल्याः प्रभाभिर्भावितात्मनाम् ॥

svayaṃprabhāstatra narā dṛśyante'dbhutadarśanāḥ | yeṣāṃ na devatāstulyāḥ prabhābhirbhāvitātmanām

There self-luminous men of wondrous aspect are seen, whose radiance the gods, with their purified souls, cannot match.

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_0228-0229 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 33 (13.41.33)

स च तानप्यतिक्रम्य दैवतैरपि पूजितः । विवेश ज्वलनं दीप्तमनिन्धनमनौपमम् ॥

sa ca tānapyatikramya daivatairapi pūjitaḥ | viveśa jvalanaṃ dīptamanindhanamanaupamam

He passed beyond even them, worshipped even by the deities, and entered a blazing fire, fuelless and incomparable.

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_0230-0231 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 34 (13.41.34)

ज्वालाभिर्मां प्रविष्टं च ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोदिशम् । दैत्यदानवरक्षोभिर्दैवतैश्चापि दुस्सहम् ॥

jvālābhirmāṃ praviṣṭaṃ ca jvalantaṃ sarvatodiśam | daityadānavarakṣobhirdaivataiścāpi dussaham

I too entered the flames, blazing on every side, unbearable even to Daityas, Danavas, rakshasas and gods.

Note on the text: Reading kept: दुस्सहम् (spelling variant of CE duḥsaham). 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_0232-0233 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 35 (13.41.35)

ज्वालामालिनमासाद्य तमग्निमहमव्ययम् । अविषह्यतमं मत्वा मनसेदमचिन्तयम् ॥

jvālāmālinamāsādya tamagnimahamavyayam | aviṣahyatamaṃ matvā manasedamacintayam

Reaching that fire, wreathed in flames and unbending, I thought it most unbearable and reflected thus in my mind:

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_0234-0235 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 36 (13.41.36)

मया हि समरेष्वग्निरनेकेषु महाद्युतिः । प्रविष्टश्चापविद्धश्च न च मां दग्धवान्क्वचित् ॥

mayā hi samareṣvagniranekeṣu mahādyutiḥ | praviṣṭaścāpaviddhaśca na ca māṃ dagdhavānkvacit

"In many battles I have entered the blazing fire and cast it aside, and it never once burned 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_0236-0237 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 37 (13.41.37)

अयं च दुस्सहः शश्वत्तेजसाऽतिहुताशनः । अत्यादित्यप्रकाशार्चिरनलो दीप्यते महान् ॥

ayaṃ ca dussahaḥ śaśvattejasā'tihutāśanaḥ | atyādityaprakāśārciranalo dīpyate mahān

But this fire is ever unbearable, surpassing Agni in splendour; blazing brighter than the sun, this great fire burns on."

Note on the text: Reading kept: दुस्सहः (spelling variant of CE duḥsahaḥ). 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_0238-0239 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 38 (13.41.38)

स तथा दह्यमानोऽपि तेजसा दीप्तवर्चसा । प्रपन्नः शरणं देवं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ॥

sa tathā dahyamāno'pi tejasā dīptavarcasā | prapannaḥ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

Though burning so in its blazing splendour, I took refuge in the god who bears conch, discus and mace.

Note on the text: Corrected दह्यमानोपि → दह्यमानोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped; CE dahyamāno 'pi). Corrected शङ्कचक्रगदाधरम् → शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् (misprint in Wikisource; शङ्क for शङ्ख, conch; CE śaṅkhacakragadādharam). Verses 36-37 are Garuda's inward thought; this verse returns to 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_0240-0241 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 39 (13.41.39)

भक्तश्चानुगतश्चेति त्रातुमर्हसि मां विभो । यथा मां न दहेदग्निः सद्यो देव तथा कुरु ॥

bhaktaścānugataśceti trātumarhasi māṃ vibho | yathā māṃ na dahedagniḥ sadyo deva tathā kuru

"I am your devotee and follower; you should save me, O lord. Act, O god, so that this fire does not burn me at once."

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_0242-0243 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 40 (13.41.40)

एवं विलपमानस्य ज्ञात्वा मे वचनं प्रभुः । मा भैरिति वचः प्राह मेघगम्भीरनिस्वनः ॥

evaṃ vilapamānasya jñātvā me vacanaṃ prabhuḥ | mā bhairiti vacaḥ prāha meghagambhīranisvanaḥ

As I lamented thus, the Lord, hearing my words, said "Do not fear," in a voice deep as a thundercloud.

Note on the text: Corrected मेघगम्बीर → मेघगम्भीर (misprint in Wikisource; CE meghagambhīra). 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_0244-0245 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 41 (13.41.41)

स मामाश्वास्य वचनं प्राहेदं भगवान्विभुः । मम त्वं विदितः सौम्य यथावत्तत्वदर्शने ॥

sa māmāśvāsya vacanaṃ prāhedaṃ bhagavānvibhuḥ | mama tvaṃ viditaḥ saumya yathāvattatvadarśane

Reassuring me, the Blessed all-pervading Lord spoke these words: "I know you well, gentle one, in your vision of the truth.

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_0246-0247 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 42 (13.41.42)

ज्ञापितश्चापि यत्पित्रा तच्चापि विदितं महत् । वैनतेय ममाप्येवमहं वेद्यः कथञ्चन ॥

jñāpitaścāpi yatpitrā taccāpi viditaṃ mahat | vainateya mamāpyevamahaṃ vedyaḥ kathañcana

What your father has taught you, that great matter too is known to me. In just this way, O son of Vinata, I too am knowable only with difficulty.

Note on the text: The god's words, no printed heading; whole-verse speech, so given to Narayana (input null). Verses 42-44. 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_0248-0249 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 43 (13.41.43)

महदेतत्स्वरूपं मे न ते वेद्यं कथञ्चन । मां हि विन्दन्ति विद्वांसो ये ज्ञाने परिनिष्ठिताः । निर्ममा निरहङ्कारा निराशीर्बन्धनायुताः ॥

mahadetatsvarūpaṃ me na te vedyaṃ kathañcana | māṃ hi vindanti vidvāṃso ye jñāne pariniṣṭhitāḥ | nirmamā nirahaṅkārā nirāśīrbandhanāyutāḥ

This great nature of mine cannot be known by you in any way. The learned who are firmly grounded in knowledge find me: those without the sense of mine, without ego, released from the bonds of desire.

Note on the text: The god's words continue. 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_0250-0252 (printed after 13.13.6d).

Verse 44 (13.41.44)

भवांस्तु सततं भक्तो मन्मनाः पक्षिसत्तम । स्थूलंमां वेत्स्यसे तस्माज्जगतः कारणेस्थितम् ॥

bhavāṃstu satataṃ bhakto manmanāḥ pakṣisattama | sthūlaṃmāṃ vetsyase tasmājjagataḥ kāraṇesthitam

But you are always my devotee, with your mind on me, O best of birds; therefore you will know me in my gross form, abiding as the cause of the world."

Note on the text: Corrected कारणेस्थितम्' ॥ → कारणेस्थितम् ॥ (misprint in Wikisource; stray quotation mark). The god's words end. The CE prints the heading सुपर्ण inside this verse (13,013.006d@003A_0254, before line 2); the page ends here with its colophon. Reading kept: वेत्स्यसे (CE vetsyate). 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_0253-0254 (printed after 13.13.6d).