Garuda Follows the Lord to the Lake of Fires

Verse 1 (13.42.1)

एवं दत्ताभयस्तेन ततोऽहमृषिसत्तमाः । नष्टखेदश्रमभयः क्षणेन ह्यभवं तदा ॥

evaṃ dattābhayastena tato'hamṛṣisattamāḥ | naṣṭakhedaśramabhayaḥ kṣaṇena hyabhavaṃ tadā

Thus assured of safety by him, O best of sages, I was freed in an instant from my grief, weariness and fear.

Note on the text: The speaker heading 'सुपर्ण उवाच' (printed in the first row with a stray backtick) is not verse text; it is made the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0255-0256); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 2 (13.42.2)

स शनैर्याति भगवान्गत्या लघुपराक्रमः । अहं तु सुमहावेगमास्थायानुव्रजामि तम् ॥

sa śanairyāti bhagavāngatyā laghuparākramaḥ | ahaṃ tu sumahāvegamāsthāyānuvrajāmi tam

The blessed one went slowly, with a light and easy stride; but I, putting forth great speed, followed after him.

Note on the text: Corrected मास्ताय → मास्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; CE āsthāya). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0257-0258); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 3 (13.42.3)

स गत्वा दीर्घमध्वानमाकाशममितद्युतिः । मनसाऽप्यगमं देवमाससादात्मतत्ववित् ॥

sa gatvā dīrghamadhvānamākāśamamitadyutiḥ | manasā'pyagamaṃ devamāsasādātmatatvavit

That god of boundless radiance, knower of the truth of the Self, went a long way through the sky; and I too, as swift as thought, came up with the god.

Note on the text: Corrected ममितह्युतिः → ममितद्युतिः (misprint in Wikisource; CE amitadyutiḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0259-0260); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 4 (13.42.4)

अथ देवः समासाद्य मनसः सदृशं जवम् । मोहयित्वा च मां तत्र क्षणेनान्तरधीयत ॥

atha devaḥ samāsādya manasaḥ sadṛśaṃ javam | mohayitvā ca māṃ tatra kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata

Then the god, having attained a speed equal to that of the mind, bewildered me there and vanished in a moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0261-0262); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 5 (13.42.5)

तत्राम्बुधरधीरेण भोशब्देनानुनादिना । अयं भोऽहमिति प्राह वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः ॥

tatrāmbudharadhīreṇa bhośabdenānunādinā | ayaṃ bho'hamiti prāha vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ

There, in a deep voice that resounded like a rain-cloud, he who was skilled in speech called out, "Ho! Here I am."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0263-0264); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 6 (13.42.6)

शब्दानुसारी तु ततस्तं देशमहमाव्रजम् । तत्रापश्यं ततश्चाहं श्रीमद्धंसयुतं सरः ॥

śabdānusārī tu tatastaṃ deśamahamāvrajam | tatrāpaśyaṃ tataścāhaṃ śrīmaddhaṃsayutaṃ saraḥ

Following the sound, I went to that spot, and there I saw a lovely lake, graced with swans.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0265-0266); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 7 (13.42.7)

स तत्सरः समासाद्य भगवानात्मवित्तमः । भोशब्दप्रतिसृष्टेन स्वरेण प्रतिवादिना ॥

sa tatsaraḥ samāsādya bhagavānātmavittamaḥ | bhośabdapratisṛṣṭena svareṇa prativādinā

Reaching that lake, the blessed one, foremost among those who know the Self, answered the cry of "Ho!" with a ringing reply,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्रतिवादिना where the CE has अप्रतिवादिना (aprativādinā); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0267-0268); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 8 (13.42.8)

विवेश देवः स्वां योनिं मामिदं चाभ्यभाषत । विशस्व सलिलं सौम्य सुखमत्र वसामहे ॥

viveśa devaḥ svāṃ yoniṃ māmidaṃ cābhyabhāṣata | viśasva salilaṃ saumya sukhamatra vasāmahe

and the god entered his own source, the water, and said this to me: "Enter the water, gentle one; here we shall dwell happily."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0269-0270); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 9 (13.42.9)

ततश्च प्राविशं तत्र सह तेन महात्मना । दृष्टवानद्भुततरं तस्मिन्सरसि भास्वताम् ॥

tataśca prāviśaṃ tatra saha tena mahātmanā | dṛṣṭavānadbhutataraṃ tasminsarasi bhāsvatām

Then I entered it together with that great-souled one, and in that lake I beheld a still greater wonder among the shining ones:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0271-0272); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 10 (13.42.10)

अग्नीनामप्रणीतानामिद्धानामिन्धनैर्विना । दीप्तानामाज्यसिक्तानां स्थानेष्वर्चिष्मतां सदा ॥

agnīnāmapraṇītānāmiddhānāmindhanairvinā | dīptānāmājyasiktānāṃ sthāneṣvarciṣmatāṃ sadā

fires that had not been ceremonially led forth and yet were kindled without fuel, blazing and sprinkled with ghee, shining ever in their hearths.

Note on the text: Corrected स्यानेष्व → स्थानेष्व (misprint in Wikisource; CE sthāneṣu). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0273-0274); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 11 (13.42.11)

दीप्तिस्तेषामनाज्यानां प्राप्ताज्यानामिवाभवत् । अनिद्धानामिव सतामिद्धानामिव भास्वताम् ॥

dīptisteṣāmanājyānāṃ prāptājyānāmivābhavat | aniddhānāmiva satāmiddhānāmiva bhāsvatām

Though they had no ghee, their brilliance was as if ghee had been poured on them; though unkindled, they seemed kindled, and they blazed brightly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0275-0276); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 12 (13.42.12)

अथाहं वरदं देवं नापश्यं तत्र सङ्गतम् । ततः सम्मोहमापन्नो विषादमगमं परम् ॥

athāhaṃ varadaṃ devaṃ nāpaśyaṃ tatra saṅgatam | tataḥ sammohamāpanno viṣādamagamaṃ param

But I did not see the boon-giving god anywhere there, and, falling into bewilderment, I sank into deep despondency.

Note on the text: Corrected विषादभगमं → विषादमगमं (misprint in Wikisource; CE viṣādam agamaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0277-0278); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 13 (13.42.13)

अपश्यं चाग्निहोत्राणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । विधिना सम्प्रणीतानि धिष्ण्येष्वाज्यवतां तदा ॥

apaśyaṃ cāgnihotrāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | vidhinā sampraṇītāni dhiṣṇyeṣvājyavatāṃ tadā

I saw hundreds and thousands of agnihotra fires, duly established on the hearths of the givers of ghee.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0279-0280); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 14 (13.42.14)

असंमृष्टतलाश्चैव वेदीः कुसुमसंस्तृताः । कुशपद्मोत्पलासङ्गाः कलशांश्च हिरण्मयान् ॥

asaṃmṛṣṭatalāścaiva vedīḥ kusumasaṃstṛtāḥ | kuśapadmotpalāsaṅgāḥ kalaśāṃśca hiraṇmayān

I saw altars whose surfaces needed no sweeping, strewn with flowers, adorned with kusha grass, lotuses and water-lilies, and golden jars.

Note on the text: Corrected असंभृष्ट → असंमृष्ट (misprint in Wikisource; CE asaṃmṛṣṭa). Line 2 reads कुशपद्मोत्पलासङ्गाः where the CE has कुशपद्मोत्पलासङ्गान् (accusative); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0281-0282); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 15 (13.42.15)

अग्निहोत्राणि चित्राणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । अग्निहोत्राय योग्यानि यानि द्रव्याणि कानिचित् । तानि चात्र समृद्धानि दृष्टवानस्म्यनेकशः ॥

agnihotrāṇi citrāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | agnihotrāya yogyāni yāni dravyāṇi kānicit | tāni cātra samṛddhāni dṛṣṭavānasmyanekaśaḥ

Wonderful agnihotra fires by the hundred and the thousand, and whatever materials are fit for the agnihotra, all these I saw there in abundance, many times over.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads अग्निहोत्राय योग्यानि where the CE has अग्निहोत्रोपयोग्यानि; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0283-0285); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 16 (13.42.16)

मनोहृद्यतमश्चाग्निः सुरभिः पुण्यलक्षणः । आज्यगन्धो मनोग्राही घ्राणचक्षुस्सुखावहः ॥

manohṛdyatamaścāgniḥ surabhiḥ puṇyalakṣaṇaḥ | ājyagandho manogrāhī ghrāṇacakṣussukhāvahaḥ

The fire there was most delightful to the heart, fragrant, bearing the marks of holiness, smelling of ghee, captivating to the mind, a joy to nose and eye.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads मनोहृद्यतमश्चाग्निः where the CE has मनोहृद्यतमश्चात्र (cātra); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0286-0287); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 17 (13.42.17)

तेषां तत्राग्निहोत्राणामीडितानां सहस्रशः । समीपे त्वद्भुततममपश्यमहमव्ययम् ॥

teṣāṃ tatrāgnihotrāṇāmīḍitānāṃ sahasraśaḥ | samīpe tvadbhutatamamapaśyamahamavyayam

Near those thousands of praised agnihotra fires I saw something most wondrous and imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0288-0289); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 18 (13.42.18)

चन्द्रांशुकाशशुभ्राणां तुषारोद्भेदवर्चसाम् । विमलादित्यभासानां स्थण्डिलानि सहस्रशः । दृष्टान्यग्निसमीपे तु द्युतिमन्ति महान्ति च ॥

candrāṃśukāśaśubhrāṇāṃ tuṣārodbhedavarcasām | vimalādityabhāsānāṃ sthaṇḍilāni sahasraśaḥ | dṛṣṭānyagnisamīpe tu dyutimanti mahānti ca

Near the fires there stood thousands of great and radiant ritual grounds, white as moonbeams and kasha-flowers, gleaming like breaking frost, shining like the clear sun.

Note on the text: Corrected ध्युतिमन्ति → द्युतिमन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; CE dyutimanti). Line 3 reads अग्निसमीपे तु where the CE has अग्निसमीपेषु; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0290-0292); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 19 (13.42.19)

एषु चाग्निसमीपेषु शुश्राव सुपदाक्षराः । प्रभावान्तरितानां तु प्रस्पष्टाक्षरभाषिणाम् । ऋग्यजुःसामगानां च मधुराः सुस्वरा गिरः ॥

eṣu cāgnisamīpeṣu śuśrāva supadākṣarāḥ | prabhāvāntaritānāṃ tu praspaṣṭākṣarabhāṣiṇām | ṛgyajuḥsāmagānāṃ ca madhurāḥ susvarā giraḥ

Near these fires I heard sweet and melodious voices of reciters of the Rig, Yajus and Sama, hidden by their own splendour yet speaking with perfectly clear syllables and well-formed words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0293-0295); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 20 (13.42.20)

सुसंमृष्टतलैस्तैस्तु बृहद्भिर्दीप्ततेजसैः । पावकैः पावितात्माहमभवं लघुविक्रमः ॥

susaṃmṛṣṭatalaistaistu bṛhadbhirdīptatejasaiḥ | pāvakaiḥ pāvitātmāhamabhavaṃ laghuvikramaḥ

By those great fires, blazing in splendour, with their spotless grounds, I was purified in spirit and became light and swift of step.

Note on the text: Corrected बृहद्बिर् → बृहद्भिर् (misprint in Wikisource; CE bṛhadbhir). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0296-0297); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 21 (13.42.21)

ततोऽहं तेषु धिष्ण्येषु ज्वलमानेषु यज्वनाम् । तं देशं प्रणमित्वाऽथ अन्वेष्टुमुपचक्रमे ॥

tato'haṃ teṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu jvalamāneṣu yajvanām | taṃ deśaṃ praṇamitvā'tha anveṣṭumupacakrame

Then, bowing toward that place among the blazing hearths of the sacrificers, I began to search for him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0298-0299); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 22 (13.42.22)

तान्यनेकसहस्राणि पर्यटंस्तु महाजवात् । अपश्यमानस्तं देवं ततोऽहं व्यथितोऽभवम् ॥

tānyanekasahasrāṇi paryaṭaṃstu mahājavāt | apaśyamānastaṃ devaṃ tato'haṃ vyathito'bhavam

As I wandered at great speed among those many thousands and still did not see that god, I became distressed.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads पर्यटंस्तु where the CE has परीयंस्तु (parīyaṃs tu); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0300-0301); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 23 (13.42.23)

ततस्तेष्वग्निहोत्रेषु ज्वलत्सु विमलार्चिषु । भानुमत्सु न पश्यामि देवदेवं सनातनम् ॥

tatasteṣvagnihotreṣu jvalatsu vimalārciṣu | bhānumatsu na paśyāmi devadevaṃ sanātanam

Among those blazing agnihotra fires of stainless flame, shining like the sun, I could not see the eternal god of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0302-0303); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 24 (13.42.24)

ततोऽहं तानि दीप्तानि परीय व्यस्थितेन्द्रियः । नान्तं तेषां प्रपश्यामि खेदश्च सहसाभवत् ॥

tato'haṃ tāni dīptāni parīya vyasthitendriyaḥ | nāntaṃ teṣāṃ prapaśyāmi khedaśca sahasābhavat

Then, going round those blazing fires with my senses unsettled, I could find no end to them, and weariness suddenly came over me.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads व्यस्थितेन्द्रियः where the CE has व्यथितेन्द्रियः (vyathitendriyaḥ); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0304-0305); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 25 (13.42.25)

विसृत्य सर्वतो दृष्टिं भयमोहसमन्वितः । श्रमं परममापन्नश्चिन्तयानस्त्वचेतनः ॥

visṛtya sarvato dṛṣṭiṃ bhayamohasamanvitaḥ | śramaṃ paramamāpannaścintayānastvacetanaḥ

Casting my glance in every direction, seized by fear and bewilderment, overcome by utter exhaustion, I stood thinking, almost senseless.

Note on the text: Corrected परंममापन्न → परममापन्न (misprint in Wikisource; CE paramam āpannaḥ). Line 1 reads विसृत्य where the CE has विहृत्य (vihṛtya); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0306-0307); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 26 (13.42.26)

तस्मिन्न खलु वर्तेऽहं लोके यत्रैतदीदृशम् । ऋग्यजुस्सामनिर्घोषः श्रूयते न च दृश्यते ॥

tasminna khalu varte'haṃ loke yatraitadīdṛśam | ṛgyajussāmanirghoṣaḥ śrūyate na ca dṛśyate

"Surely I am not in the world where such a thing occurs, where the sound of Rig, Yajus and Sama is heard and yet nothing is seen.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the CE (तस्मिन्न खलु वर्तेऽहं लोके यत्रैतदीदृशम् against तस्मिन् नु खलु वर्तामि लोके किं चैतदीदृशम्); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0308-0309); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 27 (13.42.27)

न च पश्यामि तं देवं येनाहमिह चोदितः । एवं चिन्तासमापन्नः प्रध्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥

na ca paśyāmi taṃ devaṃ yenāhamiha coditaḥ | evaṃ cintāsamāpannaḥ pradhyātumupacakrame

And I cannot see that god by whom I was sent here." Sunk in such thoughts, I began to meditate.

Note on the text: Corrected चिन्तासभापन्नः → चिन्तासमापन्नः (misprint in Wikisource; CE cintāsamāpannaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0310-0311); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 28 (13.42.28)

ततश्चिन्तयतो मह्यं मोहेनाविष्टचेतसः । महाशब्दः प्रादुरासीत्सुभृशं मे व्यथाकरः ॥

tataścintayato mahyaṃ mohenāviṣṭacetasaḥ | mahāśabdaḥ prādurāsītsubhṛśaṃ me vyathākaraḥ

Then, as I thought thus with a mind overcome by bewilderment, a great sound arose, deeply distressing 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. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0312-0313); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 29 (13.42.29)

अथाहं सहसा तत्र शृणोमि विपुलध्वनिम् । अपश्यं च सुपर्णानां सहस्राण्ययुतानि च ॥

athāhaṃ sahasā tatra śṛṇomi vipuladhvanim | apaśyaṃ ca suparṇānāṃ sahasrāṇyayutāni ca

Then suddenly I heard a vast din there, and I saw thousands upon tens of thousands of Suparnas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0314-0315); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 30 (13.42.30)

अभ्यद्रवन्त मामेव विपुलद्युतिरंहसः । तेषामहं प्रभावेण सर्वथैवावरोऽभवम् ॥

abhyadravanta māmeva vipuladyutiraṃhasaḥ | teṣāmahaṃ prabhāveṇa sarvathaivāvaro'bhavam

Of vast splendour and speed, they rushed upon me alone; by their might I was made altogether the lesser.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0316-0317); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 31 (13.42.31)

सोऽहं समन्ततः सर्वैः सुपर्णैरतितेजसैः । दृष्ट्वाऽऽत्मानं परिगतं सम्भ्रमं परमं गतः ॥

so'haṃ samantataḥ sarvaiḥ suparṇairatitejasaiḥ | dṛṣṭvā''tmānaṃ parigataṃ sambhramaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Seeing myself surrounded on every side by all those exceedingly radiant Suparnas, I fell into utmost agitation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0318-0319); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 32 (13.42.32)

विनयावनतो भूत्वा नमश्चक्रे महात्मने । अनादिनिधनायैभिर्नामभिः परमात्मने ॥

vinayāvanato bhūtvā namaścakre mahātmane | anādinidhanāyaibhirnāmabhiḥ paramātmane

Bowing in humility, I paid homage to the great Self, the Supreme Self without beginning or end, with these names:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0320-0321); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 33 (13.42.33)

नारायणाय शुद्धाय शाश्वताय ध्रुवाय च । भूतभव्यभवेशाय शिवाय शिवमूर्तये ॥

nārāyaṇāya śuddhāya śāśvatāya dhruvāya ca | bhūtabhavyabhaveśāya śivāya śivamūrtaye

Homage to Narayana, the pure, the eternal, the unchanging; lord of what was, is and will be; to Shiva, the auspicious, of auspicious form;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0322-0323); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 34 (13.42.34)

शिवयोनेः शिवाद्याय शिवपूज्यतमाय च । घोररूपाय महते युगान्तकरणाय च ॥

śivayoneḥ śivādyāya śivapūjyatamāya ca | ghorarūpāya mahate yugāntakaraṇāya ca

to the source of the auspicious, first of the auspicious, most worthy of worship by the auspicious; to the terrible in form, the great, the maker of the end of the age;

Note on the text: Corrected शिवाद्यायि → शिवाद्याय (misprint in Wikisource; CE śivādyāya). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0324-0325); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 35 (13.42.35)

विश्वाय विश्वदेवाय विश्वेशाय महात्मने । सहस्रोदरपादाय सहस्रनयनाय च ॥

viśvāya viśvadevāya viśveśāya mahātmane | sahasrodarapādāya sahasranayanāya ca

to the universal, the god of all, the lord of all, the great Self; to him of a thousand bellies and feet, of a thousand eyes;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0326-0327); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 36 (13.42.36)

सहस्रबाहवे चैव सहस्रवदनाय च । शुचिश्रवाय महते ऋतुसंवत्सराय च ॥

sahasrabāhave caiva sahasravadanāya ca | śuciśravāya mahate ṛtusaṃvatsarāya ca

to him of a thousand arms and a thousand faces; of pure fame, the great, who is the year with its seasons;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0328-0329); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 37 (13.42.37)

ऋग्यजुःसामवक्त्राय अथर्वशिरसे नमः । हृषीकेशाय कृष्णाय द्रुहिणोरुक्रमाय च ॥

ṛgyajuḥsāmavaktrāya atharvaśirase namaḥ | hṛṣīkeśāya kṛṣṇāya druhiṇorukramāya ca

to him whose mouths are the Rig, Yajus and Sama, to the Atharvashiras, homage; to Hrishikesha, to Krishna, to Druhina and Urukrama;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0330-0331); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 38 (13.42.38)

बृहद्वेगाय तार्क्ष्याय वराहायैकशृङ्गिणे । शिपिविष्टाय सत्याय हरयेऽथ शिखण्डिने ॥

bṛhadvegāya tārkṣyāya varāhāyaikaśṛṅgiṇe | śipiviṣṭāya satyāya haraye'tha śikhaṇḍine

to the swift of great speed, to Tarkshya, to the Boar, to the one-horned; to Shipivishta, to Truth, to Hari, to the crested one;

Note on the text: Line 1 reads बृहद्वेगाय where the CE has ब्रह्मोद्रेकाय (brahmodrekāya); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0332-0333); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 39 (13.42.39)

हुताशायोर्ध्ववक्त्राय रौद्रानीकाय साधवे । सिन्धवे सिन्धुवर्षघ्ने देवानां सिन्धवे नमः ॥

hutāśāyordhvavaktrāya raudrānīkāya sādhave | sindhave sindhuvarṣaghne devānāṃ sindhave namaḥ

to the Eater of Oblations, to him whose face is turned upward, to the leader of fearsome hosts, to the good; to the Ocean, to the dispeller of the Ocean's rain, to the Ocean of the gods, homage.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the CE (हुताशायोर्ध्ववक्त्राय against हुतायोर्ध्वाय वक्राय); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0334-0335); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 40 (13.42.40)

गरुत्मते त्रिनेत्राय सुधर्माय वृषाकृते । सम्म्राडुग्रे संकृतये विरजे सम्भवे भवे ॥

garutmate trinetrāya sudharmāya vṛṣākṛte | sammrāḍugre saṃkṛtaye viraje sambhave bhave

to Garutmat, to the three-eyed, to the one of good dharma, to him of the bull's form; to the sovereign, the fierce, the maker, the stainless, the source, the Being;

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सुधर्माय वृषाकृते where the CE has सुधामाय वृषावृषे; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0336-0337); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 41 (13.42.41)

वृषाय वृषरूपाय विभवे भूर्भुवाय च । दीप्तसृष्टाय यज्ञाय स्थिराय स्थविराय च ॥

vṛṣāya vṛṣarūpāya vibhave bhūrbhuvāya ca | dīptasṛṣṭāya yajñāya sthirāya sthavirāya ca

to the Bull, to him of the bull's form, to the all-pervading, to him who is Bhur and Bhuvar; to the radiant creation, to sacrifice, to the firm, to the ancient;

Note on the text: Corrected भूर्भुवाय व → भूर्भुवाय च (misprint in Wikisource; CE ca). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0338-0339); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 42 (13.42.42)

अच्युताय तुषाराय वीराय च समाय च । जिष्णवे पुरुहूताय वसिष्ठाय वराय च ॥

acyutāya tuṣārāya vīrāya ca samāya ca | jiṣṇave puruhūtāya vasiṣṭhāya varāya ca

to the Imperishable, to Frost, to the hero, to the even-minded; to the Victorious, to Puruhuta, to Vasishtha, to the Best;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0340-0341); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 43 (13.42.43)

सत्येशाय सुरेशाय हरयेऽथ शिखण्डिने । बर्हिषाय वरेण्याय वसवे विश्ववेधसे ॥

satyeśāya sureśāya haraye'tha śikhaṇḍine | barhiṣāya vareṇyāya vasave viśvavedhase

to the Lord of Truth, to the Lord of the gods, to Hari, to the crested one; to Barhisha, to the most excellent, to Vasu, to the Ordainer of 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. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0342-0343); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 44 (13.42.44)

किरीटिने सुकेशाय वासुदेवाय शुष्मिणे । बृहदुक्थ्यसुषेणाय युग्ये दुन्दुभये तथा ॥

kirīṭine sukeśāya vāsudevāya śuṣmiṇe | bṛhadukthyasuṣeṇāya yugye dundubhaye tathā

to the diadem-wearer, to the fair-haired, to Vasudeva, to the mighty; to Brihaduktha, to Sushena, to Yugya, and to Dundubhi;

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the CE (बृहदुक्थ्यसुषेणाय युग्ये against बृहदुक्थे सुषेणाय युग्मे); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0344-0345); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 45 (13.42.45)

भयेसखाय विभवे भरद्वाजेऽभयाय च । भास्कराय च चन्द्राय पद्मनाभाय भूरिणे ॥

bhayesakhāya vibhave bharadvāje'bhayāya ca | bhāskarāya ca candrāya padmanābhāya bhūriṇe

to the friend in times of fear, to the all-pervading, to Bharadvaja, to the fearless; to Bhaskara, to the Moon, to Padmanabha, to the abundant;

Note on the text: Line 1 reads भयेसखाय … भरद्वाजेऽभयाय where the CE has भवे सखाय … भरद्वाजाभयाय; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0346-0347); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 46 (13.42.46)

पुनर्वसुभृतत्वाय जीवप्रभविषाय च । वषट्काराय स्वाहाय स्वधाय निधनाय च ॥

punarvasubhṛtatvāya jīvaprabhaviṣāya ca | vaṣaṭkārāya svāhāya svadhāya nidhanāya ca

to Punarvasu, to the Sustainer, to the origin and strength of life; to Vashatkara, to Svaha, to Svadha, to the final dissolution;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0348-0349); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 47 (13.42.47)

ऋचे च यजुषे साम्ने त्रैलोक्यपतये नमः । श्रीपद्मायात्मसदृशे धरणीधारिणे परे ॥

ṛce ca yajuṣe sāmne trailokyapataye namaḥ | śrīpadmāyātmasadṛśe dharaṇīdhāriṇe pare

homage to the Rig, to the Yajus, to the Saman, to the lord of the three worlds; to Shri-Padma, equal to the Self, to the supporter of the earth, the Supreme;

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the CE (श्रीपद्मायात्मसदृशे धरणीधारिणे against श्रीपद्मायाजसदृशे धरणे धारणे); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0350-0351); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 48 (13.42.48)

सौम्यासौम्यस्वरूपाय सौम्ये सुमनसे नमः । विश्वाय च सुविश्वाय विश्वरूपधराय च ॥

saumyāsaumyasvarūpāya saumye sumanase namaḥ | viśvāya ca suviśvāya viśvarūpadharāya ca

to the gentle and the fierce in form, to the gentle, the kind-minded, homage; to the universal, the all-good, the bearer of the universal form;

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सौम्यासौम्यस्वरूपाय where the CE has सौम्याय सौम्यरूपाय; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0352-0353); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 49 (13.42.49)

केशवाय सुकेशाय रश्मिकेशाय भूरिणे । हिरण्यगर्भाय नमः सौम्याय वृषरूपिणे ॥

keśavāya sukeśāya raśmikeśāya bhūriṇe | hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ saumyāya vṛṣarūpiṇe

to Keshava, the fair-haired, the one with locks of rays, the abundant; to Hiranyagarbha, homage; to the gentle one, who has the form of the bull of dharma;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0354-0355); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 50 (13.42.50)

नारायणाग्र्यवपुषे पुरुहूताय वज्रिणे । वर्मिणे वृषसेनाय धर्मसेनाय रोधसे । मुनये ज्वरमुक्ताय ज्वराधिपतये नमः ॥

nārāyaṇāgryavapuṣe puruhūtāya vajriṇe | varmiṇe vṛṣasenāya dharmasenāya rodhase | munaye jvaramuktāya jvarādhipataye namaḥ

to him whose body is the foremost Narayana, to Puruhuta, to the wielder of the thunderbolt; to the armoured, to Vrishasena, to Dharmasena, to the Restrainer; to the sage free from fever, the lord of fevers, homage.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्वरमुक्तायि → ज्वरमुक्ताय (misprint in Wikisource; CE jvaramuktāya). Line 1 reads वर्मिणे where the CE has धर्मिणे; recension variant, kept. Line 1 also reads नारायणाग्र्यवपुषे where the CE has नारायणाग्रवपुषे (variant, kept). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0356-0358); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 51 (13.42.51)

अनेत्राय त्रिनेत्राय पिङ्गलाय विधर्मिणे । तपोब्रह्मनिधानाय युगपर्यायिणे नमः ॥

anetrāya trinetrāya piṅgalāya vidharmiṇe | tapobrahmanidhānāya yugaparyāyiṇe namaḥ

to the eyeless, to the three-eyed, to the tawny, to the one of a different law; to the treasury of austerity and Brahman, to him who revolves with the ages, homage;

Note on the text: Corrected विडूर्मिणे → विधर्मिणे (misprint in Wikisource; CE vidharmiṇe). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0359-0360); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 52 (13.42.52)

शरणाय शरण्याय भक्तेष्टशरणाय च । नमः सर्वभवेशाय भूतभव्यभवाय च ॥

śaraṇāya śaraṇyāya bhakteṣṭaśaraṇāya ca | namaḥ sarvabhaveśāya bhūtabhavyabhavāya ca

to the refuge, to the one worthy of refuge, to the refuge of his devotees' desires; homage to the lord of all existence, to him who is what was and what will be.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads भक्तेष्टशरणाय where the CE has शक्तेष्टशरणाय (śakteṣṭaśaraṇāya); recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0361-0362); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 53 (13.42.53)

पाहि मां देवदेवेश कोप्यजोसि सनातनः । एवं गतोस्मि शरणं शरण्यं ब्रह्मयोनिनम् ॥

pāhi māṃ devadeveśa kopyajosi sanātanaḥ | evaṃ gatosmi śaraṇaṃ śaraṇyaṃ brahmayoninam

"Protect me, O lord of the gods of gods; you are unborn and eternal, some being beyond telling. Thus I have come to you for refuge, the refuge-worthy womb of Brahma."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0363-0364); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 54 (13.42.54)

स्तव्यं स्तवं स्तुतवतस्तत्तमो मे प्रणश्यतु । भयं च मे व्यपगतं पक्षिणोऽन्तर्हिताऽभवन् ॥

stavyaṃ stavaṃ stutavatastattamo me praṇaśyatu | bhayaṃ ca me vyapagataṃ pakṣiṇo'ntarhitā'bhavan

For me, who had sung that hymn to the One worthy of praise, that darkness perished; my fear was gone, and the birds vanished from sight.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रणश्यत → प्रणश्यतु (misprint in Wikisource; CE praṇaśyatu). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0365-0366); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 55 (13.42.55)

शृणोमि च गिरं दिव्यामन्तर्धानगतां शिवाम् । मा भैर्गरुत्मन्दान्तोसि पुनः सेन्द्रान्दिवौकसः । स्वं चैव भवनं गत्वा द्रक्ष्यसे पुत्रबान्धवान् ॥

śṛṇomi ca giraṃ divyāmantardhānagatāṃ śivām | mā bhairgarutmandāntosi punaḥ sendrāndivaukasaḥ | svaṃ caiva bhavanaṃ gatvā drakṣyase putrabāndhavān

Then I heard a divine and auspicious voice from where he had vanished: "Fear not, Garutman, you are self-controlled. Once more you shall see the dwellers of heaven with Indra, and after returning to your own abode you shall see your sons and kinsmen."

Note on the text: Line 2 reads सेन्द्रान्दिवौकसः (accusative) where the CE has सेन्द्रा दिवौकसः; recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0367-0369); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 56 (13.42.56)

ततस्तस्मिन्क्षणेनैव सहसैव महाद्युतिः । प्रत्यदृश्यत तेजस्वी पुरस्तात्स ममान्तिके ॥

tatastasminkṣaṇenaiva sahasaiva mahādyutiḥ | pratyadṛśyata tejasvī purastātsa mamāntike

Then, in that very moment, suddenly the radiant, glorious one appeared before me, close at hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0370-0371); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 57 (13.42.57)

समागम्य ततस्तेन शिवेन परमात्मना । अपश्यं चाहमायान्तं नरनारायणाश्रमे । चतुर्द्विगुणविन्यासं तं च देवं सनातनम् ॥

samāgamya tatastena śivena paramātmanā | apaśyaṃ cāhamāyāntaṃ naranārāyaṇāśrame | caturdviguṇavinyāsaṃ taṃ ca devaṃ sanātanam

Having met that auspicious Supreme Self, I saw him arriving at the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, that eternal god, in an arrangement fourfold and doubled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0372-0374); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 58 (13.42.58)

यजतस्तानृषीन्देवान्वदतो ध्यायतो मुनीन् । युक्तान्सिद्धान्नैष्ठिकांश्च जपतो यजतो गृहे ॥

yajatastānṛṣīndevānvadato dhyāyato munīn | yuktānsiddhānnaiṣṭhikāṃśca japato yajato gṛhe

I saw those sages who sacrificed to the gods, who recited and meditated, the ascetics, disciplined, perfected, lifelong students, muttering prayers and performing sacrifices in their dwellings:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0375-0376); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 59 (13.42.59)

पुष्पपूरपरिक्षिप्तं धूपितं दीपितं हुतम् । वन्दितं सिक्तसम्मृष्टं नरनारायणाश्रमम् ॥

puṣpapūraparikṣiptaṃ dhūpitaṃ dīpitaṃ hutam | vanditaṃ siktasammṛṣṭaṃ naranārāyaṇāśramam

the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, strewn with heaps of flowers, perfumed with incense, lit with lamps, hallowed with oblations, honoured, sprinkled and swept.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0377-0378); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 60 (13.42.60)

तदद्भुतमहं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितोस्मि तदाऽनघाः । जगाम शिरसा देवं प्रयतेनान्तरात्मना ॥

tadadbhutamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitosmi tadā'naghāḥ | jagāma śirasā devaṃ prayatenāntarātmanā

Seeing that marvel, O sinless ones, I was astonished; and with a composed inner self I bowed my head to the god.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0379-0380); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 61 (13.42.61)

तदत्यद्भुतसङ्कासं किमेतदिति चिन्तयन् । नाध्यगच्छं परं दिव्यं तस्य सर्वभवात्मनः ॥

tadatyadbhutasaṅkāsaṃ kimetaditi cintayan | nādhyagacchaṃ paraṃ divyaṃ tasya sarvabhavātmanaḥ

Thinking, "What can this be, so utterly wondrous?", I could not grasp the supreme divine nature of him, the soul of all being.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0381-0382); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 62 (13.42.62)

प्रणिपत्य सुदुर्धर्षं पुनः पुनरुदीक्ष्य च । शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः । अवोचं तमदीनार्थं श्रेष्ठानां श्रेष्ठमुत्तमम् ॥

praṇipatya sudurdharṣaṃ punaḥ punarudīkṣya ca | śirasyañjalimādhāya vismayotphullalocanaḥ | avocaṃ tamadīnārthaṃ śreṣṭhānāṃ śreṣṭhamuttamam

Prostrating before the unassailable one, looking up at him again and again, my folded hands on my head and my eyes wide with wonder, I spoke to him, the undiminished, best of the best, the highest:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0383-0385); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 63 (13.42.63)

नमस्ते भगवन्देव भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभो । यदेतदद्भुतं देव मया दृष्टं त्वदाश्रयम् ॥

namaste bhagavandeva bhūtabhavyabhavatprabho | yadetadadbhutaṃ deva mayā dṛṣṭaṃ tvadāśrayam

"Homage to you, blessed god, lord of what was, is and will be. This marvel, O god, which I have seen, resting upon you,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0386-0387); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 64 (13.42.64)

अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तं किं तच्छंसितुमर्हसि । यदि जानासि मां भक्तं यदि वाऽनुग्रहो मयि । शंस सर्वमशेषेण श्रोतव्यं यदि चेन्मया ॥

anādimadhyaparyantaṃ kiṃ tacchaṃsitumarhasi | yadi jānāsi māṃ bhaktaṃ yadi vā'nugraho mayi | śaṃsa sarvamaśeṣeṇa śrotavyaṃ yadi cenmayā

without beginning, middle or end—what is it? You ought to tell me. If you know me as your devotee, if you have favour for me, tell me everything fully, if it is fit for me to hear.

Note on the text: Corrected अनादिमद्यपर्यन्तं → अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; CE anādimadhyaparyantaṃ). Corrected सां भक्तं → मां भक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; CE māṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0388-0390); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 65 (13.42.65)

स्वभावस्तव दुर्ज्ञेयः प्रादुर्भावो भवस्य च । भवद्भूतभविष्येश सर्वथा गहनं भवान् ॥

svabhāvastava durjñeyaḥ prādurbhāvo bhavasya ca | bhavadbhūtabhaviṣyeśa sarvathā gahanaṃ bhavān

Your nature is hard to know, and so is the manifestation of Being; O lord of present, past and future, you are in every way unfathomable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0391-0392); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 66 (13.42.66)

ब्रूहि सर्वमशेषेण तदाश्चर्यं महामुने । किं तदत्यद्भुतं वृत्तं तेष्वग्निषु समन्ततः ॥

brūhi sarvamaśeṣeṇa tadāścaryaṃ mahāmune | kiṃ tadatyadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ teṣvagniṣu samantataḥ

Tell me all of it fully, great sage, that wonder: what was that most marvelous thing that took place all around among those fires?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0393-0394); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 67 (13.42.67)

कानि तान्यग्निहोत्राणि केषां शब्दः श्रुतो मया । शृण्वतां ब्रह्म सततमदृश्यानां महात्मनाम् ॥

kāni tānyagnihotrāṇi keṣāṃ śabdaḥ śruto mayā | śṛṇvatāṃ brahma satatamadṛśyānāṃ mahātmanām

What were those agnihotra fires, and whose was the voice I heard, continually chanting the Veda from great souls whom I could not see?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0395-0396); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 68 (13.42.68)

एतन्मे भगवन्कृष्ण ब्रूहि सर्वमशेषतः । गृणन्त्यग्निसमीपेषु के च ते ब्रह्मराशयः ॥

etanme bhagavankṛṣṇa brūhi sarvamaśeṣataḥ | gṛṇantyagnisamīpeṣu ke ca te brahmarāśayaḥ

Tell me all this fully, blessed Krishna: who are they who chant near the fires, those masses of Brahman-radiance?"

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark and doubled danda (।।') printed after the last word. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0397-0398); vulgate-only otherwise.