The Fruit of Hearing Garuda's Account

Verse 1 (13.44.1)

अहो श्रावितमाख्यानं भवताऽत्यद्भुतं महत् । पुण्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥

aho śrāvitamākhyānaṃ bhavatā'tyadbhutaṃ mahat | puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat

Ah, a most wondrous and great account has been recited by you—meritorious, giving fame and long life, leading to heaven, a great blessing.

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_0548-0549); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 2 (13.44.2)

एतत्पवित्रं देवानामेतद्गुह्यं परंतप । एतज्ज्ञानवता ज्ञेयमेषा गतिरनुत्तमा ॥

etatpavitraṃ devānāmetadguhyaṃ paraṃtapa | etajjñānavatā jñeyameṣā gatiranuttamā

This is purifying even for the gods; this is a secret, O scorcher of foes; it is to be known by those who have knowledge; this is the unsurpassed goal.

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_0550-0551); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 3 (13.44.3)

य इमां श्रावयेद्विद्वान्कथां पर्वसुपर्वसु । स लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यान्देवर्षिभिरभिष्टुतान् ॥

ya imāṃ śrāvayedvidvānkathāṃ parvasuparvasu | sa lokānprāpnuyātpuṇyāndevarṣibhirabhiṣṭutān

The learned man who recites this tale on every sacred occasion attains meritorious worlds, praised by the divine sages.

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_0552-0553); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 4 (13.44.4)

श्राद्धकाले च विप्राणां य इमां श्रावयेच्छुचिः । न तत्र रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां च विद्यते ॥

śrāddhakāle ca viprāṇāṃ ya imāṃ śrāvayecchuciḥ | na tatra rakṣasāṃ bhāgo nāsurāṇāṃ ca vidyate

He who, being pure, recites it to brahmins at the time of a shraddha—there neither rakshasas nor asuras have any share.

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_0554-0555); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 5 (13.44.5)

अनसूयुर्जितक्रोधः सर्वसत्वहिते रतः । यः पठेत्सततं युक्तः स व्रजेत्तत्सलोकताम् ॥

anasūyurjitakrodhaḥ sarvasatvahite rataḥ | yaḥ paṭhetsatataṃ yuktaḥ sa vrajettatsalokatām

He who, free from envy, with anger conquered, devoted to the welfare of all beings, recites it constantly with concentration, attains the same world as the Lord.

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_0556-0557); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 6 (13.44.6)

वेदान्पारयते विप्रो राजा विजयवान्भवेत् । वैश्यस्तु धनधान्याढ्यः शूद्रः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥

vedānpārayate vipro rājā vijayavānbhavet | vaiśyastu dhanadhānyāḍhyaḥ śūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt

A brahmin masters the Vedas; a king becomes victorious; a vaishya is rich in wealth and grain; a shudra attains happiness.

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_0558-0559); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 7 (13.44.7)

ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे सम्पूज्य विनतासुतम् । स्वानेव चाश्रमाञ्जग्मुर्बभूवुः शान्तितत्पराः ॥

tataste munayaḥ sarve sampūjya vinatāsutam | svāneva cāśramāñjagmurbabhūvuḥ śāntitatparāḥ

Then all those sages, having honoured the son of Vinata, went to their own hermitages and became intent on peace.

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_0560-0561); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 8 (13.44.8)

स्थूलदर्शिभिराकृष्टो दुर्ज्ञेयो ह्यकृतात्मभिः । एषा श्रुतिर्महाराज धर्म्या धर्मभृतांवर ॥

sthūladarśibhirākṛṣṭo durjñeyo hyakṛtātmabhiḥ | eṣā śrutirmahārāja dharmyā dharmabhṛtāṃvara

He is drawn within the reach of those who see only the gross, and is hard to know for those of unrefined selves. This is the sacred tradition, great king, in keeping with dharma, O best of the upholders of dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected एषा धुतिर् → एषा श्रुतिर् (misprint in Wikisource; CE eṣā śrutir). 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_0562-0563); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 9 (13.44.9)

सुराणां ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्ता विस्मितानां परंतप । मयाप्येषा कथा तात कथिता मातुरन्तिके । वसुभिः सत्त्वसम्पन्नैस्तवाप्येषा मयोच्यते ॥

surāṇāṃ brahmaṇā proktā vismitānāṃ paraṃtapa | mayāpyeṣā kathā tāta kathitā māturantike | vasubhiḥ sattvasampannaistavāpyeṣā mayocyate

Brahma told it to the astonished gods, O scorcher of foes. I too, dear child, once told this tale in my mother's presence, together with the Vasus, rich in goodness; and now I tell it to you as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 3A, printed after 13.13.6 as 13,013.006d@003A_0564-0566); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 10 (13.44.10)

तदग्निहोत्रपरमा जपयज्ञपरायणाः । निराशीर्बन्धनाः सन्तः प्रयान्त्यक्षरसात्मतां ॥

tadagnihotraparamā japayajñaparāyaṇāḥ | nirāśīrbandhanāḥ santaḥ prayāntyakṣarasātmatāṃ

Therefore those supremely devoted to the agnihotra and intent on the sacrifice of recitation, free from the bonds of desire, good men, attain oneness with the Imperishable.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्रयान्त्यक्षरसात्मतां where the CE has प्रयान्त्यक्षरसाम्यताम् (akṣarasāmyatām); 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_0567-0568); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 11 (13.44.11)

आरम्भयज्ञानुत्सृज्य जपहोमपरायणाः । ध्यायन्तो मनसा विष्णुं गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥

ārambhayajñānutsṛjya japahomaparāyaṇāḥ | dhyāyanto manasā viṣṇuṃ gacchanti paramāṃ gatim

Giving up laborious sacrifices, intent on recitation and oblation, meditating in mind on Vishnu, they go to the supreme goal.

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_0569-0570); vulgate-only otherwise.

Verse 12 (13.44.12)

तदेष परमो मोक्षो मोक्षद्वारं च भारत । यथा विनिश्चितात्मानो गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥

tadeṣa paramo mokṣo mokṣadvāraṃ ca bhārata | yathā viniścitātmāno gacchanti paramāṃ gatim

This is the supreme liberation and the door to liberation, O Bharata; thus those of settled resolve reach the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तदेष परमो मोक्षः where the CE has तदेव परमो मोक्षः; 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_0571-0572); vulgate-only otherwise.