The Boons Krishna Received from Shiva and Uma

Verse 1 (13.46.1)

मूर्ध्ना निपत्य नियतस्तेजःसन्निचये ततः । परमं हर्षमागत्य भगवन्तमथाब्रवम् ॥

mūrdhnā nipatya niyatastejaḥsannicaye tataḥ | paramaṃ harṣamāgatya bhagavantamathābravam

Bowing my head to the ground, self-controlled, in that vast mass of radiance, I was filled with supreme joy and spoke to the Blessed Lord.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.001a,c (the critical edition also has a star line, 13,016.001b*0149_01, which Wikisource lacks). Wikisource reads आगत्य where the critical edition has āgamya (recension variant).

Verse 2 (13.46.2)

धर्मे दृढत्वं युधि शत्रुघातं । यशस्तथाऽग्र्यं परमं बलं च । योगप्रियत्वं तव सन्निकर्षं । वृणे सुतानां च शतं शतानि ॥

dharme dṛḍhatvaṃ yudhi śatrughātaṃ | yaśastathā'gryaṃ paramaṃ balaṃ ca | yogapriyatvaṃ tava sannikarṣaṃ | vṛṇe sutānāṃ ca śataṃ śatāni

Firmness in dharma, the slaying of my enemies in battle, foremost fame, supreme strength, a love of yoga, nearness to you, and a hundred times a hundred sons: these I choose.

Verse 3 (13.46.3)

एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं मयोक्तः प्राह शङ्करः ॥

evamastviti tadvākyaṃ mayoktaḥ prāha śaṅkaraḥ

When I had said this, Shankara answered me, "So be it."

Verse 4 (13.46.4)

ततो मां जगतो माता धारिणी सर्वपावनी । उवाचोमा प्रणिहिता शर्वाणी तपसां निधिः । दत्तो भगवता पुत्रः साम्बो नाम तवानघ ॥

tato māṃ jagato mātā dhāriṇī sarvapāvanī | uvācomā praṇihitā śarvāṇī tapasāṃ nidhiḥ | datto bhagavatā putraḥ sāmbo nāma tavānagha

Then the mother of the world, the sustaining one who purifies all, Uma, Sharvani, a treasure of austerities, composed and attentive, said to me: "The Blessed Lord has given you a son, blameless one, named Samba.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed on the page. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 13,016.004a,c; line 3 = 13,016.005a. Wikisource reads धारिणी where the critical edition has dharaṇī (both good Sanskrit; recension variant).

Verse 5 (13.46.5)

मत्तोप्यष्टौ वरानिष्टान्गृहाण त्वं ददामि ते । प्रणम्य शिरसा सा च मयोक्ता पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

mattopyaṣṭau varāniṣṭāngṛhāṇa tvaṃ dadāmi te | praṇamya śirasā sā ca mayoktā pāṇḍunandana

Ask of me too eight boons that you desire; I will give them to you." O son of Pandu, I bowed my head to her and said:

Note on the text: Corrected गृहण → गृहाण (misprint in Wikisource; the imperative 'take' needs the long ā; the critical edition reads gṛhāṇa). Lines = critical edition 13,016.005c,e. Wikisource reads 'मत्तोप्य' for 'मत्तोऽप्य' (avagraha omitted in print; left as is).

Verse 6 (13.46.6)

द्विजेष्वकोपं पितृतः प्रसादं । शतं सुतानां परमं च भोगम् । कुले प्रीतिं मातृतश्च प्रसादं- । शमप्राप्तिं प्रवृणे चापि दाक्ष्यम् ॥

dvijeṣvakopaṃ pitṛtaḥ prasādaṃ | śataṃ sutānāṃ paramaṃ ca bhogam | kule prītiṃ mātṛtaśca prasādaṃ- | śamaprāptiṃ pravṛṇe cāpi dākṣyam

Freedom from anger toward Brahmins, my father's favour, a hundred sons, supreme enjoyment, affection within the family, my mother's favour, the attainment of peace, and skill: these eight I choose.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads शतं सुतानां परमं च भोगम् where the critical edition has śataṃ sutānām upabhogaṃ paraṃ ca (recension variant, kept).

Verse 7 (13.46.7)

एवं भविष्यत्यमरप्रभाव । नाहं मृषा जातु वदे कदाचित् । भार्यासहस्राणि च षोडशैव । तासु प्रियत्वं च तथाऽक्षयं ॥

evaṃ bhaviṣyatyamaraprabhāva | nāhaṃ mṛṣā jātu vade kadācit | bhāryāsahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśaiva | tāsu priyatvaṃ ca tathā'kṣayaṃ

So it shall be, you of godlike power; I never speak falsely, at any time. You shall have sixteen thousand wives, and your hold on their love shall never fail.

Note on the text: The page heads this speech उमोवाच; the critical edition heads it devy uvāca (the Goddess). Same speaker. Wikisource reads तथाऽक्षयं where the critical edition has tathākṣayatvam (recension variant).

Verse 8 (13.46.8)

प्रीतिं चाग्र्यां बान्धवानां सकाशा- । द्ददामि तेऽहं वपुषः काम्यतां च । भोक्ष्यन्ते वै सप्ततिं वै शतानि । गृहे तुभ्यमतिथीनां च नित्यम् ॥

prītiṃ cāgryāṃ bāndhavānāṃ sakāśā- | ddadāmi te'haṃ vapuṣaḥ kāmyatāṃ ca | bhokṣyante vai saptatiṃ vai śatāni | gṛhe tubhyamatithīnāṃ ca nityam

I give you the highest affection from your kinsmen and a body that is desirable to behold; and seventy hundred guests (seven thousand) shall eat in your house every day.

Note on the text: The critical edition has two further star lines after this verse (13,016.008d*0150_01-02), which Wikisource lacks and which are not added.

Verse 9 (13.46.9)

एवं दत्त्वा वरान्देवो मम देवी च भारत । अन्तर्हितः क्षणे तस्मिन्सगणो भीमपूर्वज ॥

evaṃ dattvā varāndevo mama devī ca bhārata | antarhitaḥ kṣaṇe tasminsagaṇo bhīmapūrvaja

Having granted these boons, O Bharata, the God and my Goddess vanished in that moment with their attendants, O elder brother of Bhima.

Verse 10 (13.46.10)

एतदत्यद्भुतं पूर्वं ब्राह्मणायातितेजसे । उपमन्यवे मया कृत्स्नं व्याख्यातं पार्थिवोत्तम । नमस्कृत्वा तु स प्राह देवदेवाय सुव्रत ॥

etadatyadbhutaṃ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇāyātitejase | upamanyave mayā kṛtsnaṃ vyākhyātaṃ pārthivottama | namaskṛtvā tu sa prāha devadevāya suvrata

This wonder, O best of kings, I once related in full to the Brahmin Upamanyu, who was full of radiance. Bowing to the God of gods, he said, O man of good vows:

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed on the page: critical edition 13,016.010a,c and 011a. Wikisource reads एतदत्यद्भुतं पूर्वं ... व्याख्यातं पार्थिवोत्तम where the critical edition has etad atyadbhutaṃ sarvaṃ ... ākhyātaṃ kauravottama (recension variants).

Verse 11 (13.46.11)

नास्ति शर्वसमो देवो नास्ति शर्वसमा गतिः । नास्ति शर्वसमो दाने नास्ति शर्वसमो रणे ॥

nāsti śarvasamo devo nāsti śarvasamā gatiḥ | nāsti śarvasamo dāne nāsti śarvasamo raṇe

There is no god equal to Sharva, no refuge equal to Sharva; none equals Sharva in giving, none equals Sharva in battle.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.011c,e: the page puts the first of these two lines last (critical edition order: दाने, रणे, देवः, गतिः).