Great Sages Recount Mahadeva's Boons

Verse 1 (13.49.1)

महायोगी तु तं प्राह कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः । पठस्व पुत्र भद्रं ते प्रीयतां ते महेश्वरः ॥

mahāyogī tu taṃ prāha kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ | paṭhasva putra bhadraṃ te prīyatāṃ te maheśvaraḥ

The great yogi, the sage Krishna Dvaipayana, then said to him: “Recite it, my son. May good fortune be yours, and may Maheshvara be pleased with you.”

Note on the text: CE 13.18.1. Line 1 is Vaishampayana's narration and line 2 is Vyasa's own words; the verse is kept with the narrator.

Verse 2 (13.49.2)

पुरा पुत्र मया मेरौ तप्यता परमं तपः । पुत्रहेतोर्महाराज स्तव एषोऽनुकीर्तितः ॥

purā putra mayā merau tapyatā paramaṃ tapaḥ | putrahetormahārāja stava eṣo'nukīrtitaḥ

Long ago, my son, while I was performing supreme austerity on Meru for the sake of a son, I proclaimed this hymn, O great king.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.2. The page prints no heading; the verse (and the next) is Vyasa's first-person speech (his own austerity on Meru), so it is given to Dvaipayana (Vyasa) instead of the carried-over Vaishampayana.

Verse 3 (13.49.3)

लब्धवानीप्सितं काममहं वै पाण्डुनन्दन । तथा त्वमपि शर्वाद्धि सर्वान्कामानवाप्स्यसि ॥

labdhavānīpsitaṃ kāmamahaṃ vai pāṇḍunandana | tathā tvamapi śarvāddhi sarvānkāmānavāpsyasi

I obtained the wish I desired, O son of Pandu; in the same way you too will obtain all your desires from Sharva.

Verse 4 (13.49.4)

कपिलश्च ततः प्राह साङ्ख्यर्षिर्देवसम्मतः । मया जन्मान्यनेकानि भक्त्या चाराधितो भवः । प्रीतश्च भगवाञ्ज्ञानं ददौ मम भवान्तकम् ॥

kapilaśca tataḥ prāha sāṅkhyarṣirdevasammataḥ | mayā janmānyanekāni bhaktyā cārādhito bhavaḥ | prītaśca bhagavāñjñānaṃ dadau mama bhavāntakam

Then Kapila, the Sankhya sage honoured by the gods, said: “For many births I worshipped Bhava with devotion; and the blessed Lord, pleased, gave me the knowledge that brings worldly existence to an end.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.003d*0181_01-03. Line 1 is narration and lines 2-3 are Kapila's own words, so the verse stays with the narrator. Wikisource भक्त्या against the star passage's śaktyā is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (13.49.5)

चारुशीर्षस्ततः प्राह शक्रस्य दयितः सखा । आलम्बायन इत्येवं विश्रुतः करुणात्मकः ॥

cāruśīrṣastataḥ prāha śakrasya dayitaḥ sakhā | ālambāyana ityevaṃ viśrutaḥ karuṇātmakaḥ

Then Charushirsha, the dear friend of Shakra, famed by the name Alambayana and compassionate by nature, spoke.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.4. Wikisource चारुशीर्ष against CE catuḥśīrṣa (the page's commentary records चतुःशीर्ष as a manuscript reading) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (13.49.6)

मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समाः । अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम् ॥

mayā gokarṇamāsādya tapastaptvā śataṃ samāḥ | ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām

I went to Gokarna and practised austerity there for a hundred years, and so I obtained sons who were born of no womb, self-controlled, knowers of dharma, of great radiance,

Note on the text: CE 13.18.5. The page prints no heading; the verse (and the next) is the first-person speech of Alambayana (Charushirsha), so it is given to him.

Verse 7 (13.49.7)

अजराणामदुःखानां शतवर्षसहस्रिणाम् । लब्धं पुत्र शतं शर्वात्पुरा पाण्डुनृपात्मज ॥

ajarāṇāmaduḥkhānāṃ śatavarṣasahasriṇām | labdhaṃ putra śataṃ śarvātpurā pāṇḍunṛpātmaja

ageless and free from sorrow, each living a hundred thousand years. A hundred such sons I obtained long ago from Sharva, O prince, son of Pandu.

Verse 8 (13.49.8)

वाल्मीकिश्चाह भगवान्युधिष्ठिरमिदं वचः । विवादे साग्निमुनिभिर्ब्रह्मघ्नो वै भवानिति ॥

vālmīkiścāha bhagavānyudhiṣṭhiramidaṃ vacaḥ | vivāde sāgnimunibhirbrahmaghno vai bhavāniti

And the blessed Valmiki spoke these words to Yudhishthira: “In a dispute, the sages, with Agni among them, told me, ‘You are a slayer of a Brahmin.’

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.7a,c (Wikisource साग्निमुनिभिः against CE sāmni munibhiḥ is a recension variant, kept). Line 1 is narration and line 2 begins Valmiki's own words (continued in the next verse), so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 9 (13.49.9)

उक्तः क्षणेन चाविष्टस्तेनाधर्मेण भारत । सोऽहमीशानमनघममोघं शरणं गतः ॥

uktaḥ kṣaṇena cāviṣṭastenādharmeṇa bhārata | so'hamīśānamanaghamamoghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Spoken to in that way, O Bharata, I was seized in an instant by that unrighteousness; and I went for refuge to Ishana, the blameless and unfailing.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.18.7e; line 2 = CE 13.18.8a (Wikisource ममोघं against CE astauṣam is a recension variant, kept). The page prints no heading; the verse is Valmiki's first-person speech, so it is given to him.

Verse 10 (13.49.10)

मुक्तश्चास्मि ततः पापैस्ततो दुःखविनाशनः । आह मां त्रिपुरघ्नो वै यशस्तेऽग्र्यं भविष्यति ॥

muktaścāsmi tataḥ pāpaistato duḥkhavināśanaḥ | āha māṃ tripuraghno vai yaśaste'gryaṃ bhaviṣyati

Then I was freed from those sins, and the destroyer of sorrow, the slayer of Tripura, said to me, ‘Your fame will be the highest.’”

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.8c,e (Wikisource मुक्तश्चास्मि ततः पापैः against CE muktaś cāsmy avaśaḥ pāpāt is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (13.49.11)

जामदग्न्यश्च कौन्तेयमिदं धर्मभृतांवरः । ऋषिमध्ये स्थितः प्राह ज्वलन्निव दिवाकरः ॥

jāmadagnyaśca kaunteyamidaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃvaraḥ | ṛṣimadhye sthitaḥ prāha jvalanniva divākaraḥ

And Jamadagni's son, the foremost of those who uphold dharma, seated among the sages and blazing like the sun, said this to the son of Kunti:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.9a,c (Wikisource ऋषिमध्ये स्थितः … ज्वलन्निव दिवाकरः against CE ṛṣimadhye sthitas tāta tapann iva vibhāvasuḥ is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 12 (13.49.12)

पितृविप्रवधेनाहमार्तो वै पाण्डवाग्रज । शुचिर्भूत्वा महादेवं गतोस्मि शरणं नृप ॥

pitṛvipravadhenāhamārto vai pāṇḍavāgraja | śucirbhūtvā mahādevaṃ gatosmi śaraṇaṃ nṛpa

Afflicted by the killing of my father and of Brahmins, O eldest of the Pandavas, I purified myself and went to Mahadeva for refuge, O king.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.10. The page prints no heading; the verse is Jamadagnya's (Parashurama's) first-person speech, so verses 12-15 are given to him.

Verse 13 (13.49.13)

नामभिश्चास्तुवं देवं ततस्तुष्टोऽभवद्भवः । परशुं च ततो देवो दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चैव मे ॥

nāmabhiścāstuvaṃ devaṃ tatastuṣṭo'bhavadbhavaḥ | paraśuṃ ca tato devo divyānyastrāṇi caiva me

I praised the god by his names, and Bhava was pleased; the god then gave me the axe and divine weapons as well.

Verse 14 (13.49.14)

पापं च ते न भविता अजेयश्च भविष्यसि । न ते प्रभविता मृत्युरजरश्च भविष्यसि ॥

pāpaṃ ca te na bhavitā ajeyaśca bhaviṣyasi | na te prabhavitā mṛtyurajaraśca bhaviṣyasi

He said: ‘No sin will cling to you; you will be unconquerable; death will have no power over you, and you will be ageless.’

Note on the text: CE 13.18.12 (Wikisource पापं च ते न भविता, अजरश्च against CE pāpaṃ na bhavitā te 'dya, yaśasvī are recension variants, kept). The words are the god's, quoted by Jamadagnya.

Verse 15 (13.49.15)

आह मां भगवानेवं शिखण्डी शिवविग्रहः । तदवाप्तं च मे सर्वं प्रसादात्तस्य धीमतः ॥

āha māṃ bhagavānevaṃ śikhaṇḍī śivavigrahaḥ | tadavāptaṃ ca me sarvaṃ prasādāttasya dhīmataḥ

In this way the blessed Lord, with his crest of hair and his auspicious form, spoke to me; and all that I have gained, I gained through the grace of that wise one.

Verse 16 (13.49.16)

विश्वामित्रस्तदोवाच क्षत्रियोऽहं तदाऽभवम् । ब्राह्मणोऽहं भवानीति मया चाराधितो भवः । तत्प्रसादान्मया प्राप्तं ब्राह्मण्यं दुर्लभं महत् ॥

viśvāmitrastadovāca kṣatriyo'haṃ tadā'bhavam | brāhmaṇo'haṃ bhavānīti mayā cārādhito bhavaḥ | tatprasādānmayā prāptaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ mahat

Then Vishvamitra said: “I was then a Kshatriya, and I worshipped Bhava, resolving, ‘Let me become a Brahmin.’ By his grace I obtained the great and hard-won state of a Brahmin.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.013d*0182_01-03. Three-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-16a,b,c). Line 1 is narration with the start of Vishvamitra's words, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 17 (13.49.17)

असितो देवलश्चैव प्राह पाण्डुसुतं नृपम् ॥

asito devalaścaiva prāha pāṇḍusutaṃ nṛpam

Asita Devala too spoke to the king, the son of Pandu.

Note on the text: One-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-17a) = CE 13.18.14a; the other two lines of CE 13.18.14 form the next verse.

Verse 18 (13.49.18)

शापाच्छक्रस्य कौन्तेय विभो धर्मोऽनशत्तदा । तन्मे धर्मं यशश्चाग्र्यमायुश्चैवाददत्प्रभुः ॥

śāpācchakrasya kaunteya vibho dharmo'naśattadā | tanme dharmaṃ yaśaścāgryamāyuścaivādadatprabhuḥ

By Shakra's curse, O Kaunteya, O mighty one, my dharma was lost at that time; and the Lord gave me back that dharma, together with supreme fame and long life.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.14c,e (Wikisource विभो धर्मोऽनशत्तदा against CE cito dharmo 'naśan mama, and प्रभुः against bhavaḥ, are recension variants, kept). The page prints no heading; the verse is Asita Devala's own speech, so it is given to him.

Verse 19 (13.49.19)

ऋषिर्गृत्समदो नाम शक्रस्य दयितः सखा । प्राहाजमीढं भगवान्बृहस्पतिसमद्युतिः ॥

ṛṣirgṛtsamado nāma śakrasya dayitaḥ sakhā | prāhājamīḍhaṃ bhagavānbṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ

The sage Gritsamada, the dear friend of Shakra, the blessed one, radiant as Brihaspati, spoke to Ajamidha.

Verse 20 (13.49.20)

वरिष्ठो नाम भगवांश्चाक्षुषस्य मनोः सुतः । शतक्रतोरचिन्त्यस्य सत्रे वर्षसहस्रिके ॥

variṣṭho nāma bhagavāṃścākṣuṣasya manoḥ sutaḥ | śatakratoracintyasya satre varṣasahasrike

There was a blessed one named Varishtha, a son of Manu Chakshusha. While the thousand-year sacrifice of the inconceivable Shatakratu was in progress,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.16a,c. Wikisource वरिष्ठो against CE vasiṣṭho is valid Sanskrit, kept as printed (the sage meant is Vasishtha). The page prints no heading from here; verses 20-29 are told in the first person by Gritsamada (whom v.19 introduces), so they are given to him. Vasishtha's words (21-25) and Maheshvara's (27) are quoted inside his account.

Verse 21 (13.49.21)

वर्तमानेऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं साम्नि ह्युच्चारिते मया । रथन्तरे द्विजश्रेष्ठ न सम्यगिति वर्तते ॥

vartamāne'bravīdvākyaṃ sāmni hyuccārite mayā | rathantare dvijaśreṣṭha na samyagiti vartate

he spoke these words when I had chanted a Saman: “In the Rathantara, O best of the twice-born, this is not rightly done—so it stands.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.18.16e; line 2 = CE 13.18.17a.

Verse 22 (13.49.22)

समीक्षस्व पुनर्बुद्ध्या पापं त्यक्त्वा द्विजोत्तम । अयज्ञवाहिनं पापमकार्षीस्त्वं सुदुर्मते ॥

samīkṣasva punarbuddhyā pāpaṃ tyaktvā dvijottama | ayajñavāhinaṃ pāpamakārṣīstvaṃ sudurmate

Think again with your understanding and give up this fault, O best of the twice-born. You, ill-minded man, have committed a fault that fails to carry the sacrifice.”

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.17c,e (Wikisource पापं त्यक्त्वा against CE harṣaṃ tyaktvā is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 23 (13.49.23)

एवमुक्त्वा महाक्रोधः प्राह शम्भुं पुनर्वचः । प्रज्ञया रहितो दुःखी नित्यभीतो वनेचरः ॥

evamuktvā mahākrodhaḥ prāha śambhuṃ punarvacaḥ | prajñayā rahito duḥkhī nityabhīto vanecaraḥ

Having said this, filled with great wrath, he spoke again to Shambhu: “Bereft of understanding, wretched, always afraid, a wanderer in the forest—

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.18a,c. Wikisource 'प्राह शम्भुं पुनर्वचः' against CE 'prāha ruṣṭaḥ punar vacaḥ' is kept as printed (valid Sanskrit) and translated as printed.

Verse 24 (13.49.24)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशाष्टौ च शतानि च । नष्टपानीयपवने मृगैरन्यैश्च वर्जिते ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśāṣṭau ca śatāni ca | naṣṭapānīyapavane mṛgairanyaiśca varjite

for ten thousand years and eighteen hundred more, in a place where water and breeze are lost and which other deer and creatures shun,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.18.18e; line 2 = CE 13.18.19a (Wikisource पवने against CE yavase is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 25 (13.49.25)

अयज्ञीयद्रुमे देशे रुरुसिंहनिषेविते । भविता त्वं मृगः क्रूरो महादुःखसमन्वितः ॥

ayajñīyadrume deśe rurusiṃhaniṣevite | bhavitā tvaṃ mṛgaḥ krūro mahāduḥkhasamanvitaḥ

in a land whose trees are unfit for sacrifice, frequented by ruru deer and lions—you shall be a cruel deer, steeped in great suffering.”

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.19c,e.

Verse 26 (13.49.26)

तस्य वाक्यस्य निधने पार्थ जातो ह्यहं मृगः । ततो मां शरणं प्राप्तं प्राह योगी महेश्वरः ॥

tasya vākyasya nidhane pārtha jāto hyahaṃ mṛgaḥ | tato māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaṃ prāha yogī maheśvaraḥ

At the end of that utterance, O Partha, I became a deer. Then, when I had come to him for refuge, the yogi Maheshvara said to me:

Verse 27 (13.49.27)

अजरश्चामरश्चैव भविता दुःखवर्जितः । साम्यं ममास्तु ते सौख्यं युवयोर्वर्धतां क्रतुः ॥

ajaraścāmaraścaiva bhavitā duḥkhavarjitaḥ | sāmyaṃ mamāstu te saukhyaṃ yuvayorvardhatāṃ kratuḥ

“You will be ageless and immortal, free from sorrow. May there be equality with me, and happiness for you; may the sacrifice of you two flourish.”

Note on the text: Corrected दुख → दुःख (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; CE reads duḥkhavarjitaḥ). Maheshvara's words, quoted by Gritsamada.

Verse 28 (13.49.28)

अनुग्रहानेवमेष करोति भगवान्विभुः । अयं धाता विधाता च सुखदुःखे च सर्वदा ॥

anugrahānevameṣa karoti bhagavānvibhuḥ | ayaṃ dhātā vidhātā ca sukhaduḥkhe ca sarvadā

In this way the blessed, all-pervading Lord shows his favours. He is the Supporter and the Ordainer, and at all times the source of pleasure and pain.

Verse 29 (13.49.29)

अचिन्त्य एष भगवान्कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । न मे तात युधिश्रेष्ठ विद्यया पण्डितः समः ॥

acintya eṣa bhagavānkarmaṇā manasā girā | na me tāta yudhiśreṣṭha vidyayā paṇḍitaḥ samaḥ

This blessed One is beyond thought, in deed, in mind and in speech. No learned man, dear one, O best in battle, equals me in knowledge.

Verse 30 (13.49.30)

वासुदेवस्तदोवाच पुनर्मतिमतांवरः । सुवर्णाक्षो महादेवस्तपसा तोषितो मया ॥

vāsudevastadovāca punarmatimatāṃvaraḥ | suvarṇākṣo mahādevastapasā toṣito mayā

Then Vasudeva, the best of the wise, spoke again: “Golden-eyed Mahadeva was pleased by my austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_01-02. Line 1 is narration (Vasudeva is introduced) and line 2 begins his own words, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 31 (13.49.31)

ततोऽथ भगवानाह प्रीतो मा वै युधिष्ठिर । अर्थात्प्रियतरः कृष्ण मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यसि ॥

tato'tha bhagavānāha prīto mā vai yudhiṣṭhira | arthātpriyataraḥ kṛṣṇa matprasādādbhaviṣyasi

Then the blessed Lord, pleased with me, O Yudhishthira, said to me: ‘O Krishna, by my grace you will be dearer than wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_03-04. The page prints no heading; verses 31-36 are Krishna's (Vasudeva's) first-person speech, so they are given to him. Wikisource अर्थात् against the star passage's annāt, and मा (epic for मां; the star passage has māṃ), are kept.

Verse 32 (13.49.32)

अपराजितश्च युद्धेषु तेजश्चैवानलोपमम् । एवं सहस्रशश्चान्यान्महादेवो वरं ददौ ॥

aparājitaśca yuddheṣu tejaścaivānalopamam | evaṃ sahasraśaścānyānmahādevo varaṃ dadau

You will be unconquered in battles, and your splendour will be like fire.’ In this way Mahadeva gave me thousands of other boons as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_05-06. Wikisource एवं सहस्रशश्चान्यान् against the star passage's evaṃ sahasraśaś cātmā is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (13.49.33)

मणिमन्थेऽथ शैले वै पुरा सम्पूजितो मया । वर्षायुतसहस्राणां सहस्रं शतमेव च ॥

maṇimanthe'tha śaile vai purā sampūjito mayā | varṣāyutasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ śatameva ca

Long ago I worshipped him on the mountain Manimantha, for a thousand and a hundred of thousands of myriads of years.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्षायुतासहस्राणां → वर्षायुतसहस्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ā; the star passage reads varṣāyutasahasrāṇāṃ). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_07-08. Wikisource सम्पूजितो against saṃrādhito is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 34 (13.49.34)

ततो मां भगवान्प्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यस्ते मनसि वर्तते ॥

tato māṃ bhagavānprīta idaṃ vacanamabravīt | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yaste manasi vartate

Then the blessed Lord, pleased, spoke these words to me: ‘Choose a boon, whatever is in your mind; good fortune be yours.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_09-10.

Verse 35 (13.49.35)

ततः प्रणम्य शिरसा इदं वचनमब्रवम् । यदि प्रीतो महादेवो भक्त्या परमया प्रभुः ॥

tataḥ praṇamya śirasā idaṃ vacanamabravam | yadi prīto mahādevo bhaktyā paramayā prabhuḥ

Then, bowing my head, I said these words: ‘If the Lord Mahadeva is pleased with me, through my supreme devotion,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_11-12.

Verse 36 (13.49.36)

नित्यकालं तवेशान भक्तिर्भवतु मे स्थिरा । एवमस्त्विति भगवांस्तत्रोक्त्वान्तरधीयत ॥

nityakālaṃ taveśāna bhaktirbhavatu me sthirā | evamastviti bhagavāṃstatroktvāntaradhīyata

then, O Ishana, let my devotion to you be steady at all times.’ ‘So be it,’ said the blessed Lord, and he vanished on the spot.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.023d*0183_13-14.

Verse 37 (13.49.37)

ममाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं दत्तं भगवता पुरा । यत्नेनान्येन बलिना वाराणस्यां युधिष्ठिर ॥

mamāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ dattaṃ bhagavatā purā | yatnenānyena balinā vārāṇasyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Long ago the blessed Lord gave me the eightfold lordship, O Yudhishthira, at Varanasi, through a different, powerful effort.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.24 (CE heading jaigīṣavya uvāca). Wikisource यत्नेनान्येन against CE yatnenālpena is a recension variant, kept. The CE star lines 13,018.023d*0184_01 and 13,018.024d*0185_01 (introductions of Jaigishavya and Parashara) are not in Wikisource and are not added.

Verse 38 (13.49.38)

चतुःषष्ट्यङ्गमददत्कलाज्ञानं ममाद्भुतम् । सरस्वत्यास्तटे तुष्टो मनोयज्ञेन पाण्डव ॥

catuḥṣaṣṭyaṅgamadadatkalājñānaṃ mamādbhutam | sarasvatyāstaṭe tuṣṭo manoyajñena pāṇḍava

Pleased by my sacrifice of the mind on the bank of the Sarasvati, O Pandava, he gave me a wonderful knowledge of the arts in sixty-four branches.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.25 (CE heading gārgya uvāca). Wikisource कलाज्ञानं against CE kālajñānaṃ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 39 (13.49.39)

तुल्यं मम सहस्रं तु सुतानां ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । आयुश्चैव सपुत्रस्य संवत्सरशतायुतम् ॥

tulyaṃ mama sahasraṃ tu sutānāṃ brahmavādinām | āyuścaiva saputrasya saṃvatsaraśatāyutam

He also gave me a thousand sons equal to me, speakers of Brahman, and a life, for me with my sons, of a hundred ten-thousands of years.

Verse 40 (13.49.40)

प्रसाद्येह पुरा शर्वं मनसाऽचिन्तयं नृप । महातपा महातेजा महायोगी महायशाः ॥

prasādyeha purā śarvaṃ manasā'cintayaṃ nṛpa | mahātapā mahātejā mahāyogī mahāyaśāḥ

Long ago, O king, having propitiated Sharva, I thought in my mind of a son of great austerity, great radiance, a great yogi, of great fame—

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.27a,c.

Verse 41 (13.49.41)

वेदव्यासः श्रियावासो ब्राह्मणः करुणान्वितः । अप्यसावीप्सितः पुत्रो मम स्याद्वै महेश्वरात् ॥

vedavyāsaḥ śriyāvāso brāhmaṇaḥ karuṇānvitaḥ | apyasāvīpsitaḥ putro mama syādvai maheśvarāt

Vedavyasa, the abode of splendour, a Brahmin full of compassion: “May that son, whom I desire, be mine from Maheshvara.”

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.18.27e; line 2 = CE 13.18.28a (Wikisource ब्राह्मणः against CE brahmaṇyaḥ, अप्यसावीप्सितः against api nāmepsitaḥ are recension variants, kept).

Verse 42 (13.49.42)

इति मत्वा हृदि मतं प्राह मां सुरसत्तमः । मयि सम्भावना यास्याः फलात्कृष्णो भविष्यति ॥

iti matvā hṛdi mataṃ prāha māṃ surasattamaḥ | mayi sambhāvanā yāsyāḥ phalātkṛṣṇo bhaviṣyati

Having understood my wish in his heart in this way, the best of the gods said to me: “From the fruit of this faith you have placed in me, a Krishna will be born.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.28c, 29a. CE star lines 13,018.028b*0186_01-03 are not in Wikisource and are not added. यास्याः is read as या अस्याः (as the page's commentary takes it); Wikisource differs from CE 'mayi saṃbhavatas tasya phalāt', a recension variant.

Verse 43 (13.49.43)

सावर्णस्य मनोः सर्गे सप्तर्षिश्च भविष्यति । वेदानां च स वै वक्ता कुरुवंशकरस्तथा ॥

sāvarṇasya manoḥ sarge saptarṣiśca bhaviṣyati | vedānāṃ ca sa vai vaktā kuruvaṃśakarastathā

He will be one of the seven sages in the age of Manu Savarni; he will be the expounder of the Vedas, and the maker of the Kuru line.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.29c, 30a (Wikisource वक्ता against CE vyastā is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 44 (13.49.44)

इतिहासस्य कर्ता च पुत्रस्ते जगतो हितः । भविष्यति महेन्द्रस्य दयितः स महामुनिः ॥

itihāsasya kartā ca putraste jagato hitaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahendrasya dayitaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ

Your son will be the author of the Itihasa, a benefactor of the world; that great sage will be dear to Mahendra.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.30c, 31a.

Verse 45 (13.49.45)

अजरश्चामरश्चैव पराशर सुतस्तव । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । युधिष्ठिर महायोगी वीर्यवानक्षयोऽव्ययः ॥

ajaraścāmaraścaiva parāśara sutastava | evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata | yudhiṣṭhira mahāyogī vīryavānakṣayo'vyayaḥ

O Parashara, your son will be ageless and immortal.” Having said this, the blessed Lord vanished on the very spot, O Yudhishthira—the great yogi, mighty, imperishable, unchanging.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.31c, 32a, 32c; three-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-45a,b,c). The third line is the narrator's description of the god, spoken here as part of Parashara's account.

Verse 46 (13.49.46)

अचोरश्चोरशङ्कायां शूले भिन्नो ह्यहं तदा ॥

acoraścoraśaṅkāyāṃ śūle bhinno hyahaṃ tadā

Though I was no thief, I was impaled on a stake at that time, on a suspicion of theft.

Note on the text: One-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-46a) = CE 13.18.33a. CE star line 13,018.032d*0187_01 (Mandavya's introduction) is not in Wikisource and is not added.

Verse 47 (13.49.47)

तत्रस्थेन स्तुतो देवः प्राह मां वै नरेश्वर । मोक्षं प्राप्स्यसि शूलाच्च जीविष्यसि समार्बुदम् ॥

tatrasthena stuto devaḥ prāha māṃ vai nareśvara | mokṣaṃ prāpsyasi śūlācca jīviṣyasi samārbudam

While I was there I praised the god, and he said to me, O lord of men: “You will be freed from the stake and will live for an arbuda of years.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 13.18.33c; line 2 = CE 13.18.34a (Wikisource नरेश्वर against CE maheśvaraḥ is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 48 (13.49.48)

रुजा शूलकृता चैव न ते विप्र भविष्यति । आधिभिर्व्याधिभिश्चैव वर्जितस्त्वं भविष्यति ॥

rujā śūlakṛtā caiva na te vipra bhaviṣyati | ādhibhirvyādhibhiścaiva varjitastvaṃ bhaviṣyati

The pain from the stake will not trouble you, O Brahmin; you will be free from mental and bodily afflictions.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.34c,e. CE star line 13,018.034f*0188_01 is not in Wikisource and is not added.

Verse 49 (13.49.49)

पादाच्चतुर्थात्सम्भूत आत्मा यस्मान्मुने तव । त्वं भविष्यस्यनुपमो जन्म वै सफलं कुरु ॥

pādāccaturthātsambhūta ātmā yasmānmune tava | tvaṃ bhaviṣyasyanupamo janma vai saphalaṃ kuru

Since your being was born from the fourth part, O sage, you will be without equal; make your birth fruitful.

Verse 50 (13.49.50)

तीर्थाभिषेकं सकलं त्वमविघ्नेन चाप्स्यसि । स्वर्गं चैवाक्षयं विप्र विदधामि तवोर्जितम् ॥

tīrthābhiṣekaṃ sakalaṃ tvamavighnena cāpsyasi | svargaṃ caivākṣayaṃ vipra vidadhāmi tavorjitam

You will obtain, without hindrance, the full fruit of bathing at the holy fords, and I ordain for you a mighty and imperishable heaven, O Brahmin.”

Verse 51 (13.49.51)

एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्वरेण्यो वृषवाहनः । महेश्वरो महाराजः कृत्तिवासा महाद्युतिः । सगणो दैवतश्रेष्ठस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

evamuktvā tu bhagavānvareṇyo vṛṣavāhanaḥ | maheśvaro mahārājaḥ kṛttivāsā mahādyutiḥ | sagaṇo daivataśreṣṭhastatraivāntaradhīyata

Having said this, the blessed Lord, the excellent bull-mounted Maheshvara, the great king, clad in an elephant's hide, of great radiance, with his hosts, the foremost of the gods, vanished on that very spot.

Verse 52 (13.49.52)

विश्वामित्राभ्यनुज्ञातो ह्यहं पितरमागतः । अब्रवीन्मां ततो माता दुःखिता रुदती भृशम् ॥

viśvāmitrābhyanujñāto hyahaṃ pitaramāgataḥ | abravīnmāṃ tato mātā duḥkhitā rudatī bhṛśam

Permitted by Vishvamitra, I came to my father. Then my mother, grieving and weeping bitterly, said to me:

Verse 53 (13.49.53)

कौशिकेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं पुत्रं देवविभूषितम् । न तात तरुणं दान्तं पिता त्वां पश्यतेऽनघ ॥

kauśikenābhyanujñātaṃ putraṃ devavibhūṣitam | na tāta taruṇaṃ dāntaṃ pitā tvāṃ paśyate'nagha

Your father, dear child, does not see you—you who are young and self-controlled, adorned by the gods, my son released by Kaushika, O sinless one.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.39. Wikisource देवविभूषितम् against CE vedavibhūṣitam is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 54 (13.49.54)

श्रुत्वा जनन्या वचनं निराशो गुरुदर्शने । नियतात्मा महादेवमपश्यं सोऽब्रवीच्च माम् ॥

śrutvā jananyā vacanaṃ nirāśo gurudarśane | niyatātmā mahādevamapaśyaṃ so'bravīcca mām

Hearing my mother's words, I lost hope of seeing my father. With a disciplined mind I saw Mahadeva, and he said to me:

Verse 55 (13.49.55)

पिता माता च ते त्वं च पुत्र मृत्युविवर्जिताः । भविष्यथ विश क्षिप्रं द्रष्टासि पितरं क्षये ॥

pitā mātā ca te tvaṃ ca putra mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ | bhaviṣyatha viśa kṣipraṃ draṣṭāsi pitaraṃ kṣaye

Your father, your mother and you, my son, will be free from death. Go in quickly; you will see your father at home.

Verse 56 (13.49.56)

अनुज्ञातो भगवता गृहं गत्वा युधिष्ठिर । अपश्यं पितरं तात इष्टिं कृत्वा विनिःसृतम् । उपस्पृश्य गृहीत्वेध्मं कुशांश्च शरणाकुरून् ॥

anujñāto bhagavatā gṛhaṃ gatvā yudhiṣṭhira | apaśyaṃ pitaraṃ tāta iṣṭiṃ kṛtvā viniḥsṛtam | upaspṛśya gṛhītvedhmaṃ kuśāṃśca śaraṇākurūn

Permitted by the Lord, I went home, O Yudhishthira, and saw my father, dear one, who had just come out after performing the offering; he had rinsed his mouth and taken up kindling, kusha grass and the food of fallen fruits.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.42a, 42c, 43a; three-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-56a,b,c). Wikisource शरणाकुरून् against CE śaraṇād gurūn is a recension variant (the page's commentary explains it as "fruits fallen of themselves"), kept.

Verse 57 (13.49.57)

तान्विसृज्य च मां प्राह पिता सास्राविलेक्षणः । प्रणमन्तं परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय पाण्डव ॥

tānvisṛjya ca māṃ prāha pitā sāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ | praṇamantaṃ pariṣvajya mūrdhnyupāghrāya pāṇḍava

Setting these down, my father, his eyes clouded with tears, spoke to me as I bowed, embracing me and smelling my head, O Pandava:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 13.18.43c, 44a.

Verse 58 (13.49.58)

दिष्ट्या दृष्टोसि मे पुत्र कृतविद्य इहागत ॥

diṣṭyā dṛṣṭosi me putra kṛtavidya ihāgata

By good fortune I see you, my son; you have come home with your studies complete.

Note on the text: One-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-58a) = CE 13.18.44c.

Verse 59 (13.49.59)

एतान्यत्यद्भुतान्येव कर्माण्यथ महात्मनः । प्रोक्तानि मुनिभिः श्रुत्वा विस्मयामास पाण्डवः ॥

etānyatyadbhutānyeva karmāṇyatha mahātmanaḥ | proktāni munibhiḥ śrutvā vismayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

Hearing these most wonderful deeds of the great one, told by the sages, the Pandava was filled with amazement.

Verse 60 (13.49.60)

ततः कृष्णोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं पुनर्मतिमतांवरः । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मनिधिं पुरुहूतमिवेश्वरः ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravīdvākyaṃ punarmatimatāṃvaraḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmanidhiṃ puruhūtamiveśvaraḥ

Then Krishna, the best of the wise, spoke again to Yudhishthira, the treasury of dharma, as the Lord speaks to Purahuta.

Verse 61 (13.49.61)

उपमन्युर्मयि प्राह तपन्निव दिवाकरः । अशुभैः पापकर्माणो ये नराः कलुषीकृताः ॥

upamanyurmayi prāha tapanniva divākaraḥ | aśubhaiḥ pāpakarmāṇo ye narāḥ kaluṣīkṛtāḥ

Upamanyu, blazing like the sun, said to me: “Those men of sinful deeds who are defiled by inauspicious acts

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_01-02. The CE has the heading 'vāsudeva uvāca' here (star 0189_00); Wikisource prints no heading (its last was Vaishampayana at 59). Verses 61-70 are Krishna's first-person speech, reporting Upamanyu, so they are given to Vasudeva.

Verse 62 (13.49.62)

ईशानं न प्रपद्यन्ते तमोराजसवृत्तयः ॥

īśānaṃ na prapadyante tamorājasavṛttayaḥ

do not take refuge in Ishana; their ways are those of darkness and passion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_03. One-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-62a).

Verse 63 (13.49.63)

ईश्वरं सम्प्रपद्यन्ते द्विजा भावितभावनाः ॥

īśvaraṃ samprapadyante dvijā bhāvitabhāvanāḥ

But the twice-born, whose contemplation is purified, take refuge in Ishvara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_04. One-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-63a). Wikisource सम्प्रपद्यन्ते against the star passage's saṃprapadyante is the same word.

Verse 64 (13.49.64)

सर्वथा वर्तमानोपि यो भक्तः परमेश्वरे । सदृशोऽरण्यवासीनां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ॥

sarvathā vartamānopi yo bhaktaḥ parameśvare | sadṛśo'raṇyavāsīnāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

Whoever, in whatever manner he lives, is devoted to the Supreme Lord is the equal of the forest-dwelling sages of purified soul.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_05-06.

Verse 65 (13.49.65)

ब्रह्मत्वं केशवत्वं वा शक्रत्वं वा सुरैः सह । त्रैलोक्यस्याधिपत्यं वा तुष्टो रुद्रः प्रयच्छति ॥

brahmatvaṃ keśavatvaṃ vā śakratvaṃ vā suraiḥ saha | trailokyasyādhipatyaṃ vā tuṣṭo rudraḥ prayacchati

The state of Brahma, the state of Keshava, the state of Shakra along with the gods, or sovereignty over the three worlds—when Rudra is pleased, he bestows it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_07-08.

Verse 66 (13.49.66)

मनसाऽपि शिवं तात ये प्रपद्यन्ति मानवाः । विधूय सर्वपापानि देवैः सह वसन्ति ते ॥

manasā'pi śivaṃ tāta ye prapadyanti mānavāḥ | vidhūya sarvapāpāni devaiḥ saha vasanti te

Men who take refuge in Shiva even with the mind alone, O dear one, shake off all their sins and dwell with the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_09-10.

Verse 67 (13.49.67)

भित्त्वाभित्त्वा च कूलानि हुत्वा सर्वमिदं जगत् । जयेद्देवं विरूपाक्षं न स पापेन लिप्यते ॥

bhittvābhittvā ca kūlāni hutvā sarvamidaṃ jagat | jayeddevaṃ virūpākṣaṃ na sa pāpena lipyate

One who, having broken bank after bank and offered up all this world, wins over the god Virupaksha is not stained by sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_11-12. Wikisource भित्त्वाभित्त्वा च कूलानि हुत्वा … जयेद्देवं against the star passage's bhittvā chittvā ca kūlāni hatvā … yajed devaṃ are variants (all valid Sanskrit), kept as printed.

Verse 68 (13.49.68)

सर्वलक्षणहीनोपि युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः । सर्वं तुदति तत्पापं भावयञ्शिवमात्मना ॥

sarvalakṣaṇahīnopi yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ | sarvaṃ tudati tatpāpaṃ bhāvayañśivamātmanā

Even one devoid of every good mark, or burdened with every deadly sin, destroys all that sin by contemplating Shiva in his mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_13-14.

Verse 69 (13.49.69)

कीटपक्षिपतङ्गानां तिरश्चामपि केशव । महादेवप्रपन्नानां न भयं विद्यते क्वचित् ॥

kīṭapakṣipataṅgānāṃ tiraścāmapi keśava | mahādevaprapannānāṃ na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit

For insects, birds and moths, and for the lower creatures too, O Keshava, once they have taken refuge in Mahadeva there is no fear anywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_15-16.

Verse 70 (13.49.70)

एवमेव महादेवं भक्ता ये मानवा भुवि । न ते संसारवशगा इति मे निश्चिता मतिः । ततः कृष्णोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

evameva mahādevaṃ bhaktā ye mānavā bhuvi | na te saṃsāravaśagā iti me niścitā matiḥ | tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravīdvākyaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

So too the men on earth who are devoted to Mahadeva do not fall under the sway of worldly existence; of this I am firmly convinced.” Then Krishna spoke to Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,018.046d*0189_17-19. Three-line verse as printed on the page (13-49-70a,b,c). Line 3 is the narrator's tag introducing Krishna's next speech; the verse stays with Vasudeva.

Verse 71 (13.49.71)

आदित्यचन्द्रावनिलानलौ च । द्यौर्भूमिरापो वसवोऽथ विश्वे । धाताऽर्यमा शुक्रबृहस्पती च । वेदा यज्ञा दक्षिणा वेदवाहाः ॥

ādityacandrāvanilānalau ca | dyaurbhūmirāpo vasavo'tha viśve | dhātā'ryamā śukrabṛhaspatī ca | vedā yajñā dakṣiṇā vedavāhāḥ

The sun and the moon, wind and fire, heaven, earth and the waters, the Vasus and the Vishvadevas, Dhatri, Aryaman, Shukra and Brihaspati, the Vedas, the sacrifices, the sacrificial fees, and the bearers of the Vedas,

Note on the text: CE 13.18.47. The page prints the heading विष्णुरुवाच; the CE has none (Krishna's speech simply continues), and the page's heading is kept. The four lines = CE 47a (both halves), 47c (first half) and 48a (second half); Wikisource lacks the CE half-lines 'rudrāḥ sasādhyā varuṇo vittagopaḥ' (47c) and 'brahmā śakro māruto brahma satyam' (48a), which are not added.

Verse 72 (13.49.72)

सोमो यष्टा यच्च हव्यं हविश्च । रक्षा दीक्षा संयमा ये च केचित् ॥

somo yaṣṭā yacca havyaṃ haviśca | rakṣā dīkṣā saṃyamā ye ca kecit

Soma, the sacrificer, the offering and the oblation, protection, consecration, the restraints, and whatever else there may be,

Note on the text: CE 13.18.48 (48c, both halves).

Verse 73 (13.49.73)

स्वाहा वौषट् ब्राह्मणाः सौरभेयी । धर्मं चाग्र्यं कालचक्रं बलं च । यशो दमो बुद्धिमतां स्थितिश्च । शुभाशुभं ये मुनयश्च सप्त ॥

svāhā vauṣaṭ brāhmaṇāḥ saurabheyī | dharmaṃ cāgryaṃ kālacakraṃ balaṃ ca | yaśo damo buddhimatāṃ sthitiśca | śubhāśubhaṃ ye munayaśca sapta

Svaha and Vashat, the Brahmins, the cow of Surabhi's line, supreme dharma, the wheel of time, and strength, fame, self-control, the steadiness of the wise, the auspicious and the inauspicious, and the seven sages—

Note on the text: CE 13.18.49 (both lines of 49a and 49c as four lines). Wikisource सौरभेयी against CE saurabheyāḥ, धर्मं चाग्र्यं … बलं च against dharmaṃ cakraṃ … caraṃ ca are recension variants, kept.

Verse 74 (13.49.74)

अग्र्या बुद्धिर्मनसा दर्शने च । स्पर्शश्चाग्र्यः कर्मणां या च सिद्धिः । गणा देवानामूष्मपाः सोमपाश्च । लेखाः सुयामास्तुषिता ब्रह्मकायाः ॥

agryā buddhirmanasā darśane ca | sparśaścāgryaḥ karmaṇāṃ yā ca siddhiḥ | gaṇā devānāmūṣmapāḥ somapāśca | lekhāḥ suyāmāstuṣitā brahmakāyāḥ

the highest understanding, the highest in the mind's seeing, the highest touch, and every success in actions; the hosts of gods—the Ushmapas and the Somapas, the Lekhas, the Suyamas, the Tushitas and the Brahmakayas—

Note on the text: CE 13.18.50 (as four lines). Wikisource स्पर्शश्चाग्र्यः कर्मणां या च सिद्धिः against CE sparśe siddhiḥ karmaṇāṃ yā ca siddhiḥ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 75 (13.49.75)

आभासुरा गन्धपा धूमपाश्च । वाचा विरुद्धाश्च मनोविरुद्धाः । शुद्धाश्च निर्माणरताश्च देवाः । स्पर्शाशना दर्शपा आज्यपाश्च ॥

ābhāsurā gandhapā dhūmapāśca | vācā viruddhāśca manoviruddhāḥ | śuddhāśca nirmāṇaratāśca devāḥ | sparśāśanā darśapā ājyapāśca

the Abhasuras, the Gandhapas and the Dhumapas, those who check their speech and those who check their mind, the pure gods devoted to assuming many forms, the Sparshashanas, the Darshapas and the Ajyapas—

Note on the text: CE 13.18.51 (as four lines). Wikisource आभासुरा, धूमपाः, निर्माणरताः against CE ābhāsvarā, dṛṣṭipāḥ, nirvāṇaratāḥ are recension variants (the page's commentary explains निर्माण), kept.

Verse 76 (13.49.76)

चिन्त्यद्योता ये च देवेषु मुख्या । ये चाप्यन्ते देवताश्चाजमीढ । सुपर्णगन्धर्वपिशाचदानवा । यक्षास्तथा चारणपन्नगाश्च ॥

cintyadyotā ye ca deveṣu mukhyā | ye cāpyante devatāścājamīḍha | suparṇagandharvapiśācadānavā | yakṣāstathā cāraṇapannagāśca

the gods foremost among the gods whose thoughts shine forth at once, and whatever other divinities there are at the end, O Ajamidha; the Suparnas, Gandharvas, Pishachas and Danavas, the Yakshas, and likewise the Charanas and serpents—

Note on the text: CE 13.18.52 (as four lines). Wikisource चिन्त्यद्योता ये against CE cintāgatā ye is a recension variant (explained by the page's commentary), kept.

Verse 77 (13.49.77)

स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं मृदु चाप्यसूक्ष्मं । दुःखं सुखं दुःखमनन्तरं च । साङ्ख्यं योगं तत्पराणां परं च । शर्वाज्जातं विद्धि यत्कीर्तितं मे ॥

sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ mṛdu cāpyasūkṣmaṃ | duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhamanantaraṃ ca | sāṅkhyaṃ yogaṃ tatparāṇāṃ paraṃ ca | śarvājjātaṃ viddhi yatkīrtitaṃ me

the gross and the subtle, the soft and the not-subtle, pain, pleasure, pain again after it, Sankhya and Yoga, and what is highest among those devoted to them—know all this that I have told to be born from Sharva.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (13.18.53c, 'śarvāj jātaṃ viddhi yat kīrtitaṃ me'): Wikisource prints the last line cut off after 'शर्वाञ्जातं विद्धि य' and a string of asterisks. The asterisks are removed, the line is completed from the CE, and शर्वाञ्जातं is corrected to शर्वाज्जातं (misprint in Wikisource; शर्वात् + जातं gives ज्ज; CE śarvāj jātaṃ). CE 13.18.53 otherwise reads differently in lines 1-3 (sūkṣmaṃ sthūlaṃ …, sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ …, yat parāṇāṃ …): recension variants, kept.

Verse 78 (13.49.78)

तत्सम्भूता भूतकृतो वरेण्या । सर्वे देवा भुवनस्यास्य गोपाः । आविश्येमां धरणीं येऽभ्यरक्षन् । पुरातनीं तस्य देवस्य सृष्टिम् ॥

tatsambhūtā bhūtakṛto vareṇyā | sarve devā bhuvanasyāsya gopāḥ | āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye'bhyarakṣan | purātanīṃ tasya devasya sṛṣṭim

Born from him are the creators of beings, the excellent ones; all the gods, protectors of this world, who entered this earth and guarded the ancient creation of that god.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.54 (as four lines).

Verse 79 (13.49.79)

विचिन्वन्तस्तपसा तत्स्थवीयः । किञ्चित्तत्त्वं प्राणहेतोर्नतोस्मि । ददातु देवः स वरानिहेष्टान् । अभिष्टुतो नः प्रभुरव्ययः सदा ॥

vicinvantastapasā tatsthavīyaḥ | kiñcittattvaṃ prāṇahetornatosmi | dadātu devaḥ sa varāniheṣṭān | abhiṣṭuto naḥ prabhuravyayaḥ sadā

Searching with austerity for that most vast something, some truth, we bow down for the sake of life. May that god, the imperishable Lord whom we have praised, ever grant us the boons we desire here.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदः → देवः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is the Lord, 'prabhur avyayaḥ'; CE 13.18.55 reads devaḥ). Corrected the line-end hyphen and 'नभिष्टुतोः नः' → 'वरानिहेष्टान् । अभिष्टुतो नः' (the sandhi is undone at the pāda end, as in CE 'iheṣṭān; abhiṣṭuto naḥ'; the printed visarga after तो is a misprint). Lines 1-2 differ from CE 55a,c (vicinvantaṃ manasā toṣṭuvīmi …): a recension variant, kept.

Verse 80 (13.49.80)

इमं स्तवं सन्नियतेन्द्रियश्च । भूत्वा शुचिर्यः पुरुषः पठेत । अभग्नयोगो नियतो मासमेकं । सम्प्राप्नुयादश्वमेधे फलं यत् ॥

imaṃ stavaṃ sanniyatendriyaśca | bhūtvā śuciryaḥ puruṣaḥ paṭheta | abhagnayogo niyato māsamekaṃ | samprāpnuyādaśvamedhe phalaṃ yat

The man who, restraining his senses and becoming pure, recites this hymn for one month, steady in his vow and unbroken in his discipline, obtains the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.56 (as four lines). Wikisource मासमेकं against CE abdam ekam is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 81 (13.49.81)

वेदान्कृत्स्नान्ब्राह्मणः प्राप्नुयात्तु । जयेन्नृपः पार्थ महीं च कृत्स्नाम् । वैश्यो लाभं प्राप्नुयान्नैपुणं च । शूद्रो गतिं प्रेत्य तथा सुखं च ॥

vedānkṛtsnānbrāhmaṇaḥ prāpnuyāttu | jayennṛpaḥ pārtha mahīṃ ca kṛtsnām | vaiśyo lābhaṃ prāpnuyānnaipuṇaṃ ca | śūdro gatiṃ pretya tathā sukhaṃ ca

A Brahmin obtains all the Vedas; a king wins the whole earth, O Partha; a Vaishya obtains profit and skill; a Shudra, after death, a good state and happiness.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.57 (as four lines).

Verse 82 (13.49.82)

स्तवराजमिमं कृत्वा रुद्राय दधिरे मनः । सर्वदोषापहं पुण्यं पवित्रं च यशस्विनः ॥

stavarājamimaṃ kṛtvā rudrāya dadhire manaḥ | sarvadoṣāpahaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca yaśasvinaḥ

Having made this king of hymns, the glorious ones fixed their minds on Rudra; it removes all faults, and is meritorious and purifying.

Note on the text: CE 13.18.58.

Verse 83 (13.49.83)

यावन्त्यस्य शरीरेषु रोमकूपाणि भारत । तावन्त्यब्दसहस्राणि स्वर्गे वसति मानवः ॥

yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāṇi bhārata | tāvantyabdasahasrāṇi svarge vasati mānavaḥ

As many pores of hair as there are on his body, O Bharata, for that many thousands of years that man dwells in heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected भारतः → भारत (misprint in Wikisource; a vocative is required; CE 13.18.59 reads bhārata).