Vitahavya Becomes a Brahmin

Verse 1 (13.8.1)

श्रुतं मे महदाख्यानमेतत्कुरुकुलोद्वह । सुदुष्प्रापं यद्ब्रवीषि ब्राह्मण्यं वदतांवर ॥

śrutaṃ me mahadākhyānametatkurukulodvaha | suduṣprāpaṃ yadbravīṣi brāhmaṇyaṃ vadatāṃvara

I have heard this great account, O descendant of the Kurus: that brahmanhood, which you call so hard to attain, O best of speakers.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.1: line 2 सुदुष्प्रापं यद्ब्रवीषि (CE suduṣprāpaṃ bravīṣi tvaṃ); kept.

Verse 2 (13.8.2)

विश्वामित्रो महाराज राजा ब्राह्मणतां गतः । कथितं भवता सर्वं विस्तरेण पितामह ॥

viśvāmitro mahārāja rājā brāhmaṇatāṃ gataḥ | kathitaṃ bhavatā sarvaṃ vistareṇa pitāmaha

O great king, you have told me in full detail, grandfather, how Vishvamitra, a king, attained brahmanhood.

Note on the text: Corrected विश्वामिइत्रो → विश्वामित्रो (misprint in Wikisource; stray इ, CE viśvāmitro). The alignment found no match. These two lines are the CE star lines 13.31.3d*0263_01-02 (viśvāmitro mahārāja rājā brāhmaṇatāṃ gataḥ / kathitaṃ bhavatā sarvaṃ vistareṇa pitāmaha), printed in the CE after 13.31.3; in Wikisource they precede the verse that holds 13.31.3. ce_ref left null because the passage is a star passage only.

Verse 3 (13.8.3)

तच्च राजन्मया सर्वं श्रुतं बुद्धिमतांवर । आगमो हि परोऽस्माकं त्वत्तः कौरवनन्दन ॥

tacca rājanmayā sarvaṃ śrutaṃ buddhimatāṃvara | āgamo hi paro'smākaṃ tvattaḥ kauravanandana

I have heard all that, O king, O best of the wise; for our highest authority is from you, delight of the Kurus.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. These two lines are the CE star lines 13.31.3d*0263_03-04 (tac ca rājan mayā sarvaṃ śrutaṃ buddhimatāṃ vara / āgamo hi paro 'smākaṃ tvattaḥ kauravanandana). ce_ref left null because the passage is a star passage only.

Verse 4 (13.8.4)

वीतहव्यश्च नृपतिः श्रुतो मे विप्रतां गतः । तदेव तावद्गाङ्गेय श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं विभो ॥

vītahavyaśca nṛpatiḥ śruto me vipratāṃ gataḥ | tadeva tāvadgāṅgeya śrotumicchāmyahaṃ vibho

I have also heard that King Vitahavya attained the state of a brahmin. That is what I wish to hear now, O son of Ganga, O lord.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.3: वीतहव्यश्च नृपतिः श्रुतो मे विप्रतां गतः (CE vītahavyaś ca rājarṣiḥ śruto me vipratāṃ gataḥ); kept.

Verse 5 (13.8.5)

स केन कर्मणा प्राप्तो ब्राह्मण्यं राजसत्तमः । वरेण तपसा वाऽपि तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

sa kena karmaṇā prāpto brāhmaṇyaṃ rājasattamaḥ | vareṇa tapasā vā'pi tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

By what deed did that best of kings attain brahmanhood, by a boon or by austerity? Please explain that to me.

Verse 6 (13.8.6)

शृणु राजन्यथा राजा वीतहव्यो महायशाः । राजर्षिर्दुर्लभं प्राप्तो ब्राह्मण्यं लोकसत्कृतम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathā rājā vītahavyo mahāyaśāḥ | rājarṣirdurlabhaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇyaṃ lokasatkṛtam

Listen, O king, how King Vitahavya, of great fame, a royal sage, attained the rare brahmanhood that the world honours.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.825): the verse is CE 13.31.5; line 2 differs (CE kṣatriyaḥ san punaḥ prāpto brāhmaṇyaṃ lokasatkṛtam; Wikisource राजर्षिर्दुर्लभं प्राप्तो ब्राह्मण्यं …). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 7 (13.8.7)

मनोर्महात्मनस्तात प्रजा धर्मेण शासतः । बभूव पुत्रो धर्मात्मा शर्यातिरिति विश्रुतः ॥

manormahātmanastāta prajā dharmeṇa śāsataḥ | babhūva putro dharmātmā śaryātiriti viśrutaḥ

Manu, the great-souled, ruled his subjects in accordance with dharma, my child, and a righteous son was born to him, renowned as Sharyati.

Verse 8 (13.8.8)

तस्यान्ववाये द्वौ राजन्राजानौ सम्बभूवतुः । हैहयस्तालजङ्घश्च वत्सेषु जयतांवर ॥

tasyānvavāye dvau rājanrājānau sambabhūvatuḥ | haihayastālajaṅghaśca vatseṣu jayatāṃvara

In his line two kings arose, O king: Haihaya and Talajangha, among the Vatsas, O best of conquerors.

Verse 9 (13.8.9)

हैहयस्य तु राजेन्द्र दशसु स्त्रीषु भारत । शतं बभूव पुत्राणां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् । तुल्यरूपप्रभावानां बलिनां युद्धशालिनाम् ॥

haihayasya tu rājendra daśasu strīṣu bhārata | śataṃ babhūva putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāmanivartinām | tulyarūpaprabhāvānāṃ balināṃ yuddhaśālinām

Haihaya, O king of kings, O Bharata, had a hundred sons by his ten wives, heroes who never turned back from battle, equal in form and power, strong and glorious in war.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines 1-2 are CE 13.31.8 (CE śataṃ babhūva prakhyātaṃ; Wikisource शतं बभूव पुत्राणां); line 3 is CE 13.31.9a. The page prints the verse as three lines (13-8-9a,b,c) and the following line on its own as verse 10; the CE divides the same four lines as two verses (13.31.8, 13.31.9). The page's division is followed.

Verse 10 (13.8.10)

धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च सर्वत्रैव कृतश्रमाः ॥

dhanurvede ca vede ca sarvatraiva kṛtaśramāḥ

All of them had laboured diligently everywhere, in the science of the bow and in the Veda.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. A single line, as the page prints it (13-8-10a): CE 13.31.9c (dhanurvede ca vede ca sarvatraiva kṛtaśramāḥ), which the CE joins to the line before it in 13.31.9.

Verse 11 (13.8.11)

काशिष्वपि नृपो राजन्दिवोदासपितामहः । हर्यश्व इति विख्यातो बभूव जयतांवरः ॥

kāśiṣvapi nṛpo rājandivodāsapitāmahaḥ | haryaśva iti vikhyāto babhūva jayatāṃvaraḥ

In Kashi too there was a king, O king, the grandfather of Divodasa, known as Haryashva, the best of conquerors.

Verse 12 (13.8.12)

स वीतहव्यदायादैरागत्य पुरुषर्षभ । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये सङ्ग्रामे विनिपातितः ॥

sa vītahavyadāyādairāgatya puruṣarṣabha | gaṅgāyamunayormadhye saṅgrāme vinipātitaḥ

He was struck down in battle between the Ganga and the Yamuna by the sons of Vitahavya, who came against him, O bull among men.

Verse 13 (13.8.13)

तं तु हत्वा नरपतिं हैहयास्ते महारथाः । प्रतिजग्मुः पुरीं रम्यां वत्सानामकुतोभयाः ॥

taṃ tu hatvā narapatiṃ haihayāste mahārathāḥ | pratijagmuḥ purīṃ ramyāṃ vatsānāmakutobhayāḥ

Having killed that lord of men, those Haihaya great chariot-warriors went back fearless to their lovely city of the Vatsas.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.12: नरपतिं (CE naravaraṃ); kept.

Verse 14 (13.8.14)

हर्यश्वस्य च दायादः काशिराजोऽभ्यषिच्यत । सुदेवो देवसंकाशः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ॥

haryaśvasya ca dāyādaḥ kāśirājo'bhyaṣicyata | sudevo devasaṃkāśaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ

Haryashva's heir was consecrated as king of Kashi: Sudeva, godlike, a second Dharma in person.

Verse 15 (13.8.15)

स पालयामास महीं धर्मात्मा काशिनन्दनः । तैर्वीतहव्यैरागत्य युधि सर्वैर्विनिर्जितः ॥

sa pālayāmāsa mahīṃ dharmātmā kāśinandanaḥ | tairvītahavyairāgatya yudhi sarvairvinirjitaḥ

That righteous son of the Kashi king protected the earth, but the Vitahavyas, all of them, came and defeated him in battle.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.14: स पालयामास महीं (CE sa pālayann eva mahīṃ); kept.

Verse 16 (13.8.16)

तमथाजौ विनिर्जित्य प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम् । सौदेविस्त्वथ काशीशोदिवोदासोऽभ्यषिच्यत ॥

tamathājau vinirjitya pratijagmuryathāgatam | saudevistvatha kāśīśodivodāso'bhyaṣicyata

Having defeated him too in battle, they went back as they had come. Then Sudeva's son Divodasa was consecrated lord of Kashi.

Verse 17 (13.8.17)

दिवोदासस्तु विज्ञाय वीर्यं तेषां यतात्मनाम् । वाराणसीं महातेजा निर्ममे शक्रशासनात् ॥

divodāsastu vijñāya vīryaṃ teṣāṃ yatātmanām | vārāṇasīṃ mahātejā nirmame śakraśāsanāt

Divodasa, knowing the might of those resolute men, built the city of Varanasi, a place of great splendour, at Indra's command,

Note on the text: Corrected वीर्य → वीर्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, CE vīryaṃ).

Verse 18 (13.8.18)

विप्रक्षत्रियसम्बाधां वैश्यशूद्रसमाकुलाम् । नैकद्रव्योच्चयवतीं समृद्धविपणापणाम् ॥

viprakṣatriyasambādhāṃ vaiśyaśūdrasamākulām | naikadravyoccayavatīṃ samṛddhavipaṇāpaṇām

crowded with brahmins and kshatriyas, thronged with vaishyas and shudras, rich in many kinds of wealth, with prosperous markets and shops,

Verse 19 (13.8.19)

गङ्गाया उत्तरे कूले वप्रान्ते राजसत्तम । गोमत्या दक्षिणे कूले शक्रस्येवामरावतीम् ॥

gaṅgāyā uttare kūle vaprānte rājasattama | gomatyā dakṣiṇe kūle śakrasyevāmarāvatīm

on the northern bank of the Ganga, extending to the embankment, O best of kings, and on the southern bank of the Gomati, like Indra's Amaravati.

Note on the text: Corrected राजसत्तम् → राजसत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama on the vocative, CE rājasattama).

Verse 20 (13.8.20)

तत्र तं राजशार्दूलं निवसन्तं महीपतिम् । आगत्य हैहया भूयः पर्यधावन्त भारत ॥

tatra taṃ rājaśārdūlaṃ nivasantaṃ mahīpatim | āgatya haihayā bhūyaḥ paryadhāvanta bhārata

As that tiger among kings, the lord of the earth, lived there, the Haihayas came again and attacked him, O Bharata.

Verse 21 (13.8.21)

स निष्क्रम्य ददौ युद्धं तेभ्यो राजा महाबलः । देवासुरसमं घोरं दिवोदासो महाद्युतिः ॥

sa niṣkramya dadau yuddhaṃ tebhyo rājā mahābalaḥ | devāsurasamaṃ ghoraṃ divodāso mahādyutiḥ

The mighty king Divodasa, of great splendour, came out and gave them battle, a terrible fight like that of the gods and the asuras.

Verse 22 (13.8.22)

स तु युद्धे महाराज दिनानां दशतीर्दश । हतवाहनभूयिष्ठस्ततो दैन्यमुपागमत् ॥

sa tu yuddhe mahārāja dinānāṃ daśatīrdaśa | hatavāhanabhūyiṣṭhastato dainyamupāgamat

O great king, he fought for ten tens of days, until, most of his animals and vehicles destroyed, he fell into distress.

Verse 23 (13.8.23)

हतयोधस्ततो राजन्क्षीणकोशश्च भूमिपः । दिवोदासः पुरीं त्यक्त्वा पलायनपरोऽभवत् ॥

hatayodhastato rājankṣīṇakośaśca bhūmipaḥ | divodāsaḥ purīṃ tyaktvā palāyanaparo'bhavat

With his warriors slain and his treasury exhausted, O king, Divodasa abandoned his city and took to flight.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षीणकोशश्चक → क्षीणकोशश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray क, CE kṣīṇakośaś ca).

Verse 24 (13.8.24)

गत्वाऽऽश्रमपदं रम्यं भरद्वाजस्य धीमतः । जगाम शरणं राजा कृताञ्जलिररिंदम ॥

gatvā''śramapadaṃ ramyaṃ bharadvājasya dhīmataḥ | jagāma śaraṇaṃ rājā kṛtāñjalirariṃdama

Going to the lovely hermitage of the wise Bharadvaja, the king, subduer of foes, sought refuge there with joined palms.

Note on the text: Corrected कृताञ्जलिररिंदम् → कृताञ्जलिररिंदम (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama, CE kṛtāñjalir ariṃdama). Low CE match (0.88): line 1 differs from CE 13.31.23 (CE sa tv āśramam upāgamya bharadvājasya dhīmataḥ; Wikisource गत्वाऽऽश्रमपदं रम्यं भरद्वाजस्य धीमतः); line 2 is the same in sense. Wikisource reading kept as a variant.

Verse 25 (13.8.25)

तमुवाच भरद्वाजो ज्येष्ठः पुत्रो बृहस्पतेः । पुरोधाः शीलसम्पन्नो दिवोदासं महीपतिम् ॥

tamuvāca bharadvājo jyeṣṭhaḥ putro bṛhaspateḥ | purodhāḥ śīlasampanno divodāsaṃ mahīpatim

Bharadvaja, the eldest son of Brihaspati, a royal priest of excellent character, said to King Divodasa:

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. These two lines are the CE star lines 13.31.24d*0266_01-02 (tam uvāca bharadvājo jyeṣṭhaḥ putro bṛhaspateḥ / purodhāḥ śīlasaṃpanno divodāsaṃ mahīpatim). In the CE they follow the king's speech 13.31.24; in Wikisource they precede it. ce_ref left null because the passage is a star passage only.

Verse 26 (13.8.26)

किमागमनकृत्यं ते सर्वं प्रबूहि मे नृप । यत्ते प्रियं तत्करिष्ये न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा ॥

kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te sarvaṃ prabūhi me nṛpa | yatte priyaṃ tatkariṣye na me'trāsti vicāraṇā

"What is the purpose of your coming? Tell me everything, O king. I shall do whatever you wish; I have no hesitation in this."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. These two lines are the CE star lines 13.31.24d*0266_03-04 (kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te sarvaṃ prabrūhi me 'nagha / yat te priyaṃ tat kariṣye na me 'trāsti vicāraṇā), with Wikisource नृप for CE 'nagha. Speech of Bharadvaja, printed under Bhishma's heading; given to Bharadvaja. ce_ref left null because the passage is a star passage only.

Verse 27 (13.8.27)

भगवन्वैतहव्यैर्मे युद्धे वंशः प्रणाशितः । अहमेकः परिद्यूनो भवन्तं शरणं गतः ॥

bhagavanvaitahavyairme yuddhe vaṃśaḥ praṇāśitaḥ | ahamekaḥ paridyūno bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

"Blessed One, the Vitahavyas have destroyed my family in battle. I alone am left, utterly crushed, and have come to you for refuge."

Verse 28 (13.8.28)

शिष्यस्नेहेन भगवंस्त्वं मां रक्षितुमर्हसि । एकशेषः कृतो वंशो मम तैः पापकर्मभिः ॥

śiṣyasnehena bhagavaṃstvaṃ māṃ rakṣitumarhasi | ekaśeṣaḥ kṛto vaṃśo mama taiḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ

"Out of affection for your disciple, Blessed One, you ought to protect me. Those evildoers have left my family with a single survivor."

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.88): line 1 close to CE 13.31.25 (CE śiṣyasnehena bhagavan sa māṃ rakṣitum arhasi); line 2 differs (CE niḥśeṣo hi kṛto vaṃśo mama taiḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ; Wikisource एकशेषः कृतो वंशो मम तैः पापकर्मभिः). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 29 (13.8.29)

तमुवाच महाभागो भरद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यं सौदेव व्येतु ते भयम् ॥

tamuvāca mahābhāgo bharadvājaḥ pratāpavān | na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavyaṃ saudeva vyetu te bhayam

The greatly fortunate and mighty Bharadvaja said to him: "Do not fear, do not fear, son of Sudeva; let your fear depart."

Verse 30 (13.8.30)

अहमिष्टिं करिष्यामि पुत्रार्थं ते विशाम्पते । वीतहव्यसहस्राणि येन त्वं प्रहरिष्यसि ॥

ahamiṣṭiṃ kariṣyāmi putrārthaṃ te viśāmpate | vītahavyasahasrāṇi yena tvaṃ prahariṣyasi

"I shall perform a sacrifice for a son for you, lord of the people, by which you will strike down thousands of the Vitahavyas."

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.825): CE 13.31.27 aham iṣṭiṃ karomy adya … yathā tvaṃ prasahiṣyasi; Wikisource अहमिष्टिं करिष्यामि … येन त्वं प्रहरिष्यसि. Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 31 (13.8.31)

तत इष्टिं चकारर्षिस्तस्य वै पुत्रकामिकीम् । अथास्य तनयो जज्ञे दैवोदासः प्रतर्दनः ॥

tata iṣṭiṃ cakārarṣistasya vai putrakāmikīm | athāsya tanayo jajñe daivodāsaḥ pratardanaḥ

Then the sage performed for him the sacrifice for the gaining of a son, and a son was born to him, Pratardana, the son of Divodasa.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.80): CE 13.31.28 athāsya tanayo jajñe pratardana iti śrutaḥ; Wikisource अथास्य तनयो जज्ञे दैवोदासः प्रतर्दनः. Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 32 (13.8.32)

स जातमात्रो ववृधे समाः सद्यस्त्रयोदश । वेदं चापि जगौ कृत्स्नं धनुर्वेदं च भारत ॥

sa jātamātro vavṛdhe samāḥ sadyastrayodaśa | vedaṃ cāpi jagau kṛtsnaṃ dhanurvedaṃ ca bhārata

As soon as he was born he grew to thirteen years in a moment; he recited the whole Veda, and archery too, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.29: वेदं चापि जगौ कृत्स्नं (CE vedaṃ cādhijage kṛtsnaṃ); kept.

Verse 33 (13.8.33)

योगेन च समाविष्टो भरद्वाजेन धीमता । कृत्स्नं हि तेजो यल्लोके तदेतद्देहमाविशत् ॥

yogena ca samāviṣṭo bharadvājena dhīmatā | kṛtsnaṃ hi tejo yalloke tadetaddehamāviśat

Bharadvaja the wise imbued him through yoga, and all the energy that exists in the world entered his body.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. This is CE 13.31.30 (yogena ca samāviṣṭo bharadvājena dhīmatā), with line 2 reworded in Wikisource (कृत्स्नं हि तेजो यल्लोके तदेतद्देहमाविशत्; CE tejo laukyaṃ sa saṃgṛhya tasmin deśe samāviśat). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 34 (13.8.34)

ततः स कवची धन्वी स्तूयमानः सुरर्षिभिः । बन्दिभिर्वन्द्यमानश्च बभौ सूर्य इवोदितः ॥

tataḥ sa kavacī dhanvī stūyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ | bandibhirvandyamānaśca babhau sūrya ivoditaḥ

Then, armoured and bow in hand, praised by the divine sages and hailed by bards, he shone like the risen sun.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 is CE 13.31.31a (tataḥ sa kavacī dhanvī) with CE star line 13.31.31a*0268_01 (stūyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ); line 2 is CE star line 13.31.31a*0268_02 (bandibhir vandyamānaś ca babhau sūrya ivoditaḥ).

Verse 35 (13.8.35)

स रथी बद्धनिस्त्रिंशो बभौ दीप्त इवानलः । प्रययौ स धनुर्धुन्वन्विवर्षिषुरिवाम्बुदः ॥

sa rathī baddhanistriṃśo babhau dīpta ivānalaḥ | prayayau sa dhanurdhunvanvivarṣiṣurivāmbudaḥ

On his chariot, sword girded, he blazed like a burning fire; twanging his bow, he set out like a cloud about to rain.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 is CE star line 13.31.31a*0268_03 (sa rathī baddhanistriṃśo) completed with the second half of 13.31.31a (dīpta ivānalaḥ); line 2 is CE 13.31.31c (prayayau sa dhanur dhunvan vivarṣur iva toyadaḥ).

Verse 36 (13.8.36)

तं दृष्ट्वा परमं हर्षं सुदेवतनयो ययौ । मेने च मनसा दग्धान्वैतहव्यान्स पार्थिवः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ harṣaṃ sudevatanayo yayau | mene ca manasā dagdhānvaitahavyānsa pārthivaḥ

Seeing him, Sudeva's son was filled with the utmost joy, and that king thought the Vitahavyas as good as burnt.

Verse 37 (13.8.37)

ततोसौ यौवराज्ये च स्थापयित्वा प्रतर्दनम् । कृतकृत्यं तदाऽऽत्मानं स राजा प्रत्यपद्यत ॥

tatosau yauvarājye ca sthāpayitvā pratardanam | kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadā''tmānaṃ sa rājā pratyapadyata

Then, installing Pratardana as heir apparent, that king felt that his task was accomplished.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.86): CE 13.31.33 tatas taṃ yauvarājyena sthāpayitvā pratardanam / kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ sa rājā abhyanandata; Wikisource ततोसौ यौवराज्ये च … प्रत्यपद्यत. Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 38 (13.8.38)

ततस्तु वैतहव्यानां वधाय स महीपतिः । पुत्रं प्रस्थापयामास प्रतर्दनमरिंदमम् ॥

tatastu vaitahavyānāṃ vadhāya sa mahīpatiḥ | putraṃ prasthāpayāmāsa pratardanamariṃdamam

Then the king sent his son Pratardana, subduer of foes, to destroy the Vaitahavyas.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रस्थापयासास → प्रस्थापयामास (misprint in Wikisource; dropped म, CE prasthāpayām āsa).

Verse 39 (13.8.39)

सरथः स तु संतीर्य गङ्गामाशु पराक्रमी । प्रययौ वीतहव्यानां पुरीं परपुरंजयः ॥

sarathaḥ sa tu saṃtīrya gaṅgāmāśu parākramī | prayayau vītahavyānāṃ purīṃ parapuraṃjayaḥ

With his chariot he swiftly crossed the Ganga, that valiant conqueror of enemy cities, and went to the city of the Vitahavyas.

Verse 40 (13.8.40)

वैतहव्यास्तु संश्रुत्य रथघोषं समुद्धतम् । निर्ययुर्नगराकारै रथैः पररथारुजैः ॥

vaitahavyāstu saṃśrutya rathaghoṣaṃ samuddhatam | niryayurnagarākārai rathaiḥ pararathārujaiḥ

Hearing the mighty roar of his chariot, the Vaitahavyas rode out in chariots as big as cities, chariots that crushed enemy chariots.

Verse 41 (13.8.41)

निष्क्रम्य ते नरव्याघ्रा दंशिताश्चित्रयोधिनः । प्रतर्दनं समाजग्मुः शरवर्षैरुदायुधाः ॥

niṣkramya te naravyāghrā daṃśitāścitrayodhinaḥ | pratardanaṃ samājagmuḥ śaravarṣairudāyudhāḥ

Coming out, those tigers among men, armoured and skilled in varied modes of fighting, weapons raised, closed in on Pratardana with showers of arrows.

Verse 42 (13.8.42)

शस्त्रैश्च विविधाकारै रथौघैश्च युधिष्ठिर । अभ्यवर्षन्त राजानं हिमवन्तमिवाम्बुदाः ॥

śastraiśca vividhākārai rathaughaiśca yudhiṣṭhira | abhyavarṣanta rājānaṃ himavantamivāmbudāḥ

With weapons of many kinds and masses of chariots, O Yudhishthira, they rained on the king as clouds rain on the Himalaya.

Verse 43 (13.8.43)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य तेषां राजा प्रतर्दनः । जघान तान्महातेजा वज्रानलसमैः शरैः ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya teṣāṃ rājā pratardanaḥ | jaghāna tānmahātejā vajrānalasamaiḥ śaraiḥ

Warding off their weapons with his own, King Pratardana, of great splendour, struck them down with arrows like thunderbolts and fire.

Verse 44 (13.8.44)

कृत्तोत्तमाङ्गास्ते राजन्भल्लैः शतसहस्रशः । अपतन्रुधिरार्द्राङ्गा निकृत्ता इव किंशुकाः ॥

kṛttottamāṅgāste rājanbhallaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | apatanrudhirārdrāṅgā nikṛttā iva kiṃśukāḥ

Their heads cut off by broad-headed arrows in hundreds of thousands, O king, they fell with limbs wet with blood, like felled kimshuka trees.

Verse 45 (13.8.45)

हतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु वीतहव्यः सुतेष्वथ । प्राद्रवन्नगरं हित्वा भृगोराश्रममप्युत ॥

hateṣu teṣu sarveṣu vītahavyaḥ suteṣvatha | prādravannagaraṃ hitvā bhṛgorāśramamapyuta

When all those sons had been killed, Vitahavya fled his city and went to the hermitage of Bhrigu.

Verse 46 (13.8.46)

ययौ भृगुं च शरणं वीतहव्यो नराधिपः । अभयं च ददौ तस्मै वीतहव्याय भार्गवः । आसनं शिष्यमध्ये च भृगुरन्यत्समादिशत् ॥

yayau bhṛguṃ ca śaraṇaṃ vītahavyo narādhipaḥ | abhayaṃ ca dadau tasmai vītahavyāya bhārgavaḥ | āsanaṃ śiṣyamadhye ca bhṛguranyatsamādiśat

King Vitahavya went to Bhrigu for refuge. Bhrigu, the Bhargava, granted Vitahavya protection from fear and assigned him another seat among his disciples.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines 1-2 are CE 13.31.42a,c (with Wikisource तस्मै वीतहव्याय भार्गवः for CE rājñe rājan bhṛgus tathā); line 3 is the CE star line 13.31.42f*0269_01 (āsanaṃ śiṣyamadhye ca bhṛgur anyat samādiśat). CE 42e (tato dadāv āsanaṃ ca tasmai śiṣyo bhṛgos tadā) is not on the page. Three-line verse as the page prints it (13-8-46a,b,c).

Verse 47 (13.8.47)

अथानुपदमेवाशु तत्रागच्छत्प्रतर्दनः । स प्राप्य चाश्रमपदं दिवोदासात्मजोऽब्रवीत् ॥

athānupadamevāśu tatrāgacchatpratardanaḥ | sa prāpya cāśramapadaṃ divodāsātmajo'bravīt

Right behind him Pratardana swiftly arrived there. Reaching the hermitage, Divodasa's son said:

Verse 48 (13.8.48)

भोभो केऽत्राश्रमे सन्ति भृगोः शिष्या महात्मनः । द्रष्टुमिच्छे मुनिमहं तस्याचक्षत मामिति ॥

bhobho ke'trāśrame santi bhṛgoḥ śiṣyā mahātmanaḥ | draṣṭumicche munimahaṃ tasyācakṣata māmiti

"Ho! Who among the disciples of the great-souled Bhrigu are here in this hermitage? I wish to see the sage; announce me to him."

Verse 49 (13.8.49)

स तं विदित्वा तु भृगुर्निश्चक्रामाश्रमात्तदा । पूजयामास च ततो विधिना नृपसत्तमम् ॥

sa taṃ viditvā tu bhṛgurniścakrāmāśramāttadā | pūjayāmāsa ca tato vidhinā nṛpasattamam

Knowing of him, Bhrigu came out of the hermitage then and honoured that best of kings in due form.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.89): CE 13.31.45 line 2 pūjayām āsa ca tato vidhinā parameṇa ha; Wikisource पूजयामास च ततो विधिना नृपसत्तमम्. Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 50 (13.8.50)

उवाच चैनं राजेन्द्र किं कार्यं ब्रूहि पार्थिव । स चोवाच नृपस्तस्मै यदागमनकारणम् ॥

uvāca cainaṃ rājendra kiṃ kāryaṃ brūhi pārthiva | sa covāca nṛpastasmai yadāgamanakāraṇam

He said to him, "O king of kings, what is your business? Tell me, O ruler." And the king told him the reason for his coming.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.46: उवाच चैनं राजेन्द्र किं कार्यं ब्रूहि पार्थिव (CE kiṃ kāryam iti pārthivam); kept.

Verse 51 (13.8.51)

अयं ब्रह्मन्नितो राजा वीतहव्यो विसर्ज्यताम् । अस्य पुत्रैर्हि मे कृत्स्नो ब्रह्मन्वंशः प्रणाशितः ॥

ayaṃ brahmannito rājā vītahavyo visarjyatām | asya putrairhi me kṛtsno brahmanvaṃśaḥ praṇāśitaḥ

"Brahmin, let this King Vitahavya, who is here, be given up. By his sons my whole family has been destroyed, brahmin."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines 1-2 are CE 13.31.47a,c. The CE star lines 13.31.46d*0270_01-03 (introducing the speech) are not on the page.

Verse 52 (13.8.52)

उत्सादितश्च विषयः काशीनां रत्नसञ्चयः । एतस्य वीर्यदृप्तस्य हतं पुत्रशतं मया । अस्येदानीं वधादद्य भविष्याम्यनृणः पितुः ॥

utsāditaśca viṣayaḥ kāśīnāṃ ratnasañcayaḥ | etasya vīryadṛptasya hataṃ putraśataṃ mayā | asyedānīṃ vadhādadya bhaviṣyāmyanṛṇaḥ pituḥ

"The land of the Kashis, a hoard of jewels, was laid waste. I have killed a hundred sons of this man, proud of his strength. By killing him now, I shall be freed from my debt to my father."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Three-line verse as the page prints it (13-8-52a,b,c): line 1 is CE 13.31.47e (utsāditaś ca viṣayaḥ kāśīnāṃ ratnasaṃcayaḥ), lines 2-3 are CE 13.31.48a,c.

Verse 53 (13.8.53)

तमुवाच कृपाविष्टो भृगुर्धर्मभृतांवरः । नेहास्ति क्षत्रियः कश्चित्सर्वे हीमे द्विजातयः ॥

tamuvāca kṛpāviṣṭo bhṛgurdharmabhṛtāṃvaraḥ | nehāsti kṣatriyaḥ kaścitsarve hīme dvijātayaḥ

Bhrigu, the best of those who uphold dharma, filled with compassion, said to him: "There is no kshatriya here at all; all these are twice-born."

Verse 54 (13.8.54)

एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा भृगोस्तथ्यं प्रतर्दनः । पादावुपस्पृश्य शनैः प्रहृष्टो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā bhṛgostathyaṃ pratardanaḥ | pādāvupaspṛśya śanaiḥ prahṛṣṭo vākyamabravīt

Hearing this true word of Bhrigu, Pratardana quietly touched his feet and, delighted, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 13.31.50: शनैः प्रहृष्टो वाक्यमब्रवीत् (CE śanaiḥ prahasan vākyam abravīt); kept.

Verse 55 (13.8.55)

एवमप्यस्मि भगवन्कृतकृत्यो न संशयः । य एष राजा वीर्येण स्वजातिं त्याजितो मया ॥

evamapyasmi bhagavankṛtakṛtyo na saṃśayaḥ | ya eṣa rājā vīryeṇa svajātiṃ tyājito mayā

"Even so, Blessed One, I have accomplished my aim, no doubt, in that this king has been made by me, through my might, to lose his caste."

Verse 56 (13.8.56)

अनुजानीहि मां ब्रह्मन्ध्यायस्व च शिवेन माम् । त्याजितो हि मया जातिमेव राजा भृगूद्वह ॥

anujānīhi māṃ brahmandhyāyasva ca śivena mām | tyājito hi mayā jātimeva rājā bhṛgūdvaha

"Give me leave, brahmin, and think of me with good will; for this king has been made by me to lose his caste, O descendant of Bhrigu."

Verse 57 (13.8.57)

ततस्तेनाभ्यनुज्ञातो ययौ राजा प्रतर्दनः । यथागतं महाराज मुक्त्वा विषमिवोरगः ॥

tatastenābhyanujñāto yayau rājā pratardanaḥ | yathāgataṃ mahārāja muktvā viṣamivoragaḥ

Then, permitted by him, King Pratardana went away as he had come, O great king, like a snake that has cast off its venom.

Verse 58 (13.8.58)

भृगोर्वचनमात्रेण स च ब्रह्मर्षितां गतः । वीतहव्यो महाराज ब्रह्मवादित्वमेव च ॥

bhṛgorvacanamātreṇa sa ca brahmarṣitāṃ gataḥ | vītahavyo mahārāja brahmavāditvameva ca

By Bhrigu's word alone Vitahavya became a brahmarshi, O great king, and a speaker of Brahman as well.

Verse 59 (13.8.59)

तस्य गृत्समदः पुत्रो रूपेणेन्द्र इवापरः । शक्रस्त्वमिति यो दैत्यैर्निगृहीतः किलाभवत् ॥

tasya gṛtsamadaḥ putro rūpeṇendra ivāparaḥ | śakrastvamiti yo daityairnigṛhītaḥ kilābhavat

His son was Gritsamada, like a second Indra in form, who is said to have been seized by the daityas, who took him for Shakra.

Verse 60 (13.8.60)

ऋग्वेदे वर्तते चाग्र्या श्रुतिर्यस्य महात्मनः । यत्र गृत्समदो राजन्ब्राह्मणैः स महीयते ॥

ṛgvede vartate cāgryā śrutiryasya mahātmanaḥ | yatra gṛtsamado rājanbrāhmaṇaiḥ sa mahīyate

In the Rigveda there is a foremost revealed text of that great-souled one, in which Gritsamada, O king, is honoured by brahmins.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.82): CE 13.31.56 ṛgvede vartate cāgryā śrutir atra viśāṃ pate / yatra gṛtsamado brahman brāhmaṇaiḥ sa mahīyate; Wikisource ऋग्वेदे वर्तते चाग्र्या श्रुतिर्यस्य महात्मनः / यत्र गृत्समदो राजन्…. The page footnote (13-8-60) gives a further variant. Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 61 (13.8.61)

स ब्रह्मचारी विप्रर्षिः श्रीमान्गृत्समदोऽभवत् । पुत्रो गृत्समदस्यापि विप्रः सावैनसोऽभवत् ॥

sa brahmacārī viprarṣiḥ śrīmāngṛtsamado'bhavat | putro gṛtsamadasyāpi vipraḥ sāvainaso'bhavat

That glorious Gritsamada became a celibate student and a brahmin sage, and Gritsamada's son too was a brahmin, Savainasa.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.79): line 1 is CE 13.31.57a; line 2 differs (CE putro gṛtsamadasyāpi sucetā abhavad dvijaḥ; Wikisource पुत्रो गृत्समदस्यापि विप्रः सावैनसोऽभवत्, with the page footnote 13-8-61 giving the CE-like reading as a variant). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 62 (13.8.62)

सावैनसस्य पुत्रो वै वितस्त्यस्तस्य चात्मजः । वितस्त्यस्य सुतस्तस्य शिवस्तश्चात्मजोऽभवत् ॥

sāvainasasya putro vai vitastyastasya cātmajaḥ | vitastyasya sutastasya śivastaścātmajo'bhavat

Savainasa's son was Vitastya, and of Vitastya there was a son, and that son's son was Shivasta.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The CE has a different line of descent in this place (13.31.58-59: varcāḥ sutejasaḥ putro vihavyas tasya cātmajaḥ / vihavyasya tu putras tu vitatyas tasya cātmajaḥ / vitatyasya sutaḥ satyaḥ santaḥ satyasya cātmajaḥ); the names Savainasa, Vitastya and Shivasta are vulgate only. Kept.

Verse 63 (13.8.63)

श्रवास्तस्य सुतश्चर्षिः श्रवसश्चाभवत्तमः । तमसश्च प्रकाशोऽभूत्तनयो द्विजसत्तमः ॥

śravāstasya sutaścarṣiḥ śravasaścābhavattamaḥ | tamasaśca prakāśo'bhūttanayo dvijasattamaḥ

His son was the sage Shravas, and from Shravasa came Tamas; and from Tamas came Prakasha, a son and best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines correspond to CE 13.31.59c (śravās tasya sutaś carṣiḥ śravasaś cābhavat tamaḥ) and 13.31.60a (tamasaś ca prakāśo 'bhūt tanayo dvijasattamaḥ); the CE ascribes the descent to different earlier ancestors.

Verse 64 (13.8.64)

प्रकाशस्य च वागिन्द्रो बभूव जयतांवरः । तस्यात्मजश्च प्रमितिर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥

prakāśasya ca vāgindro babhūva jayatāṃvaraḥ | tasyātmajaśca pramitirvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

Prakasha's son was Vagindra, best of conquerors, and his son was Pramiti, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines are CE 13.31.60c (prakāśasya ca vāgindro babhūva jayatāṃ varaḥ) and 13.31.61a (tasyātmajaś ca pramatir vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ).

Verse 65 (13.8.65)

घृताच्यां तस्य पुत्रस्तु रुरुर्नामोदपद्यत । प्रमद्वरायां तु रुरोः पुत्रः समुदपद्यत । शुनको नाम विप्रर्षिर्यस्य पुत्रोऽथ शौनकः ॥

ghṛtācyāṃ tasya putrastu rururnāmodapadyata | pramadvarāyāṃ tu ruroḥ putraḥ samudapadyata | śunako nāma viprarṣiryasya putro'tha śaunakaḥ

To him, by Ghritachi, a son named Ruru was born; and to Ruru, by Pramadvara, a son was born, the brahmin sage Shunaka, whose son was Shaunaka.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Three-line verse as the page prints it (13-8-65a,b,c): lines are CE 13.31.61c, 13.31.62a, 13.31.62c.

Verse 66 (13.8.66)

एवं विप्रत्वमगमद्वीतहव्यो नराधिपः । भृगोः प्रसादाद्राजेन्द्र क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥

evaṃ vipratvamagamadvītahavyo narādhipaḥ | bhṛgoḥ prasādādrājendra kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha

Thus King Vitahavya, though a kshatriya, attained the state of a brahmin by Bhrigu's grace, O king, O best of kshatriyas.

Verse 67 (13.8.67)

एष ते कथितो वंशो राजन्गार्त्समदो मया । विस्तरेण महाराज किमन्यदनुपृच्छसि ॥

eṣa te kathito vaṃśo rājangārtsamado mayā | vistareṇa mahārāja kimanyadanupṛcchasi

I have told you in full detail, O king, this line of Gritsamada, O great king. What more do you ask?

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.77): CE 13.31.64 tathaiva kathito vaṃśo mayā gārtsamadas tava; Wikisource एष ते कथितो वंशो राजन्गार्त्समदो मया. Wikisource reading kept.