Gaya's Sacrifices on the Payoshni

Verse 1 (3.122.1)

गयेन यजमानेन सोमेनेह पुरंदरः । तर्पितः श्रूयते राजन्स तृप्तो मुदमभ्यगात् ॥

gayena yajamānena someneha puraṃdaraḥ | tarpitaḥ śrūyate rājansa tṛpto mudamabhyagāt

It is said, O king, that here Gaya, while sacrificing, gratified Purandara with Soma, and that Indra, satisfied, was filled with joy.

Note on the text: Corrected तर्पित → तर्पितः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, cf. CE tarpitaḥ). Wikisource names the sacrificer Gaya where the critical edition has Nṛga; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 2 (3.122.2)

इह देवैः सहेन्द्रैश्च प्रजापतिभिरेव च । इष्टं बहुविधैर्यज्ञैर्महद्भिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥

iha devaiḥ sahendraiśca prajāpatibhireva ca | iṣṭaṃ bahuvidhairyajñairmahadbhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ

Here the gods with Indra, and the Prajapatis too, offered many kinds of great sacrifices rich in gifts.

Verse 3 (3.122.3)

आधूर्तरजसश्चेह राजा वज्रधरं प्रभुः । तर्पयामास सोमेन हयमेधेषु सप्तसु ॥

ādhūrtarajasaśceha rājā vajradharaṃ prabhuḥ | tarpayāmāsa somena hayamedheṣu saptasu

And here King Gaya, son of Adhurtarajas, gratified the lord who bears the thunderbolt with Soma in seven horse sacrifices.

Verse 4 (3.122.4)

तस्य सप्तसु यज्ञेषु सर्वमासीद्धिरण्ययम् । वानस्पत्यं च भौमं च यद्द्रव्यं नियतं मखे ॥

tasya saptasu yajñeṣu sarvamāsīddhiraṇyayam | vānaspatyaṃ ca bhaumaṃ ca yaddravyaṃ niyataṃ makhe

At his seven sacrifices everything was of gold: every article of wood or of earth that is prescribed for a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected वानप्रस्थं → वानस्पत्यं (misprint in Wikisource; 'forest-dweller' makes no sense here, and the Wikisource commentary itself glosses वानस्पत्यं वृक्षजं, cf. CE vānaspatyaṃ).

Verse 5 (3.122.5)

चषालयूपचमसाः स्थाल्यः पात्र्यः स्रुचः स्रुवाः । तेष्वेव चास्य यज्ञेषु प्रयोगाः सप्त विश्रुताः ॥

caṣālayūpacamasāḥ sthālyaḥ pātryaḥ srucaḥ sruvāḥ | teṣveva cāsya yajñeṣu prayogāḥ sapta viśrutāḥ

The rings of the posts, the sacrificial posts, the Soma cups, the pots, the bowls, the ladles and the spoons were all of gold; and at those very sacrifices of his, seven celebrated rites were performed.

Note on the text: Line 1 (the list of vessels) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 2 = CE 3.121.5ab.

Verse 6 (3.122.6)

सप्तैकैकस्य यूपस्य चषालाश्चोपरि स्थिताः । तस्य स्म यूपान्यज्ञेषु भ्राजमानान्हिरण्मयान् । स्वयमुत्थापयामासुर्देवाः सेन्द्रा युधिष्ठिर ॥

saptaikaikasya yūpasya caṣālāścopari sthitāḥ | tasya sma yūpānyajñeṣu bhrājamānānhiraṇmayān | svayamutthāpayāmāsurdevāḥ sendrā yudhiṣṭhira

Seven rings were set on top of each sacrificial post; and at those sacrifices the gods with Indra themselves raised up his gleaming golden posts, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected चोपरिश्थिताः → चोपरि स्थिताः (misprint in Wikisource; श्थ for स्थ) and separated एकैकस्ययूपस्य. Line 1 = CE 3.121.5cd; lines 2–3 = CE 3.121.6.

Verse 7 (3.122.7)

तेषु तस्य मखाग्र्येषु गयस्य पृथिवीपतेः । अमाद्यदिन्द्रः सोमेन दक्षिणाभिर्द्विजातयः ॥

teṣu tasya makhāgryeṣu gayasya pṛthivīpateḥ | amādyadindraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhirdvijātayaḥ

At those foremost sacrifices of Gaya, lord of the earth, Indra grew drunk on Soma, and the twice-born on the gifts.

Verse 8 (3.122.8)

प्रसङ्ख्यानानसङ्ख्येयान्प्रत्यगृह्णन्द्विजातयः ॥

prasaṅkhyānānasaṅkhyeyānpratyagṛhṇandvijātayaḥ

The twice-born received countless great measures of gold.

Note on the text: A single half-verse as printed in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The Wikisource commentary glosses प्रसङ्ख्यान as large measures (khārī, droṇa) of gold coin.

Verse 9 (3.122.9)

सिकता वा यथा लोके यथावा दिवि तारकाः । यथा वा वर्षतो धारा असङ्ख्येयाः स्म केनचित् ॥

sikatā vā yathā loke yathāvā divi tārakāḥ | yathā vā varṣato dhārā asaṅkhyeyāḥ sma kenacit

As the grains of sand on earth, or the stars in the sky, or the streams of falling rain cannot be counted by anyone,

Verse 10 (3.122.10)

तथैव तदसङ्ख्येयं धनं यत्प्रददौ गयः । सदस्येभ्यो महाराज तेषु यज्ञेषु सप्तसु ॥

tathaiva tadasaṅkhyeyaṃ dhanaṃ yatpradadau gayaḥ | sadasyebhyo mahārāja teṣu yajñeṣu saptasu

just so the wealth that Gaya gave to the priests of the assembly at those seven sacrifices, great king, could not be counted.

Verse 11 (3.122.11)

भवेत्सङ्ख्येयमेतद्धि यदेतत्परिकीर्तितम् । न तस्य शक्याः सङ्ख्यातुं दक्षिणादक्षिणावतः ॥

bhavetsaṅkhyeyametaddhi yadetatparikīrtitam | na tasya śakyāḥ saṅkhyātuṃ dakṣiṇādakṣiṇāvataḥ

The things just named might perhaps be counted, but the gifts of that generous giver could not be counted.

Verse 12 (3.122.12)

हिरण्मयीभिर्गोभिश्च कृताभिर्विश्वकर्मणा । ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयामास नानादिग्भ्यः समागतान् ॥

hiraṇmayībhirgobhiśca kṛtābhirviśvakarmaṇā | brāhmaṇāṃstarpayāmāsa nānādigbhyaḥ samāgatān

With golden cows fashioned by Vishvakarman he gratified the Brahmins who had gathered from many lands.

Verse 13 (3.122.13)

अल्पावशेषा पृथिवी चैत्यैरासीत्समाचिता । गयस्य यजमानस्य तत्रतत्र विशांपते ॥

alpāvaśeṣā pṛthivī caityairāsītsamācitā | gayasya yajamānasya tatratatra viśāṃpate

So thickly was the earth strewn here and there with the sacrificial shrines of Gaya as he sacrificed, lord of the people, that little of it was left.

Verse 14 (3.122.14)

स लोकान्प्राप्तवानैन्द्रान्कर्मणा तेन भरत । सलोकतां तस्य गच्छेत्पयोष्ण्यां य उपस्पृशेत् ॥

sa lokānprāptavānaindrānkarmaṇā tena bharata | salokatāṃ tasya gacchetpayoṣṇyāṃ ya upaspṛśet

By that deed, Bharata, he attained the worlds of Indra; whoever bathes in the Payoshni will reach the same world as he.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्तवैनैन्द्रान् → प्राप्तवानैन्द्रान् (misprint in Wikisource; cf. CE prāptavān aindrān).

Verse 15 (3.122.15)

तस्मात्त्वमत्र राजेन्द्र भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽच्युत । उपस्पृश्य महीपाल धूतपाप्मा भविष्यसि ॥

tasmāttvamatra rājendra bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'cyuta | upaspṛśya mahīpāla dhūtapāpmā bhaviṣyasi

Therefore, lord of kings, steadfast one, bathe here with your brothers, protector of the earth, and you will be cleansed of sin.

Note on the text: Corrected तरस्मात् → तस्मात्, राजेनद्र → राजेन्द्र and सहितोच्युत → सहितोऽच्युत (misprints in Wikisource; a stray akshara, a broken conjunct and a missing avagraha).

Verse 16 (3.122.16)

स पयोष्ण्यां नरश्रेष्ठः स्नात्वा वै भ्रातृभिः सह । वैदूर्यपर्वतं चैव नर्मदां च महानदीम् ॥

sa payoṣṇyāṃ naraśreṣṭhaḥ snātvā vai bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | vaidūryaparvataṃ caiva narmadāṃ ca mahānadīm

That best of men bathed in the Payoshni with his brothers, and then, with the Vaidurya mountain and the great river Narmada

Note on the text: = CE 3.121.15ab–cd; the sentence runs on into the next verse.

Verse 17 (3.122.17)

उद्दिश्य पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः स प्रतस्थे महीपतिः । समागमत तेजस्वी भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघ ॥

uddiśya pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ sa pratasthe mahīpatiḥ | samāgamata tejasvī bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'nagha

as his goal, that foremost of the Pandavas, lord of the earth, set out; and the radiant king arrived there with his brothers, O sinless one.

Note on the text: Removed the quote marks (`…') with which Wikisource marks line 1, and corrected सहितो नघ → सहितोऽनघ (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 2 = CE 3.121.15ef.

Verse 18 (3.122.18)

तत्रास्य सर्वाण्याचख्यौ लोमशो भगवानृषिः । तीर्थानि रमणीयानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥

tatrāsya sarvāṇyācakhyau lomaśo bhagavānṛṣiḥ | tīrthāni ramaṇīyāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca

There the blessed sage Lomasha told him of all the delightful sacred fords and holy shrines.

Verse 19 (3.122.19)

यथायोगं यथाप्रीति प्रययौ भ्रातृभिः सह । तत्रतत्राददद्वित्तं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सहस्रशः ॥

yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti prayayau bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | tatratatrādadadvittaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ

He travelled on with his brothers as occasion and pleasure allowed, giving wealth by the thousand to Brahmins here and there.

Verse 20 (3.122.20)

देवानामेति कौन्तेय तथा राज्ञां सलोकताम् । वैदूर्यपर्वतं दृष्ट्वा नर्मदामवतीर्य च ॥

devānāmeti kaunteya tathā rājñāṃ salokatām | vaidūryaparvataṃ dṛṣṭvā narmadāmavatīrya ca

Son of Kunti, one who sees the Vaidurya mountain and goes down into the Narmada reaches the worlds of the gods and of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदूर्य → वैदूर्य (misprint in Wikisource; cf. verse 16 and CE vaiḍūrya).

Verse 21 (3.122.21)

सन्धिरेष नरश्रेष्ठ त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च । एनमासाद्य कौन्तेय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

sandhireṣa naraśreṣṭha tretāyā dvāparasya ca | enamāsādya kaunteya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

This, best of men, is the meeting point of the Treta and Dvapara ages; reaching it, son of Kunti, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 22 (3.122.22)

एष शर्यातियज्ञस्य देशस्तात प्रकाशते । साक्षाद्यत्रापिबत्सोममश्विभ्यां सह वासवः ॥

eṣa śaryātiyajñasya deśastāta prakāśate | sākṣādyatrāpibatsomamaśvibhyāṃ saha vāsavaḥ

Here, my son, shines the site of Sharyati's sacrifice, where Vasava himself drank Soma together with the Ashvins.

Verse 23 (3.122.23)

चुकोप भार्गवश्चापि महेन्द्रस्य महातपाः । संस्तम्भयामास च तं वासवं च्यवनः प्रभुः ॥

cukopa bhārgavaścāpi mahendrasya mahātapāḥ | saṃstambhayāmāsa ca taṃ vāsavaṃ cyavanaḥ prabhuḥ

And the great ascetic Bhargava was angered with Mahendra; the mighty Chyavana paralysed Vasava himself.

Note on the text: Corrected महेन्द्रस् → महेन्द्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara). = CE 3.121.21ab–cd.

Verse 24 (3.122.24)

सुकन्यां चापि भार्यां स राजपुत्रीमवाप्तवान् । नासत्यौ च महाभाग कृतवान्सोमपीथिनौ ॥

sukanyāṃ cāpi bhāryāṃ sa rājaputrīmavāptavān | nāsatyau ca mahābhāga kṛtavānsomapīthinau

He also won the princess Sukanya as his wife, and, illustrious one, he made the Nasatyas drinkers of Soma.

Note on the text: Removed the quote marks (`…') with which Wikisource marks line 2, and corrected सोमपीथिवौ → सोमपीथिनौ (misprint in Wikisource; cf. verse 26). Line 1 = CE 3.121.21ef; line 2 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (3.122.25)

कथं विष्टम्भितस्तेन भगवान्पाकशासनः । किमर्थं भार्गवश्चापि कोपं चक्रे महातपाः ॥

kathaṃ viṣṭambhitastena bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ | kimarthaṃ bhārgavaścāpi kopaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ

How was the blessed Pakashasana paralysed by him? And why did the great ascetic Bhargava become angry?

Verse 26 (3.122.26)

नासत्यौ च कथं ब्रह्मन्कृतवान्सोमपीथिनौ । एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तमाख्यातु भगवान्मम ॥

nāsatyau ca kathaṃ brahmankṛtavānsomapīthinau | etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttamākhyātu bhagavānmama

And how, Brahmin, did he make the Nasatyas drinkers of Soma? Let your reverence tell me all this as it happened.