Yavakrita Wins His Boon from Indra

Verse 1 (3.137.1)

एषा मधुविला नाम समङ्गा संप्रकाशते । एतत्कर्दमिलं नाम भरतस्याभिषेचनम् ॥

eṣā madhuvilā nāma samaṅgā saṃprakāśate | etatkardamilaṃ nāma bharatasyābhiṣecanam

This is the Samanga, shining here, also called Madhuvila; and this is the place called Kardamila, where Bharata was consecrated.

Verse 2 (3.137.2)

अलक्ष्म्या किल संयुक्तो वृत्रं हत्वा शचीपतिः । आप्लुतः सर्वपापेभ्यः समङ्गायां व्यमुच्यत ॥

alakṣmyā kila saṃyukto vṛtraṃ hatvā śacīpatiḥ | āplutaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ samaṅgāyāṃ vyamucyata

When the lord of Shachi had killed Vritra and was beset by misfortune, he bathed in the Samanga, it is said, and was freed from all his sins.

Verse 3 (3.137.3)

एतद्विनशनं कुक्षौ मैनाकस्य नरर्षभ । अदितिर्यत्रपुत्रार्थं तदन्नमपचत्पुरा ॥

etadvinaśanaṃ kukṣau mainākasya nararṣabha | aditiryatraputrārthaṃ tadannamapacatpurā

This is Vinashana, in the flank of Mount Mainaka, best of men, where long ago Aditi cooked that sacred food in order to have sons.

Verse 4 (3.137.4)

एनं पर्वतराजानमारुह्य भरतर्षभाः । अयशस्यामसंशब्द्यामलक्ष्मीं व्यपनोत्स्यथ ॥

enaṃ parvatarājānamāruhya bharatarṣabhāḥ | ayaśasyāmasaṃśabdyāmalakṣmīṃ vyapanotsyatha

Climb this king of mountains, bulls of the Bharatas, and you will drive away that inglorious misfortune of yours, which is not even to be spoken of.

Verse 5 (3.137.5)

एते कनखला राजन्नृषीणां दयिता नगाः । एषा प्रकाशते गङ्गा युधिष्ठिर यशस्विनी ॥

ete kanakhalā rājannṛṣīṇāṃ dayitā nagāḥ | eṣā prakāśate gaṅgā yudhiṣṭhira yaśasvinī

These are the Kanakhala hills, O king, dear to the seers; and there shines the glorious Ganga, Yudhishthira.

Verse 6 (3.137.6)

सनत्कुमारो भगवानत्र सिद्धिमगात्पुरा । आजमीढावगाह्यैनां सर्वपापैः प्रमोक्ष्यसे ॥

sanatkumāro bhagavānatra siddhimagātpurā | ājamīḍhāvagāhyaināṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramokṣyase

Here long ago the blessed Sanatkumara attained perfection. Bathe in this river, descendant of Ajamidha, and you will be freed from all sins.

Verse 7 (3.137.7)

अपां ह्रदं च पुण्याख्यं भृगुतुङ्गं च पर्वतम् । तूष्णीं गङ्गां च कौन्तेय सानुजः समुपस्पृश ॥

apāṃ hradaṃ ca puṇyākhyaṃ bhṛgutuṅgaṃ ca parvatam | tūṣṇīṃ gaṅgāṃ ca kaunteya sānujaḥ samupaspṛśa

Son of Kunti, together with your younger brothers, touch the waters of the lake called Punya, of Mount Bhrigutunga and of the Tushni Ganga.

Note on the text: Corrected भृगुतुन्दं → भृगुतुङ्गं (misprint in Wikisource; न्द for ङ्ग in the mountain's name, Bhrigutunga; the critical edition reads bhṛgutuṅgaṃ).

Verse 8 (3.137.8)

आश्रमः स्थूलशिरसो रमणीयः प्रकाशते । अत्र मानं च कौन्तेय क्रोधं चैव विवर्जय ॥

āśramaḥ sthūlaśiraso ramaṇīyaḥ prakāśate | atra mānaṃ ca kaunteya krodhaṃ caiva vivarjaya

There shines the lovely hermitage of Sthulashiras. Here, son of Kunti, give up pride and anger.

Verse 9 (3.137.9)

एष रैभ्याश्रमः श्रीमान्पाण्डवेय प्रकाशते । भारद्वाजो यत्रकविर्यवक्रीतो व्यनश्यत ॥

eṣa raibhyāśramaḥ śrīmānpāṇḍaveya prakāśate | bhāradvājo yatrakaviryavakrīto vyanaśyata

Here shines the splendid hermitage of Raibhya, son of Pandu, where Bharadvaja's son, the learned Yavakrita, perished.

Verse 10 (3.137.10)

कथं युक्तोऽभवदृषिर्भरद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । किमर्थं च यवक्रीतः पुत्रोऽनश्यत वै मुनेः ॥

kathaṃ yukto'bhavadṛṣirbharadvājaḥ pratāpavān | kimarthaṃ ca yavakrītaḥ putro'naśyata vai muneḥ

"What was the mighty seer Bharadvaja engaged in? And why did Yavakrita, the sage's son, perish?"

Verse 11 (3.137.11)

एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । कर्मभिर्देवकल्पानां कीर्त्यमानैर्भृशं रमे ॥

etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ | karmabhirdevakalpānāṃ kīrtyamānairbhṛśaṃ rame

"I wish to hear all this truly, just as it happened. I take great delight in hearing the deeds of godlike men recounted."

Verse 12 (3.137.12)

भरद्वाजश्च रैभ्यश्च सखायौ संबभूवतुः । तावूषतुरिहात्यन्तं प्रीयमाणौ वनान्तरे ॥

bharadvājaśca raibhyaśca sakhāyau saṃbabhūvatuḥ | tāvūṣaturihātyantaṃ prīyamāṇau vanāntare

Bharadvaja and Raibhya became friends, and they lived here in the forest, delighting greatly in each other.

Verse 13 (3.137.13)

रैभ्यस्य तु सुतावास्तामर्वावसुपरावसू । आसीद्यवक्रीः पुत्रस्तु भरद्वाजस्य भारत ॥

raibhyasya tu sutāvāstāmarvāvasuparāvasū | āsīdyavakrīḥ putrastu bharadvājasya bhārata

Raibhya had two sons, Arvavasu and Paravasu, and Bharadvaja had a son, Yavakri, O Bharata.

Verse 14 (3.137.14)

रैभ्यो विद्वान्सहापत्यस्तपस्वी चेतरोऽभवत् । तयोश्चाप्यतुला प्रीतिरभवद्भरतर्षभ ॥

raibhyo vidvānsahāpatyastapasvī cetaro'bhavat | tayoścāpyatulā prītirabhavadbharatarṣabha

Raibhya was a man of learning, with his sons about him; the other was an ascetic. And between the two there was matchless affection, bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 15 (3.137.15)

यवक्रीः पितरं दृष्ट्वा तपस्विनमसत्कृतम् । दृष्ट्वा च सत्कृतं विप्रै रैभ्यं पुत्रैः सहानघः ॥

yavakrīḥ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā tapasvinamasatkṛtam | dṛṣṭvā ca satkṛtaṃ viprai raibhyaṃ putraiḥ sahānaghaḥ

Yavakri, sinless one, saw that his father, an ascetic, was held in no honour, while Raibhya and his sons were honoured by the brahmins;

Verse 16 (3.137.16)

पर्यतप्यत तेजस्वी मन्युनाऽभिपरिप्लुतः । तपस्तेपे ततो घोरं वेदज्ञानाय पाण्डव ॥

paryatapyata tejasvī manyunā'bhipariplutaḥ | tapastepe tato ghoraṃ vedajñānāya pāṇḍava

and the spirited youth was consumed with grief and overwhelmed by resentment. Then, son of Pandu, he undertook fierce austerities to gain knowledge of the Vedas.

Verse 17 (3.137.17)

सुसमिद्धे महत्यग्नौ शरीरमुपतापयन् । जनयामास संतापमिन्द्रस्य सुमहातपाः ॥

susamiddhe mahatyagnau śarīramupatāpayan | janayāmāsa saṃtāpamindrasya sumahātapāḥ

Scorching his body over a great blazing fire, that mighty ascetic caused distress to Indra.

Verse 18 (3.137.18)

तत इन्द्रो यवक्रीतमुपगम्य युधिष्ठिर । अब्रवीत्कस्य हेतोस्त्वमास्थितस्तप उत्तमम् ॥

tata indro yavakrītamupagamya yudhiṣṭhira | abravītkasya hetostvamāsthitastapa uttamam

Then Indra came to Yavakrita, Yudhishthira, and said, "Why have you undertaken this supreme austerity?"

Verse 19 (3.137.19)

द्विजानामनधीता वै वेदाः सुरगणार्चित । प्रतिभान्त्विति तप्येहमिदं परमकं तपः ॥

dvijānāmanadhītā vai vedāḥ suragaṇārcita | pratibhāntviti tapyehamidaṃ paramakaṃ tapaḥ

"O you whom the hosts of gods worship, I am practising this supreme austerity so that the Vedas may reveal themselves to brahmins without their having studied them."

Verse 20 (3.137.20)

स्वाध्यायार्थं समारम्भो ममायं पाकशासन । तपसा ज्ञातुमिच्छामि सर्वज्ञानानि कौशिक ॥

svādhyāyārthaṃ samārambho mamāyaṃ pākaśāsana | tapasā jñātumicchāmi sarvajñānāni kauśika

"This undertaking of mine is for the sake of Vedic learning, chastiser of Paka. Through austerity I wish to know all branches of knowledge, Kaushika."

Verse 21 (3.137.21)

कालेन महता वेदाः शक्या गुरुमुखाद्विभो । प्राप्तुं तस्मादयं यत्नः परमो मे समास्थितः ॥

kālena mahatā vedāḥ śakyā gurumukhādvibho | prāptuṃ tasmādayaṃ yatnaḥ paramo me samāsthitaḥ

"The Vedas can be gained from a teacher's mouth only over a long time, lord; that is why I have set about this supreme effort."

Verse 22 (3.137.22)

अमार्ग एष विप्रर्षे येन त्वं यातुमिच्छसि । किं विघातेन ते विप्र गच्छाधीहि गुरोर्मुखात् ॥

amārga eṣa viprarṣe yena tvaṃ yātumicchasi | kiṃ vighātena te vipra gacchādhīhi gurormukhāt

"This is no path, brahmin seer, the way you wish to go. Why destroy yourself, brahmin? Go and learn from a teacher's mouth."

Verse 23 (3.137.23)

एवमुक्त्वा गतः शक्रो यवक्रीरपि भारत । भूय एवाकरोद्यत्नं तपस्यमितविक्रमः ॥

evamuktvā gataḥ śakro yavakrīrapi bhārata | bhūya evākarodyatnaṃ tapasyamitavikramaḥ

Having said this, Shakra went away; and Yavakri, O Bharata, of boundless energy, set to his austerities again with still greater effort.

Verse 24 (3.137.24)

घोरेण तपसा राजंस्तप्यमानो महत्तपः । संतापयामास भृशं देवेन्द्रमिति नः श्रुतम् ॥

ghoreṇa tapasā rājaṃstapyamāno mahattapaḥ | saṃtāpayāmāsa bhṛśaṃ devendramiti naḥ śrutam

Practising great austerities with fearful penance, O king, he greatly distressed the king of the gods, so we have heard.

Verse 25 (3.137.25)

तं तथा तप्यमानं तु तपस्तीव्रं महामुनिम् । उपेत्य बलभिद्देवो वारयामास वै पुनः ॥

taṃ tathā tapyamānaṃ tu tapastīvraṃ mahāmunim | upetya balabhiddevo vārayāmāsa vai punaḥ

Seeing the great sage practising such intense austerity, the god who slew Bala came to him and tried once more to stop him:

Verse 26 (3.137.26)

अशक्योऽर्थः समारब्धो नैतद्बुद्धिकृतं तव । प्रतिभास्यन्ति वै वेदास्तव चैव पितुश्च ते ॥

aśakyo'rthaḥ samārabdho naitadbuddhikṛtaṃ tava | pratibhāsyanti vai vedāstava caiva pituśca te

"What you have begun cannot be achieved; it is not a sensible undertaking. The Vedas will not reveal themselves to you and your father in this way."

Note on the text: Speaker set to इन्द्र: the verse is wholly Indra's words, introduced by the narration of the previous verse, though Wikisource prints no heading (the edition's commentary reads the न of the first line again with प्रतिभास्यन्ति, "will not reveal themselves").

Verse 27 (3.137.27)

न चैतदेवं क्रियते देवराजसमीप्सितम् । महता नियमेनाहं तप्स्ये घोरतरं तपः ॥

na caitadevaṃ kriyate devarājasamīpsitam | mahatā niyamenāhaṃ tapsye ghorataraṃ tapaḥ

"If what I desire is not granted in this way, king of the gods, I shall bind myself to a great vow and practise still fiercer austerity."

Verse 28 (3.137.28)

समिद्धेऽग्नावुपकृत्याङ्गमङ्गं । होष्यामि वा मघवंस्तन्निबोध । यद्येतदेवं न करोषि कामं । ममेप्सितं देवराजेह सर्वम् ॥

samiddhe'gnāvupakṛtyāṅgamaṅgaṃ | hoṣyāmi vā maghavaṃstannibodha | yadyetadevaṃ na karoṣi kāmaṃ | mamepsitaṃ devarājeha sarvam

"Hear this, Maghavan: I shall cut off my limbs one by one and offer them into the blazing fire, if you do not grant me, king of the gods, all that I desire."

Verse 29 (3.137.29)

निश्चयं तमभिज्ञाय मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । प्रतिवारणहेत्वर्थं बुद्ध्या संचिन्त्य बुद्धिमान् ॥

niścayaṃ tamabhijñāya munestasya mahātmanaḥ | prativāraṇahetvarthaṃ buddhyā saṃcintya buddhimān

Recognising the great-souled sage's resolve, the wise Indra thought hard to find some means of turning him back.

Verse 30 (3.137.30)

तत इन्द्रोऽकरोद्रूपं ब्राह्मणस्य तपस्विनः । अनेकशतवर्षस्य दुर्बलस्य सयक्ष्मणः ॥

tata indro'karodrūpaṃ brāhmaṇasya tapasvinaḥ | anekaśatavarṣasya durbalasya sayakṣmaṇaḥ

Then Indra took on the form of a brahmin ascetic many hundreds of years old, feeble and sick with consumption.

Verse 31 (3.137.31)

यवक्रीतस्य यत्तीर्थमुचितं शौचकर्मणि । भागीरथ्यां तत्र सेतुं वालुकाभिश्चकार सः ॥

yavakrītasya yattīrthamucitaṃ śaucakarmaṇi | bhāgīrathyāṃ tatra setuṃ vālukābhiścakāra saḥ

At the bathing place on the Bhagirathi that Yavakrita used for his ablutions, he began building a dam of sand.

Note on the text: Corrected शैचकर्मणि → शौचकर्मणि (misprint in Wikisource; ऐ for औ; the critical edition reads śaucakarmaṇi).

Verse 32 (3.137.32)

यदाऽस्य वदतो वाक्यं न स चक्रे द्विजोत्तमः । वालुकाभिस्ततः शक्रो गङ्गां समभिपूरयन् ॥

yadā'sya vadato vākyaṃ na sa cakre dvijottamaḥ | vālukābhistataḥ śakro gaṅgāṃ samabhipūrayan

When that best of brahmins paid no heed to his words, Shakra began filling the Ganga with sand.

Verse 33 (3.137.33)

वालुकामुष्टिमनिशं भागीरथ्यां व्यसर्जयत् । स्नातुमभ्यागतं शक्रो यवक्रीतमदर्शयत् ॥

vālukāmuṣṭimaniśaṃ bhāgīrathyāṃ vyasarjayat | snātumabhyāgataṃ śakro yavakrītamadarśayat

Without pause he flung fistfuls of sand into the Bhagirathi, and so Shakra showed himself to Yavakrita when he came to bathe.

Verse 34 (3.137.34)

तं ददर्श यवक्रीतो यत्नवन्तं निबन्धने । प्रहसंश्चाब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥

taṃ dadarśa yavakrīto yatnavantaṃ nibandhane | prahasaṃścābravīdvākyamidaṃ sa munipuṅgavaḥ

Yavakrita saw him intent on building the dam, and that bull among sages laughed and said these words:

Verse 35 (3.137.35)

किमिदं वर्तते ब्रह्मन्किंच ते ह चिकीर्षितम् । अतीव हि महान्यत्नः क्रियतेऽयं निरर्थकः ॥

kimidaṃ vartate brahmankiṃca te ha cikīrṣitam | atīva hi mahānyatnaḥ kriyate'yaṃ nirarthakaḥ

"What is going on here, brahmin? What are you trying to do? You are going to enormous trouble, and all to no purpose."

Note on the text: Speaker set to यवक्रीत: the verse is wholly Yavakrita's words, announced at the end of the previous verse, though Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 36 (3.137.36)

बन्धिष्ये सेतुना गङ्गां सुखः पन्था भविष्यति । क्लिश्यते हि जनस्तात तरमाणः पुनःपुनः ॥

bandhiṣye setunā gaṅgāṃ sukhaḥ panthā bhaviṣyati | kliśyate hi janastāta taramāṇaḥ punaḥpunaḥ

"I shall dam the Ganga with a causeway, and there will be an easy crossing; for people suffer, my son, as they cross over again and again."

Verse 37 (3.137.37)

नायं शक्यस्त्वया बद्धुं महानोघस्तपोधन । अशक्याद्विनिवर्तस्व शक्यमर्थं समारभ ॥

nāyaṃ śakyastvayā baddhuṃ mahānoghastapodhana | aśakyādvinivartasva śakyamarthaṃ samārabha

"You cannot dam this great flood, rich in austerity. Turn away from the impossible and take up something that can be done."

Verse 38 (3.137.38)

यथैव भवता चेदं तपो वेदार्थमुद्यतम् । अशक्यं तद्वदस्माभिरयं भारः समाहितः ॥

yathaiva bhavatā cedaṃ tapo vedārthamudyatam | aśakyaṃ tadvadasmābhirayaṃ bhāraḥ samāhitaḥ

"Just as you have taken up this austerity for the sake of the Vedas, which is impossible, so I have taken up this burden."

Note on the text: Corrected चेद → चेदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, च + इदं; the critical edition reads cedaṃ).

Verse 39 (3.137.39)

यथा तव निरर्थोऽयमारम्भस्त्रिदशेश्वर । तथा यदि ममापीदं मन्यसे पाकशासन ॥

yathā tava nirartho'yamārambhastridaśeśvara | tathā yadi mamāpīdaṃ manyase pākaśāsana

"If, lord of the thirty gods, you think my undertaking is as pointless as this one of yours, chastiser of Paka,"

Verse 40 (3.137.40)

क्रियतां यद्भवेच्छक्यं त्वया सुरगणेश्वर । वरांश्च मे प्रयच्छान्यान्यैर्विद्वान्भवितास्म्यहम् ॥

kriyatāṃ yadbhavecchakyaṃ tvayā suragaṇeśvara | varāṃśca me prayacchānyānyairvidvānbhavitāsmyaham

"then do what is possible for you, lord of the hosts of gods, and grant me other boons by which I may become learned."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रयच्छान्यासन्यैर् → प्रयच्छान्यान्यैर् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray स breaks अन्यान् यैः and overloads the metre; the critical edition reads prayacchānyān yair).

Verse 41 (3.137.41)

तस्मै प्रादाद्वरानिन्द्र उक्तवान्यान्महातपाः । प्रतिभास्यन्ति ते वेदाः पित्रा सह यथेप्सिताः ॥

tasmai prādādvarānindra uktavānyānmahātapāḥ | pratibhāsyanti te vedāḥ pitrā saha yathepsitāḥ

Indra granted him the boons that the great ascetic had asked for: "The Vedas will reveal themselves to you and your father, as you wish."

Verse 42 (3.137.42)

यच्चान्यत्काङ्क्षसे कामं यवक्रीर्गम्यतामिति । स लब्धकामः पितरं समेत्याथेदमब्रवीत् ॥

yaccānyatkāṅkṣase kāmaṃ yavakrīrgamyatāmiti | sa labdhakāmaḥ pitaraṃ sametyāthedamabravīt

"And whatever else you desire shall be yours. Go now, Yavakri." His wish fulfilled, Yavakri went to his father and said:

Note on the text: Corrected लब्धकाम → लब्धकामः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the nominative is needed; the critical edition reads labdhakāmaḥ).

Verse 43 (3.137.43)

प्रतिभास्यन्ति वै वेदा मम तातस्य चोभयोः । अपि चान्यान्भविष्यावो वरा लब्धास्तथा मया ॥

pratibhāsyanti vai vedā mama tātasya cobhayoḥ | api cānyānbhaviṣyāvo varā labdhāstathā mayā

"The Vedas will reveal themselves to both of us, to me and to my father, and we shall surpass others too; such are the boons I have won."

Verse 44 (3.137.44)

दर्पस्ते भविता तात वराँल्लब्ध्वा यथेप्सितान् । स दर्पपूर्णः कृपणः क्षिप्रमेव विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥

darpaste bhavitā tāta varām̐llabdhvā yathepsitān | sa darpapūrṇaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kṣiprameva vinaṅkṣyasi

"Pride will come upon you, my son, now that you have obtained the boons you wanted; and filled with pride, wretched, you will soon perish."

Note on the text: Corrected दर्पपर्णः → दर्पपूर्णः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ू; the critical edition reads darpapūrṇaḥ, as Wikisource itself has दर्पपूर्णास् in verse 57).

Verse 45 (3.137.45)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमा गाथा देवैरुदाहृताः । मुनिरासीत्पुरा पुत्र बालधिर्नाम विश्रुतः ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmā gāthā devairudāhṛtāḥ | munirāsītpurā putra bāladhirnāma viśrutaḥ

"On this they cite these verses spoken by the gods. Long ago, my son, there was a sage of renown named Baladhi."

Verse 46 (3.137.46)

स पुत्रशोकादुद्विग्नस्तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम् । भवेन्मम सुतोऽमर्त्य इतितं लब्धवांश्च सः ॥

sa putraśokādudvignastapastepe suduṣkaram | bhavenmama suto'martya ititaṃ labdhavāṃśca saḥ

"Stricken with grief over a son, he practised very hard austerities, praying, 'May I have a son who is immortal'; and he obtained such a son."

Note on the text: Corrected उद्विग्रस् → उद्विग्नस् (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग्न; the critical edition reads udvignas).

Verse 47 (3.137.47)

तस्य प्रसादो वै देवैः कृतो न त्वमरैः समः । नामर्त्यो विद्यते मर्त्यो निमित्तायुर्भविष्यति ॥

tasya prasādo vai devaiḥ kṛto na tvamaraiḥ samaḥ | nāmartyo vidyate martyo nimittāyurbhaviṣyati

"The gods granted him their favour, but not equality with the immortals: 'No mortal can be immortal; his life will depend on some token.'"

Verse 48 (3.137.48)

यथेमे पर्वताः शश्वत्तिष्ठन्ति सुरसत्तमाः । तावज्जीवेन्मम सुतो निर्वाणमुत मे मतः ॥

yatheme parvatāḥ śaśvattiṣṭhanti surasattamāḥ | tāvajjīvenmama suto nirvāṇamuta me mataḥ

"As these mountains stand forever, best of gods, so long may my son live; that, I hold, would be my peace."

Note on the text: Corrected मम् → मम (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama). Only the first line matches the critical edition (3.136.6ab); its second line differs, and the edition's own commentary records the critical edition's line as a variant.

Verse 49 (3.137.49)

तस्य पुत्रस्तदा जज्ञे मेधावी क्रोधनस्तदा । स तु लब्धवरो दर्पादृषींश्चैवावमन्यत ॥

tasya putrastadā jajñe medhāvī krodhanastadā | sa tu labdhavaro darpādṛṣīṃścaivāvamanyata

"Then a son was born to him, Medhavin, quick to anger. Having obtained this boon, he grew proud and despised the seers."

Note on the text: Corrected जत्रे → जज्ञे (misprint in Wikisource; त्र for ज्ञ; the critical edition reads jajñe).

Verse 50 (3.137.50)

विकुर्वाणो मुनीनां च व्यचरत्स महीमिमाम् । आससाद महावीर्यं धनुषाक्षं मनीषिणम् ॥

vikurvāṇo munīnāṃ ca vyacaratsa mahīmimām | āsasāda mahāvīryaṃ dhanuṣākṣaṃ manīṣiṇam

"Harassing the sages, he roamed this earth, and he came upon the mighty and wise Dhanushaksha."

Verse 51 (3.137.51)

तस्यापचक्रे मेधावी तं शशाप स वीर्यवान् । भव भस्मेति चोक्तः स न भस्म समपद्यत ॥

tasyāpacakre medhāvī taṃ śaśāpa sa vīryavān | bhava bhasmeti coktaḥ sa na bhasma samapadyata

"Medhavin wronged him, and that powerful sage cursed him, saying, 'Become ashes!' But though he was so cursed, he did not turn to ashes."

Verse 52 (3.137.52)

धनुषाक्षस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा मेधाविनमनामयम् । मुनिस्तत्कारणं ज्ञात्वा स्वयं महिषरूपधृत् । शृङ्गेणाद्रीनचलयत्ततोऽयंभस्मसादभूत् ॥

dhanuṣākṣastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā medhāvinamanāmayam | munistatkāraṇaṃ jñātvā svayaṃ mahiṣarūpadhṛt | śṛṅgeṇādrīnacalayattato'yaṃbhasmasādabhūt

"When Dhanushaksha saw Medhavin unharmed, the sage understood the reason. Taking the form of a buffalo himself, he shook the mountains with his horns, and then the boy was reduced to ashes."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the second and third lines. Only the first line matches the critical edition (3.136.10ab); the other two lines are passage 664* of its apparatus.

Verse 53 (3.137.53)

निमित्तमस्य महर्षिर्भेदयामास पर्वतान् । स निमित्ते विनष्टे तु ममार सहसा शिशुः ॥

nimittamasya maharṣirbhedayāmāsa parvatān | sa nimitte vinaṣṭe tu mamāra sahasā śiśuḥ

"The great seer broke apart the mountains that were the token of his life; and when the token was destroyed, the boy suddenly died."

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of the critical edition's 3.136.10cd (Wikisource महर्षिर्, "the great seer", for mahiṣair, "with buffaloes"); the second line is 3.136.11ab.

Verse 54 (3.137.54)

तं मृतं पुत्रमादाय विललाप ततः पिता ॥

taṃ mṛtaṃ putramādāya vilalāpa tataḥ pitā

"Then his father took up his dead son and lamented."

Note on the text: A half-verse as printed in Wikisource; it is the critical edition's 3.136.11cd.

Verse 55 (3.137.55)

लालप्यमानं तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयः परमार्तवत् । ऊचुर्वेदविदः सर्वे गाथां यां तां निबोध मे ॥

lālapyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ paramārtavat | ūcurvedavidaḥ sarve gāthāṃ yāṃ tāṃ nibodha me

"Seeing him lamenting like one deeply afflicted, all the sages learned in the Veda recited a verse; hear it from me:"

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वै → सर्वे (misprint in Wikisource; ै for े in the nominative plural).

Verse 56 (3.137.56)

न दिष्टमर्थमत्येतुमीशोऽमर्त्यः कथंचन । महर्षिर्भेदयामास धनुषाक्षो महीधरान् ॥

na diṣṭamarthamatyetumīśo'martyaḥ kathaṃcana | maharṣirbhedayāmāsa dhanuṣākṣo mahīdharān

"'Not even an immortal can ever overstep what is ordained: the great seer Dhanushaksha broke apart the mountains.'"

Verse 57 (3.137.57)

एवं लब्ध्वा वरान्बाला दर्पपूर्णास्तपस्विनः । क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यन्ति यथा न स्यात्तथा भवान् ॥

evaṃ labdhvā varānbālā darpapūrṇāstapasvinaḥ | kṣiprameva vinaśyanti yathā na syāttathā bhavān

"So it is that young ascetics who obtain boons become filled with pride and quickly perish. See that you do not become like that."

Verse 58 (3.137.58)

एष रैभ्यो महावीर्यः पुत्रौ चास्य तथाविधौ । तं यथा पुत्र नाभ्येषि तथा कुर्यास्त्वतन्द्रितः ॥

eṣa raibhyo mahāvīryaḥ putrau cāsya tathāvidhau | taṃ yathā putra nābhyeṣi tathā kuryāstvatandritaḥ

"This Raibhya is very powerful, and his two sons are like him. Take care, my son, and be watchful never to cross him."

Verse 59 (3.137.59)

स हि क्रुद्धः समर्थस्त्वां पुत्र पीडयितुं रुषा । रैभ्यश्चापि तपस्वी च कोपनश्च महानृषिः ॥

sa hi kruddhaḥ samarthastvāṃ putra pīḍayituṃ ruṣā | raibhyaścāpi tapasvī ca kopanaśca mahānṛṣiḥ

"For if he is angered, he can make you suffer in his wrath, my son. Raibhya is an ascetic, and a great seer quick to anger."

Verse 60 (3.137.60)

एवं करिष्ये मा तापं तात कार्षीः कथंचन । यथा हि मे भवान्मान्यस्तथा रैभ्यः पिता मम ॥

evaṃ kariṣye mā tāpaṃ tāta kārṣīḥ kathaṃcana | yathā hi me bhavānmānyastathā raibhyaḥ pitā mama

"I shall do so; do not trouble yourself at all, father. As you are worthy of my honour, so too is Raibhya a father to me."

Note on the text: Corrected एव → एवं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads evaṃ).

Verse 61 (3.137.61)

उक्त्वा स पितरं श्लक्ष्णं यवक्रीरकुतोभयः । विप्रकुर्वन्नृषीनन्यानतुष्यत्परया मुदा ॥

uktvā sa pitaraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ yavakrīrakutobhayaḥ | viprakurvannṛṣīnanyānatuṣyatparayā mudā

Having spoken gently to his father, Yavakri, fearing nothing from any side, went about wronging other seers, and was supremely pleased with himself.

Note on the text: Corrected श्लक्ष्ण → श्लक्ष्णं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara of the adverb; the critical edition reads ślakṣṇaṃ).