Naraka's Bones and the Boar Who Raised the Earth

Verse 1 (3.144.1)

द्रष्टारः पर्वताः सर्वे नद्यः सपुरकाननाः । तीर्थानि चैव श्रीमन्ति स्पृष्टं च सलिलं करैः ॥

draṣṭāraḥ parvatāḥ sarve nadyaḥ sapurakānanāḥ | tīrthāni caiva śrīmanti spṛṣṭaṃ ca salilaṃ karaiḥ

Lomasha said: You have seen all the mountains, the rivers with their towns and woods, and the glorious sacred fords, and touched their waters with your hands.

Note on the text: The speaker heading "[लोमश उवाच" had slipped into the verse text; it is removed and Lomasha made the speaker (the bracket marks the start of the vulgate insertion). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 1–2.

Verse 2 (3.144.2)

पर्वतं मन्दरं दिव्यमेष पन्थाः प्रयास्यति । समाहिता निरुद्विग्नाः सर्वे भवत पाण्डवाः ॥

parvataṃ mandaraṃ divyameṣa panthāḥ prayāsyati | samāhitā nirudvignāḥ sarve bhavata pāṇḍavāḥ

This path will lead to the divine Mount Mandara. Be composed and free from anxiety, all of you, Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected समाहीता → समाहिता (misprint in Wikisource; long ी for short ि; Appendix I.16 reads samāhitā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 3–4.

Verse 3 (3.144.3)

अयं देवनिवासो वै गन्तव्यो वो भविष्यति । ऋषीणां चैव दिव्यानां निवासः पुण्यकर्मणां ॥

ayaṃ devanivāso vai gantavyo vo bhaviṣyati | ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva divyānāṃ nivāsaḥ puṇyakarmaṇāṃ

This dwelling of the gods is where you must go; it is also the home of divine seers of holy deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 5–6.

Verse 4 (3.144.4)

एषा शिवजला पुण्या याति सौम्य महानदी । बदरीप्रभवा राजन्देवर्षिगणसेविता ॥

eṣā śivajalā puṇyā yāti saumya mahānadī | badarīprabhavā rājandevarṣigaṇasevitā

This holy great river of auspicious waters, gentle one, flows from Badari, O king, and hosts of gods and seers frequent it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 7–8.

Verse 5 (3.144.5)

एषा वैहायसैर्नित्यं वालखिल्यैर्महात्मभिः । अर्चिता चोपयाता च गन्धर्वैश्च महात्मभिः ॥

eṣā vaihāyasairnityaṃ vālakhilyairmahātmabhiḥ | arcitā copayātā ca gandharvaiśca mahātmabhiḥ

The great-souled Valakhilyas who move through the sky ever worship it and come to it, and so do the great-souled Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 9–10.

Verse 6 (3.144.6)

अत्र साम स्म गायन्ति सामगाः पुण्यनिःस्वनाः । मरीचिः पुलहश्चैव भृगुश्चैवाङ्गिरास्तथा ॥

atra sāma sma gāyanti sāmagāḥ puṇyaniḥsvanāḥ | marīciḥ pulahaścaiva bhṛguścaivāṅgirāstathā

Here the singers of the Saman chant their hymns with holy voices: Marichi, Pulaha, Bhrigu and Angiras.

Note on the text: Corrected अत्रसाम → अत्र साम (word division only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 11–12.

Verse 7 (3.144.7)

अत्राह्निकं सुरश्रेष्ठो जपते समरुद्गणः । साध्याश्चैवाश्विनौ चैव परिधावन्ति तं तदा ॥

atrāhnikaṃ suraśreṣṭho japate samarudgaṇaḥ | sādhyāścaivāśvinau caiva paridhāvanti taṃ tadā

Here the best of the gods, with the hosts of Maruts, murmurs his daily prayers, and the Sadhyas and the two Ashvins wait upon him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 13–14.

Verse 8 (3.144.8)

चन्द्रमाः सह सूर्येण ज्योतींषि च ग्रहैः सह । अहोरात्रविभागेन नदीमेनामनुव्रजन् ॥

candramāḥ saha sūryeṇa jyotīṃṣi ca grahaiḥ saha | ahorātravibhāgena nadīmenāmanuvrajan

The moon with the sun, and the stars with the planets, follow this river in the round of day and night.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्योतीषि → ज्योतींषि (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara was dropped; Appendix I.16 reads jyotīṃṣi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 15–16.

Verse 9 (3.144.9)

एतस्याः सलिलं मूर्ध्नि वृषाङ्कः पर्यधारयत् । गङ्गाद्वारे महाभाग येन लोकस्थितिर्भवेत् ॥

etasyāḥ salilaṃ mūrdhni vṛṣāṅkaḥ paryadhārayat | gaṅgādvāre mahābhāga yena lokasthitirbhavet

At Gangadvara, fortunate one, the god whose emblem is the bull bore its water on his head, so that the world might endure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 17–18.

Verse 10 (3.144.10)

एतां भगवतीं देवीं भवन्तः सर्व एव हि । प्रयतेनात्मना तात प्रतिगम्याभिवादत ॥

etāṃ bhagavatīṃ devīṃ bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi | prayatenātmanā tāta pratigamyābhivādata

All of you, my sons, with minds made pure, go up to this blessed goddess and bow to her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 19–20.

Verse 11 (3.144.11)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा लोमशस्य महात्मनः । आकाशगङ्गां प्रयताः पाण्डवास्तेऽभ्यवादयन् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā lomaśasya mahātmanaḥ | ākāśagaṅgāṃ prayatāḥ pāṇḍavāste'bhyavādayan

Vaishampayana said: Hearing these words of the great-souled Lomasha, the Pandavas, with minds made pure, bowed to the Ganga of the sky.

Note on the text: Narration, not Lomasha's speech (Lomasha is spoken of in the third person); assigned to Vaishampayana. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 21–22.

Verse 12 (3.144.12)

अभिवाद्य च ते सर्वे पाण्डवा धर्मचारिणः । पुनः प्रयाताः संहृष्टाः सर्वैर्ऋषिगणैः सह ॥

abhivādya ca te sarve pāṇḍavā dharmacāriṇaḥ | punaḥ prayātāḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sarvairṛṣigaṇaiḥ saha

When they had bowed to her, all the Pandavas, followers of dharma, set out again joyfully together with all the hosts of seers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 23–24.

Verse 13 (3.144.13)

ततो दूरात्प्रकाशन्तं पाण्डुरं मेरुसंनिभम् । ददृशुस्ते नरश्रेष्ठा विकीर्णं सर्वतोदिशम् ॥

tato dūrātprakāśantaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ merusaṃnibham | dadṛśuste naraśreṣṭhā vikīrṇaṃ sarvatodiśam

Then from afar those best of men saw something shining and white like Meru, scattered in every direction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 25–26.

Verse 14 (3.144.14)

तान्प्रष्टुकामान्विज्ञाय पाण्डवान्स तु लोमशः । उवाच वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञः शृणुध्वं पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥

tānpraṣṭukāmānvijñāya pāṇḍavānsa tu lomaśaḥ | uvāca vākyaṃ vākyajñaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ

Knowing that the Pandavas wished to ask about it, Lomasha, a master of speech, said: "Listen, sons of Pandu."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 27–28.

Verse 15 (3.144.15)

एतद्विकीर्णं सुश्रीमत्कैलासशिखरोपमम् । यत्पश्यसि नरश्रेष्ठ पर्वतप्रतिमं स्थितम् ॥

etadvikīrṇaṃ suśrīmatkailāsaśikharopamam | yatpaśyasi naraśreṣṭha parvatapratimaṃ sthitam

Lomasha said: This gleaming, scattered mass like a peak of Kailasa that you see, best of men, standing there like a mountain:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 29–30.

Verse 16 (3.144.16)

एतान्यस्थीनि दैत्यस्य नरकस्य महात्मनः । पर्वतप्रतिमं भाति पर्वतप्रस्तराश्रितम् ॥

etānyasthīni daityasya narakasya mahātmanaḥ | parvatapratimaṃ bhāti parvataprastarāśritam

these are the bones of the mighty Daitya Naraka. Lying on the mountain's rocks, they look like a mountain themselves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 31–32.

Verse 17 (3.144.17)

पुरातनेन देवेन विष्णुना परमात्मना । दैत्यो विनिहतस्तेन सुरराजहितैषिणा ॥

purātanena devena viṣṇunā paramātmanā | daityo vinihatastena surarājahitaiṣiṇā

The Daitya was slain by the ancient god Vishnu, the Supreme Self, who sought the good of the king of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected रदैत्यो → दैत्यो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; Appendix I.16 reads daityo). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 33–34.

Verse 18 (3.144.18)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्यन्महामनाः । ऐन्द्रं प्रार्थयते स्थानं तपःस्वाध्यायविक्रमात् ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastapyanmahāmanāḥ | aindraṃ prārthayate sthānaṃ tapaḥsvādhyāyavikramāt

For ten thousand years that great-minded one practised austerities, and he sought Indra's seat through the power of his austerity and his Vedic study.

Note on the text: Corrected ऐनद्रं → ऐन्द्रं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; Appendix I.16 reads aindraṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 35–36.

Verse 19 (3.144.19)

तपोबलेन महता बाहुवेगबलेन च । नित्यमेव दुराधर्षो धर्षयन्स दितेः सुतः ॥

tapobalena mahatā bāhuvegabalena ca | nityameva durādharṣo dharṣayansa diteḥ sutaḥ

Through the great power of his austerity and the strength and speed of his arms, that son of Diti could never be overcome, and he overcame others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 37–38.

Verse 20 (3.144.20)

स तु तस्य बलं ज्ञात्वा धर्मे च चरितव्रतम् । भयाभिभूतः संविग्नः शक्र आसीत्तदाऽनघ ॥

sa tu tasya balaṃ jñātvā dharme ca caritavratam | bhayābhibhūtaḥ saṃvignaḥ śakra āsīttadā'nagha

Knowing his strength and the vows he had kept in dharma, Shakra was overcome by fear and greatly troubled, sinless one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 39–40.

Verse 21 (3.144.21)

तेन संचिन्तितो देवो मनसा विष्णुरव्ययः । सर्वत्रगः प्रभुः श्रीमानागतश्च स्थितो बभौ ॥

tena saṃcintito devo manasā viṣṇuravyayaḥ | sarvatragaḥ prabhuḥ śrīmānāgataśca sthito babhau

He called to mind the god Vishnu, the imperishable; and the all-pervading, glorious Lord came and stood there, shining.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 41–42.

Verse 22 (3.144.22)

ऋषयश्चापि तं सर्वे तुष्टुवुश्च दिवौकसः ॥

ṛṣayaścāpi taṃ sarve tuṣṭuvuśca divaukasaḥ

All the seers and the dwellers in heaven praised him.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource and in the critical edition's appendix alike. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), line 43.

Verse 23 (3.144.23)

तं दृष्ट्वा ज्वलमानश्रीर्भगवान्हव्यवाहनः । नष्टतेजाः समभवत्तस्य तेजोभिभर्त्सितः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalamānaśrīrbhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ | naṣṭatejāḥ samabhavattasya tejobhibhartsitaḥ

Seeing him, even the blessed bearer of oblations, Agni, blazing with splendour, lost his brightness, outshone by Vishnu's radiance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 44–45.

Verse 24 (3.144.24)

तं दृष्ट्वा वरदं देवं विष्णुं देवगणेश्वरम् । प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा नमस्कृत्य च वज्रभृत् । प्राह वाक्यं ततस्तत्त्वं यतस्तस्य भयं भवेत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā varadaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ devagaṇeśvaram | prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā namaskṛtya ca vajrabhṛt | prāha vākyaṃ tatastattvaṃ yatastasya bhayaṃ bhavet

Seeing the boon-giving god Vishnu, lord of the hosts of gods, the wielder of the thunderbolt joined his palms, bowed low and saluted him, and then told him truly the cause of his fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 46–48.

Verse 25 (3.144.25)

जानामि ते भयं शक्र दैत्येन्द्रान्नरकात्ततः । ऐन्द्रं प्रार्थयते स्थानं तपःसिद्धेन कर्मणा ॥

jānāmi te bhayaṃ śakra daityendrānnarakāttataḥ | aindraṃ prārthayate sthānaṃ tapaḥsiddhena karmaṇā

Vishnu said: I know your fear, Shakra, of Naraka, lord of the Daityas: he seeks Indra's seat through deeds perfected by austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected रप्रार्थयते → प्रार्थयते (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; Appendix I.16 reads prārthayate). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 49–50.

Verse 26 (3.144.26)

सोऽहमेनं तव प्रीत्या तपःसिद्धमपि ध्रुवम् । वियुनज्मि देहाद्देवेन्द्र मुहूर्तं प्रतिपालय ॥

so'hamenaṃ tava prītyā tapaḥsiddhamapi dhruvam | viyunajmi dehāddevendra muhūrtaṃ pratipālaya

Out of love for you I shall now part him from his body, perfected by austerity though he surely is. Wait a moment, lord of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected सोहमेनं → सोऽहमेनं (missing avagraha) and देवेनद्र → देवेन्द्र (broken conjunct) (misprints in Wikisource; Appendix I.16 reads so 'ham enaṃ … devendra). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 51–52.

Verse 27 (3.144.27)

तस्य विष्णुर्महातेजाः पाणिना चेतनां हरत् । स पपात ततो भूमौ गिरिराज इवाहतः । तस्यैतदस्थिसंघातं मायाविनिहतस्य वै ॥

tasya viṣṇurmahātejāḥ pāṇinā cetanāṃ harat | sa papāta tato bhūmau girirāja ivāhataḥ | tasyaitadasthisaṃghātaṃ māyāvinihatasya vai

Lomasha said: Then Vishnu of great splendour took away his life with a blow of his hand, and he fell to the ground like a king of mountains struck down. This is the heap of bones of him who was slain by divine power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 53–55.

Verse 28 (3.144.28)

इदं द्वितीयमपरं विष्णोः कर्म प्रकाशते ॥

idaṃ dvitīyamaparaṃ viṣṇoḥ karma prakāśate

Here another, a second deed of Vishnu is to be seen:

Note on the text: Corrected विष्णो → विष्णोः (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga was dropped, leaving a vocative where the genitive is needed; Appendix I.16 reads viṣṇoḥ). A single line in Wikisource and in the appendix alike. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), line 56.

Verse 29 (3.144.29)

नष्टा वसुमती कृत्स्ना पाताले चैव मज्जिता । पुनरुद्धरिता तेन वाराहेणैकशृङ्गिणा ॥

naṣṭā vasumatī kṛtsnā pātāle caiva majjitā | punaruddharitā tena vārāheṇaikaśṛṅgiṇā

the whole earth was lost and sunk into the netherworld, and he raised her up again as a boar with a single tusk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 57–58.

Verse 30 (3.144.30)

भगवन्विस्तरेणेमां कथां कथय तत्त्वतः ॥

bhagavanvistareṇemāṃ kathāṃ kathaya tattvataḥ

Yudhishthira said: Lord, tell me this story truly and in full.

Note on the text: Corrected मगवन् → भगवन् (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; Appendix I.16 reads bhagavan). A single line in Wikisource and in the appendix alike. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), line 59.

Verse 31 (3.144.31)

कथं तेन सुरेशेन नष्टा वसुमती तदा । योजनानां शतं ब्रह्मन्पुनरुद्धरिता तदा ॥

kathaṃ tena sureśena naṣṭā vasumatī tadā | yojanānāṃ śataṃ brahmanpunaruddharitā tadā

How was the earth lost then, and how did that lord of the gods raise her up again a hundred yojanas, Brahmin?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 60–61.

Verse 32 (3.144.32)

केन चैव प्रकारेण जगतो धरणी ध्रुवा । शिवा देवी महाभागा सर्वसस्यप्ररोहिणी । कस्य चैव प्रभावाद्धि योजनानां शतं गता ॥

kena caiva prakāreṇa jagato dharaṇī dhruvā | śivā devī mahābhāgā sarvasasyaprarohiṇī | kasya caiva prabhāvāddhi yojanānāṃ śataṃ gatā

In what way, and by whose power, did the firm support of the world, the auspicious and blessed goddess who brings forth every crop, sink down a hundred yojanas?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 62–64.

Verse 33 (3.144.33)

केनैतद्वीर्यसर्वस्वं दर्शितं परमात्मनः । एतत्सर्वं यथातत्त्वमिच्छामि द्विजसत्तम । श्रोतुं विस्तरशः सर्वं त्वं हि तस्य प्रतिश्रयः ॥

kenaitadvīryasarvasvaṃ darśitaṃ paramātmanaḥ | etatsarvaṃ yathātattvamicchāmi dvijasattama | śrotuṃ vistaraśaḥ sarvaṃ tvaṃ hi tasya pratiśrayaḥ

By whom was this whole might of the Supreme Self displayed? All this I wish to hear exactly and at length, best of the twice-born, for you are its keeper.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I.16, lines 65–66): Wikisource prints only the last line, "श्रोतुं विस्तरशः सर्वं …", which has no verb to govern "to hear"; the two lost lines (kenaitad vīryasarvasvaṃ … icchāmi dvijasattama) are supplied before it. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 65–67.

Verse 34 (3.144.34)

यत्तेऽहं परिपृष्टोऽस्मि कथामेतां युधिष्ठिर । तत्सर्वमखिलेनेह श्रूयतां मम भाषतः ॥

yatte'haṃ paripṛṣṭo'smi kathāmetāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | tatsarvamakhileneha śrūyatāṃ mama bhāṣataḥ

Lomasha said: Hear from me now, Yudhishthira, the whole of this story about which you have asked me, told here in full.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 68–69.

Verse 35 (3.144.35)

पुरा कृतयुगे तात वर्तमानेऽभयंकरे । यमत्वं कारयामास आदिदेवः पुरातनः ॥

purā kṛtayuge tāta vartamāne'bhayaṃkare | yamatvaṃ kārayāmāsa ādidevaḥ purātanaḥ

Long ago, my son, in the Krita age, when there was nothing to fear, the ancient first god took upon himself the office of Yama.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्तमाने भयंकरे → वर्तमानेऽभयंकरे (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha turned the fearless Krita age into a "terrible" one; Appendix I.16 reads vartamāne 'bhayaṃkare). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 70–71.

Verse 36 (3.144.36)

यमत्वं कुर्वतस्तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमतः । न तत्र म्रियते कश्चिज्जायते वा तथाऽच्युत ॥

yamatvaṃ kurvatastasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ | na tatra mriyate kaścijjāyate vā tathā'cyuta

While that wise god of gods held the office of Yama, no one died there, unfailing one, and births went on as before.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 72–73.

Verse 37 (3.144.37)

वर्धन्ते पक्षिसङ्घाश्च तथा पशुगवेडकम् । गवाश्वं च मृगाश्चैव सर्वे ते पिशिताशनाः ॥

vardhante pakṣisaṅghāśca tathā paśugaveḍakam | gavāśvaṃ ca mṛgāścaiva sarve te piśitāśanāḥ

Flocks of birds multiplied, and so did cattle, cows and sheep, horses, deer and all the eaters of flesh.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 74–75.

Verse 38 (3.144.38)

तथा पुरुषशार्दूल मानुषाश्च परंतप । सहस्रशो ह्ययुतशो वर्धन्ते सलिलं यथा ॥

tathā puruṣaśārdūla mānuṣāśca paraṃtapa | sahasraśo hyayutaśo vardhante salilaṃ yathā

So too, tiger among men, scorcher of foes, human beings multiplied by thousands and tens of thousands, like rising water.

Note on the text: Corrected मानुपाश्च → मानुषाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; Appendix I.16 reads mānuṣāś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 76–77.

Verse 39 (3.144.39)

एतस्मिन्संकुले तात वर्तमाने भयंकरे । अतिभाराद्वसुमती योजनानां शतं गता ॥

etasminsaṃkule tāta vartamāne bhayaṃkare | atibhārādvasumatī yojanānāṃ śataṃ gatā

When this crowding had grown terrible, my son, the earth sank down a hundred yojanas under the excessive weight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 78–79.

Verse 40 (3.144.40)

सा वै व्यथितसर्वाङ्गी भारेणाक्रान्तचेतना । नारायणं वरं देवं प्रपन्ना शरणं गता ॥

sā vai vyathitasarvāṅgī bhāreṇākrāntacetanā | nārāyaṇaṃ varaṃ devaṃ prapannā śaraṇaṃ gatā

Aching in every limb, her senses crushed by the burden, she went for refuge to Narayana, the supreme god.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 80–81.

Verse 41 (3.144.41)

भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादाद्धि तिष्ठेयं सुचिरं त्विह । भारेणास्मि समाक्रान्ता न शक्नोमि स्म वर्तितुम् ॥

bhagavaṃstvatprasādāddhi tiṣṭheyaṃ suciraṃ tviha | bhāreṇāsmi samākrāntā na śaknomi sma vartitum

The Earth said: Lord, only by your grace could I stand here for long. I am crushed by this burden and can bear it no longer.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्नोस्मि → शक्नोमि (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid verb form; Appendix I.16 reads śaknomi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 82–83.

Verse 42 (3.144.42)

ममेमं भगवन्भारं व्यपनेतुं त्वमर्हसि । शरणागताऽस्मि ते देव प्रसादं कुरु मे विभो ॥

mamemaṃ bhagavanbhāraṃ vyapanetuṃ tvamarhasi | śaraṇāgatā'smi te deva prasādaṃ kuru me vibho

Lord, you must take this burden from me. I have come to you for refuge, god; be gracious to me, all-pervading one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 84–85.

Verse 43 (3.144.43)

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भगवानक्षरः प्रभुः । प्रोवाच वचनं हृष्टः श्रव्याक्षरसमीरितम् ॥

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānakṣaraḥ prabhuḥ | provāca vacanaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ śravyākṣarasamīritam

Lomasha said: Hearing her words, the blessed, imperishable Lord was pleased and spoke in syllables pleasant to hear:

Note on the text: Speaker corrected: the input carried the Earth's heading over this narrative verse, which is Lomasha's. Corrected श्राव्यारसमीरितम् → श्रव्याक्षरसमीरितम् (misprint in Wikisource; the akshara क्ष was dropped; Appendix I.16 reads śravyākṣarasamīritam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 86–87.

Verse 44 (3.144.44)

न ते महि भयं कार्यं भारार्ते वसुधारिणि । अयमेवं तथा कुर्मि यथा लघ्वी भविष्यसि ॥

na te mahi bhayaṃ kāryaṃ bhārārte vasudhāriṇi | ayamevaṃ tathā kurmi yathā laghvī bhaviṣyasi

Vishnu said: You need not fear, Earth, bearer of riches, troubled by your burden. I shall act so that you become light.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected: the input gave this verse to the Earth, but it is the Lord's reply to her (it addresses "Mahi", the Earth); no heading is printed. Corrected लध्वी → लघ्वी (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; Appendix I.16 reads laghvī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 88–89.

Verse 45 (3.144.45)

स तां विसर्जयित्वा तु वसुधां शैलकुण्डलाम् । ततो वराहः संवृत्त एकशृङ्गो महाद्युतिः ॥

sa tāṃ visarjayitvā tu vasudhāṃ śailakuṇḍalām | tato varāhaḥ saṃvṛtta ekaśṛṅgo mahādyutiḥ

Lomasha said: Having sent away the earth, whose earrings are the mountains, he became a boar of great splendour with a single tusk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 90–91.

Verse 46 (3.144.46)

रक्ताभ्यां नयनाभ्यां तु भयमुत्पादयन्निव । धूमं च ज्वलयँल्लक्ष्म्या तत्र देशे व्यवर्धत ॥

raktābhyāṃ nayanābhyāṃ tu bhayamutpādayanniva | dhūmaṃ ca jvalayam̐llakṣmyā tatra deśe vyavardhata

Striking terror, as it were, with his two red eyes, and making smoke blaze up with his splendour, he grew huge in that place.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 92–93.

Verse 47 (3.144.47)

स गृहीत्वा वसुमतीं शृङ्गेणैकेन भास्वता । योजनानां शतं वीर समुद्धरति सोऽक्षरः ॥

sa gṛhītvā vasumatīṃ śṛṅgeṇaikena bhāsvatā | yojanānāṃ śataṃ vīra samuddharati so'kṣaraḥ

Taking hold of the earth with his single shining tusk, the Imperishable raised her up a hundred yojanas, hero.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 94–95.

Verse 48 (3.144.48)

तस्यां चोद्धार्यमाणायां संक्षोभः समजायत । देवाः संक्षुभिताः सर्वे ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥

tasyāṃ coddhāryamāṇāyāṃ saṃkṣobhaḥ samajāyata | devāḥ saṃkṣubhitāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

As she was being lifted a great upheaval arose: all the gods were shaken, and the seers rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 96–97.

Verse 49 (3.144.49)

हाहाभूतमभूत्सर्वं त्रिदिवं व्योम भूस्तथा । न पर्यवस्थितः कश्चिद्देवो वा मानुषोऽपि वा ॥

hāhābhūtamabhūtsarvaṃ tridivaṃ vyoma bhūstathā | na paryavasthitaḥ kaściddevo vā mānuṣo'pi vā

Heaven, sky and earth were all filled with cries of dismay; no one, god or man, could stay steady.

Note on the text: Corrected मानुषोपि → मानुषोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; Appendix I.16 reads mānuṣo 'pi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 98–99.

Verse 50 (3.144.50)

ततो ब्रह्माणमासीनं ज्वलमानमिव श्रिया । देवाः सर्षिगणाश्चैव उपतस्थुरनेकशः ॥

tato brahmāṇamāsīnaṃ jvalamānamiva śriyā | devāḥ sarṣigaṇāścaiva upatasthuranekaśaḥ

Then the gods, with the hosts of seers, came in great numbers to Brahma, who sat there blazing, as it were, with glory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 100–101.

Verse 51 (3.144.51)

उपसर्प्य च देवेशं ब्रह्माणं लोकसाक्षिकम् । भूत्वा प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे वाक्यमुच्चारयंस्तदा ॥

upasarpya ca deveśaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokasākṣikam | bhūtvā prāñjalayaḥ sarve vākyamuccārayaṃstadā

Approaching Brahma, lord of the gods and witness of the worlds, they all joined their palms and spoke:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 102–103.

Verse 52 (3.144.52)

लोकाः संक्षुभिताः सर्वे व्याकुलं च चराचरम् । समुद्राणां च संक्षोभस्त्रिदशेश प्रकाशते ॥

lokāḥ saṃkṣubhitāḥ sarve vyākulaṃ ca carācaram | samudrāṇāṃ ca saṃkṣobhastridaśeśa prakāśate

The gods said: All the worlds are shaken, and everything moving and unmoving is in turmoil; the oceans are seen heaving, lord of the thirty gods.

Note on the text: Speaker added: no heading is printed, but verse 51 introduces this as the gods' speech to Brahma. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 104–105.

Verse 53 (3.144.53)

सैषा वसुमती कृत्स्ना योजनानां शतं गता । किमेतत्किंप्रभावेण येनेदं व्याकुलं जगत् । आख्यातु नो भवाञ्शीघ्रं विसंज्ञाः स्मेह सर्वशः ॥

saiṣā vasumatī kṛtsnā yojanānāṃ śataṃ gatā | kimetatkiṃprabhāveṇa yenedaṃ vyākulaṃ jagat | ākhyātu no bhavāñśīghraṃ visaṃjñāḥ smeha sarvaśaḥ

This whole earth has gone down a hundred yojanas. What is this? By whose power is the world thrown into such turmoil? Tell us quickly, for we are all bewildered here.

Note on the text: Corrected रव्याकुलं → व्याकुलं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; Appendix I.16 reads vyākulaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 106–108.

Verse 54 (3.144.54)

असुरेभ्यो भयं नास्ति युष्माकं कुत्रचित्क्वचित् । श्रूयतां यत्कृते त्वेष संक्षोभो जायतेऽमराः ॥

asurebhyo bhayaṃ nāsti yuṣmākaṃ kutracitkvacit | śrūyatāṃ yatkṛte tveṣa saṃkṣobho jāyate'marāḥ

Brahma said: You have nothing to fear from the Asuras, anywhere at all. Hear, immortals, the cause of this upheaval.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 109–110.

Verse 55 (3.144.55)

योऽसौ सर्वत्रगः श्रीमानक्षरात्मा व्यवस्थितः । तस्य प्रभावात्संक्षोभस्त्रिदिवस्य प्रकाशते ॥

yo'sau sarvatragaḥ śrīmānakṣarātmā vyavasthitaḥ | tasya prabhāvātsaṃkṣobhastridivasya prakāśate

He who abides everywhere, the glorious one whose self is imperishable: by his power this upheaval is seen in heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected योसौ → योऽसौ (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; Appendix I.16 reads yo 'sau). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 111–112.

Verse 56 (3.144.56)

यैषा वसुमती कृत्स्ना योजनानां शतं गता । समुद्धृता पुनस्तेन विष्णुना परमात्मना ॥

yaiṣā vasumatī kṛtsnā yojanānāṃ śataṃ gatā | samuddhṛtā punastena viṣṇunā paramātmanā

This whole earth, which had sunk a hundred yojanas, has been raised up again by Vishnu, the Supreme Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 113–114.

Verse 57 (3.144.57)

तस्यामुद्धार्यमाणायां संक्षोभः समजायत । एवं भवन्तो जानन्तु च्छिद्यतां संशयश्च वः ॥

tasyāmuddhāryamāṇāyāṃ saṃkṣobhaḥ samajāyata | evaṃ bhavanto jānantu cchidyatāṃ saṃśayaśca vaḥ

As she was being raised the upheaval arose. Know this, and let your doubt be cut away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 115–116.

Verse 58 (3.144.58)

क्व तद्भूतं वसुमतीं समुद्धरति हृष्टवत् । तं देशं भगवन्ब्रूहि तत्र यास्यामहे वयम् ॥

kva tadbhūtaṃ vasumatīṃ samuddharati hṛṣṭavat | taṃ deśaṃ bhagavanbrūhi tatra yāsyāmahe vayam

The gods said: Where is that being who is joyfully raising the earth? Tell us the place, lord; we shall go there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 117–118.

Verse 59 (3.144.59)

हन्त गच्छत भद्रं वो नन्दने पश्यत स्थितम् । एषोऽत्र भगवाञ्श्रीमान्सुपर्णः संप्रकाशते ॥

hanta gacchata bhadraṃ vo nandane paśyata sthitam | eṣo'tra bhagavāñśrīmānsuparṇaḥ saṃprakāśate

Brahma said: Go then, and good fortune go with you; you will see him standing in Nandana. Close by it shines the blessed and glorious Suparna.

Note on the text: Corrected पशय्त → पश्यत (transposed letters), एषोत्र → एषोऽत्र (missing avagraha) and श्रीमान्मुपर्णः → श्रीमान्सुपर्णः (म for स) (misprints in Wikisource; Appendix I.16 reads paśyata … eṣo 'tra … suparṇaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 119–120.

Verse 60 (3.144.60)

वाराहेणैव रूपेण भगवाँल्लोकभावनः । कालानल इवाभाति पृथिवीतलमुद्धरन् ॥

vārāheṇaiva rūpeṇa bhagavām̐llokabhāvanaḥ | kālānala ivābhāti pṛthivītalamuddharan

In the form of a boar the blessed creator of the worlds shines like the fire at the end of time as he lifts up the surface of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected वारादेणैव → वाराहेणैव (misprint in Wikisource; द for ह; Appendix I.16 reads vārāheṇaiva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 121–122.

Verse 61 (3.144.61)

एतस्योरसि सुव्यक्तं श्रीवत्समभिराजते । पश्यध्वं विबुधाः सर्वे भूतमेतदनामयम् ॥

etasyorasi suvyaktaṃ śrīvatsamabhirājate | paśyadhvaṃ vibudhāḥ sarve bhūtametadanāmayam

On his breast the Shrivatsa mark gleams clearly. Behold, all you gods, this being free from every ill.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 123–124.

Verse 62 (3.144.62)

ततो दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं श्रुत्वा चामन्त्र्य चामराः । पितामहं पुरस्कृत्य जग्मुर्देवा यथागतम् ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ śrutvā cāmantrya cāmarāḥ | pitāmahaṃ puraskṛtya jagmurdevā yathāgatam

Lomasha said: Then the immortals saw the great-souled one; having heard Brahma, they took their leave and, with the Grandsire at their head, the gods went back as they had come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 125–126.

Verse 63 (3.144.63)

श्रुत्वा तु तां कथां सर्वे पाण्डवा जनमेजय । लोमशादेशितेनाशु पथा जग्मुः प्रहृष्टवत् ॥

śrutvā tu tāṃ kathāṃ sarve pāṇḍavā janamejaya | lomaśādeśitenāśu pathā jagmuḥ prahṛṣṭavat

Vaishampayana said: Having heard that story, Janamejaya, all the Pandavas went on quickly and joyfully by the path Lomasha showed them.

Note on the text: Corrected यथा → पथा (misprint in Wikisource; य for प; "by the path shown by Lomasha" needs the noun; Appendix I.16 reads pathā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16 (inserted after 3.142.28), lines 127–128.