Markandeya on the Ages, the Dissolution and the Child on the Banyan

Verse 1 (3.191.1)

ततः स पुनरेवाथ मार्कण्डेयं तपस्विनम् । पप्रच्छ विनयोपेतो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

tataḥ sa punarevātha mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tapasvinam | papraccha vinayopeto dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Then Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, full of humility, questioned the ascetic Markandeya once more.

Verse 2 (3.191.2)

नैके युगसहस्रान्तास्त्वया दृष्टा महामुने । न चापीह समः कश्चिदायुष्मान्दृश्यते तव ॥

naike yugasahasrāntāstvayā dṛṣṭā mahāmune | na cāpīha samaḥ kaścidāyuṣmāndṛśyate tava

"Great sage, you have seen the close of many thousands of ages, and no one here is seen to be as long-lived as you.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.186.2 (a–d), with a variant second line (आयुष्मान्दृश्यते तव for āyuṣā tava vidyate); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 3 (3.191.3)

वर्जयित्वा महात्मानं ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । न तेऽस्ति सदृशः कश्चिदायुषा ब्रह्मसत्तम ॥

varjayitvā mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam | na te'sti sadṛśaḥ kaścidāyuṣā brahmasattama

"Leaving aside the great-souled Brahma, the Supreme Lord, there is no one who equals you in length of life, O best of brahmins.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.186.2e; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.2f*0918, reading brahmavittama for ब्रह्मसत्तम).

Verse 4 (3.191.4)

अथाऽन्तरिक्षे लोकेऽस्मिन्देवदानववर्जिते । त्वमेव प्रलये विप्र ब्रह्माणमुपतिष्ठसे ॥

athā'ntarikṣe loke'smindevadānavavarjite | tvameva pralaye vipra brahmāṇamupatiṣṭhase

"When at the dissolution the sky of this world is left empty of gods and danavas, O brahmin, you alone wait upon Brahma.

Verse 5 (3.191.5)

प्रलये चापि निर्वृत्ते प्रबुद्धे च पितामहे । त्वमेकः सृज्यमानानि भूतानीह प्रपश्यसि ॥

pralaye cāpi nirvṛtte prabuddhe ca pitāmahe | tvamekaḥ sṛjyamānāni bhūtānīha prapaśyasi

"And when the dissolution is over and the Grandsire has woken, you alone see the beings here as they are being created —

Verse 6 (3.191.6)

चतुर्विधानि विप्रर्षे यथावत्परमेष्ठिना । वायुभूता दिशः कृत्वा विक्षिप्यापस्ततस्ततः ॥

caturvidhāni viprarṣe yathāvatparameṣṭhinā | vāyubhūtā diśaḥ kṛtvā vikṣipyāpastatastataḥ

"the four kinds of beings, O brahmin seer, brought forth in due order by the Supreme Lord after he has become wind, fashioned the quarters of space and scattered the waters in every direction.

Verse 7 (3.191.7)

त्वया लोकगुरुः साक्षात्सर्वलोकपितामहः । आराधितो द्विजश्रेष्ठ तत्परेण समाधिना ॥

tvayā lokaguruḥ sākṣātsarvalokapitāmahaḥ | ārādhito dvijaśreṣṭha tatpareṇa samādhinā

"You, O best of the twice-born, have worshipped the teacher of the world, the Grandsire of all the worlds, face to face, with single-minded concentration.

Verse 8 (3.191.8)

स्वप्रमाणमथो विप्र त्वया कृतमनेकशः । घोरेणाविश्य तपसा वेधसो निर्जितास्त्वया ॥

svapramāṇamatho vipra tvayā kṛtamanekaśaḥ | ghoreṇāviśya tapasā vedhaso nirjitāstvayā

"Many times, O brahmin, you have set the measure of your own life; entering into fearsome austerity, you have outdone even the creators.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.186.6d*0919, lines 1–2.

Verse 9 (3.191.9)

नारायणाङ्कप्रख्यस्त्वं सांपरायेऽतिपठ्यसे ॥

nārāyaṇāṅkaprakhyastvaṃ sāṃparāye'tipaṭhyase

"At the great dissolution you are celebrated as the one renowned for resting in Narayana's lap.

Note on the text: A single line as printed in Wikisource (numbered 9a only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.186.6d*0919, line 3.

Verse 10 (3.191.10)

भगवाननेकशः कृत्वा त्वया विष्णोश्च विश्वकृत् । कर्णिकोद्धरणं दिव्यं ब्रह्मणः कामरूपिणः । रत्नालंकारयोगाभ्यां दृग्भ्यां दृष्टस्त्वया पुरा ॥

bhagavānanekaśaḥ kṛtvā tvayā viṣṇośca viśvakṛt | karṇikoddharaṇaṃ divyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | ratnālaṃkārayogābhyāṃ dṛgbhyāṃ dṛṣṭastvayā purā

"Many times you have beheld the Blessed One, Vishnu, maker of the universe, and the divine raising of the lotus-pod that bears Brahma, who takes any form at will; long ago you saw him with eyes adorned as with jewels and ornaments.

Note on the text: Three lines as printed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.186.6d*0919, lines 4–6 (it reads bhagavān ekaśaḥ for भगवाननेकशः).

Verse 11 (3.191.11)

तस्मात्तवान्तको मृत्युर्जरा वा देहनाशिनी । न त्वां विशति विप्रर्षे प्रसादात्परमेष्ठिनः ॥

tasmāttavāntako mṛtyurjarā vā dehanāśinī | na tvāṃ viśati viprarṣe prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ

"Therefore, by the grace of the Supreme Lord, neither death the ender nor old age that wastes the body can touch you, O brahmin seer.

Verse 12 (3.191.12)

यदा नैव रविर्नाग्निर्न वायुर्न च चन्द्रमाः । नैवान्तरिक्षं नैवोर्वी शेषं भवति किंचन ॥

yadā naiva ravirnāgnirna vāyurna ca candramāḥ | naivāntarikṣaṃ naivorvī śeṣaṃ bhavati kiṃcana

"When there is no sun, no fire, no wind and no moon, no sky and no earth, and nothing at all remains;

Verse 13 (3.191.13)

तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे समुत्सन्नमहोरगे ॥

tasminnekārṇave loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame | naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe samutsannamahorage

"when the world has become a single ocean, all that moves and does not move destroyed, the hosts of gods and asuras gone and the great serpents swept away;

Verse 14 (3.191.14)

शयानममितात्मानं पद्मे पद्मनिकेतनम् । त्वमेकः सर्वभूतेशं ब्रह्माणमुपतिष्ठसि ॥

śayānamamitātmānaṃ padme padmaniketanam | tvamekaḥ sarvabhūteśaṃ brahmāṇamupatiṣṭhasi

"then you alone wait upon Brahma, lord of all beings, the boundless Self, as he lies upon the lotus that is his dwelling.

Verse 15 (3.191.15)

एतत्प्रत्यक्षतः सर्वं पूर्वं वृत्तं द्विजोत्तम । तस्मादिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वांहेत्वात्मिकां कथां ॥

etatpratyakṣataḥ sarvaṃ pūrvaṃ vṛttaṃ dvijottama | tasmādicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ sarvāṃhetvātmikāṃ kathāṃ

"All this, which happened long ago, you have seen with your own eyes, best of the twice-born. So I wish to hear the whole account, which tells the causes of all things.

Verse 16 (3.191.16)

अनुभूतं हि बहुशस्त्वयैकेन द्विजोत्तम । न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचित्सर्वलोकेषु नित्यदा ॥

anubhūtaṃ hi bahuśastvayaikena dvijottama | na te'styaviditaṃ kiṃcitsarvalokeṣu nityadā

"For you alone have lived through it many times, best of the twice-born; there is nothing in all the worlds, at any time, that you do not know."

Verse 17 (3.191.17)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयंभुवे । पुरुषाय पुराणाय शाश्वतायाव्ययाय च । अव्यक्ताय सुसूक्ष्माय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā svayaṃbhuve | puruṣāya purāṇāya śāśvatāyāvyayāya ca | avyaktāya susūkṣmāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane

"Very well, I shall tell you, after bowing to the Self-born, the ancient Person, eternal and imperishable, unmanifest and most subtle, beyond the gunas and yet the soul of the gunas.

Note on the text: The first two lines match CE 3.186.13 (the automatic alignment missed it); the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.13d*0920).

Verse 18 (3.191.18)

य एष पृथुदीर्घाक्षः पीतवासा जनार्दनः । एष कर्ता विकर्ता च भूतात्मा भूतकृत्प्रभुः ॥

ya eṣa pṛthudīrghākṣaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ | eṣa kartā vikartā ca bhūtātmā bhūtakṛtprabhuḥ

"This Janardana here, with his broad, long eyes and yellow garments — he is the maker and the unmaker, the soul of beings, their creator and their lord.

Verse 19 (3.191.19)

अचिन्त्यं महदाश्चर्यं पवित्रमिति चोच्यते । अनादिनिधनं भूतं विश्वमव्ययमक्षयम् ॥

acintyaṃ mahadāścaryaṃ pavitramiti cocyate | anādinidhanaṃ bhūtaṃ viśvamavyayamakṣayam

"He is called the inconceivable, the great wonder, the purifier; he is the being without beginning or end, the universe, unchanging and undecaying.

Verse 20 (3.191.20)

एष कर्ता न क्रियते कारणं चापि पौरुषे । को ह्येनं पुरुषं वेत्ति देवा अपि न तं विदुः ॥

eṣa kartā na kriyate kāraṇaṃ cāpi pauruṣe | ko hyenaṃ puruṣaṃ vetti devā api na taṃ viduḥ

"He is the maker, yet he is not made; he is the cause even of human effort. Who truly knows this Person? Even the gods do not know him.

Note on the text: Corrected परुषं → पुरुषं and पौरषे → विदुः (misprints in Wikisource; परुषं "harsh" makes no sense here, and पौरषे is not a word — a garbled repeat of पौरुषे at the end of the first line; the critical edition reads puruṣaṃ … na taṃ viduḥ).

Verse 21 (3.191.21)

सर्वमाश्चर्यमेवैतन्निर्वृत्तं राजसत्तम । आदितो मनुजव्याघ्र कृत्स्नस्य जगतः क्षये ॥

sarvamāścaryamevaitannirvṛttaṃ rājasattama | ādito manujavyāghra kṛtsnasya jagataḥ kṣaye

"All this wonder, best of kings, tiger among men, has come forth from him, from the beginning of the whole universe to its end.

Verse 22 (3.191.22)

चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम् । तस्य तावच्छती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥

catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam | tasya tāvacchatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ

"Four thousand years, they say, make the Krita age. Its dawn-twilight lasts as many hundreds of years, and its closing twilight the same.

Verse 23 (3.191.23)

त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि त्रेतायुगमिहोच्यते । तस्य तावच्छती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च ततः परं ॥

trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi tretāyugamihocyate | tasya tāvacchatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tataḥ paraṃ

"Three thousand years are said to make the Treta age; its dawn-twilight is as many hundreds of years, and so is the closing twilight that follows.

Note on the text: Corrected वीणि → त्रीणि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads trīṇi).

Verse 24 (3.191.24)

तथा वर्षसहस्रे द्वे द्वापरं परिमाणतः । तस्यापि द्विशती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥

tathā varṣasahasre dve dvāparaṃ parimāṇataḥ | tasyāpi dviśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ

"The Dvapara, likewise, is two thousand years in extent; its dawn-twilight is two hundred years, and its closing twilight the same.

Verse 25 (3.191.25)

सहस्रमेकं वर्षाणां ततः कलियुगं स्मृतम् । तस्य वर्षशतं सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च ततः परम् ॥

sahasramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ tataḥ kaliyugaṃ smṛtam | tasya varṣaśataṃ sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tataḥ param

"After that the Kali age is reckoned at one thousand years; its dawn-twilight is a hundred years, and the closing twilight after it the same.

Note on the text: Matches CE 3.186.21a–d (the automatic alignment missed it); Wikisource divides CE 3.186.21–23 into four couplets.

Verse 26 (3.191.26)

सन्ध्यासंध्यांशयोस्तुल्यं प्रमाणमुपधारय । क्षीणे कलियुगे चैव प्रवर्तति कृतं युगम् ॥

sandhyāsaṃdhyāṃśayostulyaṃ pramāṇamupadhāraya | kṣīṇe kaliyuge caiva pravartati kṛtaṃ yugam

"Understand that the dawn-twilight and the closing twilight are equal in length. And when the Kali age has run its course, the Krita age begins again.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.186.21e and the second CE 3.186.22a (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 27 (3.191.27)

एषा द्वादशसाहस्री युगाख्या परिकीर्तिता । एतत्सहस्रपर्यन्तमहो ब्राह्ममुदाहृतम् ॥

eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā | etatsahasraparyantamaho brāhmamudāhṛtam

"This span of twelve thousand years is known by the name of an age. A thousand of these, it is declared, make one day of Brahma.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.186.22c and the second CE 3.186.23a (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 28 (3.191.28)

विश्वं हि ब्रह्मभवने सर्वतः परिवर्तते । लोकानां मनुजव्याघ्र प्रलयं तं विदुर्बुधाः ॥

viśvaṃ hi brahmabhavane sarvataḥ parivartate | lokānāṃ manujavyāghra pralayaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ

"For the whole universe turns back entirely into the abode of Brahma; that, tiger among men, the wise call the dissolution of the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected मनुजवन्याघ्र → मनुजव्याघ्र (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, the critical edition reads manujavyāghra). The two lines are CE 3.186.23c–f.

Verse 29 (3.191.29)

अल्पावशिष्टे तु तदा युगान्ते भरतर्षभ । सहस्रान्ते नराः सर्वे प्रायशोऽनृतवादिनः ॥

alpāvaśiṣṭe tu tadā yugānte bharatarṣabha | sahasrānte narāḥ sarve prāyaśo'nṛtavādinaḥ

"When only a little of the age is left, at the close of the thousand, bull of the Bharatas, nearly all men speak untruth.

Verse 30 (3.191.30)

यज्ञप्रतिनिधिः पार्थ दानप्रतिनिधिस्तथा । व्रतप्रतिनिधिश्चैव तस्मिन्काले प्रवर्तते ॥

yajñapratinidhiḥ pārtha dānapratinidhistathā | vratapratinidhiścaiva tasminkāle pravartate

"In that time, Partha, substitutes take the place of sacrifice, substitutes the place of gifts, and substitutes the place of vows.

Verse 31 (3.191.31)

ब्राह्मणाः शूद्रकर्माणस्तथा शूद्रा धनार्जकाः । क्षत्रधर्मेण वाऽप्यत्र वर्तयन्ति युगक्षये ॥

brāhmaṇāḥ śūdrakarmāṇastathā śūdrā dhanārjakāḥ | kṣatradharmeṇa vā'pyatra vartayanti yugakṣaye

"At the waning of the age brahmins do the work of shudras, and shudras amass wealth or else live by the warrior's calling.

Verse 32 (3.191.32)

निवृत्तयज्ञस्वाध्याया दण्डाजिनविवर्जिताः । ब्राह्मणाः सर्वभक्षाश्च भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे ॥

nivṛttayajñasvādhyāyā daṇḍājinavivarjitāḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ sarvabhakṣāśca bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge

"In the Kali age brahmins will give up sacrifice and Vedic study, abandon the staff and the deerskin, and eat anything at all.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मणा → ब्राह्मणाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga before स, the critical edition reads brāhmaṇāḥ).

Verse 33 (3.191.33)

अजपा ब्राह्मणास्तात शूद्रा जपपरायणाः । विपरीते तदा लोके पूर्वरूपं क्षयस्य तत् ॥

ajapā brāhmaṇāstāta śūdrā japaparāyaṇāḥ | viparīte tadā loke pūrvarūpaṃ kṣayasya tat

"Brahmins will not pray, my son, while shudras will be devoted to prayer. When the world is turned upside down in this way, that is the first sign of its destruction.

Verse 34 (3.191.34)

बहवो म्लेच्छराजानः पृथिव्यां मनुजाधिप । मृषानुशासिनः पापा मृषावादपरायणाः ॥

bahavo mleccharājānaḥ pṛthivyāṃ manujādhipa | mṛṣānuśāsinaḥ pāpā mṛṣāvādaparāyaṇāḥ

"Many barbarian kings will rule the earth, lord of men — wicked men who govern by falsehood and are given to lies.

Verse 35 (3.191.35)

आन्ध्राः शकाः पुलिन्दाश्च यवनाश्च नराधिपाः । काम्भोजा बाह्लिकाः शूराऽऽभीरास्तथा नरोत्तम ॥

āndhrāḥ śakāḥ pulindāśca yavanāśca narādhipāḥ | kāmbhojā bāhlikāḥ śūrā''bhīrāstathā narottama

"Andhras, Shakas, Pulindas and Yavanas will be kings, and Kambhojas, Bahlikas, Shuras and Abhiras, best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected शूराऽऽ भीरस्तथा नरोत्तमा → शूराऽऽभीरास्तथा नरोत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; a broken word and a dropped vowel sign in the compound "Shuras and Abhiras", and the vocative नरोत्तम, as in the critical edition's narottama). Wikisource's बाह्लिकाः शूरा for the critical edition's aurṇikāḥ śūdrās is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 36 (3.191.36)

न तदा ब्राह्मणः कश्चित्स्वधर्ममुपजीवति । क्षत्रियाश्चापि वैश्याश्च विकर्मस्था नराधिप ॥

na tadā brāhmaṇaḥ kaścitsvadharmamupajīvati | kṣatriyāścāpi vaiśyāśca vikarmasthā narādhipa

"Then no brahmin lives by his own dharma, O king, and kshatriyas and vaishyas too take up work that is not theirs.

Verse 37 (3.191.37)

अल्पायुषः स्वल्पबलाः स्वल्पवीर्यपराक्रमाः । अल्पसाराल्पदेहाश्च तथा सत्याल्पभाषिणः ॥

alpāyuṣaḥ svalpabalāḥ svalpavīryaparākramāḥ | alpasārālpadehāśca tathā satyālpabhāṣiṇaḥ

"Men are short-lived, of little strength, little vigour and little courage, of slight substance and small bodies, and seldom speak the truth.

Verse 38 (3.191.38)

बहुशून्या जनपदा मृगव्यालावृता दिशः । युगान्ते समनुप्राप्ते वृथा च ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥

bahuśūnyā janapadā mṛgavyālāvṛtā diśaḥ | yugānte samanuprāpte vṛthā ca brahmavādinaḥ

"The countryside is largely deserted and the regions are overrun by beasts and beasts of prey; when the end of the age has come, those who speak of Brahman speak in vain.

Note on the text: Matches CE 3.186.33a–d (the automatic alignment missed it); Wikisource divides CE 3.186.33–34 into three couplets.

Verse 39 (3.191.39)

भोवादिनस्तथा शूद्रा ब्राह्मणाश्चार्यवादिनः । युगान्ते मनुजव्याघ्र भवन्ति बहुजन्तवः ॥

bhovādinastathā śūdrā brāhmaṇāścāryavādinaḥ | yugānte manujavyāghra bhavanti bahujantavaḥ

"Shudras address brahmins with a careless "Hey", and brahmins address shudras as "Sir"; at the end of the age, tiger among men, creatures multiply.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.186.33e and the second CE 3.186.34a (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 40 (3.191.40)

न तथा घ्राणयुक्ताश्च सर्वगन्धा विशांपते । रसाश्च मनुजव्याघ्र न तथा स्वादुयोगिनः ॥

na tathā ghrāṇayuktāśca sarvagandhā viśāṃpate | rasāśca manujavyāghra na tathā svāduyoginaḥ

"Scents no longer hold their fragrance, lord of the people, nor do flavours keep their sweetness, tiger among men.

Note on the text: Matches CE 3.186.34c–f (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 41 (3.191.41)

बहुप्रजा ह्रस्वदेहाः शीलाचारविवर्जिताः । मुखेभगाः स्त्रियो राजन्भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥

bahuprajā hrasvadehāḥ śīlācāravivarjitāḥ | mukhebhagāḥ striyo rājanbhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye

"At the waning of the age, O king, women will bear many children and have short bodies; they will lack virtue and good conduct and will make their mouths into organs of lust.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्रस्वदेहा → ह्रस्वदेहाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga before श, the critical edition reads hrasvadehāḥ).

Verse 42 (3.191.42)

अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः । केशशूलाः स्त्रियो राजन्भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥

aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ | keśaśūlāḥ striyo rājanbhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye

"At the waning of the age, O king, the country folk will sell food, the brahmins will sell the Veda, and women will sell their bodies.

Verse 43 (3.191.43)

अल्पक्षीरास्तथा गावो भविष्यन्ति जनाधिप । अल्पपुष्पफलाश्चापि पादपा बहुवायसाः ॥

alpakṣīrāstathā gāvo bhaviṣyanti janādhipa | alpapuṣpaphalāścāpi pādapā bahuvāyasāḥ

"Cows will give little milk, lord of men, and trees will bear few flowers and fruits and be full of crows.

Verse 44 (3.191.44)

ब्रह्मवध्यानुलिप्तानां तथा मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम् । नृपाणां पृथिवीपाल प्रतिगृह्णन्ति वै द्विजाः ॥

brahmavadhyānuliptānāṃ tathā mithyābhiśaṃsinām | nṛpāṇāṃ pṛthivīpāla pratigṛhṇanti vai dvijāḥ

"Brahmins will accept gifts from kings stained with the murder of brahmins and given to false accusation, protector of the earth.

Verse 45 (3.191.45)

लोभमोहपरीताश्च मिथ्याधर्मध्वजावृताः । भिक्षार्थं पृथिवीपाल चञ्चूर्यन्ते द्विजैर्दिशः ॥

lobhamohaparītāśca mithyādharmadhvajāvṛtāḥ | bhikṣārthaṃ pṛthivīpāla cañcūryante dvijairdiśaḥ

"Seized by greed and delusion, cloaked under the banner of a false dharma, brahmins will roam every quarter begging, protector of the earth.

Verse 46 (3.191.46)

करभारभयाद्भीता गृहस्थाः परिमोषकाः । मुनिच्छद्माकृतिच्छन्ना वाणिज्यमुपभुञ्जते ॥

karabhārabhayādbhītā gṛhasthāḥ parimoṣakāḥ | municchadmākṛticchannā vāṇijyamupabhuñjate

"Householders, afraid of the burden of taxes, turn thieves; hiding behind the outward look of sages, they live by trade.

Note on the text: Corrected कराभार → करभार (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, the critical edition reads karabhāra "burden of taxes").

Verse 47 (3.191.47)

मिथ्या च नखरोमाणि धारयन्ति तदा द्विजाः । अर्थलोभान्नरव्याघ्र वृथा च ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥

mithyā ca nakharomāṇi dhārayanti tadā dvijāḥ | arthalobhānnaravyāghra vṛthā ca brahmacāriṇaḥ

"Brahmins then wear long nails and hair for show; out of greed for wealth, tiger among men, they are celibates only in name.

Note on the text: Corrected मित्या → मिथ्या (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mithyā).

Verse 48 (3.191.48)

आश्रमेषु वृथाचाराः पानपा गुरुतल्पगाः । ऐहलौकिकमीहन्ते मांसशोणितवर्धनम् ॥

āśrameṣu vṛthācārāḥ pānapā gurutalpagāḥ | aihalaukikamīhante māṃsaśoṇitavardhanam

"In the hermitages men live in vain conduct, drink liquor and defile their teachers' beds; they seek only this-worldly gain that fattens flesh and blood.

Note on the text: Corrected वृथाचार पारपा → वृथाचाराः पानपा (misprints in Wikisource; dropped visarga and र for न, the critical edition reads vṛthācārāḥ pānapā).

Verse 49 (3.191.49)

पारलौकिककार्येषु प्रमत्ता भृशनास्तिकाः । बहुपाषण्डसंकीर्णाः परान्नगुणवादिनः । आश्रमा मनुजव्याघ्र न भवन्ति युगक्षये ॥

pāralaukikakāryeṣu pramattā bhṛśanāstikāḥ | bahupāṣaṇḍasaṃkīrṇāḥ parānnaguṇavādinaḥ | āśramā manujavyāghra na bhavanti yugakṣaye

"Heedless in all that concerns the next world, utterly without faith, crowded with heretics of many kinds and with men who praise the virtues of other people's food — such are the hermitages, tiger among men, and at the waning of the age they cease to be.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line. That line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.42d*0923); the other two lines match CE 3.186.43 (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 50 (3.191.50)

यथर्तुवर्षी भगवान्न तथा पाकशासनः । न चापि सर्वबीजानि सम्यग्रोहन्ति भारत ॥

yathartuvarṣī bhagavānna tathā pākaśāsanaḥ | na cāpi sarvabījāni samyagrohanti bhārata

"The blessed Indra, chastiser of Paka, no longer sends rain in its season, nor do all seeds sprout as they should, Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वभीजानि → सर्वबीजानि (misprint in Wikisource; भ for ब, the critical edition reads sarvabījāni). Matches CE 3.186.44a–d.

Verse 51 (3.191.51)

फलं धर्मस्य राजेन्द्र सर्वत्र परिहीयते । हिंसाभिरामश्च जनस्तथा संपद्यतेऽशुचिः । अधर्मफलमत्यर्थं तदा भवति चानघ ॥

phalaṃ dharmasya rājendra sarvatra parihīyate | hiṃsābhirāmaśca janastathā saṃpadyate'śuciḥ | adharmaphalamatyarthaṃ tadā bhavati cānagha

"The fruit of dharma dwindles everywhere, lord of kings; people grow fond of violence and impure; and the fruit of adharma, sinless one, becomes overwhelming.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 2 are not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has them as 3.186.44f*0925 and 3.186.44d*0924); line 3 is CE 3.186.44e.

Verse 52 (3.191.52)

तदा च पृथिवीपाल यो भवेद्धर्मसंयुतः । अल्पायुः स हि मन्तव्यो न हि धर्मोस्ति कश्चन ॥

tadā ca pṛthivīpāla yo bhaveddharmasaṃyutaḥ | alpāyuḥ sa hi mantavyo na hi dharmosti kaścana

"At that time, protector of the earth, whoever holds to dharma must be counted short-lived, for no dharma remains at all.

Verse 53 (3.191.53)

भूयिष्ठं कूटमानैश्च पण्यं विक्रीणते जनाः । वणिजश्च नरव्याघ्र बहुमाया भवन्त्युत ॥

bhūyiṣṭhaṃ kūṭamānaiśca paṇyaṃ vikrīṇate janāḥ | vaṇijaśca naravyāghra bahumāyā bhavantyuta

"People mostly sell their goods with false measures, and merchants, tiger among men, become full of tricks.

Verse 54 (3.191.54)

धर्मिष्ठाः परिहीयन्ते पापीयान्वर्धते जनः । धर्मस्य बलहानिः स्यादधर्मश्च बलायते ॥

dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyānvardhate janaḥ | dharmasya balahāniḥ syādadharmaśca balāyate

"The righteous dwindle and the wicked flourish; dharma loses its strength and adharma grows strong.

Verse 55 (3.191.55)

अल्पायुषो दरिद्राश्च धर्मिष्ठा मानवास्तथा । दीर्घायुषः समृद्धाश्च विधर्माणो युगक्षये ॥

alpāyuṣo daridrāśca dharmiṣṭhā mānavāstathā | dīrghāyuṣaḥ samṛddhāśca vidharmāṇo yugakṣaye

"At the waning of the age the righteous are short-lived and poor, while the unrighteous live long and prosper.

Verse 56 (3.191.56)

नगराणां विहारेषु विधर्माणो युगक्षये । अधर्मिष्ठैरुपायैश्च प्रजा व्यवहरन्त्युत ॥

nagarāṇāṃ vihāreṣu vidharmāṇo yugakṣaye | adharmiṣṭhairupāyaiśca prajā vyavaharantyuta

"At the waning of the age the unrighteous fill the pleasure-grounds of the cities, and people deal with one another by unrighteous means.

Note on the text: Corrected नगराणआं → नगराणां and उपायैश् → उपायैश्च (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads nagarāṇāṃ and upāyaiś ca). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.48d*0926); the second is CE 3.186.49a.

Verse 57 (3.191.57)

संचयेन तथाऽल्पेन भवन्त्याढ्यमदान्विताः । धनं विश्वासतो न्यस्तं मिथो भूयिष्ठशो नराः ॥

saṃcayena tathā'lpena bhavantyāḍhyamadānvitāḥ | dhanaṃ viśvāsato nyastaṃ mitho bhūyiṣṭhaśo narāḥ

"With even a small hoard men become rich and drunk with pride. Wealth that has been entrusted to them in good faith, men for the most part

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.186.49c (variant wording) and the second CE 3.186.50a (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 58 (3.191.58)

हर्तुं व्यवसिता राजन्पापाचारसमन्विताः । नैतदस्तीति मनुजा वर्तन्ते निरपत्रपाः ॥

hartuṃ vyavasitā rājanpāpācārasamanvitāḥ | naitadastīti manujā vartante nirapatrapāḥ

"set out to steal from one another, O king, given over to wicked ways; and shameless, people carry on, saying, "There is no such thing."

Note on the text: Corrected समनविताः → समन्विताः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the critical edition reads samanvitāḥ). The first line is CE 3.186.50c; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.50d*0927).

Verse 59 (3.191.59)

पुरुषादानि सत्वानि पक्षिणोऽथ मृगास्तथा । नगराणां विहारेषु चैत्येष्वपि च शेरते ॥

puruṣādāni satvāni pakṣiṇo'tha mṛgāstathā | nagarāṇāṃ vihāreṣu caityeṣvapi ca śerate

"Man-eating creatures, birds and beasts lie down in the pleasure-grounds of the cities and even in the shrines.

Verse 60 (3.191.60)

सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाश्च स्त्रियो गर्भधरा नृप । दशद्वादशवर्षाणां पुंसां पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥

saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāśca striyo garbhadharā nṛpa | daśadvādaśavarṣāṇāṃ puṃsāṃ putraḥ prajāyate

"Girls of seven or eight years conceive, O king, and sons are born to boys of ten or twelve.

Verse 61 (3.191.61)

भवन्ति षोडशे वर्षे नराः पलितिनस्तथा । आयुःक्षयो मनुष्याणां क्षिप्रमेव प्रपद्यते ॥

bhavanti ṣoḍaśe varṣe narāḥ palitinastathā | āyuḥkṣayo manuṣyāṇāṃ kṣiprameva prapadyate

"Men turn grey in their sixteenth year, and the lifespan of human beings swiftly runs out.

Verse 62 (3.191.62)

क्षीणायुषो महाराज तरुणा वृद्धशीलिनः । तरुणानां च यच्छीलं तद्वृद्धेषु प्रजायते ॥

kṣīṇāyuṣo mahārāja taruṇā vṛddhaśīlinaḥ | taruṇānāṃ ca yacchīlaṃ tadvṛddheṣu prajāyate

"Short-lived, great king, the young behave like the old, and the ways of the young are found in the old.

Verse 63 (3.191.63)

विपरीतास्तदा नार्यो वञ्चयित्वाऽर्हतः पतीन् । व्युच्चरन्त्यपि दुःशीला दासैः पशुभिरेव च ॥

viparītāstadā nāryo vañcayitvā'rhataḥ patīn | vyuccarantyapi duḥśīlā dāsaiḥ paśubhireva ca

"Women then turn perverse; deceiving their worthy husbands, they go astray in their wickedness even with servants and with beasts.

Verse 64 (3.191.64)

वीरपत्न्यस्तथा नार्यः संश्रयन्ति नरान्नृप । भर्तारमपि जीवन्तमन्यान्व्यभिचरन्त्युत ॥

vīrapatnyastathā nāryaḥ saṃśrayanti narānnṛpa | bhartāramapi jīvantamanyānvyabhicarantyuta

"Likewise, O king, women who are the wives of heroes take other men, and even while their husbands are alive they are unfaithful with others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.186.55d*0928.

Verse 65 (3.191.65)

तस्मिन्युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते चायुषः क्षये । अनावृष्टिर्महाराज जायते बहुवार्षिकी ॥

tasminyugasahasrānte saṃprāpte cāyuṣaḥ kṣaye | anāvṛṣṭirmahārāja jāyate bahuvārṣikī

"When that end of a thousand ages arrives and life is spent, great king, a drought sets in that lasts for many years.

Verse 66 (3.191.66)

ततस्तान्यल्पसाराणि सत्वानि क्षुधितानि वै । प्रलयं यान्ति भूयिष्ठं पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते ॥

tatastānyalpasārāṇi satvāni kṣudhitāni vai | pralayaṃ yānti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate

"Then those feeble creatures, starving, perish in great numbers on the earth, lord of the earth.

Verse 67 (3.191.67)

ततो दिनकरैर्दीप्तैः सप्तभिर्मनुजाधिप । पीयते सलिलं सर्वं समुद्रेषु सरित्सु च ॥

tato dinakarairdīptaiḥ saptabhirmanujādhipa | pīyate salilaṃ sarvaṃ samudreṣu saritsu ca

"Then, lord of men, seven blazing suns drink up all the water in the oceans and the rivers.

Verse 68 (3.191.68)

यच्च काष्ठं तृणं चापि शुष्कं चार्द्रं च भारत । सर्वं तद्भस्मसाद्भूतं दृश्यते भरतर्षभ ॥

yacca kāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ cāpi śuṣkaṃ cārdraṃ ca bhārata | sarvaṃ tadbhasmasādbhūtaṃ dṛśyate bharatarṣabha

"Whatever wood and grass there is, dry or green, Bharata, all of it is seen reduced to ashes, bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected रकाष्ठं → काष्ठं (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, the critical edition reads kāṣṭhaṃ).

Verse 69 (3.191.69)

ततः संवर्तको वह्निर्वायुना सह भारत । लोकमाविशते पूर्वमादित्यैरुपशोषितम् ॥

tataḥ saṃvartako vahnirvāyunā saha bhārata | lokamāviśate pūrvamādityairupaśoṣitam

"Then the Samvartaka fire, together with the wind, Bharata, enters the world that the suns have already dried up.

Verse 70 (3.191.70)

ततः स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा प्रविश्य च रसातलम् । देवदानवयक्षाणां भयं जनयते महत् ॥

tataḥ sa pṛthivīṃ bhittvā praviśya ca rasātalam | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ bhayaṃ janayate mahat

"Then, splitting the earth and entering Rasatala, it rouses great terror among the gods, danavas and yakshas.

Note on the text: Corrected रदेवदानव → देवदानव (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, the critical edition reads devadānava).

Verse 71 (3.191.71)

निर्दहन्नागलोकं च यच्च किंचित्क्षिताविह । अधस्तात्पृथिवीपाल सर्वं नाशयते क्षणात् ॥

nirdahannāgalokaṃ ca yacca kiṃcitkṣitāviha | adhastātpṛthivīpāla sarvaṃ nāśayate kṣaṇāt

"Burning the world of the Nagas and whatever there is here on the earth, it destroys everything below in a moment, protector of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected निरदहन् → निर्दहन् (misprint in Wikisource; an extra akshara turns the participle "burning" into a plural past form that does not fit the singular subject; the critical edition reads nirdahan).

Verse 72 (3.191.72)

ततो योजनविंशानां सहस्राणि शतानि च । निर्दहत्यशिवो वायुः स च संवर्तकोऽनलः ॥

tato yojanaviṃśānāṃ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca | nirdahatyaśivo vāyuḥ sa ca saṃvartako'nalaḥ

"Then that baleful wind and the Samvartaka fire burn their way across hundreds and thousands of stretches of twenty yojanas.

Verse 73 (3.191.73)

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम् । ततो दहति दीप्तः स सर्वमेव जगद्विभुः ॥

sadevāsuragandharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam | tato dahati dīptaḥ sa sarvameva jagadvibhuḥ

Then, blazing, that mighty fire burns up the whole world, with its gods and asuras, its gandharvas, yakshas, serpents and rakshasas.

Verse 74 (3.191.74)

ततो गजकुलप्रख्यास्तडिन्मालाविभूषिताः । उत्तिष्ठन्ति महामेघा नभस्यद्भुतदर्शनाः ॥

tato gajakulaprakhyāstaḍinmālāvibhūṣitāḥ | uttiṣṭhanti mahāmeghā nabhasyadbhutadarśanāḥ

Then great clouds rise in the sky, wondrous to behold, like herds of elephants and garlanded with lightning.

Note on the text: Corrected तजिन्मालाविभूषिताः → तडिन्मालाविभूषिताः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads taḍinmālāvibhūṣitāḥ, "garlanded with lightning").

Verse 75 (3.191.75)

केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः । केचित्किञ्जल्कसंकाशाः केचित्पीताः पयोधराः ॥

kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecitkumudasannibhāḥ | kecitkiñjalkasaṃkāśāḥ kecitpītāḥ payodharāḥ

Some are dark as blue lotuses, some like white water-lilies; some look like lotus filaments, and some of the clouds are yellow.

Verse 76 (3.191.76)

केचिद्धारिद्रसंकाशाः कारण्डवनिभास्तथा । केचित्कमलपत्राभाः केचिद्धिङ्गुलसप्रभाः ॥

keciddhāridrasaṃkāśāḥ kāraṇḍavanibhāstathā | kecitkamalapatrābhāḥ keciddhiṅgulasaprabhāḥ

Some are the colour of turmeric, some like karandava ducks; some have the hue of lotus petals, some the glow of vermilion.

Verse 77 (3.191.77)

केचित्पुरवराकाराः केचिद्गजकुलोपमाः । केचिदञ्जनसंकाशाः केचिन्मकरसन्निभाः ॥

kecitpuravarākārāḥ kecidgajakulopamāḥ | kecidañjanasaṃkāśāḥ kecinmakarasannibhāḥ

Some are shaped like great cities, some like herds of elephants; some are black as collyrium, some like makaras.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.68ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 78 (3.191.78)

विद्युन्मालापिनद्धाङ्गाः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति वै घनाः । घोररूपा महाराज घोरस्वननिनादिताः ॥

vidyunmālāpinaddhāṅgāḥ samuttiṣṭhanti vai ghanāḥ | ghorarūpā mahārāja ghorasvananināditāḥ

Their bodies wreathed in garlands of lightning, the clouds rise up, O great king, terrible in form and resounding with terrible roars.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.68ef + 3.186.69ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 79 (3.191.79)

ततो जलधराः सर्वं व्याप्नुवन्ति नभस्तलम् । गर्जन्तः पृथिवीपाल पृथिवीधरसन्निभाः ॥

tato jaladharāḥ sarvaṃ vyāpnuvanti nabhastalam | garjantaḥ pṛthivīpāla pṛthivīdharasannibhāḥ

Then the clouds spread over the whole vault of the sky, thundering, O protector of the earth, like so many mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected जलघराः → जलधराः and व्याप्नुवनति → व्याप्नुवन्ति (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads jaladharāḥ and vyāpnuvanti). Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is CE 3.186.69cd; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.69d*0931).

Verse 80 (3.191.80)

तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सपर्वतवनाकरा । आपूर्यते महाराज सलिलौघपरिप्लुता ॥

tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saparvatavanākarā | āpūryate mahārāja salilaughapariplutā

By them this whole earth, with its mountains, forests and mines, is filled, O great king, drowned in floods of water.

Verse 81 (3.191.81)

ततस्ते जलदा घोरा राविणः पुरुषर्षभ । पर्वतान्प्लावयन्त्याशु चोदिताः परमेष्ठिना ॥

tataste jaladā ghorā rāviṇaḥ puruṣarṣabha | parvatānplāvayantyāśu coditāḥ parameṣṭhinā

Then those terrible, roaring clouds, O bull among men, driven on by the Supreme Lord, swiftly flood the mountains.

Verse 82 (3.191.82)

वर्षमाणा महत्तोयं पूरयन्तो वसुंधराम् । सुघोरमशिवं रौद्रं नाशयन्ति च पावकम् ॥

varṣamāṇā mahattoyaṃ pūrayanto vasuṃdharām | sughoramaśivaṃ raudraṃ nāśayanti ca pāvakam

Pouring down vast waters and filling the earth, they put out that dreadful, inauspicious and fierce fire.

Note on the text: Corrected नाशयनति → नाशयन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads nāśayanti).

Verse 83 (3.191.83)

ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि पयोदास्त उपप्लवे । धाराभिः पूरयन्तो वै चोद्यमाना महात्मना ॥

tato dvādaśavarṣāṇi payodāsta upaplave | dhārābhiḥ pūrayanto vai codyamānā mahātmanā

Then for twelve years, in that deluge, the clouds go on filling everything with their torrents, urged on by the great-souled one.

Verse 84 (3.191.84)

ततः समुद्रः स्वां वेलामतिक्रामति भारत । पर्वताश्च विदीर्यन्ते मही चापि विदीर्यते ॥

tataḥ samudraḥ svāṃ velāmatikrāmati bhārata | parvatāśca vidīryante mahī cāpi vidīryate

Then the ocean overruns its shores, O Bharata; the mountains split apart, and the earth too is torn open.

Verse 85 (3.191.85)

सर्वतः सहसा भ्रान्तास्ते पयोदा नभस्तलम् । संवेष्टयित्वा नश्यन्ति वायुवेगपराहताः ॥

sarvataḥ sahasā bhrāntāste payodā nabhastalam | saṃveṣṭayitvā naśyanti vāyuvegaparāhatāḥ

Whirling suddenly on every side, those clouds wrap the sky round and then vanish, struck down by the force of the wind.

Verse 86 (3.191.86)

ततस्तं मारुतं घोरं स्वयंभूर्मनुजाधिप । आदिः पद्मालयो देवः पीत्वा स्वपिति भारत ॥

tatastaṃ mārutaṃ ghoraṃ svayaṃbhūrmanujādhipa | ādiḥ padmālayo devaḥ pītvā svapiti bhārata

Then, O lord of men, the Self-born, the primal god who dwells in the lotus, drinks up that terrible wind and sleeps, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected कततस्तं → ततस्तं (misprint in Wikisource, a stray akshara; the critical edition reads tatas taṃ).

Verse 87 (3.191.87)

तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे यक्षराक्षसवर्जिते ॥

tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame | naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe yakṣarākṣasavarjite

In that terrible single ocean, when everything moving and unmoving has perished, when the hosts of gods and asuras are gone and there are no yakshas or rakshasas,

Note on the text: Corrected देवासुरगणए → देवासुरगणे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads devāsuragaṇe).

Verse 88 (3.191.88)

निर्मनुष्ये महीपाल निःश्वापदमहीरुहे । अनन्तरिक्षे लोकेऽस्मिन्भ्रमाम्येकोऽहमातुरः ॥

nirmanuṣye mahīpāla niḥśvāpadamahīruhe | anantarikṣe loke'sminbhramāmyeko'hamāturaḥ

when there are no men, O protector of the earth, no beasts of prey and no trees, in this world without even a sky, I wander alone and in distress.

Verse 89 (3.191.89)

एकार्णवे जले घोरे विचरन्पार्थिवोत्तम । अपश्यन्सर्वभूतानि वैक्लब्यमगमं ततः ॥

ekārṇave jale ghore vicaranpārthivottama | apaśyansarvabhūtāni vaiklabyamagamaṃ tataḥ

Roaming through the terrible waters of that single ocean, O best of kings, and seeing no creature anywhere, I then fell into despair.

Verse 90 (3.191.90)

ततः सुदीर्घं गत्वाऽहं प्लवमानो धराधिप । श्रान्तः क्वचिन्न शरणं लब्धवानस्म्यतन्द्रितः ॥

tataḥ sudīrghaṃ gatvā'haṃ plavamāno dharādhipa | śrāntaḥ kvacinna śaraṇaṃ labdhavānasmyatandritaḥ

Then, having gone a very long way, floating on, O lord of the earth, weary yet unflagging, I found no refuge anywhere.

Verse 91 (3.191.91)

ततः कदाचित्पश्यामि तस्मिन्सलिलसंनिधौ । न्यग्रोधं सुमहान्तं वै विशालं पृथिवीपते ॥

tataḥ kadācitpaśyāmi tasminsalilasaṃnidhau | nyagrodhaṃ sumahāntaṃ vai viśālaṃ pṛthivīpate

Then at some point, in the midst of those waters, I see a banyan tree, very great and wide-spreading, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected सलिलसंनिघौ → सलिलसंनिधौ (misprint in Wikisource, घ for ध; the critical edition reads salilasaṃplave here, a different word).

Verse 92 (3.191.92)

शाखायां तस्य वृक्षस्य विस्तीर्णायां नराधिप । पर्यङ्के पृथिवीपाल दिव्यास्तरणसंस्तृते ॥

śākhāyāṃ tasya vṛkṣasya vistīrṇāyāṃ narādhipa | paryaṅke pṛthivīpāla divyāstaraṇasaṃstṛte

On a broad branch of that tree, O king, on a couch spread with heavenly coverings, O protector of the earth,

Verse 93 (3.191.93)

उपविष्टं महाराज पद्मेन्दुसदृशाननम् । फुल्लपद्मविशालाक्षं बालं पश्यामि भारत ॥

upaviṣṭaṃ mahārāja padmendusadṛśānanam | phullapadmaviśālākṣaṃ bālaṃ paśyāmi bhārata

I see a child seated, O great king, with a face like the lotus and the moon and large eyes like full-blown lotuses, O Bharata.

Verse 94 (3.191.94)

ततो मे पृथिवीपाल विस्मयः सुमहानभूत् । कथं त्वयं शिशुः शेते लोके नाशमुपागते ॥

tato me pṛthivīpāla vismayaḥ sumahānabhūt | kathaṃ tvayaṃ śiśuḥ śete loke nāśamupāgate

Then, O protector of the earth, a great wonder came over me: "How is it that this child lies here, when the world has gone to destruction?"

Note on the text: Corrected पृतिवीपाल → पृथिवीपाल and सुमहाभूत् → सुमहानभूत् (misprints in Wikisource, the second a dropped akshara that breaks the metre; the critical edition reads pṛthivīpāla and sumahān abhūt).

Verse 95 (3.191.95)

तपसा चिन्तयंश्चापि तं शिशुं नोपलक्षये । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च जानन्नपि नराधिप ॥

tapasā cintayaṃścāpi taṃ śiśuṃ nopalakṣaye | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca jānannapi narādhipa

Though I reflected by the power of my austerities, I could not make out that child, O king, even though I know the past, the present and the future.

Verse 96 (3.191.96)

अतसीपुष्पवर्णाभः श्रीवत्सकृतभूषणः । साक्षाल्लक्ष्म्या इवावासः स तदा प्रतिभाति मे ॥

atasīpuṣpavarṇābhaḥ śrīvatsakṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ | sākṣāllakṣmyā ivāvāsaḥ sa tadā pratibhāti me

His complexion was like the flax flower and he was adorned with the Shrivatsa mark; he seemed to me then like the very dwelling of Lakshmi.

Note on the text: Corrected इवावास → इवावासः (misprint in Wikisource, dropped visarga; the critical edition reads ivāvāsaḥ).

Verse 97 (3.191.97)

ततो मामब्रवीद्बालः स पद्मनिभलोचनः । श्रीवत्सधारी द्युतिमान्वाक्यं श्रुतिसुखावहम् ॥

tato māmabravīdbālaḥ sa padmanibhalocanaḥ | śrīvatsadhārī dyutimānvākyaṃ śrutisukhāvaham

Then that lotus-eyed child, radiant and bearing the Shrivatsa, spoke to me words pleasant to the ear:

Verse 98 (3.191.98)

जानामि त्वां परिश्रान्तं तात विश्रामकाङ्क्षिणम् । मार्कण्डेय महासत्वं यावदिच्छसि भार्गव ॥

jānāmi tvāṃ pariśrāntaṃ tāta viśrāmakāṅkṣiṇam | mārkaṇḍeya mahāsatvaṃ yāvadicchasi bhārgava

"I know that you are weary, my son, and long for rest, Markandeya, great-hearted one. For as long as you wish, O descendant of Bhrigu,

Verse 99 (3.191.99)

अभ्यन्तरं शरीरं मे प्रविश्य मुनिसत्तम । आस्स्वेह विहितो वासः प्रसादस्ते कृतो मया ॥

abhyantaraṃ śarīraṃ me praviśya munisattama | āssveha vihito vāsaḥ prasādaste kṛto mayā

enter the inside of my body, best of sages, and stay here. A dwelling has been made ready for you; I have granted you this favour."

Note on the text: Corrected आस्खेह → आस्स्वेह (misprint in Wikisource; āssva + iha, "stay here"; the critical edition reads āssva bho).

Verse 100 (3.191.100)

ततो बालेन तेनैवमुक्तस्यासीत्तदा मम । निर्वेदो जीविते दीर्घे मनुष्यत्वे च भारत ॥

tato bālena tenaivamuktasyāsīttadā mama | nirvedo jīvite dīrghe manuṣyatve ca bhārata

When the child had spoken to me thus, O Bharata, I felt weary of my long life and of being human.

Note on the text: Corrected the word division तेनैव मुक्तस्यासीत् → तेनैवमुक्तस्यासीत् (misprint in Wikisource that changes the sense to "released"; the critical edition reads tenaivam uktasyāsīt, "when he had spoken thus").

Verse 101 (3.191.101)

ततो बालेन तेनास्यं सहसा विवृतं कृतम् । तस्याहमवशो वक्त्रे दैवयोगात्प्रवेशितः ॥

tato bālena tenāsyaṃ sahasā vivṛtaṃ kṛtam | tasyāhamavaśo vaktre daivayogātpraveśitaḥ

Then the child suddenly opened his mouth, and by the working of fate I was drawn, helpless, into it.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रे → वक्त्रे (misprint in Wikisource, dropped त्; the critical edition reads vaktraṃ, "mouth").

Verse 102 (3.191.102)

ततः प्रविष्टस्तत्कुक्षिं सहसा मनुजाधिप । सराष्ट्रनगराकीर्णां कृत्स्नां पश्यामि मेदिनीम् ॥

tataḥ praviṣṭastatkukṣiṃ sahasā manujādhipa | sarāṣṭranagarākīrṇāṃ kṛtsnāṃ paśyāmi medinīm

Having suddenly entered his belly, O lord of men, I see the whole earth, crowded with kingdoms and cities:

Verse 103 (3.191.103)

गङ्गां शतद्रुं सीतां च यमुनामथ कौशिकीम् । चर्मण्वतीं वेत्रवतीं चन्द्रभागां सरस्वतीम् ॥

gaṅgāṃ śatadruṃ sītāṃ ca yamunāmatha kauśikīm | carmaṇvatīṃ vetravatīṃ candrabhāgāṃ sarasvatīm

the Ganga, the Shatadru, the Sita, the Yamuna and the Kaushiki; the Charmanvati, the Vetravati, the Chandrabhaga and the Sarasvati;

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (चर्मण्वतींवेत्रवतीं → चर्मण्वतीं वेत्रवतीं).

Verse 104 (3.191.104)

सिन्धुं चैव विपाशां च नदीं गोदावरीमपि । वस्वोकसारां नलिनीं नर्मदां चैव भारत ॥

sindhuṃ caiva vipāśāṃ ca nadīṃ godāvarīmapi | vasvokasārāṃ nalinīṃ narmadāṃ caiva bhārata

the Sindhu and the Vipasha, and the river Godavari too; the Vasvokasara, the Nalini and the Narmada, O Bharata;

Verse 105 (3.191.105)

नदीं ताम्रां च वेणां च पुण्यतोयां शुभावहाम् । सुवेणां कृष्णवेणां च इरामां च महानदीम् ॥

nadīṃ tāmrāṃ ca veṇāṃ ca puṇyatoyāṃ śubhāvahām | suveṇāṃ kṛṣṇaveṇāṃ ca irāmāṃ ca mahānadīm

the river Tamra and the Vena, holy-watered and bringing blessings; the Suvena, the Krishnavena and the great river Irama;

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.95ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 106 (3.191.106)

वितस्तां च महाराज कावेरीं च महानदीम् । तुङ्गभद्रां कृष्णवेणीं कमलां च महानदीम् । शोणं च पुरुषव्याघ्र विशल्यां किंपुनामपि ॥

vitastāṃ ca mahārāja kāverīṃ ca mahānadīm | tuṅgabhadrāṃ kṛṣṇaveṇīṃ kamalāṃ ca mahānadīm | śoṇaṃ ca puruṣavyāghra viśalyāṃ kiṃpunāmapi

the Vitasta, O great king, and the great river Kaveri; the Tungabhadra, the Krishnaveni and the great river Kamala; and the Shona, O tiger among men, the Vishalya and the Kimpuna as well.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the middle line. The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.95d*0932); the middle line (Tungabhadra, Krishnaveni, Kamala) is not in the critical edition's text or in its apparatus at this place (vulgate recension); the last line is CE 3.186.95ef.

Verse 107 (3.191.107)

एताश्चान्याश्च नद्योऽहं पृथिव्यां या नरोत्तम । परिक्रामन्प्रपश्यामि तस्य कुक्षौ महात्मनः ॥

etāścānyāśca nadyo'haṃ pṛthivyāṃ yā narottama | parikrāmanprapaśyāmi tasya kukṣau mahātmanaḥ

These and the other rivers that are on the earth, O best of men, I see as I wander through the belly of that great-souled one.

Verse 108 (3.191.108)

ततः समुद्रं पश्यामि यादोगणनिषेवितम् । रत्नाकरममित्रघ्न पयसोनिधिमुत्तमम् ॥

tataḥ samudraṃ paśyāmi yādogaṇaniṣevitam | ratnākaramamitraghna payasonidhimuttamam

Then I see the ocean, teeming with hosts of sea creatures, the mine of jewels, O slayer of foes, the supreme treasury of waters.

Note on the text: Corrected पश्मामि → पश्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads paśyāmi). The second half-line differs from the critical edition (nidhānaṃ payaso mahat), a recension variant.

Verse 109 (3.191.109)

ततः पश्यामि गगनं चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम् । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभिः पावकार्कसमप्रभम् ॥

tataḥ paśyāmi gaganaṃ candrasūryavirājitam | jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhiḥ pāvakārkasamaprabham

Then I see the sky, shining with the moon and the sun, blazing with radiance, bright as fire and the sun.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.98ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 110 (3.191.110)

पश्यामि च महीं राजन्काननैरुपशोभिताम् । सपर्वतवनद्वीपां निम्नगाशतसंकुलाम् ॥

paśyāmi ca mahīṃ rājankānanairupaśobhitām | saparvatavanadvīpāṃ nimnagāśatasaṃkulām

And I see the earth, O king, graced with forests, with its mountains, woods and islands, crowded with hundreds of rivers.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line is CE 3.186.98ef; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.98f*0933).

Verse 111 (3.191.111)

यजन्ते हि ततो राजन्ब्राह्मणा बहुभिर्मखैः । क्षत्रियाश्च प्रवर्तन्ते सर्ववर्णानुरञ्जनैः ॥

yajante hi tato rājanbrāhmaṇā bahubhirmakhaiḥ | kṣatriyāśca pravartante sarvavarṇānurañjanaiḥ

There, O king, brahmins offer worship with many sacrifices, and kshatriyas go about their duties, keeping all the classes content.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रियाश् → क्षत्रियाश्च (misprint in Wikisource, dropped च; the critical edition reads kṣatriyāś ca).

Verse 112 (3.191.112)

वैश्याः कृषिं यथान्यायं कारयन्ति नराधिप । शुश्रूषायां च निरता द्विजानां वृषलास्तथा ॥

vaiśyāḥ kṛṣiṃ yathānyāyaṃ kārayanti narādhipa | śuśrūṣāyāṃ ca niratā dvijānāṃ vṛṣalāstathā

The vaishyas carry on farming as is proper, O king, and the shudras likewise are devoted to the service of the twice-born.

Verse 113 (3.191.113)

ततः परिपतन्राजंस्तस्य कुक्षौ महात्मनः । हिमवन्तं च पश्यामि हेमकूटं च पर्वतम् ॥

tataḥ paripatanrājaṃstasya kukṣau mahātmanaḥ | himavantaṃ ca paśyāmi hemakūṭaṃ ca parvatam

Then, roaming about in the belly of that great-souled one, O king, I see the Himalaya and the mountain Hemakuta.

Verse 114 (3.191.114)

निषधं चापि पश्यामि श्वेतं च रजतान्वितम् । पश्यामि च महीपाल पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् ॥

niṣadhaṃ cāpi paśyāmi śvetaṃ ca rajatānvitam | paśyāmi ca mahīpāla parvataṃ gandhamādanam

I see the Nishadha too, and the Shveta, rich in silver; and I see, O protector of the earth, the mountain Gandhamadana;

Verse 115 (3.191.115)

मन्दरं मनुजव्याघ्र नीलं चापि महागिरिम् । पश्यामि च महाराज मेरुं कनकपर्वतम् ॥

mandaraṃ manujavyāghra nīlaṃ cāpi mahāgirim | paśyāmi ca mahārāja meruṃ kanakaparvatam

the Mandara, O tiger among men, and the great mountain Nila; and I see, O great king, Meru, the golden mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected मेरु → मेरुं (misprint in Wikisource, dropped anusvara needed for the object; the critical edition reads meruṃ).

Verse 116 (3.191.116)

महेन्द्रं चैव पश्यामि विन्ध्यं च गिरिमुत्तमम् । मलयं चापि पश्यामि पारियात्रं च पर्वतम् ॥

mahendraṃ caiva paśyāmi vindhyaṃ ca girimuttamam | malayaṃ cāpi paśyāmi pāriyātraṃ ca parvatam

I see the Mahendra and the Vindhya, finest of mountains; I see the Malaya and the Pariyatra mountain as well.

Verse 117 (3.191.117)

एते चान्ये च बहवो यावन्तः पृथिवीधराः । तस्योदरे मया दृष्टाः सर्वे रत्नविभूषिताः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo yāvantaḥ pṛthivīdharāḥ | tasyodare mayā dṛṣṭāḥ sarve ratnavibhūṣitāḥ

These and the many others — every mountain there is — I saw in his belly, all adorned with jewels.

Verse 118 (3.191.118)

सिंहान्व्याघ्रान्वराहांश्च पश्यामि मनुजाधिप । पृथिव्यां यानि चान्यानि सत्त्वानि जगतीपते । तानि सर्वाण्यहं तत्र पश्यन्पर्यचरं तदा ॥

siṃhānvyāghrānvarāhāṃśca paśyāmi manujādhipa | pṛthivyāṃ yāni cānyāni sattvāni jagatīpate | tāni sarvāṇyahaṃ tatra paśyanparyacaraṃ tadā

I see lions, tigers and boars, O lord of men; and whatever other creatures there are on the earth, O lord of the world, all of them I saw there as I wandered about.

Verse 119 (3.191.119)

कुक्षौ तस्य नरव्याघ्र प्रविष्टः संचरन्दिशः । शक्रादींश्चापि पश्यामि कृत्स्नान्देवगणानहम् ॥

kukṣau tasya naravyāghra praviṣṭaḥ saṃcarandiśaḥ | śakrādīṃścāpi paśyāmi kṛtsnāndevagaṇānaham

Having entered his belly, O tiger among men, and moving through its quarters, I see Shakra and the rest — all the hosts of the gods;

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource, dropped akshara; the critical edition reads tasya).

Verse 120 (3.191.120)

साध्यान्रुद्रांस्तथाऽऽदित्यान्गुह्यकान्पितरस्तथा । सर्पान्नागान्सुपर्णांश्च वसूनप्यश्विनावपि ॥

sādhyānrudrāṃstathā''dityānguhyakānpitarastathā | sarpānnāgānsuparṇāṃśca vasūnapyaśvināvapi

the Sadhyas, the Rudras and the Adityas, the Guhyakas and the Ancestors, the serpents, the Nagas and the Suparnas, the Vasus and the two Ashvins too;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.186.107d*0934.

Verse 121 (3.191.121)

गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षानृषींश्चैव महीपते । दैत्यदानवसङ्घांश्च नागांश्च मनुजाधिप ॥

gandharvāpsaraso yakṣānṛṣīṃścaiva mahīpate | daityadānavasaṅghāṃśca nāgāṃśca manujādhipa

the gandharvas and apsaras, the yakshas and the rishis, O lord of the earth; the hosts of daityas and danavas, and the Nagas, O lord of men;

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.108ab–cd; Wikisource reads नागांश्च मनुजाधिप where the critical edition has kāleyāṃś ca narādhipa.

Verse 122 (3.191.122)

सिंहिकातनयांश्चापि ये चान्ये सुरशत्रवः । यच्च किंचिन्मया लोके दृष्टं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥

siṃhikātanayāṃścāpi ye cānye suraśatravaḥ | yacca kiṃcinmayā loke dṛṣṭaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam

the sons of Simhika too, and the other enemies of the gods. And whatever I had seen in the world, moving or unmoving —

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.108ef + 3.186.109ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 123 (3.191.123)

सर्वं पश्याम्यहं राजंस्तस्य कुक्षौ महात्मनः । त्वरमाणः फलाहारः कृत्स्नं जगदिदं विभो ॥

sarvaṃ paśyāmyahaṃ rājaṃstasya kukṣau mahātmanaḥ | tvaramāṇaḥ phalāhāraḥ kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ vibho

all of it I see, O king, in the belly of that great-souled one, as I hurry about living on fruits: this whole world, O lord.

Note on the text: This verse corresponds to CE 3.186.109cd–ef, in a different reading.

Verse 124 (3.191.124)

अन्तःशरीरे तस्याहं वर्षाणामधिकं शतम् । न च पश्यामि यस्याहं देहस्यान्तं कदाचन ॥

antaḥśarīre tasyāhaṃ varṣāṇāmadhikaṃ śatam | na ca paśyāmi yasyāhaṃ dehasyāntaṃ kadācana

Inside his body I spent more than a hundred years, yet never did I see the end of his body.

Verse 125 (3.191.125)

सततं धावमानश्च चिन्तयानो विशांपते । भ्रमंस्तत्र महीपाल यदा वर्षगणान्बहून् । आसादयामि नैवान्तं तस्य राजन्महात्मनः ॥

satataṃ dhāvamānaśca cintayāno viśāṃpate | bhramaṃstatra mahīpāla yadā varṣagaṇānbahūn | āsādayāmi naivāntaṃ tasya rājanmahātmanaḥ

Running on without rest and pondering, O lord of the people, wandering there, O protector of the earth, through many spans of years, I still never reached the end of that great-souled one, O king.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the middle line. That line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.111b*0935); the other two lines match CE 3.186.111.

Verse 126 (3.191.126)

ततस्तमेव शरणं गतोस्मि विधिवत्तदा । वरेण्यं वरदं देवं मनसा कर्मणैव च ॥

tatastameva śaraṇaṃ gatosmi vidhivattadā | vareṇyaṃ varadaṃ devaṃ manasā karmaṇaiva ca

Then I went for refuge, duly, to him alone — the most excellent god, the giver of boons — in mind and in deed.

Verse 127 (3.191.127)

ततोऽहं सहसा राजन्वायुवेगेन निःसृतः । महात्मनो मुखात्तस्य विवृतात्पुरुषोत्तम ॥

tato'haṃ sahasā rājanvāyuvegena niḥsṛtaḥ | mahātmano mukhāttasya vivṛtātpuruṣottama

Then suddenly, O king, I was swept out by a rush of wind from the open mouth of that great-souled one, O best of men.

Verse 128 (3.191.128)

ततस्तस्यैव शाखायां न्यग्रोधस्य विशांपते । आस्ते मनुजशार्दूल कृत्स्नमादाय वै जगत् ॥

tatastasyaiva śākhāyāṃ nyagrodhasya viśāṃpate | āste manujaśārdūla kṛtsnamādāya vai jagat

There, on that same branch of the banyan, O lord of the people, he sits, O tiger among men, holding the whole world within him.

Verse 129 (3.191.129)

तेनैव बालवेषेण श्रीवत्सकृतलक्षणम् । आसीनं तं नरव्याघ्र पश्याम्यमिततेजसम् ॥

tenaiva bālaveṣeṇa śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇam | āsīnaṃ taṃ naravyāghra paśyāmyamitatejasam

In that same guise of a child, marked with the Shrivatsa, I see him seated there, O tiger among men, of boundless splendour.

Note on the text: Corrected the word division ते नैव → तेनैव (misprint in Wikisource that reads as a negation; the critical edition reads tenaiva).

Verse 130 (3.191.130)

ततो मामब्रवीद्बालः स प्रीतः प्रहसन्निव । श्रीवत्सधारी द्युतिमान्पीतवासा महाद्युतिः ॥

tato māmabravīdbālaḥ sa prītaḥ prahasanniva | śrīvatsadhārī dyutimānpītavāsā mahādyutiḥ

Then the child, pleased, spoke to me as though smiling — radiant, bearing the Shrivatsa, clad in yellow, of great splendour:

Verse 131 (3.191.131)

अपीदानीं शरीरेऽस्मिन्मामके मुनिसत्तम । उषितस्त्वं परिश्रान्तो मार्कण्डेय ब्रवीहि मे ॥

apīdānīṃ śarīre'sminmāmake munisattama | uṣitastvaṃ pariśrānto mārkaṇḍeya bravīhi me

"Well now, best of sages, have you stayed in this body of mine, weary as you were? Tell me, Markandeya."

Verse 132 (3.191.132)

मुहूर्तादथ मे दृष्टिः प्रादुर्भूता पुनर्नवा । मायानिर्मुक्तमात्मानमपश्यं लब्धचेतसम् ॥

muhūrtādatha me dṛṣṭiḥ prādurbhūtā punarnavā | māyānirmuktamātmānamapaśyaṃ labdhacetasam

Then in a moment a fresh sight arose in me, and I saw myself freed from illusion, my senses restored.

Note on the text: Corrected आत्मनम् → आत्मानम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ātmānam).

Verse 133 (3.191.133)

तस्य ताम्रतलौ तात चरणौ सुप्रतिष्ठितौ । सुजातौ मृदुरक्ताभिरङ्गुलीभिर्विराजितौ ॥

tasya tāmratalau tāta caraṇau supratiṣṭhitau | sujātau mṛduraktābhiraṅgulībhirvirājitau

His feet, my dear, were firmly planted, with copper-red soles, finely formed and graced with soft, reddish toes.

Verse 134 (3.191.134)

प्रयत्नेन मया मूर्ध्ना गृहीत्वा ह्यभिवन्दितौ । दृष्ट्वाऽपरिमितं तस्य प्रभावममितौजसः ॥

prayatnena mayā mūrdhnā gṛhītvā hyabhivanditau | dṛṣṭvā'parimitaṃ tasya prabhāvamamitaujasaḥ

Carefully I took hold of them and bowed my head to them, having seen the immeasurable power of that one of boundless might.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यभिवनदितौ → ह्यभिवन्दितौ and तस् → तस्य (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads abhivanditau and tasya).

Verse 135 (3.191.135)

विनयेनाञ्जलिं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेनोपगम्य ह । दृष्टो मया स भूतात्मा देवः कमललोचनः ॥

vinayenāñjaliṃ kṛtvā prayatnenopagamya ha | dṛṣṭo mayā sa bhūtātmā devaḥ kamalalocanaḥ

Folding my hands in humility and approaching with care, I beheld that god, the soul of all beings, the lotus-eyed one.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (कृत्वाप्रयत्नेनोपगम्य → कृत्वा प्रयत्नेनोपगम्य).

Verse 136 (3.191.136)

तमहं प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा नमस्कृत्येदमब्रवम् । ज्ञातुमिच्छामि देव त्वां मायां चैतां तवोत्तमाम् ॥

tamahaṃ prāñjalirbhūtvā namaskṛtyedamabravam | jñātumicchāmi deva tvāṃ māyāṃ caitāṃ tavottamām

With joined palms I bowed to him and said: "O god, I wish to know you, and this supreme illusion of yours.

Verse 137 (3.191.137)

आस्येनानुप्रविष्टोऽहं शरीरे भगवंस्तव । दृष्टवानखिलाँल्लोकान्समस्तान्जठरे हि ते ॥

āsyenānupraviṣṭo'haṃ śarīre bhagavaṃstava | dṛṣṭavānakhilām̐llokānsamastānjaṭhare hi te

Entering through your mouth into your body, O Lord, I have seen all the worlds, entire, within your belly.

Verse 138 (3.191.138)

तव देव शरीरस्था देवदानवराक्षसाः । यक्षगन्धर्वनागाश्च जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥

tava deva śarīrasthā devadānavarākṣasāḥ | yakṣagandharvanāgāśca jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam

Within your body, O god, are the gods, the danavas and the rakshasas, the yakshas, gandharvas and nagas — the whole world of moving and unmoving things.

Verse 139 (3.191.139)

त्वत्प्रसादाच्च मे देव स्मृतिर्न परिहीयते । द्रुतमन्तःशरीरे ते सततं परिवर्तिनः ॥

tvatprasādācca me deva smṛtirna parihīyate | drutamantaḥśarīre te satataṃ parivartinaḥ

And by your grace, O god, my memory has not failed me, though I was moving swiftly and ceaselessly inside your body.

Verse 140 (3.191.140)

निर्गतोऽहमकामस्तु इच्छया ते महाप्रभो । यतिष्ये पुण्डरीकाक्ष ज्ञातुं त्वाऽहमनिन्दितं ॥

nirgato'hamakāmastu icchayā te mahāprabho | yatiṣye puṇḍarīkākṣa jñātuṃ tvā'hamaninditaṃ

I came out without wishing to, by your will, O great lord. I shall strive, O lotus-eyed one, to know you, the blameless one.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.186.125d*0937); the second line corresponds to CE 3.186.126ab, where Wikisource reads यतिष्ये for the critical edition's icchāmi.

Verse 141 (3.191.141)

इह भूत्वा शिशुः साक्षात्किं भवानवतिष्ठते । पीत्वा जगदिदं सर्वमेतदाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

iha bhūtvā śiśuḥ sākṣātkiṃ bhavānavatiṣṭhate | pītvā jagadidaṃ sarvametadākhyātumarhasi

Why do you remain here in the very form of a child, having drunk up this whole world? Please tell me this.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.186.126cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 142 (3.191.142)

किमर्थं च जगत्सर्वं शरीरस्थं तवानघ । कियन्तं च त्वया कालमिह स्थेयमरिंदम ॥

kimarthaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ śarīrasthaṃ tavānagha | kiyantaṃ ca tvayā kālamiha stheyamariṃdama

And for what purpose is the whole world held within your body, O sinless one? And how long must you remain here, O tamer of foes?

Verse 143 (3.191.143)

एतदिच्छामि देवेश श्रोतुं ब्राह्मणकाम्यया । त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष विस्तरेण यथातथम् । महद्ध्येतदचिन्त्यं च यदहं दृष्टवान्प्रभो ॥

etadicchāmi deveśa śrotuṃ brāhmaṇakāmyayā | tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa vistareṇa yathātatham | mahaddhyetadacintyaṃ ca yadahaṃ dṛṣṭavānprabho

This, O lord of the gods, I wish to hear from you, lotus-eyed one, in full detail and as it truly is, out of a brahmin's longing to know; for what I have seen, O Lord, is vast and beyond all thought."

Note on the text: Corrected कमलपत्राक्षं → कमलपत्राक्ष (misprint in Wikisource, a stray anusvara on a vocative; the critical edition reads kamalapatrākṣa).

Verse 144 (3.191.144)

इत्युक्तः स मया श्रीमान्देवदेवो महाद्युतिः । सान्त्वयन्मामिदं वाक्यमुवाच वदतांवरः ॥

ityuktaḥ sa mayā śrīmāndevadevo mahādyutiḥ | sāntvayanmāmidaṃ vākyamuvāca vadatāṃvaraḥ

Thus addressed by me, that glorious god of gods, of great splendour, best of speakers, comforting me, spoke these words: