Baka and Indra: The Sorrows and Joys of the Long-Lived

Verse 1 (3.196.1)

मार्कण्डेयमृषयो ब्राह्मणा युधिष्ठिरश्च । पर्यपृच्छन्नृषिः केन दीर्घायुरासीद्बकः ॥

mārkaṇḍeyamṛṣayo brāhmaṇā yudhiṣṭhiraśca | paryapṛcchannṛṣiḥ kena dīrghāyurāsīdbakaḥ

The sages, the brahmins and Yudhishthira asked Markandeya, "How did the seer Baka come to be so long-lived?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 3–4), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 2 (3.196.2)

मार्कण्डेयस्तु तान्सर्वान्प्रत्युवाच महातपाः । दीर्घायुश्च बको राजन्नृषिर्नात्र विचारणा ॥

mārkaṇḍeyastu tānsarvānpratyuvāca mahātapāḥ | dīrghāyuśca bako rājannṛṣirnātra vicāraṇā

Markandeya, great in austerity, answered them all: "Baka is indeed a long-lived seer, O king; there is no doubt of that."

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (बकोराजन् → बको राजन्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 4–5), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 3 (3.196.3)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु कौन्तेयो भ्रातृभिः सह भारत । मार्कण्डेयं पर्यपृच्छद्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

etacchrutvā tu kaunteyo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha bhārata | mārkaṇḍeyaṃ paryapṛcchaddharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Hearing this, O Bharata, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, together with his brothers, questioned Markandeya:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 6–7), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 4 (3.196.4)

बकदाल्भ्यौ महात्मानौ श्रूयेते चिरजीविनौ । सखायौ देवराजस्य तावृषी लोकसंमतौ ॥

bakadālbhyau mahātmānau śrūyete cirajīvinau | sakhāyau devarājasya tāvṛṣī lokasaṃmatau

"Baka and Dalbhya, those great souls, are said to be long-lived. Those two seers, honoured by the world, are friends of the king of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected देवराजस् यतावृषी → देवराजस्य तावृषी (misprint in Wikisource; the word space has slipped one akshara; Appendix I.21 reads devarājasya tāv ṛṣī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 8–9), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 5 (3.196.5)

एतदिच्छामि भगवन्बकशक्रसमागमम् । सुखदुःखसमायुक्तं तत्त्वेन कथितं त्वया ॥

etadicchāmi bhagavanbakaśakrasamāgamam | sukhaduḥkhasamāyuktaṃ tattvena kathitaṃ tvayā

I wish to hear from you, lord, the true account of the meeting of Baka and Shakra, with its talk of joy and sorrow."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 10–11), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 6 (3.196.6)

वृत्ते देवासुरे राजन्संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे । त्रयाणामपि लोकानामिन्द्रो लोकाधिपोऽभवत् ॥

vṛtte devāsure rājansaṃgrāme romaharṣaṇe | trayāṇāmapi lokānāmindro lokādhipo'bhavat

When the hair-raising battle of the gods and asuras was over, O king, Indra became overlord of all three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 13–14), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 7 (3.196.7)

सम्यग्वर्षति पर्जन्ये सस्यसंपद उत्तमाः । निरामयाः सुधर्मिष्ठाः प्रजा धर्मपरायणाः । मुदितश्च जनः सर्वः स्वधर्मेषु व्यवस्थितः ॥

samyagvarṣati parjanye sasyasaṃpada uttamāḥ | nirāmayāḥ sudharmiṣṭhāḥ prajā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | muditaśca janaḥ sarvaḥ svadharmeṣu vyavasthitaḥ

With Parjanya raining as he should, the harvests were rich; the people were free of sickness, firm in dharma and devoted to it, and all folk were happy, each settled in his own duty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 15–17), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 8 (3.196.8)

ताः प्रजा मुदिताः सर्वा दृष्ट्वा बलनिषूदनः । ततस्तु मुदितो राजन्देवराजः शतक्रतुः ॥

tāḥ prajā muditāḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā balaniṣūdanaḥ | tatastu mudito rājandevarājaḥ śatakratuḥ

Seeing all those people happy, Shatakratu, the slayer of Bala, king of the gods, was glad, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्ट्रा → दृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट्र for ष्ट्व; Appendix I.21 reads dṛṣṭvā). Restored a missing word space (मुदितोराजन् → मुदितो राजन्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 18–19), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 9 (3.196.9)

ऐरावतं समास्थाय अपश्यन्मुदिताः प्रजाः । आश्रमांश्च विचित्रांश्च नदीश्च विविधाः शुभाः ॥

airāvataṃ samāsthāya apaśyanmuditāḥ prajāḥ | āśramāṃśca vicitrāṃśca nadīśca vividhāḥ śubhāḥ

Mounted on Airavata, he looked upon the happy people, the varied hermitages, the many lovely rivers,

Note on the text: Corrected विचित्रांश् → विचित्रांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the line is a syllable short; Appendix I.21 reads vicitrāṃś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 20–21), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 10 (3.196.10)

नगराणि समृद्धानि खेटाञ्जनपदांस्तथा । प्रजापालनदक्षांश्च नरेन्द्रान्धर्मचारिणः ॥

nagarāṇi samṛddhāni kheṭāñjanapadāṃstathā | prajāpālanadakṣāṃśca narendrāndharmacāriṇaḥ

the prosperous cities, the villages and countries, and the righteous kings skilled in protecting their subjects;

Note on the text: Corrected घेटाञ् → खेटाञ् (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ख; Appendix I.21 reads kheṭāñ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 22–23), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 11 (3.196.11)

उदपानं प्रपा वापी तटाकानि सरांसि च । नानाव्रतसमाचारैः सेवितानि द्विजोत्तमैः ॥

udapānaṃ prapā vāpī taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca | nānāvratasamācāraiḥ sevitāni dvijottamaiḥ

the wells, water-sheds, step-wells, tanks and lakes, frequented by the best of the twice-born, who kept many kinds of vows.

Note on the text: Corrected नानाब्रह्रह्मसमाचारैः → नानाव्रतसमाचारैः (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled, doubled akshara group that is not a word; Appendix I.21 reads nānāvratasamācāraiḥ). Corrected द्विजोततमैः → द्विजोत्तमैः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 24–25), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 12 (3.196.12)

ततोऽवतीर्य रम्यायां पृथ्व्यां राजञ्छतक्रतुः । तत्र रम्ये शिवे देशे बहुवृक्षसमाकुले ॥

tato'vatīrya ramyāyāṃ pṛthvyāṃ rājañchatakratuḥ | tatra ramye śive deśe bahuvṛkṣasamākule

Then Shatakratu came down to the lovely earth, O king, to a pleasant, auspicious place thick with trees,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 26–27), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 13 (3.196.13)

पूर्वस्यां दिशि रम्यायां समुद्राभ्याशतो नृप । तत्राश्रमपदं रम्यं मृगद्विजनिषेवितम् । तत्राश्रमपदे रम्ये बकं पश्यति देवराट् ॥

pūrvasyāṃ diśi ramyāyāṃ samudrābhyāśato nṛpa | tatrāśramapadaṃ ramyaṃ mṛgadvijaniṣevitam | tatrāśramapade ramye bakaṃ paśyati devarāṭ

in the lovely eastern quarter, near the sea, O king. There stood a delightful hermitage, haunted by deer and birds, and in that delightful hermitage the king of the gods saw Baka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 28–30), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 14 (3.196.14)

बकस्तु दृष्ट्वा देवेन्द्रं दृढं प्रीतमनाऽभवत् । पाद्यासनार्घदानेन फलमूलैरथार्चयत् ॥

bakastu dṛṣṭvā devendraṃ dṛḍhaṃ prītamanā'bhavat | pādyāsanārghadānena phalamūlairathārcayat

Baka, seeing the lord of the gods, was overjoyed, and honoured him with water for his feet, a seat and the guest-offering, and with fruits and roots.

Note on the text: Corrected पाद्यासनार्थदानेन → पाद्यासनार्घदानेन (misprint in Wikisource; थ for घ — the guest-offering arghya is meant; Appendix I.21 reads pādyāsanārghadānena). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 31–32), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 15 (3.196.15)

सुखोपविष्टो वरदस्ततस्तु बलसूदनः । ततः प्रश्नं बकं देव उवाच त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥

sukhopaviṣṭo varadastatastu balasūdanaḥ | tataḥ praśnaṃ bakaṃ deva uvāca tridaśeśvaraḥ

When the boon-giving slayer of Bala was comfortably seated, the god, lord of the Thirty, put a question to Baka:

Note on the text: Corrected देवं उवाच → देव उवाच (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara before a vowel; Appendix I.21 reads deva uvāca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 33–34), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 16 (3.196.16)

शतं वर्षसहस्राणि मुने जातस्य तेऽनघ । समाख्याहि मम ब्रह्मन्किं दुःखं चिरजीविनाम् ॥

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi mune jātasya te'nagha | samākhyāhi mama brahmankiṃ duḥkhaṃ cirajīvinām

"A hundred thousand years have passed since you were born, sinless sage. Tell me, brahmin: what is the sorrow of those who live long?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 35–36), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 17 (3.196.17)

अप्रियैः सह संवासः प्रियैश्चापि विनाभवः । असद्भिः संप्रयोगश्च तद्दुःखं चिरजीविनाम् ॥

apriyaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ priyaiścāpi vinābhavaḥ | asadbhiḥ saṃprayogaśca tadduḥkhaṃ cirajīvinām

"Living with those one does not love, being parted from those one loves, and being thrown together with the wicked — that is the sorrow of the long-lived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 38–39), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 18 (3.196.18)

पुत्रदारविनाशोऽत्र ज्ञातीनां सुहृदामपि । परेष्वायत्तता कृच्छ्रं किंनु दुःखतरं ततः ॥

putradāravināśo'tra jñātīnāṃ suhṛdāmapi | pareṣvāyattatā kṛcchraṃ kiṃnu duḥkhataraṃ tataḥ

To see sons and wife perish, and kinsmen and friends as well; the hardship of depending on others — what sorrow is greater than that?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 40–41), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 19 (3.196.19)

नान्यद्दुःखतरं किंचिल्लोकेषु प्रतिभाति मे । अर्थैर्विहीनः पुरुषः परैः संपरिभूयते ॥

nānyadduḥkhataraṃ kiṃcillokeṣu pratibhāti me | arthairvihīnaḥ puruṣaḥ paraiḥ saṃparibhūyate

Nothing in the worlds seems to me more painful than this: a man without wealth is scorned by others.

Note on the text: Corrected एरैः → परैः (misprint in Wikisource; ए for प; Appendix I.21 reads paraiḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 42–43), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 20 (3.196.20)

अकुलानां कुले भावं कुलीनानां कुलक्षयम् । संयोगं विप्रयोगं च पश्यन्ति चिरजीविनः ॥

akulānāṃ kule bhāvaṃ kulīnānāṃ kulakṣayam | saṃyogaṃ viprayogaṃ ca paśyanti cirajīvinaḥ

The long-lived see the low-born rise to high families and the high-born see their families fall; they see union and they see separation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 44–45), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 21 (3.196.21)

अपि प्रत्यक्षमेवैतत्तव देव शतक्रतो । अकुलानां समृद्धानां कथं कुलविपर्ययः ॥

api pratyakṣamevaitattava deva śatakrato | akulānāṃ samṛddhānāṃ kathaṃ kulaviparyayaḥ

You see this with your own eyes, O god Shatakratu: how the low-born grow rich and families are overturned.

Note on the text: Corrected देघ → देव (misprint in Wikisource; घ for व; Appendix I.21 reads deva) and restored a missing word space (अपिप्रत्यक्ष… → अपि प्रत्यक्ष…). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 46–47), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 22 (3.196.22)

देवदानवगन्धर्वमनुष्योरगराक्षसाः । प्राप्नुवन्ति विपर्यासं किंनु दुःखतरं ततः ॥

devadānavagandharvamanuṣyoragarākṣasāḥ | prāpnuvanti viparyāsaṃ kiṃnu duḥkhataraṃ tataḥ

Gods, danavas, gandharvas, men, serpents and rakshasas all meet with reversal of fortune — what sorrow is greater than that?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 48–49), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 23 (3.196.23)

कुले जाताश्च क्लिश्यन्ते दौष्कुलेयवशानुगाः । आढ्यैर्दरिद्राऽवमताः किंनु दुःखतरं ततः ॥

kule jātāśca kliśyante dauṣkuleyavaśānugāḥ | āḍhyairdaridrā'vamatāḥ kiṃnu duḥkhataraṃ tataḥ

Those born in good families suffer, subject to the will of the low-born; the poor are scorned by the rich — what sorrow is greater than that?

Note on the text: Corrected जाताश् → जाताश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the line is a syllable short; Appendix I.21 reads jātāś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 50–51), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 24 (3.196.24)

लोके वैधर्म्यमेतत्तु दृश्यते बहुविस्तरम् । हीनज्ञानाश्च हृष्यन्ते क्लिश्यन्ते प्राज्ञकोविदाः । बहुदुःखपरिक्लेशं मानुष्यमिह दृश्यते ॥

loke vaidharmyametattu dṛśyate bahuvistaram | hīnajñānāśca hṛṣyante kliśyante prājñakovidāḥ | bahuduḥkhaparikleśaṃ mānuṣyamiha dṛśyate

This perversity is seen everywhere in the world: the ignorant rejoice while the wise and learned suffer. Human life here is seen to be full of sorrow and hardship."

Note on the text: Corrected दृश्ते → दृश्यते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; Appendix I.21 reads dṛśyate). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 52–54), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 25 (3.196.25)

पुनरेव महाभाग देवर्षिगणसेवित । समाख्याहि मम ब्रह्मन्किं सुखं चिरजीविनाम् ॥

punareva mahābhāga devarṣigaṇasevita | samākhyāhi mama brahmankiṃ sukhaṃ cirajīvinām

"Tell me once more, most fortunate one, you who are attended by hosts of divine seers: what is the happiness of the long-lived, brahmin?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 56–57), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 26 (3.196.26)

अष्टमे द्वादशे वाऽपि शाकं यः पचते गृहे । कुमित्राण्यनपाश्रित्य किं वै सुखतरं ततः ॥

aṣṭame dvādaśe vā'pi śākaṃ yaḥ pacate gṛhe | kumitrāṇyanapāśritya kiṃ vai sukhataraṃ tataḥ

"He who cooks vegetables in his own home, even if only on the eighth or the twelfth day, without leaning on bad friends — what greater happiness is there than that?

Note on the text: Corrected अनपाश्रित् → अनपाश्रित्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य, the line is a syllable short; Appendix I.21 reads anapāśritya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 59–60), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 27 (3.196.27)

यत्राहानि न गण्यन्ते नैनमाहुर्महाशनम् । अपि शाकं पचानस्य सुखं वै मघवन्गृहे ॥

yatrāhāni na gaṇyante nainamāhurmahāśanam | api śākaṃ pacānasya sukhaṃ vai maghavangṛhe

Where the days are not counted and no one calls him a glutton — even cooking vegetables in one's own home is happiness, Maghavan.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 61–62), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 28 (3.196.28)

अर्जितं स्वेन वीर्येण नाप्यपाश्रित्य कंचन । फलशाकमपि श्रेयो भोक्तुं ह्यकृपणं गृहे ॥

arjitaṃ svena vīryeṇa nāpyapāśritya kaṃcana | phalaśākamapi śreyo bhoktuṃ hyakṛpaṇaṃ gṛhe

Better to eat, without meanness, even fruit and vegetables in one's own home, earned by one's own effort and without depending on anyone.

Note on the text: Corrected आर्जितं → अर्जितं (misprint in Wikisource; long आ for अ, not a word; Appendix I.21 reads arjitaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 63–64), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 29 (3.196.29)

परस्य तु गृहे भोक्तुः परिभूतस्य नित्यशः । सुमृष्टमपि न श्रेयो विकल्पोऽयमतः सताम् ॥

parasya tu gṛhe bhoktuḥ paribhūtasya nityaśaḥ | sumṛṣṭamapi na śreyo vikalpo'yamataḥ satām

But for one who eats in another's house, slighted all the time, even the finest fare does him no good; that is the judgment of the good.

Note on the text: Corrected परिभूतस् → परिभूतस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; Appendix I.21 reads paribhūtasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 65–66), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 30 (3.196.30)

श्ववद्धि लोलुपो यस्तु परान्नं भोक्तुमिच्छति । धिगस्तु तस्य तद्भुक्तं कृपणस्य दुरात्मनः ॥

śvavaddhi lolupo yastu parānnaṃ bhoktumicchati | dhigastu tasya tadbhuktaṃ kṛpaṇasya durātmanaḥ

He who, greedy as a dog, longs to eat another's food — shame on what that wretched, mean-souled man eats!

Note on the text: Corrected कृपणस् → कृपणस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; Appendix I.21 reads kṛpaṇasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 67–68), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 31 (3.196.31)

यो दत्त्वाऽतिथिभृत्येभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च द्विजोत्तमः । शिष्टान्यन्नानि यो भुङ्क्ते किं वै सुखतरं ततः ॥

yo dattvā'tithibhṛtyebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca dvijottamaḥ | śiṣṭānyannāni yo bhuṅkte kiṃ vai sukhataraṃ tataḥ

The best of the twice-born, who first gives to guests, dependants and the ancestors and then eats the food that remains — what greater happiness is there than that?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 69–70), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 32 (3.196.32)

अतो मृष्टतरं नान्यत्पूतं किंचिच्छतक्रतो । दत्त्वा यस्त्वतिथिभ्योऽन्नं भुङ्क्ते तेनैव नित्यशः ॥

ato mṛṣṭataraṃ nānyatpūtaṃ kiṃcicchatakrato | dattvā yastvatithibhyo'nnaṃ bhuṅkte tenaiva nityaśaḥ

There is nothing sweeter or purer than this, Shatakratu: to give food to guests and always to eat from that alone.

Note on the text: Corrected किंचितच्छतक्रतो → किंचिच्छतक्रतो (misprint in Wikisource; broken sandhi with an extra त; Appendix I.21 reads kiṃ cic chatakrato). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 71–72), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 33 (3.196.33)

यावतो ह्यन्धसः पिण्डानश्नाति सततं द्विजः । तावतां गोसहस्राणां फलं प्राप्नोति दायकः । यदेनो यौवनकृतं तत्सर्वं नश्यते ध्रुवम् ॥

yāvato hyandhasaḥ piṇḍānaśnāti satataṃ dvijaḥ | tāvatāṃ gosahasrāṇāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti dāyakaḥ | yadeno yauvanakṛtaṃ tatsarvaṃ naśyate dhruvam

For as many mouthfuls of food as a brahmin eats, the giver gains the merit of as many thousands of cows, and whatever sin he committed in youth is surely wiped away.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I.21, line 73): Wikisource has lost the first line, "यावतो ह्यन्धसः पिण्डानश्नाति सततं द्विजः", without which तावतां ("as many") has nothing to answer to. Restored a missing word space (यौवनकृतंतत्सर्वं → यौवनकृतं तत्सर्वं). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 73–75), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 34 (3.196.34)

सदक्षिणस्य भुक्तस्य द्विजस्य तु करे गतम् । यद्वारि वारिणा सिञ्चेत्तद्ध्येनस्तरते क्षणात् ॥

sadakṣiṇasya bhuktasya dvijasya tu kare gatam | yadvāri vāriṇā siñcettaddhyenastarate kṣaṇāt

When water is poured, with water, into the hand of a brahmin who has been fed and given his fee, by that a man crosses beyond his sin in a moment."

Note on the text: Corrected रसदक्षिणस् भुक्तस् → सदक्षिणस्य भुक्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र makes the line a syllable too long, and both genitives have dropped य; Appendix I.21 reads sadakṣiṇasya bhuktasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 76–77), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.

Verse 35 (3.196.35)

एताश्चान्याश्च वै बह्वीः कथयित्वा कथाः शुभाः । बकेन सह देवेन्द्र आपृच्छ्य त्रिदिवं गतः ॥

etāścānyāśca vai bahvīḥ kathayitvā kathāḥ śubhāḥ | bakena saha devendra āpṛcchya tridivaṃ gataḥ

Having exchanged these and many other auspicious tales with Baka, the lord of the gods took his leave and went to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I, No. 21 (lines 79–80), a passage inserted after 3.190.82 whose first section is this adhyaya, the dialogue of Baka and Indra.