Kuvalashva Slays Dhundhu

Verse 1 (3.207.1)

धुन्धुर्नाम महाराज तयोः पुत्रो महाद्युतिः । स तपोऽतप्यत महन्महावीर्यपराक्रमः ॥

dhundhurnāma mahārāja tayoḥ putro mahādyutiḥ | sa tapo'tapyata mahanmahāvīryaparākramaḥ

Their son, O great king, was named Dhundhu, a being of great radiance. Mighty in valour and prowess, he practised great austerities.

Verse 2 (3.207.2)

अतिष्ठदेकपादेन कृशो धमनिसंततः । तस्मै ब्रह्मा ददौ प्रीतो वरं वव्रे स च प्रभुम् ॥

atiṣṭhadekapādena kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ | tasmai brahmā dadau prīto varaṃ vavre sa ca prabhum

He stood on one foot, emaciated, his veins standing out. Pleased with him, Brahma offered him a boon, and he asked the lord for this one:

Verse 3 (3.207.3)

देवदानवयक्षाणां सर्पगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् । अवध्योऽहं भवेयं वै वर एष वृतो मया ॥

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ sarpagandharvarakṣasām | avadhyo'haṃ bhaveyaṃ vai vara eṣa vṛto mayā

"May I be unslayable by gods, Danavas and Yakshas, by serpents, Gandharvas and Rakshasas. This is the boon I choose."

Verse 4 (3.207.4)

एवं भवतु गच्छेति तमुवाच पितामहः । स एवमुक्तस्तत्पादौ मूर्ध्ना स्पृष्ट्वा जगाम ह ॥

evaṃ bhavatu gaccheti tamuvāca pitāmahaḥ | sa evamuktastatpādau mūrdhnā spṛṣṭvā jagāma ha

"So be it; go," the Grandfather told him. Thus answered, Dhundhu touched Brahma's feet with his head and went away.

Verse 5 (3.207.5)

स तु धुन्धुर्वरं लब्ध्वा महावीर्यपराक्रमः । अनुस्मरन्पितृवधं द्रुतं विष्णुमुपागमत् ॥

sa tu dhundhurvaraṃ labdhvā mahāvīryaparākramaḥ | anusmaranpitṛvadhaṃ drutaṃ viṣṇumupāgamat

Having obtained the boon, Dhundhu, great in valour and prowess, remembered the killing of his father and went swiftly against Vishnu.

Note on the text: Corrected महवीर्यपराक्रमः → महावीर्यपराक्रमः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads mahāvīryaparākramaḥ) and सतु → स तु (two words run together). द्रुतं … उपागमत् is a recension variant of the critical edition's tato … upādravat and is kept.

Verse 6 (3.207.6)

स तु देवान्सगन्धर्वाञ्जित्वा धुन्धुरमर्षणः । बबाध सर्वानसकृद्विष्णुं देवांश्च वै भृशम् ॥

sa tu devānsagandharvāñjitvā dhundhuramarṣaṇaḥ | babādha sarvānasakṛdviṣṇuṃ devāṃśca vai bhṛśam

Unforgiving Dhundhu conquered the gods together with the Gandharvas, and again and again he harassed them all, Vishnu and the gods, severely.

Note on the text: Corrected सतु → स तु (two words run together in Wikisource).

Verse 7 (3.207.7)

समुद्रवालुकापूर्णे उज्जानक इति स्मृते । आगम्य च स दुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ । बाधते स्म परं शक्त्या तमुदङ्काश्रमं विभो ॥

samudravālukāpūrṇe ujjānaka iti smṛte | āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha | bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tamudaṅkāśramaṃ vibho

To the region known as Ujjanaka, filled with the sands of the sea, that evil-minded one came, O best of the Bharatas, and with all his might he tormented Udanka's hermitage there, O lord.

Note on the text: Corrected बाधतेस्म → बाधते स्म (two words run together in Wikisource). The locative समुद्रवालुकापूर्णे … स्मृते, उदङ्क (for uttaṅka) and विभो are recension variants and are kept.

Verse 8 (3.207.8)

अन्तर्भूमिगतस्तत्र वालुकान्तर्हितस्तथा । मधुकैटभयोः पुत्रो धुन्धुर्भीमपराक्रमः ॥

antarbhūmigatastatra vālukāntarhitastathā | madhukaiṭabhayoḥ putro dhundhurbhīmaparākramaḥ

There, gone beneath the earth and hidden under the sand, Dhundhu, son of Madhu and Kaitabha, of fearsome prowess,

Verse 9 (3.207.9)

शेते लोकविनाशाय तपोबलमुपाश्रितः । उदङ्कस्याश्रमाभ्याशे निःश्वसन्पावकार्चिषः ॥

śete lokavināśāya tapobalamupāśritaḥ | udaṅkasyāśramābhyāśe niḥśvasanpāvakārciṣaḥ

lay sleeping near Udanka's hermitage, relying on the strength of his austerities, to bring ruin to the worlds, breathing out flames of fire.

Verse 10 (3.207.10)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु राजा सबलवाहनः । कुवलाश्वो नरपतिरन्वितो बलशालिनाम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu rājā sabalavāhanaḥ | kuvalāśvo narapatiranvito balaśālinām

At that very time Kuvalashva, king and lord of men, with his army and mounts, accompanied by mighty warriors,

Verse 11 (3.207.11)

सहस्रैरेकविंशत्या पुत्राणामरिमर्दनः । प्रायादुदङ्कसहितो धुन्धोस्तस्य वधाय वै ॥

sahasrairekaviṃśatyā putrāṇāmarimardanaḥ | prāyādudaṅkasahito dhundhostasya vadhāya vai

and with his twenty-one thousand sons, that crusher of foes set out together with Udanka to slay Dhundhu.

Verse 12 (3.207.12)

तमाविशत्ततो विष्णुर्भगवांस्तेजसा प्रभुः । उदङ्कस्य नियोगेन लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥

tamāviśattato viṣṇurbhagavāṃstejasā prabhuḥ | udaṅkasya niyogena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Then the blessed Lord Vishnu entered him with his own splendour, at Udanka's bidding and for the good of the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected उदङ्कस् → उदङ्कस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads uttaṅkasya).

Verse 13 (3.207.13)

तस्मिन्प्रयाते दुर्धर्षे दिवि शब्दो महानभूत् । एष श्रीमान्नृपसुतो धुन्धुमारो भविष्यति ॥

tasminprayāte durdharṣe divi śabdo mahānabhūt | eṣa śrīmānnṛpasuto dhundhumāro bhaviṣyati

As that invincible king set out, a great voice was heard in the sky: "This glorious son of a king will become Dhundhumara, the slayer of Dhundhu."

Verse 14 (3.207.14)

दिव्यैश्च पुष्पैस्तं देवाः समन्तात्पर्यवाकिरन् । देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि नेदुः स्वयमनीरिताः ॥

divyaiśca puṣpaistaṃ devāḥ samantātparyavākiran | devadundubhayaścāpi neduḥ svayamanīritāḥ

The gods showered him on every side with heavenly flowers, and the drums of the gods sounded of their own accord, though no one struck them.

Verse 15 (3.207.15)

शीतश्च वायुः प्रववौ प्रयाणे तस्य धीमतः । विपांसुलां महीं कुर्वन्ववर्ष च सुरेश्वरः । प्रदक्षिणाश्चाप्यभवन्वन्यास्तं समृगद्विजाः ॥

śītaśca vāyuḥ pravavau prayāṇe tasya dhīmataḥ | vipāṃsulāṃ mahīṃ kurvanvavarṣa ca sureśvaraḥ | pradakṣiṇāścāpyabhavanvanyāstaṃ samṛgadvijāḥ

A cool wind blew as the wise king marched, and the lord of the gods sent rain, laying the dust of the earth. The creatures of the forest, beasts and birds alike, moved around him keeping him on their right.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') around the third line. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 3.195.15; the third line is not in its constituted text, but its apparatus has it as the insertion 3.195.15d*0987 (with tasya for तं).

Verse 16 (3.207.16)

अन्तरिक्षे विमानानि देवतानां युधिष्ठिर । तत्रैव समदृश्यन्त धुन्धुर्यत्र महासुरः ॥

antarikṣe vimānāni devatānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | tatraiva samadṛśyanta dhundhuryatra mahāsuraḥ

In the sky, Yudhishthira, the aerial chariots of the gods were seen gathered right above the place where the great Asura Dhundhu lay.

Verse 17 (3.207.17)

कुवलाश्वस्य धुन्धोश्च युद्धकौतूहलान्विताः । देवगन्धर्वसहिताः समवैक्षन्महर्षयः ॥

kuvalāśvasya dhundhośca yuddhakautūhalānvitāḥ | devagandharvasahitāḥ samavaikṣanmaharṣayaḥ

Eager to see the fight between Kuvalashva and Dhundhu, the great seers, together with the gods and Gandharvas, looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected धुन्योश्च → धुन्धोश्च (misprint in Wikisource; य for ध, the critical edition reads dhundhoś ca).

Verse 18 (3.207.18)

नारायणेन कौरव्य तेजसाऽऽप्यायितस्तदा । स गतो नृपतिः क्षिप्रं पुत्रैस्तैः सर्वतो दिशम् ॥

nārāyaṇena kauravya tejasā''pyāyitastadā | sa gato nṛpatiḥ kṣipraṃ putraistaiḥ sarvato diśam

Strengthened then by the splendour of Narayana, O Kauravya, the king went swiftly with his sons on every side.

Verse 19 (3.207.19)

अर्णवं खानयामास कुवलाश्वो महीपतिः । हितार्थं सर्वलोकानामुदङ्कस्य वशे स्थितः ॥

arṇavaṃ khānayāmāsa kuvalāśvo mahīpatiḥ | hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāmudaṅkasya vaśe sthitaḥ

King Kuvalashva had the sea of sand dug up, acting under Udanka's direction for the good of all the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वानयामास → खानयामास (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख, the critical edition reads khānayām āsa) and हितार्तं → हितार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ); removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') around the second line. Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.195.19ab; line 2 is not in its constituted text, but its apparatus has it as the insertion 3.195.18b*0988.

Verse 20 (3.207.20)

कुवलाश्वस्य पुत्रैश्च तस्मिन्वै वालुकार्णवे । सप्तभिर्दिवसैः खात्वा दृष्टो धुन्धुर्महाबलः ॥

kuvalāśvasya putraiśca tasminvai vālukārṇave | saptabhirdivasaiḥ khātvā dṛṣṭo dhundhurmahābalaḥ

When Kuvalashva's sons had dug in that sea of sand for seven days, the mighty Dhundhu came into view.

Note on the text: Corrected कुवलाश्वस् → कुवलाश्वस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara) and स्वात्वा → खात्वा (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख, the critical edition reads khātvā). This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.19cd–20ab; पुत्रैश्च is a recension variant of putrais tu and is kept.

Verse 21 (3.207.21)

आसीद्घोरं वपुस्तस्य वालुकान्तर्हितं महत् । दीप्यमानं यथा सूर्यस्तेजसा भरतर्षभ ॥

āsīdghoraṃ vapustasya vālukāntarhitaṃ mahat | dīpyamānaṃ yathā sūryastejasā bharatarṣabha

His body was huge and terrible, hidden in the sand, and it blazed with energy like the sun, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected आसीद्धोरं → आसीद्घोरं (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, the critical edition reads āsīd ghoraṃ). This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.20cd–ef.

Verse 22 (3.207.22)

ततो धुन्धुर्महाराज दिशमावृत्य पश्चिमाम् । सुप्तोऽभूद्राजशार्दूल कालानलसमद्युतिः ॥

tato dhundhurmahārāja diśamāvṛtya paścimām | supto'bhūdrājaśārdūla kālānalasamadyutiḥ

Dhundhu, O great king, lay asleep stretched over the western quarter, O tiger among kings, shining like the fire of the world's end.

Verse 23 (3.207.23)

कुवलाश्वस्य पुत्रैस्तु सर्वतः परिवारितः । अभिद्रुतः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैरपि ॥

kuvalāśvasya putraistu sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ | abhidrutaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairgadābhirmusalairapi

Surrounded on every side by Kuvalashva's sons, he was assailed with sharp arrows, with maces and clubs,

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.22ab–cd.

Verse 24 (3.207.24)

पट्टिशैः परिघैः प्रासैः खड्गैश्च विमलैः शितैः । स वध्यमानः संक्रुद्धः समुत्तस्थौ महाबलः ॥

paṭṭiśaiḥ parighaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiśca vimalaiḥ śitaiḥ | sa vadhyamānaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ samuttasthau mahābalaḥ

with axes, iron bars, darts and bright, sharp swords. Struck on all sides, the mighty one rose up in fury.

Note on the text: Corrected प्टसैः → पट्टिशैः, परिधैः → परिघैः, खङ्गैश् → खड्गैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; broken and wrong aksharas and a dropped च, the critical edition reads paṭṭiśaiḥ parighaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiś ca) and सवध्यमानः → स वध्यमानः (two words run together). This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.22ef–23ab.

Verse 25 (3.207.25)

क्रुद्धश्चाभक्षयत्तेषां शस्त्राणि विविधानि च । आस्याद्वमन्पावकं स संवर्तकसमं तदा ॥

kruddhaścābhakṣayatteṣāṃ śastrāṇi vividhāni ca | āsyādvamanpāvakaṃ sa saṃvartakasamaṃ tadā

In his rage he devoured their weapons of every kind, and spewed from his mouth a fire like the fire of universal dissolution.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.23cd–24ab.

Verse 26 (3.207.26)

तान्सर्वान्नृपतेः पुत्रानदहत्स्वेन तेजसा । मुखजेनाग्निना क्रुद्धो लोकानुद्वर्तयन्निव ॥

tānsarvānnṛpateḥ putrānadahatsvena tejasā | mukhajenāgninā kruddho lokānudvartayanniva

With that fire born of his mouth he burned all the king's sons by his own power, raging as though he would overturn the worlds,

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.24cd–25ab.

Verse 27 (3.207.27)

क्षणेन राजशार्दूल पुरेव कपिलः प्रभुः । सगरस्यात्मजान्क्रुद्धस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

kṣaṇena rājaśārdūla pureva kapilaḥ prabhuḥ | sagarasyātmajānkruddhastadadbhutamivābhavat

in a single moment, O tiger among kings, just as the lord Kapila in his anger once burned the sons of Sagara. It was a wondrous thing.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.25cd–ef.

Verse 28 (3.207.28)

तेषु क्रोधाग्निदग्धेषु तदा भरतसत्तम । तं प्रबुद्धं महात्मानं कुम्भकर्णमिवापरम् । आससाद महातेजाः कुवलाश्वो महीपतिः ॥

teṣu krodhāgnidagdheṣu tadā bharatasattama | taṃ prabuddhaṃ mahātmānaṃ kumbhakarṇamivāparam | āsasāda mahātejāḥ kuvalāśvo mahīpatiḥ

When they had been burned by the fire of his wrath, O best of the Bharatas, the mighty King Kuvalashva advanced on that great being, now awake like a second Kumbhakarna.

Verse 29 (3.207.29)

तस्य वारि महाराज सुस्राव बहु देहतः । तत्तदापीयते तेजो राज्ञा वारिमयं नृप ॥

tasya vāri mahārāja susrāva bahu dehataḥ | tattadāpīyate tejo rājñā vārimayaṃ nṛpa

Water poured in torrents from his body, O great king, and that fire, turned to water, was drunk up by the king, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected वारिमहाराज → वारि महाराज and तत्तदापीयतेतेजो → तत्तदापीयते तेजो (words run together in Wikisource). This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.27ab–cd; राज्ञा … आपीयते is a recension variant of rājā … āpīyata and is kept.

Verse 30 (3.207.30)

योगी योगेन सृष्टं स शमयित्वा च वारिणा । ब्रह्मास्त्रेण ततो राजा दैत्यं क्रूरपराक्रमम् । ददाह भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वलोकाभयाय वै ॥

yogī yogena sṛṣṭaṃ sa śamayitvā ca vāriṇā | brahmāstreṇa tato rājā daityaṃ krūraparākramam | dadāha bharataśreṣṭha sarvalokābhayāya vai

A master of yoga, he quenched with that water the fire the demon had produced; and then, O best of the Bharatas, with the Brahma weapon the king burned the Daitya of cruel prowess, to free all the worlds from fear.

Note on the text: Corrected समयित्वा → शमयित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, "having quenched"; the critical edition reads śamayām āsa), सर्वलोकभवाय → सर्वलोकाभयाय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads sarvalokābhayāya) and दैत्यंक्रूर → दैत्यं क्रूर (words run together). Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.195.27ef (योगेन सृष्टं स for its yogena vahniṃ ca, a recension variant kept here; the Wikisource footnote records other readings); lines 2–3 are its 3.195.28.

Verse 31 (3.207.31)

सोऽस्त्रेण दग्ध्वा राजर्षिः कुवलाश्वो महासुरम् । सुरशत्रुममित्रघ्नस्त्रैलोक्येश इवापरः ॥

so'streṇa dagdhvā rājarṣiḥ kuvalāśvo mahāsuram | suraśatrumamitraghnastrailokyeśa ivāparaḥ

Having burned with that weapon the great Asura, the enemy of the gods, the royal sage Kuvalashva, slayer of foes, stood like a second lord of the three worlds.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.29ab–cd; त्रैलोक्येश is a recension variant of trilokeśa and is kept.

Verse 32 (3.207.32)

धुन्धोर्वधात्तदा राजा कुवलाश्वो महामनाः । धुन्धुमार इति ख्यातो नाम्ना समभवत्ततः ॥

dhundhorvadhāttadā rājā kuvalāśvo mahāmanāḥ | dhundhumāra iti khyāto nāmnā samabhavattataḥ

Because he had slain Dhundhu, the great-minded King Kuvalashva became known from then on by the name Dhundhumara.

Note on the text: Corrected इतिख्यातो → इति ख्यातो (two words run together in Wikisource). Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text; its apparatus has it as the insertion 3.195.29d*0991. Line 2 is the critical edition's 3.195.29ef.

Verse 33 (3.207.33)

प्रीतैश्च त्रिदशैः सर्वैर्महर्षिसहितैस्तदा । वरं वृणीष्वेत्युक्तः स प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतस्तदा । अतीव मुदितो राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

prītaiśca tridaśaiḥ sarvairmaharṣisahitaistadā | varaṃ vṛṇīṣvetyuktaḥ sa prāñjaliḥ praṇatastadā | atīva mudito rājannidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then all the gods, pleased, together with the great seers, said to him, "Choose a boon." Bowing with joined palms and overjoyed, O king, he spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected त्रेदशैः → त्रिदशैः, महर्षिमसितैस् → महर्षिसहितैस् and परं वृणीष्वत्युक्तः → वरं वृणीष्वेत्युक्तः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel signs and aksharas, the critical edition reads tridaśaiḥ … maharṣisahitaiḥ … varaṃ vṛṇīṣvety uktaḥ), and निदंवचनमब्रवीत् → निदं वचनमब्रवीत् (words run together).

Verse 34 (3.207.34)

दद्यां वित्तं द्विजाग्र्येभ्यः शत्रूणां चापि दुर्जयः । सख्यं च विष्णुना मे स्याद्भूतेष्वद्रोह एव च । धर्मे रतिश्च सततं स्वर्गे वासस्तथाऽक्षयः ॥

dadyāṃ vittaṃ dvijāgryebhyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ cāpi durjayaḥ | sakhyaṃ ca viṣṇunā me syādbhūteṣvadroha eva ca | dharme ratiśca satataṃ svarge vāsastathā'kṣayaḥ

"May I give wealth to the foremost of the twice-born, and be invincible to my enemies; may I have friendship with Vishnu and bear no malice toward any creature; may I always delight in dharma, and dwell in heaven without end."

Note on the text: Corrected रतिश् → रतिश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the critical edition reads ratiś ca).

Verse 35 (3.207.35)

तथाऽस्त्विति ततो देवैः प्रीतैरुक्तः स पार्थिवः । ऋषिभिश्च सगन्धर्वैरुदङ्केन च धीमता ॥

tathā'stviti tato devaiḥ prītairuktaḥ sa pārthivaḥ | ṛṣibhiśca sagandharvairudaṅkena ca dhīmatā

"So be it," the pleased gods told the king, and so said the seers with the Gandharvas, and wise Udanka.

Verse 36 (3.207.36)

संभाष्य चैनं विविधैराशीर्वादैस्ततो नृपम् । देवा महर्षयश्चापि स्वानि स्थानानि भेजिरे ॥

saṃbhāṣya cainaṃ vividhairāśīrvādaistato nṛpam | devā maharṣayaścāpi svāni sthānāni bhejire

Having spoken with the king and blessed him in many ways, the gods and the great seers returned to their own abodes.

Note on the text: Corrected नृषम् → नृपम् and स्तानानि → स्थानानि (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प and त for थ, the critical edition reads nṛpam … sthānāni). संभाष्य is a recension variant of sabhājya and is kept.

Verse 37 (3.207.37)

तस्य पुत्रास्त्रयः शिष्टा युधिष्ठिर तदाऽभवन् । दृढाश्वः कपिलाश्वश्च भद्राश्वश्चैव भारत ॥

tasya putrāstrayaḥ śiṣṭā yudhiṣṭhira tadā'bhavan | dṛḍhāśvaḥ kapilāśvaśca bhadrāśvaścaiva bhārata

Three of his sons were left alive then, Yudhishthira: Dridhashva, Kapilashva and Bhadrashva, O Bharata.

Note on the text: This verse is the critical edition's 3.195.34ab–cd; भद्राश्वः is a recension variant of candrāśvaḥ and is kept.

Verse 38 (3.207.38)

तेभ्यः परम्परा राजन्निक्ष्वाकूणां महात्मनाम् । वंशस्य सुमहाभाग राज्ञाममिततेजसाम् ॥

tebhyaḥ paramparā rājannikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām | vaṃśasya sumahābhāga rājñāmamitatejasām

From them, O king, descends the succession of the great-souled Ikshvakus, a lineage, O fortunate one, of kings of boundless splendour.

Note on the text: Removed the editorial square brackets around the second line. Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.195.34ef; line 2 is not in its constituted text, but its apparatus has it as the insertion 3.195.34f*0993.

Verse 39 (3.207.39)

एवं स निहतस्तेन कुवलाश्वेन सत्तम । धुन्धुर्नाम महादैत्यो मधुकैटभयोः सुतः ॥

evaṃ sa nihatastena kuvalāśvena sattama | dhundhurnāma mahādaityo madhukaiṭabhayoḥ sutaḥ

Thus, O good man, was the great Daitya named Dhundhu, son of Madhu and Kaitabha, slain by Kuvalashva.

Note on the text: Corrected एवंसं → एवं स (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara and words run together, the critical edition reads evaṃ sa). धुन्धुर्नाम महादैत्यो is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 40 (3.207.40)

कुवलाश्वश्च नृपतिर्धुन्धुमार इति स्मृतः । नाम्ना च गुणयुक्तेन तदाप्रभृति सोऽभवत् ॥

kuvalāśvaśca nṛpatirdhundhumāra iti smṛtaḥ | nāmnā ca guṇayuktena tadāprabhṛti so'bhavat

And King Kuvalashva came to be remembered as Dhundhumara; from that time on he bore a name that matched his deed.

Verse 41 (3.207.41)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । धौन्धुमारमुपाख्यानं प्रथितं यस्य कर्मणा ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | dhaundhumāramupākhyānaṃ prathitaṃ yasya karmaṇā

I have told you all that you asked of me: the tale of Dhundhumara, the king by whose deed that name became famous.

Verse 42 (3.207.42)

इदं तु पुण्यमाख्यानं विष्णोः समनुकीर्तनम् । शृणुयाद्यः स धर्मात्मा पुत्रवांश्च भवेन्नरः ॥

idaṃ tu puṇyamākhyānaṃ viṣṇoḥ samanukīrtanam | śṛṇuyādyaḥ sa dharmātmā putravāṃśca bhavennaraḥ

This holy tale is a glorification of Vishnu. Whoever hears it becomes righteous and is blessed with sons.

Verse 43 (3.207.43)

आयुष्मान्भूतिमांश्चैव श्रुत्वा भवति पर्वसु । न च व्याधिभयं किंचित्प्राप्नोति विगतज्वरः ॥

āyuṣmānbhūtimāṃścaiva śrutvā bhavati parvasu | na ca vyādhibhayaṃ kiṃcitprāpnoti vigatajvaraḥ

Whoever hears it on the sacred days of the month becomes long-lived and prosperous; he meets no fear of disease and is free from distress.

Note on the text: Corrected व्याधिभंयकिंचित् → व्याधिभयं किंचित् (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara and words run together, the critical edition reads vyādhibhayaṃ kiṃ cit). भूतिमांश्चैव is a recension variant of dhṛtimāṃś caiva and is kept.