Vyasa Gives Yudhishthira the Pratismriti Knowledge

Verse 1 (3.36.1)

भीमसेनवचः श्रुत्वा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । निःश्वस्य पुरुषव्याघ्रः संप्रदध्यौ परंतपः ॥

bhīmasenavacaḥ śrutvā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | niḥśvasya puruṣavyāghraḥ saṃpradadhyau paraṃtapaḥ

Hearing Bhimasena’s words, Kunti’s son Yudhishthira, tiger among men and scorcher of foes, sighed and sank into deep thought.

Verse 2 (3.36.2)

श्रुता मे राजधर्माश्च वर्णानां च पृथक्पृथक् । आयत्यां च तदात्वे च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥

śrutā me rājadharmāśca varṇānāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak | āyatyāṃ ca tadātve ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati

I have heard the duties of kings, and those of each of the classes separately. He who looks to the future as well as to the present is the one who truly sees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); with the next verse it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 3.37.1d*136. Wikisource prints no speaker heading here, but these two verses are Yudhishthira's own reflection in the first person, so they are given to him rather than to Vaishampayana.

Verse 3 (3.36.3)

धर्मस्य जानमानोऽहं गतिमग्र्यां सुदुर्विदाम् । कथं बलात्करिष्यामि मेरोरिव विवर्तनम् ॥

dharmasya jānamāno'haṃ gatimagryāṃ sudurvidām | kathaṃ balātkariṣyāmi meroriva vivartanam

I know the highest course of dharma, so very hard to understand. How then can I act by force? It would be like trying to overturn Mount Meru.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as the second half of 3.37.1d*136, which reads vimardanam for विवर्तनम्. Given to Yudhishthira (see the previous verse).

Verse 4 (3.36.4)

स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा विनिश्चित्येतिकृत्यताम् । भीमसेनमिदं वाक्यमपदान्तरमब्रवीत् ॥

sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā viniścityetikṛtyatām | bhīmasenamidaṃ vākyamapadāntaramabravīt

After reflecting for a moment and settling what was to be done, he spoke these words to Bhimasena without delay.

Note on the text: Corrected इद → इदं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of इदं had dropped; the critical edition reads idaṃ).

Verse 5 (3.36.5)

एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत । इदमन्यत्समादत्स्व वाक्यं मे वाक्यकोविद ॥

evametanmahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata | idamanyatsamādatsva vākyaṃ me vākyakovida

It is just as you say, mighty-armed descendant of Bharata. But now take in these other words of mine, you who are so skilled in speech.

Verse 6 (3.36.6)

महापापानि कर्माणि यानि केवलसाहसात् । आरभ्यन्ते भीमसेन व्यथन्ते तानि भारत ॥

mahāpāpāni karmāṇi yāni kevalasāhasāt | ārabhyante bhīmasena vyathante tāni bhārata

Great and dangerous deeds that are begun out of mere rashness, Bhimasena, come to grief, Bharata.

Verse 7 (3.36.7)

सुमन्त्रिते सुविक्रान्ते सुकृते सुविचारिते । सिध्यन्त्यर्था महाबाहो दैवं चात्र प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

sumantrite suvikrānte sukṛte suvicārite | sidhyantyarthā mahābāho daivaṃ cātra pradakṣiṇam

When a plan is well counselled, boldly carried out, well done and carefully weighed, mighty-armed one, its aims are achieved, and fate too turns in its favour.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (सुकृतेसुविचारिते → सुकृते सुविचारिते) and corrected सिद्ध्यन्त्यर्था → सिध्यन्त्यर्था (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is सिध्यति from सिध्, as in the critical edition's sidhyanty arthā).

Verse 8 (3.36.8)

यत्तु केवलचापल्याद्बलदर्पोत्थितः स्वयम् । आरब्धव्यमिदं कार्यं मन्यसे शृणु तत्र मे ॥

yattu kevalacāpalyādbaladarpotthitaḥ svayam | ārabdhavyamidaṃ kāryaṃ manyase śṛṇu tatra me

As for your belief that this undertaking should be launched at once, roused as you are by mere impulse and pride in your strength, hear what I have to say about it.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रमे → तत्र मे). The rest of the verse is a recension variant of the critical edition's 3.37.6 (tvaṃ tu … baladarpocchritaḥ … karma).

Verse 9 (3.36.9)

भूरिश्रवाः शलश्चैव जलसन्धश्च वीर्यवान् । भीष्मो द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च द्रोणपुत्रश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

bhūriśravāḥ śalaścaiva jalasandhaśca vīryavān | bhīṣmo droṇaśca karṇaśca droṇaputraśca vīryavān

Bhurishravas, Shala, the mighty Jalasandha, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and Drona’s mighty son,

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णशच् → कर्णश्च (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads karṇaś ca).

Verse 10 (3.36.10)

धार्तराष्ट्रा दुराधर्षा दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । सर्व एव कृतास्त्राश्च सततं चाततायिनः ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrā durādharṣā duryodhanapurogamāḥ | sarva eva kṛtāstrāśca satataṃ cātatāyinaḥ

and the invincible sons of Dhritarashtra led by Duryodhana — all of them masters of weapons and always ready to strike;

Note on the text: Corrected कृताशस्त्राश्च → कृतास्त्राश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray श; the critical edition reads kṛtāstrāś ca).

Verse 11 (3.36.11)

राजानः पार्थिवाश्चैव येऽस्माभिरुपतापिताः । ते श्रिताः कौरवं पक्षं जातस्नेहाश्च सांप्रतम् ॥

rājānaḥ pārthivāścaiva ye'smābhirupatāpitāḥ | te śritāḥ kauravaṃ pakṣaṃ jātasnehāśca sāṃpratam

and the kings and lords of the earth whom we once harassed have taken the Kaurava side and are now bound to it in affection.

Verse 12 (3.36.12)

दुर्योधनहिते युक्ता न तथाऽस्मासु भारत । पूर्णकोशा बलोपेताः प्रयतिष्यन्ति रक्षणे ॥

duryodhanahite yuktā na tathā'smāsu bhārata | pūrṇakośā balopetāḥ prayatiṣyanti rakṣaṇe

They are devoted to Duryodhana’s good, not to ours, Bharata; with full treasuries and strong forces they will strive to defend him.

Verse 13 (3.36.13)

सर्वे कौरवसैन्यस्य सपुत्रामात्यसैनिकाः । संविभक्ता हि मात्राभिर्भोगैरपि च सर्वशः ॥

sarve kauravasainyasya saputrāmātyasainikāḥ | saṃvibhaktā hi mātrābhirbhogairapi ca sarvaśaḥ

All the leaders of the Kaurava army, with their sons, ministers and soldiers, have been given their due shares of wealth and every kind of enjoyment.

Note on the text: Corrected सैन्यस् → सैन्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable य had dropped, leaving a bare halanta; the critical edition reads kauravasainyasya).

Verse 14 (3.36.14)

दुर्योधनेन ते वीरा मानिताश्च विशेषतः । प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति संग्रामे इति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥

duryodhanena te vīrā mānitāśca viśeṣataḥ | prāṇāṃstyakṣyanti saṃgrāme iti me niścitā matiḥ

Those heroes have been specially honoured by Duryodhana; they will lay down their lives in battle. Of that I am certain.

Verse 15 (3.36.15)

समा यद्यपि भीष्मस्य वृत्तिरस्मासु तेषु च । द्रोणस्य च महाबाहो कृपस्य च महात्मनः ॥

samā yadyapi bhīṣmasya vṛttirasmāsu teṣu ca | droṇasya ca mahābāho kṛpasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Even though Bhishma bears himself alike toward us and toward them, and so do Drona, mighty-armed one, and the high-souled Kripa,

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणस् → द्रोणस्य (dropped य, as in the previous Wikisource verse) and कृषस्य → कृपस्य (the name is Kripa) (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads droṇasya … kṛpasya).

Verse 16 (3.36.16)

अवश्यं राजपिण्डस्तैर्निर्वेश्य इति मे मतिः । तस्मात्त्यक्ष्यन्ति संग्रामे प्राणानपि सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥

avaśyaṃ rājapiṇḍastairnirveśya iti me matiḥ | tasmāttyakṣyanti saṃgrāme prāṇānapi sudustyajān

still I believe they will feel bound to repay the king’s bread they have eaten; and so in battle they will give up even their lives, so hard to give up.

Verse 17 (3.36.17)

सर्वे दिव्यास्त्रविद्वांसः सर्वे धर्मपरायणाः । अजेयाश्चेति मे बुद्धिरपि देवैः सवासवैः ॥

sarve divyāstravidvāṃsaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | ajeyāśceti me buddhirapi devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ

All of them know the divine weapons, all are devoted to dharma; to my mind they cannot be conquered even by the gods led by Vasava.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (सर्वेदिव्यास्त्रविद्वांसः → सर्वे दिव्यास्त्रविद्वांसः).

Verse 18 (3.36.18)

अमर्षी नित्यसंरब्धस्तत्र कर्णो महारथः । सर्वास्त्रविदनाधृष्यो ह्यभेद्यकवचावृतः ॥

amarṣī nityasaṃrabdhastatra karṇo mahārathaḥ | sarvāstravidanādhṛṣyo hyabhedyakavacāvṛtaḥ

Among them is Karna, the great chariot-warrior, ever wrathful and fierce, master of every weapon, unassailable, cased in impenetrable armour.

Verse 19 (3.36.19)

अनिर्जित्य रणे सर्वानेतान्पुरुषसत्तमान् । अशक्यो ह्यसहायेन हन्तुं दुर्योधनस्त्वया ॥

anirjitya raṇe sarvānetānpuruṣasattamān | aśakyo hyasahāyena hantuṃ duryodhanastvayā

Unless you first defeat all these best of men in battle, you cannot kill Duryodhana single-handed.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (अनिर्जित्यरणे → अनिर्जित्य रणे).

Verse 20 (3.36.20)

न निद्रामधिगच्छामि चिन्तयानो वृकोदर । अतिसर्वान्धनुर्ग्राहान्सूतपुत्रस्य लाघवम् ॥

na nidrāmadhigacchāmi cintayāno vṛkodara | atisarvāndhanurgrāhānsūtaputrasya lāghavam

I cannot sleep, Vrikodara, as I think of the speed of hand of the charioteer’s son, which surpasses that of every bowman.

Verse 21 (3.36.21)

एतद्वचनमाज्ञाय भीमसेनोऽत्यमर्षणः । बभूव शान्तिसंयुक्तो गुरोर्वचनवारितः ॥

etadvacanamājñāya bhīmaseno'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | babhūva śāntisaṃyukto gurorvacanavāritaḥ

When he grasped these words, Bhimasena, impatient of wrong as he was, grew calm, held in check by the words of his elder.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.37.19ab; the second line differs from the critical edition's 3.37.19cd (babhūva vimanās trasto na caivovāca kiṃ cana) and is kept as a vulgate reading.

Verse 22 (3.36.22)

तयोः संवदतोरेवं तदा पाण्डवयोर्द्वयोः । आजगाम महायोगी व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ॥

tayoḥ saṃvadatorevaṃ tadā pāṇḍavayordvayoḥ | ājagāma mahāyogī vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ

While the two Pandavas were talking in this way, the great yogi Vyasa, son of Satyavati, arrived.

Verse 23 (3.36.23)

सोऽभिगम्य यथान्यायं पाण्डवैः प्रतिपूजितः । युधिष्ठिरमिदं वाक्यमुवाच वदतां वरः ॥

so'bhigamya yathānyāyaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ pratipūjitaḥ | yudhiṣṭhiramidaṃ vākyamuvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ

He approached and was duly honoured by the Pandavas; then that best of speakers addressed these words to Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (वदतांवरः → वदतां वरः).

Verse 24 (3.36.24)

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो वेद्मि ते हृदयस्थितम् । मनीषया तत क्षिप्रमागतोऽस्मि नरर्षभ ॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho vedmi te hṛdayasthitam | manīṣayā tata kṣipramāgato'smi nararṣabha

Yudhishthira, mighty-armed, I know what is lodged in your heart. Seeing it through my insight, my son, I have come quickly, bull among men.

Note on the text: Corrected आगतोस्मि → आगतोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads āgato 'smi). हृदयस्थितम् and the vocative तत are recension variants of the critical edition's hṛdi mānasam and tataḥ and are kept.

Verse 25 (3.36.25)

भीष्माद्द्रोणात्कृपात्कर्णाद्द्रोणपुत्राच्च भारत । दुर्योधनान्नृपसुतात्तथा दुःशासनादपि ॥

bhīṣmāddroṇātkṛpātkarṇāddroṇaputrācca bhārata | duryodhanānnṛpasutāttathā duḥśāsanādapi

The fear of Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna and Drona’s son, Bharata, of Prince Duryodhana and of Duhshasana too —

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.37.23ab; the second line is not in its constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.37.23b*137).

Verse 26 (3.36.26)

यत्ते भयममित्रघ्न हृदि संपरिवर्तते । तत्तेऽहं नाशयिष्यामि विधिदृष्टेन हेतुना ॥

yatte bhayamamitraghna hṛdi saṃparivartate | tatte'haṃ nāśayiṣyāmi vidhidṛṣṭena hetunā

that fear which keeps turning over in your heart, slayer of foes, I shall destroy by a means laid down in sacred ordinance.

Note on the text: Corrected त्ते → यत्ते (misprint in Wikisource; the relative pronoun यत् had dropped, leaving the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads yat te). The first line is the critical edition's 3.37.23cd, the second 3.37.24ab.

Verse 27 (3.36.27)

तच्छ्रुत्वा धृतिमास्थाय कर्मणा प्रतिपादय । प्रतिपाद्य तु राजेन्द्र ततः क्षिप्रं ज्वरं जहि ॥

tacchrutvā dhṛtimāsthāya karmaṇā pratipādaya | pratipādya tu rājendra tataḥ kṣipraṃ jvaraṃ jahi

Hear it, take courage, and carry it out in action; and once you have carried it out, lord of kings, quickly cast off this fever of anxiety.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.37.24cd; the second line is not in its constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.37.24d*138).

Verse 28 (3.36.28)

तत एकान्तमानाय्य पाराशर्यो युधिष्ठिरम् । अब्रवीदुपपन्नार्थमिदं वाक्यविशारदः ॥

tata ekāntamānāyya pārāśaryo yudhiṣṭhiram | abravīdupapannārthamidaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ

Then Parashara’s son took Yudhishthira aside to a solitary place, and that master of speech said these words, full of meaning.

Verse 29 (3.36.29)

श्रेयसस्तेऽपरः कालः प्राप्तो भरतसत्तम । येनाभिभविता शत्रून्रणे पार्थो धनुर्धरः ॥

śreyasaste'paraḥ kālaḥ prāpto bharatasattama | yenābhibhavitā śatrūnraṇe pārtho dhanurdharaḥ

A new time has come for you now, best of the Bharatas, a time of good fortune, in which Partha the bowman will overcome his enemies in battle.

Verse 30 (3.36.30)

गृहाणेमां मया प्रोक्तां सिद्धिं मूर्तिमतीमिव । विद्यां प्रतिस्मृतिं नाम प्रपन्नाय ब्रवीमि ते ॥

gṛhāṇemāṃ mayā proktāṃ siddhiṃ mūrtimatīmiva | vidyāṃ pratismṛtiṃ nāma prapannāya bravīmi te

Receive from me this knowledge called Pratismriti, which is like success itself in bodily form. I impart it to you because you have come to me for refuge.

Note on the text: Corrected मूर्तिमर्तामिव → मूर्तिमतीमिव (misprint in Wikisource; the feminine of मूर्तिमत् agreeing with सिद्धिम्; the critical edition reads mūrtimatīm iva). These two lines are the critical edition's 3.37.27ab–cd; the alignment missed it.

Verse 31 (3.36.31)

यामवाप्य महाबाहुरर्जुनः साधयिष्यति । अस्त्रहेतोर्महेन्द्रं च रुद्रं चैवाभिगच्छतु ॥

yāmavāpya mahābāhurarjunaḥ sādhayiṣyati | astrahetormahendraṃ ca rudraṃ caivābhigacchatu

Once mighty-armed Arjuna obtains it, he will accomplish your purpose. Let him go to great Indra and to Rudra to win weapons,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यामवाप्यमहाबाहुः → यामवाप्य महाबाहुः). The first line is the critical edition's 3.37.27ef, the second 3.37.28ab; the alignment missed them.

Verse 32 (3.36.32)

वरुणं च कुबेरं च धर्मराजं च पाण्डव । शक्तो ह्येष सुरान्द्रष्टुं तपसा विक्रमेण च ॥

varuṇaṃ ca kuberaṃ ca dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍava | śakto hyeṣa surāndraṣṭuṃ tapasā vikrameṇa ca

and to Varuna, to Kubera and to Dharmaraja, son of Pandu; for he has the power, through austerity and valour, to behold the gods.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.37.28cd–ef, where it reads dhaneśaṃ for कुबेरं (a recension variant, kept); the alignment missed it.

Verse 33 (3.36.33)

ऋषिरेष महातेजा नारायणसहायवान् । पुराणः शाश्वतो देवस्त्वजेयो जिष्णुरच्युतः ॥

ṛṣireṣa mahātejā nārāyaṇasahāyavān | purāṇaḥ śāśvato devastvajeyo jiṣṇuracyutaḥ

He is a seer of great splendour, with Narayana as his companion — ancient, eternal, divine, unconquerable, victorious and unfailing.

Note on the text: Corrected मेहातेजा → महातेजा and शास्वतो → शाश्वतो (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mahātejā … śāśvato). The second half-line त्वजेयो जिष्णुरच्युतः is a recension variant of the critical edition's viṣṇor aṃśaḥ sanātanaḥ (Wikisource's own note records that reading from other manuscripts) and is kept.

Verse 34 (3.36.34)

अस्त्राणीन्द्राच्च रुद्राच्च लोकपालेभ्य एव च । समादाय महाबाहुर्महत्कर्म करिष्यति ॥

astrāṇīndrācca rudrācca lokapālebhya eva ca | samādāya mahābāhurmahatkarma kariṣyati

Having gained weapons from Indra and from Rudra and from the guardians of the worlds, the mighty-armed one will achieve a great deed.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्त्राणीनद्राच्च → अस्त्राणीन्द्राच्च (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct न्द्र; the critical edition reads astrāṇīndrāc ca).

Verse 35 (3.36.35)

वनादस्माच्च कौन्तेय वनमन्यद्विचिन्त्यताम् । निवासार्थाय यद्युक्तं भवेद्वः पृथिवीपते ॥

vanādasmācca kaunteya vanamanyadvicintyatām | nivāsārthāya yadyuktaṃ bhavedvaḥ pṛthivīpate

And think of moving from this forest to another, son of Kunti, one that would suit you as a dwelling place, lord of the earth.

Verse 36 (3.36.36)

एकत्र चिरवासो हि न प्रीतिजननो भवेत् । तापसानां च शान्तानां भवेदुद्वेगकारकः ॥

ekatra ciravāso hi na prītijanano bhavet | tāpasānāṃ ca śāntānāṃ bhavedudvegakārakaḥ

For staying long in one place gives no joy, and it becomes a source of disturbance to the peaceful ascetics.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (एकत्रचिरवासो → एकत्र चिरवासो).

Verse 37 (3.36.37)

मृगाणामुपरोधश्च वीरुदोषधिसंक्षयः । बिभर्षि च बहून्विप्रान्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान् ॥

mṛgāṇāmuparodhaśca vīrudoṣadhisaṃkṣayaḥ | bibharṣi ca bahūnviprānvedavedāṅgapāragān

The deer are harried, the creepers and herbs are used up, and you support many brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas.

Verse 38 (3.36.38)

एवमुक्त्वा प्रपन्नाय शुचये भगवान्प्रभुः । प्रोवाच योगतत्त्वज्ञो योगविद्यामनुत्तमाम् ॥

evamuktvā prapannāya śucaye bhagavānprabhuḥ | provāca yogatattvajño yogavidyāmanuttamām

Having said this, the blessed lord, who knew the truth of yoga, imparted the supreme knowledge of yoga to the pure-hearted one who had come to him for refuge —

Verse 39 (3.36.39)

धर्मराजाय धीमान्स व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः । अनुज्ञाय च कौन्तेयं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

dharmarājāya dhīmānsa vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ | anujñāya ca kaunteyaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

to the wise King of Dharma. Then Vyasa, son of Satyavati, took leave of Kunti’s son and vanished on the spot.

Verse 40 (3.36.40)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु धर्मात्मा तद्ब्रह्म मनसा यतः । धारयामास मेधावी काले काले सदाऽभ्यसन् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu dharmātmā tadbrahma manasā yataḥ | dhārayāmāsa medhāvī kāle kāle sadā'bhyasan

The righteous and wise Yudhishthira, his mind restrained, held that sacred mantra in his mind, practising it constantly at the appointed times.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (कालेकाले → काले काले).

Verse 41 (3.36.41)

स व्यासवाक्यमुदितो वनाद्द्वैतवनात्ततः । ययौ सरस्वतीकूले काम्यकं नाम काननम् ॥

sa vyāsavākyamudito vanāddvaitavanāttataḥ | yayau sarasvatīkūle kāmyakaṃ nāma kānanam

Gladdened by Vyasa’s words, he then left the Dvaita forest for the forest called Kamyaka, on the bank of the Sarasvati.

Verse 42 (3.36.42)

तमन्वयुर्महाराज शिक्षाक्षरविशारदाः । ब्राह्मणास्तपसा युक्ता देवेन्द्रमृषयो यथा ॥

tamanvayurmahārāja śikṣākṣaraviśāradāḥ | brāhmaṇāstapasā yuktā devendramṛṣayo yathā

Brahmins rich in austerity and learned in phonetics and letters followed him, great king, as the seers follow the king of the gods.

Verse 43 (3.36.43)

ततः काम्यकमासाद्य पुनस्ते भरतर्षभ । न्यविशन्त महात्मानः सामान्याः सपदानुगाः ॥

tataḥ kāmyakamāsādya punaste bharatarṣabha | nyaviśanta mahātmānaḥ sāmānyāḥ sapadānugāḥ

Then, reaching Kamyaka once more, bull of the Bharatas, those great-souled ones settled there together with all their followers.

Verse 44 (3.36.44)

तत्र ते न्यवसन्राजन्कंचित्कालं मनस्विनः । धनुर्वेदपरा वीरा गृणाना वेदमुत्तमम् ॥

tatra te nyavasanrājankaṃcitkālaṃ manasvinaḥ | dhanurvedaparā vīrā gṛṇānā vedamuttamam

There those high-minded heroes lived for some time, O king, devoted to the science of archery and reciting the supreme Veda.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रते → तत्र ते).

Verse 45 (3.36.45)

चरन्तो मृगयां नित्यं शुद्धैर्बाणैर्मृगार्थिनः । पितृदैवतविप्रेभ्यो निर्वपन्तो यथाविधि ॥

caranto mṛgayāṃ nityaṃ śuddhairbāṇairmṛgārthinaḥ | pitṛdaivataviprebhyo nirvapanto yathāvidhi

Every day they went hunting, seeking game with clean arrows, and duly made offerings to the ancestors, the gods and the brahmins.