Pulastya on the Sacred Fords: Gangadvara, Naimisha, Varanasi and Gaya

Verse 1 (3.82.1)

ततो गच्छेन्महाराज धर्मतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र धर्मो महाभागस्तप्तवानुत्तमं तपः । तेन तीर्थं कृतं पुण्यं स्वेन नाम्ना च विश्रुतम् ॥

tato gacchenmahārāja dharmatīrthamanuttamam | yatra dharmo mahābhāgastaptavānuttamaṃ tapaḥ | tena tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ svena nāmnā ca viśrutam

Then, great king, one should go to Dharmatirtha, the unsurpassed ford, where the illustrious Dharma practised supreme austerity. He made that holy ford, and it is famed by his own name.

Note on the text: Removed Wikisource's square brackets (and the ।। inside them) around lines 2–3, and restored a word space (कृतंपुण्यं → कृतं पुण्यं). Line 1 corresponds to 3.82.1a (the critical edition reads gaccheta dharmajña … purātanam); lines 2–3 are not in the critical edition's constituted text but appear in its apparatus as 3.82.1b*0405 (ending cihnitam for विश्रुतम्).

Verse 2 (3.82.2)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्धर्मशीलः समाहितः । आसप्तमं कुलं चैव पुनीते नात्र संशयः ॥

tatra snātvā naro rājandharmaśīlaḥ samāhitaḥ | āsaptamaṃ kulaṃ caiva punīte nātra saṃśayaḥ

A man who bathes there, O king, righteous in conduct and composed in mind, purifies his family to the seventh generation; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा). Corrected धर्मशील → धर्मशीलः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the adjective qualifies नरः; the critical edition reads dharmaśīlaḥ). Corresponds to 3.82.1c–f, which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 3 (3.82.3)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र ज्ञानपावनमुत्तमम् । अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति मुनिलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra jñānapāvanamuttamam | agniṣṭomamavāpnoti munilokaṃ ca gacchati

Then, king of kings, one should go to the excellent Jnanapavana. There one gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice and goes to the world of the sages.

Note on the text: Wikisource's ज्ञानपावनम् is kept as a recension variant (the critical edition reads kārāpatanam).

Verse 4 (3.82.4)

सौगन्धिकवनं राजंस्ततो गच्छेत मानवः । तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥

saugandhikavanaṃ rājaṃstato gaccheta mānavaḥ | tatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

Next, O king, a man should go to the Saugandhika forest. There Brahma and the other gods, the sages rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Restored a word space (तत्रब्रह्मादयो → तत्र ब्रह्मादयो).

Verse 5 (3.82.5)

सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वाः किन्नराश्च महोरगाः । तद्वनं प्रविशन्नेव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

siddhacāraṇagandharvāḥ kinnarāśca mahoragāḥ | tadvanaṃ praviśanneva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

the Siddhas, Charanas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras and great serpents abide. The moment one enters that forest one is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Corrected कतद्वनं → तद्वनं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, likely a footnote mark, makes the pada a syllable long; the critical edition reads tad vanaṃ).

Verse 6 (3.82.6)

ततश्चापि सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा नदीनामुत्तमा नदी । प्लक्षा देवी स्मृता राजन्पुण्या देवी सरस्वती ॥

tataścāpi saricchreṣṭhā nadīnāmuttamā nadī | plakṣā devī smṛtā rājanpuṇyā devī sarasvatī

And there is the best of streams, the foremost of rivers: the holy goddess Sarasvati, O king, who is remembered as the goddess Plaksha.

Note on the text: Corrected सरिचच्छ्रेष्ठा → सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled च; the critical edition reads saricchreṣṭhā). Wikisource's प्लक्षा देवी स्मृता … पुण्या देवी is kept as a recension variant (the critical edition reads plakṣād devī srutā … mahāpuṇyā, 'flowing from the Plaksha tree').

Verse 7 (3.82.7)

तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत वल्मीकान्निःसृते जले । अर्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवानश्वमेधफलं लभेत् ॥

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta valmīkānniḥsṛte jale | arcayitvā pitṝndevānaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

There one should bathe in the water that issues from an anthill; having worshipped the ancestors and the gods, one gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected word division निः सृतेजले → निःसृते जले (misprint in Wikisource; the space falls inside the participle; the critical edition reads niḥsṛte jale).

Verse 8 (3.82.8)

कवेराध्युषितं नाम तत्र तीर्थं सुदुर्लभम् । षट्सु शम्यानिपातेषु वल्मीकादिति निश्चयः ॥

kaverādhyuṣitaṃ nāma tatra tīrthaṃ sudurlabham | ṣaṭsu śamyānipāteṣu valmīkāditi niścayaḥ

There is a ford there, very hard to reach, called Kaveradhyushita; it lies, it is held for certain, six casts of the shamya peg from the anthill.

Note on the text: Corrected पट्सु → षट्सु (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads ṣaṭsu). Wikisource's कवेराध्युषितं ('dwelt in by Kavera') is kept; the critical edition reads īśānādhyuṣitaṃ ('dwelt in by Ishana').

Verse 9 (3.82.9)

कपिलानां सहस्रं च वाजिमेधं च विन्दति । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र दृष्टमेतत्पुरातने ॥

kapilānāṃ sahasraṃ ca vājimedhaṃ ca vindati | tatra snātvā naravyāghra dṛṣṭametatpurātane

Bathing there, tiger among men, one wins the merit of a gift of a thousand tawny cows and of a horse sacrifice; this is seen in the ancient lore.

Verse 10 (3.82.10)

सुगन्धां शतकुम्भां च पञ्चयक्षां च भारत । अभिगम्य नरश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

sugandhāṃ śatakumbhāṃ ca pañcayakṣāṃ ca bhārata | abhigamya naraśreṣṭha svargaloke mahīyate

Visiting Sugandha, Shatakumbha and Panchayaksha, O Bharata, best of men, one is honoured in the world of heaven.

Verse 11 (3.82.11)

त्रिशूलखातं तत्रैव तीर्थमासाद्य भारत । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः । गाणपत्यं च लभते देहं त्यक्त्वा न संशयः ॥

triśūlakhātaṃ tatraiva tīrthamāsādya bhārata | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | gāṇapatyaṃ ca labhate dehaṃ tyaktvā na saṃśayaḥ

Reaching the ford of Trishulakhata in that same place, O Bharata, one should bathe there, intent on worshipping the ancestors and the gods; on leaving the body one attains, without doubt, the rank of a leader of Shiva's hosts.

Verse 12 (3.82.12)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र देव्याः स्थानं सुदुर्लभम् । शाकम्भरीति विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra devyāḥ sthānaṃ sudurlabham | śākambharīti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

Then, king of kings, one should go to the goddess's seat, very hard to reach, famed as Shakambhari and renowned in the three worlds.

Verse 13 (3.82.13)

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं हि शाकेन किल सुव्रता । आहारं सा कृतवती मासिमासि नराधिप ॥

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi śākena kila suvratā | āhāraṃ sā kṛtavatī māsimāsi narādhipa

For a thousand celestial years, they say, that goddess of good vows took vegetables as her food, once each month, lord of men.

Verse 14 (3.82.14)

ऋषयोऽभ्यागतास्तत्र देव्या भक्त्या तपोधनाः । आतिथ्यं च कृतं तेषां शाकेन किल भारत । ततः शाकम्भरीत्येव नाम तस्याः प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

ṛṣayo'bhyāgatāstatra devyā bhaktyā tapodhanāḥ | ātithyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ śākena kila bhārata | tataḥ śākambharītyeva nāma tasyāḥ pratiṣṭhitam

Sages rich in austerity came there out of devotion to the goddess, and she received them as guests with vegetables, it is said, O Bharata. From then on her name was established as Shakambhari, 'she who sustains with vegetables'.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (तत्रदेव्या → तत्र देव्या).

Verse 15 (3.82.15)

शाकम्भरीं समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । त्रिरात्रमुषितः शाकं भक्षयित्वा नरः शुचिः ॥

śākambharīṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | trirātramuṣitaḥ śākaṃ bhakṣayitvā naraḥ śuciḥ

A man who reaches Shakambhari, chaste and composed, and stays there three nights, pure, eating only vegetables,

Verse 16 (3.82.16)

शाकाहारस्य यत्किंचिद्वर्षैर्द्वादशभिः कृतम् । तत्फलं तस्य भवति देव्याश्छन्देन भारत ॥

śākāhārasya yatkiṃcidvarṣairdvādaśabhiḥ kṛtam | tatphalaṃ tasya bhavati devyāśchandena bhārata

gains, by the goddess's will, O Bharata, whatever fruit is won by one who lives on vegetables for twelve years.

Verse 17 (3.82.17)

ततो गच्छेत्सुवर्णाख्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र विष्णुः प्रसादार्थं रुद्रमाराधयत्पुरा ॥

tato gacchetsuvarṇākhyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra viṣṇuḥ prasādārthaṃ rudramārādhayatpurā

Then one should go to the ford called Suvarna, renowned in the three worlds, where Vishnu long ago worshipped Rudra to win his favour.

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्रकमाराधयत् → रुद्रमाराधयत् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क makes the pada a syllable long; the critical edition reads rudram ārādhayat). Wikisource's सुवर्णाख्यं is kept (the critical edition reads suvarṇākṣaṃ).

Verse 18 (3.82.18)

वरांश्च सुबहूँल्लेभे दैवतेषु सुदुर्लभान् । उक्तश्च त्रिपुरघ्नेन परितुष्टेन भारत ॥

varāṃśca subahūm̐llebhe daivateṣu sudurlabhān | uktaśca tripuraghnena parituṣṭena bhārata

He won many boons, rare even among the gods, and the destroyer of Tripura, well pleased, said to him, O Bharata:

Note on the text: Corrected सुबर्हूल्लेभे → सुबहूँल्लेभे (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र and a lost nasal; the critical edition reads subahūṃl lebhe).

Verse 19 (3.82.19)

अपि च त्वं प्रियतरो लोके कृष्ण भविष्यसि । त्वन्मुखं च जगत्सर्वं भविष्यति न संशयः ॥

api ca tvaṃ priyataro loke kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyasi | tvanmukhaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

'Moreover, Krishna, you will be dearer to the world than any other, and the whole universe will have you at its head, without doubt.'

Note on the text: Restored a word space (अपिच → अपि च). Corrected भविष्ति → भविष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य; the critical edition reads bhaviṣyati).

Verse 20 (3.82.20)

तत्राभिगम्य राजेन्द्र पूजयित्वा वृषध्वजम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति गाणपत्यं च विन्दति ॥

tatrābhigamya rājendra pūjayitvā vṛṣadhvajam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca vindati

Going there, king of kings, and worshipping the bull-bannered god, one gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice and the rank of a leader of the hosts.

Verse 21 (3.82.21)

धूमावतीं ततो गच्छेत्त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । मनसा प्रार्थितान्कामाँल्लभते नात्र संशयः ॥

dhūmāvatīṃ tato gacchettrirātropoṣito naraḥ | manasā prārthitānkāmām̐llabhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Then one should go to Dhumavati; a man who fasts there for three nights obtains the wishes he cherishes in his mind; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेत्रिरात्रोपोषितो → गच्छेत्त्रिरात्रोपोषितो (misprint in Wikisource; one त of the sandhi gacchet + tri- is lost) and कार्माल्लभते → कामाँल्लभते (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the critical edition reads kāmāṃl labhate).

Verse 22 (3.82.22)

देव्यास्तु दक्षिणार्धेन रथावर्तो नराधिप । तत्रारोहेत धर्मज्ञ श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः । महादेवप्रसादाद्धि गच्छेत परमां गतिम् ॥

devyāstu dakṣiṇārdhena rathāvarto narādhipa | tatrāroheta dharmajña śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ | mahādevaprasādāddhi gaccheta paramāṃ gatim

On the southern side of the goddess's seat, lord of men, is Rathavarta. One who knows dharma should climb it, full of faith and with senses subdued; by the grace of Mahadeva he reaches the highest state.

Verse 23 (3.82.23)

प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ । धारां नाम महाप्राज्ञ सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम् ॥

pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gaccheta bharatarṣabha | dhārāṃ nāma mahāprājña sarvapāpapramocanīm

Turning round it to the right, bull of the Bharatas, one should go, wise one, to the ford called Dhara, which frees one from all sins.

Note on the text: Corrected महाप्रात्र → महाप्राज्ञ (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mahāprājña). Corresponds to the first two lines of 3.82.22, which the automatic alignment missed; Wikisource's प्रमोचनीम् is kept (the critical edition reads praṇāśinīm).

Verse 24 (3.82.24)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र न शोचति नराधिप । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ नमस्कृत्य महागिरिम् ॥

tatra snātvā naravyāghra na śocati narādhipa | tato gaccheta dharmajña namaskṛtya mahāgirim

Bathing there, tiger among men, one grieves no more, lord of men. Then, knower of dharma, having bowed to the great mountain, one should go on.

Note on the text: Corrected नमस्कृत् → नमस्कृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य leaves the pada a syllable short; the critical edition reads namaskṛtya). Line 1 is the last line of 3.82.22; line 2 is 3.82.23a.

Verse 25 (3.82.25)

अशीतियोजनशतं पुष्करं स्वर्गमुच्यते । अशीतिं धर्मपृष्ठात्तु प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

aśītiyojanaśataṃ puṣkaraṃ svargamucyate | aśītiṃ dharmapṛṣṭhāttu pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

From Pushkara, heaven is said to lie a hundred and eighty yojanas away; from Dharmaprishtha, the wise declare, eighty;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.82.23b*0407 (lines 1–2).

Verse 26 (3.82.26)

षष्टिं प्रयागाद्राजेन्द्र कुरुक्षेत्रात्तु द्वादश । संयुक्तमेव राजेन्द्र गङ्गाद्वारं त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ prayāgādrājendra kurukṣetrāttu dvādaśa | saṃyuktameva rājendra gaṅgādvāraṃ triviṣṭapam

from Prayaga sixty, king of kings, and from Kurukshetra twelve; but Gangadvara, king of kings, is joined to heaven itself.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') at the end of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.82.23b*0407 (lines 3–4).

Verse 27 (3.82.27)

स्वर्गद्वारेण यत्तुल्यं गङ्गाद्वारं न संशयः । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत कोटितीर्थे समाहितः ॥

svargadvāreṇa yattulyaṃ gaṅgādvāraṃ na saṃśayaḥ | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta koṭitīrthe samāhitaḥ

Gangadvara is, without doubt, equal to the very gate of heaven. There, composed in mind, one should bathe at Kotitirtha.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 3.82.23c; line 2 is 3.82.24a. The automatic alignment missed both.

Verse 28 (3.82.28)

पौण्डरीकमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् । उष्यैकां रजनीं तत्र गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

pauṇḍarīkamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet | uṣyaikāṃ rajanīṃ tatra gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

One gains the fruit of the Paundarika sacrifice and uplifts one's family; staying a single night there, one gains the merit of a gift of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 3.82.24c (Wikisource's पौण्डरीकम् kept; the critical edition reads puṇḍarīkam); line 2 is not in the critical edition's constituted text but in its apparatus as 3.82.24d*0409.

Verse 29 (3.82.29)

सप्तगङ्गे त्रिगङ्गे च शक्रावर्ते च तर्पयन् । देवान्पितॄंश्च विधिवत्पुण्ये लोके महीयते ॥

saptagaṅge trigaṅge ca śakrāvarte ca tarpayan | devānpitṝṃśca vidhivatpuṇye loke mahīyate

One who duly offers libations to the gods and the ancestors at Saptaganga, Triganga and Shakravarta is honoured in the holy world.

Verse 30 (3.82.30)

ततः कनखले स्नात्वा त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tataḥ kanakhale snātvā trirātropoṣito naraḥ | aśvamedhamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then, bathing at Kanakhala and fasting three nights, a man gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice and goes to the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected कनस्वले → कनखले (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख; the critical edition reads kanakhale).

Verse 31 (3.82.31)

कपिलावटं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । उपोष्य रजनीं तत्र गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

kapilāvaṭaṃ tato gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | upoṣya rajanīṃ tatra gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Kapilavata; fasting there for a night, he gains the merit of a gift of a thousand cows.

Verse 32 (3.82.32)

नागराजस्य राजेन्द्र कपिलस्य महात्मनः । तीर्थं कुरुवरश्रेष्ठ सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतम् ॥

nāgarājasya rājendra kapilasya mahātmanaḥ | tīrthaṃ kuruvaraśreṣṭha sarvalokeṣu viśrutam

There is the ford of the great-souled Kapila, king of serpents, O king of kings, best of the Kurus, renowned in all the worlds.

Verse 33 (3.82.33)

तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत नागतीर्थे नराधिप । कपिलानां सहस्रस्य फलं विन्दति मानवः ॥

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta nāgatīrthe narādhipa | kapilānāṃ sahasrasya phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ

One should bathe there at Nagatirtha, lord of men; a man gains the fruit of a gift of a thousand tawny cows.

Verse 34 (3.82.34)

ततो ललितकं गच्छेच्छन्तनोस्तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tato lalitakaṃ gacchecchantanostīrthamuttamam | tatra snātvā naro rājanna durgatimavāpnuyāt

Then one should go to Lalitaka, the excellent ford of Shantanu; a man who bathes there, O king, does not come to an evil end.

Verse 35 (3.82.35)

गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये स्नाति यः संगमे नरः । दशाश्वमेधानाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye snāti yaḥ saṃgame naraḥ | daśāśvamedhānāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

A man who bathes at the confluence between the Ganga and the Yamuna gains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices and uplifts his family.

Note on the text: Wikisource's गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये is kept as a recension variant (the critical edition reads gaṅgāsaṃgamayoś caiva).

Verse 36 (3.82.36)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र सुगन्धं लोकविश्रुतम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra sugandhaṃ lokaviśrutam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā brahmaloke mahīyate

Then, king of kings, one should go to world-famed Sugandha; cleansed of all sins, one is honoured in the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected लोकविथुतम् → लोकविश्रुतम् (misprint in Wikisource; थ for श्र; the critical edition reads lokaviśrutām).

Verse 37 (3.82.37)

रुद्रावर्तं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्स्वर्गलोके च गच्छति ॥

rudrāvartaṃ tato gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | tatra snātvā naro rājansvargaloke ca gacchati

Then, lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Rudravarta; a man who bathes there, O king, goes to the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा).

Verse 38 (3.82.38)

गङ्गायाश्च नरश्रेष्ठ सरस्वत्याश्च संगमे । स्नात्वाऽश्वमेधं प्राप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

gaṅgāyāśca naraśreṣṭha sarasvatyāśca saṃgame | snātvā'śvamedhaṃ prāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Bathing at the confluence of the Ganga and the Sarasvati, best of men, one gains a horse sacrifice and goes to the world of heaven.

Verse 39 (3.82.39)

भद्रकर्णेश्वरं गत्वा देवमर्च्य यथाविधि । न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति नाकपृष्ठे च पूज्यते ॥

bhadrakarṇeśvaraṃ gatvā devamarcya yathāvidhi | na durgatimavāpnoti nākapṛṣṭhe ca pūjyate

Going to Bhadrakarneshvara and worshipping the god there according to rule, one does not come to an evil end and is honoured on the vault of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected भद्रकर्णएश्वरं → भद्रकर्णेश्वरं (misprint in Wikisource; vowel sandhi broken; the critical edition reads bhadrakarṇeśvaraṃ).

Verse 40 (3.82.40)

ततः कुब्जावतीं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । गोसहस्रमवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tataḥ kubjāvatīṃ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | gosahasramavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then, lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Kubjavati; he gains the merit of a thousand cows and goes to the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected तत → ततः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga), रगोसहस्रम् → गोसहस्रम् (a stray र, likely a footnote mark) and नच्छति → गच्छति (न for ग); the critical edition reads tataḥ, gosahasram and gacchati. Wikisource's कुब्जावतीं is kept (the critical edition reads kubjāmrakaṃ).

Verse 41 (3.82.41)

अरुन्धतीवटं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । सामुद्रकमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥

arundhatīvaṭaṃ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | sāmudrakamupaspṛśya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ

Lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Arundhativata; touching the waters of Samudraka there, chaste and composed,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.82.37ab, which the automatic alignment missed; Wikisource's second half-line ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः is the reading of the apparatus passage 3.82.37c*0412 (the constituted text has trirātropoṣito naraḥ, which Wikisource gives in the next verse).

Verse 42 (3.82.42)

अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । गोसहस्रफलं विद्यात्कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

aśvamedhamavāpnoti trirātropoṣito naraḥ | gosahasraphalaṃ vidyātkulaṃ caiva samuddharet

and fasting three nights, a man gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice; he may know he has the merit of a gift of a thousand cows, and he uplifts his family.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment matched 3.83.12, a different verse; this verse corresponds to the rest of 3.82.37 (trirātropoṣito naraḥ / gosahasraphalaṃ vindet kulaṃ caiva samuddharet) with the half-line aśvamedham avāpnoti from the apparatus passage 3.82.37c*0412.

Verse 43 (3.82.43)

ब्रह्मावर्तं ततो गच्छेद्ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति सोमलोकं च गच्छति ॥

brahmāvartaṃ tato gacchedbrahmacārī samāhitaḥ | aśvamedhamavāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then one should go to Brahmavarta, chaste and composed; one gains a horse sacrifice and goes to the world of Soma.

Note on the text: Corrected कब्र्हमावर्तं → ब्रह्मावर्तं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, likely a footnote mark, and a garbled conjunct; the critical edition reads brahmāvartaṃ).

Verse 44 (3.82.44)

यमुनाप्रभवं गत्वा समुपस्पृश्य यामुनम् । अश्वमेधफलं लब्ध्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

yamunāprabhavaṃ gatvā samupaspṛśya yāmunam | aśvamedhaphalaṃ labdhvā svargaloke mahīyate

Going to Yamunaprabhava, the source of the Yamuna, and touching the Yamuna's water, one gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice and is honoured in the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वमेधफंल → अश्वमेधफलं (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara; the critical edition reads aśvamedhaphalaṃ).

Verse 45 (3.82.45)

दर्वीसंक्रमणं प्राप्य तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यपूजितम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

darvīsaṃkramaṇaṃ prāpya tīrthaṃ trailokyapūjitam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Reaching Darvisankramana, a ford worshipped in the three worlds, one gains a horse sacrifice and goes to the world of heaven.

Verse 46 (3.82.46)

सिन्धोश्च प्रभवं गत्वा सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम् । तत्रोष्य रजनीः पञ्च विन्देद्बहु सुवर्णकम् ॥

sindhośca prabhavaṃ gatvā siddhagandharvasevitam | tatroṣya rajanīḥ pañca vindedbahu suvarṇakam

Going to the source of the Sindhu, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, and staying there five nights, one obtains much gold.

Verse 47 (3.82.47)

अथ वेदीं समासाद्य नरः परमदुर्गमाम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति गच्छेदौशनसीं गतिम् ॥

atha vedīṃ samāsādya naraḥ paramadurgamām | aśvamedhamavāpnoti gacchedauśanasīṃ gatim

Then, reaching Vedi, which is very hard of access, a man gains a horse sacrifice and attains the state of Ushanas.

Verse 48 (3.82.48)

ऋषिकुल्यां समासाद्य वासिष्ठं चैव भारत । वासिष्ठीं समतिक्रम्य सर्वे वर्णा द्विजातयः ॥

ṛṣikulyāṃ samāsādya vāsiṣṭhaṃ caiva bhārata | vāsiṣṭhīṃ samatikramya sarve varṇā dvijātayaḥ

Reaching Rishikulya and Vasishtha, O Bharata: by crossing the Vasishthi, people of every class become twice-born.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (चैवभारत → चैव भारत). Wikisource's वासिष्ठीं is kept (the critical edition reads vāsiṣṭhaṃ).

Verse 49 (3.82.49)

ऋषिकुल्यां समासाद्य नरः स्नात्वा विकल्मषः । देवान्पितॄंश्चार्चयित्वा ऋषिलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

ṛṣikulyāṃ samāsādya naraḥ snātvā vikalmaṣaḥ | devānpitṝṃścārcayitvā ṛṣilokaṃ prapadyate

A man who reaches Rishikulya and bathes there is cleansed of stain; having worshipped the gods and the ancestors, he reaches the world of the seers.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.82.44ab (ṛṣikulyāṃ naraḥ snātvā ṛṣilokaṃ prapadyate), expanded with the lines the critical edition prints in its apparatus as 3.82.44a*0413; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 50 (3.82.50)

यदि तत्र वसेन्मासं शाकाहारो नराधिप । द्वादशाहस्य यज्ञस्य फलं स लभते नरः ॥

yadi tatra vasenmāsaṃ śākāhāro narādhipa | dvādaśāhasya yajñasya phalaṃ sa labhate naraḥ

If a man stays there a month living on vegetables, lord of men, he gains the fruit of the twelve-day sacrifice.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (तत्रवसेन्मासं → तत्र वसेन्मासं) and removed a stray wiki mark (') at the end of the verse. Line 1 is 3.82.44cd; line 2 is not in the constituted text but in the apparatus as 3.82.44d*0414.

Verse 51 (3.82.51)

भृगुतुङ्गं समासाद्य वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् । गत्वा वीरप्रमोक्षं च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

bhṛgutuṅgaṃ samāsādya vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet | gatvā vīrapramokṣaṃ ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Reaching Bhrigutunga, one gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice; going to Viramoksha, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 52 (3.82.52)

कृत्तिकामघयोश्चैव तीर्थमासाद्य भारत । अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलमाप्नोति मानवः ॥

kṛttikāmaghayoścaiva tīrthamāsādya bhārata | agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

Reaching the ford of Krittika and Magha, O Bharata, a man gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma and Atiratra sacrifices.

Verse 53 (3.82.53)

तत्र संध्यां समासाद्य विद्यातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । उपस्पृश्य च वै विद्यां यत्र तत्रोपपद्यते ॥

tatra saṃdhyāṃ samāsādya vidyātīrthamanuttamam | upaspṛśya ca vai vidyāṃ yatra tatropapadyate

There, reaching Sandhya, the peerless ford of learning, and touching its waters, one gains learning wherever one may be.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (उपस्पृश्य च वै विद्यां यत्र तत्रोपपद्यते) is kept as a recension variant (the critical edition reads upaspṛśya ca vidyānāṃ sarvāsāṃ pārago bhavet).

Verse 54 (3.82.54)

महाश्रमे वसेद्रात्रिं सर्वपापप्रमोचने । एककालं निराहारो लोकानावसते शुभान् ॥

mahāśrame vasedrātriṃ sarvapāpapramocane | ekakālaṃ nirāhāro lokānāvasate śubhān

One should spend a night at Mahashrama, which frees from all sins; one who goes without food there for a single mealtime comes to dwell in auspicious worlds.

Verse 55 (3.82.55)

षष्ठकालोपवासेन मासमुष्य महालये । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विन्देद्बहु सुवर्णकम् । दशापरान्दशपूर्वान्नरानुद्धरते कुलम् ॥

ṣaṣṭhakālopavāsena māsamuṣya mahālaye | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā vindedbahu suvarṇakam | daśāparāndaśapūrvānnarānuddharate kulam

Staying a month at Mahalaya, eating only at every sixth mealtime, one is cleansed of all sins and obtains much gold; one uplifts one's family, ten generations after and ten before.

Note on the text: Corrected षष्ठाकालोपवासेन → षष्ठकालोपवासेन (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long vowel inside the compound; the critical edition reads ṣaṣṭhakālopavāsena) and विशुद्दात्मा → विशुद्धात्मा (द्द for द्ध). Lines 1–2 are 3.82.49, which the automatic alignment missed; line 3 is not in the constituted text but in the apparatus as 3.82.50b*0416.

Verse 56 (3.82.56)

अथ वेतसिकां गत्वा पितामहनिषेविताम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति गच्छेदौशनसीं गतिम् ॥

atha vetasikāṃ gatvā pitāmahaniṣevitām | aśvamedhamavāpnoti gacchedauśanasīṃ gatim

Then, going to Vetasika, frequented by the Grandsire, one gains a horse sacrifice and attains the state of Ushanas.

Verse 57 (3.82.57)

अथ सुन्दरिकातीर्थं प्राप्य सिद्धनिषेवितम् । रूपस्य भागी भवति दृष्टमेतत्पुरातनैः ॥

atha sundarikātīrthaṃ prāpya siddhaniṣevitam | rūpasya bhāgī bhavati dṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ

Then, reaching Sundarikatirtha, frequented by Siddhas, one comes to share in beauty; this the ancients have seen.

Verse 58 (3.82.58)

ततो वै ब्राह्मणं गत्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः । पद्मवर्णेन यानेन ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

tato vai brāhmaṇaṃ gatvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | padmavarṇena yānena brahmalokaṃ prapadyate

Then, going to Brahmana, chaste and with senses subdued, one reaches the world of Brahma in a lotus-coloured chariot.

Verse 59 (3.82.59)

ततस्तु नैमिषं गच्छेत्पुण्यं सिद्धनिषेवितम् । तत्र नित्यं निवसति ब्रह्मा देवगणैः सह ॥

tatastu naimiṣaṃ gacchetpuṇyaṃ siddhaniṣevitam | tatra nityaṃ nivasati brahmā devagaṇaiḥ saha

Then one should go to holy Naimisha, frequented by Siddhas, where Brahma ever dwells together with the hosts of gods.

Verse 60 (3.82.60)

नैमिषं मृगयाणस्य पापस्यार्धं प्रणश्यति । प्रविष्टमात्रस्तु नरः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

naimiṣaṃ mṛgayāṇasya pāpasyārdhaṃ praṇaśyati | praviṣṭamātrastu naraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

For one who merely sets out in search of Naimisha, half his sin is destroyed; and the moment a man enters it he is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Corrected मृगयाणस् → मृगयाणस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य leaves the pada a syllable short). Wikisource's मृगयाण ('seeking') is kept (the critical edition reads prārthayānasya).

Verse 61 (3.82.61)

तत्र मासं वसेद्धीरो नैमिषे तीर्थतत्परः । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि तानि तीर्थानि नैमिषे ॥

tatra māsaṃ vaseddhīro naimiṣe tīrthatatparaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni tāni tīrthāni naimiṣe

A steadfast man devoted to the fords should stay a month at Naimisha; all the fords there are on earth are present at Naimisha.

Note on the text: Corrected नैंमिषे → नैमिषे (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara).

Verse 62 (3.82.62)

कृताभिषेकस्तत्रैव नियतो नियताशनः । गवां मेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति भारत । पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुलं भरतसत्तम ॥

kṛtābhiṣekastatraiva niyato niyatāśanaḥ | gavāṃ medhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti bhārata | punātyāsaptamaṃ caiva kulaṃ bharatasattama

Having bathed there, restrained and moderate in food, one gains the fruit of the cow sacrifice, O Bharata, and purifies one's family to the seventh generation, best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Wikisource's गवां मेधस्य is kept as a recension variant (the critical edition reads gavāmayasya).

Verse 63 (3.82.63)

यस्त्यजेन्नैमिषे प्राणानुपवासपरायणः । स मोदेत्सर्वलोकेषु एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

yastyajennaimiṣe prāṇānupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ | sa modetsarvalokeṣu evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

He who gives up his life at Naimisha, wholly given to fasting, rejoices in all the worlds; so the wise declare.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the first two lines of 3.82.57 (the critical edition reads svargalokastha for सर्वलोकेषु); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 64 (3.82.64)

नित्यं मेध्यं च पुण्यं च नैमिषं नृपसत्तम ॥

nityaṃ medhyaṃ ca puṇyaṃ ca naimiṣaṃ nṛpasattama

Naimisha, best of kings, is ever pure and holy.

Note on the text: A single line, printed by Wikisource under its own number; it is the last line of 3.82.57 in the critical edition (nityaṃ puṇyaṃ ca medhyaṃ ca). Kept as Wikisource divides it.

Verse 65 (3.82.65)

गङ्गोद्भेदं समासाद्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । वाजपेयमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मभूतो भवेत्सदा ॥

gaṅgodbhedaṃ samāsādya trirātropoṣito naraḥ | vājapeyamavāpnoti brahmabhūto bhavetsadā

Reaching Gangodbheda and fasting three nights, a man gains a Vajapeya sacrifice and becomes one with Brahman for ever.

Verse 66 (3.82.66)

सरस्वतीं समासाद्य तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । सारस्वतेषु लोकेषु मोदते नात्र संशयः ॥

sarasvatīṃ samāsādya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | sārasvateṣu lokeṣu modate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Reaching the Sarasvati, one should offer libations to the ancestors and the gods; one then rejoices in the worlds of Sarasvati, without doubt.

Verse 67 (3.82.67)

ततश्च बाहुदां गच्छेद्ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां स्वर्गलोके महीयते । देवसत्रस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति कौरव ॥

tataśca bāhudāṃ gacchedbrahmacārī samāhitaḥ | tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ svargaloke mahīyate | devasatrasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti kaurava

Then one should go to the Bahuda, chaste and composed; staying a single night there, one is honoured in the world of heaven and gains, O Kaurava, the fruit of the Devasatra sacrifice.

Note on the text: Restored a word space (फलंप्राप्नोति → फलं प्राप्नोति). Corresponds to 3.82.60, which the automatic alignment missed; the middle line is in the apparatus as 3.82.60b*0417.

Verse 68 (3.82.68)

ततः क्षीरवतीं गच्छेत्पुण्यां पुण्यतरैर्वृताम् । पितृदेवार्चनपरो वाजपेयमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tataḥ kṣīravatīṃ gacchetpuṇyāṃ puṇyatarairvṛtām | pitṛdevārcanaparo vājapeyamavāpnuyāt

Then one should go to the holy Kshiravati, thronged by the most virtuous; devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods, one gains a Vajapeya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Wikisource's क्षीरवतीं is kept (the critical edition reads cīravatīṃ).

Verse 69 (3.82.69)

विमलाशोकमासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

vimalāśokamāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ svargaloke mahīyate

Reaching Vimalashoka, chaste and composed, and staying a single night there, one is honoured in the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्र्हमचारी → ब्रह्मचारी (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct). Wikisource's second half-line differs from the critical edition (virājati yathā śaśī) and is kept.

Verse 70 (3.82.70)

गोप्रतारं ततो गच्छेत्सरय्वास्तीर्थमुत्तमम् । यत्र रामो गतः स्वर्गं सभृत्यबलवाहनः । देहं त्यक्त्वा महाराज तस्य तीर्थस्य तेजसा ॥

gopratāraṃ tato gacchetsarayvāstīrthamuttamam | yatra rāmo gataḥ svargaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ | dehaṃ tyaktvā mahārāja tasya tīrthasya tejasā

Then one should go to Gopratara, the excellent ford on the Sarayu, where Rama, with his servants, troops and mounts, went to heaven, great king, leaving his body by the power of that ford

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are 3.82.63; line 3 is 3.82.64a (the critical edition reads divaṃ yātas for महाराज). The automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 71 (3.82.71)

रामस्य च प्रसादेन व्यवसायाच्च भारत । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोप्रतारे नराधिप । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

rāmasya ca prasādena vyavasāyācca bhārata | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā gopratāre narādhipa | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā svargaloke mahīyate

through Rama's grace and through their own resolve, O Bharata. A man who bathes at that ford of Gopratara, lord of men, is cleansed of all sins and honoured in the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 3.82.64c; lines 2–3 are 3.82.65. The automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 72 (3.82.72)

रामतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोमत्यां कुरुनन्दन । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति पुनाति च कुलं नरः ॥

rāmatīrthe naraḥ snātvā gomatyāṃ kurunandana | aśvamedhamavāpnoti punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ

A man who bathes at Ramatirtha on the Gomati, joy of the Kurus, gains a horse sacrifice and purifies his family.

Verse 73 (3.82.73)

शतसाहस्रकं तीर्थं तत्रैव भरतर्षभ ॥

śatasāhasrakaṃ tīrthaṃ tatraiva bharatarṣabha

In that same place, bull of the Bharatas, is the ford Shatasahasraka.

Note on the text: A single line, printed by Wikisource under its own number; it is the first line of 3.82.67 in the critical edition (śatasāhasrikaṃ tatra tīrthaṃ bharatasattama). Kept as Wikisource divides it.

Verse 74 (3.82.74)

तत्रोपस्पर्शनं कृत्वा नियतो नियताशनः । गोसहस्रफलं पुण्यं प्राप्नोति भरतर्षभ ॥

tatropasparśanaṃ kṛtvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ | gosahasraphalaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnoti bharatarṣabha

Touching its waters, restrained and moderate in food, one gains the holy merit of a gift of a thousand cows, bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: The last two lines of 3.82.67; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 75 (3.82.75)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र भर्तृस्थानमनुत्तमम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra bhartṛsthānamanuttamam | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Then, king of kings, one should go to the peerless Bhartristhana; there a man gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected रततो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र, likely a footnote mark) and राजेनद्‌र → राजेन्द्र (broken conjunct; the critical edition reads rājendra). Line 1 is 3.82.68a; line 2 is not in the constituted text but in the apparatus as 3.82.68b*0418.

Verse 76 (3.82.76)

कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा अर्चयित्वा गुहं नृप । गोसहस्रफलं विद्यात्तेजस्वी च भवेन्नरः ॥

koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā arcayitvā guhaṃ nṛpa | gosahasraphalaṃ vidyāttejasvī ca bhavennaraḥ

A man who bathes at Kotitirtha and worships Guha, O king, may know he has the merit of a gift of a thousand cows, and he becomes full of splendour.

Note on the text: Corrected गोसहस्रफंल → गोसहस्रफलं (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara; the critical edition reads gosahasraphalaṃ). The last two lines of 3.82.68; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 77 (3.82.77)

ततो वाराणसीं गत्वा अर्चयित्वा वृषध्वजम् । कपिलाह्रदे नरः स्नात्वा राजसूयमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tato vārāṇasīṃ gatvā arcayitvā vṛṣadhvajam | kapilāhrade naraḥ snātvā rājasūyamavāpnuyāt

Then, going to Varanasi and worshipping the bull-bannered god, a man who bathes in Kapilahrada gains a Rajasuya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected नृषध्वजम् → वृषध्वजम् (misprint in Wikisource; न for व; the critical edition reads vṛṣadhvajam) and restored a word space (स्नात्वाराजसूयम् → स्नात्वा राजसूयम्).

Verse 78 (3.82.78)

अविमुक्तं समासाद्य तीर्थसेवी कुरूद्वह । दर्शनाद्देवदेवस्य मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ॥

avimuktaṃ samāsādya tīrthasevī kurūdvaha | darśanāddevadevasya mucyate brahmahatyayā

Reaching Avimukta, the pilgrim, pride of the Kurus, is freed from the sin of slaying a brahmin merely by seeing the God of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as 3.82.69d*0419 (lines 1–2).

Verse 79 (3.82.79)

प्राणानुत्सृज्य तत्रैव मोक्षं प्राप्नोति मानवः । मार्कण्डेयस्य राजेन्द्र तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम् ॥

prāṇānutsṛjya tatraiva mokṣaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | mārkaṇḍeyasya rājendra tīrthamāsādya durlabham

A man who gives up his life in that very place attains liberation. Reaching the rare ford of Markandeya, king of kings,

Note on the text: Restored a word space (प्राणानुत्सृज्यतत्रैव → प्राणानुत्सृज्य तत्रैव). Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.82.69d*0419, line 3); line 2 is 3.82.70a.

Verse 80 (3.82.80)

गोमतीगङ्गयोश्चैव संगमे लोकविश्रुते । अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

gomatīgaṅgayoścaiva saṃgame lokaviśrute | agniṣṭomamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

at the world-famed confluence of the Gomati and the Ganga, one gains an Agnishtoma sacrifice and uplifts one's family.

Note on the text: The last two lines of 3.82.70; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 81 (3.82.81)

ततो गयां समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

tato gayāṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Then, reaching Gaya, chaste and composed, one gains a horse sacrifice and uplifts one's family.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment matched 3.82.122, a different verse; this is 3.82.71 (the critical edition reads jitendriyaḥ / gamanād eva bhārata; Wikisource's first line agrees with the apparatus passage 3.82.85b*0422).

Verse 82 (3.82.82)

तत्राक्षयवटो नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः । तत्र दत्तं पितृभ्यस्तु भवत्यक्षयमुच्यते ॥

tatrākṣayavaṭo nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ | tatra dattaṃ pitṛbhyastu bhavatyakṣayamucyate

There is the banyan called Akshayavata, renowned in the three worlds; what is offered there to the ancestors, it is said, becomes imperishable.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.82.72 (the critical edition reads pitṝṇāṃ tatra vai dattam akṣayaṃ bhavati prabho); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 83 (3.82.83)

महानद्यामुपस्पृश्य तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । अक्षयान्प्राप्नुयाल्लोकान्कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

mahānadyāmupaspṛśya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | akṣayānprāpnuyāllokānkulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Touching the waters of the Mahanadi and offering libations to the ancestors and the gods, a man gains imperishable worlds and raises up his whole family.

Verse 84 (3.82.84)

ततो ब्रह्मसरो गत्वा धर्मारण्योपशोभितम् । ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति प्रभातामेव शर्वरीम् ॥

tato brahmasaro gatvā dharmāraṇyopaśobhitam | brahmalokamavāpnoti prabhātāmeva śarvarīm

Then, going to Brahmasaras, adorned by the Dharmaranya forest, he reaches the world of Brahma by the time the night has turned to dawn.

Verse 85 (3.82.85)

ब्रह्मणा तत्र सरसि यूपश्रेष्ठः समुच्छ्रितः । यूपं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य वाजपेयफलं लभेत् ॥

brahmaṇā tatra sarasi yūpaśreṣṭhaḥ samucchritaḥ | yūpaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet

In that lake Brahma raised a most excellent sacrificial post. Walking around the post with it on his right, a man obtains the fruit of a Vajapeya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Matches CE 3.82.75 in sense; the first line is worded differently (CE: tasmin sarasi rājendra brahmaṇo yūpa ucchritaḥ) — a recension variant, kept.

Verse 86 (3.82.86)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र धेनुकं लोकविश्रुतम् । एकरात्रोषितो राजन्प्रयच्छेत्तिलधेनुकाम् ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra dhenukaṃ lokaviśrutam | ekarātroṣito rājanprayacchettiladhenukām

Then, O king of kings, one should go to Dhenuka, famed throughout the world. Staying there one night, O king, one should give away a cow made of sesame.

Note on the text: CE 3.82.76ab–cd (the CE has the feminine dhenukāṃ lokaviśrutām; Wikisource's neuter is kept).

Verse 87 (3.82.87)

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सोमलोकं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । तत्र चिह्नं महद्राजन्नद्यापि सुमहद्भृशम् ॥

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā somalokaṃ vrajeddhruvam | tatra cihnaṃ mahadrājannadyāpi sumahadbhṛśam

Cleansed of all sin, he surely goes to the world of Soma. There, O king, a great mark remains to this day, very great indeed,

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रजेद्भुवम् → व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् and चिह्निं → चिह्नं (misprints in Wikisource; ब for व and भ for ध्र, and a stray i-sign; the critical edition reads vrajed dhruvam and cihnaṃ). The first line is CE 3.82.76ef; the second answers to CE 3.82.77a in different words.

Verse 88 (3.82.88)

कपिलायाः सवत्सायाश्चरन्त्याः पर्वते कृतम् । सवत्सायाः पदानि स्म दृश्यन्तेऽद्यापि भारत ॥

kapilāyāḥ savatsāyāścarantyāḥ parvate kṛtam | savatsāyāḥ padāni sma dṛśyante'dyāpi bhārata

made by the tawny cow with her calf as she roamed the mountain. The hoofprints of the cow and her calf are seen there even today, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Answers to CE 3.82.77c–f in different words for the first line; the second line matches 3.82.77ef.

Verse 89 (3.82.89)

तेषूपस्पृश्य राजेन्द्र पदेषु नृपसत्तम । यत्कंचिदशुभं कर्म तत्प्रणश्यति भारत ॥

teṣūpaspṛśya rājendra padeṣu nṛpasattama | yatkaṃcidaśubhaṃ karma tatpraṇaśyati bhārata

By touching the waters in those hoofprints, O king of kings, best of rulers, whatever evil deed a man has done is destroyed, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राजेन्द्रपदेषु → राजेन्द्र पदेषु).

Verse 90 (3.82.90)

ततो गृध्रवटं गच्छेत्स्थानं देवस्य धीमतः । स्नायीत भस्मना तत्र अभिगम्य वृषध्वजम् ॥

tato gṛdhravaṭaṃ gacchetsthānaṃ devasya dhīmataḥ | snāyīta bhasmanā tatra abhigamya vṛṣadhvajam

Then one should go to Gridhravata, the abode of the wise god. Approaching the bull-bannered Shiva there, one should bathe in ashes.

Verse 91 (3.82.91)

ब्राह्मणेन भवेच्चीर्णं व्रतं द्वादशवार्षिकम् । इतरेषां तु वर्णानां सर्वपापं प्रणश्यति ॥

brāhmaṇena bhaveccīrṇaṃ vrataṃ dvādaśavārṣikam | itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati

For a brahmin, this counts as having kept a twelve-year vow; for those of the other classes, all their sin is destroyed.

Verse 92 (3.82.92)

उद्यन्तं च ततो गच्छेत्पर्वतं गीतनादितम् । सावित्र्यास्तु पदं तत्र दृश्यते भरतर्षभ ॥

udyantaṃ ca tato gacchetparvataṃ gītanāditam | sāvitryāstu padaṃ tatra dṛśyate bharatarṣabha

From there one should go to Udyanta, the mountain that resounds with song. There, O bull of the Bharatas, the footprint of Savitri is seen.

Verse 93 (3.82.93)

तत्र संध्यामुपासीत ब्राह्मणः संशितव्रतः । उपासिता भवेत्संध्या तेन द्वादशवार्षिकी ॥

tatra saṃdhyāmupāsīta brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ | upāsitā bhavetsaṃdhyā tena dvādaśavārṣikī

A brahmin firm in his vows should perform the twilight worship there; by doing so he has performed twelve years of twilight worship.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रसंध्याम् → तत्र संध्याम्).

Verse 94 (3.82.94)

योनिद्वारं च तत्रैव विश्रुतं भरतर्षभ । तत्राभिगम्य मुच्येत पुरुषो योनिसंकरात् ॥

yonidvāraṃ ca tatraiva viśrutaṃ bharatarṣabha | tatrābhigamya mucyeta puruṣo yonisaṃkarāt

Right there, O bull of the Bharatas, is the famous Yonidvara. Going there, a man is freed from passing again through a womb.

Verse 95 (3.82.95)

कृष्णशुक्लावुभौ पक्षौ गयायां यो वसेन्नरः । पुनात्यासप्तमं राजन्कुलं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

kṛṣṇaśuklāvubhau pakṣau gayāyāṃ yo vasennaraḥ | punātyāsaptamaṃ rājankulaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

A man who lives at Gaya through both the dark and the bright fortnights purifies his family to the seventh generation, O king; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 96 (3.82.96)

एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येकोपि गयां व्रजेत् । गौरीं वा वरयेत्कन्यां नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् ॥

eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyekopi gayāṃ vrajet | gaurīṃ vā varayetkanyāṃ nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet

One should wish for many sons, so that even one of them may go to Gaya, or marry a maiden of eight (Gauri), or set free a dark-blue bull.

Note on the text: The second line differs from CE 3.82.85c (yajeta vāśvamedhena); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 97 (3.82.97)

ततः फल्गुं व्रजेद्राजंस्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति सिद्धिं च महतीं व्रजेत् ॥

tataḥ phalguṃ vrajedrājaṃstīrthasevī narādhipa | aśvamedhamavāpnoti siddhiṃ ca mahatīṃ vrajet

Then, O king, lord of men, the pilgrim should go to the Phalgu; he obtains the fruit of the Ashvamedha and attains great success.

Verse 98 (3.82.98)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र धर्मप्रस्थं समाहितः । तत्र धर्मो महाराज नित्यमास्ते युधिष्ठिर ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra dharmaprasthaṃ samāhitaḥ | tatra dharmo mahārāja nityamāste yudhiṣṭhira

Then, O king of kings, one should go with a collected mind to Dharmaprastha. Dharma always dwells there, great king, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment; this is CE 3.82.87a–d (CE dharmapṛṣṭhaṃ and yatra; Wikisource's धर्मप्रस्थं and तत्र are kept as recension variants).

Verse 99 (3.82.99)

तत्र कूपोदकं कृत्वा तेन स्नातः शुचिस्तथा । पितॄन्देवांस्तु संतर्प्य मुक्तपापो दिवं व्रजेत् ॥

tatra kūpodakaṃ kṛtvā tena snātaḥ śucistathā | pitṝndevāṃstu saṃtarpya muktapāpo divaṃ vrajet

Drawing water from the well there and bathing with it, and so made pure, a man who satisfies the ancestors and the gods is freed from sin and goes to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.82.87d*0423, lines 1–2 (with pītvā for कृत्वा).

Verse 100 (3.82.100)

मतङ्गस्याश्रमस्तत्र महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः ॥

mataṅgasyāśramastatra maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ

The hermitage of Matanga, the great seer of purified soul, is there.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रमहर्षेः → तत्र महर्षेः). A single line, as Wikisource prints it. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.82.87d*0423, line 3.

Verse 101 (3.82.101)

तं प्रविश्याश्रमं श्रीमच्छ्रमशोकविनाशनम् । गवामयनयज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥

taṃ praviśyāśramaṃ śrīmacchramaśokavināśanam | gavāmayanayajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Entering that splendid hermitage, which takes away weariness and grief, a man obtains the fruit of the Gavamayana sacrifice.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (फलंप्राप्नोति → फलं प्राप्नोति). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.82.87d*0423, lines 4–5 (with gavāmayasya).

Verse 102 (3.82.102)

धर्मं तत्राभिसंस्पृश्य वाजिमेधमवाप्नुयात् ॥

dharmaṃ tatrābhisaṃspṛśya vājimedhamavāpnuyāt

Touching Dharma there, a man would obtain the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: A single line, as Wikisource prints it. Not in the critical edition in this wording (found in the vulgate recension); it stands where the CE has 3.82.87e (abhigamya tatas tatra vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet), which gives the same reward.

Verse 103 (3.82.103)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मस्थानमनुत्तमम् । तत्राभिगम्य राजेन्द्र ब्रह्माणं पुरुषर्षभ । राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं विन्दति मानवः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra brahmasthānamanuttamam | tatrābhigamya rājendra brahmāṇaṃ puruṣarṣabha | rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the incomparable Brahmasthana. Approaching Brahma there, O king of kings, bull among men, a man obtains the fruit of the Rajasuya and the Ashvamedha.

Verse 104 (3.82.104)

ततो राजगृहं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । उपस्पृश्य ततस्तत्र कक्षीवानिव मोदते ॥

tato rājagṛhaṃ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | upaspṛśya tatastatra kakṣīvāniva modate

Then, O lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Rajagriha. Touching the waters there, he rejoices like Kakshivat.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (ततस्तत्रकक्षीवान् → ततस्तत्र कक्षीवान्).

Verse 105 (3.82.105)

यक्षिण्या नैत्यकं तत्र प्राश्नीत पुरुषः शुचिः । यक्षिण्यास्तु प्रसादेन मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ॥

yakṣiṇyā naityakaṃ tatra prāśnīta puruṣaḥ śuciḥ | yakṣiṇyāstu prasādena mucyate brahmahatyayā

A man who is pure should eat the daily offering of the Yakshini there; by the Yakshini's grace he is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राश्नीन → प्राश्नीत and ब्र्हमहत्यया → ब्रह्महत्यया (misprints in Wikisource; न for त, and a broken conjunct; the critical edition reads prāśnīta, and its bhrūṇahatyayā is a variant).

Verse 106 (3.82.106)

मणिनागं ततो गत्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

maṇināgaṃ tato gatvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Going next to Maninaga, one obtains the fruit of giving a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected मणइनागं → मणिनागं (misprint in Wikisource; इ for the i-sign; the critical edition reads maṇināgaṃ). A single line, as Wikisource prints it: CE 3.82.91a.

Verse 107 (3.82.107)

तैर्थिकं भुञ्जते यस्तु मणिनागस्य भारत । दष्टस्याशीविषेणापि न तस्य क्रमते विषम् ॥

tairthikaṃ bhuñjate yastu maṇināgasya bhārata | daṣṭasyāśīviṣeṇāpi na tasya kramate viṣam

Whoever eats the pilgrims' food at Maninaga, O Bharata, is untouched by poison even if a venomous snake bites him.

Note on the text: Corrected मणिनागस् → मणिनागस्य and विपम् → विषम् (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped य, and प for ष; the critical edition reads maṇināgasya and viṣam). The first line is CE 3.82.91c (with naityakaṃ for तैर्थिकं), the second is 3.82.92a.

Verse 108 (3.82.108)

तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ततो गच्छेत ब्रह्मर्षेर्गौतमस्य वनं प्रियम् ॥

tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | tato gaccheta brahmarṣergautamasya vanaṃ priyam

Staying there one night, one obtains the fruit of a thousand cows. Then one should go to the lovely forest of Gautama, the brahmin seer.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रोष् → तत्रोष्य, रजनीभेकां → रजनीमेकां, गोसहस्रफंल → गोसहस्रफलं and ब्रह्मर्पेः → ब्रह्मर्षेः (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped य, भ for म, a misplaced anusvara, and प for ष; the critical edition reads tatroṣya rajanīm ekāṃ and brahmarṣer). The first line is CE 3.82.92c (with sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate for its second half), the second is 3.82.93a.

Verse 109 (3.82.109)

अहल्याया ह्रदे स्नात्वा व्रजेत परमां गतिम् । अभिगम्याश्रमं राजन्विन्दते श्रियमात्मनः ॥

ahalyāyā hrade snātvā vrajeta paramāṃ gatim | abhigamyāśramaṃ rājanvindate śriyamātmanaḥ

Bathing in Ahalya's pool, one goes to the highest state. Approaching the hermitage, O king, one gains glory for oneself.

Note on the text: Corrected विनद्ते → विन्दते (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced virama; the critical edition reads vindate).

Verse 110 (3.82.110)

तत्रोदपानं धर्मज्ञ त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा तु वाजिमेधमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tatrodapānaṃ dharmajña triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā tu vājimedhamavāpnuyāt

There, O knower of dharma, is a well famed in the three worlds; bathing there, a man would obtain the horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिपु → त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads triṣu).

Verse 111 (3.82.111)

जनकस्य तु राजर्षेः कूपस्त्रिदशपूजितः । तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा तु विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥

janakasya tu rājarṣeḥ kūpastridaśapūjitaḥ | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā tu viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt

The well of the royal seer Janaka is honoured by the thirty gods; bathing there, a man would reach the world of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Corrected जनकस् तु → जनकस्य तु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य; the critical edition reads janakasya tu).

Verse 112 (3.82.112)

ततो विनशनं गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । वाजपेयमवाप्नोति सोमलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tato vinaśanaṃ gacchetsarvapāpapramocanam | vājapeyamavāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then one should go to Vinashana, which frees from all sins. One obtains the Vajapeya and goes to the world of Soma.

Verse 113 (3.82.113)

गण्डकीं तु समासाद्य सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवाम् । वाजपेयमवाप्नोति सूर्यलोकं च गच्छति ॥

gaṇḍakīṃ tu samāsādya sarvatīrthajalodbhavām | vājapeyamavāpnoti sūryalokaṃ ca gacchati

Reaching the Gandaki, which sprang from the waters of all the tirthas, one obtains the Vajapeya and goes to the world of the Sun.

Verse 114 (3.82.114)

ततो विशल्यामासाद्य नदीं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुताम् । अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tato viśalyāmāsādya nadīṃ trailokyaviśrutām | agniṣṭomamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then, reaching the river Vishalya, famed in the three worlds, one obtains the Agnishtoma and goes to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected कततो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the critical edition reads tato). Wikisource's विशल्याम् (CE viśālām) is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 115 (3.82.115)

ततोऽधिवङ्गं धर्मज्ञ समाविश्य ततो वनम् । गुह्यकेषु महाराज मोदते नात्र संशयः ॥

tato'dhivaṅgaṃ dharmajña samāviśya tato vanam | guhyakeṣu mahārāja modate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Then, O knower of dharma, entering Adhivanga and then the forest, one rejoices among the Guhyakas, great king; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 116 (3.82.116)

कम्पनां तु समासाद्य नदीं सिद्धनिषेविताम् । पुण्डरीकमवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

kampanāṃ tu samāsādya nadīṃ siddhaniṣevitām | puṇḍarīkamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

Reaching the river Kampana, frequented by the Siddhas, one obtains the Pundarika sacrifice and goes to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected समासद्य → समासाद्य and सिद्धनिवेषिताम् → सिद्धनिषेविताम् (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped ā-sign, and transposed व/ष; the critical edition reads samāsādya and siddhaniṣevitām).

Verse 117 (3.82.117)

अथ माहेश्वरीं धारां समासाद्य धराधिप । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

atha māheśvarīṃ dhārāṃ samāsādya dharādhipa | aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Then, O lord of the earth, reaching the Maheshvari Dhara, the stream of Maheshvara, one obtains the Ashvamedha and raises up one's family.

Verse 118 (3.82.118)

दिवौकसां पुष्करिणीं समासाद्य नराधिप । न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति वाजिमेधं च विन्दति ॥

divaukasāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ samāsādya narādhipa | na durgatimavāpnoti vājimedhaṃ ca vindati

Reaching the lotus pool of the gods, O lord of men, one does not meet an evil fate and gains the horse sacrifice.

Verse 119 (3.82.119)

अथ सोमपदं गच्छेद्ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । माहेश्वरपदे स्नात्वा वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् ॥

atha somapadaṃ gacchedbrahmacārī samāhitaḥ | māheśvarapade snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet

Then one should go to Somapada, chaste and collected; bathing at Maheshvarapada, one obtains the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

Verse 120 (3.82.120)

तत्र कोटी तु तीर्थानां विश्रुता भरतर्षभ । कूर्मरूपेण राजेन्द्र ह्यसुरेण दुरात्मना ॥

tatra koṭī tu tīrthānāṃ viśrutā bharatarṣabha | kūrmarūpeṇa rājendra hyasureṇa durātmanā

There, O bull of the Bharatas, is the famous Koti of tirthas, ten million sacred fords. O king of kings, an evil-souled asura in the form of a tortoise

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रकोटी → तत्र कोटी). Not matched by the automatic alignment because Wikisource divides these lines differently: this is CE 3.82.104a–d.

Verse 121 (3.82.121)

ह्रियमाणा हृता राजन्विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत तीर्थकोट्यां युधिष्ठिर ॥

hriyamāṇā hṛtā rājanviṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta tīrthakoṭyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

was carrying them off, O king, when mighty Vishnu seized them back. One should bathe there at Tirthakoti, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first line is CE 3.82.104e (CE hriyamāṇāhṛtā, "being carried off, was brought back"), the second is 3.82.105a (with kurvāṇas for कुर्वीत).

Verse 122 (3.82.122)

पुण्डरीकमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र स्थानं नारायणस्य च ॥

puṇḍarīkamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati | tato gaccheta rājendra sthānaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca

Doing so, one obtains the Pundarika and goes to the world of Vishnu. Then, O king of kings, one should go to the abode of Narayana,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राजेन्द्रस्थानं → राजेन्द्र स्थानं). Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first line is CE 3.82.105c, the second is 3.82.106a.

Verse 123 (3.82.123)

सदा सन्निहितो यत्र विष्णुर्वसति भारत । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥

sadā sannihito yatra viṣṇurvasati bhārata | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

where Vishnu dwells, ever present, O Bharata; where the gods led by Brahma, the seers rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (यत्रविष्णुः → यत्र विष्णुः, यत्रब्रह्मादयो → यत्र ब्रह्मादयो). The first line is CE 3.82.106c (with hariḥ for विष्णुः); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.82.106d*0428, line 1).

Verse 124 (3.82.124)

आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा जनार्दनमुपासते । शालग्राम इति ख्यातो विष्णुरद्भुतकर्मकः ॥

ādityā vasavo rudrā janārdanamupāsate | śālagrāma iti khyāto viṣṇuradbhutakarmakaḥ

the Adityas, the Vasus and the Rudras worship Janardana. There Vishnu of wondrous deeds is known as Shalagrama.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.82.106d*0428, line 2); the second is CE 3.82.106e (CE viṣṇor adbhutakarmaṇaḥ).

Verse 125 (3.82.125)

अभिगम्य त्रिलोकेशं वरदं विष्णुमव्ययम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति ॥

abhigamya trilokeśaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇumavyayam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

Approaching the boon-giving, imperishable Vishnu, lord of the three worlds, one obtains the Ashvamedha and goes to the world of Vishnu.

Verse 126 (3.82.126)

तत्रोदपानं धर्मज्ञ सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । समुद्रास्तत्र चत्वारः कूपे संनिहिताः सदा । तत्रोपस्पृश्य राजेन्द्र न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tatrodapānaṃ dharmajña sarvapāpapramocanam | samudrāstatra catvāraḥ kūpe saṃnihitāḥ sadā | tatropaspṛśya rājendra na durgatimavāpnuyāt

There, O knower of dharma, is a well that frees from all sins; the four oceans are always present in that well. Touching its waters, O king of kings, one does not meet an evil fate.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रोपदानं → तत्रोदपानं and तत्रोपस्पृश् → तत्रोपस्पृश्य (misprints in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, since the verse speaks of a well, and a dropped य; the critical edition reads tatrodapāno and tatropaspṛśya). Restored a missing word space (तत्रचत्वारः → तत्र चत्वारः).

Verse 127 (3.82.127)

अभिगम्य त्रिलोकेशं वरदं विष्णुमव्ययम् । विराजति यथा सोमो मेघैर्मुक्तो नराधिप ॥

abhigamya trilokeśaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇumavyayam | virājati yathā somo meghairmukto narādhipa

Approaching the boon-giving, imperishable Vishnu, lord of the three worlds, one shines, O lord of men, like the moon freed from clouds.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यथासोमो → यथा सोमो). The CE reads mahādevaṃ for त्रिलोकेशं and ṛṇair mukto yudhiṣṭhira ("freed from debts") for मेघैर्मुक्तो नराधिप; recension variants, kept.

Verse 128 (3.82.128)

जातिस्मरमुपस्पृश्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । जातिस्मरत्वमाप्नोति स्नात्वा तत्र न संशयः ॥

jātismaramupaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | jātismaratvamāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṃśayaḥ

Touching the waters of Jatismara, pure and with a controlled mind, and bathing there, one gains the memory of past births; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 129 (3.82.129)

वटेश्वरपुरं गत्वा अर्चयित्वा तु केशवम् । ईप्सिताँल्लभते कामानुपवासान्न संशयः ॥

vaṭeśvarapuraṃ gatvā arcayitvā tu keśavam | īpsitām̐llabhate kāmānupavāsānna saṃśayaḥ

Going to Vateshvarapura and worshipping Keshava there, one obtains the wishes one desires by fasting; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected वदेश्वरपुरं → वटेश्वरपुरं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ट; the critical edition reads vaṭeśvarapuraṃ).

Verse 130 (3.82.130)

ततस्तु वामनं गत्वा सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । अभिगम्य हरिं देवं न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tatastu vāmanaṃ gatvā sarvapāpapramocanam | abhigamya hariṃ devaṃ na durgatimavāpnuyāt

Then, going to Vamana, which frees from all sins, and approaching the god Hari, one does not meet an evil fate.

Verse 131 (3.82.131)

भरतस्याश्रमं गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् ॥

bharatasyāśramaṃ gacchetsarvapāpapramocanam

One should go to the hermitage of Bharata, which frees from all sins.

Note on the text: A single line, as Wikisource prints it. Not matched by the automatic alignment: this is CE 3.82.113a (with gatvā for गच्छेत्).

Verse 132 (3.82.132)

कौशिकीं तत्र गच्छेत महापापप्रणाशिनीम् । राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥

kauśikīṃ tatra gaccheta mahāpāpapraṇāśinīm | rājasūyasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

There one should go to the Kaushiki, which destroys great sins; a man obtains the fruit of the Rajasuya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: this is CE 3.82.113c–f (with seveta for गच्छेत and mahāpātakanāśinīm for महापापप्रणाशिनीम्).

Verse 133 (3.82.133)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र चम्पकारण्यमुत्तमम् । तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra campakāraṇyamuttamam | tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Champaka forest; staying there one night, one obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Verse 134 (3.82.134)

अथ ज्येष्ठिलमासाद्य तीर्थं परमदुर्लभम् । तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

atha jyeṣṭhilamāsādya tīrthaṃ paramadurlabham | tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, reaching Jyeshthila, a tirtha most hard to attain, and staying there one night, one obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected जेष्ठिलम् → ज्येष्ठिलम् and तीर्धं → तीर्थं (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped य, and ध for थ; the critical edition reads jyeṣṭhilam and tīrthaṃ). The second line differs from the CE (upoṣya rajanīm ekām agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 135 (3.82.135)

तत्र विश्वेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा देव्या सह महाद्युतिम् । मित्रावरुणयोर्लोकानाप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ । त्रिरात्रोपोषितस्तत्र अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥

tatra viśveśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā devyā saha mahādyutim | mitrāvaruṇayorlokānāpnoti puruṣarṣabha | trirātropoṣitastatra agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Seeing the radiant Vishveshvara there together with the Goddess, one reaches the worlds of Mitra and Varuna, O bull among men; fasting there for three nights, one obtains the fruit of the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रअग्निष्टोम → तत्र अग्निष्टोम). Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first two lines are CE 3.82.116; the third is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.82.116d*0430).

Verse 136 (3.82.136)

कन्यासंवेद्यमासाद्य नियतो नियताशनः । मनोः प्रजापतेर्लोकानाप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ ॥

kanyāsaṃvedyamāsādya niyato niyatāśanaḥ | manoḥ prajāpaterlokānāpnoti puruṣarṣabha

Reaching Kanyasamvedya, restrained and measured in food, one reaches the worlds of Manu the Prajapati, O bull among men.

Note on the text: Corrected नयिताशनः → नियताशनः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs; the critical edition reads niyatāśanaḥ).

Verse 137 (3.82.137)

कन्यायां ये प्रयच्छन्ति दानमण्वपि भारत । तदक्षय्यमिति प्राहुर्ऋषयः संशितव्रताः ॥

kanyāyāṃ ye prayacchanti dānamaṇvapi bhārata | tadakṣayyamiti prāhurṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

Of those who give even the smallest gift at Kanya, O Bharata, the seers firm in their vows say that the gift is imperishable.

Verse 138 (3.82.138)

ततो निर्वीरमासाद्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tato nirvīramāsādya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

Then, reaching Nirvira, famed in the three worlds, one obtains the Ashvamedha and goes to the world of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिपु लोकेपु → त्रिषु लोकेषु (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष twice; the critical edition reads triṣu lokeṣu). Wikisource's निर्वीरम् (CE niścīrāṃ) is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 139 (3.82.139)

ये त्विन्धनं प्रयच्छन्ति निर्वीरासंगमे नराः । ते यान्ति नरशार्दूल शक्रलोकमनामयम् ॥

ye tvindhanaṃ prayacchanti nirvīrāsaṃgame narāḥ | te yānti naraśārdūla śakralokamanāmayam

Those men who give fuel at the confluence of the Nirvira go, O tiger among men, to the world of Indra, free from sorrow.

Verse 140 (3.82.140)

तत्राश्रमो वसिष्ठस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणो वाजपेयमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tatrāśramo vasiṣṭhasya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇo vājapeyamavāpnuyāt

There is the hermitage of Vasishtha, famed in the three worlds; bathing there, one would obtain the Vajapeya.

Note on the text: Corrected वसिष्ठस् → वसिष्ठस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य; the critical edition reads vasiṣṭhasya).

Verse 141 (3.82.141)

देवकूटं समासाद्य ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

devakūṭaṃ samāsādya brahmarṣigaṇasevitam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Reaching Devakuta, frequented by hosts of brahmin seers, one obtains the Ashvamedha and raises up one's family.

Verse 142 (3.82.142)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र कौशिकस्य मुनेर्ह्रदम् । यत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्तो विश्वामित्रोथ कौशिकः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra kauśikasya munerhradam | yatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāpto viśvāmitrotha kauśikaḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the pool of the sage Kaushika, where Vishvamitra Kaushika attained the highest perfection.

Verse 143 (3.82.143)

तत्र मासं वसेद्वीर कौशिक्यां भरतर्षभ । अश्वमेधस्य यत्पुण्यं तन्मासेनाधिगच्छति ॥

tatra māsaṃ vasedvīra kauśikyāṃ bharatarṣabha | aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ tanmāsenādhigacchati

One should stay there a month on the Kaushiki, O hero, bull of the Bharatas; the merit of an Ashvamedha is gained in that month.

Verse 144 (3.82.144)

सर्वतीर्थवरे चैव यो वसेत महाह्रदे । न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति विन्द्याद्बहु सुवर्णकम् ॥

sarvatīrthavare caiva yo vaseta mahāhrade | na durgatimavāpnoti vindyādbahu suvarṇakam

Whoever stays at Mahahrada, the best of all tirthas, does not meet an evil fate and would gain much gold.

Verse 145 (3.82.145)

कुमारमभिगम्याथ वीराश्रमनिवासिनम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

kumāramabhigamyātha vīrāśramanivāsinam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

Approaching Kumara, who dwells at Virashrama, a man obtains the Ashvamedha; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 146 (3.82.146)

अग्निधारां समासाद्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुताम् । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणो ह्यग्निष्टोममवाप्नुयात् ॥

agnidhārāṃ samāsādya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutām | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇo hyagniṣṭomamavāpnuyāt

Reaching Agnidhara, famed in the three worlds, and bathing there, one would obtain the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first line is CE 3.82.127a; the second differs (CE agniṣṭomam avāpnoti na ca svargān nivartate) — a recension variant, kept.

Verse 147 (3.82.147)

अभिगम्य महादेवं वरदं विष्णुमव्ययम् । पितामहसरो गत्वा शैलराजसमीपतः । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणो ह्यग्निष्टोममवाप्नुयात् ॥

abhigamya mahādevaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇumavyayam | pitāmahasaro gatvā śailarājasamīpataḥ | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇo hyagniṣṭomamavāpnuyāt

Approaching the great god, the boon-giving, imperishable Vishnu, and going to Pitamahasaras near the king of mountains and bathing there, one would obtain the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: the last two lines are CE 3.82.128 (with śailarājapratiṣṭhitam for शैलराजसमीपतः); the first line is not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; it repeats CE 3.82.109a).

Verse 148 (3.82.148)

पितामहस्य सरसः प्रस्रुता लोकपावनी । कुमारधारा तत्रैव त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता ॥

pitāmahasya sarasaḥ prasrutā lokapāvanī | kumāradhārā tatraiva triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

From Pitamaha's lake flows the Kumaradhara, purifier of the world, famed in the three worlds.

Verse 149 (3.82.149)

यत्र स्नात्वा कृतार्थोस्मीत्यात्मानमवगच्छति । षष्ठकालोपवासेन मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ॥

yatra snātvā kṛtārthosmītyātmānamavagacchati | ṣaṣṭhakālopavāsena mucyate brahmahatyayā

Bathing there, a man knows himself to have fulfilled his purpose; by fasting and eating only at every sixth mealtime, he is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यत्रस्नात्वा → यत्र स्नात्वा).

Verse 150 (3.82.150)

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ तीर्थसेवनतत्परः । शिखरं वै महादेव्या गौर्यास्त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ॥

tato gaccheta dharmajña tīrthasevanatatparaḥ | śikharaṃ vai mahādevyā gauryāstrailokyaviśrutam

Then, O knower of dharma, intent on visiting the tirthas, one should go to the peak of the great goddess Gauri, famed in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.82.130d*0431); the second is CE 3.82.131a.

Verse 151 (3.82.151)

समारुह्य नरश्रेष्ठ स्तनकुण्डेषु संविशेत् । स्तनकुण्डमुपस्पृश्य वाजपेयफलं लभेत् ॥

samāruhya naraśreṣṭha stanakuṇḍeṣu saṃviśet | stanakuṇḍamupaspṛśya vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet

Climbing it, O best of men, one should enter the Stanakundas, the Breast Pools; touching the waters of the Stanakunda, one obtains the fruit of the Vajapeya.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: the first line is CE 3.82.131c (with naraḥ śrāddhaḥ for नरश्रेष्ठ); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.82.131d*0432).

Verse 152 (3.82.152)

तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणः पितृदेवार्चने रतः । हयमेधमवाप्नोति शक्रलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | hayamedhamavāpnoti śakralokaṃ ca gacchati

Bathing there, devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods, one obtains the horse sacrifice and goes to the world of Indra.

Verse 153 (3.82.153)

ताम्रारुणं समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tāmrāruṇaṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | aśvamedhamavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati

Reaching Tamraruna, chaste and collected, one obtains the Ashvamedha and goes to the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वमेमवाप्नोति → अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ध; the critical edition reads aśvamedham avāpnoti).

Verse 154 (3.82.154)

नन्दिन्यां च समासाद्य कूपं देवनिषेवितम् । नरमेधस्य यत्पुण्यं तदाप्नोति नराधिप ॥

nandinyāṃ ca samāsādya kūpaṃ devaniṣevitam | naramedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadāpnoti narādhipa

At Nandini, reaching the well frequented by the gods, one gains, O lord of men, the merit of a Naramedha sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected नरमेधस् → नरमेधस्य and तदाप्तोति → तदाप्नोति (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped य, and त for न; the critical edition reads naramedhasya and tat prāpnoti).

Verse 155 (3.82.155)

कालिकासंगमे स्नात्वा कौशिक्यरुणयोर्गतः । त्रिरात्रोपोषितो राजन्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

kālikāsaṃgame snātvā kauśikyaruṇayorgataḥ | trirātropoṣito rājansarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Bathing at Kalikasangama, having gone to the Kaushiki and the Aruna, and fasting three nights, O king, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 156 (3.82.156)

उर्वशीतीर्थमासाद्य ततः सोमाश्रमं बुधः । कुम्भकर्णाश्रमं गत्वा पूज्यते भुवि मानवः ॥

urvaśītīrthamāsādya tataḥ somāśramaṃ budhaḥ | kumbhakarṇāśramaṃ gatvā pūjyate bhuvi mānavaḥ

Reaching Urvashi's tirtha, then the hermitage of Soma, and going to the hermitage of Kumbhakarna, the wise man is honoured on earth.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (भुविमानवः → भुवि मानवः).

Verse 157 (3.82.157)

कोकामुखमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मचारी यतव्रतः । जातिस्मरत्वमाप्नोति दृष्टमेतत्पुरातनैः ॥

kokāmukhamupaspṛśya brahmacārī yatavrataḥ | jātismaratvamāpnoti dṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ

Touching the waters of Kokamukha, chaste and keeping his vows, a man gains the memory of past births; this the ancients have witnessed.

Note on the text: Corrected कोकामुखमुपस्पृश् → कोकामुखमुपस्पृश्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य; compare upaspṛśya throughout; the critical edition words the line differently, snātvā kokāmukhe puṇye).

Verse 158 (3.82.158)

प्राङ्गदीं च समासाद्य कृतात्मा भवति द्विजः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा शक्रलोकं च गच्छति ॥

prāṅgadīṃ ca samāsādya kṛtātmā bhavati dvijaḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā śakralokaṃ ca gacchati

Reaching Prangadi, a twice-born man becomes perfected in himself; cleansed of all sin, he goes to the world of Indra.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्राङ्गदीं where the critical edition has sakṛn nandāṃ ("Nanda, once"); no evident correction, so the base reading is kept and rendered as the name Prangadi.

Verse 159 (3.82.159)

ऋषभद्वीपमासाद्य मेध्यं क्रौञ्चनिषूदनम् । सरस्वत्यामुपस्पृश्य विमानस्थो विराजते ॥

ṛṣabhadvīpamāsādya medhyaṃ krauñcaniṣūdanam | sarasvatyāmupaspṛśya vimānastho virājate

Reaching Rishabhadvipa and holy Kraunchanishudana, and touching the waters of the Sarasvati, one shines, seated in a celestial chariot.

Verse 160 (3.82.160)

औद्दालकं महाराज तीर्थं मुनिनिषेवितम् । तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा वै सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

auddālakaṃ mahārāja tīrthaṃ muniniṣevitam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā vai sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Auddalaka, great king, is a tirtha frequented by sages; bathing there, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 161 (3.82.161)

धर्मतीर्थं समासाद्य पुण्यं ब्रह्मर्षिसेवितम् । वाजपेयमवाप्नोति विमानस्थश्च पूज्यते ॥

dharmatīrthaṃ samāsādya puṇyaṃ brahmarṣisevitam | vājapeyamavāpnoti vimānasthaśca pūjyate

Reaching Dharmatirtha, holy and frequented by brahmin seers, one obtains the Vajapeya and is honoured, seated in a celestial chariot.

Verse 162 (3.82.162)

अथ पम्पां समासाद्य भागीरथ्यां कृतोदकः । दण्डार्कमभिगत्वा तु गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

atha pampāṃ samāsādya bhāgīrathyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | daṇḍārkamabhigatvā tu gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, reaching Pampa and offering water-libations in the Bhagirathi, and approaching Dandarka, one obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected दण्डार्तम् → दण्डार्कम् (misprint in Wikisource; त for क in the conjunct; the critical edition reads daṇḍārkam). Wikisource's पम्पां (CE campāṃ) is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 163 (3.82.163)

ततो लेवलिकां गच्छेत्पुण्यां पुण्योपसेविताम् । वाजपेयमवाप्नोति विमानस्थश्च पूज्यते ॥

tato levalikāṃ gacchetpuṇyāṃ puṇyopasevitām | vājapeyamavāpnoti vimānasthaśca pūjyate

Then one should go to holy Levalika, frequented by the virtuous; one obtains the Vajapeya and is honoured, seated in a celestial chariot.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') that Wikisource uses to set off this verse. Wikisource's लेवलिकां (CE laveḍikāṃ) is kept as a recension variant.