Krishna Teaches the Fruits of Gifts and Vows

Verse 1 (14.103.1)

वासुदेवेन दानेषु कथितेषु यथाक्रमम् । अवितृप्तश्च धर्मेषु केशवं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥

vāsudevena dāneṣu kathiteṣu yathākramam | avitṛptaśca dharmeṣu keśavaṃ punarabravīt

After Vasudeva had spoken of the gifts one by one in due order, Yudhishthira, still unsatisfied with talk of dharma, addressed Keshava once more.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'avitṛptas tu' (1208) for Wikisource's अवितृप्तश्च; Wikisource's reading kept. The page heads this row वैशंपायन उवाच; the verse is narration. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1207-1208).

Verse 2 (14.103.2)

देव धर्मामृतमिदं शृण्वतोपि परंतप । न विद्यते सुरश्रेष्ठ मम तृप्तिर्हि माधव ॥

deva dharmāmṛtamidaṃ śṛṇvatopi paraṃtapa | na vidyate suraśreṣṭha mama tṛptirhi mādhava

O god, though I go on hearing this nectar of dharma, O scorcher of foes, my appetite for it is not sated, O best of the gods, O Madhava.

Note on the text: The page heads rows 1-4 वैशंपायन उवाच, but verses 2-4 are Yudhishthira's direct speech to Krishna (v.1 ends "he spoke to Keshava again"); speaker given to Yudhishthira. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1209-1210).

Verse 3 (14.103.3)

अनडुत्संप्रदानस्य यत्फलं तु विधीयते । तत्फलं कथयस्वेह तव भक्तस्य मेऽच्युत ॥

anaḍutsaṃpradānasya yatphalaṃ tu vidhīyate | tatphalaṃ kathayasveha tava bhaktasya me'cyuta

Tell me here the fruit that is ordained for the gift of a bull, O Achyuta, to me, your devotee.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1211-1212).

Verse 4 (14.103.4)

यानि चान्यानि दानानि त्वया नोक्तानि कानिचित् । तान्याचक्ष्व सुरश्रेष्ठ तेषां चानुक्रमात्फलम् ॥

yāni cānyāni dānāni tvayā noktāni kānicit | tānyācakṣva suraśreṣṭha teṣāṃ cānukramātphalam

And whatever other gifts you have not mentioned, tell me of those, O best of the gods, and of their fruit in due order.

Note on the text: Corrected यानिचान्यानिदानानित्वया → यानि चान्यानि दानानि त्वया (misprint in Wikisource; words run together; word division only). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1213-1214).

Verse 5 (14.103.5)

पवित्रत्वात्सुपुण्यत्वात्पावनत्वात्तथैव च । शृणु धर्मामृतं श्रेष्ठं दत्तस्यानडुहः फलम् ॥

pavitratvātsupuṇyatvātpāvanatvāttathaiva ca | śṛṇu dharmāmṛtaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dattasyānaḍuhaḥ phalam

Because it is purifying, greatly meritorious and cleansing, hear this supreme nectar of dharma: the fruit of a bull that has been given.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1215-1216).

Verse 6 (14.103.6)

दशधेनुसमोऽनड्वानेकोपि कुरुपुङ्गव । मेदोमांसविपुष्टाङ्गो नीरोगः कोपवर्जितः ॥

daśadhenusamo'naḍvānekopi kurupuṅgava | medomāṃsavipuṣṭāṅgo nīrogaḥ kopavarjitaḥ

A single bull is the equal of ten cows, O bull among the Kurus, if its limbs are well filled with fat and flesh, if it is free of disease and free of rage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1217-1218).

Verse 7 (14.103.7)

युवा भद्रः सुशीलश्च सर्वदोषविवर्जितः । धुरं धारयति क्षिप्रं दत्तो विप्राय पाण्डव ॥

yuvā bhadraḥ suśīlaśca sarvadoṣavivarjitaḥ | dhuraṃ dhārayati kṣipraṃ datto viprāya pāṇḍava

young, gentle, of good temper and free of every fault. When it is given to a Brahmin, O Pandava, it draws the yoke swiftly.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'dhārayate' (1220) for धारयति; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1219-1220).

Verse 8 (14.103.8)

स तेन पुण्यदानेन वर्षकोटिं युधिष्ठिर । यथाकामं महातेजा गवां लोके महीयते ॥

sa tena puṇyadānena varṣakoṭiṃ yudhiṣṭhira | yathākāmaṃ mahātejā gavāṃ loke mahīyate

Through that meritorious gift, O Yudhishthira, the giver, a man of great radiance, is honoured for a crore of years in the world of cows, living there as he pleases.

Note on the text: Corrected महादेजा → महातेजा (misprint in Wikisource; महादेजा is not a word; CE mahātejā). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1221-1222).

Verse 9 (14.103.9)

यश्च दद्यादनडुहौ द्वौ युक्तौ च धुरंधरौ । सुवृत्ताय दरिद्राय श्रोत्रियाय विशेषतः । तस्य यत्पुण्यमाख्यातं तच्छृणुष्व युधिष्ठिर ॥

yaśca dadyādanaḍuhau dvau yuktau ca dhuraṃdharau | suvṛttāya daridrāya śrotriyāya viśeṣataḥ | tasya yatpuṇyamākhyātaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva yudhiṣṭhira

And he who gives two yoked bulls, each bearing the yoke, to a poor man of good conduct, and above all to a learned Brahmin, hear, Yudhishthira, the merit that is declared for him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1223-1225).

Verse 10 (14.103.10)

सहस्रगोप्रदानेन यत्प्रोक्तं फलमुत्तमम् । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति याति लोकान्स मामकान् ॥

sahasragopradānena yatproktaṃ phalamuttamam | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti yāti lokānsa māmakān

He wins that supreme fruit which is declared for the gift of a thousand cows, and he goes to the worlds that are mine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1226-1227).

Verse 11 (14.103.11)

यावन्ति चैव रोमाणि तयोरनडुहोर्नृप । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोके महीयते ॥

yāvanti caiva romāṇi tayoranaḍuhornṛpa | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi mama loke mahīyate

As many hairs as those two bulls have, O king, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in my world.

Note on the text: Corrected तयोरनुडुहोर्नृप → तयोरनडुहोर्नृप (misprint in Wikisource; अनुडुह is not a word; CE anaḍuhor). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1228-1229).

Verse 12 (14.103.12)

दरिद्रायैव दातव्यं न समृद्धाय पाण्डव । वर्षाणां हि तटाकेषु फलं नैव पयोधिषु ॥

daridrāyaiva dātavyaṃ na samṛddhāya pāṇḍava | varṣāṇāṃ hi taṭākeṣu phalaṃ naiva payodhiṣu

The gift should be made to the poor and not to the rich, O Pandava; the rains bear fruit in tanks, never in the oceans.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1230-1231).

Verse 13 (14.103.13)

यस्तु दद्यादनडुहं दरिद्राय द्विजातये । स तेन पुण्यदानेन पूतात्मा कुरुपुङ्गव ॥

yastu dadyādanaḍuhaṃ daridrāya dvijātaye | sa tena puṇyadānena pūtātmā kurupuṅgava

But he who gives a bull to a poor twice-born, O bull among the Kurus, is purified in soul by that meritorious gift,

Note on the text: Corrected पुतात्मा → पूतात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; CE pūtātmā; short vowel for long). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1232-1233).

Verse 14 (14.103.14)

विमानं दिव्यमारूढो दिव्यरूपी यथासुखम् । मम लोकेषु रमते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥

vimānaṃ divyamārūḍho divyarūpī yathāsukham | mama lokeṣu ramate yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

and, mounted on a divine aerial car, divine in form, he lives at ease in my worlds until the dissolution of all beings.

Note on the text: Corrected संप्लुवम् → संप्लवम् (misprint in Wikisource; ābhūtasaṃplava; CE saṃplavam). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1234-1235).

Verse 15 (14.103.15)

गृहं दीपप्रभायुक्तं शय्यासनविभूषितम् । भाजनोपस्करैर्युक्तं धनधान्यैरलङ्कृतम् । दासीगोभूमिसंयुक्तमन्यूनं सर्वसाधनैः ॥

gṛhaṃ dīpaprabhāyuktaṃ śayyāsanavibhūṣitam | bhājanopaskarairyuktaṃ dhanadhānyairalaṅkṛtam | dāsīgobhūmisaṃyuktamanyūnaṃ sarvasādhanaiḥ

A house bright with the glow of lamps, adorned with beds and seats, furnished with vessels and household goods, graced with wealth and grain, joined with maidservants, cattle and land, lacking nothing of any provision,

Note on the text: Recension variants: CE has 'dhānyapūrṇam' (1237) and 'saphalaṃ' (1238) for धनधान्यैः and अन्यूनं; Wikisource's readings kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1236-1238).

Verse 16 (14.103.16)

ब्राह्मणाय दरिद्राय श्रोत्रियाय युधिष्ठिर । दद्यात्सदक्षिणं यस्तु तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

brāhmaṇāya daridrāya śrotriyāya yudhiṣṭhira | dadyātsadakṣiṇaṃ yastu tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

to a poor Brahmin, a learned śrotriya, O Yudhishthira, he who gives such a house together with a fee, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1239-1240).

Verse 17 (14.103.17)

देवाः पितृगणाश्चैव ह्यग्नयो ऋषयस्तथा । प्रयच्छन्ति प्रहृष्टा वै यानमादित्यसन्निभम् ॥

devāḥ pitṛgaṇāścaiva hyagnayo ṛṣayastathā | prayacchanti prahṛṣṭā vai yānamādityasannibham

The gods, the hosts of ancestors, the fires and the sages gladly bestow on him a car that shines like the sun.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'agnayo' (1241) for ह्यग्नयो; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1241-1242).

Verse 18 (14.103.18)

तेन गच्छेच्छ्रिया युक्तो ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम् । स्त्रीसहस्रावृते रम्ये भवने तत्र काञ्चने । मोदते ब्रह्मलोकस्थो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥

tena gacchecchriyā yukto brahmalokamanuttamam | strīsahasrāvṛte ramye bhavane tatra kāñcane | modate brahmalokastho yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

In it, full of splendour, he goes to the unsurpassed world of Brahma. In a lovely golden palace there, thronged by a thousand women, he rejoices, dwelling in Brahma's world until the dissolution of beings.

Note on the text: Corrected सप्लवम् → संप्लवम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; ābhūtasaṃplava, CE saṃplavam). Recension variant: CE has 'divye' (1244) for रम्ये; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1243-1245).

Verse 19 (14.103.19)

शय्यां प्रस्तरणोपेतां यः प्रयच्छति पाण्डव । अर्चयित्वा द्विजं भक्त्या वस्त्रमाल्यानुलेपनैः । भोजयित्वा विचित्रान्नं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

śayyāṃ prastaraṇopetāṃ yaḥ prayacchati pāṇḍava | arcayitvā dvijaṃ bhaktyā vastramālyānulepanaiḥ | bhojayitvā vicitrānnaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who gives a bed with its coverings, O Pandava, after honouring a twice-born with devotion by gifts of clothes, garlands and unguents and feeding him with varied food, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected शय्यं → शय्यां (misprint in Wikisource; accusative of शय्या required; CE śayyāṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1246-1248).

Verse 20 (14.103.20)

धेनुदानस्य यत्पुण्यं विधिदत्तस्य पाण्डव । तत्पुण्यं तमनुप्राप्य पितृलोके महीयते ॥

dhenudānasya yatpuṇyaṃ vidhidattasya pāṇḍava | tatpuṇyaṃ tamanuprāpya pitṛloke mahīyate

The merit of a cow given according to rule, O Pandava, that merit he obtains, and he is honoured in the world of the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1249-1250).

Verse 21 (14.103.21)

शिल्पमध्ययनं वाऽपि विद्यां मन्त्रौषधानि च । यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

śilpamadhyayanaṃ vā'pi vidyāṃ mantrauṣadhāni ca | yaḥ prayacchati viprāya tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who gives a Brahmin a craft, a course of study, learning, mantras and herbs, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1251-1252).

Verse 22 (14.103.22)

आहिताग्निसहस्रस्य पूजितस्यैव यत्फलम् । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति यस्तु शय्यां प्रयच्छति ॥

āhitāgnisahasrasya pūjitasyaiva yatphalam | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti yastu śayyāṃ prayacchati

The fruit that comes of duly honouring a thousand keepers of the sacred fires, that fruit of merit he gains who gives a bed.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रयच्चति → प्रयच्छति (misprint in Wikisource; च्च for च्छ; CE prayacchati). Recension variant: CE has 'vidyāṃ prayacchati' (1254) for यस्तु शय्यां; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1253-1254).

Verse 23 (14.103.23)

छन्दोभिः संप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन विराजता । सप्तर्षिलोकान्व्रजति पूज्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥

chandobhiḥ saṃprayuktena vimānena virājatā | saptarṣilokānvrajati pūjyate brahmavādibhiḥ

In a radiant aerial car yoked with the Vedic metres he goes to the worlds of the Seven Sages and is revered by the knowers of Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1255-1256).

Verse 24 (14.103.24)

चतुर्युगानि वै त्रिंशत्क्रीडित्वा तत्र देववत् । इह मानुष्यके लोके विप्रो भवति वेदवित् ॥

caturyugāni vai triṃśatkrīḍitvā tatra devavat | iha mānuṣyake loke vipro bhavati vedavit

Having sported there like a god for thirty cycles of four yugas, he is born here in the human world as a Brahmin who knows the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1257-1258).

Verse 25 (14.103.25)

विश्रामयति यो विप्रं श्रान्तमध्वनि कर्शितम् । विनश्यति तदा पापं तस्य वर्षकृतं नृप ॥

viśrāmayati yo vipraṃ śrāntamadhvani karśitam | vinaśyati tadā pāpaṃ tasya varṣakṛtaṃ nṛpa

He who gives rest to a Brahmin worn out and wasted on the road, the sin that man committed over a year is destroyed at that moment, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected कविनश्यति → विनश्यति (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE vinaśyati). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1259-1260).

Verse 26 (14.103.26)

अथ प्रक्षालयेत्पादौ तस्य तोयेन भक्तिमान् । दशवर्षकृतं पापं व्यपोहति न संशयः ॥

atha prakṣālayetpādau tasya toyena bhaktimān | daśavarṣakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati na saṃśayaḥ

And if, with devotion, he washes the Brahmin's feet with water, he removes the sin of ten years; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1261-1262).

Verse 27 (14.103.27)

घृतेन वाऽथ तैलेन पादौ तस्य तु पूजयेत् । तद्द्वादशसमारूढं पापमाशु व्यपोहति ॥

ghṛtena vā'tha tailena pādau tasya tu pūjayet | taddvādaśasamārūḍhaṃ pāpamāśu vyapohati

Or if he honours his feet with ghee or oil, he quickly removes sin of twelve years' standing.

Note on the text: Corrected तद्द्वादसमारूढं → तद्द्वादशसमारूढं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; CE dvādaśasamārūḍham). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1263-1264).

Verse 28 (14.103.28)

धेनुकाञ्चनदत्तस्य यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति यस्त्वेनं विप्रमर्चयेत् ॥

dhenukāñcanadattasya yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti yastvenaṃ vipramarcayet

The merit declared for the gift of a cow and gold, that fruit of merit is gained by him who honours a Brahmin in this way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1265-1266).

Verse 29 (14.103.29)

स्वागतेन तु यो विप्रं पूजयेदासनेन च । प्रत्युत्थानेन वा राजन्स देवानां प्रियो भवेत् ॥

svāgatena tu yo vipraṃ pūjayedāsanena ca | pratyutthānena vā rājansa devānāṃ priyo bhavet

He who honours a Brahmin with a welcome and a seat, or by rising to meet him, O king, becomes dear to the gods.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'svāgatena ca' (1267) for स्वागतेन तु; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1267-1268).

Verse 30 (14.103.30)

स्वागतेनाग्नयो राजन्नासनेन शतक्रतुः । प्रत्युत्थानेन पितरः प्रीतिं यान्त्यतिथिप्रियाः ॥

svāgatenāgnayo rājannāsanena śatakratuḥ | pratyutthānena pitaraḥ prītiṃ yāntyatithipriyāḥ

By a welcome the fires are pleased, O king, by a seat Indra of the hundred sacrifices, and by rising the ancestors, who are fond of guests.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीति यान्त्य → प्रीतिं यान्त्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE prītiṃ yānty). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1269-1270).

Verse 31 (14.103.31)

अग्निशक्रपितॄणां च तेषां प्रीत्या नराधिप । संवत्सरकृतं पापं तस्य सद्यो विनश्यति ॥

agniśakrapitṝṇāṃ ca teṣāṃ prītyā narādhipa | saṃvatsarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya sadyo vinaśyati

Through the pleasure of Agni, Indra and the ancestors, O lord of men, the sin he has committed in a year is destroyed at once.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1271-1272).

Verse 32 (14.103.32)

यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय आसनं माल्यभूषितम् । स याति मणिचित्रेण रथेनेन्द्रनिकेतनम् ॥

yaḥ prayacchati viprāya āsanaṃ mālyabhūṣitam | sa yāti maṇicitreṇa rathenendraniketanam

He who gives a Brahmin a seat decked with garlands goes in a car bright with varied jewels to the abode of Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1273-1274).

Verse 33 (14.103.33)

पुरन्दरासने तत्र दिव्यनारीविभूषितः । षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि क्रीडत्यप्सरसां गणैः ॥

purandarāsane tatra divyanārīvibhūṣitaḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi krīḍatyapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ

There, on the seat of Indra, adorned by divine women, he sports with troops of apsarases for sixty thousand years.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'puraṃdarapure' (1275) for पुरन्दरासने; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1275-1276).

Verse 34 (14.103.34)

वाहनं यः प्रयच्छेत ब्राह्मणाय युधिष्ठिर । स याति रत्नचित्रेण वाहनेन सुरालयम् ॥

vāhanaṃ yaḥ prayaccheta brāhmaṇāya yudhiṣṭhira | sa yāti ratnacitreṇa vāhanena surālayam

He who gives a conveyance to a Brahmin, O Yudhishthira, goes to the abode of the gods in a conveyance variegated with gems.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1277-1278).

Verse 35 (14.103.35)

स तत्र कामं क्रीडित्वा सेव्यमानोप्सरोगणैः । इह राजा भवेद्राजन्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

sa tatra kāmaṃ krīḍitvā sevyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ | iha rājā bhavedrājannātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Having sported there as he wishes, served by hosts of apsarases, he becomes a king here, O king; there is nothing to doubt in this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1279-1280).

Verse 36 (14.103.36)

पादपं पल्लवाकीर्णं पुष्पितं फलितं तथा । गन्धमाल्यैरथाभ्यर्च्य वस्त्राभरणभूषितम् ॥

pādapaṃ pallavākīrṇaṃ puṣpitaṃ phalitaṃ tathā | gandhamālyairathābhyarcya vastrābharaṇabhūṣitam

A tree covered with fresh shoots, in flower and in fruit, honoured with perfumes and garlands and adorned with clothes and ornaments,

Note on the text: Corrected पुष्पतिं → पुष्पितं (misprint in Wikisource; CE puṣpitaṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1281-1282).

Verse 37 (14.103.37)

यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय श्रोत्रियाय सदक्षिणम् । भोजयित्वा यथाकामं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

yaḥ prayacchati viprāya śrotriyāya sadakṣiṇam | bhojayitvā yathākāmaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

he who gives it together with a fee to a learned Brahmin and feeds him as he desires, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1283-1284).

Verse 38 (14.103.38)

जांबूनदविचित्रेण विमानेन विराजता । पुरन्दरपुरं याति जयशब्दरवैर्युतः ॥

jāṃbūnadavicitreṇa vimānena virājatā | purandarapuraṃ yāti jayaśabdaravairyutaḥ

In an aerial car resplendent with variegated Jambu-river gold, accompanied by shouts of victory, he goes to the city of Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1285-1286).

Verse 39 (14.103.39)

ततः शक्रपुरे रम्ये तस्य कल्पकपादपः । ददाति चेप्सितं सर्वं मनसा यद्यदिच्छति ॥

tataḥ śakrapure ramye tasya kalpakapādapaḥ | dadāti cepsitaṃ sarvaṃ manasā yadyadicchati

Then in the lovely city of Shakra a wish-fulfilling tree is his; it gives him everything he desires, whatever he wishes in his mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1287-1288).

Verse 40 (14.103.40)

यावन्ति तस्य पत्राणि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि शक्रलोके महीयते ॥

yāvanti tasya patrāṇi puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi śakraloke mahīyate

For as many leaves, flowers and fruits as that tree had, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of Shakra.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'svargaloke' (1290) for शक्रलोके; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1289-1290).

Verse 41 (14.103.41)

शक्रलोकावतीर्णश्च मानुष्यं लोकमागतः । रथाश्वगजसंपूर्णं पुरं राज्यं च रक्षति ॥

śakralokāvatīrṇaśca mānuṣyaṃ lokamāgataḥ | rathāśvagajasaṃpūrṇaṃ puraṃ rājyaṃ ca rakṣati

Descended from Shakra's world and come into the human world, he rules and protects a city and a kingdom full of chariots, horses and elephants.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्ष्यति → रक्षति (misprint in Wikisource; वक्ष्यति ("will say") makes no sense of the city and kingdom; CE rakṣati). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1291-1292).

Verse 42 (14.103.42)

स्थापयित्वा तु मद्भक्त्या यो मत्प्रतिकृतिं नरः । आलयं विधिवत्कृत्वा पूजाकर्म च कारयेत् । स्वयं वा पूजयेद्भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

sthāpayitvā tu madbhaktyā yo matpratikṛtiṃ naraḥ | ālayaṃ vidhivatkṛtvā pūjākarma ca kārayet | svayaṃ vā pūjayedbhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

The man who, out of devotion to me, sets up an image of me, builds a shrine for it according to rule and has worship performed, or worships it himself with devotion, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्प्रतिकृति नरः → मत्प्रतिकृतिं नरः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE matpratikṛtiṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1293-1295).

Verse 43 (14.103.43)

अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति मत्सालोक्यं प्रपद्यते । न जाने निर्गमं तस्य मम लोकाद्युधिष्ठिर ॥

aśvamedhasahasrasya yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti matsālokyaṃ prapadyate | na jāne nirgamaṃ tasya mama lokādyudhiṣṭhira

The merit declared for a thousand horse sacrifices he gains in full, and he attains nearness to my world. I know of no departure for him from my world, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1296-1298).

Verse 44 (14.103.44)

देवालये विप्रगृहे गोवाटे चत्वरेऽपि वा । प्रज्वालयति यो दीपं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

devālaye vipragṛhe govāṭe catvare'pi vā | prajvālayati yo dīpaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who lights a lamp in a temple, in a Brahmin's house, in a cowpen or at a crossroads, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1299-1300).

Verse 45 (14.103.45)

आरुह्य काञ्चनं यानं द्योतयन्सर्वतो दिशम् । गच्छेदादित्यलोकं स सेव्यमानः सुरोत्तमैः ॥

āruhya kāñcanaṃ yānaṃ dyotayansarvato diśam | gacchedādityalokaṃ sa sevyamānaḥ surottamaiḥ

Mounting a golden car that lights up every quarter, he goes to the world of the Sun, served by the best of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected आरुद्य → आरुह्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE āruhya). Corrected सुरोत्तमैः।।छ ॥ → सुरोत्तमैः ॥ (misprint in Wikisource; stray scribal mark "।।छ" removed). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1301-1302).

Verse 46 (14.103.46)

तत्र प्रकामं क्रीडित्वा वर्षकोटिं महातपाः । इह लोके भवेद्विप्रो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥

tatra prakāmaṃ krīḍitvā varṣakoṭiṃ mahātapāḥ | iha loke bhavedvipro vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

Having sported there at will for a crore of years, that great ascetic is born in this world as a Brahmin who has mastered the Vedas and their limbs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1303-1304).

Verse 47 (14.103.47)

देवालयेषु वा राजन्ब्राह्मणावसथेषु वा । चत्वरे वा चतुष्के वा रात्रौ वा यदि वा दिवा ॥

devālayeṣu vā rājanbrāhmaṇāvasatheṣu vā | catvare vā catuṣke vā rātrau vā yadi vā divā

In temples, O king, or in the dwellings of Brahmins, at crossroads or in squares, by night or by day,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1305-1306).

Verse 48 (14.103.48)

नानागन्धर्ववाद्यानि धर्मश्रावणिकानि च । यस्तु कारयते भक्त्या मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ॥

nānāgandharvavādyāni dharmaśrāvaṇikāni ca | yastu kārayate bhaktyā madgatenāntarātmanā

he who with devotion, his inmost self fixed on me, has various music of the gandharvas and recitations of dharma performed,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1307-1308).

Verse 49 (14.103.49)

तस्य देवा नरश्रेष्ठ पितरश्चापि हर्षिताः । सुप्रीताः संप्रयच्छन्ति विमानं कामगं सुखम् ॥

tasya devā naraśreṣṭha pitaraścāpi harṣitāḥ | suprītāḥ saṃprayacchanti vimānaṃ kāmagaṃ sukham

for him, O best of men, the gods and the ancestors are delighted, and they gladly grant him a pleasant aerial car that goes where he wishes.

Note on the text: Corrected संप्रयच्चन्ति → संप्रयच्छन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; च्च for च्छ; CE saṃprayacchanti). Recension variant: CE has 'śubham' (1310) for सुखम्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1309-1310).

Verse 50 (14.103.50)

स च तेन विमानेन याति देवपुरं नरः । तत्र दिव्याप्सरोभिस्तु सेव्यमानः प्रमोदते ॥

sa ca tena vimānena yāti devapuraṃ naraḥ | tatra divyāpsarobhistu sevyamānaḥ pramodate

In that car the man goes to the city of the gods, and there, served by divine apsarases, he rejoices.

Note on the text: Corrected पिमानेन → विमानेन (misprint in Wikisource; CE vimānena). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1311-1312).

Verse 51 (14.103.51)

देवलोकावतीर्णस्तु सोस्मिँल्लोके नराधिप । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्वज्ञो भोगवान्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

devalokāvatīrṇastu sosmim̐lloke narādhipa | vedavedāṅgatatvajño bhogavānbrāhmaṇo bhavet

Descended from the world of the gods into this world, O lord of men, he becomes a prosperous Brahmin who knows the truth of the Vedas and their limbs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1313-1314).

Verse 52 (14.103.52)

चत्वरे वा सभायां वा विस्तीर्णे वा सभाङ्गणे । कृत्वाऽग्निकुण्डं विपुलं स्थण्डिलं वा युधिष्ठिर ॥

catvare vā sabhāyāṃ vā vistīrṇe vā sabhāṅgaṇe | kṛtvā'gnikuṇḍaṃ vipulaṃ sthaṇḍilaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhira

At a crossroads, in an assembly hall, or in the wide courtyard of an assembly hall, having made a large fire-pit or a raised altar, O Yudhishthira,

Note on the text: Corrected विस्तीर्णि → विस्तीर्णे (misprint in Wikisource; CE vistīrṇe, agreeing with सभाङ्गणे). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1315-1316).

Verse 53 (14.103.53)

तत्राग्निं चतुरो मासाञ्ज्वालयेद्यस्तु भक्तिमान् । समाप्तेषु च मासेषु पौष्यादिषु ततो द्विजान् ॥

tatrāgniṃ caturo māsāñjvālayedyastu bhaktimān | samāpteṣu ca māseṣu pauṣyādiṣu tato dvijān

he who, full of devotion, keeps a fire burning there for four months, and when the months beginning with Pausha are completed, then feeds Brahmins

Note on the text: Corrected भक्तिमाम् → भक्तिमान् (misprint in Wikisource; CE bhaktimān). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1317-1318).

Verse 54 (14.103.54)

भोजयेत्पायसं मृष्टं मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना । दक्षिणां च यथाशक्ति ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेदयेत् ॥

bhojayetpāyasaṃ mṛṣṭaṃ madgatenāntarātmanā | dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśakti brāhmaṇebhyo nivedayet

with sweet milk-rice, his inmost self fixed on me, and offers a fee to the Brahmins according to his means.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्म्णेभ्यो → ब्राह्मणेभ्यो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; CE brāhmaṇebhyo). Corrected निवेदयत् → निवेदयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; optative required; CE nivedayet). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1319-1320).

Verse 55 (14.103.55)

एवमग्निं तु यः कुर्यान्नित्यमेवार्चयेत्तु माम् । तस्य पुण्यफलं यद्वै तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

evamagniṃ tu yaḥ kuryānnityamevārcayettu mām | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai tannibodha yudhiṣṭhira

He who makes a fire in this way and constantly worships me, hear, Yudhishthira, the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'evārcayaṃs tu mām' (1321) for नित्यमेवार्चयेत्तु माम्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1321-1322).

Verse 56 (14.103.56)

तेनाहं शङ्करश्चैव पितरो ह्यग्नयस्तथा । यास्यामः परमां प्रीतिं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

tenāhaṃ śaṅkaraścaiva pitaro hyagnayastathā | yāsyāmaḥ paramāṃ prītiṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Through him I and Shankara, the ancestors and the fires will reach supreme joy; there is nothing to doubt in this.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्याविचारणा → कार्या विचारणा (misprint in Wikisource; words run together; word division only). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1323-1324).

Verse 57 (14.103.57)

षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिं वर्षशतानि च । सोस्मत्प्रीतिकरः श्रीमान्मम लोके महीयते ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca | sosmatprītikaraḥ śrīmānmama loke mahīyate

For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years that glorious man, who gives us delight, is honoured in my world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1325-1326).

Verse 58 (14.103.58)

मम लोकावतीर्णश्च अस्मिँल्लोके महायशाः । वेदवेदाङ्गविद्विप्रो जायते राजपूजितः ॥

mama lokāvatīrṇaśca asmim̐lloke mahāyaśāḥ | vedavedāṅgavidvipro jāyate rājapūjitaḥ

Come down from my world into this one, that man of great fame is born as a Brahmin who knows the Veda and its limbs, honoured by kings.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'so ’smiṃl loke' (1327) for अस्मिँल्लोके; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1327-1328).

Verse 59 (14.103.59)

यः करोति नरश्रेष्ठ भरणं ब्राह्मणस्य तु । श्रोत्रियस्याभिजातस्य दरिद्रस्य विशेषतः । तस्य पुण्यफलं यद्वै तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

yaḥ karoti naraśreṣṭha bharaṇaṃ brāhmaṇasya tu | śrotriyasyābhijātasya daridrasya viśeṣataḥ | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai tannibodha yudhiṣṭhira

He who supports a Brahmin, O best of men, a learned śrotriya of good birth, and above all a poor one, hear, Yudhishthira, the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1329-1331).

Verse 60 (14.103.60)

गवां कोटिप्रदानेन यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्सर्वफलमाप्नोति वर्षेणैकेन पाण्डव ॥

gavāṃ koṭipradānena yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatsarvaphalamāpnoti varṣeṇaikena pāṇḍava

The merit that is declared for the gift of ten million cows, all of that fruit he obtains in a single year, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'tatpuṇyaphalam' (1333) for तत्सर्वफलम्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1332-1333).

Verse 61 (14.103.61)

काञ्चनेन विचित्रेण विमानेनार्कशोभिना । स याति मामकं लोकं दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितः ॥

kāñcanena vicitreṇa vimānenārkaśobhinā | sa yāti māmakaṃ lokaṃ divyastrīgaṇasevitaḥ

In a golden, variegated aerial car that shines like the sun he goes to my world, served by hosts of divine women.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'yānenāmbaraśobhinā' (1334) for विमानेनार्कशोभिना; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1334-1335).

Verse 62 (14.103.62)

गीयमानो वरस्त्रीभिर्वर्षाणां कोटिविंशतिम् । क्रीडित्वा मामके तत्र सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतः । मानुष्यमवतीर्णस्तु वेदविद्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

gīyamāno varastrībhirvarṣāṇāṃ koṭiviṃśatim | krīḍitvā māmake tatra sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ | mānuṣyamavatīrṇastu vedavidbrāhmaṇo bhavet

Sung to by excellent women, he sports in my world for twenty crores of years, praised there by all the gods; descending into the human world he becomes a Brahmin who knows the Veda.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'māmake loke tatra devair abhiṣṭutaḥ' (1337) for मामके तत्र सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतः; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1336-1338).

Verse 63 (14.103.63)

करकां कर्णिकां वाऽपि महद्वा जलभाजनम् । यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

karakāṃ karṇikāṃ vā'pi mahadvā jalabhājanam | yaḥ prayacchati viprāya tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

A water-pot, a handled vessel, or a large container for water, he who gives such a thing to a Brahmin, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'karakaṃ kuṇḍikāṃ' (1339) for करकां कर्णिकां; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1339-1340).

Verse 64 (14.103.64)

ब्रह्मकूर्चे तु यत्पीते फलं प्रोक्तं नराधिप । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति जलभाजनदो नरः । सुतृप्तः सर्वसौगन्धः प्रहृष्टेन्द्रियमानसः ॥

brahmakūrce tu yatpīte phalaṃ proktaṃ narādhipa | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti jalabhājanado naraḥ | sutṛptaḥ sarvasaugandhaḥ prahṛṣṭendriyamānasaḥ

The fruit declared for drinking the brahmakūrca, O ruler of men, the giver of a water vessel gains that fruit of merit; well satisfied, entirely fragrant, with senses and mind delighted,

Note on the text: Corrected नरादिप → नराधिप (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; the vocative narādhipa). Recension variants: CE has 'brahmakūrcena yat pīte … yathāvidhi' (1341) and 'sutṛptaḥ suprabhaḥ saumyaḥ' (1343); Wikisource's readings kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1341-1343).

Verse 65 (14.103.65)

हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन विराजता । स याति वारुणं लोकं दिव्यगन्धर्वसेवितम् ॥

haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena virājatā | sa yāti vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ divyagandharvasevitam

in an aerial car adorned with swans and cranes he goes to the world of Varuna, a world attended by divine gandharvas.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'divyagandharvasevitaḥ' (1345), the traveller served by gandharvas; Wikisource has सेवितम् (the world served); Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1344-1345).

Verse 66 (14.103.66)

पानीयं यः प्रयच्छेद्वै जीवानां जीवनं परम् । ग्रीष्मे च त्रिषु मासेषु तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

pānīyaṃ yaḥ prayacchedvai jīvānāṃ jīvanaṃ param | grīṣme ca triṣu māseṣu tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who gives drinking water, the highest sustenance of living beings, in the three summer months, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'grīṣmakeṣu ca māseṣu' (1347) for ग्रीष्मे च त्रिषु मासेषु; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1346-1347).

Verse 67 (14.103.67)

कपिलाकोटिदानस्य यत्पुण्यं तु विधीयते । तत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति पानीयं यः प्रयच्छति ॥

kapilākoṭidānasya yatpuṇyaṃ tu vidhīyate | tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti pānīyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati

The merit ordained for the gift of ten million tawny cows he gains who gives drinking water.

Note on the text: Corrected कपिलाकोटिनानस्य → कपिलाकोटिदानस्य (misprint in Wikisource; न for द; CE kapilākoṭidānasya). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1348-1349).

Verse 68 (14.103.68)

पूर्णचन्द्रप्रकाशेन विमानेन विराजता । स गच्छेच्चन्द्रभवनं सेव्यमानोप्सरोगणैः ॥

pūrṇacandraprakāśena vimānena virājatā | sa gaccheccandrabhavanaṃ sevyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ

In an aerial car shining like the full moon he goes to the abode of the moon, served by troops of apsarases.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रकासेन → प्रकाशेन (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; CE prakāśena). Recension variant: CE has 'gacchec cendrasadanaṃ' (1351) for गच्छेच्चन्द्रभवनं; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1350-1351).

Verse 69 (14.103.69)

त्रिंशत्कोटियुगं तत्र दिव्यगन्धर्वसेवितः । क्रीडित्वा मानुषे लोके चतुर्वेदी द्विजो भवेत् ॥

triṃśatkoṭiyugaṃ tatra divyagandharvasevitaḥ | krīḍitvā mānuṣe loke caturvedī dvijo bhavet

Having sported there for thirty crore yugas, served by divine gandharvas, he becomes in the human world a twice-born who knows the four Vedas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1352-1353).

Verse 70 (14.103.70)

शिरोभ्यङ्गप्रदानेन तेजस्वी प्रियदर्शनः । सुभगो रूपवाञ्शूरः पण्डितश्च भवेद्द्विजः ॥

śirobhyaṅgapradānena tejasvī priyadarśanaḥ | subhago rūpavāñśūraḥ paṇḍitaśca bhaveddvijaḥ

By the gift of oil for anointing the head, a twice-born becomes radiant, pleasing to look at, fortunate, handsome, brave and learned.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1354-1355).

Verse 71 (14.103.71)

वस्त्रदायी तु तेजस्वी सर्वत्र प्रियदर्शनः । सुभगो भवति श्रीमान्स्त्रीणां नित्यं मनोरमः ॥

vastradāyī tu tejasvī sarvatra priyadarśanaḥ | subhago bhavati śrīmānstrīṇāṃ nityaṃ manoramaḥ

The giver of clothing becomes radiant and pleasing to look at everywhere, fortunate and prosperous, ever charming to women.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'sukhabhogapatiḥ' (1357) for सुभगो भवति; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1356-1357).

Verse 72 (14.103.72)

उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च यो ददाति नरोत्तमः । स याति रथमुख्येन काञ्चनेन विराजता । शक्रलोकं महातेजाः सेव्यमानोप्सरोगणैः ॥

upānahau ca cchatraṃ ca yo dadāti narottamaḥ | sa yāti rathamukhyena kāñcanena virājatā | śakralokaṃ mahātejāḥ sevyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ

The best of men who gives sandals and an umbrella goes in a splendid golden chariot, the foremost of chariots, to the world of Shakra, a man of great radiance served by troops of apsarases.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'naramukhyena' (1359) for रथमुख्येन; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1358-1360).

Verse 73 (14.103.73)

काष्ठपादुकदा यान्ति विमानैर्वृक्षनिर्मितैः । धर्मराजपुरं रम्यं सेव्यमानाः सुरोत्तमैः ॥

kāṣṭhapādukadā yānti vimānairvṛkṣanirmitaiḥ | dharmarājapuraṃ ramyaṃ sevyamānāḥ surottamaiḥ

Those who give wooden sandals go in aerial cars made of wood to the lovely city of Dharmaraja, served by the best of the gods.

Note on the text: Recension variants: CE has 'kāṣṭhapādukado yāti vimānair vṛṣanirmitaiḥ' and 'sevyamāno ’psarottamaiḥ' (1361-1362); Wikisource's readings kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1361-1362).

Verse 74 (14.103.74)

दन्तकाष्ठप्रदानेन प्रियवाक्यो भवेन्नरः । सुगन्धवदनः श्रीमान्मेधासौभाग्यसंयुतः ॥

dantakāṣṭhapradānena priyavākyo bhavennaraḥ | sugandhavadanaḥ śrīmānmedhāsaubhāgyasaṃyutaḥ

By the gift of a tooth-stick a man becomes sweet of speech, sweet of breath, prosperous, endowed with intelligence and good fortune.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रादनेन → प्रदानेन (misprint in Wikisource; CE pradānena). Corrected मेदासौभाग्य → मेधासौभाग्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE medhāsaubhāgya). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1363-1364).

Verse 75 (14.103.75)

क्षीरं दधि घृतं वाऽपि गुडं मधुरसं तथा । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यः परां भक्तिमुपागताः ॥

kṣīraṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ vā'pi guḍaṃ madhurasaṃ tathā | ye prayacchanti viprebhyaḥ parāṃ bhaktimupāgatāḥ

Those men who, filled with supreme devotion, give Brahmins milk, curds, ghee, jaggery or sweet syrup,

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'bhaktiṃ gatā narāḥ' (1366) for भक्तिमुपागताः; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1365-1366).

Verse 76 (14.103.76)

ते वृषैरश्वयानैश्च श्वेतस्रग्दामभूषिताः । उपगीयमाना गन्धर्वैर्यान्तीश्वरपुरं नराः ॥

te vṛṣairaśvayānaiśca śvetasragdāmabhūṣitāḥ | upagīyamānā gandharvairyāntīśvarapuraṃ narāḥ

adorned with white garlands and wreaths, go on bulls and in horse-drawn cars to the city of Ishvara, sung to by gandharvas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1367-1368).

Verse 77 (14.103.77)

तत्र दिव्याप्सरोभिस्तु सेव्यमाना यथासुखम् । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि मोदन्ते देवसन्निभाः ॥

tatra divyāpsarobhistu sevyamānā yathāsukham | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi modante devasannibhāḥ

There, served at ease by divine apsarases, they rejoice, like gods, for sixty thousand years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1369-1370).

Verse 78 (14.103.78)

ततः कालावतीर्णाश्च जायन्ते त्विह मानवाः । प्रभूतधनधान्याश्च भोगवन्तो नरोत्तमाः ॥

tataḥ kālāvatīrṇāśca jāyante tviha mānavāḥ | prabhūtadhanadhānyāśca bhogavanto narottamāḥ

Then, when their time is over, they are born here as men, best of men, rich in wealth and grain and given to enjoyment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1371-1372).

Verse 79 (14.103.79)

वैशाखे मासि वैशाखे दिवसे पाण्डुनन्दन । वैवस्वतं समुद्दिश्य परां भक्तिमुपागताः ॥

vaiśākhe māsi vaiśākhe divase pāṇḍunandana | vaivasvataṃ samuddiśya parāṃ bhaktimupāgatāḥ

In the month of Vaishakha, on a Vaishakha day, O son of Pandu, those who approach with supreme devotion, with Vaivasvata in mind,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1373-1374).

Verse 80 (14.103.80)

अभ्यर्च्य विधिवद्विप्रांस्तिलान्गुडसमन्वितान् । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्तेषां पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

abhyarcya vidhivadviprāṃstilānguḍasamanvitān | ye prayacchanti viprebhyasteṣāṃ puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

duly honour Brahmins and give them sesame seeds mixed with jaggery, hear the fruit of their merit.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'guḍasamāyutān' (1375) for गुडसमन्वितान्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1375-1376).

Verse 81 (14.103.81)

गोप्रदानेन यत्पुण्यं विधिवत्पाण्डुनन्दन । तत्पुण्यं समनुप्राप्तो यमलोके महीयते । ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह राजा भविष्यति ॥

gopradānena yatpuṇyaṃ vidhivatpāṇḍunandana | tatpuṇyaṃ samanuprāpto yamaloke mahīyate | tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha rājā bhaviṣyati

The merit that comes from giving a cow according to rule, O son of Pandu, having attained that merit he is honoured in the world of Yama, and falling from there in time he will become a king here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1377-1379).

Verse 82 (14.103.82)

तस्मिन्नेव दिने विप्रान्भोजयित्वा सुदक्षिणम् । तोयपूर्णानि दिव्यानि भाजनानि दिशन्ति ये ॥

tasminneva dine viprānbhojayitvā sudakṣiṇam | toyapūrṇāni divyāni bhājanāni diśanti ye

Those who on that very day feed Brahmins well with a fee and give them fine vessels filled with water

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'sadakṣiṇam' (1380) for सुदक्षिणम्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1380-1381).

Verse 83 (14.103.83)

ते यान्त्यादित्यवर्णाभैर्विमानैर्वरुणालयम् । तत्र दिव्याङ्गनाभिस्तु रमन्ते कामकामिनः ॥

te yāntyādityavarṇābhairvimānairvaruṇālayam | tatra divyāṅganābhistu ramante kāmakāminaḥ

go in aerial cars of the colour of the sun to the abode of Varuna; there they delight with divine women and have their desires fulfilled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1382-1383).

Verse 84 (14.103.84)

ततोऽवतीर्णाः कालेन ते चास्मिन्मानुषे पुनः । भोगवन्तो द्विजश्रेष्ठ भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

tato'vatīrṇāḥ kālena te cāsminmānuṣe punaḥ | bhogavanto dvijaśreṣṭha bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Descending from there in time, they will be born again in this human world as the best of the twice-born, enjoyers of pleasures, without any doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1384-1385).

Verse 85 (14.103.85)

अनन्तराशी यश्चापि वर्तते व्रतवत्सदा । सत्यवाक्क्रोधरहितः शुचिः स्नानरतः सदा । स विमानेन दिव्येन याति शक्रपुरं नरः ॥

anantarāśī yaścāpi vartate vratavatsadā | satyavākkrodharahitaḥ śuciḥ snānarataḥ sadā | sa vimānena divyena yāti śakrapuraṃ naraḥ

He who always lives as though under a vow, taking food only in regular course, truthful in speech, free of anger, pure and ever devoted to bathing, goes in a divine aerial car to the city of Shakra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1386-1388).

Verse 86 (14.103.86)

तत्र दिव्याप्सरोभिस्तु वर्षकोटिं महातपाः । क्रीडित्वा मानुषे लोके जायते वेदविद्द्विजः ॥

tatra divyāpsarobhistu varṣakoṭiṃ mahātapāḥ | krīḍitvā mānuṣe loke jāyate vedaviddvijaḥ

There, with divine apsarases, that great ascetic sports for a crore of years, and in the human world he is born a twice-born who knows the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1389-1390).

Verse 87 (14.103.87)

एकभुक्तेन यश्चापि वर्षमेकं तु वर्तते । ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधः सत्यशौचसमन्वितः । स विमानेन दिव्येन याति शक्रपुरं नरः ॥

ekabhuktena yaścāpi varṣamekaṃ tu vartate | brahmacārī jitakrodhaḥ satyaśaucasamanvitaḥ | sa vimānena divyena yāti śakrapuraṃ naraḥ

He who lives for one year on a single meal a day, as a celibate student, his anger conquered, endowed with truth and purity, goes in a divine aerial car to the city of Shakra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1391-1393).

Verse 88 (14.103.88)

दशकोटिसहस्राणि क्रीडित्वाऽप्सरसां गणैः । इह मानुष्यके लोके वेदविद्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi krīḍitvā'psarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | iha mānuṣyake loke vedavidbrāhmaṇo bhavet

Having sported with troops of apsarases for ten thousand crores of years, he becomes here in the human world a Brahmin who knows the Veda.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'brāhmaṇo vedavid bhavet' (1395) for वेदविद्ब्राह्मणो भवेत्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1394-1395).

Verse 89 (14.103.89)

चतुर्थकाले यो भुङ्क्ते ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः । वर्तते चैकवर्षं तु तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

caturthakāle yo bhuṅkte brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | vartate caikavarṣaṃ tu tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

The celibate who has conquered his senses and eats only at the fourth mealtime, and continues so for one year, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'caturthakālaṃ yo bhuṅkte' (1396) for चतुर्थकाले यो भुङ्क्ते; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1396-1397).

Verse 90 (14.103.90)

चित्रबर्हिणयुक्तेन विचित्रध्वजशोभिना । याति यानेन दिव्येन स महेन्द्रपुरं नरः ॥

citrabarhiṇayuktena vicitradhvajaśobhinā | yāti yānena divyena sa mahendrapuraṃ naraḥ

In a divine car yoked with many-coloured peacocks and shining with variegated banners, that man goes to the city of Mahendra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1398-1399).

Verse 91 (14.103.91)

अकृशाभिर्वरस्त्रीभिः सेव्यमानो यथासुखम् । ततो द्वादशकोटिं स समाः सम्यक्प्रमोदते ॥

akṛśābhirvarastrībhiḥ sevyamāno yathāsukham | tato dvādaśakoṭiṃ sa samāḥ samyakpramodate

Served at ease by excellent women of full form, he then rejoices fully for twelve crore years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1400-1401).

Verse 92 (14.103.92)

शक्रलोकावतीर्णस्तु लोके चास्मिन्नराधिप । भवेद्वै ब्राह्मणो विद्वान्क्षमावान्वेदपारगः ॥

śakralokāvatīrṇastu loke cāsminnarādhipa | bhavedvai brāhmaṇo vidvānkṣamāvānvedapāragaḥ

Descended from Shakra's world into this one, O lord of men, he becomes a learned Brahmin, patient and a master of the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1402-1403).

Verse 93 (14.103.93)

षष्ठकाले तु योऽश्नाति वर्षमेकमकल्मषः । ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतैर्युक्तः शुचिः क्रोधविवर्जितः । तपोयुक्तस्य तस्याथ शृणुष्व फलमुत्तमम् ॥

ṣaṣṭhakāle tu yo'śnāti varṣamekamakalmaṣaḥ | brahmacaryavratairyuktaḥ śuciḥ krodhavivarjitaḥ | tapoyuktasya tasyātha śṛṇuṣva phalamuttamam

He who eats at the sixth mealtime for one year, free of stain, bound by vows of celibacy, pure and free of anger, hear the excellent fruit for that man rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected शुचि क्रोध → शुचिः क्रोध (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; CE śuciḥ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1404-1406).

Verse 94 (14.103.94)

अत्यादित्यप्रकाशेन विमानेनार्कसंनिभः । स याति मम लोकान्वै दिव्यनारीनिषेवितः ॥

atyādityaprakāśena vimānenārkasaṃnibhaḥ | sa yāti mama lokānvai divyanārīniṣevitaḥ

In an aerial car that outshines the sun, himself like the sun, he goes to my worlds, attended by divine women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1407-1408).

Verse 95 (14.103.95)

तत्र साध्यैर्मरुद्भिस्तु पूज्यमानो यथासुखम् । पश्यन्नेव सदा मां तु क्रीडत्यप्सरसां गणैः ॥

tatra sādhyairmarudbhistu pūjyamāno yathāsukham | paśyanneva sadā māṃ tu krīḍatyapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ

There, honoured at ease by the Sadhyas and the Maruts, always gazing at me, he plays with troops of apsarases.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'marudbhiś ca' (1409) for मरुद्भिस्तु; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1409-1410).

Verse 96 (14.103.96)

पक्षोपवासं यश्चापि कुरुते मद्गतात्मना । समाप्ते तु व्रते तस्मिंस्तर्पयेच्छ्रोत्रियान्द्विजान् ॥

pakṣopavāsaṃ yaścāpi kurute madgatātmanā | samāpte tu vrate tasmiṃstarpayecchrotriyāndvijān

He who, with his mind on me, keeps a fast for a fortnight, and when the vow is ended satisfies learned twice-born Brahmins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1411-1412).

Verse 97 (14.103.97)

सोपि गच्छति दिव्येन विमानेन महातपाः । द्योतयन्प्रभया व्योम मम लोकं प्रपद्यते । स तत्र मोदते कामं कामरूपी यथासुखम् ॥

sopi gacchati divyena vimānena mahātapāḥ | dyotayanprabhayā vyoma mama lokaṃ prapadyate | sa tatra modate kāmaṃ kāmarūpī yathāsukham

he too, a great ascetic, goes in a divine aerial car, lighting the sky with his radiance, and attains my world. There he rejoices as he wishes, taking any form he pleases, at ease.

Note on the text: Corrected द्योतयनप्रभया → द्योतयन्प्रभया (misprint in Wikisource; stray अ; CE dyotayan prabhayā). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1413-1415).

Verse 98 (14.103.98)

त्रिंशत्कोटिसमा राजन्क्रीडित्वा तत्र देववत् । इह मानुष्यके लोके पूजनीयो द्विजो भवेत् । त्रयाणामपि वेदानां साङ्गानां पारगो भवेत् ॥

triṃśatkoṭisamā rājankrīḍitvā tatra devavat | iha mānuṣyake loke pūjanīyo dvijo bhavet | trayāṇāmapi vedānāṃ sāṅgānāṃ pārago bhavet

Having sported there like a god for thirty crore years, O king, he becomes in this human world a revered Brahmin, a master of the three Vedas with their limbs.

Note on the text: Corrected पारगे → पारगो (misprint in Wikisource; CE pārago, agreeing with the subject). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1416-1418).

Verse 99 (14.103.99)

यश्च मासोपवासं वै कुरुते मद्गतात्मना । जितेन्द्रियो जितक्रोधोजितधीः स्नानतत्परः ॥

yaśca māsopavāsaṃ vai kurute madgatātmanā | jitendriyo jitakrodhojitadhīḥ snānatatparaḥ

And he who, with his mind on me, fasts for a month, controlling his senses, his anger and his mind, devoted to bathing,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1419-1420).

Verse 100 (14.103.100)

समाप्ते नियमे तत्र भोजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान् । दक्षिणां च ततो दद्यात्प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ॥

samāpte niyame tatra bhojayitvā dvijottamān | dakṣiṇāṃ ca tato dadyātprahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā

when the observance is ended feeds the best of the twice-born and then, with a glad inner self, gives them a fee,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1421-1422).

Verse 101 (14.103.101)

स गच्छति महातेजा ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम् । सिंहयुक्तेन यानेन दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितः ॥

sa gacchati mahātejā brahmalokamanuttamam | siṃhayuktena yānena divyastrīgaṇasevitaḥ

that greatly radiant man goes to the unsurpassed world of Brahma, in a car yoked with lions, served by hosts of divine women.

Note on the text: Corrected मनु****म् → मनुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; asterisks mark lost letters; restored from CE anuttamam). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1423-1424).

Verse 102 (14.103.102)

स तत्र ब्रह्मणो लोके दिव्यर्षिगणसेवितः । शतकोटिसमा राजन्यथाकामं प्रमोदते ॥

sa tatra brahmaṇo loke divyarṣigaṇasevitaḥ | śatakoṭisamā rājanyathākāmaṃ pramodate

There in Brahma's world, served by hosts of divine sages, he rejoices as he wishes for a hundred crore years, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1425-1426).

Verse 103 (14.103.103)

ततः कालावतीर्णश्च सोस्मिँल्लोके द्विजो भवेत् । षडङ्गविच्चतुर्वेदी त्रिंशज्जन्मान्यरोगवान् ॥

tataḥ kālāvatīrṇaśca sosmim̐lloke dvijo bhavet | ṣaḍaṅgaviccaturvedī triṃśajjanmānyarogavān

Then, descending in time, he becomes a twice-born in this world, who knows the six limbs of the Veda, master of the four Vedas, free of disease for thirty births.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1427-1428).

Verse 104 (14.103.104)

यस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वकर्माणि शुचिः क्रोधविवर्जितः । महाप्रस्थानमेकाग्रो याति मद्गतमानसः ॥

yastyaktvā sarvakarmāṇi śuciḥ krodhavivarjitaḥ | mahāprasthānamekāgro yāti madgatamānasaḥ

He who gives up all works, pure and free of anger, single-minded and with his mind on me, sets out on the great departure,

Note on the text: Corrected महाप्रस्तानमेकाग्नो → महाप्रस्थानमेकाग्रो (misprint in Wikisource; CE mahāprasthānam ekāgro). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1429-1430).

Verse 105 (14.103.105)

स गच्छेदिन्द्रसदनं विमानेन महातपाः । महामणिविचित्रेण सौवर्णेन विराजता ॥

sa gacchedindrasadanaṃ vimānena mahātapāḥ | mahāmaṇivicitreṇa sauvarṇena virājatā

that great ascetic goes to the abode of Indra in a shining golden aerial car, variegated with great jewels.

Note on the text: Corrected सौवर्णन → सौवर्णेन (misprint in Wikisource; CE sauvarṇena). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1431-1432).

Verse 106 (14.103.106)

शतकोटिसमास्तत्र सुराधिपतिपूजितः । नाकपृष्ठे निवसति दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितः ॥

śatakoṭisamāstatra surādhipatipūjitaḥ | nākapṛṣṭhe nivasati divyastrīgaṇasevitaḥ

For a hundred crore years, honoured by the lord of the gods, he dwells in the vault of heaven, served by hosts of divine women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1433-1434).

Verse 107 (14.103.107)

शक्रलोकावतीर्णश्च मानुषेषूपजायते । राज्ञां राजा महातेजाः सर्वलोकार्चितः प्रभुः ॥

śakralokāvatīrṇaśca mānuṣeṣūpajāyate | rājñāṃ rājā mahātejāḥ sarvalokārcitaḥ prabhuḥ

Descended from Shakra's world, he is born among men as a king of kings, greatly radiant, a lord honoured in all the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1435-1436).

Verse 108 (14.103.108)

प्रायोपवेशं यश्चापि कुरुते मद्गतात्मना । नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवायेत्युक्त्वा मन्त्रं समाहितः । अन्तःस्वस्थो जितक्रोधस्तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

prāyopaveśaṃ yaścāpi kurute madgatātmanā | namo brahmaṇyadevāyetyuktvā mantraṃ samāhitaḥ | antaḥsvastho jitakrodhastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

And he who, with his mind on me, undertakes the fast unto death, collected, with the mantra "Homage to the god who loves Brahmins" on his lips, inwardly composed and with anger conquered, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1437-1439).

Verse 109 (14.103.109)

कामगः कामरूपी च बालसूर्यसमप्रभः । स विमानेन दिव्येन याति लोकाननामयान् ॥

kāmagaḥ kāmarūpī ca bālasūryasamaprabhaḥ | sa vimānena divyena yāti lokānanāmayān

Moving at will, taking any form he wishes, with the radiance of the young sun, he goes in a divine aerial car to worlds free of affliction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1440-1441).

Verse 110 (14.103.110)

स्वर्गात्स्वर्गं महातेजा गत्वा चैव यथासुखम् । मम लोकेषु रमते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥

svargātsvargaṃ mahātejā gatvā caiva yathāsukham | mama lokeṣu ramate yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Going from heaven to heaven at ease, that greatly radiant one delights in my worlds until the dissolution of beings.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वर्गत्स्वर्गं → स्वर्गात्स्वर्गं (misprint in Wikisource; CE svargāt svargaṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1442-1443).

Verse 111 (14.103.111)

अग्निप्रवेशं यश्चापि कुरुते मद्गतात्मना । सोपि यानेन दिव्येन मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

agnipraveśaṃ yaścāpi kurute madgatātmanā | sopi yānena divyena mama lokaṃ prapadyate

And he who, with his mind on me, enters the fire, he too attains my world in a divine car.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1444-1445).

Verse 112 (14.103.112)

तत्र सर्वगुणोपेतः पश्यन्नेव स मां सदा । त्रिंशत्कोटिसमा राजन्मोदते मम संनिधौ । ततोऽवतीर्णः कालेन वेदविद्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

tatra sarvaguṇopetaḥ paśyanneva sa māṃ sadā | triṃśatkoṭisamā rājanmodate mama saṃnidhau | tato'vatīrṇaḥ kālena vedavidbrāhmaṇo bhavet

There, endowed with every excellence, always seeing me, he rejoices in my presence for thirty crore years, O king. Then, descending in time, he becomes a Brahmin who knows the Veda.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'tataḥ sarvaguṇopetaḥ paśyann api sa māṃ sadā' (1446) for तत्र … पश्यन्नेव; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1446-1448).

Verse 113 (14.103.113)

कर्षणं साधयन्यस्तु मां प्रपन्नः शुचिव्रतः । नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवायेत्येतन्मन्त्रमुदाहरन् ॥

karṣaṇaṃ sādhayanyastu māṃ prapannaḥ śucivrataḥ | namo brahmaṇyadevāyetyetanmantramudāharan

He who, pure in his vows, having taken refuge in me, practises bodily mortification, repeating this mantra, "Homage to the god who loves Brahmins,

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'māṃ prasannaḥ' (1449) for मां प्रपन्नः; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1449-1450).

Verse 114 (14.103.114)

बालसूर्यप्रकाशेन विमानेन विराजता । मम लोकं समासाद्य वर्षकोटिं प्रमोदते । मम लोकावतीर्णश्च सोस्मिँल्लोके नृपो भवेत् ॥

bālasūryaprakāśena vimānena virājatā | mama lokaṃ samāsādya varṣakoṭiṃ pramodate | mama lokāvatīrṇaśca sosmim̐lloke nṛpo bhavet

in an aerial car shining like the young sun reaches my world and rejoices for a crore of years. Descended from my world, he becomes a king in this world.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'ṣaṭkoṭiṃ tu pramodate' (1452) for वर्षकोटिं प्रमोदते; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1451-1453).

Verse 115 (14.103.115)

निवेशयति मन्मूर्त्यामात्मानं मद्गतः शुचिः । रुद्रदक्षिणमूर्त्यां वा चतुर्दश्यां विशेषतः ॥

niveśayati manmūrtyāmātmānaṃ madgataḥ śuciḥ | rudradakṣiṇamūrtyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

He who, devoted to me and pure, places himself in my image, or in the southern form of Rudra, especially on the fourteenth day of the lunar fortnight,

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'manmūrtyā ātmānaṃ' (1454) for मन्मूर्त्यामात्मानं; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1454-1455).

Verse 116 (14.103.116)

सिद्धैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिश्चैव देवलोकैश्च पूजितः । गन्धर्वैर्भूतसङ्घैश्च गीयमानो महातपाः ॥

siddhairbrahmarṣibhiścaiva devalokaiśca pūjitaḥ | gandharvairbhūtasaṅghaiśca gīyamāno mahātapāḥ

honoured by the Siddhas, the Brahmarishis and the worlds of the gods, sung to by the gandharvas and troops of beings, that great ascetic

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1456-1457).

Verse 117 (14.103.117)

प्रविशेत्स महातेजा मां वा शङ्करमेव वा । न स्यात्पुनर्भवो राजन्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

praviśetsa mahātejā māṃ vā śaṅkarameva vā | na syātpunarbhavo rājannātra kāryā vicāraṇā

that greatly radiant man enters either me or Shankara. For him there is no rebirth, O king; there is nothing to doubt in this.

Note on the text: Recension variant: CE has 'tasyāpunarbhavaṃ (sic) rājan' (1459) for न स्यात्पुनर्भवो राजन्; Wikisource's reading kept. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1458-1459).

Verse 118 (14.103.118)

गोकृते स्त्रीकृते चैव गुरुविप्रकृतेऽपि वा । हन्यन्ते ये तु राजेन्द्र शक्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते ॥

gokṛte strīkṛte caiva guruviprakṛte'pi vā | hanyante ye tu rājendra śakralokaṃ vrajanti te

Those who are slain for the sake of a cow, a woman, a teacher or a Brahmin, O best of kings, go to the world of Shakra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1460-1461).

Verse 119 (14.103.119)

तत्र जांबूनदमये विमाने कामगामिनि । मन्वन्तरं प्रमोदन्ते दिव्यनारीनिषेविताः ॥

tatra jāṃbūnadamaye vimāne kāmagāmini | manvantaraṃ pramodante divyanārīniṣevitāḥ

There, in a golden aerial car of Jambu-river gold that goes where they wish, served by divine women, they rejoice for a whole manvantara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1462-1463).

Verse 120 (14.103.120)

आश्रुतस्याप्रदानेन दत्तस्य हरणेन च । जन्मप्रभृति यद्दत्तं सर्वं नश्यति भारत ॥

āśrutasyāpradānena dattasya haraṇena ca | janmaprabhṛti yaddattaṃ sarvaṃ naśyati bhārata

By not giving what was promised, and by taking back what was given, all that a man has given from birth onward is lost, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-120 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1464-1465), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.

Verse 121 (14.103.121)

नागोप्रदास्तत्र पयः पिबन्ति । नाभूमिदा भूमिमथाश्नुवन्ति । यान्यान्कामान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददाति । तांस्तान्कामान्स्वर्गलोके च भुङ्क्ते ॥

nāgopradāstatra payaḥ pibanti | nābhūmidā bhūmimathāśnuvanti | yānyānkāmānbrāhmaṇebhyo dadāti | tāṃstānkāmānsvargaloke ca bhuṅkte

Those who have not given cows do not drink milk there; those who have not given land do not obtain land. Whatever desires a man grants to Brahmins, those very desires he enjoys in heaven.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-121 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1466-1469), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.

Verse 122 (14.103.122)

यद्यदिष्टतमं द्रव्यं न्यायेनोपार्जितं च यत् । तत्तद्गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता ॥

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ dravyaṃ nyāyenopārjitaṃ ca yat | tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā

Whatever is dearest, and whatever has been earned by lawful means, that should be given to a worthy man by one who wants it to be imperishable.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-122 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1470-1471), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.

Verse 123 (14.103.123)

अनुपोष्य त्रिरात्राणि तीर्थान्यनभिगम्य च । अदत्त्वा काञ्चनं गां च दरिद्रो नाम जायते ॥

anupoṣya trirātrāṇi tīrthānyanabhigamya ca | adattvā kāñcanaṃ gāṃ ca daridro nāma jāyate

One who has not fasted three nights, has not gone to sacred fords, and has not given gold and a cow, is born poor.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-123 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1472-1473), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.

Verse 124 (14.103.124)

दानं यत्तत्फलं नैति श्रोत्रियाय न दीयते । श्रोत्रिया यत्र नाश्नन्ति न देवास्तत्र भुञ्जते ॥

dānaṃ yattatphalaṃ naiti śrotriyāya na dīyate | śrotriyā yatra nāśnanti na devāstatra bhuñjate

A gift that is not given to a learned Brahmin never reaches its fruit; where learned Brahmins do not eat, the gods do not take food.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-124 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1474-1475), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.

Verse 125 (14.103.125)

श्रोत्रियेभ्यः परं नास्ति परमं दैवतं महत् । निधानं चापि राजेन्द्र तस्माच्छ्रोत्रियभोजनात् ॥

śrotriyebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti paramaṃ daivataṃ mahat | nidhānaṃ cāpi rājendra tasmācchrotriyabhojanāt

There is nothing higher than the learned Brahmins, no greater supreme deity; and so, O chief of kings, the feeding of learned Brahmins is itself a treasure laid up.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row 14-103-125 is blank in the page (text lost). Restored from the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 4 (the passage printed after 14.96.15d, lines 14.96.15d@004_1476-1477), written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST with its words unchanged. Not in the critical edition text proper.