The Ten Kapila Cows and the Merit of Giving a Kapila

Verse 1 (14.105.1)

दानपुण्यफलं श्रुत्वा तपःपुण्यफलानि च । धर्मपुत्रः प्रहृष्टात्मा केशवं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥

dānapuṇyaphalaṃ śrutvā tapaḥpuṇyaphalāni ca | dharmaputraḥ prahṛṣṭātmā keśavaṃ punarabravīt

Having heard the fruits of giving and the fruits of austerity, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, his heart delighted, spoke again to Keshava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1720–1721.

Verse 2 (14.105.2)

या चैषा कपिला देव पूर्वमुत्पादिता विभो । होमधेनुः सदा पुण्या चतुर्वक्त्रेण माधव ॥

yā caiṣā kapilā deva pūrvamutpāditā vibho | homadhenuḥ sadā puṇyā caturvaktreṇa mādhava

O god, O almighty one, O Madhava, that Kapila cow, the ever-holy homa-cow whom four-faced Brahma created long ago —

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1722–1723.

Verse 3 (14.105.3)

सा कथं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हि देया कस्मिन्दिनेऽपि वा । कीदृशाय च विप्राय दातव्या पुण्यलक्षणा ॥

sā kathaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo hi deyā kasmindine'pi vā | kīdṛśāya ca viprāya dātavyā puṇyalakṣaṇā

how is she to be given to brahmins, and on what day? And to what kind of brahmin should that cow of holy marks be given?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1724–1725.

Verse 4 (14.105.4)

कथिता कपिला प्रोक्ता स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा । कैर्वा देयाश्च ता देव श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्वतः ॥

kathitā kapilā proktā svayameva svayaṃbhuvā | kairvā deyāśca tā deva śrotumicchāmi tatvataḥ

The Kapila cow has been spoken of, declared by the Self-existent one himself. And by whom, O god, are such cows to be given? I wish to hear this truly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1726–1727. The page reads कथिता कपिला प्रोक्ता, kept as a recension reading (the critical edition has kati vā kapilāḥ proktāḥ, "how many Kapilas are declared").

Verse 5 (14.105.5)

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो धर्मपुत्रेण संसदि । अब्रवीत्कपिलासङ्ख्यां तासां माहात्म्यमेव च ॥

evamukto hṛṣīkeśo dharmaputreṇa saṃsadi | abravītkapilāsaṅkhyāṃ tāsāṃ māhātmyameva ca

Thus addressed in the assembly by the son of Dharma, Hrishikesha told the number of the Kapila cows and their greatness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1728–1729. Corrected सङ्क्यां → सङ्ख्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the ख of सङ्ख्या is lost; the critical edition reads kapilāsaṃkhyāṃ).

Verse 6 (14.105.6)

शृणु पाण्डव तत्वेन पवित्रं पावनं परम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा पापकर्मापि नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

śṛṇu pāṇḍava tatvena pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ param | yacchrutvā pāpakarmāpi naraḥ pāpātpramucyate

Listen truly, O son of Pandu, to this sacred and supremely purifying teaching, hearing which even a man of evil deeds is freed from sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1730–1731. Corrected पापकर्मा पि → पापकर्मापि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space splits the word; the critical edition reads pāpakarmāpi). Line 2 reads पापात् where the critical edition has pāpaiḥ; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 7 (14.105.7)

अग्निमध्योद्भवां दिव्यामग्निज्वालासमप्रभाम् । अग्निज्वालोज्ज्वलच्छृङ्गीं प्रदीप्ताङ्गारलोचनाम् ॥

agnimadhyodbhavāṃ divyāmagnijvālāsamaprabhām | agnijvālojjvalacchṛṅgīṃ pradīptāṅgāralocanām

She is divine, born from the midst of fire, with a radiance like blazing flame; her horns glow like tongues of fire, and her eyes are like burning coals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1732–1733. Corrected अग्निमद्योद्भवां → अग्निमध्योद्भवां (misprint in Wikisource; the ध of मध्य is lost; the critical edition reads agnimadhyodbhavām).

Verse 8 (14.105.8)

अग्निपुच्छामग्निखुरामग्निरोमप्रभान्विताम् । तामग्नेयीमग्निजिह्वामग्निग्रीवां ज्वलत्प्रभाम् ॥

agnipucchāmagnikhurāmagniromaprabhānvitām | tāmagneyīmagnijihvāmagnigrīvāṃ jvalatprabhām

Her tail and hooves are of fire, her hair shines with the sheen of fire; she is the fiery one, with a tongue of fire and a neck of fire, shining with blazing splendour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1734–1735.

Verse 9 (14.105.9)

भुञ्जते कपिलां ये तु शूद्रा लोभेन मोहिताः । पतितांस्तान्विजानीयाच्चण्डालसदृशा हि ते ॥

bhuñjate kapilāṃ ye tu śūdrā lobhena mohitāḥ | patitāṃstānvijānīyāccaṇḍālasadṛśā hi te

Those Shudras who, deluded by greed, make use of a Kapila cow should be known as fallen; they are the equals of Chandalas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1736–1737.

Verse 10 (14.105.10)

न तेषां ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद्गृहे कुर्यात्प्रतिग्रहम् । दूराच्च परिहर्तव्या महापातकिनोपि ते ॥

na teṣāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidgṛhe kuryātpratigraham | dūrācca parihartavyā mahāpātakinopi te

No brahmin should accept a gift in their house. They are to be shunned from afar, for they are great sinners.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1738–1739. Corrected ब्राह्ममः → ब्राह्मणः (misprint in Wikisource; ब्राह्ममः is not a word; the critical edition reads brāhmaṇaḥ).

Verse 11 (14.105.11)

सार्वकालं हि ते सर्वैर्वर्जिताः पितृदैवतैः । ते सदा ह्यप्रतिग्राह्या ह्यसंभाष्याश्च पापिनः ॥

sārvakālaṃ hi te sarvairvarjitāḥ pitṛdaivataiḥ | te sadā hyapratigrāhyā hyasaṃbhāṣyāśca pāpinaḥ

At all times they are cast off by all the ancestors and the gods. Those sinners are always unfit to receive gifts from, and unfit to be spoken to.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1740–1741.

Verse 12 (14.105.12)

पिबन्ति कपिलां यावत्तावत्तेषां पितामहाः । अमेध्यमुपभुञ्जन्ति भूम्यां वै श्वसृगालवत् ॥

pibanti kapilāṃ yāvattāvatteṣāṃ pitāmahāḥ | amedhyamupabhuñjanti bhūmyāṃ vai śvasṛgālavat

For as long as they drink the milk of a Kapila, so long do their forefathers feed on filth on the ground, like dogs and jackals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1742–1743.

Verse 13 (14.105.13)

कपिलाया दधि क्षीरं घृतं तक्रमथापि वा । ये शूद्रा उपभुञ्जन्ति तेषां गतिमिमां शृणु ॥

kapilāyā dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ takramathāpi vā | ye śūdrā upabhuñjanti teṣāṃ gatimimāṃ śṛṇu

Hear now the fate of those Shudras who consume the curd, milk, ghee or buttermilk of a Kapila.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1744–1745.

Verse 14 (14.105.14)

कपिलोपजीवी शूद्रस्तु मृतो गच्छति रौरवम् । क्लिश्यते रौरवे घोरे वर्षकोटिशतं वसन् ॥

kapilopajīvī śūdrastu mṛto gacchati rauravam | kliśyate raurave ghore varṣakoṭiśataṃ vasan

A Shudra who lives off a Kapila goes at death to Raurava, and suffers in that dreadful hell, dwelling there for a hundred crores of years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1746–1747.

Verse 15 (14.105.15)

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालाच्छ्वानयोनिं स गच्छति । श्वयोन्याश्च परिभ्रष्टो विष्ठायां जायते क्रिमिः ॥

tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālācchvānayoniṃ sa gacchati | śvayonyāśca paribhraṣṭo viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate krimiḥ

Then, falling from there when his time is spent, he goes into the womb of a dog; and falling from the dog's womb, he is born as a worm in excrement.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), line 1748. Line 1 (the passage into a dog’s womb) is not in the critical edition appendix; line 2 corresponds to 14,096.015d@004_1748, with श्वयोन्याश्च for rauravāc ca (recension variant).

Verse 16 (14.105.16)

विष्ठाकूपेषु पापिष्ठो दुर्गन्धेषु सहस्रशः । तत्रतत्रोपजायेत नोत्तारं तत्र विन्दति ॥

viṣṭhākūpeṣu pāpiṣṭho durgandheṣu sahasraśaḥ | tatratatropajāyeta nottāraṃ tatra vindati

That worst of sinners is born again and again, by the thousand, in foul-smelling pits of dung, and finds no deliverance from there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1749–1750. Corrected तत्रथ → तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; a stray syllable; the critical edition reads tatra, and the metre needs eight syllables).

Verse 17 (14.105.17)

ब्राह्मणश्चैव यस्तेषां गृहे कुर्यात्प्रतिग्रहम् । ततः प्रभृति तस्यापि पितरः स्युरमेध्यपाः ॥

brāhmaṇaścaiva yasteṣāṃ gṛhe kuryātpratigraham | tataḥ prabhṛti tasyāpi pitaraḥ syuramedhyapāḥ

And a brahmin who accepts a gift in their house — from that moment his forefathers too become eaters of filth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1751–1752.

Verse 18 (14.105.18)

न तेन सार्धं सम्भाषेन्न चाप्येकासनं व्रजेत् । स नित्यं वर्जनीयो हि दूरात्तु ब्राह्मणाधमः ॥

na tena sārdhaṃ sambhāṣenna cāpyekāsanaṃ vrajet | sa nityaṃ varjanīyo hi dūrāttu brāhmaṇādhamaḥ

One should not converse with him, nor sit on the same seat as him; that lowest of brahmins is always to be shunned from afar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1753–1754.

Verse 19 (14.105.19)

यस्तेन सह सम्भाषेदेकशय्यां व्रजेत् वा । प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं स च तेन विशुद्ध्यति ॥

yastena saha sambhāṣedekaśayyāṃ vrajet vā | prājāpatyaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ sa ca tena viśuddhyati

Whoever converses with him or shares a bed with him should perform the Prajapatya penance; by that alone he is purified.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1755–1756. Corrected विसुद्ध्यति → विशुद्ध्यति (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śudhyati).

Verse 20 (14.105.20)

कपिलोपजीविनः शूद्राद्यः करोति प्रतिग्रहम् । प्रायश्चित्तं भवेत्तस्य विप्रस्यैतन्न संशयः ॥

kapilopajīvinaḥ śūdrādyaḥ karoti pratigraham | prāyaścittaṃ bhavettasya viprasyaitanna saṃśayaḥ

For a brahmin who accepts a gift from a Shudra living off a Kapila, there is an atonement; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1757–1758.

Verse 21 (14.105.21)

ब्रह्मकूर्चं प्रकुर्वीत चान्द्रायणमथापि वा । मुच्यते किल्बिषात्तस्मादेतेन ब्राह्मणो हि सः ॥

brahmakūrcaṃ prakurvīta cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā | mucyate kilbiṣāttasmādetena brāhmaṇo hi saḥ

Let him perform the Brahmakurcha, or else the Chandrayana; by this he is freed from that sin, for he is indeed a brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1759–1760. Corrected प्रकुर्वीति → प्रकुर्वीत (misprint in Wikisource; the optative ending is lost; the critical edition reads kurvīta).

Verse 22 (14.105.22)

कपिला ह्यग्निहोत्रार्थे विप्रार्थे वा स्वयंभुवा । सर्वं तेजः समुद्धृत्य निर्मिता ब्रह्मणा पुरा ॥

kapilā hyagnihotrārthe viprārthe vā svayaṃbhuvā | sarvaṃ tejaḥ samuddhṛtya nirmitā brahmaṇā purā

For the agnihotra, or for the sake of brahmins, the Kapila was made in the beginning by Brahma, the Self-existent, who drew out all splendour for it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1761–1762.

Verse 23 (14.105.23)

पवित्रं च पवित्राणां मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् । पुण्यानां परमं पुण्यं कपिला पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

pavitraṃ ca pavitrāṇāṃ maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam | puṇyānāṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ kapilā pāṇḍunandana

The Kapila, O son of Pandu, is the purest of the pure, the most auspicious of the auspicious, the holiest of holy things.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1763–1764.

Verse 24 (14.105.24)

तपसा तप एवाग्र्यं व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् । दानानां परमं दानं निदानं ह्येतदक्षयम् ॥

tapasā tapa evāgryaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam | dānānāṃ paramaṃ dānaṃ nidānaṃ hyetadakṣayam

Of austerities it is the foremost austerity, of vows the highest vow, of gifts the supreme gift; it is an imperishable source of merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1765–1766. Corrected व्रातनामुत्तमं → व्रतानामुत्तमं (misprint in Wikisource; व्रातनाम् is not a word; the critical edition reads vratānām uttamam). The page reads तपसा तप एवाग्र्यम् where the critical edition has tapasāṃ tapa evāgryam; the page’s word is valid and is kept, with the sense "of austerities" taken from the context.

Verse 25 (14.105.25)

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । पवित्राणि च रम्याणि सर्वलोकेषु पाण्डव ॥

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | pavitrāṇi ca ramyāṇi sarvalokeṣu pāṇḍava

Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, whatever holy abodes, and whatever pure and lovely places there are in all the worlds, O Pandava —

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1767–1768.

Verse 26 (14.105.26)

एभ्यस्तेजः समुद्धृत्य ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । लोकनिस्तरणायैव निर्मिताः कपिलाः स्वयम् ॥

ebhyastejaḥ samuddhṛtya brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | lokanistaraṇāyaiva nirmitāḥ kapilāḥ svayam

drawing out the splendour of all these, Brahma, maker of the worlds, himself created the Kapila cows, solely for the salvation of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1769–1770. The page prints ।। after the first line as well; the two lines form one verse (a single sentence).

Verse 27 (14.105.27)

सर्वतेजोमयी ह्येषां कपिला पाण्डुनन्दन । सदाऽमृतमयी मेध्या शुचिः पावनमुत्तमम् ॥

sarvatejomayī hyeṣāṃ kapilā pāṇḍunandana | sadā'mṛtamayī medhyā śuciḥ pāvanamuttamam

Of all these, O son of Pandu, the Kapila is made wholly of splendour — ever full of nectar, clean, pure, the supreme purifier.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1771–1772.

Verse 28 (14.105.28)

क्षीरेण कपिलायास्तु दध्ना वा सघृतेन वा । होतव्यान्यग्निहोत्राणि सायं प्रातर्द्विजातिभिः ॥

kṣīreṇa kapilāyāstu dadhnā vā saghṛtena vā | hotavyānyagnihotrāṇi sāyaṃ prātardvijātibhiḥ

The twice-born should offer the agnihotra oblations, evening and morning, with the milk of a Kapila, or with her curd, or with her ghee.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1773–1774.

Verse 29 (14.105.29)

कपिलाया घृतेनापि दध्ना क्षीरेण वा पुनः । जुह्वते येऽग्निहोत्राणि ब्राह्मणा विधिवत्प्रभो ॥

kapilāyā ghṛtenāpi dadhnā kṣīreṇa vā punaḥ | juhvate ye'gnihotrāṇi brāhmaṇā vidhivatprabho

Those brahmins, O lord, who duly offer the agnihotra with the ghee, curd or milk of a Kapila,

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1775–1776. Corrected योऽग्निहोत्राणि → येऽग्निहोत्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; the singular यः does not agree with the plural verb and subject; the critical edition reads ye ’gnihotrāṇi).

Verse 30 (14.105.30)

पूजयन्त्यतिथींश्चैव परां भक्तिमुपागताः । शूद्रान्नाद्विरता नित्यं डंभानृतविवर्जिताः ॥

pūjayantyatithīṃścaiva parāṃ bhaktimupāgatāḥ | śūdrānnādviratā nityaṃ ḍaṃbhānṛtavivarjitāḥ

who honour guests, having attained supreme devotion, who always abstain from the food of Shudras, and who are free of hypocrisy and falsehood —

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1777–1778.

Verse 31 (14.105.31)

ते यान्त्यादित्यसङ्काशैर्विमानैर्द्विजसत्तमाः । सूर्यमण्डलमध्येन ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम् ॥

te yāntyādityasaṅkāśairvimānairdvijasattamāḥ | sūryamaṇḍalamadhyena brahmalokamanuttamam

those best of the twice-born go in vehicles bright as the sun, through the midst of the sun's orb, to the unsurpassed world of Brahma;

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1779–1780.

Verse 32 (14.105.32)

ब्रह्मणो भवने दिव्ये कामगाः कामरूपिणः । ब्रह्मणा पूज्यमानास्तु मोदन्ते कल्पमक्षयम् ॥

brahmaṇo bhavane divye kāmagāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | brahmaṇā pūjyamānāstu modante kalpamakṣayam

in the divine mansion of Brahma, moving at will and taking any form they wish, honoured by Brahma, they rejoice for an imperishable aeon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1781–1782.

Verse 33 (14.105.33)

एवं हि कपिला राजन्पुण्या मन्त्रामृतारणिः । आदावेवाग्निमध्ये तु मैत्रेयी ब्रह्मनिर्मिता ॥

evaṃ hi kapilā rājanpuṇyā mantrāmṛtāraṇiḥ | ādāvevāgnimadhye tu maitreyī brahmanirmitā

Thus, O king, the holy Kapila is the fire-drill of the nectar of mantras; in the very beginning, in the midst of fire, she was made by Brahma as Maitreyi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1783–1784.

Verse 34 (14.105.34)

शृङ्गाग्रे कपिलायास्तु सर्वतीर्थानि पाण्डव । ब्रह्मणो हि नियोगेन निवसन्ति दिनेदिने ॥

śṛṅgāgre kapilāyāstu sarvatīrthāni pāṇḍava | brahmaṇo hi niyogena nivasanti dinedine

At the tips of the Kapila's horns, O Pandava, all the sacred fords dwell day after day, by Brahma's command.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1785–1786.

Verse 35 (14.105.35)

प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कपिलाशृङ्गमस्तकात् । यश्च्युतामंबुधारां वै शिरसा प्रयतः शुचिः ॥

prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ kapilāśṛṅgamastakāt | yaścyutāmaṃbudhārāṃ vai śirasā prayataḥ śuciḥ

The mortal who, rising at dawn, pure and self-controlled, bears on his head the stream of water that falls from the top of a Kapila's horn —

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1787–1788. The page has no finite verb in this verse (the critical edition reads dhārayec chuciḥ, "he bears"); the clause is completed in verse 36.

Verse 36 (14.105.36)

स तेन पुण्यतीर्थेन सहसा हतकिल्विषः । जन्मत्रयकृतं पापं प्रदहत्यग्निवत्तृणम् ॥

sa tena puṇyatīrthena sahasā hatakilviṣaḥ | janmatrayakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pradahatyagnivattṛṇam

by that holy ford his sins are suddenly destroyed; the sin committed over three births he burns up, as fire burns straw.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1789–1790. Corrected प्रदहत्यग्निवतृणम् → प्रदहत्यग्निवत्तृणम् (misprint in Wikisource; the त् of वत् is lost; the critical edition reads agnivat tṛṇam). The page reads जन्मत्रयकृतं where the critical edition has varṣatrayakṛtaṃ; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 37 (14.105.37)

मूत्रेण कपिलायास्तु यश्च प्राणानुपस्पृशेत् । स्नानेन तेन पुण्येन नष्टपापः स मानवः । त्रिंशद्वर्षकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥

mūtreṇa kapilāyāstu yaśca prāṇānupaspṛśet | snānena tena puṇyena naṣṭapāpaḥ sa mānavaḥ | triṃśadvarṣakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

And one who touches his senses with the urine of a Kapila — by that holy bath that man's sins are destroyed; he is freed from the sin of thirty years, without doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1791–1793. The page prints ।। after the first line as well; the three lines (a, b, c) form one verse, like the three lines of the critical edition. Line 1 reads प्राणान् where the critical edition has prātar; kept.

Verse 38 (14.105.38)

प्रातरुत्थाय यो भक्त्या प्रयच्छेत्तृणमुष्टिकम् । तस्य नश्यति तत्पापं त्रिंशद्रात्रकृतं नृप ॥

prātarutthāya yo bhaktyā prayacchettṛṇamuṣṭikam | tasya naśyati tatpāpaṃ triṃśadrātrakṛtaṃ nṛpa

A man who rises at dawn and devoutly offers her a handful of grass — his sin committed over thirty nights is destroyed, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1794–1795. Corrected भक्तया → भक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads bhaktyā).

Verse 39 (14.105.39)

प्रातरुत्थाय मद्भक्त्या कुर्याद्यस्तां प्रदक्षिणम् । प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन पृथिवी नात्र संशयः ॥

prātarutthāya madbhaktyā kuryādyastāṃ pradakṣiṇam | pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ

Whoever, rising at dawn, circumambulates her with devotion to me — by him the earth is circumambulated; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1796–1797. Corrected प्रातरूत्थाय → प्रातरुत्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; long ऊ for short उ; the critical edition reads prātar utthāya). Corrected यद्भक्त्या → मद्भक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; the context requires "devotion to me", as in the critical edition madbhaktyā). Corrected कुर्याद्यस्मात्प्रदक्षिणम् → कुर्याद्यस्तां प्रदक्षिणम् (misprint in Wikisource; यस्मात् leaves the clause without sense; the critical edition reads kuryād yas tāṃ pradakṣiṇam).

Verse 40 (14.105.40)

प्रदक्षिणेन चैकेन श्रद्धायुक्तेन पाण्डव । दशरात्रकृतं पापं तस्य तन्नश्यति ध्रुवम् ॥

pradakṣiṇena caikena śraddhāyuktena pāṇḍava | daśarātrakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya tannaśyati dhruvam

By a single circumambulation made with faith, O Pandava, the sin of ten nights committed by him is surely destroyed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1798–1799.

Verse 41 (14.105.41)

कपिलापञ्चगव्येन यः स्नायात्तु शुचिर्नरः । स गङ्गाद्येषु तीर्थेषु स्नातो भवति पाण्डव ॥

kapilāpañcagavyena yaḥ snāyāttu śucirnaraḥ | sa gaṅgādyeṣu tīrtheṣu snāto bhavati pāṇḍava

A pure man who bathes with the five products of a Kapila has bathed, O Pandava, in the Ganga and the other sacred fords.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1800–1801.

Verse 42 (14.105.42)

तेन स्नानेन तस्यापि श्रद्धायुक्तस्य पार्थिव । दशरात्रकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥

tena snānena tasyāpi śraddhāyuktasya pārthiva | daśarātrakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

By that bath, O king, for one filled with faith, the sin of ten nights is destroyed in that very instant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1802–1803. Corrected श्रद्दायुक्तस्य → श्रद्धायुक्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; the critical edition reads śraddhāyuktasya).

Verse 43 (14.105.43)

दृष्ट्वा तु कपिलां भक्त्या श्रुत्वा हुङ्कारनिस्वनम् । व्यपोहति नरः पापमहोरात्रकृतं नृप ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu kapilāṃ bhaktyā śrutvā huṅkāranisvanam | vyapohati naraḥ pāpamahorātrakṛtaṃ nṛpa

By seeing a Kapila with devotion and hearing the sound of her lowing, a man shakes off the sin committed in a day and a night, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1804–1805.

Verse 44 (14.105.44)

यत्र वा तत्र वा चाङ्गे कपिलां यः स्पृशेच्छुचिः । संवत्सरकृतं पापं विनाशयति पाण्डव ॥

yatra vā tatra vā cāṅge kapilāṃ yaḥ spṛśecchuciḥ | saṃvatsarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vināśayati pāṇḍava

A pure man who touches a Kapila on any part of her body destroys the sin of a year, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1806–1807.

Verse 45 (14.105.45)

गोसहस्रं तु यो दद्यादेकां च कपिलां नरः । समं तस्य फलं प्राह ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥

gosahasraṃ tu yo dadyādekāṃ ca kapilāṃ naraḥ | samaṃ tasya phalaṃ prāha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

One who gives a thousand cows and one who gives a single Kapila — Brahma, grandfather of the worlds, declared the fruit of the two to be equal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1808–1809.

Verse 46 (14.105.46)

यस्त्वेवं कपिलां हन्यान्नरः कश्चित्प्रमादतः । गोसहस्रं हतं तेन भवेन्नात्र विचारणा ॥

yastvevaṃ kapilāṃ hanyānnaraḥ kaścitpramādataḥ | gosahasraṃ hataṃ tena bhavennātra vicāraṇā

And if any man should kill a single Kapila through carelessness, a thousand cows are killed by him; there is no question of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1810–1811.

Verse 47 (14.105.47)

यश्चैकां कपिलां दद्याच्छ्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये । गवां शतसहस्रं तु दत्तं भवति पाण्डव ॥

yaścaikāṃ kapilāṃ dadyācchrotriyāyāhitāgnaye | gavāṃ śatasahasraṃ tu dattaṃ bhavati pāṇḍava

And one who gives a single Kapila to a learned brahmin who keeps the sacred fires has given, O Pandava, a hundred thousand cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1812–1813.

Verse 48 (14.105.48)

दश वै कपिलाः प्रोक्ताः स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा । यो दद्याच्छ्रोत्रियेभ्यो वै स्वर्गं गच्छति तच्छृणु ॥

daśa vai kapilāḥ proktāḥ svayameva svayaṃbhuvā | yo dadyācchrotriyebhyo vai svargaṃ gacchati tacchṛṇu

Ten Kapilas have been declared by the Self-existent one himself. Hear this: he who gives them to learned brahmins goes to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1814–1815.

Verse 49 (14.105.49)

प्रथमा स्वर्णकपिला द्वितीया गौरपिङ्गला । तृतीया रक्तपिङ्गाक्षी चतुर्थी गलपिङ्गला ॥

prathamā svarṇakapilā dvitīyā gaurapiṅgalā | tṛtīyā raktapiṅgākṣī caturthī galapiṅgalā

The first is the golden Kapila; the second, the fair-tawny; the third, the tawny-red-eyed; the fourth, the tawny-necked;

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1816–1817. Corrected चतुर्थीं गलपिङ्गला → चतुर्थी गलपिङ्गला (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the feminine ordinal; the critical edition reads caturthī galapiṅgalā).

Verse 50 (14.105.50)

पञ्चमी बभ्रुवर्णाभा षष्ठी च श्वेतपिङ्गला । सप्तमी रङ्गपिङ्गाक्षी त्वष्टमी खुरपिङ्गला ॥

pañcamī babhruvarṇābhā ṣaṣṭhī ca śvetapiṅgalā | saptamī raṅgapiṅgākṣī tvaṣṭamī khurapiṅgalā

the fifth, of brown hue; the sixth, the white-tawny; the seventh, the bright-tawny-eyed; the eighth, the hoof-tawny;

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1818–1819. The seventh colour रङ्गपिङ्गाक्षी is the page’s reading (the critical edition repeats raktapiṅgākṣī); kept.

Verse 51 (14.105.51)

नवमी पाटला ज्ञेया दशमी पुच्छपिङ्गला । दशैताः कपिलाः प्रोक्तास्तारयन्ति नरान्सदा ॥

navamī pāṭalā jñeyā daśamī pucchapiṅgalā | daśaitāḥ kapilāḥ proktāstārayanti narānsadā

the ninth is to be known as pale red; the tenth is the tail-tawny. These ten Kapilas have been declared, and they always bring men across.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1820–1821.

Verse 52 (14.105.52)

मङ्गल्याश्च पवित्राश्च सर्वपापप्रणाशनाः । एवमेव ह्यनड्वाहो दश प्रोक्ता नरेश्वर ॥

maṅgalyāśca pavitrāśca sarvapāpapraṇāśanāḥ | evameva hyanaḍvāho daśa proktā nareśvara

They are auspicious, pure, and destroyers of all sin. In the same way, O lord of men, ten bulls have been declared.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1822–1823.

Verse 53 (14.105.53)

ब्राह्मणो वाहयेत्तांस्तु नान्यो वर्णः कथंचन । न वाहयेच्च कपिलां क्षेत्रे वाऽध्वनि वा द्विजः ॥

brāhmaṇo vāhayettāṃstu nānyo varṇaḥ kathaṃcana | na vāhayecca kapilāṃ kṣetre vā'dhvani vā dvijaḥ

A brahmin may yoke them, but no other class in any way. And a twice-born should not yoke a Kapila in a field or on a road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1824–1825.

Verse 54 (14.105.54)

वाहयेद्धुङ्कृतेनैव शाखया वा सपत्रया । न दण्डेन न वा यष्ट्या न पाशेन न वा पुनः ॥

vāhayeddhuṅkṛtenaiva śākhayā vā sapatrayā | na daṇḍena na vā yaṣṭyā na pāśena na vā punaḥ

He should drive them only with a "hum" sound or with a leafy branch — not with a rod, not with a staff, and not with a rope.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1826–1827.

Verse 55 (14.105.55)

न क्षुत्तृष्णाश्रमश्रान्तान्वाहयेद्विकलेन्द्रियान् । अतृप्तेषु न भुञ्जीयात्पिबेत्पीतेषु चोदकम् ॥

na kṣuttṛṣṇāśramaśrāntānvāhayedvikalendriyān | atṛpteṣu na bhuñjīyātpibetpīteṣu codakam

He should not yoke those worn out by hunger, thirst or exertion, or with impaired senses. He should not eat while they are unfed, nor drink water while they have not drunk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1828–1829.

Verse 56 (14.105.56)

शुश्रूषोर्मातरश्चैताः पितरस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः । अह्नां पूर्वत्र भागे च धुर्याणां वाहनं स्मृतम् ॥

śuśrūṣormātaraścaitāḥ pitaraste prakīrtitāḥ | ahnāṃ pūrvatra bhāge ca dhuryāṇāṃ vāhanaṃ smṛtam

To one who wishes to serve, these cows are mothers, and the bulls are declared to be fathers. Work with the draught animals is prescribed for the earlier part of the day.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1830–1831.

Verse 57 (14.105.57)

विश्रामेन्मध्यमे भागे भागे चान्ते यथासुखम् । यत्र च त्वरया कृत्यं संशयो यत्र वाऽध्वनि । वाहयेत्तत्र धुर्यांस्तु न स पापेन लिप्यते ॥

viśrāmenmadhyame bhāge bhāge cānte yathāsukham | yatra ca tvarayā kṛtyaṃ saṃśayo yatra vā'dhvani | vāhayettatra dhuryāṃstu na sa pāpena lipyate

He should let them rest in the middle part of the day, and at its end as they like. But where the task is urgent, or where there is danger on the road, there he may drive the draught animals and is not stained by sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1832–1834. Rebuilt from the page’s own verse-end marks: in rows 57–61 the page prints ।। after 58a, 59a, 60a, 61a and 61b (and only । after 57a and 57b), so the verses end there and not at the row ends where the input divided them. This verse is the three lines 57a, 57b and 58a (the input had 57a–57b as one verse and 58a at the head of the next).

Verse 58 (14.105.58)

भ्रूणहत्यासमं पापं तस्य स्यात्पाण्डुनन्दन । अन्यथा वाहयन्राजन्निरयं याति रौरवम् ॥

bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ tasya syātpāṇḍunandana | anyathā vāhayanrājannirayaṃ yāti rauravam

Otherwise his sin would equal the killing of an unborn child, O son of Pandu; and one who drives them otherwise, O king, goes to the hell of Raurava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1837 and 1835 (in that order). Rebuilt from the page’s verse-end marks (see verse 57): lines 58b and 59a (the input had 58a–58b and 59a–59b as separate verses). The page’s 58b (भ्रूणहत्यासमं पापं …) comes before 59a, whereas the critical edition has that line after the रुधिरं line.

Verse 59 (14.105.59)

रुधिरं पातयेत्तेषां यस्तु मोहान्नराधिप । तेन पापेन पापात्मा नरकं यात्यसंशयम् ॥

rudhiraṃ pātayetteṣāṃ yastu mohānnarādhipa | tena pāpena pāpātmā narakaṃ yātyasaṃśayam

And whoever, through folly, draws their blood, O lord of men — that sinner, by that sin, goes surely to hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1836 and 1838. Rebuilt from the page’s verse-end marks (see verse 57): lines 59b and 60a.

Verse 60 (14.105.60)

नरकेषु च सर्वेषु समाः स्थित्वा शतंशतम् । इह मानुष्यके लोके बलीवर्दो भविष्यति ॥

narakeṣu ca sarveṣu samāḥ sthitvā śataṃśatam | iha mānuṣyake loke balīvardo bhaviṣyati

Having stayed a hundred years in each of all the hells, he becomes a bull here in the human world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1839–1840. Rebuilt from the page’s verse-end marks (see verse 57): lines 60b and 61a.

Verse 61 (14.105.61)

तस्मात्तु मुक्तिमन्विच्छन्दद्यात्तु कपिलां नरः ॥

tasmāttu muktimanvicchandadyāttu kapilāṃ naraḥ

Therefore a man who seeks liberation should give a Kapila.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), line 1841. Rebuilt from the page’s verse-end marks (see verse 57): the single line 61b, which the page closes with ।। on its own (the next verse begins at 62a). The same line is 14,096.015d@004_1841 in the critical edition.

Verse 62 (14.105.62)

कपिलां वाहयेद्यस्तु वृषलो लोभमोहितः । तेन देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्पितरश्चापि वाहिताः ॥

kapilāṃ vāhayedyastu vṛṣalo lobhamohitaḥ | tena devāstrayastriṃśatpitaraścāpi vāhitāḥ

A Shudra, deluded by greed, who yokes a Kapila — by him the thirty-three gods and the ancestors too are yoked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1842–1843.

Verse 63 (14.105.63)

स देवैः पितृभिर्नित्यं वध्यमानस्तु दुर्मतिः । नरकान्नरकं घोरं गच्छेदाप्रलयं नृप ॥

sa devaiḥ pitṛbhirnityaṃ vadhyamānastu durmatiḥ | narakānnarakaṃ ghoraṃ gacchedāpralayaṃ nṛpa

Constantly struck by the gods and the ancestors, that evil-minded man goes from one dreadful hell to another until the dissolution of the world, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1844–1845.

Verse 64 (14.105.64)

ब्रह्मा रुद्रस्तथाऽग्निश्च कपिलानां गतिं गताः । तस्मात्ते न निहन्तव्याः पूज्याश्चैव न संशयः । निःश्वसन्ति यदा श्रान्तास्तदा हन्युश्च तत्कुलं ॥

brahmā rudrastathā'gniśca kapilānāṃ gatiṃ gatāḥ | tasmātte na nihantavyāḥ pūjyāścaiva na saṃśayaḥ | niḥśvasanti yadā śrāntāstadā hanyuśca tatkulaṃ

Brahma, Rudra and Agni have all gone to the Kapilas as their refuge; therefore they must not be struck, and they are without doubt to be worshipped. When, weary, they sigh, they destroy the family of the one responsible.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1846–1848. Corrected हन्युस्च → हन्युश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च; the critical edition reads hanyuś ca).

Verse 65 (14.105.65)

यावन्ति तेषां रोमाणि तावद्वर्षशतं नृप । नरकेषूपपच्यन्ते तत्र तद्वाहका नराः ॥

yāvanti teṣāṃ romāṇi tāvadvarṣaśataṃ nṛpa | narakeṣūpapacyante tatra tadvāhakā narāḥ

For as many hundreds of years as they have hairs, O king, the men who drove them are cooked in the hells.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1849–1850.

Verse 66 (14.105.66)

कपिला सर्वयज्ञेषु दक्षिणार्थं विधीयते । तस्मात्तद्दक्षिणा देया यज्ञेष्वेव द्विजातिभिः ॥

kapilā sarvayajñeṣu dakṣiṇārthaṃ vidhīyate | tasmāttaddakṣiṇā deyā yajñeṣveva dvijātibhiḥ

The Kapila is appointed as the sacrificial fee in all sacrifices; therefore she should be given as the fee in sacrifices by the twice-born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1851–1852.

Verse 67 (14.105.67)

होमार्थं चाग्निहोत्रस्य यां प्रयच्छेत्प्रयत्नतः । श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय श्रान्तायामिततेजसे । तेन दानेन पूतात्मा मम लोके महीयते ॥

homārthaṃ cāgnihotrasya yāṃ prayacchetprayatnataḥ | śrotriyāya daridrāya śrāntāyāmitatejase | tena dānena pūtātmā mama loke mahīyate

One who diligently gives one for the homa of the agnihotra to a learned brahmin who is poor, weary and of boundless splendour — purified in soul by that gift, he is honoured in my world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1853–1855. Corrected होमार्तं → होमार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads homārthaṃ).

Verse 68 (14.105.68)

यावन्ति चैव रोमाणि कपिलाङ्गे युधिष्ठिर । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

yāvanti caiva romāṇi kapilāṅge yudhiṣṭhira | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

For as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of a Kapila, O Yudhishthira, the giver is honoured in heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1856–1857.

Verse 69 (14.105.69)

सुवर्णखुरशृङ्गीं च कपिलां यः प्रयच्छति । विषुवे चायने चापि सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत् । तेनाश्वमेधतुल्येन मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥

suvarṇakhuraśṛṅgīṃ ca kapilāṃ yaḥ prayacchati | viṣuve cāyane cāpi so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet | tenāśvamedhatulyena mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

One who gives a Kapila with golden hooves and horns, at the equinox or the solstice, gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice; and by that gift, equal to a horse sacrifice, he comes to my world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1858–1860.

Verse 70 (14.105.70)

स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रूप्यखुरां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहिनीम् । वस्त्रैरलङ्कृतां पुष्टां गन्धैर्माल्यैश्च शोभिताम् ॥

svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ rūpyakhurāṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohinīm | vastrairalaṅkṛtāṃ puṣṭāṃ gandhairmālyaiśca śobhitām

Gold-horned, silver-hooved, with her calf and a bronze milk-pail, clothed in fine cloths, well fed, adorned with perfumes and garlands —

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1861–1862.

Verse 71 (14.105.71)

पवित्रं हि पवित्राणां सुवर्णमिति मे मतिः । तस्मात्सुवर्णाभरणा दातव्या साऽग्निहोत्रिणे ॥

pavitraṃ hi pavitrāṇāṃ suvarṇamiti me matiḥ | tasmātsuvarṇābharaṇā dātavyā sā'gnihotriṇe

gold is the purest of pure things; such is my belief. Therefore she should be given to the agnihotrin adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1863–1864. Corrected सुरव्णमिति → सुवर्णमिति (misprint in Wikisource; the letters of सुवर्ण are transposed; the critical edition reads suvarṇam iti).

Verse 72 (14.105.72)

एवं दत्त्वा तु राजेन्द्र सप्तपूर्वान्परानपि । तारयिष्यति राजेन्द्र नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

evaṃ dattvā tu rājendra saptapūrvānparānapi | tārayiṣyati rājendra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Having given thus, O best of kings, he will carry across seven generations before him and those after as well; there is no need for doubt in this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1865–1866.

Verse 73 (14.105.73)

अग्निष्टोमसहस्रस्य वाजपेयं च तत्समम् । वाजपेयसहस्रस्य अश्वमेधं च तत्समम् । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य राजसूयं च तत्समम् ॥

agniṣṭomasahasrasya vājapeyaṃ ca tatsamam | vājapeyasahasrasya aśvamedhaṃ ca tatsamam | aśvamedhasahasrasya rājasūyaṃ ca tatsamam

A Vajapeya is equal to a thousand Agnishtomas; an Ashvamedha is equal to a thousand Vajapeyas; a Rajasuya is equal to a thousand Ashvamedhas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1867–1869.

Verse 74 (14.105.74)

कपिलानां सहस्रेण विधिदत्तेन पाण्डव । राजसूयफलं प्राप्य मम लोके महीयते । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्विद्यते कुरुपुङ्गव ॥

kapilānāṃ sahasreṇa vidhidattena pāṇḍava | rājasūyaphalaṃ prāpya mama loke mahīyate | na tasya punarāvṛttirvidyate kurupuṅgava

By giving a thousand Kapilas according to the rule, O Pandava, a man gains the fruit of the Rajasuya and is honoured in my world; for him, O best of the Kurus, there is no return.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1870–1872. Corrected विदिदत्तेन → विधिदत्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; the ध of विधि is lost; the critical edition reads vidhidattena).

Verse 75 (14.105.75)

प्रयच्छते यः कपिलां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहिनीम् । सुवर्णखुरशृङ्गाङ्गीं सर्वालङ्कारशोभिताम् । तैस्तैर्गुणैः कामदुघा च भूत्वा । नरं प्रदातारमुपैति सा गौः ॥

prayacchate yaḥ kapilāṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohinīm | suvarṇakhuraśṛṅgāṅgīṃ sarvālaṅkāraśobhitām | taistairguṇaiḥ kāmadughā ca bhūtvā | naraṃ pradātāramupaiti sā gauḥ

One who gives a Kapila with her calf and a bronze milk-pail, with golden hooves and horns, adorned with every ornament — that cow, becoming by those very qualities a wish-granting cow, comes to the man who gave her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), line 1873 (line 1) and lines 1874–1875 (lines 3–4); line 2 (सुवर्णखुरशृङ्गाङ्गीं सर्वालङ्कारशोभिताम्) is not in the appendix. Corrected सुवर्णकुरशृङ्गाङ्गीं → सुवर्णखुरशृङ्गाङ्गीं (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख, "hooves"; the critical edition and verses 69–70 read khura). Restored from the critical edition (14,096.015d@004_1874–1875): Wikisource prints only two lines for this verse (75a, 75b), leaving the sentence without its main verb; lines 3–4 (तैस्तैर्गुणैः कामदुघा च भूत्वा / नरं प्रदातारमुपैति सा गौः) are added in the critical edition’s words.

Verse 76 (14.105.76)

स्वकर्मभिश्चाप्यनुबध्यमानं । तीव्रान्धकारे नरके पतन्तम् । महार्णवे नौरिव वायुनीता । दत्ता हि गौस्तारयते मनुष्यम् ॥

svakarmabhiścāpyanubadhyamānaṃ | tīvrāndhakāre narake patantam | mahārṇave nauriva vāyunītā | dattā hi gaustārayate manuṣyam

A cow once given carries a man across when he is held by his own deeds and falling into a hell of thick darkness, as a ship driven by the wind carries one over the great ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1876–1879. Restored from the critical edition (14,096.015d@004_1876–1878): Wikisource has only the last line of this verse, labelled 76f (the first three lines are lost). Lines 1–3 (स्वकर्मभिश्चाप्यनुबध्यमानं / तीव्रान्धकारे नरके पतन्तम् / महार्णवे नौरिव वायुनीता) are added in the critical edition’s words; line 4 is the page’s own, दत्ता हि गौस्तारयते मनुष्यम् (= 14,096.015d@004_1879).

Verse 77 (14.105.77)

पुत्रांश्च पौत्रांश्च कुलं च सर्व- । मासप्तमं तारयते यथावत् । यावन्मनुष्यान्पृथिवी बिभर्ति । तावत्प्रदातारमृतं परत्र ॥

putrāṃśca pautrāṃśca kulaṃ ca sarva- | māsaptamaṃ tārayate yathāvat | yāvanmanuṣyānpṛthivī bibharti | tāvatpradātāramṛtaṃ paratra

Sons, grandsons and the whole family, to the seventh generation, she carries across fittingly. For as long as the earth supports men, so long does the giver abide, unperishing, in the world beyond.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1880–1883. The page reads तावत्प्रदातारमृतं परत्र where the critical edition has tāvat pradātāram ito ’paratra; the page’s reading is kept (translated as "unperishing", i.e. read as अमृतम्). The hyphen at the end of line 1 marks the sandhi split सर्वम् + आसप्तमम् across the line break.

Verse 78 (14.105.78)

यथौषधं मन्त्रकृतं नरस्य । प्रयुक्तमात्रं विनिहन्ति रोगान् । तथैव दत्ता कपिला सुपात्रे । पापं नरस्याशु निहन्ति सर्वम् ॥

yathauṣadhaṃ mantrakṛtaṃ narasya | prayuktamātraṃ vinihanti rogān | tathaiva dattā kapilā supātre | pāpaṃ narasyāśu nihanti sarvam

As a medicine empowered by a mantra destroys a man's diseases the moment it is applied, so a Kapila given to a worthy recipient quickly destroys all of a man's sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1884–1887.

Verse 79 (14.105.79)

यथैव दृष्ट्वा भुजगाः सुपर्णं । नश्यन्ति दूराद्विवशा भयार्ताः । तथैव दृष्ट्वा कपिलाप्रदाना- । न्नश्यन्ति पापानि नरस्य शीघ्रम् ॥

yathaiva dṛṣṭvā bhujagāḥ suparṇaṃ | naśyanti dūrādvivaśā bhayārtāḥ | tathaiva dṛṣṭvā kapilāpradānā- | nnaśyanti pāpāni narasya śīghram

As snakes, seeing Garuda, flee from afar, helpless and stricken with fear, so too, at the sight of the gift of a Kapila, a man's sins swiftly perish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1888–1891. Corrected न्नस्यन्ति → न्नश्यन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads naśyanti). The hyphen at the end of line 3 marks the sandhi split कपिलाप्रदानात् + नश्यन्ति across the line break.

Verse 80 (14.105.80)

यथा त्वचं वै भुजगो विहाय । पुनर्नवं रूपमुपैति पुण्यम् । तथैव मुक्तः पुरुषः स्वपापै- । र्विरज्यते वै कपिलाप्रदानात् ॥

yathā tvacaṃ vai bhujago vihāya | punarnavaṃ rūpamupaiti puṇyam | tathaiva muktaḥ puruṣaḥ svapāpai- | rvirajyate vai kapilāpradānāt

As a snake, shedding its skin, takes on a fresh and fair form, so a man freed from his sins is made spotless by the gift of a Kapila.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1892–1895. The page reads विरज्यते where the critical edition has virājate; a valid word, kept. The hyphen at the end of line 3 marks the sandhi split स्वपापैः + विरज्यते across the line break.

Verse 81 (14.105.81)

यथाऽन्धकारं भवने विलग्नं । दीप्तो हि निर्यातयति प्रदीपः । तथा नरः पापमपि प्रलीनं । निष्क्रामयेद्वै कपिलाप्रदानात् ॥

yathā'ndhakāraṃ bhavane vilagnaṃ | dīpto hi niryātayati pradīpaḥ | tathā naraḥ pāpamapi pralīnaṃ | niṣkrāmayedvai kapilāpradānāt

As a blazing lamp drives out the darkness clinging to a house, so a man drives out even sin buried deep within him, by the gift of a Kapila.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1896–1899.

Verse 82 (14.105.82)

यावन्ति रोमाणि भवन्ति तस्या । वत्सान्वितायाश्च शरीरजानि । तावत्प्रदाता युगवर्षकोटिं । स ब्रह्मलोके रमते मनुष्यः ॥

yāvanti romāṇi bhavanti tasyā | vatsānvitāyāśca śarīrajāni | tāvatpradātā yugavarṣakoṭiṃ | sa brahmaloke ramate manuṣyaḥ

For as many crores of yuga-years as there are hairs on the body of that cow with her calf, the man who gave her rejoices in the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1900–1903.

Verse 83 (14.105.83)

यस्याहिताग्नेरतिथिप्रियस्य । शूद्रान्नदूरस्य जितेन्द्रियस्य । सत्यव्रतस्याध्ययनान्वितस्य । दत्ता हि गौस्तारयते परत्र ॥

yasyāhitāgneratithipriyasya | śūdrānnadūrasya jitendriyasya | satyavratasyādhyayanānvitasya | dattā hi gaustārayate paratra

A cow given to one who keeps the sacred fire, loves guests, keeps far from Shudra food, controls his senses, and is devoted to truth and to study carries the giver across in the world beyond.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text: Appendix I, No. 4 (printed in the CE file after 14.96.15 as 14,096.015d@004), lines 1904–1907.