The Equinox Gift, the Ashvattha, the Holy Fords and Atonement

Verse 1 (14.115.1)

केशवेनैवमाख्याते धर्मपुत्रः पुनःपुनः । पप्रच्छ दानकालस्य विशेषं च विधिं नृप ॥

keśavenaivamākhyāte dharmaputraḥ punaḥpunaḥ | papraccha dānakālasya viśeṣaṃ ca vidhiṃ nṛpa

When Keshava had spoken thus, the son of Dharma asked again and again, O king, about the special rule and the right method of giving at the proper times.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3069–_3070; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 2 (14.115.2)

देव किं फलमाख्यातं विषुवेष्वमरेश्वर । सूर्येन्दूपप्लवे चैव वक्तुमर्हसि तत्फलम् ॥

deva kiṃ phalamākhyātaṃ viṣuveṣvamareśvara | sūryendūpaplave caiva vaktumarhasi tatphalam

O god, lord of the immortals, what fruit has been declared for gifts at the equinoxes? And tell me also the fruit of giving at an eclipse of the sun and moon.

Note on the text: Corrected विषुवेष्मवरेश्वर → विषुवेष्वमरेश्वर (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, the evident word is viṣuveṣv amareśvara (CE @004_3071 reads dānasya viṣuveṣu ca)). Corrected वस्तुमर्हति → वक्तुमर्हसि (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, the evident word is vaktum arhasi; CE @004_3072 has a different second half, datte dāne ca yat phalam). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3071–_3072; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 3 (14.115.3)

शृणुष्व राजन्विषुवे सोमार्कग्रहणेषु च । व्यतीपातेऽयने चैव दानं स्यादक्षयं फलम् ॥

śṛṇuṣva rājanviṣuve somārkagrahaṇeṣu ca | vyatīpāte'yane caiva dānaṃ syādakṣayaṃ phalam

Listen, O king: a gift made at the equinox, at eclipses of the moon and sun, at the Vyatipata and at the solstice bears imperishable fruit.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3073–_3074; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 4 (14.115.4)

राजन्नयनयोर्मध्ये विषुवं सम्प्रचक्षते । समे रात्रिदिने तत्र सन्ध्यायां विषुवे नृप ॥

rājannayanayormadhye viṣuvaṃ sampracakṣate | same rātridine tatra sandhyāyāṃ viṣuve nṛpa

They call the point midway between the two solstices the equinox. Then day and night are equal, in the twilight of the equinox, O king.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3075–_3076; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 5 (14.115.5)

ब्रह्माऽहं शङ्करश्चापि तिष्ठामः सहिताः सकृत् । क्रियाकरणकार्याणामेकीभावत्वकारणात् ॥

brahmā'haṃ śaṅkaraścāpi tiṣṭhāmaḥ sahitāḥ sakṛt | kriyākaraṇakāryāṇāmekībhāvatvakāraṇāt

At that moment Brahma, Shankara and I stay together, because the acts, their means and their results become one.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3077–_3078; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 6 (14.115.6)

अस्माकमेकीभूतानां निष्कलं परमं पदम् । तन्मुहूर्तं परं पुण्यं राजन्विषुवसंज्ञितम् ॥

asmākamekībhūtānāṃ niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ padam | tanmuhūrtaṃ paraṃ puṇyaṃ rājanviṣuvasaṃjñitam

For us who have become one, that is the partless highest state. That moment, O king, called the equinox, is supremely holy.

Note on the text: CE (@004_3079) reads niṣphalaṃ tat paraṃ padam; Wikisource's अस्माकमेकीभूतानां निष्कलं परमं पदम् is kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3079–_3080; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 7 (14.115.7)

तदेवाद्यक्षरं ब्रह्म परं ब्रह्मेति कीर्तितम् । तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते सर्वे तु चिन्तयन्ति परं पदम् ॥

tadevādyakṣaraṃ brahma paraṃ brahmeti kīrtitam | tasminmuhūrte sarve tu cintayanti paraṃ padam

That is the primal syllable, Brahman, proclaimed as the Supreme Brahman. In that moment all contemplate the highest state.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3081–_3082; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 8 (14.115.8)

देवाश्च वसवो रुद्राः पितरश्चाश्विनौ तथा । साध्याश्च विश्वे गन्धर्वाः सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा ॥

devāśca vasavo rudrāḥ pitaraścāśvinau tathā | sādhyāśca viśve gandharvāḥ siddhā brahmarṣayastathā

The gods, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ancestors and the Ashvins, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas, the Gandharvas, the Siddhas and the Brahmin sages,

Note on the text: Wikisource reads वसवो रुद्राः पितरश्चाश्विनौ for CE devāś ca pitaro rudrā vasavaś cāśvinau; same names, different order; kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3083–_3084; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 9 (14.115.9)

सोमादयो ग्रहाश्चैव सरितः सागरास्तथा । मरुतोऽप्सरसो नागा यक्षराक्षसगुह्यकाः ॥

somādayo grahāścaiva saritaḥ sāgarāstathā | maruto'psaraso nāgā yakṣarākṣasaguhyakāḥ

the Moon and the other planets, the rivers and the oceans, the Maruts, the Apsarases, the Nagas, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas and the Guhyakas,

Note on the text: Corrected मरुतोत्सरसो → मरुतोऽप्सरसो (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, CE @004_3086 reads maruto 'psaraso). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3085–_3086; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 10 (14.115.10)

एते चान्ये च राजेन्द्र विषुवे संयतेन्द्रियाः । सोपवासाः प्रयत्नेन भवन्ति ध्यानतत्पराः ॥

ete cānye ca rājendra viṣuve saṃyatendriyāḥ | sopavāsāḥ prayatnena bhavanti dhyānatatparāḥ

these and others, O king of kings, with their senses controlled, fast at the equinox and, with effort, devote themselves to meditation.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3087–_3088; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 11 (14.115.11)

अन्नं गावस्तिलान्भूमिं कन्यादानं तथैव च । गृहमायतनं धान्यं वाहनं शयनं तथा ॥

annaṃ gāvastilānbhūmiṃ kanyādānaṃ tathaiva ca | gṛhamāyatanaṃ dhānyaṃ vāhanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā

Food, cows, sesame, land, the gift of a maiden, likewise a house, a dwelling, grain, a vehicle and a bed,

Note on the text: Wikisource reads गृहमायतनं for CE gṛham ācchādanam ("house, clothing"); kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3089–_3090; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 12 (14.115.12)

यच्चान्यच्च मया प्रोक्तं तत्प्रयच्छ युधिष्ठिर । दीयते विषुवेष्वेवं श्रोत्रियेभ्यो विशेषतः ॥

yaccānyacca mayā proktaṃ tatprayaccha yudhiṣṭhira | dīyate viṣuveṣvevaṃ śrotriyebhyo viśeṣataḥ

and whatever else I have mentioned, give that, Yudhishthira. It is given at the equinoxes, especially to learned Brahmins.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3091–_3092; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 13 (14.115.13)

तस्य दानस्य कौन्तेय क्षयं नैवोपपद्यते । वर्धतेऽहरहः पुण्यं तद्दानं कोटिसंमितम् ॥

tasya dānasya kaunteya kṣayaṃ naivopapadyate | vardhate'harahaḥ puṇyaṃ taddānaṃ koṭisaṃmitam

The fruit of that gift, son of Kunti, never wastes away. Day by day the merit grows; that gift is worth ten million.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3093–_3094; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 14 (14.115.14)

विषुवे स्नपनं यस्तु मम कुर्याद्धरस्य वा । अर्चनां च यथान्यायं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

viṣuve snapanaṃ yastu mama kuryāddharasya vā | arcanāṃ ca yathānyāyaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who at the equinox gives a ceremonial bath to me or to Hara, and worships in due form, hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected यतान्यायं → यथान्यायं (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3096 reads yathānyāyaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3095–_3096; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 15 (14.115.15)

दशजन्मकृतं पापं तस्य सद्यो विनश्यति । दशानामश्वमेधानामिष्टानां लभते फलम् ॥

daśajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya sadyo vinaśyati | daśānāmaśvamedhānāmiṣṭānāṃ labhate phalam

The sin of ten births is destroyed for him at once, and he gains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices performed.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3097–_3098; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 16 (14.115.16)

विमानं दिव्यमारूढः कामरूपी यथासुखम् । स याति मामकं लोकं रुद्रलोकमथापि वा ॥

vimānaṃ divyamārūḍhaḥ kāmarūpī yathāsukham | sa yāti māmakaṃ lokaṃ rudralokamathāpi vā

Mounted on a divine aerial car, taking whatever shape he wishes and at his ease, he goes to my world, or else to the world of Rudra.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3099–_3100; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 17 (14.115.17)

तत्रस्थैर्देवगन्धर्वैर्गीयमानो यथासुखम् । दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणि कोटिमेकं तु मोदते ॥

tatrasthairdevagandharvairgīyamāno yathāsukham | divyavarṣasahasrāṇi koṭimekaṃ tu modate

There, sung by gods and Gandharvas, he rejoices at his ease for ten million thousands of divine years.

Note on the text: Corrected देवगन्धर्वेर्गीयमानो → देवगन्धर्वैर्गीयमानो (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3101 reads devagandharvair gīyamāno). Wikisource's कोटिमेकं तु (one crore of divine thousands of years) matches CE @004_3102. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3101–_3102; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 18 (14.115.18)

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह लोके द्विजोत्तमः । चतुर्णामपि वेदानां पारगो ब्रह्मविद्भवेत् ॥

tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha loke dvijottamaḥ | caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ pārago brahmavidbhavet

Then, fallen from there in time, he is born in this world as an excellent Brahmin, master of all four Vedas, a knower of Brahman.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मिविद्भवेत् → ब्रह्मविद्भवेत् (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि, CE @004_3104 reads brahmavid bhavet). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3103–_3104; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 19 (14.115.19)

चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे व्योम्नि मम वा शङ्करस्य वा । गायत्रीं मामिकां वाऽपि जपेद्यः शङ्करस्य वा ॥

candrasūryagrahe vyomni mama vā śaṅkarasya vā | gāyatrīṃ māmikāṃ vā'pi japedyaḥ śaṅkarasya vā

At an eclipse of the moon or sun in the sky, whoever recites my Gayatri or that of Shankara,

Note on the text: Wikisource reads व्योम्नि मम वा शङ्करस्य वा and ends the second line जपेद्यः शङ्करस्य वा; CE @004_3105–3106 differs slightly (vāpi … vā). Kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3105–_3106; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 20 (14.115.20)

शङ्खतूर्यस्वनैश्चैव कांस्यघण्टास्वनैरपि । कारयेत्तु ध्वनिं भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

śaṅkhatūryasvanaiścaiva kāṃsyaghaṇṭāsvanairapi | kārayettu dhvaniṃ bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

and has a sound raised with devotion by conches and trumpets, by bronze gongs and bells: hear the fruit of his merit.

Note on the text: Corrected शङ्खर्तूर्यस्वनैश्चैव → शङ्खतूर्यस्वनैश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; stray र्, CE @004_3107 reads śaṅkhatūrya-). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3107–_3108; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 21 (14.115.21)

गान्धर्वैर्होमजप्यैश्च जप्तैरुत्कृष्टनामभिः । दुर्बलोपि भवेद्राहुः सोमश्च बलवान्भवेत् ॥

gāndharvairhomajapyaiśca japtairutkṛṣṭanāmabhiḥ | durbalopi bhavedrāhuḥ somaśca balavānbhavet

By Gandharva music, by offerings and recitations, and by chanting the best of names, Rahu grows weak and the Moon grows strong.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3109–_3110; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 22 (14.115.22)

सूर्येन्दूपप्लवे चैव श्रोत्रियेभ्यः प्रदीयते । तत्सहस्रगुणं भूत्वा दांतारमुपतिष्ठति ॥

sūryendūpaplave caiva śrotriyebhyaḥ pradīyate | tatsahasraguṇaṃ bhūtvā dāṃtāramupatiṣṭhati

What is given to learned Brahmins at an eclipse of the sun and moon becomes a thousandfold and waits upon the giver.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3111–_3112; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 23 (14.115.23)

महापातकयुक्तोपि यद्यपि स्यान्नरोत्तम । निष्पापस्तत्क्षणादेव तेन दानेन जायते ॥

mahāpātakayuktopi yadyapi syānnarottama | niṣpāpastatkṣaṇādeva tena dānena jāyate

Even a man bound by great sins, O best of men, becomes free of sin in that very moment through that gift.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3113–_3114; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 24 (14.115.24)

चन्द्रसूर्यप्रकाशेन विमानेन विराजता । याति सोमपुरं रम्यं सेव्यमानोप्सरोगणैः ॥

candrasūryaprakāśena vimānena virājatā | yāti somapuraṃ ramyaṃ sevyamānopsarogaṇaiḥ

In a shining aerial car bright as the moon and sun, he goes to the lovely city of Soma, waited on by hosts of Apsarases.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3115–_3116; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 25 (14.115.25)

यावदृक्षाणि तिष्ठन्ति गगने शशिना सह । तावत्कालं स राजेन्द्र सोमलोके महीयते ॥

yāvadṛkṣāṇi tiṣṭhanti gagane śaśinā saha | tāvatkālaṃ sa rājendra somaloke mahīyate

As long as the stars stand in the sky with the moon, for that long, O king of kings, he is honoured in the world of the Moon.

Note on the text: Corrected स रजेन्द्र → स राजेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā, CE @004_3118 reads sa rājendra). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3117–_3118; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 26 (14.115.26)

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालादिह लोके युधिष्ठिर । वेदवेदाङ्गविद्विप्रः कोटीधनपतिर्भवेत् ॥

tataścāpi cyutaḥ kālādiha loke yudhiṣṭhira | vedavedāṅgavidvipraḥ koṭīdhanapatirbhavet

Then, fallen from there in time, he is born in this world, Yudhishthira, as a Brahmin learned in the Vedas and Vedangas and master of ten million in wealth.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3119–_3120; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 27 (14.115.27)

भगवंस्तव गायत्री जप्यते च कथं विभो । किं वा तस्य फलं देव ममाचक्ष्व सुरेश्वर ॥

bhagavaṃstava gāyatrī japyate ca kathaṃ vibho | kiṃ vā tasya phalaṃ deva mamācakṣva sureśvara

Lord, how is your Gayatri recited, O mighty one? And what is its fruit, O god? Tell me, lord of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected फळं → फलं (misprint in Wikisource; non-standard ळ, CE @004_3122 reads phalaṃ). CE @004_3121 reads budhyate tu kathaṃ nṛbhiḥ for जप्यते च कथं विभो; kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3121–_3122; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 28 (14.115.28)

द्वादश्यां विषुवे चैव चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तथा । अयने श्रवणे चैव व्यतीपाते तथैव च ॥

dvādaśyāṃ viṣuve caiva candrasūryagrahe tathā | ayane śravaṇe caiva vyatīpāte tathaiva ca

On the twelfth day, at the equinox, at eclipses of the moon and sun, at the solstice, under Shravana, at the Vyatipata,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3123–_3124; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 29 (14.115.29)

अश्वत्थदर्शने चैव तथा मद्दर्शनेऽपि च । जप्या तु मम गायत्री चाथवाऽष्टाक्षरं नृप । आर्जितं दुष्कृतं तस्य नाशयेन्नात्र संशयः ॥

aśvatthadarśane caiva tathā maddarśane'pi ca | japyā tu mama gāyatrī cāthavā'ṣṭākṣaraṃ nṛpa | ārjitaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ tasya nāśayennātra saṃśayaḥ

and at the sight of the ashvattha tree and at the sight of me, my Gayatri or the eight-syllable mantra should be recited, O king. It destroys the evil he has earned. There is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वत्तदर्शने → अश्वत्थदर्शने (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ्थ, CE @004_3125 reads aśvatthadarśane). Three lines; the CE's third line is @004_3127 (ārjitaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ tasya nāśayen nātra saṃśayaḥ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3125–_3127; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 30 (14.115.30)

अश्वत्थदर्शनं चैव किं त्वद्दर्शनसंमितम् । एतत्कथय मे देव परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

aśvatthadarśanaṃ caiva kiṃ tvaddarśanasaṃmitam | etatkathaya me deva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Is the sight of the ashvattha equal to the sight of you? Tell me this, O god, for I am very curious.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3128–_3129; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 31 (14.115.31)

अहमश्वत्थरूपेण पालयामि जगत्त्रयम् । अश्वत्थो न स्थितो यत्र नाहं तत्र प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

ahamaśvattharūpeṇa pālayāmi jagattrayam | aśvattho na sthito yatra nāhaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ

In the form of the ashvattha I protect the three worlds. Where the ashvattha does not stand, I am not established.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्वत्थो → अश्वत्थो (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3131 reads aśvattho). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3130–_3131; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 32 (14.115.32)

यत्राहं संस्थितो राजन्नश्वत्थश्चापि तिष्ठति । यस्त्वेनमर्चयेद्भक्त्या स मां साक्षात्समर्चति ॥

yatrāhaṃ saṃsthito rājannaśvatthaścāpi tiṣṭhati | yastvenamarcayedbhaktyā sa māṃ sākṣātsamarcati

Where I am established, O king, the ashvattha stands also. He who worships it with devotion worships me in person.

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्नस्वत्थश्चापि → राजन्नश्वत्थश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3132 reads rājann aśvatthaś cāpi). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3132–_3133; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 33 (14.115.33)

यस्त्वेनं प्रहरेत्कोपान्मामेव प्रहरेत्तु सः । तस्मात्प्रदक्षिणं कुर्यान्न छिन्द्यादेनमन्वहम् ॥

yastvenaṃ praharetkopānmāmeva praharettu saḥ | tasmātpradakṣiṇaṃ kuryānna chindyādenamanvaham

But he who strikes it in anger strikes me alone. Therefore one should walk round it, and never cut it down.

Note on the text: Corrected न चिन्द्यादेनमन्वहम् → न छिन्द्यादेनमन्वहम् (misprint in Wikisource; चिन्द्यात् is not a form of the verb, CE @004_3135 reads na chindyād enam anvaham). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3134–_3135; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 34 (14.115.34)

व्रतस्य पारणं तीर्थमार्जवं तीर्थमुच्यते । देवशुश्रूषणं तीर्थं गुरुशुश्रूषणं तथा ॥

vratasya pāraṇaṃ tīrthamārjavaṃ tīrthamucyate | devaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā

The completion of a vow is a holy ford, and uprightness is called a holy ford. Service of the gods is a holy ford, and service of the teacher likewise.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्तचं → तीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, CE @004_3137 reads tīrthaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3136–_3137; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 35 (14.115.35)

पितृशुश्रूषणं तीर्थं मातृशुश्रूषणं तथा । दाराणां तोषणं तीर्थं गार्हस्थ्यं तीर्थमुच्यते ॥

pitṛśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ mātṛśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā | dārāṇāṃ toṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ gārhasthyaṃ tīrthamucyate

Service of one's father is a holy ford, and service of one's mother likewise. Pleasing one's wife is a holy ford; the householder's life is called a holy ford.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्तं गार्हस्थ्यं → तीर्थं गार्हस्थ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; थ for त, CE @004_3139 reads tīrthaṃ). Wikisource's wording differs from CE @004_3138–3139 (guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ …, narāṇāṃ poṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ); recension variant, kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3138–_3139; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 36 (14.115.36)

आतिथेयः परं तीर्थं ब्रह्मतीर्थं सनातनम् । ब्रह्मचर्यं परं तीर्थं त्रेताग्निस्तीर्थमुच्यते ॥

ātitheyaḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ brahmatīrthaṃ sanātanam | brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ tretāgnistīrthamucyate

Hospitality is a supreme holy ford, the eternal ford of Brahman. Chastity is a supreme holy ford; the three sacred fires are called a holy ford.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मिचर्यं परं तीर्तं → ब्रह्मचर्यं परं तीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि and थ for त, CE @004_3141 reads brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3140–_3141; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 37 (14.115.37)

मूलं धर्मं तु विज्ञाय मनस्तत्रावधार्यताम् । गच्छ तीर्थानि कौन्तेय धर्मो धर्मेण वर्धते ॥

mūlaṃ dharmaṃ tu vijñāya manastatrāvadhāryatām | gaccha tīrthāni kaunteya dharmo dharmeṇa vardhate

Knowing dharma to be the root, fix your mind on it. Go to the holy fords, son of Kunti, for dharma grows by dharma.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3142–_3143; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 38 (14.115.38)

द्विविधं तीर्थमित्याहुः स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा । स्थावराज्जङ्गमं तीर्थं ततो ज्ञानपरिग्रहः ॥

dvividhaṃ tīrthamityāhuḥ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā | sthāvarājjaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ tato jñānaparigrahaḥ

They say a holy ford is of two kinds, the fixed and the moving. The moving is better than the fixed, for from it comes the gaining of knowledge.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तावराज्जङ्गमं → स्थावराज्जङ्गमं (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3145 reads sthāvarāj jaṅgamaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3144–_3145; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 39 (14.115.39)

कर्मणाऽपि विशुद्धस्य पुरुषस्येह भारत । हृदये सर्वतीर्थानि तीर्थभूतः स उच्यते ॥

karmaṇā'pi viśuddhasya puruṣasyeha bhārata | hṛdaye sarvatīrthāni tīrthabhūtaḥ sa ucyate

For a man purified even by action, O Bharata, all holy fords are in his heart, and he is called a holy ford in person.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्म्णाऽपि → कर्मणाऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, CE @004_3146 reads karmaṇāpi). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3146–_3147; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 40 (14.115.40)

गुरुतीर्थं परं ज्ञानमतस्तीर्थं न विद्यते । ज्ञानतीर्थं परं तीर्थं ब्रह्मतीर्थं सनातनम् ॥

gurutīrthaṃ paraṃ jñānamatastīrthaṃ na vidyate | jñānatīrthaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ brahmatīrthaṃ sanātanam

The teacher is a holy ford and knowledge is supreme; there is no holy ford beyond this. Knowledge is the supreme holy ford, the eternal ford of Brahman.

Note on the text: Corrected मतस्तीर्तं → मतस्तीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3148 reads tīrthaṃ). Corrected ज्ञानतीर्तं परं तीर्तं ब्रह्मतीर्तं → ज्ञानतीर्थं परं तीर्थं ब्रह्मतीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; थ for त three times, CE @004_3149 reads jñānatīrthaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ brahmatīrthaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3148–_3149; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 41 (14.115.41)

क्षमा तु परमं तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थेषु पाण्डव । क्षमावतामयं लोकः परश्चैव क्षमावताम् ॥

kṣamā tu paramaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu pāṇḍava | kṣamāvatāmayaṃ lokaḥ paraścaiva kṣamāvatām

Forgiveness is the supreme holy ford among all holy fords, O Pandava. This world belongs to those who forgive, and the next world too.

Note on the text: Corrected परमं तीर्तं → परमं तीर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3150 reads tīrthaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3150–_3151; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 42 (14.115.42)

मानितोऽमानितो वाऽपि पूजितोऽपूजितोपि वा । आक्रुष्टस्तर्जितो वाऽपि क्षमावांस्तीर्थमुच्यते ॥

mānito'mānito vā'pi pūjito'pūjitopi vā | ākruṣṭastarjito vā'pi kṣamāvāṃstīrthamucyate

Honoured or dishonoured, worshipped or slighted, abused or threatened, the man who forgives is called a holy ford.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3152–_3153; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 43 (14.115.43)

क्षमा यशः क्षमा दानं क्षमा यज्ञः क्षमा दमः । क्षमाऽहिंसा क्षमा धर्मः क्षमा चेन्द्रियनिग्रहः ॥

kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā damaḥ | kṣamā'hiṃsā kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamā cendriyanigrahaḥ

Forgiveness is fame, forgiveness is giving, forgiveness is sacrifice, forgiveness is self-control; forgiveness is non-violence, forgiveness is dharma, forgiveness is the restraint of the senses.

Note on the text: Wikisource's first line differs from CE @004_3154 (kṣamā damaḥ kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā tapaḥ); kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3154–_3155; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 44 (14.115.44)

क्षमा दया क्षमा यज्ञः क्षमयैव धृतं जगत् । क्षमावान्ब्राह्मणो देवः क्षमावान्ब्राह्मणो वरः ॥

kṣamā dayā kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamayaiva dhṛtaṃ jagat | kṣamāvānbrāhmaṇo devaḥ kṣamāvānbrāhmaṇo varaḥ

Forgiveness is compassion, forgiveness is sacrifice; by forgiveness alone the world is upheld. The forgiving Brahmin is a god; the forgiving Brahmin is the best.

Note on the text: Only the first line is in the CE (@004_3156, kṣamā dayā kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamayaitad dhṛtaṃ jagat); the second line (क्षमावान्ब्राह्मणो देवः …) is found only in the vulgate recension. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3156 (first line only); not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 45 (14.115.45)

क्षमावानाप्नुयात्स्वर्गं क्षमावानाप्नुयाद्यशः । क्षमावान्प्राप्नुयान्मोक्षं तस्मात्साधुः स उच्यते ॥

kṣamāvānāpnuyātsvargaṃ kṣamāvānāpnuyādyaśaḥ | kṣamāvānprāpnuyānmokṣaṃ tasmātsādhuḥ sa ucyate

The forgiving man gains heaven, the forgiving man gains fame, the forgiving man gains liberation; therefore he is called good.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मात्साद्युः → तस्मात्साधुः (misprint in Wikisource; द्यु for धु, the evident word is sādhuḥ ("good"); CE @004_3158 reads tasmāt sā tīrtham ucyate). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3157–_3158; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 46 (14.115.46)

आत्मा नदी भारतपुण्यतीर्थम् । आत्मा तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थप्रधानम् । आत्मा यज्ञः सततं मन्यते वै । स्वर्गो मोक्षः सर्वमात्मन्यधीनम् ॥

ātmā nadī bhāratapuṇyatīrtham | ātmā tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthapradhānam | ātmā yajñaḥ satataṃ manyate vai | svargo mokṣaḥ sarvamātmanyadhīnam

The self is the river, O Bharata, the holy ford; the self is the holy ford, the chief of all holy fords. The self is the sacrifice always performed; heaven and liberation, everything, depend on the self.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्थ- । मात्मा → तीर्थम् । आत्मा (Resolved the sandhi across the line-break hyphen (तीर्थ-/मात्मा → तीर्थम्/आत्मा); the hyphen is a wiki mark. CE @004_3159–3160 has the two half-lines separately). Four-line (tristubh) verse; the CE gives these as four lines (@004_3159–3162). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3159–_3162; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 47 (14.115.47)

आचारनैर्मल्यमुपागतेन । सत्यक्षमानिस्तुलशीतलेन । ज्ञानांबुना स्नाति हि नित्यमेवं । किं तस्य भूयः सलिलेन तीर्थम् ॥

ācāranairmalyamupāgatena | satyakṣamānistulaśītalena | jñānāṃbunā snāti hi nityamevaṃ | kiṃ tasya bhūyaḥ salilena tīrtham

For him who has come to purity of conduct, and is cool with truth, forbearance and incomparable calm, and who bathes always in the water of knowledge: what more has he to do with the water of a holy ford?

Note on the text: Four-line verse; the CE has the same four lines with variant readings (e.g. satyaprasannakṣamaśītalena); Wikisource kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3163–_3166; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 48 (14.115.48)

भगवन्सर्वपापघ्नं प्रायश्चित्तमदुष्करम् । त्वद्भक्तस्य सुरश्रेष्ठ मम त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavansarvapāpaghnaṃ prāyaścittamaduṣkaram | tvadbhaktasya suraśreṣṭha mama tvaṃ vaktumarhasi

Lord, best of the gods, you ought to tell me, your devotee, an atonement that is easy to do and destroys all sins.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3167–_3168; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 49 (14.115.49)

रहस्यमिदमत्यर्थमश्राव्यं पापकर्मणाम् । अधार्मिकाणामश्राव्यं प्रायश्चित्तं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

rahasyamidamatyarthamaśrāvyaṃ pāpakarmaṇām | adhārmikāṇāmaśrāvyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ bravīmi te

This is a great secret, not to be told to evil-doers. It is not to be told to the unrighteous; I tell you the atonement.

Note on the text: Corrected रहलस्यमिदमत्यर्थमश्राव्यं → रहस्यमिदमत्यर्थमश्राव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; ल for स, CE @004_3169 reads rahasyam idam atyartham aśrāvyaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3169–_3170; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 50 (14.115.50)

पावनं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना । नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवायेत्यभिवादनमाचरेत् ॥

pāvanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā madgatenāntarātmanā | namo brahmaṇyadevāyetyabhivādanamācaret

On seeing a purifying Brahmin, with his inner self fixed on me, he should greet him with the words, "Homage to the God of the Brahmins."

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्ममं → ब्राह्मणं (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3171 reads brāhmaṇaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3171–_3172; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 51 (14.115.51)

प्रदक्षिणं च यः कुर्यात्पुनरष्टाक्षरेण तु । तेन तुष्टेन विप्रेण तत्पापं क्षपयाम्यहम् ॥

pradakṣiṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātpunaraṣṭākṣareṇa tu | tena tuṣṭena vipreṇa tatpāpaṃ kṣapayāmyaham

And whoever also walks round him, with the eight-syllable mantra: when that Brahmin is pleased, I destroy that sin.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रेणि → विप्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि, CE @004_3174 has tena tuṣṭo naraśreṣṭha). Wikisource's first line (प्रदक्षिणं च यः कुर्यात्पुनरष्टाक्षरेण तु) differs from CE @004_3173 (… triḥ kuryāt …); kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3173–_3174; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 52 (14.115.52)

पोत्रकृष्टां वराहस्य मृत्तिकां शिरसा वहन् । प्राणायामशतं कृत्वा नरः पापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

potrakṛṣṭāṃ varāhasya mṛttikāṃ śirasā vahan | prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kṛtvā naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Carrying on his head clay turned up by the snout of the Boar, and having performed a hundred breath-controls, a man is freed from sins.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads पोत्रकृष्टां; CE @004_3175 reads yatra kṛṣṭāṃ. Kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3175–_3176; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 53 (14.115.53)

दक्षिणावर्तशङ्खाद्वा कपिलाशृङ्गतोपि वा । प्राक्स्रोतसं नदीं गत्वा ममायतनसंनिधौ ॥

dakṣiṇāvartaśaṅkhādvā kapilāśṛṅgatopi vā | prāksrotasaṃ nadīṃ gatvā mamāyatanasaṃnidhau

With water from a right-spiralled conch or from the horn of a tawny cow, having gone to a river that flows east, near a temple of mine,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3177–_3178; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 54 (14.115.54)

सलिलेन तु यः स्नायात्सकृदेव रविग्रहे । तस्य यत्संचितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥

salilena tu yaḥ snāyātsakṛdeva ravigrahe | tasya yatsaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

whoever bathes with the water even once at a solar eclipse, the sin he has gathered is destroyed in that very moment.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3179–_3180; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 55 (14.115.55)

मस्तकान्निस्सृतैस्तोयैः कपिलाया युधिष्ठिर । गोमूत्रेणापि यः स्नायाद्रोहिण्यां मम वा दिने । विप्रपादच्युतैर्वाऽपि तोयैः पापं प्रणश्यति ॥

mastakānnissṛtaistoyaiḥ kapilāyā yudhiṣṭhira | gomūtreṇāpi yaḥ snāyādrohiṇyāṃ mama vā dine | viprapādacyutairvā'pi toyaiḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

Or with water flowing from the head of a tawny cow, Yudhishthira, or one who bathes with cow's urine under Rohini or on my day, or with water that has fallen from a Brahmin's feet: his sin is wholly destroyed.

Note on the text: Three lines (the page labels the third 56c). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3181–_3183; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 56 (14.115.56)

नमस्येद्यस्तु मद्भक्त्या शिंशुमारं प्रजापतिम् । चतुर्दशाङ्गसंयुक्तं तस्य पापं प्रणश्यति ॥

namasyedyastu madbhaktyā śiṃśumāraṃ prajāpatim | caturdaśāṅgasaṃyuktaṃ tasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

He who, in devotion to me, bows to Shishumara, the lord of creatures, with his fourteen limbs, has his sin destroyed.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रणस्यति → प्रणश्यति (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3185 reads praṇaśyati). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3184–_3185; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 57 (14.115.57)

ततश्चतुर्दशाङ्गानि शृणु तस्य युधिष्ठिर । शिरो धर्मो हनुर्ब्रह्मा वृषावुत्तरदक्षिणौ ॥

tataścaturdaśāṅgāni śṛṇu tasya yudhiṣṭhira | śiro dharmo hanurbrahmā vṛṣāvuttaradakṣiṇau

Now hear his fourteen limbs, Yudhishthira: the head is Dharma, the jaw is Brahma, the two bulls, north and south, are its sides.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (वृषावुत्तरदक्षिणौ) differs from CE @004_3187 (pucchāv uttaradakṣiṇau, "the two tails, north and south"); kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3186–_3187; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 58 (14.115.58)

हृदयं तु भवेद्विष्णुरंसौ स्यातां तथाऽश्विनौ । अत्रिर्मध्यं भवेद्राजँल्लिङ्गं संवत्सरं भवेत् ॥

hṛdayaṃ tu bhavedviṣṇuraṃsau syātāṃ tathā'śvinau | atrirmadhyaṃ bhavedrājam̐lliṅgaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ bhavet

The heart is Vishnu, the two shoulders are the Ashvins, the middle is Atri, O king, and the generative organ is the year.

Note on the text: CE @004_3189 reads agnir madhyam, "the middle is Agni"; Wikisource's अत्रिर्मध्यं is kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3188–_3189; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 59 (14.115.59)

मित्रावरुणकौ पादावूरुद्वन्द्वं हुताशनः । ततः पश्चाद्भवेदिन्द्रस्ततः पश्चात्प्रजापतिः ॥

mitrāvaruṇakau pādāvūrudvandvaṃ hutāśanaḥ | tataḥ paścādbhavedindrastataḥ paścātprajāpatiḥ

The two feet are Mitra and Varuna, the pair of thighs is Agni; behind that is Indra, and behind that Prajapati.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3190–_3191; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 60 (14.115.60)

अभयं च ततः पश्चात्स एव ध्रुवसंज्ञिकः । एतान्यङ्गानि सर्वाणि शिंशुमारप्रजापतेः ॥

abhayaṃ ca tataḥ paścātsa eva dhruvasaṃjñikaḥ | etānyaṅgāni sarvāṇi śiṃśumāraprajāpateḥ

Then comes Abhaya, who is the one called Dhruva. These are all the limbs of Shishumara, the lord of creatures.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3192–_3193; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 61 (14.115.61)

पिबेत्तु पञ्चगव्यं यः पौर्णमास्यामुपोष्य तु । तस्य नश्यति यत्पापं तत्पापं पूर्वसंचितम् । तथैव ब्रह्मकूर्चं तु समन्त्रं तु पृथक्पृथक् ॥

pibettu pañcagavyaṃ yaḥ paurṇamāsyāmupoṣya tu | tasya naśyati yatpāpaṃ tatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam | tathaiva brahmakūrcaṃ tu samantraṃ tu pṛthakpṛthak

He who, fasting on the full-moon day, drinks the five products of the cow: whatever sin he accumulated before is destroyed; and likewise the Brahmakurcha, each with its own mantra.

Note on the text: Corrected विबेत्तु → पिबेत्तु (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3194 reads pibet tu). Corrected ब्रह्मकूर्च तु → ब्रह्मकूर्चं तु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, CE @004_3196 reads brahmakūrcaṃ). Three lines. Wikisource's second line differs from CE @004_3195 (tasya naśyati tat sarvaṃ …); kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3194–_3196; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 62 (14.115.62)

मासिमासि पिबेद्यस्तु तस्य पापं प्रणश्यति । पात्रं च ब्रह्मकूर्चं च शृणु तत्र च भारत ॥

māsimāsi pibedyastu tasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati | pātraṃ ca brahmakūrcaṃ ca śṛṇu tatra ca bhārata

He who drinks it month after month has his sin destroyed. Hear now about the vessel and the Brahmakurcha, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected मासिमासि विबेद्यस्तु → मासिमासि पिबेद्यस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3197 reads pibed yas tu). Second line differs from CE @004_3198 (pāpaṃ ca brahmakūrcaṃ ca śṛṇu mantraṃ ca bhārata); Wikisource's पात्रं च is kept. Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3197–_3198; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 63 (14.115.63)

पालाशं पद्मपत्रं च ताम्रं वाऽथ हिरण्ययम् । सादयित्वा तु गृह्णीयात्तत्तु पात्रमुदाहृतम् ॥

pālāśaṃ padmapatraṃ ca tāmraṃ vā'tha hiraṇyayam | sādayitvā tu gṛhṇīyāttattu pātramudāhṛtam

A vessel of palasha wood or a lotus leaf, of copper or of gold: having set the ingredients in it, he should take them. That is declared to be the vessel.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3199–_3200; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 64 (14.115.64)

गायत्र्या गृह्णते मूत्रं गन्धद्वारेति गोमयम् । आप्यायस्वेति च क्षीरं दधिक्राव्णेति वै दधि ॥

gāyatryā gṛhṇate mūtraṃ gandhadvāreti gomayam | āpyāyasveti ca kṣīraṃ dadhikrāvṇeti vai dadhi

He takes the urine with the Gayatri, the dung with "Gandhadvara," the milk with "Apyayasva," and the curd with "Dadhikravno,"

Note on the text: Corrected दधिक्राण्वेति → दधिक्राव्णेति (misprint in Wikisource; the mantra word is dadhikrāvṇo, CE @004_3202 reads dadhikrāvṇeti). गृह्णते is kept as printed (CE @004_3201 has gṛhya); rendered "he takes". Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3201–_3202; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 65 (14.115.65)

तेजोसिशुक्रमित्याज्यं देवस्यत्वेति कुशोदकम् । आपोहिष्ठेत्यृचा गृह्य यवचूर्णं यथाविधि ॥

tejosiśukramityājyaṃ devasyatveti kuśodakam | āpohiṣṭhetyṛcā gṛhya yavacūrṇaṃ yathāvidhi

the ghee with "Tejo 'si shukram," the kusha water with "Devasya tva"; and having taken barley flour with the verse "Apo hishtha," according to rule,

Note on the text: Corrected शुक्लमित्याज्यं → शुक्रमित्याज्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the mantra is tejo 'si śukram, CE @004_3203). Corrected गृह्यि → गृह्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि, CE @004_3204 reads saṃgṛhya). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3203–_3204; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 66 (14.115.66)

ब्रह्मणे च यथा हुत्वा समिद्धे च हुताशने । आलोड्य प्रणवेनैव निर्मथ्य प्रणवेन तु ॥

brahmaṇe ca yathā hutvā samiddhe ca hutāśane | āloḍya praṇavenaiva nirmathya praṇavena tu

and having made the offering to Brahma in the kindled fire, he should stir it with the Pranava, churn it with the Pranava,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3205–_3206; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 67 (14.115.67)

उद्धृत्य प्रणवेनैव पिबेत्तु प्रणवेन तु । महताऽपि स पापेन त्वचेवाहिर्विमुच्यते ॥

uddhṛtya praṇavenaiva pibettu praṇavena tu | mahatā'pi sa pāpena tvacevāhirvimucyate

take it up with the Pranava and drink it with the Pranava. Even from a great sin he is freed, as a snake from its skin.

Note on the text: Corrected पिबेतु → पिबेत्तु (misprint in Wikisource; CE @004_3207 reads pibet tu). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3207–_3208; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 68 (14.115.68)

भद्रं न इति यः पादं पठन्नृक्सहितां तदा । अन्तर्जले वाऽभ्यादित्ये तस्य पापं प्रणश्यति ॥

bhadraṃ na iti yaḥ pādaṃ paṭhannṛksahitāṃ tadā | antarjale vā'bhyāditye tasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

He who recites from the Rigveda collection the quarter-verse beginning "Bhadram na," standing in water or facing the sun, has his sin destroyed.

Note on the text: Corrected न हति → न इति (misprint in Wikisource; the quarter-verse is bhadraṃ na iti ("beginning 'Bhadram na'"), CE @004_3209 reads bhadraṃ na iti). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3209–_3210; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 69 (14.115.69)

मम सूक्तं जपेद्यस्तु नित्यं मद्गतमानसः । न पापेन स लिप्येत पद्मपत्रमिवांभसा ॥

mama sūktaṃ japedyastu nityaṃ madgatamānasaḥ | na pāpena sa lipyeta padmapatramivāṃbhasā

He who always recites my hymn with his mind fixed on me is not stained by sin, as a lotus leaf is not by water.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3211–_3212; not in the critical edition's constituted text.