The Palasha Image, the True Tirthas, and Krishna's Return to Dvaraka

Verse 1 (14.118.1)

देशान्तरगते विप्रे संयुक्ते कालधर्मणा । शरीरनाशे संप्राप्ते कथं प्रेतत्वकल्पना ॥

deśāntaragate vipre saṃyukte kāladharmaṇā | śarīranāśe saṃprāpte kathaṃ pretatvakalpanā

When a Brahmin has died in a foreign land, joined with the law of time, and his body has perished, how is the rite for making him a preta laid down?

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3308–_3309; not in the critical edition's constituted text (the CE prints 'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca' at @004_3307).

Verse 2 (14.118.2)

श्रूयतामाहिताग्नेस्तु तथाभूतस्य संस्क्रिया । पालाशबृन्दैः प्रतिमा कर्तव्या कल्पचोदिता ॥

śrūyatāmāhitāgnestu tathābhūtasya saṃskriyā | pālāśabṛndaiḥ pratimā kartavyā kalpacoditā

Listen to the rite for such a man who kept the sacred fires: an image should be made of palasha stalks, as the ritual manual enjoins.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3310–_3311; not in the critical edition's constituted text (the CE prints 'bhagavān uvāca' at @004_3309).

Verse 3 (14.118.3)

त्रीणि षष्टिशतान्याहुरस्थीन्यस्य युधिष्ठिर । तेषां विकल्पना कार्या यथाशास्त्रं विनिश्चितम् ॥

trīṇi ṣaṣṭiśatānyāhurasthīnyasya yudhiṣṭhira | teṣāṃ vikalpanā kāryā yathāśāstraṃ viniścitam

They say that a man has three hundred and sixty bones, O Yudhishthira; their apportioning is to be made as the scriptures have determined.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3312–_3313; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 4 (14.118.4)

अशीत्यर्धं शिरसि च ग्रीवायां दश एव च । बाह्वोश्चापि शतं दद्यादङ्गुलीषु पुनर्दश ॥

aśītyardhaṃ śirasi ca grīvāyāṃ daśa eva ca | bāhvoścāpi śataṃ dadyādaṅgulīṣu punardaśa

Assign forty (half of eighty) to the head, ten to the neck, a hundred to the two arms, and again ten to the fingers.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3314–_3315; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 5 (14.118.5)

उरसि त्रिंशतं दद्याज्जठरे वाऽपि विंशतिम् । वृषणे द्वादशार्धं तु शिश्ने चाष्टार्धमेव च ॥

urasi triṃśataṃ dadyājjaṭhare vā'pi viṃśatim | vṛṣaṇe dvādaśārdhaṃ tu śiśne cāṣṭārdhameva ca

Assign thirty to the chest, twenty to the belly, six (half of twelve) to the scrotum, and four (half of eight) to the penis.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3316–_3317; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 6 (14.118.6)

दद्यात्तु शतमूर्वोस्तु षष्ट्यर्थं जानुजङ्घयोः । दश दद्याच्चरणयोरेषा प्रेतस्य निष्कृतिः ॥

dadyāttu śatamūrvostu ṣaṣṭyarthaṃ jānujaṅghayoḥ | daśa dadyāccaraṇayoreṣā pretasya niṣkṛtiḥ

Assign a hundred to the thighs, thirty (half of sixty) to the knees and shanks, and ten to the feet. This is the atonement for the dead man.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3318–_3319; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 7 (14.118.7)

विशेषतीर्थं सर्वेषामशक्तानामनुग्रहात् । भक्तानां तारणार्थं तु वक्तुमर्हसि धर्मतः ॥

viśeṣatīrthaṃ sarveṣāmaśaktānāmanugrahāt | bhaktānāṃ tāraṇārthaṃ tu vaktumarhasi dharmataḥ

For the sake of those devotees who are unable, and out of your favour, you ought to tell, in accord with dharma, of a special holy place to carry them across.

Note on the text: Corrected तारणार्तं → तारणार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; CE tāraṇārthaṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3320–_3321; not in the critical edition's constituted text (the CE prints 'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca' at @004_3319).

Verse 8 (14.118.8)

पावनं सर्वतीर्थानां सत्यं गायन्ति सामगाः । सत्यस्य वचनं तीर्थमहिंसा तीर्थमुच्यते ॥

pāvanaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ satyaṃ gāyanti sāmagāḥ | satyasya vacanaṃ tīrthamahiṃsā tīrthamucyate

The singers of the Sama chant say that truth is the purifier of all holy places. The speaking of truth is a holy place; non-violence is called a holy place.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3322–_3323; not in the critical edition's constituted text (the CE prints 'bhagavān uvāca' at @004_3321).

Verse 9 (14.118.9)

तपस्तीर्थं दया तीर्थं शीलं तीर्थं युधिष्ठिर । अल्पसंतोषकं तीर्थं नारी तीर्थं पतिव्रता ॥

tapastīrthaṃ dayā tīrthaṃ śīlaṃ tīrthaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | alpasaṃtoṣakaṃ tīrthaṃ nārī tīrthaṃ pativratā

Austerity is a holy place, compassion is a holy place, good conduct is a holy place, O Yudhishthira; contentment with little is a holy place, and a devoted wife is a holy place.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3324–_3325; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 10 (14.118.10)

संतुष्टो ब्राह्मणस्तीर्थं ज्ञानं वा तीर्थमुच्यते । मद्भक्तः सततं तीर्थं शङ्करस्य विशेषतः ॥

saṃtuṣṭo brāhmaṇastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ vā tīrthamucyate | madbhaktaḥ satataṃ tīrthaṃ śaṅkarasya viśeṣataḥ

A contented Brahmin is a holy place, or knowledge is called a holy place; a devotee of mine is always a holy place, and above all a devotee of Shankara.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3326–_3327; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 11 (14.118.11)

यतयस्तीर्थमित्येवं विद्वांसस्तीर्थमुच्यते । शरण्यपुरुषस्तीर्थमभयं तीर्थमुच्यते ॥

yatayastīrthamityevaṃ vidvāṃsastīrthamucyate | śaraṇyapuruṣastīrthamabhayaṃ tīrthamucyate

Ascetics are a holy place; so it is said. The learned are called a holy place. A man who gives refuge is a holy place; fearlessness is called a holy place.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3328–_3329; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 12 (14.118.12)

त्रैलोक्येऽस्मिन्निरुद्विग्नो न बिभेमि कुतश्चन । न दिवा यदि वा रात्रावुद्वेगः शूद्रलङ्घनात् ॥

trailokye'sminnirudvigno na bibhemi kutaścana | na divā yadi vā rātrāvudvegaḥ śūdralaṅghanāt

In these three worlds I am untroubled and fear nothing from anywhere; yet whether by day or by night, I feel disquiet at a Shudra's trespass.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3330–_3331; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 13 (14.118.13)

न भयं देवदैत्येभ्यो रक्षोभ्यश्चैव मे नृप । शूद्रवक्त्राच्च्युतं ब्रह्म भयं तु मम सर्वदा ॥

na bhayaṃ devadaityebhyo rakṣobhyaścaiva me nṛpa | śūdravaktrāccyutaṃ brahma bhayaṃ tu mama sarvadā

I have no fear, O king, of gods and demons or of rakshasas; but I am always afraid of the sacred word that has fallen from a Shudra's mouth.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3332–_3333; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 14 (14.118.14)

तस्मात्सप्रणवं शूद्रो मन्नामापि न कीर्तयेत् । प्रणवं हि परं लोके ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो विदुः ॥

tasmātsapraṇavaṃ śūdro mannāmāpi na kīrtayet | praṇavaṃ hi paraṃ loke brahma brahmavido viduḥ

Therefore a Shudra should not utter even my name together with the sacred syllable Om. The knowers of Brahman know Om to be the supreme Brahman in the world.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3334–_3335; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 15 (14.118.15)

द्विजशुश्रूषणं धर्मः शूद्राणां भक्तितो मयि । तेन गच्छन्ति ते स्वर्गं चिन्तयन्तो हि मां सदा ॥

dvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharmaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ bhaktito mayi | tena gacchanti te svargaṃ cintayanto hi māṃ sadā

For Shudras, serving the twice-born with devotion to me is dharma; by it they go to heaven, always thinking of me.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3336–_3337; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 16 (14.118.16)

द्विजशुश्रूषया शूद्रः परं श्रेयोऽधिगच्छति । द्विजशुश्रूषणादन्यन्नास्ति शूद्रस्य निष्कृतिः ॥

dvijaśuśrūṣayā śūdraḥ paraṃ śreyo'dhigacchati | dvijaśuśrūṣaṇādanyannāsti śūdrasya niṣkṛtiḥ

By serving the twice-born a Shudra attains the highest good; for a Shudra there is no release other than service of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3338–_3339; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 17 (14.118.17)

रागो द्वेषश्च मोहश्च पारुष्यं च नृशंसता । शाठ्यं च दीर्घवैरित्वमतिमानमनार्जवम् ॥

rāgo dveṣaśca mohaśca pāruṣyaṃ ca nṛśaṃsatā | śāṭhyaṃ ca dīrghavairitvamatimānamanārjavam

Attachment, hatred and delusion, harshness and cruelty, deceit, long-lasting enmity, excessive pride, crookedness,

Note on the text: Corrected चानृशंसता → च नृशंसता (misprint in Wikisource; stray अ made the vice "cruelty" read as its opposite in a list of faults; CE nṛśaṃsatā). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3340–_3341; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 18 (14.118.18)

अनृतं चापवादं च पैशुन्यमतिलोभता । हिंसा स्तेयो मृषावादो वञ्चना रोषलोभता ॥

anṛtaṃ cāpavādaṃ ca paiśunyamatilobhatā | hiṃsā steyo mṛṣāvādo vañcanā roṣalobhatā

falsehood, slander, backbiting, excessive greed, violence, theft, lying, cheating, anger and covetousness,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3342–_3343; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 19 (14.118.19)

अबुद्धिता च नास्तिक्यं भयमालस्यमेव च । अशौचं चाकृतज्ञत्वं डंभता स्तंभ एव च । निकृतिश्चाप्यविज्ञानं जातके शूद्रमाविशेत् ॥

abuddhitā ca nāstikyaṃ bhayamālasyameva ca | aśaucaṃ cākṛtajñatvaṃ ḍaṃbhatā staṃbha eva ca | nikṛtiścāpyavijñānaṃ jātake śūdramāviśet

lack of understanding, unbelief, fear and laziness, impurity, ingratitude, hypocrisy, rigidity, fraud and ignorance — these enter a Shudra at his birth.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3344–_3346; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 20 (14.118.20)

सृष्ट्वा पितामहः शूद्रमभिभूतं तु तामसैः । द्विजशुश्रूषणं धर्मं शूद्राणां तु प्रयुक्तवान् । नश्यन्ति तामसा भावाः शूद्रस्य द्विजभक्तितः ॥

sṛṣṭvā pitāmahaḥ śūdramabhibhūtaṃ tu tāmasaiḥ | dvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharmaṃ śūdrāṇāṃ tu prayuktavān | naśyanti tāmasā bhāvāḥ śūdrasya dvijabhaktitaḥ

Having created the Shudra, overcome by the dark quality of tamas, the Grandfather prescribed service of the twice-born as the dharma of Shudras. The dark states of a Shudra perish through devotion to the twice-born.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3347–_3349; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 21 (14.118.21)

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति । तदहं भक्त्युपहृतं मूर्ध्ना गृह्णामि शूद्रतः ॥

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtaṃ mūrdhnā gṛhṇāmi śūdrataḥ

The leaf, flower, fruit or water that a man offers me with devotion — I take that, brought in devotion, on my head, even from a Shudra.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3350–_3351; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 22 (14.118.22)

अग्रजो वाऽपि यः कश्चित्सर्वपापसमन्वितः । यदि मां सततं ध्यायेत्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

agrajo vā'pi yaḥ kaścitsarvapāpasamanvitaḥ | yadi māṃ satataṃ dhyāyetsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Even one born first, if he is burdened with every sin, is freed from all sins if he constantly meditates on me.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3352–_3353; not in the critical edition's constituted text. Wikisource reads अग्रजो (CE antyajo 'even an outcaste'); अग्रजो is a valid word and is kept as printed.

Verse 23 (14.118.23)

विद्याविनयसंपन्ना ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः । मयि भक्ति न कुर्वन्ति चण्डालसदृशा हि ते ॥

vidyāvinayasaṃpannā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | mayi bhakti na kurvanti caṇḍālasadṛśā hi te

Brahmins who are endowed with learning and humility and have mastered the Vedas, but show no devotion to me, are indeed like Chandalas.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3354–_3355; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 24 (14.118.24)

वृथा दानं वृथा तप्तं वृथा चेष्टं वृथा हुतम् । वृथाऽऽतिथ्यं च तत्तस्य यो न भक्तो मम द्विजः ॥

vṛthā dānaṃ vṛthā taptaṃ vṛthā ceṣṭaṃ vṛthā hutam | vṛthā''tithyaṃ ca tattasya yo na bhakto mama dvijaḥ

Vain are the gifts, vain the austerities, vain the rites, vain the oblations, and vain the hospitality of that Brahmin who is not my devotee.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3356–_3357; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 25 (14.118.25)

यत्कृतं च हुतं चापि यदिष्टं दत्तमेव च । अभक्तिमत्कृतं सर्वं राक्षसा एव भुञ्जते ॥

yatkṛtaṃ ca hutaṃ cāpi yadiṣṭaṃ dattameva ca | abhaktimatkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ rākṣasā eva bhuñjate

Whatever is done, offered in the fire, sacrificed or given without devotion — the rakshasas alone consume all of it.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3358–_3359; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 26 (14.118.26)

स्थावरे जङ्गमे वाऽपि सर्वभूतेषु पाण्डव । समत्वेन यदा कुर्यान्मद्भक्तो मित्रशत्रुषु ॥

sthāvare jaṅgame vā'pi sarvabhūteṣu pāṇḍava | samatvena yadā kuryānmadbhakto mitraśatruṣu

When my devotee, O Pandava, treats alike all beings, moving and unmoving, friends and enemies alike,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3360–_3361; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 27 (14.118.27)

आनृशंस्यमहिंसा च यथा सत्यं तथाऽऽर्जवम् । अद्रोहश्चैव भूतानां मद्गतानां व्रतं नृप ॥

ānṛśaṃsyamahiṃsā ca yathā satyaṃ tathā''rjavam | adrohaścaiva bhūtānāṃ madgatānāṃ vrataṃ nṛpa

gentleness, non-violence, truth, uprightness and harmlessness to all beings — this is the vow of those who have come to me, O king.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3362–_3363; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 28 (14.118.28)

नम इत्येव यो ब्रूयान्मद्भक्तं श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः । तस्याक्षयाऽभवँल्लोकाः श्वपाकस्यापि पार्थिव ॥

nama ityeva yo brūyānmadbhaktaṃ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ | tasyākṣayā'bhavam̐llokāḥ śvapākasyāpi pārthiva

A man who with faith says 'Homage!' to a devotee of mine — even a dog-cooker, O king — has imperishable worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुद्धयाऽन्वितः → श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; CE śraddhayānvitaḥ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3364–_3365; not in the critical edition's constituted text. Wikisource's 'तस्याक्षयाऽभवँल्लोकाः' (CE 'tasyākṣayo bhavel lokaḥ') is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 29 (14.118.29)

किं पुनर्ये यजन्ते मां सदारं विधिपूर्वकम् । मद्भक्ता मद्गतप्राणाः कथयन्तश्च मां सदा ॥

kiṃ punarye yajante māṃ sadāraṃ vidhipūrvakam | madbhaktā madgataprāṇāḥ kathayantaśca māṃ sadā

What then of those who worship me with their wives, as the rule prescribes — my devotees, whose life is set in me, who always speak of me?

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3366–_3367; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 30 (14.118.30)

बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्यति यो नरः । नासौ पदमवाप्नोति मद्भक्तैर्यदवाप्यते ॥

bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapastapyati yo naraḥ | nāsau padamavāpnoti madbhaktairyadavāpyate

The man who practises austerity for many thousands of years does not reach the state that my devotees attain.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3368–_3369; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 31 (14.118.31)

मामेव तस्माद्राजेन्द्र ध्यायन्नित्यमतन्द्रितः । अवाप्स्यति ततः सिद्धिं द्रक्ष्यत्येव परं पदम् ॥

māmeva tasmādrājendra dhyāyannityamatandritaḥ | avāpsyati tataḥ siddhiṃ drakṣyatyeva paraṃ padam

Therefore, O king of kings, meditating on me always and without weariness, you will gain success and will see the highest state.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3370–_3371; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 32 (14.118.32)

अपार्थकं प्रभाषन्तः शूद्रा भागवता इति । न शूद्रा भगवद्भक्ता विप्रा भागवताः स्मृताः ॥

apārthakaṃ prabhāṣantaḥ śūdrā bhāgavatā iti | na śūdrā bhagavadbhaktā viprā bhāgavatāḥ smṛtāḥ

Shudras who say, speaking emptily, 'We are Bhagavatas' are not devotees of the Lord; it is Brahmins who are remembered as Bhagavatas.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3372–_3373; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 33 (14.118.33)

द्वादशाक्षरतत्वज्ञश्चतुर्व्यूहविभागवित् । अच्छिद्रपञ्चकालज्ञः स वै भागवतः स्मृतः ॥

dvādaśākṣaratatvajñaścaturvyūhavibhāgavit | acchidrapañcakālajñaḥ sa vai bhāgavataḥ smṛtaḥ

One who knows the truth of the twelve-syllable mantra, who understands the division of the fourfold manifestation, and who is faultless and knows the five times of worship — he is remembered as a true Bhagavata.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3374–_3375; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 34 (14.118.34)

ऋग्वेदेनैव होता च यजुषाऽध्वर्युरेव च । सामवेदेन चोद्गाता पुण्येनाभिष्टुवन्ति माम् ॥

ṛgvedenaiva hotā ca yajuṣā'dhvaryureva ca | sāmavedena codgātā puṇyenābhiṣṭuvanti mām

The hotri priest with the Rigveda, the adhvaryu with the Yajus, and the udgatri with the Samaveda praise me with sacred chants.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3376–_3377; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 35 (14.118.35)

अथर्वशिरसा चैव नित्यमाथर्वाणा द्विजाः । स्तुवन्ति सततं ये मां ते वै भागवताः स्मृताः ॥

atharvaśirasā caiva nityamātharvāṇā dvijāḥ | stuvanti satataṃ ye māṃ te vai bhāgavatāḥ smṛtāḥ

And those twice-born of the Atharvan line who always praise me with the Atharvashiras — they too are remembered as Bhagavatas.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3378–_3379; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 36 (14.118.36)

वेदाधीनाः सदा यज्ञा यज्ञाधीनास्तु देवताः । देवता ब्राह्मणाधीनास्तस्माद्विप्रास्तु देवताः ॥

vedādhīnāḥ sadā yajñā yajñādhīnāstu devatāḥ | devatā brāhmaṇādhīnāstasmādviprāstu devatāḥ

Sacrifices always depend on the Vedas, the gods depend on sacrifices, and the gods depend on Brahmins; therefore Brahmins are gods.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3380–_3381; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 37 (14.118.37)

अनाश्रित्योच्छ्रयं नास्ति मुख्यमाश्रयमाश्रयेत् । रुद्रं समाश्रिता देवा रुद्रो ब्रह्माणमाश्रितः ॥

anāśrityocchrayaṃ nāsti mukhyamāśrayamāśrayet | rudraṃ samāśritā devā rudro brahmāṇamāśritaḥ

Without support there is no elevation; one should rely on the chief support. The gods rely on Rudra, Rudra relies on Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected मुख्यमानश्रयमाश्रयेत् → मुख्यमाश्रयमाश्रयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled word मानश्रयम्; CE mukhyam āśrayam āśrayet). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3382–_3383; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 38 (14.118.38)

ब्रह्मा मामाश्रितो राजन्नाहं कंचिदुपाश्रितः । ममाश्रयो न कश्चित्तु सर्वेषामाश्रयो ह्यहम् ॥

brahmā māmāśrito rājannāhaṃ kaṃcidupāśritaḥ | mamāśrayo na kaścittu sarveṣāmāśrayo hyaham

Brahma relies on me, O king; I rely on no one. No one is my support, but I am the support of all.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3384–_3385; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 39 (14.118.39)

एवमेतन्मया प्रोक्तं रहस्यमिदमुत्तमम् । धर्मप्रियस्य ते नित्यं राजन्नेवं समाचर ॥

evametanmayā proktaṃ rahasyamidamuttamam | dharmapriyasya te nityaṃ rājannevaṃ samācara

Thus I have told you this supreme secret. O king, since you love dharma, always act accordingly.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3386–_3387; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 40 (14.118.40)

इदं पवित्रमाख्यानं पुण्यं वेदेन संमितम् । यः पठेन्मामकं धर्ममहन्यहनि पाण्डव ॥

idaṃ pavitramākhyānaṃ puṇyaṃ vedena saṃmitam | yaḥ paṭhenmāmakaṃ dharmamahanyahani pāṇḍava

This holy account, meritorious and equal to the Veda — whoever, O Pandava, recites day after day this dharma of mine,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3388–_3389; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 41 (14.118.41)

धर्मो विवर्धते तस्य बुद्धिश्चापि प्रसीदति । पापक्षयमुपेत्यैवं कल्याणं च विवर्धते ॥

dharmo vivardhate tasya buddhiścāpi prasīdati | pāpakṣayamupetyaivaṃ kalyāṇaṃ ca vivardhate

his dharma grows, his understanding becomes clear, his sins are destroyed, and his welfare increases.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मोति वर्धते → धर्मो विवर्धते (misprint in Wikisource; धर्मोति is not a word here; CE dharmo vivardhate). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3390–_3391; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 42 (14.118.42)

एतत्पुण्यं पवित्रं च पापनाशनमुत्तमम् । श्रोतव्यं श्रद्धया युक्तैः श्रोत्रियैश्च विशेषतः ॥

etatpuṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca pāpanāśanamuttamam | śrotavyaṃ śraddhayā yuktaiḥ śrotriyaiśca viśeṣataḥ

This is meritorious, purifying and the supreme destroyer of sin; it should be heard with faith, especially by learned Brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected पामनाशनमुत्तमम् → पापनाशनमुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for प; CE pāpanāśanam uttamam). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3392–_3393; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 43 (14.118.43)

श्रावयेद्यस्त्विदं भक्त्या प्रयतोथ शृणोति वा । स गच्छेन्मम सायुज्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

śrāvayedyastvidaṃ bhaktyā prayatotha śṛṇoti vā | sa gacchenmama sāyujyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

He who with devotion makes this heard, or listens to it with self-restraint, goes to union with me; there is no need to doubt this.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3394–_3395; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 44 (14.118.44)

यश्चेमं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे मद्भक्तो मत्परायणः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥

yaścemaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe madbhakto matparāyaṇaḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

A devotee of mine, devoted wholly to me, who recites this at a shraddha rite — his ancestors are satisfied until the dissolution of all beings.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3396–_3397; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 45 (14.118.45)

श्रुत्वा भागवतान्धर्मान्साक्षाद्विष्णोर्जगद्गुरोः । प्रहृष्टमनसो भूत्वा चिन्तयन्तोद्भुताः कथाः ॥

śrutvā bhāgavatāndharmānsākṣādviṣṇorjagadguroḥ | prahṛṣṭamanaso bhūtvā cintayantodbhutāḥ kathāḥ

Having heard the dharma of the Bhagavatas directly from Vishnu, the teacher of the world, they became glad at heart and reflected on those wonderful tales.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3398–_3399; not in the critical edition's constituted text (the CE prints 'vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca' at @004_3397).

Verse 46 (14.118.46)

ऋषयः पाण्डवाश्चैव प्रणेमुस्तं जनार्दनम् । पूजयामास गोविन्दं धर्मपुत्रः पुनः पुनः ॥

ṛṣayaḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva praṇemustaṃ janārdanam | pūjayāmāsa govindaṃ dharmaputraḥ punaḥ punaḥ

The sages and the Pandavas bowed to Janardana, and Dharma's son worshipped Govinda again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected ऋषय पाण्डवाश्चैव → ऋषयः पाण्डवाश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; CE ṛṣayaḥ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3400–_3401; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 47 (14.118.47)

देवा ब्रह्मर्षयः सिद्धा गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा । ऋषयश्च महात्मानो गुह्यका भुजगास्तथा ॥

devā brahmarṣayaḥ siddhā gandharvāpsarasastathā | ṛṣayaśca mahātmāno guhyakā bhujagāstathā

Gods, Brahmin-sages, Siddhas, Gandharvas and Apsarases, and great-souled sages, Guhyakas and serpents as well,

Note on the text: Corrected ऋषयस्च → ऋषयश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च is not a valid conjunct here). Corrected भुजगास्तता → भुजगास्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; CE bhujagās tathā). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3402–_3403; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 48 (14.118.48)

वालखिल्या महात्मानो योगिनस्तत्वदर्शिनः । तथा भागवताश्चापि पञ्चकालमुपासकाः ॥

vālakhilyā mahātmāno yoginastatvadarśinaḥ | tathā bhāgavatāścāpi pañcakālamupāsakāḥ

the great-souled Valakhilyas, yogis who see the truth, and also the Bhagavatas who worship at the five times,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3404–_3405; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 49 (14.118.49)

कौतूहलसमायुक्ता भगवद्भक्तिमागताः । श्रुत्वा तु परमं पुण्यं वैष्णवं धर्मशासनम् ॥

kautūhalasamāyuktā bhagavadbhaktimāgatāḥ | śrutvā tu paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmaśāsanam

full of eager curiosity, came to devotion to the Lord, having heard that supremely holy Vaishnava teaching of dharma.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3406–_3407; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 50 (14.118.50)

विमुक्तपापाः पूतास्ते संवृत्तास्तत्क्षणेन तु । प्रणम्य शिरसा विष्णुं प्रतिनन्द्य च ताः कथाः ॥

vimuktapāpāḥ pūtāste saṃvṛttāstatkṣaṇena tu | praṇamya śirasā viṣṇuṃ pratinandya ca tāḥ kathāḥ

They were freed from sin and became pure in that very moment. Bowing their heads to Vishnu and rejoicing in those tales,

Note on the text: Corrected तत्क्षणेन् तु → तत्क्षणेन तु (misprint in Wikisource; stray halant; CE tatkṣaṇena tu). Corrected विष्णु प्रतिनन्द्य → विष्णुं प्रतिनन्द्य (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; CE viṣṇuṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3408–_3409; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 51 (14.118.51)

द्रष्टारो द्वारकायां वै वयं सर्वे जगद्गुरुम् । इति प्रहृष्टमनसो ययुर्देवगणैः सह । सर्वे ऋषिगणा राजन्ययुः स्वंस्वं निवेशनम् ॥

draṣṭāro dvārakāyāṃ vai vayaṃ sarve jagadgurum | iti prahṛṣṭamanaso yayurdevagaṇaiḥ saha | sarve ṛṣigaṇā rājanyayuḥ svaṃsvaṃ niveśanam

'We shall all see the teacher of the world at Dvaraka' — so, glad at heart, they went off with the hosts of gods; all the groups of sages, O king, went each to his own dwelling.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3410–_3412; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 52 (14.118.52)

गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु केशवः केशिहा हरिः । सस्मार दारुकं राजन्स च सात्यकिना सह । समीपस्थोऽभवत्सूतो याहि देवेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ | sasmāra dārukaṃ rājansa ca sātyakinā saha | samīpastho'bhavatsūto yāhi deveti cābravīt

When they had all gone, Keshava, Hari, the slayer of Keshi, called Daruka to mind, O king, together with Satyaki. The charioteer came and stood near, and said, 'Set out, O Lord.'

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3413–_3415; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 53 (14.118.53)

ततो विषण्णवदनाः पाण्डवाः पुरुषोत्तमम् । अञ्जलिं मूर्ध्नि संधाय नेत्रैरश्रुपरिप्लुतैः । पिबन्तः सततं कृष्णं नोचुरार्ततरास्तदा ॥

tato viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣottamam | añjaliṃ mūrdhni saṃdhāya netrairaśrupariplutaiḥ | pibantaḥ satataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ nocurārtatarāstadā

Then the Pandavas, their faces downcast, joined their palms at their foreheads and, with eyes full of tears, drinking Krishna in with their gaze, said nothing, more afflicted than ever.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3416–_3418; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 54 (14.118.54)

कृष्णोपि भगवान्देवः पृथामामन्त्र्य चार्तवत् । धृतराष्ट्रं च गान्धारीं विदुरं द्रौपदीं तथा ॥

kṛṣṇopi bhagavāndevaḥ pṛthāmāmantrya cārtavat | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca gāndhārīṃ viduraṃ draupadīṃ tathā

The divine Lord Krishna, too, as if in sorrow, took leave of Pritha, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Vidura and Draupadi,

Note on the text: Corrected विगदुरं → विदुरं (misprint in Wikisource; stray ग; CE viduraṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3419–_3420; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 55 (14.118.55)

कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासमृषीनन्यांश्च मन्त्रिणः । सुभद्रामात्मजयुतामुत्तरां स्पृश्य पाणिना । निर्गत्य वेश्मनस्तस्मादारुरोह तदा रथम् ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsamṛṣīnanyāṃśca mantriṇaḥ | subhadrāmātmajayutāmuttarāṃ spṛśya pāṇinā | nirgatya veśmanastasmādāruroha tadā ratham

of Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the other sages and the counsellors; he touched Subhadra and Uttara with his hand, along with her son, and going out of that house he then mounted his chariot,

Note on the text: Corrected ऋषीनन्यांस्च → ऋषीनन्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च; CE ṛṣīn anyāṃś ca). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3421–_3423; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 56 (14.118.56)

वाजिभिः शैव्यसुग्रीवमेघपुष्पबलाहकैः । युक्तं तु ध्वजभूतेन पतगेन्द्रेण धीमता ॥

vājibhiḥ śaivyasugrīvameghapuṣpabalāhakaiḥ | yuktaṃ tu dhvajabhūtena patagendreṇa dhīmatā

yoked with the horses Shaibya, Sugriva, Meghapushpa and Balahaka, and bearing as its banner the wise lord of birds.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3424–_3425; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 57 (14.118.57)

अन्वारुरोह चाप्येनं प्रेम्णा राजा युधिष्ठिरः । अपास्य चाशु यन्तारं दारुकं सूतसत्तमम् । अभीशून्प्रतिजग्राह स्वयं कुरुपतिस्तदा ॥

anvāruroha cāpyenaṃ premṇā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | apāsya cāśu yantāraṃ dārukaṃ sūtasattamam | abhīśūnpratijagrāha svayaṃ kurupatistadā

Out of love King Yudhishthira climbed up after him; quickly setting aside the charioteer Daruka, best of charioteers, the lord of the Kurus himself took the reins.

Note on the text: Corrected चाप्येन प्रेम्या → चाप्येनं प्रेम्णा (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped and प्रेम्या is not a word; CE cāpy enaṃ premṇā). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3426–_3428; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 58 (14.118.58)

उपारुह्यार्जुनश्चापि चामरव्यजनं शुभम् । रुक्मदण्डं बृहन्मूर्ध्नि दुधावाभिप्रदक्षिणम् ॥

upāruhyārjunaścāpi cāmaravyajanaṃ śubham | rukmadaṇḍaṃ bṛhanmūrdhni dudhāvābhipradakṣiṇam

Arjuna, too, climbing up, waved a fair fly-whisk with a golden handle, circling to the right over his head.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3429–_3430; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 59 (14.118.59)

तथैव भीमसेनोपि रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान् । छत्रं शतशलाकं च दिव्यमाल्योपशोभितम् ॥

tathaiva bhīmasenopi rathamāruhya vīryavān | chatraṃ śataśalākaṃ ca divyamālyopaśobhitam

In the same way mighty Bhimasena mounted the chariot and held an umbrella of a hundred ribs, adorned with divine garlands,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3431; not in the critical edition's constituted text. The first line ('तथैव भीमसेनोपि रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान्') is not in the CE; the second corresponds to CE @004_3431.

Verse 60 (14.118.60)

वैडूर्यमणिदण्डं च चामीकरविभूषितम् । दधार तरसा भीमश्छत्रं तच्छार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥

vaiḍūryamaṇidaṇḍaṃ ca cāmīkaravibhūṣitam | dadhāra tarasā bhīmaśchatraṃ tacchārṅgadhanvanaḥ

with a staff of beryl and gems, decorated with gold — Bhima swiftly held that umbrella over the wielder of the Sharnga bow.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner (stray zero-width joiner inside दण्डं). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3432–_3433; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 61 (14.118.61)

उपारुह्य रथं शीघ्रं चामरव्यजने सिते । नकुलः सहदेवश्च धूयमानौ जनार्दनम् ॥

upāruhya rathaṃ śīghraṃ cāmaravyajane site | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dhūyamānau janārdanam

Nakula and Sahadeva, swiftly mounting the chariot, waved two white fly-whisks over Janardana.

Note on the text: No counterpart in the critical edition or its Appendix I (found only in the vulgate recension). This verse is not in the CE (vulgate only).

Verse 62 (14.118.62)

भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव यमावप्यरिसूदनौ । पृष्ठतोऽनुययुः कृष्णं माशब्द इति हर्षिताः ॥

bhīmaseno'rjunaścaiva yamāvapyarisūdanau | pṛṣṭhato'nuyayuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ māśabda iti harṣitāḥ

Bhimasena, Arjuna and the twins, slayers of foes, delighted, followed Krishna from behind, with the cry 'Silence!'

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3434–_3435; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 63 (14.118.63)

त्रियोजने व्यतीते तु परिष्वज्य च पाण्डवान् । विसृज्य कृष्णस्तान्सर्वान्प्रणतान्द्वारका ययौ ॥

triyojane vyatīte tu pariṣvajya ca pāṇḍavān | visṛjya kṛṣṇastānsarvānpraṇatāndvārakā yayau

When three yojanas had been passed, Krishna embraced the Pandavas, dismissed them all as they bowed, and went to Dvaraka.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3436–_3437; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 64 (14.118.64)

तथा प्रणम्य गोविन्दं तदाप्रभृति पाण्डवाः । कपिलाद्यानि दानानि ददुर्धर्मपरायणाः ॥

tathā praṇamya govindaṃ tadāprabhṛti pāṇḍavāḥ | kapilādyāni dānāni dadurdharmaparāyaṇāḥ

From that time on, the Pandavas, having bowed to Govinda, devoted to dharma, gave gifts beginning with the tawny cow.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3438–_3439; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 65 (14.118.65)

मधुसूदनवाक्यानि स्मृत्वास्मृत्वा पुनःपुनः । मनसा पूजयामासुर्हदयस्थानि पाण्डवाः ॥

madhusūdanavākyāni smṛtvāsmṛtvā punaḥpunaḥ | manasā pūjayāmāsurhadayasthāni pāṇḍavāḥ

Remembering the words of Madhusudana again and again, the Pandavas worshipped them in their minds, abiding in their hearts.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3440–_3441; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 66 (14.118.66)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु धर्मात्मा हृदि कृत्वा जनार्दनम् । तद्भक्तस्तन्मना युक्तस्तद्याजी तत्परोऽभवत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu dharmātmā hṛdi kṛtvā janārdanam | tadbhaktastanmanā yuktastadyājī tatparo'bhavat

And Yudhishthira, the righteous-souled, keeping Janardana in his heart, became devoted to him, fixed in mind on him, a worshipper of him, intent on him.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3442–_3443; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 67 (14.118.67)

एवमुक्तं पुरावृत्तं वैष्णवं धर्मशासनम् । मया ते कथितं राजन्पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥

evamuktaṃ purāvṛttaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmaśāsanam | mayā te kathitaṃ rājanpavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

Thus, O king, I have told you this ancient Vaishnava teaching of dharma, holy and destroyer of sin.

Note on the text: Corrected पिवित्रं → पवित्रं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; CE pavitraṃ). Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3444–_3445; not in the critical edition's constituted text.

Verse 68 (14.118.68)

तच्छृणुष्व महाराज विष्णुप्रोक्तं कुरूद्वह । तेन गच्छसि नान्येन तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥

tacchṛṇuṣva mahārāja viṣṇuproktaṃ kurūdvaha | tena gacchasi nānyena tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

Listen to it, great king, descendant of Kuru, as spoken by Vishnu. By it, and by nothing else, you will go to that highest abode of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 4 (14,096.015d@004), lines _3446–_3447; not in the critical edition's constituted text.