Samvarta Sends Marutta to Shiva's Gold on Mount Munjavat

Verse 1 (14.8.1)

गिरेर्हिमवतः पृष्ठे मुञ्जवान्नाम पर्वतः । तप्यते यत्र भगवांस्तपो नित्यमुमापतिः ॥

girerhimavataḥ pṛṣṭhe muñjavānnāma parvataḥ | tapyate yatra bhagavāṃstapo nityamumāpatiḥ

Samvarta said: "On the ridge of the Himalaya there is a mountain named Munjavan, where the blessed Lord, the husband of Uma, ever practises austerity,

Note on the text: Corrected मुपापतिः → मुमापतिः (misprint in Wikisource; the word is उमापति, 'lord of Uma' (प for म); the critical edition reads umāpati).

Verse 2 (14.8.2)

वनस्पतीनां मूलेषु शृङ्गेषु विषमेषु च । गुहासु शैलराजस्य यथाकामं यथासुखम् ॥

vanaspatīnāṃ mūleṣu śṛṅgeṣu viṣameṣu ca | guhāsu śailarājasya yathākāmaṃ yathāsukham

among the roots of its trees, on its rugged peaks, and in the caves of that king of mountains, wherever he pleases and as it suits his ease.

Verse 3 (14.8.3)

उमासहायो भगवान्यत्र नित्यं महेश्वरः । आस्ते शूली महातेजा नानाभूतगणावृतः ॥

umāsahāyo bhagavānyatra nityaṃ maheśvaraḥ | āste śūlī mahātejā nānābhūtagaṇāvṛtaḥ

There the blessed Maheshvara, trident in hand, of great radiance, always dwells with Uma beside him, surrounded by hosts of beings of many kinds.

Verse 4 (14.8.4)

तत्र रुद्राश्च साध्याश्च विश्वेऽथ वसवस्तथा । यमश्च वरुणश्चैव कुबेरश्च सहानुगः ॥

tatra rudrāśca sādhyāśca viśve'tha vasavastathā | yamaśca varuṇaścaiva kuberaśca sahānugaḥ

There are the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas and the Vasus, Yama and Varuna, and Kubera with his followers,

Verse 5 (14.8.5)

भूतानि च पिशाचाश्च नासत्यावपि चाश्विनौ । गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव यक्षा देवर्षयस्तथा ॥

bhūtāni ca piśācāśca nāsatyāvapi cāśvinau | gandharvāpsarasaścaiva yakṣā devarṣayastathā

the spirits and the pishachas, the Nasatyas who are the twin Ashvins, the gandharvas and apsaras, the yakshas, and the divine sages,

Note on the text: Corrected गन्धऱ्वाप्सरसश्चैव → गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; the letter ऱ् is a typing error for र्; the critical edition reads gandharvāpsarasaś).

Verse 6 (14.8.6)

आदित्या मरुतश्चैव यातुधानाश्च सर्वशः । उपासन्ते महात्मानं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् ॥

ādityā marutaścaiva yātudhānāśca sarvaśaḥ | upāsante mahātmānaṃ bahurūpamumāpatim

the Adityas and the Maruts, and the yatudhanas, all of them wait upon that great-souled lord of Uma, who has many forms.

Note on the text: Corrected मुपापतिम् → मुमापतिम् (misprint in Wikisource; the word is उमापति, 'lord of Uma' (प for म); the critical edition reads umāpati).

Verse 7 (14.8.7)

रमते भगवांस्तत्र कुबेरानुचरैः सह । विकृतैर्विकृताकारैः क्रीडद्भिः पृथिवीपते ॥

ramate bhagavāṃstatra kuberānucaraiḥ saha | vikṛtairvikṛtākāraiḥ krīḍadbhiḥ pṛthivīpate

The blessed Lord takes his pleasure there with Kubera's attendants, who are misshapen and of misshapen forms and are at play, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: CE 14.8.7 is a three-line verse (7a, 7c, 7e); this Wikisource couplet is its lines 7a and 7c, and the next Wikisource verse takes 7e. The alignment found no match, but the CE has the lines unchanged.

Verse 8 (14.8.8)

श्रिया ज्वलन्दृश्यते वै बालादित्यसमद्युतिः । न रूपं शक्यते तस्य संस्थानं वा कदाचन । निर्देष्टुं प्राणिभिः कैश्चित्प्राकृतैर्मांसलोचनैः ॥

śriyā jvalandṛśyate vai bālādityasamadyutiḥ | na rūpaṃ śakyate tasya saṃsthānaṃ vā kadācana | nirdeṣṭuṃ prāṇibhiḥ kaiścitprākṛtairmāṃsalocanaiḥ

He is seen blazing with splendour, with the brilliance of the newly risen sun. No ordinary creature with eyes of flesh can ever describe his form or his shape.

Note on the text: A three-line verse: line 1 = CE 14.8.7e; lines 2-3 = CE 14.8.8a and 14.8.8c (the CE's 14.8.8 is a two-line verse). The alignment found no match, but the CE has all three lines unchanged.

Verse 9 (14.8.9)

नोष्णं न शिशिरं तत्र न वायुर्न च भास्करः । न जरा क्षुत्पिपासे वा न मृत्युर्न भयं नृप ॥

noṣṇaṃ na śiśiraṃ tatra na vāyurna ca bhāskaraḥ | na jarā kṣutpipāse vā na mṛtyurna bhayaṃ nṛpa

There is neither heat nor cold there, neither wind nor sun; there is no old age, no hunger or thirst, no death and no fear, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected जारा → जरा (misprint in Wikisource; जारा means a paramour; the word is जरा, 'old age', as in the critical edition (jarā)).

Verse 10 (14.8.10)

तस्य शैलस्य पार्श्वेषु सर्वेषु जयतांवर । धातवो जातरूपस्य रश्मयः सवितुर्यथा ॥

tasya śailasya pārśveṣu sarveṣu jayatāṃvara | dhātavo jātarūpasya raśmayaḥ savituryathā

On all the slopes of that mountain, O best of the victorious, there are veins of gold, like the rays of the sun.

Verse 11 (14.8.11)

रक्ष्यन्ते ते कुबेरस्य सहायैरुद्यतायुधैः । चिकीर्षद्भिः प्रियं राजन्कुबेरस्य महात्मनः ॥

rakṣyante te kuberasya sahāyairudyatāyudhaiḥ | cikīrṣadbhiḥ priyaṃ rājankuberasya mahātmanaḥ

They are guarded by Kubera's companions with weapons raised, who wish to please the great-souled Kubera, O king.

Verse 12 (14.8.12)

तत्र गत्वा समन्वास्य महायोगेश्वरं शिवम् । कुरु प्रणामं राजर्षे भक्त्या परमया युतः ॥

tatra gatvā samanvāsya mahāyogeśvaraṃ śivam | kuru praṇāmaṃ rājarṣe bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ

Go there, sit near Shiva, the great lord of yogis, and bow to him, O royal sage, with the highest devotion.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Corrected यतुः → युतः (misprint in Wikisource; ु and त swapped; the critical edition reads yutaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the two lines only as star passage 14.8.11d*0018_01-02 (tatra gatvā tvam anvāsya mahāyogeśvaraṃ śivam / kuru praṇāmaṃ rājarṣe bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ), printed after 14.8.11.

Verse 13 (14.8.13)

तस्मै भगवते कृत्वा नमः शर्वाय वेधसे । एभिस्तं नामभिर्देवं सर्वविद्याधरं स्तुहि ॥

tasmai bhagavate kṛtvā namaḥ śarvāya vedhase | ebhistaṃ nāmabhirdevaṃ sarvavidyādharaṃ stuhi

Having bowed to the blessed Sharva, the Ordainer, praise that god, the bearer of all knowledge, with these names:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Line 1 = CE 14.8.12a. Line 2 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has a variant only as star passage 14.8.12b*0019_01 (ebhis tvaṃ nāmabhir devaṃ sarvavidyādhipaṃ stuhi).

Verse 14 (14.8.14)

रुद्राय शितिकण्ठाय सुरूपाय सुवर्चसे । कपर्दिने करालाय हर्यक्ष्णे वरदाय च ॥

rudrāya śitikaṇṭhāya surūpāya suvarcase | kapardine karālāya haryakṣṇe varadāya ca

To Rudra, to Shitikantha the dark-throated, to the beautiful, the radiant; to Kapardin of the matted locks, to the terrible, to the tawny-eyed, and to the giver of boons;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.12c; line 2 = CE 14.8.13a. The alignment found no match, but the CE has both lines unchanged.

Verse 15 (14.8.15)

त्र्यक्ष्णे पूष्णो दन्तभिदे वामनाय शिवाय च । याम्यायाव्यक्तरूपाय सद्वृत्ते शङ्कराय च ॥

tryakṣṇe pūṣṇo dantabhide vāmanāya śivāya ca | yāmyāyāvyaktarūpāya sadvṛtte śaṅkarāya ca

to the three-eyed one, to him who broke Pushan's teeth, to the dwarf, and to Shiva; to Yamya, to him of unmanifest form, to him of good conduct, and to Shankara;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.13c; line 2 = CE 14.8.14a, which reads avyaktakeśāya where the page has अव्यक्तरूपाय (a recension variant). The alignment found no match.

Verse 16 (14.8.16)

क्षेम्याय हरिकेशाय स्थाणवे पुरुषाय च । हरिनेत्राय मुण्डाय क्रुद्धायोत्तरणाय च ॥

kṣemyāya harikeśāya sthāṇave puruṣāya ca | harinetrāya muṇḍāya kruddhāyottaraṇāya ca

to the benevolent, to the tawny-haired, to Sthanu the immovable, and to Purusha; to him of green-tinged eyes, the shaven-headed, the wrathful, and the one who carries across;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.14c, except that the page has हरिकेशाय where the CE has हरिनेत्राय; line 2 = CE 14.8.15a, except that the page has हरिनेत्राय and क्रुद्ध where the CE has हरिकेशाय and कृश (the two epithets are swapped and one differs). A recension variant; the alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (14.8.17)

भास्वराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे ॥

bhāsvarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe

to the radiant, to the one of good fords, to the god of gods, to the swift; to the turbaned, the fair-faced, the thousand-eyed, and the bountiful;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.15c; line 2 = CE 14.8.16a. The alignment found no match, but the CE has both lines unchanged.

Verse 18 (14.8.18)

गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय यतये चीरवाससे । बिल्वदण्डाय सिद्धाय सर्वदण्डधराय च ॥

giriśāya praśāntāya yataye cīravāsase | bilvadaṇḍāya siddhāya sarvadaṇḍadharāya ca

to Girisha the lord of the mountain, to the serene, to the ascetic, to the bark-clad; to the bearer of the bilva staff, to the Siddha, and to him who holds every rod;

Note on the text: Corrected प्राशान्ताय → प्रशान्ताय (misprint in Wikisource; stray ा; the critical edition reads praśāntāya). Line 1 = CE 14.8.16c; line 2 = CE 14.8.17a. The alignment found no match, but the CE has both lines unchanged.

Verse 19 (14.8.19)

मृगव्याधाय महते धन्विनेऽथ भवाय च । वराय सोमवक्त्राय सिद्धमन्त्राय चक्षुषे ॥

mṛgavyādhāya mahate dhanvine'tha bhavāya ca | varāya somavaktrāya siddhamantrāya cakṣuṣe

to the hunter of deer, to the great one, to the archer and to Bhava; to the excellent, to the moon-faced, to him of accomplished mantras, and to the eye;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.17c; line 2 is a variant of CE 14.8.18a (CE: varāya saumyavaktrāya paśuhastāya varṣiṇe; the page has वराय सोमवक्त्राय सिद्धमन्त्राय चक्षुषे). The alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (14.8.20)

हिरण्यबाहवे राजन्नुग्राय पतये दिशाम् । लेलिहानाय गोष्ठाय सिद्धमन्त्राय वृष्णये ॥

hiraṇyabāhave rājannugrāya pataye diśām | lelihānāya goṣṭhāya siddhamantrāya vṛṣṇaye

to the golden-armed, O king, to the fierce one, the lord of the directions; to the licker, to the dweller in the cow-pen, to him of accomplished mantras, and to the showerer of boons;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.18c. Line 2 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has a variant only as star passage 14.8.18d*0021_01 (lelihānāya gotrāya siddhamantrāya vṛṣṇaye).

Verse 21 (14.8.21)

पशूनां पतये चैव भूतानां पतये नमः । वृषाय मातृभक्ताय सेनान्ये मध्यमाय च ॥

paśūnāṃ pataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ | vṛṣāya mātṛbhaktāya senānye madhyamāya ca

Homage to the lord of beasts and the lord of beings; to the Bull, devoted to the Mothers, the leader of armies, the middle one;

Verse 22 (14.8.22)

अभिवक्त्राय पतये सर्वदेवमयाय च । स्रुवहस्ताय पतये धन्विने भार्गवाय च । अजाय कृष्णनेत्राय विरूपाक्षाय चैव ह ॥

abhivaktrāya pataye sarvadevamayāya ca | sruvahastāya pataye dhanvine bhārgavāya ca | ajāya kṛṣṇanetrāya virūpākṣāya caiva ha

to Abhivaktra, the lord, who is made up of all the gods; to him with the sacrificial ladle in hand, the lord, the archer, the descendant of Bhrigu; to the unborn, the dark-eyed, and to Virupaksha of the strange eyes;

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Line 1 (अभिवक्त्राय पतये सर्वदेवमयाय च) is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only); lines 2-3 = CE 14.8.20a and 20c.

Verse 23 (14.8.23)

तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राय तीक्ष्णाय वैश्वानरमुखाय च । महात्मने चानङ्गाय सर्वाय पतये विशाम् ॥

tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāya tīkṣṇāya vaiśvānaramukhāya ca | mahātmane cānaṅgāya sarvāya pataye viśām

to the sharp-toothed, to the keen, to the fire-faced; to the great-souled, to the bodiless, and to Sarva, lord of the people;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.21a; line 2 is a recension variant of CE 14.8.21c (CE: mahādyutaye 'naṅgāya sarvāṅgāya prajāvate).

Verse 24 (14.8.24)

तथा रुद्राय पतये पृथवे कृत्तिवाससे । विलोहिताय दीप्ताय दीप्ताक्षाय महौजसे । वसुरेतःसुवपुषे पृथवे कृत्तिवाससे ॥

tathā rudrāya pataye pṛthave kṛttivāsase | vilohitāya dīptāya dīptākṣāya mahaujase | vasuretaḥsuvapuṣe pṛthave kṛttivāsase

and to Rudra, the lord, the broad, the skin-clad; to the deep red, the blazing, the blazing-eyed, the greatly mighty; to Vasuretas of fair body, the broad, the skin-clad;

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Line 1 (bracketed on the page) is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only), though it echoes CE 14.8.22a (tathā śukrādhipataye pṛthave kṛttivāsase). Line 2 is not in the constituted text; the CE has it only as star passage 14.8.21d*0022_01 (vilohitāya dīptāya dīptākṣāya mahaujase). Line 3 is a recension variant of CE 14.8.22a (the page has वसुरेतःसुवपुषे for śukrādhipataye).

Verse 25 (14.8.25)

कपालमालिने चैव सुवर्णमुकुटाय च । महादेवाय कृष्णाय त्र्यम्बकायानघाय च ॥

kapālamāline caiva suvarṇamukuṭāya ca | mahādevāya kṛṣṇāya tryambakāyānaghāya ca

to the wearer of a garland of skulls, to him with the golden crown; to Mahadeva, to Krishna the dark one, to Tryambaka, and to the sinless;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.22c; line 2 = CE 14.8.23a. The alignment found no match, but the CE has both lines unchanged.

Verse 26 (14.8.26)

क्रोधनायानृशंसाय मृदवे बाहुशालिने । दण्डिने तप्ततपसे तथैवाक्रूरकर्मणे ॥

krodhanāyānṛśaṃsāya mṛdave bāhuśāline | daṇḍine taptatapase tathaivākrūrakarmaṇe

to the wrathful, to the merciful, to the gentle, to the mighty-armed; to the bearer of the rod, to him of fiery austerity, and to him of deeds that are never cruel;

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.23c, except that the page has अनृशंसाय where the CE has नृशंसाय; line 2 = CE 14.8.24a. The alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (14.8.27)

सहस्रशिरसे चैव सहस्रचरणाय च । नमः स्वधास्वरूपाय बहुरूपाय दंष्ट्रिणे ॥

sahasraśirase caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca | namaḥ svadhāsvarūpāya bahurūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe

to the thousand-headed and the thousand-footed; homage to him whose very form is the offering to the ancestors, to the many-formed, to the fanged.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 14.8.24c; line 2 = CE 14.8.24e (the CE's 14.8.24 is a three-line verse). The alignment found no match, but the CE has both lines unchanged.

Verse 28 (14.8.28)

पिनाकिनं महादेवं महाभोगिनमव्ययम् । त्रिशूलहस्तं वरदं त्र्यम्बकं भुवनेश्वरम् ॥

pinākinaṃ mahādevaṃ mahābhoginamavyayam | triśūlahastaṃ varadaṃ tryambakaṃ bhuvaneśvaram

Him who bears the Pinaka bow, Mahadeva, the great enjoyer, the imperishable, the trident in his hand, the giver of boons, Tryambaka, the lord of the worlds;

Verse 29 (14.8.29)

त्रिपुरघ्नं त्रिनयनं त्रिलोकेशं महौजसम् । प्रभवं सर्वभूतानां दातारं धरणीधरम् ॥

tripuraghnaṃ trinayanaṃ trilokeśaṃ mahaujasam | prabhavaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dātāraṃ dharaṇīdharam

the destroyer of Tripura, the three-eyed, the lord of the three worlds, the greatly mighty, the source of all beings, the giver, the bearer of the earth;

Verse 30 (14.8.30)

ईशानं शङ्करं सर्वं शिवं विश्वेश्वरं भवम् । उमापतिं पशुपतिं विश्वरूपं महेश्वरम् ॥

īśānaṃ śaṅkaraṃ sarvaṃ śivaṃ viśveśvaraṃ bhavam | umāpatiṃ paśupatiṃ viśvarūpaṃ maheśvaram

Ishana, Shankara, Sarva, Shiva, Vishveshvara, Bhava; the husband of Uma, the lord of beasts, Vishvarupa, Maheshvara;

Verse 31 (14.8.31)

विरूपाक्षं दशभुजं विष्यन्दं गोवृषध्वजम् । उग्रं स्थाणुं शिवं रौद्रं शर्वं गौरीशमीश्वरम् ॥

virūpākṣaṃ daśabhujaṃ viṣyandaṃ govṛṣadhvajam | ugraṃ sthāṇuṃ śivaṃ raudraṃ śarvaṃ gaurīśamīśvaram

Virupaksha, the ten-armed, Vishyanda the flowing one, he whose banner bears the bull; the fierce, Sthanu, Shiva, Raudra, Sharva, the lord of Gauri, Ishvara;

Verse 32 (14.8.32)

शितिकण्ठमजं शुक्रं पृथुं पृथुहरं वरम् । विश्वरूपं विरूपाक्षं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् ॥

śitikaṇṭhamajaṃ śukraṃ pṛthuṃ pṛthuharaṃ varam | viśvarūpaṃ virūpākṣaṃ bahurūpamumāpatim

Shitikantha, the unborn, Shukra, Prithu, Prithuhara, the excellent; Vishvarupa, Virupaksha, the many-formed lord of Uma;

Note on the text: Corrected मुपापतिम् → मुमापतिम् (misprint in Wikisource; the word is उमापति, 'lord of Uma' (प for म); the critical edition reads umāpati).

Verse 33 (14.8.33)

प्रणम्य शिरसा देवमनङ्गाङ्गहरं हरम् । शरण्यं शरणं याहि महादेवं चतुर्मुखम् ॥

praṇamya śirasā devamanaṅgāṅgaharaṃ haram | śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāhi mahādevaṃ caturmukham

bow your head to that god, Hara, the destroyer of the body of Ananga, and go for refuge to the four-faced Mahadeva, the giver of refuge.

Verse 34 (14.8.34)

विरोचमानं वपुषा दिव्याभरणभूषितम् । अनाद्यन्तमजं शंभुं सर्वव्यापिनमीश्वरम् ॥

virocamānaṃ vapuṣā divyābharaṇabhūṣitam | anādyantamajaṃ śaṃbhuṃ sarvavyāpinamīśvaram

'Shining in his body, adorned with divine ornaments, without beginning or end, unborn, Shambhu, the all-pervading Ishvara,

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Verse 35 (14.8.35)

निस्त्रैगुण्यं निरुद्वेगं निर्मलं निधिमोजसाम् । प्रणम्य प्राञ्जलिः शर्वं प्रयामि शरणं हरम् ॥

nistraiguṇyaṃ nirudvegaṃ nirmalaṃ nidhimojasām | praṇamya prāñjaliḥ śarvaṃ prayāmi śaraṇaṃ haram

beyond the three qualities, free of agitation, stainless, a treasure of vigour—bowing with joined palms to Sharva, I go to Hara for refuge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_03-04, printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 36 (14.8.36)

सम्मान्यं निश्चलं नित्यमकारुण्यमलेपनम् । अध्यात्मवेदमासाद्य प्रयामि शरणं मुहुः ॥

sammānyaṃ niścalaṃ nityamakāruṇyamalepanam | adhyātmavedamāsādya prayāmi śaraṇaṃ muhuḥ

Worthy of honour, unmoving, eternal, free of pity, untouched by stain—having reached the knowledge of the Self, I go to him for refuge again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_05-06 (the page reads सम्मान्यं … अकारुण्यम् where the CE has sāmānyaṃ … akāraṇam), printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 37 (14.8.37)

यस्य नित्यं विदुः स्थानं मोक्षमध्यात्मचिन्तकाः । योगीशं तत्वमार्गस्थाः कैवल्यं पदमक्षरम् ॥

yasya nityaṃ viduḥ sthānaṃ mokṣamadhyātmacintakāḥ | yogīśaṃ tatvamārgasthāḥ kaivalyaṃ padamakṣaram

He whose eternal abode those who contemplate the Self know to be liberation; the lord of yogis, who for those on the path of reality is the imperishable state of absolute oneness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_07-08 (the page reads योगीशं where the CE has yoginas), printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 38 (14.8.38)

यं विदुः सङ्गिनं मुक्ताः सामान्यं समदर्शिनः । तं प्रपद्ये जगद्योनिमयोनिं निर्गुणात्मकम् ॥

yaṃ viduḥ saṅginaṃ muktāḥ sāmānyaṃ samadarśinaḥ | taṃ prapadye jagadyonimayoniṃ nirguṇātmakam

Him whom the liberated, who see all things alike, know as joined to all and common to all—I take refuge in him, the source of the world, himself without source, whose nature is beyond the qualities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_09-10 (the page reads सङ्गिनं मुक्ताः where the CE has saṅganirmuktāḥ), printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 39 (14.8.39)

असृजद्यस्तु भूतादीन्सप्त लोकान्सनातनान् । स्थितः सत्योपरि स्थाणुस्तं प्रपद्ये सनातनम् ॥

asṛjadyastu bhūtādīnsapta lokānsanātanān | sthitaḥ satyopari sthāṇustaṃ prapadye sanātanam

He who created the beings and all that follows, and the seven eternal worlds, and who stands above Truth as Sthanu—in him, the eternal, I take refuge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_11-12, printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 40 (14.8.40)

भक्तानां सुलभं तं हि दुर्लभं दूरपातिनाम् । अदूरस्थममुं देवं प्रकृतेः परतः स्थितम् ॥

bhaktānāṃ sulabhaṃ taṃ hi durlabhaṃ dūrapātinām | adūrasthamamuṃ devaṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ sthitam

Easy to reach for his devotees, hard to reach for those who have fallen far away; that god is not far off, though he stands beyond Nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.30d*0024_13-14 (the page reads अमुं where the CE has ajaṃ), printed after 14.8.30.

Verse 41 (14.8.41)

नमामि सर्वलोकस्थं व्रजामि शरणं शिवम् । एवं कृत्वा नमस्तस्मै महादेवाय रंहसे । महात्मने क्षितिपते तत्सुवर्णमवाप्स्यसि ॥

namāmi sarvalokasthaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ śivam | evaṃ kṛtvā namastasmai mahādevāya raṃhase | mahātmane kṣitipate tatsuvarṇamavāpsyasi

I bow to him who abides in all the worlds; I go to Shiva for refuge.' Having thus paid homage to Mahadeva, the swift and great-souled, you will obtain that gold, O lord of the earth.

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Verse 42 (14.8.42)

लभन्ते गाणपत्यं च तदेकाग्रा हि मानवाः । किं पुनः स्वर्णभाण्डानि तस्मात्त्वं गच्छ मा चिरं ॥

labhante gāṇapatyaṃ ca tadekāgrā hi mānavāḥ | kiṃ punaḥ svarṇabhāṇḍāni tasmāttvaṃ gaccha mā ciraṃ

People who are single-minded in devotion to him attain even the leadership of his hosts; how much more, then, golden vessels! Therefore go, and do not delay,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Corrected स्वर्णिभाण्डानि → स्वर्णभाण्डानि (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the critical edition reads svarṇabhāṇḍāni). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has the lines only as star passage 14.8.31d*0025_01-02, printed after 14.8.31.

Verse 43 (14.8.43)

महत्तरं हि ते लाभं हस्त्यश्वोष्ट्रादिभिः सह । सुवर्णमाहरिष्यन्तस्तत्र गच्छन्तु ते नराः ॥

mahattaraṃ hi te lābhaṃ hastyaśvoṣṭrādibhiḥ saha | suvarṇamāhariṣyantastatra gacchantu te narāḥ

for your gain will be far greater, together with elephants, horses, camels and the rest. Let your men go there to bring back the gold."

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Verse 44 (14.8.44)

इत्युक्तः स वचस्तस्य चक्रे कारन्धमात्मजः । गङ्गाधरं नमस्कृत्य लब्धवान्धनमुत्तमम् ॥

ityuktaḥ sa vacastasya cakre kārandhamātmajaḥ | gaṅgādharaṃ namaskṛtya labdhavāndhanamuttamam

Vyasa said: Thus addressed, the son of Karandhama's descendant did as Samvarta had said; bowing to the bearer of the Ganga, he obtained excellent wealth,

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Verse 45 (14.8.45)

कुबेर इव तत्प्राप्य महादेवप्रसादतः । ततोऽतिमानुषं सर्वं चक्रे यज्ञस्य संविधिम् ॥

kubera iva tatprāpya mahādevaprasādataḥ | tato'timānuṣaṃ sarvaṃ cakre yajñasya saṃvidhim

and, having gained it by Mahadeva's grace, he became like Kubera. Then he made all the preparations for the sacrifice on a scale beyond the human.

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Verse 46 (14.8.46)

सौवर्णानि च भाण्डानि संचक्रुस्तत्र शिल्पिनः । शालाश्च सर्वसम्भारांस्तत्र संवर्तशासनात् ॥

sauvarṇāni ca bhāṇḍāni saṃcakrustatra śilpinaḥ | śālāśca sarvasambhārāṃstatra saṃvartaśāsanāt

The craftsmen there made golden vessels, and halls and all the requisites, at Samvarta's direction.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks) round the bracketed line(s) that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Line 1 = CE 14.8.32e. Line 2 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as star passage 14.8.32f*0027_01 (śālāś ca sarvasaṃbhārān kratoḥ saṃvartaśāsanāt; the page reads तत्र for kratoḥ), printed after 32e.

Verse 47 (14.8.47)

बृहस्पतिस्तु तां श्रुत्वा मरुत्तस्य महीपतेः । समृद्धिमति देवेभ्यः सन्तापमकरोद्भृशम् ॥

bṛhaspatistu tāṃ śrutvā maruttasya mahīpateḥ | samṛddhimati devebhyaḥ santāpamakarodbhṛśam

When Brihaspati heard of King Marutta's prosperity, which surpassed that of the gods, he was greatly tormented.

Verse 48 (14.8.48)

सन्तप्यमानो वैवर्ण्यं कृशत्वं चागमत्परम् । भविष्यति हि मे शत्रुः संवर्तो वसुमानिति ॥

santapyamāno vaivarṇyaṃ kṛśatvaṃ cāgamatparam | bhaviṣyati hi me śatruḥ saṃvarto vasumāniti

Tormented, he grew pale and very thin, thinking: "Samvarta, now rich, will become my enemy."

Verse 49 (14.8.49)

तं श्रुत्वा भृशसंतप्तं देवराजो बृहस्पतिम् । अभिगम्यामरवृतः प्रोवाचेदं वचस्तदा ॥

taṃ śrutvā bhṛśasaṃtaptaṃ devarājo bṛhaspatim | abhigamyāmaravṛtaḥ provācedaṃ vacastadā

Hearing that he was so grievously tormented, the king of the gods, surrounded by the immortals, went to Brihaspati and spoke these words.