Krishna Declares the Vaishnava Dharma

Verse 1 (14.96.1)

अश्वमेधे पुरावृत्ते केशवं केशिसूदनम् । धर्मसंशयमुद्दिश्य किमपृच्छत्पितामहः ॥

aśvamedhe purāvṛtte keśavaṃ keśisūdanam | dharmasaṃśayamuddiśya kimapṛcchatpitāmahaḥ

At the time of the horse sacrifice, what did Yudhishthira, my forefather, ask Keshava, the slayer of Keshi, concerning a doubt about dharma?

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Verse 2 (14.96.2)

पश्चिमेनाश्वमेधेन यदा स्नातो युधिष्ठिरः । तदा राजा नमस्कृत्य केशवं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥

paścimenāśvamedhena yadā snāto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tadā rājā namaskṛtya keśavaṃ punarabravīt

When Yudhishthira had taken the concluding bath after the last horse sacrifice, the king bowed to Keshava and spoke to him again.

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Verse 3 (14.96.3)

भगवन्वैष्णवा धर्माः किंफलाः किंपरायणाः । किं धर्ममधिकृत्याथ भवतोत्पादिताः पुरा ॥

bhagavanvaiṣṇavā dharmāḥ kiṃphalāḥ kiṃparāyaṇāḥ | kiṃ dharmamadhikṛtyātha bhavatotpāditāḥ purā

Blessed One, what are the fruits of the Vaishnava dharmas, and what is their goal? With what dharma as their theme were they brought forth by you long ago?

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Verse 4 (14.96.4)

यदि तेहमनुग्राह्यः प्रियोस्मि मधुसूदन । श्रोतव्या यदि मे कृष्ण तन्मे कथय सुव्रत ॥

yadi tehamanugrāhyaḥ priyosmi madhusūdana | śrotavyā yadi me kṛṣṇa tanme kathaya suvrata

If I deserve your favour, if I am dear to you, Madhusudana, and if I am fit to hear them, then tell them to me, O Krishna of good vows.

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Verse 5 (14.96.5)

पवित्रा किल ते धर्माः सर्वपापप्रणाशनाः । सर्वधर्मोत्तमाः पुण्या भगवंस्त्वन्मुखोद्गताः ॥

pavitrā kila te dharmāḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanāḥ | sarvadharmottamāḥ puṇyā bhagavaṃstvanmukhodgatāḥ

Those dharmas are said to be holy, destroyers of all sin, the best of all dharmas, meritorious, and issued from your own mouth, Lord.

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Verse 6 (14.96.6)

याञ्श्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मातृहा गुरुतल्पगः । पाकभेदी कृतघ्नश्च सुरापो ब्रह्मविक्रयी ॥

yāñśrutvā brahmahā goghno mātṛhā gurutalpagaḥ | pākabhedī kṛtaghnaśca surāpo brahmavikrayī

Hearing which, the killer of a brahmin, the killer of a cow, the killer of his mother, the violator of his teacher's bed, one who ruins another's cooking, the ungrateful, the drinker of liquor, the seller of the Veda,

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Verse 7 (14.96.7)

मित्रविश्वासघाती च वीरहा भ्रूणहा तथा । तपोविक्रयिणश्चैव दानविक्रयिणस्तथा ॥

mitraviśvāsaghātī ca vīrahā bhrūṇahā tathā | tapovikrayiṇaścaiva dānavikrayiṇastathā

the betrayer of a friend's trust, the killer of heroes and the killer of an unborn child, those who sell their austerity and those who sell their gifts,

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Verse 8 (14.96.8)

आत्मविक्रयिणो मूढा जीवेद्यश्च विकर्मभिः । पापाः शठा नैकृतिका डांभिका दूषकास्तथा ॥

ātmavikrayiṇo mūḍhā jīvedyaśca vikarmabhiḥ | pāpāḥ śaṭhā naikṛtikā ḍāṃbhikā dūṣakāstathā

those who sell themselves, the deluded, whoever lives by forbidden deeds, the sinful, the cunning, the crooked, the hypocrites and the corrupters,

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Verse 9 (14.96.9)

रसभेदकरा ये च ये च स्युर्ब्रह्मघातकाः । शूद्रप्रेष्यकराश्चोरा विप्रा ये च पुरोहिताः ॥

rasabhedakarā ye ca ye ca syurbrahmaghātakāḥ | śūdrapreṣyakarāścorā viprā ye ca purohitāḥ

those who adulterate flavours, those who kill brahmins, the servants of Shudras, thieves, and brahmins who are priests,

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Verse 10 (14.96.10)

निक्षेपहारिणः स्त्रीघ्नास्तथा ये पारदारिकाः । एते चान्ये च पापा ये मुच्यन्तेतेऽपि किल्बिषात् ॥

nikṣepahāriṇaḥ strīghnāstathā ye pāradārikāḥ | ete cānye ca pāpā ye mucyantete'pi kilbiṣāt

those who seize deposits, the killers of women, and the adulterers: these and other sinners are released from their guilt.

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Verse 11 (14.96.11)

तानाचक्ष्व सुरश्रेष्ठ त्वद्भक्तस्य ममाच्युत ॥

tānācakṣva suraśreṣṭha tvadbhaktasya mamācyuta

Tell them to me, O best of the gods, to me, your devotee, Achyuta.

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Verse 12 (14.96.12)

इत्येवं कथिते देवे धर्मपुत्रेण संसदि । वसिष्ठाद्यास्तपोयुक्ता मुनयस्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥

ityevaṃ kathite deve dharmaputreṇa saṃsadi | vasiṣṭhādyāstapoyuktā munayastatvadarśinaḥ

When the Lord had been addressed in this way by Dharma's son in the assembly, the sages led by Vasishtha, rich in austerity and seers of truth,

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Verse 13 (14.96.13)

श्रोतुकामाः परं गुह्यं वैष्णवं धर्ममुत्तमम् । तथा भागवताश्चैव ततस्तं पर्यवारयन् ॥

śrotukāmāḥ paraṃ guhyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamuttamam | tathā bhāgavatāścaiva tatastaṃ paryavārayan

eager to hear the supreme secret, the highest Vaishnava dharma, together with the Bhagavatas, then gathered around him.

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Verse 14 (14.96.14)

तत्वतस्तव भावेन पादमूलमुपागतम् । यदि जानासि मां भक्तं स्निग्धं वा भक्तवत्सल ॥

tatvatastava bhāvena pādamūlamupāgatam | yadi jānāsi māṃ bhaktaṃ snigdhaṃ vā bhaktavatsala

In truth and with devotion I have come to the root of your feet. If you know me as your devotee, tender towards you, O Lord who loves his devotees,

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Verse 15 (14.96.15)

धर्मगुह्यानि सर्वाणि वेत्तुमिच्छामि तत्वतः । धर्मान्कथय मे देव यद्यनुग्रहभागहम् ॥

dharmaguhyāni sarvāṇi vettumicchāmi tatvataḥ | dharmānkathaya me deva yadyanugrahabhāgaham

I wish to know truly all the secrets of dharma. Tell me the dharmas, O God, if I am worthy of your grace.

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Verse 16 (14.96.16)

श्रुता मे मानवा धर्मा वासिष्ठाः काश्यपास्तथा । गार्गीया गौतमीयाश्च तथा गोपालकस्य च ॥

śrutā me mānavā dharmā vāsiṣṭhāḥ kāśyapāstathā | gārgīyā gautamīyāśca tathā gopālakasya ca

I have heard the dharmas of Manu, those of Vasishtha and of Kashyapa, those of Gargya, of Gautama, and of Gopalaka.

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Verse 17 (14.96.17)

पराशरकृताः पूर्वा मैत्रेयस्य च धीमतः । औमा माहेश्वराश्चैव नन्दिधर्माश्च पावनाः ॥

parāśarakṛtāḥ pūrvā maitreyasya ca dhīmataḥ | aumā māheśvarāścaiva nandidharmāśca pāvanāḥ

Those made of old by Parashara and by the wise Maitreya; the holy dharmas of Uma, of Maheshvara, and of Nandi.

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Verse 18 (14.96.18)

ब्रह्मणा कथिता ये च कौमाराश्च श्रुता मया । धूमायनकृता धर्माः काण्डवैश्वानरा अपि ॥

brahmaṇā kathitā ye ca kaumārāśca śrutā mayā | dhūmāyanakṛtā dharmāḥ kāṇḍavaiśvānarā api

Those declared by Brahma, and the Kaumara dharmas I have heard; the dharmas made by Dhumayana, and those of Kandavaishvanara as well.

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Verse 19 (14.96.19)

भार्गवा याज्ञवल्क्याश्च मार्कण्डेयकृता अपि । भारद्वाजकृता ये च बृहस्पतिकृताश्च ये ॥

bhārgavā yājñavalkyāśca mārkaṇḍeyakṛtā api | bhāradvājakṛtā ye ca bṛhaspatikṛtāśca ye

Those of Bhargava, of Yajnavalkya, and those made by Markandeya; those made by Bharadvaja and those made by Brihaspati.

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Verse 20 (14.96.20)

कुणेश्च कुणिबाहोश्च विश्वामित्रकृताश्च ये । सुमन्तुजैमिनिकृताः शाकुनेयास्तथैव च ॥

kuṇeśca kuṇibāhośca viśvāmitrakṛtāśca ye | sumantujaiminikṛtāḥ śākuneyāstathaiva ca

Those of Kuni and of Kunibahu, and those made by Vishvamitra; those made by Sumantu and Jaimini, and those of Shakuneya.

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Verse 21 (14.96.21)

पुलस्त्यपुलहोद्गीताः पावकीयास्तथैव च । अगस्त्यगीता मौद्गल्याः शाण्डिल्याः शलभायनाः ॥

pulastyapulahodgītāḥ pāvakīyāstathaiva ca | agastyagītā maudgalyāḥ śāṇḍilyāḥ śalabhāyanāḥ

Those sung by Pulastya and Pulaha, the Pavakiya dharmas, those sung by Agastya, and those of Maudgalya, Shandilya and Shalabhayana.

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Verse 22 (14.96.22)

वालखिल्यकृता ये च ये च सप्तर्षिभिस्तथा । आपस्तंबकृता धर्माः शङ्खस्य लिखितस्य च ॥

vālakhilyakṛtā ye ca ye ca saptarṣibhistathā | āpastaṃbakṛtā dharmāḥ śaṅkhasya likhitasya ca

Those made by the Valakhilyas and by the seven sages; the dharmas made by Apastamba, and those of Shankha and Likhita.

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Verse 23 (14.96.23)

प्राजापत्यास्तथा याम्या माहेन्द्राश्च श्रुता मया । वैयाघ्रव्यासकीयाश्च विभण्डककृताश्च ये ॥

prājāpatyāstathā yāmyā māhendrāśca śrutā mayā | vaiyāghravyāsakīyāśca vibhaṇḍakakṛtāśca ye

The Prajapatya, the Yamya and the Mahendra dharmas I have heard; those of Vyaghra and of Vyasa, and those made by Vibhandaka.

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Verse 24 (14.96.24)

नारदीयाः श्रुता धर्माः कापोताश्च श्रुता मया । तथा विदुरवाक्यानि भृगोरङ्गिरसस्तथा ॥

nāradīyāḥ śrutā dharmāḥ kāpotāśca śrutā mayā | tathā viduravākyāni bhṛgoraṅgirasastathā

The dharmas of Narada I have heard, and the Kapota dharmas I have heard; likewise the words of Vidura, of Bhrigu and of Angiras.

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Verse 25 (14.96.25)

क्रौञ्चा मृदङ्गगीताश्च सौर्या हारीतकाश्च ये । ये पिशङ्गकृताश्चापि कातपायाः सुवालकाः ॥

krauñcā mṛdaṅgagītāśca sauryā hārītakāśca ye | ye piśaṅgakṛtāścāpi kātapāyāḥ suvālakāḥ

The Krauncha dharmas, those sung by Mridanga, the Saurya and the Haritaka; those made by Pishanga, the Katapaya and the Suvalaka.

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Verse 26 (14.96.26)

उद्दालककृता धर्मा औशनस्यास्तथैव च । वैशंपायनगीताश्च ये चान्येऽप्येवमादितः ॥

uddālakakṛtā dharmā auśanasyāstathaiva ca | vaiśaṃpāyanagītāśca ye cānye'pyevamāditaḥ

The dharmas made by Uddalaka, and those of Ushanas; those sung by Vaishampayana, and whatever others there are of this kind.

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Verse 27 (14.96.27)

एतेभ्यः सर्वधर्मेभ्यो देव त्वन्मुखनिस्सृताः । पावनत्वात्पवित्रत्वाद्विशिष्टा इति मे मतिः ॥

etebhyaḥ sarvadharmebhyo deva tvanmukhanissṛtāḥ | pāvanatvātpavitratvādviśiṣṭā iti me matiḥ

Yet of all these dharmas, O God, those that have come forth from your mouth are, I think, the most excellent, for they purify and are holy.

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Verse 28 (14.96.28)

तस्माद्धि त्वां प्रपन्नस्य त्वद्भक्तस्य च केशव । युष्मदीयान्वरान्धर्मान्पुण्यान्कथय मेच्युत ॥

tasmāddhi tvāṃ prapannasya tvadbhaktasya ca keśava | yuṣmadīyānvarāndharmānpuṇyānkathaya mecyuta

Therefore, Keshava, to me who have taken refuge in you and am your devotee, tell me your own best and holy dharmas, Achyuta.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0042-0043 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The appendix places the label 'vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ' before the second line.

Verse 29 (14.96.29)

एवं पृष्टस्तु धर्मज्ञो धर्मपुत्रेण केशवः । उवाच धर्मान्सूक्ष्मार्थान्धर्मपुत्रस्य हर्षितः ॥

evaṃ pṛṣṭastu dharmajño dharmaputreṇa keśavaḥ | uvāca dharmānsūkṣmārthāndharmaputrasya harṣitaḥ

Questioned thus by Dharma's son, Keshava, the knower of dharma, was glad, and spoke to Dharma's son of dharmas of subtle meaning.

Note on the text: Speaker spelling normalised from वैशंपायन to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0044-0045 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 30 (14.96.30)

एवं ते यस्य कौन्तेय यत्नो धर्मेषु सुव्रत । तस्य ते दुर्लभो लोके न कश्चिदपि विद्येत ॥

evaṃ te yasya kaunteya yatno dharmeṣu suvrata | tasya te durlabho loke na kaścidapi vidyeta

O son of Kunti, O man of good vows, since your effort in dharma is such, nothing at all in the world is hard for you to attain.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Krishna's direct speech, with no printed heading (the page's last heading is Vaishampayana's at verse 29); it fills the whole verse. Speaker spelling normalised from वैशंपायन. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0046-0047 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 31 (14.96.31)

धर्मः श्रुतो वा दृष्टो वा कथितो वा कृतोपि वा । अनुमोदितो वा राजेन्द्र नयतीन्द्रपदं नरम् ॥

dharmaḥ śruto vā dṛṣṭo vā kathito vā kṛtopi vā | anumodito vā rājendra nayatīndrapadaṃ naram

Dharma, whether heard, seen, spoken, done or approved, leads a man to the rank of Indra, O best of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0048-0049 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 32 (14.96.32)

धर्मः पिता च माता च धर्मो नाथः सुहृत्तथा । धर्मो भ्राता सखा चैव धर्मः स्वामी परंतप ॥

dharmaḥ pitā ca mātā ca dharmo nāthaḥ suhṛttathā | dharmo bhrātā sakhā caiva dharmaḥ svāmī paraṃtapa

Dharma is father and mother; dharma is protector and friend; dharma is brother and companion; dharma is master, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0050-0051 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 33 (14.96.33)

धर्मादर्थश्च कामश्च धर्माद्भोगाः सुखानि च । धर्मादैश्वर्यमेवाग्र्यं धर्मात्स्वर्गगतिः परा ॥

dharmādarthaśca kāmaśca dharmādbhogāḥ sukhāni ca | dharmādaiśvaryamevāgryaṃ dharmātsvargagatiḥ parā

From dharma come wealth and desire; from dharma come enjoyments and pleasures; from dharma comes the highest lordship, and from dharma the supreme path to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मार्दैश्वर्य° → धर्मादैश्वर्य° (misprint in Wikisource; stray र्; the CE appendix reads 'dharmād aiśvaryam'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0052-0053 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 34 (14.96.34)

धर्मोयं सेवितः शुद्धस्त्रायते महतो भयात् । धर्माद्द्विजत्वं देवत्वं धर्मः पावयते नरम् ॥

dharmoyaṃ sevitaḥ śuddhastrāyate mahato bhayāt | dharmāddvijatvaṃ devatvaṃ dharmaḥ pāvayate naram

This dharma, followed purely, saves one from great fear; through dharma one becomes twice-born and divine; dharma purifies a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0054-0055 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 35 (14.96.35)

यदा च क्षीयते पापं कालेन पुरुषस्य तु । तदा संजायते बुद्धिर्धर्मं कर्तुं युधिष्ठिर ॥

yadā ca kṣīyate pāpaṃ kālena puruṣasya tu | tadā saṃjāyate buddhirdharmaṃ kartuṃ yudhiṣṭhira

When a man's sin is worn away by time, then the wish to practise dharma arises in him, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0056-0057 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 36 (14.96.36)

जन्मान्तरसहस्रैस्तु मनुष्यत्वं हि दुर्लभम् । तद्गत्वापीह यो धर्मं न करोति स्ववञ्चितः ॥

janmāntarasahasraistu manuṣyatvaṃ hi durlabham | tadgatvāpīha yo dharmaṃ na karoti svavañcitaḥ

Human birth is hard to obtain even after thousands of other births; yet whoever, having reached it, does not practise dharma cheats himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0058-0059 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 37 (14.96.37)

कुत्सिता ये दरिद्राश्च विरूपा व्याधितास्तथा । परद्वेष्याश्च मूर्खाश्च न तैर्धर्मः कृतः पुरा ॥

kutsitā ye daridrāśca virūpā vyādhitāstathā | paradveṣyāśca mūrkhāśca na tairdharmaḥ kṛtaḥ purā

Those who are despised, poor, deformed, sick, hated by others and foolish did not practise dharma in the past.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0060-0061 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 38 (14.96.38)

ये च दीर्घायुषः शूराः पण्डिता भोगिनस्तथा । नीरोगा रूपसंपन्नास्तैर्धर्मः सुकृतः पुरा ॥

ye ca dīrghāyuṣaḥ śūrāḥ paṇḍitā bhoginastathā | nīrogā rūpasaṃpannāstairdharmaḥ sukṛtaḥ purā

Those who are long-lived, brave, learned and wealthy, free of disease and endowed with beauty, practised dharma well in the past.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0062-0063 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 39 (14.96.39)

एवं धर्मः कृतः शुद्धो नयते गतिमुत्तमाम् । अधर्मं सेवते यस्तु तिर्यग्योन्यां पतत्यसौ ॥

evaṃ dharmaḥ kṛtaḥ śuddho nayate gatimuttamām | adharmaṃ sevate yastu tiryagyonyāṃ patatyasau

In this way dharma, practised purely, leads to the highest state; but whoever follows adharma falls into an animal womb.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0064-0065 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 40 (14.96.40)

इदं रहस्यं कौन्तेय शृणु धर्ममनुत्तमम् । कथयिष्ये परं धर्मं तव भक्तस्य पाण्डव ॥

idaṃ rahasyaṃ kaunteya śṛṇu dharmamanuttamam | kathayiṣye paraṃ dharmaṃ tava bhaktasya pāṇḍava

Hear this secret, son of Kunti, this unsurpassed dharma; I shall tell the supreme dharma to you, my devotee, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0066-0067 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 41 (14.96.41)

इष्टस्त्वमसि मेऽत्यर्थं प्रपन्नश्चापि मां सदा । परमार्थमपि ब्रूयां किं पुनर्धर्मसंहिताम् ॥

iṣṭastvamasi me'tyarthaṃ prapannaścāpi māṃ sadā | paramārthamapi brūyāṃ kiṃ punardharmasaṃhitām

You are exceedingly dear to me, and you have always taken refuge in me. I would tell you even the highest truth, how much more the teaching of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0068-0069 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 42 (14.96.42)

इदं मे मानुषं जन्म कृतमात्मनि मायया । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय दुष्टानां नाशनाय च ॥

idaṃ me mānuṣaṃ janma kṛtamātmani māyayā | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya duṣṭānāṃ nāśanāya ca

This human birth of mine was taken by myself through my own maya, to establish dharma and to destroy the wicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0070-0071 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 43 (14.96.43)

मानुष्यं भावमापन्नं ये मां गृह्णन्त्यवज्ञया । संसारान्तर्हि ते मूढास्तिर्यग्योनिष्वनेकशः ॥

mānuṣyaṃ bhāvamāpannaṃ ye māṃ gṛhṇantyavajñayā | saṃsārāntarhi te mūḍhāstiryagyoniṣvanekaśaḥ

Those deluded men who despise me, thinking me to have taken a human nature, then pass through cycles of rebirth, into animal wombs many times over.

Note on the text: Recension reading: the CE appendix has 'saṃsarantīha te mūḍhās' (a finite verb); Wikisource's 'संसारान्तर्हि' (read as संसारान् + तर्हि) is kept as a possible variant and translated as above. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0072-0073 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 44 (14.96.44)

ये च मां सर्वभूतस्थं पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषा । मद्भक्तांस्तान्सदा युक्तान्मत्समीपं नयाम्यहम् ॥

ye ca māṃ sarvabhūtasthaṃ paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣā | madbhaktāṃstānsadā yuktānmatsamīpaṃ nayāmyaham

But those who see me, present in all beings, with the eye of knowledge, those ever-steadfast devotees of mine I lead to my own presence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0074-0075 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 45 (14.96.45)

मद्भक्ता न विनश्यन्ति मद्भक्ता वीतकल्मषाः । मद्भक्तानां तु मानुष्ये सफलं जन्म पाण्डव ॥

madbhaktā na vinaśyanti madbhaktā vītakalmaṣāḥ | madbhaktānāṃ tu mānuṣye saphalaṃ janma pāṇḍava

My devotees do not perish; my devotees are free of stain. For my devotees, human birth is fruitful, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected मद्भाक्तानां → मद्भक्तानां, सफल → सफलं, पाण्डवा → पाण्डव (misprints in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads 'madbhaktānāṃ tu mānuṣye saphalaṃ janma pāṇḍava'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0076-0077 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 46 (14.96.46)

अपि पापेष्वभिरता मद्भक्ताः पाण्डुनन्दन । मुच्यन्ते पातकैः सर्वैः पद्मपत्रमिवांभसा ॥

api pāpeṣvabhiratā madbhaktāḥ pāṇḍunandana | mucyante pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ padmapatramivāṃbhasā

Even if my devotees are given to sins, O son of Pandu, they are freed from all sins, as a lotus leaf is from water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0078-0079 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 47 (14.96.47)

जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु तपसा भावितात्मनाम् । भक्तिरुत्पद्यते तात मनुष्याणां न संशयः ॥

janmāntarasahasreṣu tapasā bhāvitātmanām | bhaktirutpadyate tāta manuṣyāṇāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

After thousands of other births, devotion arises, dear one, in men whose selves have been refined by austerity; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0080-0081 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 48 (14.96.48)

यच्च रूपं परं गुह्यं कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् । न दृश्यते तथा देवैर्मद्भक्तैर्दृश्यते यथा ॥

yacca rūpaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ kūṭasthamacalaṃ dhruvam | na dṛśyate tathā devairmadbhaktairdṛśyate yathā

That supreme secret form of mine, unchanging, immovable and constant, is not seen by the gods as it is seen by my devotees.

Note on the text: Corrected कूटस्तम् → कूटस्थम् and तता → तथा (misprints in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads 'kūṭastham' and 'tathā'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0082-0083 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 49 (14.96.49)

अपरं यच्च मे रूपं प्रादुर्भावेषु दृश्यते । तदर्चयन्ति सर्वार्थैः सर्वभूतानि पाण्डव ॥

aparaṃ yacca me rūpaṃ prādurbhāveṣu dṛśyate | tadarcayanti sarvārthaiḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍava

And the other form of mine that is seen in my incarnations: all beings worship that with every kind of offering, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्रादुर्भावेषु → प्रादुर्भावेषु (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the CE appendix reads 'prādurbhāveṣu'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0084-0085 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 50 (14.96.50)

कल्पकोटिसहस्रेषु व्यतीतेष्वागतेषु च । दर्शयामीह तद्रूपं यच्च पश्यन्ति मे सुराः ॥

kalpakoṭisahasreṣu vyatīteṣvāgateṣu ca | darśayāmīha tadrūpaṃ yacca paśyanti me surāḥ

When thousands of crores of kalpas have passed and a new one has come, I show here that form which the gods see.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यतीतेष्वागते → व्यतीतेष्वागतेषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped षु; the CE appendix reads 'vyatīteṣv āgateṣu ca'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0086-0087 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 51 (14.96.51)

स्थित्युत्पत्त्यव्ययकरं यो मां ज्ञात्वा प्रपद्यते । अनुगृह्णाम्यहं तं वै संसारान्मोचयामि च ॥

sthityutpattyavyayakaraṃ yo māṃ jñātvā prapadyate | anugṛhṇāmyahaṃ taṃ vai saṃsārānmocayāmi ca

Whoever knows me as the maker of the continuance, origin and dissolution of the world, and takes refuge in me, I favour him and free him from rebirth.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तित्यु° → स्थित्यु° (misprint in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads 'sthityutpattivyayakaram'). Wikisource's 'उत्पत्त्यव्यय°' (CE 'utpattivyayakaram') is kept as a recension variant and translated with the sense 'origin and dissolution'. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0088-0089 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 52 (14.96.52)

अहमादिर्हि देवानां सृष्टा ब्रह्मादयो मया । प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य जगत्सर्वं सृजाम्यहम् ॥

ahamādirhi devānāṃ sṛṣṭā brahmādayo mayā | prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya jagatsarvaṃ sṛjāmyaham

I am the beginning of the gods; Brahma and the others were created by me. Resting on my own nature, I emit the whole world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0090-0091 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 53 (14.96.53)

तमोमूलोहमव्यक्तो रजोमध्ये प्रतिष्ठितः । ऊर्ध्वं सत्त्वं विना लोभं ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यन्तः ॥

tamomūlohamavyakto rajomadhye pratiṣṭhitaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ sattvaṃ vinā lobhaṃ brahmādistaṃbaparyantaḥ

I am rooted in darkness, unmanifest, and stand established in the midst of rajas; above is sattva, free of greed, extending from Brahma down to a blade of grass.

Note on the text: Corrected °पर्यतः → °पर्यन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्; the CE appendix has a different second line, 'ūrdhvaṃ sattvaviśālo 'haṃ brahmādistambasaṃjñitaḥ'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0092-0093 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 54 (14.96.54)

मूर्धानं मे विद्धि दिवं चन्द्रादित्यौ च लोचने । गावोग्निर्ब्राह्मणो वक्त्रं मारुतः श्वसनं च मे ॥

mūrdhānaṃ me viddhi divaṃ candrādityau ca locane | gāvognirbrāhmaṇo vaktraṃ mārutaḥ śvasanaṃ ca me

Know that my head is the sky, and the moon and the sun are my eyes; cows, fire and the brahmin are my mouth, and the wind is my breath.

Note on the text: Corrected बाह्मणो → ब्राह्मणो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the CE appendix reads 'brāhmaṇā'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0094-0095 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 55 (14.96.55)

दिशो मे बाहवश्चाष्टौ नक्षत्राणि च भूषणम् । अन्तरिक्षमुरो विद्धि सर्वभूतावकाशकम् । मार्गो मेघानिलाभ्यां तु यन्ममोदरमव्ययम् ॥

diśo me bāhavaścāṣṭau nakṣatrāṇi ca bhūṣaṇam | antarikṣamuro viddhi sarvabhūtāvakāśakam | mārgo meghānilābhyāṃ tu yanmamodaramavyayam

The directions are my eight arms and the stars my ornament; know that the sky is my chest, giving room to all beings; the path of the clouds and winds is my imperishable belly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0108-0110 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 56 (14.96.56)

पृथिवीमण्डलं यद्वै द्वीपार्णवनगैर्युतम् । सर्वसंधारणोपेतं पादौ मम युधिष्ठिर ॥

pṛthivīmaṇḍalaṃ yadvai dvīpārṇavanagairyutam | sarvasaṃdhāraṇopetaṃ pādau mama yudhiṣṭhira

The circle of the earth, with its islands, oceans and mountains, which bears all things, is my feet, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0111-0112 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 57 (14.96.57)

स्थितो ह्येकगुणः खेऽहं द्विगुणश्चास्मि मारुते । त्रिगुणोग्नौ स्थितोहं वै सलिले च चतुर्गुणः ॥

sthito hyekaguṇaḥ khe'haṃ dviguṇaścāsmi mārute | triguṇognau sthitohaṃ vai salile ca caturguṇaḥ

In the sky I stand with one quality, in the air I am of two qualities, in fire I stand with three, and in water with four.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0113-0114 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 58 (14.96.58)

शब्दाद्या ये गुणाः पञ्च महाभूतेषु पञ्चसु । तन्मात्रासंस्थितः सोहं पृथिव्यां पञ्चधास्थितः ॥

śabdādyā ye guṇāḥ pañca mahābhūteṣu pañcasu | tanmātrāsaṃsthitaḥ sohaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pañcadhāsthitaḥ

The five qualities beginning with sound, in the five great elements: abiding in the subtle elements, I stand in the earth in five ways.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0115-0116 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 59 (14.96.59)

अहं सहस्रशीर्षस्तु सहस्रवदनेक्षणः । सहस्रबाहूदरधृक्सहस्रोरुः सहस्रपात् ॥

ahaṃ sahasraśīrṣastu sahasravadanekṣaṇaḥ | sahasrabāhūdaradhṛksahasroruḥ sahasrapāt

I have a thousand heads, a thousand faces and eyes, a thousand arms and bellies, a thousand thighs and feet.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रसीर्ष → सहस्रशीर्ष (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the CE appendix reads 'sahasraśīrṣas'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0117-0118 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 60 (14.96.60)

धृत्वोर्वीं सर्वतः सम्यगत्यतिष्ठं दशांगुलम् । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्थः सर्वव्यापी ततोस्म्यहम् ॥

dhṛtvorvīṃ sarvataḥ samyagatyatiṣṭhaṃ daśāṃgulam | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasthaḥ sarvavyāpī tatosmyaham

Supporting the earth entirely on every side, I stood beyond it by ten finger-breadths. Dwelling as the self in all beings, I am therefore all-pervading.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0119-0120 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 61 (14.96.61)

अचिन्त्योहमनन्तोहमजरोहमजो ह्यहम् । अनाद्योऽहमवध्योहमप्रमेयोहमव्ययः ॥

acintyohamanantohamajarohamajo hyaham | anādyo'hamavadhyohamaprameyohamavyayaḥ

I am unthinkable, I am endless, I am ageless, I am unborn; I am without beginning, I cannot be slain, I am immeasurable, I am imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0121-0122 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 62 (14.96.62)

निर्गुणोहं निगूढात्मा निर्द्वन्द्वो निर्ममो नृप । निष्कलो निर्विकारोहं निदानममृतस्य तु ॥

nirguṇohaṃ nigūḍhātmā nirdvandvo nirmamo nṛpa | niṣkalo nirvikārohaṃ nidānamamṛtasya tu

I am without qualities, hidden in my own self, free of dualities and of possessiveness, O king; without parts, without change, the source of immortality.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0123-0124 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 63 (14.96.63)

सुधा चाहं स्वधा चाहं स्वाहा चाहं नराधिप । तेजसा तपसा चाहं भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् ॥

sudhā cāhaṃ svadhā cāhaṃ svāhā cāhaṃ narādhipa | tejasā tapasā cāhaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham

I am the nectar, I am svadha, and I am svaha, O ruler of men; by splendour and by austerity I (hold) the fourfold multitude of beings,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0125-0126 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 64 (14.96.64)

स्नेहपाशैर्गुणैर्बद्ध्वा धारयाम्यात्ममायया । चातुराश्रमधर्मेहं चातुर्होत्रफलाशनः । चतुर्मूर्तिश्चतुर्यज्ञश्चतुराश्रमभावनः ॥

snehapāśairguṇairbaddhvā dhārayāmyātmamāyayā | cāturāśramadharmehaṃ cāturhotraphalāśanaḥ | caturmūrtiścaturyajñaścaturāśramabhāvanaḥ

binding them with bonds of affection and with the qualities, I sustain them by my own maya. In the dharma of the four stages of life I am the partaker of the fruit of the fourfold rite; I have four forms and four sacrifices, and I am the sustainer of the four stages of life.

Note on the text: Corrected °गुणबद्ध्वा → °गुणैर्बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ैर्; the CE appendix reads 'snehapāśaguṇair baddhvā'). The second and third lines differ from the CE appendix ('caturāśramadharmo 'haṃ …', 'caturmūrtiś caturvyūhaḥ …'), a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0127-0129 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 65 (14.96.65)

संहृत्याहं जगत्सर्वं कृत्वा वै गर्भमात्मनः । शयामि दिव्ययोगेन प्रलयेषु युधिष्ठिर ॥

saṃhṛtyāhaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṛtvā vai garbhamātmanaḥ | śayāmi divyayogena pralayeṣu yudhiṣṭhira

At the dissolutions I draw the whole world back, make it the womb of myself, and sleep by divine yoga, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0130-0131 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 66 (14.96.66)

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तां ब्राह्मीं रात्रिं महार्णवे । स्थित्वा सृजामि भूतानि जङ्गमानि स्थिराणि च ॥

sahasrayugaparyantāṃ brāhmīṃ rātriṃ mahārṇave | sthitvā sṛjāmi bhūtāni jaṅgamāni sthirāṇi ca

Having remained on the great ocean through Brahma's night, which lasts a thousand yugas, I emit beings, moving and unmoving.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0132-0133 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 67 (14.96.67)

कल्पे कल्पे च भूतानि संहरामि सृजामि च । न च मां तानि जानन्ति मायया मोहितानि मे ॥

kalpe kalpe ca bhūtāni saṃharāmi sṛjāmi ca | na ca māṃ tāni jānanti māyayā mohitāni me

In every kalpa I withdraw beings and I emit them; and they do not know me, being deluded by my maya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0134-0135 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 68 (14.96.68)

मम चैवान्धकारस्य मार्गितव्यस्य नित्यशः । प्रशान्तस्येव दीपस्य गतिर्नैवोपलभ्यते ॥

mama caivāndhakārasya mārgitavyasya nityaśaḥ | praśāntasyeva dīpasya gatirnaivopalabhyate

Of me, who am as darkness and must always be sought, no course can be found, as with a lamp that has gone out.

Note on the text: Corrected गतिर्नैपो° → गतिर्नैवो° (misprint in Wikisource; प for व; the CE appendix reads 'naivopalabhyate'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0136-0137 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 69 (14.96.69)

न तदस्ति क्वचिद्राजन्यत्राहं न प्रतिष्ठितः । न च तद्विद्यते भूतं मयि यन्न प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

na tadasti kvacidrājanyatrāhaṃ na pratiṣṭhitaḥ | na ca tadvidyate bhūtaṃ mayi yanna pratiṣṭhitam

There is nowhere, O king, where I am not established; and there is no being that is not established in me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0138-0139 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 70 (14.96.70)

यावन्मात्रं भवेद्भूतं स्थूलं सूक्ष्ममिदं जगत् । जीवभूतो ह्यहं तस्मिंस्तावन्मात्रं प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

yāvanmātraṃ bhavedbhūtaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmamidaṃ jagat | jīvabhūto hyahaṃ tasmiṃstāvanmātraṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

As far as this world, gross and subtle, extends as a being, so far, as its life, I am established in it.

Note on the text: Corrected यावन्मित्रम् → यावन्मात्रम् and दीवभूतो → जीवभूतो (misprints in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads 'yāvanmātraṃ' and 'jīvabhūto'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0140-0141 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 71 (14.96.71)

किंचात्र बहुनोक्तेन सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते । यद्भूतं यद्भविष्यच्च तत्सर्वमहमेव तु ॥

kiṃcātra bahunoktena satyametadbravīmi te | yadbhūtaṃ yadbhaviṣyacca tatsarvamahameva tu

What need is there to say more here? I tell you this truth: whatever has been and whatever will be, all of that is I alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0142-0143 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 72 (14.96.72)

मया सृष्टानि भूतानि मन्मयानि च भारत । मामेव न विजानन्ति मायया मोहितानि वै ॥

mayā sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni manmayāni ca bhārata | māmeva na vijānanti māyayā mohitāni vai

Beings were created by me and are made of me, O Bharata; yet, deluded by my maya, they do not know me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0144-0145 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 73 (14.96.73)

एवं सर्वं जगदिदं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । मत्तः प्रभवते राजन्मय्येव प्रविलीयते ॥

evaṃ sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam | mattaḥ prabhavate rājanmayyeva pravilīyate

So this whole world, with its gods, asuras and men, arises from me, O king, and dissolves into me alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14.96.015d@004_0146-0147 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 4, printed after 14.96.15 as 14.96.015d@004_0000-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.