Dhritarashtra's Question; Brahma's Hymn to Vishnu

Verse 1 (6.65.1)

भयं मे सुमहज्जातं विस्मयश्चैव सञ्जय । श्रुत्वा पाण्डुकुमाराणां कर्म देवैः सुदुष्करम् ॥

bhayaṃ me sumahajjātaṃ vismayaścaiva sañjaya | śrutvā pāṇḍukumārāṇāṃ karma devaiḥ suduṣkaram

Great fear has arisen in me, Sanjaya, and wonder too, on hearing of the deeds of the sons of Pandu, deeds hard even for the gods to accomplish.

Note on the text: Corrected सुमहञ्जातं → सुमहज्जातं (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज in the sandhi सुमहत् + जातं; the critical edition reads sumahaj jātaṃ).

Verse 2 (6.65.2)

पुत्राणां च पराभवं श्रुत्वा सञ्जय सर्वशः । चिन्ता मे महती सूत भविष्यति कथं त्विति ॥

putrāṇāṃ ca parābhavaṃ śrutvā sañjaya sarvaśaḥ | cintā me mahatī sūta bhaviṣyati kathaṃ tviti

And hearing, Sanjaya, of the defeat of my sons on every side, a great anxiety has seized me, O Suta: how will it all end?

Note on the text: Corrected पराभावं → पराभवं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā, the noun is पराभव "defeat"; the critical edition reads parābhavaṃ).

Verse 3 (6.65.3)

ध्रुवं विदुरवाक्यानि धक्ष्यन्ति हृदयं मम । तथा हि दृश्यते सर्वं दैवयोगेन सञ्जय ॥

dhruvaṃ viduravākyāni dhakṣyanti hṛdayaṃ mama | tathā hi dṛśyate sarvaṃ daivayogena sañjaya

Surely Vidura's words will burn my heart, for so, Sanjaya, everything is seen to come about through the working of fate,

Note on the text: तथा (CE yathā) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 4 (6.65.4)

यत्र भीष्ममुखान्सर्वाञ्शस्त्रज्ञान्योधसत्तमान् । पाण्डवानामनीकेषु योधयन्ति प्रहारिणः ॥

yatra bhīṣmamukhānsarvāñśastrajñānyodhasattamān | pāṇḍavānāmanīkeṣu yodhayanti prahāriṇaḥ

now that, in the ranks of the Pandavas, those hard-striking men fight against all our foremost warriors, masters of weapons, with Bhishma at their head.

Note on the text: सर्वाञ्शस्त्रज्ञान् and अनीकेषु (CE śūrān astrajñān, anīkāni) kept as recension variants.

Verse 5 (6.65.5)

केनावध्या महात्मानः पाण्डुपुत्रा महाबलाः । केन दत्तवरास्तात किं वा ज्ञानं विदन्ति ते ॥

kenāvadhyā mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍuputrā mahābalāḥ | kena dattavarāstāta kiṃ vā jñānaṃ vidanti te

Why can the mighty, great-souled sons of Pandu not be slain? Who has granted them boons, dear Sanjaya, or what knowledge do they possess,

Note on the text: = 6.61.5ab + 5cd; the critical edition's third line (5ef) opens the next verse. From here to verse 30 Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so its verses run half a verse out of step and the automatic alignment missed them (all of verses 5–13 and 15–30).

Verse 6 (6.65.6)

येन क्षयं न गच्छन्ति दिवि तारागणा इव । पुनःपुनर्न मृष्यामि हतं सैन्यं तु पाण्डवैः ॥

yena kṣayaṃ na gacchanti divi tārāgaṇā iva | punaḥpunarna mṛṣyāmi hataṃ sainyaṃ tu pāṇḍavaiḥ

by which they suffer no loss, like the hosts of stars in the sky? Again and again I cannot bear that my army is slain by the Pandavas.

Note on the text: = 6.61.5ef + 6.61.6ab (तु for sma).

Verse 7 (6.65.7)

मय्येव दण्डः पतति दैवात्परमदारुणः । यथाऽवध्याः पाण्डुसुता यथा वध्याश्च मे सुताः ॥

mayyeva daṇḍaḥ patati daivātparamadāruṇaḥ | yathā'vadhyāḥ pāṇḍusutā yathā vadhyāśca me sutāḥ

Upon me alone falls the most dreadful rod of fate. Why is it that the sons of Pandu cannot be slain, and that my sons are being slain?

Note on the text: = 6.61.6cd + 7ab. Corrected वाध्याश्च → वध्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā makes a non-word against अवध्याः in the same line; the critical edition reads vadhyāś ca).

Verse 8 (6.65.8)

एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व याथातथ्येन सञ्जय । न हि पारं प्रपश्यामि दुःखस्यास्य कथंचन ॥

etanme sarvamācakṣva yāthātathyena sañjaya | na hi pāraṃ prapaśyāmi duḥkhasyāsya kathaṃcana

Tell me all this exactly as it is, Sanjaya. For I can see no farther shore to this sorrow at all,

Note on the text: = 6.61.7cd + 8ab (याथातथ्येन for yathātattvena).

Verse 9 (6.65.9)

समुद्रस्येव महतो भुजाभ्यां प्रतरन्नरः । पुत्राणां व्यसनं मन्ये ध्रुवं प्राप्तं सुदारुणम् ॥

samudrasyeva mahato bhujābhyāṃ pratarannaraḥ | putrāṇāṃ vyasanaṃ manye dhruvaṃ prāptaṃ sudāruṇam

like a man trying to swim across the great ocean with his arms. I think a most terrible calamity has surely come upon my sons.

Note on the text: = 6.61.8cd + 9ab.

Verse 10 (6.65.10)

घातयिष्यति मे सर्वान्पुत्रान्भीमो न संशयः । न हि पश्यामि तं वीरं यो मे रक्षेत्सुतान्रणे ॥

ghātayiṣyati me sarvānputrānbhīmo na saṃśayaḥ | na hi paśyāmi taṃ vīraṃ yo me rakṣetsutānraṇe

Bhima will kill all my sons, there is no doubt of it. For I see no hero who could protect my sons in battle.

Note on the text: = 6.61.9cd + 10ab. Corrected स्रवान् → सर्वान् and शंसयः → संशयः (misprints in Wikisource; transposed letters in both; the critical edition reads sarvān, saṃśayaḥ).

Verse 11 (6.65.11)

ध्रुवं विनाशः संप्राप्तः पुत्राणां मम सञ्जय । तस्मान्मे कारणं सूत शक्तिं चैव विशेषतः ॥

dhruvaṃ vināśaḥ saṃprāptaḥ putrāṇāṃ mama sañjaya | tasmānme kāraṇaṃ sūta śaktiṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ

Surely the destruction of my sons has come, Sanjaya. Therefore, O Suta, the cause of it, and above all their power,

Note on the text: = 6.61.10cd + 11ab. Corrected पुत्रामां → पुत्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads putrāṇāṃ). संप्राप्तः and शक्तिं (CE samare, yuktiṃ) kept as recension variants.

Verse 12 (6.65.12)

पृच्छतो वै यथातत्त्वं सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि । दुर्योधनश्च यच्चक्रे दृष्ट्वा स्वान्विमुखान्रणे ॥

pṛcchato vai yathātattvaṃ sarvamākhyātumarhasi | duryodhanaśca yaccakre dṛṣṭvā svānvimukhānraṇe

you should tell me in full and truly, since I ask. And what did Duryodhana do when he saw his own men turned back in battle?

Note on the text: = 6.61.11cd + 12ab (वै for 'dya, दुर्योधनश्च for duryodhano 'pi).

Verse 13 (6.65.13)

भीष्मद्रोणौ कृपश्चैव सौबलश्च जयद्रथः । द्रौणिर्वापि महेष्वासो विकर्णो वा महाबलः ॥

bhīṣmadroṇau kṛpaścaiva saubalaśca jayadrathaḥ | drauṇirvāpi maheṣvāso vikarṇo vā mahābalaḥ

Bhishma and Drona, Kripa, Saubala (Shakuni) and Jayadratha, the great archer Ashvatthama, or the mighty Vikarna:

Note on the text: = 6.61.12cd + 12ef (सौबलश्च for saubaleyo).

Verse 14 (6.65.14)

निश्चयो वापि कस्तेषां तदा ह्यासीन्महात्मनाम् । विमुखेषु महाप्राज्ञ मम पुत्रेषु सञ्जय ॥

niścayo vāpi kasteṣāṃ tadā hyāsīnmahātmanām | vimukheṣu mahāprājña mama putreṣu sañjaya

what resolve did those great-souled men form then, O wise one, when my sons had turned away, Sanjaya?

Note on the text: Corrected महात्मानाम् → महात्मनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā, the genitive plural of महात्मन् is महात्मनाम्; the critical edition reads mahātmanām).

Verse 15 (6.65.15)

शृणु राजन्नवहितः श्रुत्वा चैवावधारय । नैव मन्त्रकृतं किंचिन्नैव मायां तथाविधाम् ॥

śṛṇu rājannavahitaḥ śrutvā caivāvadhāraya | naiva mantrakṛtaṃ kiṃcinnaiva māyāṃ tathāvidhām

Listen attentively, O king, and having heard, take it to heart. The Pandavas use no spell at all, nor any such magic,

Note on the text: = 6.61.14ab + 14cd. Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ is a broken spelling of शृ; the critical edition reads śṛṇu).

Verse 16 (6.65.16)

न वै विभीषिकां कांचिद्राजन्कुर्वन्ति पाण्डवाः । युध्यन्ति ते यथान्यायं शक्तिमन्तश्च संयुगे ॥

na vai vibhīṣikāṃ kāṃcidrājankurvanti pāṇḍavāḥ | yudhyanti te yathānyāyaṃ śaktimantaśca saṃyuge

nor do they work any trick to cause terror, O king. They fight fairly, and they are strong in battle.

Note on the text: = 6.61.14ef + 15ab.

Verse 17 (6.65.17)

धर्मेण सर्वकार्याणि जीवितादीनि भारत । आरभन्ते सदा पार्थाः प्रार्थयाना महद्यशः ॥

dharmeṇa sarvakāryāṇi jīvitādīni bhārata | ārabhante sadā pārthāḥ prārthayānā mahadyaśaḥ

By dharma, O Bharata, the sons of Pritha always undertake all their tasks, their very livelihood included, seeking great fame.

Note on the text: = 6.61.15cd + 15ef (जीवितादीनि for kīrtitānīti).

Verse 18 (6.65.18)

न ते युद्धान्निवर्तन्ते धर्मोपेता महाबलाः । श्रिया परमया युक्ता यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ॥

na te yuddhānnivartante dharmopetā mahābalāḥ | śriyā paramayā yuktā yato dharmastato jayaḥ

Those mighty men, steadfast in dharma, do not turn back from battle; they are blessed with the highest fortune. Where dharma is, there is victory.

Note on the text: = 6.61.16ab + 16cd.

Verse 19 (6.65.19)

तेनावध्या रणे पार्था जययुक्ताश्च पार्थिव । तव पुत्रा दुरात्मानः पापेष्वभिरताः सदा ॥

tenāvadhyā raṇe pārthā jayayuktāśca pārthiva | tava putrā durātmānaḥ pāpeṣvabhiratāḥ sadā

That is why the sons of Pritha cannot be slain in battle and are crowned with victory, O lord of the earth. Your sons are evil-minded, ever delighting in wickedness,

Note on the text: = 6.61.16ef + 17ab.

Verse 20 (6.65.20)

निष्ठुरा हीनकर्माणस्तेन हीयन्ति संयुगे । सुबहूनि नृशंसानि पुत्रैस्तव जनेश्वर ॥

niṣṭhurā hīnakarmāṇastena hīyanti saṃyuge | subahūni nṛśaṃsāni putraistava janeśvara

harsh and base in their deeds; that is why they are worsted in battle. Very many cruel wrongs, O lord of men, have your sons

Note on the text: = 6.61.17cd + 18ab. Corrected जनेश्वरे → जनेश्वर (misprint in Wikisource; a stray e-sign turns the vocative into a locative that has no sense here; the critical edition reads janeśvara).

Verse 21 (6.65.21)

निकृतानीह पाण्डूनां नीचैरिव यथा नरैः । सर्वं च तदनादृत्य पुत्राणां तव किल्बिषम् ॥

nikṛtānīha pāṇḍūnāṃ nīcairiva yathā naraiḥ | sarvaṃ ca tadanādṛtya putrāṇāṃ tava kilbiṣam

done to the Pandavas here, like base men. Yet, disregarding all that wrongdoing of your sons,

Note on the text: = 6.61.18cd + 19ab.

Verse 22 (6.65.22)

धर्ममूलाः सदैवासन्पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज । न चैतान्बहुमन्यन्ते पुत्रास्तव विशांपते ॥

dharmamūlāḥ sadaivāsanpāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja | na caitānbahumanyante putrāstava viśāṃpate

the Pandavas have always held to dharma as their root, O elder brother of Pandu; and still your sons, O lord of the people, do not respect them.

Note on the text: = 6.61.19cd + 19ef (धर्ममूलाः for sāpahnavāḥ; the page's own gloss mentions सापह्नवाः as another reading; kept). The page closes this verse with a single danda; the closing ॥ is kept.

Verse 23 (6.65.23)

तस्य पापस्य सततं क्रियमाणस्य कर्मणः । सांप्रतं सुमहद्धोरं फलं प्राप्तं जनेश्वर ॥

tasya pāpasya satataṃ kriyamāṇasya karmaṇaḥ | sāṃprataṃ sumahaddhoraṃ phalaṃ prāptaṃ janeśvara

For that sinful conduct, practised without pause, a very great and terrible fruit has now arrived, O lord of men.

Note on the text: = 6.61.20ab + 20cd (line 2 सांप्रतं सुमहद्धोरं फलं प्राप्तं जनेश्वर for saṃprāptaṃ sumahad ghoraṃ phalaṃ kiṃpākasaṃnibham; kept as a recension variant).

Verse 24 (6.65.24)

स त्वं भुङ्क्ष्व महाराज सपुत्रः ससुहृज्जनः । नावबुध्यसि यद्राजन्वार्यमाणः सुहृज्जनैः ॥

sa tvaṃ bhuṅkṣva mahārāja saputraḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ | nāvabudhyasi yadrājanvāryamāṇaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ

Taste it, then, great king, together with your sons and your friends, for you did not understand, O king, when your well-wishers held you back,

Note on the text: = 6.61.20ef + 21ab. Corrected समुहृञ्जनः → ससुहृज्जनः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स and ञ्ज for ज्ज; the critical edition reads sasuhṛjjanaḥ).

Verse 25 (6.65.25)

विदुरेणाथ भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च महात्मना । तथा मया चाप्यसकृद्वार्यमाणो न बुध्यसे ॥

vidureṇātha bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā | tathā mayā cāpyasakṛdvāryamāṇo na budhyase

by Vidura, by Bhishma and by the great-souled Drona. And though I too held you back again and again, you did not understand

Note on the text: = 6.61.21cd + 22ab. Corrected द्रोणेन न → द्रोणेन च (misprint in Wikisource; the negative न makes nonsense of the list of those who warned him; the critical edition reads droṇena ca). न बुध्यसे (CE na gṛhṇasi) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 26 (6.65.26)

वाक्यं हितं च पथ्यं च मर्त्यः पथ्यमिवौषधम् । पुत्राणां मतमास्थाय जितान्मन्यसि पाण्डवान् ॥

vākyaṃ hitaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca martyaḥ pathyamivauṣadham | putrāṇāṃ matamāsthāya jitānmanyasi pāṇḍavān

the beneficial and wholesome counsel, as a dying man refuses wholesome medicine. Following the opinion of your sons, you thought the Pandavas already beaten.

Note on the text: = 6.61.22cd + 22ef.

Verse 27 (6.65.27)

शृणु भूयो यथातत्त्वं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । कारणं भरतश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवानां जयं प्रति ॥

śṛṇu bhūyo yathātattvaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | kāraṇaṃ bharataśreṣṭha pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaṃ prati

Hear further, and truly, what you ask of me: the reason, O best of the Bharatas, for the victory of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: = 6.61.23ab + 23cd.

Verse 28 (6.65.28)

तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि यथाश्रुतमरिन्दम । दुर्योधनेन संपृष्ट एतमर्थं पितामहः ॥

tatte'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśrutamarindama | duryodhanena saṃpṛṣṭa etamarthaṃ pitāmahaḥ

I shall tell it to you as I heard it, O tamer of foes. The Grandsire was asked about this very matter by Duryodhana.

Note on the text: = 6.61.23ef + 24ab.

Verse 29 (6.65.29)

दृष्ट्वा भ्रातॄन्रणे सर्वान्निर्जितांस्तु महारथान् । शोकसंमूढहृदयो निशाकाले स्म कौरवः ॥

dṛṣṭvā bhrātṝnraṇe sarvānnirjitāṃstu mahārathān | śokasaṃmūḍhahṛdayo niśākāle sma kauravaḥ

Seeing all his brothers, great chariot-warriors, defeated in battle, the Kaurava, his heart bewildered with grief, at nightfall

Note on the text: = 6.61.24cd + 25ab (निर्जितांस्तु महारथान् for nirjitān sumahārathān).

Verse 30 (6.65.30)

पितामहं महाप्राज्ञं विनयेनोपगम्य ह । यदब्रवीत्सुतस्तेऽसौ तन्मे शृणु जनेश्वर ॥

pitāmahaṃ mahāprājñaṃ vinayenopagamya ha | yadabravītsutaste'sau tanme śṛṇu janeśvara

humbly approached the wise Grandsire. Hear from me, O lord of men, what your son said to him.

Note on the text: = 6.61.25cd + 25ef. Corrected विनयोपगम्य → विनयेनोपगम्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped syllable leaves a seven-syllable quarter and a non-word; the critical edition reads vinayenopagamya).

Verse 31 (6.65.31)

भवान्द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च कृपो द्रौणिस्तथैव च । कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यः काम्भोजश्च सुदक्षिणः ॥

bhavāndroṇaśca karṇaśca kṛpo drauṇistathaiva ca | kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ kāmbhojaśca sudakṣiṇaḥ

You, Drona and Karna, Kripa and Ashvatthama likewise, Kritavarma son of Hridika and Sudakshina of Kamboja,

Note on the text: भवान् and कर्णश्च (CE tvaṃ, śalyaś ca) kept as recension variants.

Verse 32 (6.65.32)

भूरिश्रवा विकर्णश्च भगदत्तश्च वीर्यवान् । महारथाः समाख्याताः कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः ॥

bhūriśravā vikarṇaśca bhagadattaśca vīryavān | mahārathāḥ samākhyātāḥ kulaputrāstanutyajaḥ

Bhurishravas, Vikarna and the valiant Bhagadatta: renowned great chariot-warriors, sons of noble houses, ready to give up their lives,

Verse 33 (6.65.33)

त्रयाणामपि लोकानां पर्याप्ता इति मे मतिः । पाण्डवानां समस्ताश्च न तिष्ठन्ति पराक्रमे ॥

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ paryāptā iti me matiḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ samastāśca na tiṣṭhanti parākrame

are a match for all three worlds, I believe; and all the Pandavas together cannot stand against your prowess.

Verse 34 (6.65.34)

तत्र मे संशयो जातस्तत्त्वमाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः । यं समाश्रित्य कौन्तेया जयन्त्यस्मान्क्षणेक्षणे ॥

tatra me saṃśayo jātastattvamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ | yaṃ samāśritya kaunteyā jayantyasmānkṣaṇekṣaṇe

So a doubt has arisen in me; tell me the truth, since I ask. Relying on whom do the sons of Kunti defeat us at every moment?

Note on the text: Corrected कौन्तेय → कौन्तेया (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā leaves a singular that cannot be the subject of the plural जयन्ति; the critical edition reads kaunteyā). तत्त्वमाचक्ष्व and क्षणेक्षणे (CE tan mamācakṣva, pade pade) kept as recension variants.

Verse 35 (6.65.35)

शृणु राजन्वचो मह्यं यथा वक्ष्यामि कौरव । बहुशश्च मयोक्तोऽसि न च मे तत्त्वया कृतम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanvaco mahyaṃ yathā vakṣyāmi kaurava | bahuśaśca mayokto'si na ca me tattvayā kṛtam

Listen to my words, O king, as I speak them, Kaurava. Many times I have spoken to you, but you did not do what I said.

Note on the text: यथा वक्ष्यामि and मयोक्तोऽसि (CE yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi, mamokto 'si) kept as recension variants.

Verse 36 (6.65.36)

क्रियतां पाण्डवैः सार्धं शमो भरतसत्तम । एतत्क्षेममहं मन्ये पृथिव्यास्तव वा विभो ॥

kriyatāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ śamo bharatasattama | etatkṣemamahaṃ manye pṛthivyāstava vā vibho

Make peace with the Pandavas, O best of the Bharatas. That, my lord, I hold to be the good of the earth and of you.

Note on the text: Corrected सार्ध समो → सार्धं शमो (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara, and स for श, which turns शम "peace" into सम "equal"; the critical edition reads sārdhaṃ śamo). क्षेमम् and वा विभो (CE kṣamam, cābhibho) kept as recension variants.

Verse 37 (6.65.37)

भुङ्क्ष्वेमां पृथिवीं राजन्भ्रातृभिः सहितः सुखी । दुर्हृदस्तापयन्सर्वान्नन्दयंश्चापि बान्धवान् ॥

bhuṅkṣvemāṃ pṛthivīṃ rājanbhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sukhī | durhṛdastāpayansarvānnandayaṃścāpi bāndhavān

Enjoy this earth happily, O king, together with your brothers, tormenting all who wish you ill and gladdening your kinsmen.

Verse 38 (6.65.38)

न च मे क्रोशतस्तात श्रुतवानसि वै पुरा । तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं यत्पाण्डूनवमन्यसे ॥

na ca me krośatastāta śrutavānasi vai purā | tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ yatpāṇḍūnavamanyase

But you would not listen to me before, dear child, though I cried out to you. Now this has come to pass, because you scorn the Pandavas.

Verse 39 (6.65.39)

यश्च हेतुरवध्यत्वे तेषामक्लिष्टकर्मणाम् । तं शृणुष्व महाबाहो मम कीर्तयतः प्रभो ॥

yaśca heturavadhyatve teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām | taṃ śṛṇuṣva mahābāho mama kīrtayataḥ prabho

And the reason why those men of untiring deeds cannot be slain, hear that, mighty-armed one, as I relate it, my lord.

Note on the text: Corrected तेकषाम् → तेषाम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the critical edition reads teṣām). महाबाहो (CE mahārāja) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 40 (6.65.40)

नास्ति लोकेषु तद्भूतं भविता नो भविष्यति । यो जयेत्पाण्डवान्सर्वान्पालिताञ्छार्ङ्गधन्वना ॥

nāsti lokeṣu tadbhūtaṃ bhavitā no bhaviṣyati | yo jayetpāṇḍavānsarvānpālitāñchārṅgadhanvanā

There is not, has never been and will never be any being in the worlds who could conquer all the Pandavas, guarded as they are by the wielder of the Sharnga bow.

Note on the text: सर्वान् (CE saṃkhye) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 41 (6.65.41)

यत्तु मे कथितं तात मुनिभिर्भावितात्मभिः । पुराणगीतं धर्मज्ञ तच्छृणुष्व यथातथम् ॥

yattu me kathitaṃ tāta munibhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ | purāṇagītaṃ dharmajña tacchṛṇuṣva yathātatham

What was told to me, dear child, by sages of purified soul, sung in ancient lore, hear that exactly as it is, O knower of dharma.

Verse 42 (6.65.42)

पुरा किल सुराः सर्वे ऋषयश्च समागताः । पितामहमुपासेदुः पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥

purā kila surāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca samāgatāḥ | pitāmahamupāseduḥ parvate gandhamādane

Long ago, it is said, all the gods and the seers gathered together and waited upon the Grandsire on Mount Gandhamadana.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्वत → पर्वते (misprint in Wikisource; the locative agreeing with गन्धमादने lost its e-sign; the critical edition reads parvate).

Verse 43 (6.65.43)

तेषां मध्ये समासीनः प्रजापतिरपश्यत । विमानं प्रज्वलद्भासा स्थितं प्रवरमम्बरे ॥

teṣāṃ madhye samāsīnaḥ prajāpatirapaśyata | vimānaṃ prajvaladbhāsā sthitaṃ pravaramambare

Seated in their midst, Prajapati saw a splendid celestial car standing in the sky, blazing with radiance.

Note on the text: तेषां मध्ये and प्रज्वलद्भासा (CE madhye teṣāṃ, jājvalad bhāsā) kept as recension variants.

Verse 44 (6.65.44)

ध्यानेनावेद्य तद्ब्रह्मा कृत्वा च नियतोऽञ्जलिम् । नमश्चकार हृष्टात्मा पुरुषं परमेश्वरम् ॥

dhyānenāvedya tadbrahmā kṛtvā ca niyato'ñjalim | namaścakāra hṛṣṭātmā puruṣaṃ parameśvaram

Knowing it through meditation, Brahma, with mind controlled, joined his palms and with a joyful heart bowed to the Person, the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: तद् and पुरुषं (CE taṃ, paramaṃ) kept as recension variants.

Verse 45 (6.65.45)

ऋषयस्त्वथ देवाश्च दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माणमुत्थितम् । स्थिताः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे पश्यन्तो महदद्भुतम् ॥

ṛṣayastvatha devāśca dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamutthitam | sthitāḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve paśyanto mahadadbhutam

Then the seers and the gods, seeing Brahma risen, all stood with joined palms, gazing at that great wonder.

Verse 46 (6.65.46)

यथावच्च तमभ्यर्च्य ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः । जगाद जगतः स्रष्टा परं परमधर्मवित् ॥

yathāvacca tamabhyarcya brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ | jagāda jagataḥ sraṣṭā paraṃ paramadharmavit

Having worshipped him duly, Brahma, foremost of the knowers of Brahman, creator of the world and supreme knower of dharma, spoke to the Supreme:

Verse 47 (6.65.47)

विश्वावसुर्विश्वमूर्तिर्हि विश्वे । विष्वक्सेनो विश्वकर्मा वशी च । विश्वेश्वरो वासुदेवोऽसि तस्मा- । द्योगात्मानं देवतं त्वामुपैमि ॥

viśvāvasurviśvamūrtirhi viśve | viṣvakseno viśvakarmā vaśī ca | viśveśvaro vāsudevo'si tasmā- | dyogātmānaṃ devataṃ tvāmupaimi

'You are Vishvavasu, the wealth of all; you are the form of the universe in all things; Vishvaksena, maker of all, the master. You are the lord of all, Vasudeva; therefore I come to you, the god whose very self is yoga.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma (the Grandsire): verses 47–75 are wholly Brahma's hymn to Vishnu, announced in verse 46 and quoted by Bhishma; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried भीष्म. विश्वे (CE viśveśo) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 48 (6.65.48)

जय विश्वमहादेव जय लोकहिते रत । जय योगीश्वर विभो जय योगपरावर ॥

jaya viśvamahādeva jaya lokahite rata | jaya yogīśvara vibho jaya yogaparāvara

Victory to you, O universe, great god! Victory to you, devoted to the good of the worlds! Victory, lord of yogis, all-pervading one! Victory to you, who are yoga, the highest and the lowest!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 49 (6.65.49)

पद्मगर्भविशालाक्ष जय लोकेश्वरेश्वर । भूतभव्यभवन्नाथ जय सौम्यात्मजात्मज ॥

padmagarbhaviśālākṣa jaya lokeśvareśvara | bhūtabhavyabhavannātha jaya saumyātmajātmaja

Lotus-wombed, wide-eyed one, victory to you, lord of the lords of the worlds! Master of past, future and present, victory to you, whose son is the father of gentle sons!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 50 (6.65.50)

असङ्ख्येयगुणाधार जय सर्वपरायण । नारायण सुदुष्पार जय शार्ङ्गधनुर्धर ॥

asaṅkhyeyaguṇādhāra jaya sarvaparāyaṇa | nārāyaṇa suduṣpāra jaya śārṅgadhanurdhara

Support of countless virtues, victory to you, refuge of all! Narayana, hard to fathom, victory to you, bearer of the Sharnga bow!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected असङ्क्येय → असङ्ख्येय (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख; the critical edition reads asaṃkhyeya-). गुणाधार (CE guṇājeya) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 51 (6.65.51)

जय सर्वगुणोपेत विश्वमूर्ते निरामय । विश्वेश्वर महाबाहो जय लोकार्थतत्पर ॥

jaya sarvaguṇopeta viśvamūrte nirāmaya | viśveśvara mahābāho jaya lokārthatatpara

Victory to you, endowed with every virtue, form of the universe, free of all ill! Lord of the universe, mighty-armed one, victory to you, intent on the good of the worlds!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). जय सर्वगुणोपेत (CE sarvaguhyaguṇopeta) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 52 (6.65.52)

महोरगवराहाद्य हरिकेश विभो जय । हरिवासदिशामीश विश्ववासामिताव्यय ॥

mahoragavarāhādya harikeśa vibho jaya | harivāsadiśāmīśa viśvavāsāmitāvyaya

Great serpent, primal boar, tawny-haired one, all-pervading one, victory to you! Clad in yellow, lord of the quarters, dwelling-place of the universe, immeasurable, imperishable!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). दिशामीश and विश्ववास- (CE viśām īśa, viśvāvāsa-) kept as recension variants.

Verse 53 (6.65.53)

व्यक्ताव्यक्तामितस्थान नियतेन्द्रिय सत्क्रिय । असङ्ख्येयात्मभावज्ञ जय गम्भीर कामद ॥

vyaktāvyaktāmitasthāna niyatendriya satkriya | asaṅkhyeyātmabhāvajña jaya gambhīra kāmada

Manifest and unmanifest, whose abode is beyond measure, master of the senses, doer of good; knower of the natures of countless selves, victory to you, profound one, granter of desires!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected सत्त्क्रिय → सत्क्रिय (misprint in Wikisource; the broken conjunct त्त्क makes a non-word; the critical edition has a different word here, sendriya, so the smallest fix to the evident सत्क्रिय "doer of good" is made).

Verse 54 (6.65.54)

अनन्त विदित ब्रह्मन्नित्यभूतविभावन । कृतकार्य कृतप्रज्ञ धर्मज्ञ विजयावह ॥

ananta vidita brahmannityabhūtavibhāvana | kṛtakārya kṛtaprajña dharmajña vijayāvaha

Infinite one, known one, Brahman, eternal sustainer of beings! You whose work is done, whose wisdom is perfect, knower of dharma, bringer of victory!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). विदित ब्रह्मन्नित्यभूत- and विजयावह (CE viditaprajña nityaṃ bhūta-, vijayājaya) kept as recension variants.

Verse 55 (6.65.55)

गुह्यात्मन्सर्वयोगात्मन्स्फुटसंभूतसंभव । भूताद्य लोकतत्त्वेश जय भूतविभावन ॥

guhyātmansarvayogātmansphuṭasaṃbhūtasaṃbhava | bhūtādya lokatattveśa jaya bhūtavibhāvana

Hidden self, self of all yoga, source of all that has plainly come to be! First of beings, lord of the principles of the worlds, victory to you, sustainer of beings!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected लोकत्त्वेश → लोकतत्त्वेश (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त leaves a non-word and a seven-syllable quarter; cf. the critical edition's bhūtārthatattva lokeśa). सर्वयोगात्मन् and भूताद्य (CE sarvabhūtātman, bhūtārtha-) kept as recension variants.

Verse 56 (6.65.56)

आत्मयोने महाभाग कल्पसंक्षेपतत्पर । उद्भावनमनोभाव जय ब्रह्म जयप्रिय ॥

ātmayone mahābhāga kalpasaṃkṣepatatpara | udbhāvanamanobhāva jaya brahma jayapriya

Self-born one, most blessed, intent on drawing in the aeon at its end! You whose mere thought brings things into being, victory to you, Brahman, lover of victory!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected आत्मयोगे → आत्मयोने (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न gives a locative with no place in this run of vocatives; the critical edition reads ātmayone, "self-born"). उद्भावनमनोभाव and ब्रह्म जयप्रिय (CE udbhāvana manodbhāva, brahmajanapriya) kept as recension variants.

Verse 57 (6.65.57)

निसर्गसर्गनिरत कामेश परमेश्वर । अमृतोद्भवसद्भाव मुक्तात्मन्विजयप्रद ॥

nisargasarganirata kāmeśa parameśvara | amṛtodbhavasadbhāva muktātmanvijayaprada

Delighting in creation as your nature, lord of desire, supreme lord! Source of immortality, true being, liberated self, giver of victory!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). -निरत and मुक्तात्मन् (CE -ābhirata, yugāgne) kept as recension variants.

Verse 58 (6.65.58)

प्रजापतिपते देव पद्मनाभ महाबल । आत्मभूतमहाभूत सत्त्वात्मञ्जय सर्वदा ॥

prajāpatipate deva padmanābha mahābala | ātmabhūtamahābhūta sattvātmañjaya sarvadā

Lord of the lords of creatures, god, lotus-naveled, of great strength! Self-existent one, great being, whose self is pure goodness, victory to you always!

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected सत्वात्मञ् → सत्त्वात्मञ् (misprint in Wikisource; sattva is spelt with त्त्व). सत्त्वात्मञ्जय सर्वदा (CE karmātmañ jaya karmada) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 59 (6.65.59)

पादौ तव धरा देवी दिशो बाहुर्दिवं शिरः । मूर्तिस्तेऽहं सुराः कायश्चन्द्रादित्यौ च चक्षुषी ॥

pādau tava dharā devī diśo bāhurdivaṃ śiraḥ | mūrtiste'haṃ surāḥ kāyaścandrādityau ca cakṣuṣī

The goddess Earth is your feet, the quarters your arms, the sky your head; I am your form, the gods your body, the moon and the sun your two eyes.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected धा → धरा and बाहु दिवं → बाहुर्दिवं (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped र leaves the non-word धा, and the nominative बाहुः lost its ending; the critical edition reads dharā devī, bāhur divaṃ).

Verse 60 (6.65.60)

बलं तपश्च सत्यं च कर्म धर्मात्मकं तव । तेजोऽग्निः पवनः श्वास आपस्ते स्वेदसंभवाः ॥

balaṃ tapaśca satyaṃ ca karma dharmātmakaṃ tava | tejo'gniḥ pavanaḥ śvāsa āpaste svedasaṃbhavāḥ

Strength, austerity and truth, and action rooted in dharma are yours; fire is your radiance, wind your breath, and the waters are born of your sweat.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). कर्म धर्मात्मकं तव (CE dharmaḥ kāmātmajaḥ prabho) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 61 (6.65.61)

अश्विनौ श्रवणौ नित्यं देवी जिह्वा सरस्वती । वेदाः संस्कारनिष्ठा हि त्वयीदं जगदाश्रितम् ॥

aśvinau śravaṇau nityaṃ devī jihvā sarasvatī | vedāḥ saṃskāraniṣṭhā hi tvayīdaṃ jagadāśritam

The two Ashvins are ever your ears, the goddess Sarasvati your tongue; the Vedas rest in your sacred rites; on you this whole world depends.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 62 (6.65.62)

न सङ्ख्यानं परीमाणं न तेजो न पराक्रमम् । न बलं योगयोगीश जानीमस्ते परंतप ॥

na saṅkhyānaṃ parīmāṇaṃ na tejo na parākramam | na balaṃ yogayogīśa jānīmaste paraṃtapa

We know neither your number nor your measure, neither your splendour nor your valour nor your strength, O lord of yoga and of yogis, scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). न सङ्ख्यानं and परंतप (CE na saṃkhyāṃ na, na saṃbhavam) kept as recension variants.

Verse 63 (6.65.63)

त्वद्भक्तिनिरता देव नियमैस्त्वां समाश्रिताः । अर्चयामः सदा विष्णो परमेशं महेश्वरम् ॥

tvadbhaktiniratā deva niyamaistvāṃ samāśritāḥ | arcayāmaḥ sadā viṣṇo parameśaṃ maheśvaram

Devoted to you, O god, relying on you through our observances, we ever worship you, Vishnu, the supreme lord, the great lord.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 64 (6.65.64)

ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । पिशाचा मानुषाश्चैव मृगपक्षिसरीसृपाः ॥

ṛṣayo devagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ | piśācā mānuṣāścaiva mṛgapakṣisarīsṛpāḥ

Seers, gods and gandharvas, yakshas, rakshasas and serpents, pishachas and men, beasts, birds and creeping things:

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 65 (6.65.65)

एवमादि मया सृष्टं पृथिव्यां त्वत्प्रसादजम् । पद्मनाभ विशालाक्ष कृष्ण दुःस्वप्ननाशन ॥

evamādi mayā sṛṣṭaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tvatprasādajam | padmanābha viśālākṣa kṛṣṇa duḥsvapnanāśana

all these and more I created on the earth, born of your grace, O lotus-naveled, wide-eyed Krishna, destroyer of evil dreams.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected दुःश्वप्रणाशन → दुःस्वप्ननाशन (misprint in Wikisource; श्व for स्व and प्र for प्न make a non-word; the critical edition reads duḥsvapnanāśana).

Verse 66 (6.65.66)

त्वं गतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वं नेता त्वं जगद्गुरुः । त्वत्प्रसादेन देवेश सुखिनो विबुधाः सदा ॥

tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ netā tvaṃ jagadguruḥ | tvatprasādena deveśa sukhino vibudhāḥ sadā

You are the goal of all beings, you their leader, you the teacher of the world. By your grace, lord of the gods, the gods are ever happy.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). जगद्गुरुः (CE jaganmukham) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 67 (6.65.67)

पृथिवी निर्भया देव त्वत्प्रसादात्सदाऽभवत् । तस्माद्भव विशालाक्ष यदुवंशविवर्धनः ॥

pṛthivī nirbhayā deva tvatprasādātsadā'bhavat | tasmādbhava viśālākṣa yaduvaṃśavivardhanaḥ

By your grace, O god, the earth has always been free of fear. Therefore, wide-eyed one, be born to increase the line of Yadu,

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 68 (6.65.68)

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय दैत्यानां च वधाय च । जगतो धारणार्थाय विज्ञाप्यं कुरु मे विभो ॥

dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya daityānāṃ ca vadhāya ca | jagato dhāraṇārthāya vijñāpyaṃ kuru me vibho

to establish dharma, to slay the daityas and to uphold the world. Grant this request of mine, all-pervading one.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected बधाय → वधाय (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; the critical edition reads vadhāya). दैत्यानां (CE daiteyānāṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 69 (6.65.69)

यत्तत्परमकं गुह्यं त्वत्प्रसादादिदं विभो । वासुदेव तदेतत्ते मयोद्गीतं यथातथम् ॥

yattatparamakaṃ guhyaṃ tvatprasādādidaṃ vibho | vāsudeva tadetatte mayodgītaṃ yathātatham

That supreme secret which, all-pervading one, I know by your grace, that, O Vasudeva, I have sung to you exactly as it is.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). यत्तत्परमकं and त्वत्प्रसादादिदं (CE yad etat paramaṃ, tvatprasādamayaṃ) kept as recension variants.

Verse 70 (6.65.70)

सृष्ट्वा संकर्षणं देवं स्वयमात्मानमात्मना । कृष्ण त्वमात्मनास्राक्षीः प्रद्युम्नं चात्मसंभवम् ॥

sṛṣṭvā saṃkarṣaṇaṃ devaṃ svayamātmānamātmanā | kṛṣṇa tvamātmanāsrākṣīḥ pradyumnaṃ cātmasaṃbhavam

Having created by yourself, out of yourself, the god Sankarshana, your own self, you, Krishna, brought forth from yourself Pradyumna, born of you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 71 (6.65.71)

प्रद्युम्नादनिरुद्धं त्वं यं विदुर्विष्णुमव्ययम् । अनिरुद्धोऽसृजन्मां वै ब्रह्माणं लोकधारिणम् ॥

pradyumnādaniruddhaṃ tvaṃ yaṃ vidurviṣṇumavyayam | aniruddho'sṛjanmāṃ vai brahmāṇaṃ lokadhāriṇam

From Pradyumna you brought forth Aniruddha, whom they know as the imperishable Vishnu; and Aniruddha created me, Brahma, the upholder of the worlds.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).

Verse 72 (6.65.72)

वासुदेवमयः सोऽहं त्वयैवास्मि विनिर्मितः । तस्माद्याचामि लोकेश चतुरात्मानमात्मना । विभज्य भागशोऽऽत्मानं व्रज मानुषतां विभो ॥

vāsudevamayaḥ so'haṃ tvayaivāsmi vinirmitaḥ | tasmādyācāmi lokeśa caturātmānamātmanā | vibhajya bhāgaśo''tmānaṃ vraja mānuṣatāṃ vibho

So I am made of Vasudeva, fashioned by you alone. Therefore, lord of the worlds, I entreat you, who are fourfold in yourself: divide yourself into portions and enter the state of a man, all-pervading one.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). A three-line verse: lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 6.61.67ab and 67cd; line 2 is its star passage 6.61.67b*0258 (second line), not in the constituted text. Corrected भागशोत्मानं → भागशोऽऽत्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha for the elided आ of आत्मानं; the critical edition reads bhāgaśo ''tmānaṃ).

Verse 73 (6.65.73)

तत्रासुरवधं कृत्वा सर्वलोकसुखाय वै । धर्मं प्राप्य यशः प्राप्य योगं प्राप्स्यसि तत्त्वतः ॥

tatrāsuravadhaṃ kṛtvā sarvalokasukhāya vai | dharmaṃ prāpya yaśaḥ prāpya yogaṃ prāpsyasi tattvataḥ

There, having slain the asuras for the happiness of all the worlds, having won dharma and gained fame, you will attain yoga in truth.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). Corrected प्राप्स्यति → प्राप्स्यसि (misprint in Wikisource; त for सि gives a third person, though the subject of कृत्वा and प्राप्य is the Lord addressed in व्रज of the previous verse; the critical edition reads prāpsyasi). धर्मं प्राप्य (CE dharmaṃ sthāpya) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 74 (6.65.74)

त्वां हि ब्रह्मर्षयो लोके देवाश्चामितविक्रम । तैस्तैर्हि नामभिर्युक्ता गायन्ति परमात्मकम् ॥

tvāṃ hi brahmarṣayo loke devāścāmitavikrama | taistairhi nāmabhiryuktā gāyanti paramātmakam

For the brahmin seers and the gods in the world, O you of boundless valour, sing of you as the Supreme Self under these names and those.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading). तैस्तैर्हि नामभिर्युक्ता (CE tais taiś ca nāmabhir bhaktā) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 75 (6.65.75)

स्थिताश्च सर्वे त्वयि भूतसङ्घाः । कृत्वाश्रयं त्वां वरदं सुबाहो । अनादिमध्यान्तमपारयोगं । लोकस्य सेतुं प्रवदन्ति विप्राः ॥

sthitāśca sarve tvayi bhūtasaṅghāḥ | kṛtvāśrayaṃ tvāṃ varadaṃ subāho | anādimadhyāntamapārayogaṃ | lokasya setuṃ pravadanti viprāḥ

All the hosts of beings rest in you, having made you, the giver of boons, their refuge, O strong-armed one; the brahmins call you the bridge of the world, without beginning, middle or end, of boundless yoga.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's hymn to Vishnu continues (no printed heading).