Brahma Tells the Gods Who Vasudeva Is

Verse 1 (6.66.1)

ततः स भगवान्देवो लोकानामीश्वरेश्वरः । ब्रह्माणं प्रत्युवाचेदं स्निग्धगम्भीरया गिरा ॥

tataḥ sa bhagavāndevo lokānāmīśvareśvaraḥ | brahmāṇaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ snigdhagambhīrayā girā

Then that blessed god, lord of the lords of the worlds, answered Brahma in a gentle, deep voice:

Note on the text: Corrected स्रिग्ध → स्निग्ध (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; the critical edition reads snigdha-). ईश्वरेश्वरः (CE parameśvaraḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.66.2)

विदितं तात योगान्मे सर्वमेतत्तवेप्सितम् । तथा तद्भवितेत्युक्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

viditaṃ tāta yogānme sarvametattavepsitam | tathā tadbhavitetyuktvā tatraivāntaradhīyata

'Through yoga I know all that you desire, dear son; it shall be so.' Having said this, he vanished on the spot.

Verse 3 (6.66.3)

ततो देवर्षिगन्धर्वा विस्मयं परमं गताः । कौतूहलपराः सर्वे पितामहमथाब्रुवन् ॥

tato devarṣigandharvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ | kautūhalaparāḥ sarve pitāmahamathābruvan

Then the gods, the divine seers and the gandharvas, overcome with the greatest wonder and full of curiosity, all said to the Grandsire:

Verse 4 (6.66.4)

कोन्वयं यो भगवता प्रणम्य विनयाद्विभो । वाग्भिः स्तुतो वरिष्ठाभिः श्रोतुमिच्छाम तं वयम् ॥

konvayaṃ yo bhagavatā praṇamya vinayādvibho | vāgbhiḥ stuto variṣṭhābhiḥ śrotumicchāma taṃ vayam

Who is this, lord, to whom you, the blessed one, bowed so humbly and whom you praised with the choicest words? We wish to hear of him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the gods, divine seers and gandharvas: this verse is wholly their question, announced in verse 3; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried भीष्म.

Verse 5 (6.66.5)

एवमुक्तस्तु भगवान्प्रत्युवाच पितामहः । देवब्रह्मर्षिगन्धर्वान्सर्वान्मधुरया गिरा ॥

evamuktastu bhagavānpratyuvāca pitāmahaḥ | devabrahmarṣigandharvānsarvānmadhurayā girā

Thus addressed, the blessed Grandsire answered all the gods, brahmin seers and gandharvas in a sweet voice:

Note on the text: Speaker: narration, given back to Bhishma.

Verse 6 (6.66.6)

यत्तत्परं भविष्यं च भवितव्यं च यत्परम् । भूतात्मा च प्रभुश्चैव ब्रह्म यच्च परं पदम् ॥

yattatparaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca bhavitavyaṃ ca yatparam | bhūtātmā ca prabhuścaiva brahma yacca paraṃ padam

'That which is supreme, which is to come and which must come to be, the highest; the self of beings and the lord, Brahman and the supreme state:

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma (the Grandsire): verses 6–23 are wholly his answer to the gods, announced in verse 5 (the page itself reprints the heading भीष्म उवाच at verse 24, where Bhishma's narration resumes); Wikisource prints no heading here and the input carried भीष्म. भूतात्मा च (CE bhūtātmā yaḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 7 (6.66.7)

तेनास्मि कृतसंवादः प्रसन्नेन सुरर्षभाः । जगतोऽनुग्रहार्थाय याचितो मे जगत्पतिः ॥

tenāsmi kṛtasaṃvādaḥ prasannena surarṣabhāḥ | jagato'nugrahārthāya yācito me jagatpatiḥ

with him, gracious as he was, I have held converse, O bulls among the gods. For the welfare of the world I asked the lord of the world:

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). The page closes this verse with a single danda; the closing ॥ is kept.

Verse 8 (6.66.8)

मानुषं लोकमातिष्ठ वासुदेव इति श्रुतः । असुराणां वधार्थाय संभवस्व महीतले ॥

mānuṣaṃ lokamātiṣṭha vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ | asurāṇāṃ vadhārthāya saṃbhavasva mahītale

“Take your place in the world of men, known as Vasudeva; be born on earth to slay the asuras.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Corrected अस्रुराणां → असुराणां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the critical edition reads asurāṇāṃ).

Verse 9 (6.66.9)

संग्रामे निहता ये ते दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः । त इमे नृषु संभूता घोररूपा महाबलाः ॥

saṃgrāme nihatā ye te daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | ta ime nṛṣu saṃbhūtā ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ

Those daityas, danavas and rakshasas who were slain in battle have been born among men, terrible in form and of great strength.

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

Verse 10 (6.66.10)

तेषां वधार्थं भगवान्नरेण सहितो वशी । मानुषीं योनिमास्थाय चरिष्यति महीतले ॥

teṣāṃ vadhārthaṃ bhagavānnareṇa sahito vaśī | mānuṣīṃ yonimāsthāya cariṣyati mahītale

To slay them the blessed lord, master of himself, will take birth in a human womb and move upon the earth together with Nara.

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

Verse 11 (6.66.11)

नरनारायणौ यौ तौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ । सहितौ मानुषे लोके संभूतावमितद्युती ॥

naranārāyaṇau yau tau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau | sahitau mānuṣe loke saṃbhūtāvamitadyutī

Nara and Narayana, those two ancient and foremost seers, have been born together in the world of men, both of boundless splendour.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Corrected सहितो → सहितौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual agreeing with नरनारायणौ and संभूतौ lost its au-sign; the critical edition reads sahitau).

Verse 12 (6.66.12)

अजेयौ समरे यत्तौ सहितैरमरैरपि । मूढास्त्वेतौ न जानन्ति नरनारायणावृषी ॥

ajeyau samare yattau sahitairamarairapi | mūḍhāstvetau na jānanti naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

When they stand ready in battle they cannot be conquered even by the immortals united. But fools do not know these two as the seers Nara and Narayana.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). सहितैरमरैरपि (CE sahitāv amarair api) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 13 (6.66.13)

तस्याहमग्रजः पुत्रः सर्वस्य जगतः प्रभुः । वासुदेवोऽर्चनीयो वः सर्वलोकमहेश्वरः ॥

tasyāhamagrajaḥ putraḥ sarvasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ | vāsudevo'rcanīyo vaḥ sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ

I am his firstborn son, lord of the whole world. Vasudeva, the great lord of all the worlds, is to be worshipped by you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Line 1 तस्याहमग्रजः पुत्रः सर्वस्य जगतः प्रभुः (CE tasyāham ātmajo brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (6.66.14)

तथा मनुष्योऽयमिति कदाचित्सुरसत्तमाः । नावज्ञेयो महावीर्यः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥

tathā manuṣyo'yamiti kadācitsurasattamāḥ | nāvajñeyo mahāvīryaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ

So, best of the gods, the mighty bearer of the conch, discus and mace must never be slighted with the thought 'This is a man.'

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

Verse 15 (6.66.15)

एतत्परमकं गुह्यमेतत्परमकं पदम् । एतत्परमकं ब्रह्म एतत्परमकं यशः ॥

etatparamakaṃ guhyametatparamakaṃ padam | etatparamakaṃ brahma etatparamakaṃ yaśaḥ

He is the supreme secret, he the supreme state; he the supreme Brahman, he the supreme glory.

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

Verse 16 (6.66.16)

एतदक्षरमव्यक्तमेतद्वै शाश्वतं महः । यत्तत्पुरुषसंज्ञं वै गीयते ज्ञायते न च ॥

etadakṣaramavyaktametadvai śāśvataṃ mahaḥ | yattatpuruṣasaṃjñaṃ vai gīyate jñāyate na ca

He is the imperishable, the unmanifest, the eternal light; he is the one called the Person, who is sung of and yet not known.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). एतद्वै शाश्वतं महः and यत्तत् (CE etat tac chāśvataṃ mahat, etat) kept as recension variants.

Verse 17 (6.66.17)

एतत्परमकं तेज एतत्परमकं सुखम् । एतत्परमकं सत्यं कीर्तितं विश्वकर्मणा ॥

etatparamakaṃ teja etatparamakaṃ sukham | etatparamakaṃ satyaṃ kīrtitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

He is the supreme radiance, he the supreme bliss; he is the supreme truth proclaimed by Vishvakarma.

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

Verse 18 (6.66.18)

तस्मात्सेन्द्रैः सुरैः सर्वैर्लोकैश्चामितविक्रमः । नावज्ञेयो वासुदेवो मानुषोऽयमिति प्रभुः ॥

tasmātsendraiḥ suraiḥ sarvairlokaiścāmitavikramaḥ | nāvajñeyo vāsudevo mānuṣo'yamiti prabhuḥ

Therefore Vasudeva, the lord of boundless valour, must not be slighted by all the gods with Indra, or by the worlds, with the thought 'He is a man.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Corrected विक्रमःक → विक्रमः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क after the visarga; the critical edition reads -vikramaḥ).

Verse 19 (6.66.19)

यश्च मानुषमात्रोऽयमिति ब्रूयात्स मन्दधीः । हृषीकेशमवज्ञानात्तमाहुः पुरुषाधमम् ॥

yaśca mānuṣamātro'yamiti brūyātsa mandadhīḥ | hṛṣīkeśamavajñānāttamāhuḥ puruṣādhamam

And whoever says 'He is merely a man' is dull of mind; for slighting Hrishikesha he is called the lowest of men.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). स मन्दधीः (CE sumandadhīḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 20 (6.66.20)

योगिनं तं महात्मानं प्रविष्टं मानुषीं तनुम् । अवमन्येद्वासुदेवं तमाहुस्तामसं जनाः ॥

yoginaṃ taṃ mahātmānaṃ praviṣṭaṃ mānuṣīṃ tanum | avamanyedvāsudevaṃ tamāhustāmasaṃ janāḥ

Whoever disdains Vasudeva, that great-souled yogi who has entered a human body, people call a creature of darkness.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Corrected तमसं → तामसं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā, as the same phrase तमाहुस्तामसं in the next verse shows; the critical edition reads tāmasaṃ).

Verse 21 (6.66.21)

देवं चराचरात्मानं श्रीवत्साङ्कं सुवर्चसम् । पद्मनाभं न जानाति तमाहुस्तामसं बुधाः ॥

devaṃ carācarātmānaṃ śrīvatsāṅkaṃ suvarcasam | padmanābhaṃ na jānāti tamāhustāmasaṃ budhāḥ

Whoever does not know the lotus-naveled god, the self of all that moves and is still, radiant and marked with the Shrivatsa, the wise call a creature of darkness.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). बुधाः (CE janāḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 22 (6.66.22)

किरीटकौस्तुभधरं मित्राणामभयंकरम् । अवजानन्महात्मानं घोरे तमसि मज्जति ॥

kirīṭakaustubhadharaṃ mitrāṇāmabhayaṃkaram | avajānanmahātmānaṃ ghore tamasi majjati

Whoever scorns the great-souled one who wears the crown and the Kaustubha gem and makes his friends fearless, sinks into deep darkness.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). Corrected मञ्जति → मज्जति (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज, the verb is मज्ज् "sink"; the critical edition reads majjati).

Verse 23 (6.66.23)

एवं विदित्वा तत्त्वार्थं लोकानामीश्वरेश्वरः । वासुदेवो नमस्कार्यः सर्वलोकैः सुरोत्तमाः । तस्याहमात्मजो ब्रह्मा सर्वस्य जगतः पतिः ॥

evaṃ viditvā tattvārthaṃ lokānāmīśvareśvaraḥ | vāsudevo namaskāryaḥ sarvalokaiḥ surottamāḥ | tasyāhamātmajo brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ

Knowing the truth of this, O best of the gods, Vasudeva, lord of the lords of the worlds, is to be saluted by all the worlds. I, Brahma, lord of the whole world, am his son.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's answer to the gods continues (no printed heading). A three-line verse as the page prints it (23a–c); lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.62.23 (the alignment missed it because of the extra line). Line 3 is not in the critical edition at this point: it is the critical edition's own reading of 6.62.13ab (tasyāham ātmajo brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ), whose place Wikisource's verse 13 fills with a variant; kept as the vulgate text. Corrected तस्यामहात्माजो → तस्याहमात्मजो (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs make a non-word).

Verse 24 (6.66.24)

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्देवान्सर्षिगणान्पुरा । विसृज्य सर्वभूतानि जगाम भवनं स्वकम् ॥

evamuktvā sa bhagavāndevānsarṣigaṇānpurā | visṛjya sarvabhūtāni jagāma bhavanaṃ svakam

Having spoken thus long ago, the blessed one dismissed the gods with the hosts of seers, and all beings, and went to his own abode.

Note on the text: The page reprints the heading भीष्म उवाच here. Corrected सर्षिगकणान् → सर्षिगणान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; cf. the critical edition's devagaṇān). देवान्सर्षिगणान् and सर्वभूतानि (CE sarvān devagaṇān, sarvalokātmā) kept as recension variants.

Verse 25 (6.66.25)

ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा मुनयोऽप्सरसोऽपि च । कथां तां ब्रह्मणा गीतां श्रुत्वा प्रीता दिवं ययुः ॥

tato devāḥ sagandharvā munayo'psaraso'pi ca | kathāṃ tāṃ brahmaṇā gītāṃ śrutvā prītā divaṃ yayuḥ

Then the gods with the gandharvas, the sages and the apsarases too, having heard that tale told by Brahma, went joyfully to heaven.

Verse 26 (6.66.26)

एतच्छ्रुतं मया तात ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । वासुदेवं कथयतां समवाये पुरातनम् ॥

etacchrutaṃ mayā tāta ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | vāsudevaṃ kathayatāṃ samavāye purātanam

This ancient tale I heard, dear child, from seers of purified soul as they spoke of Vasudeva in their assembly.

Verse 27 (6.66.27)

रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य मार्कण्डेयस्य धीमतः । व्यासनारदयोश्चापि सकाशाद्भरतर्षभ ॥

rāmasya jāmadagnyasya mārkaṇḍeyasya dhīmataḥ | vyāsanāradayoścāpi sakāśādbharatarṣabha

I heard it from Rama son of Jamadagni, from the wise Markandeya, and from Vyasa and Narada too, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.62.27; the alignment missed it. Line 1 has its two names in the other order (CE jāmadagnyasya rāmasya), and line 2 ends सकाशाद्भरतर्षभ where the critical edition reads śrutaṃ śrutaviśārada; kept as recension variants.

Verse 28 (6.66.28)

एतमर्थं च विज्ञाय श्रुत्वा च प्रभुमव्ययम् । वासुदेवं महात्मानं लोकानामीश्वरेश्वरम् ॥

etamarthaṃ ca vijñāya śrutvā ca prabhumavyayam | vāsudevaṃ mahātmānaṃ lokānāmīśvareśvaram

Understanding this matter, and having heard of Vasudeva, the imperishable lord, the great-souled lord of the lords of the worlds,

Verse 29 (6.66.29)

यस्य चैवात्मजो ब्रह्मा सर्वस्य जगतः पिता । कथं न वासुदेवोऽयमर्च्यश्चेज्यश्च मानवैः ॥

yasya caivātmajo brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ pitā | kathaṃ na vāsudevo'yamarcyaścejyaśca mānavaiḥ

whose son is Brahma, the father of the whole world, how should this Vasudeva not be honoured and worshipped by men?

Note on the text: यस्य चैवात्मजो (CE yasyāsāv ātmajo) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 30 (6.66.30)

वारितोऽसि मया तात मुनिभिर्वेदपारगैः । मा गच्छ संयुगं तेन वासुदेवेन धन्विना ॥

vārito'si mayā tāta munibhirvedapāragaiḥ | mā gaccha saṃyugaṃ tena vāsudevena dhanvinā

You were warned, dear child, by me and by sages versed in the Vedas: 'Do not go to battle against that bowman Vasudeva,

Note on the text: = 6.62.30ab + 30cd (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.62.30–31 into couplets; the alignment missed verses 30–32). Corrected मुनिर्भिर्वेद- → मुनिभिर्वेद- (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र्; the critical edition reads munibhir). मया and धन्विना (CE purā, dhīmatā) kept as recension variants.

Verse 31 (6.66.31)

मा पाण्डवैः सार्धमिति तत्त्वं मोहान्न बुध्यसे । मन्ये त्वां राक्षसं क्रूरं तथा चासि तमोवृतः ॥

mā pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhamiti tattvaṃ mohānna budhyase | manye tvāṃ rākṣasaṃ krūraṃ tathā cāsi tamovṛtaḥ

nor against the Pandavas.' But in your delusion you do not grasp the truth. I think you are a cruel rakshasa, and you are wrapped in darkness,

Note on the text: = 6.62.30ef + 31ab (तत्त्वं for tac ca).

Verse 32 (6.66.32)

यस्माद्द्विषसि गोविन्दं पाण्डवं तं धनञ्जयम् । नरनारायणौ देवौ कोऽन्यो द्विष्याद्धि मानवः ॥

yasmāddviṣasi govindaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ taṃ dhanañjayam | naranārāyaṇau devau ko'nyo dviṣyāddhi mānavaḥ

since you hate Govinda and that Pandava Dhananjaya, the two gods Nara and Narayana. What other man would hate them?

Note on the text: = 6.62.31cd + 31ef. Corrected देवी → देवौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual agreeing with नरनारायणौ became the feminine देवी; the critical edition reads devau). तं and कोऽन्यो (CE ca, nānyo) kept as recension variants.

Verse 33 (6.66.33)

तस्माद्ब्रवीमि ते राजन्नेष वै शाश्वतोऽव्ययः । सर्वलोकमयो नित्यः शास्ता धाता धरो ध्रुवः ॥

tasmādbravīmi te rājanneṣa vai śāśvato'vyayaḥ | sarvalokamayo nityaḥ śāstā dhātā dharo dhruvaḥ

Therefore I tell you, O king: he is eternal and imperishable, pervading all the worlds, everlasting, the ruler, the ordainer, the upholder, the unchanging.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्कवलोकमयो → सर्वलोकमयो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the critical edition reads sarvalokamayo).

Verse 34 (6.66.34)

यो धारयति लोकांस्त्रींश्चराचरगुरुः प्रभुः । योद्धा जयश्च जेता च सर्वप्रकृतिरीश्वरः ॥

yo dhārayati lokāṃstrīṃścarācaraguruḥ prabhuḥ | yoddhā jayaśca jetā ca sarvaprakṛtirīśvaraḥ

He who upholds the three worlds, teacher and lord of all that moves and is still, is the warrior, the victory and the victor, the source of all nature, the Lord.

Note on the text: यो धारयति लोकांस्त्रीन् (CE lokān dhārayate yas trīn) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 35 (6.66.35)

राजन्सर्वमयो ह्येष तमोरागविवर्जितः । यतः कृष्णस्ततो धर्मो यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ॥

rājansarvamayo hyeṣa tamorāgavivarjitaḥ | yataḥ kṛṣṇastato dharmo yato dharmastato jayaḥ

He is all things, O king, free of darkness and passion. Where Krishna is, there is dharma; where dharma is, there is victory.

Note on the text: सर्वमयो (CE sattvamayo) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 36 (6.66.36)

तस्य माहात्म्ययोगेन योगेनात्ममयेन च । धृताः पाण्डुसुता राजञ्जयश्चैषां भविष्यति ॥

tasya māhātmyayogena yogenātmamayena ca | dhṛtāḥ pāṇḍusutā rājañjayaścaiṣāṃ bhaviṣyati

By the yoga of his greatness and by the yoga that is his own self the sons of Pandu are upheld, O king, and victory will be theirs.

Note on the text: योगेनात्ममयेन च (CE yogenātmana eva ca) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 37 (6.66.37)

श्रेयोयुक्तां सदा बुद्धिं पाण्डवानां दधाति यः । बलं चैव रणे नित्यं भयेभ्यश्चैव रक्षति ॥

śreyoyuktāṃ sadā buddhiṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ dadhāti yaḥ | balaṃ caiva raṇe nityaṃ bhayebhyaścaiva rakṣati

He always gives the Pandavas an understanding joined to their good, and strength in battle, and he ever protects them from dangers.

Note on the text: Removed an invisible zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवानां (a stray character in Wikisource).

Verse 38 (6.66.38)

स एष शाश्वतो देवः सर्वगुह्यमयः शिवः । वासुदेव इति ज्ञेयो यन्मां पृच्छसि भारत ॥

sa eṣa śāśvato devaḥ sarvaguhyamayaḥ śivaḥ | vāsudeva iti jñeyo yanmāṃ pṛcchasi bhārata

He is the eternal god, made of all mysteries, the auspicious one; know him as Vasudeva, the one you ask me about, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected देवाः → देवः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā makes a plural against the singular स एष शाश्वतो; the critical edition reads devaḥ).

Verse 39 (6.66.39)

ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैः शूद्रैश्च कृतलक्षणैः । सेव्यतेऽभ्यर्च्यते चैव नित्ययुक्तैः स्वकर्मभिः ॥

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdraiśca kṛtalakṣaṇaiḥ | sevyate'bhyarcyate caiva nityayuktaiḥ svakarmabhiḥ

He is served and worshipped by brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras, each marked by their own qualities and ever intent on their own duties.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रिकयैर् → क्षत्रियैर् and स्वकर्मभिःक → स्वकर्मभिः (misprints in Wikisource; stray क in both; the critical edition reads kṣatriyair, svakarmabhiḥ).

Verse 40 (6.66.40)

द्वापरस्य युगस्यान्ते आदौ कलियुगस्य च । सात्वतं विधिमास्थाय गीतः संकर्षणेन वै ॥

dvāparasya yugasyānte ādau kaliyugasya ca | sātvataṃ vidhimāsthāya gītaḥ saṃkarṣaṇena vai

At the end of the Dvapara age and the beginning of the Kali age he is sung by Sankarshana according to the Satvata rite.

Note on the text: वै (CE yaḥ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 41 (6.66.41)

स एष सर्वं सुरमर्त्यलोकं । समुद्रकक्ष्यान्तरितां पुरीं च । युगेयुगे मानुषं चैव वासं । पुनःपुनः सृजते वासुदेवः ॥

sa eṣa sarvaṃ suramartyalokaṃ | samudrakakṣyāntaritāṃ purīṃ ca | yugeyuge mānuṣaṃ caiva vāsaṃ | punaḥpunaḥ sṛjate vāsudevaḥ

He, Vasudeva, age after age creates again and again the whole world of gods and mortals, the city girdled by the sea, and his own dwelling among men.

Note on the text: Corrected वासुदेवाःक → वासुदेवः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā and a stray क; the critical edition reads vāsudevaḥ). सर्वं सुरमर्त्यलोकं and पुरीं च (CE sarvāsuramartyalokaṃ, purīś ca) kept as recension variants; the page's own gloss reads पुरीं द्वारकाम्.