Ashvatthama's Fire Weapon and Vyasa's Account of Nara and Narayana

Verse 1 (7.202.1)

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । न्यवारयदमेयात्मा द्रोणपुत्रजयेप्सया ॥

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | nyavārayadameyātmā droṇaputrajayepsayā

Seeing that army scattered, Arjuna, the son of Kunti, of immeasurable spirit, held it back, eager to defeat the son of Drona.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input (105 verses) agrees with the raw page's table row for row, and 105 is also the highest verse number printed on the page (5-202-105; the page's "5-" is a typo for 7). Wikisource 202 corresponds to CE 7.172.1–94. CE star passages not on the page: 7.172.1*1417_01–02 (before verse 1), 23d*1420, 29d*1421 (ten lines), 37d*1423 (seven lines), 45b*1424, 49d*1427 (with its own speaker line), 56d*1429, 58c*1431_03–04, 61c*1432, 62c*1433, 65b*1435, 70f*1437, 86d*1440 (eight lines) and 89d*1442 (fifteen lines). Verses 69, 76, 81 and 83 are printed on the page with only their last line and are restored from the CE (see their notes). The page's four summary lines above the table are not verses. Line 2 of this verse differs from CE 7.172.1c only in its last word (CE droṇaputravadhepsayā).

Verse 2 (7.202.2)

ततस्ते सैनिका राजन्सर्वे तत्रावतस्थिरे । संस्थाप्यमाना यत्नेन गोविन्देनार्जुनेन च ॥

tataste sainikā rājansarve tatrāvatasthire | saṃsthāpyamānā yatnena govindenārjunena ca

Then, O king, all those soldiers stood firm there, steadied with great effort by Govinda and Arjuna.

Verse 3 (7.202.3)

एक एव च बीभत्सुः सोमकावयवैः सह । मात्स्यैरन्यैश्च संधाय कौरवान्सन्न्यवर्तत ॥

eka eva ca bībhatsuḥ somakāvayavaiḥ saha | mātsyairanyaiśca saṃdhāya kauravānsannyavartata

Bibhatsu, alone, joined with the surviving Somakas, the Matsyas and others, and turned back upon the Kauravas.

Verse 4 (7.202.4)

ततो द्रुतमतिक्रम्य सिंहलाङ्गूलकेतनम् । सव्यसाची महेष्वासमश्वत्थामानमब्रवीत् ॥

tato drutamatikramya siṃhalāṅgūlaketanam | savyasācī maheṣvāsamaśvatthāmānamabravīt

Then, swiftly passing ahead, Savyasachi addressed the great archer Ashvatthama, whose banner bore the lion's tail.

Verse 5 (7.202.5)

या शक्तिर्यच्च विज्ञानं यद्वीर्यं यच्च पौरुषम् । धार्तराष्ट्रेषु या प्रीतिर्द्वेषोऽस्मासु च यच्च ते ॥

yā śaktiryacca vijñānaṃ yadvīryaṃ yacca pauruṣam | dhārtarāṣṭreṣu yā prītirdveṣo'smāsu ca yacca te

Whatever power you have, whatever knowledge, valour and manliness, whatever affection you bear for the sons of Dhritarashtra and hatred for us,

Note on the text: Corrected य → या (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā is dropped; CE yā). Corrected देषोऽस्मासु → द्वेषोऽस्मासु (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct द्वे is broken; CE pradveṣo ’smāsu). Lines = CE 7.172.5a and 5c, with variants (विज्ञानं for ज्ञानं in line 1, and in line 2 the first words). Speaker: Arjuna's speech to Ashvatthama (verses 5–7) has no printed heading and fills whole verses, so it is given to Arjuna; the input had Sanjaya.

Verse 6 (7.202.6)

यच्च भूयोऽस्ति तेजस्ते तत्सर्वं मयि दर्शय । स एव द्रोणहन्ता ते दर्पं छेत्स्यति पार्षतः ॥

yacca bhūyo'sti tejaste tatsarvaṃ mayi darśaya | sa eva droṇahantā te darpaṃ chetsyati pārṣataḥ

and whatever greater strength you still have, show all of it to me. As for Dhrishtadyumna, the slayer of Drona, he will shatter your pride.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.5e (with a variant: तत्सर्वं मयि दर्शय for CE tat paramaṃ mama darśaya); line 2 = CE 7.172.6a. Speaker: Arjuna (printed heading lacking; see verse 5).

Verse 7 (7.202.7)

कालानलसमप्रख्यं द्विषामन्तकोपमम् । समासादय पाञ्चाल्यं मां चापि सहकेशवम् । दर्पं नाशयितास्म्यद्य तवोद्वृत्तस्य संयुगे ॥

kālānalasamaprakhyaṃ dviṣāmantakopamam | samāsādaya pāñcālyaṃ māṃ cāpi sahakeśavam | darpaṃ nāśayitāsmyadya tavodvṛttasya saṃyuge

Face the Panchala prince, who is like the fire of time's end and like Death himself to his foes, and face me too, together with Keshava. Today, in battle, I shall destroy the pride of you in your arrogance.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.6c (variant: CE kālānalasamaprakhyo dviṣatām antako yudhi); line 2 = CE 7.172.6e; line 3 = CE star passage 7.172.6f*1418_01 (placed after 6e). Speaker: Arjuna (printed heading lacking; see verse 5).

Verse 8 (7.202.8)

आचार्यपुत्रो मानार्हो बलवांश्चापि सञ्जय । प्रीतिर्धनञ्जये चास्य प्रियश्चापि महात्मनः ॥

ācāryaputro mānārho balavāṃścāpi sañjaya | prītirdhanañjaye cāsya priyaścāpi mahātmanaḥ

Drona's son is worthy of honour and mighty, Sanjaya; he is fond of Dhananjaya, and that noble man is dear to him in turn.

Verse 9 (7.202.9)

न भूतपूर्वं बीभत्सोर्वाक्यं परुषमीदृशम् । अथ कस्मात्स कौन्तेयः सखायं रूक्षमुक्तवान् ॥

na bhūtapūrvaṃ bībhatsorvākyaṃ paruṣamīdṛśam | atha kasmātsa kaunteyaḥ sakhāyaṃ rūkṣamuktavān

Never before had such a harsh word come from Bibhatsu. Why then did Kunti's son speak so roughly to his friend?

Verse 10 (7.202.10)

युवराजे हते चैव वृद्धक्षत्रे च पौरवे । इष्वस्त्रविधिसम्पन्ने मालवे च सुदर्शने ॥

yuvarāje hate caiva vṛddhakṣatre ca paurave | iṣvastravidhisampanne mālave ca sudarśane

When the crown prince had been slain, and Vriddhakshatra of the Puru line, and Sudarshana of Malava, who was skilled in the use of arrows and weapons,

Note on the text: Corrected वृद्वक्षत्रे → वृद्धक्षत्रे (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct द्ध is broken; CE vṛddhakṣatre).

Verse 11 (7.202.11)

धृष्टद्युम्ने सात्यकौ च भीमे चापि पराजिते । युधिष्ठिरस्य तैर्वाक्यैर्मर्मण्यपि च घट्टिते ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumne sātyakau ca bhīme cāpi parājite | yudhiṣṭhirasya tairvākyairmarmaṇyapi ca ghaṭṭite

when Dhrishtadyumna, Satyaki and Bhima were also defeated, and Yudhishthira had been struck to the quick by their words,

Note on the text: Corrected पारजिते → पराजिते (misprint in Wikisource; the letters are transposed; CE parājite).

Verse 12 (7.202.12)

अन्तर्भेदे च सञ्जाते दुःखं संस्मृत्य च प्रभो । अभूतपूर्वो बीभत्सोर्दुःखान्मन्युरजायत ॥

antarbhede ca sañjāte duḥkhaṃ saṃsmṛtya ca prabho | abhūtapūrvo bībhatsorduḥkhānmanyurajāyata

and a rift had opened among them, then, remembering that grief, O lord, an anger such as Bibhatsu had never known before rose in him out of sorrow.

Verse 13 (7.202.13)

तस्मादनर्हमश्लीलमप्रियं द्रोणिमुक्तवान् । मान्यमाचार्यतनयं रूक्षं कापुरुषं यथा ॥

tasmādanarhamaślīlamapriyaṃ droṇimuktavān | mānyamācāryatanayaṃ rūkṣaṃ kāpuruṣaṃ yathā

Therefore he spoke to Drona's son words that were unfit, coarse and unpleasant, harsh as a coward might speak, to the teacher's son who deserved respect.

Verse 14 (7.202.14)

एवमुक्तः श्वसन्क्रोधान्महेष्वासतमो नृप । पार्थेन परुषं वाक्यं सर्वमर्मभिदा गिरा ॥

evamuktaḥ śvasankrodhānmaheṣvāsatamo nṛpa | pārthena paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sarvamarmabhidā girā

Spoken to thus, O king, by Partha, in harsh words that pierced every tender spot, the foremost of great archers, panting with rage,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.172.13a and 13c (line 2 differs: CE sarvamarmaghnayā girā, W सर्वमर्मभिदा गिरा). The sentence continues in verse 15.

Verse 15 (7.202.15)

द्रौणिश्चुकोप पार्थाय कृष्णाय च विशेषतः । स तु यत्तो रथे स्थित्वा वार्युपस्पृश्य वीर्यवान् ॥

drauṇiścukopa pārthāya kṛṣṇāya ca viśeṣataḥ | sa tu yatto rathe sthitvā vāryupaspṛśya vīryavān

Drona's son grew furious with Partha, and most of all with Krishna. Standing firm in his chariot, the mighty one sipped water,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.13e; line 2 = CE 7.172.14a.

Verse 16 (7.202.16)

देवैरपि सुदुर्धर्षमस्त्रमाग्नेयमाददे । दृश्यादृश्यानरिगणानुद्दिश्याचार्यनन्दनः ॥

devairapi sudurdharṣamastramāgneyamādade | dṛśyādṛśyānarigaṇānuddiśyācāryanandanaḥ

and took up the Agneya weapon, which even the gods can hardly withstand, aiming it at the hosts of enemies, seen and unseen, that son of the teacher.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.14c; line 2 = CE 7.172.15a.

Verse 17 (7.202.17)

सोऽभिमन्त्र्य शरं दीप्तं विधूममिव पावकम् । सर्वतः क्रोधमाविश्य चिक्षेप परवीरहा ॥

so'bhimantrya śaraṃ dīptaṃ vidhūmamiva pāvakam | sarvataḥ krodhamāviśya cikṣepa paravīrahā

Having consecrated the blazing arrow, like a fire without smoke, with mantras, and filled everywhere with rage, the slayer of heroes loosed it.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.172.15c and 15e.

Verse 18 (7.202.18)

ततस्तुमुलमाकाशे शरवर्षमजायत । पावकार्चिपरीतं तत्पार्थमेवाभिपुप्लुवे ॥

tatastumulamākāśe śaravarṣamajāyata | pāvakārciparītaṃ tatpārthamevābhipupluve

Then a tumultuous shower of arrows arose in the sky; wrapped in flame, it rushed upon Partha alone.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.16a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.172.16b*1419_01 (variant: CE pāvakārciḥ parītaṃ tat). The star block *1419_01–04 runs through verses 18–20.

Verse 19 (7.202.19)

उल्काश्च गगनात्पेतुर्दिशश्च न चकाशिरे । तमश्च सहसा रौद्रं चमूमवततार ताम् ॥

ulkāśca gaganātpeturdiśaśca na cakāśire | tamaśca sahasā raudraṃ camūmavatatāra tām

Meteors fell from the sky, the quarters shone no more, and a dreadful darkness suddenly settled over that host.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text. Its two lines appear there as star passage 7.172.16b*1419_02–03 (after 7.172.16a).

Verse 20 (7.202.20)

रक्षांसि च पिशाचाश्च विनेदुरतिसङ्गताः । ववुश्चाशिशिरा वाताः सूर्यो नैव तताप च ॥

rakṣāṃsi ca piśācāśca vineduratisaṅgatāḥ | vavuścāśiśirā vātāḥ sūryo naiva tatāpa ca

Rakshasas and pishachas gathered together and howled; hot winds blew, and yet the sun gave no heat.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.172.16b*1419_04 (variant: CE vinedur abhisaṃgatāḥ); line 2 = CE 7.172.16c (W ववुश्चाशिशिरा, "hot winds", for CE vavuś ca śiśirā).

Verse 21 (7.202.21)

वायसाश्चापि चाक्रन्दन्दिक्षु सर्वासु भैरवम् । रुधिरं चापि वर्षन्तो निनेदुस्तोयदा दिवि ॥

vāyasāścāpi cākrandandikṣu sarvāsu bhairavam | rudhiraṃ cāpi varṣanto ninedustoyadā divi

Crows cried out fearfully in all directions, and clouds in the sky thundered, raining blood.

Note on the text: Counterpart of CE 7.172.17a and 17c, with variants (CE cukruśur dānavāś cāpi in line 1; W वायसाश्चापि चाक्रन्दन्, "crows cried out").

Verse 22 (7.202.22)

पक्षिणः पशवो गावो विनेदुश्चापि सुव्रताः । परमं प्रयतात्मानो न शान्तिमुपलेभिरे ॥

pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo gāvo vineduścāpi suvratāḥ | paramaṃ prayatātmāno na śāntimupalebhire

Birds, beasts and cows cried out, and even the well-disciplined creatures, though utterly self-restrained, found no peace.

Verse 23 (7.202.23)

भ्रान्तसर्वमहाभूतमावर्तितदिवाकरम् । त्रैलोक्यमभिसन्तप्तं ज्वराविष्टमिवाभवत् ॥

bhrāntasarvamahābhūtamāvartitadivākaram | trailokyamabhisantaptaṃ jvarāviṣṭamivābhavat

All the great elements were thrown into confusion and the sun was made to reel; the three worlds, scorched, seemed to be seized by fever.

Verse 24 (7.202.24)

अस्त्रतेजोभिसन्तप्ता नागा भूमिशयास्तथा । निःश्वसन्तः समुत्पेतुस्तेजो घोरं मुमुक्षवः ॥

astratejobhisantaptā nāgā bhūmiśayāstathā | niḥśvasantaḥ samutpetustejo ghoraṃ mumukṣavaḥ

Scorched by the heat of the weapon, the serpents that lie on the earth sprang up hissing, longing to escape that dreadful heat.

Verse 25 (7.202.25)

जलजानि च सत्वानि दह्यमानानि भारत । न शान्तिमुपजग्मुर्हि तप्यमानैर्जलाशयैः ॥

jalajāni ca satvāni dahyamānāni bhārata | na śāntimupajagmurhi tapyamānairjalāśayaiḥ

Creatures born in the water, O Bharata, were burning, and found no peace even in the heated waters.

Verse 26 (7.202.26)

दिग्भ्यः प्रदिग्भ्यः खाद्भूमेः सर्वतः शरवृष्टयः । उच्चावचा निपेतुर्वै गरुडानिलरंहसः ॥

digbhyaḥ pradigbhyaḥ khādbhūmeḥ sarvataḥ śaravṛṣṭayaḥ | uccāvacā nipeturvai garuḍānilaraṃhasaḥ

From every quarter and intermediate quarter, from the sky and from the earth, showers of arrows of every kind fell, swift as Garuda and the wind.

Verse 27 (7.202.27)

तैः शरैर्द्रोणपुत्रस्य वज्रवेगैः समाहताः । प्रदग्धा रिपवः पेतुरग्निदग्धा इव द्रुमाः ॥

taiḥ śarairdroṇaputrasya vajravegaiḥ samāhatāḥ | pradagdhā ripavaḥ peturagnidagdhā iva drumāḥ

Struck by those arrows of Drona's son, swift as thunderbolts, the enemies fell burnt, like trees scorched by fire.

Verse 28 (7.202.28)

दह्यमाना महानागाः पेतुरुर्व्यां समन्ततः । नदन्तो भैरवान्नादाञ्जलदोपमनिस्वनान् ॥

dahyamānā mahānāgāḥ petururvyāṃ samantataḥ | nadanto bhairavānnādāñjaladopamanisvanān

Burning, the great elephants fell all around on the ground, roaring dreadful roars with voices like thunder-clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected नादाञ्चलदोपम → नादाञ्जलदोपम (misprint in Wikisource; चलद is not a word here; the sandhi नादान् + जलद gives ञ्ज; CE nādāñ jaladopamanisvanān).

Verse 29 (7.202.29)

अपरे प्रद्रुता नागा भयत्रस्ता विशाम्पते । त्रेसुर्दिशो यथा पूर्वं वने दावाग्निसंवृताः ॥

apare pradrutā nāgā bhayatrastā viśāmpate | tresurdiśo yathā pūrvaṃ vane dāvāgnisaṃvṛtāḥ

Other elephants fled in terror, O lord of the people, and cowered in every direction, as they once did in a forest ringed by wildfire.

Note on the text: Counterpart of CE 7.172.25a and 25c, in a different wording (CE apare pradrutās tatra dahyamānā mahāgajāḥ / tresus tathāpare ghore vane dāvāgnisaṃvṛtāḥ). Kept as a recension variant.

Verse 30 (7.202.30)

द्रुमाणां शिखराणीव दावदग्धानि मारिष । अश्वबृन्दान्यदृश्यन्त रथबृन्दानि भारत । अपतन्त रथौघाश्च तत्रतत्र सहस्रशः ॥

drumāṇāṃ śikharāṇīva dāvadagdhāni māriṣa | aśvabṛndānyadṛśyanta rathabṛndāni bhārata | apatanta rathaughāśca tatratatra sahasraśaḥ

Droves of horses and droves of chariots, O Bharata, were seen like treetops scorched by a forest fire, and masses of chariots fell here and there by the thousand.

Verse 31 (7.202.31)

तत्सैन्यं भयसंविग्नं ददाह युधि भारत । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि संवर्तक इवानलः ॥

tatsainyaṃ bhayasaṃvignaṃ dadāha yudhi bhārata | yugānte sarvabhūtāni saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ

It burned that terror-stricken army in the battle, O Bharata, as the fire Samvartaka burns all beings at the end of the age.

Verse 32 (7.202.32)

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवीं सेनां दह्यमानां महाहवे । प्रहृष्टास्तावका राजन्सिंहनादान्विनेदिरे ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ dahyamānāṃ mahāhave | prahṛṣṭāstāvakā rājansiṃhanādānvinedire

Seeing the Pandava army burning in that great battle, your men, O king, let out lion-roars of joy.

Verse 33 (7.202.33)

ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि नानालिङ्गानि भारत । तूर्णमाजघ्निरे हृष्टास्तावका जितकाशिनः ॥

tatastūryasahasrāṇi nānāliṅgāni bhārata | tūrṇamājaghnire hṛṣṭāstāvakā jitakāśinaḥ

Then thousands of instruments of many kinds, O Bharata, were struck in haste by your men, exultant and boasting of victory.

Verse 34 (7.202.34)

कृत्स्ना ह्यक्षौहिणी राजन्सव्यसाची च पाण्डवः । तमसा संवृते लोके नादृश्यन्त महाहवे ॥

kṛtsnā hyakṣauhiṇī rājansavyasācī ca pāṇḍavaḥ | tamasā saṃvṛte loke nādṛśyanta mahāhave

The whole akshauhini, O king, and Savyasachi the Pandava, were not to be seen in that great battle, for the world was wrapped in darkness.

Verse 35 (7.202.35)

नैव नस्तादृशं राजन्दृष्टपूर्वं न च श्रुतम् । यादृशं द्रोणपुत्रेण सृष्टमस्त्रममर्षिणा ॥

naiva nastādṛśaṃ rājandṛṣṭapūrvaṃ na ca śrutam | yādṛśaṃ droṇaputreṇa sṛṣṭamastramamarṣiṇā

We have never before seen or heard, O king, of anything like the weapon that Drona's son, in his wrath, let loose.

Verse 36 (7.202.36)

अर्जुनस्तु महाराज ब्राह्ममस्त्रमुदैरयत् । सर्वास्त्रप्रतिघातार्थं विहितं पद्मयोनिना ॥

arjunastu mahārāja brāhmamastramudairayat | sarvāstrapratighātārthaṃ vihitaṃ padmayoninā

But Arjuna, O great king, sent forth the Brahma weapon, which the lotus-born Brahma devised to counter all weapons.

Verse 37 (7.202.37)

ततो मुहूर्तादिव तत्तमो व्युपशशाम ह । प्रववौ चानिलः शीतो दिशश्च विमला बभुः ॥

tato muhūrtādiva tattamo vyupaśaśāma ha | pravavau cānilaḥ śīto diśaśca vimalā babhuḥ

Then, in a moment, that darkness vanished; a cool wind blew and the quarters shone clear.

Verse 38 (7.202.38)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम कृत्स्नामक्षौहिणीं हताम् । अनभिज्ञेयरूपां च प्रदग्धामस्त्रतेजसा ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma kṛtsnāmakṣauhiṇīṃ hatām | anabhijñeyarūpāṃ ca pradagdhāmastratejasā

There we saw a marvel: the entire akshauhini destroyed, its forms no longer recognizable, burnt by the power of the weapon.

Verse 39 (7.202.39)

ततो वीरौ महेष्वासौ विमुक्तौ केशवार्जुनौ । सहितौ प्रत्यदृश्येतां नभसीव तमोनुदौ । ततो गाण्डीवधन्वा च केशवश्चाक्षतावुभौ ॥

tato vīrau maheṣvāsau vimuktau keśavārjunau | sahitau pratyadṛśyetāṃ nabhasīva tamonudau | tato gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca keśavaścākṣatāvubhau

Then the two heroes, the great archers Keshava and Arjuna, freed from it, came into view together, like the two dispellers of darkness in the sky. And the wielder of Gandiva and Keshava, both unharmed, appeared.

Note on the text: Corrected गण्डीवधनन्वा → गाण्डीवधन्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā and the conjunct are mangled; CE gāṇḍīvadhanvā). Lines 1–2 = CE 7.172.35a and 35c; line 3 = CE star passage 7.172.35d*1422_01.

Verse 40 (7.202.40)

सपताकध्वजहयः सानुकर्षवरायुधः । प्रबभौ सरथो युक्तस्तावकानां भयङ्करः ॥

sapatākadhvajahayaḥ sānukarṣavarāyudhaḥ | prababhau saratho yuktastāvakānāṃ bhayaṅkaraḥ

The chariot, yoked, with its banners, standards and horses, its undercarriage and fine weapons, shone forth, a terror to your men.

Verse 41 (7.202.41)

ततः किलकिलाशब्दः शङ्खभेरीस्वनैः सह । पाण्डवानां प्रहृष्टानां क्षणेन समजायत ॥

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ śaṅkhabherīsvanaiḥ saha | pāṇḍavānāṃ prahṛṣṭānāṃ kṣaṇena samajāyata

Then, in an instant, a clamour of shouts rose from the delighted Pandavas, mingled with the sound of conches and kettledrums.

Verse 42 (7.202.42)

हताविति तयोरासीत्सेनयोरुभयोर्मतिः । तरसाऽभ्यागतौ दृष्ट्वा सहितौ केशवार्जुनौ ॥

hatāviti tayorāsītsenayorubhayormatiḥ | tarasā'bhyāgatau dṛṣṭvā sahitau keśavārjunau

Both armies had believed the two to be slain; but seeing Keshava and Arjuna swiftly return together,

Note on the text: Corrected कैशवार्जुनौ → केशवार्जुनौ (misprint in Wikisource; कैशव is not the name; CE keśavārjunau). Line 2 otherwise differs from CE 7.172.38c (CE vimuktau for W सहितौ), kept as a variant.

Verse 43 (7.202.43)

तावक्षतौ प्रमुदितौ दध्मतुर्वारिजोत्तमौ । दृष्ट्वा प्रमुदितान्पार्थांस्त्वदीया व्यथिताऽभवन् ॥

tāvakṣatau pramuditau dadhmaturvārijottamau | dṛṣṭvā pramuditānpārthāṃstvadīyā vyathitā'bhavan

unharmed and joyful, they blew their excellent conches; seeing the Parthas rejoice, your men were struck with distress.

Verse 44 (7.202.44)

विमुक्तौ च महात्मानौ दृष्ट्वा द्रौणिः सुदुःखितः । मुहूर्तं चिन्तयामास किन्त्वेतदिति मारिष ॥

vimuktau ca mahātmānau dṛṣṭvā drauṇiḥ suduḥkhitaḥ | muhūrtaṃ cintayāmāsa kintvetaditi māriṣa

Seeing the two great-souled ones freed, Drona's son was deeply pained. For a moment he thought, "What can this be?", O sir.

Verse 45 (7.202.45)

चिन्तयित्वा तु राजेन्द्र ध्यानशोकपरायणः । निःश्वसन्दीर्घमुष्णं च विमनाश्चाभवत्ततः ॥

cintayitvā tu rājendra dhyānaśokaparāyaṇaḥ | niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca vimanāścābhavattataḥ

Having reflected, O king of kings, sunk in thought and grief, he sighed long and hot, and became despondent.

Verse 46 (7.202.46)

ततो द्रौणिर्धनुस्त्यक्त्वा रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य वेगितः । धिग्धिक्सर्वमिदं मिथ्येत्युक्त्वा सम्प्राद्रवद्रणात् ॥

tato drauṇirdhanustyaktvā rathātpraskandya vegitaḥ | dhigdhiksarvamidaṃ mithyetyuktvā samprādravadraṇāt

Then Drona's son threw down his bow, sprang swiftly from his chariot and, crying "Shame, shame! All this is false," fled from the battle.

Verse 47 (7.202.47)

ततः स्निग्धाम्बुदाभासं वेदावासमकल्मषम् । वेदव्यासं सरस्वत्यावासं व्यासं ददर्श ह ॥

tataḥ snigdhāmbudābhāsaṃ vedāvāsamakalmaṣam | vedavyāsaṃ sarasvatyāvāsaṃ vyāsaṃ dadarśa ha

Then he saw Vyasa, bright as a dark rain-cloud, sinless, the very dwelling of the Vedas, Vedavyasa, the abode of Sarasvati.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.43a; line 2 corresponds to CE 7.172.43c in a different wording (CE āvāsaṃ ca sarasvatyāḥ sa vai vyāsaṃ dadarśa ha).

Verse 48 (7.202.48)

तं द्रौणिरग्रतो दृष्ट्वा स्थितं कुरुकुलोद्वहम् । सन्नकण्ठोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यमभिवाद्य सुदीनवत् ॥

taṃ drauṇiragrato dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ kurukulodvaham | sannakaṇṭho'bravīdvākyamabhivādya sudīnavat

Seeing him standing before him, O scion of the Kuru house, Drona's son bowed, and with a choking voice spoke in great distress.

Verse 49 (7.202.49)

भोभो माया यदृच्छा वा दैवं वा किमिदं भवेत् । अस्त्रं त्विदं कथं मिथ्या मम कश्च व्यतिक्रमः ॥

bhobho māyā yadṛcchā vā daivaṃ vā kimidaṃ bhavet | astraṃ tvidaṃ kathaṃ mithyā mama kaśca vyatikramaḥ

Alas! Is this illusion, or chance, or fate? What can it be? How has this weapon failed, and what fault is mine?

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama's words to Vyasa (verses 49–54) have no printed heading and fill whole verses, so they are given to Ashvatthama; the input had Sanjaya. Lines = CE 7.172.45a (variant: CE na vidmaḥ kim idaṃ bhavet) and 45c.

Verse 50 (7.202.50)

अधरोत्तरमेतद्वा लोकानां वा पराभवः । यदिमौ जीवतः कृष्णौ कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥

adharottarametadvā lokānāṃ vā parābhavaḥ | yadimau jīvataḥ kṛṣṇau kālo hi duratikramaḥ

Is this an overturning of all things, or the downfall of the worlds, that these two Krishnas are alive? Time is truly hard to cross.

Verse 51 (7.202.51)

नासुरा न च गन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः । न सर्पा यक्षपतगा न मनुष्याः कथञ्चन ॥

nāsurā na ca gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | na sarpā yakṣapatagā na manuṣyāḥ kathañcana

Neither asuras, nor gandharvas, nor pishachas, nor rakshasas, neither serpents, yakshas, nor birds, nor men in any way

Verse 52 (7.202.52)

उत्सहन्तेऽन्यथा कर्तुमेतदस्त्रं मयेरितम् । तदिदं केवलं हत्वा शान्तमक्षौहिणीं ज्वलत् ॥

utsahante'nyathā kartumetadastraṃ mayeritam | tadidaṃ kevalaṃ hatvā śāntamakṣauhiṇīṃ jvalat

can make this weapon, which I have sent forth, work otherwise. Yet this blazing weapon, after destroying merely an akshauhini, has become quiet.

Verse 53 (7.202.53)

सर्वघानि मया मुक्तमस्त्रं परमदारुणम् । केनेमौ मर्त्यधर्माणौ नाधाक्षीत्केशवार्जुनौ ॥

sarvaghāni mayā muktamastraṃ paramadāruṇam | kenemau martyadharmāṇau nādhākṣītkeśavārjunau

The weapon that I loosed, the most dreadful, that slays all: by what means did it not burn these two, Keshava and Arjuna, who are subject to mortal law?

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.172.48d*1425_01 (placed after 48c); line 2 = CE 7.172.49a (variant: CE nāvadhīt, W नाधाक्षीत्).

Verse 54 (7.202.54)

एतत्प्रब्रूहि भगवन्मया पृष्टो यथातथम् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन सर्वमेतन्महामुने ॥

etatprabrūhi bhagavanmayā pṛṣṭo yathātatham | śrotumicchāmi tattvena sarvametanmahāmune

Tell me this, venerable one, as I ask you, exactly as it is. I wish to hear all of it in truth, O great sage.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.49c; line 2 = CE star passage 7.172.49d*1426_01.

Verse 55 (7.202.55)

महान्तमेवमर्थं मां यं त्वं पृच्छसि विस्मयात् । तं प्रवक्ष्यामि ते सर्वं समाधाय मनः शृणु ॥

mahāntamevamarthaṃ māṃ yaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi vismayāt | taṃ pravakṣyāmi te sarvaṃ samādhāya manaḥ śṛṇu

This great matter that you ask me about in wonder, I shall tell you in full. Listen, with your mind collected.

Verse 56 (7.202.56)

योऽसौ नारायणो नाम पूर्वेषामपि पूर्वजः । आदिदेवो जगन्नाथो लोककर्ता स्वयं प्रभुः ॥

yo'sau nārāyaṇo nāma pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajaḥ | ādidevo jagannātho lokakartā svayaṃ prabhuḥ

He who is called Narayana, the first-born even among the ancients, the primal God, lord of the universe, maker of the worlds, himself the master,

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick opening the star passage. Line 1 = CE 7.172.51a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.172.51b*1428_01. The star block *1428_01–10 runs through verse 61 (its closing apostrophe, removed, ends verse 61). Speaker: Vyasa (printed heading व्यास उवाच at 55).

Verse 57 (7.202.57)

आद्यः सर्वस्य लोकस्य अनादिनिधनोऽच्युतः । व्याकुर्वते यस्य तत्त्वं श्रुतयो मुनयश्च ह ॥

ādyaḥ sarvasya lokasya anādinidhano'cyutaḥ | vyākurvate yasya tattvaṃ śrutayo munayaśca ha

the beginning of this whole world, without beginning or end, the unfallen, whose truth the Vedas and the sages declare,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its lines appear there as star passages 7.172.51b*1428_02–03 (after 7.172.51a).

Verse 58 (7.202.58)

अतोऽजय्यः सर्वभूतैर्मनसाऽपि जगत्पतिः । तस्मादिमं जेतुकामोऽज्ञानतमसा वृतः ॥

ato'jayyaḥ sarvabhūtairmanasā'pi jagatpatiḥ | tasmādimaṃ jetukāmo'jñānatamasā vṛtaḥ

and so unconquerable by all beings even in thought, the lord of the world. You, wishing to conquer him, are wrapped in the darkness of ignorance.

Note on the text: Corrected जेतुकाम अज्ञानतमसा → जेतुकामोऽज्ञानतमसा (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga/o of the nominative is lost; CE jetukāmo ajñānatamasā). Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines appear there as star passages 7.172.51b*1428_04–05.

Verse 59 (7.202.59)

मा शुचः पुरुषव्याघ्र विद्वि तद्वदिहार्जुनम् । तस्य शक्तिरसौ पार्थस्तस्माच्छोकमिमं त्यज ॥

mā śucaḥ puruṣavyāghra vidvi tadvadihārjunam | tasya śaktirasau pārthastasmācchokamimaṃ tyaja

Do not grieve, tiger among men; know that Arjuna is of the same kind as he. This Partha is his power; therefore give up this grief.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थास्तस्माच्छोकम् → पार्थस्तस्माच्छोकम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā in पार्थास्; CE pārthas tasmāc chokam). Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines appear there as star passages 7.172.51b*1428_06–07.

Verse 60 (7.202.60)

विश्वेश्वरोऽयं लोकादिः परमात्मा ह्यधोक्षजः । सहस्रसंहितादंशादेकांशोऽयमजायत ॥

viśveśvaro'yaṃ lokādiḥ paramātmā hyadhokṣajaḥ | sahasrasaṃhitādaṃśādekāṃśo'yamajāyata

This is the lord of the universe, the origin of the worlds, the supreme self, Adhokshaja; from a portion of his thousandfold whole, this one part was born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines appear there as star passages 7.172.51b*1428_08–09 (variants: CE viśveśvaro ’tha lokādiḥ; sahasrasaṃmitād aṃśād).

Verse 61 (7.202.61)

देवानां हितकामार्थं लोकानां चैव सत्तमः । अजायत च कार्यार्थं पुत्रो धर्मस्य विश्वकृत् ॥

devānāṃ hitakāmārthaṃ lokānāṃ caiva sattamaḥ | ajāyata ca kāryārthaṃ putro dharmasya viśvakṛt

for the good of the gods and of the worlds, O best of beings; and he was born, for a purpose, as the son of Dharma, the maker of all.

Note on the text: Removed the stray apostrophe closing the star passage. Line 1 = CE star passage 7.172.51b*1428_10; line 2 = CE 7.172.51c.

Verse 62 (7.202.62)

स तपस्तीव्रमातस्थे शिशिरं गिरिमास्थितः । ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्महातेजा ज्वलनादित्यसन्निभः ॥

sa tapastīvramātasthe śiśiraṃ girimāsthitaḥ | ūrdhvabāhurmahātejā jvalanādityasannibhaḥ

He undertook fierce austerities, dwelling on the Shishira mountain, with his arms raised, of great splendour, blazing like fire and sun.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.172.52a (CE mainākaṃ girim āsthitaḥ; W शिशिरं गिरिम्, the Himalaya). Kept as a recension variant.

Verse 63 (7.202.63)

षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च । अशोषयत्तदाऽऽत्मानं वायुभक्षोऽम्बुजेक्षणः ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca | aśoṣayattadā''tmānaṃ vāyubhakṣo'mbujekṣaṇaḥ

For sixty thousand years and as many hundreds, living on air alone, that lotus-eyed one wasted his own body.

Verse 64 (7.202.64)

अथापरं तपस्तप्त्वा द्विस्ततोऽन्यत्पुनर्महत् । द्यावापृथिव्योर्विवरं तेजसा समपूरयत् ॥

athāparaṃ tapastaptvā dvistato'nyatpunarmahat | dyāvāpṛthivyorvivaraṃ tejasā samapūrayat

Then, practising another austerity, twice again and greater still, he filled the space between heaven and earth with his radiance.

Verse 65 (7.202.65)

स तेन तपसा तात ब्रह्मभूतो यदाऽभवत् । ततो विश्वेश्वरं योनिं विश्वस्य जगतः पतिम् । ददर्श भृशदुर्धर्षं सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतम् ॥

sa tena tapasā tāta brahmabhūto yadā'bhavat | tato viśveśvaraṃ yoniṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim | dadarśa bhṛśadurdharṣaṃ sarvadevairabhiṣṭutam

When, my son, through that austerity he had become one with Brahman, he beheld the lord of the universe, the womb of the whole world and its master, hard to approach, praised by all the gods.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.172.55a, 55c and 56a (line 3 differs: CE sarvadevair apīśvaram).

Verse 66 (7.202.66)

अणीयांसमणुभ्यश्च बृहद्भ्यश्च बृहत्तमम् । रुद्रमीशानवृषभं हरं शंभुं कपर्दिनम् ॥

aṇīyāṃsamaṇubhyaśca bṛhadbhyaśca bṛhattamam | rudramīśānavṛṣabhaṃ haraṃ śaṃbhuṃ kapardinam

Smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest: Rudra, Ishana, the bull among lords, Hara, Shambhu, the matted-haired one,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.56c; line 2 = CE 7.172.57a (first half: rudram īśānam ṛṣabham) with the star passage 7.172.57a*1430_01 (haraṃ śaṃbhuṃ kapardinam).

Verse 67 (7.202.67)

चेकितानं परां योनिं तिष्ठतो गच्छतश्च ह । दुर्वारणं सुदुर्धर्षं दुर्निरीक्ष्यं दुरासदम् । अतिमन्युं महात्मानं सर्वभूतप्रचेतसम् ॥

cekitānaṃ parāṃ yoniṃ tiṣṭhato gacchataśca ha | durvāraṇaṃ sudurdharṣaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ durāsadam | atimanyuṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvabhūtapracetasam

the one who knows, the supreme womb of all that stands and all that moves; hard to restrain, hard to withstand, hard to look upon, hard to approach; of great fury, great-souled, the mind of all beings.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.172.57a (second half) and 57c, in different words; lines 2–3 = CE star passage 7.172.58c*1431_01–02.

Verse 68 (7.202.68)

दिव्यं चापमिषुधी चाददानं । हिरण्यवर्माणमनन्तवीर्यम् । पिनाकिनं वज्रिणं दीप्तशूलं । परश्वथिं गदिनं चायतासिम् ॥

divyaṃ cāpamiṣudhī cādadānaṃ | hiraṇyavarmāṇamanantavīryam | pinākinaṃ vajriṇaṃ dīptaśūlaṃ | paraśvathiṃ gadinaṃ cāyatāsim

He bears a divine bow and a pair of quivers, is clad in golden armour, and has endless might; he holds the Pinaka, the thunderbolt, the blazing trident, the axe, the mace and a long sword.

Note on the text: Lines (one pāda each) = CE 7.172.58c and 59a.

Verse 69 (7.202.69)

सुभ्रुं जटामण्डलचन्द्रमौलिं । व्याघ्राजिनं परिघं दण्डपाणिम् । शुभाङ्गदं नागयज्ञोपवीतिं । विश्वैर्गणैः शोभितं भूतसङ्घैः । एकीभूतं तपसां सन्निधानं । वचोधिकैः सुष्टुतमिष्टवाग्भिः ॥

subhruṃ jaṭāmaṇḍalacandramauliṃ | vyāghrājinaṃ parighaṃ daṇḍapāṇim | śubhāṅgadaṃ nāgayajñopavītiṃ | viśvairgaṇaiḥ śobhitaṃ bhūtasaṅghaiḥ | ekībhūtaṃ tapasāṃ sannidhānaṃ | vacodhikaiḥ suṣṭutamiṣṭavāgbhiḥ

with fair brows, the moon in his crown of matted locks, clad in a tiger-skin, holding an iron club and a staff; wearing bright armlets and a serpent for his sacred thread, adorned by all the hosts of beings, the very gathering-place of austerities, well praised by the foremost in speech with chosen words.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (7.172.59c, 60a, and the first half of 60c): Wikisource prints only this verse's last line (5-202-69f; the letter f shows that five lines are lost). Lines 1–2 = CE 59c (subhruṃ jaṭāmaṇḍalacandramauliṃ / vyāghrājinaṃ parighaṃ daṇḍapāṇim); lines 3–4 = CE 60a (śubhāṅgadaṃ nāgayajñopavītiṃ / viśvair gaṇaiḥ śobhitaṃ bhūtasaṃghaiḥ); line 5 = the first half of CE 60c (ekībhūtaṃ tapasāṃ saṃnidhānaṃ), written in the critical edition's words. Line 6 is Wikisource's own surviving line (CE reads vayotigaiḥ suṣṭutam iṣṭavāgbhiḥ), kept unchanged.

Verse 70 (7.202.70)

जलं दिशं खं क्षितिं चन्द्रसूर्यौ । हुताशवायुप्रतिमं सुरेशम् । नालं द्रष्टुं यं जना भिन्नवृत्ता । ब्रह्मद्विषघ्नममृतस्य योनिम् ॥

jalaṃ diśaṃ khaṃ kṣitiṃ candrasūryau | hutāśavāyupratimaṃ sureśam | nālaṃ draṣṭuṃ yaṃ janā bhinnavṛttā | brahmadviṣaghnamamṛtasya yonim

He is the like of water, the quarters, sky and earth, moon and sun, fire and wind, the lord of the gods, whom men of divided ways cannot look upon, the slayer of those who hate Brahman, the womb of the immortal.

Note on the text: Lines (one pāda each) correspond to CE 7.172.61a and 61c, with variants (W हुताशवायुप्रतिमं सुरेशम् for CE tathā vāyvagnī pratimānaṃ jagac ca; W नालं द्रष्टुं यं जना भिन्नवृत्ता for CE nālaṃ draṣṭuṃ yamajaṃ bhinnavṛttā).

Verse 71 (7.202.71)

यं पश्यन्ति ब्राह्मणाः साधुवृत्ताः । क्षीणे पापे मनसा वीतशोकाः । तन्निष्ठात्मा तपसा धर्ममीड्यं । तद्भक्त्या वै विश्वरूपं ददर्श ॥

yaṃ paśyanti brāhmaṇāḥ sādhuvṛttāḥ | kṣīṇe pāpe manasā vītaśokāḥ | tanniṣṭhātmā tapasā dharmamīḍyaṃ | tadbhaktyā vai viśvarūpaṃ dadarśa

Righteous brahmins see him when sin has dwindled and the mind is free of grief. With his whole being fixed on him, through austerity he beheld the adorable Dharma, and through devotion to him he beheld the universal form.

Note on the text: Lines (one pāda each) = CE 7.172.62a and 62c.

Verse 72 (7.202.72)

दृष्ट्वा चैनं वाड्मनोबुद्धिदेहैः । संहृष्टात्मा मुमुदे वासुदेवः ॥

dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ vāḍmanobuddhidehaiḥ | saṃhṛṣṭātmā mumude vāsudevaḥ

Seeing him with speech, mind, intellect and body, Vasudeva rejoiced, glad in spirit.

Note on the text: Lines (one pāda each) correspond to CE 7.172.62e (variant: W संहृष्टात्मा मुमुदे वासुदेवः for CE saṃhṛṣṭātmā mumude devadevam).

Verse 73 (7.202.73)

अक्षमालापरिक्षिप्तं ज्योतिषां परमं निधिम् । रुद्रं नारायणो दृष्ट्वा ववन्दे विश्वसम्भवम् ॥

akṣamālāparikṣiptaṃ jyotiṣāṃ paramaṃ nidhim | rudraṃ nārāyaṇo dṛṣṭvā vavande viśvasambhavam

Narayana, seeing Rudra, wreathed in a rosary, the supreme treasure of all lights, the source of the universe, bowed to him.

Verse 74 (7.202.74)

वरदं पृथुचार्वङ्ग्या पार्वत्या सहितं प्रभुम् । क्रीडमानं महात्मानं भूतसङ्घगणैर्वृतम् ॥

varadaṃ pṛthucārvaṅgyā pārvatyā sahitaṃ prabhum | krīḍamānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhūtasaṅghagaṇairvṛtam

Seeing the lord, the giver of boons, in the company of Parvati of the broad and lovely hips, at play, great-souled, surrounded by hosts of beings,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.172.64a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.172.64b*1434_01.

Verse 75 (7.202.75)

अजमीशानमव्यक्तं कारणात्मानमच्युतम् । अभिवाद्याथ रुद्राय सद्योऽन्धकनिपातिने । पद्माक्षस्तं विरूपाक्षमभितुष्टाव भक्तिमान् ॥

ajamīśānamavyaktaṃ kāraṇātmānamacyutam | abhivādyātha rudrāya sadyo'ndhakanipātine | padmākṣastaṃ virūpākṣamabhituṣṭāva bhaktimān

the unborn, the Ruler, the unmanifest, the cause-self, the unfallen, the lotus-eyed one saluted Rudra, who at once slays Andhaka, and full of devotion praised that Virupaksha.

Note on the text: Corrected विरुपाक्षम् → विरूपाक्षम् (misprint in Wikisource; the short ु is wrong in this name; CE virūpākṣam). Line 1 = CE 7.172.64c; lines 2–3 = CE 7.172.65a and 65c.

Verse 76 (7.202.76)

त्वत्सम्भूता भूतकृतो वरेण्य । गोप्तारोऽद्य भुवनं पूर्वदेवाः । आविश्येमां धरणीं येऽभ्यरक्षन् । पुरा पुराणां तव देव सृष्टिम् । सुरासुरान्नागरक्षःपिशाचान् । नरान्सुपर्णानथ गन्धर्वयक्षान् ॥

tvatsambhūtā bhūtakṛto vareṇya | goptāro'dya bhuvanaṃ pūrvadevāḥ | āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye'bhyarakṣan | purā purāṇāṃ tava deva sṛṣṭim | surāsurānnāgarakṣaḥpiśācān | narānsuparṇānatha gandharvayakṣān

Sprung from you, O most excellent one, are the makers of beings, the ancient gods, who are now the guardians of the world, who entered this earth and in the beginning protected your ancient creation, O God; and the gods and demons, the nagas, rakshasas and pishachas, the men, the birds, the gandharvas and yakshas,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (7.172.66a, 66c and 67a): Wikisource prints only the tail of this verse, the row beginning न्नरान्सुपर्णानथ गन्धर्वयक्षान् (5-202-76d), which is the second half of CE 67a with its first letters cut off. Lines 1–2 = CE 66a (tvat saṃbhūtā bhūtakṛto vareṇya / goptāro ’dya bhuvanaṃ pūrvadevāḥ); lines 3–4 = CE 66c (āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye ’bhyarakṣan / purā purāṇāṃ tava deva sṛṣṭim); line 5 = the first half of CE 67a (surāsurān nāgarakṣaḥpiśācān). Line 6 is Wikisource's surviving line with the cut-off न् (the end of the sandhi with the missing line) removed: न्नरान्सुपर्णानथ → नरान्सुपर्णानथ. The verse continues in verse 77.

Verse 77 (7.202.77)

पृथग्विधान्भूतसङ्घांश्च विश्वांस् । त्वत्सम्भूतान्विद्म सर्वांस्तथैव ॥

pṛthagvidhānbhūtasaṅghāṃśca viśvāṃs | tvatsambhūtānvidma sarvāṃstathaiva

and all the various hosts of beings, all these we know to be sprung from you.

Note on the text: Removed the page's "--" and the broken sandhi at the line division: विश्वां-- / स्त्वत्सम्भूतान् → विश्वांस् / त्वत्सम्भूतान् (the critical edition divides the pādas as viśvāṃs / tvatsaṃbhūtān). Lines = CE 7.172.67c.

Verse 78 (7.202.78)

ऐन्द्रं याम्यं वारुणं वैत्तपाल्यं । पैत्रं त्वाष्ट्रं कर्म सौम्यं च तुभ्यम् ॥

aindraṃ yāmyaṃ vāruṇaṃ vaittapālyaṃ | paitraṃ tvāṣṭraṃ karma saumyaṃ ca tubhyam

The rites of Indra, Yama, Varuna and Kubera, of the fathers, of Tvashtri and of Soma are all for you.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.172.67e (variant: W पैत्रं, CE maitraṃ).

Verse 79 (7.202.79)

रूपं ज्योतिः शब्द आकाशवायुः । स्पर्शः स्वाद्यं सलिलं गन्ध उर्वी । कालो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणाश्च । त्वत्सम्भूताः स्थास्नु चरिष्णु चेदम् ॥

rūpaṃ jyotiḥ śabda ākāśavāyuḥ | sparśaḥ svādyaṃ salilaṃ gandha urvī | kālo brahmā brahma ca brāhmaṇāśca | tvatsambhūtāḥ sthāsnu cariṣṇu cedam

Form, light, sound, ether and wind, touch, taste, water, smell, earth, Time, Brahma, the Veda and the brahmins: all this, moving and unmoving, is sprung from you.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.172.68a and 68c (variant: W कालो, "Time", for CE kāmo).

Verse 80 (7.202.80)

अद्भ्यः स्तोका यान्ति यथा पृथक्त्वं । ताभिश्चैक्यं संक्षये यान्ति भूयः । एवं विद्वान्प्रभवं चाप्ययं च । त्वत्सम्भूतं तव सायुज्यमेति ॥

adbhyaḥ stokā yānti yathā pṛthaktvaṃ | tābhiścaikyaṃ saṃkṣaye yānti bhūyaḥ | evaṃ vidvānprabhavaṃ cāpyayaṃ ca | tvatsambhūtaṃ tava sāyujyameti

As drops of water go their separate ways and again unite with those waters at dissolution, so the man who knows the origin and the end, sprung from you, attains union with you.

Note on the text: Corrected ताथिश्चैक्यं → ताभिश्चैक्यं (misprint in Wikisource; थ for भ; CE tābhiś caikyaṃ). Corrected त्वसम्भूतं → त्वत्सम्भूतं (misprint in Wikisource; the त् is dropped, which also breaks the metre; the same word is in verses 77, 79 and 81). Lines (one pāda each) correspond to CE 7.172.69a and 69c; the last line differs from the CE (hitvā bhūtānāṃ tatra sāyujyam eti).

Verse 81 (7.202.81)

दिव्यावृतौ मानसौ द्वौ सुपर्णाव् । अवाक्शाखः पिप्पलः सप्त गोपाः । वाचश्चार्था देवता लोकपालाः । लोकानन्ये ये पुरा धारयन्ति । गता हि तेभ्यः परमं तत्परं च । त्वत्सम्भूतास्ते च तेभ्यः परस्त्वम् ॥

divyāvṛtau mānasau dvau suparṇāv | avākśākhaḥ pippalaḥ sapta gopāḥ | vācaścārthā devatā lokapālāḥ | lokānanye ye purā dhārayanti | gatā hi tebhyaḥ paramaṃ tatparaṃ ca | tvatsambhūtāste ca tebhyaḥ parastvam

The two mind-born winged ones in their heavenly sheath, the tree with its branches turned downward, the pippala, the seven guardians; speech and its meanings, the deities, the guardians of the worlds, and the others who of old uphold the worlds: for them there is the highest, and beyond that again. They are sprung from you, and you are beyond them.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only this verse's last line (5-202-81f; the letter f shows that five lines are lost). Lines 1–2 = CE 7.172.70a (divyāvṛtau mānasau dvau suparṇāv / avākśākhaḥ pippalaḥ sapta gopāḥ); lines 3–5 = CE star passage 7.172.70d*1436_01–03 (vācaś cārthā devatā lokapālā / lokān anye ye purā dhārayanti / gatā hi tebhyaḥ paramaṃ tatparaṃ ca), written in the critical edition's words. Line 6 is Wikisource's surviving line, which is exactly CE *1436_04. The choice of 70a plus *1436 follows from that last line, which belongs to the *1436 block, and from the six lines the letter f requires; the vulgate's own wording of the lost lines is uncertain.

Verse 82 (7.202.82)

भूतं भव्यं भविता चाप्रधृष्यं । त्वत्सम्भूता भुवनानीह विश्वा । भक्तं च मां भजमानं भजस्व । प्रीत्या मां वै लोकपितामहेश ॥

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavitā cāpradhṛṣyaṃ | tvatsambhūtā bhuvanānīha viśvā | bhaktaṃ ca māṃ bhajamānaṃ bhajasva | prītyā māṃ vai lokapitāmaheśa

The past, the future and what is yet to come, the unassailable: all the worlds here are sprung from you. Accept me, your devotee who worships you, and favour me with love, O lord even of the grandsire of the worlds.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.172.70e; lines 3–4 correspond to CE 71a (bhaktaṃ ca māṃ bhajamānaṃ bhajasva; W then reads प्रीत्या मां वै लोकपितामहेश for CE mā rīriṣo mām ahitāhitena).

Verse 83 (7.202.83)

आत्मानं त्वामात्मनोऽनन्यभावो । विद्वानेवं गच्छति ब्रह्म शुक्रम् । अस्तौषं त्वां तव सम्मानमिच्छन् । विचिन्वन्वै सवृषं देववर्य । सुदुर्लभान्देहि वरान्ममेष्टान् । अभिष्टुतः प्रविकार्षीश्च मायाम् ॥

ātmānaṃ tvāmātmano'nanyabhāvo | vidvānevaṃ gacchati brahma śukram | astauṣaṃ tvāṃ tava sammānamicchan | vicinvanvai savṛṣaṃ devavarya | sudurlabhāndehi varānmameṣṭān | abhiṣṭutaḥ pravikārṣīśca māyām

Knowing thus, the man of single-minded devotion goes to you as his own self, to Brahman, the pure. I have praised you, desiring your regard, searching for you with the Bull-banner, O best of gods. Grant me the boons I desire, though hard to obtain; and being praised, do not cast your illusion on me.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only the tail of this verse, the row नभिष्टुतः प्रविकार्षीश्च मायाम् (5-202-83f; the letter f shows that five lines are lost). Lines 1–2 = CE 7.172.71c (ātmānaṃ tvām ātmano ’nanyabhāvo / vidvān evaṃ gacchati brahma śukram); lines 3–4 = CE 72a (astauṣaṃ tvāṃ tava saṃmānam icchan / vicinvan vai savṛṣaṃ devavarya); line 5 = the first half of CE 72c (sudurlabhān dehi varān mameṣṭān). Line 6 is Wikisource's surviving line, with the cut-off न् (the end of the sandhi with the missing line, ममेष्टान्नभिष्टुतः) removed and the अ restored: नभिष्टुतः → अभिष्टुतः. W's प्रविकार्षीश्च मायाम् differs from CE pratikārṣīś ca mā mām and is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 84 (7.202.84)

तस्मै वरानचिन्त्यात्मा देवदेवः पिनाकधृत् । विष्णवे देवमुख्याय प्रायच्छदृषिसंस्तुतः ॥

tasmai varānacintyātmā devadevaḥ pinākadhṛt | viṣṇave devamukhyāya prāyacchadṛṣisaṃstutaḥ

To that Vishnu, foremost of the gods, the God of gods, of inconceivable nature, the wielder of the Pinaka, praised by the sages, granted boons.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 7.172.73a and 73c, in different words (CE tasmai varān acintyātmā nīlakaṇṭhaḥ pinākadhṛk / arhate devamukhyāya prāyacchad ṛṣisaṃstutaḥ).

Verse 85 (7.202.85)

मत्प्रसादान्मनुष्येषु देवगन्धर्वयोनिषु । अप्रमेयबलात्मा त्वं नारायण भविष्यसि ॥

matprasādānmanuṣyeṣu devagandharvayoniṣu | aprameyabalātmā tvaṃ nārāyaṇa bhaviṣyasi

By my grace, among men, gods and gandharvas, you will be Narayana, of immeasurable strength.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page's heading श्रीभगवानुवाच (the critical edition's heading at 7.172.74 is nīlakaṇṭha uvāca; this is Shiva). The page keeps this speaker through verse 101; verses 90–101 are given to Vyasa below.

Verse 86 (7.202.86)

न च त्वां प्रसहिष्यन्ति देवासुरमहोरगाः । न पिशाचा न गन्धर्वा न यक्षा न च राक्षसाः ॥

na ca tvāṃ prasahiṣyanti devāsuramahoragāḥ | na piśācā na gandharvā na yakṣā na ca rākṣasāḥ

Neither gods, asuras nor great serpents will withstand you, nor pishachas, gandharvas, yakshas or rakshasas,

Verse 87 (7.202.87)

न सुपर्णास्तथा नागा न च विश्वे वियोनिजाः । न कश्चित्त्वां च देवोऽपि समरेषु विजेष्यति ॥

na suparṇāstathā nāgā na ca viśve viyonijāḥ | na kaścittvāṃ ca devo'pi samareṣu vijeṣyati

nor the suparnas or the nagas, nor any of the beasts born of other wombs; no one, not even a god, will conquer you in battle.

Verse 88 (7.202.88)

न शस्त्रेण न वज्रेण नाग्निना न च वारिणा । न चार्द्रेण न शुष्केण त्रसेन स्थावरेण च ॥

na śastreṇa na vajreṇa nāgninā na ca vāriṇā | na cārdreṇa na śuṣkeṇa trasena sthāvareṇa ca

Not by weapon or thunderbolt, not by fire or water, not by the wet or the dry, not by what moves or what stands still,

Verse 89 (7.202.89)

न हस्तेन न पादेन न काष्ठेन न लोष्टुना । कश्चित्तव रुजां कर्ता मत्प्रसादात्कथञ्चन । अपि वै समरं गत्वा भविष्यसि ममाधिकः ॥

na hastena na pādena na kāṣṭhena na loṣṭunā | kaścittava rujāṃ kartā matprasādātkathañcana | api vai samaraṃ gatvā bhaviṣyasi mamādhikaḥ

not by hand or foot, not by wood or clod, will anyone by my grace do you harm in any way; indeed, going into battle you will become greater than I.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.172.77d*1438_01 (placed after 77c); lines 2–3 = CE 7.172.78a and 78c (line 3: W अपि वै, CE api cet).

Verse 90 (7.202.90)

एवमादीन्वराँल्लब्ध्वा प्रसादादथ शूलिनः । स एष देवश्चरति मायया मोहयञ्जगत् ॥

evamādīnvarām̐llabdhvā prasādādatha śūlinaḥ | sa eṣa devaścarati māyayā mohayañjagat

Having received these boons and others by the grace of the Trident-bearer, this god moves about, deluding the world by his illusion.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa. The page has no heading here and keeps Shiva as speaker, but this verse speaks of Shiva in the third person ("by the grace of the Trident-bearer … this god"); the critical edition has व्यास उवाच at 7.172.79. Line 1 corresponds to CE 79a in different words (CE evam ete varā labdhāḥ purastād viddhi śauriṇā); line 2 = CE 79c.

Verse 91 (7.202.91)

तस्यैव तपसा जातो नरो नाम महामुनिः । तुल्यमेतेन देवेन तं जानीह्यर्जुनं सदा ॥

tasyaiva tapasā jāto naro nāma mahāmuniḥ | tulyametena devena taṃ jānīhyarjunaṃ sadā

From his very austerity was born the great sage named Nara; know Arjuna, always, to be the equal of this god.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 92 (7.202.92)

तावेतौ पूर्वदेवानां परमोपचितावृषी । लोकयात्राविधानार्थं दानवानां वधाय च । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सञ्जायेते युगेयुगे ॥

tāvetau pūrvadevānāṃ paramopacitāvṛṣī | lokayātrāvidhānārthaṃ dānavānāṃ vadhāya ca | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sañjāyete yugeyuge

These two are the most richly endowed sages among the ancient gods; for the ordering of the world's course, for the slaying of the danavas and the establishing of dharma, they are born again in every age.

Note on the text: Corrected परमोपचितादृषी → परमोपचितावृषी (misprint in Wikisource; द for व; the sandhi of the dual परमोपचितौ + ऋषी gives -ावृषी; CE paramopacitāv ṛṣī). Lines correspond to CE 7.172.81a and 81c with the star passage 81c*1439_01–02 (**** **** dānavānāṃ vadhāya ca / dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya). Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 93 (7.202.93)

तथैव कर्मणा कृत्स्नं महतस्तपसोऽपि च । तेजो वाग्भिश्च विद्वंस्त्वं जातो रुद्रान्महामते ॥

tathaiva karmaṇā kṛtsnaṃ mahatastapaso'pi ca | tejo vāgbhiśca vidvaṃstvaṃ jāto rudrānmahāmate

In the same way, by all your deeds and your great austerity, by your splendour and your words, O learned one, you were born of Rudra, O wise one.

Note on the text: Corrected तपरसोऽपि → तपसोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; CE tapaso ’pi). Line 2 differs from CE 7.172.82c (CE tejomanyuś ca vidvaṃs tvaṃ jāto raudro mahāmate), kept as a variant. Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 94 (7.202.94)

स भवान्देववत्प्राज्ञो ज्ञात्वा भवमयं जगत् । अवाकर्षस्त्वमात्मानं नियमैस्तत्प्रियेप्सया ॥

sa bhavāndevavatprājño jñātvā bhavamayaṃ jagat | avākarṣastvamātmānaṃ niyamaistatpriyepsayā

You, wise like a god, knowing the world to be made of Bhava, wore down your own body with disciplines, wishing to please him.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 95 (7.202.95)

शुभ्रमत्र हविः कृत्वा महापुरुषविग्रहम् । ईजिवांस्त्वं जपैर्होमैरुपहारैश्च मानद ॥

śubhramatra haviḥ kṛtvā mahāpuruṣavigraham | ījivāṃstvaṃ japairhomairupahāraiśca mānada

Making a pure offering here in the form of the Great Person, you worshipped him with recitations, oblations and gifts, O giver of honour.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.172.84a (CE śubham aurvaṃ navaṃ kṛtvā mahāpuruṣavigraham), kept as a variant. Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 96 (7.202.96)

स तथा पूज्यमानस्ते पूर्वदेवोऽप्यतूतुषत् । पुष्कलांश्च वरान्प्रादात्तव विद्वन्हृदि स्थितान् ॥

sa tathā pūjyamānaste pūrvadevo'pyatūtuṣat | puṣkalāṃśca varānprādāttava vidvanhṛdi sthitān

Thus honoured by you, that ancient god was pleased, and he granted you abundant boons that rested in your heart, O wise one.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 97 (7.202.97)

जन्मकर्मतपोयोगास्तयोस्तव च पुष्कलाः । ताभ्यां लिङ्गेऽर्चितो देवस्त्वयाऽर्चायां युगेयुगे । देवदेवस्त्वचिन्त्यात्मा अजेयो विष्णुसम्भवः ॥

janmakarmatapoyogāstayostava ca puṣkalāḥ | tābhyāṃ liṅge'rcito devastvayā'rcāyāṃ yugeyuge | devadevastvacintyātmā ajeyo viṣṇusambhavaḥ

The births, deeds, austerities and yoga of those two and of yours are abundant. By those two the god was worshipped in the linga, and by you in the image, age after age: the God of gods, of inconceivable nature, unconquerable, born of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.172.86a and 86c; line 3 = CE star passage 7.172.86d*1441_01. Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 98 (7.202.98)

सर्वरूपं भवं ज्ञात्वा लिङ्गे योऽर्चयति प्रभुम् । आत्मयोगाश्च तस्मिन्वै शास्त्रयोगाश्च शाश्वताः ॥

sarvarūpaṃ bhavaṃ jñātvā liṅge yo'rcayati prabhum | ātmayogāśca tasminvai śāstrayogāśca śāśvatāḥ

He who, knowing Bhava to be of every form, worships the Lord in the linga: in him the disciplines of the self and the disciplines of the scriptures are everlasting.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 99 (7.202.99)

एवं देवा यजन्तो हि सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः । प्रार्थयन्ते परं लोके स्थाणुमेव च शाश्वतम् ॥

evaṃ devā yajanto hi siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ | prārthayante paraṃ loke sthāṇumeva ca śāśvatam

Thus the gods in their sacrifices, the siddhas and the great sages seek in this world the Supreme and the everlasting Sthanu himself.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 100 (7.202.100)

स एष रुद्रभक्तश्च केशवो रुद्रसम्भवः । कृष्ण एव हि यष्टव्यो यज्ञैश्चैव सनातनः ॥

sa eṣa rudrabhaktaśca keśavo rudrasambhavaḥ | kṛṣṇa eva hi yaṣṭavyo yajñaiścaiva sanātanaḥ

This Keshava is a devotee of Rudra and sprung from Rudra. Krishna alone, the eternal one, is to be worshipped with sacrifices.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks around line 1 (the square brackets and the asterisk in स एष*, with the doubled danda). Lines = CE 7.172.89a and 89c. Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 101 (7.202.101)

सर्वभूतभवं ज्ञात्वा लिङ्गमर्चति यः प्रभोः । तस्मिन्नभ्यधिकां प्रीतिं करोति वृषभध्वजः ॥

sarvabhūtabhavaṃ jñātvā liṅgamarcati yaḥ prabhoḥ | tasminnabhyadhikāṃ prītiṃ karoti vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

He who, knowing the Lord to be the source of all beings, worships the linga: for him the Bull-bannered one feels exceeding affection.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 90).

Verse 102 (7.202.102)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा द्रोणपुत्रो महारथः । नमश्चकार रुद्राय बहुमेने च केशवम् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā droṇaputro mahārathaḥ | namaścakāra rudrāya bahumene ca keśavam

Hearing his words, Drona's son, the great chariot-warrior, bowed to Rudra and held Keshava in high regard.

Verse 103 (7.202.103)

हृष्टरोमा च वश्यात्मा सोऽभिवाद्य महर्षये । वरूथिनीमभिप्रेक्ष्य ह्यवहारमकारयत् ॥

hṛṣṭaromā ca vaśyātmā so'bhivādya maharṣaye | varūthinīmabhiprekṣya hyavahāramakārayat

With his hair standing on end and his self restrained, he saluted the great sage, and looking at his host, had the recall sounded.

Note on the text: Corrected हष्टरोमा → हृष्टरोमा (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel ऋ is lost; CE hṛṣṭalomā).

Verse 104 (7.202.104)

ततः प्रत्यवहारोऽभूत्पाण्डवानां विशाम्पते । कौरवाणां च दीनानां द्रोणे युधि निपातिते ॥

tataḥ pratyavahāro'bhūtpāṇḍavānāṃ viśāmpate | kauravāṇāṃ ca dīnānāṃ droṇe yudhi nipātite

Then the recall sounded, O lord of the people, for the Pandavas and for the dejected Kauravas, when Drona had been struck down in battle.

Verse 105 (7.202.105)

युद्धं कृत्वा दिनान्पञ्च द्रोणो हत्वा वरूथिनीम् । ब्रह्मलोकं गतो राजन्ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥

yuddhaṃ kṛtvā dinānpañca droṇo hatvā varūthinīm | brahmalokaṃ gato rājanbrāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ

Having fought for five days and destroyed the host, Drona, the brahmin who had mastered the Vedas, went to the world of Brahma, O king.