Vyasa Comforts Yudhishthira; Narada's Tale of Akampana Begins

Verse 1 (7.52.1)

एवं विलपमाने तु कुन्तीपुत्रे युधिष्ठिरे । कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तत्र आजगाम महानृषिः ॥

evaṃ vilapamāne tu kuntīputre yudhiṣṭhire | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastatra ājagāma mahānṛṣiḥ

While Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, was lamenting in this way, the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana came to that place.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0001–0002 (with the heading "saṃjaya uvāca", 0000).

Verse 2 (7.52.2)

अथ दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । युक्तासनो दीनमनाः पूजां चक्रे महात्मनः ॥

atha dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | yuktāsano dīnamanāḥ pūjāṃ cakre mahātmanaḥ

Then Yudhishthira, son of Pandu, seeing the great soul, had a seat made ready and, heavy at heart, paid honour to that great one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (7.52.3)

अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायमुपविष्टं युधिष्ठिरः । अब्रवीच्छोकसन्तप्तो भ्रातुः पुत्रवधेन च ॥

arcayitvā yathānyāyamupaviṣṭaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | abravīcchokasantapto bhrātuḥ putravadhena ca

When he had honoured him as was proper and he was seated, Yudhishthira, tormented by grief at the killing of his brother's son, spoke to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0003–0004. Line 2 ends च for the appendix's "saḥ"; line 1 opens with अर्चयित्वा for "tam arcitvā".

Verse 4 (7.52.4)

अधर्मयुक्तैर्बहुभिः परिवार्य महारथैः । युध्यमानो महेष्वासैः सौभद्रो निहतो रणे ॥

adharmayuktairbahubhiḥ parivārya mahārathaiḥ | yudhyamāno maheṣvāsaiḥ saubhadro nihato raṇe

Surrounded by many great chariot-warriors, mighty archers who fought against all dharma, Saubhadra was slain in battle as he fought.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0005–0006. The speaker is Yudhishthira, not Sanjaya (see the adhyaya note).

Verse 5 (7.52.5)

बालश्च बालबुद्धिश्च वीरश्च परवीरहा । अनुपायेन सङ्ग्रामे युध्यमानो विनाशितः ॥

bālaśca bālabuddhiśca vīraśca paravīrahā | anupāyena saṅgrāme yudhyamāno vināśitaḥ

He was a boy, with a boy's understanding, and yet a hero, a slayer of enemy heroes; he was destroyed in the battle, fighting by unfair means.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0007–0008. Line 1 reads वीरश्च for the appendix's "saubhadraḥ".

Verse 6 (7.52.6)

मया प्रोक्तः स सङ्ग्रामे द्वारं सञ्जनयस्व नः । प्रविष्टेऽभ्यन्तरे तस्मिन्सैन्धवेन निवारिताः ॥

mayā proktaḥ sa saṅgrāme dvāraṃ sañjanayasva naḥ | praviṣṭe'bhyantare tasminsaindhavena nivāritāḥ

I told him in the battle, 'Open a gateway for us'; but when he had gone inside, we were held back by the Saindhava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0009–0010.

Verse 7 (7.52.7)

ननु नाम समं युद्धमेष्टव्यं युद्धजीविभिः । इदं चैवासमं युद्धमीदृशं यत्कृतं परैः ॥

nanu nāma samaṃ yuddhameṣṭavyaṃ yuddhajīvibhiḥ | idaṃ caivāsamaṃ yuddhamīdṛśaṃ yatkṛtaṃ paraiḥ

Surely men who live by war should seek a fair fight; yet this unfair fight is what the enemy has made.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0011–0012.

Verse 8 (7.52.8)

तेनास्मि भृशसन्तप्तः शोकबाष्पसमाकुलः । शमं नैवाधिगच्छामि चिन्तयानः पुनः पुनः ॥

tenāsmi bhṛśasantaptaḥ śokabāṣpasamākulaḥ | śamaṃ naivādhigacchāmi cintayānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Therefore I am sorely tormented, overwhelmed by tears of grief, and I find no peace, brooding on it again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0013–0014.

Verse 9 (7.52.9)

तं तथा विलपन्तं वै शोकव्याकुलमानसम् । उवाच सान्त्वयन्व्यासो युधिष्ठिरमिदं वचः ॥

taṃ tathā vilapantaṃ vai śokavyākulamānasam | uvāca sāntvayanvyāso yudhiṣṭhiramidaṃ vacaḥ

As he lamented so, his mind confused with grief, Vyasa comforted Yudhishthira and spoke these words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0015–0016. The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच here; the line reads सान्त्वयन्व्यासो for the appendix's "uvāca bhagavān vyāso".

Verse 10 (7.52.10)

युधिष्ठिर महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । व्यसनेषु न मुह्यन्ति त्वादृशा भरतर्षभ ॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada | vyasaneṣu na muhyanti tvādṛśā bharatarṣabha

Yudhishthira, man of great wisdom, versed in every science, men such as you are not bewildered in misfortune, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0017–0018.

Verse 11 (7.52.11)

स्वर्गमेष गतः शूरः शत्रून्हत्वा बहून्रणे । अबालसदृशं कर्म कृत्वा वै पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

svargameṣa gataḥ śūraḥ śatrūnhatvā bahūnraṇe | abālasadṛśaṃ karma kṛtvā vai puruṣottamaḥ

That hero has gone to heaven, having slain many enemies in battle and done a deed unlike a boy's, best of men that he was.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0019–0020.

Verse 12 (7.52.12)

अनतिक्रमणीयो वै विधिरेष युधिष्ठिर । देवदानवगन्धर्वान्मृत्युर्हरति भारत ॥

anatikramaṇīyo vai vidhireṣa yudhiṣṭhira | devadānavagandharvānmṛtyurharati bhārata

This ordinance cannot be transgressed, Yudhishthira; Death carries away even gods, Danavas and Gandharvas, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected मूत्युर् → मृत्युर् (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix reads "mṛtyur"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0021–0022.

Verse 13 (7.52.13)

इमे वै पृथिवीपालाः शेरते पृथिवीतले । निहताः पृतनामध्ये मृतसंज्ञा महाबलाः ॥

ime vai pṛthivīpālāḥ śerate pṛthivītale | nihatāḥ pṛtanāmadhye mṛtasaṃjñā mahābalāḥ

These kings of the earth lie on the ground, slain in the midst of the host, men of great strength, and they are called dead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0023–0024.

Verse 14 (7.52.14)

नागायुतबलाश्चान्ये वायुवेगबलास्तथा । त एते निहताः सङ्ख्ये तुल्यरूपा नरैर्नराः ॥

nāgāyutabalāścānye vāyuvegabalāstathā | ta ete nihatāḥ saṅkhye tulyarūpā narairnarāḥ

Some had the strength of ten thousand elephants, others the speed and force of the wind; those very men have been slain in battle, men who looked no different from other men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 = appendix line 0025 (nāgāyutabalāś cānye vāyuvegabalās tathā); line 2 is not in the appendix.

Verse 15 (7.52.15)

नैषां पश्यामि हन्तारं प्राणिनां संयुगे क्वचित् । विक्रमेणोपसम्पन्नास्तपोबलसमन्विताः ॥

naiṣāṃ paśyāmi hantāraṃ prāṇināṃ saṃyuge kvacit | vikrameṇopasampannāstapobalasamanvitāḥ

Nowhere in battle do I see any slayer of these beings, for they were endowed with valour and possessed the strength of austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008), line 1 = 0026, line 2 = 0027 (reading तपोबल for the appendix's "tejobala").

Verse 16 (7.52.16)

जेतव्यमिति चान्योन्यं येषां नित्यं हृदि स्थितम् । अथ चेमे हताः प्राज्ञाः शेरते विगतायुषः ॥

jetavyamiti cānyonyaṃ yeṣāṃ nityaṃ hṛdi sthitam | atha ceme hatāḥ prājñāḥ śerate vigatāyuṣaḥ

Men in whose hearts it always dwelt that the other must be conquered — and now these wise men lie dead, their lives gone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 2 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0028; line 1 is not in the appendix (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (7.52.17)

मृता इति च शब्दोयं वर्तते च ततोऽर्थवत् । इमे मृता महीपालाः प्रायशो भीमविक्रमाः ॥

mṛtā iti ca śabdoyaṃ vartate ca tato'rthavat | ime mṛtā mahīpālāḥ prāyaśo bhīmavikramāḥ

This word 'dead' is in use, and so it carries a meaning. These kings are dead, most of them men of terrible prowess,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0029–0030. Line 1 reads ततोऽर्थवत् for the appendix's "gatārthavat".

Verse 18 (7.52.18)

निश्चेष्टा निरभिमानाः शूराः शत्रुवशंगताः । राजपुत्राश्च संरब्धा वैश्वानरमुखं गताः ॥

niśceṣṭā nirabhimānāḥ śūrāḥ śatruvaśaṃgatāḥ | rājaputrāśca saṃrabdhā vaiśvānaramukhaṃ gatāḥ

motionless, without pride, heroes fallen into their enemies' power; and princes who had been furious are gone into the mouth of Vaishvanara.

Note on the text: Corrected निरभीमानाः → निरभिमानाः (misprint in Wikisource; a long ī for short i). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 2 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0031; line 1 is not in the appendix (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (7.52.19)

अत्र मे संशयः प्राप्तः कुतः संज्ञा मृता इति । कस्य मृत्युः कुतो मृत्युः केन मृत्युरिमाः प्रजाः । हरत्यमरसङ्काश तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

atra me saṃśayaḥ prāptaḥ kutaḥ saṃjñā mṛtā iti | kasya mṛtyuḥ kuto mṛtyuḥ kena mṛtyurimāḥ prajāḥ | haratyamarasaṅkāśa tanme brūhi pitāmaha

A doubt has come to me here: from where does the name 'dead' come? Whose is Death? From where does Death come? By whom does Death carry off these creatures? Tell me this, O grandfather, you who are like an immortal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0032–0034. The appendix's speaker label "saṃjaya uvāca" falls inside the last line there; Yudhishthira's question ends with this verse, as on the page. Three lines on the page (rows 5-52-19a–c).

Verse 20 (7.52.20)

तं तथा परिपृच्छन्तं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । आश्वासनमिदं वाक्यमुवाच भगवानृषिः ॥

taṃ tathā paripṛcchantaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | āśvāsanamidaṃ vākyamuvāca bhagavānṛṣiḥ

To Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, who asked him thus, the venerable sage spoke these comforting words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0035–0036.

Verse 21 (7.52.21)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । अकम्पनस्य कथितं नारदेन पुरा नृप ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | akampanasya kathitaṃ nāradena purā nṛpa

On this subject they recite an ancient tale, once told by Narada to Akampana, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0037–0038.

Verse 22 (7.52.22)

स चापि राजा राजेन्द्र पुत्रव्यसनमुत्तमम् । अप्रसह्यतमं लोके प्राप्तवानिति नः श्रुतम् ॥

sa cāpi rājā rājendra putravyasanamuttamam | aprasahyatamaṃ loke prāptavāniti naḥ śrutam

That king too, O king of kings, met with the highest grief, that of a son's death, the hardest of all to bear in the world; so we have heard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0039–0040. Line 2 ends श्रुतम् for the appendix's "me matiḥ".

Verse 23 (7.52.23)

तदहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि मृत्योः प्रभवमुत्तमम् । ततस्त्वं मोक्ष्यसे दुःखात्स्नेहबन्धनसंश्रयात् ॥

tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi mṛtyoḥ prabhavamuttamam | tatastvaṃ mokṣyase duḥkhātsnehabandhanasaṃśrayāt

I shall tell you that tale, the supreme account of the origin of Death, and by it you will be freed from the sorrow that rests on the bonds of affection.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0041–0042.

Verse 24 (7.52.24)

समस्तपापराशिघ्नं शृणु कीर्तयतो मम । धन्यमाख्यानमायुष्यं शोकघ्नं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ॥

samastapāparāśighnaṃ śṛṇu kīrtayato mama | dhanyamākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ śokaghnaṃ puṣṭivardhanam

Listen as I relate it: this tale destroys the whole mass of sin, brings blessing and long life, removes grief and increases well-being.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 2 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0044; line 1 differs from the appendix's line 0043 ("purā vṛttam idaṃ tāta śṛṇu kīrtayato mama"), with which it shares only the last words.

Verse 25 (7.52.25)

पवित्रमरिसङ्घघ्नं मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् । यथैव वेदाध्ययनमुपाख्यानमिदं तथा ॥

pavitramarisaṅghaghnaṃ maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam | yathaiva vedādhyayanamupākhyānamidaṃ tathā

It is purifying, it destroys hosts of enemies, it is the most auspicious of the auspicious; this tale is as good as the study of the Veda.

Note on the text: Corrected पङ्गलानां → मङ्गलानां (misprint in Wikisource; प for म, the phrase is "auspicious of the auspicious"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (7.52.26)

श्रवणीयं महाराज प्रातर्नित्यं नृपोत्तमैः । पुत्रानायुष्मतो राज्यमीहमानैः श्रियं तथा ॥

śravaṇīyaṃ mahārāja prātarnityaṃ nṛpottamaiḥ | putrānāyuṣmato rājyamīhamānaiḥ śriyaṃ tathā

It should be heard every morning, great king, by the best of kings who wish for long-lived sons, a kingdom and prosperity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (7.52.27)

पुरा कृतयुगे तात आसीद्राजा ह्यकम्पनः । स शत्रुवशमापन्नो मध्ये सङ्ग्राममूर्धनि । योधयामास बलवान्बद्धश्चासीदकम्पनः ॥

purā kṛtayuge tāta āsīdrājā hyakampanaḥ | sa śatruvaśamāpanno madhye saṅgrāmamūrdhani | yodhayāmāsa balavānbaddhaścāsīdakampanaḥ

Long ago, in the Krita age, my son, there was a king named Akampana. He fell into the power of his enemies in the midst of the forefront of battle. The mighty one went on fighting, and Akampana was taken prisoner.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0045 and line 2 = line 0046; line 3 is not in the appendix (found in the vulgate recension). Three lines on the page (rows 5-52-27a–c).

Verse 28 (7.52.28)

तस्य पुत्रो हरिर्नाम नारायणसमो बले । श्रीमान्कृतास्त्रो मेधावी युधि शक्रोपमो बली ॥

tasya putro harirnāma nārāyaṇasamo bale | śrīmānkṛtāstro medhāvī yudhi śakropamo balī

His son was named Hari, equal to Narayana in strength: glorious, trained in arms, intelligent, a match for Shakra in battle, and mighty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0047–0048. Reads नारायणसमो बले / शक्रोपमो for the appendix's "nārāyaṇasamadyutiḥ" / "śakrasamo".

Verse 29 (7.52.29)

स दृष्ट्वा पितरं युद्धे तदवस्थं महाद्युतिः । अचिन्तयित्वा मरणं शत्रुमध्यं ततोऽविशत् ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ yuddhe tadavasthaṃ mahādyutiḥ | acintayitvā maraṇaṃ śatrumadhyaṃ tato'viśat

Seeing his father in that plight in the battle, that man of great radiance, without a thought of death, entered the midst of the enemy.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote mark (backtick). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 30 (7.52.30)

स शत्रुभिः परिवृतो बहुधा रणमूर्धनि । योधयामास तान्सर्वान्सर्वास्त्रकुशलो बली ॥

sa śatrubhiḥ parivṛto bahudhā raṇamūrdhani | yodhayāmāsa tānsarvānsarvāstrakuśalo balī

Surrounded by enemies on every side at the head of the battle, that powerful man, skilled in all weapons, fought all of them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0049 (the appendix reads "sa śatrubhiḥ parivṛto bahudhā raṇamūrdhani"); line 2 is not in the appendix. Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 31 (7.52.31)

वर्षन्बाणसहस्राणि शत्रुष्वमितविक्रमः । पदातिरथनागाश्वान्प्रममाथ महाबलः ॥

varṣanbāṇasahasrāṇi śatruṣvamitavikramaḥ | padātirathanāgāśvānpramamātha mahābalaḥ

Raining thousands of arrows on his enemies, of immeasurable prowess, the mighty one crushed foot-soldiers, chariots, elephants and horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is a different wording of the appendix's line 0050 ("vyasyan bāṇasahasrāṇi yodheṣu ca gajeṣu ca"); line 2 is not in the appendix. Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 32 (7.52.32)

स शरैराचितश्चक्रैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैरपि । मृद्गन्रथसहस्राणि पदातीन्वाजिवारणान् ॥

sa śarairācitaścakrairgadābhirmusalairapi | mṛdganrathasahasrāṇi padātīnvājivāraṇān

Covered with arrows, discuses, maces and clubs, he went on crushing thousands of chariots, foot-soldiers, horses and elephants,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 33 (7.52.33)

परानीकं विभिद्याजौ मोक्षयित्वा च तं नृपम् । पुनरेवाकरोद्युद्धं शत्रुमध्यगतो बली ॥

parānīkaṃ vibhidyājau mokṣayitvā ca taṃ nṛpam | punarevākarodyuddhaṃ śatrumadhyagato balī

and having broken through the enemy host in the battle and set that king free, the mighty one went back into the midst of the enemy and fought again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 34 (7.52.34)

ततस्ते रथिनः सर्वे समेत्य पुनराहवे । जघ्नुस्तं परिवार्यैकं तोमरैरिव कुञ्जरम् ॥

tataste rathinaḥ sarve sametya punarāhave | jaghnustaṃ parivāryaikaṃ tomarairiva kuñjaram

Then all those chariot-warriors gathered again in the battle, surrounded him alone, and struck him down as men strike an elephant with lances.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote mark (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource marks this passage (verses 29–34) as an addition by opening it with a backtick and closing it with a quote mark.

Verse 35 (7.52.35)

स कर्म दुष्करं कृत्वा सङ्ग्रामे शत्रुतापनः । शत्रुभिर्निहतः सङ्ख्ये पृतनायां युधिष्ठिर ॥

sa karma duṣkaraṃ kṛtvā saṅgrāme śatrutāpanaḥ | śatrubhirnihataḥ saṅkhye pṛtanāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Having done a deed hard to do in the battle, that tormentor of his foes was slain by the enemy in the fight in that host, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected पृतानायां → पृतनायां (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix reads "pṛtanāyāṃ"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0051–0052.

Verse 36 (7.52.36)

द्विषद्भिर्निहतं दृष्ट्वा प्रियं पुत्रमकम्पनः । अमर्षजनितक्रोध आहवात्सहसाऽऽगतः ॥

dviṣadbhirnihataṃ dṛṣṭvā priyaṃ putramakampanaḥ | amarṣajanitakrodha āhavātsahasā''gataḥ

Seeing his dear son slain by his foes, Akampana, filled with anger born of intolerance, came suddenly away from the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (7.52.37)

स राजा प्रेतकृत्यानि तस्य कृत्वा शुचान्वितः । शोचन्नहनि रात्रौ च नालभत्सुखमात्मनः ॥

sa rājā pretakṛtyāni tasya kṛtvā śucānvitaḥ | śocannahani rātrau ca nālabhatsukhamātmanaḥ

That king, having performed the funeral rites for his son, sunk in sorrow, grieved day and night and found no happiness for himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0053–0054.

Verse 38 (7.52.38)

तस्य शोकं विदित्वा तु पुत्रव्यसनसम्भवम् । आजगामाथ देवर्षिर्नारदोऽस्य समीपतः ॥

tasya śokaṃ viditvā tu putravyasanasambhavam | ājagāmātha devarṣirnārado'sya samīpataḥ

Learning of his grief born of his son's misfortune, the divine sage Narada then came to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0055–0056.

Verse 39 (7.52.39)

स तु राजा महाभागो दृष्ट्वा देवर्षिसत्तमम् । पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं कथामकथयत्तदा ॥

sa tu rājā mahābhāgo dṛṣṭvā devarṣisattamam | pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ kathāmakathayattadā

That fortunate king, seeing that best of divine seers, honoured him as was proper and then told him the story.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0057–0058.

Verse 40 (7.52.40)

तस्य सर्वं समाचष्ट यथावृत्तं युधिष्ठिर । शत्रुभिर्विजयं सङ्ख्ये पुत्रस्य च वधं तथा ॥

tasya sarvaṃ samācaṣṭa yathāvṛttaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | śatrubhirvijayaṃ saṅkhye putrasya ca vadhaṃ tathā

He told him everything as it had happened, Yudhishthira: the enemies' victory in the battle and the killing of his son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0059–0060. Reads युधिष्ठिर and यथावृत्तं for the appendix's "nareśvara" and "yathā vṛttaṃ".

Verse 41 (7.52.41)

मम पुत्रो महावीर्य इन्द्रविष्णुसमद्युतिः । शत्रुभिर्बहुभिः सङ्ख्ये पराक्रम्य हतो बली ॥

mama putro mahāvīrya indraviṣṇusamadyutiḥ | śatrubhirbahubhiḥ saṅkhye parākramya hato balī

My son, of great valour, equal in splendour to Indra and Vishnu, fought many enemies in battle and was slain, strong though he was.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0061–0062.

Verse 42 (7.52.42)

शृणु मे प्राणिनां चापि मृत्युः प्रभवते किल । क एष मृत्युर्भगवन्किंवीर्यबलपौरुषः । एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन श्रोतुं मतिमतां वर ॥

śṛṇu me prāṇināṃ cāpi mṛtyuḥ prabhavate kila | ka eṣa mṛtyurbhagavankiṃvīryabalapauruṣaḥ | etadicchāmi tattvena śrotuṃ matimatāṃ vara

Hear me: death comes upon living beings too, they say. Who is this Death, venerable one, and what are his might, strength and manliness? This I wish to hear in truth, O best of the wise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 2 = Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008) line 0063 and line 3 = line 0064; line 1 is not in the appendix. Three lines on the page (rows 5-52-42a–c).

Verse 43 (7.52.43)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदो वरदः प्रभुः । आख्यानमिदमाचष्ट पुत्रशोकापहं महत् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā nārado varadaḥ prabhuḥ | ākhyānamidamācaṣṭa putraśokāpahaṃ mahat

Hearing his words, Narada, the lord and giver of boons, told this great tale, which removes the grief of a son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0065–0066.

Verse 44 (7.52.44)

शृणु राजन्महाबाहो आख्यानं बहुविस्तरम् । यथावृत्तं श्रुतं चैव मयाऽपि वसुधाधिप ॥

śṛṇu rājanmahābāho ākhyānaṃ bahuvistaram | yathāvṛttaṃ śrutaṃ caiva mayā'pi vasudhādhipa

Listen, O king of mighty arms, to a tale of great length, as it happened and as I too have heard it, lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0067–0068.

Verse 45 (7.52.45)

प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा तदा ब्रह्मा आदिसर्गे पितामहः । असंहृतं महातेजा दृष्ट्वा जगदिदं प्रभुः ॥

prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tadā brahmā ādisarge pitāmahaḥ | asaṃhṛtaṃ mahātejā dṛṣṭvā jagadidaṃ prabhuḥ

At the first creation, when Brahma the grandsire, the lord of great radiance, had created beings, he saw that this world was not being withdrawn.

Note on the text: Corrected सृष्टा → सृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ष्ट्व lost its व, the appendix reads "sṛṣṭvā"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0069–0070.

Verse 46 (7.52.46)

तस्य चिन्ता समुत्पन्ना संहारं प्रति पार्थिव । चिन्तयन्न ह्यसौ वेद संहारं वसुधाधिप ॥

tasya cintā samutpannā saṃhāraṃ prati pārthiva | cintayanna hyasau veda saṃhāraṃ vasudhādhipa

A worry arose in him about the withdrawal of the world, O king; but, thinking it over, he did not know how to bring about the destruction, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected देव → वेद (misprint in Wikisource; the letters transposed, the appendix reads "na hy asau veda"; as printed the sentence has no verb). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0071–0072.

Verse 47 (7.52.47)

तस्य रोषान्महाराज मुखेभ्योऽग्निरजायत । तेन सर्वा दिशो व्याप्ताः सान्तर्देशा दिधक्षता ॥

tasya roṣānmahārāja mukhebhyo'gnirajāyata | tena sarvā diśo vyāptāḥ sāntardeśā didhakṣatā

From his anger, great king, fire sprang from his mouths; with it, in its wish to burn, all the quarters and their intermediate regions were filled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0073–0074. Line 1 reads मुखेभ्योऽग्निरजायत for the appendix's "khebhyo 'gnir udatiṣṭhata" (Wikisource's own gloss on this verse mentions the खेभ्य reading).

Verse 48 (7.52.48)

ततो दिवं भुवं चैव ज्वालामालासमाकुलम् । चराचरं जगत्सर्वं ददाह भगवान्प्रभुः ॥

tato divaṃ bhuvaṃ caiva jvālāmālāsamākulam | carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ dadāha bhagavānprabhuḥ

Then the divine lord burned the whole world of moving and unmoving things, heaven and earth filled with garlands of flame.

Note on the text: Corrected चारचरं → चराचरं (misprint in Wikisource; the syllables transposed, the appendix reads "carācaraṃ"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0075–0076. Line 1 reads ततो दिवं भुवं चैव ज्वालामालासमाकुलम् for "tato divaṃ bhuvaṃ khaṃ ca jvālāmālāsamāvṛtam".

Verse 49 (7.52.49)

ततो हतानि भूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च । महता क्रोधवेगेन त्रासयन्निव वीर्यवान् ॥

tato hatāni bhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca | mahatā krodhavegena trāsayanniva vīryavān

Then creatures, moving and unmoving, were destroyed by the great force of his anger, as that mighty one seemed to terrify them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0077–0078.

Verse 50 (7.52.50)

ततो रुद्रो जटी स्थाणुर्निशाचरपतिर्हरः । जगाम शरणं देवं ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् ॥

tato rudro jaṭī sthāṇurniśācarapatirharaḥ | jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam

Then Rudra, the matted-haired Sthanu, Hara, lord of those who roam by night, went for refuge to the god Brahma, the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: Corrected स्याणुर् → स्थाणुर् (misprint in Wikisource; the aspirate थ lost, the appendix reads "sthāṇur"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0079–0080. Line 1 ends हरः for the appendix's "śivaḥ".

Verse 51 (7.52.51)

तस्मिन्नापतिते स्थाणौ प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । अब्रवीत्परमो देवो ज्वलन्निव महामुनिः ॥

tasminnāpatite sthāṇau prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | abravītparamo devo jvalanniva mahāmuniḥ

When Sthanu had come to him, the supreme god, blazing as it were, the great sage, spoke out of his wish for the welfare of creatures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0081–0082.

Verse 52 (7.52.52)

किं कर्म कामं कामार्ह कामाज्जातोऽसि पुत्रक । करिष्यामि प्रियं सर्वं ब्रूहि स्थाणो यदिच्छसि ॥

kiṃ karma kāmaṃ kāmārha kāmājjāto'si putraka | kariṣyāmi priyaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi sthāṇo yadicchasi

What task, what wish, O you who deserve all you wish for? You are born of my desire, my son. I will do everything that pleases you; tell me, Sthanu, what you wish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0083–0084. The speaker is Brahma (no heading is printed on the page; the input carried Narada over). Line 1 reads किं कर्म कामम् for the appendix's "kiṃ kurma kāmam".