Srinjaya's Golden Son and the Death of Marutta

Verse 1 (7.55.1)

श्रुत्वा मृत्युसमुत्पत्तिं कर्माण्यनुपमानि च । धर्मराजः पुनर्वाक्यं प्रसाद्यैनमथाब्रवीत् ॥

śrutvā mṛtyusamutpattiṃ karmāṇyanupamāni ca | dharmarājaḥ punarvākyaṃ prasādyainamathābravīt

Having heard of the origin of Death and of her matchless deeds, Dharmaraja again appeased him and said:

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: this adhyaya (like 54 and 56) is not in the main text of the critical edition; it is the passage printed as Appendix I No. 8 after 7.49.21 (lines 266–383 of that passage fall here), so no verse has a ce_ref and each note gives the appendix lines or says the verse is vulgate-only. The input agrees with the raw page row for row except at the heading before the third line of page verse 19 (verses 19–20 of this file). Wiki marks (the backticks and quote marks that bracket the vulgate insertions, in the headings and in the text of verses 5, 10, 19, 23, 29, 31, 44, 45) are removed. This verse: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 266–267 (7.49.21d@008_0266–0267). The page's heading is सञ्जय उवाच, as in the critical edition (the label stands after its line 265).

Verse 2 (7.55.2)

गुरवः पुण्यकर्माणः शक्रप्रतिमविक्रमाः । पूर्वं राजर्षयो ब्रह्मन्कियन्तो मृत्युना हताः ॥

guravaḥ puṇyakarmāṇaḥ śakrapratimavikramāḥ | pūrvaṃ rājarṣayo brahmankiyanto mṛtyunā hatāḥ

Venerable ones of holy deeds, equal to Indra in prowess—O Brahmin, how many royal sages of old were slain by Death?

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 268–269 (7.49.21d@008_0268–0269); line 2 reads पूर्वं राजर्षयो where the critical edition has pūrvarājarṣayo (recension variant).

Verse 3 (7.55.3)

भूय एव तु मां तथ्यैर्वचोभिरभिबृंहय । राजर्षीणां पुराणानां समाश्वासय कर्मभिः ॥

bhūya eva tu māṃ tathyairvacobhirabhibṛṃhaya | rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ samāśvāsaya karmabhiḥ

Strengthen me again with true words; comfort me with the deeds of the royal sages of old.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 270–271 (7.49.21d@008_0270–0271).

Verse 4 (7.55.4)

कियन्त्यो दक्षिणा दत्ताः काश्च दत्ता महात्मभिः । राजर्षिभिः पुण्यकृद्भिस्तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥

kiyantyo dakṣiṇā dattāḥ kāśca dattā mahātmabhiḥ | rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyakṛdbhistadbhavānprabravītu me

How many sacrificial fees were given, and which, by those great-souled, virtuous royal sages? Please tell me that.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 272–273 (7.49.21d@008_0272–0273); line 1 reads काश्च for the critical edition's kaiś ca (recension variant).

Verse 5 (7.55.5)

अन्येऽपि यज्वनां लोका अन्ये चापि तपस्विनाम् । क्षमावतां च त्रींल्लोकाञ्शूरा गच्छन्ति भारत ॥

anye'pi yajvanāṃ lokā anye cāpi tapasvinām | kṣamāvatāṃ ca trīṃllokāñśūrā gacchanti bhārata

There are other worlds for sacrificers and others for ascetics; and heroes, O Bharata, go to the three worlds of the forbearing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The page opens a bracketed vulgate insertion here (verses 5–10 of this file); removed the backtick and the speaker heading व्यास उवाच that the input had left inside the verse text (the page prints it as a heading, with a backtick), and made Vyasa the speaker (the input had carried Yudhishthira over). Corrected अन्येपि → अन्येऽपि (missing avagraha in Wikisource).

Verse 6 (7.55.6)

क्षत्रियस्य तु सङ्ग्रामे शत्रून्हत्वा हतस्य वा । फलमत्यन्तमित्याहुर्धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः ॥

kṣatriyasya tu saṅgrāme śatrūnhatvā hatasya vā | phalamatyantamityāhurdharmaśāstravido janāḥ

For a kshatriya, whether he slays enemies in battle or is himself slain, those who know dharma-shastra declare the fruit to be without limit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected तुं → तु (stray anusvara in Wikisource; the metre needs तु). Speaker: Vyasa's speech (heading व्यास उवाच before verse 5); the input carried Yudhishthira over.

Verse 7 (7.55.7)

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता यज्वानः पुत्रिणश्च ये । तेभ्यः परार्थ्या यज्वानो यज्वभ्यश्च तनुत्यजः ॥

vedavidyāvratasnātā yajvānaḥ putriṇaśca ye | tebhyaḥ parārthyā yajvāno yajvabhyaśca tanutyajaḥ

Of those who have bathed after completing Vedic study and vows, those who sacrifice, and those who have sons—higher than these are the sacrificers, and higher than the sacrificers are those who give up their bodies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 5).

Verse 8 (7.55.8)

स वीरो यज्वनो नित्यं क्षत्रियानार्जुनिर्गतः । लोकान्पुण्यतमानिष्टानिति विद्धि विशाम्पते ॥

sa vīro yajvano nityaṃ kṣatriyānārjunirgataḥ | lokānpuṇyatamāniṣṭāniti viddhi viśāmpate

Arjuna's heroic son has gone to the holiest and most desired worlds of the ever-sacrificing kshatriyas; know this, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 5).

Verse 9 (7.55.9)

सर्वेषां नृपसिंहानां शृणु यज्ञान्नृपोत्तम । तानतिक्रम्य गच्छन्ति स्वर्गकामास्तनुत्यजः ॥

sarveṣāṃ nṛpasiṃhānāṃ śṛṇu yajñānnṛpottama | tānatikramya gacchanti svargakāmāstanutyajaḥ

Hear of the sacrifices of all the lions among kings, O best of kings; those who give up their bodies in desire of heaven go beyond them all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker: Vyasa (see verse 5).

Verse 10 (7.55.10)

सर्वेषां यज्वनां यज्ञं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सुव्रत । दक्षिणाश्चानुरूपेभ्यो दत्ता राजर्षिसत्तमैः ॥

sarveṣāṃ yajvanāṃ yajñaṃ śrotumicchāmi suvrata | dakṣiṇāścānurūpebhyo dattā rājarṣisattamaiḥ

I wish to hear, O man of good vows, of the sacrifices of all sacrificers, and of the fees that the best of royal sages gave to worthy recipients.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed the closing quote mark (') after राजर्षिसत्तमैः, which ends the page's bracketed insertion.

Verse 11 (7.55.11)

शैब्यस्य नृपतेः पुत्रः सृञ्जयो नाम नामतः । सखायौ तस्य चेवोभौ ऋषी पर्वतनारदौ ॥

śaibyasya nṛpateḥ putraḥ sṛñjayo nāma nāmataḥ | sakhāyau tasya cevobhau ṛṣī parvatanāradau

There was Srinjaya, son of King Shaibya, as he was named; and the two sages Parvata and Narada were his friends.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 274–275 (7.49.21d@008_0274–0275); line 1 reads शैब्यस्य for the critical edition's śvityasya (recension variant). Corrected पुनः → पुत्रः (misprint in Wikisource; पुनः, 'again', gives no sense here, and the critical edition reads putraḥ sṛñjayo nāma bhūmipaḥ; the metre is unchanged). Line 2 reads पर्वतनारदौ where the critical edition has nāradaparvatau.

Verse 12 (7.55.12)

तौ कदाचिद्गृहं तस्य प्रविष्टौ तद्दिदृक्षया । विधिवच्चार्चितौ तेन प्रीतौ तत्रोषतुः सुखम् ॥

tau kadācidgṛhaṃ tasya praviṣṭau taddidṛkṣayā | vidhivaccārcitau tena prītau tatroṣatuḥ sukham

Once the two entered his house, wishing to see him; he honoured them as is proper, and, pleased, they stayed there happily.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 276–277 (7.49.21d@008_0276–0277).

Verse 13 (7.55.13)

तं कदाचित्सुखासीनं ताभ्यां सह शुचिस्मिता । दुहिताऽभ्यागमत्कन्या सृञ्जयं वरवर्णिनी ॥

taṃ kadācitsukhāsīnaṃ tābhyāṃ saha śucismitā | duhitā'bhyāgamatkanyā sṛñjayaṃ varavarṇinī

Once, as he sat at ease with the two of them, his daughter, a maiden with a gentle smile and lovely complexion, came to Srinjaya.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 278–279 (7.49.21d@008_0278–0279).

Verse 14 (7.55.14)

तयाऽभिवादितः कन्यामभ्यनन्दद्यथाविधि । तत्सलिङ्गाभिराशीर्भिरिष्टाभिरभितः स्थिताम् ॥

tayā'bhivāditaḥ kanyāmabhyanandadyathāvidhi | tatsaliṅgābhirāśīrbhiriṣṭābhirabhitaḥ sthitām

Greeted by her, he welcomed the girl as is proper, with fitting and welcome blessings, as she stood beside him.

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

Verse 15 (7.55.15)

तां निरीक्ष्याब्रवीद्वाक्यं पर्वतः प्रहसन्निव । कस्येयं चञ्चलापाङ्गी सर्वलक्षणसम्मता ॥

tāṃ nirīkṣyābravīdvākyaṃ parvataḥ prahasanniva | kasyeyaṃ cañcalāpāṅgī sarvalakṣaṇasammatā

Looking at her, Parvata said, as if laughing: 'Whose is this girl, with restless glances, marked with every auspicious sign?'

Note on the text: Line 2 corresponds to CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 280 (7.49.21d@008_0280) (चञ्चलापाङ्गी for capalāpāṅgī, a variant); line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is narration and line 2 is Parvata's question (the critical edition gives the question to Narada); the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 16 (7.55.16)

उषा स्विद्भाः स्विदर्कस्य ज्वलनस्य शिखापि वा । श्रीर्ह्रीः कीर्तिर्धृतिः पुष्टिः सिद्धिश्चन्द्रमसः प्रभा ॥

uṣā svidbhāḥ svidarkasya jvalanasya śikhāpi vā | śrīrhrīḥ kīrtirdhṛtiḥ puṣṭiḥ siddhiścandramasaḥ prabhā

'Is she Dawn, or the radiance of the sun, or the flame of a fire? Is she Shri, Hri, Kirti, Dhriti, Pushti, Siddhi, or the moon's light?'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 281–282 (7.49.21d@008_0281–0282); line 1 differs from the critical edition (utāho bhāsvid arkasya jvalanasya śikhā tv iyam), a recension variant. Corrected श्रीर्द्द्रिः कीर्तिंर्धृतिः षुष्टिः → श्रीर्ह्रीः कीर्तिर्धृतिः पुष्टिः (misprints in Wikisource: द्द्रिः for ह्रीः, a stray anusvara after कीर्ति, ष for प; the critical edition reads hrīḥ śrīḥ kīrtir dhṛtiḥ puṣṭiḥ). Speaker: the page prints no heading, but the whole verse is Parvata's own question (begun in line 2 of verse 15), so it is given to Parvata; the critical edition gives it to Narada.

Verse 17 (7.55.17)

एवं ब्रुवाणं देवर्षिं नृपतिः सृञ्जयोऽब्रवीत् । ममेयं भगवन्कन्या वर्या वरमभीप्सति ॥

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ devarṣiṃ nṛpatiḥ sṛñjayo'bravīt | mameyaṃ bhagavankanyā varyā varamabhīpsati

To the divine sage who spoke thus, King Srinjaya replied: 'This is my daughter, blessed one; she is fit to be sought in marriage and wants a husband.'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 283–284 (7.49.21d@008_0283–0284); line 2 reads वर्या वरमभीप्सति where the critical edition has matto varam abhīpsati (recension variant). Speaker: the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच here, which is kept (the critical edition's label before line 283 is Vyasa). Line 1 is narration and line 2 is Srinjaya's speech; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 18 (7.55.18)

नारदस्त्वब्रवीदेनं देहि मह्यमिमां नृप । भार्यार्थं सुमहच्छ्रेयः प्राप्तुं चेदिच्छसे नृप ॥

nāradastvabravīdenaṃ dehi mahyamimāṃ nṛpa | bhāryārthaṃ sumahacchreyaḥ prāptuṃ cedicchase nṛpa

But Narada said to him: 'Give her to me as my wife, O king, if you wish to gain very great good, O king.'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 285–286 (7.49.21d@008_0285–0286); line 2 ends नृप where the critical edition has 'nagha. Speaker: the page's heading सञ्जय उवाच is kept. Line 1 is narration and line 2 is Narada's speech; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 19 (7.55.19)

ददानीत्येवं संहृष्टः सृञ्जयः प्राह नारदम् ॥

dadānītyevaṃ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sṛñjayaḥ prāha nāradam

Overjoyed, Srinjaya said to Narada, 'I will give her.'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 287 (7.49.21d@008_0287). The page's verse 19 (rows 5-55-19a, 19b, 19c: one verse by its end-marks) is split here at the heading व्यास उवाच printed after its first line; the input kept the three lines in one verse. This line is under the heading सञ्जय उवाच (see verse 17).

Verse 20 (7.55.20)

एवमुक्ते नृपतिना क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः । पर्वतस्तु सुसङ्क्रुद्धो नारदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

evamukte nṛpatinā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ | parvatastu susaṅkruddho nāradaṃ vākyamabravīt

When the king had said this, Parvata, his eyes clouded with anger, in great fury said to Narada:

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 288 (7.49.21d@008_0288); line 1 (एवमुक्ते नृपतिना क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Rows 5-55-19b and 19c of the page, after the heading व्यास उवाच. Removed the backtick and quote mark that bracket line 1.

Verse 21 (7.55.21)

पूर्वं ममैव मनसा विद्धि भार्यां वृतामृषे । यस्मादपाचरस्तस्मात्स्वर्गं न गच्छसि ॥

pūrvaṃ mamaiva manasā viddhi bhāryāṃ vṛtāmṛṣe | yasmādapācarastasmātsvargaṃ na gacchasi

Know that I had chosen her as my wife earlier, in my mind alone, O sage. Because you have acted against that, you will not go to heaven.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 289–290 (7.49.21d@008_0289–0290), but the wording differs throughout (hṛdayena mayā pūrvaṃ vṛtāṃ vai vṛtavān asi / yasmād vṛtā tvayā vipra mā gāḥ svargaṃ yathecchayā), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept. Speaker: the whole verse is Parvata's own speech to Narada (the page's heading is Vyasa's), so it is given to Parvata.

Verse 22 (7.55.22)

एवमुक्तो नारदस्तं प्रत्युवाचोत्तरं वचः । मनोवाग्बुद्धिसम्भाषा सत्यं तोयमथाग्नयः ॥

evamukto nāradastaṃ pratyuvācottaraṃ vacaḥ | manovāgbuddhisambhāṣā satyaṃ toyamathāgnayaḥ

Thus addressed, Narada gave him this reply: 'Agreement of mind, speech and intellect; truth; water; the sacred fires;'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 291–292 (7.49.21d@008_0291–0292). Line 1 is narration and line 2 begins Narada's speech; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 23 (7.55.23)

पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राश्च प्रथितं दारलक्षणम् । न त्वेषां निश्चिता निष्ठा त्वया सा मनसा स्मृता ॥

pāṇigrahaṇamantrāśca prathitaṃ dāralakṣaṇam | na tveṣāṃ niścitā niṣṭhā tvayā sā manasā smṛtā

'the taking of the hand and the mantras: these are the well-known marks of a wife. But none of these has been brought to completion; you merely held her in your mind.'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 293–294 (7.49.21d@008_0293–0294); the wording differs in both lines from the critical edition (pāṇigrahaṇamantrāś ca prathitaṃ varalakṣaṇam / na tv eṣā niścitā niṣṭhā niṣṭhā saptapadī smṛtā), recension variants (the page's commentary also records other readings of line 2). Corrected पाणिग्रहममन्त्राश्च → पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राश्च (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, the critical edition reads pāṇigrahaṇamantrāś). Speaker: the whole verse is Narada's own speech, so it is given to Narada.

Verse 24 (7.55.24)

एवं विद्वांस्तु मां यस्मादनुव्याहृतवानसि । तस्मात्त्वमपि न स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि मया विना । अन्योन्यमेवं शप्त्वा वै तस्थतुस्तत्र तौ तदा ॥

evaṃ vidvāṃstu māṃ yasmādanuvyāhṛtavānasi | tasmāttvamapi na svargaṃ gamiṣyasi mayā vinā | anyonyamevaṃ śaptvā vai tasthatustatra tau tadā

'Since you, knowing this, have spoken against me as you did, therefore you too will not go to heaven without me.' Having cursed each other thus, the two remained there then.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 295–297 (7.49.21d@008_0295–0297); line 1 differs from the critical edition (anutpanne ca kāryārthe māṃ tvaṃ vyāhṛtavān asi), a recension variant. Removed the backtick and quote mark that bracket line 1. Lines 1–2 are Narada's speech and line 3 is narration; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 25 (7.55.25)

अथ सोऽपि नृपो विप्रान्पानाच्छादनभोजनैः । पुत्रकामः परं शक्त्या यत्नाच्चोपाचरच्छुचिः ॥

atha so'pi nṛpo viprānpānācchādanabhojanaiḥ | putrakāmaḥ paraṃ śaktyā yatnāccopācaracchuciḥ

Then the king, desiring a son, served the Brahmins with drink, clothing and food, with the utmost effort and in purity.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 298–299 (7.49.21d@008_0298–0299); both lines differ slightly from the critical edition (sṛñjayo hy api vai viprān; yatnenopācarac chuciḥ), recension variants.

Verse 26 (7.55.26)

तस्य प्रसन्ना विप्रेन्द्राः कदाचित्पुत्रदर्शिनः । तपःस्वाध्यायनिरता वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः ॥

tasya prasannā viprendrāḥ kadācitputradarśinaḥ | tapaḥsvādhyāyaniratā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ

Once, excellent Brahmins, pleased with him, who wished to see him have a son—devoted to austerity and study, masters of the Vedas and their limbs—

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 300–301 (7.49.21d@008_0300–0301); line 1 ends पुत्रदर्शिनः where the critical edition has putram īpsavaḥ (the page's commentary records पुत्रमीप्सवः as a reading of some manuscripts); Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 27 (7.55.27)

सहिता नारदं प्राहुर्देह्यस्मै पुत्रमीप्सितम् । तथेत्युक्त्वा द्विजैरुक्तः सृञ्जयं नारदोऽब्रवीत् ॥

sahitā nāradaṃ prāhurdehyasmai putramīpsitam | tathetyuktvā dvijairuktaḥ sṛñjayaṃ nārado'bravīt

together said to Narada, 'Give him the son he wishes.' Saying 'So be it,' Narada, spoken to by the Brahmins, said to Srinjaya:

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 302–303 (7.49.21d@008_0302–0303).

Verse 28 (7.55.28)

तुभ्यं प्रसन्ना राजर्षे पुत्रमीप्सन्ति ब्राह्मणाः । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यादृशं पुत्रमीप्सितम् ॥

tubhyaṃ prasannā rājarṣe putramīpsanti brāhmaṇāḥ | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yādṛśaṃ putramīpsitam

'The Brahmins are pleased with you, royal sage, and wish you a son. Choose a boon—blessings upon you—such a son as you desire.'

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 304 (7.49.21d@008_0304); line 1 (तुभ्यं प्रसन्ना राजर्षे पुत्रमीप्सन्ति ब्राह्मणाः) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker: the page prints no heading, but the whole verse is Narada's own speech to Srinjaya, so it is given to Narada.

Verse 29 (7.55.29)

तथोक्तः प्राञ्जली राजा पुत्रं वव्रे गुणान्वितम् । यशस्विनं कीर्तिमन्तं तेजस्विनमरिन्दमम् ॥

tathoktaḥ prāñjalī rājā putraṃ vavre guṇānvitam | yaśasvinaṃ kīrtimantaṃ tejasvinamarindamam

Thus addressed, the king with joined palms chose a son endowed with virtues—glorious, renowned, radiant, a destroyer of enemies—

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 305–306 (7.49.21d@008_0305–0306).

Verse 30 (7.55.30)

यस्य मूत्रं पुरीषं च क्लेदः स्वेदश्च काञ्चनम् । सर्वं भवेत्प्रसादाद्वै तादृशं तनयं वृणे ॥

yasya mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca kledaḥ svedaśca kāñcanam | sarvaṃ bhavetprasādādvai tādṛśaṃ tanayaṃ vṛṇe

one whose urine and excrement, phlegm and sweat would be gold: 'By your grace may all be so; such a son I choose.'

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 307 (7.49.21d@008_0307); line 2 (सर्वं भवेत्प्रसादाद्वै तादृशं तनयं वृणे) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed the opening backtick of line 2, where the page's bracketed insertion begins (it runs to the end of verse 31, line 2). Line 1 is narration and line 2 is Srinjaya's words; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 31 (7.55.31)

तथा भविष्यतीत्युक्ते जज्ञे तस्योप्सितः सुतः । काञ्चनस्याकरः श्रीमान्प्रसादाद्वै सुकाङ्क्षितः ॥

tathā bhaviṣyatītyukte jajñe tasyopsitaḥ sutaḥ | kāñcanasyākaraḥ śrīmānprasādādvai sukāṅkṣitaḥ

When he said 'So it shall be,' the son he desired was born to him, a mine of gold, glorious, greatly longed for, by that grace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Part of the page's bracketed insertion (see verse 29); the page prints the heading व्यास उवाच before it.

Verse 32 (7.55.32)

रुदितस्य च नेत्राभ्यामपतत्तस्य नेत्रजम् । मूत्रं पुरीषं स्वेदश्च सर्वं भवति काञ्चनम् । सुवर्णष्ठीविरित्येव तस्य नामाभवत्कृतम् ॥

ruditasya ca netrābhyāmapatattasya netrajam | mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ svedaśca sarvaṃ bhavati kāñcanam | suvarṇaṣṭhīvirityeva tasya nāmābhavatkṛtam

When he wept, the tears that fell from his eyes, his urine, his excrement and his sweat—everything became gold; and he was given the name Suvarnashthivin, 'he whose spittle is gold'.

Note on the text: Line 3 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 308 (7.49.21d@008_0308); lines 1–2 (रुदितस्य च नेत्राभ्यामपतत्तस्य नेत्रजम् । मूत्रं पुरीषं स्वेदश्च सर्वं भवति काञ्चनम्) are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed the quote mark (') after काञ्चनम्, which ends the page's bracketed insertion.

Verse 33 (7.55.33)

तस्मिन्वरप्रदानेन वर्धयत्यमितं धनम् । कारयामास नृपतिः सौवर्णं सर्वमीप्सितम् ॥

tasminvarapradānena vardhayatyamitaṃ dhanam | kārayāmāsa nṛpatiḥ sauvarṇaṃ sarvamīpsitam

Through the boon given to him, the boy kept adding to the king's immeasurable wealth, and the king had everything he wished made of gold:

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 309–310 (7.49.21d@008_0309–0310); line 1 differs from the critical edition (tasmin varapradānena pravardhaty amite dhane), a recension variant.

Verse 34 (7.55.34)

गृहप्राकारदुर्गाणि ब्राह्मणावसथान्यपि । शय्यासनानि यानानि स्थालीपिठरभाजनम् ॥

gṛhaprākāradurgāṇi brāhmaṇāvasathānyapi | śayyāsanāni yānāni sthālīpiṭharabhājanam

houses, ramparts and forts, dwellings for Brahmins, beds, seats and vehicles, pots, pans and vessels.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 311–312 (7.49.21d@008_0311–0312).

Verse 35 (7.55.35)

तस्य राज्ञोऽपि यद्वेश्म बाह्याश्चोपस्कराश्च ये । सर्वं तत्काञ्चनमयं कालेन परिवर्धितम् ॥

tasya rājño'pi yadveśma bāhyāścopaskarāśca ye | sarvaṃ tatkāñcanamayaṃ kālena parivardhitam

The king's own palace and all the outer furnishings too—everything, in time, turned to gold.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 313–314 (7.49.21d@008_0313–0314); line 1 differs from the critical edition (tasya sma rājño yad veśma), a recension variant.

Verse 36 (7.55.36)

अथ दस्युगणाः श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा चैनं तथाविधम् । सम्भूय तस्य नृपतेः समारब्धाश्चिकीर्षितुम् ॥

atha dasyugaṇāḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ tathāvidham | sambhūya tasya nṛpateḥ samārabdhāścikīrṣitum

Then bands of robbers, hearing of this and seeing him such as he was, joined together and set about doing the king harm.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 315–316 (7.49.21d@008_0315–0316).

Verse 37 (7.55.37)

केचित्तत्राब्रुवन्राज्ञः पुत्रं गृह्णीम वै स्वयम् । सोऽस्याकरः काञ्चनस्य तस्य यत्नं चरामहे ॥

kecittatrābruvanrājñaḥ putraṃ gṛhṇīma vai svayam | so'syākaraḥ kāñcanasya tasya yatnaṃ carāmahe

Some of them there said, 'Let us seize the king's son ourselves; he is the mine of gold—let us make an effort for him.'

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 317–318 (7.49.21d@008_0317–0318). Line 1 begins with narration and then gives the robbers' words; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 38 (7.55.38)

ततस्ते दस्यवो लुब्धाः प्रविश्य नृपतेर्गृहम् । राजपुत्रं तथाऽऽजह्रुः सुवर्णष्ठीविनं बलात् ॥

tataste dasyavo lubdhāḥ praviśya nṛpatergṛham | rājaputraṃ tathā''jahruḥ suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaṃ balāt

Then those greedy robbers entered the king's house and carried off the king's son Suvarnashthivin by force.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 319–320 (7.49.21d@008_0319–0320); line 2 differs from the critical edition (rājaputraṃ tato jahruḥ suvarṇaṣṭīvinaṃ balāt), a recension variant.

Verse 39 (7.55.39)

गृह्यैनमनुपायज्ञा नीत्वाऽरण्यमचेतसः । हत्वा विशस्य चापश्यँल्लुब्धा वसु न किञ्चन ॥

gṛhyainamanupāyajñā nītvā'raṇyamacetasaḥ | hatvā viśasya cāpaśyam̐llubdhā vasu na kiñcana

Having seized him, the unwise and senseless men took him into the forest, killed him and cut him open, but, in their greed, found no wealth at all.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 321–322 (7.49.21d@008_0321–0322); both lines differ in places from the critical edition (nayitvātha vanaṃ tataḥ; nāpaśyan sulubdhā), recension variants. Corrected चापश्यँ ल्लुब्धा → चापश्यँल्लुब्धा (a stray space inside the sandhi in Wikisource; the word is अपश्यन् + लुब्धाः joined as अपश्यँल्लुब्धा).

Verse 40 (7.55.40)

तस्य प्राणैर्विमुक्तस्य नष्टं तत्काञ्चनं वरम् । दस्यवश्च तदाऽन्योन्यं जघ्नुर्मूर्खा विचेतसः ॥

tasya prāṇairvimuktasya naṣṭaṃ tatkāñcanaṃ varam | dasyavaśca tadā'nyonyaṃ jaghnurmūrkhā vicetasaḥ

When he had been robbed of life, that excellent gold vanished; and the foolish, witless robbers then killed one another.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 323–324 (7.49.21d@008_0323–0324); line 1 differs from the critical edition (naṣṭaṃ tad varadaṃ vasu), a recension variant.

Verse 41 (7.55.41)

हत्वा परस्परं नष्टाः कुमारं चाद्भुतं भुवि । असम्भाव्यं गता घोरं नरकं दुष्टकारिणः ॥

hatvā parasparaṃ naṣṭāḥ kumāraṃ cādbhutaṃ bhuvi | asambhāvyaṃ gatā ghoraṃ narakaṃ duṣṭakāriṇaḥ

Having killed each other, they perished; having killed the wondrous boy on earth, those evildoers went to a dreadful, unimaginable hell.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 325–326 (7.49.21d@008_0325–0326).

Verse 42 (7.55.42)

तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं पुत्रं वरदत्तं महातपाः । विललाप सुदुःखार्तो बहुधा करुणं नृपः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ putraṃ varadattaṃ mahātapāḥ | vilalāpa suduḥkhārto bahudhā karuṇaṃ nṛpaḥ

Seeing his son dead—the son granted by a boon—the great ascetic king, sorely afflicted with grief, lamented piteously in many ways.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 327–328 (7.49.21d@008_0327–0328).

Verse 43 (7.55.43)

विलपन्तं निशम्याथ पुत्रशोकहतं नृपम् । प्रत्यदृश्यत देवर्षिर्नारदस्तस्य सन्निधौ ॥

vilapantaṃ niśamyātha putraśokahataṃ nṛpam | pratyadṛśyata devarṣirnāradastasya sannidhau

Hearing the king lamenting, struck down by grief for his son, the divine sage Narada appeared before him.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 329–330 (7.49.21d@008_0329–0330); line 2 ends नारदस्तस्य सन्निधौ where the critical edition has nārado nṛpasaṃnidhau.

Verse 44 (7.55.44)

उवाच चैनं दुःखार्तं विलपन्तमचेतसम् । सृञ्जयं नारदो यद्यत्तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

uvāca cainaṃ duḥkhārtaṃ vilapantamacetasam | sṛñjayaṃ nārado yadyattannibodha yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhishthira, hear what Narada then said to the grieving, lamenting, bewildered Srinjaya.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 331–332 (7.49.21d@008_0331–0332); line 2 reads नारदो यद्यत्तन् where the critical edition has nārado 'bhyetya tan (recension variant).

Verse 45 (7.55.45)

त्यज शोकं महाराज वैक्लब्यं त्यज बुद्धिमन् । न मृतः शोचतो जीवेन्मुह्यतो वा नराधिप ॥

tyaja śokaṃ mahārāja vaiklabyaṃ tyaja buddhiman | na mṛtaḥ śocato jīvenmuhyato vā narādhipa

Give up grief, great king; give up despair, wise one. A dead man does not live because someone grieves or is bewildered, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The page opens a second bracketed insertion here (verses 44–45, lines 1–2); removed the opening backtick. Narada's speech (heading नारद उवाच).

Verse 46 (7.55.46)

त्यज शोकं नृपश्रेष्ठ न शोचन्ति भवद्विधाः । वीरो भवान्महाराज ज्ञानवृद्धोऽपि मे मतः । कामानामवितृप्तस्त्वं सृञ्जयेह मरिष्यसि ॥

tyaja śokaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha na śocanti bhavadvidhāḥ | vīro bhavānmahārāja jñānavṛddho'pi me mataḥ | kāmānāmavitṛptastvaṃ sṛñjayeha mariṣyasi

Give up grief, best of kings; men like you do not grieve. You are a hero, great king, and I hold you old in knowledge. But you too will die here, Srinjaya, with your desires unsatisfied.

Note on the text: Line 3 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 333 (7.49.21d@008_0333); lines 1–2 (त्यज शोकं नृपश्रेष्ठ… ज्ञानवृद्धोऽपि मे मतः) are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed the quote mark (') after मतः, which ends the page's bracketed insertion.

Verse 47 (7.55.47)

यस्य चैते वयं गेहे उषिता ब्रह्मवादिनः । आविक्षितं मरुत्तं च मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम ॥

yasya caite vayaṃ gehe uṣitā brahmavādinaḥ | āvikṣitaṃ maruttaṃ ca mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma

Marutta, son of Avikshit, in whose house we, speakers of Brahman, lived—we have heard, Srinjaya, that he too is dead.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 334–335 (7.49.21d@008_0334–0335).

Verse 48 (7.55.48)

संवर्तो याजयामास स्पर्धया वै बृहस्पतेः । यस्मै राजर्षये प्रादाद्धनं स भगवान्प्रभुः । हैमं हिमवतः पादं यियक्षोर्विविधैः सवैः ॥

saṃvarto yājayāmāsa spardhayā vai bṛhaspateḥ | yasmai rājarṣaye prādāddhanaṃ sa bhagavānprabhuḥ | haimaṃ himavataḥ pādaṃ yiyakṣorvividhaiḥ savaiḥ

Out of rivalry with Brihaspati, Samvarta performed his sacrifices; to that royal sage, who wished to sacrifice with many kinds of rites, the glorious master gave wealth—the golden foot of the Himalaya.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 336–338 (7.49.21d@008_0336–0338); lines 1–2 differ slightly from the critical edition (spardhayā yaṃ bṛhaspateḥ; prādād varaṃ), recension variants.

Verse 49 (7.55.49)

यस्य सेन्द्रामरगणा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः । देवा विश्वसृजः सर्वे यजनान्ते समासते । यज्ञवाटस्य सौवर्णाः सर्वे चासन्परिच्छदाः ॥

yasya sendrāmaragaṇā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ | devā viśvasṛjaḥ sarve yajanānte samāsate | yajñavāṭasya sauvarṇāḥ sarve cāsanparicchadāḥ

At his sacrifice the hosts of immortals with Indra, led by Brihaspati, and all the gods, makers of the universe, sat at the close of the rite; and all the furnishings of the sacrificial ground were of gold.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 339–341 (7.49.21d@008_0339–0341); lines 1–2 differ from the critical edition (sendrā marudgaṇā; yajñān ūhur mahātmanaḥ), recension variants.

Verse 50 (7.55.50)

यस्य सर्वं तदा ह्यन्नं मनोभिप्रायगं शुचि । कामतो बुभुजुर्विप्राः सर्वे चान्नार्थिनो द्विजाः । पयो दधि घृतं क्षौद्रं भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च शोभनम् ॥

yasya sarvaṃ tadā hyannaṃ manobhiprāyagaṃ śuci | kāmato bubhujurviprāḥ sarve cānnārthino dvijāḥ | payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ kṣaudraṃ bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca śobhanam

All his food then was pure and came at the wish of the mind; the Brahmins ate as they liked, and all the twice-born who sought food—milk, curds, ghee, honey, and fine dishes to chew and to eat.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 342–344 (7.49.21d@008_0342–0344); line 2 ends द्विजाः where the critical edition has janāḥ.

Verse 51 (7.55.51)

यस्य यज्ञेषु सर्वेषु वासांस्याभरणानि च । ईप्सितान्युपतिष्ठन्ते प्रहृष्टान्वेदपारगान् ॥

yasya yajñeṣu sarveṣu vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca | īpsitānyupatiṣṭhante prahṛṣṭānvedapāragān

At all his sacrifices, garments and ornaments, just as desired, were presented to the delighted masters of the Vedas.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 345–346 (7.49.21d@008_0345–0346); line 2 reads प्रहृष्टान् where the critical edition has prasṛtān.

Verse 52 (7.55.52)

मरुतः परिवेष्टारो मरुत्तस्याभवन्गृहे । आविक्षितस्य राजर्षेर्विश्वेदेवाः सभासदः ॥

marutaḥ pariveṣṭāro maruttasyābhavangṛhe | āvikṣitasya rājarṣerviśvedevāḥ sabhāsadaḥ

The Maruts were the servers in the house of Marutta, the royal sage son of Avikshit; the Vishvedevas were his assembly-members.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 347–348 (7.49.21d@008_0347–0348).

Verse 53 (7.55.53)

यस्य वीर्यवतो राज्ञः सुवृष्ट्या सस्यसम्पदः । हविर्भिस्तर्पिता येन सम्यक्क्लृप्तैर्दिवौकसः ॥

yasya vīryavato rājñaḥ suvṛṣṭyā sasyasampadaḥ | havirbhistarpitā yena samyakklṛptairdivaukasaḥ

Under that mighty king the crops flourished with good rain, and the dwellers in heaven were fully gratified by him with carefully prepared oblations.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 349–350 (7.49.21d@008_0349–0350).

Verse 54 (7.55.54)

ऋषीणां च पितॄणां च देवानां सुखजीविनम् । ब्रह्मचर्यश्रुतिमुखैः सर्वैर्दानैश्च सर्वदा ॥

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca devānāṃ sukhajīvinam | brahmacaryaśrutimukhaiḥ sarvairdānaiśca sarvadā

He kept the sages, the ancestors and the gods in ease, always, by every means—chiefly celibacy and Vedic study—and by gifts.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 351 (7.49.21d@008_0351); line 2 differs from the critical edition (brahmacaryaśrutasutair yajñair dānena cānṛṇaḥ), a recension variant.

Verse 55 (7.55.55)

शयनासनपानानि स्वर्णराशीश्च दुस्त्यजाः । तत्सर्वममितं वित्तं दत्तं विप्रेभ्य इच्छया ॥

śayanāsanapānāni svarṇarāśīśca dustyajāḥ | tatsarvamamitaṃ vittaṃ dattaṃ viprebhya icchayā

Beds, seats and drinks, and heaps of gold hard to give up—all that measureless wealth he gave to the Brahmins as he wished.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 353–354 (7.49.21d@008_0353–0354); line 1 reads -पानानि where the critical edition has -yānāni, and line 2 reads दत्तं for dattvā (recension variants).

Verse 56 (7.55.56)

सोऽनुध्यातस्तु शक्रेण प्रजाः कृत्वा निरामयाः । श्रद्दधानो जिताँल्लोकान्गतः पुण्यदुहोऽक्षयान् ॥

so'nudhyātastu śakreṇa prajāḥ kṛtvā nirāmayāḥ | śraddadhāno jitām̐llokāngataḥ puṇyaduho'kṣayān

Looked on with favour by Shakra, having made his subjects free of disease, full of faith, he went to the imperishable worlds he had won, which yield the fruit of merit.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 355–356 (7.49.21d@008_0355–0356). Corrected सोनुध्यातस्तु → सोऽनुध्यातस्तु (missing avagraha in Wikisource; the critical edition reads so 'nudhyātas).

Verse 57 (7.55.57)

सप्रजः सनृपामात्यः सदारापत्यबान्धवः । यौवनेन सहस्राब्दं मरुत्तो राज्यमन्वशात् ॥

saprajaḥ sanṛpāmātyaḥ sadārāpatyabāndhavaḥ | yauvanena sahasrābdaṃ marutto rājyamanvaśāt

With his subjects, kings and ministers, with wife, children and kinsmen, Marutta ruled the kingdom for a thousand years, in the vigour of youth.

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

Verse 58 (7.55.58)

स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥

sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā | putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

He too died, Srinjaya, who was more blessed than you in four ways and more meritorious than your son. 'Do not mourn a son who never sacrificed and never gave fees,' he said to Shvaitya.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 357–359 (7.49.21d@008_0357–0359); line 3 reads अभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् where the critical edition has adhi śvaityety udāharat (recension variant). Lines 1–2 are Narada's speech and line 3 is the narrator's refrain; the verse stays with Narada under his heading.