Narada Tells of King Suhotra

Verse 1 (7.56.1)

सुहोत्रं नाम राजानं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । एकवीरमशक्यं तममरैरभिवीक्षितुम् ॥

suhotraṃ nāma rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | ekavīramaśakyaṃ tamamarairabhivīkṣitum

We have heard, Srinjaya, that King Suhotra too is dead—the one hero, whom even the immortals could not look upon.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: this adhyaya (like 54 and 55) 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 360–383 of that passage fall here), so no verse has a ce_ref and each note gives the appendix lines. The input agrees with the raw page row for row (12 verses, all under the heading नारद उवाच). This verse: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 360–361 (7.49.21d@008_0360–0361); line 2 differs from the critical edition (ekavīram anādhṛṣyam amitragaṇamardanam), a recension variant.

Verse 2 (7.56.2)

यः प्राप्य राज्यं धर्मेण ऋत्विङ्मन्त्रिपुरोहितान् । सम्मान्य चात्मनः श्रेयः पृष्ट्वा तेषां मते स्थितः ॥

yaḥ prāpya rājyaṃ dharmeṇa ṛtviṅmantripurohitān | sammānya cātmanaḥ śreyaḥ pṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ mate sthitaḥ

He received his kingdom by dharma, honoured the officiating priests, ministers and chaplains, asked them what was best for himself, and abided by their counsel.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 362–363 (7.49.21d@008_0362–0363); the wording differs in places from the critical edition (ṛtvigbrahmapurohitān; apṛcchad ātmanaḥ śreyaḥ), recension variants.

Verse 3 (7.56.3)

प्रजानां पालनं धर्मो दानमिज्या द्विषज्जयः । एतत्सुहोत्रो विज्ञाय धर्म्यमैच्छद्धनागमम् ॥

prajānāṃ pālanaṃ dharmo dānamijyā dviṣajjayaḥ | etatsuhotro vijñāya dharmyamaicchaddhanāgamam

Knowing that protecting the people, giving, sacrificing and conquering the foe are dharma, Suhotra sought to gain wealth only by lawful means.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 364–365 (7.49.21d@008_0364–0365); line 2 ends धर्म्यमैच्छद्धनागमम् where the critical edition has dharmeṇaicchad dhanāgamam (recension variant).

Verse 4 (7.56.4)

धर्मेणाराधयन्देवान्बाणैः शत्रूञ्जयंस्तथा । सर्वाण्यपि च भूतानि स्वगुणैरन्वरञ्जयत् ॥

dharmeṇārādhayandevānbāṇaiḥ śatrūñjayaṃstathā | sarvāṇyapi ca bhūtāni svaguṇairanvarañjayat

He pleased the gods by dharma, conquered enemies with his arrows, and delighted all beings by his own virtues.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 366–367 (7.49.21d@008_0366–0367); line 2 ends स्वगुणैरन्वरञ्जयत् where the critical edition has svaguṇair apy arañjayat.

Verse 5 (7.56.5)

यो भुक्त्वेमां वसुमतीं म्लेच्छाटविकवर्जिताम् । यस्मै ववर्ष पर्जन्यो हिरण्यं परिवत्सरान् ॥

yo bhuktvemāṃ vasumatīṃ mlecchāṭavikavarjitām | yasmai vavarṣa parjanyo hiraṇyaṃ parivatsarān

He ruled this earth, free of barbarians and forest tribes, and for him Parjanya rained gold year after year.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 368–369 (7.49.21d@008_0368–0369); line 1 reads यो भुक्त्वेमाम् where the critical edition has yo 'bhuṅktemām, and line 2 ends परिवत्सरान् for parivatsaram (recension variants).

Verse 6 (7.56.6)

हैरण्यास्तत्र वाहिन्यः स्वैरिण्यो व्यवहन्पुरा । ग्राहान्कर्कटकांश्चैव मत्स्यांश्च विविधान्बहून् ॥

hairaṇyāstatra vāhinyaḥ svairiṇyo vyavahanpurā | grāhānkarkaṭakāṃścaiva matsyāṃśca vividhānbahūn

Rivers of gold once flowed there at their own will, carrying crocodiles, crabs and fishes of many kinds in great numbers.

Note on the text: Line 2 corresponds to CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), line 371 (7.49.21d@008_0371) (yasmin kūrmān karkaṭakān matsyāṃś ca vividhān bahūn); line 1 (हैरण्यास्तत्र वाहिन्यः स्वैरिण्यो व्यवहन्पुरा) differs from the critical edition's line 370 (hiraṇyodās tathā nadyaḥ suhotrasya mahātmanaḥ), a recension variant. Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 7 (7.56.7)

कामान्वर्षति पर्जन्यो रूप्याणि विविधानि च । सौवर्णान्यप्रमेयाणि वाप्यश्च क्रोशसम्मिताः ॥

kāmānvarṣati parjanyo rūpyāṇi vividhāni ca | sauvarṇānyaprameyāṇi vāpyaśca krośasammitāḥ

Parjanya rained down desired things and many kinds of silver, countless things of gold, and ponds a krosha across.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 372–373 (7.49.21d@008_0372–0373); line 1 reads रूप्याणि where the critical edition has rūpāṇi (a different word: रूप्य 'silver' for rūpa 'form'; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 8 (7.56.8)

सहस्रं वामनान्कुब्जान्नक्रान्मकरकच्छपान् । सौवर्णान्विहितान्दृष्ट्वा ततोऽस्मयत वै तदा ॥

sahasraṃ vāmanānkubjānnakrānmakarakacchapān | sauvarṇānvihitāndṛṣṭvā tato'smayata vai tadā

Seeing a thousand dwarfs, hunchbacks, crocodiles, makaras and tortoises made of gold, he was filled with wonder.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 374–375 (7.49.21d@008_0374–0375); the wording differs in both lines from the critical edition (sa tatra śatasāhasrān nakrān makarakacchapān / sauvarṇān patitān dṛṣṭvā tato 'smayata vai 'tithiḥ), recension variants.

Verse 9 (7.56.9)

तत्सुवर्णमपर्यन्तं राजर्षिः कुरुजाङ्गले । ईजानो वितते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥

tatsuvarṇamaparyantaṃ rājarṣiḥ kurujāṅgale | ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata

That boundless gold the royal sage, performing a great sacrifice in Kurujangala, held to be for the Brahmins.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 376–377 (7.49.21d@008_0376–0377).

Verse 10 (7.56.10)

सोऽश्वमेधसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च । पुण्यैः क्षत्रिययज्ञैश्च प्रभूतवरदक्षिणैः ॥

so'śvamedhasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca | puṇyaiḥ kṣatriyayajñaiśca prabhūtavaradakṣiṇaiḥ

With a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred royal consecrations, and with meritorious kshatriya sacrifices with abundant and excellent fees,

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 378–379 (7.49.21d@008_0378–0379).

Verse 11 (7.56.11)

काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रैरिष्ट्वेष्टां गतिमाप्तवान् । स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया ॥

kāmyanaimittikājasrairiṣṭveṣṭāṃ gatimāptavān | sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā

and with sacrifices of desire, of occasion and of constant duty, he sacrificed and attained the destination he sought. Yet he too died, Srinjaya, who was more blessed than you in four ways,

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21), lines 380–381 (7.49.21d@008_0380–0381); line 1 reads इष्ट्वेष्टां गतिमाप्तवान् where the critical edition has iṣṭāṃ gatim avāptavān.

Verse 12 (7.56.12)

पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥

putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

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 382–383 (7.49.21d@008_0382–0383); line 2 reads अभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् where the critical edition has adhi śvaityety udāharat (recension variant). Line 1 is Narada's speech and line 2 is the narrator's refrain; the verse stays with Narada under his heading.