Narada Tells Srinjaya of King Anga

Verse 1 (7.57.1)

अङ्गं च पौरवं वीरं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । सहस्रं यः सहस्राणां श्वेतानश्वानवासृजत् ॥

aṅgaṃ ca pauravaṃ vīraṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | sahasraṃ yaḥ sahasrāṇāṃ śvetānaśvānavāsṛjat

We have heard, Srinjaya, that Anga too has died, the heroic scion of Puru — he who let loose a thousand times a thousand white horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0384–0385: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Wikisource opens with अङ्गं च पौरवं वीरं where the critical edition has rājānaṃ pauravaṃ vīraṃ (recension variant); the critical edition's 'Paurava' is the same Anga, named in its line 0404.

Verse 2 (7.57.2)

तस्याश्वमेधे राजर्षेर्देशाद्देशात्समीयुषाम् । शिक्षाक्षरविधिज्ञानां नासीत्सङ्ख्या विपश्चिताम् ॥

tasyāśvamedhe rājarṣerdeśāddeśātsamīyuṣām | śikṣākṣaravidhijñānāṃ nāsītsaṅkhyā vipaścitām

At the horse sacrifice of that royal sage, the learned men who gathered from every land, skilled in phonetics, letters and ritual procedure, were past counting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0386–0387: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 3 (7.57.3)

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता वदान्याः प्रियदर्शनाः । सुभिक्षाच्छादनगृहाः सुशय्यासनभोजनाः ॥

vedavidyāvratasnātā vadānyāḥ priyadarśanāḥ | subhikṣācchādanagṛhāḥ suśayyāsanabhojanāḥ

Generous and pleasant to look upon, they had bathed at the close of their Vedic studies and vows, and they had good food, clothing and lodging, and good beds, seats and meals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0388–0389: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 4 (7.57.4)

नटनर्तकगन्धर्वैः पूर्णकैर्वर्धमानकैः । नित्योद्योगैश्च क्रीडद्भिस्तत्र स्म परिहर्षिताः ॥

naṭanartakagandharvaiḥ pūrṇakairvardhamānakaiḥ | nityodyogaiśca krīḍadbhistatra sma pariharṣitāḥ

There they were delighted by actors, dancers and gandharvas, by the pūrṇakas and vardhamānakas, and by others ceaselessly busy at their sport.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0390–0391: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 5 (7.57.5)

यज्ञे यज्ञे यथाकालं दक्षिणाः सोऽत्यकालयत् । द्विपान्दशसहस्राख्यानदात्काञ्चनसंवृतान् ॥

yajñe yajñe yathākālaṃ dakṣiṇāḥ so'tyakālayat | dvipāndaśasahasrākhyānadātkāñcanasaṃvṛtān

At every sacrifice, in due season, he gave out the sacrificial fees: ten thousand elephants covered with gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0392–0393: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. CE line 0394 (sadhvajāḥ sapatākāś ca rathā hemamayās tathā) follows the critical edition's line 0393 and is not on the Wikisource page; the critical edition's line 0393 reads dvipā daśasahasrākhyāḥ pramadāḥ kāñcanaprabhāḥ.

Verse 6 (7.57.6)

यः सहस्रं सहस्राणि कन्या हेमविभूषिताः । धूर्युजाश्वगजारूढाः सगृहक्षेत्रगोशताः ॥

yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇi kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ | dhūryujāśvagajārūḍhāḥ sagṛhakṣetragośatāḥ

He gave a thousand times a thousand maidens adorned with gold, mounted on chariots, horses and elephants, each with a house, fields and a hundred cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0395–0396: identical.

Verse 7 (7.57.7)

शतं शतसहस्राणि स्वर्णमालानथर्षभान् । गवां सहस्रानुचरान्दक्षिणामत्यकालयत् ॥

śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi svarṇamālānatharṣabhān | gavāṃ sahasrānucarāndakṣiṇāmatyakālayat

A hundred times a hundred thousand bulls wearing golden garlands, each attended by a thousand cows — these he gave away as his fee.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0397–0398: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 8 (7.57.8)

हेमशृङ्ग्यो रौप्यखुराः सवत्साः कांस्यदोहनाः । दासीदासखरोष्ट्रांश्च प्रादादाजाविकं बहु ॥

hemaśṛṅgyo raupyakhurāḥ savatsāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ | dāsīdāsakharoṣṭrāṃśca prādādājāvikaṃ bahu

Cows with golden horns and silver hooves, with their calves and bronze milking-pails; and he gave also women and men slaves, donkeys, camels and a great many goats and sheep.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0399–0400: identical.

Verse 9 (7.57.9)

रत्नानां विविधानां च विविधांश्चान्नपर्वतान् । तस्मिन्संवितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत् ॥

ratnānāṃ vividhānāṃ ca vividhāṃścānnaparvatān | tasminsaṃvitate yajñe dakṣiṇāmatyakālayat

Of jewels of many kinds, and of many mountains of food — at that vast sacrifice he gave all this away as his fee.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0401–0402: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 10 (7.57.10)

तत्रास्य गाथा गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः । अङ्गस्य यजमानस्य अपि विष्णुपदे वयम् ॥

tatrāsya gāthā gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ | aṅgasya yajamānasya api viṣṇupade vayam

About him, those who know the ancient lore sing this song: "Of Anga the sacrificer — even in Vishnu's footstep, we …"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), line 0403: line 1 is CE 0403 (identical); line 2 has no counterpart there. Line 2 (अङ्गस्य यजमानस्य अपि विष्णुपदे वयम्) is found only in the vulgate; the song it begins continues in the next verse. Removed the wiki quote mark (opening backtick) from the text.

Verse 11 (7.57.11)

अमाद्यदिन्द्रः सोमेन दक्षिणाभिर्द्विजातयः । देवमानुषगन्धर्वांश्चात्यरोचन्त दक्षिणाः ॥

amādyadindraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhirdvijātayaḥ | devamānuṣagandharvāṃścātyarocanta dakṣiṇāḥ

"Indra grew drunk on the soma, and the twice-born on the gifts; the fees outshone gods, men and gandharvas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages. Both lines continue the song begun in the previous verse. Corrected अमाद्यदिन्द्रुः → अमाद्यदिन्द्रः (misprint in Wikisource; इन्द्रु is not a word, and the sense requires Indra). Removed the wiki quote mark (closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 12 (7.57.12)

अङ्गस्य यजमानस्य स्वधर्माधिगताः शुभाः । गुणोत्तरास्तु क्रतवस्तस्यासन्सार्वकामिकाः ॥

aṅgasya yajamānasya svadharmādhigatāḥ śubhāḥ | guṇottarāstu kratavastasyāsansārvakāmikāḥ

The sacrifices of Anga the sacrificer, won through his own duty, were auspicious and surpassing in merit, and they fulfilled every desire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0404–0405: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 13 (7.57.13)

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

sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā | putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

If even he died, Srinjaya — he who was more blessed than you in four ways and more meritorious than your son — then do not grieve for your son, who neither sacrificed nor gave fees. So Narada addressed Shvaitya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0406–0408: line 1 is identical, line 2 is identical, line 3 differs. The refrain is spoken by Narada; its third line, which the critical edition prints after a fresh 'nārada uvāca' (line 0408), reads there adhi śvaityety for the Wikisource abhi śvaityety. Corrected चतुर्भद्रतस्त्वया → चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable र is dropped, the refrain reads caturbhadrataras tvayā in the critical edition and in every other adhyaya of this story).