Narada Tells of Bhagiratha

Verse 1 (7.60.1)

भगीरथं च राजानं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । परित्राणाय पूर्वेषां येन गङ्गाऽवतारिता ॥

bhagīrathaṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | paritrāṇāya pūrveṣāṃ yena gaṅgā'vatāritā

We have heard, Srinjaya, that King Bhagiratha too has died — he by whom the Ganga was brought down to save his forefathers.

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 0483: line 1 is CE 0483 (identical); line 2 has no counterpart there. Line 2 (परित्राणाय पूर्वेषां येन गङ्गाऽवतारिता), opened by a wiki quote mark, is found only in the vulgate. Removed the wiki quote mark (opening backtick) from the text.

Verse 2 (7.60.2)

यस्येन्द्रो बाहुवीर्येण प्रीतो राज्ञो महात्मनः । सोऽश्वमेधशतैरीजे समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ॥

yasyendro bāhuvīryeṇa prīto rājño mahātmanaḥ | so'śvamedhaśatairīje samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ

Indra was pleased with the arm-strength of that great-souled king, who sacrificed with hundreds of horse sacrifices whose splendid fees were fully paid,

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. Found only in the vulgate (verses 1–3 are enclosed in wiki quote marks, closing after the first line of verse 3).

Verse 3 (7.60.3)

हविर्मन्त्रान्नसम्पन्नैर्देवानामादधौ मुदम् । येन भागीरथी गङ्गा चयनैः काञ्चनैश्चिता ॥

havirmantrānnasampannairdevānāmādadhau mudam | yena bhāgīrathī gaṅgā cayanaiḥ kāñcanaiścitā

and with offerings, mantras and food in abundance brought joy to the gods; by him the Ganga, the river of Bhagiratha, was built over with golden altars.

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 0484: line 1 has no counterpart there; line 2 is CE 0484 (identical). Line 1 (हविर्मन्त्रान्नसम्पन्नैर्देवानामादधौ मुदम्) is found only in the vulgate. Removed the wiki quote mark (closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 4 (7.60.4)

यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां कन्या हेमविभूषिताः । राज्ञश्च राजपुत्रांश्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥

yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ | rājñaśca rājaputrāṃśca brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata

He made over to the brahmins a thousand times a thousand maidens adorned with gold, together with kings and princes.

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 0485–0486: identical.

Verse 5 (7.60.5)

सर्वा रथगताः कन्या रथाः सर्वे चतुर्युजः । रथेरथे शतं नागाः सर्वे वै हेममालिनः ॥

sarvā rathagatāḥ kanyā rathāḥ sarve caturyujaḥ | ratherathe śataṃ nāgāḥ sarve vai hemamālinaḥ

All the maidens rode in chariots, and every chariot had four horses; with each chariot went a hundred elephants, all wearing golden garlands.

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 0487–0488: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Line 2 reads रथेरथे शतं नागाः सर्वे वै हेममालिनः; the critical edition has padmino hemamālinaḥ for the last words.

Verse 6 (7.60.6)

सहस्रमश्वाश्चैकैकं गजानां पृष्ठतोऽन्वयुः । अश्वेऽश्वे शतं गावो गवां पश्चादजाविकम् ॥

sahasramaśvāścaikaikaṃ gajānāṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayuḥ | aśve'śve śataṃ gāvo gavāṃ paścādajāvikam

Behind each elephant followed a thousand horses; with each horse went a hundred cows, and behind the cows came 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 0489–0490: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Corrected अश्वेअश्वे → अश्वेऽश्वे (missing avagraha in Wikisource; the critical edition reads aśve aśve).

Verse 7 (7.60.7)

तेनाक्रान्ता जनौघेन दक्षिणा भूयसीर्ददत् । उपह्वरेऽतिव्यथिता तस्याङ्के निषसाद ह ॥

tenākrāntā janaughena dakṣiṇā bhūyasīrdadat | upahvare'tivyathitā tasyāṅke niṣasāda ha

Overwhelmed by the surging crowds as he went on giving ever more fees, she, sorely distressed, sat down in the hollow by his side, in his lap.

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 0491–0492: identical.

Verse 8 (7.60.8)

तथा भागीरथी गङ्गा ह्यूर्ध्वगा ह्यभवत्पुरा । दुहितृत्वं गता राज्ञः पुत्रत्वमगमत्तदा ॥

tathā bhāgīrathī gaṅgā hyūrdhvagā hyabhavatpurā | duhitṛtvaṃ gatā rājñaḥ putratvamagamattadā

So the Bhagirathi Ganga, who had flowed upward before, became the king's daughter, and then took a son's place as well.

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 0493–0494: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. Line 1 differs from CE line 0493 (bhāgīrathī gaṅgā urvaśī cābhavat purā) in more than the corrected word. Corrected मागीरथी → भागीरथी (misprint in Wikisource; the river's epithet is भागीरथी, as in the critical edition's bhāgīrathī).

Verse 9 (7.60.9)

तां तु गाथा जगुः प्रीता गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः । पितृदेवमनुष्याणां शृण्वतां वल्गुवादिनः ॥

tāṃ tu gāthā jaguḥ prītā gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ | pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ valguvādinaḥ

In the hearing of ancestors, gods and men, the gandharvas, radiant as the sun and sweet of speech, joyfully sang a song of her.

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 0495–0496: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 10 (7.60.10)

भगीरथं यजमानमैक्ष्वाकुं भूरिदक्षिणम् । गङ्गा समुद्रगा देवी वव्रे पितरमीश्वरम् ॥

bhagīrathaṃ yajamānamaikṣvākuṃ bhūridakṣiṇam | gaṅgā samudragā devī vavre pitaramīśvaram

They sang that the goddess Ganga, who flows to the sea, chose as her father the lord Bhagiratha, the Ikshvaku sacrificer, giver of rich fees.

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 0497–0498: identical.

Verse 11 (7.60.11)

तस्य सेन्द्रैः सुरगणैर्देवैर्यज्ञः स्वलङ्कृतः । सम्यक्परिगृहीतश्च शान्तविघ्नो निरामयः ॥

tasya sendraiḥ suragaṇairdevairyajñaḥ svalaṅkṛtaḥ | samyakparigṛhītaśca śāntavighno nirāmayaḥ

His sacrifice, finely adorned, was fully accepted by the gods, with Indra and the host of divinities, and it passed free of obstacles and mishap.

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 0499–0500: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 12 (7.60.12)

यो य इच्छेत विप्रो वै यत्रयत्रात्मनः प्रियम् । भगीरथस्तदा प्रीतस्तत्रतत्राददद्वशी ॥

yo ya iccheta vipro vai yatrayatrātmanaḥ priyam | bhagīrathastadā prītastatratatrādadadvaśī

Whatever the brahmin wished for, wherever it was dear to him, Bhagiratha, self-controlled and pleased, gave it there and then.

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 0501–0502: identical.

Verse 13 (7.60.13)

नादेयं ब्राह्मणस्यासीद्यस्य यत्स्यात्प्रियं धनम् । सोऽपि विप्रप्रसादेन ब्रह्मलोकं गतो नृपः ॥

nādeyaṃ brāhmaṇasyāsīdyasya yatsyātpriyaṃ dhanam | so'pi vipraprasādena brahmalokaṃ gato nṛpaḥ

No wealth that was dear to a brahmin was beyond giving; and by the favour of the brahmins that king went to Brahma's world.

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 0503–0504: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 14 (7.60.14)

येन यातौ मखमुखौ दिशाशाविह पादपाः । तेनावस्थातुमिच्छन्ति तं गत्वा राजमीश्वरम् ॥

yena yātau makhamukhau diśāśāviha pādapāḥ | tenāvasthātumicchanti taṃ gatvā rājamīśvaram

Through him the trees here, in longing, reached out toward the quarters at the front of the sacrifice; they wish to stand beside him, having gone to that king and lord.

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 0505–0506: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. In line 1 Wikisource reads यातौ मखमुखौ where the critical edition has yātā makhamukhe; the page's own note records a further reading (ये ऽनुयाता अभिमुखा …).

Verse 15 (7.60.15)

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 0507–0509: line 1 is identical, line 2 is identical, line 3 differs. The refrain; the critical edition prints a fresh 'nārada uvāca' before its third line (0509).