Narada Tells of Dilipa

Verse 1 (7.61.1)

दिलीपं चापि राजेन्द्र मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । यस्य यज्ञशतेष्वासन्प्रयुतायुतशो द्विजाः ॥

dilīpaṃ cāpi rājendra mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yasya yajñaśateṣvāsanprayutāyutaśo dvijāḥ

We have heard, O king of kings, Srinjaya, that Dilipa too has died — at whose hundreds of sacrifices there were Brahmins by the ten thousand and by the million,

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 0510–0511: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. Wikisource reads दिलीपं चापि राजेन्द्र where the critical edition has dilīpaṃ ced ailavilaṃ (recension variant). Corrected मृतां → मृतं (misprint in Wikisource; the participle must agree with दिलीपम् (masculine), as the critical edition's mṛtaṃ).

Verse 2 (7.61.2)

तन्त्रज्ञानार्थसम्पन्ना यज्वानः पुत्रपौत्रिणः । स्वच्छन्दाः पुण्यगन्धाश्च सुभक्षा हेममालिनः । यस्य कर्माणि भूरीणि कथयन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

tantrajñānārthasampannā yajvānaḥ putrapautriṇaḥ | svacchandāḥ puṇyagandhāśca subhakṣā hemamālinaḥ | yasya karmāṇi bhūrīṇi kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ

men versed in the rites and their purpose, sacrificers with sons and grandsons, free to do as they wished, fragrant with merit, well fed and wearing golden garlands — Dilipa, whose many deeds the wise recount.

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 0512: line 1 is CE 0512 (differs); line 2 has no counterpart there; line 3 has no counterpart there. CE line 0512 reads tattvajñānārthasaṃpannā for Wikisource's तन्त्रज्ञानार्थसम्पन्ना (recension variant). Lines 2 and 3, between wiki quote marks, are found only in the vulgate. Corrected भूरिणि → भूरीणि (misprint in Wikisource; the neuter plural of भूरि is भूरीणि). Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick and closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 3 (7.61.3)

य इमां वसुसम्पूर्णां वसुधां वसुधाधिपः । ईजानो वितते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥

ya imāṃ vasusampūrṇāṃ vasudhāṃ vasudhādhipaḥ | ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata

That lord of the earth, when he sacrificed at his vast sacrifice, made over to the brahmins this whole earth, full of wealth.

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 0513–0514: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 4 (7.61.4)

राजानो वितते यज्ञे उपहारानुपाहरन् । दिलीपस्य तु यज्ञेषु कृतः पन्था हिरण्मयः । तं धर्म इव कुर्वाणाः सेन्द्रा देवाः समागमन् ॥

rājāno vitate yajñe upahārānupāharan | dilīpasya tu yajñeṣu kṛtaḥ panthā hiraṇmayaḥ | taṃ dharma iva kurvāṇāḥ sendrā devāḥ samāgaman

Kings brought him gifts at the vast sacrifice. At Dilipa's sacrifices a golden road was made, and the gods with Indra assembled there, treating it as though it were dharma itself.

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 0515–0516: line 1 has no counterpart there; line 2 is CE 0515 (differs); line 3 is CE 0516 (differs). Line 1 (राजानो वितते यज्ञे उपहारानुपाहरन्), between wiki quote marks, is found only in the vulgate. Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick and closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 5 (7.61.5)

सहस्रं यत्र मातङ्गा अगच्छन्पर्वतोपमाः । सौवर्णं चाभवत्सर्वं सदः परमभास्वरम् ॥

sahasraṃ yatra mātaṅgā agacchanparvatopamāḥ | sauvarṇaṃ cābhavatsarvaṃ sadaḥ paramabhāsvaram

Where a thousand mountain-like elephants walked, and the whole hall was of gold, supremely radiant.

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.

Verse 6 (7.61.6)

रसानां चाभवन्कुल्या भक्ष्याणां चापि पर्वताः । सहस्रव्यामा नृपते यूपाश्चासन्हिरण्मयाः ॥

rasānāṃ cābhavankulyā bhakṣyāṇāṃ cāpi parvatāḥ | sahasravyāmā nṛpate yūpāścāsanhiraṇmayāḥ

There were streams of savoury juices and mountains of delicacies, O king; and the sacrificial posts were of gold, each a thousand fathoms tall.

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.

Verse 7 (7.61.7)

चषालप्रचषालौ च यस्य यूपे हिरण्मयौ । नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसो यत्र षट्सहस्राणि सप्त च ॥

caṣālapracaṣālau ca yasya yūpe hiraṇmayau | nṛtyantyapsaraso yatra ṣaṭsahasrāṇi sapta ca

On whose sacrificial post the caṣāla and pracaṣāla were of gold, and where apsarases danced, six thousand and seven of them,

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 0517: line 1 is CE 0517 (differs); line 2 has no counterpart there. Line 2 (नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसो यत्र षट्सहस्राणि सप्त च) is found only in the vulgate. Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner from the text.

Verse 8 (7.61.8)

यत्र वीणां वादयति प्रीत्या विश्वावसुः स्वयम् । सर्वभूतान्यमन्यन्त मम वादयतीति तम् ॥

yatra vīṇāṃ vādayati prītyā viśvāvasuḥ svayam | sarvabhūtānyamanyanta mama vādayatīti tam

where Vishvavasu himself played the vina with delight, and every being thought, "He is playing for me."

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.

Verse 9 (7.61.9)

रागखाण्डवभोज्यैश्च मत्ताः पथिषु शेरते ॥

rāgakhāṇḍavabhojyaiśca mattāḥ pathiṣu śerate

Drunk on feasts of rāgakhāṇḍava delicacies, they lay about on the roads.

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 0518: it differs in wording (recension variant). Wikisource prints only this one line, which is the end of its own verse: the page shows it as '9a' with no second line, and the line that should pair with it is lost. It corresponds to CE line 0518 (yad yoṣā hemasaṃchannā mattāḥ pathiṣu śerate), whose wording differs from this line; the critical edition's other line 0517 stands in Wikisource's verse 7. The line is kept as printed, as a single line. Corrected पतिषु → पथिषु (misprint in Wikisource; the page's own note gives पथिषु in every variant it records, and the critical edition's corresponding line reads mattāḥ pathiṣu śerate).

Verse 10 (7.61.10)

तदेतदद्भुतं मन्ये अन्यैर्न सदृशं नृपैः । यदप्सु युध्यमानस्य चक्रे न परिपेततुः ॥

tadetadadbhutaṃ manye anyairna sadṛśaṃ nṛpaiḥ | yadapsu yudhyamānasya cakre na paripetatuḥ

I think this a marvel, equalled by no other kings: that when he fought in the waters, the wheels of his chariot did not sink.

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 0519–0520: identical.

Verse 11 (7.61.11)

राजानं दृढधन्वानं दिलीपं सत्यवादिनम् । येऽपश्यन्भूरिदक्षिण्यं तेऽपि स्वर्गजितो नराः ॥

rājānaṃ dṛḍhadhanvānaṃ dilīpaṃ satyavādinam | ye'paśyanbhūridakṣiṇyaṃ te'pi svargajito narāḥ

Even the people who saw King Dilipa — the firm-bowed, the truthful, the giver of rich fees — became winners of heaven.

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 0521–0522: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 12 (7.61.12)

पञ्च शब्दा न जीर्यन्ति दिलीपस्य निवेशने । स्वाध्यायघोषो ज्याघोषः पिबताश्नीत खादत ॥

pañca śabdā na jīryanti dilīpasya niveśane | svādhyāyaghoṣo jyāghoṣaḥ pibatāśnīta khādata

Five sounds never ceased in Dilipa's house: the chanting of Vedic study, the twang of the bowstring, and the cries "Drink!", "Eat!" and "Feast!"

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 0523–0524: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. Wikisource reads पञ्च शब्दा न जीर्यन्ति दिलीपस्य निवेशने where CE 0523 has trayaḥ śabdā na jīryante khaṭvāṅgasya niveśane (recension variant; the five sounds are the Vedic chanting, the bowstring, and the calls to drink, eat and feast).

Verse 13 (7.61.13)

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 0525–0527: 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 (0527).