Narada Tells of Mandhata

Verse 1 (7.62.1)

मान्धातारम् यौवनाश्वं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । यं देवावश्विनौ गर्भे पितुः पार्श्वे चकर्षतुः ॥

māndhātāram yauvanāśvaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yaṃ devāvaśvinau garbhe pituḥ pārśve cakarṣatuḥ

We have heard, Srinjaya, that Mandhata, son of Yuvanashva, has died — he whom the two Ashvin gods drew out of the womb at his father's side.

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 0528–0529: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Line 1 corresponds to CE line 0528 (māndhātā ced yauvanāśvas trailokyavijayī mṛtaḥ); line 2 reads garbhe pituḥ pārśve where CE 0529 has garbhāt pituḥ pūrvam (recension variant). Corrected मान्धतारं → मान्धातारम् (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā of the name is dropped (मान्धातृ, accusative मान्धातारम्)).

Verse 2 (7.62.2)

मृगयां विचरन्राजा तृषितः क्लान्तवाहनः । धूमं दृष्ट्वाऽगमत्सत्रं पृषदाज्यमवाप सः ॥

mṛgayāṃ vicaranrājā tṛṣitaḥ klāntavāhanaḥ | dhūmaṃ dṛṣṭvā'gamatsatraṃ pṛṣadājyamavāpa saḥ

The king, roaming on a hunt, thirsty and with tired mounts, saw smoke and came to a sacrificial session, and there he obtained the curds mixed with ghee.

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 0530–0531: identical.

Verse 3 (7.62.3)

तं दृष्ट्वा युवनाश्वस्य जठरे रविसन्निभम् । गर्भं निरूहतुर्देवावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā yuvanāśvasya jaṭhare ravisannibham | garbhaṃ nirūhaturdevāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau

Seeing that sun-like child in Yuvanashva's belly, the two gods, the Ashvins, best of physicians, drew out the embryo.

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 0532–0533: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Wikisource's wording differs from CE 0532–0533 (jaṭhare sūnutāṃ gatam / garbhād dhi jahratur …).

Verse 4 (7.62.4)

तं दृष्ट्वा पितुरुत्सङ्गे शयानं देववर्चसम् । अन्योन्यमब्रुवन्देवाः कमयं धास्यतीति वै ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā piturutsaṅge śayānaṃ devavarcasam | anyonyamabruvandevāḥ kamayaṃ dhāsyatīti vai

Seeing him lying in his father's lap, radiant as a god, the gods said to one another, "Whom will he suckle?"

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 0534: line 1 is CE 0534 (identical); line 2 has no counterpart there. Line 2 (अन्योन्यमब्रुवन्देवाः कमयं धास्यतीति वै) is found only in the vulgate.

Verse 5 (7.62.5)

मामेवायं धयत्वङ्ग इति ह स्माह वासवः । ततोऽङ्गुलिभ्यो हीन्द्रस्य प्रादुरासीत्पयोऽमृतम् ॥

māmevāyaṃ dhayatvaṅga iti ha smāha vāsavaḥ | tato'ṅgulibhyo hīndrasya prādurāsītpayo'mṛtam

"Let him suckle me, my friends," said Vasava. Then from Indra's fingers there came forth a nectar-like milk.

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 0535–0536: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. CE line 0535 has agre where line 1 has अङ्ग. Corrected ततोङ्गुलिभ्यो → ततोऽङ्गुलिभ्यो (avagraha omitted in Wikisource (tato 'ṅgulibhyo, as in the critical edition)).

Verse 6 (7.62.6)

मां धास्यतीति कारुण्याद्यदिन्द्रो ह्यन्वकम्पयत् । तस्मात्तु मान्धातेत्येवं नाम तस्याद्भुतं कृतम् ॥

māṃ dhāsyatīti kāruṇyādyadindro hyanvakampayat | tasmāttu māndhātetyevaṃ nāma tasyādbhutaṃ kṛtam

Because Indra, out of compassion, said "He will suckle me" (mām dhāsyati), the wonderful name Mandhata was given to him.

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 0537–0538: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Line 2 reads तस्मात्तु where CE 0538 has tasmāt sa; the page's own note records a further reading (recension variant). Corrected कारण्याद् → कारुण्याद् (misprint in Wikisource; कारण्य is not a word, the critical edition reads kāruṇyāt ('out of compassion')).

Verse 7 (7.62.7)

ततस्तु धारां पयसो घृतस्य च महात्मनः । तस्यास्ये यौवनाश्वस्य पाणिरिन्द्रस्य चास्रवत् ॥

tatastu dhārāṃ payaso ghṛtasya ca mahātmanaḥ | tasyāsye yauvanāśvasya pāṇirindrasya cāsravat

Then a stream of milk and ghee from the hand of the great Indra flowed into the mouth of Yauvanashva's son.

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 0539–0540: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 8 (7.62.8)

अपिबत्पाणिमिन्द्रस्य स चाप्यह्नाऽभ्यवर्धत । सोऽभवद्द्वादशसमो द्वादशाहेन वीर्यवान् ॥

apibatpāṇimindrasya sa cāpyahnā'bhyavardhata | so'bhavaddvādaśasamo dvādaśāhena vīryavān

He drank from Indra's hand and grew in a single day; in twelve days the mighty child became like one of twelve years.

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 0541–0542: identical. Corrected चाप्यह्गाऽभ्यवर्धत → चाप्यह्नाऽभ्यवर्धत (misprint in Wikisource; ह्ग for ह्न, the instrumental of अहन् ('in a day') as in the critical edition's ahnābhyavardhata).

Verse 9 (7.62.9)

इमां च पृथिवीं कृत्स्नामेकाह्ना स व्यजीजयत् । धर्मात्मा धृतिमान्वीरः सत्यसन्धो जितेन्द्रियः ॥

imāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāmekāhnā sa vyajījayat | dharmātmā dhṛtimānvīraḥ satyasandho jitendriyaḥ

In one day he conquered this entire earth — righteous, steadfast, a hero, true to his word, master of his senses.

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 0543–0544: identical.

Verse 10 (7.62.10)

जनमेजयं सुधन्वानं गयं पूरुं बृहद्रथम् । असितं च नृगं चैव मान्धाता मानवोऽजयत् ॥

janamejayaṃ sudhanvānaṃ gayaṃ pūruṃ bṛhadratham | asitaṃ ca nṛgaṃ caiva māndhātā mānavo'jayat

Mandhata, the descendant of Manu, conquered Janamejaya, Sudhanvan, Gaya, Puru, Brihadratha, Asita and Nriga.

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 0545–0546: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. The last words differ from CE 0546, which reads asitaṃ caiva rāmaṃ ca māndhātā manujo 'jayat (recension variant: Wikisource names Nriga).

Verse 11 (7.62.11)

उदेति च यतः सूर्यो यत्र च प्रतितिष्ठति । तत्सर्वं यौवनाश्वस्य मान्धातुः क्षेत्रमुच्यते ॥

udeti ca yataḥ sūryo yatra ca pratitiṣṭhati | tatsarvaṃ yauvanāśvasya māndhātuḥ kṣetramucyate

From where the sun rises to where it sets, all of it is called the field of Mandhata, son of Yuvanashva.

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 0547–0548: identical.

Verse 12 (7.62.12)

सोऽश्वमेधशतैरिष्ट्वा राजसूयशतेन च । अददद्रोहितान्मत्स्यान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशाम्पते ॥

so'śvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā rājasūyaśatena ca | adadadrohitānmatsyānbrāhmaṇebhyo viśāmpate

Having sacrificed with a hundred horse sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuyas, he gave the brahmins red fish, O lord of the people,

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 0549–0550: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Line 2 differs from CE 0550, which reads adadad rohitān aśvān; the page's own note records रोहितानश्वान् as a variant.

Verse 13 (7.62.13)

हैरण्यान्योजनोत्सेधानायताञ्शतयोजनम् । बहुप्रकारान्सुस्वादून्भक्ष्यभोज्यान्नपर्वतान् ॥

hairaṇyānyojanotsedhānāyatāñśatayojanam | bahuprakārānsusvādūnbhakṣyabhojyānnaparvatān

made of gold, a yojana high and a hundred yojanas long, together with mountains of food and drink of many kinds and fine flavours.

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 0551–0552: identical.

Verse 14 (7.62.14)

अतिरिक्तं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो भुञ्जानो हीयते जनः ॥

atiriktaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo bhuñjāno hīyate janaḥ

A man who ate more than what remained after the brahmins had been served was the loser.

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 0553: identical. Wikisource prints this as a single line, as does the critical edition (line 0553).

Verse 15 (7.62.15)

भक्ष्यान्नपाननिचयाः शुशुभुस्त्वन्नपर्वताः । घृतहदाः सूपपङ्का दधिफेना गुडोदकाः ॥

bhakṣyānnapānanicayāḥ śuśubhustvannaparvatāḥ | ghṛtahadāḥ sūpapaṅkā dadhiphenā guḍodakāḥ

The mountains of food shone, heaps of things to eat and drink, with lakes of ghee, mires of soup, and curd-foamed waters sweetened with jaggery.

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 0554–0555: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Corrected दधिफेनां → दधिफेना (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for the lost visarga before a voiced consonant, the critical edition reads dadhiphenā guḍodakāḥ).

Verse 16 (7.62.16)

रुरुधुः पर्वतान्नद्यो मधुक्षीरवहाः शुभाः । देवासुरा नरा यक्षा गन्धर्वोरगपक्षिणः ॥

rurudhuḥ parvatānnadyo madhukṣīravahāḥ śubhāḥ | devāsurā narā yakṣā gandharvoragapakṣiṇaḥ

Fair rivers flowing with honey and milk hemmed in the mountains; and there were gods and asuras, men, yakshas, gandharvas, serpents and birds.

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 0556–0557: identical.

Verse 17 (7.62.17)

विप्रास्तत्रागताश्चासन्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । ब्राह्मणा ऋषयश्चापि नासंस्तत्राविपश्चितः ॥

viprāstatrāgatāścāsanvedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | brāhmaṇā ṛṣayaścāpi nāsaṃstatrāvipaścitaḥ

Brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and their limbs had come there, and among the brahmins and the sages there was none who was unlearned.

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 0558–0559: identical.

Verse 18 (7.62.18)

समुद्रान्तां वसुमतीं वसुपूर्णां तु सर्वतः । स तां ब्राह्मणसात्कृत्वा जगाम स्वान्गृहान्प्रति ॥

samudrāntāṃ vasumatīṃ vasupūrṇāṃ tu sarvataḥ | sa tāṃ brāhmaṇasātkṛtvā jagāma svāngṛhānprati

Having made the earth, bounded by the sea and filled everywhere with wealth, the brahmins' own, he went back to his own home.

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 0560–0561: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 19 (7.62.19)

राजाऽपि विविधैरिष्ट्वा यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः । गतः पुण्यकृतां लोकान्व्याप्य स्वयशसा दिशः ॥

rājā'pi vividhairiṣṭvā yajñairvividhadakṣiṇaiḥ | gataḥ puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānvyāpya svayaśasā diśaḥ

That king too, having sacrificed with many sacrifices of many kinds of fees, went to the worlds of the meritorious, filling the quarters with his fame.

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 0562: line 1 has no counterpart there; line 2 is CE 0562 (identical). Line 1 (राजाऽपि विविधैरिष्ट्वा यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः), between wiki quote marks, is found only in the vulgate. Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick and closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 20 (7.62.20)

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 0563–0565: 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 (0565).