Narada Tells of Ambarisha

Verse 1 (7.64.1)

नाभागमम्बरीषं च मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां राज्ञां चैकस्त्वयोधयत् ॥

nābhāgamambarīṣaṃ ca mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ rājñāṃ caikastvayodhayat

We have heard, Srinjaya, that Ambarisha, son of Nabhaga, has died — he who alone fought a thousand times a thousand kings.

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 0588–0589: identical.

Verse 2 (7.64.2)

जिगीषमाणाः सङ्ग्रामे समन्ताद्वैरिणोऽभ्ययुः । अस्त्रयुद्धविदो घोराः सृजन्तश्चाशिवा गिरः ॥

jigīṣamāṇāḥ saṅgrāme samantādvairiṇo'bhyayuḥ | astrayuddhavido ghorāḥ sṛjantaścāśivā giraḥ

Eager to conquer, enemies came upon him from every side in the battle: dreadful men, skilled in weapon-fighting, uttering ill-omened words.

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 0590–0591: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 3 (7.64.3)

बललाघवशिक्षाभिस्तेषां सोऽस्त्रबलेन च । छत्रायुधध्वजरथांश्छित्त्वा प्रासान्गतव्यथः ॥

balalāghavaśikṣābhisteṣāṃ so'strabalena ca | chatrāyudhadhvajarathāṃśchittvā prāsāngatavyathaḥ

By his training in strength and quickness, and by the power of his weapons, he cut down their parasols, weapons, banners, chariots and lances, himself untroubled.

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 0592–0593: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Wikisource's wording differs from CE 0592–0593 in line 1 (balalāghavaśikṣābhiḥ for balalābhād vaśīkṛtya).

Verse 4 (7.64.4)

त एनं मुक्तसन्नाहाः प्रार्थयञ्जीवितैषिणः । शरण्यमीयुः शरणं तवास्म इति वादिनः ॥

ta enaṃ muktasannāhāḥ prārthayañjīvitaiṣiṇaḥ | śaraṇyamīyuḥ śaraṇaṃ tavāsma iti vādinaḥ

Throwing off their armour and desiring to live, they went to him as their refuge and begged him, saying, "We are yours."

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 0594–0595: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. Corrected तव स्म इति → तवास्म इति (misprint in Wikisource; 'we are yours' needs the verb अस्म, as in the critical edition's śaraṇaṃ tavāsma iti).

Verse 5 (7.64.5)

स तु तान्वशगान्कृत्वा जित्वा चेमां वसुन्धराम् । ईजे यज्ञशतैरिष्टैर्यथा शक्रस्तथाऽनघः ॥

sa tu tānvaśagānkṛtvā jitvā cemāṃ vasundharām | īje yajñaśatairiṣṭairyathā śakrastathā'naghaḥ

Having brought them under his sway and conquered this whole earth, that sinless one sacrificed with a hundred sacrifices, as Shakra does.

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 0596–0597: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 6 (7.64.6)

बुभुजुः सर्वसम्पन्नमन्नमन्ये जनाः सदा । तस्मिन्यज्ञे तु विप्रेन्द्राः सन्तृप्ताः परमार्चिताः ॥

bubhujuḥ sarvasampannamannamanye janāḥ sadā | tasminyajñe tu viprendrāḥ santṛptāḥ paramārcitāḥ

Other people too always enjoyed food perfect in every way; and at that sacrifice the foremost brahmins were fully satisfied and highly honoured.

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 0598–0599: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 7 (7.64.7)

मोदकान्पूरिकापूपान्स्वादुपूर्णाश्च शष्कुलीः । करम्भान्पृथुमृद्वीका अन्नानि सुकृतानि च ॥

modakānpūrikāpūpānsvādupūrṇāśca śaṣkulīḥ | karambhānpṛthumṛdvīkā annāni sukṛtāni ca

Modakas, pūrikās and cakes, śaṣkulīs rich with filling, karambhas, large soft raisins, and other well-made foods;

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 0600–0601: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 8 (7.64.8)

सूपान्मैरेयकापूपान्रागषाडवपानकान् । मृष्टान्नानि सुयुक्तानि मृदूनि सुरभीणि च ॥

sūpānmaireyakāpūpānrāgaṣāḍavapānakān | mṛṣṭānnāni suyuktāni mṛdūni surabhīṇi ca

soups, maireya cakes and rāgaṣāḍava drinks, and sweet dishes well prepared, soft and fragrant;

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 0602–0603: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 9 (7.64.9)

घृतं मधु पयस्तोयं दधीनि रसवन्ति च । फलं मूलं सुस्वादु द्विजास्तत्रोपभुञ्जते ॥

ghṛtaṃ madhu payastoyaṃ dadhīni rasavanti ca | phalaṃ mūlaṃ susvādu dvijāstatropabhuñjate

ghee, honey, milk, water, savoury curds, and fruit and roots of fine taste — the brahmins enjoyed these there.

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 0604–0605: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 10 (7.64.10)

मदनीयानि पापानि विदित्वा चात्मनः सुखम् । अपिबन्त यथाकामं पानपा गीतवादितैः ॥

madanīyāni pāpāni viditvā cātmanaḥ sukham | apibanta yathākāmaṃ pānapā gītavāditaiḥ

Though they knew the intoxicating drinks were sinful, thinking of their own pleasure, the drinkers drank as they liked, to singing and music.

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 0606–0607: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical. Line 1 reads मदनीयानि पापानि where CE 0606 has madanīyāni pānāni; the page's own note records मदनीयानि पानानि as a variant, and its commentary explains पापानि as 'sin-causing' drinks.

Verse 11 (7.64.11)

तत्र स्म गाथा गायन्ति क्षीबा हृष्टाः पठन्ति च । नाभागस्तुतिसंयुक्ता ननृतुश्च सहस्रशः ॥

tatra sma gāthā gāyanti kṣībā hṛṣṭāḥ paṭhanti ca | nābhāgastutisaṃyuktā nanṛtuśca sahasraśaḥ

There the drunken, delighted men sang songs and recited verses in praise of Nabhaga's son, and thousands danced.

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 0608–0609: identical.

Verse 12 (7.64.12)

तेषु यज्ञेष्वम्बरीषो दक्षिणामत्यकालयत् । राज्ञां शतसहस्राणि दशप्रयुतयाजिनाम् ॥

teṣu yajñeṣvambarīṣo dakṣiṇāmatyakālayat | rājñāṃ śatasahasrāṇi daśaprayutayājinām

At those sacrifices Ambarisha gave away as fees hundreds of thousands of kings, sacrificers by the ten 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 0610–0611: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs. Line 2 reads राज्ञां शतसहस्राणि दशप्रयुतयाजिनाम् where CE 0611 has rājñāṃ daśasahasrāṇi daśa prayutayājinām (recension variant).

Verse 13 (7.64.13)

हिरण्यकवचान्सर्वाञ्श्वेतच्छत्रप्रकीर्णकान् । हिरण्यस्यन्दनारूढान्सानुयात्रपरिच्छादान् ॥

hiraṇyakavacānsarvāñśvetacchatraprakīrṇakān | hiraṇyasyandanārūḍhānsānuyātraparicchādān

all in golden armour, shaded by white umbrellas and fly-whisks, mounted on golden chariots, with their trains and equipment.

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 0612–0613: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 14 (7.64.14)

ईजानो वितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत् । मूर्धाभिषिक्तांश्च नृपान्राजपुत्रशतानि च ॥

ījāno vitate yajñe dakṣiṇāmatyakālayat | mūrdhābhiṣiktāṃśca nṛpānrājaputraśatāni ca

At the vast sacrifice he gave away as fees the anointed kings and hundreds of 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 0614–0615: identical.

Verse 15 (7.64.15)

स दण्डकोशनिचयान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत । नैवं पूर्वे जनाश्चक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे ॥

sa daṇḍakośanicayānbrāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata | naivaṃ pūrve janāścakrurna kariṣyanti cāpare

He made over to the brahmins his forces and heaps of treasure. No people before him did the like, and none will do it after.

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 0616–0617: line 1 differs, line 2 differs.

Verse 16 (7.64.16)

यदम्बरीषो नृपतिः करोत्यमितदक्षिणः । इत्येवमनुमोदन्ते प्रीता यस्य महर्षयः ॥

yadambarīṣo nṛpatiḥ karotyamitadakṣiṇaḥ | ityevamanumodante prītā yasya maharṣayaḥ

"What King Ambarisha of boundless fees does" — so the great sages, pleased with him, applaud.

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 0618–0619: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 17 (7.64.17)

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 0620–0622: 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 (0622).