Narada Tells of Shashibindu

Verse 1 (7.65.1)

शशिबिन्दुं च राजानं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । य ईजे विविधैर्यज्ञैः श्रीमान्सत्यपराक्रमः ॥

śaśibinduṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | ya īje vividhairyajñaiḥ śrīmānsatyaparākramaḥ

We have heard, Srinjaya, that King Shashibindu has died too — the glorious king of true valour, who worshipped with sacrifices of every kind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 623–624. The name शशिबिन्दु (CE śaśabindu) is a recension spelling and is kept; line 2 differs from the CE (īje sa vividhair…).

Verse 2 (7.65.2)

तस्य भार्यासहस्राणां शतमासीन्महात्मनः । एकैकस्यां च भार्यायां सहस्रं तनयाभवन् ॥

tasya bhāryāsahasrāṇāṃ śatamāsīnmahātmanaḥ | ekaikasyāṃ ca bhāryāyāṃ sahasraṃ tanayābhavan

That great-souled king had a hundred thousand wives, and from each wife a thousand sons were born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 625–626.

Verse 3 (7.65.3)

ते कुमाराः पराक्रान्ताः सर्वे नियुतयाजिनः । राजानः क्रतुभिर्मुख्यैरीजाना वेदपारगाः ॥

te kumārāḥ parākrāntāḥ sarve niyutayājinaḥ | rājānaḥ kratubhirmukhyairījānā vedapāragāḥ

Those princes were valiant, all of them lavish sacrificers — kings who were masters of the Vedas and had worshipped with the foremost sacrifices.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 627–628.

Verse 4 (7.65.4)

हिरण्यकवचाः सर्वे सर्वे चोत्तमधन्विनः । सर्वेऽश्वमेधैरीजानाः कुमाराः शाशिबिन्दवः ॥

hiraṇyakavacāḥ sarve sarve cottamadhanvinaḥ | sarve'śvamedhairījānāḥ kumārāḥ śāśibindavaḥ

All of them wore golden armour, and all were excellent archers; all the sons of Shashibindu had worshipped with horse sacrifices.

Note on the text: Corrected शाशिबिन्दवाः → शाशिबिन्दवः (misprint in Wikisource; a nominative plural cannot end in -āḥ; the critical edition reads śāśabindavaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 629–630.

Verse 5 (7.65.5)

तानश्वमेधे राजेन्द्रो ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽददत्पिता । शतंशतं रथगजा एकैकं पृष्ठतोऽन्वयुः ॥

tānaśvamedhe rājendro brāhmaṇebhyo'dadatpitā | śataṃśataṃ rathagajā ekaikaṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayuḥ

At the horse sacrifice their father, the lord of kings, gave those princes to the Brahmins; behind each one followed a hundred chariots and a hundred elephants.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मणेभ्योददत् → ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽददत् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads brāhmaṇebhyo 'dadat). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 631–632. In line 2 the CE reads rathagatā for रथगजा, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (7.65.6)

राजपुत्रं तदा कन्यास्तपनीयस्वलङ्कृताः । कन्याङ्कन्यां शतं नागा नागेनागे शतं रथाः ॥

rājaputraṃ tadā kanyāstapanīyasvalaṅkṛtāḥ | kanyāṅkanyāṃ śataṃ nāgā nāgenāge śataṃ rathāḥ

Maidens adorned with gold were given along with each prince; with each maiden a hundred elephants, and with each elephant a hundred chariots,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 633–634.

Verse 7 (7.65.7)

रथेरथे शतं चाश्वा बलिनो हेममालिनः । अश्वेअश्वे गोसहस्रं गवां पञ्चाशदाविकाः ॥

ratherathe śataṃ cāśvā balino hemamālinaḥ | aśveaśve gosahasraṃ gavāṃ pañcāśadāvikāḥ

with each chariot a hundred strong horses wearing golden garlands, with each horse a thousand cows, and with the cows fifty sheep and goats.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 635–636. Line 2 differs from the CE (636: aśve aśve sahasraṃ gā gavāṃ paścād ajāvikam).

Verse 8 (7.65.8)

एतद्धनमपर्याप्तमश्वमेधे महामखे । शशिबिन्दुर्महाभागो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥

etaddhanamaparyāptamaśvamedhe mahāmakhe | śaśibindurmahābhāgo brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata

At that great horse sacrifice the exalted Shashibindu reckoned all this limitless wealth as belonging to the Brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected महामस्वे → महामखे (misprint in Wikisource; the word is महामखे, as in verse 9 and in the critical edition (mahāmakhe)). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 637–638. In line 1 the CE reads aparyantam for अपर्याप्तम्, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 9 (7.65.9)

वार्क्षाश्च यूपा यावन्त अश्वमेधे महामखे । ते तथैव पुनश्चान्ये तावन्तः काञ्चनाभवन् ॥

vārkṣāśca yūpā yāvanta aśvamedhe mahāmakhe | te tathaiva punaścānye tāvantaḥ kāñcanābhavan

As many wooden sacrificial posts as there were at that great horse sacrifice, just as many others were there, made of gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 639–640.

Verse 10 (7.65.10)

भक्ष्यान्नपाननिचयाः पर्वताः क्रोशमुच्छ्रिताः । तस्याश्वमेधे निर्वृत्ते राज्ञः शिष्टास्त्रयोदश ॥

bhakṣyānnapānanicayāḥ parvatāḥ krośamucchritāḥ | tasyāśvamedhe nirvṛtte rājñaḥ śiṣṭāstrayodaśa

Mountains of food and drink, a krosha high, were piled up; when the king's horse sacrifice was over, thirteen of them were left.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 641–642.

Verse 11 (7.65.11)

तुष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णां शान्तविघ्नामनामयाम् । शशिबिन्दुरिमां भूमिं चिरं भुक्त्वा दिवं गतः ॥

tuṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇāṃ śāntavighnāmanāmayām | śaśibindurimāṃ bhūmiṃ ciraṃ bhuktvā divaṃ gataḥ

Shashibindu enjoyed this earth — filled with contented and well-fed people, free from obstacles and from disease — for a long time, and then went to heaven.

Note on the text: Joined from two input rows: Wikisource prints the two lines as separate table rows, both numbered 11a, but they are the two halves of one verse (CE 643–644, a couplet); the first line now ends in ।. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 643–644.

Verse 12 (7.65.12)

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 four times more fortunate than you and more righteous than your son — then do not grieve for your son, who never sacrificed and gave no sacrificial fees. So Narada addressed him, calling him Shvaitya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 645–647. This three-line refrain closes each king's story in the CE (the CE prints the speaker label nārada uvāca before the third line).