Narada Tells Srinjaya of Parashurama

Verse 1 (7.70.1)

रामो महातपाः शूरो वीरो लोकनमस्कृतः । जामदग्न्योऽप्यतियशा अवितृप्तो मरिष्यति ॥

rāmo mahātapāḥ śūro vīro lokanamaskṛtaḥ | jāmadagnyo'pyatiyaśā avitṛpto mariṣyati

Rama, son of Jamadagni, of great austerity, a hero, a warrior honoured by all the world, though of boundless fame, will die unsated.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0828–0829. The appendix prints "nārada uvāca" above this passage. Line 1 divides the words as "śūro vīralokanamaskṛtaḥ" (recension variant).

Verse 2 (7.70.2)

यश्चास्त्रमनुपर्येति भूमिं कुर्वन्विपांसुलाम् । नचासीद्विक्रिया यस्य प्राप्य श्रियमनुत्तमाम् ॥

yaścāstramanuparyeti bhūmiṃ kurvanvipāṃsulām | nacāsīdvikriyā yasya prāpya śriyamanuttamām

He whose weapon ranged all over the earth, leaving it free of stain, and who, though he won the highest prosperity, never suffered any change of heart.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0830–0831. Line 1 reads यश्चास्त्रम् for the appendix's "yasyābhram" (recension variant).

Verse 3 (7.70.3)

जामदग्न्यो न ते राजन्कच्चिच्छ्रोत्रमुपागतः । येनैकेन पुरा राजन्क्रुद्धेन हतबन्धुना ॥

jāmadagnyo na te rājankaccicchrotramupāgataḥ | yenaikena purā rājankruddhena hatabandhunā

Has the tale of Jamadagni's son not reached your ears, O king? He alone, in his wrath, his kinsmen slain,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears neither in the critical edition's main text nor in its Appendix I or star passages. Removed the wiki opening backtick.

Verse 4 (7.70.4)

भृगुभिस्ताम्यमानेन त्राहि रामेति विस्वरम् । त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो भूमिर्यत्कृता निःक्षत्रिया पुरा ॥

bhṛgubhistāmyamānena trāhi rāmeti visvaram | triḥsaptakṛtvo bhūmiryatkṛtā niḥkṣatriyā purā

distressed by the Bhrigus' broken cry of "Rama, save us!", made the earth free of Kshatriyas three times seven times, long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears neither in the critical edition's main text nor in its Appendix I or star passages. Corrected ताम्भमानेन → ताम्यमानेन (misprint in Wikisource; ताम्भमान is not a word, and the evident form is ताम्यमान, "distressed", agreeing with "येन" of the previous verse; the critical edition lacks the passage, so this is the smallest fix). Removed the stray closing apostrophe after पुरा.

Verse 5 (7.70.5)

यः क्षत्रियैः परामृष्टे वत्से पितरि चाब्रुवन् । ततोऽवधीत्कार्तवीर्यमजितं समरे परैः ॥

yaḥ kṣatriyaiḥ parāmṛṣṭe vatse pitari cābruvan | tato'vadhītkārtavīryamajitaṃ samare paraiḥ

When the Kshatriyas laid hands on his calf and on his father, he, without a word of boasting, slew Kartavirya, whom others could not conquer in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0832–0833. Line 1 ends वत्से पितरि चाब्रुवन् where the appendix reads "vatse pitari cukrudhe" (recension variant; the page's commentary glosses अब्रुवन् as "not boasting").

Verse 6 (7.70.6)

क्षत्रियाणां चतुःषष्टिमयुतानि सहस्रशः । तदा मृत्योः समेतानि एकेन धनुषाऽजयत् ॥

kṣatriyāṇāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭimayutāni sahasraśaḥ | tadā mṛtyoḥ sametāni ekena dhanuṣā'jayat

Sixty-four ayutas (ten-thousands), thousands upon thousands, of Kshatriyas who were then gathered for death, he conquered with a single bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0834–0835. Line 2 reads एकेन धनुषाऽजयत् for the appendix's "ekaikaṃ dhanuṣājayat" (recension variant).

Verse 7 (7.70.7)

ब्रह्मद्विषां चाथ तस्मिन्सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । पुनरन्यान्निजग्राह दन्तक्रूरे जघान ह ॥

brahmadviṣāṃ cātha tasminsahasrāṇi caturdaśa | punaranyānnijagrāha dantakrūre jaghāna ha

Of those who hated the Brahmins, fourteen thousand were there; others he seized again, and he struck them down at Dantakrura.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0836–0837. Corrected हस्राणि → सहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; the initial स dropped; the appendix reads "sahasrāṇi"). Corrected दन्तकूरे → दन्तक्रूरे (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct क्र lost; the appendix reads "dantakrūre" and the page's own commentary gives दन्तक्रूर).

Verse 8 (7.70.8)

सहस्रं मुसलेनाहन्सहस्रमसिनाऽवधीत् । उद्बन्धनात्सहस्रं च सहस्रमुदके कृतम् ॥

sahasraṃ musalenāhansahasramasinā'vadhīt | udbandhanātsahasraṃ ca sahasramudake kṛtam

A thousand he killed with a pestle, a thousand he cut down with a sword; a thousand by hanging, and a thousand he sank in water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0838–0839. Line 1 and the first half of line 2 match the appendix; the second half of line 2 (सहस्रमुदके कृतम्) is not in the appendix, which reads "haihayāḥ samare hatāḥ" there.

Verse 9 (7.70.9)

दन्तान्भङ्क्त्वा सहस्रस्य भिन्नकर्णांस्तथाऽकरोत् । ततः सप्तसहस्राणां कणधूममपाययत् ॥

dantānbhaṅktvā sahasrasya bhinnakarṇāṃstathā'karot | tataḥ saptasahasrāṇāṃ kaṇadhūmamapāyayat

Having broken the teeth of a thousand, he likewise left them with their ears torn; then he made seven thousand drink the smoke of burning grain-husks.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears neither in the critical edition's main text nor in its Appendix I or star passages. Corrected कुटुधृपमपाययत् → कणधूममपाययत् (misprint in Wikisource; कुटुधृपम् is not a word. The page's own commentary notes "कणधूममपाययत् इति क.ङ.पाठः", a manuscript reading, and it is the nearest attested word, "smoke of chaff"; the critical edition lacks the passage).

Verse 10 (7.70.10)

शिष्टान्बद्ध्वा च हत्वा वै तेषां मूर्ध्नि विभिद्य च । गुणावतीमुत्तरेण खाण्डवाद्दक्षिणेन च । गिर्यन्ते शतसाहस्रा हैहयाः समरे हताः ॥

śiṣṭānbaddhvā ca hatvā vai teṣāṃ mūrdhni vibhidya ca | guṇāvatīmuttareṇa khāṇḍavāddakṣiṇena ca | giryante śatasāhasrā haihayāḥ samare hatāḥ

The rest he bound and slew, splitting their heads; north of the Gunavati and south of Khandava, at the foot of the hills, hundreds of thousands of Haihayas were slain in battle.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 3 (हैहयाः समरे हताः) echoes only the closing words of Appendix I No. 8, line 0839 (7.49.21d@008). Corrected वध्वा → बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; वध्वा is the instrumental of वधू, which makes no sense here; the sense "bound and slew" requires बद्ध्वा, and the critical edition lacks the passage). Corrected मृर्ध्नि → मूर्ध्नि (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel ू lost).

Verse 11 (7.70.11)

सरथाश्वगजा वीरा निहतास्तत्र शेरते । पितुर्वधामर्षितेन जामदग्न्येन धीमता ॥

sarathāśvagajā vīrā nihatāstatra śerate | piturvadhāmarṣitena jāmadagnyena dhīmatā

With their chariots, horses and elephants, those heroes lie slain there, struck down by the wise son of Jamadagni, enraged at his father's murder.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0840–0841.

Verse 12 (7.70.12)

निजघ्ने दशसाहस्रान्रामः परशुना तदा । न ह्यमृष्यत ता वाचो यास्तैर्भृशमुदीरिताः ॥

nijaghne daśasāhasrānrāmaḥ paraśunā tadā | na hyamṛṣyata tā vāco yāstairbhṛśamudīritāḥ

Rama then struck down ten thousand with his axe; he could not bear the words they had so harshly spoken.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0842–0843. Line 2 reads अमृष्यत for the appendix's "amṛśyata" (recension variant).

Verse 13 (7.70.13)

भृगो रामाभिधावेति यदाक्रन्दन्द्विजोत्तमाः । ततः काश्मीरदरदान्कुन्तिक्षुद्रकमालवान् ॥

bhṛgo rāmābhidhāveti yadākrandandvijottamāḥ | tataḥ kāśmīradaradānkuntikṣudrakamālavān

When the foremost Brahmins cried out, "Rama, scion of Bhrigu, run to our aid!", then the Kashmiras, Daradas, Kuntis, Kshudrakas and Malavas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0844–0845. Corrected भृगौ → भृगो (misprint in Wikisource; the locative has no construction here, the call is the vocative "O Bhrigu's scion"; the appendix reads "bhṛgo").

Verse 14 (7.70.14)

अङ्गवङ्गकलिङ्गांश्च विदेहांस्ताम्रलिप्तकान् । रक्षोवाहान्वीतिहोत्रांस्त्रिगर्तान्मार्तिकावतान् ॥

aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgāṃśca videhāṃstāmraliptakān | rakṣovāhānvītihotrāṃstrigartānmārtikāvatān

the Angas, Vangas and Kalingas, the Videhas, the Tamraliptakas, the Rakshovahas, the Vitihotras, the Trigartas, the Martikavatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0846–0847.

Verse 15 (7.70.15)

शिबीनन्यांश्च राजन्यान्देशान्देशान्सहस्रशः । निजघान शितैर्बाणैर्जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ॥

śibīnanyāṃśca rājanyāndeśāndeśānsahasraśaḥ | nijaghāna śitairbāṇairjāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān

the Shibis, and other princes besides, country after country by the thousand, Jamadagni's mighty son struck down with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0848–0849. Line 1 ends देशान्देशान्सहस्रशः where the appendix reads "deśe deśe sahasraśaḥ" (recension variant).

Verse 16 (7.70.16)

कोटीशतसहस्राणि क्षत्रियाणां सहस्रशः । इन्द्रगोपकवर्णस्य बन्धुजीवनिभस्य च ॥

koṭīśatasahasrāṇi kṣatriyāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ | indragopakavarṇasya bandhujīvanibhasya ca

Hundreds of thousands of crores of Kshatriyas, by the thousand, whose blood was the colour of the indragopa insect and like the bandhujiva flower —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0850–0851.

Verse 17 (7.70.17)

रुधिरस्य परीवाहैः पूरयित्वा सरांसि च । सर्वानष्टादश द्वीपान्वशमानीय भार्गवः ॥

rudhirasya parīvāhaiḥ pūrayitvā sarāṃsi ca | sarvānaṣṭādaśa dvīpānvaśamānīya bhārgavaḥ

with torrents of that blood he filled the lakes; and having brought all the eighteen islands under his sway, Bhargava

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0852–0853.

Verse 18 (7.70.18)

ईजे क्रतुशतैः पुण्यैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः । वेदीमष्टनलोत्सेधां सौवर्णां विधिनिर्मिताम् ॥

īje kratuśataiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ | vedīmaṣṭanalotsedhāṃ sauvarṇāṃ vidhinirmitām

offered hundreds of holy sacrifices, with the excellent fees paid in full, together with a golden altar eight nalas high, built by rule,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0854–0855. Line 2 reads वेदीमष्टनलोत्सेधाम् for the appendix's "vedīm aṣṭanavotsedhām" (recension variant).

Verse 19 (7.70.19)

सर्वरत्नशतैः पूर्णां पताकाशतमालिनीम् । ग्राम्यारण्यैः पशुगणैः सम्पूर्णां च महीमिमाम् ॥

sarvaratnaśataiḥ pūrṇāṃ patākāśatamālinīm | grāmyāraṇyaiḥ paśugaṇaiḥ sampūrṇāṃ ca mahīmimām

filled with hundreds of every kind of jewel and wreathed with hundreds of banners, and this whole earth too, full of herds of village and forest animals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0856–0857.

Verse 20 (7.70.20)

रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य प्रतिजग्राह कश्यपः । ततः शतसहस्राणि द्विपेन्द्रान्हेमभूषणान् ॥

rāmasya jāmadagnyasya pratijagrāha kaśyapaḥ | tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi dvipendrānhemabhūṣaṇān

Kashyapa accepted these from Rama, son of Jamadagni, and then hundreds of thousands of the finest elephants adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0858–0859.

Verse 21 (7.70.21)

निर्दस्युं पृथिवीं कृत्वा शिष्टेष्टजनसङ्कुलाम् । कश्यपाय ददौ रामो हयमेधे महामखे ॥

nirdasyuṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā śiṣṭeṣṭajanasaṅkulām | kaśyapāya dadau rāmo hayamedhe mahāmakhe

Having made the earth free of bandits and thronged with good and cherished people, Rama gave it to Kashyapa at the horse sacrifice, that great rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0860–0861.

Verse 22 (7.70.22)

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः । इष्ट्वा क्रतुशतैर्वीरो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥

triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ | iṣṭvā kratuśatairvīro brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata

Having made the earth free of Kshatriyas three times seven times, and having sacrificed with hundreds of sacrifices, the lord, the hero, regarded it as belonging to the Brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0862–0863.

Verse 23 (7.70.23)

सप्तद्वीपां वसुमतीं मारीचोऽगृह्णत द्विजः । रामं प्रोवाच निर्गच्छ वसुधातो ममाज्ञया ॥

saptadvīpāṃ vasumatīṃ mārīco'gṛhṇata dvijaḥ | rāmaṃ provāca nirgaccha vasudhāto mamājñayā

The Brahmin Kashyapa, son of Marici, took the earth with its seven islands, and said to Rama, "Leave the earth at my command."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears neither in the critical edition's main text nor in its Appendix I or star passages.

Verse 24 (7.70.24)

स कश्यपस्य वचनात्प्रोत्सार्य सरिताम्पतिम् । इषुपाते युधां श्रेष्ठः कुर्वन्ब्राह्मणशासनम् ॥

sa kaśyapasya vacanātprotsārya saritāmpatim | iṣupāte yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kurvanbrāhmaṇaśāsanam

At Kashyapa's word, that best of fighters, obeying the Brahmin's command, drove back the lord of rivers to the distance an arrow flies,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0864–0865.

Verse 25 (7.70.25)

अध्यावसद्गिरिश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रं पर्वतोत्तमम् । एवं गुणशतैर्युक्तो भृगूणां कीर्तिवर्धनः ॥

adhyāvasadgiriśreṣṭhaṃ mahendraṃ parvatottamam | evaṃ guṇaśatairyukto bhṛgūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ

and made his home on Mahendra, the finest of mountains, the best of peaks. Thus, endowed with hundreds of virtues, the increaser of the Bhrigus' fame,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0866–0867.

Verse 26 (7.70.26)

जामदग्न्यो ह्यतियशा मरिष्यति महाद्युतिः । त्वया चतुर्भद्रतरः पुण्यात्पुण्यतरस्तव ॥

jāmadagnyo hyatiyaśā mariṣyati mahādyutiḥ | tvayā caturbhadrataraḥ puṇyātpuṇyatarastava

the greatly renowned and radiant son of Jamadagni will also die. He is four times more blessed than you, and more meritorious than any merit of yours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0868–0869. Line 1 opens जामदग्न्यो ह्यतियशा where the appendix has "jāmadagnyo 'py atiyaśā"; line 2 reads पुण्यात्पुण्यतरस्तव where the appendix has "putrāt puṇyataras tava" (recension variants).

Verse 27 (7.70.27)

अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । एते चतुर्भद्रतरास्त्वया भद्रशताधिकाः । मृता नरवरश्रेष्ठ मरिष्यन्ति च सृञ्जय ॥

ayajvānamadakṣiṇyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ete caturbhadratarāstvayā bhadraśatādhikāḥ | mṛtā naravaraśreṣṭha mariṣyanti ca sṛñjaya

Do not grieve for your son, who never sacrificed and never gave fees. These were four times more fortunate than you, exceeding you by hundreds in good fortune; yet they died, O best of men, Srinjaya, and others will yet die.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is part of Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 7.49.21, as 7.49.21d@008), lines 0870–0872. The appendix's speaker headings stand one line above the line they govern (its "vyāsa uvāca" above line 0872 begins Vyasa's speech at line 0873, our adhyaya 71, verse 1); the page keeps this whole verse with Narada, as does the sense (it addresses Srinjaya).