Narada Revives Srinjaya's Son; Vyasa Consoles Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (7.71.1)

पुण्यमाख्यानमायुष्यं श्रुत्वा षोडशराजकम् । अव्याहरन्नरपतिस्तूष्णीमासीत्स सृञ्जयः ॥

puṇyamākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ śrutvā ṣoḍaśarājakam | avyāharannarapatistūṣṇīmāsītsa sṛñjayaḥ

Having heard this sacred tale of the sixteen kings, which grants long life, King Srinjaya spoke not a word and remained silent.

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 0873–0874. (The appendix's heading "vyāsa uvāca" stands one line above, at 0872.)

Verse 2 (7.71.2)

तमब्रवीत्तदा दीनं नारदो भगवानृषिः । कच्चिन्मया व्याहृतं यद्धृदये तत्स्थितं तव ॥

tamabravīttadā dīnaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | kaccinmayā vyāhṛtaṃ yaddhṛdaye tatsthitaṃ tava

Then the venerable seer Narada said to him in his dejection: "Has what I have told you stayed in your 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 0875–0876. Line 1 reads तमब्रवीत्तदा दीनं for the appendix's "tam abravīt tathāsīnam", and line 2 (कच्चिन्मया व्याहृतं यद्धृदये तत्स्थितं तव) differs from the appendix's "śrutaṃ kīrtayato mahyaṃ gṛhītaṃ te mahādyute" (recension variants). The narration is Vyasa's; Narada's question runs from the second line into the next verse.

Verse 3 (7.71.3)

आहोस्विदन्ततो नष्टं श्राद्धं शूद्रीपताविव । स एवमुक्तः प्रत्याह प्राञ्जलिः सृञ्जयस्तदा ॥

āhosvidantato naṣṭaṃ śrāddhaṃ śūdrīpatāviva | sa evamuktaḥ pratyāha prāñjaliḥ sṛñjayastadā

or has it been lost at the end, like a funeral rite performed for the husband of a Shudra woman?" Thus addressed, Srinjaya then answered with joined palms.

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 0877–0878. Line 1 reads शूद्रीपताविव for the appendix's "śūdrāpatāv iva" (recension variant).

Verse 4 (7.71.4)

पुत्रशोकापहं श्रुत्वा धन्यमाख्यानमुत्तमम् । राजर्षीणां पुराणानां यज्वनां दक्षिणावताम् ॥

putraśokāpahaṃ śrutvā dhanyamākhyānamuttamam | rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ yajvanāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām

"Having heard this blessed and excellent tale of the ancient royal sages, who sacrificed and gave fees, a tale that removes grief for a son,

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 0879–0880. The input gave this verse to Vyasa; no heading is printed, and the verse is Srinjaya's reply that the previous verse announces, so the speaker is corrected to सृञ्जय.

Verse 5 (7.71.5)

विस्मयेन हृते शोके तमसीवार्कतेजसा । विपाप्माऽस्म्यव्यथोपेतो ब्रूहि किं करवाण्यहम् ॥

vismayena hṛte śoke tamasīvārkatejasā | vipāpmā'smyavyathopeto brūhi kiṃ karavāṇyaham

my grief carried off by wonder as darkness is by the radiance of the sun, I am freed from sin and from distress. Tell me, what shall I do?"

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 0881–0882. Line 1 reads विस्मयेन हृते शोके for the appendix's "vismayena hate śoke" (recension variant). Speaker corrected from व्यास (input) to सृञ्जय, continuing the reply begun in the previous verse.

Verse 6 (7.71.6)

दिष्ट्यापहतशोकस्त्वं वृणीष्वेह यदिच्छसि । तत्ते सम्पत्स्यते सर्वं न मृषावादिनो वयम् ॥

diṣṭyāpahataśokastvaṃ vṛṇīṣveha yadicchasi | tatte sampatsyate sarvaṃ na mṛṣāvādino vayam

"By good fortune your grief is gone. Choose here whatever you wish; all of it shall be yours, for we do not speak falsehood."

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 0883–0884. Line 2 reads तत्ते सम्पत्स्यते सर्वम् for the appendix's "tat tat prapatsyase sarvam" (recension variant).

Verse 7 (7.71.7)

पावितोऽहमनेनैव प्रसन्नो यद्भवान्मम । प्रसन्नो यस्य भगवान्न तस्यास्तीह दुर्लभम् ॥

pāvito'hamanenaiva prasanno yadbhavānmama | prasanno yasya bhagavānna tasyāstīha durlabham

"I am purified by this alone, that you, venerable sir, are gracious to me. Nothing here is hard to obtain for one with whom the lord is pleased."

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 0885–0886. Corrected मम् → मम (misprint in Wikisource; a stray virama; the appendix reads "mama").

Verse 8 (7.71.8)

पुनर्ददामि ते पुत्रं दस्युभिर्निहतं वृथा । उद्धृत्य नरकात्कष्टात्पशुवत्प्रोक्षितं यथा ॥

punardadāmi te putraṃ dasyubhirnihataṃ vṛthā | uddhṛtya narakātkaṣṭātpaśuvatprokṣitaṃ yathā

"I give you back your son, killed in vain by bandits, drawn up out of that dreadful hell, like an animal that has been sprinkled for sacrifice."

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 0887–0888. Line 2 reads पशुवत्प्रोक्षितं यथा where the appendix has "paśum aprokṣitaṃ yathā" (recension variant).

Verse 9 (7.71.9)

प्रादुरासीत्ततः पुत्रः सृञ्जयस्याद्भुतप्रभः । प्रसन्नेनर्षिणा दत्तः कुबेरतनयोपमः ॥

prādurāsīttataḥ putraḥ sṛñjayasyādbhutaprabhaḥ | prasannenarṣiṇā dattaḥ kuberatanayopamaḥ

Then Srinjaya's son appeared, of wondrous radiance, given back by the gracious sage, like a son of Kubera.

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 0889–0890.

Verse 10 (7.71.10)

ततः सङ्गम्य पुत्रेण प्रीतिमानभवन्नृपः । ईजे च क्रतुभिः पुण्यैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ॥

tataḥ saṅgamya putreṇa prītimānabhavannṛpaḥ | īje ca kratubhiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ

Meeting his son, the king was filled with joy, and he performed holy sacrifices with the excellent fees paid in full.

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 0891–0892. Line 2 reads ईजे च क्रतुभिः पुण्यैः where the appendix has "kratubhir mukhyaiḥ" (recension variant).

Verse 11 (7.71.11)

अकृतार्थश्च भीतश्च न च सन्नाहकोविदः । अयज्वाचानपत्यश्च ततोऽसौ जीवितः पुनः ॥

akṛtārthaśca bhītaśca na ca sannāhakovidaḥ | ayajvācānapatyaśca tato'sau jīvitaḥ punaḥ

He had accomplished nothing, he was fearful and unskilled in the use of armour, no sacrificer and childless; yet that same one was then brought back to life.

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 0893–0894. Line 1 differs from the appendix ("akṛtāstraś ca bhītaś ca na ca sāṃnāhiko hataḥ") in its second half; line 2 runs the words together as अयज्वाचानपत्यश्च (recension variants; no change made).

Verse 12 (7.71.12)

शूरो वीरः कृतार्थश्च प्रमथ्यारीन्सहस्रशः । अभिमन्युर्गतः स्वर्गं सङ्ग्रामेऽभिमुखाहतः ॥

śūro vīraḥ kṛtārthaśca pramathyārīnsahasraśaḥ | abhimanyurgataḥ svargaṃ saṅgrāme'bhimukhāhataḥ

But Abhimanyu, a hero and brave, his purpose fulfilled, having crushed his enemies by the thousand, struck down facing the foe in battle, has gone to heaven.

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 0895–0896. Line 1 reads कृतार्थश्च for the appendix's "kṛtāstraś ca", and line 2 ends सङ्ग्रामेऽभिमुखाहतः for "pṛtanābhimukho hataḥ" (recension variants).

Verse 13 (7.71.13)

ब्रह्मचर्येण याँल्लोकान्प्रजया च श्रुतेन च । इष्टैश्च क्रतुभिर्यान्ति तांस्ते पुत्रोऽक्षयान्गतः ॥

brahmacaryeṇa yām̐llokānprajayā ca śrutena ca | iṣṭaiśca kratubhiryānti tāṃste putro'kṣayāngataḥ

The worlds that men reach through celibacy, through offspring, through learning and through sacrifices performed, those imperishable worlds your son has attained.

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 0897–0898. Line 1 reads याँल्लोकान्प्रजया for the appendix's "yān kāṃś cit prajñayā" (recension variant).

Verse 14 (7.71.14)

विद्वांसः कर्मभिः पुण्यैः स्वर्गमीहन्ति नित्यशः । न तु स्वर्गादयं लोकः काम्यते स्वर्गवासिभिः ॥

vidvāṃsaḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ svargamīhanti nityaśaḥ | na tu svargādayaṃ lokaḥ kāmyate svargavāsibhiḥ

The learned always seek heaven through meritorious deeds; but those who dwell in heaven do not long for this world in return.

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 0899–0900.

Verse 15 (7.71.15)

तस्मात्स्वर्गगतं पुत्रमर्जुनस्य हतं रणे । न चेहानयितुं शक्यं किञ्चिदप्राप्यमीहितम् ॥

tasmātsvargagataṃ putramarjunasya hataṃ raṇe | na cehānayituṃ śakyaṃ kiñcidaprāpyamīhitam

Therefore Arjuna's son, who was slain in battle and has gone to heaven, cannot be brought back here; no wish for what cannot be obtained can be fulfilled.

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 0901–0902. Line 2 (न चेहानयितुं शक्यं किञ्चिदप्राप्यमीहितम्) differs from the appendix's "nehānayituṃ śakyaṃ hi kiṃ cid aprāpyam īśitum"; the page's commentary lists further manuscript readings (recension variants; no change made).

Verse 16 (7.71.16)

यां योगिनो ध्यानविविक्तदर्शनाः । प्रयान्ति यां चोत्तमयज्विनो जनाः । तपोभिरिद्धैरनुयान्ति यां तथा । तामक्षयां ते तनयो गतो गतिम् ॥

yāṃ yogino dhyānaviviktadarśanāḥ | prayānti yāṃ cottamayajvino janāḥ | tapobhiriddhairanuyānti yāṃ tathā | tāmakṣayāṃ te tanayo gato gatim

The goal that yogis reach, their vision cleared by meditation; the goal that the best of sacrificers attain; the goal that men follow through blazing austerities: to that imperishable goal your son has gone.

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. (Four lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 17 (7.71.17)

अन्तात्पुनर्भावगतो विराजते । राजेव वीरो ह्यमृतात्मरश्मिभिः । तामैन्दवीमात्मतनुं द्विजोचितां । गतोऽभिमन्युर्न स शोकमर्हति ॥

antātpunarbhāvagato virājate | rājeva vīro hyamṛtātmaraśmibhiḥ | tāmaindavīmātmatanuṃ dvijocitāṃ | gato'bhimanyurna sa śokamarhati

Having passed beyond death to a new state of being, the hero shines like a king with rays of immortal nature; Abhimanyu has gone to his own lunar body, fit for the twice-born. He does not deserve grief.

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. (Four lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 18 (7.71.18)

एवं ज्ञात्वा स्थिरो भूत्वा मा शुचो धैर्यमाप्नुहि । जीवन्हि पुरुषः शोच्यो न तु स्वर्गगतोऽनघ ॥

evaṃ jñātvā sthiro bhūtvā mā śuco dhairyamāpnuhi | jīvanhi puruṣaḥ śocyo na tu svargagato'nagha

Knowing this, be steady; do not grieve, take courage. It is the living man who is to be mourned, not one who has gone to heaven, sinless one.

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 0903–0904. Line 2 reads जीवन्हि पुरुषः शोच्यो where the appendix has "jīvanta eva naḥ śocyā" (recension variant).

Verse 19 (7.71.19)

शोचतो हि महाराज अघमेवाभिवर्धते । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य श्रेयसे प्रयतेद्बुधः ॥

śocato hi mahārāja aghamevābhivardhate | tasmācchokaṃ parityajya śreyase prayatedbudhaḥ

For the man who grieves, O great king, only sin increases. So a wise man should give up grief and strive for his good.

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 0905–0906.

Verse 20 (7.71.20)

प्रहर्षं प्रीतिमानन्दं प्रियमुत्सिक्तचित्तताम् । एतदाहुर्बुधाः शौचमशौचं शोक उच्यते ॥

praharṣaṃ prītimānandaṃ priyamutsiktacittatām | etadāhurbudhāḥ śaucamaśaucaṃ śoka ucyate

Joy, affection, delight, what is dear, a buoyant spirit: the wise call these purity, and grief is called impurity.

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 0907–0908. Both lines differ in wording from the appendix ("praharṣam abhimānaṃ ca sukhaprāptiṃ ca cintayan / etad āhur budhāḥ śreyo na śokaḥ śoka ucyate"); recension variants, no change made.

Verse 21 (7.71.21)

एवं विद्वन्समुत्तिष्ठ प्रयतो भव मा शुचः । श्रुतस्ते सम्भवो मृत्योस्तपांस्यनुपमानि च ॥

evaṃ vidvansamuttiṣṭha prayato bhava mā śucaḥ | śrutaste sambhavo mṛtyostapāṃsyanupamāni ca

So, wise one, rise up; be composed and do not grieve. You have heard of the origin of Death and of austerities beyond compare,

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 0909–0910.

Verse 22 (7.71.22)

सर्वभूतसमत्वं च ब्रह्मणा चापि चोदितम् । सृञ्जयस्य तु पुत्रोऽसौ मृतः सञ्जीवितः श्रुतः ॥

sarvabhūtasamatvaṃ ca brahmaṇā cāpi coditam | sṛñjayasya tu putro'sau mṛtaḥ sañjīvitaḥ śrutaḥ

and of the sameness toward all beings, which Brahma himself enjoined. And you have heard how Srinjaya's son, who had died, was brought back to life.

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 0911–0912. Line 1 ends ब्रह्मणा चापि चोदितम् where the appendix has "cañcalāś ca vibhūtayaḥ"; line 2 reads सृञ्जयस्य तु पुत्रोऽसौ मृतः सञ्जीवितः श्रुतः against "sṛñjayasya tu taṃ putraṃ mṛtaṃ saṃjīvitaṃ punaḥ" (recension variants).

Verse 23 (7.71.23)

एवं विद्वन्महाराज मा शुचः साधयाम्यहम् ॥

evaṃ vidvanmahārāja mā śucaḥ sādhayāmyaham

Knowing this, wise one, great king, do not grieve; now I take my leave.

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 0913. Split from the narration that follows: this half-verse is the end of Vyasa's speech, and the appendix prints "saṃjaya uvāca" just above it (at 0913), where the heading belongs to the next line.

Verse 24 (7.71.24)

एतावदुक्त्वा भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

etāvaduktvā bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata

Having said this much, the venerable one vanished on the spot.

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 0914. Split from the previous half-verse (Vyasa's speech); this line is narration, which belongs to Sanjaya (the appendix's heading "saṃjaya uvāca", printed one line early at 0913, governs it). The input gave the whole verse to Vyasa.

Verse 25 (7.71.25)

वागीशाने भगवति व्यासे व्यभ्रनभःप्रभे । गते मतिमतां श्रेष्ठे समाश्वास्य युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

vāgīśāne bhagavati vyāse vyabhranabhaḥprabhe | gate matimatāṃ śreṣṭhe samāśvāsya yudhiṣṭhiram

When the venerable Vyasa, lord of speech, shining like a cloudless sky, the best of the wise, had gone, after consoling Yudhishthira,

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 0915–0916. Narration; speaker corrected from व्यास (input) to सञ्जय.

Verse 26 (7.71.26)

पूर्वेषां पार्थिवेन्द्राणां महेन्द्रप्रतिमौजसाम् । न्यायाधिगतवित्तानां तां श्रुत्वा यज्ञसम्पदम् ॥

pūrveṣāṃ pārthivendrāṇāṃ mahendrapratimaujasām | nyāyādhigatavittānāṃ tāṃ śrutvā yajñasampadam

then Yudhishthira, hearing of the sacrificial splendour of those former lords of the earth, equal in might to Mahendra, who had won their wealth by lawful means,

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 0917–0918. Corrected पार्थिवेन्द्राणआं → पार्थिवेन्द्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray आ for the anusvara; the appendix reads "pārthivendrāṇāṃ"). Narration; speaker corrected from व्यास (input) to सञ्जय.

Verse 27 (7.71.27)

सम्पूज्य मनसा विद्वान्विशोकोऽभूद्युधिष्ठिरः । पुनश्चाचिन्तयद्दीनः किंस्विद्वक्ष्ये धनञ्जयम् ॥

sampūjya manasā vidvānviśoko'bhūdyudhiṣṭhiraḥ | punaścācintayaddīnaḥ kiṃsvidvakṣye dhanañjayam

honoured them in his mind, and the wise Yudhishthira became free of grief. But then, dejected, he thought again: "What shall I say to Dhananjaya?"

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 0919–0920. Narration (Yudhishthira's thought stays with the narrator); speaker corrected from व्यास (input) to सञ्जय.