The Chariot of Rudra

Verse 1 (8.26.1)

तेजसोऽर्धं सुरा दत्त्वा शङ्कराय महात्मने । पशुत्वमपि चोपेत्य विश्वकर्माणमव्ययम् ॥

tejaso'rdhaṃ surā dattvā śaṅkarāya mahātmane | paśutvamapi copetya viśvakarmāṇamavyayam

The gods gave half of their radiance to the great-souled Shankara and also took upon themselves the state of beasts. Then, turning to the imperishable Vishvakarma,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input's 41 verses agree with the raw page's <poem> block (the page has no table; Wikisource numbers 1–41 are kept). Below the colophon the page prints a second <poem> block headed (पाठान्तरः), a 33-verse parallel version of the same story (numbered ११–४३, opening with स्थाणुरुवाच); it is a variant reading, not part of the base text, and was not added. The automatic alignment matched few verses because verses 1–32 are the critical edition's Appendix I No. 2 (a long insertion after 8.24.84b) and verses 33–41 are its main text 8.24.84c–94. Speaker: Duryodhana (the page's heading दुर्योधन उवाच); he is telling Shalya the story that Markandeya told his father. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0039–0040 (8.24.084b@002_0039–0040). The CE's preceding line @002_0038 carries the heading duryodhanaḥ (as the page does) and a line (63cd) that is not on the page.

Verse 2 (8.26.2)

ऊचुः सर्वे समाभाष्य रथः सङ्कल्प्यतामिति । विश्वकर्माऽपि सञ्चिन्त्य रथं दिव्यमकल्पयत् ॥

ūcuḥ sarve samābhāṣya rathaḥ saṅkalpyatāmiti | viśvakarmā'pi sañcintya rathaṃ divyamakalpayat

they all said to him, "Let a chariot be devised." Vishvakarma, too, reflected and fashioned a divine chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0041–0042 (8.24.084b@002_0041–0042).

Verse 3 (8.26.3)

समेतां पृथिवीं देवीं विशालां पुरमालिनीम् । सपर्वतवनद्वीपां चक्रे भूतधरां रथम् ॥

sametāṃ pṛthivīṃ devīṃ viśālāṃ puramālinīm | saparvatavanadvīpāṃ cakre bhūtadharāṃ ratham

He made the divine Earth, the bearer of beings, into the chariot: level and vast, garlanded with cities, with her mountains, forests and islands.

Note on the text: Corrected पृथिवीं देवी विशालां → पृथिवीं देवीं विशालां (misprint in Wikisource; accusative agreeing with पृथिवीं; anusvara dropped; CE devīṃ). Lines 1–2 are CE Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0043–0044), which the CE marks as parallel to its main-text 8.24.68ab and 68cd (vandhuraṃ pṛthivīṃ devīṃ viśālapuramālinīm / saparvatavanadvīpāṃ cakrur bhūtadharāṃ tadā).

Verse 4 (8.26.4)

ईषां नक्षत्रवंशं च छत्रं मेरुमहागिरिम् । अनेकद्रुसञ्छन्नं रत्नाकरमनुत्तमम् ॥

īṣāṃ nakṣatravaṃśaṃ ca chatraṃ merumahāgirim | anekadrusañchannaṃ ratnākaramanuttamam

The line of the constellations he made the chariot's pole, and the great mountain Meru, covered with many trees, the unsurpassed mine of jewels, its canopy.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0045–0046 (8.24.084b@002_0045–0046).

Verse 5 (8.26.5)

हिमवन्तं च विन्ध्यं च नानाद्रुमलताकुलम् । अवस्करं प्रतिष्ठानं कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥

himavantaṃ ca vindhyaṃ ca nānādrumalatākulam | avaskaraṃ pratiṣṭhānaṃ kalpayāmāsa vai tadā

The Himalaya and the Vindhya, thick with trees and creepers of every kind, he then made the chariot's rear and its base.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0047–0048 (8.24.084b@002_0047–0048).

Verse 6 (8.26.6)

अस्तंगिरिमधिष्ठानं नानाद्विजगणायुतम् । चकार भगवांस्त्वष्टा उदयं रथकूबरम् ॥

astaṃgirimadhiṣṭhānaṃ nānādvijagaṇāyutam | cakāra bhagavāṃstvaṣṭā udayaṃ rathakūbaram

The blessed Tvashtri made the mountain of sunset, crowded with flocks of birds of many kinds, the chariot's platform, and the mountain of sunrise its yoke-post.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0049–0050 (8.24.084b@002_0049–0050).

Verse 7 (8.26.7)

मीननक्रझषावासं दानवालयमुत्तमम् । समुद्रमक्षं विदधे पत्तनाकरशोभितम् ॥

mīnanakrajhaṣāvāsaṃ dānavālayamuttamam | samudramakṣaṃ vidadhe pattanākaraśobhitam

The ocean, the home of fish, crocodiles and sharks, the finest dwelling of the Danavas, adorned with harbours and mines, he fitted as the axle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0051–0052 (8.24.084b@002_0051–0052).

Verse 8 (8.26.8)

चक्रं चक्रे चन्द्रमसं तारकागणमण्डितम् । दिवाकरं चाप्यपरं चक्रं चक्रेऽंशुमालिनम् ॥

cakraṃ cakre candramasaṃ tārakāgaṇamaṇḍitam | divākaraṃ cāpyaparaṃ cakraṃ cakre'ṃśumālinam

He made the moon, adorned with its host of stars, one wheel; and the sun, garlanded with rays, he made the other.

Note on the text: Corrected चक्रेंऽशुमालिनम् → चक्रेऽंशुमालिनम् (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara misplaced before the avagraha; CE cakre 'ṃśumālinam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0053–0054 (8.24.084b@002_0053–0054).

Verse 9 (8.26.9)

गङ्गां सरस्वतीं तूणीं चक्रे विश्वकृदव्ययः । अलङ्कारा रथस्यासन्नापगाः सरितस्तथा ॥

gaṅgāṃ sarasvatīṃ tūṇīṃ cakre viśvakṛdavyayaḥ | alaṅkārā rathasyāsannāpagāḥ saritastathā

The imperishable maker of all made the Ganga and the Sarasvati its quivers; the rivers and streams became the chariot's ornaments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0055–0056 (8.24.084b@002_0055–0056).

Verse 10 (8.26.10)

त्रीनग्नीन्मन्त्रवच्चक्रे रथस्याथ त्रिवेणुकम् । अनुकर्षान्रथे दीप्तान्वरूथांश्चापि तारकाः ॥

trīnagnīnmantravaccakre rathasyātha triveṇukam | anukarṣānrathe dīptānvarūthāṃścāpi tārakāḥ

He made the three fires, with their mantras, the chariot's triple frame; the shining under-beams of the chariot he made, and the stars were its protective covering.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE Appendix I No. 2 only (8.24.084b@002_0057; not in the constituted text). Line 2 is @002_0058, parallel to the main text's 8.24.70a (anukarṣān grahān dīptān varūthaṃ cāpi tārakāḥ; here रथे for grahān).

Verse 11 (8.26.11)

ओषधीर्वीरुधश्चैव घण्टाजालं च भानुमत् । अलञ्चकार च रथं मासपक्षर्तुभिर्विभुः ॥

oṣadhīrvīrudhaścaiva ghaṇṭājālaṃ ca bhānumat | alañcakāra ca rathaṃ māsapakṣartubhirvibhuḥ

Healing plants and creepers, and a shining mesh of bells, he made for it; and the Lord adorned the chariot with the months, the fortnights and the seasons.

Note on the text: Both lines are CE Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0059–0060). Line 1 is the CE's counterpart (marked 70ef) of the main text's 8.24.70e (oṣadhīr vividhās tatra nānāpuṣpaphalodgamāḥ), worded differently there; line 2 is in the Appendix only. The page's footnote offers a variant first line (ओषधीर्वीरुधश्चैव घण्टाः पुष्पफलोपगाः), not adopted.

Verse 12 (8.26.12)

अहोरात्रैः कलाभिश्च काष्ठाभिरयनैस्तथा । द्यां युगं युगपर्वाणि संवर्तकबलाहकान् ॥

ahorātraiḥ kalābhiśca kāṣṭhābhirayanaistathā | dyāṃ yugaṃ yugaparvāṇi saṃvartakabalāhakān

He adorned it with days and nights, with kalas and kashthas and the solstices; and with the sky, the yoke, the joints of the yoke, and the clouds of universal dissolution.

Note on the text: Corrected बलाहरकान् → बलाहकान् (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; CE balāhakān). Lines 1–2 are CE Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0061–0062); line 2 is parallel to the main text's 8.24.72c (yugacarmāṇi for yugaparvāṇi).

Verse 13 (8.26.13)

शम्यां धृतिं च मेधां च स्थितिं सन्नतिमेव च । ऋग्वेदं सामवेदं च धुर्यावश्वावकल्पयत् ॥

śamyāṃ dhṛtiṃ ca medhāṃ ca sthitiṃ sannatimeva ca | ṛgvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca dhuryāvaśvāvakalpayat

Shamya, Dhriti, Medha, Sthiti and Sannati too he made; the Rigveda and the Samaveda he made the two horses at the yoke.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.73a (also Appendix I No. 2, 8.24.084b@002_0063); line 2 is in Appendix I No. 2 only (@002_0064; the CE sets it against 8.24.80c).

Verse 14 (8.26.14)

पृष्ठाश्वौ तु यजुर्वेदः कल्पितोऽथर्वणस्तथा । अश्वानां चाप्यलङ्कारं विदधे पदसञ्चयम् ॥

pṛṣṭhāśvau tu yajurvedaḥ kalpito'tharvaṇastathā | aśvānāṃ cāpyalaṅkāraṃ vidadhe padasañcayam

The Yajurveda and the Atharvaveda he made the two rear horses; and for the horses he devised an adornment, a rich array for their feet.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0065–0066 (8.24.084b@002_0065–0066). Line 1 is the CE's variant of the main text's 8.24.81a (to which it sets it).

Verse 15 (8.26.15)

सिनीवालीमनुमतिं कुहूं राकां च सुप्रभाम् । योक्त्राणि चक्रे चाश्वानां कूश्माण्डांश्चापि पन्नगान् ॥

sinīvālīmanumatiṃ kuhūṃ rākāṃ ca suprabhām | yoktrāṇi cakre cāśvānāṃ kūśmāṇḍāṃścāpi pannagān

Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu and the radiant Raka he made the horses' traces; and the Kushmandas and the serpents as well.

Note on the text: Corrected योक्ताणि → योक्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; conjunct त्रा broken; CE yoktrāṇi). Lines 1–2 are CE Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0067–0068), parallel to the main text's 8.24.74c and 74e (suprabhām for suvratām; yoktrāṇi cakre cāśvānāṃ kūśmāṇḍāṃś cāpi pannagān for yoktrāṇi cakrur vāhānāṃ rohakāṃś cāpi kaṇṭhakam).

Verse 16 (8.26.16)

तालपृष्ठोऽथ नहुषः कार्कोटकधनञ्जयौ । इतरे चाभवन्नागा हयानां वाहबन्धनम् ॥

tālapṛṣṭho'tha nahuṣaḥ kārkoṭakadhanañjayau | itare cābhavannāgā hayānāṃ vāhabandhanam

Talaprishtha, Nahusha, Karkotaka and Dhananjaya, and the other serpents too, became the harness-bindings of the horses.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.072d*0260_01 (kālapṛṣṭho 'tha nahuṣaḥ karkoṭakadhanaṃjayau; here तालपृष्ठो and कार्कोटक, kept as recension variants) and line 2 is *0260_02 (…hayānāṃ vālabandhanāḥ; here वाहबन्धनम्). The CE also prints them in Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0069–0070, cited there as 259*). Not in the CE's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (8.26.17)

अभीशवः षडङ्गानि कल्पितानि महीपते । ओङ्कारः कल्पितस्तस्य प्रतोदो विश्वकर्मणा ॥

abhīśavaḥ ṣaḍaṅgāni kalpitāni mahīpate | oṅkāraḥ kalpitastasya pratodo viśvakarmaṇā

The six Vedangas were fashioned as the reins, O lord of earth; and by Vishvakarma the syllable Om was made the whip.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0071–0072 (8.24.084b@002_0071–0072).

Verse 18 (8.26.18)

यज्ञाः सर्वे पृथक्लृप्ता रथाङ्गानि च भागशः । अधिष्ठानं मनश्चासीत्परिरथ्या सरस्वती ॥

yajñāḥ sarve pṛthaklṛptā rathāṅgāni ca bhāgaśaḥ | adhiṣṭhānaṃ manaścāsītparirathyā sarasvatī

All the sacrifices were fashioned separately as parts of the chariot, each in its place; the mind was its platform, and the Sarasvati its enclosing rail.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE Appendix I No. 2 only (8.24.084b@002_0073); line 2 is @002_0074, parallel to the main text's 8.24.75c (adhiṣṭhānaṃ manas tv āsīt parirathyaṃ sarasvatī).

Verse 19 (8.26.19)

नानावर्णानि शस्त्राणि पताकाः पवनेरिताः । विद्युदिन्द्रधनुर्युक्तं रथं दीप्त्या व्यदीपयत् ॥

nānāvarṇāni śastrāṇi patākāḥ pavaneritāḥ | vidyudindradhanuryuktaṃ rathaṃ dīptyā vyadīpayat

Weapons of many colours served as its banners, stirred by the wind; and the chariot, joined with lightning and Indra's bow, he made blaze with splendour.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0075–0076), parallel to the main text's 8.24.76a and 76c (nānāvarṇāni cābhrāṇi patākāḥ pavaneritāḥ; vidyud indradhanur yuktā rathaṃ dīptyā vyadīpayat, against nānāvarṇāś ca citrāś ca … vidyudindradhanurnaddhaṃ rathaṃ dīptaṃ vyadīpayat).

Verse 20 (8.26.20)

वर्म योद्धुं च विहितं नभो ग्रहगणाकुलम् । अभेद्यं भानुमच्चित्रं कालचक्रपरिक्षतम् ॥

varma yoddhuṃ ca vihitaṃ nabho grahagaṇākulam | abhedyaṃ bhānumaccitraṃ kālacakraparikṣatam

Armour was provided for the fighter too: the sky itself, crowded with the hosts of planets, impenetrable, shining, many-coloured, and marked all round by the wheel of Time.

Note on the text: Corrected नमो ग्रहगणाकुलम् → नभो ग्रहगणाकुलम् (misprint in Wikisource; नमो does not fit here; CE nabho, the sky crowded with planets). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0077–0078 (8.24.084b@002_0077–0078). Line 2 reads कालचक्रपरिक्षतम् where the Appendix has pariṣkṛtam; kept as the base reading (a valid word).

Verse 21 (8.26.21)

एवमस्मिन्महाराज कल्पिते रथसत्तमे । त्वष्ट्रा मनुजशार्दूल द्विषतां भयवर्धने ॥

evamasminmahārāja kalpite rathasattame | tvaṣṭrā manujaśārdūla dviṣatāṃ bhayavardhane

When this finest of chariots, which heightens the fear of foes, had thus been fashioned by Tvashtri, O great king, O tiger among men,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the main text's 8.24.77ab and 77cd (evaṃ tasmin mahārāja kalpite rathasattame / devair manujaśārdūla dviṣatām abhimardane), here in the Appendix's wording (Appendix I No. 2, 8.24.084b@002_0082–0083: …tvaṣṭrā … bhayavardhanaḥ).

Verse 22 (8.26.22)

स्वान्यायुधानि दिव्यानि न्यदधाच्छङ्करो रथे । ध्वजयष्टिं वियत्कृत्वा स्थापयामास गोवृषम् ॥

svānyāyudhāni divyāni nyadadhācchaṅkaro rathe | dhvajayaṣṭiṃ viyatkṛtvā sthāpayāmāsa govṛṣam

Shankara laid his own divine weapons in the chariot, and, making the sky the flagstaff, set the Bull upon it.

Note on the text: = the main text's 8.24.78ab and 78cd (also Appendix I No. 2, 8.24.084b@002_0084–0085), with minor variants (svāny āyudhāni mukhyāṇi; rathayaṣṭiṃ viyatkṛṣṭāṃ).

Verse 23 (8.26.23)

ब्रह्मदण्डः कालदण्डो रुद्रदण्डश्च ते ज्वराः । परिष्कारा रथस्यासन्समन्ताद्दिशमुद्धताः ॥

brahmadaṇḍaḥ kāladaṇḍo rudradaṇḍaśca te jvarāḥ | pariṣkārā rathasyāsansamantāddiśamuddhatāḥ

The Brahma-staff, the Time-staff, the Rudra-staff and the Fevers stood all around as the chariot's fittings, raised in every direction.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मदण्डः कालदम्डो → ब्रह्मदण्डः कालदण्डो (misprint in Wikisource; stray zero-width joiner and म् for ण्; दम्ड is not a word, CE kāladaṇḍaḥ). Corrected परिष्कारा र्थस्यासन् → परिष्कारा रथस्यासन् (misprint in Wikisource; र्थ for रथ; CE rathasyāsan). = the main text's 8.24.79ab and 79cd (also Appendix I No. 2, 8.24.084b@002_0086–0087), with variants (te jvarāḥ for tathā jvaraḥ; pariṣkārā rathasyāsan for pariskandā rathasyāsya).

Verse 24 (8.26.24)

विचित्रमृतुभिः षड्भिः कृत्वा संवत्सरं धनुः । छायामेवात्मनश्चक्रे धनुर्ज्यामक्षयां ध्रुवाम् ॥

vicitramṛtubhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kṛtvā saṃvatsaraṃ dhanuḥ | chāyāmevātmanaścakre dhanurjyāmakṣayāṃ dhruvām

Making the Year, with its six seasons, a bow of wonderful colours, he made his own Shadow its bowstring, unfailing and steady.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.83a (also Appendix I No. 2, 8.24.084b@002_0088); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.24.083b*0263_01 (chāyām evātmanaś cakre dhanur jyām akṣayāṃ raṇe; here dhruvām for raṇe), also in the Appendix (@002_0089, cited as 263*).

Verse 25 (8.26.25)

कालो हि भगवान्रुद्रस्तच्च संवत्सरं धनुः । तस्माद्रौद्री कालरात्री ज्या कृता धनुषोऽजरा ॥

kālo hi bhagavānrudrastacca saṃvatsaraṃ dhanuḥ | tasmādraudrī kālarātrī jyā kṛtā dhanuṣo'jarā

For the blessed Rudra is Time, and the Year was that bow; therefore the bow's string was made the ageless night of Rudra, the Night of Time.

Note on the text: Corrected धनुषो जरा → धनुषोऽजरा (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, which flips the sense (जरा 'old age' for अजरा 'ageless'); CE dhanuṣo 'jarā). Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.083b*0263_02 (kālo hi bhagavān rudras tasya saṃvatsaro dhanuḥ; here tac ca saṃvatsaraṃ dhanuḥ), also Appendix I No. 2 (@002_0090); line 2 is the main text's 8.24.83c (tasmān nṝṇāṃ kālarātrir jyā kṛtā dhanuṣo 'jarā; Appendix @002_0091 reads tasmād raudrā kālarātrir …).

Verse 26 (8.26.26)

ततो रथे रथाश्वांस्तानृषयः समयोजयन् । एकैकशः सुसंहृष्टानादाय सुधृतव्रताः ॥

tato rathe rathāśvāṃstānṛṣayaḥ samayojayan | ekaikaśaḥ susaṃhṛṣṭānādāya sudhṛtavratāḥ

Then the sages, firm in their vows, took the chariot's horses one by one, in high joy, and yoked them to the chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0092–0093 (8.24.084b@002_0092–0093).

Verse 27 (8.26.27)

दक्षिणस्यां धुरि कृत ऋग्वेदो मन्त्रपारगैः । सव्यतः सामवेदश्च युक्तो राजन्महर्षिभिः ॥

dakṣiṇasyāṃ dhuri kṛta ṛgvedo mantrapāragaiḥ | savyataḥ sāmavedaśca yukto rājanmaharṣibhiḥ

On the right side of the pole the Rigveda was set by masters of the mantras; on the left, O king, the Samaveda was yoked by great sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0094–0095 (8.24.084b@002_0094–0095).

Verse 28 (8.26.28)

पार्ष्ठिदक्षिणतो युक्तो यजुर्वेदः सुरद्विजैः । इतरस्यां तथा पार्ष्ठ्यां युक्तो राजन्नथर्वणः ॥

pārṣṭhidakṣiṇato yukto yajurvedaḥ suradvijaiḥ | itarasyāṃ tathā pārṣṭhyāṃ yukto rājannatharvaṇaḥ

The Yajurveda was yoked on the right rear side by gods and brahmins; and on the other rear side, O king, the Atharvaveda was yoked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0096–0097 (8.24.084b@002_0096–0097).

Verse 29 (8.26.29)

एवं ते वाजिनो युक्ता यज्ञविद्भिस्तथा रथे । अशोभन्त तथा युक्ता यथैवाध्वरमध्यगाः ॥

evaṃ te vājino yuktā yajñavidbhistathā rathe | aśobhanta tathā yuktā yathaivādhvaramadhyagāḥ

Thus yoked to the chariot by those who know the sacrifice, the horses shone like those who stand at the centre of a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0098–0099 (8.24.084b@002_0098–0099). Line 1 reads तथा where the Appendix has tadā.

Verse 30 (8.26.30)

कल्पयित्वा रथं दिव्यं ततो बाणमकल्पयत् । चिन्तयित्वा हरिं विष्णुमव्ययं यज्ञवाहनम् ॥

kalpayitvā rathaṃ divyaṃ tato bāṇamakalpayat | cintayitvā hariṃ viṣṇumavyayaṃ yajñavāhanam

Having fashioned the divine chariot, he then fashioned the arrow, meditating on Hari Vishnu, the imperishable, the vehicle of sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0100–0101 (8.24.084b@002_0100–0101).

Verse 31 (8.26.31)

शरं सङ्कल्पयाञ्चक्रे विश्वकर्मा महामनाः । तस्य वाजांश्च पुङ्खं च कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥

śaraṃ saṅkalpayāñcakre viśvakarmā mahāmanāḥ | tasya vājāṃśca puṅkhaṃ ca kalpayāmāsa vai tadā

The great-minded Vishvakarma conceived the arrow, and then he made its feathers and its fletched end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 2 (printed after 8.24.84b), lines @002_0102–0103 (8.24.084b@002_0102–0103).

Verse 32 (8.26.32)

पुण्यगन्धवहं राजञ्श्वसनं राजसत्तम । अग्नीषोमौ शरमुखे कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥

puṇyagandhavahaṃ rājañśvasanaṃ rājasattama | agnīṣomau śaramukhe kalpayāmāsa vai tadā

He made the pure, fragrance-bearing wind its breath, O king, best of kings, and Agni and Soma he set at the arrow's point.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.92c (puṇyagandhavahaṃ rājañ śvasanaṃ rājasattama), also Appendix I No. 2 (8.24.084b@002_0104); line 2 is in Appendix I No. 2 only (@002_0105, the last line of that passage).

Verse 33 (8.26.33)

अग्नीषोमात्मकं कृत्स्नमुच्यते वैष्णवं जगत् । विष्णुरात्मा भगवतो भवस्यामिततेजसः ॥

agnīṣomātmakaṃ kṛtsnamucyate vaiṣṇavaṃ jagat | viṣṇurātmā bhagavato bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ

The whole world is said to be made of Agni and Soma, and to belong to Vishnu; Vishnu is the very self of the blessed Bhava of boundless might.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.84c (agnīṣomau jagat kṛtsnaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ cocyate jagat; here agnīṣomātmakaṃ kṛtsnam ucyate vaiṣṇavaṃ jagat); line 2 is 8.24.85a (viṣṇuś cātmā …; here viṣṇur ātmā).

Verse 34 (8.26.34)

तस्माद्धनुर्ज्यासंस्पर्शं स विषेहे शरस्य वै । तस्मिञ्शरे तीक्ष्णमन्युममुञ्चद्दुःसहं प्रभुः ॥

tasmāddhanurjyāsaṃsparśaṃ sa viṣehe śarasya vai | tasmiñśare tīkṣṇamanyumamuñcadduḥsahaṃ prabhuḥ

For this reason he could bear the touch of the bowstring on the arrow; and into that arrow the Lord discharged keen, unbearable fury.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.85c (here sa viṣehe śarasya vai for na viṣehur harasya te); line 2 is 8.24.86a (tasmiñ śare tigmamanyur mumocāviṣahaṃ prabhuḥ; here tīkṣṇamanyum amuñcad duḥsahaṃ).

Verse 35 (8.26.35)

भृग्वङ्गिरोमन्युभवः क्रोधाग्निरतिदुःसहः । स नीललोहितो धूम्रः कृत्तिवासा भयानकः ॥

bhṛgvaṅgiromanyubhavaḥ krodhāgniratiduḥsahaḥ | sa nīlalohito dhūmraḥ kṛttivāsā bhayānakaḥ

The fire of wrath born of the fury of Bhrigu and Angiras, exceedingly unbearable, was dark-blue and red, smoke-hued, clad in a hide, and terrible.

Note on the text: Line 1 = the main text's 8.24.86c (…manyubhavaṃ krodhāgnim atiduḥsaham); line 2 = 8.24.87a (…bhayaṃkaraḥ; here bhayānakaḥ).

Verse 36 (8.26.36)

आदित्यायुतसङ्काशस्तेजोज्वालावृतो भवः । दुश्चर्यच्यावको जेता हन्ता ब्रह्मद्विषां वरः ॥

ādityāyutasaṅkāśastejojvālāvṛto bhavaḥ | duścaryacyāvako jetā hantā brahmadviṣāṃ varaḥ

Bhava, blazing like ten thousand suns and wrapped in a flame of radiance, who brings down the ill-conducted, the victor and slayer, the best of those who strike down the haters of brahmins,

Note on the text: Line 1 = the main text's 8.24.87c (…tejojvālāvṛto jvalan; here bhavaḥ); line 2 resembles 8.24.88a (duścyāvaś cyāvano jetā hantā brahmadviṣāṃ haraḥ); the page reads दुश्चर्यच्यावको … वरः, kept as a recension variant.

Verse 37 (8.26.37)

तस्याङ्गानि समाश्रित्य स्थितं विश्वमिदं जगत् । जङ्गमाजङ्गमं राजञ्छुशुभेऽद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥

tasyāṅgāni samāśritya sthitaṃ viśvamidaṃ jagat | jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ rājañchuśubhe'dbhutadarśanam

Resting on his limbs, this whole universe, moving and unmoving, stood and shone, O king, wonderful to behold.

Note on the text: = the main text's 8.24.90a and 90c.

Verse 38 (8.26.38)

दृष्ट्वा तु तं रथं दिव्यं कवची स शरासनी । आददे स शरं दिव्यं सोमविष्ण्वग्निवायुजम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ rathaṃ divyaṃ kavacī sa śarāsanī | ādade sa śaraṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnivāyujam

Seeing that divine chariot, armoured and bow in hand, he took up the divine arrow born of Soma, Vishnu, Agni and Vayu.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टा तु → दृष्ट्वा तु (misprint in Wikisource; दृष्टा is not the gerund; CE dṛṣṭvā). = the main text's 8.24.91a and 91c (…ādatta taṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnisaṃbhavam; here ādade sa śaraṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnivāyujam).

Verse 39 (8.26.39)

तमादाय महादेवस्त्रासयन्दैत्यदानवान् । आरुरोह तदा यत्तः कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥

tamādāya mahādevastrāsayandaityadānavān | āruroha tadā yattaḥ kampayanniva rodasī

Taking it, Mahadeva, terrifying the Daityas and Danavas, eagerly mounted the chariot, as though making heaven and earth tremble.

Note on the text: Line 1 resembles the main text's 8.24.93a (tam āsthāya mahādevas trāsayan daivatāny api); line 2 = 93c.

Verse 40 (8.26.40)

महर्षिभिः स्तूयमानो वन्द्यमानश्च वन्दिभिः । उपनृत्तश्चाप्सरसां गणैर्नृत्तविशारदैः ॥

maharṣibhiḥ stūyamāno vandyamānaśca vandibhiḥ | upanṛttaścāpsarasāṃ gaṇairnṛttaviśāradaiḥ

Praised by great sages and hailed by bards, and danced for by hosts of Apsarases skilled in dance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.093d*0266_01–02 (…bandibhiḥ; here vandibhiḥ).

Verse 41 (8.26.41)

स शोभमानो वरदः खड्गी बाणी शरासनी । हसन्निवाब्रवीद्देवः सारथिः को भवेदिति ॥

sa śobhamāno varadaḥ khaḍgī bāṇī śarāsanī | hasannivābravīddevaḥ sārathiḥ ko bhavediti

Resplendent, the giver of boons, bearing sword, arrows and bow, the god said, as if laughing, "Who is to be the charioteer?"

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गी → खड्गी (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE khaḍgī). = the main text's 8.24.94a and 94c (…devo sārathiḥ ko bhaviṣyati; here devaḥ … ko bhavediti). The question is quoted inside the narration.