Karna Condemns the Bahlikas and the Madras

Verse 1 (8.37.1)

ततः पुनर्महाराज मद्रराजमरिन्दमः । अभ्यभाषत राधेयः सन्निवार्योत्तरं वचः ॥

tataḥ punarmahārāja madrarājamarindamaḥ | abhyabhāṣata rādheyaḥ sannivāryottaraṃ vacaḥ

Then, O great king, Radheya, the tamer of foes, spoke again to the king of the Madras, checking his words with a reply.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.1 (similarity 0.987); मद्रराजमरिन्दमः (the epithet agreeing with राधेयः) where the CE has madrarājam ariṃdamam, a recension variant. Speaker: Sanjaya, as the page heads it (सञ्जय उवाच). Dropped the page's opening title line (कर्णेन सोपहासं शल्यगर्हणम्), a heading and not a verse, and the commentary and editor's note printed after the colophon.

Verse 2 (8.37.2)

निर्भर्त्सनार्थं शल्य त्वं यत्तु जल्पितवानसि । नाहं शक्यस्त्वया वाचा विभीषयितुमाहवे ॥

nirbhartsanārthaṃ śalya tvaṃ yattu jalpitavānasi | nāhaṃ śakyastvayā vācā vibhīṣayitumāhave

Because you, Shalya, have been rebuking me with your babble, hear this: I cannot be frightened by words in battle.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.2 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): line 1 reads निर्भर्त्सनार्थं शल्य त्वं यत्तु जल्पितवानसि where the CE has yat tvaṃ nidarśanārthaṃ māṃ śalya jalpitavān asi: a recension variant. Speaker: Karna. The page's heading सञ्जय उवाच stands before verse 1, which is narration; Karna's own direct speech begins here and runs to verse 10, so it is given to him.

Verse 3 (8.37.3)

यदि मां देवताः सर्वा योधयेयुः सवासवाः । तथापि मे भयं न स्यात्किमु पार्थात्सकेशवात् ॥

yadi māṃ devatāḥ sarvā yodhayeyuḥ savāsavāḥ | tathāpi me bhayaṃ na syātkimu pārthātsakeśavāt

Even if all the gods with Vasava at their head were to fight me, I should still feel no fear; how much less of Partha with Keshava!

Note on the text: CE 8.30.3 (identical). The CE's star line 8.30.3b*0384_01 is not on the page.

Verse 4 (8.37.4)

नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यः शुद्धकर्मा महाहवे । अभिजानीहि शक्तस्त्वमन्यं भीषयितुं रणे ॥

nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyaḥ śuddhakarmā mahāhave | abhijānīhi śaktastvamanyaṃ bhīṣayituṃ raṇe

I, pure in my deeds, cannot be frightened in the great battle. Understand that it is someone else whom you are able to frighten in the fight.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.4 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): line 2 is a recension variant of 4c (anyaṃ jānīhi yaḥ śakyas tvayā bhīṣayituṃ raṇe); line 1 reads नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यः शुद्धकर्मा महाहवे where the CE has nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyo vāṅmātreṇa kathaṃ cana. Corrected शुद्धकर्णा → शुद्धकर्मा (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म; the feminine form cannot agree with the male speaker and the sense is 'pure in deed'; the CE reads a different line here, so this is the smallest fix yielding the evident word).

Verse 5 (8.37.5)

नीचस्य बलमेतावत्पारुष्यं यत्त्वमात्थ माम् । अशक्तो हि गुणान्वक्तुं वल्गसे बहु दुर्मते ॥

nīcasya balametāvatpāruṣyaṃ yattvamāttha mām | aśakto hi guṇānvaktuṃ valgase bahu durmate

This is all the strength of a base man, the harshness with which you speak to me. Unable to tell of my merits, you rave on at length, you fool.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.5 (similarity 0.877). Corrected यतत्त्वमात्थ → यत्त्वमात्थ (misprint in Wikisource; a stray extra त; the CE reads yat tvam āttha). Line 2 reads अशक्तो हि गुणान्वक्तुं where the CE has aśakto 'smadguṇān prāptum: a recension variant.

Verse 6 (8.37.6)

न हि कर्णः समुद्भूतो भयार्थमिह मद्रक । विक्रमार्थमहं जातो यशोर्थं च तथाऽऽत्मनः ॥

na hi karṇaḥ samudbhūto bhayārthamiha madraka | vikramārthamahaṃ jāto yaśorthaṃ ca tathā''tmanaḥ

Karna was not born here to be afraid, O Madraka; I was born for valour, and for my own renown.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.6 (similarity 0.9); recension variants (मद्रक where the CE has māriṣa; तथाऽऽत्मनः for tathaiva ca).

Verse 7 (8.37.7)

सखिभावेन सौहार्दान्मित्रभावेन चैव हि । कारणैस्त्रिभिरेतैस्त्वं शल्य जीवसि साम्प्रतम् ॥

sakhibhāvena sauhārdānmitrabhāvena caiva hi | kāraṇaistribhiretaistvaṃ śalya jīvasi sāmpratam

Out of comradeship, out of goodwill, and out of alliance: for these three reasons, Shalya, you are alive at this moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are its star passage 8.30.6d*0386_01-02. Corrected मितत्रभावेन → मित्रभावेन (misprint in Wikisource; a stray extra त; the star reads mitrabhāvena).

Verse 8 (8.37.8)

राज्ञश्च धार्तराष्ट्रस्य कार्यं सुमहदुद्यतम् । मयि तच्चाहितं शल्य तेन जीवसि मे क्षणम् ॥

rājñaśca dhārtarāṣṭrasya kāryaṃ sumahadudyatam | mayi taccāhitaṃ śalya tena jīvasi me kṣaṇam

A very great task of King Dhritarashtra's son has been undertaken, and it rests upon me; for that reason you live a little longer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.30.6d*0386_03-04 (identical).

Verse 9 (8.37.9)

कृतश्च समयः पूर्वं क्षन्तव्यं विप्रियं तव । समयः परिपाल्यो मे तेन जीवसि साम्प्रतम् ॥

kṛtaśca samayaḥ pūrvaṃ kṣantavyaṃ vipriyaṃ tava | samayaḥ paripālyo me tena jīvasi sāmpratam

An agreement was made earlier that I must bear your unkind words. I must keep that agreement; so you live at this moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.30.6d*0386_05-06 (line 2 reads साम्प्रतम् where the star has madraka, a recension variant). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 10 (8.37.10)

ऋते शल्यसहस्रेण विजयेयमहं परान् । मित्रद्रोहस्तु पापीयानिति जीवसि साम्प्रतम् ॥

ṛte śalyasahasreṇa vijayeyamahaṃ parān | mitradrohastu pāpīyāniti jīvasi sāmpratam

Even without a thousand Shalyas I could conquer my enemies; but betrayal of a friend is the worse sin, and so you live at this moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.30.6d*0386_07-08 (identical).

Verse 11 (8.37.11)

आर्तप्रलापांस्त्वं कर्ण यान्ब्रवीषि परान्प्रति । न ते कर्णसहस्रेण शक्या जेतुं परे युधि ॥

ārtapralāpāṃstvaṃ karṇa yānbravīṣi parānprati | na te karṇasahasreṇa śakyā jetuṃ pare yudhi

These are the wailings of the distressed that you utter against our foes, Karna; those foes cannot be conquered in battle by a thousand Karnas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it corresponds to the star passage 8.30.6d*0386_09-10 (line 1 reads आर्तप्रलापांस्त्वं कर्ण यान्ब्रवीषि परान्प्रति where the star has nanu pralāpāḥ karṇaite yān bravīṣi parān prati; line 2 reads न ते कर्णसहस्रेण where the star has ṛte karṇasahasreṇa, whose sense is the reverse). Speaker: Shalya, as the page heads it (शल्य उवाच); the CE star also gives Shalya the first line, but prints a stray 'saṃjaya uvāca' heading before the second.

Verse 12 (8.37.12)

तथा ब्रुवन्तं परुषं कर्णो मद्राधिपं तदा । परुषं द्विगुणं भूयः प्रोवाचाप्रियदर्शनम् ॥

tathā bruvantaṃ paruṣaṃ karṇo madrādhipaṃ tadā | paruṣaṃ dviguṇaṃ bhūyaḥ provācāpriyadarśanam

To the lord of the Madras, who had spoken so harshly, Karna replied with words twice as harsh and still more unwelcome.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.30.6d*0386_11-12 (identical). Speaker: Sanjaya, as the page heads it (सञ्जय उवाच).

Verse 13 (8.37.13)

इदं त्वमेकाग्रमनाः शृणु मद्रजनाधिप । सन्निधौ धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रोच्यमानं मया श्रुतम् ॥

idaṃ tvamekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu madrajanādhipa | sannidhau dhṛtarāṣṭrasya procyamānaṃ mayā śrutam

Listen, ruler of the Madras, with undivided mind to what I heard being said in Dhritarashtra's presence.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.7 (similarity 0.9); line 1 reads इदं त्वमेकाग्रमनाः where the CE has idaṃ tu me tvam ekāgraḥ: a recension variant. Speaker: Karna. The page's heading सञ्जय उवाच stands before verse 12 and the next heading (कर्ण उवाच) before verse 33, but verses 13-32 are Karna's own direct speech (verse 12 introduces it), so they are given to him; the Brahmin's words quoted within them are not headed by the page and stay with Karna.

Verse 14 (8.37.14)

देशांश्च विविधांश्चित्रान्पूर्ववृत्तांश्च पार्थिवान् । ब्राह्मणाः कथयन्ति स्म धृतराष्ट्रनिवेशने ॥

deśāṃśca vividhāṃścitrānpūrvavṛttāṃśca pārthivān | brāhmaṇāḥ kathayanti sma dhṛtarāṣṭraniveśane

In Dhritarashtra's house the Brahmins used to tell of many wondrous lands and of kings of former times.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.8 (similarity 0.93); line 2 reads ब्राह्मणाः कथयन्ति स्म धृतराष्ट्रनिवेशने where the CE has brāhmaṇāḥ kathayantaḥ sma dhṛtarāṣṭram upāsate: a recension variant.

Verse 15 (8.37.15)

तत्र वृद्धः पुरावृत्ताः कथाः कश्चिद्द्विजोत्तमः । बाह्लीकदेशं मद्रांश्च कुत्सयन्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tatra vṛddhaḥ purāvṛttāḥ kathāḥ kaściddvijottamaḥ | bāhlīkadeśaṃ madrāṃśca kutsayanvākyamabravīt

There a certain aged and eminent Brahmin, relating tales of old, spoke these words, censuring the Bahlika country and the Madras:

Note on the text: CE 8.30.9 (similarity 0.988).

Verse 16 (8.37.16)

बहिष्कृता हिमवता गङ्गया च तिरस्कृताः । सरस्वत्या यमुनया कुरुक्षेत्रेण चापि ये ॥

bahiṣkṛtā himavatā gaṅgayā ca tiraskṛtāḥ | sarasvatyā yamunayā kurukṣetreṇa cāpi ye

Those who are shut out by the Himalaya and scorned by the Ganga, by the Sarasvati, the Yamuna, and Kurukshetra,

Note on the text: CE 8.30.10 (similarity 0.973). Corrected हिमवतता → हिमवता (misprint in Wikisource; a stray extra त; the CE reads himavatā).

Verse 17 (8.37.17)

पञ्चानां सिन्धुषष्ठानां नदीनां येऽन्तराश्रिताः । तान्धर्मबाह्यानशुचीन्बाह्लीकानपि वर्जयेत् ॥

pañcānāṃ sindhuṣaṣṭhānāṃ nadīnāṃ ye'ntarāśritāḥ | tāndharmabāhyānaśucīnbāhlīkānapi varjayet

who live in the space between the five rivers with the Sindhu as the sixth: those impure Bahlikas, outside dharma, one should avoid.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.11 (similarity 0.976); line 2 ends बाह्लीकानपि वर्जयेत् where the CE has bāhlīkān parivarjayet: a recension variant.

Verse 18 (8.37.18)

गोवर्धनो नाम वटः सुभाण्डं नाम पत्तनम् । एतद्राजन्कलिद्वारमाकुमारात्स्मराम्यहम् ॥

govardhano nāma vaṭaḥ subhāṇḍaṃ nāma pattanam | etadrājankalidvāramākumārātsmarāmyaham

Govardhana is the name of a banyan tree, and Subhanda the name of a town. This, O king, is the gateway of Kali; I have known it since I was a boy.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.12 (similarity 0.896); recension variants (पत्तनम् where the CE has catvaram; एतद्राजन्कलिद्वारमाकुमारात् for etad rājakuladvāram ākumāraḥ).

Verse 19 (8.37.19)

कार्येणात्यर्थगूढेन बाह्लीकेषूषितं मया । तत एषां समाचारः संवासाद्विदितो मया ॥

kāryeṇātyarthagūḍhena bāhlīkeṣūṣitaṃ mayā | tata eṣāṃ samācāraḥ saṃvāsādvidito mayā

On a most secret errand I once lived among the Bahlikas, and from living with them I came to know their ways.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.13 (similarity 0.959); recension variants (अत्यर्थगूढेन where the CE has atyarthagāḍhena; विदितो मया for vidito mama).

Verse 20 (8.37.20)

शाकलं नाम नगरमापगानामनिम्नगा । चण्डाला नाम बाह्लीकास्तेषां वृत्तं सुनिन्दितम् ॥

śākalaṃ nāma nagaramāpagānāmanimnagā | caṇḍālā nāma bāhlīkāsteṣāṃ vṛttaṃ suninditam

Shakala is the name of the city, and Apaga the name of the river. The Bahlikas are called Chandalas, and their conduct is utterly contemptible.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.14 (similarity 0.932); line 2 reads चण्डाला नाम बाह्लीकास्तेषां वृत्तं सुनिन्दितम् where the CE has jartikā nāma bāhlīkās teṣāṃ vṛttaṃ suninditam: a recension variant.

Verse 21 (8.37.21)

पानं गुडासवं पीत्वा गोमांसं लशुनैः सह । अपूपसक्तुमद्यानामाशिताः शीलवर्जिताः ॥

pānaṃ guḍāsavaṃ pītvā gomāṃsaṃ laśunaiḥ saha | apūpasaktumadyānāmāśitāḥ śīlavarjitāḥ

After drinking liquor made of jaggery, and eating beef with garlic, they feed on cakes, barley-meal and spirits, devoid of good conduct.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.15 (similarity 0.764); recension variants in both lines (पानं गुडासवं पीत्वा where the CE has dhānāgauḍāsave pītvā; अपूपसक्तुमद्यानामाशिताः for apūpamāṃsavāṭyānām āśinaḥ).

Verse 22 (8.37.22)

गायन्त्यथ च नृत्यन्ति स्त्रियो मत्ता विवाससः । नगरापणवेशेषु बहिर्माल्यानुलेपनाः ॥

gāyantyatha ca nṛtyanti striyo mattā vivāsasaḥ | nagarāpaṇaveśeṣu bahirmālyānulepanāḥ

Their women, drunk and naked, sing and dance in the city streets, in the markets and houses, outdoors, wearing garlands and unguents.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.16 (similarity 0.724); recension variants in both lines (गायन्त्यथ च नृत्यन्ति स्त्रियो मत्ता विवाससः where the CE has hasanti gānti nṛtyanti strībhir mattā vivāsasaḥ; नगरापणवेशेषु for nagarāgāravapreṣu).

Verse 23 (8.37.23)

मत्ताः प्रगीतविरुतैः खरोष्ट्रनिनदोपमैः । अनावृता मैथुने ताः कामचाराश्च सर्वशः ॥

mattāḥ pragītavirutaiḥ kharoṣṭraninadopamaiḥ | anāvṛtā maithune tāḥ kāmacārāśca sarvaśaḥ

Drunk, with songs and cries like the braying of donkeys and the bellowing of camels, they are unrestrained in their couplings and do as they please in every way.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.30.17a (मत्ताः प्रगीतविरुतैः where the CE has mattāvagītair vividhaiḥ, a recension variant); line 2 is the star line 8.30.17b*0387_01 (identical; not in the constituted text).

Verse 24 (8.37.24)

आहुरन्योन्यसूक्तानि प्रब्रुवाणा मदोत्कटाः । हेहतेहेहतेत्येवं स्वामिभर्तृहतेति च ॥

āhuranyonyasūktāni prabruvāṇā madotkaṭāḥ | hehatehehatetyevaṃ svāmibhartṛhateti ca

Wild with drink, they say jesting things to one another, crying 'Hehate! Hehate!' and 'Slain master! Slain husband!'

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.30.17c (the page prints मदोत्कxxxः for madotkaṭāḥ); line 2 corresponds to CE 8.30.18a (हेहतेहेहतेत्येवं where the CE has hā hate hā hatety eva, a recension variant). Corrected मदोत्कxxxः → मदोत्कटाः (the page prints xxx for lost letters; the CE reads madotkaṭāḥ).

Verse 25 (8.37.25)

आक्रोशन्त्यः प्रनृत्यन्ति व्रात्याः पर्वस्वसंयताः । तासां किलावलिप्तानां निवसन्कुरुजाङ्गले ॥

ākrośantyaḥ pranṛtyanti vrātyāḥ parvasvasaṃyatāḥ | tāsāṃ kilāvaliptānāṃ nivasankurujāṅgale

Shrieking, they dance, those undisciplined outcasts at their festivals. And one belonging to those arrogant women, living in the Kuru country,

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.30.18c (व्रात्याः where the CE has mandāḥ, a recension variant) and line 2 to CE 8.30.19a (तासां where the CE has teṣām).

Verse 26 (8.37.26)

कश्चिद्बाह्लीकदुष्टानां नातिहृष्टमना जगौ । सा नूनं बृहती गौरी सूक्ष्मकम्बलवासिनी ॥

kaścidbāhlīkaduṣṭānāṃ nātihṛṣṭamanā jagau | sā nūnaṃ bṛhatī gaurī sūkṣmakambalavāsinī

a certain wicked Bahlika, not at all glad at heart, sang: 'That tall, fair woman in her fine blanket must be lying there thinking of me,

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.30.19c (बाह्लीकदुष्टानाम् where the CE has bāhlīkamukhyānām, a recension variant); line 2 is CE 8.30.20a (identical).

Verse 27 (8.37.27)

मामनुस्मरती शेते बाह्लीकं कुरुवासिनम् । शतद्रुं नु कदा तीर्त्वा तां च रम्यामिरावतीम् । गत्वा स्वदेशं द्रक्ष्यामि स्थूलजङ्घाः शुभाः स्त्रियः ॥

māmanusmaratī śete bāhlīkaṃ kuruvāsinam | śatadruṃ nu kadā tīrtvā tāṃ ca ramyāmirāvatīm | gatvā svadeśaṃ drakṣyāmi sthūlajaṅghāḥ śubhāḥ striyaḥ

me, a Bahlika living among the Kurus. When shall I cross the Shatadru and the lovely Iravati, reach my own country, and see those fair women with their sturdy limbs?

Note on the text: Three lines, as the page prints them: line 1 is CE 8.30.20c, line 2 corresponds to 21a (शतद्रुं नु कदा तीर्त्वा where the CE has śatadrukanadīṃ tīrtvā) and line 3 to 21c (स्थूलजङ्घाः where the CE has sthūlaśaṅkhāḥ): recension variants.

Verse 28 (8.37.28)

मनःशिलोज्ज्वलापाङ्ग्यो गौर्यस्ताः काकुकूजिताः । कम्बलाजिनसंवीता रुदन्त्यः प्रियदर्शनाः ॥

manaḥśilojjvalāpāṅgyo gauryastāḥ kākukūjitāḥ | kambalājinasaṃvītā rudantyaḥ priyadarśanāḥ

Fair women with the corners of their eyes bright with red arsenic, cooing in plaintive tones, wrapped in blankets and deerskins, crying out, lovely to look at.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.22 (similarity 0.795); recension variants (काकुकूजिताः where the CE has trikakudāñjanāḥ; रुदन्त्यः for kūrdantyaḥ).

Verse 29 (8.37.29)

मृदङ्गानकशङ्खानां मर्दलानां च निःस्वनैः । खरोष्ट्राश्वतरैश्चैव मत्ता यास्यामहे सुखम् ॥

mṛdaṅgānakaśaṅkhānāṃ mardalānāṃ ca niḥsvanaiḥ | kharoṣṭrāśvataraiścaiva mattā yāsyāmahe sukham

To the sounds of mridangas, anakas, conches and mardalas, riding donkeys, camels and mules, we shall go along drunk and happy.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.23 (identical).

Verse 30 (8.37.30)

शमीपीलुकरीराणां वनेषु सुखवर्त्मसु । अपूपान्सक्तुपिण्डांश्च प्राश्नन्तो मथितान्वितान् ॥

śamīpīlukarīrāṇāṃ vaneṣu sukhavartmasu | apūpānsaktupiṇḍāṃśca prāśnanto mathitānvitān

Through the forests of shami, pilu and karira trees, along pleasant roads, eating cakes and balls of barley-meal with buttermilk,

Note on the text: CE 8.30.24 (similarity 0.91); recension variants (प्राश्नन्तो मथितान्वितान् where the CE has khādanto mathitānvitāḥ).

Verse 31 (8.37.31)

पथिषु प्रबलो भूत्वा तथा सम्पततोऽध्वगान् । चेलापहारं कुर्वाणास्ताडयिष्याम भूयसः ॥

pathiṣu prabalo bhūtvā tathā sampatato'dhvagān | celāpahāraṃ kurvāṇāstāḍayiṣyāma bhūyasaḥ

becoming forceful on the roads, we shall beat the travellers who fall in our way in great numbers, robbing them of their clothes.'

Note on the text: CE 8.30.25 (similarity 0.808); recension variants in both lines (पथिषु प्रबलो भूत्वा तथा सम्पततोऽध्वगान् where the CE has pathiṣu prabalā bhūtvā kadāsamṛdite 'dhvani; चेलापहारं for khalopahāram).

Verse 32 (8.37.32)

एवंशीलेषु व्रात्येषु बाह्लीकेषु दुरात्मसु । कश्चेतयानो निवसेन्मुहूर्तमपि मानवः ॥

evaṃśīleṣu vrātyeṣu bāhlīkeṣu durātmasu | kaścetayāno nivasenmuhūrtamapi mānavaḥ

Among such outcasts, such wicked Bahlikas of this character, what man of sense would live even for a moment?

Note on the text: CE 8.30.26 (similarity 0.972); recension variant (एवंशीलेषु where the CE has evaṃ hīneṣu).

Verse 33 (8.37.33)

ईदृशा ब्राह्मणेनोक्ता बाह्लीका मोघचारिणः । येषां षड्भागहर्ता त्वमुभयोः पुण्यपापयोः ॥

īdṛśā brāhmaṇenoktā bāhlīkā moghacāriṇaḥ | yeṣāṃ ṣaḍbhāgahartā tvamubhayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ

Such are the Bahlikas, as the Brahmin described them, who act to no purpose, and of whose good and evil deeds alike you take the sixth part.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.27 (similarity 0.96); पुण्यपापयोः where the CE has śubhapāpayoḥ. Speaker: Karna, as the page heads it (कर्ण उवाच).

Verse 34 (8.37.34)

इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणः साधुरुत्तरं पुनरुक्तवान् । बाह्लीकेष्वविनीतेषु प्रोच्यमानं निबोध तत् ॥

ityuktvā brāhmaṇaḥ sādhuruttaraṃ punaruktavān | bāhlīkeṣvavinīteṣu procyamānaṃ nibodha tat

Having said this, the good Brahmin spoke again; hear what he said about the unruly Bahlikas.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.28 (similarity 0.988).

Verse 35 (8.37.35)

तत्र स्म राक्षसी गाति कृष्णचतुर्दशीम् । नगरे शाकले स्फीते आहत्य निशि दुन्दुभिम् ॥

tatra sma rākṣasī gāti kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm | nagare śākale sphīte āhatya niśi dundubhim

There a rakshasi sings on the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight, in the flourishing city of Shakala, beating a drum in the night:

Note on the text: CE 8.30.29 (similarity 0.92). Corrected ततत्र → तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; a stray extra त; the CE reads tatra).

Verse 36 (8.37.36)

कथं वस्तादृशो गाथाः पुनर्गास्यामि शाकले । गव्यस्य तृप्ता मांसस्य पीत्वा गौडं सुरासवम् ॥

kathaṃ vastādṛśo gāthāḥ punargāsyāmi śākale | gavyasya tṛptā māṃsasya pītvā gauḍaṃ surāsavam

'How shall I sing such songs again at Shakala, sated with beef, after drinking Gauda wine and spirits,

Note on the text: CE 8.30.30 (similarity 0.785); recension variants (कथं वस्तादृशो गाथाः पुनर्गास्यामि शाकले where the CE has kadā vā ghoṣikā gāthāḥ punar gāsyanti śākale; सुरासवम् for mahāsavam). The wording of line 1 is as printed.

Verse 37 (8.37.37)

गौरीभिः सह नारीभिर्बृहतीभिः स्वलङ्कृता । पलाण्डुगण्डूषयुताः खादन्तश्चैडकान्बहून् ॥

gaurībhiḥ saha nārībhirbṛhatībhiḥ svalaṅkṛtā | palāṇḍugaṇḍūṣayutāḥ khādantaścaiḍakānbahūn

well adorned, with fair and tall women, with mouthfuls of onion, eating many sheep?

Note on the text: CE 8.30.31 (similarity 0.911). Corrected चेशिकान् → चैडकान् (misprint in Wikisource; चेशिकान् is not a word; the CE reads caiḍakān, 'sheep'). The singular स्वलङ्कृता and the participle खादन्तः are as printed (the CE has svalaṃkṛtāḥ and khādante).

Verse 38 (8.37.38)

वाराहं कौक्कुटं मांसं गव्यं गार्दभमौष्ट्रकम् । धानाश्च ये न खादन्ति तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम् ॥

vārāhaṃ kaukkuṭaṃ māṃsaṃ gavyaṃ gārdabhamauṣṭrakam | dhānāśca ye na khādanti teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam

Those who do not eat pork, chicken, beef, ass-flesh and camel-flesh, and parched grain, have been born in vain.'

Note on the text: CE 8.30.32 (similarity 0.931); line 2 reads धानाश्च where the CE has aiḍaṃ ca: a recension variant.

Verse 39 (8.37.39)

एवं गायन्ति ये मत्ताः शीधुना पीलुकावने । सबालवृद्धाः क्रन्दन्ति तेषां धर्मः कथं भवेत् ॥

evaṃ gāyanti ye mattāḥ śīdhunā pīlukāvane | sabālavṛddhāḥ krandanti teṣāṃ dharmaḥ kathaṃ bhavet

Those who sing thus, drunk with liquor in the pilu grove, with children and old men all howling together: how can they have dharma?

Note on the text: CE 8.30.33 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): recension variants (एवं गायन्ति ये मत्ताः शीधुना पीलुकावने where the CE has iti gāyanti ye mattāḥ śīdhunā śākalāvataḥ; तेषां धर्मः कथं भवेत् for teṣu vṛttaṃ kathaṃ bhavet).

Verse 40 (8.37.40)

यत्र लोकेश्वरः कृष्णो देवदेवो जनार्दनः । विस्मृतः पुरुषैरुग्रैस्तेषां धर्मः कथं भवेत् ॥

yatra lokeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo devadevo janārdanaḥ | vismṛtaḥ puruṣairugraisteṣāṃ dharmaḥ kathaṃ bhavet

Where Krishna, lord of the world, god of gods, Janardana, is forgotten by fierce men, how can they have dharma?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.30.33d*0388_01-02 (identical).

Verse 41 (8.37.41)

इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदन्योऽप्युक्तवानस्मान्ब्राह्मणः कुरुसंसदि ॥

iti śalya vijānīhi hanta bhūyo bravīmi te | yadanyo'pyuktavānasmānbrāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṃsadi

Know this, Shalya; listen, and I shall tell you more: what another Brahmin also said to us in the Kuru assembly.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.34 (identical). Corrected यदन्योप्युक्तवानस्मान् → यदन्योऽप्युक्तवानस्मान् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the CE reads yad anyo 'py uktavān asmān).

Verse 42 (8.37.42)

पञ्चनद्यो वहन्त्येता यत्र पीलुवनान्युत । शतद्रुश्च विपाशा च तृतीयैरावती तथा ॥

pañcanadyo vahantyetā yatra pīluvanānyuta | śatadruśca vipāśā ca tṛtīyairāvatī tathā

Here flow these five rivers, where the pilu forests stand: the Shatadru, the Vipasha, and the third, the Iravati,

Note on the text: CE 8.30.35 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): line 1 is CE 8.30.35a (पीलुवनान्युत where the CE has pīluvanāny api) and line 2 is CE 8.30.35c (identical).

Verse 43 (8.37.43)

चन्द्रभागा वितस्ता च सिन्धुषष्ठा महानदी । आरट्टा नाम बह्लीका एतेष्वार्यो हि नो वसेत् ॥

candrabhāgā vitastā ca sindhuṣaṣṭhā mahānadī | āraṭṭā nāma bahlīkā eteṣvāryo hi no vaset

the Chandrabhaga, the Vitasta, and the great river Sindhu as the sixth. The Arattas are the Bahlikas; a noble man should not live among them.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.30.35e (सिन्धुषष्ठा महानदी where the CE has sindhuṣaṣṭhā bahir gatāḥ); line 2 corresponds to CE 8.30.36a (आरट्टा नाम बह्लीका एतेष्वार्यो हि नो वसेत् where the CE has āraṭṭā nāma te deśā naṣṭadharmān na tān vrajet): recension variants. बह्लीका is as printed.

Verse 44 (8.37.44)

व्रात्यानां दासमीयानां विदेहानामयज्वनाम् । न देवाः प्रतिगृह्णन्ति पितरो ब्राह्मणास्तथा ॥

vrātyānāṃ dāsamīyānāṃ videhānāmayajvanām | na devāḥ pratigṛhṇanti pitaro brāhmaṇāstathā

Neither gods, nor ancestors, nor Brahmins accept anything from the outcast Vratyas, the Dasamiyas, the Videhas, and those who do not sacrifice.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.30.36c (identical); line 2 is CE 8.30.37a (identical).

Verse 45 (8.37.45)

तेषां प्रनष्टधर्माणां बाह्लीकानामिति श्रुतिः । ब्राह्मणेन यथा प्रोक्तं विदुषा साधुसंसदि ॥

teṣāṃ pranaṣṭadharmāṇāṃ bāhlīkānāmiti śrutiḥ | brāhmaṇena yathā proktaṃ viduṣā sādhusaṃsadi

So the sacred tradition says of those Bahlikas whose dharma is lost, as the learned Brahmin declared in an assembly of the good.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.30.37c (identical); line 2 corresponds to CE 8.30.38a (यथा where the CE has tathā).

Verse 46 (8.37.46)

काष्ठकुण्डेषु बाह्लीका मृण्मयेषु च भुञ्जते । सक्तुमद्यावलिप्तेषु श्वावलीढेषु निर्घृणाः ॥

kāṣṭhakuṇḍeṣu bāhlīkā mṛṇmayeṣu ca bhuñjate | saktumadyāvalipteṣu śvāvalīḍheṣu nirghṛṇāḥ

The Bahlikas, pitiless, eat from wooden bowls and clay vessels smeared with barley-meal and liquor and licked by dogs.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.30.38c (identical); line 2 corresponds to CE 8.30.38e (सक्तुमद्यावलिप्तेषु श्वावलीढेषु where the CE has saktuvāṭyāvalipteṣu śvādilīḍheṣu): recension variants.

Verse 47 (8.37.47)

आविकं चौष्ट्रिकं चैव क्षीरं गार्दभमेव च । तद्विकारांश्च बाह्लीकाः खादन्ति च पिबन्ति च ॥

āvikaṃ cauṣṭrikaṃ caiva kṣīraṃ gārdabhameva ca | tadvikārāṃśca bāhlīkāḥ khādanti ca pibanti ca

They eat and drink the milk of sheep, camels and asses, and what is made from it.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.39 (identical).

Verse 48 (8.37.48)

पात्रसङ्करिणो जाल्माः सर्वान्नक्षीरभोजनाः । आरट्टा नाम बाह्लीका वर्जनीया विपश्चिता ॥

pātrasaṅkariṇo jālmāḥ sarvānnakṣīrabhojanāḥ | āraṭṭā nāma bāhlīkā varjanīyā vipaścitā

Mixers of vessels, boors, eaters of every food and milk: the Arattas, the Bahlikas, are to be avoided by the wise.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.40 (similarity 0.986); पात्रसङ्करिणो where the CE has putrasaṃkariṇo: a recension variant.

Verse 49 (8.37.49)

इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदन्योऽप्युक्तवान्मह्यं ब्राह्मणः कुरुसंसदि ॥

iti śalya vijānīhi hanta bhūyo bravīmi te | yadanyo'pyuktavānmahyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṃsadi

Know this, Shalya; I shall tell you more: what another Brahmin also said to me in the Kuru assembly.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.41 (similarity 0.921); recension variants (इति where the CE has uta; यदन्योऽप्युक्तवान्मह्यं for yad anyo 'py uktavān sabhyo).

Verse 50 (8.37.50)

युगन्धरे पयः पीत्वा प्रोष्य चाप्यच्युतस्थले । तद्वद्भूतिलये स्नात्वा कथं स्वर्गं गमिष्यति ॥

yugandhare payaḥ pītvā proṣya cāpyacyutasthale | tadvadbhūtilaye snātvā kathaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyati

After drinking milk at Yugandhara, staying at Achyutasthala, and likewise bathing at Bhutilaya, how will anyone go to heaven?

Note on the text: CE 8.30.42 (identical).

Verse 51 (8.37.51)

पञ्चनद्यो वहन्त्येता यत्र निःसृत्य पर्वतात् । आरट्टा नाम बाह्लीका न तेष्वार्यो द्व्यहं वसेत् ॥

pañcanadyo vahantyetā yatra niḥsṛtya parvatāt | āraṭṭā nāma bāhlīkā na teṣvāryo dvyahaṃ vaset

Where these five rivers flow out of the mountain, there are the Arattas, the Bahlikas; a noble man should not live among them even for two days.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.43 (identical).

Verse 52 (8.37.52)

बाह्लीका नाम हीकश्च विपाशायां पिशाचकौ । तयोरपत्यं बाह्लीका नैषा सृष्टिः प्रजापतेः ॥

bāhlīkā nāma hīkaśca vipāśāyāṃ piśācakau | tayorapatyaṃ bāhlīkā naiṣā sṛṣṭiḥ prajāpateḥ

Bahlika and Hika were two pishachas by the Vipasha; the Bahlikas are their offspring, and are no creation of Prajapati.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.44 (similarity 0.92); line 1 reads बाह्लीका नाम हीकश्च where the CE has bahiś ca nāma hlīkaś ca (the names of the two piśācas): a recension variant, kept as printed.

Verse 53 (8.37.53)

ते कथं विविधान्धर्माञ्ज्ञास्यन्ते हीनयोनयः ॥

te kathaṃ vividhāndharmāñjñāsyante hīnayonayaḥ

How will they, of low birth, ever know the many dharmas?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star line 8.30.44d*0390_01 (identical).

Verse 54 (8.37.54)

कारस्करान्माहिषकान्करम्भान्कटकालिकान् । कर्करान्वीरकान्वीरा उन्मत्तांश्च विवर्जयेत् ॥

kāraskarānmāhiṣakānkarambhānkaṭakālikān | karkarānvīrakānvīrā unmattāṃśca vivarjayet

The Karaskaras, the Mahishakas, the Karambhas, the Katakalikas, the Karkaras, the Virakas, the Viras, and the frenzied: these one should avoid.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.45 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): recension variants (कारस्करान्माहिषकान्करम्भान्कटकालिकान् / कर्करान्वीरकान्वीरा उन्मत्तांश्च where the CE has kāraskarān mahiṣakān kaliṅgān kīkaṭāṭavīn / karkoṭakān vīrakāṃś ca durdharmāṃś ca). वीरा is as printed, and is translated as a tribal name.

Verse 55 (8.37.55)

इति तीर्थानुसञ्चारी राक्षसी काचिदब्रवीत् । एकरात्रमुषित्वेह महोलूखलमेखला ॥

iti tīrthānusañcārī rākṣasī kācidabravīt | ekarātramuṣitveha maholūkhalamekhalā

So spoke a certain rakshasi who wandered among holy places, having stayed here one night, with a great mortar for her girdle:

Note on the text: CE 8.30.46 (similarity 0.833); line 2 reads एकरात्रमुषित्वेह where the CE has ekarātrā śamīgehe: a recension variant.

Verse 56 (8.37.56)

आरट्टा नाम ते देशा बाह्लीकं नाम तद्वनम् । वसातिसिन्धुसौवीरा इति प्रायोऽतिकुत्सिताः ॥

āraṭṭā nāma te deśā bāhlīkaṃ nāma tadvanam | vasātisindhusauvīrā iti prāyo'tikutsitāḥ

The countries are called Aratta, and the forest there is called Bahlika; the Vasatis, the Sindhus and the Sauviras are, for the most part, thoroughly despicable.

Note on the text: CE 8.30.47 (similarity 0.889); recension variants (बाह्लीकं नाम तद्वनम् where the CE has bāhlīkā nāma te janāḥ; प्रायोऽतिकुत्सिताः for prāyo vikutsitāḥ). The CE's star passage 8.30.47b*0391 (four lines) is not on the page. The page ends here; the colophon and the commentary after it are not part of the text.