Narada Explains the Portents of Doom

Verse 1 (2.69.1)

ततो युद्धाय संनद्धं चेदिराजं युधिष्ठिरः । दृष्ट्वा मतिमतां श्रेष्ठो नारदं समुवाच ह ॥

tato yuddhāya saṃnaddhaṃ cedirājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dṛṣṭvā matimatāṃ śreṣṭho nāradaṃ samuvāca ha

Then Yudhishthira, foremost among the wise, seeing the Chedi king armed for battle, said to Narada:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 7–8).

Verse 2 (2.69.2)

अन्तरिक्षे च भूमौ च न तेऽस्त्यविदितं क्वचित् । यानि राजविनाशाय भौमानि च खगानि च ॥

antarikṣe ca bhūmau ca na te'styaviditaṃ kvacit | yāni rājavināśāya bhaumāni ca khagāni ca

"There is nothing in the sky or on the earth that is unknown to you. The signs of earth and of sky that foretell the destruction of kings

Note on the text: Corrected तेऽस्त्यविदितं → न तेऽस्त्यविदितं (misprint in Wikisource; the negative न has dropped out, which leaves the line a syllable short and reverses its sense; the apparatus has na te 'sty aviditaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 9–10).

Verse 3 (2.69.3)

निमित्तानीह जायन्ते उत्पाताश्च पृथग्विधाः । एतदिच्छामि कार्त्स्न्येन श्रोतुं त्वत्तो महामुने ॥

nimittānīha jāyante utpātāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ | etadicchāmi kārtsnyena śrotuṃ tvatto mahāmune

"and the portents of every kind that arise here — I wish to hear of them in full from you, great sage."

Note on the text: Corrected एतदित्छामि → एतदिच्छामि (misprint in Wikisource; त्छ for च्छ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 11–12).

Verse 4 (2.69.4)

इत्येवं मतिमान्विप्रः कुरुराजस्य धीमतः । पृच्छतः सर्वमव्यग्रमाचचक्षे महायशाः ॥

ityevaṃ matimānvipraḥ kururājasya dhīmataḥ | pṛcchataḥ sarvamavyagramācacakṣe mahāyaśāḥ

Asked thus by the wise king of the Kurus, the wise and illustrious brahmin calmly told him everything.

Note on the text: Corrected मितमान् → मतिमान् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs; the apparatus has matimān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 13–14).

Verse 5 (2.69.5)

पराक्रमं च मार्गं च संनिपातं समुच्छ्रयम् । आरोहणं कुरुश्रेष्ठ अन्योन्यं प्रतिसर्पणम् ॥

parākramaṃ ca mārgaṃ ca saṃnipātaṃ samucchrayam | ārohaṇaṃ kuruśreṣṭha anyonyaṃ pratisarpaṇam

"The advance and the course of the planets, their conjunction and their rising, their ascent, O best of the Kurus, and their approach to one another;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 15–16).

Verse 6 (2.69.6)

रश्मीनां व्यतिसंसर्गं व्यायामं वृत्तिपीडनम् । दर्शनादर्शनं चैव अदृश्यानां च दर्शनम् ॥

raśmīnāṃ vyatisaṃsargaṃ vyāyāmaṃ vṛttipīḍanam | darśanādarśanaṃ caiva adṛśyānāṃ ca darśanam

"the mingling of their rays, their combat, the obstruction of their courses, their appearing and disappearing, and the appearance of those normally unseen;"

Note on the text: Corrected पश्मीनां → रश्मीनां (misprint in Wikisource; प for र; the apparatus has raśmīnāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 17–18).

Verse 7 (2.69.7)

हानिं वृद्धिं च ह्रासं च वर्णस्थानं बलाबलम् । सर्वमेतत्परीक्षेत ग्रहाणां ग्रहकोविदः ॥

hāniṃ vṛddhiṃ ca hrāsaṃ ca varṇasthānaṃ balābalam | sarvametatparīkṣeta grahāṇāṃ grahakovidaḥ

"their loss and gain and waning, their colour and station, their strength and weakness — all this the expert in the planets should examine."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 19–20).

Verse 8 (2.69.8)

भौमाः पूर्वं प्रवर्तन्ते खेचराश्च ततः परम् । उत्पद्यन्ते च लोकेऽस्मिन्नुत्पाता देवनिर्मिताः ॥

bhaumāḥ pūrvaṃ pravartante khecarāśca tataḥ param | utpadyante ca loke'sminnutpātā devanirmitāḥ

"Earthly portents come first, and those of the sky follow after; these portents, fashioned by the gods, arise in this world."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 21–22).

Verse 9 (2.69.9)

यदा तु सर्वभूतानां छाया न परिवर्तते । अपरेण गते सूर्ये तत्पराभवलक्षणम् ॥

yadā tu sarvabhūtānāṃ chāyā na parivartate | apareṇa gate sūrye tatparābhavalakṣaṇam

"When the shadows of all beings do not turn after the sun has gone to the west, that is the mark of defeat."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 23–24).

Verse 10 (2.69.10)

अच्छाये विमलच्छाया प्रतिच्छायेव दृश्यते । यत्र चैत्यकवृक्षाणां तत्र विद्यान्महद्भयम् ॥

acchāye vimalacchāyā praticchāyeva dṛśyate | yatra caityakavṛkṣāṇāṃ tatra vidyānmahadbhayam

"Where, among the trees of the shrines, a clear shadow is seen in a shadowless place, like a reflection, know that great danger is there."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 25–26).

Verse 11 (2.69.11)

शीर्णपर्णप्रवालाश्च शुष्कपर्णाश्च चैत्यकाः । अपभ्रष्टप्रवालाश्च तत्राभावं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥

śīrṇaparṇapravālāśca śuṣkaparṇāśca caityakāḥ | apabhraṣṭapravālāśca tatrābhāvaṃ vinirdiśet

"Where the shrine trees have withered leaves and shoots, dry leaves, and shoots that have dropped away, one should foretell ruin."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 27–28).

Verse 12 (2.69.12)

स्निग्धपर्णप्रवालाश्च दृश्यन्ते यत्र चैत्यकाः । ईहमानाश्च वृक्षाश्च भावस्तत्र न संशयः ॥

snigdhaparṇapravālāśca dṛśyante yatra caityakāḥ | īhamānāśca vṛkṣāśca bhāvastatra na saṃśayaḥ

"Where the shrine trees are seen with glossy leaves and shoots, and the trees seem to thrive, there prosperity is certain."

Note on the text: Corrected संशयटः → संशयः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ट). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 29–30).

Verse 13 (2.69.13)

पुष्पे पुष्पं प्रजायेत फले वा फलमाश्रितम् । राजा वा राजमात्रो वा मरणायोपपद्यते ॥

puṣpe puṣpaṃ prajāyeta phale vā phalamāśritam | rājā vā rājamātro vā maraṇāyopapadyate

"If a flower grows from a flower, or a fruit from a fruit, a king, or one of royal rank, is near his death."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 31–32).

Verse 14 (2.69.14)

प्रावृट्छरदि हेमन्ते वसन्ते वापि सर्वशः । आकालिकं पुष्पफलं राष्ट्रक्षोभं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥

prāvṛṭcharadi hemante vasante vāpi sarvaśaḥ | ākālikaṃ puṣpaphalaṃ rāṣṭrakṣobhaṃ vinirdiśet

"In the rains, in autumn, in winter or in spring — in any season at all — flowers and fruit out of their time foretell upheaval in the kingdom."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 33–34). The first word agrees with Appendix I, No. 27, line 1 (ākālikaṃ); No. 28 has akālajaṃ.

Verse 15 (2.69.15)

नदीनां स्रोतसोऽकाले द्योतयन्ति महाभयम् । वनस्पतिः पूज्यमानः पूजितोऽपूजितोऽपि वा ॥

nadīnāṃ srotaso'kāle dyotayanti mahābhayam | vanaspatiḥ pūjyamānaḥ pūjito'pūjito'pi vā

"Rivers flowing out of season foretell great danger. And when a great tree, whether it is worshipped or not,"

Note on the text: Corrected स्त्रोतसो → स्रोतसो (misprint in Wikisource; intrusive त in स्रोतस्; the apparatus has srotaso). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 35–36).

Verse 16 (2.69.16)

यदा भज्येत वातेन भिद्यते नमितोऽपि वा । अग्निवायुभयं विद्याच्छ्रेष्ठो वापि विनश्यति ॥

yadā bhajyeta vātena bhidyate namito'pi vā | agnivāyubhayaṃ vidyācchreṣṭho vāpi vinaśyati

"breaks in the wind, or splits, or is bent down, know that there is danger from fire and wind, or that some leading man will perish."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 37–38).

Verse 17 (2.69.17)

दिशः सर्वाश्च दीप्यन्ते जायन्ते राजविभ्रमाः । भिद्यमानो यदा वृक्षो निनदेच्चापि पातितः । सह राष्ट्रं च पतितं न तं वृक्षं प्रपातयेत् ॥

diśaḥ sarvāśca dīpyante jāyante rājavibhramāḥ | bhidyamāno yadā vṛkṣo ninadeccāpi pātitaḥ | saha rāṣṭraṃ ca patitaṃ na taṃ vṛkṣaṃ prapātayet

"All the quarters blaze, and kings fall into confusion. When a tree that is being split or felled cries out, the kingdom falls with it; one should not fell such a tree."

Note on the text: Corrected नतं → न तं (misprint in Wikisource; a lost word break turns "one should not fell that tree" into "one should fell the bent tree"; the apparatus, No. 27, line 7, has na taṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 39–41). The third line agrees with Appendix I, No. 27, line 7.

Verse 18 (2.69.18)

अथैनं छेदयेत्कश्चित्प्रतिक्रुद्धो वनस्पतिः । छेत्ता भेत्ता पतिश्चैव क्षिप्रमेव नशिष्यति ॥

athainaṃ chedayetkaścitpratikruddho vanaspatiḥ | chettā bhettā patiścaiva kṣiprameva naśiṣyati

"If anyone does cut it down, the tree is angered, and the one who cuts it, the one who splits it and its owner too will swiftly perish."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 42–43). The wording follows Appendix I, No. 27, lines 8–9 (vanaspatiḥ, naśiṣyati).

Verse 19 (2.69.19)

देवतानां च पतनं मण्टपानां च पातनम् । अचलानां प्रकम्पश्च तत्पराभवलक्षणम् ॥

devatānāṃ ca patanaṃ maṇṭapānāṃ ca pātanam | acalānāṃ prakampaśca tatparābhavalakṣaṇam

"The falling of the images of the gods, the collapse of pavilions, the quaking of mountains — that is the mark of defeat."

Note on the text: Corrected मष्टपानां → मण्टपानां (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ण्ट; Appendix I, No. 27, line 10, has maṇṭapānāṃ ca pātanam, as here). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 44–45).

Verse 20 (2.69.20)

निशि चेन्द्रधनुर्दृष्टं ततोऽपि च महद्भयम् । तद्द्रष्टुरेव भीतिः स्यान्नान्येषां भरतर्षभ ॥

niśi cendradhanurdṛṣṭaṃ tato'pi ca mahadbhayam | taddraṣṭureva bhītiḥ syānnānyeṣāṃ bharatarṣabha

"A rainbow seen at night also brings great danger, O bull among the Bharatas; but the fear is for the one who sees it, not for others."

Note on the text: Corrected ततोपि → ततोऽपि and तद्द्रष्टरेव → तद्द्रष्टुरेव (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha, and a dropped ु in the genitive द्रष्टुः; the apparatus has tato 'pi, draṣṭur). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 46–47).

Verse 21 (2.69.21)

रात्राविन्द्रधनुर्दृष्ट्वा तद्राष्ट्रं परिवर्जयेत् ॥

rātrāvindradhanurdṛṣṭvā tadrāṣṭraṃ parivarjayet

"Having seen a rainbow at night, one should leave that kingdom."

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource and in the critical edition's apparatus alike, completing a three-line verse with the preceding two lines. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, line 48).

Verse 22 (2.69.22)

अर्चा यत्र प्रनृत्यन्ति नदन्ति च हसन्ति च । उन्मीलन्ति निमीलन्ति राष्ट्रक्षोभं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥

arcā yatra pranṛtyanti nadanti ca hasanti ca | unmīlanti nimīlanti rāṣṭrakṣobhaṃ vinirdiśet

"Where images dance, cry out and laugh, and open and shut their eyes, one should foretell upheaval in the kingdom."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रनृत्यन्त → प्रनृत्यन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ि; Appendix I, No. 27, line 12, has arcā yatra pranṛtyanti, as here). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 49–50).

Verse 23 (2.69.23)

शिला यदि प्रसिञ्चन्ति स्नेहांश्चोदकसम्भवान् । अन्यद्वा विकृतं किञ्चित्तद्भयस्य निदर्शनम् ॥

śilā yadi prasiñcanti snehāṃścodakasambhavān | anyadvā vikṛtaṃ kiñcittadbhayasya nidarśanam

"If stones exude oily fluids born of water, or anything else unnatural appears, that is a sign of danger."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 51–52).

Verse 24 (2.69.24)

म्रियन्ते वा महामात्रा राजा सपरिवारकः । पुरस्य वा भवेद्व्याधी राष्ट्रे देशे च विभ्रमाः ॥

mriyante vā mahāmātrā rājā saparivārakaḥ | purasya vā bhavedvyādhī rāṣṭre deśe ca vibhramāḥ

"Then high ministers die, or the king with his household; or disease falls on the city, and confusion spreads through the kingdom and the land."

Note on the text: Corrected या → वा (misprint in Wikisource; य for व; the feminine relative या has no construction here, and the line continues the series of alternatives; the apparatus has vā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 53–54).

Verse 25 (2.69.25)

देवतानां यदाऽऽवासे राज्ञां वा यत्र वेश्मनि । भाण्डागारायुधागारे निविशेत यदा मधु ॥

devatānāṃ yadā''vāse rājñāṃ vā yatra veśmani | bhāṇḍāgārāyudhāgāre niviśeta yadā madhu

"When a swarm of honeybees settles in a dwelling of the gods, or in a king's palace, in a treasury or an armoury,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 55–56).

Verse 26 (2.69.26)

सर्वं तदा भवेत्स्थानं हन्यमानं बलीयसा । आगन्तुकं भयं तत्र भवेदित्येव निर्दिशेत् ॥

sarvaṃ tadā bhavetsthānaṃ hanyamānaṃ balīyasā | āgantukaṃ bhayaṃ tatra bhavedityeva nirdiśet

"then that whole place will be struck down by someone stronger; one should declare that danger will come there from outside."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 57–58).

Verse 27 (2.69.27)

पादपश्चैव यो यत्र रक्तं स्रवति शोणितम् । दन्ताग्रात्कुञ्जरो वापि शृङ्गाद्वा वृषभस्तथा ॥

pādapaścaiva yo yatra raktaṃ sravati śoṇitam | dantāgrātkuñjaro vāpi śṛṅgādvā vṛṣabhastathā

"Where a tree flows with red blood, or an elephant bleeds from the tip of its tusk, or a bull from its horn,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 59–60).

Verse 28 (2.69.28)

पादपाद्राष्ट्रविभ्रंशः कुञ्जराद्राजविभ्रमः । गोब्राह्मणविनाशः स्याद्वृषभस्येति निर्दिशेत् ॥

pādapādrāṣṭravibhraṃśaḥ kuñjarādrājavibhramaḥ | gobrāhmaṇavināśaḥ syādvṛṣabhasyeti nirdiśet

"from the tree comes the ruin of the kingdom, from the elephant the downfall of the king; from the bull, one should declare, the destruction of cows and brahmins."

Note on the text: Corrected पादपाद्राष्ट्रिविभ्रंशः → पादपाद्राष्ट्रविभ्रंशः and वृवभस्येति → वृषभस्येति (misprint in Wikisource; an intrusive ि, and व for ष; the apparatus has rāṣṭravibhraṃśaḥ, vṛṣabhasyeti). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 61–62).

Verse 29 (2.69.29)

छत्रं नरपतेर्यत्र निपतेत्पृथिवीतले । सराष्ट्रो नृपती राजन्क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति ॥

chatraṃ narapateryatra nipatetpṛthivītale | sarāṣṭro nṛpatī rājankṣiprameva vinaśyati

"Where a king's parasol falls to the ground, that king, O king, perishes swiftly together with his kingdom."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 63–64).

Verse 30 (2.69.30)

देवागारेषु वा यत्र राज्ञो वा यत्र वेश्मनि । विकृतं यदि दृश्येत नागावासेषु वा पुनः ॥

devāgāreṣu vā yatra rājño vā yatra veśmani | vikṛtaṃ yadi dṛśyeta nāgāvāseṣu vā punaḥ

"If something unnatural is seen in the temples, or in a king's palace, or again in the dwellings of the serpents,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 65–66).

Verse 31 (2.69.31)

तस्य देशस्य पीडा स्याद्राज्ञो जनपदस्य वा । अनावृष्टिभयं घोरमतिदुर्भिक्षमादिशेत् ॥

tasya deśasya pīḍā syādrājño janapadasya vā | anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoramatidurbhikṣamādiśet

"then that country, its king or its people will suffer; one should foretell a terrible danger of drought and severe famine."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 67–68).

Verse 32 (2.69.32)

अर्चाया बाहुभङ्गेन गृहस्थानां भयं भवेत् । भग्ने प्रहरणे विद्यात्सेनापतिविनाशनम् ॥

arcāyā bāhubhaṅgena gṛhasthānāṃ bhayaṃ bhavet | bhagne praharaṇe vidyātsenāpativināśanam

"If an image's arm breaks, householders are in danger; if its weapon breaks, know that the commander of the army will perish."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 69–70).

Verse 33 (2.69.33)

आगन्तुका तु प्रतिमा स्थानं यत्र न विन्दति । अभ्यन्तरेण षण्मासाद्राजा त्यजति तत्पुरम् ॥

āgantukā tu pratimā sthānaṃ yatra na vindati | abhyantareṇa ṣaṇmāsādrājā tyajati tatpuram

"Where an image brought from elsewhere finds no place to rest, the king will leave that city within six months."

Note on the text: Corrected जभ्यन्तरेण → अभ्यन्तरेण (misprint in Wikisource; ज for अ; the apparatus has abhyantareṇa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 71–72).

Verse 34 (2.69.34)

प्रदीर्यते मही यत्र विनदत्यपि पात्यते । म्रियते तत्र राजा च तत्र राष्ट्रं विनश्यति ॥

pradīryate mahī yatra vinadatyapi pātyate | mriyate tatra rājā ca tatra rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyati

"Where the earth splits open, roars and caves in, the king dies there and the kingdom perishes."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 73–74).

Verse 35 (2.69.35)

एणीपदान्वा सर्पान्वा डुण्डुभानथ दीप्यकान् । मण्डूको ग्रसते यत्र तत्र राजा विनश्यति ॥

eṇīpadānvā sarpānvā ḍuṇḍubhānatha dīpyakān | maṇḍūko grasate yatra tatra rājā vinaśyati

"Where a frog swallows enipada creatures, or snakes, or dundubha water-snakes, or dipyakas, the king perishes there."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 75–76).

Verse 36 (2.69.36)

अभिन्नं वाप्यपक्वं वा यत्रान्नमुपचीयते । जीर्यन्ते वा म्रियन्ते वा तदन्नं नोपभुञ्जते ॥

abhinnaṃ vāpyapakvaṃ vā yatrānnamupacīyate | jīryante vā mriyante vā tadannaṃ nopabhuñjate

"Where food is heaped up unbroken or unripe, people waste away or die, and they do not get to eat that food."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 77–78).

Verse 37 (2.69.37)

उदपाने च यत्रापो विवर्धन्ते युधिष्ठिर । स्थावरेषु प्रवर्तन्ते निर्गच्छेन्न पुनस्ततः ॥

udapāne ca yatrāpo vivardhante yudhiṣṭhira | sthāvareṣu pravartante nirgacchenna punastataḥ

"Where the water in the wells rises, Yudhishthira, spreads over the land and does not drain away again, that too is an evil sign."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 79–80).

Verse 38 (2.69.38)

अपादं वा त्रिपादं वा द्विशीर्षं वा चतुर्भुजम् । स्त्रियो यत्र प्रसूयन्ते ब्रूयात्तत्र पराभवम् ॥

apādaṃ vā tripādaṃ vā dviśīrṣaṃ vā caturbhujam | striyo yatra prasūyante brūyāttatra parābhavam

"Where women give birth to children without feet, or with three feet, with two heads or with four arms, one should foretell defeat."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 81–82).

Verse 39 (2.69.39)

अजैडकाः स्त्रियो गावो ये चान्ये च वियोनयः । विकृतानि प्रजायन्ते तत्र तत्र पराभवः ॥

ajaiḍakāḥ striyo gāvo ye cānye ca viyonayaḥ | vikṛtāni prajāyante tatra tatra parābhavaḥ

"Where goats and sheep, women and cows, and other creatures besides, bring forth deformed young, there, wherever it happens, is defeat."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 85–86). Lines 83–84 of the appendix (on she-elephants, buffaloes, asses, camels and swine) are not in Wikisource.

Verse 40 (2.69.40)

नदी यत्र प्रतिस्रोता आवहेत्कलुषोदकम् । दिशश्च न प्रकाशन्ते तत्पराभवलक्षणम् ॥

nadī yatra pratisrotā āvahetkaluṣodakam | diśaśca na prakāśante tatparābhavalakṣaṇam

"Where a river flows backward carrying muddy water, and the quarters of the sky are not bright, that is the mark of defeat."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 87–88).

Verse 41 (2.69.41)

एतानि च निमित्तानि यानि चान्यानि भारत । केशवादेव जायन्ते भौमानि च खगानि च ॥

etāni ca nimittāni yāni cānyāni bhārata | keśavādeva jāyante bhaumāni ca khagāni ca

"These signs, Bharata, and others too, both of earth and of sky, arise from Keshava alone."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 89–90).

Verse 42 (2.69.42)

चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहाश्चैव नक्षत्राणि च भारत । वायुरग्निस्तथा चापः पृथिवी च जनार्दनात् ॥

candrādityau grahāścaiva nakṣatrāṇi ca bhārata | vāyuragnistathā cāpaḥ pṛthivī ca janārdanāt

"The moon and the sun, the planets and the stars, Bharata, wind and fire, the waters and the earth, all come from Janardana."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 91–92).

Verse 43 (2.69.43)

यस्य देशस्य हानिं वा वृद्धिं वा कर्तुमिच्छति । तस्मिन्देशे निमित्तानि तानि तानि करोत्ययम् ॥

yasya deśasya hāniṃ vā vṛddhiṃ vā kartumicchati | tasmindeśe nimittāni tāni tāni karotyayam

"Whatever country he wishes to bring to ruin or to prosperity, in that country he produces the corresponding signs."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 93–94).

Verse 44 (2.69.44)

सोऽसौ चेदिपतेस्तात विनाशं समुपस्थितम् । निवेदयति गोविन्दः स्वैरुपायैर्न संशयः ॥

so'sau cedipatestāta vināśaṃ samupasthitam | nivedayati govindaḥ svairupāyairna saṃśayaḥ

"He, Govinda, my dear, is here announcing by his own means the destruction that has come upon the lord of Chedi; of that there is no doubt."

Note on the text: Corrected सोसौ → सोऽसौ (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 95–96).

Verse 45 (2.69.45)

इयं प्रचलिता भूमिरशिवा वान्ति मारुताः । राहुश्चाप्यपतत्सोममपर्वणि विशाम्पते ॥

iyaṃ pracalitā bhūmiraśivā vānti mārutāḥ | rāhuścāpyapatatsomamaparvaṇi viśāmpate

"This earth is quaking, ill winds are blowing, and Rahu has fallen upon the moon out of season, O lord of the people."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 97–98).

Verse 46 (2.69.46)

सनिर्घाताः पतन्त्युल्कास्तमः सञ्जायते भृशम् । चेदिराजविनाशाय हरिरेष विजृम्भते ॥

sanirghātāḥ patantyulkāstamaḥ sañjāyate bhṛśam | cedirājavināśāya harireṣa vijṛmbhate

"Meteors are falling with thunderclaps, and a thick darkness is gathering. Hari is bestirring himself for the destruction of the Chedi king."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 99–100).

Verse 47 (2.69.47)

एवमुक्त्वा तु देवर्षिर्नारदो विरराम ह । ताभ्यां पुरुषसिंहाभ्यां तस्मिन्युद्ध उपस्थिते ॥

evamuktvā tu devarṣirnārado virarāma ha | tābhyāṃ puruṣasiṃhābhyāṃ tasminyuddha upasthite

Having said this, the divine sage Narada fell silent. Then, as the battle between those two lions among men drew near,

Note on the text: From here to the end of the adhyaya Wikisource prints its verse-ending marks after the first line of each row, half a line out of step with its numbering; the rows are kept as numbered, and the sentences run on from verse to verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 101–102).

Verse 48 (2.69.48)

ददृशुर्भूमिपालास्ते घोरानौत्पातिकान्बहून् । तत्र वै दृश्यमानानां दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत ॥

dadṛśurbhūmipālāste ghorānautpātikānbahūn | tatra vai dṛśyamānānāṃ dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata

the kings saw many dreadful portents. As they looked on, Bharata, on every side

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 103–104).

Verse 49 (2.69.49)

अश्रूयन्त तदा राजञ्छिवानामशिवा रवाः । ररास च मही कृत्स्ना सवृक्षवनपर्वता ॥

aśrūyanta tadā rājañchivānāmaśivā ravāḥ | rarāsa ca mahī kṛtsnā savṛkṣavanaparvatā

the ill-omened cries of jackals were heard, O king, and the whole earth, with its trees, forests and mountains, roared.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 105–106).

Verse 50 (2.69.50)

अपर्वणि च मध्याह्ने सूर्यं स्वर्भानुरग्रसत् । ध्वजाग्रे चेदिराजस्य सर्वरत्नपरिष्कृते ॥

aparvaṇi ca madhyāhne sūryaṃ svarbhānuragrasat | dhvajāgre cedirājasya sarvaratnapariṣkṛte

At midday, out of season, Svarbhanu swallowed the sun; and on the top of the Chedi king's banner, adorned with every kind of jewel,

Note on the text: Corrected मूर्यं → सूर्यं (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the apparatus has sūryaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 107–108).

Verse 51 (2.69.51)

अपतत्खाच्च्युतो गृध्रस्तीक्ष्णतुण्डः परन्तप । आरण्यैः सहसा हृष्टा ग्राम्याश्च मृगपक्षिणः ॥

apatatkhāccyuto gṛdhrastīkṣṇatuṇḍaḥ parantapa | āraṇyaiḥ sahasā hṛṣṭā grāmyāśca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ

a sharp-beaked vulture dropped from the sky, O scorcher of foes. Beasts and birds of the village, suddenly excited, together with those of the forest,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 109–110).

Verse 52 (2.69.52)

चुक्रुशुर्भैरवं तत्र तस्मिन्युद्ध उपस्थिते । एवमादीनि घोराणि भौमानि च खगानि च ॥

cukruśurbhairavaṃ tatra tasminyuddha upasthite | evamādīni ghorāṇi bhaumāni ca khagāni ca

cried out fearfully there as the battle drew near. These and other dreadful portents, of earth and of sky,

Note on the text: Corrected एवमादिनि → एवमादीनि and स्वगानि → खगानि (misprint in Wikisource; short इ for long ई, and स्व for ख; compare भौमानि च खगानि च in verse 41; the apparatus has evamādīni, khagāni). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, lines 111–112).

Verse 53 (2.69.53)

औत्पातिकान्यदृश्यन्त सङ्क्रुद्धे शार्ङ्गधन्वनि ॥

autpātikānyadṛśyanta saṅkruddhe śārṅgadhanvani

were seen when the wielder of the Sharnga bow was roused to anger.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource, completing the sentence of the preceding row. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 28 after 2.42.16, line 113).