Shrutavati and Arundhati at Badarapachana

Verse 1 (9.49.1)

ततस्तीर्थवरं रामो ययौ बदरपाचनम् । तपस्विसिद्धचरितं यत्र कन्या धृतव्रता ॥

tatastīrthavaraṃ rāmo yayau badarapācanam | tapasvisiddhacaritaṃ yatra kanyā dhṛtavratā

Then Rama went to the excellent tirtha of Badarapachana, a place frequented by ascetics and perfected ones, where a maiden of firm vows,

Note on the text: Corrected बदरपाचनाम् → बदरपाचनम् (misprint in Wikisource; the feminine ending does not agree with तीर्थवरं; the critical edition reads badarapācanam).

Verse 2 (9.49.2)

भरद्वाजस्य दुहिता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । श्रुतावती नाम विभो कुमारी ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥

bharadvājasya duhitā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi | śrutāvatī nāma vibho kumārī brahmacāriṇī

Bharadvaja's daughter, unequalled on earth in beauty, a virgin who lived the life of a student of Brahman, named Shrutavati, O lord,

Note on the text: Corrected रुपेणाप्रतिमा → रूपेणाप्रतिमा (misprint in Wikisource; short उ for ऊ; the critical edition reads rūpeṇa). The page (as the vulgate throughout) names her श्रुतावती; the critical edition reads Srucāvatī.

Verse 3 (9.49.3)

तपश्चचार सात्युग्रं नियमैर्बहुभिर्वृता । भर्ता मे देवराजः स्यादिति निश्चित्य भामिनी ॥

tapaścacāra sātyugraṃ niyamairbahubhirvṛtā | bhartā me devarājaḥ syāditi niścitya bhāminī

practised extremely severe austerity, bound by many observances, having resolved, "Let the king of the gods be my husband."

Verse 4 (9.49.4)

समास्तस्या व्यतिक्रान्ता बह्व्यः कुरुकुलोद्वह । चरन्त्या नियमांस्तांस्तांस्त्रीभिस्तीव्रान्सुदुश्चरान् ॥

samāstasyā vyatikrāntā bahvyaḥ kurukulodvaha | carantyā niyamāṃstāṃstāṃstrībhistīvrānsuduścarān

Many years passed, O scion of the Kuru line, as she kept up those several observances, hard to perform and severe for a woman.

Verse 5 (9.49.5)

तस्यास्तु तेन वृत्तेन तपसा च विशाम्पते । भक्त्या च भगवान्प्रीतः परया पाकशासनः ॥

tasyāstu tena vṛttena tapasā ca viśāmpate | bhaktyā ca bhagavānprītaḥ parayā pākaśāsanaḥ

Through her conduct, her austerity and her devotion, the blessed Pakashasana was highly pleased, O lord of men.

Verse 6 (9.49.6)

आजगामाश्रमं तस्यास्त्रिदशाधिपतिः प्रभुः । आस्थाय रूपं विप्रर्षेर्वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥

ājagāmāśramaṃ tasyāstridaśādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ | āsthāya rūpaṃ viprarṣervasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ

The mighty lord of the thirty gods came to her hermitage, taking the form of the great brahmin sage Vasishtha.

Verse 7 (9.49.7)

सा तं दृष्ट्वोग्रतपसं वसिष्ठं तपतां वरम् । आचारैर्मुनिभिर्दृष्टैः पूजयामास भारत ॥

sā taṃ dṛṣṭvogratapasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ tapatāṃ varam | ācārairmunibhirdṛṣṭaiḥ pūjayāmāsa bhārata

Seeing Vasishtha, that best of ascetics, of dread austerity, she honoured him, O Bharata, with the observances that sages have seen to be right.

Verse 8 (9.49.8)

उवाच नियमज्ञा च कल्याणी सा प्रियंवदा । भगवन्मुनिशार्दूल किमाज्ञापयसि प्रभो ॥

uvāca niyamajñā ca kalyāṇī sā priyaṃvadā | bhagavanmuniśārdūla kimājñāpayasi prabho

The gentle-voiced and fair lady, who knew the rules of conduct, said: "Blessed one, tiger among sages, what do you command, my lord?

Verse 9 (9.49.9)

सर्वमद्य यथाशक्ति तव दास्यामि सुव्रत । शक्रभक्त्या च ते पाणिं न दास्यामि कथञ्चन ॥

sarvamadya yathāśakti tava dāsyāmi suvrata | śakrabhaktyā ca te pāṇiṃ na dāsyāmi kathañcana

Today I will give you everything I can, O man of good vows; but, because of my devotion to Shakra, I will never give you my hand.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्त्रभक्त्या → शक्रभक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; stray त्; the critical edition reads śakrabhaktyā). Speaker: Shrutavati's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 10 (9.49.10)

व्रतैश्च नियमैश्चैव तपसा च तपोधन । शक्रस्तोषयितव्यो वै मया त्रिभुवनेश्वरः ॥

vrataiśca niyamaiścaiva tapasā ca tapodhana | śakrastoṣayitavyo vai mayā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ

O ascetic, I must please Shakra, the lord of the three worlds, with vows, observances and austerity."

Note on the text: Speaker: Shrutavati's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 11 (9.49.11)

इत्युक्तो भगवान्देवः स्मयन्निव निरीक्ष्य ताम् । उवाच नियमं ज्ञात्वा सांत्वयन्निव भारत ॥

ityukto bhagavāndevaḥ smayanniva nirīkṣya tām | uvāca niyamaṃ jñātvā sāṃtvayanniva bhārata

Told this, the blessed god looked at her with something like a smile, and, knowing her resolve, spoke to her, O Bharata, as if to console her.

Verse 12 (9.49.12)

उग्रं तपश्चरसि वै विदिता मेऽसि सुव्रते । यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तव कल्याणि हृद्गतः ॥

ugraṃ tapaścarasi vai viditā me'si suvrate | yadarthamayamārambhastava kalyāṇi hṛdgataḥ

"You practise severe austerity, O lady of good vows, and I know the purpose, O blessed one, that lies in your heart in beginning it.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra, in the form of Vasishtha, speaks the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 13 (9.49.13)

तच्च सर्वं यथाभूतं भविष्यति वरानने । तपसा लभ्यते सर्वं सर्वं तपसि तिष्ठति ॥

tacca sarvaṃ yathābhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati varānane | tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ sarvaṃ tapasi tiṣṭhati

All of that will come to pass just as it is, O fair-faced one. Everything is gained by austerity; everything rests on austerity.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (9.47.13c): Wikisource's second line repeats the closing quarter of line 1 (यथाभूतं भविष्यति), where the critical edition reads sarvaṃ tapasi tiṣṭhati; the last quarter is restored from it. Speaker: Indra (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 14 (9.49.14)

यानि स्थानानि दिव्यानि विबुधानां शुभानने । तपसा तानि प्राप्याणि तपोमूलं महत्सुखम् ॥

yāni sthānāni divyāni vibudhānāṃ śubhānane | tapasā tāni prāpyāṇi tapomūlaṃ mahatsukham

Whatever divine abodes the gods have, O fair-faced one, are to be won by austerity; austerity is the root of great happiness.

Note on the text: Corrected यथा स्थानानि → यानि स्थानानि (misprint in Wikisource; यथा does not fit the correlative तानि; the critical edition reads yāni sthānāni). Corrected महात्सुखम् → महत्सुखम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray आ; the critical edition reads mahat sukham). Speaker: Indra (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 15 (9.49.15)

इति कृत्वा तपो घोरं देहं सन्न्यस्य मानवाः । देवत्वं यान्ति कल्याणि शृणुष्वैकं वचो मम ॥

iti kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ dehaṃ sannyasya mānavāḥ | devatvaṃ yānti kalyāṇi śṛṇuṣvaikaṃ vaco mama

Having thus performed terrible austerity and given up the body, men attain godhood, O blessed one. Now hear one thing from me.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 16 (9.49.16)

पच चैतानि सुभगे बदराणि शुभव्रते । पचेत्युक्त्वा तु भगवाञ्जगाम बलसूदनः ॥

paca caitāni subhage badarāṇi śubhavrate | pacetyuktvā tu bhagavāñjagāma balasūdanaḥ

"Cook these jujube fruits, O fair lady of good vows." Having said "Cook," the blessed slayer of Bala went away.

Note on the text: Corrected प़ञ्च चैतानि → पच चैतानि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta and an extra ञ्; the evident word is the imperative पच ("cook"), as the next line's पचेत्युक्त्वा shows and as the critical edition reads pacasvaitāni).

Verse 17 (9.49.17)

आमन्त्र्य तां तु कल्याणीं ततो जप्यं जजाप सः । अविदूरे ततस्तस्मादाश्रमात्तीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥

āmantrya tāṃ tu kalyāṇīṃ tato japyaṃ jajāpa saḥ | avidūre tatastasmādāśramāttīrthamuttamam

Taking leave of that blessed lady, he then recited prayers silently, not far from her hermitage, at an excellent tirtha.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.17a and 17c.

Verse 18 (9.49.18)

तच्च तीर्थं महाराज यत्र जप्यं जजाप सः । इन्द्रतीर्थेतिविख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु मानद ॥

tacca tīrthaṃ mahārāja yatra japyaṃ jajāpa saḥ | indratīrthetivikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu mānada

That tirtha, O great king, where he recited his prayers, is renowned in the three worlds as Indra's tirtha, O giver of honour.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 9.47.17d*0285_01 (tac ca tīrthaṃ mahārāja yatra japyaṃ jajāpa saḥ); line 2 is a recension variant of 9.47.17e (indratīrthe mahārāja triṣu lokeṣu viśrute).

Verse 19 (9.49.19)

तस्य जिज्ञासनार्थं स भगवान्पाकशासनः । बदराणामपचनं चकार विबुधाधिपः ॥

tasya jijñāsanārthaṃ sa bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ | badarāṇāmapacanaṃ cakāra vibudhādhipaḥ

To test her, the blessed Pakashasana, lord of the gods, made the jujube fruits refuse to cook.

Verse 20 (9.49.20)

ततः प्रतप्ता सा राजन्वाग्यता विगतक्लमा । तत्परा शुचिसंवीता पावके समधिश्रयत् । अपचद्राजशार्दूल बदराणि महाव्रता ॥

tataḥ prataptā sā rājanvāgyatā vigataklamā | tatparā śucisaṃvītā pāvake samadhiśrayat | apacadrājaśārdūla badarāṇi mahāvratā

Then she, burning with her austerity, O king, restraining her speech, free of weariness, devoted, pure and clad in clean garments, set the fruits on the fire and cooked the jujubes, O tiger among kings, keeping her great vow.

Verse 21 (9.49.21)

तस्याः पचन्त्याः सुमहान्कालोऽगात्पुरुषर्षभ । न च स्म तान्यपच्यन्त दिनं च क्षयमभ्यगात् ॥

tasyāḥ pacantyāḥ sumahānkālo'gātpuruṣarṣabha | na ca sma tānyapacyanta dinaṃ ca kṣayamabhyagāt

A very long time passed as she cooked, O best of men, yet the fruits would not cook, and the day came to its end.

Verse 22 (9.49.22)

हुताशनेन दग्धश्च यस्तस्याः काष्ठसञ्चयः । अकाष्ठमग्निं सा दृष्ट्वा स्वशरीरमथादहत् ॥

hutāśanena dagdhaśca yastasyāḥ kāṣṭhasañcayaḥ | akāṣṭhamagniṃ sā dṛṣṭvā svaśarīramathādahat

The pile of firewood she had was burnt up by the fire; seeing the fire with no wood left, she then burned her own body.

Verse 23 (9.49.23)

पादौ प्रक्षिप्य सा पूर्वं पावके चारुदर्शना । दग्धौ दग्धौ पुनः पादावुपावर्तयतानघ ॥

pādau prakṣipya sā pūrvaṃ pāvake cārudarśanā | dagdhau dagdhau punaḥ pādāvupāvartayatānagha

That fair-faced, blameless woman first put her feet into the fire, and when they were burnt she drew them in again, one after the other.

Verse 24 (9.49.24)

चरणे दह्यमाने च नाचिन्तयदनिन्दिता । दुःखं कमलपत्राक्षी महर्षिप्रियकाम्यया ॥

caraṇe dahyamāne ca nācintayadaninditā | duḥkhaṃ kamalapatrākṣī maharṣipriyakāmyayā

As her feet burned, the faultless lotus-eyed woman felt no grief, wishing only to please the great sage.

Verse 25 (9.49.25)

न वैमनस्यं तस्यास्तु मुखभेदोऽथवाऽभवत् । शरीरमग्निना दीप्य जलमध्ये यथा स्थिता ॥

na vaimanasyaṃ tasyāstu mukhabhedo'thavā'bhavat | śarīramagninā dīpya jalamadhye yathā sthitā

There was no despondency in her, nor any change in her face; though her body was kindled by the fire, she stayed as calm as if she stood in water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 9.47.23d*0286_01–02 (line 2 varies: यथा स्थिता for jalamadhyeva harṣitā).

Verse 26 (9.49.26)

तच्चास्याः पचने यत्नं न न्यवर्तत भारत । सर्वथा बदराण्येव पक्तव्यानीति कन्यका ॥

taccāsyāḥ pacane yatnaṃ na nyavartata bhārata | sarvathā badarāṇyeva paktavyānīti kanyakā

Her effort to cook did not slacken, O Bharata; the maiden was resolved that the jujube fruits must be cooked at all costs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 9.47.23d*0286_03–04. Line 1 varies (the star passage reads tac cāsyā vacanaṃ nityam avartad dhṛdi bhārata, which is the variant the page's gloss gives as 'झ. पाठः').

Verse 27 (9.49.27)

सा तन्मनसि कृत्वैव महर्षेर्वचनं शुभा । अपचद्बदराण्येव न चापच्यन्त भारत ॥

sā tanmanasi kṛtvaiva maharṣervacanaṃ śubhā | apacadbadarāṇyeva na cāpacyanta bhārata

Keeping the great sage's words in her mind, the radiant maiden went on cooking the jujube fruits, O Bharata, and still they did not cook.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 9.47.23d*0286_05–06.

Verse 28 (9.49.28)

तस्यास्तु चरणौ वह्निर्ददाह भगवान्स्वयम् । न च तस्या मनोदुःखं स्वल्पमप्यभवत्तदा ॥

tasyāstu caraṇau vahnirdadāha bhagavānsvayam | na ca tasyā manoduḥkhaṃ svalpamapyabhavattadā

The blessed Fire himself burned her feet, yet she felt not even the slightest grief of mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 9.47.23d*0286_07–08.

Verse 29 (9.49.29)

अथ तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वाऽस्याः प्रीतस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । ततः सन्दर्शयामास कन्यायै रूपमात्मनः ॥

atha tatkarma dṛṣṭvā'syāḥ prītastribhuvaneśvaraḥ | tataḥ sandarśayāmāsa kanyāyai rūpamātmanaḥ

Seeing her deed, the lord of the three worlds was pleased, and then showed the maiden his own form.

Verse 30 (9.49.30)

उवाच च सुरश्रेष्ठस्तां कन्यां सुदृढव्रताम् । प्रीतोऽस्मि ते शुभे भक्त्या तपसा नियमेन च ॥

uvāca ca suraśreṣṭhastāṃ kanyāṃ sudṛḍhavratām | prīto'smi te śubhe bhaktyā tapasā niyamena ca

The best of the gods said to the maiden of firm vows, "I am pleased with you, fair one, by your devotion, your austerity and your discipline.

Verse 31 (9.49.31)

तस्माद्योऽभिमतः कामः स ते सम्पत्स्यते शुभे । देहं त्यक्त्वा महाभागे त्रिदिवे मयि वत्स्यसि ॥

tasmādyo'bhimataḥ kāmaḥ sa te sampatsyate śubhe | dehaṃ tyaktvā mahābhāge tridive mayi vatsyasi

Therefore the wish you cherish will be fulfilled, O fair one: when you leave your body, O greatly fortunate one, you will dwell with me in heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 32 (9.49.32)

इदं च ते तीर्थवरं स्थिरं लोके भविष्यति । सर्वपापापहं सुभ्रु नाम्ना बदरपाचनम् । विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु ब्रह्मर्षिभिरभिप्लुतम् ॥

idaṃ ca te tīrthavaraṃ sthiraṃ loke bhaviṣyati | sarvapāpāpahaṃ subhru nāmnā badarapācanam | vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu brahmarṣibhirabhiplutam

And this excellent tirtha of yours will endure in the world, destroying all sins, O lady of fair brows, named Badarapachana, famed in the three worlds and bathed in by brahmin sages.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 33 (9.49.33)

अस्मिन्खलु महाभागे शुभे तीर्थवरेऽनघे । त्यक्त्वा सप्तर्षयो जग्मुर्हिमवन्तमरुन्धतीम् ॥

asminkhalu mahābhāge śubhe tīrthavare'naghe | tyaktvā saptarṣayo jagmurhimavantamarundhatīm

Long ago, in this same excellent, auspicious and sinless tirtha, the seven sages left Arundhati behind and went to the Himalaya.

Verse 34 (9.49.34)

ततस्ते वै महाभागा गत्वा तत्र सुसंशिताः । वृत्त्यर्थं फलमूलानि समाहर्तुं ययुः किल ॥

tataste vai mahābhāgā gatvā tatra susaṃśitāḥ | vṛttyarthaṃ phalamūlāni samāhartuṃ yayuḥ kila

Those greatly fortunate and disciplined sages, having gone there, set out to gather fruits and roots for their livelihood.

Verse 35 (9.49.35)

तेषां वृत्त्यर्थिनां तत्र वसतां हिमवद्वने । अनावृष्टिरनुप्राप्ता तदा द्वादशवार्षिकी ॥

teṣāṃ vṛttyarthināṃ tatra vasatāṃ himavadvane | anāvṛṣṭiranuprāptā tadā dvādaśavārṣikī

While they were living in the Himalayan forest, seeking their livelihood, a drought lasting twelve years came upon the land.

Verse 36 (9.49.36)

ते कृत्वा चाश्रमं तत्र न्यवसन्त तपस्विनः । अरुन्धत्यपि कल्याणी तपोनित्याऽभवत्तदा ॥

te kṛtvā cāśramaṃ tatra nyavasanta tapasvinaḥ | arundhatyapi kalyāṇī taponityā'bhavattadā

Those ascetics built a hermitage there and lived in it, and the blessed Arundhati too was constantly engaged in austerity at that time.

Verse 37 (9.49.37)

अरुन्धतीं ततो दृष्ट्वा तीव्रं नियममास्थिताम् । अथागमत्त्रिनयनः सुप्रीतो वरदस्तदा ॥

arundhatīṃ tato dṛṣṭvā tīvraṃ niyamamāsthitām | athāgamattrinayanaḥ suprīto varadastadā

Seeing Arundhati observing a severe discipline, the three-eyed god, the giver of boons, then came there, greatly pleased.

Verse 38 (9.49.38)

ब्राह्मं रूपं ततः कृत्वा महादेवो महायशाः । तामभ्येत्याब्रवीद्देवो भिक्षामिच्छाम्यहं शुभे ॥

brāhmaṃ rūpaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mahādevo mahāyaśāḥ | tāmabhyetyābravīddevo bhikṣāmicchāmyahaṃ śubhe

Taking the form of a brahmin, the greatly renowned Mahadeva came up to her and said, "Fair lady, I desire alms."

Verse 39 (9.49.39)

प्रत्युवाच ततः सा तं ब्राह्मणं चारुदर्शना । क्षीणोऽन्नसञ्चयो विप्र बदराणीह भक्षय ॥

pratyuvāca tataḥ sā taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ cārudarśanā | kṣīṇo'nnasañcayo vipra badarāṇīha bhakṣaya

The fair-faced woman answered that brahmin, "My store of food is spent, brahmin; eat these jujube fruits here."

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.34a and 34c.

Verse 40 (9.49.40)

ततोऽब्रवीन्महादेवः पचस्वैतानि सुव्रते । इत्युक्ता साऽपचत्तानि ब्राह्मणप्रियकाम्यया । अधिश्रित्य समिद्धेऽग्नौ बदराणि यशस्विनी ॥

tato'bravīnmahādevaḥ pacasvaitāni suvrate | ityuktā sā'pacattāni brāhmaṇapriyakāmyayā | adhiśritya samiddhe'gnau badarāṇi yaśasvinī

Then Mahadeva said, "Cook these, O lady of good vows." Told so, the glorious woman, wishing to please the brahmin, set the jujube fruits on the kindled fire and cooked them.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.34e, 35a and 35c.

Verse 41 (9.49.41)

दिव्या मनोरमाः पुण्याः कथाः शुश्राव सा तदा । अतीता सा त्वनावृष्टिर्घोरा द्वादशवार्षिकी ॥

divyā manoramāḥ puṇyāḥ kathāḥ śuśrāva sā tadā | atītā sā tvanāvṛṣṭirghorā dvādaśavārṣikī

As she cooked, she heard divine, delightful and sacred tales, and that terrible drought of twelve years passed away.

Verse 42 (9.49.42)

अनश्नन्त्याः पचन्त्याश्च शृण्वन्त्याश्च कथाः शुभाः । दिनोपमः स तस्याथ कालोऽतीतः सुदारुणः ॥

anaśnantyāḥ pacantyāśca śṛṇvantyāśca kathāḥ śubhāḥ | dinopamaḥ sa tasyātha kālo'tītaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

For her, fasting, cooking and listening to those good tales, that dreadful time passed like a single day.

Verse 43 (9.49.43)

ततस्तु मुनयः प्राप्ताः फलान्यादाय पर्वतात् । ततः स भगवान्प्रीतः प्रोवाचारुन्धतीं ततः ॥

tatastu munayaḥ prāptāḥ phalānyādāya parvatāt | tataḥ sa bhagavānprītaḥ provācārundhatīṃ tataḥ

Then the sages returned from the mountain, carrying fruits, and the blessed god, pleased, spoke to Arundhati.

Verse 44 (9.49.44)

उपसर्पस्व धर्मज्ञे यथापूर्वमिमानृषीन् । प्रीतोऽस्मि तव धर्मज्ञे तपसा नियमेन च ॥

upasarpasva dharmajñe yathāpūrvamimānṛṣīn | prīto'smi tava dharmajñe tapasā niyamena ca

"Go to these sages as before, O knower of dharma. I am pleased with you, O knower of dharma, by your austerity and discipline."

Note on the text: Speaker: Mahadeva's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 45 (9.49.45)

ततः सन्दर्शयामास स्वरूपं भगवान्हरः । ततोऽब्रवीत्तदा तेभ्यस्तस्याश्च चरितं महत् ॥

tataḥ sandarśayāmāsa svarūpaṃ bhagavānharaḥ | tato'bravīttadā tebhyastasyāśca caritaṃ mahat

Then the blessed Hara showed his own form, and told them of her great deeds.

Verse 46 (9.49.46)

भवद्भिर्हिमवत्पृष्ठे यत्तपः समुपार्जितम् । अस्याश्च यत्तपो विप्रा न समं तन्मतं मम ॥

bhavadbhirhimavatpṛṣṭhe yattapaḥ samupārjitam | asyāśca yattapo viprā na samaṃ tanmataṃ mama

"The austerity you have gathered on the Himalayan heights, O brahmins, is not, in my judgement, equal to hers.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्यास्च → अस्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct श्च is broken; the critical edition reads asyāś ca). Speaker: Mahadeva's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 47 (9.49.47)

अनया हि तपस्विन्या तपस्तप्तं सुदुश्चरम् । अनश्नन्त्या पचन्त्या च समा द्वादश पारिताः ॥

anayā hi tapasvinyā tapastaptaṃ suduścaram | anaśnantyā pacantyā ca samā dvādaśa pāritāḥ

This ascetic woman has performed a most difficult austerity; fasting and cooking, she has completed twelve years."

Note on the text: Speaker: Mahadeva's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 48 (9.49.48)

ततः प्रोवाच भगवांस्तामेवारुन्धतीं पुनः । वरं वृणीष्व कल्याणि यत्तेऽभिलषितं हृदि ॥

tataḥ provāca bhagavāṃstāmevārundhatīṃ punaḥ | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva kalyāṇi yatte'bhilaṣitaṃ hṛdi

Then the blessed god spoke to Arundhati again: "Choose a boon, fair lady, whatever your heart desires."

Verse 49 (9.49.49)

साऽब्रवीत्पृथुताम्राक्षी देवं सप्तर्षिसंसदि । भगवान्यदि मे प्रीतस्तीर्थं स्यादिदमद्भुतम् ॥

sā'bravītpṛthutāmrākṣī devaṃ saptarṣisaṃsadi | bhagavānyadi me prītastīrthaṃ syādidamadbhutam

The broad-eyed lady with coppery eyes said to the god in the assembly of the seven sages, "Blessed one, if you are pleased with me, let this wonderful tirtha be

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.44a and 44c.

Verse 50 (9.49.50)

सिद्धदेवर्षिदयितं नाम्ना बदरपाचनम् । तथाऽस्मिन्देवदेवेश त्रिरात्रमुषितः शुचिः ॥

siddhadevarṣidayitaṃ nāmnā badarapācanam | tathā'smindevadeveśa trirātramuṣitaḥ śuciḥ

dear to perfected ones and divine sages, known as Badarapachana; and, O god of gods, let one who stays here for three nights, pure,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.44e and 45a. Speaker: Arundhati's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 51 (9.49.51)

प्राप्नुयादुपवासेन फलं द्वादशवार्षिकम् । एवमस्त्विति तां देवः प्रत्युवाच तपस्विनीम् ॥

prāpnuyādupavāsena phalaṃ dvādaśavārṣikam | evamastviti tāṃ devaḥ pratyuvāca tapasvinīm

obtain through fasting the fruit of twelve years." "So be it," the god answered the ascetic woman.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's 9.47.45c; line 2 is a recension variant of 9.47.45e (the critical edition has evam astv iti tāṃ coktvā haro yātas tadā divam; its star passage 9.47.45e*0287_01 reads pratyuvāca tapasvinīm). Line 1 continues Arundhati's speech, line 2 is narration.

Verse 52 (9.49.52)

सप्तर्षिभिः स्तुतो देवस्ततो लोकं ययौ तदा । ऋषयो विस्मयं जग्मुस्तां दृष्ट्वा चाप्यरुन्धतीम् । अश्रान्तां चाविवर्णां च क्षुत्पिपासाऽसमायुताम् ॥

saptarṣibhiḥ stuto devastato lokaṃ yayau tadā | ṛṣayo vismayaṃ jagmustāṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpyarundhatīm | aśrāntāṃ cāvivarṇāṃ ca kṣutpipāsā'samāyutām

Praised by the seven sages, the god then went to his own world. The sages were amazed when they saw Arundhati, unwearied and unfaded, untroubled by hunger and thirst.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 9.47.45e*0287_02 (saptarṣibhiḥ stuto devas), line 2 a recension variant of 9.47.45e (haro yātas tadā divam), and lines 3–4 are 9.47.46a and 46c (with सासमायुताम् for sahāṃ satīm). The ce_ref names the verse holding its constituted lines.

Verse 53 (9.49.53)

एवं सिद्धिः परा प्राप्ता अरुन्धत्या विशुद्धया । यथा त्वया महाभागे मदर्थे संशितव्रते ॥

evaṃ siddhiḥ parā prāptā arundhatyā viśuddhayā | yathā tvayā mahābhāge madarthe saṃśitavrate

"In this way pure Arundhati reached the highest perfection, as you have, O greatly fortunate one, for my sake, keeping your vow with discipline.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's words to Shrutavati fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 54 (9.49.54)

विशेषो हि त्वया भद्रे व्रते ह्यस्मिन्समर्पितः । तथा चेदं ददाम्यद्य नियमेन सुतोषितः । विशेषं तव कल्याणि प्रयच्छामि वरं वरे ॥

viśeṣo hi tvayā bhadre vrate hyasminsamarpitaḥ | tathā cedaṃ dadāmyadya niyamena sutoṣitaḥ | viśeṣaṃ tava kalyāṇi prayacchāmi varaṃ vare

You, good lady, have added a special feature to this vow, and therefore, well pleased by your discipline, I now grant you a special boon, O fair one.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.48a, 48c and 49a. Speaker: Indra (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 55 (9.49.55)

अरुन्धत्या वरस्तस्या यो दत्तो वै महात्मना । तस्य चाहं प्रभावेन तव कल्याणि तेजसा । प्रवक्ष्यामि परं भूयो वरमत्र यथाविधि ॥

arundhatyā varastasyā yo datto vai mahātmanā | tasya cāhaṃ prabhāvena tava kalyāṇi tejasā | pravakṣyāmi paraṃ bhūyo varamatra yathāvidhi

By the power of the boon that the great one gave to Arundhati, and by your own radiance, O fair one, I will now declare a further boon here, in due form.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 9.47.49c, 50a and 50c. Speaker: Indra (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 56 (9.49.56)

यस्त्वेकां रजनीं तीर्थे वत्स्यते सुसमाहितः । सस्नात्वा प्राप्स्यते लोकान्देहन्यासात्सुदुर्लभान् ॥

yastvekāṃ rajanīṃ tīrthe vatsyate susamāhitaḥ | sasnātvā prāpsyate lokāndehanyāsātsudurlabhān

Whoever stays one night at this tirtha, with a collected mind, and bathes, will gain, when he gives up the body, worlds very hard to reach."

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's words fill the whole verse (the page carries Vaishampayana's heading).

Verse 57 (9.49.57)

इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवः सहस्राक्षः प्रतापवान् । श्रुतावतीं ततः पुण्यां जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः ॥

ityuktvā bhagavāndevaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān | śrutāvatīṃ tataḥ puṇyāṃ jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ

Having spoken so to the holy Shrutavati, the blessed, mighty, thousand-eyed god went back to heaven.

Verse 58 (9.49.58)

गते वज्रधरे राजंस्तत्र वर्षं पपात ह । पुष्पाणां भरतश्रेष्ठ दिव्यानां पुण्यगन्धिनाम् ॥

gate vajradhare rājaṃstatra varṣaṃ papāta ha | puṣpāṇāṃ bharataśreṣṭha divyānāṃ puṇyagandhinām

When the wielder of the thunderbolt had gone, O king, a rain of divine, sweetly scented flowers fell there, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 59 (9.49.59)

देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि नेदुस्तत्र महास्वनाः । मारुतश्च ववौ पुण्यः पुण्यगन्धो विशाम्पते ॥

devadundubhayaścāpi nedustatra mahāsvanāḥ | mārutaśca vavau puṇyaḥ puṇyagandho viśāmpate

Divine drums sounded there with a great noise, and a holy, fragrant wind blew, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected दवदुन्दुभयश्चापि → देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign े is dropped; the critical edition reads nedur dundubhayaḥ, and the evident word is देवदुन्दुभयः).

Verse 60 (9.49.60)

उत्सृज्य तु शुभा देहं जगामास्य च भार्यताम् । तपसोग्रेण तं लब्ध्वा तेन रेमे सहाच्युत ॥

utsṛjya tu śubhā dehaṃ jagāmāsya ca bhāryatām | tapasogreṇa taṃ labdhvā tena reme sahācyuta

She gave up her body and became his wife; having won him by her severe austerity, she took her delight with him, O Achyuta.

Verse 61 (9.49.61)

का तस्या भगवन्माता क्व संवृद्धा च शोभना । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं विप्र परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

kā tasyā bhagavanmātā kva saṃvṛddhā ca śobhanā | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ vipra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

"Who was her mother, blessed one, and where did that lovely girl grow up? I wish to hear, O brahmin, for my curiosity is very great."

Verse 62 (9.49.62)

भरद्वाजस्य विप्रर्षेः स्कन्नं रेतो महात्मनः । दृष्ट्वाऽप्सरसमायान्तीं घृताचीं पृथुलोचनाम् ॥

bharadvājasya viprarṣeḥ skannaṃ reto mahātmanaḥ | dṛṣṭvā'psarasamāyāntīṃ ghṛtācīṃ pṛthulocanām

The seed of the great-souled brahmin sage Bharadvaja fell when he saw the apsaras Ghritachi, broad-eyed, coming his way.

Note on the text: Corrected पृथलोचनाम् → पृथुलोचनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped उ; the critical edition reads pṛthulocanām).

Verse 63 (9.49.63)

स तु जग्राह तद्रेतः करेण जपतां वरः । तदाऽपतत्पर्णपुटे तत्र सा सम्भवत्सुता ॥

sa tu jagrāha tadretaḥ kareṇa japatāṃ varaḥ | tadā'patatparṇapuṭe tatra sā sambhavatsutā

That best of those who recite prayers took up the seed in his hand, and it fell into a leaf-cup; there the girl was born.

Verse 64 (9.49.64)

तस्यास्तु जातकर्मादि कृत्वा सर्वं तपोधनः । नाम चास्याः स कृतवान्भरद्वाजो महामुनिः ॥

tasyāstu jātakarmādi kṛtvā sarvaṃ tapodhanaḥ | nāma cāsyāḥ sa kṛtavānbharadvājo mahāmuniḥ

The great ascetic Bharadvaja performed all the rites for her, beginning with the birth rite, and gave her a name.

Verse 65 (9.49.65)

श्रुतावतीति धर्मात्मा देवर्षिगणसंसदि । स्वे च तामाश्रमे न्यस्य जगाम हिमवद्वनम् ॥

śrutāvatīti dharmātmā devarṣigaṇasaṃsadi | sve ca tāmāśrame nyasya jagāma himavadvanam

He named her Shrutavati, the righteous one, in the assembly of divine sages, and, leaving her in his hermitage, went to the Himalayan forest.

Verse 66 (9.49.66)

तत्राप्युपस्पृश्य महानुभावो । वसूनि दत्त्वा च महाद्विजेभ्यः । जगाम तीर्थं सुसमाहितात्मा । शक्रस्य वृष्णिप्रवरस्तदानीम् ॥

tatrāpyupaspṛśya mahānubhāvo | vasūni dattvā ca mahādvijebhyaḥ | jagāma tīrthaṃ susamāhitātmā | śakrasya vṛṣṇipravarastadānīm

Having bathed there too and given wealth to the great brahmins, the glorious best of the Vrishnis, his mind well composed, then went to the tirtha of Shakra.