Vasuhoma Tells Mandhata How Danda Arose

Verse 1 (12.122.1)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । अङ्गेषु राजा द्युतिमान्वसुहोम इति श्रुतः ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | aṅgeṣu rājā dyutimānvasuhoma iti śrutaḥ

On this point they also cite an ancient tale: there was a radiant king among the Angas, famed as Vasuhoma.

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Verse 2 (12.122.2)

स राजा धर्मविन्नित्यं सह पत्न्या महातपाः । मुञ्जपृष्ठं जगामाथ देवर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥

sa rājā dharmavinnityaṃ saha patnyā mahātapāḥ | muñjapṛṣṭhaṃ jagāmātha devarṣigaṇasevitam

That king, ever devoted to Dharma and rich in austerity, went with his wife to Munjaprishtha, a place frequented by hosts of divine seers.

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Verse 3 (12.122.3)

तत्र शृङ्गे हिमवतो वसतिं समुपागमत् । यत्र मुञ्जवटे रामो जटाहरणमादिशत् ॥

tatra śṛṅge himavato vasatiṃ samupāgamat | yatra muñjavaṭe rāmo jaṭāharaṇamādiśat

There, on a peak of the Himalaya, he took up his dwelling, at the place where, beneath the munja banyan, Rama had ordered the cutting off of his matted locks.

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Verse 4 (12.122.4)

तदादि च महाप्राज्ञः ऋषिभिः संशितव्रतैः । मुञ्जपृष्ठ इति प्रोक्तः स देशो रुद्रसेवितः ॥

tadādi ca mahāprājñaḥ ṛṣibhiḥ saṃśitavrataiḥ | muñjapṛṣṭha iti proktaḥ sa deśo rudrasevitaḥ

From that time onward, O wise one, that region, honoured by Rudra, has been called Munjaprishtha by the sages of strict vows.

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Verse 5 (12.122.5)

स तत्र बहुभिर्युक्तस्तदा श्रुतिमयैर्गुणैः । ब्राह्मणानामनुमतो देवर्षिसदृशोऽभवत् ॥

sa tatra bahubhiryuktastadā śrutimayairguṇaiḥ | brāhmaṇānāmanumato devarṣisadṛśo'bhavat

Endowed there with many virtues that flowed from the sacred word, and approved by the Brahmins, he became like a divine seer.

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Verse 6 (12.122.6)

तं कदाचिददीनात्मा सखा शक्रस्य मानितः । अभ्यगच्छन्महीपालो मान्धाता शत्रुकर्शनः ॥

taṃ kadācidadīnātmā sakhā śakrasya mānitaḥ | abhyagacchanmahīpālo māndhātā śatrukarśanaḥ

Once the king Mandhata, high-minded, honoured friend of Indra and tormentor of his foes, came to visit him.

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Verse 7 (12.122.7)

सोपसृत्य तु मान्धाता वसुहोमं नराधिपम् । दृष्ट्वा प्रकृष्टतपसं विनयेनोपतिष्ठते ॥

sopasṛtya tu māndhātā vasuhomaṃ narādhipam | dṛṣṭvā prakṛṣṭatapasaṃ vinayenopatiṣṭhate

Coming up to King Vasuhoma and seeing him of surpassing austerity, Mandhata stood before him with humility.

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Verse 8 (12.122.8)

वसुहोमोऽपि राज्ञो वै गामर्घ्यं च न्यवेदयत् । सप्ताङ्गस्य तु राज्यस्य पप्रच्छ कुशलाव्ययौ ॥

vasuhomo'pi rājño vai gāmarghyaṃ ca nyavedayat | saptāṅgasya tu rājyasya papraccha kuśalāvyayau

Vasuhoma, for his part, offered the king a cow and water of welcome, and asked after the well-being and the undiminished state of his realm of seven constituents.

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Verse 9 (12.122.9)

सद्भिराचरितं पूर्वं यथावदनुयायिनम् । अब्रवीद्वसुहोमस्तं राजन्किं करवाणि ते ॥

sadbhirācaritaṃ pūrvaṃ yathāvadanuyāyinam | abravīdvasuhomastaṃ rājankiṃ karavāṇi te

Then, to him who rightly followed the ways long practised by the good, Vasuhoma said: "O king, what can I do for you?

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Verse 10 (12.122.10)

सोऽब्रवीत्परमप्रीतो मान्धाता राजसत्तमः । वसुहोमं महाप्राज्ञमासीनं कुरुनन्दन ॥

so'bravītparamaprīto māndhātā rājasattamaḥ | vasuhomaṃ mahāprājñamāsīnaṃ kurunandana

Mandhata, best of kings, greatly pleased, spoke to the wise Vasuhoma as he sat there, O joy of the Kurus.

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Verse 11 (12.122.11)

बृहस्पतेर्मतं राजन्नधीतं सकलं त्वया । तथैवौशनसं शास्त्रं विज्ञातं ते नरोत्तम ॥

bṛhaspatermataṃ rājannadhītaṃ sakalaṃ tvayā | tathaivauśanasaṃ śāstraṃ vijñātaṃ te narottama

O king, you have studied the whole teaching of Brihaspati, and you know the treatise of Ushanas as well, O best of men.

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Verse 12 (12.122.12)

तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि दण्ड उत्पद्यते कथम् । किं वाऽस्य पूर्वं जागर्ति किं वा परममुच्यते ॥

tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi daṇḍa utpadyate katham | kiṃ vā'sya pūrvaṃ jāgarti kiṃ vā paramamucyate

That I wish to hear: how does Danda come into being? What keeps watch before it, and what is said to be supreme?

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Verse 13 (12.122.13)

कथं क्षत्रियसंस्थश्च दण्डः संप्रत्यवस्थितः । ब्रूहि मे तद्यथातत्वं ददाम्याचार्यवेतनम् ॥

kathaṃ kṣatriyasaṃsthaśca daṇḍaḥ saṃpratyavasthitaḥ | brūhi me tadyathātatvaṃ dadāmyācāryavetanam

And how has Danda come to be established among the Kshatriyas? Tell me this truly; I shall give you a teacher's fee.

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Verse 14 (12.122.14)

शृणु राजन्यथा दण्डः संभूतो लोकसंग्रहः । प्रजाविनयरक्षार्थं धर्मस्यात्मा सनातनः ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathā daṇḍaḥ saṃbhūto lokasaṃgrahaḥ | prajāvinayarakṣārthaṃ dharmasyātmā sanātanaḥ

Listen, O king, to how Danda came into being: the support of the world, the eternal soul of Dharma, born for the discipline and protection of the people.

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Verse 15 (12.122.15)

ब्रह्मा यियक्षुर्भगवान्सर्वलोकपितामहः । ऋत्विजं नात्मनस्तुल्यं ददर्शेति हि नः श्रुतम् ॥

brahmā yiyakṣurbhagavānsarvalokapitāmahaḥ | ṛtvijaṃ nātmanastulyaṃ dadarśeti hi naḥ śrutam

We have heard that the Blessed Brahma, grandsire of all worlds, wishing to perform a sacrifice, found no priest equal to himself.

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Verse 16 (12.122.16)

स गर्भं भगवान्देवो बहुवर्षाण्यधारयत् । अथ पूर्णे सहस्रे तु स गर्भः क्षुवतोऽपतत् ॥

sa garbhaṃ bhagavāndevo bahuvarṣāṇyadhārayat | atha pūrṇe sahasre tu sa garbhaḥ kṣuvato'patat

The Blessed God bore an embryo for many years; and when a thousand years were complete, the embryo fell from him as he sneezed.

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Verse 17 (12.122.17)

स क्षुपो नाम संभूतः प्रजापतिररिंदम् । ऋत्विगासीन्महाराज यज्ञे तस्य महात्मनः ॥

sa kṣupo nāma saṃbhūtaḥ prajāpatirariṃdam | ṛtvigāsīnmahārāja yajñe tasya mahātmanaḥ

He was born as Kshupa, a Prajapati, O subduer of foes; and he became the officiating priest, great king, at the sacrifice of that great soul.

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Verse 18 (12.122.18)

तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते सत्रे तु ब्रह्मणः पार्थिवर्षभ । इष्टरूपप्रचारत्वाद्दण्डः सोऽन्तर्हितोऽभवत् ॥

tasminpravṛtte satre tu brahmaṇaḥ pārthivarṣabha | iṣṭarūpapracāratvāddaṇḍaḥ so'ntarhito'bhavat

When Brahma's sacrificial session had begun, O best of kings, Danda, being given over to the forms of the rite, disappeared.

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Verse 19 (12.122.19)

तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते चापि प्रजानां संकरोऽभवत् । नैव कार्यं न वा कार्यं भोज्याभोज्यं न विद्यते ॥

tasminnantarhite cāpi prajānāṃ saṃkaro'bhavat | naiva kāryaṃ na vā kāryaṃ bhojyābhojyaṃ na vidyate

When it had vanished, confusion arose among the people. What should be done and what should not be done no longer existed, nor the edible and the inedible;

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Verse 20 (12.122.20)

पेयापेये कुतः सिद्धिर्हिसन्ति च परस्परम् । गम्यागम्यं तदा नासीत्स्वं परस्वं च वै समम् ॥

peyāpeye kutaḥ siddhirhisanti ca parasparam | gamyāgamyaṃ tadā nāsītsvaṃ parasvaṃ ca vai samam

what may be drunk and what may not had no certainty, and they harmed one another. There was no distinction between whom one may and may not approach, and one's own and another's property were alike.

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Verse 21 (12.122.21)

परस्परं विलुम्पन्ति सारमेया यथाऽऽमिषम् । अबलान्बलिनो जघ्नुर्निर्मर्यादं प्रवर्तते ॥

parasparaṃ vilumpanti sārameyā yathā''miṣam | abalānbalino jaghnurnirmaryādaṃ pravartate

They plundered one another as dogs fight over flesh; the strong killed the weak; everything went on without limit.

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Verse 22 (12.122.22)

ततः पितामहो विष्णुं भगवन्तं सनातनम् । संपूज्य वरदं देवं महादेवमथाब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ pitāmaho viṣṇuṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam | saṃpūjya varadaṃ devaṃ mahādevamathābravīt

Then the Grandsire, having paid homage to the eternal Lord Vishnu, spoke to the boon-giving god Mahadeva:

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Verse 23 (12.122.23)

अत्र त्वमनुकम्पां वै कर्तुमर्हसि शङ्कर । अयं विष्णुः सखा तुभ्यं धर्मस्य परिरक्षणे ॥

atra tvamanukampāṃ vai kartumarhasi śaṅkara | ayaṃ viṣṇuḥ sakhā tubhyaṃ dharmasya parirakṣaṇe

Shankara, you ought to show compassion in this matter. Here is Vishnu, your friend, in the protection of Dharma.

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Verse 24 (12.122.24)

त्वं हि सर्वविधानज्ञः सत्वानां त्वं गतिः परा । संकरो न भवेदत्र यथा तद्वै विधीयताम् ॥

tvaṃ hi sarvavidhānajñaḥ satvānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ parā | saṃkaro na bhavedatra yathā tadvai vidhīyatām

For you know every ordinance, and you are the highest refuge of beings. Let it be so arranged that there be no confusion here.

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Verse 25 (12.122.25)

ततः स भगवान्ध्यात्वा तदा शूलवरायुधः । देवदेवो महादेवः कारणं जगतः परम् ॥

tataḥ sa bhagavāndhyātvā tadā śūlavarāyudhaḥ | devadevo mahādevaḥ kāraṇaṃ jagataḥ param

Then the Blessed one, wielder of the finest weapon, the trident, meditated — the God of gods, Mahadeva, the supreme cause of the world —

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Verse 26 (12.122.26)

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रसहितः सर्वैश्च ससुरासुरैः । लोकसन्धारणार्थं च लोकसंकरनाशनम् । आत्मानमात्माना दण्डं ससृजे देवसत्तमः ॥

brahmaviṣṇvindrasahitaḥ sarvaiśca sasurāsuraiḥ | lokasandhāraṇārthaṃ ca lokasaṃkaranāśanam | ātmānamātmānā daṇḍaṃ sasṛje devasattamaḥ

together with Brahma, Vishnu, Indra and all the gods and asuras, for the upholding of the world and the ending of its confusion, that best of gods brought forth Danda out of himself, by himself.

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Verse 27 (12.122.27)

तस्माच्च धर्मचरणान्नीतिं देवीं सरस्वतीम् । असृजद्दण्डनीतिं वै त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुताम् ॥

tasmācca dharmacaraṇānnītiṃ devīṃ sarasvatīm | asṛjaddaṇḍanītiṃ vai triṣu lokeṣu viśrutām

And from that practice of Dharma he brought forth the goddess Niti, Sarasvati, known in the three worlds as Dandaniti.

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Verse 28 (12.122.28)

यथाऽसौ नीयते दण्डः सततं पापकारिषु । दण्डस्य नयनात्सा हि दण्डनीतिरिहोच्यते ॥

yathā'sau nīyate daṇḍaḥ satataṃ pāpakāriṣu | daṇḍasya nayanātsā hi daṇḍanītirihocyate

For Danda is ever directed against evildoers, and because she leads Danda, she is here called Dandaniti.

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Verse 29 (12.122.29)

भूयः स भगवान्ध्यात्वा चिरं शूलधरः प्रभुः । असृजत्सर्वशास्त्राणि महादेवो महेश्वरः ॥

bhūyaḥ sa bhagavāndhyātvā ciraṃ śūladharaḥ prabhuḥ | asṛjatsarvaśāstrāṇi mahādevo maheśvaraḥ

Again the Blessed Lord, bearer of the trident, meditated for a long time, and Mahadeva, the great Lord, brought forth all the sciences.

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Verse 30 (12.122.30)

दण्डनीतेः प्रयोगार्थं प्रमाणानि च सर्वशः । विद्याश्चतस्रः कूटस्थास्तासां भेदविकल्पनाः ॥

daṇḍanīteḥ prayogārthaṃ pramāṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ | vidyāścatasraḥ kūṭasthāstāsāṃ bhedavikalpanāḥ

For the application of Dandaniti, and all its authorities: four fundamental branches of learning, with their divisions and subdivisions.

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Verse 31 (12.122.31)

अङ्गानि वेदाश्चत्वारो मीमांसा न्यायविस्तरः । पुराणं धर्मशास्त्रं च विद्या ह्येताश्चतुर्दश ॥

aṅgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ | purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vidyā hyetāścaturdaśa

The Angas, the four Vedas, Mimamsa, the expanded science of reasoning, the Puranas and the codes of law: these are the fourteen branches of learning.

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Verse 32 (12.122.32)

आयुर्वेदो धनुर्वेदो गान्धर्वश्चेति ते त्रयः । अर्थशास्त्रं चतुर्थं तु विद्या ह्यष्टादशैव तु ॥

āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāndharvaśceti te trayaḥ | arthaśāstraṃ caturthaṃ tu vidyā hyaṣṭādaśaiva tu

Ayurveda, Dhanurveda and Gandharva-veda are the three more; the science of wealth is the fourth. Thus there are exactly eighteen branches of learning.

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Verse 33 (12.122.33)

दश चाष्टौ च विख्याता एता धर्मस्य संहिताः । एतासामेव विद्यानां व्यासमाह महेश्वरः ॥

daśa cāṣṭau ca vikhyātā etā dharmasya saṃhitāḥ | etāsāmeva vidyānāṃ vyāsamāha maheśvaraḥ

These eighteen are renowned as the collections of Dharma; and of these very branches the Great Lord spoke the detailed elaboration.

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Verse 34 (12.122.34)

शतानि त्रीणि शास्त्राणां महातन्त्राणि सप्ततिम् । व्यास एव तु विद्यानां महादेवेन कीर्तितः ॥

śatāni trīṇi śāstrāṇāṃ mahātantrāṇi saptatim | vyāsa eva tu vidyānāṃ mahādevena kīrtitaḥ

Three hundred treatises and seventy great systems: such elaboration of these branches of learning was set forth by Mahadeva himself.

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Verse 35 (12.122.35)

तन्त्रं पाशुपतं नाम पञ्चरात्रं च विश्रुतम् । योगशास्त्रं च साङ्ख्यं च तन्त्रं लोकायतं तथा ॥

tantraṃ pāśupataṃ nāma pañcarātraṃ ca viśrutam | yogaśāstraṃ ca sāṅkhyaṃ ca tantraṃ lokāyataṃ tathā

The system called Pashupata, the renowned Pancharatra, the science of Yoga, Samkhya, and likewise the Lokayata system;

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Verse 36 (12.122.36)

तन्त्रं ब्रह्मतुला नाम तर्कविद्या दिवौकसाम् । सुखदुःखार्थजिज्ञासा कारणं चेति विश्रुतम् ॥

tantraṃ brahmatulā nāma tarkavidyā divaukasām | sukhaduḥkhārthajijñāsā kāraṇaṃ ceti viśrutam

the system named Brahmatula, the logic of the dwellers in heaven, the enquiry into the meaning of pleasure and pain, and the one called Karana, the doctrine of cause: such are the renowned ones.

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Verse 37 (12.122.37)

तर्कविद्यास्तथा चाष्टौ स चोक्तो न्यायविस्तरः । दश चाष्टौ च विज्ञेयाः पौराणा यज्ञसंहिताः ॥

tarkavidyāstathā cāṣṭau sa cokto nyāyavistaraḥ | daśa cāṣṭau ca vijñeyāḥ paurāṇā yajñasaṃhitāḥ

There are also eight branches of the science of reasoning, and that is called the expanse of Nyaya; and eighteen Puranic collections on sacrifice are to be known.

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Verse 38 (12.122.38)

पुराणाश्च प्रणीताश्च तावदेवेह संहिताः । धर्मशास्त्राणि तद्वच्च एकार्थानि च नान्यथा ॥

purāṇāśca praṇītāśca tāvadeveha saṃhitāḥ | dharmaśāstrāṇi tadvacca ekārthāni ca nānyathā

The Puranas, and the compilations that have been composed, are of the same number here; so too are the codes of law. They have a single purpose, and not otherwise.

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Verse 39 (12.122.39)

एकार्थानि पुराणानि वेदाश्चैकार्थसंहिताः । नानार्थानि च सर्वाणि ततः शास्त्राणि शंकरः ॥

ekārthāni purāṇāni vedāścaikārthasaṃhitāḥ | nānārthāni ca sarvāṇi tataḥ śāstrāṇi śaṃkaraḥ

The Puranas have one aim, and the Vedas with their collections have one aim, while all the other treatises have manifold aims. Then Shankara —

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Verse 40 (12.122.40)

प्रोवाच भगवान्देवः कालज्ञानानि यानि च । चतुःषष्टिप्रमाणानि आयुर्वेदं च सोत्तरम् ॥

provāca bhagavāndevaḥ kālajñānāni yāni ca | catuḥṣaṣṭipramāṇāni āyurvedaṃ ca sottaram

the Blessed God declared the sciences, including the sciences of time, the sixty-four authorities, and Ayurveda with its supplement.

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Verse 41 (12.122.41)

अष्टादशविकल्पां तां दण्डनीतिं च शाश्वतीम् । गान्धर्वमितिहासं च नानाविस्तरमुक्तवान् ॥

aṣṭādaśavikalpāṃ tāṃ daṇḍanītiṃ ca śāśvatīm | gāndharvamitihāsaṃ ca nānāvistaramuktavān

He also taught the eternal Dandaniti with its eighteen divisions, and the Gandharva science and the Itihasa, each at length.

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Verse 42 (12.122.42)

इत्येताः शंकरप्रोक्ता विद्याः शब्दार्थसंहिताः । पुनर्भेदसहस्रं तु तासामेव तु विस्तरः ॥

ityetāḥ śaṃkaraproktā vidyāḥ śabdārthasaṃhitāḥ | punarbhedasahasraṃ tu tāsāmeva tu vistaraḥ

These are the branches of learning spoken by Shankara, made up of words and their meanings; and again a thousand subdivisions make up the elaboration of those very branches.

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Verse 43 (12.122.43)

ऋषिभिर्देवगन्धर्वैः सविकल्पः सविस्तरः । शश्वदभ्यस्यते लोके वेद एव तु सर्वशः ॥

ṛṣibhirdevagandharvaiḥ savikalpaḥ savistaraḥ | śaśvadabhyasyate loke veda eva tu sarvaśaḥ

With their divisions and details they are ever studied in the world by seers, gods and gandharvas; yet in every way it is the Veda alone.

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Verse 44 (12.122.44)

वेदाश्चतस्रः संक्षिप्ता वेदवादाश्च ते स्मृताः । एतासां पारगो यश्च स चोक्तो वेदपारगः ॥

vedāścatasraḥ saṃkṣiptā vedavādāśca te smṛtāḥ | etāsāṃ pārago yaśca sa cokto vedapāragaḥ

The four Vedas in condensed form are remembered as the Vedic discourses. One who has gone to the end of these is called a master of the Veda.

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Verse 45 (12.122.45)

वेदानां पारगो रुद्रो विष्णुरिन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः । शक्रः स्वायंभुवश्चैव मनुः परमधर्मवित् ॥

vedānāṃ pārago rudro viṣṇurindro bṛhaspatiḥ | śakraḥ svāyaṃbhuvaścaiva manuḥ paramadharmavit

Masters of the Vedas are Rudra, Vishnu, Indra, Brihaspati, Shakra, and Svayambhuva Manu, supreme knower of Dharma;

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Verse 46 (12.122.46)

ब्रह्मा च परमो देवः सदा सर्वैः सुरासुरैः । सर्वस्यानुग्रहाच्चैव व्यासो वै वेदपारगः ॥

brahmā ca paramo devaḥ sadā sarvaiḥ surāsuraiḥ | sarvasyānugrahāccaiva vyāso vai vedapāragaḥ

and Brahma, the supreme god, always among all the gods and asuras; and through the favour of all, Vyasa too has become a master of the Veda.

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Verse 47 (12.122.47)

अहं शान्तनवो भीष्मः प्रसादान्माधवस्य च । शंकरस्य प्रसादाच्च ब्रह्मणश्च कुरूद्वह । वेदपारग इत्युक्तो याज्ञवल्क्यश्च सर्वशः ॥

ahaṃ śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ prasādānmādhavasya ca | śaṃkarasya prasādācca brahmaṇaśca kurūdvaha | vedapāraga ityukto yājñavalkyaśca sarvaśaḥ

I, Bhishma, son of Shantanu, am called a master of the Veda by the grace of Madhava, and by the grace of Shankara and of Brahma, O foremost of the Kurus; and Yajnavalkya too is so called in every respect.

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Verse 48 (12.122.48)

कल्पेकल्पे महाभागैर्ऋषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः । ऋषिपुत्रैर्ऋषिगणैर्भिद्यन्ते मिश्रकैरपि ॥

kalpekalpe mahābhāgairṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ | ṛṣiputrairṛṣigaṇairbhidyante miśrakairapi

In every kalpa, noble seers who perceive the truth, the sons of seers, and companies of seers, even mixed groups, divide them.

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Verse 49 (12.122.49)

शिवेन ब्रह्मणा चैव विष्णुना च विकल्पिताः । आदिकल्पे पुनश्चैव भिद्यन्ते साधुभिः पुनः ॥

śivena brahmaṇā caiva viṣṇunā ca vikalpitāḥ | ādikalpe punaścaiva bhidyante sādhubhiḥ punaḥ

They were arranged by Shiva, by Brahma and by Vishnu; and again, at the beginning of a new kalpa, they are divided afresh by the good.

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Verse 50 (12.122.50)

इदानीमपि विद्वद्भिर्भिद्यन्ते च विकल्पकैः । पूर्वजन्मानुसारेण बहुधेयं सरस्वती ॥

idānīmapi vidvadbhirbhidyante ca vikalpakaiḥ | pūrvajanmānusāreṇa bahudheyaṃ sarasvatī

Even now they are divided by learned men, the arrangers; in accordance with their former births, this Sarasvati becomes manifold.

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Verse 51 (12.122.51)

भूयः स भगवान्ध्यात्वा चिरं शूलवरायुधः । तस्यतस्य निकायस्य चकारैकैकमीश्वरम् ॥

bhūyaḥ sa bhagavāndhyātvā ciraṃ śūlavarāyudhaḥ | tasyatasya nikāyasya cakāraikaikamīśvaram

Again the Blessed One, bearer of the finest trident, meditated for a long time, and appointed a single lord over each class of beings.

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Verse 52 (12.122.52)

देवानामीश्वरं चक्रे दैवं दशशतेक्षणम् । यमं वैवस्वतं चापि पितॄणामकरोत्पतिम् ॥

devānāmīśvaraṃ cakre daivaṃ daśaśatekṣaṇam | yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ cāpi pitṝṇāmakarotpatim

Over the gods he made the divine thousand-eyed one lord, and Yama Vaivasvata he made master of the Fathers.

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Verse 53 (12.122.53)

अपां राज्ये सुराणां च विदधे वरुणं प्रभुम् । धनानां राक्षसानां च कुवेरमपि चेश्वरम् ॥

apāṃ rājye surāṇāṃ ca vidadhe varuṇaṃ prabhum | dhanānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca kuveramapi ceśvaram

He appointed Varuna lord to rule over the waters and the gods, and Kubera he made lord of wealth and of the rakshasas.

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Verse 54 (12.122.54)

पर्वतानां पतिं मेरुं सरितां च महोदधिम् । मृत्युं प्राणेश्वरमथो तेजसां च हुताशनम् ॥

parvatānāṃ patiṃ meruṃ saritāṃ ca mahodadhim | mṛtyuṃ prāṇeśvaramatho tejasāṃ ca hutāśanam

Meru he made lord of the mountains, the great ocean lord of the rivers, Death lord of the life-breaths, and Fire lord of the radiances.

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Verse 55 (12.122.55)

रुद्राणामपि चेशानं गोप्तारं विदधे प्रभुः । महात्मानं महादेवं विशालाक्षं सनातनम् ॥

rudrāṇāmapi ceśānaṃ goptāraṃ vidadhe prabhuḥ | mahātmānaṃ mahādevaṃ viśālākṣaṃ sanātanam

Over the Rudras too the Lord appointed a ruler and guardian: the great-souled, eternal, wide-eyed Mahadeva.

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Verse 56 (12.122.56)

दश चैकश्च ये रुद्रास्तस्यैते मूर्तिसंभवाः । नानारूपधरो देवः स एव भगवाञ्शिवः ॥

daśa caikaśca ye rudrāstasyaite mūrtisaṃbhavāḥ | nānārūpadharo devaḥ sa eva bhagavāñśivaḥ

The eleven Rudras are born of his own forms; the god who takes many shapes is none other than the Blessed Shiva.

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Verse 57 (12.122.57)

वसिष्ठमीशं विप्राणां वसूनां जातवेदसम् । तेजसां भास्करं चक्रे नक्षत्राणां निशाकरम् ॥

vasiṣṭhamīśaṃ viprāṇāṃ vasūnāṃ jātavedasam | tejasāṃ bhāskaraṃ cakre nakṣatrāṇāṃ niśākaram

Vasishtha he made lord of the Brahmins, Jatavedas lord of the Vasus, the Sun lord of the radiant ones, and the Moon lord of the stars.

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Verse 58 (12.122.58)

वीरुधां वसुमन्तं च भूतानां च प्रभुं वरम् । कुमारं द्वादशभुजं स्कन्दं राजानमादिशत् ॥

vīrudhāṃ vasumantaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ ca prabhuṃ varam | kumāraṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ skandaṃ rājānamādiśat

He assigned Vasumat to the plants, and as king and excellent lord of beings he appointed Skanda, the twelve-armed Kumara.

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Verse 59 (12.122.59)

कालं सर्वेशमकरोत्संहारविनयात्मकम् । मृत्योश्चतुर्विभागस्य दुःखस्य च सुखस्य च ॥

kālaṃ sarveśamakarotsaṃhāravinayātmakam | mṛtyoścaturvibhāgasya duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca

He made Time the lord of all, whose nature is dissolution and discipline, and lord of Death in its four divisions, of sorrow and of joy.

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Verse 60 (12.122.60)

ईश्वरो देवदेवस्तु राजराजो नराधिपः । सर्वेषामेव रुद्राणां शूलपाणिरिति श्रुतिः ॥

īśvaro devadevastu rājarājo narādhipaḥ | sarveṣāmeva rudrāṇāṃ śūlapāṇiriti śrutiḥ

The Lord, the God of gods, king of kings and ruler of men — over all the Rudras, as tradition has it, is the trident-bearer.

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Verse 61 (12.122.61)

ईश्वरश्चेतनः कर्ता पुरुषः कारणं शिवः । विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा शशी सूर्यः शक्रो देवाश्च सान्वयाः ॥

īśvaraścetanaḥ kartā puruṣaḥ kāraṇaṃ śivaḥ | viṣṇurbrahmā śaśī sūryaḥ śakro devāśca sānvayāḥ

Shiva is the Lord, the conscious one, the doer, the Person, the cause; and Vishnu, Brahma, the Moon, the Sun, Shakra and the gods with their families as well.

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Verse 62 (12.122.62)

सृजते ग्रसते चैतत्तमोभूतमिदं यथा । अप्रज्ञातं जगत्सर्वं यदा ह्येको महेश्वरः ॥

sṛjate grasate caitattamobhūtamidaṃ yathā | aprajñātaṃ jagatsarvaṃ yadā hyeko maheśvaraḥ

He creates and devours all this, just as when the whole world, become darkness, is unperceived, and the Great Lord alone remains.

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Verse 63 (12.122.63)

तमेनं ब्रह्मणः पुत्रमनुजातं क्षुपं ददौ । प्रजानामधिपं श्रेष्ठं सर्वधर्मभृतामपि ॥

tamenaṃ brahmaṇaḥ putramanujātaṃ kṣupaṃ dadau | prajānāmadhipaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvadharmabhṛtāmapi

Then he appointed that Kshupa, the son born of Brahma, as lord of the people, the best of all who uphold Dharma.

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Verse 64 (12.122.64)

महादेवस्ततस्तस्मिन्वृत्ते यज्ञे समाहितः । दण्डं धर्मस्य गोप्तारं विष्णवे सत्कृतं ददौ ॥

mahādevastatastasminvṛtte yajñe samāhitaḥ | daṇḍaṃ dharmasya goptāraṃ viṣṇave satkṛtaṃ dadau

Then, when the sacrifice was completed, Mahadeva, composed in mind, respectfully gave Danda, the guardian of Dharma, to Vishnu.

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Verse 65 (12.122.65)

विष्णुरङ्गिरसे प्रादादङ्गिरा मुनिसत्तमः । प्रादादिन्द्रमरीचिभ्यां मरीचिर्भृगवे ददौ ॥

viṣṇuraṅgirase prādādaṅgirā munisattamaḥ | prādādindramarīcibhyāṃ marīcirbhṛgave dadau

Vishnu gave it to Angiras; Angiras, best of sages, gave it to Indra and Marichi; Marichi gave it to Bhrigu.

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Verse 66 (12.122.66)

भृगुर्ददावृषिभ्यस्तु दण्डं धर्मसमाहितम् । ऋषयो लोकपालेभ्यो लोकपालाः क्षुपाय च ॥

bhṛgurdadāvṛṣibhyastu daṇḍaṃ dharmasamāhitam | ṛṣayo lokapālebhyo lokapālāḥ kṣupāya ca

Bhrigu gave Danda, joined with Dharma, to the seers; the seers gave it to the guardians of the world; and the guardians of the world gave it to Kshupa.

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Verse 67 (12.122.67)

क्षुपस्तु मनवे प्रादादादित्यतनयाय च । पुत्रेभ्यः श्राद्धदेवस्तु सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थकारणात् ॥

kṣupastu manave prādādādityatanayāya ca | putrebhyaḥ śrāddhadevastu sūkṣmadharmārthakāraṇāt

Kshupa gave it to Manu, the son of Aditya; and Shraddhadeva, for the sake of the subtle ends of Dharma, gave it to his sons.

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Verse 68 (12.122.68)

विभज्य दण्डः कर्तव्यो दण्डे तु नयमिच्छता । दुर्वाचा निग्रहो दण्डो हिरण्यं बाह्यतः क्रिया ॥

vibhajya daṇḍaḥ kartavyo daṇḍe tu nayamicchatā | durvācā nigraho daṇḍo hiraṇyaṃ bāhyataḥ kriyā

Danda must be applied with discrimination by one who desires sound policy in its use: reproof in harsh words, a fine in gold, and punitive action taken outside;

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Verse 69 (12.122.69)

व्यङ्गत्वं च शरीरस्य वधो वाऽनल्पकारणात् । शरीरपीडा कार्या तु स्वदेशाच्च विवासनम् ॥

vyaṅgatvaṃ ca śarīrasya vadho vā'nalpakāraṇāt | śarīrapīḍā kāryā tu svadeśācca vivāsanam

mutilation of the body, or death for a grave cause; bodily pain may be inflicted, and banishment from one's own country.

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Verse 70 (12.122.70)

तं ददौ सूर्यपुत्राय मनवे रक्षणात्मकम् । आनुपूर्व्याच्च दण्डोऽयं प्रजा जागर्ति पालयन् ॥

taṃ dadau sūryaputrāya manave rakṣaṇātmakam | ānupūrvyācca daṇḍo'yaṃ prajā jāgarti pālayan

That Danda, protective by nature, Kshupa gave to Manu, son of the Sun. And so, in this succession, Danda keeps watch over the people, protecting them.

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Verse 71 (12.122.71)

इन्द्रो जागर्ति भगवानिन्द्रादग्निर्विभावसुः । अग्नेर्जागर्ति वरुणो वरुणाच्च प्रजापतिः ॥

indro jāgarti bhagavānindrādagnirvibhāvasuḥ | agnerjāgarti varuṇo varuṇācca prajāpatiḥ

The Blessed Indra keeps watch; after Indra, Fire, the radiant; after Fire, Varuna keeps watch; and after Varuna, Prajapati.

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Verse 72 (12.122.72)

प्रजापतेस्ततो धर्मो जागर्ति विनयात्मकः । धर्माच्च ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो व्यवसायः सनातनः ॥

prajāpatestato dharmo jāgarti vinayātmakaḥ | dharmācca brahmaṇaḥ putro vyavasāyaḥ sanātanaḥ

After Prajapati, Dharma, whose nature is discipline, keeps watch; after Dharma, the eternal Vyavasaya, Resolve, the son of Brahma.

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Verse 73 (12.122.73)

व्यवसायात्ततस्तेजो जागर्ति परिपालयत् । ओषध्यस्तेजसस्तस्मादोषधीभ्यश्च पर्वताः ॥

vyavasāyāttatastejo jāgarti paripālayat | oṣadhyastejasastasmādoṣadhībhyaśca parvatāḥ

After Resolve, Radiance keeps watch, protecting all; after Radiance, the herbs; and after the herbs, the mountains.

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Verse 74 (12.122.74)

पर्वतेभ्यश्च जागर्ति रसो रसगुणात्तथा । जागर्ति निर्ऋतिर्देवी ज्योतींषि निर्ऋतीमनु ॥

parvatebhyaśca jāgarti raso rasaguṇāttathā | jāgarti nirṛtirdevī jyotīṃṣi nirṛtīmanu

After the mountains Essence keeps watch, and then, from the quality of essence, the goddess Nirriti; and the heavenly lights follow Nirriti.

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Verse 75 (12.122.75)

वेदाः प्रतिष्ठा ज्योतिर्भ्यस्ततो हयशिराः प्रभुः । ब्रह्मा पितामहस्तस्माज्जागर्ति प्रभुरव्ययः ॥

vedāḥ pratiṣṭhā jyotirbhyastato hayaśirāḥ prabhuḥ | brahmā pitāmahastasmājjāgarti prabhuravyayaḥ

After the lights come the Vedas, the foundation; then the Lord Hayashiras; after him Brahma the Grandsire, the imperishable Lord, keeps watch.

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Verse 76 (12.122.76)

पितामहान्महादेवो जागर्ति भगवाञ्शिवः । विश्वेदेवाः शिवाच्चापि विश्वेभ्य ऋषयस्तथा ॥

pitāmahānmahādevo jāgarti bhagavāñśivaḥ | viśvedevāḥ śivāccāpi viśvebhya ṛṣayastathā

After the Grandsire, the Blessed Shiva, Mahadeva, keeps watch; after Shiva the Vishvedevas; and after the Vishvedevas the seers.

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Verse 77 (12.122.77)

ऋषिभ्यो भगवान्सोमः सोमाद्देवाः सनातनाः । देवेभ्यो ब्राह्मणा लोके जाग्रतीत्युपधारय ॥

ṛṣibhyo bhagavānsomaḥ somāddevāḥ sanātanāḥ | devebhyo brāhmaṇā loke jāgratītyupadhāraya

After the seers, the Blessed Soma; after Soma, the eternal gods; after the gods, the Brahmins in the world keep watch. Understand this.

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Verse 78 (12.122.78)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च राजन्या लोकान्रक्षन्ति धर्मताः । स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव क्षत्रियेभ्यः सनातनम् ॥

brāhmaṇebhyaśca rājanyā lokānrakṣanti dharmatāḥ | sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva kṣatriyebhyaḥ sanātanam

And after the Brahmins, kings protect the worlds according to Dharma; and after the Kshatriyas come the everlasting beings, moving and unmoving.

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Verse 79 (12.122.79)

प्रजा जाग्रति लोकेऽस्मिन्दण्डो जागर्ति तासु च । सर्वसंक्षेपको दण्डः पितामहसुतः प्रभुः ॥

prajā jāgrati loke'smindaṇḍo jāgarti tāsu ca | sarvasaṃkṣepako daṇḍaḥ pitāmahasutaḥ prabhuḥ

The people are watchful in this world, and Danda keeps watch over them. Danda, the lord, son of the Grandsire, is the restrainer of all.

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Verse 80 (12.122.80)

जागर्ति कालः पूर्वं च मध्ये चान्ते च भारत । ईशः सर्वस्य कालो हि महादेवः प्रजापतिः ॥

jāgarti kālaḥ pūrvaṃ ca madhye cānte ca bhārata | īśaḥ sarvasya kālo hi mahādevaḥ prajāpatiḥ

Time keeps watch at the beginning, in the middle and at the end, O Bharata. For Time is the lord of all, Mahadeva, Prajapati.

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Verse 81 (12.122.81)

देवदेवः शिवः सर्वो जागर्ति सततं प्रभुः । कपर्दी शंकरो रुद्रो भवः स्थाणुरुमापतिः ॥

devadevaḥ śivaḥ sarvo jāgarti satataṃ prabhuḥ | kapardī śaṃkaro rudro bhavaḥ sthāṇurumāpatiḥ

The Lord, God of gods, Shiva, the All, keeps watch without cease: Kapardin, Shankara, Rudra, Bhava, Sthanu, husband of Uma.

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Verse 82 (12.122.82)

इत्येष दण्डो व्याख्यातस्तथौषध्यस्तथापरे । भूमिपालो यथान्यायं वर्तेतानेन धर्मवित् ॥

ityeṣa daṇḍo vyākhyātastathauṣadhyastathāpare | bhūmipālo yathānyāyaṃ vartetānena dharmavit

Thus Danda has been explained, and the herbs and the others in the series. Let a king who knows Dharma conduct himself rightly by it.

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Verse 83 (12.122.83)

इतीदं वसुहोमस्य योऽऽत्मवाञ्शृणुयान्मतम् । श्रुत्वा सम्यक्प्रवर्तेत स लोकानाप्नुयान्नृपः ॥

itīdaṃ vasuhomasya yo''tmavāñśṛṇuyānmatam | śrutvā samyakpravarteta sa lokānāpnuyānnṛpaḥ

A self-controlled king who hears this teaching of Vasuhoma and, having heard it, acts rightly upon it, will attain the worlds he seeks.

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Verse 84 (12.122.84)

इति ते सर्वमाख्यातं यो दण्डो मनुजर्षभ । नियन्ता सर्वलोकस्य धर्माक्रान्तस्य भारत ॥

iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ yo daṇḍo manujarṣabha | niyantā sarvalokasya dharmākrāntasya bhārata

Thus I have told you everything about Danda, O bull among men: the restrainer of the whole world, which is held in the grip of Dharma, O Bharata.

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Verse 85 (12.122.85)

वसुहोमाच्छ्रुतं राज्ञा मान्धात्रा भूभृता पुरा । मयापि कथितं राजन्नाख्यानं प्रथितं मया ॥

vasuhomācchrutaṃ rājñā māndhātrā bhūbhṛtā purā | mayāpi kathitaṃ rājannākhyānaṃ prathitaṃ mayā

Long ago King Mandhata, ruler of the earth, heard this from Vasuhoma; and I too, O king, have told it — a well-known tale.

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