Yama Teaches Gautama How to Repay the Debt to Parents

Verse 1 (12.129.1)

नामृतस्येव पर्याप्तिर्ममास्ति ब्रुवति त्वयि । यथाहि स्वात्मवृत्तिस्थस्तथा तृप्तोऽस्मि भारत ॥

nāmṛtasyeva paryāptirmamāsti bruvati tvayi | yathāhi svātmavṛttisthastathā tṛpto'smi bhārata

While you speak, I can never have enough, as of nectar; and I am content, O Bharata, as a man is who rests in his own self.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets Wikisource prints round line 2 and the stray double daṇḍa inside them. Line 1 is CE 12.127.1a; line 2 is a recension variant of the CE star line 12.127.1b*0296_01 (yady api syāt parāvṛttis tathātṛpto 'smi bhārata), not in the constituted text.

Verse 2 (12.129.2)

तस्मात्कथय भूयोऽपि त्वं ममेह पितामह । न हि तृप्तिमहं यामि पिबन्धर्मामृतं हि ते ॥

tasmātkathaya bhūyo'pi tvaṃ mameha pitāmaha | na hi tṛptimahaṃ yāmi pibandharmāmṛtaṃ hi te

Therefore, grandsire, tell me still more here; for as I drink the nectar of dharma from you, I do not reach satisfaction.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets Wikisource prints round line 2 and the stray double daṇḍa inside them. Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.127.1c (tasmāt kathaya bhūyas tvaṃ dharmam eva pitāmaha); line 2 is a recension variant of the CE star line 12.127.1d*0297_01 (na hi tṛptiṃ parāṃ yāmi dharme kautūhalaṃ hi me), not in the constituted text. The page's heading भीष्म उवाच (12-129-2x) follows this verse.

Verse 3 (12.129.3)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । गौतमस्य च संवादं यमस्य च महात्मनः ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | gautamasya ca saṃvādaṃ yamasya ca mahātmanaḥ

On this they tell an ancient tale: the dialogue of Gautama and the great-souled Yama.

Note on the text: The alignment's best match (12.136.18, 0.72) is wrong; the verse is CE 12.127.2a, 2c.

Verse 4 (12.129.4)

पारियात्रं गिरिं प्राप्य गौतमस्याश्रमो महान् । वसते गौतमो यत्र तपसा दग्धकिल्विषः ॥

pāriyātraṃ giriṃ prāpya gautamasyāśramo mahān | vasate gautamo yatra tapasā dagdhakilviṣaḥ

Having reached the Pariyatra mountain, one finds there the great hermitage of Gautama, where Gautama dwelt, his sins burnt away by austerity.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 12.127.3a; line 2 (वसते गौतमो यत्र तपसा दग्धकिल्विषः) is a recension variant of CE 3c (uvāsa gautamo yatra kālaṃ tad api me śṛṇu), kept.

Verse 5 (12.129.5)

षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि सोऽतप्यद्गौतमस्तपः । तमुग्रतपसा युक्तं भावितं सुमहामुनिम् ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi so'tapyadgautamastapaḥ | tamugratapasā yuktaṃ bhāvitaṃ sumahāmunim

For sixty thousand years Gautama practised austerity there - that very great sage, given to fierce austerity and perfected in it.

Note on the text: Corrected पृष्टिं → षष्टिं (misprint in Wikisource; पृ for ष, "sixty"; CE ṣaṣṭiṃ). Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 12.127.4c (tam ugratapasaṃ yuktaṃ tapasā bhāvitaṃ munim), kept.

Verse 6 (12.129.6)

उपयातो नरव्याघ्र लोकपालो यमस्तदा । तमपश्यत्सुतपसमृषिं वै गौतमं तदा ॥

upayāto naravyāghra lokapālo yamastadā | tamapaśyatsutapasamṛṣiṃ vai gautamaṃ tadā

Then, O tiger among men, Yama, the guardian of the world, came to him, and saw the sage Gautama, rich in austerity.

Verse 7 (12.129.7)

स तं विदित्वा ब्रह्मर्षिर्यममागतमोजसा । प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा उपसृप्तस्तपोधनः ॥

sa taṃ viditvā brahmarṣiryamamāgatamojasā | prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā upasṛptastapodhanaḥ

The brahmin-seer, rich in austerity, recognised Yama who had come in his splendour, and, bowing with folded hands, drew near.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मर्षियेममागतमोजसा → ब्रह्मर्षिर्यममागतमोजसा (misprint in Wikisource; the र् of ब्रह्मर्षिः + यमम् is dropped and यमम् is printed येमम्; CE brahmarṣir yamam āgatam ojasā). Line 2 has प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो for CE prāñjaliḥ prayato, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 8 (12.129.8)

तं धर्मराजो दृष्ट्वैव नमस्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमम् । न्यमन्त्रयत धर्मेण क्रियतां किमिति ब्रुवन् ॥

taṃ dharmarājo dṛṣṭvaiva namaskṛtya dvijottamam | nyamantrayata dharmeṇa kriyatāṃ kimiti bruvan

As soon as he saw him, Yama, the king of dharma, bowed to that best of the twice-born and, in due form, invited him to ask, saying, "What is to be done for you?"

Verse 9 (12.129.9)

मातापितृभ्यामानृण्यं किं कृत्वा समवाप्नुयात् । कथं च लोकानाप्नोति पुरुषो दुर्लभाञ्शुभान् ॥

mātāpitṛbhyāmānṛṇyaṃ kiṃ kṛtvā samavāpnuyāt | kathaṃ ca lokānāpnoti puruṣo durlabhāñśubhān

By what act may one be freed of the debt to one's mother and father? And how does a man win the rare and auspicious worlds?

Note on the text: Speaker per the page's heading गौतम उवाच (12-129-9x); CE 12.127.8.

Verse 10 (12.129.10)

तपः शौचवता नित्यं सत्यधर्मरतेन च । मातापित्रोरहरहः पूजनं कार्यमञ्जसा ॥

tapaḥ śaucavatā nityaṃ satyadharmaratena ca | mātāpitroraharahaḥ pūjanaṃ kāryamañjasā

One who is always devoted to austerity and purity, and who delights in truth and dharma, should worship his mother and father every day, with a sincere heart.

Note on the text: Speaker per the page's heading यम उवाच (12-129-10x); CE 12.127.9 (the CE also has the star passage 12.127.9*0298, four lines, which Wikisource lacks).

Verse 11 (12.129.11)

अश्वमेधैश्च यष्टव्यं बहुभिः स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः । तेन लोकानवाप्नोति पुरुषोऽद्भुतदर्शनान् ॥

aśvamedhaiśca yaṣṭavyaṃ bahubhiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | tena lokānavāpnoti puruṣo'dbhutadarśanān

And he should sacrifice with many horse-sacrifices, with rich fees properly given; by that a man wins worlds wonderful to behold.

Note on the text: The page ends with its colophon (adhyaya 129); only Wikisource's commentary glosses follow, not added.