Rajadharma Sends Gautama to Virupaksha

Verse 1 (12.169.1)

गिरं तां मधुरां श्रुत्वा गौतमो विस्मितस्तदा । कौतूहलान्वितो राजन्राजधर्माणमैक्षत ॥

giraṃ tāṃ madhurāṃ śrutvā gautamo vismitastadā | kautūhalānvito rājanrājadharmāṇamaikṣata

Hearing those sweet words, Gautama was amazed, and, curious, O king, he looked at Rajadharma.

Verse 2 (12.169.2)

भोः काश्यपस्य पुत्रोऽहं माता दाक्षायणी मम । सती त्वं च गुणोपेतः स्वागतं ते द्विजोत्तम ॥

bhoḥ kāśyapasya putro'haṃ mātā dākṣāyaṇī mama | satī tvaṃ ca guṇopetaḥ svāgataṃ te dvijottama

'Sir, I am a son of Kashyapa, and my mother is Dakshayani, a woman of virtue; and you, endowed with merit, are most welcome, best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads सती त्वं च गुणोपेतः … द्विजोत्तम against the CE's atithis tvaṃ guṇopetaḥ … dvijarṣabha (the page's note records अतिथिस्त्वं गुणोपेतः as a manuscript variant); kept as a variant. The page prints the speaker heading as राजधर्मोवाच (12-169-2x); given as speaker राजधर्मा with speaker_line as printed.

Verse 3 (12.169.3)

तस्मै दत्त्वा स सत्कारं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । शालपुष्पमयीं दिव्यां बृसीं समुपकल्पयत् ॥

tasmai dattvā sa satkāraṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | śālapuṣpamayīṃ divyāṃ bṛsīṃ samupakalpayat

Having honoured him with the rite laid down, he prepared for him a divine seat of sala blossoms.

Verse 4 (12.169.4)

भगीरथरथाक्रान्तदेशान्गङ्गानिषेवितान् । ये चरन्ति महामीनास्तांश्च तस्यान्वकल्पयत् ॥

bhagīratharathākrāntadeśāngaṅgāniṣevitān | ye caranti mahāmīnāstāṃśca tasyānvakalpayat

He also provided for him the great fish that swim in the lands crossed by Bhagiratha's chariot and watered by the Ganga.

Verse 5 (12.169.5)

वह्निं चापि सुसंदीप्तं मीनांश्चापि सुपीवरान् । स गौतमायातिथये न्यवेदयत काश्यपिः ॥

vahniṃ cāpi susaṃdīptaṃ mīnāṃścāpi supīvarān | sa gautamāyātithaye nyavedayata kāśyapiḥ

The son of Kashyapa set before his guest Gautama a brightly kindled fire and plump fish.

Verse 6 (12.169.6)

भुक्तवन्तं च तं विप्रं प्रीतात्मानं महामनाः । श्रमापनयनार्थं स पक्षाभ्यामभ्यवीजयत् ॥

bhuktavantaṃ ca taṃ vipraṃ prītātmānaṃ mahāmanāḥ | śramāpanayanārthaṃ sa pakṣābhyāmabhyavījayat

When the brahmin had eaten and was content, the great-minded crane fanned him with his wings to take away his weariness.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads श्रमापनयनार्थं for the CE's klamāpanayanārthaṃ; kept as a variant.

Verse 7 (12.169.7)

ततो विश्रान्तमासीनं गोत्रवृत्तमपृच्छत । सोऽब्रवीद्गौतमोऽस्मीति ब्राह्मणोऽस्मीत्युदाहरत् ॥

tato viśrāntamāsīnaṃ gotravṛttamapṛcchata | so'bravīdgautamo'smīti brāhmaṇo'smītyudāharat

Then, as he sat rested, he asked about his family and manner of life. He said, 'I am Gautama,' and declared, 'I am a brahmin,' and said nothing more.

Note on the text: Corrected तनो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; न for त; the CE reads tato). Corrected ब्राह्मणोस्मीत्युदाहरत् → ब्राह्मणोऽस्मीत्युदाहरत् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Line 1 reads गोत्रवृत्तम् and line 2 ब्राह्मणोऽस्मीत्युदाहरत् against the CE's gotrapraśnam … brāhma nānyad udāharat; kept as variants.

Verse 8 (12.169.8)

तस्मै पर्णमयं दिव्यं दिव्यपुष्पाधिवासितम् । गन्धाढ्यं शयनं प्रादात्स शिश्ये तत्र वै सुखम् ॥

tasmai parṇamayaṃ divyaṃ divyapuṣpādhivāsitam | gandhāḍhyaṃ śayanaṃ prādātsa śiśye tatra vai sukham

He gave him a divine bed of leaves, scented with divine flowers and fragrant, and Gautama slept there in comfort.

Verse 9 (12.169.9)

अथोपविष्टं शयने गौतमं वाक्यवित्तमः । पप्रच्छ काश्यपिर्वाग्मी किमागमनमित्युत ॥

athopaviṣṭaṃ śayane gautamaṃ vākyavittamaḥ | papraccha kāśyapirvāgmī kimāgamanamityuta

As Gautama sat on the bed, the eloquent son of Kashyapa, the best of speakers, asked, 'What brings you here?'

Note on the text: Corrected अपोपविष्टं → अथोपविष्टं (misprint in Wikisource; अप for अथ; the CE reads athopaviṣṭaṃ). Line 2 reads किमागमनमित्युत for the CE's kim āgamanakāraṇam, and the page has काश्यपिः where the CE has kāśyapo; kept as variants.

Verse 10 (12.169.10)

ततोऽब्रवीद्गौतमस्तं दरिद्रोऽहं महामते । समुद्रगमनाकाङ्क्षी द्रव्यार्थमिति भारत ॥

tato'bravīdgautamastaṃ daridro'haṃ mahāmate | samudragamanākāṅkṣī dravyārthamiti bhārata

Then Gautama answered him, 'I am poor, wise one; I long to go to the sea for wealth,' he said, O Bharata.

Verse 11 (12.169.11)

तं काश्यपोऽब्रवीत्प्रीत्या नोत्कण्ठां कर्तुमर्हसि । कृतकार्यो द्विजश्रेष्ठ सद्रव्यो यास्यसे गृहान् ॥

taṃ kāśyapo'bravītprītyā notkaṇṭhāṃ kartumarhasi | kṛtakāryo dvijaśreṣṭha sadravyo yāsyase gṛhān

Kashyapa's son said to him warmly, 'You need not be anxious. You will succeed, best of brahmins, and go home rich.'

Verse 12 (12.169.12)

चतुर्विधा ह्यर्थगतिर्बृहस्पतिमतं यथा । मित्रं विद्या हिरण्यं च बुद्धिश्चेति बुधेप्सिता ॥

caturvidhā hyarthagatirbṛhaspatimataṃ yathā | mitraṃ vidyā hiraṇyaṃ ca buddhiśceti budhepsitā

'There are four ways to gain wealth, as Brihaspati's teaching has it: through a friend, through learning, through gold, and through intelligence; these are what the wise seek.

Note on the text: Line 2 (मित्रं विद्या हिरण्यं च बुद्धिश्चेति बुधेप्सिता) differs from CE 12.164.12c (pāraṃparyaṃ tathā daivaṃ karma mitram iti prabho); the page's note records चतुर्विधाह्यर्थसिद्धिर्बृहस्पतिमतं यथा । पारंपर्यं तथा दैवं काम्यं मैत्रमिति प्रभो as a manuscript variant. Kept as printed. Rajadharma's direct speech fills verses 12, 13, 15 and 16 whole, with no printed heading, so they are given to him.

Verse 13 (12.169.13)

प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि ते मित्रं सुहृत्त्वं च महत्तरम् । सोऽहं तथा यतिष्यामि भविष्यसि यथार्थवान् ॥

prādurbhūto'smi te mitraṃ suhṛttvaṃ ca mahattaram | so'haṃ tathā yatiṣyāmi bhaviṣyasi yathārthavān

I have come to you as a friend, and my goodwill toward you is great. I shall therefore act so that you become rich.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads महत्तरम् against the CE's … mama tvayi (suhṛttvaṃ ca mama tvayi); kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (12.169.14)

ततः प्रभातसमये सुखं पृष्ट्वाऽब्रवीदिदम् । गच्छ सौम्य पथाऽनेन कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि ॥

tataḥ prabhātasamaye sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā'bravīdidam | gaccha saumya pathā'nena kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi

Then at daybreak, having asked after his comfort, he said, 'Go, gentle one, by this path, and you will succeed in your aim.

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 is Rajadharma's speech; kept with the narrator.

Verse 15 (12.169.15)

इतस्त्रियोजनं गत्वा राक्षसाधिपतिर्महान् । विरूपाक्ष इति ख्यातः सखा मम महाबलः ॥

itastriyojanaṃ gatvā rākṣasādhipatirmahān | virūpākṣa iti khyātaḥ sakhā mama mahābalaḥ

Three yojanas from here lives a great lord of the Rakshasas, known as Virupaksha, a mighty friend of mine.

Verse 16 (12.169.16)

तं गच्छ द्विजमुख्य त्वं स मद्वाक्यप्रचोदितः । कामानभीप्सितांस्तुभ्यं दाता नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

taṃ gaccha dvijamukhya tvaṃ sa madvākyapracoditaḥ | kāmānabhīpsitāṃstubhyaṃ dātā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

Go to him, best of brahmins, sent on my word, and he will give you the wishes you desire; of this there is no doubt.'

Verse 17 (12.169.17)

इत्युक्तः प्रययौ राजन्गौतमो विगतक्लमः । फलान्यमृतकल्पानि भक्षयानो यथेष्टतः ॥

ityuktaḥ prayayau rājangautamo vigataklamaḥ | phalānyamṛtakalpāni bhakṣayāno yatheṣṭataḥ

So addressed, Gautama set out, O king, free of weariness, eating fruits like nectar to his heart's content.

Verse 18 (12.169.18)

चन्दनागुरुमुख्यानि पत्रत्वचवनानि च । तस्मिन्पथि महाराज सेवमानो द्रुतं ययौ ॥

candanāgurumukhyāni patratvacavanāni ca | tasminpathi mahārāja sevamāno drutaṃ yayau

Along that road, great king, he went quickly on, passing groves of the finest sandal and aloe, and woods of leaf and bark, and enjoying them.

Verse 19 (12.169.19)

ततो मनुव्रजं नाम नगरं शैलतोरणम् । शैलप्राकारवप्रं च शैलयन्त्रार्गलं तथा ॥

tato manuvrajaṃ nāma nagaraṃ śailatoraṇam | śailaprākāravapraṃ ca śailayantrārgalaṃ tathā

Then he came to the city of Manuvraja, with gates of stone, its walls and ramparts of stone, and bars and engines of stone.

Note on the text: The page reads मनुव्रजम्, where the CE has meruvrajaṃ; the page's note records मरुव्रजम्, मरुद्रजम् and मेरुव्रजम् as manuscript variants. Kept as printed. The CE's star line 12.164.19d*0436_01 (nyavedayad dvārapālān vacanād rājadharmaṇaḥ) is not on the page.

Verse 20 (12.169.20)

विदितश्चाभवत्तस्य राक्षसेन्द्रस्य धीमतः । प्रहितः सुहृदा राजन्प्रीयमाणः प्रियातिथिः ॥

viditaścābhavattasya rākṣasendrasya dhīmataḥ | prahitaḥ suhṛdā rājanprīyamāṇaḥ priyātithiḥ

The wise lord of the Rakshasas learned of his coming: a dear guest sent by his friend was arriving, and in good spirits, O king.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्रीयमाणः for the CE's prīyatā vai; kept as a variant.

Verse 21 (12.169.21)

ततः स राक्षसेन्द्रः स्वान्प्रेष्यानाह युधिष्ठिर । गौतमो नगरद्वाराच्छीघ्रमानीयतामिति ॥

tataḥ sa rākṣasendraḥ svānpreṣyānāha yudhiṣṭhira | gautamo nagaradvārācchīghramānīyatāmiti

Then, Yudhishthira, the Rakshasa lord told his own servants, 'Bring Gautama quickly from the city gate.'

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 is the Rakshasa king's order; kept with the narrator.

Verse 22 (12.169.22)

तस्मात्पुरवरात्तूर्णं पुरुषाः श्वेतवेष्टनाः । गौतमेत्यभिभाषन्तः पुरद्वारमुपागमन् ॥

tasmātpuravarāttūrṇaṃ puruṣāḥ śvetaveṣṭanāḥ | gautametyabhibhāṣantaḥ puradvāramupāgaman

Then from that fine city men in white turbans came to the city gate, calling out, 'Gautama!'

Note on the text: The CE has tataḥ puravarāt tasmāt in line 1, the page tasmāt puravarāt tūrṇam; kept as a variant.

Verse 23 (12.169.23)

ते तमूचुर्महाराज राजप्रेष्यास्तदा द्विजम् । त्वरस्व तूर्णमागच्छ राजा त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छति ॥

te tamūcurmahārāja rājapreṣyāstadā dvijam | tvarasva tūrṇamāgaccha rājā tvāṃ draṣṭumicchati

Those servants of the king said to the brahmin, great king, 'Hurry, come quickly; the king wishes to see you.

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 is the messengers' speech; kept with the narrator. The CE's star passage 12.164.23b*0437_01-02 is not on the page.

Verse 24 (12.169.24)

राक्षसाधिपतिर्वीरो विरूपाक्ष इति श्रुतः । स त्वां त्वरति वै द्रष्टुं तत्क्षिप्रं संविधीयताम् ॥

rākṣasādhipatirvīro virūpākṣa iti śrutaḥ | sa tvāṃ tvarati vai draṣṭuṃ tatkṣipraṃ saṃvidhīyatām

The lord of the Rakshasas, the hero known as Virupaksha, is eager to see you. So make haste.'

Note on the text: Direct speech of the king's messengers continuing from verse 23, with no printed heading; given to them.

Verse 25 (12.169.25)

ततः स प्राद्रवद्विप्रो विस्मयाद्विगतक्लमः । गौतमः परमर्द्धिं तां पश्यन्परमविस्मितः ॥

tataḥ sa prādravadvipro vismayādvigataklamaḥ | gautamaḥ paramarddhiṃ tāṃ paśyanparamavismitaḥ

Then the brahmin ran forward in amazement, his weariness gone, Gautama gazing at the supreme splendour of that city, utterly astonished.

Note on the text: Corrected परमर्द्धि तां → परमर्द्धिं तां (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped from the accusative परमर्द्धिं). Line 2 reads परमर्द्धिं where the CE has nagararddhiṃ; kept as a variant.

Verse 26 (12.169.26)

तैरेव सहितो राज्ञो वेश्म तूर्णमुपाद्रवत् । दर्शनं राक्षसेन्द्रस्य काङ्क्षमाणो द्विजस्तदा ॥

taireva sahito rājño veśma tūrṇamupādravat | darśanaṃ rākṣasendrasya kāṅkṣamāṇo dvijastadā

With them he hurried to the king's palace, longing to see the lord of the Rakshasas.