The Ungrateful Gautama Is Cut Down

Verse 1 (12.171.1)

अथ तत्र महार्चिष्माननलो वातसारथिः । तस्याविदूरे रक्षार्थं खगेन्द्रेण कृतोऽभवत् ॥

atha tatra mahārciṣmānanalo vātasārathiḥ | tasyāvidūre rakṣārthaṃ khagendreṇa kṛto'bhavat

Now there, not far from them, the king of birds had set a great blazing fire, fanned by the wind, to keep guard.

Verse 2 (12.171.2)

स चापि पार्श्वे सुष्वाप विश्वस्तो बकराट् तदा । कृतघ्नस्तु स दुष्टात्मा तं जिघांसुरजागरीत् ॥

sa cāpi pārśve suṣvāpa viśvasto bakarāṭ tadā | kṛtaghnastu sa duṣṭātmā taṃ jighāṃsurajāgarīt

The king of the cranes, trusting him, lay down to sleep at his side; but the wicked ingrate, bent on killing him, stayed awake.

Verse 3 (12.171.3)

ततोऽलातेन दीप्तेन स सुप्तं निजघान तम् । निहत्य च मुदा युक्तः सोऽनुबन्धं न दृष्टवान् ॥

tato'lātena dīptena sa suptaṃ nijaghāna tam | nihatya ca mudā yuktaḥ so'nubandhaṃ na dṛṣṭavān

Then with a burning brand he struck down the sleeper, and having killed him he was glad, and gave no thought to the consequence.

Verse 4 (12.171.4)

स तं विपक्षरोमाणं कृत्वाऽग्नावपचत्तदा । तं गृहीत्वा सुवर्णं च ययौ द्रुततरं द्विजः ॥

sa taṃ vipakṣaromāṇaṃ kṛtvā'gnāvapacattadā | taṃ gṛhītvā suvarṇaṃ ca yayau drutataraṃ dvijaḥ

He singed off its feathers and cooked it in the fire, then took it, together with the gold, and the brahmin hurried away.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.166.4a, 12.166.4c. The CE's star lines 12.166.4b*0443_01-02 (pakvānnaṃ bhakṣayitvā ca …) are not on the page.

Verse 5 (12.171.5)

ततो दाक्षायणीपुत्रं नागतं तं तु भारत । विरूपाक्षश्चिन्तयन्वै हृदयेन विदूयता ॥

tato dākṣāyaṇīputraṃ nāgataṃ taṃ tu bhārata | virūpākṣaścintayanvai hṛdayena vidūyatā

Then, O Bharata, when Rajadharma, the son of Dakshayani, did not return, Virupaksha began to brood, his heart in pain.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick opening the verse and the quote mark and doubled daṇḍa closing it. Not in the CE's constituted text: both lines are the CE star passage 12.166.4d*0444_01-02 (tato dākṣāyaṇīputraṃ nāgataṃ taṃ tu bhārata / virūpākṣaś cintayan vai hṛdayena vidūyatā); the alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (12.171.6)

ततोऽन्यस्मिन्गते चाह्नि विरूपाक्षोऽब्रवीत्सुतम् । न प्रेक्षे राजधर्माणमद्य पुत्र खगोत्तमम् ॥

tato'nyasmingate cāhni virūpākṣo'bravītsutam | na prekṣe rājadharmāṇamadya putra khagottamam

The next day Virupaksha said to his son: "Son, today I do not see Rajadharma, the best of birds."

Verse 7 (12.171.7)

स पूर्वसन्ध्यां ब्रह्माणं वन्दितुं याति सर्वदा । मां चादृष्ट्वा कदाचित्स न गच्छति गृहं खगः ॥

sa pūrvasandhyāṃ brahmāṇaṃ vandituṃ yāti sarvadā | māṃ cādṛṣṭvā kadācitsa na gacchati gṛhaṃ khagaḥ

He always goes at first twilight to pay homage to Brahma, and that bird never goes home without having seen me.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Virupaksha: verses 7-11 are wholly his speech to his son, begun in the second line of verse 6; Wikisource prints no heading (the input carried भीष्म). Lines = CE 12.166.6a, 12.166.6c; the CE's star line 6b*0445_01 is not on the page.

Verse 8 (12.171.8)

द्विरात्रमुभयोः सन्ध्योर्नाभ्यगच्छन्ममालयम् । तस्मान्न शुद्ध्यते भावो मम स ज्ञायतां सुहृत् ॥

dvirātramubhayoḥ sandhyornābhyagacchanmamālayam | tasmānna śuddhyate bhāvo mama sa jñāyatāṃ suhṛt

For two days he has come to my house at neither twilight, so my mind is not at ease. Let that friend be looked for.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Virupaksha (see verse 7). Lines = CE 12.166.7a, 12.166.7c in the page's own wording (CE ubhe dvirātraṃ saṃdhye vai nābhyagāt sa mamālayam for the first line).

Verse 9 (12.171.9)

स्वाध्यायेन वियुक्तो हि ब्रह्मवर्चसवर्जितः । स गतस्तत्र मे शङ्का हन्यात्तं स द्विजाधमः ॥

svādhyāyena viyukto hi brahmavarcasavarjitaḥ | sa gatastatra me śaṅkā hanyāttaṃ sa dvijādhamaḥ

That man is cut off from the study of the Veda and bereft of a brahmin's radiance. He has gone to that place, and I fear that the vilest of brahmins may have killed him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Virupaksha (see verse 7). Lines = CE 12.166.8a, 12.166.8c (स गतस्तत्र for CE taṃ gatas tatra).

Verse 10 (12.171.10)

दुराचारः स दुर्बुद्धिरिङ्गितैर्लक्षितो मया । निष्कृपो दारुणाकारो दुष्टो दस्युरिवाधमः । गौतमः स गतस्तत्र तेनोद्विग्नं मनो मम ॥

durācāraḥ sa durbuddhiriṅgitairlakṣito mayā | niṣkṛpo dāruṇākāro duṣṭo dasyurivādhamaḥ | gautamaḥ sa gatastatra tenodvignaṃ mano mama

I have read him by his signs: ill-conducted, evil-minded, pitiless, grim in look, wicked, like a base bandit. That Gautama went there, and so my mind is troubled.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Virupaksha (see verse 7). Three lines: line 1 = CE 12.166.9a; line 2 is the page's variant of CE 12.166.9c (niṣkriyo dāruṇākāraḥ kṛṣṇo dasyur ivādhamaḥ); line 3 = CE 12.166.10a.

Verse 11 (12.171.11)

पुत्र शीघ्रमितो गत्वा राजधर्मनिवेशनम् । ज्ञायतां स विशुद्धात्मा यदि जीवति वा चिरम् ॥

putra śīghramito gatvā rājadharmaniveśanam | jñāyatāṃ sa viśuddhātmā yadi jīvati vā ciram

Son, go quickly from here to Rajadharma's house and find out whether that pure-souled one is still alive.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Virupaksha (see verse 7). Lines = CE 12.166.10c, 12.166.10e (page: यदि जीवति वा चिरम्, CE yadi jīvati māciram).

Verse 12 (12.171.12)

स एवमुक्तस्त्वरितो रक्षोभिः सहितो ययौ । न्यग्रोधे राजधर्माणमपश्यन्निहतं ततः ॥

sa evamuktastvarito rakṣobhiḥ sahito yayau | nyagrodhe rājadharmāṇamapaśyannihataṃ tataḥ

So instructed, he set out in haste with some Rakshasas, and there under the banyan tree he saw Rajadharma lying dead.

Note on the text: Removed a stray asterisk before न्यग्रोधे (a footnote mark on the page). Line 1 = CE 12.166.11a; line 2 is the CE star line 12.166.25d*0446_01 (nyagrodhe rājadharmāṇam apaśyan nihataṃ tataḥ). From here to the end of the adhyaya the page follows the star passage 12.166.25d*0446 (31 lines, printed in the CE apparatus after 12.166.25), not the CE's constituted text, which Wikisource prints only in the variant table after the colophon.

Verse 13 (12.171.13)

रुदित्वा बहुशस्तस्मै विलप्य च स राक्षसः । गतो रोषसमाविष्टो गौतमग्रहणाय वै ॥

ruditvā bahuśastasmai vilapya ca sa rākṣasaḥ | gato roṣasamāviṣṭo gautamagrahaṇāya vai

After weeping long and lamenting over him, that Rakshasa went off, filled with rage, to seize Gautama.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_02-03.

Verse 14 (12.171.14)

गृहीतो गौतमः पापो रक्षोभिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितैः । राजधर्मशरीरस्य कङ्कालश्चाप्यथो धृतः ॥

gṛhīto gautamaḥ pāpo rakṣobhiḥ krodhamūrcchitaiḥ | rājadharmaśarīrasya kaṅkālaścāpyatho dhṛtaḥ

The sinful Gautama was seized by the Rakshasas, who were numb with anger, and Rajadharma's skeleton was taken up as well.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_04-05.

Verse 15 (12.171.15)

मनुव्रजं तु नगरं यातुधानास्ततो गताः । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा घोरा गौतमस्य वधे धृताः ॥

manuvrajaṃ tu nagaraṃ yātudhānāstato gatāḥ | krodharaktekṣaṇā ghorā gautamasya vadhe dhṛtāḥ

Then the Yatudhanas went to the city of Manuvraja, fearsome, red-eyed with fury, set on the killing of Gautama.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_06-07 (the CE has merupṛṣṭhe ca nagaraṃ for Wikisource's मनुव्रजं तु नगरं; the place-name मनुव्रज is kept as the page's reading, a recension variant — the same page's variant table and CE 12.166.14 have मेरुव्रज / meruvraja).

Verse 16 (12.171.16)

पार्थिवस्याग्रतो न्यस्तः कङ्कालो राजधर्मणः । तं दृष्ट्वा विमना राजा सामात्यः सगणोऽभवत् ॥

pārthivasyāgrato nyastaḥ kaṅkālo rājadharmaṇaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vimanā rājā sāmātyaḥ sagaṇo'bhavat

Rajadharma's skeleton was laid before the king, and seeing it the king, with his ministers and his following, was downcast.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थिवस्वाग्रतो → पार्थिवस्याग्रतो (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for स्य; CE star reads pārthivasyāgrato). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_08-09.

Verse 17 (12.171.17)

आर्तरावो महानासीद्गृहे तस्य महात्मनः । समुत्थितः स्त्रीसङ्घस्य निहते काश्यपात्मजे ॥

ārtarāvo mahānāsīdgṛhe tasya mahātmanaḥ | samutthitaḥ strīsaṅghasya nihate kāśyapātmaje

A great cry of grief rose in the great-souled king's house, from the crowd of women, when Kashyapa's son was found slain.

Note on the text: Corrected स्रीसङ्घस्य → स्त्रीसङ्घस्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE star reads strīsaṃghasya). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_10-11.

Verse 18 (12.171.18)

राजा चैवाब्रवीत्पुत्रं पापोऽयं वध्यतामिति ॥

rājā caivābravītputraṃ pāpo'yaṃ vadhyatāmiti

And the king said to his son: "Let this sinner be put to death."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: the line is the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_12 (rājā caivābravīt putraṃ pāpo 'yaṃ vadhyatām iti).

Verse 19 (12.171.19)

अस्य मांसं वयं सर्वे खादिष्यामः समागताः । पापकृत्पापकर्मा च पापात्मा पापमास्थितः । हन्तव्य एव पापात्मा कृतघ्नो नात्र संशयः ॥

asya māṃsaṃ vayaṃ sarve khādiṣyāmaḥ samāgatāḥ | pāpakṛtpāpakarmā ca pāpātmā pāpamāsthitaḥ | hantavya eva pāpātmā kṛtaghno nātra saṃśayaḥ

"We shall all gather and eat his flesh. He does sin, his acts are sinful, his soul is sinful, he is fixed in sin. This sinner must certainly be killed; he is an ingrate, there is no doubt of it."

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed on the page as “राक्षमा ऊचुः” (misprint for राक्षसा ऊचुः); spelled राक्षसा and made the speaker (speaker: राक्षस). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines 1-2 = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_13-14 (CE heads them rākṣasā ūcuḥ); line 3 = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_15 (hantavya eva pāpātmā kṛtaghno nātra saṃśayaḥ), which the CE prints after the heading virūpākṣa uvāca; the page's own heading for Virupaksha follows this verse, so the third line stays with the Rakshasas, as printed.

Verse 20 (12.171.20)

कृतघ्नं पापकर्माणं न भक्षयितुमुत्सहे । दासेभ्यो दीयतामेष मित्रध्रुक्पुरुषाधमः ॥

kṛtaghnaṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ na bhakṣayitumutsahe | dāsebhyo dīyatāmeṣa mitradhrukpuruṣādhamaḥ

"I cannot bring myself to eat an ingrate of evil deeds. Let him be given to the servants, this betrayer of a friend, this lowest of men."

Note on the text: Corrected पापकर्माणां → पापकर्माणं (misprint in Wikisource; genitive plural where the sense needs the accusative singular agreeing with कृतघ्नं; CE star reads pāpakarmāṇaṃ), दीयतामेप → दीयतामेष and पुरुपाधमः → पुरुषाधमः (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष; CE eṣa, puruṣādhamaḥ). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_16-17.

Verse 21 (12.171.21)

दासाः सर्वे समाहूता यातुधानास्तथा परे । नेच्छन्ति स्म कृतघ्नं तं खादितुं पुरुषोत्तम ॥

dāsāḥ sarve samāhūtā yātudhānāstathā pare | necchanti sma kṛtaghnaṃ taṃ khādituṃ puruṣottama

All the servants were called together, and the other Yatudhanas too, O best of men, but they did not want to eat that ingrate.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_18-19.

Verse 22 (12.171.22)

शिरोभिश्चागता भूमिं महाराज ततो बलात् । मानार्थं जातु निर्बन्धं किल्विषं दातुमर्हसि ॥

śirobhiścāgatā bhūmiṃ mahārāja tato balāt | mānārthaṃ jātu nirbandhaṃ kilviṣaṃ dātumarhasi

Then, O great king, they bowed their heads to the ground and pleaded earnestly: "For honour's sake, do not ever insist on this; you ought not to lay this guilt upon us."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_20-21 (line 2, CE mā nārthaṃ jātanirbandhaṃ kilbiṣaṃ dātum arhasi, is obscure in both texts; the page's reading is kept).

Verse 23 (12.171.23)

यातुधाना नृपेणोक्ताः पापकर्मा विशस्यताम् । दह्यतां त्यज्यतां वाऽयं दर्शनादपनीयताम् ॥

yātudhānā nṛpeṇoktāḥ pāpakarmā viśasyatām | dahyatāṃ tyajyatāṃ vā'yaṃ darśanādapanīyatām

The king ordered the Yatudhanas: "Let this evildoer be cut up; burn him, or cast him away, or take him out of my sight."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_22-23 (line 2 begins दह्यतां त्यज्यतां; CE bhakṣyatāṃ tyajyatāṃ and darśanān me 'panīyatām are variant readings).

Verse 24 (12.171.24)

ततस्ते रुषिता दासाः शूलपट्टसपाणयः । खण्डशो विकृतं हत्वा क्रव्याद्भ्यो ह्यददुस्तदा ॥

tataste ruṣitā dāsāḥ śūlapaṭṭasapāṇayaḥ | khaṇḍaśo vikṛtaṃ hatvā kravyādbhyo hyadadustadā

Then the enraged servants, with spears and pattishas in their hands, cut the mangled man to pieces and threw the pieces to the carrion-eaters.

Note on the text: Corrected रुपिता → रुषिता (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE star reads ruṣitā). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_24-25.

Verse 25 (12.171.25)

क्रव्यादास्त्वपि राजेन्द्र नेच्छन्ति पिशिताशनाः । मृतानपि हि क्रव्यादाः कृतघ्नान्नोपभुञ्जते ॥

kravyādāstvapi rājendra necchanti piśitāśanāḥ | mṛtānapi hi kravyādāḥ kṛtaghnānnopabhuñjate

But even the carrion-eaters, O king of kings, flesh-devourers though they are, did not want him; carrion-eaters will not feed even on dead ingrates.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_26-27.

Verse 26 (12.171.26)

ब्रह्मस्वहरणे चोरे ब्रह्मघ्ने गुरुतल्पगे । निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥

brahmasvaharaṇe core brahmaghne gurutalpage | niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

For one who steals a brahmin's property, for a thief, a slayer of a brahmin, one who defiles his teacher's bed, the good have prescribed atonement; for an ingrate there is none.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_28-29.

Verse 27 (12.171.27)

मित्रद्रुहं कृतघ्नं च नृशंसं च नराधमम् । क्रव्यादाः किमयश्चैव नोपभुञ्जन्ति वै सदा ॥

mitradruhaṃ kṛtaghnaṃ ca nṛśaṃsaṃ ca narādhamam | kravyādāḥ kimayaścaiva nopabhuñjanti vai sadā

A betrayer of friends, an ingrate, a cruel man, the lowest of men: carrion-eaters and worms never feed on such a one.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.166.25d*0446_30-31. The page ends here with its colophon (12-171, एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः).