Rajadharma Restored to Life

Verse 1 (12.172.1)

विद्वान्संस्कारयामास पार्थिवो राजधर्मणः । गन्धैर्बहुभिरव्यग्रो दाहयामास पूजितम् ॥

vidvānsaṃskārayāmāsa pārthivo rājadharmaṇaḥ | gandhairbahubhiravyagro dāhayāmāsa pūjitam

The wise king had the funeral rites of Rajadharma performed, and, undisturbed, he had the honoured bird burned with many perfumes.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_01-02 (the CE prints the heading bhīṣma uvāca at *0449_00, as the page does at 12-172-1x); the alignment found no match. Wikisource's whole adhyaya 172 is this star passage (CE 12.167.21f*0449, 43 lines, printed in the apparatus after 12.167.21) with a few lines of 12.167.22-24 at the end; it is a stray copy of no other adhyaya.

Verse 2 (12.172.2)

तस्य देवस्य वचनादिन्द्रस्य बकराडिह । तेनैवामृतसिक्तश्च पुनः संजीवितो बकः ॥

tasya devasya vacanādindrasya bakarāḍiha | tenaivāmṛtasiktaśca punaḥ saṃjīvito bakaḥ

By the word of the god Indra, the king of the cranes was sprinkled with that same nectar and brought to life again.

Note on the text: Corrected सिक्ताश्च → सिक्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray ा, a plural form that cannot agree with बकः; CE star and the page's own variant table read siktaś ca). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_03-04.

Verse 3 (12.172.3)

राजधर्माऽपि तं प्राह सहस्राक्षमरिंदमम् । गौतमो ब्राह्मणः क्वाऽसौ मुच्यतां मत्प्रियः सखा ॥

rājadharmā'pi taṃ prāha sahasrākṣamariṃdamam | gautamo brāhmaṇaḥ kvā'sau mucyatāṃ matpriyaḥ sakhā

Rajadharma then said to the thousand-eyed subduer of foes: "Where is the brahmin Gautama? Let him be set free; he is my dear friend."

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_05-06.

Verse 4 (12.172.4)

तस्य वाक्यं समाज्ञाय कौशिकः सुरसत्तमः । गौतमं ह्यभ्यनुज्ञाप्य प्रीतोऽथ गमनोत्सुकः ॥

tasya vākyaṃ samājñāya kauśikaḥ surasattamaḥ | gautamaṃ hyabhyanujñāpya prīto'tha gamanotsukaḥ

Taking in his words, Kaushika, best of the gods, released Gautama and, pleased and eager to depart,

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_07-08 (the page repeats the heading भीष्म उवाच before this verse; the CE has none).

Verse 5 (12.172.5)

प्रतीतः स गतः सौम्यो राजधर्मा स्वमालयम् । नृशंसो गौतमो मुक्तो मित्रध्रुक्पुरुषाधमः ॥

pratītaḥ sa gataḥ saumyo rājadharmā svamālayam | nṛśaṃso gautamo mukto mitradhrukpuruṣādhamaḥ

the gentle Rajadharma, content, went to his own home; and the cruel Gautama, freed, that betrayer of a friend, the lowest of men,

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_09-10.

Verse 6 (12.172.6)

सभाण्डोपस्करो यातः स तदा शबरालयम् । तत्रासौ शबरी देहे प्रसूतो निरयोपमे ॥

sabhāṇḍopaskaro yātaḥ sa tadā śabarālayam | tatrāsau śabarī dehe prasūto nirayopame

went with his goods and baggage to the Shabara village, and there, in the body of a Shabara woman, a hell-like womb, he begot children.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_11-12.

Verse 7 (12.172.7)

एष शापो महांस्तत्र मुक्तः सुरगणैस्तदा ॥

eṣa śāpo mahāṃstatra muktaḥ suragaṇaistadā

That was the great curse pronounced upon him there by the host of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: the line is the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_13.

Verse 8 (12.172.8)

दग्धे राक्षसराजेन खगराजे प्रतापिना । चितायाः पार्श्वतो दोग्ध्री सुरभिर्जीवयच्च तम् ॥

dagdhe rākṣasarājena khagarāje pratāpinā | citāyāḥ pārśvato dogdhrī surabhirjīvayacca tam

When the mighty king of the Rakshasas had burned the king of birds, Surabhi, the cow, stood by the pyre and revived him.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_14-15.

Verse 9 (12.172.9)

तस्या वक्राच्च्युतः फेनो दुग्धमात्रस्तदाऽनघ । समीरणाहृतो यातश्चितां तां राजधर्मणः ॥

tasyā vakrāccyutaḥ pheno dugdhamātrastadā'nagha | samīraṇāhṛto yātaścitāṃ tāṃ rājadharmaṇaḥ

Froth, nothing but milk, fell from her mouth, O sinless one, and, carried by the wind, reached Rajadharma's pyre.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_16-17.

Verse 10 (12.172.10)

देवराजस्ततः प्राप्तो विरूपाक्षपुरं तदा । विरूपाक्षोऽपि तं शक्रमयाचत पुनः पुनः । काश्यपस्य सुतो देव भ्राता मे जीवतामिति ॥

devarājastataḥ prāpto virūpākṣapuraṃ tadā | virūpākṣo'pi taṃ śakramayācata punaḥ punaḥ | kāśyapasya suto deva bhrātā me jīvatāmiti

Then the king of the gods came to the city of Virupaksha, and Virupaksha begged him again and again: "O god, let my brother, Kashyapa's son, live!"

Note on the text: Corrected काश्यपश्य → काश्यपस्य (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; CE star reads kāśyapasya). Not in the CE's constituted text: three lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_18, 19, 20 (line 2 is the page's variant of _19, virūpākṣo 'pi taṃ prāptaṃ devarājaṃ samāgamat).

Verse 11 (12.172.11)

विरूपाक्षमुवाचेदमीश्वरः पाकशासनः । ब्रह्मणा व्याहृतो रोषाद्राजधर्मा कदाचन ॥

virūpākṣamuvācedamīśvaraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | brahmaṇā vyāhṛto roṣādrājadharmā kadācana

Then Indra, the lord, the punisher of Paka, said to Virupaksha: "Once, in anger, Brahma spoke to Rajadharma:

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: line 2 = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_22; line 1 is the page's variant of _21 (kauśikas tv abravīt sarvaṃ prīyamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ).

Verse 12 (12.172.12)

यस्मात्त्वं नागतो द्रष्टुं मम नित्यमिमां सभाम् । तस्माद्बको भवान्भावी धर्मशीलः परात्मवित् ॥

yasmāttvaṃ nāgato draṣṭuṃ mama nityamimāṃ sabhām | tasmādbako bhavānbhāvī dharmaśīlaḥ parātmavit

'Because you have not come to see me in this assembly of mine as you always did, therefore you shall be a crane, righteous in habit and a knower of the highest self.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra: verses 12-14 are his speech to Virupaksha, begun in verse 11 and reporting Brahma's curse; Wikisource prints no heading (the input carried भीष्म). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_23-24 (पुराणवित् in the CE; the page has परात्मवित्).

Verse 13 (12.172.13)

आगमिष्यति ते वासं कदाचित्पापकर्मकृत् । शबरावासगो विप्रः कृतघ्नो वृषलीपतिः ॥

āgamiṣyati te vāsaṃ kadācitpāpakarmakṛt | śabarāvāsago vipraḥ kṛtaghno vṛṣalīpatiḥ

One day a sinner will come to your dwelling, a brahmin living in a Shabara settlement, an ingrate, husband of a low-caste woman.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra (see verse 12). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_25-26.

Verse 14 (12.172.14)

यदा निहन्ता मोक्षस्ते तदा भावीत्युवाच तम् । तस्मादेष गतो लोकं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः ॥

yadā nihantā mokṣaste tadā bhāvītyuvāca tam | tasmādeṣa gato lokaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

When he kills you, then will be your release.' So Brahma told him, and for this reason he went to the world of Brahma, the supreme lord."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra (see verse 12). Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_27-28.

Verse 15 (12.172.15)

स चापि निरयं प्राप्तो दुष्कृतिः कुलपांसनः ॥

sa cāpi nirayaṃ prāpto duṣkṛtiḥ kulapāṃsanaḥ

And that wretch, doer of evil, disgrace of his family, went to hell.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: the line is the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_29. The page prints the heading भीष्म उवाच before it (12-172-15x); the CE has none here.

Verse 16 (12.172.16)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा सभामध्ये तद्वाक्यं नारदेरितम् । मयाऽपि तव राजेन्द्र यथावदनुवर्णितम् ॥

etacchrutvā sabhāmadhye tadvākyaṃ nāraderitam | mayā'pi tava rājendra yathāvadanuvarṇitam

Having heard those words spoken by Narada in the midst of the assembly, O king of kings, I too have told them to you just as they were.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_30-31.

Verse 17 (12.172.17)

ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चोरे भ्रष्टव्रते तथा । निष्कृतिर्विहिता राजन्कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥

brahmaghne ca surāpe ca core bhraṣṭavrate tathā | niṣkṛtirvihitā rājankṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

For one who kills a brahmin, drinks liquor, steals, or breaks his vow, O king, atonement is laid down; for an ingrate there is none.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_32-33 (भ्रष्टव्रते; the CE's constituted text 12.166.24 has the variant bhagnavrate, which the alignment matched at 0.96).

Verse 18 (12.172.18)

कुतः कृतघ्नस्य यशः कुतः स्थानं कुतः सुखम् । अश्रद्धेयः कृतघ्नो हि कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥

kutaḥ kṛtaghnasya yaśaḥ kutaḥ sthānaṃ kutaḥ sukham | aśraddheyaḥ kṛtaghno hi kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

Where is fame for an ingrate, where a place, where happiness? An ingrate cannot be trusted, and for an ingrate there is no atonement.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.167.19a, 12.167.19c; the same two lines also stand in the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_34-35, the passage this adhyaya follows.

Verse 19 (12.172.19)

मित्रद्रोहो न कर्तव्यः पुरुषेण विशेषतः । मित्रध्रुङ्निरयं घोरं नरकं प्रतिपद्यते ॥

mitradroho na kartavyaḥ puruṣeṇa viśeṣataḥ | mitradhruṅnirayaṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ pratipadyate

One must never betray a friend, above all; a betrayer of friends falls into the dreadful hell, a terrible pit.

Note on the text: Corrected मित्रध्रुङ्गिरयं → मित्रध्रुङ्निरयं (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; CE nirayam). Line 1 = CE 12.167.20a; line 2 = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_37 (mitradhruṅ nirayaṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ pratipadyate), where CE 12.167.20c has ghoram anantaṃ.

Verse 20 (12.172.20)

कृतज्ञमनसा भाव्यं मित्रभावेन चानघ । मित्रात्प्रभवते सर्वं मित्रं धन्यतरं स्मृतम् ॥

kṛtajñamanasā bhāvyaṃ mitrabhāvena cānagha | mitrātprabhavate sarvaṃ mitraṃ dhanyataraṃ smṛtam

One should be grateful in mind and friendly in disposition, O sinless one; everything comes from a friend, and a friend is called the most blessed of things.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_38-39.

Verse 21 (12.172.21)

अर्थाद्वा मित्रलाभाद्वा मित्रलाभो विशिष्यते । सुलभा मित्रतोऽर्थास्तु मित्रेण यतितुं क्षमम् ॥

arthādvā mitralābhādvā mitralābho viśiṣyate | sulabhā mitrato'rthāstu mitreṇa yatituṃ kṣamam

Of wealth and the gain of a friend, the gain of a friend is the better; wealth is easily had through a friend, and with a friend one is able to strive.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_40-41.

Verse 22 (12.172.22)

मित्रं चाभिमतं स्निग्धं फलं चापि सतां फलम् । सत्कारैः स्वजनोपेतः पूजयेत विचक्षणः ॥

mitraṃ cābhimataṃ snigdhaṃ phalaṃ cāpi satāṃ phalam | satkāraiḥ svajanopetaḥ pūjayeta vicakṣaṇaḥ

A cherished, affectionate friend is the fruit, indeed the fruit of the good; the wise man, together with his kinsmen, should honour him with hospitality.

Note on the text: Not in the CE's constituted text: lines = the CE star passage 12.167.21f*0449_42-43.

Verse 23 (12.172.23)

परित्याज्यो बुधैः पापः कदर्यः कुलपांसनः । मित्रद्रोही कुलाङ्गारः पापकर्मा कुलाधमः ॥

parityājyo budhaiḥ pāpaḥ kadaryaḥ kulapāṃsanaḥ | mitradrohī kulāṅgāraḥ pāpakarmā kulādhamaḥ

The wise should shun the sinner, the miser, the disgrace of his family; a betrayer of friends is the firebrand of his house, an evildoer, the lowest of his line.

Note on the text: Reworded parallel of CE 12.167.22 (parityājyo budhaiḥ pāpaḥ kṛtaghno nirapatrapaḥ / mitradrohī kulāṅgāraḥ pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ): the page has कदर्यः कुलपांसनः for कृतघ्नो निरपत्रपः in line 1 and कुलाधमः for नराधमः in line 2 (recension variants).

Verse 24 (12.172.24)

एषा सज्जनसांनिध्ये प्रज्ञा प्रोक्ता मयाऽनघ । मित्रदुहि कृतघ्ने च किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

eṣā sajjanasāṃnidhye prajñā proktā mayā'nagha | mitraduhi kṛtaghne ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

This is the wisdom I have spoken to you, O sinless one, in the company of good men, concerning the betrayer of friends and the ingrate. What more do you wish to hear?

Note on the text: Reworded parallel of CE 12.167.23 (eṣa dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha proktaḥ pāpo mayā tava / mitradrohī kṛtaghno vai kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi); the page's wording differs in both lines (recension variant); the sense and the closing question are the same. The alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (12.172.25)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं भीष्मेणोक्तं महात्मना । युधिष्ठिरः प्रीतमना बभूव जनमेजय ॥

etacchrutvā tato vākyaṃ bhīṣmeṇoktaṃ mahātmanā | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prītamanā babhūva janamejaya

Hearing these words spoken by the great-souled Bhishma, Yudhishthira was glad at heart, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Speaker spelled वैशम्पायन (the page's heading reads वैशंपायन उवाच). Lines = CE 12.167.24a, 12.167.24c. The page's colophon follows (12-172, द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः); nothing is printed after it.