Nibandhana's Parable and Narada's Vision of Vishnu

Verse 1 (12.205.1)

पितामह महाप्राज्ञ दुःखशोकसमाकुले । संसारचक्रे लोकानां निर्वेदो नास्ति किंन्विदम् ॥

pitāmaha mahāprājña duḥkhaśokasamākule | saṃsāracakre lokānāṃ nirvedo nāsti kiṃnvidam

O grandsire of great wisdom, in this wheel of worldly existence, crowded with suffering and grief, people feel no revulsion from it. Why can this be?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0001–0002 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0001–0002). Speaker supplied: the page prints no heading before this question (the next verse is headed Bhishma); the critical edition has "yudhiṣṭhira uvāca" here.

Verse 2 (12.205.2)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । निबन्धनस्य संवादं भोगवत्या नृपोत्तम ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | nibandhanasya saṃvādaṃ bhogavatyā nṛpottama

On this subject they recount an ancient tale, O best of kings: the conversation of Nibandhana with Bhogavati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0003–0004 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0003–0004).

Verse 3 (12.205.3)

मुनिं निबन्धनं शुष्कं धमनीयाकृतिं तथा । निरारम्भं निरालम्बमसज्जन्तं च कर्मणि । पुत्रं दृष्ट्वाऽप्युवाचार्तं माता भोगवती तदा ॥

muniṃ nibandhanaṃ śuṣkaṃ dhamanīyākṛtiṃ tathā | nirārambhaṃ nirālambamasajjantaṃ ca karmaṇi | putraṃ dṛṣṭvā'pyuvācārtaṃ mātā bhogavatī tadā

Seeing her son, the sage Nibandhana, withered and thin as a bundle of veins, without any undertaking, without any support, and unattached to action, his mother Bhogavati then spoke to him in distress.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0005–0007 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0005–0007).

Verse 4 (12.205.4)

उत्तिष्ठ मूढ किं शेषे निरपेक्षः सुहृज्जनैः । निरालम्बो धनोपाये पैतृकं तव किं धनम् ॥

uttiṣṭha mūḍha kiṃ śeṣe nirapekṣaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ | nirālambo dhanopāye paitṛkaṃ tava kiṃ dhanam

Get up, foolish one! Why do you lie there, indifferent to your friends and kin, with no support in the earning of wealth? What is your inherited wealth?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0008–0009 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0008–0009). Speaker changed from Bhishma (carried over from the heading) to Bhogavati: it is the mother's address to her son; the next verse is headed Nibandhana.

Verse 5 (12.205.5)

पैतृकं मे महन्मातः सर्वदुःखालयं त्विह । अस्त्येतत्तद्विघाताय यतिष्ये तत्र मा शुचः ॥

paitṛkaṃ me mahanmātaḥ sarvaduḥkhālayaṃ tviha | astyetattadvighātāya yatiṣye tatra mā śucaḥ

Mother, my inheritance is great, and it is the abode of every sorrow in this world. That inheritance exists, and I shall strive to destroy it; do not grieve over it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0010–0011 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0010–0011). Corrected तद्विधाताय → तद्विघाताय (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ — the critical edition reads tadvighātāya, "to destroy it").

Verse 6 (12.205.6)

इदं शरीरमत्युग्रं पित्रा दत्तमसंशयम् । तमेव पितरं गत्वा धनं तिष्ठति शाश्वतम् ॥

idaṃ śarīramatyugraṃ pitrā dattamasaṃśayam | tameva pitaraṃ gatvā dhanaṃ tiṣṭhati śāśvatam

This body, so terrible, was surely given to me by my father; but by going to that very Father the wealth that abides is eternal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0012–0013 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0012–0013).

Verse 7 (12.205.7)

कश्चिन्महति संसारे वर्तमानो धनेच्छया । वनदुर्गमभिप्राप्तो महत्क्रव्यादसङ्कुलम् ॥

kaścinmahati saṃsāre vartamāno dhanecchayā | vanadurgamabhiprāpto mahatkravyādasaṅkulam

Some man, living in this great round of worldly existence in the desire for wealth, came to a forest hard to pass, full of great beasts of prey.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0014–0015 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0014–0015). Restored the syllables Wikisource prints as dashes ("वर्तमान---", "महत्क्रव्या-----") from the critical edition: वर्तमानो धनेच्छया, क्रव्यादसङ्कुलम्. Corrected वनदुगम् → वनदुर्गम् (misprint; dropped र्).

Verse 8 (12.205.8)

सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकारैरतिघोरैर्महाशनैः । समन्तात्सुपरिक्षिप्तं स दृष्ट्वा व्यथते पुमान् ॥

siṃhavyāghragajākārairatighorairmahāśanaiḥ | samantātsuparikṣiptaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā vyathate pumān

Surrounded on every side by dreadful great devourers shaped like lions, tigers and elephants, the man was tormented at the sight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0016–0017 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0016–0017). Restored the syllables Wikisource prints as dashes ("महा-----") from the critical edition: महाशनैः.

Verse 9 (12.205.9)

स तद्वनं ह्यनुचरन्विप्रधावन्नितस्ततः । वीक्षमाणो दिशः सर्वाः शरणार्थं प्रधावति ॥

sa tadvanaṃ hyanucaranvipradhāvannitastataḥ | vīkṣamāṇo diśaḥ sarvāḥ śaraṇārthaṃ pradhāvati

Wandering through that forest and running hither and thither, looking in every direction, he ran in search of shelter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0018–0019 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0018–0019).

Verse 10 (12.205.10)

अथापश्यद्वनं रूढं समन्ताद्वागुरावृतम् । वनमध्ये च तत्रासीदुदपानः समावृतः ॥

athāpaśyadvanaṃ rūḍhaṃ samantādvāgurāvṛtam | vanamadhye ca tatrāsīdudapānaḥ samāvṛtaḥ

Then he saw a grown-over thicket, hemmed in all round with snares; and in the midst of the forest there was a well, covered over.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0020–0021 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0020–0021).

Verse 11 (12.205.11)

वल्लिभिस्तृणसंछिन्नैर्गूढाभिरभिसंवृतः । स पपात द्विजस्तत्र विजने सलिलाशये ॥

vallibhistṛṇasaṃchinnairgūḍhābhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ | sa papāta dvijastatra vijane salilāśaye

Covered with creepers hidden under cut grass, it was a lonely pit of water; and that Brahmin fell into it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0022–0023 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0022–0023).

Verse 12 (12.205.12)

विलग्नश्चाभवत्तस्मिँल्लतासन्तानसङ्कुले । बाहुभ्यां संपरिष्वक्तस्तया परमसत्वया ॥

vilagnaścābhavattasmim̐llatāsantānasaṅkule | bāhubhyāṃ saṃpariṣvaktastayā paramasatvayā

He stuck fast there, in a tangle of vines, embraced about by the arms of a creeper of great strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0024–0025 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0024–0025).

Verse 13 (12.205.13)

स तथा लम्बते तत्र ऊर्ध्वपादो ह्यधश्शिराः । अधस्तत्रैव जातश्च जम्बूवृक्षः सुदुस्तरः ॥

sa tathā lambate tatra ūrdhvapādo hyadhaśśirāḥ | adhastatraiva jātaśca jambūvṛkṣaḥ sudustaraḥ

So he hangs there with his feet up and his head down; and below him, in that very place, there grew a rose-apple tree, hard to cross.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0026–0027 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0026–0027).

Verse 14 (12.205.14)

कूपस्य तस्य वेलाया अपश्यत्सुमहाफलम् । वृक्षं बहुविधं व्योमवल्लीपुष्पसमाकुलम् ॥

kūpasya tasya velāyā apaśyatsumahāphalam | vṛkṣaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vyomavallīpuṣpasamākulam

At the edge of that well he saw a tree bearing great fruit, of many kinds, crowded with flowers and with climbers reaching the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0028–0029 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0028–0029). Corrected व्योमं वल्ली → व्योमवल्ली (misprint/stray anusvara and space; the critical edition reads vyomavallī-, a compound).

Verse 15 (12.205.15)

नानारूपा मधुकरास्तस्मिन्वृक्षेऽभवन्किल । तेषां मधूनां बहुधा धारा प्रववृते तदा ॥

nānārūpā madhukarāstasminvṛkṣe'bhavankila | teṣāṃ madhūnāṃ bahudhā dhārā pravavṛte tadā

In that tree, it is said, there were bees of many kinds, and from their honey a flow in many streams then poured down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0030–0031 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0030–0031). Corrected वुक्षऽभवन्किल → वृक्षेऽभवन्किल (misprint in Wikisource; broken वृ and dropped े — the critical edition reads vṛkṣe 'bhavan kila).

Verse 16 (12.205.16)

विलम्बमानः स पुमान्धारां पिबति सर्वदा । न तस्य तृष्णा विरता पीयमानस्य संकटे ॥

vilambamānaḥ sa pumāndhārāṃ pibati sarvadā | na tasya tṛṣṇā viratā pīyamānasya saṃkaṭe

Hanging there, the man drinks that stream constantly; yet in that cramped place his thirst is never quenched as he drinks.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0032–0033 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0032–0033).

Verse 17 (12.205.17)

परीप्सति च तां नित्यमतृप्तः स पुनः पुनः । एवं स वसते तत्र दुःखिदुःखी पुनः पुनः ॥

parīpsati ca tāṃ nityamatṛptaḥ sa punaḥ punaḥ | evaṃ sa vasate tatra duḥkhiduḥkhī punaḥ punaḥ

Unsatisfied, he longs for it again and again; so he lives there, wretched, suffering over and over.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0034–0035 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0034–0035).

Verse 18 (12.205.18)

मया तु तद्धनं देयं तव दास्यामि चेच्छसि । तस्य च प्रार्थितः सोऽथ दत्वा मुक्तिमवाप सः ॥

mayā tu taddhanaṃ deyaṃ tava dāsyāmi cecchasi | tasya ca prārthitaḥ so'tha datvā muktimavāpa saḥ

"But I must give that wealth; I will give it to you, if you wish." Asked for it by her, he then gave it, and gained liberation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0036–0037 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0036–0037). Corrected सोथ → सोऽथ (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads so 'tha). Speaker: the first line is Nibandhana offering the wealth to his mother, the second line is narration.

Verse 19 (12.205.19)

सा च त्यक्त्वाऽर्थसंकल्पं जगाम परमां गतिम् ॥

sā ca tyaktvā'rthasaṃkalpaṃ jagāma paramāṃ gatim

And she, giving up her desire for wealth, went to the highest state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), line 0038 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0038). Speaker changed from Nibandhana (heading carried over) to Bhishma: narration about the mother ("she").

Verse 20 (12.205.20)

एवं संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपज्ञा नृपोत्तम । परं वैराग्यमागम्य गच्छन्ति परमं पदम् ॥

evaṃ saṃsāracakrasya svarūpajñā nṛpottama | paraṃ vairāgyamāgamya gacchanti paramaṃ padam

Thus, O best of kings, those who know the true nature of the wheel of worldly existence attain supreme dispassion and go to the highest abode.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0039–0040 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0039–0040). Speaker changed from Nibandhana (heading carried over) to Bhishma: the vocative नृपोत्तम is addressed to Yudhishthira.

Verse 21 (12.205.21)

एवं संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपं विदितं न मे । पैतृकं तु धनं प्रोक्तं किं तद्विद्वन्महात्मना ॥

evaṃ saṃsāracakrasya svarūpaṃ viditaṃ na me | paitṛkaṃ tu dhanaṃ proktaṃ kiṃ tadvidvanmahātmanā

I have not understood the true nature of the wheel of worldly existence in this way. And what is that inherited wealth which the great-souled one spoke of, O learned one?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0041–0042 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0041–0042).

Verse 22 (12.205.22)

कान्तारमिति किं प्रोक्तं को हस्ती स तु कूपकः । किंसंज्ञिको महावृक्षो मधु वाऽपि पितामह ॥

kāntāramiti kiṃ proktaṃ ko hastī sa tu kūpakaḥ | kiṃsaṃjñiko mahāvṛkṣo madhu vā'pi pitāmaha

What is meant by the "forest"? Who is the elephant, and who the well? What is the great tree called, and what is the honey, O grandsire?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0043–0044 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0043–0044).

Verse 23 (12.205.23)

एवं मे संशयं विद्धि धनशब्दं किमुच्यते । कथं लब्धं धनं तेन तथा च किमिदं त्विह ॥

evaṃ me saṃśayaṃ viddhi dhanaśabdaṃ kimucyate | kathaṃ labdhaṃ dhanaṃ tena tathā ca kimidaṃ tviha

Know this to be my doubt: what is meant by the word "wealth"? How was the wealth gained by him, and what is all this here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0045–0046 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0045–0046).

Verse 24 (12.205.24)

उपाख्यानमिदं सर्वं मोक्षविद्भिरुदाहृतम् । सुमतिं विन्दते येन बन्धनाशश्च भारत ॥

upākhyānamidaṃ sarvaṃ mokṣavidbhirudāhṛtam | sumatiṃ vindate yena bandhanāśaśca bhārata

This whole tale was told by those who know liberation; by it one gains good understanding and the destruction of bondage, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0047–0048 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0047–0048).

Verse 25 (12.205.25)

एतदुक्तं हि कान्तारं महान्संसार एव सः । ये ते प्रतिष्ठिता व्याला व्याधयस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

etaduktaṃ hi kāntāraṃ mahānsaṃsāra eva saḥ | ye te pratiṣṭhitā vyālā vyādhayaste prakīrtitāḥ

The forest that was spoken of is this great worldly existence itself; the beasts stationed there are said to be diseases.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0049–0050 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0049–0050).

Verse 26 (12.205.26)

या सा नारी महाघोरा वर्णरूपविनाशिनी । तामाहुश्च जरां प्राज्ञाः परिष्वक्तं यया जगत् ॥

yā sā nārī mahāghorā varṇarūpavināśinī | tāmāhuśca jarāṃ prājñāḥ pariṣvaktaṃ yayā jagat

That terrible woman who destroys complexion and beauty, the wise call old age; by her the whole world is embraced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0051–0052 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0051–0052).

Verse 27 (12.205.27)

यस्तत्र कूपे वसते महाहिः काल एव सः । यो वृक्षः स च मृत्युर्हि स्वकृतं तस्य तत्फलम् ॥

yastatra kūpe vasate mahāhiḥ kāla eva saḥ | yo vṛkṣaḥ sa ca mṛtyurhi svakṛtaṃ tasya tatphalam

The great serpent who lives in the well is Time itself. The tree is death, and its fruit is what one has done for oneself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0053–0054 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0053–0054).

Verse 28 (12.205.28)

ये तु कृष्णाः सिता राजन्मूषिका रात्र्यहानि वै ॥

ye tu kṛṣṇāḥ sitā rājanmūṣikā rātryahāni vai

The black and white mice, O king, are the nights and the days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), line 0055 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0055).

Verse 29 (12.205.29)

द्विषट्कपदसंयुक्तो यो हस्ती षण्मुखाकृतिः । स च संवत्सरः प्रोक्तः पादमासर्तवो मुखाः ॥

dviṣaṭkapadasaṃyukto yo hastī ṣaṇmukhākṛtiḥ | sa ca saṃvatsaraḥ proktaḥ pādamāsartavo mukhāḥ

The elephant with twelve feet and six faces is called the year; its feet are the months, and the seasons are its faces.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0056–0057 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0056–0057). Corrected पाशमासर्तवो → पादमासर्तवो (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pādamāsartavo — the elephant's twelve feet are the months, its six faces the seasons).

Verse 30 (12.205.30)

एतत्संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपं व्याहृतं मया । एवं लब्धधनं राजंस्तत्स्वरूपं विनाशय ॥

etatsaṃsāracakrasya svarūpaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā | evaṃ labdhadhanaṃ rājaṃstatsvarūpaṃ vināśaya

This is the nature of the wheel of worldly existence that I have set out for you. Thus, O king, having gained this wealth, destroy that nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0058–0059 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0058–0059).

Verse 31 (12.205.31)

एतज्ज्ञात्वा तु सा राजन्परं वैराग्यमास्थिता । यथोक्तविधिना भूयः परं पदमवाप सः ॥

etajjñātvā tu sā rājanparaṃ vairāgyamāsthitā | yathoktavidhinā bhūyaḥ paraṃ padamavāpa saḥ

Knowing this, she, O king, took her stand in supreme dispassion; and by the method described he again attained the highest state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0060–0061 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0060–0061).

Verse 32 (12.205.32)

धत्ते धारयते चैव एतस्मात्कारणाद्धनम् । तद्गच्छ चामृतं शुद्धं हिरण्यममृतं तपः ॥

dhatte dhārayate caiva etasmātkāraṇāddhanam | tadgaccha cāmṛtaṃ śuddhaṃ hiraṇyamamṛtaṃ tapaḥ

It bears and it sustains, and for this reason it is called wealth (dhana). Go, then, to that pure immortal wealth; the immortal gold is austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0062–0063 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0062–0063).

Verse 33 (12.205.33)

तत्स्वरूपो महादेवः कृष्णो देवकिनन्दनः । तस्य प्रसादाद्दुःखस्य नाशं प्राप्स्यसि मानद ॥

tatsvarūpo mahādevaḥ kṛṣṇo devakinandanaḥ | tasya prasādādduḥkhasya nāśaṃ prāpsyasi mānada

His very being is the great god Krishna, son of Devaki; by his grace you will find the end of sorrow, O giver of honour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0064–0065 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0064–0065).

Verse 34 (12.205.34)

एकः कर्ता स कृष्णश्च ज्ञानिनां परमा गतिः ॥

ekaḥ kartā sa kṛṣṇaśca jñānināṃ paramā gatiḥ

Krishna alone is the doer, and he is the supreme goal of the knowers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), line 0066 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0066).

Verse 35 (12.205.35)

इदमाश्रित्य देवेन्द्रो देवा रुद्रास्तथाऽश्विनौ । स्वेस्वे पदे विविशिरे भुक्तिमुक्तिविदो जनाः ॥

idamāśritya devendro devā rudrāstathā'śvinau | svesve pade viviśire bhuktimuktivido janāḥ

Taking refuge in him, Indra, the gods, the Rudras and the Ashvins, and the people who know both enjoyment and release, each entered his own place.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0067–0068 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0067–0068).

Verse 36 (12.205.36)

भूतानामन्तरात्माऽसौ स नित्यपदसंवृतः । श्रूयतामस्य सद्भावः सम्यग्ज्ञानं यथा तव ॥

bhūtānāmantarātmā'sau sa nityapadasaṃvṛtaḥ | śrūyatāmasya sadbhāvaḥ samyagjñānaṃ yathā tava

He is the inner self of all beings and is veiled in his eternal abode. Listen to his true being, so that you may have perfect knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0069–0070 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0069–0070).

Verse 37 (12.205.37)

भवेदेतन्निबोध त्वं नारदाय पुरा हरिः । दर्शयित्वाऽऽत्मनो रूपं यदवोचत्स्वयं विभुः ॥

bhavedetannibodha tvaṃ nāradāya purā hariḥ | darśayitvā''tmano rūpaṃ yadavocatsvayaṃ vibhuḥ

Learn it now: what Hari, the all-pervading, himself said of old to Narada after showing him his own form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0071–0072 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0071–0072).

Verse 38 (12.205.38)

पुरा देवऋषिः श्रीमान्नारदः परमार्थवान् । चचार पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां तीर्थान्यनुचरन्प्रभुः ॥

purā devaṛṣiḥ śrīmānnāradaḥ paramārthavān | cacāra pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tīrthānyanucaranprabhuḥ

Long ago the glorious divine sage Narada, the lord, who knew the highest truth, travelled over the whole earth, visiting holy places.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0073–0074 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0073–0074).

Verse 39 (12.205.39)

हिमवत्पादमाश्रित्य विचार्य च पुनःपुनः । स ददर्श ह्रदं तत्र पद्मोत्पलसमाकुलम् ॥

himavatpādamāśritya vicārya ca punaḥpunaḥ | sa dadarśa hradaṃ tatra padmotpalasamākulam

Resting at the foot of the Himalaya and reflecting again and again, he saw there a lake thick with lotuses and blue lotuses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0075–0076 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0075–0076).

Verse 40 (12.205.40)

ददर्श कन्यां तत्तीरे सर्वाभरणभूषिताम् । शोभमानां श्रिया राजन्क्रीडन्तीमुत्पलैस्तथा ॥

dadarśa kanyāṃ tattīre sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām | śobhamānāṃ śriyā rājankrīḍantīmutpalaistathā

On its bank he saw a maiden adorned with every ornament, shining with beauty, O king, playing with blue lotuses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0077–0078 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0077–0078).

Verse 41 (12.205.41)

सा महात्मानमालोक्य नारदेत्याह भामिनी । तस्याः समीपमासाद्य तस्थौ विस्मितमानसः ॥

sā mahātmānamālokya nāradetyāha bhāminī | tasyāḥ samīpamāsādya tasthau vismitamānasaḥ

Seeing the great-souled one, that radiant lady said, "Narada!" He went up to her and stood there, his mind full of wonder.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0079–0080 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0079–0080).

Verse 42 (12.205.42)

वीक्षमाणं तमाज्ञाय सा कन्या चारुवासिनी । विजजृम्भे महाभागा स्मयमाना पुनः पुनः ॥

vīkṣamāṇaṃ tamājñāya sā kanyā cāruvāsinī | vijajṛmbhe mahābhāgā smayamānā punaḥ punaḥ

Perceiving him gazing at her, that maiden in lovely garments, highly fortunate, yawned, smiling again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0081–0082 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0081–0082).

Verse 43 (12.205.43)

तस्मात्समभवद्वक्रात्पुरुषाकृतिसंयुतः । रत्नविन्दुचिताङ्गस्तु सर्वाभरणभूषितः ॥

tasmātsamabhavadvakrātpuruṣākṛtisaṃyutaḥ | ratnavinducitāṅgastu sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

From her mouth there arose a being in human form, his limbs studded with jewel-drops and adorned with every ornament,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0083–0084 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0083–0084).

Verse 44 (12.205.44)

आदित्यसदृशाकारः शिरसा धारयन्मणिम् । पुनरेव तदाकारसदृशः समजायत ॥

ādityasadṛśākāraḥ śirasā dhārayanmaṇim | punareva tadākārasadṛśaḥ samajāyata

with the look of the sun, bearing a gem on his head; and then another, like him in form, was born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0085–0086 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0085–0086).

Verse 45 (12.205.45)

तृतीयस्तु महाराज विविधाभरणैर्युतः । प्रदक्षिणं तु तां कृत्वा विविधध्वनयस्तु ताम् ॥

tṛtīyastu mahārāja vividhābharaṇairyutaḥ | pradakṣiṇaṃ tu tāṃ kṛtvā vividhadhvanayastu tām

And a third, O great king, adorned with many ornaments; having circled her with their right sides toward her, they made manifold sounds before her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0087–0088 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0087–0088).

Verse 46 (12.205.46)

ततः सर्वेण विप्रर्षिः कन्यां पप्रच्छ तां शुभाम् ॥

tataḥ sarveṇa viprarṣiḥ kanyāṃ papraccha tāṃ śubhām

Then the Brahmin sage asked that auspicious maiden:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), line 0089 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0089).

Verse 47 (12.205.47)

का त्वं परमकल्याणि पद्मेन्दुसदृशानने । न जाने त्वां महादेवि ब्रूहि सत्यमनिन्दिते ॥

kā tvaṃ paramakalyāṇi padmendusadṛśānane | na jāne tvāṃ mahādevi brūhi satyamanindite

"Who are you, O most blessed one, with a face like the lotus and the moon? I do not know you, great goddess; tell me the truth, faultless lady."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0090–0091 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0090–0091). Speaker: Narada (the page prints no heading; the heading कन्योवाच follows in the next verse — the critical edition prints "kanyovāca" one line early, after the first line of this verse).

Verse 48 (12.205.48)

सावित्री नाम विप्रर्षे शृणु भद्रं तवास्तु वै । किं करिष्यामि तद्ब्रूहि तव यच्चेतसि स्थितम् ॥

sāvitrī nāma viprarṣe śṛṇu bhadraṃ tavāstu vai | kiṃ kariṣyāmi tadbrūhi tava yaccetasi sthitam

"I am called Savitri, O Brahmin sage. Listen; may good be yours. What shall I do? Tell me what is in your mind."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0092–0093 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0092–0093).

Verse 49 (12.205.49)

अभिवादये त्वां सावित्रि कृतार्थोऽहमनिन्दिते । एतं मे संशयं देवि वक्तुमर्हसि शोभने ॥

abhivādaye tvāṃ sāvitri kṛtārtho'hamanindite | etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ devi vaktumarhasi śobhane

"I salute you, Savitri; I am fulfilled, O faultless one. O goddess, fair lady, you ought to resolve this doubt of mine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0094–0095 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0094–0095).

Verse 50 (12.205.50)

यस्तु वै प्रथमोत्पन्नः कोऽसौ स पुरुषाकृतिः । बिन्दवस्तु महादेवि मूर्ध्नि ज्योतिर्मयाकृतिः ॥

yastu vai prathamotpannaḥ ko'sau sa puruṣākṛtiḥ | bindavastu mahādevi mūrdhni jyotirmayākṛtiḥ

Who is that first-born one in human form? And the drops, O great goddess, on his head, of luminous form: what are they?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0096–0097 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0096–0097). Speaker: Narada (his heading at v.49 is still in force). The second line (बिन्दवस्तु महादेवि…) is still his question about the drops, addressed to Savitri as महादेवि; the critical edition prints "kanyovāca" before it, but the page's heading कन्योवाच comes only at v.51.

Verse 51 (12.205.51)

अग्रजः प्रथमोत्पन्नो यजुर्वेदस्तथाऽपरः । तृतीयः सामवेदस्तु संशयो व्येतु ते मुने ॥

agrajaḥ prathamotpanno yajurvedastathā'paraḥ | tṛtīyaḥ sāmavedastu saṃśayo vyetu te mune

"The first-born, the eldest, is the first; the other is the Yajurveda, and the third is the Samaveda. Let your doubt depart, O sage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0098–0099 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0098–0099).

Verse 52 (12.205.52)

वेदाश्च बिन्दुसंयुक्ता यज्ञस्य फलसंश्रिताः । यत्तद्दृष्टं महज्ज्योतिर्ज्योतिरित्युच्यते बुधैः ॥

vedāśca bindusaṃyuktā yajñasya phalasaṃśritāḥ | yattaddṛṣṭaṃ mahajjyotirjyotirityucyate budhaiḥ

The Vedas are joined with the drops and rest on the fruit of sacrifice. The great light you saw is what the wise call "the Light.""

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0100–0101 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0100–0101).

Verse 53 (12.205.53)

ऋषे ज्ञेयं मया चाऽपीत्युक्त्वा चान्तरधीयत । ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो नारदः पुरुषर्षभ । ध्यानयुक्तः स तु चिरं न बुबोध महामतिः ॥

ṛṣe jñeyaṃ mayā cā'pītyuktvā cāntaradhīyata | tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo nāradaḥ puruṣarṣabha | dhyānayuktaḥ sa tu ciraṃ na bubodha mahāmatiḥ

"I too must be known, O sage" — saying this, she vanished. Then Narada, O best of men, filled with wonder and absorbed in meditation for a long while, the highly intelligent one, did not understand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0102–0104 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0102–0104). Speaker: Bhishma as narrator; the first line (ऋषे ज्ञेयं मया चापि) is the end of Savitri's speech, the rest is narration (the page carries the heading कन्योवाच over it).

Verse 54 (12.205.54)

ततः स्नात्वा महातेजा वाग्यतो नियतेन्द्रियः । तुष्टाव पुरुषव्याघ्रो जिज्ञासुश्च तदद्भुतम् ॥

tataḥ snātvā mahātejā vāgyato niyatendriyaḥ | tuṣṭāva puruṣavyāghro jijñāsuśca tadadbhutam

Then, having bathed, that greatly radiant tiger among men, silent and with his senses controlled, desiring to know that marvel, offered praise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0105–0106 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0105–0106). Speaker: Bhishma (narration). The heading कन्योवाच before v.51 was carried over by the input through v.68, but only v.51–52 (and the first line of v.53) are Savitri's speech.

Verse 55 (12.205.55)

ततो वर्षशते पूर्णे भगवाँलोकभावनः । प्रादुश्चकार विश्वात्मा ऋषेः परमसौहृदात् ॥

tato varṣaśate pūrṇe bhagavām̐lokabhāvanaḥ | prāduścakāra viśvātmā ṛṣeḥ paramasauhṛdāt

Then, when a hundred years were complete, the Blessed One who brings the worlds into being, the Self of the universe, appeared before the sage out of supreme friendship.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0107–0108 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0107–0108).

Verse 56 (12.205.56)

तमागतं जगन्नाथं सर्वकारणकारणम् । अखिलामरमौल्यङ्गरुक्मारुणपदद्वयम् ॥

tamāgataṃ jagannāthaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam | akhilāmaramaulyaṅgarukmāruṇapadadvayam

Narada saw him who had come, the lord of the world, the cause of every cause, whose two feet were reddened with the gold of the crowns of all the immortals,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0109–0110 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0109–0110).

Verse 57 (12.205.57)

वैनतेयपदस्पर्शकिणशोभितजानुकम् । पीताम्बरलसत्काञ्चीदामबद्धकटीतटम् ॥

vainateyapadasparśakiṇaśobhitajānukam | pītāmbaralasatkāñcīdāmabaddhakaṭītaṭam

whose knees were marked by the touch of Garuda's feet, whose hips were girt with a shining yellow garment and a girdle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0111–0112 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0111–0112).

Verse 58 (12.205.58)

श्रीवत्सवक्षसं चारुमणिकौस्तुभकन्धरम् । मन्दस्मितमुखाम्भोजं चलदायतलोचनम् ॥

śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ cārumaṇikaustubhakandharam | mandasmitamukhāmbhojaṃ caladāyatalocanam

with the Shrivatsa on his chest and the fair Kaustubha gem at his throat, a gentle smile on his lotus face, and wide, moving eyes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0113–0114 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0113–0114).

Verse 59 (12.205.59)

नम्रचापानुकरणनम्रभ्रूयुगशोभितम् । नानारत्नमणीवज्रस्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् ॥

namracāpānukaraṇanamrabhrūyugaśobhitam | nānāratnamaṇīvajrasphuranmakarakuṇḍalam

adorned with a pair of bent brows like a bent bow, with sparkling makara earrings of many jewels, gems and diamonds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0115–0116 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0115–0116).

Verse 60 (12.205.60)

इन्द्रनीलनिभासं तं केयूरमकुटोज्ज्वलम् । देवैरिन्द्रपुरोगैश्च ऋषिसङ्घैरभिष्टुतम् ॥

indranīlanibhāsaṃ taṃ keyūramakuṭojjvalam | devairindrapurogaiśca ṛṣisaṅghairabhiṣṭutam

of the hue of the sapphire, shining with armlets and a crown, praised by the gods led by Indra and by hosts of sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0117–0118 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0117–0118). Corrected ऋषिसङघैरभिष्टुतम् → ऋषिसङ्घैरभिष्टुतम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ङ्घ).

Verse 61 (12.205.61)

नारदो जयशब्देन ववन्दे शिरसा हरिम् ॥

nārado jayaśabdena vavande śirasā harim

Narada bowed his head to Hari with a cry of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), line 0119 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0119).

Verse 62 (12.205.62)

ततः स भगवाञ्श्रीमान्मेघगम्भीरया गिरा । प्राहेशः सर्वभूतानां नारदं पतितं क्षितौ ॥

tataḥ sa bhagavāñśrīmānmeghagambhīrayā girā | prāheśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ nāradaṃ patitaṃ kṣitau

Then the glorious Blessed One, lord of all beings, spoke in a voice deep as a cloud to Narada, who had fallen on the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0120–0121 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0120–0121).

Verse 63 (12.205.63)

भद्रमस्तु ऋषे तुभ्यं वरं वरय सुव्रत । यत्ते मनसि सुव्यक्तमस्ति च प्रददामि तत् ॥

bhadramastu ṛṣe tubhyaṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata | yatte manasi suvyaktamasti ca pradadāmi tat

"Good be to you, sage; choose a boon, O you of good vows. Whatever is clear in your mind, I will grant it."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0122–0123 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0122–0123). Corrected तन् → तत् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tat). Speaker: Vishnu (Hari), the Blessed One who has appeared; the page prints no heading for his speech (the heading कन्योवाच is carried over wrongly).

Verse 64 (12.205.64)

स चेमं जयशब्देन प्रसीदेत्यातुरो मुनिः । प्रोवाच हृदि संरूढं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ॥

sa cemaṃ jayaśabdena prasīdetyāturo muniḥ | provāca hṛdi saṃrūḍhaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

Then the sage, eager, hailing him with a cry of victory and saying "Be gracious," spoke to the bearer of conch, discus and mace, who was rooted in his heart.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0124–0125 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0124–0125). Speaker: narration (Bhishma).

Verse 65 (12.205.65)

विवक्षितं जगन्नाथ मया ज्ञातं त्वयाऽच्युत । तत्प्रसीद हृषीकेश श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्धरे ॥

vivakṣitaṃ jagannātha mayā jñātaṃ tvayā'cyuta | tatprasīda hṛṣīkeśa śrotumicchāmi taddhare

"What I wished to say, O lord of the world, you have known, O Achyuta. So be gracious, Hrishikesha; I wish to hear that, O Hari."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0126–0127 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0126–0127). Speaker: Narada (unheaded speech, answering Vishnu).

Verse 66 (12.205.66)

ततः स्मयन्महाविष्णुरभ्यभाषत नारदम् । यद्दृष्टं मम रूपं तु वेदानां शिरसि त्वया ॥

tataḥ smayanmahāviṣṇurabhyabhāṣata nāradam | yaddṛṣṭaṃ mama rūpaṃ tu vedānāṃ śirasi tvayā

Then the great Vishnu, smiling, said to Narada: "The form of mine that you saw at the head of the Vedas —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0128–0129 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0128–0129). Speaker: Bhishma — the first line is narration introducing Vishnu's words; the speech begins in the second line and runs through v.68.

Verse 67 (12.205.67)

निर्द्वन्द्वा निरहंकाराः शुचयः शुद्धलोचनाः । तं मां पश्यन्ति सततं तान्पृच्छ यदिहेच्छसि ॥

nirdvandvā nirahaṃkārāḥ śucayaḥ śuddhalocanāḥ | taṃ māṃ paśyanti satataṃ tānpṛccha yadihecchasi

those who are free from the pairs of opposites and from egoism, pure, with clear eyes, always see me so. Ask them whatever you wish here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0130–0131 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0130–0131). Speaker: Vishnu (unheaded speech, continued from v.66).

Verse 68 (12.205.68)

ये योगिनो महाप्राज्ञा मदंशा ये व्यवस्थिताः । तेषां प्रसादं देवर्षे मत्प्रसादमवैहि तत् ॥

ye yogino mahāprājñā madaṃśā ye vyavasthitāḥ | teṣāṃ prasādaṃ devarṣe matprasādamavaihi tat

Those great-minded yogis who abide as parts of me: know their grace to be my grace."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0132–0133 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0132–0133). Speaker: Vishnu (unheaded speech); it ends with the next verse's heading भीष्म उवाच.

Verse 69 (12.205.69)

इत्युक्त्वा स जगामाथ भगवान्भूतभावनः । तस्माद्व्रज हृषीकेशं कृष्णं देवकिनन्दनम् ॥

ityuktvā sa jagāmātha bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | tasmādvraja hṛṣīkeśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ devakinandanam

Having said this, the Blessed One, creator of beings, departed. Therefore go to Hrishikesha, Krishna, son of Devaki.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0134–0135 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0134–0135).

Verse 70 (12.205.70)

एतमाराध्य गोविन्दं गता मुक्तिं महर्षयः । एष कर्ता विकर्ता च सर्वकारणकारणम् ॥

etamārādhya govindaṃ gatā muktiṃ maharṣayaḥ | eṣa kartā vikartā ca sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

By worshipping Govinda, great sages have gone to liberation. He is the doer and the undoer, the cause of every cause.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0136–0137 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0136–0137).

Verse 71 (12.205.71)

मयाऽप्येतच्छ्रुतं राजन्नारदात्तु निबोध तत् । स्वयमेव समाचष्ट नारदो भगवान्मुनिः ॥

mayā'pyetacchrutaṃ rājannāradāttu nibodha tat | svayameva samācaṣṭa nārado bhagavānmuniḥ

I too heard this from Narada, O king; hear it now. The Blessed sage Narada himself related it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0138–0139 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0138–0139).

Verse 72 (12.205.72)

समस्तसंसारविघातकारणं । भजन्ति ये विष्णुमनन्यमानसाः । ते यान्ति सायुज्यमतीव दुर्लभ । मितीव नित्यं हृदि वर्णयन्ति ॥

samastasaṃsāravighātakāraṇaṃ | bhajanti ye viṣṇumananyamānasāḥ | te yānti sāyujyamatīva durlabha | mitīva nityaṃ hṛdi varṇayanti

Those who worship Vishnu with undistracted minds, the cause that cuts off all worldly existence, reach union with him, so hard to gain: so, as it were, do they always declare in their hearts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; part of Appendix I passage 15 (12,199.032d@015, printed after 12.199.32 at the end of CE adhyaya 199), lines 0140–0143 of 143 (12,199.032d@015_0140–0143). Rebuilt: removed the stray wiki quote mark and the doubled danda printed at the end ("।।'") and put the final ॥ at the end of the fourth line; the page breaks line 3/4 inside the compound दुर्लभमितीव, which is kept as printed.