Narada Seeks the Truth of Krishna

Verse 1 (12.209.1)

पितामह महाप्राज्ञ केशवस्य महात्मनः । वक्तुमर्हसि तत्त्वेन माहात्म्यं पुनरेव तु ॥

pitāmaha mahāprājña keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | vaktumarhasi tattvena māhātmyaṃ punareva tu

Grandfather, you of great wisdom, you ought to tell me once more, in truth, of the greatness of the high-souled Keshava.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading '`* युधिष्ठिर उवाच' (printed inside the verse with a stray backtick and asterisk) and made it the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0001-0002); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 2 (12.209.2)

न तृप्याम्यहमप्येनं पश्यञ्शृण्वंश्च भारत । एवं कृष्णं महाबाहो तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

na tṛpyāmyahamapyenaṃ paśyañśṛṇvaṃśca bhārata | evaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāho tasmādetadbravīhi me

I am never satisfied, O Bharata, with seeing him and hearing of him. Therefore, mighty-armed one, tell me this about Krishna in the same way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0003-0004); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 3 (12.209.3)

शृणु राजन्कथामेतां वैष्णवीं पापनाशनीम् । नारदो मां पुरा प्राह यामहं ते वदामि ताम् ॥

śṛṇu rājankathāmetāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ pāpanāśanīm | nārado māṃ purā prāha yāmahaṃ te vadāmi tām

Listen, O king, to this sin-destroying account of Vishnu. Long ago Narada told it to me, and I shall now tell it to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0005-0006); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 4 (12.209.4)

देवर्षिर्नारदः पूर्वं तत्वं वेत्स्यामि वै हरेः । इति संचिन्त्य मनसा दध्यौ ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥

devarṣirnāradaḥ pūrvaṃ tatvaṃ vetsyāmi vai hareḥ | iti saṃcintya manasā dadhyau brahma sanātanam

Long ago the divine sage Narada, thinking in his mind, "I shall come to know the truth of Hari," sat in meditation upon the eternal Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0007-0008); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 5 (12.209.5)

हिमालये शुभे दिव्ये दिव्यं वर्षशतं किल । अनुच्छ्वसन्निराहारः संयतात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ॥

himālaye śubhe divye divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila | anucchvasannirāhāraḥ saṃyatātmā jitendriyaḥ

On the fair and divine Himalaya, it is said, he remained for a hundred divine years without breathing and without food, his mind restrained and his senses subdued.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0009-0010); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 6 (12.209.6)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षे वागासीत्तं मुनिप्रवरं प्रति । मेघगम्भीरनिर्घोषा दिव्या बाह्याऽशरीरिणी ॥

tato'ntarikṣe vāgāsīttaṃ munipravaraṃ prati | meghagambhīranirghoṣā divyā bāhyā'śarīriṇī

Then in the sky a voice addressed that foremost of sages, a divine voice with no body, coming from outside, its sound deep as a thundercloud.

Note on the text: Corrected वाह्याऽशरीरिणी → बाह्याऽशरीरिणी (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, 'external', as in the critical edition). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0011-0012); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 7 (12.209.7)

किमर्थं त्वं समापन्नो ध्यानं मुनिवरोत्तम । अहं ददामि ते ज्ञानं धर्माद्यं वा वृणीष्व माम् ॥

kimarthaṃ tvaṃ samāpanno dhyānaṃ munivarottama | ahaṃ dadāmi te jñānaṃ dharmādyaṃ vā vṛṇīṣva mām

Best of sages, why have you undertaken this meditation? I will give you knowledge; or ask me for dharma and the rest.

Note on the text: Direct speech of the bodiless voice, which the page leaves under Bhishma's narration. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0013-0014); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 8 (12.209.8)

तच्छ्रुत्वा मुनिरालोच्य संभ्रमाविष्टमानसः । किंनु स्यादिति संचिन्त्य वाक्यमाहापरं प्रति ॥

tacchrutvā munirālocya saṃbhramāviṣṭamānasaḥ | kiṃnu syāditi saṃcintya vākyamāhāparaṃ prati

Hearing this, the sage reflected, his mind seized with bewilderment, wondering what this might be, and he spoke further to the one who had addressed him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0015-0016); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 9 (12.209.9)

कस्त्वं भवानण्डं बिभेद मध्ये । समास्थितो वाक्यमुदीरयन्माम् । न रूपमन्यत्तव दृश्यते वै । ईदृग्विधस्त्वं समधिष्ठितोऽसि ॥

kastvaṃ bhavānaṇḍaṃ bibheda madhye | samāsthito vākyamudīrayanmām | na rūpamanyattava dṛśyate vai | īdṛgvidhastvaṃ samadhiṣṭhito'si

"Who are you, sir, who have split the egg and stand in its midst, speaking to me? No other form of yours is seen, and yet you are established here in such a manner."

Note on the text: Lines differ from the CE's (kasmād bhavān adya bibheda yānaṃ / samāsthito …) — a recension variant, kept as printed. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0017-0020); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 10 (12.209.10)

पुनस्तमाह स मुनिमनन्तोऽहं बृहत्तरः । न मां मूढा विजानन्ति ज्ञानिनो मां विदन्त्युत ॥

punastamāha sa munimananto'haṃ bṛhattaraḥ | na māṃ mūḍhā vijānanti jñānino māṃ vidantyuta

Again it said to the sage: "I am Ananta, the Endless, greater than all. The deluded do not know me; the wise know me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0021-0022); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 11 (12.209.11)

तं प्रत्याह मुनिः श्रीमान्प्रणतो विनयान्वितः । भवन्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तव तत्वं ब्रवीहि मे ॥

taṃ pratyāha muniḥ śrīmānpraṇato vinayānvitaḥ | bhavantaṃ jñātumicchāmi tava tatvaṃ bravīhi me

The glorious sage bowed humbly and answered him: "I wish to know you. Tell me your true nature."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0023-0024); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 12 (12.209.12)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदं प्राह लोकपः । ज्ञानेन मां विजानीहि नान्यथा शक्तिरस्ति ते ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā nāradaṃ prāha lokapaḥ | jñānena māṃ vijānīhi nānyathā śaktirasti te

Hearing his words, the Guardian of the Worlds said to Narada: "Know me through knowledge. You have no other power to do so."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0025-0026); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 13 (12.209.13)

कीदृग्विधं तु तज्ज्ञानं येन जानामि ते तनुम् । अनन्त तन्मे ब्रूहि त्वं यद्यनुग्रहवानहम् ॥

kīdṛgvidhaṃ tu tajjñānaṃ yena jānāmi te tanum | ananta tanme brūhi tvaṃ yadyanugrahavānaham

What kind of knowledge is that, by which I may know your form? Endless one, tell it to me, if I am worthy of your favour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0027-0028); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 14 (12.209.14)

विकल्पहीनं विपुलं तस्य चूरं शिवं परम् । ज्ञानं तत्तेन जानासि साधनं प्रति ते मुने ॥

vikalpahīnaṃ vipulaṃ tasya cūraṃ śivaṃ param | jñānaṃ tattena jānāsi sādhanaṃ prati te mune

Knowledge is free of alternatives and vast; it is the crushing of that, auspicious and supreme. By it, O sage, you know me; it is the means set before you.

Note on the text: Wikisource's चूरं is kept; the critical edition prints cū[?dū]raṃ (reading doubtful). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0029-0030); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 15 (12.209.15)

अत्रावृत्य स्थितं ह्येतत्तच्छुद्धमितरन्मृषा । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं संक्षेपान्मुनिसत्तम ॥

atrāvṛtya sthitaṃ hyetattacchuddhamitaranmṛṣā | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ saṃkṣepānmunisattama

This stands here covering all; that alone is pure, and the rest is false. All this has been told to you in brief, best of sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0031-0032); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 16 (12.209.16)

त्वमेव तव यत्तत्वं ब्रूहि लोकगुरो मम । भवन्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

tvameva tava yattatvaṃ brūhi lokaguro mama | bhavantaṃ jñātumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

Tell me, teacher of the worlds, what that truth of yours is, which is yourself. I wish to know you: what are you, imperishable one?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0033-0034); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 17 (12.209.17)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्मेघगम्भीरया गिरा । प्राहेशः सर्वभूतानां न मे चास्यं श्रुतिर्न च ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānmeghagambhīrayā girā | prāheśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na me cāsyaṃ śrutirna ca

Then the Lord laughed and said in a voice deep as a thundercloud: "I am the master of all beings. I have no mouth, and no hearing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0035-0036); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 18 (12.209.18)

न घ्राणजिह्वे दृक्चैव त्वचा नास्ति तथा मुने । कथं वक्ष्यामि चात्मानमशरीरस्तथाप्यहम् ॥

na ghrāṇajihve dṛkcaiva tvacā nāsti tathā mune | kathaṃ vakṣyāmi cātmānamaśarīrastathāpyaham

I have no nose or tongue, no eye, and no skin either, sage. Bodiless as I am, how shall I describe myself?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0037-0038); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 19 (12.209.19)

तज्ज्ञात्वा विस्मयाविष्टो मुनिराह प्रणम्य तम् । येन त्वं पूर्वमात्मानमनन्तोऽहं बृहत्तरः । शक्तोऽहमिति मां प्रीतः प्रोक्तवानसि तत्कथम् ॥

tajjñātvā vismayāviṣṭo munirāha praṇamya tam | yena tvaṃ pūrvamātmānamananto'haṃ bṛhattaraḥ | śakto'hamiti māṃ prītaḥ proktavānasi tatkatham

Understanding this, the sage was filled with wonder, bowed to him and said: "Then how is it that, out of kindness, you told me earlier of yourself, 'I am Ananta, greater than all; I am able'?"

Note on the text: Corrected शतोऽहमिति → शक्तोऽहमिति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped क्, 'I am able'; critical edition has śakto 'ham iti). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0039-0041); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 20 (12.209.20)

पुनस्तमाह भगवांस्तवाप्यक्षाणि सन्ति वै । त्वमेनं ब्रूहि चात्मानं यदि शक्नोषि नारद ॥

punastamāha bhagavāṃstavāpyakṣāṇi santi vai | tvamenaṃ brūhi cātmānaṃ yadi śaknoṣi nārada

Again the Lord said to him: "You too have senses. If you can, Narada, describe this self of yours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0042-0043); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 21 (12.209.21)

आत्मा यथा तव मुने विदितस्तु भविष्यति । मां च जानासि तेन त्वमेकं साधनमावयोः । इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवस्ततो नोवाच किंचन ॥

ātmā yathā tava mune viditastu bhaviṣyati | māṃ ca jānāsi tena tvamekaṃ sādhanamāvayoḥ | ityuktvā bhagavāndevastato novāca kiṃcana

As your own self becomes known to you, sage, so you will know me; in this there is one means for the two of us." Having said this, the Lord God then said nothing more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0044-0046); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 22 (12.209.22)

नारदोऽप्युत्स्मयन्खिन्नः क्व गतोऽसाविति प्रभुः । स्थित्वा स दीर्घकालं च मुनिर्व्यामूढमानसः ॥

nārado'pyutsmayankhinnaḥ kva gato'sāviti prabhuḥ | sthitvā sa dīrghakālaṃ ca munirvyāmūḍhamānasaḥ

Narada, smiling yet distressed, thought, "Where has he gone?" and the sage stood there a long time, his mind bewildered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0047-0048); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 23 (12.209.23)

आह मां भगवान्देवस्त्वनन्तोऽहं बृहत्तरः । तेनाहमिति सर्वस्य को वानन्तो बृहत्तरः ॥

āha māṃ bhagavāndevastvananto'haṃ bṛhattaraḥ | tenāhamiti sarvasya ko vānanto bṛhattaraḥ

"The Lord God told me, 'I am Ananta, greater than all.' By that he meant 'I'; but of all things, which one is truly endless and greater than all?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0049-0050); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 24 (12.209.24)

केयमुर्वी ह्यनन्ताख्या बृहती नूनमेव सा । यस्यां जानन्ति भूतानि विलीनानि ततस्ततः । एनां पृच्छामि तरुणीं सैषा नूनमुवाच माम् ॥

keyamurvī hyanantākhyā bṛhatī nūnameva sā | yasyāṃ jānanti bhūtāni vilīnāni tatastataḥ | enāṃ pṛcchāmi taruṇīṃ saiṣā nūnamuvāca mām

Who is this Earth, called Ananta? Surely she is the vast one, in whom beings are known to dissolve, one here and one there. I shall ask this young woman; surely it was she who spoke to me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0051-0053); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 25 (12.209.25)

इत्येवं स मुनिः श्रीमान्कृत्वा निश्चयमात्मनः । स भूतलं समाविश्य प्रणिपत्येदमब्रवीत् ॥

ityevaṃ sa muniḥ śrīmānkṛtvā niścayamātmanaḥ | sa bhūtalaṃ samāviśya praṇipatyedamabravīt

Having made this resolve, the glorious sage went down to the surface of the earth, bowed, and said this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0054-0055); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 26 (12.209.26)

आश्चर्यासि च धन्यासि बृहती त्वं वसुन्धरे । त्वामत्र वेत्तुमिच्छामि यादृग्भूताऽसि शोभने ॥

āścaryāsi ca dhanyāsi bṛhatī tvaṃ vasundhare | tvāmatra vettumicchāmi yādṛgbhūtā'si śobhane

"You are wondrous and blessed, vast Earth. I wish to know you, fair one: what kind of being are you?"

Note on the text: Corrected वृहती → बृहती (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब); Corrected याग्दृभूताऽसि → यादृग्भूताऽसि (misprint in Wikisource; scrambled conjunct, as in the critical edition). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0056-0057); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 27 (12.209.27)

तच्छ्रुत्वा धरणी देवी स्मयमानाऽब्रवीदिदम् । नाहं हि बृहती विप्र न चानन्ता च सत्तम ॥

tacchrutvā dharaṇī devī smayamānā'bravīdidam | nāhaṃ hi bṛhatī vipra na cānantā ca sattama

Hearing this, the goddess Earth said with a smile: "I am not vast, brahmin, nor am I endless, best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0058-0059); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 28 (12.209.28)

कारणं मम यो गन्धो गन्धात्मानं ब्रवीहि तम् । ततो मुनिस्तद्धि तत्वं प्रणिपत्येदमब्रवीत् ॥

kāraṇaṃ mama yo gandho gandhātmānaṃ bravīhi tam | tato munistaddhi tatvaṃ praṇipatyedamabravīt

The scent that is my cause: address that, the self of scent." Then the sage bowed to that reality and said this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0060-0061); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 29 (12.209.29)

आश्चर्योऽसि च धन्योऽसि ह्यनन्तोऽसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryo'si ca dhanyo'si hyananto'si bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I passage 17A, 12.202.033d@017A_0062-0063): Wikisource jumps from the sage's bow (verse 28) straight to the Self of Scent's reply, omitting Narada's address to him (the refrain used for every other element); lines taken word for word from the CE, written with the avagraha.

Verse 30 (12.209.30)

ततो गन्धात्मकः सोऽनु प्रत्युवाच मुनिं प्रति । कारणं मे जलं मत्तो बृहत्तरतमं हि तत् ॥

tato gandhātmakaḥ so'nu pratyuvāca muniṃ prati | kāraṇaṃ me jalaṃ matto bṛhattaratamaṃ hi tat

Then the Self of Scent replied to the sage: "Water is my cause; it is far greater than I."

Note on the text: Restored the first line from the critical edition (12.202.033d@017A_0064, printed there in square brackets as supplied text): Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (label 12-209-29a only), leaving the Self of Scent's reply without its introduction. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0064-0065); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 31 (12.209.31)

स समुद्रं मुनिर्गत्वा प्रणिपत्येदमब्रवीत् । आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः ॥

sa samudraṃ munirgatvā praṇipatyedamabravīt | āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ

The sage went to the ocean, bowed, and said this: "You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0066-0067); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 32 (12.209.32)

भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय । तच्छ्रुत्वा सरितानाथः समुद्रो मुनिमब्रवीत् ॥

bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya | tacchrutvā saritānāthaḥ samudro munimabravīt

I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?" Hearing this, the ocean, lord of rivers, said to the sage:

Note on the text: Corrected कीदृग्भूतस्त्यमव्यय → कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय (misprint in Wikisource; त्य for त्व). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0068-0069); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 33 (12.209.33)

कारणं मेऽत्र संपृच्छ रसात्मानं बृहत्तरम् । ततो बृहत्तरं विद्वंस्त्वं पृच्छ मुनिसत्तम ॥

kāraṇaṃ me'tra saṃpṛccha rasātmānaṃ bṛhattaram | tato bṛhattaraṃ vidvaṃstvaṃ pṛccha munisattama

"Ask here about my cause, the Self of Flavour, who is greater. Then, wise best of sages, ask that greater one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0070-0071); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 34 (12.209.34)

ततो मुनिर्यथायोगं जलं तत्वमवेक्ष्य तत् । जलात्मानं प्रणम्याह जलतत्वस्थितो मुनिः ॥

tato muniryathāyogaṃ jalaṃ tatvamavekṣya tat | jalātmānaṃ praṇamyāha jalatatvasthito muniḥ

Then the sage, considering water as the reality, as was fitting, bowed to the Self of Water and spoke, standing firm in the principle of water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0072-0073); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 35 (12.209.35)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ śrotumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to hear from you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Separated the run-together words श्रोतुमिच्छामिकीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय → श्रोतुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय (misprint in Wikisource; missing space). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0074-0075); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 36 (12.209.36)

ततो रसात्मकः सोऽनु मुनिमाह पुनः पुनः । ममापि कारणं पृच्छ तेजोरूपं विभावसुम् । नाहं बृहत्तरो ब्रह्मन्नाप्यनन्तश्च सत्तम ॥

tato rasātmakaḥ so'nu munimāha punaḥ punaḥ | mamāpi kāraṇaṃ pṛccha tejorūpaṃ vibhāvasum | nāhaṃ bṛhattaro brahmannāpyanantaśca sattama

Then the Self of Flavour spoke to the sage again and again: "Ask also about my cause, the fiery form, Vibhavasu. I am not greater, brahmin, nor endless, best of men."

Note on the text: Filled the gap marked '--' in रसात्म--मुनिमाह from the critical edition (tato rasātmakaḥ so 'nu munim āha): रसात्मकः सोऽनु मुनिमाह; Corrected सत्तम् → सत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; stray halant). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0076-0078); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 37 (12.209.37)

ततोऽग्निं प्रणिपत्याह मुनिर्विस्मितमानसः । यज्ञात्मानं महावासं सर्वभूतनमस्कृतम् ॥

tato'gniṃ praṇipatyāha munirvismitamānasaḥ | yajñātmānaṃ mahāvāsaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam

Then the sage, his mind full of wonder, bowed to Fire, the Self of Sacrifice, the great dwelling, saluted by all beings, and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0079-0080); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 38 (12.209.38)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तश्च बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantaśca bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0081-0082); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 39 (12.209.39)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्मुनिं स्विष्टकृदब्रवीत् । नाहं बृहत्तरो ब्रह्मन्नाप्यनन्तश्च सत्तम । कारणं मम रूपं यत्तं पृच्छ मुनिसत्तम ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānmuniṃ sviṣṭakṛdabravīt | nāhaṃ bṛhattaro brahmannāpyanantaśca sattama | kāraṇaṃ mama rūpaṃ yattaṃ pṛccha munisattama

Then the Lord Svishtakrit laughed and said to the sage: "I am not greater, brahmin, nor endless, best of men. My cause is form; ask that, best of sages."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0083-0085); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 40 (12.209.40)

ततो योगक्रमेणैव प्रतीतं तं प्रविश्य सः । रूपात्मानं प्रणम्याह नारदो वदतांवरः ॥

tato yogakrameṇaiva pratītaṃ taṃ praviśya saḥ | rūpātmānaṃ praṇamyāha nārado vadatāṃvaraḥ

Then, by the discipline of yoga, he entered that one who had been made known to him, and Narada, best of speakers, bowed to the Self of Form and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0086-0087); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 41 (12.209.41)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0088-0089); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 42 (12.209.42)

उत्स्मयित्वा तु रूपात्मा तं मुनिं प्रत्युवाच ह । वायुर्मे कारणं ब्रह्मंस्तं पृच्छ मुनिसत्तम । मत्तो बहुतरः श्रीमाननन्तश्च महाविलम् ॥

utsmayitvā tu rūpātmā taṃ muniṃ pratyuvāca ha | vāyurme kāraṇaṃ brahmaṃstaṃ pṛccha munisattama | matto bahutaraḥ śrīmānanantaśca mahāvilam

The Self of Form smiled and answered that sage: "Wind is my cause, brahmin; ask him, best of sages. He is far more abundant than I, glorious and endless, a great void."

Note on the text: Wikisource's महाविलम् is kept; the critical edition prints mahābalim. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0090-0092); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 43 (12.209.43)

स मारुतं प्रणम्याह भगवान्मुनिसत्तमः । योगसिद्धो महायोगी ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगः ॥

sa mārutaṃ praṇamyāha bhagavānmunisattamaḥ | yogasiddho mahāyogī jñānavijñānapāragaḥ

The venerable best of sages, perfected in yoga, a great yogi, master of knowledge and its realization, bowed to the Wind and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0093-0094); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 44 (12.209.44)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0095-0096); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 45 (12.209.45)

ततो वायुर्हि संप्राह नारदं मुनिसत्तमम् । कारणं पृच्छ भगवन्स्पर्शात्मानं ममाद्य वै ॥

tato vāyurhi saṃprāha nāradaṃ munisattamam | kāraṇaṃ pṛccha bhagavansparśātmānaṃ mamādya vai

Then the Wind said to Narada, best of sages: "Venerable one, now ask about my cause, the Self of Touch.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0097-0098); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 46 (12.209.46)

मत्तो बृहत्तरः श्रीमाननन्तश्च तथैव सः । ततोस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा स्पर्शात्मानमुवाच सः ॥

matto bṛhattaraḥ śrīmānanantaśca tathaiva saḥ | tatosya vacanaṃ śrutvā sparśātmānamuvāca saḥ

He is greater than I, glorious and endless likewise." Hearing his words, Narada spoke to the Self of Touch:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0099-0100); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 47 (12.209.47)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0101-0102); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 48 (12.209.48)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्पर्शात्मा मुनिमब्रवीत् । नाहं बृहत्तरो ब्रह्मन्नाप्यनन्तश्च सत्तम ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sparśātmā munimabravīt | nāhaṃ bṛhattaro brahmannāpyanantaśca sattama

Hearing his words, the Self of Touch said to the sage: "I am not greater, brahmin, nor endless, best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected वृहत्तरो → बृहत्तरो (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0103-0104); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 49 (12.209.49)

कारणं मम चैवेममाकाशं च बृहत्तरम् । तं पृच्छ मुनिशार्दूल सर्वव्यापिनमव्ययम् ॥

kāraṇaṃ mama caivemamākāśaṃ ca bṛhattaram | taṃ pṛccha muniśārdūla sarvavyāpinamavyayam

My cause is this space, which is greater. Ask it, tiger among sages: the all-pervading, the imperishable."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0105-0106); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 50 (12.209.50)

तच्छ्रुत्वा नारदः श्रीमान्वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः । आकाशं समुपागम्य प्रणम्याह कृताञ्जलिः ॥

tacchrutvā nāradaḥ śrīmānvākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ | ākāśaṃ samupāgamya praṇamyāha kṛtāñjaliḥ

Hearing this, glorious Narada, skilled in speech, approached Space, bowed with joined palms, and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0107-0108); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 51 (12.209.51)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Corrected न → च in आश्चर्योसि न धन्योसि (misprint in Wikisource; the refrain everywhere else, and the critical edition, has च). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0109-0110); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 52 (12.209.52)

आकाशस्तमुवाचेदं प्रहसन्मुनिसत्तमम् । नाहं बृहत्तरो ब्रह्मञ्शब्दो वै कारणं मम । तं पृच्छ मुनिशार्दूल स वै मत्तो बृहत्तरः ॥

ākāśastamuvācedaṃ prahasanmunisattamam | nāhaṃ bṛhattaro brahmañśabdo vai kāraṇaṃ mama | taṃ pṛccha muniśārdūla sa vai matto bṛhattaraḥ

Space said to that best of sages, laughing: "I am not greater, brahmin; sound is my cause. Ask that, tiger among sages, for it is truly greater than I."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0111-0113); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 53 (12.209.53)

ततो ह्याविश्य चाकाशं शब्दात्मानमुवाच ह । स्वरव्यञ्जनसंयुक्तं नानाहेतुविभूषितम् । वेदाख्यं परमं गुह्यं वेदकारणमच्युतम् ॥

tato hyāviśya cākāśaṃ śabdātmānamuvāca ha | svaravyañjanasaṃyuktaṃ nānāhetuvibhūṣitam | vedākhyaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ vedakāraṇamacyutam

Then, entering Space, he addressed the Self of Sound, the one joined with vowels and consonants, adorned with many reasons, called the Veda, the supreme secret, the cause of the Veda, the unfallen:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0114-0116); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 54 (12.209.54)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ śrotumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to hear from you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0117-0118); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 55 (12.209.55)

वेदात्मा प्रत्युवाचेदं नारदं मुनिपुङ्गवम् । मया कारणभूतेन सर्ववेत्ता पितामहः ॥

vedātmā pratyuvācedaṃ nāradaṃ munipuṅgavam | mayā kāraṇabhūtena sarvavettā pitāmahaḥ

The Self of the Veda answered Narada, bull among sages: "Through me, as the cause, the Grandfather is all-knowing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0119-0120); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 56 (12.209.56)

ब्रह्मणो बुद्धिसंस्थानमास्थितोऽहं महामुने । तस्माद्बृहत्तरो मत्तः पद्मयोनिर्महामतिः । तं पृच्छ मुनिशार्दूल सर्वकारणकारणम् ॥

brahmaṇo buddhisaṃsthānamāsthito'haṃ mahāmune | tasmādbṛhattaro mattaḥ padmayonirmahāmatiḥ | taṃ pṛccha muniśārdūla sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

I abide in the seat of Brahma's intellect, great sage. Therefore the lotus-born, of great mind, is greater than I. Ask him, tiger among sages, the cause of all causes."

Note on the text: Corrected तस्माद्वृहत्तरो → तस्माद्बृहत्तरो (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0121-0123); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 57 (12.209.57)

ब्रह्मलोकं ततो गत्वा नारदो मुनिपुङ्गवैः । सेव्यमानं महात्मानं लोकपालैर्मरुद्गणैः ॥

brahmalokaṃ tato gatvā nārado munipuṅgavaiḥ | sevyamānaṃ mahātmānaṃ lokapālairmarudgaṇaiḥ

Then Narada went to the world of Brahma, where the great soul was being served by foremost sages, by the guardians of the worlds and the hosts of Maruts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0124-0125); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 58 (12.209.58)

समुद्रैश्च सरिद्भिश्च भूततत्वैः सभूधरैः । गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च ज्योतिषां च गणैस्तथा ॥

samudraiśca saridbhiśca bhūtatatvaiḥ sabhūdharaiḥ | gandharvairapsarobhiśca jyotiṣāṃ ca gaṇaistathā

by oceans and rivers, by the principles of the elements together with the mountains, by Gandharvas and Apsaras, and likewise by the hosts of luminaries,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0126-0127); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 59 (12.209.59)

स्तुतिस्तोमग्रहस्तोभैस्तथा वेदैर्मुनीश्वरैः । उपास्यमानं ब्रह्माणं लोकनाथं परात्परम् ॥

stutistomagrahastobhaistathā vedairmunīśvaraiḥ | upāsyamānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokanāthaṃ parātparam

and was being worshipped with hymns of praise and refrains, by the Vedas and by lords of sages: Brahma, lord of the world, higher than the highest,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0128-0129); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 60 (12.209.60)

हिरण्यगर्भं विश्वेशं चतुर्वक्त्रेण भूषितम् । प्रणम्य प्राञ्जलिः प्रह्वस्तमाह मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥

hiraṇyagarbhaṃ viśveśaṃ caturvaktreṇa bhūṣitam | praṇamya prāñjaliḥ prahvastamāha munipuṅgavaḥ

Hiranyagarbha, lord of the universe, adorned with four faces. Bowing with joined palms, that foremost of sages humbly said to him:

Note on the text: Corrected चतुर्वक्रेण → चतुर्वक्त्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, 'four-faced'; critical edition has caturvaktreṇa). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0130-0131); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 61 (12.209.61)

आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तोसि बृहत्तरः । भवन्तं वेत्तुमिच्छामि कीदृग्भूतस्त्वमव्यय ॥

āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantosi bṛhattaraḥ | bhavantaṃ vettumicchāmi kīdṛgbhūtastvamavyaya

"You are wondrous and blessed, you are endless and greater than all. I wish to know you: what kind of being are you, imperishable one?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0132-0133); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 62 (12.209.62)

तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकपितामहः । उत्स्मयन्मुनिमाहेदं कर्ममूलस्य लोपकम् ॥

tacchrutvā bhagavānbrahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | utsmayanmunimāhedaṃ karmamūlasya lopakam

Hearing this, the Lord Brahma, grandfather of all the worlds, smiled and said to the sage these words that cut the root of action:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0134-0135); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 63 (12.209.63)

नाहं बृहत्तरो ब्रह्मन्नाप्यनन्तश्च सत्तम । लोकानां मम सर्वेषां नाथभूतो बृहत्तरः ॥

nāhaṃ bṛhattaro brahmannāpyanantaśca sattama | lokānāṃ mama sarveṣāṃ nāthabhūto bṛhattaraḥ

"I am not greater, brahmin, nor endless, best of men. The one who is greater is the lord of all my worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0136-0137); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 64 (12.209.64)

नन्दगोपकुले गोपकुमारैः परिवारितः । समस्तजगतां गोप्ता गोपवेषेण संस्थितः ॥

nandagopakule gopakumāraiḥ parivāritaḥ | samastajagatāṃ goptā gopaveṣeṇa saṃsthitaḥ

In the family of Nanda the cowherd, surrounded by cowherd boys, the protector of all the worlds abides in the guise of a cowherd.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0138-0139); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 65 (12.209.65)

मद्रूपं च समास्थाय जगत्सृष्टिं करोति सः । ऐशानमास्थितः श्रीमान्हन्ति नित्यं हि पाति च ॥

madrūpaṃ ca samāsthāya jagatsṛṣṭiṃ karoti saḥ | aiśānamāsthitaḥ śrīmānhanti nityaṃ hi pāti ca

Taking my form, he performs the creation of the world; taking the form of Ishana, the glorious one destroys, and ever he preserves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0140-0141); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 66 (12.209.66)

विष्णुः स्वरूपरूपोऽसौ कारणं स हरिर्मम । तं पृच्छ मुनिशार्दूल स चानन्तो बृहत्तरः ॥

viṣṇuḥ svarūparūpo'sau kāraṇaṃ sa harirmama | taṃ pṛccha muniśārdūla sa cānanto bṛhattaraḥ

He is Vishnu, of his own form; he, Hari, is my cause. Ask him, tiger among sages; he is the endless one, the greater."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0142-0143); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 67 (12.209.67)

ततोऽवतीर्य भगवान्ब्रह्मलोकान्महामुनिः । नन्दगोपकुले विष्णुमेनं कृष्णं जगत्पतिम् ॥

tato'vatīrya bhagavānbrahmalokānmahāmuniḥ | nandagopakule viṣṇumenaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ jagatpatim

Then the venerable great sage came down from the world of Brahma to Vishnu in the family of Nanda the cowherd, to Krishna, lord of the world,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0144-0145); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 68 (12.209.68)

बालक्रीडनकासक्तं वत्सजालविभूषितम् । पाययित्वाथ बध्नन्तं धूलिधूम्राननं परम् ॥

bālakrīḍanakāsaktaṃ vatsajālavibhūṣitam | pāyayitvātha badhnantaṃ dhūlidhūmrānanaṃ param

who was absorbed in a child's play, adorned with a crowd of calves, giving them drink and then tying them, his supreme face grey with dust,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0146-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 69 (12.209.69)

गाहमानैर्हसद्भिश्च नृत्यद्भिश्च समन्ततः । पाणिवादनकैश्चैव संवृतं वेणुवादकैः ॥

gāhamānairhasadbhiśca nṛtyadbhiśca samantataḥ | pāṇivādanakaiścaiva saṃvṛtaṃ veṇuvādakaiḥ

surrounded on every side by boys who plunged about, laughed, danced, clapped their hands and played on flutes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0148-0149); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 70 (12.209.70)

प्रणिपत्याब्रवीदेनं नारदो भगवान्मुनिः । आश्चर्योसि च धन्योसि ह्यनन्तश्च बृहत्तरः । वेत्ताऽसि चाव्ययश्चासि वेत्तुमिच्छामि यादृशम् ॥

praṇipatyābravīdenaṃ nārado bhagavānmuniḥ | āścaryosi ca dhanyosi hyanantaśca bṛhattaraḥ | vettā'si cāvyayaścāsi vettumicchāmi yādṛśam

Bowing to him, the venerable sage Narada said: "You are wondrous and blessed, endless and greater than all; you are the knower and the imperishable. I wish to know what you are."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0150-0152); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 71 (12.209.71)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्नारदं प्रत्युवाच ह । मत्तः परतरं नास्ति मत्तः सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānnāradaṃ pratyuvāca ha | mattaḥ parataraṃ nāsti mattaḥ sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

Then the Lord laughed and answered Narada: "There is nothing higher than I; in me everything is established.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0153-0154); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 72 (12.209.72)

मत्तो बृहत्तरं नान्यदहमेव बृहत्तरः । आकाशे च स्थितः पूर्वमुक्तवानहमेव ते ॥

matto bṛhattaraṃ nānyadahameva bṛhattaraḥ | ākāśe ca sthitaḥ pūrvamuktavānahameva te

There is nothing else greater than I; I alone am the greater. And abiding in space, I myself told you this before.

Note on the text: Krishna's own speech, unheaded on the page (carried over under Narada's heading in the input). Corrected मतो → मत्तो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, 'than me'; critical edition has matto). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0155-0156); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 73 (12.209.73)

न मां वेत्ति जनः कश्चिन्माया मम दुरत्यया । भक्त्या त्वनन्यया युक्ता मां विजानन्ति योगिनः ॥

na māṃ vetti janaḥ kaścinmāyā mama duratyayā | bhaktyā tvananyayā yuktā māṃ vijānanti yoginaḥ

No one knows me; my maya is hard to cross. Yogins, joined with undivided devotion, know me.

Note on the text: Krishna's own speech, unheaded on the page (carried over under Narada's heading in the input). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0157-0158); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 74 (12.209.74)

प्रियोसि मम भक्तोसि मम तत्वं विलोकय । ददामि तव तज्ज्ञानं येन तत्वं प्रपश्यसि ॥

priyosi mama bhaktosi mama tatvaṃ vilokaya | dadāmi tava tajjñānaṃ yena tatvaṃ prapaśyasi

You are dear to me, you are my devotee; behold my reality. I give you that knowledge by which you will see the truth.

Note on the text: Krishna's own speech, unheaded on the page (carried over under Narada's heading in the input). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0159-0160); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 75 (12.209.75)

अन्येषां चैव भक्तानां मम योगरतात्मनाम् । ददामि दिव्यं ज्ञानं च येन तत्वं प्रपश्यसि ॥

anyeṣāṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ mama yogaratātmanām | dadāmi divyaṃ jñānaṃ ca yena tatvaṃ prapaśyasi

And to my other devotees, whose minds delight in yoga, I give divine knowledge, by which they see the truth.

Note on the text: Krishna's own speech, unheaded on the page (carried over under Narada's heading in the input). Second line repeats the second line of verse 73; the critical edition has only one couplet here (@017A_0161-0162), which verse 75 gives in full. Kept as printed. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0161-0162); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 76 (12.209.76)

अन्येषां चैव भक्तानां मम योगरतात्मनाम् । ददामि दिव्यं ज्ञानं च तेन ते यान्ति मत्पदम् ॥

anyeṣāṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ mama yogaratātmanām | dadāmi divyaṃ jñānaṃ ca tena te yānti matpadam

And to my other devotees, whose minds delight in yoga, I give divine knowledge, by which they reach my abode.

Note on the text: Krishna's own speech, unheaded on the page (carried over under Narada's heading in the input). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0161-0162); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 77 (12.209.77)

एवमुक्त्वा ययौ कृष्णो नन्दगोपगृहं हरिः ॥

evamuktvā yayau kṛṣṇo nandagopagṛhaṃ hariḥ

Having spoken thus, Krishna, Hari, went to the house of Nanda the cowherd.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0163); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 78 (12.209.78)

एतत्ते कथितं राजन्विष्णुतत्वमनुत्तमम् । भजस्वैनं विशालाक्षं जपन्कृष्णेति सत्तम ॥

etatte kathitaṃ rājanviṣṇutatvamanuttamam | bhajasvainaṃ viśālākṣaṃ japankṛṣṇeti sattama

This supreme account of Vishnu's reality has been told to you, O king. Worship him, the wide-eyed, repeating "Krishna," best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0164-0165); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 79 (12.209.79)

मोहयन्मां तथा त्वां च शृणोत्येष मयेरितान् । धर्मात्मा च महाबाहो भक्तान्रक्षति नान्यथा ॥

mohayanmāṃ tathā tvāṃ ca śṛṇotyeṣa mayeritān | dharmātmā ca mahābāho bhaktānrakṣati nānyathā

He hears what I have spoken, bewildering both me and you; the righteous-souled, mighty-armed one protects his devotees, and not otherwise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17A (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017A_0166-0167); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.