Garuda's Account of Vishnu's Greatness

Verse 1 (12.211.1)

देवासुरमनुष्येषु ऋषिमुख्येषु वा पुनः । विष्णोस्तत्वं यथाख्यातं को विद्वाननुवेत्ति तत् ॥

devāsuramanuṣyeṣu ṛṣimukhyeṣu vā punaḥ | viṣṇostatvaṃ yathākhyātaṃ ko vidvānanuvetti tat

Among gods, demons and men, or among the foremost sages, who is the learned one that knows and understands the truth of Vishnu as it has been described?

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading '* युधिष्ठिर उवाच' (printed inside the verse with a stray asterisk) and made it the speaker; Corrected देवानुर → देवासुर (misprint in Wikisource; न for स, 'gods and demons', as in the critical edition devāsura). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0001-0002); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 2 (12.211.2)

एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व न मे तृप्तिर्हि तत्वतः । वर्तते भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वज्ञोऽसीति मे मतिः ॥

etanme sarvamācakṣva na me tṛptirhi tatvataḥ | vartate bharataśreṣṭha sarvajño'sīti me matiḥ

Tell me all of this, for I am not satisfied about its truth. I think, best of the Bharatas, that you know everything.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0003-0004); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 3 (12.211.3)

कारितोऽहं त्वया राजन्यद्वृत्तं च पुरा मम । गरुडेन पुरा मह्यं संवादो भूभृदुत्तम ॥

kārito'haṃ tvayā rājanyadvṛttaṃ ca purā mama | garuḍena purā mahyaṃ saṃvādo bhūbhṛduttama

O king, you have prompted me to speak of what happened to me long ago: a conversation I once had with Garuda, O best of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected यदॄत्तं → यद्वृत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; scrambled conjunct, as in the critical edition yad vṛttaṃ); Corrected संवादोऽभूभृतोत्तम् → संवादो भूभृदुत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; garbled ending, as in the critical edition saṃvādo bhūbhṛduttama, 'O best of kings'); कारितोऽहं kept as printed (the critical edition also prints kārito, with smārito 'reminded' suggested in brackets). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0005-0006); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 4 (12.211.4)

पुराहं तप आस्थाय वासुदेवपरायणः । ध्यायन्स्तुवन्नमस्यंश्च यजमानस्तमेव च । गङ्गाद्वीपे समासीनो दशवर्षाणि भारत ॥

purāhaṃ tapa āsthāya vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ | dhyāyanstuvannamasyaṃśca yajamānastameva ca | gaṅgādvīpe samāsīno daśavarṣāṇi bhārata

Long ago I took up austerity, wholly devoted to Vasudeva, meditating on him, praising him, bowing to him, and worshipping him alone. For ten years, O Bharata, I sat on an island in the Ganga.

Note on the text: Corrected यजमानस्तमेवच → यजमानस्तमेव च (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together); Corrected गङ्गद्वीपे → गङ्गाद्वीपे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā, 'island in the Ganga', as in the critical edition gaṅgādvīpe). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0007-0009); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 5 (12.211.5)

माता च मम सा देवी जननी लोकपावनी । समासीना समीपे मे रक्षणार्थं ममाच्युत ॥

mātā ca mama sā devī jananī lokapāvanī | samāsīnā samīpe me rakṣaṇārthaṃ mamācyuta

My mother, that goddess, the Ganga who purifies the world, sat beside me to protect me, O Achyuta.

Note on the text: Corrected मम ता देवी → मम सा देवी (misprint in Wikisource; ता for सा, as in the critical edition sā devī). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0010-0011); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 6 (12.211.6)

तस्मिन्कालेऽद्भुतः श्रीमान्सर्ववेदमयः प्रभुः । सुपर्णः पततांश्रेष्ठो मेरुमन्दरसन्निभः । आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा गङ्गां द्रष्टुं महायशाः ॥

tasminkāle'dbhutaḥ śrīmānsarvavedamayaḥ prabhuḥ | suparṇaḥ patatāṃśreṣṭho merumandarasannibhaḥ | ājagāma viśuddhātmā gaṅgāṃ draṣṭuṃ mahāyaśāḥ

At that time, to see the Ganga, there came the wondrous and glorious lord Suparna, made of all the Vedas, best of fliers, vast as Meru and Mandara, pure in soul and of great fame.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0012-0014); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 7 (12.211.7)

तमागतं महात्मानं प्रत्युद्गम्याहमर्थितः । प्रणिपत्य यथान्यायं कृताञ्जलिरवस्थितः ॥

tamāgataṃ mahātmānaṃ pratyudgamyāhamarthitaḥ | praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ kṛtāñjaliravasthitaḥ

When that great-souled one had come, I went out to meet him, humbly seeking his favour, bowed to him as is proper, and stood with joined palms.

Note on the text: Corrected कृताज्जलि → कृताञ्जलि (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ज्ज for ञ्ज, as in the critical edition kṛtāñjali). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0015-0016); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 8 (12.211.8)

सोऽपि देवो महाभागामभिनन्द्य च जाह्नवीम् । तया च पूजितः श्रीमानुपोपाविशदासने ॥

so'pi devo mahābhāgāmabhinandya ca jāhnavīm | tayā ca pūjitaḥ śrīmānupopāviśadāsane

That god, welcoming the greatly fortunate Jahnavi, and honoured by her in return, the glorious one sat down on a seat.

Note on the text: Corrected तथा च पूजितः → तया च पूजितः (misprint in Wikisource; तथा for तया, "honoured by her", as in the critical edition tayā ca pūjitaḥ); Corrected श्रीमानुणेपाविशदासने → श्रीमानुपोपाविशदासने (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, as in the critical edition śrīmān upopāviśad āsane). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0017-0018); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 9 (12.211.9)

ततः कथान्तरे तं वै वचनं चेदमब्रवम् । वेदवेद महावीर्य वैनतेय महाबल ॥

tataḥ kathāntare taṃ vai vacanaṃ cedamabravam | vedaveda mahāvīrya vainateya mahābala

Then, in the course of conversation, I spoke these words to him: "Knower of the Veda, of great valour, son of Vinata, of great strength!

Note on the text: Corrected चेदमव्रवम् → चेदमब्रवम् (misprint in Wikisource; व्र for ब्र, as in the critical edition abravam); Corrected वैनतेग → वैनतेय (misprint in Wikisource; ग for य, "son of Vinata", as in the critical edition vainateya). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0019-0020); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 10 (12.211.10)

नारायणं हृषीकेशं सहमानोऽनिशं हरिम् । जानासि तं यथा वक्तुं यादृग्भूतो जनार्दनः । ममापि तस्य सद्भावं वक्तुमर्हसि सत्तम ॥

nārāyaṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ sahamāno'niśaṃ harim | jānāsi taṃ yathā vaktuṃ yādṛgbhūto janārdanaḥ | mamāpi tasya sadbhāvaṃ vaktumarhasi sattama

You who constantly bear Narayana, Hrishikesha, Hari, you know how to speak of him and of what nature Janardana is. Tell me too of his true being, O best of beings."

Note on the text: Corrected सद्भातं → सद्भावं (misprint in Wikisource; त for व, as in the critical edition sadbhāvaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0021-0023); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 11 (12.211.11)

शृणु भीष्म यथान्यायं पुरा त्वमिह सत्तमाः । अनेके मुनयः सिद्धा मानसोत्तरवासिनः । पप्रच्छुर्मां महाप्राज्ञा वासुदेवपरायणाः ॥

śṛṇu bhīṣma yathānyāyaṃ purā tvamiha sattamāḥ | aneke munayaḥ siddhā mānasottaravāsinaḥ | papracchurmāṃ mahāprājñā vāsudevaparāyaṇāḥ

Listen, Bhishma, as is right. Long ago, here, many excellent sages, perfected ones dwelling on Mount Manasottara, of great wisdom and devoted to Vasudeva, asked me:

Note on the text: Corrected पुनयः → मुनयः (misprint in Wikisource; प for म, "sages", as in the critical edition munayaḥ); Corrected पगच्छुर्मा → पप्रच्छुर्मां (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, "asked me", as in the critical edition papracchur māṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0024-0026); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 12 (12.211.12)

पक्षीन्द्र वासुदेवस्य तत्वं वेत्सि परं पदम् । त्वया समो न तस्यास्ति सन्निकृष्टप्रियोपि च ॥

pakṣīndra vāsudevasya tatvaṃ vetsi paraṃ padam | tvayā samo na tasyāsti sannikṛṣṭapriyopi ca

"King of birds, you know the truth of Vasudeva, his highest state; there is none equal to you for him, none nearer or dearer."

Note on the text: Corrected स्वसा सयो → त्वया समो (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, "none equal to you", as in the critical edition tvayā samo); The page prints no heading here: the verse is the sages' question put to Garuda, so it is given to the sages (मुनय ऊचुः). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0027-0028); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 13 (12.211.13)

तेषामहं वचः श्रुत्वा प्रणिपत्य महाहरिम् । अब्रवं च यथावृत्तं मम नारायणस्य च ॥

teṣāmahaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā praṇipatya mahāharim | abravaṃ ca yathāvṛttaṃ mama nārāyaṇasya ca

Having heard their words and bowed to the great Hari, I told them truly what had passed between me and Narayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0029-0030); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 14 (12.211.14)

शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूला हृत्वा सोममहं पुरा । आकाशे पतमानस्तु वाक्यं तत्र शृणोमि वै ॥

śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlā hṛtvā somamahaṃ purā | ākāśe patamānastu vākyaṃ tatra śṛṇomi vai

"Listen, tigers among sages: long ago, after I had carried off the soma, as I flew through the sky I heard a voice there:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0031-0032); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 15 (12.211.15)

साधुसाधु महाबाहो प्रीतोस्मि तव दर्शनात् । वृणीष्व वचनं मत्तः पक्षीन्द्र गरुडाधुना ॥

sādhusādhu mahābāho prītosmi tava darśanāt | vṛṇīṣva vacanaṃ mattaḥ pakṣīndra garuḍādhunā

'Well done, well done, mighty-armed one! I am pleased at the sight of you. Ask a boon of me now, king of birds, Garuda.

Note on the text: Speaker is the Lord's voice from the sky (Narayana), not headed on the page. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0033-0034); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 16 (12.211.16)

त्वामहं भक्तितत्वज्ञो ब्रवै वचनमुत्तमम् । इत्याह स्म ध्रुवं तत्र मामाह भगवान्पुनः ॥

tvāmahaṃ bhaktitatvajño bravai vacanamuttamam | ityāha sma dhruvaṃ tatra māmāha bhagavānpunaḥ

I, who know the truth of devotion, will speak to you a supreme word.' Thus he spoke to me there, and the Lord spoke to me again:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0035-0036); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 17 (12.211.17)

ऋषिरस्मि महावीर्य न मां जानाति वा मयि । असूयति च मां मूढ तच्छ्रुत्वा गर्वमास्थितः ॥

ṛṣirasmi mahāvīrya na māṃ jānāti vā mayi | asūyati ca māṃ mūḍha tacchrutvā garvamāsthitaḥ

'I am a sage, O you of great valour; he does not know me, nor what is in me, and the fool bears me ill will.' Hearing that, I gave way to pride.

Note on the text: Speaker uncertain: the sense is garbled in both the page and the critical edition (the first line seems to be the Lord's words as Garuda remembers them); kept with Garuda, the heading in force. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0037-0038); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 18 (12.211.18)

अहं देवनिकायानां मध्ये वचनमब्रवम् । ऋषे पूर्वं वरं मत्तस्त्वं वृणीष्व ततो ह्यहम् । वृणे त्वत्तो वरं पश्चादित्येवं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥

ahaṃ devanikāyānāṃ madhye vacanamabravam | ṛṣe pūrvaṃ varaṃ mattastvaṃ vṛṇīṣva tato hyaham | vṛṇe tvatto varaṃ paścādityevaṃ munisattamāḥ

In the midst of the hosts of gods I said: 'Sage, you first ask a boon of me; afterwards I shall ask a boon of you,' so I spoke, O best of sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0039-0041); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 19 (12.211.19)

तस्मात्त्वां भगवान्देवः श्रीमाञ्श्रीवत्सलक्षणः । अद्य पश्यति पक्षीन्द्र वाहनं भव मे सदा । वृणेऽहं वरमेतद्धि त्वत्तोऽद्य पतगेश्वर ॥

tasmāttvāṃ bhagavāndevaḥ śrīmāñśrīvatsalakṣaṇaḥ | adya paśyati pakṣīndra vāhanaṃ bhava me sadā | vṛṇe'haṃ varametaddhi tvatto'dya patageśvara

Therefore the glorious Lord, the god marked with the Shrivatsa, looks upon you today, king of birds: be my vehicle always. This is the boon I ask of you today, lord of birds.

Note on the text: Speaker uncertain: the sense is the Lord's offer ('be my vehicle'), but the verse names him in the third person; kept with Garuda, the heading in force. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0042-0044); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 20 (12.211.20)

तथेति तं वीक्ष्य मातामनहंकारमास्थितम् । जेतुकामो ह्यहं विष्णुं मायया मायिनं हरिम् ॥

tatheti taṃ vīkṣya mātāmanahaṃkāramāsthitam | jetukāmo hyahaṃ viṣṇuṃ māyayā māyinaṃ harim

Saying "So be it," I looked at him, who seemed to stand free of ego, and, wishing to conquer Hari, the Vishnu who is master of illusion, by illusion, I said:

Note on the text: Reading mātāmanahaṃkāram kept as printed (the critical edition also prints it, marked sic); translated as 'free of ego'. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0045-0046); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 21 (12.211.21)

त्वत्तो ह्यहं वृणे त्वद्य वरं ऋषिवरोत्तम । तवोपरिष्टात्स्थास्यामि वरमेतत्प्रयच्छ मे ॥

tvatto hyahaṃ vṛṇe tvadya varaṃ ṛṣivarottama | tavopariṣṭātsthāsyāmi varametatprayaccha me

"From you today, best of sages, I ask this boon: I shall stand above you. Grant me this."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0047-0048); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 22 (12.211.22)

तथेति च हसन्प्राह हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । ध्वजं च मे भव सदा त्वमेव विहगेश्वर । उपरिष्टात्स्थितिस्तेऽस्तु मम पक्षीन्द्र सर्वदा ॥

tatheti ca hasanprāha harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | dhvajaṃ ca me bhava sadā tvameva vihageśvara | upariṣṭātsthitiste'stu mama pakṣīndra sarvadā

Laughing, the Lord Narayana, Hari, said, "So be it. And you yourself, lord of birds, shall always be my banner; and your place shall be above me, king of birds, always."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0049-0051); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 23 (12.211.23)

इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । सहस्रचरणः श्रीमान्सहस्रादित्यसन्निभः ॥

ityuktvā bhagavāndevaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | sahasracaraṇaḥ śrīmānsahasrādityasannibhaḥ

Having spoken thus, the Lord, the god who bears the conch, discus and mace, glorious, with a thousand feet, shining like a thousand suns,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0052-0053); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 24 (12.211.24)

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्रनयनो महान् । सहस्रमकुटोऽचिन्त्यः सहस्रवदनो विभुः ॥

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasranayano mahān | sahasramakuṭo'cintyaḥ sahasravadano vibhuḥ

the Person with a thousand heads, great, with a thousand eyes, a thousand crowns and a thousand faces, inconceivable and all-pervading,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0054-0055); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 25 (12.211.25)

विद्युन्मालानिभैर्दिव्यैर्नानाभरणराजिभिः । क्वचित्संदृश्यमानस्तु चतुर्बाहुः क्वचिद्धरिः ॥

vidyunmālānibhairdivyairnānābharaṇarājibhiḥ | kvacitsaṃdṛśyamānastu caturbāhuḥ kvaciddhariḥ

with divine ornaments of many kinds, bright as garlands of lightning, were seen at one moment four-armed, at another simply as Hari,

Note on the text: Corrected क्वचिद्वरिः → क्वचिद्धरिः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध, as in the critical edition kva cid dhariḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0056-0057); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 26 (12.211.26)

क्वचिज्ज्योतिर्मयोचिन्त्यः क्वचित्स्कन्धे समाहितः । एवं मम जयन्देवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

kvacijjyotirmayocintyaḥ kvacitskandhe samāhitaḥ | evaṃ mama jayandevastatraivāntaradhīyata

at one moment as pure radiance, inconceivable, at another seated on my shoulder. Thus, as I strove to overcome him, the god vanished right there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0058-0059); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 27 (12.211.27)

ततोऽहं विस्मयापन्नः कृत्वा कार्यमनुत्तमम् । अस्याविमुच्य जननीं मया सह मुनीश्वराः ॥

tato'haṃ vismayāpannaḥ kṛtvā kāryamanuttamam | asyāvimucya jananīṃ mayā saha munīśvarāḥ

Then I, filled with wonder, having accomplished that supreme task and freed my mother from her servitude (and myself with her), O lords of sages,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0060-0061); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 28 (12.211.28)

अचिन्त्योऽयमहं भूयः कोऽसौ मामब्रवीत्पुरा । कीदृग्विधः स भगवानिति मत्वा तमास्थितः ॥

acintyo'yamahaṃ bhūyaḥ ko'sau māmabravītpurā | kīdṛgvidhaḥ sa bhagavāniti matvā tamāsthitaḥ

thought: "This one is inconceivable. Who was it that spoke to me before? What kind of being is that Lord?" So thinking, I stayed fixed on him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0062-0063); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 29 (12.211.29)

अनन्तरं देवदेवं स्कन्धे मम समाश्रितम् । अद्राक्षं पुण्डरीकाक्षं वहमानोऽहमद्भुतम् ॥

anantaraṃ devadevaṃ skandhe mama samāśritam | adrākṣaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ vahamāno'hamadbhutam

Immediately afterwards I saw the god of gods, the lotus-eyed one, seated on my shoulder, and I carried that wondrous being.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0064-0065); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 30 (12.211.30)

अवशस्तस्य भावेन यत्र यत्र स चेच्छति । विस्मयापन्नहृदयो ह्यहं किमिति चिन्तयन् । अन्तर्जलमहं सर्वं वहमानोऽगमं पुनः ॥

avaśastasya bhāvena yatra yatra sa cecchati | vismayāpannahṛdayo hyahaṃ kimiti cintayan | antarjalamahaṃ sarvaṃ vahamāno'gamaṃ punaḥ

Helpless under his will, I went wherever he wished; my heart full of wonder, wondering "What is this?", I carried him again through all the waters.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0066-0068); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 31 (12.211.31)

सेन्द्रैर्देवैर्महाभागैर्ब्रह्माद्यैः कल्पजीविभिः । स्तूयमानो ह्यहमपि तैस्तैरभ्यर्चितः पृथक् ॥

sendrairdevairmahābhāgairbrahmādyaiḥ kalpajīvibhiḥ | stūyamāno hyahamapi taistairabhyarcitaḥ pṛthak

I was praised by Indra and the gods, by the greatly fortunate Brahma and the others who live through a kalpa, and honoured by each of them separately.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0069-0070); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 32 (12.211.32)

क्षीरोदस्योत्तरे कूले दिव्ये मणिमये शुभे । वैकर्णनाम सदनं हरेस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

kṣīrodasyottare kūle divye maṇimaye śubhe | vaikarṇanāma sadanaṃ harestasya mahātmanaḥ

On the northern shore of the ocean of milk, divine, jewelled and auspicious, stands the abode named Vaikarna of that great-souled Hari.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0071-0072); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 33 (12.211.33)

दिव्यं तेजोमयं श्रीमदचिन्त्यममरैरपि । तेजोनिलमयैः स्तम्भैर्नानासंस्थानसंस्थितैः ॥

divyaṃ tejomayaṃ śrīmadacintyamamarairapi | tejonilamayaiḥ stambhairnānāsaṃsthānasaṃsthitaiḥ

It is divine, made of radiance, glorious, inconceivable even to the immortals, with pillars made of light and air, shaped in many forms,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0073-0074); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 34 (12.211.34)

विभूषितं हिरण्येन भास्वरेण समन्ततः । दिव्यं ज्योतिः समायुक्तं गीतवादित्रशोभितम् ॥

vibhūṣitaṃ hiraṇyena bhāsvareṇa samantataḥ | divyaṃ jyotiḥ samāyuktaṃ gītavāditraśobhitam

adorned on every side with shining gold, filled with divine light, graced with song and music.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0075-0076); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 35 (12.211.35)

शृणोमि शब्दं तत्राहं न पश्यामि शरीरिणम् । न च स्थलं न चान्यच्च पादयोस्तं समन्ततः । वेपमानो ह्यहं तत्र विष्ठितोऽहं कृताञ्जलिः ॥

śṛṇomi śabdaṃ tatrāhaṃ na paśyāmi śarīriṇam | na ca sthalaṃ na cānyacca pādayostaṃ samantataḥ | vepamāno hyahaṃ tatra viṣṭhito'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ

There I heard a sound but saw no embodied being; I saw neither ground nor anything else around his feet. Trembling, I stood there with joined palms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0077-0079); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 36 (12.211.36)

ततो ब्रह्मादयो देवा लोकपालास्तथैव च । सनन्दनाद्या मुनयस्तथाऽन्ये परजीविनः ॥

tato brahmādayo devā lokapālāstathaiva ca | sanandanādyā munayastathā'nye parajīvinaḥ

Then Brahma and the other gods, and likewise the guardians of the worlds, the sages headed by Sanandana, and others who live by the Supreme,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0080-0081); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 37 (12.211.37)

प्राप्तास्तत्र सभाद्वारि देवगन्धर्वसत्तमाः । ब्रह्माणं पुरतः कृत्वा कृताञ्जलिपुटास्तदा ॥

prāptāstatra sabhādvāri devagandharvasattamāḥ | brahmāṇaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā kṛtāñjalipuṭāstadā

arrived there at the door of the hall, the best of gods and Gandharvas, placing Brahma in front, with palms joined.

Note on the text: Corrected परतः → पुरतः (misprint in Wikisource; र/त slip, 'placing Brahma in front', as in the critical edition purataḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0082-0083); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 38 (12.211.38)

ततस्तदन्तरे तस्मिन्क्षीरोदार्णवशीकरैः । बोध्यमानो महाविष्णुराविर्भूत इवाबभौ ॥

tatastadantare tasminkṣīrodārṇavaśīkaraiḥ | bodhyamāno mahāviṣṇurāvirbhūta ivābabhau

Then, in that interval, awakened by the spray of the ocean of milk, the great Vishnu appeared, shining as if newly manifest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0084-0085); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 39 (12.211.39)

फणासहस्रमालाढ्यं शेषमव्यक्तसंस्थितम् । पश्याम्यहं मुदाऽऽकाशे यस्योपरि जनार्दनम् ॥

phaṇāsahasramālāḍhyaṃ śeṣamavyaktasaṃsthitam | paśyāmyahaṃ mudā''kāśe yasyopari janārdanam

Joyfully I saw in the sky Shesha, adorned with a garland of a thousand hoods, resting in the unmanifest, and upon him Janardana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0086-0087); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 40 (12.211.40)

दीर्घवृत्तैः समैः पीनैः केयूरवलयोज्ज्वलैः । चतुर्भिर्बाहुभिर्युक्तं ॥

dīrghavṛttaiḥ samaiḥ pīnaiḥ keyūravalayojjvalaiḥ | caturbhirbāhubhiryuktaṃ

endowed with four arms, long, rounded, even and stout, bright with armlets and bracelets, ...

Note on the text: Corrected चर्तुभिर्बाहुभिर्युक्तं------------ → चतुर्भिर्बाहुभिर्युक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; scrambled conjunct, as in the critical edition caturbhir bāhubhir yuktaṃ); The rest of this line is lost: Wikisource prints a row of dashes and the critical edition prints asterisks (a lacuna), so nothing can be restored; the dashes are dropped. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0088-0089); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 41 (12.211.41)

पीताम्बरेण संवीतं कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् । वक्षस्थलेन संयुक्तं पद्मयाऽधिष्ठितेन च ॥

pītāmbareṇa saṃvītaṃ kaustubhena virājitam | vakṣasthalena saṃyuktaṃ padmayā'dhiṣṭhitena ca

clad in yellow garments, resplendent with the Kaustubha jewel, with Padma (Lakshmi) seated upon his chest.

Note on the text: Corrected पिताम्बरेण → पीताम्बरेण (misprint in Wikisource; short ि for long ी, "yellow garment", as in the critical edition pītāmbareṇa). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0090-0091); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 42 (12.211.42)

ईषदुन्मीलिताक्षं तं सर्वकारणकारणम् । क्षीरोदस्योपरि बभौ नीलाभ्रं परमं यथा ॥

īṣadunmīlitākṣaṃ taṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam | kṣīrodasyopari babhau nīlābhraṃ paramaṃ yathā

His eyes were slightly open; he was the cause of all causes, and he shone above the ocean of milk like a supreme dark cloud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0092-0093); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 43 (12.211.43)

न कश्चिद्वदते कश्चिन्न व्याहरति कश्चन । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं माशब्दमिति रोषितम् । भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाक्षास्ते नानाभूतगणाः स्थिताः ॥

na kaścidvadate kaścinna vyāharati kaścana | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ māśabdamiti roṣitam | bhrukuṭīkuṭilākṣāste nānābhūtagaṇāḥ sthitāḥ

No one spoke, no one uttered a sound; from Brahma down to a blade of grass, all were sternly told "Make no sound!" and the many hosts of beings stood with brows knit and eyes askance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0094-0096); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 44 (12.211.44)

ततोऽचिन्त्यो हरिः श्रीमानालोक्य च पितामहम् । कृत्वा च प्रस्थितं तत्र जगतां हितकाम्यया । गच्छध्वमिति मामुक्त्वा गरुडेत्याह मां ततः ॥

tato'cintyo hariḥ śrīmānālokya ca pitāmaham | kṛtvā ca prasthitaṃ tatra jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā | gacchadhvamiti māmuktvā garuḍetyāha māṃ tataḥ

Then the inconceivable, glorious Hari, looking at the Grandfather and sending him off for the welfare of the worlds, said to me, "Go!" and then addressed me: "Garuda!"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.202.033d@017C_0097): Wikisource has lost the first line of this three-line verse (page labels 12-211-44a,b only), leaving 'having ... sent forth' without a subject; line 1 now reads ततोऽचिन्त्यो हरिः श्रीमानालोक्य च पितामहम्. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0097-0099); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 45 (12.211.45)

ततोऽहं प्रणिपत्याग्रे कृताञ्जलिरवस्थितः । आगच्छेति च मामुक्त्वा पूर्वोत्तरपथं गतः ॥

tato'haṃ praṇipatyāgre kṛtāñjaliravasthitaḥ | āgaccheti ca māmuktvā pūrvottarapathaṃ gataḥ

Then I bowed before him and stood with joined palms. Saying "Come," he went along the north-eastern path.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0100-0101); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 46 (12.211.46)

अतीव मृदुभावेन गच्छन्निव स दृश्यते । अयुतं नियुतं चाहं प्रयुतं चार्बुदं तथा । पतमानोऽहमनिशं योजनानि ततस्ततः ॥

atīva mṛdubhāvena gacchanniva sa dṛśyate | ayutaṃ niyutaṃ cāhaṃ prayutaṃ cārbudaṃ tathā | patamāno'hamaniśaṃ yojanāni tatastataḥ

He seemed to go with exceeding gentleness. Flying on ceaselessly this way and that, I covered ten thousand, then a hundred thousand, a million and ten million yojanas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0102-0104); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 47 (12.211.47)

ननु तत्वमहं भक्तो विष्ठितोस्मि प्रशास्तु नः । आगच्छ गरुडेत्येवं पुनराह स माधवः ॥

nanu tatvamahaṃ bhakto viṣṭhitosmi praśāstu naḥ | āgaccha garuḍetyevaṃ punarāha sa mādhavaḥ

"Surely I stand here as your devotee; command us." Again that Madhava said, "Come, Garuda."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0105-0106); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 48 (12.211.48)

ततो भूयो ह्यहं पातं पतमानो विहायसम् । आजगाम ततो घोरं शतकोटिसमावृतम् ॥

tato bhūyo hyahaṃ pātaṃ patamāno vihāyasam | ājagāma tato ghoraṃ śatakoṭisamāvṛtam

Then, flying on again through the sky, I came to a dreadful realm thronged by a hundred crores.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0107-0108); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 49 (12.211.49)

तामसानीव भूतानि पर्वताभानि तत्र ह । समानानीव पद्मानि ततोऽहं भीत आस्थितः ॥

tāmasānīva bhūtāni parvatābhāni tatra ha | samānānīva padmāni tato'haṃ bhīta āsthitaḥ

There I saw dark beings the size of mountains, and lotus-like shapes all alike, and I stood afraid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0109-0110); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 50 (12.211.50)

ततो मां किंकरो घोरः शतयोजनमायतम् । निगृह्य पाणिना तस्माच्चिक्षेप च स लोष्टवत् ॥

tato māṃ kiṃkaro ghoraḥ śatayojanamāyatam | nigṛhya pāṇinā tasmāccikṣepa ca sa loṣṭavat

Then a dreadful servant, a hundred yojanas tall, seized me with his hand and flung me away from there like a clod.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0111-0112); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 51 (12.211.51)

तत्तमोऽहमतिक्रम्य ह्यापं चैव विहायसम् । हुङ्कारघोषांस्तत्राहमशनीपातसन्निभान् । कर्णमूले ह्यशृणवं ततो भूतैः समास्थितः ॥

tattamo'hamatikramya hyāpaṃ caiva vihāyasam | huṅkāraghoṣāṃstatrāhamaśanīpātasannibhān | karṇamūle hyaśṛṇavaṃ tato bhūtaiḥ samāsthitaḥ

Passing beyond that darkness, and the waters and the sky, I heard there, at the root of my ear, roars of "hum" like falling thunderbolts, and I was surrounded by beings.

Note on the text: Corrected हुङ्कारघोपं तत्राहम → हुङ्कारघोषांस्तत्राहम (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, and the plural needed to agree with अशनीपातसन्निभान्, as in the critical edition huṃkāraghoṣāṃs tatrāham); Corrected ह्यशृण्वन्तस्ततो → ह्यशृणवं ततो (misprint in Wikisource; a plural participle cannot go with 'I', as in the critical edition hy aśṛṇavaṃ tato). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0113-0115); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 52 (12.211.52)

ततोऽहं देवदेवेश त्राहि मां पुष्करेक्षण । इत्यब्रवमहं तत्र ततो विष्णुरुवाच माम् ॥

tato'haṃ devadeveśa trāhi māṃ puṣkarekṣaṇa | ityabravamahaṃ tatra tato viṣṇuruvāca mām

Then I cried out, "God of gods, lotus-eyed one, save me!" and Vishnu answered me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0116-0117); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 53 (12.211.53)

सुषिरस्य मुखे कश्चिन्मां चिक्षेप भयङ्करः । अतीतोऽहं क्षणादग्निमपश्यं वायुमण्डलम् ॥

suṣirasya mukhe kaścinmāṃ cikṣepa bhayaṅkaraḥ | atīto'haṃ kṣaṇādagnimapaśyaṃ vāyumaṇḍalam

Some terrible being flung me into the mouth of a hollow; in an instant I had passed fire and saw the sphere of the wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0118-0119); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 54 (12.211.54)

आकाशमिव संप्रेक्ष्य क्षेप्तुकाममुपागतः । तत्राहं दुःखितो भूतः क्रोशमानो ह्यवस्थितः ॥

ākāśamiva saṃprekṣya kṣeptukāmamupāgataḥ | tatrāhaṃ duḥkhito bhūtaḥ krośamāno hyavasthitaḥ

Seeming to gaze at the sky, he came near, wishing to hurl me; and there I stood in distress, crying out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0120-0121); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 55 (12.211.55)

क्षणान्तरेण घोरेण क्रुद्धो हि परमात्मना । स्वपक्षराजिना दृष्ट्वा मां चिक्षेप भयङ्करः ॥

kṣaṇāntareṇa ghoreṇa kruddho hi paramātmanā | svapakṣarājinā dṛṣṭvā māṃ cikṣepa bhayaṅkaraḥ

A moment later the dreadful one, enraged and angered by the Supreme Self, saw me with his row of wings and flung me away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0122-0123); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 56 (12.211.56)

गरुडकुलं सहस्रादित्यसन्निभम् । मां दृष्ट्वाऽप्यथ संस्थेऽथ ह्यल्पकालोऽतिदुर्बलः ॥

garuḍakulaṃ sahasrādityasannibham | māṃ dṛṣṭvā'pyatha saṃsthe'tha hyalpakālo'tidurbalaḥ

... the Garuda race, shining like a thousand suns; they saw me, and for a short while I stayed there, exceedingly weak.

Note on the text: Corrected -----गरुडकुलं → गरुडकुलं (row of dashes marking a lost opening, dropped); The start of line 1 is lost in Wikisource (dashes) and in the critical edition (asterisks), so nothing can be restored. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0124-0125); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 57 (12.211.57)

अहो विहङ्गमः प्राप्त इति विस्मयमानसाः । मां दृष्ट्वोचुरहं तत्र पश्यामि गरुडध्वजम् ॥

aho vihaṅgamaḥ prāpta iti vismayamānasāḥ | māṃ dṛṣṭvocurahaṃ tatra paśyāmi garuḍadhvajam

"Ah, a bird has arrived!" so they said in wonder on seeing me. There I saw a Garuda-banner,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0126-0127); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 58 (12.211.58)

सहस्रयोजनायामं सहस्रादित्यवर्चसम् । सहस्रगरुडारूढं गरुडास्ते महाबलाः ॥

sahasrayojanāyāmaṃ sahasrādityavarcasam | sahasragaruḍārūḍhaṃ garuḍāste mahābalāḥ

a thousand yojanas long, with the splendour of a thousand suns, mounted by a thousand Garudas, those mighty Garudas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0128-0129); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 59 (12.211.59)

अत्याश्चर्यमिमं देव वपुषाऽस्मत्कुलोद्भवः । स्वल्पप्राणः स्वल्पकायः कोसौ पक्षी इहागतः ॥

atyāścaryamimaṃ deva vapuṣā'smatkulodbhavaḥ | svalpaprāṇaḥ svalpakāyaḥ kosau pakṣī ihāgataḥ

"How wondrous, O lord! One born of our line in body, yet of little strength and little frame: what bird is this that has come here?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0130-0131); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 60 (12.211.60)

तच्छ्रुत्वाऽहं नष्टगर्वो भीतो लज्जासमन्वितः । स्वयं बुद्धश्च संविग्नस्ततो ह्यशृणवं पुनः ॥

tacchrutvā'haṃ naṣṭagarvo bhīto lajjāsamanvitaḥ | svayaṃ buddhaśca saṃvignastato hyaśṛṇavaṃ punaḥ

Hearing that, my pride was gone, and I was afraid and full of shame. Awakened to myself and shaken, I then heard the voice again.

Note on the text: Corrected बुद्ध्श्च → बुद्धश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray halant). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0132-0133); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 61 (12.211.61)

आगच्छ गरुडेत्येव ततोऽहं यानमास्थितः । परार्ध्यं च ततो गत्वा योजनानां शतं पुनः । तत्रापश्यमहं यो वै ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् ॥

āgaccha garuḍetyeva tato'haṃ yānamāsthitaḥ | parārdhyaṃ ca tato gatvā yojanānāṃ śataṃ punaḥ | tatrāpaśyamahaṃ yo vai brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam

"Come, Garuda!" Then I took to flight again, and after going a further hundred yojanas of immense length, I saw there Brahma, who dwells in the highest place.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0134-0136); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 62 (12.211.62)

तत्रापि चापरं तत्र शतकोटिपितामहान् । पुनरेहीत्युवाचोच्चैर्भगवान्मधुसूदनः ॥

tatrāpi cāparaṃ tatra śatakoṭipitāmahān | punarehītyuvācoccairbhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ

And there again, others besides: a hundred crores of Grandfathers. The Lord Madhusudana called out loudly, "Come again!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0137-0138); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 63 (12.211.63)

महाकुलं ततोऽपश्यं प्रमाणानि तमव्ययम् । कपित्थफलसंकाशमन्धकारैः समाश्रितम् ॥

mahākulaṃ tato'paśyaṃ pramāṇāni tamavyayam | kapitthaphalasaṃkāśamandhakāraiḥ samāśritam

Then I saw a vast expanse with its measures, and him the imperishable; it was like a wood-apple fruit and wrapped in darkness.

Note on the text: अन्धकारैः kept as printed (valid reading; the critical edition reads aṇḍākāraiḥ, 'egg-shaped'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0139-0140); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 64 (12.211.64)

तत्र स्थितो हरिः श्रीमानण्डमेकं बिभेद ह । महद्भूतं हि मां गृह्य दत्त्वा वै प्राक्षिपत्पुनः ॥

tatra sthito hariḥ śrīmānaṇḍamekaṃ bibheda ha | mahadbhūtaṃ hi māṃ gṛhya dattvā vai prākṣipatpunaḥ

There the glorious Hari stood and broke open one egg; he seized me, great being though I was, and putting me in, hurled me inside once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0141-0142); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 65 (12.211.65)

तन्मध्ये सागरान्सप्त ब्रह्माणं च तथा सुरान् । पश्याम्यहं यथायोगं मातरं स्वकुलं तथा ॥

tanmadhye sāgarānsapta brahmāṇaṃ ca tathā surān | paśyāmyahaṃ yathāyogaṃ mātaraṃ svakulaṃ tathā

In its midst I saw, in due order, the seven oceans, Brahma and the gods, and my mother and my own family as well.

Note on the text: Corrected तन्सध्ये → तन्मध्ये (misprint in Wikisource; स for म, "in its midst", as in the critical edition tanmadhye). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0143-0144); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 66 (12.211.66)

एवं मयाऽनुभूतं हि तत्वान्वेषणकाङ्क्षिणा । शिबिकासदृशं मां वै पश्यध्वं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥

evaṃ mayā'nubhūtaṃ hi tatvānveṣaṇakāṅkṣiṇā | śibikāsadṛśaṃ māṃ vai paśyadhvaṃ munisattamāḥ

Thus did I experience it, desiring to search out the truth. See me, best of sages, as no more than a palanquin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0145-0146); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 67 (12.211.67)

इत्येवमब्रवं विप्रान्भीष्म यन्मे पुराऽभवत् । तत्ते सर्वं यथान्यायमुक्तवानस्मि सत्तम ॥

ityevamabravaṃ viprānbhīṣma yanme purā'bhavat | tatte sarvaṃ yathānyāyamuktavānasmi sattama

So, O Bhishma, I told those Brahmins what had happened to me long ago; and I have told you all of it just as it was, best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0147-0148); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 68 (12.211.68)

योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति ज्ञानं दृष्ट्वा परं हरिम् । नान्यथा शक्यरूपोसौ ज्ञानगम्यः परः पुमान् ॥

yoginastaṃ prapaśyanti jñānaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ harim | nānyathā śakyarūposau jñānagamyaḥ paraḥ pumān

Yogis see him: through knowledge they behold the supreme Hari. In no other way can that form be known; the Supreme Person is to be reached by knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0149-0150); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 69 (12.211.69)

अनन्यया च भक्त्या च प्राप्तुं शक्यो महाहरिः ॥

ananyayā ca bhaktyā ca prāptuṃ śakyo mahāhariḥ

And by undivided devotion the great Hari can be attained.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0151); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 70 (12.211.70)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्सुपर्णः पक्षिराट् प्रभुः । आमन्त्र्य जननीं मे वै तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

ityevamuktvā bhagavānsuparṇaḥ pakṣirāṭ prabhuḥ | āmantrya jananīṃ me vai tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having spoken thus, the lord Suparna, king of birds, took leave of my mother and vanished then and there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0152-0153); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 71 (12.211.71)

तस्माद्राजेन्द्र सर्वात्मा वासुदेवः प्रधानकृत् । ज्ञानेन भक्त्या सुलभो नान्यथेति मतिर्मम ॥

tasmādrājendra sarvātmā vāsudevaḥ pradhānakṛt | jñānena bhaktyā sulabho nānyatheti matirmama

Therefore, king of kings, Vasudeva, the Self of all, the maker of the primal principle, is easily reached through knowledge and devotion, and not otherwise: that is my conviction.

Note on the text: Removed a stray doubled daṇḍa and apostrophe printed after मम. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage 17C (printed after 12.202.033 as 12.202.033d@017C_0154-0155); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.