The Marriage of Shvetaketu and Suvarchala

Verse 1 (12.224.1)

अस्ति कश्चिद्यदि विभो सदारो नियतो गृहे । अतीतसर्वसंसारः सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः । तं मे ब्रूहि महाप्राज्ञ दुर्लभः पुरुषो महान् ॥

asti kaścidyadi vibho sadāro niyato gṛhe | atītasarvasaṃsāraḥ sarvadvandvavivarjitaḥ | taṃ me brūhi mahāprājña durlabhaḥ puruṣo mahān

Is there anyone, mighty lord, who lives at home with his wife, self-controlled, who has passed beyond all worldly existence and is free from every pair of opposites? Tell me of him, O man of great wisdom; such a great person is hard to find.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading '`युधिष्ठिर उवाच' (printed inside the verse with a stray backtick) and made it the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0043-0045); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 2 (12.224.2)

शृणु राजन्यथावृत्तं यन्मां त्वं पृष्टवानसि । इतिहासमिमं शुद्धं संसारभयभेषजम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathāvṛttaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ pṛṣṭavānasi | itihāsamimaṃ śuddhaṃ saṃsārabhayabheṣajam

Listen, O king, to the account just as it happened, about what you have asked me. This is a pure old tale, a medicine against the fear of worldly existence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0046-0047); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 3 (12.224.3)

देवलो नाम विप्रर्षिः सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदः । क्रियावान्धार्मिको नित्यं देवब्राह्मणपूजकः ॥

devalo nāma viprarṣiḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ | kriyāvāndhārmiko nityaṃ devabrāhmaṇapūjakaḥ

There was a brahmin seer named Devala, versed in the meaning of all the scriptures, devoted to rites, righteous, and ever a worshipper of the gods and of brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0048-0049); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 4 (12.224.4)

सुता सुवर्चला नाम तस्य कल्याणलक्षणा । नातिह्रस्वा नातिकृशा नातिदीर्घा यशस्विनी । प्रदानसमयं प्राप्ता पिता तस्य ह्यचिन्तयत् ॥

sutā suvarcalā nāma tasya kalyāṇalakṣaṇā | nātihrasvā nātikṛśā nātidīrghā yaśasvinī | pradānasamayaṃ prāptā pitā tasya hyacintayat

He had a daughter named Suvarchala, marked with every auspicious sign, neither too short nor too thin nor too tall, and renowned. When she reached the age to be given in marriage, her father began to think.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0050-0052); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 5 (12.224.5)

अस्याः पतिः कुतो वेति ब्राह्मणः श्रोत्रियः परः । विद्वान्विप्रो ह्यकुटुम्बः प्रियवादी महातपाः ॥

asyāḥ patiḥ kuto veti brāhmaṇaḥ śrotriyaḥ paraḥ | vidvānvipro hyakuṭumbaḥ priyavādī mahātapāḥ

'Where shall a husband for her come from? He must be a brahmin learned in the Veda, supreme among men, a scholar, without family encumbrances, pleasant in speech, and of great austerity.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0053-0054); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 6 (12.224.6)

इत्येवं चिन्तयानं तं रहस्याह सुवर्चला ॥

ityevaṃ cintayānaṃ taṃ rahasyāha suvarcalā

As he was thinking in this way, Suvarchala spoke to him in private.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0055); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 7 (12.224.7)

अन्धाय मां महाप्राज्ञ देह्यनन्धाय वै पितः । एवं स्मर सदा विद्वन्ममेदं प्रार्थितं मुने ॥

andhāya māṃ mahāprājña dehyanandhāya vai pitaḥ | evaṃ smara sadā vidvanmamedaṃ prārthitaṃ mune

'Father, man of great wisdom, give me to a blind man, not to one who is not blind. Remember this always, learned sage; this is what I ask of you.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: सुवर्चला (Suvarchala) — Suvarchala's own words to her father, with no printed heading; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0056-0057); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 8 (12.224.8)

न शक्यं प्रार्थितं वत्से त्वयाऽद्य प्रतिभाति मे । अन्धतानन्धता चेति विकारो मम जायते ॥

na śakyaṃ prārthitaṃ vatse tvayā'dya pratibhāti me | andhatānandhatā ceti vikāro mama jāyate

'What you ask cannot be, my daughter; so it appears to me now. This blindness and non-blindness leave me perplexed.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0058-0059); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 9 (12.224.9)

उन्मत्तेवाशुभं वाक्यं भाषसे शुभलोचने ॥

unmattevāśubhaṃ vākyaṃ bhāṣase śubhalocane

'You speak an ill-omened word, as if you were deranged, O girl with lovely eyes.'

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Verse 10 (12.224.10)

नाहमुन्मत्तभूताऽद्य बुद्धिपूर्वं ब्रवीमि ते । विद्यते चेत्पतिस्तादृक्स मां भरति वेदवित् ॥

nāhamunmattabhūtā'dya buddhipūrvaṃ bravīmi te | vidyate cetpatistādṛksa māṃ bharati vedavit

'I am not deranged now; I speak to you with deliberate thought. If there is such a husband, a knower of the Veda, he will support me.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0061-0062); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 11 (12.224.11)

येभ्यस्त्वं मन्यसे दातुं मामिहानय तान्द्विजान् । तादृशं तं पतिं तेषु वरयिष्ये यथातथम् ॥

yebhyastvaṃ manyase dātuṃ māmihānaya tāndvijān | tādṛśaṃ taṃ patiṃ teṣu varayiṣye yathātatham

'Bring here those brahmins to whom you think of giving me. Among them I shall truly choose the husband of that kind.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0063-0064); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 12 (12.224.12)

तथेति चोक्त्वा तां कन्यामृषिः शिष्यानुवाच ह । ब्राह्मणान्वेदसंपन्नान्योनिगोत्रविशोधितान् ॥

tatheti coktvā tāṃ kanyāmṛṣiḥ śiṣyānuvāca ha | brāhmaṇānvedasaṃpannānyonigotraviśodhitān

Saying 'So be it' to the girl, the sage spoke to his pupils: 'Brahmins who are accomplished in the Veda, whose birth and lineage have been tested and found pure,

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Verse 13 (12.224.13)

मातृतः पितृतः शुद्धाञ्शुद्धानाचारतः शुभान् । अरोगान्बुद्धिसंपन्नाञ्शीलसत्वगुणान्वितान् ॥

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaḥ śuddhāñśuddhānācārataḥ śubhān | arogānbuddhisaṃpannāñśīlasatvaguṇānvitān

pure on the mother's side and on the father's, good and pure in conduct, free of disease, intelligent, endowed with virtue and goodness,

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: पिता (Devala (Suvarchala's father)) — Devala's instruction to his pupils, continuing the sentence begun in verse 12; no heading is printed, and the verse is wholly his speech. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0067-0068); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 14 (12.224.14)

असंकीर्णांश्च गोत्रेषु वेदव्रतसमन्वितान् । ब्राह्मणान्स्नातकाञ्शीघ्रं मातापितृसमन्वितान् । निवेष्टुकामान्कन्यां मे दृष्ट्वाऽऽनयत शिष्यकाः ॥

asaṃkīrṇāṃśca gotreṣu vedavratasamanvitān | brāhmaṇānsnātakāñśīghraṃ mātāpitṛsamanvitān | niveṣṭukāmānkanyāṃ me dṛṣṭvā''nayata śiṣyakāḥ

of unmixed clans, keeping the Vedic vows, brahmins who are graduates, whose parents are living, and who wish to marry: find them quickly, my pupils, and bring them for my daughter.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: पिता (Devala (Suvarchala's father)) — Devala's instruction to his pupils, continuing the sentence begun in verse 12; no heading is printed, and the verse is wholly his speech. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0069-0071); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 15 (12.224.15)

तच्छ्रुत्वा त्वरिताः शिष्या ह्याश्रमेषु ततस्ततः । ग्रामेषु च ततो गत्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न्यवेदयन् ॥

tacchrutvā tvaritāḥ śiṣyā hyāśrameṣu tatastataḥ | grāmeṣu ca tato gatvā brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayan

Hearing this, the pupils hurried here and there to the hermitages, and on to the villages, and made the announcement to the brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0072-0073); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 16 (12.224.16)

ऋषेः प्रभावं मत्वा ते कन्यायाश्च द्विजोत्तमाः । अनेकमुनयो राजन्संप्राप्ता देवलाश्रमम् ॥

ṛṣeḥ prabhāvaṃ matvā te kanyāyāśca dvijottamāḥ | anekamunayo rājansaṃprāptā devalāśramam

Knowing the power of the seer and of the girl, many sages, best of brahmins, came to Devala's hermitage, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0074-0075); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 17 (12.224.17)

अनुमान्य यथान्यायं मुनीन्मुनिकुमारकान् । अभ्यर्च्य विधिवत्तत्र कन्यामाह पिता महान् ॥

anumānya yathānyāyaṃ munīnmunikumārakān | abhyarcya vidhivattatra kanyāmāha pitā mahān

After duly paying respect to the sages and to the young sons of the sages, and honouring them with proper rites there, the great father said to his daughter:

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Verse 18 (12.224.18)

एतेऽपि मुनयो वत्से स्वपुत्रैकमता इह । वेदवेदाङ्गसंपन्नाः कुलीनाः शीलसंमताः ॥

ete'pi munayo vatse svaputraikamatā iha | vedavedāṅgasaṃpannāḥ kulīnāḥ śīlasaṃmatāḥ

'These sages too, my child, are of one mind with their own sons. They are accomplished in the Veda and its limbs, of good family, and esteemed for their conduct.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: पिता (Devala (Suvarchala's father)) — Devala's direct speech to his daughter, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0078-0079); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 19 (12.224.19)

येऽमी तेषु वरं भद्रे त्वमिच्छसि महाव्रतम् । तं कुमारं वृणीष्वाद्य तस्मै दास्याम्यहं शुभे ॥

ye'mī teṣu varaṃ bhadre tvamicchasi mahāvratam | taṃ kumāraṃ vṛṇīṣvādya tasmai dāsyāmyahaṃ śubhe

Among these, whichever youth of great vows you desire, good lady, choose him today, and to him I shall give you, fair one.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: पिता (Devala (Suvarchala's father)) — Devala's direct speech to his daughter, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0080-0081); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 20 (12.224.20)

तथेति चोक्त्वा कल्याणी तप्तहेमनिभा तदा । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना वाक्यमाह यशस्विनी ॥

tatheti coktvā kalyāṇī taptahemanibhā tadā | sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā vākyamāha yaśasvinī

'So be it,' said that fair girl, shining like molten gold, endowed with every mark of excellence; and the renowned maiden spoke.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0082-0083); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 21 (12.224.21)

विप्राणां समितीर्दृष्ट्वा प्रणिपत्य तपोधनान् । यद्यस्ति समितौ विप्रो ह्यन्धोऽनन्धः स मे वरः ॥

viprāṇāṃ samitīrdṛṣṭvā praṇipatya tapodhanān | yadyasti samitau vipro hyandho'nandhaḥ sa me varaḥ

Having looked over the gatherings of brahmins and bowed to those rich in austerity, she said: 'If there is a brahmin in this assembly who is blind and yet not blind, he is my choice.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0084-0085); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 22 (12.224.22)

तच्छ्रुत्वा मुनयस्तत्र वीक्षमाणाः परस्परम् । नोचुर्विप्रा महाभागाः कन्यां मत्वा ह्यवेदिकां ॥

tacchrutvā munayastatra vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam | nocurviprā mahābhāgāḥ kanyāṃ matvā hyavedikāṃ

Hearing this, the sages there looked at one another. Those greatly fortunate brahmins said nothing, taking the girl to be ignorant of the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0086-0087); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 23 (12.224.23)

कुत्सयित्वा मुनिं तत्र मनसा मुनिसत्तमाः । यथागतं ययुः क्रुद्धा नानादेशनिवासिनः ॥

kutsayitvā muniṃ tatra manasā munisattamāḥ | yathāgataṃ yayuḥ kruddhā nānādeśanivāsinaḥ

Scorning the sage in their minds, those best of sages, who lived in various lands, went back the way they had come, angry.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0088-0089); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 24 (12.224.24)

कन्या च संस्थिता तत्र पितृवेश्मनि भामिनी ॥

kanyā ca saṃsthitā tatra pitṛveśmani bhāminī

And the young woman remained there in her father's house.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0090); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 25 (12.224.25)

ततः कदाचिद्ब्रह्मण्यो विद्वान्न्यायविशारदः । ऊहापोहविधानज्ञो ब्रह्मचर्यसमन्वितः ॥

tataḥ kadācidbrahmaṇyo vidvānnyāyaviśāradaḥ | ūhāpohavidhānajño brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ

Then, at some time, there came a brahmin devoted to sacred learning, a scholar skilled in reasoning, expert in the method of argument and counter-argument, living in chastity,

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Verse 26 (12.224.26)

वेदविद्वेदतत्वज्ञः क्रियाकल्पविशारदः । आत्मतत्वविभागज्ञः पितृमान्गुणसागरः ॥

vedavidvedatatvajñaḥ kriyākalpaviśāradaḥ | ātmatatvavibhāgajñaḥ pitṛmānguṇasāgaraḥ

a knower of the Veda and of its truth, skilled in ritual and its procedure, discerning the distinctions of the nature of the Self, whose father was still living, an ocean of virtues,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0093-0094); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 27 (12.224.27)

श्वेतकेतुरिति ख्यातः श्रुत्वा वृत्तान्तमादरात् । कन्यार्थं देवलं चापि शीघ्रं तत्रागतोऽभवत् ॥

śvetaketuriti khyātaḥ śrutvā vṛttāntamādarāt | kanyārthaṃ devalaṃ cāpi śīghraṃ tatrāgato'bhavat

known as Shvetaketu. Having heard the news, he came eagerly and quickly to Devala for the sake of the girl.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0095-0096); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 28 (12.224.28)

उद्दालकसुतं दृष्ट्वा श्वेतकेतुं महाव्रतम् । यथान्यायं च संपूज्य देवलः प्रत्यभाषत ॥

uddālakasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śvetaketuṃ mahāvratam | yathānyāyaṃ ca saṃpūjya devalaḥ pratyabhāṣata

Seeing Shvetaketu of great vows, the son of Uddalaka, and honouring him duly, Devala addressed him.

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Verse 29 (12.224.29)

कन्ये एष महाभागे प्राप्तो ऋषिकुमारकः । वरयैनं महाप्राज्ञं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥

kanye eṣa mahābhāge prāpto ṛṣikumārakaḥ | varayainaṃ mahāprājñaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam

'Fortunate girl, here has come a sage's son. Choose this man of great wisdom, a master of the Veda and its limbs.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: पिता (Devala (Suvarchala's father)) — Devala's direct speech to his daughter, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0099-0100); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 30 (12.224.30)

तच्छ्रुत्वा कुपिता कन्या ऋषिपुत्रमुदैक्षत । तां कन्यामाह विप्रर्षिः सोऽहं भद्रे समागतः ॥

tacchrutvā kupitā kanyā ṛṣiputramudaikṣata | tāṃ kanyāmāha viprarṣiḥ so'haṃ bhadre samāgataḥ

Hearing this, the girl grew angry and looked at the sage's son. The brahmin sage said to her: 'I am the one, good lady, who has come.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0101-0102); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 31 (12.224.31)

अन्धोऽहमत्र तत्वं हि तथा मन्ये च सर्वदा । विशालनयनं विद्धि तथा मां हीनसंशयम् । वृणीष्व मां वरारोहे भजे च त्वामनिन्दिते ॥

andho'hamatra tatvaṃ hi tathā manye ca sarvadā | viśālanayanaṃ viddhi tathā māṃ hīnasaṃśayam | vṛṇīṣva māṃ varārohe bhaje ca tvāmanindite

'In this matter I am blind, for this is the truth and so I always hold. Yet know me also as wide-eyed, without any doubt. Choose me, lady of lovely form; I shall devote myself to you, blameless one.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0103-0105); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 32 (12.224.32)

येनेदं वीक्षते नित्यं शृणोति स्पृशतेऽथवा । घ्रायते वक्ति सततं येनेदं रसयते पुनः ॥

yenedaṃ vīkṣate nityaṃ śṛṇoti spṛśate'thavā | ghrāyate vakti satataṃ yenedaṃ rasayate punaḥ

That by which one ever sees this world, hears, or touches; by which one smells, speaks, and tastes again;

Note on the text: Corrected वृणोति → शृणोति (misprint in Wikisource; व for श; the list is of the senses, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, speaking, tasting; the critical edition reads śṛṇoti). Corrected सार्यते → रसयते (misprint in Wikisource; सार्यते gives no sense in the list of the senses (tasting is the one missing); the critical edition reads rasayate, cf. रसयन् in verse 34). Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0106-0107); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 33 (12.224.33)

येनेदं मन्यते तत्वं येन बुध्यति वा पुनः । न चक्षुर्विद्यते ह्येतत्स वै भूतान्ध उच्यते ॥

yenedaṃ manyate tatvaṃ yena budhyati vā punaḥ | na cakṣurvidyate hyetatsa vai bhūtāndha ucyate

that by which one thinks upon the truth of this, and by which one comes to know: that is not an eye. One who has it is said to be blind to the created world.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0108-0109); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 34 (12.224.34)

यस्मिन्प्रवर्तते चेदं पश्यञ्छृण्वन्स्पृशन्नपि । जिघ्रंश्च रसयंस्तद्वद्वर्तते येन चक्षुषा ॥

yasminpravartate cedaṃ paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśannapi | jighraṃśca rasayaṃstadvadvartate yena cakṣuṣā

That in which all this goes on, as one sees, hears, touches, smells and tastes, and the eye by which it so goes on:

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0110-0111); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 35 (12.224.35)

तन्मे नास्ति ततो ह्यन्धो वृणु भद्रेऽद्य मामतः । लोकदृष्ट्या करोमीह नित्यनैमित्तिकादिकम् ॥

tanme nāsti tato hyandho vṛṇu bhadre'dya māmataḥ | lokadṛṣṭyā karomīha nityanaimittikādikam

that I do not have, and so I am blind. Therefore choose me today, good lady. In the world's view I perform the daily and occasional rites and the rest.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0112-0113); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 36 (12.224.36)

आत्मदृष्ट्या च तत्सर्वं विलिप्यामि च नित्यशः । स्थितोऽहं निर्भरः शान्तः कार्यकारणभावनः ॥

ātmadṛṣṭyā ca tatsarvaṃ vilipyāmi ca nityaśaḥ | sthito'haṃ nirbharaḥ śāntaḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvanaḥ

Yet from the standpoint of the Self I am continually smeared with all of it. I stand unburdened, calm, regarding cause and effect.

Note on the text: Corrected विलिप्यासि → विलिप्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; विलिप्यासि is not a valid present form and the speaker is speaking of himself (cf. करोमि, वसामि in verses 35 and 37); the critical edition reads vilipyāmi). Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0114-0115); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The sense of 'विलिप्यामि' (the Self-vision 'smears' him with it all) is obscure; rendered literally.

Verse 37 (12.224.37)

अविद्यया तरन्मृत्युं विद्यया तं तथाऽमृतम् । यथाप्राप्तं तु संदृश्य वसामीह विमत्सरः । क्रीते व्यवसितं भद्रे भर्ताऽहं ते वृणीष्व माम् ॥

avidyayā taranmṛtyuṃ vidyayā taṃ tathā'mṛtam | yathāprāptaṃ tu saṃdṛśya vasāmīha vimatsaraḥ | krīte vyavasitaṃ bhadre bhartā'haṃ te vṛṇīṣva mām

By ignorance one crosses death, and by knowledge one reaches immortality. Content with whatever comes, I live here free of envy. As to the bargain, it is settled, good lady: I am to be your husband. Choose me.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's own words to Suvarchala, with no printed heading before verse 38; they fill the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0116-0118); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 38 (12.224.38)

ततः सुवर्चला दृष्ट्वा प्राह तं द्विजसत्तमम् । मनसाऽसि वृतो विद्वञ्शेषकर्ता पिता मम । वृणीष्व पितरं मह्यमेष वेदविधिक्रमः ॥

tataḥ suvarcalā dṛṣṭvā prāha taṃ dvijasattamam | manasā'si vṛto vidvañśeṣakartā pitā mama | vṛṇīṣva pitaraṃ mahyameṣa vedavidhikramaḥ

Then Suvarchala looked at that best of brahmins and said: 'In my mind you are already chosen, learned sir; my father is only the one who performs the rest. Ask my father for me; this is the order the Veda prescribes.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0119-0121); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 39 (12.224.39)

तद्विज्ञाय पिता तस्या देवलो मुनिसत्तमः । श्वेतकेतुं च संपूज्य तथैवोद्दालकेन तम् ॥

tadvijñāya pitā tasyā devalo munisattamaḥ | śvetaketuṃ ca saṃpūjya tathaivoddālakena tam

Understanding this, her father Devala, best of sages, honoured Shvetaketu, and likewise honoured him together with Uddalaka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0122-0123); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 40 (12.224.40)

मुनीनामग्रतः कन्यां प्रददौ जलपूर्वकम् । उदाहरन्ति वै तत्र श्वेतकेतुं निरीक्ष्य तम् ॥

munīnāmagrataḥ kanyāṃ pradadau jalapūrvakam | udāharanti vai tatra śvetaketuṃ nirīkṣya tam

In the presence of the sages he gave away the girl, pouring water to seal the gift. Looking at Shvetaketu, those present there recited this:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0124-0125); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 41 (12.224.41)

हृत्पुण्डरीकनिलयः सर्वभूतात्मको हरिः । श्वेतकेतुस्वरूपेण स्थितोऽसौ मधुसूदनः ॥

hṛtpuṇḍarīkanilayaḥ sarvabhūtātmako hariḥ | śvetaketusvarūpeṇa sthito'sau madhusūdanaḥ

'Hari, who dwells in the lotus of the heart, the Self of all beings, stands here in the form of Shvetaketu: Madhusudana himself.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0126-0127); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 42 (12.224.42)

प्रीयतां माधवो देवः पत्नी चेयं सुता मम । प्रतिपादयामि ते कन्यां सहधर्मचरीं शुभाम् । इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ तस्मै देवलो मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥

prīyatāṃ mādhavo devaḥ patnī ceyaṃ sutā mama | pratipādayāmi te kanyāṃ sahadharmacarīṃ śubhām | ityuktvā pradadau tasmai devalo munipuṅgavaḥ

'May the divine Madhava be pleased. This girl is my daughter and shall be your wife. I give you the girl, a fortunate companion in dharma.' Having said this, Devala, the best of sages, gave her to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0128-0130); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 43 (12.224.43)

प्रतिगृह्य च तां कन्यां श्वेतकेतुर्महायशाः । उपयम्य यथान्यायमत्र कृत्वा यथाविधि ॥

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ śvetaketurmahāyaśāḥ | upayamya yathānyāyamatra kṛtvā yathāvidhi

Shvetaketu of great renown accepted the girl, and having married her according to the rule, with the proper rites performed there,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0131-0132); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 44 (12.224.44)

समाप्य तन्त्रं मुनिभिर्वैवाहिकमनुत्तमम् । स गार्हस्थ्ये वसन्धीमान्भार्यां तामिदमब्रवीत् ॥

samāpya tantraṃ munibhirvaivāhikamanuttamam | sa gārhasthye vasandhīmānbhāryāṃ tāmidamabravīt

and having completed with the sages the supreme marriage ceremony, that wise man, living the householder's life, said this to his wife:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0133-0134); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 45 (12.224.45)

यानि चोक्तानि वेदेषु तत्सर्वं कुरु शोभने । मया सह यथान्यायं सहधर्मचरी मम ॥

yāni coktāni vedeṣu tatsarvaṃ kuru śobhane | mayā saha yathānyāyaṃ sahadharmacarī mama

'Whatever is prescribed in the Vedas, auspicious one, do all of it together with me as is proper, for you are my companion in dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected मम् → मम (misprint in Wikisource; stray halant; the critical edition reads mama). Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's instruction to his wife (introduced at the end of verse 44), with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0135-0136); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 46 (12.224.46)

अहमित्येव भावेन स्थितोऽहं त्वं तथैव च । तस्मात्कर्माणि कुर्वीथाः कुर्यां ते च ततः परम् ॥

ahamityeva bhāvena sthito'haṃ tvaṃ tathaiva ca | tasmātkarmāṇi kurvīthāḥ kuryāṃ te ca tataḥ param

I remain in the feeling 'I am', and so do you. Therefore you should perform the rites, and I shall perform them after that.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's instruction to his wife (introduced at the end of verse 44), with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0137-0138); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 47 (12.224.47)

न ममेति च भावेन ज्ञानाग्निनिलयेन च । अनन्तरं तथा कुर्यास्तानि कर्माणि भस्मसात् ॥

na mameti ca bhāvena jñānāgninilayena ca | anantaraṃ tathā kuryāstāni karmāṇi bhasmasāt

After that, with the feeling 'it is not mine', and dwelling in the fire of knowledge, you should reduce those rites to ashes.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's instruction to his wife (introduced at the end of verse 44), with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0139-0140); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 48 (12.224.48)

एवं त्वया च कर्तव्यं सर्वदाऽदुर्भगा मया । यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः । तस्माल्लोकस्य सिद्ध्यर्थं कर्तव्यं चात्मसिद्धये ॥

evaṃ tvayā ca kartavyaṃ sarvadā'durbhagā mayā | yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ | tasmāllokasya siddhyarthaṃ kartavyaṃ cātmasiddhaye

This is how you too should always act, for with me you will never be unfortunate. Whatever the best person does, ordinary people do likewise. Therefore the rites must be done for the sake of the world and for the attainment of the Self.'

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वदा दुर्भगा मया → सर्वदाऽदुर्भगा मया (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped, which flips the sense, 'never unfortunate with me'; the critical edition reads sarvadādurbhagā, i.e. sarvadā adurbhagā). Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's instruction to his wife (introduced at the end of verse 44), with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0141-0143); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 49 (12.224.49)

उक्त्वैवं स महाप्राज्ञः सर्वज्ञानैकभाजनः । पुत्रानुत्पाद्य तस्यां च यज्ञैः संतर्प्य देवताः ॥

uktvaivaṃ sa mahāprājñaḥ sarvajñānaikabhājanaḥ | putrānutpādya tasyāṃ ca yajñaiḥ saṃtarpya devatāḥ

Having spoken thus, that man of great wisdom, the sole vessel of all knowledge, begot sons on her and satisfied the gods with sacrifices.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0144-0145); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 50 (12.224.50)

आत्मयोगपरो नित्यं निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः । भार्यां तां सदृशीं प्राप्य बुद्धिं क्षेत्रज्ञयोरिव ॥

ātmayogaparo nityaṃ nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ | bhāryāṃ tāṃ sadṛśīṃ prāpya buddhiṃ kṣetrajñayoriva

Ever devoted to union with the Self, free of the pairs of opposites, owning nothing, he had found a wife who matched him, like the intellect and the knower of the field.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0146-0147); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 51 (12.224.51)

लोकमन्यमनुप्राप्तौ भार्या भर्ता तथैव च । साक्षिभूतौ जगत्यस्मिंश्चरमाणौ मुदाऽन्वितौ ॥

lokamanyamanuprāptau bhāryā bhartā tathaiva ca | sākṣibhūtau jagatyasmiṃścaramāṇau mudā'nvitau

Wife and husband alike, having reached another plane, lived on in joy, moving about in this world as mere witnesses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0148-0149); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 52 (12.224.52)

ततः कदाचिद्भर्तारं श्वेतकेतुं सुवर्चला । पप्रच्छ को भवानत्र ब्रूहि मे तद्द्विजोत्तम ॥

tataḥ kadācidbhartāraṃ śvetaketuṃ suvarcalā | papraccha ko bhavānatra brūhi me taddvijottama

Then, once, Suvarchala asked her husband Shvetaketu: 'Who are you here? Tell me that, best of brahmins.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0150-0151); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 53 (12.224.53)

तामाह भगवान्वाग्मी त्वया ज्ञातो न संशयः । द्विजोत्तमेति मामुक्त्वा पुनः कमनुपृच्छसि ॥

tāmāha bhagavānvāgmī tvayā jñāto na saṃśayaḥ | dvijottameti māmuktvā punaḥ kamanupṛcchasi

The blessed, eloquent man said to her: 'You have recognised me, without doubt. Having called me best of brahmins, whom do you ask about again?'

Note on the text: Corrected तया ज्ञातो → त्वया ज्ञातो (misprint in Wikisource; तया 'by her' makes no sense here, since he is speaking to her; the critical edition reads tvayā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0152-0153); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 54 (12.224.54)

सा तमाह महात्मानं पृच्छामि हृदि शायिनम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाचैनां स न वक्ष्यति भामिनि ॥

sā tamāha mahātmānaṃ pṛcchāmi hṛdi śāyinam | tacchrutvā pratyuvācaināṃ sa na vakṣyati bhāmini

She said to that great soul, 'I am asking about the one who rests in the heart.' Hearing this, he answered her: 'He will not tell, lady.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0154-0155); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 55 (12.224.55)

नामगोत्रसमायुक्तमात्मानं मन्यसे यदि । तन्मिथ्यागोत्रसद्भावे वर्तते देहबन्धनम् ॥

nāmagotrasamāyuktamātmānaṃ manyase yadi | tanmithyāgotrasadbhāve vartate dehabandhanam

'If you take the Self to be joined with a name and a lineage, then, since the lineage is false, what remains is only the bondage of the body.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's reply to Suvarchala, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0156-0157); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 56 (12.224.56)

अहमित्येष भावोऽत्र त्वयि चापि समाहितः । त्वमप्यहमहं सर्वमहमित्येव वर्तते । नात्र तत्परमार्थं वै किमर्थमनुपृच्छसि ॥

ahamityeṣa bhāvo'tra tvayi cāpi samāhitaḥ | tvamapyahamahaṃ sarvamahamityeva vartate | nātra tatparamārthaṃ vai kimarthamanupṛcchasi

This notion 'I am' rests here in you as well. You are 'I' too, and everything is 'I'; so it goes on. In this there is no ultimate truth; why do you keep asking?'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: श्वेतकेतु (Shvetaketu) — Shvetaketu's reply to Suvarchala, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0158-0160); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 57 (12.224.57)

ततः प्रहस्य सा हृष्टा भर्तारं धर्मचारिणी । उवाच वचनं काले स्मयमाना तदा नृप ॥

tataḥ prahasya sā hṛṣṭā bhartāraṃ dharmacāriṇī | uvāca vacanaṃ kāle smayamānā tadā nṛpa

Then she laughed, delighted, that woman devoted to dharma, and at the right moment, smiling, she spoke to her husband, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0161-0162); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 58 (12.224.58)

किमनेकप्रकारेण विरोधेन प्रयोजनम् । क्रियाकलापैर्ब्रह्मर्षे ज्ञाननष्टोऽसि सर्वदा । तन्मे ब्रूहि महाप्राज्ञ यथाऽहं त्वामनुव्रता ॥

kimanekaprakāreṇa virodhena prayojanam | kriyākalāpairbrahmarṣe jñānanaṣṭo'si sarvadā | tanme brūhi mahāprājña yathā'haṃ tvāmanuvratā

'What is the use of this opposition, in so many forms? Through your heaps of rites, brahmin sage, you are forever lost to knowledge. So tell me this, wise man, so that I may follow you faithfully.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: सुवर्चला (Suvarchala) — Suvarchala's reply (the next page heading, 'श्वेतकेतुरुवाच', precedes verse 59); it fills the whole verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0163-0165); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 59 (12.224.59)

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः । वर्तते तेन लोकोऽयं संकीर्णश्च भविष्यति ॥

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ | vartate tena loko'yaṃ saṃkīrṇaśca bhaviṣyati

'Whatever the best person does, ordinary people do likewise. By that this world is carried on; and it would fall into confusion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0166-0167); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 60 (12.224.60)

संकीर्णे च तथा धर्मे वर्णः संकरमेति च । संकरे च प्रवृत्ते तु मात्स्यो न्यायः प्रवर्तते ॥

saṃkīrṇe ca tathā dharme varṇaḥ saṃkarameti ca | saṃkare ca pravṛtte tu mātsyo nyāyaḥ pravartate

When dharma is confused, the classes fall into mixture; and when mixture sets in, the law of the fishes prevails.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0168-0169); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 61 (12.224.61)

तदनिष्टं हरेर्भद्रे धातुरस्य महात्मनः । परमेश्वरसंक्रीडा लोकसृष्टिरियं शुभे ॥

tadaniṣṭaṃ harerbhadre dhāturasya mahātmanaḥ | parameśvarasaṃkrīḍā lokasṛṣṭiriyaṃ śubhe

That is unwelcome to Hari, the great-souled Creator, good lady. This creation of the world is the sport of the Supreme Lord, fair one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0170-0171); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 62 (12.224.62)

यावत्पांसव उद्दिष्टास्तावत्योऽस्य विभूतयः । तावत्यश्चैव मायास्तु तावत्योऽस्याश्च शक्तयः ॥

yāvatpāṃsava uddiṣṭāstāvatyo'sya vibhūtayaḥ | tāvatyaścaiva māyāstu tāvatyo'syāśca śaktayaḥ

As many as the grains of dust are declared to be, so many are his manifestations, so many his illusions, and so many his powers.

Note on the text: Corrected यावत्पासव → यावत्पांसव (misprint in Wikisource; पासव is not a word, anusvara dropped; the critical edition reads yāvatpāṃsava, 'as many as the dust-grains'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0172-0173); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 63 (12.224.63)

एवं सुगह्वरे युक्तो यत्र मे तद्भवाभवम् । छित्त्वा ज्ञानासिना गच्छेत्स विद्वान्स च मे प्रियः । सोऽहमेव न सन्देहः प्रतिज्ञा इति तस्य वै ॥

evaṃ sugahvare yukto yatra me tadbhavābhavam | chittvā jñānāsinā gacchetsa vidvānsa ca me priyaḥ | so'hameva na sandehaḥ pratijñā iti tasya vai

Bound up thus in a most impenetrable thicket, in which lies for me this coming into being and passing away, the wise man who cuts through it with the sword of knowledge and goes on is dear to me. 'I am That myself, without doubt': such is his resolve.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0174-0176); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 64 (12.224.64)

ये मूढास्ते दुरात्मानो धर्मसंकरकारकाः । मर्यादाभेदका नीचा नरके यान्ति जन्तवः ॥

ye mūḍhāste durātmāno dharmasaṃkarakārakāḥ | maryādābhedakā nīcā narake yānti jantavaḥ

Those fools, evil of soul, who bring about confusion of dharma, who break the boundaries, those base creatures go to hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0177-0178); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 65 (12.224.65)

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना इति देवानुशासनम् ॥

āsurīṃ yonimāpannā iti devānuśāsanam

They enter demonic wombs: such is the teaching of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0179); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 66 (12.224.66)

भगवत्या तथा लोके रक्षितव्यं न संशयः । मर्यादालोकरक्षार्थमेवमस्मि तथा स्थितः ॥

bhagavatyā tathā loke rakṣitavyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | maryādālokarakṣārthamevamasmi tathā sthitaḥ

You, venerable lady, must likewise guard it in the world, without doubt. For the protection of the world's boundaries I stand thus.'

Note on the text: Corrected एवमस्ति → एवमस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; अस्ति does not fit with the first-person स्थितः; the critical edition reads evam asmi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0180-0181); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 67 (12.224.67)

शब्दः कोऽत्र इति ख्यातस्तथाऽर्थं च महामुने । आकृतिं च तयोः ब्रूहि लक्षणेन पृथक्पृथक् ॥

śabdaḥ ko'tra iti khyātastathā'rthaṃ ca mahāmune | ākṛtiṃ ca tayoḥ brūhi lakṣaṇena pṛthakpṛthak

'What is known here as 'word', great sage, and likewise as 'meaning'? And tell me the form of the two, each separately, by its defining mark.'

Note on the text: Corrected शब्दः कोत्र → शब्दः कोऽत्र (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha (कः + अत्र); the critical edition reads ko 'tra). Corrected आकृत्या पतयो → आकृतिं च तयोः (misprint in Wikisource; आकृत्या पतयो gives no sense, the word 'husbands' having no place in a question about word and meaning; the critical edition reads ākṛtiṃ ca tayoḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0182-0183); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 68 (12.224.68)

व्यत्ययेन च वर्णानां परिवादकृतो हि यः । स शब्द इति विज्ञेयस्तन्निपातोऽर्थ उच्यते ॥

vyatyayena ca varṇānāṃ parivādakṛto hi yaḥ | sa śabda iti vijñeyastannipāto'rtha ucyate

'That which is made by the arrangement of letters and takes the form of an utterance is to be known as the word; the object it falls upon is called the meaning.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0184-0185); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 69 (12.224.69)

शब्दार्थयोर्हि संबन्धस्त्वनयोरस्ति वा न वा । तन्मे ब्रूहि यथातत्वं शब्दस्थानेऽर्थ एव चेत् ॥

śabdārthayorhi saṃbandhastvanayorasti vā na vā | tanme brūhi yathātatvaṃ śabdasthāne'rtha eva cet

'Is there a connection between word and meaning, or is there none? Tell me that as it truly is, if the meaning stands in the place of the word.'

Note on the text: Corrected शब्दस्यानेऽर्थ → शब्दस्थानेऽर्थ (misprint in Wikisource; स्य for स्थ; शब्दस्याने is not a word, the critical edition reads śabdasthāne). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0186-0187); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 70 (12.224.70)

शब्दार्थयोर्न चैवास्ति संबन्धोऽत्यन्त एव हि । पुष्करे च यथा तोयं तथाऽस्मीति च वेत्थ तत् ॥

śabdārthayorna caivāsti saṃbandho'tyanta eva hi | puṣkare ca yathā toyaṃ tathā'smīti ca vettha tat

'There is absolutely no connection between word and meaning. Just as water lies on a lotus, so you know the 'I am'.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0188-0189); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 71 (12.224.71)

अर्थे स्थितिर्हि शब्दस्य नान्यथा च स्थितिर्भवेत् । विद्यते चेन्महाप्राज्ञ विनाऽर्थं ब्रूहि सत्तम ॥

arthe sthitirhi śabdasya nānyathā ca sthitirbhavet | vidyate cenmahāprājña vinā'rthaṃ brūhi sattama

'A word's standing is in its meaning; it cannot stand in any other way. If there is one that exists without meaning, tell me, excellent one.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0190-0191); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 72 (12.224.72)

ससंसर्गोऽतिमात्रस्तु वाचकत्वेन वर्तते । अस्ति चेद्वर्तते नित्यं विकारोच्चारणेन वै ॥

sasaṃsargo'timātrastu vācakatvena vartate | asti cedvartate nityaṃ vikāroccāraṇena vai

'A very close association operates as the power to denote. If it exists, it operates always through the pronouncing of a modified form.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0192-0193); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The Sanskrit of this philosophical exchange is terse and obscure; rendered as closely as the sense allows.

Verse 73 (12.224.73)

शब्दस्थानोऽत्र इत्युक्तस्तथाऽर्थ इति मे कृतः । अर्थः स्थितो न तिष्ठेच्च विरूढमिह भाषितम् ॥

śabdasthāno'tra ityuktastathā'rtha iti me kṛtaḥ | arthaḥ sthito na tiṣṭhecca virūḍhamiha bhāṣitam

'You said the word has its place here, and so I took the meaning to be. But a meaning that is fixed would not stay; what has been said here has merely sprung up.'

Note on the text: Corrected शब्दस्थानोत्र → शब्दस्थानोऽत्र (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha (शब्दस्थानः + अत्र); the critical edition reads śabdasthāno 'tra). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0194-0195); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The Sanskrit of this philosophical exchange is terse and obscure; rendered as closely as the sense allows.

Verse 74 (12.224.74)

न विकूलोऽत्र कथितो नाकाशं हि विना जगत् । संबन्धस्तत्र नास्त्येव तद्वदित्येष मन्यताम् ॥

na vikūlo'tra kathito nākāśaṃ hi vinā jagat | saṃbandhastatra nāstyeva tadvadityeṣa manyatām

'No breach is stated here, for without space there is no world. There is no connection there at all; take it to be so.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0196-0197); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 75 (12.224.75)

सदाऽहंकारशब्दोऽयं व्यक्तमात्मनि संश्रितः । न वाचस्तत्र वर्तन्ते इति मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥

sadā'haṃkāraśabdo'yaṃ vyaktamātmani saṃśritaḥ | na vācastatra vartante iti mithyā bhaviṣyati

'This word 'I' always dwells plainly in the Self. If words do not operate there, then it will turn out to be false.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0198-0199); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 76 (12.224.76)

अहंशब्दो ह्यहंभावो नात्मभावे शुभव्रते । न वर्तन्ते परेऽचिन्त्ये वाचः सगुणलक्षणाः ॥

ahaṃśabdo hyahaṃbhāvo nātmabhāve śubhavrate | na vartante pare'cintye vācaḥ saguṇalakṣaṇāḥ

'The word 'I' belongs to the state of I-ness, O woman of good vows, not to the state of the Self. In the Supreme, the unthinkable, words that describe qualities do not operate.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0200-0201); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 77 (12.224.77)

अहं गात्रैकतः श्यामा भवानपि तथैव च । तन्मे ब्रूहि यथान्यायमेवं चेन्मुनिसत्तम ॥

ahaṃ gātraikataḥ śyāmā bhavānapi tathaiva ca | tanme brūhi yathānyāyamevaṃ cenmunisattama

'I am the dark one, one with my body, and you too are the same. If that is so, best of sages, tell me properly.'

Note on the text: Corrected भावनपि → भवानपि (misprint in Wikisource; भावन् is not a word here; the critical edition reads bhavān api, 'and you too'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0202-0203); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The Sanskrit of this philosophical exchange is terse and obscure; rendered as closely as the sense allows.

Verse 78 (12.224.78)

मृण्मये हि घटे भावस्तादृग्भाव इहेष्यते । अयं भावः परेऽचिन्त्ये ह्यात्मभावो यथा च तत् ॥

mṛṇmaye hi ghaṭe bhāvastādṛgbhāva iheṣyate | ayaṃ bhāvaḥ pare'cintye hyātmabhāvo yathā ca tat

'In a pot made of clay the state of being clay is found, and such a state is recognised here. In the same way, in the Supreme, the unthinkable, the state of the Self is as that is.'

Note on the text: Corrected यथाच तत् → यथा च तत् (misprint in Wikisource; the space between यथा and च is lost). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0204-0205); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 79 (12.224.79)

अहं त्वमेतदित्येव परे संकल्पना मया । तस्माद्वाचो न वर्तन्त इति नैव विरुध्यते ॥

ahaṃ tvametadityeva pare saṃkalpanā mayā | tasmādvāco na vartanta iti naiva virudhyate

'The 'I', the 'you', the 'this' are only my conception in the Supreme. So there is no contradiction in saying that words do not operate there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0206-0207); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 80 (12.224.80)

तस्माद्वामेन वर्तन्ते मनसा भीरु सर्वशः । यथाऽऽकाशगतं विश्वं संसक्तमिव लक्ष्यते ॥

tasmādvāmena vartante manasā bhīru sarvaśaḥ | yathā''kāśagataṃ viśvaṃ saṃsaktamiva lakṣyate

Therefore they operate through a contrary mind, timid one, in every way, as the universe, though situated in space, appears to be attached to it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0208-0209); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 81 (12.224.81)

संसर्गे सति संबन्धात्तद्विकारं भविष्यति । अनाकाशगतं सर्वं विकारे च सदा गतम् ॥

saṃsarge sati saṃbandhāttadvikāraṃ bhaviṣyati | anākāśagataṃ sarvaṃ vikāre ca sadā gatam

Where there is contact, there will be, from the connection, a modification of it; and everything not situated in space has always gone into modification.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0210-0211); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The Sanskrit of this philosophical exchange is terse and obscure; rendered as closely as the sense allows.

Verse 82 (12.224.82)

तद्ब्रह्म परमं शुद्धमनौपम्यं न शक्यते । न दृश्यते तथा तच्च दृश्यते च मतिर्मम ॥

tadbrahma paramaṃ śuddhamanaupamyaṃ na śakyate | na dṛśyate tathā tacca dṛśyate ca matirmama

That Brahman is supreme and pure, beyond comparison, and cannot be grasped. It is not seen, and yet it is seen: such is my view.'

Note on the text: Corrected अनौषम्यं → अनौपम्यं (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; अनौषम्य is not a word, the critical edition reads anaupamyaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0212-0213); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 83 (12.224.83)

निर्विकारं ह्यमूर्तिं च निरयं सर्वगं तथा । दृश्यते च वियन्नित्यं दृगात्मा तेन दृश्यते ॥

nirvikāraṃ hyamūrtiṃ ca nirayaṃ sarvagaṃ tathā | dṛśyate ca viyannityaṃ dṛgātmā tena dṛśyate

'It is changeless and formless, without a course, and all-pervading. The sky is constantly seen, and by it the Self, which is sight itself, is seen.'

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यमूर्ति च → ह्यमूर्तिं च (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; the critical edition reads amūrtiṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0214-0215); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 84 (12.224.84)

त्वचा स्पृशति वै वायुमाकाशस्थं पुनः पुनः । तत्स्थं गन्धं तथाघ्राति ज्योतिः पश्यति चक्षुषा ॥

tvacā spṛśati vai vāyumākāśasthaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | tatsthaṃ gandhaṃ tathāghrāti jyotiḥ paśyati cakṣuṣā

'With the skin one touches again and again the wind that lies in space; one smells the scent that rests in it; with the eye one sees light.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0216-0217); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 85 (12.224.85)

तमोरश्मिगणश्चैव मेघजालं तथैव च । वर्षं तारागणं चैव नाकाशं दृश्यते पुनः ॥

tamoraśmigaṇaścaiva meghajālaṃ tathaiva ca | varṣaṃ tārāgaṇaṃ caiva nākāśaṃ dṛśyate punaḥ

Darkness, the multitude of rays, the mass of clouds, the rain, the host of stars are seen; but space itself is not seen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0218-0219); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 86 (12.224.86)

आकाशस्याप्यथाकाशं सद्रूपमिति निश्चितम् । तदर्थे कल्पिता ह्येते तत्सत्यो विष्णुरेव च । यानि नामानि गौणानि ह्युपचारात्परात्मनि ॥

ākāśasyāpyathākāśaṃ sadrūpamiti niścitam | tadarthe kalpitā hyete tatsatyo viṣṇureva ca | yāni nāmāni gauṇāni hyupacārātparātmani

The space beyond space is settled to be the real form. For its sake these are imagined, and its truth is Vishnu himself. All those names are secondary, applied to the Supreme Self by courtesy.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0220-0222); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 87 (12.224.87)

न चक्षुषा न मनसा न चान्येन परो विभुः । चिन्त्यते सूक्ष्मया बुद्ध्या वाचा वक्तुं न शक्यते ॥

na cakṣuṣā na manasā na cānyena paro vibhuḥ | cintyate sūkṣmayā buddhyā vācā vaktuṃ na śakyate

The all-pervading Supreme is thought of neither by the eye, nor by the mind, nor by any other faculty. He is conceived by the subtle intellect, and cannot be expressed in words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0223-0224); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 88 (12.224.88)

एतत्प्रपञ्चमखिलं तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । महाघटोऽल्पकश्चैव यथा मह्यां प्रतिष्ठितौ ॥

etatprapañcamakhilaṃ tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | mahāghaṭo'lpakaścaiva yathā mahyāṃ pratiṣṭhitau

All this manifold world is established in him, as a large pot and a small one are both established on the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0225-0226); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 89 (12.224.89)

न च स्त्री न पुमांश्चैव यथैव न नपुंसकः । केवलज्ञानमात्रं तत्तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

na ca strī na pumāṃścaiva yathaiva na napuṃsakaḥ | kevalajñānamātraṃ tattasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

He is neither woman nor man, nor neuter. He is pure knowledge alone, and in him all is established.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0227-0228); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 90 (12.224.90)

भूमिसंस्थानयोगेन वस्तुसंस्थानयोगतः । रसभेदा यथा तोये प्रकृत्यामात्मनस्तथा ॥

bhūmisaṃsthānayogena vastusaṃsthānayogataḥ | rasabhedā yathā toye prakṛtyāmātmanastathā

As differences of taste arise in water through the nature of the soil and the arrangement of things, so do differences appear in the Self through nature.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0229-0230); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 91 (12.224.91)

तद्वाक्यस्मरणान्नित्यं तृप्तिं वारि पिबन्निव । प्राप्नोति ज्ञानमखिलं तेन तत्सुखमेधते ॥

tadvākyasmaraṇānnityaṃ tṛptiṃ vāri pibanniva | prāpnoti jñānamakhilaṃ tena tatsukhamedhate

By remembering his words always, one is satisfied as if drinking water. One gains complete knowledge, and through it that happiness grows.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0231-0232); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 92 (12.224.92)

अनेन साध्यं किं स्याद्वै शब्देनेति मतिर्मम । वेदगम्यः परोऽचिन्त्य इति पौराणिका विदुः ॥

anena sādhyaṃ kiṃ syādvai śabdeneti matirmama | vedagamyaḥ paro'cintya iti paurāṇikā viduḥ

'What could be accomplished by this word? That is my thought. The knowers of the old traditions say that the Supreme, the unthinkable, is reached through the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0233-0234); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 93 (12.224.93)

निरर्थको यथा लोके तद्वत्स्यादिति मे मतिः । निरीक्ष्यैवं यथान्यायं वक्तुमर्हसि मेऽनघ ॥

nirarthako yathā loke tadvatsyāditi me matiḥ | nirīkṣyaivaṃ yathānyāyaṃ vaktumarhasi me'nagha

Then it would be as meaningless as any word in common life: that is my thought. Reflect on this, sinless one, and explain it to me properly.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0235-0236); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 94 (12.224.94)

वेदगम्यं परं शुद्धमिति सत्या परा श्रुतिः । व्याहत्या नैतदित्याह व्युपलिङ्गे च वर्तते ॥

vedagamyaṃ paraṃ śuddhamiti satyā parā śrutiḥ | vyāhatyā naitadityāha vyupaliṅge ca vartate

'The Supreme, the pure, is reached through the Veda': this supreme scripture speaks truly. By negation it says 'not this', and it proceeds by way of indications.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0237-0238); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 95 (12.224.95)

निरर्थको न चैवास्ति शब्दो लौकिक उत्तमे । अनन्वयास्तथा शब्दा निरर्था इति लौकिकैः ॥

nirarthako na caivāsti śabdo laukika uttame | ananvayāstathā śabdā nirarthā iti laukikaiḥ

No word of common speech is without meaning, not even in the highest matter. Words that have no syntactic connection are called meaningless by worldly people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0239-0240); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 96 (12.224.96)

गृह्यन्ते तद्वदित्येव न वर्तन्ते परात्मनि । अगोचरत्वं वचसां युक्तमेवं तथा शुभे ॥

gṛhyante tadvadityeva na vartante parātmani | agocaratvaṃ vacasāṃ yuktamevaṃ tathā śubhe

They are taken up 'in the same way', but they do not operate in the Supreme Self. That words cannot reach him is thus fitting, good lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0241-0242); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 97 (12.224.97)

साधनस्योपदेशाच्च ह्युपायस्य च सूचनात् । उपलक्षणयोगेन व्यावृत्त्या च प्रदर्शनात् । वेदगम्यः परः शुद्ध इति मे धीयते मतिः ॥

sādhanasyopadeśācca hyupāyasya ca sūcanāt | upalakṣaṇayogena vyāvṛttyā ca pradarśanāt | vedagamyaḥ paraḥ śuddha iti me dhīyate matiḥ

Because it teaches the means, points out the method, and shows by indication and by exclusion, the Supreme, the pure, is reached through the Veda: so my mind holds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0243-0245); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 98 (12.224.98)

अध्यात्मध्यानसंभूतमभूतं भूतवत्स्फुटम् । ज्ञानं विद्धि शुभाचारे तेन यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥

adhyātmadhyānasaṃbhūtamabhūtaṃ bhūtavatsphuṭam | jñānaṃ viddhi śubhācāre tena yānti parāṃ gatim

Know that knowledge, good lady, which is born of meditation on the Self and clearly shows what is not as though it were; by it people reach the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Corrected अभूतं----- वत्स्फुटम् → अभूतं भूतवत्स्फुटम् (misprint in Wikisource; the page prints a gap of dashes in place of the lost word 'भूत'; restored from the critical edition (abhūtaṃ bhūtavat sphuṭam)). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0246-0247); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 99 (12.224.99)

यदि मे व्याहृतं गुह्यं श्रुतं न तु त्वया शुभे । तथ्यमित्येव वा शुद्धे ज्ञानं ज्ञानविलोचने ॥

yadi me vyāhṛtaṃ guhyaṃ śrutaṃ na tu tvayā śubhe | tathyamityeva vā śuddhe jñānaṃ jñānavilocane

If the secret I have spoken has been heard by you without being taken in, good lady, or if, pure one with eyes of knowledge, you accept it simply as true: that is knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0248-0249); Wikisource divides it into verses differently. The Sanskrit of this philosophical exchange is terse and obscure; rendered as closely as the sense allows.

Verse 100 (12.224.100)

नानारूपवदस्यैवमैश्वर्यं दृश्यते शुभे । न वायुस्तं न सूर्यस्तं नाग्निस्तत्तत्परं पदम् ॥

nānārūpavadasyaivamaiśvaryaṃ dṛśyate śubhe | na vāyustaṃ na sūryastaṃ nāgnistattatparaṃ padam

Thus manifold in form is his sovereignty seen, good lady. Neither wind nor sun nor fire illumines him; that is the supreme state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0250-0251); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 101 (12.224.101)

अनेन पूर्णमेतद्धि हृदि भूतमिहेष्यते । एतावदात्मविज्ञानमेतावद्यदहं स्मृतम् । आवयोर्न च सत्वे वै तस्मादज्ञानबन्धनम् ॥

anena pūrṇametaddhi hṛdi bhūtamiheṣyate | etāvadātmavijñānametāvadyadahaṃ smṛtam | āvayorna ca satve vai tasmādajñānabandhanam

By him all this is filled, and he is held to be present in the heart. This much is knowledge of the Self; this much is what I have declared. Since in truth there is no being in the two of us, the bond is one of ignorance.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0252-0254); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 102 (12.224.102)

एवं सुवर्चला हृष्टा प्रोक्ता भर्त्रा यथार्थवत् । परिचर्यमाणा ह्यनिशं तत्वबुद्धिसमन्विता ॥

evaṃ suvarcalā hṛṣṭā proktā bhartrā yathārthavat | paricaryamāṇā hyaniśaṃ tatvabuddhisamanvitā

Thus Suvarchala was delighted, having been instructed by her husband in keeping with the truth. Constantly attended, and endowed with insight into reality,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0255-0256); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 103 (12.224.103)

भर्ता च तामनुप्रेक्ष्य नित्यनैमित्तिकान्वितः । परमात्मनि गोविन्दे वासुदेवे महात्मनि ॥

bhartā ca tāmanuprekṣya nityanaimittikānvitaḥ | paramātmani govinde vāsudeve mahātmani

her husband too, looking on her, kept up the daily and occasional rites, placing them in the Supreme Self, in Govinda, in Vasudeva, the great soul,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0257-0258); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 104 (12.224.104)

समाधाय च कर्माणि तन्मयत्वेन भावितः । कालेन महता राजन्प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥

samādhāya ca karmāṇi tanmayatvena bhāvitaḥ | kālena mahatā rājanprāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

and, having committed all his actions to him and become filled with him, after a long time, O king, he attains the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0259-0260); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.

Verse 105 (12.224.105)

एतत्ते कथितं राजन्यस्मात्त्वं परिपृच्छसि । गार्हस्थ्यं च समास्थाय गतौ जायापती परम् ॥

etatte kathitaṃ rājanyasmāttvaṃ paripṛcchasi | gārhasthyaṃ ca samāsthāya gatau jāyāpatī param

I have told you this, O king, since you ask: the two, husband and wife, who lived the householder's life and went to the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Corrected परम्' ॥ → परम् ॥ (misprint in Wikisource; stray closing quote mark removed). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 19, printed after 12.212.52 as 12.212.052d@019_0261-0262); Wikisource divides it into verses differently.