Bali Tells Indra That Time Rules All

Verse 1 (12.231.1)

पुनरेव तु तं शक्रः प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् । निश्वसन्तं यथा नागं प्रव्याहाराय भारत ॥

punareva tu taṃ śakraḥ prahasannidamabravīt | niśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ pravyāhārāya bhārata

Then Shakra, laughing, spoke to him again in this way, as he sighed like a snake, to draw a reply from him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनेरव → पुनरेव, सं → तं, अहसन् → प्रहसन्, गायं → नागं, प्रत्याहाराय → प्रव्याहाराय (misprints in Wikisource; garbled letters, CE 12.217.1 reads punar eva tu taṃ śakraḥ prahasann idam abravīt / niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ pravyāhārāya bhārata; the page's own footnote also gives यथा नागं प्रव्याहाराय). Wikisource निश्वसन्तम् against CE niḥśvasantam is kept as a variant spelling.

Verse 2 (12.231.2)

यत्तद्यानसहस्रेण ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः । लोकान्प्रतापयन्सर्वान्यास्यस्मानवितर्कयन् ॥

yattadyānasahasreṇa jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | lokānpratāpayansarvānyāsyasmānavitarkayan

You who once travelled on thousands of chariots, surrounded by your kinsmen, scorching all the worlds and giving no thought to us,

Note on the text: Corrected यथज्ञानसहस्रेण → यत्तद्यानसहस्रेण and लोकान्यतापयन्तर्वान् → लोकान्प्रतापयन्सर्वान् (misprints in Wikisource; garbled letters, CE 12.217.2 yat tad yānasahasreṇa … lokān pratāpayan sarvān). Speaker changed from the carried-over भीष्म to शक्र (Indra's direct speech to Bali; verses 2-4; the page prints no heading until बलिरुवाच at verse 5).

Verse 3 (12.231.3)

दृष्ट्वा सुकृपणां चेमामवस्थामात्मनो बले । ज्ञातिमित्रपरित्यक्तः शोचस्याहो न शोचसि ॥

dṛṣṭvā sukṛpaṇāṃ cemāmavasthāmātmano bale | jñātimitraparityaktaḥ śocasyāho na śocasi

seeing this utterly pitiable state of yours, Bali, abandoned by kinsmen and friends, do you grieve, or do you not?

Note on the text: Corrected सुकृष्णाम् → सुकृपणाम् and चेमागयस्थाम् → चेमामवस्थाम् (misprints in Wikisource; garbled letters, CE 12.217.3a dṛṣṭvā sukṛpaṇāṃ cemām avasthām). Speaker changed from the carried-over भीष्म to शक्र.

Verse 4 (12.231.4)

प्रीतिं प्राप्यातुलां पूर्वं लोकांश्चात्मवशे स्थितान् । विनिपातमिमं चाद्य शोचस्याहो न शोचसि ॥

prītiṃ prāpyātulāṃ pūrvaṃ lokāṃścātmavaśe sthitān | vinipātamimaṃ cādya śocasyāho na śocasi

You once won a joy beyond compare, with the worlds standing under your sway; do you grieve now over this fall of yours, or do you not?

Note on the text: Speaker changed from the carried-over भीष्म to शक्र.

Verse 5 (12.231.5)

गर्वं हित्वा तथा मानं देवराज शृणुष्व मे । मया च त्वाऽनुसद्भावं पूर्वमाचरितं महत् ॥

garvaṃ hitvā tathā mānaṃ devarāja śṛṇuṣva me | mayā ca tvā'nusadbhāvaṃ pūrvamācaritaṃ mahat

Put aside pride and arrogance, king of the gods, and listen to me. In the past I behaved towards you with great sincerity.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage. The verse is the CE star passage 12.217.5*0640_01-02 (printed in the CE apparatus before 12.217.5a under the heading "balir uvāca"). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (star passage).

Verse 6 (12.231.6)

अवश्यकालपर्यायमात्मनः परिवर्तनम् । अविदँल्लोकमाहात्म्यं ॥

avaśyakālaparyāyamātmanaḥ parivartanam | avidam̐llokamāhātmyaṃ

The turn of time is unavoidable, and with it one's own state changes. Not knowing the greatness of the world …

Note on the text: Removed the dashes and closing quote mark (-------।।') printed after the second line; the line is incomplete in Wikisource and in the CE, where it is the CE star passage 12.217.5*0640_03-04 and line 4 breaks off after "avidaṃl lokamāhātmya" followed by asterisks (a lost half-line). It cannot be restored, so the verse is kept with the line as far as it survives. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (star passage).

Verse 7 (12.231.7)

अनित्यमुपलक्ष्येह कालपर्यायमात्मनः । तस्माच्छक्र न शोचामि सर्वं ह्येवेदमन्तवत् ॥

anityamupalakṣyeha kālaparyāyamātmanaḥ | tasmācchakra na śocāmi sarvaṃ hyevedamantavat

Seeing that one's state is impermanent and goes by the turn of time, Shakra, I do not grieve; for all this has an end.

Verse 8 (12.231.8)

अन्तवन्त इमे देहा भूतानां च सुराधिप । तेन शक्र न शोचामि नापराधादिदं मम ॥

antavanta ime dehā bhūtānāṃ ca surādhipa | tena śakra na śocāmi nāparādhādidaṃ mama

These bodies of living beings have an end, lord of the immortals. Therefore, Shakra, I do not grieve; this has not come to me through any fault of mine.

Note on the text: Wikisource भूतानां च against CE bhūtānām is kept as a variant.

Verse 9 (12.231.9)

जीवितं च शरीरं च जात्या वै सह जायते । उभे सह विवर्धेते उभे सह विनश्यतः ॥

jīvitaṃ ca śarīraṃ ca jātyā vai saha jāyate | ubhe saha vivardhete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ

Life and body come into being together at birth; they grow together, and together they perish.

Note on the text: Wikisource जात्या वै against CE pretya vai is kept as a variant.

Verse 10 (12.231.10)

न हीदृशमहंभावमवशः प्राप्य केवलम् । यदेवमभिजानामि का व्यथा मे विजानतः ॥

na hīdṛśamahaṃbhāvamavaśaḥ prāpya kevalam | yadevamabhijānāmi kā vyathā me vijānataḥ

For one does not reach such a sense of "I" by one's own will; it is reached helplessly, and merely so. Since I understand it thus, what distress can there be for me, who know?

Note on the text: Wikisource न हीदृशमहंभावम् … यदेवम् against CE tad īdṛśam idaṃ bhāvam … yady evam is kept as a variant.

Verse 11 (12.231.11)

भूतानां निधनं निष्ठा स्रोतसामिव सागरः । नैतत्सम्यग्विजानन्तो नरा मुह्यन्ति वज्रधृत् ॥

bhūtānāṃ nidhanaṃ niṣṭhā srotasāmiva sāgaraḥ | naitatsamyagvijānanto narā muhyanti vajradhṛt

Death is the end and final rest of beings, as the sea is of the rivers. Those who do not understand this rightly are bewildered, wielder of the thunderbolt.

Verse 12 (12.231.12)

ये त्वेवं नाभिजानन्ति रजोमोहपरायणाः । ते कृच्छ्रं प्राप्य सीदन्ति बुद्धिर्येषां प्रणश्यति ॥

ye tvevaṃ nābhijānanti rajomohaparāyaṇāḥ | te kṛcchraṃ prāpya sīdanti buddhiryeṣāṃ praṇaśyati

Those who do not understand this, given over to passion and delusion, sink into hardship when it comes, for their understanding is lost.

Verse 13 (12.231.13)

बुद्धिलाभात्तु पुरुषः सर्वं नुदति किल्विषम् । विपाप्मा लभते सत्वं सत्वस्थः संप्रसीदति ॥

buddhilābhāttu puruṣaḥ sarvaṃ nudati kilviṣam | vipāpmā labhate satvaṃ satvasthaḥ saṃprasīdati

By gaining understanding a man drives away every sin; freed from sin he gains clarity of mind (sattva), and standing in sattva he becomes serene.

Note on the text: Corrected तुदति → नुदति (misprint in Wikisource; त for न, CE 12.217.11b nudati: "drives away" fits, "pricks" does not). Wikisource बुद्धिलाभात्तु against CE buddhilābhe hi is kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (12.231.14)

ततस्तु ये निवर्तन्ते जायन्ते वा पुनः पुनः । कृपणाः परितप्यन्ते तैरर्थैरभिचोदिताः ॥

tatastu ye nivartante jāyante vā punaḥ punaḥ | kṛpaṇāḥ paritapyante tairarthairabhicoditāḥ

But those who turn away, or are born again and again, wretched, are tormented, driven on by those same aims of theirs.

Note on the text: Wikisource तैरर्थैरभिचोदिताः against CE te 'narthaiḥ paricoditāḥ is kept as a variant.

Verse 15 (12.231.15)

अर्थसिद्धिमनर्थं च जीवितं मरणं तथा । सुखं दुःखं फलं चैव न द्वेष्मि न च कामये ॥

arthasiddhimanarthaṃ ca jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ phalaṃ caiva na dveṣmi na ca kāmaye

Success and failure, life and death, pleasure and pain as their fruit: I neither hate them nor desire them.

Verse 16 (12.231.16)

हतं हन्ति हतो ह्येव यो नरो हन्ति कंचन । उभौ तौ न विजानीतो यश्च हन्ति हतश्च यः ॥

hataṃ hanti hato hyeva yo naro hanti kaṃcana | ubhau tau na vijānīto yaśca hanti hataśca yaḥ

A man who kills anyone kills one already slain, being himself already slain; and neither of the two understands this, neither the killer nor the one who is killed.

Verse 17 (12.231.17)

हत्वा जित्वा च मघवन्यः कश्चित्पुरुषायते । अकर्ता ह्येव भवति कर्ता ह्येव करोति तत् ॥

hatvā jitvā ca maghavanyaḥ kaścitpuruṣāyate | akartā hyeva bhavati kartā hyeva karoti tat

Whoever, Maghavan, after killing and conquering, plays the hero, is in truth no doer; it is the Doer alone who does it.

Verse 18 (12.231.18)

को हि लोकस्य कुरुते विनाशप्रभवावुभौ । कृतं हि तत्कृतेनैव कर्ता तस्यापि चापरः ॥

ko hi lokasya kurute vināśaprabhavāvubhau | kṛtaṃ hi tatkṛtenaiva kartā tasyāpi cāparaḥ

Who in the world brings about both its destruction and its arising? What is done is done by what has been done before, and that doer has yet another behind him.

Verse 19 (12.231.19)

पृथिवी ज्योतिराकाशमापो वायुश्च पञ्चमः । एतद्योनीनि भूतानि तत्र का परिदेवना ॥

pṛthivī jyotirākāśamāpo vāyuśca pañcamaḥ | etadyonīni bhūtāni tatra kā paridevanā

Earth, light, space, water, and wind as the fifth: beings have these for their source. What is there to lament in that?

Note on the text: Wikisource ज्योतिराकाशमापो वायुश्च पञ्चमः against CE vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca pañcamam is kept as a variant order.

Verse 20 (12.231.20)

महाविद्योऽल्पविद्यश्च बलवान्दुर्बलश्च यः । दर्शनीयो विरूपश्च सुभगो दुर्भगश्च यः ॥

mahāvidyo'lpavidyaśca balavāndurbalaśca yaḥ | darśanīyo virūpaśca subhago durbhagaśca yaḥ

The very learned and the little learned, the strong and the weak, the handsome and the ugly, the fortunate and the unfortunate:

Note on the text: The sentence continues in the next verse: Time takes them all.

Verse 21 (12.231.21)

सर्वं कालः समादत्ते गम्भीरः स्वेन तेजसा । तस्मिन्कालवशं प्राप्ते का व्यथा मे विजानतः ॥

sarvaṃ kālaḥ samādatte gambhīraḥ svena tejasā | tasminkālavaśaṃ prāpte kā vyathā me vijānataḥ

Time, deep and unfathomable, takes all by its own power. When all has come under Time's sway, what distress can I have, who know this?

Verse 22 (12.231.22)

दग्धमेवानुदहते हतमेवानुहन्यते । नश्यते नष्टमेवाग्रे लब्धव्यं लभते नरः ॥

dagdhamevānudahate hatamevānuhanyate | naśyate naṣṭamevāgre labdhavyaṃ labhate naraḥ

What is already burned is burned again, and what is already slain is slain again; what is lost has been lost beforehand, and a man obtains only what he was to obtain.

Note on the text: Wikisource दग्धमेवानुदहते हतमेवानुहन्यते against CE dagdham evānudahati hatam evānuhanti ca is kept as a variant.

Verse 23 (12.231.23)

नास्य द्वीपः कुतः पारो नावारः संप्रदृश्यते । नान्तमस्य प्रपश्यामि विधेर्दिव्यस्य चिन्तयन् ॥

nāsya dvīpaḥ kutaḥ pāro nāvāraḥ saṃpradṛśyate | nāntamasya prapaśyāmi vidherdivyasya cintayan

For it there is no island to shelter on, still less a far shore, and no near shore is seen. As I reflect on this divine ordinance, I see no end to it.

Verse 24 (12.231.24)

यदि मे पश्यतः कालो भूतानि न विनाशयेत् । स्यान्मे हर्षश्च दर्पश्च क्रोधश्चैव शचीपते ॥

yadi me paśyataḥ kālo bhūtāni na vināśayet | syānme harṣaśca darpaśca krodhaścaiva śacīpate

If Time, while I looked on, did not destroy beings, I would feel joy, pride and anger, lord of Shachi.

Verse 25 (12.231.25)

तुषभक्षं तु मां ज्ञात्वा प्रविविक्तजने गृहे । बिभ्रतं गार्दभं रूपमागत्य परिगर्हसे ॥

tuṣabhakṣaṃ tu māṃ jñātvā praviviktajane gṛhe | bibhrataṃ gārdabhaṃ rūpamāgatya parigarhase

Knowing me for a husk-eater, you come into my house in this secluded place, where I wear a donkey's form, and revile me.

Note on the text: Wikisource आगत्य against CE ādiśya is kept as a variant.

Verse 26 (12.231.26)

इच्छन्नहं विकुर्यां हि रूपाणि बहुधाऽऽत्मनः । विभीषणानि यानीक्ष्य पलायेथास्त्वमेव मे ॥

icchannahaṃ vikuryāṃ hi rūpāṇi bahudhā''tmanaḥ | vibhīṣaṇāni yānīkṣya palāyethāstvameva me

If I wished, I could take many forms of myself, so terrifying that on seeing them you yourself would run away from me.

Note on the text: Corrected बहृधा → बहुधा (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ु, CE 12.217.24a bahudhātmanaḥ).

Verse 27 (12.231.27)

कालः सर्वं समादत्ते कालः सर्वं प्रयच्छति । कालेन विहितं सर्वं मा कृथाः शक्र पौरुषम् ॥

kālaḥ sarvaṃ samādatte kālaḥ sarvaṃ prayacchati | kālena vihitaṃ sarvaṃ mā kṛthāḥ śakra pauruṣam

Time takes all, and Time gives all; everything is ordained by Time. Do not make a show of manliness, Shakra.

Verse 28 (12.231.28)

पुरा सर्वं प्रव्यथितं मयि क्रुद्धे पुरंदर । विद्रवन्ति त्वया सार्धं सर्व एव दिवौकसः ॥

purā sarvaṃ pravyathitaṃ mayi kruddhe puraṃdara | vidravanti tvayā sārdhaṃ sarva eva divaukasaḥ

In former days, when I was angry, everything trembled, Purandara; and all the dwellers in heaven, you with them, would flee.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.217.26a (Wikisource प्रव्यथितम् against CE pravyathate kept as a variant); line 2 is the CE star passage 12.217.26b*0641_01 (vidravanti tvayā sārdhaṃ sarva eva divaukasaḥ). Removed the stray backtick and closing quote mark with doubled daṇḍa; corrected दिबौकसः → दिवौकसः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व, CE divaukasaḥ).

Verse 29 (12.231.29)

अवैमि त्वस्य लोकस्य धर्मम् शक्र सनातनम् । त्वमप्येवमवेक्षस्व माऽऽत्मना विस्मयं गमः ॥

avaimi tvasya lokasya dharmam śakra sanātanam | tvamapyevamavekṣasva mā''tmanā vismayaṃ gamaḥ

I know the eternal law of this world, Shakra; you too should see it so, and not be carried away by wonder at yourself.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्मं → धर्मम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.217.26c lokasya dharmaṃ śakra sanātanam; the page's own footnote glosses धर्मं) and विस्मगं → विस्मयं (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.217.27a vismayaṃ gamaḥ). Line 1 = CE 12.217.26c; line 2 = CE 12.217.27a (Wikisource अवेक्षस्व against CE apekṣasva kept as a variant).

Verse 30 (12.231.30)

प्रभवश्च प्रभावश्च नात्मसंस्थः कदाचन । कौमारमेव ते चित्तं तथैवाद्य यथा पुरा । समवेक्षस्व मघवन्बुद्धिं विन्दस्व नैष्ठिकीम् ॥

prabhavaśca prabhāvaśca nātmasaṃsthaḥ kadācana | kaumārameva te cittaṃ tathaivādya yathā purā | samavekṣasva maghavanbuddhiṃ vindasva naiṣṭhikīm

Lordship and its display never rest in oneself. Your mind is still a child's, today just as before. Look about you, Maghavan, and find the understanding that is final.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed on the page (12-231-30a,b,c). Lines = CE 12.217.27c, 28a, 28c.

Verse 31 (12.231.31)

देवा मनुष्याः पितरो गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः । आसन्सर्वे मम वशे तत्सर्वं वेत्थ वासव ॥

devā manuṣyāḥ pitaro gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ | āsansarve mama vaśe tatsarvaṃ vettha vāsava

Gods, men, ancestors, gandharvas, serpents and rakshasas were all in my power. You know all that, Vasava.

Verse 32 (12.231.32)

नमस्तस्यै दिशेऽप्यस्तु यस्यां वैरोचनो बलिः । इति मामभ्यपद्यन्त बुद्धिमात्सर्यमोहिताः ॥

namastasyai diśe'pyastu yasyāṃ vairocano baliḥ | iti māmabhyapadyanta buddhimātsaryamohitāḥ

"Homage to that quarter in which Bali, son of Virochana, lives": so they would come to me, their minds clouded by envy.

Verse 33 (12.231.33)

नाहं तदनुशोचामि नात्मभ्रंशं शचीपते । एवं मे निश्चिता बुद्धिः शास्तुस्तिष्ठाम्यहं वशे ॥

nāhaṃ tadanuśocāmi nātmabhraṃśaṃ śacīpate | evaṃ me niścitā buddhiḥ śāstustiṣṭhāmyahaṃ vaśe

I do not grieve over that, nor over my fall from my own station, lord of Shachi. My mind is settled thus: I remain under the sway of the Ruler.

Verse 34 (12.231.34)

दृश्यते हि कुले जातो दर्शनीयः प्रतापवान् । दुःखं जीवन्सहामात्यो भवितव्यं हि तत्तथा ॥

dṛśyate hi kule jāto darśanīyaḥ pratāpavān | duḥkhaṃ jīvansahāmātyo bhavitavyaṃ hi tattathā

One sees a man born in a good family, handsome and mighty, living in misery with his ministers; it must be so.

Verse 35 (12.231.35)

दौष्कुलेयस्तथा मूढो दुर्जातः शक्र दृश्यते । सुखं जीवन्सहामात्यो भवितव्यं हि तत्तथा ॥

dauṣkuleyastathā mūḍho durjātaḥ śakra dṛśyate | sukhaṃ jīvansahāmātyo bhavitavyaṃ hi tattathā

And one sees a man of bad family, foolish and low-born, living happily with his ministers; that too must be so.

Verse 36 (12.231.36)

कल्याणी रूपसंपन्ना दुर्भगा शक्र दृश्यते । अलक्षणा विरूपा च सुभगा दृश्यते परा ॥

kalyāṇī rūpasaṃpannā durbhagā śakra dṛśyate | alakṣaṇā virūpā ca subhagā dṛśyate parā

One sees a woman, beautiful and full of grace, who is unlucky, Shakra; and another, ill-marked and misshapen, who is lucky.

Note on the text: Wikisource सुभगा दृश्यते परा against CE subhagā śakra dṛśyate is kept as a variant.

Verse 37 (12.231.37)

नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक्र त्वया कृतम् । यत्त्वमेवं गतो वज्रिन्यच्चाप्येवं गता वयम् ॥

naitadasmatkṛtaṃ śakra naitacchakra tvayā kṛtam | yattvamevaṃ gato vajrinyaccāpyevaṃ gatā vayam

This was not done by us, Shakra, nor was it done by you, that you are in such a state, wielder of the thunderbolt, or that we are in such a state.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्तमेवं → यत्त्वमेवं (misprint in Wikisource; तम for त्वम्, CE 12.217.35c yat tvam evaṃgato vajrin).

Verse 38 (12.231.38)

न कर्म तव नान्येषां कुतो मम शतक्रतो । ऋद्धिर्वाऽप्यथवा नर्द्धिः पर्यायकृतमेव तत् ॥

na karma tava nānyeṣāṃ kuto mama śatakrato | ṛddhirvā'pyathavā narddhiḥ paryāyakṛtameva tat

It is not your doing, nor anyone else's, nor mine, Shatakratu. Prosperity or the lack of it is made by the turning of time.

Verse 39 (12.231.39)

पश्यामि त्वां विराजन्तं देवराजमवस्थितम् । श्रीमन्तं द्युतिमन्तं च गर्जमानं ममोपरि ॥

paśyāmi tvāṃ virājantaṃ devarājamavasthitam | śrīmantaṃ dyutimantaṃ ca garjamānaṃ mamopari

I see you shining, standing as king of the gods, glorious and radiant, roaring above me.

Note on the text: Wikisource गर्जमानम् against CE garjantam is kept as a variant.

Verse 40 (12.231.40)

एवं नैव न चेत्कालो मामाक्रम्य स्थितो भवेत् । पातयेयमहं त्वाऽद्य सवज्रमपि मुष्टिना ॥

evaṃ naiva na cetkālo māmākramya sthito bhavet | pātayeyamahaṃ tvā'dya savajramapi muṣṭinā

This would never be so, were Time not standing over me, having overpowered me; I would strike you down today with my fist, thunderbolt and all.

Note on the text: Wikisource एवं नैव न चेत्कालः against CE etac caivaṃ na cet kālaḥ is kept as a variant.

Verse 41 (12.231.41)

न तु विक्रमकालोऽयं शान्तिकालोऽयमागतः । कालः स्थापयते सर्वं कालः पचति वै तथा ॥

na tu vikramakālo'yaṃ śāntikālo'yamāgataḥ | kālaḥ sthāpayate sarvaṃ kālaḥ pacati vai tathā

But this is not a time for prowess; the time for calm has come. Time establishes all things, and Time ripens them too.

Note on the text: Wikisource शान्तिकालः against CE kṣamākālaḥ is kept as a variant.

Verse 42 (12.231.42)

मां चेदभ्यागतः कालो दानवेश्वरमूर्जितम् । गर्जन्तं प्रतपन्तं च कमन्यं नागमिष्यति ॥

māṃ cedabhyāgataḥ kālo dānaveśvaramūrjitam | garjantaṃ pratapantaṃ ca kamanyaṃ nāgamiṣyati

If Time has come upon me, a mighty lord of the Danavas, roaring and blazing, whom will it not come upon?

Verse 43 (12.231.43)

द्वादशानां तु भवतामादित्यानां महात्मनाम् । तेजांस्येकेन सर्वेषां देवराज धृतानि मे ॥

dvādaśānāṃ tu bhavatāmādityānāṃ mahātmanām | tejāṃsyekena sarveṣāṃ devarāja dhṛtāni me

King of the gods, I alone bore the splendours of all of you, the twelve great Adityas.

Note on the text: Wikisource धृतानि मे against CE hṛtāni me is kept as a variant.

Verse 44 (12.231.44)

अहमेवोद्वहाम्यापो विसृजामि च वासव । तपामि चैव त्रैलोक्यं विद्योताम्यहमेव च ॥

ahamevodvahāmyāpo visṛjāmi ca vāsava | tapāmi caiva trailokyaṃ vidyotāmyahameva ca

It was I alone who drew up the waters and let them fall again, Vasava; I alone gave heat to the three worlds and lit them up.

Verse 45 (12.231.45)

संरक्षामि विलुम्पामि ददाम्यहमथाददे । संयच्छामि नियच्छामि लोकेषु प्रभुरीश्वरः ॥

saṃrakṣāmi vilumpāmi dadāmyahamathādade | saṃyacchāmi niyacchāmi lokeṣu prabhurīśvaraḥ

I protected and I plundered, I gave and I took back; I restrained and I ruled, a lord and master among the worlds.

Verse 46 (12.231.46)

तदद्य विनिवृत्तं मे प्रभुत्वममराधिप । कालसैन्यावगाढस्य सर्वं न प्रतिभाति मे ॥

tadadya vinivṛttaṃ me prabhutvamamarādhipa | kālasainyāvagāḍhasya sarvaṃ na pratibhāti me

That lordship of mine has now turned away from me, lord of the immortals. Beset by the army of Time, I find that nothing comes clear to me.

Verse 47 (12.231.47)

नाहं कर्ता न चैव त्वं नान्यः कर्ता शचीपते । पर्यायेण हि भुज्यन्ते लोकाः शक्र यदृच्छया ॥

nāhaṃ kartā na caiva tvaṃ nānyaḥ kartā śacīpate | paryāyeṇa hi bhujyante lokāḥ śakra yadṛcchayā

I am not the doer, nor are you, nor is anyone else, lord of Shachi. The worlds are enjoyed in turn, Shakra, as chance would have it.

Verse 48 (12.231.48)

मासमासार्धवेश्मानमहोरात्राभिसंवृतम् । ऋतुद्वारं वायुमुखमायुर्वेदविदो जनाः ॥

māsamāsārdhaveśmānamahorātrābhisaṃvṛtam | ṛtudvāraṃ vāyumukhamāyurvedavido janāḥ

Those who know the science of life describe it as a house of months and half-months, wrapped in days and nights, with the seasons for its doors and the wind for its mouth.

Note on the text: Wikisource ऋतुद्वारं वायुमुखमायुर्वेदविदो जनाः against CE ṛtudvāraṃ varṣamukham āhur vedavido janāḥ is kept as a variant.

Verse 49 (12.231.49)

आहुः सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जनाः केचिन्मनीषया । अनित्यपञ्चवर्षाणि षष्ठो दृश्यति देहिनाम् ॥

āhuḥ sarvamidaṃ cintyaṃ janāḥ kecinmanīṣayā | anityapañcavarṣāṇi ṣaṣṭho dṛśyati dehinām

Some people say that all this is to be pondered with the mind: for embodied beings the five years are impermanent, and a sixth is seen.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.217.47a; line 2 is the CE star passage 12.217.47b*0642_01 (anityaṃ pañcavarṣāṇi ṣaṣṭho dṛśyati dehinām; Wikisource prints अनित्यपञ्चवर्षाणि as one compound, kept as a variant). Removed the stray backtick and closing quote mark with doubled daṇḍa.

Verse 50 (12.231.50)

अस्याः पञ्चैव चिन्तायाः पर्येष्यामि च पञ्चधा । ततस्तानि न पश्यामि काले तमपि वृत्रहन् ॥

asyāḥ pañcaiva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā | tatastāni na paśyāmi kāle tamapi vṛtrahan

This reflection has five parts only, and I shall go through them in five ways. Then, slayer of Vritra, I do not see those, even that one, within Time.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.217.47c; line 2 is the CE star passage 12.217.47d*0643_01 (tatas tāni na paśyāmi kāle tam api vṛtrahan). Removed the stray backtick and closing quote mark with doubled daṇḍa.

Verse 51 (12.231.51)

गम्भीरं गहनं ब्रह्म महत्तोयार्णवं यथा । अनादिनिधनं चाहुरक्षरं क्षरमेव च ॥

gambhīraṃ gahanaṃ brahma mahattoyārṇavaṃ yathā | anādinidhanaṃ cāhurakṣaraṃ kṣarameva ca

Deep and unfathomable is Brahman, like a vast ocean of water. They call it without beginning or end, imperishable and perishable alike.

Note on the text: Wikisource क्षरमेव च against CE param eva ca is kept as a variant.

Verse 52 (12.231.52)

सत्त्वेषु लिङ्गमाविश्य निर्लिङ्गमपि तत्स्वयम् । मन्यन्ते ध्रुवमेवैनं ये जनास्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥

sattveṣu liṅgamāviśya nirliṅgamapi tatsvayam | manyante dhruvamevainaṃ ye janāstattvadarśinaḥ

Entering living beings with a mark, it is itself without mark. Those who see the truth hold it to be constant.

Verse 53 (12.231.53)

यमिन्द्रियाणि सर्वाणि नानुपश्यन्ति पञ्चधा । तं कालमिति जानीहि यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे ॥

yamindriyāṇi sarvāṇi nānupaśyanti pañcadhā | taṃ kālamiti jānīhi yasya sarvamidaṃ vaśe

Him whom none of the senses perceives, in any of five ways: know him as Time, to whom all this is subject.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and closing quote mark with doubled daṇḍa. Not a separate verse in the critical edition: line 1 is the refrain that the CE prints as 12.217.51e (Wikisource repeats it as line 1 of verse 56) and line 2 is the CE refrain 12.217.53e (taṃ kālam avajānīhi yasya sarvam idaṃ vaśe; repeated as line 2 of verse 58). Found only in the vulgate recension.

Verse 54 (12.231.54)

भूतानां तु विपर्यासं कुरुते भगवानिति । न ह्येतावद्भवेद्ग्राम्यं न यस्मात्प्रभवेत्पुनः ॥

bhūtānāṃ tu viparyāsaṃ kurute bhagavāniti | na hyetāvadbhavedgrāmyaṃ na yasmātprabhavetpunaḥ

They say the Lord brings about the overturning of beings. For it would not be so commonplace a thing that there should be nothing from which it arises again.

Note on the text: Corrected विषर्यासं → विपर्यासं (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प, CE 12.217.50a viparyāsaṃ). Wikisource कुरुते भगवानिति … ग्राम्यं … न यस्मात्प्रभवेत्पुनः against CE manyate gatavān iti … gamyaṃ … na yasmāt prakṛteḥ paraḥ is kept as a variant.

Verse 55 (12.231.55)

गतिं हि सर्वभूतानामगत्वा क्व गमिष्यति । यो धावता न हातव्यस्तिष्ठन्नपि न हीयते ॥

gatiṃ hi sarvabhūtānāmagatvā kva gamiṣyati | yo dhāvatā na hātavyastiṣṭhannapi na hīyate

Without reaching the final course of all beings, where will you go? He cannot be left behind by one who runs, nor is he lost to one who stands still.

Verse 56 (12.231.56)

तमिन्द्रियाणि सर्वाणि नानुपश्यन्ति पञ्चधा । आहुश्चैनं केचिदग्निं केचिदाहुः प्रजापतिम् ॥

tamindriyāṇi sarvāṇi nānupaśyanti pañcadhā | āhuścainaṃ kecidagniṃ kecidāhuḥ prajāpatim

All the senses fail to see him in any of five ways. Some call him Fire, some call him Prajapati.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE refrain 12.217.51e; line 2 = CE 12.217.52a.

Verse 57 (12.231.57)

ऋतून्मासार्धमासांश्च दिवसांश्च क्षणांस्तथा । पूर्वाह्णमपराह्णं च मध्याह्नमपि चापरे ॥

ṛtūnmāsārdhamāsāṃśca divasāṃśca kṣaṇāṃstathā | pūrvāhṇamaparāhṇaṃ ca madhyāhnamapi cāpare

Some call him the seasons, the months and half-months, the days and the moments; others, forenoon, afternoon and midday;

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.217.52c, 53a.

Verse 58 (12.231.58)

मुहूर्तमपि चैवाहुरेकं सन्तमनेकधा । तं कालमिति जानीहि यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे ॥

muhūrtamapi caivāhurekaṃ santamanekadhā | taṃ kālamiti jānīhi yasya sarvamidaṃ vaśe

and they call him even a single muhurta, though he is one and appears in many ways. Know him as Time, to whom all this is subject.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.217.53c, 53e; Wikisource तं कालमिति जानीहि against CE taṃ kālam avajānīhi is kept as a variant.

Verse 59 (12.231.59)

बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि समतीतानि वासव । बलवीर्योपपन्नानि यथैव त्वं शचीपते ॥

bahūnīndrasahasrāṇi samatītāni vāsava | balavīryopapannāni yathaiva tvaṃ śacīpate

Many thousands of Indras, endowed with strength and valour, have passed away before, Vasava, just as you are, lord of Shachi.

Verse 60 (12.231.60)

त्वामप्यतिबलं शक्र देवराजं बलोत्कटम् । प्राप्ते काले महावीर्यः कालः संशमयिष्यति ॥

tvāmapyatibalaṃ śakra devarājaṃ balotkaṭam | prāpte kāle mahāvīryaḥ kālaḥ saṃśamayiṣyati

You too, Shakra, king of the gods, exceedingly strong and proud of your strength: when the time comes, mighty Time will crush you.

Verse 61 (12.231.61)

य इदं सर्वमादत्ते तस्माच्छक्र स्थिरो भव । मया त्वया च पूर्वैश्च न स शक्योऽतिवर्तितुम् ॥

ya idaṃ sarvamādatte tasmācchakra sthiro bhava | mayā tvayā ca pūrvaiśca na sa śakyo'tivartitum

He who takes all this into himself: therefore, Shakra, be steady. He cannot be overcome by me, by you, or by those who came before.

Verse 62 (12.231.62)

यामेतां प्राप्य जानीषे राज्यश्रियमनुत्तमाम् । स्थिता मयीति तन्मिथ्या नैषा ह्येकत्र तिष्ठति ॥

yāmetāṃ prāpya jānīṣe rājyaśriyamanuttamām | sthitā mayīti tanmithyā naiṣā hyekatra tiṣṭhati

This supreme royal fortune that you have won, and think "she stays with me" – that is false, for she does not stay in one place.

Note on the text: Wikisource राज्यश्रियम् against CE rājaśriyam is kept as a variant.

Verse 63 (12.231.63)

स्थिता हीन्द्रसहस्रेषु त्वद्विशिष्टतमेष्वियम् । मां च लोला परित्यज्य त्वामगाद्विबुधाधिप ॥

sthitā hīndrasahasreṣu tvadviśiṣṭatameṣviyam | māṃ ca lolā parityajya tvāmagādvibudhādhipa

She has stayed with thousands of Indras better than you; and that fickle one, having left me, has come to you, lord of the gods.

Verse 64 (12.231.64)

मैवं शक्र पुनः कार्षीः शान्तो भवितुमर्हसि । त्वामप्येवंविधं ज्ञात्वा क्षिप्रमन्यं गमिष्यति । कालेन चोदिता शक्र मा ते गर्वः शतक्रतो ॥

maivaṃ śakra punaḥ kārṣīḥ śānto bhavitumarhasi | tvāmapyevaṃvidhaṃ jñātvā kṣipramanyaṃ gamiṣyati | kālena coditā śakra mā te garvaḥ śatakrato

Do not act so again, Shakra; you should be calm. Knowing you too to be in such a state, she will quickly go to another. Driven by Time, Shatakratu, let there be no pride in you.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed on the page (12-231-64a,b,c). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.217.59a, 59c (Wikisource त्वामप्येवंविधं ज्ञात्वा against CE tvām apy evaṃgataṃ tyaktvā kept as a variant); line 3 is the CE star passage 12.217.59d*0644_01 (kālena coditā śakra mā te garvaḥ śatakrato). Removed a stray backtick before line 3.

Verse 65 (12.231.65)

क्षमस्व कालयोगं तमागतं विद्धि देवप । निर्लज्जश्चैव कस्मात्त्वं देवराज विकत्थसे ॥

kṣamasva kālayogaṃ tamāgataṃ viddhi devapa | nirlajjaścaiva kasmāttvaṃ devarāja vikatthase

Bear with the working of Time that has come upon you, and know it, protector of the gods. Why do you boast so shamelessly, king of the gods?

Note on the text: The CE star passage 12.217.59d*0644_02-03. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (star passage).

Verse 66 (12.231.66)

सर्वासुराणामधिपः सर्वदेवभयंकरः । जितवान्ब्रह्मणो लोकं को विद्यादागतं गतिम् ॥

sarvāsurāṇāmadhipaḥ sarvadevabhayaṃkaraḥ | jitavānbrahmaṇo lokaṃ ko vidyādāgataṃ gatim

The lord of all the asuras, the terror of all the gods, who conquered the world of Brahma: who could know the fate that has come to him?

Note on the text: Removed the closing quote mark and doubled daṇḍa (।।') printed after the verse. The CE star passage 12.217.59d*0644_04-05. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (star passage).