Shri Leaves Bali and Is Divided into Four Parts

Verse 1 (12.232.1)

शतक्रतुरथापश्यद्बलेर्दीप्तां महात्मनः । स्वरूपिणीं शरीराद्धि निष्क्रामन्तीं तदा श्रियम् ॥

śatakraturathāpaśyadbalerdīptāṃ mahātmanaḥ | svarūpiṇīṃ śarīrāddhi niṣkrāmantīṃ tadā śriyam

Then Shatakratu saw the radiant Shri of the great-souled Bali, in her own visible form, going out from his body.

Verse 2 (12.232.2)

तां दृष्ट्वा प्रभया दीप्तां भगवान्पाकशासनः । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासवः ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prabhayā dīptāṃ bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ | vismayotphullanayano baliṃ papraccha vāsavaḥ

Seeing her blazing with radiance, the blessed Vasava, slayer of Paka, his eyes wide with wonder, asked Bali.

Note on the text: Corrected पाककशासनः → पाकशासनः (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled क; CE 12.218.2 has pākaśāsanaḥ). Wikisource तां दृष्ट्वा प्रभया दीप्ताम् against CE tāṃ dīptāṃ prabhayā dṛṣṭvā is only a change of word order.

Verse 3 (12.232.3)

बले केयमपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी । त्वत्तः स्थिता सकेयूरा दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा ॥

bale keyamapakrāntā rocamānā śikhaṇḍinī | tvattaḥ sthitā sakeyūrā dīpyamānā svatejasā

Bali, who is this radiant woman with the braided crest, wearing armlets, who has gone out from you and stands there shining with her own splendour?

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Indra's direct speech to Bali, with no printed heading (the page's last heading is Bhishma's narration); it fills the whole verse.

Verse 4 (12.232.4)

न हीमामासुरीं वेद्मि न दैवीं च न मानुषीम् । त्वमेनां पृच्छ वा मा वा यथेष्टं कुरु वासव ॥

na hīmāmāsurīṃ vedmi na daivīṃ ca na mānuṣīm | tvamenāṃ pṛccha vā mā vā yatheṣṭaṃ kuru vāsava

I know her neither as an Asura woman, nor a goddess, nor a human. Ask her yourself, Vasava, or do not; do as you please.

Verse 5 (12.232.5)

का त्वं बलेरपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी । अजानतो ममाचक्ष्व नामधेयं शुचिस्मिते ॥

kā tvaṃ balerapakrāntā rocamānā śikhaṇḍinī | ajānato mamācakṣva nāmadheyaṃ śucismite

Who are you, who have left Bali, shining with your braided crest? Tell me your name, fair-smiling lady, for I do not know it.

Verse 6 (12.232.6)

का त्वं तिष्ठसि मामेवं दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा । हित्वा दैत्यवरं सुभ्रु तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥

kā tvaṃ tiṣṭhasi māmevaṃ dīpyamānā svatejasā | hitvā daityavaraṃ subhru tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

Who are you, that stand before me like this, blazing with your own splendour, having left the foremost of the Daityas, fair-browed lady? Tell me this, since I ask.

Note on the text: Wikisource मामेवं … पृच्छतः against CE māyeva … tattvataḥ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 7 (12.232.7)

न मां विरोचनो वेद नायं वैरोचनो बलिः । आहुर्मां दुःसहेत्येवं विधित्सेति च मां विदुः ॥

na māṃ virocano veda nāyaṃ vairocano baliḥ | āhurmāṃ duḥsahetyevaṃ vidhitseti ca māṃ viduḥ

Neither Virochana knew me, nor does this Bali, son of Virochana. They call me Duhsaha, and they know me as Vidhitsa.

Verse 8 (12.232.8)

भूतिर्लक्ष्मीति मामाहुः श्रीरित्येव च वासव । त्वं मां शक्र न जानीषे सर्वे देवा न मां विदुः ॥

bhūtirlakṣmīti māmāhuḥ śrīrityeva ca vāsava | tvaṃ māṃ śakra na jānīṣe sarve devā na māṃ viduḥ

They call me Bhuti and Lakshmi, and Shri as well, O Vasava. You, Shakra, do not know me; none of the gods knows me.

Verse 9 (12.232.9)

किमिदं त्वं मम कृते उताहो बलिनः कृते । दुःसहे विजहास्येनं चिरसंवासिनी सती ॥

kimidaṃ tvaṃ mama kṛte utāho balinaḥ kṛte | duḥsahe vijahāsyenaṃ cirasaṃvāsinī satī

What is this? Is it for my sake, or for Bali's? Duhsaha, though you have lived with him a long time and are faithful, you are leaving him.

Verse 10 (12.232.10)

नो धाता न विधाता मां विदधाति कथंचन । कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागान्मैवं शक्रावमन्यथाः ॥

no dhātā na vidhātā māṃ vidadhāti kathaṃcana | kālastu śakra paryāgānmaivaṃ śakrāvamanyathāḥ

Neither the Ordainer nor the Disposer places me anywhere in any way. It is Time, Shakra, that brings the turn of things; do not slight me so, Shakra.

Verse 11 (12.232.11)

कथं त्वया बलिस्त्यक्तः किमर्थं वा शिखण्डिनि । कथं च मां न जह्यास्त्वं तन्मे ब्रूहि शुचिस्मिते ॥

kathaṃ tvayā balistyaktaḥ kimarthaṃ vā śikhaṇḍini | kathaṃ ca māṃ na jahyāstvaṃ tanme brūhi śucismite

How have you abandoned Bali, and why, O crested one? And how is it that you would not abandon me? Tell me that, fair-smiling lady.

Verse 12 (12.232.12)

सत्ये स्थिताऽस्मि दाने च व्रते तपसि चैव हि । पराक्रमे च धर्मे च पराचीनस्ततो बलिः ॥

satye sthitā'smi dāne ca vrate tapasi caiva hi | parākrame ca dharme ca parācīnastato baliḥ

I abide in truth, in giving, in vows and austerity, in valour and in dharma. From these Bali has turned away.

Verse 13 (12.232.13)

ब्रह्मण्योऽयं पुरा भूत्वा सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । अभ्यसूयन्ब्राह्मणान्वै उच्छिष्टश्चास्पृशद्धृतम् ॥

brahmaṇyo'yaṃ purā bhūtvā satyavādī jitendriyaḥ | abhyasūyanbrāhmaṇānvai ucchiṣṭaścāspṛśaddhṛtam

He was once devoted to brahmins, truthful and master of his senses; but he came to resent the brahmins, and, unclean from eating leavings, he touched the ghee.

Verse 14 (12.232.14)

यज्ञशीलः सदा भूत्वा मामेव यजते स्वयम् । ततः प्रहाय मूढात्मा कालेनोपनिपीडितः ॥

yajñaśīlaḥ sadā bhūtvā māmeva yajate svayam | tataḥ prahāya mūḍhātmā kālenopanipīḍitaḥ

Always devoted to sacrifice, he himself sacrificed to me alone; then, deluded in mind and crushed by Time, he gave it up.

Note on the text: Wikisource यजते स्वयम् … ततः प्रहाय against CE yajeti … provāca lokān is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 15 (12.232.15)

अपक्रान्ता ततः शक्र त्वयि वत्स्यामि वासव । अप्रमत्तेन धार्याऽस्मि तपसा विक्रमेण च ॥

apakrāntā tataḥ śakra tvayi vatsyāmi vāsava | apramattena dhāryā'smi tapasā vikrameṇa ca

So I have gone away, Shakra, and I shall dwell in you, Vasava. But I must be held by one who is vigilant, with austerity and with valour.

Note on the text: Wikisource अपक्रान्ता against CE apākṛtā is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 16 (12.232.16)

कोऽस्ति देवमनुष्येषु सर्वभूतेषु वा पुमान् । यस्त्वामेको विषहितुं शक्नुयात्कमलालये ॥

ko'sti devamanuṣyeṣu sarvabhūteṣu vā pumān | yastvāmeko viṣahituṃ śaknuyātkamalālaye

Who is there among gods, men and all beings who alone could bear you, O lotus-dweller?

Verse 17 (12.232.17)

नैव देवो न गन्धर्वो नासुरो न च राक्षसः । यो मामेको विषहितुं शक्तः कश्चित्पुरंदर ॥

naiva devo na gandharvo nāsuro na ca rākṣasaḥ | yo māmeko viṣahituṃ śaktaḥ kaścitpuraṃdara

No god, no gandharva, no asura and no rakshasa is able, Purandara, to bear me alone.

Note on the text: Corrected नं च न्राक्षसः → न च राक्षसः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara and a stray conjunct; CE 12.218.17 has na ca rākṣasaḥ).

Verse 18 (12.232.18)

तिष्ठेथा मयि नित्यं त्वं यथा तद्ब्रूहि मे शुभे । तत्करिष्यामि ते वाक्यमृतं तद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

tiṣṭhethā mayi nityaṃ tvaṃ yathā tadbrūhi me śubhe | tatkariṣyāmi te vākyamṛtaṃ tadvaktumarhasi

Tell me, auspicious one, how you may stay with me always, and I shall do as you say. You should tell me that truly.

Verse 19 (12.232.19)

स्थास्यामि नित्यं देवेन्द्र यथा त्वयि निबोध तत् । विधिना वेददृष्टेन चतुर्धा विभजस्व माम् ॥

sthāsyāmi nityaṃ devendra yathā tvayi nibodha tat | vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena caturdhā vibhajasva mām

I shall stay with you always, lord of the gods; hear how. Divide me into four parts by the rite seen in the Veda.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected: the page prints a second शक्र उवाच heading here (12-232-19x), but the words are Shri's reply (she addresses Indra as devendra, and the CE heads 12.218.19 with śrīr uvāca). Shri's speech is therefore given to Shri, with her usual speaker_line.

Verse 20 (12.232.20)

अहं वै त्वां निधास्यामि यथाशक्ति यथाबलम् । न तु मेऽतिक्रमः स्याद्वै सदा लक्ष्मि तवान्तिके ॥

ahaṃ vai tvāṃ nidhāsyāmi yathāśakti yathābalam | na tu me'tikramaḥ syādvai sadā lakṣmi tavāntike

I shall set you down as far as I am able and as my strength allows; and may I never fail in my duty, Lakshmi, when I am near you.

Verse 21 (12.232.21)

भूमिरेव मनुष्येषु धारिणी भूतभाविनी । सा ते पादं तितिक्षेत समर्था हीति मे मतिः ॥

bhūmireva manuṣyeṣu dhāriṇī bhūtabhāvinī | sā te pādaṃ titikṣeta samarthā hīti me matiḥ

Among mortals it is the earth alone that bears and nourishes beings. She can endure a quarter of you; such is my judgment, for she is able.

Verse 22 (12.232.22)

एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं भूमौ प्रतिष्ठितः । द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥

eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo'yaṃ bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaḥ | dvitīyaṃ śakra pādaṃ me tasmātsunihitaṃ kuru

This quarter of mine, which rests on the earth, is well placed. Therefore, Shakra, place a second quarter of mine as well.

Verse 23 (12.232.23)

आप एव मनुष्येषु द्रवन्त्यः परिधारणे । तास्ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलमापस्तितिक्षितुम् ॥

āpa eva manuṣyeṣu dravantyaḥ paridhāraṇe | tāste pādaṃ titikṣantāmalamāpastitikṣitum

It is the waters among mortals that, flowing, sustain all things. Let them endure a quarter of yours; the waters are well able to endure it.

Verse 24 (12.232.24)

एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितः । तृतीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥

eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo'yamapsu pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tṛtīyaṃ śakra pādaṃ me tasmātsunihitaṃ kuru

This quarter of mine, which rests in the waters, is well placed. Therefore, Shakra, place a third quarter of mine.

Verse 25 (12.232.25)

यस्मिन्वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च यस्मिन्देवाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । तृतीयं पादमग्निस्ते सुधृतं धारयिष्यति ॥

yasminvedāśca yajñāśca yasmindevāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | tṛtīyaṃ pādamagniste sudhṛtaṃ dhārayiṣyati

Fire, in which the Vedas and the sacrifices and the gods are established, will hold your third quarter well.

Verse 26 (12.232.26)

एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमग्नौ प्रतिष्ठितः । चतुर्थं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥

eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo'yamagnau pratiṣṭhitaḥ | caturthaṃ śakra pādaṃ me tasmātsunihitaṃ kuru

This quarter of mine, which rests in fire, is well placed. Therefore, Shakra, place a fourth quarter of mine.

Verse 27 (12.232.27)

ये वै सन्तो मनुष्येषु ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः । तेते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलं सन्तस्तितिक्षितुम् ॥

ye vai santo manuṣyeṣu brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ | tete pādaṃ titikṣantāmalaṃ santastitikṣitum

Those good people among men who are devoted to brahmins and truthful: let them endure your quarter; the good are well able to endure it.

Verse 28 (12.232.28)

एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं सत्सु प्रतिष्ठितः । एवं हि निहितां शक्र भूतेषु परिधत्स्व माम् ॥

eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo'yaṃ satsu pratiṣṭhitaḥ | evaṃ hi nihitāṃ śakra bhūteṣu paridhatsva mām

This quarter of mine, which rests in the good, is well placed. Thus apportioned among beings, Shakra, take me to yourself.

Verse 29 (12.232.29)

भूमिशुद्धिं ततः कृत्वा अद्भिः संतर्पयन्ति ये । भूतानि च यजन्त्यग्नौ तेषां त्वमनपायिनी ॥

bhūmiśuddhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā adbhiḥ saṃtarpayanti ye | bhūtāni ca yajantyagnau teṣāṃ tvamanapāyinī

Those who, after purifying the ground, refresh it with water, and make offerings to the beings and in the fire: with them may you remain, never departing.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backquote printed before the first line (a wiki mark marking an inserted passage). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only as star passage 646, lines 01–02 (12.218.29*0646_01–02), printed before 12.218.29a.

Verse 30 (12.232.30)

ये क्रियाभिः सुरक्ताभिर्हेतुयुक्ताः समाहिताः । ज्ञानवन्तो विवत्सायां लब्धा माद्यन्ति योगिनः ॥

ye kriyābhiḥ suraktābhirhetuyuktāḥ samāhitāḥ | jñānavanto vivatsāyāṃ labdhā mādyanti yoginaḥ

And those yogis who, through well-loved rites, are given to reasoning and composed, men of knowledge, rejoice when you, whom they wish to have dwelling with them, are won.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (the doubled danda and the closing quote mark printed after the second line). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only as star passage 646, lines 03–04 (12.218.29*0646_03–04), printed before 12.218.29a. The second line is obscure; translated as it stands.

Verse 31 (12.232.31)

भूतानामिह यो वै त्वां मया विनिहितां सतीम् । उपहन्यात्स मे द्वेष्यस्तथा शृण्वन्तु मे वचः ॥

bhūtānāmiha yo vai tvāṃ mayā vinihitāṃ satīm | upahanyātsa me dveṣyastathā śṛṇvantu me vacaḥ

Whoever among beings here harms you, thus established by me, shall be hateful to me. Let all hear my word.

Verse 32 (12.232.32)

तथेति चोक्त्वा सा भ्रष्टा सर्वलोकनमस्कृता । वासवं पालयामास सा देवी कमलालया ॥

tatheti coktvā sā bhraṣṭā sarvalokanamaskṛtā | vāsavaṃ pālayāmāsa sā devī kamalālayā

Saying "So be it," that goddess who dwells in the lotus, honoured by all the worlds, having departed from Bali, took Vasava under her protection.

Note on the text: Dropped the heading भीष्म उवाच (with its backquote) printed inside the verse and made Bhishma the speaker; removed the stray wiki marks (the doubled danda and the closing quote mark). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only as star passage 647, lines 01–02 (12.218.30*0647_01–02), printed after the speaker line and before 12.218.30a.

Verse 33 (12.232.33)

ततस्त्यक्तः श्रिया राजा दैत्यानां बलिरब्रवीत् ॥

tatastyaktaḥ śriyā rājā daityānāṃ balirabravīt

Then Bali, king of the Daityas, abandoned by Shri, said:

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Shakra to Bhishma: this is narration. A single line on the page (12-232-33a); it is the first line (30a) of CE 12.218.30, whose second line (30c) is the first line of the next verse.

Verse 34 (12.232.34)

यावत्पुरस्तात्प्रतपेत्तावद्वै दक्षिणां दिशम् । पश्चिमां तावदेवापि तथोदीचीं दिवाकरः ॥

yāvatpurastātpratapettāvadvai dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | paścimāṃ tāvadevāpi tathodīcīṃ divākaraḥ

As far as the sun shines to the east, so far indeed it shines to the south; and so to the west, and likewise to the north.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Bali's direct speech, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Lines are CE 12.218.30c and 31a.

Verse 35 (12.232.35)

तथा मध्यंदिने सूर्यो नास्तमेति यदा तदा । पुनर्देवासुरं युद्धं भावि जेताऽस्मि वस्तदा ॥

tathā madhyaṃdine sūryo nāstameti yadā tadā | punardevāsuraṃ yuddhaṃ bhāvi jetā'smi vastadā

And when the sun at midday does not go down, then there will again be a war between gods and asuras, and I shall be your conqueror then.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Bali's direct speech, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Lines are CE 12.218.31c and 31e. Wikisource नास्तमेति (the sun does not set) against CE astam eti is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 36 (12.232.36)

सर्वलोकान्यदाऽऽदित्यो मध्यस्थस्तापयिष्यति । तदा देवासुरे युद्धे जेताऽहं त्वां शतक्रतो ॥

sarvalokānyadā''dityo madhyasthastāpayiṣyati | tadā devāsure yuddhe jetā'haṃ tvāṃ śatakrato

When the sun, standing in the middle, scorches all the worlds, then in the war of gods and asuras I shall conquer you, Shatakratu.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Bali's direct speech, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse. Wikisource मध्यस्थः against CE ekasthaḥ is a recension variant (the page's footnote records ekastha as another reading), kept.

Verse 37 (12.232.37)

ब्रह्मणाऽस्मि समादिष्टो न हन्तव्यो भवानिति । तेन तेऽहं बले वज्रं न विमुञ्जामि मूर्धनि ॥

brahmaṇā'smi samādiṣṭo na hantavyo bhavāniti | tena te'haṃ bale vajraṃ na vimuñjāmi mūrdhani

Brahma has instructed me, "Bali must not be killed." For that reason, Bali, I do not hurl my thunderbolt at your head.

Verse 38 (12.232.38)

यथेष्टं गच्छ दैत्येन्द्र स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महासुर ॥

yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha daityendra svasti te'stu mahāsura

Go as you please, lord of the Daityas; may it be well with you, great asura.

Note on the text: A single line on the page (12-232-38a); it is the first line (34a) of CE 12.218.34, whose second line (34c) is the first line of the next verse.

Verse 39 (12.232.39)

आदित्यो नैव तपिता कदाचिन्मध्यतः स्थितः । स्थापितो ह्यस्य समयः पूर्वमेव स्वयंभुवा ॥

ādityo naiva tapitā kadācinmadhyataḥ sthitaḥ | sthāpito hyasya samayaḥ pūrvameva svayaṃbhuvā

The sun will never stand in the middle and burn; his rule was laid down long ago by the Self-existent One.

Note on the text: Lines are CE 12.218.34c and 35a. Wikisource आदित्यो नैव तपिता against CE ādityo nāvatapitā is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 40 (12.232.40)

अजस्रं परियात्येष सत्येनावतपन्प्रजाः । अयनं तस्य षण्मासा उत्तरं दक्षिणं तथा । येन संयाति लोकेषु शीतोष्णे विसृजन्रविः ॥

ajasraṃ pariyātyeṣa satyenāvatapanprajāḥ | ayanaṃ tasya ṣaṇmāsā uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ tathā | yena saṃyāti lokeṣu śītoṣṇe visṛjanraviḥ

He travels without rest, warming creatures through his own unfailing law. His courses are two of six months each, the northern and the southern, by which the sun moves through the worlds, sending forth cold and heat.

Note on the text: Three lines on the page (12-232-40a, b, c); they are CE 12.218.35c, 36a and 36c.

Verse 41 (12.232.41)

एवमुक्तस्तु दैत्येन्द्रो बलिरिन्द्रेण भारत । जगाम दक्षिणामाशामुदीचीं तु पुरंदरः ॥

evamuktastu daityendro balirindreṇa bhārata | jagāma dakṣiṇāmāśāmudīcīṃ tu puraṃdaraḥ

Thus addressed by Indra, O Bharata, the Daitya lord Bali went to the southern quarter, and Purandara to the northern.

Verse 42 (12.232.42)

इत्येतद्बलिना गीतमनहंकारसंज्ञितम् । वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षः स्वमेवारुरुहे तदा ॥

ityetadbalinā gītamanahaṃkārasaṃjñitam | vākyaṃ śrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ svamevāruruhe tadā

Such was the teaching called "Freedom from Egoism" that Bali sang. Having heard his words, thousand-eyed Indra then went up to his own abode.

Note on the text: Wikisource स्वमेवारुरुहे against CE kham evāruruhe is a recension variant, kept.