Shri Tells Indra Why She Left the Asuras

Verse 1 (12.235.1)

पूर्वरूपाणि मे राजन्पुरुषस्य भविष्यतः । पराभविष्यतश्चैव तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

pūrvarūpāṇi me rājanpuruṣasya bhaviṣyataḥ | parābhaviṣyataścaiva tanme brūhi pitāmaha

What are the signs that foretell a man who is going to prosper, O king, and one who is going to fall? Tell me this, grandfather.

Verse 2 (12.235.2)

मन एव मनुष्यस्य पूर्वरूपाणि शंसति । भविष्यतश्च भद्रं ते तथैव न भविष्यतः ॥

mana eva manuṣyasya pūrvarūpāṇi śaṃsati | bhaviṣyataśca bhadraṃ te tathaiva na bhaviṣyataḥ

It is the mind itself that announces what lies ahead for a man, both for the one who will prosper and, in the same way, for the one who will not. May good fortune be yours.

Verse 3 (12.235.3)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । श्रिया शक्रस्य संवादं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | śriyā śakrasya saṃvādaṃ tannibodha yudhiṣṭhira

On this subject they recount an ancient tale, the conversation of Shri with Shakra. Listen to it, Yudhishthira.

Verse 4 (12.235.4)

महतस्तपसो व्यष्ट्या पश्यँल्लोकौ परावरौ । सामान्यमृषिभिर्गत्वा ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिभिः ॥

mahatastapaso vyaṣṭyā paśyam̐llokau parāvarau | sāmānyamṛṣibhirgatvā brahmalokanivāsibhiḥ

Seeing the higher and the lower worlds by the radiance of his great austerity, having gone about in common with the seers who dwell in the world of Brahma,

Verse 5 (12.235.5)

ब्रह्मेवामितदीप्तौजाः शान्तपाप्मा महातपाः । विचचार यथाकालं त्रिषु लोकेषु नारदः ॥

brahmevāmitadīptaujāḥ śāntapāpmā mahātapāḥ | vicacāra yathākālaṃ triṣu lokeṣu nāradaḥ

Narada, of boundless blazing energy like Brahma himself, free of sin, rich in austerity, wandered through the three worlds as the time allowed.

Verse 6 (12.235.6)

कदाचित्प्रातरुत्थाय पिस्पृक्षुः सलिलं शुचि । ध्रुवद्वारभवां गङ्गां जगामावततार च ॥

kadācitprātarutthāya pispṛkṣuḥ salilaṃ śuci | dhruvadvārabhavāṃ gaṅgāṃ jagāmāvatatāra ca

Once, rising at dawn and wishing to touch the pure water, he went to the Ganga that springs from Dhruva's gate, and he descended into it.

Verse 7 (12.235.7)

मेरुपादोद्भवां गङ्गां नारायणपदच्युताम् । स वीक्षमाणो हृष्टात्मा तं देशमभिजग्मिवान् ॥

merupādodbhavāṃ gaṅgāṃ nārāyaṇapadacyutām | sa vīkṣamāṇo hṛṣṭātmā taṃ deśamabhijagmivān

Looking with a glad heart on the Ganga, which rises at the foot of Meru and has fallen from the foot of Narayana, he went to that place:

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage (the page opens a bracketed run of lines at 7a and closes it at 10b). Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.6d*0657_01-02 (printed in the apparatus after 12.221.6; verses 7-10 are *0657_01-08). Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 8 (12.235.8)

यं देवजवाकीर्णं सूक्ष्मकाञ्चनवालुकम् । गङ्गाद्वीपं समासाद्य नानावृक्षैरलङ्कृतम् ॥

yaṃ devajavākīrṇaṃ sūkṣmakāñcanavālukam | gaṅgādvīpaṃ samāsādya nānāvṛkṣairalaṅkṛtam

having reached that island in the Ganga, strewn with heavenly japa blossoms, its sand as fine as gold dust, adorned with trees of many kinds,

Note on the text: Removed the '--' gap mark Wikisource prints after यं (the CE prints '*' there for a missing syllable). Corrected काञ्जन → काञ्चन (misprint in Wikisource; CE kāñcana, as in verse 12). Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.6d*0657_03-04 (the CE prints devajavā[?nā]kīrṇaṃ with a gap-mark before it). Wikisource देवजवाकीर्णं is kept as printed. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 9 (12.235.9)

सालतालाश्वकर्णानां चन्दनानां च राजिभिः । मण्डितं विविधैः पुष्पैर्हंसकारण्डवायुतम् ॥

sālatālāśvakarṇānāṃ candanānāṃ ca rājibhiḥ | maṇḍitaṃ vividhaiḥ puṣpairhaṃsakāraṇḍavāyutam

decked with rows of sala, tala, ashvakarna and sandal trees and with flowers of every kind, and thronged with swans and karandava ducks,

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.6d*0657_05-06. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 10 (12.235.10)

नदीपुलिनमासाद्य स्नात्वा संतर्प्य देवताः । जजाप जप्यं धर्मात्मा तन्मयत्वेन भास्वता ॥

nadīpulinamāsādya snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ | jajāpa japyaṃ dharmātmā tanmayatvena bhāsvatā

he came to the river's bank, bathed, and satisfied the gods with offerings; and the righteous-souled sage recited his prayer, wholly absorbed in the Radiant One.

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and closing quote mark printed at the end of the bracketed run (7a-10b). Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.6d*0657_07-08. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 11 (12.235.11)

सहस्रनयनश्चापि वज्री शम्बरपाकहा । तस्या देवर्षिजुष्टायास्तीरमभ्याजगाम ह ॥

sahasranayanaścāpi vajrī śambarapākahā | tasyā devarṣijuṣṭāyāstīramabhyājagāma ha

And the thousand-eyed wielder of the thunderbolt, slayer of Shambara and Paka, also came to the bank of that river, which divine seers frequented.

Verse 12 (12.235.12)

तावाप्लुत्य यतात्मानौ कृतजप्यौ समासतः । नद्याः पुलिनमासाद्य सूक्ष्मकाञ्चनवालुकम् ॥

tāvāplutya yatātmānau kṛtajapyau samāsataḥ | nadyāḥ pulinamāsādya sūkṣmakāñcanavālukam

Having bathed, the two self-controlled ones, who had briefly said their prayers, sat on the bank of the river, where the sand was as fine as gold dust.

Verse 13 (12.235.13)

पुण्यकर्मभिराख्याता देवर्षिकथिताः कथाः । चक्रतुस्तौ तथाऽऽसीनौ महर्षिकथितास्तथा । पूर्ववृत्तव्यतीतानि कथयन्तौ समाहितौ ॥

puṇyakarmabhirākhyātā devarṣikathitāḥ kathāḥ | cakratustau tathā''sīnau maharṣikathitāstathā | pūrvavṛttavyatītāni kathayantau samāhitau

Seated there, the two told tales with attentive minds: stories related by men of holy deeds, accounts given by divine seers and likewise by great sages, recalling events of times long past.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-13a/b/c). Line 1 = CE 12.221.9a; lines 2-3 are Wikisource's variants of CE 9c (cakratus tau kathāśīlau śucisaṃhṛṣṭamānasau) and 9e (pūrvavṛttavyapetāni kathayantau samāhitau). Kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (12.235.14)

अथ भास्करमुद्यन्तं रश्मिजालपुरस्कृतम् । पूर्णमण्डलमालोक्य तावुत्थायोपतस्थतुः ॥

atha bhāskaramudyantaṃ raśmijālapuraskṛtam | pūrṇamaṇḍalamālokya tāvutthāyopatasthatuḥ

Then, seeing the sun rising before them, preceded by its net of rays, a full disc, the two stood up and worshipped it.

Note on the text: Corrected अद्य → अथ (misprint in Wikisource; 'today' makes no sense in past narration; CE atha).

Verse 15 (12.235.15)

विविक्ते पुण्यदेशे तु रममाणौ मुदा युतौ । ददृशातेऽन्तरिक्षे तौ सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति ॥

vivikte puṇyadeśe tu ramamāṇau mudā yutau | dadṛśāte'ntarikṣe tau sūryasyodayanaṃ prati

As the two stayed in that secluded, holy place, rejoicing and full of delight, they saw in the sky, in the direction of the sun's rising,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage. Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.10d*0658_01-02. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 16 (12.235.16)

ज्योतिर्ज्वालसमाकीर्णं ज्योतिषां गणमण्डितम् । अभितस्तूदयन्तं तमर्कमर्कमिवापरम् ॥

jyotirjvālasamākīrṇaṃ jyotiṣāṃ gaṇamaṇḍitam | abhitastūdayantaṃ tamarkamarkamivāparam

a mass of light thick with flames of brilliance, adorned with hosts of luminaries, rising on every side around that sun like a second sun.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star line 12.221.10d*0658_03; line 2 is CE 12.221.11a.

Verse 17 (12.235.17)

आकाशे ददृशे ज्योतिरुद्यतार्चिः समप्रभम् । अर्कस्य तेजसा तुल्यं तद्भास्करसमप्रभम् । तयोः समीपं तं प्राप्तं प्रत्यदृश्यत भारत ॥

ākāśe dadṛśe jyotirudyatārciḥ samaprabham | arkasya tejasā tulyaṃ tadbhāskarasamaprabham | tayoḥ samīpaṃ taṃ prāptaṃ pratyadṛśyata bhārata

In the sky a light was seen, its flames raised high, equal in radiance, like the sun in splendour, matching the sun's own brilliance; and, O Bharata, it drew near to them and appeared before their eyes.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick, the closing quote mark and the doubled daṇḍa around line 2. Corrected आकाशो → आकाशे (misprint in Wikisource; the light is seen 'in the sky', CE ākāśe dadṛśe). Line 1 = CE 12.221.11c; line 2 is the CE star line 12.221.11d*0659_01; line 3 = CE 12.221.12a (Wikisource तं प्राप्तं against CE saṃprāptaṃ, kept).

Verse 18 (12.235.18)

तत्सुपर्णार्करचितमास्थितं वैष्णवं पदम् । भाभिरप्रतिमं भाति त्रैलोक्यमवभासयत् ॥

tatsuparṇārkaracitamāsthitaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | bhābhirapratimaṃ bhāti trailokyamavabhāsayat

It was Vishnu's own station, fashioned by Suparna and the sun, and set in the sky; with a radiance beyond compare it shone, lighting up the three worlds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.221.12c and 12.221.12e (Wikisource रचित against CE carita, kept as a variant).

Verse 19 (12.235.19)

दृष्ट्वा तौ तु विक्रान्तौ प्राञ्जली समुपास्थितौ । क्रमात्संप्रेक्ष्यमाणौ तौ विमानं दिव्यमद्भुतम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tau tu vikrāntau prāñjalī samupāsthitau | kramātsaṃprekṣyamāṇau tau vimānaṃ divyamadbhutam

Seeing it, the two valiant ones stood before it with joined palms, gazing in turn at that wondrous divine car,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage. Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.12f*0660_01-02. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 20 (12.235.20)

तस्मिंस्तदा सतीं कान्तां लोककान्तां परां शुभाम् । धात्रीं लोकस्य रमणीं लोकमातरमच्युताम् ॥

tasmiṃstadā satīṃ kāntāṃ lokakāntāṃ parāṃ śubhām | dhātrīṃ lokasya ramaṇīṃ lokamātaramacyutām

and in it they saw the good and lovely one, the beloved of the world, supreme and auspicious, the nurse of the world and its delight, the mother of the world, the unfailing,

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and closing quote mark at the end of the passage. Lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.221.12f*0660_03-04. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 21 (12.235.21)

दिव्याभिरुपशोभाभिरप्सरोभिः पुरस्कृताम् । बृहतीमंशुमत्प्रख्यां बृहद्भानोरिवार्चिषम् ॥

divyābhirupaśobhābhirapsarobhiḥ puraskṛtām | bṛhatīmaṃśumatprakhyāṃ bṛhadbhānorivārciṣam

attended by divine Apsarases of graceful beauty, tall and shining like the sun, like the flame of a mighty fire,

Verse 22 (12.235.22)

नक्षत्रकल्पाभरणां तारापङ्क्तिसमस्रजम् । श्रियं ददृशतुः पद्मां साक्षात्पद्मदलस्थिताम् ॥

nakṣatrakalpābharaṇāṃ tārāpaṅktisamasrajam | śriyaṃ dadṛśatuḥ padmāṃ sākṣātpadmadalasthitām

wearing ornaments like constellations and a garland like a line of stars: they saw Shri, Padma, standing in person on a lotus petal.

Verse 23 (12.235.23)

साऽवरुह्य विमानाग्रादङ्गनानामनुत्तमा । अभ्यागच्छत्त्रिलोकेशं शक्रं चर्षिं च नारदम् ॥

sā'varuhya vimānāgrādaṅganānāmanuttamā | abhyāgacchattrilokeśaṃ śakraṃ carṣiṃ ca nāradam

Best of women, she came down from the front of the car and approached Shakra, lord of the three worlds, and the seer Narada.

Note on the text: Corrected अभ्यागच्छन्त्रि → अभ्यागच्छत्त्रि (misprint in Wikisource; न् for त्, a finite verb is needed; CE abhyagacchat trilokeśam). Corrected चर्षि → चर्षिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE carṣiṃ ca).

Verse 24 (12.235.24)

नारदानुगतः साक्षान्मघवांस्तामुपागमत् । कृताञ्जलिपुटो देवीं निवेद्यात्मानमात्मना ॥

nāradānugataḥ sākṣānmaghavāṃstāmupāgamat | kṛtāñjalipuṭo devīṃ nivedyātmānamātmanā

With Narada following, Maghavan himself went up to the goddess with his hands folded in reverence, making himself known to her of his own accord.

Verse 25 (12.235.25)

चक्रे चानुपमां पूजां तस्याश्चापि स सर्ववित् । देवराजः श्रियं राजन्वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ॥

cakre cānupamāṃ pūjāṃ tasyāścāpi sa sarvavit | devarājaḥ śriyaṃ rājanvākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha

And he, the all-knowing king of the gods, paid her matchless honour, and then, O king, spoke these words to Shri:

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वंवित् → सर्ववित् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE sarvavit).

Verse 26 (12.235.26)

का त्वं केन च कार्येण संप्राप्ता चारुहासिनि । कुतश्चागम्यते सुभ्रु गन्तव्यं क्व च ते शुभे ॥

kā tvaṃ kena ca kāryeṇa saṃprāptā cāruhāsini | kutaścāgamyate subhru gantavyaṃ kva ca te śubhe

Who are you, fair-smiling lady, and for what purpose have you come? From where do you come, fair-browed one, and where are you bound, auspicious one?

Note on the text: Speaker: Shakra (Indra). The page prints no heading before this verse, but the whole verse is Indra's question to Shri (the CE continues the narrator's frame without a heading).

Verse 27 (12.235.27)

पुण्येषु त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वे स्थावरजङ्गमाः । ममात्मभावमिच्छन्तो यतन्ते परमात्मना ॥

puṇyeṣu triṣu lokeṣu sarve sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ | mamātmabhāvamicchanto yatante paramātmanā

In the three holy worlds, all beings, moving and unmoving, strive with their whole effort, wishing to attain my state of being.

Verse 28 (12.235.28)

साऽहं वै पङ्कजे जाता सूर्यरश्मिप्रबोधिते । भूत्यर्थं सर्वभूतानां पद्मा श्रीः पद्ममालिनी ॥

sā'haṃ vai paṅkaje jātā sūryaraśmiprabodhite | bhūtyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ padmā śrīḥ padmamālinī

I am she who was born in the lotus awakened by the sun's rays; for the prosperity of all beings I am Padma, Shri, the lotus-garlanded.

Note on the text: Corrected भूत्यर्तं → भूत्यर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; CE bhūtyarthaṃ).

Verse 29 (12.235.29)

अहं लक्ष्मीरहं भूतिः श्रीश्चाहं बलसूदन । अहं श्रद्धा च मेधा च सन्नतिर्विजितिः स्थितिः ॥

ahaṃ lakṣmīrahaṃ bhūtiḥ śrīścāhaṃ balasūdana | ahaṃ śraddhā ca medhā ca sannatirvijitiḥ sthitiḥ

I am Lakshmi, I am Bhuti, I am Shri, O slayer of Bala; I am Faith and Insight, Humility, Victory and Steadiness.

Verse 30 (12.235.30)

अहं धृतिरहं सिद्धिरहं संभूतिरेव च । अहं स्वाहा स्वधा चैव संस्तुतिर्नियतिः कृतिः ॥

ahaṃ dhṛtirahaṃ siddhirahaṃ saṃbhūtireva ca | ahaṃ svāhā svadhā caiva saṃstutirniyatiḥ kṛtiḥ

I am Resolve, I am Success, I am Well-being; I am Svaha and Svadha, Praise, Destiny and Achievement.

Verse 31 (12.235.31)

राज्ञां विजयमानानां सेनाग्रेषु ध्वजेषु च । निवसे धर्मशीलानां विषयेषु पुरेषु च ॥

rājñāṃ vijayamānānāṃ senāgreṣu dhvajeṣu ca | nivase dharmaśīlānāṃ viṣayeṣu pureṣu ca

I dwell with victorious kings, at the head of their armies and on their banners, and in the realms and cities of those devoted to dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected सेनाग्नेषु → सेनाग्रेषु (misprint in Wikisource; न for र; CE senāgreṣu).

Verse 32 (12.235.32)

जितकाशिनि शूरे च संग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनि । निवसामि मनुष्येन्द्रे सदैव बलसूदन ॥

jitakāśini śūre ca saṃgrāmeṣvanivartini | nivasāmi manuṣyendre sadaiva balasūdana

O slayer of Bala, I dwell always in that lord of men who shines in victory, who is brave, and who never turns back in battle.

Verse 33 (12.235.33)

धर्मनित्ये महाबुद्धौ ब्रह्मण्ये सत्यवादिनि । प्रश्रिते दानशीले च सदैव निवसाम्यहम् ॥

dharmanitye mahābuddhau brahmaṇye satyavādini | praśrite dānaśīle ca sadaiva nivasāmyaham

In one who is constant in dharma, of great understanding, devoted to brahmins, truthful in speech, humble and generous, I always dwell.

Verse 34 (12.235.34)

असुरेष्ववसं पूर्वं सत्यधर्मनिबन्धनात् । विपरीतांस्तु तान्बुद्ध्वा त्वयि वासमरोचयम् ॥

asureṣvavasaṃ pūrvaṃ satyadharmanibandhanāt | viparītāṃstu tānbuddhvā tvayi vāsamarocayam

I lived among the asuras formerly, bound to them by their truth and dharma; but seeing them turned the opposite way, I chose to live in you.

Verse 35 (12.235.35)

कथं वृत्तेषु दैत्येषु त्वमवात्सीर्वरानने । दृष्ट्वा च किमिहागास्त्वं हित्वा दैतेयदानवान् ॥

kathaṃ vṛtteṣu daityeṣu tvamavātsīrvarānane | dṛṣṭvā ca kimihāgāstvaṃ hitvā daiteyadānavān

How had the Daityas come to behave, fair-faced one, that you lived among them? And what did you see that made you leave the Daityas and Danavas and come here?

Note on the text: Corrected वरानाने → वरानने (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; CE varānane).

Verse 36 (12.235.36)

स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठत्सु धैर्यादचलितेषु च । स्वर्गमार्गाभिरामेषु सत्वेषु निरता ह्यहम् ॥

svadharmamanutiṣṭhatsu dhairyādacaliteṣu ca | svargamārgābhirāmeṣu satveṣu niratā hyaham

I delighted in beings who followed their own dharma, who stood unshaken in steadfastness, and who took pleasure in the road to heaven.

Verse 37 (12.235.37)

दानाध्ययनयज्ञेज्यापितृदैवतपूजनम् । गुरूणामतिथीनां च तेषां नित्यमवर्तत ॥

dānādhyayanayajñejyāpitṛdaivatapūjanam | gurūṇāmatithīnāṃ ca teṣāṃ nityamavartata

Giving, study, sacrifice and worship, the honouring of ancestors and gods, and reverence for teachers and guests were always practised among them.

Verse 38 (12.235.38)

सुसंमृष्टगृहाश्चासञ्जितस्त्रीका हुताग्नयः । गुरुशुश्रूषका दान्ता ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ॥

susaṃmṛṣṭagṛhāścāsañjitastrīkā hutāgnayaḥ | guruśuśrūṣakā dāntā brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ

They kept their houses well swept, were masters of themselves where women were concerned, tended the sacred fires, served their elders, were self-restrained, devoted to brahmins, and truthful.

Note on the text: Corrected गुहाः → गृहाः (misprint in Wikisource; 'well-swept caves' for 'houses'; CE gṛhāḥ).

Verse 39 (12.235.39)

श्रद्दधाना जितक्रोधा दानशीलाऽनसूयवः । भृतपुत्रा भृतामात्या भृतदारा ह्यनीर्षवः ॥

śraddadhānā jitakrodhā dānaśīlā'nasūyavaḥ | bhṛtaputrā bhṛtāmātyā bhṛtadārā hyanīrṣavaḥ

Full of faith, victors over anger, generous, and free of envy, they supported their sons, their ministers and their wives, and felt no jealousy.

Verse 40 (12.235.40)

अमर्षेण न चान्योन्यं स्पृहयन्ते कदाचन । न च जातूपतप्यन्ति धीराः परसमृद्धिभिः ॥

amarṣeṇa na cānyonyaṃ spṛhayante kadācana | na ca jātūpatapyanti dhīrāḥ parasamṛddhibhiḥ

They never coveted one another's goods out of impatience, and, steadfast, they never grieved at the prosperity of others.

Verse 41 (12.235.41)

दातारः संग्रहीतार आर्याः करुणवेदिनः । महाप्रसादा ऋजवो दृढभक्ता जितेन्द्रियाः ॥

dātāraḥ saṃgrahītāra āryāḥ karuṇavedinaḥ | mahāprasādā ṛjavo dṛḍhabhaktā jitendriyāḥ

Givers and protectors of others, noble, knowing compassion, of great kindness, upright, firm in loyalty, masters of their senses,

Verse 42 (12.235.42)

संतुष्टभृत्यसचिवाः कृतज्ञाः प्रियवादिनः । यथार्हमानार्थकरा ह्रीनिषेवा यतव्रताः ॥

saṃtuṣṭabhṛtyasacivāḥ kṛtajñāḥ priyavādinaḥ | yathārhamānārthakarā hrīniṣevā yatavratāḥ

with servants and counsellors who were content, grateful and kind of speech, bestowing honour and wealth according to worth, modest, and firm in their vows,

Verse 43 (12.235.43)

नित्यं पर्वसु सुस्नाताः स्वनुलिप्ताः स्वलङ्कृताः । उपवासतपः शीलाः प्रतीता ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥

nityaṃ parvasu susnātāḥ svanuliptāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ | upavāsatapaḥ śīlāḥ pratītā brahmavādinaḥ

who on festival days bathed well, anointed themselves and adorned themselves finely, given to fasting and austerity, renowned, speakers of the sacred word.

Verse 44 (12.235.44)

नैनानभ्युदियात्सूर्यो नैवास्वप्स्यन्प्रगेशयाः । रात्रौ दधि च सक्तूंश्च नित्यमेव व्यवर्जयन् ॥

nainānabhyudiyātsūryo naivāsvapsyanprageśayāḥ | rātrau dadhi ca saktūṃśca nityameva vyavarjayan

The sun never rose on them while they lay asleep, nor did they ever lie sleeping in the morning; and they always avoided curds and barley-meal at night.

Verse 45 (12.235.45)

काल्यं घृतं तु चान्वीक्ष्य प्रयता ब्रह्मवादिनः । मङ्गल्यान्यपि चापश्यन्ब्राह्मणांश्चाप्यपूजयन् ॥

kālyaṃ ghṛtaṃ tu cānvīkṣya prayatā brahmavādinaḥ | maṅgalyānyapi cāpaśyanbrāhmaṇāṃścāpyapūjayan

Pure in conduct and speakers of the sacred word, they looked upon ghee in the early morning; they beheld auspicious things and they honoured brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected पङ्गल्यानि → मङ्गल्यानि (misprint in Wikisource; CE maṅgalān). Corrected ब्रह्माणान् → ब्राह्मणान् (misprint in Wikisource; CE brāhmaṇāṃś).

Verse 46 (12.235.46)

सदा हि ददतां धर्म्यं सदाचाप्रतिगृह्णताम् । अर्धं च रात्र्याः स्वपतां दिवा चास्वपतां तथा ॥

sadā hi dadatāṃ dharmyaṃ sadācāpratigṛhṇatām | ardhaṃ ca rātryāḥ svapatāṃ divā cāsvapatāṃ tathā

Among those who always gave what was lawful and never accepted gifts, who slept half of the night and never by day,

Verse 47 (12.235.47)

कृपणानाथवृद्धानां दुर्बलातुरयोषिताम् । दयां च संविभागं च नित्यमेवान्वमोदताम् । कालो यातः सुखेनैव धर्ममार्गे निवर्तताम् ॥

kṛpaṇānāthavṛddhānāṃ durbalāturayoṣitām | dayāṃ ca saṃvibhāgaṃ ca nityamevānvamodatām | kālo yātaḥ sukhenaiva dharmamārge nivartatām

and who ever delighted in compassion and in sharing with the wretched, the helpless and the old, with the weak, the sick and women, time passed happily as they abided on the path of dharma.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-47a/b/c). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.221.39a and 39c (दयां against CE dāyaṃ, kept); line 3 is the CE star line 12.221.39d*0662_01 (kālo yātaḥ sukhe caiva dharmamārge ca vartatām), where Wikisource has सुखेनैव ... निवर्तताम्, kept as a variant.

Verse 48 (12.235.48)

त्रस्तं विषण्णमुद्विग्नं भयार्तं व्याधिपीडितम् । हृतस्वं व्यसनार्तं च नित्यमाश्वासयन्ति ते ॥

trastaṃ viṣaṇṇamudvignaṃ bhayārtaṃ vyādhipīḍitam | hṛtasvaṃ vyasanārtaṃ ca nityamāśvāsayanti te

The frightened, the despondent, the agitated, the terror-stricken, those tormented by sickness, those robbed of their wealth and those struck by calamity, these they always comforted.

Verse 49 (12.235.49)

धर्ममेवानुवर्तन्ते न हिंसन्ति परस्परम् । अनुकूलाश्च कार्येषु गुरुवृद्धोपसेविनः ॥

dharmamevānuvartante na hiṃsanti parasparam | anukūlāśca kāryeṣu guruvṛddhopasevinaḥ

They followed dharma alone and did not harm one another; they were agreeable to each other in every task and served their elders and the aged.

Verse 50 (12.235.50)

पितॄन्देवातिथींश्चैव गुरूंश्चैवाभ्यपूजयन् । अवशेषाणि चाश्नन्ति नित्यं सत्यतपोधृताः ॥

pitṝndevātithīṃścaiva gurūṃścaivābhyapūjayan | avaśeṣāṇi cāśnanti nityaṃ satyatapodhṛtāḥ

They honoured ancestors, gods, guests and teachers, and always ate only what remained afterwards, steadfast in truth and austerity.

Verse 51 (12.235.51)

नैकेऽश्नन्ति सुसंपन्नं न गच्छन्ति परस्त्रियम् । सर्वभूतेष्ववर्तन्त यथाऽऽत्मनि दयां प्रति ॥

naike'śnanti susaṃpannaṃ na gacchanti parastriyam | sarvabhūteṣvavartanta yathā''tmani dayāṃ prati

None of them ate choice food by himself, none went to another man's wife, and toward all beings they behaved with compassion, as toward themselves.

Verse 52 (12.235.52)

नैवाकाशे न पशुषु नायोनौ च न पर्वसु । इन्द्रियस्य विसर्गं ते रोचयन्ति कदाचन ॥

naivākāśe na paśuṣu nāyonau ca na parvasu | indriyasya visargaṃ te rocayanti kadācana

They never took pleasure in the discharge of their seed in the open air, among animals, in an unfit place, or on the sacred days of the lunar month.

Verse 53 (12.235.53)

नित्यं दानं तथा दाक्ष्यमार्जवं चैव नित्यदा । उत्साहोऽथानहंकारः परमं सौहृदं क्षमा ॥

nityaṃ dānaṃ tathā dākṣyamārjavaṃ caiva nityadā | utsāho'thānahaṃkāraḥ paramaṃ sauhṛdaṃ kṣamā

Constant giving, skill, uprightness always, zeal, freedom from egoism, supreme friendliness and forbearance,

Note on the text: Corrected अनहकारः → अनहंकारः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE anahaṃkāraḥ).

Verse 54 (12.235.54)

सत्यं दानं तपः शौचं कारुण्यं वागनिष्ठुरा । मित्रेषु चानभिद्रोहः सर्वं तेष्वभवत्प्रभो ॥

satyaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ kāruṇyaṃ vāganiṣṭhurā | mitreṣu cānabhidrohaḥ sarvaṃ teṣvabhavatprabho

truth, charity, austerity, purity, compassion, gentle speech and freedom from treachery toward friends: all this, lord, was found in them.

Verse 55 (12.235.55)

निद्रा तन्द्रीरसंप्रीतिरसूयाऽथानवेक्षिता । अरतिश्च विषादश्च स्पृहा चाप्यविशन्न तान् ॥

nidrā tandrīrasaṃprītirasūyā'thānavekṣitā | aratiśca viṣādaśca spṛhā cāpyaviśanna tān

Sleep, drowsiness, discontent, envy, heedlessness, listlessness, despondency and craving did not enter them.

Verse 56 (12.235.56)

साऽहमेवंगुणेष्वेव दानवेष्ववसं पुरा । प्रजासर्गमुपादाय यावद्गुणविपर्ययम् ॥

sā'hamevaṃguṇeṣveva dānaveṣvavasaṃ purā | prajāsargamupādāya yāvadguṇaviparyayam

Such was I, dwelling among Danavas of such qualities, from the creation of beings up to the time when their qualities were reversed.

Verse 57 (12.235.57)

ततः कालविपर्यासे तेषां गुणविपर्ययात् । अपश्यं निर्गतं धर्मं कामक्रोधवशात्मनाम् ॥

tataḥ kālaviparyāse teṣāṃ guṇaviparyayāt | apaśyaṃ nirgataṃ dharmaṃ kāmakrodhavaśātmanām

Then, when the times turned and their qualities were overturned, I saw dharma depart from them, for they had fallen under the sway of desire and anger.

Verse 58 (12.235.58)

सभासदां च वृद्धानां सतां कथयतां कथाः । प्राहसन्नभ्यसूयंश्च सर्वबुद्धान्गुरून्परान् ॥

sabhāsadāṃ ca vṛddhānāṃ satāṃ kathayatāṃ kathāḥ | prāhasannabhyasūyaṃśca sarvabuddhāngurūnparān

When the elders of the assembly, the good, were telling their tales, they laughed and sneered at them, at all the wise, at their teachers and at others.

Verse 59 (12.235.59)

युवानश्च समासीना वृद्धानपि गतान्सतः । नाभ्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां यथापूर्वमपूजयन् ॥

yuvānaśca samāsīnā vṛddhānapi gatānsataḥ | nābhyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ yathāpūrvamapūjayan

Young men, seated, did not honour as before, by rising and greeting them, even the good elders who had come.

Verse 60 (12.235.60)

वर्तयत्येव पितरि पुत्रः प्रभवते तथा । अमित्रभृत्यतां प्राप्य ख्यापयन्त्यनपत्रपाः ॥

vartayatyeva pitari putraḥ prabhavate tathā | amitrabhṛtyatāṃ prāpya khyāpayantyanapatrapāḥ

While the father was still alive, the son played the master; and, falling into the service of their enemies, they proclaimed it without shame.

Verse 61 (12.235.61)

तथा धर्मादपेतेन कर्मणा गर्हितेन ये । महतः प्राप्नुवन्त्यर्थांस्तेषां तत्राभवत्स्पृहा ॥

tathā dharmādapetena karmaṇā garhitena ye | mahataḥ prāpnuvantyarthāṃsteṣāṃ tatrābhavatspṛhā

And those who gained great wealth by deeds that strayed from dharma and were blameworthy, it was those men that the others came to envy.

Verse 62 (12.235.62)

उच्चैश्चाभ्यवदन्रात्रौ नीचैस्तत्राग्निरज्वलत् । पुत्राः पितॄनत्यचरन्नार्यश्चात्यचरन्पतीन् ॥

uccaiścābhyavadanrātrau nīcaistatrāgnirajvalat | putrāḥ pitṝnatyacarannāryaścātyacaranpatīn

At night they spoke loudly while the fire there burned low; sons transgressed against their fathers, and wives against their husbands.

Note on the text: Corrected पितृन् → पितॄन् (misprint in Wikisource; accusative plural needs long ॠ).

Verse 63 (12.235.63)

मातरं पितरं वृद्धमाचार्यमतिथिं गुरुम् । गुरुत्वान्नाभ्यनन्दन्त कुमारान्नान्वपालयन् ॥

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vṛddhamācāryamatithiṃ gurum | gurutvānnābhyanandanta kumārānnānvapālayan

Mother, aged father, teacher, guest and preceptor, out of their own self-importance they did not welcome them, and they did not look after the children.

Verse 64 (12.235.64)

भिक्षां बलिमदत्त्वा च स्वयमन्नानि भुञ्जते । अनिष्ट्वाऽसंविभज्याथ पितृदेवातिथीन्गुरून् ॥

bhikṣāṃ balimadattvā ca svayamannāni bhuñjate | aniṣṭvā'saṃvibhajyātha pitṛdevātithīngurūn

They ate their food themselves without giving alms or an offering, without having sacrificed or shared with ancestors, gods, guests and teachers.

Verse 65 (12.235.65)

न शौचमन्वरुद्ध्यन्त तेषां सूदजनास्तथा । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा भक्ष्यमासीदनावृतम् ॥

na śaucamanvaruddhyanta teṣāṃ sūdajanāstathā | manasā karmaṇā vācā bhakṣyamāsīdanāvṛtam

Nor did their cooks and servants keep to purity; and in thought, deed and word alike, their food lay uncovered.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.221.57a and 57c. After this verse the CE prints a 27-line Appendix I passage inline (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0001-0027), which Wikisource has as verses 66-78.

Verse 66 (12.235.66)

बालानां प्रेक्षमाणानां भक्तान्यश्नन्ति मोहिताः । एको दासो भवेत्तेषां तेषां दासीद्वयं तथा ॥

bālānāṃ prekṣamāṇānāṃ bhaktānyaśnanti mohitāḥ | eko dāso bhavetteṣāṃ teṣāṃ dāsīdvayaṃ tathā

Deluded, they ate their meals while the children looked on. Some would have a single slave among them, and some a pair of slave-women.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-2 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, printed after 12.221.57 as 12.221.57d@022_0001-0002).

Verse 67 (12.235.67)

त्रिगवा दानवाः केचिच्चतुरोजास्तथा परे । षडश्वाः सप्तमातङ्गाः पञ्चमाहिषिकाः परे ॥

trigavā dānavāḥ keciccaturojāstathā pare | ṣaḍaśvāḥ saptamātaṅgāḥ pañcamāhiṣikāḥ pare

Some Danavas had three cows, others four goats; some had six horses, some seven elephants, and others five buffaloes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 3-4 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0003-0004). चतुरोजाः is as printed in both.

Verse 68 (12.235.68)

रात्रौ दधि च सक्तूंश्च नित्यमेवाविवर्जिताः । अन्तर्दशाहे चाश्नन्ति गवां क्षीरं विचेतनाः ॥

rātrau dadhi ca saktūṃśca nityamevāvivarjitāḥ | antardaśāhe cāśnanti gavāṃ kṣīraṃ vicetanāḥ

Never giving up curds and barley-meal at night, senseless, they drank cows' milk even within the ten days after calving.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षिरं → क्षीरं (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel; CE kṣīram). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 5-6 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0005-0006).

Verse 69 (12.235.69)

क्रमदोहं न कुर्वन्ति वत्सस्तन्यानि भुञ्जते । अनाथां कृपणां भार्यां घ्नन्ति नित्यं शपन्ति च ॥

kramadohaṃ na kurvanti vatsastanyāni bhuñjate | anāthāṃ kṛpaṇāṃ bhāryāṃ ghnanti nityaṃ śapanti ca

They did not milk in the proper order but consumed what belonged to the calf; they beat their helpless, wretched wives again and again, and cursed them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 7-8 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0007-0008).

Verse 70 (12.235.70)

शूद्रान्नपुष्टा विप्रास्तु निर्लज्जाश्च भवन्त्युत । संकीर्णानि च धान्यानि नात्यवेक्षत्कुटुंबिनी ॥

śūdrānnapuṣṭā viprāstu nirlajjāśca bhavantyuta | saṃkīrṇāni ca dhānyāni nātyavekṣatkuṭuṃbinī

Brahmins fattened on a shudra's food grew shameless; and the mistress of the house no longer cared for the grain, which lay mixed together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 9-10 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0009-0010).

Verse 71 (12.235.71)

मार्जारकुक्कुटश्वानैः क्रीडां कुर्वन्ति मानवाः । गृहे कण्टकिनो वृक्षास्तथा निष्पाववल्लरी ॥

mārjārakukkuṭaśvānaiḥ krīḍāṃ kurvanti mānavāḥ | gṛhe kaṇṭakino vṛkṣāstathā niṣpāvavallarī

Men played with cats, cocks and dogs; in their houses stood thorny trees and the bean creeper.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 11-12 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0011-0012).

Verse 72 (12.235.72)

यज्ञियाश्च तथा वृक्षास्तेषामासन्दुरात्मनाम् । कूपस्नानरता नित्यं पर्वमैथुनगामिनः ॥

yajñiyāśca tathā vṛkṣāsteṣāmāsandurātmanām | kūpasnānaratā nityaṃ parvamaithunagāminaḥ

Trees fit for sacrifice were likewise to be found among those evil-minded men, who took constant delight in bathing at wells and who lay with their wives on the sacred days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 13-14 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0013-0014; Wikisource यज्ञिया against CE vṛścyāḥ, kept as a variant).

Verse 73 (12.235.73)

तिलानश्नन्ति रात्रौ च तैलाभ्यक्ताश्च शेरते । विभीतककरञ्जानां छायामूलनिवासिनः ॥

tilānaśnanti rātrau ca tailābhyaktāśca śerate | vibhītakakarañjānāṃ chāyāmūlanivāsinaḥ

They ate sesame at night and slept smeared with oil, and made their home in the shade at the roots of vibhitaka and karanja trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 15-16 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0015-0016).

Verse 74 (12.235.74)

करवीरं च ते पुष्पं धारयन्ति च मोहिताः । पद्मबीजानि खादन्ति पुष्पं जिघ्रन्ति मोहिताः ॥

karavīraṃ ca te puṣpaṃ dhārayanti ca mohitāḥ | padmabījāni khādanti puṣpaṃ jighranti mohitāḥ

Deluded, they wore oleander flowers; they ate lotus seeds, and, deluded, they smelled flowers.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्मबिजानि → पद्मबीजानि (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel; CE padmabījāni). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 17-18 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0017-0018).

Verse 75 (12.235.75)

न भोक्ष्यन्ति तथा नित्यं दैत्याः कालेन मोहिताः । निन्दन्ति स्तवनं विष्णोस्तस्य नित्यद्विषो जनाः ॥

na bhokṣyanti tathā nityaṃ daityāḥ kālena mohitāḥ | nindanti stavanaṃ viṣṇostasya nityadviṣo janāḥ

Deluded by Time, the Daityas would no longer take their meals as they once had; and those men, perpetually hostile to Vishnu, reviled the praise of him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 19-20 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0019-0020).

Verse 76 (12.235.76)

होमधूमो न तत्रासीद्वेदघोषस्तथैव च । यज्ञाश्च न प्रवर्तन्ते यथापूर्वं गृहेगृहे ॥

homadhūmo na tatrāsīdvedaghoṣastathaiva ca | yajñāśca na pravartante yathāpūrvaṃ gṛhegṛhe

There was no smoke of oblations there, and no chanting of the Veda; sacrifices no longer went on in every house as before.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 21-22 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0021-0022).

Verse 77 (12.235.77)

शिष्याचार्यक्रमो नासीत्पुत्रैरात्मपितुः पिता । विष्णुं ब्रह्मण्यदेवेशं हित्वा पाषण्डमाश्रिताः ॥

śiṣyācāryakramo nāsītputrairātmapituḥ pitā | viṣṇuṃ brahmaṇyadeveśaṃ hitvā pāṣaṇḍamāśritāḥ

No order of pupil and teacher was kept, and sons did not keep their place before their own father's father. Abandoning Vishnu, lord of the gods and friend of brahmins, they took refuge in heresy.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 23-24 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0023-0024).

Verse 78 (12.235.78)

हव्यकव्यविहीनाश्च ज्ञानाध्ययनवर्जिताः । देवस्वादानरुचयो ब्रह्मस्वरुचयस्तथा । स्तुतिमङ्गलहीनानि देवस्थानानि सर्वशः ॥

havyakavyavihīnāśca jñānādhyayanavarjitāḥ | devasvādānarucayo brahmasvarucayastathā | stutimaṅgalahīnāni devasthānāni sarvaśaḥ

They were without oblations to gods and ancestors, bereft of knowledge and study, and they delighted in seizing the property of the gods and of brahmins; and the temples of the gods stood everywhere without hymns of praise or auspicious rites.

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and closing quote mark at the end of the passage. Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-78a/b/c). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 25-27 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 22, 12.221.57d@022_0025-0027), the end of the passage.

Verse 79 (12.235.79)

विप्रकीर्णानि धान्यानि काकमूषिकभोजनम् । अपावृतं पयोतिष्ठदुच्छिष्टाश्चास्पृशन्घृतम् ॥

viprakīrṇāni dhānyāni kākamūṣikabhojanam | apāvṛtaṃ payotiṣṭhaducchiṣṭāścāspṛśanghṛtam

Grain lay scattered about, food for crows and mice; milk stood uncovered, and with unclean hands they touched the ghee.

Note on the text: Corrected धृतम् → घृतम् (misprint in Wikisource; 'ghee' for 'held'; CE ghṛtam).

Verse 80 (12.235.80)

कुद्दालं दात्रपिटकं प्रकीर्णं कांस्यभोजनम् । द्रव्योपकरणं सर्वं नान्ववैक्षत्कुटुम्बिनी ॥

kuddālaṃ dātrapiṭakaṃ prakīrṇaṃ kāṃsyabhojanam | dravyopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ nānvavaikṣatkuṭumbinī

The hoe, the sickle, the basket, the bronze dishes lying about, and all the household goods and implements, the mistress of the house did not look after.

Verse 81 (12.235.81)

प्राकारागारविध्वंसान्न स्म ते प्रतिकुर्वते । क्षुद्राः संस्कारहीनाश्च नार्यो ह्युदरपोषणाः ॥

prākārāgāravidhvaṃsānna sma te pratikurvate | kṣudrāḥ saṃskārahīnāśca nāryo hyudarapoṣaṇāḥ

They did not repair their ruined walls and houses. And the women there, base and without sacred rites, lived only to fill their bellies,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening line 2. Line 1 = CE 12.221.60a; line 2 is the CE star line 12.221.60b*0663_01 (kṣudrāḥ saṃskārahīnāś ca nāryo hy udarapoṣaṇāḥ).

Verse 82 (12.235.82)

शौचाचारपरिभ्रष्टा निर्लज्जा भोगवञ्चिताः । उभाभ्यामेव पाणिभ्यां शिरः कण्डूयनान्विताः । गृहजालाभिसंस्थाना ह्यासंस्तत्र स्त्रियः पुनः ॥

śaucācāraparibhraṣṭā nirlajjā bhogavañcitāḥ | ubhābhyāmeva pāṇibhyāṃ śiraḥ kaṇḍūyanānvitāḥ | gṛhajālābhisaṃsthānā hyāsaṃstatra striyaḥ punaḥ

fallen from purity and good conduct, shameless, cheated of true enjoyment, scratching their heads with both hands, and taking their places at the lattice windows of the houses.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-82a/b/c): the CE star lines 12.221.60b*0663_02-04. Not in the CE's constituted text.

Verse 83 (12.235.83)

श्वश्रूश्वशुरयोर्मध्ये भर्तारं कृतकं यथा । प्रेक्षयन्ति च निर्लज्जा नार्यः कुलजलक्षणाः ॥

śvaśrūśvaśurayormadhye bhartāraṃ kṛtakaṃ yathā | prekṣayanti ca nirlajjā nāryaḥ kulajalakṣaṇāḥ

Between mother-in-law and father-in-law, shameless women, though they bore the marks of good birth, would parade their husband as though he were a doll.

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and closing quote mark at the end of the passage. The CE star lines 12.221.60b*0663_05-06 (the end of the star passage).

Verse 84 (12.235.84)

नाद्रियन्ते पशून्बद्ध्वा यवसेनोदकेन च । बालानां प्रेक्षमाणानां स्वयं भक्ष्यमभक्षयन् । तथा भृत्यजनं सर्वमसंतर्प्य च दानवाः ॥

nādriyante paśūnbaddhvā yavasenodakena ca | bālānāṃ prekṣamāṇānāṃ svayaṃ bhakṣyamabhakṣayan | tathā bhṛtyajanaṃ sarvamasaṃtarpya ca dānavāḥ

They did not care for their cattle, tying them up and giving them fodder and water; while the children looked on, they ate what they had for themselves, and the Danavas left all their dependents unfed.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-84a/b/c). Lines = CE 12.221.60c, 61a, 61c (Wikisource स्वयं भक्ष्यमभक्षयन् against CE svayaṃ bhakṣān abhakṣayan, and the last line, are variants, kept).

Verse 85 (12.235.85)

पायसं कृसरं मांसमपूपानथ शष्कुलीः । अपाचयन्नात्मनोऽर्थे वृथा मांसान्यभक्षयन् ॥

pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ māṃsamapūpānatha śaṣkulīḥ | apācayannātmano'rthe vṛthā māṃsānyabhakṣayan

Rice pudding, sesame rice, meat, cakes and fried cakes they cooked for themselves alone, and they ate meat to no purpose.

Verse 86 (12.235.86)

उत्सूर्यशायिनश्चासन्सर्वे चासन्प्रगेशयाः । आवृत्तकलहाश्चात्र दिवारात्रं गृहेगृहे ॥

utsūryaśāyinaścāsansarve cāsanprageśayāḥ | āvṛttakalahāścātra divārātraṃ gṛhegṛhe

They lay abed after sunrise, and all slept through the morning hours; and in every house quarrels went on day and night.

Verse 87 (12.235.87)

अनार्याश्चार्यमासीनं पर्युपासन्न तत्र ह । आश्रमस्थान्विकर्मस्थाः प्राद्विषन्त परस्परम् ॥

anāryāścāryamāsīnaṃ paryupāsanna tatra ha | āśramasthānvikarmasthāḥ prādviṣanta parasparam

Ignoble men did not attend a noble man who sat among them; those who did forbidden deeds hated those who kept to the stages of life, and they hated one another.

Verse 88 (12.235.88)

संकराश्चाभ्यवर्तन्त न च शौचमवर्तत । ये च वेदविदो विप्रा विस्पष्टमनृचश्च ये । निरन्तरविशेषास्ते बहुमानावमानयोः ॥

saṃkarāścābhyavartanta na ca śaucamavartata | ye ca vedavido viprā vispaṣṭamanṛcaśca ye | nirantaraviśeṣāste bahumānāvamānayoḥ

Confusion of the classes spread and purity was not kept. Even brahmins who knew the Vedas and those plainly unversed in the Rik verses stood without distinction in the honour or the slight they received.

Note on the text: Corrected अनुचः → अनृचः (misprint in Wikisource; CE anṛcaḥ). Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-88a/b/c). Lines = CE 12.221.64e, 65a, 65c.

Verse 89 (12.235.89)

भावमाभरणं वेषं गतं स्थितमवेक्षितम् । असेवन्त भुजिष्या वै दुर्जनाचरितं विधिम् ॥

bhāvamābharaṇaṃ veṣaṃ gataṃ sthitamavekṣitam | asevanta bhujiṣyā vai durjanācaritaṃ vidhim

Servant-women took up the manner, ornament, dress, gait, bearing and glance, the whole way of life, of wicked people.

Verse 90 (12.235.90)

स्त्रियः पुरुषवेषेण पुंसः स्त्रीवेषधारिणः । क्रीडारतिविहारेषु परां मुदमवाप्नुवन् ॥

striyaḥ puruṣaveṣeṇa puṃsaḥ strīveṣadhāriṇaḥ | krīḍārativihāreṣu parāṃ mudamavāpnuvan

Women in men's dress and men in the dress of women found the highest delight in sport, love-play and pleasure.

Verse 91 (12.235.91)

प्रभवद्भिः पुरा दायानर्हेभ्यः प्रतिपादितान् । नाभ्यवर्तन्त नास्तिक्याद्वर्तन्तः संभवेष्वपि ॥

prabhavadbhiḥ purā dāyānarhebhyaḥ pratipāditān | nābhyavartanta nāstikyādvartantaḥ saṃbhaveṣvapi

The shares that men of power had once assigned to the worthy were not honoured, out of disbelief, even by those who were in a position to give.

Note on the text: Corrected नाभ्यवर्न्तत → नाभ्यवर्तन्त (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE nābhyavartanta).

Verse 92 (12.235.92)

मित्रेणाभ्यर्थितं द्रव्यमर्थी संश्रयते क्वचित् । वालकोट्यग्रमात्रेण स्वार्थेनाघ्नत तद्वसु ॥

mitreṇābhyarthitaṃ dravyamarthī saṃśrayate kvacit | vālakoṭyagramātreṇa svārthenāghnata tadvasu

When one friend asked another for wealth, the one in need might come to him; yet for a selfish gain no bigger than the tip of a hair they made away with that wealth.

Verse 93 (12.235.93)

परस्वादानरुचयो विपणव्यवहारिणः । अदृश्यन्तार्यवर्णेषु शूद्राश्चापि तपोधनाः ॥

parasvādānarucayo vipaṇavyavahāriṇaḥ | adṛśyantāryavarṇeṣu śūdrāścāpi tapodhanāḥ

They delighted in taking what belonged to others and dealt in the market; and among the noble classes even shudras were seen counted as men rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्णषु → वर्णेषु and शृद्राः → शूद्राः (misprints in Wikisource; CE āryavarṇeṣu śūdrāś).

Verse 94 (12.235.94)

अधीयन्तेऽव्रताः केचिद्वृथा व्रतमथापरे । अशुश्रूषुर्गुरोः शिष्यः कश्चिच्छिष्यसखो गुरुः ॥

adhīyante'vratāḥ kecidvṛthā vratamathāpare | aśuśrūṣurguroḥ śiṣyaḥ kaścicchiṣyasakho guruḥ

Some studied without keeping their vows, others kept vows to no purpose; a pupil would not serve his teacher, and a teacher became the friend of his pupils.

Note on the text: Corrected अधीयते → अधीयन्ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्, plural subject; CE adhīyante). Corrected शिप्य → शिष्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE chiṣyasakho).

Verse 95 (12.235.95)

पिता चैव जनित्री च श्रान्तौ वृत्तोत्सवाविव । अप्रभुत्वे स्थितौ वृद्धावन्नं प्रार्थयतः सुतान् ॥

pitā caiva janitrī ca śrāntau vṛttotsavāviva | aprabhutve sthitau vṛddhāvannaṃ prārthayataḥ sutān

Father and mother, worn out like people whose festival is over, stood aged and without authority, begging their sons for food.

Verse 96 (12.235.96)

तत्र वेदविदः प्राज्ञा गाम्भीर्ये सागरोपमाः । कृष्यादिष्वभवन्सक्ता मूर्खाः श्राद्धान्यभुञ्जत ॥

tatra vedavidaḥ prājñā gāmbhīrye sāgaropamāḥ | kṛṣyādiṣvabhavansaktā mūrkhāḥ śrāddhānyabhuñjata

Even the wise who knew the Vedas, deep as the ocean in their gravity, became absorbed in farming and the like, while fools ate at the funeral offerings.

Verse 97 (12.235.97)

प्रातः सायं च सुप्रश्नं कल्पनं प्रेषणक्रियाः । शिष्यानुप्रहितास्तेषामकुर्वन्गुरवश्च ह ॥

prātaḥ sāyaṃ ca supraśnaṃ kalpanaṃ preṣaṇakriyāḥ | śiṣyānuprahitāsteṣāmakurvanguravaśca ha

Morning and evening, the teachers performed for their pupils the courteous enquiries, the preparations and the errands that the pupils sent them on.

Note on the text: Corrected शिष्यानप्रहिताः → शिष्यानुप्रहिताः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ु; CE śiṣyānuprahitāḥ).

Verse 98 (12.235.98)

श्वश्रूश्वशुरयोरग्रे वधूः प्रेष्यानशासत । अन्वशासच्च भर्तारं समाह्वायाभिजल्पति ॥

śvaśrūśvaśurayoragre vadhūḥ preṣyānaśāsata | anvaśāsacca bhartāraṃ samāhvāyābhijalpati

In the presence of her mother-in-law and father-in-law the bride gave orders to the servants; she gave orders to her husband too, and, summoning him, chattered at him.

Verse 99 (12.235.99)

प्रयत्नेनापि चारक्षच्चित्तं पुत्रस्य वै पिता । व्यभजच्चापि संरम्भाद्दुःखवासं तथाऽवसत् ॥

prayatnenāpi cārakṣaccittaṃ putrasya vai pitā | vyabhajaccāpi saṃrambhādduḥkhavāsaṃ tathā'vasat

Even though he had guarded his son's mind with care, a father in a fit of anger parted from him and lived in misery.

Verse 100 (12.235.100)

अग्निदाहेन चोरैर्वा राजभिर्वा हृतं धनम् । दृष्ट्वा द्वेषात्प्राहसन्त सुहृत्संभाविता ह्यपि ॥

agnidāhena corairvā rājabhirvā hṛtaṃ dhanam | dṛṣṭvā dveṣātprāhasanta suhṛtsaṃbhāvitā hyapi

When a man's wealth was lost to fire, to thieves or to kings, they laughed at the sight out of spite, even those who had been held dear by friends.

Verse 101 (12.235.101)

कृतघ्ना नास्तिकाः पापा गुरुदाराभिमर्शिनः । श्वशुरानुगताः सर्वे ह्युत्सृज्य पितरौ सुताः ॥

kṛtaghnā nāstikāḥ pāpā gurudārābhimarśinaḥ | śvaśurānugatāḥ sarve hyutsṛjya pitarau sutāḥ

Ungrateful, unbelieving, sinful, violators of their teachers' wives, sons who followed their fathers-in-law and abandoned both their parents,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening line 2. Line 1 = CE 12.221.78a; line 2 is the CE star line 12.221.78d*0664_01 (śvaśurānugatāḥ sarve hy utsṛjya pitarau sutāḥ). Wikisource places the star lines around CE 78c, so the verse division differs from the CE's.

Verse 102 (12.235.102)

स्वकर्मणा च जातोऽहमित्येवंवादिनस्तथा । अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता निर्मर्यादा हतत्विषः ॥

svakarmaṇā ca jāto'hamityevaṃvādinastathā | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā nirmaryādā hatatviṣaḥ

saying, "I was born of my own deeds"; given to eating forbidden food, without restraint, their lustre gone,

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark and doubled daṇḍa after line 1. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.221.78d*0664_02 (svakarmaṇā ca jāto 'ham ity evaṃvādinas tathā); line 2 = CE 12.221.78c (abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā nirmaryādā hatatviṣaḥ).

Verse 103 (12.235.103)

तेष्वेवमादीनाचारानाचरत्सु विपर्यये । नाहं देवेन्द्र वत्स्यामि दानवेष्विति मे मतिः ॥

teṣvevamādīnācārānācaratsu viparyaye | nāhaṃ devendra vatsyāmi dānaveṣviti me matiḥ

When they were practising these and other such reversals of conduct, my mind was made up: O lord of the gods, I will not dwell among the Danavas.

Verse 104 (12.235.104)

तन्मां स्वयमनुप्राप्तामभिनन्द शचीपते । त्वयाऽर्चितां मां देवेश पुरो धास्यन्ति देवताः ॥

tanmāṃ svayamanuprāptāmabhinanda śacīpate | tvayā'rcitāṃ māṃ deveśa puro dhāsyanti devatāḥ

So welcome me, lord of Shachi, who have come to you of my own accord. When I am honoured by you, O lord of the gods, the gods will set me before them.

Note on the text: Corrected अनुप्राप्ताभिनन्द → अनुप्राप्तामभिनन्द (misprint in Wikisource; dropped म्, 'me' is accusative; CE anuprāptām abhinanda).

Verse 105 (12.235.105)

यत्राहं तत्र मत्कान्ता मद्विशिष्टा मदर्पणाः । सप्तदेव्यो मयाष्टम्यो वासमेष्यन्ति तेऽष्टधा ॥

yatrāhaṃ tatra matkāntā madviśiṣṭā madarpaṇāḥ | saptadevyo mayāṣṭamyo vāsameṣyanti te'ṣṭadhā

Where I am, there my beloved companions will be, marked out by me and given to me: the seven goddesses, with myself as the eighth, will come to dwell in eight forms.

Note on the text: Corrected जयाष्टभ्यः → मयाष्टम्यः (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form; CE mayāṣṭamyaḥ).

Verse 106 (12.235.106)

आशा श्रद्धा धृतिः क्षान्तिर्विजितिः सन्नतिः क्षमा । अष्टमी वृत्तिरेतासां पुरोगा पाकशासन ॥

āśā śraddhā dhṛtiḥ kṣāntirvijitiḥ sannatiḥ kṣamā | aṣṭamī vṛttiretāsāṃ purogā pākaśāsana

Hope, Faith, Resolve, Patience, Victory, Humility and Forbearance: and the eighth is Vritti, who goes before them all, O Pakashasana.

Verse 107 (12.235.107)

ताश्चाहं चासुरांस्त्यक्त्वा युष्मद्विषयमागताः । त्रिदशेषु निवत्स्यामो धर्मनिष्ठान्तरात्मसु ॥

tāścāhaṃ cāsurāṃstyaktvā yuṣmadviṣayamāgatāḥ | tridaśeṣu nivatsyāmo dharmaniṣṭhāntarātmasu

They and I, leaving the asuras, have come to your realm. We shall dwell among the gods, whose inmost selves are steadfast in dharma.

Verse 108 (12.235.108)

इत्युक्तवचनां देवीं प्रीत्यर्थं च ननन्दतुः । नारदश्चात्र देवर्षिर्वृत्रहन्ता च वासवः ॥

ityuktavacanāṃ devīṃ prītyarthaṃ ca nanandatuḥ | nāradaścātra devarṣirvṛtrahantā ca vāsavaḥ

Narada the divine seer and Vasava, slayer of Vritra, both rejoiced at the goddess who had spoken thus, to give her pleasure.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma (narration). The page carries श्री over from the preceding verses and prints no heading for the change; the CE has bhīṣma uvāca here (12.221.84). The same applies to verses 109-122.

Verse 109 (12.235.109)

ततोऽनलसखो वायुः प्रववौ देववर्त्मसु । इष्टगन्धः सुखस्पर्शः सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावहः ॥

tato'nalasakho vāyuḥ pravavau devavartmasu | iṣṭagandhaḥ sukhasparśaḥ sarvendriyasukhāvahaḥ

Then Vayu, the friend of Fire, blew along the paths of the gods, fragrant, pleasant to the touch, bringing delight to all the senses.

Verse 110 (12.235.110)

शुचौ चाभ्यर्थिते देशे त्रिदशाः प्रायशः स्थिताः । लक्ष्मीसहितमासीनं मघवन्तं दिदृक्षवः ॥

śucau cābhyarthite deśe tridaśāḥ prāyaśaḥ sthitāḥ | lakṣmīsahitamāsīnaṃ maghavantaṃ didṛkṣavaḥ

In that pure place which had been sought out, the gods gathered in great numbers, eager to see Maghavan seated beside Lakshmi.

Verse 111 (12.235.111)

ततो दिवं प्राप्य सहस्रलोचनः । स्त्रियोपपन्नः सुहृदा महर्षिणा । रथेन हर्यश्वयुजा सुरर्षभः । सदः सुराणामभिसत्कृतो ययौ ॥

tato divaṃ prāpya sahasralocanaḥ | striyopapannaḥ suhṛdā maharṣiṇā | rathena haryaśvayujā surarṣabhaḥ | sadaḥ surāṇāmabhisatkṛto yayau

Then the thousand-eyed lord, accompanied by his lady and by his friend the great seer, ascended to heaven in a chariot yoked with bay horses, and, honoured, that bull among the gods entered the assembly hall of the gods.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-111a-d) = CE 12.221.87a, 87c (printed there as two lines with a caesura each). Wikisource स्त्रियोपपन्नः / महर्षिणा against CE śriyopapannaḥ / surarṣiṇā are variants, kept.

Verse 112 (12.235.112)

अथेङ्गितं वज्रधरस्य नारदः । श्रियश्च देव्या मनसा विचारयन् । श्रियै शशंसामरदृष्टपौरुषः । शिवेन तत्रागमनं महर्षिभिः ॥

atheṅgitaṃ vajradharasya nāradaḥ | śriyaśca devyā manasā vicārayan | śriyai śaśaṃsāmaradṛṣṭapauruṣaḥ | śivena tatrāgamanaṃ maharṣibhiḥ

Then Narada, whose prowess the immortals had witnessed, weighing in his mind the wishes of the wielder of the thunderbolt and of the goddess Shri, announced to Shri their auspicious coming there in company with the great seers.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-112a-d) = CE 12.221.88a, 88c (Wikisource महर्षिभिः against CE maharddhimat, kept as a variant).

Verse 113 (12.235.113)

ततोऽमृतं द्यौः प्रववर्ष भास्वती । पितामहस्यायतने स्वयंभुवः । अनाहता दुन्दुभयोऽथ नेदिरे । तथा प्रसन्नाश्च दिशश्चकाशिरे ॥

tato'mṛtaṃ dyauḥ pravavarṣa bhāsvatī | pitāmahasyāyatane svayaṃbhuvaḥ | anāhatā dundubhayo'tha nedire | tathā prasannāśca diśaścakāśire

Then the shining sky rained nectar upon the abode of the Grandfather, the Self-born; unstruck drums sounded, and the quarters shone serene.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-113a-d) = CE 12.221.89a, 89c.

Verse 114 (12.235.114)

यथर्तु सस्येषु ववर्ष वासवो । न धर्ममार्गाद्विचचाल कश्चन । अनेकरत्नाकरभूषणा च भूः । सुघोषघोषाश्च दिवौकसां जये ॥

yathartu sasyeṣu vavarṣa vāsavo | na dharmamārgādvicacāla kaścana | anekaratnākarabhūṣaṇā ca bhūḥ | sughoṣaghoṣāśca divaukasāṃ jaye

Vasava rained on the crops in their season; no one strayed from the path of dharma; and the earth, adorned with many mines of jewels, rang with fair sounds at the victory of the dwellers in heaven.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-114a-d) = CE 12.221.90a, 90c.

Verse 115 (12.235.115)

क्रियाभिरामा मनुजा मनस्विनो । बभुः शुभे पुण्यकृतां पथि स्थिताः । नरामराः किन्नरयक्षराक्षसाः । समृद्धिमन्तः सुमनस्विनोऽभवन् ॥

kriyābhirāmā manujā manasvino | babhuḥ śubhe puṇyakṛtāṃ pathi sthitāḥ | narāmarāḥ kinnarayakṣarākṣasāḥ | samṛddhimantaḥ sumanasvino'bhavan

Men delighting in good works and high-minded stood shining on the auspicious path of the doers of good; men, immortals, kinnaras, yakshas and rakshasas all became prosperous and glad of heart.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-115a-d) = CE 12.221.91a, 91c (Wikisource variants in lines 1 and 4, kept).

Verse 116 (12.235.116)

न जात्वकाले कुसुमं कुतः फलं । पपात वृक्षात्पवनेरितादपि । रसप्रदाः कामदुघाश्च धेनवो । न दारुणा वाग्विचचार कस्यचित् ॥

na jātvakāle kusumaṃ kutaḥ phalaṃ | papāta vṛkṣātpavaneritādapi | rasapradāḥ kāmadughāśca dhenavo | na dāruṇā vāgvicacāra kasyacit

Never did a blossom fall from a tree before its time, shaken by the wind, still less a fruit; cows gave abundant milk and fulfilled every wish; and no harsh word was spoken by anyone.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-116a-d) = CE 12.221.92a, 92c.

Verse 117 (12.235.117)

इमां सपर्यां सह सर्वकामदैः । श्रियाश्च शक्रप्रमुखैश्च दैवतैः । पठन्ति ये विप्रसदः समागताः । समृद्धकामाः श्रियमाप्नुवन्ति ते ॥

imāṃ saparyāṃ saha sarvakāmadaiḥ | śriyāśca śakrapramukhaiśca daivataiḥ | paṭhanti ye viprasadaḥ samāgatāḥ | samṛddhakāmāḥ śriyamāpnuvanti te

Those who, assembled in a gathering of the learned, recite this homage paid to Shri together with all the givers of boons and the gods headed by Shakra, attain Shri, their desires fulfilled.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-117a-d) = CE 12.221.93a, 93c.

Verse 118 (12.235.118)

त्वया कुरूणां वर यत्प्रचोदितं । भवाभवस्येह परं निदर्शनम् । तदद्य सर्वं परिकीर्तितं मया । परीक्ष्य तत्त्वं परिगन्तुमर्हसि ॥

tvayā kurūṇāṃ vara yatpracoditaṃ | bhavābhavasyeha paraṃ nidarśanam | tadadya sarvaṃ parikīrtitaṃ mayā | parīkṣya tattvaṃ parigantumarhasi

O best of the Kurus, the matter you asked about, the supreme illustration of prosperity and ruin in this world, I have now told you in full. Having examined its truth, you should take it to heart.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page (12-235-118a-d) = CE 12.221.94a, 94c. The speaker is Bhishma, who closes the account; the page prints no heading for the change of speaker (the CE has bhīṣma uvāca at 12.221.84).

Verse 119 (12.235.119)

संस्मृत्य बुद्धीन्द्रियगोचरातिगं । स्वगोचरे सर्वकृतालयं तम् । हरिं महापापहरं जनास्ते । संस्मृत्य संपूज्य विधूतपापाः ॥

saṃsmṛtya buddhīndriyagocarātigaṃ | svagocare sarvakṛtālayaṃ tam | hariṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ janāste | saṃsmṛtya saṃpūjya vidhūtapāpāḥ

Remembering Hari, who is beyond the reach of mind and senses, in whose own domain every created thing has its abode, the remover of great sin, men who remember and worship him are cleansed of sin,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage. Corrected महापाग्रहरं → महापापहरं (misprint in Wikisource; CE mahāpāpaharaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-4 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 23, printed after 12.221.94 as 12.221.94d@023_0001-0004).

Verse 120 (12.235.120)

यमैश्च नित्यं नियमैश्च संयता । स्तत्वं च विष्णोः परिपश्यमानाः । देवानुसारेण विमुक्तियोगं । ते गाहमानाः परमाप्नुवन्ति ॥

yamaiśca nityaṃ niyamaiśca saṃyatā | statvaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ paripaśyamānāḥ | devānusāreṇa vimuktiyogaṃ | te gāhamānāḥ paramāpnuvanti

and, ever restrained by the yamas and niyamas, seeing the true nature of Vishnu, entering the path of liberation as the gods have followed it, they attain the Supreme.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 5-8 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 23, 12.221.94d@023_0005-0008). The page breaks संयता / स्तत्वं across the line, as the CE breaks saṃyatās / tattvaṃ.

Verse 121 (12.235.121)

एवं राजेन्द्र सततं जपहोमपरायणः । वासुदेवपरो नित्यं ज्ञानध्यानपरायणः ॥

evaṃ rājendra satataṃ japahomaparāyaṇaḥ | vāsudevaparo nityaṃ jñānadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ

So, king of kings, ever devoted to prayer and oblation, ever devoted to Vasudeva, to knowledge and meditation,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 9-10 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 23, 12.221.94d@023_0009-0010).

Verse 122 (12.235.122)

दानधर्मरतिर्नित्यं प्रजास्त्वं परिपालय । वासुदेवपरो नित्यं ज्ञानध्यानपरायणान् । विशेषेणार्चयेथास्त्वं सततं पर्युपास्व च ॥

dānadharmaratirnityaṃ prajāstvaṃ paripālaya | vāsudevaparo nityaṃ jñānadhyānaparāyaṇān | viśeṣeṇārcayethāstvaṃ satataṃ paryupāsva ca

delighting always in giving and in dharma, protect your subjects; ever devoted to Vasudeva, honour especially those who are given to knowledge and meditation, and attend upon them constantly.

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and closing quote mark at the end of the passage. Three-line verse, as on the page (12-235-122a/b/c). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 11-13 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 23, 12.221.94d@023_0011-0013), the end of the passage.