Jaigishavya Teaches Devala Calm in Praise and Blame

Verse 1 (12.236.1)

किंशीलः किंसमाचारः किंविद्यः किंपराक्रमः । प्राप्नोति ब्रह्मणः स्थानं यत्परं प्रकृतेर्ध्रुवम् ॥

kiṃśīlaḥ kiṃsamācāraḥ kiṃvidyaḥ kiṃparākramaḥ | prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ yatparaṃ prakṛterdhruvam

What conduct, what manner of life, what learning, and what prowess must a man have to reach the abode of Brahman, which lies beyond Prakriti and is everlasting?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira from the page's heading (युधिष्ठिर उवाच, 12-236-1x); the input had none. Line 1 ends किंपराक्रमः where the CE reads kiṃparāyaṇaḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 2 (12.236.2)

मोक्षधर्मेषु नियतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः । प्राप्नोति ब्रह्मणः स्थानं तत्परं प्रकृतेर्ध्रुवम् ॥

mokṣadharmeṣu niyato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ | prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ tatparaṃ prakṛterdhruvam

One who holds firmly to the teachings of liberation, eats lightly, and has mastered his senses reaches that abode of Brahman beyond Prakriti, the everlasting.

Note on the text: Corrected लध्वाहारो → लघ्वाहारो (misprint in Wikisource; ध् for घ्; CE laghvāhāro). Line 2 reads तत्परं where the CE has yat paraṃ (variant, kept).

Verse 3 (12.236.3)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । जैगीषव्यस्य संवादमसितस्य च भारत ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | jaigīṣavyasya saṃvādamasitasya ca bhārata

On this point they recall an ancient account, Bharata: the conversation of Jaigishavya and Asita.

Verse 4 (12.236.4)

महादेवान्तरे वृत्तं देव्याश्चैवान्तरे तथा । यथावच्छृणु राजेन्द्र ज्ञानदं पापनाशनम् ॥

mahādevāntare vṛttaṃ devyāścaivāntare tathā | yathāvacchṛṇu rājendra jñānadaṃ pāpanāśanam

What passed between Mahadeva and the Goddess: hear it exactly as it happened, best of kings. It gives knowledge and destroys sin.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the verse and the stray ।।' closing it (wiki marks). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: = the CE star passage 12.222.3d*0665_01-02 (identical wording), printed after 12.222.3.

Verse 5 (12.236.5)

जैगीषव्यं महाप्रज्ञं धर्माणामागतागमम् । अक्रुध्यन्तमहृष्यन्तमसितो देवलोऽब्रवीत् ॥

jaigīṣavyaṃ mahāprajñaṃ dharmāṇāmāgatāgamam | akrudhyantamahṛṣyantamasito devalo'bravīt

To Jaigishavya, a man of great wisdom, master of the lore of the dharmas, who was neither angered nor elated, Asita Devala said:

Note on the text: Corrected नहाप्रज्ञं → महाप्रज्ञं and धर्नाणाम् → धर्माणाम् (misprints in Wikisource; न for म; CE mahāprājñaṃ, dharmāṇām).

Verse 6 (12.236.6)

न प्रीयसे वन्द्यमानो निन्द्यमानो न कुप्यसि । का ते प्रज्ञा कुतश्चैषा किं ते तस्याः परायणम् ॥

na prīyase vandyamāno nindyamāno na kupyasi | kā te prajñā kutaścaiṣā kiṃ te tasyāḥ parāyaṇam

You are not pleased when you are honoured, nor angry when you are reviled. What wisdom is this of yours, where does it come from, and what is its final resting place?

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीमसे → प्रीयसे, बन्द्यमानो → वन्द्यमानो, कुप्यसे → कुप्यसि (misprints in Wikisource; म for य, ब for व, and कुप् takes the parasmaipada ending; CE prīyase, vandyamāno, kupyasi). Speaker set to Devala: the whole verse is his question (the page carries no heading, only the earlier Bhishma heading). Line 2 reads किं ते तस्याः where the CE has kiṃ caitasyāḥ (variant, kept).

Verse 7 (12.236.7)

इति तेनानुयुक्तः स तमुवाच महातपाः । महद्वाक्यमसंदिग्धं पुष्कलार्थपदं शुचि ॥

iti tenānuyuktaḥ sa tamuvāca mahātapāḥ | mahadvākyamasaṃdigdhaṃ puṣkalārthapadaṃ śuci

Questioned in this way, the great ascetic gave him a weighty and unambiguous answer, pure and rich in meaning and in words.

Note on the text: Corrected तमृपाच → तमुवाच and महद्वाक्यप्रसंदिग्धं → महद्वाक्यमसंदिग्धं (misprints in Wikisource; CE tam uvāca, mahad vākyam asaṃdigdhaṃ). The page prints a second heading भीष्म उवाच before this verse.

Verse 8 (12.236.8)

या गतिर्या परा निष्ठा या शान्तिः पुण्यकर्मणाम् । तां तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि यां मां पृच्छसि वै द्विज ॥

yā gatiryā parā niṣṭhā yā śāntiḥ puṇyakarmaṇām | tāṃ te'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yāṃ māṃ pṛcchasi vai dvija

The course, the final end, and the peace that belong to those of virtuous deeds: that I shall tell you, brahmin, since it is what you ask me.

Note on the text: Corrected या यतियौ → या गतिर्या (misprint in Wikisource; CE yā gatir yā) and joined सं प्रवक्ष्यामि → संप्रवक्ष्यामि (CE saṃpravakṣyāmi). Speaker Jaigishavya from the page's heading (जैगीषव्य उवाच). The page's footnote gives a variant for line 1 (या शक्तिः पुण्वकमेणां); not adopted.

Verse 9 (12.236.9)

निन्दत्सु वा समो नित्यं प्रशंसत्सु च देवल । निह्नुवन्ति च ये तेषां समयं सुकृतं च यत् ॥

nindatsu vā samo nityaṃ praśaṃsatsu ca devala | nihnuvanti ca ye teṣāṃ samayaṃ sukṛtaṃ ca yat

Those who are always even-minded toward revilers and praisers alike, Devala, and who keep hidden their own pledge and the good they have done,

Note on the text: Corrected निन्वत्सु → निन्दत्सु, सप्ता → समो, निहवन्ति → निह्नुवन्ति (misprints in Wikisource; CE nindatsu ca samo, nihnuvanti). वा (CE ca) and the final यत् (CE ye) are variants, kept.

Verse 10 (12.236.10)

उक्ताश्च न विवक्षन्ति वक्तारमहिते हितम् । प्रतिहन्तुं न चेच्छन्ति हन्तारं वै मनीषिणः ॥

uktāśca na vivakṣanti vaktāramahite hitam | pratihantuṃ na cecchanti hantāraṃ vai manīṣiṇaḥ

Spoken to harshly, they do not wish to answer back the speaker who is bent on harm, and the wise do not wish to strike back at one who strikes them.

Note on the text: Corrected विवक्ष्यन्ति → विवक्षन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; the desiderative stem is विवक्ष-; CE vivakṣanti). Line 1 ends वक्तारमहिते हितम् where the CE has ratam (वक्तारमहिते रतम्); the page's reading is a possible variant and is kept. The translation follows the traditional sense (a speaker bent on harm).

Verse 11 (12.236.11)

नाप्राप्तमनुशोचन्ति प्राप्तकालानि कुर्वते । न चातीतानि शोचन्ति न चैतान्प्रतिजानते ॥

nāprāptamanuśocanti prāptakālāni kurvate | na cātītāni śocanti na caitānpratijānate

They do not grieve over what has not come, they do what the present moment requires, they do not mourn what is past, and they do not take it up again.

Verse 12 (12.236.12)

संप्राप्तानां च पूज्यानां कामादर्थेषु देवल । यथोपपत्तिं कुर्वन्ति शक्तिमन्तो धृतव्रताः ॥

saṃprāptānāṃ ca pūjyānāṃ kāmādartheṣu devala | yathopapattiṃ kurvanti śaktimanto dhṛtavratāḥ

When honoured guests have arrived, Devala, those who are capable and firm in their vows give of their wealth willingly, as the occasion fits.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads धृतव्रताः where the CE has kṛtavratāḥ (variant, kept). The page's footnote gives a variant for line 1 (संप्रदानं च पूज्यानां); not adopted.

Verse 13 (12.236.13)

पक्वविद्या महाप्राज्ञा जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रियाः । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा नापराध्यन्ति कस्यचित् ॥

pakvavidyā mahāprājñā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ | manasā karmaṇā vācā nāparādhyanti kasyacit

They are ripe in learning and of great wisdom, victors over anger and over their senses; in thought, deed and word they wrong no one.

Verse 14 (12.236.14)

अनीर्षवो न चान्योन्यं विहिंसन्ति कदाचन । न च जातूपतप्यन्ते धीराः परसमृद्धिभिः ॥

anīrṣavo na cānyonyaṃ vihiṃsanti kadācana | na ca jātūpatapyante dhīrāḥ parasamṛddhibhiḥ

Free from envy, they never harm one another, and those steadfast ones never burn with grief at the prosperity of others.

Note on the text: Corrected चोन्योन्यं → चान्योन्यं (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ा; CE cānyonyaṃ).

Verse 15 (12.236.15)

निन्दाप्रशंसे चात्यर्थं न वदन्ति परस्य च । न च निन्दाप्रशंसाभ्यां विक्रियन्ते कदाचन ॥

nindāpraśaṃse cātyarthaṃ na vadanti parasya ca | na ca nindāpraśaṃsābhyāṃ vikriyante kadācana

They do not speak much in blame or in praise of another, and they are never swayed by blame or praise.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends परस्य च where the CE has parasya ye (variant, kept).

Verse 16 (12.236.16)

सर्वतश्च प्रशान्ता ये सर्वभूतहिते रताः । न क्रुध्यन्ति न हृष्यन्ति नापराध्यन्ति कस्यचित् ॥

sarvataśca praśāntā ye sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ | na krudhyanti na hṛṣyanti nāparādhyanti kasyacit

They are wholly tranquil and devoted to the good of all beings; they neither rage nor exult, and they wrong no one.

Note on the text: Corrected न कुध्यन्ति स हृष्यन्ति → न क्रुध्यन्ति न हृष्यन्ति (misprints in Wikisource; र dropped, स for न; CE na krudhyanti na hṛṣyanti). Lines = CE 12.222.15a, 15c; CE line 15e opens the next verse.

Verse 17 (12.236.17)

विमुच्य हृदयग्रन्थिं चङ्कम्यन्ते यथासुखम् । न चैषां बान्धवाः सन्ति ये चान्येषां न बान्धवाः ॥

vimucya hṛdayagranthiṃ caṅkamyante yathāsukham | na caiṣāṃ bāndhavāḥ santi ye cānyeṣāṃ na bāndhavāḥ

Having loosened the knots of the heart, they wander as they please. They have no kinsmen, and they are kinsmen to no one else.

Note on the text: Corrected ये चान्येषां च बान्धवाः → ये चान्येषां न बान्धवाः (misprint in Wikisource; च for न; the sense and CE 12.222.16a ye cānyeṣāṃ na bāndhavāḥ confirm). Line 1 = CE 12.222.15e; line 2 = CE 12.222.16a (न चैषां against CE na yeṣāṃ, variant, kept).

Verse 18 (12.236.18)

अमित्राश्च न सन्त्येषां ये चामित्रा न कस्यचित् । य एवं कुर्वते मर्त्याः सुखं जीवन्ति सर्वदा ॥

amitrāśca na santyeṣāṃ ye cāmitrā na kasyacit | ya evaṃ kurvate martyāḥ sukhaṃ jīvanti sarvadā

They have no enemies, and they are enemies to no one. Mortals who live in this way are always happy.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.222.16c; line 2 = CE 12.222.17a.

Verse 19 (12.236.19)

ये धर्मं चानुरुध्यन्ते धर्मज्ञा द्विजसत्तमाः । ये ह्यतो विच्युता मार्गात्ते हृष्यन्त्युद्विजन्ति च ॥

ye dharmaṃ cānurudhyante dharmajñā dvijasattamāḥ | ye hyato vicyutā mārgātte hṛṣyantyudvijanti ca

Those who know dharma, best of brahmins, follow dharma. But those who have fallen away from this path rejoice and are alarmed by turns.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.222.17c (the page has ये धर्मं चानुरुध्यन्ते … द्विजसत्तमाः where the CE has dharmam evānuvartante … dvijasattama; variant, kept); line 2 = CE 12.222.17e.

Verse 20 (12.236.20)

आस्थितस्तमहं मार्गमसूयिष्यामि कं कथम् । निन्द्यमानः प्रशस्तो वा हृष्येयं केन हेतुना ॥

āsthitastamahaṃ mārgamasūyiṣyāmi kaṃ katham | nindyamānaḥ praśasto vā hṛṣyeyaṃ kena hetunā

Standing on that path, whom could I envy, and how? Reviled or praised, for what reason should I rejoice?

Verse 21 (12.236.21)

यद्यदिच्छन्ति तत्तस्मादधिगच्छन्ति मानवाः । न मे निन्दाप्रशंसाभ्यां ह्रासवृद्धी भविष्यतः ॥

yadyadicchanti tattasmādadhigacchanti mānavāḥ | na me nindāpraśaṃsābhyāṃ hrāsavṛddhī bhaviṣyataḥ

Whatever men desire, that they pursue accordingly. Neither blame nor praise will make me less or more.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तत्तस्मादधिगच्छन्ति where the CE has tan mārgam abhigacchanti (variant, kept).

Verse 22 (12.236.22)

अमृतस्येव संतृप्येदवमानस्य तत्त्ववित् । विषस्येवोद्विजेन्नित्यं संमानस्य विचक्षणः ॥

amṛtasyeva saṃtṛpyedavamānasya tattvavit | viṣasyevodvijennityaṃ saṃmānasya vicakṣaṇaḥ

The knower of truth should take contempt as though it were nectar, and the discerning man should always recoil from honour as from poison.

Verse 23 (12.236.23)

अवज्ञातः सुखं शेते इह चामुत्र चोभयोः । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो योऽवमन्ता स बध्यते ॥

avajñātaḥ sukhaṃ śete iha cāmutra cobhayoḥ | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo yo'vamantā sa badhyate

One who is scorned sleeps in peace, in this world and the next, freed from all sins; but the one who scorns is bound.

Note on the text: Corrected बुध्यते → बध्यते (misprint in Wikisource; उ for अ; the sense needs "is bound", CE badhyate).

Verse 24 (12.236.24)

परां गतिं च ये केचित्प्रार्थयन्ति मनीषिणः । एतद्व्रतं समाश्रित्य सुखमेधन्ति ते जनाः ॥

parāṃ gatiṃ ca ye kecitprārthayanti manīṣiṇaḥ | etadvrataṃ samāśritya sukhamedhanti te janāḥ

Whatever wise ones seek the highest goal, relying on this practice, flourish in happiness.

Verse 25 (12.236.25)

सर्वतश्च समाहृत्य क्रतून्सर्वाञ्जितेन्द्रियः । प्राप्नोति ब्रह्मणः स्थानं यत्परं प्रकृतेर्ध्रुवम् ॥

sarvataśca samāhṛtya kratūnsarvāñjitendriyaḥ | prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ yatparaṃ prakṛterdhruvam

Gathering in all his sacrifices from every side, with his senses subdued, he reaches the abode of Brahman beyond Prakriti, the everlasting.

Verse 26 (12.236.26)

नास्य देवा न गन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः । पदमन्ववरोहन्ति प्राप्तस्य परमां गतिम् ॥

nāsya devā na gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | padamanvavarohanti prāptasya paramāṃ gatim

Neither gods nor gandharvas, neither pishachas nor rakshasas can follow the footsteps of one who has reached the supreme goal.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.222.24a, 24c. The alignment found no match; the wording is identical to the CE.

Verse 27 (12.236.27)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा मुनेस्तस्य वचनं देवलस्तथा । तदधीनोऽभवच्छिष्यः सर्वद्वन्द्वविनिष्ठितः ॥

etacchrutvā munestasya vacanaṃ devalastathā | tadadhīno'bhavacchiṣyaḥ sarvadvandvaviniṣṭhitaḥ

Hearing the words of that sage, Devala too became his disciple, devoted to him and firmly established beyond all the pairs of opposites.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the passage and corrected तदधीनो भवच्छिष्यः → तदधीनोऽभवच्छिष्यः (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE tadadhīno 'bhavac chiṣyaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-2 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0001-0002). Speaker set to Bhishma (narration; the input carried Jaigishavya over from the heading at verse 8).

Verse 28 (12.236.28)

अथान्यत्तु पुरावृत्तं जैगीषव्यस्य धीमतः । शृणु राजन्नवहितः सर्वज्ञानसमन्वितः ॥

athānyattu purāvṛttaṃ jaigīṣavyasya dhīmataḥ | śṛṇu rājannavahitaḥ sarvajñānasamanvitaḥ

And hear, O king, with attention, another old event concerning the wise Jaigishavya, you who are endowed with all knowledge.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरावृतं → पुरावृत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; त् dropped; CE purā vṛttaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 3-4 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0003-0004).

Verse 29 (12.236.29)

यमाहुः सर्वलोकेशं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम् । अष्टमूर्ति जगन्मूर्तिमिष्टसंधिविभूषितम् । यं प्राप्ता न विषीदन्ति न शोचन्त्युद्विजन्ति च ॥

yamāhuḥ sarvalokeśaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam | aṣṭamūrti jaganmūrtimiṣṭasaṃdhivibhūṣitam | yaṃ prāptā na viṣīdanti na śocantyudvijanti ca

He whom they call the Lord of all the worlds, honoured by all the worlds, eight-formed, whose form is the world, adorned with the unions he holds dear; those who reach him do not sink in sorrow, nor grieve, nor are they shaken.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-236-29a/b/c). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 5-7 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0005-0007).

Verse 30 (12.236.30)

यस्य स्वाभाविकी शक्तिरिदं विश्वं चराचरम् । याति सज्जति सर्वात्मा स देवः परमेश्वरः ॥

yasya svābhāvikī śaktiridaṃ viśvaṃ carācaram | yāti sajjati sarvātmā sa devaḥ parameśvaraḥ

He whose own natural power is this whole world, moving and unmoving, which goes forth and clings to him, the Self of all: that is the god, the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 8-9 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0008-0009).

Verse 31 (12.236.31)

मेरोरुत्तरपूर्वे तु सर्वरत्नविभूषिते । अचिन्त्ये विमले स्थाने सर्वर्तुकुसुमान्विते ॥

meroruttarapūrve tu sarvaratnavibhūṣite | acintye vimale sthāne sarvartukusumānvite

To the north-east of Meru, in a place adorned with every kind of jewel, unthinkable and spotless, bright with the flowers of every season,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 10-11 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0010-0011).

Verse 32 (12.236.32)

वृक्षैश्च शोभिते नित्यं दिव्यवायुसमीरिते । नानाभूतगणैर्युक्तः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः ॥

vṛkṣaiśca śobhite nityaṃ divyavāyusamīrite | nānābhūtagaṇairyuktaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ

ever beautiful with trees and stirred by a divine breeze, the god dwells, attended by hosts of beings of many kinds and honoured by all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 12-13 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0012-0013).

Verse 33 (12.236.33)

तत्र विद्याधरगणा गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः । लोकपालाः समुद्राश्च नद्यः शैलाः सरांसि च ॥

tatra vidyādharagaṇā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | lokapālāḥ samudrāśca nadyaḥ śailāḥ sarāṃsi ca

There the hosts of Vidyadharas, the troops of Gandharvas and Apsarases, the Guardians of the world, the oceans, rivers, mountains and lakes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14-15 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0014-0015).

Verse 34 (12.236.34)

ऋषयो वालखिल्याश्च यज्ञाः स्तोभाह्वयास्तथा । उपासांचक्रिरे देवं प्रजानां पतयस्तथा ॥

ṛṣayo vālakhilyāśca yajñāḥ stobhāhvayāstathā | upāsāṃcakrire devaṃ prajānāṃ patayastathā

the sages, the Valakhilyas, the sacrifices called Stobhas, and the Lords of Creatures all worshipped the god.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 16-17 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0016-0017).

Verse 35 (12.236.35)

तत्र रुद्रो महादेवो देव्या चैव सहोमया । आस्ते वृषध्वजः श्रीमान्सोमसूर्याग्निलोचनः ॥

tatra rudro mahādevo devyā caiva sahomayā | āste vṛṣadhvajaḥ śrīmānsomasūryāgnilocanaḥ

There Rudra Mahadeva sits with the goddess Uma, the glorious bull-bannered lord, whose eyes are the moon, the sun and fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 18-19 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0018-0019).

Verse 36 (12.236.36)

तत्रैवं देवमालोक्य देवी धात्री विभावरी । उमा देवी परेशानमपृच्छद्विनयान्विता ॥

tatraivaṃ devamālokya devī dhātrī vibhāvarī | umā devī pareśānamapṛcchadvinayānvitā

Seeing the god sitting there, the goddess Uma, the sustainer, the radiant one, humbly questioned the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 20-21 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0020-0021).

Verse 37 (12.236.37)

अर्थः कोऽथार्थशक्तिः का भगवन्ब्रूहि मेऽर्थितः । तयैवं परिपृष्टोऽसौ प्राह देवो महेश्वरः ॥

arthaḥ ko'thārthaśaktiḥ kā bhagavanbrūhi me'rthitaḥ | tayaivaṃ paripṛṣṭo'sau prāha devo maheśvaraḥ

"Lord, tell me, I ask you: what is the Object, and what is the power of the Object?" Questioned thus by her, the god Maheshvara replied.

Note on the text: Line 1 is Uma's question and line 2 the narrator's; the page prints no heading, so the verse stays with the narrator. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 22-23 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0022-0023).

Verse 38 (12.236.38)

अर्थोऽहमर्थशक्तिस्त्वं भोक्ताऽहं भोज्यमेव च । रूपं विद्धि महाभागे प्रकृतिस्त्वं परो ह्यहम् ॥

artho'hamarthaśaktistvaṃ bhoktā'haṃ bhojyameva ca | rūpaṃ viddhi mahābhāge prakṛtistvaṃ paro hyaham

"I am the Object; you are the power of the Object. I am the enjoyer, and I am also what is enjoyed. Know it so, blessed one: you are Prakriti, and I am the Supreme."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Mahadeva: the whole verse is his reply (no heading on the page). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 24-25 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0024-0025).

Verse 39 (12.236.39)

अहं विष्णुरहं ब्रह्मा ह्यहं यज्ञस्तथैव च । आवयोर्न च भेदोऽस्ति परमार्थस्ततोऽबले । तथापि विद्मस्ते भेदं किं मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

ahaṃ viṣṇurahaṃ brahmā hyahaṃ yajñastathaiva ca | āvayorna ca bhedo'sti paramārthastato'bale | tathāpi vidmaste bhedaṃ kiṃ māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi

"I am Vishnu, I am Brahma, and I am sacrifice as well. Between the two of us there is no difference in ultimate truth, delicate one. Yet we know the distinction you have in mind; why do you question me?"

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-236-39a/b/c). Speaker set to Mahadeva (continuing his reply). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 26-28 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0026-0028).

Verse 40 (12.236.40)

एवमुक्ता ततः प्राह ह्यधिकं ह्येतयोर्वद । श्रेष्ठं वेद महादेव नम इत्येव भामिनी ॥

evamuktā tataḥ prāha hyadhikaṃ hyetayorvada | śreṣṭhaṃ veda mahādeva nama ityeva bhāminī

Thus addressed, the radiant lady said: "Tell me which of these two is greater. You know the better, Mahadeva; obeisance to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 29-30 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0029-0030).

Verse 41 (12.236.41)

तदन्तरे स्थितो विद्वान्वसुरूपो महामुनिः । जैगीषव्यः स्मयन्प्राह ह्यर्थ इत्येव नादयन् ॥

tadantare sthito vidvānvasurūpo mahāmuniḥ | jaigīṣavyaḥ smayanprāha hyartha ityeva nādayan

Meanwhile the learned great sage Jaigishavya, who was standing there in the form of a Vasu, smiled and said, making the word "Artha!" ring out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 31-32 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0031-0032).

Verse 42 (12.236.42)

श्रेष्ठोऽन्योऽस्मान्महीपिण्डा तल्लीना शक्तिरापरा । मुद्रिकादिविशेषेण विस्तृता संभृतेति च ॥

śreṣṭho'nyo'smānmahīpiṇḍā tallīnā śaktirāparā | mudrikādiviśeṣeṇa vistṛtā saṃbhṛteti ca

"Another is greater than we are: the other power, merged in the lump of earth, is spread out in distinctions such as a signet-ring and the like, and is upheld."

Note on the text: Corrected श्रेष्ठोन्योऽस्मान् → श्रेष्ठोऽन्योऽस्मान् (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE śreṣṭho 'nyo 'smān). Speaker set to Jaigishavya: the whole verse is his saying. The sense is obscure; translated close to the words. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 33-34 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0033-0034).

Verse 43 (12.236.43)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देवी कोऽसावित्यब्रवीद्रुषा । वाक्यमस्याद्य संभङ्क्त्वा प्रोक्तवानिति शंकरम् ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devī ko'sāvityabravīdruṣā | vākyamasyādya saṃbhaṅktvā proktavāniti śaṃkaram

Hearing these words, the goddess asked angrily, "Who is that?" and told Shankara that he had broken in on this speech of his and spoken.

Note on the text: Corrected कोसावित्य → कोऽसावित्य (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE ko 'sāv ity). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 35-36 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0035-0036).

Verse 44 (12.236.44)

तच्छ्रुत्वा निर्गतो धीमानाश्रमं स्वं महामुनिः । स्थानात्स्वर्गगणे विद्वान्योगैश्वर्यसमन्वितः ॥

tacchrutvā nirgato dhīmānāśramaṃ svaṃ mahāmuniḥ | sthānātsvargagaṇe vidvānyogaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ

Hearing this, the wise great sage, learned and endowed with the powers of yoga, left that place, from among the heavenly host, for his own hermitage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 37-38 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0037-0038).

Verse 45 (12.236.45)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्सर्वपापहरो हरः । प्राह देवीं प्रशान्तात्मा जैगीषव्यो महामुनिः ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānsarvapāpaharo haraḥ | prāha devīṃ praśāntātmā jaigīṣavyo mahāmuniḥ

Then the glorious Hara, remover of all sins, laughed, and in tranquil mind spoke to the goddess of the great sage Jaigishavya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 39-40 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0039-0040).

Verse 46 (12.236.46)

भक्तो मम सखा चैव शिष्यश्चात्र महामुनिः । जैगीषव्य इति ख्यातः प्रोक्त्वासा निर्गतः शुभे ॥

bhakto mama sakhā caiva śiṣyaścātra mahāmuniḥ | jaigīṣavya iti khyātaḥ proktvāsā nirgataḥ śubhe

"A devotee of mine, my friend, and also my disciple here, the great sage known as Jaigishavya: having said this, he has gone away, auspicious one."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Mahadeva: the whole verse is his speech to the goddess. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 41-42 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0041-0042).

Verse 47 (12.236.47)

तच्छ्रुत्वा साऽथ संक्रुद्धा न न्याय्यं तेन वै कृतम् । विकृताऽहं त्वया देव मुनिना च तथाकृता ॥

tacchrutvā sā'tha saṃkruddhā na nyāyyaṃ tena vai kṛtam | vikṛtā'haṃ tvayā deva muninā ca tathākṛtā

Hearing that, she grew furious: "What he has done is not right. I have been wronged by you, Lord, and by the sage as well."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 43-44 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0043-0044).

Verse 48 (12.236.48)

अतज्ज्ञादथ देवेश मध्ये प्राप्तं न तच्छ्रुतम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवानाह महादेवः पिनाकधृत् ॥

atajjñādatha deveśa madhye prāptaṃ na tacchrutam | tacchrutvā bhagavānāha mahādevaḥ pinākadhṛt

"Lord of the gods, I did not hear what came in the midst of it, since I did not know him." Hearing that, the glorious Mahadeva, bearer of the Pinaka, replied.

Note on the text: Corrected अत*ज्ञादयदेवेश → अतज्ज्ञादथ देवेश (misprint in Wikisource: a stray asterisk, a dropped ज्, य for थ and the words run together; CE atajjñād atha deveśa). The sense is uncertain; translated as "since I did not know him". Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 45-46 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0045-0046).

Verse 49 (12.236.49)

निरपेक्षो मुनिर्योगी मामुपाश्रित्य संस्थितः । निर्द्वन्द्वः सततं धीमान्समरूपस्वभावधृत् ॥

nirapekṣo muniryogī māmupāśritya saṃsthitaḥ | nirdvandvaḥ satataṃ dhīmānsamarūpasvabhāvadhṛt

"The sage is a yogin, free of desire, who has taken refuge in me and abides so, free of the pairs of opposites, ever wise, steady in an even nature."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Mahadeva: the whole verse is his reply. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 47-48 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0047-0048).

Verse 50 (12.236.50)

तस्मात्क्षमस्व तं देवि रक्षितव्यस्त्वया च सः ॥

tasmātkṣamasva taṃ devi rakṣitavyastvayā ca saḥ

"Therefore forgive him, goddess, and you must protect him."

Note on the text: Single-line verse, as the page prints it (12-236-50a only); the CE also has it as a single line. Speaker set to Mahadeva. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 49 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0049).

Verse 51 (12.236.51)

इत्युक्ता प्राह सा देवी मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । निराशत्वमहं द्रष्टुमिच्छाम्यन्तकनाशन ॥

ityuktā prāha sā devī munestasya mahātmanaḥ | nirāśatvamahaṃ draṣṭumicchāmyantakanāśana

Thus told, the goddess said: "Destroyer of Death, I wish to see that great-souled sage's freedom from every hope."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 50-51 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0050-0051).

Verse 52 (12.236.52)

तथेति चोक्त्वा तां देवो वृषमारुह्य सत्वरम् । देवगन्धर्वसङ्घैश्च स्तूयमानो जगत्पतिः ॥

tatheti coktvā tāṃ devo vṛṣamāruhya satvaram | devagandharvasaṅghaiśca stūyamāno jagatpatiḥ

Saying "So be it" to her, the god, lord of the world, quickly mounted his bull, praised by hosts of gods and gandharvas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 52-53 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0052-0053).

Verse 53 (12.236.53)

अजरामरशुद्धात्मा यत्रास्ते स महामुनिः । इतस्ततः समाहृत्य वीरसंघैर्महायशाः ॥

ajarāmaraśuddhātmā yatrāste sa mahāmuniḥ | itastataḥ samāhṛtya vīrasaṃghairmahāyaśāḥ

to the place where that great sage, ageless, deathless and pure in soul, stayed; he of great renown went gathering his troops of heroes from here and there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 54-55 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0054-0055).

Verse 54 (12.236.54)

देहप्रावरणार्थं वै संसरन्स तदा मुनिः । प्रत्युद्गम्य महादेवं यथार्हं प्रतिपूज्य च । पुनः स पूर्ववत्कन्थां सूच्या सूत्रेण सूचयत् ॥

dehaprāvaraṇārthaṃ vai saṃsaransa tadā muniḥ | pratyudgamya mahādevaṃ yathārhaṃ pratipūjya ca | punaḥ sa pūrvavatkanthāṃ sūcyā sūtreṇa sūcayat

The sage, who was then going about to make a covering for his body, rose to meet Mahadeva and honoured him as was fitting; then he went on, as before, stitching his patched cloak with needle and thread.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-236-54a/b/c). Corrected कथां → कन्थां (misprint in Wikisource; न् dropped; CE kanthāṃ, the patched cloak sewn with needle and thread). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 56-58 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0056-0058).

Verse 55 (12.236.55)

तमाह भगवाञ्शंभुः किं प्रदास्यामि ते मुने । वृणीष्व मत्तः सर्वं त्वं जैगीषव्य यदीच्छसि ॥

tamāha bhagavāñśaṃbhuḥ kiṃ pradāsyāmi te mune | vṛṇīṣva mattaḥ sarvaṃ tvaṃ jaigīṣavya yadīcchasi

The glorious Shambhu said to him: "What shall I give you, sage? Ask me for anything at all that you wish, Jaigishavya."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 59-60 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0059-0060).

Verse 56 (12.236.56)

नावलोकयमानस्तु देवदेवं महामुनिः । अनवाप्तं न पश्यामि त्वत्तो गोवृषभध्वज । कृतार्थः परिपूर्णोऽहं यत्ते कार्यं तु गम्यताम् ॥

nāvalokayamānastu devadevaṃ mahāmuniḥ | anavāptaṃ na paśyāmi tvatto govṛṣabhadhvaja | kṛtārthaḥ paripūrṇo'haṃ yatte kāryaṃ tu gamyatām

Without even looking at the God of gods, the great sage said: "O bull-bannered one, I see nothing unattained that I could get from you. I am fulfilled and complete; go on your way, if you have business elsewhere."

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-236-56a/b/c). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 61-63 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0061-0063).

Verse 57 (12.236.57)

प्रहसंस्तु पुनः शर्वो वृणीष्वेति तमब्रवीत् । अवश्यं हि वरो मत्तः श्राव्यं वरमनुत्तमम् ॥

prahasaṃstu punaḥ śarvo vṛṇīṣveti tamabravīt | avaśyaṃ hi varo mattaḥ śrāvyaṃ varamanuttamam

Laughing again, Sharva said to him, "Choose!" and added: "A boon from me must be had without fail; let me hear an unsurpassed one."

Note on the text: Corrected वरो प्रत्तः → वरो मत्तः (misprint in Wikisource; प्र for म, and वरो before प is not valid sandhi; CE varo mattaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 64-65 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0064-0065).

Verse 58 (12.236.58)

जैगीषव्यस्तमाहेदं श्रोतव्यं च त्वया मम । सूचीमनु महादेव सूत्रं समनुगच्छतः ॥

jaigīṣavyastamāhedaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca tvayā mama | sūcīmanu mahādeva sūtraṃ samanugacchataḥ

Jaigishavya said this to him: "Hear this from me, Mahadeva, of the thread that follows after the needle."

Note on the text: The sense of the second line is obscure; translated close to the words. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 66-67 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0066-0067).

Verse 59 (12.236.59)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्गौरीमालोक्य शङ्करः । स्वस्थानं प्रययौ हृष्टः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavāngaurīmālokya śaṅkaraḥ | svasthānaṃ prayayau hṛṣṭaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ

Then the glorious Shankara smiled, looked toward Gauri, and went back to his own abode, pleased, honoured by all the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 68-69 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0068-0069).

Verse 60 (12.236.60)

एतत्ते कथितं राजन्यस्मात्त्वं परिपृच्छसि । निर्द्वन्द्वा योगिनो नित्याः सर्वशस्ते स्वयंभुवः ॥

etatte kathitaṃ rājanyasmāttvaṃ paripṛcchasi | nirdvandvā yogino nityāḥ sarvaśaste svayaṃbhuvaḥ

This I have told you, king, since you ask: yogins who are free of the pairs of opposites are eternal, and in every way they are self-existent.

Note on the text: Removed the stray ।।' closing the backtick-opened passage (wiki marks). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 70-71 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 24, printed after 12.222.24 as 12.222.24d@024_0070-0071).