Narada's Virtues and the Weapon That Is Not Iron

Verse 1 (12.237.1)

प्रियः सर्वस्य लोकस्य सर्वसत्वाभिनन्दितः । गुणैः सर्वैरुपेतश्च को न्वस्ति भुवि मानवः ॥

priyaḥ sarvasya lokasya sarvasatvābhinanditaḥ | guṇaiḥ sarvairupetaśca ko nvasti bhuvi mānavaḥ

Who on earth is dear to all the world, welcomed by every living being, and endowed with every virtue?

Verse 2 (12.237.2)

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि पृच्छतो भरतर्षभ । उग्रसेनस्य संवादं नारदे केशवस्य च ॥

atra te vartayiṣyāmi pṛcchato bharatarṣabha | ugrasenasya saṃvādaṃ nārade keśavasya ca

On this I shall tell you, since you ask, best of the Bharatas, the conversation of Ugrasena and Keshava about Narada.

Verse 3 (12.237.3)

यस्य संकल्पते लोको नारदस्य प्रकीर्तने । मन्ये स गुणसंपन्नो ब्रूहि तन्मम पृच्छतः ॥

yasya saṃkalpate loko nāradasya prakīrtane | manye sa guṇasaṃpanno brūhi tanmama pṛcchataḥ

When Narada is spoken of, the world is moved to approval. I think him rich in virtues; tell me this, for I ask.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads यस्य … नारदस्य where the CE has paśya … nāradasya (variant, kept).

Verse 4 (12.237.4)

कुकुराधिप यान्मन्ये शृणु तान्मे विवक्षतः । नारदस्य गुणान्साधून्संक्षेपेण नराधिप ॥

kukurādhipa yānmanye śṛṇu tānme vivakṣataḥ | nāradasya guṇānsādhūnsaṃkṣepeṇa narādhipa

Chief of the Kukuras, hear what I consider his virtues; briefly, king, the good qualities of Narada.

Verse 5 (12.237.5)

न चारित्रनिमित्तोऽस्याहंकारो देहपातनः । अभिन्नश्रुतचारित्रस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

na cāritranimitto'syāhaṃkāro dehapātanaḥ | abhinnaśrutacāritrastasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

No self-conceit arises in him from his conduct, such as brings a man to ruin; his learning and his conduct are unbroken; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 6 (12.237.6)

अरतिः क्रोधचापल्ये भयं नैतानि नारदे । अदीर्घसूत्रः शूरश्च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

aratiḥ krodhacāpalye bhayaṃ naitāni nārade | adīrghasūtraḥ śūraśca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Discontent, anger, fickleness and fear are not found in Narada. He is not slow to act, and he is brave; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: = the CE star passage 12.223.5d*0667_01-02 (identical wording), printed after 12.223.5.

Verse 7 (12.237.7)

उपास्यो नारदो बाढं वाचि नास्य व्यतिक्रमः । कामतो यदि वा लोभात्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

upāsyo nārado bāḍhaṃ vāci nāsya vyatikramaḥ | kāmato yadi vā lobhāttasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Narada is surely worth waiting on; there is no lapse in his speech, whether from desire or from greed; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads उपास्यो नारदो where the CE has tapasvī nārado (variant, kept).

Verse 8 (12.237.8)

अध्यात्मविधितत्त्वज्ञः क्षान्तः शक्तो जितेन्द्रियः । ऋजुश्च सत्यवादी च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

adhyātmavidhitattvajñaḥ kṣāntaḥ śakto jitendriyaḥ | ṛjuśca satyavādī ca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He knows the truth of the discipline of the inner self; he is patient, powerful, master of his senses, upright and truthful; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 9 (12.237.9)

तेजसा यशसा बुद्ध्या ज्ञानेन विनयेन च । जन्मना तपसा वृद्धस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

tejasā yaśasā buddhyā jñānena vinayena ca | janmanā tapasā vṛddhastasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He has grown great in splendour, fame, intelligence, knowledge and modesty, in birth and in austerity; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ज्ञानेन where the CE has nayena (variant, kept).

Verse 10 (12.237.10)

सुशीलः सुखसंवेशः सुभोजः स्वादरः शुचिः । सुवाक्यश्चाप्यनीर्ष्यश्च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

suśīlaḥ sukhasaṃveśaḥ subhojaḥ svādaraḥ śuciḥ | suvākyaścāpyanīrṣyaśca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Of good character, easy to lodge with, easy to feed, respectful, pure, gentle in speech and free of envy; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सुशीलः सुखसंवेशः सुभोजः where the CE has sukhaśīlaḥ susaṃbhogaḥ subhojyaḥ (variant, kept).

Verse 11 (12.237.11)

कल्याणं कुरुते बाढं पापमस्मिन्न विद्यते । न प्रीयते परानर्थैस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

kalyāṇaṃ kurute bāḍhaṃ pāpamasminna vidyate | na prīyate parānarthaistasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He does good, surely; no evil is found in him; he takes no pleasure in the misfortunes of others; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 12 (12.237.12)

वेदश्रुतिभिराख्यानैरर्थानभिजिगीषति । तितिक्षुरनवज्ञश्च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

vedaśrutibhirākhyānairarthānabhijigīṣati | titikṣuranavajñaśca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He seeks his ends through the Veda, sacred lore and old tales; he is patient and never contemptuous; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदश्रूतिभिः → वेदश्रुतिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; दीर्घ ऊ for उ; CE vedaśrutibhir). The page's footnote gives a variant for line 2 (तितिक्षुरनवद्यश्च); not adopted.

Verse 13 (12.237.13)

समत्वाच्च प्रियो नास्ति नाप्रियश्च कथंचन । मनोऽनुकूलवादी च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

samatvācca priyo nāsti nāpriyaśca kathaṃcana | mano'nukūlavādī ca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Because he is even-minded, no one is dear or hateful to him in any way, and he speaks as suits the mind of the hearer; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 14 (12.237.14)

बहुश्रुतश्चित्रकथः पण्डितोऽनलसोऽशठः । अदीनोऽक्रोधनोऽलुब्धस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

bahuśrutaścitrakathaḥ paṇḍito'nalaso'śaṭhaḥ | adīno'krodhano'lubdhastasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Much learned, a teller of varied tales, wise, not idle, not deceitful, not downcast, not wrathful, not greedy; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 15 (12.237.15)

नार्थे धने वा कामे वा भूतपूर्वोऽस्य विग्रहः । दोषाश्चास्य समुच्छिन्नास्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

nārthe dhane vā kāme vā bhūtapūrvo'sya vigrahaḥ | doṣāścāsya samucchinnāstasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He has never quarrelled over interest, wealth or pleasure, and his faults have been cut off at the root; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नार्थे धने वा कामे वा where the CE has nārthe na dharme kāme vā (variant, kept).

Verse 16 (12.237.16)

दृढभक्तिरनिन्द्यात्मा श्रुतवाननृशंसवान् । वीतसंमोहदोषश्च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

dṛḍhabhaktiranindyātmā śrutavānanṛśaṃsavān | vītasaṃmohadoṣaśca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Firm in devotion, blameless in himself, learned and free of cruelty, rid of the faults of delusion; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 17 (12.237.17)

असक्तः सर्वसङ्गेषु सक्तात्मेव च लक्ष्यते । अदीर्घसंशयो वाग्मी तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

asaktaḥ sarvasaṅgeṣu saktātmeva ca lakṣyate | adīrghasaṃśayo vāgmī tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Unattached to all attachments, yet he seems attached; not long in doubt, and eloquent; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 18 (12.237.18)

समाधिर्नास्य कामार्थे नात्मानं स्तौति कर्हिचित् । अनीर्षुर्मृदुसंवादस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

samādhirnāsya kāmārthe nātmānaṃ stauti karhicit | anīrṣurmṛdusaṃvādastasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

His absorption is not for the sake of desire and gain, and he never praises himself; free of envy, gentle in conversation; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Corrected कामार्थै → कामार्थे (misprint in Wikisource; ै for े). The CE reads mānārthe here; the page's कामार्थे is kept as its own reading. Line 2 reads मृदुसंवादः where the CE has dṛḍhasaṃbhāṣaḥ (variant, kept).

Verse 19 (12.237.19)

नाहंकारे मुक्तिरस्य चारित्रे बुद्धिरास्थिता । वेदार्थविद्विभागेन यज्ञविद्योगवित्कविः । भक्तिमान्यः सदा विद्वांस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

nāhaṃkāre muktirasya cāritre buddhirāsthitā | vedārthavidvibhāgena yajñavidyogavitkaviḥ | bhaktimānyaḥ sadā vidvāṃstasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

Release is not found for him in self-conceit; his mind is fixed on good conduct. He knows the meaning of the Veda by its divisions; he knows sacrifice, learning and yoga, and is a seer. Devoted, and always learned: therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-237-19a/b/c). Corrected भक्तिमान्य → भक्तिमान्यः (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; the reading is uncertain). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: found nowhere in the CE text, star passages or Appendix I passage for 12.223 (vulgate-only). The sense of line 1 is obscure; translated close to the words.

Verse 20 (12.237.20)

त्रिगुणं गुणभोक्तारं पञ्चयज्ञात्मकं तथा । यथावत्स विजानाति तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

triguṇaṃ guṇabhoktāraṃ pañcayajñātmakaṃ tathā | yathāvatsa vijānāti tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He knows truly the threefold nature with its qualities, the enjoyer of the qualities, and likewise what consists of the five sacrifices; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: found nowhere in the CE text, star passages or Appendix I passage for 12.223 (vulgate-only).

Verse 21 (12.237.21)

कल्याणं कुरुते बाढं पापमस्मिन्न विद्यते । न प्रीयते परानर्थैस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूज्यते ॥

kalyāṇaṃ kurute bāḍhaṃ pāpamasminna vidyate | na prīyate parānarthaistasmātsarvatra pūjyate

He does good, surely; no evil is found in him; he takes no pleasure in the misfortunes of others; therefore he is revered everywhere.

Note on the text: Removed the stray ।।' closing the verse (wiki marks). A repeat of verse 11 (CE 12.223.10) with पूज्यते for पूजितः at the end; the CE does not repeat it, so it carries no separate CE reference. Kept, as the page prints it.

Verse 22 (12.237.22)

लोकस्य विविधं चित्तं प्रेक्षते चाप्यकुत्सयन् । संसर्गविद्याकुशलस्तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

lokasya vividhaṃ cittaṃ prekṣate cāpyakutsayan | saṃsargavidyākuśalastasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He observes the varied minds of the world without scorning them, and is skilled in the art of dealing with people; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads लोकस्य विविधं चित्तं where the CE has lokasya vividhaṃ vṛttaṃ prakṛteś ca (variant, kept).

Verse 23 (12.237.23)

नासूयत्यागमं कंचित्स्वनयेनोपजीवति । अबन्ध्यकालोऽवश्यात्मा तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

nāsūyatyāgamaṃ kaṃcitsvanayenopajīvati | abandhyakālo'vaśyātmā tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He finds fault with no scripture and lives by his own right method; no time of his is wasted, and his spirit answers to no master; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads स्वनयेनोपजीवति where the CE has svaṃ tapo nopajīvati, and line 2 अवश्यात्मा where the CE has vaśyātmā (variants, kept; the page's reading is taken as "whose self is subject to none").

Verse 24 (12.237.24)

कृतश्रमः कृतप्रज्ञो न च तृप्तः समाधितः । नित्ययुक्तोऽप्रमत्तश्च तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

kṛtaśramaḥ kṛtaprajño na ca tṛptaḥ samādhitaḥ | nityayukto'pramattaśca tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He has toiled, he has gained insight, and he is never sated with meditative absorption; ever disciplined and vigilant; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads नित्ययुक्तोऽप्रमत्तश्च where the CE has niyamastho 'pramattaś ca (variant, kept).

Verse 25 (12.237.25)

नापत्रपश्च युक्तश्च नियुक्तः श्रेयसे परैः । अभेत्ता परगुह्यानां तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

nāpatrapaśca yuktaśca niyuktaḥ śreyase paraiḥ | abhettā paraguhyānāṃ tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He is not shameless, he is disciplined, and others set him to what is best; he never reveals the secrets of others; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नापत्रपश्च … नियुक्तः where the CE has sāpatrapaś … suneyaḥ (variant, kept).

Verse 26 (12.237.26)

न हृष्यत्यर्थलाभेषु नालाभे तु व्यथत्यपि । स्थिरबुद्धिरसक्तात्मा तस्मात्सर्वत्र पूजितः ॥

na hṛṣyatyarthalābheṣu nālābhe tu vyathatyapi | sthirabuddhirasaktātmā tasmātsarvatra pūjitaḥ

He does not rejoice at gains of wealth, nor is he troubled by loss; steady in mind, unattached in self; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

Verse 27 (12.237.27)

तं सर्वगुणसंपन्नं दक्षं शुचिमनामयम् । कालज्ञं च प्रियज्ञं च कः प्रियं न करिष्यति ॥

taṃ sarvaguṇasaṃpannaṃ dakṣaṃ śucimanāmayam | kālajñaṃ ca priyajñaṃ ca kaḥ priyaṃ na kariṣyati

Who would not do a kindness to such a man, endowed with every virtue, capable, pure and free of infirmity, who knows the right time and knows what pleases?

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.223.23a, 23c. The alignment found no match; line 1 ends शुचिमनामयम् where the CE has śucim akātaram and line 2 प्रियज्ञं where the CE has nayajñaṃ (variants, kept).

Verse 28 (12.237.28)

इत्युक्तः संप्रशस्यैनमुग्रसेनो गतो गृहात् । आस्ते कृष्णस्तथैकान्ते पर्यङ्के रत्नभूषिते ॥

ityuktaḥ saṃpraśasyainamugraseno gato gṛhāt | āste kṛṣṇastathaikānte paryaṅke ratnabhūṣite

Told this, Ugrasena praised him and left the house. Krishna sat alone on a couch adorned with jewels.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-2 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0001-0002). Speaker set to Bhishma (narration; the input carried Vasudeva over from the heading at verse 4).

Verse 29 (12.237.29)

कदाचित्तत्र भगवान्प्रविवेश महामुनिः । तमभ्यर्च्य यथान्यायं तूष्णीमास्ते जनार्दनः ॥

kadācittatra bhagavānpraviveśa mahāmuniḥ | tamabhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ tūṣṇīmāste janārdanaḥ

Once the venerable great sage came in there. Janardana honoured him as was fitting and sat in silence.

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. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0003-0004).

Verse 30 (12.237.30)

तं खिन्नमिव संलक्ष्य केशवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । किमिदं केशव तव वैमनस्यं जनार्दन । अभूतपूर्वं गोविन्द तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

taṃ khinnamiva saṃlakṣya keśavaṃ vākyamabravīt | kimidaṃ keśava tava vaimanasyaṃ janārdana | abhūtapūrvaṃ govinda tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

Seeing Keshava as though troubled, he said: "What is this dejection of yours, Keshava, Janardana? It has never been so before, Govinda; you should explain it to me."

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (12-237-30a/b/c). Line 1 is narration and lines 2-3 are Narada's words; the page prints no heading, so the verse stays with the narrator. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 5-7 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0005-0007).

Verse 31 (12.237.31)

नासुहृत्परमं मेऽद्य नापदोऽर्हति वेदितुम् । अपण्डितो वापि सुहृत्पण्डितो वाऽप्यनात्मवान् ॥

nāsuhṛtparamaṃ me'dya nāpado'rhati veditum | apaṇḍito vāpi suhṛtpaṇḍito vā'pyanātmavān

No one who is not a friend is fit to learn of my present great trouble; nor is a friend who is unlearned, or learned but not master of himself.

Note on the text: The page's footnote glosses असुहृत् as a non-friend (असुहृत्नापुरुषः). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 8-9 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0008-0009).

Verse 32 (12.237.32)

स त्वं सुहृच्च विद्वांश्च जितात्मा श्रोतुमर्हसि । अप्येतद्धृदि यद्दुःखं तद्भवाञ्श्रोतुमर्हति ॥

sa tvaṃ suhṛcca vidvāṃśca jitātmā śrotumarhasi | apyetaddhṛdi yadduḥkhaṃ tadbhavāñśrotumarhati

But you are a friend, and learned, and master of yourself, so you may hear it. Even the sorrow that is in my heart you may hear.

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. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0010-0011).

Verse 33 (12.237.33)

दास्यमैश्वर्यवादेन ज्ञातीनां च करोम्यहम् । द्विषन्ति सततं क्रुद्धा ज्ञातिसंबन्धिबान्धवाः ॥

dāsyamaiśvaryavādena jñātīnāṃ ca karomyaham | dviṣanti satataṃ kruddhā jñātisaṃbandhibāndhavāḥ

In the name of sovereignty I do a servant's work for my kinsmen, yet my kin, relatives and connections hate me constantly, in anger.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्ञातिसंबन्धिवान्धवाः → ज्ञातिसंबन्धिबान्धवाः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; CE bāndhavāḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 12-13 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0012-0013).

Verse 34 (12.237.34)

दिव्या अपि तथा भोगा दत्तास्तेषां मया पृथक् । तथाऽपि च द्विषन्तो मां वर्तन्ते च परस्परम् ॥

divyā api tathā bhogā dattāsteṣāṃ mayā pṛthak | tathā'pi ca dviṣanto māṃ vartante ca parasparam

I gave each of them heavenly enjoyments too; yet even so they go on hating me, and each other as well.

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. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0014-0015).

Verse 35 (12.237.35)

अनायसेन शस्त्रेण परिमृज्यानुमृज्य च । जिह्वामुद्धर चैतेषां न वक्ष्यन्ति ततः परम् ॥

anāyasena śastreṇa parimṛjyānumṛjya ca | jihvāmuddhara caiteṣāṃ na vakṣyanti tataḥ param

With a weapon not made of iron, rub them smooth all over and tear out their tongues; after that they will speak no more.

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. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0016-0017).

Verse 36 (12.237.36)

अनायसं कथं विन्द्यां शस्त्रं मुनिवरोत्तम । येनैषामुद्धरे जिह्वां ब्रूहि तन्मे यथातथम् ॥

anāyasaṃ kathaṃ vindyāṃ śastraṃ munivarottama | yenaiṣāmuddhare jihvāṃ brūhi tanme yathātatham

How am I to find a weapon not made of iron, best of sages, by which I may tear out their tongues? Tell me exactly.

Note on the text: Corrected येनषामुद्धरे → येनैषामुद्धरे (misprint in Wikisource; ऐ dropped; CE yenaiṣām uddhare). The page's heading is भगवानुवाच. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 18-19 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0018-0019).

Verse 37 (12.237.37)

गोहिरण्यं च वासांसि रत्नाद्यं यद्धनं बहु । आस्ये प्रक्षिप चैतेषां शस्त्रमेतदनायसम् ॥

gohiraṇyaṃ ca vāsāṃsi ratnādyaṃ yaddhanaṃ bahu | āsye prakṣipa caiteṣāṃ śastrametadanāyasam

Cows, gold, garments, and any abundant wealth such as jewels: put these into their mouths. That is the weapon that is not iron.

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. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0020-0021).

Verse 38 (12.237.38)

सुहृत्संबन्धिमित्राणां गुरूणां स्वजनस्य च । आख्यातं शस्त्रमेतद्धि तेन च्छिन्धि पुनः पुनः ॥

suhṛtsaṃbandhimitrāṇāṃ gurūṇāṃ svajanasya ca | ākhyātaṃ śastrametaddhi tena cchindhi punaḥ punaḥ

This is called the weapon to use against friends, relatives, companions, elders and kinsmen; cut them with it again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 22-23 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0022-0023).

Verse 39 (12.237.39)

तवैश्वर्यप्रदानानि श्लाघ्यमेषां वचांसि च । समर्थं त्वामभिज्ञाय प्रवदन्ति च ते नराः ॥

tavaiśvaryapradānāni ślāghyameṣāṃ vacāṃsi ca | samarthaṃ tvāmabhijñāya pravadanti ca te narāḥ

Your gifts of lordship will be praised, and their words will be favourable; knowing you to be capable, those men will speak well of you.

Note on the text: Corrected श्लाध्यमेषां → श्लाघ्यमेषां (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; CE ślāghyam eṣāṃ). The sense is compressed; translated close to the words. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 24-25 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0024-0025).

Verse 40 (12.237.40)

ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्संपूज्य च महामुनिम् । तथाऽकरोन्महातेजा मुनिवाक्येन चोदितः ॥

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānsaṃpūjya ca mahāmunim | tathā'karonmahātejā munivākyena coditaḥ

Then the glorious one laughed, honoured the great sage, and, urged by the sage's word, did as he said, he of great splendour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 26-27 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0026-0027).

Verse 41 (12.237.41)

एवंप्रभावो ब्रह्मर्षिर्नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । पृष्टवानसि यन्मां त्वं तदुक्तं राजसत्तम ॥

evaṃprabhāvo brahmarṣirnārado munisattamaḥ | pṛṣṭavānasi yanmāṃ tvaṃ taduktaṃ rājasattama

Such was the power of the brahmin sage Narada, best of sages. You asked me about him, best of kings, and I have told it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 28-29 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0028-0029).

Verse 42 (12.237.42)

सर्वधर्महिते युक्ताः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः । लोकप्रियत्वं गच्छन्ति ज्ञानविज्ञानकोविदाः ॥

sarvadharmahite yuktāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ | lokapriyatvaṃ gacchanti jñānavijñānakovidāḥ

Those who are devoted to the welfare of all and to dharma, who hold fast to truth and righteousness, skilled in knowledge and in realisation, become dear to the world.

Note on the text: Removed the stray ।।' closing the verse (wiki marks). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 30-31 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 25, printed after 12.223.23 as 12.223.23d@025_0030-0031).