A King Who Strives Without Fault: The Tale of Hayagriva

Verse 1 (12.24.1)

पुनरेव महर्षिस्तं कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽर्थवत् । अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

punareva maharṣistaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'rthavat | ajātaśatruṃ kaunteyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Again the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana spoke these meaningful words to Ajatashatru, the son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Wikisource's 12-24 is the critical edition's 12.25; the page is the right adhyaya. The two half-lines are in the other order from the critical edition (12.25.1): Wikisource ends line 1 with अर्थवत् and line 2 with अब्रवीत्, the critical edition the reverse; the sense is unchanged.

Verse 2 (12.24.2)

अरण्ये वसतां तात भ्रातॄणां ते मनस्विनाम् । मनोरथा महाराज ये तत्रासन्युधिष्ठिर ॥

araṇye vasatāṃ tāta bhrātṝṇāṃ te manasvinām | manorathā mahārāja ye tatrāsanyudhiṣṭhira

Dear one, the wishes that your high-spirited brothers held while they lived in the forest, great king Yudhishthira:

Note on the text: Corrected मनिस्विनाम् → मनस्विनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; the critical edition has the different word tapasvinām, so the nearest valid form of the printed word is kept). Speaker: Vyasa, who speaks from here to the end of the adhyaya (verse 1 introduces his speech; the page prints no heading; the input had Vaishampayana throughout).

Verse 3 (12.24.3)

तानि मे भरतश्रेष्ठ प्राप्नुवन्तु महारथाः । प्रशाधि पृथिवीं पार्थ ययातिरिव नाहुषः ॥

tāni me bharataśreṣṭha prāpnuvantu mahārathāḥ | praśādhi pṛthivīṃ pārtha yayātiriva nāhuṣaḥ

let those mighty chariot-warriors obtain them, I say, best of the Bharatas. Rule the earth, Partha, like Yayati, son of Nahusha.

Verse 4 (12.24.4)

अरण्ये दुःखवसतिरनुभूता तपस्विभिः । दुःखस्यान्ते नरव्याघ्र सुखान्यनुभवन्तु वै ॥

araṇye duḥkhavasatiranubhūtā tapasvibhiḥ | duḥkhasyānte naravyāghra sukhānyanubhavantu vai

The ascetics have lived through hardship in the forest. At the end of that hardship, tiger among men, let them now enjoy pleasures.

Verse 5 (12.24.5)

धर्ममर्थं च कामं च भ्रातृभिः सह भारत । अनुभूय ततः पश्चात्प्रस्थाताऽसि विशांपते ॥

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca bhrātṛbhiḥ saha bhārata | anubhūya tataḥ paścātprasthātā'si viśāṃpate

Enjoy dharma, wealth and desire together with your brothers, Bharata; afterwards, lord of the people, you may depart.

Verse 6 (12.24.6)

अर्थिनां च पितृणां च देवतानां च भारत । आनृण्यं गच्छ कौन्तेय ततः स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि ॥

arthināṃ ca pitṛṇāṃ ca devatānāṃ ca bhārata | ānṛṇyaṃ gaccha kaunteya tataḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyasi

Discharge your debts to petitioners, to the ancestors and to the gods, Bharata, son of Kunti; then you will go to heaven.

Note on the text: Line 1 has अर्थिनाम् (petitioners) where the critical edition has atithīnām (guests); a valid word, kept as printed.

Verse 7 (12.24.7)

सर्वमेधाश्वमेधाभ्यां यजस्व कुरुनन्दन । ततः पश्चान्महाराज गमिष्यसि परां गतिम् ॥

sarvamedhāśvamedhābhyāṃ yajasva kurunandana | tataḥ paścānmahārāja gamiṣyasi parāṃ gatim

Delight of the Kurus, perform the Sarvamedha and the Ashvamedha; after that, great king, you will go to the highest goal.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वमेधाश्चमेधाभ्यां → सर्वमेधाश्वमेधाभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; च for व; the critical edition reads sarvamedhāśvamedhābhyāṃ).

Verse 8 (12.24.8)

भ्रातृंश्च सर्वान्क्रतुभिः संयोज्य बहुदक्षिणैः । संप्राप्तः कीर्तिमतुलां पाण्डवेय गमिष्यसि ॥

bhrātṛṃśca sarvānkratubhiḥ saṃyojya bahudakṣiṇaiḥ | saṃprāptaḥ kīrtimatulāṃ pāṇḍaveya gamiṣyasi

Having engaged all your brothers in sacrifices with abundant gifts, and having won incomparable fame, O son of Pandu, you will depart.

Verse 9 (12.24.9)

विद्म ते पुरुषव्याघ्र वचनं कुरुसत्तम । शृणुष्वैवं यथा कुर्वन्न धर्माच्च्यवसे नृप ॥

vidma te puruṣavyāghra vacanaṃ kurusattama | śṛṇuṣvaivaṃ yathā kurvanna dharmāccyavase nṛpa

I know your words, tiger among men, best of the Kurus. Hear how, acting thus, you will not fall from dharma, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected विझस्ते → विद्म ते (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct; the critical edition reads vidma te). Line 2 is a recension variant (the critical edition has śṛṇu mac ca yathā kurvan dharmān na cyavate nṛpaḥ).

Verse 10 (12.24.10)

आददानस्य विजयं विग्रहं च युधिष्ठिर । समानधर्मकुशलाः स्थापयन्ति नरेश्वर ॥

ādadānasya vijayaṃ vigrahaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira | samānadharmakuśalāḥ sthāpayanti nareśvara

Lord of men, Yudhishthira, those skilled in the impartial law establish conquest and war for one who takes up the seizing of wealth.

Note on the text: A recension variant of 12.25.10a (the critical edition has dhanaṃ nigrahaṃ ca for विजयं विग्रहं च); kept as printed.

Verse 11 (12.24.11)

प्रत्यक्षमनुमानं च उपमानं तथाऽऽगमः । अर्थापत्तिस्तथैतिह्यं संशयो निर्णयस्तथा ॥

pratyakṣamanumānaṃ ca upamānaṃ tathā''gamaḥ | arthāpattistathaitihyaṃ saṃśayo nirṇayastathā

Perception, inference, comparison, and likewise scripture; presumption, tradition, doubt and determination;

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) at the start of line 1. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.10d*0031 (lines 01–02).

Verse 12 (12.24.12)

आकार इङ्गितं चैव गतिश्चेष्टा च भारत । प्रतिज्ञा चैव हेतुश्च दृष्टान्तोपनयस्तथा ॥

ākāra iṅgitaṃ caiva gatiśceṣṭā ca bhārata | pratijñā caiva hetuśca dṛṣṭāntopanayastathā

appearance, gesture, bearing and action, Bharata; the proposition, the reason, the example and the application;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.10d*0031 (lines 03–04).

Verse 13 (12.24.13)

उक्तिर्निगमनं तेषां प्रमेयं च प्रयोजनम् । एतानि साधनान्याहुर्बहुवर्गप्रसिद्धये ॥

uktirnigamanaṃ teṣāṃ prameyaṃ ca prayojanam | etāni sādhanānyāhurbahuvargaprasiddhaye

statement and conclusion, and among these the object to be known and the purpose. These are called the means for establishing the many classes of things.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.10d*0031 (lines 05–06).

Verse 14 (12.24.14)

प्रत्यक्षमनुमानं च सर्वेषां योनिरुच्यते । प्रमाणज्ञो हि शक्नोति दण्डयोनौ विचक्षणः । अप्रमाणवता नीतो दण्डो हन्यान्महीपतिम् ॥

pratyakṣamanumānaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yonirucyate | pramāṇajño hi śaknoti daṇḍayonau vicakṣaṇaḥ | apramāṇavatā nīto daṇḍo hanyānmahīpatim

Perception and inference are said to be the source of all of these. One who knows the means of proof is able to judge in the matter of punishment; punishment applied by one without proof would destroy the king.

Note on the text: Three lines, as printed. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.10d*0031 (lines 07–09).

Verse 15 (12.24.15)

देशकालप्रतीक्षी यो दस्यून्मर्षयते नृपः । शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यते नैनसा हि सः ॥

deśakālapratīkṣī yo dasyūnmarṣayate nṛpaḥ | śāstrajāṃ buddhimāsthāya yujyate nainasā hi saḥ

A king who, waiting for the right place and time, forbears to strike down brigands, relying on the understanding born of the scriptures, is not tainted by sin.

Note on the text: A recension variant of 12.25.11 (line 1 differs: the critical edition has dasyor darśayate for दस्यून्मर्षयते); kept as printed.

Verse 16 (12.24.16)

आदाय बलिषड्भागं यो राष्ट्रं नाभिरक्षति । प्रतिगृह्णाति तत्पापं चतुर्थांशेन भूमिपः ॥

ādāya baliṣaḍbhāgaṃ yo rāṣṭraṃ nābhirakṣati | pratigṛhṇāti tatpāpaṃ caturthāṃśena bhūmipaḥ

A king who takes the sixth part as tax and yet does not protect the realm takes upon himself a fourth part of that sin.

Note on the text: Corrected बलिषङ्भागं → बलिषड्भागं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong nasal in the conjunct; the critical edition reads baliṣaḍbhāgaṃ).

Verse 17 (12.24.17)

निबोध च यथाऽऽतिष्ठन्धर्मान्न च्यवते नृपः । निग्रहाद्धर्मशास्त्राणामनुरुद्ध्यन्नपेतभीः । कामक्रोधावनादृत्य पितेव समदर्शनः ॥

nibodha ca yathā''tiṣṭhandharmānna cyavate nṛpaḥ | nigrahāddharmaśāstrāṇāmanuruddhyannapetabhīḥ | kāmakrodhāvanādṛtya piteva samadarśanaḥ

Understand also how a king, acting in this way, does not fall from dharma: by restraining wrongdoers according to the codes of dharma, following them without fear, disregarding desire and anger, and regarding all alike, as a father does.

Note on the text: Three lines, as printed; they are 12.25.13a, 13c, 13e.

Verse 18 (12.24.18)

दैवेनाभ्याहतो राजा कर्मकाले महाद्युते । न साधयति यत्कर्म न तत्राहुरतिक्रमम् ॥

daivenābhyāhato rājā karmakāle mahādyute | na sādhayati yatkarma na tatrāhuratikramam

When a king is struck by fate at the time for action, great-splendoured one, and cannot accomplish what he set out to do, they do not call that a transgression.

Note on the text: A recension variant of 12.25.14 (the critical edition has pramādayati tat karma for न साधयति यत्कर्म); kept as printed.

Verse 19 (12.24.19)

तरसा बुद्धिपूर्वं वा निग्राह्या एव शत्रवः । पापैः सह न संदध्याद्राज्यं पुण्यं च कारयेत् ॥

tarasā buddhipūrvaṃ vā nigrāhyā eva śatravaḥ | pāpaiḥ saha na saṃdadhyādrājyaṃ puṇyaṃ ca kārayet

Enemies are to be subdued, whether by force or by design. He should not make peace with the wicked, and he should see that the realm is governed and righteous deeds are done.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends in a recension variant (the critical edition has rāṣṭraṃ paṇyaṃ na kārayet); kept as printed.

Verse 20 (12.24.20)

शूराश्चार्याश्च सत्कार्या विद्वांसश्च युधिष्ठिर । गोमिनो धनिनश्चैव परिपाल्या विशेषतः ॥

śūrāścāryāśca satkāryā vidvāṃsaśca yudhiṣṭhira | gomino dhaninaścaiva paripālyā viśeṣataḥ

The brave and the noble and the learned, Yudhishthira, should be honoured; owners of cattle and the wealthy should be protected most of all.

Verse 21 (12.24.21)

व्यवहारेषु धर्मेषु योक्तव्याश्च बहुश्रुताः । प्रमाणज्ञा महीपाल न्यायशास्त्रावलम्बिनः ॥

vyavahāreṣu dharmeṣu yoktavyāśca bahuśrutāḥ | pramāṇajñā mahīpāla nyāyaśāstrāvalambinaḥ

Men of wide learning are to be employed in lawful and righteous affairs: men who know the means of proof, O protector of the earth, and rely on the science of reasoning,

Note on the text: Corrected व्यवाहरेषु → व्यवहारेषु (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced vowel sign; the critical edition reads vyavahāreṣu). Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) at the start of line 2. Line 1 is 12.25.17a (dharmyeṣu in the critical edition); line 2 is the star line 12.25.17b*0032_01, which is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (12.24.22)

वेदार्थतत्त्वविद्राजंस्तर्कशास्त्रबहुश्रुताः । मन्त्रे च व्यवहारे च नियोक्तव्या विजानता ॥

vedārthatattvavidrājaṃstarkaśāstrabahuśrutāḥ | mantre ca vyavahāre ca niyoktavyā vijānatā

and those who know the true sense of the Vedas, O king, and are deeply learned in the science of reasoning, should be appointed by a discerning king to counsel and to the administration of justice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.17b*0032 (lines 02–03).

Verse 23 (12.24.23)

तर्कशास्त्रकृता बुद्धिर्धर्मशास्त्रकृता च या । दण्डनीतिकृता चैव त्रैलोक्यमपि साधयेत् ॥

tarkaśāstrakṛtā buddhirdharmaśāstrakṛtā ca yā | daṇḍanītikṛtā caiva trailokyamapi sādhayet

The understanding formed by the science of reasoning, by the science of dharma and by the science of statecraft can win even the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.17b*0032 (lines 04–05).

Verse 24 (12.24.24)

नियोज्या वेदतत्त्वज्ञा यज्ञकर्मसु पार्थिव । वेदज्ञा ये च शास्त्रज्ञास्ते च राजन्सुबुद्धयः ॥

niyojyā vedatattvajñā yajñakarmasu pārthiva | vedajñā ye ca śāstrajñāste ca rājansubuddhayaḥ

Those who know the truth of the Vedas should be appointed to sacrificial duties, O ruler of the earth; those who know the Vedas and the sciences are, O king, men of good understanding.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तिव → पार्थिव (misprint in Wikisource; थ for त; the critical edition reads pārthiva). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.17b*0032 (lines 06–07).

Verse 25 (12.24.25)

आन्वीक्षकीत्रयीवार्तादण्डनीतिषु पारगाः । ते तु सर्वत्र योक्तव्यास्ते च बुद्धेः परं गताः ॥

ānvīkṣakītrayīvārtādaṇḍanītiṣu pāragāḥ | te tu sarvatra yoktavyāste ca buddheḥ paraṃ gatāḥ

Those who have mastered the sciences of inquiry, the three Vedas, trade and statecraft are to be employed everywhere, and they have reached the far limit of understanding.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a doubled danda and a quote mark) at the end. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.25.17b*0032 (lines 08–09).

Verse 26 (12.24.26)

गुणयुक्तेऽपि नैकस्मिन्विश्वसेत विचक्षणः ॥

guṇayukte'pi naikasminviśvaseta vicakṣaṇaḥ

Even in one who is full of virtues, a discerning man should not place his trust in any single person.

Note on the text: A single line, as printed; it is a variant of 12.25.17c (the critical edition has viśvasyāc ca for विश्वसेत), the last line of the critical edition's verse 17.

Verse 27 (12.24.27)

अरक्षिता दुर्विनीतो मानी स्तब्धोऽभ्यसूयकः । एनसा युज्यते राजा दुर्दान्त इति चोच्यते ॥

arakṣitā durvinīto mānī stabdho'bhyasūyakaḥ | enasā yujyate rājā durdānta iti cocyate

A king who fails to protect, who is ill-disciplined, proud, rigid and fault-finding, is stained with sin and is called hard to control.

Verse 28 (12.24.28)

येऽरक्ष्यमाणा हीयन्ते दैवेनाभ्याहता नृप । तस्करैश्चापि हीयन्ते सर्वं तद्राजकिल्विषम् ॥

ye'rakṣyamāṇā hīyante daivenābhyāhatā nṛpa | taskaraiścāpi hīyante sarvaṃ tadrājakilviṣam

O king, those who perish unprotected, struck down by fate, and those who are destroyed by robbers as well: all that is the king's guilt.

Note on the text: Corrected ये रक्ष्यमाणा → येऽरक्ष्यमाणा (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha is lost, which flips the sense — the critical edition reads ye 'rakṣyamāṇā). Corrected दैवेनृभ्याहता → दैवेनाभ्याहता (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ for आ; compare दैवेनाभ्याहतो in verse 18).

Verse 29 (12.24.29)

सुमन्त्रिते सुनीते च सर्वतश्चोपपादिते । पौरुषे कर्मणि कृते नास्त्यधर्मो युधिष्ठिर ॥

sumantrite sunīte ca sarvataścopapādite | pauruṣe karmaṇi kṛte nāstyadharmo yudhiṣṭhira

When counsel has been well taken, policy well applied, and everything fully provided for, and human effort has been made in the work, there is no adharma, Yudhishthira.

Verse 30 (12.24.30)

विच्छिद्यन्ते समारब्धाः सिद्ध्यन्ते चापि दैवतः । कृते पुरुषकारे तु नैनः स्पृशति पार्थिवम् ॥

vicchidyante samārabdhāḥ siddhyante cāpi daivataḥ | kṛte puruṣakāre tu nainaḥ spṛśati pārthivam

Undertakings may be broken off, or they may succeed through fate; but once human effort has been made, sin does not touch the king.

Verse 31 (12.24.31)

अत्र ते राजशार्दूल वर्तयिष्ये कथामिमाम् । यद्वृत्तं पूर्वराजर्षेर्हयग्रीवस्य पाण्डव ॥

atra te rājaśārdūla vartayiṣye kathāmimām | yadvṛttaṃ pūrvarājarṣerhayagrīvasya pāṇḍava

In this connection, tiger among kings, I shall tell you this story, of what befell the royal sage of old, Hayagriva, O Pandava.

Verse 32 (12.24.32)

शत्रून्हत्वा हतस्याजौ शूरस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । असहायस्य संग्रामे निर्जितस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥

śatrūnhatvā hatasyājau śūrasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | asahāyasya saṃgrāme nirjitasya yudhiṣṭhira

Of that hero of untroubled deeds, Yudhishthira, who killed his enemies and was himself slain in battle, left without allies and overcome in the fight:

Verse 33 (12.24.33)

यत्कर्म वै निग्रहे शात्रवाणां । योगश्चाग्र्यः पालने मानवानाम् । कृत्वा कर्म प्राप्य कीर्ति स युद्धा । द्वाजिग्रीवो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥

yatkarma vai nigrahe śātravāṇāṃ | yogaścāgryaḥ pālane mānavānām | kṛtvā karma prāpya kīrti sa yuddhā | dvājigrīvo modate svargaloke

Having done the deed required in subduing his foes and the foremost exertion in protecting men, and having won fame from the battle, Vajigriva rejoices in the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Line 3 ends स युद्धा and line 4 begins द्वाजिग्रीवो: the sandhi युद्धाद् + वाजिग्रीवो runs across the line break, as printed.

Verse 34 (12.24.34)

संत्यक्तात्मा समरेष्वाततायी । शस्त्रैश्छिन्नो दस्युभिर्वध्यमानः । अश्वग्रीवः कर्मशीलो महात्मा । संसिद्धार्थो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥

saṃtyaktātmā samareṣvātatāyī | śastraiśchinno dasyubhirvadhyamānaḥ | aśvagrīvaḥ karmaśīlo mahātmā | saṃsiddhārtho modate svargaloke

Giving up his very self in the battles, a fierce assailant, cut by weapons and slain by brigands, Ashvagriva, devoted to his duty and great of soul, his purpose accomplished, rejoices in the world of heaven.

Verse 35 (12.24.35)

धनुर्यूपो रशना ज्या शरः स्रु । क्स्रुवः खड्गो रुधिरं यत्र चाज्यम् । रथो वेदी कामजो युद्धमग्नि । श्चातुर्होत्रं चतुरो वाजिमुख्याः ॥

dhanuryūpo raśanā jyā śaraḥ sru | ksruvaḥ khaḍgo rudhiraṃ yatra cājyam | ratho vedī kāmajo yuddhamagni | ścāturhotraṃ caturo vājimukhyāḥ

The bow was the sacrificial post, the bowstring the cord, the arrow the ladle, the sword the sacrificial spoon, and blood the ghee; the chariot was the altar, the battle born of desire was the fire, and the four chief horses were the four officiating priests.

Note on the text: Cross-line sandhi (स्रु / क्स्रुवः and अग्नि / श्चातुर्होत्रं) kept as printed.

Verse 36 (12.24.36)

हुत्वा तस्मिन्यज्ञवह्नावथारी । न्पापान्मुक्तो राजसिंहस्तरस्वी । प्राणान्हुत्वा चावभृथे रणे स । वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके ॥

hutvā tasminyajñavahnāvathārī | npāpānmukto rājasiṃhastarasvī | prāṇānhutvā cāvabhṛthe raṇe sa | vājigrīvo modate devaloke

Having offered his enemies as oblations in that sacrificial fire, freed from sin, the vigorous lion among kings, having offered up his life-breaths at the concluding bath of the sacrifice in battle, Vajigriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

Verse 37 (12.24.37)

राष्ट्रं रक्षन्बुद्धिपूर्वं नयेन । संत्यक्तात्मा यज्ञशीलो महात्मा । सर्वांल्लोकान्व्याप्य कीर्त्या मनस्वी । वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके ॥

rāṣṭraṃ rakṣanbuddhipūrvaṃ nayena | saṃtyaktātmā yajñaśīlo mahātmā | sarvāṃllokānvyāpya kīrtyā manasvī | vājigrīvo modate devaloke

Protecting the realm with forethought and sound policy, giving up his very self, devoted to sacrifice, great of soul, filling all the worlds with his fame, the wise Vajigriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

Verse 38 (12.24.38)

दैवीं सिद्धिं मानुषीं दण्डनीतिं । योगन्यासैः पालयित्वा महीं च । तस्माद्राजा धर्मशीलो महात्मा । वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके ॥

daivīṃ siddhiṃ mānuṣīṃ daṇḍanītiṃ | yoganyāsaiḥ pālayitvā mahīṃ ca | tasmādrājā dharmaśīlo mahātmā | vājigrīvo modate devaloke

Having protected divine success, human statecraft and the earth by disciplined exertion and renunciation of pride, therefore that righteous, great-souled king Vajigriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

Verse 39 (12.24.39)

विद्वांस्त्यागी श्रद्दधानः कृतज्ञ । स्त्यक्त्वा लोकं मानुषं कर्म कृत्वा । मेधाविनां विदुषां संमतानां । तनुत्यजां लोकमाक्रम्य राजा ॥

vidvāṃstyāgī śraddadhānaḥ kṛtajña | styaktvā lokaṃ mānuṣaṃ karma kṛtvā | medhāvināṃ viduṣāṃ saṃmatānāṃ | tanutyajāṃ lokamākramya rājā

Learned, generous, full of faith and grateful, having left the human world after doing his work, and having entered the world of the wise, the learned and the esteemed, of those who have cast off the body, the king

Note on the text: The sentence continues into the next verse (…वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके); the verse ends without its verb, as in the source.

Verse 40 (12.24.40)

सम्यग्वेदान्प्राप्य शास्त्राण्यधीत्य । सम्यग्राज्यं पालयित्वा महात्मा । चातुर्वर्ण्यं स्थापयित्वा स्वधर्मे । वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके ॥

samyagvedānprāpya śāstrāṇyadhītya | samyagrājyaṃ pālayitvā mahātmā | cāturvarṇyaṃ sthāpayitvā svadharme | vājigrīvo modate devaloke

Having properly obtained the Vedas and studied the sciences, having properly protected the kingdom, great of soul, and having established the four classes in their own duties, Vajigriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

Verse 41 (12.24.41)

जित्वा संग्रामान्पालयित्वा प्रजाश्च । सोमं पीत्वा तर्पयित्वा द्विजाग्र्यान् । युक्त्या दण्डं धारयित्वा प्रजानां । युद्धे क्षीणे मोदते देवलोके ॥

jitvā saṃgrāmānpālayitvā prajāśca | somaṃ pītvā tarpayitvā dvijāgryān | yuktyā daṇḍaṃ dhārayitvā prajānāṃ | yuddhe kṣīṇe modate devaloke

Having won battles, protected his subjects, drunk soma, gratified the foremost of the twice-born, and applied punishment among his people with judgement, he who fell in battle rejoices in the world of the gods.

Verse 42 (12.24.42)

वृत्तं यस्य श्लाघनीयं मनुष्याः । सन्तो विद्वांसोऽर्हयन्त्यर्हणीयम् । स्वर्गं जित्वा वीरलोकानवाप्य । सिद्धिं प्राप्तः पुण्यकीर्तिर्महात्मा ॥

vṛttaṃ yasya ślāghanīyaṃ manuṣyāḥ | santo vidvāṃso'rhayantyarhaṇīyam | svargaṃ jitvā vīralokānavāpya | siddhiṃ prāptaḥ puṇyakīrtirmahātmā

He whose conduct is praiseworthy to men and whom the good and the learned honour as worthy of honour, having won heaven and reached the worlds of heroes, that great-souled man of holy fame has attained perfection.