Death's Tears Become Diseases

Verse 1 (12.264.1)

विनीय दुःखमबला साऽऽत्मनैवायतेक्षणा । उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तमेवावर्जिता तदा ॥

vinīya duḥkhamabalā sā''tmanaivāyatekṣaṇā | uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā tamevāvarjitā tadā

Having put away her sorrow by her own strength, the long-eyed young woman bowed before him, joined her palms, and then said to him:

Verse 2 (12.264.2)

त्वया सृष्टा कथं नारी मादृशी वदतां वर । रौद्रकर्माभिजायेत सर्वप्राणिभयंकरी ॥

tvayā sṛṣṭā kathaṃ nārī mādṛśī vadatāṃ vara | raudrakarmābhijāyeta sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkarī

“How, best of speakers, can a woman such as I, made by you, be born to cruel work, a terror to all living beings?

Note on the text: Speaker: Mrityu (Death), speaking inside Narada's narration. The page prints no heading here and carries over नारद; the critical edition also heads 12.250.1 with नारद and gives no separate heading for her speech.

Verse 3 (12.264.3)

विभेम्यहमधर्मस्य धर्म्यमादिश कर्म मे । त्वं मां भीतामवेक्षस्व शिवेनेश्वरचक्षुषा ॥

vibhemyahamadharmasya dharmyamādiśa karma me | tvaṃ māṃ bhītāmavekṣasva śiveneśvaracakṣuṣā

I am afraid of unrighteousness; assign me a task that accords with dharma. Look upon me, frightened as I am, with your kindly, lordly eye.

Verse 4 (12.264.4)

बालान्वृद्धान्वयस्थांश्च न हरेयमनागसः । प्राणिनः प्राणिनामीश नमस्तेऽस्तु प्रसीद मे ॥

bālānvṛddhānvayasthāṃśca na hareyamanāgasaḥ | prāṇinaḥ prāṇināmīśa namaste'stu prasīda me

I would not carry off children, the aged, or those in the prime of life, who have done no wrong. O lord of living beings, I bow to you; be gracious to me.

Verse 5 (12.264.5)

प्रियान्पुत्रान्वयस्यांश्च भ्रातॄन्मातॄः पितृनपि । अपध्यास्यन्ति यद्येवं मृतास्तेभ्यो विभेम्यहम् ॥

priyānputrānvayasyāṃśca bhrātṝnmātṝḥ pitṛnapi | apadhyāsyanti yadyevaṃ mṛtāstebhyo vibhemyaham

The beloved sons, friends, brothers, mothers and fathers of the dead, if they should wish me ill in this way, I am afraid of them.

Verse 6 (12.264.6)

कृपणाश्रुपरिक्लेदो दहेन्मां शाश्वतीः समाः । तेभ्योऽहं बलवद्भीता शरणं त्वामुपागता ॥

kṛpaṇāśruparikledo dahenmāṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | tebhyo'haṃ balavadbhītā śaraṇaṃ tvāmupāgatā

The flood of the wretched ones' tears would burn me for endless years; I am terribly afraid of them, and so I have come to you for refuge.

Verse 7 (12.264.7)

यमस्य भवने देव पात्यन्ते पापकर्मिणः । प्रसादये त्वां वरद प्रसादं कुरु मे प्रभो ॥

yamasya bhavane deva pātyante pāpakarmiṇaḥ | prasādaye tvāṃ varada prasādaṃ kuru me prabho

In the abode of Yama, O god, the doers of evil are cast down. I seek to win you, giver of boons; grant me your grace, O lord.

Verse 8 (12.264.8)

एतदिच्छाम्यहं कामं त्वत्तो लोकपितामह । इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादाच्च तपस्तप्तुं महेश्वर ॥

etadicchāmyahaṃ kāmaṃ tvatto lokapitāmaha | iccheyaṃ tvatprasādācca tapastaptuṃ maheśvara

This is the wish I ask of you, grandfather of the worlds; and by your grace, great lord, I wish to practise austerity.”

Verse 9 (12.264.9)

त्वं हि संहारबुद्ध्या मे चिन्तिता रुषितेन च । तस्मात्संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजा मा च विचारय ॥

tvaṃ hi saṃhārabuddhyā me cintitā ruṣitena ca | tasmātsaṃhara sarvāstvaṃ prajā mā ca vicāraya

“I conceived you, in anger, with the thought of destruction; therefore destroy all these creatures, and do not hesitate.

Note on the text: Corrected हिं → हि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara). Line 1 is the critical edition's star line 12.250.9b*0700_01 (identical; the same line is 12.249.19a). Line 2 तस्मात्संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजा मा च विचारय is a variant of CE 12.250.9c (गच्छ संहर … against तस्मात्संहर …; compare 12.249.19c). The CE's own first line 12.250.9a (मृत्यो संकल्पिता मे त्वम् …) is not in Wikisource. Speaker as headed on the page (पितामह).

Verse 10 (12.264.10)

एतदेवमवश्यं हि भविता नैतदन्यथा । क्रियतामनवद्याङ्गि यथोक्तं मद्वचोऽनघे ॥

etadevamavaśyaṃ hi bhavitā naitadanyathā | kriyatāmanavadyāṅgi yathoktaṃ madvaco'naghe

This will surely come to pass, and in no other way. Do as I have said, blameless one, faultless in every limb.”

Verse 11 (12.264.11)

एवमुक्ता महाबाहो मृत्युः परपुरंजय । न व्याजहार तस्थौ च प्रह्वा भगवदुन्मुखी ॥

evamuktā mahābāho mṛtyuḥ parapuraṃjaya | na vyājahāra tasthau ca prahvā bhagavadunmukhī

Thus addressed, O mighty-armed one, conqueror of hostile cities, Death did not reply; she stood bowed, facing the Blessed One.

Note on the text: Speaker: Narada. This is narration; the page prints no new heading and carries over पितामह (the heading at verse 9), but the critical edition heads 12.250.11 with नारद.

Verse 12 (12.264.12)

पुनः पुनरथोक्ता सा गतसत्त्वेव भामिनी । तूष्णीमासीत्ततो देवो लोकानामीश्वरेश्वरः ॥

punaḥ punarathoktā sā gatasattveva bhāminī | tūṣṇīmāsīttato devo lokānāmīśvareśvaraḥ

Spoken to again and again, the lovely woman stood as though lifeless, in silence; and then the god, the lord of the lords of the worlds, fell silent too.

Verse 13 (12.264.13)

प्रससाद किल ब्रह्मा स्वयमेवात्मनाऽऽत्मनि । स्मयमानश्च लोकेशो लोकान्सर्वानवैक्षत ॥

prasasāda kila brahmā svayamevātmanā''tmani | smayamānaśca lokeśo lokānsarvānavaikṣata

Brahma, it is said, grew calm of himself, within his own self; and smiling, the lord of the worlds looked upon all the worlds.

Verse 14 (12.264.14)

निवृत्तरोषे तस्मिंस्तु भगवत्यपराजिते । सा कन्याऽथ जगामास्य समीपादिति नःश्रुतम् ॥

nivṛttaroṣe tasmiṃstu bhagavatyaparājite | sā kanyā'tha jagāmāsya samīpāditi naḥśrutam

When the unconquerable Blessed One had put aside his anger, that maiden went away from his presence; so we have heard.

Verse 15 (12.264.15)

अपसृत्याप्रतिश्रुत्य प्रजासंहरणं तदा । त्वरमाणेव राजेन्द्र मृत्युर्धेनुकमभ्यगात् ॥

apasṛtyāpratiśrutya prajāsaṃharaṇaṃ tadā | tvaramāṇeva rājendra mṛtyurdhenukamabhyagāt

Withdrawing without having promised the destruction of creatures, O king of kings, Death went in haste, as it were, to Dhenuka.

Verse 16 (12.264.16)

सा तत्र परमं देवी तपोऽचरत दुश्चरम् । समा ह्येकपदे तस्थौ दशपद्मानि पञ्च च ॥

sā tatra paramaṃ devī tapo'carata duścaram | samā hyekapade tasthau daśapadmāni pañca ca

There the goddess practised the highest austerity, hard to perform: she stood on one foot for fifteen padmas of years, ten and five.

Verse 17 (12.264.17)

तां तथा कुर्वतीं तत्र तपः परमदुश्चरम् । पुनरेव महातेजा ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tāṃ tathā kurvatīṃ tatra tapaḥ paramaduścaram | punareva mahātejā brahmā vacanamabravīt

As she performed that supremely hard austerity there, the greatly radiant Brahma spoke to her once more.

Verse 18 (12.264.18)

कुरुष्व मे वचो मृत्यो तदनादृत्य सत्वरा । तथैवैकपदे तात पुनरन्यानि सप्त सा ॥

kuruṣva me vaco mṛtyo tadanādṛtya satvarā | tathaivaikapade tāta punaranyāni sapta sā

“Do as I say, Death!” But she paid it no heed and, in haste, in the same way on one foot, my dear, for seven padmas more,

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is Brahma's command, the rest is narration; kept with the narrator, Narada (the page carries over पितामह).

Verse 19 (12.264.19)

तस्थौ पद्मानि षट् चैव पञ्च द्वे चैव मानद । भूयः पद्मायुतं तात मृगैः सह चचार सा ॥

tasthau padmāni ṣaṭ caiva pañca dve caiva mānada | bhūyaḥ padmāyutaṃ tāta mṛgaiḥ saha cacāra sā

she stood: for six padmas, for five, and for two as well, O giver of honour. Then for a further ten thousand padmas she roamed with the deer.

Verse 20 (12.264.20)

द्वे चायुते नरश्रेष्ठ वाय्वाहारा महामते । पुनरेव ततो राजन्मौनमातिष्ठदुत्तमम् ॥

dve cāyute naraśreṣṭha vāyvāhārā mahāmate | punareva tato rājanmaunamātiṣṭhaduttamam

For two ayutas more, O best of men, O wise one, she lived on air alone; and then again, O king, she took up the highest silence.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star line 12.250.19d*0701_01 (identical); line 2 is a variant of CE 12.250.20a (पुनरेव ततो राजन् against पुनर्गत्वा ततो राजन्).

Verse 21 (12.264.21)

अप्सु वर्षसहस्राणि सप्त चैकं च पार्थिव । ततो जगाम सा कन्या कौशिकीं नृपसत्तम ॥

apsu varṣasahasrāṇi sapta caikaṃ ca pārthiva | tato jagāma sā kanyā kauśikīṃ nṛpasattama

She remained in the waters for seven thousand and one years. Then, O best of kings, that maiden went to the Kaushiki.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.250.20c; line 2 = CE 12.250.21a (नृपसत्तम against the CE vocative भरतर्षभ, a variant). Wikisource regroups the CE couplets here.

Verse 22 (12.264.22)

तत्र वायुजलाहारा चचार नियमं पुनः । ततो ययौ महाभागा गङ्गां मेरुं च केवलम् ॥

tatra vāyujalāhārā cacāra niyamaṃ punaḥ | tato yayau mahābhāgā gaṅgāṃ meruṃ ca kevalam

There, living on air and water, she again kept her discipline. Then the greatly fortunate one went to the Ganga and to Meru alone.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.250.21c; line 2 = CE 12.250.22a.

Verse 23 (12.264.23)

तस्थौ दार्विव निश्चेष्टा प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । ततो हिमवतो मूर्ध्नि यत्र देवाः समीजिरे ॥

tasthau dārviva niśceṣṭā prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | tato himavato mūrdhni yatra devāḥ samījire

Wishing the welfare of creatures, she stood motionless as a log. Then she went to the crest of the Himalaya, where the gods had held their sacrifices.

Note on the text: Corrected मूर्ध्निं → मूर्ध्नि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the locative; the critical edition reads mūrdhni). Line 1 = CE 12.250.22c (प्रजानां against CE bhūtānāṃ, a variant); line 2 = CE 12.250.23a.

Verse 24 (12.264.24)

तत्राङ्गुष्ठेन राजेन्द्र निखर्वमचरत्तपः । तस्थौ पितामहं चैव तोषयामास यत्नतः ॥

tatrāṅguṣṭhena rājendra nikharvamacarattapaḥ | tasthau pitāmahaṃ caiva toṣayāmāsa yatnataḥ

There, on the tip of her toe, O king of kings, she practised austerity for a nikharva, a vast span of years; she stood there and with great effort pleased the Grandfather.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 12.250.23c (निखर्वमचरत्तपः against nikharvam aparaṃ tataḥ); line 2 = CE 12.250.23e. Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 12.250.23 across verses 23 and 24; the alignment found no match for this verse.

Verse 25 (12.264.25)

ततस्तामब्रवीत्तत्र लोकानां प्रपितामहः । किमिदं वर्तसे पुत्रि क्रियतां मम तद्वचः ॥

tatastāmabravīttatra lokānāṃ prapitāmahaḥ | kimidaṃ vartase putri kriyatāṃ mama tadvacaḥ

Then the great-grandsire of the worlds said to her there: “What is this you are doing, my daughter? Do as I say.”

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 is Brahma's speech; kept with the narrator, Narada.

Verse 26 (12.264.26)

ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्मृत्युर्भगवन्तं पितामहम् । न हरेयं प्रजा देव पुनस्त्वाऽहं प्रसादये ॥

tato'bravītpunarmṛtyurbhagavantaṃ pitāmaham | na hareyaṃ prajā deva punastvā'haṃ prasādaye

Then Death spoke again to the blessed Grandfather: “O god, I will not carry off creatures; once more I implore you.”

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 is narration, line 2 is Death's speech; kept with the narrator, Narada.

Verse 27 (12.264.27)

तामधर्मभयाद्भीतां पुनरेव प्रयाचतीम् । तदाऽब्रवीद्देवदेवो निगृह्येदं वचस्ततः ॥

tāmadharmabhayādbhītāṃ punareva prayācatīm | tadā'bravīddevadevo nigṛhyedaṃ vacastataḥ

To her, afraid of unrighteousness and pleading again and again, the god of gods then spoke these words, firm in his resolve.

Verse 28 (12.264.28)

अधर्मो नास्ति ते मृत्यो संयच्छेमाः प्रजाः शुभे । मयाऽप्युक्तं मृषा भद्रे भविता नेह किंचन ॥

adharmo nāsti te mṛtyo saṃyacchemāḥ prajāḥ śubhe | mayā'pyuktaṃ mṛṣā bhadre bhavitā neha kiṃcana

“There is no unrighteousness in this for you, Death. Restrain these creatures, auspicious one. What I have said will not prove false, fair one; nothing here will turn out otherwise.

Verse 29 (12.264.29)

धर्मः सनातनश्च त्वामिहैवानुप्रवेक्ष्यति । अहं च विबुधाश्चैव त्वद्धिते निरताः सदा ॥

dharmaḥ sanātanaśca tvāmihaivānupravekṣyati | ahaṃ ca vibudhāścaiva tvaddhite niratāḥ sadā

Eternal Dharma will enter into you right here; and I and the gods will always be intent on your good.

Verse 30 (12.264.30)

इममन्यं च ते कामं ददानि मनसेप्सितम् । न त्वां दोषेण यास्यन्ति व्याधिसंपीडिताः प्रजाः ॥

imamanyaṃ ca te kāmaṃ dadāni manasepsitam | na tvāṃ doṣeṇa yāsyanti vyādhisaṃpīḍitāḥ prajāḥ

I grant you, too, another wish that your heart desires: creatures afflicted by disease will not lay the fault upon you.

Note on the text: Corrected इमन्यं → इममन्यं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — इमम् + अन्यम्; the critical edition reads imam anyaṃ).

Verse 31 (12.264.31)

पुरुषेषु च रूपेण पुरुषस्त्वं भविष्यसि । स्त्रीषु स्त्रीरूपिणी चैव तृतीयेषु नपुंसकम् ॥

puruṣeṣu ca rūpeṇa puruṣastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | strīṣu strīrūpiṇī caiva tṛtīyeṣu napuṃsakam

Among men you will be a man in form, among women a woman, and among the third kind, neuter.”

Verse 32 (12.264.32)

सैवमुक्ता महाराज कृताञ्जलिरुवाच ह । पुनरेव महात्मानं नेति देवेशमव्ययम् ॥

saivamuktā mahārāja kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha | punareva mahātmānaṃ neti deveśamavyayam

Thus addressed, O great king, she joined her palms and said to the great-souled, imperishable lord of the gods once more: “No.”

Verse 33 (12.264.33)

तामब्रवीत्तदा देवो मृत्यो संहर मानवान् । अधर्मस्ते न भविता यथा ध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे ॥

tāmabravīttadā devo mṛtyo saṃhara mānavān | adharmaste na bhavitā yathā dhyāsyāmyahaṃ śubhe

The god then said to her: “Death, destroy mankind. You will incur no unrighteousness; I shall see to that, auspicious one.”

Note on the text: Mixed verse: line 1 begins with narration, then Brahma's speech; kept with the narrator, Narada.

Verse 34 (12.264.34)

त्वं हि शक्ता च युक्ता च पूर्वोत्पन्ना च भामिनि । अनुशिष्टा च निर्दोषा तस्मात्त्वं कुरु मे मतम् ॥

tvaṃ hi śaktā ca yuktā ca pūrvotpannā ca bhāmini | anuśiṣṭā ca nirdoṣā tasmāttvaṃ kuru me matam

“You are capable and fit, born first, instructed and without fault; therefore do as I intend.”

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (the opening backtick and the closing quote mark). The two lines are the critical edition's star passage 12.250.32d*0702_01–02 (Wikisource शक्ता against CE yattā, a variant, kept).

Verse 35 (12.264.35)

यानश्रुबिन्दून्पतितानपश्यं । ये पाणिभ्यां धारितास्ते पुरस्तात् । ते व्याधयो मानवान्घोररूपाः । प्राप्ते काले पीडयिष्यन्ति मृत्यो ॥

yānaśrubindūnpatitānapaśyaṃ | ye pāṇibhyāṃ dhāritāste purastāt | te vyādhayo mānavānghorarūpāḥ | prāpte kāle pīḍayiṣyanti mṛtyo

“The drops of tears that I saw fall, the ones I held in my hands before: those will become diseases, terrible in form, and when the time comes, Death, they will torment mankind.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-35a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.33.

Verse 36 (12.264.36)

सर्वेषां त्वं प्राणिनामन्तकाले । कामक्रोधौ सहितौ योजयेथाः । एवं धर्मस्त्वामुपैष्यत्यमोघो । न चाधर्मं लप्स्यसे तुल्यवृत्तिः ॥

sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ prāṇināmantakāle | kāmakrodhau sahitau yojayethāḥ | evaṃ dharmastvāmupaiṣyatyamogho | na cādharmaṃ lapsyase tulyavṛttiḥ

At the end of the life of every creature you shall join desire and anger together. In this way unfailing Dharma will come to you, and you will not incur unrighteousness, your conduct being the same toward all.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-36a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.34. Recension variant, kept: Wikisource अमोघो against CE ameyo.

Verse 37 (12.264.37)

एवं धर्मं पालयिष्यस्यथो त्वं । न चात्मानं मञ्जयिष्यस्यधर्मे । तस्मात्कामं रोचयाभ्यागतं त्वं । सा त्वं साधो संहरस्वेह जन्तून् ॥

evaṃ dharmaṃ pālayiṣyasyatho tvaṃ | na cātmānaṃ mañjayiṣyasyadharme | tasmātkāmaṃ rocayābhyāgataṃ tvaṃ | sā tvaṃ sādho saṃharasveha jantūn

So you will uphold dharma, and you will not sink yourself into unrighteousness. Therefore welcome the task that has come to you; and you, good one, destroy living beings here.”

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-37a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.35. Recension variants, kept: Wikisource पालयिष्यस्यथो त्वं … सा त्वं साधो संहरस्वेह against CE pālayiṣyasy athoktaṃ … saṃyojyātho saṃharasveha.

Verse 38 (12.264.38)

सा वै तदा मृत्युसंज्ञा कृतास्त्री । शापाद्भीता बाढमित्यब्रवीत्तम् । अथो प्राणान्प्राणिनामन्तकाले । कामक्रोधौ प्राप्य नित्यं निहन्ति ॥

sā vai tadā mṛtyusaṃjñā kṛtāstrī | śāpādbhītā bāḍhamityabravīttam | atho prāṇānprāṇināmantakāle | kāmakrodhau prāpya nityaṃ nihanti

Then that one, who had been given the name Death and formed as a woman, afraid of the curse, said to him, “Very well.” And ever since, at the end of the life of beings, she brings desire and anger to bear and takes away their breath.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-38a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.36. Speaker: Narada (narration; the page carries over पितामह). Recension variants, kept: Wikisource सा वै तदा मृत्युसंज्ञा कृतास्त्री … प्राप्य नित्यं निहन्ति against CE … mṛtyusaṃjñāpadeśāc … prāpya nirmohya hanti.

Verse 39 (12.264.39)

मृत्योर्ये ते व्याधयश्चाश्रुपाता । मनुष्याणां युज्यते यैः शरीरम् । सर्वेषां वै प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते । तस्माच्छोकं मा कृथा बुद्ध्य बुद्ध्या ॥

mṛtyorye te vyādhayaścāśrupātā | manuṣyāṇāṃ yujyate yaiḥ śarīram | sarveṣāṃ vai prāṇināṃ prāṇanānte | tasmācchokaṃ mā kṛthā buddhya buddhyā

The diseases that are Death's tears, by which men's bodies are bound, come for all beings at the end of life; therefore do not grieve, but understand this with your mind.

Note on the text: Corrected चाश्चुपाता → चाश्रुपाता (misprint in Wikisource; श्चु for श्र; the critical edition reads cāśrupātā). Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-39a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.37. Recension variant, kept: Wikisource युज्यते against CE rujyate. Speaker: Narada, who now speaks in his own person to the king (the page carries over पितामह).

Verse 40 (12.264.40)

सर्वे देवाः प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते । गत्वा वृत्ताः सन्निवृत्तास्तथैव । एवं सर्वे मानवाः प्राणनान्ते । गत्वा वृत्ता देववद्राजसिंह ॥

sarve devāḥ prāṇināṃ prāṇanānte | gatvā vṛttāḥ sannivṛttāstathaiva | evaṃ sarve mānavāḥ prāṇanānte | gatvā vṛttā devavadrājasiṃha

All the gods, when their breath ends, depart and return again in the same way; and so all men, when their breath ends, depart and return like the gods, O lion among kings.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-40a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.38.

Verse 41 (12.264.41)

वायुर्भीमो भीमनादो महौजाः । सर्वेषां च प्राणिनां प्राणभूतः । अनावृत्तिर्देहिनां देहपाते । तस्माद्वायुर्देवदेवो विशिष्टः ॥

vāyurbhīmo bhīmanādo mahaujāḥ | sarveṣāṃ ca prāṇināṃ prāṇabhūtaḥ | anāvṛttirdehināṃ dehapāte | tasmādvāyurdevadevo viśiṣṭaḥ

The wind, dreadful, of dreadful roar and great vigour, is the very life of all creatures; for embodied beings there is no return when the body falls; therefore the wind, god of gods, is the most excellent.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-41a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.39. Recension variant, kept: Wikisource अनावृत्तिर्देहिनां देहपाते against CE nānāvṛttir dehināṃ dehabhede.

Verse 42 (12.264.42)

सर्वे देवा मर्त्यसंज्ञाविशिष्टाः । सर्वे मर्त्या देवसंज्ञाविशिष्टाः । तस्मात्पुत्रं मा शुचो राजसिंह । पुत्रः स्वर्गं प्राप्य ते मोदते ह ॥

sarve devā martyasaṃjñāviśiṣṭāḥ | sarve martyā devasaṃjñāviśiṣṭāḥ | tasmātputraṃ mā śuco rājasiṃha | putraḥ svargaṃ prāpya te modate ha

All gods are marked only by the name “mortal”; all mortals are marked only by the name “god.” Therefore, lion among kings, do not grieve for your son; having reached heaven, he rejoices.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्यते मोदते हे → प्राप्य ते मोदते ह (misprint in Wikisource; word division and a wrong vowel on the final particle; the critical edition reads prāpya te modate ha). Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-42a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.40.

Verse 43 (12.264.43)

एवं मृत्युर्देवसृष्टा प्रजानां । प्राप्ते काले संहरन्ती यथावत् । तस्याश्चैव व्याधयस्तेऽश्रुपाताः । प्राप्ते काले संहरन्तीह जन्तून् ॥

evaṃ mṛtyurdevasṛṣṭā prajānāṃ | prāpte kāle saṃharantī yathāvat | tasyāścaiva vyādhayaste'śrupātāḥ | prāpte kāle saṃharantīha jantūn

Thus Death, made by the god, takes away creatures in due order when their time has come; and her diseases, those tears, likewise take living beings away here when their time has come.

Note on the text: Four-line verse (pādas), as the page prints it (12-264-43a–d); the critical edition sets it as two lines. = CE 12.250.41.