Sanatkumara Teaches Vritra the Greatness of Vishnu

Verse 1 (12.286.1)

नमस्तस्मै भगवते देवाय प्रभविष्णवे । यस्य पृथ्वी तलं तात साकाशं बाहुगोचरः ॥

namastasmai bhagavate devāya prabhaviṣṇave | yasya pṛthvī talaṃ tāta sākāśaṃ bāhugocaraḥ

"Homage to that blessed God, the all-powerful, whose base is the earth, my son, and whose arms range through the sky,"

Verse 2 (12.286.2)

मूर्धा यस्य त्वनन्तं च स्थानं दानवसत्तम । तस्याहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥

mūrdhā yasya tvanantaṃ ca sthānaṃ dānavasattama | tasyāhaṃ te pravakṣyāmi viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam

"whose head is the Endless, the highest abode, O best of the Danavas. Of that Vishnu I shall tell you the supreme greatness."

Verse 3 (12.286.3)

तयोः संवदतोरेवमाजगाम महामुनिः । सनत्कुमारो धर्मात्मा संशयच्छेदनाय वै ॥

tayoḥ saṃvadatorevamājagāma mahāmuniḥ | sanatkumāro dharmātmā saṃśayacchedanāya vai

While the two were talking thus, the great sage Sanatkumara, righteous in soul, came there to dispel their doubts.

Note on the text: Corrected धमार्त्मा → धर्मात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed; CE dharmātmā).

Verse 4 (12.286.4)

स पूजितोऽसुरेन्द्रेण मुनिनोशनसा तथा । निषसादासने राजन्महार्हे मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥

sa pūjito'surendreṇa muninośanasā tathā | niṣasādāsane rājanmahārhe munipuṅgavaḥ

Honoured by the lord of the asuras and by the sage Ushanas, that best of sages sat, O king, on a splendid seat.

Verse 5 (12.286.5)

तमासीनं महाप्रज्ञमुशना वाक्यमब्रवीत् । ब्रूह्यस्मै दानवेन्द्राय विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥

tamāsīnaṃ mahāprajñamuśanā vākyamabravīt | brūhyasmai dānavendrāya viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam

To him, seated there, of great wisdom, Ushanas said: "Tell this lord of the Danavas the supreme greatness of Vishnu."

Note on the text: Corrected दानवेन्दाय → दानवेन्द्राय (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct is broken; CE dānavendrāya). Narration, so speaker भीष्म; the second line is Ushanas's request to Sanatkumara.

Verse 6 (12.286.6)

सनत्कुमारस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा प्राह वचोऽर्थवत् । विष्णोर्माहात्म्यसंयुक्तं दानवेन्द्राय धीमते ॥

sanatkumārastu vacaḥ śrutvā prāha vaco'rthavat | viṣṇormāhātmyasaṃyuktaṃ dānavendrāya dhīmate

Hearing these words, Sanatkumara spoke words full of meaning, filled with the greatness of Vishnu, to the wise lord of the Danavas.

Verse 7 (12.286.7)

शृणु सर्वमिदं दैत्य विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । विष्णौ जगत्स्थितं सर्वमिति विद्धि परंतप ॥

śṛṇu sarvamidaṃ daitya viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam | viṣṇau jagatsthitaṃ sarvamiti viddhi paraṃtapa

"Listen, Daitya, to all of this, the supreme greatness of Vishnu. Know, scorcher of foes, that the whole world rests in Vishnu."

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: from here to verse 56 Sanatkumara speaks. The page prints no heading for him (the last heading is भीष्म उवाच at 12-286-3x) and the CE none either, but the speech fills whole verses and addresses Vritra (दैत्य, दानव).

Verse 8 (12.286.8)

अस्मिन्गच्छन्ति विलयमस्माच्च प्रभवन्त्युत । अवत्येष महाबाहुर्भूतग्रामं चराचरम् । एष चाक्षिपते काले काले च सृजते पुनः ॥

asmingacchanti vilayamasmācca prabhavantyuta | avatyeṣa mahābāhurbhūtagrāmaṃ carācaram | eṣa cākṣipate kāle kāle ca sṛjate punaḥ

"Into him the worlds dissolve, and from him they arise. This mighty-armed one protects the whole crowd of beings, moving and unmoving. In due season he draws them in, and in due season he sends them forth again."

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (labelled 12-286-8a/b/c). Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 12.271.8e (asmin gacchanti vilayam asmāc ca prabhavanty uta); line 2 = CE 12.271.8a (CE sṛjaty eṣa mahābāho, Wikisource अवत्येष; the verb अवति, 'protects', is a variant kept); line 3 = CE 12.271.8c (CE visṛjate, Wikisource सृजते). Wikisource orders the lines differently.

Verse 9 (12.286.9)

नैष दानव ते शक्यस्तपसा नैव चेज्यया । संप्राप्तुमिन्द्रियाणां तु संयमेनैव शक्यते ॥

naiṣa dānava te śakyastapasā naiva cejyayā | saṃprāptumindriyāṇāṃ tu saṃyamenaiva śakyate

"He cannot be reached, Danava, by austerity or by sacrifice; he can be attained only by restraint of the senses."

Verse 10 (12.286.10)

बाह्ये चाभ्यन्तरे चैव कर्मणा मनसि स्थितः । निर्मलीकुरुते बुद्ध्या सोऽमुत्रानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥

bāhye cābhyantare caiva karmaṇā manasi sthitaḥ | nirmalīkurute buddhyā so'mutrānantyamaśnute

"Whoever, steady in mind, makes himself pure by understanding, through action outward and inward, reaches endlessness in the world beyond."

Verse 11 (12.286.11)

यथा हिरण्यकर्ता वै रूप्यमग्नौ विशोधयेत् । बहुशोऽतिप्रयत्नेन महताऽऽत्मकृतेन ह ॥

yathā hiraṇyakartā vai rūpyamagnau viśodhayet | bahuśo'tiprayatnena mahatā''tmakṛtena ha

"As a goldsmith purifies silver in fire again and again, with great effort and labour of his own,"

Verse 12 (12.286.12)

तद्वज्जातिशतैर्जीवः शुद्ध्यतेऽल्पेन कर्मणा । यत्नेन महता चैवाप्येकजातौ विशुद्ध्यते ॥

tadvajjātiśatairjīvaḥ śuddhyate'lpena karmaṇā | yatnena mahatā caivāpyekajātau viśuddhyate

"so a soul is cleansed over hundreds of births by small acts; and by great effort it is cleansed even in a single birth."

Note on the text: Corrected चैयवाप्येकजातौ → चैवाप्येकजातौ (misprint in Wikisource; य for व; CE caivāpy ekajātau).

Verse 13 (12.286.13)

लीलयाऽल्पं यथा गात्रात्प्रमृज्यादात्मनो रजः । बहुयत्नेन महता दोषनिर्हरणं तथा ॥

līlayā'lpaṃ yathā gātrātpramṛjyādātmano rajaḥ | bahuyatnena mahatā doṣanirharaṇaṃ tathā

"A little dust may be wiped from the body in play, but the removal of faults takes long and great effort."

Verse 14 (12.286.14)

यथा चाल्पेन माल्येन वासितं तिलसर्षपम् । न मुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं तथा सूक्ष्मस्य दर्शनम् ॥

yathā cālpena mālyena vāsitaṃ tilasarṣapam | na muñcati svakaṃ gandhaṃ tathā sūkṣmasya darśanam

"As sesame and mustard seeds scented with a little garland do not lose their own smell, so it is with insight into the subtle."

Verse 15 (12.286.15)

तदेव बहुभिर्माल्यैर्वास्यमानं पुनः पुनः । विमुच्य तं स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धेऽवतिष्ठते ॥

tadeva bahubhirmālyairvāsyamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | vimucya taṃ svakaṃ gandhaṃ mālyagandhe'vatiṣṭhate

"But when those same seeds are scented again and again with many garlands, they give up their own smell and keep the smell of the garlands."

Verse 16 (12.286.16)

एवं जातिशतैर्युक्तो गुणैरेव प्रसङ्गिषु । बुद्ध्या निवर्तते दोषो यत्नेनाभ्यासजेन ह ॥

evaṃ jātiśatairyukto guṇaireva prasaṅgiṣu | buddhyā nivartate doṣo yatnenābhyāsajena ha

"So, over hundreds of births, joined to good qualities among objects of attachment, a man's fault is turned away by understanding and by effort born of practice."

Verse 17 (12.286.17)

कर्मणा स्वेन रक्तानि विरक्तानि च दानव । यथा कर्मविशेषांश्च प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा शृणु ॥

karmaṇā svena raktāni viraktāni ca dānava | yathā karmaviśeṣāṃśca prāpnuvanti tathā śṛṇu

"By their own actions, Danava, beings become attached or freed from attachment. Hear also how they come by the different results of their deeds."

Verse 18 (12.286.18)

यथावत्संप्रवर्तन्ते यस्मिंस्तिष्ठति चानिशम् । तत्तेऽनुपूर्व्या व्याख्यास्ये तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥

yathāvatsaṃpravartante yasmiṃstiṣṭhati cāniśam | tatte'nupūrvyā vyākhyāsye tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

"How they proceed rightly, and in what they stand: that I shall tell you in order. Listen to it now with a single mind."

Verse 19 (12.286.19)

अनादिनिधनः श्रीमान्हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । देवः सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥

anādinidhanaḥ śrīmānharirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

"Hari Narayana, the beginningless and endless, the glorious Lord, the God, creates beings, both the unmoving and the moving."

Verse 20 (12.286.20)

एष सर्वेषु भूतेषु क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च । एकादश विकारात्मा जगत्पिबति रश्मिभिः ॥

eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu kṣaraścākṣara eva ca | ekādaśa vikārātmā jagatpibati raśmibhiḥ

"He is in all beings, both perishable and imperishable. His nature made of the eleven modifications, he drinks up the world with his rays."

Verse 21 (12.286.21)

पादौ तस्य महीं विद्धि मूर्धानं दिवमेव च । बाहवस्तु दिशो दैत्य श्रोत्रमाकाशमेव च ॥

pādau tasya mahīṃ viddhi mūrdhānaṃ divameva ca | bāhavastu diśo daitya śrotramākāśameva ca

"Know the earth to be his feet and the heavens his head; the quarters are his arms, O Daitya, and the sky is his ear."

Verse 22 (12.286.22)

तस्य तेजोमयः सूर्यो मनश्चन्द्रमसि स्थितम् । बुद्धिर्ज्ञानगता नित्यं रसस्त्वप्सु प्रवर्तते ॥

tasya tejomayaḥ sūryo manaścandramasi sthitam | buddhirjñānagatā nityaṃ rasastvapsu pravartate

"His is the fiery sun, his the mind that rests in the moon; his the understanding that dwells always in knowledge, and taste works in the waters."

Verse 23 (12.286.23)

भ्रुवोरनन्तरास्तस्य ग्रहा दानवसत्तम । नक्षत्रचक्रं नेत्रं च आस्यमग्निं च दानव । तं विश्वभूतं विश्वादिं परमं विद्धि चेश्वरम् ॥

bhruvoranantarāstasya grahā dānavasattama | nakṣatracakraṃ netraṃ ca āsyamagniṃ ca dānava | taṃ viśvabhūtaṃ viśvādiṃ paramaṃ viddhi ceśvaram

"The planets lie close to his brows, best of Danavas; the wheel of the stars, his eye, and his mouth, which is fire, O Danava. Know him as the universe itself, the origin of the universe, the supreme Lord."

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (labelled 12-286-23a/b/c). Line 1 = CE 12.271.23a; line 2 is a variant of CE 12.271.23c (CE nakṣatracakraṃ netrābhyāṃ pādayor bhūś ca dānava; Wikisource नक्षत्रचक्रं नेत्रं च आस्यमग्निं च दानव, the page's footnote notes the CE-type reading as a variant); line 3 = the CE star line 12.271.23d*0725_01 (taṃ viśvabhūtaṃ viśvādiṃ paramaṃ viddhi ceśvaram). The alignment found no match because of the added line.

Verse 24 (12.286.24)

रजस्तमश्च सत्वं च विद्धि नारायणात्मकम् । सोऽऽश्रमाणां मुखं तात कर्मणस्तत्फलं विदुः ॥

rajastamaśca satvaṃ ca viddhi nārāyaṇātmakam | so''śramāṇāṃ mukhaṃ tāta karmaṇastatphalaṃ viduḥ

"Know rajas, tamas and sattva to be of Narayana's own nature. He is the mouth of the orders of life, dear son; they know him to be the fruit of action."

Note on the text: Corrected सोश्रमाणां → सोऽऽश्रमाणां (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha of सः + आश्रमाणाम् is dropped; CE so ''śramāṇāṃ).

Verse 25 (12.286.25)

अकर्मणः फलं चैव स एव परमोऽव्ययः । छन्दांसि यस्य रोमाणि ह्यक्षरं च सरस्वती ॥

akarmaṇaḥ phalaṃ caiva sa eva paramo'vyayaḥ | chandāṃsi yasya romāṇi hyakṣaraṃ ca sarasvatī

"And the fruit of non-action as well: he alone is the supreme, the imperishable. The metres are his hairs, and the imperishable Word and Sarasvati are his."

Verse 26 (12.286.26)

बह्वाश्रयो बहुमुखो धर्मो हृदि समाश्रितः । स ब्रह्मपरमो धर्मस्तपश्च सदसच्च सः ॥

bahvāśrayo bahumukho dharmo hṛdi samāśritaḥ | sa brahmaparamo dharmastapaśca sadasacca saḥ

"Dharma, with many supports and many mouths, rests in the heart. He is Dharma, the highest in Brahman; he is austerity, he is being and non-being."

Verse 27 (12.286.27)

श्रोत्रशास्त्रग्रहोपेतः षोडशर्त्विक्क्रतुश्च सः । पितामहश्च रुद्रश्च सोऽश्विनौ स पुरंदरः ॥

śrotraśāstragrahopetaḥ ṣoḍaśartvikkratuśca saḥ | pitāmahaśca rudraśca so'śvinau sa puraṃdaraḥ

"He is joined with hearing, the scriptures and the sacrificial cups, and he is the sacrifice with its sixteen priests. He is the Grandsire, he is Rudra, he is the two Ashvins, he is Purandara."

Note on the text: Corrected षोड्‌शर्त्विक्‌क्रतुश्च → षोडशर्त्विक्क्रतुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; षोड्‌श and क्‌क्रतु are printed with a stray halant and zero-width non-joiner, 'ṣoḍśa' for षोडश; CE ṣoḍaśartvikkratuś). Recension variants श्रोत्र (CE śruti) and रुद्रश्च (CE viṣṇuś) kept.

Verse 28 (12.286.28)

मित्रोऽथ वरुणश्चैव यमोऽथ धनदस्तथा । ते पृथग्दर्शनास्तस्य संविदन्ति तथैकताम् । एकस्य विद्धि देवस्य सर्वं जगदिदं वशे ॥

mitro'tha varuṇaścaiva yamo'tha dhanadastathā | te pṛthagdarśanāstasya saṃvidanti tathaikatām | ekasya viddhi devasya sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ vaśe

"Mitra and Varuna, Yama and Kubera: seen as distinct, they come to be known as one in him. Know that this whole world is under the sway of one God."

Verse 29 (12.286.29)

नानाभूतस्य दैत्येन्द्र तस्यैकत्वं वदन्त्यपि । जन्तुः पश्यति विज्ञानात्ततः सत्वं प्रकाशते ॥

nānābhūtasya daityendra tasyaikatvaṃ vadantyapi | jantuḥ paśyati vijñānāttataḥ satvaṃ prakāśate

"Though he takes many forms, lord of the Daityas, they speak of his oneness. The creature sees it by knowledge, and then goodness shines forth."

Verse 30 (12.286.30)

संहारविक्षेपसहस्रकोटी । स्तिष्ठन्ति जीवाः प्रचरन्ति चान्ये । प्रजाविसर्गस्य च पारिमाण्यं । वापीसहस्राणि बहूनि दैत्य ॥

saṃhāravikṣepasahasrakoṭī | stiṣṭhanti jīvāḥ pracaranti cānye | prajāvisargasya ca pārimāṇyaṃ | vāpīsahasrāṇi bahūni daitya

"There are thousands of crores of dissolutions and emissions; some souls remain, others move about. And for the measure of the emission of creatures there are many thousands of ponds, O Daitya."

Verse 31 (12.286.31)

वाप्यः पुनर्योजनविस्तृतास्ताः । क्रोशं च गम्भीरतयाऽवगाढाः । आयामतः पञ्चशताश्च सर्वाः । प्रत्येकशो योजनतः प्रवृद्धाः ॥

vāpyaḥ punaryojanavistṛtāstāḥ | krośaṃ ca gambhīratayā'vagāḍhāḥ | āyāmataḥ pañcaśatāśca sarvāḥ | pratyekaśo yojanataḥ pravṛddhāḥ

"Each of those ponds is a yojana wide, a krosha deep and five hundred in length, and each grows larger by a yojana in turn."

Verse 32 (12.286.32)

वाप्या जलं क्षिप्यति वालकोट्या । त्वह्ना सकृच्चाप्यथ न द्वितीयम् । तासां क्षये विद्धि परं विसर्गं । संहारमेकं च तथा प्रजानाम् ॥

vāpyā jalaṃ kṣipyati vālakoṭyā | tvahnā sakṛccāpyatha na dvitīyam | tāsāṃ kṣaye viddhi paraṃ visargaṃ | saṃhāramekaṃ ca tathā prajānām

"The water is drawn from a pond with the tip of a hair, once a day and not a second time. When those ponds are used up, know the supreme emission, and the one dissolution of beings."

Verse 33 (12.286.33)

षड्जीववर्णाः परमं प्रमाणं । कृष्णो धूम्रो नीलमथास्य मध्यम् । रक्तं पुनः सह्यतरं सुखं तु । हारिद्रवर्णं सुसुखं च शुक्लम् ॥

ṣaḍjīvavarṇāḥ paramaṃ pramāṇaṃ | kṛṣṇo dhūmro nīlamathāsya madhyam | raktaṃ punaḥ sahyataraṃ sukhaṃ tu | hāridravarṇaṃ susukhaṃ ca śuklam

"Six are the colours of souls, the highest measure: black, smoke-coloured, and blue, which is their middle; red, more bearable and pleasant; the turmeric-yellow, very pleasant; and the white."

Verse 34 (12.286.34)

परं तु शुक्लं विमलं विशोकं । गतक्लमं सिद्ध्यति दानवेन्द्र । गत्वा तु योनिप्रभवाणि दैत्य । सहस्रशः सिद्धिमुपैति जीवः ॥

paraṃ tu śuklaṃ vimalaṃ viśokaṃ | gataklamaṃ siddhyati dānavendra | gatvā tu yoniprabhavāṇi daitya | sahasraśaḥ siddhimupaiti jīvaḥ

"The highest is the white, stainless, free from sorrow, free from weariness; in it, lord of the Danavas, the soul is perfected. After going through thousands of births in many wombs, O Daitya, the soul attains perfection."

Verse 35 (12.286.35)

गतिं च यां दर्शनमाह देवो । गत्वा शुभं दर्शनमेव चापि । गतिः पुनर्वर्णकृता प्रजानां । वर्णस्तथा कालकृतोऽसुरेन्द्र ॥

gatiṃ ca yāṃ darśanamāha devo | gatvā śubhaṃ darśanameva cāpi | gatiḥ punarvarṇakṛtā prajānāṃ | varṇastathā kālakṛto'surendra

"As for the course which the God calls vision, having reached the good vision as well: the course of creatures is made by colour, and colour is made by time, lord of the Asuras."

Verse 36 (12.286.36)

शतं सहस्राणि चतुर्दशेह । परा गतिर्जीवगणस्य दैत्य । आरोहणं तत्कृतमेव विद्धि । स्थानं तथा निःसरणं च तेषाम् ॥

śataṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśeha | parā gatirjīvagaṇasya daitya | ārohaṇaṃ tatkṛtameva viddhi | sthānaṃ tathā niḥsaraṇaṃ ca teṣām

"Fourteen hundred-thousands is the highest course of the host of souls here, O Daitya. Know their ascent to be made by that, and their staying and their going out."

Verse 37 (12.286.37)

योऽस्मादथ भ्रश्यति कालयोगा । त्कृष्णे वर्णे तिष्ठति सर्वकृष्टे । अतिप्रसक्तो निरयाच्च दैत्य । ततस्ततः संपरिवर्तते च ॥

yo'smādatha bhraśyati kālayogā | tkṛṣṇe varṇe tiṣṭhati sarvakṛṣṭe | atiprasakto nirayācca daitya | tatastataḥ saṃparivartate ca

"Whoever falls from this by the working of time remains in the black colour, the lowest of all. Clinging fast, O Daitya, he keeps turning round from hell to hell."

Note on the text: Removed the backtick that opens this verse, and the closing quote mark and stray doubled daṇḍa (च।') printed after its last line. Not in the critical edition's constituted text as a verse: lines 3-4 are the CE star passage 12.271.36b*0727_01-02 (atiprasakto nirayāc ca daitya / tatas tataḥ saṃparivartate ca), printed after 12.271.36a; lines 1-2 (योऽस्मादथ भ्रश्यति कालयोगात् / कृष्णे वर्णे तिष्ठति सर्वकृष्टे) echo CE 12.271.44ab (so 'smād atha bhraśyati kālayogāt / kṛṣṇe tale tiṣṭhati sarvakaṣṭe). Wikisource has the CE's 44ab again as verse 45.

Verse 38 (12.286.38)

कृष्णस्य वर्णस्य गतिर्निकृष्टा । स मज्जते नरके पच्यमानः । स्थानं तथा दुर्गतिभिस्तु तस्य । प्रजाविसर्गान्सुबहून्वदन्ति ॥

kṛṣṇasya varṇasya gatirnikṛṣṭā | sa majjate narake pacyamānaḥ | sthānaṃ tathā durgatibhistu tasya | prajāvisargānsubahūnvadanti

"The course of the black colour is the lowest. He sinks in hell, cooked there; and they say his stations lie in evil fates, through very many emissions of creatures."

Note on the text: Corrected निकुष्टा → निकृष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; उ for ऋ; CE nikṛṣṭā).

Verse 39 (12.286.39)

शतं सहस्राणि ततश्चरित्वा । प्राप्नोति वर्णं हरितं तु पश्चात् । स चैव तस्मिन्निवसत्यनिशो । युगक्षयं तमसा संवृतात्मा ॥

śataṃ sahasrāṇi tataścaritvā | prāpnoti varṇaṃ haritaṃ tu paścāt | sa caiva tasminnivasatyaniśo | yugakṣayaṃ tamasā saṃvṛtātmā

"After wandering a hundred thousand births he later reaches the green colour, and there he stays without pause until the end of the age, his soul wrapped in darkness."

Verse 40 (12.286.40)

स वै यदा सत्वगुणेन युक्त । स्तमो व्यपोहन्घटते स्वबुद्ध्या । स लोहितं वर्णमुपैति नीला । न्मनुष्यलोके परिवर्तते च ॥

sa vai yadā satvaguṇena yukta | stamo vyapohanghaṭate svabuddhyā | sa lohitaṃ varṇamupaiti nīlā | nmanuṣyaloke parivartate ca

"When he is joined with the quality of goodness and strives by his own understanding to drive off the darkness, he leaves the blue and takes on the red colour, and turns about in the world of men."

Verse 41 (12.286.41)

स तत्र संहारविसर्गमेकं । स्वकर्मजैर्बन्धनैः क्लिश्यमानः । ततः स हारिद्रमुपैति वर्णं । संहारविक्षेपशते व्यतीते ॥

sa tatra saṃhāravisargamekaṃ | svakarmajairbandhanaiḥ kliśyamānaḥ | tataḥ sa hāridramupaiti varṇaṃ | saṃhāravikṣepaśate vyatīte

"There he spends one dissolution and emission, tormented by the bonds born of his own deeds; then, when a hundred dissolutions and emissions have passed, he reaches the yellow colour."

Verse 42 (12.286.42)

हारिद्रवर्णस्तु प्रजाविसर्गा । त्सहस्रशस्तिष्ठति संचरन्वै । अविप्रमुक्तो निरये च दैत्य । ततः सहस्राणि दशापराणि ॥

hāridravarṇastu prajāvisargā | tsahasraśastiṣṭhati saṃcaranvai | avipramukto niraye ca daitya | tataḥ sahasrāṇi daśāparāṇi

"In the yellow colour he stays through thousands of emissions of creatures, wandering, and he is not freed from hell, O Daitya; after that, ten thousand more."

Verse 43 (12.286.43)

गतीः सहस्राणि च पञ्च तस्य । चत्वारि संवर्तकृतानि चैव । विमुक्तमेनं निरयाच्च विद्धि । सर्वेषु चान्येषु च संभवेषु ॥

gatīḥ sahasrāṇi ca pañca tasya | catvāri saṃvartakṛtāni caiva | vimuktamenaṃ nirayācca viddhi | sarveṣu cānyeṣu ca saṃbhaveṣu

"Five thousand are his courses, and four more made by the world-dissolutions. Know him then released from hell and from all other births."

Verse 44 (12.286.44)

स देवलोके विहरत्यभीक्ष्णं । ततश्च्युतो मानुषतामुपैति । संहारविक्षेपशतानि चाष्टौ । मर्त्येषु तिष्ठन्नमृतत्वमेति ॥

sa devaloke viharatyabhīkṣṇaṃ | tataścyuto mānuṣatāmupaiti | saṃhāravikṣepaśatāni cāṣṭau | martyeṣu tiṣṭhannamṛtatvameti

"He roams constantly in the world of the gods, then, falling from there, comes to the human state; there, staying among mortals through eight hundred dissolutions and emissions, he reaches immortality."

Note on the text: Corrected तिष्ठन्नमृतत्वमेवि → तिष्ठन्नमृतत्वमेति (misprint in Wikisource; वि for ति; CE amṛtatvam eti).

Verse 45 (12.286.45)

सोऽस्मादथ भ्रश्यति कालयोगा । त्कृष्णे तले तिष्ठति सर्वकृष्टे । यथा त्वयं सिध्यति जीवलोक । स्तत्तेऽभिधास्याम्यसुरप्रवीर ॥

so'smādatha bhraśyati kālayogā | tkṛṣṇe tale tiṣṭhati sarvakṛṣṭe | yathā tvayaṃ sidhyati jīvaloka | statte'bhidhāsyāmyasurapravīra

"Then, by the working of time, he falls from this and stays on the black ground, the lowest of all. How this world of souls attains perfection, that I shall tell you, hero among the Asuras."

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽस्मादय → सोऽस्मादथ (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; CE so 'smād atha).

Verse 46 (12.286.46)

दैवानि स व्यूहशतानि सप्त । रक्तो हरिद्रोऽथ तथैव शुक्लः । संश्रित्य संधावति शुक्लमेत । मष्टावरानर्च्यतमान्स लोकान् ॥

daivāni sa vyūhaśatāni sapta | rakto haridro'tha tathaiva śuklaḥ | saṃśritya saṃdhāvati śuklameta | maṣṭāvarānarcyatamānsa lokān

"There are seven hundred divine formations: red, yellow and likewise white. Relying on them he runs to this white, and to the eight lower worlds most worthy of worship."

Verse 47 (12.286.47)

अष्टौ च षष्टिं च शतानि चैव । मनोविरुद्धानि महाद्युतीनाम् । शुक्लस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या । त्रीण्येव रुद्धानि महानुभाव ॥

aṣṭau ca ṣaṣṭiṃ ca śatāni caiva | manoviruddhāni mahādyutīnām | śuklasya varṇasya parā gatiryā | trīṇyeva ruddhāni mahānubhāva

"Eight, sixty, and hundreds besides are contrary to the mind among the greatly radiant ones. In the highest course of the white colour, O mighty one, three alone are barred."

Verse 48 (12.286.48)

संहारविक्षेपमनिष्टमेकं । चत्वारि चान्यानि वसत्यनीशः । षष्ठस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या । सिद्धावसिद्धस्य गतक्लमस्य ॥

saṃhāravikṣepamaniṣṭamekaṃ | catvāri cānyāni vasatyanīśaḥ | ṣaṣṭhasya varṇasya parā gatiryā | siddhāvasiddhasya gataklamasya

"One unwelcome dissolution-and-emission, and four others, he passes without mastery. The highest course of the sixth colour is that of one who is free from weariness, perfected yet not fully perfected."

Note on the text: Corrected संहाराविक्षेपमनिष्टमेकं → संहारविक्षेपमनिष्टमेकं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā; CE saṃhāravikṣepam aniṣṭam ekaṃ) and गतक्लमस्यर → गतक्लमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray final र; CE gataklamasya). सिद्धावसिद्धस्य against CE siddhā viśiṣṭasya is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 49 (12.286.49)

सप्तोत्तरं तेषु वसत्यनीशः । संहारविक्षेपशतं सशेषम् । तस्मादुपावृत्य मनुष्यलोके । ततो महान्मानुषतामुपैति ॥

saptottaraṃ teṣu vasatyanīśaḥ | saṃhāravikṣepaśataṃ saśeṣam | tasmādupāvṛtya manuṣyaloke | tato mahānmānuṣatāmupaiti

"In these he dwells without mastery for a hundred dissolutions and emissions and seven more, with some still remaining. Turning back from there to the world of men, he then, a great one, takes on the human state."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.271.48): Wikisource prints only the last quarter, ततो महान्मानुषतामुपैति (labelled 12-286-49f, a lone last line); the other three quarters (CE 12.271.48a, 48b, 48c: saptottaraṃ teṣu vasaty anīśaḥ / saṃhāravikṣepaśataṃ saśeṣam / tasmād upāvṛtya manuṣyaloke) are written here in Devanagari from the CE, exactly as the CE has them.

Verse 50 (12.286.50)

तस्मादुपावृत्य ततः क्रमेण । सोऽग्रेण संतिष्ठति भूतसर्गम् । स सप्तकृत्वश्च परैति लोका । न्संहारविक्षेपकृतप्रवासः ॥

tasmādupāvṛtya tataḥ krameṇa | so'greṇa saṃtiṣṭhati bhūtasargam | sa saptakṛtvaśca paraiti lokā | nsaṃhāravikṣepakṛtapravāsaḥ

"Turning back from there, in due order, he stands foremost in the creation of beings. Seven times he passes through the worlds, his sojourns made by dissolution and emission."

Note on the text: Corrected सोग्रेण → सोऽग्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha is dropped). Wikisource's reading is otherwise kept, though the CE has so 'gre sma (12.271.49a). Line 1 repeats CE 12.271.49a with ततः क्रमेण.

Verse 51 (12.286.51)

सप्तैव संहारमुपप्लवानि । संभाव्य संतिष्ठति सिद्धलोके । ततोऽव्ययं स्थानमनन्तमेति । देवस्य विष्णोरथ ब्रह्मणश्च । शेषस्य चैवाथ नरस्य चैव । देवस्य विष्णोः परमस्य चैव ॥

saptaiva saṃhāramupaplavāni | saṃbhāvya saṃtiṣṭhati siddhaloke | tato'vyayaṃ sthānamanantameti | devasya viṣṇoratha brahmaṇaśca | śeṣasya caivātha narasya caiva | devasya viṣṇoḥ paramasya caiva

"Having passed through seven dissolutions and deluges, he abides in the world of the perfected. Then he reaches the imperishable, endless abode of the God Vishnu and of Brahma, of Shesha and of Nara, and of the God Vishnu, the supreme."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.271.50): Wikisource prints only the last quarter, देवस्य विष्णोः परमस्य चैव (labelled 12-286-51f, a lone last line); the other five quarters (CE 12.271.50a, 50b, 50c, 50d, 50e first half: saptaiva saṃhāram upaplavāni / saṃbhāvya saṃtiṣṭhati siddhaloke / tato 'vyayaṃ sthānam anantam eti / devasya viṣṇor atha brahmaṇaś ca / śeṣasya caivātha narasya caiva) are written here in Devanagari from the CE, exactly as the CE has them. The CE verse has six quarters, printed as 50a, 50c, 50e.

Verse 52 (12.286.52)

संहारकाले परिदग्धकाया । ब्रह्माणमायान्ति सदा प्रजाहि । चेष्टात्मनो देवगणाश्च सर्वे । ये ब्रह्मलोके ह्यमराः स्म तेऽपि ॥

saṃhārakāle paridagdhakāyā | brahmāṇamāyānti sadā prajāhi | ceṣṭātmano devagaṇāśca sarve | ye brahmaloke hyamarāḥ sma te'pi

"At the time of dissolution, their bodies burnt away, creatures always come to Brahma; and so too all the hosts of gods whose nature is action, even those who are immortals in Brahma's world."

Note on the text: Corrected परदिग्धकाया → परिदग्धकाया (misprint in Wikisource; the letters are transposed, and परदिग्ध is not a word here; CE paridagdhakāyā). Recension variants ब्रह्मलोके ह्यमराः (CE brahmalokād amarāḥ) kept.

Verse 53 (12.286.53)

प्रजानिसर्गे तु स शेषकाले । स्थानानि स्वान्येव सरन्ति जीवाः । निःशेषतस्तत्पदं वान्ति चान्ते । सर्वे देवा ये सदृशा मनुष्याः ॥

prajānisarge tu sa śeṣakāle | sthānāni svānyeva saranti jīvāḥ | niḥśeṣatastatpadaṃ vānti cānte | sarve devā ye sadṛśā manuṣyāḥ

"At the creation of beings, in the time that remains, souls move to their own places. At the end they depart entirely to that state: all the gods who are like men."

Verse 54 (12.286.54)

ये तु च्युताः सिद्धलोकात्क्रमेण । तेषां गतिं यान्ति यथाऽऽनुपूर्व्या । जीवाः परे तद्बलवेषरूपाः । स्वकं विधिं यान्ति विपर्ययेण ॥

ye tu cyutāḥ siddhalokātkrameṇa | teṣāṃ gatiṃ yānti yathā''nupūrvyā | jīvāḥ pare tadbalaveṣarūpāḥ | svakaṃ vidhiṃ yānti viparyayeṇa

"Those who fall in due order from the world of the perfected, other souls too, with the strength, bearing and form they had, follow the course that is theirs in the same order, each going to his own appointed lot, but in reverse."

Note on the text: Corrected विषर्ययेण → विपर्ययेण (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; CE viparyayeṇa).

Verse 55 (12.286.55)

स यावदेवास्ति सशेषभुक्तिः । प्रजाश्च देव्यौ च तथैव शुक्ले । तावत्तदङ्गेषु विशुद्धभावः । संयम्य पञ्चेन्द्रियरूपमेतत् ॥

sa yāvadevāsti saśeṣabhuktiḥ | prajāśca devyau ca tathaiva śukle | tāvattadaṅgeṣu viśuddhabhāvaḥ | saṃyamya pañcendriyarūpametat

"As long as any remainder of enjoyment is left to him, among creatures and the two goddesses, and likewise in the white, for so long, pure in feeling in its parts, restraining this form of the five senses,"

Verse 56 (12.286.56)

शुद्धां गतिं तां परमां परैति । शुद्धेन नित्यं मनसा विचिन्वन् । ततोऽव्ययं स्थानमुपैति ब्रह्म । दुष्प्रापमभ्येति स शाश्वतं वै । इत्येतदाख्यातमहीनसत्त्व । नारायणस्येह बलं मया ते ॥

śuddhāṃ gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ paraiti | śuddhena nityaṃ manasā vicinvan | tato'vyayaṃ sthānamupaiti brahma | duṣprāpamabhyeti sa śāśvataṃ vai | ityetadākhyātamahīnasattva | nārāyaṇasyeha balaṃ mayā te

"he reaches that pure, supreme state, ever reflecting with a pure mind; then he reaches the imperishable abode, Brahman, hard to attain, and goes to the eternal. Thus, O you of undiminished strength, the power of Narayana here has been told to you by me."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.271.55): Wikisource prints only the last quarter, नारायणस्येह बलं मया ते (labelled 12-286-56f, a lone last line; the page's footnote to 56 cites the lost reading दुष्प्रापमभ्येति स); the other five quarters (CE 12.271.55a, 55b, 55c, 55d, 55e first half: śuddhāṃ gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ paraiti / śuddhena nityaṃ manasā vicinvan / tato 'vyayaṃ sthānam upaiti brahma / duṣprāpam abhyeti sa śāśvataṃ vai / ity etad ākhyātam ahīnasattva) are written here in Devanagari from the CE, exactly as the CE has them (सत्त्व with the doubled त्, as the CE). The CE verse has six quarters, printed as 55a, 55c, 55e.

Verse 57 (12.286.57)

एवं गते मे न विषादोऽस्ति कश्चि । त्सम्यक्च पश्यामि वचस्तथैतत् । श्रुत्वा तु ते वाचमदीनसत्व । विकल्मषोऽस्म्यद्य तथा विपाप्मा ॥

evaṃ gate me na viṣādo'sti kaści | tsamyakca paśyāmi vacastathaitat | śrutvā tu te vācamadīnasatva | vikalmaṣo'smyadya tathā vipāpmā

"This being so, I have no sorrow at all, and I see the truth of your words rightly. Having heard your speech, O one of unfailing courage, I am today free from stain and free from sin."

Note on the text: Corrected विषादोस्ति → विषादोऽस्ति and विकल्मषोस्म्यद्य → विकल्मषोऽस्म्यद्य (misprints in Wikisource; the avagraha is dropped in both; CE viṣādo 'sti, vikalmaṣo 'smy adya) and विपाष्मा → विपाप्मा (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; CE vipāpmā). The CE's two introductory star lines (12.271.56*0728_01-02, evaṃ sa devo bhagavān uvāca / sanatkumāro madhurābhibhāṣī) are not on the page.

Verse 58 (12.286.58)

प्रवृत्तमेतद्भगवन्महर्षे । महाद्युतेश्चक्रमनन्तवीर्यम् । विष्णोरनन्तस्य सनातनं तत् । स्थानं सर्गा यत्र सर्वे प्रवृत्ताः । स वै महात्मा पुरुषोत्तमो वै । तस्मिञ्जगत्सर्वमिदं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

pravṛttametadbhagavanmaharṣe | mahādyuteścakramanantavīryam | viṣṇoranantasya sanātanaṃ tat | sthānaṃ sargā yatra sarve pravṛttāḥ | sa vai mahātmā puruṣottamo vai | tasmiñjagatsarvamidaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

"This wheel of the greatly radiant one of boundless prowess has been set turning, O blessed great seer. It is the eternal abode of the endless Vishnu, in which all creations have come into being. He is the great soul, the highest of persons; in him this whole world is established."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.271.57): Wikisource prints only the last quarter, तस्मिज्जगत्सर्वमिदं प्रतिष्ठितम् (labelled 12-286-58f, a lone last line), where तस्मिज्जगत् is corrected to तस्मिञ्जगत् (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal ञ् is dropped; CE tasmiñ jagat). The other five quarters (CE 12.271.57a, 57b, 57c, 57d, 57e first half: pravṛttam etad bhagavan maharṣe / mahādyuteś cakram anantavīryam / viṣṇor anantasya sanātanaṃ tat / sthānaṃ sargā yatra sarve pravṛttāḥ / sa vai mahātmā puruṣottamo vai) are written here in Devanagari from the CE, exactly as the CE has them. The CE verse has six quarters, printed as 57a, 57c, 57e.

Verse 59 (12.286.59)

एवमुक्त्वा स कौन्तेय वृत्रः प्राणानवासृजत् । योजयित्वा तथाऽऽत्मानं परं स्थानमवाप्तवान् ॥

evamuktvā sa kaunteya vṛtraḥ prāṇānavāsṛjat | yojayitvā tathā''tmānaṃ paraṃ sthānamavāptavān

Having said this, son of Kunti, Vritra gave up his breath; yoking his self to the Supreme, he reached the highest abode.

Verse 60 (12.286.60)

अयं स भगवान्देवः पितामह जनार्दनः । सनत्कुमारो वृत्राय यत्तदाख्यातवान्पुरा ॥

ayaṃ sa bhagavāndevaḥ pitāmaha janārdanaḥ | sanatkumāro vṛtrāya yattadākhyātavānpurā

"Is this blessed God, grandfather, Janardana himself, whom Sanatkumara described to Vritra long ago?"

Verse 61 (12.286.61)

मूलस्थायी स भगवान्स्वेनानन्तेन तेजसा । तत्स्थः सृजति तान्भावानात्मरूपान्महामनाः ॥

mūlasthāyī sa bhagavānsvenānantena tejasā | tatsthaḥ sṛjati tānbhāvānātmarūpānmahāmanāḥ

"The blessed one who abides at the root, by his own endless radiance, standing there creates those beings in the forms of himself, the great-minded."

Verse 62 (12.286.62)

तुरीयांशेन तस्येमं विद्धि केशवमच्युतम् । तुरीयांशेन ब्रह्माणं तस्य विद्धि महात्मनः । तुरीयार्धेन लोकांस्त्रीन्भावयत्येव बुद्धिमान् ॥

turīyāṃśena tasyemaṃ viddhi keśavamacyutam | turīyāṃśena brahmāṇaṃ tasya viddhi mahātmanaḥ | turīyārdhena lokāṃstrīnbhāvayatyeva buddhimān

"By a fourth part of him know this Keshava, the unfailing; by a fourth part of that great soul know Brahma; and with half of a fourth the wise one brings the three worlds into being."

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and closing quote mark Wikisource prints round line 2 (with a doubled daṇḍa). Three-line verse, as on the page (labelled 12-286-62a/b/c): line 1 is a variant of CE 12.271.61a (तुरीयांशेन for turīyārdhena); line 2 = the CE star line 12.271.61b*0729_01 (turīyārdhena brahmāṇaṃ tasya viddhi mahātmanaḥ; again with तुरीयांशेन); line 3 = CE 12.271.61c. The alignment found no match because of the added line.

Verse 63 (12.286.63)

अर्वाक्स्थितस्तु यः स्थायी कल्पान्ते परिवर्तते । स शेते भगवानप्सु योऽसावतिबलः प्रभुः । तान्विधाता प्रसन्नात्मा लोकांश्चरति शाश्वतान् ॥

arvāksthitastu yaḥ sthāyī kalpānte parivartate | sa śete bhagavānapsu yo'sāvatibalaḥ prabhuḥ | tānvidhātā prasannātmā lokāṃścarati śāśvatān

"He who stands nearer and endures, who turns about at the end of the age, the blessed and mighty Lord, lies on the waters; and the Ordainer, tranquil in spirit, moves among those everlasting worlds."

Note on the text: Corrected तान्विघाता → तान्विधाता (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; CE tān vidhātā).

Verse 64 (12.286.64)

सर्वाण्यशून्यानि करोत्यनन्तः । सनातनः संचरते च लोकान् । स चानिरुद्धः सृजते महात्मा । तत्स्थं जगत्सर्वमिदं विचित्रम् ॥

sarvāṇyaśūnyāni karotyanantaḥ | sanātanaḥ saṃcarate ca lokān | sa cāniruddhaḥ sṛjate mahātmā | tatsthaṃ jagatsarvamidaṃ vicitram

"The Endless fills all things; the Eternal moves through the worlds. He is Aniruddha, the great soul, who creates; in him this whole varied world rests."

Verse 65 (12.286.65)

वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्येऽऽत्मनो गतिः । सुखात्तस्मात्स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह ॥

vṛtreṇa paramārthajña dṛṣṭā manye''tmano gatiḥ | sukhāttasmātsa sukhito na śocati pitāmaha

"Vritra, O knower of the highest truth, saw the way of the self, as I think; and so, from that happiness, he was happy and did not grieve, grandfather."

Note on the text: Corrected मन्येत्मनो → मन्येऽऽत्मनो (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha of मन्ये + आत्मनः is dropped; CE manye ''tmano). Line 2 सुखात्तस्मात्स सुखितो against CE śubhā tasmāt sa sukhito (the page's footnote notes the variant शुभा गतिः) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 66 (12.286.66)

शुक्लः शुक्लाभिजातीयः साध्यो नावर्ततेऽनघ । तिर्यग्गतेश्च निर्मुक्तो निरयाच्च पितामह ॥

śuklaḥ śuklābhijātīyaḥ sādhyo nāvartate'nagha | tiryaggateśca nirmukto nirayācca pitāmaha

"One who is white, of white birth, who is on his way to perfection, does not return, blameless one; he is freed from the animal course and from hell, grandfather."

Verse 67 (12.286.67)

हारिद्रवर्णे रक्ते वा वर्तमानस्तु पार्थिव । तिर्यगेवानुपश्येत कर्मभिस्तामसैर्वृतः ॥

hāridravarṇe rakte vā vartamānastu pārthiva | tiryagevānupaśyeta karmabhistāmasairvṛtaḥ

"But one who remains in the yellow or the red, O king, wrapped in actions of darkness, sees before him only the animal state."

Verse 68 (12.286.68)

वयं तु भृशमापन्ना रक्ताः कष्टाः सुखेऽसुखे । कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यामो नीलां कृष्णाधमामथ ॥

vayaṃ tu bhṛśamāpannā raktāḥ kaṣṭāḥ sukhe'sukhe | kāṃ gatiṃ pratipatsyāmo nīlāṃ kṛṣṇādhamāmatha

"We, however, are deeply afflicted, red in colour, in hardship, in unhappiness amid happiness. Which course shall we reach, the blue, or the black that is lowest of all?"

Verse 69 (12.286.69)

शुद्धाभिजनसंपन्नाः पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः । विहत्य देवलोकेषु पुनर्मानुषमेष्यथ ॥

śuddhābhijanasaṃpannāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | vihatya devalokeṣu punarmānuṣameṣyatha

"You Pandavas, of pure lineage and firm vows, after sporting in the worlds of the gods, will become human again."

Note on the text: Corrected पुनर्मानुषमेध्यथ → पुनर्मानुषमेष्यथ (misprint in Wikisource; ध्य for ष्य, 'you will grow' for 'you will become'; the CE reads punar mānuṣyam eṣyatha).

Verse 70 (12.286.70)

प्रजाविसर्गं च सुखेन लोके । प्रेत्यान्येदेहेषु सुखानि भुक्त्वा । सुखेन संयास्यथ सिद्धसङ्ख्यां । मा वो भयं भवतु न वोऽस्तु पापम् ॥

prajāvisargaṃ ca sukhena loke | pretyānyedeheṣu sukhāni bhuktvā | sukhena saṃyāsyatha siddhasaṅkhyāṃ | mā vo bhayaṃ bhavatu na vo'stu pāpam

"Having happily lived through the emission of beings in the world, and after death enjoyed pleasures in other bodies, you will happily come into the number of the perfected. Let there be no fear for you, and no sin."