The Lord Reveals Himself to Narada

Verse 1 (12.347.1)

एवं स्तुतः स भगवान् गुह्यैस्तथ्यैश्च नामभिः । भगवान्विश्वसृक्सिंहः सर्वमूर्तिमयः प्रभुः । दर्शयामास मुनये रूपं तत्परमं हरिः ॥

evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān guhyaistathyaiśca nāmabhiḥ | bhagavānviśvasṛksiṃhaḥ sarvamūrtimayaḥ prabhuḥ | darśayāmāsa munaye rūpaṃ tatparamaṃ hariḥ

Thus praised with his secret and true names, the Blessed One, Hari, the lord, the lion, creator of the universe and made of all forms, showed the sage his supreme form.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Removed a stray backtick and apostrophe and a doubled stop around line 2. Three-line verse as printed (12-347-1a/b/c). Line 1 = CE 12.326.1a (the page's footnote notes the variant स्तब्यैश्च); line 2 is a Wikisource variant of CE 12.326.16c (bhagavān viśvadṛk siṃhaḥ sarvamūrtir mahāprabhuḥ), here placed inside this verse; line 3 replaces CE 1c (taṃ muniṃ darśayām āsa nāradaṃ viśvarūpadhṛk), also noted as a variant in the page's footnote. Kept as printed.

Verse 2 (12.347.2)

किंचिच्चन्द्राद्विशुद्धात्मा किंचिच्चन्द्राद्विशेषवान् । कृशानुवर्णः किंचिच्च किंचिद्धिष्ण्याकृतिः प्रभुः ॥

kiṃciccandrādviśuddhātmā kiṃciccandrādviśeṣavān | kṛśānuvarṇaḥ kiṃcicca kiṃciddhiṣṇyākṛtiḥ prabhuḥ

In part he was purer than the moon, in part more excellent than the moon; in part the colour of fire, and in part, the Lord, he had the shape of a star.

Verse 3 (12.347.3)

शुकपत्रनिभः किंचित्किंचित्स्फटिकसन्निभः । नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यो जातरूपप्रभः क्वचित् ॥

śukapatranibhaḥ kiṃcitkiṃcitsphaṭikasannibhaḥ | nīlāñjanacayaprakhyo jātarūpaprabhaḥ kvacit

In places he was like a parrot's wing, in places like crystal; like a heap of dark collyrium in one place, with the glow of gold in another.

Verse 4 (12.347.4)

प्रबालाङ्कुरवर्णश्च श्वेतवर्णस्तथा क्वचित् । क्वचित्सुवर्णवर्णाभो वैदूर्यसदृशः क्वचित् ॥

prabālāṅkuravarṇaśca śvetavarṇastathā kvacit | kvacitsuvarṇavarṇābho vaidūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit

He was the colour of coral sprouts, and white in places; in places of the hue of fine gold, in places like beryl.

Verse 5 (12.347.5)

नीलवैदूर्यसदृश इन्द्रनीलनिभः क्वचित् । मयूरग्रीववर्णाभो मुक्ताहारनिभः क्वचित् ॥

nīlavaidūryasadṛśa indranīlanibhaḥ kvacit | mayūragrīvavarṇābho muktāhāranibhaḥ kvacit

In places he was like blue beryl, in places like sapphire; he had the hue of a peacock's neck, and in places was like a necklace of pearls.

Note on the text: Corrected नीलवैर्दूर्यसदृश → नीलवैदूर्यसदृश (misprint in Wikisource; र् inserted in वैदूर्य; CE nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśa).

Verse 6 (12.347.6)

एतान्बहुविधान्वर्णान्रूपैर्बिभ्रत्सनातनः । सहस्रनयनः श्रीमाञ्छतशीर्षः सहस्रपात् ॥

etānbahuvidhānvarṇānrūpairbibhratsanātanaḥ | sahasranayanaḥ śrīmāñchataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt

Bearing all these many kinds of hues in his forms, the Eternal One, glorious, had a thousand eyes, a hundred heads and a thousand feet,

Note on the text: Corrected बहुधान्वर्णान् → बहुविधान्वर्णान् (misprint in Wikisource; बहुधान् is not a word; the syllable वि is dropped; CE etān varṇān bahuvidhān). Wikisource रूपैर् against CE rūpe is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 7 (12.347.7)

सहस्रोदरबाहुश्च अव्यक्त इति च क्वचित् । ओंकारमुद्गिरन्वक्रात्सावित्रीं च तदन्वयाम् ॥

sahasrodarabāhuśca avyakta iti ca kvacit | oṃkāramudgiranvakrātsāvitrīṃ ca tadanvayām

a thousand bellies and arms, and in places unmanifest; from his mouth he uttered Om and the Savitri with the verses that follow it,

Note on the text: Wikisource सावित्रीं against the page's footnote variant गायत्रीं; the printed reading is kept.

Verse 8 (12.347.8)

शेषेभ्यश्चैव वक्रेभ्यश्चतुर्वेदान्गिरन्बहून् । आरण्यकं जगौ देवो हरिर्नारायणो वशी ॥

śeṣebhyaścaiva vakrebhyaścaturvedāngiranbahūn | āraṇyakaṃ jagau devo harirnārāyaṇo vaśī

and from his other mouths he uttered the four Vedas in their many forms; the god Hari Narayana, master of himself, chanted the Aranyaka.

Verse 9 (12.347.9)

वेदिं कमण्डलुं दर्भान्मणिरूपांस्तथा कुशान् । अजिनं दण्डकाष्ठं च ज्वलितं च हुताशनम् । धारयामास देवेशो हस्तैर्यज्ञपतिस्तदा ॥

vediṃ kamaṇḍaluṃ darbhānmaṇirūpāṃstathā kuśān | ajinaṃ daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ ca jvalitaṃ ca hutāśanam | dhārayāmāsa deveśo hastairyajñapatistadā

In his hands the lord of gods held an altar, a water-pot, darbha grass, kusha blades like jewels, a deerskin, a staff of wood, and a blazing fire, as lord of sacrifice.

Note on the text: Three-line verse as printed (12-347-9a/b/c); lines = CE 12.326.9a, 9c, 9e (Wikisource मणिरूपांस्तथा कुशान् for CE maṇirūpān athopalān is a recension variant, noted in the page's footnote, kept).

Verse 10 (12.347.10)

तं प्रसन्नं प्रसन्नात्मा नारदो द्विजसत्तमः । वाग्यतः प्रणतो भूत्वा ववन्दे परमेश्वरम् ॥

taṃ prasannaṃ prasannātmā nārado dvijasattamaḥ | vāgyataḥ praṇato bhūtvā vavande parameśvaram

Narada, the best of brahmins, serene of heart at the sight of him, silent and bowing, saluted the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.10a, 10c (Wikisource प्रणतो for CE prayato is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (12.347.11)

तमुवाच नतं मूर्ध्ना देवानामादिरव्ययः ॥

tamuvāca nataṃ mūrdhnā devānāmādiravyayaḥ

To him, who bowed with his head low, the imperishable first of the gods said:

Note on the text: Single line as printed (12-347-11a): CE 12.326.10e. It introduces the Lord's speech.

Verse 12 (12.347.12)

एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चैव महर्षयः । इमं देशमनुप्राप्ता मम दर्शनलालसाः ॥

ekataśca dvitaścaiva tritaścaiva maharṣayaḥ | imaṃ deśamanuprāptā mama darśanalālasāḥ

"Ekata, Dvita and Trita, the great sages, came to this place longing to see me."

Verse 13 (12.347.13)

न च मां ते ददृशिरे न च द्रक्ष्यति कश्चन । ऋते ह्यैकान्तिकश्रेष्ठात्त्वं चैवैकान्तिकोत्तम ॥

na ca māṃ te dadṛśire na ca drakṣyati kaścana | ṛte hyaikāntikaśreṣṭhāttvaṃ caivaikāntikottama

"Yet they did not see me, nor will anyone else see me, except one who is foremost among the single-minded; and you too, best of the single-minded, are such."

Verse 14 (12.347.14)

ममैतास्तनवः श्रेष्ठा जाता धर्मगृहे द्विज । तास्त्वं भजस्व सततं साधयस्व यथागतम् ॥

mamaitāstanavaḥ śreṣṭhā jātā dharmagṛhe dvija | tāstvaṃ bhajasva satataṃ sādhayasva yathāgatam

"These excellent bodies of mine, O twice-born, were born in the house of Dharma. Worship them always, and accomplish what you came to do."

Verse 15 (12.347.15)

वृणीष्व च वरं प्रिय मत्तस्त्वं यदिहेच्छसि । प्रसन्नोऽहं तवाद्येह विश्वमूर्तिरिहाव्ययः ॥

vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ priya mattastvaṃ yadihecchasi | prasanno'haṃ tavādyeha viśvamūrtirihāvyayaḥ

"Choose a boon, dear one, whatever you wish here from me. I am pleased with you today; here I stand, imperishable, in the form of the universe."

Note on the text: Wikisource वरं प्रिय for CE varaṃ vipra is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 16 (12.347.16)

अद्य मे तपसो देव यमस्य नियमस्य च । सद्यः फलमवाप्तं वै दृष्टो यद्भगवान्मया ॥

adya me tapaso deva yamasya niyamasya ca | sadyaḥ phalamavāptaṃ vai dṛṣṭo yadbhagavānmayā

"Today, O God, the fruit of my austerity, my restraint and my observance has been won at once, since I have seen the Blessed One."

Verse 17 (12.347.17)

वर एष ममात्यन्तं दृष्टस्त्वं यत्सनातनः । भगवन्विश्वदृक् सिंहः सर्वमूर्तिर्महान्प्रभुः ॥

vara eṣa mamātyantaṃ dṛṣṭastvaṃ yatsanātanaḥ | bhagavanviśvadṛk siṃhaḥ sarvamūrtirmahānprabhuḥ

"This is my utmost boon, that I have seen you, the Eternal: Blessed One, seer of the universe, lion, formed of all forms, great Lord."

Verse 18 (12.347.18)

एवं संदर्शयित्वा तु नारदं परमेष्ठिजम् । उवाच वचनं भूयो गच्छ नारद माचिरम् ॥

evaṃ saṃdarśayitvā tu nāradaṃ parameṣṭhijam | uvāca vacanaṃ bhūyo gaccha nārada māciram

Having thus shown himself to Narada, the son of Brahma, he spoke again: "Go, Narada, do not delay."

Note on the text: Line 1 is narration, line 2 introduces and begins the Lord's speech ("Go, Narada"); kept with the narrator, as printed.

Verse 19 (12.347.19)

इमे ह्यनिन्द्रियाहारा मद्भक्ताश्चन्द्रवर्चसः । एकाग्राश्चिन्तयेयुर्मां नैषां विघ्नो भवेदिति ॥

ime hyanindriyāhārā madbhaktāścandravarcasaḥ | ekāgrāścintayeyurmāṃ naiṣāṃ vighno bhavediti

"These men here, who have no senses and take no food, my devotees, radiant as the moon, will meditate on me with one-pointed minds; let no obstacle come to them."

Note on the text: The page prints no heading for this verse; the Blessed Lord's speech, introduced in verse 18, fills it, so it is given to him (the last printed heading, above verse 18, is Bhishma's). (The CE reads bhīṣma uvāca at 12.326.17 and runs the speech on without a new heading, as here.) The wording is the same as the CE; the page's footnote notes the variant सूर्यवर्चसः.

Verse 20 (12.347.20)

सिद्धा ह्येते महाभागाः पुरा ह्येकान्तिनोऽभवन् । तमोरजोभिर्निर्मुक्ता मां प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम् ॥

siddhā hyete mahābhāgāḥ purā hyekāntino'bhavan | tamorajobhirnirmuktā māṃ pravekṣyantyasaṃśayam

"These are perfected ones, greatly fortunate; long ago they became single-minded devotees. Freed from darkness and passion, they will surely enter me."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 21 (12.347.21)

न दृश्यश्चक्षुषा योऽसौ न स्पृश्यः स्पर्शनेन च । न घ्रेयश्चैव गन्धेन रसेन च विवर्जितः ॥

na dṛśyaścakṣuṣā yo'sau na spṛśyaḥ sparśanena ca | na ghreyaścaiva gandhena rasena ca vivarjitaḥ

"He who is not seen by the eye, not touched by touch, not smelled by scent, and is free of taste;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 22 (12.347.22)

सत्वं रजस्तमश्चैव न गुणास्तं भजन्ति वै । यश्च सर्वगतः साक्षी लोकस्यात्मेति कथ्यते ॥

satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva na guṇāstaṃ bhajanti vai | yaśca sarvagataḥ sākṣī lokasyātmeti kathyate

"to whom the qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas do not cleave; who, all-pervading, the witness, is called the Self of the world;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 23 (12.347.23)

भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतश्च निर्गुणो निष्कलस्तथा ॥

bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati | ajo nityaḥ śāśvataśca nirguṇo niṣkalastathā

"who does not perish when the bodies of the aggregate of beings perish; unborn, eternal, everlasting, without qualities and without parts;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 24 (12.347.24)

द्विर्द्वादशेभ्यस्तत्त्वेभ्यः ख्यातो यः पञ्चविंशकः । पुरुषो निष्क्रियश्चैव ज्ञानदृश्यश्च कथ्यते ॥

dvirdvādaśebhyastattvebhyaḥ khyāto yaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ | puruṣo niṣkriyaścaiva jñānadṛśyaśca kathyate

"who is known as the twenty-fifth beyond the twice-twelve principles, the Purusha, called actionless and visible to knowledge."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 25 (12.347.25)

यं प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता वै द्विजसत्तमाः । स वासुदेवो विज्ञेयः परमात्मा सनातनः ॥

yaṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā vai dvijasattamāḥ | sa vāsudevo vijñeyaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ

"Entering whom the liberated, O best of the twice-born, are free here: he is to be known as Vasudeva, the Supreme Self, the Eternal."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 26 (12.347.26)

पश्य देवस्य माहात्म्यं महिमानं च नारद । शुभाशुभैः कर्मभिर्यो न लिप्यति कदाचन ॥

paśya devasya māhātmyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca nārada | śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhiryo na lipyati kadācana

"Behold the greatness of the God, and his majesty, O Narada: he is never stained by actions, good or bad."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 27 (12.347.27)

सत्वं रजस्तमश्चेति गुणानेतान्प्रचक्षते । एते सर्वशरीरेषु तिष्ठन्ति विचरन्ति च ॥

satvaṃ rajastamaśceti guṇānetānpracakṣate | ete sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca

"Sattva, rajas and tamas: these they call the qualities. They abide in all bodies and move about in them."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 28 (12.347.28)

एतान्गुणांस्तु क्षेत्रज्ञो भुङ्क्ते नैभिः स भुज्यते । निर्गुणो गुणभुक्चैव गुणस्रष्टा गुणातिगः ॥

etānguṇāṃstu kṣetrajño bhuṅkte naibhiḥ sa bhujyate | nirguṇo guṇabhukcaiva guṇasraṣṭā guṇātigaḥ

"The knower of the field enjoys these qualities, but is not enjoyed by them; without qualities, he is the enjoyer of qualities, the creator of qualities, and beyond the qualities."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Wikisource गुणातिगः against CE guṇādhikaḥ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 29 (12.347.29)

जगत्प्रतिष्ठा देवर्षे पृथिव्यप्सु प्रलीयते । ज्योतिष्यापः प्रलीयन्ते ज्योतिर्वायौ प्रलीयते ॥

jagatpratiṣṭhā devarṣe pṛthivyapsu pralīyate | jyotiṣyāpaḥ pralīyante jyotirvāyau pralīyate

"The earth, O divine sage, the support of the world, dissolves in water; water dissolves in fire, and fire dissolves in air."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 30 (12.347.30)

खे वायुः प्रलयं याति मनस्याकाशमेव च । मनो हि परमं भूतं तदव्यक्ते प्रलीयते ॥

khe vāyuḥ pralayaṃ yāti manasyākāśameva ca | mano hi paramaṃ bhūtaṃ tadavyakte pralīyate

"Air goes to dissolution in space, and space in the mind; the mind is the highest element, and it dissolves in the unmanifest."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 31 (12.347.31)

अव्यक्तं पुरुषे ब्रह्मन्निष्क्रिये संप्रलीयते । नास्ति तस्मात्परतरः पुरुषाद्वै सनातनात् ॥

avyaktaṃ puruṣe brahmanniṣkriye saṃpralīyate | nāsti tasmātparataraḥ puruṣādvai sanātanāt

"The unmanifest dissolves in the actionless Purusha, O brahmin; there is nothing higher than that eternal Purusha."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 32 (12.347.32)

नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । ऋते तमेकं पुरुषं वासुदेवं सनातनम् । सर्वभूतात्मभूतो हि वासुदेवो महाबलः ॥

nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | ṛte tamekaṃ puruṣaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam | sarvabhūtātmabhūto hi vāsudevo mahābalaḥ

"Nothing in the world, moving or unmoving, is eternal, except that one Purusha, Vasudeva, the Eternal. Vasudeva, of great might, is the Self of all beings."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Three-line verse as printed (12-347-32a/b/c); lines = CE 12.326.31a, 31c, 31e.

Verse 33 (12.347.33)

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् । ते समेता महात्मानः शरीरमिति संज्ञितम् ॥

pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam | te sametā mahātmānaḥ śarīramiti saṃjñitam

"Earth, air, space, water, and fire as the fifth: these great ones, joined together, are what is called the body."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 34 (12.347.34)

तदाविशति यो ब्रह्मन्न दृश्यो लघुविक्रमः । उत्पन्न एव भवति शरीरं चेष्टयन्प्रभुः ॥

tadāviśati yo brahmanna dṛśyo laghuvikramaḥ | utpanna eva bhavati śarīraṃ ceṣṭayanprabhuḥ

"He who enters that body, O brahmin, unseen and swift in power, is present as soon as it has arisen, the Lord who sets the body in motion."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 35 (12.347.35)

न विना धातुसंघातं शरीरं भवति क्वचित् । न च जीवं विना ब्रह्मन्वायवश्चेष्टयन्त्युत ॥

na vinā dhātusaṃghātaṃ śarīraṃ bhavati kvacit | na ca jīvaṃ vinā brahmanvāyavaśceṣṭayantyuta

"A body never exists anywhere without the aggregate of elements; and without the jiva, O brahmin, the winds do not set it in motion."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Wikisource वायवश्चेष्टयन्त्युत against CE dhātavaś ceṣṭayanty uta is a recension variant (the page's footnote lists another), kept.

Verse 36 (12.347.36)

स जीवः परिसंख्यातः शेषः संकर्षणः प्रभुः । तस्मात्सनत्कुमारत्वं योऽलभत्स्वेन कर्मणा ॥

sa jīvaḥ parisaṃkhyātaḥ śeṣaḥ saṃkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | tasmātsanatkumāratvaṃ yo'labhatsvena karmaṇā

"That jiva is reckoned as Shesha, the Lord Sankarshana; from him came the state of Sanatkumara, which he won by his own deed."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 37 (12.347.37)

यस्मिंश्च सर्वभूतानि प्रद्युम्नः परिपठ्यते । तस्मात्प्रसूतो यः कर्ता कारणं कार्यमेव च ॥

yasmiṃśca sarvabhūtāni pradyumnaḥ paripaṭhyate | tasmātprasūto yaḥ kartā kāraṇaṃ kāryameva ca

"He in whom all beings dwell is spoken of as Pradyumna; from him is born the doer, and the cause and the effect as well."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Line 1 is a shortened form of CE 12.326.36a and 36c (yasmiṃś ca sarvabhūtāni pralayaṃ yānti saṃkṣaye / sa manaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pradyumnaḥ paripaṭhyate); the verb is not printed, and "dwell" is supplied in the translation from the sense. Line 2 = CE 12.326.37a.

Verse 38 (12.347.38)

तस्मात्सर्वं संभवति जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । सोऽनिरुद्धः स ईशानो व्यक्तिः सा सर्वकर्मसु ॥

tasmātsarvaṃ saṃbhavati jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | so'niruddhaḥ sa īśāno vyaktiḥ sā sarvakarmasu

"From him all comes into being, the world, moving and unmoving. He is Aniruddha, he is the Ruler, the manifestation in all acts."

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मत्सर्वं → तस्मात्सर्वं (misprint in Wikisource; the long ा dropped; compare CE yasmāt sarvaṃ prabhavati). Lines = CE 12.326.37c, 37e. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 39 (12.347.39)

यो वासुदेवो भगवान्क्षेत्रज्ञो निर्गुणात्मकः । ज्ञेयः स एव राजेन्द्र जीवः संकर्षणः प्रभुः ॥

yo vāsudevo bhagavānkṣetrajño nirguṇātmakaḥ | jñeyaḥ sa eva rājendra jīvaḥ saṃkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

"He who is Vasudeva, the Blessed One, the knower of the field, whose nature is without qualities: he is to be known, O king of kings, as the jiva, the Lord Sankarshana."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 40 (12.347.40)

संकर्षणाच्च प्रद्युम्नो मनोभूतः स उच्यते । प्रद्युम्नाद्योऽनिरुद्धस्तु सोहंकारः स ईश्वरः ॥

saṃkarṣaṇācca pradyumno manobhūtaḥ sa ucyate | pradyumnādyo'niruddhastu sohaṃkāraḥ sa īśvaraḥ

"From Sankarshana comes Pradyumna, who is called mind-born; from Pradyumna comes Aniruddha, who is the ego, the Lord."

Note on the text: Corrected अनिरूद्धस्तु → अनिरुद्धस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; ऊ for उ; CE aniruddhas tu). Wikisource सोहंकारः (the avagraha of सोऽहंकारः is not printed) and स ईश्वरः against CE so 'haṃkāro maheśvaraḥ: recension variant, kept. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 41 (12.347.41)

मत्तः सर्वं संभवति जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव सच्चासच्चैव नारद ॥

mattaḥ sarvaṃ saṃbhavati jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva saccāsaccaiva nārada

"From me all comes into being, the world, moving and unmoving; the imperishable and the perishable, being and non-being, O Narada."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 42 (12.347.42)

मां प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता भक्तास्तु ये मम । अहं हि पुरुषो ज्ञेयो निष्क्रियः पञ्चविंशकः ॥

māṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā bhaktāstu ye mama | ahaṃ hi puruṣo jñeyo niṣkriyaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ

"Those devotees of mine who are liberated enter into me. I am to be known as the Purusha, the actionless one, the twenty-fifth."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 43 (12.347.43)

निर्गुणो निष्कलश्चैव निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः । एतत्त्वया न विज्ञेयं रूपवानिति दृश्यते ॥

nirguṇo niṣkalaścaiva nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ | etattvayā na vijñeyaṃ rūpavāniti dṛśyate

"Without qualities, without parts, free from the pairs of opposites, owning nothing: you must not conclude from what is seen that I have a form."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.42a, 42c.

Verse 44 (12.347.44)

इच्छन्मुहूर्तान्नश्येयमीशोऽहं जगतो गुरुः । माया ह्येषा मया सृष्टा यन्मां पश्यसि नारद ॥

icchanmuhūrtānnaśyeyamīśo'haṃ jagato guruḥ | māyā hyeṣā mayā sṛṣṭā yanmāṃ paśyasi nārada

"If I wished, I could vanish in a moment: I am the Lord, the teacher of the world. It is a Maya made by me, that you see me, O Narada,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.42e, 43a.

Verse 45 (12.347.45)

सर्वभूतगुणैर्युक्तं नैवं त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि । मयैतत्कथितं सम्यक्तव मूर्तिचतुष्टयम् ॥

sarvabhūtaguṇairyuktaṃ naivaṃ tvaṃ jñātumarhasi | mayaitatkathitaṃ samyaktava mūrticatuṣṭayam

"endowed with the qualities of all beings. You should not take me to be so. This fourfold form of mine I have rightly told you."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.43c, 43e.

Verse 46 (12.347.46)

अहं हि जीवसंज्ञो वै मयि जीवः समाहितः । मैवं ते बुद्धिरत्राभूद्दृष्टो जीवो मयेति वै ॥

ahaṃ hi jīvasaṃjño vai mayi jīvaḥ samāhitaḥ | maivaṃ te buddhiratrābhūddṛṣṭo jīvo mayeti vai

"I am what is called the jiva, and the jiva is contained in me. Let no such thought arise in you here, that you have seen the jiva."

Note on the text: Corrected बुद्धिरत्राभूर्द्दृषो → बुद्धिरत्राभूद्दृष्टो (misprint in Wikisource; र् inserted and ष्ट reduced to ष; CE buddhir atrābhūd dṛṣṭo). Lines = CE 12.326.45c, 45e. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 47 (12.347.47)

अहं सर्वत्रगो ब्रह्मन्भूतग्रामान्तरात्मकः । भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न नशाम्यहम् ॥

ahaṃ sarvatrago brahmanbhūtagrāmāntarātmakaḥ | bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na naśāmyaham

"I am all-pervading, O brahmin, the inner Self of the aggregate of beings; when the bodies of beings perish, I do not perish."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 48 (12.347.48)

सिद्धा हि ते महाभागा नरा ह्येकान्तिनोऽभवन् । तमोरजोभ्यां निर्मुक्ताः प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति च मां मुने ॥

siddhā hi te mahābhāgā narā hyekāntino'bhavan | tamorajobhyāṃ nirmuktāḥ pravekṣyanti ca māṃ mune

"Those perfected, greatly fortunate men became single-minded devotees; freed from darkness and passion, they will enter me, O sage."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Wikisource places this after CE 12.326.46; it matches CE 12.326.44.

Verse 49 (12.347.49)

अहं कर्ता च कार्यं च कारणं चापि नारद । न दृश्यश्चक्षुषा देवः स्पृश्यो न स्पर्शनेन च । आघ्रेयो नैव गन्धेन रसेन च विसर्जितः ॥

ahaṃ kartā ca kāryaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ cāpi nārada | na dṛśyaścakṣuṣā devaḥ spṛśyo na sparśanena ca | āghreyo naiva gandhena rasena ca visarjitaḥ

"I am the doer, the deed and the cause, O Narada. The god is not seen by the eye, not touched by touch, not smelled by scent, and is free of taste."

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick opening the verse. Corrected नराद → नारद (misprint in Wikisource; CE nārada). Three-line verse as printed (12-347-49a/b/c). Line 1 = CE 12.326.45a; lines 2-3 are a variant of CE 12.326.20a, 20c (na dṛśyaś cakṣuṣā yo 'sau na spṛśyaḥ sparśanena ca / na ghreyaś caiva gandhena rasena ca vivarjitaḥ), here repeated in different words (देवः, स्पृश्यो न, आघ्रेयो नैव, विसर्जितः), kept as printed. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 50 (12.347.50)

सत्वं रजस्तमश्चैव न गुणास्ते भवन्ति हि । स हि सर्वगतः साक्षी लोकस्यात्मेति कथ्यते ॥

satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva na guṇāste bhavanti hi | sa hi sarvagataḥ sākṣī lokasyātmeti kathyate

"Sattva, rajas and tamas, these qualities do not exist for him; for he is all-pervading, the witness, and is called the Self of the world."

Note on the text: Removed the closing quote mark and the doubled daṇḍa. A variant of CE 12.326.21 (the first line differs: न गुणास्ते भवन्ति हि against CE na guṇās taṃ bhajanti vai; line 2 स हि सर्वगतः साक्षी against CE yaś ca sarvagataḥ sākṣī); the page's footnote notes the variant न गुणाः संभवन्ति हि. Kept as printed. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 51 (12.347.51)

हिरण्यगर्भो लोकादिश्चतुर्वक्रोऽनिरुक्तगः । ब्रह्मा सनातनो देवो मम बह्वर्थचिन्तकः ॥

hiraṇyagarbho lokādiścaturvakro'niruktagaḥ | brahmā sanātano devo mama bahvarthacintakaḥ

"Hiranyagarbha, the first of the world, four-faced, of undefinable course, Brahma, the eternal god, attends to my many purposes."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Wikisource अनिरुक्तगः against CE niruktagaḥ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 52 (12.347.52)

ललाटाच्चैव मे रुद्रो देवः क्रोधाद्विनिःसृतः । पश्यैकादश मे रुद्रान्दक्षिणं पार्श्वमास्थितान् ॥

lalāṭāccaiva me rudro devaḥ krodhādviniḥsṛtaḥ | paśyaikādaśa me rudrāndakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamāsthitān

"From my forehead the god Rudra came forth, out of anger. Behold the eleven Rudras standing at my right side,"

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star line 12.326.47d*0833_01 (lalāṭāc caiva me rudro devaḥ krodhād viniḥsṛtaḥ; found in the vulgate recension); line 2 = CE 48a. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 53 (12.347.53)

द्वादशैव तथाऽऽदित्यान्वामपार्श्वे समास्थितान् । अग्रतश्चैव मे पश्य वसूनष्टौ सुरोत्तमान् ॥

dvādaśaiva tathā''dityānvāmapārśve samāsthitān | agrataścaiva me paśya vasūnaṣṭau surottamān

"and the twelve Adityas standing at my left side; and before me behold the eight Vasus, best of gods,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.48c, 49a.

Verse 54 (12.347.54)

नासत्यं चैव दस्रं च भिषजौ पश्य पृष्ठतः । सर्वान्प्रजापतीन्पश्य पश्य सप्तऋर्षीस्तथा ॥

nāsatyaṃ caiva dasraṃ ca bhiṣajau paśya pṛṣṭhataḥ | sarvānprajāpatīnpaśya paśya saptaṛrṣīstathā

"behind me behold Nasatya and Dasra, the two physicians; behold all the Prajapatis, and the seven sages too;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.49c, 50a.

Verse 55 (12.347.55)

वेदान्यज्ञांश्च शतशः पश्यामृतमथौषधीः । तपांसि नियमांश्चैव यमानपि पृथग्विधान् ॥

vedānyajñāṃśca śataśaḥ paśyāmṛtamathauṣadhīḥ | tapāṃsi niyamāṃścaiva yamānapi pṛthagvidhān

"behold the Vedas and the sacrifices by the hundred, the nectar and the herbs; the austerities and observances, and the restraints in their various kinds;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.50c, 51a.

Verse 56 (12.347.56)

तथाऽष्टगुणमैश्वर्यमेकस्थं पश्य मूर्तिमत् । श्रियं लक्ष्मीं च कीर्तिं च पृथिवीं च ककुद्मिनीम् ॥

tathā'ṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryamekasthaṃ paśya mūrtimat | śriyaṃ lakṣmīṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca kakudminīm

"behold too the eightfold sovereignty gathered in one place, embodied; Shri, Lakshmi, Fame, and the Earth with her lofty peaks;"

Note on the text: Corrected ककुद्मिनी → ककुद्मिनीम् (misprint in Wikisource; the final म् of the accusative dropped; CE kakudminīm). Lines = CE 12.326.51c, 52a. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 57 (12.347.57)

वेदानां मातरं पश्य मत्स्थां देवीं सरस्वतीम् । ध्रुवं च ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठं पश्य नारद खेचरम् ॥

vedānāṃ mātaraṃ paśya matsthāṃ devīṃ sarasvatīm | dhruvaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ paśya nārada khecaram

"behold the mother of the Vedas, the goddess Sarasvati, who abides in me; and the Pole Star, best of lights, a ranger of the sky, O Narada;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.52c, 53a.

Verse 58 (12.347.58)

अम्भोधरान्समुद्रांश्च सरांसि सरितस्तथा । मूर्तिमन्तः पितृगणांश्चतुरः पश्य सत्तम ॥

ambhodharānsamudrāṃśca sarāṃsi saritastathā | mūrtimantaḥ pitṛgaṇāṃścaturaḥ paśya sattama

"the clouds, the oceans, the lakes and the rivers; and, O best of men, the four companies of the Pitris, embodied;"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.53c, 54a.

Verse 59 (12.347.59)

त्रींश्चैवेमान्गुणान्पश्य मत्स्थान्मूर्तिविवर्जितान् । देवकार्यादपि मुने पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते ॥

trīṃścaivemānguṇānpaśya matsthānmūrtivivarjitān | devakāryādapi mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate

"behold also these three qualities, which abide in me and are without form. The rites for the Pitris, O sage, excel the rites for the gods."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.54c, 55a.

Verse 60 (12.347.60)

देवानां च पितृणां च पिता ह्येकोऽहमादितः । अहं हयशिरा भूत्वा समुद्रे पश्चिमोत्तरे ॥

devānāṃ ca pitṛṇāṃ ca pitā hyeko'hamāditaḥ | ahaṃ hayaśirā bhūtvā samudre paścimottare

"Of the gods and of the Pitris alike I alone am the father from the beginning. Becoming Hayashiras, the horse-headed, in the ocean of the north-west,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.55c, 56a.

Verse 61 (12.347.61)

पिबामि सुहुतं हव्यं कव्यं च श्रद्धयाऽन्वितम् । मया सृष्टः पुरा ब्रह्मा मां यज्ञमयजत्स्वयम् ॥

pibāmi suhutaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca śraddhayā'nvitam | mayā sṛṣṭaḥ purā brahmā māṃ yajñamayajatsvayam

"I drink the well-offered havya and kavya, the oblations to the gods and to the ancestors, given with faith. Brahma, created by me long ago, himself worshipped me with sacrifice."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.56c, 57a (Wikisource मां यज्ञमयजत्स्वयम् against CE madyajñam ayajat svayam; the page's footnote lists variants).

Verse 62 (12.347.62)

ततस्तस्मै वरान्प्रीतो दत्तवानस्म्यनुत्तमान् । मत्पुत्रत्वं च कल्पादौ लोकाध्यक्षत्वमेव च ॥

tatastasmai varānprīto dattavānasmyanuttamān | matputratvaṃ ca kalpādau lokādhyakṣatvameva ca

"Then, pleased, I gave him the highest boons: to be my son at the beginning of the kalpa, and the overlordship of the worlds,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.57c, 58a.

Verse 63 (12.347.63)

अहंकारकृतं चैव नामपर्यायवाचकम् । त्वया कृतां च मर्यादां नातिक्रंस्यति कश्चन ॥

ahaṃkārakṛtaṃ caiva nāmaparyāyavācakam | tvayā kṛtāṃ ca maryādāṃ nātikraṃsyati kaścana

"and the giving of names and their synonyms, which arises from the sense of 'I'. No one will transgress the limit that you have set."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.58c, 59a (Wikisource नातिक्रंस्यति against CE nātikrāmyati: variant, kept).

Verse 64 (12.347.64)

त्वं चैव वरदो ब्रह्मन्वरेप्सूनां भविष्यसि । सुरासुरगणानां च ऋषीणां च तपोधन ॥

tvaṃ caiva varado brahmanvarepsūnāṃ bhaviṣyasi | surāsuragaṇānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tapodhana

"And you, O Brahma, shall be the giver of boons to those who seek boons: to the hosts of gods and asuras, to the sages, O rich in austerity,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.59c, 60a. The Lord here repeats what he said to Brahma, addressed as "ब्रह्मन्".

Verse 65 (12.347.65)

पितृणां च महाभाग सततं संशितव्रत । विविधानां च भूतानां त्वमुपास्यो भविष्यसि ॥

pitṛṇāṃ ca mahābhāga satataṃ saṃśitavrata | vividhānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ tvamupāsyo bhaviṣyasi

"and to the Pitris, O greatly fortunate one of strict vows; you shall be worshipped by beings of every kind."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.60c, 60e.

Verse 66 (12.347.66)

प्रादुर्भावगतश्चाहं सुरकार्येषु नित्यदा । अनुशास्यस्त्वया ब्रह्मन्नियोज्यश्च सुतो यथा ॥

prādurbhāvagataścāhaṃ surakāryeṣu nityadā | anuśāsyastvayā brahmanniyojyaśca suto yathā

"And I, always coming into manifestation for the work of the gods, shall be instructed by you, O Brahma, and directed as a son is."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 67 (12.347.67)

एतांश्चान्यांश्च रुचिरान्ब्रह्मणेऽमिततेजसे । एवं रुद्राय मनवे इन्द्रायामिततेजसे । अहं दत्त्वा वरान्प्रीतो निवृत्तिपरमोऽभवम् ॥

etāṃścānyāṃśca rucirānbrahmaṇe'mitatejase | evaṃ rudrāya manave indrāyāmitatejase | ahaṃ dattvā varānprīto nivṛttiparamo'bhavam

"Having given these and other splendid boons to Brahma of boundless energy, and so to Rudra, to Manu and to Indra of boundless energy, I, pleased, became supreme in withdrawal."

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick and apostrophe and a doubled stop around line 2. Three-line verse as printed (12-347-67a/b/c). Line 1 = CE 12.326.62a; line 2 is the CE star line 12.326.62b*0834_01 (evaṃ rudrāya manave indrāyāmitatejase; found in the vulgate recension); line 3 = CE 62c. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 68 (12.347.68)

निर्वाणं सर्वधर्माणां निवृत्तिः परमा स्मृता । तस्मान्निवृत्तिमापन्नश्चरेत्सर्वाङ्गनिर्वृतः ॥

nirvāṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ nivṛttiḥ paramā smṛtā | tasmānnivṛttimāpannaścaretsarvāṅganirvṛtaḥ

"Withdrawal is declared the supreme end of all dharmas, their nirvana. Therefore one who has attained withdrawal should live wholly composed in every part."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 69 (12.347.69)

विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम् । कपिलं प्राहुराचार्याः साङ्ख्यनिश्चितनिश्चयाः ॥

vidyāsahāyavantaṃ māmādityasthaṃ sanātanam | kapilaṃ prāhurācāryāḥ sāṅkhyaniścitaniścayāḥ

"The teachers who have settled the conclusions of Samkhya call me, accompanied by knowledge, abiding in the sun, the Eternal, by the name of Kapila."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).

Verse 70 (12.347.70)

हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानेष च्छन्दसि संस्तुतः । सोहं योगगतिर्ब्रह्मन्योगशास्त्रेषु शब्दितः ॥

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāneṣa cchandasi saṃstutaḥ | sohaṃ yogagatirbrahmanyogaśāstreṣu śabditaḥ

"This Blessed Hiranyagarbha is praised in the Vedic metres; and I, O brahmin, am the goal of yoga, as the yoga treatises proclaim."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Wikisource सोहं (the avagraha of सोऽहं is not printed) is kept as printed.

Verse 71 (12.347.71)

एषोऽहं व्यक्तिमाश्रित्य तिष्ठामि दिवि शाश्वतः । ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संहरिष्ये जगत्पुनः ॥

eṣo'haṃ vyaktimāśritya tiṣṭhāmi divi śāśvataḥ | tato yugasahasrānte saṃhariṣye jagatpunaḥ

"Taking manifest form, I abide in heaven, eternal. Then, at the end of a thousand yugas, I shall withdraw the world again,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.66a, 66c.

Verse 72 (12.347.72)

कृत्वाऽऽत्मस्थानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । एकाकी विद्यया सार्धं विहरिष्ये जगत्पुनः ॥

kṛtvā''tmasthāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | ekākī vidyayā sārdhaṃ vihariṣye jagatpunaḥ

"having drawn all beings, moving and unmoving, into myself; alone, together with Vidya, I shall move about in the world again."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.66e, 67a (Wikisource जगत्पुनः against CE dvijottama: variant, kept).

Verse 73 (12.347.73)

ततो भूयो जगत्सर्वं करिष्यामीह विद्यया । अस्मिन्मूर्तिश्चतुर्थी या साऽसृजच्छेषमव्ययम् ॥

tato bhūyo jagatsarvaṃ kariṣyāmīha vidyayā | asminmūrtiścaturthī yā sā'sṛjaccheṣamavyayam

"Then again I shall make the whole world here with Vidya. In this scheme the fourth form, which created Shesha, the imperishable one,"

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.67c, 68a (Wikisource अस्मिन्मूर्तिः against CE asmanmūrtiḥ: variant, kept).

Verse 74 (12.347.74)

स हि संकर्षणः प्रोक्तः प्रद्युम्नः सोप्यजीजनत् । प्रद्युम्नादनिरुद्धोऽहं सर्गो मम पुनः पुनः ॥

sa hi saṃkarṣaṇaḥ proktaḥ pradyumnaḥ sopyajījanat | pradyumnādaniruddho'haṃ sargo mama punaḥ punaḥ

"is called Sankarshana, and he in turn begot Pradyumna. From Pradyumna comes Aniruddha, who am I; my creation is again and again."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.68c, 69a. Wikisource सोप्यजीजनत् (the avagraha of सोऽप्यजीजनत् is not printed) is kept as printed.

Verse 75 (12.347.75)

अनिरुद्धात्तथा ब्रह्मा तन्नाभिकमलोद्भवः । ब्रह्मणः सर्वभूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च ॥

aniruddhāttathā brahmā tannābhikamalodbhavaḥ | brahmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca

"From Aniruddha, in turn, comes Brahma, born from the lotus of his navel; from Brahma come all beings, moving and unmoving."

Note on the text: Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed). Lines = CE 12.326.69c, 70a (Wikisource तन्नाभिकमलोद्भवः against CE tatrādikamalodbhavaḥ; the page's footnote gives the latter as another reading), kept.

Verse 76 (12.347.76)

एतां सृष्टिं विजानीहि कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः । यथा सूर्यस्य गगनादुदयास्तमने इह । नष्टे पुनर्वलात्काल आनयत्यमितद्युते । तथा बलादहं पृथ्वीं सर्वभूतहिताय वै ॥

etāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ vijānīhi kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ | yathā sūryasya gaganādudayāstamane iha | naṣṭe punarvalātkāla ānayatyamitadyute | tathā balādahaṃ pṛthvīṃ sarvabhūtahitāya vai

"Know this creation, which comes again and again at the beginning of each kalpa. Just as the sun's rising and setting here in the sky, when lost, are brought back again by force by Time, O you of boundless splendour, so too, by force and for the good of all beings, I bring back the earth."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.326.71e): Wikisource ends this verse at the third line (CE 70c, 71a, 71c) and leaves the simile unfinished ("as the sun's rising and setting ... time brings back by force"); the closing line tathā balād ahaṃ pṛthvīṃ sarvabhūtahitāya vai is added as a fourth line, in the CE's own words. The CE line carries no finite verb (it leads into the avatara passage that Wikisource begins in adhyaya 348), so "bring back" in the translation is supplied from the simile. Wikisource नष्टे for CE naṣṭau is kept. Continuation of the Blessed Lord's speech (no heading printed).