Narayana Describes His Manifestations to Narada

Verse 1 (12.348.1)

नारदः परिप्रपच्छ भगवन्तं जनार्दनम् । एकार्णवे महाघोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥

nāradaḥ pariprapaccha bhagavantaṃ janārdanam | ekārṇave mahāghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame

Narada asked the Blessed Janardana, at the time when the whole world was a single terrible ocean and everything moving and unmoving had perished.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is the opening line of the CE star passage 12.326.071f*0835 (_01, nāradas tv atha papraccha bhagavantaṃ janārdanam; the CE heads the passage bhīṣmaḥ, _00); line 2 (एकार्णवे महाघोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे) is vulgate-only, the CE star passage having instead a question (keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu draṣṭavyo 'si mayā prabho, _02).

Verse 2 (12.348.2)

शृणु नारद तत्वेन प्रादुर्भावान्महामुने । मत्स्यः कूर्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः । रामो रामश्च रामश्च कृष्णः कल्कीति ते दश ॥

śṛṇu nārada tatvena prādurbhāvānmahāmune | matsyaḥ kūrmo varāhaśca narasiṃho'tha vāmanaḥ | rāmo rāmaśca rāmaśca kṛṣṇaḥ kalkīti te daśa

Listen, Narada, in truth, great sage, to my manifestations: the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion and the Dwarf; Rama, Rama and Rama; Krishna; and Kalki. These are the ten.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.071f*0835_03-05 (the lines are the same except the last, where the CE reads kṛṣṇaḥ kalkī ca te daśa). .Corrected कुद्धः → कृष्णः (misprint in Wikisource; "angry" has no place in the list of ten manifestations and the count of ten needs Krishna; the CE reads kṛṣṇaḥ, and the page's own footnote gives कृष्णः कल्की)

Verse 3 (12.348.3)

पूर्वं मीनो भविष्यामि स्थापयिष्याम्यहं प्रजाः । लोकान्वै धारयिष्यामि मज्जमानान्महार्णवे ॥

pūrvaṃ mīno bhaviṣyāmi sthāpayiṣyāmyahaṃ prajāḥ | lokānvai dhārayiṣyāmi majjamānānmahārṇave

First I shall become a fish and set the creatures in place; I shall uphold the worlds as they sink in the great ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.071f*0835_06-07 (the CE has vedān "the Vedas" for Wikisource's lokān "the worlds" in line 2).

Verse 4 (12.348.4)

द्वितीयः कूर्मरूपो मे हेमकूटनिभः स्मृतः । मन्दरं धारयिष्यामि अमृतार्थं द्विजोत्तम ॥

dvitīyaḥ kūrmarūpo me hemakūṭanibhaḥ smṛtaḥ | mandaraṃ dhārayiṣyāmi amṛtārthaṃ dvijottama

My second form is remembered as the tortoise, shining like a golden peak. I shall bear Mount Mandara for the sake of the nectar, best of Brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.071f*0835_08-09.

Verse 5 (12.348.5)

मग्नां महार्णवे घोरे भाराक्रान्तां भुवं पुनः । ततो बलादहं विद्वन्सर्वभूतहिताय वै ॥

magnāṃ mahārṇave ghore bhārākrāntāṃ bhuvaṃ punaḥ | tato balādahaṃ vidvansarvabhūtahitāya vai

Again the earth, sunk in the terrible great ocean and weighed down by her burden: then, learned one, by force, for the good of all beings,

Note on the text: Corrected मप्रां → मग्नां (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the CE reads magnāṃ). Removed the stray quote mark and the doubled daṇḍa printed inside the line. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.326.071f*0835_10 (magnāṃ mahārṇave ghore bhārākrāntām imāṃ punaḥ; the CE has imāṃ for Wikisource's भुवं); line 2 corresponds to CE 12.326.71e (tathā balād ahaṃ pṛthvīṃ sarvabhūtahitāya vai), with ततो … विद्वन् for tathā … pṛthvīṃ. The sentence is completed in the next verse.

Verse 6 (12.348.6)

सत्वैराक्रान्तसर्वाङ्गां नष्टां सागरमेखलाम् । आनयिष्यामि स्वं स्थानं वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । हिरण्याक्षं हनिष्यामि दैतेयं बलगर्वितम् ॥

satvairākrāntasarvāṅgāṃ naṣṭāṃ sāgaramekhalām | ānayiṣyāmi svaṃ sthānaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ | hiraṇyākṣaṃ haniṣyāmi daiteyaṃ balagarvitam

her whole body overwhelmed by creatures, lost, girdled by the sea: I shall bring her back to her own place, taking the form of the Boar. I shall slay Hiranyaksha, the Daitya swollen with pride in his strength.

Note on the text: Aligned lines: 12.326.72a, 72c and 73a of the critical edition.

Verse 7 (12.348.7)

नारसिंहं वपुः कृत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुं पुनः । सुरकार्ये हनिष्यामि यज्ञघ्नं दितिनन्दनम् ॥

nārasiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ punaḥ | surakārye haniṣyāmi yajñaghnaṃ ditinandanam

Taking the form of the Man-Lion, I shall again slay Hiranyakashipu, the son of Diti, who obstructs sacrifice, for the work of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected वषुः → वपुः and हिरण्यकशिषुं → हिरण्यकशिपुं (misprints in Wikisource; ष for प; the critical edition reads vapuḥ and hiraṇyakaśipuṃ). Lines = CE 12.326.73c and 73e.

Verse 8 (12.348.8)

विरोचनस्य बलवान्बलिः पुत्रो महासुरः । अवध्यः सर्वलोकानां सदेवासुररक्षसाम् । भविष्यति स शक्रं च स्वराज्याच्च्यावयिष्यति ॥

virocanasya balavānbaliḥ putro mahāsuraḥ | avadhyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām | bhaviṣyati sa śakraṃ ca svarājyāccyāvayiṣyati

Bali, the mighty great Asura, son of Virochana, will be unslayable by all the worlds, with the gods, Asuras and Rakshasas; and he will drive Shakra from his own kingdom.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.74a, the CE star line 74b*0836_01 (avadhyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām) and 74c.

Verse 9 (12.348.9)

त्रैलोक्येऽपहृते तेन विमुखे च शचीपतौ । अदित्यां द्वादशः पुत्रः संभविष्यामि कश्यपात् ॥

trailokye'pahṛte tena vimukhe ca śacīpatau | adityāṃ dvādaśaḥ putraḥ saṃbhaviṣyāmi kaśyapāt

When the three worlds have been seized by him and the lord of Shachi has turned away, I shall be born of Kashyapa in Aditi as her twelfth son.

Note on the text: Corrected कश्यपान् → कश्यपात् (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural cannot stand here and the verse ends the sentence; the critical edition reads kaśyapāt).

Verse 10 (12.348.10)

वटुर्गत्वा यज्ञसदः स्तूयमानो द्विजोत्तमैः । यज्ञस्तुतिं करिष्यामि श्रुत्वा प्रीतो भवेद्बलिः ॥

vaṭurgatvā yajñasadaḥ stūyamāno dvijottamaiḥ | yajñastutiṃ kariṣyāmi śrutvā prīto bhavedbaliḥ

As a boy student I shall go to the sacrificial hall, where the best of Brahmins are praising him, and I shall offer a praise of the sacrifice; hearing it, Bali will be pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.075d*0837_01-02 (Wikisource वटुः for the CE jaṭī, यज्ञस्तुतिं for yajñastavaṃ; variants, kept). Removed the stray backtick that opens the quoted passage. Corrected भवेद्वलिः → भवेद्बलिः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, the name is Bali; the CE reads bhaved baliḥ).

Verse 11 (12.348.11)

किमिच्छसि वटो ब्रूहीत्युक्तो याचे महद्वरम् । दीयतां त्रिपदीमात्रमिति याचे महासुरम् ॥

kimicchasi vaṭo brūhītyukto yāce mahadvaram | dīyatāṃ tripadīmātramiti yāce mahāsuram

"What do you wish, boy? Speak," he will say; and I shall ask a great boon: "Let three paces be given," so I shall ask of the great Asura.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.075d*0837_03-04. Corrected महाऽऽसुरम् → महासुरम् (misprint in Wikisource; an avagraha and a spurious long vowel in महा + असुरम्; the CE reads mahāsuram).

Verse 12 (12.348.12)

स दद्यान्मयि संप्रीतः प्रतिषिद्धश्च मन्त्रिभिः । यावज्जलं हस्तगतं त्रिभिर्विक्रमणैर्युतम् ॥

sa dadyānmayi saṃprītaḥ pratiṣiddhaśca mantribhiḥ | yāvajjalaṃ hastagataṃ tribhirvikramaṇairyutam

Though his counsellors forbid it, he, well pleased with me, will give: while the water is still in his hand, the gift bound up with three strides.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.075d*0837_05-06 (Wikisource युतम् for the CE vṛtam; a variant, kept). Removed the stray apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa printed at the end of the line.

Verse 13 (12.348.13)

ततो राज्यं प्रदास्यामि शक्रायामिततेजसे । देवताः स्थापयिष्यामि स्वस्वस्थानेषु नारद ॥

tato rājyaṃ pradāsyāmi śakrāyāmitatejase | devatāḥ sthāpayiṣyāmi svasvasthāneṣu nārada

Then I shall give the kingdom to Shakra of boundless splendour, and I shall set the gods in their own places, Narada.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.76a and 76c.

Verse 14 (12.348.14)

बलिं चैव करिष्यामि पातालतलवासिनम् । दानवं च बलिश्रेष्ठमबध्यं सर्वदैवतैः ॥

baliṃ caiva kariṣyāmi pātālatalavāsinam | dānavaṃ ca baliśreṣṭhamabadhyaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ

And I shall make Bali dwell in the nether world, that Danava, foremost of the mighty, who cannot be slain by any of the gods.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.76e; line 2 = the CE star line 76f*0838_01 (dānavaṃ balināṃ śreṣṭham avadhyaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ; Wikisource has च बलिश्रेष्ठम् for balināṃ śreṣṭham, kept).

Verse 15 (12.348.15)

त्रेतायुगे भविष्यामि रामो भृगुकुलोद्वहः । क्षत्रं चोत्सादयिष्यामि समृद्धबलवाहनम् ॥

tretāyuge bhaviṣyāmi rāmo bhṛgukulodvahaḥ | kṣatraṃ cotsādayiṣyāmi samṛddhabalavāhanam

In the Treta age I shall be Rama, the glory of the Bhrigu line, and I shall uproot the warrior class, rich in armies and vehicles.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.77a and 77c (the CE star lines 77a*0839 are not on the page).

Verse 16 (12.348.16)

संधौ तु समनुप्राप्ते त्रेतायां द्वापरस्य च । रामो दाशरथिर्भूत्वा भविष्यामि जगत्पतिः ॥

saṃdhau tu samanuprāpte tretāyāṃ dvāparasya ca | rāmo dāśarathirbhūtvā bhaviṣyāmi jagatpatiḥ

When the junction of the Treta and the Dvapara has come, I shall be born as Rama, son of Dasharatha, lord of the world.

Verse 17 (12.348.17)

त्रितोपघाताद्वैरूप्यमेकतोऽथ द्वितस्तथा । प्राप्स्येते वानरत्वं हि प्रजापतिसुतावृषी ॥

tritopaghātādvairūpyamekato'tha dvitastathā | prāpsyete vānaratvaṃ hi prajāpatisutāvṛṣī

Because of the injury done by Trita, Ekata and Dvita, two sages, sons of Prajapati, will fall into ugliness and take on the nature of monkeys.

Verse 18 (12.348.18)

तयोर्ये त्वन्वये जाता भविष्यन्ति वनौकसः । महाबला महावीर्याः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमाः ॥

tayorye tvanvaye jātā bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ | mahābalā mahāvīryāḥ śakratulyaparākramāḥ

Those born in their lineage will be forest-dwellers, of great strength and great valour, equal to Shakra in prowess.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.80a; line 2 = the CE star line 80b*0840_01 (mahābalā mahāvīryāḥ śakratulyaparākramāḥ).

Verse 19 (12.348.19)

ते सहाया भविष्यन्ति सुरकार्ये मम द्विज । ततो रक्षःपतिं घोरं पुलस्त्यकुलपांसनम् । हनिष्ये रावणं रौद्रं सगणं लोककण्टकम् ॥

te sahāyā bhaviṣyanti surakārye mama dvija | tato rakṣaḥpatiṃ ghoraṃ pulastyakulapāṃsanam | haniṣye rāvaṇaṃ raudraṃ sagaṇaṃ lokakaṇṭakam

They will be my helpers in the work of the gods, Brahmin. Then I shall slay the dreadful lord of the Rakshasas, the stain of Pulastya's line, the fierce Ravana, with his host, the thorn of the world.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.80c; lines 2-3 = CE 12.326.81a and 81c (Wikisource रौद्रं सगणं for the CE saṃkhye sagaṇaṃ). The doubled daṇḍa after द्विज on the page is the page's own mark; the division follows the page's labels (19a-c).

Verse 20 (12.348.20)

विभीषणाय दास्यामि राज्यं तस्य यथाक्रमम् । अयोध्यावासिनः सर्वान्नेष्येऽहं लोकमव्ययम् ॥

vibhīṣaṇāya dāsyāmi rājyaṃ tasya yathākramam | ayodhyāvāsinaḥ sarvānneṣye'haṃ lokamavyayam

I shall give Vibhishana the kingdom of Ravana in due order; and all the people of Ayodhya I shall lead to the imperishable world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.081d*0841_02-03 (the two lines stand in the reverse order in Wikisource: line 1 is _03, line 2 is _02). Removed the stray backtick, leading space, the stray ">" and the apostrophe with its doubled daṇḍa.

Verse 21 (12.348.21)

द्वापरस्य कलेश्चैव संधौ पार्यवसानिके । प्रादुर्भावः कंसहेतोर्मथुरायां भविष्यति ॥

dvāparasya kaleścaiva saṃdhau pāryavasānike | prādurbhāvaḥ kaṃsahetormathurāyāṃ bhaviṣyati

At the junction of the Dvapara and the Kali, at the very close, my manifestation will take place in Mathura, because of Kamsa.

Verse 22 (12.348.22)

तत्राहं दानवान्हत्वा सुबहून्देवकण्टकान् । कुशस्थलीं करिष्यामि निवासं द्वारकां पुरीम् ॥

tatrāhaṃ dānavānhatvā subahūndevakaṇṭakān | kuśasthalīṃ kariṣyāmi nivāsaṃ dvārakāṃ purīm

There I shall slay very many Danavas, thorns to the gods, and I shall make Kushasthali, the city of Dvaraka, my dwelling.

Note on the text: Corrected करिष्यासि → करिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; second person for the first person the sense requires; the critical edition reads kariṣyāmi).

Verse 23 (12.348.23)

वसानस्तत्र वै पुर्यामदितेर्विप्रियंकरम् । हनिष्ये नरकं भौमं मुरं पीठं च दानवम् ॥

vasānastatra vai puryāmaditervipriyaṃkaram | haniṣye narakaṃ bhaumaṃ muraṃ pīṭhaṃ ca dānavam

Dwelling in that city, I shall slay Naraka, son of Earth, who did harm to Aditi, and the Danavas Mura and Pitha.

Verse 24 (12.348.24)

प्राग्ज्योतिषं पुरं रम्यं नानाधनसमन्वितम् । कुशस्थलीं नयिष्यामि हत्वा वै दानवोत्तमान् ॥

prāgjyotiṣaṃ puraṃ ramyaṃ nānādhanasamanvitam | kuśasthalīṃ nayiṣyāmi hatvā vai dānavottamān

Having slain the foremost of the Danavas, I shall take the lovely city of Pragjyotisha, rich in wealth of many kinds, to Kushasthali.

Note on the text: Corrected नष्यिष्यामि → नयिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; not a verb form; the critical edition reads nayiṣyāmi).

Verse 25 (12.348.25)

कृकलासभूतं च नृगं मोचयिष्ये च वै पुनः ॥

kṛkalāsabhūtaṃ ca nṛgaṃ mocayiṣye ca vai punaḥ

I shall also set free Nriga, who had become a lizard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.085d*0843_01 (a one-line verse here because Wikisource divides the three-line star passage _01-03 into 1 + 2 lines; no line is lost). Removed the stray backtick. Corrected कृकलास भूतं → कृकलासभूतं (misprint in Wikisource; stray space inside the compound; the critical edition reads kṛkalāsabhūtaṃ).

Verse 26 (12.348.26)

तत्र पौत्रनिमित्तेन गत्वा वै शोणितं पुरम् । बाणस्य च पुरं गत्वा करिष्ये कदनं महत् ॥

tatra pautranimittena gatvā vai śoṇitaṃ puram | bāṇasya ca puraṃ gatvā kariṣye kadanaṃ mahat

There, on account of my grandson, I shall go to the city of Shonita, and having gone to Bana's city I shall work great slaughter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.085d*0843_02-03 (Wikisource तत्र for tataḥ). Removed the apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa printed at the end of the line. Corrected वाणस्य → बाणस्य (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, the name is Bana; the critical edition reads bāṇasya).

Verse 27 (12.348.27)

शंकरं च महासेनं बाणप्रियहिते रतम् । पराजेष्याम्यथोद्युक्तौ देवौ लोकनमस्कृतौ ॥

śaṃkaraṃ ca mahāsenaṃ bāṇapriyahite ratam | parājeṣyāmyathodyuktau devau lokanamaskṛtau

I shall overcome Shankara and Mahasena, devoted to what is dear and good to Bana, the two gods whom the world honours, when they rise against me.

Note on the text: Corrected रमहासेनं → च महासेनं (misprint in Wikisource; र for च and a lost space; the critical edition reads śaṃkaraṃ ca mahāsenaṃ). The second half has रतम् for the CE -hitaiṣiṇam and लोकनमस्कृतौ for devalokanamaskṛtau; variants, kept.

Verse 28 (12.348.28)

ततः सुतं बलेर्जित्वा बाणं बाहुसहस्रिणम् । विनाशयिष्यामि ततः सर्वान्सौभनिवासिनः ॥

tataḥ sutaṃ balerjitvā bāṇaṃ bāhusahasriṇam | vināśayiṣyāmi tataḥ sarvānsaubhanivāsinaḥ

Then, having conquered Bana, the thousand-armed son of Bali, I shall destroy all the dwellers in Saubha.

Note on the text: Corrected बाहुसहस्त्रिणम् → बाहुसहस्रिणम् (misprint in Wikisource; spurious त in the conjunct; the critical edition reads bāhusahasriṇam).

Verse 29 (12.348.29)

यः कालयवनः ख्यातो गर्गतेजोभिसंवृतः । भविष्यति वधस्तस्य मत्त एव द्विजोत्तम ॥

yaḥ kālayavanaḥ khyāto gargatejobhisaṃvṛtaḥ | bhaviṣyati vadhastasya matta eva dvijottama

The one famed as Kalayavana, wrapped in Garga's radiance: his death will come from me alone, best of Brahmins.

Verse 30 (12.348.30)

कंसं केशिं तथा क्रूरमरिष्टं च महासुरम् । चाणूरं च महावीर्यं मुष्टिकं च महाबलम् ॥

kaṃsaṃ keśiṃ tathā krūramariṣṭaṃ ca mahāsuram | cāṇūraṃ ca mahāvīryaṃ muṣṭikaṃ ca mahābalam

Kamsa and Keshi, the cruel one and the great Asura Arishta, Chanura of great valour and Mushtika of great strength,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.087d*0844_01-02. Removed the stray backtick. Corrected तथाक्रूरम् → तथा क्रूरम् (misprint in Wikisource; lost space, otherwise the list of enemies would contain Akrura; the critical edition reads tathā krūram).

Verse 31 (12.348.31)

प्रलम्बं धेनुकं चैव अरिष्टं वृषरूपिणम् । कालीयं च वशे कृत्वा यमुनाया महाह्रदे ॥

pralambaṃ dhenukaṃ caiva ariṣṭaṃ vṛṣarūpiṇam | kālīyaṃ ca vaśe kṛtvā yamunāyā mahāhrade

Pralamba and Dhenuka, and Arishta in the form of a bull; and, having subdued Kaliya in the great pool of the Yamuna,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.087d*0844_03-04.

Verse 32 (12.348.32)

गोकुलेषु ततः पश्चाद्भवार्थे तु महागिरिम् । सप्तरात्रं धरिष्यामि वर्षमाणे तु वासवे ॥

gokuleṣu tataḥ paścādbhavārthe tu mahāgirim | saptarātraṃ dhariṣyāmi varṣamāṇe tu vāsave

then afterwards, among the cow-settlements, for their welfare, I shall hold up the great mountain for seven nights, while Vasava sends down rain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.087d*0844_05-06 (Wikisource भवार्थे "for their welfare" against the CE gavārthe "for the cows"; a valid variant, kept).

Verse 33 (12.348.33)

अपक्रान्ते ततो वर्षे गिरिमूर्ध्नि व्यवस्थितः । इन्द्रेण सह संवादं करिष्यामि तदा द्विज । लघ्वाच्छिद्य धनं सर्वं वासुदेवं च पौण्ड्रकम् ॥

apakrānte tato varṣe girimūrdhni vyavasthitaḥ | indreṇa saha saṃvādaṃ kariṣyāmi tadā dvija | laghvācchidya dhanaṃ sarvaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca pauṇḍrakam

When the rain has passed away, standing on the mountain's crest, I shall then converse with Indra, Brahmin; easily snatching away all that wealth, and Paundraka who is called Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1-2 are the CE star passage 12.326.087d*0844_07-08; line 3 is the CE star line 12.326.088d*0845_01 (laghvācchidya dhanaṃ sarvaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca pauṇḍrakam). Removed the apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa printed at the end of line 3. Corrected गिरिमूर्ध्निं → गिरिमूर्ध्नि (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvāra on the locative; the critical edition reads girimūrdhany).

Verse 34 (12.348.34)

जरासन्धश्च बलवान्सर्वराजविरोधनः । भविष्यत्यसुरः स्फीतो भूमिपालो गिरिव्रजे ॥

jarāsandhaśca balavānsarvarājavirodhanaḥ | bhaviṣyatyasuraḥ sphīto bhūmipālo girivraje

And Jarasandha, mighty, the enemy of all kings, will be a swollen Asura, a ruler of the earth in Girivraja.

Note on the text: Aligned lines: CE 12.326.89a and 89c (Wikisource सर्वराजविरोधनः for the CE sarvarājavirodhakaḥ; a variant, kept).

Verse 35 (12.348.35)

मम बुद्धिपरिस्पन्दाद्वधस्तस्य भविष्यति । शिशुपालं वधिष्यामि यज्ञे धर्मसुतस्य वै ॥

mama buddhiparispandādvadhastasya bhaviṣyati | śiśupālaṃ vadhiṣyāmi yajñe dharmasutasya vai

His death will come from a stir of my mind. At the sacrifice of Dharma's son I shall slay Shishupala.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.89e; line 2 = the CE star line 89f*0846_01.

Verse 36 (12.348.36)

दुर्योधनापराधेन युधिष्ठिरगुणेन च । समागतेषु बलिषु पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु ॥

duryodhanāparādhena yudhiṣṭhiraguṇena ca | samāgateṣu baliṣu pṛthivyāṃ sarvarājasu

Through Duryodhana's offence and Yudhishthira's virtues, when all the mighty kings of the earth have assembled,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star line 12.326.089f*0847_01 (duryodhanāparādhena yudhiṣṭhiraguṇena ca); line 2 = CE 12.326.90a. Removed the stray backtick and apostrophe printed around line 1.

Verse 37 (12.348.37)

वासविः सुसहायो वै मम त्वेको भविष्यति । युधिष्ठिरं स्थापयिष्ये स्वराज्ये भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

vāsaviḥ susahāyo vai mama tveko bhaviṣyati | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sthāpayiṣye svarājye bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

Indra's son alone will be my good helper. I shall establish Yudhishthira in his own kingdom, together with his brothers.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.90c (Wikisource त्वेको for the CE hy eko); line 2 is the CE star line 90d*0848_01.

Verse 38 (12.348.38)

एवं लोका वदिष्यन्ति नरनारायणावृषी । उद्युक्तौ दहतः क्षत्रं लोककार्यार्थमीश्वरौ ॥

evaṃ lokā vadiṣyanti naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | udyuktau dahataḥ kṣatraṃ lokakāryārthamīśvarau

Thus people will say: "The sages Nara and Narayana, the two lords, risen up for the world's work, are burning up the warrior class."

Verse 39 (12.348.39)

शस्त्रैर्निपतिताः सर्वे नृपा यास्यन्ति वै दिवम् ॥

śastrairnipatitāḥ sarve nṛpā yāsyanti vai divam

All the kings, struck down by weapons, will go to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star line 12.326.091d*0849_01; a one-line verse in the critical edition as well. Removed the stray backtick, apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa.

Verse 40 (12.348.40)

कृत्वा भारावतरणं वसुधाया यथेप्सितम् । सर्वसात्वतमुख्यानां द्वारकायाश्च सत्तम ॥

kṛtvā bhārāvataraṇaṃ vasudhāyā yathepsitam | sarvasātvatamukhyānāṃ dvārakāyāśca sattama

When I have lifted the burden of the earth as I wished, then, best of men, for all the chiefs of the Satvatas and for Dvaraka,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.92a and 92c (the CE star line 92b*0850_01 is carried by Wikisource verse 53, line 2).

Verse 41 (12.348.41)

करिष्ये प्रलयं घोरमात्मज्ञानाभिसंश्रयः । द्वारकामात्मसात्कृत्वा समुद्रं गमयाम्यहम् ॥

kariṣye pralayaṃ ghoramātmajñānābhisaṃśrayaḥ | dvārakāmātmasātkṛtvā samudraṃ gamayāmyaham

I shall bring about a terrible destruction, taking my stand on knowledge of the Self. Making Dvaraka my own, I shall send it into the ocean.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.92e (Wikisource आत्मज्ञानाभिसंश्रयः for the CE ātmajñātivināśanam; a variant, kept); line 2 (द्वारकामात्मसात्कृत्वा …) is vulgate-only, found nowhere in the critical edition. Removed the stray backtick that opens line 2.

Verse 42 (12.348.42)

ततः कलियुगस्यादौ द्विजराजतरुं श्रितः । भाषया मागधेनैव धर्मराजगृहे वसन् ॥

tataḥ kaliyugasyādau dvijarājataruṃ śritaḥ | bhāṣayā māgadhenaiva dharmarājagṛhe vasan

Then, at the beginning of the Kali age, taking refuge in the tree of the king of the twice-born, using the speech of Magadha, dwelling in the house of the king of dharma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0001-0002, lines 1-2 of 23; Wikisource द्विजराजतरुं and वसन् for the appendix rājataruṃ and vadan, variants, kept). Corrected भीषया → भाषया (misprint in Wikisource; ī for ā, "by fear" makes no sense with मागधेन; the appendix reads bhāṣayā).

Verse 43 (12.348.43)

काषायवस्त्रसंवीतो मुण्डितः शुक्लदन्तवान् । शुद्धोदनसुतो बुद्धो मोहयिष्यामि मानवान् ॥

kāṣāyavastrasaṃvīto muṇḍitaḥ śukladantavān | śuddhodanasuto buddho mohayiṣyāmi mānavān

wrapped in an ochre robe, shaven-headed, white-toothed, as the Buddha, son of Shuddhodana, I shall bewilder men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (12,326.093d@031_0003-0004, lines 3-4 of 23). Corrected काषायवस्रसंवीतो → काषायवस्त्रसंवीतो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त in the conjunct; the appendix reads kāṣāyavastrasaṃvīto).

Verse 44 (12.348.44)

शूद्राः श्राद्धेषु भुज्यन्ते मयि बुद्धत्वमागते । भविष्यन्ति नराः सर्वे बुद्धाः काषायसंवृताः ॥

śūdrāḥ śrāddheṣu bhujyante mayi buddhatvamāgate | bhaviṣyanti narāḥ sarve buddhāḥ kāṣāyasaṃvṛtāḥ

When I have taken on the Buddha's state, Shudras will be fed at the ancestral rites, and all men will be Buddhas, wrapped in ochre.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (12,326.093d@031_0005-0006, lines 5-6 of 23). Corrected सुद्धेषु → श्राद्धेषु (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the sense is the ancestral rites; the appendix reads śrāddheṣu). भुज्यन्ते is kept as printed (the appendix reads bhojyante, "are fed"); the verse is translated in that sense. Wikisource बुद्धाः for the appendix muṇḍāḥ is a variant, kept.

Verse 45 (12.348.45)

अनध्याया भविष्यन्ति विप्रा यागविवर्जिताः । अग्निहोत्राणि सीदन्ति गुरुपूजा च नश्यति ॥

anadhyāyā bhaviṣyanti viprā yāgavivarjitāḥ | agnihotrāṇi sīdanti gurupūjā ca naśyati

Brahmins will neglect the study of the Veda and be without sacrifice; the fire-offerings will languish and the honouring of teachers will perish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (12,326.093d@031_0007-0008, lines 7-8 of 23; Wikisource यागविवर्जिताः for the appendix agnivivarjitāḥ, a variant, kept).

Verse 46 (12.348.46)

न शृण्वन्ति पितुः पुत्रा न स्नुषा नैव भ्रातरः । न पौत्रा न कलत्रा वा वर्तन्तेऽप्यधमोत्तमाः ॥

na śṛṇvanti pituḥ putrā na snuṣā naiva bhrātaraḥ | na pautrā na kalatrā vā vartante'pyadhamottamāḥ

Sons will not listen to their father, nor daughters-in-law, nor brothers; neither grandsons nor wives will heed him; the lowest and the highest alike will act so.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0009-0010, lines 9-10 of 23; Wikisource पुत्रा/भ्रातरः and वर्तन्तेऽप्यधमोत्तमाः against the appendix putrā/mātaraḥ and vartate hy adharottamam are variants, kept).

Verse 47 (12.348.47)

एवंभूतं जगत्सर्वं श्रुतिस्मृतिविवर्जितम् । भविष्यति कलौ पूर्णे ह्यशुद्धो धर्मसंकरः ॥

evaṃbhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ śrutismṛtivivarjitam | bhaviṣyati kalau pūrṇe hyaśuddho dharmasaṃkaraḥ

The whole world, being of such a kind, bereft of Shruti and Smriti, will be so; when the Kali age is at its fullness there will be an impure confusion of dharmas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0011-0012, lines 11-12 of 23; Wikisource ह्यशुद्धो धर्मसंकरः for the appendix nagno hy aśuddho varṇasaṃkaraḥ, a variant, kept).

Verse 48 (12.348.48)

तेषां सकाशाद्धर्मज्ञा देवब्रह्मविदो नराः । भविष्यन्ति ह्यशुद्धाश्च न्यायच्छलविभाषिणः ॥

teṣāṃ sakāśāddharmajñā devabrahmavido narāḥ | bhaviṣyanti hyaśuddhāśca nyāyacchalavibhāṣiṇaḥ

Through contact with them even men who know dharma, who know the gods and Brahman, will become impure, speaking deceitful arguments under the cloak of reasoning.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0013-0014, lines 13-14 of 23; Wikisource देवब्रह्मविदो for the appendix devabrahmadviṣo, a variant, kept).

Verse 49 (12.348.49)

ये नष्टधर्मश्रोतारस्ते समाः पापनिश्चये । तस्मादेते न संभाष्या न स्पृश्याश्च हितार्थिभिः । उपवासत्रयं कुर्यात्तत्संसर्गविशुद्धये ॥

ye naṣṭadharmaśrotāraste samāḥ pāpaniścaye | tasmādete na saṃbhāṣyā na spṛśyāśca hitārthibhiḥ | upavāsatrayaṃ kuryāttatsaṃsargaviśuddhaye

Those who listen to this ruined dharma are equal to them in their resolve upon sin. Therefore these should not be spoken to, nor touched, by those who seek their own good. To be purified of contact with them, one should fast for three days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0015-0017, lines 15-17 of 23; Wikisource नष्टधर्मश्रोतारः for the appendix nagnadharmaśrotāraḥ, a variant, kept). Corrected एता → एते and स्पृश्या च → स्पृश्याश्च (misprints in Wikisource; the feminine एता cannot refer to the masculine hearers, and a visarga lost before च; the appendix reads ete … spraṣṭavyā).

Verse 50 (12.348.50)

ततः कलियुगस्यान्ते ब्राह्मणो हरिपिङ्गलः । कल्किर्विष्णुयशः पुत्रो याज्ञवल्क्यः पुरोहितः ॥

tataḥ kaliyugasyānte brāhmaṇo haripiṅgalaḥ | kalkirviṣṇuyaśaḥ putro yājñavalkyaḥ purohitaḥ

Then, at the end of the Kali age, there will be a tawny Brahmin, Kalki, son of Vishnuyashas, with Yajnavalkya as his family priest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; Appendix I passage 31 (printed inline after 12.326.093d, 12,326.093d@031_0018-0019, lines 18-19 of 23).

Verse 51 (12.348.51)

तस्मिन्नाशे वनग्रामे तिष्ठेत्सोन्नासिमो हयः । सहया ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तैरहं सहितः पुनः । म्लेच्छानुत्सादयिष्यामि पाषण्डांश्चैव सर्वशः ॥

tasminnāśe vanagrāme tiṣṭhetsonnāsimo hayaḥ | sahayā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tairahaṃ sahitaḥ punaḥ | mlecchānutsādayiṣyāmi pāṣaṇḍāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ

In that region, in a forest village, that horse with upturned nose would stand. With all the Brahmins who have horses, accompanied by them, I shall again uproot the barbarians and all the heretics.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text. Line 1 (तस्मिन्नाशे वनग्रामे …) is vulgate-only; lines 2-3 correspond to Appendix I passage 31 (12,326.093d@031_0020-0021, lines 20-21 of 23; Wikisource सहया for the appendix sahāyā, म्लेच्छानुत्सादयिष्यामि … पाषण्डांश्चैव सर्वशः a variant of mlecchān utsādayiṣyāmi pāṣaṇḍāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ). Removed stray zero-width joiners printed inside पाषण्डान्. Line 1 is obscure (सोन्नासिमो is translated as "with upturned nose").

Verse 52 (12.348.52)

पाषण्डश्च कलौ तत्र माययैव विनश्यते । पाषण्डकांश्चैव हत्वा तत्रान्तं प्रलये ह्यहम् ॥

pāṣaṇḍaśca kalau tatra māyayaiva vinaśyate | pāṣaṇḍakāṃścaiva hatvā tatrāntaṃ pralaye hyaham

Heresy in the Kali age will perish there by illusion alone; and having slain the heretics, I shall there make an end, at the dissolution.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text. Line 1 (पाषण्डश्च कलौ तत्र …) is vulgate-only; line 2 corresponds to Appendix I passage 31, 12,326.093d@031_0022 (pāṣaṇḍiṣaṭkān hatvā vai tatrāntaḥpralaye tataḥ), in a different wording. Removed stray zero-width joiners.

Verse 53 (12.348.53)

ततः पश्चाद्भविष्यामि यज्ञेषु निरतः सदा । राज्यं प्रशासति पुनः कुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्ठिरे ॥

tataḥ paścādbhaviṣyāmi yajñeṣu nirataḥ sadā | rājyaṃ praśāsati punaḥ kuntīputra yudhiṣṭhire

After that I shall be ever intent on sacrifices, when Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, again governs the kingdom.

Note on the text: Line 1 is Appendix I passage 31, 12,326.093d@031_0023 (ahaṃ paścād bhaviṣyāmi yajñeṣu nirataḥ sadā; here ततः पश्चाद्भविष्यामि), the last line of the passage; line 2 is the CE star line 12.326.092b*0850_01 (rājyaṃ praśāsati punaḥ kuntīputre yudhiṣṭhire). Removed the apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa printed at the end of the line, which closes the quoted passage.

Verse 54 (12.348.54)

कर्माण्यपरिमेयानि चतुर्मूर्तिधरो ह्यहम् । कृत्वा लोकान्गमिष्यामि स्वानहं ब्रह्मसत्कृतान् ॥

karmāṇyaparimeyāni caturmūrtidharo hyaham | kṛtvā lokāngamiṣyāmi svānahaṃ brahmasatkṛtān

Having done boundless deeds, bearing the fourfold form, I shall go to my own worlds, honoured by Brahma.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.93a and 93c.

Verse 55 (12.348.55)

हंसः कूर्मश्च मत्स्यश्च प्रादुर्भावा द्विजोत्तम । वराहो नरसिंहश्च वामनो राम एव च । रामो दाशरथिश्चैव सात्वतः कल्किरेव च ॥

haṃsaḥ kūrmaśca matsyaśca prādurbhāvā dvijottama | varāho narasiṃhaśca vāmano rāma eva ca | rāmo dāśarathiścaiva sātvataḥ kalkireva ca

Hamsa, Kurma and Matsya are my manifestations, best of Brahmins; Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana and Rama; Rama, son of Dasharatha; Satvata (Krishna); and Kalki.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.326.94a (Wikisource हंसः कूर्मश्च मत्स्यश्च for the CE haṃso hayaśirāś ca; a variant, kept); lines 2-3 are the CE star lines 94b*0851_01-02.

Verse 56 (12.348.56)

यदा वेदश्रुतिर्नष्टा मया प्रत्याहृता पुनः । सवेदाः सश्रुतीकाश्च कृताः पूर्वं कृते युगे ॥

yadā vedaśrutirnaṣṭā mayā pratyāhṛtā punaḥ | savedāḥ saśrutīkāśca kṛtāḥ pūrvaṃ kṛte yuge

When the Vedic revelation was lost, I recovered it again; in the Krita age before, men were made to possess the Vedas together with the sacred tradition.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वदाः → सवेदाः (misprint in Wikisource; not a word in this context; the critical edition reads savedāḥ saśrutīkāś ca). Lines = CE 12.326.94c and 94e (Wikisource पुनः for the CE tadā, a variant, kept).

Verse 57 (12.348.57)

अतिक्रान्ताः पुराणेषु श्रुतास्ते यदि वा क्वचित् । अतिक्रान्ताश्च बहवः प्रादुर्भावा ममोत्तमाः ॥

atikrāntāḥ purāṇeṣu śrutāste yadi vā kvacit | atikrāntāśca bahavaḥ prādurbhāvā mamottamāḥ

The manifestations that are past are perhaps heard of somewhere in the Puranas; and many excellent manifestations of mine have passed by.

Verse 58 (12.348.58)

लोककार्याणि कृत्वा च पुनः स्वां प्रकृतिं गताः । न ह्येतद्ब्रह्मणा प्राप्तमीदृशं मम दर्शनम् ॥

lokakāryāṇi kṛtvā ca punaḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ gatāḥ | na hyetadbrahmaṇā prāptamīdṛśaṃ mama darśanam

Having accomplished the world's tasks, they returned again to their own nature. Not even Brahma has obtained such a sight of me as this,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.95e and 96a.

Verse 59 (12.348.59)

यत्त्वया प्राप्तमद्येह एकान्तगतबुद्धिना । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मन्भक्तिमतो मया । पुराणं च भविष्यं च सरहस्यं च सत्तम ॥

yattvayā prāptamadyeha ekāntagatabuddhinā | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ brahmanbhaktimato mayā | purāṇaṃ ca bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarahasyaṃ ca sattama

as you have obtained here today, with a mind fixed on the One. All this has been told to you, Brahmin, by me, to you who are devoted: the past and the future, with their secret, best of men.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.326.96c, 97a and 97c. The page's footnote gives ईदृशं ब्रह्मदर्शनम् as a variant of 58b.

Verse 60 (12.348.60)

एवं स भगवान्देवो विश्वमूर्तिधरोऽव्ययः । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे पुनः ॥

evaṃ sa bhagavāndevo viśvamūrtidharo'vyayaḥ | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tatraivāntardadhe punaḥ

Having spoken these words, the Blessed Lord, the god, imperishable, bearing the form of the universe, vanished again on that very spot.

Note on the text: Aligned lines: CE 12.326.98a and 98c (Wikisource अन्तर्दधे पुनः for the CE antaradhīyata; a variant, kept).

Verse 61 (12.348.61)

नारदोऽपि महातेजाः प्राप्यानुग्रहमीप्सितम् । नरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं बदर्याश्रममाद्रवत् ॥

nārado'pi mahātejāḥ prāpyānugrahamīpsitam | naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ badaryāśramamādravat

Narada too, of great splendour, having obtained the favour he desired, hurried to the Badari hermitage to see Nara and Narayana.

Verse 62 (12.348.62)

इदं महोपनिषदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम् । सांख्ययोगकृतं तेन पञ्चरात्रानुशब्दितम् ॥

idaṃ mahopaniṣadaṃ caturvedasamanvitam | sāṃkhyayogakṛtaṃ tena pañcarātrānuśabditam

This great Upanishad, joined with the four Vedas, shaped by Samkhya and Yoga, and proclaimed in accord with the Pancharatra,

Verse 63 (12.348.63)

नारायणमुखोदीतं नारदोऽश्रावयत्पुनः । ब्रह्मणः सदने तात यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ॥

nārāyaṇamukhodītaṃ nārado'śrāvayatpunaḥ | brahmaṇaḥ sadane tāta yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam

which came from Narayana's mouth, Narada recited again in Brahma's abode, dear child, just as he had seen it and just as he had heard it.

Note on the text: Corrected नारायंणमुखोदीतं → नारायणमुखोदीतं (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvāra; the critical edition reads nārāyaṇamukhodgītaṃ, with उदीतं a variant, kept).

Verse 64 (12.348.64)

एतदाश्चर्यभूतं हि माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः । किं वै ब्रह्मा न जानीते यतः शुश्राव नारदात् ॥

etadāścaryabhūtaṃ hi māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ | kiṃ vai brahmā na jānīte yataḥ śuśrāva nāradāt

This greatness of that wise one is truly a marvel. Does Brahma not know it, that he heard it from Narada?

Verse 65 (12.348.65)

पितामहोऽपि भगवांस्तस्माद्देवादनन्तरः । कथं स न विजानीयात्प्रभावममितौजसः ॥

pitāmaho'pi bhagavāṃstasmāddevādanantaraḥ | kathaṃ sa na vijānīyātprabhāvamamitaujasaḥ

The Grandsire, the Blessed One, comes immediately after that God. How could he not know the power of the one of boundless might?

Verse 66 (12.348.66)

महाकल्पसहस्राणि महाकल्पशतानि च । समतीतानि राजेन्द्र सर्गाश्च प्रलयाश्च ह ॥

mahākalpasahasrāṇi mahākalpaśatāni ca | samatītāni rājendra sargāśca pralayāśca ha

Thousands of great kalpas and hundreds of great kalpas have passed, king of kings, with their creations and dissolutions.

Verse 67 (12.348.67)

सर्गस्यादौ स्मृतो ब्रह्मा प्रजासर्गकरः प्रभुः । जानाति देवप्रवरं भूयश्चातोधिकं नृप । परमात्मानमीशानमात्मनः प्रभवं तथा ॥

sargasyādau smṛto brahmā prajāsargakaraḥ prabhuḥ | jānāti devapravaraṃ bhūyaścātodhikaṃ nṛpa | paramātmānamīśānamātmanaḥ prabhavaṃ tathā

At the beginning of creation Brahma is remembered as the lord who brings forth the creatures. He knows the foremost of the gods, and still more than that, O king: the Supreme Self, the Ruler, and likewise the source of his own being.

Verse 68 (12.348.68)

ये त्वन्ये ब्रह्मसदने सिद्धसङ्घाः समागताः । तेभ्यस्तच्छ्रावयामास पुराणं वेदसंमितम् ॥

ye tvanye brahmasadane siddhasaṅghāḥ samāgatāḥ | tebhyastacchrāvayāmāsa purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

To the other assemblies of Siddhas who had gathered in Brahma's abode, he recited that Purana, equal to the Veda.

Verse 69 (12.348.69)

अष्टाविंशत्सहस्राणि ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । आत्मानुगामिनां ब्रह्मा श्रावयामास तत्वतः । एवं पुरा प्राप्तमिदं भानुना मुनिभाषितम् ॥

aṣṭāviṃśatsahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | ātmānugāmināṃ brahmā śrāvayāmāsa tatvataḥ | evaṃ purā prāptamidaṃ bhānunā munibhāṣitam

Brahma truthfully recited it to twenty-eight thousand sages of purified souls, his own followers. Thus, long ago, this utterance of the sages was received by the Sun.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. The verse is related to CE 12.326.107-108 (ṣaṭṣaṣṭir hi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām …; ātmānugāmināṃ brahma śrāvayām āsa bhārata) but differs in wording and in the number of sages (twenty-eight thousand against sixty-six thousand); a vulgate-recension reading with no exact counterpart in the critical edition.

Verse 70 (12.348.70)

वर्षषष्टिसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च । सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकान्निर्मिता ये पुरःसराः । तेषामकथयत्सूर्यः सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम् ॥

varṣaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca | sūryasya tapato lokānnirmitā ye puraḥsarāḥ | teṣāmakathayatsūryaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhāvitātmanām

For sixty thousand years and sixty hundreds of years, while the Sun was heating the worlds, to all those pure-souled ones who had been created as his forerunners the Sun recounted it.

Note on the text: Aligned with CE 12.326.108 (low similarity): Wikisource has the period in years (sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years) where the critical edition has ṣaṭṣaṣṭir hi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām in line 1; lines 2-3 agree with 108c and 108e. A recension variant, kept.

Verse 71 (12.348.71)

सूर्यानुगामिभिस्तात ऋषिभिस्तैर्महात्मभिः । मेरौ समागता देवाः श्राविताश्चेदनुत्तमम् ॥

sūryānugāmibhistāta ṛṣibhistairmahātmabhiḥ | merau samāgatā devāḥ śrāvitāścedanuttamam

By those great sages who followed the Sun, dear child, this supreme teaching was made to be heard by the gods assembled on Meru.

Verse 72 (12.348.72)

देवानां तु सकाशाद्वै ततः श्रुत्वाऽसितो द्विजः । श्रावयामास राजेन्द्र पितॄन्वै मुनिसत्तमः ॥

devānāṃ tu sakāśādvai tataḥ śrutvā'sito dvijaḥ | śrāvayāmāsa rājendra pitṝnvai munisattamaḥ

Then the Brahmin Asita, best of sages, having heard it from the gods, made the ancestors hear it, king of kings.

Verse 73 (12.348.73)

मम चापि पिता तात कथयामास शंतनुः । ततो मयापि श्रुत्वा च कीर्तितं तव भारत ॥

mama cāpi pitā tāta kathayāmāsa śaṃtanuḥ | tato mayāpi śrutvā ca kīrtitaṃ tava bhārata

My father Shantanu also told it to me, dear child; and having heard it from him, I have recited it to you, descendant of Bharata.

Verse 74 (12.348.74)

सुरैर्वा मुनिभिर्वापि पुराणं यैरिदं श्रुतम् । सर्वे ते परमात्मानं पूजयन्ते समन्ततः ॥

surairvā munibhirvāpi purāṇaṃ yairidaṃ śrutam | sarve te paramātmānaṃ pūjayante samantataḥ

All those, gods or sages, who have heard this Purana, worship the Supreme Self everywhere.

Verse 75 (12.348.75)

इदमाख्यानमार्षेयं पारम्पर्यागतं नृप । नावासुदेवभक्ताय त्वया देयं कथंचन ॥

idamākhyānamārṣeyaṃ pāramparyāgataṃ nṛpa | nāvāsudevabhaktāya tvayā deyaṃ kathaṃcana

This tradition of the seers has come down by succession, O king. You must never give it to one who is not devoted to Vasudeva.

Verse 76 (12.348.76)

आख्यानमुत्तमं चेदं श्रावयेद्यः सदा नृप । तदैव मनुजो भक्तः शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः । प्राप्नुयादचिराद्राजन्विष्णुलोकं च शाश्वतम् ॥

ākhyānamuttamaṃ cedaṃ śrāvayedyaḥ sadā nṛpa | tadaiva manujo bhaktaḥ śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ | prāpnuyādacirādrājanviṣṇulokaṃ ca śāśvatam

Whoever, O king, always causes this excellent tale to be heard: that devoted man, at once becoming pure and composed, will soon reach the eternal world of Vishnu, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.113d*0856_01-03 (Wikisource तदैव for the CE sadaiva and शाश्वतम् for sanātanam; variants, kept). Removed the stray backtick, apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa.

Verse 77 (12.348.77)

मत्तोन्यानि च ते राजन्नुपाख्यानशतानि वै । यानि श्रुतानि सर्वाणि तेषां सारोयमुद्धृतः ॥

mattonyāni ca te rājannupākhyānaśatāni vai | yāni śrutāni sarvāṇi teṣāṃ sāroyamuddhṛtaḥ

Besides this, O king, you have heard from me hundreds of other tales; of all those that you have heard, this is the essence, drawn out.

Note on the text: Wikisource सर्वाणि for the CE dharmyāṇi; a variant, kept.

Verse 78 (12.348.78)

सुरासुरैर्यथा राजन्निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्धृतम् । एवमेतत्पुरा विप्रैः कथामृतमिहोद्धृतम् ॥

surāsurairyathā rājannirmathyāmṛtamuddhṛtam | evametatpurā vipraiḥ kathāmṛtamihoddhṛtam

As the nectar was churned out and drawn forth by gods and Asuras, so the nectar of this tale has been drawn forth here long ago by the Brahmins.

Verse 79 (12.348.79)

यश्चेदं पठते नित्यं यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नरः । एकान्तभावोपगत एकान्ते सुसमाहितः ॥

yaścedaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ | ekāntabhāvopagata ekānte susamāhitaḥ

The man who reads this daily, or hears it, with one-pointed devotion, in solitude, with a collected mind,

Verse 80 (12.348.80)

प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं भूत्वा चन्द्रप्रभो नरः । स सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशेन्नात्र संशयः ॥

prāpya śvetaṃ mahādvīpaṃ bhūtvā candraprabho naraḥ | sa sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśennātra saṃśayaḥ

will reach the great White Island, become radiant as the moon, and, without doubt, enter the god of a thousand rays.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रार्चिपं → सहस्रार्चिषं (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads sahasrārciṣaṃ).

Verse 81 (12.348.81)

मुच्येदार्तस्तथा रोगाच्छ्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् । जिज्ञासुर्लभते कामान्भक्तो भक्तगतिं व्रजेत् ॥

mucyedārtastathā rogācchrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām | jijñāsurlabhate kāmānbhakto bhaktagatiṃ vrajet

A sufferer is freed from disease on hearing this tale from the beginning; one who seeks to know obtains his desires; a devotee goes the way of the devotees.

Verse 82 (12.348.82)

त्वयापि सततं राजन्नभ्यर्च्यः पुरुषोत्तमः । स हि माता पिता चैव कृत्स्नस्य जगतो गुरुः ॥

tvayāpi satataṃ rājannabhyarcyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | sa hi mātā pitā caiva kṛtsnasya jagato guruḥ

You too, O king, should always worship the Supreme Person: he is the mother and the father and the teacher of the whole world.

Note on the text: Corrected राजत्रभ्यर्च्यः → राजन्नभ्यर्च्यः (misprint in Wikisource; न्न for त्र; the critical edition reads rājann abhyarcyaḥ).

Verse 83 (12.348.83)

ब्रह्मण्यदेवो भगवान्प्रीयतां ते सनातनः । युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः ॥

brahmaṇyadevo bhagavānprīyatāṃ te sanātanaḥ | yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho mahābuddhirjanārdanaḥ

May the Blessed One, the eternal god who cherishes the Brahmins, be pleased with you, mighty-armed Yudhishthira: Janardana of great wisdom.

Note on the text: Wikisource महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः for the CE mahābāhur janārdanaḥ; a variant, kept.

Verse 84 (12.348.84)

श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानवरं धर्मराड्जनमेजय । भ्रातरश्चास्य ते सर्वे नारायणपराभवन् ॥

śrutvaitadākhyānavaraṃ dharmarāḍjanamejaya | bhrātaraścāsya te sarve nārāyaṇaparābhavan

Having heard this excellent tale, O Janamejaya, the Dharma-king and all his brothers became devoted to Narayana.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner printed inside धर्मराड्जनमेजय.

Verse 85 (12.348.85)

जितं भगवता तेन पुरुषेणेति भारत । नित्यं जप्यपरा भूत्वा सारस्वतमुदीरयन् ॥

jitaṃ bhagavatā tena puruṣeṇeti bhārata | nityaṃ japyaparā bhūtvā sārasvatamudīrayan

"Victory has been won by the Blessed One, the Supreme Person," they said, descendant of Bharata; always intent on silent recitation, they uttered the Sarasvata.

Note on the text: Wikisource सारस्वतमुदीरयन् for the CE sarasvatīm udīrayan; a variant, kept.

Verse 86 (12.348.86)

यो ह्यस्माकं गुरुः श्रेष्ठः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः । जगौ परमकं जप्यं नारायणमुदीरयन् ॥

yo hyasmākaṃ guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ | jagau paramakaṃ japyaṃ nārāyaṇamudīrayan

He who is our best teacher, the sage Krishna Dvaipayana, sang the supreme muttered prayer, uttering the name of Narayana.

Note on the text: Wikisource यो ह्यस्माकं … जगौ परमकं for the CE yo hy asmākaṃ … sa jagau paramaṃ; a variant, kept.

Verse 87 (12.348.87)

गत्वान्तरिक्षात्सततं क्षीरोदममृताशयम् । पूजयित्वा च देवेशं पुनरायात्स्वगाश्रमम् ॥

gatvāntarikṣātsatataṃ kṣīrodamamṛtāśayam | pūjayitvā ca deveśaṃ punarāyātsvagāśramam

Going continually through the sky to the Ocean of Milk, the home of nectar, and worshipping the Lord of the gods, he would return to his own hermitage.

Verse 88 (12.348.88)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं नारदोक्तं मयेरितम् । पारम्पर्यागतं ह्येतत्पित्रा मे कथितं पुरा ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ nāradoktaṃ mayeritam | pāramparyāgataṃ hyetatpitrā me kathitaṃ purā

All this has been told to you, as narrated by Narada and recounted by me; it has come down by succession; my father told it to me long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.124d*0859_00-02 (the CE heads it bhīṣma uvāca, _00).

Verse 89 (12.348.89)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वैशंपायनकीर्तितम् । जनमेजयेन तच्छ्रुत्वा कृतं सम्यग्यथाविधि ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanakīrtitam | janamejayena tacchrutvā kṛtaṃ samyagyathāvidhi

All this has been told to you, as proclaimed by Vaishampayana; having heard it, Janamejaya did what was fitting in due form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; CE star passage 12.326.124d*0860_01-02 (the CE heads it sūta uvāca, _00; the page heads it सौति).

Verse 90 (12.348.90)

यूयं हि तप्ततपसः सर्वे च चरितव्रताः । शौनकस्य महासत्रं प्राप्ताः सर्वे द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

yūyaṃ hi taptatapasaḥ sarve ca caritavratāḥ | śaunakasya mahāsatraṃ prāptāḥ sarve dvijottamāḥ

You have all performed austerities and fulfilled your vows; all of you, best of Brahmins, have come to Shaunaka's great sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is CE star line 12.326.124d*0860_03 and line 2 is *0860_05; the star line between them (_04, sarve vedavido mukhyā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ) is not on the page, and the verse is complete in sense without it. The page prints the verse without the closing mark.

Verse 91 (12.348.91)

यजध्वं सुहुतैर्यज्ञैः शाश्वतं परमेश्वरम् । पारम्पर्यागतं ह्येतत्पित्रा मे कथितं पुरा ॥

yajadhvaṃ suhutairyajñaiḥ śāśvataṃ parameśvaram | pāramparyāgataṃ hyetatpitrā me kathitaṃ purā

Worship the eternal Supreme Lord with well-offered sacrifices. This has come down by succession; my father told it to me long ago.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star line 12.326.124d*0860_06 (yajadhvaṃ suhutair yajñair ātmānaṃ parameśvaram; Wikisource शाश्वतं for ātmānaṃ), the last line of that star passage. Line 2 (पारम्पर्यागतं ह्येतत्पित्रा मे कथितं पुरा) repeats line 2 of verse 88 (CE *0859_02) and is found nowhere else in the critical edition. The page labels this verse 91a, 91c, which suggests a line b has been lost; the critical edition has nothing more to restore, so the verse is kept as printed.