The Lord of Sacrifice and the Gods' Shares

Verse 1 (12.349.1)

कथं स भगवान्देवो यज्ञेष्वग्रहरः प्रभुः । यज्ञधारी च सततं वेदवेदाङ्गवित्तथा ॥

kathaṃ sa bhagavāndevo yajñeṣvagraharaḥ prabhuḥ | yajñadhārī ca satataṃ vedavedāṅgavittathā

How is it that the Blessed God, the Lord, takes the foremost share in sacrifices, is ever the upholder of sacrifice, and is likewise a knower of the Vedas and their limbs,

Note on the text: Speaker: the page heads this शौनक उवाच (Shaunaka asking Sauti) and the heading is kept; the critical edition has the same question as Janamejaya's to Vaishampayana (12.327.1, heading janamejaya uvāca).

Verse 2 (12.349.2)

निवृत्तं चास्थितो धर्मं क्षेमी भागवतः प्रभुः । निवृत्तिधर्मान्विदधे स एव भगवान्प्रभुः ॥

nivṛttaṃ cāsthito dharmaṃ kṣemī bhāgavataḥ prabhuḥ | nivṛttidharmānvidadhe sa eva bhagavānprabhuḥ

while he himself has taken his stand on the way of withdrawal, the secure Lord, the Bhagavata? And how is it that this same Blessed Lord laid down the laws of withdrawal?

Note on the text: Line 1 ends भागवतः प्रभुः (CE bhāgavatapriyaḥ) and line 2 begins निवृत्तिधर्मान् (CE pravṛttidharmān), recension variants, kept.

Verse 3 (12.349.3)

कथं प्रवृत्तिधर्मेषु भागार्हा देवताः कृताः । कथं निवृत्तिधर्माश्च कृता व्यावृत्तबुद्धयः ॥

kathaṃ pravṛttidharmeṣu bhāgārhā devatāḥ kṛtāḥ | kathaṃ nivṛttidharmāśca kṛtā vyāvṛttabuddhayaḥ

How were the gods made deserving of shares in the ways of activity? And how were others made followers of the laws of withdrawal, with minds turned back from the world?

Verse 4 (12.349.4)

एतं नः संशयं सौते छिन्धि गुह्यं सनातनम् । त्वया नारायणकथाः श्रुता वै धर्मसंहिताः ॥

etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ saute chindhi guhyaṃ sanātanam | tvayā nārāyaṇakathāḥ śrutā vai dharmasaṃhitāḥ

Resolve for us this hidden, eternal doubt, Sauti, for you have heard the tales of Narayana, the collections of dharma.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सौते (CE vipra), a recension variant fitting the Shaunaka-Sauti frame, kept.

Verse 5 (12.349.5)

जनमेजयेन यत्पृष्टः शिष्यो व्यासस्य धीमतः । तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि पौराणं शौनकोत्तम ॥

janamejayena yatpṛṣṭaḥ śiṣyo vyāsasya dhīmataḥ | tatte'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi paurāṇaṃ śaunakottama

I shall tell you, best of the line of Shaunaka, that ancient account which Janamejaya asked of the disciple of the wise Vyasa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension): the first two lines of the CE star passage 12.327.4d*0861_01-02, printed after 12.327.4 under the heading sūta uvāca (*0861_00). Wikisource कथयिष्यामि where the star reads kīrtayiṣyāmi (a variant, kept). The page heads the verse सौतिरुवाच.

Verse 6 (12.349.6)

श्रुत्वा माहात्म्यमेतस्य देहिनां परमात्मनः । जनमेजयो महाप्राज्ञो वैशंपायनमब्रवीत् ॥

śrutvā māhātmyametasya dehināṃ paramātmanaḥ | janamejayo mahāprājño vaiśaṃpāyanamabravīt

Having heard the greatness of this Supreme Self of embodied beings, the very wise Janamejaya spoke to Vaishampayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension): lines 3-4 of the CE star passage 12.327.4d*0861_03-04, identical in Wikisource.

Verse 7 (12.349.7)

इमे सब्रह्मका लोकाः ससुरासुरमानवाः । क्रियास्वभ्युदयोक्तासु सक्ता दृश्यन्ति सर्वशः ॥

ime sabrahmakā lokāḥ sasurāsuramānavāḥ | kriyāsvabhyudayoktāsu saktā dṛśyanti sarvaśaḥ

These worlds, with Brahma and with gods, demons and men, are seen everywhere attached to the rites spoken of as bringing prosperity.

Note on the text: Corrected सब्रह्यका → सब्रह्मका (misprint in Wikisource; य for म; CE sabrahmakā). Lines = CE 12.327.5a and 5c. Speaker: the page leaves verses 7-15 under the सौति heading, but they are Janamejaya's direct speech to Vaishampayana (verse 6 introduces it), so they are given to Janamejaya.

Verse 8 (12.349.8)

मोक्षश्चोक्तस्त्वया ब्रह्मन्निर्वाणं परमं सुखम् । ये तु मुक्ता भवन्तीह पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः । ते सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशन्तीह शुश्रुम ॥

mokṣaścoktastvayā brahmannirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ sukham | ye tu muktā bhavantīha puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ | te sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśantīha śuśruma

And you have spoken, brahmin, of liberation, nirvana, the highest bliss. We have heard that those who become liberated here, free of merit and sin, enter the thousand-rayed God.

Note on the text: Corrected शुश्रुम् → शुश्रुम (misprint in Wikisource; a final halanta that makes no word; the perfect शुश्रुम "we have heard" is the evident form; CE śuśrumaḥ). Three lines = CE 12.327.5e, 6a, 6c (the CE divides differently). Line 2 reads ये तु (CE ye ca) and line 3 प्रविशन्तीह शुश्रुम (CE praviśantīti śuśrumaḥ), recension variants, kept.

Verse 9 (12.349.9)

अयं हि दुरनुष्ठेयो मोक्षधर्मः सनातनः । यं हित्वा देवताः सर्वा हव्यकव्यभुजोऽभवन् ॥

ayaṃ hi duranuṣṭheyo mokṣadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | yaṃ hitvā devatāḥ sarvā havyakavyabhujo'bhavan

This eternal way of liberation is hard to practise; and by abandoning it all the gods have become consumers of offerings to the gods and the ancestors.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads अयं (CE aho), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 10 (12.349.10)

किंच ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च बलभित्प्रभुः । सूर्यस्ताराधिपो वायुरग्निर्वरुण एव च ॥

kiṃca brahmā ca rudraśca balabhitprabhuḥ | sūryastārādhipo vāyuragnirvaruṇa eva ca

What of Brahma and Rudra, the Lord who smote Bala, the Sun, the lord of the stars, Vayu, Agni and Varuna,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.327.8a and 8c; line 1 reads किंच ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च बलभित्प्रभुः (CE kiṃ nu brahmā ca rudraś ca śakraś ca balabhit prabhuḥ), a shorter variant, kept.

Verse 11 (12.349.11)

आकाशं जगती चैव ये च शेषा दिवौकसः । प्रलयं न विजानन्ति आत्मनः परिनिर्मितम् ॥

ākāśaṃ jagatī caiva ye ca śeṣā divaukasaḥ | pralayaṃ na vijānanti ātmanaḥ parinirmitam

the sky, the earth, and the remaining dwellers of heaven? They do not know the dissolution that has been fixed for themselves.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.327.8e and 9a.

Verse 12 (12.349.12)

ततस्तेनास्थिता मार्गं ध्रुवमक्षरमव्ययम् । स्मृत्वा कालपरीमाणं प्रवृत्तिं ये समास्थिताः । दोषः कालपरीमाणो महानेष क्रियावताम् ॥

tatastenāsthitā mārgaṃ dhruvamakṣaramavyayam | smṛtvā kālaparīmāṇaṃ pravṛttiṃ ye samāsthitāḥ | doṣaḥ kālaparīmāṇo mahāneṣa kriyāvatām

So they have not followed that path, unchanging, imperishable, undying. Those who, remembering the measure of time, have taken up the way of activity, for them, who perform rites, this measure of time is a great fault.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 12.327.9c, 10a, 10c. Line 1 ततस्तेनास्थिता is ततस्ते नास्थिता written together (CE tatas te nāsthitā), so no change; Wikisource ध्रुवमक्षरमव्ययम् (CE dhruvam akṣayam avyayam) and कालपरीमाणो (CE kālaparīmāṇe) are recension variants, kept.

Verse 13 (12.349.13)

एतन्मे संशयं विप्र हृदि शल्यमिवार्पितम् । छिन्धीतिहासकथनात्परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

etanme saṃśayaṃ vipra hṛdi śalyamivārpitam | chindhītihāsakathanātparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Cut away this doubt of mine, brahmin, lodged in my heart like a thorn; my curiosity to hear the account is very great.

Verse 14 (12.349.14)

कथं भागहराः प्रोक्ता देवताः क्रतुषु द्विज । किमर्थं चाध्वरे ब्रह्मन्निज्यन्ते त्रिदिवौकसः ॥

kathaṃ bhāgaharāḥ proktā devatāḥ kratuṣu dvija | kimarthaṃ cādhvare brahmannijyante tridivaukasaḥ

How are the gods said to take shares in sacrifices, twice-born one? And why are the dwellers of heaven worshipped at the rite, brahmin?

Verse 15 (12.349.15)

ये च भागं प्रगृह्णन्ति यज्ञेषु द्विजसत्तम । ते यजन्तो महायज्ञैः कस्य भागं ददन्ति वै ॥

ye ca bhāgaṃ pragṛhṇanti yajñeṣu dvijasattama | te yajanto mahāyajñaiḥ kasya bhāgaṃ dadanti vai

And those who take shares in the sacrifices, best of the twice-born, when they themselves offer the great sacrifices, to whom do they give a share?

Verse 16 (12.349.16)

अहो गूढतमः प्रश्नस्त्वया पृष्टो जनेश्वर । नातप्ततपसा ह्येष नावेदविदुषा तथा । नापुराणविदा चैव शक्यो व्याहर्तुमञ्जसा ॥

aho gūḍhatamaḥ praśnastvayā pṛṣṭo janeśvara | nātaptatapasā hyeṣa nāvedaviduṣā tathā | nāpurāṇavidā caiva śakyo vyāhartumañjasā

Aha, a most hidden question have you asked, lord of men. It cannot readily be answered by one who has not practised austerity, nor by one who does not know the Vedas, nor by one who does not know the Puranas.

Verse 17 (12.349.17)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि यन्मे पृष्टः पुरा गुरुः । कृष्णद्वैपायनो व्यासो वेदव्यासो महानृषिः ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yanme pṛṣṭaḥ purā guruḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyano vyāso vedavyāso mahānṛṣiḥ

Well then, I shall tell you what I once asked my teacher, Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, Vedavyasa, the great sage.

Verse 18 (12.349.18)

सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिश्चैव पैलश्च सुदृढव्रतः । अहं चतुर्थः शिष्यो वै पञ्चमश्च शुकः स्मृतः ॥

sumanturjaiminiścaiva pailaśca sudṛḍhavrataḥ | ahaṃ caturthaḥ śiṣyo vai pañcamaśca śukaḥ smṛtaḥ

Sumantu, Jaimini and Paila of firm vows; I was the fourth disciple, and Shuka is remembered as the fifth.

Note on the text: The alignment's match (12.337.11) is a false one; the verse is CE 12.327.16. Line 2 reads पञ्चमश्च शुकः स्मृतः (CE śuko vyāsātmajas tathā), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 19 (12.349.19)

एतान्समागतान्सर्वान्पञ्च शिष्यान्दमान्वितान् । शौचाचारसमायुक्ताञ्जितक्रोधाञ्जितेन्द्रियान् ॥

etānsamāgatānsarvānpañca śiṣyāndamānvitān | śaucācārasamāyuktāñjitakrodhāñjitendriyān

All these five disciples had come together, self-restrained, endowed with purity and good conduct, with anger and senses conquered,

Verse 20 (12.349.20)

वेदानध्यापयामास महाभारतपञ्चमान् । मेरौ गिरिवरे रम्ये सिद्धचारणसेविते ॥

vedānadhyāpayāmāsa mahābhāratapañcamān | merau girivare ramye siddhacāraṇasevite

and he taught them the Vedas, with the Mahabharata as the fifth, on Meru, best of mountains, delightful and frequented by Siddhas and Charanas.

Verse 21 (12.349.21)

तेषामभ्यस्यतां वेदान्कदाचित्संशयोऽभवत् । एष वै यस्त्वया पृष्टस्तेन तेषां प्रकीर्तितः ॥

teṣāmabhyasyatāṃ vedānkadācitsaṃśayo'bhavat | eṣa vai yastvayā pṛṣṭastena teṣāṃ prakīrtitaḥ

Once, while they were studying the Vedas, a doubt arose among them. It was this very question you have asked; he explained it to them then.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.19a and 19c. The CE star lines 12.327.19b*0862_01-04 (a question of the disciples) are not in Wikisource.

Verse 22 (12.349.22)

ततः श्रुतो मया चापि तवाख्येयोऽद्य भारत ॥

tataḥ śruto mayā cāpi tavākhyeyo'dya bhārata

Then I too heard it, and today I shall relate it to you, descendant of Bharata.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Single line = CE 12.327.19e, as printed (the page labels it 12-349-22).

Verse 23 (12.349.23)

शिष्याणां वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वाज्ञानतमोनुदः । पराशरसुतः श्रीमान्व्यासो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ॥

śiṣyāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sarvājñānatamonudaḥ | parāśarasutaḥ śrīmānvyāso vākyamathābravīt

Having heard his disciples' words, the glorious Vyasa, son of Parashara, dispeller of all the darkness of ignorance, then spoke.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् (CE vākyam uvāca ha), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 24 (12.349.24)

मया हि सुमहत्तप्तं तपः परमदारुणम् । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च जानीयामिति सत्तमाः ॥

mayā hi sumahattaptaṃ tapaḥ paramadāruṇam | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca jānīyāmiti sattamāḥ

I practised a great and exceedingly severe austerity, good men, so that I might know the past, the present and the future.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page carries the वैशंपायन heading over Vyasa's own speech (verse 23 introduces him); verses 24-37 are given to Vyasa, who is also the narrator of the story within them.

Verse 25 (12.349.25)

तस्य मे तप्ततपसो निगृहीतेन्द्रियस्य च । नारायणप्रसादेन क्षीरोदस्यानुकूलतः ॥

tasya me taptatapaso nigṛhītendriyasya ca | nārāyaṇaprasādena kṣīrodasyānukūlataḥ

Through the grace of Narayana, favourable to me from the Ocean of Milk, when I had practised austerity and restrained my senses,

Verse 26 (12.349.26)

त्रैकालिकमिदं ज्ञानं प्रादुर्भूतं यथेप्सितम् । तच्छृणुध्वं यथान्यायं वक्ष्ये संशयमुत्तमम् ॥

traikālikamidaṃ jñānaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ yathepsitam | tacchṛṇudhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ vakṣye saṃśayamuttamam

this knowledge of the three times arose in me as I had wished. Listen to it in due order; I shall explain the supreme question.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.23a and 23c; Wikisource यथान्यायं where the CE reads yathājñānaṃ, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (12.349.27)

यथा वृत्तं हि कल्पादौ दृष्टं मे ज्ञानचक्षुषा । परमात्मेति यं प्राहुः साङ्ख्ययोगविदो जनाः ॥

yathā vṛttaṃ hi kalpādau dṛṣṭaṃ me jñānacakṣuṣā | paramātmeti yaṃ prāhuḥ sāṅkhyayogavido janāḥ

I saw, with the eye of knowledge, how things were at the beginning of the aeon. He whom the knowers of Sankhya and Yoga call the Supreme Self

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.23e and 24a.

Verse 28 (12.349.28)

महापुरुषसंज्ञां स लभते स्वेन कर्मणा । तस्मात्प्रसूतमव्यक्तं प्रधानं तं विदुर्बुधाः ॥

mahāpuruṣasaṃjñāṃ sa labhate svena karmaṇā | tasmātprasūtamavyaktaṃ pradhānaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ

obtains the name of Mahapurusha through his own action. From him the Unmanifest was produced, which the wise know as Pradhana.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.24c and 25a.

Verse 29 (12.349.29)

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तमुत्पन्नं लोकसृष्ट्यर्थमीश्वरात् । अनिरुद्धो हि लोकेषु महानात्मेति कथ्यते ॥

avyaktādvyaktamutpannaṃ lokasṛṣṭyarthamīśvarāt | aniruddho hi lokeṣu mahānātmeti kathyate

From the Unmanifest, for the creation of the worlds, the manifest arose from the Lord. Aniruddha is called Mahat, the Great Self, in the worlds.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.25c and 26a.

Verse 30 (12.349.30)

योऽसौ व्यक्तत्वमापन्नो निर्ममे च पितामहम् । योऽहंकार इति प्रोक्तः सर्वतेजोमयो हि सः ॥

yo'sau vyaktatvamāpanno nirmame ca pitāmaham | yo'haṃkāra iti proktaḥ sarvatejomayo hi saḥ

He who, having become manifest, created the Grandsire is called Ahamkara, the sense of I, and he is wholly made of radiance.

Note on the text: Corrected योसौ → योऽसौ (avagraha dropped in Wikisource; CE yo 'sau). Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.26c and 26e (Wikisource योऽहंकार for CE so 'haṃkāra, a variant, kept).

Verse 31 (12.349.31)

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् । अहंकारप्रसूतानि महाभूतानि पञ्चधा ॥

pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam | ahaṃkāraprasūtāni mahābhūtāni pañcadhā

Earth, air, space, water, and fire as the fifth: from Ahamkara came the five great elements, in five kinds.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends पञ्चधा (CE bhārata), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 32 (12.349.32)

महाभूतानि सृष्ट्वैव तान्गुणान्निर्ममे पुनः । भूतेभ्यश्चैव निष्पन्ना मूर्तिमन्तश्च ताञ्शृणु ॥

mahābhūtāni sṛṣṭvaiva tānguṇānnirmame punaḥ | bhūtebhyaścaiva niṣpannā mūrtimantaśca tāñśṛṇu

Having created the great elements, he again created their qualities. Listen now to those embodied beings who came into being from the elements.

Note on the text: Lines read सृष्ट्वैव तान्गुणान् and मूर्तिमन्तश्च (CE sṛṣṭvātha tadguṇān and mūrtimanto 'ṣṭa), recension variants, kept.

Verse 33 (12.349.33)

मरीचिरङ्गिराश्चात्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । वसिष्ठश्च महात्मा वै मनुः स्वायंभुवस्तथा । ज्ञेयाः प्रकृतयोऽष्टौ ता यासु लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

marīciraṅgirāścātriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | vasiṣṭhaśca mahātmā vai manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvastathā | jñeyāḥ prakṛtayo'ṣṭau tā yāsu lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the great-souled Vasishtha, and likewise Manu Svayambhuva: these are to be known as the eight Prakritis, in whom the worlds are established.

Verse 34 (12.349.34)

वेदान्वेदाङ्गसंयुक्तान्यज्ञयज्ञाङ्गसंयुतान् । निर्ममे लोकसिद्ध्यर्थं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥

vedānvedāṅgasaṃyuktānyajñayajñāṅgasaṃyutān | nirmame lokasiddhyarthaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

For the accomplishment of the worlds, Brahma, the grandsire of the worlds, created the Vedas with their limbs and the sacrifices with their parts.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.30a and 30c; the CE star line 30b*0863_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 35 (12.349.35)

अष्टाभ्यः प्रकृतिभ्यश्च जातं विश्वमिदं जगत् ॥

aṣṭābhyaḥ prakṛtibhyaśca jātaṃ viśvamidaṃ jagat

From the eight Prakritis this entire universe was born.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. A single line, as printed (the page labels it 12-349-35) = CE 12.327.30e.

Verse 36 (12.349.36)

रुद्रो रोषात्मको जातो दशान्यान्सोऽसृजत्स्वयम् । एकादशैते रुद्रास्तु विकाराः पुरुषाः स्मृताः ॥

rudro roṣātmako jāto daśānyānso'sṛjatsvayam | ekādaśaite rudrāstu vikārāḥ puruṣāḥ smṛtāḥ

Rudra was born, made of wrath, and he himself created ten others. These eleven Rudras are remembered as modifications, as persons.

Note on the text: Corrected सोसृजस्त्वयम् → सोऽसृजत्स्वयम् (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped and त्स्व printed as स्त्व; CE so 'sṛjat svayam).

Verse 37 (12.349.37)

ते रुद्राः प्रकृतिश्चैव सर्वे चैव सुरर्षयः । उत्पन्ना लोकसिद्ध्यर्थं ब्रह्माणं समुपस्थिताः ॥

te rudrāḥ prakṛtiścaiva sarve caiva surarṣayaḥ | utpannā lokasiddhyarthaṃ brahmāṇaṃ samupasthitāḥ

Those Rudras, the Prakritis, and all the divine sages, born for the accomplishment of the worlds, approached Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रकृरतिश्चैव → प्रकृतिश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; CE prakṛtiś caiva).

Verse 38 (12.349.38)

वयं सृष्टा हि भगवंस्त्वया च प्रभविष्णुना । येन यस्मिन्नधीकारे वर्तितव्यं पितामह ॥

vayaṃ sṛṣṭā hi bhagavaṃstvayā ca prabhaviṣṇunā | yena yasminnadhīkāre vartitavyaṃ pitāmaha

We have been created by you, Blessed One, the all-powerful; tell us, Grandsire, in which office each of us is to act.

Note on the text: Speaker: unheaded direct speech of the Rudras, the Prakritis and the divine sages (verse 37), given to them as a group. Wording differs from the CE (Wikisource सृष्टा हि … च, CE hi sṛṣṭā … vai), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 39 (12.349.39)

योऽसौ त्वयाऽभिनिर्दिष्टो ह्यधिकारोऽर्थचिन्तकः । परिपाल्यः कथं तेन साहंकारेण कर्तृणा ॥

yo'sau tvayā'bhinirdiṣṭo hyadhikāro'rthacintakaḥ | paripālyaḥ kathaṃ tena sāhaṃkāreṇa kartṛṇā

That office, the caretaker of purposes, which you have assigned: how is it to be upheld by that doer, who has the sense of I?

Note on the text: Corrected योसौ → योऽसौ (avagraha dropped in Wikisource; CE yo 'sau). Line 1 reads त्वयाऽभिनिर्दिष्टो (CE vinirdiṣṭo) and line 2 साहंकारेण कर्तृणा (CE so 'dhikāro 'dhikāriṇā), recension variants, kept. कर्तृणा is unusual but is read as the instrumental of कर्तृ.

Verse 40 (12.349.40)

प्रदिशस्व बलं तस्य योऽधिकारार्थचिन्तकः । एवमुक्तो महादेवो देवांस्तानिदमब्रवीत् ॥

pradiśasva balaṃ tasya yo'dhikārārthacintakaḥ | evamukto mahādevo devāṃstānidamabravīt

Give strength to the one who looks after the purpose of that office. So addressed, the great god spoke to those gods as follows.

Note on the text: Speaker: line 1 is the end of the gods' request and line 2 narration; the verse is given to Vyasa as narrator.

Verse 41 (12.349.41)

साध्वहं ज्ञापितो देवा युष्माभिर्भद्रमस्तु वः । ममाप्येषा समुत्पन्ना चिन्ता या भवतामिह ॥

sādhvahaṃ jñāpito devā yuṣmābhirbhadramastu vaḥ | mamāpyeṣā samutpannā cintā yā bhavatāmiha

Well done, gods, that you have made this known to me; may good come to you. The very worry that is yours has arisen in me as well.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends भवतामिह (CE bhavatāṃ matā), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 42 (12.349.42)

लोकतन्त्रस्य कृत्स्नस्य कथं कार्यः परिग्रहः । कथं बलक्षयो न स्याद्युष्माकं ह्यात्मनश्च वै ॥

lokatantrasya kṛtsnasya kathaṃ kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ | kathaṃ balakṣayo na syādyuṣmākaṃ hyātmanaśca vai

How is the whole business of the worlds to be undertaken? And how may there be no loss of strength for you, and for me as well?

Verse 43 (12.349.43)

इतः सर्वेऽपि गच्छामः शरणं लोकसाक्षिणम् । महापुरुषमव्यक्तं स नो वक्ष्यति यद्धितम् ॥

itaḥ sarve'pi gacchāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ lokasākṣiṇam | mahāpuruṣamavyaktaṃ sa no vakṣyati yaddhitam

Let us all go from here for refuge to the Witness of the worlds, the unmanifest Great Person; he will tell us what is beneficial.

Verse 44 (12.349.44)

ततस्ते ब्रह्मणा सार्धमृषयो विबुधास्तथा । क्षीरोदस्योत्तरं कूलं जग्मूर्लोकहितार्थिनः ॥

tataste brahmaṇā sārdhamṛṣayo vibudhāstathā | kṣīrodasyottaraṃ kūlaṃ jagmūrlokahitārthinaḥ

Then the sages and the gods, together with Brahma, desiring the welfare of the worlds, went to the northern shore of the Ocean of Milk.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षीरादस्योत्तरं → क्षीरोदस्योत्तरं (misprint in Wikisource; "kshīrāda" is no word and the Ocean of Milk is क्षीरोद, as in verse 25; CE kṣīrodasyottaraṃ). Speaker: the page keeps the ब्रह्मा heading over verses 44-47, which are narration; they are given to Vyasa.

Verse 45 (12.349.45)

ते तपः समुपातिष्ठन्ब्रह्मोक्तं वेदकल्पितम् । स महानियमो नाम तपश्चर्या सुदारुणा ॥

te tapaḥ samupātiṣṭhanbrahmoktaṃ vedakalpitam | sa mahāniyamo nāma tapaścaryā sudāruṇā

They undertook the austerity that Brahma had enjoined and the Veda had ordained, the severe discipline called the Great Observance.

Verse 46 (12.349.46)

ऊर्ध्वदृग्बाहवश्चैव एकाग्रमनसोऽभवन् । एकपादस्थिताः सर्वे काष्ठभूताः समाहिताः ॥

ūrdhvadṛgbāhavaścaiva ekāgramanaso'bhavan | ekapādasthitāḥ sarve kāṣṭhabhūtāḥ samāhitāḥ

With eyes and arms raised, and with minds one-pointed, all of them stood on one foot, composed, like logs of wood.

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (ऊर्ध्वदृग्बाहवश्चैव … एकाग्रमनसोऽभवन् … सर्वे; CE ūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭir bāhavaś ca … samyak), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 47 (12.349.47)

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं ते तपस्तप्त्वा सुदारुणम् । शुश्रुवुर्मधुरां वाणीं वेदवेदाङ्गभूषिताम् ॥

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ te tapastaptvā sudāruṇam | śuśruvurmadhurāṃ vāṇīṃ vedavedāṅgabhūṣitām

Having practised that severe austerity for a divine thousand years, they heard a sweet voice adorned with the Vedas and their limbs.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends सुदारुणम् (CE tad uttamam), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 48 (12.349.48)

भोभोः सब्रह्मका देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । स्वागतेनार्च्य वः सर्वाञ्श्रावये वाक्यमुत्तमम् ॥

bhobhoḥ sabrahmakā devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | svāgatenārcya vaḥ sarvāñśrāvaye vākyamuttamam

O gods with Brahma, and sages rich in austerity! Having honoured you all with welcome, I make you hear an excellent word.

Note on the text: Corrected सब्रह्यका → सब्रह्मका (misprint in Wikisource; य for म; CE sabrahmakā). Speaker heading वाग् as printed. Line 1 reads सब्रह्यका (see correction); the CE (12.327.43) names no speaker.

Verse 49 (12.349.49)

विज्ञातं वो मया कार्यं तच्च लोकहितं महत् । प्रवृत्तियुक्तं कर्तव्यं युष्मत्प्राणोपबृंहणम् ॥

vijñātaṃ vo mayā kāryaṃ tacca lokahitaṃ mahat | pravṛttiyuktaṃ kartavyaṃ yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṃhaṇam

I know your purpose, and it is a great one for the good of the worlds: what is to be done is joined to the way of activity, and it will strengthen your vital powers.

Verse 50 (12.349.50)

सुतप्तं वस्तपो देवा ममाराधनकाम्यया । भोक्ष्यथास्य महासत्वास्तपसः फलमुत्तमम् ॥

sutaptaṃ vastapo devā mamārādhanakāmyayā | bhokṣyathāsya mahāsatvāstapasaḥ phalamuttamam

Well have you practised austerity, gods, wishing to win me over. O mighty ones, you shall enjoy the supreme fruit of this austerity.

Note on the text: महासत्वाः (CE mahāsattvāḥ) is a variant spelling, kept.

Verse 51 (12.349.51)

एष ब्रह्मा लोकगुरुः सर्वलोकपितामहः । यूयं च विबुधश्रेष्ठा मां यजध्वं समाहिताः ॥

eṣa brahmā lokaguruḥ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | yūyaṃ ca vibudhaśreṣṭhā māṃ yajadhvaṃ samāhitāḥ

Here is Brahma, teacher of the worlds, grandsire of all the worlds; and you, best of gods, worship me with composed minds.

Verse 52 (12.349.52)

सर्वे भागान्कल्पयध्वं यज्ञेषु मम नित्यशः । तत्र श्रेयोऽभिधास्यामि यथाऽधीकारमीश्वराः ॥

sarve bhāgānkalpayadhvaṃ yajñeṣu mama nityaśaḥ | tatra śreyo'bhidhāsyāmi yathā'dhīkāramīśvarāḥ

Always assign shares to me in the sacrifices, all of you. There I shall declare what is best, lords, according to each one's office.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads तत्र श्रेयोऽभिधास्यामि (CE tathā śreyo vidhāsyāmi), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 53 (12.349.53)

श्रुत्वैतद्देवदेवस्य वाक्यं हृष्टतनूरुहाः । ततस्ते विबुधाः सर्वे ब्रह्मा ते च महर्षयः ॥

śrutvaitaddevadevasya vākyaṃ hṛṣṭatanūruhāḥ | tataste vibudhāḥ sarve brahmā te ca maharṣayaḥ

On hearing this speech of the God of gods, with the hair of their bodies bristling with joy, all those gods, Brahma, and those great sages

Note on the text: Speaker: the page heads verses 53-84 वैशंपायन उवाच, but verses 53-57 are narration within Vyasa's account and verses 58-84 are the Lord's own speech (introduced in 57); the narration is given to Vyasa and the speech to the Bodiless Voice (the Lord, as in verses 48-52). The critical edition has no heading here (Vyasa speaks throughout).

Verse 54 (12.349.54)

वेददृष्टेन विधिना वैष्णवं क्रतुमाहरन् । तस्मिन्सत्रे सदा ब्रह्मा स्वयं भागमकल्पयत् ॥

vedadṛṣṭena vidhinā vaiṣṇavaṃ kratumāharan | tasminsatre sadā brahmā svayaṃ bhāgamakalpayat

performed the Vaishnava sacrifice by the rite seen in the Veda. In that sacrificial session Brahma himself fixed a share, as he ever does.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.49a and 49c.

Verse 55 (12.349.55)

देवा देवर्षयश्चैव स्वंस्वं भागमकल्पयन् । ते कार्तयुगधर्माणो भागाः परमसत्कृताः ॥

devā devarṣayaścaiva svaṃsvaṃ bhāgamakalpayan | te kārtayugadharmāṇo bhāgāḥ paramasatkṛtāḥ

The gods and the divine sages each assigned his own share. Those shares, shaped by the dharma of the Krita age and held in the highest honour,

Note on the text: Corrected अकल्पयम् → अकल्पयन् (misprint in Wikisource; first-person singular beside a plural subject; CE akalpayan).

Verse 56 (12.349.56)

प्राहुरादित्यवर्णं तं पुरुषं तमसः परम् । बृहन्तं सर्वगं देवमीशानं वरदं प्रभुम् ॥

prāhurādityavarṇaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ tamasaḥ param | bṛhantaṃ sarvagaṃ devamīśānaṃ varadaṃ prabhum

spoke of him as the Person of the colour of the sun, beyond darkness, the vast, all-pervading God, the Ruler, the giver of boons, the Lord.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.50c and 50e. Line 1 reads प्राहुः (CE prāpuḥ), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 57 (12.349.57)

ततोऽथ वरदो देवस्तान्सर्वानमरान्स्थितान् । अशरीरो बभाषेदं वाक्यं स्वस्थो महेश्वरः ॥

tato'tha varado devastānsarvānamarānsthitān | aśarīro babhāṣedaṃ vākyaṃ svastho maheśvaraḥ

Then the God who gives boons, without a body, serene, Maheshvara, spoke these words to all those immortals standing there.

Note on the text: Corrected वरदौ → वरदो and बभापेदं → बभाषेदं (misprints in Wikisource; CE varado, babhāṣedaṃ).

Verse 58 (12.349.58)

येन यः कल्पितो भागः स तथा मामुपागतः । प्रीतोऽहं प्रदिशाम्यद्य फलमावृत्तिलक्षणम् । एतद्वो लक्षणं देवा मत्प्रसादसमुद्भवम् ॥

yena yaḥ kalpito bhāgaḥ sa tathā māmupāgataḥ | prīto'haṃ pradiśāmyadya phalamāvṛttilakṣaṇam | etadvo lakṣaṇaṃ devā matprasādasamudbhavam

The share that each of you assigned has reached me accordingly. I am pleased; today I grant the fruit marked by recurrence. This, gods, is the sign for you, born of my grace.

Note on the text: Three lines, as printed = CE 12.327.52a, 52c, 53a. Speaker: see verse 53.

Verse 59 (12.349.59)

यूयं यज्ञैरिज्यमानाः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः । युगेयुगे भविष्यध्वं प्रवृत्तिफलभागिनः ॥

yūyaṃ yajñairijyamānāḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ | yugeyuge bhaviṣyadhvaṃ pravṛttiphalabhāginaḥ

You who are worshipped with sacrifices completed with fine fees will, in every age, be sharers in the fruit of the way of activity.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.53c and 53e.

Verse 60 (12.349.60)

यज्ञैर्ये चापि यक्ष्यन्ति सर्वलोकेषु वै सुराः । कल्पयिष्यन्ति वो भागांस्ते नरा वेदकल्पितान् ॥

yajñairye cāpi yakṣyanti sarvalokeṣu vai surāḥ | kalpayiṣyanti vo bhāgāṃste narā vedakalpitān

And those men, gods, who in all the worlds will sacrifice with sacrifices will assign you the shares ordained by the Veda.

Verse 61 (12.349.61)

यो मे यथा कल्पितवान्भागमस्मिन्महाक्रतौ । स तथा यज्ञभागार्हो वेदसूत्रे मया कृतः ॥

yo me yathā kalpitavānbhāgamasminmahākratau | sa tathā yajñabhāgārho vedasūtre mayā kṛtaḥ

As each of you has fixed his share in this great sacrifice, so shall he be entitled to a sacrificial share: this I have laid down in the Vedic ordinance.

Verse 62 (12.349.62)

यूयं लोकान्भावयध्वं यज्ञभागफलोचिताः । सर्वार्थचिन्तका लोके मयाऽधीकारनिर्मिताः ॥

yūyaṃ lokānbhāvayadhvaṃ yajñabhāgaphalocitāḥ | sarvārthacintakā loke mayā'dhīkāranirmitāḥ

Sustain the worlds, you who deserve the fruit of the sacrificial shares; you who look after all purposes in the world have been created by me, each with an office.

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (भावयध्वं … फलोचिताः … मयाऽधीकारनिर्मिताः; CE dhārayadhvaṃ … faloditāḥ … yathādhīkāranirmitāḥ), recension variants, kept.

Verse 63 (12.349.63)

याः क्रियाः प्रचरिष्यन्ति प्रवृत्तिफलसत्कृताः । ताभिराप्यायितबला लोकान्वै धारयिष्यथ ॥

yāḥ kriyāḥ pracariṣyanti pravṛttiphalasatkṛtāḥ | tābhirāpyāyitabalā lokānvai dhārayiṣyatha

Strengthened by the rites that will be performed, honoured with the fruit of the way of activity, you will support the worlds.

Verse 64 (12.349.64)

यूयं हि भाविता यज्ञैः सर्वयज्ञेषु मानवैः । मां ततो भावयिष्यध्वमेषा वो भावना मम ॥

yūyaṃ hi bhāvitā yajñaiḥ sarvayajñeṣu mānavaiḥ | māṃ tato bhāvayiṣyadhvameṣā vo bhāvanā mama

You are nourished by men through sacrifices, in all the sacrifices; and from that you will nourish me. This is how you nourish me.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads यज्ञैः (CE loke), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 65 (12.349.65)

इत्यर्थं निर्मिता वेदा यज्ञाश्चौषधिभिः सह । एभिः सम्यक्प्रयुक्तैर्हि प्रीयन्ते देवताः क्षितौ ॥

ityarthaṃ nirmitā vedā yajñāścauṣadhibhiḥ saha | ebhiḥ samyakprayuktairhi prīyante devatāḥ kṣitau

For this purpose the Vedas were made, and the sacrifices together with the herbs. When these are rightly used, the gods are gratified here on earth.

Verse 66 (12.349.66)

निर्माणमेतद्युष्माकं प्रवृत्तिगुणकल्पितम् । मया कृतं सुरश्रेष्ठा यावत्कल्पक्षयादिह । चिन्तयध्वं लोकहितं यथाधीकारमीश्वराः ॥

nirmāṇametadyuṣmākaṃ pravṛttiguṇakalpitam | mayā kṛtaṃ suraśreṣṭhā yāvatkalpakṣayādiha | cintayadhvaṃ lokahitaṃ yathādhīkāramīśvarāḥ

This establishment of yours, shaped by the quality of activity, I have made, best of gods, to last until the destruction of the aeon. Care for the welfare of the world, lords, each according to his office.

Verse 67 (12.349.67)

मरीचिरङ्गिराश्चात्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । वसिष्ठ इति सप्तैते मनसा निर्मिता हि ते ॥

marīciraṅgirāścātriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | vasiṣṭha iti saptaite manasā nirmitā hi te

Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and Vasishtha: these seven were created by the mind.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends मनसा निर्मिता हि ते (CE mānasā nirmitā hi vai), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 68 (12.349.68)

एते वेदविदो मुख्या वेदाचार्याश्च कल्पिताः । प्रवृत्तिधर्मिणश्चैव प्राजापत्ये च कल्पिताः ॥

ete vedavido mukhyā vedācāryāśca kalpitāḥ | pravṛttidharmiṇaścaiva prājāpatye ca kalpitāḥ

These foremost knowers of the Veda are appointed teachers of the Veda; and they follow the dharma of activity, appointed to the office of the progenitors.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्राजापत्ये (CE prājāpatyena), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 69 (12.349.69)

अयं क्रियावतां पन्था व्यक्तीभूतः सनातनः । अनिरुद्ध इति प्रोक्तो लोकसर्गकरः प्रभुः ॥

ayaṃ kriyāvatāṃ panthā vyaktībhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ | aniruddha iti prokto lokasargakaraḥ prabhuḥ

This is the path of those who act, become manifest and eternal; it is called Aniruddha, the Lord who creates the worlds.

Verse 70 (12.349.70)

सनः सनत्सुजातश्च सनकः ससनन्दनः । सनत्कुमारः कपिलः सप्तमश्च सनातनः ॥

sanaḥ sanatsujātaśca sanakaḥ sasanandanaḥ | sanatkumāraḥ kapilaḥ saptamaśca sanātanaḥ

Sana, Sanatsujata, Sanaka with Sanandana, Sanatkumara, Kapila, and Sanatana as the seventh.

Verse 71 (12.349.71)

सप्तैते मानसाः प्रोक्ता ऋषयो ब्रह्मणः सुताः । स्वयमागतविज्ञाना निवृत्तिं धर्ममास्थिताः ॥

saptaite mānasāḥ proktā ṛṣayo brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ | svayamāgatavijñānā nivṛttiṃ dharmamāsthitāḥ

These seven are called the mind-born sages, the sons of Brahma, who gained knowledge of themselves and stand in the dharma of withdrawal.

Verse 72 (12.349.72)

एते योगविदो मुख्याः साङ्ख्यशास्त्रविशारदाः । आचार्या धर्मशास्त्रेषु मोक्षधर्मप्रवर्तकाः ॥

ete yogavido mukhyāḥ sāṅkhyaśāstraviśāradāḥ | ācāryā dharmaśāstreṣu mokṣadharmapravartakāḥ

They are the foremost knowers of Yoga, masters of the science of Sankhya, teachers in the treatises on dharma, promoters of the dharma of liberation.

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (साङ्ख्यशास्त्रविशारदाः … आचार्या धर्मशास्त्रेषु; CE sāṃkhyadharmavidas tathā … ācāryā mokṣaśāstre ca), recension variants, kept.

Verse 73 (12.349.73)

यतोऽहं प्रसृतः पूर्वमव्यक्तात्त्रिगुणो महान् । तस्मात्परतरो योऽसौ क्षेत्रज्ञ इति कल्पितः ॥

yato'haṃ prasṛtaḥ pūrvamavyaktāttriguṇo mahān | tasmātparataro yo'sau kṣetrajña iti kalpitaḥ

From the Unmanifest I proceeded of old as the great three-qualitied one; and he who is higher even than that, who is conceived as the Knower of the Field,

Note on the text: Corrected अव्यक्तात्रिगुणो → अव्यक्तात्त्रिगुणो (a त of the conjunct त्त्र dropped in Wikisource; CE avyaktāt triguṇo) and योसौ → योऽसौ (avagraha dropped).

Verse 74 (12.349.74)

सोऽहं क्रियावतां पन्थाः पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभः । यो यथा निर्मितो जन्तुर्यस्मिन्यस्मिंश्च कर्मणि ॥

so'haṃ kriyāvatāṃ panthāḥ punarāvṛttidurlabhaḥ | yo yathā nirmito janturyasminyasmiṃśca karmaṇi

I am he, the path of those who act, from which return is hard to find. Whatever creature has been fashioned for whatever work,

Note on the text: Corrected सोहं → सोऽहं (avagraha dropped in Wikisource; CE so 'haṃ). Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.67e and 68a.

Verse 75 (12.349.75)

प्रवृत्तौ वा निवृत्तौ वा तत्फलं सोऽश्नुतेऽवशः । एष लोकगुरुर्ब्रह्मा जगदादिकरः प्रभुः ॥

pravṛttau vā nivṛttau vā tatphalaṃ so'śnute'vaśaḥ | eṣa lokagururbrahmā jagadādikaraḥ prabhuḥ

whether in activity or in withdrawal, he reaps its fruit, helpless. This Brahma is the teacher of the worlds, the Lord, the maker of the world's beginning.

Note on the text: Corrected सोश्नुतेऽवशः → सोऽश्नुतेऽवशः (avagraha dropped in Wikisource; CE so 'śnute 'vaśaḥ). Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.68c and 69a.

Verse 76 (12.349.76)

एष माता पिता चैव युष्माकं च पितामहः । मयाऽनुशिष्टो भविता सर्वभूतवरप्रदः ॥

eṣa mātā pitā caiva yuṣmākaṃ ca pitāmahaḥ | mayā'nuśiṣṭo bhavitā sarvabhūtavarapradaḥ

He is mother and father and also your grandsire; instructed by me, he will be the giver of boons to all beings.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.69c and 69e.

Verse 77 (12.349.77)

अस्य चैवात्मजो रुद्रो ललाटाद्यः समुत्थितः । ब्रह्मानुशिष्टो भविता सर्वभूतधरः प्रभुः ॥

asya caivātmajo rudro lalāṭādyaḥ samutthitaḥ | brahmānuśiṣṭo bhavitā sarvabhūtadharaḥ prabhuḥ

His son Rudra, who arose from his forehead, instructed by Brahma, will be the Lord, the supporter of all beings.

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (आत्मजः … सर्वभूतधरः प्रभुः; CE anujaḥ … sarvatrasavarapradaḥ), recension variants, kept.

Verse 78 (12.349.78)

गच्छध्वं स्वानधीकारांश्चिन्तयध्वं यथाविधि । प्रवर्तन्तां क्रियाः सर्वाः सर्वलोकेषु माचिरम् ॥

gacchadhvaṃ svānadhīkārāṃścintayadhvaṃ yathāvidhi | pravartantāṃ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ sarvalokeṣu māciram

Go to your own offices and attend to them in due order. Let all rites proceed in all the worlds without delay.

Verse 79 (12.349.79)

प्रदिश्यन्तां च कर्माणि प्राणिनां गतयस्तथा । परिनिष्ठितकालानि आयूंषीह सुरोत्तमाः ॥

pradiśyantāṃ ca karmāṇi prāṇināṃ gatayastathā | pariniṣṭhitakālāni āyūṃṣīha surottamāḥ

Let actions be assigned, and the destinies of living beings, and the lifespans here, best of gods, with their periods fixed.

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (प्रदिश्यन्तां … परिनिष्ठितकालानि आयूंषीह; CE pradṛśyantāṃ … parinirmitakālāni āyūṃṣi ca), recension variants, kept.

Verse 80 (12.349.80)

इदं कृतयुगं नाम कालः श्रेष्ठः प्रवर्तितः । अहिंस्या यज्ञपशवो युगेऽस्मिन्न तदन्यथा ॥

idaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pravartitaḥ | ahiṃsyā yajñapaśavo yuge'sminna tadanyathā

This is the age named Krita; the best of times has been set in motion. In this age sacrificial animals are not to be harmed; it is not otherwise.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.73a and 73c; the CE star line 73b*0864_01 (tripādahīno dharmaś ca yuge tasmin bhaviṣyati) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 81 (12.349.81)

चतुष्पात्सकलो धर्मो भविष्यत्यत्र वै सुराः । ततस्त्रेतायुगं नाम त्रयी यत्र भविष्यति ॥

catuṣpātsakalo dharmo bhaviṣyatyatra vai surāḥ | tatastretāyugaṃ nāma trayī yatra bhaviṣyati

In this age, gods, dharma will stand complete on four feet. Then will come the age named Treta, in which the threefold Veda will exist,

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.73e and 74a.

Verse 82 (12.349.82)

प्रोक्षिता यत्र पशवो वधं प्राप्स्यन्ति वै मखे । यत्र पादश्चतुर्थो वै धर्मस्य न भविष्यति ॥

prokṣitā yatra paśavo vadhaṃ prāpsyanti vai makhe | yatra pādaścaturtho vai dharmasya na bhaviṣyati

in which animals, once consecrated, will meet slaughter at the sacrifice, and in which the fourth foot of dharma will not exist.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.74c and 74e.

Verse 83 (12.349.83)

ततो वै द्वापरं नाम मिश्रः कालो भविष्यति । द्विपादहीनो धर्मश्च युगे तस्मिन्भविष्यति ॥

tato vai dvāparaṃ nāma miśraḥ kālo bhaviṣyati | dvipādahīno dharmaśca yuge tasminbhaviṣyati

Then will come the age named Dvapara, a mixed time, and in that age dharma will lack two feet.

Note on the text: The CE star line 75d*0865_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 84 (12.349.84)

ततस्तिष्येऽथ संप्राप्ते युगे कलिपुरस्कृते । एकपादस्थितो धर्मो यत्र तत्र भविष्यति ॥

tatastiṣye'tha saṃprāpte yuge kalipuraskṛte | ekapādasthito dharmo yatra tatra bhaviṣyati

Then, when the Tishya age arrives, led by Kali, dharma will stand on one foot and be found only here and there.

Verse 85 (12.349.85)

देवा देवर्षयश्चोचुस्तमेवंवादिनं गुरुम् । एकपादस्थिते धर्मे यत्र क्वचन गामिनि । कथं कर्तव्यमस्माभिर्भगवंस्तद्वदस्व नः ॥

devā devarṣayaścocustamevaṃvādinaṃ gurum | ekapādasthite dharme yatra kvacana gāmini | kathaṃ kartavyamasmābhirbhagavaṃstadvadasva naḥ

The gods and the divine sages said to the Teacher who spoke thus: When dharma stands on one foot and goes only here and there, Blessed One, how are we to act? Tell us.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star line 12.327.76d*0866_01 (devā devarṣayaś cocus tam evaṃvādinaṃ gurum), identical in Wikisource; lines 2-3 = CE 12.327.77a and 77c. The page heads the verse देवा ऊचुः, as does the CE for 77; the opening line is narration and is kept inside the verse.

Verse 86 (12.349.86)

गुरवो यत्र पूज्यन्ते साधुवृत्तसमन्विताः । वस्तव्यं तत्र युष्माभिर्यत्र धर्मो न हीयते ॥

guravo yatra pūjyante sādhuvṛttasamanvitāḥ | vastavyaṃ tatra yuṣmābhiryatra dharmo na hīyate

Where teachers of good conduct are honoured, there you should dwell, where dharma does not decline.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension): the CE star lines 12.327.78*0867_01-02 (guravo yatra pūjyante sādhuvṛttāḥ śamānvitāḥ / vastavyaṃ tatra yuṣmābhir yatra dharmo na hīyate), printed before 12.327.78a. Wikisource साधुवृत्तसमन्विताः for CE śamānvitāḥ is a variant, kept. Removed a stray daṇḍa pair and quote mark printed after the second line.

Verse 87 (12.349.87)

यत्र वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च तपः सत्यं दमस्तथा । अहिंसा धर्मसंयुक्ताः प्रचरेयुः सुरोत्तमाः । स वो देशः सेवितव्यो मा वोऽधर्मः पदा स्पृशेत् ॥

yatra vedāśca yajñāśca tapaḥ satyaṃ damastathā | ahiṃsā dharmasaṃyuktāḥ pracareyuḥ surottamāḥ | sa vo deśaḥ sevitavyo mā vo'dharmaḥ padā spṛśet

Where the Vedas and sacrifices, austerity, truth and self-control, joined with non-violence and dharma, are practised, best of gods, that country you should frequent. Let adharma not touch you with its foot.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 12.327.78a, 78c, 78e. Line 3 reads स वो (CE sa vai), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 88 (12.349.88)

तेऽनुशिष्टा भगवता देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथा । नमस्कृत्वा भगवते जग्मुर्देशान्यथेप्सितान् ॥

te'nuśiṣṭā bhagavatā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā | namaskṛtvā bhagavate jagmurdeśānyathepsitān

Thus instructed by the Blessed One, the gods and the hosts of sages bowed to the Blessed One and went to the places of their choice.

Verse 89 (12.349.89)

गतेषु त्रिदिवौकस्सु ब्रह्मैकः पर्यवस्थितः । दिदृक्षुर्भगवन्तं तमनिरुद्धतनौ स्थितम् ॥

gateṣu tridivaukassu brahmaikaḥ paryavasthitaḥ | didṛkṣurbhagavantaṃ tamaniruddhatanau sthitam

When the dwellers of heaven had gone, Brahma alone remained, wishing to see the Blessed One who abided in the body of Aniruddha.

Verse 90 (12.349.90)

तं देवो दर्शयामास कृत्वा हयशिरो महत् । साङ्गानावर्तयन्वेदान्कमण्डलुत्रिदण्डधृक् ॥

taṃ devo darśayāmāsa kṛtvā hayaśiro mahat | sāṅgānāvartayanvedānkamaṇḍalutridaṇḍadhṛk

The God showed himself to him, having assumed a great horse's head, reciting the Vedas with their limbs, carrying a water-pot and a triple staff.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends त्रिदण्डधृक् (CE gaṇitradhṛk; the page's footnote cites a further reading, कमण्डलुपवित्रधृक्), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 91 (12.349.91)

ततोऽश्वशिरसं दृष्ट्वा तं देवममितौजसम् । लोककर्ता प्रभुर्ब्रह्मा लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥

tato'śvaśirasaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ devamamitaujasam | lokakartā prabhurbrahmā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Then, seeing that God of immeasurable might with the horse's head, the Lord Brahma, maker of the worlds, in his wish for the good of the worlds,

Verse 92 (12.349.92)

मूर्ध्ना प्रणम्य वरदं तस्थौ प्राञ्जलिरग्रतः । स परिष्वज्य देवेन वचनं श्रावितस्तदा ॥

mūrdhnā praṇamya varadaṃ tasthau prāñjaliragrataḥ | sa pariṣvajya devena vacanaṃ śrāvitastadā

bowed his head to the giver of boons and stood before him with folded hands; and embraced by the God, he was then made to hear these words.

Verse 93 (12.349.93)

लोककार्यगतीः सर्वास्त्वं चिन्तय यथाविधि । धाता त्वं सर्वभूतानां त्वं प्रभुर्जगतो गुरुः । त्वय्यावेशितभारोऽहं धृतिं प्राप्स्याम्यथाञ्जसा ॥

lokakāryagatīḥ sarvāstvaṃ cintaya yathāvidhi | dhātā tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ prabhurjagato guruḥ | tvayyāveśitabhāro'haṃ dhṛtiṃ prāpsyāmyathāñjasā

Attend in due order to all the courses of the world's affairs. You are the creator of all beings, the lord and teacher of the world. With my burden laid upon you, I shall quickly find peace.

Verse 94 (12.349.94)

यदा च सुरकार्यं ते अविषह्यं भविष्यति । प्रादुर्भावं गमिष्यामि तदात्मज्ञानदैशिकः ॥

yadā ca surakāryaṃ te aviṣahyaṃ bhaviṣyati | prādurbhāvaṃ gamiṣyāmi tadātmajñānadaiśikaḥ

And when a task of the gods arises that you cannot bear, then I shall manifest myself as a guide to the knowledge of the Self.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads दैशिकः (CE deśikaḥ), a valid variant spelling, kept.

Verse 95 (12.349.95)

एवमुक्त्वा हयशिरास्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । तेनानुशिष्टो ब्रह्मापि स्वं लोकमचिराद्गतः ॥

evamuktvā hayaśirāstatraivāntaradhīyata | tenānuśiṣṭo brahmāpi svaṃ lokamacirādgataḥ

Having spoken thus, the Horse-headed One vanished on that very spot; and Brahma, instructed by him, soon went back to his own world.

Verse 96 (12.349.96)

एवमेष महाभागः पद्मनाभः सनातनः । यज्ञेष्वग्रहरः प्रोक्तो यज्ञधारी च नित्यदा ॥

evameṣa mahābhāgaḥ padmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ | yajñeṣvagraharaḥ prokto yajñadhārī ca nityadā

Thus this greatly glorious, eternal Lotus-navelled One is declared to be the foremost taker of sacrifices and ever the upholder of sacrifice.

Verse 97 (12.349.97)

निवृत्तिं चास्थितो धर्मं गतिमक्षयधर्मिणाम् । प्रवृत्तिधर्मान्विदधे कृत्वा लोकस्य चित्रताम् ॥

nivṛttiṃ cāsthito dharmaṃ gatimakṣayadharmiṇām | pravṛttidharmānvidadhe kṛtvā lokasya citratām

He has taken his stand on the dharma of withdrawal, the goal of those whose dharma is imperishable; and he has established the laws of activity, making the world manifold.

Verse 98 (12.349.98)

स आदिः स मध्यः स चान्तः प्रजानां । स धाता स धेयं स कर्ता स कार्यम् । युगान्ते प्रसुप्तः सुसंक्षिप्य लोकान् । युगादौ प्रबुद्धो जगद्ध्युत्ससर्ज ॥

sa ādiḥ sa madhyaḥ sa cāntaḥ prajānāṃ | sa dhātā sa dheyaṃ sa kartā sa kāryam | yugānte prasuptaḥ susaṃkṣipya lokān | yugādau prabuddho jagaddhyutsasarja

He is the beginning, the middle and the end of creatures; he is the one who establishes and the thing established, the doer and the deed. At the end of the age he sleeps, having drawn the worlds together; at the beginning of the age, awakened, he sends the universe forth.

Note on the text: Printed as four lines (two long lines of the CE, each split at the semicolon) = CE 12.327.89a and 89c; Wikisource प्रसुप्तः (CE sa suptaḥ) and धेयं (CE dheyaḥ) are recension variants, kept. The CE star line 89d*0868_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 99 (12.349.99)

तस्मै नमध्वं देवाय निर्गुणाय महात्मने । अजाय विश्वरूपाय धाम्ने सर्वदिवौकसाम् ॥

tasmai namadhvaṃ devāya nirguṇāya mahātmane | ajāya viśvarūpāya dhāmne sarvadivaukasām

Bow to that God, free of qualities, great-souled, unborn, of universal form, the abode of all the dwellers of heaven,

Note on the text: Line 1 ends निर्गुणाय महात्मने (CE nirguṇāya guṇātmane), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 100 (12.349.100)

महाभूताधिपतये रुद्राणां पतये तथा । आदित्यपतये चैव वसूनां पतये तथा ॥

mahābhūtādhipataye rudrāṇāṃ pataye tathā | ādityapataye caiva vasūnāṃ pataye tathā

to the lord of the great elements, lord of the Rudras, lord of the Adityas, and lord of the Vasus,

Verse 101 (12.349.101)

अश्विभ्यां पतये चैव मरुतां पतये तथा । वेदयज्ञाधिपतये वेदाङ्गपतयेऽपि च ॥

aśvibhyāṃ pataye caiva marutāṃ pataye tathā | vedayajñādhipataye vedāṅgapataye'pi ca

lord of the two Ashvins, lord of the Maruts, lord of the Vedas and of sacrifice, and lord of the limbs of the Veda,

Verse 102 (12.349.102)

समुद्रवासिने नित्यं हरये मुञ्जकेशिने । शान्ताय सर्वभूतानां मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिणे ॥

samudravāsine nityaṃ haraye muñjakeśine | śāntāya sarvabhūtānāṃ mokṣadharmānubhāṣiṇe

who ever dwells in the ocean, Hari with the hair of munja grass, peaceful toward all beings, the expounder of the dharma of liberation,

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्रावसिने → समुद्रवासिने (misprint in Wikisource; "avasin" is no word, the vowel length is displaced; CE samudravāsine). शान्ताय in line 2 (CE śāntaye) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 103 (12.349.103)

तपसां तेजसां चैव पतये यशसामपि । वचसां पतये नित्यं सरितां पतये तथा ॥

tapasāṃ tejasāṃ caiva pataye yaśasāmapi | vacasāṃ pataye nityaṃ saritāṃ pataye tathā

lord of austerities and of radiance, and also of fame, lord ever of words, and lord of rivers,

Note on the text: Wording differs from the CE (यशसामपि, वचसां पतये; CE yaśaso 'pi ca, vācaś ca pataye), recension variants, kept.

Verse 104 (12.349.104)

कपर्दिने वराहाय एकशृङ्गाय धीमते । विवस्वतेऽश्वशिरसे चतुर्मूर्तिधृते सदा । सूक्ष्माय ज्ञानदृश्याय अजरायाक्षयाय च ॥

kapardine varāhāya ekaśṛṅgāya dhīmate | vivasvate'śvaśirase caturmūrtidhṛte sadā | sūkṣmāya jñānadṛśyāya ajarāyākṣayāya ca

to Kapardin, the Boar, the one-horned, the wise, to Vivasvat, to the Horse-headed, who always bears four forms, to the subtle, the visible to knowledge, the ageless and the imperishable.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Three lines = CE 12.327.95a, 95c, 96a; line 3 reads सूक्ष्माय ज्ञानदृश्याय अजरायाक्षयाय च (CE guhyāya jñānadṛśyāya akṣarāya kṣarāya ca), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 105 (12.349.105)

एष देवः संचरति सर्वत्र गतिरव्ययः । एष चैतत्परं ब्रह्म ज्ञेयो विज्ञानचक्षुषा ॥

eṣa devaḥ saṃcarati sarvatra gatiravyayaḥ | eṣa caitatparaṃ brahma jñeyo vijñānacakṣuṣā

This God moves everywhere, his course imperishable. And he is that supreme Brahman, to be known by the eye of wisdom.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Line 1 = CE 12.327.96c. Line 2 (printed in square brackets on the page, एष चैतत्परं ब्रह्म ज्ञेयो विज्ञानचक्षुषा) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the brackets are removed and the line kept as the page's own text. The page prints a daṇḍa pair inside the bracket, also removed.

Verse 106 (12.349.106)

एवमेतत्पुरा दृष्टं मया वै ज्ञानचक्षुषा । कथितं तच्च वै सर्वं मया पृष्टेन तत्त्वतः ॥

evametatpurā dṛṣṭaṃ mayā vai jñānacakṣuṣā | kathitaṃ tacca vai sarvaṃ mayā pṛṣṭena tattvataḥ

Thus, long ago, I saw this with the eye of knowledge; and since you asked me, I have told you all of it truly.

Verse 107 (12.349.107)

क्रियतां मद्वचः शिष्याः सेव्यतां हरिरीश्वरः । गीयतां वेदशब्दैश्च पूज्यतां च यथाविधि ॥

kriyatāṃ madvacaḥ śiṣyāḥ sevyatāṃ harirīśvaraḥ | gīyatāṃ vedaśabdaiśca pūjyatāṃ ca yathāvidhi

Do as I say, disciples: serve Hari, the Lord; sing of him with the words of the Veda and worship him according to rule.

Verse 108 (12.349.108)

इत्युक्तास्तु वयं तेन वेदव्यासेन धीमता । सर्वे शिष्याः सुतश्चास्य शुकः परमधर्मवित् ॥

ityuktāstu vayaṃ tena vedavyāsena dhīmatā | sarve śiṣyāḥ sutaścāsya śukaḥ paramadharmavit

Thus addressed by the wise Vedavyasa, we, all his disciples, and his son Shuka, supreme in the knowledge of dharma,

Note on the text: Corrected शिष्या → शिष्याः (visarga dropped in Wikisource, beside plural सर्वे; CE śiṣyāḥ).

Verse 109 (12.349.109)

स चास्माकमुपाध्यायः सहास्माभिर्विशांपते । चतुर्वेदोद्गताभिस्तमृग्भिः समभितुष्टुवे ॥

sa cāsmākamupādhyāyaḥ sahāsmābhirviśāṃpate | caturvedodgatābhistamṛgbhiḥ samabhituṣṭuve

and he, our teacher, together with us, O lord of men, praised him with verses of the Rig Veda drawn from the four Vedas.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads तमृग्भिः समभितुष्टुवे (CE ṛgbhis tam abhituṣṭuve), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 110 (12.349.110)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । एवं मेऽकथयद्राजन्पुरा द्वैपायनो गुरुः ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | evaṃ me'kathayadrājanpurā dvaipāyano guruḥ

I have told you all that you asked me. In this way, O king, my teacher Dvaipayana told me long ago.

Verse 111 (12.349.111)

यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चैनं परिकीर्तयेत् । नमो भगवते कृत्वा समाहितमतिर्नरः ॥

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ yaścainaṃ parikīrtayet | namo bhagavate kṛtvā samāhitamatirnaraḥ

The man who always listens to this, or recites it, having bowed to the Blessed One, with a composed mind,

Note on the text: Line 2 ends समाहितमतिर्नरः (CE samāhitamanā naraḥ), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 112 (12.349.112)

भवत्यरोगो मतिमान्बलरूपसमन्वितः । आतुरो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥

bhavatyarogo matimānbalarūpasamanvitaḥ | āturo mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt

becomes free of disease, wise, and endowed with strength and beauty; the sick is freed from disease, the bound from bondage.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads मतिमान् (CE dyutimān), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 113 (12.349.113)

कामकामी लभेत्कामं दीर्घं चायुरवाप्नुयात् । ब्राह्मणः सर्ववेदी स्यात्क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत् ॥

kāmakāmī labhetkāmaṃ dīrghaṃ cāyuravāpnuyāt | brāhmaṇaḥ sarvavedī syātkṣatriyo vijayī bhavet

One who desires an object obtains it and gains long life; a brahmin becomes master of all the Vedas, a kshatriya victorious,

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.104a and 104c.

Verse 114 (12.349.114)

वैश्यो विपुललाभः स्याच्छूद्रः सुखमवाप्नुयात् । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं कन्या चैवेप्सितं पतिम् ॥

vaiśyo vipulalābhaḥ syācchūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt | aputro labhate putraṃ kanyā caivepsitaṃ patim

a vaishya of great gain, a shudra obtains happiness; a childless man gets a son, a maiden the husband she wishes for,

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.104e and 105a.

Verse 115 (12.349.115)

लग्नगर्भा विमुच्येत गर्भिणी जनयेत्सुतम् । बन्ध्या प्रसवमाप्नोति पुत्रपौत्रसमृद्धिमत् ॥

lagnagarbhā vimucyeta garbhiṇī janayetsutam | bandhyā prasavamāpnoti putrapautrasamṛddhimat

a woman whose delivery is obstructed is released, a pregnant woman bears a son, and a barren woman gives birth, blessed with sons and grandsons.

Note on the text: Not auto-matched. Lines = CE 12.327.105c and 105e.

Verse 116 (12.349.116)

क्षेमेण गच्छेदध्वानमिदं यः पठते पथि । यो यं कामं कामयते स तमाप्नोति च ध्रुवम् ॥

kṣemeṇa gacchedadhvānamidaṃ yaḥ paṭhate pathi | yo yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayate sa tamāpnoti ca dhruvam

One who recites this on the road goes safely along the way; and whatever desire a man desires, he surely obtains it.

Note on the text: The CE star line 12.327.106d*0869_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 117 (12.349.117)

इदं महर्षेर्वचनं विनिश्चितं । महात्मनः पुरुषवरस्य कीर्तितम् । समागमं चर्षिदिवौकसामिमं । निशम्य भक्ताः सुसुखं लभन्ते ॥

idaṃ maharṣervacanaṃ viniścitaṃ | mahātmanaḥ puruṣavarasya kīrtitam | samāgamaṃ carṣidivaukasāmimaṃ | niśamya bhaktāḥ susukhaṃ labhante

This is the settled word of the great sage, the proclamation of the great-souled best of men. Hearing this meeting of the sages and the dwellers of heaven, devotees gain great happiness.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends कीर्तितम् (CE kīrtanam), a recension variant, kept.