Krishna Explains His Names; the Battle of Rudra and Narayana

Verse 1 (12.352.1)

सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ शश्वत्केशैर्मे अंशुसञ्ज्ञितैः । बोधयंस्तापयंश्चैव जगदुत्तिष्ठतः पृथक् ॥

sūryācandramasau śaśvatkeśairme aṃśusañjñitaiḥ | bodhayaṃstāpayaṃścaiva jagaduttiṣṭhataḥ pṛthak

With the hairs of mine that are called rays, the sun and the moon ever awaken and warm the world as it rises up, each in its own way.

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Verse 2 (12.352.2)

बोधनात्तापनाच्चैव जगतो हर्षणं भवेत् । अग्नीषोमकृतैरेभिः कर्मभिः पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

bodhanāttāpanāccaiva jagato harṣaṇaṃ bhavet | agnīṣomakṛtairebhiḥ karmabhiḥ pāṇḍunandana

By this awakening and this warming the world is gladdened, O son of Pandu, through these works of mine that are done by Agni and Soma.

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Verse 3 (12.352.3)

हृषीकेशोऽहमीशानो वरदो लोकभावनः ॥

hṛṣīkeśo'hamīśāno varado lokabhāvanaḥ

I am Hrishikesha, the Lord, the giver of boons, the one who brings the worlds into being.

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Verse 4 (12.352.4)

इडोपहूतयोगेन हरे भागं क्रतुष्वहम् । वर्णश्च मे हरिश्रेष्ठस्तस्माद्धरिरहं स्मृतः ॥

iḍopahūtayogena hare bhāgaṃ kratuṣvaham | varṇaśca me hariśreṣṭhastasmāddharirahaṃ smṛtaḥ

Through the invocation of Ida I take (hare) my share in the sacrifices, and my colour is the finest of the tawny hues; therefore I am remembered as Hari.

Verse 5 (12.352.5)

धाम सारो हि लोकानामृतं चैव विचारितम् । ऋतधामा ततो विप्रैः सत्यश्चाहं प्रकीर्तितः ॥

dhāma sāro hi lokānāmṛtaṃ caiva vicāritam | ṛtadhāmā tato vipraiḥ satyaścāhaṃ prakīrtitaḥ

Dhama, the abode, is the essence of the worlds, and Rita, the order of truth, has likewise been reckoned; so the learned Brahmins proclaim me as Ritadhama, and also as Satya.

Verse 6 (12.352.6)

नष्टां च धरणीं पूर्वमविन्दं वै गुहागताम् । गोविन्द इति मां देवा वाग्भिः समभितुष्टुवुः ॥

naṣṭāṃ ca dharaṇīṃ pūrvamavindaṃ vai guhāgatām | govinda iti māṃ devā vāgbhiḥ samabhituṣṭuvuḥ

Long ago I found the earth, which had been lost and had gone into a cave; therefore the gods praised me in their hymns as Govinda.

Verse 7 (12.352.7)

शिपिविष्टेति चाख्यायां हीनरोमा च यो भवेत् । तेनाविष्टं हि यत्किञ्चिच्छिपिविष्टं हि तत्स्मृतम् ॥

śipiviṣṭeti cākhyāyāṃ hīnaromā ca yo bhavet | tenāviṣṭaṃ hi yatkiñcicchipiviṣṭaṃ hi tatsmṛtam

In the name Shipivishta, 'shipi' denotes one who is without hair; whatever is entered (avishta) by him is remembered as shipivishta.

Verse 8 (12.352.8)

यास्को मामृषिरव्यग्रो नैकयज्ञेषु गीतवान् । शिपिविष्ट इति ह्यस्माद्गुह्यनामधरो ह्यहम् ॥

yāsko māmṛṣiravyagro naikayajñeṣu gītavān | śipiviṣṭa iti hyasmādguhyanāmadharo hyaham

The sage Yaska, calm of mind, sang of me in many sacrifices; for this reason I bear the secret name Shipivishta.

Verse 9 (12.352.9)

स्तुत्वा मां शिपिविष्टेति यास्को ऋषिरुदारधीः । मत्प्रसादादधो नष्टं निरुक्तमभिजग्मिवान् ॥

stutvā māṃ śipiviṣṭeti yāsko ṛṣirudāradhīḥ | matprasādādadho naṣṭaṃ niruktamabhijagmivān

Praising me as Shipivishta, the noble-minded sage Yaska, by my grace, regained the Nirukta that had been lost below.

Verse 10 (12.352.10)

न हि जातो न जायेऽहं न जनिष्ये कदाचन । क्षेत्रज्ञः सर्वभूतानां तस्मादहमजः स्मृतः ॥

na hi jāto na jāye'haṃ na janiṣye kadācana | kṣetrajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tasmādahamajaḥ smṛtaḥ

I was never born, I am not born, and I shall never be born. I am the knower of the field in all beings; therefore I am remembered as Aja, the Unborn.

Verse 11 (12.352.11)

नोक्तपूर्वं मया क्षुद्रमश्लीलं वा कदाचन । ऋता ब्रह्मसुता सा मे सत्या देवी सरस्वती ॥

noktapūrvaṃ mayā kṣudramaślīlaṃ vā kadācana | ṛtā brahmasutā sā me satyā devī sarasvatī

I have never spoken anything petty or indecent. Sarasvati, Brahma's daughter, is my goddess, true and bound to Rita, the order of truth.

Verse 12 (12.352.12)

सच्चासच्चैव कौन्तेय मयावेशितमात्मनि । पौष्करे ब्रह्मसदने सत्यं मामृषयो विदुः ॥

saccāsaccaiva kaunteya mayāveśitamātmani | pauṣkare brahmasadane satyaṃ māmṛṣayo viduḥ

O son of Kunti, both being and non-being have been made to dwell within me; therefore in Pushkara, in the abode of Brahma, the sages know me as Satya.

Verse 13 (12.352.13)

सत्त्वान्न च्युतपूर्वोऽहं सत्त्वं वै विद्धि मत्कृतम् । जन्मनीहाभवत्सत्त्वं पौर्विकं मे धनञ्जय ॥

sattvānna cyutapūrvo'haṃ sattvaṃ vai viddhi matkṛtam | janmanīhābhavatsattvaṃ paurvikaṃ me dhanañjaya

I have never fallen away from sattva; know that sattva is of my making. In this very birth, O Dhananjaya, my sattva from former times came to be.

Verse 14 (12.352.14)

निराशीःकर्मसंयुक्तं सात्वतं मां प्रकल्पय । सात्वतज्ञानदृष्टोऽहं सात्वतः सात्वतां पतिः ॥

nirāśīḥkarmasaṃyuktaṃ sātvataṃ māṃ prakalpaya | sātvatajñānadṛṣṭo'haṃ sātvataḥ sātvatāṃ patiḥ

Regard me as Satvata, one who acts without desire for any reward. I am seen through the knowledge of the Satvatas; I am Satvata, the lord of the Satvatas.

Verse 15 (12.352.15)

कृषामि मेदिनीं पार्थ भूत्वा कार्ष्णायसो महान् । कृष्णो वर्णश्च मे यस्मात्तस्मात्कृष्णोऽहमर्जुन ॥

kṛṣāmi medinīṃ pārtha bhūtvā kārṣṇāyaso mahān | kṛṣṇo varṇaśca me yasmāttasmātkṛṣṇo'hamarjuna

I plough the earth, O Partha, having become a great plough of black iron; and because my colour is black, therefore I am Krishna, Arjuna.

Verse 16 (12.352.16)

मया संश्लेषिता भूमिरद्भिर्व्योम च वायुना । वायुश्च तेजसा सार्धं वैकुण्ठत्वं ततो मम ॥

mayā saṃśleṣitā bhūmiradbhirvyoma ca vāyunā | vāyuśca tejasā sārdhaṃ vaikuṇṭhatvaṃ tato mama

By me earth has been joined with water, the sky with the wind, and the wind with fire; hence the name Vaikuntha is mine.

Verse 17 (12.352.17)

निर्वाणं परमं सौख्यं धर्मोऽसौ पर उच्यते । तस्मान्न च्युतपूर्वोऽहमच्युतस्तेन कर्मणा ॥

nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ saukhyaṃ dharmo'sau para ucyate | tasmānna cyutapūrvo'hamacyutastena karmaṇā

Nirvana is the highest happiness, and that is called supreme dharma; since I have never fallen away from it, by that deed I am Achyuta.

Verse 18 (12.352.18)

पृथिवीनभसी चोभे विश्रुते विश्वलौकिके । तयोः सन्धारणार्थं हि मामधोक्षजमञ्जसा ॥

pṛthivīnabhasī cobhe viśrute viśvalaukike | tayoḥ sandhāraṇārthaṃ hi māmadhokṣajamañjasā

Earth and sky are both renowned, spread through the whole world; for the upholding of the two, they call me Adhokshaja, directly and truly.

Verse 19 (12.352.19)

निरुक्तं वेदविदुषो ये च शब्दार्थचिन्तकाः । ते मां गायन्ति प्राग्वंशे अधोक्षज इति स्थितिः ॥

niruktaṃ vedaviduṣo ye ca śabdārthacintakāḥ | te māṃ gāyanti prāgvaṃśe adhokṣaja iti sthitiḥ

Those who know the Veda and the Nirukta, and who reflect on words and their meanings, sing of me in the sacrificial hall as Adhokshaja; such is the established usage.

Note on the text: The CE star passage 12.330.18d*0879_01 (adho na kṣīyate yasmād vadanty anye 'py adhokṣajam) follows this verse in the CE and is not on the page.

Verse 20 (12.352.20)

शब्द एकमतैरेष व्याहृतः परमर्षिभिः । नान्यो ह्यधोक्षजो लोके ऋते नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥

śabda ekamataireṣa vyāhṛtaḥ paramarṣibhiḥ | nānyo hyadhokṣajo loke ṛte nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

The great sages have uttered this word with one accord; there is no other Adhokshaja in the world except the Lord Narayana.

Verse 21 (12.352.21)

घृतं ममार्चिषो लोके जन्तूनां प्राणधारणम् । घृतार्चिरहमव्यग्रैर्वेदज्ञैः परिकीर्तितः ॥

ghṛtaṃ mamārciṣo loke jantūnāṃ prāṇadhāraṇam | ghṛtārcirahamavyagrairvedajñaiḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Ghee, which sustains the life of creatures in the world, belongs to my flames; hence the calm Veda-knowers proclaim me Ghritarchis, he whose flame is ghee.

Verse 22 (12.352.22)

त्रयो हि धातवः ख्याताः कर्मजा इति च स्मृताः । पित्तं श्लेष्मा च वायुश्च एष सङ्घात उच्यते ॥

trayo hi dhātavaḥ khyātāḥ karmajā iti ca smṛtāḥ | pittaṃ śleṣmā ca vāyuśca eṣa saṅghāta ucyate

Three humours are declared, and they are said to arise from past action: bile, phlegm and wind. Their combination is what is called the body's constitution.

Verse 23 (12.352.23)

एतैश्च धार्यते जन्तुरेतैः क्षीणैश्च क्षीयते । आयुर्वेदविदस्तस्मात्त्रिधातुं मां प्रचक्षते ॥

etaiśca dhāryate janturetaiḥ kṣīṇaiśca kṣīyate | āyurvedavidastasmāttridhātuṃ māṃ pracakṣate

By these a creature is sustained, and when they decay, it decays; therefore those who know the science of life call me Tridhatu, the threefold.

Verse 24 (12.352.24)

वृषो हि भगवान्धर्मः ख्यातो लोकेषु भारत । नैघण्टुकपदाख्यातं विद्धि मां वृषमुत्तमम् ॥

vṛṣo hi bhagavāndharmaḥ khyāto lokeṣu bhārata | naighaṇṭukapadākhyātaṃ viddhi māṃ vṛṣamuttamam

Dharma, the blessed one, is called Vrisha in the worlds, O Bharata. By the explanation given in the Naighantuka, know me as the supreme Vrisha.

Verse 25 (12.352.25)

कपिर्वराहः श्रेष्ठश्च धर्मश्च वृष उच्यते । तस्माद्वृषाकपिं प्राह कश्यपो मां प्रजापतिः ॥

kapirvarāhaḥ śreṣṭhaśca dharmaśca vṛṣa ucyate | tasmādvṛṣākapiṃ prāha kaśyapo māṃ prajāpatiḥ

Kapi means the boar, the best; and dharma is called Vrisha. Therefore the Prajapati Kashyapa named me Vrishakapi.

Note on the text: The CE star passage 12.330.24d*0880_01 (nādimantaṃ na cāntaṃ ca kadā cid vidyate surāḥ) follows this verse in the CE and is not on the page.

Verse 26 (12.352.26)

न चादिं न मध्यं तथा नैव चान्तं; कदाचिद्विदन्ते सुराश्चासुराश्च । अनाद्यो ह्यमध्यस्तथा चाप्यनन्तः; प्रगीतोऽहमीशो विभुर्लोकसाक्षी ॥

na cādiṃ na madhyaṃ tathā naiva cāntaṃ; kadācidvidante surāścāsurāśca | anādyo hyamadhyastathā cāpyanantaḥ; pragīto'hamīśo vibhurlokasākṣī

Neither my beginning nor my middle nor my end do the gods and the demons ever discover. Being without beginning, without middle, and likewise endless, I am sung as the Lord, the all-pervading, the witness of the worlds.

Verse 27 (12.352.27)

शुचीनि श्रवणीयानि शृणोमीह धनञ्जय । न च पापानि गृह्णामि ततोऽहं वै शुचिश्रवाः ॥

śucīni śravaṇīyāni śṛṇomīha dhanañjaya | na ca pāpāni gṛhṇāmi tato'haṃ vai śuciśravāḥ

I hear pure things, worthy of being heard, here in the world, O Dhananjaya, and I take in nothing sinful; therefore I am Shuchishravas.

Verse 28 (12.352.28)

एकशृङ्गः पुरा भूत्वा वराहो दिव्यदर्शनः । इमामुद्धृतवान्भूमिमेकशृङ्गस्ततो ह्यहम् ॥

ekaśṛṅgaḥ purā bhūtvā varāho divyadarśanaḥ | imāmuddhṛtavānbhūmimekaśṛṅgastato hyaham

Long ago I became a boar of divine appearance with a single horn and raised up this earth; therefore I am Ekashringa.

Verse 29 (12.352.29)

तथैवासं त्रिककुदो वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । त्रिककुत्तेन विख्यातः शरीरस्य तु मापनात् ॥

tathaivāsaṃ trikakudo vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ | trikakuttena vikhyātaḥ śarīrasya tu māpanāt

So too I took the boar's form with three humps; I am renowned as Trikakut from the measuring out of the body.

Verse 30 (12.352.30)

विरिञ्च इति यः प्रोक्तः कपिलज्ञानचिन्तकैः । स प्रजापतिरेवाहं चेतनात्सर्वलोककृत् ॥

viriñca iti yaḥ proktaḥ kapilajñānacintakaiḥ | sa prajāpatirevāhaṃ cetanātsarvalokakṛt

He who is called Virinchi by those who contemplate the knowledge of Kapila: I am that Prajapati, the maker of all the worlds, by my will to create.

Verse 31 (12.352.31)

विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम् । कपिलं प्राहुराचार्याः साङ्ख्या निश्चितनिश्चयाः ॥

vidyāsahāyavantaṃ māmādityasthaṃ sanātanam | kapilaṃ prāhurācāryāḥ sāṅkhyā niścitaniścayāḥ

The teachers of Sankhya, firm in their conclusions, call me Kapila: the eternal one who dwells in the sun and has knowledge as his companion.

Verse 32 (12.352.32)

हिरण्यगर्भो द्युतिमानेष यश्छन्दसि स्तुतः । योगैः सम्पूज्यते नित्यं स एवाहं विभुः स्मृतः ॥

hiraṇyagarbho dyutimāneṣa yaśchandasi stutaḥ | yogaiḥ sampūjyate nityaṃ sa evāhaṃ vibhuḥ smṛtaḥ

Hiranyagarbha, the radiant one who is praised in the Vedic metres and is ever worshipped through the yogas: I am that same all-pervading lord, so it is remembered.

Verse 33 (12.352.33)

एकविंशतिशाखं च ऋग्वेदं मां प्रचक्षते । सहस्रशाखं यत्साम ये वै वेदविदो जनाः ॥

ekaviṃśatiśākhaṃ ca ṛgvedaṃ māṃ pracakṣate | sahasraśākhaṃ yatsāma ye vai vedavido janāḥ

They say that I am the Rigveda of twenty-one branches, and the Sama of a thousand branches, which those who know the Veda

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Verse 34 (12.352.34)

गायन्त्यारण्यके विप्रा मद्भक्तास्तेऽपि दुर्लभाः ॥

gāyantyāraṇyake viprā madbhaktāste'pi durlabhāḥ

chant in the Aranyaka. Those Brahmins are my devotees, and even they are rare.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.32 (12.330.32e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥32॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 35 (12.352.35)

षट्पञ्चाशतमष्टौ च सप्तत्रिंशतमित्युत । यस्मिञ्शाखा यजुर्वेदे सोऽहमाध्वर्यवे स्मृतः ॥

ṣaṭpañcāśatamaṣṭau ca saptatriṃśatamityuta | yasmiñśākhā yajurvede so'hamādhvaryave smṛtaḥ

The Yajurveda, whose branches are fifty-six, eight and thirty-seven in number: in that Veda, in the Adhvaryu's rites, I am remembered as that very one.

Verse 36 (12.352.36)

पञ्चकल्पमथर्वाणं कृत्याभिः परिबृंहितम् । कल्पयन्ति हि मां विप्रा अथर्वाणविदस्तथा ॥

pañcakalpamatharvāṇaṃ kṛtyābhiḥ paribṛṃhitam | kalpayanti hi māṃ viprā atharvāṇavidastathā

The Atharvan, of five kalpas and enriched with the Krityas: the Brahmins who know the Atharvan likewise conceive of me as that.

Verse 37 (12.352.37)

शाखाभेदाश्च ये केचिद्याश्च शाखासु गीतयः । स्वरवर्णसमुच्चाराः सर्वांस्तान्विद्धि मत्कृतान् ॥

śākhābhedāśca ye kecidyāśca śākhāsu gītayaḥ | svaravarṇasamuccārāḥ sarvāṃstānviddhi matkṛtān

Whatever differences there are between the branches, whatever chants belong to the branches, and the accents, syllables and ways of pronouncing them: know all of these to be my making.

Verse 38 (12.352.38)

यत्तद्धयशिरः पार्थ समुदेति वरप्रदम् । सोऽहमेवोत्तरे भागे क्रमाक्षरविभागवित् ॥

yattaddhayaśiraḥ pārtha samudeti varapradam | so'hamevottare bhāge kramākṣaravibhāgavit

That boon-giving Horse's Head, O Partha, which rises up: I am that, and in the latter part I am the knower of the Krama, with its division of syllables.

Verse 39 (12.352.39)

रामादेशितमार्गेण मत्प्रसादान्महात्मना । पाञ्चालेन क्रमः प्राप्तस्तस्माद्भूतात्सनातनात् ॥

rāmādeśitamārgeṇa matprasādānmahātmanā | pāñcālena kramaḥ prāptastasmādbhūtātsanātanāt

By the path that Rama taught, and by my grace, the great-souled man of Panchala received the Krama from that eternal being.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.37a and 37c; the CE verse has a third line (37e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 40 (12.352.40)

बाभ्रव्यगोत्रः स बभौ प्रथमः क्रमपारगः ॥

bābhravyagotraḥ sa babhau prathamaḥ kramapāragaḥ

Of the line of Babhravya, he shone as the first, a master of the Krama.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.37 (12.330.37e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥37॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 41 (12.352.41)

नारायणाद्वरं लब्ध्वा प्राप्य योगमनुत्तमम् । क्रमं प्रणीय शिक्षां च प्रणयित्वा स गालवः ॥

nārāyaṇādvaraṃ labdhvā prāpya yogamanuttamam | kramaṃ praṇīya śikṣāṃ ca praṇayitvā sa gālavaḥ

Having won a boon from Narayana and reached the unsurpassed yoga, that Galava arranged the Krama and set forth the Shiksha.

Verse 42 (12.352.42)

कण्डरीकोऽथ राजा च ब्रह्मदत्तः प्रतापवान् । जातीमरणजं दुःखं स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वा पुनः पुनः ॥

kaṇḍarīko'tha rājā ca brahmadattaḥ pratāpavān | jātīmaraṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ smṛtvā smṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ

Then Kandarika, and the mighty King Brahmadatta, recalling again and again the suffering born of birth and death,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.39a and 39c; the CE verse has a third line (39e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 43 (12.352.43)

सप्तजातिषु मुख्यत्वाद्योगानां सम्पदं गतः ॥

saptajātiṣu mukhyatvādyogānāṃ sampadaṃ gataḥ

reached the fullness of the yogas, being foremost among the seven births.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.39 (12.330.39e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥39॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 44 (12.352.44)

पुराहमात्मजः पार्थ प्रथितः कारणान्तरे । धर्मस्य कुरुशार्दूल ततोऽहं धर्मजः स्मृतः ॥

purāhamātmajaḥ pārtha prathitaḥ kāraṇāntare | dharmasya kuruśārdūla tato'haṃ dharmajaḥ smṛtaḥ

Long ago, for another reason, I became known as the son of Dharma, O tiger of the Kurus; hence I am remembered as Dharmaja.

Verse 45 (12.352.45)

नरनारायणौ पूर्वं तपस्तेपतुरव्ययम् । धर्मयानं समारूढौ पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥

naranārāyaṇau pūrvaṃ tapastepaturavyayam | dharmayānaṃ samārūḍhau parvate gandhamādane

Nara and Narayana, long ago, practised undying austerity on the mountain Gandhamadana, mounted on the vehicle of Dharma.

Verse 46 (12.352.46)

तत्कालसमयं चैव दक्षयज्ञो बभूव ह । न चैवाकल्पयद्भागं दक्षो रुद्रस्य भारत ॥

tatkālasamayaṃ caiva dakṣayajño babhūva ha | na caivākalpayadbhāgaṃ dakṣo rudrasya bhārata

At that very time Daksha's sacrifice took place, and Daksha, O Bharata, assigned no share to Rudra.

Verse 47 (12.352.47)

ततो दधीचिवचनाद्दक्षयज्ञमपाहरत् । ससर्ज शूलं क्रोधेन प्रज्वलन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

tato dadhīcivacanāddakṣayajñamapāharat | sasarja śūlaṃ krodhena prajvalantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

Then, at Dadhichi's word, Rudra wrecked Daksha's sacrifice, and in anger hurled a trident that blazed again and again.

Verse 48 (12.352.48)

तच्छूलं भस्मसात्कृत्वा दक्षयज्ञं सविस्तरम् । आवयोः सहसागच्छद्बदर्याश्रममन्तिकात् ॥

tacchūlaṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā dakṣayajñaṃ savistaram | āvayoḥ sahasāgacchadbadaryāśramamantikāt

That trident, having reduced Daksha's sacrifice in all its extent to ashes, came suddenly towards the two of us at Badarikashrama,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.44a and 44c; the CE verse has a third line (44e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 49 (12.352.49)

वेगेन महता पार्थ पतन्नारायणोरसि ॥

vegena mahatā pārtha patannārāyaṇorasi

and with great force, O Partha, fell upon Narayana's chest.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.44 (12.330.44e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥44॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 50 (12.352.50)

ततः स्वतेजसाविष्टाः केशा नारायणस्य ह । बभूवुर्मुञ्जवर्णास्तु ततोऽहं मुञ्जकेशवान् ॥

tataḥ svatejasāviṣṭāḥ keśā nārāyaṇasya ha | babhūvurmuñjavarṇāstu tato'haṃ muñjakeśavān

Then Narayana's hair, filled with his own radiance, turned the colour of munja grass; hence I am Munjakeshavan.

Verse 51 (12.352.51)

तच्च शूलं विनिर्धूतं हुङ्कारेण महात्मना । जगाम शङ्करकरं नारायणसमाहतम् ॥

tacca śūlaṃ vinirdhūtaṃ huṅkāreṇa mahātmanā | jagāma śaṅkarakaraṃ nārāyaṇasamāhatam

And that trident, thrown back by the great one's roar of 'hum' and struck by Narayana, returned to Shankara's hand.

Verse 52 (12.352.52)

अथ रुद्र उपाधावत्तावृषी तपसान्वितौ । तत एनं समुद्धूतं कण्ठे जग्राह पाणिना ॥

atha rudra upādhāvattāvṛṣī tapasānvitau | tata enaṃ samuddhūtaṃ kaṇṭhe jagrāha pāṇinā

Then Rudra rushed at the two sages, who were rich in austerity; then Narayana seized him by the throat with his hand as he came flying.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.47a and 47c; the CE verse has a third line (47e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 53 (12.352.53)

नारायणः स विश्वात्मा तेनास्य शितिकण्ठता ॥

nārāyaṇaḥ sa viśvātmā tenāsya śitikaṇṭhatā

He, Narayana, is the soul of the universe; hence this one's blue throat.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.47 (12.330.47e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥47॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 54 (12.352.54)

अथ रुद्रविघातार्थमिषीकां जगृहे नरः । मन्त्रैश्च संयुयोजाशु सोऽभवत्परशुर्महान् ॥

atha rudravighātārthamiṣīkāṃ jagṛhe naraḥ | mantraiśca saṃyuyojāśu so'bhavatparaśurmahān

Then, to strike Rudra, Nara took up a blade of reed grass and quickly charged it with mantras; it became a great axe.

Verse 55 (12.352.55)

क्षिप्तश्च सहसा रुद्रे खण्डनं प्राप्तवांस्तदा । ततोऽहं खण्डपरशुः स्मृतः परशुखण्डनात् ॥

kṣiptaśca sahasā rudre khaṇḍanaṃ prāptavāṃstadā | tato'haṃ khaṇḍaparaśuḥ smṛtaḥ paraśukhaṇḍanāt

Hurled suddenly at Rudra, it was broken; hence I am remembered as Khandaparashu, from the breaking of the axe.

Note on the text: The CE star passage 12.330.49d*0881_01–04 (rudrasya bhāgaṃ pradadur … gamyarūpeṇa tadā) follows this verse in the CE and is not on the page.

Verse 56 (12.352.56)

अस्मिन्युद्धे तु वार्ष्णेय त्रैलोक्यमथने तदा । जयं कः प्राप्तवांस्तत्र शंसैतन्मे जनार्दन ॥

asminyuddhe tu vārṣṇeya trailokyamathane tadā | jayaṃ kaḥ prāptavāṃstatra śaṃsaitanme janārdana

In this battle, O Vrishni hero, which shook the three worlds, who won the victory there? Tell me this, Janardana.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna as headed on the page (अर्जुन उवाच). Lines = CE 12.330.50a and 50c. Next verse resumes Krishna under the page's heading श्रीभगवानुवाच.

Verse 57 (12.352.57)

तयोः संलग्नयोर्युद्धे रुद्रनारायणात्मनोः । उद्विग्नाः सहसा कृत्स्ना लोकाः सर्वेऽभवंस्तदा ॥

tayoḥ saṃlagnayoryuddhe rudranārāyaṇātmanoḥ | udvignāḥ sahasā kṛtsnā lokāḥ sarve'bhavaṃstadā

When Rudra and Narayana were locked in battle, all the worlds were suddenly thrown into distress.

Note on the text: Speaker Krishna as headed on the page (श्रीभगवानुवाच). Lines = CE 12.330.51a and 51c.

Verse 58 (12.352.58)

नागृह्णात्पावकः शुभ्रं मखेषु सुहुतं हविः । वेदा न प्रतिभान्ति स्म ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् ॥

nāgṛhṇātpāvakaḥ śubhraṃ makheṣu suhutaṃ haviḥ | vedā na pratibhānti sma ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām

The fire would not take the bright, well-offered oblation in the sacrifices, and the Vedas did not shine forth to the sages of purified soul.

Verse 59 (12.352.59)

देवान्रजस्तमश्चैव समाविविशतुस्तदा । वसुधा सञ्चकम्पेऽथ नभश्च विपफाल ह ॥

devānrajastamaścaiva samāviviśatustadā | vasudhā sañcakampe'tha nabhaśca vipaphāla ha

Rajas and tamas entered the gods; the earth trembled, and the sky split open.

Verse 60 (12.352.60)

निष्प्रभाणि च तेजांसि ब्रह्मा चैवासनाच्च्युतः । अगाच्छोषं समुद्रश्च हिमवांश्च व्यशीर्यत ॥

niṣprabhāṇi ca tejāṃsi brahmā caivāsanāccyutaḥ | agācchoṣaṃ samudraśca himavāṃśca vyaśīryata

The luminaries lost their light, and Brahma fell from his seat; the ocean dried up and the Himalaya crumbled.

Verse 61 (12.352.61)

तस्मिन्नेवं समुत्पन्ने निमित्ते पाण्डुनन्दन । ब्रह्मा वृतो देवगणैरृषिभिश्च महात्मभिः ॥

tasminnevaṃ samutpanne nimitte pāṇḍunandana | brahmā vṛto devagaṇairṛṣibhiśca mahātmabhiḥ

When such an omen had arisen, O son of Pandu,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.55a and 55c; the CE verse has a third line (55e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 62 (12.352.62)

आजगामाशु तं देशं यत्र युद्धमवर्तत ॥

ājagāmāśu taṃ deśaṃ yatra yuddhamavartata

Brahma, surrounded by hosts of gods and by great-souled sages, quickly came to the place where the battle was raging.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.55 (12.330.55e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥55॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 63 (12.352.63)

साञ्जलिप्रग्रहो भूत्वा चतुर्वक्त्रो निरुक्तगः । उवाच वचनं रुद्रं लोकानामस्तु वै शिवम् ॥

sāñjalipragraho bhūtvā caturvaktro niruktagaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ rudraṃ lokānāmastu vai śivam

With palms joined and stretched forth, the four-faced Brahma, versed in the Nirukta, spoke to Rudra: 'May there be peace for the worlds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.56a and 56c; the CE verse has a third line (56e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 64 (12.352.64)

न्यस्यायुधानि विश्वेश जगतो हितकाम्यया ॥

nyasyāyudhāni viśveśa jagato hitakāmyayā

Lay down your weapons, Lord of the universe, for the good of the world.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma: the line is wholly his speech (the introduction “उवाच वचनं रुद्रम्” is in the preceding couplet, narrated by Krishna); Wikisource prints no heading. Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.56 (12.330.56e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥56॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 65 (12.352.65)

यदक्षरमथाव्यक्तमीशं लोकस्य भावनम् । कूटस्थं कर्तृनिर्द्वंद्वमकर्तेति च यं विदुः ॥

yadakṣaramathāvyaktamīśaṃ lokasya bhāvanam | kūṭasthaṃ kartṛnirdvaṃdvamakarteti ca yaṃ viduḥ

He who is the imperishable and unmanifest, the Lord and source of the world's being, the unchanging, the doer free from all pairs, whom they also know as the non-doer,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma: his speech to Rudra continues (Wikisource prints no heading).

Verse 66 (12.352.66)

व्यक्तिभावगतस्यास्य एका मूर्तिरियं शिवा । नरो नारायणश्चैव जातौ धर्मकुलोद्वहौ ॥

vyaktibhāvagatasyāsya ekā mūrtiriyaṃ śivā | naro nārāyaṇaścaiva jātau dharmakulodvahau

of him, who has come into manifest being, this is one auspicious form: Nara and Narayana, born as the upholders of Dharma's line,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma (continuing speech, no printed heading).

Verse 67 (12.352.67)

तपसा महता युक्तौ देवश्रेष्ठौ महाव्रतौ । अहं प्रसादजस्तस्य कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे ॥

tapasā mahatā yuktau devaśreṣṭhau mahāvratau | ahaṃ prasādajastasya kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare

joined with great austerity, the best of the gods, of great vows. I was born of his favour, on a certain occasion,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.59a and 59c; the CE verse has a third line (59e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse. Speaker set to Brahma (continuing speech, no printed heading).

Verse 68 (12.352.68)

त्वं चैव क्रोधजस्तात पूर्वसर्गे सनातनः ॥

tvaṃ caiva krodhajastāta pūrvasarge sanātanaḥ

and you, dear child, were born of his anger in the earlier creation, eternal one.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.59 (12.330.59e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥59॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here. Speaker set to Brahma (continuing speech, no printed heading).

Verse 69 (12.352.69)

मया च सार्धं वरदं विबुधैश्च महर्षिभिः । प्रसादयाशु लोकानां शान्तिर्भवतु माचिरम् ॥

mayā ca sārdhaṃ varadaṃ vibudhaiśca maharṣibhiḥ | prasādayāśu lokānāṃ śāntirbhavatu māciram

Together with me, with the gods and with the great sages, appease quickly the giver of boons, so that peace may come to the worlds without delay.'

Note on the text: Speaker set to Brahma (continuing speech, no printed heading).

Verse 70 (12.352.70)

ब्रह्मणा त्वेवमुक्तस्तु रुद्रः क्रोधाग्निमुत्सृजन् । प्रसादयामास ततो देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥

brahmaṇā tvevamuktastu rudraḥ krodhāgnimutsṛjan | prasādayāmāsa tato devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

Addressed in this way by Brahma, Rudra, letting go his fire of anger, then appeased the god, the Lord Narayana,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.61a and 61c; the CE verse has a third line (61e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 71 (12.352.71)

शरणं च जगामाद्यं वरेण्यं वरदं हरिम् ॥

śaraṇaṃ ca jagāmādyaṃ vareṇyaṃ varadaṃ harim

and took refuge in the primal and most excellent giver of boons, Hari.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.61 (12.330.61e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥61॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 72 (12.352.72)

ततोऽथ वरदो देवो जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । प्रीतिमानभवत्तत्र रुद्रेण सह सङ्गतः ॥

tato'tha varado devo jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ | prītimānabhavattatra rudreṇa saha saṅgataḥ

Then the god, the giver of boons, who had conquered anger and his senses, grew pleased, meeting with Rudra,

Verse 73 (12.352.73)

ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मणा चैव विबुधैश्च सुपूजितः । उवाच देवमीशानमीशः स जगतो हरिः ॥

ṛṣibhirbrahmaṇā caiva vibudhaiśca supūjitaḥ | uvāca devamīśānamīśaḥ sa jagato hariḥ

well honoured by the sages, by Brahma and by the gods; and Hari, the Lord of the world, spoke to the god Ishana:

Verse 74 (12.352.74)

यस्त्वां वेत्ति स मां वेत्ति यस्त्वामनु स मामनु । नावयोरन्तरं किञ्चिन्मा ते भूद्बुद्धिरन्यथा ॥

yastvāṃ vetti sa māṃ vetti yastvāmanu sa māmanu | nāvayorantaraṃ kiñcinmā te bhūdbuddhiranyathā

'He who knows you knows me; he who follows you follows me. There is no difference at all between us; let your mind not think otherwise.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Narayana (Hari): this is his own speech to Rudra, introduced by the previous verse (“उवाच देवमीशानमीशः स जगतो हरिः”); Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 75 (12.352.75)

अद्य प्रभृति श्रीवत्सः शूलाङ्कोऽयं भवत्वयम् । मम पाण्यङ्कितश्चापि श्रीकण्ठस्त्वं भविष्यसि ॥

adya prabhṛti śrīvatsaḥ śūlāṅko'yaṃ bhavatvayam | mama pāṇyaṅkitaścāpi śrīkaṇṭhastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

From today let this Shrivatsa on my chest bear the mark of your trident, and you, marked by my hand, shall be Shrikantha.'

Note on the text: Speaker set to Narayana (Hari): continuation of his speech to Rudra (no printed heading).

Verse 76 (12.352.76)

एवं लक्षणमुत्पाद्य परस्परकृतं तदा । सख्यं चैवातुलं कृत्वा रुद्रेण सहितावृषी ॥

evaṃ lakṣaṇamutpādya parasparakṛtaṃ tadā | sakhyaṃ caivātulaṃ kṛtvā rudreṇa sahitāvṛṣī

Having thus made a mark on each other and formed an incomparable friendship,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.66a and 66c; the CE verse has a third line (66e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 77 (12.352.77)

तपस्तेपतुरव्यग्रौ विसृज्य त्रिदिवौकसः ॥

tapastepaturavyagrau visṛjya tridivaukasaḥ

the two sages, together with Rudra, dismissed the dwellers of heaven and resumed their austerities, undisturbed.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.66 (12.330.66e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥66॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 78 (12.352.78)

एष ते कथितः पार्थ नारायणजयो मृधे । नामानि चैव गुह्यानि निरुक्तानि च भारत ॥

eṣa te kathitaḥ pārtha nārāyaṇajayo mṛdhe | nāmāni caiva guhyāni niruktāni ca bhārata

This, Partha, is the account I have given you of Narayana's victory in the fight, and of the secret names with their explanations, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.67a and 67c; the CE verse has a third line (67e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 79 (12.352.79)

ऋषिभिः कथितानीह यानि सङ्कीर्तितानि ते ॥

ṛṣibhiḥ kathitānīha yāni saṅkīrtitāni te

which the sages have told, and which I have recited to you here.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.67 (12.330.67e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥67॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 80 (12.352.80)

एवं बहुविधै रूपैश्चरामीह वसुन्धराम् । ब्रह्मलोकं च कौन्तेय गोलोकं च सनातनम् ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhai rūpaiścarāmīha vasundharām | brahmalokaṃ ca kaunteya golokaṃ ca sanātanam

In many forms such as these I move over this earth, O son of Kunti, and in the world of Brahma and the eternal Goloka;

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.330.68a and 68c; the CE verse has a third line (68e), printed on the page as the next one-line verse.

Verse 81 (12.352.81)

मया त्वं रक्षितो युद्धे महान्तं प्राप्तवाञ्जयम् ॥

mayā tvaṃ rakṣito yuddhe mahāntaṃ prāptavāñjayam

and it was I who protected you in the battle, and you won a great victory.

Note on the text: Third line of the three-line CE verse 12.330.68 (12.330.68e); Wikisource prints it as a separate one-line verse carrying the same label ॥68॥ as the couplet before it, and the page's own verse-end mark is followed here.

Verse 82 (12.352.82)

यस्तु ते सोऽग्रतो याति युद्धे सम्प्रत्युपस्थिते । तं विद्धि रुद्रं कौन्तेय देवदेवं कपर्दिनम् ॥

yastu te so'grato yāti yuddhe sampratyupasthite | taṃ viddhi rudraṃ kaunteya devadevaṃ kapardinam

He who goes before you in the battle when it is at hand: know him, O son of Kunti, to be Rudra, the god of gods, the one with matted locks.

Verse 83 (12.352.83)

कालः स एव कथितः क्रोधजेति मया तव । निहतांस्तेन वै पूर्वं हतवानसि वै रिपून् ॥

kālaḥ sa eva kathitaḥ krodhajeti mayā tava | nihatāṃstena vai pūrvaṃ hatavānasi vai ripūn

He is the very Time, which I have told you is born of anger; those who were slain by him earlier, those foes you then slew.

Verse 84 (12.352.84)

अप्रमेयप्रभावं तं देवदेवमुमापतिम् । नमस्व देवं प्रयतो विश्वेशं हरमव्ययम् ॥

aprameyaprabhāvaṃ taṃ devadevamumāpatim | namasva devaṃ prayato viśveśaṃ haramavyayam

Bow, with restraint, to that god of immeasurable power, the god of gods, the husband of Uma, the lord of the universe, Hara the imperishable.

Note on the text: Cleaned: Wikisource prints a stray reference label “3.342.141” after the verse-end mark (the input carried it inside the verse and left wikisource_number null); removed, wikisource_number set to 71. Lines = CE 12.330.71a and 71c; the CE star passage 12.330.71d*0882_01–02 (yaḥ sa te kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ krodhajeti punaḥ punaḥ / tasya prabhāvam evāgryaṃ yac chrutaṃ te dhanaṃjaya) is not on the page.