Narada Reaches Nara and Narayana at Badari

Verse 1 (12.353.1)

सौते सुमहदाख्यानं भवता परिकीर्तितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे विस्मयं परमं गताः ॥

saute sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam | yacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ

Sauti, you have recounted a very great story, and all the sages who heard it have been filled with the deepest wonder.

Note on the text: Speaker as printed on the page (Shaunaka addressing Sauti). Lines are a variant of CE 12.331.1a, 12.331.1c: सौते for the CE's brahman, and the CE gives the verse to Janamejaya.

Verse 2 (12.353.2)

सर्वाश्रमाभिगमनं सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम् । न तथा फलदं सौते नारायणकथा यथा ॥

sarvāśramābhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam | na tathā phaladaṃ saute nārāyaṇakathā yathā

Visiting all the hermitages and bathing in all the holy fords does not give such fruit, Sauti, as the story of Narayana gives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-2 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, printed after 12.331.1 as 12.331.1d@032_0001-0002). The same lines occur in the CE's main text as 12.331.7 (Janamejaya), with चापि for सौते.

Verse 3 (12.353.3)

पाविताङ्गाः स्म संवृत्ताः श्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् । नारायणाश्रयां पुण्यां सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम् ॥

pāvitāṅgāḥ sma saṃvṛttāḥ śrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām | nārāyaṇāśrayāṃ puṇyāṃ sarvapāpapramocanīm

By hearing from its beginning this sacred story, which rests on Narayana and frees one from every sin, we have been made pure in body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 3-4 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0003-0004).

Verse 4 (12.353.4)

दुर्दर्शो भगवान्देवः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । सब्रह्मकैः सुरैः कृत्स्नैरन्यैश्चैव महर्षिभिः ॥

durdarśo bhagavāndevaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | sabrahmakaiḥ suraiḥ kṛtsnairanyaiścaiva maharṣibhiḥ

The blessed God, whom all the worlds revere, is hard to behold, even for all the gods with Brahma and for the other great sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 5-6 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0005-0006; the CE has देवैः सब्रह्मकैः कृत्स्नैः in line 6).

Verse 5 (12.353.5)

दृष्टवान्नारदो यत्तु देवं नारायणं हरिम् । नूनमेतद्ध्यनुमतं तस्य देवस्य सूतज ॥

dṛṣṭavānnārado yattu devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim | nūnametaddhyanumataṃ tasya devasya sūtaja

That Narada saw the god Narayana, Hari, was surely permitted by that god himself, O son of the Suta.

Note on the text: Corrected नूनमेनद्ध्यनुमतं → नूनमेतद्ध्यनुमतं (misprint in Wikisource; न for त; CE nūnam etad dhy anumataṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 7-8 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0007-0008; line 7 has यत्तु where the CE has यत्र).

Verse 6 (12.353.6)

यद्दृष्टवाञ्जगन्नाथमनिरुद्धतनौ स्थितम् । यत्प्राद्रवत्पुनर्भूयो नारदो देवसत्तमौ । नरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं कारणं तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

yaddṛṣṭavāñjagannāthamaniruddhatanau sthitam | yatprādravatpunarbhūyo nārado devasattamau | naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ kāraṇaṃ tadbravīhi me

Tell me the reason why Narada, having seen the Lord of the world abiding in the body of Aniruddha, then hurried once more to see the two best of gods, Nara and Narayana.

Note on the text: Corrected यदृष्टवाञ्जगन्नाथमनिरुद्दतनौ → यद्दृष्टवाञ्जगन्नाथमनिरुद्धतनौ (misprints in Wikisource; the द of यद् dropped and द for ध; CE yad dṛṣṭavāñ jagannātham aniruddhatanau). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 9, 10 and the last half of line 11 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0009-0011; the CE prints the heading सूत उवाच in the middle of line 11, after this verse's last line). Three-line verse (12-353-6a/b/c).

Verse 7 (12.353.7)

तस्मिन्यज्ञे वर्तमाने राज्ञः पारिक्षितस्य वै । कर्मान्तरेषु विधिवद्वर्तमानेषु शौनक ॥

tasminyajñe vartamāne rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya vai | karmāntareṣu vidhivadvartamāneṣu śaunaka

While that sacrifice of King Janamejaya, son of Parikshit, was in progress, and the rites in the intervals were being performed in due form, O Shaunaka,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 12-13 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0012-0013).

Verse 8 (12.353.8)

कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासमृषिं वेदनिधिं प्रभुम् । परिपप्रच्छ राजेन्द्रः पितामहपितामहम् ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsamṛṣiṃ vedanidhiṃ prabhum | paripapraccha rājendraḥ pitāmahapitāmaham

when the best of kings questioned the sage Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the lord, a treasury of the Veda, the grandfather of his grandfather.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 14 and 15b of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0014, @032_0015).

Verse 9 (12.353.9)

श्वेतद्वीपान्निवृत्तेन नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । ध्यायता भगवद्वाक्यं चेष्टितं किमतः परम् ॥

śvetadvīpānnivṛttena nāradena surarṣiṇā | dhyāyatā bhagavadvākyaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ kimataḥ param

When the divine sage Narada had come back from the White Island, meditating on the Lord's words, what did he do next?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 16-17 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0016-0017).

Verse 10 (12.353.10)

बदर्याश्रममागम्य समागम्य च तावृषी । कियन्तं कालमवसत्कां कथां पृष्टवांश्च सः ॥

badaryāśramamāgamya samāgamya ca tāvṛṣī | kiyantaṃ kālamavasatkāṃ kathāṃ pṛṣṭavāṃśca saḥ

Having reached the hermitage at Badari and met those two sages, how long did he stay, and what story did he ask them for?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 18-19 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 32, 12.331.1d@032_0018-0019).

Verse 11 (12.353.11)

इदं शतसहस्राद्धि भारताख्यानविस्तरात् । आमन्थ्य मतिमन्थेन ज्ञानोदधिमनुत्तमम् ॥

idaṃ śatasahasrāddhi bhāratākhyānavistarāt | āmanthya matimanthena jñānodadhimanuttamam

From the vast narrative of the Bharata, a hundred thousand verses long, you have churned with the rod of your mind this unsurpassed ocean of knowledge,

Verse 12 (12.353.12)

नवनीतं यथा दध्नो मलयाच्चन्दनं यथा । आरण्यकं च वेदेभ्य ओषधीभ्योऽमृतं यथा । समुद्धृतमिदं ब्रह्मन्कथामृतमिदं तथा ॥

navanītaṃ yathā dadhno malayāccandanaṃ yathā | āraṇyakaṃ ca vedebhya oṣadhībhyo'mṛtaṃ yathā | samuddhṛtamidaṃ brahmankathāmṛtamidaṃ tathā

as butter is drawn from curds, sandalwood from the Malaya hills, the Aranyaka from the Vedas, and nectar from herbs — so, O brahmin, has this nectar of story been drawn out.

Note on the text: Corrected अरण्यकं → आरण्यकं (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā of āraṇyaka dropped; CE āraṇyakaṃ). Three-line verse (12-353-12a/b/c) = CE 12.331.3a, 12.331.3c and 12.331.4a (line 3 is a variant: कथामृतमिदं तथा for कथामृतमनुत्तमम्).

Verse 13 (12.353.13)

तपोनिधे त्वयोक्तं हि नारायणकथाश्रयम् । स ईशो भगवान्देवः सर्वभूतात्मभावनः ॥

taponidhe tvayoktaṃ hi nārāyaṇakathāśrayam | sa īśo bhagavāndevaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhāvanaḥ

O treasury of austerity, the tale you have told rests on Narayana, that blessed God and Lord, who is the self and source of all beings.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.4c, 12.331.5a.

Verse 14 (12.353.14)

अहो नारायणं तेजो दुर्दर्शं द्विजसत्तम । यत्राविशन्ति कल्पान्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादयः सुराः ॥

aho nārāyaṇaṃ tejo durdarśaṃ dvijasattama | yatrāviśanti kalpānte sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ

Ah, how hard to behold is the radiance of Narayana, O best of the twice-born, into which all the gods, Brahma and the rest, enter at the end of the age,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.5c, 12.331.6a.

Verse 15 (12.353.15)

ऋषयश्च सगन्धर्वा यच्च किंचिच्चराचरम् । न ततोऽस्ति परं मन्ये पावनं दिवि चेह च ॥

ṛṣayaśca sagandharvā yacca kiṃciccarācaram | na tato'sti paraṃ manye pāvanaṃ divi ceha ca

and the sages with the Gandharvas, and whatever moves or stands still. I think there is nothing higher or more purifying than that, in heaven or here.

Note on the text: Corrected पावतं → पावनं (misprint in Wikisource; त for न; CE pāvanaṃ). Lines = CE 12.331.6c, 12.331.6e.

Verse 16 (12.353.16)

सर्वाश्रमाभिगमनं सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम् । न तथा फलदं चापि नारायणकथा यथा ॥

sarvāśramābhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam | na tathā phaladaṃ cāpi nārāyaṇakathā yathā

Visiting all the hermitages and bathing in all the holy fords does not give such fruit as the story of Narayana gives.

Verse 17 (12.353.17)

सर्वथा पाविताः स्मेह श्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् । हरेर्विश्वेश्वरस्येह सर्वपापप्रणाशनीम् ॥

sarvathā pāvitāḥ smeha śrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām | harerviśveśvarasyeha sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm

Surely we have been purified here by hearing from its beginning this account of Hari, Lord of the universe, which destroys every sin.

Verse 18 (12.353.18)

न चित्रं कृतवांस्तत्र यदार्यो मे धनंजयः । वासुदेवसहायो यः प्राप्तवाञ्जयमुत्तमम् ॥

na citraṃ kṛtavāṃstatra yadāryo me dhanaṃjayaḥ | vāsudevasahāyo yaḥ prāptavāñjayamuttamam

It is no wonder that my revered forefather Dhananjaya, with Vasudeva as his helper, won the supreme victory.

Verse 19 (12.353.19)

न चास्य किंचिदप्राप्यं मन्ये लोकेष्वपि त्रिषु । त्रैलोक्यनाथो विष्णुः स यथाऽसीत्साह्यकृत्सखा ॥

na cāsya kiṃcidaprāpyaṃ manye lokeṣvapi triṣu | trailokyanātho viṣṇuḥ sa yathā'sītsāhyakṛtsakhā

I think nothing in the three worlds was beyond his reach, since Vishnu, lord of the three worlds, was his friend and helper.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.10c (स यथाऽसीत् for सः यस्यासीत्), kept.

Verse 20 (12.353.20)

धन्याश्च सर्व एवासन्ब्रह्मंस्ते मम पूर्वजाः । हिताय श्रेयसे चैव येषामासीज्जनार्दनः ॥

dhanyāśca sarva evāsanbrahmaṃste mama pūrvajāḥ | hitāya śreyase caiva yeṣāmāsījjanārdanaḥ

Blessed indeed, O brahmin, were all my forefathers, for whom Janardana stood as a source of good and welfare.

Verse 21 (12.353.21)

तपसाऽप्यथ दुर्दर्शो भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः । यं दृष्टवन्तस्ते साक्षाच्छ्रीवत्साङ्कविभूषणम् ॥

tapasā'pyatha durdarśo bhagavām̐llokapūjitaḥ | yaṃ dṛṣṭavantaste sākṣācchrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam

The blessed Lord, honoured by the worlds, is hard to see even through austerity, yet they saw him in person, adorned with the Shrivatsa mark.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.12a (तपसाऽप्यथ दुर्दर्शो for तपसापि न दृश्यो हि), kept.

Verse 22 (12.353.22)

तेभ्यो धन्यतरश्चैव नारदः परमेष्ठिजः । दृष्टवान्यो हरिं देवं नारायणमजं विभुम् ॥

tebhyo dhanyataraścaiva nāradaḥ parameṣṭhijaḥ | dṛṣṭavānyo hariṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇamajaṃ vibhum

More blessed than they was Narada, born of Brahma, who saw the god Hari, Narayana, the unborn, the all-pervading.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and quote round the second line, which Wikisource sets off as an inserted line). Line 1 = CE 12.331.13a; line 2 is the CE's star passage 12.331.13d*0883_01 (not in its main text), printed there between 13c and 13e.

Verse 23 (12.353.23)

न चाल्पतेजसमृषिं वेद्मि नारदमव्ययम् । श्वेतद्वीपं समासाद्य येन दृष्टः स्वयं हरिः ॥

na cālpatejasamṛṣiṃ vedmi nāradamavyayam | śvetadvīpaṃ samāsādya yena dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ hariḥ

I do not think of the imperishable sage Narada as one of slight power, he by whom Hari himself was seen after reaching the White Island.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.13c, 12.331.13e.

Verse 24 (12.353.24)

देवप्रसादानुगतं व्यक्तं तत्तस्य दर्शनम् । यद्दृष्टवांस्तदा देवमनिरुद्धतनौ स्थितम् ॥

devaprasādānugataṃ vyaktaṃ tattasya darśanam | yaddṛṣṭavāṃstadā devamaniruddhatanau sthitam

That vision of his was clearly given by the favour of the god, for he saw the god abiding in the body of Aniruddha.

Note on the text: Corrected देवमनिरूद्धतनौ → देवमनिरुद्धतनौ (misprint in Wikisource; long ऊ for उ; CE aniruddhatanau).

Verse 25 (12.353.25)

बदरीमाश्रमं यत्तु नारदः प्राद्रवत्पुनः । नरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं किं नु तत्कारणं मुने ॥

badarīmāśramaṃ yattu nāradaḥ prādravatpunaḥ | naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ kiṃ nu tatkāraṇaṃ mune

What, O sage, was the reason why Narada then hastened once more to the hermitage at Badari to see Nara and Narayana?

Verse 26 (12.353.26)

श्वेतद्वीपान्निवृत्तश्च नारदः परमेष्ठिजः । बदरीमाश्रमं प्राप्य समागम्य च तावृषी । कियन्तं कालमवसत्प्रश्नान्कान्पृष्टवांश्च ह ॥

śvetadvīpānnivṛttaśca nāradaḥ parameṣṭhijaḥ | badarīmāśramaṃ prāpya samāgamya ca tāvṛṣī | kiyantaṃ kālamavasatpraśnānkānpṛṣṭavāṃśca ha

After returning from the White Island, Narada, born of Brahma, reached the hermitage at Badari and met those two sages; how long did he stay, and what questions did he ask?

Note on the text: Three-line verse (12-353-26a/b/c) = CE 12.331.16a, 12.331.16c, 12.331.17a.

Verse 27 (12.353.27)

श्वेतद्वीपादुपावृत्ते तस्मिन्वा सुमहात्मनि । किमब्रूतां महात्मानौ नरनारायणावृषी । तदेतन्मे यथातत्त्वं सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

śvetadvīpādupāvṛtte tasminvā sumahātmani | kimabrūtāṃ mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | tadetanme yathātattvaṃ sarvamākhyātumarhasi

When that great soul had returned from the White Island, what did those two great sages, Nara and Narayana, say? Please tell me all of this exactly as it was.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (12-353-27a/b/c) = CE 12.331.17c, 12.331.18a, 12.331.18c.

Verse 28 (12.353.28)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा । शशास शिष्यमासीनं वैशंपायनमन्तिके । तदस्मै सर्वमाचक्ष्व यन्मत्तः श्रुतवानसि ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastadā | śaśāsa śiṣyamāsīnaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanamantike | tadasmai sarvamācakṣva yanmattaḥ śrutavānasi

Hearing his words, Krishna Dvaipayana then commanded his disciple Vaishampayana, who was sitting near him: "Tell him all that you heard from me."

Note on the text: The input carried the heading `सौतिरुवाच । (with a stray backtick) inside the Sanskrit and the speaker जनमेजय; the heading is made the speaker (सौति) and the line and backtick removed. Three-line verse (12-353-28a/b/c). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-3 are the CE's star passage 12.331.18d*0885_01-03 (introduced there by सूत उवाच).

Verse 29 (12.353.29)

गुरोर्वचनमाज्ञाय स तु विप्रर्षभस्तदा । आचचक्षे ततः सर्वमितिहासं पुरातनम् ॥

gurorvacanamājñāya sa tu viprarṣabhastadā | ācacakṣe tataḥ sarvamitihāsaṃ purātanam

Understanding his teacher's command, that best of brahmins then related the whole ancient history.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a closing quote and double danda after the second line); speaker सौति (the input carried जनमेजय; the verse is Sauti's narration, closing the quoted passage opened at verse 28). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 1-2 are the CE's star passage 12.331.18d*0885_04-05.

Verse 30 (12.353.30)

नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे । यस्य प्रसादाद्वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम् ॥

namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase | yasya prasādādvakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām

Homage to the blessed Vyasa of boundless splendour, by whose grace I shall tell this story of Narayana.

Verse 31 (12.353.31)

प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं दृष्ट्वा च हरिमव्ययम् । निवृत्तो नारदो राजस्तरसा मेरुमागमत् । हृदयेनोद्वहन्भारं यदुक्तं परमात्मना ॥

prāpya śvetaṃ mahādvīpaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca harimavyayam | nivṛtto nārado rājastarasā merumāgamat | hṛdayenodvahanbhāraṃ yaduktaṃ paramātmanā

Having reached the great White Island and seen the imperishable Hari, Narada, O king, turned back and swiftly came to Meru, bearing in his heart the weight of what the Supreme Self had told him.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (12-353-31a/b/c) = CE 12.331.20a, 20c, 20e.

Verse 32 (12.353.32)

पश्चादस्याभवद्राजन्नात्मनः साध्वसं महत् । यद्गत्वा दूरमध्वानं क्षेमी पुनरिहागतः ॥

paścādasyābhavadrājannātmanaḥ sādhvasaṃ mahat | yadgatvā dūramadhvānaṃ kṣemī punarihāgataḥ

Afterwards, O king, a great awe came over him: that after going so far a road he had come back here unharmed.

Verse 33 (12.353.33)

मेरोः प्रचक्राम ततः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् । निपपात च खात्तूर्णं विशालां बदरीमनु ॥

meroḥ pracakrāma tataḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam | nipapāta ca khāttūrṇaṃ viśālāṃ badarīmanu

Then he went on from Meru to Mount Gandhamadana, and swiftly dropped down from the sky beside the spacious Badari.

Verse 34 (12.353.34)

ततः स ददृशे देवौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ । तपश्चरन्तौ सुमहदात्मनिष्ठौ महाव्रतौ ॥

tataḥ sa dadṛśe devau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau | tapaścarantau sumahadātmaniṣṭhau mahāvratau

There he saw the two gods, ancient and best of sages, practising great austerity, devoted to the Self, firm in their vows.

Verse 35 (12.353.35)

तेजसाऽभ्यधिकौ सूर्यात्सर्वलोकविरोचनात् । श्रीवत्सलक्षणौ पूज्यौ जटामण्डलधारिणौ ॥

tejasā'bhyadhikau sūryātsarvalokavirocanāt | śrīvatsalakṣaṇau pūjyau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau

They outshone the sun that lights all the worlds; they bore the Shrivatsa mark, were worthy of worship, and wore masses of matted hair.

Verse 36 (12.353.36)

जालपादभुजौ तौ तु पादयोश्चक्रलक्षणौ । व्यूढोरस्कौ दीर्घभुजौ तथा मुष्कचतुष्किणौ ॥

jālapādabhujau tau tu pādayoścakralakṣaṇau | vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau tathā muṣkacatuṣkiṇau

Their hands and feet were webbed, the soles of their feet bore the wheel mark, their chests were broad and their arms long, and they had four muṣkas (testicles).

Verse 37 (12.353.37)

षष्टिदन्तावष्टदंष्ट्रौ मेघौघसदृशस्वनौ । स्वास्यौ पृथुललाटौ च सुभ्रूसुहनुनासिकौ । आतपत्रेण सदृशे शिरसी देवयोस्तयोः ॥

ṣaṣṭidantāvaṣṭadaṃṣṭrau meghaughasadṛśasvanau | svāsyau pṛthulalāṭau ca subhrūsuhanunāsikau | ātapatreṇa sadṛśe śirasī devayostayoḥ

They had sixty teeth and eight tusks and voices like the rumble of massed clouds; their faces were fair, their foreheads broad, and their brows, jaws and noses fine; and the heads of the two gods were like parasols.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (12-353-37a/b/c) = CE 12.331.26a, 26c, 27a (line 2 has the words of CE 26c in a different order).

Verse 38 (12.353.38)

एवं लक्षणसंपन्नौ महापुरुषसंज्ञितौ । तौ दृष्ट्वा नारदो हृष्टस्ताभ्यां च प्रतिपूजितः ॥

evaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannau mahāpuruṣasaṃjñitau | tau dṛṣṭvā nārado hṛṣṭastābhyāṃ ca pratipūjitaḥ

Seeing the two, endowed with such marks and known as great beings, Narada was glad, and was honoured by them in return.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.27c, 12.331.28a.

Verse 39 (12.353.39)

स्वागतेनाभिभाष्याथ पृष्टश्चानामयं तथा । बभूवान्तर्गतमतिर्निरीक्ष्य पुरुषोत्तमौ ॥

svāgatenābhibhāṣyātha pṛṣṭaścānāmayaṃ tathā | babhūvāntargatamatirnirīkṣya puruṣottamau

Greeted with words of welcome and asked after his health, he gazed at the two supreme persons and fell into inward thought.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.28c, 12.331.29a (line 1 ends पृष्टश्चानामयं तथा where the CE has तदा, kept).

Verse 40 (12.353.40)

सदोगतास्तत्र ये वै सर्वभूतनमस्कृताः । श्वेतद्वीपे मया दृष्टास्तादृशावृषिसत्तमौ ॥

sadogatāstatra ye vai sarvabhūtanamaskṛtāḥ | śvetadvīpe mayā dṛṣṭāstādṛśāvṛṣisattamau

Those who sat in the assembly there, whom all beings revere — two best of sages just like them I saw on the White Island.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.29c, 12.331.30a.

Verse 41 (12.353.41)

इति संचिन्त्य मनसा कृत्वा चाभिप्रदक्षिणाम् । स चोपविविशे तत्र पीठे कुशमये शुभे ॥

iti saṃcintya manasā kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇām | sa copaviviśe tatra pīṭhe kuśamaye śubhe

Reflecting thus in his mind and circling them to the right, he sat down there on a fine seat made of kusha grass.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.30c, 12.331.30e (line 2 is a variant: स चोपविविशे तत्र for उपोपविविशे तत्र).

Verse 42 (12.353.42)

ततस्तौ तपसां वासौ यशसां तेजसामपि । ऋषी शमदमोपेतौ कृत्वा पौर्वाह्णिकं विधिम् ॥

tatastau tapasāṃ vāsau yaśasāṃ tejasāmapi | ṛṣī śamadamopetau kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ vidhim

Then those two sages, abodes of austerity, fame and splendour, self-controlled and restrained, having performed their forenoon rite,

Verse 43 (12.353.43)

पश्चान्नारदमव्यग्रौ पाद्यार्ध्याभ्यामथार्चतः । पीठयोश्चोपविष्टौ तौ कृतातिथ्याह्निकौ नृप ॥

paścānnāradamavyagrau pādyārdhyābhyāmathārcataḥ | pīṭhayoścopaviṣṭau tau kṛtātithyāhnikau nṛpa

afterwards, unperturbed, honoured Narada with water for the feet and the arghya offering, and the two sat down on their own seats, having completed their hospitality and their daily rites, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected यश्चान्नारदमव्यग्रौ → पश्चान्नारदमव्यग्रौ (misprint in Wikisource; य for प; CE paścān nāradam avyagrau). Corrected कृतातिथ्याह्निकौ नृपौ → कृतातिथ्याह्निकौ नृप (misprint in Wikisource; a dual नृपौ gives no sense, the vocative addresses the king; CE nṛpa). Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.32a (पाद्यार्ध्याभ्यामथार्चतः for पाद्यार्घ्याभ्यां प्रपूज्य च), kept.

Verse 44 (12.353.44)

तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु स देशोऽभिव्यराजत । भ्राज्याहुतिमहाज्वालैर्यज्ञवाटो यथाऽग्निभिः ॥

teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu sa deśo'bhivyarājata | bhrājyāhutimahājvālairyajñavāṭo yathā'gnibhiḥ

With the three of them seated there, the place shone like a sacrificial ground aglow with fires blazing in great flames fed by oblations of ghee.

Note on the text: Corrected महाञ्वालैर् → महाज्वालैर् (misprint in Wikisource; ञ for ज; CE mahājvālair). भ्राज्याहुति is kept as a recension variant of CE ājyāhuti.

Verse 45 (12.353.45)

अथ नारायणस्तत्र नारदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । सुखोपविष्टं विश्रान्तं कृतातिथ्यं सुखस्थितम् ॥

atha nārāyaṇastatra nāradaṃ vākyamabravīt | sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntaṃ kṛtātithyaṃ sukhasthitam

Then Narayana spoke to Narada, who was seated at ease, rested, honoured as a guest and comfortable:

Verse 46 (12.353.46)

अपीदानीं स भगवान्परमात्मा सनातनः । श्वेतद्वीपे त्वया दृष्ट आवयोः प्रकृतिः परा ॥

apīdānīṃ sa bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ | śvetadvīpe tvayā dṛṣṭa āvayoḥ prakṛtiḥ parā

Now, have you seen on the White Island that blessed, eternal Supreme Self, who is the highest nature of us both?

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Narayana's direct speech to Narada, with no printed heading; it fills the whole verse (the input carried वैशंपायन from the preceding verse).

Verse 47 (12.353.47)

दृष्टो मे पुरुषः श्रीमान्विश्वरूपधरोऽव्ययः । सर्वे लोका हि तत्रस्थास्तथा देवाः सहर्षिभिः ॥

dṛṣṭo me puruṣaḥ śrīmānviśvarūpadharo'vyayaḥ | sarve lokā hi tatrasthāstathā devāḥ saharṣibhiḥ

I have seen the glorious Person, imperishable, wearing the universal form; all the worlds abide in him, and the gods with the sages.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.36a, 12.331.36c.

Verse 48 (12.353.48)

अद्यापि चैनं पश्यामि युवां पश्यन्सनातनौ ॥

adyāpi cainaṃ paśyāmi yuvāṃ paśyansanātanau

Even now I see him, as I look upon you two, the eternal ones.

Note on the text: Single line (12-353-48a) = CE 12.331.36e, the third line of CE verse 36, which Wikisource divides as 2 + 1 lines; nothing is lost.

Verse 49 (12.353.49)

यैर्लक्षणैरुपेतः स हरिरव्यक्तरूपधृक् । तैर्लक्षणैरुपेतौ हि व्यक्तरूपधरौ युवाम् ॥

yairlakṣaṇairupetaḥ sa hariravyaktarūpadhṛk | tairlakṣaṇairupetau hi vyaktarūpadharau yuvām

The marks by which that Hari, who bears an unmanifest form, is endowed — with those very marks you two, who bear manifest forms, are endowed.

Note on the text: Corrected हरिरव्यरक्तरूपधृत् → हरिरव्यक्तरूपधृक् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र inside अव्यक्त and a final त् for क्; CE harir avyaktarūpadhṛk).

Verse 50 (12.353.50)

दृष्टौ युवां मया तत्र तस्य देवस्य पार्श्वतः । इहैव चागतोऽस्म्यद्य विसृष्टः परमात्मना ॥

dṛṣṭau yuvāṃ mayā tatra tasya devasya pārśvataḥ | ihaiva cāgato'smyadya visṛṣṭaḥ paramātmanā

I saw you two there beside that god; and today, sent forth by the Supreme Self, I have come here.

Verse 51 (12.353.51)

को हि नाम भवेत्तस्य तेजसा यशसा श्रिया । सदृशस्त्रिषु लोकेषु ऋते धर्मात्मजौ युवाम् ॥

ko hi nāma bhavettasya tejasā yaśasā śriyā | sadṛśastriṣu lokeṣu ṛte dharmātmajau yuvām

Who in the three worlds could equal him in radiance, fame and glory, except you two, the sons of Dharma?

Verse 52 (12.353.52)

तेन मे कथितः कृत्स्नो धर्मः क्षेत्रज्ञसंज्ञितः । प्रादुर्भावाश्च कथिता भविष्या इह ये यथा ॥

tena me kathitaḥ kṛtsno dharmaḥ kṣetrajñasaṃjñitaḥ | prādurbhāvāśca kathitā bhaviṣyā iha ye yathā

He taught me the whole dharma that goes by the name "the Knower of the Field," and told me of the incarnations that will come in this world, and how.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.40a (तेन मे कथितः कृत्स्नो धर्मः for तेन मे कथितं पूर्वं नाम), kept.

Verse 53 (12.353.53)

तत्र ये पुरुषाः श्वेताः पञ्चेन्द्रियविवर्जिताः । प्रतिबुद्धाश्च ते सर्वे भक्ताश्च पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥

tatra ye puruṣāḥ śvetāḥ pañcendriyavivarjitāḥ | pratibuddhāśca te sarve bhaktāśca puruṣottamam

There the white men, who lack the five senses, are all awakened, and are devoted to the Supreme Person.

Verse 54 (12.353.54)

तेऽर्चयन्ति सदा देवं तैः सार्धं रमते च सः । प्रियभक्तो हि भगवान्परमात्मा द्विजप्रियः ॥

te'rcayanti sadā devaṃ taiḥ sārdhaṃ ramate ca saḥ | priyabhakto hi bhagavānparamātmā dvijapriyaḥ

They worship the god always, and he delights in their company; the blessed Supreme Self loves his devotees and loves brahmins.

Verse 55 (12.353.55)

रमते सोऽर्च्यमानो हि सदा भागवतप्रियः । विश्वभुक्सर्वगो देवो माधवो भक्तवत्सलः ॥

ramate so'rcyamāno hi sadā bhāgavatapriyaḥ | viśvabhuksarvago devo mādhavo bhaktavatsalaḥ

Worshipped, he rejoices always, dear to the Bhagavatas — enjoyer of the universe, all-pervading god, Madhava, tender to his devotees.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.43a, 12.331.43c (line 2 has माधवो for बान्धवो, a recension variant, kept).

Verse 56 (12.353.56)

स कर्ता कारणं चैव कार्यं चातिबलद्युतिः । हेतुश्चाज्ञाविधानं च तत्त्वं चैव महायशाः ॥

sa kartā kāraṇaṃ caiva kāryaṃ cātibaladyutiḥ | hetuścājñāvidhānaṃ ca tattvaṃ caiva mahāyaśāḥ

He is the doer, the cause and the effect, of great strength and splendour; he is the reason and the ordaining of the command, and the truth itself, of great renown.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.331.43e; line 2 is the CE's star passage 12.331.43f*0887_01 (not in its main text).

Verse 57 (12.353.57)

तपसा योज्य सोऽऽत्मानं श्वेतद्वीपात्परं हि यत् । तेज इत्यभिविख्यातं स्वयं भासावभासितम् ॥

tapasā yojya so''tmānaṃ śvetadvīpātparaṃ hi yat | teja ityabhivikhyātaṃ svayaṃ bhāsāvabhāsitam

Having joined himself through austerity to that which lies beyond the White Island, the radiance known as "tejas," lit by its own light,

Note on the text: Corrected सोत्मानं → सोऽऽत्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha of सः + आत्मानम् dropped; CE so 'tmānaṃ).

Verse 58 (12.353.58)

शान्तिः सा त्रिषु लोकेषु विहिता भावितात्मना । एतया शुभया बुद्ध्या नैष्ठिकं व्रतमास्थितः ॥

śāntiḥ sā triṣu lokeṣu vihitā bhāvitātmanā | etayā śubhayā buddhyā naiṣṭhikaṃ vratamāsthitaḥ

that peace was ordained in the three worlds by the one of cultivated self; with this auspicious resolve he has taken up the vow of lifelong steadfastness.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.45a (विहिता भावितात्मना for सिद्धानां भावितात्मनाम्), kept.

Verse 59 (12.353.59)

न तत्र सूर्यस्तपति न सोमोऽभिविराजते । न वायुर्वाति देवेशे तपश्चरति दुश्चरम् ॥

na tatra sūryastapati na somo'bhivirājate | na vāyurvāti deveśe tapaścarati duścaram

There the sun does not burn, the moon does not shine, and the wind does not blow; the Lord of the gods performs hard austerity.

Verse 60 (12.353.60)

वेदीमष्टनलोत्सेधां भूमावास्थाय विश्वकृत् । एकपादस्थितो देव ऊर्ध्वबाहुरुदङ्मुखः ॥

vedīmaṣṭanalotsedhāṃ bhūmāvāsthāya viśvakṛt | ekapādasthito deva ūrdhvabāhurudaṅmukhaḥ

Taking his stand on the ground upon an altar eight nalas high, the maker of the universe stands on one foot, arms raised, facing north,

Note on the text: Corrected रुदङ्भुखः → रुदङ्मुखः (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; CE udaṅmukhaḥ). Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 12.331.47a (अष्टनलोत्सेधाम् … विश्वकृत् for अष्टतलोत्सेधाम् … विश्वभुक्), kept. Lines = CE 12.331.47a, 12.331.47c.

Verse 61 (12.353.61)

साङ्गानावर्तयन्वेदांस्तपस्तेपे सुदुश्चरम् । यद्ब्रह्मा ऋषयश्चैव स्वयं पशुपतिश्च यत् ॥

sāṅgānāvartayanvedāṃstapastepe suduścaram | yadbrahmā ṛṣayaścaiva svayaṃ paśupatiśca yat

reciting the Vedas with all their limbs, he performs the most difficult austerity. All that Brahma, the sages, and Pashupati himself,

Note on the text: Corrected यद्ब्रह्म ऋषयश्चैव → यद्ब्रह्मा ऋषयश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; the final ā of ब्रह्मा dropped; CE yad brahmā ṛṣayaś caiva). Lines = CE 12.331.47e, 12.331.48a.

Verse 62 (12.353.62)

शेषाश्च विबुधश्रेष्ठा दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः । नागाः सुपर्णा गन्धर्वाः सिद्धा राजर्षयश्च ते ॥

śeṣāśca vibudhaśreṣṭhā daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | nāgāḥ suparṇā gandharvāḥ siddhā rājarṣayaśca te

and Shesha, the foremost of the gods, the Daityas, Danavas and Rakshasas, the Nagas, Suparnas, Gandharvas, Siddhas and royal sages

Note on the text: Corrected राजर्पयश्च → राजर्षयश्च (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE rājarṣayaś ca). Lines = CE 12.331.48c, 12.331.49a.

Verse 63 (12.353.63)

हव्यं कव्यं च सततं विधियुक्तं प्रयुञ्जते । कृत्स्नं तु तस्य देवस्य चरणावुपतिष्ठति ॥

havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca satataṃ vidhiyuktaṃ prayuñjate | kṛtsnaṃ tu tasya devasya caraṇāvupatiṣṭhati

constantly offer as havya and kavya, according to rule — the whole of it reaches the feet of that god.

Note on the text: Corrected चरणावुपतिष्ठतः → चरणावुपतिष्ठति (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga leaves the sentence without its verb; CE caraṇāv upatiṣṭhati). Lines = CE 12.331.49c, 12.331.49e.

Verse 64 (12.353.64)

याः क्रियाः संप्रयुक्ताश्च एकान्तगतबुद्धिभिः । ताः सर्वाः शिरसा देवः प्रतिगृह्णाति वै स्वयं ॥

yāḥ kriyāḥ saṃprayuktāśca ekāntagatabuddhibhiḥ | tāḥ sarvāḥ śirasā devaḥ pratigṛhṇāti vai svayaṃ

Whatever rites are performed by those whose minds are set on him alone, the god himself receives all of them upon his head.

Verse 65 (12.353.65)

न तस्यान्यः प्रियतरः प्रतिबुद्धैर्महात्मभिः । विद्यते त्रिषु लोकेषु ततोऽस्म्यैकान्तिकं गतः ॥

na tasyānyaḥ priyataraḥ pratibuddhairmahātmabhiḥ | vidyate triṣu lokeṣu tato'smyaikāntikaṃ gataḥ

Among the awakened great souls no one in the three worlds is dearer to him; therefore I have gone to single-minded devotion.

Note on the text: Corrected ततोऽस्यैकान्तिकं → ततोऽस्म्यैकान्तिकं (misprint in Wikisource; the म् of अस्मि dropped; CE tato 'smy aikāntikaṃ). Lines = CE 12.331.51a, 12.331.51c.

Verse 66 (12.353.66)

इह चैवागतोऽस्म्यद्य विसृष्टः परमात्मना । एवं मे भगवान्देवः स्वयमाख्यातवान्हरिः ॥

iha caivāgato'smyadya visṛṣṭaḥ paramātmanā | evaṃ me bhagavāndevaḥ svayamākhyātavānhariḥ

And today, sent forth by the Supreme Self, I have come here. So the blessed god Hari himself told me.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.331.51e, 12.331.52a. (The CE's star passage 12.331.51f*0888, five lines on exclusive devotion, is not in Wikisource.)

Verse 67 (12.353.67)

आसिष्ये तत्परो भूत्वा युवाभ्यां सह नित्यशः ॥

āsiṣye tatparo bhūtvā yuvābhyāṃ saha nityaśaḥ

Intent on him, I shall dwell with you two always.

Note on the text: Single line (12-353-67a) = CE 12.331.52c.