Narayana and the Birth of Vyasa

Verse 1 (12.359.1)

साङ्ख्यं योगः पाञ्चरात्रं वेदारण्यकमेव च । ज्ञानान्येतानि ब्रह्मर्षे लोकेषु प्रचरन्ति ह ॥

sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ pāñcarātraṃ vedāraṇyakameva ca | jñānānyetāni brahmarṣe lokeṣu pracaranti ha

Sankhya, Yoga, the Pancharatra, and the Aranyaka of the Vedas: these are the systems of knowledge, O brahmin sage, that are current in the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected साख्यं → साङ्ख्यं (misprint in Wikisource; साख्य is not a word; the CE has sāṃkhyaṃ and the page itself writes साङ्ख्यं in verse 64).

Verse 2 (12.359.2)

किमेतान्येकनिष्ठानि पृथङ्निष्ठानि वा मुने । प्रब्रूहि वै मया पृष्टः प्रवृत्तिं च यथाक्रमम् ॥

kimetānyekaniṣṭhāni pṛthaṅniṣṭhāni vā mune | prabrūhi vai mayā pṛṣṭaḥ pravṛttiṃ ca yathākramam

Do these rest on one single ground, sage, or does each rest on its own? Since I ask, tell me, and set out their courses in due order.

Note on the text: Corrected निष्ठानिं → निष्ठानि (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the neuter plural agrees with ज्ञानानि, CE ekaniṣṭhāni).

Verse 3 (12.359.3)

कथं वैकारिको गच्छेत्पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम् । वदस्व त्वं मया पृष्टः प्रवृत्तिं च यथाक्रमम् ॥

kathaṃ vaikāriko gacchetpuruṣaḥ puruṣottamam | vadasva tvaṃ mayā pṛṣṭaḥ pravṛttiṃ ca yathākramam

How does a man still bound to the world of modifications (vaikarika) go to the Supreme Person? Since I ask, tell me, and set out their courses in due order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The page prints this couplet inside backticks (12-359-3a, b); removed the backtick, the closing apostrophe and a doubled danda before the verse mark.

Verse 4 (12.359.4)

जज्ञे बहुज्ञं परमत्युदारं । यं द्वीपमध्ये सुतमात्मवन्तम् । पराशरात्सत्यवती महर्षिं । तस्मै नमोऽज्ञानतमोनुदाय ॥

jajñe bahujñaṃ paramatyudāraṃ | yaṃ dvīpamadhye sutamātmavantam | parāśarātsatyavatī maharṣiṃ | tasmai namo'jñānatamonudāya

I bow to the great sage who dispels the darkness of ignorance: the son, most learned and most noble, master of himself, whom Satyavati bore to Parashara in the middle of an island.

Note on the text: Corrected महर्षि → महर्षिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara: the sage is the object of जज्ञे ... सुतम् and of तस्मै नमः; CE maharṣiṃ). Wikisource reads सत्यवती where the CE has गन्धवती (gandhavatī); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (12.359.5)

पितामहाद्यं प्रवदन्ति षष्ठं । महर्षिमार्षेयविभूतियुक्तम् । नारायणस्यांशजमेकपुत्रं । द्वैपायनं वेदमहानिधानम् ॥

pitāmahādyaṃ pravadanti ṣaṣṭhaṃ | maharṣimārṣeyavibhūtiyuktam | nārāyaṇasyāṃśajamekaputraṃ | dvaipāyanaṃ vedamahānidhānam

They call him the sixth, counting from the Grandsire's primal source: the great sage endowed with the glory of the seers' line, born of a portion of Narayana, an only son, Dvaipayana, the great treasury of the Veda.

Verse 6 (12.359.6)

तमादिकालेषु महाविभूति । र्नारायणो ब्रह्म महानिधानम् । ससर्ज पुत्रार्थमुदारतेजा । व्यासं महात्मानमजं पुराणम् ॥

tamādikāleṣu mahāvibhūti | rnārāyaṇo brahma mahānidhānam | sasarja putrārthamudāratejā | vyāsaṃ mahātmānamajaṃ purāṇam

In the earliest ages Narayana, of great majesty, himself the Brahman and the great treasure of all, of noble radiance, brought him forth as a son: Vyasa, great-souled, unborn, ancient.

Verse 7 (12.359.7)

त्वयैव कथितः पूर्वं संभवो द्विजसत्तम । वसिष्ठस्य सुतः शक्तिः शक्तिपुत्रः पराशरः ॥

tvayaiva kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ saṃbhavo dvijasattama | vasiṣṭhasya sutaḥ śaktiḥ śaktiputraḥ parāśaraḥ

You yourself told me before, best of brahmins, of his birth: Vasishtha's son was Shakti, and Shakti's son was Parashara.

Note on the text: The page prints the heading as 'जनमेजाय उवाच' (a misspelling of जनमेजय); speaker given as जनमेजय (verses 7-9).

Verse 8 (12.359.8)

पराशरस्य दायादः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः । भूयो नारायणसुतं त्वमेवैनं प्रभाषसे ॥

parāśarasya dāyādaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ | bhūyo nārāyaṇasutaṃ tvamevainaṃ prabhāṣase

Parashara's heir is the sage Krishna Dvaipayana; yet now you speak of him again as a son of Narayana.

Verse 9 (12.359.9)

किमतः पूर्वकं जन्म व्यासस्यामिततेजसः । कथयस्वोत्तममते जन्म नारायणोद्भवम् ॥

kimataḥ pūrvakaṃ janma vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ | kathayasvottamamate janma nārāyaṇodbhavam

What birth did Vyasa of boundless splendour have before this one? Tell me, wisest of men, of his birth from Narayana.

Verse 10 (12.359.10)

वेदार्थवेत्तुर्व्यासस्य धर्मिष्ठस्य तपोनिधेः । गुरोर्मे ज्ञाननिष्ठस्य हिमवत्पाद आसतः ॥

vedārthavetturvyāsasya dharmiṣṭhasya taponidheḥ | gurorme jñānaniṣṭhasya himavatpāda āsataḥ

Of my teacher Vyasa, knower of the meaning of the Vedas, devoted to dharma, a treasury of austerity and steadfast in knowledge, as he sat at the foot of the Himalaya,

Note on the text: Corrected वेदार्थवेत्तुव्यासस्य → वेदार्थवेत्तुर्व्यासस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the र् of the visarga sandhi (वेत्तुः + व्यासस्य) is dropped, leaving a form that cannot be construed; the CE reads differently (vedārthān vettukāmasya)).

Verse 11 (12.359.11)

कृत्वा भारतमाख्यानं तपः श्रान्तस्य धीमतः । शुश्रूषां तत्परा राजन्कृतवन्तो वयं तदा ॥

kṛtvā bhāratamākhyānaṃ tapaḥ śrāntasya dhīmataḥ | śuśrūṣāṃ tatparā rājankṛtavanto vayaṃ tadā

after he had composed the narrative of the Bharata and was weary with austerity, we, intent on serving that wise man, waited on him then, O king.

Verse 12 (12.359.12)

सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिश्चैव पैलश्च सुदृढव्रतः । अहं चतुर्थः शिष्यो वै शुको व्यासात्मजस्तथा ॥

sumanturjaiminiścaiva pailaśca sudṛḍhavrataḥ | ahaṃ caturthaḥ śiṣyo vai śuko vyāsātmajastathā

Sumantu, Jaimini, and Paila of firm vows; I was the fourth disciple, and the fifth was Shuka, Vyasa's own son.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 12.337.11 (not picked up by the automatic alignment).

Verse 13 (12.359.13)

एभिः परिवृतो व्यासः शिष्यैः पञ्चभिरुत्तमैः । शुशुभे हिमवत्पादे भूतैर्भूतपतिर्यथा ॥

ebhiḥ parivṛto vyāsaḥ śiṣyaiḥ pañcabhiruttamaiḥ | śuśubhe himavatpāde bhūtairbhūtapatiryathā

Surrounded by these five excellent disciples, Vyasa shone at the foot of the Himalaya like the Lord of beings among his hosts.

Verse 14 (12.359.14)

वेदानावर्तयन्साङ्गान्भारतार्थांश्च सर्वशः । तमेकमनसं दान्तं युक्ता वयमुपास्महे ॥

vedānāvartayansāṅgānbhāratārthāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | tamekamanasaṃ dāntaṃ yuktā vayamupāsmahe

As he recited the Vedas with their limbs and, in every aspect, the meanings of the Bharata, we attended that self-controlled and single-minded teacher with disciplined hearts.

Verse 15 (12.359.15)

कथान्तरेऽथकस्मिंश्चित्पृष्टोऽस्माभिर्द्विजोत्तमः । वेदार्थान्भारतार्थांश्च जन्म नारायणात्तथा ॥

kathāntare'thakasmiṃścitpṛṣṭo'smābhirdvijottamaḥ | vedārthānbhāratārthāṃśca janma nārāyaṇāttathā

Once, in the course of a conversation, we asked that best of brahmins about the meanings of the Vedas and of the Bharata, and about his birth from Narayana.

Verse 16 (12.359.16)

स पूर्वमुक्त्वा वेदार्थान्भारतार्थांश्च तत्त्ववित् । नारायणादिदं जन्म व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥

sa pūrvamuktvā vedārthānbhāratārthāṃśca tattvavit | nārāyaṇādidaṃ janma vyāhartumupacakrame

Having first explained the meanings of the Vedas and of the Bharata, that knower of the truth began to tell of this birth from Narayana.

Verse 17 (12.359.17)

शृणुध्वमाख्यानवरमिदमार्षेयमुत्तमम् । आदिकालोद्भवं विप्रास्तपसाऽधिगतं मया ॥

śṛṇudhvamākhyānavaramidamārṣeyamuttamam | ādikālodbhavaṃ viprāstapasā'dhigataṃ mayā

Listen, brahmins, to this excellent account of the seers, the best of its kind, which belongs to the first age and which I gained through austerity.

Note on the text: No heading on the page: this is Vyasa speaking to his disciples (the page keeps the वैशंपायन heading of verse 4 until verse 63; the CE heads व्यास only at 12.337.53). Given to Vyasa.

Verse 18 (12.359.18)

प्राप्ते प्रजाविसर्गे वै सप्तमे पद्मसंभवे । नारायणो महायोगी शुभाशुभविवर्जितः ॥

prāpte prajāvisarge vai saptame padmasaṃbhave | nārāyaṇo mahāyogī śubhāśubhavivarjitaḥ

When the seventh emanation of creatures, that of the Lotus-born, had come round, Narayana, the great yogin, free of good and ill alike,

Note on the text: Corrected शभाशुभ → शुभाशुभ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; CE śubhāśubha).

Verse 19 (12.359.19)

ससृजे नाभितः पूर्वं ब्रह्माणममितप्रभः । ततः स प्रादुरभवदथैनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

sasṛje nābhitaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmāṇamamitaprabhaḥ | tataḥ sa prādurabhavadathainaṃ vākyamabravīt

first brought forth from his navel Brahma of boundless radiance; then he appeared before him and spoke these words:

Verse 20 (12.359.20)

मम त्वं नाभितो जातः प्रजासर्गकरः प्रभुः । सृज प्रजास्त्वं विविधा ब्रह्मन्सजडपण्डिताः ॥

mama tvaṃ nābhito jātaḥ prajāsargakaraḥ prabhuḥ | sṛja prajāstvaṃ vividhā brahmansajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ

"You were born from my navel, a lord who brings about the emission of creatures. Create creatures of every kind, Brahma, the dull and the wise alike."

Note on the text: No heading on the page: direct speech of Narayana to Brahma, filling the whole verse.

Verse 21 (12.359.21)

स एवमुक्तो विमुखश्चिन्ताव्याकुलमानसः । प्रणम्य वरदं देवमुवाच हरिमीश्वरम् ॥

sa evamukto vimukhaścintāvyākulamānasaḥ | praṇamya varadaṃ devamuvāca harimīśvaram

Thus addressed, he was dismayed, his mind troubled with worry; he bowed to the boon-giving god, Hari the Lord, and said:

Verse 22 (12.359.22)

का शक्तिर्मम देवेश प्रजाः स्रष्टुं नमोस्तु ते । अप्रज्ञावानहं देव विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम् ॥

kā śaktirmama deveśa prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ namostu te | aprajñāvānahaṃ deva vidhatsva yadanantaram

"What power have I, lord of gods, to create creatures? Homage to you. I am without wisdom, O God; ordain what is to follow."

Note on the text: No heading on the page: Brahma's direct speech, filling the whole verse.

Verse 23 (12.359.23)

स एवमुक्तो भगवान्भूत्वाऽथान्तर्हितस्ततः । चिन्तयामास देवेशो बुद्धिं बुद्धिमतांवरः । स्वरूपिणी ततो बुद्धिरुपतस्थे हरिं प्रभुम् ॥

sa evamukto bhagavānbhūtvā'thāntarhitastataḥ | cintayāmāsa deveśo buddhiṃ buddhimatāṃvaraḥ | svarūpiṇī tato buddhirupatasthe hariṃ prabhum

Thus addressed, the Blessed One vanished; then the lord of gods, best of the wise, reflected on Intellect, and Intellect, embodied, presented herself before Hari the Lord.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 12.337.22a, 22c and 23a (the CE's 12.337.22-25 are not matched by the automatic alignment).

Verse 24 (12.359.24)

योगेन चैनां निर्योगः स्वयं नियुयुजे तदा । स तामैश्वर्ययोगस्थां बुद्धिं गतिमतीं सतीम् ॥

yogena caināṃ niryogaḥ svayaṃ niyuyuje tadā | sa tāmaiśvaryayogasthāṃ buddhiṃ gatimatīṃ satīm

Then he, himself beyond all yoga, joined her by yoga: that Intellect, established in the yoga of sovereignty, endowed with motion, the good one,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.23c and 24a. Wikisource reads गतिमतीं where the CE has शक्तिमतीं (śaktimatīm), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 25 (12.359.25)

उवाच वचनं देवो बुद्धिं वै प्रभुरव्ययः । ब्रह्माणं प्रविशस्वेति लोकसृष्ट्यर्थसिद्धये । ततस्तमीश्वरादिष्टा बुद्धिः क्षिप्रं विवेश सा ॥

uvāca vacanaṃ devo buddhiṃ vai prabhuravyayaḥ | brahmāṇaṃ praviśasveti lokasṛṣṭyarthasiddhaye | tatastamīśvarādiṣṭā buddhiḥ kṣipraṃ viveśa sā

and the imperishable Lord, the god, spoke to Intellect: "Enter Brahma, to accomplish the creation of the worlds." Commanded by the Lord, Intellect quickly entered him.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.24c, 25a and 25c. The speech begins in line 2, so the verse stays with the narrator, Vyasa.

Verse 26 (12.359.26)

अथैनं बुद्धिसंयुक्तं पुनः स ददृशे हरिः । भूयश्चैव वचः प्राह सृजेमा विविधाः प्रजाः ॥

athainaṃ buddhisaṃyuktaṃ punaḥ sa dadṛśe hariḥ | bhūyaścaiva vacaḥ prāha sṛjemā vividhāḥ prajāḥ

Then Hari saw him again, joined with Intellect, and spoke once more: "Create these many kinds of creatures."

Verse 27 (12.359.27)

बाढमित्येव कृत्वाऽसौ यथाऽऽज्ञां शिरसा हरेः । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधायत ॥

bāḍhamityeva kṛtvā'sau yathā''jñāṃ śirasā hareḥ | evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhāyata

Saying "So be it," he took Hari's command upon his head. Having spoken thus, the Blessed One vanished on that very spot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text for line 1: it is the CE star line 12.337.26d*0902_01 (bāḍham ity eva kṛtvā sa yathājñāṃ śirasā hareḥ; CE has kṛtvā sa where Wikisource has कृत्वाऽसौ). Line 2 = CE 12.337.27a. The CE's second star line (26d*0903_01) is not on the page.

Verse 28 (12.359.28)

प्राप चैनं मुहूर्तेन स्वं स्थानं देवसंज्ञितम् । तां चैव प्रकृतिं प्राप्य एकीभावगतोऽभवत् ॥

prāpa cainaṃ muhūrtena svaṃ sthānaṃ devasaṃjñitam | tāṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ prāpya ekībhāvagato'bhavat

In a moment he reached his own abode, known as that of the gods, and having reached Nature (Prakriti), he became one with her.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.27c and 28a.

Verse 29 (12.359.29)

अथास्य बुद्धिरभवत्पुनरन्या तदा किल । सृष्टाः प्रजा इमाः सर्वा ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना ॥

athāsya buddhirabhavatpunaranyā tadā kila | sṛṣṭāḥ prajā imāḥ sarvā brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā

Then, it is said, another thought arose in him: "All these creatures have been created by Brahma, the Supreme Ruler,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.28c and 29a. An unspoken thought, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 30 (12.359.30)

दैत्यदानवगन्धर्वरक्षोगणसमाकुला । जाता हीयं वसुमती भाराक्रान्ता तपस्विनी ॥

daityadānavagandharvarakṣogaṇasamākulā | jātā hīyaṃ vasumatī bhārākrāntā tapasvinī

and this earth, thronged with Daityas, Danavas, Gandharvas and hordes of Rakshasas, has become heavily burdened and is in distress.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.29c and 29e. An unspoken thought, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 31 (12.359.31)

बहवो बलिनः पृथ्व्यां दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः । भविष्यन्ति तपोयुक्ता वरान्प्राप्स्यन्ति चोत्तमान् ॥

bahavo balinaḥ pṛthvyāṃ daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | bhaviṣyanti tapoyuktā varānprāpsyanti cottamān

Many mighty Daityas, Danavas and Rakshasas will arise on earth, devoted to austerities, and they will win the choicest boons.

Note on the text: Corrected वरानप्राप्स्यन्ति → वरान्प्राप्स्यन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; the virama is missing (न् + प्र); as printed the word would read वरान् अप्राप्स्यन्ति, against the sense; CE varān prāpsyanti).

Verse 32 (12.359.32)

अवश्यमेव तैः सर्वैर्वरदानेन दर्पितैः । बाधितव्याः सुरगणा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥

avaśyameva taiḥ sarvairvaradānena darpitaiḥ | bādhitavyāḥ suragaṇā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

Made arrogant by those boons, they will surely torment the hosts of gods and the sages rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.31a and 31c.

Verse 33 (12.359.33)

तत्र न्याय्यमिदं कर्तुं भारावतरणं मया । अथ नानासमुद्भूतैर्वसुधायां यथाक्रमम् ॥

tatra nyāyyamidaṃ kartuṃ bhārāvataraṇaṃ mayā | atha nānāsamudbhūtairvasudhāyāṃ yathākramam

In that case it is right that I relieve the earth of her burden, taking birth in many forms upon the earth in due succession,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.31e and 32a.

Verse 34 (12.359.34)

निग्रहेण च पापानां साधूनां प्रग्रहेण च । इदं तपस्विनी सत्या धारयिष्यति मेदिनी ॥

nigraheṇa ca pāpānāṃ sādhūnāṃ pragraheṇa ca | idaṃ tapasvinī satyā dhārayiṣyati medinī

for by restraining the wicked and upholding the good, this suffering and truthful Earth will be able to bear all this."

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.32c and 33a. Wikisource reads इदं ... धारयिष्यति for the CE's imāṃ ... dhārayiṣyāmi (the page's own note records the variants), kept.

Verse 35 (12.359.35)

मया ह्येषा हि ध्रियते पातालस्थेन भोगिना । तस्मात्पृथ्व्याः परित्राणं करिष्ये संभवं गतः ॥

mayā hyeṣā hi dhriyate pātālasthena bhoginā | tasmātpṛthvyāḥ paritrāṇaṃ kariṣye saṃbhavaṃ gataḥ

"For it is I, dwelling in the netherworld as the Serpent, who hold her up; therefore I shall save the Earth by entering upon birth."

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.33c and 34c. The CE's line 34a (mayā dhṛtā dhārayati jagad dhi sacarācaram) is not in the vulgate text. An unspoken thought, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 36 (12.359.36)

एवं स चिन्तयित्वा तु भगवान्मधुसूदनः । रूपाण्यनेकान्यसृजत्प्रादुर्भावभवाय सः ॥

evaṃ sa cintayitvā tu bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ | rūpāṇyanekānyasṛjatprādurbhāvabhavāya saḥ

Having reflected thus, the Blessed Madhusudana brought forth many forms for the sake of his appearances in the world.

Note on the text: Corrected मघधुसूदनः → मधुसूदनः (misprint in Wikisource; doubled aksara; CE madhusūdanaḥ). Corrected रुपाण्य → रूपाण्य (misprint in Wikisource; short ु for ू; CE rūpāṇy).

Verse 37 (12.359.37)

वाराहं नारसिंहं च वामनं मानुषं तथा । एभिर्मया निहन्तव्याः दुर्विनीताः सुरारयः ॥

vārāhaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca vāmanaṃ mānuṣaṃ tathā | ebhirmayā nihantavyāḥ durvinītāḥ surārayaḥ

The Boar, the Man-Lion, the Dwarf, and likewise a Man: in these forms I must slay the unruly enemies of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected नारसिहं → नारसिंहं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE nārasiṃhaṃ).

Verse 38 (12.359.38)

अथ भूयो जगत्स्रष्टा भोःशब्देनानुनादयन् । सरस्वतीमुच्चचार तत्र सारस्वतोऽभवत् ॥

atha bhūyo jagatsraṣṭā bhoḥśabdenānunādayan | sarasvatīmuccacāra tatra sārasvato'bhavat

Then the Creator of the world, making the cry "Bho" resound, uttered Sarasvati, and from her Sarasvata came to be.

Verse 39 (12.359.39)

अपान्तरतमा नाम सुतो वाक्संभवः प्रभोः । भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञः सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः ॥

apāntaratamā nāma suto vāksaṃbhavaḥ prabhoḥ | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyajñaḥ satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ

He was named Apantaratamas, a son born of the Lord's speech, knower of past, present and future, truthful and firm in his vows.

Verse 40 (12.359.40)

तमुवाच नतं मूर्ध्ना देवानामादिरव्ययः । वेदाख्याने श्रुतिः कार्या त्वया मतिमतांवर ॥

tamuvāca nataṃ mūrdhnā devānāmādiravyayaḥ | vedākhyāne śrutiḥ kāryā tvayā matimatāṃvara

To him, as he bowed his head, the imperishable origin of the gods said: "Best of the wise, in the exposition of the Veda you must establish the sacred revelation.

Note on the text: Corrected मादिवरव्ययः → मादिरव्ययः (misprint in Wikisource; CE ādir avyayaḥ; आदिवर् is not a word). Lines = CE 12.337.39a and 39c. The speech begins in line 1's second half, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 41 (12.359.41)

तस्मात्कुरु यथाज्ञप्तं ममैतद्वचनं मुने । तेन भिन्नास्तदा वेदा मनोः स्वायंभुवेन्तरे ॥

tasmātkuru yathājñaptaṃ mamaitadvacanaṃ mune | tena bhinnāstadā vedā manoḥ svāyaṃbhuventare

Therefore, sage, do as I have commanded." By him the Vedas were then divided, in the age of Svayambhuva Manu.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.39e and 40a.

Verse 42 (12.359.42)

ततस्तुतोष भगवान्हरिस्तेनास्य कर्मणा । तपसा च सुतप्तेन यमेन नियमेन च ॥

tatastutoṣa bhagavānharistenāsya karmaṇā | tapasā ca sutaptena yamena niyamena ca

Then the Blessed Hari was pleased with that deed of his, with his well-practised austerity, and with his restraints and observances.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.40c and 40e.

Verse 43 (12.359.43)

मन्वन्तरेषु पुत्र त्वमेवं लोकप्रवर्तकः । भविष्यस्यचलो ब्रह्मन्नप्रधृष्यश्च नित्यशः ॥

manvantareṣu putra tvamevaṃ lokapravartakaḥ | bhaviṣyasyacalo brahmannapradhṛṣyaśca nityaśaḥ

"In this way, my son, you will be the promoter of the worlds in every Manvantara; you will be unshaken, brahmin, and ever unassailable.

Note on the text: No heading on the page; the CE heads this speech 'śrībhagavān uvāca' (12.337.41). Narayana's speech runs from here to verse 56.

Verse 44 (12.359.44)

पुनस्तिष्ये च संप्राप्ते कुरवो नाम भारताः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो राजानः प्रथिता भुवि ॥

punastiṣye ca saṃprāpte kuravo nāma bhāratāḥ | bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno rājānaḥ prathitā bhuvi

And when the Tishya age comes again, the Bharatas called Kurus will arise, great-souled kings renowned on earth.

Verse 45 (12.359.45)

तेषां त्वत्तः प्रसूतानां कुलभेदो भविष्यति । परस्परविनाशार्थं त्वामृते द्विजसत्तम ॥

teṣāṃ tvattaḥ prasūtānāṃ kulabhedo bhaviṣyati | parasparavināśārthaṃ tvāmṛte dvijasattama

Among those descended from you a division of the family will arise, bringing about their mutual destruction; you alone, best of brahmins, will be apart from it.

Verse 46 (12.359.46)

तत्राप्यनेकधा वेदान्भेत्स्यसे तपसाऽन्वितः । कृष्णे युगे च संप्राप्ते कृष्णवर्णो भविष्यसि ॥

tatrāpyanekadhā vedānbhetsyase tapasā'nvitaḥ | kṛṣṇe yuge ca saṃprāpte kṛṣṇavarṇo bhaviṣyasi

There too, rich in austerity, you will divide the Vedas in many ways; and when the dark age comes, you will be dark in complexion.

Verse 47 (12.359.47)

धर्माणां विविधानां च कर्ता ज्ञानकरस्तथा । भविष्यसि तपोयुक्तो न च रागाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥

dharmāṇāṃ vividhānāṃ ca kartā jñānakarastathā | bhaviṣyasi tapoyukto na ca rāgādvimokṣyase

You will be the maker of many kinds of dharma and a source of knowledge, rich in austerity, yet you will not be freed from passion.

Verse 48 (12.359.48)

वीतरागश्च पुत्रस्ते परमात्मा भविष्यति । महेश्वरप्रसादेन नैतद्वचनमन्यथा ॥

vītarāgaśca putraste paramātmā bhaviṣyati | maheśvaraprasādena naitadvacanamanyathā

Your son, free of passion, will become the Supreme Self. By Maheshvara's grace this word cannot be otherwise.

Verse 49 (12.359.49)

यं मानसं वै प्रवदन्ति विप्राः । पितामहस्योत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम् । वसिष्ठमग्र्यं च तपोनिधानं । यस्यातिसूर्यं व्यरिरिच्यते भाः ॥

yaṃ mānasaṃ vai pravadanti viprāḥ | pitāmahasyottamabuddhiyuktam | vasiṣṭhamagryaṃ ca taponidhānaṃ | yasyātisūryaṃ vyariricyate bhāḥ

The mind-born son of the Grandsire, of exalted intellect, whom brahmins call Vasishtha, the foremost, a treasury of austerity, whose splendour outshines even the sun;

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्रवदन्ति विप्राः for the CE's pravadanti putraṃ in line 1, and lines 3-4 differ slightly from the CE's; recension variants, kept.

Verse 50 (12.359.50)

तस्यान्वये चापि ततो महर्षिः । पराशरो नाम महाप्रभावः । पिता स ते वेदनिधिर्वरिष्ठो । महातपा वै तपसो निवासः ॥

tasyānvaye cāpi tato maharṣiḥ | parāśaro nāma mahāprabhāvaḥ | pitā sa te vedanidhirvariṣṭho | mahātapā vai tapaso nivāsaḥ

in his line there will be a great sage of mighty power named Parashara. He will be your father, the foremost treasury of the Veda, greatly austere, a very dwelling of austerity;

Note on the text: Corrected तस्यान्वपे → तस्यान्वये (misprint in Wikisource; CE tasyānvaye; अन्वप is not a word). Lines = CE 12.337.48a and 48c (the CE's verse 48 has six lines; Wikisource divides it between this verse and the next).

Verse 51 (12.359.51)

कानीनगर्भः पितृकन्यकायां । तस्मादृषेस्त्वं भविता च पुत्रः ॥

kānīnagarbhaḥ pitṛkanyakāyāṃ | tasmādṛṣestvaṃ bhavitā ca putraḥ

conceived out of wedlock in the womb of a daughter of the Fathers, you will become the son of that sage.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.48e (the last two lines of the CE's six-line verse 48).

Verse 52 (12.359.52)

भूतभव्यभविष्याणां ज्ञानानां वेत्स्यसे गतिम् । ये ह्यतिक्रान्तकाः पूर्वं सहस्रयुगपर्ययाः ॥

bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṃ jñānānāṃ vetsyase gatim | ye hyatikrāntakāḥ pūrvaṃ sahasrayugaparyayāḥ

You will know the course of the knowledge of past, present and future, and of the thousands of cycles of ages that went by before;

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रसुगपर्ययाः → सहस्रयुगपर्ययाः (misprint in Wikisource; सु for यु; CE sahasrayugaparyayāḥ). Line 1 is a recension variant of the CE (CE: chinnasarvārthasaṃśayaḥ), kept.

Verse 53 (12.359.53)

तांश्च सर्वान्मयोद्दिष्टान्द्रक्ष्यसे तपसाऽन्वितः । पुनर्द्रक्ष्यसि चानेकसहस्रयुगपर्ययान् ॥

tāṃśca sarvānmayoddiṣṭāndrakṣyase tapasā'nvitaḥ | punardrakṣyasi cānekasahasrayugaparyayān

all of these, as I have pointed them out, you will see through your austerity; and you will see again the many thousands of cycles of ages to come.

Verse 54 (12.359.54)

अनादिनिधनं लोके चक्रहस्तं च मां मुने । अनुध्यानान्मम मुने नैतद्वचनमन्यथा । भविष्यति महासत्व ख्यातिश्चाप्यतुला तव ॥

anādinidhanaṃ loke cakrahastaṃ ca māṃ mune | anudhyānānmama mune naitadvacanamanyathā | bhaviṣyati mahāsatva khyātiścāpyatulā tava

Through meditation on me, sage, me who have neither beginning nor end in the world and carry the discus in my hand, this word of mine will not prove otherwise; and your fame, great-souled one, will be beyond compare.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.51a, 51c and the CE star line 12.337.51d*0904_01 (bhaviṣyati mahāsattva khyātiś cāpy atulā tava).

Verse 55 (12.359.55)

शनैश्चरः सूर्यपुत्रो भविष्यति मनुर्महान् । तस्मिन्मन्वन्तरे चैव मन्वादिगणपूर्वकः । त्वमेव भविता वत्स मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः ॥

śanaiścaraḥ sūryaputro bhaviṣyati manurmahān | tasminmanvantare caiva manvādigaṇapūrvakaḥ | tvameva bhavitā vatsa matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ

The Sun's son Shanaishchara will become the great Manu; and in that Manvantara you yourself, child, will stand first among the host that begins with Manu, by my grace, without doubt.

Note on the text: Removed a stray asterisk printed before the verse (a wiki mark, not a CE star-passage marker). Lines = CE 12.337.52a, 52c and 52e. Line 2 reads मन्वादिगणपूर्वकः where the CE has saptarṣigaṇapūrvakaḥ (the page's own note records सप्तर्षिगुणपूर्वक as another reading); recension variant, kept.

Verse 56 (12.359.56)

यत्किंचिद्विद्यते लोके सर्वं तन्मद्विचेष्टितम् । अन्यो ह्यन्यं चिन्तयति स्वच्छन्दं विदधाम्यहम् ॥

yatkiṃcidvidyate loke sarvaṃ tanmadviceṣṭitam | anyo hyanyaṃ cintayati svacchandaṃ vidadhāmyaham

Whatever exists in the world is all my doing. One thinks of one thing, another of another, yet I ordain as I please."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: these two lines are the CE star passage 12.337.52f*0905_01-02 (yat kiṃ cid vidyate loke sarvaṃ tan madviceṣṭitam / anyo hy anyaṃ cintayati svacchandaṃ vidadhāmy aham). The page prints them in square brackets; removed the brackets and the doubled danda before the verse mark.

Verse 57 (12.359.57)

एवं सारस्वतमृषिमपांतरतमं तथा । युक्त्वा वचनमीशानः साधयस्वेत्यथाब्रवीत् ॥

evaṃ sārasvatamṛṣimapāṃtaratamaṃ tathā | yuktvā vacanamīśānaḥ sādhayasvetyathābravīt

Having thus charged the sage Apantaratamas, the son of Sarasvati, the Lord said to him, "Accomplish it."

Note on the text: The CE heads this verse 'vyāsa uvāca'; the page has no heading here. Vyasa narrates again, ending Narayana's speech.

Verse 58 (12.359.58)

सोहं तस्य प्रसादेन देवस्य हरिमेधसः । अपांतरतमो नाम्ना ततो जातोऽऽज्ञया हरेः ॥

sohaṃ tasya prasādena devasya harimedhasaḥ | apāṃtaratamo nāmnā tato jāto''jñayā hareḥ

Such am I: by the grace of that god Hari, of wise purpose, I was born by Hari's command as Apantaratamas by name,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.337.54a and 54c.

Verse 59 (12.359.59)

पुनश्च जातो विख्यातो वसिष्ठकुलनन्दनः ॥

punaśca jāto vikhyāto vasiṣṭhakulanandanaḥ

and again I was born, renowned, as the delight of Vasishtha's line.

Note on the text: Single line = CE 12.337.54e (the third line of the CE's verse 54, which Wikisource prints as a separate one-line verse, 12-359-59a).

Verse 60 (12.359.60)

तदेतत्कथितं जन्म मया पूर्वकमात्मनः । नारायणप्रसादेन तदा नारायणांशजम् ॥

tadetatkathitaṃ janma mayā pūrvakamātmanaḥ | nārāyaṇaprasādena tadā nārāyaṇāṃśajam

Thus has my own earlier birth been told, a birth springing from a portion of Narayana by Narayana's grace.

Note on the text: Corrected मात्ममः → मात्मनः (misprint in Wikisource; CE ātmanaḥ; आत्मम is not a word). Wikisource reads तदा where the CE has tathā; recension variant, kept.

Verse 61 (12.359.61)

मया हि सुमहत्तप्तं तपः परमदारुणम् । पुरा मतिमतां श्रेष्ठाः परमेण समाधिना ॥

mayā hi sumahattaptaṃ tapaḥ paramadāruṇam | purā matimatāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ parameṇa samādhinā

In the past, best of the wise, I practised a great and exceedingly severe austerity, with the highest concentration.

Verse 62 (12.359.62)

एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं यन्मां पृच्छत पुत्रकाः । पूर्वजन्म भविष्यं च भक्तानां स्नेहतो मया ॥

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchata putrakāḥ | pūrvajanma bhaviṣyaṃ ca bhaktānāṃ snehato mayā

All this that you asked me, my children, I have told you: my former birth and what is to come, out of affection for you, my devotees.

Verse 63 (12.359.63)

एष ते कथितः पूर्वः संभवोऽस्मद्गुरोर्नृप । व्यासस्याक्लिष्टमनसो यथा पृष्टः पुनः शृणु ॥

eṣa te kathitaḥ pūrvaḥ saṃbhavo'smadgurornṛpa | vyāsasyākliṣṭamanaso yathā pṛṣṭaḥ punaḥ śṛṇu

This earlier birth of our teacher Vyasa, of untroubled mind, has now been told to you, O king. Now listen again, as you asked.

Verse 64 (12.359.64)

साङ्ख्यं योगः पाञ्चरात्रं वेदाः पाशुपतं तथा । ज्ञानान्येतानि राजर्षे विद्धि नानामतानि वै ॥

sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ pāñcarātraṃ vedāḥ pāśupataṃ tathā | jñānānyetāni rājarṣe viddhi nānāmatāni vai

Sankhya, Yoga, the Pancharatra, the Vedas, and the Pashupata: know these, royal sage, to be the different schools of knowledge.

Verse 65 (12.359.65)

साङ्ख्यस्य वक्ता कपिलः परमर्षिः स उच्यते । हिरण्यगर्भो योगस्य वेत्ता नान्यः पुरातनः ॥

sāṅkhyasya vaktā kapilaḥ paramarṣiḥ sa ucyate | hiraṇyagarbho yogasya vettā nānyaḥ purātanaḥ

Kapila, the supreme sage, is called the speaker of Sankhya; Hiranyagarbha is the knower of Yoga, and no other so ancient.

Verse 66 (12.359.66)

अपांतरतमाश्चैव वेदाचार्यः स उच्यते । प्राचीनगर्भं तमृषिं प्रवदन्तीह केचन ॥

apāṃtaratamāścaiva vedācāryaḥ sa ucyate | prācīnagarbhaṃ tamṛṣiṃ pravadantīha kecana

Apantaratamas is called the teacher of the Vedas; some here call that sage Prachinagarbha.

Note on the text: Corrected अपांतपतमा → अपांतरतमा (misprint in Wikisource; प for र; the same name is spelt अपान्तरतमा in verse 39 and the CE has apāntaratamāḥ).

Verse 67 (12.359.67)

उमापतिर्भूतपतिः श्रीकण्ठो ब्रह्मणः सुतः । उक्तवानिदमव्यग्रो ज्ञानं पाशुपतं शिवः ॥

umāpatirbhūtapatiḥ śrīkaṇṭho brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ | uktavānidamavyagro jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ śivaḥ

Uma's lord, the lord of beings, Shrikantha, Brahma's son, Shiva, calmly taught this knowledge, the Pashupata.

Verse 68 (12.359.68)

पाञ्चरात्रस्य कृत्स्नस्य वक्ता तु भगवान्स्वयम् । सर्वेषु च नृपश्रेष्ठ ज्ञानेष्वेतेषु दृश्यते ॥

pāñcarātrasya kṛtsnasya vaktā tu bhagavānsvayam | sarveṣu ca nṛpaśreṣṭha jñāneṣveteṣu dṛśyate

The Blessed Lord himself is the speaker of the entire Pancharatra, and he is seen in all these systems of knowledge, best of kings.

Verse 69 (12.359.69)

यथागमं यथाज्ञानं निष्ठा नारायणः प्रभुः । न चैनमेवं जानन्ति तमोभूता विशांपते ॥

yathāgamaṃ yathājñānaṃ niṣṭhā nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | na cainamevaṃ jānanti tamobhūtā viśāṃpate

According to each tradition and each kind of knowledge, the final ground is the Lord Narayana; but those sunk in darkness do not know him so, lord of men.

Verse 70 (12.359.70)

तमेव शास्त्रकर्तारं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । निष्ठां नारायणमृषिं नान्योस्तीति च वादिनः ॥

tameva śāstrakartāraṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | niṣṭhāṃ nārāyaṇamṛṣiṃ nānyostīti ca vādinaḥ

The wise call him alone the maker of the sciences, and say that Narayana, the sage, is the final ground, and that there is no other.

Verse 71 (12.359.71)

निःसंशयेषु सर्वेषु नित्यं वसति वै हरिः । ससंशयान्हेतुबलान्नाध्यावसति माधवः ॥

niḥsaṃśayeṣu sarveṣu nityaṃ vasati vai hariḥ | sasaṃśayānhetubalānnādhyāvasati mādhavaḥ

Hari dwells always in all that is free of doubt; Madhava does not dwell among those who are full of doubt and rely on the force of argument.

Verse 72 (12.359.72)

पाञ्चरात्रविदो ये तु यथाक्रमपरा नृप । एकान्तभावोपगतास्ते हरिं प्रविशन्ति वै ॥

pāñcarātravido ye tu yathākramaparā nṛpa | ekāntabhāvopagatāste hariṃ praviśanti vai

Those who know the Pancharatra and keep to its discipline in due order, king, reach single-minded devotion and enter Hari.

Verse 73 (12.359.73)

साङ्ख्यं च योगं च सनातने द्वे । वेदाश्च सर्वे निखिलेन राजन् । सर्वैः समस्तैर्ऋषिभिर्निरुक्तो । नारायणो विश्वमिदं पुराणम् ॥

sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca sanātane dve | vedāśca sarve nikhilena rājan | sarvaiḥ samastairṛṣibhirnirukto | nārāyaṇo viśvamidaṃ purāṇam

Sankhya and Yoga, the two eternal paths, and all the Vedas in full, O king: by all the sages together it is declared that Narayana is this whole universe, the ancient one.

Verse 74 (12.359.74)

शुभाशुभं कर्म समीरितं य । त्प्रवर्तते सर्वलोकेषु किंचित् । तस्मादृषेस्तद्भवतीति विद्या । द्दिव्यन्तरिक्षे भुवि चाप्सु चेति ॥

śubhāśubhaṃ karma samīritaṃ ya | tpravartate sarvalokeṣu kiṃcit | tasmādṛṣestadbhavatīti vidyā | ddivyantarikṣe bhuvi cāpsu ceti

Whatever action, good or bad, is set in motion and goes on in any of the worlds, one should know that it comes from that sage: in heaven, in the sky, on earth, and in the waters.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मादृपेस्तद् → तस्मादृषेस्तद् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE tasmād ṛṣes tad).