The Guest Directs the Brahmin to the Serpent Padmanabha

Verse 1 (12.365.1)

उपदेशं तु ते विप्र करिष्येऽहं यथाक्रमम् । गुरुणा मे यथाख्यातमर्थतत्त्वं तु मे शृणु ॥

upadeśaṃ tu te vipra kariṣye'haṃ yathākramam | guruṇā me yathākhyātamarthatattvaṃ tu me śṛṇu

I shall give you the instruction, O Brahmin, in due order. Listen to the true meaning of it as my teacher explained it to me.

Note on the text: Second line differs from the CE (arthatas tac ca me śṛṇu); recension variant, kept.

Verse 2 (12.365.2)

यत्र पूर्वाभिसर्गे वै धर्मचक्रं प्रवर्तितम् । नैमिषे गोमतीतीरे तत्र नागह्रदो महान् ॥

yatra pūrvābhisarge vai dharmacakraṃ pravartitam | naimiṣe gomatītīre tatra nāgahrado mahān

Where, at the first creation, the wheel of dharma was set in motion, in Naimisha on the bank of the Gomati, there lies a great lake of the Nagas.

Note on the text: Line 2 second half differs from the CE (tatra nāgāhvayaṃ puram, "a city called Naga"); recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (12.365.3)

समग्रैस्त्रिदशैस्तत्र इष्टमासीद्द्विजर्षभ । यत्रेन्द्रातिक्रमं चक्रे मान्धाता राजसत्तमः ॥

samagraistridaśaistatra iṣṭamāsīddvijarṣabha | yatrendrātikramaṃ cakre māndhātā rājasattamaḥ

There, O best of Brahmins, all the gods together once held a sacrifice, where Mandhata, best of kings, surpassed Indra.

Note on the text: Corrected समग्रैस्रिदशैस्तत्र → समग्रैस्त्रिदशैस्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the CE reads tridaśaiḥ). Corrected माधाता → मान्धाता (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न; the king is Mandhata, CE māndhātā).

Verse 4 (12.365.4)

कृताधिवासो धर्मात्मा तत्र चक्षुःश्रवा महान् । पद्मनाभो महानागः पद्म इत्येव विश्रुतः ॥

kṛtādhivāso dharmātmā tatra cakṣuḥśravā mahān | padmanābho mahānāgaḥ padma ityeva viśrutaḥ

The great-souled Chakshushrava, a man of dharma, has made his dwelling there: the great serpent Padmanabha, known simply as Padma.

Note on the text: Wikisource महानागः for the CE mahābhāgaḥ; recension variant, kept. Page footnote: चक्षुःश्रवाः सर्पः.

Verse 5 (12.365.5)

स वाचा कर्मणा चैव मनसा च द्विजर्षभः । प्रसादयति भूतानि त्रिविधे वर्त्मनि स्थितः ॥

sa vācā karmaṇā caiva manasā ca dvijarṣabhaḥ | prasādayati bhūtāni trividhe vartmani sthitaḥ

Standing on the threefold path, he gladdens all beings by word, deed and thought, O best of Brahmins.

Note on the text: Page footnote: त्रिविधे = कर्म, ज्ञान और उपासना के रूप में.

Verse 6 (12.365.6)

साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेनेति चतुर्विधम् । विषमस्थं समस्थं च चक्षुर्ध्यानेन रक्षति ॥

sāmnā bhedena dānena daṇḍeneti caturvidham | viṣamasthaṃ samasthaṃ ca cakṣurdhyānena rakṣati

By conciliation, division, gifts and punishment, in four ways, he guards those in difficulty and those at ease alike, with the eye of his insight and meditation.

Note on the text: Corrected दणडेनेति → दण्डेनेति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; ण्ड, not णड). Corrected पिपमस्थं → विषमस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; पिपम is not a word; the CE reads viṣamasthaṃ). Line 1 order of means (साम्ना भेदेन दानेन) differs from the CE (sāmnā dānena bhedena); line 2 second half differs (समस्थं च for janaṃ svaṃ ca). Recension variants, kept.

Verse 7 (12.365.7)

तमतिक्रम्य विधिना प्रष्टुमर्हसि काङ्क्षितम् । स ते परमकं धर्मं न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति ॥

tamatikramya vidhinā praṣṭumarhasi kāṅkṣitam | sa te paramakaṃ dharmaṃ na mithyā darśayiṣyati

Approach him in due form and ask what you desire. He will not show you the highest dharma falsely.

Note on the text: Corrected काङ्क्षित्तम् → काङ्क्षितम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray त्; the CE reads kāṅkṣitam). Corrected दर्शयिष्यरति → दर्शयिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the CE reads darśayiṣyati). Wikisource तमतिक्रम्य for the CE tam abhikramya; recension variant, kept.

Verse 8 (12.365.8)

स हि सर्वातिथिर्नागो बुद्धिशास्त्रविशारदः । गुणैरनुपमैर्युक्तः समस्तैराभिकामिकैः ॥

sa hi sarvātithirnāgo buddhiśāstraviśāradaḥ | guṇairanupamairyuktaḥ samastairābhikāmikaiḥ

He is a host to every guest, that serpent, skilled in understanding and in the treatises, endowed with incomparable qualities, with every one that could be wished for.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वातिथिर्नाणो → सर्वातिथिर्नागो (misprint in Wikisource; ण for ग; the CE reads nāgo). Wikisource गुणैरनुपमैः for the CE guṇair anavamaiḥ; recension variant, kept.

Verse 9 (12.365.9)

प्रकृत्या नित्यसलिलो नित्यमध्ययने रतः । तपोदमाभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च ॥

prakṛtyā nityasalilo nityamadhyayane rataḥ | tapodamābhyāṃ saṃyukto vṛttenānavareṇa ca

By nature he is always like water in his coolness, always devoted to study, endowed with austerity and self-control and with conduct that is second to none.

Verse 10 (12.365.10)

यज्वा दानपतिः क्षान्तो वृत्ते च परमे स्थितः । सत्यवागनसूयुश्च शीलवान्नियतेन्द्रियः ॥

yajvā dānapatiḥ kṣānto vṛtte ca parame sthitaḥ | satyavāganasūyuśca śīlavānniyatendriyaḥ

He is a sacrificer, a master of giving, patient, firm in the highest conduct, truthful, free from malice, of good character and with his senses restrained.

Note on the text: Wikisource दानपतिः and नियतेन्द्रियः for the CE dānaruciḥ and abhisaṃśritaḥ; recension variants, kept.

Verse 11 (12.365.11)

शेषान्नभोक्ता वचनानुकूलो । हितार्जवोत्कृष्टकृताकृतज्ञः । अवैरकृद्भूतहिते नियुक्तो । गङ्गाह्रदाम्भोभिजनोपपन्नः ॥

śeṣānnabhoktā vacanānukūlo | hitārjavotkṛṣṭakṛtākṛtajñaḥ | avairakṛdbhūtahite niyukto | gaṅgāhradāmbhobhijanopapannaḥ

He eats only what remains after others have eaten, speaks agreeably, is upright and knows what is done and left undone for the good; he harms no one, is engaged in the welfare of beings, and is of noble birth in the waters of the Ganga's lake.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page.