The Brahmin Takes Leave of the Serpent

Verse 1 (12.374.1)

आश्चर्यं नात्र संदेहः सुप्रीतोस्मि भुजङ्गम । अन्वर्थोपगतैर्वाक्यैः पन्थानं चास्मि दर्शितः ॥

āścaryaṃ nātra saṃdehaḥ suprītosmi bhujaṅgama | anvarthopagatairvākyaiḥ panthānaṃ cāsmi darśitaḥ

It is indeed a wonder, there is no doubt of it. I am well pleased, O serpent. By your meaningful words I have been shown the way.

Verse 2 (12.374.2)

स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि साधो भुजगसत्तम । स्मरणीयोस्मि भवता संप्रेषणनियोजनैः ॥

svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sādho bhujagasattama | smaraṇīyosmi bhavatā saṃpreṣaṇaniyojanaiḥ

May good fortune be yours. I shall go, good one, best of serpents. Remember me, whenever you have errands and tasks to entrust.

Verse 3 (12.374.3)

अनुक्त्वा हृद्गतं कार्यं क्वेदानीं प्रस्थितो भवान् । उच्यतां द्विज यत्कार्यं यदर्थं त्वमिहागतः ॥

anuktvā hṛdgataṃ kāryaṃ kvedānīṃ prasthito bhavān | ucyatāṃ dvija yatkāryaṃ yadarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ

Without telling me the task that is in your heart, where are you setting out now? Tell me, twice-born, what your business is, and for what purpose you came here.

Verse 4 (12.374.4)

उक्तानुक्ते कृते कार्ये मामामन्त्र्य द्विजर्षभ । मया प्रत्यभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततो यास्यसि सुव्रत ॥

uktānukte kṛte kārye māmāmantrya dvijarṣabha | mayā pratyabhyanujñātastato yāsyasi suvrata

When the task, whether spoken of or not, has been done, take leave of me, O best of the twice-born; then, permitted by me, you may go, O man of good vows.

Verse 5 (12.374.5)

न हि मां केवलं दृष्ट्वा त्यक्त्वा प्रणयवानिह । गन्तुमर्हसि विप्रर्षे वृक्षमूलगतो यथा ॥

na hi māṃ kevalaṃ dṛṣṭvā tyaktvā praṇayavāniha | gantumarhasi viprarṣe vṛkṣamūlagato yathā

Having merely seen me, you should not go off, abandoning me who am so fond of you, like one who has rested at the foot of a tree, O sage.

Verse 6 (12.374.6)

त्वयि चाहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ भवान्मयि न संशयः । लोकोऽयं भवतः सर्वः का चिन्ता मयि तेऽनघ ॥

tvayi cāhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha bhavānmayi na saṃśayaḥ | loko'yaṃ bhavataḥ sarvaḥ kā cintā mayi te'nagha

I am yours, O best of the twice-born, and you are mine, without doubt. This whole world is yours; what worry can you have with me, sinless one?

Verse 7 (12.374.7)

एवमेतन्महाप्राज्ञ विदितात्मन्भुजङ्गम । नातिरिक्तास्त्वया देवाः सर्वथैव यथातथम् ॥

evametanmahāprājña viditātmanbhujaṅgama | nātiriktāstvayā devāḥ sarvathaiva yathātatham

It is so, O greatly wise serpent, knower of the Self: in every way, truly, the gods are no greater than you.

Verse 8 (12.374.8)

स एव त्वं स एवाहं योऽहं स तु भवानपि । अहं भवांश्च भूतानि सर्वे यत्र गताः सदा ॥

sa eva tvaṃ sa evāhaṃ yo'haṃ sa tu bhavānapi | ahaṃ bhavāṃśca bhūtāni sarve yatra gatāḥ sadā

You are he, and I am he; what I am, that you also are. I, you and all beings are always one in that into which all have gone.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match, but this is the CE verse 12.352.8 (ya evāhaṃ sa eva tvam evam etad bhujaṃgama / ahaṃ bhavāṃś ca bhūtāni sarve sarvatragāḥ sadā), here in a different wording; the page's own reading is kept. The footnote records a variant (यत्र चाहं स एव त्वमेवमाह भुजङ्गमेति ट. पाठः).

Verse 9 (12.374.9)

आसीत्तु मे भोगिपते संशयः पुण्यसंचये । सोहमुञ्छव्रतं साधो चरिष्याम्यर्थसाधनम् ॥

āsīttu me bhogipate saṃśayaḥ puṇyasaṃcaye | sohamuñchavrataṃ sādho cariṣyāmyarthasādhanam

I had a doubt, lord of serpents, about the gathering of merit. So now, good one, I shall practise the vow of gleaning, which accomplishes my aim.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page: the input's row 9 held four lines printed under the labels 9a, 9b, 10, 10 (the last two with stray "a" and "b" marks); split here into two verses. Lines 1-2 = CE 12.352.9a, 9c. Corrected पुण्यरसंचये → पुण्यसंचये (misprint in Wikisource: stray र; CE reads puṇyasaṃcaye). The second line is the page's own reading (the CE has arthadarśanam).

Verse 10 (12.374.10)

एष मे निश्चयः साधो कृतं कारणमुत्तमम् । आमन्त्रयामि भद्रं ते कृतार्थोऽस्मि भुजङ्गम ॥

eṣa me niścayaḥ sādho kṛtaṃ kāraṇamuttamam | āmantrayāmi bhadraṃ te kṛtārtho'smi bhujaṅgama

This is my resolve, good one, taken for the best of reasons. I take my leave of you; may good come to you. My purpose is fulfilled, O serpent.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page: second half of the input's row 9 (printed under the label 12-374-10, with the stray marks "a" and "b" before its two lines, removed here). Lines = CE 12.352.10a, 10c; the first line is the page's own reading (the CE has kṛtaḥ kāraṇavattaraḥ).