Parashurama's Birth and the Rebirth of the Warrior Class

Verse 1 (12.48.1)

शृणु कौन्तेय रामस्य प्रभावो यो मया श्रुतः । महर्षीणां कथयतां कारणं तस्य जन्म च ॥

śṛṇu kaunteya rāmasya prabhāvo yo mayā śrutaḥ | maharṣīṇāṃ kathayatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tasya janma ca

Hear, son of Kunti, of Rama's power as I heard it from the great sages when they told of the cause of his birth and of his birth itself,

Verse 2 (12.48.2)

यथा च जामदग्न्येन कोटिशः क्षत्रिया हताः । उद्भूता राजवंशेषु ये भूयो भारते हताः ॥

yathā ca jāmadagnyena koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ | udbhūtā rājavaṃśeṣu ye bhūyo bhārate hatāḥ

and of how the son of Jamadagni slew kshatriyas by the crore, and how those who sprang up again in the royal houses were struck down once more in the Bharata war.

Verse 3 (12.48.3)

जह्नोरजस्तु तनयो बलाकाश्वस्तु तत्सुतः । कुशिको नाम धर्मज्ञस्तस्य पुत्रो महीपते ॥

jahnorajastu tanayo balākāśvastu tatsutaḥ | kuśiko nāma dharmajñastasya putro mahīpate

Ajaka was the son of Jahnu, and Balakashva was Ajaka's son; and Balakashva's son, O lord of the earth, was the king named Kushika, who knew dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected बलाकाश्चस्तु → बलाकाश्वस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for श्व in the name Balākāśva).

Verse 4 (12.48.4)

अग्र्यं तपः समातिष्ठत्सहस्राक्षसमो भुवि । पुत्रं लभेयमजितं त्रिलोकेश्वरमित्युत ॥

agryaṃ tapaḥ samātiṣṭhatsahasrākṣasamo bhuvi | putraṃ labheyamajitaṃ trilokeśvaramityuta

He practiced supreme austerity, rivaling the Thousand-Eyed in the world, thinking, 'May I obtain a son who cannot be conquered, a lord of the three worlds.'

Verse 5 (12.48.5)

तमुग्रतपसं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः । समर्थं पुत्रजनने स्वयमेवैत्य भारत ॥

tamugratapasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | samarthaṃ putrajanane svayamevaitya bhārata

Seeing his fierce austerity, Indra Purandara of the thousand eyes, who was able to father a son, came there himself, O Bharata,

Verse 6 (12.48.6)

पुत्रत्वमगमद्राजंस्तस्य लोकेश्वरेश्वरः । गाधिर्नामाभवत्पुत्रः कौशिकः पाकशासनः ॥

putratvamagamadrājaṃstasya lokeśvareśvaraḥ | gādhirnāmābhavatputraḥ kauśikaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ

and, O king, became his son, he who is the lord of the lords of the world. He was born as the son named Gadhi, Kaushika, the punisher of Paka.

Verse 7 (12.48.7)

तस्य कन्याऽभवद्राजन्नाम्ना सत्यवती प्रभो । तां गाधिर्भृगुपुत्राय ऋचीकाय ददौ प्रभुः ॥

tasya kanyā'bhavadrājannāmnā satyavatī prabho | tāṃ gādhirbhṛguputrāya ṛcīkāya dadau prabhuḥ

He had a daughter, O king, named Satyavati, O lord. Gadhi gave her to Richika, the son of Bhrigu.

Verse 8 (12.48.8)

ततस्तया हि कौन्तेय भार्गवः कुरुनन्दनः । पुत्रार्थं श्रपयामास चरुं गाधेस्तथैव च ॥

tatastayā hi kaunteya bhārgavaḥ kurunandanaḥ | putrārthaṃ śrapayāmāsa caruṃ gādhestathaiva ca

Then, O son of Kunti, O joy of the Kurus, Bhargava cooked an oblation of rice for the sake of a son, one for her and likewise one for Gadhi.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुनदनः → कुरुनन्दनः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्; CE kurunandana).

Verse 9 (12.48.9)

आहूय चाह तां भार्यामृचीको भार्गवस्तदा । उपयोज्यश्चरुरयं त्वया मात्राऽप्ययं तव ॥

āhūya cāha tāṃ bhāryāmṛcīko bhārgavastadā | upayojyaścarurayaṃ tvayā mātrā'pyayaṃ tava

Calling his wife, Richika Bhargava then said to her, "You are to eat this oblation, and this other one is for your mother."

Verse 10 (12.48.10)

तस्या जनिष्यते पुत्रो दीप्तिमान्क्षत्रियर्षभः । अजय्यः क्षत्रियैर्लोके क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनः ॥

tasyā janiṣyate putro dīptimānkṣatriyarṣabhaḥ | ajayyaḥ kṣatriyairloke kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ

From her a son will be born, radiant, the best of kshatriyas, unconquerable by kshatriyas in the world, the slayer of the best of kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Speaker: Richika (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 11 (12.48.11)

तवापि पुत्रं कल्याणि धृतिमन्तं शमात्मकम् । तपोन्वितं द्विजश्रेष्ठं चरुरेष विधास्यति ॥

tavāpi putraṃ kalyāṇi dhṛtimantaṃ śamātmakam | taponvitaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ carureṣa vidhāsyati

And for you too, fair one, this oblation will provide a son who is steadfast, rich in austerity, peaceful, the best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Speaker: Richika (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 12 (12.48.12)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा तां भार्यां ऋचीको भृगुनन्दनः । तपस्यभिरतः श्रीमाञ्जगामारण्यमेव हि ॥

ityevamuktvā tāṃ bhāryāṃ ṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ | tapasyabhirataḥ śrīmāñjagāmāraṇyameva hi

Having spoken thus to his wife, Richika, the joy of the Bhrigus, splendid in his austerity and intent on it, went off to the forest.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्चीको → ऋचीको (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ misread as सर्; CE ṛcīko).

Verse 13 (12.48.13)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु तीर्थयात्रापरो नृपः । गाधिः सदारः संप्राप्त ऋचीकस्याश्रमं प्रति ॥

etasminneva kāle tu tīrthayātrāparo nṛpaḥ | gādhiḥ sadāraḥ saṃprāpta ṛcīkasyāśramaṃ prati

At that very time King Gadhi, bent on pilgrimage, came with his wife to Richika's hermitage.

Verse 14 (12.48.14)

चरुद्वयं गृहीत्वा तु राजन्सत्यवती तदा । भर्त्रा दत्तं प्रसन्नेन मात्रे हृष्टा न्यवेदयत् ॥

carudvayaṃ gṛhītvā tu rājansatyavatī tadā | bhartrā dattaṃ prasannena mātre hṛṣṭā nyavedayat

Then, O king, Satyavati took the two oblations that her pleased husband had given her and gladly presented them to her mother.

Verse 15 (12.48.15)

माता तु तस्याः कौन्तेय दुहित्रे स्वं चरुं ददौ । तस्याश्चरुमथाज्ञातमात्मसंस्थं चकार ह ॥

mātā tu tasyāḥ kaunteya duhitre svaṃ caruṃ dadau | tasyāścarumathājñātamātmasaṃsthaṃ cakāra ha

But the mother, O son of Kunti, gave her own oblation to her daughter, and unnoticed took her daughter's oblation for herself.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्याश्ररुमथा → तस्याश्चरुमथा (misprint in Wikisource; श्र for श्च; CE tasyāś carum).

Verse 16 (12.48.16)

अथ सत्यवती गर्भं क्षत्रियान्तकरं तदा । धारयामास दीप्तेन वपुषा घोरदर्शनम् ॥

atha satyavatī garbhaṃ kṣatriyāntakaraṃ tadā | dhārayāmāsa dīptena vapuṣā ghoradarśanam

Then Satyavati bore in her womb, with a blazing body, a fearsome child who would be the destroyer of kshatriyas.

Verse 17 (12.48.17)

तामृचीकस्तदा दृष्ट्वा ध्यानयोगेन भारत । अब्रवीद्भृगुशार्दूलः स्वां भार्यां देवरूपिणीम् ॥

tāmṛcīkastadā dṛṣṭvā dhyānayogena bhārata | abravīdbhṛguśārdūlaḥ svāṃ bhāryāṃ devarūpiṇīm

Seeing her then, O Bharata, by the power of meditation, Richika, tiger of the Bhrigus, said to his wife, who was like a goddess in form:

Verse 18 (12.48.18)

मात्राऽसि व्यंसिता भद्रे चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना । तस्माज्जनिष्यते पुत्रः क्रूरकर्माऽत्यमर्षणः । जनयिष्यति माता ते ब्रह्मभूतं तपोधनम् ॥

mātrā'si vyaṃsitā bhadre caruvyatyāsahetunā | tasmājjaniṣyate putraḥ krūrakarmā'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | janayiṣyati mātā te brahmabhūtaṃ tapodhanam

Good lady, your mother has deceived you through the exchange of the oblations. So a son will be born to you who is cruel in his deeds and exceedingly wrathful. And your mother will bear a son who is brahman-like, rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and quote mark Wikisource prints around line 3. Line 1 = CE 12.49.18a; lines 2 and 3 are vulgate variants of CE 12.49.18c (janiṣyate hi te putraḥ krūrakarmā mahābalaḥ) and 12.49.19a (janiṣyate hi te bhrātā brahmabhūtas tapodhanaḥ), which the alignment did not match. Speaker: Richika (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 19 (12.48.19)

विश्वं हि ब्रह्म सुमहच्चरौ तव समाहितम् । क्षत्रवीर्यं च सकलं तव मात्रे समर्पितम् ॥

viśvaṃ hi brahma sumahaccarau tava samāhitam | kṣatravīryaṃ ca sakalaṃ tava mātre samarpitam

All the great brahminical power was placed in your oblation, and all the kshatriya valor was entrusted to your mother's.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.19c (viśvaṃ hi brahma tapasā mayā tatra samarpitam); line 2 is the CE star line 12.49.19d*0101_01 (kṣatravīryaṃ ca sakalaṃ tava mātre samarpitam). Speaker: Richika (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 20 (12.48.20)

विपर्ययेण ते भद्रे नैतदेवं भविष्यति । मातुस्ते ब्राह्मणो भूयात्तव च क्षत्रियः सुतः ॥

viparyayeṇa te bhadre naitadevaṃ bhaviṣyati | mātuste brāhmaṇo bhūyāttava ca kṣatriyaḥ sutaḥ

By the reversal, good lady, it will not turn out as intended: your mother's son will be a brahmin, and your son a kshatriya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.19d*0101 (lines 02–03), printed after CE 12.49.19. Speaker: Richika (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 21 (12.48.21)

सैवमुक्ता महाभागा भर्त्रा सत्यवती तदा । पपात शिरसा तस्मै वेपन्ती चाब्रवीदिदम् ॥

saivamuktā mahābhāgā bhartrā satyavatī tadā | papāta śirasā tasmai vepantī cābravīdidam

Addressed so by her husband, the fortunate Satyavati fell with her head at his feet, trembling, and said this:

Verse 22 (12.48.22)

नार्होऽसि भगवन्नद्य वक्तुमेवंविधं वचः । ब्राह्मणापशदं पुत्रं प्राप्स्यसीति हि मां प्रभो ॥

nārho'si bhagavannadya vaktumevaṃvidhaṃ vacaḥ | brāhmaṇāpaśadaṃ putraṃ prāpsyasīti hi māṃ prabho

It is not right for you to speak such words now, venerable one. You tell me, O lord, that I will have a son who is a disgrace to brahmins.

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyavati (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 23 (12.48.23)

नैष संकल्पितः कामो मया भद्रे तथा त्वयि । उग्रकर्मा भवेत्पुत्रश्चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना ॥

naiṣa saṃkalpitaḥ kāmo mayā bhadre tathā tvayi | ugrakarmā bhavetputraścaruvyatyāsahetunā

I did not intend this for you, good lady. A son of fierce deeds will come about through the exchange of the oblations.

Verse 24 (12.48.24)

इच्छँल्लोकानपि मुने सृजेथाः किं पुनः सुतम् । शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं दातुमर्हसि मे प्रभो ॥

iccham̐llokānapi mune sṛjethāḥ kiṃ punaḥ sutam | śamātmakamṛjuṃ putraṃ dātumarhasi me prabho

If you wished, sage, you could create whole worlds; how much more a son! You ought to give me a peaceful, upright son, O lord.

Verse 25 (12.48.25)

नोक्तपूर्वं मया भद्रे स्वैरेष्वप्यनृतं वचः । किमुताग्निं समाधाय मन्त्रवच्चरुसाधने ॥

noktapūrvaṃ mayā bhadre svaireṣvapyanṛtaṃ vacaḥ | kimutāgniṃ samādhāya mantravaccarusādhane

Never before have I spoken a falsehood, good lady, even in jest; how much less when I have placed the fire and cooked the oblation with mantras!

Verse 26 (12.48.26)

दृष्टमेतत्पुरा भद्रे ज्ञातं च तपसा मया । ब्रह्मभूतं हि सकलं पितुस्तव कुलं भवेत् ॥

dṛṣṭametatpurā bhadre jñātaṃ ca tapasā mayā | brahmabhūtaṃ hi sakalaṃ pitustava kulaṃ bhavet

I saw this beforehand, good lady, and knew it through my austerity: your father's whole family will become brahman-like.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets Wikisource prints around the two lines. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.24d*0102 (lines 01–02). Speaker: Richika, continuing the heading at verse 25.

Verse 27 (12.48.27)

काममेवं भवेत्पौत्रो मामैवं तनयः प्रभो । शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं लभेयं जपतां वर ॥

kāmamevaṃ bhavetpautro māmaivaṃ tanayaḥ prabho | śamātmakamṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara

So be it: let it be my grandson who is like that, but not my son, O lord. Let me obtain a peaceful, upright son, O best of those who recite prayers.

Verse 28 (12.48.28)

पुत्रे नास्ति विशेषो मे पौत्रे च वरवर्णिनि । यथा त्वयोक्तं वचनं तथा भद्रे भविष्यति ॥

putre nāsti viśeṣo me pautre ca varavarṇini | yathā tvayoktaṃ vacanaṃ tathā bhadre bhaviṣyati

For me there is no difference between a son and a grandson, fair lady. As you have spoken, so it will be, good lady.

Verse 29 (12.48.29)

ततः सत्यवती पुत्रं जनयामास भार्गवम् । तपस्यभिरतं शान्तं जमदग्निं यतव्रतम् ॥

tataḥ satyavatī putraṃ janayāmāsa bhārgavam | tapasyabhirataṃ śāntaṃ jamadagniṃ yatavratam

Then Satyavati gave birth to a Bhargava son, Jamadagni, devoted to austerity, peaceful, and firm in his vows.

Verse 30 (12.48.30)

विश्वामित्रं च दायादं गाधिः कुशिकनन्दनः । प्राप ब्रह्मर्षिसमितं विश्वेन ब्रह्मणा युतम् ॥

viśvāmitraṃ ca dāyādaṃ gādhiḥ kuśikanandanaḥ | prāpa brahmarṣisamitaṃ viśvena brahmaṇā yutam

And Gadhi, descendant of Kushika, obtained as his heir Vishvamitra, who joined the company of the brahmin sages, endowed with the whole of Brahman.

Verse 31 (12.48.31)

ऋचीको जनयामास जमदग्निं तपोनिधिम् । सोऽपि पुत्रं ह्यजनयज्जमदग्निः सुदारुणम् ॥

ṛcīko janayāmāsa jamadagniṃ taponidhim | so'pi putraṃ hyajanayajjamadagniḥ sudāruṇam

Richika begot Jamadagni, a treasure of austerity, and he in turn begot a most terrible son,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 corresponds to the CE star line 12.49.29a*0104_01 (the CE prints only its second half, jamadagniṃ taponidhim, after "****"); line 2 combines the star line 12.49.29a*0104_02 (so 'pi putraṃ hy ajanayad) with the second half of CE 12.49.29a (jamadagniḥ sudāruṇam).

Verse 32 (12.48.32)

सर्वविद्यान्तगं श्रेष्ठं धनुर्वेदस्य पारगम् । रामं क्षत्रियहन्तारं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ॥

sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvedasya pāragam | rāmaṃ kṣatriyahantāraṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam

master of all branches of knowledge, the best, a master of the science of the bow: Rama, the slayer of kshatriyas, blazing like fire.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: the two lines are CE 12.49.29c and 12.49.29e (sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvede ca pāragam / rāmaṃ kṣatriyahantāraṃ pradīptam iva pāvakam).

Verse 33 (12.48.33)

तोषयित्वा महादेवं पर्वते गन्धमादने । अस्त्राणि वरयामास परशुं चातितेजसम् ॥

toṣayitvā mahādevaṃ parvate gandhamādane | astrāṇi varayāmāsa paraśuṃ cātitejasam

Having won the favor of Mahadeva on Mount Gandhamadana, he chose celestial weapons and a battle-axe of surpassing brilliance.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket Wikisource prints before line 1. Corrected तेषयित्वा → तोषयित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; CE toṣayitvā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.29f*0105 (lines 01–02), printed after CE 12.49.29.

Verse 34 (12.48.34)

स तेनाकुण्ठधारेण ज्वलितानलवर्चसा । कुठारेणाप्रमेयेण लोकेष्वप्रतिमोऽभवत् ॥

sa tenākuṇṭhadhāreṇa jvalitānalavarcasā | kuṭhāreṇāprameyeṇa lokeṣvapratimo'bhavat

With that axe of unblunted edge, blazing with the radiance of a burning fire, that immeasurable axe, he became unequaled in all the worlds.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket Wikisource prints after line 2. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.29f*0105 (lines 03–04).

Verse 35 (12.48.35)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कृतवीर्यात्मजो बली । अर्जुनो नाम तेजस्वी क्षत्रियो हैहयाधिपः ॥

etasminneva kāle tu kṛtavīryātmajo balī | arjuno nāma tejasvī kṣatriyo haihayādhipaḥ

At that very time there was the mighty son of Kritavirya, named Arjuna, a radiant kshatriya, lord of the Haihayas,

Verse 36 (12.48.36)

दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन राजा बाहुसहस्रवान् । चक्रवर्ती महातेजा विप्राणामाश्वमेधिके ॥

dattātreyaprasādena rājā bāhusahasravān | cakravartī mahātejā viprāṇāmāśvamedhike

who by the favor of Dattatreya became a king with a thousand arms, a universal emperor of great splendor; at his horse-sacrifice, for the brahmins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.30d*0106 (lines 01–02), printed after CE 12.49.30.

Verse 37 (12.48.37)

ददौ स पृथिवीं सर्वां सप्तद्वीपां सपर्वताम् । सबाह्वस्त्रबलेनाजौ जित्वा परमधर्मवित् ॥

dadau sa pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpāṃ saparvatām | sabāhvastrabalenājau jitvā paramadharmavit

he gave away the whole earth with its seven continents and its mountains, having won it in battle by the force of his own arms and weapons, that knower of the highest dharma.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.31 (dadāha pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpāṃ sapattanām / svabāhvastrabalenājau dharmeṇa parameṇa ca); Wikisource reads ददौ ... सपर्वताम् ... जित्वा परमधर्मवित्, a recension variant.

Verse 38 (12.48.38)

तृषितेन च कौन्तेय भिक्षितश्चित्रभानुना । सहस्रबाहुर्विक्रान्तः प्रादाद्भिक्षामथाग्नये ॥

tṛṣitena ca kaunteya bhikṣitaścitrabhānunā | sahasrabāhurvikrāntaḥ prādādbhikṣāmathāgnaye

And once, O son of Kunti, the Fire, Chitrabhanu, who was thirsty, begged of him; and the valiant thousand-armed king gave Agni the alms he asked.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्त्रबाहु → सहस्रबाहु (misprint in Wikisource; stray त; CE sahasrabāhu).

Verse 39 (12.48.39)

ग्रामान्पुराणि राष्ट्राणि घोषांश्चैव तु वीर्यवान् । जज्वाल तस्य वाणेद्धचित्रभानुर्दिधक्षया ॥

grāmānpurāṇi rāṣṭrāṇi ghoṣāṃścaiva tu vīryavān | jajvāla tasya vāṇeddhacitrabhānurdidhakṣayā

Villages, towns, kingdoms and herdsmen's settlements: fanned by his arrows, mighty Chitrabhanu blazed up, wishing to burn them.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.33 (grāmān purāṇi ghoṣāṃś ca pattanāni ca vīryavān / jajvāla tasya bāṇais tu citrabhānur didhakṣayā). Wikisource's वाणेद्ध is left as printed (वाण as a spelling of बाण).

Verse 40 (12.48.40)

स तस्य पुरुषेन्द्रस्य प्रभावेण महौजसः । ददाह कार्तवीर्यस्य शैलानपि धरामपि ॥

sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāveṇa mahaujasaḥ | dadāha kārtavīryasya śailānapi dharāmapi

By the power of that mighty lord of men, Kartavirya, the great fire burned even the mountains and the lands themselves.

Verse 41 (12.48.41)

स शून्यमाश्रमारण्यमापवस्य महात्मनः । ददाह पवनेनेद्धश्चित्रभानुः सहैहयः ॥

sa śūnyamāśramāraṇyamāpavasya mahātmanaḥ | dadāha pavaneneddhaścitrabhānuḥ sahaihayaḥ

Kindled by the wind, Chitrabhanu, in company with the Haihaya, burned the empty hermitage-forest of the great-souled Apava.

Verse 42 (12.48.42)

आपवस्तं ततो रोषाच्छशापार्जुनमच्युत । दग्धेऽऽश्रमे महाबाहो कार्तवीर्येण वीर्यवान् ॥

āpavastaṃ tato roṣācchaśāpārjunamacyuta | dagdhe''śrame mahābāho kārtavīryeṇa vīryavān

Then, in anger, Apava cursed Arjuna, O Achyuta; for Kartavirya had burned the hermitage, O mighty-armed one, and Apava was mighty.

Note on the text: Corrected दग्धे श्रमे → दग्धेऽऽश्रमे (misprint in Wikisource; the elided आ of आश्रमे was left unmarked, giving the unrelated word श्रमे "fatigue"; CE dagdhe ''śrame, and the page's own note glosses श्रमे as आश्रमे).

Verse 43 (12.48.43)

त्वया न वर्जितं यस्मान्ममेदं हि महद्वनम् । दग्धं तस्माद्रणे रामो बाहूंस्ते च्छेत्स्यतेऽर्जुन ॥

tvayā na varjitaṃ yasmānmamedaṃ hi mahadvanam | dagdhaṃ tasmādraṇe rāmo bāhūṃste cchetsyate'rjuna

Since you did not spare this great forest of mine, which has been burned, Rama will cut off your arms in battle, Arjuna.

Note on the text: Speaker: Apava (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 44 (12.48.44)

अर्जुनस्तु महातेजा बली नित्यं शमात्मकः । ब्रह्मण्यश्च शरण्यश्च दाता शूरश्च भारत । नाचिन्तयत्तदा शापं तेन दत्तं महात्मना ॥

arjunastu mahātejā balī nityaṃ śamātmakaḥ | brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca dātā śūraśca bhārata | nācintayattadā śāpaṃ tena dattaṃ mahātmanā

But Arjuna, of great splendor, powerful, always peaceable, devoted to brahmins, a giver of refuge, generous and heroic, O Bharata, gave no thought then to the curse that the great-souled sage had pronounced.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 12.49.38a, 38c; line 3 is the CE star line 12.49.38d*0107_01 (nācintayat tadā śāpaṃ tena dattaṃ mahātmanā).

Verse 45 (12.48.45)

तस्य पुत्राः सुबलिनः शापेनासन्पितुर्वधे । निमित्तमवलिप्ता वै नृशंसाश्चैव नित्यदा ॥

tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpenāsanpiturvadhe | nimittamavaliptā vai nṛśaṃsāścaiva nityadā

His sons were very strong, arrogant and always cruel, and by that curse they became the means of their father's death.

Verse 46 (12.48.46)

जमदग्नेस्तु धेन्वास्ते वत्समानिन्युरच्युत । अज्ञातं कार्तवीर्यस्य हैहयेन्द्रस्य धीमतः ॥

jamadagnestu dhenvāste vatsamāninyuracyuta | ajñātaṃ kārtavīryasya haihayendrasya dhīmataḥ

They carried off the calf of Jamadagni's cow, O Achyuta, without the knowledge of the wise Kartavirya, lord of the Haihayas.

Verse 47 (12.48.47)

तन्निमित्तमभूद्युद्धं जामदग्नेर्महात्मनः । ततोऽर्जुनस्य बाहून्स चिच्छेद रुषितोऽनघ ॥

tannimittamabhūdyuddhaṃ jāmadagnermahātmanaḥ | tato'rjunasya bāhūnsa ciccheda ruṣito'nagha

That became the cause of a fight with the great-souled son of Jamadagni, and in his anger, O sinless one, he cut off Arjuna's arms.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.49.40d*0108_01 (tannimittam abhūd yuddhaṃ jāmadagner mahātmanaḥ); line 2 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.41a (tato 'rjunasya bāhūṃs tu chittvā vai pauruṣānvitaḥ).

Verse 48 (12.48.48)

तं भ्रमन्तं ततो वत्सं जामदग्न्यः स्वमाश्रमम् । प्रत्यानयत राजेन्द्र तेषामन्तःपुरात्प्रभुः ॥

taṃ bhramantaṃ tato vatsaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ svamāśramam | pratyānayata rājendra teṣāmantaḥpurātprabhuḥ

Then Jamadagni's son, the lord, brought that wandering calf back to his hermitage from their inner palace, O king of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected तेषामन्तः पुरात्प्रभुः → तेषामन्तःपुरात्प्रभुः (misprint in Wikisource; stray space inside the compound अन्तःपुरात्; CE teṣām antaḥpurāt). Not matched by the alignment: the two lines are CE 12.49.41c and 12.49.41e (taṃ ruvantaṃ tato vatsaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ svam āśramam / pratyānayata rājendra teṣām antaḥpurāt prabhuḥ); Wikisource has भ्रमन्तम् for ruvantam.

Verse 49 (12.48.49)

अर्जुनस्य सुतास्ते तु संभूयाबुद्धयस्तदा । गत्वाऽऽश्रममसंबुद्धं जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः । अपातयन्त भल्लाग्रैः शिरः कायान्नराधिप ॥

arjunasya sutāste tu saṃbhūyābuddhayastadā | gatvā''śramamasaṃbuddhaṃ jamadagnermahātmanaḥ | apātayanta bhallāgraiḥ śiraḥ kāyānnarādhipa

But Arjuna's sons, joining together, senseless, went to the unsuspecting hermitage of the great-souled Jamadagni and, with arrows tipped with broad heads, struck off his head from his body, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected गत्वाऽऽश्रममसंबुद्धा → गत्वाऽऽश्रममसंबुद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; असंबुद्धा does not agree with anything in the line; CE gatvāśramam asaṃbuddhaṃ). Not matched by the alignment: lines = CE 12.49.42a, 42c, 43a (the CE has the three lines as one verse).

Verse 50 (12.48.50)

समित्कुशार्थं रामस्य निर्यातस्य यशस्विनः । प्रत्यक्षं राममातुश्च तथैवाश्रमवासिनाम् ॥

samitkuśārthaṃ rāmasya niryātasya yaśasvinaḥ | pratyakṣaṃ rāmamātuśca tathaivāśramavāsinām

It was while the glorious Rama was away gathering firewood and kusha grass, in full sight of Rama's mother and of the dwellers in the hermitage as well.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick Wikisource prints before line 2. Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 12.49.43c (samitkuśārthaṃ rāmasya nirgatasya mahātmanaḥ; Wikisource has निर्यातस्य यशस्विनः); line 2 is the CE star line 12.49.43d*0109_01 (pratyakṣaṃ rāmamātuś ca tathaivāśramavāsinām).

Verse 51 (12.48.51)

श्रुत्वा रामस्तमर्थं च क्रुद्धः कालानलोपमः । धनुर्वेदेऽद्वितीयो हि दिव्यास्त्रैः समलंकृतः ॥

śrutvā rāmastamarthaṃ ca kruddhaḥ kālānalopamaḥ | dhanurvede'dvitīyo hi divyāstraiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ

Hearing of this, Rama, enraged like the fire of the world's end, unrivaled in the science of the bow, adorned with divine weapons,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.43d*0109 (lines 02–03), printed after CE 12.49.43.

Verse 52 (12.48.52)

चन्द्रबिम्बार्धसंकाशं परशुं गृह्य भार्गवः । ततः पितृवधामर्षाद्रामः परममन्युमान् । निःक्षत्रियां प्रतिश्रुत्य महीं शस्त्रमगृह्णत ॥

candrabimbārdhasaṃkāśaṃ paraśuṃ gṛhya bhārgavaḥ | tataḥ pitṛvadhāmarṣādrāmaḥ paramamanyumān | niḥkṣatriyāṃ pratiśrutya mahīṃ śastramagṛhṇata

took up his axe, which shone like half the disc of the moon. Then, in a surge of anger at his father's killing, Rama of supreme wrath vowed to leave the earth without kshatriyas, and took up his weapon.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quote mark and doubled daṇḍa Wikisource prints after line 1. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.49.43d*0109_04 (candrabimbārdhasaṃkāśaṃ paraśuṃ gṛhya bhārgavaḥ); lines 2–3 = CE 12.49.44 (the alignment found no match for the three-line verse).

Verse 53 (12.48.53)

ततः स भृगुशार्दूलः कार्तवीर्यस्य वीर्यवान् । विक्रम्य निजघानाशु पुत्रान्पौत्रांश्च सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ sa bhṛguśārdūlaḥ kārtavīryasya vīryavān | vikramya nijaghānāśu putrānpautrāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

Then that tiger of the Bhrigus, mighty, charged forth and quickly slew all of Kartavirya's sons and grandsons.

Verse 54 (12.48.54)

स हैहयसहस्राणि हत्वा परममन्युमान् । महीं सागरपर्यन्तां चकार रुधिरोक्षिताम् ॥

sa haihayasahasrāṇi hatvā paramamanyumān | mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ cakāra rudhirokṣitām

Having slain thousands of Haihayas in his great fury, he made the earth, as far as the ocean, drenched with blood.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 12.49.46a; line 2 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.46c (cakāra bhārgavo rājan mahīṃ śoṇitakardamām; Wikisource has महीं सागरपर्यन्तां चकार रुधिरोक्षिताम्).

Verse 55 (12.48.55)

स तथा सुमहातेजाः कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां महीम् । कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो वनमेव जगाम ह ॥

sa tathā sumahātejāḥ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm | kṛpayā parayā''viṣṭo vanameva jagāma ha

Having thus made the earth free of kshatriyas, the greatly radiant one, filled with deep compassion, went off to the forest.

Verse 56 (12.48.56)

ततो वर्षसहस्रेषु समतीतेषु केषुचित् । कोपं संप्राप्तवांस्तत्र प्रकृत्या कोपनः प्रभुः ॥

tato varṣasahasreṣu samatīteṣu keṣucit | kopaṃ saṃprāptavāṃstatra prakṛtyā kopanaḥ prabhuḥ

Then, after some thousands of years had passed, that lord, wrathful by nature, was stirred to anger there.

Verse 57 (12.48.57)

विश्वामित्रस्य पौत्रस्तु रैभ्यपुत्रो महातपाः । परावसुर्महाराज क्षिप्त्वाऽऽह जनसंसदि ॥

viśvāmitrasya pautrastu raibhyaputro mahātapāḥ | parāvasurmahārāja kṣiptvā''ha janasaṃsadi

Paravasu, grandson of Vishvamitra and son of Raibhya, a great ascetic, O great king, taunted him in a public assembly and said:

Verse 58 (12.48.58)

ये ते ययातिपतने यज्ञे सन्तः समागताः । प्रतर्दनप्रभृतयो राम किं क्षत्रिया न ते ॥

ye te yayātipatane yajñe santaḥ samāgatāḥ | pratardanaprabhṛtayo rāma kiṃ kṣatriyā na te

Those good men who gathered at Yayati's fall at the sacrifice, Pratardana and the rest, were they not kshatriyas, Rama?

Note on the text: Speaker: Paravasu (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 59 (12.48.59)

मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञो राम त्वं कत्थसे जनसंसदि । भयात्क्षत्रियवीराणां पर्वतं समुपाश्रितः ॥

mithyāpratijño rāma tvaṃ katthase janasaṃsadi | bhayātkṣatriyavīrāṇāṃ parvataṃ samupāśritaḥ

You are false to your vow, Rama; you boast in the assembly of men. Out of fear of the kshatriya heroes you have taken refuge in the mountain.

Note on the text: Speaker: Paravasu (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 60 (12.48.60)

सा पुनः क्षत्रियशतैः पृथिवी सर्वतः स्तृता । परावसोर्वचः श्रुत्वा शस्त्रं जग्राह भार्गवः ॥

sā punaḥ kṣatriyaśataiḥ pṛthivī sarvataḥ stṛtā | parāvasorvacaḥ śrutvā śastraṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ

That earth was again spread over everywhere with hundreds of kshatriyas. Hearing Paravasu's words, Bhargava took up his weapon.

Verse 61 (12.48.61)

ततो ये क्षत्रिया राजञ्शतशस्तेन वर्जिताः । ते विवृद्धा महावीर्याः पृथिवीपतयोऽभवन् ॥

tato ye kṣatriyā rājañśataśastena varjitāḥ | te vivṛddhā mahāvīryāḥ pṛthivīpatayo'bhavan

Then those kshatriyas, O king, whom he had spared by the hundred, grew up, became men of great valor, and were kings of the earth.

Verse 62 (12.48.62)

स पुनस्ताञ्जघानाशु बालानपि नराधिप । गर्भस्थैस्तु मही व्याप्ता पुनरेवाभवत्तदा ॥

sa punastāñjaghānāśu bālānapi narādhipa | garbhasthaistu mahī vyāptā punarevābhavattadā

He quickly slew them again, even the children, O lord of men; but the earth again became filled with those still in the womb.

Verse 63 (12.48.63)

जातंजातं स गर्भं तु पुनरेव जघान ह । अरक्षंश्च सुतान्कांश्चित्तदा क्षत्रिययोषितः ॥

jātaṃjātaṃ sa garbhaṃ tu punareva jaghāna ha | arakṣaṃśca sutānkāṃścittadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ

He killed each child as soon as it was born; but the kshatriya women then saved a few of their sons.

Verse 64 (12.48.64)

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः । दक्षिणामश्वमेधान्ते कश्यपायाददत्ततः ॥

triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ | dakṣiṇāmaśvamedhānte kaśyapāyādadattataḥ

Having made the earth free of kshatriyas three times seven times, the lord then gave it to Kashyapa as the sacrificial fee at the end of a horse-sacrifice.

Verse 65 (12.48.65)

स क्षत्रियाणां शेषार्थं करेणोद्दिश्य कश्यपः । स्रुक्प्रग्रहवता राजंस्ततो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ॥

sa kṣatriyāṇāṃ śeṣārthaṃ kareṇoddiśya kaśyapaḥ | srukpragrahavatā rājaṃstato vākyamathābravīt

Kashyapa, for the sake of what remained of the kshatriyas, pointed with his hand, which held the sacrificial ladle, O king, and then spoke these words:

Verse 66 (12.48.66)

गच्छ पारं समुद्रस्य दक्षिणस्य महामुने । न ते मद्विषये राम वस्तव्यमिह कर्हिचित् ॥

gaccha pāraṃ samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune | na te madviṣaye rāma vastavyamiha karhicit

Go, great sage, to the far shore of the southern sea. You must never live here in my domain, Rama.

Note on the text: Speaker: Kashyapa (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 67 (12.48.67)

पृथिवी दक्षिणा दत्ता वाजिमेधे मम त्वया । पुनरस्याः पृथिव्या हि दत्त्वा दातुमनीश्वरः ॥

pṛthivī dakṣiṇā dattā vājimedhe mama tvayā | punarasyāḥ pṛthivyā hi dattvā dātumanīśvaraḥ

The earth was given to me by you as the sacrificial fee in the horse-sacrifice, and one who has given the earth has no power to give it away again.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and quote mark Wikisource prints around the verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.58d*0110 (lines 01–02), printed after CE 12.49.58. Speaker: Kashyapa (no heading printed; the input had Vasudeva).

Verse 68 (12.48.68)

ततः शूर्पाकरं देशं सागरस्तस्य निर्ममे । संत्रासाज्जामदग्न्यस्य सोऽपरान्तमहीतलम् ॥

tataḥ śūrpākaraṃ deśaṃ sāgarastasya nirmame | saṃtrāsājjāmadagnyasya so'parāntamahītalam

Then, in fear of Jamadagni's son, the ocean fashioned for him the country of Shurparaka, the land of the Aparanta.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints शूर्पाकरं; the page's own note gives शूर्पारकम् (Shurparaka) as another manuscript's reading, and the CE reads śūrpārakaṃ. Left as the base text has it.

Verse 69 (12.48.69)

कश्यपस्तां महाराज प्रतिगृह्य वसुंधराम् । कृत्वा ब्राह्मणसंस्थां वै प्रविष्टः सुमहद्वनम् ॥

kaśyapastāṃ mahārāja pratigṛhya vasuṃdharām | kṛtvā brāhmaṇasaṃsthāṃ vai praviṣṭaḥ sumahadvanam

Kashyapa, O great king, having accepted this earth and placed her in the charge of the brahmins, entered a great forest.

Verse 70 (12.48.70)

ततः शूद्राश्च वैश्याश्च यथा स्वैरप्रचारिणः । अवर्तन्त द्विजाग्र्याणां दारेषु भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ śūdrāśca vaiśyāśca yathā svairapracāriṇaḥ | avartanta dvijāgryāṇāṃ dāreṣu bharatarṣabha

Then shudras and vaishyas, acting as they pleased, took to the wives of the best of the twice-born, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 71 (12.48.71)

अराजके जीवलोके दुर्बला बलवत्तरैः । वध्यन्ते न हि वित्तेषु प्रभुत्वं कस्यचित्तदा ॥

arājake jīvaloke durbalā balavattaraiḥ | vadhyante na hi vitteṣu prabhutvaṃ kasyacittadā

In a world without a king the weak were oppressed by the stronger, and no one held any right over his possessions then.

Verse 72 (12.48.72)

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चोत्पथगामिनः । परस्परं समाश्रित्य घातयन्त्यपथस्थिताः ॥

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścotpathagāminaḥ | parasparaṃ samāśritya ghātayantyapathasthitāḥ

Brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras strayed from the path; standing on a wrong road, they leaned on one another and had one another killed.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick Wikisource prints before line 1. Corrected शृद्राश्चोत्पथगामिनः → शूद्राश्चोत्पथगामिनः (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ-vowel sign for ऊ; CE śūdrāś cotpathagāminaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 02–03), printed after CE 12.49.62. (The CE's first line of that star, brāhmaṇā madyapāḥ ke cin mūrkhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ, is not on the page.)

Verse 73 (12.48.73)

स्वधर्मं ब्राह्मणास्त्यक्त्वा पाषण्डत्वं समाश्रिताः । चौरिकानृतमायाश्च सर्वे चैव प्रकुर्वते ॥

svadharmaṃ brāhmaṇāstyaktvā pāṣaṇḍatvaṃ samāśritāḥ | caurikānṛtamāyāśca sarve caiva prakurvate

The brahmins gave up their own duty and took to heresy, and all of them practiced theft, falsehood and deceit.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाषण्डत्वं. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 04–05).

Verse 74 (12.48.74)

स्वधर्मस्थान्द्विजान्हत्वा तथाऽऽश्रमनिवासिनः । वैश्याः सत्पथसंस्थाश्च शूद्रा ये चैव धार्मिकाः ॥

svadharmasthāndvijānhatvā tathā''śramanivāsinaḥ | vaiśyāḥ satpathasaṃsthāśca śūdrā ye caiva dhārmikāḥ

Having killed twice-born men who kept to their own duty and those who lived in hermitages, and vaishyas who stood on the right path and shudras who were righteous,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 06–07).

Verse 75 (12.48.75)

तान्सर्वान्घातयन्ति स्म दुराचाराः सुनिर्भयाः । यज्ञाध्ययनशीलांश्च आश्रमस्थांस्तपस्विनः ॥

tānsarvānghātayanti sma durācārāḥ sunirbhayāḥ | yajñādhyayanaśīlāṃśca āśramasthāṃstapasvinaḥ

those evildoers, quite fearless, had all of them killed, and also men devoted to sacrifice and study and ascetics living in hermitages.

Note on the text: Corrected तपस्विनिः → तपस्विनः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong ending; CE tapasvinaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 08–09).

Verse 76 (12.48.76)

गोबालवृद्धनारीणां नाशं कुर्वन्ति चापरे । आन्वीक्षकी त्रयी वार्ता न च नीतिः प्रवर्तते ॥

gobālavṛddhanārīṇāṃ nāśaṃ kurvanti cāpare | ānvīkṣakī trayī vārtā na ca nītiḥ pravartate

Others brought ruin on cows, children, the old and women. Logic, the three Vedas, the livelihood of trade and farming, and sound polity no longer prevailed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 10–11); Wikisource has गोबाल- for the CE's gopāla-.

Verse 77 (12.48.77)

व्रात्यतां समनुप्राप्ता बहवो हि द्विजातयः । अधरोत्तरापचारेण म्लेच्छभूताश्च सर्वशः ॥

vrātyatāṃ samanuprāptā bahavo hi dvijātayaḥ | adharottarāpacāreṇa mlecchabhūtāśca sarvaśaḥ

Many of the twice-born fell into the state of outcastes, and by the confusion of high and low they became like barbarians in every way.

Note on the text: Removed the stray doubled daṇḍa and quote mark Wikisource prints at the end. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.49.62d*0111 (lines 12–13).

Verse 78 (12.48.78)

ततः कालेन पृथिवी पीड्यमाना दुरात्मभिः । विपर्ययेण तेनाशु प्रविवेश रसातलम् । अरक्ष्यमाणा विधिवत्क्षत्रियैर्धर्मरक्षिभिः ॥

tataḥ kālena pṛthivī pīḍyamānā durātmabhiḥ | viparyayeṇa tenāśu praviveśa rasātalam | arakṣyamāṇā vidhivatkṣatriyairdharmarakṣibhiḥ

Then, in time, the earth, oppressed by the wicked, and quickly, through that disorder, not guarded as she should be by the kshatriyas who protect dharma, sank into Rasatala.

Note on the text: Corrected पसातलम् → रसातलम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for र; CE rasātalam). The alignment found no match. Line 1 combines CE 12.49.63a (tataḥ kālena pṛthivī) with the star line 12.49.63a*0112_01 (pīḍyamānā durātmabhiḥ); line 2 is 12.49.63a*0112_02 with the end of 63a (praviveśa rasātalam); line 3 = CE 12.49.63c.

Verse 79 (12.48.79)

तां दृष्ट्वा द्रवतीं तत्र संत्रासात्स महामनाः । ऊरुणा धारयामास कश्यपः पृथिवीं ततः । निमज्जन्तीं ततो राजंस्तेनोर्वीति मही स्मृता ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dravatīṃ tatra saṃtrāsātsa mahāmanāḥ | ūruṇā dhārayāmāsa kaśyapaḥ pṛthivīṃ tataḥ | nimajjantīṃ tato rājaṃstenorvīti mahī smṛtā

Seeing her sink away in terror, great-minded Kashyapa held the earth up with his thigh; and because she sank, O king, the earth is remembered as Urvi.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.49.63d*0113_01 (tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dravatīṃ tatra saṃbhrāntaḥ sa mahāmanāḥ; Wikisource has संत्रासात्स); lines 2–3 = CE 12.49.64a, 64c.

Verse 80 (12.48.80)

रक्षणार्थं समुद्दिश्य ययाचे पृथिवी तदा । प्रसाद्य कश्यपं देवी क्षत्रियान्बाहुशालिनः ॥

rakṣaṇārthaṃ samuddiśya yayāce pṛthivī tadā | prasādya kaśyapaṃ devī kṣatriyānbāhuśālinaḥ

Then the goddess Earth, with a view to her own protection, propitiated Kashyapa and begged of him for the mighty-armed kshatriyas.

Verse 81 (12.48.81)

सन्ति ब्रह्मन्मया गुप्ताः स्त्रीषु क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः । हैहयानां कुले जातास्ते संरक्षन्तु मां मुने ॥

santi brahmanmayā guptāḥ strīṣu kṣatriyapuṅgavāḥ | haihayānāṃ kule jātāste saṃrakṣantu māṃ mune

Brahmin, there are kshatriya bulls whom I have kept hidden among women, born in the line of the Haihayas; let them protect me, sage.

Verse 82 (12.48.82)

अस्ति पौरवदायादो विदूरथसुतः प्रभो । ऋक्षैः संवर्धितो विप्र ऋक्षवत्यथ पर्वते ॥

asti pauravadāyādo vidūrathasutaḥ prabho | ṛkṣaiḥ saṃvardhito vipra ṛkṣavatyatha parvate

There is an heir of the Pauravas, the son of Viduratha, O lord, raised by bears, O brahmin, on Mount Rikshavat.

Verse 83 (12.48.83)

तथाऽनुकम्पमानेन यज्वनाथामितौजसा । पराशरेण दायादः सौदासस्याभिरक्षितः ॥

tathā'nukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā | parāśareṇa dāyādaḥ saudāsasyābhirakṣitaḥ

And out of compassion, the sacrificer Parashara of boundless energy protected the heir of Saudasa.

Verse 84 (12.48.84)

सर्वकर्माणि कुरुते शूद्रवत्तस्य स द्विजः । सर्वकर्मेत्यभिख्यातः स मां रक्षतु पार्थिवः ॥

sarvakarmāṇi kurute śūdravattasya sa dvijaḥ | sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ

That twice-born does every kind of work for him like a shudra, and is therefore known as Sarvakarman; let that king protect me.

Verse 85 (12.48.85)

शिबिपुत्रो महातेजा गोपतिर्नाम नामतः । वने संवर्धितो गोभिः सोऽभिरक्षतु मां मुने ॥

śibiputro mahātejā gopatirnāma nāmataḥ | vane saṃvardhito gobhiḥ so'bhirakṣatu māṃ mune

Shibi's son, of great splendor, named Gopati, was raised in the forest by cows; let him protect me, sage.

Verse 86 (12.48.86)

प्रतर्दनस्य पुत्रस्तु वत्सो नाम महाबलः । वत्सैः संवर्धितो गोष्ठे स मां रक्षतु पार्थिवः ॥

pratardanasya putrastu vatso nāma mahābalaḥ | vatsaiḥ saṃvardhito goṣṭhe sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ

Pratardana's son, the very mighty Vatsa, was raised among calves in the cow-pen; let that king protect me.

Verse 87 (12.48.87)

दधिवाहनपुत्रस्तु पौत्रो दिविरथस्य च । अङ्गः स गौतमेनासीद्गङ्गाकूलेऽभिरक्षितः ॥

dadhivāhanaputrastu pautro divirathasya ca | aṅgaḥ sa gautamenāsīdgaṅgākūle'bhirakṣitaḥ

The son of Dadhivahana and grandson of Divaratha, Anga, was protected by Gautama on the bank of the Ganga.

Verse 88 (12.48.88)

बृहद्रथो महातेजा भूरिभूतिपरिष्कृतः । गोलाङ्गूलैर्महाभागो गृध्रकूटेऽभिरक्षितः ॥

bṛhadratho mahātejā bhūribhūtipariṣkṛtaḥ | golāṅgūlairmahābhāgo gṛdhrakūṭe'bhirakṣitaḥ

Brihadratha, of great splendor, surrounded with abundant prosperity, was protected by langur monkeys on Mount Gridhrakuta.

Verse 89 (12.48.89)

मरुत्तस्यान्ववाये च रक्षिताः क्षत्रियात्मजाः । मरुत्पतिसमा वीर्ये समुद्रेणाभिरक्षिताः ॥

maruttasyānvavāye ca rakṣitāḥ kṣatriyātmajāḥ | marutpatisamā vīrye samudreṇābhirakṣitāḥ

In the line of Marutta, sons of kshatriyas were saved, equal to Indra in valor, protected by the ocean.

Verse 90 (12.48.90)

एते क्षत्रियदायादास्तत्रतत्र परिश्रुताः । व्योकारहेमकारादिजातिं नित्यं समाश्रिताः ॥

ete kṣatriyadāyādāstatratatra pariśrutāḥ | vyokārahemakārādijātiṃ nityaṃ samāśritāḥ

These heirs of kshatriyas are renowned here and there; they have always taken shelter in castes such as the vyokaras and the goldsmiths.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 12.49.75a; line 2 is a vulgate variant of the CE star line 12.49.75b*0114_01 (vyokārahemakārādijātiṃ nityam apāśritāḥ; Wikisource has समाश्रिताः).

Verse 91 (12.48.91)

यदि मामभिरक्षन्ति ततः स्थास्यामि निश्चला । एतेषां पितरश्चैव तथैव च पितामहाः ॥

yadi māmabhirakṣanti tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā | eteṣāṃ pitaraścaiva tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ

If they protect me, then I will stand firm. Their fathers, and likewise their grandfathers,

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.75c (samyaṅ mām abhirakṣantu tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā); line 2 = CE 12.49.76a.

Verse 92 (12.48.92)

मदर्थं निहता युद्धे रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । तेषामपचितिश्चैव मया कार्या महामुने ॥

madarthaṃ nihatā yuddhe rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā | teṣāmapacitiścaiva mayā kāryā mahāmune

were killed in battle for my sake by Rama of untiring deeds, and I must make requital to them, great sage.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 12.49.76c; line 2 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.77a (teṣām apacitiś caiva mayā kāryā na saṃśayaḥ; Wikisource has महामुने).

Verse 93 (12.48.93)

न ह्यहं कामये नित्यमतिक्रान्तेन रक्षणम् । वर्तमानेन वर्तेयं तत्क्षिप्रं संविधीयताम् ॥

na hyahaṃ kāmaye nityamatikrāntena rakṣaṇam | vartamānena varteyaṃ tatkṣipraṃ saṃvidhīyatām

I do not wish ever to be protected by one who has overstepped the bounds; let me live under one who conducts himself rightly. Let that be arranged quickly.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 is a vulgate variant of CE 12.49.77c (na hy ahaṃ kāmaye nityam avikrāntena rakṣaṇam; Wikisource has अतिक्रान्तेन); line 2 is the CE star line 12.49.77d*0115_01 (vartamānena varteyaṃ tat kṣipraṃ saṃvidhīyatām).

Verse 94 (12.48.94)

ततः पृथिव्या निर्दिष्टांस्तान्समानीय कश्यपः । अभ्यषिञ्चन्महीपालान्क्षत्रियान्वीर्यसंमतान् ॥

tataḥ pṛthivyā nirdiṣṭāṃstānsamānīya kaśyapaḥ | abhyaṣiñcanmahīpālānkṣatriyānvīryasaṃmatān

Then Kashyapa gathered together those whom the Earth had pointed out and anointed them as rulers of the earth, kshatriyas of proven valor.

Verse 95 (12.48.95)

तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च येषां वंशाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डव ॥

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca yeṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | evametatpurāvṛttaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava

Their sons and grandsons, through whom their lines were established: such is the ancient story you ask me about, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डव.

Verse 96 (12.48.96)

एवं ब्रुवंस्तं च यदुप्रवीरो । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठम् । रथेन तेनाशु ययौ यथाऽर्को । विशन्प्रभाभिर्भगवांस्त्रिलोकीम् ॥

evaṃ bruvaṃstaṃ ca yadupravīro | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham | rathena tenāśu yayau yathā'rko | viśanprabhābhirbhagavāṃstrilokīm

As the hero of the Yadus spoke thus to Yudhishthira, the best of those who uphold dharma, he sped on in that chariot, like the blessed sun entering the three worlds with his rays.