Ambarisha, Indra and the Sacrifice of Battle

Verse 1 (12.98.1)

के लोका युध्यमानानां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् । भवन्ति निधनं प्राप्य तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

ke lokā yudhyamānānāṃ śūrāṇāmanivartinām | bhavanti nidhanaṃ prāpya tanme brūhi pitāmaha

What worlds, grandfather, are won by heroes who fight on and never turn back, once they meet their death? Tell me this.

Verse 2 (12.98.2)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । अम्बरीषस्य संवादमिन्द्रस्य च युधिष्ठिर ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | ambarīṣasya saṃvādamindrasya ca yudhiṣṭhira

On this subject they recount an ancient tradition, Yudhishthira: the conversation between Ambarisha and Indra.

Note on the text: Corrected अम्बरीपस्य → अम्बरीषस्य (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; CE ambarīṣasya).

Verse 3 (12.98.3)

अम्बरीषो हि नाभागः स्वर्गं गत्वा सुदुर्लभम् । ददर्श सुरलोकस्थं शक्रेण सचिवैः सह ॥

ambarīṣo hi nābhāgaḥ svargaṃ gatvā sudurlabham | dadarśa suralokasthaṃ śakreṇa sacivaiḥ saha

Ambarisha, son of Nabhaga, having reached heaven, so hard to attain, saw there in the world of the gods, in the company of Shakra and his counsellors,

Note on the text: Corrected सुर--कस्थं → सुरलोकस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; letters lost, printed as --; CE suralokasthaṃ).

Verse 4 (12.98.4)

सर्वतेजोमयं दिव्यं विमानवरमास्थितम् । उपर्युपरि गच्छन्तं स्थानं सेनापतिं शुभम् ॥

sarvatejomayaṃ divyaṃ vimānavaramāsthitam | uparyupari gacchantaṃ sthānaṃ senāpatiṃ śubham

a splendid commander seated in a supreme celestial vimana made wholly of radiance, rising higher and higher toward his station.

Note on the text: Corrected उ---गच्छन्तं → उपर्युपरि गच्छन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; letters lost, printed as ---; CE upary upari gacchantaṃ). Line 2 is a recension variant of the CE (CE svaṃ vai senāpatiṃ prabhum), kept.

Verse 5 (12.98.5)

स दृष्ट्वोपरि गच्छन्तं सेनापतिमुदारधीः । शूरस्थानमनुप्राप्तं सुदेवं नाम नामतः । ऋद्धिं दृष्ट्वा सुदेवस्य विस्मितः प्राह वासवम् ॥

sa dṛṣṭvopari gacchantaṃ senāpatimudāradhīḥ | śūrasthānamanuprāptaṃ sudevaṃ nāma nāmataḥ | ṛddhiṃ dṛṣṭvā sudevasya vismitaḥ prāha vāsavam

Seeing that noble-minded commander passing above him, Sudeva by name, who had come to the place of heroes, and beholding Sudeva's glory, he was astonished and spoke to Vasava.

Note on the text: Corrected दष्ट्वापरि → दृष्ट्वोपरि (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट् written without ृ and उप misprinted as प; CE dṛṣṭvopari). Removed stray quote marks (a backtick and a ') around line 2. Lines 1 and 3 = CE 12.99.5a, 5c; line 2 is the CE star passage 12.99.5b*0230_01 (śūrasthānam anuprāptaṃ sudevaṃ nāma nāmataḥ).

Verse 6 (12.98.6)

सागरान्तां महीं कृत्स्नामनुशास्य यथाविधि । चातुर्वर्ण्ये यथाशास्त्रं प्रवृत्तो धर्मकाम्यया ॥

sāgarāntāṃ mahīṃ kṛtsnāmanuśāsya yathāvidhi | cāturvarṇye yathāśāstraṃ pravṛtto dharmakāmyayā

I governed the whole earth to the ocean's edge as the rule requires, and, desiring dharma, I kept the four orders of society to their duties as the scriptures direct.

Verse 7 (12.98.7)

ब्रह्मचर्येण घोरेण गुर्वाचारेण सेवया । वेदानधीत्य धर्मेण राजशास्त्रं च केवलम् ॥

brahmacaryeṇa ghoreṇa gurvācāreṇa sevayā | vedānadhītya dharmeṇa rājaśāstraṃ ca kevalam

With severe continence, with obedience to my teacher's ways and service to him, I studied the Vedas according to dharma, and the science of kingship in full.

Verse 8 (12.98.8)

अतिथीनन्नपानेन पितॄंश्च स्वधया तथा । ऋषीन्स्वाध्यायदीक्षाभिर्देवान्यज्ञैरनुत्तमैः ॥

atithīnannapānena pitṝṃśca svadhayā tathā | ṛṣīnsvādhyāyadīkṣābhirdevānyajñairanuttamaiḥ

I honoured guests with food and drink, the ancestors with offerings of svadha, the sages with study and sacred observances, and the gods with the finest sacrifices.

Verse 9 (12.98.9)

क्षत्रधर्मे स्थितो भूत्वा यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि । उदीक्षमाणः पृतनां जयामि युधि वासव ॥

kṣatradharme sthito bhūtvā yathāśāstraṃ yathāvidhi | udīkṣamāṇaḥ pṛtanāṃ jayāmi yudhi vāsava

Standing firm in the duty of a warrior, as the scriptures and the rule direct, and watching for hostile armies, I won my battles, O Vasava.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रध—स्थितो → क्षत्रधर्मे स्थितो (misprint in Wikisource; letters lost, printed as a dash; CE kṣatradharme sthito).

Verse 10 (12.98.10)

देवराज सुदेवोऽयं मम सेनापतिः पुरा । आसीद्योधः प्रशान्तात्मा सोऽयं कस्मादतीव माम् । विमानं सूर्यसङ्काशमास्थितो मोदते दिवि ॥

devarāja sudevo'yaṃ mama senāpatiḥ purā | āsīdyodhaḥ praśāntātmā so'yaṃ kasmādatīva mām | vimānaṃ sūryasaṅkāśamāsthito modate divi

O king of the gods, this Sudeva was once my commander, a warrior of tranquil spirit. Why does he now rise so far above me, rejoicing in heaven seated in a vimana bright as the sun?

Note on the text: Corrected आसाद्योधः → आसीद्योधः (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ी; CE āsīd yodhaḥ). Corrected दे--ज → देवराज (misprint in Wikisource; letters lost, printed as --; CE devarāja). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.99.10a, 10c; line 3 is the CE star passage 12.99.10d*0232_01 (vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśam āsthito modate divi).

Verse 11 (12.98.11)

अनेन क्रतुभिर्मुख्यैर्नेष्टं नापि द्विजातयः । तर्पिता विधिवच्छक्र सोऽयं कस्मादतीत्य माम् ॥

anena kratubhirmukhyairneṣṭaṃ nāpi dvijātayaḥ | tarpitā vidhivacchakra so'yaṃ kasmādatītya mām

He never performed the chief sacrifices, nor did he duly satisfy the brahmins, O Shakra. Why then has he surpassed me?

Note on the text: Corrected ऋतुभिर्मुख्यैर्नेष्टं → क्रतुभिर्मुख्यैर्नेष्टं (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ for क्र; sacrifices are meant, CE kratubhir).

Verse 12 (12.98.12)

ऐश्वर्यमीदृशं प्राप्तः सर्वदेवैः सुदुर्लभम् ॥

aiśvaryamīdṛśaṃ prāptaḥ sarvadevaiḥ sudurlabham

He has attained such lordship, hard to win even for all the gods.

Note on the text: Split from the input's verse 12 at the speaker heading (इन्द्र उवाच) that the page prints after this line; both parts keep wikisource_number 12. The page gives this line to Ambarisha; the CE's Appendix I passage prints शक्र उवाच before it. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 1 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0001).

Verse 13 (12.98.13)

यदनेन कृतं कर्म प्रत्यक्षं ते महीपते । पुरा पालयतः सम्यक्पृथिवीं धर्मतो नृप ॥

yadanena kṛtaṃ karma pratyakṣaṃ te mahīpate | purā pālayataḥ samyakpṛthivīṃ dharmato nṛpa

By the deed this man did, O king, which you saw with your own eyes in the days when you were ruling the earth rightly and well, O lord of men,

Note on the text: Split from the input's verse 12 at the speaker heading (इन्द्र उवाच); both parts keep wikisource_number 12. Removed a stray backtick opening the passage (printed before यदनेन). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 2-3 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0002-0003). The passage runs on to the end of verse 37 of the page.

Verse 14 (12.98.14)

शत्रवो निर्जिताः सर्वे ये तवाहितकारिणः । संयमो वियमश्चैव सुयमश्च महाबलः ॥

śatravo nirjitāḥ sarve ye tavāhitakāriṇaḥ | saṃyamo viyamaścaiva suyamaśca mahābalaḥ

all your enemies, all who wished you harm, had been conquered, except Samyama, Viyama, and the mighty Suyama:

Note on the text: Corrected नहाबलः → महाबलः (misprint in Wikisource; न for म; CE mahābalaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 4-5 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0004-0005). The CE names the three rakshasas saṃdhama, vidhama and sudhama (a recension variant of Saṃyama, Viyama, Suyama), kept.

Verse 15 (12.98.15)

राक्षसा दुर्जया लोके त्रयस्ते युद्धदुर्मदाः । पुत्रास्ते शतशृङ्गस्य राक्षसस्य महीपतेः ॥

rākṣasā durjayā loke trayaste yuddhadurmadāḥ | putrāste śataśṛṅgasya rākṣasasya mahīpateḥ

three rakshasas, unconquerable in the world, drunk with the madness of war, sons of the rakshasa king Shatashringa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 6-7 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0006-0007).

Verse 16 (12.98.16)

तथा तस्मिञ्शुभे काले तव यज्ञं वितन्वतः । अश्वमेधं महायागं देवानां हितकाम्यया ॥

tathā tasmiñśubhe kāle tava yajñaṃ vitanvataḥ | aśvamedhaṃ mahāyāgaṃ devānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Then, at that auspicious time, as you were performing a sacrifice, the great Ashvamedha, for the good of the gods,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 8-9 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0008-0009).

Verse 17 (12.98.17)

तस्य ते खलु विघ्नार्थमागता राक्षसास्त्रयः । कोटीशतपरीवारां राक्षसानां महाचमूम् । परिगृह्य ततः सर्वाः प्रजा वन्दीकृतास्तव ॥

tasya te khalu vighnārthamāgatā rākṣasāstrayaḥ | koṭīśataparīvārāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahācamūm | parigṛhya tataḥ sarvāḥ prajā vandīkṛtāstava

those three rakshasas came to obstruct it. Bringing a vast rakshasa army, a hundred crores strong, they seized all your subjects and made them captive.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 10-12 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0010-0012).

Verse 18 (12.98.18)

विह्वलाश्च प्रजाः सर्वाः सर्वे च तव सैनिकाः । निराकृतस्तु यच्चासीत्सुदेवः सैन्यनायकः ॥

vihvalāśca prajāḥ sarvāḥ sarve ca tava sainikāḥ | nirākṛtastu yaccāsītsudevaḥ sainyanāyakaḥ

All your people were thrown into confusion, and all your soldiers too; and Sudeva, the commander of your army, had been set aside.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 13-14 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0013-0014).

Verse 19 (12.98.19)

तत्रामात्यवचः श्रुत्वा निरस्तः सर्वकर्मसु । श्रुत्वा तेषां वचो भूयः सोपधं वसुधाधिपः ॥

tatrāmātyavacaḥ śrutvā nirastaḥ sarvakarmasu | śrutvā teṣāṃ vaco bhūyaḥ sopadhaṃ vasudhādhipaḥ

Then, at the ministers' word, he was removed from every office; and the lord of the earth heard their crafty words once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 15-16 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0015-0016).

Verse 20 (12.98.20)

सर्वसैन्यसमायुक्तः सुदेवः प्रेरितस्त्वया । राक्षसानां वधार्थाय दुर्जयानां नराधिप ॥

sarvasainyasamāyuktaḥ sudevaḥ preritastvayā | rākṣasānāṃ vadhārthāya durjayānāṃ narādhipa

Yet you sent Sudeva, joined by the whole army, to destroy those rakshasas, O king, who were so hard to conquer.

Note on the text: Corrected साक्षसानां → राक्षसानां (misprint in Wikisource; स for र). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 17-18 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0017-0018).

Verse 21 (12.98.21)

नाजित्वा राक्षसीं सेनां पुनरागमनं तव । बन्दीमोक्षमकृत्वा च न चागमनमिष्यते ॥

nājitvā rākṣasīṃ senāṃ punarāgamanaṃ tava | bandīmokṣamakṛtvā ca na cāgamanamiṣyate

You told him: you are not to come back without defeating the rakshasa army, and your return is not wanted unless you have freed the captives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 19-20 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0019-0020).

Verse 22 (12.98.22)

सुदेवस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा प्रस्थानमकरोन्नृप । संप्राप्तश्च स तं देशं यत्र बन्दीकृताः प्रजाः ॥

sudevastadvacaḥ śrutvā prasthānamakaronnṛpa | saṃprāptaśca sa taṃ deśaṃ yatra bandīkṛtāḥ prajāḥ

Hearing those words, Sudeva set out, O king, and came to the place where the people were held captive.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 21-22 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0021-0022).

Verse 23 (12.98.23)

पश्यति स्म महाघोरां राक्षसानां महाचमूम् । दृष्ट्वा सुचिन्तयामास सुदेवो वाहिनीपतिः ॥

paśyati sma mahāghorāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahācamūm | dṛṣṭvā sucintayāmāsa sudevo vāhinīpatiḥ

He saw the vast and terrifying rakshasa army, and, seeing it, Sudeva, the army's commander, thought deeply.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 23-24 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0023-0024).

Verse 24 (12.98.24)

नेयं शक्या चमूर्जेतुमपि सेन्द्रैः सुरासुरैः । नाम्बरीषः कलामेकामेषां क्षपयितुं क्षमः । दिव्यास्त्रबलभूयिष्ठः किमहं पुनरीदृशः ॥

neyaṃ śakyā camūrjetumapi sendraiḥ surāsuraiḥ | nāmbarīṣaḥ kalāmekāmeṣāṃ kṣapayituṃ kṣamaḥ | divyāstrabalabhūyiṣṭhaḥ kimahaṃ punarīdṛśaḥ

This army cannot be conquered even by the gods and asuras together with Indra. Not even Ambarisha, so rich in the power of divine weapons, could destroy a single fraction of it; what then of me, such as I am?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 25-27 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0025-0027).

Verse 25 (12.98.25)

ततः सेनां पुनः सर्वां प्रेषयामास पार्थिव । यत्र त्वं सचिवैः सर्वैर्मन्त्रिभिः सोपधैर्नृप ॥

tataḥ senāṃ punaḥ sarvāṃ preṣayāmāsa pārthiva | yatra tvaṃ sacivaiḥ sarvairmantribhiḥ sopadhairnṛpa

Then he sent the whole army back, O king, to where you sat with all your counsellors and your scheming ministers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 28-29 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0028-0029).

Verse 26 (12.98.26)

ततो रुद्रं महादेवं प्रपन्नो जगतः पतिम् । श्मशाननिलयं देवं तुष्टाव वृषभध्वजम् ॥

tato rudraṃ mahādevaṃ prapanno jagataḥ patim | śmaśānanilayaṃ devaṃ tuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam

Then he took refuge in Rudra, Mahadeva, lord of the world, and praised the god who dwells in the cremation ground and bears the bull on his banner.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 30-31 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0030-0031).

Verse 27 (12.98.27)

स्तुत्वा शस्त्रं समादाय स्वशिरश्छेत्तुमुद्यतः ॥

stutvā śastraṃ samādāya svaśiraśchettumudyataḥ

Having praised him, he took up a weapon and made ready to cut off his own head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 32 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0032).

Verse 28 (12.98.28)

कारुण्याद्देवदेवेन गृहीतस्तस्य दक्षिणः । स पाणिः सह शस्त्रेण दृष्ट्वा चेदमुवाच ह ॥

kāruṇyāddevadevena gṛhītastasya dakṣiṇaḥ | sa pāṇiḥ saha śastreṇa dṛṣṭvā cedamuvāca ha

Out of compassion the God of gods caught his right hand together with the weapon, and, looking at him, said this:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 33-34 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0033-0034).

Verse 29 (12.98.29)

किमिदं साहसं पुत्र कर्तुकामो वदस्व मे । स उवाच महादेवं शिरसा त्ववनीं गतः ॥

kimidaṃ sāhasaṃ putra kartukāmo vadasva me | sa uvāca mahādevaṃ śirasā tvavanīṃ gataḥ

My son, what is this rash act you mean to do? Tell me. Prostrate on the ground, bowing his head, he answered Mahadeva:

Note on the text: Corrected कुर्तकामो → कर्तुकामो (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed; CE kartukāmo). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 35-36 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0035-0036).

Verse 30 (12.98.30)

भगवन्वाहिनीमेनां राक्षसानां सुरेश्वर । अशक्तोऽहं रणे जेतुं तस्मात्त्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् । गतिर्भव महादेव ममार्तस्य जगत्पते ॥

bhagavanvāhinīmenāṃ rākṣasānāṃ sureśvara | aśakto'haṃ raṇe jetuṃ tasmāttyakṣyāmi jīvitam | gatirbhava mahādeva mamārtasya jagatpate

Lord, ruler of the gods, I am unable to defeat this rakshasa army in battle, and so I shall give up my life. O Mahadeva, lord of the world, be the refuge of me in my distress.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 37-39 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0037-0039).

Verse 31 (12.98.31)

नागन्तव्यमजित्वा च मामाह जगतीपतिः । अम्बरीषो महादेव क्षारितः सचिवैः सह ॥

nāgantavyamajitvā ca māmāha jagatīpatiḥ | ambarīṣo mahādeva kṣāritaḥ sacivaiḥ saha

The lord of the earth told me, "You must not return without victory." Ambarisha, O Mahadeva, has been turned against me, together with his counsellors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 40-41 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0040-0041).

Verse 32 (12.98.32)

तमुवाच महादेवः सुदेवं पतितं क्षितौ । अधोमुखं महात्मानं सत्वानां हितकाम्यया ॥

tamuvāca mahādevaḥ sudevaṃ patitaṃ kṣitau | adhomukhaṃ mahātmānaṃ satvānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Mahadeva spoke to Sudeva, that great soul, as he lay fallen on the ground, face downward, out of a wish for the welfare of beings,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 42-43 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0042-0043).

Verse 33 (12.98.33)

धनुर्वेदं समाहूय सगणं सहविग्रहम् । रथनागाश्वकलिलं दिव्यास्त्रसमलंकृतम् ॥

dhanurvedaṃ samāhūya sagaṇaṃ sahavigraham | rathanāgāśvakalilaṃ divyāstrasamalaṃkṛtam

after summoning the Dhanurveda, the science of the bow, in bodily form together with its retinue, a force of chariots, elephants and horses adorned with divine weapons,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 44-45 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0044-0045).

Verse 34 (12.98.34)

रथं च सुमहाभागं येन तन्त्रिपुरं हतम् । धनुः पिनाकं खड्गं च रौद्रमस्त्रं च शंकरः । निजघानासुरान्सर्वान्येन देवस्त्रियम्बकः ॥

rathaṃ ca sumahābhāgaṃ yena tantripuraṃ hatam | dhanuḥ pinākaṃ khaḍgaṃ ca raudramastraṃ ca śaṃkaraḥ | nijaghānāsurānsarvānyena devastriyambakaḥ

and the great and glorious chariot with which Tripura was destroyed, the bow Pinaka, the sword and Rudra's dreadful weapon, with which Shankara, the three-eyed god, slew all the asuras.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; the correct spelling; CE khaḍgaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 46-48 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0046-0048).

Verse 35 (12.98.35)

उवाच च महादेवः सुदेवं वाहिनीपतिम् । रथादस्मात्सुदेव त्वं दुर्जयः स सुरासुरैः ॥

uvāca ca mahādevaḥ sudevaṃ vāhinīpatim | rathādasmātsudeva tvaṃ durjayaḥ sa surāsuraiḥ

And Mahadeva said to Sudeva, the army's commander: By this chariot you will be invincible even to gods and asuras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 49-50 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0049-0050).

Verse 36 (12.98.36)

मायया मोहितो भूमौ न पदं कर्तुमर्हसि । रथस्थस्त्रिदशान्सर्वाञ्जेष्यसि त्वं सदानवान् ॥

māyayā mohito bhūmau na padaṃ kartumarhasi | rathasthastridaśānsarvāñjeṣyasi tvaṃ sadānavān

Do not set foot on the ground, lest you be bewildered by their illusions; standing in the chariot you will conquer all the gods together with the danavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 51-52 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0051-0052).

Verse 37 (12.98.37)

राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च न शक्ता द्रष्टुमीदृशम् । रथं सूर्यसहस्राभं किमु योद्धुं त्वया सह ॥

rākṣasāśca piśācāśca na śaktā draṣṭumīdṛśam | rathaṃ sūryasahasrābhaṃ kimu yoddhuṃ tvayā saha

Rakshasas and pishachas cannot even look upon such a chariot, radiant as a thousand suns; how then could they fight with you?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 53-54 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0053-0054).

Verse 38 (12.98.38)

स जित्वा राक्षसान्सर्वान्कृत्वा बन्दीविमोक्षणम् । घातयित्वा च तान्सर्वान्बाहुयुद्धे त्वयं हतः । वियमं प्राप्य भूपाल वियमश्च निपातितः ॥

sa jitvā rākṣasānsarvānkṛtvā bandīvimokṣaṇam | ghātayitvā ca tānsarvānbāhuyuddhe tvayaṃ hataḥ | viyamaṃ prāpya bhūpāla viyamaśca nipātitaḥ

He conquered all the rakshasas and freed the captives, and when all of them had been slain he was himself killed in an arm-to-arm fight; yet, O king, on reaching Viyama, he brought Viyama down.

Note on the text: Removed a stray ।। and a quote mark (') after निपातितः, closing the Appendix passage. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 55-57 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 11, printed after 12.99.10 as 12.99.10d@011_0055-0057).

Verse 39 (12.98.39)

तस्य विक्रमतस्तात सुदेवस्य बभूव ह । संग्रामयज्ञः सुमहान्यश्चान्यो युध्यते नरः ॥

tasya vikramatastāta sudevasya babhūva ha | saṃgrāmayajñaḥ sumahānyaścānyo yudhyate naraḥ

For Sudeva, my child, as he displayed his valour, there came to be a great sacrifice of battle, and so it is for any other man who fights.

Verse 40 (12.98.40)

सन्नद्धो दीक्षितः सर्वो योधः प्राप्य चमूमुखम् । युद्धयज्ञाधिकारस्थो भवतीति विनिश्चयः ॥

sannaddho dīkṣitaḥ sarvo yodhaḥ prāpya camūmukham | yuddhayajñādhikārastho bhavatīti viniścayaḥ

Every warrior who is armed and consecrated and has come to the front of the army stands, it is certain, in the office of the sacrifice of war.

Verse 41 (12.98.41)

कानि यज्ञे हवींष्यस्मिन्किमाज्यं का च दक्षिणा । ऋत्विजश्चात्र के प्रोक्तास्तन्मे ब्रूहि शतक्रतो ॥

kāni yajñe havīṃṣyasminkimājyaṃ kā ca dakṣiṇā | ṛtvijaścātra ke proktāstanme brūhi śatakrato

What are the oblations in this sacrifice, what is the ghee, and what the priest's fee? Who are said to be the priests here? Tell me this, O Shatakratu.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रे प्रोक्तास् → के प्रोक्तास् (misprint in Wikisource; क्र for क; CE ke proktāḥ).

Verse 42 (12.98.42)

ऋत्विजः कुञ्जरास्तत्र वाजिनोऽध्वर्यवस्तथा । हवींषि परमांसानि रुधिरं त्वाज्यमुच्यते ॥

ṛtvijaḥ kuñjarāstatra vājino'dhvaryavastathā | havīṃṣi paramāṃsāni rudhiraṃ tvājyamucyate

The priests there are elephants, and the horses are the adhvaryus; the oblations are the flesh of foes, and blood is said to be the ghee.

Verse 43 (12.98.43)

शृगालगृध्रकाकोलाः सदस्यास्तत्र सत्रिणः । आज्यशेषं पिबन्त्येते हविः प्राश्नन्ति चाध्वरे ॥

śṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ sadasyāstatra satriṇaḥ | ājyaśeṣaṃ pibantyete haviḥ prāśnanti cādhvare

Jackals, vultures and ravens are the members of the assembly there, the participants of the rite; they drink what is left of the ghee and eat the oblation at that sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected पन्त्रिणः → सत्रिणः (misprint in Wikisource; not a word in context; CE satriṇaḥ).

Verse 44 (12.98.44)

प्रासतोमरसंघाताः खड्गशक्तिपरश्वधाः । ज्वलन्तो निशिताः पीताः स्रुचस्तस्याथ सत्रिणः ॥

prāsatomarasaṃghātāḥ khaḍgaśaktiparaśvadhāḥ | jvalanto niśitāḥ pītāḥ srucastasyātha satriṇaḥ

Masses of lances and javelins, swords, spears and axes, blazing, sharp and well tempered, are the ladles of that rite and of its participants.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गशक्तिपरश्वथाः → खड्गशक्तिपरश्वधाः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग and थ for ध; CE khaḍgaśaktiparaśvadhāḥ).

Verse 45 (12.98.45)

चापवेगायतस्तीक्ष्णः परकायावभेदनः । ऋजुः सुनिशितः पीतः सायकश्च स्रुवो महान् ॥

cāpavegāyatastīkṣṇaḥ parakāyāvabhedanaḥ | ṛjuḥ suniśitaḥ pītaḥ sāyakaśca sruvo mahān

A long arrow, shot with the force of the bow, sharp and piercing the enemy's body, straight, keenly whetted and well tempered, is the great sruva-ladle.

Verse 46 (12.98.46)

द्वीपिचर्मावनद्धश्च नागदन्तकृतत्सरुः । हस्तिहस्तहरः खड्गः स्फ्यो भवेत्तस्य संयुगे ॥

dvīpicarmāvanaddhaśca nāgadantakṛtatsaruḥ | hastihastaharaḥ khaḍgaḥ sphyo bhavettasya saṃyuge

A sword wrapped in leopard-skin, with a hilt made of elephant tusk, the sword that cuts off an elephant's trunk, would be the sphya in his battle.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गः → खड्गः (misprint in Wikisource; the correct spelling; CE khaḍgaḥ). Corrected स्फयो → स्फ्यो (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE sphyo, and the page gloss reads स्फ्यः).

Verse 47 (12.98.47)

ज्वलितैर्निशितैः प्रासशक्त्यृष्टिसपरश्वधैः । शैक्यायसमयैस्तीक्ष्णैरभिघातो भवेद्वसु ॥

jvalitairniśitaiḥ prāsaśaktyṛṣṭisaparaśvadhaiḥ | śaikyāyasamayaistīkṣṇairabhighāto bhavedvasu

The blows of blazing, sharp lances, spears, javelins and axes, all of iron and keen-edged, would be the offerings.

Note on the text: Corrected सपरश्वथैः → सपरश्वधैः (misprint in Wikisource; थ for ध; CE paraśvadhaiḥ).

Verse 48 (12.98.48)

सङ्ख्यासमयविस्तीर्णमभिजातोद्भवं बहु । आवेधाद्यच्च रुधिरं संग्रामे स्रवते भुवि । साऽस्य पूर्णाहुतिर्होत्रैः समृद्धा सर्वकामधुक् ॥

saṅkhyāsamayavistīrṇamabhijātodbhavaṃ bahu | āvedhādyacca rudhiraṃ saṃgrāme sravate bhuvi | sā'sya pūrṇāhutirhotraiḥ samṛddhā sarvakāmadhuk

Abundant, spread out by the reckoning of the fighters, sprung from men of good birth: the blood that streams to the ground when wounds are struck in battle is its final oblation, complete in its priestly rites, fulfilling every desire.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki brackets [ ] around line 1 and a stray ।. Line 1 is the CE star passage 12.99.20d*0233_01 (saṃkhyāsamayavistīrṇam abhijātodbhavaṃ bahu); lines 2-3 = CE 12.99.21a, 21c (CE āvegād yat tu rudhiraṃ saṃgrāme syandate bhuvi; hotre for होत्रैः).

Verse 49 (12.98.49)

छिन्धि भिन्धीति यः शब्दः श्रूयते वाहिनीमुखे । सामानि सामगास्तस्य गायन्ति यमसादने ॥

chindhi bhindhīti yaḥ śabdaḥ śrūyate vāhinīmukhe | sāmāni sāmagāstasya gāyanti yamasādane

The cry of "Cut! Pierce!" heard at the front of the army: the Sama-singers sing the Samans for him in Yama's abode.

Verse 50 (12.98.50)

हविर्धानं तु तस्याहुः परेषां वाहिनीमुखम् ॥

havirdhānaṃ tu tasyāhuḥ pareṣāṃ vāhinīmukham

The front of the enemy's army is called his oblation-shed.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.99.23a; CE verse 23 (a, c, e) continues in the next verse of this page.

Verse 51 (12.98.51)

कुञ्जराणां हयानां च वर्मिणां च समुच्चयः । अग्निः श्येनचितो नाम यज्ञे तस्य विधीयते ॥

kuñjarāṇāṃ hayānāṃ ca varmiṇāṃ ca samuccayaḥ | agniḥ śyenacito nāma yajñe tasya vidhīyate

The heap of elephants, horses and armoured men is the fire-altar called Shyenachit, the hawk-shaped, laid out for his sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected समुच्चय । → समुच्चयः । (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; CE samuccayaḥ). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.99.23c, 23e (the CE has समुच्चयः at the end of line 1).

Verse 52 (12.98.52)

उत्तिष्ठते कबन्धोऽत्र सहस्रे पतिते तु यः । स यूपस्तस्य शूरस्य खादिरोऽष्टाश्रिरुच्यते ॥

uttiṣṭhate kabandho'tra sahasre patite tu yaḥ | sa yūpastasya śūrasya khādiro'ṣṭāśrirucyate

When a thousand have fallen and a headless trunk rises up, that is that hero's sacrificial post, said to be of khadira wood and eight-cornered.

Verse 53 (12.98.53)

इडोपहूताः क्रोशन्ति कुञ्जरास्त्वङ्कुशेरिताः । ज्याघुष्टतलतालेन वषट्कारेण पार्थिव ॥

iḍopahūtāḥ krośanti kuñjarāstvaṅkuśeritāḥ | jyāghuṣṭatalatālena vaṣaṭkāreṇa pārthiva

The elephants, urged on by the goad, trumpet like the invoked Ida offering; the twang of the bowstring and the clap of palms are the vashat call, O king.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner in वषट्कारेण (a typing artefact). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.99.25a, 25c (CE iḍopahūtaṃ krośanti kuñjarā aṅkuśeritāḥ, a recension variant); the next verse begins with CE 25e.

Verse 54 (12.98.54)

उद्गाता तत्र संग्रामे त्रिसामा दुन्दुभिर्नृप । ब्रह्मस्वे ह्रियमाणे तु त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियां तनुम् । आत्मानं यूपमुच्छ्रित्य स यज्ञोऽनन्तदक्षिणः ॥

udgātā tatra saṃgrāme trisāmā dundubhirnṛpa | brahmasve hriyamāṇe tu tyaktvā yuddhe priyāṃ tanum | ātmānaṃ yūpamucchritya sa yajño'nantadakṣiṇaḥ

In that battle the Udgatri is the drum with its threefold sound, O king. And he who, when a brahmin's property is being carried off, gives up his own dear body in battle and raises himself up as the sacrificial post: his is the sacrifice of unending fee.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.99.25e; lines 2-3 = CE 12.99.26a, 26c.

Verse 55 (12.98.55)

भर्तुरर्थे च यः शूरो निष्क्रामेद्वाहिनीमुखात् । न भयाद्विनिवर्तेत तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥

bharturarthe ca yaḥ śūro niṣkrāmedvāhinīmukhāt | na bhayādvinivarteta tasya lokā yathā mama

He who goes out from the front line for his master's sake and does not turn back in fear will have worlds like mine.

Verse 56 (12.98.56)

द्वीपिचर्मावृतैः खड्गैर्बाहुभिः परिघोपमैः । यस्य वेदिरुपस्तीर्णा तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥

dvīpicarmāvṛtaiḥ khaḍgairbāhubhiḥ parighopamaiḥ | yasya vedirupastīrṇā tasya lokā yathā mama

He whose altar is spread with swords sheathed in leopard-skin and arms like iron bars will have worlds like mine.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गैर् → खड्गैर् (misprint in Wikisource; the correct spelling; CE khaḍgaiḥ).

Verse 57 (12.98.57)

यस्तु नापेक्षते कंचित्सहायं विषमे स्थितः । विगाह्य वाहिनीमध्यं तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥

yastu nāpekṣate kaṃcitsahāyaṃ viṣame sthitaḥ | vigāhya vāhinīmadhyaṃ tasya lokā yathā mama

He who, standing in a perilous place, looks to no one for help, and plunges into the middle of the army, will have worlds like mine.

Verse 58 (12.98.58)

यस्य शोणितसंघट्टा भेरीमण्डूककच्छपा । वीरास्थिशर्करा दुर्गा मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥

yasya śoṇitasaṃghaṭṭā bherīmaṇḍūkakacchapā | vīrāsthiśarkarā durgā māṃsaśoṇitakardamā

A river with surging blood, with kettledrums for its frogs and tortoises, with heroes' bones for its gravel, hard to cross, with flesh and blood for its mud,

Verse 59 (12.98.59)

असिचर्मप्लवा घोरा केशशैवलशाद्वला । अश्वनागरथैश्चैव संछिन्नैः कृतसंक्रमा ॥

asicarmaplavā ghorā keśaśaivalaśādvalā | aśvanāgarathaiścaiva saṃchinnaiḥ kṛtasaṃkramā

with swords and shields for rafts, dreadful, with hair for its moss and grass, bridged by horses, elephants and chariots cut to pieces,

Verse 60 (12.98.60)

पताकाध्वजवानीरा हतवाहनवारणा । शोणितोदकसंपूर्णा दुस्तरा पारगैर्नरैः ॥

patākādhvajavānīrā hatavāhanavāraṇā | śoṇitodakasaṃpūrṇā dustarā pāragairnaraiḥ

with banners and flags for the reeds along its banks, with slain mounts and elephants, filled with waters of blood, hard for men to cross to the other shore,

Verse 61 (12.98.61)

हतनागमहानक्रा परलोकवहाऽशिवा । ऋष्टिखड्गमहामीना गृध्रकङ्कबलप्लवा ॥

hatanāgamahānakrā paralokavahā'śivā | ṛṣṭikhaḍgamahāmīnā gṛdhrakaṅkabalaplavā

with slain elephants for great crocodiles, an inauspicious stream that carries to the other world, with spears and swords for great fish, with vultures, herons and cranes floating on it,

Note on the text: Corrected रहतनागमहानक्रा → हतनागमहानक्रा (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; CE hatanāgamahānakrā). Corrected ऋष्टिखङ्ग → ऋष्टिखड्ग (misprint in Wikisource; the correct spelling; CE ṛṣṭikhaḍga).

Verse 62 (12.98.62)

पुरुषादानुचरिता भीरूणां कश्मलावहा । नदी योधस्य संग्रामे तदस्यावभृथं नृप ॥

puruṣādānucaritā bhīrūṇāṃ kaśmalāvahā | nadī yodhasya saṃgrāme tadasyāvabhṛthaṃ nṛpa

haunted by flesh-eaters, bringing fainting to the timid: such a river in battle is, for the warrior, his closing bath, O king.

Verse 63 (12.98.63)

वेदिर्यस्य त्वमित्राणां शिरोभिर्व्यवकीर्यते । अश्वस्कन्धैर्गजस्कन्धैस्तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥

vediryasya tvamitrāṇāṃ śirobhirvyavakīryate | aśvaskandhairgajaskandhaistasya lokā yathā mama

He whose altar is strewn with the heads of his enemies, with the shoulders of horses and of elephants, will have worlds like mine.

Verse 64 (12.98.64)

पत्नी शालाकृता यस्य परेषां वाहिनीमुखम् । हविर्धानं स्ववाहिन्यास्तदस्याहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

patnī śālākṛtā yasya pareṣāṃ vāhinīmukham | havirdhānaṃ svavāhinyāstadasyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

He for whom the front of the enemy's army is made into the wife's hall, and the front of his own army into the oblation-shed: so the wise describe it.

Verse 65 (12.98.65)

सदस्या दक्षिणा योधा आग्नीध्रश्चोत्तरां दिशम् । शत्रुसेनाकलत्रस्य सर्वलोकानदूरतः ॥

sadasyā dakṣiṇā yodhā āgnīdhraścottarāṃ diśam | śatrusenākalatrasya sarvalokānadūrataḥ

The warriors on the right are his assembly priests, and the Agnidhra stands toward the northern quarter; for him whose wife is the enemy's army, all the worlds are close at hand.

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रुसेना अलत्रस्य → शत्रुसेनाकलत्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; क lost; CE śatrusenākalatrasya).

Verse 66 (12.98.66)

यस्य भयतो व्यूहे भवत्याकाशमग्रतः । सास्य वेदिस्तदा यज्ञैर्नित्यं व्यूहास्त्रयोऽग्नयः ॥

yasya bhayato vyūhe bhavatyākāśamagrataḥ | sāsya vedistadā yajñairnityaṃ vyūhāstrayo'gnayaḥ

He for whom, in fear of him, the battle array opens and leaves empty space before it: that is his altar then, and in his sacrifices the three arrays are ever the three fires.

Verse 67 (12.98.67)

यस्तु योधः परावृत्तः संत्रस्तो हन्यते परैः । अप्रतिष्ठः स नरकं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

yastu yodhaḥ parāvṛttaḥ saṃtrasto hanyate paraiḥ | apratiṣṭhaḥ sa narakaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

But a warrior who turns back in terror and is struck down by the enemy finds no foothold and goes to hell; there is no doubt of this.

Verse 68 (12.98.68)

यस्य शोणितवेगेण वेदिः स्यात्संपरिप्लुता । केशमांसास्थिसंपूर्णा स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम् ॥

yasya śoṇitavegeṇa vediḥ syātsaṃpariplutā | keśamāṃsāsthisaṃpūrṇā sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim

He whose altar is drenched by a flood of blood and filled with hair, flesh and bones will go to the highest state.

Verse 69 (12.98.69)

यस्तु सेनापतिं हत्वा तद्यानमधिरोहति । स विष्णुविक्रमक्रामी बृहस्पतिसमः प्रभुः ॥

yastu senāpatiṃ hatvā tadyānamadhirohati | sa viṣṇuvikramakrāmī bṛhaspatisamaḥ prabhuḥ

He who slays the commander and mounts his vehicle strides like Vishnu and becomes a lord equal to Brihaspati.

Verse 70 (12.98.70)

नायकं तत्कुमारं वा यो वा स्यात्तत्र पूजितः । जीवग्राहं प्रगृह्णाति तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥

nāyakaṃ tatkumāraṃ vā yo vā syāttatra pūjitaḥ | jīvagrāhaṃ pragṛhṇāti tasya lokā yathā mama

He who takes alive the leader, or his son, or anyone held in honour there, will have worlds like mine.

Verse 71 (12.98.71)

आहवे तु हतं शूरं न शोचेत कथंचन । अशोच्यो हि हतः शूरः स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

āhave tu hataṃ śūraṃ na śoceta kathaṃcana | aśocyo hi hataḥ śūraḥ svargaloke mahīyate

One should never grieve for a hero slain in battle; a slain hero is not to be mourned, for he is honoured in the world of heaven.

Verse 72 (12.98.72)

न ह्यन्नं नोदकं तस्य न स्नानं नाप्यशौचकम् । हतस्य कर्तुमिच्छन्ति तस्य लोकाञ्शृणुष्व मे ॥

na hyannaṃ nodakaṃ tasya na snānaṃ nāpyaśaucakam | hatasya kartumicchanti tasya lokāñśṛṇuṣva me

For one slain in battle no one thinks of offering food or water, or of ritual bathing or the observances of impurity; hear now the worlds that are his.

Verse 73 (12.98.73)

वराप्सरः सहस्राणि शूरमायोधने हतम् । त्वरमाणानि धावन्ति मम भर्ता भवेदिति ॥

varāpsaraḥ sahasrāṇi śūramāyodhane hatam | tvaramāṇāni dhāvanti mama bhartā bhavediti

Thousands of lovely apsarases rush eagerly toward a hero slain in battle, saying, "Let him be my husband!"

Note on the text: Corrected शूरमत्योधने → शूरमायोधने (misprint in Wikisource; त् for ा; CE śūram āyodhane).

Verse 74 (12.98.74)

एतत्तपश्च पुण्यं च धर्मश्चैव सनातनः । चत्वारश्चाश्रमास्तस्य यो युद्धे न पलायते ॥

etattapaśca puṇyaṃ ca dharmaścaiva sanātanaḥ | catvāraścāśramāstasya yo yuddhe na palāyate

For him who does not flee from battle, this is austerity, this is merit, this is eternal dharma, and these are the four stages of life.

Verse 75 (12.98.75)

वृद्धबालौ न हन्तव्यौ न च स्त्री नैव पृष्ठतः । तृणपूर्णमुखश्चैव तवास्मीति च यो वदेत् ॥

vṛddhabālau na hantavyau na ca strī naiva pṛṣṭhataḥ | tṛṇapūrṇamukhaścaiva tavāsmīti ca yo vadet

The aged and children are not to be killed, nor a woman, nor anyone from behind, nor one who puts grass in his mouth and says, "I am yours."

Verse 76 (12.98.76)

अहं वृत्रं बलं पाकं महाकायं विरोचनम् । दुरावारं च नमुचिं शतमायं च शम्बरम् ॥

ahaṃ vṛtraṃ balaṃ pākaṃ mahākāyaṃ virocanam | durāvāraṃ ca namuciṃ śatamāyaṃ ca śambaram

I slew Vritra, Bala, Paka, the great-bodied Virochana, the irresistible Namuchi, and Shambara of the hundred illusions,

Verse 77 (12.98.77)

विप्रचित्तिं च दैतेयं दनोः पुत्रांश्च सर्वशः । प्रह्रादं च निहत्याजौ ततो देवाधिपोऽभवम् ॥

vipracittiṃ ca daiteyaṃ danoḥ putrāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | prahrādaṃ ca nihatyājau tato devādhipo'bhavam

and Vipracitti the Daitya, all the sons of Danu, and Prahrada: having slain them in battle, I then became lord of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रह्वादं → प्रह्रादं (misprint in Wikisource; व for र; CE prahrādaṃ).

Verse 78 (12.98.78)

इत्येतच्छक्रवचनं निशम्य प्रतिपूज्य च । योधानामात्मनः सिद्धिमम्बरीषोऽभिपन्नवान् ॥

ityetacchakravacanaṃ niśamya pratipūjya ca | yodhānāmātmanaḥ siddhimambarīṣo'bhipannavān

Hearing this speech of Shakra and honouring it, Ambarisha came to understand the fulfilment that warriors attain.