The Fates of the Heroes and the Praise of the Mahabharata

Verse 1 (18.5.1)

भीष्मद्रोणौ महात्मानौ धृतराष्ट्रश्च पार्थिवः । विराटद्रुपदौ चोभौ शङ्खश्चैवोत्तरस्तथा ॥

bhīṣmadroṇau mahātmānau dhṛtarāṣṭraśca pārthivaḥ | virāṭadrupadau cobhau śaṅkhaścaivottarastathā

"Bhishma and Drona, the great-souled, and King Dhritarashtra; Virata and Drupada both, Shankha, and Uttara,"

Verse 2 (18.5.2)

धृष्टकेतुर्जयत्सेनो राजा चैव स सत्यजित् । दुर्योधनसुताश्चैव शकुनिश्चैव सौबलः ॥

dhṛṣṭaketurjayatseno rājā caiva sa satyajit | duryodhanasutāścaiva śakuniścaiva saubalaḥ

"Dhrishtaketu, Jayatsena, and King Satyajit; the sons of Duryodhana, and Shakuni, son of Subala;"

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्टकेजुर् → धृष्टकेतुर् (धृष्टकेजुर्जयत्सेनः → धृष्टकेतुर्जयत्सेनः) (misprint in Wikisource; ज for त; CE reads dhṛṣṭaketuḥ).

Verse 3 (18.5.3)

कर्णपुत्राश्च विक्रान्ता राजा चैव जयद्रथः । घटोत्कचादयश्चैव ये चान्ये नानुकीर्तिताः ॥

karṇaputrāśca vikrāntā rājā caiva jayadrathaḥ | ghaṭotkacādayaścaiva ye cānye nānukīrtitāḥ

"the valiant sons of Karna, King Jayadratha, Ghatotkacha and the others, and those who have not been named;"

Note on the text: Corrected घटोत्कवादय → घटोत्कचादय (misprint in Wikisource; व for च; CE reads ghaṭotkacādayaḥ).

Verse 4 (18.5.4)

ये चान्ये कीर्तिता वीरा राजानो दीप्तमूर्तयः । स्वर्गे कालं कियन्तं ते तस्थुस्तदपि शंस मे ॥

ye cānye kīrtitā vīrā rājāno dīptamūrtayaḥ | svarge kālaṃ kiyantaṃ te tasthustadapi śaṃsa me

"and whatever other heroes and radiant kings were mentioned: for how long did they remain in heaven? Tell me that too."

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource ये चान्ये कीर्तिता वीरा against CE ye cānye kīrtitās tatra.

Verse 5 (18.5.5)

आहोस्विच्छाश्वतं स्थानं तेषां तत्र द्विजोत्तम । अन्ते वा कर्मणां कां ते गतिं प्राप्ता नरर्षभाः ॥

āhosvicchāśvataṃ sthānaṃ teṣāṃ tatra dvijottama | ante vā karmaṇāṃ kāṃ te gatiṃ prāptā nararṣabhāḥ

"Or is their abode there everlasting, O best of the twice-born? Or, at the end of their deeds, what destination did those bulls among men reach?"

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 18.5.5a, c (a three-line verse in the CE; its third line, 5.5e, begins the next verse). Recension variant, kept: कर्मणां for CE karmaṇaḥ.

Verse 6 (18.5.6)

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं प्रोच्यमानं द्विजोत्तम । तपसा हि प्रदीप्तेन सर्वं त्वमनुपश्यसि ॥

etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ procyamānaṃ dvijottama | tapasā hi pradīptena sarvaṃ tvamanupaśyasi

"This I wish to hear from you as you tell it, O best of the twice-born; for by your blazing austerity you see everything."

Note on the text: Corrected त्वमनुपश्यति → त्वमनुपश्यसि (misprint in Wikisource; the second person is required with त्वम्; CE star 18.5.5x*0020_01 reads anupaśyasi). Line 1 = CE 18.5.5e (with द्विजोत्तम for tvayā dvija); line 2 = CE star passage 18.5.5x*0020_01.

Verse 7 (18.5.7)

इत्युक्तः स तु विप्रर्षिरनुज्ञातो महात्मना । व्यासेन तस्य नृपतेराख्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tu viprarṣiranujñāto mahātmanā | vyāsena tasya nṛpaterākhyātumupacakrame

Addressed thus, that Brahmin sage, permitted by the great-souled Vyasa, began to tell the king the whole account.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sauti (Ugrashravas), as printed (CE heading: sūta uvāca).

Verse 8 (18.5.8)

गन्तव्यं कर्मणामन्ते सर्वेषां मनुजाधिप । शृणु गुह्यमिदं राजन्देवानां भरतर्षभ । यदुवाच महातेजा दिव्यचक्षुः प्रतापवान् ॥

gantavyaṃ karmaṇāmante sarveṣāṃ manujādhipa | śṛṇu guhyamidaṃ rājandevānāṃ bharatarṣabha | yaduvāca mahātejā divyacakṣuḥ pratāpavān

"At the end of their deeds, all must depart, O ruler of men. Hear this secret of the gods, O king, O best of the Bharatas, which that greatly radiant, mighty, divine-eyed sage declared:"

Verse 9 (18.5.9)

मुनिः पुराणः कौरव्य पाराशर्यो महाव्रतः । अगाधबुद्धिः सर्वज्ञो गतिज्ञः सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥

muniḥ purāṇaḥ kauravya pārāśaryo mahāvrataḥ | agādhabuddhiḥ sarvajño gatijñaḥ sarvakarmaṇām

"the ancient sage, O Kuru, Parashara's son of great vows, of fathomless understanding, all-knowing, who knows the destination of every deed."

Verse 10 (18.5.10)

तेनोक्तं कर्मणामन्ते प्रविशन्ति स्विकां तनुम् ॥

tenoktaṃ karmaṇāmante praviśanti svikāṃ tanum

"He has said that at the end of their deeds they enter their own bodies."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: one line, star passage 18.5.8x*0022_01 (the critical edition reads the same word, svikām).

Verse 11 (18.5.11)

वसूनेव महातेजा भीष्मः प्राप महाद्युतिः । अष्टावेव हि दृश्यन्ते वसवो भरतर्षभ ॥

vasūneva mahātejā bhīṣmaḥ prāpa mahādyutiḥ | aṣṭāveva hi dṛśyante vasavo bharatarṣabha

"Bhishma, of great radiance and splendour, went into the Vasus; for the eight Vasus are indeed seen again, O best of the Bharatas."

Verse 12 (18.5.12)

बृहस्पतिं विवेशाथ द्रोणो ह्यङ्गिरसां वरम् । कृतवर्मा तु हार्दिक्यः प्रविवेश मरुद्गणान् ॥

bṛhaspatiṃ viveśātha droṇo hyaṅgirasāṃ varam | kṛtavarmā tu hārdikyaḥ praviveśa marudgaṇān

"Drona entered Brihaspati, the best of the Angirases; Kritavarman, son of Hridika, entered the host of the Maruts."

Verse 13 (18.5.13)

सनत्कुमारं प्रद्युम्नः प्रविवेश यथागतम् । धृतराष्ट्रो धनेशस्य लोकान्प्राप दुरासदान् ॥

sanatkumāraṃ pradyumnaḥ praviveśa yathāgatam | dhṛtarāṣṭro dhaneśasya lokānprāpa durāsadān

"Pradyumna entered Sanatkumara, returning to whence he had come; Dhritarashtra reached the hard-to-attain worlds of Kubera, lord of wealth."

Verse 14 (18.5.14)

धृतराष्ट्रेण सहिता गन्धारी च यशस्विनी । पत्नीभ्यां सहितः पाण्डुर्महेन्द्रसदनं ययौ ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa sahitā gandhārī ca yaśasvinī | patnībhyāṃ sahitaḥ pāṇḍurmahendrasadanaṃ yayau

"The renowned Gandhari went together with Dhritarashtra; and Pandu, together with his two wives, went to the abode of Mahendra."

Note on the text: Corrected धृतराष्ट्रो सहिता → धृतराष्ट्रेण सहिता and पाण्डुमहेन्द्रसदनं → पाण्डुर्महेन्द्रसदनं (misprints in Wikisource: a dropped instrumental ending and a dropped र्; CE reads dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa sahitā … pāṇḍur mahendrasadanaṃ yayau).

Verse 15 (18.5.15)

विराटद्रुपदौ चोभौ धृष्टकेतुश्च पार्थिवः । निशठाक्रूरसाम्बाश्च भानुः कण्वो विदूरथः ॥

virāṭadrupadau cobhau dhṛṣṭaketuśca pārthivaḥ | niśaṭhākrūrasāmbāśca bhānuḥ kaṇvo vidūrathaḥ

"Virata and Drupada both, and King Dhrishtaketu, Nishatha, Akrura, Samba, Bhanu, Kanva and Vidoorata —"

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource कण्वः against CE kampaḥ (the name in the list).

Verse 16 (18.5.16)

भूरिश्रवाः शलश्चैव भूरिश्च पृथिवीपतिः । कंसश्चैवोग्रसेनश्च वसुदेवस्तथैव च ॥

bhūriśravāḥ śalaścaiva bhūriśca pṛthivīpatiḥ | kaṃsaścaivograsenaśca vasudevastathaiva ca

"Bhurishrava, Shala, and Bhuri the king, Kamsa, Ugrasena, and Vasudeva as well —"

Note on the text: Corrected कंशः → कंसः (misprint in Wikisource; ś for s; CE reads kaṃsaḥ). Line 1 = CE 18.5.14a; line 2 is a recension variant of CE 14c (Wikisource कंसश्चैवोग्रसेनश्च वसुदेवस्तथैव च against CE ugrasenas tathā kaṃso vasudevaś ca vīryavān).

Verse 17 (18.5.17)

उत्तरश्च सह भ्रात्रा शङ्खेन नरपुङ्गवः । विश्वेषां देवतानां ते विविशुर्नरसत्तमाः ॥

uttaraśca saha bhrātrā śaṅkhena narapuṅgavaḥ | viśveṣāṃ devatānāṃ te viviśurnarasattamāḥ

"and Uttara with his brother Shankha, that bull among men: these best of men entered the Vishvedevas."

Verse 18 (18.5.18)

वर्चा नाम महातेजाः सोमपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । सोऽभिमन्युर्नृसिंहस्य फल्गुनस्य सुतोऽभवत् ॥

varcā nāma mahātejāḥ somaputraḥ pratāpavān | so'bhimanyurnṛsiṃhasya phalgunasya suto'bhavat

"There was one named Varcha, of great radiance and might, the son of Soma; he became Abhimanyu, the son of Phalguna, the lion among men."

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening bracket "[" (it closes in the next verse; the passage is CE 18.5.16-17); corrected सोभिमन्युर् → सोऽभिमन्युर् (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha is dropped; CE so 'bhimanyur).

Verse 19 (18.5.19)

स युद्ध्वा क्षत्रधर्मेण यथा नान्यः पुमान्क्वचित् । विवेश सोमं धर्मात्मा कर्मणोऽन्ते महारथः ॥

sa yuddhvā kṣatradharmeṇa yathā nānyaḥ pumānkvacit | viveśa somaṃ dharmātmā karmaṇo'nte mahārathaḥ

"Having fought by the dharma of a warrior as no other man ever has, that righteous great charioteer entered Soma at the end of his deeds."

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing bracket "]" (printed before the line-end mark, matching the "[" opening the previous verse); corrected मरारथः → महारथः (misprint in Wikisource; CE mahārathaḥ) and कर्मणोन्ते → कर्मणोऽन्ते (avagraha dropped; CE karmaṇo 'nte).

Verse 20 (18.5.20)

आविवेश रविं कर्णो निहतः पुरुषर्षभ । द्वापरं शकुनिः प्राप धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु पावकम् ॥

āviveśa raviṃ karṇo nihataḥ puruṣarṣabha | dvāparaṃ śakuniḥ prāpa dhṛṣṭadyumnastu pāvakam

"Karna, who had been slain, entered the Sun, O best of men; Shakuni attained Dvapara; and Dhrishtadyumna entered Fire."

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource आविवेश रविं कर्णो निहतः पुरुषर्षभ against CE āviveśa raviṃ karṇaḥ pitaraṃ puruṣarṣabha.

Verse 21 (18.5.21)

धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाः सर्वे यातुधानान्प्रपेदिरे । धर्ममेवाविशत्क्षत्ता राजा चैव युधिष्ठिरः ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāḥ sarve yātudhānānprapedire | dharmamevāviśatkṣattā rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

"All the sons of Dhritarashtra went to the Yatudhanas; Kshattri (Vidura) and King Yudhishthira entered Dharma."

Note on the text: CE 18.5.19 is a three-line verse; line 1 here is a recension variant of CE 19a (Wikisource धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाः सर्वे यातुधानान्प्रपेदिरे against CE dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāḥ sarve yātudhānā balotkaṭāḥ); line 2 = CE 18.5.19e. CE lines 19c-d (ṛddhimanto mahātmānaḥ …) are not in Wikisource.

Verse 22 (18.5.22)

अनन्तो भगवान्देवः प्रविवेश रसातलम् । पितामहनियोगाद्वै यो योगाद्गामधारयत् ॥

ananto bhagavāndevaḥ praviveśa rasātalam | pitāmahaniyogādvai yo yogādgāmadhārayat

"The blessed god Ananta entered Rasatala, he who by the Grandfather's command bore the earth by his yogic power."

Verse 23 (18.5.23)

यः स नारायणो नाम देवदेवः सनातनः । तस्यांशो वासुदेवस्तु कर्मणोऽन्ते विवेश ह ॥

yaḥ sa nārāyaṇo nāma devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ | tasyāṃśo vāsudevastu karmaṇo'nte viveśa ha

"He who is that god of gods, eternal, named Narayana: Vasudeva was a portion of him, and at the end of his deeds he entered him."

Note on the text: Corrected कर्मणोन्ते → कर्मणोऽन्ते (avagraha dropped; CE karmaṇo 'nte). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.20x*0024_01-02.

Verse 24 (18.5.24)

षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणि वासुदेवपरिग्रहाः । अमज्जंस्ताः सरस्वत्यां कालेन जनमेजय ॥

ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇi vāsudevaparigrahāḥ | amajjaṃstāḥ sarasvatyāṃ kālena janamejaya

"The sixteen thousand women who were Vasudeva's wives plunged into the Sarasvati in due time, O Janamejaya."

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 18.5.21a, c (a three-line verse); recension variants, kept: वासुदेवपरिग्रहाः for CE vāsudevaparigrahaḥ and अमज्जंस्ताः for CE nyamajjanta.

Verse 25 (18.5.25)

तत्र त्यक्त्वा शरीराणि दिवमारुरुहुः पुनः । ताश्चैवाप्सरसो भूत्वा वासुदेवमुपाविशन् ॥

tatra tyaktvā śarīrāṇi divamāruruhuḥ punaḥ | tāścaivāpsaraso bhūtvā vāsudevamupāviśan

"There they cast off their bodies and rose again to heaven; and becoming apsarases, they attended upon Vasudeva."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 1 = star passage 18.5.21d*0026_01; line 2 is a variant of CE 18.5.21e (Wikisource ताश्चैवाप्सरसो भूत्वा वासुदेवमुपाविशन् against CE tāś cāpy apsaraso bhūtvā vāsudevam upāgaman).

Verse 26 (18.5.26)

हतास्तस्मिन्महायुद्धे ये वीरास्तु महारथाः । घटोत्कचादयश्चैव देवान्यक्षांश्च भेजिरे ॥

hatāstasminmahāyuddhe ye vīrāstu mahārathāḥ | ghaṭotkacādayaścaiva devānyakṣāṃśca bhejire

"The heroic great charioteers who were slain in that great war, Ghatotkacha and the rest, went to the gods and the Yakshas."

Verse 27 (18.5.27)

दुर्योधनसहायाश्च राक्षसा येऽनुकीर्तिताः । प्राप्तास्ते क्रमशो राजन्सर्वलोकाननुत्तमान् ॥

duryodhanasahāyāśca rākṣasā ye'nukīrtitāḥ | prāptāste kramaśo rājansarvalokānanuttamān

"The rakshasas who were named as Duryodhana's allies attained in due order, O king, all the supreme worlds."

Verse 28 (18.5.28)

भवनं च महेन्द्रस्य कुबेरस्य च धीमतः । वरुणस्य तथा लोकान्विविशुः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

bhavanaṃ ca mahendrasya kuberasya ca dhīmataḥ | varuṇasya tathā lokānviviśuḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

"Those best of men entered the dwelling of Mahendra, of wise Kubera, and the worlds of Varuna."

Verse 29 (18.5.29)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं विस्तरेण महाद्युते । कुरूणां चरितं कृत्स्नं पाण्डवानां च भारत ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vistareṇa mahādyute | kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata

"All this has been told to you in full, O greatly radiant one: the whole story of the Kurus and the Pandavas, O Bharata."

Verse 30 (18.5.30)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठात्स राजा जनमेजयः । विस्मितोऽभवदत्यर्थं यज्ञकर्मान्तरेष्वथ ॥

etacchrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhātsa rājā janamejayaḥ | vismito'bhavadatyarthaṃ yajñakarmāntareṣvatha

Hearing this from the best of the twice-born, King Janamejaya was greatly amazed, in the intervals of the sacrificial rites.

Verse 31 (18.5.31)

ततः समापयामासुः कर्म तत्तस्य याजकाः । आस्तिकश्चाभवत्प्रीतः परिमोक्ष्य भुजङ्गमान् ॥

tataḥ samāpayāmāsuḥ karma tattasya yājakāḥ | āstikaścābhavatprītaḥ parimokṣya bhujaṅgamān

Then the priests brought that rite of his to its completion; and Astika was pleased, having freed the serpents.

Verse 32 (18.5.32)

ततो द्विजातीन्सर्वांस्तान्दक्षिणाभिरतोषयत् । पूजिताश्चापि ते राज्ञा ततो जग्मुर्यथागतम् ॥

tato dvijātīnsarvāṃstāndakṣiṇābhiratoṣayat | pūjitāścāpi te rājñā tato jagmuryathāgatam

Then he satisfied all those twice-born with gifts; honoured by the king, they went back as they had come.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वास्तान् → सर्वांस्तान् (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural द्विजातीन् needs सर्वान्; CE reads sarvāṃs tān).

Verse 33 (18.5.33)

विसर्जयित्वा विप्रांस्तान्राजाऽपि जनमेजयः । हृष्टस्तक्षशिलायाः स पुनरायाद्गजाह्वयम् ॥

visarjayitvā viprāṃstānrājā'pi janamejayaḥ | hṛṣṭastakṣaśilāyāḥ sa punarāyādgajāhvayam

After sending off those Brahmins, King Janamejaya too, glad at heart, returned from Takshashila to Hastinapura.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनरायाद्गचाह्वयम् → पुनरायाद्गजाह्वयम् (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज; CE reads punar āyād gajāhvayam). Recension variant, kept: हृष्टः for CE tataḥ.

Verse 34 (18.5.34)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वैशम्पायनकीर्तितम् । व्यासाज्ञया समाज्ञातं सर्पसत्रे नृपस्य हि ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vaiśampāyanakīrtitam | vyāsājñayā samājñātaṃ sarpasatre nṛpasya hi

All this has been told to you, as recounted by Vaishampayana, and told at the king's serpent sacrifice by Vyasa's command.

Verse 35 (18.5.35)

पुण्योऽयमितिहासाख्यः पवित्रं चेदमुत्तमम् । कृष्णेन मुनिना विप्र निर्मितं सत्यवादिना ॥

puṇyo'yamitihāsākhyaḥ pavitraṃ cedamuttamam | kṛṣṇena muninā vipra nirmitaṃ satyavādinā

This history is sacred, and this supreme work is purifying; it was composed, O Brahmin, by the sage Krishna, ever truthful,

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource निर्मितम् against CE niyatam.

Verse 36 (18.5.36)

सर्वज्ञेन विधिज्ञेन धर्मज्ञानवता सता । अतीन्द्रियेण शुचिना तपसा भावितात्मना ॥

sarvajñena vidhijñena dharmajñānavatā satā | atīndriyeṇa śucinā tapasā bhāvitātmanā

all-knowing, learned in the rites, knowing dharma, good, beyond the senses, pure, his self perfected by austerity;

Verse 37 (18.5.37)

ऐश्वर्ये वर्तता चैव साङ्ख्ययोगवता तथा । नैकतन्त्रविबुद्धेन दृष्ट्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा ॥

aiśvarye vartatā caiva sāṅkhyayogavatā tathā | naikatantravibuddhena dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā

who abides in sovereign power and is versed in Samkhya and Yoga, whose understanding embraced many systems of thought, and who composed it having seen with his divine eye;

Verse 38 (18.5.38)

कीर्तिं प्रथयता लोके पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । अन्येषां क्षत्रियाणां च भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम् ॥

kīrtiṃ prathayatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūridraviṇatejasām

who spread the fame of the great-souled Pandavas in the world, and of other kshatriyas rich in wealth and splendour,

Verse 39 (18.5.39)

क्रीडां च वासुदेवस्य देवदेवस्य शाङ्गिणः । विश्वेषां देवभागानां जन्मसायुज्यमेव च ॥

krīḍāṃ ca vāsudevasya devadevasya śāṅgiṇaḥ | viśveṣāṃ devabhāgānāṃ janmasāyujyameva ca

and the sport of Vasudeva, god of gods, the wielder of the Sharnga bow, and the births and reunion with their shares of all the gods.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick before क्रीडां. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.34x*0030_01-02.

Verse 40 (18.5.40)

य इदं शृणुयाद्विद्वान्पर्वसु द्विजसत्तमः । धूतपाप्मा जितस्वर्गो ब्रह्मभूयाय गच्छति ॥

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādvidvānparvasu dvijasattamaḥ | dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya gacchati

The learned twice-born who listens to this on the parva days, his sins shaken off, having conquered heaven, attains oneness with Brahman.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: line 1 य इदं शृणुयाद्विद्वान्पर्वसु द्विजसत्तमः against CE ya idaṃ śrāvayed vidvān sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi; line 2 = CE 18.5.35c.

Verse 41 (18.5.41)

कार्ष्णं वेदमिमं सर्वं शृणुयाद्यः समाहितः । ब्रह्महत्याकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥

kārṣṇaṃ vedamimaṃ sarvaṃ śṛṇuyādyaḥ samāhitaḥ | brahmahatyākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Whoever listens with a collected mind to this whole Veda of Krishna, the sin of killing a Brahmin is destroyed in that very instant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.35x*0032_01-02.

Verse 42 (18.5.42)

यश्चेदं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे ब्राह्मणान्पादमन्ततः । अक्षय्यमन्नपानं वै पितॄंस्तस्योपतिष्ठते ॥

yaścedaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇānpādamantataḥ | akṣayyamannapānaṃ vai pitṝṃstasyopatiṣṭhate

He who has it recited to Brahmins at a shraddha, even a single quarter-verse at the close, finds inexhaustible food and drink awaiting his ancestors.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्योपतदिष्ठते → तस्योपतिष्ठते (misprint in Wikisource; stray द; CE reads tasyopatiṣṭhate).

Verse 43 (18.5.43)

अह्ना यदेनः कुरुते इन्द्रियैर्मनसाऽपि वा । महाभारतमाख्याय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

ahnā yadenaḥ kurute indriyairmanasā'pi vā | mahābhāratamākhyāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Whatever sin one commits by day, with the senses or with the mind, one is freed from all sins by reciting the Mahabharata.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्पपापैः → सर्वपापैः (misprint in Wikisource; प for व). Recension variant, kept: line 2 against CE mahābhāratam ākhyāya paścāt saṃdhyāṃ pramucyate.

Verse 44 (18.5.44)

यद्रात्रौ कुरुते पापं ब्राह्मणः स्त्रीगणैर्वृतः । महाभारतमाख्याय पूर्वां सन्ध्यां प्रमुच्यते ॥

yadrātrau kurute pāpaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ strīgaṇairvṛtaḥ | mahābhāratamākhyāya pūrvāṃ sandhyāṃ pramucyate

Whatever sin a Brahmin commits at night, surrounded by throngs of women, he is freed from it by reciting the Mahabharata at the morning twilight.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening bracket "[". Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0035_01-02 (line 1 is a variant: Wikisource ब्राह्मणः स्त्रीगणैर्वृतः against CE brāhmaṇas tv indriyaiś caran).

Verse 45 (18.5.45)

महत्त्वाद्भारवत्त्वाच्च महाभारतमुच्यते । निरुक्तमस्य यो वेद सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

mahattvādbhāravattvācca mahābhāratamucyate | niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

It is called the Mahabharata because of its greatness and its weight; whoever knows the explanation of the name is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0035_03-04 (line 1 is a variant: Wikisource महत्त्वाद्भारवत्त्वाच्च महाभारतमुच्यते against CE bharatānāṃ mahaj janma mahābhāratam ucyate).

Verse 46 (18.5.46)

अष्टादशपुराणानि धर्मशास्त्राणि सर्वशः । वेदाः साङ्गास्तथैकत्र भारतं चैकतः स्थितम् ॥

aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | vedāḥ sāṅgāstathaikatra bhārataṃ caikataḥ sthitam

The eighteen Puranas and all the Dharmashastras, and the Vedas with their limbs, are on one side; and the Bharata stands on the other.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0036_01-02.

Verse 47 (18.5.47)

श्रूयतां सिंहनादोऽयमृषेस्तस्य महात्मनः । अष्टादशपुराणानां कर्तुर्वेदमहोदधेः ॥

śrūyatāṃ siṃhanādo'yamṛṣestasya mahātmanaḥ | aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ karturvedamahodadheḥ

Listen to this lion's roar of that great-souled sage, the author of the eighteen Puranas, an ocean of the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0036_03-04.

Verse 48 (18.5.48)

त्रिभिर्वर्षैर्महत्पुण्यं कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः । अखिलं भारतं चेदं चकार भगवान्मुनिः ॥

tribhirvarṣairmahatpuṇyaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ | akhilaṃ bhārataṃ cedaṃ cakāra bhagavānmuniḥ

In three years the lord Krishna Dvaipayana, the blessed sage, made this great and meritorious Bharata complete.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0037_01-02 (line 1 is a variant: Wikisource महत्पुण्यम् against CE mahat pūrvam).

Verse 49 (18.5.49)

आकर्ण्य भक्त्या सततं जयाख्यं भारतं महत् । श्रीश्च कीर्तिस्तथा विद्या भवन्ति सहिताः सदा ॥

ākarṇya bhaktyā satataṃ jayākhyaṃ bhārataṃ mahat | śrīśca kīrtistathā vidyā bhavanti sahitāḥ sadā

Hearing the great Bharata called Jaya with devotion, constantly, Fortune, fame and learning always dwell together in the hearer.

Note on the text: Removed the stray brackets "[" and "]" (the bracket pair, opened at verse 44, is closed here); the closing "।।]" is replaced by the verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.37x*0039_01-02.

Verse 50 (18.5.50)

धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च मोक्षे च भरतर्षभ । यदिहास्ति तदन्यत्र यन्नेहास्ति न कुत्रचित् ॥

dharme cārthe ca kāme ca mokṣe ca bharatarṣabha | yadihāsti tadanyatra yannehāsti na kutracit

Whatever there is concerning dharma, wealth, desire and liberation, O best of the Bharatas, is found here; and what is not here is found nowhere.

Note on the text: Corrected कुत्रिचित् → कुत्रचित् (misprint in Wikisource; CE na tat kva cit). Lines = CE 18.5.38a, c; CE star 18.5.38b*0040_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 51 (18.5.51)

वाच्यते यत्र सततं जयाख्यं भारतं महत् । श्रीश्च कीर्तिश्च विद्या च भवन्ति मुदिताः सदा ॥

vācyate yatra satataṃ jayākhyaṃ bhārataṃ mahat | śrīśca kīrtiśca vidyā ca bhavanti muditāḥ sadā

Wherever the great Bharata called Jaya is recited constantly, Fortune, fame and learning are ever glad.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening quote mark; corrected श्रीश्व → श्रीश्च (misprint in Wikisource; व for च). Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.38x*0041_01-02.

Verse 52 (18.5.52)

भारतस्य तु वक्तारं ब्रह्मर्षिं च महागुरुम् । वैशंपायनमारोप्य स्वर्णभद्रासनं तदा ॥

bhāratasya tu vaktāraṃ brahmarṣiṃ ca mahāgurum | vaiśaṃpāyanamāropya svarṇabhadrāsanaṃ tadā

Seating Vaishampayana, the speaker of the Bharata, the Brahmin sage and great teacher, upon a golden throne,

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मर्षि च → ब्रह्मर्षिं च (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; the accusative agrees with वक्तारम्). Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 1-2 (line 1 a variant: Wikisource accusative ब्रह्मर्षिं च महागुरुम् against CE nominative brahmarṣiś ca mahāguruḥ). Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 53 (18.5.53)

जनमेजयादिराजान आस्तिकाद्या द्विजातयः । धर्मदत्तादिवैश्याश्च सोम्यवंश्यादिशूद्रकाः ॥

janamejayādirājāna āstikādyā dvijātayaḥ | dharmadattādivaiśyāśca somyavaṃśyādiśūdrakāḥ

kings headed by Janamejaya, twice-born headed by Astika, Vaishyas headed by Dharmadatta, and Shudras headed by Somyavamshya

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 3-4. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 54 (18.5.54)

प्रयुतं चायुतं चेति सहस्रं शतमित्यपि । दशकं चेति निष्काणामानर्चुस्तं महागुरुम् ॥

prayutaṃ cāyutaṃ ceti sahasraṃ śatamityapi | daśakaṃ ceti niṣkāṇāmānarcustaṃ mahāgurum

honoured that great teacher with gifts of nishkas: a prayuta, an ayuta, a thousand, a hundred, or ten.

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 5-6. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 55 (18.5.55)

निष्काणां दशकं दत्त्वा मृतपुत्रोऽमृतप्रजः । ऊष्मादिव्याधियुक्तश्च शतं दत्त्वा निरामयः ॥

niṣkāṇāṃ daśakaṃ dattvā mṛtaputro'mṛtaprajaḥ | ūṣmādivyādhiyuktaśca śataṃ dattvā nirāmayaḥ

A man whose son had died, having given ten nishkas, came to have children who live; one afflicted by fever and other diseases, having given a hundred, became free of illness.

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 7-8 (line 2 a variant: Wikisource ऊष्मादिव्याधियुक्तश्च against CE kuṣṭhādivyādhiyuktaś ca). Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 56 (18.5.56)

सहस्रदानात्संतानहीनः संतानपुत्रवान् । आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं भेजुस्तेऽन्नं च पुत्रकान् ॥

sahasradānātsaṃtānahīnaḥ saṃtānaputravān | āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ bhejuste'nnaṃ ca putrakān

By a gift of a thousand, the childless gained a son; they obtained long life, health, sovereignty, food and sons.

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 9-10. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 57 (18.5.57)

सुवर्णं रजतं रत्नं सर्वाण्याभरणानि च । सर्वोपकरणैर्युक्तं निधिनिक्षेपसंयुतम् ॥

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ ratnaṃ sarvāṇyābharaṇāni ca | sarvopakaraṇairyuktaṃ nidhinikṣepasaṃyutam

Gold, silver, jewels and all manner of ornaments; a house furnished with every requirement, provided with treasure and deposits,

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 15-16 (lines 11-14 of the passage are not in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 58 (18.5.58)

इष्टकाभित्तिसंयुक्तमग्निबाधादिवर्जितम् । देवपूजाग्निहोत्रादिपाठार्थगृहसंयुतम् । सान्तर्बहिस्संवरणं सप्रासादं सगोगृहम् ॥

iṣṭakābhittisaṃyuktamagnibādhādivarjitam | devapūjāgnihotrādipāṭhārthagṛhasaṃyutam | sāntarbahissaṃvaraṇaṃ saprāsādaṃ sagogṛham

with walls of brick, safe from fire and other dangers, with room for the worship of the gods, the fire-rite and recitation, with inner and outer enclosures, with an upper mansion and a cow-shed:

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 17-19. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 59 (18.5.59)

व्यष्ट्या समष्ट्या वा दद्यात्स्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि । निवृत्तिकामो दद्याच्चेत्पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥

vyaṣṭyā samaṣṭyā vā dadyātsvargārohaṇaparvaṇi | nivṛttikāmo dadyāccetpunarjanma na vidyate

one should give it, singly or jointly, at the Svargarohana Parva. If one wishing for release gives it, there is no further rebirth;

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 20-21. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 60 (18.5.60)

सकामश्चेद्ब्रह्मकल्पं सुखं ब्रह्मगृहे वसेत् ॥

sakāmaścedbrahmakalpaṃ sukhaṃ brahmagṛhe vaset

if he has desires, he dwells happily for a Brahma-kalpa in Brahma's abode.

Note on the text: Corrected सुकं → सुखं (misprint in Wikisource; CE sukhaṃ). Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), line 22 (a single line). Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 61 (18.5.61)

पुराणमुखतो यस्माद्वेदान्तज्ञानमाप्यते । स तेन गुरुराख्यातस्तत्पूजा हीशपूजनम् ॥

purāṇamukhato yasmādvedāntajñānamāpyate | sa tena gururākhyātastatpūjā hīśapūjanam

Because the knowledge of Vedanta is gained from the mouth of the reciter of the Purana, he is called a guru; to worship him is to worship the Lord.

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 23-24. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 62 (18.5.62)

भारतस्य तु वक्तारं श्रोतारं लेखकांस्तदा । प्रपूजयन्ति संहृष्टाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः ॥

bhāratasya tu vaktāraṃ śrotāraṃ lekhakāṃstadā | prapūjayanti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ

Joyfully the Siddhas and great sages honour the speaker of the Bharata, the listener, and the scribes.

Note on the text: Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 25-26 (line 1 a variant: Wikisource श्रोतारं लेखकांस्तदा against CE śrotāraṃ lekhakāṃs tathā). Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 63 (18.5.63)

महाभारतवक्तारं नार्चयन्तीह ये नराः । तेषां सर्वक्रियाहानिर्भवेद्देवाः शपन्ति च ॥

mahābhāratavaktāraṃ nārcayantīha ye narāḥ | teṣāṃ sarvakriyāhānirbhaveddevāḥ śapanti ca

Those men here who do not honour the speaker of the Mahabharata suffer the failure of all their rites, and the gods curse them.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark (and the double danda before it). Appendix I no. 1 (18,005.038x@001), lines 27-28. Not in the critical edition's numbered text.

Verse 64 (18.5.64)

जयो नामेतिहासोऽयं श्रोतव्यो जयमिच्छता । राज्ञा राजसुतैश्चैव गर्भिण्या चैव योषिता ॥

jayo nāmetihāso'yaṃ śrotavyo jayamicchatā | rājñā rājasutaiścaiva garbhiṇyā caiva yoṣitā

This history called Jaya should be heard by one who desires victory: by a king, by princes, and by a pregnant woman.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource जयमिच्छता ('by one desiring victory') against CE bhūtim icchatā; line 2 = CE 18.5.39c.

Verse 65 (18.5.65)

स्वर्गकामो लभेत्स्वर्गं जयकामो लभेज्जयम् । गर्भिणी लभते पुत्रं कन्यां वा बहुभागिनीम् ॥

svargakāmo labhetsvargaṃ jayakāmo labhejjayam | garbhiṇī labhate putraṃ kanyāṃ vā bahubhāginīm

One who desires heaven gains heaven, one who desires victory gains victory; a pregnant woman bears a son, or a fortunate daughter.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening bracket "[".

Verse 66 (18.5.66)

अनागतश्च मोक्षश्च कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः । संदर्भं भारतस्यास्य कृतवान्धर्मकाम्यया ॥

anāgataśca mokṣaśca kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ | saṃdarbhaṃ bhāratasyāsya kṛtavāndharmakāmyayā

The lord Krishna Dvaipayana, ever-perfect and himself liberation, composed the structure of this Bharata out of a desire for dharma.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: line 1 अनागतश्च मोक्षश्च कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः against CE anāgataṃ tribhir varṣaiḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ; line 2 = CE 18.5.41c. The first half-line is read, as the Wikisource commentary does, as describing Vyasa as ever-perfect and himself liberation.

Verse 67 (18.5.67)

षष्टिं शतसहस्राणि चकारान्यां स संहिताम् । त्रिंशच्छतसहस्राणि देवलोके प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ śatasahasrāṇi cakārānyāṃ sa saṃhitām | triṃśacchatasahasrāṇi devaloke pratiṣṭhitam

He made another compilation of sixty hundred-thousand verses; thirty hundred-thousand of these are established in the world of the gods;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.41x*0050_01-02.

Verse 68 (18.5.68)

पित्र्ये पञ्चदशं ज्ञेयं यक्षलोके चतुर्दश । एकं शतसहस्रं तु मानुषेषु प्रभाषितम् ॥

pitrye pañcadaśaṃ jñeyaṃ yakṣaloke caturdaśa | ekaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu mānuṣeṣu prabhāṣitam

fifteen are to be known in the world of the ancestors, fourteen in the world of the Yakshas; and one hundred thousand has been proclaimed among human beings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.41x*0050_03-04 (line 1 a variant: Wikisource यक्षलोके against CE nāgayakṣe).

Verse 69 (18.5.69)

नारदोऽश्रावयद्देवानसितो देवलः पितॄन् । रक्षोयक्षाञ्शुको मर्त्यान्वैशम्पायन एव तु ॥

nārado'śrāvayaddevānasito devalaḥ pitṝn | rakṣoyakṣāñśuko martyānvaiśampāyana eva tu

Narada recited it to the gods, Asita Devala to the ancestors, Shuka to the rakshasas and yakshas, and Vaishampayana to mortals.

Verse 70 (18.5.70)

इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं महार्थं वेदसंमितम् । व्यासोक्तं श्रूयते येन कृत्वा ब्राह्मणमग्रतः ॥

itihāsamimaṃ puṇyaṃ mahārthaṃ vedasaṃmitam | vyāsoktaṃ śrūyate yena kṛtvā brāhmaṇamagrataḥ

The man who hears this sacred history of great import, equal to the Veda and spoken by Vyasa, having set a Brahmin before him,

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्म्णम् → ब्राह्मणम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Line 1 = CE 18.5.43a; line 2 is a recension variant of CE 43c (Wikisource व्यासोक्तं श्रूयते येन कृत्वा ब्राह्मणमग्रतः against CE śrāvayed yas tu varṇāṃs trīn kṛtvā brāhmaṇam agrataḥ).

Verse 71 (18.5.71)

स नरः सर्वकामांश्च कीर्तिं प्राप्येह शौनक । गच्छेत्परमिकां सिद्धिमत्र मे नास्ति संशयः ॥

sa naraḥ sarvakāmāṃśca kīrtiṃ prāpyeha śaunaka | gacchetparamikāṃ siddhimatra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ

that man, having obtained all his desires and fame in this world, O Shaunaka, will reach the highest perfection; of this I have no doubt.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: line 1 स नरः सर्वकामांश्च कीर्तिं प्राप्येह शौनक against CE sa naraḥ pāpanirmuktaḥ kīrtiṃ prāpyeha śaunaka; line 2 = CE 18.5.44c.

Verse 72 (18.5.72)

भारताध्ययनात्पुण्यादपि पादमधीयतः । श्रद्धया परया भक्त्या श्राव्यते चापि येन तु । य इमां संहितां पुण्यां पुत्रमध्यापयच्छुकम् ॥

bhāratādhyayanātpuṇyādapi pādamadhīyataḥ | śraddhayā parayā bhaktyā śrāvyate cāpi yena tu | ya imāṃ saṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ putramadhyāpayacchukam

Merit comes from studying the Bharata, even from a single quarter-verse of it; and from the one by whom it is recited with supreme faith and devotion, who taught this holy collection to his son Shuka.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 18.5.45a (CE 45c-d, śraddadhānasya pūyante …, is not in Wikisource); lines 2-3 = CE star passage 18.5.46d*0056_01-02. CE 18.5.46 itself (maharṣir bhagavān vyāsaḥ …) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 73 (18.5.73)

मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च । संसारेष्वनुभूतानि यान्ति यास्यन्ति चापरे ॥

mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca | saṃsāreṣvanubhūtāni yānti yāsyanti cāpare

"In this cycle of rebirth thousands of mothers and fathers and hundreds of sons and wives have been known; they pass away, and others will pass away."

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; verses 73-76 are the four-verse summary of the Bharata which, as the first-person cry of verse 75 shows, is Vyasa's own utterance (the Wikisource commentary also marks 73 as the start of the four-line abstract).

Verse 74 (18.5.74)

हर्षस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च । दिवसेदिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम् ॥

harṣasthānasahasrāṇi bhayasthānaśatāni ca | divasedivase mūḍhamāviśanti na paṇḍitam

"Thousands of occasions for joy and hundreds for fear enter the fool day after day, but not the wise."

Note on the text: Speaker: see verse 73.

Verse 75 (18.5.75)

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चिच्छृणोति मे । धर्मादर्थश्च कामश्च स किमर्थं न सेव्यते ॥

ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa na ca kaścicchṛṇoti me | dharmādarthaśca kāmaśca sa kimarthaṃ na sevyate

"With arms upraised I cry out, yet no one listens to me: from dharma come wealth and desire; why then is dharma not followed?"

Note on the text: Speaker: see verse 73.

Verse 76 (18.5.76)

न जातु कामान्न भयान्न लोभाद्धर्मं त्यजेज्जीवितस्यापि हेतोः । नित्यो धर्मः सुखदुःखे त्वनित्ये जीवो नित्यो हेतुरस्य त्वनित्यः ॥

na jātu kāmānna bhayānna lobhāddharmaṃ tyajejjīvitasyāpi hetoḥ | nityo dharmaḥ sukhaduḥkhe tvanitye jīvo nityo heturasya tvanityaḥ

"Never, for desire, fear or greed, should one abandon dharma, not even to save one's life. Dharma is eternal, pleasure and pain are impermanent; the soul is eternal, its cause is impermanent."

Note on the text: Speaker: see verse 73. The page prints four lines (the first line broken after "लोभा-"); because the sandhi लोभाद्धर्मम् runs across the break, the four padas are joined here in two lines, as in the critical edition (CE 18.5.50a, c). Corrected त्वनिथ्ये → त्वनित्ये (misprint in Wikisource; थ for त; CE tv anitye).

Verse 77 (18.5.77)

इमां भारतसावित्रीं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् । स भारतफलं प्राप्य परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ॥

imāṃ bhāratasāvitrīṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet | sa bhārataphalaṃ prāpya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

He who rises at dawn and recites this Bharata-savitri gains the fruit of the Bharata and reaches the supreme Brahman.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रातरुत्थायः यः → प्रातरुत्थाय यः (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga; CE prātar utthāya yaḥ paṭhet).

Verse 78 (18.5.78)

यथा समुद्रो भगवान्यथा हि हिमवान्गिरिः । ख्यातावुभौ रत्ननिधी तथा भारतमुच्यते ॥

yathā samudro bhagavānyathā hi himavāngiriḥ | khyātāvubhau ratnanidhī tathā bhāratamucyate

Just as the blessed ocean and the mountain Himalaya are both renowned as storehouses of jewels, so too is the Bharata renowned.

Note on the text: Corrected कयथा → यथा (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; CE yathā). Recension variant, kept: ख्यातावुभौ against CE khyātāv ubhau (same).

Verse 79 (18.5.79)

कार्ष्णं वेदमिमं विद्वाञ्श्रावयित्वाऽर्थमश्नुते । इदं भारतमाख्यानं यः पठेत्सुसमाहितः । स गच्छेत्परमां सिद्धिमिति मे नास्ति संशयः ॥

kārṣṇaṃ vedamimaṃ vidvāñśrāvayitvā'rthamaśnute | idaṃ bhāratamākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhetsusamāhitaḥ | sa gacchetparamāṃ siddhimiti me nāsti saṃśayaḥ

A learned man who has this Veda of Krishna recited gains his purpose; and he who reads this narrative of the Bharata with perfect concentration reaches the highest perfection: of this I have no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected देवम् → वेदम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE star reads kārṣṇaṃ vedam). Line 1 = CE star passage 18.5.52x*0057_01; lines 2-3 are a variant of CE 18.5.53a, c (Wikisource इदं भारतमाख्यानं against CE mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ).

Verse 80 (18.5.80)

द्वैपायनोष्ठपुटनिस्सृतमप्रमेयं । पुण्यं पवित्रमथ पापहरं शिवं च । यो भारतं समधिगच्छति वाच्यमानं । किं तस्य पुष्करजलैरभिषेचनेन ॥

dvaipāyanoṣṭhapuṭanissṛtamaprameyaṃ | puṇyaṃ pavitramatha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca | yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ | kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalairabhiṣecanena

This holy, immeasurable and sin-destroying work, flowed from the lips of Dvaipayana: what need has anyone who takes in the Bharata as it is recited of a bath in the waters of Pushkara?

Verse 81 (18.5.81)

यो गोशतं कनकशृङ्गमयं ददाति । विप्राय वेदविदुषे सुबहुश्रुताय । पुण्यां च भारतकथां सततं शृणोति । तुल्यं फलं भवति तस्य च तस्य चैव ॥

yo gośataṃ kanakaśṛṅgamayaṃ dadāti | viprāya vedaviduṣe subahuśrutāya | puṇyāṃ ca bhāratakathāṃ satataṃ śṛṇoti | tulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati tasya ca tasya caiva

He who gives a hundred cows with horns of gold to a Brahmin learned in the Veda and of wide learning, and he who constantly hears the holy story of the Bharata: the fruit is the same for the one and the other.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing bracket "]". Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.54x*0060_01-04.

Verse 82 (18.5.82)

यद्यदिष्टतमं कामं लभते श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः । शृणुयान्मुदितो भूत्वा आस्तिको बुद्धिसंयुतः ॥

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ kāmaṃ labhate śraddhayā'nvitaḥ | śṛṇuyānmudito bhūtvā āstiko buddhisaṃyutaḥ

The believer, endowed with faith and understanding, who listens joyfully, obtains whatever wish is dearest to him.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening quote mark. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.39x*0045_01-02 (printed here out of its CE position).

Verse 83 (18.5.83)

वासुदेवं स्मरन्विद्वान्पुण्डरीकायतेक्षणम् । इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं महार्थं वेदसंमितम् ॥

vāsudevaṃ smaranvidvānpuṇḍarīkāyatekṣaṇam | itihāsamimaṃ puṇyaṃ mahārthaṃ vedasaṃmitam

Remembering Vasudeva, the lotus-eyed, the wise man (should have recited) this sacred history of great import, equal to the Veda,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 1 = star passage 18.5.39x*0049_01; line 2 repeats CE 18.5.43a (itihāsam imaṃ puṇyaṃ mahārthaṃ vedasaṃmitam).

Verse 84 (18.5.84)

श्रावयेद्यस्तु वर्णादीन्कृत्वा ब्राह्मणमग्रतः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा शुचिस्तद्गतमानसः ॥

śrāvayedyastu varṇādīnkṛtvā brāhmaṇamagrataḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā śucistadgatamānasaḥ

He who has it recited to the classes of people, setting a Brahmin before them, is cleansed of all sin, pure, his mind fixed on Him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: line 1 is a variant of CE 18.5.43c (Wikisource श्रावयेद्यस्तु वर्णादीन्कृत्वा against CE śrāvayed yas tu varṇāṃs trīn kṛtvā); line 2 = CE star passage 18.5.43x*0052_01.

Verse 85 (18.5.85)

इह कीर्तिं महत्प्राप्य भोगवान्सुखमश्नुते । व्यासप्रसादेन पुनः स्वर्गलोकं स गच्छति ॥

iha kīrtiṃ mahatprāpya bhogavānsukhamaśnute | vyāsaprasādena punaḥ svargalokaṃ sa gacchati

Having won great fame in this world, he enjoys pleasures and happiness; and by Vyasa's grace he afterwards goes to the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.43x*0052_02-03.

Verse 86 (18.5.86)

एतद्विदित्वा सर्वं तु सर्ववेदार्थविद्भवेत् । पूजनीयश्च सततं माननीयो भवेद्द्विजः ॥

etadviditvā sarvaṃ tu sarvavedārthavidbhavet | pūjanīyaśca satataṃ mānanīyo bhaveddvijaḥ

Knowing all this, a man becomes a knower of the meaning of all the Vedas, and a twice-born ever to be revered and honoured.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.5.43x*0052_04-05. The page then closes with the colophon (अध्याय 5) and the line "समाप्तं स्वर्गारोहणपर्व। इति श्रीमन्महाभारतं समाप्तम्", which are not verse text.