The Rules for Hearing the Bharata

Verse 1 (18.6.1)

भगवन्केन विधिना श्रोतव्यं भारतं बुधैः । फलं किं के च देवाश्च पूज्या वै पारणेष्विह ॥

bhagavankena vidhinā śrotavyaṃ bhārataṃ budhaiḥ | phalaṃ kiṃ ke ca devāśca pūjyā vai pāraṇeṣviha

Blessed one, in what manner should the wise listen to the Bharata? What is the fruit of it, and which gods are to be honoured at the concluding rites (pāraṇa) here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Whole adhyaya 18-6 is vulgate-only: no verse of it is in the critical edition (no Appendix I passage or star passage reproduces it; the parva ends at 18,005). It is the "Bharata-shravana-vidhi" appended after the Harivamsha; the editors' note (18-6-1x) says it is missing from southern manuscripts and was kept on the strength of Nilakantha's commentary. No speaker is printed for verses 1-2; they are Janamejaya's questions, answered by Vaishampayana (heading at 18-6-3x).

Verse 2 (18.6.2)

देयं समाप्ते भगवन्किं च पर्वणिपर्वणि । वाचकः कीदृशश्चात्र एष्टव्यस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

deyaṃ samāpte bhagavankiṃ ca parvaṇiparvaṇi | vācakaḥ kīdṛśaścātra eṣṭavyastadbravīhi me

O lord, what should be given when the hearing is completed, and at each parva? And what sort of reciter should be sought for it? Tell me this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (18.6.3)

शृणु राजन्विधिमिमं फलं यच्चापि भारतात् । श्रुताद्भवति राजेन्द्र यत्त्वं मामनुपृच्छसि ॥

śṛṇu rājanvidhimimaṃ phalaṃ yaccāpi bhāratāt | śrutādbhavati rājendra yattvaṃ māmanupṛcchasi

Listen, O king, to this procedure, and to the fruit that comes from hearing the Bharata, about which you question me, O best of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (18.6.4)

दिवि देवा महीपाल क्रीडार्थमवनिं गताः । कृत्वा कार्यमिदं चैव ततश्च दिवमागताः ॥

divi devā mahīpāla krīḍārthamavaniṃ gatāḥ | kṛtvā kāryamidaṃ caiva tataśca divamāgatāḥ

The gods of heaven, O protector of the earth, came down to the world for sport; and having accomplished this task, they then went back to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 5 (18.6.5)

हन्त यत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व समाहितः । ऋषीणां देवतानां च सम्भवं वसुधातले ॥

hanta yatte pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ | ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca sambhavaṃ vasudhātale

Come, I shall tell you what you ask; listen with a collected mind, to the birth on earth of the sages and the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 6 (18.6.6)

अत्र रुद्रास्तथा साध्या विश्वेदेवाश्च शाश्वताः । आदित्याश्चाश्विनौ देवौ लोकपाला महर्षयः ॥

atra rudrāstathā sādhyā viśvedevāśca śāśvatāḥ | ādityāścāśvinau devau lokapālā maharṣayaḥ

Here are the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the eternal Vishvedevas, the Adityas, the two Ashvin gods, the Guardians of the World, and the great sages;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (18.6.7)

गुह्यकाश्च सगन्धर्वा नागा विद्याधरास्तथा । सिद्धा धर्मः स्वयंभूश्च मुनिः कात्यायनो वरः ॥

guhyakāśca sagandharvā nāgā vidyādharāstathā | siddhā dharmaḥ svayaṃbhūśca muniḥ kātyāyano varaḥ

the Guhyakas with the Gandharvas, the Nagas, the Vidyadharas, the Siddhas, Dharma, Svayambhu, and the excellent sage Katyayana;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (18.6.8)

गिरयः सागरा नद्यस्तथैवाप्सरसां गणाः । ग्रहाः संवत्सराश्चैव अयनान्यृतवस्तथा ॥

girayaḥ sāgarā nadyastathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | grahāḥ saṃvatsarāścaiva ayanānyṛtavastathā

the mountains, the oceans, the rivers, the hosts of Apsarases, the planets, the years, the solstices and the seasons;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (18.6.9)

स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव जगत्सर्वं सुरासुरम् । भारते भरतश्रेष्ठ एकस्थमिह दृश्यते ॥

sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva jagatsarvaṃ surāsuram | bhārate bharataśreṣṭha ekasthamiha dṛśyate

the whole world, standing and moving, with gods and asuras, is seen gathered together in one place in the Bharata, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected भातरे → भारते (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed; the sense requires "in the Bharata"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (18.6.10)

तेषां श्रुत्वा प्रतिष्ठानं नामकर्मानुकीर्तनात् । कृत्वाऽपि पातकं घोरं सद्यो मुच्येत मानवः ॥

teṣāṃ śrutvā pratiṣṭhānaṃ nāmakarmānukīrtanāt | kṛtvā'pi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ sadyo mucyeta mānavaḥ

By hearing of their abode and the recital of their names and deeds, a man is freed at once, even if he has committed a dreadful sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (18.6.11)

इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा यथावदनुपूर्वशः । संयतात्मा शुचिर्भूत्वा पारं गत्वा च भारते ॥

itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ | saṃyatātmā śucirbhūtvā pāraṃ gatvā ca bhārate

Having heard this itihasa duly and in order, self-controlled and pure, having come to the far shore of the Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 12 (18.6.12)

तेषां श्राद्धानि देयानि श्रुत्वा भारत भारतम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाशक्त्या भक्त्या च भरतर्षभ ॥

teṣāṃ śrāddhāni deyāni śrutvā bhārata bhāratam | brāhmaṇebhyo yathāśaktyā bhaktyā ca bharatarṣabha

after hearing the Bharata, O Bharata, offerings (śrāddha) should be made for them, and given to brahmins according to one's means and with devotion, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (18.6.13)

महादानानि देयानि रत्नानि विविधानि च । गावः कांस्योपदोहाश्च कन्याश्चैव स्वलङ्कृताः ॥

mahādānāni deyāni ratnāni vividhāni ca | gāvaḥ kāṃsyopadohāśca kanyāścaiva svalaṅkṛtāḥ

Great gifts should be given: jewels of many kinds, cows with bronze milking-vessels, and richly adorned maidens,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (18.6.14)

सर्वकामगुणोपेता यानानि विविधानि च । भवनानि विचित्राणि भूमिर्वासांसि काञ्चनम् ॥

sarvakāmaguṇopetā yānāni vividhāni ca | bhavanāni vicitrāṇi bhūmirvāsāṃsi kāñcanam

endowed with every desirable quality; vehicles of various kinds, splendid houses, land, garments and gold;

Note on the text: Corrected कभवनानि → भवनानि (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; "भवनानि विचित्राणि" completes the pāda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (18.6.15)

वाहनानि च देयानि हया मत्ताश्च वारणाः । शयनं शिबिकाश्चैव स्यन्दनाश्च स्वलंकृताः ॥

vāhanāni ca deyāni hayā mattāśca vāraṇāḥ | śayanaṃ śibikāścaiva syandanāśca svalaṃkṛtāḥ

mounts should be given: horses, rutting elephants, a couch, palanquins and well-adorned chariots.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (18.6.16)

यद्यद्गृहे वरं किञ्चिद्यद्यदस्ति महद्वसु । तत्तद्देयं द्विजातिभ्य आत्मा दाराश्च सूनवः ॥

yadyadgṛhe varaṃ kiñcidyadyadasti mahadvasu | tattaddeyaṃ dvijātibhya ātmā dārāśca sūnavaḥ

Whatever is best in one's house, whatever great wealth one has, all of that should be given to the brahmins, even oneself, one's wives and one's sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (18.6.17)

श्रद्धया परया युक्तं क्रमशस्तस्य पारगः । शक्तितः सुमना हृष्टः सुश्रूषुरविकल्पकः ॥

śraddhayā parayā yuktaṃ kramaśastasya pāragaḥ | śaktitaḥ sumanā hṛṣṭaḥ suśrūṣuravikalpakaḥ

With supreme faith, in due order, for him who has reached the end of the recital, according to one's means, glad in mind, eager to serve, and without wavering,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (18.6.18)

सत्यार्जवरतो दान्तः शुचिः शौचसमन्वितः । श्रद्धधानो जितक्रोधो यथा सिद्ध्यति तच्छृणु ॥

satyārjavarato dāntaḥ śuciḥ śaucasamanvitaḥ | śraddhadhāno jitakrodho yathā siddhyati tacchṛṇu

devoted to truth and uprightness, self-restrained, pure and observant of cleanliness, full of faith, his anger conquered: hear how such a man attains success.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (18.6.19)

शुचिः शीलान्विताचारः शुक्लवासा जितेन्द्रियः । संस्कृतः सर्वशास्त्रज्ञः श्रद्दधानोऽनसूयकः ॥

śuciḥ śīlānvitācāraḥ śuklavāsā jitendriyaḥ | saṃskṛtaḥ sarvaśāstrajñaḥ śraddadhāno'nasūyakaḥ

Pure, of good character and conduct, clad in white, master of his senses, refined, versed in all the śāstras, full of faith and free from envy,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (18.6.20)

रूपवान्सुभगो दान्तः सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । दानमानगृहीतश्च कार्यो भवति वाचकः ॥

rūpavānsubhago dāntaḥ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ | dānamānagṛhītaśca kāryo bhavati vācakaḥ

handsome, fortunate, self-controlled, truthful, master of his senses, and honoured with gifts and respect: such a man is to be made the reciter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (18.6.21)

अविलम्बमनायस्तमद्रुतं धीरमुर्जितम् । असंसक्ताक्षरपदं स्वरभावसमन्वितम् ॥

avilambamanāyastamadrutaṃ dhīramurjitam | asaṃsaktākṣarapadaṃ svarabhāvasamanvitam

He should recite without delay and without strain, not hurriedly, steadily and with vigour, with syllables and words not run together, and with proper intonation and feeling,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (18.6.22)

त्रिषष्टिवर्णसंयुक्तमष्टस्थानसमीरितम् । वाचयेद्वाचकः स्वस्थः स्वासीनः सुसमाहितः ॥

triṣaṣṭivarṇasaṃyuktamaṣṭasthānasamīritam | vācayedvācakaḥ svasthaḥ svāsīnaḥ susamāhitaḥ

using the sixty-three letters, uttered from the eight places of articulation; the reciter should recite, healthy in mind and body, seated comfortably and fully collected.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (18.6.23)

नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam | devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayamudīrayet

Having bowed to Narayana, and to Nara, the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvati, one should then proclaim the Jaya.

Note on the text: Removed the bracketed variant gloss "(व्यासं)" printed after सरस्वतीं (not part of the verse text; the half-verse then reads as in the critical edition). The invocation is kept as a verse because the preceding verse prescribes that the reciter begin with it. Not a numbered verse of this page in the critical edition: the same invocation is star passage 18,000.000*0001_01-02 (printed before the parva; the second line there is "devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet", matching this page 18-6-23b).

Verse 24 (18.6.24)

ईदृशाद्वाचकाद्राजञ्श्रुत्वा भारत भारतम् । नियमस्थः शुचिः श्रोता शृण्वन्स फलमश्नुते ॥

īdṛśādvācakādrājañśrutvā bhārata bhāratam | niyamasthaḥ śuciḥ śrotā śṛṇvansa phalamaśnute

O king, hearing the Bharata, O Bharata, from such a reciter, the listener, firm in his observances and pure, obtains the fruit as he listens.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (18.6.25)

पारणं प्रथमं प्राप्य द्विजान्कामैश्च तर्पयन् । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं वै लभते नरः ॥

pāraṇaṃ prathamaṃ prāpya dvijānkāmaiśca tarpayan | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ vai labhate naraḥ

On reaching the first conclusion, satisfying the brahmins with what they desire, a man gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected आग्निष्टोमस्य → अग्निष्टोमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ā; the sacrifice is the Agnishtoma). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (18.6.26)

अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णं विमानं लभते महत् । प्रहृष्टः स तु देवैश्च दिवं याति समाहितः ॥

apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ vimānaṃ labhate mahat | prahṛṣṭaḥ sa tu devaiśca divaṃ yāti samāhitaḥ

He obtains a great celestial car crowded with throngs of Apsarases, and, delighted, goes composed to heaven with the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (18.6.27)

द्वितीयं पारणं प्राप्य सोतिरात्रफलं लभेत् । सर्वरत्नमयं दिव्यं विमानमधिरोहति ॥

dvitīyaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya sotirātraphalaṃ labhet | sarvaratnamayaṃ divyaṃ vimānamadhirohati

On reaching the second conclusion he gains the fruit of the Atiratra; he mounts a divine car made wholly of jewels,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Reading सोतिरात्र (for सोऽतिरात्र, avagraha omitted in print) kept.

Verse 28 (18.6.28)

दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरो दिव्यगन्धविभूषितः । दिव्याङ्गदधरो नित्यं देवलोके महीयते ॥

divyamālyāṃbaradharo divyagandhavibhūṣitaḥ | divyāṅgadadharo nityaṃ devaloke mahīyate

wearing divine garlands and garments, adorned with divine perfumes, always wearing divine armlets, he is honoured in the world of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (18.6.29)

तृतीयं पारणं प्राप्य द्वादशाहफलं लभेत् । वसत्यमरसंकाशो वर्षाण्ययुतशो दिवि ॥

tṛtīyaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya dvādaśāhaphalaṃ labhet | vasatyamarasaṃkāśo varṣāṇyayutaśo divi

On reaching the third conclusion he gains the fruit of a twelve-day rite; he dwells like an immortal in heaven for tens of thousands of years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (18.6.30)

चतुर्थे वाजपेयस्य पञ्चमे द्विगुणं फलम् । उदितादित्यसंकाशं ज्वलन्तमनलोपमम् ॥

caturthe vājapeyasya pañcame dviguṇaṃ phalam | uditādityasaṃkāśaṃ jvalantamanalopamam

At the fourth, the fruit of the Vajapeya; at the fifth, double that: a car shining like the risen sun and blazing like fire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 31 (18.6.31)

विमानं विबुधैः सार्धमारुह्य दिवि गच्छति । वर्षायुतानि भवने शक्रस्य दिवि मोदते ॥

vimānaṃ vibudhaiḥ sārdhamāruhya divi gacchati | varṣāyutāni bhavane śakrasya divi modate

mounting which together with the gods he goes to heaven, and for ten thousand years he rejoices in heaven in the abode of Shakra.

Note on the text: Corrected भने → भवने (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; "in the abode of Shakra"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (18.6.32)

षष्ठे द्विगुणमस्तीति सप्तमे त्रिगुणं फलम् । कैलासशिखराकारं वैदूर्यमणिवेदिकम् ॥

ṣaṣṭhe dviguṇamastīti saptame triguṇaṃ phalam | kailāsaśikharākāraṃ vaidūryamaṇivedikam

At the sixth the fruit is double, at the seventh triple: a car shaped like the peaks of Kailasa, with a platform of beryl and gems,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (18.6.33)

परिक्षिप्तं च बहुधा मणिविद्रुमभूषितम् । विमानं समधिष्ठाय कामगं साप्सरोगणम् ॥

parikṣiptaṃ ca bahudhā maṇividrumabhūṣitam | vimānaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya kāmagaṃ sāpsarogaṇam

girdled about in many ways and adorned with gems and coral; seated in that car, which goes where he wills and is filled with troops of Apsarases,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (18.6.34)

सर्वांल्लोकान्विचरते द्वितीय इव भास्करः । अष्टमे राजसूयस्य पारणे लभते फलम् ॥

sarvāṃllokānvicarate dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ | aṣṭame rājasūyasya pāraṇe labhate phalam

he travels through all the worlds like a second sun. At the eighth conclusion he gains the fruit of the Rajasuya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (18.6.35)

चन्द्रोदयनिभं रम्यं विमानमधिरोहति । चन्द्ररश्मिप्रतीकाशैर्हयैर्युक्तं मनोजवैः ॥

candrodayanibhaṃ ramyaṃ vimānamadhirohati | candraraśmipratīkāśairhayairyuktaṃ manojavaiḥ

He mounts a lovely car bright as the rising moon, yoked to horses swift as thought and resembling moonbeams,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 36 (18.6.36)

सेव्यमानो वरस्त्रीणां चन्द्रात्कान्ततरैर्मुखैः । मेखलानां निनादेन नूपुराणां च निःस्वनैः ॥

sevyamāno varastrīṇāṃ candrātkāntatarairmukhaiḥ | mekhalānāṃ ninādena nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaiḥ

served by the best of women whose faces are lovelier than the moon, to the sound of their girdles and the tinkling of their anklets,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (18.6.37)

अङ्के परमनारीणां सुखसुप्तो विबुध्यते । नवमे क्रतुराजस्य वाजिमेधस्य भारत ॥

aṅke paramanārīṇāṃ sukhasupto vibudhyate | navame kraturājasya vājimedhasya bhārata

he wakes after sleeping happily in the lap of supreme women. At the ninth, O Bharata, the king of sacrifices, the Ashvamedha,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 38 (18.6.38)

काञ्चनस्तंभनिर्यूहवैदूर्यकृतवेदिकम् । जांबूनदमयैर्दिव्यैर्गवाक्षैः सर्वतो वृतम् ॥

kāñcanastaṃbhaniryūhavaidūryakṛtavedikam | jāṃbūnadamayairdivyairgavākṣaiḥ sarvato vṛtam

a car with golden pillars and balconies and a platform of beryl, surrounded on every side by divine windows of Jambunada gold,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 39 (18.6.39)

सेवितं चाप्सरःसङ्घैर्गन्धर्वैर्दिविचारिभिः । विमानं समधिष्ठाय श्रिया परमया ज्वलन् ॥

sevitaṃ cāpsaraḥsaṅghairgandharvairdivicāribhiḥ | vimānaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya śriyā paramayā jvalan

attended by hosts of Apsarases and by Gandharvas who move in the sky; mounting that car, blazing with supreme splendour,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 40 (18.6.40)

दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरो दिव्यचन्दनरूषितः । मोदते दैवतैः सार्धं दिवि देव इवापरः ॥

divyamālyāṃbaradharo divyacandanarūṣitaḥ | modate daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ divi deva ivāparaḥ

wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine sandal, he rejoices in heaven with the gods like another god.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (18.6.41)

दशमं पारणं प्राप्य द्विजातीनभिवन्द्य च । किङ्किणीजालनिर्घोषं पताकाध्वजशोभितम् ॥

daśamaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya dvijātīnabhivandya ca | kiṅkiṇījālanirghoṣaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam

On reaching the tenth conclusion, and bowing to the brahmins, he obtains a car resounding with a net of tiny bells and adorned with banners and flags,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 42 (18.6.42)

रत्नवेदिकसम्बाधं वैदूर्यमणितोरणम् । हेमजालपरिक्षिप्तं प्रवालवलभीमुखम् ॥

ratnavedikasambādhaṃ vaidūryamaṇitoraṇam | hemajālaparikṣiptaṃ pravālavalabhīmukham

crowded with jewelled platforms, with archways of beryl and gems, covered with a golden net, with turrets fronted with coral,

Note on the text: Corrected सम्बाद्यं → सम्बाधं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; "crowded with jewelled platforms"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 43 (18.6.43)

गन्धर्वैर्गीतकुशलैरप्सरोभिश्च शोभितम् । विमानं सुकृतावासं सुखेनैवोपपद्यते ॥

gandharvairgītakuśalairapsarobhiśca śobhitam | vimānaṃ sukṛtāvāsaṃ sukhenaivopapadyate

resplendent with Gandharvas skilled in song and with Apsarases, a dwelling won by merit; he reaches it with ease.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 44 (18.6.44)

मुकुटेनाग्निवर्णेन जांबूनदविभूषिणा । दिव्यचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गो दिव्यमाल्यविभूषितः ॥

mukuṭenāgnivarṇena jāṃbūnadavibhūṣiṇā | divyacandanadigdhāṅgo divyamālyavibhūṣitaḥ

With a diadem of fiery hue adorned with Jambunada gold, his limbs anointed with divine sandal, adorned with divine garlands,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 45 (18.6.45)

दिव्याँल्लोकान्विचरति दिव्यैर्भोगैः समन्वितः । विबुधानां प्रसादेन श्रिया परमया युतः ॥

divyām̐llokānvicarati divyairbhogaiḥ samanvitaḥ | vibudhānāṃ prasādena śriyā paramayā yutaḥ

he roams the divine worlds, endowed with divine enjoyments and with supreme splendour, by the favour of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (18.6.46)

अथ वर्षगणानेवं स्वर्गलोके महीयते । ततो गन्धर्वसहितः सहस्राण्येकविंशतिम् ॥

atha varṣagaṇānevaṃ svargaloke mahīyate | tato gandharvasahitaḥ sahasrāṇyekaviṃśatim

Thus for a span of years he is honoured in the world of heaven; then, in the company of the Gandharvas, for twenty-one thousand years,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (18.6.47)

पुरंदरपुरे रम्ये शक्रेण सह मोदते । दिव्ययानविमानेषु लोकेषु विविधेषु च ॥

puraṃdarapure ramye śakreṇa saha modate | divyayānavimāneṣu lokeṣu vividheṣu ca

he rejoices with Shakra in Indra's lovely city, in divine cars and in the various worlds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 48 (18.6.48)

दिव्यनारीगणाकीर्णो निवसत्यमरो यथा । ततः सूर्यस्य भवने चन्द्रस्य भवने तथा ॥

divyanārīgaṇākīrṇo nivasatyamaro yathā | tataḥ sūryasya bhavane candrasya bhavane tathā

dwelling like an immortal surrounded by throngs of divine women. Then in the abode of the Sun, and likewise in the abode of the Moon,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 49 (18.6.49)

शिवस्य भवने राजन्विष्णोर्याति सलोकताम् । एवमेतन्महाराज नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

śivasya bhavane rājanviṣṇoryāti salokatām | evametanmahārāja nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

and in the abode of Shiva, O king, he goes, and he attains the same world as Vishnu. So it is, O great king; no doubt is to be raised here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 50 (18.6.50)

श्रद्दधानेन वै भाव्यमेवमाह गुरुर्मम । वाचकस्य तु दातव्यं मनसा यद्यदिच्छति ॥

śraddadhānena vai bhāvyamevamāha gururmama | vācakasya tu dātavyaṃ manasā yadyadicchati

One must have faith; so my teacher has said. To the reciter should be given whatever he wishes in his mind:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 51 (18.6.51)

हस्त्यश्वरथयानानि वाहनानि विशेषतः । कटके कुण्डले चैव ब्रह्मसूत्रं तथा परम् ॥

hastyaśvarathayānāni vāhanāni viśeṣataḥ | kaṭake kuṇḍale caiva brahmasūtraṃ tathā param

elephants, horses, chariots and conveyances, and especially mounts; bracelets and earrings, and the sacred thread, and more besides;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (18.6.52)

वस्त्रं चैव विचित्रं च गन्धं चैव विशेषतः । देववत्पूजयेत्तं तु विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥

vastraṃ caiva vicitraṃ ca gandhaṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ | devavatpūjayettaṃ tu viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt

garments of many kinds, and perfume especially; one should honour him like a god, and so attain the world of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 53 (18.6.53)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि यानि देयानि भारते । वाच्यमाने तु विप्रेभ्यो राजन्पर्वणिपर्वणि ॥

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yāni deyāni bhārate | vācyamāne tu viprebhyo rājanparvaṇiparvaṇi

Now I shall tell you what is to be given at the recitation of the Bharata to the brahmins, O king, at each parva:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 54 (18.6.54)

जातिं देशं च सत्यं च माहात्म्यं भरतर्षभ । धर्मं वृत्तिं च विज्ञाय क्षत्रियाणां नराधिप ॥

jātiṃ deśaṃ ca satyaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ bharatarṣabha | dharmaṃ vṛttiṃ ca vijñāya kṣatriyāṇāṃ narādhipa

having understood the birth, the country, the truthfulness and the standing, the duty and the livelihood, of the kshatriyas, O best of the Bharatas, O lord of men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 55 (18.6.55)

स्वस्ति वाच्य द्विजानादौ ततः कार्ये प्रवर्तिते । समाप्ते पर्वणि ततः स्वशक्त्या पूजयेद्द्विजान् ॥

svasti vācya dvijānādau tataḥ kārye pravartite | samāpte parvaṇi tataḥ svaśaktyā pūjayeddvijān

a benediction should first be pronounced upon the brahmins; then, when the work has begun; and when a parva is finished, he should honour the brahmins to the best of his ability.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 56 (18.6.56)

आदौ तु वाचकं चैव वस्त्रगन्धसमन्वितम् । विधिवद्भोजयेद्राजन्मधुपायसमुत्तमम् ॥

ādau tu vācakaṃ caiva vastragandhasamanvitam | vidhivadbhojayedrājanmadhupāyasamuttamam

First the reciter, furnished with garments and perfumes, should be fed duly, O king, with excellent honeyed milk-rice.

Note on the text: Corrected बोजयेद् → भोजयेद् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; "should feed"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (18.6.57)

ततो मूलफलप्रायं पायसं मधुसर्पिषा । आस्तीके भोजयेद्राजन्दद्याच्चैव गुडौदनम् ॥

tato mūlaphalaprāyaṃ pāyasaṃ madhusarpiṣā | āstīke bhojayedrājandadyāccaiva guḍaudanam

Then milk-rice, mostly of roots and fruits, with honey and ghee; at the Astika let him feed them, O king, and give jaggery-rice as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (18.6.58)

अपूपैश्चैव पूपैश्च मोदकैश्च समन्वितम् । सभापर्वणि राजेन्द्र हविष्यं भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥

apūpaiścaiva pūpaiśca modakaiśca samanvitam | sabhāparvaṇi rājendra haviṣyaṃ bhojayeddvijān

With cakes of both kinds and with sweet balls, in the Sabha Parva, O best of kings, he should feed the brahmins on sacrificial food (havishya).

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 59 (18.6.59)

आरण्यके मूलफलैस्तर्पयेत्तु द्विजोत्तमान् । अरणीपर्व चासाद्य जलकुम्भान्प्रदापयेत् ॥

āraṇyake mūlaphalaistarpayettu dvijottamān | araṇīparva cāsādya jalakumbhānpradāpayet

In the Aranyaka let him satisfy the best brahmins with roots and fruits; on reaching the Arani Parva let him have pots of water given.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 60 (18.6.60)

तर्पणानि च मुख्यानि वन्यमूलफलानि च । सर्वकामगुणोपेतं विप्रेभ्योऽन्नं प्रदापयेत् ॥

tarpaṇāni ca mukhyāni vanyamūlaphalāni ca | sarvakāmaguṇopetaṃ viprebhyo'nnaṃ pradāpayet

Satisfying offerings, chiefly forest roots and fruits; he should have food furnished with every desirable quality given to the brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 61 (18.6.61)

विराटपर्वणि तथा वासांसि विविधानि च । उद्योगे भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वकामगुणान्वितम् ॥

virāṭaparvaṇi tathā vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca | udyoge bharataśreṣṭha sarvakāmaguṇānvitam

In the Virata Parva likewise garments of many kinds; in the Udyoga, O best of the Bharatas, food endowed with every desirable quality;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 62 (18.6.62)

भोजनं भोजयेद्विप्रान्गन्धमाल्यैरलङ्कृतान् । भीष्मपर्वणि राजेन्द्र दत्त्वा यानमनुत्तमम् ॥

bhojanaṃ bhojayedviprāngandhamālyairalaṅkṛtān | bhīṣmaparvaṇi rājendra dattvā yānamanuttamam

he should feed the brahmins, adorned with perfumes and garlands. In the Bhishma Parva, O king, having given an excellent vehicle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 63 (18.6.63)

ततः सर्वगुणोपेतमन्नं दद्यात्सुसंस्कृतम् । द्रोणपर्वणि विप्रेभ्यो भोजनं परमार्चितम् ॥

tataḥ sarvaguṇopetamannaṃ dadyātsusaṃskṛtam | droṇaparvaṇi viprebhyo bhojanaṃ paramārcitam

then he should give well-prepared food endowed with every good quality. In the Drona Parva, a most honoured meal for the brahmins;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (18.6.64)

शराश्च देया राजेन्द्र चापान्यसिवरास्तथा । कर्णपर्वण्यपि तथा भोजनं सार्वकामिकम् ॥

śarāśca deyā rājendra cāpānyasivarāstathā | karṇaparvaṇyapi tathā bhojanaṃ sārvakāmikam

arrows should be given, O king, as well as bows and fine swords; in the Karna Parva likewise a meal supplying every desire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 65 (18.6.65)

विप्रेभ्यः संस्कृतं सम्यग्दद्यात्संयतमानसः । शल्यपर्वणि राजेन्द्र मोदकैः सगुडौदनैः ॥

viprebhyaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ samyagdadyātsaṃyatamānasaḥ | śalyaparvaṇi rājendra modakaiḥ saguḍaudanaiḥ

well-prepared, he should give to the brahmins with a controlled mind. In the Shalya Parva, O king, with sweet balls and jaggery-rice,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 66 (18.6.66)

अपूपैस्तर्पणैश्चैव सर्वमन्नं प्रदापयेत् । गदापर्वण्यपि तथा मुद्गमिश्रं प्रदापयेत् ॥

apūpaistarpaṇaiścaiva sarvamannaṃ pradāpayet | gadāparvaṇyapi tathā mudgamiśraṃ pradāpayet

with cakes and satisfying foods he should have all kinds of food given; in the Gada Parva likewise he should give food mixed with mung beans.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 67 (18.6.67)

स्त्रीपर्वणि तथा रत्नैस्तर्पयेत्तु द्विजोत्तमान् । घृतौदनं पुरस्ताच्च ऐषीके दापयेत्पुनः ॥

strīparvaṇi tathā ratnaistarpayettu dvijottamān | ghṛtaudanaṃ purastācca aiṣīke dāpayetpunaḥ

In the Stri Parva he should satisfy the best brahmins with jewels; ghee-rice first, and in the Aishika he should have it given again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 68 (18.6.68)

ततः सर्वगुणोपेतमन्नं दद्यात्सुसंस्कृतम् । शान्तिपर्वण्यपि तथा हविष्यं भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥

tataḥ sarvaguṇopetamannaṃ dadyātsusaṃskṛtam | śāntiparvaṇyapi tathā haviṣyaṃ bhojayeddvijān

Then he should give well-prepared food endowed with every good quality; in the Shanti Parva likewise he should feed the brahmins on sacrificial food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (18.6.69)

आश्वमेधिकमासाद्य भोजनं सार्वकामिकम् । तथाऽऽश्रमनिवासे तु हविष्यं भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥

āśvamedhikamāsādya bhojanaṃ sārvakāmikam | tathā''śramanivāse tu haviṣyaṃ bhojayeddvijān

On reaching the Ashvamedhika, a meal supplying every desire; and in the Ashramavasa he should feed the brahmins on sacrificial food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 70 (18.6.70)

मौसले सार्वगुणिकं गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनम् । महाप्रास्थानिके तद्वत्सर्वकामगुणान्वितम् ॥

mausale sārvaguṇikaṃ gandhamālyānulepanam | mahāprāsthānike tadvatsarvakāmaguṇānvitam

In the Mausala, food of every good quality, with perfumes, garlands and unguents; likewise in the Mahaprasthanika, endowed with every desirable quality.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 71 (18.6.71)

स्वर्गपर्वण्यपि तथा हविष्यं भोजयेद्द्विजान् । हरिवंशसमाप्तौ तु सहस्रं भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥

svargaparvaṇyapi tathā haviṣyaṃ bhojayeddvijān | harivaṃśasamāptau tu sahasraṃ bhojayeddvijān

In the Svarga Parva likewise he should feed the brahmins on sacrificial food; and at the completion of the Harivamsha he should feed a thousand brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 72 (18.6.72)

गामेकां निष्कसंयुक्तां ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । तदर्धेनापि दातव्या दरिद्रेणापि पार्थिव ॥

gāmekāṃ niṣkasaṃyuktāṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet | tadardhenāpi dātavyā daridreṇāpi pārthiva

He should present one cow together with a nishka of gold to a brahmin; even a poor man, O king, should give half of that.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 73 (18.6.73)

प्रतिपर्वसमाप्तौ तु पुस्तकं वै विचक्षणः । सुवर्णेन च संयुक्तं वाचकाय निवेदयेत् ॥

pratiparvasamāptau tu pustakaṃ vai vicakṣaṇaḥ | suvarṇena ca saṃyuktaṃ vācakāya nivedayet

At the completion of each parva, the discerning man should present the book, together with gold, to the reciter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 74 (18.6.74)

हरिवंशे पर्वणि च पायसं तत्र भोजयेत् । पारणेपारणे राजन्यथावद्भरतर्षभ ॥

harivaṃśe parvaṇi ca pāyasaṃ tatra bhojayet | pāraṇepāraṇe rājanyathāvadbharatarṣabha

In the Harivamsha Parva too he should feed them milk-rice, at every conclusion, O king, duly, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 75 (18.6.75)

समाप्य सर्वाः प्रयतः संहिताः शास्त्रकोविदः । शुभे देशे निवेश्याथ क्षौमवस्त्राभिसंवृताः ॥

samāpya sarvāḥ prayataḥ saṃhitāḥ śāstrakovidaḥ | śubhe deśe niveśyātha kṣaumavastrābhisaṃvṛtāḥ

Having completed all the Samhitas, self-restrained and learned in the śāstras, having placed them in a fit spot wrapped in silken cloths,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 76 (18.6.76)

शुक्लांबरधरः स्रग्वी शुचिर्भूत्वा स्वलङ्कृतः । अर्चयेत् यथान्यायं गन्धमाल्यैः पृथक्पृथक् ॥

śuklāṃbaradharaḥ sragvī śucirbhūtvā svalaṅkṛtaḥ | arcayet yathānyāyaṃ gandhamālyaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak

clad in white, garlanded, pure and well adorned, should worship them as is proper, each separately, with perfumes and garlands.

Note on the text: Corrected सुचिर्भूत्वा → शुचिर्भूत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; सु for शु). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 77 (18.6.77)

संहितापुस्तकान्राजन्प्रयतः सुसमाहितः । भक्ष्यैर्माल्यैश्च पेयैश्च कामैश्च विविधैः शुभैः ॥

saṃhitāpustakānrājanprayataḥ susamāhitaḥ | bhakṣyairmālyaiśca peyaiśca kāmaiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

The books of the Samhita, O king, he should worship, controlled and fully attentive, with foods, garlands, drinks and many kinds of auspicious things he desires.

Note on the text: Corrected माल्यैस्च → माल्यैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 78 (18.6.78)

हिरण्यं च सुवर्णं च दक्षिणामथ दापयेत् । सर्वत्र त्रिपलं स्वर्णं दातव्यं प्रयतात्मना ॥

hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca dakṣiṇāmatha dāpayet | sarvatra tripalaṃ svarṇaṃ dātavyaṃ prayatātmanā

He should have gold and coin given, and a fee as well; everywhere three palas of gold should be given by the self-controlled man,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 79 (18.6.79)

तदर्धं पादशेषं वा वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितम् । यद्यदेवात्मनोऽभीष्टं तत्तद्देयं द्विजातये ॥

tadardhaṃ pādaśeṣaṃ vā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitam | yadyadevātmano'bhīṣṭaṃ tattaddeyaṃ dvijātaye

or half of that, or a quarter, free from miserliness over wealth; whatever he himself most wishes for, that should be given to the brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 80 (18.6.80)

सर्वथा तोषयेद्भक्त्या वाचकं गुरुमात्मनः । देवताः कीर्तयेत्सर्वा नरनारायणौ तथा ॥

sarvathā toṣayedbhaktyā vācakaṃ gurumātmanaḥ | devatāḥ kīrtayetsarvā naranārāyaṇau tathā

In every way he should satisfy with devotion the reciter, his own teacher; he should name all the gods, and Nara and Narayana as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 81 (18.6.81)

ततो गन्धैश्च माल्यैश्च स्वलङ्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमान् । तर्पयेद्विविधैः कामैर्दानैश्चोच्चावचैस्तथा ॥

tato gandhaiśca mālyaiśca svalaṅkṛtya dvijottamān | tarpayedvividhaiḥ kāmairdānaiścoccāvacaistathā

Then, having adorned the best brahmins with perfumes and garlands, he should satisfy them with desirable things of many kinds and with gifts both great and small.

Note on the text: Corrected कानैर् → कामैर् (misprint in Wikisource; न for म; "with desirable things"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 82 (18.6.82)

अतिरात्रस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । प्राप्नुयाच्च क्रतुफलं तथा पर्वणिपर्वणि ॥

atirātrasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | prāpnuyācca kratuphalaṃ tathā parvaṇiparvaṇi

A man obtains the fruit of the Atiratra sacrifice; and he gains the fruit of a sacrifice at each and every parva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 83 (18.6.83)

वाचको भरतश्रेष्ठ व्यक्ताक्षरपदस्वरः । भविष्यं श्रावयेद्विद्वाञ्भारतं भरतर्षभ ॥

vācako bharataśreṣṭha vyaktākṣarapadasvaraḥ | bhaviṣyaṃ śrāvayedvidvāñbhārataṃ bharatarṣabha

The reciter, O best of the Bharatas, of clear syllables, words and accent, and learned, should recite the Bhavishya and the Bharata, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). "भविष्यं" kept as printed; sense taken as the Bhavishya (concluding portion of the Harivamsha) recited together with the Bharata. Uncertain.

Verse 84 (18.6.84)

भुक्तवत्सु द्विजेन्द्रेषु यथावत्सम्प्रदापयेत् । वाचकं भरतश्रेष्ठ भोजयित्वा स्वलंकृतम् ॥

bhuktavatsu dvijendreṣu yathāvatsampradāpayet | vācakaṃ bharataśreṣṭha bhojayitvā svalaṃkṛtam

When the best brahmins have eaten, he should duly give gifts to the reciter, O best of the Bharatas, after feeding him and adorning him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 85 (18.6.85)

वाचके परितुष्टे तु शुभा प्रीतिरनुत्तमा । ब्राह्मणेषु तु तुष्टेषु प्रसन्नाः सर्वदेवताः ॥

vācake parituṣṭe tu śubhā prītiranuttamā | brāhmaṇeṣu tu tuṣṭeṣu prasannāḥ sarvadevatāḥ

When the reciter is pleased, a supreme and auspicious joy arises; when the brahmins are pleased, all the gods are gracious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 86 (18.6.86)

ततो हि वरणं कार्यं द्विजानां भरतर्षभ । सर्वकामैर्यथान्यायं साधुभिश्च पृथग्विधैः ॥

tato hi varaṇaṃ kāryaṃ dvijānāṃ bharatarṣabha | sarvakāmairyathānyāyaṃ sādhubhiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ

Then the brahmins should be honoured, O best of the Bharatas, with all desirable things, duly, and with good gifts of many kinds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 87 (18.6.87)

इत्येष विधिरुद्दिष्टो मया ते द्विपदांवर । श्रद्दधानेन वै भाव्यं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

ityeṣa vidhiruddiṣṭo mayā te dvipadāṃvara | śraddadhānena vai bhāvyaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi

Thus has this procedure been set out by me for you, O best of men; one must have faith, since you ask this of me.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्येषि → इत्येष (misprint in Wikisource; spurious vowel; "this procedure"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 88 (18.6.88)

भारतश्रवणे राजन्पारणे च नृपोत्तम । सदा यत्नवता भाव्यं श्रेयस्तु परमिच्छता ॥

bhārataśravaṇe rājanpāraṇe ca nṛpottama | sadā yatnavatā bhāvyaṃ śreyastu paramicchatā

In hearing the Bharata and at its conclusions, O king, best of rulers, one who desires the highest good should always be diligent.

Note on the text: Corrected भारश्रवणे → भारतश्रवणे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara त; the metre and sense need "hearing of the Bharata"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 89 (18.6.89)

भारतं शृणुयान्नित्यं भारतं परिकीर्तयेत् । भारतं भवने यस्य तस्य हस्तगतो जयः ॥

bhārataṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ bhārataṃ parikīrtayet | bhārataṃ bhavane yasya tasya hastagato jayaḥ

One should always hear the Bharata and always proclaim the Bharata; in whose house the Bharata is, victory is in his hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 90 (18.6.90)

भारतं परमं पुण्यं भारते विविधाः कथाः । भारतं सेव्यते देवैर्भारतं परमं पदम् ॥

bhārataṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ bhārate vividhāḥ kathāḥ | bhārataṃ sevyate devairbhārataṃ paramaṃ padam

The Bharata is supremely holy; in the Bharata are tales of many kinds; the Bharata is resorted to by the gods; the Bharata is the highest state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 91 (18.6.91)

भारतं सर्वशास्त्राणामुत्तमं भरतर्षभ । भारतात्प्राप्यते मोक्षस्तत्त्वमेतद्ब्रवीमि तत् ॥

bhārataṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāmuttamaṃ bharatarṣabha | bhāratātprāpyate mokṣastattvametadbravīmi tat

The Bharata is the best of all the śāstras, O best of the Bharatas; from the Bharata liberation is obtained: this truth I tell you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 92 (18.6.92)

महाभारतमाख्यानं क्षितिं गां च सरस्वतीम् । ब्राह्मणान्केशवं चैव कीर्तयन्नावसीदति ॥

mahābhāratamākhyānaṃ kṣitiṃ gāṃ ca sarasvatīm | brāhmaṇānkeśavaṃ caiva kīrtayannāvasīdati

He who proclaims the narrative of the Mahabharata, the earth, the cow, Sarasvati, the brahmins and Keshava does not come to grief.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 93 (18.6.93)

वेदे रामायणे पुण्ये भारते भरतर्षभ । आदौ चान्ते च मध्ये च हरिः सर्वत्र गीयते ॥

vede rāmāyaṇe puṇye bhārate bharatarṣabha | ādau cānte ca madhye ca hariḥ sarvatra gīyate

In the Veda, in the holy Ramayana, and in the Bharata, O best of the Bharatas, Hari is sung everywhere: in the beginning, in the middle and at the end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 94 (18.6.94)

यत्र विष्णुकथा दिव्याः श्रुतयश्च सनातनाः । तच्छ्रोतव्यं मनुष्येण परं पदमिहेच्छता ॥

yatra viṣṇukathā divyāḥ śrutayaśca sanātanāḥ | tacchrotavyaṃ manuṣyeṇa paraṃ padamihecchatā

Where there are the divine tales of Vishnu and the eternal Shrutis, that should be heard by a man who desires the highest state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 95 (18.6.95)

एतत्पवित्रं परममेतद्धर्मनिदर्शनम् । एतत्सर्वगुणोपेतं श्रोतव्यं भूतिमिच्छता ॥

etatpavitraṃ paramametaddharmanidarśanam | etatsarvaguṇopetaṃ śrotavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā

This is purifying, supreme, a demonstration of dharma, endowed with every virtue; it should be heard by one who desires prosperity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 96 (18.6.96)

कायिकं वाचिकं चैव मनसा समुपार्जितम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति तमः सूर्योदये यथा ॥

kāyikaṃ vācikaṃ caiva manasā samupārjitam | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Whatever has been accumulated through body, speech and mind, all of that is destroyed, as darkness is at sunrise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 97 (18.6.97)

अष्टादशपुराणानां श्रवणाद्यत्फलं भवेत् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति वैष्णवो नात्र संशयः ॥

aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ śravaṇādyatphalaṃ bhavet | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti vaiṣṇavo nātra saṃśayaḥ

The fruit that comes from hearing the eighteen Puranas, that fruit a devotee of Vishnu obtains; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 98 (18.6.98)

स्त्रियश्च पुरुषाश्चैव वैष्णवं पदमाप्नुयुः । स्त्रीभिश्च पुत्रकामाभिः श्रोतव्यं वैष्णवं यशः ॥

striyaśca puruṣāścaiva vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnuyuḥ | strībhiśca putrakāmābhiḥ śrotavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ

Women and men alike attain the state of Vishnu; this glory of Vishnu should be heard by women who desire sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 99 (18.6.99)

दक्षिणा चात्र देया वै निष्कपञ्चसुवर्णकम् । वाचकाय यथाशक्त्या यथोक्तं फलमिच्छता ॥

dakṣiṇā cātra deyā vai niṣkapañcasuvarṇakam | vācakāya yathāśaktyā yathoktaṃ phalamicchatā

And a fee should be given here of five nishkas of gold to the reciter, according to one's means, by one who desires the fruit as stated.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 100 (18.6.100)

स्वर्णशृङ्गीं च कपिलां सवत्सां वस्त्रसंवृताम् । वाचकाय च दद्याद्धि आत्मनः श्रेय इच्छता ॥

svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ ca kapilāṃ savatsāṃ vastrasaṃvṛtām | vācakāya ca dadyāddhi ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā

A tawny cow with golden horns, with her calf and covered with a cloth, should be given to the reciter by one who desires his own good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 101 (18.6.101)

अलङ्कारं प्रदद्याच्च पाण्योर्वै भरतर्षभ । कर्णस्याभरणं दद्याद्धनं चैव विशेषतः ॥

alaṅkāraṃ pradadyācca pāṇyorvai bharatarṣabha | karṇasyābharaṇaṃ dadyāddhanaṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ

He should give an ornament for the hands, O best of the Bharatas, an ornament for the ear, and wealth especially.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 102 (18.6.102)

भूमिदानं समादद्याद्वाचकाय नराधिप । भूमिदानसमं दानं न भूतं भविष्यति ॥

bhūmidānaṃ samādadyādvācakāya narādhipa | bhūmidānasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati

He should bestow a gift of land on the reciter, O lord of men; there has been, and will be, no gift equal to a gift of land.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 103 (18.6.103)

शृणोति श्रावयेद्वाऽपि सततं चैव यो नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो वैष्णवं पदमाप्नुयात् ॥

śṛṇoti śrāvayedvā'pi satataṃ caiva yo naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnuyāt

The man who always hears it or causes it to be heard is freed from all sins and attains the state of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 104 (18.6.104)

पितॄनुद्धरते सर्वानेकादशसमुद्भवान् । आत्मानं ससुतं चैव स्त्रियं च भरतर्षभ ॥

pitṝnuddharate sarvānekādaśasamudbhavān | ātmānaṃ sasutaṃ caiva striyaṃ ca bharatarṣabha

He lifts up all his ancestors born in the eleven generations, and himself along with his sons and his wife, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्धवान् → समुद्भवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ध for भ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 105 (18.6.105)

दशांशश्चैव होमोपि कर्तव्योत्र नराधिप । इदं मया तवाग्रे च प्रोक्तं सर्वं नरर्षभ ॥

daśāṃśaścaiva homopi kartavyotra narādhipa | idaṃ mayā tavāgre ca proktaṃ sarvaṃ nararṣabha

And a homa of one-tenth should also be performed here, O lord of men. All this has been told to you by me, O best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected तवाग्ने → तवाग्रे (misprint in Wikisource; ग्न for ग्र; "in front of you / to you"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Last verse before the colophons.