Yayati Raised to Heaven by His Grandsons

Verse 1 (5.122.1)

प्रत्यभिज्ञातमात्रोऽथ सद्भिस्तैर्नरपुङ्गवः । समारुरोह नृपतिरस्पृशन्वसुधातलम् । ययातिर्दिव्यसंस्थानो बभूव विगतज्वरः ॥

pratyabhijñātamātro'tha sadbhistairnarapuṅgavaḥ | samāruroha nṛpatiraspṛśanvasudhātalam | yayātirdivyasaṃsthāno babhūva vigatajvaraḥ

As soon as those good men had recognised him, that bull among men, the king, rose up without touching the surface of the earth; Yayati took on a divine form and was freed of his distress.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 are CE 5.120.1; the middle line (समारुरोह नृपतिरस्पृशन्वसुधातलम्) is not in the CE's constituted text but appears there as star passage *0463 after 5.120.1ab.

Verse 2 (5.122.2)

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरो दिव्याभरणभूषितः । दिव्यगन्धगुणोपेतो न पृथ्वीमस्पृशत्पदा ॥

divyamālyāmbaradharo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ | divyagandhaguṇopeto na pṛthvīmaspṛśatpadā

Wearing divine garlands and garments, adorned with divine ornaments and endowed with divine fragrance, he no longer touched the earth with his feet.

Verse 3 (5.122.3)

ततो वसुमनाः पूर्वमुच्चैरुच्चारयन्वचः । ख्यातो दानपतिर्लोके व्याजहार नृपं तदा ॥

tato vasumanāḥ pūrvamuccairuccārayanvacaḥ | khyāto dānapatirloke vyājahāra nṛpaṃ tadā

Then Vasumanas, famed in the world as a lord of giving, raising his voice loudly, was the first to speak to the king:

Verse 4 (5.122.4)

प्राप्तवानस्मि यल्लोके सर्ववर्णेष्वगर्हया । तदप्यथ च दास्यामि तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् ॥

prāptavānasmi yalloke sarvavarṇeṣvagarhayā | tadapyatha ca dāsyāmi tena saṃyujyatāṃ bhavān

Whatever I have gained in the world, without reproach among all the classes, that too I will now give; let it be joined to you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasumanas's speech (vv. 4–5) has no heading on the page; the input carried नारद.

Verse 5 (5.122.5)

यत्फलं दानशीलस्य क्षमाशीलस्य यत्फलम् । यच्च मे फलमाधाने तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् ॥

yatphalaṃ dānaśīlasya kṣamāśīlasya yatphalam | yacca me phalamādhāne tena saṃyujyatāṃ bhavān

The fruit that belongs to the generous, the fruit that belongs to the forbearing, and the fruit I have from establishing the sacred fires — let that be joined to you.

Verse 6 (5.122.6)

ततः प्रतर्दनोऽप्याह वाक्यं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवः । यथा धर्मरतिर्नित्यं नित्यं युद्धपरायणः ॥

tataḥ pratardano'pyāha vākyaṃ kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ | yathā dharmaratirnityaṃ nityaṃ yuddhaparāyaṇaḥ

Then Pratardana too, a bull among kshatriyas, spoke: "As I have always delighted in dharma and always been devoted to battle,"

Verse 7 (5.122.7)

प्राप्तवानस्मि यल्लोके क्षत्रवंशोद्भवं यशः । वीरशब्दफलं चैव तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् । यथा धर्मे रतिर्नित्यं तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥

prāptavānasmi yalloke kṣatravaṃśodbhavaṃ yaśaḥ | vīraśabdaphalaṃ caiva tena saṃyujyatāṃ bhavān | yathā dharme ratirnityaṃ tena satyena khaṃ vraja

the fame I have won in the world, sprung from a kshatriya line, and the fruit of the name of hero — let that be joined to you. As my delight in dharma has been constant, by that truth go to heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker: Pratardana's speech continues from v. 6 without a heading on the page; the input carried नारद. Lines 1–2 are CE 5.120.7 (Wikisource क्षत्रवंशोद्भवं for kṣatradharmodbhavaṃ); the third line is not in the CE's constituted text but appears there as star passage *0465 after 5.120.7.

Verse 8 (5.122.8)

शिबिरौशीनरो धीमानुवाच मधुरां गिरम् । यथा बालेषु नारीषु वैवाह्येषु तथैव च ॥

śibirauśīnaro dhīmānuvāca madhurāṃ giram | yathā bāleṣu nārīṣu vaivāhyeṣu tathaiva ca

Wise Shibi Aushinara spoke in sweet words: "As toward children and women, and likewise toward kin by marriage,"

Verse 9 (5.122.9)

सङ्गरेषु निपातेषु तथापद्व्यसनेषु च । अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥

saṅgareṣu nipāteṣu tathāpadvyasaneṣu ca | anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me tena satyena khaṃ vraja

in battles, in disasters, in dangers and misfortunes, I have never before spoken an untruth — by that truth go to heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker: Shibi's speech (vv. 9–11) continues from v. 8 without a heading on the page; the input carried नारद. Corrected तथा तद्व्यसनेषु → तथापद्व्यसनेषु (misprint in Wikisource; the page's own gloss on this verse explains आपत्सु, and the critical edition reads tathāpad vyasaneṣu).

Verse 10 (5.122.10)

यथा प्राणांश्च राज्यं च राजन्कामसुखानि च । त्यजेयं न पुनः सत्यं तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥

yathā prāṇāṃśca rājyaṃ ca rājankāmasukhāni ca | tyajeyaṃ na punaḥ satyaṃ tena satyena khaṃ vraja

As I would give up my life, my kingdom, O king, and the pleasures of desire, but never truth — by that truth go to heaven.

Verse 11 (5.122.11)

यथा सत्येन मे धर्मो यथा सत्येन पावकः । प्रीतः शतक्रतुश्चैव तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥

yathā satyena me dharmo yathā satyena pāvakaḥ | prītaḥ śatakratuścaiva tena satyena khaṃ vraja

As by my truth Dharma is pleased, as by my truth Agni is pleased, and Indra of the hundred sacrifices as well — by that truth go to heaven.

Verse 12 (5.122.12)

अष्टकस्त्वथ राजर्षिः कौशिको माधवीसुतः । अनेकशतयज्वानं नाहुषं प्राह धर्मवित् ॥

aṣṭakastvatha rājarṣiḥ kauśiko mādhavīsutaḥ | anekaśatayajvānaṃ nāhuṣaṃ prāha dharmavit

Then the royal sage Ashtaka, a Kaushika and the son of Madhavi, a knower of dharma, spoke to Nahusha's son, the performer of many hundreds of sacrifices:

Verse 13 (5.122.13)

शतशः पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश्चरिताः प्रभो । क्रतवो वाजपेयाश्च तेषां फलमवाप्नुहि ॥

śataśaḥ puṇḍarīkā me gosavāścaritāḥ prabho | kratavo vājapeyāśca teṣāṃ phalamavāpnuhi

I have performed Pundarika and Gosava sacrifices by the hundred, my lord, and Vajapeya rites as well; take their fruit.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashtaka's speech (vv. 13–14) has no heading on the page; the input carried नारद.

Verse 14 (5.122.14)

न मे रत्नानि न धनं न तथाऽन्ये परिच्छदाः । क्रतुष्वनुपयुक्तानि तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥

na me ratnāni na dhanaṃ na tathā'nye paricchadāḥ | kratuṣvanupayuktāni tena satyena khaṃ vraja

I have no jewels, no wealth, nor any other possessions that were not spent on sacrifices — by that truth go to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected परिच्छदा → परिच्छदाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga of the nominative plural, as in the critical edition).

Verse 15 (5.122.15)

यथायथा हि जल्पन्ति दौहित्रास्तं नराधिपम् । तथातथा वसुमतीं त्यक्त्वा राजा दिवं ययौ ॥

yathāyathā hi jalpanti dauhitrāstaṃ narādhipam | tathātathā vasumatīṃ tyaktvā rājā divaṃ yayau

As each of the daughter's sons spoke to that ruler of men, so, step by step, the king left the earth and went up to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected तथतथा → तथातथा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the critical edition's tathā tathā).

Verse 16 (5.122.16)

एवं सर्वे समस्तैस्ते राजानः सुकृतैस्तदा । ययातिं स्वर्गतो भ्रष्टं तारयामासुरञ्जसा ॥

evaṃ sarve samastaiste rājānaḥ sukṛtaistadā | yayātiṃ svargato bhraṣṭaṃ tārayāmāsurañjasā

In this way all those kings together, by all their good deeds, swiftly saved Yayati, who had fallen from heaven.

Verse 17 (5.122.17)

दौहित्राः स्वेन धर्मेण यज्ञदानकृतेन वै । चतुर्षु राजवंशेषु संभूताः कुलवर्धनाः । मातामहं महाप्राज्ञं दिवमारोपयन्त ते ॥

dauhitrāḥ svena dharmeṇa yajñadānakṛtena vai | caturṣu rājavaṃśeṣu saṃbhūtāḥ kulavardhanāḥ | mātāmahaṃ mahāprājñaṃ divamāropayanta te

The daughter's sons, born in four royal lines and prospering their houses, raised their wise grandfather to heaven by their own dharma, won through sacrifices and gifts.

Verse 18 (5.122.18)

राजधर्मगुणोपेताः सर्वधर्मगुणान्विताः । दौहित्रास्ते वयं राजन्दिवमारोह पार्थिव ॥

rājadharmaguṇopetāḥ sarvadharmaguṇānvitāḥ | dauhitrāste vayaṃ rājandivamāroha pārthiva

Endowed with the virtues of a king's duty, possessed of the virtues of every dharma, we are your daughter's sons, O king. Ascend to heaven, lord of the earth.

Note on the text: = CE 5.120.18 (the alignment had already used that verse for Wikisource 121.28, which repeats it with सत्यधर्म°).