03.134
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper name) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said;
अत्रोग्रसेनसमितेषु राज; न्समागतेष्वप्रतिमेषु राजसु। न वै विवित्सान्तरमस्ति वादिनां; महाजले हंसनिनादिनामिव ॥०३-१३४-१॥
atrograsenasamiteṣu rāja; nsamāgateṣvapratimeṣu rājasu. na vai vivitsāntaramasti vādināṃ; mahājale haṃsaninādināmiva ॥03-134-1॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; उग्रसेनसमितेषु (ugrasenasamiteṣu) - in the assemblies of Ugrasena; राज;न् (rājan) - O king; समागतेषु (samāgateṣu) - when assembled; अप्रतिमेषु (apratimeṣu) - among incomparable; राजसु (rājasu) - kings; न (na) - not; वै (vai) - indeed; विवित्सान्तरम् (vivitsāntaram) - difference of inquiry; अस्ति (asti) - there is; वादिनाम् (vādinām) - of disputants; महाजले (mahājale) - in great water; हंसनिनादिनाम् (haṃsaninādinām) - of the sounds of swans; इव (iva) - like;]
(Here, O king, in the assemblies of Ugrasena, when incomparable kings are assembled, indeed there is no difference of inquiry among the disputants, like the sounds of swans in great water.)
Here, O king, in the assemblies of Ugrasena, when all the incomparable kings are gathered, there truly is no difference among the disputants—just like the sounds of swans in a vast lake. (03-134-1)
न मेऽद्य वक्ष्यस्यतिवादिमानि; न्ग्लहं प्रपन्नः सरितामिवागमः। हुताशनस्येव समिद्धतेजसः; स्थिरो भवस्वेह ममाद्य बन्दिन् ॥०३-१३४-२॥
na me'dya vakṣyasy ativādimāni; naṃglahaṃ prapannaḥ saritām ivāgamaḥ. hutāśanasyeva samiddhatejasaḥ; sthiro bhavasveha mamādya bandin ॥03-134-2॥
[न (na) - not; मेऽद्य (me adya) - to me today; वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will speak; अतिवादिमानि (ativādimāni) - words of excessive disputation; न्ग्लहं (naṃglahaṃ) - quarrel; प्रपन्नः (prapannaḥ) - having approached; सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers; इव (iva) - like; आगमः (āgamaḥ) - current (flow); हुताशनस्येव (hutāśanasya iva) - like that of fire; समिद्धतेजसः (samiddha-tejasaḥ) - of blazing brilliance; स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm; भव (bhava) - be; स्वेह (sveha) - here, for me; मम (mama) - my; अद्य (adya) - today; बन्दिन् (bandin) - O bard;]
(Not to me today will you speak words of excessive disputation; not a quarrel have you approached, like a current among rivers. Like the blazing brilliance of fire; be firm here for me today, O bard.)
Do not speak to me disputatious words today; you have not come into a quarrel, but like a river's steady current. Like the flame of blazing fire, be steadfast here for me today, O bard. (03-134-2)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyuḥ said.)
Bandyu said.
व्याघ्रं शयानं प्रति मा प्रबोधय; आशीविषं सृक्किणी लेलिहानम्। पदाहतस्येव शिरोऽभिहत्य; नादष्टो वै मोक्ष्यसे तन्निबोध ॥०३-१३४-३॥
vyāghraṃ śayānaṃ prati mā prabodhaya; āśīviṣaṃ sṛkkiṇī lelihānam. padāhatasyeva śiro'bhihatya; nādaṣṭo vai mokṣyase tannibodha ॥03-134-3॥
[व्याघ्रं (vyāghraṃ) (vyāghraṃ) - tiger; (accusative singular); शयानं (śayānam) (śayānam) - lying (asleep); प्रति (prati) (prati) - towards; with regard to; मा (mā) (mā) - do not; प्रबोधय (prabodhaya) (prabodhaya) - awaken; (imperative); आशीविषं (āśīviṣam) (āśīviṣam) - venomous snake; सृक्किणी (sṛkkiṇī) (sṛkkiṇī) - with fangs; लेलिहानम् (lelihānam) (lelihānam) - licking (with tongue); पदाहतस्येव (padāhatasyeva) (padāhatasyeva) - just as of one struck by the foot; शिरः (śiraḥ) (śiraḥ) - the head; अभिहत्य (abhihatya) (abhihatya) - having struck; न (na) (na) - not; अदष्टः (adaṣṭaḥ) (adaṣṭaḥ) - not bitten; वै (vai) (vai) - indeed; मोक्ष्यसे (mokṣyase) (mokṣyase) - will be released; you will escape; तत् (tat) (tat) - that; निबोध (nibodha) (nibodha) - understand; know;]
(Tiger lying towards do not awaken; venomous snake with fangs licking. Just as of one struck by the foot, having struck the head; not bitten indeed, will be released, that understand.)
Do not awaken a sleeping tiger; do not disturb a venomous snake licking with its fangs exposed. Just as, if you strike the head of one with your foot, know that unless bitten, you will not escape. (03-134-3)
यो वै दर्पात्संहननोपपन्नः; सुदुर्बलः पर्वतमाविहन्ति। तस्यैव पाणिः सनखो विशीर्यते; न चैव शैलस्य हि दृश्यते व्रणः ॥०३-१३४-४॥
yo vai darpāt saṃhananopapannaḥ; sudurbalaḥ parvatam āvihanti. tasyaiva pāṇiḥ sanakho viśīryate; na caiva śailasya hi dṛśyate vraṇaḥ ॥03-134-4॥
[यो (yaḥ) - who; वै (vai) - indeed; दर्पात् (darpāt) - from arrogance; संहननोपपन्नः (saṃhananopapannaḥ) - endowed with strength (compactness); सुदुर्बलः (sudurbalaḥ) - very weak (in strength); पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; आविहन्ति (āvihanti) - strikes at; तस्यैव (tasyaiva) - his indeed; पाणिः (pāṇiḥ) - hand; सनखः (sanakhaḥ) - with nails; विशीर्यते (viśīryate) - is shattered; न (na) - not; चैव (caiva) - and indeed; शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the rock; हि (hi) - certainly; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; व्रणः (vraṇaḥ) - wound;]
(Who indeed from arrogance and endowed with (mere) strength, though very weak, strikes a mountain; his own hand with nails is shattered, and indeed no wound at all is seen on the rock.)
He who, out of arrogance and with only seeming strength but in reality very weak, strikes a mountain—his hand with nails is shattered, yet no wound is seen at all on the mountain. (03-134-4)
सर्वे राज्ञो मैथिलस्य मैनाकस्येव पर्वताः। निकृष्टभूता राजानो वत्सा अनदुहो यथा ॥०३-१३४-५॥
sarve rājño maithilasya mainākasyeva parvatāḥ | nikṛṣṭabhūtā rājāno vatsā anaduho yathā ||03-134-5||
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; मैथिलस्य (maithilasya) - of Mithila (Janaka); मैनाकस्येव (mainākasya eva) - just as of Maināka; पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains; निकृष्टभूता (nikṛṣṭabhūtāḥ) - become inferior; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; वत्साः (vatsāḥ) - calves; अनदुहः (anaduhaḥ) - of a cow not to be milked; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(All the mountains are as (if they were) of Maināka for the king of Mithila. The other kings have become inferior just as calves (are) to a cow not to be milked.)
All kings are insignificant before the king of Mithila, just as all other mountains are to Maināka, and as calves are to a cow that is not to be milked. (03-134-5)
लोमश उवाच॥
lomaśa uvāca॥
[लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(Lomaśa spoke;)
Lomaśa said;
अष्टावक्रः समितौ गर्जमानो; जातक्रोधो बन्दिनमाह राजन्। उक्ते वाक्ये चोत्तरं मे ब्रवीहि; वाक्यस्य चाप्युत्तरं ते ब्रवीमि ॥०३-१३४-६॥
aṣṭāvakraḥ samitau garjamāno; jātakrodho bandinam āha rājan। ukte vākye cottaraṃ me bravīhi; vākyasya cāpy uttaraṃ te bravīmi ॥03-134-6॥
[अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun, masculine singular nominative); समितौ (samitau) - in the assembly; (locative singular of samiti); गर्जमानः (garjamānaḥ) - roaring; making a thundering sound; (masculine singular nominative present participle from √garj); जातक्रोधः (jātakrodhaḥ) - having become angry; (masculine singular nominative, having arisen anger); बन्दिनम् (bandinam) - Bandin; the court bard; (accusative singular, proper noun); आह (āha) - spoke; said; (third person singular perfect of √ah); राजन् (rājan) - O king; (vocative singular); उक्ते (ukte) - having been said; (locative singular, from ukta 'said'); वाक्ये (vākye) - in sentence; in the statement; (locative singular of vākya); च (ca) - and; also; उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer; reply; (accusative singular neuter); मे (me) - to me; (dative/genitive, first person singular); ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell; speak; (imperative second person singular of √brū); वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the sentence; of the statement; (genitive singular of vākya); चापि (cāpi) - and also; (ca- api sandhi); उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer; reply; (accusative singular neuter); ते (te) - to you; (dative/genitive, second person singular); ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I tell; I speak; (first person singular present of √brū);]
(Aṣṭāvakra in the assembly, roaring, having become angry, spoke to Bandin, O king. After a statement is uttered, an answer tell to me, and to your statement also, the answer I speak.)
Aṣṭāvakra, in the assembly, roaring in anger, addressed Bandin, O king: "After a statement is spoken, respond to me with an answer; and to your statement, I too will give an answer." (03-134-6)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
एक एवाग्निर्बहुधा समिध्यते; एकः सूर्यः सर्वमिदं प्रभासते। एको वीरो देवराजो निहन्ता; यमः पितॄणामीश्वरश्चैक एव ॥०३-१३४-७॥
eka evāgnir bahudhā samidhyate; ekaḥ sūryaḥ sarvam idaṃ prabhāsate. eko vīro devarājo nihantā; yamaḥ pitṝṇām īśvaraś caika eva ॥03-134-7॥
[एक एव (eka eva) - one alone; indeed; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; manifoldly; समिध्यते (samidhyate) - is kindled; is ignited; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; only one; सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - sun; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything; इदं (idaṃ) - this; प्रभासते (prabhāsate) - shines; illumines; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; only one; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; mighty one; देवराजः (devarājaḥ) - lord of the gods; Indra; निहन्ता (nihantā) - slayer; destroyer; यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama; lord of death; पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors; of the fathers; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord; master; च (ca) - and; एक एव (eka eva) - one alone; indeed;]
(One alone indeed fire in many ways is kindled; one sun all this shines. One alone hero lord of the gods slayer; Yama of the ancestors lord and only one indeed.)
The same fire alone is kindled in many forms; the one sun illumines all of this. The one hero, lord of the gods and slayer, Yama is the lord of the ancestors, and there is but one ruler. (03-134-7)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper name; sage known for having eight bends in his body;) उवाच (uvāca) - said; uttered; spoke;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
द्वाविन्द्राग्नी चरतो वै सखायौ; द्वौ देवर्षी नारदः पर्वतश्च। द्वावश्विनौ द्वे च रथस्य चक्रे; भार्यापती द्वौ विहितौ विधात्रा ॥०३-१३४-८॥
dvāvindrāgnī carato vai sakhāyau; dvau devarṣī nāradaḥ parvataśca. dvāvaśvinau dve ca rathasya cakre; bhāryāpatī dvau vihitau vidhātrā ॥03-134-8॥
[द्वौ (dvau) - two; इन्द्राग्नी (indrāgnī) - Indra and Agni; चरतो (carato) - move; wander; वै (vai) - indeed; surely; सखायौ (sakhāyau) - friends; द्वौ (dvau) - two; देवर्षी (devarṣī) - divine sages; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; पर्वतश्च (parvataś ca) - and Parvata; द्वौ (dvau) - two; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the Ashvins; द्वे (dve) - two; च (ca) - and; रथस्य (rathasya) - of the chariot; चक्रे (cakre) - wheels; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; पती (patī) - husband; द्वौ (dvau) - two; विहितौ (vihitau) - appointed; ordained; विधात्रा (vidhātrā) - by the Creator;]
(Two (are) Indra and Agni, indeed moving as friends; two divine sages (are) Nārada and Parvata; two (are) the Ashvins, and two wheels of the chariot; wife and husband—two appointed by the Creator.)
Indra and Agni, who move as friends, are two; the divine sages Nārada and Parvata are two; the Ashvins are two, and the wheels of the chariot are two; wife and husband—the pair created by the Creator. (03-134-8)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu; (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
त्रिः सूयते कर्मणा वै प्रजेयं; त्रयो युक्ता वाजपेयं वहन्ति। अध्वर्यवस्त्रिषवणानि तन्वते; त्रयो लोकास्त्रीणि ज्योतींषि चाहुः ॥०३-१३४-९॥
triḥ sūyate karmaṇā vai prajeyaṃ; trayo yuktā vājapeyaṃ vahanti. adhvaryavas triṣavaṇāni tanvate; trayo lokās trīṇi jyotīṃṣi cāhuḥ ॥03-134-9॥
[त्रिः (triḥ) - three times; सूयते (sūyate) - is produced; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; वै (vai) - indeed; प्रजेयं (praje yaṃ) - offspring-worthy; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - yoked; वाजपेयं (vājapeyaṃ) - Vājapeya (sacrifice/oblation); वहन्ति (vahanti) - carry; अध्वर्यवः (adhvaryavaḥ) - Adhvaryu priests; त्रिषवणानि (triṣavaṇāni) - three Savanas (pressings of Soma); तन्वते (tanvate) - extend; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; ज्योतींषि (jyotīṃṣi) - lights; च (ca) - and; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say;]
(Three times is produced by action indeed offspring-worthy; three yoked (ones) carry the Vājapeya; Adhvaryus extend the three Savanas; three worlds, three lights also, they say.)
Offspring worthy is said to be produced three times by action; three yoked beings carry the Vājapeya; the Adhvaryu priests perform the three Soma pressings; and they say there are three worlds and three lights. (03-134-9)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said;
चतुष्टयं ब्राह्मणानां निकेतं; चत्वारो युक्ता यज्ञमिमं वहन्ति। दिशश्चतस्रश्चतुरश्च वर्णा; श्चतुष्पदा गौरपि शश्वदुक्ता ॥०३-१३४-१०॥
catuṣṭayaṁ brāhmaṇānāṁ niketaṁ; catvāro yuktā yajñam imaṁ vahanti. diśaś catasraś caturaś ca varṇāḥ; catuṣpadā gauḥ api śaśvad uktā ॥03-134-10॥
[चतुष्टयं (catuṣṭayam) - group of four; ब्राह्मणानां (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brāhmaṇas; निकेतं (niketam) - abode; चत्वारो (catvāraḥ) - four; युक्ता (yuktāḥ) - yoked; यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; इमं (imaṁ) - this; वहन्ति (vahanti) - carry; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four (feminine); चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four; च (ca) - and; वर्णाः (varṇāḥ) - classes (castes); चतुष्पदा (catuṣpadā) - four-footed; गौः (gauḥ) - cow; अपि (api) - also; शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always; उक्ता (uktā) - is said;]
(A group of four is the abode of the Brāhmaṇas; four yoked (beings) carry this sacrifice. Directions are four, four are the classes, and the cow is also always said (to have) four feet.)
The fourfold group is considered the abode of the Brāhmaṇas; four yoked beings carry this sacrifice. There are four directions, four classes, and it is always said the cow has four legs. (03-134-10)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said.)
Bandyu said.
पञ्चाग्नयः पञ्चपदा च पङ्क्ति; र्यज्ञाः पञ्चैवाप्यथ पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि। दृष्टा वेदे पञ्चचूडाश्च पञ्च; लोके ख्यातं पञ्चनदं च पुण्यम् ॥०३-१३४-११॥
pañcāgnayaḥ pañcapadā ca paṅktiḥ; yajñāḥ pañcaiva apyatha pañcendriyāṇi। dṛṣṭā vede pañcacuḍāśca pañca; loke khyātaṃ pañcanadaṃ ca puṇyam ॥03-134-11॥
[पञ्चाग्नयः (pañcāgnayaḥ) - five fires; पञ्चपदा (pañcapadā) - five-footed (five steps/lines); च (ca) - and; पङ्क्ति (paṅktiḥ) - line (metrical line); यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - sacrifices; पञ्चैव (pañcaiva) - only five; अपि (api) - also; अथ (atha) - and then; पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि (pañcendriyāṇi) - five senses; दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen; वेदे (vede) - in the Veda; पञ्चचूडाः (pañcacuḍāḥ) - five crested ones; च (ca) - and; पञ्च (pañca) - five; लोके (loke) - in the world; ख्यातं (khyātaṃ) - well-known; पञ्चनदं (pañcanadaṃ) - five rivers; च (ca) - and; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred (act/place); ॥०३-१३४-११॥ (॥03-134-11॥) - ;]
(Five fires, and the five-lined (pankti) meter; sacrifices are but five, and also five are the senses. Seen in the Veda are five crested ones and five; in the world, well-known is the sacred five rivers (Pañcanada).)
There are five fires, the five-lined pankti meter, five sacrifices, and also five senses. The Veda mentions five crested ones and five. In the world, the sacred region of the five rivers (Pañcanada) is well known. (03-134-11)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
षडाधाने दक्षिणामाहुरेके; षडेवेमे ऋतवः कालचक्रम्। षडिन्द्रियाण्युत षट्कृत्तिकाश्च; षट्साद्यस्काः सर्ववेदेषु दृष्टाः ॥०३-१३४-१२॥
ṣaḍ-ādhāne dakṣiṇām āhur eke; ṣaḍ eva ime ṛtavaḥ kālacakram। ṣaḍ indriyāṇi uta ṣaṭ-kṛttikāś ca; ṣaṭ sād-yaskāḥ sarva-vedeṣu dṛṣṭāḥ ॥03-134-12॥
[षट् (ṣaṭ) (ṣaṭ) - six; आधाने (ādhāne) (ādhāne) - in the receptacle; in the support; दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) (dakṣiṇām) - southern; आहुः (āhuḥ) (āhuḥ) - they say; एके (eke) (eke) - some; षट् (ṣaṭ) (ṣaṭ) - six; एव (eva) (eva) - just; only; इमे (ime) (ime) - these; ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons; कालचक्रम् (kālacakram) (kālacakram) - wheel of time; षट् (ṣaṭ) (ṣaṭ) - six; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) (indriyāṇi) - senses; उत (uta) (uta) - and; also; षट् (ṣaṭ) (ṣaṭ) - six; कृत्तिकाः (kṛttikāḥ) (kṛttikāḥ) - Kṛttikā stars; च (ca) (ca) - and; षट् (ṣaṭ) (ṣaṭ) - six; साद्यस्काः (sād-yaskāḥ) (sād-yaskāḥ) - sād-yaskāḥ (proper noun; beings known as sādyaska); सर्ववेदेषु (sarva-vedeṣu) (sarva-vedeṣu) - in all Vedas; दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) (dṛṣṭāḥ) - are seen; are mentioned;]
(Six in the receptacle, the southern, some say; six indeed are these seasons, the wheel of time. Six senses and also six Kṛttikā stars, and six Sādyaskas are seen in all Vedas.)
Some say there are six in the southern receptacle; there are indeed six seasons, the wheel of time. Six senses, six Kṛttikā stars, and six Sādyaskas are mentioned in all the Vedas. (03-134-12)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (the proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyuḥ said;)
Bandyu said.
सप्त ग्राम्याः पशवः सप्त वन्याः; सप्त छन्दांसि क्रतुमेकं वहन्ति। सप्तर्षयः सप्त चाप्यर्हणानि; सप्ततन्त्री प्रथिता चैव वीणा ॥०३-१३४-१३॥
sapta grāmyāḥ paśavaḥ sapta vanyāḥ; sapta chandāṃsi kratum ekaṃ vahanti. saptarṣayaḥ sapta ca apy arhaṇāni; sapta-tantrī prathitā ca eva vīṇā ॥03-134-13॥
[सप्त (sapta) - seven; ग्राम्याः (grāmyāḥ) - domestic; पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals; सप्त (sapta) - seven; वण्याः (vanyāḥ) - wild; सप्त (sapta) - seven; छन्दांसि (chandāṃsi) - metrical hymns; क्रतुम् (kratum) - sacrifice; एकम् (ekam) - one; वहन्ति (vahanti) - carry; सप्तर्षयः (saptarṣayaḥ) - seven sages; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अर्हणानि (arhaṇāni) - offerings; सप्ततन्त्री (sapta-tantrī) - seven-stringed; प्रथिता (prathitā) - well-known; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वीणा (vīṇā) - vīṇā;]
(Seven domestic animals, seven wild; seven metrical hymns carry one sacrifice. The seven sages and also seven offerings; the well-known seven-stringed vīṇā indeed.)
There are seven domestic animals and seven wild ones; seven meters bring forth one sacrifice. The seven sages and also the seven offerings; and the famous vīṇā has seven strings itself. (03-134-13)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun, a sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular, perfect tense, Parasmaipada, from root 'vac', to speak);]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
अष्टौ शाणाः शतमानं वहन्ति; तथाष्टपादः शरभः सिंहघाती। अष्टौ वसूञ्शुश्रुम देवतासु; यूपश्चाष्टास्रिर्विहितः सर्वयज्ञः ॥०३-१३४-१४॥
aṣṭau śāṇāḥ śatamānaṃ vahanti; tathā aṣṭapādaḥ śarabhaḥ siṃhagātī. aṣṭau vasūn śuśruma devatāsu; yūpaś ca aṣṭāsrir vihitaḥ sarvayajñaḥ ॥03-134-14॥
[अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; शाणाः (śāṇāḥ) - śāṇas (fibers); शतमानं (śatamānam) - weight of a hundred (units); वहन्ति (vahanti) - carry; तथा (tathā) - likewise; अष्टपादः (aṣṭapādaḥ) - eight-footed; शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - śarabha (mythical animal); सिंहघाती (siṃhagātī) - lion-killer; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; वसून् (vasūn) - Vasus (class of deities); शुश्रुम (śuśruma) - we have heard; देवतासु (devatāsu) - among the deities; यूपः (yūpaḥ) - sacrificial post; च (ca) - and; अष्टास्रिः (aṣṭāsriḥ) - eight-edged; विहितः (vihitaḥ) - enjoined, prescribed; सर्वयज्ञः (sarvayajñaḥ) - for all sacrifices;]
(Eight śāṇas carry a weight of a hundred; likewise, the eight-footed śarabha is a lion-killer. Eight Vasus we have heard among the deities; and the sacrificial post, eight-edged, is prescribed for all sacrifices.)
Eight śāṇas (fibers) are required to carry the weight of a hundred; similarly, the eight-footed śarabha is said to kill lions. We have heard of eight Vasus among the deities, and an eight-edged sacrificial post is enjoined in all sacrifices. (03-134-14)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्यु (bandyu) - Bandyu (a proper noun; name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
नवैवोक्ताः सामिधेन्यः पितॄणां; तथा प्राहुर्नवयोगं विषर्गम्। नवाक्षरा बृहती सम्प्रदिष्टा; नवयोगो गणनामेति शश्वत् ॥०३-१३४-१५॥
navaivaoktāḥ sāmidhenyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ; tathā prāhurnavayogaṃ viṣargam। navākṣarā bṛhatī sampradiṣṭā; navayogo gaṇanāmeti śaśvat ॥03-134-15॥
[नवैवोक्ताः (navaiva-uktāḥ) - only nine are stated; सामिधेन्यः (sāmidhenyaḥ) - Sāmidhenya offerings; पितॄणां (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors; तथा (tathā) - thus; प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they declare; नवयोगं (navayogam) - ninefold conjunction; विषर्गम् (viṣargam) - offering; नवाक्षरा (navākṣarā) - nine-syllabled; बृहती (bṛhatī) - Bṛhatī metre; सम्प्रदिष्टा (sampradiṣṭā) - has been prescribed; नवयोगः (navayogaḥ) - ninefold conjunction; गणनाम् (gaṇanām) - the enumeration; एति (eti) - attains; शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always;]
(Only nine Sāmidhenya offerings of the ancestors are stated; thus they declare the ninefold conjunction as offering. The nine-syllabled Bṛhatī has been prescribed; the ninefold conjunction always attains enumeration. (03-134-15))
Only nine Sāmidhenya offerings for the ancestors are stated; thus, they declare the act of ninefold conjunction as an offering. The Bṛhatī metre, having nine syllables, is prescribed; the ninefold conjunction is always reckoned. (03-134-15)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said;
दशा दशोक्ताः पुरुषस्य लोके; सहस्रमाहुर्दश पूर्णं शतानि। दशैव मासान्बिभ्रति गर्भवत्यो; दशेरका दश दाशा दशार्णाः ॥०३-१३४-१६॥
daśā daśoktāḥ puruṣasya loke; sahasram āhur daśa pūrṇaṃ śatāni. daśaiva māsān bibhṛti garbhavaty o; daśerakā daśa dāśā daśārṇāḥ ॥03-134-16॥
[दशा (daśā) - ten; दशोक्ताः (daśoktāḥ) - ten are said; पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a person; लोके (loke) - in the world; सहस्र (sahasra) - thousand; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; दश (daśa) - ten; पूर्णं (pūrṇaṃ) - complete; शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds; दशैव (daśaiva) - just ten; मासान् (māsān) - months; बिभ्रति (bibhṛti) - bears; गर्भवत्यः (garbhavatyaḥ) - pregnant women; दशेरका (daśerakā) - ten fingers; दश (daśa) - ten; दाशा (dāśā) - ten directions; दशार्णाः (daśārṇāḥ) - ten toes;]
(Ten are said of a person in the world; a thousand, they say, are ten complete hundreds. Just ten months, pregnant women bear. Ten fingers, ten directions, ten toes.)
It is said that a person has ten in this world; a thousand is comprised of ten complete hundreds. Pregnant women carry for ten months; there are ten fingers, ten directions, and ten toes. (03-134-16)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu; (proper noun, a name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
एकादशैकादशिनः पशूना; मेकादशैवात्र भवन्ति यूपाः। एकादश प्राणभृतां विकारा; एकादशोक्ता दिवि देवेषु रुद्राः ॥०३-१३४-१७॥
ekādaśaikādaśinaḥ paśūnā; mekādaśaivātra bhavanti yūpāḥ। ekādaśa prāṇabhṛtāṃ vikārā; ekādaśoktā divi deveṣu rudrāḥ ॥03-134-17॥
[एकादशैकादशिनः (ekādaśaikādaśinaḥ) - eleven for one who sacrifices eleven; पशूना (paśūnā) - of animals; मेकादशैवात्र (mekādaśaivātra) - eleven indeed here; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are; यूपाः (yūpāḥ) - posts (sacrificial poles); एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; प्राणभृतां (prāṇabhṛtāṃ) - of living beings; विकाराः (vikārāḥ) - transformations; एकादशोक्ता (ekādaśoktā) - spoken of as eleven; दिवि (divi) - in heaven; देवेषु (deveṣu) - among gods; रुद्राः (rudrāḥ) - the Rudras;]
(Eleven for one who sacrifices eleven, of animals; eleven indeed here are sacrificial posts. Eleven of living beings transformations; spoken of as eleven in the gods in heaven, Rudras.)
There are eleven animals for one who performs the sacrifice of eleven; here indeed, there are eleven sacrificial posts. There are eleven transformations among living beings, and in heaven among the gods, the Rudras are said to be eleven. (03-134-17)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (a proper name; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
संवत्सरं द्वादश मासमाहु; र्जगत्याः पादो द्वादशैवाक्षराणि। द्वादशाहः प्राकृतो यज्ञ उक्तो; द्वादशादित्यान्कथयन्तीह विप्राः ॥०३-१३४-१८॥
saṁvatsaraṁ dvādaśa māsam āhuḥ; jagatyāḥ pādaḥ dvādaśa eva akṣarāṇi. dvādaśa-āhaḥ prākṛtaḥ yajñaḥ uktaḥ; dvādaśa-ādityān kathayanti iha viprāḥ ॥03-134-18॥
[संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - year; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; मासम् (māsam) - month; आहु: (āhuḥ) - they say; जगत्याः (jagatyāḥ) - of the (metre) jagatī; पादः (pādaḥ) - quarter; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; एव (eva) - indeed; अक्षराणि (akṣarāṇi) - syllables; द्वादशाहः (dvādaśa-āhaḥ) - twelve-day; प्राकृतः (prākṛtaḥ) - original; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - is said; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; आदित्यान् (ādityān) - Ādityas; कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they describe; इह (iha) - here; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - the sages;]
(They say the year is twelve months; the quarter of the jagatī (metre) is indeed twelve syllables. The twelve-day original sacrifice is said; here the sages describe the twelve Ādityas.)
They say that the year consists of twelve months; that each quarter of the jagatī metre has twelve syllables. The original sacrificial rite is known as the twelve-day ritual; here, the sages speak of the twelve Ādityas. (3-134-18)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
त्रयोदशी तिथिरुक्ता महोग्रा; त्रयोदशद्वीपवती मही च। लोमश उवाच॥
trayodaśī tithiruktā mahogrā; trayodaśadvīpavatī mahī ca। lomaśa uvāca॥
[त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī) - the thirteenth (day); तिथि (tithi) - lunar day; उक्ता (uktā) - is stated; महोग्रा (mahogrā) - very fierce; त्रयोदशद्वीपवती (trayodaśadvīpavatī) - having thirteen islands; मही (mahī) - earth; च (ca) - and; लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The thirteenth lunar day is stated as very fierce; the earth has thirteen islands and Lomaśa said.)
The thirteenth lunar day is said to be very fierce; the earth has thirteen islands, and Lomaśa spoke.
एतावदुक्त्वा विरराम बन्दी; श्लोकस्यार्धं व्याजहाराष्टवक्रः। त्रयोदशाहानि ससार केशी; त्रयोदशादीन्यतिच्छन्दांसि चाहुः ॥०३-१३४-२०॥
etāvad uktvā virarāma bandī; ślokasyārdhaṃ vyājahārāṣṭavakraḥ। trayodaśāhāni sasāra keśī; trayodaśādīny aticchandāṃsi cāhuḥ॥03-134-20॥
[एतावत् (etāvat) - so much; such this amount; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; विरराम (virarāma) - ceased; stopped; बन्दी (bandī) - the bard; the panegyrist; श्लोकस्य (ślokasya) - of the verse; अर्धं (ardhaṃ) - half; व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - uttered; recited; अष्टवक्रः (aṣṭavakraḥ) - Aṣṭavakra; (proper noun) त्रयोदशाहानि (trayodaśāhāni) - thirteen days; ससार (sasāra) - wandered; moved; केशी (keśī) - Keśī; (proper noun) त्रयोदशादीनि (trayodaśādīni) - starting from thirteen; beginning with thirteen; अतिच्छन्दांसि (aticchandāṃsi) - irregular metres; extra-metrical compositions; च (ca) - and; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they said; (people) call;]
(So much having spoken, ceased the bard; half of the verse uttered Aṣṭavakra. Thirteen days wandered Keśī; starting from thirteen, extra-metrical metres they call.)
Having spoken thus far, the bard became silent; Aṣṭavakra recited half of the verse. Keśī wandered for thirteen days; metres beginning with thirteen syllables are called aticchandas. (03-134-20)
ततो महानुदतिष्ठन्निनाद; स्तूष्णीम्भूतं सूतपुत्रं निशम्य। अधोमुखं ध्यानपरं तदानी; मष्टावक्रं चाप्युदीर्यन्तमेव ॥०३-१३४-२१॥
tato mahānudatiṣṭhann ināda; stūṣṇīṃbhūtaṃ sūtaputraṃ niśamya. adhomukhaṃ dhyānaparaṃ tadānī; maṣṭāvakraṃ cāpy udīryantam eva ॥03-134-21॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; महान् (mahān) - great (person); उदतिष्ठन् (udatiṣṭhan) - stood up; निनाद (nināda) - sound; स्तूष्णीम् (stūṣṇīm) - silent; भूतं (bhūtaṃ) - become; सूतपुत्रं (sūtaputraṃ) - son of the charioteer; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; अधोमुखं (adhomukhaṃ) - with face down; ध्यानपरं (dhyānaparaṃ) - engaged in meditation; तदानी (tadānī) - at that time; मष्टावक्रं (maṣṭāvakraṃ) - Maṣṭāvakra; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; उदीर्यन्तम् (udīryantam) - uttering aloud; एव (eva) - just;]
(Then the great (person) stood up sound, having heard the son of the charioteer become silent, with face down, engaged in meditation at that time Maṣṭāvakra, and also just uttering aloud.)
Then that great one rose up with a sound, after hearing the son of the charioteer become silent, while Maṣṭāvakra at that time, with his face turned down and absorbed in meditation, was just beginning to speak aloud. (3-134-21)
तस्मिंस्तथा सङ्कुले वर्तमाने; स्फीते यज्ञे जनकस्याथ राज्ञः। अष्टावक्रं पूजयन्तोऽभ्युपेयु; र्विप्राः सर्वे प्राञ्जलयः प्रतीताः ॥०३-१३४-२२॥
tasmiṁstathā saṅkule vartamāne; sphīte yajñe janakasyātha rājñaḥ. aṣṭāvakraṁ pūjayanto'bhyupeyuḥ; viprāḥ sarve prāñjalayaḥ pratītāḥ ॥03-134-22॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; तथा (tathā) - thus; सङ्कुले (saṅkule) - crowded; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - existing; स्फीते (sphīte) - abundant; यज्ञे (yajñe) - sacrifice; जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka; अथ (atha) - then; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; अष्टावक्रं (aṣṭāvakram) - Aṣṭāvakra; पूजयन्तः (pūjayantaḥ) - honoring; अभ्युपेयुः (abhyupeyuḥ) - approached; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; सर्वे (sarve) - all; प्राञ्जलयः (prāñjalayaḥ) - with folded hands; प्रतीताः (pratītāḥ) - with confidence;]
(In that thus crowded existing, in the abundant sacrifice of Janaka the king, Aṣṭāvakra, honoring, approached; the Brāhmaṇas, all, with folded hands, with confidence.)
While the sacrifice of King Janaka was thus crowded and flourishing, all the Brāhmaṇas confidently and with folded hands approached Aṣṭāvakra to honor him. (03-134-22)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun, sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
अनेन वै ब्राह्मणाः शुश्रुवांसो; वादे जित्वा सलिले मज्जिताः किल। तानेव धर्मानयमद्य बन्दी; प्राप्नोतु गृह्याप्सु निमज्जयैनम् ॥०३-१३४-२३॥
anena vai brāhmaṇāḥ śuśruvāṃso; vāde jitvā salile majjitāḥ kila। tāneva dharmānayam adya bandī; prāpnotu gṛhyāpsu nimajjayainam ॥03-134-23॥
[अनेन (anena) - by this one; वै (vai) - indeed; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - the Brāhmaṇas; शुश्रुवांसः (śuśruvāṃsaḥ) - having listened; वादे (vāde) - in disputation; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; सलिले (salile) - in water; मज्जिताः (majjitāḥ) - immersed; किल (kila) - it is said; तान् (tān) - those; एव (eva) - indeed; धर्मानयम् (dharmānayam) - right conduct; अद्य (adya) - today; बन्दी (bandī) - Bandin (proper name, the debater); प्राप्नोतु (prāpnōtu) - should bring; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken; अप्सु (apsu) - in the waters; निमज्जय (nimajjaya) - drown; एनम् (enam) - him.;]
(By this one indeed, the Brāhmaṇas having listened, having conquered in disputation, in water were immersed, it is said. Those indeed, of right conduct, today Bandin should bring, having taken, in the waters drown him.)
It is said that by this person, the Brāhmaṇas who listened and won disputes were immersed in water. Let Bandin, who is of right conduct, today bring them; having seized him, drown him in the water. (03-134-23)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said;)
Bandyu said.
अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञ; स्तत्रास सत्रं द्वादशवार्षिकं वै। सत्रेण ते जनक तुल्यकालं; तदर्थं ते प्रहिता मे द्विजाग्र्याः ॥०३-१३४-२४॥
ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājña; statrāsa satraṃ dvādaśavārṣikaṃ vai. satreṇa te janaka tulyakālaṃ; tadarthaṃ te prahitā me dvijāgryāḥ ॥03-134-24॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa; उत (uta) - also; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; स्तत्र (statra) - there; आस (āsa) - was; सत्रम् (satram) - sacrifice; द्वादशवार्षिकम् (dvādaśavārṣikam) - twelve-year; वै (vai) - indeed; सत्रेण (satreṇa) - by the sacrifice; ते (te) - your; जनक (janaka) - O Janaka; तुल्यकालम् (tulyakālam) - equal in duration; तदर्थम् (tadartham) - for that purpose; ते (te) - your; प्रहिताः (prahitāḥ) - sent; मे (me) - by me; द्विजाग्र्याः (dvijāgryāḥ) - foremost Brāhmaṇas;]
(I son of Varuṇa also of the king; there was a sacrifice twelve-year indeed. By the sacrifice your O Janaka equal duration; for that purpose your sent by me foremost Brāhmaṇas.)
I am the son of Varuṇa and also of the king; there was indeed a twelve-year sacrifice there. By a sacrifice of equal duration to yours, O Janaka, for that purpose the foremost Brāhmaṇas have been sent by me. (3-134-24)
एते सर्वे वरुणस्योत यज्ञं; द्रष्टुं गता इह आयान्ति भूयः। अष्टावक्रं पूजये पूजनीयं; यस्य हेतोर्जनितारं समेष्ये ॥०३-१३४-२५॥
ete sarve varuṇasyota yajñaṃ; draṣṭuṃ gatā iha āyānti bhūyaḥ. aṣṭāvakraṃ pūjaye pūjanīyaṃ; yasya hetorjanitāraṃ sameṣye ॥03-134-25॥
[एते (ete) - these; सर्वे (sarve) - all; वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa; उत (uta) - and; यज्ञं (yajñaṃ) - sacrifice; द्रष्टुं (draṣṭum) - to see; गता (gatā) - gone; इह (iha) - here; आयान्ति (āyānti) - come; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; अष्टावक्रं (aṣṭāvakraṃ) - Aṣṭāvakra; पूजये (pūjaye) - I worship; पूजनीयं (pūjanīyaṃ) - worthy of worship; यस्य (yasya) - whose; हेतोः (hetoḥ) - because of the reason; जनितारं (janitāram) - creator; समेष्ये (sameṣye) - I shall meet; ॥०३-१३४-२५॥ (॥03-134-25॥) - ;]
(These all, and Varuṇa, and the sacrifice; to see (them), gone here, come again. Aṣṭāvakra I worship, worthy of worship, whose reason the creator I shall meet. (03-134-25))
All these, along with Varuṇa, have come here again to see the sacrifice. I worship Aṣṭāvakra, who is worthy of worship, for whose sake I shall meet the creator. (03-134-25)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (a proper noun, a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular aorist of √vac, to speak);]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
विप्राः समुद्राम्भसि मज्जितास्ते; वाचा जिता मेधया आविदानाः। तां मेधया वाचमथोज्जहार; यथा वाचमवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥०३-१३४-२६॥
viprāḥ samudrāmbhasi majjitāste; vācā jitā medhayā āvidānāḥ. tāṃ medhayā vācam athojjahāra; yathā vācam avacinvanti santaḥ ॥03-134-26॥
[विप्राः (viprāḥ) - wise ones; समुद्राम्भसि (samudrāmbhasi) - in the ocean water; मज्जिताः (majjitāḥ) - submerged; ते (te) - they; वाचा (vācā) - by speech; जिता (jitā) - overcome; मेधया (medhayā) - by intellect; आविदानाः (āvidānāḥ) - ignorant; ताम् (tāṃ) - that (speech); मेधया (medhayā) - by intellect; वाचम् (vācam) - speech; अथ (atha) - then; उज्जहार (ujjahāra) - he raised up; यथा (yathā) - as; वाचम् (vācam) - speech; अवचिन्वन्ति (avacinvanti) - discern; सन्तः (santaḥ) - wise ones;]
(Wise ones in the ocean water submerged; they by speech overcome by intellect ignorant. That by intellect speech then he raised up; as speech discern wise ones ॥03-134-26॥)
The wise ones were submerged in the ocean waters; they, being ignorant, were overcome by speech and not by intellect. Then, by intellect, he raised up that speech, just as the wise discern speech. (03-134-26)
अग्निर्दहञ्जातवेदाः सतां गृहा; न्विसर्जयंस्तेजसा न स्म धाक्षीत्। बालेषु पुत्रेषु कृपणं वदत्सु; तथा वाचमवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥०३-१३४-२७॥
agnirdahañjātavedāḥ satāṃ gṛhā; nvisarjayaṃstejasā na sma dhākṣīt। bāleṣu putreṣu kṛpaṇaṃ vadatsu; tathā vācamavacinvanti santaḥ॥03-134-27॥
[अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; दहन् (dahan) - burning; जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - the knower of what is born (epithet of fire); सतां (satām) - of the good; गृहाः (gṛhāḥ) - houses; नु (nu) - indeed; विसर्जयन् (visarjayan) - sending forth; तेजसा (tejasā) - with brilliance; न (na) - not; स्म (sma) - surely; धाक्षीत् (dhākṣīt) - should burn; बालेषु (bāleṣu) - among children; पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among sons; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - pitifully; वदत्सु (vadatsu) - speaking; तथा (tathā) - thus; वाचम् (vācam) - speech; अवचिन्वन्ति (avacinvanti) - choose; सन्तः (santaḥ) - the good;]
(Fire, burning, the knower of what is born, of the good, houses; indeed, sending forth, with brilliance, not, surely, should burn. Among children, among sons, pitifully, speaking; thus, speech, choose, the good.)
Fire, though burning brilliantly, does not burn the houses of the virtuous. Among children or sons speaking pitifully, good people thus choose their words. (03-134-27)
श्लेष्मातकी क्षीणवर्चाः शृणोषि; उताहो त्वां स्तुतयो मादयन्ति। हस्तीव त्वं जनक वितुद्यमानो; न मामिकां वाचमिमां शृणोषि ॥०३-१३४-२८॥
śleṣmātakī kṣīṇavarcāḥ śṛṇoṣi; utāho tvāṃ stutayo mādayanti. hastīva tvaṃ janaka vitudyamānaḥ; na māmikāṃ vācam imāṃ śṛṇoṣi ॥03-134-28॥
[श्लेष्मातकी (śleṣmātakī) - having phlegm in the ears; (i.e., hard of hearing due to phlegm); क्षीणवर्चाः (kṣīṇa-varcāḥ) - one whose brightness is diminished; शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you do not hear; (2nd person singular, present); उताहो (utāho) - or; त्वां (tvām) - you; (accusative singular); स्तुतयः (stutayaḥ) - praises; (nominative plural); मादयन्ति (mādayanti) - gladden; delight; (3rd person plural, present); हस्तीव (hastī iva) - like an elephant; (hastī - elephant; iva - like;) त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; (nominative singular); जनक (janaka) - O father; (vocative singular); वितुद्यमानः (vitudyamānaḥ) - being repeatedly scolded; rebuked; (present participle, passive); न (na) - not; मामिकां (māmikām) - my; (accusative singular, feminine); वाचमिमां (vāc am imām) - this speech; (vāc - speech, imām - this; accusative feminine singular); शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear; (2nd person singular, present);]
(You, having phlegm in the ears, one whose brightness is diminished, do not hear; or do praises delight you? Like an elephant, you, O father, being reproached, do not hear my this speech.)
You, with phlegm in your ears whose brightness is diminished, do not hear; or perhaps the praises delight you? Like an elephant, O father, even when reproached, you do not listen to this speech of mine. (03-134-28)
जनक उवाच॥
janaka uvāca॥
[जनक (janaka) - Janaka;, उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janaka said;)
Janaka said.
शृणोमि वाचं तव दिव्यरूपा; ममानुषीं दिव्यरूपोऽसि साक्षात्। अजैषीर्यद्बन्दिनं त्वं विवादे; निसृष्ट एष तव कामोऽद्य बन्दी ॥०३-१३४-२९॥
śṛṇomi vācaṃ tava divyarūpā; mamānuṣīṃ divyarūpo'si sākṣāt। ajaiṣīryadbandinam tvaṃ vivāde; nisṛṣṭa eṣa tava kāmo'dya bandī ॥03-134-29॥
[शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear; वाचं (vācaṃ) - speech; तव (tava) - your; दिव्यरूपा (divyarūpā) - divine in form; मम (mama) - my; अनुषीं (anuṣīṃ) - human; दिव्यरूपः (divyarūpaḥ) - divine in appearance; असि (asi) - you are; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - manifest; अजैषीः (ajaiṣīḥ) - you conquered; यत् (yat) - which; बन्दिनं (bandinam) - the panegyrist; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; विवादे (vivāde) - in debate; निसृष्टः (nisṛṣṭaḥ) - dismissed; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; तव (tava) - your; कामः (kāmaḥ) - wish; अद्य (adya) - today; बन्दी (bandī) - the panegyrist;]
(I hear your speech, divine in form; I am human, you are verily of divine form. You conquered the panegyrist in debate; this panegyrist, your wish, has been dismissed today. (03-134-29))
I hear your speech, which is of a divine nature; although I am human, you truly possess a divine form. You have won over the panegyrist in debate; thus, today, this panegyrist—your wish—has been dismissed. (03-134-29)
अष्टावक्र उवाच॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca॥
[अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Aṣṭāvakra said;)
Aṣṭāvakra said.
नानेन जीवता कश्चिदर्थो मे बन्दिना नृप। पिता यद्यस्य वरुणो मज्जयैनं जलाशये ॥०३-१३४-३०॥
nānena jīvatā kaścid artho me bandinā nṛpa। pitā yady asya varuṇo majjaya enaṃ jalāśaye ॥03-134-30॥
[न (na) - not; एनेन (anena) - by this; जीवता (jīvatā) - by the living (here, his life); कश्चित् (kaścit) - any; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose; मे (me) - for me; बन्दिना (bandinā) - by the prisoner; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; पिता (pitā) - father; यदि (yadi) - if; अस्य (asya) - of him; वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (god of waters); मज्जय (majjaya) - cause to sink; एनम् (enam) - him; जलाशये (jalāśaye) - in the reservoir of water;]
(Not by this, by the living, any purpose for me by the prisoner, O king. Father if of him is Varuṇa, cause him to sink in the reservoir of water.)
O king, I have no purpose with this prisoner's life. If his father is Varuṇa, then have him drowned in the reservoir of water. (03-134-30)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyuḥ said.)
Bandyu said.
अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञो; न मे भयं सलिले मज्जितस्य। इमं मुहूर्तं पितरं द्रक्ष्यतेऽय; मष्टावक्रश्चिरनष्टं कहोडम् ॥०३-१३४-३१॥
ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājño; na me bhayaṃ salile majjitasya. imaṃ muhūrtaṃ pitaraṃ drakṣyate'ya; maṣṭāvakraściranaṣṭaṃ kahoḍam ॥03-134-31॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa; उत (uta) - also; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; न (na) - not; मे (me) - to me; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; सलिले (salile) - in water; मज्जितस्य (majjitasya) - while submerged; इमम् (imam) - this; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - moment; पितरम् (pitram) - father; द्रक्ष्यते (drakṣyate) - will be seen; अयम् (ayam) - he; अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra; चिरनष्टम् (ciranaṣṭam) - long lost; कहोडम् (kahoḍam) - Kahoḍa;]
(I son of Varuṇa also of the king; not to me fear in water while submerged. This moment father will be seen; Aṣṭāvakra long lost Kahoḍa.)
I am the son of Varuṇa, also of the king; I have no fear while submerged in water. In this very moment, his father will be seen—Aṣṭāvakra will see the long lost Kahoḍa. (03-134-31)
लोमश उवाच॥
lomaśa uvāca॥
[लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa; (a sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Lomaśa said;)
Lomaśa said.
ततस्ते पूजिता विप्रा वरुणेन महात्मना। उदतिष्ठन्त ते सर्वे जनकस्य समीपतः ॥०३-१३४-३२॥
tatas te pūjitā viprā varuṇena mahātmanā। udatiṣṭhanta te sarve janakasya samīpataḥ॥03-134-32॥
[ततः (tatas) - then; ते (te) - they; पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - having been honored; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - brahmaṇas; वरुणेन (varuṇena) - by Varuṇa; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; उदतिष्टन्त (udatiṣṭhanta) - arose; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka; समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - from the proximity;]
(Then they, having been honored, the brahmaṇas, by Varuṇa the great-souled, arose, they all, from the proximity of Janaka.)
Then the brahmaṇas, having been honored by the great-souled Varuṇa, all arose from the presence of Janaka. (03-134-32)
कहोड उवाच॥
kahoḍa uvāca॥
[कहोड (kahoḍa) - Kahoḍa (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Kahoḍa said;)
Kahoḍa said.
इत्यर्थमिच्छन्ति सुताञ्जना जनक कर्मणा। यदहं नाशकं कर्तुं तत्पुत्रः कृतवान्मम ॥०३-१३४-३३॥
ityartham icchanti sutān janā janaka karmaṇā। yad ahaṃ nāśakam kartuṃ tat putraḥ kṛtvān mama ॥03-134-33॥
[इत्यर्थम् (ityartham) - for this purpose; इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; जनक (janaka) - father; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; यत् (yat) - which; अहम् (aham) - I; नाशकं (nāśakam) - not capable; कर्तुम् (kartuṃ) - to do; तत् (tat) - that; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; कृतवान् (kṛtvān) - has done; मम (mama) - for me;]
(For this purpose, people desire sons, the father by action; which I not able to do, that my son has done for me.)
It is for this reason that people desire sons: what I could not accomplish, my son has done for me. (03-134-33)
उताबलस्य बलवानुत बालस्य पण्डितः। उत वाविदुषो विद्वान्पुत्रो जनक जायते ॥०३-१३४-३४॥
utābalasya balavānuta bālasya paṇḍitaḥ। uta vāviduṣo vidvānputro janaka jāyate॥03-134-34॥
[उत (uta) - or; also; आबलस्य (ābalasya) - of the weak; (ā + balasya); बलवान् (balavān) - strong; powerful; उत (uta) - or; also; बालस्य (bālasya) - of the child; of the young; पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - wise; learned one; उत (uta) - or; also; वा (vā) - or; अविदुषः (aviduṣaḥ) - of the ignorant; unlearned; विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned; wise; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; जनक (janaka) - father; जायते (jāyate) - is born; comes into being;]
(Or to the weak, a strong (person), or to a child, a wise (person); or indeed from the ignorant, a learned son is born to the father.)
Sometimes to the weak a strong person is born, to a child a wise person, or from an unlearned father a learned son is born. (03-134-34)
बन्द्युवाच॥
bandyuvāca॥
[बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandyu (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bandyu said.)
Bandyu said.
शितेन ते परशुना स्वयमेवान्तको नृप। शिरांस्यपाहरत्वाजौ रिपूणां भद्रमस्तु ते ॥०३-१३४-३५॥
śitena te paraśunā svayamevāntako nṛpa. śirāṃsyapāharatvājau ripūṇāṃ bhadramastu te ॥03-134-35॥
[शितेन (śitena) - by the sharp; ते (te) - your; परशुना (paraśunā) - axe; स्वयमेव (svayam eva) - himself indeed; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - Yama (the god of death); नृप (nṛpa) - O king; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; अपाहरत् (apāharat) - has removed; वाजौ (ājau) - in battle; रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of enemies; भद्रम् (bhadram) - prosperity; अस्तु (astu) - may it be; ते (te) - to you;]
(By the sharp axe of yours, O king, Yama himself indeed has removed the heads of enemies in battle; may prosperity be to you.)
O king, with your sharp axe, Yama himself has struck down the heads of your enemies in battle; may you be blessed. (03-134-35)
महदुक्थ्यं गीयते साम चाग्र्यं; सम्यक्सोमः पीयते चात्र सत्रे। शुचीन्भागान्प्रतिजगृहुश्च हृष्टाः; साक्षाद्देवा जनकस्येह यज्ञे ॥०३-१३४-३६॥
mahad-ukthyaṃ gīyate sāma ca āgryaṃ; samyak-somaḥ pīyate ca atra satre. śucīn bhāgān pratijagṛhuḥ ca hṛṣṭāḥ; sākṣāt devā janakasya iha yajñe ॥03-134-36॥
[महदुक्थ्यं (mahad-ukthyaṃ) - great hymn; गीयते (gīyate) - is sung; साम (sāma) - melodious chant; च (ca) - and; आग्र्यं (āgryaṃ) - excellent; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; सोमः (somaḥ) - soma (sacred drink); पीयते (pīyate) - is drunk; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; सत्रे (satre) - in the session (sacrificial session); शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure; भागान् (bhāgān) - portions (shares); प्रतिजगृहुः (pratijagṛhuḥ) - accepted; च (ca) - and; हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka; इह (iha) - here; यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice;]
(A great hymn is sung and the excellent sāma (chant); properly soma is drunk here in this sacrificial session. The pure portions were accepted with joy; directly the gods in Janaka’s sacrifice here.)
A splendid hymn is sung, the finest sāma-chant resounds, soma is perfectly drunk in this assembly; the pure shares were received in joy—here at Janaka’s sacrifice, the gods themselves were present. (03-134-36)
लोमश उवाच॥
lomaśa uvāca॥
[लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomasha; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he) spoke;]
(Lomasha said;)
Lomasha said;
समुत्थितेष्वथ सर्वेषु राज; न्विप्रेषु तेष्वधिकं सुप्रभेषु। अनुज्ञातो जनकेनाथ राज्ञा; विवेश तोयं सागरस्योत बन्दी ॥०३-१३४-३७॥
samutthiteṣvatha sarveṣu rāja; nvipreṣu teṣvadhikaṃ suprabheṣu. anujñāto janakenātha rājñā; viveśa toyaṃ sāgarasyota bandhī ॥03-134-37॥
[समुत्थितेषु (samutthiteṣu) - having arisen; (in those who have arisen;) अथ (atha) - then; सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विप्रेषु (vipreṣu) - among the Brāhmaṇas; तेषु (teṣu) - among those; अधिकं (adhikaṃ) - greater; सुप्रभेषु (suprabheṣu) - in those well-illuminated (excellent) ones; अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - having been permitted; जनकेन (janakena) - by Janaka; अथ (atha) - then; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; विवेश (viveśa) - entered; तोयम् (toyam) - the water; सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean; उत (uta) - also; बन्दी (bandhī) - the bard;]
(When all had arisen then, O king, among the Brāhmaṇas, among those who shone more greatly; having been permitted by Janaka the king, then the bard also entered the water of the ocean.)
Then, O king, when all the Brāhmaṇas had risen—those most illustrious ones—having been permitted by King Janaka, the bard also entered the water of the ocean. (03-134-37)
अष्टावक्रः पितरं पूजयित्वा; सम्पूजितो ब्राह्मणैस्तैर्यथावत्। प्रत्याजगामाश्रममेव चाग्र्यं; जित्वा बन्दिं सहितो मातुलेन ॥०३-१३४-३८॥
aṣṭāvakraḥ pitaraṃ pūjayitvā; sampūjito brāhmaṇais tair yathāvat. pratyājagām āśramam eva ca āgryaṃ; jitvā bandiṃ sahito mātulena ॥03-134-38॥
[अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra; (proper noun); पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; (accusative singular); पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped; after worshipping; सम्पूजितः (sampūjitaḥ) - having been honored; ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by the Brāhmaṇas; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; (instrumental plural); यथावत् (yathāvat) - duly; properly; प्रत्याजगाम (pratyājagāma) - returned; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; (accusative singular); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; आग्र्यम् (āgryaṃ) - excellent; chief; (accusative singular); जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; बन्दिम् (bandim) - Bandi; (proper noun, accusative singular); सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together with; मातुलेन (mātulena) - with the uncle; (instrumental singular);]
(Aṣṭāvakra, having worshipped (his) father; having been honored properly by those Brāhmaṇas, indeed returned to the excellent hermitage; having conquered Bandi, (he) together with (his) uncle (returned).)
Aṣṭāvakra, after worshipping his father, and having been duly honored by those Brāhmaṇas, returned together with his uncle to the chief hermitage, having defeated Bandi. (03-134-38)
अत्र कौन्तेय सहितो भ्रातृभिस्त्वं; सुखोषितः सह विप्रैः प्रतीतः। पुण्यान्यन्यानि शुचिकर्मैकभक्ति; र्मया सार्धं चरितास्याजमीढ ॥०३-१३४-३९॥
atra kaunteya sahito bhrātṛbhistvaṁ; sukhoṣitaḥ saha vipraiḥ pratītaḥ. puṇyānyanyāni śucikarmaikabhaktir mayā sārdhaṁ caritāsyājamīḍha ॥03-134-39॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together with; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; सुखोषितः (sukhoṣitaḥ) - comfortably dwelt; सह (saha) - with; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - with the brahmins; प्रतीतः (pratītaḥ) - honored; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - auspicious deeds; अन्यानि (anyāni) - other; शुचिकर्म (śucikarma) - pure acts; एकभक्ति (ekabhakti) - single-minded devotion; र्मया (mayā) - by me; सार्धं (sārdham) - together with; चरितानि (caritāni) - performed; अस्य (asya) - by you; अजमीढ (ajamīḍha) - O descendant of Ajamīḍha;]
(Here, O son of Kunti, you together with the brothers comfortably dwelt, honored with the brahmins. Other auspicious pure acts with single-minded devotion have been performed by you together with me, O Ajamīḍha.)
Here, O son of Kunti, you have resided comfortably together with your brothers and have been honored by the brahmins. You have performed other auspicious and pure deeds with single-minded devotion together with me, O descendant of Ajamīḍha. (03-134-39)
