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शिवस्तुतिमाहात्म्यम्
śivastutimāhātmyam
[शिव (śiva) - auspicious; benevolent; Śiva; स्तुति (stuti) - praise; hymn; माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness; glory;]
(Śiva praise greatness;)
The greatness of the praise of Śiva.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
महायोगी ततः प्राह कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः। पठस्व पुत्र भद्रं ते प्रीयतां ते महेश्वरः ॥१३-१८-१॥
mahāyogī tataḥ prāha kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ। paṭhasva putra bhadraṃ te prīyatāṃ te maheśvaraḥ ॥13-18-1॥
[महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogin; ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; पठस्व (paṭhasva) - recite; पुत्र (putra) - son; भद्रं (bhadraṃ) - welfare; ते (te) - to you; प्रीयताम् (prīyatām) - may be pleased; ते (te) - to you; महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - the great Lord;]
(The great yogin then spoke, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, the sage: "Recite, son, welfare to you; may the great Lord be pleased with you." (13-18-1))
Then the great yogin, the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, spoke: "Recite, my son, may welfare be yours; may the great Lord be pleased with you." (13-18-1)
पुरा पुत्र मया मेरौ तप्यता परमं तपः। पुत्रहेतोर्महाराज स्तव एषोऽनुकीर्तितः ॥१३-१८-२॥
purā putra mayā merau tapyatā paramaṃ tapaḥ। putrahetormahārāja stava eṣo'nukīrtitaḥ ॥13-18-2॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; पुत्र (putra) - son; मया (mayā) - by me; मेरौ (merau) - on Meru (mountain); तप्यता (tapyatā) - while performing austerity; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; पुत्रहेतोः (putrahetoḥ) - for the sake of a son; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; स्तव (stava) - hymn; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; अनुकीर्तितः (anukīrtitaḥ) - has been recited;]
(Formerly, O son, by me on Meru, while performing supreme austerity, for the sake of a son, O great king, this hymn has been recited.)
O son, long ago, while I was performing supreme austerity on Mount Meru for the sake of a son, O great king, this hymn was recited. (13-18-2)
लब्धवानस्मि तान्कामानहं वै पाण्डुनन्दन। तथा त्वमपि शर्वाद्धि सर्वान्कामानवाप्स्यसि ॥१३-१८-३॥
labdhavānasmi tānkāmānahaṃ vai pāṇḍunandana। tathā tvamapi śarvāddhi sarvānkāmānavāpsyasi ॥13-18-3॥
[लब्धवान् (labdhavān) - one who has obtained; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; तान् (tān) - those; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; अहम् (aham) - I; वै (vai) - indeed; पाण्डुनन्दन (pāṇḍunandana) - O son of Pāṇḍu; तथा (tathā) - in the same way; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; शर्वात् (śarvāt) - from Śarva (Śiva); हि (hi) - indeed; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain;]
(I am one who has obtained those desires indeed, O son of Pāṇḍu. In the same way, you also will obtain all desires from Śarva indeed.)
O son of Pāṇḍu, I have indeed obtained those desires. In the same way, you too will obtain all desires from Śarva (Śiva). (13-18-3)
चतुःशीर्षस्ततः प्राह शक्रस्य दयितः सखा। आलम्बायन इत्येव विश्रुतः करुणात्मकः ॥१३-१८-४॥
catuḥśīrṣas tataḥ prāha śakrasya dayitaḥ sakhā। ālambāyana ityeva viśrutaḥ karuṇātmakaḥ ॥13-18-4॥
[चतुःशीर्षस् (catuḥśīrṣas) - four-headed; (Brahmā); ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; प्राह (prāha) - said; spoke; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra; of Indra; दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved; dear; सखा (sakhā) - friend; आलम्बायन (ālambāyana) - Ālambāyana; (proper name); इति (iti) - thus; so; एव (eva) - indeed; only; विश्रुतः (viśrutaḥ) - well-known; famous; करुणात्मकः (karuṇātmakaḥ) - of compassionate nature; compassionate;]
(The four-headed (Brahmā) then said: the beloved friend of Śakra, Ālambāyana, thus indeed well-known, of compassionate nature. 13-18-4)
Then the four-headed Brahmā spoke: 'Ālambāyana, the beloved friend of Śakra, is indeed well-known as one of compassionate nature.' (13-18-4)
मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समाः। अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम् ॥१३-१८-५॥
mayā gokarṇam āsādya tapas taptvā śataṃ samāḥ। ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām ॥13-18-5॥
[मया (mayā) - by me; गोकर्णम् (gokarṇam) - Gokarna (the holy place); आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; तपः (tapas) - austerity; तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having performed; शतम् (śatam) - a hundred; समाः (samāḥ) - years; अयोनिजानाम् (ayonijānām) - of those not born from the womb; दान्तानाम् (dāntānām) - of the self-restrained; धर्मज्ञानाम् (dharmajñānām) - of those who know dharma; सुवर्चसाम् (suvarcasām) - of those with great brilliance;]
(By me, having reached Gokarna, having performed austerity for a hundred years, of those not born from the womb, of the self-restrained, of those who know dharma, of those with great brilliance.)
Having reached Gokarna, I performed austerities for a hundred years among those not born from the womb, who are self-restrained, knowledgeable in dharma, and endowed with great brilliance. (13-18-5)
अजराणामदुःखानां शतवर्षसहस्रिणाम्। लब्धं पुत्रशतं शर्वात्पुरा पाण्डुनृपात्मज ॥१३-१८-६॥
ajarāṇāmaduḥkhānāṃ śatavarṣasahasriṇām। labdhaṃ putraśataṃ śarvāt purā pāṇḍunṛpātmaja ॥13-18-6॥
[अजराणाम् (ajarāṇām) - of the ageless; अदुःखानाम् (aduḥkhānām) - of the sorrowless; शतवर्षसहस्रिणाम् (śatavarṣasahasriṇām) - of those having a thousand hundreds of years; लब्धम् (labdham) - obtained; पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - hundred sons; शर्वात् (śarvāt) - from Śarva (Śiva); पुरा (purā) - formerly; पाण्डुनृपात्मज (pāṇḍunṛpātmaja) - O son of king Pāṇḍu;]
(O son of king Pāṇḍu, formerly, from Śarva, a hundred sons were obtained by those who were ageless, sorrowless, and possessed of a thousand hundreds of years.)
O son of King Pandu, in ancient times, those who were ageless, free from sorrow, and lived for thousands of years obtained a hundred sons from Śarva (Śiva). (13-18-6)
वाल्मीकिश्चापि भगवान्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत। विवादे साम्नि मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मघ्नो वै भवानिति ॥ उक्तः क्षणेन चाविष्टस्तेनाधर्मेण भारत ॥१३-१८-७॥
vālmīkiś cāpi bhagavān yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata। vivāde sāmni munibhir brahma-ghno vai bhavān iti ॥ uktaḥ kṣaṇena cāviṣṭas tenādharmeṇa bhārata ॥13-18-7॥
[वाल्मीकिः (vālmīkiḥ) - Vālmīki; (sage's name); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (name); अभाषत (abhāṣata) - addressed; विवादे (vivāde) - in dispute; साम्नि (sāmni) - in conciliation; मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by sages; ब्रह्मघ्नः (brahma-ghnaḥ) - slayer of a Brāhmaṇa; वै (vai) - indeed; भवान् (bhavān) - you; इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; च (ca) - and; आविष्टः (āviṣṭaḥ) - overcome; तेन (tena) - by that; अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; (descendant of Bharata);]
(Vālmīki and also the venerable addressed Yudhiṣṭhira. In dispute, in conciliation, by sages, 'slayer of a Brāhmaṇa indeed you thus' spoken. In a moment and overcome by that unrighteousness, O Bhārata. (13-18-7))
Vālmīki, the venerable sage, also addressed Yudhiṣṭhira. During the dispute, the sages conciliatorily said to him, 'You are indeed a slayer of a Brāhmaṇa.' In a moment, O Bhārata, he was overcome by that unrighteousness. (13-18-7)
सोऽहमीशानमनघमस्तौषं शरणं गतः। मुक्तश्चास्म्यवशः पापात्ततो दुःखविनाशनः ॥ आह मां त्रिपुरघ्नो वै यशस्तेऽग्र्यं भविष्यति ॥१३-१८-८॥
so'ham īśānam anagham astauṣam śaraṇam gataḥ। muktaś cāsmy avaśaḥ pāpāt tato duḥkha-vināśanaḥ॥ āha māṃ tripuraghno vai yaśas te'gryaṃ bhaviṣyati॥13-18-8॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अहम् (aham) - I; ईशानम् (īśānam) - the Lord; अनघम् (anagham) - sinless; अस्तौषम् (astauṣam) - I praised; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated; च (ca) - and; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; अवशः (avaśaḥ) - helpless; पापात् (pāpāt) - from sin; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुःखविनाशनः (duḥkha-vināśanaḥ) - destroyer of sorrow; आह (āha) - said; माम् (mām) - to me; त्रिपुरघ्नः (tripuraghnaḥ) - destroyer of Tripura; वै (vai) - indeed; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; ते (te) - your; अग्र्यम् (agryam) - supreme; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]
(He, I, the Lord, sinless, I praised, refuge, gone; liberated and I am, helpless, from sin; then, destroyer of sorrow; said, to me, destroyer of Tripura, indeed, fame, your, supreme, will be.)
He—I, having gone to the sinless Lord as refuge, praised Him; I am liberated and freed from sin, helpless; then the destroyer of sorrow (Śiva) said to me, the destroyer of Tripura: "Indeed, your fame will be supreme." (13-18-8)
जामदग्न्यश्च कौन्तेयमाह धर्मभृतां वरः। ऋषिमध्ये स्थितस्तात तपन्निव विभावसुः ॥१३-१८-९॥
jāmadaghnyaś ca kaunteyam āha dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ। ṛṣimadhye sthitas tāta tapann iva vibhāvasuḥ ॥13-18-9॥
[जामदग्न्यः (jāmadaghnyaḥ) - descendant of Jamadagni; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेयम् (kaunteyam) - son of Kunti; आह (āha) - said; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of the upholders of dharma; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; ऋषिमध्ये (ṛṣimadhye) - in the midst of the sages; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing; तात (tāta) - O dear one; तपन् (tapan) - shining; इव (iva) - like; विभावसुः (vibhāvasuḥ) - fire;]
(The descendant of Jamadagni and the best of the upholders of dharma said to the son of Kunti, standing in the midst of the sages, O dear one, shining like fire.)
O dear one, the descendant of Jamadagni, the foremost among the upholders of dharma, standing in the midst of the sages, said to the son of Kunti, shining like fire. (13-18-9)
पितृविप्रवधेनाहमार्तो वै पाण्डवाग्रज। शुचिर्भूत्वा महादेवं गतवाञ्शरणं नृप ॥१३-१८-१०॥
pitṛ-vipra-vadhena aham ārtaḥ vai pāṇḍava-agraja। śuciḥ bhūtvā mahādevam gatavān śaraṇam nṛpa ॥13-18-10॥
[पितृ (pitṛ) - father;, विप्र (vipra) - brāhmaṇa;, वधेन (vadhena) - by the killing;, अहम् (aham) - I;, आर्तः (ārtaḥ) - afflicted;, वै (vai) - indeed;, पाण्डवाग्रज (pāṇḍava-agraja) - eldest of the Pāṇḍavas;, शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure;, भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become;, महादेवं (mahādevam) - Mahādeva;, गतवान् (gatavān) - went;, शरणम् (śaraṇam) - for refuge;, नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(By the killing of father and brāhmaṇa, I, afflicted indeed, O eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, having become pure, went to Mahādeva for refuge, O king.)
O eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, due to the killing of my father and a brāhmaṇa, I was afflicted. Having purified myself, I went to Mahādeva for refuge, O king. (13-18-10)
नामभिश्चास्तुवं देवं ततस्तुष्टोऽभवद्भवः। परशुं च ददौ देवो दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चैव मे ॥१३-१८-११॥
nāmabhiś cāstuvaṁ devaṁ tataḥ tuṣṭo 'bhavad bhavaḥ। paraśuṁ ca dadau devo divyāny astrāṇi caiva me ॥13-18-11॥
[नामभिः (nāmabhiḥ) - with names; च (ca) - and; अस्तुवम् (astuvam) - I praised; देवम् (devam) - the god; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; भवः (bhavaḥ) - Bhava (Śiva); परशुम् (paraśum) - axe; च (ca) - and; ददौ (dadau) - gave; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मे (me) - to me;]
(With names and I praised the god; then pleased became Bhava; axe and gave the god; divine weapons and indeed to me.)
I praised the god with names, and then Bhava (Śiva) became pleased; the god gave me an axe and also divine weapons. (13-18-11)
पापं न भविता तेऽद्य अजेयश्च भविष्यसि। न ते प्रभविता मृत्युर्यशस्वी च भविष्यसि ॥१३-१८-१२॥
pāpaṃ na bhavitā te'dya ajeyaś ca bhaviṣyasi। na te prabhavitā mṛtyur yaśasvī ca bhaviṣyasi ॥13-18-12॥
[पापं (pāpaṃ) - sin; न (na) - not; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; ते (te) - to you; अद्य (adya) - today; अजेयः (ajeyaḥ) - unconquerable; च (ca) - and; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become; न (na) - not; ते (te) - to you; प्रभविता (prabhavitā) - will prevail; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; यशस्वी (yaśasvī) - glorious; च (ca) - and; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become;]
(Sin will not be to you today; unconquerable and you will become. Not to you will prevail death; glorious and you will become. (13-18-12))
Today, sin will not befall you; you will become unconquerable. Death will not overcome you; you will become glorious. (13-18-12)
आह मां भगवानेवं शिखण्डी शिवविग्रहः। यदवाप्तं च मे सर्वं प्रसादात्तस्य धीमतः ॥१३-१८-१३॥
āha māṃ bhagavān evaṃ śikhaṇḍī śivavigrahaḥ। yad avāptaṃ ca me sarvaṃ prasādāt tasya dhīmataḥ॥13-18-13॥
[आह (āha) - said; माम् (mām) - to me; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed one; एवम् (evam) - thus; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; शिवविग्रहः (śivavigrahaḥ) - having the form of Śiva; यत् (yat) - which; अवाप्तम् (avāptam) - obtained; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - by me; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace; तस्य (tasya) - of him; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - the wise one;]
(Said to me the blessed one thus Śikhaṇḍī, having the form of Śiva. Which obtained and by me all by the grace of him, the wise one. (13-18-13))
The blessed one, Śikhaṇḍī, who has the form of Śiva, thus said to me: "All that I have obtained is by the grace of that wise one." (13-18-13)
असितो देवलश्चैव प्राह पाण्डुसुतं नृपम्। शापाच्छक्रस्य कौन्तेय चितो धर्मोऽनशन्मम ॥ तन्मे धर्मं यशश्चाग्र्यमायुश्चैवाददद्भवः ॥१३-१८-१४॥
asito devalaścaiva prāha pāṇḍusutaṃ nṛpam। śāpācchakrasya kaunteya cito dharmo'naśanmama ॥ tanme dharmaṃ yaśaścāgryamāyuścaivādadabhavaḥ ॥13-18-14॥
[असितः (asitaḥ) - Asita; (name of sage); देवलः (devalaḥ) - Devala; (name of sage); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्राह (prāha) - said; पाण्डुसुतम् (pāṇḍusutam) - Pāṇḍu's son; नृपम् (nṛpam) - king; शापात् (śāpāt) - from curse; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra; (Indra); कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Kaunteya; (son of Kunti); चितः (citaḥ) - consumed (by fire); धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; (righteousness); अनशत् (anaśat) - did not eat; (did not enjoy); मम (mama) - my; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; धर्मम् (dharmaṃ) - dharma; (righteousness); यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; च (ca) - and; आग्र्यम् (āgryam) - supreme; आयुः (āyuḥ) - life; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अदद् (adad) - gave; भवः (bhavaḥ) - Bhava; (name of Śiva);]
(Asita, Devala and indeed, said to Pāṇḍu's son, the king. From the curse of Śakra, O Kaunteya, consumed (by fire), dharma did not eat my (share). That to me, dharma, fame and supreme life indeed Bhava gave.)
Asita and Devala said to the son of Pāṇḍu, the king: 'Because of Śakra's curse, O Kaunteya, when I was consumed by fire, dharma did not enjoy my share.' Therefore, Bhava (Śiva) gave me dharma, fame, and the highest life. (13-18-14)
ऋषिर्गृत्समदो नाम शक्रस्य दयितः सखा। प्राहाजमीढं भगवान्बृहस्पतिसमद्युतिः ॥१३-१८-१५॥
ṛṣir gṛtsamado nāma śakrasya dayitaḥ sakhā। prāhājamīḍhaṃ bhagavān bṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ ॥13-18-15॥
[ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - seer; गृत्समदः (gṛtsamadaḥ) - Gṛtsamada; नाम (nāma) - named; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra; दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved; सखा (sakhā) - friend; प्राह (prāha) - said; अजमीढम् (ajamīḍham) - to Ajamīḍha; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; बृहस्पतिसमद्युतिः (bṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ) - equal in splendor to Bṛhaspati;]
(The seer Gṛtsamada, named, of Śakra, beloved, friend, said to Ajamīḍha, the venerable, equal in splendor to Bṛhaspati.)
The seer named Gṛtsamada, the beloved friend of Śakra, who was as radiant as Bṛhaspati, spoke to Ajamīḍha. (13-18-15)
वसिष्ठो नाम भगवांश्चाक्षुषस्य मनोः सुतः। शतक्रतोरचिन्त्यस्य सत्रे वर्षसहस्रिके ॥ वर्तमानेऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं साम्नि ह्युच्चारिते मया ॥१३-१८-१६॥
vasiṣṭho nāma bhagavāṃścākṣuṣasya manoḥ sutaḥ। śatakratoracintyasya satre varṣasahasrike ॥ vartamāne'bravīdvākyaṃ sāmni hyuccārite mayā ॥13-18-16॥
[वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; (sage's name); नाम (nāma) - named; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; च (ca) - and; आक्षुषस्य (cākṣuṣasya) - of Cākṣuṣa; (proper name); मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; शतक्रतोर् (śatakrator) - of Śatakratu; (Indra); अचिन्त्यस्य (acintyasya) - of the inconceivable; सत्रे (satre) - in the sacrificial session; वर्षसहस्रिके (varṣasahasrike) - lasting a thousand years; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; वाक्यम् (vākyaṃ) - speech; साम्नि (sāmni) - in the Sāman; (chant); हि (hi) - indeed; उच्चारिते (uccārite) - having been uttered; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(Vasiṣṭha named, the venerable, and of Cākṣuṣa Manu's son; in Śatakratu's inconceivable sacrificial session lasting a thousand years, ongoing, said speech in the Sāman indeed having been uttered by me.)
The venerable Vasiṣṭha, son of Cākṣuṣa Manu, during the inconceivable thousand-year sacrifice of Śatakratu, as the Sāman was being chanted by me, spoke these words. (13-18-16)
रथन्तरं द्विजश्रेष्ठ न सम्यगिति वर्तते। समीक्षस्व पुनर्बुद्ध्या हर्षं त्यक्त्वा द्विजोत्तम ॥ अयज्ञवाहिनं पापमकार्षीस्त्वं सुदुर्मते ॥१३-१८-१७॥
rathantaraṃ dvijaśreṣṭha na samyagiti vartate। samīkṣasva punarbuddhyā harṣaṃ tyaktvā dvijottama ॥ ayajñavāhinaṃ pāpamakārṣīstvaṃ sudurmate ॥13-18-17॥
[रथन्तरं (rathantaraṃ) - Rathantara (a Sāma Veda chant); द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best of twice-born; न (na) - not; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; इति (iti) - thus; वर्तते (vartate) - exists; समीक्षस्व (samīkṣasva) - examine; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect; हर्षं (harṣaṃ) - joy; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of twice-born; अयज्ञवाहिनं (ayajñavāhinaṃ) - not leading to sacrifice; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; अकार्षीः (akārṣīḥ) - you did; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; सुदुर्मते (sudurmate) - O very wicked-minded;]
(Rathantara, O best of twice-born, not properly thus exists. Examine again with intellect, having abandoned joy, O best of twice-born. Not leading to sacrifice, sin you did, you, O very wicked-minded.)
O best of the twice-born, the Rathantara does not exist properly in this way. Examine again with your intellect, having abandoned joy, O best of the twice-born. You, O very wicked-minded one, have committed a sin that does not lead to sacrifice. (13-18-17)
एवमुक्त्वा महाक्रोधात्प्राह रुष्टः पुनर्वचः। प्रज्ञया रहितो दुःखी नित्यं भीतो वनेचरः ॥ दश वर्षसहस्राणि दशाष्टौ च शतानि च ॥१३-१८-१८॥
evam uktvā mahā-krodhāt prāha ruṣṭaḥ punar vacaḥ। prajñayā rahitaḥ duḥkhī nityaṃ bhītaḥ vanecaraḥ ॥ daśa varṣa-sahasrāṇi daśāṣṭau ca śatāni ca ॥13-18-18॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; महाक्रोधात् (mahā-krodhāt) - from great anger; प्राह (prāha) - said; रुष्टः (ruṣṭaḥ) - angry; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; वचः (vacaḥ) - word; प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - with wisdom; रहितः (rahitaḥ) - devoid; दुःखी (duḥkhī) - sorrowful; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid; वनेचरः (vanecaraḥ) - forest-dweller; दश (daśa) - ten; वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣa-sahasrāṇi) - thousand years; दशाष्टौ (daśāṣṭau) - ten and eight; च (ca) - and; शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds; च (ca) - and;]
(Thus having spoken, from great anger, (he) said, angry, again word; with wisdom devoid, sorrowful, always afraid, forest-dweller; ten thousand years, ten and eight and hundreds and.)
Having thus spoken, he, filled with great anger, again uttered words in anger; devoid of wisdom, sorrowful, always fearful, a forest-dweller; (he was so) for ten thousand years and also for eighteen hundred years. (13-18-18)
नष्टपानीययवसे मृगैरन्यैश्च वर्जिते। अयज्ञीयद्रुमे देशे रुरुसिंहनिषेविते ॥ भविता त्वं मृगः क्रूरो महादुःखसमन्वितः ॥१३-१८-१९॥
naṣṭapānīyayavase mṛgair anyaiś ca varjite। ayajñīyadrume deśe rurusimhaniṣevite ॥ bhavitā tvaṃ mṛgaḥ krūro mahāduḥkhasamanvitaḥ ॥13-18-19॥
[नष्ट (naṣṭa) - lost; पानीय (pānīya) - water; यवसे (yavase) - barley-grass; मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by animals; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; च (ca) - and; वर्जिते (varjite) - abandoned; अयज्ञीय (ayajñīya) - not fit for sacrifice; द्रुमे (drume) - in tree; देशे (deśe) - in place; रुरु (ruru) - by wild ox; सिंह (siṃha) - by lion; निषेविते (niṣevite) - frequented; भविता (bhavitā) - will become; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - animal; क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel; महादुःख (mahāduḥkha) - great suffering; समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed with;]
(Lost water and barley-grass, abandoned by animals and others; in a place with trees not fit for sacrifice, frequented by wild ox and lion; you will become a cruel animal endowed with great suffering.)
When water and barley-grass are lost, and the place is abandoned by animals and others, in a land of trees unfit for sacrifice, frequented by wild oxen and lions, you will become a cruel animal afflicted with great suffering. (13-18-19)
तस्य वाक्यस्य निधने पार्थ जातो ह्यहं मृगः। ततो मां शरणं प्राप्तं प्राह योगी महेश्वरः ॥१३-१८-२०॥
tasya vākyasya nidhane pārtha jāto hyahaṃ mṛgaḥ। tato māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaṃ prāha yogī maheśvaraḥ ॥13-18-20॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the speech; निधने (nidhane) - at the end; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer; ततः (tataḥ) - then; माम् (mām) - me; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - having attained; प्राह (prāha) - said; योगी (yogī) - the yogi; महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - the great lord;]
(Of him, of the speech, at the end, O Pārtha, born indeed I a deer; then me refuge having attained said the yogi the great lord.)
O Pārtha, at the end of his speech, I was indeed born as a deer; then, having taken refuge in me, the yogi, the great lord, spoke. (13-18-20)
अजरश्चामरश्चैव भविता दुःखवर्जितः। साम्यं समस्तु ते सौख्यं युवयोर्वर्धतां क्रतुः ॥१३-१८-२१॥
ajaraś cā maraś caiva bhavitā duḥkhavarjitaḥ। sāmyaṃ samastu te saukhyaṃ yuvayor vardhatāṃ kratuḥ ॥13-18-21॥
[अजरः (ajaraḥ) - not-aging; च (ca) - and; अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; दुःखवर्जितः (duḥkhavarjitaḥ) - devoid of suffering; साम्यम् (sāmyaṃ) - equality; समस्तु (samastu) - let there be; ते (te) - for you; सौख्यम् (saukhyam) - happiness; युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two; वर्धताम् (vardhatām) - may increase; क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - sacrifice;]
(Not-aging and immortal indeed will be, devoid of suffering; let there be equality, for you happiness, of you two may increase the sacrifice.)
May you both become ageless and immortal, free from suffering; may equality and happiness be yours, and may your sacrifice increase. (13-18-21)
अनुग्रहानेवमेष करोति भगवान्विभुः। परं धाता विधाता च सुखदुःखे च सर्वदा ॥१३-१८-२२॥
anugrahānevaṃeṣa karoti bhagavān vibhuḥ। paraṃ dhātā vidhātā ca sukhaduḥkhe ca sarvadā ॥13-18-22॥
[अनुग्रहान् (anugrahān) - favors; एवम् (evam) - thus; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; करोति (karoti) - does; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the all-pervading; परम् (param) - supreme; धाता (dhātā) - the supporter; विधाता (vidhātā) - the ordainer; च (ca) - and; सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - happiness and sorrow; च (ca) - and; सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always;]
(Favors thus this does the Lord, the all-pervading; the supreme supporter and ordainer and in happiness and sorrow always.)
Thus, the Lord, the all-pervading, does favors; He is the supreme supporter and ordainer, always in both happiness and sorrow. (13-18-22)
अचिन्त्य एष भगवान्कर्मणा मनसा गिरा। न मे तात युधिश्रेष्ठ विद्यया पण्डितः समः ॥१३-१८-२३॥
acintya eṣa bhagavān karmaṇā manasā girā। na me tāta yudhiśreṣṭha vidyayā paṇḍitaḥ samaḥ ॥13-18-23॥
[अचिन्त्य (acintya) - inconceivable; एष (eṣa) - this; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; मनसा (manasā) - by mind; गिरा (girā) - by speech; न (na) - not; मे (me) - to me; तात (tāta) - O dear one; युधिश्रेष्ठ (yudhiśreṣṭha) - O best among warriors; विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge; पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a learned person; समः (samaḥ) - equal;]
(This Lord is inconceivable by action, by mind, or by speech. O dear one, O best among warriors, to me, no learned person is equal by knowledge.)
This Lord is beyond comprehension by action, mind, or speech. O dear one, O foremost among warriors, there is no learned person equal to Him by knowledge. (13-18-23)
जैगीषव्य उवाच॥
jaigīṣavya uvāca॥
[जैगीषव्य (jaigīṣavya) - descendant of Jigiṣavya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(descendant of Jigiṣavya said;)
The descendant of Jigiṣavya said.
ममाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं दत्तं भगवता पुरा। यत्नेनाल्पेन बलिना वाराणस्यां युधिष्ठिर ॥१३-१८-२४॥
mamāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ dattaṃ bhagavatā purā। yatnenālpena balinā vārāṇasyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira ॥13-18-24॥
[मम (mama) - my; अष्टगुण (aṣṭa-guṇa) - eightfold-quality; मैश्वर्यं (maiśvaryaṃ) - sovereignty; दत्तं (dattaṃ) - given; भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the Lord; पुरा (purā) - formerly; यत्नेन (yatnena) - by effort; अल्पेन (alpena) - by little; बलिना (balinā) - by the powerful; वाराणस्याम् (vārāṇasyām) - in Varanasi; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira;]
(My eightfold-quality sovereignty given by the Lord formerly, by little effort by the powerful in Varanasi, O Yudhishthira.)
O Yudhishthira, my eightfold sovereignty was formerly given by the Lord, and with little effort, by the powerful, in Varanasi. (13-18-24)
गार्ग्य उवाच॥
gārgya uvāca॥
[गार्ग्य (gārgya) - Gārgya; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Gārgya said;)
Gārgya said.
चतुःषष्ट्यङ्गमददात्कालज्ञानं ममाद्भुतम्। सरस्वत्यास्तटे तुष्टो मनोयज्ञेन पाण्डव ॥१३-१८-२५॥
catuḥṣaṣṭyaṅgamadadātkāla-jñānaṃ mamādbhutam। sarasvatyās taṭe tuṣṭo manoyajñena pāṇḍava ॥13-18-25॥
[चतुःषष्टि (catuḥṣaṣṭi) - sixty-four; अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - limb; अददात् (adadāt) - gave; कालज्ञानम् (kāla-jñānam) - knowledge of time; मम (mama) - my; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - of Sarasvatī; तटे (taṭe) - on the bank; तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - being pleased; मनोयज्ञेन (manoyajñena) - by the mental sacrifice; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava;]
(Sixty-four limbs gave (he), knowledge of time, my wonderful; of Sarasvatī on the bank, being pleased by the mental sacrifice, O Pāṇḍava.)
O Pāṇḍava, being pleased by my mental sacrifice on the bank of the Sarasvatī, he gave me the sixty-four limbs and the wonderful knowledge of time. (13-18-25)
तुल्यं मम सहस्रं तु सुतानां ब्रह्मवादिनाम्। आयुश्चैव सपुत्रस्य संवत्सरशतायुतम् ॥१३-१८-२६॥
tulyaṃ mama sahasraṃ tu sutānāṃ brahmavādinām। āyuścaiva saputrasya saṃvatsaraśatāyutam ॥13-18-26॥
[तुल्यं (tulyaṃ) - equal; मम (mama) - my; सहस्रं (sahasraṃ) - thousand; तु (tu) - but; सुतानां (sutānāṃ) - of sons; ब्रह्मवादिनाम् (brahmavādinām) - of brahmavādins; आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सपुत्रस्य (saputrasya) - of one with a son; संवत्सर (saṃvatsara) - year; शत (śata) - hundred; आयुतम् (āyutam) - ten thousand;]
(Equal to me is indeed a thousand sons of brahmavādins, and the lifespan of one with a son is a hundred thousand years.)
A thousand sons who are brahmavādins are equal to me, but the lifespan of a man with a son is indeed a hundred thousand years. (13-18-26)
पराशर उवाच॥
parāśara uvāca॥
[पराशर (parāśara) - Parāśara; (a sage's name; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Parāśara said;)
Parāśara said.
प्रसाद्याहं पुरा शर्वं मनसाचिन्तयं नृप। महातपा महातेजा महायोगी महायशाः ॥ वेदव्यासः श्रियावासो ब्रह्मण्यः करुणात्मकः ॥१३-१८-२७॥
prasādyāhaṃ purā śarvaṃ manasācintayaṃ nṛpa। mahātapā mahātejā mahāyogī mahāyaśāḥ ॥ vedavyāsaḥ śriyāvāso brahmaṇyaḥ karuṇātmakaḥ ॥13-18-27॥
[प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having propitiated; अहम् (aham) - I; पुरा (purā) - formerly; शर्वम् (śarvam) - Śarva (Śiva); मनसा (manasā) - with the mind; अचिन्तयम् (acintayam) - I contemplated; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; महातपा (mahātapā) - of great austerity; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great brilliance; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame; वेदव्यासः (vedavyāsaḥ) - Vedavyāsa; श्रियावासः (śriyāvāsaḥ) - abode of prosperity; ब्रह्मण्यः (brahmaṇyaḥ) - devoted to Brahman; करुणात्मकः (karuṇātmakaḥ) - of compassionate nature;]
(Having propitiated, I, formerly, Śarva (Śiva), with the mind, contemplated, O king; of great austerity, of great brilliance, great yogi, of great fame; Vedavyāsa, abode of prosperity, devoted to Brahman, of compassionate nature; (13-18-27))
O king, having propitiated Śarva (Śiva) in former times with my mind, I contemplated him. Vedavyāsa, of great austerity, great brilliance, a great yogi, and of great fame, is the abode of prosperity, devoted to Brahman, and of compassionate nature. (13-18-27)
अपि नामेप्सितः पुत्रो मम स्याद्वै महेश्वरात्। इति मत्वा हृदि मतं प्राह मां सुरसत्तमः ॥१३-१८-२८॥
api nāmepsitaḥ putro mama syād vai maheśvarāt। iti matvā hṛdi mataṃ prāha māṃ surasattamaḥ ॥13-18-28॥
[अपि (api) - indeed; नाम (nām) - perhaps; इप्सितः (ipsitaḥ) - desired; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; मम (mama) - my; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; वै (vai) - indeed; महेश्वरात् (maheśvarāt) - from Maheśvara; इति (iti) - thus; मत्वा (matvā) - having thought; हृदि (hṛdi) - in (the) heart; मतं (mataṃ) - thought; प्राह (prāha) - said; मां (māṃ) - to me; सुरसत्तमः (surasattamaḥ) - the best of the gods;]
(Indeed perhaps the desired son might be mine from Maheśvara; thus having thought, in (the) heart, (this) thought, said to me the best of the gods.)
Thinking in his heart, 'Indeed, perhaps I might obtain the desired son from Maheśvara,' the best of the gods spoke this thought to me. (13-18-28)
मयि सम्भवतस्तस्य फलात्कृष्णो भविष्यति। सावर्णस्य मनोः सर्गे सप्तर्षिश्च भविष्यति ॥१३-१८-२९॥
mayi sambhavatastasya phalātkṛṣṇo bhaviṣyati। sāvarṇasya manoḥ sarge saptaṛṣīśca bhaviṣyati ॥13-18-29॥
[मयि (mayi) - in me; सम्भवतः (sambhavataḥ) - from being born; तस्य (tasya) - of him; फलात् (phalāt) - from the result; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; सावर्णस्य (sāvarṇasya) - of Sāvarṇi; मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; सर्गे (sarge) - in the creation; सप्तर्षिः (saptaṛṣiḥ) - the seven sages; च (ca) - and; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]
(In me, from being born, from the result of him, Kṛṣṇa will be. Of Sāvarṇi Manu, in the creation, the seven sages also will be. (13-18-29))
Kṛṣṇa will be born from me as a result of him. In the creation of Sāvarṇi Manu, the seven sages will also exist. (13-18-29)
वेदानां च स वै व्यस्ता कुरुवंशकरस्तथा। इतिहासस्य कर्ता च पुत्रस्ते जगतो हितः ॥१३-१८-३०॥
vedānāṃ ca sa vai vyastā kuruvaṃśakarastathā। itihāsasya kartā ca putraste jagato hitaḥ ॥13-18-30॥
[वेदानाम् (vedānām) - of the Vedas; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; वै (vai) - indeed; व्यस्ताः (vyastāḥ) - expounder; कुरुवंशकरः (kuruvaṃśakaraḥ) - maker of the Kuru lineage; तथा (tathā) - likewise; इतिहासस्य (itihāsasya) - of history; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; maker; च (ca) - and; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; हितः (hitaḥ) - benefit;]
(Of the Vedas and he indeed expounder, maker of the Kuru lineage likewise; of history maker and son your of the world benefit;)
He is indeed the expounder of the Vedas and the maker of the Kuru lineage; likewise, he is the author of history and your son, a benefit to the world. (13-18-30)
भविष्यति महेन्द्रस्य दयितः स महामुनिः। अजरश्चामरश्चैव पराशर सुतस्तव ॥१३-१८-३१॥
bhaviṣyati mahendrasya dayitaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ। ajaraś cāmaraś caiva parāśara sutas tava ॥13-18-31॥
[भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; (from root 'bhū' - to be); महेन्द्रस्य (mahendrasya) - of Mahendra; (genitive of mahendra); दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved; (from root 'day' - to be compassionate, loved one); स (sa) - he; महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - great sage; (mahā - great; muni - sage); अजरः (ajaraḥ) - ageless; (a- not; jara - aging); च (ca) - and; अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal; (a- not; mara - dying); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पराशर (parāśara) - Parāśara; (proper name); सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; (from root 'su' - to beget); तव (tava) - your;]
(He, the great sage, beloved of Mahendra, will be; ageless and immortal indeed, the son of Parāśara, your;)
He, the great sage, beloved of Mahendra, will be ageless and immortal; he is indeed your son, Parāśara. (13-18-31)
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत। युधिष्ठिर महायोगी वीर्यवानक्षयोऽव्ययः ॥१३-१८-३२॥
evam uktvā sa bhagavāṁs tatraiva antaradhīyata। yudhiṣṭhira mahāyogī vīryavān akṣayo'vyayaḥ ॥13-18-32॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; in this manner; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; having said; स (sa) - he; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the illustrious one; the Lord; तत्र (tatra) - there; एव (eva) - indeed; just; अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared; vanished; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; great ascetic; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - possessed of strength; powerful; अक्षयः (akṣayaḥ) - imperishable; undecaying; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - unchanging; eternal;]
(Thus having spoken, he, the illustrious one, there indeed disappeared. Yudhishthira, the great yogi, possessed of strength, imperishable, unchanging. (13-18-32))
Having thus spoken, the illustrious Lord disappeared right there. Yudhishthira, the great yogi, who is powerful, imperishable, and eternal. (13-18-32)
माण्डव्य उवाच॥
māṇḍavya uvāca॥
[माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) - Māṇḍavya; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Māṇḍavya said;)
Māṇḍavya said.
अचौरश्चौरशङ्कायां शूले भिन्नो ह्यहं यदा। तत्रस्थेन स्तुतो देवः प्राह मां वै महेश्वरः ॥१३-१८-३३॥
acauras cauraśaṅkāyāṃ śūle bhinno hy ahaṃ yadā। tatrasthena stuto devaḥ prāha māṃ vai maheśvaraḥ ॥13-18-33॥
[अचौर (acaurá) - not-a-thief; चौरशङ्कायां (cauraśaṅkāyām) - in suspicion-of-thief; शूले (śūle) - on the stake; भिन्नः (bhinnaḥ) - pierced; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; यदा (yadā) - when; तत्रस्थेन (tatrasthena) - by the one present there; स्तुतः (stutaḥ) - praised; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; प्राह (prāha) - said; माम् (mām) - to me; वै (vai) - indeed; महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheshvara;]
(When I, not a thief, was pierced on the stake due to suspicion of theft, then the god Maheshvara, praised by the one present there, indeed spoke to me.)
When I, though not a thief, was impaled on the stake on suspicion of theft, then Maheshvara, the great god, praised by the one present there, truly spoke to me. (13-18-33)
मोक्षं प्राप्स्यसि शूलाच्च जीविष्यसि समार्बुदम्। रुजा शूलकृता चैव न ते विप्र भविष्यति ॥ आधिभिर्व्याधिभिश्चैव वर्जितस्त्वं भविष्यसि ॥१३-१८-३४॥
mokṣaṃ prāpsyasi śūlāc ca jīviṣyasi samārbudam. rujā śūlakṛtā caiva na te vipra bhaviṣyati ॥ ādhibhir vyādhibhiś caiva varjitas tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi ॥13-18-34॥
[मोक्षं (mokṣam) - liberation; प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will attain; शूलात् (śūlāt) - from pain; च (ca) - and; जीविष्यसि (jīviṣyasi) - you will live; सम् (sam) - entire; अर्बुदम् (arbudam) - ten crores; रुजा (rujā) - pain; शूलकृता (śūlakṛtā) - caused by pain; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; न (na) - not; ते (te) - to you; विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental afflictions; व्याधिभिः (vyādhibhiḥ) - by diseases; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वर्जितः (varjitaḥ) - freed; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - will be;]
(Liberation you will attain; from pain and you will live entire ten crores. Pain caused by pain and indeed not to you, O brāhmaṇa, will be. By mental afflictions, by diseases and indeed freed you will be.)
You will attain liberation; you will live for a full ten crores (of years) free from pain. Pain caused by pain will not befall you, O brāhmaṇa. You will be free from mental afflictions and diseases. (13-18-34)
पादाच्चतुर्थात्सम्भूत आत्मा यस्मान्मुने तव। त्वं भविष्यस्यनुपमो जन्म वै सफलं कुरु ॥१३-१८-३५॥
pādāc caturthāt sambhūta ātmā yasmān mune tava। tvaṃ bhaviṣyasy anupamo janma vai saphalaṃ kuru॥13-18-35॥
[पादात् (pādāt) - from the foot; चतुर्थात् (caturthāt) - from the fourth; सम्भूत (sambhūta) - arisen; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom; मुने (mune) - O sage; तव (tava) - your; त्वम् (tvam) - you; भविष्यस्य (bhaviṣyasya) - of the future; अनुपमः (anupamaḥ) - incomparable; जन्म (janma) - birth; वै (vai) - indeed; सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful; कुरु (kuru) - make;]
(From the foot, from the fourth, arisen, self, from whom, O sage, your; you, of the future, incomparable, birth, indeed, fruitful, make.)
O sage, from whose fourth foot the self has arisen, your future birth will be incomparable; indeed, make it fruitful. (13-18-35)
तीर्थाभिषेकं सफलं त्वमविघ्नेन चाप्स्यसि। स्वर्गं चैवाक्षयं विप्र विदधामि तवोर्जितम् ॥१३-१८-३६॥
tīrthābhiṣekaṃ saphalaṃ tvamavighnena cāpsyasi। svargaṃ caivākṣayaṃ vipra vidadhāmi tavorjitam ॥13-18-36॥
[तीर्थ (tīrtha) - sacred place; ford; अभिषेकं (abhiṣekaṃ) - anointing; consecration; सफलं (saphalaṃ) - fruitful; successful; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अविघ्नेन (avighnena) - without obstacle; without hindrance; च (ca) - and; अप्स्यसि (apsyasi) - you will obtain; you will get; स्वर्गं (svargaṃ) - heaven; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; अक्षयं (akṣayaṃ) - imperishable; undiminishing; विप्र (vipra) - Brāhmaṇa; sage; विदधामि (vidadhāmi) - I bestow; I grant; तव (tava) - to you; your; उर्जितम् (urjitam) - earned; acquired;]
(The sacred place anointing fruitful you without obstacle and you will obtain; heaven and indeed imperishable Brāhmaṇa I bestow to you earned.)
You will successfully complete the sacred bathing without any obstacle; O Brāhmaṇa, I grant you the imperishable heaven that you have earned. (13-18-36)
एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्वरेण्यो वृषवाहनः। महेश्वरो महाराज कृत्तिवासा महाद्युतिः ॥ सगणो दैवतश्रेष्ठस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥१३-१८-३७॥
evam-uktvā tu bhagavān vareṇyo vṛṣavāhanaḥ। maheśvaro mahārāja kṛttivāsā mahādyutiḥ॥ sagaṇo daivata-śreṣṭhas tatraiva antaradhīyata॥13-18-37॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; तु (tu) - but; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; वरेण्यः (vareṇyaḥ) - most excellent; वृषवाहनः (vṛṣavāhanaḥ) - bull-bannered; महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - great Lord; महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; कृत्तिवासा (kṛttivāsā) - one clad in skins; महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - of great splendor; सगणः (sagaṇaḥ) - with his attendants; दैवतश्रेष्ठः (daivata-śreṣṭhaḥ) - best among the gods; तत्र (tatra) - there; एव (eva) - indeed; अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared;]
(Thus having spoken, but the Lord, most excellent, bull-bannered, great Lord, great king, one clad in skins, of great splendor, with his attendants, best among the gods, there indeed disappeared.)
Thus, having spoken, the Lord, the most excellent, bull-bannered, great Lord, great king, clad in skins and of great splendor, along with his attendants, the best among the gods, disappeared right there. (13-18-37)
गालव उवाच॥
gālava uvāca॥
[गालव (gālava) - Gālava; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Gālava said;)
Gālava said.
विश्वामित्राभ्यनुज्ञातो ह्यहं पितरमागतः। अब्रवीन्मां ततो माता दुःखिता रुदती भृशम् ॥१३-१८-३८॥
viśvāmitrābhyanujñāto hyahaṃ pitaramāgataḥ। abravīnmāṃ tato mātā duḥkhitā rudatī bhṛśam ॥13-18-38॥
[विश्वामित्राभ्यनुज्ञातः (viśvāmitrābhy-anujñātaḥ) - having been permitted by Viśvāmitra; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; पितरम् (pitaram) - to (my) father; आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; माम् (mām) - to me; ततः (tataḥ) - then; माता (mātā) - mother; दुःखिता (duḥkhitā) - distressed; रुदती (rudatī) - weeping; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly;]
(Having been permitted by Viśvāmitra indeed I having come to (my) father; then mother distressed weeping greatly said to me; (13-18-38))
Having been permitted by Viśvāmitra, I came to my father; then my mother, greatly distressed and weeping, said to me. (13-18-38)
कौशिकेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं पुत्रं वेदविभूषितम्। न तात तरुणं दान्तं पिता त्वां पश्यतेऽनघ ॥१३-१८-३९॥
kauśikenābhyanujñātaṃ putraṃ vedavibhūṣitam। na tāta taruṇaṃ dāntaṃ pitā tvāṃ paśyate'nagha ॥13-18-39॥
[कौशिकेन (kauśikena) - by Kauśika; अभ्यनुज्ञातं (abhyanujñātam) - permitted; पुत्रं (putram) - son; वेदविभूषितम् (vedavibhūṣitam) - adorned with the Veda; न (na) - not; तात (tāta) - O dear one; तरुणं (taruṇam) - young; दान्तं (dāntam) - self-controlled; पिता (pitā) - father; त्वां (tvām) - you; पश्यते (paśyate) - sees; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one;]
(By Kauśika permitted son adorned with the Veda; not O dear one young self-controlled father you sees O sinless one.)
O sinless one, your father does not see you, his young and self-controlled son, who has been permitted by Kauśika and is adorned with the Veda. (13-18-39)
श्रुत्वा जनन्या वचनं निराशो गुरुदर्शने। नियतात्मा महादेवमपश्यं सोऽब्रवीच्च माम् ॥१३-१८-४०॥
śrutvā jananyā vacanaṃ nirāśo gurudarśane। niyatātmā mahādevam apaśyaṃ so'bravīc ca mām ॥13-18-40॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; जनन्या (jananyā) - by the mother; वचनं (vacanam) - word; निराशः (nirāśaḥ) - despairing; गुरुदर्शने (gurudarśane) - in seeing the guru; नियतात्मा (niyatātmā) - self-controlled; महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahadeva; अपश्यं (apaśyam) - I saw; सः (saḥ) - he; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; च (ca) - and; माम् (mām) - to me;]
(Having heard the word by the mother, despairing in seeing the guru, self-controlled, Mahadeva I saw; he said and to me.)
Having heard his mother's words and despairing of seeing the guru, I, self-controlled, saw Mahadeva; he then spoke to me. (13-18-40)
पिता माता च ते त्वं च पुत्र मृत्युविवर्जिताः। भविष्यथ विश क्षिप्रं द्रष्टासि पितरं क्षये ॥१३-१८-४१॥
pitā mātā ca te tvaṃ ca putra mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ। bhaviṣyatha viśa kṣipraṃ draṣṭāsi pitaraṃ kṣaye ॥13-18-41॥
[पिता (pitā) - father; माता (mātā) - mother; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; पुत्र (putra) - son; मृत्युविवर्जिताः (mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ) - free from death; भविष्यथ (bhaviṣyatha) - you will become; विश (viśa) - enter; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; द्रष्टासि (draṣṭāsi) - you will see; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; क्षये (kṣaye) - at the end;]
(Father, mother and your, you and son, free from death; you will become, enter quickly, you will see father at the end.)
Your father, mother, you, and your son are free from death; you will become so. Enter quickly, and at the end you will see your father. (13-18-41)
अनुज्ञातो भगवता गृहं गत्वा युधिष्ठिर। अपश्यं पितरं तात इष्टिं कृत्वा विनिःसृतम् ॥१३-१८-४२॥
anujñāto bhagavatā gṛhaṃ gatvā yudhiṣṭhira। apaśyaṃ pitaraṃ tāta iṣṭiṃ kṛtvā viniḥsṛtam ॥13-18-42॥
[अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted; allowed; भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the venerable one; by the blessed one; गृहम् (gṛham) - house; home; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; after going; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; I beheld; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; तात (tāta) - dear one; father; इष्टिम् (iṣṭim) - sacrifice; ritual; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed; after performing; विनिःसृतम् (viniḥsṛtam) - departed; gone out;]
(Permitted by the venerable one, having gone home, Yudhishthira, I saw my father, dear one, having performed the sacrifice, departed.)
After being permitted by the venerable one, I, Yudhishthira, went home and saw that my dear father, having performed the sacrifice, had departed. (13-18-42)
उपस्पृश्य गृहीत्वेध्मं कुशांश्च शरणाद्गुरून्। तान्विसृज्य च मां प्राह पिता सास्राविलेक्षणः ॥१३-१८-४३॥
upaspṛśya gṛhītv edhmaṃ kuśāṃś ca śaraṇād gurūn। tān visṛjya ca māṃ prāha pitā sāśrāvilakṣaṇaḥ ॥13-18-43॥
[उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched upon; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; इध्मम् (edhmaṃ) - sacrificial fuel; कुशान् (kuśān) - sacred grass; च (ca) - and; शरणात् (śaraṇāt) - from the shelter; गुरून् (gurūn) - elders; तान् (tān) - them; विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having dismissed; च (ca) - and; माम् (mām) - me; प्राह (prāha) - said; पिता (pitā) - father; स (sa) - he; अश्राविल-ईक्षणः (aśrāvilakṣaṇaḥ) - with eyes filled with tears;]
(Having touched upon, having taken sacrificial fuel, sacred grass and from the shelter elders, them having dismissed and me said father he with eyes filled with tears.)
After touching water, taking the sacrificial fuel and sacred grass, and having dismissed the elders from the shelter, my father, with eyes filled with tears, spoke to me. (13-18-43)
प्रणमन्तं परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय पाण्डव। दिष्ट्या दृष्टोऽसि मे पुत्र कृतविद्य इहागतः ॥१३-१८-४४॥
praṇamantaṃ pariṣvajya mūrdhni cāghrāya pāṇḍava। diṣṭyā dṛṣṭo'si me putra kṛtavidya ihāgataḥ ॥13-18-44॥
[प्रणमन्तं (praṇamantam) - bowing; परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced; मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head; च (ca) - and; आघ्राय (āghrāya) - having smelled; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen; असि (asi) - you are; मे (me) - by me; पुत्र (putra) - son; कृतविद्य (kṛtavidya) - accomplished in knowledge; इहागतः (ihāgataḥ) - arrived here;]
(Bowing, having embraced, on the head and having smelled, O Pāṇḍava, by fortune you are seen by me, son, accomplished in knowledge, arrived here.)
Having bowed, embraced, and smelled your head, O Pāṇḍava, by good fortune I see you, my son, accomplished in knowledge, arrived here. (13-18-44)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एतान्यत्यद्भुतान्येव कर्माण्यथ महात्मनः। प्रोक्तानि मुनिभिः श्रुत्वा विस्मयामास पाण्डवः ॥१३-१८-४५॥
etāny atyadbhutāny eva karmāṇy atha mahātmanaḥ। proktāni munibhiḥ śrutvā vismayām āsa pāṇḍavaḥ॥13-18-45॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; अत्यद्भुतानि (atyadbhutāni) - very wonderful; एव (eva) - indeed; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds; अथ (atha) - then; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one; प्रोक्तानि (proktāni) - spoken; मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by the sages; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; विस्मयाम् (vismayām) - astonishment; आस (āsa) - felt; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu;]
(These very wonderful deeds indeed of the great-souled one, then, spoken by the sages, having heard, astonishment felt the son of Pāṇḍu. (13-18-45))
Having heard these very wonderful deeds of the great-souled one, as spoken by the sages, the son of Pāṇḍu felt astonishment. (13-18-45)
ततः कृष्णोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं पुनर्मतिमतां वरः। युधिष्ठिरं धर्मनित्यं पुरुहूतमिवेश्वरः ॥१३-१८-४६॥
tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravīdvākyaṃ punarmatimatāṃ varaḥ। yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmanityaṃ puruhūtamiveśvaraḥ ॥13-18-46॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; वाक्यम् (vākyaṃ) - word; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; मतिमताम् (matimatām) - of the intelligent; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; धर्मनित्यम् (dharmanityam) - always devoted to dharma; पुरुहूतम् (puruhūtam) - Indra; इव (iva) - like; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the lord;]
(Then Kṛṣṇa, the best of the intelligent, again spoke a word to Yudhiṣṭhira, always devoted to dharma, like Indra, the lord.)
Then Kṛṣṇa, the foremost among the wise, again addressed Yudhiṣṭhira, who is ever devoted to righteousness, as the lord addresses Indra. (13-18-46)
आदित्यचन्द्रावनिलानलौ च; द्यौर्भूमिरापो वसवोऽथ विश्वे। धातार्यमा शुक्रबृहस्पती च; रुद्राः ससाध्या वरुणो वित्तगोपः ॥१३-१८-४७॥
ādityacandrāvanilānalau ca; dyaurbhūmirāpo vasavo'tha viśve। dhātāryamā śukrabṛhaspatī ca; rudrāḥ sasādhyā varuṇo vittagopaḥ ॥13-18-47॥
[आदित्य (āditya) - sons of Aditi; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; अनिल (anila) - wind; अनल (anala) - fire; च (ca) - and; द्यौः (dyauḥ) - sky; भूमि (bhūmi) - earth; आपः (āpaḥ) - waters; वसवः (vasavaḥ) - Vasus; अथ (atha) - then; विश्वे (viśve) - all; धाता (dhātā) - Dhātṛ; अर्यमा (aryamā) - Aryaman; शुक्र (śukra) - Śukra; बृहस्पती (bṛhaspatī) - Bṛhaspati; च (ca) - and; रुद्राः (rudrāḥ) - Rudras; ससाध्या (sasādhyā) - with Sādhyas; वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa; वित्तगोपः (vittagopaḥ) - protector of wealth;]
(Ādityas, moon, wind, fire and; sky, earth, waters, Vasus, then all; Dhātṛ, Aryaman, Śukra, Bṛhaspati and; Rudras, with Sādhyas, Varuṇa, protector of wealth. (13-18-47))
The Ādityas, the moon, wind, fire, as well as the sky, earth, waters, the Vasus, and all the gods; Dhātṛ, Aryaman, Śukra, Bṛhaspati, the Rudras, the Sādhyas, Varuṇa, and the protector of wealth (Kubera) were present. (13-18-47)
ब्रह्मा शक्रो मारुतो ब्रह्म सत्यं; वेदा यज्ञा दक्षिणा वेदवाहाः। सोमो यष्टा यच्च हव्यं हविश्च; रक्षा दीक्षा नियमा ये च केचित् ॥१३-१८-४८॥
brahmā śakro māruto brahma satyaṃ; vedā yajñā dakṣiṇā vedavāhāḥ। somo yaṣṭā yac ca havyaṃ haviś ca; rakṣā dīkṣā niyamā ye ca kecit ॥13-18-48॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator); शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (the powerful one); मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - Marut (wind deity); ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Veda; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; वेदाः (vedāḥ) - Vedas; यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - sacrifices; दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - offering (gift to priests); वेदवाहाः (vedavāhāḥ) - carriers of the Veda; सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma (the ritual drink); यष्टा (yaṣṭā) - the sacrificer; यत् (yat) - whatever; च (ca) - and; हव्यम् (havyam) - offering (to gods); हविः (haviḥ) - oblation; च (ca) - and; रक्षा (rakṣā) - protection; दीक्षा (dīkṣā) - initiation; नियमाः (niyamāḥ) - rules; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; केचित् (kecit) - some;]
(Brahmā, Indra, Marut, the Veda, truth; Vedas, sacrifices, offering, carriers of the Veda. Soma, the sacrificer, and whatever offering and oblation; protection, initiation, rules, who and some. (13-18-48))
Brahmā, Indra, the Maruts, the Veda, and truth; the Vedas, sacrifices, offerings, and those who carry the Veda; Soma, the sacrificer, whatever is offered and oblation; protection, initiation, and all rules, and whoever else there may be. (13-18-48)
स्वाहा वषड्ब्राह्मणाः सौरभेया; धर्मं चक्रं कालचक्रं चरं च। यशो दमो बुद्धिमती स्थितिश्च; शुभाशुभं मुनयश्चैव सप्त ॥१३-१८-४९॥
svāhā vaṣaḍbrāhmaṇāḥ saurabheyā; dharmaṃ cakraṃ kālacakraṃ caraṃ ca. yaśo damo buddhimatī sthitiśca; śubhāśubhaṃ munayaścaiva sapta ॥13-18-49॥
[स्वाहा (svāhā) - oblation; invocation; वषट् (vaṣaṭ) - sacrificial exclamation; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; priests; सौरभेया (saurabheyā) - descendants of Saurabheya; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - righteousness; law; चक्रं (cakraṃ) - wheel; कालचक्रं (kālacakraṃ) - wheel of time; चरं (caraṃ) - moving; active; च (ca) - and; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; glory; दमः (damaḥ) - self-restraint; बुद्धिमती (buddhimatī) - possessing intelligence; wise; स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - stability; state; च (ca) - and; शुभाशुभं (śubhāśubhaṃ) - auspicious and inauspicious; good and bad; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; सप्त (sapta) - seven;]
(Oblation, sacrificial exclamation, Brāhmaṇas, descendants of Saurabheya; righteousness, wheel, wheel of time, moving and; fame, self-restraint, possessing intelligence, stability and; auspicious and inauspicious, sages and indeed seven.)
Oblation, the sacrificial exclamation, Brāhmaṇas, the Saurabheyas; righteousness, the wheel, the wheel of time, movement; fame, self-restraint, wisdom, stability; auspicious and inauspicious, and the seven sages. (13-18-49)
अग्र्या बुद्धिर्मनसा दर्शने च; स्पर्शे सिद्धिः कर्मणां या च सिद्धिः। गणा देवानामूष्मपाः सोमपाश्च; लेखाः सुयामास्तुषिता ब्रह्मकायाः ॥१३-१८-५०॥
agryā buddhir manasā darśane ca; sparśe siddhiḥ karmaṇāṃ yā ca siddhiḥ। gaṇā devānām ūṣmapāḥ somapāś ca; lekhāḥ suyāmās tuṣitā brahmakāyāḥ ॥13-18-50॥
[अग्र्या (agryā) - foremost; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; मनसा (manasā) - by mind; दर्शने (darśane) - in perception; च (ca) - and; स्पर्शे (sparśe) - in touch; सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) - accomplishment; कर्मणां (karmaṇāṃ) - of actions; या (yā) - which; च (ca) - and; सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) - accomplishment; गणा (gaṇā) - groups; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; ऊष्मपाः (ūṣmapāḥ) - eaters of warmth; सोमपाः (somapāḥ) - drinkers of soma; च (ca) - and; लेखाः (lekhāḥ) - scribes; सुयामाः (suyāmāḥ) - well-restrained; तुषिताः (tuṣitāḥ) - contented; ब्रह्मकायाः (brahmakāyāḥ) - bodies of Brahman;]
(Foremost intellect by mind in perception and; in touch accomplishment of actions which and accomplishment. Groups of the gods eaters of warmth, drinkers of soma and; scribes, well-restrained, contented, bodies of Brahman. (13-18-50))
The foremost intellect is by the mind in perception, and accomplishment in touch and in actions is also accomplishment. The groups of the gods are the eaters of warmth, the drinkers of soma, the scribes, the well-restrained, the contented, and the bodies of Brahman. (13-18-50)
आभास्वरा गन्धपा दृष्टिपाश्च; वाचा विरुद्धाश्च मनोविरुद्धाः। शुद्धाश्च निर्वाणरताश्च देवाः; स्पर्शाशना दर्शपा आज्यपाश्च ॥१३-१८-५१॥
ābhāsvarā gandhapā dṛṣṭipāśca; vācā viruddhāśca manoviruddhāḥ. śuddhāśca nirvāṇaratāśca devāḥ; sparśāśanā darśapā ājyapāśca ॥13-18-51॥
[आभास्वरा (ābhāsvarā) - shining ones; गन्धपा (gandhapā) - those who feed on fragrance; दृष्टिपाश्च (dṛṣṭipāśca) - and those who feed on sight; वाचा (vācā) - by speech; विरुद्धाश्च (viruddhāśca) - and those who are opposed; मनोविरुद्धाः (manoviruddhāḥ) - those opposed in mind; शुद्धाश्च (śuddhāśca) - and the pure ones; निर्वाणरताश्च (nirvāṇaratāśca) - and those delighting in liberation; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; स्पर्शाशना (sparśāśanā) - those who feed on touch; दर्शपा (darśapā) - those who feed on sight; आज्यपाश्च (ājyapāśca) - and those who feed on clarified butter;]
(Shining ones, those who feed on fragrance, and those who feed on sight; by speech, and those who are opposed, those opposed in mind. And the pure ones, and those delighting in liberation, gods; those who feed on touch, those who feed on sight, and those who feed on clarified butter. (13-18-51))
The shining ones, those who subsist on fragrance, and those who subsist on sight; those who are opposed by speech and by mind. The pure ones, those devoted to liberation, the gods; those who feed on touch, those who feed on sight, and those who feed on clarified butter. (13-18-51)
चिन्तागता ये च देवेषु मुख्या; ये चाप्यन्ये देवताश्चाजमीढ। सुपर्णगन्धर्वपिशाचदानवा; यक्षास्तथा पन्नगाश्चारणाश्च ॥१३-१८-५२॥
cintāgatā ye ca deveṣu mukhyā; ye cāpyanye devatāścājamīḍha. suparṇagandharvapiśācadānavā; yakṣāstathā pannagāścāraṇāśca ॥13-18-52॥
[चिन्तागता (cintāgatā) - absorbed in thought; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; देवेषु (deveṣu) - among the gods; मुख्या (mukhyā) - chief; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अन्ये (anye) - other; देवताः (devatāḥ) - divinities; च (ca) - and; अजमीढ (ajamīḍha) - O Ajamīḍha; सुपर्ण (suparṇa) - Suparṇas (divine birds); गन्धर्व (gandharva) - Gandharvas; पिशाच (piśāca) - Piśācas (goblins); दानवा (dānavā) - Dānavas (demons); यक्षा (yakṣāḥ) - Yakṣas (nature spirits); तथा (tathā) - also; पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - serpents; चारणाः (cāraṇāḥ) - Cāraṇas (celestial bards);]
(Absorbed in thought, who and among the gods the chief; who and also other divinities and O Ajamīḍha. Suparṇas, Gandharvas, Piśācas, Dānavas; Yakṣas also serpents and Cāraṇas.)
O Ajamīḍha, those who are absorbed in thought, both the chief among the gods and other divinities, as well as Suparṇas, Gandharvas, Piśācas, Dānavas, Yakṣas, serpents, and Cāraṇas (celestial bards), all (were present). (13-18-52)
सूक्ष्मं स्थूलं मृदु यच्चाप्यसूक्ष्मं; सुखं दुःखं सुखदुःखान्तरं च। साङ्ख्यं योगं यत्पराणां परं च; शर्वाज्जातं विद्धि यत्कीर्तितं मे ॥१३-१८-५३॥
sūkṣmaṃ sthūlaṃ mṛdu yaccāpyasūkṣmaṃ; sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaduḥkhāntaraṃ ca. sāṅkhyaṃ yogaṃ yatparāṇāṃ paraṃ ca; śarvājjātaṃ viddhi yatkīrtitaṃ me ॥13-18-53॥
[सूक्ष्मं (sūkṣmam) - subtle; स्थूलं (sthūlam) - gross; मृदु (mṛdu) - soft; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; असूक्ष्मं (asūkṣmam) - not subtle; सुखं (sukham) - pleasure; दुःखं (duḥkham) - pain; सुखदुःखान्तरं (sukhaduḥkhāntaram) - other than pleasure and pain; च (ca) - and; साङ्ख्यं (sāṅkhyam) - Sāṅkhya; योगं (yogam) - Yoga; यत् (yat) - which; पराणां (parāṇām) - of the supreme; परं (param) - supreme; च (ca) - and; शर्वात् (śarvāt) - from Śarva (Śiva); जातं (jātam) - arisen; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; यत् (yat) - which; कीर्तितं (kīrtitam) - declared; मे (me) - by me;]
(Subtle, gross, soft, and also not subtle; pleasure, pain, and that which is other than pleasure and pain; Sāṅkhya, Yoga, that which is of the supreme, and the supreme; arisen from Śarva, know that which is declared by me.)
Know that all which is subtle, gross, soft, and not subtle; pleasure, pain, and what is beyond pleasure and pain; Sāṅkhya, Yoga, that which is of the supreme and the supreme itself; all this, arisen from Śarva (Śiva), is what I have declared to you. (13-18-53)
तत्सम्भूता भूतकृतो वरेण्याः; सर्वे देवा भुवनस्यास्य गोपाः। आविश्येमां धरणीं येऽभ्यरक्ष; न्पुरातनीं तस्य देवस्य सृष्टिम् ॥१३-१८-५४॥
tatsambhūtā bhūtakṛto vareṇyāḥ; sarve devā bhuvanasyāsya gopāḥ. āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye'bhyarakṣa; npurātanīṃ tasya devasya sṛṣṭim ॥13-18-54॥
[तत् (tat) - that; सम्भूता (sambhūtā) - having arisen together; भूतकृतः (bhūtakṛtaḥ) - creators of beings; वरेण्याः (vareṇyāḥ) - most excellent; सर्वे (sarve) - all; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; भुवनस्य (bhuvanasya) - of the world; अस्य (asya) - of this; गोपाः (gopāḥ) - protectors; आविश्य (āviśya) - having entered; इमां (imāṃ) - this; धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - earth; ये (ye) - who; अभ्यरक्षन् (abhyarakṣan) - protected; पुरातनीम् (purātanīm) - ancient; तस्य (tasya) - of that; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; सृष्टिम् (sṛṣṭim) - creation;]
(That having arisen together, creators of beings, most excellent; all gods, protectors of this world. Having entered this earth, who protected the ancient creation of that god.)
Those who arose together, the most excellent creators of beings; all the gods, protectors of this world. Having entered this earth, they protected the ancient creation of that god. (13-18-54)
विचिन्वन्तं मनसा तोष्टुवीमि; किञ्चित्तत्त्वं प्राणहेतोर्नतोऽस्मि। ददातु देवः स वरानिहेष्टा; नभिष्टुतो नः प्रभुरव्ययः सदा ॥१३-१८-५५॥
vicinvantaṃ manasā toṣṭuvīmi; kiñcittattvaṃ prāṇahetornato'smi. dadātu devaḥ sa varāniheṣṭā; nabhiṣṭuto naḥ prabhuravyayaḥ sadā ॥13-18-55॥
[विचिन्वन्तं (vicinvantam) - seeking; मनसा (manasā) - with mind; तोष्टुवीमि (toṣṭuvīmi) - I praise; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little; तत्त्वं (tattvam) - truth; प्राणहेतोः (prāṇahetoḥ) - of the cause of life; नतः (nataḥ) - bowed; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; ददातु (dadātu) - may give; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; स (sa) - he; वरान् (varān) - boons; इह (iha) - here; इष्टा (iṣṭā) - desired; नः (naḥ) - to us; नभिः (nabhiḥ) - by the navel; स्तुतः (stutaḥ) - praised; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - imperishable; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Seeking with mind I praise; a little truth of the cause of life, bowed I am. May the god, he, give boons here desired to us; by the navel praised, the lord imperishable always. (13-18-55))
I praise, seeking with my mind, a little of the truth of the cause of life, and I am bowed. May that god, praised at the navel, always grant us the desired boons; he is the imperishable lord. (13-18-55)
इमं स्तवं संनियम्येन्द्रियाणि; शुचिर्भूत्वा यः पुरुषः पठेत। अभग्नयोगो नियतोऽब्दमेकं; स प्राप्नुयादश्वमेधे फलं यत् ॥१३-१८-५६॥
imaṃ stavaṃ saṃniyamyendriyāṇi; śucirbhūtvā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paṭheta. abhagnayogo niyato'bdamekaṃ; sa prāpnuyādaśvamedhe phalaṃ yat ॥13-18-56॥
[इमं (imaṃ) - this; स्तवं (stavaṃ) - hymn; संनियम्य (saṃniyamya) - having restrained; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses; शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; यः (yaḥ) - who; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; पठेत (paṭheta) - should recite; अभग्नयोगः (abhagnayogaḥ) - with unbroken practice; नियतः (niyataḥ) - disciplined; अब्दम् (abdam) - year; एकं (ekaṃ) - one; सः (saḥ) - he; प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - would obtain; अश्वमेधे (aśvamedhe) - in the horse-sacrifice; फलं (phalaṃ) - fruit; यत् (yat) - which;]
(This hymn, having restrained the senses, having become pure, who man should recite; with unbroken practice, disciplined, one year; he would obtain in the horse-sacrifice the fruit which.)
Whoever, having restrained the senses and become pure, recites this hymn with unbroken discipline for one year, he obtains the fruit which is gained by the horse-sacrifice. (13-18-56)
वेदान्कृत्स्नान्ब्राह्मणः प्राप्नुयाच्च; जयेद्राजा पृथिवीं चापि कृत्स्नाम्। वैश्यो लाभं प्राप्नुयान्नैपुणं च; शूद्रो गतिं प्रेत्य तथा सुखं च ॥१३-१८-५७॥
vedānkṛtsnānbrāhmaṇaḥ prāpnuyācca; jayedrājā pṛthivīṃ cāpi kṛtsnām। vaiśyo lābhaṃ prāpnuyānnaipuṇaṃ ca; śūdro gatiṃ pretya tathā sukhaṃ ca ॥13-18-57॥
[वेदान् (vedān) - Vedas (accusative plural); कृत्स्नान् (kṛtsnān) - entire; all; whole; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brāhmaṇa; a Brahmin; प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - should attain; may obtain; च (ca) - and; जयेत् (jayed) - should conquer; may win; राजा (rājā) - king; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth (accusative singular); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; even; कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire; whole; वैश्यः (vaiśyaḥ) - Vaiśya; a member of the merchant class; लाभं (lābhaṃ) - gain; profit; प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - should attain; may obtain; नैपुणं (naipuṇaṃ) - skill; proficiency; च (ca) - and; शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - Śūdra; a member of the servant class; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; path; progress; प्रेत्य (pretya) - having departed; after death; तथा (tathā) - likewise; also; सुखं (sukhaṃ) - happiness; comfort; च (ca) - and;]
(The Brāhmaṇa should attain all the Vedas; the king should conquer the entire earth also; the Vaiśya should attain gain and skill; the Śūdra, having departed, likewise happiness and progress.)
The Brāhmaṇa attains all the Vedas; the king conquers the whole earth; the Vaiśya gains profit and skill; and the Śūdra, after death, attains progress and happiness. (13-18-57)
स्तवराजमिमं कृत्वा रुद्राय दधिरे मनः। सर्वदोषापहं पुण्यं पवित्रं च यशस्विनम् ॥१३-१८-५८॥
stavarājam imaṁ kṛtvā rudrāya dadhire manaḥ। sarvadoṣāpahaṁ puṇyaṁ pavitraṁ ca yaśasvinam ॥13-18-58॥
[स्तवराजम् (stavarājam) - king of hymns; इमम् (imam) - this; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; रुद्राय (rudrāya) - to Rudra; दधिरे (dadhire) - placed; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; सर्वदोषापहम् (sarvadoṣāpaham) - remover of all faults; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious; पवित्रम् (pavitram) - pure; च (ca) - and; यशस्विनम् (yaśasvinam) - glorious;]
(Having made this king of hymns, to Rudra, (they) placed (their) mind; remover of all faults, meritorious, pure and glorious.)
Having composed this king of hymns, they fixed their mind on Rudra; it is the remover of all faults, meritorious, pure, and glorious. (13-18-58)
यावन्त्यस्य शरीरेषु रोमकूपाणि भारत। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे वसति मानवः ॥१३-१८-५९॥
yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāṇi bhārata। tāvadvārṣasahasrāṇi svarge vasati mānavaḥ ॥13-18-59॥
[यावन्ति (yāvanti) - as many as; अस्य (asya) - of this; शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - in the bodies; रोमकूपाणि (romakūpāṇi) - hair follicles; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; तावत् (tāvat) - so many; वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years; स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven; वसति (vasati) - dwells; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a man;]
(As many as hair follicles are in the bodies of this one, O Bhārata; for so many thousands of years a man dwells in heaven.)
O Bhārata, as many hair follicles as there are in this body, for that many thousands of years a man resides in heaven. (13-18-59)
