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भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Bhīṣma spoke;)
Bhīṣma said;
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। यद्वृत्तं तीर्थयात्रायां शपथं प्रति तच्छृणु ॥१३-९६-१॥
atraiva udāharantī mama itihāsaṃ purātanam। yat vṛttaṃ tīrtha-yātrāyāṃ śapathaṃ prati tat śṛṇu ॥13-96-1॥
[अत्रैव (atraiva) - here itself; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; यत् (yat) - which; वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - event; तीर्थयात्रायाम् (tīrtha-yātrāyām) - on pilgrimage; शपथम् (śapatham) - oath; प्रति (prati) - concerning; तत् (tat) - that; श्रुणु (śṛṇu) - hear;]
(Here itself, they cite this ancient history. Which event, on pilgrimage, concerning the oath, that hear.)
Right here, they cite this ancient story. Hear about the event that occurred during a pilgrimage concerning an oath. (13-96-1)
पुष्करार्थं कृतं स्तैन्यं पुरा भरतसत्तम। राजर्षिभिर्महाराज तथैव च द्विजर्षिभिः ॥१३-९६-२॥
puṣkarārthaṁ kṛtaṁ stainyaṁ purā bharatasattama। rājarṣibhirmahārāja tathaiva ca dvijarṣibhiḥ ॥13-96-2॥
[पुष्करार्थं (puṣkarārtham) - for the sake of puṣkara (a sacred place/ritual); कृतं (kṛtam) - committed; done; स्तैन्यं (stainyaṁ) - theft; act of stealing; पुरा (purā) - formerly; long ago; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas; राजर्षिभिः (rājarṣibhiḥ) - by royal sages; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; just so; च (ca) - and; द्विजर्षिभिः (dvijarṣibhiḥ) - by brāhmaṇa sages;]
(For the sake of puṣkara, theft was committed in ancient times, O best of the Bharatas; by royal sages, O great king, and likewise by brāhmaṇa sages.)
O best of the Bharatas, in ancient times theft was committed for the sake of Puṣkara by royal sages, O great king, and likewise by brāhmaṇa sages. (13-96-2)
ऋषयः समेताः पश्चिमे वै प्रभासे; समागता मन्त्रममन्त्रयन्त। चराम सर्वे पृथिवीं पुण्यतीर्थां; तन्नः कार्यं हन्त गच्छाम सर्वे ॥१३-९६-३॥
ṛṣayaḥ sametāḥ paścime vai prabhāse; samāgatā mantram amantrayanta. carāma sarve pṛthivīṃ puṇyatīrthāṃ; tan naḥ kāryaṃ hanta gacchāma sarve ॥13-96-3॥
[ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled; पश्चिमे (paścime) - in the western; वै (vai) - indeed; प्रभासे (prabhāse) - at Prabhāsa (proper noun, a place); समागता (samāgatā) - having come together; मन्त्रम् (mantram) - counsel; अमन्त्रयन्त (amantrayanta) - they deliberated; चराम (carāma) - let us roam; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth; पुण्यतीर्थां (puṇyatīrthāṃ) - holy places; तत् (tat) - that; नः (naḥ) - for us; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - to be done; हन्त (hanta) - come! (exclamation); गच्छाम (gacchāma) - let us go; सर्वे (sarve) - all;]
(Sages assembled in the western (direction), indeed in Prabhāsa; having come together, they deliberated counsel. Let us all roam the earth, the holy places; that for us is to be done, come! let us all go.)
The sages assembled at Prabhāsa in the west; after gathering, they deliberated together. “Let us all wander to the holy places on earth; that is what we should do. Come, let us all go.” (13-96-3)
शुक्रोऽङ्गिराश्चैव कविश्च विद्वां; स्तथागस्त्यो नारदपर्वतौ च। भृगुर्वसिष्ठः कश्यपो गौतमश्च; विश्वामित्रो जमदग्निश्च राजन् ॥१३-९६-४॥
śukro'ṅgirāścaiva kaviśca vidvāṁ; stathāgastyō nāradaparvatau ca. bhṛgurvasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapō gautamaśca; viśvāmitrō jamadagniśca rājan ॥13-96-4॥
[शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Śukra; (proper noun, sage); अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgirās; (proper noun, sage); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; कविः (kaviḥ) - Kavi; (proper noun, sage); च (ca) - and; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise (one); learned; तथा (tathā) - so; likewise; अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya; (proper noun, sage); नारदपर्वतौ (nārada-parvatau) - Nārada and Parvata; (dual, proper noun, sages); च (ca) - and; भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu; (proper noun, sage); वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; (proper noun, sage); कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; (proper noun, sage); गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama; (proper noun, sage); च (ca) - and; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; (proper noun, sage); जमदग्निः (jamadagniḥ) - Jamadagni; (proper noun, sage); च (ca) - and; राजन् (rājan) - O king;]
(Śukra, Aṅgirās and indeed Kavi and wise (one); so Agastya, Nārada and Parvata; Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Gautama and; Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni and O king (were there).)
O king, Śukra, Aṅgirās, Kavi, the learned one, Agastya, Nārada and Parvata, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Gautama, Viśvāmitra, and Jamadagni (were present). (13-96-4)
ऋषिस्तथा गालवोऽथाष्टकश्च; भरद्वाजोऽरुन्धती वालखिल्याः। शिबिर्दिलीपो नहुषोऽम्बरीषो; राजा ययातिर्धुन्धुमारोऽथ पूरुः ॥१३-९६-५॥
ṛṣiḥ tathā gālavaḥ atha aṣṭakaḥ ca; bharadvājaḥ arundhatī vālakhilyāḥ। śibiḥ dilīpaḥ nahuṣaḥ ambarīṣaḥ; rājā yayātiḥ dhundhumāraḥ atha pūruḥ॥13-96-5॥
[ऋषि: (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; तथा (tathā) - as well; गालव: (gālavaḥ) - Gālava; अथ (atha) - then; अष्टक: (aṣṭakaḥ) - Aṣṭaka; च (ca) - and; भरद्वाज: (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja; अरुन्धती (arundhatī) - Arundhatī; वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - the Vālakhilyas; शिबि: (śibiḥ) - Śibi; दिलीप: (dilīpaḥ) - Dilīpa; नहुष: (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa; अम्बरीष: (ambarīṣaḥ) - Ambarīṣa; राजा (rājā) - king; ययाति: (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; धुन्धुमार: (dhundhumāraḥ) - Dhundhumāra; अथ (atha) - then; पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru;]
(Sage, as well Gālava, then Aṣṭaka and; Bharadvāja, Arundhatī, the Vālakhilyas; Śibi, Dilīpa, Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa; King Yayāti, Dhundhumāra, then Pūru.)
The sage, Gālava as well, then Aṣṭaka, Bharadvāja, Arundhatī, the Vālakhilyas, Śibi, Dilīpa, Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa, King Yayāti, Dhundhumāra, and then Pūru. (13-96-5)
जग्मुः पुरस्कृत्य महानुभावं; शतक्रतुं वृत्रहणं नरेन्द्र। तीर्थानि सर्वाणि परिक्रमन्तो; माघ्यां ययुः कौशिकीं पुण्यतीर्थाम् ॥१३-९६-६॥
jagmuḥ puraskṛtya mahānubhāvaṃ; śatakratuṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ narendra। tīrthāni sarvāṇi parikramanto; māghyāṃ yayuḥ kauśikīṃ puṇyatīrthām ॥13-96-6॥
[जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the front; महानुभावं (mahānubhāvam) - the great-souled one; शतक्रतुं (śatakratum) - Śatakratu; (epithet of Indra;) वृत्रहणं (vṛtrahaṇam) - the slayer of Vṛtra; नरेन्द्र (narendra) - O king; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; परिक्रमन्तः (parikramantaḥ) - moving around; माघ्यां (māghyām) - in the month of Māgha; ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went; कौशिकीं (kauśikīm) - to the Kauśikī (river); पुण्यतीर्थाम् (puṇyatīrthām) - the sacred ford;]
(They went, having placed at the front the great-souled one, Śatakratu, the slayer of Vṛtra, O king; moving around all the sacred places, in the month of Māgha, they went to the holy ford of the Kauśikī (river).)
O king, having Śatakratu, the great-souled slayer of Vṛtra, at their head, they proceeded visiting all the sacred places, and in the month of Māgha they reached the holy ford of the Kauśikī river. (13-96-6)
सर्वेषु तीर्थेष्वथ धूतपापा; जग्मुस्ततो ब्रह्मसरः सुपुण्यम्। देवस्य तीर्थे जलमग्निकल्पा; विगाह्य ते भुक्तबिसप्रसूनाः ॥१३-९६-७॥
sarveṣu tīrtheṣv atha dhūtapāpā; jagmus tato brahmasaraḥ supuṇyam। devasya tīrthe jalam agnikalpā; vigāhya te bhuktabisaprasūnāḥ॥13-96-7॥
[सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all; at all; तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - sacred places; holy places; अथ (atha) - then; धूतपापा (dhūtapāpāḥ) - having washed away sins; जग्मुस्ततः (jagmus tataḥ) - they went from there; ब्रह्मसरः (brahmasaraḥ) - Brahmasaras (the sacred lake); सुपुण्यम् (supuṇyam) - very holy; highly auspicious; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; तीर्थे (tīrthe) - in the sacred place; जलं (jalaṃ) - water; अग्निकल्पाः (agnikalpāḥ) - like fire; विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having plunged into; ते (te) - they; भुक्तबिसप्रसूनाः (bhuktabisaprasūnāḥ) - having eaten lotus-flowers;]
(In all the sacred places, then, having their sins washed away; they went from there to Brahmasaras, very holy. In the god's sacred place, having plunged into water like fire, they, having eaten lotus-flowers.)
Having visited all the sacred places and thus purified of their sins, they then went to the very holy Brahmasaras. There, in that god's sacred place, they plunged into the water (bright as fire) and ate lotus-flowers. (13-96-7)
केचिद्बिसान्यखनंस्तत्र राज; न्नन्ये मृणालान्यखनंस्तत्र विप्राः। अथापश्यन्पुष्करं ते ह्रियन्तं; ह्रदादगस्त्येन समुद्धृतं वै ॥१३-९६-८॥
kecid bisāni akhanan tatra rājan; nanye mṛṇālāni akhanan tatra viprāḥ. atha apaśyan puṣkaram te hriyantam; hradāt agastyena samuddhṛtam vai ॥13-96-8॥
[केचित् (kecit) - some; बिसानि (bisāni) - lotus stalks; अखनन् (akhanan) - dug up; तत्र (tatra) - there; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अन्ये (anye) - others; मृणालानि (mṛṇālāni) - lotus fibres; अखनन् (akhanan) - dug up; तत्र (tatra) - there; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; अथ (atha) - then; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus flower; ते (te) - they; ह्रियन्तम् (hriyantam) - being carried away; ह्रदात् (hradāt) - from the lake; अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya; समुद्धृतम् (samuddhṛtam) - lifted up; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Some dug lotus stalks there, O king; others, the lotus fibres, dug there, Brāhmaṇas. Then they saw the lotus flower, being carried away from the lake, by Agastya, lifted up, indeed.)
Some, O king, dug up lotus stalks there; others, the Brāhmaṇas, dug up lotus fibres in that place. Then they saw that lotus flower being brought up out of the lake by Agastya. (13-96-8)
तानाह सर्वानृषिमुख्यानगस्त्यः; केनादत्तं पुष्करं मे सुजातम्। युष्माञ्शङ्के दीयतां पुष्करं मे; न वै भवन्तो हर्तुमर्हन्ति पद्मम् ॥१३-९६-९॥
tān āha sarvān ṛṣimukhyān agastyaḥ; kena adattaṃ puṣkaraṃ me sujātam। yuṣmān śaṅke dīyatāṃ puṣkaraṃ me; na vai bhavanto hartum arhanti padmam ॥13-96-9॥
[तान् (tān) - them; आह (āha) - said; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; ऋषि-मुख्यान् (ṛṣi-mukhyān) - the chief sages; अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya; केन (kena) - by whom; अदत्तं (adattaṃ) - given; पुष्करं (puṣkaraṃ) - blue lotus; मे (me) - to me; सुजातम् (sujātam) - well-born; युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you all; शङ्के (śaṅke) - I suspect; दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given; पुष्करं (puṣkaraṃ) - blue lotus; मे (me) - to me; न (na) - not; वै (vai) - indeed; भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all; हर्तुम् (hartum) - to take away; अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - are worthy; पद्मम् (padmam) - lotus;]
(Them said all chief sages Agastya; by whom given blue lotus to me well-born. You all I suspect; let it be given blue lotus to me; not indeed you all to take away are worthy lotus. (13-96-9))
Agastya said to all the chief sages: 'By whom was this well-born blue lotus given to me? I suspect you all; let the blue lotus be given back to me. Indeed, you all are not worthy to take away the lotus.' (13-96-9)
शृणोमि कालो हिंसते धर्मवीर्यं; सेयं प्राप्ता वर्धते धर्मपीडा। पुराधर्मो वर्धते नेह याव; त्तावद्गच्छामि परलोकं चिराय ॥१३-९६-१०॥
śṛṇomi kālo hiṃsate dharmavīryaṃ; seyaṃ prāptā vardhate dharmapīḍā. purādharmaḥ vardhate neha yāvat; tāvadgacchāmi paralokaṃ cirāya ॥13-96-10॥
[शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear; कालः (kālaḥ) - Time; हिंसते (hiṃsate) - destroys; धर्मवीर्यं (dharmavīryam) - the vigor of dharma; सा (sā) - she; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; प्राप्ता (prāptā) - has arrived; वर्धते (vardhate) - grows; धर्मपीडा (dharmapīḍā) - distress (affliction) of dharma; पुराधर्मः (purādharmaḥ) - old dharma; वर्धते (vardhate) - increases; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; यावत् (yāvat) - so long as; तावत् (tāvat) - till then; गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go; परलोकं (paralokaṃ) - to the other world; चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time;]
(I hear time destroys the vigor of dharma; she, this, has arrived, grows the distress of dharma. Old dharma increases not here so long; till then, I go to the other world for a long time. (13-96-10))
I hear that Time destroys the strength of dharma; this distress to dharma has now arrived and is increasing. The old righteousness no longer grows here, so until it returns, I shall depart to the other world for a long time. (13-96-10)
पुरा वेदान्ब्राह्मणा ग्राममध्ये; घुष्टस्वरा वृषलाञ्श्रावयन्ति। पुरा राजा व्यवहारानधर्म्या; न्पश्यत्यहं परलोकं व्रजामि ॥१३-९६-११॥
purā vedān brāhmaṇā grāma-madhye; ghuṣṭa-svarā vṛṣalān śrāvayanti. purā rājā vyavahārān adharmyān paśyati ahaṃ paralokaṃ vrajāmi ॥13-96-11॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - the Brāhmaṇas; ग्राममध्ये (grāma-madhye) - in the midst of the village; घुष्टस्वराः (ghuṣṭa-svarāḥ) - loud-voiced; वृषलान् (vṛṣalān) - outcastes; श्रावयन्ति (śrāvayanti) - cause to hear; पुरा (purā) - formerly; राजा (rājā) - the king; व्यवहारान् (vyavahārān) - judgments; अधर्म्यान् (adharmyān) - unrighteous; पश्यति (paśyati) - sees; अहम् (aham) - I; परलोकम् (paralokam) - the other world; व्रजामि (vrajāmi) - go;]
(Formerly, Brāhmaṇas, in the midst of the village, caused the outcastes to hear the Vedas with loud voices. Formerly, the king saw unrighteous judgments. I go to the other world.)
In earlier times, the Brāhmaṇas, in the village center, used to make the outcastes hear the Vedas aloud; formerly, the king would witness unjust judgments. Now, I go to the next world. (13-96-11)
पुरावरान्प्रत्यवरान्गरीयसो; यावन्नरा नावमंस्यन्ति सर्वे। तमोत्तरं यावदिदं न वर्तते; तावद्व्रजामि परलोकं चिराय ॥१३-९६-१२॥
puravarān pratyavarān garīyaso; yāvan narā nāvam amsyanti sarve. tam uttaraṃ yāvat idaṃ na vartate; tāvat vrajāmi paralokaṃ cirāya ॥13-96-12॥
[पुरावरान् (puravarān) - cities — superior ones; प्रत्यवरान् (pratyavarān) - lesser ones; गारीयसो (garīyaso) - more excellent; यावत् (yāvat) - so long as; नराः (narāḥ) - men; नावम् (nāvam) - boat; अंस्यन्ति (aṃsyanti) - will get on; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तम् (tam) - that (obstacle); उत्तरम् (uttaram) - across; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; इदम् (idam) - this; न (na) - not; वर्तते (vartate) - abides; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; व्रजामि (vrajāmi) - I go; परलोकम् (paralokaṃ) - the other world; चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time;]
(The cities—superior ones—are greater than the lesser; so long as all men will not get on the boat, as long as this (obstacle) remains not crossed, so long I go to the other world for long.)
The greater cities surpass the lesser ones; until all the people have boarded the boat and this obstacle is not passed, I shall go to the other world for a long time. (13-96-12)
पुरा प्रपश्यामि परेण मर्त्या; न्बलीयसा दुर्बलान्भुज्यमानान्। तस्माद्यास्यामि परलोकं चिराय; न ह्युत्सहे द्रष्टुमीदृङ्नृलोके ॥१३-९६-१३॥
purā prapaśyāmi pareṇa martyān; balīyasā durbalān bhujyamānān। tasmād yāsyāmi paralokaṃ cirāya; na hy utsahe draṣṭum īdṛṅ nṛloke ॥13-96-13॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I clearly see; परेण (pareṇa) - by a stronger (one); मर्त्या 3b (martyān;) - mortals; बलीयसा (balīyasā) - by the powerful; दुर्बलान् (durbalān) - the weak; भुज्यमानान् 3b (bhujyamānān;) - being consumed; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I shall go; परलोकं (paralokaṃ) - to the other world; चिराय 3b (cirāya;) - for a long time; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; उत्सहे (utsahe) - I am able; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; ईदृङ् (īdṛṅ) - such; नृलोके (nṛloke) - in the world of men;]
(Formerly I clearly see by a stronger the mortals; by the powerful the weak being consumed. Therefore I shall go to the other world for a long time; not indeed I am able to see such in the world of men (13-96-13))
Formerly I have observed mortals being overpowered by the strong; the weak consumed by the powerful. Therefore, I shall go to the other world for a long time; for I am truly unable to witness such things in the world of men (13-96-13)
तमाहुरार्ता ऋषयो महर्षिं; न ते वयं पुष्करं चोरयामः। मिथ्याभिषङ्गो भवता न कार्यः; शपाम तीक्ष्णाञ्शपथान्महर्षे ॥१३-९६-१४॥
tam āhuḥ ārtā ṛṣayaḥ maharṣiṃ; na te vayaṃ puṣkaraṃ corayāmaḥ। mithyā-abhiṣaṅgaḥ bhavatā na kāryaḥ; śapāma tīkṣṇān śapathān maharṣe ॥13-96-14॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आहुः (āhuḥ) - (they) said; आर्ताः (ārtāḥ) - distressed; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; महर्षिं (maharṣiṃ) - great sage; न (na) - not; ते (te) - your; वयम् (vayam) - we; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - Puṣkara (proper name or sacred place); चोरयामः (corayāmaḥ) - (we) stole; मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely; अभिषङ्गः (abhiṣaṅgaḥ) - accusation; भवता (bhavatā) - by you; न (na) - not; कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done; शपाम (śapāma) - (we) swear; तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - severe; शपथान् (śapathān) - oaths; महर्षे (maharṣe) - O great sage;]
(Him (they) said, distressed sages, to the great sage; not your we Puṣkara (we) stole. Falsely accusation by you not should be done; (we) swear severe oaths, O great sage.)
Distressed, the sages addressed the great sage thus: "We did not steal your Puṣkara. You should not make a false accusation; O great sage, we swear the most severe oaths." (13-96-14)
ते निश्चितास्तत्र महर्षयस्तु; संमन्यन्तो धर्ममेवं नरेन्द्र। ततोऽशपञ्शपथान्पर्ययेण; सहैव ते पार्थिव पुत्रपौत्रैः ॥१३-९६-१५॥
te niścitās tatra maharṣayas tu; saṁmanyanto dharmam evaṁ narendra. tato'śapañ śapathān paryayeṇa; sahaiva te pārthiva putrapautraiḥ ॥13-96-15॥
[ते (te) - they; निश्चिताः (niścitāḥ) - having decided; तत्र (tatra) - there; महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages; तु (tu) - but; संमन्यन्तः (saṁmanyantaḥ) - agreeing; धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness; एवम् (evam) - thus; नरेन्द्र (narendra) - O king; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अशपन् (aśapan) - they cursed; शपथान् (śapathān) - oaths; पर्ययेण (paryayeṇa) - in turn; सहैव (sahaiva) - together with; ते (te) - those; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - kings; पुत्रपौत्रैः (putrapautraiḥ) - with sons and grandsons;]
(They, having decided there, the great sages, but agreeing thus on righteousness, O king, then cursed oaths in turn together with those kings with their sons and grandsons.)
Having made their decision there, the great sages—upon agreeing thus regarding righteousness, O king—then, together with those kings and their sons and grandsons, pronounced oaths one after the other. (13-96-15)
भृगुरुवाच॥
bhṛgur uvāca॥
[भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bṛgu; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(Bṛgu spoke;)
Bṛgu said;
प्रत्याक्रोशेदिहाक्रुष्टस्ताडितः प्रतिताडयेत्। खादेच्च पृष्ठमांसानि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-१६॥
pratyākrośedihākruṣṭastāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet. khādecca pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-16॥
[प्रत्याक्रोशेत् (pratyākrośet) - one should shout back; (from ‘prati-ā-kruś’, to cry out in return; optative; single act expected; masculine singular); इह (iha) - here; (in this situation; indeclinable); आक्रुष्टः (ākruṣṭaḥ) - abused; (addressed with harsh words; masculine singular nominative; past passive participle of ‘ā-kruś’); ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck; (beaten; masculine singular nominative; past passive participle of ‘tāḍ’); प्रतिताडयेत् (pratitāḍayet) - should strike back; (from ‘prati-tāḍ’, to hit in return; causative/denominative optative;); खादेत् (khādet) - should eat; (from ‘khād’, to eat; optative;); च (ca) - and; (indeclinable); पृष्ठमांसानि (pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni) - back-flesh; (meat from the back; neuter plural accusative;); यः (yaḥ) - who; (relative pronoun; masculine singular nominative;); ते (te) - your; (second person singular genitive;); हरति (harati) - takes away; (carries off; third person singular present;); पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - hide; (the skin or pelt; neuter singular accusative;);]
(One should shout back here at one who has abused; (if) struck, (one) should strike back. And one should eat the back-flesh (of him) who takes away your hide.)
Here, one who is abused should shout back; if struck, one should strike back. Also, one should eat the back-flesh of anyone who takes away your hide. (13-96-16)
वसिष्ठ उवाच॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca॥
[वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasiṣṭha; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (aorist, 3rd person singular) ;]
(Vasiṣṭha said;)
Vasiṣṭha said.
अस्वाध्यायपरो लोके श्वानं च परिकर्षतु। पुरे च भिक्षुर्भवतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-१७॥
asvādhāyāyaparo loke śvānaṃ ca parikarṣatu। pure ca bhikṣur bhavatu yas te harati puṣkaram॥13-96-17॥
[अस्वाध्यायपरो (asvādhāyāyaparaḥ) - not devoted to study; लोके (loke) - in the world; श्वानम् (śvānam) - dog; च (ca) - and; परिकर्षतु (parikarṣatu) - may drag; पुरे (pure) - in the town; च (ca) - and; भिक्षुः (bhikṣuḥ) - beggar; भवतु (bhavatu) - may become; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus; ॥१३-९६-१७॥ (॥13-96-17॥) -;]
(Not devoted to study in the world, let him drag a dog; and in the town let him become a beggar, who takes away your lotus.)
Let the person in the world who is not devoted to study drag a dog; and in the town, let him become a beggar who takes away your lotus. (13-96-17)
कश्यप उवाच॥
kaśyapa uvāca॥
[कश्यप (kaśyapa) - Kashyapa; (a proper noun, name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Kashyapa said;)
Kashyapa said.
सर्वत्र सर्वं पणतु न्यासे लोभं करोतु च। कूटसाक्षित्वमभ्येतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-१८॥
sarvatra sarvaṃ paṇatu nyāse lobhaṃ karotu ca। kūṭasākṣitvam abhyetu yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-18॥
[सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - everything; पणतु (paṇatu) - should gamble; न्यासे (nyāse) - in trust; लोभं (lobhaṃ) - greed; करोतु (karotu) - should do; च (ca) - and; कूटसाक्षित्वम् (kūṭasākṣitvam) - false witness-hood; अभ्येतु (abhyetu) - should attain; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(Everywhere everything should gamble; in trust greed should do and; false witness-hood should attain; who your takes away lotus.)
Let him who takes away your lotus, everywhere gamble everything, commit greed in matters of trust, and attain the state of a false witness. (13-96-18)
गौतम उवाच॥
gautama uvāca॥
[गौतम (gautama) - Gautama; (proper noun – a seer or sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Gautama said;)
Gautama said.
जीवत्वहङ्कृतो बुद्ध्या विपणत्वधमेन सः। कर्षको मत्सरी चास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-१९॥
jīvatva-haṅkṛto buddhyā vipaṇatvadhamena saḥ। karṣako matsarī cāstu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-19॥
[जीवत्व-हङ्कृतः (jīvatva-haṅkṛtaḥ) - imbued with the ego of being alive; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intelligence; विपणत्व-अधमेन (vipaṇatva-adhamena) - by the baseness of a shopkeeper; सः (saḥ) - he; कर्षकः (karṣakaḥ) - ploughman; मत्सरी (matsarī) - envious; च (ca) - and; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(He, imbued with the ego of being alive by intelligence, by the baseness of a shopkeeper, ploughman, envious, and let him be, who takes your lotus.)
Let him who takes your lotus, being filled with the pride of life by intelligence, and the baseness of a shopkeeper, be a ploughman and an envious man. (13-96-19)
अङ्गिरा उवाच॥
aṅgirā uvāca॥
[अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Angiras; (the sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Angiras said;)
Angiras said.
अशुचिर्ब्रह्मकूटोऽस्तु श्वानं च परिकर्षतु। ब्रह्महानिकृतिश्चास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२०॥
aśucirbrahmakūṭo'stu śvānaṃ ca parikarṣatu. brahmahānikṛtiścāstu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-20॥
[अशुचिः (aśuciḥ) - impure one; ब्रह्मकूटः (brahmakūṭaḥ) - deceiver of Brahman; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; श्वानम् (śvānam) - dog; च (ca) - and; परिकर्षतु (parikarṣatu) - let him drag; ब्रह्महा-निकृतिः (brahmahā-nikṛtiḥ) - murderer-of-a-brāhmaṇa; imitator; च (ca) - and; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(Let the impure one, deceiver of Brahman, be; let him also drag a dog. Let him be an imitator of a murderer of a Brāhmaṇa; who takes away your lotus.)
Let him who takes your lotus be impure, a deceiver regarding Brahman, a dog-dragger, and an imitator of a Brāhmaṇa-killer. (13-96-20)
धुन्धुमार उवाच॥
dhundhumāra uvāca॥
[धुन्धुमार (dhundhumāra) - Dhundhumāra; (proper noun, a name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhundhumāra said;)
Dhundhumāra said.
अकृतज्ञोऽस्तु मित्राणां शूद्रायां तु प्रजायतु। एकः सम्पन्नमश्नातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२१॥
akṛtajño'stu mitrāṇāṃ śūdrāyāṃ tu prajāyatu। ekaḥ sampannamaśnātu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-21॥
[अकृतज्ञः (akṛtajñaḥ) - an ungrateful one; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; मित्राणाम् (mitrāṇām) - among friends; शूद्रायाम् (śūdrāyām) - in a Śūdra woman; तु (tu) - but; प्रजायतु (prajāyatu) - let him be born; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - abundance; अश्नातु (aśnātu) - let him eat; यः (yaḥ) - he who; ते (te) - of you; हरति (harati) - takes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - a lotus (or, your property);]
(Let the ungrateful one be among friends; but among Śūdra women let him be born. Alone let him eat abundance—he who takes your lotus.)
Let the ungrateful one be among friends; among Śūdra women let him be born. Let him who takes your lotus (property) eat alone, even if there is abundance. (13-96-21)
पूरुरुवाच॥
pūruḥ uvāca॥
[पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru; (a proper noun - name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Pūruḥ said;)
Pūru said.
चिकित्सायां प्रचरतु भार्यया चैव पुष्यतु। श्वशुरात्तस्य वृत्तिः स्याद्यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२२॥
cikitsāyāṃ pracaratu bhāryayā caiva puṣyatu। śvaśurāttasya vṛttiḥ syādyaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-22॥
[चिकित्सायां (cikitsāyām) - in medicine; in medical treatment; प्रचरतु (pracaratu) - let him engage; let him practice; भार्यया (bhāryayā) - with wife; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; पुष्यतु (puṣyatu) - let him prosper; let him thrive; श्वशुरात् (śvaśurāt) - from father-in-law; तस्य (tasya) - his; वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood; mode of living; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - to you; for you; हरति (harati) - takes away; removes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - wealth; prosperity;]
(In medicine let him engage, with (his) wife indeed let him prosper. From (the) father-in-law, his livelihood may be; he who takes away (your) wealth.)
Let him engage in medicine, and indeed thrive with his wife. His livelihood may be from his father-in-law; but whoever takes away your wealth, (beware of him). (13-96-22)
दिलीप उवाच॥
dilīpa uvāca॥
[दिलीप (dilīpa) - Dilip; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he) spoke;]
(Dilip said;)
Dilip said.
उदपानप्लवे ग्रामे ब्राह्मणो वृषलीपतिः। तस्य लोकान्स व्रजतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२३॥
udapānaplave grāme brāhmaṇo vṛṣalīpatiḥ। tasya lokān sa vrajatu yaste harati puṣkaram॥13-96-23॥
[उदपानप्लवे (udapānaplave) - in the flood (overflow) of a well; ग्रामे (grāme) - in the village; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brāhmaṇa; वृषलीपतिः (vṛṣalīpatiḥ) - the husband of a low-caste woman; तस्य (tasya) - of him; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; सः (saḥ) - he; व्रजतु (vrajatu) - may go; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the pond (sacred tank);]
(In the flood of a well, in a village, a brāhmaṇa [being] the husband of a low-caste woman; his worlds let him go, who takes away your sacred pond.)
If, in a village where there is a flooded well, a brāhmaṇa is the husband of a low-caste woman, then let him lose his worlds—he who takes away your sacred pond. (13-96-23)
शुक्र उवाच॥
śukra uvāca॥
[शुक्र (śukra) - Śukra (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(Śukra spoke;)
Śukra said;
पृष्ठमांसं समश्नातु दिवा गच्छतु मैथुनम्। प्रेष्यो भवतु राज्ञश्च यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२४॥
pṛṣṭhamāṁsaṁ samaśnātu divā gacchatu maithunam। preṣyo bhavatu rājñaś ca yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-24॥
[पृष्ठमांसं (pṛṣṭhamāṁsam) - back meat; समश्नातु (samaśnātu) - let him eat; दिवा (divā) - by day; गच्छतु (gacchatu) - let him go; मैथुनम् (maithunam) - sexual union; प्रेष्यः (preṣyaḥ) - servant; भवतु (bhavatu) - let him become; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(Let him eat back meat, let him go to sexual union by day. Let him become a servant of the king; and who takes your lotus.)
Let him eat the back (animal) meat, let him go to sexual union by day, let him become a servant of the king, and let him be he who takes your lotus. (13-96-24)
जमदग्निरुवाच॥
jamadagniḥ uvāca॥
[जमदग्निः (jamadagniḥ) - Jamadagni (a proper noun; a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Jamadagni said;)
Jamadagni said.
अनध्यायेष्वधीयीत मित्रं श्राद्धे च भोजयेत्। श्राद्धे शूद्रस्य चाश्नीयाद्यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२५॥
anadhyāyeṣv adhīyīta mitraṁ śrāddhe ca bhojayet। śrāddhe śūdrasya cāśnīyād yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-25॥
[अनध्यायेषु (anadhyāyeṣu) - on days when study is forbidden; अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - one should study; मित्रम् (mitram) - friend; श्राद्धे (śrāddhe) - at a śrāddha (funerary ritual); च (ca) - and; भोजयेत् (bhojayet) - one should cause to eat; श्राद्धे (śrāddhe) - at a śrāddha; शूद्रस्य (śūdrasya) - of a Śūdra; च (ca) - and; अश्नी्यात् (aśnīyāt) - one should eat; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - for you; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - merit (lit. lotus);]
(On days when study is forbidden, one should study; a friend, at a śrāddha one should cause to eat; at a śrāddha of a Śūdra also, one should eat; he who does so takes away your merit.)
One should study when study is prohibited, feed a friend at a śrāddha, and also eat at a śrāddha of a Śūdra; whoever does so takes away your merit. (13-96-25)
शिबिरुवाच॥
śibiruvāca॥
[शिबिरु (śibiru) - Śibiru; (proper noun; name) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular periphrastic perfect);]
(Śibiru said;)
Śibiru said.
अनाहिताग्निर्म्रियतां यज्ञे विघ्नं करोतु च। तपस्विभिर्विरुध्येत यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२६॥
anāhitāgnir mriyatāṃ yajñe vighnaṃ karotu ca. tapasvibhir virudhyeta yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-26॥
[अनाहिताग्निः (anāhitāgniḥ) - one who has not established the sacrificial fire; म्रियताम् (mriyatām) - let him die; यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice; विघ्नम् (vighnam) - obstacle; करोतु (karotu) - let him make; च (ca) - and; तपस्विभिः (tapasvibhiḥ) - by the ascetics; विरुध्येत (virudhyeta) - let him be opposed; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - Puṣkara (sacred place/pond); ॥१३-९६-२६॥ (॥13-96-26॥) -;]
(One who has not established the sacred fire — let him die; an obstacle in the sacrifice let him make; and let him be opposed by the ascetics, who takes away your Puṣkara.)
Let one who has not established the sacrificial fire perish, cause obstruction in the sacrifice, and be opposed by the ascetics—the one who takes away your Puṣkara. (13-96-26)
ययातिरुवाच॥
yayātir uvāca॥
[ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - King Yayāti; ऊवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(King Yayāti said;)
King Yayāti said.
अनृतौ जटी व्रतिन्यां वै भार्यायां सम्प्रजायतु। निराकरोतु वेदांश्च यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२७॥
anṛtau jaṭī vratinyāṃ vai bhāryāyāṃ samprajāyatu। nirākarotu vedāṃś ca yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-27॥
[अनृतौ (anṛtau) - in falsehood; in untruth; जटी (jaṭī) - a matted-haired one; ascetic; व्रतिन्यां (vratinyām) - in a woman practicing a vow; वै (vai) - indeed; भार्यायां (bhāryāyāṃ) - in wife; सम्प्रजायतु (samprajāyatu) - may be born; let it be produced; निराकरोतु (nirākarotu) - may reject; may set aside; वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; steals; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - puṣkara (the sacred lake);]
(In untruth, let a matted-haired ascetic indeed be born in a vowed woman who is a wife. May he reject the Vedas and who steals your Puṣkara.)
If one takes away your Puṣkara, may a matted-haired ascetic be born in his wife, practicing a vow, in the way of untruth; may he reject the Vedas as well. (13-96-27)
नहुष उवाच॥
nahuṣa uvāca॥
[नहुष (nahuṣa) - Nahuṣa; (proper noun, name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular, perfect, from verbal root 'vac', to speak);]
(Nahuṣa said;)
Nahuṣa said.
अतिथिं गृहस्थो नुदतु कामवृत्तोऽस्तु दीक्षितः। विद्यां प्रयच्छतु भृतो यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२८॥
atithiṃ gṛhastho nudatu kāmavṛtto'stu dīkṣitaḥ। vidyāṃ prayacchatu bhṛto yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-28॥
[अतिथिं (atithiṃ) - guest (accusative singular); गृहस्थः (gṛhasthaḥ) - householder (nominative singular); नुदतु (nudatu) - should drive away; कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - acting according to desire; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; (may he be permitted to) दीक्षितः (dīkṣitaḥ) - initiated; (nominative singular) विद्यां (vidyāṃ) - knowledge (accusative singular); प्रयच्छतु (prayacchatu) - should give; भृतः (bhṛtaḥ) - servant (nominative singular); यः (yaḥ) - who (nominative singular, masculine); ते (te) - for you; (dative singular) हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus (accusative singular);]
(Let the householder drive away the guest; let the initiated one act according to desire; let the servant give knowledge; who for you takes away the lotus.)
Let the householder turn away the guest; let the initiated act as he pleases; let the servant give knowledge to one who takes your lotus. (13-96-28)
अम्बरीष उवाच॥
ambarīṣa uvāca॥
[अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) - Ambarīṣa; (proper noun, a king); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Ambarīṣa spoke;)
Ambarīṣa said.
नृशंसस्त्यक्तधर्मोऽस्तु स्त्रीषु ज्ञातिषु गोषु च। ब्राह्मणं चापि जहतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-२९॥
nṛśaṁsas tyakta-dharmo'stu strīṣu jñātiṣu goṣu ca। brāhmaṇaṁ cāpi jahatu yas te harati puṣkaram॥13-96-29॥
[नृशंसः (nṛśaṁsaḥ) - cruel person; त्यक्तधर्मः (tyakta-dharmaḥ) - abandoner of dharma; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - among women; ज्ञातिषु (jñātiṣu) - among relatives; गोषु (goṣu) - among cows; च (ca) - and; ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - brāhmaṇa; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; जहतु (jahatu) - let him abandon; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus (here: pond, Pushkara);]
(Cruel person, abandoner of dharma, let him be among women, among relatives, among cows, and brāhmaṇa also let him abandon, who of yours takes away the lotus (pond, Pushkara).)
Let the one who takes away your Pushkara (lotus pond)—be he a cruel person, a dharma-abandoner, let him be among women, relatives, cows, or even a brāhmaṇa—abandon him. (13-96-29)
नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada; (proper noun, the sage Nārada); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Nārada spoke;)
Nārada said.
गूढोऽज्ञानी बहिः शास्त्रं पठतां विस्वरं पदम्। गरीयसोऽवजानातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३०॥
gūḍho'jñānī bahiḥ śāstraṃ paṭhatāṃ visvaraṃ padam। garīyaso'vajānātu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-30॥
[गूढः (gūḍhaḥ) - hidden; concealed; अज्ञानी (ajñānī) - ignorant one; unknowing person; बहिः (bahiḥ) - externally; outwardly; शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture; treatise; पठताम् (paṭhatām) - of those reciting; of readers; विस्वरम् (visvaram) - out of tune; discordant; पदं (padam) - word; utterance; गरीयसः (garīyasaḥ) - of the superior; greater; अवजानातु (avajānātu) - should not disrespect; should not despise; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - to you; for you; हरति (harati) - removes; takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - sin; impurity;]
(Hidden ignorant one outwardly scripture of those reciting out-of-tune word; of the superior should not disrespect who to you removes sin.)
You should not disrespect the concealed ignorant person, the out-of-tune word among those reciting scripture, for whoever among the superior removes your sin. (13-96-30)
नाभाग उवाच॥
nābhāga uvāca॥
[नाभाग (nābhāga) - Nabhaga; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Nabhaga said;)
Nabhaga said.
अनृतं भाषतु सदा सद्भिश्चैव विरुध्यतु। शुल्केन कन्यां ददतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३१॥
anṛtaṃ bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiścaiva virudhyatu। śulkena kanyāṃ dadatu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-31॥
[अनृतं (anṛtam) - falsehood; भाषतु (bhāṣatu) - let him speak; सदा (sadā) - always; सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - with virtuous people; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विरुध्यतु (virudhyatu) - let him oppose; शुल्केन (śulkena) - with a fee; कन्यां (kanyām) - a maiden; ददतु (dadatu) - let him give; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus; ॥१३-९६-३१॥ (॥13-96-31॥) -;]
(Let him always speak falsehood, and indeed let him oppose the virtuous; let him give a maiden with a fee; who of those takes away the lotus.)
Let him always speak untruth, let him oppose virtuous people, let him give a maiden for a price—who among them seizes the lotus. (13-96-31)
कविरुवाच॥
kaviruvāca॥
[कवि (kavi) - poet; sage; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Poet said;)
The poet said;
पदा स गां ताडयतु सूर्यं च प्रति मेहतु। शरणागतं च त्यजतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३२॥
padā sa gāṃ tāḍayatu sūryaṃ ca prati mehatu. śaraṇāgataṃ ca tyajatu yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-32॥
[पदा (padā) - with foot; स (sa) - he; गां (gāṃ) - cow; ताडयतु (tāḍayatu) - let him strike; सूर्यं (sūryam) - the sun; च (ca) - and; प्रति (prati) - towards; मेहतु (mehetu) - let him urinate; शरणागतं (śaraṇāgataṃ) - one who has sought refuge; च (ca) - and; त्यजतु (tyajatu) - let him abandon; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(With foot he a cow let him strike, the sun and towards let him urinate, a refugee and let him abandon, who your takes away lotus.)
Let him strike a cow with his foot, urinate towards the sun, and abandon a refugee—whoever takes away your lotus. (13-96-32)
विश्वामित्र उवाच॥
viśvāmitra uvāca॥
[विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra) - Viśvāmitra; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Viśvāmitra said;)
Viśvāmitra said.
करोतु भृतकोऽवर्षां राज्ञश्चास्तु पुरोहितः। ऋत्विगस्तु ह्ययाज्यस्य यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३३॥
karotu bhṛtako'varṣāṃ rājñaś cāstu purohitaḥ। ṛtvig astu hy ayājyasya yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-33॥
[करोतु (karotu) - let (him) do; भृतकः (bhṛtakaḥ) - a hired servant; अवर्षाम् (avarṣām) - the drought; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; च (ca) - and; अस्तु (astu) - let (him) be; पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - the family priest; ऋत्विग् (ṛtvig) - the officiating priest; अस्तु (astu) - let (him) be; हि (hi) - indeed; अयाज्यस्य (ayājyasya) - of one who is unworthy of sacrifice; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - for you; हरति (harati) - takes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the (sacrificial) fee;]
(Let a hired servant perform the drought; let the family priest be for the king; let the officiating priest indeed for the unworthy of sacrifice, he who takes the (sacrificial) fee for you.)
Let a hired servant conduct a drought (sacrifice); let the king have a family priest; truly, let the officiating priest be the one who takes the fee from an unworthy sacrificer, that is, for you. (13-96-33)
पर्वत उवाच॥
parvata uvāca॥
[पर्वत (parvata) - Parvata; (a proper noun; name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular aorist of "vac" - to speak);]
(Parvata said;)
Parvata said.
ग्रामे चाधिकृतः सोऽस्तु खरयानेन गच्छतु। शुनः कर्षतु वृत्त्यर्थे यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३४॥
grāme cādhikṛtaḥ so'stu kharayānena gacchatu. śunaḥ karṣatu vṛttyarthe yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-34॥
[ग्रामे (grāme) - in the village; च (ca) - and; अधिकृतः (adhikṛtaḥ) - appointed one; सः (saḥ) - he; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; खरयानेन (kharayānena) - by donkey-cart; गच्छतु (gacchatu) - let him go; शुनः (śunaḥ) - the dog; कर्षतु (karṣatu) - let him drag; वृत्त्यर्थे (vṛttyarthe) - for livelihood; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus; १३-९६-३४ (13-96-34) - ;]
(In the village also, the one appointed, let him be; by donkey-cart let him go. Let the dog drag, for livelihood, who takes away your lotus.)
Also in the village, let the appointed person remain; let him go by donkey-cart. Let the dog be yoked for work who takes away your lotus for his own livelihood. (13-96-34)
भरद्वाज उवाच॥
bharadvāja uvāca॥
[भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bharadvāja; (a sage's name; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bharadvāja said;)
Bharadvāja said.
सर्वपापसमादानं नृशंसे चानृते च यत्। तत्तस्यास्तु सदा पापं यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३५॥
sarvapāpasamādānaṃ nṛśaṃse cānṛte ca yat। tattasyāstu sadā pāpaṃ yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-35॥
[सर्वपापसमादानं (sarvapāpa-samādānam) - acceptance of all sins; नृशंसे (nṛśaṃse) - in cruelty; च (ca) - and; अनृते (anṛte) - in untruth; च (ca) - and; यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; तस्य (tasya) - his; अस्तु (astu) - let it be; सदा (sadā) - always; पापं (pāpaṃ) - sin; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - removes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - Puṣkara (a sacred place);]
(Which is the acceptance of all sins, and in cruelty, and in untruth—that sin, let it always be his, who removes your Puṣkara.)
Let the sin resulting from acceptance of all sins, from cruelty and from untruth, always belong to him who removes your Puṣkara. (13-96-35)
अष्टक उवाच॥
aṣṭaka uvāca॥
[अष्टक (aṣṭaka) - Aṣṭaka; (proper noun; name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke; 3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice, from √vac;);]
(Aṣṭaka said;)
Aṣṭaka said.
स राजास्त्वकृतप्रज्ञः कामवृत्तिश्च पापकृत्। अधर्मेणानुशास्तूर्वीं यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३६॥
sa rājas tv akṛtaprajñaḥ kāmavṛttiś ca pāpakṛt| adharmeṇānuśāstūr vīṃ yas te harati puṣkaram ||13-96-36||
[स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; तु (tu) - but; अकृतप्रज्ञः (akṛtaprajñaḥ) - unwise; कामवृत्तिः (kāmavṛttiḥ) - one whose conduct (is dictated) by desire; च (ca) - and; पापकृत् (pāpakṛt) - doer of evil; अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - with unrighteousness; अनुशास्तु (anuśāstu) - rules; ऊर्वीं (ūrvīṃ) - the earth; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - fortune;]
(He king but unwise, desire-conducted and doer of evil, with unrighteousness rules earth who your fortune takes away.)
But that king who is unwise, acts according to desire and does evil, who, ruling the earth unrighteously, deprives you of your fortune is (thus described). (13-96-36)
गालव उवाच॥
gālava uvāca॥
[गालव (gālava) - Gālava (a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Gālava said;)
Gālava said.
पापिष्ठेभ्यस्त्वनर्घार्हः स नरोऽस्तु स्वपापकृत्। दत्त्वा दानं कीर्तयतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३७॥
pāpiṣṭhebhyaḥ tvanarghārhaḥ sa naro'stu svapāpakṛt। dattvā dānaṃ kīrtayatu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-37॥
[पापिष्ठेभ्यः (pāpiṣṭhebhyaḥ) - from the most sinful; त्वनर्घार्हः (tvanarghārhaḥ) - you (who are) worthy of what is priceless; सः (saḥ) - he; नरः (naraḥ) - man; अस्तु (astu) - let (him) be; स्वपापकृत् (svapāpakṛt) - one who has committed his own sins; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; दानम् (dānam) - a gift; कीर्तयतु (kīrtayatu) - let him praise; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - removes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus (metaphorically, sins);]
(From the most sinful, you who are worthy of what is priceless—let that man, even if he has committed his own sins, having given a gift, praise who removes your lotus.)
Let even the man who has committed his own sins, after giving a gift, praise you who are worthy of the priceless, for you remove (the sins of) the most sinful. (13-96-37)
अरुन्धत्युवाच॥
arundhaty uvāca॥
[अरुन्धति (arundhati) - Arundhati; (proper noun; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Arundhati said;)
Arundhati said.
श्वश्र्वापवादं वदतु भर्तुर्भवतु दुर्मनाः। एका स्वादु समश्नातु या ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३८॥
śvaśrv-āpavādaṃ vadatu bhartuḥ bhavatu durmanāḥ। ekā svādu samaśnātu yā te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-38॥
[श्वश्र्वापवादं (śvaśrv-āpavādam) - mother-in-law's reproach; वदतु (vadatu) - let her speak; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - husband's; भवतु (bhavatu) - let her be; दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - troubled-minded; एका (ekā) - alone; स्वादु (svādu) - delicious; समश्नातु (samaśnātu) - let her eat; या (yā) - she who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
("Let her speak the mother-in-law's reproach, let her be of the husband's troubled mind, let her alone eat delicious (food)—she who takes away your lotus." (13-96-38))
"Let her utter the reproach of the mother-in-law, let her be distressed about her husband, let her eat sweet food alone—she who has taken away your lotus." (13-96-38)
वालखिल्या ऊचुः॥
vālakhiḷyā ūcuḥ॥
[वालखिल्या (vālakhiḷyā) - the Vālakhiḷya sages; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(The Vālakhiḷya sages said;)
The Vālakhiḷya sages said.
एकपादेन वृत्त्यर्थं ग्रामद्वारे स तिष्ठतु। धर्मज्ञस्त्यक्तधर्मोऽस्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-३९॥
ekapādena vṛttyarthaṃ grāmadvāre sa tiṣṭhatu। dharmajñas tyaktadharmo 'stu yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-39॥
[एकपादेन (ekapādena) - with one foot; वृत्त्यर्थं (vṛttyartham) - for the sake of livelihood; ग्रामद्वारे (grāmadvāre) - at the village gate; स (sa) - he; तिष्ठतु (tiṣṭhatu) - let him stand; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; त्यक्तधर्मः (tyaktadharmaḥ) - abandoned dharma; अस्तु (astu) - let him be; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus;]
(With one foot for the sake of livelihood at the village gate let him stand. The knower of dharma abandoned dharma let him be, who your takes away lotus.)
Let him stand at the village gate on one foot for the sake of livelihood. The one who knows dharma but abandons it, who takes your lotus, let him be so. (13-96-39)
पशुसख उवाच॥
paśusakha uvāca॥
[पशुसख (paśusakha) - friend of the beast; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Friend of the beast said;)
The friend of the beast said.
अग्निहोत्रमनादृत्य सुखं स्वपतु स द्विजः। परिव्राट्कामवृत्तोऽस्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-४०॥
agnihotram anādṛtya sukhaṃ svapatu sa dvijaḥ। parivrāṭ kāmavṛtto'stu yas te harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-40॥
[अग्निहोत्रम् (agnihotram) - Agnihotra; (the sacrificial fire, daily fire ritual); अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - without honoring; disregarding; सुखं (sukham) - happily; comfortably; स्वपतु (svapatu) - may he sleep; सः (saḥ) - he; द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born; Brahmin; परिव्राट् (parivrāṭ) - wandering ascetic; कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - engaged in desires; motivated by desires; अस्तु (astu) - may he be; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; seizes; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus; holy pond; (here: your sacred vessel);]
(Without honoring Agnihotra, may that twice-born sleep comfortably. May the wandering ascetic, engaged in desires, be he who takes away your sacred vessel.)
Let that Brahmin, who without honoring Agnihotra sleeps comfortably, be a wandering ascetic intent on desire—such a one who takes away your sacred water vessel. (13-96-40)
सुरभ्युवाच॥
surabhy uvāca॥
[सुरभि (surabhi) - Surabhi (the name of the divine cow); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Surabhi said;)
Surabhi said.
बाल्वजेन निदानेन कांस्यं भवतु दोहनम्। दुह्येत परवत्सेन या ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-४१॥
bālvajena nidānena kāṁsyaṁ bhavatu dohanam। duhyeta paravatsena yā te harati puṣkaram॥13-96-41॥
[बाल्वजेन (bālvajena) - by a calf-leather tether; निदानेन (nidānena) - by the connecting piece; कांस्यं (kāṁsyaṁ) - bronze vessel; भवतु (bhavatu) - let there be; दोहनम् (dohanam) - milking; दुह्येत (duhyeta) - should be milked; परवत्सेन (paravatsena) - by another's calf; या (yā) - which; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - milk (lit. vessel);]
(By a calf-leather tether, by the connecting piece, let there be milking of the bronze vessel; let it be milked by another's calf, which takes away your milk.)
Let the milking of the bronze vessel be done with a calf-leather tether and a connecting piece; let it be milked by another's calf, which takes away your milk. (13-96-41)
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (proper noun) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततस्तु तैः शपथैः शप्यमानै; र्नानाविधैर्बहुभिः कौरवेन्द्र। सहस्राक्षो देवराट्सम्प्रहृष्टः; समीक्ष्य तं कोपनं विप्रमुख्यम् ॥१३-९६-४२॥
tatastu taiḥ śapathaiḥ śapyamānaiḥ nānāvidhair bahubhiḥ kauravendra। sahasrākṣaḥ devarāṭ samprahṛṣṭaḥ samīkṣya taṃ kopanaṃ vipramukhyam ॥13-96-42॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; शपथैः (śapathaiḥ) - by oaths; शप्यमानैः (śapyamānaiḥ) - being sworn; नानाविधैः (nānāvidhaiḥ) - of various kinds; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; कौरवेन्द्र (kauravendra) - O lord of the Kurus; सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - the thousand-eyed (Indra); देवराट् (devarāṭ) - king of the gods; सम्प्रहृष्टः (samprahṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted; समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having observed; तम् (tam) - him; कोपनम् (kopanam) - angry; विप्रमुख्यम् (vipramukhyam) - the foremost brahmin;]
(Then but by those oaths being sworn of various kinds by many, O lord of the Kurus, the thousand-eyed king of the gods, greatly delighted, having observed him—the angry foremost brahmin.)
O lord of the Kurus, then, when those many and various oaths were being sworn, the thousand-eyed king of the gods, Indra, having noticed that foremost and angry brahmin, became greatly delighted. (13-96-42)
अथाब्रवीन्मघवा प्रत्ययं स्वं; समाभाष्य तमृषिं जातरोषम्। ब्रह्मर्षिदेवर्षिनृपर्षिमध्ये; यत्तन्निबोधेह ममाद्य राजन् ॥१३-९६-४३॥
athābravīn maghavā pratyayaṃ svaṃ; samābhāṣya tam ṛṣiṃ jātarōṣam। brahmarṣi-devarṣi-nṛparṣi-madhye; yat tan nibodha iha mama adya rājan ॥13-96-43॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; मघवा (maghavā) - Maghavan (epithet of Indra); प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam) - assertion; स्वं (svaṃ) - his own; समाभाष्य (samābhāṣya) - having addressed; तम् (tam) - that; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; जात (jāta) - arisen; रोषम् (roṣam) - anger; ब्रह्मर्षि (brahmarṣi) - brahma-ṛṣi; देवर्षि (devarṣi) - deva-ṛṣi; नृपर्षि (nṛparṣi) - kingly-ṛṣi; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; यत् (yat) - what; तत् (tat) - that; निबोध (nibodha) - know; इह (iha) - here; मम (mama) - my; आद्य (adya) - today; राजन् (rājan) - O King;]
(Then Maghavan spoke his own assertion; having addressed that sage who had arisen in anger, in the midst of brahma-ṛṣis, deva-ṛṣis, and kingly-ṛṣis; what that (is), know it here today from me, O King.)
Then Maghavan (Indra) spoke his own intention; after addressing that sage who had become angry, in the assembly of brahmarṣis, devarṣis, and rājarṣis. Now, O King, hear from me what it is (that I say). (13-96-43)
शक्र उवाच॥
śakra uvāca॥
[शक्र (śakra) - Indra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Indra said;)
Indra said.
अध्वर्यवे दुहितरं ददातु; च्छन्दोगे वा चरितब्रह्मचर्ये। आथर्वणं वेदमधीत्य विप्रः; स्नायीत यः पुष्करमाददाति ॥१३-९६-४४॥
adhvaryave duhitaraṃ dadātu; chandōge vā carita-brahmacarye. ātharvaṇaṃ vedam adhītya vipraḥ; snāyīta yaḥ puṣkaram ādadāti ॥13-96-44॥
[अध्वर्यवे (adhvaryave) - to the adhvaryu (a Vedic priest); दुहितरं (duhitaraṃ) - daughter (accusative singular); ददातु (dadātu) - let him give; च्छन्दोगे (chandōge) - to a chāndogya (singer of Sāma Veda); वा (vā) - or; चरितब्रह्मचर्ये (carita-brahmacarye) - to one who has observed celibacy (brahmacarya); आथर्वणं (ātharvaṇam) - Atharva (i.e., Atharvaṇ school); वेदम् (vedam) - Veda; अधीत्य (adhītya) - having studied; विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brāhmaṇa (learned person); स्नायीत (snāyīta) - should undergo the sacred bath (samāvartana/graduation); यः (yaḥ) - who; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - puṣkara (lotus/tank, or the name of a sacred place); आददाति (ādadāti) - takes (obtains/accomplishes);]
(Let him give his daughter to an adhvaryu; or to a chāndogya who has practiced celibacy. Having studied the Atharva Veda, a brāhmaṇa who obtains Puṣkara should undergo the sacred bath (graduation).)
Let him give his daughter to an Adhvaryu priest, or to a Chāndogya who has completed his vow of celibacy. A Brāhmaṇa who has studied the Atharva Veda and attains Puṣkara should perform the sacred graduation ceremony. (13-96-44)
सर्वान्वेदानधीयीत पुण्यशीलोऽस्तु धार्मिकः। ब्रह्मणः सदनं यातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१३-९६-४५॥
sarvān vedān adhīyīta puṇyaśīlo'stu dhārmikaḥ। brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ yātu yaste harati puṣkaram ॥13-96-45॥
[सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; वेदान् (vedān) - Vedas; अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - should study; पुण्यशीलः (puṇyaśīlaḥ) - of virtuous disposition; अस्तु (astu) - may be; धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - righteous; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman; सदनं (sadanaṃ) - abode; यातु (yātu) - may go; यः (yaḥ) - who; ते (te) - your; हरति (harati) - takes away; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus (here: seat, perhaps special seat, or the seat of Brahma);]
(All Vedas should study, of virtuous disposition may be, righteous. Of Brahman abode may go, who your takes away lotus.)
Let him study all the Vedas, be of virtuous character, and righteous; may he attain the abode of Brahman, he who takes away your lotus. (13-96-45)
अगस्त्य उवाच॥
agastya uvāca॥
[अगस्त्य (agastya) - Agastya; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Agastya said;)
Agastya said.
आशीर्वादस्त्वया प्रोक्तः शपथो बलसूदन। दीयतां पुष्करं मह्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥१३-९६-४६॥
āśīrvādas tvayā proktaḥ śapatho balasūdana। dīyatāṃ puṣkaraṃ mahyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ॥13-96-46॥
[आशीर्वादः (āśīrvādaḥ) - blessing; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - spoken; शपथः (śapathaḥ) - oath; बलसूदन (balasūdana) - O destroyer of strength; दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - Puṣkara (proper noun); मद्यं (mahyam) - to me; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal;]
(Blessing by you spoken, oath, O destroyer of strength. Let Puṣkara be given to me; this is duty eternal.)
O destroyer of strength, you have spoken the blessing and the oath. Let Puṣkara be given to me; this is the eternal duty. (13-96-46)
इन्द्र उवाच॥
indra uvāca॥
[इन्द्र (indra) - Indra; (proper noun, the Vedic deity); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular aorist of 'vāch', to speak);]
(Indra said;)
Indra said.
न मया भगवँल्लोभाद्धृतं पुष्करमद्य वै। धर्मं तु श्रोतुकामेन हृतं न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि ॥१३-९६-४७॥
na mayā bhagavan-lobhād dhṛtaṃ puṣkaram adya vai। dharmaṃ tu śrotu-kāmena hṛtaṃ na krodhum arhasi॥13-96-47॥
[न (na) - not; मया (mayā) - by me; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed; धृतं (dhṛtam) - taken; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus; अद्य (adya) - today; वै (vai) - indeed; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - law; तु (tu) - but; श्रोतुकामेन (śrotu-kāmena) - by the one desiring to hear; हृतं (hṛtam) - taken; न (na) - not; क्रोद्धुम् (krodhum) - to become angry; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; १३-९६-४७ (13-96-47) -;]
(Not by me, O revered one, from greed was the lotus taken today indeed. Law, but, by the one desiring to hear, was taken; you ought not to become angry. (13-96-47))
O revered one, the lotus was not taken by me out of greed today. Rather, I took it out of desire to hear the law; you should not be angry. (13-96-47)
धर्मः श्रुतिसमुत्कर्षो धर्मसेतुरनामयः। आर्षो वै शाश्वतो नित्यमव्ययोऽयं मया श्रुतः ॥१३-९६-४८॥
dharmaḥ śrutisamutkarṣo dharmaseturanāmayaḥ। ārṣo vai śāśvato nityamavyayo'yaṃ mayā śrutaḥ॥13-96-48॥
[धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; श्रुति (śruti) - revealed text (Veda); समुत्कर्षः (samutkarṣaḥ) - exaltation; धर्म-सेतु (dharma-setu) - bridge of righteousness; अनामयः (anāmayaḥ) - free from evil; आर्षः (ārṣaḥ) - of the ṛṣis; वै (vai) - indeed; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetual; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - imperishable; अयम् (ayam) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard;]
(Righteousness is revealed-text-exaltation, bridge-of-righteousness, free-from-evil; of-the-ṛṣis indeed eternal perpetual imperishable this by me heard.)
Dharma is the exaltation of the revealed scriptures, a bridge of righteousness, free from evil, of the ṛṣis, indeed eternal, perpetual, and imperishable—this I have heard. (13-96-48)
तदिदं गृह्यतां विद्वन्पुष्करं मुनिसत्तम। अतिक्रमं मे भगवन्क्षन्तुमर्हस्यनिन्दित ॥१३-९६-४९॥
tad idaṃ gṛhyatāṃ vidvan puṣkaraṃ munisattama। atikramaṃ me bhagavan kṣantum arhasi anindita ॥13-96-49॥
[तत् (tad) - therefore; इदं (idaṃ) - this; गृह्यताम् (gṛhyatām) - may it be accepted; विद्वन् (vidvan) - O learned one; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus; मुनिसत्तम (munisattama) - O best of sages; अतिक्रमम् (atikramam) - transgression; मे (me) - my; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy (to do); अनिन्दित (anindita) - O blameless one;]
(Therefore, this may it be accepted, O learned one, the lotus, O best of sages. My transgression, O revered one, to forgive you are worthy, O blameless one.)
Therefore, O learned one, please accept this lotus, O best of sages. O revered and blameless one, you are worthy to forgive my transgression. (13-96-49)
इत्युक्तः स महेन्द्रेण तपस्वी कोपनो भृशम्। जग्राह पुष्करं धीमान्प्रसन्नश्चाभवन्मुनिः ॥१३-९६-५०॥
ityuktaḥ sa mahendreṇa tapasvī kopano bhṛśam। jagrāha puṣkaraṃ dhīmānprasannaścābhavanmuniḥ ॥13-96-50॥
[इति उक्तः (iti uktaḥ) - thus addressed; स (sa) - he; महेन्द्रेण (mahendreṇa) - by Mahendra; तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic; कोपनः (kopanaḥ) - angry; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - very much; जग्राह (jagrāha) - took; पुष्करम् (puṣkaraṃ) - lotus; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; प्रसन्नः च (prasannaś ca) - and became calm; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage;]
(Thus addressed, he by Mahendra, the ascetic, very angry, took the lotus; the wise sage and became calm.)
Thus addressed by Mahendra, the ascetic who had been very angry took the lotus, and the wise sage became calm. (13-96-50)
प्रययुस्ते ततो भूयस्तीर्थानि वनगोचराः। पुण्यतीर्थेषु च तथा गात्राण्याप्लावयन्ति ते ॥१३-९६-५१॥
prayayus te tato bhūyas tīrthāni vanagocarāḥ। puṇyatīrtheṣu ca tathā gātrāṇy āplāvayanti te ॥13-96-51॥
[प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - they went; ते (te) - they; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; भूयः (bhūyas) - again; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - the sacred places; वनगोचराः (vanagocarāḥ) - those who move in the forest; पुण्यतीर्थेषु (puṇyatīrtheṣu) - at sacred fords; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - likewise; गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - the limbs; आप्लावयन्ति (āplāvayanti) - they bathe; ते (te) - they;]
(They went then again the sacred places those who move in the forest. At sacred fords also likewise the limbs they bathe they.)
Thereafter, those dwelling in the forest again visited the sacred places. In the holy fords, they likewise bathed their limbs. (13-96-51)
आख्यानं य इदं युक्तः पठेत्पर्वणि पर्वणि। न मूर्खं जनयेत्पुत्रं न भवेच्च निराकृतिः ॥१३-९६-५२॥
ākhyānaṁ ya idaṁ yuktaḥ paṭhet parvaṇi parvaṇi। na mūrkhaṁ janayet putraṁ na bhavet ca nirākṛtiḥ॥13-96-52॥
[आख्यानं (ākhyānam) - story; यः (yaḥ) - who; इदं (idaṁ) - this; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - who is attentive; पठेत् (paṭhet) - should recite; पर्वणि (parvaṇi) - on festival; पर्वणि (parvaṇi) - on festival; न (na) - not; मूर्खं (mūrkham) - foolish; जनयेत् (janayet) - should produce; पुत्रं (putram) - son; न (na) - not; भवेत् (bhavet) - should be; च (ca) - and; निराकृतिः (nirākṛtiḥ) - deformed (one);]
(Who, this story, attentive, should recite, on festival, on festival; not, foolish, should beget, son; not, should be, and, deformed (one);)
Whoever recites this story with attention on each festival occasion, will not beget a foolish son, nor will he be deformed. (13-96-52)
न तमापत्स्पृशेत्काचिन्न ज्वरो न रुजश्च ह। विरजाः श्रेयसा युक्तः प्रेत्य स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् ॥१३-९६-५३॥
na tam-āpat-spṛśet kācit na jvaro na rujaś ca ha। virajāḥ śreyasā yuktaḥ pretya svargam avāpnuyāt॥13-96-53॥
[न (na) - not; तम् (tam) - him; आपत् (āpat) - calamity; स्पृशेत् (spṛśet) - may touch; काचित् (kācit) - any; न (na) - not; ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever; न (na) - not; रुजः (rujaḥ) - diseases; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; विरजाः (virajāḥ) - free from impurity; श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - with auspiciousness; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; प्रेत्य (pretya) - having departed (after death); स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven; अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - may attain;]
(Not him any calamity may touch, not fever, not diseases indeed. Free from impurity, endowed with auspiciousness, having departed, heaven he may attain.)
No calamity, fever, or disease may touch him; being free from impurity and endowed with auspiciousness, he attains heaven after death. (13-96-53)
यश्च शास्त्रमनुध्यायेदृषिभिः परिपालितम्। स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणो लोकमव्ययं च नरोत्तम ॥१३-९६-५४॥
yaś ca śāstram anudhyāyed ṛṣibhiḥ paripālitam। sa gacched brahmaṇo lokam avyayaṁ ca narottama ॥13-96-54॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture; अनुध्यायेत् (anudhyāyet) - might meditate upon; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages; परिपालितम् (paripālitam) - protected; स (sa) - he; गच्छेत् (gacchet) - may go; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman; लोकम् (lokam) - realm; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable; च (ca) - and; नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men;]
(And who might meditate upon the scripture protected by the sages, he may go to the imperishable realm of Brahman, O best of men.)
O best of men, one who follows and meditates upon the scripture protected by the sages attains the imperishable realm of Brahman. (13-96-54)
