13.106

अनशनमाहात्म्यम्

anaśanamāhātmyam

[अनशन (anaśana) - fasting; abstaining from food; माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness; majesty;]

(Fasting greatness;)

The greatness of fasting.

युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥

[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (a proper noun, name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]

(Yudhishthira said;)

Yudhishthira said.

दानं बहुविधाकारं शान्तिः सत्यमहिंसता। स्वदारतुष्टिश्चोक्ता ते फलं दानस्य चैव यत् ॥१३-१०६-१॥

dānaṃ bahuvidhākāraṃ śāntiḥ satyama-hiṃsatā। svadāratuṣṭiś-coktā te phalaṃ dānasya caiva yat ॥13-106-1॥

[दानं (dānam) - gift; offering; बहुविधाकारं (bahuvidhākāram) - of many kinds of forms; various forms; शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace; सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; अहिंसता (ahiṃsatā) - non-injury; non-violence; स्वदारतुष्टिः (svadāratuṣṭiḥ) - contentment with one's own wife; च (ca) - and; उक्ता (uktā) - have been spoken; declared; ते (te) - these; फलम् (phalam) - fruit; result; दानस्य (dānasya) - of giving; of charity; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; यत् (yat) - which;]

(Gift of many kinds of forms, peace, truth, non-injury, and contentment with one's own wife—these have been declared the fruit of giving and indeed that which;)

Gift given in many forms, peace, truth, non-violence, and contentment with one's own wife—these are declared to be the fruit of charity and indeed that (which arises therefrom). (13-106-1)

पितामहस्य विदितं किमन्यत्र तपोबलात्। तपसो यत्परं तेऽद्य तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१३-१०६-२॥

pitāmahasya viditaṃ kimanyatra tapobalāt। tapaso yatparaṃ te'dya tanme vyākhyātumarhasi॥13-106-2॥

[पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya) - of the Grandfather (Brahmā); विदितं (viditaṃ) - known; किम् (kim) - what; अन्यत्र (anyatra) - other than; तपोबलात् (tapobalāt) - from the power of austerity; तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of austerity; यत् (yat) - which; परं (paraṃ) - higher; ते (te) - to you; अद्य (adya) - today; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]

(Of the Grandfather known what other than from the power of austerity? Of austerity which higher to you today that to me to explain you ought.)

Is there anything known of the Grandfather apart from the power of austerity? If there is anything higher than austerity that you know today, you ought to explain that to me. (13-106-2)

भीष्म उवाच॥

bhīṣma uvāca॥

[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; the name Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]

(Bhīṣma spoke;)

Bhīṣma said.

तपः प्रचक्षते यावत्तावल्लोका युधिष्ठिर। मतं मम तु कौन्तेय तपो नानशनात्परम् ॥१३-१०६-३॥

tapaḥ pracakṣate yāvat-tāval-lokā yudhiṣṭhira। mataṃ mama tu kaunteya tapo nān-aśanāt param ॥13-106-3॥

[तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; लोका (lokā) - the worlds; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; मतं (mataṃ) - opinion; मम (mama) - my; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - son of Kunti; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; न (na) - not; अनशनात् (anaśanāt) - from fasting; परम् (param) - superior;]

(Austerity they declare, as long so long as are the worlds, O Yudhiṣṭhira. My opinion, but, O son of Kunti, austerity is not from fasting superior.)

O Yudhiṣṭhira, people declare austerity to be as long-lasting as the worlds themselves; but in my opinion, O son of Kunti, austerity is not superior to fasting. (13-106-3)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। भगीरथस्य संवादं ब्रह्मणश्च महात्मनः ॥१३-१०६-४॥

atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। bhagīrathasya saṃvādaṃ brahmaṇaś ca mahātmanaḥ ॥13-106-4॥

[अत्र अपि (atra api) - here also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासं (itihāsaṃ) - historical account; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; भगीरथस्य (bhagīrathasya) - of Bhagiratha; संवादं (saṃvādam) - dialogue; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahma; च (ca) - and; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great-souled;]

(Here also they cite this ancient historical account, the dialogue of Bhagiratha and Brahma, the great-souled.)

Here too they relate an ancient history—the dialogue between Bhagiratha and the great-souled Brahma. (13-106-4)

अतीत्य सुरलोकं च गवां लोकं च भारत। ऋषिलोकं च सोऽगच्छद्भगीरथ इति श्रुतिः ॥१३-१०६-५॥

atītya suralokaṃ ca gavāṃ lokaṃ ca bhārata। ṛṣilokaṃ ca so'gacchadbhagīratha iti śrutiḥ ॥13-106-5॥

[अतीत्य (atītya) - having crossed over; passed beyond; सुरलोकं (suralokam) - the world of the gods; च (ca) - and; गवां (gavām) - of the cows; लोकं (lokam) - the world; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; ऋषिलोकं (ṛṣilokam) - the world of the sages; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went; भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha; इति (iti) - thus; श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - the tradition (it is heard);]

(Having crossed the world of the gods and the world of the cows, and the world of the sages also, O Bhārata, he, Bhagīratha, went thus—it is heard.)

O Bhārata, it is heard that Bhagīratha, having passed beyond the world of the gods, the world of cows, and the world of sages, went onwards. (13-106-5)

तं दृष्ट्वा स वचः प्राह ब्रह्मा राजन्भगीरथम्। कथं भगीरथागास्त्वमिमं देशं दुरासदम् ॥१३-१०६-६॥

taṁ dṛṣṭvā sa vacaḥ prāha brahmā rājanbhagīratham। kathaṁ bhagīrathāgāstvamimaṁ deśaṁ durāsadam ॥13-106-6॥

[तं (taṁ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; स (sa) - he; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भगीरथम् (bhagīratham) - to Bhagīratha; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha; आगाः (āgāḥ) - have come; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इमम् (imam) - this; देशम् (deśam) - place; दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach;]

(Him having seen, he speech spoke Brahmā, O king, to Bhagīratha: How, Bhagīratha, have you come, you, to this place difficult to approach.)

Seeing him, Brahmā spoke these words to Bhagīratha: "O king, how have you, Bhagīratha, come to this place which is difficult to approach?" (13-106-6)

न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा न मनुष्या भगीरथ। आयान्त्यतप्ततपसः कथं वै त्वमिहागतः ॥१३-१०६-७॥

na hi devā na gandharvā na manuṣyā bhagīratha। āyāntyataptatapasaḥ kathaṁ vai tvamihāgataḥ ॥13-106-7॥

[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; देवा (devāḥ) - gods; न (na) - not; गन्धर्वा (gandharvāḥ) - gandharvas; न (na) - not; मनुष्या (manuṣyāḥ) - humans; भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha; आयान्ति (āyānti) - come; अतप्ततपसः (ataptatapasaḥ) - those whose austerities are unperformed; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; वै (vai) - indeed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इह (iha) - here; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come;]

(Not indeed gods, not gandharvas, not humans, Bhagīratha, come whose austerities are unperformed; how indeed you here have come? (13-106-7))

O Bhagīratha, neither gods, gandharvas, nor humans come here without performing austerities; how indeed have you come here? (13-106-7)

भगीरथ उवाच॥

bhagīratha uvāca॥

[भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha; (a proper noun, name of a king); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (perfect tense, third person singular, from the root 'vac', to speak);]

(Bhagīratha said;)

Bhagīratha said.

निःशङ्कमन्नमददं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः; शतं सहस्राणि सदैव दानम्। ब्राह्मं व्रतं नित्यमास्थाय विद्धि; न त्वेवाहं तस्य फलादिहागाम् ॥१३-१०६-८॥

niḥśaṅkam annam adadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ; śataṃ sahasrāṇi sadaiva dānam। brāhmaṃ vrataṃ nityam āsthāya viddhi; na tvevāhaṃ tasya phalād ihāgām ॥13-106-8॥

[निःशङ्कम् (niḥśaṅkam) (niḥśaṅkam) - without doubt; अन्नम् (annam) (annam) - food; अददं (adadaṃ) (adadaṃ) - I gave; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; शतम् (śatam) (śatam) - hundred; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; सदैव (sadaiva) (sadaiva) - always; दानम् (dānam) (dānam) - gift; ब्राह्मम् (brāhmam) (brāhmam) - of Brahman; व्रतम् (vratam) (vratam) - vow; नित्यं (nityam) (nityam) - always; आस्थाय (āsthāya) (āsthāya) - having undertaken; विद्धि (viddhi) (viddhi) - know; न (na) (na) - not; त्व (tve) (tve) - indeed; अहम् (aham) (aham) - I; तस्य (tasya) (tasya) - of that; फलात् (phalāt) (phalāt) - from the fruit; इह (iha) (iha) - here; आगाम् (āgām) (āgām) - I have come;]

(Without doubt, food I gave to the Brāhmaṇas; hundred thousands always gifts. Of Brahman vow always having undertaken, know; not indeed I, of that from the fruit here I have come.)

I gave food without doubt to the Brāhmaṇas; hundreds of thousands in gifts at all times. Know that I always undertook the Brahmanical vow; but indeed, I have not come here as a result of its fruit. (13-106-8)

दशैकरात्रान्दश पञ्चरात्रा; नेकादशैकादशकान्क्रतूंश्च। ज्योतिष्टोमानां च शतं यदिष्टं; फलेन तेनापि च नागतोऽहम् ॥१३-१०६-९॥

daśaika-rātrān daśa pañca-rātrā; ekādaśaika-daśakān kratūṁś ca। jyotiṣṭomānāṁ ca śataṁ yad iṣṭaṁ; phalena tenāpi ca nāgato'ham ॥13-106-9॥

[दशैकरात्रान् (daśaika-rātrān) - ten eka-rātras (sacrifices lasting one night); दश (daśa) - ten; (see above sandhi) पञ्चरात्रा (pañca-rātrā) - pañca-rātras (sacrifices of five nights); नेकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven; (see next word for compound) एकादशकान् (ekādaśakān) - eka-daśakān (sets of eleven); क्रतूंश् (kratūṁś) - sacrifices; च (ca) - and; ज्योतिष्टोमानाम् (jyotiṣṭomānām) - jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices; च (ca) - and; शतम् (śatam) - a hundred; यदिष्टम् (yad iṣṭam) - that which is offered; फलेन (phalena) - by the fruit; by the result; तेन (tena) - by that; अपि (api) - even; also; च (ca) - and; नागतः (nāgataḥ) - have not obtained; अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Ten eka-rātras, ten pañca-rātras, sets of eleven sacrifices and sacrifices as well. And a hundred jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices, whatever was offered; by the fruit of that too, I have not obtained.)

I performed ten eka-rātra sacrifices, ten pañca-rātra sacrifices, sets of eleven sacrifices, and many sacrifices as well. Even with the result of a hundred jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices, whatever was offered, I have not attained (the desired result). (13-106-9)

यच्चावसं जाह्नवीतीरनित्यः; शतं समास्तप्यमानस्तपोऽहम्। अदां च तत्राश्वतरीसहस्रं; नारीपुरं न च तेनाहमागाम् ॥१३-१०६-१०॥

yaccāvasaṃ jāhnavītīranityaḥ; śataṃ samāstapyamānastapo'ham। adāṃ ca tatrāśvatarīsahasraṃ; nārīpuraṃ na ca tenāhamāgām॥13-106-10॥

[यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; अवसं (avasaṃ) - I dwelt; जाह्नवी-तीर-नित्यः (jāhnavī-tīra-nityaḥ) - constantly on the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā); शतं (śatam) - hundred; समाः (samāḥ) - years; तप्यमानः (tapyamānaḥ) - practicing austerity; तपः (tapaḥ) - penance; अहम् (aham) - I; अदां (adāṃ) - I gave; च (ca) - and; तत्र (tatra) - there; अश्वतरी-सहस्रं (aśvatarī-sahasram) - a thousand she-mules; नारी-पुरं (nārī-puram) - city of women; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by that; अहम् (aham) - I; आगाम् (āgām) - attained;]

(Which and I dwelt constantly on the bank of Jāhnavī; hundred years practicing penance I; I gave and there a thousand she-mules; city of women not and by that I attained.)

Though I dwelt constantly on the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), practiced penance for a hundred years, and gave a thousand she-mules there, I did not thereby attain the city of women. (13-106-10)

दशायुतानि चाश्वानामयुतानि च विंशतिम्। पुष्करेषु द्विजातिभ्यः प्रादां गाश्च सहस्रशः ॥१३-१०६-११॥

daśāyutāni cāśvānām ayutāni ca viṃśatim। puṣkareṣu dvijātibhyaḥ prādāṃ gāś ca sahasraśaḥ॥13-106-11॥

[दशायुतानि (daśāyutāni) - ten myriads; (100,000); च (ca) - and; अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses; अयुतानि (ayutāni) - ten thousands; (10,000); च (ca) - and; विंशतिम् (viṃśatim) - twenty; पुष्करेषु (puṣkareṣu) - at sacred ponds; द्विजातिभ्यः (dvijātibhyaḥ) - to the twice-born; (Brāhmaṇas, etc.); प्रादाम् (prādām) - I gave; गाः (gāḥ) - cows; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; (in thousands);]

(Ten myriads and of horses, ten thousands and twenty; at sacred ponds to the twice-born I gave cows and by thousands.)

I gave ten myriads and also twenty times ten thousand horses, and thousands of cows to the twice-born at the sacred ponds. (13-106-11)

सुवर्णचन्द्रोडुपधारिणीनां; कन्योत्तमानामददं स्रग्विणीनाम्। षष्टिं सहस्राणि विभूषितानां; जाम्बूनदैराभरणैर्न तेन ॥१३-१०६-१२॥

suvarṇacandroḍupadhāriṇīnāṃ; kanyottamānāmadadaṃ sragviṇīnām. ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāṇi vibhūṣitānāṃ; jāmbūnadairābharaṇairna tena ॥13-106-12॥

[सुवर्ण-चन्द्र-उडु-धारिणीनां (suvarṇa-candra-uḍu-dhāriṇīnām) - of those wearing golden, moon, and star (ornaments); कन्य-उत्तमानाम् (kanya-uttamānām) - of the best maidens; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; स्रग्विणीनाम् (sragviṇīnām) - of garlanded ones; षष्टिं (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; विभूषितानाम् (vibhūṣitānām) - of adorned (ones); जाम्बूनदैः (jāmbūnadaiḥ) - with gold (by Jāmbūnada river); आभरणैः (ābharaṇaiḥ) - by ornaments; न तेन (na tena) - not by him;]

(Of those wearing golden, moon, and star (ornaments); of the best maidens, of garlanded ones, I gave. Sixty thousands of adorned ones, with gold ornaments, not by him.)

I gave, among the best maidens who wore garlands and adorned themselves with golden, moon, and star-like ornaments, sixty thousand of them, decorated with gold ornaments, not by him. (13-106-12)

दशार्बुदान्यददं गोसवेज्या; स्वेकैकशो दश गा लोकनाथ। समानवत्साः पयसा समन्विताः; सुवर्णकांस्योपदुहा न तेन ॥१३-१०६-१३॥

daśārbudānyadadaṁ gosavejyā; svekaikaśo daśa gā lokanātha। samānavatsāḥ payasā samanvitāḥ; suvarṇakāṁsyopaduhā na tena ॥13-106-13॥

[दशार्बुदानि (daśārbudāni) - ten arbudas (one arbuda = ten crores); अददं (adadaṁ) - I gave; गोसवे (gosave) - for the gosava sacrifice; इज्या (ijyā) - ritual offering; स्वेकैकशः (svekaikaśaḥ) - each in his own way, one by one; दश (daśa) - ten; गा (gā) - cows; लोकनाथ (lokanātha) - O lord of the world; समानवत्साः (samānavatsāḥ) - having similar calves; पयसा (payasā) - with milk; समन्विताः (samanvitāḥ) - endowed; सुवर्णकांस्योपदुहा (suvarṇakāṁsyopaduhā) - having golden and bronze vessels for milking; न (na) - not; तेन (tena) - by him (that);]

(Ten arbuda I gave for the gosava offering; each one by one, ten cows, O lord of the world. With similar calves, endowed with milk, having golden and bronze milking vessels, not by him.)

I gave ten arbuda (ten billion) for the gosava sacrifice; O lord of the world, ten cows each, each having similar calves, filled with milk, and milked into golden and bronze vessels, were not given by him. (13-106-13)

अप्तोर्यामेषु नियतमेकैकस्मिन्दशाददम्। गृष्टीनां क्षीरदात्रीणां रोहिणीनां न तेन च ॥१३-१०६-१४॥

aptor-yāmeṣu niyatam ekaikasmin daśād adam। gṛṣṭīnām kṣīra-dātrīṇām rohiṇīnām na tena ca ॥13-106-14॥

[अप्तोर्यामेषु (aptor-yāmeṣu) - among aptoryāmas; (a type of Soma ritual); नियतम् (niyatam) - fixed; prescribed; एकैकस्मिन् (ekaikasmin) - in each-one; दशात् (daśāt) - from ten; अदम् (adam) - I ate; (or: consumed; received;) गृष्टीनां (gṛṣṭīnām) - of the gṛṣṭī cows; क्षीरदात्रीणां (kṣīra-dātrīṇām) - of those giving milk; रोहिणीनां (rohiṇīnām) - of the Rohiṇī cows; न (na) - not; तेन (tena) - by that; च (ca) - and;]

(Among aptoryāmas, in each one, fixed, from ten I ate; of the gṛṣṭī (cows), of milk-giving, of Rohiṇī cows, not by that and.)

During the aptoryāma rituals, I partook ten times in each as prescribed; but not of the gṛṣṭī cows, nor of the milk-giving Rohiṇī cows, by that (act).

दोग्ध्रीणां वै गवां चैव प्रयुतानि दशैव ह। प्रादां दशगुणं ब्रह्मन्न च तेनाहमागतः ॥१३-१०६-१५॥

dogdhrīṇāṁ vai gavāṁ caiva prayutāni daśaiva ha। prādāṁ daśaguṇaṁ brahman na ca tenāhamāgataḥ॥13-106-15॥

[दोग्ध्रीणां (dogdhrīṇāṁ) - of milk-yielding cows; वै (vai) - indeed; गवां (gavāṁ) - of cows; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - certainly; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - one million (ten lakhs, a numerical value); दश (daśa) - ten; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - verily; प्रादां (prādāṁ) - I have given; दशगुणं (daśaguṇaṁ) - tenfold; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by that; अहम् (aham) - I; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have attained; ॥१३-१०६-१५॥ (13-106-15) -;]

(Of milk-yielding cows indeed, and of cows certainly, ten millions indeed verily I have given; O Brahman, tenfold, and not by that I have attained.)

I have indeed given ten million milk-yielding cows, O Brahman, even ten times that number, and yet I have not thereby attained (my goal). (13-106-15)

वाजिनां बाह्लिजातानामयुतान्यददं दश। कर्काणां हेममालानां न च तेनाहमागतः ॥१३-१०६-१६॥

vājināṃ bāhlijātānāmayutānyadadaṃ daśa। karkāṇāṃ hemamālānāṃ na ca tenāhamāgataḥ॥13-106-16॥

[वाजिनां (vājinām) - of horses; बाह्लिजातानाम् (bāhlijātānām) - of those born in Bāhlīka; अयुतानि (ayutāni) - ten thousands; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; दश (daśa) - ten; कर्काणाम् (karkāṇām) - of necklaces; हेममालानाम् (hemamālānām) - of golden garlands; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by that; अहम् (aham) - I; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come;]

(Of horses born in Bāhlīka, ten ten-thousands I gave; of necklaces of golden garlands, not by that have I come.)

I gave ten ten-thousand horses born in Bāhlīka, and necklaces of golden garlands, but still, I have not attained (what I sought) by that. (13-106-16)

कोटीश्च काञ्चनस्याष्टौ प्रादां ब्रह्मन्दश त्वहम्। एकैकस्मिन्क्रतौ तेन फलेनाहं न चागतः ॥१३-१०६-१७॥

koṭīś ca kāñcanasyāṣṭau prādāṃ brahman daśa tv aham। ekaikasmin kratau tena phalenāhaṃ na cāgataḥ ॥13-106-17॥

[कोटीः (koṭīḥ) - crores (ten millions); च (ca) - and; काञ्चनस्य (kāñcanasya) - of gold; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; प्रादाम् (prādām) - I gave; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; दश (daśa) - ten; त्व (tv) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; एकैकस्मिन् (ekaikasmin) - in each; क्रतौ (kratau) - sacrifice; तेन (tena) - with that; फलेन (phalena) - with result; अहम् (aham) - I; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come;]

(Crores and eight (pieces) of gold I gave, O Brahman; ten you, I, in each sacrifice, with that result, I have not come;)

O Brahman, I gave crores and eight pieces of gold; ten to you. In each sacrifice, with that result, I have not come (here). (13-106-17)

वाजिनां श्यामकर्णानां हरितानां पितामह। प्रादां हेमस्रजां ब्रह्मन्कोटीर्दश च सप्त च ॥१३-१०६-१८॥

vājināṃ śyāmakarṇānāṃ haritānāṃ pitāmaha। prādāṃ hemasrajāṃ brahman koṭīr daśa ca sapta ca ॥13-106-18॥

[वाजिनां (vājinām) - of horses; श्यामकर्णानां (śyāmakarṇānām) - of dark-eared; हरितानां (haritānām) - of green; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire; प्रादां (prādām) - gave; हेमस्रजां (hemasrajām) - of golden-garlanded; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhman; कोटीः (koṭīḥ) - crores; दश (daśa) - ten; च (ca) - and; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and;]

(O grandsire, O Brāhman, (he) gave of horses, of dark-eared, of green, of golden-garlanded, ten crores and seven crores.)

O grandsire, O Brāhman, he gave ten crores and seven crores of green, dark-eared, golden-garlanded horses. (13-106-18)

ईषादन्तान्महाकायान्काञ्चनस्रग्विभूषितान्। पत्नीमतः सहस्राणि प्रायच्छं दश सप्त च ॥१३-१०६-१९॥

īṣādantān mahākāyān kāñcanasragvibhūṣitān। patnīmataḥ sahasrāṇi prāyacchaṃ daśa sapta ca ॥13-106-19॥

[ईषादन्तान् (īṣādantān) - with tusks like arrows; महाकायान् (mahākāyān) - great-bodied; काञ्चनस्रग्विभूषितान् (kāñcanasragvibhūṣitān) - adorned with golden garlands; पत्नीमतः (patnīmataḥ) - having wives; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; प्रायच्छम् (prāyaccham) - I gave; दश (daśa) - ten; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and;]

(With tusks like arrows, great-bodied, adorned with golden garlands, having wives, thousands I gave—ten and seven and.)

I gave seventeen thousand (elephants) with arrow-like tusks, great bodies, adorned with golden garlands, and possessing wives. (13-106-19)

अलङ्कृतानां देवेश दिव्यैः कनकभूषणैः। रथानां काञ्चनाङ्गानां सहस्राण्यददं दश ॥ सप्त चान्यानि युक्तानि वाजिभिः समलङ्कृतैः ॥१३-१०६-२०॥

alaṅkṛtānāṃ deveśa divyaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ। rathānāṃ kāñcanāṅgānāṃ sahasrāṇyadadaṃ daśa ॥ sapta cānyāni yuktāni vājibhiḥ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ ॥13-106-20॥

[अलङ्कृतानां (alaṅkṛtānāṃ) - of adorned; देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of the gods; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - with divine; कनकभूषणैः (kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ) - with golden ornaments; रथानां (rathānāṃ) - of chariots; काञ्चनाङ्गानां (kāñcanāṅgānāṃ) - whose parts are golden; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; दश (daśa) - ten; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and; अन्यानि (anyāni) - other; युक्तानि (yuktāni) - yoked; वाजिभिः (vājibhiḥ) - with horses; समलङ्कृतैः (samalaṅkṛtaiḥ) - completely adorned;]

(Of adorned, O Lord of the gods, with divine golden ornaments; of chariots whose parts are golden, thousands I gave ten. Seven other (chariots) yoked with horses, completely adorned, and.)

O Lord of the gods, I gave ten thousand chariots with golden parts, adorned with divine golden ornaments. And seven other chariots, yoked with horses and fully decorated, (I gave as well). (13-106-20)

दक्षिणावयवाः केचिद्वेदैर्ये सम्प्रकीर्तिताः। वाजपेयेषु दशसु प्रादां तेनापि नाप्यहम् ॥१३-१०६-२१॥

dakṣiṇāvayavāḥ kecid vedair ye samprakīrtitāḥ। vājapeyeṣu daśasu prādāṃ tenāpi nāpy aham॥13-106-21॥

[दक्षिण-अवयवाः (dakṣiṇa-avayavāḥ) - southern portions; केचित् (kecit) - some; वेदैः (vedaiḥ) - by (the) Vedas; ये (ye) - which; सम्प्रकीर्तिताः (samprakīrtitāḥ) - have been mentioned; वाजपेयेषु (vājapeyeṣu) - in the Vājapeya sacrifices; दशसु (daśasu) - in ten; प्रादाम् (prādām) - I gave; तेनापि (tenāpi) - with even that; न (na) - not; अपि (api) - even; अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Southern portions, some which by the Vedas have been mentioned, in the ten Vājapeya sacrifices I gave; with even that, not even I (was satisfied).)

Some southern portions which have been mentioned by the Vedas—I gave in the ten Vājapeya sacrifices; yet even with that, I was not satisfied. (13-106-21)

शक्रतुल्यप्रभावानामिज्यया विक्रमेण च। सहस्रं निष्ककण्ठानामददं दक्षिणामहम् ॥१३-१०६-२२॥

śakratulyaprabhāvānām ijyayā vikrameṇa ca। sahasraṃ niṣkakaṇṭhānām adadaṃ dakṣiṇām aham ॥13-106-22॥

[शक्रतुल्यप्रभावानाम् (śakratulyaprabhāvānām) - of those whose power is equal to Indra; इज्यया (ijyayā) - by sacrifice; विक्रमेण (vikrameṇa) - by prowess; च (ca) - and; सहस्रं (sahasraṃ) - a thousand; निष्ककण्ठानाम् (niṣkakaṇṭhānām) - of those who have a niṣka on their necks; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee); अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Of those whose power is equal to Indra, by sacrifice and by prowess, a thousand of those who have a niṣka on their necks as dakṣiṇā I gave I.)

I gave as sacrificial gifts a thousand men adorned with gold niṣkas around their necks, equal in power to Indra, by sacrifice and prowess. (13-106-22)

विजित्य नृपतीन्सर्वान्मखैरिष्ट्वा पितामह। अष्टभ्यो राजसूयेभ्यो न च तेनाहमागतः ॥१३-१०६-२३॥

vijitya nṛpatīn sarvān makhaiḥ iṣṭvā pitāmaha। aṣṭabhyaḥ rājasūyebhyaḥ na ca tena aham āgataḥ ॥13-106-23॥

[विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered; नृपतीन् (nṛpatīn) - kings (accusative plural); सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; मखैः (makhaiḥ) - by sacrifices; इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having worshipped; पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather; अष्टभ्यः (aṣṭabhyaḥ) - from eight; राजसूयेभ्यः (rājasūyebhyaḥ) - Rājasūya-sacrifices; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by him; अहम् (aham) - I; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come;]

(Having conquered all kings and having worshipped (them) by sacrifices, grandfather (did so). From eight Rājasūya-sacrifices, not even by him have I come.)

Having conquered all the kings and performed sacrifices, grandfather did so. But from (those) eight Rājasūya sacrifices, I did not come even by him. (13-106-23)

स्रोतश्च यावद्गङ्गायाश्छन्नमासीज्जगत्पते। दक्षिणाभिः प्रवृत्ताभिर्मम नागां च तत्कृते ॥१३-१०६-२४॥

srotaś ca yāvad-gaṅgāyāś channam āsīj jagatpate। dakṣiṇābhiḥ pravṛttābhir mama nāgāṃ ca tatkṛte॥13-106-24॥

[स्रोतः (srotaḥ) - stream; (the current;) च (ca) - and; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of Gaṅgā (the Ganges); छन्नम् (channam) - covered; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; (existed;) जगत्पते (jagatpate) - O lord of the world; दक्षिणाभिः (dakṣiṇābhiḥ) - by the southern ones; प्रवृत्ताभिः (pravṛttābhiḥ) - having proceeded; (moving;) मम (mama) - my; नागां (nāgāṃ) - Nāgā (female serpent); च (ca) - and; तत्कृते (tatkṛte) - because of that;]

(And as long as the stream of Gaṅgā was covered, O lord of the world, by the southern-moving ones, my Nāgā also, because of that.)

O lord of the world, as long as the stream of Gaṅgā was covered by those moving southwards, my Nāgā also was affected because of that. (13-106-24)

वाजिनां च सहस्रे द्वे सुवर्णशतभूषिते। वरं ग्रामशतं चाहमेकैकस्य त्रिधाददम् ॥ तपस्वी नियताहारः शममास्थाय वाग्यतः ॥१३-१०६-२५॥

vājināṃ ca sahasre dve suvarṇaśatabhūṣite। varaṃ grāmaśataṃ cāhamekaikasya tridhādadam ॥ tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śamamāsthāya vāgyataḥ ॥13-106-25॥

[वाजिनां (vājinām) - of horses; च (ca) - and; सहस्रे (sahasre) - two thousand; द्वे (dve) - two; सुवर्णशतभूषिते (suvarṇaśatabhūṣite) - adorned with a hundred gold pieces; वरं (varaṃ) - gift; ग्रामशतं (grāmaśataṃ) - a hundred villages; च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I; एकैकस्य (ekaikasya) - for each one; त्रिधा (tridhā) - three times; अददं (adadam) - gave; तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic; नियताहारः (niyatāhāraḥ) - having controlled diet; शममास्थाय (śamamāsthāya) - having established tranquility; वाग्यतः (vāgyataḥ) - restrained in speech;]

(Of horses and two thousand, (which were) adorned with a hundred gold pieces, a gift of a hundred villages also, I to each one gave three times. (As) an ascetic, having controlled diet, having established tranquility, restrained in speech.)

I gave as gifts two thousand horses adorned with a hundred gold pieces, and also a hundred villages to each person, three times over. As an ascetic, with regulated diet, abiding in tranquility and restraint in speech. (13-106-25)

दीर्घकालं हिमवति गङ्गायाश्च दुरुत्सहाम्। मूर्ध्ना धारां महादेवः शिरसा यामधारयत् ॥ न तेनाप्यहमागच्छं फलेनेह पितामह ॥१३-१०६-२६॥

dīrghakālaṃ himavati gaṅgāyāś ca durutsahām। mūrdhnā dhārāṃ mahādevaḥ śirasā yāṃ adhārayat॥ na tenāpy aham āgacchaṃ phalena iha pitāmaha॥13-106-26॥

[दीर्घकालम् (dīrghakālam) - for a long time; हिमवति (himavati) - on (Mount) Himavat; गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of Gaṅgā; च (ca) - and; दुरुत्सहाम् (durutsahām) - hard to bear; मूर्ध्ना (mūrdhnā) - with (his) head; धाराम् (dhārām) - the stream; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahādeva; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (his) head; याम् (yām) - which; अधारयत् (adhārayat) - held up; न (na) - not; तेनापि (tenāpi) - even by that; अहम् (aham) - I; आगच्छम् (āgaccham) - attained; फलेन (phalena) - the fruit (result); इह (iha) - here; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather;]

(For a long time on Himavat, even of Gaṅgā, hard to bear, with (his) head the stream Mahādeva with (his) head which held up. Not even by that I attained the fruit here, O Grandfather.)

On Mount Himavat, for a long time, Mahādeva held up with his head the difficult-to-bear stream of Gaṅgā; yet even by that, O Grandfather, I did not attain the fruit here. (13-106-26)

शम्याक्षेपैरयजं यच्च देवा; न्सद्यस्कानामयुतैश्चापि यत्तत्। त्रयोदशद्वादशाहांश्च देव; सपौण्डरीकान्न च तेषां फलेन ॥१३-१०६-२७॥

śamyākṣepair ayajaṃ yac ca devāḥ; n sadyaskānām ayutaiś cāpi yat tat। trayodaśa-dvādaśāhāṃś ca deva; sa pauṇḍarīkān na ca teṣāṃ phalena ॥13-106-27॥

[शम्याक्षेपैः (śamyākṣepaiḥ) - with throwing of wooden poles; अयजम् (ayajam) - which I did not sacrifice; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; देवाः (devāḥ) - O gods; सद्यस्कानाम् (sadyaskānām) - of sadyaska sacrifices; अयुतैः (ayutaiḥ) - with ten-thousands; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; त्रयोदशद्वादशाहान् (trayodaśa-dvādaśāhān) - thirteen and twelve day sacrifices; च (ca) - and; देव (deva) - O god; सपौण्डरीकान् (sa-pauṇḍarīkān) - with those using white lotuses; न (na) - not; च (ca) - also; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; फलेन (phalena) - by the fruit;]

(With throwing of wooden poles, what I did not sacrifice, and O gods, with ten-thousands of sadyaska sacrifices, and that which, thirteen and twelve day sacrifices also, O god, with those using white lotuses, not also by the fruit of them.)

O gods, whatever sacrifices I did not perform by throwing wooden poles, and even those sadyaska rites by tens of thousands, and the thirteen-day and twelve-day sacrifices, and those performed with white lotus flowers, none of these brought the desired fruit for them. (13-106-27)

अष्टौ सहस्राणि ककुद्मिनामहं; शुक्लर्षभाणामददं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः। एकैकं वै काञ्चनं शृङ्गमेभ्यः; पत्नीश्चैषामददं निष्ककण्ठीः ॥१३-१०६-२८॥

aṣṭau sahasrāṇi kakudminām ahaṃ; śuklarṣabhāṇām adadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ। ekaikaṃ vai kāñcanaṃ śṛṅgam ebhyaḥ; patnīś ca eṣām adadaṃ niṣkakaṇṭhīḥ ॥13-106-28॥

[अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousand; ककुद्मिनाम् (kakudminām) - of those with humps (bulls); अहं (ahaṃ) - I; शुक्लर्षभाणाम् (śuklarṣabhāṇām) - of white bulls; अददं (adadaṃ) - gave; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; एकैकं (ekaikam) - each one; वै (vai) - indeed; काञ्चनं (kāñcanam) - golden; शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - horn; एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) - to these; पत्नीः (patnīḥ) - wives; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of them; अददं (adadaṃ) - gave; निष्ककण्ठीः (niṣkakaṇṭhīḥ) - with gold necklaces; ॥१३-१०६-२८॥ (॥13-106-28॥) -;]

(Eight thousand of those with humps I gave; of white bulls I gave to the Brāhmaṇas. Each one indeed (having) a golden horn to these; and their wives I gave (with) gold necklaces.)

I gave eight thousand hump-backed, white bulls to the Brāhmaṇas, each single one having a golden horn; I also gave their wives, adorned with gold necklaces. (13-106-28)

हिरण्यरत्ननिचितानददं रत्नपर्वतान्। धनधान्यसमृद्धांश्च ग्रामाञ्शतसहस्रशः ॥१३-१०६-२९॥

hiraṇyaratnanicitānadadaṃ ratnaparvatān। dhanadhānyasamṛddhāṃśca grāmāñśatasahasraśaḥ ॥13-106-29॥

[हिरण्यरत्ननिचितान् (hiraṇyaratnanicitān) - heaped with gold and jewels; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; रत्नपर्वतान् (ratnaparvatān) - mountains of jewels; धनधान्यसमृद्धान् (dhanadhānyasamṛddhān) - abounding in wealth and grain; च (ca) - and; ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages; शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands;]

(Heaped with gold and jewels I gave mountains of jewels, and villages abounding in wealth and grain by hundreds of thousands.)

I gave mountains heaped with gold and jewels, and hundreds of thousands of villages abounding in wealth and grain. (13-106-29)

शतं शतानां गृष्टीनामददं चाप्यतन्द्रितः। इष्ट्वानेकैर्महायज्ञैर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न तेन च ॥१३-१०६-३०॥

śataṃ śatānāṃ gṛṣṭīnām adadaṃ cāpy atandritaḥ। iṣṭvā naikair mahāyajñair brāhmaṇebhyo na tena ca॥13-106-30॥

[शतम् (śatam) - one hundred; शतानाम् (śatānām) - of hundreds; गृष्टीनाम् (gṛṣṭīnām) - of cattle; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - untiring; इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having offered (sacrifices); अनेकैः (anekaiḥ) - with many; महायज्ञैः (mahāyajñaiḥ) - great sacrifices; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; न (na) - not; तेन (tena) - by that; च (ca) - and;]

(One hundred of hundreds of cattle I gave and also untiring; having worshipped with many great sacrifices to the Brāhmaṇas, not by that and.)

Even though I untiringly gave hundreds upon hundreds of cattle and, having performed many great sacrifices, bestowed them on the Brāhmaṇas, by that (alone) it was not (accomplished). (13-106-30)

एकादशाहैरयजं सदक्षिणै; र्द्विर्द्वादशाहैरश्वमेधैश्च देव। आर्कायणैः षोडशभिश्च ब्रह्मं; स्तेषां फलेनेह न चागतोऽस्मि ॥१३-१०६-३१॥

ekādaśāhair ayajaṁ sadakṣiṇaiḥ; dvir dvādaśāhair aśvamedhaiś ca deva. ārkāyaṇaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiś ca brahmaṁ; teṣāṁ phalena iha na cāgato'smi ॥13-106-31॥

[एकादशाहैः (ekādaśāhaiḥ) - with eleven-day sacrifices; अयजं (ayajaṁ) - I sacrificed; स-दक्षिणैः (sadakṣiṇaiḥ) - with suitable gifts; द्विः (dviḥ) - twice; द्वादशाहैः (dvādaśāhaiḥ) - with twelve-day sacrifices; अश्वमेधैः (aśvamedhaiḥ) - with horse sacrifices; च (ca) - and; देव (deva) - O divine one; आर्कायणैः (ārkāyaṇaiḥ) - with ārkāyaṇa sacrifices; षोडशभिः (ṣoḍaśabhiḥ) - sixteen; च (ca) - and; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; तेषां (teṣāṁ) - of those; फलेन (phalena) - by the fruit; इह (iha) - here; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; आगतः (āgataḥ) - come; अस्मि (asmi) - I am;]

(With eleven-day sacrifices I sacrificed, with appropriate gifts; twice, with twelve-day sacrifices and horse sacrifices, O divine one. By ārkāyaṇa sacrifices and sixteen, O Brahman; by the fruit of those here I have not come.)

O divine one, I performed sacrifices of eleven days with suitable gifts; twice, twelve-day sacrifices, and also horse sacrifices. O Brahman, with ārkāyaṇa sacrifices and sixteen as well. Yet through the fruit of those, I have not come here. (13-106-31)

निष्कैककण्ठमददं योजनायतं; तद्विस्तीर्णं काञ्चनपादपानाम्। वनं चूतानां रत्नविभूषितानां; न चैव तेषामागतोऽहं फलेन ॥१३-१०६-३२॥

niṣkaikakaṇṭhamadadaṃ yojanāyataṃ; tadvistīrṇaṃ kāñcanapādapānām. vanaṃ cūtānāṃ ratnavibhūṣitānām. na caiva teṣāmāgato'haṃ phalena ॥13-106-32॥

[निष्कैककण्ठम् (niṣkaikakaṇṭham) - having (gold) necklaces around the neck; (niṣka = gold necklace; eka = one; kaṇṭha = neck; -m = accusative); अददं (adadaṃ) - I have not obtained; (from √dā, to give, but here in the sense 'to obtain'); योजनायतं (yojanāyataṃ) - spanning a yojana in length; तद्विस्तीर्णम् (tadvistīrṇam) - of that extent in breadth; काञ्चनपादपानाम् (kāñcanapādapānām) - of golden trees; वनम् (vanam) - forest; चूतानाम् (cūtānām) - of mango trees; रत्नविभूषितानाम् (ratnavibhūṣitānām) - adorned with jewels; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आगतः (āgataḥ) - I reached; I have come; अहम् (aham) - I; फलेन (phalena) - with fruit;]

(Having (gold) necklaces around the neck, not obtained, stretching one yojana in length; of that extent in breadth, of golden trees. The forest of mango trees adorned with jewels; and indeed, I have not reached among their fruits.)

I have not obtained even a single golden-necklace, despite traversing a forest of golden trees, stretching a yojana in length and breadth; nor have I come upon any of their jewel-adorned mango fruits. (13-106-32)

तुरायणं हि व्रतमप्रधृष्य; मक्रोधनोऽकरवं त्रिंशतोऽब्दान्। शतं गवामष्ट शतानि चैव; दिने दिने ह्यददं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः ॥१३-१०६-३३॥

turāyaṇaṃ hi vratam apradhṛṣya; makrodhano'karavaṃ triṃśato'bdān. śataṃ gavām aṣṭa śatāni caiva; dine dine hyadadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ ॥13-106-33॥

[तुरायणं (turāyaṇam) - Turayana (name of a vow); हि (hi) - indeed; व्रतम् (vratam) - vow; अप्रधृष्य (apradhṛṣya) - unassailable; मक्रोधनः (makrodhanaḥ) - without anger; अकरवं (akaravaṃ) - I practiced; त्रिंशतः (triṃśataḥ) - thirty; अब्दान् (abdān) - years; शतम् (śatam) - hundred; गवाम् (gavām) - of cows; अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight; शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दिने दिने (dine dine) - day by day; हि (hi) - indeed; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brāhmaṇas;]

(Turayana indeed vow unassailable; without anger I practiced thirty years. Hundred of cows eight hundreds also indeed; day by day indeed I gave to Brāhmaṇas.)

Indeed, the unassailable vow called Turayana, I practiced without anger for thirty years. Every day, I gave one hundred and eight hundred cows to Brāhmaṇas. (13-106-33)

पयस्विनीनामथ रोहिणीनां; तथैव चाप्यनडुहां लोकनाथ। प्रादां नित्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुरेश; नेहागतस्तेन फलेन चाहम् ॥१३-१०६-३४॥

payasvinīnām atha rohiṇīnām; tathaiva cāpy anaḍuhāṃ lokanātha. prādāṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sureśa; nehāgatāstena phalena cāham ॥13-106-34॥

[पयस्विनीनाम् (payasvinīnām) - of the milk-giving (cows); अथ (atha) - then; रोहिणीनाम् (rohiṇīnām) - of the red (cows); तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अनडुहाम् (anaḍuhām) - of those that are not milked; लोकनाथ (lokanātha) - O lord of the people; प्रादाम् (prādām) - I gave; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; सुरेश (sureśa) - O lord of the gods; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; आगतः (āgataḥ) - has come; तेन (tena) - by that; फलेन (phalena) - with fruit (result); च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Of the milk-giving, then of the red (cows); likewise and also of those not milked, O lord of the people; I gave always to the Brāhmaṇas, O lord of the gods; not here come by that with fruit and I.)

O lord of the people, I have always given milk-giving cows, red cows, and even those not yet milked to the Brāhmaṇas, O lord of the gods; yet I have not attained any fruit from that here. (13-106-34)

त्रिंशदग्निमहं ब्रह्मन्नयजं यच्च नित्यदा। अष्टाभिः सर्वमेधैश्च नरमेधैश्च सप्तभिः ॥१३-१०६-३५॥

triṃśad agnim ahaṃ brahman nayajaṃ yac ca nityadā| aṣṭābhiḥ sarvamedhaiś ca naramedhaiś ca saptabhiḥ ॥13-106-35॥

[त्रिंशद् (triṃśad) - thirty; अग्निम् (agnim) - agni-sacrifice; अहम् (aham) - I; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin; अयजम् (ayajam) - I have performed; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; नित्यदा (nityadā) - always; अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - with eight; सर्वमेधैः (sarvamedhaiḥ) - Sarvamedha-sacrifices; च (ca) - and; नरमेधैः (naramedhaiḥ) - Naramedha-sacrifices; च (ca) - and; सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - with seven;]

(Thirty agni-sacrifices I, O Brahmin, have performed, and which always; with eight Sarvamedha-sacrifices and with seven Naramedha-sacrifices and.)

O Brahmin, I have performed thirty agni-sacrifices, always performed them, along with eight Sarvamedha-sacrifices and seven Naramedha-sacrifices. (13-106-35)

दशभिर्विश्वजिद्भिश्च शतैरष्टादशोत्तरैः। न चैव तेषां देवेश फलेनाहमिहागतः ॥१३-१०६-३६॥

daśabhirviśvajidbhiśca śatairaṣṭādaśottaraiḥ। na caiva teṣāṃ deveśa phalenāhamihāgataḥ ॥13-106-36॥

[दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; विश्वजिद्भिः (viśvajidbhiḥ) - with viśvajit sacrifices; च (ca) - and; शतैः (śataiḥ) - with hundreds; अष्टादशोत्तरैः (aṣṭādaśottaraiḥ) - and with those exceeding by eighteen; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; फलेन (phalena) - with the fruit; अहम् (aham) - I; इह (iha) - here; आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come;]

(With ten, and with viśvajit sacrifices, and with hundreds, and with those exceeding by eighteen, not and indeed of those, O lord of the gods, with the fruit, I, here, have come.)

O lord of the gods, I have come here not for the fruit (results) of those ten viśvajit sacrifices, nor for the hundreds (performed) that exceeded by eighteen. (13-106-36)

सरय्वां बाहुदायां च गङ्गायामथ नैमिषे। गवां शतानामयुतमददं न च तेन वै ॥१३-१०६-३७॥

sarayvāṃ bāhudāyāṃ ca gaṅgāyām atha naimiṣe। gavāṃ śatānām ayutam adadaṃ na ca tena vai॥13-106-37॥

[सरय्वां (sarayvāṃ) - in the Sarayū (river); बाहुदायां (bāhudāyāṃ) - in the Bāhudā (river); च (ca) - and; गङ्गायाम् (gaṅgāyām) - in the Gaṅgā (Ganges river); अथ (atha) - then; नैमिषे (naimiṣe) - in Naimiṣa (sacred place); गवां (gavāṃ) - of cows; शतानाम् (śatānām) - of hundreds; अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten-thousand; अददं (adadaṃ) - I gave; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by that; वै (vai) - indeed;]

(In the Sarayū, Bāhudā, and also in the Gaṅgā, then in Naimiṣa, hundreds of cows, ten-thousand, I gave, and not by that indeed.)

In the Sarayū, Bāhudā, and Gaṅgā rivers, and then at Naimiṣa, I gave ten-thousand hundreds of cows, yet by that indeed I was not satisfied. (13-106-37)

इन्द्रेण गुह्यं निहितं वै गुहायां; यद्भार्गवस्तपसेहाभ्यविन्दत्। जाज्वल्यमानमुशनस्तेजसेह; तत्साधयामास महं वरेण्यम् ॥१३-१०६-३८॥

indreṇa guhyaṃ nihitaṃ vai guhāyāṃ; yadbhārgavastapasehābhyavindat. jājvalyamānamuśanastejaseha; tatsādhayāmāsa mahaṃ vareṇyam ॥13-106-38॥

[इन्द्रेण (indreṇa) - by Indra; गुह्यं (guhyam) - the secret; निहितं (nihitam) - placed; वै (vai) - indeed; गुहायां (guhāyām) - in the cave; यत् (yat) - which; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhārgava (Paraśurāma); तपसा (tapasā) - by penance; इह (iha) - here; अभ्यविन्दत् (abhyavindat) - discovered; जाज्वल्यमानम् (jājvalyamānam) - blazing; उशनः (uśanaḥ) - Uśanas (Śukra); तेजसा (tejasā) - with splendor; इह (iha) - here; तत् (tat) - that; साधयामास (sādhayāmāsa) - accomplished; महं (maham) - great; वरेण्यम् (vareṇyam) - most excellent;]

(By Indra the secret placed indeed in the cave, which Bhārgava by penance here discovered. Blazing Uśanas with splendor here; that he accomplished, the great, most excellent.)

The secret that was placed by Indra in the cave—this Bhārgava discovered here by penance. Uśanas, blazing with splendor here, accomplished that great and most excellent (achievement). (13-106-38)

ततो मे ब्राह्मणास्तुष्टास्तस्मिन्कर्मणि साधिते। सहस्रमृषयश्चासन्ये वै तत्र समागताः ॥ उक्तस्तैरस्मि गच्छ त्वं ब्रह्मलोकमिति प्रभो ॥१३-१०६-३९॥

tato me brāhmaṇās tuṣṭās tasmin karmaṇi sādhite. sahasram ṛṣayaś cāsan ye vai tatra samāgatāḥ ॥ uktas tair asmi gaccha tvaṃ brahmalokam iti prabho ॥13-106-39॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; मे (me) - my; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brāhmaṇas; तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - were pleased; तस्मिन्कर्मणि (tasmin karmaṇi) - in that act; साधिते (sādhite) - having been accomplished; सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; च (ca) - and; आसन् (āsan) - were; ये (ye) - who; वै (vai) - indeed; तत्र (tatra) - there; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; त्वम् (tvam) - you; ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - to Brahmaloka; इति (iti) - thus; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]

(Then my brāhmaṇas were pleased, in that act having been accomplished. A thousand sages also were there who indeed assembled. Addressed by them am I: "Go, you, to Brahmaloka," thus, O lord. (13-106-39))

Then my brāhmaṇas, being pleased when that act was accomplished, and a thousand sages who had assembled there, addressed me: "Go to Brahmaloka," O lord. (13-106-39)

प्रीतेनोक्तः सहस्रेण ब्राह्मणानामहं प्रभो। इमं लोकमनुप्राप्तो मा भूत्तेऽत्र विचारणा ॥१३-१०६-४०॥

prītenoktaḥ sahasreṇa brāhmaṇānāmahaṃ prabho। imaṃ lokamanuprāpto mā bhūtte'tra vicāraṇā ॥13-106-40॥

[प्रीतेन (prītena) - by affection; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - by a thousand; ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of brāhmaṇas; अहम् (aham) - I; प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord; इमम् (imam) - this; लोकम् (lokam) - world; अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - attained; मा (mā) - do not; भूत् (bhūt) - let there be; ते (te) - for you; अत्र (atra) - here; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - consideration;]

(By affection spoken by a thousand of brāhmaṇas I, O Lord, this world attained. Do not let there be for you here consideration.)

O Lord, I have attained this world, spoken of by a thousand brāhmaṇas out of affection. Let there be no deliberation about this here for you. (13-106-40)

कामं यथावद्विहितं विधात्रा; पृष्टेन वाच्यं तु मया यथावत्। तपो हि नान्यच्चानशनान्मतं मे; नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ॥१३-१०६-४१॥

kāmaṁ yathāvad vihitaṁ vidhātrā; pṛṣṭena vācam tu mayā yathāvat। tapo hi nānyac cānaśanān mataṁ me; namo'stu te devavara prasīda॥13-106-41॥

[कामं (कामम्) (kāmaṁ) - indeed; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as is proper; विहितं (vihitaṁ) - done; established; विधात्रा (vidhātrā) - by the creator; पृष्टेन (pṛṣṭena) - being asked; वाच्यं (vācyam) - to be said; तु (tu) - but; मया (mayā) - by me; यथावत् (yathāvat) - according to what is proper; तपो (tapo) - austerity; हि (hi) - indeed; न (na) - not; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; च (ca) - and; अनशनात् (anaśanāt) - than not eating; fasting; मतं (mataṁ) - regarded; मे (me) - by me; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; देववर (devavara) - O best of gods; प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious;]

(Indeed, as is proper, done by the creator; what is to be said, being asked by me, I should say as is proper. Austerity, indeed, I regard nothing else than not eating. Let there be salutations to you, O best of gods, be gracious (13-106-41))

Whatever has been rightly established by the creator, indeed; and what I should say when asked, I must say properly. For austerity is, in my view, nothing other than fasting. Salutations to you, O best of gods—be gracious. (13-106-41)

भीष्म उवाच॥

bhīṣma uvāca॥

[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he) spoke;]

(Bhishma said;)

Bhishma said;

इत्युक्तवन्तं तं ब्रह्मा राजानं स्म भगीरथम्। पूजयामास पूजार्हं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥१३-१०६-४२॥

ity-uktavantaṃ taṃ brahmā rājānaṃ sma bhagīratham. pūjayāmāsa pūjārhaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ॥13-106-42॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तवन्तं (uktavantaṃ) - having spoken; तं (taṃ) - him; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; राजानं (rājānam) - the king; स्म (sma) - indeed; भगीरथम् (bhagīratham) - Bhagīratha; पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - he honored; पूजार्हं (pūjārhaṃ) - worthy of honor; विधिदृष्टेन (vidhidṛṣṭena) - as prescribed by rule; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by act;]

(Thus having spoken to him, Brahmā indeed (honored) the king Bhagīratha, honored (him) worthy of honor with an act prescribed by rule.)

Having thus spoken, Brahmā indeed honored King Bhagīratha as worthy of honor, by an act performed according to the prescribed rules. (13-106-42)