King Śibi in the <title xml:lang="sa">Vahnipurāṇa A critical edition of the <title xml:lang="sa">śiber upākhyāna https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7446515

This edition of the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna, by Charles Li, was published in Asian Literature & Translation in 2023 (doi:10.18573/alt.58). It includes diplomatic transcriptions of every witness used to edit the text. An introduction to the text, as well as a translation, can be found in the article.

 VpBh Vahnipurāṇa, ed. Bhowmik 2012 VpBh‑A Vahnipurāṇa, ed. Bhowmik 2012, MS A (India Office Library, London, no. 1425) VpBh‑B Vahnipurāṇa, ed. Bhowmik 2012, MS B (India Office Library, London, no. 1001) VpBh‑C Vahnipurāṇa, ed. Bhowmik 2012, MS C (Asiatic Society, Kolkata, no. G8090) VpBh‑D Vahnipurāṇa, ed. Bhowmik 2012, MS D (Sanskrita Sahitya Parishat Kolkata, no. 6215) VpN BnF Sanscrit 1442.2 VpNac BnF Sanscrit 1442.2, ante correctionem VpNpc BnF Sanscrit 1442.2, post correctionem VpCc Caturvargacintāmaṇi, ed. Śiromaṇi 1873, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa VpV Vācaspatya, ed. Tarkavachaspati 1962, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa VpVp Vidhānapārijāta, ed. Śāstrī 1951, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa VpŚ Śabdakalpadruma, Rādhakāntadeva 1848, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna VpŚ Śabdakalpadrumapariśiṣṭaḥ, Rādhakāntadeva 1857, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna VpŚ(d) Śabdakalpadruma, Rādhakāntadeva 1848, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa dānāvasthānirṇaya VpŚ2 Śabdakalpadruma, Rādhakāntadeva et al. 1967, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna VpŚ2(d) Śabdakalpadruma, Rādhakāntadeva et al. 1967, quoting the Vahnipurāṇa dānāvasthānirṇaya MbhC Mahābhārata critical edition MbhC+ Mahābhārata critical edition (additional verses in apparatus) MbhC Mahābhārata critical edition MbhS Mahābhārata southern recension, ed. Śāstrī 1933-1936 MbhS Mahābhārata southern recension, ed. Śāstrī 1933-1936 MbhA Aparārka ed. Āpaṭe et al. 1903, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhBh Bhagavantabhāskara, ed. Ratna Gopāla Bhaṭṭa 1909, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhCc Caturvargacintāmaṇi ed. Śiromaṇi 1873, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhD Dānasāgara ed. Bhattacarya 1956, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhD‑A Dānasāgara ed. Bhattacarya 1956, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness A MbhD‑IO Dānasāgara, ed. Bhattacarya 1956, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness IO MbhK Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhK‑Ai Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness Ai MbhK‑C1 Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness C1 MbhK‑IO Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness IO MbhK‑J Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness J MbhK‑L Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness L MbhK‑U1 Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness U1 MbhK‑U2 Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Mahābhārata, witness U2 MbhSm Smṛticandrikā, ed. Srinivasacharya 1914, quoting the Mahābhārata MbhVp Vidhānapārijāta, ed. Śāstrī 1951, quoting the Mahābhārata NpA Aparārka, ed. Āpaṭe et al. 1903, quoting the Nandipurāṇa NpCc Caturvargacintāmaṇi, ed. Śiromaṇi 1873, quoting the Nandipurāṇa NpD Dānasāgara, ed. Bhattacarya 1956, quoting the Nandipurāṇa NpD‑A Dānasāgara, ed. Bhattacarya 1956, quoting the Nandipurāṇa, witness A NpK Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Nandipurāṇa NpK‑IO Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Nandipurāṇa, witness IO NpK‑U1 Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Nandipurāṇa, witness U1 NpK‑U2 Kṛtyakalpataru, ed. Brick 2009, quoting the Nandipurāṇa, witness U2 VcE Vikramacarita, ed. Edgerton 1926 VcV Dvātriṃśatputtalikāsiṃhāsana, ed. Vidyāsāgara VcK Saṃskṛtakusumāñjalī, ed. Śāstrī 1958 HpC Hitopadeśa, Church Mission Press edition HpJ Hitopadeśa, ed. Johnson 1840 HpK Hitopadeśa, ed. Kale 1967 HpK‑i Hitopadeśa, ed. Kale 1967, variant reading Nmp Nāradīyamahāpurāṇa, ed. Kṛṣṇadāsa 1867 Śp Śārṅgadharapaddhati, ed. Peterson 1888 Śpś Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951 Śpś‑ψ Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness ψ (Berlin Academy MSS) Śpś‑ψ2 Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness ψ2 (Berlin Academy MS 2) Śpś‑A Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness A (In the Temple Library, Sa skya Monastery, Tibet; as printed by K. P. Jayaswal & R. Sāṃkṛtyāyana) Śpś‑B Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness B (Berlin Academy MSS., Š 91, etc.) Śpś‑D Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness D (Berlin Academy Mss., Š 97, etc.) Śpś‑H Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness H (Hoernle MS., 149 x/17) Śpś‑S Śatapañcāśatka, ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, witness S (Stein MSS., ch. VII, 011 B1–3) Lp Liṅgapurāṇa, ed. Bhaṭṭācārya 1885 Kv Karuṇāvajrāyudha, ed. Caturavijaya 1916 em. emendation

maitreya uvāca ―

śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi svamāṃsaṃ śibinā yathā | samāṃśaṃ dattavānsvamāṃsaṃ dattavāndatta svamāṃsaṃsamāṃśaṃ dattvavān satyaṃsatyaṃ vai purā hy auśīnaroauśīnareṇaaumātareṇa yuvāvā || 1 || satyadānarataṃ jñātvā śibim indrāśuśukṣaṇīindrā śuśukṣaṇī | jijñāsārthaṃ sameyātāṃsame yātāṃ vartamāne mahādhvare || 2 || vahnir bhūtvā kapotas tu hariśyenāt puraḥsaraḥhariḥ śyenā puraḥsaramhariśyenapuraḥsaraḥ | śaraṇārthīśaraṇārthosaṃrakṣati mahīpālaṃmahīpālatadā rājan nililyenililpe nininye yo vipraṃ bhayavihvalaḥbhayavihvalambhayapīḍitaḥ || 3 || trāhi māṃ pṛthivīpāletypṛthivīpaliny avadac chyenajād bhayāt | sa tam āśvāsayāmāsa kapotaṃ śaraṇāgatamśaraṇārthinam || 4 || rājānam upagamyātha śyenaḥ provāca saṃsadisaṃvidam | vacanaṃ śṛṇu me rājan kṣudhārtasya kuṭumbinaḥ || 5 || dharmātmānaṃ tvām āhur vaiye pṛthivyāṃ sarvapārthivāḥ | tadviruddhaṃ kathaṃ karma kartum icchasi pārthiva || 6 || kṛtaghnāghṛtaghnā bhavatā dānaiḥ sādhunāsādhavosādhunā sādhavo jitāḥ | kṣamayā krūrakarmāṇaḥ satyenānṛtavādinaḥ || 7 ||Cf. , Āraṇyakaparvan appendix I, 21.45-46: ...auśīnaraḥ sādhuśīlo bhavato vai mahīpatiḥ || jayet kadaryaṃ dānena satyenānṛtavādinam | kṣamayā krūrakarmāṇam asādhuṃ sādhunā jayet || (vol. 4, 1071); Dhammapada 223: akkodhena jite kodhaṃ asādhuṃ sādhunā jine | jine kadariyaṃ dānena saccenālikavādinaṃ || (ed. Sumangala 1914, 33). sarāgā vītarāgeṇavītarāgena tathākopenatathā kopena kopinaḥkopayaḥ | satṛṣṇā vītatṛṣṇena tvayā lokāḥ parājitāḥ || 8 || sarvasya sampadaḥ svārthāḥ svaparārthāssvārthāniparārthās tu kasyacit | parārthā bhavato nityaṃ saphalasya taror iva || 9 || nopakāraparenopakāraparonāpakāraparo 'py evam upakāraparoupakāravase janaḥtataḥ | apakārapareapakāraparo 'pi tvam upakāraparaḥ sadāyathā || 10 || mamaivamamaiṣayas tu me vihito dhātrādaivavihito bhakṣo 'yaṃbhakṣyo 'yaṃbhakṣaḥ taṃ samutsṛjatvaṃ samutsṛjakṣatriyapuṅgava |Cf. also Anuśāsaṇaparvan, appendix I, 8.41: yas tu me vihito bhakṣaḥ svayaṃ devaiḥ sanātanaḥ (vol. 17, 855). rakṣantamsvaṃ rakṣam ātmano dharmaṃ kṣudhitasya kapotakam || 11 ||For the second half of the verse, reads: tam utsṛja mahīpāla kapotam imam eva me. reads mahārāja in place of mahīpāla. sa śyenam āha saṃprāptas trāṇārthītrāṇārtho sannidhausannidhā mama | khagotyāgo 'syāsminsyama kathaṃkathāṃ kuryāṃ tyāgaṃ sadbhir vigarhitam || 12 || lobhād dveṣādlobhān mohādlobhād deṣādlobhā dveṣād bhayādupād vāpi yas tyajectyajeś charaṇāgatam | brahmahatyāsamaṃ tasyabrahmahatyāsahasrasyabrahmahatyāphalaṃ tasya pāpam āhur manīṣiṇaḥmanīṣiṇa || 13 || śāstreṣu niṣkṛtir dṛṣṭādṛṣṭvā mahāpātakinām api | śaraṇāgatahātus tuśaraṇāgatahīnasyaśaraṇāgatahantṛṇāṃśaraṇāgata-hantṝṇāṃ na dṛṣṭādṛṣṭvā niṣkṛtiḥ kvacit || 14 || yathātmanaḥ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā | tasmān mṛtyubhayatrastāmṛtyubhayāt te 'pi trātavyāḥ prāṇino budhaiḥrakṣitavyāḥ prayatnataḥ || 15 || janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairjanmamṛtyujarāduḥkhāt nityaṃmagnāḥ saṃsārasāgaresasārasāgare | jantavaḥ parikliśyantejantavaḥ parikliṣyantikliśyanti jantavo ghore mṛtyosmarttyās trasyanti te yataḥtrastaṃ tv ime tataḥtrasyanti te pi catrasyanti mṛtyutaḥ || 16 || yannimittaṃyannimitto bhavec chokasyekas trāso vātrāsaḥ krodhakrodho bhayaṃduḥkham eva vātathā | āyāsoāyāśe vā yatovāyaso cāpi tan mūlammūlas ekāṅgamtad ekāṅgam api taṃ tyajetsaṃtjayettyajet || 17 ||Mahābhārata readings taken from Śāntiparvan 168.34 (, vol. 15, 957; , vol. 14, 105-106). This verse is also attested in Śāntiparvan 26.25 (, vol. 13, 95-96) & Anuśāsanaparvan appendix 1, 15.3959-3960 (, vol. 17, 1014). mariṣyāmītimartavyam iti yad duḥkhaṃ puruṣasyopajāyate | śakyas tenānumānenaśakyante nānumānenaśakyate nānumānenayuktas tenānumānena paro 'pipareṇatad parirakṣitumparimāṇituṃparivarṇitumvaktuṃ kenacit kvacit || 18 || yathātathā ca tehi tebhavejbhavaj jīvitam ātmanaḥ priyaṃātmani priyaṃātmanapriyaṃ tathā pareṣām api jīvitaṃ priyam | saṃrakṣasesaṃrakṣa mesaṃrakṣate saṃrakṣyate nirīkṣyate The reading nirīkṣyate results in 4 uniform pādas, in vaṃśasthā metre. jīvitam ātmano yathā tathā pareṣām api rakṣa jīvitam || 19 ||Cf. Vasudevahiṇḍi: jaha jīviyaṃ tubbhaṃ piyaṃ nissaṃsayaṃ tahā savvjīvāṇaṃ (ed. Caturvijaya & Puṇyavijaya 1931, 337); Uttarādhyayanaṭīkā: jahā jīviyaṃ tuha piyaṃ, niyayaṃ taha hoi savvajīvāṇaṃ | piyajīviyāṇaṃ jīvāṇaṃ, rakkha jīvaṃ sajīvaṃ va || (ed. Vijayomaṅgasuri 1936, 244v). tasmāt tavāhaṃ na samarpayiṣyetavāhaṃ na samarthayiṣyenāham imaṃ bhītam avyayiṣye kapotakaṃ śyena yad atra yuktamna yad atra yuktamvāyabhīti yuktamyad atra | tvaṃ manyase tat karavāṇi sarvammanyase yuktaṃ vaktuṃ senāsu tad vada || manyase yuktaṃ vaktuṃ śyenāśu tad vada || ṛte kapotāt khalu satyamsatyāv atra || 20 || renders this verse in anuṣṭubh metre, making it significantly shorter.

śyena uvāca ―

āhārātbhavanti sarvabhūtāni sambhavantiāhāreṇa janeśvaramahīpate | āhāreṇa vivardhantejīvanti parivarddhantejīvanti ca vivarddhaṃte tena jīvanti caiva hitena jīvanti jantavaḥāhāreṇa na saṃśayaḥ || 21 || āhāraṃ puṣkalaṃ kurvanāhāraṃ duṣkaraṃ kurvanśakyate na vinā tenaśakyate dustyaje 'py artheśakyate puṣkalasyārthe ciraṃ jīvati prāṇabhṛtciraṃ jīvati mānabhṛtdinamātro pi jīvituṃcirarātrāya jīvitum | na tv āhāravihīno 'pina tv āhārair vihīnenana tu bhojanam utsṛjyaśakyate tair vinā py arthai śakyaṃ varttayituṃ ciraṃśaknoti jīvituṃ ciramrājan varttayituṃ ciraṃ || 22 || bhakṣyādbhakṣād vilopitasyādya mama prāṇā viśāṃ pate visṛjya kāyaṃ yāsyantieṣyanti panthānam apunarbhavam || 23 || mṛte ca mayi sarvaṃ memṛte mayi nṛpaśreṣṭhapramṛte mayi dharmātmanpramṛte mayi sarvaṃ me putradāraṃ vinaśyatiputradārādikaṃ kulamputradāraṃ mariṣyatiyatra dārādikaṃ kulam | rakṣamānaḥ kapotaṃ tvaṃvinaśyati kathaṃ dharmorakṣan kapotaṃ rājaṃs tvaṃ bahūn prāṇān na rakṣasibhavitā te nṛpottamabahūn prāṇān naśiṣyasibahūn prāṇān haniṣyasiWitnesses N T1 G1 M of also read na rakṣasi. || 24 || dharmaṃbahūn yo bādhate dharmomartyo na sa dharmaḥ parantapakudharma tatkuvartma tatkathaṃcana | avirodhī tu yo dharmaḥ sa dharmaḥdharmma sadbhir ucyatesatyavikramasiddhir ucyate || 25 ||Witnesses D1,2,5 of also read sadbhir ucyate. tasmād virodhe dharmasyavirodhiṣu mahīpāla niścitya gurulāghavam | yataḥ śriyas tato rājanmanyase gauravaṃ yatra tatyato bhūyas tato rājanyato bhūyāṃs tato rājanyato bhūyas tato vidvānOn yataḥ śriyaḥ, cf. Nāradasmṛti 1.25cd: bhūtam eva prapadyeta dharmamūlā yataḥ śriyaḥ, [The king] should resort to fact alone since dharma is the root of his prosperity (ed. & trans. Lariviere 1989, I, 15; II, 9). kurukuruṣvaOn kuruṣva dharmaniścayaṃ, comments, unepic cadence! dharmavinirṇayamdharmaviniścayamṇrpottama || 26 ||Between the two halves of this verse, inserts: na bādhā vidyate yatra taṃ dharmaṃ samudācaret || gurulāghavam ājñāya dharmādharmaviniścaye | reads samupācaret for samudācaret.

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ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve samagravaradakṣiṇāḥsamāptavaradakṣiṇāḥsamagrā varadakṣiṇāḥ | ekato bhayabhītasyaekato bhavabhītasyabhītasya prāṇinaḥ prāṇarakṣaṇamcaiva rakṣaṇaṃ varam ekataḥprāṇadhāraṇam || 27 || nātojāne gurutarogurudharo bhūyaḥ paro bhūyāṃs tato dharmaḥ kaścid anyokaścin nānyo 'sti khecarakhecarebhūtaledehināmdehinaḥ | prāṇināṃ bhayabhītānām abhayaṃakṣayaṃ yat pradīyateyaḥ prayacchati || 28 || varam ekasyacarātmakasya param ekasya sattvasyatrastasya pradattaṃ jīvitābhayamdattā hy abhayadakṣiṇāpradātur jīvitaṃ varampradātur jīvitaṃ phalamjīvitābhayarakṣaṇamjīvitābhayadakṣiṇā | na cana tu viprasahasrasyavisya dattaṃ tuviprasahasrāṇāṃ viprasahasrebhyo gosahasram alaṅkṛtamhemādibhir alaṅkataṃ gosahasraṃ dine-dinegosahasraṃ phalaṃ bhavetgosahasraṃ sadakṣiṇamrakṣāṃ mānuṣyadehinaḥdadyād dānam sadakṣiṇamgosahasraṃ sadākṣaṇam || 29 || hemadhenudharādīnāṃ dātāraḥhemadhenucarādīnāṃ dātāraḥ kāmadhenugavādīnāṃ dātāraḥ hema-dhenu-dharā-dātā sulabhā bhuvisulabho jagatī tale | durlabhaḥ puruṣo loke sarvabhūtābhayapradaḥsarvajīvadayāparaḥsarvvajīve dayāparaḥ || 30 || mahatām api yajñānāṃ kālena kṣīyate phalam | bhītābhayapradānasyadattvā'bhayaṃ pradānasya kṣayakṣayam eva na vidyate || 31 || abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyosarvasattvebhyo yo dadāti dayāparaḥ | tasya dehād vimuktasyadehād viyuktasyadehavimuktasyapuṇyasya kalpānte kṣayo nāstikṣayaṃ nāstibhayan nāstikṣaya eva na kutaścanavidyate || 32 || dattam[om.]hutam iṣṭaṃ tapas taptaṃtapaḥ satyaṃ hutaṃ taptaṃ tapo japo dānaṃca taptaṃ ca tīrthasevātīrthavāsā arthasebā tīrthayātrā śrutaṃ tathāśrayaṃ tathāphalaṃ śrutam | sarvāṇy abhayadānasyasarvvasyābhayadānasya tac cābhayapradānasya kalāṃkālāṃ nārhantinārpānti nārhati ṣoḍaśīm || 33 || catuḥsāgaraparyantāṃ yo dadyāt pṛthivīmvasudhām imām | sattvebhyo hy abhayaṃ yaś caabhayaṃ yaś ca bhūtebhyosatvebhyo hy abhayaṃ yac cayajec ca sarvvayajñais tuabhayaṃ yasya bhūtebhyosattvebhyo 'thābhayaṃ yaś casattvebhyo hy abhayaṃ yasyasattvebhyo hy abhayaṃ dattesattvebhyo hy abhayaṃ dattvāsa - ebhyo hy abhayaṃ tasyasarvebhyo hy abhayaṃ yasyasattve sa hy abhayaṃ yasyasattvebhya hy abhayaṃ yasyayaś cā'bhayaṃ ca bhūtebhyasyac cābhayañ ca bhūtebhyasekaś ca jīvitaṃ dadyāt tayor abhayado 'dhikaḥyo dadāti tato 'dhikaḥyo dadāti tato 'dhikaṃdharābhayaprado 'dhikaḥtayor adhikadehikaḥ || 34 || api tyajetyajet rājyam ahaṃ śarīraṃ vāpi dustyajam | na tv enaṃ bhayasantrastaṃ tyajetyajed dīnaṃ kapotakam || 35 || yan mamāstijanmanāsti janmamo sti janmano sti śubhaṃ kiñcit tena janmani janmani | bhavet trātābhavetrātā mahārtānāmmahātmānām ārtināśāya dehinām || 36 || na hy ahaṃ kāmaye rājyaṃ na svargaṃ nāpunarbhavamnāyur na bhavam | prāṇināṃ duḥkhataptānāṃ kāmaye duḥkhanāśanam || 37 || yathā tv anānṛtaṃyathā stutibhṛtāṃyathātra nānṛtāṃ vāṇīm aham etām udāhare | satyena tenasatyenānena bhagavān prasīdatu maheśvaramaheśvaraḥ || 38 || āhārārtheāhārārthaṃ samārambhas tava cāyaṃ vihaṅgamavihaṅgamaḥ | tad yathaiva tavāhāraṃśakyaś cāpy anyathā kartum manyase tad dadāmy ahamāhāro 'py adhikas tvayā || 39 || śyenaḥ prāha mamāhāro na ṛte 'tratv anyatraOn na ṛte, see Oberlies 2003, 9–12. kapotakam | tat tyaktvā kāmaye nānyam āhāraṃāhari rājasattama || 40 || tasmāt tvam api bhūpāla dehi nyāyārjitaṃ dhanam | dānāj jñānaṃ tataḥ prāpya jñānāt siddhim avāpsyasi || 40bis ||This verse is only present, isolated, in , under the entry for siddhiḥ, but attributed to the śiber upākhyāna. It has been inserted here hypothetically. śyenaḥ kapotakān hantiśyenaḥ kapomaśnāyaṃtiśyenāḥ kapotān khādanti sthitirsthirśrūtir eṣā sanātanī |Cf. also Anuśāsanaparvan, appendix I, 8.42 (vol. 17, 855), which has the same reading as in the Āraṇyakaparvan. mā rājan mārgamsāram ajñātvāājñāyaajñāya kadalīskandhamkadalāstambhakadalīstambham āruha || 41 || rājāvocad amārgeṇarājāpy avocad avyagro varte nāhaṃ kvacit khaga | dharmaśāstropadiṣṭo 'yaṃ dharmaḥ sattvasatyadayāparaḥ || 42 || sarvasattveṣusarveṣu yad dānam ekasattve tubhūteṣu yā dayā | sarvasattvapradānāc ca dayaikātra viśiṣyate || 43 || sarvavedā na tat kuryuḥsaṃsturyu sarvaśāstrāṇi khecarakhecaraḥ | sarvatīrthābhiṣekaś ca yaḥyat kuryāt prāṇināṃ dayām || 44 ||Cf. Anuśāsaṇaparvan 116.18: sarve vedā na tat kuryuḥ sarvayajñās ca bhārata | yo bhakṣayitvā māṃsāni paścād api nivartate || (vol. 17, 627); Viṣṇudharma 62.4: sarvavedā na tat kuryuḥ sarvadānāni caiva hi | yo māṃsarasam āsvādya sarvamāṃsāni varjayet || (ed. Grünendahl 1984, 101). On the relationship between the Viṣṇudharma and the Vahnipurāṇa, see Hazra 1954, 79ff. vāṅmanaḥkarmabhir ye tumanasā karmmaṇā vācā sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ | dayādarśitadāśitapanthāno brahmalokaṃrudralokaṃIn the Vahnipurāṇa, Rudra is identified with Agni (Hazra 1954, 79). vrajanti teca || 45 || gacchaṃs tiṣṭhan svapantiṣṭhat svayaṃ jāgrad yo hitaṃ na samācaret | narebhyaḥparebhyaḥ sa paśur jñeyajñeyaḥ ātmano 'py ahitaḥ sa vai || 46 || duḥkhino 'duḥkhinoduḥkhinaḥ sukhinoduḥkhināduḥkhino vāpi prāṇino labdhacakṣuṣaḥ | ātmavat paripaśyanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim || 47 || prāṇinaṃprāṇināṃ vadhyamānaṃbadhyamānaṃradhyamānaṃ tuhi yaḥ śaktaḥśakraḥ samupekṣatesamupekṣyate | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoram iti prāhur manīṣiṇaḥiti hy āhur manīṣiṇaḥidam āhur manīṣiṇaḥitim āhur manīṣiṇaḥidam ākur manīṣiṇaḥyāvad indrāś caturddaśa || 48 || tubhyaṃtulyaṃ hi sumahad rājyaṃ prayacchāmi vihaṅgama | yathā kāmayase vānyadcānyad varjayitvā kapotakam || 49 || śyenaḥ prāha kim etat te prītir āsīt khage dṛḍhā | kathaṃ cedcid asya tulyāni svamāṃsāni prayaccha me || 50 || rājā tam abravīd dhṛṣṭoanugraham imaṃ manye yan me māṃsāni yācaseśyena yan mābhiyācaseyan māṃ śyenābhibhāṣase | etad yacchāmi te sadyaḥtasmāt te 'dya pradāsyāmi svamāṃsaṃ tulayā dhṛtam || 51 ||Cf. also Anuśāsanaparvan, appendix I, 8.44: tatas tvaṃ me prayacchādya svamāṃsaṃ tulayā dhṛtam (vol. 17, 855). yat prārthito 'smi bhadraṃ te priyam etad dadāmivadāmi te | satyadharmaratasyāthasyāsya sataḥ sumahad apriyam || 52 || adhruveṇa śarīreṇa pratikṣaṇavināśinā | dhruvaṃ yo nārjayednārpayed dharmaṃ śocyo 'sausa śocyo mūḍhacetanaḥ || 53 || yadi prāṇyupakārāya deho 'yaṃ nopayujyate | tataḥ kim upakāro 'syaupacāro 'syapoṣaṇaṃ tasya pratyahaṃpratyahe kriyate vṛthānṛbhiḥ || 54 || evam uktvāuktā svamāṃsāni kapotena samaṃ nṛpaḥ | utkṛtya tolayāmāsa prahṛṣṭamanasāprahṛṣṭo manasā tataḥ || 55 || tyaktvātmasukhabhogecchāṃtyattkātmasukhabhogecchāṃtyaktātmasukhabhogecchāḥtyaktātmasukhabhogecchaḥtyaktvātmasukhaduḥkhecchāṃ sarvasattvasukhaiṣiṇaḥsarvalokasukhaiṣiṇaḥsarvvasattvaguṇaiṣiṇaḥ | bhavanti paraduḥkhena sādhavo nityaduḥkhitāḥ'tyantaduḥkhitāḥ'tyantaduḥkhinaḥ || 56 || tulayā dhriyamāṇas tudhriyamāṇas tu tulayā kapoto vyatiricyate'tyatiricyate | punaś cotkṛtya māṃsāni tataḥrājā prādāt sa pārthivaḥuśīnaraḥ || 57 || na vidyate yadā māṃsaṃ kapotena samaṃ kvacitdhṛtam | tataḥ prakṣīṇamāṃsoutkṛttamāṃso 'pi'sāv sādhuḥ sukhāyatesukhayateSee verse 63 below. param | yadā tena na tulyaṃ tat sa & omit sādhuḥ... tat sa. tulām āruhat svayamāruroha svayaṃ tulāmāruroha tulāṃ svayam || 58 || antaḥpuravarastrīṣuantaḥpurastrīṣu na rājye na ca jīvite | karuṇāsaktacittenaśiktavittena tenāpekṣā kṛtā kvacitna ca || 59 || paraduḥkhāturā nityaṃ svasukhānisasukhāni mahāntymahanty api | nāpekṣante mahātmānaḥmahātmanaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ || 60 || parārtham udyatāḥ santaḥ santaḥ kiṃ kiṃ na kurvate | tādṛg apy ambudher vārittāri jaladais tat prapīyatepradīyate || 61 || eka eva satāṃ mārgo yad aṅgīkṛtapālanampālanī | dahantam akarot kroḍekāḍhekrāḍe pāvakaṃ yad apāṃpatiḥ || 62 || ātmānaṃ pīḍayitvāpi sādhuḥ sukhāyatesukhayate param | hlādayatyhlādayann āśritānāyitātāpitān vṛkṣo duḥkhaṃ ca sahatevasate svayam || 63 ||Cf. 104: aṅgīkṛtyātmano duḥkhaṃ sukhayaty aparān mahān | ātapād ātapastho 'yaṃ pathikān avati drumaḥ || atha tasmin samārūḍhe tulām auśīnare nṛpe | devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ papāta cavā || 64 ||Pādas b and d have been switched here. tatas tasya tadā jñātvā vākyaṃ caitad abhāṣatadṛṣṭvā vākyavedam abhāṣata | śakraḥ svarūpam āsthāya dharme rājñaḥdharmarajñe parāṃ sthitimparisthitim || 65 || indro 'ham asmi bhadraṃ tedharmajña kapoto havyavāhanaḥhavyavāḍ ayam | jijñāsamānau tvāṃ rājanndharme tvāṃdharmaṃ svam imaṃ yajñamimaṃ deśaṃyajñavāṭam upāgatau || 66 || mahākāruṇikeneha yat kṛtaṃ tat suduṣkarammakṛtam etat supuṣkalam |Cf. Suvarṇavarṇāvadāna 77.6cd: mahākāruṇikeneva yat sattvārthaṃ mahat kṛtaṃ (ed. Rajapatiratna 1974, vol. 1, 80). naiva pūrve nṛpāś cakrur nacakrunaṃ kariṣyanti cāpare || 67 || parārthe tyajataḥ prāṇān yā prītir abhavat tava | prāṇasaṃkṣayalabdheṣuprāṇasaṃśayalubdheṣuna sā naṣṭopalabdheṣu na sā prāṇeṣu dehināmprāṇeṣu prāṇināṃ bhavetprāṇiṣu prāṇināṃ bhavet || 68 || parārthaikāntakalyāṇīparārthe yān na kalyāṇīparārthaikāntakalyāṇi svāśrayārthārthaniṣṭhurākāmaṃ svāśrayaniṣṭhurā | tvayy eva kevalaṃkevalā rājannātha karuṇākaruṇābhavatkaruṇā karuṇāparakaruṇā bhavet || 69 || svakarmapāśaiḥ sudṛḍhairsarvam evāviśeṣeṇasarvam evāśeṣeṇa baddhaṃ kṛtsnambaddhaṃ kṛcchrakleśair baddhaṃ idaṃ jagat | tvaṃ jagadduḥkhajagatkleśamokṣārthaṃ baddhaḥmokṣārthe yataḥ karuṇayā nṛpaciram || 70 || anāthe vikale dīne nirdhane 'rthini rogiṇi | adṛṣṭe dṛṣṭapūrve vā tulye ca karuṇā tava || 71 || yathābhibhūya sarvāṇi jyotīṃṣy arkojotīṃṣiṣojyotīṣy arkyo 'vatiṣṭhate | tathābhibhūyabhuta karuṇā tava dharmān avasthitā || 72 || akṛtverṣyāṃ viśiṣṭeṣuakṛtve py āviśiṣṭeṣu hīnāndīnān anavamanyaanavamatya ca | agatvā sadṛśaiḥsadṛśaisadṛśe spardhāṃsārddhaṃsparddhā tvaṃ lokottamatāṃloke śreṣṭhatāṃ gataḥ || 73 || ātmaprāṇaiḥ paraprāṇān yo naraḥ parirakṣati | sa yāti paramaṃtatparaṃ sthānaṃ yasmān nāvartate punaḥ || 74 || prāṇair api tvayā rājansādhonāthā rakṣitaḥ kṛpaṇomānitaḥ praṇayī janaḥ | svamāṃsāny api dattāni dravyeṣvdravyevastuṣv anyeṣu kā kathā || 75 || reverses the two lines. paśavo 'pi hi jīvanti kevalātmodaraṃbharāḥkevalān sodaraṃbharāḥkevalaṃ svodarambharāḥ | tasyaiva jīvitaṃsa jīvati punaḥ ślāghyaṃ parārthaṃ yas tuyaḥ parārthaṃ hiyaḥ parārthe tu jīvati || 76 || kiṃ cātraatra citraṃsatyaṃ yatye santaḥ parānugrahatatparāḥparānagrahatatparāḥ | na hi svadehaśaityārthaṃsvadehaśāntyarthaṃsvadehaśaityāya jāyante candanadrumāḥ || 77 || paropakāravyāpāraparoparopakāravyāpāraḥ yaḥ puruṣaḥ sadāyaḥ puruṣo bhuvipuruṣo yaḥ prajāyate | sa paraṃ padam āpnotisa saṃpadaṃ samāpnoti sampadaṃ sa samāpnoti parād apiparatrā'pi hi yat paramca yat paramparaṃ padam || 78 || paropakāraikamanāḥparopakāraikadhanāḥ paropakāraniratā ye svasukhāya gataspṛhaḥsvargasukhaniḥspṛhāḥsvārthasukhanispṛhāḥ | jagaddhitāya jāyantejanitāḥ sādhavas tv īdṛśāādṛśā bhuvi || 79 || yat te māṃsāni gātrebhyaḥ samutkṛtānisamutkṛttvānisamuktaṃ tāniuktṛttāni pārthivapārthivaḥviśāṃ pate | eṣā te śāśvatībhāsvarī kīrtir lokān anu bhaviṣyatiabhibhaviṣyati || 80 || divyarūpadharaś caiva pālayitvā mahīṃ ciram | sarvāṃl lokān atikramya brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyasigamiṣyati || 81 || evam uktvā tam indrāgnī jagmatus tridaśālayam | rājā tu kratum iṣṭvā taṃṛtubhiḥ syātaṃkratum iṣṭā taṃ mumude devavatdevatātdevatāṃ tadā || 82 ||Cf. : ity uktvā taṃ dānapatim indrāgnī tau tadā nṛpa | pūrṇadehaṃ svakaṃ kṛtvā jagmatus tridaśālayam || A variant reading for pāda c reads svarṇadehatvacaṃ kṛtvā. ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ śibeś caritam uttamam | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ svargalokaṃ saca gacchati || 83 ||

iti vahnipurāṇeādye vahnipurāṇe śiber upākhyānaṃ nāmaśiver upākhyānanāmādhyāyaḥ ||