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Chapter 183

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 183

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यूट्यूब उपरि हिन्दीरूपान्तरणम्श्रीमहादेव उवाच। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि नवमाध्यायमादरात् । संशृणुष्व स्थिरीभूय तुहिनाचल कन्यके १। अस्ति महिष उपरि टिप्पणीमाहिष्मतीनाम नगरी नर्मदातटे । तत्रासीन्माधवो नाम द्विजन्मा स शिवो द्विजः २। वेदवेदांगतत्वज्ञः कालेकालेऽतिथिप्रियः । अर्जयित्वा बहुधनं विद्ययैव विशुद्धधीः ३। महांतमध्वरं कर्तुं समारेभे कदाचन । आलंभनार्थमानीतश्छागः पूजितविग्रहः ४। वाचमूचे हसन्नुच्चैर्जगद्विस्मयकारकः । किमेतैर्बहुभिर्यागैर्विधिवद्विहितैरपि ५। विनश्वरफलैर्जन्म जरामरणहेतुभिः । एतावत्यपि मे विप्र दशेयं दृश्यतामिति ६। छागस्यैवं वचोतीव कुतूहलपरं जनाः । निशम्य विस्मयं याताः कृतमंडपवासिनः ७। ततो बद्धांजलिपुटो द्विजातिस्तिमितेक्षणः । प्रणम्य श्रद्दधानस्तमपृच्छच्छागमादरात् ८। द्विज उवाच। किं जातीयः किमात्मा त्वं किं वृत्तमिति मे वद । केन वा कर्मणा वासीच्छागत्वमिति कारणम् ९। छाग उवाच। आसं पुरा द्विजातीनामन्वये चातिनिर्मले । आहर्ता क्रतुसंघानां वेदविद्याविशारदः १०। एकदा मम गेहिन्या पुत्ररोगप्रशांतये । छागः प्रयाचितो मत्तः चंडिकाभक्तिनम्रया ११। ततो निहन्यमानस्य चंडिकामंडपस्थले । छागस्य जननी मां तु शशाप ब्रह्मवादिनी १२। अशास्त्रीयाध्वना पाप मत्सुतं यज्जिघांससि । द्विजात्यधमतेन त्वमजा योनिमवाप्स्यसि १३। ततोऽहं प्रेत्यकालेन छागोऽभूवं द्विजोत्तम । निस्तीर्य चानेकविधा योनिसंतापयातनाः १४। विप्र उवाच। जातिस्मरत्वमप्यस्ति पशुयोनिमुपेयुषः । त्वदीयजन्मशुश्रूषा कुतूहलरसोन्मुखम् १५। छाग उवाच। मनः सर्वान्द्विजानेतानपि तत्कथयाखिलम् । कदाचिन्मर्कटो भूवमाहितुंडिकशिक्षया १६। क्रीडद्भिर्वीक्षितो डिंभैर्नृत्यन्प्रतिगृहांगणे । उदारानात्मनो दारान्विलोक्य तनयानपि १७। क्रियापराङ्मुखो जातस्त्यक्तनर्तनसंभ्रमः । ततो वर्तुलदंडैश्च दुःसहैराहितुंडिकः १८। मामुच्चैस्ताडयांचक्रे रुषा लोहितलोचनः । ततोऽहं मूर्च्छितोऽभूवं क्षरत्क्षतजसंततिः १९। आजिघ्रन्नन्नमुदकमगमं कालधर्मताम् । ततोऽहमासीच्छुनकः परिभ्राम्यन्गृहे गृहे २०। कुक्षिं भरिरहं मार्गे त्यक्तोच्छिष्टान्नभक्षकः । कदाचिदाविशं स्वांतरात्मवेश्ममहानसम् २१। बुभुक्षितो भक्षयितुं स्थाली स्थापितमोदनम् । जिघ्रन्भूमितलं पश्यन्दिशो दश शनैर्भयात् २२। शंकमानो जनरवात्पार्श्वे च विलिहन्निव । ततः कदाचिदागत्य वीक्षितस्तनुजैर्निजैः २३। जायया च जरत्याहं ताडितो लकुटादिभिः । ततो भग्नकटिर्यातो बहुशोणितमुद्वहन् २४। निर्जगाम बहिर्गेहात्कथंचिन्मूर्च्छयाकुलः । अंगेषु पूतिगंधेषु क्रिमिगर्भेषु कालतः २५। ततः कदश्वतां प्राप्तः शौंडिकस्य च वेश्मनि । अश्वोभवमहं विद्वन्मृतः कालक्रमादिह २६। कदाचिच्चत्वरे तेन समानीतो जनाकुले । विक्रयाय जरालीढ पतयालुरदावलि २७। जायया द्वारकायात्रां कर्तुमुद्यतयासकृत् । मौल्येनाल्पीयसा क्रेतुं तुरंगं चेष्टमानया २८। जगृहेहं तया दाम्ना अल्पेन वसुना जरन् । गंतुं चारभतद्वित्रैः पुत्रैरारुह्य मां समम् २९। शनैः शनै सरस्तीरे मग्नोऽहं गाढकर्दमे । तत्राहं कुटिलग्रीवश्चापतन्कर्दमान्तरे ३०। ताड्यमानो मुहुः पुत्रैः लकुटोपलपाणिभिः । उत्थाप्यमानो बहुधा प्राणान्मोचितवानहम् ३१। ततो निश्चित्य मां तत्र मृतं भग्नोद्यमाः सुताः । आक्रुश्य मातरं दीनां प्रावृत्य निर्ययुर्गृहम् ३२। ततः संप्रेत्य बहुना कालेन छागतां गतः । निस्तीर्णानेकहीनोच्च योनिसंतापयातनः ३३। द्विज उवाच। किमनेन महाछाग दुःखजातेन नित्यशः । यथावदंजसा मह्यं सुखमात्यंतिकं भवेत् ३४। छाग उवाच। आश्चर्यं कथयिष्यामि पुनरन्यदपि द्विज । स्वस्थमापृच्छमानस्य तवास्ति यदि कौतुकम् ३५। अस्ति नाम्ना कुरु उपरि टिप्पणी, गया चैव कुरुक्षेत्रं तीर्थं कनखलं तथा ॥ विमलं चाट्टहासं च माहेन्द्रं भीमसंज्ञकम् ॥ गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं ह्येतत्प्रोक्तं वाय्वष्टकं तव ॥ - स्कन्दपु. ७.१.१०.१०, तु. यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥भगवद्गीता ९- ६॥कुरुक्षेत्रं नगरं मोक्षदायकम् । सूर्यवंशोऽभवत्तत्र चंद्रशर्मा महीपतिः ३६। सूर्योपरागसमये श्रद्धया परयान्वितः । दानं स कालपुरुषंद्र. काल एवं कालपुरुष उपरि टिप्पणी दातुं समुपचक्रमे ३७। समाहूय द्विजन्मानं वेदवेदांगपारगम् । स्नातुं पुण्योदकैः पुण्यैर्ययौ सार्द्धं पुरोधसा ३८। अथोच्चैः कालपुरुषो वाचमूचे हसन्निव । अन्येनैव प्रगृह्णंति क्षेत्रे चाण्वपि किंचन ३९। सूर्योपरागसमये कुरुक्षेत्राभिधे स्थले । दानं च कालपुरुषं जिघृक्षसि कथं द्विज ४०। ज्ञात्वापि निश्चितं सर्वमेतत्पातककारकम् । प्रवर्तसे कथं कर्तुं धनलोभान्धया धिया ४१। इत्थमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं जगद्विस्मयकारकम् । किमनेन महादानभयेनेत्यवदद्द्विजः ४२। एवंविध महादान पातकागाधवारिधिम् । जानामि तरितुं सम्यगुपायमहमेव हि ४३। ततः स्नात्वा महीपालः परिधाय च वाससी । शुचिः प्रसन्नहृदयः सितमाल्यानुलेपनः ४४। अवलंब्य करांभोजं पार्श्ववर्तिपुरोधसः । समाययौ सेव्यमानः स तत्कालोचितैर्जनैः ४५। समागत्य च भूपालः संप्रादात्कालपूरुषम् । यथोचितेन विधिना तस्मै भक्त्या द्विजन्मने ४६। निर्भिद्य कालपुरुषहृदयं निर्दयोदयः । पापात्मा निर्ययौ कश्चिच्चांडालो रक्तलोचनः ४७। किंच प्रापितकालस्य परनिंदारसोत्सवे । निंदा चांडालिका देहपार्श्वमागाद्द्विजन्मनः ४८। एतच्चांडालयुगलं निर्गत्यारुणलोचनम् । ततः संचरितं चक्रे प्रसह्यांगे द्विजन्मनः ४९। गीतानां नवमाध्यायं जपन्नेव हृदिस्थितः । कंपमानं द्विजं किंचित्तूष्णीं पश्यति भूपतौ 6.183.५०। अंतर्निद्राणगोविंदं कंपमानमिवांबुधिम् । मरुदांदोलनैर्विद्वान्द्विजन्मा पापसंश्रयम् ५१। ततो गीताक्षरोद्भूतैर्वैष्णवैः परिपीडितम् । पलायमानं चांडालयुगलं निष्फलोद्यमम् ५२। तन्निश्चक्राम वेगेन द्विजातेः पार्श्ववर्ति यत् । शरीरे वर्त्तमानं च परनिंदारसोत्सवे ५३। इत्थं कलितवृत्तांतः प्रत्यक्षं क्षितिवल्लभः । पर्यपृच्छद्द्विजन्मानं विस्मयस्मेरलोचनः ५४। कथमापदियं घोरा निस्तीर्णा महती त्वया । कं मंत्रं जपता विप्र कं वासं स्मरतासुरम् ५५। कः पुमान्का च सा योषित्कथमेतावुपस्थितौ । कथं च शांतिमापन्नावित्युदीरय मे द्विज ५६। द्विज उवाच। चांडालमूर्तिमासाद्य मूर्तिकिल्बिषमुल्बणम् । योषिन्मूर्त्तिमयीं निंदाद्वयमेतदवैम्यहम् ५७। गीताया नवमाध्यायमंत्रमाला मया स्मृता । तन्माहात्म्यमिदं सर्वं त्वमवेहि महीपते ५८। गीताया नवमाध्यायं जपामि प्रत्यहं नृप । निस्तीर्णाश्चापदस्तेन कुप्रतिग्रहसंभवाः ५९। अभ्यस्य नवामाध्यायं राजा तस्माद्द्विजन्मनः । तावुभावपि लेभाते परां निर्वृतिमुत्तमाम् ६०। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे गीतामाहात्म्ये त्र्यशीत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १८३।

yūṭyūba upari hindīrūpāntaraṇamśrīmahādeva uvāca| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi navamādhyāyamādarāt | saṃśṛṇuṣva sthirībhūya tuhinācala kanyake 1| asti mahiṣa upari ṭippaṇīmāhiṣmatīnāma nagarī narmadātaṭe | tatrāsīnmādhavo nāma dvijanmā sa śivo dvijaḥ 2| vedavedāṃgatatvajñaḥ kālekāle'tithipriyaḥ | arjayitvā bahudhanaṃ vidyayaiva viśuddhadhīḥ 3| mahāṃtamadhvaraṃ kartuṃ samārebhe kadācana | ālaṃbhanārthamānītaśchāgaḥ pūjitavigrahaḥ 4| vācamūce hasannuccairjagadvismayakārakaḥ | kimetairbahubhiryāgairvidhivadvihitairapi 5| vinaśvaraphalairjanma jarāmaraṇahetubhiḥ | etāvatyapi me vipra daśeyaṃ dṛśyatāmiti 6| chāgasyaivaṃ vacotīva kutūhalaparaṃ janāḥ | niśamya vismayaṃ yātāḥ kṛtamaṃḍapavāsinaḥ 7| tato baddhāṃjalipuṭo dvijātistimitekṣaṇaḥ | praṇamya śraddadhānastamapṛcchacchāgamādarāt 8| dvija uvāca| kiṃ jātīyaḥ kimātmā tvaṃ kiṃ vṛttamiti me vada | kena vā karmaṇā vāsīcchāgatvamiti kāraṇam 9| chāga uvāca| āsaṃ purā dvijātīnāmanvaye cātinirmale | āhartā kratusaṃghānāṃ vedavidyāviśāradaḥ 10| ekadā mama gehinyā putrarogapraśāṃtaye | chāgaḥ prayācito mattaḥ caṃḍikābhaktinamrayā 11| tato nihanyamānasya caṃḍikāmaṃḍapasthale | chāgasya jananī māṃ tu śaśāpa brahmavādinī 12| aśāstrīyādhvanā pāpa matsutaṃ yajjighāṃsasi | dvijātyadhamatena tvamajā yonimavāpsyasi 13| tato'haṃ pretyakālena chāgo'bhūvaṃ dvijottama | nistīrya cānekavidhā yonisaṃtāpayātanāḥ 14| vipra uvāca| jātismaratvamapyasti paśuyonimupeyuṣaḥ | tvadīyajanmaśuśrūṣā kutūhalarasonmukham 15| chāga uvāca| manaḥ sarvāndvijānetānapi tatkathayākhilam | kadācinmarkaṭo bhūvamāhituṃḍikaśikṣayā 16| krīḍadbhirvīkṣito ḍiṃbhairnṛtyanpratigṛhāṃgaṇe | udārānātmano dārānvilokya tanayānapi 17| kriyāparāṅmukho jātastyaktanartanasaṃbhramaḥ | tato vartuladaṃḍaiśca duḥsahairāhituṃḍikaḥ 18| māmuccaistāḍayāṃcakre ruṣā lohitalocanaḥ | tato'haṃ mūrcchito'bhūvaṃ kṣaratkṣatajasaṃtatiḥ 19| ājighrannannamudakamagamaṃ kāladharmatām | tato'hamāsīcchunakaḥ paribhrāmyangṛhe gṛhe 20| kukṣiṃ bharirahaṃ mārge tyaktocchiṣṭānnabhakṣakaḥ | kadācidāviśaṃ svāṃtarātmaveśmamahānasam 21| bubhukṣito bhakṣayituṃ sthālī sthāpitamodanam | jighranbhūmitalaṃ paśyandiśo daśa śanairbhayāt 22| śaṃkamāno janaravātpārśve ca vilihanniva | tataḥ kadācidāgatya vīkṣitastanujairnijaiḥ 23| jāyayā ca jaratyāhaṃ tāḍito lakuṭādibhiḥ | tato bhagnakaṭiryāto bahuśoṇitamudvahan 24| nirjagāma bahirgehātkathaṃcinmūrcchayākulaḥ | aṃgeṣu pūtigaṃdheṣu krimigarbheṣu kālataḥ 25| tataḥ kadaśvatāṃ prāptaḥ śauṃḍikasya ca veśmani | aśvobhavamahaṃ vidvanmṛtaḥ kālakramādiha 26| kadāciccatvare tena samānīto janākule | vikrayāya jarālīḍha patayāluradāvali 27| jāyayā dvārakāyātrāṃ kartumudyatayāsakṛt | maulyenālpīyasā kretuṃ turaṃgaṃ ceṣṭamānayā 28| jagṛhehaṃ tayā dāmnā alpena vasunā jaran | gaṃtuṃ cārabhatadvitraiḥ putrairāruhya māṃ samam 29| śanaiḥ śanai sarastīre magno'haṃ gāḍhakardame | tatrāhaṃ kuṭilagrīvaścāpatankardamāntare 30| tāḍyamāno muhuḥ putraiḥ lakuṭopalapāṇibhiḥ | utthāpyamāno bahudhā prāṇānmocitavānaham 31| tato niścitya māṃ tatra mṛtaṃ bhagnodyamāḥ sutāḥ | ākruśya mātaraṃ dīnāṃ prāvṛtya niryayurgṛham 32| tataḥ saṃpretya bahunā kālena chāgatāṃ gataḥ | nistīrṇānekahīnocca yonisaṃtāpayātanaḥ 33| dvija uvāca| kimanena mahāchāga duḥkhajātena nityaśaḥ | yathāvadaṃjasā mahyaṃ sukhamātyaṃtikaṃ bhavet 34| chāga uvāca| āścaryaṃ kathayiṣyāmi punaranyadapi dvija | svasthamāpṛcchamānasya tavāsti yadi kautukam 35| asti nāmnā kuru upari ṭippaṇī, gayā caiva kurukṣetraṃ tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ tathā || vimalaṃ cāṭṭahāsaṃ ca māhendraṃ bhīmasaṃjñakam || guhyādguhyataraṃ hyetatproktaṃ vāyvaṣṭakaṃ tava || - skandapu. 7.1.10.10, tu. yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān | tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya ||bhagavadgītā 9- 6||kurukṣetraṃ nagaraṃ mokṣadāyakam | sūryavaṃśo'bhavattatra caṃdraśarmā mahīpatiḥ 36| sūryoparāgasamaye śraddhayā parayānvitaḥ | dānaṃ sa kālapuruṣaṃdra. kāla evaṃ kālapuruṣa upari ṭippaṇī dātuṃ samupacakrame 37| samāhūya dvijanmānaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam | snātuṃ puṇyodakaiḥ puṇyairyayau sārddhaṃ purodhasā 38| athoccaiḥ kālapuruṣo vācamūce hasanniva | anyenaiva pragṛhṇaṃti kṣetre cāṇvapi kiṃcana 39| sūryoparāgasamaye kurukṣetrābhidhe sthale | dānaṃ ca kālapuruṣaṃ jighṛkṣasi kathaṃ dvija 40| jñātvāpi niścitaṃ sarvametatpātakakārakam | pravartase kathaṃ kartuṃ dhanalobhāndhayā dhiyā 41| itthamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ jagadvismayakārakam | kimanena mahādānabhayenetyavadaddvijaḥ 42| evaṃvidha mahādāna pātakāgādhavāridhim | jānāmi tarituṃ samyagupāyamahameva hi 43| tataḥ snātvā mahīpālaḥ paridhāya ca vāsasī | śuciḥ prasannahṛdayaḥ sitamālyānulepanaḥ 44| avalaṃbya karāṃbhojaṃ pārśvavartipurodhasaḥ | samāyayau sevyamānaḥ sa tatkālocitairjanaiḥ 45| samāgatya ca bhūpālaḥ saṃprādātkālapūruṣam | yathocitena vidhinā tasmai bhaktyā dvijanmane 46| nirbhidya kālapuruṣahṛdayaṃ nirdayodayaḥ | pāpātmā niryayau kaściccāṃḍālo raktalocanaḥ 47| kiṃca prāpitakālasya paraniṃdārasotsave | niṃdā cāṃḍālikā dehapārśvamāgāddvijanmanaḥ 48| etaccāṃḍālayugalaṃ nirgatyāruṇalocanam | tataḥ saṃcaritaṃ cakre prasahyāṃge dvijanmanaḥ 49| gītānāṃ navamādhyāyaṃ japanneva hṛdisthitaḥ | kaṃpamānaṃ dvijaṃ kiṃcittūṣṇīṃ paśyati bhūpatau 6.183.50| aṃtarnidrāṇagoviṃdaṃ kaṃpamānamivāṃbudhim | marudāṃdolanairvidvāndvijanmā pāpasaṃśrayam 51| tato gītākṣarodbhūtairvaiṣṇavaiḥ paripīḍitam | palāyamānaṃ cāṃḍālayugalaṃ niṣphalodyamam 52| tanniścakrāma vegena dvijāteḥ pārśvavarti yat | śarīre varttamānaṃ ca paraniṃdārasotsave 53| itthaṃ kalitavṛttāṃtaḥ pratyakṣaṃ kṣitivallabhaḥ | paryapṛcchaddvijanmānaṃ vismayasmeralocanaḥ 54| kathamāpadiyaṃ ghorā nistīrṇā mahatī tvayā | kaṃ maṃtraṃ japatā vipra kaṃ vāsaṃ smaratāsuram 55| kaḥ pumānkā ca sā yoṣitkathametāvupasthitau | kathaṃ ca śāṃtimāpannāvityudīraya me dvija 56| dvija uvāca| cāṃḍālamūrtimāsādya mūrtikilbiṣamulbaṇam | yoṣinmūrttimayīṃ niṃdādvayametadavaimyaham 57| gītāyā navamādhyāyamaṃtramālā mayā smṛtā | tanmāhātmyamidaṃ sarvaṃ tvamavehi mahīpate 58| gītāyā navamādhyāyaṃ japāmi pratyahaṃ nṛpa | nistīrṇāścāpadastena kupratigrahasaṃbhavāḥ 59| abhyasya navāmādhyāyaṃ rājā tasmāddvijanmanaḥ | tāvubhāvapi lebhāte parāṃ nirvṛtimuttamām 60| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe gītāmāhātmye tryaśītyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 183|

English translation

[ Note : this page corresponds to chapter 183 of the Book 6 (Uttarakhaṇḍa) of the translation of The Padmapurāṇa ]

Śrī Mahādeva said :

1-8. Hereafter I shall carefully explain (this importance of) the ninth chapter. Being steady (i.e. attentive) listen to it, O daughter of the Himālaya Mountain. On the bank of Narmada , there was a city named Māhiṣmatī . There lived an auspicious brāhmaṇa named Mādhava , who knew the true nature of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas , who every time loved the guests. The pure-minded one, having earned much money by means of his learning only, some time commenced to perform a great sacrifice. He brought a goat, for killing him at the sacrifice after worshipping his body. He (the goat), laughing loudly, uttered (these) words: “What is the use of these many sacrifices, though performed in the proper manner, (but) having perishable fruits, and causing birth, old age and death? O brāhmaṇa, see my condition like this.” Men staying in the pavilion, were amazed at hearing these words of the goat, that greatly excited curiosity. Then the brāhmaṇa, with his eyes motionless, saluting him devoutly and with the palms of his hands joined, respectfully asked the goat:

The brāhmaṇa said :

9. Which caste do you belong to? What is your nature? What is your mode of life? Tell (me that). Due to what act (of yours) you obtained the birth as a goat?

The goat said :

10-24. Formerly I was (born) in a very pure family of brāhmaṇas . I was proficient in the Vedic lore and offered hosts of sacrifices. Once my wife, modest with devotion to Caṇḍikā , asked for a goat from me for appeasing the disease of (our) son. Then when the goatwas being killed in the pavilion of Caṇḍikā, the goat’s mother, expounder of the Vedas, cursed me: “O mean brāhmaṇa, O you who are performing a sacrifice that is not approved by the holy texts, since you are killing my innocent son, you will get the stock of (i.e. will be born as) a goat.” Then, O best brāhmaṇa, I, after dying after (some) time, was born as a goat, after having crossed (i.e. gone through) torment and torture of many kinds of existences. Even though I had gone to the stock of (i.e. was born as) a beast, I had (retained) the recollection of (former) births.

The brāhmaṇa said :

My mind is curious, is intent on hearing about your birth due to curiosity. Tell all (about) that to all these brāhmaṇas.

The goat said :

Some time I was (born as) a monkey. Children saw me dancing in every courtyard due to instruction given to me by a juggler. Seeing the generous sons, and my wife also, I became averse to any act and gave up the going round in dancing. Then the juggler, with his eyes red due to anger, severely beat me with round sticks, difficult to bear. Then I bleeding continuously, fainted. Smelling at food and water, I died. Then I became a dog wandering in every house. I, eating food that was abandoned and that was left after eating, filled my belly on the way. Sometime I entered the kitchen of my own house. Being hungry, I started eating the boiled rice placed in a plate. I smelt the ground, looked into the ten directions slowly and through fear. Being afraid of the sound of people, I licked my side. Then my sons came and saw me at some time. And my old wife beat me with clubs etc. Then, I, with my waist broken and discharging much blood fled.

25-33. Overcome with swoon, I somehow went out of the house. In course of time my limbs were stinking with pus and full of insects. Then I obtained the state of (i.e. was born as) a horse. O learned man, I became a horse in the house of a distiller and died in course of time. Some time he brought me, with my teeth falling due to old age, in a square crowded with people, for sale. My wife intent on going on a pilgrimage to Dvārakā , trying to buy me for a small price, bought me and tied me, the old one, with a rope, and mounting on me along with her two or three sons, started going. Slowly I got plunged into deep mud on the bank of a lake. There I, with my neck turned, and falling into the mud, was again and again being beaten by (my) sons having clubs and stones in their hands. Being repeatedly raised I died. Then having decided that I was dead, the sons who gave up their exertion, wailed, and having surrounded their helpless mother, they went home. Then having died there I went to the stock of (i.e. was born as) a goat. I passed through many stocks, low and high, giving torment and agony.

The brāhmaṇa said :

34. O great goat, what is the use of this collection of miseries everyday? (Tell me) properly and uprightly, by what I would have endless happiness.

The goat said :

35-48. I shall, O brāhmaṇa, tell another wonder comfortably to you who are asking me, if you have curiosity. There was a city named Kurukṣetra , giving salvation. There lived king Candraśarman of the solar dynasty. At the time of the solar eclipse he, endowed with great faith, started giving gift of Kālapuruṣa . Having called a brāhmaṇa, master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, he went with his priest to bathe with auspicious holy water. Then Kālapuruṣa, laughing, said: “O brāhmaṇa, at the time of the solar eclipse, at this holy place called Kurukṣetra, others do not accept anything. How do you desire to receive a gift? Knowing that all this certainly causes sin, how do you proceed to do it with a mind blinded by greed of wealth?” Having heard these words of him, causing wonder to the world the brāhmaṇa said: “What is the use of this fear of great gift? I do know the means properly to cross the unfathomable ocean of the sin due to a great gift like this.” Then the king, having bathed, having put on two garments, being pure, pleased in mind, having put on white flowers and having anointed his body, having held the hand of the priest, being served by persons proper for the occasion, came (there). The king, having come there, gave the brāhmaṇa, Kālapuruṣa, according to the proper rite. Having pierced the heart of the Kālapuruṣa, a sinful cāṇḍāla , with red eyes, of a cruel appearance went out. So also, at the joy due to interest in censuring others, a female cāṇḍālikā, viz. Censure, came to the side of the brāhmaṇa whose death was brought near.

49-60. This couple of the cāṇḍālas of ruddy eyes, going out, forcibly moved into the body of the brāhmaṇa. While the king was looking on, the brāhmaṇa stood muttering the ninth chapter of the Gītā in his mind, trembling a little and remaining silent like the ocean with Viṣṇu sleeping inside trembling due to the movements of the wind. Then the cāṇḍāla-couple that was near the brāhmaṇa, was troubled by Viṣṇu’s (attendants) appearing due to (the recitation of) the letters of the Gītā, and with its efforts rendered futile, and (deciding to) flee, went away. The king who actually noticed the happening like this, with his eyes smiling (i.e. dilated) due to wonder, asked the brāhmaṇa: “How—by muttering what hymn, or remembering what god—did you go over this calamity? Who was that man? Who was that woman? How did they approach (you)? How were they appeased? O brāhmaṇa tell it to me.”

The brāhmaṇa said :

I know the couple: Strong sin had assumed the form of the ( male ) cāṇḍāla. Censure took the form of the female cāṇḍāla. I remembered the series of the verses of the ninth chapter of the Gītā. O king, know that all this is its virtue. O king, everyday I mutter the ninth chapter of the Gītā. Due to that the calamities caused by my accepting bad gifts were overcome by me. The king learnt the ninth chapter from the brāhmaṇa. Both obtained highest joy.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44902, revision 334078 (2022-03-24T00:09:10Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavad-gita-mahatmya/d/doc365763.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.