किन्नर्यश्चापि नर्तक्यो गायका वाद्यभाण्डकाः । भिक्षुका भाण्डकाश्चैव भट्टाश्चगणकास्तथा
Kinnara women who are dancers, singers, musicians, beggars, performers, learned men, and astrologers—
नानादेशो द्भवा भूपा वैद्याश्चान्ये च मानवाः । संन्यासिनश्च यतयोऽवधूता ब्रह्मचारिणः
Kings born in various lands, physicians, other men, renunciants, ascetics, avadhūtas, and celibates—
आययुर्मुनयः सर्वे सशिष्याः सिद्धपुंगवाः । सनकश्च सनन्दश्च त्तीयश्च सनातनः
All the sages arrived with their disciples, the foremost of the perfected beings, as well as Sanaka, Sananda, and the third, Sanātana—
सनत्कुमारो भगवाञ्ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुः । शिष्यैस्त्रिकोटिभिः सार्ध पञ्चवर्षा दिगम्बरः
Sanatkumāra, the revered one, the teacher of teachers among the wise, together with thirty million disciples, five years old, clad in the directions alone—
शिष्यैस्त्रिलक्षैः सहितो दुर्वासा भगवानजः । लक्षशिष्यैः कश्यपश्च वाल्मीकिश्च त्रिलक्षकैः
The venerable and unborn Durvāsas arrived with three hundred thousand disciples; Kaśyapa with a hundred thousand, and Vālmīki with three hundred thousand—
लक्षशिष्यैर्गौ तमश्च कौटिभिश्च बृहस्पतिः । शुक्रस्त्रिकोटिभिः सार्ध भरद्वाजश्च लक्षकैः
Gautama with a hundred thousand disciples, Bṛhaspati with ten million, Śukra with thirty million, and Bharadvāja with a hundred thousand—
शिष्यैस्त्रिकोटिभिः सार्धमङ्गिरा भगवानजः । वसिष्ठः कोटिभिः शिष्यैः प्रचेताः कोटिभिस्तथा
Aṅgirās, the venerable and unborn, with thirty million disciples; Vasiṣṭha with ten million disciples, and Pracetāḥ also with ten million—
त्रिलक्षैश्च पुलस्त्यश्चाप्यगस्त्यः कोटिभिः सह । पुलहो लक्षशिष्यैश्च क्रतुर्लक्षैस्थैव च
Pulastya with three hundred thousand, Agastya with ten million, Pulaha with a hundred thousand disciples, and Kratu likewise with a hundred thousand—
अत्रिस्त्रिकोटिभिः शिष्यैर्भृगुश्च पञ्चकोटिभिः । त्रिकोटिभिर्मरीचिश्च शतानन्दः सहस्रकैः
Atri with thirty million disciples, Bhṛgu with fifty million, Marīci with thirty million, and Śatānanda with a thousand—
सार्ध त्रिकोटिभिः शिष्यैर्ऋष्यशृङ्गो विभाण्डकः । पापिनिः कोटिभिः शिष्यैर्लक्षैः कात्यायनस्तथा
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and Vibhāṇḍaka with thirty million disciples, Pāpini with ten million, and Kātyāyana with a hundred thousand—
याज्ञवल्क्यः सहस्रैश्च व्यासः शिष्यत्रिकोटिभिः । शिष्यैर्लक्षैश्च सहितो गर्गः कुलपुलोहितः
Yājñavalkya with a thousand disciples, Vyāsa with thirty million, and Garga, the noble Kulapulohita, with a hundred thousand—
गालवश्च सहस्रैश्च सहसैः सौभरिस्तथा । त्रिकोटिभिर्लोमशश्च मार्कण्डेयस्त्रिकोटिभिः
Gālava with a thousand disciples, Saubhari likewise with a thousand, Lomaśa with thirty million, and Mārkaṇḍeya with thirty million—
कोटिभिर्वामदेवश्च जैगीषव्यस्त्रिकोटिभिः । सांदीपनिर्देवलश्च सच्छिष्यैश्च त्रिकोटिभिः
Vāmadeva with ten million disciples, Jaigīṣavya with thirty million, and both Sāṃdīpani and Devala with thirty million disciples—
वोढुः शिष्यैः कोटिभिश्च लक्षैः पञ्चशिखस्तथा । अहं नारायणश्चैव नरो मम सहोदरः
Voḍhu with ten million disciples, Pañcaśikha with a hundred thousand, I myself, Nārāyaṇa, and Nara, my own brother—
शिष्यैस्त्रिकोटिभिः सार्धं विश्वामित्रश्च कोटिभिः । त्रिकोटिभिर्जरत्कारुरास्तीकश्च त्रिकोटिभिः
Viśvāmitra with thirty million disciples, Viśvāmitra with ten million, Jaratkāru with thirty million, and Āstīka with thirty million—
त्रिकोटिभिः पर्शुरामो वत्सो लक्षैश्च शिष्यकैः । दक्षस्त्रिलक्षैः शिष्यैश्च कपिलः पञ्चकोटिभिः
Paraśurāma with thirty million, Vatsa with a hundred thousand disciples, Dakṣa with three hundred thousand, and Kapila with fifty million—
संवर्तश्च त्रिलक्षैश्चाप्युतथ्यश्च तथैव च । सहस्रैर्जैमिनिश्चैव पैलो लक्षैस्तथैव च
Saṃvarta with three hundred thousand disciples, and likewise Utathya; Jaimini with thousands, and Paila with hundreds of thousands as well.
सुवणंश्च सहस्रैश्च वैशम्पायन एव च । शिष्यैर्लक्षैः समेतश्च व्यासशिष्यः पुरोगमः
Suvaṇa with thousands, and also Vaiśampāyana; together with hundreds of thousands of disciples, led by Vyāsa’s disciple.
लक्षैः शिष्यैस्तथा शृङ्गी चोपमन्युस्तथैव च । सहस्रैश्च गौरमुखः कचो लक्षैर्गुरोः सुतः
Śṛṅgī too with hundreds of thousands of disciples, and likewise Upamanyu; Gauramukha with thousands, and Kaca, the guru’s son, with hundreds of thousands.
अश्वत्थामा तथा द्रोणः कृपाचार्यः सशिष्यकः । भीष्मः कर्णश्च शकुनी राजा दुर्योधनस्तथा
Aśvatthāmā, as well as Droṇa, Kṛpācārya with his disciples, Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Śakunī, and King Duryodhana likewise.
श्रीभगवानुवाच शुभकर्मणि निष्पन्ने यास्यन्ति ये समागताः । शिवब्रह्मादयो देवा मुनयश्च तथाऽपरे
Śrī Bhagavān said: When the auspicious rite is completed, all those who have assembled—Śiva, Brahmā, and the other gods, as well as various sages—will depart.
भवाश्च यादवैः सार्धं प्रविश द्वारकां पुरीम् । मत्पित्रा मातृभिः सार्ध माहेन्द्रे च क्षणे नृप
You, along with the Yādavas, enter the city of Dvārakā together with my father and mothers, and with Indra, O King, for a moment.
अपरे यदवोऽन्ये च यास्यन्ति मथुरां पुरीम् । श्रुत्वेति विरसो राजा तमुवाच भयाकुलः
Other Yādavas and others will go to the city of Mathurā; hearing this, the king became dejected and, filled with fear, spoke to him.
उग्रसेन उवाच वासुदेव न यास्यामि भूमिं तां पैतृकीं पुनः । सर्वतीर्थपरां शुद्धां दैवे कर्मणि पैतृके
Ugrasena said: Vāsudeva, I will not go again to that ancestral land, most sacred of all holy places, pure, and meant for ancestral rites.
पावके भूमिदेशे च पितॄणां निर्वपेत्तु यः । तद्भूमिः स्वामिपितृभिः श्राद्धकर्मणि हन्यते
Whoever offers oblations to the ancestors in that pure ancestral land or in a sacred place, that land is destroyed for the ancestor and the father in the rite for the ancestors.
पितॄणां निष्फलं श्राद्धं देवानामपि पूजनम् । किंचित्फलप्रदं चैव संपूर्णे पैतृके स्थले
The śrāddha for the ancestors becomes fruitless, and even worship of the gods yields little fruit, if performed on a site fully dedicated to the ancestors.
पुत्रपौत्रकलत्रेभ्यः प्राणेभ्यः प्रेयसी सदा । दुर्लभा पैदृकी भूमिः पितुर्मातुर्गरींयसी
The ancestral land is always dearer than sons, grandsons, wives, or even life itself; it is exceedingly rare, and greater than both father and mother.
तत्सत्यं च पवित्रं च दैवे कर्मणि पैतृके । क्रीडां च दत्ते दानं च परदत्तमशुद्धकम्
That is true and pure in the divine and ancestral rite; but play, gifts, and donations given by others are impure.
म्रियते पैतृकीभूम्यं तीर्थतुल्यफलं लभेत् । गङ्गाजलसमं पूतं पतृखातोदकं हरे
One who dies on ancestral land obtains the fruit equal to that of a holy place; water drawn from a well there is as pure as Ganges water, O Hari.
तत्र स्नात्वा जले पूते गङ्गास्नानफलं लभेत् । पितणां तर्पणां तत्र पवित्रं देवपूजनम्
Bathing there in the pure water grants the fruit of bathing in the Ganges; there, offerings to the ancestors and worship of the gods are sanctified.