Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 26
PdP 4 26.1
शौनक उवाच। श्रोतुमिच्छामि ते प्राज्ञ कथयस्व समूलकम् । प्रतिज्ञापालने पुण्यं खंडने किं च किल्बिषम्
śaunaka uvāca| śrotumicchāmi te prājña kathayasva samūlakam | pratijñāpālane puṇyaṃ khaṃḍane kiṃ ca kilbiṣam
Śaunaka said: I wish to hear from you, O wise one—tell it from the root: what merit lies in keeping a promise, and what sin in breaking it?
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PdP 4 26.2
अनृते शपथे किं वा सत्ये किंचिद्भवेन्मुने । दक्षिणं किंकरं दत्वा कृपां कृत्वा कृपार्णव
anṛte śapathe kiṃ vā satye kiṃcidbhavenmune | dakṣiṇaṃ kiṃkaraṃ datvā kṛpāṃ kṛtvā kṛpārṇava
And what (comes) of a false oath, and what of a true one, O sage? Having given (your) right hand as servant (in pledge), and having shown mercy, O ocean of mercy (tell me).
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PdP 4 26.3
सूत उवाच। शृणुष्व मुनिशार्दूल कथयामि समूलतः । वैष्णवानां त्वमग्र्योऽसि सर्वलोकहिते रतः
sūta uvāca| śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla kathayāmi samūlataḥ | vaiṣṇavānāṃ tvamagryo'si sarvalokahite rataḥ
Sūta said: Listen, O tiger among sages, I shall tell it from the root. You are foremost among the Vaiṣṇavas, devoted to the welfare of all the world.
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PdP 4 26.4
धेनूनां तु शतं दत्त्वा यत्फलं लभते नरः । तस्मात्कोटिगुणं पुण्यं प्रतिज्ञापालने द्विज
dhenūnāṃ tu śataṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ | tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pratijñāpālane dvija
Whatever fruit a man obtains by giving a hundred cows, ten million times that merit (accrues) in keeping a promise, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 26.5
प्रतिज्ञाखंडनान्मूढो निरयं याति दारुणम् । शतमन्वंतरं यावत्पच्यते नात्र संशयः
pratijñākhaṃḍanānmūḍho nirayaṃ yāti dāruṇam | śatamanvaṃtaraṃ yāvatpacyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
By breaking a promise the fool goes to a terrible hell; he is cooked there for a hundred manvantaras—there is no doubt of this.
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PdP 4 26.6
ततोऽत्र जन्म चासाद्य निर्धनस्य निकेतने । अन्नवस्त्रैर्विहीनः स्या क्लेशी चापि स्वकर्मणा
tato'tra janma cāsādya nirdhanasya niketane | annavastrairvihīnaḥ syā kleśī cāpi svakarmaṇā
Then, attaining birth here in the house of a poor man, he would be destitute of food and clothing, and suffering too, through his own deeds.
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PdP 4 26.7
सत्येन शपथं कुर्याद्देवाग्निगुरुसन्निधौ । तावद्दहति वै गात्रं विष्णोर्वंशो न लुप्यते
satyena śapathaṃ kuryāddevāgnigurusannidhau | tāvaddahati vai gātraṃ viṣṇorvaṃśo na lupyate
One should swear an oath truthfully in the presence of the gods, the fire and the teacher; (otherwise) it burns the body for so long, (yet) Viṣṇu's line is not cut off.
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PdP 4 26.8
मिथ्यायां शपथे विप्र किमहं वच्मि सांप्रतम् । शतमन्वंतरं विप्र निरयं मिथ्यया किमु
mithyāyāṃ śapathe vipra kimahaṃ vacmi sāṃpratam | śatamanvaṃtaraṃ vipra nirayaṃ mithyayā kimu
As for a false oath, O brahmin, what am I to say now? A hundred manvantaras in hell, O brahmin—how much more by falsehood!
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PdP 4 26.9
निर्माल्यं श्रीहरेः स्पृष्ट्वा सत्येन मुनिपुंगव । गृहीत्वा पुरुषान्सप्त पच्यते निरये चिरम्
nirmālyaṃ śrīhareḥ spṛṣṭvā satyena munipuṃgava | gṛhītvā puruṣānsapta pacyate niraye ciram
Having touched the remains of Śrī Hari's offering and (sworn) by the truth, O best of sages, he is cooked long in hell, taking seven generations (of his family) with him.
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PdP 4 26.10
कदाचिज्जन्म संप्राप्य कुष्ठी च प्रतिजन्मनि । सत्येनैवं भवेद्विप्र अनृते वै किमुच्यते
kadācijjanma saṃprāpya kuṣṭhī ca pratijanmani | satyenaivaṃ bhavedvipra anṛte vai kimucyate
Obtaining birth at some time, he becomes a leper in birth after birth. If this happens with a true (oath), O brahmin, what then is to be said of a false one?
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PdP 4 26.11
यो मर्त्यो दक्षिणं दत्वा करं तत्प्रतिपाल्यते । तस्य प्राप्तिर्भवेत्कृष्णः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
yo martyo dakṣiṇaṃ datvā karaṃ tatpratipālyate | tasya prāptirbhavetkṛṣṇaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
That mortal who, having given his right hand (in pledge), keeps to it—his attainment will be Kṛṣṇa: truly, truly I say it.
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PdP 4 26.12
करं दत्त्वा तु यो मर्त्यो वचनस्य च पालनम् । तावन्न कुर्यात्पितरः प्राप्नुवंति च यातनाम्
karaṃ dattvā tu yo martyo vacanasya ca pālanam | tāvanna kuryātpitaraḥ prāpnuvaṃti ca yātanām
But when a mortal, having given his hand, does not keep his word, his forefathers undergo torment;
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PdP 4 26.13
स्वयं तु मुनिशार्दूल निरयं चातिदारुणम् । उद्धारं कोटिपुरुषैर्मृतो याति न संशयः
svayaṃ tu muniśārdūla nirayaṃ cātidāruṇam | uddhāraṃ koṭipuruṣairmṛto yāti na saṃśayaḥ
and he himself, O tiger among sages, goes when dead to a most terrible hell—(only) with ten million men (of his line) is he released; there is no doubt.
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PdP 4 26.14
शौनक उवाच। कृष्णप्राप्तिः पुरा कस्य करस्य प्रतिपालनात् । दक्षिणस्य मुने ब्रूहि श्रोतुमिच्छामि सादरात्
śaunaka uvāca| kṛṣṇaprāptiḥ purā kasya karasya pratipālanāt | dakṣiṇasya mune brūhi śrotumicchāmi sādarāt
Śaunaka said: Who in former times attained Kṛṣṇa through keeping to the (pledge of the) hand—the right hand, O sage? Tell me; I wish to hear it respectfully.
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PdP 4 26.15
सूत उवाच। पुरा किंचित्पुरे शूद्रो नाम्नासीद्वीरविक्रमः । बह्वाशी पृथुलांगश्च बहुवक्तातिसुंदरः
sūta uvāca| purā kiṃcitpure śūdro nāmnāsīdvīravikramaḥ | bahvāśī pṛthulāṃgaśca bahuvaktātisuṃdaraḥ
Sūta said: Long ago, in a certain city, there was a Śūdra named Vīravikrama, a big eater, broad-limbed, talkative, and very handsome.
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PdP 4 26.16
धनवान्पुत्रवान्सभ्यो विद्वान्सर्वजनप्रियः । विप्राणामतिथीनां च पूजकः सर्वदैव तु
dhanavānputravānsabhyo vidvānsarvajanapriyaḥ | viprāṇāmatithīnāṃ ca pūjakaḥ sarvadaiva tu
He was wealthy, had sons, was well-mannered, learned, dear to all people, and always a worshipper of brahmins and of guests.
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PdP 4 26.17
पितृभक्तो द्विजश्रेष्ठ प्रतिज्ञापालकः सदा । वाचां गुरुजनानां च पालको हरिसेवकः
pitṛbhakto dvijaśreṣṭha pratijñāpālakaḥ sadā | vācāṃ gurujanānāṃ ca pālako harisevakaḥ
Devoted to his father, O best of brahmins, always keeping his promises, keeping the word of his elders, a servant of Hari.
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PdP 4 26.18
एकदा सुंदरो गेहं श्वपचस्तस्य छद्मना । प्राप्तो धृत्वा ब्राह्मणस्य रूपं वै तरुणः सुधीः
ekadā suṃdaro gehaṃ śvapacastasya chadmanā | prāpto dhṛtvā brāhmaṇasya rūpaṃ vai taruṇaḥ sudhīḥ
One day a handsome dog-cooker (outcaste), young and clever, came to his house in disguise, having taken on the form of a brahmin.
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PdP 4 26.19
ब्राह्मण उवाच। शृणु मे वचनं धीर मम जाया मृता शुभा । किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि कथयाद्यानुकंपया
brāhmaṇa uvāca| śṛṇu me vacanaṃ dhīra mama jāyā mṛtā śubhā | kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathayādyānukaṃpayā
The brahmin said: Hear my words, steadfast one: my good wife has died. What shall I do? Where shall I go? Tell me now, out of compassion.
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PdP 4 26.20
विवाहं यो जनः कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणं च विशेषतः । किं च दानैः किं च तीर्थैः किं यज्ञैर्व्रतकोटिभिः
vivāhaṃ yo janaḥ kuryādbrāhmaṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | kiṃ ca dānaiḥ kiṃ ca tīrthaiḥ kiṃ yajñairvratakoṭibhiḥ
(Consider) the person who would arrange a marriage, and especially for a brahmin — what (need) then of gifts, what of pilgrimage places, what of sacrifices and of ten million vows?
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PdP 4 26.21
इति श्रुत्वा त्वसौ विप्रं चोक्तवान्वीरविक्रमः । शृणु मे वचनं ब्रह्मन्बालास्ति मम कन्यका
iti śrutvā tvasau vipraṃ coktavānvīravikramaḥ | śṛṇu me vacanaṃ brahmanbālāsti mama kanyakā
Hearing this, he, Vīravikrama, said to the brahmin: Hear my word, O brahmin — I have a young daughter, a girl.
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PdP 4 26.22
यदिच्छा ते भवेद्विप्र दास्यामि विधिपूर्वकम् । नय मे दक्षिणं हस्तं दास्यामि चान्यथा नहि
yadicchā te bhavedvipra dāsyāmi vidhipūrvakam | naya me dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ dāsyāmi cānyathā nahi
If it be your wish, brahmin, I will give (her) to you according to the rules. Take my right hand — otherwise I will not give (her).
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PdP 4 26.23
तस्यैतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जग्राह दक्षिणं करम् । श्वपचो हर्षयुक्तो वै प्रोवाच वचनं त्विति
tasyaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagrāha dakṣiṇaṃ karam | śvapaco harṣayukto vai provāca vacanaṃ tviti
Hearing this speech of his, the dog-cooker, filled with joy, took his right hand and spoke these words:
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PdP 4 26.24
ब्राह्मण उवाच। कृत्वा शुभ क्षणं मह्यं देहि कन्यां शुभान्विताम् । विलंबे बहुविघ्नं स्यादिति शास्त्रेषु निश्चितम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca| kṛtvā śubha kṣaṇaṃ mahyaṃ dehi kanyāṃ śubhānvitām | vilaṃbe bahuvighnaṃ syāditi śāstreṣu niścitam
The brahmin said: Having fixed an auspicious moment, O good man, give me the girl endowed with auspicious (qualities). In delay there are many obstacles — so it is settled in the scriptures.
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PdP 4 26.25
वीरविक्रम उवाच। तुभ्यं श्वः कन्यकां ब्रह्मन्दास्यामि नास्ति चान्यथा । दक्षिणं च करं दत्वा न कुर्यात्पुरुषाधमः
vīravikrama uvāca| tubhyaṃ śvaḥ kanyakāṃ brahmandāsyāmi nāsti cānyathā | dakṣiṇaṃ ca karaṃ datvā na kuryātpuruṣādhamaḥ
Vīravikrama said: Tomorrow I shall give you the girl, brahmin, and it will not be otherwise; having given his right hand, only the lowest of men would fail to do it.
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PdP 4 26.26
सूत उवाच। ब्राह्मणं कृष्णशर्माणं चाहूयाकथयन्मुने । पुरोहितमिदं सर्वं प्रोवाच संविदं द्विज
sūta uvāca| brāhmaṇaṃ kṛṣṇaśarmāṇaṃ cāhūyākathayanmune | purohitamidaṃ sarvaṃ provāca saṃvidaṃ dvija
Sūta said: Summoning the brahmin Kṛṣṇaśarman, he told (him), O sage; he related all this agreement to his family priest, O twice-born one.
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PdP 4 26.27
कथं विप्राय ते कन्यां शूद्राय दातुमिच्छसि । अज्ञातायाकुलीनाय न ददस्व विशेषतः
kathaṃ viprāya te kanyāṃ śūdrāya dātumicchasi | ajñātāyākulīnāya na dadasva viśeṣataḥ
"How is it that you, a Śūdra, wish to give your daughter to a brahmin? Do not give (her), especially to one unknown and of no (known) family."
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PdP 4 26.28
ऊचुस्तज्जातयः सर्वे जनकाद्यास्तपोधन । अस्माकं वचनं तात शृणुष्व वीरविक्रम
ūcustajjātayaḥ sarve janakādyāstapodhana | asmākaṃ vacanaṃ tāta śṛṇuṣva vīravikrama
All his kinsmen, his father and the rest, spoke, O you rich in austerity: "Hear our word, dear Vīravikrama:
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PdP 4 26.29
न ज्ञायते कुलं यस्य देशगोत्रधनं तथा । शीलं वयस्तस्य कन्या स्वजनैर्न च दीयते
na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya deśagotradhanaṃ tathā | śīlaṃ vayastasya kanyā svajanairna ca dīyate
A girl is not given by her own people to a man whose family is not known, nor his country, lineage and wealth, nor his character and age.
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PdP 4 26.30
स उवाच द्विजश्रेष्ठ दत्तं मे दक्षिणं करम् । कदाचिदन्यथाकर्तुं न शक्नोमि च सर्वथा
sa uvāca dvijaśreṣṭha dattaṃ me dakṣiṇaṃ karam | kadācidanyathākartuṃ na śaknomi ca sarvathā
He said: O best of the twice-born, my right hand has been given; I cannot ever, by any means, act otherwise.
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PdP 4 26.31
इत्युक्त्वा तान्स विप्राय कन्यां दातुं प्रचक्रमे । दृष्ट्वेति ज्ञातयः सर्वे विस्मयमद्भुतं ययुः
ityuktvā tānsa viprāya kanyāṃ dātuṃ pracakrame | dṛṣṭveti jñātayaḥ sarve vismayamadbhutaṃ yayuḥ
Having said this to them, he set about giving the girl to the brahmin; seeing this, all the kinsmen fell into wonder and amazement.
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PdP 4 26.32
सत्यं तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शंखचक्रगदाधरः । आविर्बभूव सहसा चारुह्य गरुडं मुने
satyaṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ | āvirbabhūva sahasā cāruhya garuḍaṃ mune
Hearing that word of his (to be) true, the bearer of conch, discus and mace suddenly appeared, mounted on Garuḍa, O sage.
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PdP 4 26.33
श्रीभगवानुवाच। धन्यं ते च कुलं धर्मोधन्यस्ते जननी पिता । धन्यं ते वचनं सत्यं धन्यं ते दक्षिणं करम्
śrībhagavānuvāca| dhanyaṃ te ca kulaṃ dharmodhanyaste jananī pitā | dhanyaṃ te vacanaṃ satyaṃ dhanyaṃ te dakṣiṇaṃ karam
The Blessed Lord said: Blessed is your family and your dharma, blessed are your mother and father, blessed is your true word, blessed is your right hand.
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PdP 4 26.34
धन्यं कर्म्म च ते जन्म त्रैलोक्ये नैव विद्यते । एवं ते कर्मणा साधो चोद्धारं कुरुषे कुलम्
dhanyaṃ karmma ca te janma trailokye naiva vidyate | evaṃ te karmaṇā sādho coddhāraṃ kuruṣe kulam
Blessed is your deed, and your birth — (its like) is not found in the three worlds. Thus by your deed, good man, you bring about the deliverance of your family.
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PdP 4 26.35
सूत उवाच। एवं ब्रुवति श्रीकृष्णे विमानं स्वर्णनिर्मितम् । आगतं हरिगणैर्युक्तं सर्वत्र गरुडध्वजम्
sūta uvāca| evaṃ bruvati śrīkṛṣṇe vimānaṃ svarṇanirmitam | āgataṃ harigaṇairyuktaṃ sarvatra garuḍadhvajam
Sūta said: While Śrī Kṛṣṇa was speaking thus, a chariot made of gold arrived, accompanied by Hari's hosts, bearing the Garuḍa banner on every side.
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PdP 4 26.36
सर्वं तस्य कुलं ब्रह्मन्स श्वपाकपुरोहितम् । रथे चारोपयामास शंखपद्मधरः स्वयं
sarvaṃ tasya kulaṃ brahmansa śvapākapurohitam | rathe cāropayāmāsa śaṃkhapadmadharaḥ svayaṃ
O brahmin, the bearer of the conch and lotus himself made his whole family, together with the dog-cooker's household priest, mount upon the chariot.
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PdP 4 26.37
गृहीत्वा तान्हरिः सर्वान्गतो वैकुंठमंदिरम् । तत्र तस्थौ चिरं ते च कृत्वा भोगं सुदुर्ल्लभम्
gṛhītvā tānhariḥ sarvāngato vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram | tatra tasthau ciraṃ te ca kṛtvā bhogaṃ sudurllabham
Having taken them all, Hari went to the palace of Vaikuṇṭha; there he remained a long time, and they too enjoyed a delight most hard to obtain.
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PdP 4 26.38
वचनं लंघयेद्यस्तु यस्तु वा दक्षिणं करम् । सकुलो निरयं याति सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
vacanaṃ laṃghayedyastu yastu vā dakṣiṇaṃ karam | sakulo nirayaṃ yāti satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
Whoever should transgress (his) word, or (transgress) the right hand (given in pledge), he goes with his family to hell — truly, truly I say it.
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PdP 4 26.39
तस्यान्नं तु जलं ब्रह्मन्न ग्राह्यं पितृदैवतैः । त्यक्त्वा धर्मो गृहं तस्य भीत्या याति द्विजोत्तम
tasyānnaṃ tu jalaṃ brahmanna grāhyaṃ pitṛdaivataiḥ | tyaktvā dharmo gṛhaṃ tasya bhītyā yāti dvijottama
O brahmin, his food and water are not to be accepted by the ancestors and the gods; and, O best of the twice-born, Dharma abandons his house and departs out of fear.
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PdP 4 26.40
दत्वाशां यो जनः कुर्यान्नैराश्यं चैव मूढधीः । स स्वकान्कोटिपुरुषान्गृहीत्वा नरकं व्रजेत्
datvāśāṃ yo janaḥ kuryānnairāśyaṃ caiva mūḍhadhīḥ | sa svakānkoṭipuruṣāngṛhītvā narakaṃ vrajet
That dull-minded man who, having given hope, then causes hopelessness — he, taking his own kinsmen, ten million men, would go to hell.
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PdP 4 26.41
वचनं लंघयेद्यस्तु धर्मस्तस्य विलंघति । नृपाग्नितस्करैर्विप्र सत्यं सत्यं सुनिश्चितम्
vacanaṃ laṃghayedyastu dharmastasya vilaṃghati | nṛpāgnitaskarairvipra satyaṃ satyaṃ suniścitam
Whoever should transgress (his) word, Dharma transgresses (i.e., departs) from him; (his wealth perishes) through king, fire, and thieves, O brahmin — truly, truly, this is quite certain.
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PdP 4 26.42
स्वर्गोत्तरमिमं सम्यक्श्रुत्वा स्वर्गोत्तरं व्रजेत् । जीवन्मुक्तस्त्विहामुत्र कृष्णाख्यं धाम चोत्तमम्
svargottaramimaṃ samyakśrutvā svargottaraṃ vrajet | jīvanmuktastvihāmutra kṛṣṇākhyaṃ dhāma cottamam
Having properly heard this Svargottara (section), one would go to the region above heaven; liberated while living, here and hereafter (he attains) the supreme abode called Kṛṣṇa's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain