Vishnu Purana — Amsha 6 — Chapter 6
ViP 6 6.1
स्वाध्यायसंयमाभ्यां स दृश्यते पुरुषोत्तमः तत्प्राप्तिकारणं ब्रह्म तद् एतद् इति पठ्यते ॥
svādhyāyasaṃyamābhyāṃ sa dṛśyate puruṣottamaḥ tatprāptikāraṇaṃ brahma tad etad iti paṭhyate //
By recitation of the sacred texts and by restraint that highest Person is seen; the means of attaining him is Brahman — it is taught that this (recitation and restraint) is that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 6 6.2
स्वाध्यायाद् योगम् आसीत योगात् स्वाध्यायम् आचरेत् स्वाध्याययोगसंपत्त्या परमात्मा प्रकाशते ॥
svādhyāyād yogam āsīta yogāt svādhyāyam ācaret svādhyāyayogasaṃpattyā paramātmā prakāśate //
From recitation one should take to yoga, and from yoga one should practise recitation; by the perfection of recitation and yoga the supreme Self shines forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.3
तदीक्षणाय स्वाध्यायश् चक्षुर् योगस् तथापरम् न मांसचक्षुषा द्रष्टुं ब्रह्मभूतः स शक्यते ॥
tadīkṣaṇāya svādhyāyaś cakṣur yogas tathāparam na māṃsacakṣuṣā draṣṭuṃ brahmabhūtaḥ sa śakyate //
Recitation is one eye for seeing him, and yoga is the other; for he who has become Brahman cannot be seen with the eye of flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.4
भगवंस् तम् अहं योगं ज्ञातुम् इच्छामि तं वद ज्ञाते यत्राखिलाधारं पश्येयं परमेश्वरम् ॥
bhagavaṃs tam ahaṃ yogaṃ jñātum icchāmi taṃ vada jñāte yatrākhilādhāraṃ paśyeyaṃ parameśvaram //
Lord, I wish to know that yoga; tell it to me — knowing which I might see the supreme Lord, the support of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.5
यथा केशिध्वजः प्राह खाण्डिक्याय महात्मने जनकाय पुरा योगं तथाहं कथयामि ते ॥
yathā keśidhvajaḥ prāha khāṇḍikyāya mahātmane janakāya purā yogaṃ tathāhaṃ kathayāmi te //
As Keśidhvaja long ago declared the yoga to the great-souled Khāṇḍikya Janaka, so I shall relate it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.6
खाण्डिक्यः को ऽभवद् ब्रह्मन् को वा केशिध्वजो ऽभवत् कथं तयोश् च संवादो योगसंबन्धवान् अभूत् ॥
khāṇḍikyaḥ ko 'bhavad brahman ko vā keśidhvajo 'bhavat kathaṃ tayoś ca saṃvādo yogasaṃbandhavān abhūt //
Who was Khāṇḍikya, brahman, and who was Keśidhvaja? And how did their conversation, connected with yoga, come about?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.7
धर्मध्वजो वै जनकस् तस्य पुत्रो ऽमितध्वजः कृतध्वजश् च नाम्नासीत् सदाध्यात्मरतिर् नृपः ॥
dharmadhvajo vai janakas tasya putro 'mitadhvajaḥ kṛtadhvajaś ca nāmnāsīt sadādhyātmaratir nṛpaḥ //
There was indeed a Janaka named Dharmadhvaja; his sons were Amitadhvaja and, by name, Kṛtadhvaja, a king ever devoted to (knowledge of) the inner Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.8
कृतध्वजस्य पुत्रो ऽभूत् ख्यातः केशिध्वजो द्विज पुत्रो ऽमितध्वजस्यापि खाण्डिक्यजनको ऽभवत् ॥
kṛtadhvajasya putro 'bhūt khyātaḥ keśidhvajo dvija putro 'mitadhvajasyāpi khāṇḍikyajanako 'bhavat //
Kṛtadhvaja's son was the renowned Keśidhvaja, O twice-born; and of Amitadhvaja too there was a son, Khāṇḍikya Janaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.9
कर्ममार्गे ऽति खाण्डिक्यः पृथिव्याम् अभवत् कृती केशिध्वजो ऽप्य् अतीवासीद् आत्मविद्याविशारदः ॥
karmamārge 'ti khāṇḍikyaḥ pṛthivyām abhavat kṛtī keśidhvajo 'py atīvāsīd ātmavidyāviśāradaḥ //
Khāṇḍikya was exceedingly accomplished on earth in the path of ritual action, while Keśidhvaja was extremely skilled in the knowledge of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.10
ताव् उभाव् अपि चैवास्तां विजिगीषू परस्परम् केशिध्वजेन खाण्डिक्यः स्वराज्याद् अवरोपितः ॥
tāv ubhāv api caivāstāṃ vijigīṣū parasparam keśidhvajena khāṇḍikyaḥ svarājyād avaropitaḥ //
And both of them were desirous of conquering each other; Khāṇḍikya was cast down from his own kingdom by Keśidhvaja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.11
पुरोधसा मन्त्रिभिश् च समवेतो ऽल्पसाधनः राज्यान् निराकृतः सो ऽथ दुर्गारण्यचरो ऽभवत् ॥
purodhasā mantribhiś ca samaveto 'lpasādhanaḥ rājyān nirākṛtaḥ so 'tha durgāraṇyacaro 'bhavat //
Then he, driven out of his kingdom, with few resources, accompanied by his household priest and his ministers, became a wanderer in inaccessible forests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.12
इयाज सो ऽपि सुबहून् यज्ञाञ् \ज्ञानव्यपाश्रयः ब्रह्मविद्याम् अधिष्ठाय तर्तुं मृत्युम् अविद्यया ॥
iyāja so 'pi subahūn yajñāñ \jñānavyapāśrayaḥ brahmavidyām adhiṣṭhāya tartuṃ mṛtyum avidyayā //
He too (Keśidhvaja), relying on knowledge, offered very many sacrifices, taking his stand on the knowledge of brahman, in order to cross beyond death by means of ignorance (i.e. ritual action).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.13
एकदा वर्तमानस्य यागे योगविदां वर धर्मधेनुं जघानोग्रः शार्दूलो विजने वने ॥
ekadā vartamānasya yāge yogavidāṃ vara dharmadhenuṃ jaghānograḥ śārdūlo vijane vane //
Once, while he was engaged in a sacrifice, O best of those who know yoga, a fierce tiger killed the cow (destined) for the rite in the lonely forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.14
ततो राजा हतां ज्ञात्वा धेनुं व्याघ्रेण ऋत्विजः प्रायश्चित्तं स पप्रच्छ किम् अत्रेति विधीयते ॥
tato rājā hatāṃ jñātvā dhenuṃ vyāghreṇa ṛtvijaḥ prāyaścittaṃ sa papraccha kim atreti vidhīyate //
Then the king, learning that the cow had been killed by the tiger, asked the officiating priests for the expiation: "What is prescribed in this case?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.15
ते चोचुर् न वयं विद्मः कशेरुः पृच्छ्यताम् इति कशेरुर् अपि तेनोक्तस् तथेति प्राह भार्गवम् ॥
te cocur na vayaṃ vidmaḥ kaśeruḥ pṛcchyatām iti kaśerur api tenoktas tatheti prāha bhārgavam //
And they said, "We do not know; let Kaśeru be asked." Kaśeru too, when asked by him, said "So be it," and spoke of the Bhārgava:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.16
शुनकं पृच्छ राजेन्द्र नाहं वेद्मि स वेत्स्यति स गत्वा तम् अपृच्छच् च सो ऽप्य् आह शृणु यन् मुने ॥
śunakaṃ pṛccha rājendra nāhaṃ vedmi sa vetsyati sa gatvā tam apṛcchac ca so 'py āha śṛṇu yan mune //
"Ask Śunaka, best of kings; I do not know, he will know." He went and asked him, and he too said, "Hear what (I say), O sage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.17
न कशेरुर् न चैवाहं न चान्यः साम्प्रतं भुवि वेत्त्य् एक एव त्वच्छत्रुः खाण्डिक्यो यो जितस् त्वया ॥
na kaśerur na caivāhaṃ na cānyaḥ sāmprataṃ bhuvi vetty eka eva tvacchatruḥ khāṇḍikyo yo jitas tvayā //
"Neither Kaśeru nor I, nor anyone else on earth at present, knows it; only one does — your enemy Khāṇḍikya, who was conquered by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.18
स चाह तं प्रयाम्य् एष प्रष्टुम् आत्मरिपुं मुने प्राप्त एव मया यज्ञो यदि मां स हनिष्यति ॥
sa cāha taṃ prayāmy eṣa praṣṭum ātmaripuṃ mune prāpta eva mayā yajño yadi māṃ sa haniṣyati //
And he said, "I shall go to ask my own enemy, O sage; if he kills me, the sacrifice has (still) been gained by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.19
प्रायश्चित्तं स चेत् पृष्टो वदिष्यति रिपुर् मम ततश् चाविकलो यागो मुनिश्रेष्ठ भविष्यति ॥
prāyaścittaṃ sa cet pṛṣṭo vadiṣyati ripur mama tataś cāvikalo yāgo muniśreṣṭha bhaviṣyati //
And if my enemy, when asked, will declare the expiation, then, best of sages, the sacrifice will be without defect."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.20
इत्य् उक्त्वा रथम् आरुह्य कृष्णाजिनधरो नृपः वनं जगाम यत्रास्ते खाण्डिक्यः स महामतिः ॥
ity uktvā ratham āruhya kṛṣṇājinadharo nṛpaḥ vanaṃ jagāma yatrāste khāṇḍikyaḥ sa mahāmatiḥ //
Having said this, the king mounted his chariot and, wearing a black antelope skin, went to the forest where that greatly wise Khāṇḍikya was staying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.21
तम् आयान्तं समालोक्य खाण्डिक्यो रिपुम् आत्मनः प्रोवाच क्रोधताम्राक्षः समारोपितकार्मुकः ॥
tam āyāntaṃ samālokya khāṇḍikyo ripum ātmanaḥ provāca krodhatāmrākṣaḥ samāropitakārmukaḥ //
Seeing him coming, Khāṇḍikya, his eyes red with anger and his bow strung, spoke to his enemy:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.22
कृष्णाजिनं त्वं कवचम् आबध्यास्मान् निहंस्यसि कृष्णाजिनधरे वेत्सि न मयि प्रहरिष्यति ॥
kṛṣṇājinaṃ tvaṃ kavacam ābadhyāsmān nihaṃsyasi kṛṣṇājinadhare vetsi na mayi prahariṣyati //
"Having bound on the black antelope skin as armour, you will slay us; you think that he will not strike at me while I wear a black antelope skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 6 6.23
मृगाणां वद पृष्ठेषु मूढ कृष्णाजिनं न किम् येषां मया त्वया चोग्राः प्रहिताः शितसायकाः ॥
mṛgāṇāṃ vada pṛṣṭheṣu mūḍha kṛṣṇājinaṃ na kim yeṣāṃ mayā tvayā cogrāḥ prahitāḥ śitasāyakāḥ //
Say, fool, is there not a black antelope skin on the backs of deer, at which fierce sharp arrows have been let loose by me and by you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.24
स त्वाम् अहं हनिष्यामि न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे आतताय्य् असि दुर्बुद्धे मम राज्यहरो रिपुः ॥
sa tvām ahaṃ haniṣyāmi na me jīvan vimokṣyase ātatāyy asi durbuddhe mama rājyaharo ripuḥ //
Therefore I shall kill you; you will not get away from me alive. You are an aggressor, evil-minded one, an enemy who seized my kingdom."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.25
खाण्डिक्य संशयं प्रष्टुं भवन्तम् अहम् आगतः न त्वां हन्तुं विचार्यैतत् कोपं बाणं विमुञ्च वा ॥
khāṇḍikya saṃśayaṃ praṣṭuṃ bhavantam aham āgataḥ na tvāṃ hantuṃ vicāryaitat kopaṃ bāṇaṃ vimuñca vā //
"Khāṇḍikya, I have come to ask you about a doubt, not to kill you. Consider this, and (then) either give up your anger or release the arrow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.26
ततः स मन्त्रिभिः सार्धम् एकान्ते सपुरोहितैः मन्त्रयाम् आस खाण्डिक्यः सर्वैर् एव महामतिः ॥
tataḥ sa mantribhiḥ sārdham ekānte sapurohitaiḥ mantrayām āsa khāṇḍikyaḥ sarvair eva mahāmatiḥ //
Then that greatly wise Khāṇḍikya took counsel in private with his ministers together with the household priests, with all of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.27
तम् ऊचुर् मन्त्रिणो वध्यो रिपुर् एष वशं गतः हते तु पृथिवी सर्वा तव वश्या भविष्यति ॥
tam ūcur mantriṇo vadhyo ripur eṣa vaśaṃ gataḥ hate tu pṛthivī sarvā tava vaśyā bhaviṣyati //
The ministers said to him: "This enemy has come into your power and is to be killed; when he is killed the whole earth will be subject to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.28
खाण्डिक्यश् चाह तान् सर्वान् एवम् एतन् न संशयः हते तु पृथिवी सर्वा मम वश्या भविष्यति ॥
khāṇḍikyaś cāha tān sarvān evam etan na saṃśayaḥ hate tu pṛthivī sarvā mama vaśyā bhaviṣyati //
And Khāṇḍikya said to them all: "So it is, no doubt: if he is killed, the whole earth will come under my sway."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.29
परलोकजयस् तस्य पृथिवी सकला मम न हन्मि चेल् लोकजयो मम त्व् अस्य वसुंधरा ॥
paralokajayas tasya pṛthivī sakalā mama na hanmi cel lokajayo mama tv asya vasuṃdharā //
"(But) his would be the winning of the next world, and mine the entire earth; if I do not kill him, mine is the winning of the (other) world, but his the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.30
परलोकजयो ऽनन्तः स्वल्पकालो महीजयः तस्माद् एनं न हनिष्ये यत् पृच्छति वदामि तत् ॥
paralokajayo 'nantaḥ svalpakālo mahījayaḥ tasmād enaṃ na haniṣye yat pṛcchati vadāmi tat //
"The winning of the next world is endless; the conquest of the earth lasts a short time. Therefore I will not kill him; what he asks, that I will tell him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.31
ततस् तम् अभ्युपेत्याह खाण्डिक्यजनको रिपुम् प्रष्टव्यं यत् त्वया सर्वं तत् पृच्छस्व वदाम्य् अहम् ॥
tatas tam abhyupetyāha khāṇḍikyajanako ripum praṣṭavyaṃ yat tvayā sarvaṃ tat pṛcchasva vadāmy aham //
Then Khāṇḍikya, son of Janaka, approaching his enemy, said: "Whatever you have to ask, ask it all; I will tell you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.32
ततः सर्वं यथावृत्तं धर्मधेनुवधं द्विज कथयित्वा स पप्रच्छ प्रायश्चित्तं हि तद्गतम् ॥
tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ dharmadhenuvadhaṃ dvija kathayitvā sa papraccha prāyaścittaṃ hi tadgatam //
Then, having related the whole matter as it happened, the killing of the cow of dharma, O twice-born one, he asked about the expiation pertaining to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.33
स चाचष्ट यथान्यायं द्विज केशिध्वजाय तत् प्रायश्चित्तम् अशेषेण यद् वै तत्र विधीयते ॥
sa cācaṣṭa yathānyāyaṃ dvija keśidhvajāya tat prāyaścittam aśeṣeṇa yad vai tatra vidhīyate //
And he, O twice-born one, declared to Keśidhvaja, according to rule, that expiation in full, which indeed is prescribed in such a case.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.34
विदितार्थः स तेनैव अनुज्ञातो महात्मना यागभूमिम् उपागम्य चक्रे सर्वाः क्रियाः क्रमात् ॥
viditārthaḥ sa tenaiva anujñāto mahātmanā yāgabhūmim upāgamya cakre sarvāḥ kriyāḥ kramāt //
Having learned the matter, and permitted by that great-souled one, he went to the sacrificial ground and performed all the rites in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.35
क्रमेण विधिवद् यागं नीत्वा सो ऽवभृथाप्लुतः कृतकृत्यस् ततो भूत्वा चिन्तयाम् आस पार्थिवः ॥
krameṇa vidhivad yāgaṃ nītvā so 'vabhṛthāplutaḥ kṛtakṛtyas tato bhūtvā cintayām āsa pārthivaḥ //
Having carried the sacrifice through in due order according to rule, and having bathed at the avabhṛtha, the king, his task now accomplished, reflected:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.36
पूजिता ऋत्विजः सर्वे सदस्या मानिता मया तथैवार्थिजनो ऽप्य् अर्थैर् योजितो ऽभिमतैर् मया ॥
pūjitā ṛtvijaḥ sarve sadasyā mānitā mayā tathaivārthijano 'py arthair yojito 'bhimatair mayā //
"All the officiating priests have been honoured, the members of the assembly respected by me, and likewise the suppliants have been furnished by me with the goods they desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.37
यथार्हम् अत्र लोकस्य मया सर्वं विचेष्टितम् अनिष्पन्नक्रियं चेतस् तथापि मम किं यथा ॥
yathārham atra lokasya mayā sarvaṃ viceṣṭitam aniṣpannakriyaṃ cetas tathāpi mama kiṃ yathā //
"Everything has been done by me here for the people as is fitting; why then is my mind as if the act were still unfinished?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.38
इत्थं संचिन्तयन्न् एव सस्मार स महीपतिः खाण्डिक्याय न दत्तेति मया वै गुरुदक्षिणा ॥
itthaṃ saṃcintayann eva sasmāra sa mahīpatiḥ khāṇḍikyāya na datteti mayā vai gurudakṣiṇā //
Even while reflecting thus, that lord of the earth remembered: "The teacher's fee has not been given by me to Khāṇḍikya."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.39
स जगाम ततो भूयो रथम् आरुह्य पार्थिवः मैत्रेय दुर्गगहनं खाण्डिक्यो यत्र संस्थितः ॥
sa jagāma tato bhūyo ratham āruhya pārthivaḥ maitreya durgagahanaṃ khāṇḍikyo yatra saṃsthitaḥ //
Then, O Maitreya, that king mounted his chariot and went again to the impenetrable thicket where Khāṇḍikya was staying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.40
खाण्डिक्यो ऽपि पुनर् दृष्ट्वा तम् आयान्तं धृतायुधः तस्थौ हन्तुं कृतमतिस् तम् आह स पुनर् नृपः ॥
khāṇḍikyo 'pi punar dṛṣṭvā tam āyāntaṃ dhṛtāyudhaḥ tasthau hantuṃ kṛtamatis tam āha sa punar nṛpaḥ //
Khāṇḍikya too, seeing him coming again, took up his weapon and stood resolved to kill him; but the king spoke to him again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.41
भो नाहं ते ऽपकाराय प्राप्तः खाण्डिक्य मा क्रुधः गुरोर् निष्क्रयदानाय माम् अवेहि त्वम् आगतम् ॥
bho nāhaṃ te 'pakārāya prāptaḥ khāṇḍikya mā krudhaḥ guror niṣkrayadānāya mām avehi tvam āgatam //
"Sir, I have not come to do you harm, Khāṇḍikya; do not be angry. Know that I have come to give the payment due to a teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.42
निष्पादितो मया यागः सम्यक् त्वदुपदेशतः सो ऽहं ते दातुम् इच्छामि वृणुष्व गुरुदक्षिणाम् ॥
niṣpādito mayā yāgaḥ samyak tvadupadeśataḥ so 'haṃ te dātum icchāmi vṛṇuṣva gurudakṣiṇām //
"The sacrifice has been completed by me properly, through your instruction; so I wish to give to you—choose your teacher's fee."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.43
भूयः स मन्त्रिभिः सार्धं मन्त्रयाम् आस पार्थिवः गुरुनिष्कृतिकामो ऽत्र किम् अयं प्रार्थ्यताम् इति ॥
bhūyaḥ sa mantribhiḥ sārdhaṃ mantrayām āsa pārthivaḥ guruniṣkṛtikāmo 'tra kim ayaṃ prārthyatām iti //
Again that king took counsel with his ministers: "He wishes here to discharge the debt to a teacher; what should be asked of him?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.44
तम् ऊचुर् मन्त्रिणो राज्यम् अशेषं प्रार्थ्यताम् अयम् कृतिभिः प्रार्थ्यते राज्यम् अनायासितसैनिकैः ॥
tam ūcur mantriṇo rājyam aśeṣaṃ prārthyatām ayam kṛtibhiḥ prārthyate rājyam anāyāsitasainikaiḥ //
The ministers said to him: "Let the whole kingdom be asked of him; a kingdom is (thus) asked for by the clever, without their soldiers being wearied."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.45
प्रहस्य तान् आह नृपः स खाण्डिक्यो महामतिः स्वल्पकालं महीराज्यं मादृशैः प्रार्थ्यते कथम् ॥
prahasya tān āha nṛpaḥ sa khāṇḍikyo mahāmatiḥ svalpakālaṃ mahīrājyaṃ mādṛśaiḥ prārthyate katham //
Laughing, that king Khāṇḍikya of great intellect said to them: "How should a kingdom of the earth, lasting a short time, be asked for by such as me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.46
एवम् एतद् भवन्तो ऽत्र अर्थसाधनमन्त्रिणः परमार्थः कथं को ऽत्र यूयं नात्र विचक्षणाः ॥
evam etad bhavanto 'tra arthasādhanamantriṇaḥ paramārthaḥ kathaṃ ko 'tra yūyaṃ nātra vicakṣaṇāḥ //
"So it is—you here are counsellors for the accomplishing of (worldly) aims; but what and how is the highest good? In that you are not skilled."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.47
इत्य् उक्त्वा समुपेत्यैनं स तु केशिध्वजं नृपम् उवाच किम् अवश्यं त्वं ददासि गुरुदक्षिणाम् ॥
ity uktvā samupetyainaṃ sa tu keśidhvajaṃ nṛpam uvāca kim avaśyaṃ tvaṃ dadāsi gurudakṣiṇām //
Having said this, he approached that king Keśidhvaja and said: "Do you indeed certainly give the teacher's fee?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.48
बाढम् इत्य् एव तेनोक्तः खाण्डिक्यस् तम् अथाब्रवीत् भवान् अध्यात्मविज्ञानपरमार्थविचक्षणः ॥
bāḍham ity eva tenoktaḥ khāṇḍikyas tam athābravīt bhavān adhyātmavijñānaparamārthavicakṣaṇaḥ //
Answered by him with a mere "Certainly," Khāṇḍikya then said to him: "You are skilled in the highest truth, the knowledge of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 6 6.49
यदि चेद् दीयते मह्यं भवता गुरुनिष्क्रयः तत् क्लेशप्रशमायालं यत् कर्म तद् उदीरय ॥
yadi ced dīyate mahyaṃ bhavatā guruniṣkrayaḥ tat kleśapraśamāyālaṃ yat karma tad udīraya //
If the teacher's fee is indeed to be given to me by you, then declare that practice which suffices for the quieting of suffering."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition