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यथा सत्येन मे धर्मो यथा सत्येन पावकः । प्रीतः शक्रश्च सत्येन तेन सत्येन खं व्रज॥५-१२०-११॥
Just as through truth my dharma is upheld, just as through truth the Fire—Agni—is upheld, and Śakra (Indra) too is pleased through truth—by that truth, go to the sky.
english translation
अष्टकस्त्वथ राजर्षिः कौशिको माधवीसुतः । अनेकशतयज्वानं वचनं प्राह धर्मवित्॥५-१२०-१२॥
Then Aṣṭaka—the royal seer, a Kauśika, the son of Mādhavī, knower of dharma—spoke words to the performer of many hundreds of sacrifices.
english translation
शतशः पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश्च चिताः प्रभो । क्रतवो वाजपेयाश्च तेषां फलमवाप्नुहि॥५-१२०-१३॥
“Hundreds of Puṇḍarīka rites and Gosava rites have I performed, O lord; and many kratus and Vājapeya sacrifices—receive the fruit of them all.”
english translation
न मे रत्नानि न धनं न तथान्ये परिच्छदाः । क्रतुष्वनुपयुक्तानि तेन सत्येन खं व्रज॥५-१२०-१४॥
I have no jewels, no wealth, nor any other possessions left unused in sacrifices; by that truth, go to the sky and attain the higher realm.
english translation
यथा यथा हि जल्पन्ति दौहित्रास्तं नराधिपम् । तथा तथा वसुमतीं त्यक्त्वा राजा दिवं ययौ॥५-१२०-१५॥
As his grandsons spoke to that lord of men, so—answering their words—did the king, relinquishing the earthly realm, proceed to heaven.
english translation