Section 4.1
Original Sanskrit
4.1.1 जानश्रुतिर्ह पौत्रायणः श्रद्धादेयो बहुदायी बहुपाक्य आस स ह सर्वत आवसथान्मापयाञ्चक्रे सर्वत एव मेऽन्नमत्स्यन्तीति ॥ १ ॥
4.1.2 अथ हꣳसा निशायामतिपेतुस्तद्धैवꣳ हꣳसोहꣳ समभ्युवाद हो होऽयि भल्लाक्ष भल्लाक्ष जानश्रुतेः पौत्रायणस्य समं दिवा ज्योतिराततं तन्मा प्रसाङ्क्षीस्तत्त्वा मा प्रधाक्षीरिति ॥ २ ॥
4.1.3 तमु ह परः प्रत्युवाच कम्वर एनमेतत्सन्तꣳसयुग्वानमिव रैक्वमात्थेति यो नु कथꣳ सयुग्वा रैक्व इति ॥ ३ ॥
4.1.4 यथा कृतायविजितायाधरेयाः संयन्त्येवमेनꣳसर्वं तदभिसमैति यत्किञ्च प्रजाः साधु कुर्वन्ति यस्तद्वेद यत्स वेद स मयैतदुक्त इति ॥ ४ ॥
4.1.5 तदु ह जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायण उपशुश्राव स ह सञ्जिहान एव क्षत्तारमुवाचाङ्गारे ह सयुग्वानमिव रैक्वमात्थेति यो नु कथꣳसयुग्वा रैक्व इति ॥ ५ ॥
4.1.6 यथा कृतायविजितायाधरेयाः संयन्त्येवमेनꣳसर्वं तदभिसमैति यत्किञ्च प्रजाः साधु कुर्वन्ति यस्तद्वेद यत्स वेद स मयैतदुक्त इति ॥ ६ ॥
4.1.7 स ह क्षत्तान्विष्य नाविदमिति प्रत्येयाय तꣳ होवाच यत्रारे ब्राह्मणस्यान्वेषणा तदेनमर्च्छेति ॥ ७ ॥
4.1.8 सोऽधस्ताच्छकटस्य पामानं कषमाणमुपोपविवेश तꣳ हाभ्युवाद त्वं नु भगवः सयुग्वा रैक्व इत्यहꣳ ह्यरा३ इति ह प्रतिजज्ञे स ह क्षत्ताविदमिति प्रत्येयाय ॥ ८ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
4.1.1 Janashruti Pautrayana gave with faith, gave generously, and had much food prepared. He had lodging houses built everywhere, thinking, "Everywhere people will eat my food."
4.1.2 One night swans flew overhead. One swan called to another, "Ho, ho, Bhallaksha, Bhallaksha! Janashruti Pautrayana's radiance spreads like daylight. Do not cross it; do not let it burn you."
4.1.3 The other answered, "Who is this fellow, that you speak of him as though he were Raikva with his cart?" "And who is Raikva with his cart?"
4.1.4 "As the lower throws fall to the winning Krita throw, so all the good that people do comes to him. Whoever knows what he knows is the one I have spoken of."
4.1.5 Janashruti Pautrayana overheard this. As soon as he rose, he said to his steward, "My man, you speak as if of Raikva with his cart." "And who is Raikva with his cart?"
4.1.6 "As the lower throws fall to the winning Krita throw, so all the good that people do comes to him. Whoever knows what he knows is the one I have spoken of."
4.1.7 The steward searched, then returned, saying, "I have not found him." Janashruti told him, "My man, look for him where one would search for a brahmin."
4.1.8 He approached a man beneath a cart, scratching his scab-covered skin, and sat down near him. He said, "Revered sir, are you Raikva with his cart?" "Yes, my man, I am," the man acknowledged. The steward returned, saying, "I have found him."
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
4.1.1 Janashruti Pautrayana gave with faith. He gave generously and had plenty of food cooked. He had guesthouses built everywhere, thinking, "People everywhere will eat my food."
4.1.2 One night some swans flew overhead. One swan called to another, "Hey, hey, Bhallaksha, Bhallaksha! Janashruti Pautrayana's light spreads out like daylight. Don't touch it! Don't let it burn you!"
4.1.3 The other answered, "Who is this man you speak of as if he were Raikva with a cart?" "Who is this Raikva with a cart?"
4.1.4 "When someone wins with the throw of four, all the lower throws go to him. In the same way, all the good that people do comes to Raikva. The person I have described is someone who knows what he knows."
4.1.5 Janashruti Pautrayana overheard this. As soon as he got up, he said to his attendant, "Hey, you speak as if I were Raikva with a cart!" "Who is this Raikva with a cart?"
4.1.6 "When someone wins with the throw of four, all the lower throws go to him. In the same way, all the good that people do comes to Raikva. The person I have described is someone who knows what he knows."
4.1.7 The attendant searched and came back, saying, "I couldn't find him." Janashruti told him, "My man, go looking for him where one would look for a brahmin."
4.1.8 The attendant approached a man sitting under a cart, scratching his scabby skin, and sat beside him. He asked, "Sir, are you Raikva with a cart?" "Yes, my man, I am," he answered. The attendant came back and said, "I found him."
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