Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
The Seventeenth Chapter, the Great Rain of Karma-Destroying Merit:
This is the blazing flame of the fire of age, towards that which is the rain of merit, the eightfold destruction of karma. ||245||
The rain of merit, the destruction of the eightfold karma, is the true essence. There, the axe of knowledge, the three jewels, is its own. ||246||
The wealth of knowledge and detachment, which is not found elsewhere, is the means of liberation, and the destroyer of the world for the devotees. ||247||
Thus, even though you possess the wealth of knowledge, which benefits both yourself and others, you are the greatest of the detached, so I bow to you. ||248||
Thus praising, the Indra-like beings, having taken the pure remembrance of your qualities into their hearts, went to their respective places. ||249||
Then, King Bharata, with great devotion to his Guru, worshipped him with various garlands of words, being full of Lakshmi. ||250||
Then, King Bharata, with great devotion to Rudra, worshipped the Muni-Indra, who had attained Samadhi, who was always mindful of his own work, with fragrant water, fragrance, flowers, Akshata, lamps, and incense. ||251||
And, the king, whose Lakshmi was very vast, worshipped the feet of the Lord with ripe, beautiful mangoes, jamuns, kathas, jackfruits, vadahals, bananas, pomegranates, bijouras, betel nuts, and beautiful bunches of coconuts. ||252||
Thus, King Bharata, who had worshipped the feet of the Lord, whose knees were on the earth, and whose eyes were filled with tears of joy, washed his hands with the pure water of the rays of the jewels in his excellent crown. ||253||