Tapati, Daughter of the Sun, Appears to Samvarana

Verse 1 (1.187.1)

तापत्य इति यद्वाक्यमुक्तवानसि मामिह । तदहं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तापत्यार्थं विनिश्चितम् ॥

tāpatya iti yadvākyamuktavānasi māmiha | tadahaṃ jñātumicchāmi tāpatyārthaṃ viniścitam

You called me "Tapatya" just now. I wish to know the settled meaning of "Tapatya".

Verse 2 (1.187.2)

तपती नाम का चैषा तापत्या यत्कृते वयम् । कौन्तेया हि वयं साधो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥

tapatī nāma kā caiṣā tāpatyā yatkṛte vayam | kaunteyā hi vayaṃ sādho tattvamicchāmi veditum

Who is this Tapati, on whose account we are called Tapatyas? For we are the sons of Kunti, good friend. I wish to know the truth of it.

Verse 3 (1.187.3)

एवमुक्तः स गन्धर्वः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् । विश्रुतं त्रिषु लोकेषु श्रावयामास वै कथाम् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa gandharvaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanañjayam | viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu śrāvayāmāsa vai kathām

Thus addressed, the Gandharva told the tale to Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, who was famed in the three worlds.

Verse 4 (1.187.4)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां मनोरमाम् । यथावदखिलां पार्थ सर्वबुद्धिमतां वर ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ manoramām | yathāvadakhilāṃ pārtha sarvabuddhimatāṃ vara

Come, I shall tell you this delightful tale in full and as it happened, Partha, best of all the wise.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva (verse 3 introduces his tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over; the critical edition heads it gandharva uvāca).

Verse 5 (1.187.5)

उक्तवानस्मि येन त्वां तापत्य इति यद्वचः । तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमना भव ॥

uktavānasmi yena tvāṃ tāpatya iti yadvacaḥ | tatte'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā bhava

I shall tell you why I spoke that word "Tapatya" to you. Listen with a single mind.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 6 (1.187.6)

य एष दिवि धिष्ण्येन नाकं व्याप्नोति तेजसा । एतस्य तपती नाम बभूव सदृशी सुता ॥

ya eṣa divi dhiṣṇyena nākaṃ vyāpnoti tejasā | etasya tapatī nāma babhūva sadṛśī sutā

He who fills the heavens with his radiance from his station in the sky had a daughter named Tapati, who was like him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 7 (1.187.7)

विवस्वतो वै देवस्य सावित्र्यवरजा विभो । विश्रुता त्रिषु लोकेषु तपती तपसा युता ॥

vivasvato vai devasya sāvitryavarajā vibho | viśrutā triṣu lokeṣu tapatī tapasā yutā

Daughter of the god Vivasvat and younger sister of Savitri, my lord, she was famed in the three worlds as Tapati, rich in austerity.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 8 (1.187.8)

न देवी नासुरी चैव न यक्षी न च राक्षसी । नाप्सरा न च गन्धर्वी तथा रूपेण काचन ॥

na devī nāsurī caiva na yakṣī na ca rākṣasī | nāpsarā na ca gandharvī tathā rūpeṇa kācana

No goddess, no Asura woman, no Yakshi, no Rakshasi, no Apsaras and no Gandharva woman was her equal in beauty.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 9 (1.187.9)

सुविभक्तानवद्याङ्गी स्वसितायतलोचना । स्वाचारा चैव साध्वी च सुवेषा चैव भामिनी ॥

suvibhaktānavadyāṅgī svasitāyatalocanā | svācārā caiva sādhvī ca suveṣā caiva bhāminī

Her limbs were well-proportioned and flawless, her eyes large and beautifully dark; she was of good conduct and virtuous, finely dressed, a lovely woman.

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Verse 10 (1.187.10)

न तस्याः सदृशं कंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत । भर्तारं सविता मेने रूपशीलगुणश्रुतैः ॥

na tasyāḥ sadṛśaṃ kaṃcittriṣu lokeṣu bhārata | bhartāraṃ savitā mene rūpaśīlaguṇaśrutaiḥ

In all the three worlds, Bharata, Savitri could think of no one fit to be her husband in beauty, character, virtue and learning.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected त तस्याः → न तस्याः (misprint in Wikisource; त for the negative न, critical edition na tasyāḥ).

Verse 11 (1.187.11)

संप्राप्तयौवनां पश्यन्देयां दुहितरं तु ताम् । द्व्यष्टवर्षां तु तां श्यामां सविता रूपशालिनीम् । नोपलेभे ततः शान्तिं संप्रदानं विचिन्तयन् ॥

saṃprāptayauvanāṃ paśyandeyāṃ duhitaraṃ tu tām | dvyaṣṭavarṣāṃ tu tāṃ śyāmāṃ savitā rūpaśālinīm | nopalebhe tataḥ śāntiṃ saṃpradānaṃ vicintayan

Seeing his daughter grown to youth and ready to be given in marriage — seeing that dark and lovely girl of sixteen — Savitri found no peace as he pondered whom to give her to.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark and a doubled danda) around the second line. First and third lines = CE 1.160.11ab and cd; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1722).

Verse 12 (1.187.12)

अथर्क्षपुत्रः कौन्तेय कुरूणामृषभो बली । सूर्यमाराधयामास नृपः संवरणस्तदा ॥

atharkṣaputraḥ kaunteya kurūṇāmṛṣabho balī | sūryamārādhayāmāsa nṛpaḥ saṃvaraṇastadā

At that time, son of Kunti, Samvarana, son of Riksha, the mighty bull among the Kurus, was worshipping the Sun.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected क्रान्तेय → कौन्तेय (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition kaunteya).

Verse 13 (1.187.13)

अर्घ्यमाल्योपहाराद्यैर्गन्धैश्च नियतः शुचिः । नियमैरुपवासैश्च तपोभिर्विविधैरपि ॥

arghyamālyopahārādyairgandhaiśca niyataḥ śuciḥ | niyamairupavāsaiśca tapobhirvividhairapi

With offerings of water, garlands and gifts and with perfumes, restrained and pure, with observances, fasts and austerities of many kinds,

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected अर्ध्य → अर्घ्य (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, critical edition arghya). Aligned by hand with CE 1.160.13 (Wikisource reads the first line differently).

Verse 14 (1.187.14)

शुश्रूषुरनहंवादी शुचिः पौरवनन्दन । अंशुमन्तं समुद्यन्तं पूजयामास भक्तिमान् ॥

śuśrūṣuranahaṃvādī śuciḥ pauravanandana | aṃśumantaṃ samudyantaṃ pūjayāmāsa bhaktimān

attentive, free of boasting and pure, O joy of the Pauravas, he devoutly worshipped the rayed Sun as it rose.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected सुश्रूषुर् → शुश्रूषुर् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श in the desiderative of श्रु, critical edition śuśrūṣur).

Verse 15 (1.187.15)

ततः कृतज्ञं धर्मज्ञं रूपेणासदृशं भुवि । तपत्याः सदृशं मेने सूर्यः संवरणं पतिम् ॥

tataḥ kṛtajñaṃ dharmajñaṃ rūpeṇāsadṛśaṃ bhuvi | tapatyāḥ sadṛśaṃ mene sūryaḥ saṃvaraṇaṃ patim

Then the Sun judged Samvarana — grateful, knowing dharma, unequalled in beauty on earth — a husband worthy of Tapati.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 16 (1.187.16)

दातुमैच्छत्ततः कन्यां तस्मै संवरणाय ताम् । नृपोत्तमाय कौरव्य विश्रुताभिजनाय च ॥

dātumaicchattataḥ kanyāṃ tasmai saṃvaraṇāya tām | nṛpottamāya kauravya viśrutābhijanāya ca

And so he wished to give that maiden to Samvarana, best of kings, whose lineage was renowned, scion of Kuru.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 17 (1.187.17)

यथा हि दिवि दीप्तांशुः प्रभासयति तेजसा । तथा भुवि महीपालो दीप्त्या संवरणोऽभवत् ॥

yathā hi divi dīptāṃśuḥ prabhāsayati tejasā | tathā bhuvi mahīpālo dīptyā saṃvaraṇo'bhavat

As the blazing-rayed Sun lights up the sky with his radiance, so on earth King Samvarana shone with his splendour.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected महिपालो → महीपालो (misprint in Wikisource; short i in मही, critical edition mahīpālo).

Verse 18 (1.187.18)

यथाऽर्चयन्ति चादित्यमुद्यन्तं ब्रह्मवादिनः । तथा संवरणं पार्थ ब्राह्मणावरजाः प्रजाः ॥

yathā'rcayanti cādityamudyantaṃ brahmavādinaḥ | tathā saṃvaraṇaṃ pārtha brāhmaṇāvarajāḥ prajāḥ

As those who expound Brahman worship the rising Sun, so, Partha, did his subjects, from the Brahmins down, honour Samvarana.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 19 (1.187.19)

स सोममति कान्तत्वादादित्यमति तेजसा । बभूव नृपतिः श्रीमान्सुहृदां दुर्हृदामपि ॥

sa somamati kāntatvādādityamati tejasā | babhūva nṛpatiḥ śrīmānsuhṛdāṃ durhṛdāmapi

Surpassing the moon in loveliness and the sun in brilliance, he was a glorious king to friends and foes alike.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 20 (1.187.20)

एवंगुणस्य नृपतेस्तथावृत्तस्य कौरव । तस्मै दातुं मनश्चक्रे तपतीं तपनः स्वयम् ॥

evaṃguṇasya nṛpatestathāvṛttasya kaurava | tasmai dātuṃ manaścakre tapatīṃ tapanaḥ svayam

To that king of such virtues and such conduct, Kaurava, the Sun himself resolved to give Tapati.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 21 (1.187.21)

स कदाचिदथो राजा श्रीमानमितविक्रमः । चचार मृगयां पार्थ पर्वतोपवने किल ॥

sa kadācidatho rājā śrīmānamitavikramaḥ | cacāra mṛgayāṃ pārtha parvatopavane kila

Then one day, so it is said, that glorious king of boundless valour went hunting, Partha, in a wooded upland of the mountains.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 22 (1.187.22)

चरतो मृगयां तस्य क्षुत्पिपासासमन्वितः । ममार राज्ञः कौन्तेय गिरावप्रतिमो हयः ॥

carato mṛgayāṃ tasya kṣutpipāsāsamanvitaḥ | mamāra rājñaḥ kaunteya girāvapratimo hayaḥ

As he roamed in the hunt, the king's peerless horse, worn out by hunger and thirst, died on the mountain, son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 23 (1.187.23)

स मृताश्वश्चरन्पार्थ पद्भ्यामेव गिरौ नृपः । ददर्शासदृशीं लोके कन्यामायतलोचनाम् ॥

sa mṛtāśvaścaranpārtha padbhyāmeva girau nṛpaḥ | dadarśāsadṛśīṃ loke kanyāmāyatalocanām

His horse dead, the king wandered the mountain on foot, Partha, and there he saw a long-eyed maiden who had no equal in the world.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 24 (1.187.24)

स एव एकामासाद्य कन्यां परबलार्दनः । तस्थौ नृपतिशार्दूलः पश्यन्नविचलेक्षणः ॥

sa eva ekāmāsādya kanyāṃ parabalārdanaḥ | tasthau nṛpatiśārdūlaḥ paśyannavicalekṣaṇaḥ

Coming, all alone, upon that solitary maiden, the crusher of enemy armies, that tiger among kings, stood gazing at her with unmoving eyes.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 25 (1.187.25)

स हि तां तर्कयामास रूपतो नृपतिः श्रियम् । पुनः संतर्कयामास रवेर्भ्रष्टामिव प्रभाम् ॥

sa hi tāṃ tarkayāmāsa rūpato nṛpatiḥ śriyam | punaḥ saṃtarkayāmāsa raverbhraṣṭāmiva prabhām

From her beauty the king took her for Shri herself; then again he took her for the radiance of the Sun fallen to earth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 26 (1.187.26)

वपुषा वर्चसा चैव शिखामिव विभावसोः । प्रसन्नत्वेन कान्त्या च चन्द्ररेखामिवामलाम् ॥

vapuṣā varcasā caiva śikhāmiva vibhāvasoḥ | prasannatvena kāntyā ca candrarekhāmivāmalām

In form and brilliance she was like a flame of fire; in serenity and loveliness, like a spotless sliver of the moon.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1723, after 1.160.25).

Verse 27 (1.187.27)

गिरिपृष्ठे तु सा यस्मिन्स्थिता स्वसितलोचना । विभ्राजमाना शुशुभे प्रतिमेव हिरण्मयी ॥

giripṛṣṭhe tu sā yasminsthitā svasitalocanā | vibhrājamānā śuśubhe pratimeva hiraṇmayī

On the mountain ridge where she stood, the girl with the lovely dark eyes shone resplendent like an image of gold.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Aligned by hand: first line = CE 1.160.26ab (Wikisource reads गिरिपृष्ठे for giriprasthe); second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1724).

Verse 28 (1.187.28)

तस्या रूपेण स गिरिर्वेषेण च विशेषतः । ससवृक्षक्षुपलतो हिरण्मय इवाभवत् ॥

tasyā rūpeṇa sa girirveṣeṇa ca viśeṣataḥ | sasavṛkṣakṣupalato hiraṇmaya ivābhavat

By her beauty, and above all by her attire, that mountain, with its trees, shrubs and creepers, seemed to have turned to gold.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Aligned by hand: first line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1724); second line = CE 1.160.26cd.

Verse 29 (1.187.29)

अवमेने च तां दृष्ट्वा सर्वलोकेषु योषितः । अवाप्तं चात्मनो मेने स राजा चक्षुषः फलं ॥

avamene ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvalokeṣu yoṣitaḥ | avāptaṃ cātmano mene sa rājā cakṣuṣaḥ phalaṃ

Having seen her, he thought little of the women of all the worlds, and the king felt that his eyes had at last won their reward.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 30 (1.187.30)

जन्मप्रभृति यत्किंचिद्दृष्टवान्स महीपतिः । रूपं न सदृशं तस्यास्तर्कयामास किंचन ॥

janmaprabhṛti yatkiṃciddṛṣṭavānsa mahīpatiḥ | rūpaṃ na sadṛśaṃ tasyāstarkayāmāsa kiṃcana

Of all he had seen since his birth, the king could call to mind no beauty to equal hers.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected यत्किचिंद्दृष्टवान् → यत्किंचिद्दृष्टवान् (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara misplaced onto the wrong syllable, critical edition yat kiṃ cid).

Verse 31 (1.187.31)

तया बद्धमनश्चक्षुः पाशैर्गुणमयैस्तदा । न चचाल ततो देशाद्बुबुधे न च किंचन ॥

tayā baddhamanaścakṣuḥ pāśairguṇamayaistadā | na cacāla tato deśādbubudhe na ca kiṃcana

His mind and eyes bound to her by cords woven of her charms, he did not stir from that spot and was aware of nothing else.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 32 (1.187.32)

अस्या नूनं विशालाक्ष्याः सदेवासुरमानुषम् । लोकं निर्मथ्य धात्रेदं रूपमाविष्कृतं कृतम् ॥

asyā nūnaṃ viśālākṣyāḥ sadevāsuramānuṣam | lokaṃ nirmathya dhātredaṃ rūpamāviṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam

"Surely the Creator churned this whole world of gods, Asuras and men, and brought forth from it the beauty of this large-eyed girl."

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 33 (1.187.33)

एवं संतर्कयामास रूपद्रविणसंपदा । कन्यामसदृशीं लोके नृपः संवरणस्तदा ॥

evaṃ saṃtarkayāmāsa rūpadraviṇasaṃpadā | kanyāmasadṛśīṃ loke nṛpaḥ saṃvaraṇastadā

So King Samvarana mused then on the maiden, who was without equal in the world for her wealth of beauty.

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Verse 34 (1.187.34)

तां च दृष्ट्वैव कल्याणीं कल्याणाभिजनो नृपः । जगाम मनसा चिन्तां कामबाणेन पीडितः ॥

tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvaiva kalyāṇīṃ kalyāṇābhijano nṛpaḥ | jagāma manasā cintāṃ kāmabāṇena pīḍitaḥ

At the very sight of that lovely girl, the king of noble birth fell to brooding in his mind, pierced by the arrow of love.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 35 (1.187.35)

दह्यमानः स तीव्रेण नृपतिर्मन्मथाग्निना । अप्रगल्भां प्रगल्भस्तां तदोवाच मनोहराम् ॥

dahyamānaḥ sa tīvreṇa nṛpatirmanmathāgninā | apragalbhāṃ pragalbhastāṃ tadovāca manoharām

Burning in the fierce fire of love, the bold king then spoke to the shy and enchanting girl:

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 36 (1.187.36)

काऽसि कस्यासि रम्भोरु किमर्थं चेह तिष्ठसि । कथं च निर्जनेऽरण्ये चरस्येका शुचिस्मिते ॥

kā'si kasyāsi rambhoru kimarthaṃ ceha tiṣṭhasi | kathaṃ ca nirjane'raṇye carasyekā śucismite

Who are you, fair-thighed one, and whose? Why do you stand here? And how is it that you wander alone in this deserted forest, sweet-smiling one?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana (his words to Tapati, announced in verse 35, within the Gandharva's tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 37 (1.187.37)

त्वं हि सर्वानवद्याङ्गी सर्वाभरणभूषिता । विभूषणमिवैतेषां भूषणानामभीप्सितम् ॥

tvaṃ hi sarvānavadyāṅgī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | vibhūṣaṇamivaiteṣāṃ bhūṣaṇānāmabhīpsitam

You are flawless in every limb and decked with every ornament; you are the very ornament these ornaments long for.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana (his words to Tapati, announced in verse 35, within the Gandharva's tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 38 (1.187.38)

न देवीं नासुरीं चैव न यक्षीं न च राक्षसीम् । न च भोगवतीं मन्ये न गन्धर्वीं न मानुषीम् ॥

na devīṃ nāsurīṃ caiva na yakṣīṃ na ca rākṣasīm | na ca bhogavatīṃ manye na gandharvīṃ na mānuṣīm

I take you for no goddess, no Asura woman, no Yakshi, no Rakshasi, no Naga woman, no Gandharva woman and no mortal.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana (his words to Tapati, announced in verse 35, within the Gandharva's tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected गन्धवीं → गन्धर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र्, critical edition gandharvīṃ).

Verse 39 (1.187.39)

या हि दृष्टा मया काश्चिच्छ्रुता वाऽपि वराङ्गनाः । न तासां सदृशीं मन्ये त्वामहं मत्तकाशिनि ॥

yā hi dṛṣṭā mayā kāścicchrutā vā'pi varāṅganāḥ | na tāsāṃ sadṛśīṃ manye tvāmahaṃ mattakāśini

Of all the lovely women I have seen or heard of, I think none your equal, proud beauty.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana (his words to Tapati, announced in verse 35, within the Gandharva's tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 40 (1.187.40)

दृष्ट्वैव चारुवदने चन्द्रात्कान्ततरं तव । वदनं पद्मपत्राक्षं मां मथ्नातीव मन्मथः ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva cāruvadane candrātkāntataraṃ tava | vadanaṃ padmapatrākṣaṃ māṃ mathnātīva manmathaḥ

Fair-faced one, at the mere sight of your face, lovelier than the moon, with eyes like lotus petals, Love seems to churn me through.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana (his words to Tapati, announced in verse 35, within the Gandharva's tale; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1726, after 1.160.37).

Verse 41 (1.187.41)

एवं तां स महीपालो बभाषे न तु सा तदा । कामार्तं निर्जनेऽरण्ये प्रत्यभाषत किंचन ॥

evaṃ tāṃ sa mahīpālo babhāṣe na tu sā tadā | kāmārtaṃ nirjane'raṇye pratyabhāṣata kiṃcana

So the king spoke to her; but she, in that deserted forest, answered the love-stricken man not a word.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over). Corrected प्रत्यबाषथ → प्रत्यभाषत (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ and थ for त, critical edition pratyabhāṣata).

Verse 42 (1.187.42)

ततो लालप्यमानस्य पार्थिवस्यायतेक्षणा । सौदामिनीव चाभ्रेषु तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

tato lālapyamānasya pārthivasyāyatekṣaṇā | saudāminīva cābhreṣu tatraivāntaradhīyata

Then, as the king went on pleading, the long-eyed girl vanished on the spot, like lightning among the clouds.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 43 (1.187.43)

तामन्वेष्टुं स नृपतिः परिचक्राम सर्वतः । वनं वनजपत्राक्षीं भ्रमन्नुन्मत्तवत्तदा ॥

tāmanveṣṭuṃ sa nṛpatiḥ paricakrāma sarvataḥ | vanaṃ vanajapatrākṣīṃ bhramannunmattavattadā

To find the lotus-eyed girl, the king ranged all over the forest, wandering then like a man gone mad.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 44 (1.187.44)

अपश्यमानः स तु तां बहु तत्र विलप्य च । निश्चेष्टः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठो मुहूर्तं स व्यतिष्ठत ॥

apaśyamānaḥ sa tu tāṃ bahu tatra vilapya ca | niśceṣṭaḥ pārthivaśreṣṭho muhūrtaṃ sa vyatiṣṭhata

Unable to find her, and having lamented long there, that best of kings stood motionless for a while.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Gandharva, who is telling the tale (Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried Vaishampayana over).