Tapati Answers Samvarana

Verse 1 (1.188.1)

अथ तस्यामदृश्यायां नृपतिः काममोहितः । पातनः शत्रुसङ्घानां पपात धरणीतले ॥

atha tasyāmadṛśyāyāṃ nṛpatiḥ kāmamohitaḥ | pātanaḥ śatrusaṅghānāṃ papāta dharaṇītale

Then, when she had vanished, the king, the feller of hosts of enemies, fell to the ground, bewildered by desire.

Verse 2 (1.188.2)

तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमावथ सा चारुहासिनी । पुनः पीनायतश्रोणी दर्शयामास तं नृपम् ॥

tasminnipatite bhūmāvatha sā cāruhāsinī | punaḥ pīnāyataśroṇī darśayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam

When he had fallen to the earth, she of the lovely smile, with her full and broad hips, showed herself to the king once more.

Verse 3 (1.188.3)

अथाबभाषे कल्याणी वाचा मधुरया नृपम् । तं कुरूणां कुलकरं कामाभिहतचेतसम् ॥

athābabhāṣe kalyāṇī vācā madhurayā nṛpam | taṃ kurūṇāṃ kulakaraṃ kāmābhihatacetasam

Then the gracious maiden spoke in a sweet voice to the king, that founder of the Kuru line, whose mind was struck down by desire.

Verse 4 (1.188.4)

उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं तपती हसतीव सा । उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते न त्वमर्हस्यरिन्दम ॥

uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ tapatī hasatīva sā | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te na tvamarhasyarindama

Tapati spoke these sweet words, smiling as she spoke: "Rise, rise, bless you! It is not right, tamer of foes,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, star passage 1727*); the second line = 1.161.4ab. From here to verse 12 Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse behind the critical edition's.

Verse 5 (1.188.5)

मोहं नृपतिशार्दूल गन्तुमाविष्कृतः क्षितौ । एवमुक्तोऽथ नृपतिर्वाचा मधुरया तदा ॥

mohaṃ nṛpatiśārdūla gantumāviṣkṛtaḥ kṣitau | evamukto'tha nṛpatirvācā madhurayā tadā

"tiger among kings, for you, renowned on earth, to fall into a swoon." Addressed thus in a sweet voice, the king then

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.4cd and 1.161.5ab of the critical edition.

Verse 6 (1.188.6)

ददर्श विपुलश्रोणीं तामेवाभिमुखे स्थिताम् । अथ तामसितापाङ्गीमाबभाषे स पार्थिवः ॥

dadarśa vipulaśroṇīṃ tāmevābhimukhe sthitām | atha tāmasitāpāṅgīmābabhāṣe sa pārthivaḥ

saw that broad-hipped woman standing right before him. Then the king spoke to her of the dark-cornered eyes,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.5cd and 1.161.6ab of the critical edition.

Verse 7 (1.188.7)

मन्मथाग्निपरीतात्मा सन्दिग्धाक्षरया गिरा । साधु त्वमसितापाङ्गि कामार्तं मत्तकाशिनि ॥

manmathāgniparītātmā sandigdhākṣarayā girā | sādhu tvamasitāpāṅgi kāmārtaṃ mattakāśini

his whole being engulfed by the fire of love, in a voice whose syllables faltered: "Be good to me, lady of the dark-cornered eyes, proud beauty, stricken with love as I am;

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.6cd and 1.161.7ab of the critical edition.

Verse 8 (1.188.8)

भजस्व भजमानं मां प्राणा हि प्रजहन्ति माम् । त्वदर्थं हि विशालाक्षि मामयं निशितैः शरैः ॥

bhajasva bhajamānaṃ māṃ prāṇā hi prajahanti mām | tvadarthaṃ hi viśālākṣi māmayaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

"love me, who love you, for my life is leaving me. For your sake, large-eyed one, this god of love with his sharp arrows

Note on the text: Speaker set to Samvarana: his plea, which begins in the second line of the previous verse, fills verses 8–19 (no speaker line in Wikisource). Lines = 1.161.7cd and 1.161.8ab of the critical edition.

Verse 9 (1.188.9)

कामः कमलगर्भाभे प्रतिविध्यन्न शाम्यति । दष्टमेवमनाक्रन्दे भद्रे काममहाहिना ॥

kāmaḥ kamalagarbhābhe pratividhyanna śāmyati | daṣṭamevamanākrande bhadre kāmamahāhinā

"keeps piercing me, lady bright as the heart of a lotus, and does not cease. Gentle one, I have been bitten, as you see, by the great serpent of desire, with no one to save me.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.8cd and 1.161.9ab of the critical edition (which reads grastam, "seized", for दष्टम्).

Verse 10 (1.188.10)

सा त्वं पीनायतश्रोणी मामाप्नुहि वरानने । त्वदधीना हि मे प्राणाः किन्नरोद्गीतभाषिणि ॥

sā tvaṃ pīnāyataśroṇī māmāpnuhi varānane | tvadadhīnā hi me prāṇāḥ kinnarodgītabhāṣiṇi

"So take me as yours, full-hipped, fair-faced one; for my life is in your hands, you whose speech is like the singing of the Kinnaras.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.9cd and 1.161.10ab of the critical edition.

Verse 11 (1.188.11)

चारुसर्वानवद्याङ्गि पद्मेन्दुप्रतिमानने । न ह्यहं त्वदृते भीरु शक्ष्यामि खलु जीवितुम् ॥

cārusarvānavadyāṅgi padmendupratimānane | na hyahaṃ tvadṛte bhīru śakṣyāmi khalu jīvitum

"Lovely one, flawless in every limb, with a face like the lotus and the moon, without you, timid one, I shall surely not be able to live.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.161.10cd and 1.161.11ab of the critical edition.

Verse 12 (1.188.12)

कामः कमलपत्राक्षि प्रतिविध्यति मामयम् । तस्मात्कुरु विशालाक्षि मय्यनुक्रोशमङ्गने ॥

kāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣi pratividhyati māmayam | tasmātkuru viśālākṣi mayyanukrośamaṅgane

"This god of love pierces me, lotus-eyed one; so have pity on me, large-eyed lady.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1728* in its apparatus); the second line = 1.161.11cd.

Verse 13 (1.188.13)

भक्तं मामसितापाङ्गि न परित्यक्तुमर्हसि । त्वं हि मां प्रीतियोगेन त्रातुमर्हसि भामिनि ॥

bhaktaṃ māmasitāpāṅgi na parityaktumarhasi | tvaṃ hi māṃ prītiyogena trātumarhasi bhāmini

"You should not abandon me, who am devoted to you, dark-eyed one; it is you, lovely lady, who must save me through your love.

Verse 14 (1.188.14)

त्वद्दर्शनकृतस्नेहं मनश्चलति मे भृशम् । न त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुनश्चान्यां द्रष्टुं कल्याणि रोचते ॥

tvaddarśanakṛtasnehaṃ manaścalati me bhṛśam | na tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā punaścānyāṃ draṣṭuṃ kalyāṇi rocate

"My heart, filled with love from the sight of you, is deeply shaken. Having seen you, gracious one, I have no wish to look on any other woman again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (1.188.15)

प्रसीद वशगोऽहं ते भक्तं मां भज भामिनि । दृष्ट्वैव त्वां वरारोहे मन्मथो भृशमङ्गने ॥

prasīda vaśago'haṃ te bhaktaṃ māṃ bhaja bhāmini | dṛṣṭvaiva tvāṃ varārohe manmatho bhṛśamaṅgane

"Be gracious; I am in your power. Love me, who am devoted to you, lovely lady. From the moment I saw you, fair-hipped one, the god of love has fiercely, dear lady,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.188.16)

अन्तर्गतं विशालाक्षि विध्यति स्म पतत्त्रिभिः । मन्मथाग्निसमुद्भूतं दाहं कमललोचने ॥

antargataṃ viśālākṣi vidhyati sma patattribhiḥ | manmathāgnisamudbhūtaṃ dāhaṃ kamalalocane

"been piercing my inmost heart with his arrows, large-eyed one. The burning born of the fire of love, lotus-eyed one,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.188.17)

प्रीतिसंयोगयुक्ताभिरद्भिः प्रह्लादयस्व मे । पुष्पायुधं दुराधर्षं प्रचण्डशरकार्मुकम् ॥

prītisaṃyogayuktābhiradbhiḥ prahlādayasva me | puṣpāyudhaṃ durādharṣaṃ pracaṇḍaśarakārmukam

"cool for me with the waters of loving union. The flower-weaponed god, hard to withstand, with his fierce arrows and bow,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (1.188.18)

त्वद्दर्शनसमुद्भूतं विध्यन्तं दुःसहैः शरैः । उपशामय कल्याणि आत्मदानेन भामिनि ॥

tvaddarśanasamudbhūtaṃ vidhyantaṃ duḥsahaiḥ śaraiḥ | upaśāmaya kalyāṇi ātmadānena bhāmini

"born of the sight of you and piercing me with unbearable arrows: calm him, gracious one, lovely lady, by giving yourself to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (1.188.19)

गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन मामुपैहि वराङ्गने । विवाहानां हि रम्भोरु गान्धर्वः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥

gāndharveṇa vivāhena māmupaihi varāṅgane | vivāhānāṃ hi rambhoru gāndharvaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate

"Come to me by the Gandharva form of marriage, fair lady; for of all the forms of marriage, you of shapely thighs, the Gandharva is said to be the best."

Note on the text: Aligned with 1.161.13 of the critical edition; its first line reads differently there.

Verse 20 (1.188.20)

नाहमीशाऽऽत्मनो राजन्कन्या पितृमती ह्यहम् । मयि चेदस्ति ते प्रीतिर्याचस्व पितरं मम ॥

nāhamīśā''tmano rājankanyā pitṛmatī hyaham | mayi cedasti te prītiryācasva pitaraṃ mama

"I am not my own mistress, king; I am a maiden whose father is living. If you have love for me, ask my father for me.

Verse 21 (1.188.21)

यथा हि ते मया प्राणाः संभृताश्च नरेश्वर । दर्शनादेव भूयस्त्वं तथा प्राणान्ममाहरः ॥

yathā hi te mayā prāṇāḥ saṃbhṛtāśca nareśvara | darśanādeva bhūyastvaṃ tathā prāṇānmamāharaḥ

"For just as I have captured your life, lord of men, so you, by the mere sight of you, have carried off mine still more.

Verse 22 (1.188.22)

न चाहमीशा देहस्य तस्मान्नृपतिसत्तम । समीपं नोपगच्छामि न स्वतन्त्रा हि योषितः ॥

na cāhamīśā dehasya tasmānnṛpatisattama | samīpaṃ nopagacchāmi na svatantrā hi yoṣitaḥ

"But I am not mistress of my own body; that is why, best of kings, I do not come near you, for women are not independent.

Verse 23 (1.188.23)

का हि सर्वेषु लोकेषु विश्रुताभिजनं नृपम् । कन्या नाभिलषेन्नाथं भर्तारं भक्तवत्सलम् ॥

kā hi sarveṣu lokeṣu viśrutābhijanaṃ nṛpam | kanyā nābhilaṣennāthaṃ bhartāraṃ bhaktavatsalam

"For what maiden in all the worlds would not desire as her lord and husband a king of famous lineage, who is loving to those devoted to him?

Note on the text: Corrected भार्तारं → भर्तारं (misprint in Wikisource; long ā for short a, as in the critical edition).

Verse 24 (1.188.24)

तस्मादेवं गते काले याचस्व पितरं मम । आदित्यं प्रणिपातेन तपसा नियमेन च ॥

tasmādevaṃ gate kāle yācasva pitaraṃ mama | ādityaṃ praṇipātena tapasā niyamena ca

"So, things being as they are, ask my father for me: ask the Sun, with homage, austerity and self-discipline.

Verse 25 (1.188.25)

स चेत्कामयते दातुं तव मामरिसूदन । भविष्याम्यद्य ते राजन्सततं वशवर्तिनी ॥

sa cetkāmayate dātuṃ tava māmarisūdana | bhaviṣyāmyadya te rājansatataṃ vaśavartinī

"If he is willing to give me to you, slayer of foes, then from this day, king, I will always be yours to command.

Verse 26 (1.188.26)

अहं हि तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता । अस्य लोकप्रदीपस्य सवितुः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥

ahaṃ hi tapatī nāma sāvitryavarajā sutā | asya lokapradīpasya savituḥ kṣatriyarṣabha

"For I am named Tapati, bull among Kshatriyas: the younger sister of Savitri, and daughter of this Savitr, the lamp of the world."