Dushyanta Meets Shakuntala

Verse 1 (1.92.1)

ततो गच्छन्महाबाहुरेकोऽमात्यान्विसृज्य तान् । नापश्यच्चाश्रमे तस्मिंस्तमृषिं संशितव्रतम् ॥

tato gacchanmahābāhureko'mātyānvisṛjya tān | nāpaśyaccāśrame tasmiṃstamṛṣiṃ saṃśitavratam

Then the mighty-armed king went on alone, having sent those ministers away, but he did not see in the hermitage the seer of rigorous vows.

Verse 2 (1.92.2)

सोऽपश्यमानस्तमृषिं शून्यं दृष्ट्वा तथाऽऽश्रमम् । उवाच क इहेत्युच्चैर्वनं सन्नादयन्निव ॥

so'paśyamānastamṛṣiṃ śūnyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā''śramam | uvāca ka ihetyuccairvanaṃ sannādayanniva

Not seeing the seer and finding the hermitage empty, he called out loudly, "Who is here?", as though making the whole forest ring.

Verse 3 (1.92.3)

श्रुत्वाऽथ तस्य तं शब्दं कन्या श्रीरिव रूपिणी । निश्चक्रामाश्रमात्तस्मात्तापसीवेषधारिणी ॥

śrutvā'tha tasya taṃ śabdaṃ kanyā śrīriva rūpiṇī | niścakrāmāśramāttasmāttāpasīveṣadhāriṇī

Hearing his call, a maiden like Shri herself in bodily form came out of the hermitage, wearing the dress of an ascetic woman.

Verse 4 (1.92.4)

सा तं दृष्ट्वैव राजानं दुष्यन्तमसितेक्षणा । सुप्रीताऽभ्यागतं तं तु पूज्यं प्राप्तमथेश्वरम् ॥

sā taṃ dṛṣṭvaiva rājānaṃ duṣyantamasitekṣaṇā | suprītā'bhyāgataṃ taṃ tu pūjyaṃ prāptamatheśvaram

The dark-eyed maiden, as soon as she saw King Dushyanta, was delighted that a lord worthy of honour had come to her as a guest.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line = 1.65.4ab of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 5 (1.92.5)

रूपयौवनसंपन्ना शीलाचारवती शुभा । सा तमायतपद्माक्षं व्यूढोरस्कं महाभुजम् ॥

rūpayauvanasaṃpannā śīlācāravatī śubhā | sā tamāyatapadmākṣaṃ vyūḍhoraskaṃ mahābhujam

Rich in beauty and youth, gentle in character and upright in conduct, that lovely girl looked upon him, with his long lotus eyes, broad chest and mighty arms,

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

Verse 6 (1.92.6)

सिंहस्कन्धं दीर्घबाहुं सर्वलक्षणपूजितम् । स्पष्टं मधुरया वाचा साऽब्रवीज्जनमेजय ॥

siṃhaskandhaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ sarvalakṣaṇapūjitam | spaṣṭaṃ madhurayā vācā sā'bravījjanamejaya

lion-shouldered and long-armed, honoured with every auspicious mark; and she spoke to him clearly in a sweet voice, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Corrected स्पृष्टं → स्पष्टं and जनमेजया → जनमेजय (misprints in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign in each, the sense needs "clearly" and the vocative, as in the critical edition's apparatus, spaṣṭaṃ … janamejaya). Removed stray wiki marks (।।') at the end of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (1.92.7)

स्वागतं त इति क्षिप्रमुवाच प्रतिपूज्य च । आसनेनार्चयित्वा च पाद्येनार्घ्येण चैव हि ॥

svāgataṃ ta iti kṣipramuvāca pratipūjya ca | āsanenārcayitvā ca pādyenārghyeṇa caiva hi

"Welcome to you," she said at once, returning his courtesy, and she honoured him with a seat, with water for his feet and with the guest-offering.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.65.4cd and 1.65.5ab of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 8 (1.92.8)

पप्रच्छानामयं राजन्कुशलं च नराधिपम् । यथावदर्चयित्वाऽथ पृष्ट्वा चानामयं तदा ॥

papracchānāmayaṃ rājankuśalaṃ ca narādhipam | yathāvadarcayitvā'tha pṛṣṭvā cānāmayaṃ tadā

She asked the ruler of men, O king, after his health and well-being. When she had honoured him duly and asked after his health,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.65.5cd and 1.65.6ab of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 9 (1.92.9)

उवाच स्मयमानेव किं कार्यं क्रियतामिति । आश्रमस्याभिगमने किं त्वं कार्यं चिकीर्षसि ॥

uvāca smayamāneva kiṃ kāryaṃ kriyatāmiti | āśramasyābhigamane kiṃ tvaṃ kāryaṃ cikīrṣasi

she said, almost smiling, "What may I do for you? In coming to the hermitage, what is it you wish to do?

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line = 1.65.6cd of the critical edition; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (1.92.10)

कस्त्वमद्येह संप्राप्तो महर्षेराश्रमं शुभम् । तामब्रवीत्ततो राजा कन्यां मधुरभाषिणीम् ॥

kastvamadyeha saṃprāpto maharṣerāśramaṃ śubham | tāmabravīttato rājā kanyāṃ madhurabhāṣiṇīm

Who are you, who have come here today to the fair hermitage of the great seer?" Then the king spoke to the sweet-spoken maiden,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (') after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.65.7ab.

Verse 11 (1.92.11)

दृष्ट्वा सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं यथावत्प्रतिपूजितः । राजर्षेस्तस्य पुत्रोऽहमिलिनस्य महात्मनः ॥

dṛṣṭvā sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ yathāvatpratipūjitaḥ | rājarṣestasya putro'hamilinasya mahātmanaḥ

looking at her, flawless in every limb, after she had duly honoured him: "I am the son of that great-souled royal seer Ilina.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line = 1.65.7cd of the critical edition; the second, where Dushyanta begins to speak, is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 12 (1.92.12)

दुष्यन्त इति मे नाम सत्यं पुष्करलोचने । आगतोऽहं महाभागमृषिं कण्वमुपासितुम् ॥

duṣyanta iti me nāma satyaṃ puṣkaralocane | āgato'haṃ mahābhāgamṛṣiṃ kaṇvamupāsitum

My name is Dushyanta; I tell you truly, lotus-eyed one. I have come to wait upon the greatly blessed seer Kanva.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta: the verse is his reply to Shakuntala (the input carried Vaishampayana over). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.65.8ab.

Verse 13 (1.92.13)

क्व गतो भगवान्भद्रे तन्ममाचक्ष्व शोभने ॥

kva gato bhagavānbhadre tanmamācakṣva śobhane

Where has the holy one gone, good lady? Tell me that, fair one."

Note on the text: Corrected गन्ममाचक्ष्व → तन्ममाचक्ष्व (misprint in Wikisource; ग for त, as in the critical edition's tan mamācakṣva). Split: Wikisource prints this line and Shakuntala's answer (1.65.9 of the critical edition) as one verse of three lines; the speaker changes after this line, so the answer is given as the next verse. This line = 1.65.8cd; speaker set to Dushyanta (the input had Vaishampayana).

Verse 14 (1.92.14)

गतः पिता मे भगवान्फलान्याहर्तुमाश्रमात् । मुहूर्तं संप्रतीक्षस्व द्रष्टास्येनमुपागतम् ॥

gataḥ pitā me bhagavānphalānyāhartumāśramāt | muhūrtaṃ saṃpratīkṣasva draṣṭāsyenamupāgatam

"My revered father has gone out of the hermitage to gather fruit. Wait a little while; you will see him when he comes back."

Note on the text: Split from the previous verse (both are Wikisource 1.92.13): Shakuntala's reply, which the critical edition prints as 1.65.9 under its own speaker line. Speaker set to Shakuntala (the input had Vaishampayana).

Verse 15 (1.92.15)

अपश्यमानस्तमृषिं तथा चोक्तस्तया च सः । तां दृष्ट्वा च वरारोहां श्रीमतीं चारुहासिनीम् ॥

apaśyamānastamṛṣiṃ tathā coktastayā ca saḥ | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca varārohāṃ śrīmatīṃ cāruhāsinīm

Not finding the seer, and having been told this by her, the king looked at the fair-hipped maiden, radiant and sweetly smiling,

Verse 16 (1.92.16)

विभ्राजमानां वपुषा तपसा च दमेन च । रूपयौवनसंपन्नामित्युवाच महीपतिः ॥

vibhrājamānāṃ vapuṣā tapasā ca damena ca | rūpayauvanasaṃpannāmityuvāca mahīpatiḥ

glowing with her beauty, her austerity and her self-restraint, rich in beauty and youth; and the lord of the earth said:

Verse 17 (1.92.17)

का त्वं कस्यासि सुश्रोणि किमर्थं चागता वनम् । एवंरूपगुणोपेता कुतस्त्वमसि शोभने ॥

kā tvaṃ kasyāsi suśroṇi kimarthaṃ cāgatā vanam | evaṃrūpaguṇopetā kutastvamasi śobhane

"Who are you, fair-hipped one, and whose daughter? Why have you come to the forest? Gifted with such beauty and virtue, where do you come from, lovely one?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta: his words to Shakuntala begin here (the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 18 (1.92.18)

दर्शनादेव हि शुभे त्वया मेऽपहृतं मनः । इच्छामि त्वामहं ज्ञातुं तन्ममाचक्ष्व शोभने ॥

darśanādeva hi śubhe tvayā me'pahṛtaṃ manaḥ | icchāmi tvāmahaṃ jñātuṃ tanmamācakṣva śobhane

At the very sight of you, fair lady, my heart has been stolen away. I want to know who you are; tell me, lovely one.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta (see the previous verse).

Verse 19 (1.92.19)

स्थितोस्म्यमितसौभाग्ये विवक्षुश्चास्मि किंचन । शृणु मे नागनासोरु वचनं मत्तकाशिनि ॥

sthitosmyamitasaubhāgye vivakṣuścāsmi kiṃcana | śṛṇu me nāganāsoru vacanaṃ mattakāśini

I stand before you, lady of boundless fortune, and there is something I wish to say. Hear my words, you whose thighs are shaped like an elephant's trunk, radiant with joy.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start of the verse. Speaker set to Dushyanta (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.92.20)

राजर्षेरन्वये जातः पूरोरस्मि विशेषतः । वृण्वे त्वामद्य सुश्रोणि दुष्यन्तो वरवर्णिनि ॥

rājarṣeranvaye jātaḥ pūrorasmi viśeṣataḥ | vṛṇve tvāmadya suśroṇi duṣyanto varavarṇini

I was born in the line of royal seers, in the line of Puru above all. I, Dushyanta, choose you today, fair-hipped one, lady of lovely complexion.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (1.92.21)

न मेऽन्यत्र क्षत्रियाया मनो जातु प्रवर्तते । ऋषिपुत्रीषु चान्यासु नावरासु परासु च ॥

na me'nyatra kṣatriyāyā mano jātu pravartate | ṛṣiputrīṣu cānyāsu nāvarāsu parāsu ca

My mind never turns to any woman who is not of the kshatriya class: not to the daughters of seers, nor to other women, whether of lower or of higher birth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (1.92.22)

तस्मात्प्रणिहितात्मानं विद्धि मां कलभाषिणि । यस्यां मे त्वयि भावोऽस्ति क्षत्रिया ह्यसि का वद ॥

tasmātpraṇihitātmānaṃ viddhi māṃ kalabhāṣiṇi | yasyāṃ me tvayi bhāvo'sti kṣatriyā hyasi kā vada

Know, then, sweet-voiced one, that my heart is set: since my love has settled on you, you must surely be a kshatriya woman. Tell me who you are.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्दि → विद्धि and वदा → वद (misprints in Wikisource; द for ध, and a stray vowel sign on the imperative, as in the critical edition's apparatus, viddhi … vada). Speaker set to Dushyanta (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.92.23)

न हि मे भीरु विप्रायां मनः प्रसहते गतिम् । भजे त्वामायतापाङ्गे भक्तं भजितुमर्हसि । भुङ्क्ष राज्यं विशालाक्षि बुद्धिं मात्वन्यथा कृथाः ॥

na hi me bhīru viprāyāṃ manaḥ prasahate gatim | bhaje tvāmāyatāpāṅge bhaktaṃ bhajitumarhasi | bhuṅkṣa rājyaṃ viśālākṣi buddhiṃ mātvanyathā kṛthāḥ

For my mind, timid one, does not let itself go toward a brahmin woman. I give myself to you, long-eyed one; you should accept one who is devoted to you. Enjoy the kingdom, wide-eyed one, and do not think otherwise."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') at the end of the verse. Speaker set to Dushyanta (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.92.24)

एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या तेन राज्ञा तमाश्रमे । उवाच हसती वाक्यमिदं सुमधुराक्षरम् ॥

evamuktā tu sā kanyā tena rājñā tamāśrame | uvāca hasatī vākyamidaṃ sumadhurākṣaram

Addressed in this way by the king in the hermitage, the maiden laughed and spoke these words, sweet in every syllable:

Verse 25 (1.92.25)

कण्वस्याहं भगवतो दुष्यन्त दुहिता मता । तपस्विनो धृतिमतो धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः ॥

kaṇvasyāhaṃ bhagavato duṣyanta duhitā matā | tapasvino dhṛtimato dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ

"I am known as the daughter of the holy Kanva, Dushyanta: an ascetic, steadfast, great-souled, a knower of dharma.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Shakuntala: the verse is her answer to the king (the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 26 (1.92.26)

अस्वतन्त्रास्मि राजेन्द्र काश्यपो मे गुरुः पिता । तमेव प्रार्थय स्वार्थं नायुक्तं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

asvatantrāsmi rājendra kāśyapo me guruḥ pitā | tameva prārthaya svārthaṃ nāyuktaṃ kartumarhasi

I am not my own mistress, king of kings; Kanva of Kashyapa's line is my elder and my father. Ask him for what you desire; you should not do what is improper."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।।') at the start and end of the verse. Speaker set to Shakuntala (the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (1.92.27)

ऊर्ध्वरेता महाभागे भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः । चलेद्धि वृत्ताद्धर्मोपि न चलेत्संशितव्रतः ॥

ūrdhvaretā mahābhāge bhagavām̐llokapūjitaḥ | caleddhi vṛttāddharmopi na caletsaṃśitavrataḥ

"The holy one, honoured by the world, keeps his seed drawn upward, blessed lady. Dharma itself might stray from its course, but he of rigorous vows would not stray.

Verse 28 (1.92.28)

कथं त्वं तस्य दुहिता संभूता वरवर्णिनी । संशयो मे महानत्र तन्मे छेत्तुमिहार्हसि ॥

kathaṃ tvaṃ tasya duhitā saṃbhūtā varavarṇinī | saṃśayo me mahānatra tanme chettumihārhasi

How, then, were you born his daughter, lovely one? I have a great doubt about this; please dispel it for me."

Verse 29 (1.92.29)

यथाऽयमागमो मह्यं यथा चेदमभूत्पुरा । अन्यथा सन्तमात्मानमन्यथा सत्सु भाषते ॥

yathā'yamāgamo mahyaṃ yathā cedamabhūtpurā | anyathā santamātmānamanyathā satsu bhāṣate

"How this account came to me, and how it all happened long ago, I shall tell you. A man who, being one thing, presents himself to the virtuous as another

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line = 1.65.18ab of the critical edition; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.92.30)

स पापेनावृतो मूर्खस्तेन आत्मापहारकः । शृणु राजन्यथातत्त्वं यथाऽस्मि दुहिता मुनेः ॥

sa pāpenāvṛto mūrkhastena ātmāpahārakaḥ | śṛṇu rājanyathātattvaṃ yathā'smi duhitā muneḥ

is a fool wrapped in sin, a thief of his own self. Hear, then, O king, the plain truth of how I am the sage's daughter.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (') after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.65.18cd.

Verse 31 (1.92.31)

ऋषिः कश्चिदिहागम्य मम जन्माभ्यचोदयत् । ऊर्ध्वरेता यथासि त्वं कुतस्त्वेयं शकुन्तला ॥

ṛṣiḥ kaścidihāgamya mama janmābhyacodayat | ūrdhvaretā yathāsi tvaṃ kutastveyaṃ śakuntalā

A certain seer once came here and asked about my birth: 'Since you keep your seed drawn upward, where did this Shakuntala come from?

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line. The first line = 1.65.19ab of the critical edition; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (1.92.32)

पुत्री त्वत्तः कथं जाता तत्त्वं मे ब्रूहि काश्यप । तस्मै प्रोवाच भगवान्यथा तच्छृणु पार्थिव ॥

putrī tvattaḥ kathaṃ jātā tattvaṃ me brūhi kāśyapa | tasmai provāca bhagavānyathā tacchṛṇu pārthiva

How was a daughter born to you? Tell me the truth of it, Kashyapa.' Hear, O king, how the holy one explained it to him.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (') after the first line. Corrected पार्थिवा → पार्थिव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign on the vocative, as in the critical edition's pārthiva). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.65.19cd.

Verse 33 (1.92.33)

तप्यमानः किल पुरा विश्वामित्रो महत्तपः । सुभृशं तापयामास शक्रं सुरगणेश्वरम् ॥

tapyamānaḥ kila purā viśvāmitro mahattapaḥ | subhṛśaṃ tāpayāmāsa śakraṃ suragaṇeśvaram

Long ago, it is said, Vishvamitra, practising great austerities, sorely distressed Shakra, lord of the hosts of the gods.

Verse 34 (1.92.34)

तपसा दीप्तवीर्योऽयं स्थानान्मां च्यावयेदिति । भीतः पुरन्दरस्तस्मान्मेनकामिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tapasā dīptavīryo'yaṃ sthānānmāṃ cyāvayediti | bhītaḥ purandarastasmānmenakāmidamabravīt

"Blazing in power through his austerity, he may topple me from my place," thought Purandara, and in fear he said this to Menaka:

Verse 35 (1.92.35)

गुणैरप्सरसां दिव्यैर्मेनके त्वं विशिष्यसे । श्रेयो मे कुरु कल्याणि यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ॥

guṇairapsarasāṃ divyairmenake tvaṃ viśiṣyase | śreyo me kuru kalyāṇi yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu

"Menaka, you surpass the other apsarases in heavenly gifts. Do me a good turn, lovely one; listen to what I shall tell you.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra (Shakra): his words to Menaka begin here (the input carried Kanva over; Kanva is reporting them).

Verse 36 (1.92.36)

असावादित्यसङ्काशो विश्वामित्रो महातपाः । तप्यमानस्तपो घोरं मम कम्पयते मनः ॥

asāvādityasaṅkāśo viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ | tapyamānastapo ghoraṃ mama kampayate manaḥ

That Vishvamitra, of great austerity and bright as the sun, by the fierce austerity he is practising, makes my mind tremble.

Note on the text: Corrected आदित्यशङ्काशो → आदित्यसङ्काशो (misprint in Wikisource; श for स, the word is सङ्काश "resembling", as in the critical edition's ādityasaṃkāśo). Speaker set to Indra (see the previous verse).

Verse 37 (1.92.37)

मेनके तव भारोऽयं विश्वामित्रः सुमध्यमे । संशितात्मा सुदुर्धर्ष उग्रे तपसि वर्तते ॥

menake tava bhāro'yaṃ viśvāmitraḥ sumadhyame | saṃśitātmā sudurdharṣa ugre tapasi vartate

Menaka, slender-waisted one, Vishvamitra is your charge. Firm of resolve and very hard to overcome, he is absorbed in fierce austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected शंसितात्मा → संशितात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, the epithet is संशितात्मा "of firm resolve", as in the critical edition's saṃśitātmā). Speaker set to Indra.

Verse 38 (1.92.38)

स मां न च्यावयेत्स्थानात्तं वै गत्वा प्रलोभय । चर तस्य तपोविघ्नं कुरु मे प्रियमुत्तमम् ॥

sa māṃ na cyāvayetsthānāttaṃ vai gatvā pralobhaya | cara tasya tapovighnaṃ kuru me priyamuttamam

So that he does not topple me from my place, go to him and tempt him. Be the obstacle to his austerity, and do me this greatest of kindnesses.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra.

Verse 39 (1.92.39)

रूपयौवनमाधुर्यचेष्टितस्मितभाषणैः । लोभयित्वा वरारोहे तपसस्तं निवर्तय ॥

rūpayauvanamādhuryaceṣṭitasmitabhāṣaṇaiḥ | lobhayitvā varārohe tapasastaṃ nivartaya

With your beauty, youth and sweetness, your gestures, smiles and words, entice him, fair-hipped one, and turn him back from his austerity."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra.

Verse 40 (1.92.40)

महातेजाः स भगवांस्तथैव च महातपाः । कोपनश्च तथा ह्येनं जानाति भगवानपि ॥

mahātejāḥ sa bhagavāṃstathaiva ca mahātapāḥ | kopanaśca tathā hyenaṃ jānāti bhagavānapi

"That holy one is of great splendour and great austerity, and quick to anger as well; your lordship knows him to be so.

Verse 41 (1.92.41)

तेजसस्तपसश्चैव कोपस्य च महात्मनः । त्वमप्युद्विजसे यस्य नोद्विजेयमहं कथम् ॥

tejasastapasaścaiva kopasya ca mahātmanaḥ | tvamapyudvijase yasya nodvijeyamahaṃ katham

If even you fear the splendour, the austerity and the anger of that great-souled one, how should I not fear him?

Note on the text: Corrected तेजस्तपसश्चैव → तेजसस्तपसश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the line is a syllable short, as in the critical edition's tejasas tapasaś caiva).

Verse 42 (1.92.42)

महाभागं वसिष्ठं यः पुत्रैरिष्टैर्व्ययोजयत् । क्षत्रजातश्च यः पूर्वमभवद्ब्राह्मणो बलात् ॥

mahābhāgaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ yaḥ putrairiṣṭairvyayojayat | kṣatrajātaśca yaḥ pūrvamabhavadbrāhmaṇo balāt

He it was who robbed the illustrious Vasishtha of his beloved sons; who, born a kshatriya, long ago made himself a brahmin by sheer force;

Verse 43 (1.92.43)

शौचार्थं यो नदीं चक्रे दुर्गमां बहुभिर्जलैः । यां तां पुण्यतमां लोके कौशिकीति विदुर्जनाः ॥

śaucārthaṃ yo nadīṃ cakre durgamāṃ bahubhirjalaiḥ | yāṃ tāṃ puṇyatamāṃ loke kauśikīti vidurjanāḥ

who, for his ablutions, made a river, hard to cross with its abundant waters, the river people know as the most holy Kaushiki;

Verse 44 (1.92.44)

बभार यत्रास्य पुरा काले दुर्गे महात्मनः । दारान्मतङ्गो धर्मात्मा राजर्षिर्व्याधतां गतः ॥

babhāra yatrāsya purā kāle durge mahātmanaḥ | dārānmataṅgo dharmātmā rājarṣirvyādhatāṃ gataḥ

where long ago, in a time of hardship, the righteous royal seer Matanga, reduced to living as a hunter, supported the wife of that great-souled one;

Verse 45 (1.92.45)

अतीतकाले दुर्भिक्षे अभ्येत्य पुनराश्रमम् । मुनिः पारेति नद्या वै नाम चक्रे तदा प्रभुः ॥

atītakāle durbhikṣe abhyetya punarāśramam | muniḥ pāreti nadyā vai nāma cakre tadā prabhuḥ

where, when the famine was over and the lord sage had come back to his hermitage, he gave the river the name Para;

Note on the text: Corrected पुनराक्षमम् → पुनराश्रमम् (misprint in Wikisource; क्ष for श्र, as in the critical edition's punar āśramam).

Verse 46 (1.92.46)

मतङ्गं याजयाञ्चक्रे यत्र प्रीतमनाः स्वयम् । त्वं च सोमं भयाद्यस्य गतः पातुं सुरेश्वर ॥

mataṅgaṃ yājayāñcakre yatra prītamanāḥ svayam | tvaṃ ca somaṃ bhayādyasya gataḥ pātuṃ sureśvara

where he himself, glad at heart, had Matanga perform a sacrifice, and where you, lord of the gods, went to drink the Soma for fear of him;

Verse 47 (1.92.47)

चकारान्यं च लोकं वै क्रुद्धो नक्षत्रसंपदा । प्रतिश्रवणपूर्वाणि नक्षत्राणि चकार यः । गुरुशापहतस्यापि त्रिशङ्कोः शरणं ददौ ॥

cakārānyaṃ ca lokaṃ vai kruddho nakṣatrasaṃpadā | pratiśravaṇapūrvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi cakāra yaḥ | guruśāpahatasyāpi triśaṅkoḥ śaraṇaṃ dadau

who in his wrath made another world, rich in stars, and created a counter-set of constellations beginning with Shravana; who gave refuge to Trishanku even when he had been struck down by his preceptor's curse.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.65.34 of the critical edition, which reads a different first line (ati nakṣatravaṃśāṃś ca) and sasarja for चकार; the third line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 48 (1.92.48)

ब्रह्मर्षिशापं राजर्षिः कथं मोक्ष्यति कौशिकः । अवमत्य तदा देवैर्यज्ञाङ्गं तद्विनाशितम् ॥

brahmarṣiśāpaṃ rājarṣiḥ kathaṃ mokṣyati kauśikaḥ | avamatya tadā devairyajñāṅgaṃ tadvināśitam

Thinking, "How can Kaushika, a royal seer, release him from the curse of a brahmin seer?", the gods in contempt destroyed his sacrificial offerings;

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

Verse 49 (1.92.49)

अन्यानि च महातेजा यज्ञाङ्गान्यसृजत्प्रभुः । निनाय च तदा स्वर्गं त्रिशङ्कुं स महातपाः ॥

anyāni ca mahātejā yajñāṅgānyasṛjatprabhuḥ | nināya ca tadā svargaṃ triśaṅkuṃ sa mahātapāḥ

and that mighty one of great splendour created other sacrificial offerings, and that great ascetic then led Trishanku to heaven.

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

Verse 50 (1.92.50)

एतानि यस्य कर्माणि तस्याहं भृशमुद्विजे । यथाऽसौ न दहेत्क्रुद्धस्तथाऽऽज्ञापय मां विभो ॥

etāni yasya karmāṇi tasyāhaṃ bhṛśamudvije | yathā'sau na dahetkruddhastathā''jñāpaya māṃ vibho

Such are the deeds of the one I so greatly fear. Command me, lord, in such a way that he does not burn me in his anger.

Verse 51 (1.92.51)

तेजसा निर्दहेल्लोकान्कम्पयेद्धरणीं पदा । संक्षिपेच्च महामेरुं तूर्णमावर्तयेद्दिशः ॥

tejasā nirdahellokānkampayeddharaṇīṃ padā | saṃkṣipecca mahāmeruṃ tūrṇamāvartayeddiśaḥ

With his splendour he could burn up the worlds, shake the earth with his foot, shrink great Meru and swiftly send the directions spinning.

Verse 52 (1.92.52)

तादृशं तपसा युक्तं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् । कथमस्मद्विधा नारी जितेन्द्रियमभिस्पृशेत् ॥

tādṛśaṃ tapasā yuktaṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam | kathamasmadvidhā nārī jitendriyamabhispṛśet

How should a woman like me touch one so filled with austerity, blazing like fire, the master of his senses?

Verse 53 (1.92.53)

हुताशनमुखं दीप्तं सूर्यचन्द्राक्षितारकम् । कालजिह्वं सुरश्रेष्ठ कथमस्मद्विधा स्पृशेत् ॥

hutāśanamukhaṃ dīptaṃ sūryacandrākṣitārakam | kālajihvaṃ suraśreṣṭha kathamasmadvidhā spṛśet

His mouth is the blazing sacrificial fire, the sun and moon are the pupils of his eyes, his tongue is Time itself: how, best of the gods, could one like me touch him?

Verse 54 (1.92.54)

यमश्च सोमश्च महर्षयश्च । साध्या विश्वे वालखिल्याश्च सर्वे । एतेऽपि यस्योद्विजन्ते प्रभावात् । तस्मात्कस्मान्मादृशी नोद्विजेत ॥

yamaśca somaśca maharṣayaśca | sādhyā viśve vālakhilyāśca sarve | ete'pi yasyodvijante prabhāvāt | tasmātkasmānmādṛśī nodvijeta

Yama and Soma and the great seers, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas and all the Valakhilyas: even these fear him for his power. Why, then, should a woman like me not fear him?

Note on the text: Corrected वालस्विल्याश्च → वालखिल्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख, as in the critical edition's vālakhilyāś). Wrote out the sandhi split across the line break (प्रभावा- । त्तस्मात् → प्रभावात् । तस्मात्); the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 55 (1.92.55)

त्वयैवमुक्ता च कथं समीपम् । ऋषेर्न गच्छेयमहं सुरेन्द्र । रक्षां च मे चिन्तय देवराज । यथा त्वदर्थं रक्षिताऽहं चरेयम् ॥

tvayaivamuktā ca kathaṃ samīpam | ṛṣerna gaccheyamahaṃ surendra | rakṣāṃ ca me cintaya devarāja | yathā tvadarthaṃ rakṣitā'haṃ careyam

Yet, commanded thus by you, how could I fail to go near the seer, lord of the gods? But think how I may be protected, king of the gods, so that I may go about your business in safety.

Note on the text: Wrote out the sandhi split across the line break (समीप- । मृषेर् → समीपम् । ऋषेर्), as the critical edition prints it; the text is otherwise unchanged.

Verse 56 (1.92.56)

कामं तु मे मारुतस्तत्र वासः । प्रक्रीडिताया विवृणोतु देव । भवेच्च मे मन्मथस्तत्र कार्ये । सहायभूतस्तु तव प्रसादात् ॥

kāmaṃ tu me mārutastatra vāsaḥ | prakrīḍitāyā vivṛṇotu deva | bhavecca me manmathastatra kārye | sahāyabhūtastu tava prasādāt

Let the Wind, O god, blow my garment open there while I play; and by your grace let Manmatha, the god of love, be my helper in that work.

Verse 57 (1.92.57)

वनाच्च वायुः सुरभिः प्रवायात् । तस्मिन्काले तमृषिं लोभयन्त्याः । तथेत्युक्त्वा विहिते चैव तस्मिन् । ततो ययौ साऽऽश्रमं कौशिकस्य ॥

vanācca vāyuḥ surabhiḥ pravāyāt | tasminkāle tamṛṣiṃ lobhayantyāḥ | tathetyuktvā vihite caiva tasmin | tato yayau sā''śramaṃ kauśikasya

And let a fragrant breeze blow from the forest at the moment I am tempting the seer." Indra said, "So be it," and when this had been arranged, she went to the hermitage of Kaushika.

Note on the text: Wrote out the sandhi split across the line breaks (प्रवाया- । त्तस्मिन् → प्रवायात् । तस्मिन्; तस्मिं- । स्ततो → तस्मिन् । ततो); the text is otherwise unchanged. The last two quarters are narration.