Agastya Weds Lopamudra

Verse 1 (3.95.1)

यदात्वमन्यतागस्त्यो गार्हस्थ्ये तां क्षमामिति । तदाऽभिगम्य प्रोवाच वैदर्भं पृथिवीपतिम् ॥

yadātvamanyatāgastyo gārhasthye tāṃ kṣamāmiti | tadā'bhigamya provāca vaidarbhaṃ pṛthivīpatim

When Agastya judged that she was ready for household life, he went to the king of Vidarbha, lord of the earth, and said:

Verse 2 (3.95.2)

राजन्निवेशे बुद्धिर्मे वर्तते पुत्रकारणात् । वरयेत्वां महीपाल लोपामुद्रां प्रयच्छ मे ॥

rājanniveśe buddhirme vartate putrakāraṇāt | varayetvāṃ mahīpāla lopāmudrāṃ prayaccha me

"O king, my mind is set on marriage, for the sake of a son. I ask for your daughter, protector of the earth: give me Lopamudra."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from लोमश to अगस्त्य: the whole verse is Agastya's request, with no printed heading.

Verse 3 (3.95.3)

एवमुक्तः स मुनिना महीपालो विचेतनः । प्रत्याख्यानाय चाशक्तः प्रदातुं चैव नैच्छत ॥

evamuktaḥ sa muninā mahīpālo vicetanaḥ | pratyākhyānāya cāśaktaḥ pradātuṃ caiva naicchata

Thus addressed by the sage, the king was stunned. He had not the power to refuse him, yet he did not wish to give her.

Note on the text: Corrected मिनिना → मुनिना (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads muninā).

Verse 4 (3.95.4)

ततः स भार्यामभ्येत्य प्रोवाच पृथिवीपतिः । महर्षिर्वीर्यवानेष क्रुद्धः शापाग्निना दहेत् ॥

tataḥ sa bhāryāmabhyetya provāca pṛthivīpatiḥ | maharṣirvīryavāneṣa kruddhaḥ śāpāgninā dahet

Then the king went to his wife and said: "This great seer is mighty. If he is angered, he may burn us with the fire of his curse."

Verse 5 (3.95.5)

तं तथा दुःखितं दृष्ट्वा सभार्यं पृथिवीपतिम् । लोपामुद्राऽभिगम्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

taṃ tathā duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sabhāryaṃ pṛthivīpatim | lopāmudrā'bhigamyedaṃ kāle vacanamabravīt

Seeing the king and his wife so troubled, Lopamudra came to them and spoke these timely words:

Verse 6 (3.95.6)

न मत्कृते महीपाल पीडामभ्येतुमर्हसि । प्रयच्छ मामगस्त्याय त्राह्यात्मानं मया पितः ॥

na matkṛte mahīpāla pīḍāmabhyetumarhasi | prayaccha māmagastyāya trāhyātmānaṃ mayā pitaḥ

"Do not suffer on my account, O king. Give me to Agastya, father, and save yourself through me."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from लोमश to लोपामुद्रा: the whole verse is her speech, with no printed heading.

Verse 7 (3.95.7)

दुहितुर्वचनाद्राजा सोऽगस्त्याय महात्मने । लोपामुद्रां ततः प्रादाद्विधिपूर्वं विशांपते ॥

duhiturvacanādrājā so'gastyāya mahātmane | lopāmudrāṃ tataḥ prādādvidhipūrvaṃ viśāṃpate

At his daughter's word, O lord of the people, the king then gave Lopamudra to the great-souled Agastya with the proper rites.

Verse 8 (3.95.8)

प्राप्य भार्यामगस्त्यस्तु लोपामुद्रामभाषत । महार्हाण्युत्सृजैतानि वासांस्याभरणानि च ॥

prāpya bhāryāmagastyastu lopāmudrāmabhāṣata | mahārhāṇyutsṛjaitāni vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca

Having won his wife, Agastya said to Lopamudra: "Put away these costly garments and ornaments."

Verse 9 (3.95.9)

ततः सा दर्शनीयानि महार्हाणि तनूनि च । समुत्ससर्ज रम्भोरूर्वसनान्यायतेक्षणा ॥

tataḥ sā darśanīyāni mahārhāṇi tanūni ca | samutsasarja rambhorūrvasanānyāyatekṣaṇā

Then the large-eyed one, with thighs smooth as plantain stems, laid aside her lovely, costly and delicate garments.

Verse 10 (3.95.10)

ततश्चीराणि जग्राह वल्कलान्यजिनानि च । समानव्रतचर्या च बभूवायतलोचना ॥

tataścīrāṇi jagrāha valkalānyajināni ca | samānavratacaryā ca babhūvāyatalocanā

She took up garments of rag and bark and deerskin, and the long-eyed one became his equal in vows and way of life.

Verse 11 (3.95.11)

गङ्गाद्वारमथागम्य भगवानृषिसत्तमः । उग्रमातिष्ठत तपः सह पत्न्याऽनुकूलया ॥

gaṅgādvāramathāgamya bhagavānṛṣisattamaḥ | ugramātiṣṭhata tapaḥ saha patnyā'nukūlayā

Then the holy one, best of seers, went to Gangadvara and practised fierce austerity together with his devoted wife.

Verse 12 (3.95.12)

सा प्रीत्या बहुमानाच्च पतिं पर्यचरत्तदा । अगस्त्यश्च परां प्रीतिं भार्यायामगमत्प्रभुः ॥

sā prītyā bahumānācca patiṃ paryacarattadā | agastyaśca parāṃ prītiṃ bhāryāyāmagamatprabhuḥ

She served her husband with love and deep respect, and the lord Agastya came to love his wife dearly.

Verse 13 (3.95.13)

ततो बहुतिथे काले लोपामुद्रां विशांपते । तपसा द्योतितां स्नातां ददर्श भगवानृषिः ॥

tato bahutithe kāle lopāmudrāṃ viśāṃpate | tapasā dyotitāṃ snātāṃ dadarśa bhagavānṛṣiḥ

After a long time, O lord of the people, the holy seer saw Lopamudra, glowing with austerity, bathed after her season.

Verse 14 (3.95.14)

स तस्याः परिचारेण शौचेन च दमेन च । श्रिया रूपेण च प्रीतो मैथुनायाजुहाव ताम् ॥

sa tasyāḥ paricāreṇa śaucena ca damena ca | śriyā rūpeṇa ca prīto maithunāyājuhāva tām

Pleased with her service, her purity and self-restraint, her grace and her beauty, he called her to lie with him.

Verse 15 (3.95.15)

ततः सा प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा लज्जमानेव भामिनी । तदा सप्रणयं वाक्यं भगवन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ sā prāñjalirbhūtvā lajjamāneva bhāminī | tadā sapraṇayaṃ vākyaṃ bhagavantamathābravīt

Then the lovely woman joined her palms and, as though abashed, spoke tenderly to the holy one:

Verse 16 (3.95.16)

असंशयं प्रजाहेतोर्भार्यां पतिरविन्दत । या तु त्वयि मम प्रीतिस्तामृषे कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

asaṃśayaṃ prajāhetorbhāryāṃ patiravindata | yā tu tvayi mama prītistāmṛṣe kartumarhasi

"No doubt a husband takes a wife for the sake of offspring. But the love I bear for you, O seer, you should honour.

Note on the text: Corrected पा → या (misprint in Wikisource; the relative pronoun is needed, as in the critical edition's yā). Speaker changed from लोमश to लोपामुद्रा: the whole verse is her speech, introduced by the previous verse.

Verse 17 (3.95.17)

यथा पितुर्गृहे विप्र प्रासादे शयनं मम । तथाविधे त्वं शयने मामुपैतुमिहार्हसि ॥

yathā piturgṛhe vipra prāsāde śayanaṃ mama | tathāvidhe tvaṃ śayane māmupaitumihārhasi

As I had a bed in the palace of my father's house, O brahmin, so on such a bed you should come to me here.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from लोमश to लोपामुद्रा (her speech continues).

Verse 18 (3.95.18)

इच्छामि त्वां स्रग्विणं च भूषणैश्च विभूषितम् । उपसर्तुं यथाकामं दिव्याभरणभूषिता ॥

icchāmi tvāṃ sragviṇaṃ ca bhūṣaṇaiśca vibhūṣitam | upasartuṃ yathākāmaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitā

I wish you to wear garlands and be decked with ornaments, and I wish to come to you as I please, adorned with heavenly jewels.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from लोमश to लोपामुद्रा (her speech continues).

Verse 19 (3.95.19)

अन्यथा नोपतिष्ठेयं चीरकाषायवासिनी । नैवापवित्रो विप्रर्षे भूषणोयं कथंचन ॥

anyathā nopatiṣṭheyaṃ cīrakāṣāyavāsinī | naivāpavitro viprarṣe bhūṣaṇoyaṃ kathaṃcana

Otherwise I will not come to you dressed in rags and ochre cloth. This attire of ascetics must in no way be defiled, O brahmin seer."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from लोमश to लोपामुद्रा (her speech continues). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.95.18d*0484.

Verse 20 (3.95.20)

न ते धनानि विद्यन्ते लोपामुद्रे तथा मम । यथाविधानि कल्याणि पितुस्तव सुमध्यमे ॥

na te dhanāni vidyante lopāmudre tathā mama | yathāvidhāni kalyāṇi pitustava sumadhyame

"Lopamudra, I have no wealth such as your father has, fair and slender-waisted one."

Verse 21 (3.95.21)

ईशोसि तपसा सर्वं समाहर्तुं तपोधन । क्षणेन जीवलोके यद्वसु किंचन विद्यते ॥

īśosi tapasā sarvaṃ samāhartuṃ tapodhana | kṣaṇena jīvaloke yadvasu kiṃcana vidyate

"You who are rich in austerity are able, by your austerity, to gather in an instant whatever wealth there is in the world of the living."

Verse 22 (3.95.22)

एवमेतद्यथाऽऽत्थ त्वं तपोव्ययकरं तु तत् । यथा तु मे न नश्येत तपस्तन्मां प्रचोदय ॥

evametadyathā''ttha tvaṃ tapovyayakaraṃ tu tat | yathā tu me na naśyeta tapastanmāṃ pracodaya

"It is as you say; but that would spend my austerity. Urge me toward some way by which my austerity will not be lost."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रयोदय → प्रचोदय (misprint in Wikisource; प्रयोदय is not a word; the critical edition reads pracodaya).

Verse 23 (3.95.23)

अल्पावशिष्टः कालोऽयमृतोर्मम तपोधन । न चान्यथाऽहमिच्छामि त्वामुपैतुं कथंचन ॥

alpāvaśiṣṭaḥ kālo'yamṛtormama tapodhana | na cānyathā'hamicchāmi tvāmupaituṃ kathaṃcana

"Little remains of my season, O ascetic, and I do not wish to come to you in any other way.

Verse 24 (3.95.24)

न चापि धर्ममिच्छामि विलोप्तुं ते कथंचन । एवं तु मे यथाकामं संपादयितुमर्हसि ॥

na cāpi dharmamicchāmi viloptuṃ te kathaṃcana | evaṃ tu me yathākāmaṃ saṃpādayitumarhasi

Nor do I wish in any way to violate your dharma. So you should accomplish this for me, just as I desire."

Verse 25 (3.95.25)

यद्येष कामः सुभगे तव बुद्ध्या विनिश्चितः । हर्तुं गच्छाम्यहं भद्रे चर काममिह स्थिता ॥

yadyeṣa kāmaḥ subhage tava buddhyā viniścitaḥ | hartuṃ gacchāmyahaṃ bhadre cara kāmamiha sthitā

"If this desire is firmly settled in your mind, fortunate one, then I go to fetch the wealth, good lady. Stay here and do as you please."

Note on the text: Dropped a third line (आरस्ते तेजस्विनी कन्या रोहिणीव दिविप्रभा) that Wikisource repeats here from 3.94.27 (its own line marker reads 3-94-27b). Corrected काम → कामः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject needs the nominative, as in the critical edition's kāmaḥ). Speaker heading misprinted अगस्तय on Wikisource; settled as अगस्त्य.