Viravara's Deeds and Sulochana's Vanishing

Verse 1 (padma.7.6.1)

राजोवाच- तिष्ठात्रैव महाबाहो मम राज्ये सुशोभने । कर्तव्या ते मया वृत्तिः संशयो नात्र विद्यते

rājovāca- tiṣṭhātraiva mahābāho mama rājye suśobhane kartavyā te mayā vṛttiḥ saṁśayo nātra vidyate

The king said: O mighty-armed one, remain right here, in my own splendid kingdom; I myself shall provide for your livelihood, without doubt.

Verse 2 (padma.7.6.2)

ततो वीरवरस्तस्य सन्निधौ धरणीपतेः । उवास सततं विप्र तत्सेवा गतमानसः

tato vīravarastasya sannidhau dharaṇīpateḥ uvāsa satataṁ vipra tatsevā gatamānasaḥ

Then that Viravara, O brahmin, remained continually near that king, his mind ever set upon serving him.

Verse 3 (padma.7.6.3)

अथैकदा तस्य पुरे जैमिने सकलाः प्रजाः । भीमनादो नाम खड्गः क्षोभयामास संततम्

athaikadā tasya pure jaimine sakalāḥ prajāḥ bhīmanādo nāma khaḍgaḥ kṣobhayāmāsa saṁtatam

O Jaimini, once in that city a demon named Bhimanada, wielding a sword, began ceaselessly to torment all the people.

Verse 4 (padma.7.6.4)

तद्वधाय ततो राजा प्रेषयामास तं रुषा । ततोऽसौ गंडकं हंतु ययौ वीरवरो जनैः

tadvadhāya tato rājā preṣayāmāsa taṁ ruṣā tato'sau gaṁḍakaṁ haṁtu yayau vīravaro janaiḥ

To slay him, the king, in fury, sent Viravara; then Viravara set out, together with attendants, to slay that Gandaka.

Verse 5 (padma.7.6.5)

ददर्श पर्वताकारं सुप्तं तं धरणीतले । दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं खड्गिनं तं सशक्तिधृक्

dadarśa parvatākāraṁ suptaṁ taṁ dharaṇītale daṁṣṭrākarālavadanaṁ khaḍginaṁ taṁ saśaktidhṛk

He saw him lying asleep upon the earth, mountain-like, his face fearsome with fangs, bearing sword and spear.

Verse 6 (padma.7.6.6)

नभसि भ्रामयन्सप्तिं स च वीरवरो रुषा । खड्गिनं तमिति प्राह मेघगंभीरया गिरा

nabhasi bhrāmayansaptiṁ sa ca vīravaro ruṣā khaḍginaṁ tamiti prāha meghagaṁbhīrayā girā

Wheeling his horse about in the sky, that Viravara, in fury, in a voice deep as thunder, spoke thus to that sword-bearer.

Verse 7 (padma.7.6.7)

उपार्जितास्त्वया ये ये दुरात्मन्पापपादपाः । बभूवुः फलिनस्ते ते ऋतुं प्राप्य यथा द्रुमाः

upārjitāstvayā ye ye durātmanpāpapādapāḥ babhūvuḥ phalinaste te ṛtuṁ prāpya yathā drumāḥ

O wicked one, whatever trees of sin you have planted have now, like trees reaching their season, all come to fruit.

Verse 8 (padma.7.6.8)

खादिताः प्राणिनो ये ये राज्येऽस्मिन्पापिना त्वया । यमालये समस्तैस्तैर्दर्शनं ते भविष्यति

khāditāḥ prāṇino ye ye rājye'sminpāpinā tvayā yamālaye samastaistairdarśanaṁ te bhaviṣyati

O sinful one, whatever beings you have devoured in this kingdom, all of them you shall now behold in the abode of Yama.

Verse 9 (padma.7.6.9)

मुंच निद्रामरे दुष्ट मां पश्यान्तकरं निजम् । अनया निद्रया किन्ते महानिद्र भविष्यति

muṁca nidrāmare duṣṭa māṁ paśyāntakaraṁ nijam anayā nidrayā kinte mahānidra bhaviṣyati

O wicked foe, abandon your sleep; behold your own destroyer; after this sleep what a great slumber now awaits you!

Verse 10 (padma.7.6.10)

ततः सोऽपि समुत्तस्थौ क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । धूलिधूसरसर्वाङ्गस्त्यक्तनिद्रो महाबलः

tataḥ so'pi samuttasthau krodhasaṁraktalocanaḥ dhūlidhūsarasarvāṅgastyaktanidro mahābalaḥ

Then he too rose up, his eyes red with rage, his every limb grey with dust, casting off sleep, that man of great might.

Verse 11 (padma.7.6.11)

भीमनाद उवाच- गर्वं मा कुरु दुर्बुद्धे तवायुः शेषतां गतम् । तत्संदर्शनमात्रेण प्राप्तः कोनु विमुच्यते

bhīmanāda uvāca- garvaṁ mā kuru durbuddhe tavāyuḥ śeṣatāṁ gatam tatsaṁdarśanamātreṇa prāptaḥ konu vimucyate

Bhimanada said: O foolish one, do not boast; your life has run its course; who has ever been released, merely by beholding me?

Verse 12 (padma.7.6.12)

ज्वलदग्निशिखाश्रेणीं प्रविशेच्छलभो यथा । मत्कोपानलराशौ त्वं तथैव निपतिष्यसि

jvaladagniśikhāśreṇīṁ praviśecchalabho yathā matkopānalarāśau tvaṁ tathaiva nipatiṣyasi

As a moth enters the rows of blazing flames, so too you shall fall into the mass of fire that is my own fury.

Verse 13 (padma.7.6.13)

इति ब्रुवंतं तं द्रष्टुं शक्त्या निशितया तया । स जज्वाल महाकोपात्कृत्वा हुंकारनिःस्वनम्

iti bruvaṁtaṁ taṁ draṣṭuṁ śaktyā niśitayā tayā sa jajvāla mahākopātkṛtvā huṁkāraniḥsvanam

Seeing him speak thus, with that keen spear, he blazed with great fury and let out a terrible roar.

Verse 14 (padma.7.6.14)

स पपात महीपृष्ठे गतायुर्गंडकस्ततः । चालयन्पृथिवीं सर्वां स्वनितौघ परिप्लुतः

sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe gatāyurgaṁḍakastataḥ cālayanpṛthivīṁ sarvāṁ svanitaugha pariplutaḥ

Then that Gandaka, his life spent, fell upon the ground, shaking the entire earth with the sound of his own fall.

Verse 15 (padma.7.6.15)

खड्गिनं पतितं दृष्ट्वा गङ्गाब्धिरोधसि द्विज । समीपं तस्य भूपस्य स गंतुमुपचक्रमे

khaḍginaṁ patitaṁ dṛṣṭvā gaṅgābdhirodhasi dvija samīpaṁ tasya bhūpasya sa gaṁtumupacakrame

O brahmin, seeing that sword-bearer fallen, he set out toward the shore of the Ganga and the sea, to go to that king's presence.

Verse 16 (padma.7.6.16)

स गच्छन्पथिविप्रर्षे ददर्शैकं महाशयम् । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभिर्द्वितीयमिव भास्करम्

sa gacchanpathiviprarṣe dadarśaikaṁ mahāśayam jājvalyamānaṁ tejobhirdvitīyamiva bhāskaram

Going along the way, O sage among brahmins, he saw a great being, blazing with his own radiance like a second sun,

Verse 17 (padma.7.6.17)

विष्णुदूतगणैर्युक्तं तुलसीमाल्यभूषितम् । दिव्याम्बरधरं दिव्यं रथारूढं स्मिताननम्

viṣṇudūtagaṇairyuktaṁ tulasīmālyabhūṣitam divyāmbaradharaṁ divyaṁ rathārūḍhaṁ smitānanam

surrounded by the messengers of Vishnu, adorned with a garland of tulasi, wearing celestial garments, divine, mounted on a chariot, his face smiling.

Verse 18 (padma.7.6.18)

पप्रच्छेति ततो भक्त्या स च वीरवरश्च तम् । कस्त्वं कुत इहायातः क्व गच्छसि वदस्व नः

papraccheti tato bhaktyā sa ca vīravaraśca tam kastvaṁ kuta ihāyātaḥ kva gacchasi vadasva naḥ

Then that Viravara, with devotion, asked him thus — who are you, whence have you come here, where are you going? Tell us.

Verse 19 (padma.7.6.19)

पुरुष उवाच- कन्येविधृतपुंवेशे मद्वृत्तांतं निशामय । कथयामि समासेन श्रोतुमिच्छसि चेन्मुदा

puruṣa uvāca- kanyevidhṛtapuṁveśe madvṛttāṁtaṁ niśāmaya kathayāmi samāsena śrotumicchasi cenmudā

That being said: O maiden, wearing the guise of a man, listen, I shall tell you my own story; I speak it briefly — hear it gladly if you wish.

Verse 20 (padma.7.6.20)

अहमासं पुरा राजा चौरवंशवनानलः । धर्मबुद्धिरिति ख्यातः सर्वधर्मपरायणः

ahamāsaṁ purā rājā cauravaṁśavanānalaḥ dharmabuddhiriti khyātaḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ

Long ago I was a king, like forest-fire to the race of thieves, renowned by the name Dharmabuddhi, given wholly to righteousness.

Verse 21 (padma.7.6.21)

मया यज्ञाः कृताः सर्वे दानानि सकलानि च । चतुर्वर्षसहस्राणि पालिता च वसुन्धरा

mayā yajñāḥ kṛtāḥ sarve dānāni sakalāni ca caturvarṣasahasrāṇi pālitā ca vasundharā

I performed every sacrifice, gave every kind of gift, and for four thousand years protected the earth.

Verse 22 (padma.7.6.22)

पाखण्डजनवाक्येन मया भूमिर्द्विजन्मनः । लंघिता कोपमासाद्य दोषिता न हि कुत्रचित्

pākhaṇḍajanavākyena mayā bhūmirdvijanmanaḥ laṁghitā kopamāsādya doṣitā na hi kutracit

By the words of hypocrites, falling into anger, I violated a brahmin's land — even though he had committed no fault anywhere.

Verse 23 (padma.7.6.23)

मया तेनापराधेन स्वयमेव विधिस्ततः । जहार तत्क्षणादेव सर्वां राजश्रियं रुषा

mayā tenāparādhena svayameva vidhistataḥ jahāra tatkṣaṇādeva sarvāṁ rājaśriyaṁ ruṣā

For that offense, fate itself, in that very instant, in wrath, took away my entire royal fortune.

Verse 24 (padma.7.6.24)

अथाहं गतसंपत्तिः शोकाग्निदग्धमानसः । कियिद्भिर्दिवसैः साध्वि यमराजवशं गतः

athāhaṁ gatasaṁpattiḥ śokāgnidagdhamānasaḥ kiyidbhirdivasaiḥ sādhvi yamarājavaśaṁ gataḥ

Then, bereft of prosperity, my mind burning with the fire of grief, O virtuous one, in just a few days I fell under the sway of Yama.

Verse 25 (padma.7.6.25)

मां दृष्ट्वा चित्रगुप्तेन तत्कर्मप्रकटीकृतम् । उक्तश्च भास्करिर्देवश्चारुहासगतिः प्रभुः

māṁ dṛṣṭvā citraguptena tatkarmaprakaṭīkṛtam uktaśca bhāskarirdevaścāruhāsagatiḥ prabhuḥ

Seeing me, Chitragupta made known my deeds, and it was said thus to the son of the Sun, that lord of gracious smile and bearing.

Verse 26 (padma.7.6.26)

धर्मबुद्धिरयं राजा कृतपुण्यक्रियः सदा । अस्त्यस्य दुरितं किञ्चित्तन्निशामय वच्म्यहम्

dharmabuddhirayaṁ rājā kṛtapuṇyakriyaḥ sadā astyasya duritaṁ kiñcittanniśāmaya vacmyaham

This king Dharmabuddhi has ever performed meritorious deeds; some slight fault alone is his — hear it, I shall tell.

Verse 27 (padma.7.6.27)

पाखण्डैर्बोधितोऽयं तु जहार द्विजशासनम् । तेनैव कर्मणा स्थानं नरके चास्यदुत्तरे

pākhaṇḍairbodhito'yaṁ tu jahāra dvijaśāsanam tenaiva karmaṇā sthānaṁ narake cāsyaduttare

Instigated by hypocrites, he seized a brahmin's land; by that very deed a place in hell awaits him — such was the answer given.

Verse 28 (padma.7.6.28)

वृत्तिच्छेदः सूर्यपुत्र यस्य येन विधीयते । स तस्य वधमाप्नोति शास्त्रेषु इति निश्चितम्

vṛtticchedaḥ sūryaputra yasya yena vidhīyate sa tasya vadhamāpnoti śāstreṣu iti niścitam

O son of the Sun, whoever's livelihood is destroyed by another — that other becomes a partaker of his very slaying; this is settled in the scriptures.

Verse 29 (padma.7.6.29)

तस्मादयं पापकर्मा ब्रह्महा पृथिवीपतिः । एतस्य निरये स्थानं कल्पकोटिशतावधि

tasmādayaṁ pāpakarmā brahmahā pṛthivīpatiḥ etasya niraye sthānaṁ kalpakoṭiśatāvadhi

Therefore this sinful king is a partaker in the sin of killing a brahmin; his place in hell shall last for hundreds of millions of kalpas.

Verse 30 (padma.7.6.30)

आत्मदत्तां हरेद्यस्तु परदत्तां च मेदिनीम् । स कोटिकुलसंयुक्तः प्रयाति नरकं विभो

ātmadattāṁ haredyastu paradattāṁ ca medinīm sa koṭikulasaṁyuktaḥ prayāti narakaṁ vibho

Whoever seizes land given by himself or given by another goes to hell together with ten million of his own kin, O lord.

Verse 31 (padma.7.6.31)

यो हरेच्च महीं तावद्देवस्य ब्राह्मणस्य च । न तस्य निष्कृतिर्दृष्टा कल्पकोटिशतावधि

yo harecca mahīṁ tāvaddevasya brāhmaṇasya ca na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā kalpakoṭiśatāvadhi

Whoever seizes land belonging to a god or to a brahmin — no deliverance for him has ever been seen, for hundreds of millions of kalpas.

Verse 32 (padma.7.6.32)

परदत्तां क्षितिं यस्तु रक्षितुर्यस्तु रक्षति । स कोटिगुणमाप्नोति पुण्यं दातृगुणादपि

paradattāṁ kṣitiṁ yastu rakṣituryastu rakṣati sa koṭiguṇamāpnoti puṇyaṁ dātṛguṇādapi

Whoever protects land given by another, just as the giver himself would, attains merit ten million times greater than even the giver's own.

Verse 33 (padma.7.6.33)

ततोऽहं शमनादेशाद्भुक्त्वा वै पूतिमृत्तिकाम् । कल्पयोनौ प्राणिहिंसा सर्वदैव मया कृता

tato'haṁ śamanādeśādbhuktvā vai pūtimṛttikām kalpayonau prāṇihiṁsā sarvadaiva mayā kṛtā

Then, by Yama's command, eating putrid earth, in a kalpa's span of births, I ceaselessly committed violence against living beings.

Verse 34 (padma.7.6.34)

गावश्च ब्राह्मणाश्चैव तथैवान्येऽपि जीविनः । मया दुष्टेन निहताः कोटिकोटिसहस्रशः

gāvaśca brāhmaṇāścaiva tathaivānye'pi jīvinaḥ mayā duṣṭena nihatāḥ koṭikoṭisahasraśaḥ

Cows, brahmins, and countless other beings besides were, by me, in my wickedness, slain by the tens of millions.

Verse 35 (padma.7.6.35)

कालेन प्रेरिता साध्वि मां सर्वक्षयिताश्रयम् । खड्गयोनिं समुत्पन्नं भवती प्रजघान ह

kālena preritā sādhvi māṁ sarvakṣayitāśrayam khaḍgayoniṁ samutpannaṁ bhavatī prajaghāna ha

O virtuous one, then, driven by time, born into the form of a sword-wielding demon, the very refuge of all destruction, I was slain by you.

Verse 36 (padma.7.6.36)

गङ्गाब्धिसङ्गमं तीर्थं दुर्ल्लभं दैवतैरपि । स्थलेऽपि मृत्युमासाद्य यत्रेयं मम सद्गतिः

gaṅgābdhisaṅgamaṁ tīrthaṁ durllabhaṁ daivatairapi sthale'pi mṛtyumāsādya yatreyaṁ mama sadgatiḥ

The confluence of the Ganga and the sea is a sacred ford hard to attain even for the gods; meeting death there, even on dry land, I have attained this happy state.

Verse 37 (padma.7.6.37)

गच्छ सुश्रोणि भद्रं ते भविष्यति न संशयः । अचिरेणैव पतिना दर्शनं ते भविष्यति

gaccha suśroṇi bhadraṁ te bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ acireṇaiva patinā darśanaṁ te bhaviṣyati

O fair-hipped one, go — good fortune shall be yours, without doubt; before long you shall be reunited with your husband.

Verse 38 (padma.7.6.38)

व्यास उवाच- तस्यैतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सा कन्या परमाद्भुतम् । ववंदे चरणौ तस्य धर्मबुद्धिर्महीपतिः

vyāsa uvāca- tasyaitadvacanaṁ śrutvā sā kanyā paramādbhutam vavaṁde caraṇau tasya dharmabuddhirmahīpatiḥ

Vyasa said: hearing his most wondrous words, that maiden bowed at the two feet of king Dharmabuddhi.

Verse 39 (padma.7.6.39)

ततो रथं समारुह्य स राजा त्रिदिवं ययौ । सोऽपि वीरवरो विप्र जगाम नृपतेः सभाम्

tato rathaṁ samāruhya sa rājā tridivaṁ yayau so'pi vīravaro vipra jagāma nṛpateḥ sabhām

Then that king, mounting the chariot, departed to heaven. That Viravara too, O brahmin, went toward the king's assembly.

Verse 40 (padma.7.6.40)

राजा च तं मृतं श्रुत्वा खड्गिनं भीमविक्रमम् । तस्यै ददौ विवाहेन जयंतीं निजकन्यकाम्

rājā ca taṁ mṛtaṁ śrutvā khaḍginaṁ bhīmavikramam tasyai dadau vivāhena jayaṁtīṁ nijakanyakām

And the king, hearing that the sword-bearing demon of terrible valor had been slain, gave him in marriage his own daughter Jayanti.

Verse 41 (padma.7.6.41)

जयंतीं तां समादाय सा कन्या पुरुषाकृतिः । तपस्तप्तुं मनश्चक्रे गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे

jayaṁtīṁ tāṁ samādāya sā kanyā puruṣākṛtiḥ tapastaptuṁ manaścakre gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame

Taking Jayanti with her, that maiden in the guise of a man resolved to go to the confluence of the Ganga and the sea and there practice austerity.

Verse 42 (padma.7.6.42)

गङ्गाब्धिसंगमे स्नात्वा प्रभाते द्विजसत्तम । गीतैर्वाद्यैश्च नृत्यैश्च यजेन्नारायणं प्रभुम्

gaṅgābdhisaṁgame snātvā prabhāte dvijasattama gītairvādyaiśca nṛtyaiśca yajennārāyaṇaṁ prabhum

Bathing at the confluence of the Ganga and the sea, O best of the twice-born, in the morning she would worship Lord Narayana with songs, instruments, and dance.

Verse 43 (padma.7.6.43)

निरामिषं हविष्यं च फलाहारं द्विजोत्तम । कदाचिदुपवासं सा कुरुते च वराङ्गना

nirāmiṣaṁ haviṣyaṁ ca phalāhāraṁ dvijottama kadācidupavāsaṁ sā kurute ca varāṅganā

O best of the twice-born, that beauty lived on flesh-free sacred food and fruit, and at times observed fasts as well.

Verse 44 (padma.7.6.44)

एकाकिनीं समालोक्य कोऽग्रहीदत्र भूतले । मां नीचमिति मत्वासौ समारुह्य च वाजिनम्

ekākinīṁ samālokya ko'grahīdatra bhūtale māṁ nīcamiti matvāsau samāruhya ca vājinam

"Seeing me alone, who has laid hold of me, thinking me lowly upon this earth?" — thinking thus, mounting the horse,

Verse 45 (padma.7.6.45)

भूय एव निजं राज्यं साजगाम वराङ्गना । माधवस्य वियोगेन तस्य विद्याधरस्य वा

bhūya eva nijaṁ rājyaṁ sājagāma varāṅganā mādhavasya viyogena tasya vidyādharasya vā

that beauty returned once more to her own kingdom. On account of separation from Madhava or from that Vidyadhara,

Verse 46 (padma.7.6.46)

मृता सा राजतनया यतोऽन्यं न भजत्यपि । तस्यां मृतायां भृत्योऽसौ निर्जगाम यदृच्छया

mṛtā sā rājatanayā yato'nyaṁ na bhajatyapi tasyāṁ mṛtāyāṁ bhṛtyo'sau nirjagāma yadṛcchayā

"That princess must be dead, since she will accept none other" — thinking her dead, that servant Pracesta, of his own accord, went away from there.

Verse 47 (padma.7.6.47)

विलप्य बहुधा तत्र प्रचेष्टोऽत्यंत शोकभाक् । जगाम मरणार्थाय गङ्गासागरसङ्गमम्

vilapya bahudhā tatra praceṣṭo'tyaṁta śokabhāk jagāma maraṇārthāya gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgamam

Lamenting greatly there, that Pracesta, overwhelmed with grief, went toward the confluence of the Ganga and the sea, intending to die.

Verse 48 (padma.7.6.48)

गङ्गाब्धिसङ्गमे स्नात्वा तुलसीमृद्विभूषितः । कृताञ्जलिरिति प्राह प्रचेष्टो भीष्ममातरम्

gaṅgābdhisaṅgame snātvā tulasīmṛdvibhūṣitaḥ kṛtāñjaliriti prāha praceṣṭo bhīṣmamātaram

Bathing at the confluence of the Ganga and the sea, adorned with tulasi and sacred earth, Pracesta, with joined palms, spoke thus to Bhishma's mother, the Ganga.

Verse 49 (padma.7.6.49)

पवित्रे त्वज्जले मातस्त्यजाम्यत्र कलेवरम् । सुलोचना मे कांतास्याद्यथातत्त्वं करिष्यसि

pavitre tvajjale mātastyajāmyatra kalevaram sulocanā me kāṁtāsyādyathātattvaṁ kariṣyasi

O mother, in this pure, sacred water of yours I now cast off my body; if Sulochana should again become my beloved, grant it so.

Verse 50 (padma.7.6.50)

भूयोभूयो ब्रुवंतं तमिति तस्याश्च किंकराः । बध्वा पाशेन तं निन्युर्निरुक्तां तत्सभां प्रति

bhūyobhūyo bruvaṁtaṁ tamiti tasyāśca kiṁkarāḥ badhvā pāśena taṁ ninyurniruktāṁ tatsabhāṁ prati

O brahmin, seeing him speak thus again and again, her (Viravara's) own attendants bound him with a noose and began leading him toward that same unnamed assembly.

Verse 51 (padma.7.6.51)

तप्ता वीरवरादेशात्किंकरास्ते सुदारुणाः । कारायां स्थापयामासुः प्रचेष्टमनुविह्वलम्

taptā vīravarādeśātkiṁkarāste sudāruṇāḥ kārāyāṁ sthāpayāmāsuḥ praceṣṭamanuvihvalam

At Viravara's command, those most severe servants, now enraged, cast the distraught Pracesta into a prison.

Verse 52 (padma.7.6.52)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दृष्ट्वा तत्कार्यमद्भुतम् । हाहाकारो महानासीत्तद्राज्ये द्विजसत्तम

etasminneva kāle tu dṛṣṭvā tatkāryamadbhutam hāhākāro mahānāsīttadrājye dvijasattama

O best of the twice-born, at this very time, seeing that wondrous event, a great outcry arose in that kingdom.

Verse 53 (padma.7.6.53)

एतच्छ्रुत्वाद्भुतं कर्म स च राजा गुणाकरः । आयातोऽत्यंत संतप्तो वदतीति द्विजोत्तम

etacchrutvādbhutaṁ karma sa ca rājā guṇākaraḥ āyāto'tyaṁta saṁtapto vadatīti dvijottama

O best of the twice-born, hearing of this wondrous event, that king Gunakara too, greatly grieved, came there, speaking thus.

Verse 54 (padma.7.6.54)

निषंगिणश्च रथिनश्चर्मिणः खड्गिनस्तथा । धानुष्काश्च कौंतकाश्च कोटिकोटिसहस्रशः

niṣaṁgiṇaśca rathinaścarmiṇaḥ khaḍginastathā dhānuṣkāśca kauṁtakāśca koṭikoṭisahasraśaḥ

Bowmen with quivers, warriors mounted on chariots, shield-bearers, sword-bearers, archers, and spear-bearers, in the tens of millions,

Verse 55 (padma.7.6.55)

स्थाने स्थाने पुरे तस्मिन्राजा वै शोकविह्वलः । नियोजयामास तदा रक्षायै द्विजसत्तम

sthāne sthāne pure tasminrājā vai śokavihvalaḥ niyojayāmāsa tadā rakṣāyai dvijasattama

O best of the twice-born, that king, distressed with grief, stationed, at every place in that city, for the sake of protection.

Verse 56 (padma.7.6.56)

तेनाज्ञप्तास्ततः सर्वे योद्धारोऽमितविक्रमाः । सत्वराः पतिरक्षासु तस्थुस्तस्मिन्पुरे रुषा

tenājñaptāstataḥ sarve yoddhāro'mitavikramāḥ satvarāḥ patirakṣāsu tasthustasminpure ruṣā

By his command, all those warriors of measureless valor, in wrath, swiftly took up the task of protection and remained stationed in that city.

Verse 57 (padma.7.6.57)

गीतानि गायकैः सर्वैर्नृत्यानि नर्तकैस्तथा । वाद्यानि वादकैश्चैव तत्र त्यक्तानि साध्वसैः

gītāni gāyakaiḥ sarvairnṛtyāni nartakaistathā vādyāni vādakaiścaiva tatra tyaktāni sādhvasaiḥ

All the singers ceased their songs, the dancers ceased their dance, and the musicians, out of dread, ceased playing their instruments.

Verse 58 (padma.7.6.58)

ततः स राजा विप्रर्षे समाहूय स्वमंत्रिणः । किमेतदिति पप्रच्छ शोकोपहतमानसः

tataḥ sa rājā viprarṣe samāhūya svamaṁtriṇaḥ kimetaditi papraccha śokopahatamānasaḥ

O sage among brahmins, then that king, summoning his ministers, his mind stricken with grief, began to ask — what has happened here?

Verse 59 (padma.7.6.59)

मंत्रिण ऊचुः- देवाद्भुतमिदं कर्म न दृष्टं न श्रुतं क्वचित् । एतावतां नृणां मध्ये पश्यतां क्व जगाम सा

maṁtriṇa ūcuḥ- devādbhutamidaṁ karma na dṛṣṭaṁ na śrutaṁ kvacit etāvatāṁ nṛṇāṁ madhye paśyatāṁ kva jagāma sā

The ministers said: O lord, this wondrous event has never been seen or heard anywhere. Where has she gone, right before the eyes of so many people?

Verse 60 (padma.7.6.60)

कोऽपि जल्पति सा लक्ष्मीः शापेनागत्य भूतले । त्वदीयं सौधमेतर्हि स्वयमंतरधीयत

ko'pi jalpati sā lakṣmīḥ śāpenāgatya bhūtale tvadīyaṁ saudhametarhi svayamaṁtaradhīyata

Some say — she was Lakshmi herself, come to earth under a curse, and just now vanished of her own accord from your very palace.

Verse 61 (padma.7.6.61)

मायामयी सा रमणी मायया त्वद्गृहे स्थिता । मायां स्वकीयां दर्शित्वा गतेत्यन्ये वदंति वै

māyāmayī sā ramaṇī māyayā tvadgṛhe sthitā māyāṁ svakīyāṁ darśitvā gatetyanye vadaṁti vai

Others say — that woman was illusory, dwelling in your house by her own power of illusion, and having shown her own maya, has now departed.

Verse 62 (padma.7.6.62)

केचिद्वदंति रमणी सर्वलक्षणसंयुता । आगमिष्यति भूयोऽपि भगाङ्गो मघवा यतः

kecidvadaṁti ramaṇī sarvalakṣaṇasaṁyutā āgamiṣyati bhūyo'pi bhagāṅgo maghavā yataḥ

Some say — that woman, endowed with every auspicious mark, will return again, since Indra (Maghava) is fortunate,

Verse 63 (padma.7.6.63)

तन्मुखंचन्द्रवन्मत्वा विचिंत्यात्मानमात्मना । केचिद्वदंति चन्द्रेण नीता सुप्रतिपत्तये

tanmukhaṁcandravanmatvā viciṁtyātmānamātmanā kecidvadaṁti candreṇa nītā supratipattaye

deeming her face like the moon and reckoning himself her equal — some say it was the moon itself that took her, for its own good fortune.

Verse 64 (padma.7.6.64)

वदंति केऽपि सा कन्या सद्गुणा दीर्घवासना । भ्रान्त्या चन्द्रमसा ग्रस्ता पूर्णचंद्रनिभानना

vadaṁti ke'pi sā kanyā sadguṇā dīrghavāsanā bhrāntyā candramasā grastā pūrṇacaṁdranibhānanā

Some say — that maiden, virtuous and of lasting desire, was seized in error by the moon, mistaken for the moon itself, because of her moon-like face.

Verse 65 (padma.7.6.65)

दिग्गजैर्नलिनी भ्रान्त्या प्रफुल्लकमलानना । विषदण्डप्रहस्ता च नीरजा कलिकाकुचा

diggajairnalinī bhrāntyā praphullakamalānanā viṣadaṇḍaprahastā ca nīrajā kalikākucā

As the elephants of the directions, in error, might carry off a lotus-plant of the water — its face a full-blown lotus, its breasts like buds, its stalk a serpent's rod held in hand.

Verse 66 (padma.7.6.66)

केचिद्वदंति सृष्ट्वा सा स्रष्टुमन्यां स्त्रियं नृपं । तद्रूपादर्शनालोक्ये नीता रूपगुणास्थिता

kecidvadaṁti sṛṣṭvā sā sraṣṭumanyāṁ striyaṁ nṛpaṁ tadrūpādarśanālokye nītā rūpaguṇāsthitā

Some say — the Creator, having fashioned her, summoned her back to fashion another woman in her likeness; to behold her form, established in beauty and virtue, she was taken there.

Verse 67 (padma.7.6.67)

केचिद्वदंति भूपाल त्वया सर्वदिशो जिताः । रूपैर्दैवांगना जेतुं गता सा त्रिदिवं प्रति

kecidvadaṁti bhūpāla tvayā sarvadiśo jitāḥ rūpairdaivāṁganā jetuṁ gatā sā tridivaṁ prati

Some say — O king, when you conquered every direction, then, to rival her in beauty, that celestial nymph departed to heaven.

Verse 68 (padma.7.6.68)

अथ ते मंत्रिणोऽन्योन्यमालोक्येति मुखश्रियः । स्तब्धा इवाभवन्सर्वे निरुत्साहाः ससाध्वसाः

atha te maṁtriṇo'nyonyamālokyeti mukhaśriyaḥ stabdhā ivābhavansarve nirutsāhāḥ sasādhvasāḥ

Then those ministers, looking upon the splendor of one another's faces, all became as though stunned, devoid of courage, and struck with fear.

Verse 69 (padma.7.6.69)

भूपः सुलोचने पुत्रि क्व गतासि विहाय माम् । इत्युक्त्वा स महीपालः पृथिव्यां मूर्च्छितोऽपतत्

bhūpaḥ sulocane putri kva gatāsi vihāya mām ityuktvā sa mahīpālaḥ pṛthivyāṁ mūrcchito'patat

The king said: O daughter Sulochana, where have you gone, forsaking me? — having said this, that king fell fainting to the ground.

Verse 70 (padma.7.6.70)

राजानं पतितं दृष्ट्वा शोकेन महता ततः । जज्ञे हाहारवस्तस्मिन्नगरे द्विजसत्तम

rājānaṁ patitaṁ dṛṣṭvā śokena mahatā tataḥ jajñe hāhāravastasminnagare dvijasattama

O best of the twice-born, seeing the king fallen, then in that city there arose a great outcry of grief.

Verse 71 (padma.7.6.71)

तत्क्रंदनध्वनिं विप्र प्रतिश्रुत्वा च जायते । उत्प्रेक्षते तत्र लोके क्रंदंति ककुभो दश

tatkraṁdanadhvaniṁ vipra pratiśrutvā ca jāyate utprekṣate tatra loke kraṁdaṁti kakubho daśa

O brahmin, hearing the sound of that lament, it seemed to those who heard it, in that place, as though all ten directions themselves were weeping.

Verse 72 (padma.7.6.72)

धूलिधूसरतां गंतुं नृपतिं मुक्तकेशकम् । विधृत्य मंत्रिणः सर्वे तरसा सौधमाययुः

dhūlidhūsaratāṁ gaṁtuṁ nṛpatiṁ muktakeśakam vidhṛtya maṁtriṇaḥ sarve tarasā saudhamāyayuḥ

Grey with dust, his hair undone, the king was lifted up and swiftly brought by all the ministers into the palace.

Verse 73 (padma.7.6.73)

अथ विद्याधरस्तत्र श्रीविक्रमदेवजः । तस्याः पीठं समालिङ्ग्य रुरोद करुणस्वनैः

atha vidyādharastatra śrīvikramadevajaḥ tasyāḥ pīṭhaṁ samāliṅgya ruroda karuṇasvanaiḥ

Then there, the son of Sri Vikramadeva, that Vidyadhara, embracing her very seat, wept aloud with piteous sound.

Verse 74 (padma.7.6.74)

हा प्रिये चंचलापाङ्गि सुवर्णकुसुमप्रभे । शोकाब्धौ पातयित्वा मां क्व गतासि वरानने

hā priye caṁcalāpāṅgi suvarṇakusumaprabhe śokābdhau pātayitvā māṁ kva gatāsi varānane

Alas, beloved! O restless-eyed one, O one radiant as a golden flower! Casting me into an ocean of grief, where have you gone, O fair one?

Verse 75 (padma.7.6.75)

मम किं दूषणं दृष्टं त्वया निर्दोषया प्रिये । न ददासि कथं भद्रे दर्शनं कमलानने

mama kiṁ dūṣaṇaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ tvayā nirdoṣayā priye na dadāsi kathaṁ bhadre darśanaṁ kamalānane

O beloved, what fault, without fault yourself, have you found in me? O gentle one, O lotus-faced one, why do you not grant me your sight?

Verse 76 (padma.7.6.76)

न जीविष्याम्यंहं भद्रे क्षणमात्रं त्वया विना । अतो मे दर्शनं दत्वा क्रियतां प्राणरक्षणम्

na jīviṣyāmyaṁhaṁ bhadre kṣaṇamātraṁ tvayā vinā ato me darśanaṁ datvā kriyatāṁ prāṇarakṣaṇam

O gentle one, without you I shall not live even a moment; therefore, granting me your sight, save my very life.

Verse 77 (padma.7.6.77)

किं धनैः किं जनैः किं मे मित्रैः किं वा धनैर्गृहैः । नाप्नोमि यदि भद्रे त्वां प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसीम्

kiṁ dhanaiḥ kiṁ janaiḥ kiṁ me mitraiḥ kiṁ vā dhanairgṛhaiḥ nāpnomi yadi bhadre tvāṁ prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasīm

What use to me is wealth, or people, or friends, or wealth and homes, if I do not attain you, O gentle one, dearer to me than life itself?

Verse 78 (padma.7.6.78)

एतच्चान्यच्च विप्रर्षे स कृत्वा करुणं महत् । शोकान्मृत्युं विनिश्चिंत्य ययौ गङ्गाब्धिसङ्गमम्

etaccānyacca viprarṣe sa kṛtvā karuṇaṁ mahat śokānmṛtyuṁ viniściṁtya yayau gaṅgābdhisaṅgamam

O sage among brahmins, having spoken this and much else with the greatest anguish, he, resolved on death out of grief, went toward the confluence of the Ganga and the sea.

Verse 79 (padma.7.6.79)

तत्र गङ्गाम्भसि स्नात्वा समुद्रजलमिश्रिते । निवेद्य भास्करायार्घं गंगां नत्वाह मातरम्

tatra gaṅgāmbhasi snātvā samudrajalamiśrite nivedya bhāskarāyārghaṁ gaṁgāṁ natvāha mātaram

There, bathing in the Ganga's water mingled with the sea, offering libation to the sun, and bowing to Mother Ganga, he spoke thus.

Verse 80 (padma.7.6.80)

गंङ्गे देवि जगन्मातस्त्वज्जले विमले तनुम् । त्यजामि तां यथा भूयः प्राप्नोमि तत्करिष्यसि

gaṁṅge devi jaganmātastvajjale vimale tanum tyajāmi tāṁ yathā bhūyaḥ prāpnomi tatkariṣyasi

O Ganga, O goddess, O mother of the universe, I cast off this body in your pure water; grant that I may attain her once again.

Verse 81 (padma.7.6.81)

इति ब्रुवंतं तं विप्र तत्किंकरवरास्ततः । विधिं विनिन्युः सदृशं क्रुद्धा वीरवरस्य च

iti bruvaṁtaṁ taṁ vipra tatkiṁkaravarāstataḥ vidhiṁ vininyuḥ sadṛśaṁ kruddhā vīravarasya ca

O brahmin, hearing him speak thus, the foremost servants of that Viravara, in wrath, bound him in fitting restraint.

Verse 82 (padma.7.6.82)

ततो वीरवरः प्राह कस्त्वं भोः कुत आगतः । कथमत्र तनुत्यागं कुरुषे तद्वदस्व मे

tato vīravaraḥ prāha kastvaṁ bhoḥ kuta āgataḥ kathamatra tanutyāgaṁ kuruṣe tadvadasva me

Then Viravara asked — who are you, whence have you come? Why do you undertake to cast off your body in this way? Tell me this.

Verse 83 (padma.7.6.83)

तद्वाक्यमेतदाकर्ण्य ततो विद्याधरोऽखिलाम् । तां कथां कथयामास शृण्वतां विस्मयप्रदाम्

tadvākyametadākarṇya tato vidyādharo'khilām tāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa śṛṇvatāṁ vismayapradām

Hearing his words, that Vidyadhara began to tell that entire story, a wonder to all who heard it.

Verse 84 (padma.7.6.84)

अथ त्वं मूर्खलोकानां प्रवरोसि न संशयः । गान्धर्वी राक्षसी वापि पन्नगी वापि किन्नरी

atha tvaṁ mūrkhalokānāṁ pravarosi na saṁśayaḥ gāndharvī rākṣasī vāpi pannagī vāpi kinnarī

"You too are, without doubt, the foremost of fools — whether she was a Gandharva woman, or a rakshasi, or a serpent-woman, or a Kinnari,

Verse 85 (padma.7.6.85)

शापागतेव सा कन्या तस्मादन्तर्हिता स्वयम् । सा देवरूपिणी कन्या देवानां निलयं गता

śāpāgateva sā kanyā tasmādantarhitā svayam sā devarūpiṇī kanyā devānāṁ nilayaṁ gatā

that maiden, seized by a curse, vanished of her own accord; that maiden of divine form has gone to the abode of the gods.

Verse 86 (padma.7.6.86)

कथं तया समं भूयो दर्शनं ते भविष्यति । चकोरपेयं पीयूषं गगने रोहिणीपतेः

kathaṁ tayā samaṁ bhūyo darśanaṁ te bhaviṣyati cakorapeyaṁ pīyūṣaṁ gagane rohiṇīpateḥ

Now how shall you ever meet her again? The nectar of the moon, stationed in the sky, only the chakora bird can drink —

Verse 87 (padma.7.6.87)

किं शक्नुवंति तं पापा वायसा बलिनोऽपि च । यदप्राप्यं न तत्प्राप्यं प्राप्यं यत्तच्च लभ्यते

kiṁ śaknuvaṁti taṁ pāpā vāyasā balino'pi ca yadaprāpyaṁ na tatprāpyaṁ prāpyaṁ yattacca labhyate

can even mighty but wicked crows attain it? What is unattainable is not attained; what is attainable, that alone is attained —

Verse 88 (padma.7.6.88)

जानंति तज्जनं कश्चिन्मोहं प्रति न गच्छति । केनापि दीयते कन्या कन्या केनापि गृह्यते

jānaṁti tajjanaṁ kaścinmohaṁ prati na gacchati kenāpi dīyate kanyā kanyā kenāpi gṛhyate

whoever knows this never falls into delusion. By one man a maiden is given, by another a maiden is taken —

Verse 89 (padma.7.6.89)

पूर्वजन्मनि या कन्या तां कन्यां लभते पतिः । पुत्रप्रयोजना भार्या पुत्राः पिण्डप्रयोजनाः

pūrvajanmani yā kanyā tāṁ kanyāṁ labhate patiḥ putraprayojanā bhāryā putrāḥ piṇḍaprayojanāḥ

whatever maiden was one's own in a former birth, that same maiden the husband attains in this. A wife is the means to a son, sons are the means to the offering of the ancestral rite,

Verse 90 (padma.7.6.90)

कुर्वंति दारग्रहणमतएव मनीषिणः । यथेह दीयते नार्या तथा नारी समश्नुते

kurvaṁti dāragrahaṇamataeva manīṣiṇaḥ yatheha dīyate nāryā tathā nārī samaśnute

and it is for this that the wise take a wife. Just as here a woman is given, so too a woman is attained.

Verse 91 (padma.7.6.91)

क्रंदन्रजन्यामप्येष भृङ्गः कुमुदिनीं सहेत् । सद्रूपोऽपि पतिः स्त्रीणां संतोषाय भवेन्नहि

kraṁdanrajanyāmapyeṣa bhṛṅgaḥ kumudinīṁ sahet sadrūpo'pi patiḥ strīṇāṁ saṁtoṣāya bhavennahi

This bee, weeping even through the night, endures only the night-lotus; even a husband of handsome form is not enough to bring women contentment.

Verse 92 (padma.7.6.92)

रवौ स्थितेऽपि पद्मिन्या मधूनि भ्रमरः पिबेत् । नारीषु सततं चित्तं विष्णुभक्तिष्वनादरः

ravau sthite'pi padminyā madhūni bhramaraḥ pibet nārīṣu satataṁ cittaṁ viṣṇubhaktiṣvanādaraḥ

Even with the sun risen, the bee still drinks the honey of the lotus; a mind ever attached to women, and contempt for devotion to Vishnu —

Verse 93 (padma.7.6.93)

शोकैः कैश्चित्तनुत्यागस्तिस्रः पुंसां विडंबनाः । दाराः पुत्रास्तथा भ्राता देशाश्च बांधवास्तथा

śokaiḥ kaiścittanutyāgastisraḥ puṁsāṁ viḍaṁbanāḥ dārāḥ putrāstathā bhrātā deśāśca bāṁdhavāstathā

casting off the body over one grief or another — these are, for men, three kinds of self-deceit. Wife, sons, brother, homeland, and kinsfolk —

Verse 94 (padma.7.6.94)

पुनर्लभ्या इमे सर्वे पुनर्लभ्या न चासवः । न मुक्तो विषयो धर्मो न च कर्म कृतं त्वया

punarlabhyā ime sarve punarlabhyā na cāsavaḥ na mukto viṣayo dharmo na ca karma kṛtaṁ tvayā

all these can be regained, but life, once lost, is not regained; you have neither renounced any object of enjoyment, nor performed any deed of dharma.

Verse 95 (padma.7.6.95)

वर्तमाने गते मूढ भविष्यं जन्म दुर्ल्लभम् । मम माता मम पिता भार्या भ्राता धनं मम

vartamāne gate mūḍha bhaviṣyaṁ janma durllabham mama mātā mama pitā bhāryā bhrātā dhanaṁ mama

O fool, what is possible in this present birth becomes hard to attain in a future birth. My mother, my father, my wife, my brother, my wealth —

Verse 96 (padma.7.6.96)

निष्फलं याति वै जन्म नृणां ममतया तया । एवं प्रबोधितः सम्यक्तेन धीरवरेण सः

niṣphalaṁ yāti vai janma nṛṇāṁ mamatayā tayā evaṁ prabodhitaḥ samyaktena dhīravareṇa saḥ

on account of such attachment, men's very births go to waste, unfulfilled. Thus well instructed by that foremost of the steadfast, he,

Verse 97 (padma.7.6.97)

दौर्मनस्यं परित्यज्य तस्थौ तत्रैव जैमिने । ततस्तु गन्धिनी प्रीत्या हसंती स्वगृहं गता

daurmanasyaṁ parityajya tasthau tatraiva jaimine tatastu gandhinī prītyā hasaṁtī svagṛhaṁ gatā

O Jaimini, abandoning his despondency, remained there. Then that Gandhini, laughing with delight, went to her own home.

Verse 98 (padma.7.6.98)

गत्वा च माधवं मंचे स्वपंतं सा ददर्श ह । गन्धिन्युवाच- उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ दुर्बुद्धे भ्रमस्ते विफलोऽभवत्

gatvā ca mādhavaṁ maṁce svapaṁtaṁ sā dadarśa ha gandhinyuvāca- uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha durbuddhe bhramaste viphalo'bhavat

Going there, she saw Madhava asleep on the couch. Gandhini said: get up, get up, O foolish one! Your whole wandering has come to nothing.

Verse 99 (padma.7.6.99)

विवाहकाले सा कन्या बभूवांतर्हिता स्वयम् । एवं तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा समुत्तस्थौ स माधवः

vivāhakāle sā kanyā babhūvāṁtarhitā svayam evaṁ tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā samuttasthau sa mādhavaḥ

At the very time of the wedding, that maiden vanished of her own accord. Hearing her words, Madhava at once rose up,

Verse 100 (padma.7.6.100)

विललापाकुलः शोकैर्महद्भिः क्ष्मातले लुठन् । कन्याया दूषणं नास्ति नास्ति विद्याधरस्य वा

vilalāpākulaḥ śokairmahadbhiḥ kṣmātale luṭhan kanyāyā dūṣaṇaṁ nāsti nāsti vidyādharasya vā

and, overcome with great grief, rolling upon the ground, began to lament — the fault in this lies neither with that maiden, nor with that Vidyadhara.