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Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 1

DB 2 1.1

मस्त्यगन्धोत्पत्तिवर्णनम् ऋषय ऊचुः आश्चर्यकरमेतत्ते वचनं गर्भहेतुकम् । सन्देहोऽत्र समुत्पन्नः सर्वेषां नस्तपस्विनाम् द्वितीयस्कन्धे मस्त्यगन्धोत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः

mastyagandhotpattivarṇanam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ āścaryakarametatte vacanaṃ garbhahetukam | sandeho'tra samutpannaḥ sarveṣāṃ nastapasvinām dvitīyaskandhe mastyagandhotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

The description of the origin of Matsyagandhā. The seers said: This statement of yours concerning the cause of the pregnancy is astonishing; a doubt has arisen here in all of us ascetics. In the second book, the first chapter, named 'The Description of the Origin of Matsyagandhā'.

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DB 2 1.2

माता व्यासस्य मेधाविन्नाम्ना सत्यवतीति च । विवाहिता पुरा ज्ञाता राज्ञा शन्तनुना यथा

mātā vyāsasya medhāvinnāmnā satyavatīti ca | vivāhitā purā jñātā rājñā śantanunā yathā

The mother of Vyāsa, O wise one, was known by the name Satyavatī, and (she was) formerly married by king Śantanu, as (you said).

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DB 2 1.3

तस्याः पुत्रः कथं व्यासः सती स्वभवने स्थिता । ईदृशी सा कथं राज्ञा पुनः शन्तनुना वृता

tasyāḥ putraḥ kathaṃ vyāsaḥ satī svabhavane sthitā | īdṛśī sā kathaṃ rājñā punaḥ śantanunā vṛtā

How is Vyāsa her son, when as a chaste woman she stayed in her own house? And being such, how was she in turn taken by king Śantanu?

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DB 2 1.4

तस्यां पुत्रावुभौ जातौ तत्त्वं कथय सुव्रत । विस्तरेण महाभाग कथां परमपावनीम्

tasyāṃ putrāvubhau jātau tattvaṃ kathaya suvrata | vistareṇa mahābhāga kathāṃ paramapāvanīm

And two sons were born to her—tell the truth of it, O you of good vows; tell at length, O greatly fortunate one, this supremely purifying story.

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DB 2 1.5

उत्पत्तिं वद व्यासस्य सत्यवत्यास्तथा पुनः । श्रोतुकामाः पुनः सर्वे ऋषयः संशितव्रताः

utpattiṃ vada vyāsasya satyavatyāstathā punaḥ | śrotukāmāḥ punaḥ sarve ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

Tell (us) the birth of Vyāsa, and again that of Satyavatī; all the sages of firm vows desire to hear it once more.

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DB 2 1.6

सूत उवाच प्रणम्य परमां शक्तिं चतुर्वर्गप्रदायिनीम् । आदिशक्तिं वदिष्यामि कथां पौराणिकीं शुभाम्

sūta uvāca praṇamya paramāṃ śaktiṃ caturvargapradāyinīm | ādiśaktiṃ vadiṣyāmi kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām

Sūta said: Bowing to the supreme Power, giver of the four aims, the primal Śakti, I shall relate the auspicious tale of the Purāṇas.

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DB 2 1.7

यस्योच्चारणमात्रेण सिद्धिर्भवति शाश्वती । व्याजेनापि हि बीजस्य वाग्भवस्य विशेषतः

yasyoccāraṇamātreṇa siddhirbhavati śāśvatī | vyājenāpi hi bījasya vāgbhavasya viśeṣataḥ

By the mere utterance of whom eternal attainment comes about — even if uttered on a pretext — especially of the seed-syllable that arises from speech (vāgbhava),

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DB 2 1.8

सम्यक् सर्वात्मना सर्वैः सर्वकामार्थसिद्धये । स्मर्तव्या सर्वथा देवी वाञ्छितार्थप्रदायिनी

samyak sarvātmanā sarvaiḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhaye | smartavyā sarvathā devī vāñchitārthapradāyinī

the Goddess who bestows the desired object is in every way to be remembered rightly, with one's whole being, by all, for the accomplishment of every wish and aim.

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DB 2 1.9

राजोपरिचरो नाम धार्मिकः सत्यसङ्गरः । चेदिदेशपतिः श्रीमान् बभूव द्विजपूजकः

rājoparicaro nāma dhārmikaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | cedideśapatiḥ śrīmān babhūva dvijapūjakaḥ

There was a king named Uparicara, righteous, true to his promises, lord of the Cedi country, illustrious, a worshipper of brahmins.

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DB 2 1.10

तपसा तस्य तुष्टेन विमानं स्फाटिकं शुभम् । दत्तमिन्द्रेण तत्तस्मै सुन्दरं प्रियकाम्यया

tapasā tasya tuṣṭena vimānaṃ sphāṭikaṃ śubham | dattamindreṇa tattasmai sundaraṃ priyakāmyayā

Pleased by his austerity, Indra gave him that beautiful, auspicious crystal aerial car, out of a wish to please him.

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DB 2 1.11

तेनारूढस्तु सर्वत्र याति दिव्येन भूपतिः । न भूमावुपरिस्थोऽसौ तेनोपरिचरो वसुः

tenārūḍhastu sarvatra yāti divyena bhūpatiḥ | na bhūmāvuparistho'sau tenoparicaro vasuḥ

Mounted on that divine (car) the king went everywhere; he was not on the earth but stationed above it, and therefore Vasu (was called) Uparicara ('moving above').

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DB 2 1.12

विख्यातः सर्वलोकेषु धर्मनित्यः स भूपतिः । तस्य भार्या वरारोहा गिरिका नाम सुन्दरी

vikhyātaḥ sarvalokeṣu dharmanityaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ | tasya bhāryā varārohā girikā nāma sundarī

That king, ever devoted to dharma, was renowned in all the worlds; his wife was a beautiful woman named Girikā, with lovely hips.

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DB 2 1.13

पुत्राश्चास्य महावीर्याः पञ्चासन्नमितौजसः । पृथग्देशेषु राजानः स्थापितास्तेन भूभुजा

putrāścāsya mahāvīryāḥ pañcāsannamitaujasaḥ | pṛthagdeśeṣu rājānaḥ sthāpitāstena bhūbhujā

And he had five sons of great valour and immeasurable might; they were installed as kings in separate countries by that ruler of the earth.

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DB 2 1.14

वसोस्तु पत्नी गिरिका कामान् काले न्यवेदयत् । ऋतुकालमनुप्राप्ता स्नाता पुंसवने शुचिः

vasostu patnī girikā kāmān kāle nyavedayat | ṛtukālamanuprāptā snātā puṃsavane śuciḥ

Now Vasu's wife Girikā made known her desire at the (proper) time: her fertile season having arrived, she had bathed and was pure, (ready) for the begetting of a son.

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DB 2 1.15

तदहः पितरश्चैनमूचुर्जहि मृगानिति । तच्छुत्वा चिन्तयामास भार्यामृतुमतीं तथा

tadahaḥ pitaraścainamūcurjahi mṛgāniti | tacchutvā cintayāmāsa bhāryāmṛtumatīṃ tathā

But on that very day his fathers (the ancestors) said to him, "Kill deer (for us)." Hearing that, he thought of his wife in her fertile season.

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DB 2 1.16

पितृवाक्यं गुरुं मत्वा कर्तव्यमिति निश्चितम् । चचार मृगयां राजा गिरिकां मनसा स्मरन्

pitṛvākyaṃ guruṃ matvā kartavyamiti niścitam | cacāra mṛgayāṃ rājā girikāṃ manasā smaran

Holding his fathers' word to be weighty, and resolving that it must be done, the king went hunting, remembering Girikā in his mind.

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DB 2 1.17

वने स्थितः स राजर्षिश्चित्ते सस्मार भामिनीम् । अतीव रूपसम्पन्नां साक्षाच्छ्रियमिवापराम्

vane sthitaḥ sa rājarṣiścitte sasmāra bhāminīm | atīva rūpasampannāṃ sākṣācchriyamivāparām

Staying in the forest, that royal sage remembered in his heart that lovely woman, exceedingly endowed with beauty, like a second Śrī in visible form.

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DB 2 1.18

तस्य रेतः प्रचस्कन्द स्मरतस्तां च कामिनीम् । वटपत्रे तु तद्राजा स्कन्नमात्रं समाक्षिपत्

tasya retaḥ pracaskanda smaratastāṃ ca kāminīm | vaṭapatre tu tadrājā skannamātraṃ samākṣipat

As he thought of that desirable woman his semen fell forth; and the king caught the fallen (semen), just that much, on a banyan leaf.

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DB 2 1.19

इदं वृथा परिस्कन्नं रेतो वै न भवेत्कथम् । ऋतुकालं च विज्ञाय मतिं चक्रे नृपस्तदा

idaṃ vṛthā pariskannaṃ reto vai na bhavetkatham | ṛtukālaṃ ca vijñāya matiṃ cakre nṛpastadā

"How may this semen, spilled in vain, not be (wasted)?" — and knowing (that it was) her fertile season, the king then made up his mind.

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DB 2 1.20

अमोघं सर्वथा वीर्यं मम चैतन्न संशयः । प्रियायै प्रेषयाम्येतदिति बुद्धिमकल्पयत्

amoghaṃ sarvathā vīryaṃ mama caitanna saṃśayaḥ | priyāyai preṣayāmyetaditi buddhimakalpayat

"This virile seed of mine is in every way not fruitless, there is no doubt; I shall send it to my beloved" — thus he formed his plan.

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DB 2 1.21

शुक्रप्रस्थापने कालं महिष्याः प्रसमीक्ष्य सः । अभिमन्त्र्याथ तद्वीर्यं वटपर्णपुटे कृतम्

śukraprasthāpane kālaṃ mahiṣyāḥ prasamīkṣya saḥ | abhimantryātha tadvīryaṃ vaṭaparṇapuṭe kṛtam

Considering the time for dispatching the semen to the queen, he then consecrated with mantras that seed placed in a cup of banyan leaf,

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DB 2 1.22

पार्श्वस्थं श्येनमाभाष्य राजोवाच द्विजं प्रति । गृहाणेदं महाभाग गच्छ शीघ्रं गृहं मम

pārśvasthaṃ śyenamābhāṣya rājovāca dvijaṃ prati | gṛhāṇedaṃ mahābhāga gaccha śīghraṃ gṛhaṃ mama

and addressing a hawk that stood nearby, the king said to that twice-born (bird): "Take this, O greatly fortunate one, go quickly to my house."

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DB 2 1.23

मत्प्रियार्थमिदं सौम्य गृहीत्वा त्वं गृहं नय । गिरिकायै प्रयच्छाशु तस्यास्त्वार्तवमद्य वै

matpriyārthamidaṃ saumya gṛhītvā tvaṃ gṛhaṃ naya | girikāyai prayacchāśu tasyāstvārtavamadya vai

"For the sake of my beloved, gentle one, take this and carry it to the house; give it at once to Girikā, for today is her fertile time."

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DB 2 1.24

सूत उवाच इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ पर्णं श्येनाय नृपसत्तमः । स गृहीत्वोत्पपाताशु गगनं गतिवित्तमः

sūta uvāca ityuktvā pradadau parṇaṃ śyenāya nṛpasattamaḥ | sa gṛhītvotpapātāśu gaganaṃ gativittamaḥ

Sūta said: Having said this, the best of kings gave the leaf to the hawk; and it, taking it, at once flew up into the sky, most skilled in flight.

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DB 2 1.25

गच्छन्तं गगनं श्येनं धृत्वा चञ्चुपुटे पुटम् । तमपश्यदथायान्तं खगं श्येनस्तथापरः

gacchantaṃ gaganaṃ śyenaṃ dhṛtvā cañcupuṭe puṭam | tamapaśyadathāyāntaṃ khagaṃ śyenastathāparaḥ

Another hawk then saw that bird going through the sky, holding the packet in the pouch of its beak, as it came along.

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DB 2 1.26

आमिषं स तु विज्ञाय शीघ्रमभ्यद्रवत्खगम् । तुण्डयुद्धमथाकाशे तावुभौ सम्प्रचक्रतुः

āmiṣaṃ sa tu vijñāya śīghramabhyadravatkhagam | tuṇḍayuddhamathākāśe tāvubhau sampracakratuḥ

But recognizing it as meat, it swiftly rushed at the bird; then the two of them made a beak-battle in the sky.

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DB 2 1.27

युद्ध्यतोरपतद्रेतस्तज्जापि यमुनाम्भसि । खगौ तौ निर्गतौ कामं पुटके पतिते तदा

yuddhyatorapatadretastajjāpi yamunāmbhasi | khagau tau nirgatau kāmaṃ puṭake patite tadā

As the two fought, that semen fell into the water of the Yamunā; and when the packet had fallen, the two birds went off wherever they pleased.

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DB 2 1.28

एतस्मिन्समये काचिद्अद्रिका नाम चाप्सराः । ब्राह्मणं समनुप्राप्तं सन्ध्यावन्दनतत्परम्

etasminsamaye kācidadrikā nāma cāpsarāḥ | brāhmaṇaṃ samanuprāptaṃ sandhyāvandanatatparam

At this time a certain apsaras named Adrikā (saw) a brahmin who had come there, intent on his twilight worship;

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DB 2 1.29

कुर्वन्ती जलकेलिं सा जले मग्ना चचार सा । जग्राह चरणं नारी द्विजस्य वरवर्णिनी

kurvantī jalakeliṃ sā jale magnā cacāra sā | jagrāha caraṇaṃ nārī dvijasya varavarṇinī

sporting in the water, she plunged in and moved about in the water; and that woman of lovely hue seized the twice-born's foot.

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DB 2 1.30

प्राणायामपरः सोऽथ दृष्ट्वा तां कामचारिणीम् । शशाप भव मत्स्यी त्वं ध्यानविघ्नकरी यतः

prāṇāyāmaparaḥ so'tha dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kāmacāriṇīm | śaśāpa bhava matsyī tvaṃ dhyānavighnakarī yataḥ

Then he, engaged in breath-control, seeing her moving about at her pleasure, cursed (her): "Become a fish, since you cause obstruction to my meditation."

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DB 2 1.31

सा शप्ता विप्रमुख्येन बभूव यमुनाचरी । शफरी रूपसम्पन्ना ह्यद्रिका च वराप्सराः

sā śaptā vipramukhyena babhūva yamunācarī | śapharī rūpasampannā hyadrikā ca varāpsarāḥ

Cursed by that foremost of brahmins, she became a dweller in the Yamunā, a śapharī fish endowed with beauty — she, Adrikā, the excellent apsaras.

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DB 2 1.32

श्येनपादपरिभ्रष्टं तच्छुक्रमथ वासवी । जग्राह तरसाभ्येत्य साद्रिका मत्स्यरूपिणी

śyenapādaparibhraṣṭaṃ tacchukramatha vāsavī | jagrāha tarasābhyetya sādrikā matsyarūpiṇī

Then that semen which had slipped from the hawk's foot, she of Vāsava (Indra's realm) — that Adrikā in fish form — came swiftly and swallowed it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 2 1.33

अथ कालेन कियता मत्स्यीं तां मत्स्यजीवनः । सम्प्राप्ते दशमे मासि बबन्ध तां मनोरमाम्

atha kālena kiyatā matsyīṃ tāṃ matsyajīvanaḥ | samprāpte daśame māsi babandha tāṃ manoramām

Then, after some time, when the tenth month had arrived, a fisherman caught that charming fish.

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DB 2 1.34

उदरं विददाराशु स तस्या मत्स्यजीवनः । युग्मं विनिःसृतं तस्मादुदरान्मानुषाकृति

udaraṃ vidadārāśu sa tasyā matsyajīvanaḥ | yugmaṃ viniḥsṛtaṃ tasmādudarānmānuṣākṛti

That fisherman quickly cut open her belly, and out of that belly came a pair of human form.

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DB 2 1.35

बालः कुमारः सुभगस्तथा कन्या शुभानना । दृष्ट्वाश्चर्यमिदं सोऽथ विस्मयं परमं गतः

bālaḥ kumāraḥ subhagastathā kanyā śubhānanā | dṛṣṭvāścaryamidaṃ so'tha vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

A boy, a handsome youth, and likewise a girl with a lovely face; then, seeing this marvel, he was struck with the utmost amazement.

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DB 2 1.36

राज्ञे निवेदयामास पुत्रौ द्वौ तु झषोद्भवौ । राजापि विस्मयाविष्टः सुतं जग्राह तं शुभम्

rājñe nivedayāmāsa putrau dvau tu jhaṣodbhavau | rājāpi vismayāviṣṭaḥ sutaṃ jagrāha taṃ śubham

He announced to the king the two children born from the fish; and the king too, filled with amazement, took that auspicious son.

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DB 2 1.37

स मत्स्यो नाम राजासौ धार्मिकः सत्यसङ्गरः । वसुपुत्रो महातेजाः पित्रा तुल्यपराक्रमः

sa matsyo nāma rājāsau dhārmikaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | vasuputro mahātejāḥ pitrā tulyaparākramaḥ

He was that king named Matsya, righteous, true to his engagements, the son of Vasu, of great splendour, equal in valour to his father.

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DB 2 1.38

कालिका वसुना दत्ता तरसा जलजीविने । नाम्ना कालीति विख्याता तथा मत्स्योदरीति च

kālikā vasunā dattā tarasā jalajīvine | nāmnā kālīti vikhyātā tathā matsyodarīti ca

The girl Kālikā was straightway given by Vasu to the fisherman; she was known by the name Kālī, and also as Matsyodarī ("fish-bellied").

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DB 2 1.39

मत्स्यगन्धेति नाम्ना वै गणेन समजायत । विवर्धमाना दाशस्य गृहे सा वासवी शुभा

matsyagandheti nāmnā vai gaṇena samajāyata | vivardhamānā dāśasya gṛhe sā vāsavī śubhā

And by the name Matsyagandhā ("fish-scented") she became (known) among the people; growing up in the fisherman's house, that auspicious daughter of Vasu.

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DB 2 1.40

ऋषय ऊचुः अद्रिका मुनिना शप्ता मत्स्यी जाता वराप्सराः । विदारिता च दाशेन मृता च भक्षिता पुनः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ adrikā muninā śaptā matsyī jātā varāpsarāḥ | vidāritā ca dāśena mṛtā ca bhakṣitā punaḥ

The seers said: Adrikā, the excellent apsaras, cursed by the sage, was born as a fish; and she was cut open by the fisherman, and died, and moreover was eaten.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 1.41

किं बभूव पुनस्तस्या अप्सराया वदस्व तत् । शापस्यान्तं कथं सूत कथं स्वर्गमवाप सा

kiṃ babhūva punastasyā apsarāyā vadasva tat | śāpasyāntaṃ kathaṃ sūta kathaṃ svargamavāpa sā

Tell us what then became of that apsaras: how was the end of her curse, Sūta, and how did she attain heaven?

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DB 2 1.42

सूत उवाच शप्ता यदा सा मुनिना विस्मिता सम्बभूव ह । स्तुतिं चकार विप्रस्य दीनेव रुदती तदा

sūta uvāca śaptā yadā sā muninā vismitā sambabhūva ha | stutiṃ cakāra viprasya dīneva rudatī tadā

Sūta said: When she was cursed by the sage she was struck with dismay, and then, weeping like a wretched woman, she made praise of the brahmin.

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DB 2 1.43

दयावान्ब्राह्मणः प्राह तां तदा रुदतीं स्त्रियम् । मा शोकं कुरु कल्याणि शापान्तं ते वदाम्यहम्

dayāvānbrāhmaṇaḥ prāha tāṃ tadā rudatīṃ striyam | mā śokaṃ kuru kalyāṇi śāpāntaṃ te vadāmyaham

The compassionate brahmin then said to that weeping woman: "Do not grieve, good lady; I shall tell you the end of your curse.

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DB 2 1.44

मत्कोधशापयोगेन मत्स्ययोनिं गता शुभे । मानुषौ जनयित्वा त्वं शापमोक्षमवाप्स्यसि

matkodhaśāpayogena matsyayoniṃ gatā śubhe | mānuṣau janayitvā tvaṃ śāpamokṣamavāpsyasi

By the operation of my angry curse you have gone to the birth of a fish, O fair one; having given birth to two human beings, you will obtain release from the curse."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 1.45

इत्युक्ता तेन सा प्राप मत्स्यदेहं नदीजले । बालकौ जनयित्वा सा मृता मुक्ता च शापतः

ityuktā tena sā prāpa matsyadehaṃ nadījale | bālakau janayitvā sā mṛtā muktā ca śāpataḥ

Thus addressed by him, she took on a fish's body in the water of the river; and having given birth to the two children, she died and was released from the curse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 1.46

सन्त्यज्य रूपं मत्स्यस्य दिव्यरूपमवाप्य च । जगामामरमार्गं च शापान्ते वरवर्णिनी

santyajya rūpaṃ matsyasya divyarūpamavāpya ca | jagāmāmaramārgaṃ ca śāpānte varavarṇinī

Abandoning the fish's form and obtaining a divine form, the lady of lovely complexion went by the path of the immortals at the ending of the curse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 1.47

एवं जाता वरा पुत्री मत्स्यगन्धा वरानना । पुत्रीव पाल्यमाना सा दाशगेहे व्यवर्धत

evaṃ jātā varā putrī matsyagandhā varānanā | putrīva pālyamānā sā dāśagehe vyavardhata

Thus was born the excellent daughter, Matsyagandhā ("Fish-scented"), fair of face; being reared like a daughter, she grew up in the fisherman's house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 1.48

मत्स्यगन्धा तदा जाता किशोरी चातिसुप्रभा । तस्य कार्याणि कुर्वाणा वासवी चातिसुप्रभा

matsyagandhā tadā jātā kiśorī cātisuprabhā | tasya kāryāṇi kurvāṇā vāsavī cātisuprabhā

Then Matsyagandhā became a maiden of very great radiance, doing his tasks — Vāsavī, of very great radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition