Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 21
DB 6 21.1
राजपुत्र्याः एकावल्याः वर्णनम् व्यास उवाच जातकर्मादिसंस्कारांश्चकार नृपतिस्तदा । दिने दिने जगामाशु वृद्धिं बालः सुलालितः
rājaputryāḥ ekāvalyāḥ varṇanam vyāsa uvāca jātakarmādisaṃskārāṃścakāra nṛpatistadā | dine dine jagāmāśu vṛddhiṃ bālaḥ sulālitaḥ
The description of the princess Ekāvalī. Vyāsa said: Then the king performed the birth-rites and the other sacraments; day by day the well-cherished boy grew rapidly.
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DB 6 21.2
नृपः संसारजं प्राप्य सुखं पुत्रसभुद्भवम् । ऋणत्रयविमोक्षं च मेने तेन महात्मना
nṛpaḥ saṃsārajaṃ prāpya sukhaṃ putrasabhudbhavam | ṛṇatrayavimokṣaṃ ca mene tena mahātmanā
The king, having obtained worldly happiness arising from a son, considered himself also freed from the three debts through that great-souled one.
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DB 6 21.3
षष्ठेऽन्नप्राशनं तस्य कृत्वा मासि यथाविधि । तृतीयेऽथ तथा वर्षे चूडाकरणमुत्तमम्
ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśanaṃ tasya kṛtvā māsi yathāvidhi | tṛtīye'tha tathā varṣe cūḍākaraṇamuttamam
Having performed his first feeding of rice in the sixth month according to rule, and then in the third year the excellent tonsure ceremony —
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DB 6 21.4
चकार ब्राह्मणान् द्रव्यैः सम्पूज्य विविधैर्धनैः । गोभिश्च विविधैर्दानैर्याचकानितरानपि
cakāra brāhmaṇān dravyaiḥ sampūjya vividhairdhanaiḥ | gobhiśca vividhairdānairyācakānitarānapi
(He) did (this), honouring the brahmins with goods and with various kinds of wealth, and also other petitioners with cows and with gifts of many sorts.
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DB 6 21.5
वर्षे चैकादशे तस्य मौञ्जीबन्धनकर्म वै । कारयित्वा धनुर्वेदमध्यापयत पार्थिवः
varṣe caikādaśe tasya mauñjībandhanakarma vai | kārayitvā dhanurvedamadhyāpayata pārthivaḥ
And in his eleventh year, having had the rite of binding the girdle of muñja grass performed, the king had (him) taught the science of archery.
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DB 6 21.6
अधीतवेदं पुत्रं तं राजधर्मविशारदम् । दृष्ट्वा तस्याभिषेकाय मतिं चक्रे जनाधिपः
adhītavedaṃ putraṃ taṃ rājadharmaviśāradam | dṛṣṭvā tasyābhiṣekāya matiṃ cakre janādhipaḥ
Seeing that son, who had studied the Vedas and was skilled in the duties of a king, the lord of men made up his mind to consecrate him.
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DB 6 21.7
पुष्यार्कयोगसंयुक्ते दिवसे नृपसत्तमः । कारयामास सम्भारानभिषेकार्थमादरात्
puṣyārkayogasaṃyukte divase nṛpasattamaḥ | kārayāmāsa sambhārānabhiṣekārthamādarāt
On a day joined with the conjunction of Puṣya and the sun, that best of kings had the materials for the consecration carefully prepared.
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DB 6 21.8
द्विजानाहूय वेदज्ञान् सर्वशास्त्रविचक्षणान् । अभिषेकं चकारासौ विधिवत् स्वात्मजस्य ह
dvijānāhūya vedajñān sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇān | abhiṣekaṃ cakārāsau vidhivat svātmajasya ha
Summoning twice-born men who knew the Vedas and were expert in all the scriptures, he performed the consecration of his own son according to the rule.
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DB 6 21.9
जलमानीय तीर्थेभ्यः सागरेभ्यश्च पार्थिवः । स्वयं चकार विथिवदभिषेकं शुभे दिने
jalamānīya tīrthebhyaḥ sāgarebhyaśca pārthivaḥ | svayaṃ cakāra vithivadabhiṣekaṃ śubhe dine
Having brought water from the sacred fords and from the oceans, the king himself performed the consecration according to the rule on an auspicious day.
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DB 6 21.10
धनं दत्त्वाथ विप्रेभ्यो राज्यं पुत्रे निवेश्य सः । जगाम वनमेवाशु स्वर्गकामः स भूपतिः
dhanaṃ dattvātha viprebhyo rājyaṃ putre niveśya saḥ | jagāma vanamevāśu svargakāmaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ
Then, having given wealth to the brahmins and installed the kingdom in his son, that lord of the earth, desiring heaven, went at once to the forest.
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DB 6 21.11
एकवीरं नृपं कृत्वा सम्मान्य सचिवानथ । भार्यया सह भूपालः प्रविवेश वनं वशी
ekavīraṃ nṛpaṃ kṛtvā sammānya sacivānatha | bhāryayā saha bhūpālaḥ praviveśa vanaṃ vaśī
Having made Ekavīra king and honoured the ministers, the self-controlled ruler of the earth entered the forest together with his wife.
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DB 6 21.12
मैनाकशिखरे राजा कृत्वा तार्तीयमाश्रमम् । नित्यं पत्रफलाहारश्चिन्तयामास पार्वतीम्
mainākaśikhare rājā kṛtvā tārtīyamāśramam | nityaṃ patraphalāhāraścintayāmāsa pārvatīm
On the peak of Maināka the king made his third hermitage, and living always on leaves and fruit he meditated on Pārvatī.
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DB 6 21.13
एवं स नृपतिः कृत्वा दिष्टान्ते सह भार्यया । मृतोऽसौ वासवं लोकं गतः पुण्येन कर्मणा
evaṃ sa nṛpatiḥ kṛtvā diṣṭānte saha bhāryayā | mṛto'sau vāsavaṃ lokaṃ gataḥ puṇyena karmaṇā
Thus that king, having acted (so), died together with his wife at the appointed end, and by his meritorious deeds went to the world of Indra.
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DB 6 21.14
इन्द्रलोकं पिता प्राप्त इति श्रुत्वाथ हैहयः । चकार वेदनिर्दिष्टं कर्म चैवौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
indralokaṃ pitā prāpta iti śrutvātha haihayaḥ | cakāra vedanirdiṣṭaṃ karma caivaurdhvadaihikam
Then the Haihaya, hearing that his father had reached Indra's world, performed the rite for the departed as prescribed by the Veda.
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DB 6 21.15
कृत्वोत्तराः क्रियाः सर्वाः पितुः पार्थिवनन्दनः । राज्यं चकार मेधावी पित्रा दत्तं सुसम्मतम्
kṛtvottarāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ pituḥ pārthivanandanaḥ | rājyaṃ cakāra medhāvī pitrā dattaṃ susammatam
Having performed all the after-death rites for his father, the wise son of the king ruled the kingdom, well approved, which had been given him by his father.
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DB 6 21.16
एकवीरोऽथ धर्मज्ञः प्राप्य राज्यमनुत्तमम् । बुभुजे विविधान् भोगान्सचिवैश्च सुमानितः
ekavīro'tha dharmajñaḥ prāpya rājyamanuttamam | bubhuje vividhān bhogānsacivaiśca sumānitaḥ
Then Ekavīra, knower of dharma, having obtained that unsurpassed kingdom, enjoyed manifold pleasures, well honoured by his ministers.
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DB 6 21.17
एकस्मिन् दिवसे राजा मन्त्रिपुत्रैः समन्वितः । जगाम जाह्नवीतीरे हयारूढः प्रतापवान्
ekasmin divase rājā mantriputraiḥ samanvitaḥ | jagāma jāhnavītīre hayārūḍhaḥ pratāpavān
On a certain day the majestic king, mounted on a horse and accompanied by the sons of his ministers, went to the bank of the Ganges,
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DB 6 21.18
सम्पश्यन् पादपान् रम्यान् कोकिलालापसंयुतान् । पुष्पितान् फलसंयुक्तान् षट्पदालिविराजितान्
sampaśyan pādapān ramyān kokilālāpasaṃyutān | puṣpitān phalasaṃyuktān ṣaṭpadālivirājitān
gazing at the lovely trees filled with the calls of cuckoos, in flower and laden with fruit, adorned by swarms of bees,
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DB 6 21.19
मुनीनामाश्रमान्दिव्यान् वेदध्वनिनिनादितान् । होमधूमावृताकाशान् मृगशावसमावृतान्
munīnāmāśramāndivyān vedadhvaninināditān | homadhūmāvṛtākāśān mṛgaśāvasamāvṛtān
and the divine hermitages of the sages, resounding with the sound of Veda-recitation, their sky covered with the smoke of oblations, surrounded by fawns,
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DB 6 21.20
केदाराञ्छालिसम्पक्वान् गोपिकाभिः सुरक्षितान् । प्रफुल्लपङ्कजारामान्निकुञ्जांश्च मनोरमान्
kedārāñchālisampakvān gopikābhiḥ surakṣitān | praphullapaṅkajārāmānnikuñjāṃśca manoramān
and fields with ripened rice, well guarded by cowherd women, and gardens of blooming lotuses and delightful thickets,
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DB 6 21.21
प्रेक्षमाणः प्रियालांस्तु चम्पकान् पनसद्रुमान् । बकुलांस्तिलकान्नीपान्मन्दारांश्च प्रफुल्लितान् षष्ठस्कन्धे राजपुत्र्याः एकावल्याः वर्णनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः
prekṣamāṇaḥ priyālāṃstu campakān panasadrumān | bakulāṃstilakānnīpānmandārāṃśca praphullitān ṣaṣṭhaskandhe rājaputryāḥ ekāvalyāḥ varṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
—looking upon priyāla trees, campakas and jackfruit trees, bakulas, tilakas, nīpas and mandāras in full bloom.
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DB 6 21.22
शालांस्तालांस्तमालांश्च जम्बूचूतकदम्बकान् । स गच्छञ्जाह्नवीतोये प्रफुल्लं शतपत्रकम्
śālāṃstālāṃstamālāṃśca jambūcūtakadambakān | sa gacchañjāhnavītoye praphullaṃ śatapatrakam
and śāla, palmyra and tamāla trees, rose-apples, mangoes and kadambas—as he went along, (he saw) in the water of the Ganges a hundred-petalled flower in full bloom,
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DB 6 21.23
पङ्कजं चातिगन्धाढ्यमपश्यदवनीपतिः । दक्षिणे जलजस्याथ पार्श्वे कमललोचनाम्
paṅkajaṃ cātigandhāḍhyamapaśyadavanīpatiḥ | dakṣiṇe jalajasyātha pārśve kamalalocanām
a lotus exceedingly rich in fragrance—so the lord of the earth saw; and then, on the right side of that water-born flower, a lotus-eyed (woman),
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DB 6 21.24
कनकाभां सुकेशीं च कम्बुग्रीवां कृशोदरीम् । बिम्बोष्ठी सुन्दरीं किञ्चित्समुद्यत्सुपयोधराम्
kanakābhāṃ sukeśīṃ ca kambugrīvāṃ kṛśodarīm | bimboṣṭhī sundarīṃ kiñcitsamudyatsupayodharām
(He saw her) golden-hued, with beautiful hair, with a neck like a conch, slender-waisted, lovely, with lips like the bimba fruit, her fine breasts just beginning to swell.
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DB 6 21.25
सुनासां चारुसर्वाङ्गीमपश्यत् कन्यकां नृपः । रुदतीं तां सखीं त्यक्त्वा विह्वलां दुःखपीडिताम्
sunāsāṃ cārusarvāṅgīmapaśyat kanyakāṃ nṛpaḥ | rudatīṃ tāṃ sakhīṃ tyaktvā vihvalāṃ duḥkhapīḍitām
The king saw the maiden, fair in every limb, with a shapely nose, weeping, abandoned by that friend (of hers), overwhelmed and afflicted with grief.
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DB 6 21.26
साश्रुनेत्रां क्रन्दमानां विजने कुररीमिव । संवीक्ष्य राजा पप्रच्छ कन्यकां शोककारणम्
sāśrunetrāṃ krandamānāṃ vijane kurarīmiva | saṃvīkṣya rājā papraccha kanyakāṃ śokakāraṇam
Seeing the maiden, her eyes full of tears, wailing in that lonely place like an osprey, the king asked her the cause of her sorrow.
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DB 6 21.27
सुनसे ब्रूहि कासि त्वं कस्य पुत्री शुभानने । गन्धर्वी देवकन्याथ कथं रोदिषि सुन्दरि
sunase brūhi kāsi tvaṃ kasya putrī śubhānane | gandharvī devakanyātha kathaṃ rodiṣi sundari
"Tell (me), you of fine nose, who are you, whose daughter, you of auspicious face? Are you a gandharva woman or a daughter of the gods? Why do you weep, beautiful one?"
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DB 6 21.28
कथमेकाकिनी बाले त्यक्ता केन पिकस्वरे । पतिस्ते क्व गतः कान्ते पिता वा ब्रूहि साम्प्रतम्
kathamekākinī bāle tyaktā kena pikasvare | patiste kva gataḥ kānte pitā vā brūhi sāmpratam
"How is it you are alone, girl? By whom were you abandoned, you with the voice of a cuckoo? Where has your husband gone, dear one, or your father? Tell (me) now."
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DB 6 21.29
किं ते दुःखमरालभ्रु कथयाद्य ममान्तिके । करोमि दुःखनाशं ते सर्वथैव कृशोदरि
kiṃ te duḥkhamarālabhru kathayādya mamāntike | karomi duḥkhanāśaṃ te sarvathaiva kṛśodari
"What is your sorrow, you of curved brows? Tell it now in my presence. I will destroy your sorrow entirely, slender-waisted one."
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DB 6 21.30
न राज्ये मम तन्वङ्गि पीडां कोऽपि करोत्यलम् । न भयं चौरजं कान्ते न राक्षसभयं तथा
na rājye mama tanvaṅgi pīḍāṃ ko'pi karotyalam | na bhayaṃ caurajaṃ kānte na rākṣasabhayaṃ tathā
"In my kingdom, slender-limbed one, no one at all inflicts injury; there is no danger from thieves, dear one, nor likewise any fear of rākṣasas."
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DB 6 21.31
मयि शासति भूपाले नोत्पाता दारुणा भुवि । भयं न व्याघ्रसिंहेभ्यो न भयं कस्यचिद्भवेत्
mayi śāsati bhūpāle notpātā dāruṇā bhuvi | bhayaṃ na vyāghrasiṃhebhyo na bhayaṃ kasyacidbhavet
"While I, the king, rule, no dreadful calamities occur on the earth; there is no fear from tigers or lions, nor would there be fear from anyone."
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DB 6 21.32
वद वामोरु कस्मात्त्वं विलापं जाह्नवीतटे । करोषि त्राणहीनात्र किं ते दुःखं वदस्व मे
vada vāmoru kasmāttvaṃ vilāpaṃ jāhnavītaṭe | karoṣi trāṇahīnātra kiṃ te duḥkhaṃ vadasva me
"Tell (me), fair-thighed one, why you make lament here on the bank of the Ganges, without a protector? What is your sorrow? Speak to me."
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DB 6 21.33
हन्म्यहं दुःखमत्युग्रं प्राणिनां पृथिवीतले । दैवं च मानुषं कान्ते व्रतमेतन्ममाद्भुतम्
hanmyahaṃ duḥkhamatyugraṃ prāṇināṃ pṛthivītale | daivaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ kānte vratametanmamādbhutam
"I destroy the most terrible suffering of living beings on the face of the earth, whether divine or human, dear one — this is my wondrous vow."
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DB 6 21.34
विशाललोचने ब्रूहि करोमि तव चिन्तितम् । इत्युक्ते वचने राज्ञा श्रुत्वोवाच मृदुस्वना
viśālalocane brūhi karomi tava cintitam | ityukte vacane rājñā śrutvovāca mṛdusvanā
"Speak, large-eyed one; I will do what you have in mind." When these words had been spoken by the king, she of soft voice, having heard (them), said:
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DB 6 21.35
शृणु राजेन्द्र वक्ष्यामि मम शोकस्य कारणम् । विपत्तिरहितः प्राणी कथं रुदति भूपते
śṛṇu rājendra vakṣyāmi mama śokasya kāraṇam | vipattirahitaḥ prāṇī kathaṃ rudati bhūpate
"Listen, best of kings, I shall tell the cause of my sorrow. How should a creature free from misfortune weep, O lord of the earth?"
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DB 6 21.36
प्रब्रवीमि महाबाहो यदर्थं रुदती त्वहम् । तव राज्यादन्यदेशे राजा परमधार्मिकः
prabravīmi mahābāho yadarthaṃ rudatī tvaham | tava rājyādanyadeśe rājā paramadhārmikaḥ
"I will tell (you), mighty-armed one, why I am weeping. In a country other than your kingdom (there was) a most righteous king."
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DB 6 21.37
रैभ्यो नाम महाराजः सन्तानरहितो भृशम् । तस्य भार्या सुविख्याता रुक्मरेखेति नामतः
raibhyo nāma mahārājaḥ santānarahito bhṛśam | tasya bhāryā suvikhyātā rukmarekheti nāmataḥ
"A great king named Raibhya, quite without offspring; his wife was well renowned, Rukmarekhā by name,"
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DB 6 21.38
सुरूपा चतुरा साध्वी सर्वलक्षणसंयुता । अपुत्रा दुःखिता कान्तमित्युवाच पुनः पुनः
surūpā caturā sādhvī sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā | aputrā duḥkhitā kāntamityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ
"beautiful, clever, virtuous, endowed with all (auspicious) marks. Being sonless and grieved, she said this to her husband again and again:"
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DB 6 21.39
किं जीवितेन मे नाथ धिग्वृथा जीवितं मम । वन्ध्यायाः सुखहीनाया ह्यपुत्राया धरातले
kiṃ jīvitena me nātha dhigvṛthā jīvitaṃ mama | vandhyāyāḥ sukhahīnāyā hyaputrāyā dharātale
"What is my life worth, my lord? Fie on this vain life of mine — a barren woman, deprived of happiness, without a son, on the face of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.40
इत्येवं भार्यया भूपः प्रेरितो मखमुत्तमम् । चकार ब्राह्मणांस्तज्ज्ञानाहूय विधिवत्तदा
ityevaṃ bhāryayā bhūpaḥ prerito makhamuttamam | cakāra brāhmaṇāṃstajjñānāhūya vidhivattadā
Thus urged by his wife, the king performed a most excellent sacrifice, summoning brahmins who knew it, duly then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.41
पुत्रकामो धनं भूरि ददावथ यथोदितम् । हूयमाने घृतेऽत्यर्थं पावकादतिसुप्रभात्
putrakāmo dhanaṃ bhūri dadāvatha yathoditam | hūyamāne ghṛte'tyarthaṃ pāvakādatisuprabhāt
Desiring a son, he then gave abundant wealth as prescribed. While the ghee was being offered in abundance, out of the exceedingly bright fire
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.42
आविर्बभूव चार्वङ्गी कन्यका शुभलक्षणा । बिम्बोष्ठी सुदती सुभ्रूः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना
āvirbabhūva cārvaṅgī kanyakā śubhalakṣaṇā | bimboṣṭhī sudatī subhrūḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanā
there appeared a maiden of lovely limbs, with auspicious marks, with bimba-fruit lips, fine teeth, fine brows, her face like the full moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.43
कनकाभा सुकेशान्ता रक्तपाणितला मृदुः । सुरक्तनयना तन्वी रक्तपादतला भृशम्
kanakābhā sukeśāntā raktapāṇitalā mṛduḥ | suraktanayanā tanvī raktapādatalā bhṛśam
golden-hued, with beautiful hair to its tips, her palms reddish, delicate, with reddish eyes, slender, the soles of her feet deeply red.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.44
हुताशनात्समुद्भूता होत्रा सा स्वीकृता तदा । होता प्रोवाच राजानं गृहीत्वा तां सुमध्यमाम्
hutāśanātsamudbhūtā hotrā sā svīkṛtā tadā | hotā provāca rājānaṃ gṛhītvā tāṃ sumadhyamām
She, arisen from the fire, was accepted then as the offering(-born girl); the officiating priest took that fair-waisted one and said to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 21.45
राजन् पुत्रीं गृहाणेमां सर्वलक्षणसंयुताम् । एकावलीव सम्भूता हूयमानाद्धुताशनात्
rājan putrīṃ gṛhāṇemāṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām | ekāvalīva sambhūtā hūyamānāddhutāśanāt
"King, receive this daughter, endowed with all auspicious marks; she has come into being like a single strand of pearls out of the fire into which the offering was poured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.46
नाम्ना चैकावली लोके ख्याता पुत्री भविष्यति । सुखितो भव भूपाल पुत्र्या पुत्रसमानया
nāmnā caikāvalī loke khyātā putrī bhaviṣyati | sukhito bhava bhūpāla putryā putrasamānayā
And by name she will be known in the world as Ekāvalī, your daughter; be happy, O protector of the earth, with a daughter equal to a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.47
सन्तोषं कुरु राजेन्द्र दत्ता देवेन विष्णुना । होतुर्वाक्यं नृपः श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा तां कन्यकां शुभाम्
santoṣaṃ kuru rājendra dattā devena viṣṇunā | hoturvākyaṃ nṛpaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kanyakāṃ śubhām
Be satisfied, best of kings; she has been given by the god Viṣṇu." Hearing the priest's words and seeing that lovely girl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.48
जग्राह परमप्रीतो होत्रा दत्तां सुसम्मताम् । गृहीत्वा नृपतिस्तां तु ददौ पत्न्यै वराननाम्
jagrāha paramaprīto hotrā dattāṃ susammatām | gṛhītvā nṛpatistāṃ tu dadau patnyai varānanām
the king, greatly delighted, took the well-approved girl given by the priest; and having taken her, the fair-faced one, he gave her to his wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.49
आभाष्य रुक्मरेखायै गृहाण सुभगे सुताम् । सा तां कमलपत्राक्षीं प्राप्य कन्यां मनोरमाम्
ābhāṣya rukmarekhāyai gṛhāṇa subhage sutām | sā tāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ prāpya kanyāṃ manoramām
saying to Rukmarekhā, "Receive the daughter, fortunate lady." She, having obtained that charming girl with eyes like lotus petals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.50
जहर्ष मुदिता राज्ञी पुत्रं प्राप्य यथासुखम् । चकार मङ्गलं कर्म जातकर्मादिकं शुभम्
jaharṣa muditā rājñī putraṃ prāpya yathāsukham | cakāra maṅgalaṃ karma jātakarmādikaṃ śubham
the queen rejoiced, delighted, as happily as if she had obtained a son; she performed the auspicious rite, the birth-ceremony and the rest, all favourable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.51
पुत्रजन्मसमुत्थं यत्तत्सर्वं विधिवत्ततः । समाप्य च मखं राजा द्विजेभ्यो दक्षिणां शुभाम्
putrajanmasamutthaṃ yattatsarvaṃ vidhivattataḥ | samāpya ca makhaṃ rājā dvijebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ śubhām
Then all that which arises at the birth of a son, according to rule — the king, having completed also the sacrifice, (gave) a fine gift to the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.52
दत्त्वा विसृज्य विप्रेन्द्रान् मुदं प्राप महीपतिः । दिने दिनेऽसितापाङ्गी पुत्रवृद्ध्या भृशं बभौ
dattvā visṛjya viprendrān mudaṃ prāpa mahīpatiḥ | dine dine'sitāpāṅgī putravṛddhyā bhṛśaṃ babhau
and having given it and dismissed the foremost brahmins, the lord of the earth attained joy; day by day the dark-eyed girl shone greatly with the growth (proper to) a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.53
मुदं च परमां प्राप नृपभार्या सुतान्विता । उत्सवस्तद्दिने तस्य प्रवृत्तः सुतजन्मजः
mudaṃ ca paramāṃ prāpa nṛpabhāryā sutānvitā | utsavastaddine tasya pravṛttaḥ sutajanmajaḥ
And the king's wife, having a child, attained the highest joy; on that day a festival arose for him, born of the birth of a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.54
पुत्री पुत्रसमात्यर्थं बभूव वल्लभा किल । राज्ञो मन्त्रिसुता चाहं सुबुद्धे मन्मथाकृते
putrī putrasamātyarthaṃ babhūva vallabhā kila | rājño mantrisutā cāhaṃ subuddhe manmathākṛte
Indeed the daughter became exceedingly dear, like a son. And I am the minister's daughter, O wise one, O you made by Manmatha (i.e. handsome as love itself),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.55
यशोवती च मे नाम समानं वय आवयोः । वयस्याहं कृता राज्ञा क्रीडनाय तया सह
yaśovatī ca me nāma samānaṃ vaya āvayoḥ | vayasyāhaṃ kṛtā rājñā krīḍanāya tayā saha
and my name is Yaśovatī; the age of us two was the same. I was made her companion by the king, to play with her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.56
सदा सहचरी जाता प्रेमयुक्ता दिवानिशम् । एकावली गन्धवन्ति यत्र पद्मानि पश्यति
sadā sahacarī jātā premayuktā divāniśam | ekāvalī gandhavanti yatra padmāni paśyati
I became her constant companion, filled with affection day and night. Wherever Ekāvalī sees fragrant lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.57
तत्र सा रमते बाला नान्यत्र सुखमाप्नुयात् । सुदूरे जाह्नवीतीरे भवन्ति कमलान्यपि
tatra sā ramate bālā nānyatra sukhamāpnuyāt | sudūre jāhnavītīre bhavanti kamalānyapi
there the girl takes delight; elsewhere she would find no pleasure. And lotuses grow very far off, on the bank of the Ganges.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.58
रममाणा तत्र याता मत्समेता सखीयुता । मया निवेदितं राजन् पुत्री ते कमलाकरान्
ramamāṇā tatra yātā matsametā sakhīyutā | mayā niveditaṃ rājan putrī te kamalākarān
Taking pleasure there she used to go, together with me and accompanied by her friends. It was reported by me: "King, your daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.59
प्रेक्षमाणातिदूरे सा प्रयाति निर्जने वने । निषेधिताथ पित्रासौ गृहे कृत्वा जलाशयान्
prekṣamāṇātidūre sā prayāti nirjane vane | niṣedhitātha pitrāsau gṛhe kṛtvā jalāśayān
gazing at lotus-ponds, goes very far away into a deserted forest." Then she was forbidden by her father, who made pools at home
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.60
कमलान् वापयित्वाथ पुष्पितान् भ्रमरावृतान् । तथापि निर्ययौ बाला कमलासक्तचेतना
kamalān vāpayitvātha puṣpitān bhramarāvṛtān | tathāpi niryayau bālā kamalāsaktacetanā
and had lotuses planted (in them), blossoming and surrounded by bees; even so the girl went out, her mind attached to the lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 21.61
तदा राज्ञा रक्षपालाः प्रेरिताः शस्त्रपाणयः । एवं रक्षायुता तन्वी मत्समेता सखीयुता । क्रीडार्थं जाह्नवीतोये नित्यमायाति याति च
tadā rājñā rakṣapālāḥ preritāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ | evaṃ rakṣāyutā tanvī matsametā sakhīyutā | krīḍārthaṃ jāhnavītoye nityamāyāti yāti ca
Then guards with weapons in hand were sent by the king. Thus the slender girl, provided with a guard, together with me and accompanied by her friends, comes and goes daily to the water of the Ganges for play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition