Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 18
DB 7 18.1
हरिश्चन्द्रद्वारा वृद्धब्राह्मणाय धनदानप्रतिज्ञावर्णनम् व्यास उवाच - कदाचित्तु हरिश्चन्द्रो मृगयार्थं वनं ययौ । अपश्यद्रुदतीं बालां सुन्दरीं चारुलोचनाम्
hariścandradvārā vṛddhabrāhmaṇāya dhanadānapratijñāvarṇanam vyāsa uvāca - kadācittu hariścandro mṛgayārthaṃ vanaṃ yayau | apaśyadrudatīṃ bālāṃ sundarīṃ cārulocanām
An account of Hariścandra's promise to give wealth to an old brahmin. Vyāsa said: Once Hariścandra went to the forest to hunt. He saw a weeping girl, beautiful, with lovely eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.2
तामपृच्छन्महाराजझ् कामिनीं करुणापरः । पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षि किं रोदिषि वरानने
tāmapṛcchanmahārājajh kāminīṃ karuṇāparaḥ | padmapatraviśālākṣi kiṃ rodiṣi varānane
The great king, full of compassion, asked that lovely woman: "O you with eyes wide as lotus petals, why do you weep, fair-faced one?"
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DB 7 18.3
केनासि पीडितात्यर्थं किं ते दुःखं वदाशु मे । काच त्वं विजने घोरे कस्ते भर्ता पिताथवा
kenāsi pīḍitātyarthaṃ kiṃ te duḥkhaṃ vadāśu me | kāca tvaṃ vijane ghore kaste bhartā pitāthavā
"By whom have you been so grievously oppressed? Tell me at once, what is your sorrow? Who are you, in this dreadful desolate place? Who is your husband, or your father?"
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DB 7 18.4
न बाधते च राज्ये मे राक्षसोऽपि पराङ्गनाम् । तं हन्मि तरसा कान्ते यस्त्वां सुन्दरि बाधते
na bādhate ca rājye me rākṣaso'pi parāṅganām | taṃ hanmi tarasā kānte yastvāṃ sundari bādhate
"In my kingdom not even a demon molests another's wife. Him I will swiftly slay, beloved, who troubles you, beautiful one."
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DB 7 18.5
ब्रूहि दुःखं वरारोहे स्वस्था भव कृशोदरि । विषये मम पापात्मा न तिष्ठति सुमध्यमे
brūhi duḥkhaṃ varārohe svasthā bhava kṛśodari | viṣaye mama pāpātmā na tiṣṭhati sumadhyame
"Tell (me) your sorrow, fair-hipped one; be at ease, slender-waisted one. In my domain no evil-souled one abides, lovely-waisted one."
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DB 7 18.6
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नारी तमब्रवीन्नृपम् । प्रमृज्याश्रूणि वदनाद्धरिश्चन्द्रं नृपोत्तमम्
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nārī tamabravīnnṛpam | pramṛjyāśrūṇi vadanāddhariścandraṃ nṛpottamam
Having heard these words of his, the woman, wiping the tears from her face, said to that king Hariścandra, best of kings:
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DB 7 18.7
नार्युवाच - राजन् मां बाधतेत्यर्थं विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः । तपः करोति यद्घोरं मदर्थं कौशिको वने
nāryuvāca - rājan māṃ bādhatetyarthaṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ | tapaḥ karoti yadghoraṃ madarthaṃ kauśiko vane
The woman said: "O king, Viśvāmitra, the great sage, greatly oppresses me — the dreadful austerity that Kauśika performs in the forest, he performs for my sake."
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DB 7 18.8
तेनाहं दुःखिता राजन् विषये तव सुव्रत । विद्धि मां कमनां कान्तां पीडितां मुनिना भृशम्
tenāhaṃ duḥkhitā rājan viṣaye tava suvrata | viddhi māṃ kamanāṃ kāntāṃ pīḍitāṃ muninā bhṛśam
"By him I am made to suffer, O king of good vows, within your domain. Know me as a desirable woman sorely tormented by the sage."
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DB 7 18.9
राजोवाच - स्वस्था भव विशालाक्षि न ते दुःखं भविष्यति । तमहं वारयिष्यामि मुनिं तापपरायणम्
rājovāca - svasthā bhava viśālākṣi na te duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati | tamahaṃ vārayiṣyāmi muniṃ tāpaparāyaṇam
The king said: "Be at ease, wide-eyed one; you shall have no sorrow. I will restrain that sage devoted to austerity."
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DB 7 18.10
इत्याश्वास्य स्त्रियं राजा तरसा मुनिसन्निधौ । नत्वा प्रणम्य शिरसा तमुवाच महीपतिः
ityāśvāsya striyaṃ rājā tarasā munisannidhau | natvā praṇamya śirasā tamuvāca mahīpatiḥ
Having thus reassured the woman, the king went swiftly into the sage's presence, and bowing, saluting with his head, the lord of the earth said to him:
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DB 7 18.11
स्वामिन्किं क्रियतेऽत्यर्थं तपसा देहपीडनम् । किमर्थं ते समारम्भो ब्रूहि सत्यं महामते
svāminkiṃ kriyate'tyarthaṃ tapasā dehapīḍanam | kimarthaṃ te samārambho brūhi satyaṃ mahāmate
"Master, why is this excessive torturing of the body done by austerity? For what purpose is your undertaking? Tell (me) truly, O greatly wise one."
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DB 7 18.12
वाञ्छितं तव गाधेय करोमि सफलं किल । उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ तरसा तपसालमतः परम्
vāñchitaṃ tava gādheya karomi saphalaṃ kila | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha tarasā tapasālamataḥ param
"O son of Gādhi, I will surely make your wish bear fruit. Rise, rise quickly; enough of austerity from now on."
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DB 7 18.13
विषये मम सर्वज्ञ न कर्तव्यं सुदारुणम् । लोकपीडाकरं घोरं तपः केनापि कर्हिचित्
viṣaye mama sarvajña na kartavyaṃ sudāruṇam | lokapīḍākaraṃ ghoraṃ tapaḥ kenāpi karhicit
"In my domain, O all-knowing one, no exceedingly cruel, dreadful austerity that causes pain to the world should ever be performed by anyone."
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DB 7 18.14
इत्थं निषिध्य तं राजा विश्वामित्रं गृहं ययौ । मनसा क्रोधमाधाय गतोऽसौ कौशिको मुनिः
itthaṃ niṣidhya taṃ rājā viśvāmitraṃ gṛhaṃ yayau | manasā krodhamādhāya gato'sau kauśiko muniḥ
Having thus forbidden him, the king went home; and that sage Kauśika went off, holding anger in his mind.
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DB 7 18.15
स गत्वा चिन्तयामास नृपकृत्यमसाम्प्रतम् । वसिष्ठस्य च संवादं तपसः प्रतिषेधनम्
sa gatvā cintayāmāsa nṛpakṛtyamasāmpratam | vasiṣṭhasya ca saṃvādaṃ tapasaḥ pratiṣedhanam
Having gone, he brooded on the king's improper act, and on the conversation with Vasiṣṭha, and the prohibiting of his austerity.
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DB 7 18.16
कोपाविष्टेन मनसा प्रतीकारमथाकरोत् । विचिन्त्य बहुधा चित्ते दानवं घोरविग्रहम्
kopāviṣṭena manasā pratīkāramathākarot | vicintya bahudhā citte dānavaṃ ghoravigraham
Then, with a mind possessed by anger, he made a countermeasure: after pondering much in his mind, (he thought of) a demon of dreadful form.
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DB 7 18.17
प्रेषयामास तद्देशं विधाय सूकराकृतिम् । सोऽतिकायो महाकालः कुर्वन्नादं सुदारुणम्
preṣayāmāsa taddeśaṃ vidhāya sūkarākṛtim | so'tikāyo mahākālaḥ kurvannādaṃ sudāruṇam
He gave it the shape of a boar and sent it to that country. That huge-bodied one, a great death, making a most terrible roar,
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DB 7 18.18
राज्ञश्चोपवने प्राप्तस्त्रासयन् रक्षकांस्तदा । मालतीनां च खण्डानि कदम्बानां तथैव च हरिश्चन्द्रद्वारा वृद्धब्राह्मणाय धनदानप्रतिज्ञावर्णनं नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः
rājñaścopavane prāptastrāsayan rakṣakāṃstadā | mālatīnāṃ ca khaṇḍāni kadambānāṃ tathaiva ca hariścandradvārā vṛddhabrāhmaṇāya dhanadānapratijñāvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
reached the king's pleasure-garden, terrifying the guards then, and (destroyed) the clumps of mālatī and likewise of kadamba trees. [Thus] the eighteenth chapter, called "The Account of Hariścandra's Promise to Give Wealth to an Old Brahmin."
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DB 7 18.19
यूथिकानां च वृन्दानि कम्पयंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः । दन्तेन विलिखन्भूमिं समुन्मूलयते द्रुमान्
yūthikānāṃ ca vṛndāni kampayaṃśca muhurmuhuḥ | dantena vilikhanbhūmiṃ samunmūlayate drumān
And shaking the clusters of yūthikā jasmine again and again, scratching the ground with his tusk, he uproots the trees.
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DB 7 18.20
चम्पकान्केतकीखण्डान्मल्लिकानां च पादपान् । करवीरानुशीरांश्च निचखान शुभान्मृदून्
campakānketakīkhaṇḍānmallikānāṃ ca pādapān | karavīrānuśīrāṃśca nicakhāna śubhānmṛdūn
Campaka trees, thickets of ketakī, and mallikā shrubs, oleanders and uśīra plants — fine and tender — he dug up.
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DB 7 18.21
मुचुकुन्दानशोकांश्च बकुलांस्तिलकांस्तथा । उन्मूल्य कदनं तत्र चकार सूकरो वने
mucukundānaśokāṃśca bakulāṃstilakāṃstathā | unmūlya kadanaṃ tatra cakāra sūkaro vane
And uprooting mucukundas, aśokas, bakulas and tilakas, the boar wrought havoc there in the grove.
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DB 7 18.22
वाटिकारक्षकाः सर्वे दुद्रुवुः शस्त्रपाणयः । हाहेति चुक्रुशुस्तत्र मालाकारा भृशातुराः
vāṭikārakṣakāḥ sarve dudruvuḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ | hāheti cukruśustatra mālākārā bhṛśāturāḥ
All the keepers of the garden ran off with weapons in hand; the garland-makers, greatly distressed, cried out "Alas! Alas!" there.
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DB 7 18.23
बाणैः सन्ताड्यमानोऽपि यदा त्रस्तो न वै मृगः । रक्षकान्पीडयामास कोलः कालसमद्युतिः
bāṇaiḥ santāḍyamāno'pi yadā trasto na vai mṛgaḥ | rakṣakānpīḍayāmāsa kolaḥ kālasamadyutiḥ
When, though struck with arrows, the beast was not frightened at all, the boar, whose splendour was like Death's, tormented the keepers.
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DB 7 18.24
ते तदातिभयाक्रान्ता राजानं शरणं ययुः । तमूचुस्त्राहि त्राहीति वेपमाना भयाकुलाः
te tadātibhayākrāntā rājānaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ | tamūcustrāhi trāhīti vepamānā bhayākulāḥ
Then they, overcome with great fear, went to the king for refuge; trembling and confounded with fear, they said to him, "Save us, save us!"
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DB 7 18.25
तानागतान्समालोक्य भयार्तान्भूपतिस्तदा । पप्रच्छ किं भयं कस्मान्मां ब्रुवन्तु समागताः
tānāgatānsamālokya bhayārtānbhūpatistadā | papraccha kiṃ bhayaṃ kasmānmāṃ bruvantu samāgatāḥ
Seeing them arrived and afflicted with fear, the king then asked: "What is the danger, and from what? Let those who have come tell me."
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DB 7 18.26
नाहं बिभेमि देवेभ्यो राक्षसेभ्यश्च रक्षकाः । कस्माद्भयं समुत्पन्नं तद्ब्रुवन्तु ममाग्रतः
nāhaṃ bibhemi devebhyo rākṣasebhyaśca rakṣakāḥ | kasmādbhayaṃ samutpannaṃ tadbruvantu mamāgrataḥ
"I do not fear the gods nor the rākṣasas, O keepers. From what has this danger arisen? Tell that before me.
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DB 7 18.27
हन्मि चैकेन बाणेन तं शत्रुं दुर्भगं किल । यो मेऽरातिः समुत्पन्नो लोके पापमतिः खलः
hanmi caikena bāṇena taṃ śatruṃ durbhagaṃ kila | yo me'rātiḥ samutpanno loke pāpamatiḥ khalaḥ
And with a single arrow I will slay that wretched foe — whoever in the world has arisen as my enemy, evil-minded and vile.
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DB 7 18.28
देवो वा दानवो वापि तं निहन्मि शरैः शितैः । क्व तिष्ठति कियद्रूपः कियद्बलसमन्वितः वञ्चयित्वाथ तद्बाणं सूकरस्तरसा बलात् । निर्जगाम महावेगात्तमुल्लंघ्य नृपं तदा
devo vā dānavo vāpi taṃ nihanmi śaraiḥ śitaiḥ | kva tiṣṭhati kiyadrūpaḥ kiyadbalasamanvitaḥ vañcayitvātha tadbāṇaṃ sūkarastarasā balāt | nirjagāma mahāvegāttamullaṃghya nṛpaṃ tadā
"Be he god or demon, I will slay him with sharp arrows. Where does he stand? Of what form is he? How much strength does he possess?" Then the boar, dodging that arrow, swiftly and forcibly ran out with great speed, leaping past the king.
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DB 7 18.29
मालाकारा ऊचुः - न देवो न च दैत्योऽस्ति न यक्षो न च किन्नरः । कश्चित्कोलो महाकायो राजंस्तिष्ठति कानने
mālākārā ūcuḥ - na devo na ca daityo'sti na yakṣo na ca kinnaraḥ | kaścitkolo mahākāyo rājaṃstiṣṭhati kānane
The garland-makers said: "It is no god, nor is it a daitya, nor a yakṣa, nor a kinnara; some boar of huge body, O king, is in the grove.
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DB 7 18.30
पुष्पवृक्षानतिमृदून्दन्तेनोन्मूलयत्यसौ । विदीर्णं तद्वनं सर्वं सूकरेणातिरंहसा
puṣpavṛkṣānatimṛdūndantenonmūlayatyasau | vidīrṇaṃ tadvanaṃ sarvaṃ sūkareṇātiraṃhasā
He uproots the very tender flowering trees with his tusk; that whole grove has been torn apart by the exceedingly swift boar.
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DB 7 18.31
विशिखैस्ताडितोऽस्माभिर्दृषद्भिर्लकुटैस्तथा । न बिभेति महाराज हनुमस्मानुपाद्रवत्
viśikhaistāḍito'smābhirdṛṣadbhirlakuṭaistathā | na bibheti mahārāja hanumasmānupādravat
Though struck by us with arrows, with stones, and with cudgels, he does not fear, great king; strike him — he has charged at us!
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DB 7 18.32
व्यास उवाच - इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां राजा कोपसमाकुलः । अश्वामारुह्य तरसा जगामोपवनं प्रति
vyāsa uvāca - ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ rājā kopasamākulaḥ | aśvāmāruhya tarasā jagāmopavanaṃ prati
Vyāsa said: Having heard their words thus, the king, filled with anger, mounted his horse and went swiftly toward the garden.
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DB 7 18.33
सैन्येन महता युक्तो गजाश्वरथसंयुतः । पदातिवृन्दसहितः प्रययौ वनमुत्तमम्
sainyena mahatā yukto gajāśvarathasaṃyutaḥ | padātivṛndasahitaḥ prayayau vanamuttamam
Joined with a great army, furnished with elephants, horses and chariots, accompanied by a host of foot-soldiers, he set out for the excellent grove.
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DB 7 18.34
तत्रापश्यन्महाकोलं घुर्घुरन्तं भयानकम् । वनं भग्नं च संवीक्ष्य राजा क्रोधयुतोऽभवत्
tatrāpaśyanmahākolaṃ ghurghurantaṃ bhayānakam | vanaṃ bhagnaṃ ca saṃvīkṣya rājā krodhayuto'bhavat
There he saw the great boar, grunting and terrifying; and seeing the grove broken up, the king became filled with wrath.
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DB 7 18.35
चापे बाणं समारोप्य विकृष्य च शरासनम् । तं हन्तुं सूकरं पापं तरसा समुपाक्रमत्
cāpe bāṇaṃ samāropya vikṛṣya ca śarāsanam | taṃ hantuṃ sūkaraṃ pāpaṃ tarasā samupākramat
Setting an arrow to the bow and drawing the bowstring, he swiftly advanced to kill that wicked boar.
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DB 7 18.36
समालोक्य च राजानं चापहस्तं रुषाकुलम् । सम्मुखोऽभ्यद्रवत्तूर्णं कुर्वञ्छब्दं सुदारुणम्
samālokya ca rājānaṃ cāpahastaṃ ruṣākulam | sammukho'bhyadravattūrṇaṃ kurvañchabdaṃ sudāruṇam
And seeing the king, bow in hand and filled with fury, (the boar) faced him and charged at once, making a most dreadful noise.
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DB 7 18.37
तमायान्तं समालोक्य वराहं विकृताननम् । मुमोच विशिखं तस्मिन्हन्तुकामो महीपतिः
tamāyāntaṃ samālokya varāhaṃ vikṛtānanam | mumoca viśikhaṃ tasminhantukāmo mahīpatiḥ
Seeing that boar with its misshapen face coming on, the lord of the earth, wishing to kill it, loosed an arrow at it.
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DB 7 18.39
गच्छन्तं तं समालोक्य राजा कोपसमन्वितः । मुमोच विशिखांस्तीक्ष्णांश्चापमाकृष्य यत्नतः
gacchantaṃ taṃ samālokya rājā kopasamanvitaḥ | mumoca viśikhāṃstīkṣṇāṃścāpamākṛṣya yatnataḥ
Seeing it going off, the king, filled with anger, drew his bow with effort and loosed sharp arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.40
क्षणं दृष्टिपथं राज्ञः क्षणं चादर्शनं गतः । कुर्वन्बहुविधारावं सूकरं समुपाद्रवत्
kṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭipathaṃ rājñaḥ kṣaṇaṃ cādarśanaṃ gataḥ | kurvanbahuvidhārāvaṃ sūkaraṃ samupādravat
For a moment it came into the king's line of sight, and for a moment it passed out of sight; making many kinds of noise, the boar ran on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.41
हरिश्चन्द्रोऽतिकुपितो मृगस्यानुजगाम ह । अश्वेन वायुवेगेन विकृष्य च शरासनम्
hariścandro'tikupito mṛgasyānujagāma ha | aśvena vāyuvegena vikṛṣya ca śarāsanam
Hariścandra, greatly enraged, pursued the beast on his horse with the speed of the wind, drawing his bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.42
इतस्ततस्तः सैन्यमगमच्च वनान्तरम् । एकाकी नृपतिः कोलं व्रजन्तं समुपाद्रवत्
itastatastaḥ sainyamagamacca vanāntaram | ekākī nṛpatiḥ kolaṃ vrajantaṃ samupādravat
The army went here and there into another part of the forest, and the king, alone, rushed upon the boar as it went along.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.43
मध्याह्नसमये राजा सम्प्राप्तो विजने वने । तृषितः क्षुधितोऽत्यर्थं बभूव श्रान्तवाहनः
madhyāhnasamaye rājā samprāpto vijane vane | tṛṣitaḥ kṣudhito'tyarthaṃ babhūva śrāntavāhanaḥ
At midday the king arrived in a deserted forest; he became exceedingly thirsty and hungry, and his mount was worn out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.44
सूकरोऽदर्शनं प्राप्तो राजा चिन्तातुरोऽभवत् । मार्गभ्रष्टोऽतिविपिने दारुणे दीनवत्स्थितः
sūkaro'darśanaṃ prāpto rājā cintāturo'bhavat | mārgabhraṣṭo'tivipine dāruṇe dīnavatsthitaḥ
The boar passed out of sight and the king became stricken with worry; strayed from the path in a vast, terrible wilderness, he stood like a wretched man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.45
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि न सहायोऽस्ति मे वने । अज्ञातस्वपथः कुत्र व्रजामीति व्यचिन्तयत्
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi na sahāyo'sti me vane | ajñātasvapathaḥ kutra vrajāmīti vyacintayat
"What shall I do? Where shall I go? I have no companion in the forest. Not knowing my own way, where am I to go?" — thus he pondered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.46
एवं विन्तयतस्तत्र विपिने जनवर्जिते । राज्ञा चिन्तातुरोऽपश्यन्नदीं सुविमलोदकाम्
evaṃ vintayatastatra vipine janavarjite | rājñā cintāturo'paśyannadīṃ suvimalodakām
As he was thinking thus there in the forest devoid of people, the king, stricken with worry, saw a river with very clear water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.47
वीक्ष्य तां मुदितो राजा पाययित्वा तुरङ्गकम् । अश्वादुत्तेर्य विमलं पपौ पानीयमुत्तमम्
vīkṣya tāṃ mudito rājā pāyayitvā turaṅgakam | aśvādutterya vimalaṃ papau pānīyamuttamam
Seeing it, the king was delighted; having let his horse drink, he got down from the horse and drank the clear, excellent water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.48
जलं पीत्वा नृपस्तत्र सुखमाप महीपतिः । इत्येष नगरं गन्तुं दिग्भ्रमेणातिमोहितः
jalaṃ pītvā nṛpastatra sukhamāpa mahīpatiḥ | ityeṣa nagaraṃ gantuṃ digbhrameṇātimohitaḥ
Having drunk the water there, the king, the lord of the earth, found ease; and so he (set out) to go to his city, greatly bewildered by confusion of the directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.49
विश्वामित्रस्तु सम्प्राप्तो वृद्धब्राह्मणरूपधृक् । ननाम वीक्ष्य राजा तं प्रीतिपूर्वं द्विजोत्तमम्
viśvāmitrastu samprāpto vṛddhabrāhmaṇarūpadhṛk | nanāma vīkṣya rājā taṃ prītipūrvaṃ dvijottamam
But Viśvāmitra arrived, wearing the form of an old brahmin; seeing him, the king bowed with affection to that best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.50
तमुवाच गाधिराजः प्रणमन्तं नृपोत्तमम् । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महाराज किमर्थमिह चागतः
tamuvāca gādhirājaḥ praṇamantaṃ nṛpottamam | svasti te'stu mahārāja kimarthamiha cāgataḥ
The king of Gādhi's line said to that best of kings as he bowed: "May it be well with you, great king. For what purpose have you come here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.51
एकाकी विजने राजन् किं चिकीर्षितमत्र ते । ब्रूहि सर्वं स्थिरो भूत्वा कारणं नृपसत्तम
ekākī vijane rājan kiṃ cikīrṣitamatra te | brūhi sarvaṃ sthiro bhūtvā kāraṇaṃ nṛpasattama
Alone in a deserted place, O king — what is it you wish to do here? Become calm and tell the whole reason, O best of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.52
राजोवाच - सूकरोऽतिमहाकायो बलवान्पुष्पकाननम् । समुपेत्य ममर्दाशु कोमलान्पुष्पपादपान्
rājovāca - sūkaro'timahākāyo balavānpuṣpakānanam | samupetya mamardāśu komalānpuṣpapādapān
The king said: A boar of enormous body and great strength came into the flower-garden and quickly trampled the tender flowering trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.53
तं निवारयितुं दुष्टं करे कृत्वा च कार्मुकम् । ससैन्योऽहं स्वनगरान्निर्गतो मुनिसत्तम
taṃ nivārayituṃ duṣṭaṃ kare kṛtvā ca kārmukam | sasainyo'haṃ svanagarānnirgato munisattama
To drive off that wicked creature I took my bow in hand and went out from my city with my army, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.54
गतोऽसौ दृक्पथात्पापो मायावी क्वापि वेगवान् । पृष्ठतोऽहमपि प्राप्तः सैन्यं क्वापि गतं मम
gato'sau dṛkpathātpāpo māyāvī kvāpi vegavān | pṛṣṭhato'hamapi prāptaḥ sainyaṃ kvāpi gataṃ mama
That sinful, deceitful, swift one went out of sight somewhere; I too came after it, and my army has gone somewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.55
क्षुधितस्तृषितश्चाहं सैन्यभ्रष्टस्त्विहागतः । न जाने पुरमार्गं च तहा सैन्यगतिं मुने
kṣudhitastṛṣitaścāhaṃ sainyabhraṣṭastvihāgataḥ | na jāne puramārgaṃ ca tahā sainyagatiṃ mune
Hungry and thirsty and separated from my army, I have come here; I do not know the road to the city, nor where the army has gone, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.56
पन्थानं दर्शय विभो व्रजामि नगरं प्रति । ममात्र भाग्ययोगेन प्राप्तस्त्वं विजने वने
panthānaṃ darśaya vibho vrajāmi nagaraṃ prati | mamātra bhāgyayogena prāptastvaṃ vijane vane
Show me the path, lord; I shall go toward the city. By the working of my good fortune you have come to me here in this deserted forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.57
अयोध्यादिपतिश्चाहं हरिश्चन्द्रोऽतिविश्रुतः । राजसूयस्य कर्ता च वाञ्छितार्थप्रदः सदा
ayodhyādipatiścāhaṃ hariścandro'tiviśrutaḥ | rājasūyasya kartā ca vāñchitārthapradaḥ sadā
I am the lord of Ayodhyā and the rest, the very renowned Hariścandra, performer of the Rājasūya, ever the giver of what is desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 18.58
धनेच्छा यदि ते ब्रह्मन् यज्ञार्थं द्विजसत्तम । आगन्तव्यमयोध्यायां दास्यामि विपुलं धनम्
dhanecchā yadi te brahman yajñārthaṃ dvijasattama | āgantavyamayodhyāyāṃ dāsyāmi vipulaṃ dhanam
If you desire wealth, brahmin, for the sake of a sacrifice, O best of the twice-born, you should come to Ayodhyā; I shall give you abundant wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition