Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 11
NarP 2 11.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा नृपतेर्वाक्यं महाज्ञानी मुनीश्वरः । चिन्तयित्वा क्षणं ज्ञात्वा कारणं तमुचाव ह
vasiṣṭha uvāca tacchrutvā nṛpatervākyaṃ mahājñānī munīśvaraḥ / cintayitvā kṣaṇaṃ jñātvā kāraṇaṃ tamucāva ha
Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard that speech of the king, the great knower, the lord of sages, reflecting for a moment and knowing the cause, spoke to him.
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NarP 2 11.2
वामदेव उवाच पुरा त्वमवनीपाल शूद्रजातिसमुद्भवः । दारिर्द्येण पराभूतो दुष्टया भार्यया तथा
vāmadeva uvāca purā tvamavanīpāla śūdrajātisamudbhavaḥ / dārirdyeṇa parābhūto duṣṭayā bhāryayā tathā
Vāmadeva said: Formerly, O protector of the earth, you were born of the śūdra caste, afflicted by poverty and likewise by a wicked wife.
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NarP 2 11.3
परसेवनया चैव वेतनेन भुजिक्रिया । निवसन्दुःखसंतप्तो बहुवर्षाणि पार्थिव
parasevanayā caiva vetanena bhujikriyā / nivasanduḥkhasaṃtapto bahuvarṣāṇi pārthiva
Living, O king, by service to others, your eating done by (means of) wages, tormented with sorrow for many years.
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NarP 2 11.4
कदाचिद्द्विजसंसर्गात्तीर्थयात्रां गतो भवान् । ततः सर्वाणि तीर्थानि परक्रम्य महीपते
kadāciddvijasaṃsargāttīrthayātrāṃ gato bhavān / tataḥ sarvāṇi tīrthāni parakramya mahīpate
Once, through association with a brahmin, you went on pilgrimage to the sacred fords; then, O lord of the earth, having gone about all the fords,
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NarP 2 11.5
द्विजसेवापरो जातो मथुरां पुण्यरूपिणीम् । तत्र स्नातं त्वया विप्रसंगेन यमुनाजले
dvijasevāparo jāto mathurāṃ puṇyarūpiṇīm / tatra snātaṃ tvayā viprasaṃgena yamunājale
you became devoted to the service of brahmins, (and came) to Mathurā, whose form is merit; there, in the company of a brahmin, you bathed in the water of the Yamunā,
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NarP 2 11.6
विश्रान्तिसंज्ञके तीर्थे सर्वतीर्थोत्तमोत्तमे । मन्दिरे च वराहस्य कथ्यमानां कथां नृप
viśrāntisaṃjñake tīrthe sarvatīrthottamottame / mandire ca varāhasya kathyamānāṃ kathāṃ nṛpa
at the ford named Viśrānti, best of the best of all fords, and in the temple of Varāha, the tale being recounted, O king—
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NarP 2 11.7
पुराणोक्तां च शुश्राव अशून्यशयनव्रतम् । चतुर्भिः पारणैर्यस्य निष्पत्तिस्तु विधीयते
purāṇoktāṃ ca śuśrāva aśūnyaśayanavratam / caturbhiḥ pāraṇairyasya niṣpattistu vidhīyate
and he heard, as told in the Purāṇa, of the Aśūnyaśayana vow, whose completion is prescribed by four concluding observances (pāraṇas).
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NarP 2 11.8
येन चीर्णेन देवेशो जीमूताभः प्रसीदति । लक्ष्मीभर्ता जगन्नाथो निःशेषाघौघनाशनः
yena cīrṇena deveśo jīmūtābhaḥ prasīdati / lakṣmībhartā jagannātho niḥśeṣāghaughanāśanaḥ
By the performance of which the lord of gods, cloud-hued, is pleased—the husband of Lakṣmī, lord of the world, destroyer of the entire mass of sins.
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NarP 2 11.9
तत्कृतं भवता राजन्पुनरभ्येत्य मन्दिरम् । अशून्यशयनं पुण्यं गृहे वृद्धिकरं परम्
tatkṛtaṃ bhavatā rājanpunarabhyetya mandiram / aśūnyaśayanaṃ puṇyaṃ gṛhe vṛddhikaraṃ param
That was performed by you, O king, on returning again to your house: the meritorious Aśūnyaśayana, supremely productive of increase in the home.
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NarP 2 11.10
अकृत्वेदं महाराज व्रतं पातकनाशनम् । गार्हस्थ्यमनुतिष्ठेत वन्ध्यावन्निष्फलो भवेत् । सुखमीदृग्विधं लोके दुर्लभं प्रतिभाति मे
akṛtvedaṃ mahārāja vrataṃ pātakanāśanam / gārhasthyamanutiṣṭheta vandhyāvanniṣphalo bhavet / sukhamīdṛgvidhaṃ loke durlabhaṃ pratibhāti me
Without performing this vow, great king, which destroys sin, should one carry on householdership, one would be fruitless like a barren woman; happiness of this kind seems to me hard to obtain in the world.
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NarP 2 11.11
श्रावणस्य तु मासस्य द्वितीययां महीपते । ग्राह्यमेतद्व्रतं पुण्यं जन्ममृत्युजरापहम्
śrāvaṇasya tu māsasya dvitīyayāṃ mahīpate / grāhyametadvrataṃ puṇyaṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham
On the second (lunar day) of the month of Śrāvaṇa, O lord of the earth, this meritorious vow, which takes away birth, death and old age, is to be undertaken.
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NarP 2 11.12
लक्ष्मीयुक्तो जगन्नाथः पूजनीयो ऽत्र पार्थिव । फलैः पुष्पैस्तथा धूपैश्चारुरक्तानुलेपनैः । शय्यादानैर्वस्त्रदानैस्तथा ब्राह्मणभोजनैः
lakṣmīyukto jagannāthaḥ pūjanīyo 'tra pārthiva / phalaiḥ puṣpaistathā dhūpaiścāruraktānulepanaiḥ / śayyādānairvastradānaistathā brāhmaṇabhojanaiḥ
Here, O king, the lord of the world together with Lakṣmī is to be worshipped—with fruits, flowers, and incense, with lovely red unguents, with gifts of beds, gifts of garments, and likewise with feeding of brahmins.
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NarP 2 11.13
तत्त्वया सर्वमेतद्धिकृतं राजन्सुदुस्तरम् । तस्यैव कर्मणः पुष्टिरशून्यस्य महीपते । इमानेवाग्रतः पुण्यास्त्वयोक्तान्विस्तराच्छृणु
tattvayā sarvametaddhikṛtaṃ rājansudustaram / tasyaiva karmaṇaḥ puṣṭiraśūnyasya mahīpate / imānevāgrataḥ puṇyāstvayoktānvistarācchṛṇu
All this, so very hard to accomplish, was indeed done by you, O king; and this prosperity is from that very act, the Aśūnya (vow), O lord of the earth. Hear now in detail these meritorious things you have mentioned before.
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NarP 2 11.14
नाप्रसन्नें जगन्नाथे भवेयुरिति निश्चितम् । पूर्वजन्मनि देवेशस्त्वयाशून्येन पूजितः
nāprasanneṃ jagannāthe bhaveyuriti niścitam / pūrvajanmani deveśastvayāśūnyena pūjitaḥ
It is certain that they would not come to be if the lord of the world were not pleased. In a former birth the lord of gods was worshipped by you with the Aśūnya (vow).
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NarP 2 11.15
इह जन्मनि राजेन्द्र द्वादश्यार्चयसे हरिम् । अवश्यं प्राप्यसे राजन् विष्णोः सायुज्यतां ध्रुवम्
iha janmani rājendra dvādaśyārcayase harim / avaśyaṃ prāpyase rājan viṣṇoḥ sāyujyatāṃ dhruvam
In this birth, best of kings, you worship Hari on the twelfth day; you will surely attain, O king, union with Viṣṇu, without fail.
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NarP 2 11.16
एष प्रश्नो मया राजन्व्याख्यातस्ते सुमङ्गलः । संपदां प्रभवोपेतो ज्ञातेरुत्कर्षणार्थकः
eṣa praśno mayā rājanvyākhyātaste sumaṅgalaḥ / saṃpadāṃ prabhavopeto jñāterutkarṣaṇārthakaḥ
This question of yours, O king, has been expounded by me — most auspicious, endowed with the power to produce prosperities, and serving to exalt one's kinsmen.
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NarP 2 11.17
किमन्यत्ते महीपाल ददामीह करोमि च । अवश्यं सर्वयोग्यो ऽसि भक्तो ऽसि त्वं जनार्दने
kimanyatte mahīpāla dadāmīha karomi ca / avaśyaṃ sarvayogyo 'si bhakto 'si tvaṃ janārdane
What else shall I give you here, O protector of the earth, and what shall I do? You are certainly fit for everything, for you are devoted to Janārdana.
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NarP 2 11.18
राजोवाच उत्सुको ऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ मन्दरं पर्वतं प्रति । तत्राश्चर्याण्यनेकानि द्रष्टुकामस्तवाज्ञया
rājovāca utsuko 'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha mandaraṃ parvataṃ prati / tatrāścaryāṇyanekāni draṣṭukāmastavājñayā
The king said: I am eager, O best of the twice-born, (to go) toward Mount Mandara; by your permission I wish to see the many marvels there.
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NarP 2 11.19
लघुर्भूत्वा गुरुं त्यक्त्वा पुत्रोपरि द्विजोत्तम । राज्यशासनजं भारं दुर्वहं यच्च भूमिपैः
laghurbhūtvā guruṃ tyaktvā putropari dvijottama / rājyaśāsanajaṃ bhāraṃ durvahaṃ yacca bhūmipaiḥ
Having become light by laying the heavy burden born of ruling the kingdom — hard for kings to bear — upon my son, O best of the twice-born,
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NarP 2 11.20
सो ऽहं स्वेच्छाचरो यातो मत्कृत्यं तनयश्चरेत् । तच्छत्वा वचनं राज्ञो वामदेवो ऽब्रवीदिदम्
so 'haṃ svecchācaro yāto matkṛtyaṃ tanayaścaret / tacchatvā vacanaṃ rājño vāmadevo 'bravīdidam
I have thus set out to act as I please; let my son carry out my duty. Hearing that speech of the king, Vāmadeva said this:
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NarP 2 11.21
एतद्धि परमं कृत्यं पुत्रस्य नृपपुङ्गवं । यत्क्लेशात्पितरं प्रेम्णा विमोचयति सर्वदा
etaddhi paramaṃ kṛtyaṃ putrasya nṛpapuṅgavaṃ / yatkleśātpitaraṃ premṇā vimocayati sarvadā
This indeed is the highest duty of a son, O bull among kings: that out of love he always releases his father from toil.
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NarP 2 11.22
पितुर्वचनकारी च मनोवाक्कायशक्तितः । तस्य भागीरथीस्नानमहन्यहनि जायते
piturvacanakārī ca manovākkāyaśaktitaḥ / tasya bhāgīrathīsnānamahanyahani jāyate
And for him who carries out his father's word with the full power of mind, speech and body, a bath in the Bhāgīrathī comes about day after day.
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NarP 2 11.23
निरस्य पितृवाक्यं तु व्रजेत्स्नातुं सुरापगाम् । नो शुद्धिस्तस्य पुत्रस्य इतीत्थं वैदिकी श्रुतिः
nirasya pitṛvākyaṃ tu vrajetsnātuṃ surāpagām / no śuddhistasya putrasya itītthaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ
But should he reject his father's word and go to bathe in the river of the gods, there is no purification for that son — thus indeed is the Vedic revelation.
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NarP 2 11.24
स त्वं गच्छ यथाकामं कृतकृत्यो ऽसि भूपते । हरिप्रसादात्ते जातो वंशे पुत्रः स पुण्यकृत्
sa tvaṃ gaccha yathākāmaṃ kṛtakṛtyo 'si bhūpate / hariprasādātte jāto vaṃśe putraḥ sa puṇyakṛt
So go as you wish; you have accomplished what was to be done, O lord of the earth. By Hari's grace that merit-making son has been born in your line.
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NarP 2 11.25
एवमुक्ते तु मुनिना समारुह्य तुरङ्गमम् । ययौ शीघ्रगतिः श्रीमान्सदागतिरिव स्वयम्
evamukte tu muninā samāruhya turaṅgamam / yayau śīghragatiḥ śrīmānsadāgatiriva svayam
When the sage had spoken thus, he mounted his horse and, swift-moving, the illustrious one went off as if he were the wind ("ever-moving") itself.
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NarP 2 11.26
वीक्ष्यमाणो गिरीन्सर्वान्वनानि सरितस्तथा । सर्वाश्चर्याणि राजेन्द्रः सरांस्युपवनानि च
vīkṣyamāṇo girīnsarvānvanāni saritastathā / sarvāścaryāṇi rājendraḥ sarāṃsyupavanāni ca
The best of kings went gazing at all the mountains, the forests and the rivers, at all the marvels, and at the lakes and groves.
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NarP 2 11.27
सो ऽचिरेणैव कालेन संप्राप्तो मन्दराचलम् । भ्रामयित्वा गिरिं श्वेतं गन्धमादनमेव च
so 'cireṇaiva kālena saṃprāpto mandarācalam / bhrāmayitvā giriṃ śvetaṃ gandhamādanameva ca
In no long time he reached Mount Mandara, having circled the White Mountain and Gandhamādana too,
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NarP 2 11.28
अतीत्य च महामेरुं दृष्ट्वा चैवोत्तरान्कुरून् । शतसूर्यप्रतीकाशं सर्वतः काञ्चनावृतम्
atītya ca mahāmeruṃ dṛṣṭvā caivottarānkurūn / śatasūryapratīkāśaṃ sarvataḥ kāñcanāvṛtam
and having passed the great Meru and seen the northern Kurus — (Mandara) resembling a hundred suns, covered with gold on every side,
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NarP 2 11.29
संघृष्टं हरिबाहुभ्यां स्रवन्तं काञ्चनं रसम् । तद्भूभागं नगाकीर्णं बहुधातुविभूषितम्
saṃghṛṣṭaṃ haribāhubhyāṃ sravantaṃ kāñcanaṃ rasam / tadbhūbhāgaṃ nagākīrṇaṃ bahudhātuvibhūṣitam
rubbed by Hari's two arms and oozing golden liquid; that tract of land crowded with trees and adorned with many minerals,
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NarP 2 11.30
बहुनिर्झरसंयुक्तं बहुकन्दरभूषितम् । निम्नागायुतसंपूर्णं धौतं गङ्गाजलैः शुभैः
bahunirjharasaṃyuktaṃ bahukandarabhūṣitam / nimnāgāyutasaṃpūrṇaṃ dhautaṃ gaṅgājalaiḥ śubhaiḥ
joined with many waterfalls, adorned with many caverns, filled with ten thousand streams, washed by the auspicious waters of the Ganges,
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NarP 2 11.31
विश्वस्तैर्युवतीवृन्दैः कान्ताशर्मोपसेविभिः । घटप्रमाणैर्नृपते परिपक्वैः सुगन्धिभिः
viśvastairyuvatīvṛndaiḥ kāntāśarmopasevibhiḥ / ghaṭapramāṇairnṛpate paripakvaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ
adorned with fruits — ripe and fragrant, the size of pots, O king — born of young women, like breasts, (attended) by trusting throngs of maidens who serve the pleasure of lovers,
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NarP 2 11.32
फलैर्युवतिसंभूतैः कुचैरिव विभूषितम् । द्विरेफध्वनिसंयुक्तं कोकिलस्वरनादितम्
phalairyuvatisaṃbhūtaiḥ kucairiva vibhūṣitam / dvirephadhvanisaṃyuktaṃ kokilasvaranāditam
(the mountain) adorned as if with breasts by fruits produced from young women, filled with the humming of bees, resounding with the notes of cuckoos,
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NarP 2 11.33
अनेकसत्त्वविरुतैः समन्तान्नादितं गिरिम् । संपश्यमानो नृपतिर्विवेश स महागिरिम्
anekasattvavirutaiḥ samantānnāditaṃ girim / saṃpaśyamāno nṛpatirviveśa sa mahāgirim
the mountain made to resound on all sides with the cries of many creatures — gazing at it, the king entered that great mountain.
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NarP 2 11.34
आरोढुकामस्तु कुतूहलात्तमन्वेषयन्केन पथा प्ररोहम् । स वीक्षते यावदसौ समन्तात्तावत्समस्तं द्रुमपक्षिसंघम्
āroḍhukāmastu kutūhalāttamanveṣayankena pathā praroham / sa vīkṣate yāvadasau samantāttāvatsamastaṃ drumapakṣisaṃgham
Wishing out of curiosity to climb it, searching out by which path there might be an ascent, while he looked about on every side, meanwhile the whole flock of birds in the trees...
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NarP 2 11.35
विसर्पमाणं ध्वनिना गृहीतं विमोहिनीवक्त्रसमुद्भवेन । उपप्लवन्तं तरसा महीपस्तेनैव सार्द्धं स जगाम तूर्णम्
visarpamāṇaṃ dhvaninā gṛhītaṃ vimohinīvaktrasamudbhavena / upaplavantaṃ tarasā mahīpastenaiva sārddhaṃ sa jagāma tūrṇam
The whole flock of birds of the trees, spreading out, caught by the sound that arose from Vimohinī's mouth, rushing swiftly onward — together with it the king too went quickly.
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NarP 2 11.36
तस्यापि कर्णे ध्वनिराविवेश विमोहिनीवक्त्रसमुद्भवो यः । विमोहितो येन विमुच्य वाहं त्रिविक्रमेणेव विलङ्घ्यमानम्
tasyāpi karṇe dhvanirāviveśa vimohinīvaktrasamudbhavo yaḥ / vimohito yena vimucya vāhaṃ trivikrameṇeva vilaṅghyamānam
Into his ear too entered the sound that arose from Vimohinī's mouth, by which, bewildered, he let go of his mount, (the ground) being crossed over as if by Trivikrama.
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NarP 2 11.37
मार्गं गिरेर्मोहिनिगीतमुग्धं क्षणेन राजा सहसा ददर्श । गिरौ स्थितां तप्तसुवर्णभासं कामस्य यष्टीमिव निर्मितां च
mārgaṃ girermohinigītamugdhaṃ kṣaṇena rājā sahasā dadarśa / girau sthitāṃ taptasuvarṇabhāsaṃ kāmasya yaṣṭīmiva nirmitāṃ ca
In a moment the king suddenly saw the mountain path, made lovely by Mohinī's song, and (saw) her standing on the mountain, with the sheen of molten gold, like a wand of Kāma fashioned (for the purpose).
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NarP 2 11.38
शक्रस्य लिङ्गं गगने प्रसक्तं संपूजयन्तीमिव लोकसूत्यै । क्षमास्वरूपामिव वै रसाया गिरेः सुताया इव रूपराशिम्
śakrasya liṅgaṃ gagane prasaktaṃ saṃpūjayantīmiva lokasūtyai / kṣamāsvarūpāmiva vai rasāyā gireḥ sutāyā iva rūparāśim
(He saw her) as if worshipping Śakra's liṅga stretched up in the sky for the bringing forth of the world, as if the very embodiment of the patience of the earth below, as if the heap of beauty of the mountain's daughter.
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NarP 2 11.39
सिंधोस्तु वेलामिव रूपयुक्तां तस्यास्तनुं वै रतिमन्दिराख्याम् । विकर्षमाणां सहसा त्रिनेत्रं लिङ्गाश्रयं देवविनोदनार्थम्
siṃdhostu velāmiva rūpayuktāṃ tasyāstanuṃ vai ratimandirākhyām / vikarṣamāṇāṃ sahasā trinetraṃ liṅgāśrayaṃ devavinodanārtham
Her body, endowed with beauty like the shore of the sea, called the mansion of love, dragging the three-eyed one, who dwells in the liṅga, suddenly (down), for the amusement of the gods.
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NarP 2 11.40
तत्पुण्यकर्त्तुर्मनसाभिलाषां व्यवस्थितो मोहिनिरूपदर्शी । विमोहितो ऽसौ निपपात राजा विमोहिनीकामशरेण विद्धः
tatpuṇyakartturmanasābhilāṣāṃ vyavasthito mohinirūpadarśī / vimohito 'sau nipapāta rājā vimohinīkāmaśareṇa viddhaḥ
(She was) the object longed for in the mind by the performer of that meritorious act; standing there, beholding Mohinī's form, that king was bewildered and fell down, pierced by Vimohinī's arrow of desire.
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NarP 2 11.41
ज्वरेण तीव्रेण गृहीतदेहः समीपमस्याः स ससर्प शीघ्रम् । विसर्पिणं भूमिपतिं सुनेत्रा विलोकयामास कटाक्षदृष्ट्या
jvareṇa tīvreṇa gṛhītadehaḥ samīpamasyāḥ sa sasarpa śīghram / visarpiṇaṃ bhūmipatiṃ sunetrā vilokayāmāsa kaṭākṣadṛṣṭyā
His body seized by a violent fever, he crept swiftly close to her; and the fair-eyed one looked upon the creeping king with a sidelong glance.
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NarP 2 11.42
विमुच्य वीणां विरराम गीतात्पाप्तं च कार्यं सहसैव मेने । विधूनयन्ती मृगपक्षिसघान्सुवाससा गण्डभुजौ निवार्य
vimucya vīṇāṃ virarāma gītātpāptaṃ ca kāryaṃ sahasaiva mene / vidhūnayantī mṛgapakṣisaghānsuvāsasā gaṇḍabhujau nivārya
Letting go of the vīṇā, she left off her song and at once considered the task accomplished; shaking off the throngs of deer and birds, covering her cheek and arm with her fine garment,
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NarP 2 11.43
शिलीमुखान् श्वाससुगन्धमुग्धान् जगाम देवी नृपतेः समीपम् । त्यक्त्वा हरं पूज्यतमं सुलिङ्गं गगत्वा तु पार्श्वे तमुदारचेष्टा
śilīmukhān śvāsasugandhamugdhān jagāma devī nṛpateḥ samīpam / tyaktvā haraṃ pūjyatamaṃ suliṅgaṃ gagatvā tu pārśve tamudāraceṣṭā
and the bees, made witless by the sweet fragrance of her breath — the goddess went near the king; abandoning Hara, the most worshipful fine liṅga, and going to his side, she of noble bearing —
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NarP 2 11.44
विमोहिनी नीररजपत्रनेत्रा उवाच वाक्यं मधुरं मनोज्ञम् । रुक्माङ्गदं कामशराभितप्तमुत्तिष्ठ राजन्वशगा तवाहम्
vimohinī nīrarajapatranetrā uvāca vākyaṃ madhuraṃ manojñam / rukmāṅgadaṃ kāmaśarābhitaptamuttiṣṭha rājanvaśagā tavāham
Vimohinī, whose eyes were lotus petals, spoke sweet, charming words to Rukmāṅgada, who was scorched by the arrows of desire: "Rise, O king; I am subject to you."
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NarP 2 11.45
किं मूर्च्छया देहमिमं क्षिणोषि यस्त्वं धराभारमिमं महान्तम् । तृणीकृतं भूप समुद्वहेथा यन्मामकं रूपमवेक्ष्य हारि
kiṃ mūrcchayā dehamimaṃ kṣiṇoṣi yastvaṃ dharābhāramimaṃ mahāntam / tṛṇīkṛtaṃ bhūpa samudvahethā yanmāmakaṃ rūpamavekṣya hāri
"Why do you waste this body with swooning — you who could take up this great burden of the earth and bear it as if it were a blade of grass, O king — merely because you have looked upon my captivating form?"
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NarP 2 11.46
किं मुह्यसे दुर्बलगौरिवेह पङ्के निमग्ना भव त्वम् । धीरो ऽसि विडंबयेथाः किमर्थमात्मानमुदारचेष्टम्
kiṃ muhyase durbalagauriveha paṅke nimagnā bhava tvam / dhīro 'si viḍaṃbayethāḥ kimarthamātmānamudāraceṣṭam
"Why are you bewildered here like a feeble cow sunk in the mud? Be (yourself)! You are firm of mind; why should you make a mockery of yourself, you whose conduct is noble?"
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NarP 2 11.47
यद्यस्ति वाञ्छा तव भूपतीश ममानुकूले सुरते ऽतिहृद्ये । प्रदाय दानं च सुधर्ममुक्तं भुङ्क्ष्व स्वदासीमिव मां रतिज्ञाम्
yadyasti vāñchā tava bhūpatīśa mamānukūle surate 'tihṛdye / pradāya dānaṃ ca sudharmamuktaṃ bhuṅkṣva svadāsīmiva māṃ ratijñām
"If you have a longing, O lord of kings, for love-play with me, agreeable and most delightful, then give a gift such as good dharma prescribes, and enjoy me, who know love, as your own servant-girl."
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