Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 23
NarP 2 23.1
मोहिन्युवाच वाक्यमुक्तं त्वया साधु कार्तिके यदुपोषणम् । व्रतादिकरणं राज्ञां नोक्तं क्वापि निदर्शने
mohinyuvāca vākyamuktaṃ tvayā sādhu kārtike yadupoṣaṇam / vratādikaraṇaṃ rājñāṃ noktaṃ kvāpi nidarśane
Mohinī said: A good word has been spoken by you, this fasting in Kārtika; but the performance of vows and the like by kings is nowhere stated as a precedent.
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NarP 2 23.2
मुक्त्वैकं ब्राह्मणं लोके नोक्तं शूद्रविशोरपि । दानं हि पालनं युद्धं तृतीयं भूभुजां स्मृतम्
muktvaikaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ loke noktaṃ śūdraviśorapi / dānaṃ hi pālanaṃ yuddhaṃ tṛtīyaṃ bhūbhujāṃ smṛtam
Except for the brahmin alone, in this world it is not enjoined even for śūdra and vaiśya; for giving, protection, and third, warfare, are declared (the duties) of kings.
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NarP 2 23.3
न व्रतं हि त्वया कार्यं यदि मामिच्छसि प्रियाम् । मुहूर्तमपि राजेन्द्र न शक्नोमि त्वया विना
na vrataṃ hi tvayā kāryaṃ yadi māmicchasi priyām / muhūrtamapi rājendra na śaknomi tvayā vinā
The vow must not be undertaken by you, if you want me as your beloved. Not even for a moment, O best of kings, am I able
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NarP 2 23.4
स्थातुं कमलगर्भाभ किं पुनर्माससंख्यया । यत्रोपवासकरणं मन्यसे वसाधाधिप
sthātuṃ kamalagarbhābha kiṃ punarmāsasaṃkhyayā / yatropavāsakaraṇaṃ manyase vasādhādhipa
to stay without you, O you who shine like the heart of a lotus—how much less for the count of a month! Wherever you think fasting is to be done, O lord of the earth,
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NarP 2 23.5
तत्र वै भोजनं देयं विप्राणां च महात्मनाम् । अथवा ज्येष्ठपत्नी या सा करोतु व्रतादिकम् । एवमुक्ते तु वचने मोहिन्या रुक्मभूषणः
tatra vai bhojanaṃ deyaṃ viprāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām / athavā jyeṣṭhapatnī yā sā karotu vratādikam / evamukte tu vacane mohinyā rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ
there indeed food should be given to brahmins, to great souls. Or else let the eldest wife, whoever she is, perform the vow and the rest. When this word had thus been spoken by Mohinī, the gold-ornamented (king)
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NarP 2 23.6
आजुहाव प्रियां भार्यां नाम्ना संध्यावलिंशुभाम् । आहूता तत्क्षणात्प्राप्ता राजानं भूरिदक्षिणम्
ājuhāva priyāṃ bhāryāṃ nāmnā saṃdhyāvaliṃśubhām / āhūtā tatkṣaṇātprāptā rājānaṃ bhūridakṣiṇam
summoned his dear wife, the fair one named Saṃdhyāvalī. Being summoned, she came that very instant to the king of abundant gifts,
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NarP 2 23.7
आशीनं शयने दिव्ये मोहिनीबाहुसंवृतम् । संघृष्टं हि कुचाग्रेण स्वर्णकुंभनिभेन हि
āśīnaṃ śayane divye mohinībāhusaṃvṛtam / saṃghṛṣṭaṃ hi kucāgreṇa svarṇakuṃbhanibhena hi
who was seated on a divine couch, enclosed by Mohinī's arms, rubbed by the tip of her breast that resembled a golden pot,
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NarP 2 23.8
शयने वामनेत्रायाः सकामाया महीपते । कृतां जलिपुटा भूत्वा भर्तुर्नमितकन्धरा
śayane vāmanetrāyāḥ sakāmāyā mahīpate / kṛtāṃ jalipuṭā bhūtvā bharturnamitakandharā
on the bed of that lovely-eyed, desire-filled woman, O lord of the earth. Making her palms cupped (in salutation), her neck bowed to her husband,
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NarP 2 23.9
संध्यावली प्राह नृपं किमाहूता करोम्यहम् । तव वाक्ये स्थिता कान्त दुःसापत्न्यविवर्जिता
saṃdhyāvalī prāha nṛpaṃ kimāhūtā karomyaham / tava vākye sthitā kānta duḥsāpatnyavivarjitā
Saṃdhyāvalī said to the king: Having been summoned, what am I to do? I stand by your word, O beloved, free from any ill will toward a co-wife.
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NarP 2 23.10
यथा यथा हि रमसे मोहिन्या सहह भूपते । तथा तथा मम प्रीतिर्वर्द्धते नात्र संशयः
yathā yathā hi ramase mohinyā sahaha bhūpate / tathā tathā mama prītirvarddhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
For the more you take pleasure with Mohinī, O lord of the earth, so much the more does my own delight grow—there is no doubt here.
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NarP 2 23.13
भर्तुः सौख्येन या नारी दुःखयुक्ता प्रजायते । सा तु श्येनी भवेद्राजंस्त्रीणि वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥ नर्प्_२,२३।११ ॥ आज्ञां मे देहि राजेन्द्र मा व्रीहां कामिकां कुरु ॥ नर्प्_२,२३।१२ ॥ रुक्माङ्गद उवाच जानामि तव शीलं तु कुलं जानामि भामिनि । तव वाक्येन हि चिरं मोहिनी रमिता मया
bhartuḥ saukhyena yā nārī duḥkhayuktā prajāyate / sā tu śyenī bhavedrājaṃstrīṇi varṣāṇi pañca ca // narp_2,23.11 // ājñāṃ me dehi rājendra mā vrīhāṃ kāmikāṃ kuru // narp_2,23.12 // rukmāṅgada uvāca jānāmi tava śīlaṃ tu kulaṃ jānāmi bhāmini / tava vākyena hi ciraṃ mohinī ramitā mayā
A woman who becomes filled with sorrow at her husband's happiness becomes a hawk, O king, for three years and five. Give me your command, O best of kings; do not make (me? it?) a matter of mere desire. || Rukmāṅgada said: I know your character, and I know your family, O lady; it was by your word that Mohinī was long enjoyed by me.
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NarP 2 23.14
रममाणस्य सुचिरं बहवः कार्तिका गताः । प्रिया सौख्येन मुग्धस्य न गतो हरिवासरः
ramamāṇasya suciraṃ bahavaḥ kārtikā gatāḥ / priyā saukhyena mugdhasya na gato harivāsaraḥ
While I took my pleasure for a very long time, many Kārtikas passed by; bewildered by the delight of my beloved, the day of Hari was not observed by me.
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NarP 2 23.15
सो ऽहं तृप्तिमनुप्राप्तः कामभोगात्पुनः पुनः । ज्ञातो ऽयं कार्तिको मासः सर्वपापक्षयङ्करः
so 'haṃ tṛptimanuprāptaḥ kāmabhogātpunaḥ punaḥ / jñāto 'yaṃ kārtiko māsaḥ sarvapāpakṣayaṅkaraḥ
Such as I am, I have reached satiety from the enjoyment of desire again and again; and now this month of Kārtika has been recognized (by me) as the destroyer of all sins.
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NarP 2 23.16
कर्तुकामो व्रतं देवि कार्तिकाख्यं सुपुण्यदम् । इयं वारयते मां च व्रताद्ब्रह्मसुता शुभे
kartukāmo vrataṃ devi kārtikākhyaṃ supuṇyadam / iyaṃ vārayate māṃ ca vratādbrahmasutā śubhe
"I wish to perform, O goddess, the observance called Kārtika, which grants great merit; but this daughter of Brahmā holds me back from the vow, O lovely one."
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NarP 2 23.17
अस्या न विप्रियं कार्यं सर्वथा वरवर्णिनि । मामकं व्रतमाधत्स्व कृच्छ्राख्यं कायशोषकम्
asyā na vipriyaṃ kāryaṃ sarvathā varavarṇini / māmakaṃ vratamādhatsva kṛcchrākhyaṃ kāyaśoṣakam
"Nothing displeasing to her is to be done in any way, O you of excellent complexion. Undertake my vow, the one called kṛcchra ('the hard one'), which withers the body."
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NarP 2 23.18
सा चैवमुक्ता नवहेमवर्णा भर्त्रा तदा पीनपयोधरङ्गी । उवाच वाक्यं द्विजराजकक्त्राव्रतं चरिष्ये तव तुष्टिहेतोः
sā caivamuktā navahemavarṇā bhartrā tadā pīnapayodharaṅgī / uvāca vākyaṃ dvijarājakaktrāvrataṃ cariṣye tava tuṣṭihetoḥ
She, of the color of fresh gold, with full breasts and (lovely) limbs, thus addressed by her husband, then spoke, she of the moon-like face: "I shall perform the vow for the sake of your satisfaction."
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NarP 2 23.19
येनैव कीर्तिस्तु यशो भवेच्च तथैव सौख्यं तव कीर्तियुक्तम् । करोमि सौम्यं नरदेवनाथ क्षिपामि देहं ज्वलनेत्वदर्थम्
yenaiva kīrtistu yaśo bhavecca tathaiva saukhyaṃ tava kīrtiyuktam / karomi saumyaṃ naradevanātha kṣipāmi dehaṃ jvalanetvadartham
"By whatever means fame and renown may come to be, and likewise happiness joined with glory for you — that I do, O gentle one, O lord of men and gods; for your sake I would cast my body into the fire."
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NarP 2 23.20
अकार्यमेतन्नहि भूमिपाल वाक्येन ते हन्मि सुतं स्वकीयम् । किन्त्वेवमेतद्व्रतकर्म भूयः करोमि सौम्यं नरदेवनाथ
akāryametannahi bhūmipāla vākyena te hanmi sutaṃ svakīyam / kintvevametadvratakarma bhūyaḥ karomi saumyaṃ naradevanātha
"This is not a thing to be done, O protector of the earth — surely at your word I will not kill my own son! Yet even so I will perform this vow-observance again, O gentle one, O lord of men and gods."
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NarP 2 23.21
इत्येवमुक्त्वा रविपुत्रशत्रुं प्रणम्य तं चारुविशालनेत्रा । व्रतं चकाराथ तदा हि देवी ह्यशेषपापौघविनाशनाय
ityevamuktvā raviputraśatruṃ praṇamya taṃ cāruviśālanetrā / vrataṃ cakārātha tadā hi devī hyaśeṣapāpaughavināśanāya
Having spoken thus and bowed to him, the foe of the Sun's son, she of lovely wide eyes — the goddess then indeed performed the vow, for the destruction of the whole flood of her sins.
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NarP 2 23.22
व्रते प्रवृत्ते वरकृच्छ्रसंज्ञे प्रियाकृते हर्षमवाप राजा । उवाच वाक्यं कुशकेतुपुत्रीं कृतं वचः सुभ्रु समीहितं ते
vrate pravṛtte varakṛcchrasaṃjñe priyākṛte harṣamavāpa rājā / uvāca vākyaṃ kuśaketuputrīṃ kṛtaṃ vacaḥ subhru samīhitaṃ te
When the vow named the excellent kṛcchra had been undertaken by his beloved, the king felt joy, and spoke these words to the daughter of Kuśaketu: "What you desired, fair-browed one, my word, has been done."
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NarP 2 23.23
रमस्व कामं मय सन्निविष्टसंपूर्णवाञ्छा करभोरु हृष्टा । विमुक्तकार्यस्तव सुभ्रु हेतोर्नान्यास्ति नारी मम सौख्यहेतुः
ramasva kāmaṃ maya sanniviṣṭasaṃpūrṇavāñchā karabhoru hṛṣṭā / vimuktakāryastava subhru hetornānyāsti nārī mama saukhyahetuḥ
"Take your pleasure at will, delighted, your every wish fulfilled, resting upon me, O you with thighs (smooth) as an elephant's trunk. You are released from the task, fair-browed one; for your sake there is no other woman who is the cause of my happiness."
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NarP 2 23.24
सा त्वेवमुक्ता निजनायकेन प्रहर्षमभ्येत्य जगाद भूपम् । ज्ञात्वा भवन्तं बहुकामयुक्तं त्रिविष्टपान्नाथ समागताहम्
sā tvevamuktā nijanāyakena praharṣamabhyetya jagāda bhūpam / jñātvā bhavantaṃ bahukāmayuktaṃ triviṣṭapānnātha samāgatāham
She, thus addressed by her own lord, attaining great delight, said to the king: "Knowing you to be full of great desire, my lord, I have come here from heaven,
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NarP 2 23.25
त्यक्त्वामरान्दैत्यगणांश्च सर्वान्गन्धर्वयक्षोरगराक्षसांश्च । संदृश्यमानान्मम नाथ हेतोः स्नेहान्विताहं तव मन्दराद्रौ
tyaktvāmarāndaityagaṇāṃśca sarvāngandharvayakṣoragarākṣasāṃśca / saṃdṛśyamānānmama nātha hetoḥ snehānvitāhaṃ tava mandarādrau
"having abandoned the gods and all the hosts of demons, and the gandharvas, yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas, though they were looking upon me — for your sake, my lord, I, filled with love for you, (came) on Mount Mandara."
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NarP 2 23.26
एतत्कामफलं लोके यद्द्वयोरेकचित्तता । अन्यचेतः कृतः कामः शवयोरिव संगमः
etatkāmaphalaṃ loke yaddvayorekacittatā / anyacetaḥ kṛtaḥ kāmaḥ śavayoriva saṃgamaḥ
"This is the fruit of love in the world: that two have one mind. Love made with a mind (turned) elsewhere is like the union of two corpses."
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NarP 2 23.27
सफलं हि वपुर्मे ऽद्य सफलं रूपमेव हि । त्वया कामवता कान्त दुर्ल्लभं यज्जगत्त्रये
saphalaṃ hi vapurme 'dya saphalaṃ rūpameva hi / tvayā kāmavatā kānta durllabhaṃ yajjagattraye
"Fruitful indeed is my body today, and fruitful indeed my beauty, through you who are full of desire, beloved — which is hard to obtain in the three worlds."
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NarP 2 23.28
प्रोन्नताभ्यां कुचाभ्यां हि कामिनो हृदयं यदि । संश्लिष्टं नहि शीर्येत मन्ये वज्रसमं दृढम् । तदेव चामृतं लोके यत्पुरन्ध्र्यधरासवम्
pronnatābhyāṃ kucābhyāṃ hi kāmino hṛdayaṃ yadi / saṃśliṣṭaṃ nahi śīryeta manye vajrasamaṃ dṛḍham / tadeva cāmṛtaṃ loke yatpurandhryadharāsavam
"If the lover's heart, when clasped by (my) two high breasts, does not break apart, I hold it to be as firm as adamant. And that alone is nectar in the world which is the liquor of a woman's lower lip,
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NarP 2 23.29
कुचाभ्यां हृदि लीनाभ्यां मुखेन परिपीयते । एवमुक्त्वा परिष्वज्य राजानं रहसि स्थितम्
kucābhyāṃ hṛdi līnābhyāṃ mukhena paripīyate / evamuktvā pariṣvajya rājānaṃ rahasi sthitam
"which is drunk up with the mouth while the breasts cling to (his) chest." Having spoken thus, she embraced the king who was staying in a private place,
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NarP 2 23.30
रमयामास तन्वङ्गी वात्स्यायनविधानतः । तस्यैवं रममाणस्य मोहिन्या सहितस्य हि
ramayāmāsa tanvaṅgī vātsyāyanavidhānataḥ / tasyaivaṃ ramamāṇasya mohinyā sahitasya hi
and the slender-limbed one gave him pleasure according to the precepts of Vātsyāyana. While he was thus taking his pleasure together with Mohinī,
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NarP 2 23.31
रुक्माङ्गदस्य कर्णाभ्यां पटहध्वनिरागतः । मत्तेभकुंभसंस्थस्तु धर्माङ्गदनिदेशतः
rukmāṅgadasya karṇābhyāṃ paṭahadhvanirāgataḥ / mattebhakuṃbhasaṃsthastu dharmāṅgadanideśataḥ
the sound of a drum came to the ears of Rukmāṅgada — (a drum) set on the forehead-boss of a rutting elephant, at Dharmāṅgada's command:
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NarP 2 23.32
प्रातर्हरिदिनं लोकास्तिष्ठध्वं त्वेकभोजनाः । अक्षारलवणाः सर्वे हविष्यान्ननिषेविणः
prātarharidinaṃ lokāstiṣṭhadhvaṃ tvekabhojanāḥ / akṣāralavaṇāḥ sarve haviṣyānnaniṣeviṇaḥ
"Tomorrow is Hari's day. People, remain eating but once, all of you without salt or saline food, partaking of sacrificial food.
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NarP 2 23.33
अवनीतल्पशयनाः प्रियासंगविवर्जिताः । स्मरध्वं देवदेवेशं पुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम्
avanītalpaśayanāḥ priyāsaṃgavivarjitāḥ / smaradhvaṃ devadeveśaṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣottamam
"Sleeping with the ground for your bed, abstaining from union with your wives, remember the Lord of the lords of gods, the ancient Supreme Person.
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NarP 2 23.34
सकृद्भोजनसंयुक्ता उपवासं करिष्यथ । अकृतश्राद्धनिचया अप्राप्ताः पिण्डमेव च
sakṛdbhojanasaṃyuktā upavāsaṃ kariṣyatha / akṛtaśrāddhanicayā aprāptāḥ piṇḍameva ca
"Eating only once, you shall keep the fast — even those who have performed no accumulation of śrāddhas, and those who have received no piṇḍa,
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NarP 2 23.35
गयामगतपुत्राश्च गच्छध्वं श्रीहरेः पदम् । एषा कार्तिकशुक्ला वै हरेर्निद्राव्यपोहिनी
gayāmagataputrāśca gacchadhvaṃ śrīhareḥ padam / eṣā kārtikaśuklā vai harernidrāvyapohinī
"and those whose sons have not gone to Gayā: go to the abode of blessed Hari! This bright fortnight of Kārtika is what drives away Hari's sleep.
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NarP 2 23.36
प्रातरेकादशी प्राप्ता मा कृथा भोजनं क्वचित् । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि कामकारकृतानि च
prātarekādaśī prāptā mā kṛthā bhojanaṃ kvacit / brahmahatyādipāpāni kāmakārakṛtāni ca
At dawn the Ekādaśī has come: do not take food on any account. The sins beginning with the killing of a brahmin, and those committed willfully —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.37
तानि यास्यन्ति सर्वाणि उपोष्येमां प्रबोधिनीम् । प्रबोधयेद्धर्म्मपरान्न्यायाचार समन्वितान्
tāni yāsyanti sarvāṇi upoṣyemāṃ prabodhinīm / prabodhayeddharmmaparānnyāyācāra samanvitān
— all those will depart when one fasts on this Prabodhinī. One should rouse those devoted to dharma and possessed of lawful conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.38
हरेः प्रबोधमाधत्ते तेनैषा बोधिनी स्मृता । सकृच्चोपोषितां चेमां निद्राच्छेदकरीं हरेः
hareḥ prabodhamādhatte tenaiṣā bodhinī smṛtā / sakṛccopoṣitāṃ cemāṃ nidrācchedakarīṃ hareḥ
It brings about the awakening of Hari, and therefore it is called Bodhinī. And for one who has once fasted on this (day), the cutter of Hari's sleep —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.39
तनयो न भवेन्मर्त्यो न गर्भे जायते पुनः । रुरुध्वं चक्रिणः पूजामात्मवित्तेन मानवाः
tanayo na bhavenmartyo na garbhe jāyate punaḥ / rurudhvaṃ cakriṇaḥ pūjāmātmavittena mānavāḥ
— a mortal does not become a son (of anyone), nor is he born in a womb again. Hold back(?) the worship of the discus-bearer, O men, with your own wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.40
वस्त्रैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपैर्वरचन्दनकुङ्कुमैः । सुहृद्यैश्च फलैर्गन्धैर्यजध्वं श्रीहरेः पदम्
vastraiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpairvaracandanakuṅkumaiḥ / suhṛdyaiśca phalairgandhairyajadhvaṃ śrīhareḥ padam
With garments, flowers, incense and lamps, with fine sandal-paste and saffron, and with delightful fruits and perfumes, worship the feet of blessed Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.41
यो न कुर्याद्वचो मे ऽद्य धर्म्यं विष्णुगतिप्रदम् । स मे दण्ड्यश्च वाध्यश्च निर्वास्यो विषयाद्ध्रुवम्
yo na kuryādvaco me 'dya dharmyaṃ viṣṇugatipradam / sa me daṇḍyaśca vādhyaśca nirvāsyo viṣayāddhruvam
Whoever today does not act on this word of mine, which accords with dharma and bestows the goal of Viṣṇu, is surely to be punished by me, to be executed, to be banished from the realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.42
एवंविधे वाद्यमाने पटहे मेघनिःस्वने । हस्ता दमुञ्च तांबूलं सकर्पूरं नृपोत्तमः
evaṃvidhe vādyamāne paṭahe meghaniḥsvane / hastā damuñca tāṃbūlaṃ sakarpūraṃ nṛpottamaḥ
While the drum, sounding like a thundercloud, was being beaten in this manner, the best of kings let fall from his hand the betel with camphor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.43
मोहिनीकुचयोर्लग्नं हृदयं स विकृष्य वै । उदत्तिष्ठन्महीपालः शय्यायां रतिवर्द्धनः
mohinīkucayorlagnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sa vikṛṣya vai / udattiṣṭhanmahīpālaḥ śayyāyāṃ rativarddhanaḥ
Wrenching away his heart, which clung to Mohinī's breasts, the protector of the earth, the increaser of love-play, rose up from the bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.44
मोहिनीं मोहकामार्त्तां सत्वियन् श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । देवि प्रातर्हरिदिनं भविष्यत्यधनाशनम्
mohinīṃ mohakāmārttāṃ satviyan ślakṣṇayā girā / devi prātarharidinaṃ bhaviṣyatyadhanāśanam
Soothing Mohinī, who was afflicted with bewildered desire, with gentle speech: "Goddess, at dawn there will be Hari's day, the destroyer of sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.45
संयतो ऽहं भविष्यामि क्षम्यतां क्षम्यतामिति । तवाज्ञया मया कृच्छ्रं सन्ध्यावल्या तु कारितम्
saṃyato 'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti / tavājñayā mayā kṛcchraṃ sandhyāvalyā tu kāritam
"I shall be restrained; let it be pardoned, let it be pardoned. By your command a hardship was inflicted by me upon Sandhyāvalī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.46
इयमेकादशी कार्या प्रबोधकरणी मया । अशेषपापबन्धस्य छेदनी गतिदायिनी
iyamekādaśī kāryā prabodhakaraṇī mayā / aśeṣapāpabandhasya chedanī gatidāyinī
"This Ekādaśī, which effects the awakening (of Hari), is to be observed by me — the severer of the whole bondage of sin, the giver of (the highest) goal,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.47
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां महोत्सवविधायिनी । तस्माद्धविष्यं भोक्ष्ये ऽहं नियतो मत्तगामिनी
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ mahotsavavidhāyinī / tasmāddhaviṣyaṃ bhokṣye 'haṃ niyato mattagāminī
"and the maker of a great festival for all three worlds. Therefore I shall eat sacrificial fare, being under vow, O you of intoxicated gait."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.48
मया सह विशालाक्षि त्वं चापि तमधोक्षजम् । आराधय हृषीकेशमुपवासपरायणा । येन यास्यसि निर्वाणं दाहप्रलयवर्जितम्
mayā saha viśālākṣi tvaṃ cāpi tamadhokṣajam / ārādhaya hṛṣīkeśamupavāsaparāyaṇā / yena yāsyasi nirvāṇaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam
"Together with me, O wide-eyed one, you too worship that Adhokṣaja, Hṛṣīkeśa, being intent upon the fast, by which you will go to that extinction which is free from burning and from dissolution."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.49
मोहिन्युवाच साधूक्तं हि त्वया राजन्पूजनं चक्रपाणिनः । जन्ममृत्युजराछेदि करिष्ये ऽहं तवाज्ञया
mohinyuvāca sādhūktaṃ hi tvayā rājanpūjanaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ / janmamṛtyujarāchedi kariṣye 'haṃ tavājñayā
Mohinī said: Well have you spoken, O king, of the worship of the discus-bearer, which cuts off birth, death and old age; I shall do it at your command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.50
प्रतिज्ञा या त्वया पूर्वं कृता मन्दरमस्तके । करप्रदानसहिता भवता सुकृताङ्किता
pratijñā yā tvayā pūrvaṃ kṛtā mandaramastake / karapradānasahitā bhavatā sukṛtāṅkitā
But the promise that was formerly made by you on the summit of Mandara, accompanied by the giving of your hand, sealed by you with an oath upon your merit —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.51
तस्यास्तु समयः प्राप्तो दीयतां स हि मे त्वया । जन्मप्रभृति यत्पुण्यं त्वया यत्नेन संचितम्
tasyāstu samayaḥ prāpto dīyatāṃ sa hi me tvayā / janmaprabhṛti yatpuṇyaṃ tvayā yatnena saṃcitam
— the time for it has come; let it be given to me by you. Whatever merit has been carefully amassed by you from birth onward,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.52
तत्सर्वं नश्यति क्षिप्रं न ददासि वरं यदि । रुक्माङ्गद उवाच एहि चार्वङ्गि कर्त्तास्मि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ na dadāsi varaṃ yadi / rukmāṅgada uvāca ehi cārvaṅgi karttāsmi yatte manasi vartate
all that quickly perishes if you do not grant the boon. Rukmāṅgada said: Come, fair-limbed one, I shall do whatever is in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.53
नादेयं विद्यते किञ्चित्तुभ्यं मे जीवितावधि । किं पुनर्ग्रामवित्तादि धरायुक्तं च भामिनि
nādeyaṃ vidyate kiñcittubhyaṃ me jīvitāvadhi / kiṃ punargrāmavittādi dharāyuktaṃ ca bhāmini
There is nothing that I may not give you as long as I live — how much less a village, wealth and the like, or land, O passionate lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.54
मोहिन्युवाच नाथ कान्त विभो राजन् जीवितेश रतिप्रिय । नोपोष्यं वामरं विष्णोर्भोक्तव्या यद्यहं प्रिया
mohinyuvāca nātha kānta vibho rājan jīviteśa ratipriya / nopoṣyaṃ vāmaraṃ viṣṇorbhoktavyā yadyahaṃ priyā
Mohinī said: O husband, lover, mighty one, king, lord of my life, delighting in love — the immortal day of Viṣṇu must not be fasted; food must be eaten, if I am dear (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.55
न च ते ऽहं प्रिया राजन् सुहूर्तमपि कामये । त्वत्संयोगं विना भूता भविष्यामि वरं विना
na ca te 'haṃ priyā rājan suhūrtamapi kāmaye / tvatsaṃyogaṃ vinā bhūtā bhaviṣyāmi varaṃ vinā
And I, O king, do not desire (to be) your beloved even for a moment. Without union with you I shall become a mere creature, deprived of the boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.56
तस्मान्मां यदि वाञ्छेथा भोक्तुं सत्यपरायण । तदा त्यजोपवासं हि भुज्यतां हरिवासरे
tasmānmāṃ yadi vāñchethā bhoktuṃ satyaparāyaṇa / tadā tyajopavāsaṃ hi bhujyatāṃ harivāsare
"Therefore, if you desire to enjoy me, O you devoted to truth, then abandon the fast — let (food) be eaten on Hari's day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.57
एष एव वरो देयो यो मया प्रार्थितः पुरा । न चेद्दास्यसि राजेन्द्र भूत्वानृतवचाभवान्
eṣa eva varo deyo yo mayā prārthitaḥ purā / na ceddāsyasi rājendra bhūtvānṛtavacābhavān
"This very boon must be granted, the one I asked for before; and if you will not give it, O lord of kings, you will have become one whose word is false,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.58
यास्यते नरके घोरे यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । राजोवाच मैवं त्वं वद कल्याणि नेदं त्वय्युपपद्यते
yāsyate narake ghore yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam / rājovāca maivaṃ tvaṃ vada kalyāṇi nedaṃ tvayyupapadyate
"(and) you will go to a dreadful hell until the dissolution of beings." The king said: "Do not speak thus, fair lady; this is not fitting in you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.59
विधेश्च तनया भूत्वा धर्मविघ्नं कोरोषि किम् । जन्मप्रभृत्यहं नैव भुक्तवान्हरिवासरे
vidheśca tanayā bhūtvā dharmavighnaṃ koroṣi kim / janmaprabhṛtyahaṃ naiva bhuktavānharivāsare
"Being the daughter of the Creator, why do you make an obstacle to dharma? From my birth onward I have never eaten on Hari's day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.60
स चाद्याहं कथं भोक्ता संजातपलितः शुभे । यौवनातीतमर्त्यस्य क्षीणेन्द्रियबलस्य च
sa cādyāhaṃ kathaṃ bhoktā saṃjātapalitaḥ śubhe / yauvanātītamartyasya kṣīṇendriyabalasya ca
"And how shall I, whose hair has turned grey, eat today, O lovely one? For a mortal past his youth, whose sense-power is worn away,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.61
स्वर्णदीसेवनं युक्तमथवा हरिपूजनम् । न कृतं यन्मया बाल्ये यौवने न कृतं च यत्
svarṇadīsevanaṃ yuktamathavā haripūjanam / na kṛtaṃ yanmayā bālye yauvane na kṛtaṃ ca yat
"resort to the golden river (Gaṅgā) is proper, or else the worship of Hari — (all) that which I did not do in childhood and did not do in youth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.62
तदहं क्षीणवीर्यो ऽद्य कथं कुर्यां जुगुप्सितम् । प्रसीद चपलापाङ्गि प्रसीद वरवर्णिनि
tadahaṃ kṣīṇavīryo 'dya kathaṃ kuryāṃ jugupsitam / prasīda capalāpāṅgi prasīda varavarṇini
"So how should I today, my vigour spent, do a loathsome thing? Be gracious, O you of restless glances; be gracious, O beautiful-hued one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.63
मा कुरुष्व व्रते भङ्गं दाताहं राज्यसंपदाम् । अथवा नेच्छसि त्वं तत्करोम्यन्यत्सुलोचने
mā kuruṣva vrate bhaṅgaṃ dātāhaṃ rājyasaṃpadām / athavā necchasi tvaṃ tatkaromyanyatsulocane
"Do not cause a breaking of my vow; I will give you kingdoms and riches. Or if you do not wish that, then I will do something else, O fair-eyed one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.64
आरोपयित्वा शिबिकां विमानप्रतिमां शुभाम् । यत्रेच्छसि नयिष्यामि पादचारी कलत्रयुक्
āropayitvā śibikāṃ vimānapratimāṃ śubhām / yatrecchasi nayiṣyāmi pādacārī kalatrayuk
"Having set (you) upon a fine palanquin like a celestial chariot, I will carry (you) wherever you wish, going on foot along with (my) wives."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.65
यदि तच्चापि नेच्छेस्त्वं विमानं हि कृतं मया । तर्हि स्वर्णमयौ स्तंभौ कृत्वा विद्रुमभूषितौ
yadi taccāpi necchestvaṃ vimānaṃ hi kṛtaṃ mayā / tarhi svarṇamayau staṃbhau kṛtvā vidrumabhūṣitau
"If you should not want even that flying chariot which I have made, then, having made two golden pillars adorned with coral,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.66
मुक्ताफलमयीं दोलां करिष्ये त्वत्कृते प्रिये । तत्र त्वां दोलयिष्यामि बहून्मासानहर्निशम्
muktāphalamayīṃ dolāṃ kariṣye tvatkṛte priye / tatra tvāṃ dolayiṣyāmi bahūnmāsānaharniśam
"I will make a swing of pearls for your sake, beloved; there I will swing you day and night for many months."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.67
व्रतभङ्गं वरारोहे मा कुरुष्व मम प्रिये । वरं श्वपचमांसं हि श्वमांसं वा वरानने
vratabhaṅgaṃ varārohe mā kuruṣva mama priye / varaṃ śvapacamāṃsaṃ hi śvamāṃsaṃ vā varānane
"O fair-hipped one, do not break the vow, my beloved. Better indeed the flesh of a dog-cooker, or dog's flesh, O fair-faced one,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.68
आत्मनो वा नरैर्भुक्तं यैर्भुक्तं हरिवासरे । त्रैलोक्यघातिनः पापं मैथुने शशिनः क्षये
ātmano vā narairbhuktaṃ yairbhuktaṃ harivāsare / trailokyaghātinaḥ pāpaṃ maithune śaśinaḥ kṣaye
"or one's own (flesh), eaten by men, than what is eaten by those on Hari's day. The sin of a destroyer of the three worlds (comes) upon a man in intercourse at the moon's waning,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.69
नरस्य संचरेत्पापं भूतायां क्षौरकर्मणि । भोजने वासरे विष्णोस्तैले षष्ट्यां व्यवस्थिते
narasya saṃcaretpāpaṃ bhūtāyāṃ kṣaurakarmaṇi / bhojane vāsare viṣṇostaile ṣaṣṭyāṃ vyavasthite
— such sin attaches to a man in shaving on the fourteenth (bhūtā), in eating on Viṣṇu's day, in (eating) oil on a sixth as laid down,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.70
लवणे तु तृतीयायां सप्तम्यां पिशिते शुभे । आज्येषु पौर्णमास्यां वै सुरायां रविसंक्रमे
lavaṇe tu tṛtīyāyāṃ saptamyāṃ piśite śubhe / ājyeṣu paurṇamāsyāṃ vai surāyāṃ ravisaṃkrame
and in (eating) salt on the third, meat on the seventh, O fair one, ghee on the full-moon day, and liquor at the sun's transit;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.71
गोचारस्य प्रलोपे च कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदायके । निक्षेपहारके वापि कुमारीविघ्नकारके
gocārasya pralope ca kūṭasākṣyapradāyake / nikṣepahārake vāpi kumārīvighnakārake
and (the sin) in destroying pasture-land, in one who gives false testimony, or in one who steals a deposit, in one who obstructs a maiden,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.72
विश्वस्तघातके चापि मृतवत्साप्रदोग्धरि । ददामीति द्विजाग्र्याय प्रतिश्रुत्य न दातरि
viśvastaghātake cāpi mṛtavatsāpradogdhari / dadāmīti dvijāgryāya pratiśrutya na dātari
and in one who kills a trusting man, in one who milks a cow whose calf is dead, in one who promises "I will give" to a foremost brahmin and does not give —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.73
मणिकूटे तुलाकूटे कन्यानृतगवानृते । यत्पातकं तदन्ने हि संस्थितं हरिवासरे
maṇikūṭe tulākūṭe kanyānṛtagavānṛte / yatpātakaṃ tadanne hi saṃsthitaṃ harivāsare
in a fraud with gems, in a fraud with scales, in a lie about a girl, in a lie about a cow: whatever sin (there is) in these rests in food on Hari's day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.74
तद्विद्वांश्चारुनयने कथं भोक्ष्यामि तापकम् । मोहिन्युवाच एकभुक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च
tadvidvāṃścārunayane kathaṃ bhokṣyāmi tāpakam / mohinyuvāca ekabhuktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca
"Knowing that, O fair-eyed one, how shall I eat what causes such torment?" Mohinī said: "By a single meal, by a night-meal, and likewise by unsolicited food,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.75
उपवासेन राजेन्द्र द्वादशीं न हि लङ्घयेत् । गुर्विणीनां गृहस्थानां क्षीणानां रोगिणां तथा
upavāsena rājendra dvādaśīṃ na hi laṅghayet / gurviṇīnāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ kṣīṇānāṃ rogiṇāṃ tathā
"or by fasting, O lord of kings, one should not transgress the twelfth. But for pregnant women, householders, the emaciated, and likewise the sick,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.76
शिशूनां वलिगात्राणां न युक्तं समुपोषणम् । यज्ञभोगोद्यतानां च संग्रामक्षितिसेविनाम्
śiśūnāṃ valigātrāṇāṃ na yuktaṃ samupoṣaṇam / yajñabhogodyatānāṃ ca saṃgrāmakṣitisevinām
For children and for those with wrinkled bodies (the aged) fasting is not proper, nor for those engaged in sacrifice and feasting, nor for those who attend upon the field of battle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.77
पतिव्रतानां राजेन्द्र न युक्तं समुपोषणम् । एतन्मे गौतमः प्राह स्थिताया मन्दराचले
pativratānāṃ rājendra na yuktaṃ samupoṣaṇam / etanme gautamaḥ prāha sthitāyā mandarācale
nor for women devoted to their husbands, O best of kings, is fasting proper. This Gautama told me, when I was dwelling on Mount Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.78
नाव्रतेन दिनं विष्णोर्नेयं मनुजसत्तम । ते गृहस्था द्विजा ज्ञेया येषामग्निपरिग्रहः
nāvratena dinaṃ viṣṇorneyaṃ manujasattama / te gṛhasthā dvijā jñeyā yeṣāmagniparigrahaḥ
The day of Viṣṇu is not to be passed without observance, O best of men. Those twice-born are to be known as householders who have taken up the (sacred) fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.79
राजानस्ते तु विज्ञेया ये प्रजापालने स्थिताः । गुर्विणी ह्यष्टममासीया शिशवश्चाष्टवत्सराः
rājānaste tu vijñeyā ye prajāpālane sthitāḥ / gurviṇī hyaṣṭamamāsīyā śiśavaścāṣṭavatsarāḥ
And they are to be known as kings who are engaged in the protection of the subjects; a pregnant woman (is one) in the eighth month, and children (are those) of eight years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.80
अतिलङ्घनिनः क्षीणा वलिगात्रास्तु वार्द्धकाः । ये विवाहादिमाङ्गल्यकर्मव्यग्रा महोत्सवाः
atilaṅghaninaḥ kṣīṇā valigātrāstu vārddhakāḥ / ye vivāhādimāṅgalyakarmavyagrā mahotsavāḥ
The emaciated are those who are excessively wasted; but the wrinkle-bodied are the aged; those who are busy with auspicious rites such as marriage (are) the ones with great festivities;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.81
निवृत्ताश्च प्रवृत्तेभ्यो यज्ञानां चोद्यता हि ते । त्रिविधेन पुराणेन भर्त्तुर्या स्त्री हिते रता
nivṛttāśca pravṛttebhyo yajñānāṃ codyatā hi te / trividhena purāṇena bhartturyā strī hite ratā
and those who have withdrawn from activities are indeed engaged in sacrifices; the woman who by the threefold ancient (rule) is devoted to her husband's welfare,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.82
पतिव्रता तु सा ज्ञेया योनिसंरक्षणा तथा । किमन्यैर्बहुभिर्भूप वाक्यालापकृतैर्मया
pativratā tu sā jñeyā yonisaṃrakṣaṇā tathā / kimanyairbahubhirbhūpa vākyālāpakṛtairmayā
she is to be known as devoted to her husband, and as one who guards her chastity. What (need) of much else, O king, made up of talk and words by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.83
भोजने तु कृते प्रीतिरेकादश्यां त्वया मम । न प्रीतिर्यदि मे छित्वा शिरः स्वं हि प्रयच्छसि
bhojane tu kṛte prītirekādaśyāṃ tvayā mama / na prītiryadi me chitvā śiraḥ svaṃ hi prayacchasi
But if food is taken by you on the eleventh, that is my pleasure; if I am not pleased, then cut off your own head and give it to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.84
न करिष्यसि चेद्राजन् भोजनं हरिवासरे । तदा ह्यसत्यवचसो देहं न स्पर्शयामि ते
na kariṣyasi cedrājan bhojanaṃ harivāsare / tadā hyasatyavacaso dehaṃ na sparśayāmi te
But if, O king, you will not eat on Hari's day, then I will not let your body touch (me), since you are one whose word is untrue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.85
वर्णानामाश्रमाणां हि सत्यं राजेन्द्र पूज्यते । विशेषाद्भूमिपालानां त्वद्विधानां महीपते
varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ hi satyaṃ rājendra pūjyate / viśeṣādbhūmipālānāṃ tvadvidhānāṃ mahīpate
For among the classes and the (four) stages of life, truth is honoured, O best of kings, and especially among rulers of the earth such as you, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.86
सत्येन सूर्यस्तपति शशी सत्येनराजते । सत्ये स्थिता क्षितिर्भूप सत्यं धारयते जगत्
satyena sūryastapati śaśī satyenarājate / satye sthitā kṣitirbhūpa satyaṃ dhārayate jagat
By truth the sun burns, by truth the moon shines; the earth rests on truth, O king; truth upholds the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.87
सत्येन वायुर्वहति सत्येन ज्वलते शिखी । सत्या धारमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
satyena vāyurvahati satyena jvalate śikhī / satyā dhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
By truth the wind blows, by truth the fire blazes; all this world, moving and unmoving, has truth as its support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.88
न सत्याच्चालते सिंधुर्न विन्ध्यो वर्द्धते नृप । न गर्भं युवती धत्ते वेलातीतं कदाचन
na satyāccālate siṃdhurna vindhyo varddhate nṛpa / na garbhaṃ yuvatī dhatte velātītaṃ kadācana
The ocean does not stray from truth, nor does the Vindhya grow, O king; nor does a young woman ever bear a child beyond the (due) time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 23.89
सत्ये स्थिता हि तरवः फलपुष्पप्रदर्शिनः । दिव्यादिसाधनं नॄणां सत्याधारं महीपते
satye sthitā hi taravaḥ phalapuṣpapradarśinaḥ / divyādisādhanaṃ nṝṇāṃ satyādhāraṃ mahīpate
For the trees, which display fruit and flowers, stand firm in truth; the means of (heaven) and the rest for men rests upon truth, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 23.90
अश्वमेधसहस्रेभ्यः सत्यमेव विशिष्यते । मदिरापानतुल्येन कर्मणा लिप्यसे ऽनृतात्
aśvamedhasahasrebhyaḥ satyameva viśiṣyate / madirāpānatulyena karmaṇā lipyase 'nṛtāt
Truth alone is superior to a thousand horse-sacrifices; by falsehood you are stained with a deed equal to the drinking of liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition