Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 27
NarP 2 27.1
अदस्तदा । आहूय जननीं शीघ्रं नाम्ना संध्यावलीं शुभाम्
adastadā / āhūya jananīṃ śīghraṃ nāmnā saṃdhyāvalīṃ śubhām
... then, quickly summoning (his) mother, the auspicious one named Sandhyāvalī —
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NarP 2 27.2
सूर्यायुत समप्रख्यां तेजसा रुचिरस्तनाम् । पालयन्तीं धरां सर्वां पादविन्यासविक्रमैः
sūryāyuta samaprakhyāṃ tejasā rucirastanām / pālayantīṃ dharāṃ sarvāṃ pādavinyāsavikramaiḥ
— (her) whose brilliance equalled ten thousand suns, with radiant breasts (from) her splendour, protecting the whole earth by the might of the placing of her feet.
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NarP 2 27.3
पुत्रस्य वचनात्प्राप्ता तत्क्षणं नृपसन्निधौ । श्राविता मोहिनी वाक्यं पितुर्वाक्यं तथैव च
putrasya vacanātprāptā tatkṣaṇaṃ nṛpasannidhau / śrāvitā mohinī vākyaṃ piturvākyaṃ tathaiva ca
At the son's word she came that very moment into the king's presence; Mohinī was made to hear (the son's) statement and likewise the father's statement.
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NarP 2 27.4
उभयोः संविदं कृत्वा परिसांत्वय्य मोहिनीम् । भोजनाय स्थितामेनां नृपस्य हरिवासरे
ubhayoḥ saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā parisāṃtvayya mohinīm / bhojanāya sthitāmenāṃ nṛpasya harivāsare
Having made the agreement of the two known, and having thoroughly consoled Mohinī, (who) was set upon the king's eating on Hari's day —
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NarP 2 27.5
यथा नो च्यवते सत्याद्यथा भुङ्क्ते न मे पिता । तथा विधीयतामेवं कुशलं चोभयोर्भवेत्
yathā no cyavate satyādyathā bhuṅkte na me pitā / tathā vidhīyatāmevaṃ kuśalaṃ cobhayorbhavet
"Let it be so arranged that (he) does not fall away from truth and that my father does not eat; thus there would be well-being for both."
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NarP 2 27.6
तत्पुत्रवचनं श्रुत्वा देवी संध्यावली नृप । मोहिनीं श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्राह ब्रह्मसुता तदा
tatputravacanaṃ śrutvā devī saṃdhyāvalī nṛpa / mohinīṃ ślakṣṇayā vācā prāha brahmasutā tadā
Hearing that son's speech, O king, the goddess Sandhyāvalī, Brahmā's daughter, then spoke to Mohinī with gentle words:
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NarP 2 27.7
माग्रहं कुरु वामोरु कथञ्चिदपि भूपतिः । नास्वादयति पापान्न संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
māgrahaṃ kuru vāmoru kathañcidapi bhūpatiḥ / nāsvādayati pāpānna saṃprāpte harivāsare
"Do not insist, fair-thighed one; the lord of the earth will not in any way taste food, which is sinful, when Hari's day has arrived.
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NarP 2 27.8
अनुवर्तय राजान गुरुरेष सनातनः । सदा भवति या नारी भर्तुर्वचनकारिणी
anuvartaya rājāna gurureṣa sanātanaḥ / sadā bhavati yā nārī bharturvacanakāriṇī
Comply with the king; he is the eternal teacher (of you). A woman who is always a doer of her husband's word —
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NarP 2 27.9
तस्याः स्युरक्षयया लोकाः सावित्र्यास्तु यथामलाः । यद्यनेन पुरा देवि तव दत्तः करो गिरौ
tasyāḥ syurakṣayayā lokāḥ sāvitryāstu yathāmalāḥ / yadyanena purā devi tava dattaḥ karo girau
— hers would be imperishable worlds, spotless like Sāvitrī's. If long ago, O goddess, your hand was taken by him on the mountain,
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NarP 2 27.10
कामार्तेन विमूढेन तन्न यो ऽग्यं विचिन्तितम् । यद्देयं तद्ददात्येष ह्यदेयं प्रार्थयस्व मा
kāmārtena vimūḍhena tanna yo 'gyaṃ vicintitam / yaddeyaṃ taddadātyeṣa hyadeyaṃ prārthayasva mā
that was not properly considered by one afflicted with desire and bewildered. What may be given, that he gives; do not ask for what may not be given.
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NarP 2 27.11
विपत्तिरपि भद्रैव सन्मार्गे संस्थितस्य तु । न भुक्तं येन सुभगे शैशवे ऽपि हरेर्दिने
vipattirapi bhadraiva sanmārge saṃsthitasya tu / na bhuktaṃ yena subhage śaiśave 'pi harerdine
Even calamity is a good thing for one established on the good path. He by whom, fortunate lady, food was not eaten on Hari's day even in childhood —
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NarP 2 27.12
स कथं भोक्ष्यते पुण्ये माधवस्य दिने ऽधुना । कामं वरय वामोरुवरमन्यं सुदुर्लभम्
sa kathaṃ bhokṣyate puṇye mādhavasya dine 'dhunā / kāmaṃ varaya vāmoruvaramanyaṃ sudurlabham
how should he eat now on the holy day of Mādhava? Choose freely, fair-thighed one, another boon, however hard to obtain.
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NarP 2 27.13
तं ददात्येव भूपालो निवृत्ता भव भोजने । मन्यसे यदि मां देवि धर्माङ्गदविरोहिणीम्
taṃ dadātyeva bhūpālo nivṛttā bhava bhojane / manyase yadi māṃ devi dharmāṅgadavirohiṇīm
The king will surely give it; desist from (this matter of) eating. If you think me, O goddess, an opponent of Dharmāṅgada,
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NarP 2 27.14
अस्मज्जीवितसंयुक्तं राज्यं वरय सुव्रते । सप्तद्वीपसमेतं हि ससरिद्वनपर्वतम्
asmajjīvitasaṃyuktaṃ rājyaṃ varaya suvrate / saptadvīpasametaṃ hi sasaridvanaparvatam
then choose, O you of good vows, the kingdom together with our life — the kingdom comprising the seven continents with its rivers, forests and mountains.
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NarP 2 27.15
कनिष्ठाया वरिष्ठाहं करिष्ये पादवन्दनम् । भर्तुरर्थे विशालाक्षि प्रसीद तनुमध्यमे
kaniṣṭhāyā variṣṭhāhaṃ kariṣye pādavandanam / bharturarthe viśālākṣi prasīda tanumadhyame
I, the elder, will make obeisance at the feet of you, the younger. For my husband's sake, wide-eyed one, be gracious, slender-waisted one.
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NarP 2 27.16
वाचा शपथदोषैस्तु संनिरुध्य पतिं हि या । अकार्यं कारयेत्पापा सा नारी निरये वसेत्
vācā śapathadoṣaistu saṃnirudhya patiṃ hi yā / akāryaṃ kārayetpāpā sā nārī niraye vaset
For a wicked woman who, restraining her husband by words and by the compulsion of oaths, makes (him) do what should not be done — she would dwell in hell.
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NarP 2 27.17
सा च्युता नरकाद्धोरात्सप्तजन्मानि पञ्च च । सूकरीं योनिमाप्नोति चाण्डालीं च ततः परम्
sā cyutā narakāddhorātsaptajanmāni pañca ca / sūkarīṃ yonimāpnoti cāṇḍālīṃ ca tataḥ param
Fallen from that terrible hell, for twelve births she obtains the womb of a sow, and after that of a Cāṇḍāla woman.
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NarP 2 27.18
एवं ज्ञात्वा मया देवि विक्रियां पापसंभवाम् । निवारितासि वामोरु सखीभावेन सुंदरि
evaṃ jñātvā mayā devi vikriyāṃ pāpasaṃbhavām / nivāritāsi vāmoru sakhībhāvena suṃdari
Knowing this, O goddess, I have restrained you from an aberration born of sin, fair-thighed one, out of friendship, beautiful lady.
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NarP 2 27.19
विपक्षस्यापि सद्बुद्धिर्दातव्या धर्ममिच्छता । किं पुनः सखिसंस्थायास्तव पद्मनिभानने
vipakṣasyāpi sadbuddhirdātavyā dharmamicchatā / kiṃ punaḥ sakhisaṃsthāyāstava padmanibhānane
Good counsel should be given even to an adversary by one who desires dharma — how much more to you, who stand as a friend, O lotus-faced one!"
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NarP 2 27.20
संध्या वलीवचः श्रुत्वा मोहिनी मोहकारिणी । उवाच कनकाभां तां भर्तुर्ज्येष्ठां प्रियां तदा
saṃdhyā valīvacaḥ śrutvā mohinī mohakāriṇī / uvāca kanakābhāṃ tāṃ bharturjyeṣṭhāṃ priyāṃ tadā
Hearing Sandhyāvalī's words, Mohinī the deluder then said to her of golden lustre, the husband's elder beloved:
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NarP 2 27.21
माननीयासि मे सुभ्रु करोमि वचनं तव । विद्वद्भिर्मुनिभिर्य्यत्तु गीयते नारदादिभिः
mānanīyāsi me subhru karomi vacanaṃ tava / vidvadbhirmunibhiryyattu gīyate nāradādibhiḥ
"You are to be honoured by me, fair-browed one; I will do your bidding. But that which is sung by learned sages, Nārada and the rest —
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NarP 2 27.22
यदि तन्नाचरेद्राजा भोजनं हरिवासरे । क्रियतामपरं देवि मरणादधिकं तव
yadi tannācaredrājā bhojanaṃ harivāsare / kriyatāmaparaṃ devi maraṇādadhikaṃ tava
if the king will not perform that, namely eating on Hari's day, then let something else be done, O goddess — something worse than your death."
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NarP 2 27.23
ममापि दुःखदंह्येतद्दैवाज्जल्पाम्यहं शुभे । कस्येष्टमात्महननं कस्येष्टं विषभक्षणम्
mamāpi duḥkhadaṃhyetaddaivājjalpāmyahaṃ śubhe / kasyeṣṭamātmahananaṃ kasyeṣṭaṃ viṣabhakṣaṇam
This too brings pain to me; I speak it by fate's compulsion, O lovely one. To whom is killing oneself dear? To whom is eating poison dear?
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NarP 2 27.24
पतनं वा गिरेर्मूर्ध्रः क्रीडा वापि बिलेशयैः । व्याघ्रसिंहाभिगमनं समुद्रतरणं तथा
patanaṃ vā girermūrdhraḥ krīḍā vāpi bileśayaiḥ / vyāghrasiṃhābhigamanaṃ samudrataraṇaṃ tathā
Or falling from a mountain's summit, or playing with the hole-dwellers (snakes), going up to tigers and lions, and crossing the ocean,
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NarP 2 27.25
दरुक्तानृतवाक्यं वा परदाराभिमर्शनम् । अपथ्यभक्षणं लोके तथाभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणम्
daruktānṛtavākyaṃ vā paradārābhimarśanam / apathyabhakṣaṇaṃ loke tathābhakṣyasya bhakṣaṇam
or harsh and false speech, or touching another man's wife, eating what is harmful, and likewise, in this world, eating what is forbidden food,
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NarP 2 27.26
मृगाटनमथाक्षैर्वा क्रीडनं साहसं तथा । छेदनं तृणकाष्ठानां लोष्टानामवमर्द्दनम्
mṛgāṭanamathākṣairvā krīḍanaṃ sāhasaṃ tathā / chedanaṃ tṛṇakāṣṭhānāṃ loṣṭānāmavamarddanam
hunting deer, or gambling with dice, and reckless violence, the cutting of grass and wood, the crushing of clods —
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NarP 2 27.27
हिंसनं सूक्ष्मदेवानां जलपावकखेलनम् । दैवाविष्टो वरारोहे नरः सर्वं करोति वै
hiṃsanaṃ sūkṣmadevānāṃ jalapāvakakhelanam / daivāviṣṭo varārohe naraḥ sarvaṃ karoti vai
the killing of minute creatures, sporting with water and fire: a man possessed by fate, O fair-hipped one, does all of this.
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NarP 2 27.28
त्रिवर्गविच्युतं घोरं यशोदेहहरं क्षितौ । नरकार्हे नरो देवि करोत्यशुभकर्म तत्
trivargavicyutaṃ ghoraṃ yaśodehaharaṃ kṣitau / narakārhe naro devi karotyaśubhakarma tat
That inauspicious act — fallen away from the three aims of life, terrible, destroying fame and body on earth, deserving of hell — a man performs, O goddess.
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NarP 2 27.29
साहं पापा दुराचारा वक्तुकामा सुनिर्घृणम् । यादृशेन हि भावेन योनौ शुक्रं समुत्सृजेत्
sāhaṃ pāpā durācārā vaktukāmā sunirghṛṇam / yādṛśena hi bhāvena yonau śukraṃ samutsṛjet
Such am I: sinful, of evil conduct, wishing to speak what is utterly pitiless. For with whatever disposition (a man) releases semen into the womb,
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NarP 2 27.30
तादृशेन हि भावेन संतानं संभवेदिति । साहं विवादभावेन राज्ञो रुक्माङ्गदस्य हि
tādṛśena hi bhāvena saṃtānaṃ saṃbhavediti / sāhaṃ vivādabhāvena rājño rukmāṅgadasya hi
with just such a disposition does the offspring come to be. And so I, out of a disposition of strife, (was born) of King Rukmāṅgada,
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NarP 2 27.31
जाता जलजजातेन स्त्रीरूपा वरवर्णिनी । दुष्टभावा तथा जाता कर्त्री दुष्टं नृपस्य तु
jātā jalajajātena strīrūpā varavarṇinī / duṣṭabhāvā tathā jātā kartrī duṣṭaṃ nṛpasya tu
born through the water-born one, in the form of a woman, of excellent complexion; thus born with a corrupt disposition, a doer of evil to the king.
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NarP 2 27.32
न लग्नं न ग्रहा देवि न होरा पुण्यदर्शिनी । तत्कालभावना ग्राह्या तद्भावो जायते सुतः
na lagnaṃ na grahā devi na horā puṇyadarśinī / tatkālabhāvanā grāhyā tadbhāvo jāyate sutaḥ
Not the ascendant, O goddess, not the planets, not the hour is what reveals merit; the disposition at that time is to be taken as decisive — the son is born as that disposition is.
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NarP 2 27.35
तेन भावेन जातस्य दाक्षिण्यं नोपपद्यते । न च व्रीडा न च स्नेहो न धर्मो देवि विद्यते ॥ नर्प्_२,२७।३३ ॥ जानन्नपि यथायुक्तस्तं भावमनुवर्तते ॥ नर्प्_२,२७।३४ ॥ वक्ष्ये वचः प्राणहरं तवाधुना भर्तुः सलोकस्य वधूजनस्य । धर्मापहं वाच्यकरं ममापि कर्तुं न शक्यं मनसापि भीरु
tena bhāvena jātasya dākṣiṇyaṃ nopapadyate / na ca vrīḍā na ca sneho na dharmo devi vidyate // narp_2,27.33 // jānannapi yathāyuktastaṃ bhāvamanuvartate // narp_2,27.34 // vakṣye vacaḥ prāṇaharaṃ tavādhunā bhartuḥ salokasya vadhūjanasya / dharmāpahaṃ vācyakaraṃ mamāpi kartuṃ na śakyaṃ manasāpi bhīru
For one born of that disposition, courtesy does not come about; neither shame nor affection nor dharma is found, O goddess. (33) Even knowing (better), being so bound, he follows that disposition. (34) I shall now speak a word that takes away your life, and your husband's, and that of the women-folk together with the world — a word that destroys dharma and brings reproach; for me too it cannot be done even in thought, O timid one.
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NarP 2 27.36
करोषि वाक्यं यदि मामकं हि भवेच्च कीर्तिर्महतीह लोके । भर्तुर्यशः स्यात्त्रिदिवे गतिस्ते पुत्रे प्रशंसा मम धिग्विवादः
karoṣi vākyaṃ yadi māmakaṃ hi bhavecca kīrtirmahatīha loke / bharturyaśaḥ syāttridive gatiste putre praśaṃsā mama dhigvivādaḥ
If indeed you carry out my word, there would be great renown here in the world; there would be glory for your husband, a good course for you in heaven, praise for your son — shame on my strife!
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NarP 2 27.37
वसिष्ठ उवाच मोहिनीवचनं श्रुत्वा देवी संध्यावली विभो । धैर्यमालंब्य तां तन्वीं ब्रूहि ब्रूहीत्यचोदयत्
vasiṣṭha uvāca mohinīvacanaṃ śrutvā devī saṃdhyāvalī vibho / dhairyamālaṃbya tāṃ tanvīṃ brūhi brūhītyacodayat
Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard Mohinī's words, O lord, queen Sandhyāvalī, taking hold of her firmness, urged that slender woman: "Speak, speak!"
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NarP 2 27.38
कीदृशं वदसे वाक्यं येन दुःखं भवेन्मम । भर्तुर्मे सत्यकरणे न दुःखं जायते क्वचित् । आत्मनो निधने वापि पुत्रस्य निधने ऽपि वा । भर्तुरर्थे प्रकुर्वन्त्या राज्यनाशे न मे व्यथा
kīdṛśaṃ vadase vākyaṃ yena duḥkhaṃ bhavenmama / bharturme satyakaraṇe na duḥkhaṃ jāyate kvacit / ātmano nidhane vāpi putrasya nidhane 'pi vā / bharturarthe prakurvantyā rājyanāśe na me vyathā
"What sort of word are you speaking, by which there would be sorrow for me? In making my husband truthful no sorrow ever arises for me — whether in my own death or in my son's death; for one who acts for her husband's sake, there is no pain for me even in the ruin of the kingdom."
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NarP 2 27.39
यस्या दुःखी भवेद्भर्ता भार्याया वरवार्णिनी । समृद्धायाः सपापायास्तस्याः प्रोक्ता ह्यधोगतिः
yasyā duḥkhī bhavedbhartā bhāryāyā varavārṇinī / samṛddhāyāḥ sapāpāyāstasyāḥ proktā hyadhogatiḥ
She whose husband becomes sorrowful, O fair-complexioned one — for such a wife, prosperous yet sinful, a downward course is declared.
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NarP 2 27.40
सा याति नरकं पापा पूयाख्यं युगसप्ततिम् । ततश्छुछुन्दरी स्याच्च सप्त जन्मानि भारते
sā yāti narakaṃ pāpā pūyākhyaṃ yugasaptatim / tataśchuchundarī syācca sapta janmāni bhārate
That sinful woman goes to the hell called Pūya for seventy yugas; then she becomes a musk-shrew for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.41
ततः काकी ततः श्याली गोधा गोत्वेन शुद्ध्यति । भर्तुरर्थे तु या वित्तें विद्यमानं न यच्छति
tataḥ kākī tataḥ śyālī godhā gotvena śuddhyati / bharturarthe tu yā vitteṃ vidyamānaṃ na yacchati
Then a crow, then a female jackal, then a monitor lizard; she is purified by (a birth as) a cow. But she who does not give, for her husband's sake, the wealth that is at hand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.42
जीवितं वा वरारोहे विष्ठायां सा भवेत्क्रिमिः । क्रिमियोनिविनिर्मुक्ता काष्ठीला जायते शुभे
jīvitaṃ vā varārohe viṣṭhāyāṃ sā bhavetkrimiḥ / krimiyonivinirmuktā kāṣṭhīlā jāyate śubhe
or her very life, O fair-hipped one, she becomes a worm in excrement; released from the womb of worms, she is born as a wood-grub, O fair one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.43
मम कौमारभावे तु मत्पितुः काष्ठपाटकः । अग्निप्रज्वालनाथ हि काष्ठं पाटयते चिरम्
mama kaumārabhāve tu matpituḥ kāṣṭhapāṭakaḥ / agniprajvālanātha hi kāṣṭhaṃ pāṭayate ciram
Now in my girlhood there was a wood-splitter of my father's, who for a long while used to split wood for the kindling of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.44
सखीभिः सहिता चाहं क्रीडासंसक्तमानसा । काष्ठं पाटयतस्तस्य समीपमगमं तदा
sakhībhiḥ sahitā cāhaṃ krīḍāsaṃsaktamānasā / kāṣṭhaṃ pāṭayatastasya samīpamagamaṃ tadā
And I, together with my friends, my mind absorbed in play, then went near to him as he was splitting the wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.45
तत्र दृष्टा मया सुभ्रु काष्ठीला दारुनिर्गता । नवनीतनिभं देहं बिभ्राणा चाञ्जनत्विषम्
tatra dṛṣṭā mayā subhru kāṣṭhīlā dārunirgatā / navanītanibhaṃ dehaṃ bibhrāṇā cāñjanatviṣam
There, fair-browed one, I saw a kāṣṭhīlā (grub) that had come out of the wood, bearing a body like fresh butter and (yet) the sheen of collyrium.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.46
कनिष्ठिकाङ्गुलिसमा स्थौल्ये ह्यङ्गुलिमानिका । तां दृष्ट्वा पतितां भूमौ हन्तुं ध्वाङ्क्षः समागतः
kaniṣṭhikāṅgulisamā sthaulye hyaṅgulimānikā / tāṃ dṛṣṭvā patitāṃ bhūmau hantuṃ dhvāṅkṣaḥ samāgataḥ
In thickness equal to the little finger, and a finger's measure (in length). Seeing her fallen on the ground, a crow came up to kill (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.47
यावद्गृह्णाति वक्त्रेण काष्ठीलां क्षुधितः स तु । तावन्निवारितः सद्यो मया लोष्टेन तत्क्षणात्
yāvadgṛhṇāti vaktreṇa kāṣṭhīlāṃ kṣudhitaḥ sa tu / tāvannivāritaḥ sadyo mayā loṣṭena tatkṣaṇāt
Just as that hungry (crow) was seizing the kāṣṭhīlā with its beak, at that very moment it was at once driven off by me with a clod of earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.48
सा मुक्ता ताडितेनेत्थं वायसेन वरानने । सक्षता तुण्डसंस्पृष्टा न च शक्ता पलायितुम्
sā muktā tāḍitenetthaṃ vāyasena varānane / sakṣatā tuṇḍasaṃspṛṣṭā na ca śaktā palāyitum
She was let go, having been struck thus by the crow, O lovely-faced one, wounded, gashed by its beak, and unable to flee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.49
ततः सा वेपमाना तु प्राणत्यागमुपागमत् । सिक्ता किञ्चिज्जलैनैव ततः स्वास्थ्यमुपागता
tataḥ sā vepamānā tu prāṇatyāgamupāgamat / siktā kiñcijjalainaiva tataḥ svāsthyamupāgatā
Then, trembling, she came to the point of giving up her life; but sprinkled with a little water, she thereupon regained her well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.50
तततः सा मानुषीवाचा मामाह वरवर्णिनी । संध्यावलीति संबोध्य सखीमध्यसमास्थिताम्
tatataḥ sā mānuṣīvācā māmāha varavarṇinī / saṃdhyāvalīti saṃbodhya sakhīmadhyasamāsthitām
Then she of fair colour spoke to me in human speech, addressing me as "Sandhyāvalī" as I stood there in the midst of my friends:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.51
सुमन्तुनाम्नो हि मुनेः सर्वज्ञस्य सुताभवम् । पूर्वजन्मनि पत्नी च कैण्डिन्यस्य शुभानने
sumantunāmno hi muneḥ sarvajñasya sutābhavam / pūrvajanmani patnī ca kaiṇḍinyasya śubhānane
"I was the daughter of the all-knowing sage named Sumantu, and in a former birth the wife of Kaiṇḍinya, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.52
न्यवसं कान्यकुब्जे तु सुसमृद्धा सुदर्पिता । जनन्या बन्धुवर्गस्य पितुरिष्टतमा ह्यहम्
nyavasaṃ kānyakubje tu susamṛddhā sudarpitā / jananyā bandhuvargasya pituriṣṭatamā hyaham
I lived in Kānyakubja, well-provided and very proud, and I was the most beloved of my mother, of the circle of kinsmen, and of my father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.53
पित्रा दत्ता ततश्चाहं कैण्डिन्याय महात्मने । कुलीनाय सरूपाय स्त्रीसंगरहिताय च
pitrā dattā tataścāhaṃ kaiṇḍinyāya mahātmane / kulīnāya sarūpāya strīsaṃgarahitāya ca
Then I was given by my father to the great-souled Kaiṇḍinya, who was of good family, handsome, and free from consorting with (other) women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.54
शयनीयादिकं दत्तं यौतुकं जनकेन मे । श्वशुरेणापि मे दत्तं सुवर्णस्यायुतं पुरा
śayanīyādikaṃ dattaṃ yautukaṃ janakena me / śvaśureṇāpi me dattaṃ suvarṇasyāyutaṃ purā
Bedding and the rest was given by my father as dowry, and by my father-in-law too ten thousand (pieces) of gold were given me at that time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.55
पितृश्वशूरवित्ताभ्यां परिपूर्णाभवं तदा । गोमहिष्यादिसंयुक्ता धनधान्यसमन्विता
pitṛśvaśūravittābhyāṃ paripūrṇābhavaṃ tadā / gomahiṣyādisaṃyuktā dhanadhānyasamanvitā
With the wealth of my father and my father-in-law I was then fully supplied, possessed of cows, buffaloes and the like, provided with money and grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.56
इष्टा श्वशुरयोश्वाहं सौशीन्येन जनस्य च । कालेन पञ्चतां प्राप्तः श्वशुरो वेदतत्त्ववित्
iṣṭā śvaśurayośvāhaṃ sauśīnyena janasya ca / kālena pañcatāṃ prāptaḥ śvaśuro vedatattvavit
I was dear to my two parents-in-law and to the people because of my good nature; in course of time my father-in-law, who knew the truth of the Vedas, died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.57
तं मृतं पतिमादाय श्वश्रूरग्निं विवेश सा । ततो भर्ताञ्जलिं दत्वा पित्रोः श्राद्धमथाकरोत्
taṃ mṛtaṃ patimādāya śvaśrūragniṃ viveśa sā / tato bhartāñjaliṃ datvā pitroḥ śrāddhamathākarot
Taking that dead husband of hers, my mother-in-law entered the fire; then my husband, offering the handful of water, performed the śrāddha for his parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.58
गते मासद्वये देवि भर्ता मे राजमन्दिरम् । गतः कौतुकभावेनहृच्छयेन प्रपीडितः
gate māsadvaye devi bhartā me rājamandiram / gataḥ kautukabhāvenahṛcchayena prapīḍitaḥ
When two months had passed, O goddess, my husband went to the king's palace, out of curiosity, (and) was sorely afflicted by love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.59
तत्र वेश्याः सुरूपाढ्या यौवनेन समन्विताः । प्रविशत्यां नृपगृहे दृष्टास्तेन द्विजन्मना
tatra veśyāḥ surūpāḍhyā yauvanena samanvitāḥ / praviśatyāṃ nṛpagṛhe dṛṣṭāstena dvijanmanā
There, as he entered the king's house, courtesans rich in beauty and endowed with youth were seen by that twice-born man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.60
तासां मध्यात्तु द्वे गृह्यवित्तदानेन भूरिणा । स्वगृहे धारयामास क्रीडार्थं दुर्मतिः पतिः
tāsāṃ madhyāttu dve gṛhyavittadānena bhūriṇā / svagṛhe dhārayāmāsa krīḍārthaṃ durmatiḥ patiḥ
From among them, my ill-minded husband, by the gift of a great deal of the household wealth, kept two in his own house for his pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.61
ताभ्यां वित्तमशेषं तु क्षयं नीतं निषेवणात् । वर्षत्रये गते देवि निस्वो जातः पतिर्मम
tābhyāṃ vittamaśeṣaṃ tu kṣayaṃ nītaṃ niṣevaṇāt / varṣatraye gate devi nisvo jātaḥ patirmama
By those two the wealth was brought to exhaustion, down to the last, through his attendance on them; and when three years had passed, O goddess, my husband became destitute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.62
तता मां प्रार्थयामास देहि मे ऽङ्गविभूषणम् । तन्मया नहि दत्तं तु भर्त्रे व्यसनिने तदा
tatā māṃ prārthayāmāsa dehi me 'ṅgavibhūṣaṇam / tanmayā nahi dattaṃ tu bhartre vyasanine tadā
Then he entreated me: "Give me your body-ornaments"; but that was not given by me then to my dissolute husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.63
सुभगे सर्वमादाय गताहं मन्दिरं पितुः । ततः पितृगृहे वित्तं भृत्यादिकमशेषतः
subhage sarvamādāya gatāhaṃ mandiraṃ pituḥ / tataḥ pitṛgṛhe vittaṃ bhṛtyādikamaśeṣataḥ
O fortunate one, taking everything I went to my father's house; thereafter the wealth in my father's house, servants and all, entirely—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.64
विक्रीय दत्तं वैश्याभ्यां तच्चापि क्षयमागतम् । क्षेत्रधान्यादिकं यच्च सभाण्डं सपरिच्छदम्
vikrīya dattaṃ vaiśyābhyāṃ taccāpi kṣayamāgatam / kṣetradhānyādikaṃ yacca sabhāṇḍaṃ saparicchadam
—having been sold, was given to the two courtesans, and that too came to exhaustion; and whatever there was of fields, grain and the like, together with vessels and furnishings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.65
स्वल्पमूल्येन विक्रीयगतो नदनदीपतिम् । नावमारुह्य मे भर्ता विवेशान्तर्महोदधेः
svalpamūlyena vikrīyagato nadanadīpatim / nāvamāruhya me bhartā viveśāntarmahodadheḥ
Having sold (them) for a small price, my husband went to the lord of rivers and streams, and boarding a ship, entered into the midst of the great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.66
स गतो दूरमध्वानं पश्यमानो ऽद्भुतानि च । शुभे समुद्रजातानि जीवचेष्ठाङ्कितानि च
sa gato dūramadhvānaṃ paśyamāno 'dbhutāni ca / śubhe samudrajātāni jīvaceṣṭhāṅkitāni ca
He went a long way, beholding wonders, O fair one — things born of the sea, and marked with the movements of living creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.67
प्रभञ्जनवशं प्राप्ता सा नौका शतयोजनम् । गता विशीर्णतां तत्र मृतास्ते नावमाश्रिताः
prabhañjanavaśaṃ prāptā sā naukā śatayojanam / gatā viśīrṇatāṃ tatra mṛtāste nāvamāśritāḥ
That ship, come under the power of a great wind, went a hundred leagues (and) there fell to pieces; and those who had taken passage in the ship died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.68
मत्पतिर्दैवयोगेन दीर्घ काष्ठं समाश्रितः । वायुना नीयमानो ऽसौ प्राचीनेन स्वकर्मणा
matpatirdaivayogena dīrgha kāṣṭhaṃ samāśritaḥ / vāyunā nīyamāno 'sau prācīnena svakarmaṇā
My husband, by the working of fate, clung to a long plank; he was carried along by the wind, by his own former deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.69
आससादाचलं देवि रत्नशृङ्गविभूषितम् । बहुनिर् झरणोपेतं बहुपक्षिसमन्वितम्
āsasādācalaṃ devi ratnaśṛṅgavibhūṣitam / bahunir jharaṇopetaṃ bahupakṣisamanvitam
He reached a mountain, O goddess, adorned with jewelled peaks, furnished with many waterfalls, filled with many birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.70
बहुवृक्षैः समाकीर्णं नानापुष्पफलोपगैः । उल्लिखन्तं हि शिखरैः खमध्यं स्वात्मनस्त्रिभिः
bahuvṛkṣaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṣpaphalopagaiḥ / ullikhantaṃ hi śikharaiḥ khamadhyaṃ svātmanastribhiḥ
strewn with many trees bearing various flowers and fruits, and scratching the middle of the sky with its own three summits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.71
तं दृष्ट्वा पर्वतं दिव्यं त्यक्त्वा नौकाष्ठमद्भुतम् । आरुरोह मुदायुक्तो वित्ताकाङ्क्षी सुलोचने
taṃ dṛṣṭvā parvataṃ divyaṃ tyaktvā naukāṣṭhamadbhutam / āruroha mudāyukto vittākāṅkṣī sulocane
Seeing that divine mountain, he left the wondrous ship's plank and, filled with joy and longing for wealth, climbed up, O fair-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.72
विशश्राम मुहूर्तं तु क्षुत्पिपासासमन्वितः । तत उत्थाय भक्ष्यार्थं वृक्षांस्तत्र व्यलोकयत्
viśaśrāma muhūrtaṃ tu kṣutpipāsāsamanvitaḥ / tata utthāya bhakṣyārthaṃ vṛkṣāṃstatra vyalokayat
He rested a while, afflicted with hunger and thirst; then, rising, he looked about at the trees there for something to eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.73
सुपक्वास्तत्र मृद्वीका दृष्ट्वा भुक्त्वा मुदान्वितः । शान्तिं प्राप्तस्ततो ऽपश्यत्सालमेकं सुनिर्मलम्
supakvāstatra mṛdvīkā dṛṣṭvā bhuktvā mudānvitaḥ / śāntiṃ prāptastato 'paśyatsālamekaṃ sunirmalam
There, seeing well-ripened grapes, he ate and was filled with joy; having gained relief, he then saw a single very clean sāl tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.74
घनच्छायं मेघनिभं पञ्चाशत्पुरुषोच्छ्रयम् । तस्याधस्तात्स सुष्वाप स्वोत्तरीयं प्रसार्य च
ghanacchāyaṃ meghanibhaṃ pañcāśatpuruṣocchrayam / tasyādhastātsa suṣvāpa svottarīyaṃ prasārya ca
with dense shade, like a cloud, fifty men in height; beneath it he slept, having spread out his own upper garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.75
मोहिन्या निद्रया चैव संप्रघूर्णितलोचनः । तावत्सुप्तो ऽतिखिन्नो ऽसौ यावत्सूर्यो ऽस्ततां गतः
mohinyā nidrayā caiva saṃpraghūrṇitalocanaḥ / tāvatsupto 'tikhinno 'sau yāvatsūryo 'statāṃ gataḥ
With his eyes rolling from a bewildering sleep, utterly exhausted, he slept so long that the sun went to its setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.76
सूर्ये ऽस्तं समनुप्राप्ते समायाते निशामुखे । अभ्यगाद्राक्षसो घोरो गर्जमानो यथा घनः
sūrye 'staṃ samanuprāpte samāyāte niśāmukhe / abhyagādrākṣaso ghoro garjamāno yathā ghanaḥ
When the sun had reached its setting and the mouth of night had come, a fearsome demon approached, roaring like a thundercloud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.77
अङ्केनादाय तन्वङ्गीं सीतामिव दशाननः । शुभां काशीपतेः पुत्रीं नाम्ना रत्नावलीं शुभाम्
aṅkenādāya tanvaṅgīṃ sītāmiva daśānanaḥ / śubhāṃ kāśīpateḥ putrīṃ nāmnā ratnāvalīṃ śubhām
carrying in his lap a slender-limbed woman, like the ten-faced one (carrying) Sītā — the lovely daughter of the king of Kāśī, Ratnāvalī by name, the fair one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.78
अधौतपादां सुश्रोणीं सौम्यदिक्छीर्षशायिनीम् । पतिकामा कुमारी सा नाविन्दत्सदृशं पतिम्
adhautapādāṃ suśroṇīṃ saumyadikchīrṣaśāyinīm / patikāmā kumārī sā nāvindatsadṛśaṃ patim
her feet unwashed, fair-hipped, sleeping with her head toward the auspicious quarter. That maiden, desiring a husband, had not found a fitting husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.79
सर्वयोषिद्वरा बाला रुदती निद्रयाकुला । पिता तस्याः प्रदाने तु चिन्ताविष्टो ह्यहर्न्निशम्
sarvayoṣidvarā bālā rudatī nidrayākulā / pitā tasyāḥ pradāne tu cintāviṣṭo hyaharnniśam
The girl, best of all women, was weeping, overcome by sleep; and her father was sunk in worry day and night over her bestowal (in marriage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.80
दीपच्छायाश्रिते तन्वि शयने सा व्यवस्थिता । अटमानेन पापेन दृष्टा सा रूपशालिनी
dīpacchāyāśrite tanvi śayane sā vyavasthitā / aṭamānena pāpena dṛṣṭā sā rūpaśālinī
O slender one, she was lying on a bed that lay in the lamp's shadow; and that beauteous girl was seen by the wicked one as he roamed about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.81
दीपरत्नैः सुखचिते धारयन्ती च कङ्कणे । उभयोर्दश रत्नानि निष्के च दशपञ्च च
dīparatnaiḥ sukhacite dhārayantī ca kaṅkaṇe / ubhayordaśa ratnāni niṣke ca daśapañca ca
Wearing two bracelets pleasantly inlaid with lamp-bright jewels — ten jewels on the two together, and fifteen on her necklace-coin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.82
सीमन्ते सप्त रत्नानि केयूरे ऽष्टौ च पञ्च च । एवं रत्नाचितां बालां शातकुम्भसमप्रभाम्
sīmante sapta ratnāni keyūre 'ṣṭau ca pañca ca / evaṃ ratnācitāṃ bālāṃ śātakumbhasamaprabhām
seven jewels in the parting of her hair, and thirteen on her armlet — the girl thus studded with jewels, with a radiance like refined gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.83
जहार राजभवनात्तां तदा चारुहासिनीम् । वायुमार्गं समाश्रित्य क्षणात्प्राप्तः स्वमालयम्
jahāra rājabhavanāttāṃ tadā cāruhāsinīm / vāyumārgaṃ samāśritya kṣaṇātprāptaḥ svamālayam
her of the lovely smile he then carried off from the king's palace; taking to the path of the wind, in an instant he reached his own dwelling —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.84
तं पर्वतं स यत्रास्ते पतिर्मेशालमाश्रितः । तत्र तस्य गुहां दृष्ट्वा सुवर्णसदृशप्रभाम्
taṃ parvataṃ sa yatrāste patirmeśālamāśritaḥ / tatra tasya guhāṃ dṛṣṭvā suvarṇasadṛśaprabhām
that very mountain where her husband was, taking shelter (by the tree); there she saw his cave, whose glow was like gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.85
तद्भयस्यासहा तत्र प्रविवेशास्य पश्यतः । अनेकैर्मणिविन्यासैः संयुक्तां चित्रमन्दिराम्
tadbhayasyāsahā tatra praviveśāsya paśyataḥ / anekairmaṇivinyāsaiḥ saṃyuktāṃ citramandirām
Unable to bear the fear of him, he entered there while she looked on — (a cave) fitted with many settings of gems, a wondrous mansion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.86
नानाद्रव्यसमाकीर्णां शयनासनसंयुताम् । भोजनैः पानपात्रैश्च भक्ष्यभोज्यैरनेकधा
nānādravyasamākīrṇāṃ śayanāsanasaṃyutām / bhojanaiḥ pānapātraiśca bhakṣyabhojyairanekadhā
(a cave) strewn with all sorts of goods, furnished with beds and seats, with foods and drinking-vessels and with edibles and eatables of many kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.87
प्रविश्य तत्र शय्यायां मुमोचोत्पललोचनाम् । रुदतीमतिसंत्रस्तां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम्
praviśya tatra śayyāyāṃ mumocotpalalocanām / rudatīmatisaṃtrastāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām
Having entered there, he set down upon the bed the lotus-eyed girl, weeping and utterly terrified, with full hips and breasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.88
तस्यास्तु रुदितं श्रुत्वा तस्य भार्या हि राक्षसी । आजगाम त्वरायुक्ता यत्रासौ राक्षसः स्थितः
tasyāstu ruditaṃ śrutvā tasya bhāryā hi rākṣasī / ājagāma tvarāyuktā yatrāsau rākṣasaḥ sthitaḥ
But hearing her weeping, his wife, a rākṣasī, came in haste to where that rākṣasa stood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.89
तां दृष्ट्वा चारुसर्वाङ्गीं तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभाम् । पप्रच्छ निजभर्तारं क्रुद्धा निर्भर्त्सती सती
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīṃ taptakāñcanasaprabhām / papraccha nijabhartāraṃ kruddhā nirbhartsatī satī
Seeing her, lovely in every limb, radiant like heated gold, the good woman, angered and reviling (him), questioned her own husband:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.90
किमर्थमाहृता चेयं जीवन्त्यां मयि निर्घृणं । अन्यां समीहसे भार्यां नाहं भार्यां भवामि ते
kimarthamāhṛtā ceyaṃ jīvantyāṃ mayi nirghṛṇaṃ / anyāṃ samīhase bhāryāṃ nāhaṃ bhāryāṃ bhavāmi te
"For what purpose has this one been carried off, pitiless one, while I am living? You desire another wife; I will not be a wife to you!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.91
एवं ब्रुवाणां तां भर्ता राक्षसीमसितेक्षणाम् । उवाच राक्षसो हर्षात्स्वां प्रियां चारुलोचनाम्
evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ tāṃ bhartā rākṣasīmasitekṣaṇām / uvāca rākṣaso harṣātsvāṃ priyāṃ cārulocanām
To her, the dark-eyed rākṣasī speaking thus, her husband the rākṣasa said out of joy to his own beloved, the fair-eyed one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.92
त्वदर्थमाहृतं भक्ष्यं मया कोश्याः शुभानने । दैवोपपादितं द्वारि द्वितीयं मम तिष्ठति
tvadarthamāhṛtaṃ bhakṣyaṃ mayā kośyāḥ śubhānane / daivopapāditaṃ dvāri dvitīyaṃ mama tiṣṭhati
"Fair-faced one, this edible thing was fetched by me for your sake, from the treasury; a second one, brought about by fate, waits at my door.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.93
शालवृक्षाश्रितः शेते विप्रश्चैको वरानने । तमानय त्वरायुक्ता येनाहं भक्ष्यमाचरे
śālavṛkṣāśritaḥ śete vipraścaiko varānane / tamānaya tvarāyuktā yenāhaṃ bhakṣyamācare
O fine-faced one, a single brahmin lies resting against a sāla tree; bring him quickly, so that I may make my meal."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.94
राक्षसस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कुमारी साब्रवीदिदम् । मिथ्या राक्षसि भर्ता ते भाषते त्वद्भयादयम्
rākṣasasya vacaḥ śrutvā kumārī sābravīdidam / mithyā rākṣasi bhartā te bhāṣate tvadbhayādayam
Hearing the rākṣasa's words, that maiden said this: "Falsely, rākṣasī, does your husband speak this, out of fear of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.95
ज्ञात्वा त्वां जरयोपेतां विरूपामतिजिह्यगाम् । सुप्तां पितृगृहे रात्रौ मां समासाद्य कामतः
jñātvā tvāṃ jarayopetāṃ virūpāmatijihyagām / suptāṃ pitṛgṛhe rātrau māṃ samāsādya kāmataḥ
Knowing you to be overtaken by old age, ugly, and exceedingly crooked in gait, he came upon me asleep at night in my father's house, out of desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.96
अनूढां रुदतीं भद्रे भार्यार्थं समुपानयत् । इतीरितमुपाकर्ण्य वचनं राजकन्यया
anūḍhāṃ rudatīṃ bhadre bhāryārthaṃ samupānayat / itīritamupākarṇya vacanaṃ rājakanyayā
and brought me here, unmarried and weeping, good lady, for the sake of a wife." Hearing this speech uttered by the king's daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.97
क्रोधयुक्तातिमात्रं वै बभूव क्षिपती वचः । तस्याश्च रूपमालोक्य सत्यमेवावधारयत्
krodhayuktātimātraṃ vai babhūva kṣipatī vacaḥ / tasyāśca rūpamālokya satyamevāvadhārayat
she became filled with anger beyond measure, hurling words; and looking at her beauty, she concluded it was indeed true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.98
चिन्तयामास चाप्येवं भार्यार्थे ह्याहृतेति च । अवश्यं मूर्घ्निं कीलं मे रोषयिष्यति राक्षसः
cintayāmāsa cāpyevaṃ bhāryārthe hyāhṛteti ca / avaśyaṃ mūrghniṃ kīlaṃ me roṣayiṣyati rākṣasaḥ
And she thought thus: "She has indeed been brought for the sake of a wife. Surely the rākṣasa will vex me — a stake in my head!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.99
मास्म सीमन्तिनी काचिद्भेवत्सा भुवनत्रये । या सापत्न्येन दुःखेन पीड्यमाना हि जीवति
māsma sīmantinī kācidbhevatsā bhuvanatraye / yā sāpatnyena duḥkhena pīḍyamānā hi jīvati
"Let there be no woman at all in the three worlds who lives oppressed by the misery of co-wifehood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.100
सर्वेषामेव दुःखानां महच्चेदं न संशयः । सामान्यद्रव्यभोगादि निष्ठा चैवापरा भवेत्
sarveṣāmeva duḥkhānāṃ mahaccedaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / sāmānyadravyabhogādi niṣṭhā caivāparā bhavet
Of all sufferings this is the greatest, no doubt; and there would be a further end (of things): the sharing in common of goods, enjoyments and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.101
एवं सा बहु संचिन्त्य भर्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मदीया मम भक्ष्यार्थं त्वयानीता सुलोचना
evaṃ sā bahu saṃcintya bhartāraṃ vākyamabravīt / madīyā mama bhakṣyārthaṃ tvayānītā sulocanā
Having thought much in this way, she spoke these words to her husband: "She is mine; the fair-eyed one was brought by you for my food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.102
तं विप्रमानयिष्यामि भक्ष्यार्थं तव सुव्रत । ततः स राक्षसः प्राह गच्छगच्छेति सत्वरम्
taṃ vipramānayiṣyāmi bhakṣyārthaṃ tava suvrata / tataḥ sa rākṣasaḥ prāha gacchagaccheti satvaram
I shall fetch that brahmin for your food, O firm-vowed one." Then that rākṣasa said quickly, "Go, go!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.103
सृक्किणी स्रवते ऽत्यर्थं तस्य भक्षणकाम्यया । ततः सा राक्षसी घोरा श्रुत्वा पतिसमीरितम्
sṛkkiṇī sravate 'tyarthaṃ tasya bhakṣaṇakāmyayā / tataḥ sā rākṣasī ghorā śrutvā patisamīritam
The corners of his mouth ran exceedingly with the desire of eating him. Then that dreadful rākṣasī, hearing what her husband had said,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.104
निर्जगाम दुरन्ताशा ददर्श द्विजसत्तमम् । रूपयौवनसंयुक्तं विद्यारत्नविभूषितम्
nirjagāma durantāśā dadarśa dvijasattamam / rūpayauvanasaṃyuktaṃ vidyāratnavibhūṣitam
went out, her hopes boundless, and saw that best of twice-born ones, endowed with beauty and youth, adorned with the jewel of learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.105
तं दृष्ट्वा मायया भूत्वा सुंदरी षोडशाब्दिका । हृच्छयेन समाविष्टा तदन्तिकमुपागमत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā māyayā bhūtvā suṃdarī ṣoḍaśābdikā / hṛcchayena samāviṣṭā tadantikamupāgamat
Seeing him, by (her) magic she became a beautiful girl of sixteen years, and, possessed by love, she approached him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.106
अब्रवीत्सा पृथुश्रोणी तं विप्रं प्रीतिसंयुता । कस्त्वं कस्मादिहायतः किमर्थमिह तिष्ठसि
abravītsā pṛthuśroṇī taṃ vipraṃ prītisaṃyutā / kastvaṃ kasmādihāyataḥ kimarthamiha tiṣṭhasi
That broad-hipped woman, filled with affection, said to that brahmin: "Who are you? From where have you come here? For what purpose do you stand here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.107
पृच्छामि पतिकामाहं राक्षसी हृच्छयातुरा । स्वभर्त्राहं परित्यक्ता त्वां पतिं कर्तुमागता
pṛcchāmi patikāmāhaṃ rākṣasī hṛcchayāturā / svabhartrāhaṃ parityaktā tvāṃ patiṃ kartumāgatā
I ask (this), desiring a husband; I am a rākṣasī, afflicted by love. I have been abandoned by my own husband, and have come to make you my husband."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.108
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्या भर्ता मे भयसंयुतः । उवाच वचनं प्राज्ञो धैर्यमालंब्य तां शुभे
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyā bhartā me bhayasaṃyutaḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ prājño dhairyamālaṃbya tāṃ śubhe
Hearing that speech of hers, my husband, filled with fear yet wise, taking hold of his firmness, spoke these words to her, O lovely one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.109
रक्षोमानुषसंयोगः कथं राक्षसि संभवेत् । मानुषास्तु स्मृता भक्ष्या राक्षसानां न संशयः
rakṣomānuṣasaṃyogaḥ kathaṃ rākṣasi saṃbhavet / mānuṣāstu smṛtā bhakṣyā rākṣasānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
"How can a union of a rākṣasa and a human come about, O rākṣasī? Humans are declared to be food for rākṣasas — there is no doubt of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.110
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं सा तु पुनस्तं प्राह सादरम् । असंभाव्यं च जगति संभवेद्दैवयोगतः
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ sā tu punastaṃ prāha sādaram / asaṃbhāvyaṃ ca jagati saṃbhaveddaivayogataḥ
Hearing that speech, she again said to him respectfully: "Even what is impossible in the world can come about through the conjunction of fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.111
पुराणे श्रूयते ह्येतद्भविष्यं भारते स्थितम् । हिडंबा राक्षसी विप्र भीमभार्या भविष्यति
purāṇe śrūyate hyetadbhaviṣyaṃ bhārate sthitam / hiḍaṃbā rākṣasī vipra bhīmabhāryā bhaviṣyati
For this is heard in the Purāṇa, as a future thing set down in the Bhārata: Hiḍambā, a rākṣasī, O brahmin, will become the wife of Bhīma;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.112
मानुषोत्पादितः पुत्रो भविष्यति घटोत्कचः । अवध्यः सर्वशस्त्राणां शक्त्या मृत्युमवाप्स्यति
mānuṣotpāditaḥ putro bhaviṣyati ghaṭotkacaḥ / avadhyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṃ śaktyā mṛtyumavāpsyati
a son begotten by a human will come to be, Ghaṭotkaca, unslayable by all weapons; he will meet his death by the spear (śakti).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.113
तस्माद्विषादं मा विप्रकुरु त्वं दैवयोगतः । भार्या तवाहं संजाता दव हि बलवत्तरम्
tasmādviṣādaṃ mā viprakuru tvaṃ daivayogataḥ / bhāryā tavāhaṃ saṃjātā dava hi balavattaram
Therefore, O brahmin, do not grieve: by the conjunction of fate I have become your wife, for destiny is the stronger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.114
मर्त्यलोकं गते शक्त्रे वैरोचनिनिरीक्षणे । तदन्तरं समासाद्य भर्ता मे घोरराक्षसः
martyalokaṃ gate śaktre vairocaninirīkṣaṇe / tadantaraṃ samāsādya bhartā me ghorarākṣasaḥ
When Śakra had gone to the world of mortals to look upon Vairocani (Bali), my husband, a dreadful rākṣasa, seizing that interval,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.115
तद्गृहाच्छक्तिमहरद्दीप्तामग्रिशिखामिव । सेयं समाश्रिता चात्र शालवृक्षे तु वासवी
tadgṛhācchaktimaharaddīptāmagriśikhāmiva / seyaṃ samāśritā cātra śālavṛkṣe tu vāsavī
carried off from his house the spear, blazing like a tongue of fire; and this very (spear), Vāsava's, is lodged here in the śāla tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.116
अहत्वैकं द्विजश्रेष्ठ नगच्छति पुरन्दरम् । यद्वधाय प्रक्षिपेत्तां सो ऽमरो ऽपि विनश्यति
ahatvaikaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha nagacchati purandaram / yadvadhāya prakṣipettāṃ so 'maro 'pi vinaśyati
Without killing one (victim), O best of brahmins, it does not return to Purandara; and he for whose slaying one hurls it perishes, even if he be immortal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.117
साहमारुह्य शालाग्रं शक्तिमानीय भास्वराम् । त्वत्करे संप्रदास्यामि भर्तुर्निधनकाम्यया
sāhamāruhya śālāgraṃ śaktimānīya bhāsvarām / tvatkare saṃpradāsyāmi bharturnidhanakāmyayā
So I, climbing to the top of the śāla and fetching the shining spear, will place it in your hand, from a wish for my husband's death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.118
यदि त्वमनया शक्त्या न हिंससि निशाचरम् । खादयिष्यति दुर्मेधास्त्वां च मां च न सशयः
yadi tvamanayā śaktyā na hiṃsasi niśācaram / khādayiṣyati durmedhāstvāṃ ca māṃ ca na saśayaḥ
If you do not slay the night-walker with this spear, that evil-minded one will devour both you and me — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.119
तव शत्रुर्महानेष ममापि च परन्तप । येनाहृता कुमारीह भार्यार्थं मन्दबुद्धिना
tava śatrurmahāneṣa mamāpi ca parantapa / yenāhṛtā kumārīha bhāryārthaṃ mandabuddhinā
He is a great enemy of yours and of mine too, O scorcher of foes, since by that dull-witted one a young girl was carried off here to be his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.120
सपत्नभावो जनितो मम भर्त्रा दुरात्मना । व्यापादिते ऽस्मिन्नुभयोः क्रीडनं संभविष्यति
sapatnabhāvo janito mama bhartrā durātmanā / vyāpādite 'sminnubhayoḥ krīḍanaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati
Co-wifehood has been brought about for me by my evil-souled husband. When he has been killed, there will be pleasure for us both.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.121
यद्यन्यथा वदेर्वाक्यं त्वामहं रतिवर्द्धन । तदात्मकगृतपुण्यस्य न भवेयं हि भागिनी
yadyanyathā vadervākyaṃ tvāmahaṃ rativarddhana / tadātmakagṛtapuṇyasya na bhaveyaṃ hi bhāginī
If I should speak words otherwise (than truly) to you, O increaser of delight, then may I not be a sharer in the merit I myself have made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.122
या गतिर्ब्रह्महत्यायां कुत्सिता प्राप्यते नरैः । तां गतिं हि प्रपद्ये ऽहं यद्येतदनृतं भवेत्
yā gatirbrahmahatyāyāṃ kutsitā prāpyate naraiḥ / tāṃ gatiṃ hi prapadye 'haṃ yadyetadanṛtaṃ bhavet
Whatever despised destiny men obtain for the killing of a brahmin — that destiny may I go to, if this should be untrue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.123
मद्यं हि पिबतो ब्रह्मन् ब्राह्मणस्य दुरात्मनः । या गतिर्विहिता घोरा तां गतिं प्राप्नुयाम्यहम्
madyaṃ hi pibato brahman brāhmaṇasya durātmanaḥ / yā gatirvihitā ghorā tāṃ gatiṃ prāpnuyāmyaham
Whatever terrible destiny is ordained, O brahmin, for an evil-souled brahmin who drinks liquor — may I attain that destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.124
गुरुदारप्रसक्तस्य जतोः पापनिषेविणः । या गतिस्तां द्विजश्रेष्ठ मिथ्या प्रोच्य समाप्नुयाम्
gurudāraprasaktasya jatoḥ pāpaniṣeviṇaḥ / yā gatistāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha mithyā procya samāpnuyām
Whatever destiny (belongs) to a creature addicted to his teacher's wife and given to sin — that, O best of the twice-born, may I fully obtain, if I have spoken falsely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.125
स्वर्णन्यासापहरणे मेदिनीहरणे च या । आत्मनो हनने या हि विहिता मुनिभिर्द्विज
svarṇanyāsāpaharaṇe medinīharaṇe ca yā / ātmano hanane yā hi vihitā munibhirdvija
(That fate) which, O twice-born, has been laid down by the sages for stealing a deposit of gold, for seizing land, and for killing oneself —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.126
गतिस्तामनुगच्छामि यद्येतदनृतं वदे । पञ्चम्यां च तथाष्टम्यां यत्पापं मांसभक्षणे
gatistāmanugacchāmi yadyetadanṛtaṃ vade / pañcamyāṃ ca tathāṣṭamyāṃ yatpāpaṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇe
— to that fate may I go, if I speak this falsely; and the sin (that comes) from eating meat on the fifth and likewise on the eighth (lunar day),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.127
स्त्रीसंगमे तरुच्छेदे यत्पापं शशिनः क्षये । यदुच्छिष्टे घृतं भोक्तुर्मैथुनेन दिवा च यत्
strīsaṃgame tarucchede yatpāpaṃ śaśinaḥ kṣaye / yaducchiṣṭe ghṛtaṃ bhokturmaithunena divā ca yat
the sin (incurred) in intercourse with a woman, in cutting down a tree, at the waning of the moon, and that (incurred) by one who eats ghee among leftovers, and by copulation in the daytime,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.128
वैश्वदेवमकर्तुश्च गृहिणो हि द्विजस्य यत् । भिक्षामदातुर्भिक्षुभ्यो विधवाया द्विभोजनात्
vaiśvadevamakartuśca gṛhiṇo hi dvijasya yat / bhikṣāmadāturbhikṣubhyo vidhavāyā dvibhojanāt
and that (sin) of a twice-born householder who does not perform the Vaiśvadeva rite, of one who does not give alms to mendicants, (and that) from a widow's eating twice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.129
तैलं भोक्तुश्च संक्रान्तौ गोभिस्तीर्थं च गच्छतः । तथा मृदमनुद्धृत्य स्नातुः परजलाशये
tailaṃ bhoktuśca saṃkrāntau gobhistīrthaṃ ca gacchataḥ / tathā mṛdamanuddhṛtya snātuḥ parajalāśaye
and of one who eats oil at a saṃkrānti, and of one who goes to a sacred ford together with cows, and likewise of one who bathes in another's pond without taking up (a lump of) earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.130
निषिद्धवृक्षजनितं दन्तकाष्ठं च खादतः । गामसेवयतो बद्ध्वा पाखण्डपथगामिनः
niṣiddhavṛkṣajanitaṃ dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca khādataḥ / gāmasevayato baddhvā pākhaṇḍapathagāminaḥ
and of one who chews a tooth-stick produced from a forbidden tree, of one who binds a cow and does not tend it, of one who follows the path of heretics,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.131
पितृदेवार्चनं कर्तुः काष्ठग्रावस्थितस्य यत् । गोहीनां महिषीं धर्तुर्भिन्नकांस्ये च भुञ्जतः
pitṛdevārcanaṃ kartuḥ kāṣṭhagrāvasthitasya yat / gohīnāṃ mahiṣīṃ dharturbhinnakāṃsye ca bhuñjataḥ
and that (sin) of one who performs the worship of the ancestors and the gods while standing on wood or stone, of one who keeps a buffalo while having no cow, and of one who eats from a cracked bronze vessel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.132
अधौतभिन्नपारक्यवस्त्रसंवीतकर्मिणः । नग्रस्त्रीप्रेक्षणं कर्तुरभक्ष्यस्य च भोजिनः
adhautabhinnapārakyavastrasaṃvītakarmiṇaḥ / nagrastrīprekṣaṇaṃ karturabhakṣyasya ca bhojinaḥ
of one who performs (his) rites wrapped in an unwashed, torn, or another's garment, of one who looks at a naked woman, and of one who eats what should not be eaten,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.133
कथायां श्रीहरेर्विघ्नं कर्तुर्यत्पातकं द्विज । तेन पापेन लिप्ये ऽहं यदि वच्मि तवानृतम्
kathāyāṃ śrīharervighnaṃ karturyatpātakaṃ dvija / tena pāpena lipye 'haṃ yadi vacmi tavānṛtam
and the sin, O twice-born, of one who makes an obstruction during a discourse on Śrī Hari — with that sin may I be smeared, if I speak an untruth to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.134
उक्तान्येतानि पापानि यान्यनुक्तान्यपि द्विज । सर्वेषां भागिनी चाहं यद्येतदनृतं वदे
uktānyetāni pāpāni yānyanuktānyapi dvija / sarveṣāṃ bhāginī cāhaṃ yadyetadanṛtaṃ vade
These sins have been stated, and those too that have not been stated, O twice-born: of all of them may I have a share, if I speak this falsely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.135
एवं संबोधितो देवि भर्ता मे पापया तया । तथेति निश्चयं चक्रे भवितव्येन मोहितः
evaṃ saṃbodhito devi bhartā me pāpayā tayā / tatheti niścayaṃ cakre bhavitavyena mohitaḥ
Thus addressed, O goddess, by that wicked woman, my husband made up his mind, saying "So be it," deluded by what was destined to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.136
निर्द्रव्यो व्ययसनासक्तो मद्वाक्यकलुषीकृतः । उवाच राक्षसीं वाक्यं सर्वंसिद्धिप्रदायकम्
nirdravyo vyayasanāsakto madvākyakaluṣīkṛtaḥ / uvāca rākṣasīṃ vākyaṃ sarvaṃsiddhipradāyakam
Penniless, addicted to (his) vice, and made foul by my words, he spoke to the demoness a speech that granted her every success.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.137
शीघ्रमानय तां शक्तिं करोमि वचनं तव । सर्वमेतत्प्रदेयं हि त्वया मे राक्षसे हते
śīghramānaya tāṃ śaktiṃ karomi vacanaṃ tava / sarvametatpradeyaṃ hi tvayā me rākṣase hate
"Bring that spear quickly; I will do your bidding. All this is to be given to me by you when the demon is slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.138
द्रव्याशया प्रविष्टो ऽहं सागरं तिमिसंकुलम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसी शक्तिं समानीय नगस्थिताम्
dravyāśayā praviṣṭo 'haṃ sāgaraṃ timisaṃkulam / tacchrutvā rākṣasī śaktiṃ samānīya nagasthitām
In the hope of wealth I have entered the sea teeming with sea-monsters." Hearing that, the demoness fetched the spear that stood on the mountain
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.139
ददौ मद्भर्तृसिद्ध्यर्थं विमुञ्चन्तीं महार्चिषम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु राक्षसः काममोहितः
dadau madbhartṛsiddhyarthaṃ vimuñcantīṃ mahārciṣam / etasminneva kāle tu rākṣasaḥ kāmamohitaḥ
and gave (it), emitting a great flame, for the accomplishing of my husband's purpose. But at just this time the demon, deluded by lust,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.140
गमनायोद्यतः कन्यां सा भीता वाक्यमब्रवीत् । कुमारीसेवने रक्षो महापापं विधीयते
gamanāyodyataḥ kanyāṃ sā bhītā vākyamabravīt / kumārīsevane rakṣo mahāpāpaṃ vidhīyate
was set upon going to the girl; she, terrified, spoke these words: "O demon, in taking a maiden a great sin is ordained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.141
छलेनाहं हृता काश्याः सुप्ता पितृगृहात्वया । तव दोषो न चेहास्ति भवितव्यं ममेदृशम्
chalenāhaṃ hṛtā kāśyāḥ suptā pitṛgṛhātvayā / tava doṣo na cehāsti bhavitavyaṃ mamedṛśam
By a trick I was carried off from Kāśī by you, asleep, from my father's house; yet there is no fault of yours in this — such was what was destined for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.142
गुहामध्यगतायास्तुको मे त्राता भविष्यति । विधियोगाद्भवेद्भर्ता विधियोगाद्भवेत्प्रिया
guhāmadhyagatāyāstuko me trātā bhaviṣyati / vidhiyogādbhavedbhartā vidhiyogādbhavetpriyā
Who will be a protector for me, gone into the middle of a cave? By the conjunction of destiny one becomes a husband, by the conjunction of destiny one becomes a beloved wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.143
भवेद्विधिवशाद्विद्या गृहं सौख्यं धनं कुलम् । विधिना प्रेर्यमाणस्तु जनः सर्वत्र गच्छति
bhavedvidhivaśādvidyā gṛhaṃ saukhyaṃ dhanaṃ kulam / vidhinā preryamāṇastu janaḥ sarvatra gacchati
By the power of destiny come learning, a house, comfort, wealth, family; and a person, driven by destiny, goes everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.144
अवश्यं भविता भर्ता त्वमेव रजनीचर । विधैना विहिते मार्गे किं करिष्यति पण्डितः
avaśyaṃ bhavitā bhartā tvameva rajanīcara / vidhainā vihite mārge kiṃ kariṣyati paṇḍitaḥ
Inevitably you alone will be (my) husband, O night-roamer; on a road laid out by destiny, what will a wise man do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.145
तस्मादानयत विप्रं शालवृक्षाश्रित त्विह । घृतं जलं कुशानग्निं विवाहं विधिना कुरु
tasmādānayata vipraṃ śālavṛkṣāśrita tviha / ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ kuśānagniṃ vivāhaṃ vidhinā kuru
"Therefore bring the brahmin who has taken shelter here at the śāla tree; (take) ghee, water, kuśa grass, fire, and perform the marriage according to rule."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.146
विनापि दर्भतोयाग्नीन्न्यथोक्तविधिमतरा । ब्राह्मणस्यैव वाक्येन विवाहः सफलो भवेत्
vināpi darbhatoyāgnīnnyathoktavidhimatarā / brāhmaṇasyaiva vākyena vivāhaḥ saphalo bhavet
"Even without darbha grass, water and fires, (and) otherwise than the prescribed procedure, by the mere word of a brahmin the marriage would be effective."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.147
न हतो यदि विप्रस्तु भार्यया तव राक्षस । वृत्ते होमस्य कार्ये तु तं भवान् भक्षयिष्यति
na hato yadi viprastu bhāryayā tava rākṣasa / vṛtte homasya kārye tu taṃ bhavān bhakṣayiṣyati
"If the brahmin is not killed by your wife, O rākṣasa, then, once the business of the oblation is done, you may eat him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.150
एवमुक्ते तु वचने तया वै राजकन्यया । विश्वस्तमानसो दर्पान्निर्जगाम स राक्षसः ॥ नर्प्_२,२७।१४८ ॥ सत्वरं हृच्छयाविष्टस्तमानेतुं बहिः स्थितः ॥ नर्प्_२,२७।१४९ ॥ तस्य निर्गच्छतो देवि क्षुतमासीत्स्वयं किल । सव्यं चाप्यस्फुरन्नेत्रं स्ववस्त्रं स्खलितं तथा
evamukte tu vacane tayā vai rājakanyayā / viśvastamānaso darpānnirjagāma sa rākṣasaḥ // narp_2,27.148 // satvaraṃ hṛcchayāviṣṭastamānetuṃ bahiḥ sthitaḥ // narp_2,27.149 // tasya nirgacchato devi kṣutamāsītsvayaṃ kila / savyaṃ cāpyasphurannetraṃ svavastraṃ skhalitaṃ tathā
When these words had been spoken by that king's daughter, the rākṣasa, his mind trusting (her), went out in his pride. Quickly, possessed by love, he stood outside in order to fetch him. As he was going out, O goddess, a sneeze occurred of itself, and his left eye twitched, and his garment likewise slipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.151
अनाहृत्य तु तत्सर्वं निर्गतो ऽसौ दरीमुखात् । बिभ्राणां मानुषं रूपं स्वामपश्यन्नितंबिनीम्
anāhṛtya tu tatsarvaṃ nirgato 'sau darīmukhāt / bibhrāṇāṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ svāmapaśyannitaṃbinīm
But without heeding all that, he went out from the mouth of the cave, and saw his own broad-hipped (wife) wearing a human form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.152
घटयन्तीं तु संबन्धं भार्याभर्तृसमुद्भवम् । परित्यजामि त्वां पापं राक्षसं क्रूरकर्मिणम्
ghaṭayantīṃ tu saṃbandhaṃ bhāryābhartṛsamudbhavam / parityajāmi tvāṃ pāpaṃ rākṣasaṃ krūrakarmiṇam
forging a connection such as arises between wife and husband, (saying): "I abandon you, wicked rākṣasa of cruel deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 27.153
मानुषीप्रमदासक्तं मच्छरीरस्य दूषकम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा दारुणं वाक्यं भार्यया समुदीरितम् । ईर्ष्याकोपसमायुक्तस्त्वभ्यधावन्निशाचरः
mānuṣīpramadāsaktaṃ maccharīrasya dūṣakam / tacchrutvā dāruṇaṃ vākyaṃ bhāryayā samudīritam / īrṣyākopasamāyuktastvabhyadhāvanniśācaraḥ
attached to a human woman, defiler of my body." Hearing that harsh speech uttered by his wife, the night-roamer, seized with jealousy and anger, rushed at (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 27.154
उत्क्षिप्य बाहू प्रविदार्य वक्त्रं संप्रस्थितो भक्षयितुं स चोभौ । कालेन वेगात्पवनो यथैव समुच्चरन्वाक्यमनर्थयुक्तम्
utkṣipya bāhū pravidārya vaktraṃ saṃprasthito bhakṣayituṃ sa cobhau / kālena vegātpavano yathaiva samuccaranvākyamanarthayuktam
Throwing up his arms and gaping his mouth wide, he set out to devour them both, (rushing) with speed like the wind driven by Time, uttering words fraught with ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition