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Pancharatra: Arjuna's piligramage to South and encounter with crocodile.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततः समुद्रे तीर्थानि दक्षिणे भरतर्षभः । अभ्यगच्छत्सुपुण्यानि शोभितानि तपस्विभिः ॥१-२०८-१॥
tataḥ samudre tīrthāni dakṣiṇe bharatarṣabhaḥ । abhyagacchatsu puṇyāni śobhitāni tapasvibhiḥ ॥1-208-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places; दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in the south; भरतर्षभः (bharatarṣabhaḥ) - bull among the Bharatas; अभ्यगच्छत् (abhyagacchat) - approached; सुपुण्यानि (su-puṇyāni) - very holy; शोभितानि (śobhitāni) - adorned; तपस्विभिः (tapasvibhiḥ) - by ascetics;]
(Then the bull among the Bharatas approached the holy places in the southern ocean, very holy, adorned by ascetics.)
Then the illustrious descendant of Bharata proceeded to the sacred places on the southern ocean, which were highly meritorious and graced by ascetics.
वर्जयन्ति स्म तीर्थानि पञ्च तत्र तु तापसाः । आचीर्णानि तु यान्यासन्पुरस्तात्तु तपस्विभिः ॥१-२०८-२॥
varjayanti sma tīrthāni pañca tatra tu tāpasāḥ । ācīrṇāni tu yāni āsan purastāt tu tapasvibhiḥ ॥1-208-2॥
[वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid; स्म (sma) - indeed; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - fords; holy places; पञ्च (pañca) - five; तत्र (tatra) - there; तु (tu) - but; तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics; आचीर्णानि (ācīrṇāni) - practiced; performed; तु (tu) - but; यानि (yāni) - which; आसन् (āsan) - were; पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - before; previously; तु (tu) - but; तपस्विभिः (tapasvibhiḥ) - by ascetics;]
(They indeed avoided five fords there, but the ascetics, but those which had been practiced before by ascetics.)
The ascetics avoided five fords there, but those which had previously been practiced by ascetics were not avoided.
अगस्त्यतीर्थं सौभद्रं पौलोमं च सुपावनम् । कारन्धमं प्रसन्नं च हयमेधफलं च यत् ॥ भारद्वाजस्य तीर्थं च पापप्रशमनं महत् ॥१-२०८-३॥
agastyatīrthaṃ saubhadraṃ paulomaṃ ca supāvanam । kārandhamaṃ prasannaṃ ca hayamedhaphalaṃ ca yat ॥ bhāradvājasya tīrthaṃ ca pāpapraśamanaṃ mahat ॥1-208-3॥
[अगस्त्यतीर्थं (agastyatīrtham) - Agastya's sacred place; सौभद्रं (saubhadram) - Saubhadra (name of a tīrtha); पौलोमं (paulomam) - Pauloma (name of a tīrtha); च (ca) - and; सुपावनम् (supāvanam) - very pure; कारन्धमं (kārandhamam) - Kārandhama (name of a tīrtha); प्रसन्नं (prasannam) - clear; च (ca) - and; हयमेधफलं (hayamedhaphalam) - fruit of a horse-sacrifice; च (ca) - and; यत् (yat) - which; भारद्वाजस्य (bhāradvājasya) - of Bhāradvāja; तीर्थं (tīrtham) - sacred place; च (ca) - and; पापप्रशमनं (pāpapraśamanam) - removal of sins; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(Agastya's sacred place, Saubhadra, Pauloma and the very pure; Kārandhama, the clear and that which is the fruit of a horse-sacrifice; and the sacred place of Bhāradvāja, the great removal of sins.)
Agastya's tīrtha, Saubhadra, Pauloma, the supremely pure Kārandhama, the clear one, and that which yields the fruit of a horse-sacrifice; also the tīrtha of Bhāradvāja, which is a great remover of sins.
विविक्तान्युपलक्ष्याथ तानि तीर्थानि पाण्डवः । दृष्ट्वा च वर्ज्यमानानि मुनिभिर्धर्मबुद्धिभिः ॥१-२०८-४॥
viviktānyupalakṣyātha tāni tīrthāni pāṇḍavaḥ । dṛṣṭvā ca varjyamānāni munibhir dharmabuddhibhiḥ ॥1-208-4॥
[विविक्तानि (viviktāni) - solitary; separated; उपलक्ष्य (upalakṣya) - having observed; having noticed; अथ (atha) - then; तानि (tāni) - those; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places; holy spots; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu; (here, Yudhiṣṭhira); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; च (ca) - and; वर्ज्यमानानि (varjyamānāni) - being avoided; being shunned; मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by sages; धर्मबुद्धिभिः (dharmabuddhibhiḥ) - by those whose intellect is established in dharma;]
(Having observed the solitary ones, then those sacred places, the son of Pāṇḍu, having seen also those being avoided by sages whose intellect is established in dharma.)
Then, having noticed the solitary sacred places, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu, saw those that were being avoided by sages devoted to dharma.
तपस्विनस्ततोऽपृच्छत्प्राज्ञलिः कुरुनन्दनः । तीर्थानीमानि वर्ज्यन्ते किमर्थं ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥१-२०८-५॥
tapasvinastato'pṛcchat prājñaliḥ kurunandanaḥ । tīrthānīmāni varjyante kimarthaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ ॥1-208-5॥
[तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetic; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked; प्राज्ञलिः (prājñaliḥ) - with joined palms; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - O delight of the Kurus; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places; इमानि (imāni) - these; वर्ज्यन्ते (varjyante) - are avoided; किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what reason; ब्रह्मवादिभिः (brahmavādibhiḥ) - by those who speak of Brahman;]
(The ascetic then asked, with joined palms, O delight of the Kurus, these holy places are avoided for what reason by those who speak of Brahman?)
Then the ascetic, with joined palms, asked, "O delight of the Kurus, for what reason are these holy places avoided by those who speak of Brahman?"
तापसा ऊचुः॥
tāpasā ūcuḥ॥
[तापसा (tāpasā) - ascetics; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(Ascetics said.)
The ascetics said.
ग्राहाः पञ्च वसन्त्येषु हरन्ति च तपोधनान् । अत एतानि वर्ज्यन्ते तीर्थानि कुरुनन्दन ॥१-२०८-६॥
grāhāḥ pañca vasantyeṣu haranti ca tapodhanān | ata etāni varjyante tīrthāni kurunandana ||1-208-6||
[ग्राहाः (grāhāḥ) - crocodiles; पञ्च (pañca) - five; वसन्ति (vasanti) - dwell; एषु (eṣu) - in these; हरन्ति (haranti) - carry away; च (ca) - and; तपोधनान् (tapodhanān) - ascetics; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; एतानि (etāni) - these; वर्ज्यन्ते (varjyante) - are to be avoided; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - fords; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus;]
(Crocodiles five dwell in these, carry away and ascetics; therefore these are to be avoided fords, O delight of the Kurus.)
O Kurunandana, five crocodiles dwell in these fords and carry away ascetics; therefore, these fords are to be avoided.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
तेषां श्रुत्वा महाबाहुर्वार्यमाणस्तपोधनैः । जगाम तानि तीर्थानि द्रष्टुं पुरुषसत्तमः ॥१-२०८-७॥
teṣāṃ śrutvā mahābāhur vāryamāṇas tapodhanaiḥ । jagāma tāni tīrthāni draṣṭuṃ puruṣasattamaḥ ॥1-208-7॥
[तेषां (teṣām) - of them; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; वार्यमाणः (vāryamāṇaḥ) - being restrained; तपोधनैः (tapodhanaiḥ) - by ascetics (whose wealth is austerity); जगाम (jagāma) - he went; तानि (tāni) - those; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; पुरुषसत्तमः (puruṣasattamaḥ) - the best among men;]
(Of them having heard, the mighty-armed, being restrained by ascetics (whose wealth is austerity), he went to see those holy places, the best among men.)
Having heard from them, the mighty-armed hero, though restrained by the ascetics, went to see those holy places.
ततः सौभद्रमासाद्य महर्षेस्तीर्थमुत्तमम् । विगाह्य तरसा शूरः स्नानं चक्रे परन्तपः ॥१-२०८-८॥
tataḥ saubhadram āsādya maharṣeḥ tīrtham uttamam । vigāhya tarasā śūraḥ snānaṃ cakre parantapaḥ ॥1-208-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; सौभद्रम् (saubhadram) - Saubhadra (Arjuna, son of Subhadra); आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; having attained; महर्षेः (maharṣeḥ) - of the great sage; तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - holy place; sacred ford; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent; highest; विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having entered; having plunged into; तरसा (tarasā) - quickly; with force; शूरः (śūraḥ) - the hero; the brave one; स्नानम् (snānam) - bath; bathing; चक्रे (cakre) - performed; did; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - scorcher of foes;]
(Then Saubhadra, having reached the excellent holy place of the great sage, having quickly entered, the hero performed bathing, the scorcher of foes.)
Then Saubhadra (Arjuna), having reached the excellent holy place of the great sage, quickly plunged in and performed his bath, he who scorches his enemies.
अथ तं पुरुषव्याघ्रमन्तर्जलचरो महान् । निजग्राह जले ग्राहः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् ॥१-२०८-९॥
atha taṃ puruṣavyāghram antarjalacaro mahān । nijagrāha jale grāhaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanañjayam ॥1-208-9॥
[अथ (atha) - then; तं (taṃ) - him; पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - tiger among men; अन्तर्जलचरः (antarjalacaraḥ) - dweller in the water; महान् (mahān) - great; निजग्राह (nijagrāha) - seized; जले (jale) - in the water; ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - crocodile; कुन्तीपुत्रम् (kuntīputram) - son of Kuntī; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna);]
(Then the great dweller in the water, the crocodile, seized him, the tiger among men, the son of Kuntī, Dhanañjaya, in the water.)
Then the mighty crocodile living in the water seized Dhanañjaya, the son of Kuntī, who was like a tiger among men, while he was in the water.
स तमादाय कौन्तेयो विस्फुरन्तं जलेचरम् । उदतिष्ठन्महाबाहुर्बलेन बलिनां वरः ॥१-२०८-१०॥
sa tam-ādāya kaunteyaḥ visphurantaṃ jale-caram । udatishṭhan-mahā-bāhur-balena balināṃ varaḥ ॥1-208-10॥
[स (sa) - he; तम् (tam) - him; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; विस्फुरन्तम् (visphurantam) - quivering; जलेचरम् (jale-caram) - aquatic creature; उदतिष्ठत् (udatiṣṭhat) - rose up; महाबाहुः (mahā-bāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; बलेन (balena) - by strength; बलिनाम् (balinām) - of the strong; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(He, having taken him, the son of Kunti, the quivering aquatic creature, rose up, the mighty-armed, by strength, the best of the strong.)
The mighty-armed son of Kunti, best among the strong, seized the quivering aquatic creature and rose up by his strength.
उत्कृष्ट एव तु ग्राहः सोऽर्जुनेन यशस्विना । बभूव नारी कल्याणी सर्वाभरणभूषिता ॥१-२०८-११॥
utkṛṣṭa eva tu grāhaḥ so'rjunena yaśasvinā । babhūva nārī kalyāṇī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ॥1-208-11॥
[उत्कृष्ट (utkṛṣṭa) - excellent; एव (eva) - indeed; तु (tu) - but; ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - seizure; capture; सः (saḥ) - he; अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; यशस्विना (yaśasvinā) - by the illustrious; बभूव (babhūva) - became; नारी (nārī) - woman; कल्याणी (kalyāṇī) - auspicious; blessed; सर्वाभरणभूषिता (sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā) - adorned with all ornaments;]
(Indeed, the capture was excellent, but by Arjuna, the illustrious, she became a woman, auspicious, adorned with all ornaments.)
The capture was truly excellent; by the illustrious Arjuna, she became a woman, auspicious and adorned with every ornament.
दीप्यमाना श्रिया राजन्दिव्यरूपा मनोरमा ॥१-२०८-११॥
dīpyamānā śriyā rājan divyarūpā manoramā ॥1-208-11॥
[दीप्यमाना (dīpyamānā) - shining; श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दिव्यरूपा (divyarūpā) - divine form; मनोरमा (manoramā) - charming;]
(Shining with splendor, O king, of divine form, charming.)
O king, she was shining with splendor, possessing a divine and charming form.
तदद्भुतं महद्दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । तां स्त्रियं परमप्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१-२०८-१२॥
tadadbhutaṃ mahad dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ । tāṃ striyaṃ paramaprīta idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥1-208-12॥
[तत् (tat) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; महत् (mahat) - great; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - Kuntī's son; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya; ताम् (tām) - her; स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman; परमप्रीतः (paramaprītaḥ) - extremely pleased; इदम् (idam) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(That wonderful great (thing) having seen, Kuntī's son Dhanañjaya, her, the woman, extremely pleased, this speech spoke.)
Having seen that great and wonderful thing, Kuntī's son Dhanañjaya, being extremely pleased with the woman, spoke these words.
का वै त्वमसि कल्याणि कुतो वासि जलेचरी । किमर्थं च महत्पापमिदं कृतवती पुरा ॥१-२०८-१३॥
kā vai tvam asi kalyāṇi kuto vā asi jale-carī | kim-artham ca mahat-pāpam idaṃ kṛtavatī purā ||1-208-13||
[का (kā) - who (feminine); वै (vai) - indeed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; असि (asi) - are; कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - auspicious one (feminine); कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; वा (vā) - or; असि (asi) - are; जलेचरी (jale-carī) - water-dweller (feminine); किमर्थम् (kim-artham) - for what reason; च (ca) - and; महत् (mahat) - great; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृतवती (kṛtavatī) - have done (feminine); पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(Who indeed are you, O auspicious one? From where or are you a water-dweller? For what reason and this great sin have you done formerly?)
Who are you, O auspicious lady? Where are you from, or are you a water-dweller? For what reason did you commit this great sin in the past?
नार्युवाच॥
nāryuvāca॥
[नारी (nārī) - woman; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The woman said.)
The woman spoke.
अप्सरास्मि महाबाहो देवारण्यविचारिणी । इष्टा धनपतेर्नित्यं वर्गा नाम महाबल ॥१-२०८-१४॥
apsarāsmi mahābāho devāraṇyavicāriṇī । iṣṭā dhanapaternityaṃ vargā nāma mahābala ॥1-208-14॥
[अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; देव-अरण्य-विचारिणी (deva-araṇya-vicāriṇī) - wanderer in the divine forest; इष्टा (iṣṭā) - beloved; धनपतेः (dhanapateḥ) - of the lord of wealth; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; वर्गा (vargā) - Vargā; नाम (nāma) - by name; महाबल (mahābala) - of great strength;]
(I am an apsarā, O mighty-armed, a wanderer in the divine forest; beloved of the lord of wealth always, named Vargā, of great strength.)
O mighty-armed one, I am an apsarā named Vargā, a wanderer in the divine forest, always beloved of the lord of wealth, and of great strength.
मम सख्यश्चतस्रोऽन्याः सर्वाः कामगमाः शुभाः । ताभिः सार्धं प्रयातास्मि लोकपालनिवेशनम् ॥१-२०८-१५॥
mama sakhyaś catasro 'nyāḥ sarvāḥ kāmagamāḥ śubhāḥ । tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ prayātāsmi lokapālaniveśanam ॥1-208-15॥
[मम (mama) - my; सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) - female friends; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; कामगमाः (kāmagamāḥ) - moving at will; शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious; ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - with them; सार्धं (sārdhaṃ) - together; प्रयाता (prayātā) - gone; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; लोकपालनिवेशनम् (lokapālaniveśanam) - abode of the guardians of the world;]
(My four other female friends, all moving at will, auspicious, with them together I am gone to the abode of the guardians of the world.)
I, along with my four other auspicious friends who can move at will, have gone to the abode of the guardians of the world.
ततः पश्यामहे सर्वा ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् । रूपवन्तमधीयानमेकमेकान्तचारिणम् ॥१-२०८-१६॥
tataḥ paśyāmahe sarvā brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam । rūpavantam adhīyānam ekam ekāntacāriṇam ॥1-208-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पश्यामहे (paśyāmahe) - we see; सर्वा (sarvā) - all (of us); ब्राह्मणं (brāhmaṇam) - the brāhmaṇa; संशितव्रतम् (saṃśitavratam) - of firm vows; रूपवन्तम् (rūpavantam) - handsome; अधीयानम् (adhīyānam) - studious; एकम् (ekam) - alone; एकान्तचारिणम् (ekāntacāriṇam) - one who moves in solitude;]
(Then we all see the brāhmaṇa of firm vows, handsome, studious, alone, moving in solitude.)
Then we all saw the brāhmaṇa, who was of firm vows, handsome, learned, solitary, and one who moved about alone.
तस्य वै तपसा राजंस्तद्वनं तेजसावृतम् । आदित्य इव तं देशं कृत्स्नं स व्यवभासयत् ॥१-२०८-१७॥
tasya vai tapasā rājan tad vanaṃ tejasā āvṛtam । āditya iva tam deśam kṛtsnam sa vyavabhāsayat ॥1-208-17॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of that; his; वै (vai) - indeed; truly; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; by penance; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तत् (tat) - that; वनम् (vanam) - forest; तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance; by energy; आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - enveloped; covered; आदित्य (āditya) - the sun; इव (iva) - like; as if; तम् (tam) - that; देशम् (deśam) - region; place; कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire; whole; सः (saḥ) - he; व्यवभासयत् (vyavabhāsayat) - illuminated; made shine;]
(Of him indeed by austerity, O king, that forest was enveloped by brilliance. Like the sun, he illuminated that entire region.)
O king, by his austerity, that forest was enveloped in brilliance; like the sun, he illuminated that entire region.
तस्य दृष्ट्वा तपस्तादृग्रूपं चाद्भुतदर्शनम् । अवतीर्णाः स्म तं देशं तपोविघ्नचिकीर्षया ॥१-२०८-१८॥
tasya dṛṣṭvā tapastādṛgrūpaṃ cādbhutadarśanam | avatīrṇāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ tapovighnacikīrṣayā ॥1-208-18॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of that; his; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तपः (tapas) - austerity; penance; तादृक् (tādṛk) - such; of that kind; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; appearance; च (ca) - and; अद्भुत (adbhuta) - wonderful; marvelous; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight; seeing; अवतीर्णाः (avatīrṇāḥ) - descended; come down; स्म (sma) - indeed; surely; तं (taṃ) - that; देशं (deśaṃ) - place; region; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; penance; विघ्न (vighna) - obstacle; hindrance; चिकीर्षया (cikīrṣayā) - with the intention to do; with the desire to cause;]
(Having seen his austerity of such a kind and his wonderful appearance, indeed (they) descended to that place with the intention to cause an obstacle to the austerity.)
Having witnessed his extraordinary austerity and marvelous appearance, they descended to that place with the intention of creating an obstacle to his penance.
अहं च सौरभेयी च समीची बुद्बुदा लता । यौगपद्येन तं विप्रमभ्यगच्छाम भारत ॥१-२०८-१९॥
ahaṃ ca saurabheyī ca samīcī budbudā latā । yaugapadyena taṃ vipram abhyagacchāma bhārata ॥1-208-19॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; च (ca) - and; सौरभेयी (saurabheyī) - Saurabheyī (proper name); च (ca) - and; समीची (samīcī) - Samīcī (proper name); बुद्बुदा (budbudā) - Budbudā (proper name); लता (latā) - Latā (proper name); यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously; तं (taṃ) - that; विप्रम् (vipram) - sage; अभ्यगच्छाम (abhyagacchāma) - we approached; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(I and Saurabheyī and Samīcī, Budbudā, Latā, simultaneously that sage we approached, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, I, Saurabheyī, Samīcī, Budbudā, and Latā all approached that sage at the same time.
गायन्त्यो वै हसन्त्यश्च लोभयन्त्यश्च तं द्विजम् । स च नास्मासु कृतवान्मनो वीर कथञ्चन ॥ नाकम्पत महातेजाः स्थितस्तपसि निर्मले ॥१-२०८-२०॥
gāyantyo vai hasantyaś ca lobhayantyaś ca taṃ dvijam । sa ca nāsmāsu kṛtavān mano vīra kathaṃcana ॥ nākampata mahātejāḥ sthitastapasi nirmale ॥1-208-20॥
[गायन्त्यः (gāyantyaḥ) - singing (feminine plural); वै (vai) - indeed; हसन्त्यः (hasantyaḥ) - laughing (feminine plural); च (ca) - and; लोभयन्त्यः (lobhayantyaḥ) - enticing (feminine plural); च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - him; द्विजम् (dvijam) - the twice-born (brāhmaṇa); स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; अस्मासु (asmāsu) - towards us; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - made; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; वीर (vīra) - hero; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way; न (na) - not; अकम्पत (akampata) - was shaken; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - of great energy; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - steadfast; तपसि (tapasi) - in penance; निर्मले (nirmale) - pure; ॥१-२०८-२०॥ (॥1-208-20॥) - ;]
(Singing indeed and laughing and enticing him, the twice-born; he, however, did not direct his mind towards us, O hero, in any way. The one of great energy was not shaken, steadfast in pure penance.)
The women sang, laughed, and tried to entice the twice-born sage, but he did not turn his mind to any of us in any way, O hero. The great-souled one remained unshaken, steadfast in his pure penance.
सोऽशपत्कुपितोऽस्मांस्तु ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियर्षभ । ग्राहभूता जले यूयं चरिष्यध्वं शतं समाः ॥१-२०८-२१॥
so'śapat kupito'smāṁs tu brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha | grāhabhūtā jale yūyaṁ cariṣyadhvaṁ śataṁ samāḥ ॥1-208-21॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अशपत् (aśapat) - cursed; कुपितः (kupitaḥ) - angry; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; तु (tu) - but; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - the brāhmaṇa; क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - O bull among kṣatriyas; ग्राहभूताः (grāhabhūtāḥ) - having become crocodiles; जले (jale) - in the water; यूयम् (yūyam) - you (all); चरिष्यध्वम् (cariṣyadhvam) - shall move about; शतम् (śatam) - a hundred; समाः (samāḥ) - years;]
(He, angry, cursed us, but the brāhmaṇa, O bull among kṣatriyas: having become crocodiles in the water, you all shall move about for a hundred years.)
He, being angry, cursed us, O best of kṣatriyas: "You all shall become crocodiles in the water and remain there for a hundred years."
