12.030
Library: Yudhisthira asks about Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī, the son of Sṛñjaya. Krishna narrates the story of Narada receiving a curse to appear as a monkey, and then directs the question to Narada.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
स कथं काञ्चनष्ठीवी सृञ्जयस्य सुतोऽभवत्। पर्वतेन किमर्थं च दत्तः केन ममार च ॥१२-३०-१॥
sa kathaṃ kāñcanaṣṭhīvī sṛñjayasya suto'bhavat। parvatena kimarthaṃ ca dattaḥ kena mamāra ca ॥12-30-1॥
[स (sa) - he; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; काञ्चनष्ठीवी (kāñcanaṣṭhīvī) - Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī (name); सृञ्जयस्य (sṛñjayasya) - of Sṛñjaya; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; पर्वतेन (parvatena) - by Parvata; किमर्थं (kimartham) - for what reason; च (ca) - and; दत्तः (dattaḥ) - was given; केन (kena) - by whom; ममार (mamāra) - died; च (ca) - and;]
(He how Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī of Sṛñjaya son became? By Parvata for what reason and was given? By whom died and?)
How did he become Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī, the son of Sṛñjaya? For what reason and by whom was he given by Parvata, and by whom did he die?
यदा वर्षसहस्रायुस्तदा भवति मानवः। कथमप्राप्तकौमारः सृञ्जयस्य सुतो मृतः ॥१२-३०-२॥
yadā varṣasahasrāyus tadā bhavati mānavaḥ। katham aprāptakaumāraḥ sṛñjayasya suto mṛtaḥ ॥12-30-2॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; वर्षसहस्रायु: (varṣasahasrāyuḥ) - one whose lifespan is a thousand years; तदा (tadā) - then; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - man; कथम् (katham) - how; अप्राप्तकौमारः (aprāptakaumāraḥ) - one who has not attained youth; सृञ्जयस्य (sṛñjayasya) - of Sṛñjaya; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead;]
(When a man becomes one whose lifespan is a thousand years, then how is the son of Sṛñjaya, who has not attained youth, dead?)
If a man lives for a thousand years, how could Sṛñjaya's son die before reaching youth?
उताहो नाममात्रं वै सुवर्णष्ठीविनोऽभवत्। तथ्यं वा काञ्चनष्ठीवीत्येतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥१२-३०-३॥
utāho nāmamātraṃ vai suvarṇaṣṭhīvino'bhavat। tathyaṃ vā kāñcanaṣṭhīvītyetadicchāmi veditum ॥12-30-3॥
[उताहो (utāho) - or indeed; नाममात्रं (nāmamātraṃ) - mere name; वै (vai) - indeed; सुवर्णष्ठीविनः (suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaḥ) - of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin; अभवत् (abhavat) - was; तथ्यम् (tathyam) - truth; वा (vā) - or; काञ्चनष्ठीवी (kāñcanaṣṭhīvī) - Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī; इति (iti) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know;]
(Or indeed, was it merely the name of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin? Or is it true that it was Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī? Thus, I wish to know this.)
Or was it only the name Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin? Or is it truly Kāñcanaṣṭhīvī? I wish to know this.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (name of Kṛṣṇa) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vāsudeva said;)
Vāsudeva said.
अत्र ते कथयिष्यामि यथा वृत्तं जनेश्वर। नारदः पर्वतश्चैव प्रागृषी लोकपूजितौ ॥१२-३०-४॥
atra te kathayiṣyāmi yathā vṛttaṃ janeśvara। nāradaḥ parvataścaiva prāgṛṣī lokapūjitau ॥12-30-4॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; ते (te) - to you; कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I shall tell; यथा (yathā) - as; वृत्तं (vṛttam) - happened; जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - O lord of people; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रागृषी (prāgṛṣī) - former ṛṣi; लोकपूजितौ (lokapūjitau) - honored by the world;]
(Here to you I shall tell as happened, O lord of people: Nārada and Parvata, indeed, the former ṛṣis, honored by the world.)
O lord of people, here I shall tell you what happened: Nārada and Parvata, the former sages, were both honored by the world.
मातुलो भागिनेयश्च देवलोकादिहागतौ। विहर्तुकामौ सम्प्रीत्या मानुष्येषु पुरा प्रभू ॥१२-३०-५॥
mātulo bhāgineyaś ca devalokād ihāgatau। vihartukāmau samprītyā mānuṣyeṣu purā prabhū ॥12-30-5॥
[मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - maternal uncle; भागिनेयः (bhāgineyaḥ) - sister's son; च (ca) - and; देवलोकात् (devalokāt) - from the world of the gods; इह (iha) - here; आगतौ (āgatau) - (they) came; विहर्तुकामौ (vihartukāmau) - desiring to sport; सम्प्रीत्या (samprītyā) - with affection; मानुष्येषु (mānuṣyeṣu) - among humans; पुरा (purā) - formerly; प्रभू (prabhū) - the lords;]
(The maternal uncle and the sister's son, having come here from the world of the gods, desiring to sport, with affection, among humans, formerly, the lords.)
Long ago, the maternal uncle and his nephew, the lords, came here from the world of the gods, wishing to enjoy themselves affectionately among humans.
हविःपवित्रभोज्येन देव भोज्येन चैव ह। नारदो मातुलश्चैव भागिनेयश्च पर्वतः ॥१२-३०-६॥
haviḥpavittrabhojyena deva bhojyena caiva ha। nārado mātulaścaiva bhāgineyaśca parvataḥ ॥12-30-6॥
[हविः (haviḥ) - oblation; पवित्र (pavitra) - pure; भोज्येन (bhojyena) - by food; देव (deva) - O god; भोज्येन (bhojyena) - by food; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - verily; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - maternal uncle; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भागिनेयः (bhāgineyaḥ) - sister's son; च (ca) - and; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata;]
(Oblation pure by food, O god, by food and indeed verily; Nārada, maternal uncle indeed, sister's son and Parvata.)
O god, the pure oblation is to be enjoyed as food; Nārada, the maternal uncle, the sister's son, and Parvata (are to partake of it).
तावुभौ तपसोपेताववनीतलचारिणौ। भुञ्जानौ मानुषान्भोगान्यथावत्पर्यधावताम् ॥१२-३०-७॥
tāvubhau tapasopetāv avanītalacāriṇau। bhuñjānau mānuṣān bhogān yathāvat paryadhāvatām ॥12-30-7॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; उभौ (ubhau) - both; तपसोपेतौ (tapasopetau) - endowed with austerity; अवनी-तल-चारिणौ (avanī-tala-cāriṇau) - moving on the surface of the earth; भुञ्जानौ (bhuñjānau) - enjoying; मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - human; भोगान् (bhogān) - pleasures; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as is proper; पर्यधावताम् (paryadhāvatām) - wandered about;]
(Those two, both endowed with austerity, moving on the surface of the earth, enjoying human pleasures as is proper, wandered about.)
Those two, both ascetics, wandered the earth, enjoying human pleasures as appropriate.
प्रीतिमन्तौ मुदा युक्तौ समयं तत्र चक्रतुः। यो भवेद्धृदि सङ्कल्पः शुभो वा यदि वाशुभः ॥ अन्योन्यस्य स आख्येयो मृषा शापोऽन्यथा भवेत् ॥१२-३०-८॥
prītimantau mudā yuktau samayaṃ tatra cakratuḥ। yo bhaved dhṛdi saṅkalpaḥ śubho vā yadi vāśubhaḥ॥ anyonyasya sa ākhyeyo mṛṣā śāpo'nyathā bhavet॥12-30-8॥
[प्रीतिमन्तौ (prītimantau) - possessing affection; both; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; युक्तौ (yuktau) - joined; both; समयं (samayaṃ) - agreement; तत्र (tatra) - there; चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they made; both; यः (yaḥ) - who; भवेत् (bhavet) - might be; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - resolve; शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious; वा (vā) - or; यदि (yadi) - if; वा (vā) - or; अशुभः (aśubhaḥ) - inauspicious; अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other; सः (saḥ) - that; आख्येयः (ākhyeyaḥ) - should be declared; मृषा (mṛṣā) - false; शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse; अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be;]
(Both possessing affection, joined with joy, made an agreement there. Whatever resolve might be in the heart, whether auspicious or if inauspicious, of each other, that should be declared; otherwise, the curse would be false.)
Both, full of affection and joy, made an agreement there. Whatever resolve, auspicious or inauspicious, might be in the heart of each other, that should be declared; otherwise, the curse would be false.
तौ तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय महर्षी लोकपूजितौ। सृञ्जयं श्वैत्यमभ्येत्य राजानमिदमूचतुः ॥१२-३०-९॥
tau tatheti pratijñāya maharṣī lokapūjitau। sṛñjayaṃ śvaityam abhyetya rājānam idam ūcatuḥ ॥12-30-9॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised; महर्षी (maharṣī) - great sages; लोकपूजितौ (lokapūjitau) - honored by the world; सृञ्जयम् (sṛñjayam) - Sṛñjaya; श्वैत्यम् (śvaityam) - Śvaitya; अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; इदम् (idam) - this; ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - said (dual);]
(Those two, having thus promised, the great sages honored by the world, having approached Sṛñjaya and Śvaitya, said this to the king.)
The two great sages, honored by the world, after making their promise, approached King Sṛñjaya and Śvaitya and spoke these words to the king.
आवां भवति वत्स्यावः कञ्चित्कालं हिताय ते। यथावत्पृथिवीपाल आवयोः प्रगुणीभव ॥ तथेति कृत्वा तौ राजा सत्कृत्योपचचार ह ॥१२-३०-१०॥
āvāṃ bhavati vatsyāvaḥ kañcitkālaṃ hitāya te। yathāvatpṛthivīpāla āvayoḥ praguṇībhava ॥ tatheti kṛtvā tau rājā satkṛtyopacacāra ha ॥12-30-10॥
[आवां (āvāṃ) - we two; (dual pronoun); भवति (bhavati) - O lady; (vocative); वत्स्यावः (vatsyāvaḥ) - shall stay; (1st person dual, future); कञ्चित्कालं (kañcitkālaṃ) - for some time; (accusative singular); हिताय (hitāya) - for the welfare; (dative singular); ते (te) - of you; (genitive singular); यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly; (indeclinable); पृथिवीपाल (pṛthivīpāla) - O king; (vocative); आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two; (genitive dual); प्रगुणीभव (praguṇībhava) - become favorable; (imperative); तथेति (tatheti) - so be it; (indeclinable); कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; (absolutive); तौ (tau) - those two; (nominative dual); राजा (rājā) - the king; (nominative singular); सत्कृत्य (satkṛtya) - having honored; (absolutive); उपचचार (upacacāra) - attended; (3rd person singular, perfect); ह (ha) - indeed; (particle);]
(We two, O lady, shall stay for some time for your welfare. O king, properly become favorable to us two. Saying 'so be it', having done so, the king, having honored those two, indeed attended (to them).)
We two will stay here for some time for your welfare, O lady. O king, please be favorable to us as is proper. Having agreed, the king honored and attended to those two.
ततः कदाचित्तौ राजा महात्मानौ तथागतौ। अब्रवीत्परमप्रीतः सुतेयं वरवर्णिनी ॥१२-३०-११॥
tataḥ kadācittau rājā mahātmānau tathāgatau। abravīt paramaprītaḥ sute 'yaṃ varavarṇinī ॥12-30-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; तौ (tau) - those two; राजा (rājā) - the king; महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great-souled; तथागतौ (tathāgatau) - having thus arrived; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; परमप्रीतः (paramaprītaḥ) - extremely pleased; सुते (sute) - to the daughter; अयम् (ayam) - this; वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - of excellent complexion;]
(Then at some time, those two, the king, great-souled, having thus arrived, extremely pleased, said to the daughter, this one of excellent complexion.)
Then, at some point, the king, who was great-souled and had thus arrived, being extremely pleased, said to his daughter, this one of excellent complexion.
एकैव मम कन्यैषा युवां परिचरिष्यति। दर्शनीयानवद्याङ्गी शीलवृत्तसमन्विता ॥ सुकुमारी कुमारी च पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभा ॥१२-३०-१२॥
ekaiva mama kanyaiṣā yuvāṃ paricariṣyati। darśanīyānavadyāṅgī śīlavṛttasamanvitā ॥ sukumārī kumārī ca padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhā ॥12-30-12॥
[एकैव (ekaiva) - only one; indeed; मम (mama) - my; कन्या (kanyā) - daughter; एषा (eṣā) - this; युवाम् (yuvām) - you two; परिचरिष्यति (paricariṣyati) - will serve; दर्शनीया (darśanīyā) - beautiful to behold; अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - faultless-limbed; शीलवृत्तसमन्विता (śīlavṛttasamanvitā) - endowed with character and conduct; सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - very delicate; कुमारी (kumārī) - maiden; च (ca) - and; पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभा (padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhā) - like the filament of a lotus;]
(Only one, indeed, my daughter this will serve you two. Beautiful to behold, faultless-limbed, endowed with character and conduct. Very delicate, maiden and like the filament of a lotus.)
This is my only daughter; she alone will serve you both. She is beautiful to behold, with flawless limbs, endowed with noble character and conduct. She is very delicate, a maiden, and resembles the filament of a lotus.
परमं सौम्य इत्युक्तस्ताभ्यां राजा शशास ताम्। कन्ये विप्रावुपचर देववत्पितृवच्च ह ॥१२-३०-१३॥
paramaṃ saumya ity uktas tābhyāṃ rājā śaśāsa tām। kanye viprāv upacara devavat pitṛvat ca ha ॥12-30-13॥
[परमं (paramam) - supreme; सौम्य (saumya) - gentle one; इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; ताभ्यां (tābhyām) - by those two; राजा (rājā) - king; शशास (śaśāsa) - ruled; ताम् (tām) - her; कन्ये (kanye) - O maiden; विप्रौ (viprau) - O brāhmaṇas (dual); उपचर (upacara) - serve; देववत् (devavat) - like a god; पितृवत् (pitṛvat) - like a father; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Supreme gentle one, thus spoken by those two, the king ruled her. O maiden, O brāhmaṇas, serve (her) like a god and like a father indeed.)
When the king was addressed as 'supreme gentle one' by those two, he ruled her. O maiden, O brāhmaṇas, serve her as you would a god and as a father indeed.
सा तु कन्या तथेत्युक्त्वा पितरं धर्मचारिणी। यथानिदेशं राज्ञस्तौ सत्कृत्योपचचार ह ॥१२-३०-१४॥
sā tu kanyā tathety uktvā pitaraṃ dharmacāriṇī। yathānideśaṃ rājñas tau satkṛtyopacacāra ha ॥12-30-14॥
[सा (sā) - she; तु (tu) - but; कन्या (kanyā) - maiden; तथेत्युक्त्वा (tathety uktvā) - having said 'so be it'; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; धर्मचारिणी (dharmacāriṇī) - practicing righteousness; यथानिदेशं (yathānideśaṃ) - according to the instruction; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; तौ (tau) - those two; सत्कृत्य (satkṛtya) - having honored; उपचचार (upacacāra) - served; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(She but the maiden, having said 'so be it', to her father, practicing righteousness, according to the instruction of the king, those two, having honored, indeed served.)
But that maiden, practicing righteousness, said 'so be it' to her father, and, having honored those two as per the king's instruction, indeed served them.
तस्यास्तथोपचारेण रूपेणाप्रतिमेन च। नारदं हृच्छयस्तूर्णं सहसैवान्वपद्यत ॥१२-३०-१५॥
tasyās tathopacāreṇa rūpeṇāpratimena ca। nāradaṃ hṛcchayas tūrṇaṃ sahasaivānvapadyata ॥12-30-15॥
[तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her; तथा (tathā) - thus; उपचारेण (upacāreṇa) - by the service; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by the form; अप्रतिमेन (apratimena) - by the incomparable; च (ca) - and; नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada; हृच्छयः (hṛcchayaḥ) - desire in the heart; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; एव (eva) - indeed; अन्वपद्यत (anvapadyata) - befell;]
(Of her, thus by the service, by the form, by the incomparable and, Nārada, desire in the heart quickly suddenly indeed befell.)
By her service and her incomparable form, a sudden and intense desire arose in Nārada's heart.
ववृधे च ततस्तस्य हृदि कामो महात्मनः। यथा शुक्लस्य पक्षस्य प्रवृत्तावुडुराट्छनैः ॥१२-३०-१६॥
vavṛdhe ca tatasttasya hṛdi kāmo mahātmanaḥ। yathā śuklasya pakṣasya pravṛttāvuḍurāṭśanaiḥ ॥12-30-16॥
[ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - grew; increased; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; तस्य (tasya) - his; of him; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; love; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one; यथा (yathā) - just as; like; शुक्लस्य (śuklasya) - of the bright (fortnight); पक्षस्य (pakṣasya) - of the fortnight; प्रवृत्तौ (pravṛttau) - at the beginning; उडुराट् (uḍurāṭ) - the moon; शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly; gradually;]
(And then, in his heart, desire grew in the great-souled one, just as, at the beginning of the bright fortnight, the moon (grows) slowly.)
Then, in the heart of the great-souled one, desire gradually increased, just as the moon waxes slowly at the start of the bright fortnight.
न च तं भागिनेयाय पर्वताय महात्मने। शशंस मन्मथं तीव्रं व्रीडमानः स धर्मवित् ॥१२-३०-१७॥
na ca taṃ bhāgineyāya parvatāya mahātmane। śaśaṃsa manmathaṃ tīvraṃ vrīḍamānaḥ sa dharmavit ॥12-30-17॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - him; भागिनेयाय (bhāgineyāya) - to Bhāgineya (Arjuna, son of the sister); पर्वताय (parvatāya) - to Parvata (mountain, or a sage named Parvata); महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled; शशंस (śaśaṃsa) - he told; मन्मथं (manmathaṃ) - love (desire, Kāma); तीव्रं (tīvraṃ) - intense; व्रीडमानः (vrīḍamānaḥ) - being ashamed; स (sa) - he; धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of dharma;]
(And not to him, to Bhāgineya, to Parvata, to the great-souled, he told the intense love, being ashamed, he, the knower of dharma.)
But being ashamed, he, the knower of dharma, did not tell the intense love to Bhāgineya Parvata, the great-souled one.
तपसा चेङ्गितेनाथ पर्वतोऽथ बुबोध तत्। कामार्तं नारदं क्रुद्धः शशापैनं ततो भृशम् ॥१२-३०-१८॥
tapasā ceṅgitena atha parvato 'tha bubodha tat | kāmārtaṃ nāradaṃ kruddhaḥ śaśāpa enaṃ tato bhṛśam ||12-30-18||
[तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; च (ca) - and; इङ्गितेन (iṅgitena) - by gesture; अथ (atha) - then; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - the mountain; अथ (atha) - then; बुबोध (bubodha) - understood; तत् (tat) - that; कामार्तम् (kāmārtam) - afflicted by desire; नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; शशाप (śaśāpa) - cursed; एनम् (enam) - him; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely;]
(By austerity and by gesture, then the mountain then understood that. Afflicted by desire, Nārada, angry, cursed him then severely.)
By his austerity and gesture, the mountain then understood the situation. Seeing Nārada afflicted by desire, the angry mountain severely cursed him.
कृत्वा समयमव्यग्रो भवान्वै सहितो मया। यो भवेद्धृदि सङ्कल्पः शुभो वा यदि वाशुभः ॥१२-३०-१९॥
kṛtvā samayam avyagraḥ bhavān vai sahitaḥ mayā। yaḥ bhavet hṛdi saṅkalpaḥ śubhaḥ vā yadi vā aśubhaḥ॥12-30-19॥
[कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; (from kṛ, to do, with absolutive suffix -tvā); समयम् (samayam) - agreement; (from samaya, agreement, arrangement); अव्यग्रह् (avyagraḥ) - unagitated; (a- not, vyagra disturbed); भवान् (bhavān) - you; (respectful address); वै (vai) - indeed; (emphatic particle); सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; (with); मया (mayā) - with me; (instrumental of aham, I); यः (yaḥ) - who; (relative pronoun); भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; (from bhū, to be, optative); हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; (locative of hṛd, heart); सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - resolve; (determination, intention); शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious; (good, favorable); वा (vā) - or; (disjunctive particle); यदि (yadi) - if; (conditional particle); वा (vā) - or; (disjunctive particle); अशुभः (aśubhaḥ) - inauspicious; (not good, unfavorable);]
(Having made an agreement, unagitated, you indeed together with me, whatever resolve may be in the heart, auspicious or if inauspicious.)
Having made an agreement, you, remaining unagitated and together with me, should accept whatever resolve arises in the heart, whether it is auspicious or inauspicious.
अन्योन्यस्य स आख्येय इति तद्वै मृषा कृतम्। भवता वचनं ब्रह्मंस्तस्मादेतद्वदाम्यहम् ॥१२-३०-२०॥
anyonyasya sa ākhyeya iti tad vai mṛṣā kṛtam। bhavatā vacanaṃ brahmaṃs tasmād etad vadāmy aham ॥12-30-20॥
[अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other; सः (saḥ) - he; आख्येयः (ākhyeyaḥ) - to be told; इति (iti) - thus; तत् (tat) - that; वै (vai) - indeed; मृषा (mṛṣā) - false; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; भवता (bhavatā) - by you; वचनम् (vacanam) - statement; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; एतत् (etat) - this; वदामि (vadāmi) - I say; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Of each other, he is to be told thus; that indeed was done falsely by you. O Brāhmaṇa, therefore, this I say, I.)
He is to be described as belonging to each other; that was indeed falsely done by you. Therefore, O Brāhmaṇa, I say this.
न हि कामं प्रवर्तन्तं भवानाचष्ट मे पुरा। सुकुमार्यां कुमार्यां ते तस्मादेष शपाम्यहम् ॥१२-३०-२१॥
na hi kāmaṃ pravartantaṃ bhavān ācaṣṭa me purā। sukumāryāṃ kumāryāṃ te tasmād eṣa śapāmy aham ॥12-30-21॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; कामम् (kāmam) - desire; प्रवर्तन्तम् (pravartantam) - arising; भवान् (bhavān) - you; आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - spoke; मे (me) - to me; पुरा (purā) - formerly; सुकुमार्यां (sukumāryām) - in the delicate maiden; कुमार्यां (kumāryām) - in the maiden; ते (te) - your; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; शपामि (śapāmi) - I swear; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Not indeed desire arising you spoke to me formerly. In the delicate maiden, in the maiden, your, therefore, this I swear I.)
You never told me before about any desire arising. Therefore, regarding your delicate maiden, I now swear this.
ब्रह्मवादी गुरुर्यस्मात्तपस्वी ब्राह्मणश्च सन्। अकार्षीः समयभ्रंशमावाभ्यां यः कृतो मिथः ॥१२-३०-२२॥
brahmavādī gururyasmāttapasvī brāhmaṇaśca san। akāṛṣīḥ samayabhraṃśamāvābhyāṃ yaḥ kṛto mithaḥ ॥12-30-22॥
[ब्रह्मवादी (brahmavādī) - one who speaks of Brahman; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of whom; तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - brāhmaṇa; च (ca) - and; सन् (san) - being; अकार्षीः (akārṣīḥ) - you did; समयभ्रंशम् (samayabhraṃśam) - violation of agreement; आवाभ्याम् (āvābhyām) - by both of us; यः (yaḥ) - which; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - was done; मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually;]
(One who speaks of Brahman, the teacher, because of whom, being an ascetic and a brāhmaṇa, you did the violation of agreement by both of us, which was done mutually.)
Because you, being a brāhmaṇa, an ascetic, and a teacher who speaks of Brahman, have mutually committed a violation of our agreement.
शप्स्ये तस्मात्सुसङ्क्रुद्धो भवन्तं तं निबोध मे। सुकुमारी च ते भार्या भविष्यति न संशयः ॥१२-३०-२३॥
śapsye tasmātsusaṅkruddho bhavantaṃ taṃ nibodha me। sukumārī ca te bhāryā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ॥12-30-23॥
[शप्स्ये (śapsye) - I shall curse; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; सुसङ्क्रुद्धः (susaṅkruddhaḥ) - very enraged; भवन्तम् (bhavantaṃ) - you; तम् (tam) - him; निबोध (nibodha) - know; मे (me) - from me; सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate woman; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; न (na) - not; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt;]
(I shall curse; therefore, very enraged, you, him, know from me. Delicate woman and your wife will be, not doubt.)
Therefore, being very enraged, I shall curse him—know this from me. Your wife will be a delicate woman; there is no doubt about it.
वानरं चैव कन्या त्वां विवाहात्प्रभृति प्रभो। संद्रक्ष्यन्ति नराश्चान्ये स्वरूपेण विनाकृतम् ॥१२-३०-२४॥
vānaraṃ caiva kanyā tvāṃ vivāhātprabhṛti prabho| sandrakṣyanti narāścānye svarūpeṇa vinākṛtam ||12-30-24||
[वानरम् (vānaram) - monkey; (accusative singular) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कन्या (kanyā) - maiden; (nominative singular) त्वाम् (tvām) - you; (accusative singular) विवाहात् (vivāhāt) - from marriage; (ablative singular) प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - beginning; since; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; संद्रक्ष्यन्ति (sandrākṣyanti) - will observe; (future, 3rd person plural) नराः (narāḥ) - men; (nominative plural) च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; स्वरूपेण (svarūpeṇa) - in true form; (instrumental singular) विनाकृतम् (vinākṛtam) - deprived; without; (accusative singular, neuter);]
(The monkey and indeed the maiden, you, from (the time of) marriage, O lord, men and others will observe, deprived of (your) true form.)
O lord, from the time of your marriage, men and others will see the monkey and the maiden (you) without your true form.
स तद्वाक्यं तु विज्ञाय नारदः पर्वतात्तदा। अशपत्तमपि क्रोधाद्भागिनेयं स मातुलः ॥१२-३०-२५॥
sa tadvākyaṃ tu vijñāya nāradaḥ parvatāttadā। aśapat tam api krodhād bhāgineyaṃ sa mātulaḥ ॥12-30-25॥
[स (sa) - he; तत्-वाक्यम् (tat-vākyam) - that speech; तु (tu) - but; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having understood; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; पर्वतात् (parvatāt) - from Parvata; तदा (tadā) - then; अशपत् (aśapat) - cursed; तम् (tam) - him; अपि (api) - also; क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - out of anger; भागिनेयम् (bhāgineyam) - nephew; स (sa) - he; मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - maternal uncle;]
(He, having understood that speech, Nārada then from Parvata, out of anger, cursed him also, the nephew, he the maternal uncle.)
Nārada, having understood those words, then, being angry, cursed his nephew Parvata, he being the maternal uncle.
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन च। युक्तोऽपि धर्मनित्यश्च न स्वर्गवासमाप्स्यसि ॥१२-३०-२६॥
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca। yukto'pi dharmanityaśca na svargavāsamāpsyasi ॥12-30-26॥
[तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - by celibacy; सत्येन (satyena) - by truth; च (ca) - and; दमेन (damena) - by self-restraint; च (ca) - and; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged; अपि (api) - even; धर्मनित्यः (dharmanityaḥ) - always devoted to dharma; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; स्वर्गवासम् (svargavāsam) - residence in heaven; आप्स्यसि (āpsyasi) - you will attain;]
(By austerity, by celibacy, by truth, and by self-restraint, even if engaged and always devoted to dharma, you will not attain residence in heaven.)
Even if you are engaged in austerity, celibacy, truth, and self-restraint, and are always devoted to dharma, you will not attain residence in heaven.
तौ तु शप्त्वा भृशं क्रुद्धौ परस्परममर्षणौ। प्रतिजग्मतुरन्योन्यं क्रुद्धाविव गजोत्तमौ ॥१२-३०-२७॥
tau tu śaptvā bhṛśaṃ kruddhau parasparam amarṣaṇau। pratijagmatur anyonyaṃ kruddhāv iva gajottamau॥12-30-27॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - but; शप्त्वा (śaptvā) - having cursed; भृशं (bhṛśam) - intensely; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; अमर्षणौ (amarṣaṇau) - intolerant; प्रतिजग्मतुः (pratijagmatuh) - approached; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyaṃ) - one another; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; इव (iva) - like; गजोत्तमौ (gajottamau) - best of elephants;]
(Those two but having cursed intensely, angry, intolerant of each other, approached one another, angry like best of elephants.)
But those two, having fiercely cursed each other, both intolerant and enraged, approached one another like two mighty elephants in anger.
पर्वतः पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां विचचार महामुनिः। पूज्यमानो यथान्यायं तेजसा स्वेन भारत ॥१२-३०-२८॥
parvataḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ vicacāra mahāmuniḥ। pūjyamāno yathānyāyaṃ tejasā svena bhārata ॥12-30-28॥
[पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth (accusative); कृत्स्नां (kṛtsnāṃ) - entire; विचचार (vicacāra) - wandered; महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - great sage; पूज्यमानः (pūjyamānaḥ) - being honored; यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṃ) - according to propriety; तेजसा (tejasā) - by (his) splendor; स्वेन (svena) - his own; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(The mountain, the entire earth, wandered, the great sage; being honored, according to propriety, by his own splendor, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the great sage, being honored everywhere, wandered the entire earth like a mountain, according to propriety, by his own splendor.
अथ तामलभत्कन्यां नारदः सृञ्जयात्मजाम्। धर्मेण धर्मप्रवरः सुकुमारीमनिन्दिताम् ॥१२-३०-२९॥
atha tāmalabhatkanyāṃ nāradaḥ sṛñjayātmajām। dharmeṇa dharmapravaraḥ sukumārīmaninditām ॥12-30-29॥
[अथ (atha) - then; ताम् (tām) - her; अलभत् (alabhat) - obtained; कन्यां (kanyāṃ) - maiden; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; सृञ्जयात्मजाम् (sṛñjayātmajām) - daughter of Sṛñjaya; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by righteousness; धर्मप्रवरः (dharmapravaraḥ) - the foremost in righteousness; सुकुमारीम् (sukumārīm) - delicate maiden; अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless;]
(Then Nārada, the foremost in righteousness, obtained her, the daughter of Sṛñjaya, a delicate and blameless maiden, by righteousness.)
Then Nārada, the most virtuous, righteously obtained the delicate and blameless maiden, the daughter of Sṛñjaya.
सा तु कन्या यथाशापं नारदं तं ददर्श ह। पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राणां प्रयोगादेव वानरम् ॥१२-३०-३०॥
sā tu kanyā yathā-śāpaṃ nāradaṃ taṃ dadarśa ha। pāṇigrahaṇa-mantrāṇāṃ prayogād eva vānarām ॥12-30-30॥
[सा (sā) - she; तु (tu) - but; कन्या (kanyā) - maiden; यथा (yathā) - as; शापं (śāpaṃ) - curse; नारदं (nāradaṃ) - Nārada; तं (taṃ) - him; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; ह (ha) - indeed; पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राणां (pāṇigrahaṇa-mantrāṇāṃ) - of the marriage mantras; प्रयोगात् (prayogāt) - from the application; एव (eva) - indeed; वानरम् (vānarām) - monkey;]
(She but the maiden as (per) curse Nārada him saw indeed. From the application of the marriage mantras indeed (he became) a monkey.)
But that maiden, as per the curse, saw Nārada as a monkey, indeed, due to the application of the marriage mantras.
सुकुमारी च देवर्षिं वानरप्रतिमाननम्। नैवावमन्यत तदा प्रीतिमत्येव चाभवत् ॥१२-३०-३१॥
sukumārī ca devarṣiṃ vānarapratimānanam। naivāvamanyata tadā prītimatyeva cābhavat ॥12-30-31॥
[सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate maiden; च (ca) - and; देवर्षिं (devarṣiṃ) - divine sage; वानरप्रतिमाननम् (vānarapratimānanam) - monkey-like appearance; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; अवमन्यत (avamanyata) - despised; तदा (tadā) - then; प्रीतिमति (prītimati) - full of affection; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(The delicate maiden and the divine sage with monkey-like appearance, did not indeed despise then; full of affection indeed and became.)
The delicate maiden did not despise the divine sage with the monkey-like appearance at that time; rather, she became full of affection.
उपतस्थे च भर्तारं न चान्यं मनसाप्यगात्। देवं मुनिं वा यक्षं वा पतित्वे पतिवत्सला ॥१२-३०-३२॥
upatasthe ca bhartāraṃ na cānyaṃ manasāpyagāt। devaṃ muniṃ vā yakṣaṃ vā patitve pativatsalā ॥12-30-32॥
[उपतस्थे (upatasthe) - attended; च (ca) - and; भर्तारं (bhartāram) - husband; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अन्यं (anyaṃ) - another; मनसा (manasā) - with mind; अपि (api) - even; अगात् (agāt) - went; देवं (devaṃ) - god; मुनिं (muniṃ) - sage; वा (vā) - or; यक्षं (yakṣaṃ) - yakṣa; वा (vā) - or; पतित्वे (patitve) - in husbandhood; पतिक्त्सला (pativatsalā) - devoted to husband;]
(She attended to her husband and did not go, even in mind, to another—whether god, sage, or yakṣa—in husbandhood, devoted to her husband.)
She served her husband faithfully and, even in thought, did not consider any other—be it god, sage, or yakṣa—as her husband, being devoted to her husband.
ततः कदाचिद्भगवान्पर्वतोऽनुससार ह। वनं विरहितं किञ्चित्तत्रापश्यत्स नारदम् ॥१२-३०-३३॥
tataḥ kadācid bhagavān parvato'nusasāra ha। vanaṃ virahitaṃ kiñcit tatrāpaśyat sa nāradam ॥12-30-33॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata; अनुससार (anusasāra) - followed; ह (ha) - indeed; वनम् (vanam) - forest; विरहितम् (virahitam) - devoid; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - somewhat; तत्र (tatra) - there; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; सः (saḥ) - he; नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada;]
(Then at some time the venerable Parvata indeed followed. In the forest, somewhat devoid, there he saw Nārada.)
Then, at a certain time, the venerable Parvata indeed followed. In the forest, which was somewhat deserted, he saw Nārada there.
ततोऽभिवाद्य प्रोवाच नारदं पर्वतस्तदा। भवान्प्रसादं कुरुतां स्वर्गादेशाय मे प्रभो ॥१२-३०-३४॥
tato'bhivādya provāca nāradaṃ parvatastadā। bhavānprasādaṃ kurutāṃ svargādeśāya me prabho ॥12-30-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted; प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke; नारदम् (nāradam) - to Nārada; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata (the sage); तदा (tadā) - then; भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific); प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor; कुरुताम् (kurutām) - may (you) do; स्वर्गादेशाय (svargādeśāya) - for the command of heaven; मे (me) - for me; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(Then, having saluted, Parvata spoke to Nārada: "You, O lord, may grant favor for me for the command of heaven.")
Then, after offering his salutations, Parvata said to Nārada: "O lord, please bestow your favor upon me so that I may receive the command of heaven."
तमुवाच ततो दृष्ट्वा पर्वतं नारदस्तदा। कृताञ्जलिमुपासीनं दीनं दीनतरः स्वयम् ॥१२-३०-३५॥
tamuvāca tato dṛṣṭvā parvataṃ nāradastadā। kṛtāñjalimupāsīnaṃ dīnaṃ dīnataraḥ svayam ॥12-30-35॥
[तम् (tam) - him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - Parvata; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; तदा (tadā) - at that time; कृताञ्जलिम् (kṛtāñjalim) - with joined palms; उपासीनम् (upāsīnam) - seated; दीनम् (dīnam) - dejected; दीनतरः (dīnataraḥ) - even more dejected; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself;]
(Nārada then, having seen Parvata at that time, with joined palms, seated, dejected, himself even more dejected, said to him.)
Seeing Parvata sitting with joined palms, looking dejected, Nārada, who himself was even more dejected, spoke to him.
त्वयाहं प्रथमं शप्तो वानरस्त्वं भविष्यसि। इत्युक्तेन मया पश्चाच्छप्तस्त्वमपि मत्सरात् ॥ अद्यप्रभृति वै वासं स्वर्गे नावाप्स्यसीति ह ॥१२-३०-३६॥
tvayāhaṃ prathamaṃ śapto vānarastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi। ityuktena mayā paścācchaptastvamapi matsarāt ॥ adyaprabhr̥ti vai vāsaṃ svarge nāvāpsyasīti ha ॥12-30-36॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; अहम् (aham) - I; प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey; त्वम् (tvam) - you; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - will become; इति (iti) - thus; उक्तेन (uktena) - having been said; मया (mayā) - by me; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; मत्सरात् (matsarāt) - from envy; अद्यप्रभृति (adyaprabhr̥ti) - from today onwards; वै (vai) - indeed; वासम् (vāsaṃ) - residence; स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven; न (na) - not; अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain; इति (iti) - thus; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(By you I was first cursed, (that) you will become a monkey. Thus, having been said by me, afterwards you also were cursed from envy: 'From today onwards, indeed, residence in heaven you will not obtain,' thus indeed.)
You first cursed me, saying, 'You will become a monkey.' In response, out of envy, I also cursed you: 'From today onwards, you will not obtain residence in heaven.'
तव नैतद्धि सदृशं पुत्रस्थाने हि मे भवान्। निवर्तयेतां तौ शापमन्योऽन्येन तदा मुनी ॥१२-३०-३७॥
tava na etad dhi sadṛśaṃ putrasthāne hi me bhavān। nivartayetāṃ tau śāpam anyo'nyena tadā munī ॥12-30-37॥
[तव (tava) - of you; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; हि (hi) - indeed; सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - befitting; पुत्रस्थाने (putrasthāne) - in the place of a son; हि (hi) - indeed; मे (me) - to me; भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific); निवर्तयेताम् (nivartayetām) - should cause to be withdrawn (dual); तौ (tau) - those two; शापम् (śāpam) - curse; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - one (the other); अन्येन (anyena) - by the other; तदा (tadā) - then; मुनी (munī) - O sage;]
(Of you, this indeed is not befitting; in the place of a son, indeed, to me, you (are). Those two should cause the curse to be withdrawn by one by the other then, O sage.)
This is not befitting of you; you are like a son to me. Let those two withdraw the curse from each other then, O sage.
श्रीसमृद्धं तदा दृष्ट्वा नारदं देवरूपिणम्। सुकुमारी प्रदुद्राव परपत्यभिशङ्कया ॥१२-३०-३८॥
śrīsamṛddhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ devarūpiṇam। sukumārī pradudrāva parapatyabhiśaṅkayā ॥12-30-38॥
[श्रीसमृद्धम् (śrīsamṛddham) - prosperous; endowed with fortune; तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada; देवरूपिणम् (devarūpiṇam) - having the form of a deva; divine in appearance; सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - the delicate girl; प्रदुद्राव (pradudrāva) - ran away; fled; परपत्यभिशङ्कया (parapatyabhiśaṅkayā) - with suspicion of another's husband; fearing another's husband;]
(Having seen the prosperous (one), then Nārada, divine in form, the delicate girl fled, with suspicion of another's husband.)
When the delicate girl saw the prosperous Nārada, who appeared divine, she fled, fearing he was another's husband.
तां पर्वतस्ततो दृष्ट्वा प्रद्रवन्तीमनिन्दिताम्। अब्रवीत्तव भर्तैष नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥१२-३०-३९॥
tāṃ parvatas tato dṛṣṭvā pradravantīm aninditām। abravīt tava bharta eṣa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ॥12-30-39॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - the mountain; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; प्रद्रवन्तीम् (pradravantīm) - running away; अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तव (tava) - your; भर्ता (bhartā) - husband; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; कार्या (kāryā) - should be done; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation;]
(Her, the mountain then having seen running away, blameless, said: "This is your husband; here, no deliberation should be done.")
The mountain, seeing the blameless woman running away, said: "This is your husband; there is no need for deliberation here."
ऋषिः परमधर्मात्मा नारदो भगवान्प्रभुः। तवैवाभेद्यहृदयो मा ते भूदत्र संशयः ॥१२-३०-४०॥
ṛṣiḥ paramadharmātmā nārado bhagavānprabhuḥ। tavaivābhedyahṛdayo mā te bhūdatra saṃśayaḥ ॥12-30-40॥
[ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - seer; परमधर्मात्मा (paramadharmātmā) - one whose essence is supreme dharma; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord; तव (tava) - your; एव (eva) - indeed; अभेद्य (abhedya) - impenetrable; हृदयः (hṛdayaḥ) - heart; मा (mā) - do not; ते (te) - to you; भूत् (bhūt) - let there be; अत्र (atra) - here; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt;]
(The seer whose essence is supreme dharma, Nārada, the revered lord; your heart is indeed impenetrable; let there not be doubt here for you.)
The sage Nārada, whose nature is of supreme righteousness, the revered lord, said: "Your heart is truly impenetrable; let there be no doubt about this for you."
सानुनीता बहुविधं पर्वतेन महात्मना। शापदोषं च तं भर्तुः श्रुत्वा स्वां प्रकृतिं गता ॥ पर्वतोऽथ ययौ स्वर्गं नारदोऽथ ययौ गृहान् ॥१२-३०-४१॥
sānunītā bahuvidhaṃ parvatena mahātmanā। śāpadoṣaṃ ca taṃ bhartuḥ śrutvā svāṃ prakṛtiṃ gatā ॥ parvato'tha yayau svargaṃ nārado'tha yayau gṛhān ॥12-30-41॥
[सानुनीता (sānunītā) - led along the peak; बहुविधं (bahuvidhaṃ) - of many kinds; पर्वतेन (parvatena) - by the mountain; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; शापदोषं (śāpadoṣaṃ) - curse-defect; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - that; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; स्वां (svāṃ) - her own; प्रकृतिं (prakṛtiṃ) - nature; गता (gatā) - went; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - the mountain; अथ (atha) - then; ययौ (yayau) - went; स्वर्गं (svargaṃ) - to heaven; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; अथ (atha) - then; ययौ (yayau) - went; गृहान् (gṛhān) - to the houses;]
(Led along the peak of many kinds by the great-souled mountain, and having heard that curse-defect of her husband, she went to her own nature. The mountain then went to heaven, Nārada then went to the houses.)
She, led along the peak in many ways by the great-souled mountain, and having heard of her husband's curse, returned to her own nature. The mountain then went to heaven, and Nārada then went to his abode.
प्रत्यक्षकर्मा सर्वस्य नारदोऽयं महानृषिः। एष वक्ष्यति वै पृष्टो यथा वृत्तं नरोत्तम ॥१२-३०-४२॥
pratyakṣakarmā sarvasya nārado'yaṃ mahānṛṣiḥ। eṣa vakṣyati vai pṛṣṭo yathā vṛttaṃ narottama ॥12-30-42॥
[प्रत्यक्षकर्मा (pratyakṣakarmā) - one whose actions are evident; सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; अयम् (ayam) - this; महान् (mahān) - great; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; एषः (eṣaḥ) - he; वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will speak; वै (vai) - indeed; पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - when asked; यथा (yathā) - as; वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened; नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men;]
(One whose actions are evident, of all, Nārada, this great sage, he will speak indeed when asked, as happened, O best of men.)
O best of men, this great sage Nārada, whose actions are evident to all, will indeed tell (you) what happened when asked.
