12.117
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। निदर्शनकरं लोके सज्जनाचरितं सदा ॥१२-११७-१॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। nidarśanakaraṃ loke sajjanācaritaṃ sadā ॥12-117-1॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; अपि (api) - also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; निदर्शनकरम् (nidarśanakaram) - exemplary; लोके (loke) - in the world; सज्जन (sajjana) - good person; आचरितम् (ācaritam) - conducted; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Here also they cite this ancient history, exemplary in the world, always conducted by good people.)
Here too, they narrate this ancient story, which is always cited in the world as an example of the conduct of good people.
अस्यैवार्थस्य सदृशं यच्छ्रुतं मे तपोवने। जामदग्न्यस्य रामस्य यदुक्तमृषिसत्तमैः ॥१२-११७-२॥
asyaivārthasya sadṛśaṃ yacchrutaṃ me tapovane। jāmadagnyasya rāmasya yaduktamṛṣisattamaiḥ ॥12-117-2॥
[अस्य एव अर्थस्य (asya eva arthasya) - of this indeed meaning; सदृशं (sadṛśam) - similar; यत् (yat) - which; श्रुतं (śrutam) - heard; मे (me) - by me; तपोवने (tapovane) - in the forest of austerities; जामदग्न्यस्य (jāmadagnyasya) - of Jāmadagnya; रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma; यत् (yat) - which; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; ऋषिसत्तमैः (ṛṣisattamaiḥ) - by the best of sages;]
(Of this very meaning, similar (thing) which was heard by me in the forest of austerities, of Jāmadagnya Rāma, which was spoken by the best of sages.)
What I heard in the forest of austerities, similar to this very meaning, was what the best of sages spoke to Rāma, the son of Jamadagni.
वने महति कस्मिंश्चिदमनुष्यनिषेविते। ऋषिर्मूलफलाहारो नियतो नियतेन्द्रियः ॥१२-११७-३॥
vane mahati kasmiṃścid amanuṣya-niṣevite। ṛṣir mūla-phala-āhāraḥ niyataḥ niyatendriyaḥ ॥12-117-3॥
[वने (vane) - in the forest; महति (mahati) - great; कस्मिंश्चित् (kasmiṃścit) - in some; अमनुष्यनिषेविते (amanuṣya-niṣevite) - not frequented by humans; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; मूलफलाहारः (mūla-phala-āhāraḥ) - subsisting on roots and fruits; नियतः (niyataḥ) - self-controlled; नियतेन्द्रियः (niyatendriyaḥ) - with restrained senses;]
(In a great forest, in some place not frequented by humans, a sage, subsisting on roots and fruits, self-controlled, with restrained senses.)
In a vast forest, in a certain place uninhabited by humans, there lived a sage who sustained himself on roots and fruits, disciplined and with his senses under control.
दीक्षादमपरः शान्तः स्वाध्यायपरमः शुचिः। उपवासविशुद्धात्मा सततं सत्पथे स्थितः ॥१२-११७-४॥
dīkṣā-dama-paraḥ śāntaḥ svādhyāya-paramaḥ śuciḥ। upavāsa-viśuddhātmā satataṃ satpathe sthitaḥ ॥12-117-4॥
[दीक्षा (dīkṣā) - initiation; दम (dama) - self-restraint; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - peaceful; स्वाध्याय (svādhyāya) - self-study; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure; उपवास (upavāsa) - fasting; विशुद्ध (viśuddha) - purified; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; सततम् (satatam) - always; सत्पथे (satpathe) - on the righteous path; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - established;]
(One for whom initiation and self-restraint are supreme, who is peaceful, for whom self-study is supreme, who is pure, whose self is purified by fasting, who is always established on the righteous path.)
He who holds initiation and self-restraint as supreme, is peaceful, values self-study above all, is pure, whose self is purified by fasting, and who is always steadfast on the path of righteousness.
तस्य संदृश्य सद्भावमुपविष्टस्य धीमतः। सर्वसत्त्वाः समीपस्था भवन्ति वनचारिणः ॥१२-११७-५॥
tasya sandṛśya sadbhāvam upaviṣṭasya dhīmataḥ। sarvasattvāḥ samīpasthā bhavanti vanacāriṇaḥ ॥12-117-5॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; संदृश्य (sandṛśya) - having seen; सद्भावम् (sadbhāvam) - good disposition; उपविष्टस्य (upaviṣṭasya) - of the one seated; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise; सर्वसत्त्वाः (sarvasattvāḥ) - all beings; समीपस्था (samīpasthā) - those who are nearby; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become; वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest-dwellers;]
(Of him, having seen the good disposition of the wise one who is seated, all beings who are nearby become forest-dwellers.)
When they see the good nature of the wise man sitting there, all the nearby creatures of the forest gather around him.
सिंहव्याघ्राः सशरभा मत्ताश्चैव महागजाः। द्वीपिनः खड्गभल्लूका ये चान्ये भीमदर्शनाः ॥१२-११७-६॥
siṃhavyāghrāḥ saśarabhā mattāścaiva mahāgajāḥ। dvīpinaḥ khaḍgabhallūkā ye cānye bhīmadarśanāḥ ॥12-117-6॥
[सिंहव्याघ्राः (siṃhavyāghrāḥ) - lions and tigers; सशरभाः (saśarabhāḥ) - together with sharabhas (mythical beasts); मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; महागजाः (mahāgajāḥ) - great elephants; द्वीपिनः (dvīpinaḥ) - panthers; खड्गभल्लूका (khaḍgabhallūkā) - rhinoceroses and bears; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; भीमदर्शनाः (bhīmadarśanāḥ) - terrible in appearance;]
(Lions and tigers, together with sharabhas, intoxicated and indeed great elephants, panthers, rhinoceroses and bears, who and others terrible in appearance.)
Lions, tigers, sharabhas, intoxicated great elephants, panthers, rhinoceroses, bears, and other fearsome-looking creatures.
ते सुखप्रश्नदाः सर्वे भवन्ति क्षतजाशनाः। तस्यर्षेः शिष्यवच्चैव न्यग्भूताः प्रियकारिणः ॥१२-११७-७॥
te sukha-praśna-dāḥ sarve bhavanti kṣataja-aśanāḥ। tasya ṛṣeḥ śiṣya-vat ca eva nyagbhūtāḥ priyakāriṇaḥ ॥12-117-7॥
[ते (te) - they; सुख (sukha) - happiness; प्रश्न (praśna) - question; दाः (dāḥ) - givers; सर्वे (sarve) - all; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become; क्षतज (kṣataja) - blood; आशनाः (āśanāḥ) - eaters; तस्य (tasya) - his; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; शिष्यवत् (śiṣya-vat) - like disciples; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; न्यग्भूताः (nyagbhūtāḥ) - submissive; प्रियकारिणः (priyakāriṇaḥ) - doers of what is dear;]
(They, all givers of happiness-questions, become eaters of blood. Of that sage, like disciples and indeed submissive, doers of what is dear.)
They all, who give pleasing answers, become eaters of blood. They are like disciples of that sage, submissive and doers of what is dear to him.
दत्त्वा च ते सुखप्रश्नं सर्वे यान्ति यथागतम्। ग्राम्यस्त्वेकः पशुस्तत्र नाजहाच्छ्वा महामुनिम् ॥१२-११७-८॥
dattvā ca te sukhapraśnaṃ sarve yānti yathāgatam। grāmyastvekaḥ paśustatra nājahācchvā mahāmunim ॥12-117-8॥
[दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; (from √dā, to give, with absolutive suffix -tvā); च (ca) - and; ते (te) - to you; (dative singular of tvam, you); सुखप्रश्नं (sukhapraśnam) - pleasant inquiry; (sukha, happiness + praśna, question); सर्वे (sarve) - all; (nominative plural of sarva, all); यान्ति (yānti) - go; (from √yā, to go, 3rd person plural present); यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they came; (yathā, as + āgatam, come); ग्राम्यः (grāmyaḥ) - domestic; (from grāma, village); त्व् (tv) - but; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; पशुः (paśuḥ) - animal; (beast, cattle); तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; अजहात् (ajahāt) - did not leave; (from √hā, to leave, with prefix a- and augment); श्वा (śvā) - dog; महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - great sage; (accusative singular of mahāmuni, great sage);]
(Having given you a pleasant inquiry, all go as they came. But one domestic animal, the dog, did not leave the great sage.)
After greeting you pleasantly, all departed as they had come. However, one domestic animal—the dog—did not leave the great sage.
भक्तोऽनुरक्तः सततमुपवासकृशोऽबलः। फलमूलोत्कराहारः शान्तः शिष्टाकृतिर्यथा ॥१२-११७-९॥
bhakto'nuraktaḥ satatam-upavāsa-kṛśo' balaḥ। phala-mūlotkarāhāraḥ śāntaḥ śiṣṭākṛtir yathā ॥12-117-9॥
[भक्तः (bhaktaḥ) - devoted; अनुरक्तः (anuraktaḥ) - attached; सततम् (satatam) - always; उपवासकृशः (upavāsa-kṛśaḥ) - emaciated by fasting; अबलः (abalaḥ) - weak; फलमूलोत्कराहारः (phala-mūlotkara-āhāraḥ) - subsisting on heaps of fruits and roots; शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - peaceful; शिष्टाकृतिः (śiṣṭākṛtiḥ) - of noble conduct; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(Devoted, attached, always emaciated by fasting, weak, subsisting on heaps of fruits and roots, peaceful, of noble conduct, as.)
He is devoted, attached, always emaciated by fasting, weak, living on heaps of fruits and roots, peaceful, and of noble conduct, as described.
तस्यर्षेरुपविष्टस्य पादमूले महामुनेः। मनुष्यवद्गतो भावः स्नेहबद्धोऽभवद्भृशम् ॥१२-११७-१०॥
tasya ṛṣer upaviṣṭasya pādamūle mahāmuneḥ। manuṣyavad gato bhāvaḥ snehabaddho 'bhavad bhṛśam॥12-117-10॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; उपविष्टस्य (upaviṣṭasya) - of the one seated near; पादमूले (pādamūle) - at the feet; महामुनेः (mahāmuneḥ) - of the great sage; मनुष्यवत् (manuṣyavat) - like a human; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - feeling; स्नेहबद्धः (snehabaddhaḥ) - bound by affection; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely;]
(Of him, of the sage, of the one seated near, at the feet of the great sage, the feeling, like a human, bound by affection, became intensely.)
As he sat at the feet of the great sage, his feelings became intensely bound by affection, like those of a human.
ततोऽभ्ययान्महावीर्यो द्वीपी क्षतजभोजनः। श्वार्थमत्यन्तसंदुष्टः क्रूरः काल इवान्तकः ॥१२-११७-११॥
tato'bhyayān mahāvīryo dvīpī kṣataja-bhojanaḥ। śvārtham atyanta-saṃduṣṭaḥ krūraḥ kāla iva antakaḥ॥12-117-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; महावीर्यः (mahāvīryaḥ) - of great strength; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - tiger; क्षतज (kṣataja) - blood; भोजनः (bhojanaḥ) - eating; श्वार्थम् (śvārtham) - for self-interest; अत्यन्त (atyanta) - extremely; संदुष्टः (saṃduṣṭaḥ) - corrupted; क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel; कालः (kālaḥ) - time (death); इव (iva) - like; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - destroyer;]
(From then, the tiger of great strength, eating blood, extremely corrupted for self-interest, cruel, like Time, the destroyer, approached.)
Then, the mighty tiger, blood-eating and utterly corrupted by selfishness, cruel like Death the destroyer, approached.
लेलिह्यमानस्तृषितः पुच्छास्फोटनतत्परः। व्यादितास्यः क्षुधाभग्नः प्रार्थयानस्तदामिषम् ॥१२-११७-१२॥
lelihyamānas tṛṣitaḥ pucchāsphoṭanatattparaḥ। vyāditāsyaḥ kṣudhābhagnaḥ prārthayānas tadāmiṣam ॥12-117-12॥
[लेलिह्यमानः (lelihyamānaḥ) - being licked; (from root 'lih', to lick; present participle passive); तृषितः (tṛṣitaḥ) - thirsty; (from root 'tṛṣ', to be thirsty; past participle); पुच्छ (puccha) - tail; अस्फोटन (asphoṭana) - shaking; (from root 'sphuṭ', to burst, to shake; here, shaking); तत्परः (tatparaḥ) - intent on that; (tat - that, paraḥ - intent, devoted); व्यादित (vyādita) - opened wide; (from root 'vyad', to open; past participle); आस्यः (āsyaḥ) - mouth; क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger; (instrumental of kṣudh, hunger); भग्नः (bhagnaḥ) - broken; (from root 'bhaj', to break; past participle); प्रार्थयानः (prārthayānaḥ) - begging; (from root 'arth', to request, with prefix 'pra', present participle); तत् (tat) - that; आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat, flesh; (object of desire);]
(Being licked, thirsty, intent on shaking the tail, with mouth opened wide, broken by hunger, begging for that meat.)
Being licked and thirsty, intent on shaking its tail, with its mouth wide open, weakened by hunger, it was begging for that meat.
तं दृष्ट्वा क्रूरमायान्तं जीवितार्थी नराधिप। प्रोवाच श्वा मुनिं तत्र यत्तच्छृणु महामते ॥१२-११७-१३॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā krūram āyāntaṃ jīvitārthī narādhipa। provāca śvā muniṃ tatra yat tac chṛṇu mahāmate ॥12-117-13॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel; आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - approaching; जीवितार्थी (jīvitārthī) - seeking life; नराधिप (narādhipa) - king; प्रोवाच (provāca) - said; श्वा (śvā) - dog; मुनिं (muniṃ) - sage; तत्र (tatra) - there; यत् (yat) - what; तत् (tat) - that; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded;]
(Him having seen, cruel, approaching, seeking life, the king, said, the dog, to the sage, there, what, that, hear, O great-minded.)
O great-minded one, hear what the dog said there to the sage, when the king, seeking his life, saw the cruel one approaching.
श्वशत्रुर्भगवन्नत्र द्वीपी मां हन्तुमिच्छति। त्वत्प्रसादाद्भयं न स्यात्तस्मान्मम महामुने ॥१२-११७-१४॥
śvaśatrur bhagavan atra dvīpī māṃ hantum icchati। tvatprasādād bhayaṃ na syāt tasmān mama mahāmune ॥12-117-14॥
[श्वशत्रुः (śvaśatruḥ) - dog-enemy; (one whose enemy is a dog; a tiger;) भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; अत्र (atra) - here; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - tiger; माम् (mām) - me; हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; इच्छति (icchati) - desires; त्वत्-प्रसादात् (tvat-prasādāt) - by your grace; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; न (na) - not; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; मम (mama) - to me; महामुने (mahāmune) - O great sage;]
(O revered one, here the tiger (dog-enemy) desires to kill me. By your grace, there would not be fear for me, therefore, O great sage.)
O revered one, here the tiger wants to kill me. If you show your grace, I will have no fear, O great sage.
मुनिरुवाच॥
muniruvāca॥
[मुनि (muni) - sage; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The sage said;)
The sage said.
न भयं द्वीपिनः कार्यं मृत्युतस्ते कथञ्चन। एष श्वरूपरहितो द्वीपी भवसि पुत्रक ॥१२-११७-१५॥
na bhayaṃ dvīpinaḥ kāryaṃ mṛtyutas te kathaṃcana। eṣa śvarūparahito dvīpī bhavasi putraka ॥12-117-15॥
[न (na) - not; भयं (bhayaṃ) - fear; द्वीपिनः (dvīpinaḥ) - of the tiger; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - to be done; मृत्युतः (mṛtyutaḥ) - from death; ते (te) - to you; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way; एष (eṣa) - this; श्वरूपरहितः (śvarūparahitaḥ) - devoid of own form; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - tiger; भवसि (bhavasi) - you become; पुत्रक (putraka) - O son;]
(Not fear of the tiger is to be done from death to you in any way. This devoid of own form tiger you become, O son.)
You need not fear death from the tiger in any way. This tiger, lacking its own form, is what you become, O son.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततः श्वा द्वीपितां नीतो जाम्बूनदनिभाकृतिः। चित्राङ्गो विस्फुरन्हृष्टो वने वसति निर्भयः ॥१२-११७-१६॥
tataḥ śvā dvīpitāṃ nīto jāmbūnadanibhākṛtiḥ। citrāṅgo visphuran hṛṣṭo vane vasati nirbhayaḥ ॥12-117-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; श्वा (śvā) - dog; द्वीपिताम् (dvīpitām) - to the island; नीतः (nītaḥ) - led; जाम्बूनदनिभाकृतिः (jāmbūnadanibhākṛtiḥ) - having the appearance of Jāmbūnada gold; चित्राङ्गः (citrāṅgaḥ) - Citrāṅga (name); विस्फुरन् (visphuran) - quivering; हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - joyful; वने (vane) - in the forest; वसति (vasati) - dwells; निर्भयः (nirbhayaḥ) - fearless;]
(Then the dog, led to the island, having the appearance of Jāmbūnada gold, Citrāṅga, quivering, joyful, dwells in the forest, fearless.)
Then Citrāṅga, the dog with the appearance of Jāmbūnada gold, having been led to the island, lives joyfully and fearlessly in the forest, quivering with delight.
ततोऽभ्ययान्महारौद्रो व्यादितास्यः क्षुधान्वितः। द्वीपिनं लेलिहद्वक्त्रो व्याघ्रो रुधिरलालसः ॥१२-११७-१७॥
tato'bhyayān-mahāraudro vyāditāsyaḥ kṣudhānvitaḥ। dvīpinaṃ lelihadvaktro vyāghro rudhiralālasaḥ ॥12-117-17॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; महा-रौद्रः (mahā-raudraḥ) - very-fierce; व्यादित-आस्यः (vyādita-āsyaḥ) - with-open-mouth; क्षुधा-अन्वितः (kṣudhā-anvitaḥ) - filled-with-hunger; द्वीपिनम् (dvīpinam) - the-leopard; लेलिहत्-वक्त्रः (lelihadvaktraḥ) - with-licking-mouth; व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - the-tiger; रुधिर-लालसः (rudhira-lālasaḥ) - longing-for-blood;]
(Then approached the very-fierce, with-open-mouth, filled-with-hunger tiger, with-licking-mouth, longing-for-blood, (towards) the leopard.)
Then the very fierce, hungry tiger with its mouth wide open and licking its lips, longing for blood, approached the leopard.
व्याघ्रं दृष्ट्वा क्षुधाभग्नं दंष्ट्रिणं वनगोचरम्। द्वीपी जीवितरक्षार्थमृषिं शरणमेयिवान् ॥१२-११७-१८॥
vyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣudhābhagnaṃ daṃṣṭriṇaṃ vanagocarām। dvīpī jīvitarakṣārtham ṛṣiṃ śaraṇam eyivān ॥12-117-18॥
[व्याघ्रं (vyāghram) - tiger; (accusative singular) दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger; भग्नं (bhagnam) - broken; overcome; दंष्ट्रिणं (daṃṣṭriṇam) - with fangs; (accusative singular) वनगोचरम् (vanagocaram) - roaming in the forest; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - the leopard; जीवित (jīvita) - life; रक्षा (rakṣā) - protection; अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; (accusative singular) शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; एयिवान् (eyivān) - approached; (perfect participle masculine singular);]
(Having seen the tiger, overcome by hunger, with fangs, roaming in the forest, the leopard, for the sake of protection of life, approached the sage for refuge.)
Seeing the tiger, fierce with hunger and fangs, roaming the forest, the leopard sought refuge with the sage to save his life.
ततः संवासजं स्नेहमृषिणा कुर्वता सदा। स द्वीपी व्याघ्रतां नीतो रिपुभिर्बलवत्तरः ॥ ततो दृष्ट्वा स शार्दूलो नाभ्यहंस्तं विशां पते ॥१२-११७-१९॥
tataḥ saṃvāsajaṃ sneham ṛṣiṇā kurvatā sadā। sa dvīpī vyāghratāṃ nīto ripubhir balavattaraḥ॥ tato dṛṣṭvā sa śārdūlo nābhyahaṃstaṃ viśāṃ pate॥12-117-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; संवासजम् (saṃvāsajam) - arising from association; स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection; ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by the sage; कुर्वता (kurvatā) - doing; सदा (sadā) - always; सः (saḥ) - he; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - the tiger; व्याघ्रताम् (vyāghratām) - the state of a tiger; नीतः (nītaḥ) - led; रिपुभिः (ripubhiḥ) - by enemies; बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - more powerful; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सः (saḥ) - he; शार्दूलः (śārdūlaḥ) - the tiger; न (na) - not; अभ्यहंस् (abhyahaṃs) - attacked; तम् (tam) - him; विशां (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(Then, always showing affection arising from association by the sage, that tiger, made more powerful, was led to the state of a tiger by enemies. Then, having seen, that tiger did not attack him, O lord of men.)
Then, as the sage always showed affection arising from their association, that tiger, made stronger, was led to the state of a tiger by his enemies. Then, seeing him, the tiger did not attack him, O lord of men.
स तु श्वा व्याघ्रतां प्राप्य बलवान्पिशिताशनः। न मूलफलभोगेषु स्पृहामप्यकरोत्तदा ॥१२-११७-२०॥
sa tu śvā vyāghratāṃ prāpya balavān piśitāśanaḥ। na mūlaphalabhogeṣu spṛhām apy akarot tadā ॥12-117-20॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; श्वा (śvā) - dog; व्याघ्रतां (vyāghratām) - tiger-hood; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; बलवान् (balavān) - strong; पिशिताशनः (piśitāśanaḥ) - flesh-eater; न (na) - not; मूलफलभोगेषु (mūlaphalabhogeṣu) - in the enjoyments of roots and fruits; स्पृहम् (spṛhām) - desire; अपि (api) - even; अकरोत् (akarot) - did make; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He but the dog, having attained tiger-hood, strong, flesh-eater, not in the enjoyments of roots and fruits, desire even did make then.)
But he, the dog, having become a strong, flesh-eating tiger, then did not even have any desire for the enjoyment of roots and fruits.
यथा मृगपतिर्नित्यं प्रकाङ्क्षति वनौकसः। तथैव स महाराज व्याघ्रः समभवत्तदा ॥१२-११७-२१॥
yathā mṛgapatir nityaṃ prakāṅkṣati vanaukasaḥ। tathaiva sa mahārāja vyāghraḥ samabhavat tadā ॥12-117-21॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; मृगपतिः (mṛgapatiḥ) - lord of beasts; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; प्रकाङ्क्षति (prakāṅkṣati) - desires eagerly; वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest-dwellers; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; सः (saḥ) - he; महाराजः (mahārājaḥ) - great king; व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger; समभवत् (samabhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Just as the lord of beasts always eagerly desires the forest-dwellers, in the same way, he, the great king, then became a tiger.)
Just as the king of beasts always longs for the forest-dwellers, so at that time, O great king, he became a tiger.
व्याघ्रस्तूटजमूलस्थस्तृप्तः सुप्तो हतैर्मृगैः। नागश्चागात्तमुद्देशं मत्तो मेघ इवोत्थितः ॥१२-११७-२२॥
vyāghras tūṭajamūlasthas tṛptaḥ supto hatair mṛgaiḥ। nāgaś cāgāt tamuddeśaṃ matto megha ivotthitaḥ॥12-117-22॥
[व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger; तूटजमूलस्थः (tūṭajamūlasthaḥ) - situated at the base of a Tūṭaja tree; तृप्तः (tṛptaḥ) - satisfied; सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep; हतैः (hatair) - by the slain; मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - deer; नागः (nāgaḥ) - elephant; च (ca) - and; आगात् (āgāt) - came; तम् (tam) - to that; उद्देशम् (uddeśam) - place; मत्तः (mattaḥ) - intoxicated; मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud; इव (iva) - like; उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - risen;]
(The tiger, situated at the base of a Tūṭaja tree, satisfied, asleep with the slain deer; and the elephant came to that place, intoxicated, like a cloud arisen.)
The tiger, having eaten its fill, lay asleep at the base of the Tūṭaja tree among the slain deer; then an intoxicated elephant, like a rising cloud, came to that spot.
प्रभिन्नकरटः प्रांशुः पद्मी विततमस्तकः। सुविषाणो महाकायो मेघगम्भीरनिस्वनः ॥१२-११७-२३॥
prabhinnakaraṭaḥ prāṃśuḥ padmī vitatamastakaḥ। suviṣāṇo mahākāyo meghagambhīranisvanaḥ ॥12-117-23॥
[प्रभिन्न (prabhinna) - broken; करटः (karaṭaḥ) - tusk; प्रांशुः (prāṃśuḥ) - tall; पद्मी (padmī) - having lotuses; विततमस्तकः (vitatamastakaḥ) - broad-headed; सुविषाणः (suviṣāṇaḥ) - having good tusks; महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - great-bodied; मेघगम्भीरनिस्वनः (meghagambhīranisvanaḥ) - having a sound deep as thunder;]
(Broken-tusked, tall, having lotuses, broad-headed, having good tusks, great-bodied, having a sound deep as thunder.)
He was broken-tusked, tall, lotus-bearing, broad-headed, with fine tusks, a massive body, and a voice deep as thunder.
तं दृष्ट्वा कुञ्जरं मत्तमायान्तं मदगर्वितम्। व्याघ्रो हस्तिभयात्त्रस्तस्तमृषिं शरणं ययौ ॥१२-११७-२४॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā kuñjaraṃ mattam āyāntaṃ madagarvitam। vyāghraḥ hastibhayāt trastas tam ṛṣiṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau॥12-117-24॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; कुञ्जरं (kuñjaram) - elephant; मत्तम् (mattam) - intoxicated; आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - approaching; मदगर्वितम् (madagarvitam) - proud with rut; व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - the tiger; हस्ति-भयात् (hasti-bhayāt) - from fear of the elephant; त्रस्तः (trastaḥ) - frightened; तम् (tam) - to him; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; शरणं (śaraṇam) - refuge; ययौ (yayau) - went;]
(Having seen him, the intoxicated, proud elephant approaching, the tiger, frightened from fear of the elephant, went to the sage for refuge.)
When the tiger saw the intoxicated, proud elephant approaching, frightened by the elephant, he went to the sage for refuge.
ततोऽनयत्कुञ्जरतां तं व्याघ्रमृषिसत्तमः। महामेघोपमं दृष्ट्वा तं स भीतोऽभवद्गजः ॥१२-११७-२५॥
tato' nayat kuñjaratāṃ taṃ vyāghram ṛṣisattamaḥ। mahāmeghopamaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ sa bhīto 'bhavad gajaḥ॥12-117-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from there; अनयत् (anayat) - led; कुञ्जरताम् (kuñjaratām) - to the state of an elephant; तम् (tam) - him; व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - the tiger; ऋषिसत्तमः (ṛṣisattamaḥ) - the best among sages; महामेघोपमम् (mahāmeghopamam) - like a great cloud; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तम् (tam) - him; सः (saḥ) - he; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - frightened; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; गजः (gajaḥ) - the elephant;]
(From there, the best among sages led the tiger to the state of an elephant; having seen him like a great cloud, he, the elephant, became frightened.)
Then the best of sages led the tiger to become an elephant; seeing him like a great cloud, the elephant became afraid.
ततः कमलषण्डानि शल्लकीगहनानि च। व्यचरत्स मुदा युक्तः पद्मरेणुविभूषितः ॥१२-११७-२६॥
tataḥ kamalaṣaṇḍāni śallakīgahanāni ca। vyacaratsa mudā yuktaḥ padmareṇuvibhūṣitaḥ ॥12-117-26॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कमलषण्डानि (kamalaṣaṇḍāni) - lotus-thickets; शल्लकीगहनानि (śallakīgahanāni) - thickets of śallakī trees; च (ca) - and; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - wandered; स (sa) - he; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; पद्मरेणुविभूषितः (padmareṇuvibhūṣitaḥ) - adorned with lotus-dust;]
(Then, lotus-thickets, thickets of śallakī trees and, wandered he with joy endowed, adorned with lotus-dust.)
Then he, adorned with lotus-dust and filled with joy, wandered through the lotus thickets and the dense śallakī groves.
कदाचिद्रममाणस्य हस्तिनः सुमुखं तदा। ऋषेस्तस्योटजस्थस्य कालोऽगच्छन्निशानिशम् ॥१२-११७-२७॥
kadācidramamāṇasya hastinaḥ sumukhaṃ tadā। ṛṣestasyoṭajasthasya kālo'gacchanniśāniśam ॥12-117-27॥
[कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; रममाणस्य (ramamāṇasya) - of enjoying; हस्तिनः (hastinaḥ) - of the elephant; सुमुखं (sumukham) - Sumukha; तदा (tadā) - then; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; तस्य (tasya) - his; उटजस्थस्य (uṭajasthasya) - dwelling in the hut; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - passed; निशा-निशम् (niśā-niśam) - night after night;]
(At some time, for the enjoying elephant Sumukha, then, for the sage, for him dwelling in the hut, time passed night after night.)
Once, as the elephant Sumukha was enjoying himself, time passed night after night for the sage who was living in his hut.
अथाजगाम तं देशं केसरी केसरारुणः। गिरिकन्दरजो भीमः सिंहो नागकुलान्तकः ॥१२-११७-२८॥
athājagāma taṃ deśaṃ kesarī kesarāruṇaḥ। girikandarajo bhīmaḥ siṃho nāgakulāntakaḥ ॥12-117-28॥
[अथ (atha) - then; आजगाम (ājagāma) - came; तं (taṃ) - that; देशं (deśaṃ) - place; केसरी (kesarī) - Kesarī; केसरारुणः (kesarāruṇaḥ) - tawny-maned; गिरिकन्दरजः (girikandarajaḥ) - born in a mountain cave; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - formidable; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; नागकुलान्तकः (nāgakulāntakaḥ) - destroyer of the serpent race;]
(Then came to that place Kesarī, tawny-maned, born in a mountain cave, formidable, a lion, destroyer of the serpent race.)
Then Kesarī, the tawny-maned lion born in a mountain cave, formidable and the destroyer of the serpent race, came to that place.
तं दृष्ट्वा सिंहमायान्तं नागः सिंहभयाकुलः। ऋषिं शरणमापेदे वेपमानो भयातुरः ॥१२-११७-२९॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā siṃham āyāntaṃ nāgaḥ siṃha-bhayākulaḥ। ṛṣiṃ śaraṇam āpede vepamāno bhayāturaḥ॥12-117-29॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सिंहम् (siṃham) - lion; आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - approaching; नागः (nāgaḥ) - the serpent; सिंहभयाकुलः (siṃha-bhayākulaḥ) - distressed by fear of the lion; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - the sage; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; आपेदे (āpeḍe) - sought; वेपमानः (vepamānaḥ) - trembling; भयातुरः (bhayāturaḥ) - overcome by fear;]
(Having seen the lion approaching, the serpent, distressed by fear of the lion, trembling and overcome by fear, sought refuge with the sage.)
Seeing the lion coming near, the serpent, terrified and trembling with fear, sought refuge with the sage.
ततः स सिंहतां नीतो नागेन्द्रो मुनिना तदा। वन्यं नागणयत्सिंहं तुल्यजातिसमन्वयात् ॥१२-११७-३०॥
tataḥ sa siṃhatāṃ nīto nāgendro muninā tadā। vanyaṃ nāgaṇayat siṃhaṃ tulyajātisamanvayāt ॥12-117-30॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; सिंहताम् (siṃhatām) - state of a lion; नीतः (nītaḥ) - led; नागेन्द्रः (nāgendraḥ) - king of serpents; मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage; तदा (tadā) - at that time; वन्यम् (vanyam) - wild; नागणयत् (nāgaṇayat) - did not consider; सिंहम् (siṃham) - lion; तुल्यजातिसमन्वयात् (tulyajātisamanvayāt) - due to similarity of species and connection;]
(Then he, the king of serpents, was led to the state of a lion by the sage at that time. The wild lion was not considered (different) due to similarity of species and connection.)
Then, at that time, the sage transformed the king of serpents into a lion. The wild lion was not distinguished because of the similarity in species and association.
दृष्ट्वा च सोऽनशत्सिंहो वन्यो भीसन्नवाग्बलः। स चाश्रमेऽवसत्सिंहस्तस्मिन्नेव वने सुखी ॥१२-११७-३१॥
dṛṣṭvā ca so'naśatsiṃho vanyo bhīsannavāgbalaḥ। sa cāśrame'vasatsiṃhastasminneva vane sukhī ॥12-117-31॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; अनशत् (anaśat) - did not eat; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; वन्यः (vanyaḥ) - wild; भीसन्न (bhīsanna) - frightened; वाक् (vāk) - speech; बलः (balaḥ) - strength; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; आश्रम (āśrama) - hermitage; अवसत् (avasat) - dwelt; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; एव (eva) - only; वने (vane) - forest; सुखी (sukhī) - happy;]
(Having seen, and he (the) lion did not eat, wild, frightened, speech, strength. He also in the hermitage dwelt, (the) lion, in that very forest, happy.)
Having seen this, the wild lion, frightened and speechless, did not eat. That lion also dwelt happily in that very forest hermitage.
न त्वन्ये क्षुद्रपशवस्तपोवननिवासिनः। व्यदृश्यन्त भयत्रस्ता जीविताकाङ्क्षिणः सदा ॥१२-११७-३२॥
na tv anye kṣudrapaśavas tapovana-nivāsinaḥ। vyadṛśyanta bhayatrastā jīvitākāṅkṣiṇaḥ sadā ॥12-117-32॥
[न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; अन्ये (anye) - others; क्षुद्रपशवः (kṣudrapaśavaḥ) - small animals; तपोवननिवासिनः (tapovana-nivāsinaḥ) - residing in the forest of austerities; व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen; भयत्रस्ताः (bhayatrastāḥ) - afflicted by fear; जीविताकाङ्क्षिणः (jīvitākāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - desiring life; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(But not others, the small animals residing in the forest of austerities; were seen always afflicted by fear, desiring life.)
But the other small animals living in the forest of austerities were always seen, stricken by fear and longing for life.
कदाचित्कालयोगेन सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः। बलवान्क्षतजाहारो नानासत्त्वभयङ्करः ॥१२-११७-३३॥
kadācit kālayogena sarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ। balavān kṣatajāhāro nānāsattvabhayaṅkaraḥ ॥12-117-33॥
[कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; कालयोगेन (kālayogena) - by the conjunction of time; सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः (sarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ) - destroyer of all living beings; बलवान् (balavān) - powerful; क्षतजाहारः (kṣatajāhāraḥ) - eater of blood; नानासत्त्वभयङ्करः (nānāsattvabhayaṅkaraḥ) - terrifying to various beings;]
(At some time, by the conjunction of time, (he became) a destroyer of all living beings, powerful, eater of blood, terrifying to various beings.)
At a certain time, due to the influence of time, he became a powerful destroyer of all living beings, a blood-eater, and a terror to many creatures.
अष्टपादूर्ध्वचरणः शरभो वनगोचरः। तं सिंहं हन्तुमागच्छन्मुनेस्तस्य निवेशनम् ॥१२-११७-३४॥
aṣṭapādūrdhvacaraṇaḥ śarabho vanagocaraḥ। taṃ siṃhaṃ hantumāgacchanmunestasya niveśanam ॥12-117-34॥
[अष्टपाद् (aṣṭapād) - eight-footed; ऊर्ध्वचरणः (ūrdhvacaraṇaḥ) - with upward feet; शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - śarabha (a mythical animal); वनगोचरः (vanagocaraḥ) - forest-dweller; तं (taṃ) - him; सिंहं (siṃham) - lion; हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; आगच्छन् (āgacchan) - coming; मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage; तस्य (tasya) - his; निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling;]
(The eight-footed, upward-footed śarabha, a forest-dweller, came to the dwelling of the sage to kill that lion.)
The eight-footed, upward-footed śarabha, a forest-dwelling beast, came to the sage's dwelling to kill the lion.
तं मुनिः शरभं चक्रे बलोत्कटमरिंदम। ततः स शरभो वन्यो मुनेः शरभमग्रतः ॥ दृष्ट्वा बलिनमत्युग्रं द्रुतं सम्प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥१२-११७-३५॥
taṃ muniḥ śarabhaṃ cakre balotkaṭamariṃdama। tataḥ sa śarabho vanyo muneḥ śarabhamagrataḥ ॥ dṛṣṭvā balinamatyugraṃ drutaṃ samprādravadbhayāt ॥12-117-35॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; शरभं (śarabham) - Śarabha (mythical beast); चक्रे (cakre) - made; बलोत्कटम् (balotkaṭam) - very powerful; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - destroyer of enemies; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - Śarabha; वन्यः (vanyaḥ) - wild; मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage; शरभम् (śarabham) - Śarabha; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; बलिनम् (balinam) - powerful; अत्युग्रं (atyugram) - very fierce; द्रुतं (drutam) - quickly; सम्प्राद्रवत् (samprādravat) - ran away; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear;]
(The sage made him into a Śarabha, very powerful, destroyer of enemies. Then that wild Śarabha stood in front of the sage's Śarabha. Having seen the very powerful, very fierce one, he quickly ran away out of fear.)
The sage transformed him into a Śarabha, a mighty destroyer of enemies. Then that wild Śarabha stood before the sage's Śarabha. Seeing the extremely powerful and fierce being, he quickly fled in fear.
स एवं शरभस्थाने न्यस्तो वै मुनिना तदा। मुनेः पार्श्वगतो नित्यं शारभ्यं सुखमाप्तवान् ॥१२-११७-३६॥
sa evaṃ śarabhasthāne nyasto vai muninā tadā। muneḥ pārśvagato nityaṃ śārabhyaṃ sukhamāptavān ॥12-117-36॥
[स (sa) - he; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; शरभस्थाने (śarabhasthāne) - in the place of Śarabha; न्यस्तः (nyastaḥ) - placed; वै (vai) - indeed; मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage; तदा (tadā) - then; मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage; पार्श्वगतः (pārśvagataḥ) - gone to the side; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; शारभ्यं (śārabhyaṃ) - of Śarabha; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; आप्तवान् (āptavān) - obtained;]
(He thus, in the place of Śarabha, was indeed placed by the sage then; always at the side of the sage, he obtained the happiness of Śarabha.)
Thus, he was placed by the sage in the position of Śarabha; always remaining at the sage's side, he attained the happiness belonging to Śarabha.
ततः शरभसन्त्रस्ताः सर्वे मृगगणा वनात्। दिशः सम्प्राद्रवन्राजन्भयाज्जीवितकाङ्क्षिणः ॥१२-११७-३७॥
tataḥ śarabha-santrastāḥ sarve mṛga-gaṇā vanāt। diśaḥ samprādravan rājan bhayāt jīvitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ॥12-117-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरभसन्त्रस्ताः (śarabha-santrastāḥ) - terrified by the śarabha; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मृगगणाः (mṛga-gaṇāḥ) - groups of deer; वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; सम्प्राद्रवन् (samprādravan) - ran away; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; जीवितकाङ्क्षिणः (jīvitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - desiring life;]
(Then, all the groups of deer, terrified by the śarabha, from the forest, in all directions, ran away, O king, out of fear, desiring life.)
Then, O king, all the groups of deer, terrified by the śarabha, fled from the forest in all directions, seeking to save their lives out of fear.
शरभोऽप्यतिसंदुष्टो नित्यं प्राणिवधे रतः। फलमूलाशनं शान्तं नैच्छत्स पिशिताशनः ॥१२-११७-३८॥
śarabho'pyatisanduṣṭo nityaṃ prāṇivadhe rataḥ। phalamūlāśanaṃ śāntaṃ naicchatsa piśitāśanaḥ ॥12-117-38॥
[शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - the deer; अपि (api) - also; अति-संदुष्टः (ati-sanduṣṭaḥ) - very much enraged; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; प्राणि-वधे (prāṇi-vadhe) - in killing living beings; रतः (rataḥ) - engaged; फल-मूल-आशनं (phala-mūla-āśanam) - eating fruits and roots; शान्तं (śāntam) - calm; न (na) - not; ऐच्छत् (aicchat) - desired; सः (saḥ) - he; पिशित-आशनः (piśita-āśanaḥ) - flesh-eater;]
(The deer also, being very much enraged, always engaged in killing living beings; he, the flesh-eater, did not desire calmness or eating fruits and roots.)
The deer, too, being extremely enraged, was always intent on killing living beings; he, as a flesh-eater, did not wish for calmness or to eat fruits and roots.
ततो रुधिरतर्षेण बलिना शरभोऽन्वितः। इयेष तं मुनिं हन्तुमकृतज्ञः श्वयोनिजः ॥१२-११७-३९॥
tato rudhiratarṣeṇa balinā śarabho'nvitaḥ। iyeṣa taṃ muniṃ hantum akṛtajñaḥ śvayonijaḥ॥12-117-39॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रुधिरतर्षेण (rudhiratarṣeṇa) - with blood-thirst; बलिना (balinā) - by the strong one; शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - Śarabha (the beast); अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - accompanied; इयेष (iyeṣa) - desired; तम् (tam) - him; मुनिम् (munim) - sage; हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; अकृतज्ञः (akṛtajñaḥ) - ungrateful; श्वयोनिजः (śvayonijaḥ) - born of a canine womb;]
(Then, with blood-thirst, accompanied by the strong one, Śarabha desired to kill that sage, the ungrateful one born of a canine womb.)
Then, driven by blood-thirst and accompanied by the powerful Śarabha, the ungrateful one born of a canine womb sought to kill the sage.
ततस्तेन तपःशक्त्या विदितो ज्ञानचक्षुषा। विज्ञाय च महाप्राज्ञो मुनिः श्वानं तमुक्तवान् ॥१२-११७-४०॥
tatastena tapaḥśaktyā vidito jñānacakṣuṣā। vijñāya ca mahāprājño muniḥ śvānaṃ tamuktavān ॥12-117-40॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तेन (tena) - by him; तपःशक्त्या (tapaḥśaktyā) - by the power of austerity; विदितः (viditaḥ) - known; ज्ञानचक्षुषा (jñānacakṣuṣā) - by the eye of knowledge; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having understood; च (ca) - and; महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the great wise one; मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage; श्वानम् (śvānam) - the dog; तम् (tam) - him; उक्तवान् (uktavān) - said;]
(Then, by him, by the power of austerity, known by the eye of knowledge, having understood, and the great wise one, the sage, the dog, him, said.)
Then, by the power of his austerity and with the eye of knowledge, the great wise sage understood and spoke to the dog.
श्वा त्वं द्वीपित्वमापन्नो द्वीपी व्याघ्रत्वमागतः। व्याघ्रो नागो मदपटुर्नागः सिंहत्वमाप्तवान् ॥१२-११७-४१॥
śvā tvaṃ dvīpitvam-āpanno dvīpī vyāghratvam-āgataḥ। vyāghro nāgo mada-paṭur-nāgaḥ siṃhatvam-āptavān ॥12-117-41॥
[श्वा (śvā) - dog; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; द्वीपित्वम् (dvīpitvam) - leopard-ness; आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - attained; द्वीपी (dvīpī) - leopard; व्याघ्रत्वम् (vyāghratvam) - tiger-ness; आगतः (āgataḥ) - attained; व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger; नागः (nāgaḥ) - elephant; मदपटुः (mada-paṭuḥ) - intoxicated and strong; नागः (nāgaḥ) - elephant; सिंहत्वम् (siṃhatvam) - lion-ness; आप्तवान् (āptavān) - attained;]
(Dog you leopard-ness attained, leopard tiger-ness attained. Tiger elephant intoxicated and strong, elephant lion-ness attained.)
You, the dog, attained the nature of a leopard; the leopard attained the nature of a tiger. The tiger became an intoxicated and strong elephant; the elephant attained the nature of a lion.
सिंहोऽतिबलसंयुक्तो भूयः शरभतां गतः। मया स्नेहपरीतेन न विमृष्टः कुलान्वयः ॥१२-११७-४२॥
siṃho'tibalasamyukto bhūyaḥ śarabhatāṃ gataḥ। mayā snehaparītena na vimṛṣṭaḥ kulānvayaḥ ॥12-117-42॥
[सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; अतिबलसंयुक्तः (atibalasamyuktaḥ) - endowed with great strength; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; शरभताम् (śarabhatām) - the state of a śarabha (mythical beast); गतः (gataḥ) - gone (has become); मया (mayā) - by me; स्नेहपरीतेन (snehaparītena) - overpowered by affection; न (na) - not; विमृष्टः (vimṛṣṭaḥ) - examined; कुलान्वयः (kulānvayaḥ) - family lineage;]
(The lion, endowed with great strength, again became a śarabha. By me, overpowered by affection, the family lineage was not examined.)
The lion, though greatly powerful, again turned into a śarabha. Because I was overwhelmed by affection, I did not examine the family lineage.
यस्मादेवमपापं मां पाप हिंसितुमिच्छसि। तस्मात्स्वयोनिमापन्नः श्वैव त्वं हि भविष्यसि ॥१२-११७-४३॥
yasmādevaṁ apāpaṁ māṁ pāpa hiṁsitum icchasi। tasmāt svayonim āpannaḥ śvaiva tvaṁ hi bhaviṣyasi ॥12-117-43॥
[यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; from which; एवम् (evam) - thus; in this way; अपापम् (apāpam) - sinless; not sinful; माम् (mām) - me; पाप (pāpa) - sin; evil; हिंसितुम् (hiṁsitum) - to harm; to injure; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish; you desire; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; hence; स्व-योनिम् (sva-yonim) - your own birth; your own species; आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having attained; having entered; श्वा (śvā) - dog; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; त्वम् (tvam) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become; you will be;]
(Because thus, sinless me, to harm, you wish. Therefore, your own birth having attained, a dog indeed you will become.)
Because you wish to harm me, who am sinless, therefore, having attained your own species, you will indeed become a dog.
ततो मुनिजनद्वेषाद्दुष्टात्मा श्वाकृतोऽबुधः। ऋषिणा शरभः शप्तः स्वं रूपं पुनराप्तवान् ॥१२-११७-४४॥
tato munijanadveṣād duṣṭātmā śvākṛto'budhaḥ। ṛṣiṇā śarabhaḥ śaptaḥ svaṃ rūpaṃ punar āptavān॥ 12-117-44॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; मुनिजनद्वेषात् (munijanadveṣāt) - from hatred towards sages; दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled; श्वाकृतः (śvākṛtaḥ) - made into a dog; अबुधः (abudhaḥ) - ignorant; ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by the sage; शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - Śarabha; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; स्वम् (svam) - his own; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आप्तवान् (āptavān) - obtained;]
(Then, from hatred towards sages, the wicked-souled, ignorant (one), made into a dog, Śarabha, cursed by the sage, again obtained his own form.)
Then, due to his hatred of the sages, the wicked and ignorant Śarabha, who had been turned into a dog and cursed by the sage, regained his original form.
