वसमानमरण्येषु नित्यं शमपरायणम्। त्वयाऽहं हिंसितो यस्मात्तस्मात्त्वामप्यनागसः
Dwelling always in the forest, devoted to peace, I have been harmed by you; therefore, though innocent, I shall harm you as well.
द्वयोर्नृशंसकर्तारमवशं काममोहितम्। जीवितान्तकरो भावो मैथुने समुपैष्यति
For one who, overcome by desire and delusion, commits cruelty to another, the end of life will come to him while engaged in mating.
अहं हि किंदमो नाम तपसा भावितो मुनिः। व्यपत्रपन्मनुष्याणां मृग्यां मैथुनमाचरम्
I am the sage named Kindama, purified by austerity; feeling shame among humans, I practiced intercourse in the form of a deer.
मृगो भत्वा मृगैः सार्धं चरामि गहने वने। न तु ते ब्रह्महत्येयं भविष्यत्यविजानतः
Having become a deer, I wandered with other deer in the dense forest; but this is not the sin of killing a Brahmin for you, since you did not know.
मृगरूपधरं हत्वा मामेवं काममोहितम्। अस्य तु त्वं फलं मूढ प्राप्स्यसीदृशमेव हि
By killing me, who had taken the form of a deer and was overcome by desire, you, O fool, will receive a fruit just like this.
प्रियया सह संवासं प्राप्य कामविमोहितः। त्वमप्यस्यामवस्थायां प्रेतलोकं गमिष्यसि
Having attained union with your beloved, and being deluded by desire, you too will come to this same state and go to the realm of the departed.
अन्तकाले हि संवासं यया गन्तासि कान्तया। प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्तं सर्वभूतदुरत्ययम्। भक्त्या मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ सैव त्वाऽनुगमिष्यति
At the end of your life, when you depart with your beloved, you will reach the city of the lord of the dead, which is difficult for all beings to cross; yet, O best of the wise, she will follow you there out of devotion.
वर्तमानः सुखे दुःखं यथाऽहं प्रापितस्त्वया। तथा त्वां च सुखं प्राप्तं दुःखमभ्यागमिष्यति
As you brought me, who was enjoying happiness, into suffering, so too, when you attain happiness, suffering will come upon you.
एवमुक्त्वा सुदुःखार्तो जीवितात्स व्यमुच्यत। मृगः पाण्डुश्च दुःखार्तः क्षणेन समपद्यत
Having spoken thus, overwhelmed by great sorrow, he departed from life; and Pandu, afflicted with grief, perished in a moment.
तं व्यतीतमुपक्रम्य राजा स्वमिव बान्धवम्। सभार्यः शोकदुःखार्तः पर्यदेवयदातुरः
Approaching him as one departed, the king, as if it were his own kinsman, together with his wife, stricken by grief and sorrow, lamented in distress.
सतामपि कुले जाताः कर्मणा बत दुर्गतिम्। प्राप्नुवन्त्यकृतात्मानः कामजालविमोहिताः
Even those born in noble families, alas, fall into misfortune through their actions, when their minds are unprepared and they are deluded by the net of desire.
शश्वद्धर्मात्मना जातो बाल एव पिता मम। जीवितान्तमनुप्राप्तः कामात्मैवेति नः श्रुतम्
My father, always devoted to righteousness from childhood, has reached the end of his life; thus we have heard, it was due to desire.
तस्य कामात्मनः क्षेत्रे राज्ञः संयतवागृषिः। कृष्णद्वैपायनः साक्षाद्भगवान्मामजीजनत्
In the field of that king, whose mind was ruled by desire, the sage Krishna Dvaipayana, master of restraint, directly begot me.
तस्याद्य व्यसने बुद्धिः संजातेयं ममाधमा। त्यक्तस्य देवैरनयान्मृगयां परिधावतः
Now, in this calamity, my mind has become base, abandoned by the gods, as I run after this deer.
मोक्षमेव व्यवस्यामि बन्धो हि व्यसनं महत्। सुवृत्तिमनुवर्तिष्ये तामहं पितुरव्ययाम्
I resolve to seek liberation, for bondage is a great affliction; I will follow the excellent conduct of my father, which is imperishable.
अतीव तपसात्मानं योजयिष्याम्यसंशयम्। तस्मादेकाहमेकाहमेकैकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ
I will surely engage myself in intense austerity; therefore, for one day each, I will stay under each tree.
चरन्भैक्षं मुनिर्मुण्डश्चरिष्याम्याश्रमानिमान्। पांसुना समवच्छन्नः शून्यागारकृतालयः
As a sage, shaven-headed, I will wander for alms among these hermitages, covered with dust, making my dwelling in empty huts.
वृक्षमूलनिकेतो वा त्यक्तसर्वप्रियाप्रियः। न शोचन्न प्रहृष्यंश्च तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः
Dwelling at the root of a tree, having abandoned all that is dear and not dear, neither grieving nor rejoicing, equal in blame and self-praise.
निराशीर्निर्नमस्कारो निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः। न चाप्यवहसन्कंचिन्न कुर्वन्भ्रुकुटीं क्वचित्
Without hope, without offering obeisance, free from dualities, without possessions; nor mocking anyone, nor ever frowning.
प्रसन्नवदनो नित्यं सर्वभूतहिते रतः। जङ्गमाजङ्गमं सर्वमविहिंसंश्चतुर्विधम्
Always with a serene face, devoted to the welfare of all beings, I will not harm any creature, whether moving or unmoving, of all four kinds.
स्वासु प्रजास्विव सदा समः प्राणभृतः प्रति। एककालं चरन्भैक्षं कुलानि दश पञ्च च
Always impartial among living beings, as one is among one's own children, he would beg for alms at one time only, from ten or fifteen households.
असंभवे वा भैक्षस्य चरन्ननशनान्यपि। अल्पमल्पं च भुञ्जानः पूर्वालाभे न जातुचित्
If alms were not available, he would go without food, eating little when little was obtained, and never seeking more before what was previously received was finished.
अन्यान्यपि चरँल्लोभादलाभे सप्त पूरयन्। अलाभे यदि वा लाभे समदर्शी महातपाः
Even when lacking, he would, out of desire, beg from other households, filling up to seven more; in gain or lack, the great ascetic remained even-minded.
वास्यैकं तक्षतो बाहुं चन्दनेनैकमुक्षतः। नाकल्याणं न कल्याणं चिन्तयन्नुभयोस्तयोः
If one arm was being cut by a carpenter and the other smeared with sandal paste, he would not think either misfortune or good fortune about those two.
न जिजीविषुवत्किंचिन्न मुमूर्षुवदाचरन्। जीवितं मरणं चैव नाभिन्दन्न च द्विषन्
He acted neither as one who desires to live nor as one who wishes to die; he did not cling to life or hate death.
याः काश्चिज्जीवता शक्याः कर्तुमभ्युदयक्रियाः। ताः सर्वाः समतिक्रम्य निमेषादिव्यवस्थितः
All the actions that can be performed in life for prosperity, he completely abandoned, remaining as steady as the blink of an eye.
तासु चाप्यनवस्थासु त्यक्तसर्वेन्द्रियक्रियः। संपरित्यक्तधर्मार्थः सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मषः
In those unstable conditions, having given up all actions of the senses, having renounced both righteousness and wealth, his soul was thoroughly cleansed of all stain.
निर्मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो व्यतीतः सर्ववागुराः। न वशे कस्यचित्तिष्ठन्सधर्मा मातरिश्वनः
Freed from all sins, having crossed beyond all snares, not under anyone's control, he became like the wind in its own nature.
एतया सततं वृत्त्या चरन्नेवंप्रकारया। देहं संस्थापयिष्यामि निर्भयं मार्गमास्थितः
By living always in this manner, following such a path, I will sustain my body, fearless, having set out on this way.
नाहं सुकृपणे मार्गे स्ववीर्यक्षयशोचिते। स्वधर्मात्सततापेते चरेयं वीर्यवर्जितः
I will not follow a pitiable path, grieving over the loss of my own strength, or stray from my own duty, devoid of vigor.