बलश्च प्रबलश्चैव सुबलो बलवान्बली
Bala, Prabala, Subala, Balavān, and Balī—
करभो नाम वै यक्षो लल्लराजस्य सेवकः पञ्चवर्षांतरे जाते तेन भुक्ता कुमारिका
A yakṣa named Karabha, servant of King Lallara, after five years, enjoyed the maiden.
मूलवर्मा महीराजं समाहूय ससैन्यकम्
Mūlavarmā summoned the king of the earth together with his army.
प्रभावतीं शुभां कन्यां नृहराय ददाम्यहम् ददौ वेदविधानेन सुतां च नृहराय वै
I give Prabhāvatī, the auspicious maiden, to Nṛhara; he gave his daughter to Nṛhara according to Vedic rites.
पक्षमात्रांतरे यक्षः करभस्तत्र चागतः
Within the span of a fortnight, the yakṣa Karabha arrived there.
महीराजस्तदा दुःखी वत्सजौ बलवत्तरौ
Then the king of the earth was sorrowful—his two sons, Vatsaja, were very powerful.
इति श्रुत्वा स कृष्णांशः करभं यक्षकिंकरम्
Hearing this, Kṛṣṇāṃśa approached Karabha, the yakṣa-servant.
भ्रातरौ तौ समागम्य नागपाशं तु चासिना भूमिराजः प्रसन्नात्मा देहलीं मुदितोऽगमत्।। 3.3.31.
The two brothers, having come together, with a sword cut the nāga-bond; the king of the earth, his mind pleased, joyfully entered the threshold.
सूत उवाच काश्मीरे च नृपश्चासीत्कैकयो नाम विश्रुतः
Sūta said: In Kashmir, there was a king renowned by the name Kaikaya.
कामः प्रकामः सकामो निष्कामो निरपत्रपः
He was desirous, exceedingly passionate, with desires, without desires, and shameless.
स भूपो भूमिराजं च समाहूय वचोऽब्रवीत्
That king, having summoned the lord of the land, spoke these words.
गंधर्वस्सुकलो नाम मत्कन्यां च शुभाननाम्
There was a Gandharva named Sukala, and my daughter was named Śubhānana.
पूर्णिमायां च संप्राप्तः स वै चित्ररथप्रियः वधं कुरु नृपश्रेष्ठ देहलीं गंतुमर्हसि
On the full moon, he arrived, being fond of Citraratha; O best of kings, kill him, you ought to proceed to the threshold.
इति श्रुत्वा महीराजो लक्षसैन्यसमन्वितः
Hearing this, the lord of the land, accompanied by a hundred thousand soldiers,
वैशाख्यां सुखजातायां सुकलोनाम वीर्यवान्
In the month of Vaiśākha, in the pleasant birth, Sukala, named for his valor,
नगराच्च बहिर्जाता ये शूरा मदविह्वलाः
Those who were born outside the city, heroes intoxicated with pride,
भयभीतो महीराजो ध्यात्वा सर्वमयीं शिवाम्
The lord of the land, frightened, meditated upon Śivā, the all-pervading.
कृष्णांशादीन्बोधयित्वा तैश्च सार्धं समागमत् 3.3.31.
Having awakened those of the Kṛṣṇa lineage, he joined together with them.
बलखानिश्च बलवाञ्छतगंधर्वमुत्तमम्
He, powerful, attacked the foremost Gandharva with his troops.
बहुधा ते हि गंधर्वास्तैश्च सार्द्धं समारुधन्
Those Gandharvas, being many, fought together with them.
भयभीतास्तदा सर्वे रामांशं शरणं ययुः
All, being frightened at that time, sought refuge in Rāma's lineage.
दिवासूक्तेन तुष्टाव तदा प्रादुरभूच्छिवा
He praised her with the hymn of the day, and then Śivā appeared.
पराजिते च गंधर्वे कृष्णांशो जनमोहनः
When the Gandharva was defeated, Kṛṣṇa's lineage, enchanting the people,
षोडशाब्दे च कृष्णांशे संप्राप्ते देविपूजके
When the sixteenth year of Kṛṣṇa's lineage arrived, devoted to the worship of the goddess,
पत्नी नागवती तस्य तक्षकस्य सुता शुभा
His wife was Nāgavatī, the beautiful daughter of Takṣaka.
दशैव तनयाश्चासन्कन्या तस्य शुभानना
He had ten daughters, and his beautiful-faced daughter was named Śubhānana.
पुरोहितं समाहूय महीराजाय प्रैषयत् 3.3.31.
He summoned the priest and sent him to the king of the earth.
महीराजस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा त्रिलक्षबलसंयुतः
Hearing this, the king of the earth, endowed with three hundred thousand troops,
सुवेला पितरं प्राह देहि मे नागभूषणम्
At the proper time, he said to his father, 'Give me the serpent ornament.'
इति श्रुत्वा नागवर्मा महीराजान्तमाययौ
Hearing this, Nagavarma came to the king of the earth.