यथा प्रसन्नो हि भवान्कुरु त्वं च तथाविधम्
As you are indeed pleased, act accordingly.
देहि भूप सुतां मह्यं तत्पुत्रस्य सुरताय वै 3.2.14.
O king, give me your daughter for the pleasure of that son.
दत्त्वा च वेदविधिना बहुधा द्रव्यसंयुताम्
Having given, according to the Vedic injunction, many gifts accompanied by wealth,
शशी तु भूपतेः कन्यां गृहीत्वा स्वगृहं ययौ
Śaśī took the king’s daughter and went to his own house.
मदीयेयं नृपसुता भोगपत्नी महोत्तमा
This princess is mine, a most excellent wife for enjoyment.
इत्युक्त्वा नृपतिं प्राह वैतालो रुद्रकिंकरः
Having spoken thus, the Vaitāla, servant of Rudra, addressed the king.
राजोवाच पितामात्राज्ञया पुत्री देवानां सन्मुखे स्थिता
The king said: By the command of her father and mother, the daughter stood before the gods.
शास्त्रेषु कथितं देव स्त्रीरत्नं सर्वदैव हि
It is stated in the scriptures, O god, that a woman is always a precious jewel.
तत्क्षेत्रं कृषिकारस्य बीजदातुर्न चैव ह
That field belongs to the cultivator, not to the one who gives the seed.
सुदेवस्य वै तनयो योग्यत्वं हि गमिष्यति
The son of Sudeva will indeed attain worthiness.
इति ते कथितं देव यथाशास्त्रेषु भाषितम्
Thus, O god, it has been told to you as spoken in the scriptures.
इति श्रुत्वा स होवाच स पुत्रो मदनालसः 3.2.14.
Having heard this, the son, Madanālasa, spoke.
स स्नात्वा बहुला ष्टम्यां तत्पुण्येन नृपोत्तम
He bathed on the Bahulā aṣṭamī, O best of kings, with that merit.
स्मृत्वा स हृदि गोविंदं तुष्टाव श्लक्ष्णया गिरा
Remembering Govinda in his heart, he praised him with gentle words.
त्वयैकेन लीलार्थतो देवदेव प्रियाराधया सार्द्धमेतद्धि गुप्तम्
By you alone, for the sake of play, O god of gods, together with your beloved, this has been kept secret.
जगत्यन्तकाले त्वया कालमूर्त्या जगत्संहृतं वै नमस्तेनमस्ते
At the end of the world, by you as the form of Time, the world is indeed dissolved; I bow, I bow.
इति स्तोत्रप्रभावेन देवदेवेन मोचिता
By the power of this hymn, he was liberated by the god of gods.
रमणीं स्वां समालिंग्य ननन्द मुदितो नृप सुदेवं स समाहूय स्वां स्वसारं ददौ मुदा
Embracing his own beloved, the joyful king rejoiced; he summoned Sudeva and gladly gave his own sister.
सुदेवस्तस्य भगिनीं क्षत्रियस्य मदातुराम्
Sudeva took his sister, intoxicated with passion, from the Kṣatriya.
इति ते कथितं भूप चरित्रं तस्य धीमतः
Thus, O king, the conduct of that wise one has been told to you.
पुनराख्यानकं विप्र वर्णयामास सुन्दरम्
Once again, O Brahmin, he narrated a beautiful story.
कान्यकुज्जे महाराज ब्राह्मणो दानशीलकः प्रतिग्रहेण यद्द्रव्यं तेन दानमचीकरत्
In Kānyakubja, O great king, there was a Brahmin devoted to charity, who gave away in gifts whatever wealth he received.
कदाचित्तु शरत्काले नवदुर्गाव्रतं ह्यभूत्
Once, in the autumn season, the vow of Navadurga was observed.
किं कर्तव्यं मया चाद्य येन द्रव्ययुतो ह्यहम्
He thought, 'What should I do today so that I may be endowed with wealth?'
इति शोकसमायुक्तस्तदा देवीप्रसादतः
Thus, filled with sorrow, at that time, by the grace of the Goddess—
निराहारव्रतं तेन कृतं तु नवमाह्निकम्
He performed a nine-day fast as a vow without taking food.
जीमूतकेतुरिति च सोभूद्विद्याधराधिपः
There was a lord of the Vidyādharas named Jīmūtaketu.
उवास कतिचिद्वर्षान्दिव्य भोगप्रभोगवान्
He lived for some years, enjoying divine pleasures and enjoyments.
तेन वृक्षप्रभावेन जातः पुत्रो महोत्तमः
By the power of that tree, a most excellent son was born to him.
स वै पूर्वभवे राजन्मध्यदेशे महोत्तमे 3.2.15.
O king, in a previous birth, he was in the most excellent Madhyadeśa.