आश्लिष्य नेत्रसलिलैर्नन्दन्तौ पर्यषिञ्चताम्
Embracing him, they, rejoicing, bathed him with tears from their eyes.
विक्षन्तौ तस्य चाङ्गानि परिस्पृश्यापतुर्मुदम्
Looking at his limbs and touching him, they attained happiness.
किं कृतं पुत्र को वायं कुत्र वा त्वमुपस्थितः
"What have you done, son? Who is this, and where have you come from?"
त्वयेतदखिलं वत्स कथ्यतां तथ्यमावयोः
"Tell us all this, dear child, truthfully to us both."
उपोद्धातपादेर्ऽजुनोपाख्याने भार्गवचरिते पञ्चविंशतितमो ऽध्यायः
Here ends the twenty-fifth chapter in the narrative of Arjuna, in the account of the Bhārgava, from the section on the introduction of the episode.
तयोरकथयत्सर्वमात्मना यदनुष्ठितम्
He told them everything that he had done.
शंभोर्निदेशात्तीर्थानामटनं च यथाक्रमम्
He described, in order, his pilgrimage to the holy places at the command of Śambhu.
हरप्रसादादत्रापि ह्यकृतव्रणदर्शनम्
By the grace of Hara, he also recounted the vision of the unhealed wound at this very place.
कथयामास तद्रामः पित्रोः संप्रीयमाणयोः
Rāma narrated all this to his delighted parents.
हृष्टौ हर्षान्तरं भूयो राजन्नाप्नुवतावुभौ
Both, O King, experienced ever greater joy in their happiness.
प्रकुर्वंस्तद्विधेयात्मा भ्रातॄणां चाविशेषतः
He, devoted to duty, did the same for his brothers without distinction.
इत्येष मृगयां गान्तुं चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः
Thus, he set out for the hunt, accompanied by a fourfold army.
ताराजालद्युतिहरैः समन्तादरुणांशुभिः
Surrounded on all sides by reddish rays that outshone the brilliance of the stars' network,
प्राभातिके गन्धवहे कुमुदाकरसंस्पृशि
In the fragrant morning, touching the pools of lotuses,
व्याहरन्स्वाकुला वाचो मनःश्रोत्रसुखावहाः
Uttering words, sweet to the mind and ears, though confused by excitement,
तत्तोये मुनिवृन्देषु गृणात्सुब्रह्म शाश्वतम्
In those waters, among the groups of sages, he praised the eternal Supreme Brahman.
आशमं प्रति गच्छत्सु मुनिमुख्येषु कर्मिषु
As the foremost sages, engaged in ritual actions, proceed towards their hermitages,
होमार्थं मुनिकल्पाभिर्दुह्यमानासु धेनुषु
and as cows, resembling ascetics, are milked for the purpose of sacrificial offerings,
अग्निहोत्राकुले जाते सर्वभूतसुखावहे
when a lineage devoted to the Agnihotra arises, bringing happiness to all beings,
वाशत्सु नीडान्निष्पत्य पतत्रिषु समन्ततः
as birds, having left their nests, call out everywhere,
गात्राल्हादविवर्द्धन्यां वेलायां मन्दवायुना
at the time when gentle breezes increase bodily delight,
स्वाध्या यदक्षैर्बहुभिरजिनांबरधारिभिः
when many, wearing garments of antelope skin, recite the sacred texts with unspent dice,
प्रैषेषूच्चार्यमाणेषु हूयमानेषु वह्निषु
as the prescribed mantras are uttered and the fires are kindled,
ज्वलदग्निशिखाकारे तमस्तपनतेजसि
in the brilliance that dispels darkness, resembling blazing tongues of fire,
सवितर्युदयं याति नैशे तमसि नश्यति
the sun rises, and the night’s darkness vanishes.
कृतमैत्रादिको राजा मृगयां हैहयेश्वरः
The king, renowned for his alliances, the lord of the Haihayas, goes hunting,
बलैः सर्वैः समुदितैः सवाजिरथकुञ्जरैः
accompanied by all his assembled forces, with horses, chariots, and elephants,
महता बलभारेण नमयन्वसुधातलम्
with the immense weight of his army, he bows down the surface of the earth,
स्वबलौघपदक्षेपप्रक्षुण्णावनिरेणुभिः
the dust of the ground is scattered by the strides of his multitude of troops,
संप्रवश्य वनं घोरं विन्ध्योद्रेर्बलसंचयैः
having entered the dreadful forest of the Vindhya mountain with his gathered forces,