अथैकषष्टि,मोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच इति ते कथितं किंचिदिन्द्रस्य दर्पभञ्जनम् । अपरं श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन्सावधानं निगूढकम्
Chapter sixty-one. Nārāyaṇa said: Thus I have told you a little about the breaking of Indra's pride. Now, O brāhmaṇa, listen carefully to another, more secret account.
समुद्रमथनं कृत्वा पीत्वाऽमृतरसं पुरा । निर्जित्य दैत्यसंघांश्च बहुदर्पो बभूव ह
After churning the ocean and drinking the nectar long ago, having defeated the hosts of demons, Indra became very proud.
तदा कृष्णो बलिद्वारा शक्रदर्प बभञ्ज ह । भ्रष्टश्रियो बभूवुस्ते देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः
Then Kṛṣṇa, through Bali, broke Indra's pride. The gods, with Indra at their head, lost their splendor.
तदा बृहस्पतेः स्तौत्राददितेश्च व्रतेन ते । जातश्च स्वांशकलयाऽप्यदित्यां वामनो विभुः
Then, by the hymns of Bṛhaspati and the vow of Aditi, the mighty Vāmana was born from Aditi as a portion of himself.
याच्ञां कृत्वा बलिं राज्यं कृपया च कृपानिधिः । तस्मै ददौ महेन्द्राय देवेम्यश्चापि संपदम्
By begging, he took the kingdom from Bali, and out of compassion, the ocean of mercy gave it to Mahendra and restored the wealth to the gods.
बभूव शक्रदर्पश्च पुनः कल्पान्तने पुरा । विभुर्दुवसिसो द्वारा जहार तच्छ्रियं मुने
Again, at the end of a kalpa, Indra's pride arose. The Lord, through Duvasis, took away that splendor, O sage.
पुनर्ददौ च कृपया कृपालुर्भक्तवत्सलः । पुनः श्रीदुर्मदः सोऽपि जहार गौतमप्रियाम्
Again, out of compassion, the merciful Lord, who loves his devotees, restored it. But again, that proud Indra took away Gautama's beloved.
तदा गौतमशापेन भमाङ्गश्च बभूव सः । संप्राप यातनामिन्द्रः स्वाङ्गवेदनया पुरा
Then, by Gautama's curse, he became marked on his body. Indra suffered torment from the pain in his own limbs.
उच्चैस्तं जहसुर्दृष्ट्वा ऋषयो मनवस्तदा । देवाश्च लज्जिताः सर्वे मृततुल्यो बृहस्पतिः
Seeing him in that state, the sages and Manus laughed loudly, and all the gods were ashamed; Bṛhaspati was as if dead.
तदा सहस्रवर्ष च तपस्तप्त्वा रवेः पुरा । रवेर्वरेण शक्रः स सहस्राक्षो बभूव ह
Then, after performing austerity for a thousand years at the sun's abode, by the sun's boon, Indra, the thousand-eyed, was restored.
कलङ्करूपमिन्द्रस्य तच्चक्षुर्निकरं परम् । यथा चनद्रे कलङ्कश्च तानकाहरणादभूत्
That mark on Indra's body became a multitude of eyes, just as the moon has a mark from the taking of the nectar.
नारद उवाच ब्रह्मन् केन प्रगारेण जहार गौतमप्रियाम् । महासतीसमहल्यां च पूज्यां भुवनपादनीम्
Nārada said: O brāhmaṇa, by what means did he take away Gautama's beloved, the great and chaste Ahalyā, revered by the lords of the worlds?
शुद्धाशायां महाभागां निर्मलां कमलाकलाम् । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि वद वेदविदां वर
O best of those who know the Veda, I wish to know about her—pure in intent, greatly fortunate, spotless, a portion of Lakshmi. Please tell me.
नारायण उवाच पुष्करे तीर्थयात्रायां सूर्यपर्वणि नारद । तत्राऽऽगतामहल्यां च ददर्श पाकशासनः
Narayana said: O Narada, during the pilgrimage to Pushkara at the festival of the Sun, the lord of the gods saw Ahalya, who had come there.
सुस्मितां सुदर्ती शान्तां पीनक्षोणिपयोधराम् । म्रर्च्छामवाप चेन्द्रश्च दृष्टिमात्रेण तत्त्क्षणात्
He saw her, smiling sweetly, deeply distressed, calm, with full, firm breasts and earth-like hips; and Indra was instantly overcome with faintness just by seeing her.
अथापरदिने तां च दृष्ट्वा सन्दाकिनी तटे । एकाकिनीं सुस्मिसां च स्नातीं नग्नां सलज्जिताम्
Then, on the next day, seeing her alone, smiling gently, bathing unclothed and bashful on the bank of the Sandakini river—
दृष्ट्वा श्रोणिं स्तनयुगमतीव विपुलं हरिः । मूर्च्छमवाप कामार्तो जहार चेतनां पुनः
Seeing her broad hips and ample pair of breasts, Hari, seized by desire, again lost consciousness.
क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप्य गत्वा कामी तदन्तिकम् । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा विनयेन पतिव्रताम्
Regaining his senses in a moment, filled with passion, he approached her and spoke with gentle words and humility to the devoted wife.
महेन्द्र उवाच अहो गुणमहो रूपमहो किं वा नवं वयः । अहो किं वा मुखश्रीस्ते शरच्चन्द्रं विनिन्दती
Mahendra said: Oh, what virtue! Oh, what beauty! Oh, what youth is this? Oh, what radiance of your face, outshining even the autumn moon!
अहोकटाक्षं कुटिलं पुंसां चित्तविकर्षणम् । किमहो लोचनं पद्मप्रभामोचनमीप्सितम्
Oh, what a sidelong glance—crooked, captivating the minds of men! Oh, what eyes, desiring to release the light of lotuses!
गमनं रमणीयं च गचखञ्जनभञ्जनम् । अहो वाक्यं सुमधुरं पीयूषादपि दुर्लभम्
Your gait is charming, breaking the pride of the swan and the elephant; oh, your speech is so sweet, rarer even than nectar.
किमहो विपुलश्रोणी कामाधारा मनोहरा । कामदा कामुकायैव मुनिमानसमोहिनी
Oh, what broad hips, the very seat of desire, enchanting; a giver of pleasure to the passionate, bewildering even the minds of sages.
अतीव कठिना पीना रम्भास्च म्भविडम्बिता । अहो नितम्बयुगुलं वर्तुलं चन्द्रबिम्बवत्
So very firm and full, rivaling plantain stems—oh, your pair of rounded hips are like the orb of the moon.
श्रीयुक्तं श्रीफलयुगतुल्यं ते स्तनयुग्मकम् । अत्युन्नतं सुकठिनं त्रैलोक्यचित्तमोहनम्
Your pair of breasts, endowed with beauty, equal to the fruits of fortune, exceedingly high and firm, enchant the minds of all three worlds.
अहो किं वा तपस्तेपे गौतमश्च तपोधनः । संप्राप यत्फलेनैव सुदतीं सुन्दरीं वराम्
Oh, what austerity did Gautama, the wealthy in penance, perform, that by its fruit he obtained such a lovely, sweet-smiling beauty as you?
निषेव्य प्रकृतिं दुर्गा विष्णुमायां सनातनीम् । लक्ष्मीं च लक्ष्मीसदृशीमीदृशीं प्राप पद्मिनीम्
Having served Durga, the eternal power of Vishnu, and Lakshmi, equal to Lakshmi herself, he obtained you, a lotus-like woman.
सुकोमलां सुवदनां ललनां नलिनाननाम् । शुद्धां च सुदतीं श्यामां न्यग्रोधदलमध्यमाम्
So tender, with a lovely face, a woman with a lotus-like countenance, pure, sweet-smiling, dark-complexioned, with thighs like the leaf of a banyan tree.
त्वत्पालनं च जानामिकामशास्त्रविचक्षणः । कामो वा कामुकश्चन्द्र किं त्वा जानाति गौतमः
I know well how to cherish you, being skilled in the science of love; but does Gautama, or even the god of love or the moon, know you as I do?
मां प्रशंसन्ति नित्यं ते कामशास्त्रविचक्षणाः । उर्वश्याद्यश्चाप्सरसो मां प्रशंसन्ति संततम्
Those skilled in the science of love always praise me; even Urvashi and the Apsaras constantly praise me.
दासिं कृत्वा च दास्यामि शचीं तुम्यं वरानने । त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्मी विपुलां गृहण त्यज गौतमम्
Make Shachi your maidservant, and I shall give her to you, O beautiful-faced one; accept the vast fortune of the three worlds—abandon Gautama.