तां च वह्निपरीक्षां व कारयामास सत्वरम्
He quickly had the fire ordeal performed.
छाया चोवाच वह्निं च रामं च विनयान्विता
The shadow, with humility, spoke to the fire and to Rama.
वह्निरुवाच कृत्वा तपस्यां तत्रैव स्वर्गलक्ष्मीर्भविष्यसि ।। 2.14.
Agni said: By performing austerity right there, you shall attain the fortune of heaven.
सा च तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रतेपे पुष्करे तपः
Hearing those words, she undertook austerity at Pushkara.
सा च कालेन तपसा यज्ञकुण्डसमुद्भवा
In time, through her austerity, she arose from the sacrificial fire-pit.
कृते युगे वेदवती कुशध्वजसुता शुभा
In the Krita Yuga, she was Vedavati, the auspicious daughter of Kushadhvaja.
तच्छाया द्रौपदी देवी द्वापरे द्रुपदात्मजा
Her shadow was the goddess Draupadi, the daughter of Drupada in the Dvapara Yuga.
नारद उवाच इति वै चित्तसन्देहं दूरीकुरु महाप्रभो
Narada said: Thus, O great lord, remove all doubt from your mind.
नारायण उवाच रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना छाया सा बहुविह्वला
Narayana said: That shadow, endowed with beauty and youth, was greatly distressed.
रामाग्न्योराज्ञया तप्त्वा ययाचे शङ्करं वरम्
By the command of Rama and Agni, she performed austerity and sought a boon from Shankara.
पतिं देहि पतिं देहि पतिं देहि त्रिलोचन
"Give me a husband, give me a husband, give me a husband, O three-eyed one!"
शिवस्तत्प्रार्थनां श्रुत्वा सस्मितो रसिकेश्वरः
Hearing her request, Shiva, the lord of rasa, smiled.
तेनासीत्पाण्डवानां च पञ्चानां कामिनी प्रिया 2.14.
Because of this, she became the beloved wife of the five Pandavas.
अथ संप्राप्य लङ्कायां सीतां रामो मनोहराम्
Then Rama, having attained Sita, the enchanting one, in Lanka—
एकादशसहस्राब्दं कृत्वा राज्यं च भारते
He ruled in Bharata for eleven thousand years.
कमलांशा वेदवती कमलायां विवेश सा
Vedavati, a portion of Lakshmi, entered into Kamala.
सततं मूर्तिमन्तश्च वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
The four Vedas are always embodied.
कुशध्वजसुताख्यानमुक्तं संक्षेपतस्तव
The story of the daughter of Kushadhvaja has thus been briefly told to you.
नारायण उवाच नृपेण सार्द्धं सा रागाद्रेमे वै गन्धमादने
Narayana said: Out of passion, she sported with the king on Mount Gandhamadana.
शय्यां रतिकरींकृत्वा पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिता
They made a bed for pleasure, adorned with flowers and sandal paste.
स्त्रीरत्नमतिचार्वंगी रत्नभूषणभूषिता
A jewel among women, with a most graceful form, adorned with ornaments of precious gems.
सुरताद्विरतिर्नासीत्तयोः सुरतविज्ञयोः
There was no cessation of lovemaking between those two, who were skilled in the art of love.
ततो रजस्वलां प्राप्य सुरताद्विरराम सः
Then, upon her becoming menstruous, he refrained from lovemaking.
दधार गर्भं सा सद्यो देवाब्दशतकं सती
She immediately conceived, and, remaining chaste, bore the embryo for a hundred divine years.
शुभक्षणे शुभदिने शुभयोगेन संयुते
At an auspicious moment, on an auspicious day, endowed with an auspicious conjunction,
कार्तिकीपूर्णिमायां च सितवारे च पद्मजे
On the full moon of Kārtika, on a bright day, O lotus-born one,
पादपद्मयुगे चैव पद्मरागविराजिताम्
With a pair of lotus-like feet, resplendent with the hue of padmarāga gems,
राजलक्ष्मीलक्ष्मयुक्तां राजलक्ष्म्यधिदेवताम् 2.15.
Endowed with the fortune of royalty, the presiding goddess of royal prosperity,
पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठीं च पश्यन्तीं सस्मितां गृहम्
With lips like ripe bimba fruit, smiling as she gazed about the house,
तदधस्त्रिवलीयुक्तां वृत्तवल्गुनितम्बिनीम्
With three folds below her navel, and rounded, gently swaying hips,