नारायण उवाच दूतं प्रस्थापयामास कार्त्तवीर्य्याश्रमं भृगुः
Nārāyaṇa said: Bhṛgu sent a messenger to the hermitage of Kārtavīrya.
स दूतःशीघ्रमागत्य वसन्तं राजसंसदि
That messenger, arriving swiftly, saw him in the royal assembly.
रामदूत उवाच स भृगुर्भ्रातृभिः सार्द्धं तत्र त्वं गन्तुमर्हसि
The messenger of Rāma said: That Bhṛgu, together with his brothers, you ought to go there.
युद्धं कुरु महाराज जातिभिर्ज्ञातिभिः सह
O great king, wage battle along with your kinsmen and relatives.
इत्युक्त्वा रामदूतश्चाप्यगच्छद्रामसन्निधिम्
Having spoken thus, the messenger of Rāma also went to the presence of Rāma.
गच्छन्तं समरं दृष्ट्वा प्राणेशं सा मनोरमा
Seeing the lord of life going to battle, that Manoramā—
राजा मनोरमां दृष्ट्वा प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणः
The king, seeing Manoramā, with a cheerful face and gaze—
कार्त्तवीर्य्यार्जुन उवाच स तिष्ठन्नर्म्मदातीरे रणाय भ्रातृभिः सह
Kārtavīryārjuna said: He stands on the bank of the Narmadā, ready for battle with his brothers.
सम्प्राप्य शङ्कराच्छस्त्रं मन्त्रं च कवचं हरेः ।' त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां कर्तुमिच्छति मेदिनीम्
Having obtained the weapon from Śaṅkara, and the mantra and armor of Hari, he wishes to make the earth devoid of kings three times seven times.
आन्दोलयन्ति मे प्राणा मनः संक्षुभितं मुहुः 3.34.
My life-forces are shaken, and my mind is repeatedly disturbed.
तैलाभ्यङ्गितमात्मानमपश्यं गर्दभोपरि
I saw myself, anointed with oil, upon a donkey.
रक्तवस्त्रपरीधानं लोहालङ्कारभूषितम्
Clad in red garments, adorned with iron ornaments.
भस्माच्छन्नां च पृथिवीं जपापुष्पान्वितां सति
And the earth covered with ashes, yet bearing hibiscus flowers.
मुक्तकेशां च नृत्यन्तीं विधवां छिन्ननासिकाम्
A widow, with loose hair, dancing, her nose cut off.
सशरामग्निरहितां चितां भस्मसमन्विताम्
A funeral pyre, without arrows or fire, covered with ashes.
पक्व तालफलाकीर्णां पृथिवीमस्थिसंयुताम्
The earth strewn with ripe palmyra fruits, mingled with bones.
पर्वतं लवणानां च राशीभूतं कपर्दकम्
A mountain of salt, and a heap of cowries.
अदृशं पुष्पितं वृक्षमशोककरवीरयोः
I saw a flowering tree of ashoka and oleander.
अपश्यमम्बरात्सूर्य्यमण्डलं समम्पतद्भुवि 3.34.
I saw the solar orb falling straight down from the sky to the earth.
विकृताकारपुरुषं विकटास्यं दिगम्बरम्
A man of deformed appearance, with a monstrous face, naked.
बाला द्वादशावर्षीया वस्त्रभूषणभूषिता
A young girl, twelve years old, adorned with garments and ornaments,
आज्ञां त्वं देहि राजेन्द्र त्वद्गेहाद्यामि काननम्
O king, grant me permission; I wish to leave your house and go to the forest.
रुष्टो विप्रो मां शपते संन्यासी च तथा गुरुः
An angry brahmin curses me, as does the ascetic and also the teacher.
चञ्चलानां च गृध्राणां काकानां निकरैः सदा
By flocks of restless vultures and crows, I am constantly tormented.
पीडितं तैलयन्त्रेण भ्रामितं तैलकारिणा
Afflicted as if by an oil-press, turned by the oil-maker,
नृत्यन्ति गायकाः सर्वे गानं गायन्ति मे गृहे
All the singers dance, singing songs in my house.
रमणं कुर्वतो लोकान्केशाकेशि च कुर्वतः
Engaged in sensual pleasures with people, and entangled hair with hair,
मोटकानि च पिण्डानि श्मशानं शवसंयुतम्
Lumps of food and balls, and a cremation ground filled with corpses,
कृष्णाम्बरा कृष्णवर्णा नग्ना वै मुक्तकेशिनी ।। 3.34.
Clad in black garments, dark in complexion, naked, with loose hair.
नापितो मुण्डते मुण्डं श्मश्रुश्रेणीं च मे प्रिये
No barber shaves my head or the rows of my beard, dear one.