ततो दृष्टो वने हृद्यो वामदेवाश्रमो मया
Then, in the forest, I beheld the delightful hermitage of Vāmadeva.
आरुह्य वाहनश्रेष्ठंमन्दरं द्रष्टुमागतः
Having mounted the best of vehicles, I came to see Mandara.
प्राप्तं मच्छ्रवणे गीतं तव वक्त्रविनिर्गतम्
A song, issuing from your lips, reached my ears.
दृष्टेः पथमनुप्राप्ता मम त्वं चारुलोचने
O beautiful-eyed one, you came into my line of sight.
सांप्रतं चेतनायुक्तस्तव वाक्यामृतेन हि
Now, endowed with awareness, I am revived by the nectar of your words.
प्रत्युत्तरप्रदानेन प्रसादं कर्त्तुमर्हसि
By giving a reply, you ought to show your favor.
अहं ब्रह्मभवा राजंस्त्वदर्थं समुपागता
O king, I have come here, born from Brahmā, for your sake.
परित्यज्य सुरान्सर्वान्विश्वंभरपुरोगमान्
Having abandoned all the gods, headed by Viśvambhara,
संपूजयन्ती देवेशं गीतदानेन शङ्करम्
Honoring the lord of gods, Śaṅkara, by offering song as a gift,
सर्वदानाधिकं भूप ह्यनन्तगतिदायकम्
O king, the giving of song surpasses all other gifts, for it grants endless attainment.
ईप्सितो ऽयं मया प्राप्तो भवानवनिपालकः
This, which I desired, has been obtained: you, O protector of the earth.
अभिप्रीतो ऽसि मे राजन्नभिप्रीता ह्यहं तव
O king, you are pleased with me, and I am indeed pleased with you.
उत्थापयामास धराशयानमिन्द्रस्य यष्टीमिव मोहिनी सा
Mohinī raised him from the earth, as if lifting Indra’s staff.
मा शङ्कां कुरु राजेन्द्र कुमारीं विद्ध्यकल्मषाम्
Do not harbor any suspicion, O king of kings; know the maiden to be without fault.
अनूढा कन्यका राजन् यदि गर्भं बिभर्ति हि
If an unmarried girl, O king, indeed bears a child,
चाण्डालयोनयस्तिस्रः पुराणे कवयो विदुः
the ancient sages have described three kinds of outcaste births.
ब्राह्मण्यां शूद्रजनिता तृतीया नृपपुङ्गव
The third, O foremost of kings, is one born to a Brahmin woman by a Śūdra man.
ततस्तां चपलापाङ्गीं नृपो रुक्माङ्गदो गिरौ
Then King Rukmāṅgada took that woman with restless eyes to the mountain.
न तथा त्रिदिवप्राप्तिः प्रीणयेन्मां वरानने
O lovely-faced one, even attaining heaven would not please me so much.
मन्ये पुरन्दराद्देवि ह्यात्मानमधिकं क्षितौ
O goddess, I think myself greater on earth than even Purandara.
तस्माद्यदनुकूलं ते तत्करोमि प्रशाधि माम्
Therefore, whatever pleases you, I shall do; command me.
मलये मेरुशिखरे वने वा नन्दने वद
On Malaya, on the summit of Meru, or in the Nandana forest—speak your wish.
उवाचानुशयं राजन्वचनं प्रीतिवर्द्धनम्
She spoke words, O king, that increased his joy and expressed her feelings.
भविष्यन्ति महीपाल कथं गच्छामि ते पुरम्
O protector of the earth, how can I go to your city when there will be co-wives?
यस्याः सपत्नीप्रभवं दुःखमामरणं भवेत्
For whom the suffering caused by a co-wife is unending, even unto death.
ज्ञात्वा सपत्नीप्रभवं दुःखं भर्ता कृतो मया
Knowing the suffering caused by a co-wife, I have made you my husband.
न त्वं वससि राजेन्द्र संध्यावल्या विना क्वचित्
O king, you never dwell anywhere without Saṃdhyāvalī.
दुःखेन भवतो राजन्भूरि दुःखं भवेन्मम
O king, your sorrow would become my great sorrow.
यत्र त्वं रंस्यसे राजंस्तत्र मे मन्दरो गिरिः
Wherever you take pleasure, O king, there my Mandara mountain shall be.
स मेरुः काञ्चनमयः सन्निधाने प्रचक्षते
That Meru, made of gold, is said to be present there.