जन्मप्रभृति यत्पुण्यं त्वया यत्नेन संचितम्
The merit you have diligently accumulated since birth—
एहि चार्वङ्गि कर्त्तास्मि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
Come, O beautiful-limbed one, I will do whatever is in your mind.
किं पुनर्ग्रामवित्तादि धरायुक्तं च भामिनि
What then of village wealth and land, O lovely one?
नोपोष्यं वामरं विष्णोर्भोक्तव्या यद्यहं प्रिया
If I am dear to you, I should not eat food not offered to Vishnu.
त्वत्संयोगं विना भूता भविष्यामि वरं विना
Without union with you, I will exist without any boon.
तदा त्यजोपवासं हि भुज्यतां हरिवासरे
Then, abandon fasting and eat on the day of Hari.
न चेद्दास्यसि राजेन्द्र भूत्वानृतवचाभवान्
O King, if you do not give, having spoken falsely, you will become one who utters untruth.
मैवं त्वं वद कल्याणि नेदं त्वय्युपपद्यते
Do not speak thus, O auspicious one; this is not fitting for you.
जन्मप्रभृत्यहं नैव भुक्तवान्हरिवासरे
From birth, I have never eaten on the day of Hari (Vishnu).
यौवनातीतमर्त्यस्य क्षीणेन्द्रियबलस्य च
For a mortal whose youth has passed and whose strength of senses is diminished,
न कृतं यन्मया बाल्ये यौवने न कृतं च यत्
What was not done by me in childhood, nor what was done in youth—
प्रसीद चपलापाङ्गि प्रसीद वरवर्णिनि
Be gracious, O one with restless glances; be gracious, O woman of excellent complexion.
अथवा नेच्छसि त्वं तत्करोम्यन्यत्सुलोचने
Or, if you do not desire that, O beautiful-eyed one, I will do something else.
यत्रेच्छसि नयिष्यामि पादचारी कलत्रयुक्
Wherever you wish, I will take you, following at your feet, together with my wife.
तर्हि स्वर्णमयौ स्तंभौ कृत्वा विद्रुमभूषितौ
Then, making two pillars of gold adorned with coral,
तत्र त्वां दोलयिष्यामि बहून्मासानहर्निशम्
There I will swing you for many months, day and night.
वरं श्वपचमांसं हि श्वमांसं वा वरानने
It is better to eat the flesh of a dog-eater or even dog’s flesh, O lovely-faced one,
त्रैलोक्यघातिनः पापं मैथुने शशिनः क्षये
Than to commit the sin of destroying the three worlds, or of intercourse during the waning of the moon,
भोजने वासरे विष्णोस्तैले षष्ट्यां व्यवस्थिते
Or of eating on Vishnu’s day, or when the sixtieth part of oil remains,
आज्येषु पौर्णमास्यां वै सुरायां रविसंक्रमे
Or in clarified butter on the full moon, or in liquor at the sun’s transition,
निक्षेपहारके वापि कुमारीविघ्नकारके
Or in stealing deposits, or in causing obstacles for a maiden,
ददामीति द्विजाग्र्याय प्रतिश्रुत्य न दातरि
Or having promised to give to a foremost Brahmin and then not giving,
यत्पातकं तदन्ने हि संस्थितं हरिवासरे
Whatever sin exists in that food is present on the day of Hari.
एकभुक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च
By eating only once, at night, or by what is begged—
गुर्विणीनां गृहस्थानां क्षीणानां रोगिणां तथा
Of pregnant women, householders, those who are impoverished, and those who are ill,
यज्ञभोगोद्यतानां च संग्रामक्षितिसेविनाम्
And of those engaged in sacrificial offerings, those preparing for battle, and those serving the king,
एतन्मे गौतमः प्राह स्थिताया मन्दराचले
This, Gautama told me while residing on Mount Mandara,
ते गृहस्था द्विजा ज्ञेया येषामग्निपरिग्रहः
Those householders among the twice-born who maintain the sacred fire are to be known as such.
गुर्विणी ह्यष्टममासीया शिशवश्चाष्टवत्सराः
A pregnant woman is in her eighth month, and children are eight years old.
ये विवाहादिमाङ्गल्यकर्मव्यग्रा महोत्सवाः
Those who are occupied with auspicious rites such as marriage, and those engaged in great festivals,