ततश्छुछुन्दरी स्याच्च सप्त जन्मानि भारते
Then Chuchundari will be born in Bharata for seven lifetimes.
भर्तुरर्थे तु या वित्तें विद्यमानं न यच्छति
But the woman who, for her husband's sake, does not give available wealth—
क्रिमियोनिविनिर्मुक्ता काष्ठीला जायते शुभे
Freed from worm-birth, O auspicious one, she is born as a wood insect.
अग्निप्रज्वालनाथ हि काष्ठं पाटयते चिरम्
Indeed, the fire that is kindled splits wood for a long time.
काष्ठं पाटयतस्तस्य समीपमगमं तदा
As the wood was being split, I then approached nearby.
नवनीतनिभं देहं बिभ्राणा चाञ्जनत्विषम्
She bore a body like fresh butter, with the radiance of collyrium.
तां दृष्ट्वा पतितां भूमौ हन्तुं ध्वाङ्क्षः समागतः
Seeing her fallen on the ground, a vulture arrived to kill her.
तावन्निवारितः सद्यो मया लोष्टेन तत्क्षणात्
At that moment, I immediately warded him off with a clod.
सक्षता तुण्डसंस्पृष्टा न च शक्ता पलायितुम्
Struck and touched by the beak, she was unable to flee.
सिक्ता किञ्चिज्जलैनैव ततः स्वास्थ्यमुपागता
Sprinkled with a little water, she then regained her health.
संध्यावलीति संबोध्य सखीमध्यसमास्थिताम्
Addressing Saṃdhyāvalī, who was seated among her companions,
पूर्वजन्मनि पत्नी च कैण्डिन्यस्य शुभानने
O auspicious-faced one, in a previous birth I was the wife of Kaiṇḍinya.
जनन्या बन्धुवर्गस्य पितुरिष्टतमा ह्यहम्
I was the most beloved of my father, mother, and the entire family circle.
कुलीनाय सरूपाय स्त्रीसंगरहिताय च
I was given to a noble, handsome man who was free from association with other women.
श्वशुरेणापि मे दत्तं सुवर्णस्यायुतं पुरा
Long ago, even my father-in-law gave me ten thousand pieces of gold.
गोमहिष्यादिसंयुक्ता धनधान्यसमन्विता
I was endowed with cows, buffaloes, and other wealth, and possessed abundant riches and grain.
कालेन पञ्चतां प्राप्तः श्वशुरो वेदतत्त्ववित्
In time, my father-in-law, who was learned in the essence of the Vedas, passed away.
ततो भर्ताञ्जलिं दत्वा पित्रोः श्राद्धमथाकरोत्
After that, my husband, offering reverence, performed the śrāddha rites for his parents.
गतः कौतुकभावेनहृच्छयेन प्रपीडितः
He went, filled with curiosity and tormented by longing in his heart.
प्रविशत्यां नृपगृहे दृष्टास्तेन द्विजन्मना
When entering the king’s house, he was seen by that twice-born man.
स्वगृहे धारयामास क्रीडार्थं दुर्मतिः पतिः
My foolish husband kept me in his own house for amusement.
वर्षत्रये गते देवि निस्वो जातः पतिर्मम
After three years had passed, O goddess, my husband became destitute.
तन्मया नहि दत्तं तु भर्त्रे व्यसनिने तदा
At that time, I did not give anything to my husband, who was afflicted by misfortune.
ततः पितृगृहे वित्तं भृत्यादिकमशेषतः
Then, all the wealth, servants, and the like in my father’s house,
क्षेत्रधान्यादिकं यच्च सभाण्डं सपरिच्छदम्
as well as the fields, grain, and all goods and attendants,
नावमारुह्य मे भर्ता विवेशान्तर्महोदधेः
My husband boarded a boat and entered the depths of the great ocean.
शुभे समुद्रजातानि जीवचेष्ठाङ्कितानि च
O auspicious one, there were creatures of the sea and signs of life arising from the ocean.
गता विशीर्णतां तत्र मृतास्ते नावमाश्रिताः
There, the boat was wrecked, and those who had taken refuge in it perished.
वायुना नीयमानो ऽसौ प्राचीनेन स्वकर्मणा
Carried along by the wind, he moved eastward, driven by his own actions.
बहुनिर् झरणोपेतं बहुपक्षिसमन्वितम्
He came to a place with many streams and abundant birds.