लज्जिता दुःखिता जाता अधःकृत्वा ततो मुखम् । अहं पापा दुराचारा निःशंका परिवर्तिता
Ashamed and distressed, she lowered her face; 'I am sinful, of bad conduct, and now, without fear, I have been changed.'
कोपमेवं महाभागः करिष्यति न संशयः । यावद्धि चिंतयेत्सा च तावत्तेनापि पापिना
'Surely the great-souled one will become angry, there is no doubt; as long as she thought thus, that sinner again—'
समाहूता तुरीभूय एह्येहि त्वं मम प्रिये । त्वया विना कृतो देवि प्राणान्धर्तुं वरानने
—summoned her, 'Come, come, you are my beloved! O beautiful-faced one, without you, O goddess, I cannot sustain my life.'
न हि शक्नोम्यहं कांते जीवितं प्रियमेव च । तव स्नेहेन लुब्धोस्मि त्वां त्यक्त्वा नोत्सहे भृशम्
'Indeed, O lovely one, I cannot live, nor do I desire life; I am captivated by your affection, I cannot bear to leave you.'
ब्राह्मण्युवाच- एवमुक्ता गतापश्यत्सुमुखं लज्जयान्विता । समालिंग्य ततो दैत्यः सतीं पद्मावतीं तदा
The brāhmaṇa said: Thus addressed, she went and saw him, her face filled with shame; then the demon embraced the virtuous Padmāvatī.
एकांतं तु समानीता सुभुक्ता इच्छया ततः । दैत्येन गोभिलेनापि सत्यकेतोः सुता तदा
Brought aside in private, she was enjoyed at his will by the demon Gobhila, that daughter of Satyaketu.
सुकलोवाच- मुष्कस्थानेस्य संकेतं नाविंदत वरानना । स्ववस्त्रं सा परिगृह्य शंकिता दुःखिता ह्यभूत्
Sukala said: The beautiful-faced one did not recognize the sign at his groin; taking her own garment, she became suspicious and distressed.
सा सक्रोधा वचः प्राह गोभिलं दानवाधमम् । कस्त्वं पापसमाचारो निर्घृणो दानवाकृतिः
With anger, she spoke these words to Gobhila, the vile demon: 'Who are you, of sinful conduct, pitiless, with the form of a demon?'
शप्तुकामा समुद्युक्ता दुःखेनाकुलितेक्षणा । वेपमाना तदा राजन्दुःखभारेण पीडिता
Desiring to utter a curse, her eyes distressed with sorrow, trembling and weighed down by the burden of grief, she prepared herself, O King.
मम कांतच्छलेनैव त्वयागत्य दुरात्मवन् । नाशितं धर्ममेवाग्र्यं पातिव्रत्यमनुत्तमम्
By coming to me under the guise of my beloved, you, with evil intent, have destroyed my foremost dharma—my supreme fidelity to my husband.
सुस्वरं रुदितं कृत्वा मम जन्म त्वया हृतम् । पश्य मे बलमत्रैव शापं दास्ये सुदारुणम्
Having wept aloud with a clear voice, you have ruined my very birth; behold my power here and now—I shall pronounce upon you a most terrible curse.
एवं संभाषमाणा तं शप्तुकामा तु गोभिलम्
Thus, as she spoke, intent on cursing him, Gobhila—
सुकलोवाच- तस्यास्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा गोभिलो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । भवती शप्तुकामासि कस्मान्मे कारणं वद
Sukala said: Hearing her words, Gobhila spoke: 'You wish to curse me—tell me, for what reason?'
केन दोषेण लिप्तोस्मि यस्मात्त्वं शप्तुमुद्यता । गोभिलो नाम दैत्योस्मि पौलस्त्यस्य भटः शुभे
By what fault am I tainted, that you are ready to curse me? I am Gobhila, a Daitya by name, a servant of Paulastya, O auspicious one.
दैत्याचारेण वर्तामि जाने विद्यामनुत्तमाम् । वेदशास्त्रार्थवेत्तास्मि कलासु निपुणः पुनः
I live by the conduct of Daityas; I know supreme knowledge, I am versed in the meaning of the Vedas and scriptures, and skilled in the arts as well.
एवं सर्वं विजानामि दैत्याचारं शृणुष्व मे । परस्वं परदारांश्च बलाद्भुंजामि नान्यथा
Thus I know everything—hear from me the conduct of Daityas: I seize the wealth and wives of others by force, not otherwise.
वयं दैत्याः समाकर्ण्य दैत्याचारेण सांप्रतम् । वर्त्तामो ज्ञानिभावेन सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
We Daityas, having heard, now act according to Daitya ways; I speak the truth, the truth, in the spirit of knowledge.
ब्राह्मणानां हि च्छिद्राणि विपश्यामो दिने दिने । तेषां हि तपसो नाशं विघ्नैः कुर्मो न संशयः
Every day we observe the faults of Brahmins; we certainly cause the destruction of their austerity through obstacles—there is no doubt.
छिद्रं प्राप्य वयं देवि नाशयामो न संशयः । ब्राह्मणाञ्छ्रूयतां भद्रे देवयज्ञं वरानने
Finding a weakness, O lady, we destroy them without doubt; listen, O beautiful-faced one, about the divine sacrifice of Brahmins.
नाशयामो वयं यज्ञान्धर्मयज्ञं न संशयः । सुब्राह्मणान्परित्यज्य देवं नारायणं प्रभुम्
We destroy their sacrifices, and their righteous offerings—there is no doubt; abandoning noble Brahmins, we forsake Lord Nārāyaṇa.
पतिव्रतां महाभागां सुमतिं भर्तृतत्पराम् । दूरेणापि परित्यज्य तिष्ठामो नात्र संशयः
A chaste and blessed wife, devoted to her husband and of good conduct—we avoid her even from afar, there is no doubt.
तेजो देवि सुविप्रस्य हरेश्चैव महात्मनः । नार्याः पतिव्रतायाश्च सोढुं दैत्याश्च न क्षमाः
O goddess, the radiance of a noble Brahmin, of the great-souled Hari, and of a chaste wife—Daityas are not able to endure.
पतिव्रताभयेनापि विष्णोः सुब्राह्मणस्य च । नश्यंति दानवाः सर्वे दूरं राक्षसपुंगवाः
Out of fear of a chaste wife and of Viṣṇu, and of a noble Brahmin, all Dānavas perish, and the foremost of Rākṣasas flee far away.
अहं दानवधर्मेण विचरामि महीतलम् । कस्मात्त्वं शप्तुकामासि मम दोषो विचार्यताम्
I roam the earth by the law of Dānavas; why do you wish to curse me? Let my fault be considered.
पद्मावत्युवाच- मम धर्मः सुकायश्च त्वयैव परिनाशितः । अहं पतिव्रता साध्वी पतिकामा तपस्विनी
Padmāvati said: My dharma and good reputation have been destroyed by you alone; I am a chaste and virtuous wife, devoted to my husband and engaged in austerity.
स्वमार्गे संस्थिता पाप मायया परिनाशिता । तस्मात्त्वामप्यहं दुष्ट आधक्ष्यामि न संशयः
Established in my own path, O wicked one, I have been ruined by your deceit; therefore, I shall afflict you, evil one, without doubt.
गोभिल उवाच- धर्ममेव प्रवक्ष्यामि भवती यदि मन्यते । अग्निचिद्ब्राह्मणस्यापि श्रूयतां नृपनंदिनी
Gobhila said: If you permit, I shall speak of righteousness; let the wife of the king listen, even to the dharma of a Brahmin who tends the sacred fire.
जुह्वन्देवं द्विकालं यो न त्यजेदग्निमंदिरम् । स चाग्निहोत्री भवति यजत्येव दिनेदिने
He who worships the divine twice daily and never abandons the fire-altar—such a one is called an Agnihotrin, who performs the sacrifice every single day.
अन्यच्चैवं प्रवक्ष्यामि भृत्यधर्मं वरानने । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा विशुद्धो योऽपि नित्यशः
Now I shall also speak of the duty of a servant, O beautiful-faced one: whoever is always pure in mind, deed, and speech—
नित्यमादेशकारी यः पश्चात्तिष्ठति चाग्रतः । स भृत्यः कथ्यते देवि पुण्यभागी न संशयः
Whoever always carries out commands, stands behind and before his master—such a one is called a servant, O goddess, and is certainly blessed, without doubt.