ब्राह्मण उवाच- तूष्णींभावो मया कार्यो गच्छ त्वं शीघ्रमग्रतः । इत्युक्ता ब्राह्मणेनासौ मनसेदमचिंतयत्
The Brahmin said: I must remain silent; you go ahead quickly. Thus addressed by the Brahmin, she thought this in her mind:
अनेन संगमो मह्यं यथाभूयात्तथाविधि । रोदनं तु करिष्यामि तथा यास्यति सांत्वितुम्
May our meeting happen as I desire; I will weep in such a way that he will come to console me.
मां च सांत्वयितुं प्राप्तो मां समुत्थापयिष्यति । अहमुत्तिष्ठमानैव दोर्लताकंठसंगिनी
When he comes to comfort me, he will try to raise me up; as I rise, I will entwine my arms around his neck like a vine.
कुचयुग्मेन तद्गात्रं स्पर्शयंती विमूर्च्छिता । गतभानां हि मां दृष्ट्वा निषण्णः स्वयमेव सः
Fainting, I will press my breasts against his body; seeing me unconscious, he himself will sit down.
उत्संगे मामकं देहं निधास्यति द्विजाग्रणीः । अचेतनेव वसनमपास्य रुदतीव च
The foremost of Brahmins will place my body on his lap; as if insensible, I will cast off my garment and appear to be weeping.
सुस्निग्धं रोमरहितं पक्वाश्वत्थदलाकृति । दर्शयिष्यामि तत्स्थानं कामगेहं सुगंधि च
I will reveal that place, smooth, hairless, shaped like a ripe ashvattha leaf, fragrant and the abode of desire.
मयैव विलुठंत्यांगे तस्य वस्त्रमपास्यते । विलुप्यमानसं तस्य करिष्ये स्ववशं द्विजम्
As I roll about, his garment will be cast aside by me; while he is being enticed, I will bring the Brahmin under my control.
अदृष्टौ यादृशं चित्तं दृष्टौ नैतादृशं भवेत् । दर्शने यादृशं चित्तं संलापे नैव तादृशम्
The mind is not the same when unseen as when seen; the mind in seeing is not the same as in conversation.
संलापे यादृशं चित्तं हास्योक्तौ नैव तादृशम् । हास्योक्तौ यादृशं चित्तं स्पर्शने नैव तादृशम्
The mind in conversation is not the same as in joking; the mind in joking is not the same as in touching.
स्पर्शने यादृशं चित्तं योनिदृष्टौ न तादृशम् । तद्दृष्टौ यादृशं चित्तं योनिस्पर्शे न तादृशम्
The mind in touching is not the same as in seeing the sexual organ; the mind in seeing that is not the same as in touching it.
बाहुमूलकुचद्वंद्व स्वयोनिस्पर्शदर्शनात् । कस्य न स्खलते चेतो रेतः स्कन्नं च नो भवेत्
Who does not have their mind falter or their semen not spill upon seeing or touching the root of the arm, the pair of breasts, or one's own sexual organ?
दधीच उवाच- इति संचिंत्य मनसा क्षत्रिया गृहमभ्यगात् । स्वगृहद्वारमासाद्य मंदं मंदं रुरोद वै
Dadhichi said: Thus reflecting in her mind, the Kshatriya woman went to her house; reaching her own doorway, she wept softly and gently.
चिरं कालं च रुदितं ब्राह्मणः करुणानिधिः
After she had wept for a long time, the Brahmin, full of compassion—
स्त्रीबालवृद्धातुर राजयोगिनां विषाग्नितोयाद्रि निपातनादिना । दुःखस्य चैवोद्धरणं प्रशस्यते कूपस्यदानेन समं वदंति
It is said that rescuing women, children, the aged, the sick, kings, ascetics, and those afflicted by poison, fire, water, or falling from a mountain, and relieving suffering, is praised as equal to giving a well.
इत्थं विचार्य विप्रोऽसौ शुचिर्भूतः प्रसन्नधीः । तस्याः समीपमगमत्तामुवाच ततो द्विजः
Thus considering, that pure and clear-minded Brahmin approached her and then spoke to her.
अलं शोकेन महता इहामुत्र विरोधिना । शरीरशोषणं ह्येतच्चित्तविध्वंसनं तथा
Enough of this great sorrow, which is harmful both here and hereafter; it dries up the body and destroys the mind as well.
त्यज शोकमिमं बाले न चार्थः शोचितेन वै । शोकस्य कारणं किं वा येनेत्थं रुद्यते त्वया
Abandon this sorrow, child; there is truly no purpose in grieving. What is the cause of your grief, for which you weep in this way?
दधीच उवाच- एवमुक्ता द्विजेनाथ न सा किंचिदुवाच ह । मूर्च्छितेवापतद्भूमौ तमदृष्ट्वेव वीक्षते
Dadhīca said: Thus addressed by the twice-born, she did not say anything at all, but collapsed to the ground as if fainting, looking at him as though she did not see.
तामथोत्थापयामास ब्राह्मणः परमार्थवित् । उत्थितोत्थापिता तेन निपपात पुनः पुनः
Then the Brāhmaṇa, knower of the highest truth, raised her up. Though lifted and made to stand, she fell down again and again.
पतितां पतितां विप्रो निषद्योत्थाप्य तां पुनः । अंकमारोपयामास प्रममार्ज विलोचने
The Brāhmaṇa, seeing her fall repeatedly, sat down and lifted her up once more, placed her on his lap, and gently wiped her eyes.
अथ सा मूर्च्छितेवाशु वसनं परिमुच्य तम् । दर्शयंती स्तनौ गुह्यं बाहुमूले विलोचने
Then, as if fainting, she quickly loosened her garment, revealing her breasts, her secret place, and her eyes at the root of her arms.
आलंब्य कंठे बाहुभ्यां स्तनाभ्यामस्पृशद्द्विजम् । चंद्रातपश्च विशदो मंदमारुतसंभवः
Clinging to his neck with her arms, she touched the Brāhmaṇa with her breasts; the clear moonlight arose, accompanied by a gentle breeze.
अथ चिंतापरो विप्रो नैव कार्यमिदं मम । पितुर्वा मातुरुचितं पत्युर्वाथ गुरोस्तथा
Then the Brāhmaṇa, absorbed in thought, reflected: 'This is not my duty; it is proper for her father, mother, husband, or teacher.'
असंबुद्धस्य मे सर्वं विपरीतं विभाति वै । अथ कामः समायातो रहस्ये स्थितयोस्तयोः
Everything appears reversed to me, as if I am not in my right mind. Then, as the two stood together in private, desire arose.
विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैर्द्विजं कामो दुरात्मवान् । स्मरबाणातुरो विप्रश्चिंतयामास कामुकः
Desire, wicked in nature, pierced the Brāhmaṇa with sharp arrows. Afflicted by the arrows of Kāma, the Brāhmaṇa, now a lover, began to reflect.
इयं सुचारु सर्वांगी कामिनीव प्रदृश्यते । नोचेद्योनिमुखे ह्यस्याः कथं रोमांचसंभवः
'This woman, beautiful in every limb, appears as a passionate lover; otherwise, how could there be goosebumps at the opening of her yoni?'
तदेतस्याः कुचस्पर्शात्सर्वं व्यक्तं भविष्यति । इति संचिंत्य मनसा कुचौ योनिं द्विजोऽस्पृशत्
'Therefore, by touching her breasts, everything will become clear.' Thinking thus in his mind, the Brāhmaṇa touched her breasts and yoni.
सापि मूर्च्छितरूपेव मंदस्मितमुखाभवत् । आलिलिंग द्विजं गाढमाननं च चुचुंब ह
She, too, as if in a faint, became one with a gentle smile on her face, embraced the Brāhmaṇa tightly, and kissed his face.
तयोरथ समायोगो वर्षाणां शतमप्यभूत् । गते वर्षशते पश्चादेकस्मिन्दिवसे द्विजः
Then their union lasted for a hundred years; after a hundred years had passed, on a certain day, the Brāhmaṇa—
स्नातुं ययौ नदीं प्रातः सापि विप्रप्रसंगतः । स्नानं तत्र तथा चक्रे पुराणं श्रुतवानथ
Went to the river in the morning to bathe; she, too, attached to the Brāhmaṇa, performed her bath there in the same way, having heard the Purāṇa.