पुत्रार्थी देवदेवेशं पद्मयोनिं पितामहम्। आराधयामास विभुं तीव्रव्रतपरायणः
Desiring a son, he worshipped the Lord of gods, the lotus-born grandsire, with intense vows and devotion.
ततः कालेन महता तुष्टस्तस्य पितामहः। वरं वरय भद्रं ते हृदयेभीप्सितं नृप
After a long time, the grandsire was pleased with him and said, 'Choose a boon, may it be well with you; ask for what your heart desires, O king.'
अणुह उवाच। पुत्रं मे देहि देवेश महाबलपराक्रमम्। पारगं सर्वविद्यानां धार्मिकं योगिनां वरम्१०० 1.10.
Anuha said: 'Grant me, O Lord of gods, a son of great strength and valor, accomplished in all knowledge, righteous, and foremost among yogis.'
सर्वसत्वरुतज्ञं मे देहि योगिनमात्मजम्। एवमस्त्विति विश्वात्मा तमाह परमेश्वरः
'Grant me a son who knows the speech of all beings and is a yogi.' The Lord of all, the soul of the universe, said to him, 'So be it.'
पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां तत्रैवांतरधीयत। ततः स तस्य पुत्रोभूद्ब्रह्मदत्तः प्रतापवान्
Before the eyes of all beings, he vanished right there; then, his son Brahmadatta, endowed with great prowess, was born.
सर्वसत्वानुकंपी च सर्वसत्वबलाधिकः। सर्वसत्वरुतज्ञश्च सर्वसत्वेश्वरेश्वरः
He was compassionate to all creatures, surpassed all beings in strength, understood the speech of all beings, and was the lord of all lords of beings.
अथ सत्वेन योगात्मा स पिपीलकमागतः। यत्र तत्कीटमिथुनं रममाणमवस्थितम्
Then, united with virtue, the yogic soul approached the ant, where that pair of insects was found engaged in enjoyment.
ततः सा सन्नतिर्दृष्ट्वा प्रहसंतं सुविस्मितं। किमप्याशंकमाना सा तमपृच्छन्नरेश्वरम्
Thereupon, seeing him smiling in amazement, she, suspecting something, questioned the king.
सन्नतिरुवाच। अकस्मादतिहासोयं किमर्थमभवन्नृप। हास्यहेतुं न जानामि यदकाले कृतं त्वया
Sannati said: 'O king, why did you suddenly laugh? I do not know the reason for this laughter, which you made at such a time.'
अवदद्राजपुत्रोसौ तं पिपीलिकभाषितम्। रागवद्विरसोत्पन्नमेतद्धास्यं वरानने
The prince replied to her, 'O lovely-faced one, this laughter arose from the speech of the ant, which was produced out of passion and tastelessness.'
न चान्यत्कारणं किंचिद्धास्यहेतुः शुचिस्मिते। न सामन्यततं देवी प्राहालीकमिदं तव
O bright-smiling one, there is no other reason for this laughter; nor did the queen say anything false to you.
अहमेवेह हसिता न जीविष्ये त्वयाधुना। कथं पिपीलिकालापं मर्त्यो वेत्ति सुरादृते
'I alone have laughed here; now I will not live with you. How can a mortal know the speech of ants unless he is a god?'
तस्मात्त्वयाहमेवाद्य हसिता किमतः परम्। ततो निरुत्तरो राजा जिज्ञासुस्तद्वचो हरेः
Therefore, I alone have been laughed at by you today—what more is there to say? Then the king, speechless, wished to know the meaning of her words.
आस्थाय नियमं तस्थौ सप्तरात्रमकल्मषः। स्वप्नान्ते प्राह तं ब्रह्मा प्रभाते पर्यटन्पुरम्
He observed a vow, remaining pure for seven nights; at the end of his dream, Brahmā spoke to him as he wandered the city at dawn.
वृद्धद्विजोत्तमाद्वाक्यं सर्वं ज्ञास्यति ते प्रिया। इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे ब्रह्मा प्रभाते च नृपः पुरात्
'Your beloved will learn everything from an aged, excellent brāhmaṇa.' Having said this, Brahmā vanished, and in the morning the king left the city.
निर्गच्छन्मन्त्रिसहितः सभार्यो वृद्धमग्रतः। गदंतं विप्रमायांतं वृद्धं च स ददर्श ह
Departing with his ministers and wife, he saw ahead an old brāhmaṇa, speaking and approaching, and beheld that aged one.
ब्राह्मण उवाच। ये विप्रमुख्याः कुरुजांगलेषु दाशास्तथा दाशपुरे मृगाश्च। कालंजरे सप्त च चक्रवाका ये मानसे तेत्र वसंति सिद्धाः
The brāhmaṇa said: 'Those foremost brāhmaṇas in Kurujāṅgala, the Dāśas in Dāśapura, the deer, the seven cakravāka birds in Kālañjara, and the siddhas dwelling in Mānasasaras—'
इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य स पपात शुचान्वितः। जातिस्मरत्वमगमत्तौ च मंत्रिवरात्मजौ
Hearing his words, he fell down, overcome with grief; the minister's sons attained remembrance of their past births.
कामशास्त्रप्रणेता तु बाभ्रव्यः स तु बालकः। पंचाल इति लोकेषु विश्रुतः सर्वशास्त्रवित्
Bābhravya, the author of the treatise on love, was that boy, renowned among the people as Pañcāla, knower of all scriptures.
पुंडरीकोपि धर्मात्मा वेदशास्त्रप्रवर्तकः। भूत्वा जातिस्मरौ शोकात्पतितावग्रतस्तथा
Puṇḍarīka also, righteous-souled and promoter of Vedic knowledge, having become one who remembers past births, likewise fell in front from grief.
हा वयं कर्मविभ्रष्टाः कामतः कर्मबंधनात्। एवं विलप्य बहुशस्त्रयस्ते योगपारगाः
'Alas, we are fallen from our duties, bound by karma out of desire!' Lamenting thus, those masters of yoga, versed in many scriptures—
विस्मयाच्छ्राद्धमाहाम्यमभिनंद्य पुनः पुनः। स तु तस्मै धनं दत्त्वा प्रभूतग्रामसंयुतम्
Amazed, they praised the greatness of the śrāddha again and again; and he gave him wealth, together with many villages.
विसृज्य ब्राह्मणं तं च वृद्धं धनमदान्वितम्। आत्मीयं नृपतिः पुत्रं नृपलक्षणसंयुतम्
The king, setting aside that elderly brāhmaṇa who was filled with pride in his wealth, appointed his own son, endowed with the marks of royalty.
विष्वक्सेनाभिधानं च राजाराज्येभ्यषेचयत्। मानसे सलिले सर्वे ततस्ते योगिनां वराः
He anointed his son, named Viṣvaksena, as ruler over the kingdoms; and then all those foremost of yogins, in the waters of the Mānasa lake—
ब्रह्मदत्तादयस्तस्मिन्पितृभक्ता विमत्सराः। सन्नतिश्चाभवद्धृष्टा मयैव तव दर्शितम्
Brahmadatta and the others, devoted to their ancestors and free from envy, became bold in their humility, as I have shown you.
राजन्योगफलं सर्वं यदेतदभिलक्ष्यते। तथेति प्राह राजापि पुरस्तादभिनंदयन्
The king, rejoicing in front of them, said: 'All the fruits of royal yoga that are sought after—so it is, just as you have said.'
त्वत्प्रसादादिदं सर्वं मयैवं प्राप्यते फलम्
'All this fruit has been attained by me through your grace alone.'
ततस्ते योगमास्थाय सर्व एव वनौकसः। ब्रह्मरंध्रेण परमं पदमापुस्तपोबलात्
Then all those forest-dwellers, having taken up yoga, attained the supreme state through the Brahmarandhra by the power of their austerity.
एवमायुर्धनं विद्यां स्वर्गमोक्षसुखानि च। प्रयच्छंति सुतं राज्यं नृणां तुष्टाः पितामहाः
In this way, the grandfathers, when pleased, grant to men long life, wealth, knowledge, the joys of heaven and liberation, as well as sons and kingdoms.
इदं च पितृमाहात्म्यं ब्रह्मदत्तस्य वै नृप। द्विजेभ्यः श्रावयेद्विद्वान्शृणोति पठतेपि वा। कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
O king, this greatness of the ancestors of Brahmadatta—if a learned man recites or hears it read to the twice-born, he is honored in the world of Brahmā for a full hundred crores of kalpas.