पातालवाहिनी तत्र गंगा त्रिपथगामिनी
There flowed the subterranean Ganga, the river of three paths.
तासां च संगमस्तत्र तल्लिंगं संगमेश्वरम्
There was their confluence, and at that confluence, the liṅga called Saṅgameśvara.
अथ प्राप्ते सुबाहौ च सा राज्ञी विस्मयान्विता यत्त्वयोक्तं पुरा देव कथयिष्यामि तत्र वै
Then, when Subahu arrived, the queen was filled with wonder and said, 'O lord, what you spoke of before, I will tell you here.'
एवमुक्तः सुबाहुस्तु प्रियया पृथिवीपतिः 5.2.69.
Thus addressed by his beloved, King Subahu,
सुखं स्वपिहि भद्रांगि श्रांता वयमनिंदिते
Rest well, O auspicious one, for we are weary, O faultless lady.
अथ सा रजनी वृत्ता प्रभाते नृपसत्तमः
Then, when the night had passed, the best of kings,
अहमासं कुशूद्रस्तु सर्वदा वेदनिंदकः
I was Kuśūdra, always a blasphemer of the Vedas.
पुत्रो जातस्तु दुःशीलो देवब्राह्मणवंचकः
A son was born to me, of bad conduct, a deceiver of gods and brahmins.
अथ दीर्घेण कालेन द्वादशाब्दं भयावहा
Then, after a long time, there came a dreadful period of twelve years.
वियोगस्तु त्वया प्राप्तो मया सार्द्धं सुतेन च
Separation from you befell me, along with our son.
इच्छता निधनं सद्यो मया प्रोक्तमिदं वचः
Desiring immediate death, I spoke these words.
सुतेन भार्यया सार्द्धं संगमो दुर्लभः पुनः
Reunion with wife and son is difficult to attain again.
कुटुंबार्थे करोत्येवमेकाकी निस्तरत्यसौ धर्मेण साध्यते सर्वं तस्माद्धर्मं समाश्रयेत्
For the sake of the family, one acts thus; alone, he survives—everything is accomplished by righteousness, therefore one should rely on righteousness.
इति चिंतयतोऽत्यर्थं मम प्राणा गताः प्रिये 5.2.69.
While I was thinking thus intensely, my life departed, beloved.
अंतकालेऽपि धर्मस्य प्रशंसा या मया कृता
Even at the moment of death, I praised righteousness.
त्वं च श्येनी ततो जाता तस्मिन्नेव वनोत्तमे
You were then born as a female hawk in that very excellent forest.
नदीत्रयरयेणैव निःसृतोऽहं जलात्ततः
By the current of the three rivers, I emerged from the water.
आनीतोऽहं त्वया देवि संगमेश्वरसंनिधौ
I was brought by you, O lady, into the presence of Saṃgameśvara.
म्रियमाणेन मे दृष्टो देवोऽसौ संगमेश्वरः
As I was dying, I saw that god, Saṃgameśvara.
तस्य दर्शन मात्रेण जातोऽहं पृथिवीपतिः
By merely seeing him, I was born as a king.
सुता त्वं वल्लभा जाता कांचीपुरनिवासिनः
You became the beloved daughter of a resident of Kāñcīpura.
आवां राजत्वमापन्नौ तस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात्
We both attained royalty by seeing that liṅga.
मध्याह्ने कदनं स्मृत्वा ततो मे शिरसि व्यथा
Remembering the slaughter at midday, I then felt pain in my head.
एतत्ते कथितं देवि पृष्टोऽहं यत्त्वया पुरा 5.2.69.
This, O lady, I have told you, as you once asked me.
स्थातव्यं च मयात्रैव सेव्योऽसौ संगमेश्वरः
I must remain here and serve Saṃgameśvara.
ततः सा निरवद्यांगी नीलोत्पलविलोचना
Then she, flawless in form, with eyes like blue lotuses—
मयापि संस्मृतं देव पूर्वजन्मनि चेष्टितम्
O god, I too have remembered the actions performed in my previous birth.
प्राप्तावावां मनुष्यत्वं निर्मलेषु कुलेषु च
We both have attained human birth in pure and noble families.
प्राप्ता भार्या प्रियाहं ते त्वं च प्राप्तो मया नृप
I have become your beloved wife, and you, O king, have come to me.
अस्य देवस्य माहात्म्याद्वियोगो न भविष्यति
Because of the greatness of this deity, there will be no separation.