यदि मद्वचनं पुत्रि प्रतिभाति न सांप्रतम् 5.2.78.
If, my daughter, my words do not seem agreeable to you at this time—
इत्युक्ता सा नृपतिना पित्रा प्रोक्ता पुनःपुनः
Thus addressed by the king, her father, and urged again and again—
जहास चातिहासेन पुनः श्वासांश्च मुंचति
She laughed loudly and then began to sigh repeatedly.
तामवस्थां गतां दृष्ट्वा पुत्री मुन्मत्ततां गताम्
Seeing his daughter in that condition, as if she had fallen into madness—
भूतेन वा पिशाचेन मत्सुता लक्षणैर्युता
He thought, 'My daughter, adorned with auspicious marks, is possessed by a spirit or a piśāca.'
तदा प्रोक्तस्तया पुत्र्या मा तात विमना भव
Then his daughter said to him, 'Do not be disheartened, father.'
न पिशाचेन यक्षेण तव कन्या महीपते
O king, your daughter is not possessed by a piśāca or a yakṣa.
प्राग्ज्योतिषे पुरे विप्रो हरस्वामी बभूव ह
In the city of Prāgjyotiṣa, there was indeed a brahmin named Harasvāmin.
रूपयौवनसंपन्ना तस्य नाहं प्रिया विभो
Although endowed with beauty and youth, O lord, I was not dear to him.
नान्यस्य कस्यचिद्द्वेष्टा मुक्त्वा मां पृथिवीपते
He did not hate anyone else, O king, except for me.
अहमूढां कुलीनेन द्विजेनातिगुणेन च 5.2.78.
I, though of noble birth, was bewildered by that highly virtuous brahmin.
तेन मे वल्लभो राजन्न चाहं तस्य वल्लभा
O king, he became my beloved, but I was not beloved to him.
नान्यत्र कुरुते भावं ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थितः अपृच्छं प्रमदास्तात यास्त्यक्ताः पतिभिः किल
He, steadfast in the vow of celibacy, does not direct his feelings elsewhere. Father, I questioned women who had been abandoned by their husbands.
ताभिरुक्ता ह्यहं भूप वश्यो भर्त्ता भविष्यति
O king, those women told me, 'The husband will become obedient.'
भेषजैर्विविधैश्चूर्णैर्मंत्रैर्मोहकरैः परैः
With various medicines, powders, and mantras of powerful delusion,
ततोऽहं त्वरिता गत्वा तासां वाक्येन भूपते
Then, O king, I quickly went as they had instructed me.
प्रदोषे पयसा युक्तश्चूर्णो भर्त्तरि योजितः
At dusk, the powder mixed with milk was administered to my husband.
यदा पीतश्च चूर्णस्तु मन्त्रेणातीव गुंठितः
When the powder, thoroughly concealed by mantra, was drunk,
द्वारदेशे स्थितः क्रंदन्दासोऽस्मि तव शोभने
I stood at the doorway, weeping, O beautiful one, as your servant.
तत्तस्य रुदितं ज्ञात्वा मंत्रमाहात्म्यतो नृप
Knowing his crying, O king, was due to the power of the mantra,
ततः प्रभृति कांतो मे वश्योऽभूद्भवने स्थितः 5.2.78.
From that moment, my beloved became obedient to me in the house.
ताम्रभ्राष्ट्रे च दग्धाहं युगानि दश पंच च छेदिता कालसूत्रेण पीडिता घ्राणयंत्रके
I was burned in a copper vessel for fifteen ages, cut by the thread of time, tormented by a nose-pressing device.
क्वाथीभूता तप्ततैलैर्घटे दर्व्याथ लोडिता
Boiled in a pot with scalding oil, stirred with a ladle,
दलिता दंतदलने दग्धाहं रौरवे भृशम्
Crushed by teeth-grinding, I was terribly burned in Raurava hell.
यान्यापि युवती तात भर्तुर्वश्यं समाचरेत्
Any young woman, dear one, who seeks to control her husband,
भर्त्ता नाथो गुरुर्भर्ता भर्त्ता वै दैवतं परम्
The husband is master, the husband is teacher, the husband is indeed the supreme deity.
तुष्टे भर्त्तरि नारीणां तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः भस्मीभवति सा नारी यया भर्त्ता न तोषितः
When the husband is pleased, all the gods are pleased with women; she is reduced to ashes who does not please her husband.
यस्य प्रसादात्प्राप्यंते भोगाश्च विविधाः सदा
By whose favor various enjoyments are always obtained,
तिर्यग्योनिशतं याति कृमिपक्षिशतानि च
She enters a hundred animal wombs, and hundreds of births as worms and birds.
एवं पुनर्मया भुक्ता नरका भृशदारुणाः
Thus again I endured hells of extreme torment.