ऊनविंशतिकोऽसि त्वमेषा षोडशवार्षिकी
You are not yet nineteen, and she is sixteen years old.
एतां संवृणु सद्वृत्तां पितृभक्तियुता भव
Take this virtuous woman; be devoted to your father.
ततोऽपत्रपसे किं न त्यज दुर्वृत्ततां शिशो
Why do you not feel ashamed? Abandon your bad conduct, child.
तेभ्योपि न बिभेषि त्वं शुद्धोस्युभय वंशतः
You do not fear even them; you are pure from both lineages.
गृहेपि शिष्यान्पश्यैतान्पितुस्ते विनयोचितान्
Even at home, see these disciples of your father, who are disciplined.
श्रद्धां विहाय ते ताते वृत्तिलोपं करिष्यति 4.1.13.
If you abandon faith, your father will lose his livelihood.
अनंतरं हसिष्यंति युक्तं दीक्षिततास्त्विति
Soon they will laugh, saying, 'So this is his initiation.'
मातुश्चरित्रं तनयो धत्ते दुर्भाषणैरिति
A son bears his mother's character through harsh words.
तदंघ्रिलीनमनसो मम साक्षी महेश्वरः
Maheshvara is witness to my mind, which is fixed at his feet.
अहो बलीयान्सविधिर्येन जाता भवानिति
How powerful is destiny, by which you have been born!
न तत्याज च तद्धर्मं दुर्बोधो व्यसनी यतः
He did not abandon that duty, though afflicted and difficult to understand.
सपारदारैर्व्यसनैरेभिः कोत्र न खंडितः
Who here has not been harmed by these misfortunes involving others' wives?
अर्पयेद्द्यूतकाराणां सकुप्यं वसनादिकम्
He would offer the gamblers garments and other items, including vessels.
स्वपंत्यास्त्वेकदाऽऽदाय दुरोदरिकरेऽर्पयत्
Once, taking the bedding, he gave it to the doorkeeper.
दीक्षितेन परिज्ञाता दैवाद्द्यूतकृतः करे पृष्टस्तेनाथ निर्बंधादसकृत्प्रत्युवाच किम्
The initiated one, having recognized by fate the gambler's deed in his hand, repeatedly asked with insistence, 'What is this?'
ममाक्षिपसि विप्रोच्चैः किं मया चौर्य कर्मणा 4.1.13.
Why do you loudly accuse me, O Brahmin? Have I committed an act of theft?
मम मातुर्हि पूर्वे द्युर्जित्वानीतो हि शाटकः
The shawl brought by my mother was won in gambling in former times.
अन्येषां द्यूतकर्तृणां भूरि तेनार्पितं वसु
A great amount of wealth was given by him to other gamblers.
भाजनानि विचित्राणि कांस्य ताम्रमयानि च
Various vessels, made of bronze and copper, too.
न तेन सदृशः कश्चिदाक्षिको भूमिमंडले
No dice-player on earth was equal to him.
कथं नाज्ञायि तनयो ऽविनयानयकोविदः
How was the son, skilled in improper conduct, not recognized?
प्रावृत्य वाससा मौलिं प्राविशन्निजमंदिरम्
Covering his head with a garment, he entered his own house.
दीक्षितायिनि कुत्रासि क्व ते गुणनिधिः सुतः
O wife of the initiated one, where are you? Where is your son, the repository of virtues?
अंगोद्वर्तन काले या त्वया मेंऽगुलितो हृता
At the time of massaging the limbs, the ring you took from me was stolen.
इति श्रुत्वाथ तद्वाक्यं भीता सा दीक्षितायिनी
Hearing those words, the wife of the initiated one became afraid.
व्यग्रास्मि देवपूजार्थमुपहारादि कर्मणि 4.1.13.
I am busy with the tasks of offering and worship for the gods.
इदानीमेव पक्वान्नकरणव्यग्रया मया
Just now, I am occupied with the preparation of cooked food.
दीक्षित उवाच हंहो सत्पुत्रजननि नित्यं सत्यप्रभाषिणि
The initiated one said: 'O mother of a noble son, always truthful in speech.'
तदातदेति त्वं ब्रूया नाथेदानीं स निर्गतः
You say 'then' and 'not then'; now he has gone out.
कुतस्त्वच्छाटकः पत्नि मांजिष्ठो यो मयाऽर्पितः
O wife, from where is your shawl, the red one which I gave?