इति ते सूचितं बुद्ध्या श्रृणु तत्प्राकृतं पुनः॥ ३९.
Thus, I have indicated this to you with discernment; now listen again to its natural account.
इति वैधात्रव्यवस्थितिः श्रीनारद उवाच कलौ पार्थ भविष्यंति लोकानां मोहनात्मिकाः॥ ३९.
Such is the arrangement established by the Creator. Śrī Nārada said: In the age of Kali, O Pārtha, there will arise delusive influences among the people.
तस्य पुत्रस्तु भरतः शतश्रृंगस्तु तत्सुतः ३९.
His son was Bharata, and Śataśṛṅga was the son of Bharata.
इंद्रद्वीपः कसेरुश्च ताम्रद्वीपो गभस्तिमान् ३९.
Indradvīpa, Kaseru, Tāmradvīpa, and Gabhastimān—
वदनं चापि कन्यायाः पार्थ बर्करिकाकृति ३९.
And, O Pārtha, the face of the maiden took the form of Barkarikā.
महीसागरपर्यंतं वृक्षराजिविराजिते ३९.
Extending to the ocean-bound earth, adorned with lordly trees,
अजासमजतो मध्यात्काचिदेका च बर्करी ३९.
From the midst of the goats and sheep, there arose a certain Barkarī.
इतस्ततो भ्रमंति सा जालिमध्ये समंततः ३९.
She wandered here and there within the net, all around.
विलग्ना जालिमध्ये तु ततः पंचत्वमागता ३९.
Caught within the net, she then met her end.
पपात शनिदर्शे च महीसागरसंगमे ३९.
She fell at the conjunction of the earth and ocean, at the time of Saturn's appearance.
शिरस्तु तदवस्थं हि समग्रं तत्र संस्थितम् ३९.
Her head remained there intact, in that very state.
शेषकायप्रपातेन महीसागरसंगमे ३९.
With the fall of the rest of her body, at the meeting of earth and ocean,
शकश्रृंगस्य वै राज्ञः सिंहलेष्वभवत्सुता ३९.
A daughter was born to King Śakaśṛṅga among the Siṃhalas.
दिव्यनारी शुभाकारा शेषकाये बभौ शुभा ३९.
A divine woman of auspicious form shone beautifully in the remaining body.
पुत्री जाता प्रमोदेन स्वजनानंदवर्धिनी ३९.
A daughter was born, increasing the joy of her own people with delight.
विस्मयं समनुप्राप्ताः सर्वे ते राजपूरुषाः ३९.
All those royal attendants were filled with wonder.
खिन्नाः प्रकृतयः सर्वास्तादृग्रूपविलोकनात् ३९.
All the subjects were distressed upon seeing such a form.
ततः सा यौवनं प्राप्ता साक्षाद्देवसुतोपमा ३९.
Then she attained youth, resembling the very daughter of the gods.
तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावेण मातृपित्रोर्निवेदितम् ३९.
By the power of that sacred place, what was offered by the mother and father—
मा शोकं कुरु मे मातः पूर्वजन्मार्जितं फलम् ३९.
Do not grieve, my mother; this is the result earned in a previous birth.
पूर्वजन्मोद्भवः कायस्यस्या यत्रापतत्तथा ३९.
Wherever this body arose from a previous birth, there it has fallen likewise.
अहं तात गमिष्यामि महीसागरसंगमम् ३९.
Father, I will go to the confluence of the earth and the ocean.
ततः पित्रा प्रतिज्ञातं शतश्रृंगेण तत्तथा ३९.
Then, as promised by her father Shatashringa, so it was done.
स्तंभतीर्थं ततः साऽपि प्राप्य पोतार्यसंयुता ३९.
Then she too reached Stambha Tirtha, accompanied by boatmen.
जालिगुल्मांतरेऽन्विष्य ततो दृष्टं निजं शिरः ३९.
Searching among the reeds and bushes, she then saw her own head.
दग्ध्वा संगमसांनिध्ये क्षिप्तान्यस्थीनि संगमे ३९.
Burning it in the presence of the confluence, she cast the remaining bones into the meeting of the waters.
न तादृग्देवकन्यानां न तादृङनागयोषिताम् ३९.
There was no one among the daughters of the gods, nor among the women of the serpents, like her.
सुरासुरनराः सर्वे तस्या रूपेण मोहिताः ३९.
All the gods, demons, and men were enchanted by her form.
कष्टं तया मुदा तत्र प्रारब्धं दुश्चरं तपः ३९.
Alas, with joy she undertook there an arduous and difficult penance.
प्रत्यक्षतां गतस्तस्यै वरदोऽस्मीति चाब्रवीत् ३९.
He appeared before her and said, 'I am the giver of boons.'