क्रीतः स्वरूपसंपत्त्या त्वयाहं देहि मे रहः
I am captivated by your beauty and form; grant me your intimacy.
नितरां बाधते कामस्त्वत्कृते मां सुलोचने
Desire for you torments me greatly, O beautiful-eyed one.
उवाच सा पिता दाता तं प्रार्थय सुदुर्मते 4.2.59.
Her father, the giver, said to him: 'Ask for her, O foolish one.'
निशम्येति वचो धर्मो भाविनोर्थस्य गौरवात्
Hearing these words, Dharma, out of respect for the destined matter—
गांधर्वेण विवाहेन कुरु मे त्वं समीहितम्
Through a Gandharva marriage, fulfill my wish.
इति निर्बंधवद्वाक्यं सा निशम्य कुमारिका
Hearing such insistent words, the maiden—
अरे जडमते मा त्वं पुनर्ब्रूहीति याह्यतः
'O dull-witted one, do not speak thus again; go from here!'
ततः शशाप तं बाला प्रबला तपसो बलात्
Then the girl, empowered by the strength of her austerity, cursed him.
इति शप्तस्तया सोथ तां शशाप क्रुधान्वितः
Thus cursed by her, he too, filled with anger, cursed her.
अविमुक्ते महाक्षेत्रे ख्यातो धर्मनदो महान्
In Avimukta, the great holy place, the great river Dharmanada is renowned.
साप्याह पितरं त्रस्ता स्वशिलात्वस्य कारणम्
Frightened, she told her father the reason for her becoming a stone.
मा भैः पुत्रि करिष्यामि तव सर्वं शुभोदयम्
'Do not fear, daughter; I shall bring about all auspiciousness for you.'
चंद्रोदयमनुप्राप्य द्रवीभूततनुस्ततः 4.2.59.
Having reached the rise of the moon, his body then became liquid.
महापापांधतमसं किरणाख्या तरंगिणी 4.2.59.
The river named Kiraṇā, with waves, is the great darkness of sin.
आदौ धर्मनदः पुण्यो मिश्रितो धूतपापया
At first, the river of righteousness is pure, mingled with one who has washed away sin.
ततोपि मिलितागत्य किरणा रविणैधिता
Then, coming together, the rays heated by the sun arrive.
स्नात्वा पंचनदे तीर्थे कृत्वा च पितृतर्पणम् 4.2.59.
After bathing at the ford of the five rivers and making offerings to the ancestors,
पंचकूर्चेन पीतेन यात्र शुद्धिरुदाहृता 4.2.59.
Purification is declared by drinking with the five blades of sacred grass.
बिंदुतीर्थे नरो दत्त्वा कांचनं कृष्णलोन्मितम् 4.2.59.
At the Bindutīrtha, if a man gives gold measured with a black iron weight,
स्कंद उवाच इदानीं कथयिष्यामि माधवाविष्कृतिं पराम्
Skanda said: Now I shall tell of the supreme manifestation of Mādhava.
यां श्रुत्वा श्रद्धया धीमान्पापेभ्यो मुच्यते क्षणात्
Hearing this with faith, a wise person is freed from sins in an instant.
आगत्य मंदरादद्रेरुपेंद्रश्चंद्रशेखरम्
Having come from Mount Mandara, Upendra, the moon-crested one,
दिवो दासं महीपालं समुच्चाट्य स्वमायया
By his own power, drove away Dāsa, the king of the earth, from heaven.
महिमानं परं काश्यां विचार्य सुविचार्य च
Having considered and well considered the supreme glory at Kāśī,
उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा पुंडरीकविलोचनः
The lotus-eyed one, his mind serene, spoke.
क्व क्षीरनीरधौ संति तावंतो निर्मला गुणाः
Where, in the ocean of milk, are there so many pure qualities?
श्वेतद्वीपेपि सामग्री क्व गुणानां गरीयसी
Even in Śvetadvīpa, where is the greater abundance of virtues?
मुदे कौमोदकी स्पर्शस्तथा न मम जायते
Even the touch of the Kaumodakī club does not bring me joy.
न क्षीरनीरधिजया सुखं मे श्लिष्टगात्रया 4.2.60.
Nor does happiness come to me from union with the one born from the ocean of milk.
इत्थं पंचनदे तीर्थे क्षीरनीरधिजाधवः
Thus, at the ford of the five rivers, Mādhava, born from the ocean of milk,