वापीकूपतडागानामारामाणां विशे षतः
Especially of wells, ponds, reservoirs, and pleasure gardens.
गत्वा गयाशिरः पुण्यमेकैकस्य पृथक्पृथक् ६.१८.
Having gone to the sacred summit of Gaya, each one separately.
प्रेतत्वं याति येनेदं त्वत्प्र सादात्सुदारुणम्
By your grace, that which is most terrible—becoming a ghost—befalls one.
धर्माधर्मपरिज्ञानं तच्च कस्मात्प्रनिंदसि
Knowledge of righteousness and unrighteousness—why do you blame that?
गुणत्रयसमायुक्ता शेषैर्दोषैः समंततः
Endowed with the three qualities, and equally with the remaining faults.
एका जातिस्मृतिः सम्यगस्यामेवप्रजायते
Only one, true memory of birth arises among us.
एतद्गुणत्रयं प्रोक्तं प्रेतयोनौ नृपोत्तम
This threefold quality is said to exist in the ghostly state, O best of kings.
यदि तावद्वनादस्माद्यामोन्यत्र वयं नृप
If, O king, we go from this forest to another place,
तथा धर्मक्रियाः सर्वा मानुषाणामुदाहृताः
Thus all the rites of righteousness for humans have been described.
पश्यामो दूरतो राजञ्जलपूर्णाञ्जला शयान्
From afar, O king, we see people lying with hands joined and filled with water.
गच्छामः संनिधौ तेषां यदि पार्थिवसतम
Shall we approach them, O best of kings, if you permit?
तथा रसवती सिद्धाः पश्यामो दूरसंस्थिताः ६.१८.
Likewise, we see from a distance those who have attained perfection, endowed with taste.
तथा सुफलिनो वृक्षान्कलपक्षिभिरावृतान्
Similarly, fruitful trees covered with flocks of birds.
किंवा ते बहुनोक्तेन यद्यत्कर्म विगर्हितम्
But why say much to you? Whatever action is condemned—
न च्छिद्रेण विनाऽस्माकं प्राणयात्रा प्रजायते
Without a flaw, our sustenance does not arise.
एतस्मात्कारणान्नित्यं भ्रमामश्छिद्रहेतवे
For this reason, we ever wander, seeking a cause for a flaw.
यत्त्वं शंससि चाऽस्माकं खेचरत्वं महीपते
And as for what you say about our moving in the sky, O king,
क्रियते खेचरत्वेन किंकिं धर्मं विनिश्चयैः
What righteousness is truly accomplished by moving in the sky?
तस्माद्दोषादिमे राजन्गुणा यद्यपि कीर्तिताः
Therefore, O King, although these virtues have been described, they arise from a fault.
विषादो जायते भूयो गुणैरेतैर्नराधिप
Because of these virtues, O ruler of men, sorrow arises again and again.
राजोवाच । तत्करिष्यामि सर्वेषां गयाश्राद्धमसंशयम्
The king said: I shall certainly perform the ancestral rite at Gayā for all, without doubt.
तारयिष्यामि सर्वांश्च सर्वपापैः प्रयत्नतः ॥ ६.१८.
I will strive to liberate them all from every sin.
यस्माद्धृद्गतशंका मे हृता युष्माभिरद्य वै
Because today you have truly removed the doubt that was in my heart,
इतः स्थानान्महाराज नातिदूरे जलाशयः । अस्ति नानाद्रुमोपेतश्चित्ताह्लादकरः परः
From here, O great king, not far away, there is a lake, adorned with various trees, supremely delightful to the mind.
तस्मादुदङ्मुखो गच्छ यत्र ते जलपक्षिणः
Therefore, go northward to the place where your water birds are.
सौम्यां दिशं समुद्दिश्य प्रतस्थे स तु दुःखितः
He set out toward the gentle direction, though afflicted with sorrow.
एवं प्रगच्छता तेन क्षुत्पिपासाकुलेन च । अदूरादेव संदृष्टं नीलं द्रुमकदंबकम्
As he proceeded, tormented by hunger and thirst, he saw from not far away a cluster of dark trees.
अथाऽपश्यन्मनोहारि सौम्यसत्त्वनिषेवितम्
Then he saw a charming place inhabited by gentle creatures.
पुष्पितैः फलितैर्वृक्षैः समंतात्परिवेष्टितम्
It was surrounded on all sides by trees bearing flowers and fruits.
तत्रापश्यन्नगाधस्तात्तपस्विगणसेवितम्
There, beneath the trees, he saw a place frequented by groups of ascetics.