अथ गत्वा स राजेंद्रः प्रणिपत्य मुनीश्वरम् ६.१८.
Then the king, having arrived, bowed to the lord of sages.
ते दृष्ट्वाऽदृष्टपूर्वं तं राजलक्षणलक्षितम्
Seeing him, marked with the signs of royalty and never seen before,
मन्यमाना महीपालं विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः
They, thinking him to be a king, gazed at him with eyes wide in astonishment.
कुतस्त्वमनुसंप्राप्तो वनेऽस्मिञ्जनवर्जिते
How have you come to this forest, devoid of people?
पार्थिवस्येव लिंगानि दृश्यंते तव भूरिशः
The marks of a king are seen in you in abundance.
अथोवाच नृपः कृच्छ्रात्पिपासा मां प्रबाधते
Then the king said: I am greatly tormented by thirst.
ततस्तैर्दर्शितं तोयं समीपे यन्महीपतेः
Then, they showed the water nearby to the king.
ततः फलानि पक्वानि तरूणां पतितान्यधः
Then, ripe fruits had fallen beneath the trees.
ततस्तृप्तिं परां प्राप्य गत्वा जैमिनिसंनिधौ
After attaining great satisfaction, he went to the presence of Jaimini.
उवाच च निजां वार्तां कृतांजलिपुटः स्थितः
Standing with hands joined in reverence, he spoke of his own situation.
विदूरथो महीपोऽहं माहिष्मत्यां कृतास्पदः ६.१८.
I am Viduratha, a king, established in Māhiṣmatī.
ततो मे भ्रममाणस्य प्रणष्टाः सर्वसैनिकाः
Then, while I was wandering, all my soldiers were lost.
आसीद्धयो ममाऽधस्ताज्जात्यः सर्वगुणान्वितः ॥ सोऽपि कर्मविपाकेन पञ्चत्वं समुपस्थितः ।ा
Below me was my brother, endowed with every virtue; but he too, by the result of his deeds, has come to his end.
ततस्ते तापसाः प्रोचुर्विद्महे न वयं पुरीम्
Then those ascetics said, 'We do not know the city.'
नरेन्द्रैर्नैव नः कार्यं न दिशैर्न पुरैर्नृप
We have no business with kings, nor with directions, nor with cities, O king.
सर्वे शीर्णानि वृक्षाणां पुष्पाणि च फलानि च
All the flowers and fruits of the trees have withered.
मानुषैः सह संसर्गं संभाषं च नराधिप
O lord of men, we do not associate or converse with humans.
एकैकस्य तरोर्मूले दिवसं वा दिनद्वयम्
Each one of us stays at the root of a tree for a day or two.
कारणात्तव राजेंद्र निशामेतां वनस्पतौ
For this reason, O king, observe these trees tonight.
एकाकिनं पदातिं च विशस्त्रं श्रमविह्वलम् ६.१८. । एकाकी पार्थिवेन्द्रोऽयं नेष्यति च कथं निशाम्
How will this king, alone, on foot, unarmed, and exhausted, spend the night?
तस्मादत्रैव नेष्यामः समेताः शर्वरीमिमाम्॥ गंतव्यं प्रातरुत्थाय ततः सर्वैर्यदृच्छया
Therefore, we shall all spend this night here together; in the morning, each may go as he wishes.
एवं संवदतां तेषां भगवांस्तीक्ष्णदीधितिः
As they were speaking thus, the blessed one of fierce rays appeared.
अथ तास्तापसान्राजा प्रोवाच प्रणतः स्थितः तस्मात्संध्याविधिः कार्यः सर्वैरेव यथोचितः
Then the king, standing with respect, addressed those ascetics: 'Therefore, the twilight rite should be performed by all, as is proper.'
अथ ते मुनयः सर्वे स च राजा तथा द्विजाः
Then all those sages, along with the king and the twice-born, did likewise.
कामिभिः कामिनीलोकैः प्रियोक्तैरभिवां छिता
By those who desire, by the worlds of desiring women, by those who speak sweet words, she is honored.
पीयूषार्णववेलेव विषवृक्षलतेव च
Like the ocean of nectar, and like the creeper of the poison tree.
उलूका राक्षसाश्चौराः कामिनः कुलटांऽगनाः
Owls, demons, thieves, those who lust, and wanton women.
केचिच्च दैवयो गेन श्वापदैरर्धभक्षिताः
Some, by the will of fate, were half-eaten by wild beasts.
क्षुत्पिपासातुरा दीना दुःखेन महताऽन्विताः
Afflicted by hunger and thirst, miserable, burdened with great suffering.
ते दृष्ट्वा पार्थिवं तत्र दिष्ट्यादिष्ट्येति सादरम्
Seeing the king there, they respectfully said, 'By fortune, by fortune!'