ततः कतिपयाहस्य मयोढा सा सुविस्मिता
After a few days, I married her, and she was greatly astonished.
अथ वीरुधसंछन्ने वने तस्मिन्सुसंस्थिते
Then, in that well-set forest covered with plants,
सा दष्टा सहसा तेन पतिता वसुधातले
she was suddenly bitten by him and fell to the ground.
अथ सख्यः समागत्य तस्या दुःखेन दुःखिताः
Then her friends gathered, distressed by her sorrow.
ततोऽहं सत्वरं गत्वा दृष्ट्वा तां पतितां भुवि
Then I hurried there and saw her fallen upon the ground.
इयं मे सुविशालाक्षी मनःप्राणसमा प्रिया
This woman with large, beautiful eyes, so dear to me as my own mind and life—
सोऽहमद्य गमिष्यामि परलोकं सहानया
Today I shall go to the other world together with her.
पुत्रपौत्रवधूभिश्च भृत्यवर्गयुतस्य च ६.२९.
Surrounded by sons, grandsons, daughters-in-law, and groups of servants—
यदीयं कर्णनेत्रांता तन्वंगी मधुरस्वरा
She whose slender body, sweet voice, and the corners of her ears and eyes—
एवं विलपमानस्य मम सूत कुलोद्वह
As I was lamenting in this way, O best of charioteers,
रुदित्वा सुचिरं तत्र तैः समं महतीं चिताम्
After I had wept there for a long time, together with them, a great funeral pyre—
तत आदाय मां कृच्छ्रान्निन्युश्च स्वगृहं प्रति
Then, with difficulty, they took me and brought me back to my own house.
ततो निशावशेषेऽहमुत्थाय त्वरयाऽन्वितः
Then, at the end of the night, I rose up, filled with haste.
कामेनोन्मत्ततां प्राप्तो भ्रममाण इतस्ततः
Driven mad by desire, I wandered here and there.
क्व गतासि विशालाक्षि विजनेऽस्मिन्विहाय माम्
Where have you gone, O large-eyed one, leaving me alone in this lonely place?
एषोऽरुणकरस्पर्शात्स्वाभां त्यजति चंद्रमाः
Now, touched by the rays of the dawn, the moon abandons its own light.
अयं तनुः समायाति सविता रक्तमंडलः
This body of the sun, with its red circle, is rising.
गगनं व्यापयन्सूर्यः संतापयति मां भृशम् ६.२९.
The sun, spreading across the sky, torments me greatly.
करींदः स्वयमभ्येति तत्कुचाभौ समुद्वहन्
The lord of elephants himself approaches, bearing her twin breasts.
एवं प्रलपमानस्य मम मोहो महानभूत्
As I was raving in this way, a great delusion overcame me.
यंयं पश्यामि तत्राहं भ्रममाणो महावने
Whatever I saw as I wandered in the great forest—
त्वद्दंतमुसलप्रख्यं यस्या ऊरुयुगं गज ७४ त्वया जंबूक चेद्दृष्टा बिंबाफलनिभाधरा
O elephant, if you have seen her whose thighs are like pestles and whose lips resemble bimba fruit, O jackal—
अथवा बिल्व शंस त्वं यदि बिल्वोपमस्तनी
Or perhaps, O bilva tree, speak, if your fruits are like her breasts.
त्वत्पुष्पसदृशांगी सा मम भार्या मनस्विनी
Her limbs are like your blossoms—she, the noble-minded one, is my wife.
मधूक तव पुष्पेण दयितायाः समौ शुभौ
O madhūka tree, with your flowers, both her cheeks are equally beautiful.
कदलीस्तंभ सुव्यक्तं प्रियायाश्च सुकोमलौ
O plantain stalk, clearly, my beloved's thighs are as soft as yours.
भोभो मृग न मे भार्या त्वया दृष्टाऽत्र कानने ६.२९.
O deer, my wife has not been seen by you here in this forest.
कांतायाः पुरतो नित्यं विधत्तेंऽगं कलापकृत्
Always, in front of my beloved, you display your body, adorned with beauty.
योऽयं संदृश्यते हंसो हंसीमनुस्मरत्यसौ
This swan that is seen here remembers his mate, the female swan.
एक एव सुधन्योऽयं चक्रवाको विहंगमः
This one bird, the cakravāka, is truly fortunate.