य एष श्रूयते रावो विभ्रमं जनयन्मम
This sound that is heard stirs up longing within me.
मां दृष्ट्वाऽयं मृगो याति तं मृगी याति पृष्ठतः
Seeing me, this stag goes, and the doe follows after him.
वारणोऽयं प्रियां कांतामनुरागानुयायिनीम्
This elephant follows his beloved, his dear mate, out of affection.
हा प्रिये मृगशावाक्षि तप्तकांचनसंनिभे
Alas, my dear one, with eyes like a fawn, shining like molten gold!
क्व सा भक्तिः क्व सा प्रीतिः क्व सा तुष्टिः क्व सा दया
Where is that devotion, where is that love, where is that contentment, where is that compassion?
एवं प्रलपमानस्य मम प्राप्ताः सुहृज्जनाः ६.२९.
As I was lamenting in this way, my friends arrived.
ततस्तैः कोपरक्ताक्षैः प्रोक्तोऽहं सूतनंदन
Then, with eyes red with anger, they spoke to me, O son of Sūta.
त्वं किं शोचसि मूढात्मन्नशोच्यं जीवितं नृणाम्
Why do you grieve, foolish one? For the life of men is not to be mourned.
यूयं वयं तथा चान्ये संजाताः प्राणिनो भुवि
You, we, and others as well—living beings have arisen on this earth.
अदर्शनात्प्रिया प्राप्ता पुनश्चादर्शनं गता
Through separation, the beloved was gained, and again has gone into absence.
नायमत्यंतसंवासः कस्यचित्केनचित्सह
No one has eternal companionship with anyone.
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योतीतमनुशोचति
Whether someone has died or is lost, those who remain grieve for them.
एवं संबोधयित्वा मां गृहीत्वा ते मुहुर्जनैः
Thus, after consoling me, you repeatedly brought me among people.
ततो मम गृहस्थस्य स्मरमाणस्य तां प्रियाम्
Then, as a householder, remembering my beloved,
ततः कोपपरीतेन प्रतिज्ञातं मया स्फुटम्
Filled with anger, I made a clear vow.
अद्यप्रभृति चेन्नाहं सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम् ६.२९.
From this day onward, if I do not see a snake under my control,
यच्च निक्षेपहर्तॄणां यच्च विश्वासघातिनाम्
The sin incurred by those who steal deposits, and by betrayers of trust,
यत्पापं साधुनिंदायां मातापितृवधे च यत्
The sin of reviling the virtuous, and of killing one's mother or father,
परदाररतानां च यत्पापं जीवघातिनाम्
The sin of those who delight in another's wife, and of those who kill living beings,
उक्तौ चाभिरतानां च यत्पापं गरदायिनाम्
The sin of those who utter poison, and of those who give poison,
कृतघ्नानां च यत्पापं परवित्तापहारिणाम्
The sin of the ungrateful, and of those who steal another's wealth,
यत्पापं शस्त्रकर्तृणां तथा वह्निप्रदायिनाम्
The sin of those who wield weapons, and likewise of those who set fires,
व्रतभंगेन यत्पापं व्रतिनां निंदयापि यत्
The sin incurred by breaking vows, and by reviling those who observe vows,
यत्पापं भ्रूणहत्यायां मृष्टमांसाशिनां च यत्
The sin of killing a fetus, and of those who eat well-cooked meat,
वृक्षच्छेद प्रसक्तानां यत्पापं शल्यकारिणाम्
The sin of those addicted to cutting trees, and of those who cause wounds,
पाखंडिनां च यत्पापं नास्तिकानां च यद्भवेत् ६.२९.
The sin of impostors, and whatever sin may belong to atheists,
मांसमद्यप्रसक्तानां यत्पापं विटभोजिनाम्
The sin of those addicted to meat and alcohol, and of those who eat excrement,
मृषावादप्रसक्तानां पररंध्रावलोकिनाम्
The sin of those addicted to false speech, and of those who gaze at another's secret places.
यत्पापं साक्ष्यकर्तृणां धान्यसंग्रहकारिणाम्
The sin incurred by those who bear false witness and by those who hoard grain—
आखेटकरतानां च यत्पापं पाशदायिनाम्
The sin of those engaged in hunting and of those who set traps—