सा चावस्थामिमां प्राप्ता कश्चिन्मां त्रातुमीश्वरः
Having reached this state, she thought, 'May some lord save me.'
ददृसे चाश्रमवरं मत्तकोकिलनादितम्
She saw the excellent hermitage, resounding with the cries of intoxicated cuckoos.
इत्येवं चिन्तयन्ती सा संप्रविष्टा महाश्रमम्
Thus reflecting, she entered the great hermitage.
संशुष्कास्यां चलन्नेत्रां परिम्लानामिवाब्जिनीम्
Her mouth parched, her eyes unsteady, she was like a withered lotus.
केयमित्येव संचिन्त्य समुत्थाय स्थिताभवत्
Thinking, 'Who is this?' she rose and stood up.
पप्रच्छतुस्तथान्यो ऽयं कथयामासतुस्तदा
Then the two questioned each other and began to speak.
समासीने कथाभिस्ते नानारूपाभिरादरात्
As they sat, they conversed with various kinds of stories, attentively.
स तत्त्वज्ञो मुनिश्रेष्ठो अक्षराण्यवलोकयन्
That best of sages, knower of truth, observed the letters.
मुहूर्तं ध्यानमास्थाय व्यजानाच्च तपोनिधिः
After entering meditation for a moment, the ascetic understood.
अयोध्यामगमत् क्षिप्रं द्रष्टुमिक्ष्वाकुमीश्वरम्
He quickly went to Ayodhya to see the lord of the Ikshvakus.
श्रूयतां नरसार्दूल विज्ञप्तिर्मम पार्थिव
Hear, O tiger among men, my request, O king.
उद्ब्द्धः कपिना राजन् विषयानते तवैव हि
A monkey has arisen, O king; he is indeed within your domains.
शकुनिर्नाम राजेन्द्र स ह्यस्त्रविधिपारगः
There is one named Shakuni, O king of kings, who is accomplished in the science of weapons.
आदिदेश प्रियं पुत्रं शकुनिं तापसान्वये
He instructed his dear son Shakuni, born in the line of ascetics.
संप्राप्तो बन्धनोद्देशं समं हि परमर्षिणा
He arrived at the place of captivity together with the great sage.
ददर्श वृक्षशिखरे उद्बद्धमृषिपुत्रकम्
He saw the sage's son bound atop a tree.
दृष्ट्वा स मुनिपुत्रं तं स्वजटासंयतं वटे
Seeing that sage's son, whose matted hair was tied, at the banyan tree,
लाघवादृषिपुत्रं तं रक्षंश्चिच्छेदमार्गणैः
That protector, with swiftness, cut the bonds of the sage's son with arrows.
पञ्चवर्षशते काले गते शक्तस्तदा शरैः
When five hundred years had passed, then he was able to do so with arrows.
प्राप्तं स्वपितरं दृष्ट्वा जाबालिः संयतो ऽपि सन्
Seeing his father who had arrived, Jabali, though restrained, [approached].
संपरिष्वज्य स मुनिर्मूर्ध्न्याघ्राय सुतं ततः
Then the sage embraced his son, smelled his head.
ततस्तूर्णं धनुर्न्यस्य बाणांश्च शकुनिर्बली
Then Shakuni, strong-armed, quickly set down his bow and arrows.
न च शक्नोति संच्छन्नं दृढं कपिवरेम हि
And the best of monkeys truly could not conceal it firmly.
तदावतीर्णः शकुनिः सहितः परमर्षिणा
Then the bird descended together with the supreme sage.
लाघवादर्द्धचन्द्रैस्तां शाखां चिच्छेद स त्रिधा
With swiftness, he cut that branch into three pieces with crescent-shaped arrows.
शरसोपानमार्गेण अवतीर्णो ऽथ पादपात्
Then, by the path made of arrows, he descended from the tree.
जाबालिना भारवहेन संयुतः समाजगामाथ नदीं स सूर्यजाम्
Accompanied by Jābāli, the bearer of burdens, he then approached the river born of the Sun.
समागते हरं द्रष्टुं श्रीकण्ठं योगिनां वरम्
When they had gathered to see Hara, Śrīkaṇṭha, the foremost among yogis,
बहुनिरमालल्यसंयुक्तं गते तस्मिन् ऋतध्वजे
When Ṛtadhvaja had departed, there was much pure and unblemished association.
स्नापयेतां विधानेन पूजयेतामहर्निशम्
They should bathe him according to the rite and worship him day and night.