प्राह पुत्रो ऽद्भुतं वाक्यं मातरं पितरं तथा
The son spoke a wondrous statement to his mother and father.
मया जडत्वमनघ तथान्धत्वं स्वचक्षुषः
By me, O faultless one, dullness and blindness of my own eyes occurred thus.
वृषाकपेश्च तनयो मालागर्भसमुद्भवः
And Vṛṣākapi's son was born from the womb of Mālā.
मोक्षशास्त्रं परं तात सेतिहासश्रुतिं तथा
O dear one, the supreme scripture of liberation, along with history and tradition, was also present.
जातो मदान्धस्तेनाहं दुष्कर्माभिरतो ऽभवम्
Born blinded by intoxication, I became engaged in wicked deeds.
विवेको नाशमगमत् मूर्खभावमुपागतः
Discernment did not arise; I fell into the state of foolishness.
परदारपरार्थेषु मतिर्मे च सदाभवत्
My mind was always set on the wives and possessions of others.
मृतो ऽस्म्युद्ब्न्धनेनाहं नरकं रौरवं गतः
I died, bound by my actions, and went to the hell called Raurava.
अरण्ये मृगहा पापः संजातो ऽहं मृगाधिपः
In the forest, I became a sinful deer-killer, the chief among deer.
नराधिपेन विभुना नीतश्च नगरं निजम्
I was taken to his own city by the king, the lord.
धर्मार्थकामशास्त्राणि प्रत्यभासन्त सर्वशः
The scriptures of righteousness, wealth, and desire appeared to me in every way.
एकवस्त्रपरीधानो नगरान्निर्ययौ बहिः
Wearing only a single garment, he went out from the city.
सा निर्गते तु रमणे ममान्तिकमुपागता
When she had gone out, my beloved came near to me.
यथैव धर्मशास्त्राणि तथाहमवदं च ताम्
Just as in the scriptures of righteousness, so I spoke to her.
चित्तं हरसि मे भीरु कोकिला ध्वनिना यथा
You steal my heart, timid one, as the song of the cuckoo does.
कथमेवावयोर्व्याघ्र रतियोगमुपेष्यति
How, O tiger, will the union of pleasure between us take place?
द्वारमुद्घाटयस्वाद्य निर्गमिष्यामि सत्वरम्
Open the door, dear, I will go out quickly.
रात्रावुद्घाटयिष्याम ततो रंस्याव स्वेच्छया
At night, I will open it, then we will enjoy ourselves as we wish.
तस्मादुद्घाटय द्वारं मां बन्धाच्च विमोचय
Therefore, open the door and release me from bondage.
उद्घाटिते ततो द्वारे निर्गतो ऽहं बहिः श्रणात्
When the door was opened, I went out from there.
सा गृहीता च नृपतेर्भार्या रमितुमिच्छता
She, the wife of the king, was seized by one desiring union.
शस्त्रहस्तैः सर्वतश्च तैरहं परिवेष्टितः
I was surrounded on all sides by those men, weapons in hand.
वध्यमानो ऽब्रुवमहं मा मा हिंसध्वमाकुलाः
As I was being killed, I cried out, 'Do not, do not harm me, O agitated ones!'
दृढं वृक्षे समुद्ब्ध्य घातयन्त तपोधन
Firmly binding me to a tree, O sage, they struck me down.
मुक्तो वर्षसहस्रान्ते जातो ऽहं श्वेतगर्दभः
Released at the end of a thousand years, I was born as a white donkey.
तत्रापि सर्वविज्ञानं प्रत्यभासत् ततो मम
Even there, all my knowledge appeared to me once more.
एकदा नवराष्ट्रीया भार्या तस्याग्रजन्मनः
Once, the wife of the eldest among the Navarashtra people,
तामुवाच पतिर्गच्छ आरुह्यं श्वेतगर्दभम्
Her husband said to her, 'Go, mount the white donkey.'
इत्येवमुक्ता सा भर्त्रा तन्वी मामधिरुह्य च
Thus addressed by her husband, the slender woman mounted me.
ततोर्ऽधपथि सा तन्वी मत्पृष्ठादवरुह्य वै
Then, halfway along the road, that slender woman dismounted from my back.