तयोश्च तमतिभीषणं राक्षसस्वरूपमवलोक्य त्रासाद्दंपत्योः प्रधावितयोर्ब्रह्मणं जग्राह
Seeing his terrifying demonic form, the frightened couple fled, but he seized the brāhmaṇa.
ततस्सा ब्राह्मणी बहुशस्तमभियाचितवती
Then the brāhmaṇa's wife pleaded with him repeatedly.
प्रसीदेक्ष्वाकुकुलतिलकभूतस्त्वं महाराजो मित्रसहो न राक्षसः
'Have mercy, you who are the ornament of the Ikṣvāku line, great king, Mitrasaha—not a demon!'
नार्हसि स्त्रीधर्मसुखाभिज्ञो मय्यकृतार्थायामस्मद्भर्त्तारं हंतुमित्येवं बहुप्रकारं तस्यां विलपंत्यां व्याघ्रः पशुमिवाऽरण्येऽभिमतं तं ब्राह्मणमभक्षयत्
'You, who know the happiness of a woman's duty, should not kill my husband, especially when I am unfulfilled,' she lamented in many ways; but the tiger-like king devoured the brāhmaṇa as a beast does its prey in the forest.
ततश्चातिकोपसमन्विता ब्राह्मणी तं राजानं शशाप
Then, filled with intense anger, the brāhmaṇa's wife cursed the king.
यस्मादेवं मय्यतृषप्तायां त्वयायं मत्पतिर्भक्षितः तस्मात्त्वमपि कामोपभोगप्रवृत्तॐतं प्राप्स्यसीति
'Because you have devoured my husband while I was unfulfilled, you too shall be overcome by desire for sensual enjoyment.'
शप्त्वा चैव साग्निं प्रविवेश
Having uttered the curse, she entered the fire.
ततस्तस्य द्वादशाब्दपर्यये विमुक्तशापस्य स्त्रीविषयाभिलाषिणो मदयंती तं स्मारयामास
Then, after twelve years had passed and the curse was lifted, Madayantī reminded him, who now longed for union with women.
ततः परमसौ स्त्रीभोगं तत्याज
After that, he renounced intercourse with women.
वसिष्ठश्चापुत्रेण राज्ञा पुत्रार्थमभ्यर्थितो मदयंत्यां गर्भाधानं चकार
Vasiṣṭha, being requested by the childless king for a son, performed the rite of conception with Madayantī.
यदा च सप्तवर्षाण्यसौ गर्भेण जज्ञे ततस्तं गर्भमश्मना सा देवी जघान
And when seven years had passed with that one in the womb, then that queen struck her womb with a stone.
पुत्रश्चाजायत
A son was born.
तस्य चाश्मक इत्येव नामाभवत्
And his name became Ashmaka.
अश्मस्य मूलको नाम पुत्रोऽभवत्
Ashmaka had a son named Mulaka.
योसौ निःक्षत्रे क्ष्मातलेस्मिन् क्रियमाणे स्त्रीभिर्विवस्त्राभिः परिवार्य रक्षितः ततस्तं नारीकवचमुदाहरंति
When the Kshatriya line was being destroyed on this earth, he was protected by women, who surrounded him unclothed; therefore, he is called 'protected by a shield of women.'
मूलकाद्दशरथस्तस्मादिलिविलस्ततश्च विश्वसहः
From Mulaka came Dasharatha, from him Ilivila, and then Vishvasaha.
तस्माच्च खट्वांगः योसौ देवासुरसंग्रामे देवैरभ्यर्थितोऽसुराञ्जघान
From him was born Khatvanga, who, when requested by the gods in the battle between gods and demons, slew the demons.
स्वर्गे च कृतप्रियैर्देवैर्वरग्रहणाय चोदितः प्राह
And in heaven, the gods, pleased by his deeds, urged him to choose a boon.
यद्यवश्यं वरो ग्राह्यः तन्ममायुः कथ्यतामिति
He said, 'If a boon must be accepted, then let my lifespan be declared to me.'
अनंतरं च तैरुक्तं मुहूर्त्तमेकं प्रमाणं तवायुरित्युक्तोथास्खलितगतिना विमानेन लघिमादिगुणो मर्त्यलोकमागम्येदमाह
Immediately, they told him, 'Only one moment of life remains for you,' and thus, with unwavering steps, endowed with lightness and other qualities, he came to the world of mortals in his celestial chariot and spoke this.
यथा न ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्सकाशादात्मापि मे प्रियतरः न च स्वधर्मोल्लंघनं मया कदाचिदप्यनुष्ठितं न च सकलदेवमानुषपशुपक्षिवृक्षादिकेष्वच्युतव्यतिरेकवती दृष्टिर्ममाभूत् तथा तमेवं मुनिजनानुस्मृतं भगवंतमस्खलितगतिः प्रापयेयमित्यश्षोदेवगुरौ भगवत्यनिर्द्देश्यवपुषि सत्तामात्रात्मन्यात्मानं परमात्मनि वासुदेवाख्ये युयोज तत्रैव च लयमवाप
Never has even my own self been dearer to me than the Brahmins, nor have I ever transgressed my own duty, nor has my vision ever been marked by distinction among all gods, humans, animals, birds, trees, and others, as is the case with the unchanging Lord; thus, with unwavering steps, remembering that blessed Lord as the sages do, I shall attain him—so, meditating on the Supreme Soul, the Guru of the gods, whose form cannot be described, who is pure existence, in the one called Vāsudeva, he merged his self into the Supreme Self and attained dissolution there itself.
अत्रापि श्रूयते श्लोको गीतस्सप्तर्षिभिः पुरा । खट्वांगेन समो नान्यः कश्चिदुर्व्यां भविष्यति
Here too is recited a verse, sung of old by the Seven Sages: 'No one equal to Khatvanga will ever exist on earth.'
येन स्वर्गादिहागम्य मुहूर्त्तं प्राप्य जीवितम् । त्रयोतिसंधिता लोका बुद्ध्या सत्येन चैव हि
Having come here from heaven, and obtaining life for only a moment, he, by intelligence and truth, united the three worlds.
खट्वांगाद्दीर्घबाहुः पुत्रोऽभवत्
From Khatvanga was born Dīrghabāhu.
ततो रघुरभवत्
Then Raghu was born.
तस्मादप्यजः
From him came Aja.
अजाद्दशरथः
From Aja came Dasharatha.
तस्यापि भगवानब्जनाभो जगतः स्थित्यर्थमात्मांश्नो रामलक्ष्मणभरतशत्रुघ्नरूपेण चतुर्द्धा पुत्रत्वमायासीत्
To him, the blessed Lord, lotus-naveled, for the sake of the world's preservation, entered into fourfold sonship as Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna, being a portion of his own Self.
रामोपि बाल एव विश्वमित्रयागरक्षणाय गच्छंस्ताटकां जघान
Even while still a boy, Rāma went, at Viśvāmitra’s request, to protect the sacrifice and slew Tāṭakā.
यज्ञे च मारीचमिषुवाताहतं समुद्रे चिक्षेप
And during the sacrifice, he struck Mārīca with an arrow and cast him into the ocean.