कवाटपाटनोड्डीनकोशोत्थारवघर्घरम् । लुण्ठितासङ्ख्यकौशेयप्रावृतारिभटोद्भटम्
With the rattling of doors being flung open, the clamor of treasure chests being unlocked, and the tumult of enemy soldiers, wrapped in countless looted silken garments.
क्षुरिकोत्पाटितार्द्रान्त्रमृतराजगृहाङ्गनम् । राजान्तःपुरविश्रान्तचण्डालश्वपचोत्करम्
With the palace courtyard stained by the intestines of the dead, torn out by daggers, and heaps of outcaste and dog-eater corpses resting in the royal inner chambers.
गृहापहृतभोज्यान्नभोजनोन्मुखपामरम् । सहेमभारचौरौघपादाहतरुदच्छिशु
With commoners eager for food, their meals stolen from their homes, and children lying on the ground, their limbs crushed by the feet of bands of gold-laden thieves.
अपूर्वतरुणाक्रान्तकेशान्तःपुरिकाङ्गनम् । चौरहस्तच्युतानर्घरत्नदन्तुरमार्गदिक्
With young women of the inner apartments, their hair disheveled by the assault of strangers, and the streets littered with priceless jewels dropped from the hands of fleeing thieves.
हयेभरथसङ्घट्टव्यग्रसामन्तमण्डलम् । अभिषेकोद्यमादेशपरमन्त्रिपुरस्सरम्
With the circle of vassals in turmoil, their horses and chariots colliding in confusion, and the chief ministers leading the preparations for the royal consecration.
राजधानीविनिर्माणसानुस्थस्थपतीश्वरम् । कूपवातायनश्वभ्रनिपतद्राजवल्लभम्
With the master architects standing on the slopes, constructing the royal city, and the king's favorites falling from wells, windows, and balconies.
जयशब्दशतोद्घोषसिन्धुराजन्यनिर्भरम् । असङ्ख्यनिजराजौघवृतसिन्धुकृतस्थितिम्
Resounding with hundreds of victory cries, filled with multitudes of warriors, and surrounded by countless hosts of its own kings, standing firm like an ocean.
ग्रामान्तरसमाक्रान्तविद्रवद्राजवल्लभम् । मण्डलान्तरसञ्जातनगरग्रामलुण्ठनम्
With the king's favorites fleeing as villages are overrun, and the plundering of towns and villages arising in neighboring territories.
अनन्तचौर्यमौखर्यरुद्धमार्गगमागमम् । महानुभाववैधुर्यसनीहारदिनातपम्
The roads were blocked by endless thievery and harsh speech, and the heat of day was intensified by the presence of great and powerful people, dazzling like jewels.
मृतबन्धुजनाक्रन्दैर् श्रुततूर्यरवैर् अपि । हयेभरथशब्दैश् च पिण्डग्राह्यघनध्वनि
There were the cries of those mourning their dead relatives, the sounds of musical instruments, and the heavy, indistinct noise of horses and elephants, all mingling together.
सिन्धुदेवो जयत्य् एकच्छत्त्रभूमण्डलाधिपः । इत्य् अनन्तरम् आरेमुर् भेर्यः प्रतिपुरं तदा
Then, in every city, drums were sounded, proclaiming, 'Victory to King Sindhudeva, sovereign of the single-umbrella realm!'
राजधानीं विवेशाथ सिन्धुर् उद्धतकन्धरः । प्रजास् स्रष्टुं युगस्यान्ते मनुर् जगद् इवापरः
Sindhu, his neck held high, entered the capital city, as if he were another Manu at the end of an age, about to create new subjects for the world.
प्रवृत्ता दशदिग्भ्यो ऽथ प्रवेष्टुं सैन्धवं पुरम् । नराः करिहयागारै रत्नपूरा इवाम्भुधिम्
Then people from all ten directions began to enter the city of Sindhu, like treasures pouring into the ocean from stables of elephants and horses.
निबन्धनानि चिह्नानि शासनानि दिशां प्रति । क्षणं निवेशयाम् आसुर् मण्डलं प्रति मन्त्रिणः
For a moment, the ministers established regulations, marks, and decrees for each region and for the entire realm.
उदभूद् अचिरेणैव देशे देशे पुरे पुरे । जीविते मरणे माने नियमो यमतो यथा
Very soon, in every land and every city, order arose in life and death, in honor and dishonor, just as discipline comes from Yama.
अथ शेमुर् निमेषेण देशोपप्लवविभ्रमाः । प्रशान्तोत्पातपवनाः पदार्थावृत्तयो यथा
Then, in an instant, the disturbances and confusions of the land subsided, as the winds of calamity were calmed and things returned to their proper course.
सौम्यताम् आजगामाशु देशो दशदिगन्वितः । क्षीरोदः क्षुभितावर्तो द्राग् इवोद्वृत्तमन्दरः
The region, adorned with the ten directions, swiftly became gentle, like the ocean of milk with its churning waves, suddenly calmed after the Mandara mountain was raised.
ववुर् अलकचयान् विलोलयन्तो मुखकमलालिमुखानि सैन्धवीनाम् । जललववलनाकुलास् समीरा अशिवगुणा इव सर्वतः क्षणेन
Winds blew, tossing the locks of hair and stirring the lotus-like faces of the Sindhu women; everywhere, in an instant, the air was filled with restless gusts, as if bearing inauspicious qualities.
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे लीला समुवाच सरस्वतीम् । श्वासावशेषम् आलोक्य पूर्वं भर्तारम् अग्रगम्
At that moment, Lila spoke to Sarasvati, having first observed her husband, who was left with only a breath of life.
प्रवृत्तो देहम् उत्स्रष्टुं मद्भर्तायम् इहाम्बिके । स्थिता च मृतकल्पेयं लीला निस्स्पन्दगात्रिका
My husband here, O Ambika, is about to abandon his body; and this Lila, too, stands as if lifeless, her limbs unmoving.
देहेनानेन गन्तव्यम् अनया वीरभार्यया । यत्रावाभ्यां च तत् स्थानं कथं गन्तव्यम् अम्बिके
With this body, this wife of the hero must go—tell me, O Ambika, how shall we reach that place where both of us must go?
एवंरूपमहारम्भे सङ्ग्रामे राष्ट्रसम्भ्रमे । संपन्ने ऽपि स्थिते ऽप्य् उच्चैर् विचित्रारम्भमन्थरे
Even when such a great undertaking is set in motion—a battle, a nation's turmoil—even if it seems to be happening, or is underway, or is loudly proclaimed, its marvelous beginnings are slow to manifest.
न किञ्चिद् अपि संपन्नं राष्ट्रं न च महीतलम् । न स्थितं क्वचनाप्य् एवं स्वप्नात्मकम् इदं यतः
Nothing at all is accomplished; neither the kingdom nor the earth itself remains anywhere as it is, for all this is of the nature of a dream.
तस्य त्वन्मण्डपस्यान्तश् शवस्य निकटाम्बरे । इत्थं भूराष्ट्रम् आभाति भर्तृजीवस्य ते ऽनघे
Within the pavilion, near the corpse, in the space beside it, O sinless one, the kingdom of the earth appears thus, as the domain of your husband's life.
अन्तःपुरगृहं ते तद् इदं राष्ट्रान्वितोदरम् । वसिष्ठविप्रगेहे ऽन्तश् शवगेहे जगत् स्थितम्
That inner chamber of yours is this house, whose belly is joined to the kingdom; within the house of sage Vasiṣṭha, within the house of corpses, the world abides.
एवम् एष महारम्भो जगत्त्रयमयो भ्रमः । त्वया मयानयानेन संयुक्तस् सार्णवावनिः
Thus, this vast undertaking is a delusion composed of the three worlds; you, I, and this vehicle are united with the oceanic earth.
गिरिग्रामकगेहे ऽन्तर् मध्ये गगनकोशके । खात्मावकचति व्यक्तो न कचत्य् एव वा क्वचित्
Within the mountain village house, in the midst of the sky-vessel, the self of space moves about manifestly, or does not move at all anywhere.
एवम् आरम्भघनयोर् अपि मण्डपयोस् तयोः । उदरे शून्यम् आकाशम् एवास्ति न जगद्भ्रमः
In this way, even in the dense halls of these two pavilions, within their belly, only empty space exists; there is no delusion of the world.
भ्रमद्रष्टुर् अभावे हि कीदृशी भ्रमता भ्रमे । नास्त्य् एव भ्रमसत्ता तु यद् अस्ति तद् अजं पदम्
For, in the absence of the one who perceives the wandering, what kind of wandering can there be in the wandering? There is truly no existence of delusion; what exists is the unborn state.
भ्रमे दृश्यम् असत् तस्य द्रष्टुर् द्रष्टृदशा कुतः । द्रष्टृदृश्यक्रमाभावाद् अत्र यत् सहजं हि तत्
In delusion, the visible is unreal; for that, how can there be a state of the seer? Because of the absence of the sequence of seer and seen, what is innate here is that.