उवाच सोद्बाष्पविलोचनाथ ग्रामस् त्व् अयं पुक्कसघोषनामा । इहाभवत् पुक्कसकः पतिर् मे बभूव तस्येन्दुसमा सुतैका
With tearful eyes she replied: 'This village is called Pukkasa settlement. Here, my husband was a pukkasa; he had one daughter, radiant like the moon.'
सा दैवयोगात् पतिम् इन्दुतुल्यम् इहागतं दैववशेन भूपम् । शून्ये विशीर्णं मधुकुम्भम् आप वने वराकी करभी यथैका
By the will of fate, she obtained a husband equal to the moon, a king who arrived there by destiny; like a poor female elephant who finds an empty, broken honey-jar in the forest, she came to him alone.
सा तेन सार्धं सुचिरं सुखानि भुक्त्वा प्रसूता तनयां सुतांश् च । वृद्धिं गता काननकोटरे ऽस्मिंस् तुम्बीलता पादपसंवृतेव
She enjoyed happiness with him for a long time, and gave birth to a daughter and sons; she grew old in that forest hollow, like a gourd vine covered by a tree.
केनचित् त्व् अथ कालेन ग्रामके ऽस्मिञ् जनेश्वर । अवृष्टिदुःखम् अभवद् भीषणं भग्नमानवम्
Then, after some time, O lord of people, a terrible suffering from drought befell that village, breaking the spirit of its people.
महतानेन दुःखेन सर्वे ते ग्रामकाज् जनाः । विनिर्गत्य गता दूरं तत्र पञ्चत्वम् आगताः
Because of that great suffering, all the villagers left and went far away, and there they met their end.
तेनेमा दुःखभागिन्यश् शून्या वयम् इह प्रभो । शोच्याश् शोचाम उद्बाष्पम् आचान्तेक्षणवारयः
Because of this, O lord, we who remain here are left to share in this suffering; we are pitiable, we weep, our eyes brimming with tears.
इत्य् आकर्ण्याङ्गनावक्त्राद् राजा विस्मयम् आगतः । मन्त्रिणां मुखम् आलोक्य चित्रार्पित इवाभवत्
Hearing this from the lips of the women, the king was filled with wonder; looking at the faces of his ministers, he seemed as if struck by a marvelous painting.
भूयो विचारयाम् आस तद् आश्चर्यम् अनुत्तमम् । भूयो भूयश् च पप्रच्छ बभूवाश्चर्यवान् अति
He began to reflect again and again on that extraordinary event, and repeatedly questioned them, becoming ever more astonished.
तेषां समुचितैर् मानसम्मानैर् दुःखसङ्क्षयम् । कृत्वा करुणयाविद्धो दृष्टलोकपरावरः
Moved by compassion, and seeing the world in all its aspects, he relieved their suffering with proper respect and honor for their minds.
स्थित्वा तत्र चिरं कालं विमृश्य नियतेर् गतीः । आजगाम पुरं पौरैर् वन्दितः प्रविवेश च
Having remained there for a long time, reflecting on the courses of destiny, he returned to the city, honored by the citizens, and entered within.
प्रातस् तत्र सभास्थाने माम् अपृच्छद् असौ नृपः । कथम् एष मुने स्वप्नः प्रत्यक्ष इति विस्मितः
The next morning, in the assembly hall, that king questioned me, astonished: 'O sage, how has this dream appeared as if it were real?'
यथावस्तु मया तस्य तत्तद्युक्त्या स तादृशः । संशयो हृदयान् नुन्नो वातेनेवाम्बुदोदयः
I explained to him, according to the true nature of things and with proper reasoning; and his doubt was dispelled from his heart, like a cloud driven away by the wind.
इतीयं राघवाविद्या महती भ्रमदायिनी । असत् सत्तां नयत्य् आशु सच् चासत्तां नयत्य् अलम्
Thus, O Raghava, this great ignorance causes delusion; it quickly makes the unreal seem real, and the real seem unreal.
कथम् एवं वद ब्रह्मन् स्वप्नस् सत्यत्वम् आगतः । भ्रमभार इवैषो ऽर्थो न मे लगति चेतसि
'How is it, O Brahman, that a dream has attained reality? This matter, like a heavy burden of confusion, does not settle in my mind.'
सर्वम् एतद् अविद्यायां सम्भवत्य् एव राघव । घटेषु पटता दृष्टा स्वप्नसम्भ्रमणादिवत्
All this, O Raghava, indeed arises in ignorance—like seeing cloth in pots, or the confusion of dreams and the like.
दूरं निकटवद् भाति मकुरे ऽन्तर् इवाचलः । चिरं शीघ्रत्वम् आयाति यूनस् सेष्टेव यामिनी
That which is far appears near, like a mountain inside a mirror; what is long seems brief, as a night does to a youth in love.
असम्भवं सम्भवति स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा । असच् च सद् इवोदेति स्वप्नेष्व् इव नभोगतिः
The impossible becomes possible in dreams, as one's own death; and the unreal appears as real, like flying in the sky in dreams.
सुस्थिरं सुष्ठु चलति भ्रमे भूमिविवर्तवत् । अबलो बलम् आयाति मदविक्षुब्धचित्तवत्
That which is steady moves very well in delusion, like the apparent turning of the earth; the weak gains strength, like a mind agitated by intoxication.
वासनावलितं चेतो यद् यथा भावयत्य् अलम् । तत् तथानुभवत्य् आशु न सद् अस्ति न चाप्य् असत्
Whatever the mind, colored by impressions, intensely imagines, that it quickly experiences; it is neither truly real nor unreal.
यदैवाभ्युदिताविद्या त्व् अहन्तादिमयी मुधा । तदैवानादिमध्यान्ता भ्रमस्यानन्ततोदिता
When ignorance, consisting of ego and the like, arises foolishly, then, at that very moment, the beginningless, endless, and middleless delusion appears as infinite.
प्रतिभासवशाद् एव सर्वं विपरिवर्तते । क्षणः कल्पत्वम् आयाति कल्पश् च भवति क्षणः
By the force of appearance alone, everything is transformed; a moment becomes an aeon, and an aeon becomes a moment.
विपर्यस्तमतिर् जन्तुः काम् अवस्थां न वापतेत् । बिभर्ति सिंहताम् एणो वासनावशतस् स्वयम्
A creature whose mind is inverted may fall into any state; by the force of impressions, a deer itself assumes the nature of a lion.
विषभ्रममदाविद्यामोहाहन्तादयस् समाः । सर्वे चित्तविपर्यासात् फलसम्पत्तिहेतवः
Poison, delusion, intoxication, ignorance, confusion, ego, and the rest are all alike; all arise from the distortion of the mind and are causes of the fruition of results.
काकतलीयवच् चेतोवासनावशतस् स्वतः । संविशन्ति महारम्भा व्यवहाराः परस्परम्
Just as in the story of the crow and the palm fruit, so, by the force of mental impressions, great undertakings and interactions arise among themselves.
वृत्तं प्राक् पक्कणे राज्ञः कस्यचिल् लवणस्य यत् । प्रतिभातं तद् एतस्य सद् वासद् वा मनोगतम्
Whatever was experienced before, like the salt of some king in a previous birth, that appears to this one, whether good or bad, as conceived in the mind.
विस्मरत्य् अपि विस्तीर्णां क्रियां चेतःकृतां यथा । तथा कृताम् अप्य् अकृताम् इति स्मरति निश्चितम्
Just as the mind forgets even extensive actions it has performed, so too, it certainly remembers actions not done as though they were done.
तथाप्य् अभुक्तवान् अस्मि भुक्तवान् इति वेत्ति हि । स्वप्ने देशान्तरगमश् चाकृतो ऽप्य् अवबुध्यते
Thus, one thinks, 'I have not eaten' or 'I have eaten,' and even experiences travel to distant lands in a dream, though it has not actually occurred.
विन्ध्यपुक्कसक्तग्रामव्यवहारो ऽयम् ईदृशः । प्रतिभासागतस् तस्य स्वप्ने पूर्वकथा यथा
This interaction with the village of Vindhya and Pukkasa is of such a kind—arising in appearance for him in a dream, just like stories from the past.
अथ वा लवणेनाशु दृष्टो यस् स्वप्नविभ्रमः । स एव संविदं प्राप्तो विन्ध्यपुक्कसचेतसः
Or, the illusion seen in a dream by Lavana quickly has now entered the awareness of Vindhya and Pukkasa.
विन्ध्यपुक्कससंविद् वारूढा पार्थिवचेतसि । यथा बहूनां सदृशं वचनं नाम चाननम्
The awareness of Vindhya and Pukkasa has arisen in the mind of the prince, just as the speech and face of many people can appear similar.