सा पादाव् अवलम्ब्यास्य विवशेव वरानना । रराज च सुरेभस्य पादलग्नेव पद्मिनी
She, with a lovely face, clung helplessly to his feet, and shone like a lotus attached to the foot of the lord of the gods.
उवाच चेदं ललितं लसत्स्नेहोत्कया गिरा । वचो मधुरम् आनन्दि विलासवलिताक्षरम्
Then, with a playful and affectionate voice, sweet and joyful, her words adorned with charm, she spoke this:
पश्यामलेन्दुवदन मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः । अबलाम् अनुबध्नाति माम् एष किमनङ्गकः
See, O moon-faced one, with his bow drawn, this Love-god pursues me, a helpless woman—what is this, O Ananga?
पाहि माम् अबलां नाथ दीनां त्वच्छरणाम् इह । कृपणाश्वासनं साधो विद्धि सच्चरितव्रतम्
Protect me, O Lord, helpless and destitute, who has taken refuge in you here; O noble one, know me to be devoted to true conduct, a poor soul seeking comfort.
स्नेहदृष्टिम् अजानद्भिर् मूढैर् एव महामते । प्रणया अवगण्यन्ते न रसज्ञैः कदाचन
O wise one, those who do not understand the gaze of affection—fools alone—disregard intimacy; never do those who know its true essence.
अशङ्कितोपसम्पन्नः प्रणयो ऽन्योऽन्यरक्तयोः । अधःकरोति निष्यन्दं चान्द्रम् आस्वादितं प्रिय
When affection arises without suspicion between two who are mutually enamored, it brings forth a sweet flow, like the taste of the moon savored, my beloved.
न तथा सुखयत्य् एषा चेतस् त्रिभुवनेशता । यथा परस्परानन्दी स्नेहः प्रथमरक्तयोः
Not even the sovereignty of the three worlds brings such happiness to the heart as the mutual joy of love in those first enamored.
त्वत्पादस्पर्शनेनेयं समाश्वस्तास्मि मानद । चन्द्रपादपरामृष्टा यथा निशि कुमुद्वती
By the touch of your feet, O giver of honor, I am comforted, just as the lotus at night is revived when touched by the rays of the moon.
संस्पर्शामृतपानेन तव जीवामि सुन्दर । चन्द्रांशुरसपानेन चकोरी चपला यथा
By drinking the nectar of your touch, O beautiful one, I live—just as the restless chakorī bird lives by drinking the essence of the moon's rays.
माम् इमां चरणालीनां भ्रमरीं करपल्लवैः । आलिङ्ग्यामृतसम्पूर्णे सत्पद्महृदये कुरु
Take me, who clings at your feet like a bee, and with your lotus-like hands, embrace me—your heart full of nectar and true purity.
इत्य् उक्त्वा पुष्पमृद्वङ्गी सा तस्य पतितोरसि । व्याघूर्णितालिनयना सुतराव् इव मञ्जरी
Having spoken thus, she of tender, flower-like limbs fell upon his chest, her eyes rolling like a cluster of bees, just as a blossom sways.
तौ दम्पती तत्र विलासकान्तौ विलेसतुस् तासु वनस्थलीषु । किञ्जल्कगौरानिलघूर्णितासु मत्तौ द्विरेफाव् इव पद्मिनीषु
That couple, radiant in their delight, wandered together in those forest clearings, like two intoxicated bees amidst lotuses swaying in the pale breeze.
मन्दारदामाकुलया वैबुधासवमत्तया । तदा तेन तया सार्धं द्वितीयेनामलेन्दुना
Amidst the groves thick with coral trees, intoxicated by the nectar of the gods, he then enjoyed with her, who was like a second spotless moon.
विहृतं मत्तहंसासु हेमपङ्कजिनीषु च । तटेष्व् अमरवाहिन्यास् सह किन्नरचारणैः
They roamed among golden-lotused ponds filled with drunken swans, and along the banks of the celestial river, together with kinnara and charana musicians.
पीतम् इन्दुदलस्यन्दि देवैस् सह रसायनम् । पारिजातलताजालनिलयेषु विलासिना
In bowers woven from parijata branches, they drank the nectar flowing from the moon, together with the gods and playful companions.
चारुचैत्ररथोद्यानलतादोलासु लीलया । चिरं विलसितं व्यग्रैस् सह विद्याधरीगणैः
In the charming swing-groves of Chaitraratha, they sported for a long time with the eager hosts of vidyadharas.
नन्दनोपवनाभोगो मन्दरेणेव वारिधिः । भृशम् उल्लोलतां नीतः प्रमथैस् सह शाम्भवैः
The expanse of Nandana's pleasure-gardens, with the Mandara mountain like an ocean, was made to surge with excitement by the hosts of Shiva's attendants.
बालहेमलताजालजटिलासु दरीषु च । भ्रान्तम् उन्मत्तरागेण मैरवीष्व् अब्जिनीष्व् इव
In caves tangled with young golden creepers, they wandered, mad with passion, like bees among the blooming lotuses of Meru.
कैलासवनकुञ्जेषु तया सह विलासिना । हारेन्दुधवला रात्रिः क्षपिता गणगीतिभिः
In the groves of Kailasa, with his beloved, he passed the moon-white night, filled with the songs of the hosts.
गन्धमादनशैलस्य विश्रम्योपरि सानुषु । सा तेन कनकाम्भोजैर् आपादम् अभिमण्डिता
She, adorned from head to toe with golden lotuses, rested with him upon the summits of Mount Gandhamadana.
लोकालोकतटान्तेषु विचित्राश्चर्यहारिषु । क्रीडितं कृतहासेन राम तेन तया सह
Together with her, Rama played and laughed in the wondrous, astonishing, and captivating regions at the edge of Lokāloka mountain.
मन्दरान्तरकच्छेषु सार्धं हरिणशावकैः । अवसत् स समाष् षष्टिं कल्पितामरमन्दिरः
He dwelled for sixty years, as if in a celestial palace, among the valleys of Mandara mountain, together with fawns.
क्षीरार्णवतटेष्व् अस्य वनितासहचारिणः । क्षीणं कृतयुगाद् अर्धं श्वेतद्वीपजनैस् सह
On the shores of the ocean of milk, accompanied by women, he spent half of the Krita age together with the inhabitants of Shvetadvipa.
गन्धर्वनगरोद्यानलीलाविरचनैर् असौ । सृष्टानन्तजगत्सृष्टेः कालस्यानुकृतिं गतः
He, through the playful arrangements of gardens in Gandharva cities, imitated the endless creation of worlds, following the course of time.
अथावसद् असौ शुक्रः पुरन्दरपुरे पुनः । सुखं चतुर्युगान्य् अष्टौ हरिणेक्षणया सह
Then, once again, Shukra dwelled happily for eight cycles of four ages in the city of Purandara, together with the doe-eyed one.
पुण्यक्षयानुसन्धानात् ततश् चावनिमण्डले । तयैव सह मानिन्या पपातापहृताकृतिः
Then, as his merit was exhausted, he fell to the earthly realm together with that proud woman, his form deprived of its radiance.
परालूनसमस्ताङ्गो हृतस्यन्दननन्दनः । चिन्तापरवशो ध्वस्तस् समितीवाहतो भटः
His limbs shattered, deprived of his chariot and garden, he was overcome by anxiety and lay ruined, like a warrior struck down in battle.
पतितस्यावनौ तस्य चिन्तया सह दीर्घया । शरीरं शतधा यातं शिलापातीव निर्झरः
When he fell to the ground, together with his long brooding, his body was shattered into a hundred pieces, like a waterfall struck by a rock.
संशीर्णयोर् देहकयोश् चित्ते ते वासनावृते । विचेरतुस् तयोर् व्योम्नि निर्नीडौ विहगौ यथा
With both bodies destroyed and their minds veiled by impressions, the two wandered in the sky like nestless birds.
तत्राविविशतुश् चान्द्रं ते चित्ते रश्मिजालकम् । प्रालेयताम् उपेत्याशु शालिताम् अथ जग्मतुः
There, in their minds, they entered a moonlit lattice of rays; swiftly becoming icy, they then turned into rice plants.