fm3016 1.ap23-24 TWO LOVERS .z50

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DAILY READINGS th 25 April, 2019

fm5054 2.ap24..26 uddAlaka's further Enquiry .z82

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fm7067 3.ap25 STONE VISION .z45

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fm3017 1.ap25-26 TELEPORTATION .z57

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fm3016 1.ap23-24 TWO LOVERS .z50

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oॐm

 

 

TWO LOVERS

 

Vasishtha said—

3.16.01

भूतल~आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य-दयिता-पति: ।

bhUtala~ApsarasA sArdham ananya-dayitA-pati: |

अकृत्रिम-प्रेम-रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥

akRtrima-prema-rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||

.

bhUtala~ApsarasA sArdham x

ananya-dayitA-pati: x

akRtrima-prema-rasam x

sa reme kAntayA tayA x

.

she

was like a heavenly Nymph come down to earth

.

he

having no other wife to love

loved her only

 

totally

 

and so

he spent his days with her

...

* Nymph - Apsarasa – in the line of the apsara water-nymphs ~ vlm. speculates: The Apsaras are the Abisares of Ptolemy and Absairs of the Persians: a term applied to the fairy race in the watery valley of Cashmere, supposed to be the site of Paradise.

~vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.

~vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.

~vlm.p.2 The seats of their youthful play were gardens and groves, tree gardens of shrubs, and forests of tamara trees. They also played in pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves of flowers.

~vlm.p.3 They delighted themselves in the inner apartments on beds decked with fragrant flowers, and on walks strewn with fresh blossoms. In spring they amused themselves in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens, and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.

 

02

उद्यान-वन-गुल्मेषु तमाल-गहनेषु च ।

udyAna-vana-gulmeSu tamAla-gahaneSu ca |

पुष्प-मण्डप-तल्पेषु लता-वलय-सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥

puSpa-maNDapa-talpeSu latA-valaya-sadmasu ||3|16|2||

.

udyAna-vana-gulmeSu tamAla-gahaneSu ca x

puSpa-maNDapa-talpeSu latA-valaya-sadmasu x

.

in gardens

in groves & bushes

and

in thick acacia forests;

on couches in pavilion tents;

on seats entwined with budding vines

...

~vlm.p.2 The seats of their youthful play were gardens and groves, tree gardens of shrubs, and forests of tamara trees. They also played in pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves of flowers.

 

03

पुष्प~अन्तःपुर-शय्यासु पुष्प-सम्भार-वीथिषु ।

puSpa~anta:pura-zayyAsu puSpa-sambhAra-vIthiSu |

वसन्त~उद्यान-दोलासु क्रीडा-पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥

vasanta~udyAna-dolAsu krIDA-puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||

.

puSpa~anta:pura-zayyAsu x

puSpa-sambhAra-vIthiSu x

vasanta~udyAna-dolAsu x

krIDA-puSkariNISu ca

x

.

on flowery beds

in flowery paths

on garden-swings in spring

they

made their love

and sometimes beside lotus-ponds

...

~vlm.p.3 They delighted themselves in the inner apartments on beds decked with fragrant flowers, and on walks strewn with fresh blossoms. In spring they amused themselves in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens, and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.

x

xx1.12.1 02 03

 

04

चन्दन-द्रुम-शैलेषु संतानक-तलेषु च ।

candana-druma-zaileSu samtAnaka-taleSu ca |

कदम्ब-नीप-गेहेषु पारिभद्र~उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥

kadamba-nIpa-geheSu pAribhadra~udareSu ca ||3|16|4||

.

candana-druma-zaileSu samtAnaka-taleSu ca x

kadamba-nIpa-geheSu pAribhadra~udareSu ca x

.

on hills covered in sandalwood;

at the foot of a kalpa Tree;

at home,

beneath bountifully-orange.blossomed=kadamba.trees;

in the hollow of a neem tree

...

~vlm.p.4 Their favorite summer resorts were hills overgrown with sandalwood and the shade of forests, the groves of nipa and kadamba trees, and canopies of paribhadra and devadaru cedars.

~vlm.p.4 Their favorite summer resorts were hills overgrown with sandalwood and the shade of forests, the groves of nipa and kadamba trees, and canopies of paribhadra and devadaru cedars.

 

05

विकसत् कुन्द-मन्दार-मकरन्द-सुगन्धिषु ।

vikasat kunda-mandAra-makaranda-sugandhiSu |

वसन्त-वन-जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल-मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥

vasanta-vana-jAleSu kUjat kokila-mAliSu ||3|16|5||

.

vikasat x

kunda-mandAra-makaranda-sugandhiSu x

vasanta-vana-jAleSu x

kUjat kokila-mAliSu

x

.

beneath the blossoming jasmine

&

coral trees with honey-sweet blossoms

in the springtime forest

surrounded by cooing cuckoos

...

~vlm.p.5 They sat beside beds of kunda and mandara plants, fragrant with the smell of full-blown flowers, and they strayed about the spring-green woods resounding with the melody of nightingales’ notes.

 

06

नाना.अरण्य-तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु-दीप्तिषु ।

nAnA.araNya-tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu-dIptiSu |

नि.झरिषु तरत् तार-सीकरा-सार-वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥

ni.jhariSu tarat tAra-sIkarA-sAra-varSiSu ||3|16|6||

.

nAnA.araNya-tRNAnAm ca - of forest.meadow-grasses then - sthaleSu - in beds -

mRdu-dIptiSu x

ni.jhariSu tarat x

tAra-sIkarA-sAra-varSiSu x

zailAnAm maNi-mANikya-zilAnAm phalakeSu ca xx

.

and

in the grassy forests of the hills

in soft light and bright light

:

they would splash below a waterfall whose spray made a rain of stars

on mountain-slopes where rubies stood in piles

.

~vlm.p.6 They enjoyed the glossy beds of grassy tufts, the mossy seats of woods and lawns, and water-falls flooding the level lands with showers of rain.

x

xx04 05 06

 

07

शैलानाम् मणि-मणिक्य-शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।

zailAnAm maNi-mANikya-zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |

देवर्षि-मुनि-गेहेषु दूर-पुण्य~आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥

devarSi-muni-geheSu dUra-puNya~AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||

.

...

and in/when  zaila.stony/rocky-AnAm maNi.WishingStone/jewel-mANikya.ruby-zilA.stone/rock.s-nAm.of/for – and in/when phalaka.fruit/result.s-eSu ca | in/when devarSi.Devarshi.Godwise-muni.silent.Muni-geha.house.s-eSu – and in/when dUra.far/distant-puNya.pious/sacred-Ashrama.s-eSu

.

they visited the homes of munis

and Godly Dewarshis in distant sacred Ashramas

...

~vlm.p.7 They often visited mountain ledges overlaid with gems, minerals and richest stones, as wells as the shrines of gods and saints, holy hermitages and other places of pilgrimage.

* in/when devarSi.Devarshi.Godwise-muni.silent.Muni-geha.house-eSu – and in/when dUra.far/distant-puNya.pious/sacred-Ashrama.s-eSu

 

08

कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।

kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |

वन-स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥

vana-sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||

.

in/when

kumud.white.lily-vat.like.s-ISu

phulla.blown/expanding.s-Asu

smera.expanding\smiling.s-Asu

and in/when

nalini.lotus/pond.s-ISu ca x

in/when vana.forest-sthali.dry.land-s-ISu

kRSNa.dark-Asu x

phulla.blown/expanding.s-Asu

and in/when phalin.fruit.bearing/reaping-ISu ca

.  

among the blooming lotuses

they danced

amid white lotuses

in dark forests that teemed with flowers and sweet fruit

...

~vlm.p.8 They frequently haunted lakes of full-blown lotuses and lilies, smiling kumudas of various colors, and woodlands darkened by green foliage and overhung with flowers and fruit.

* in/when kumud.white.lily-vat.like.s-ISu phulla.blown/expanding.s-Asu smera.expanding\smiling.s-Asu and in/when nalini.lotus/pond.s-ISu ca - in/when vana.forest-sthali.dry.land-s-ISu kRSNa.dark-Asu - phulla.blown/expanding.s-Asu and in/when phalin.fruit.bearing/reaping-ISu ca

 

09

सुरतैः सुर-तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर~ईहितैः ।

suratai: sura-tAruNyai: sundara: sundara~Ihitai: |

पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम-रस~अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥

pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema-rasa~adhikai: ||3|16|9||

.

by/with surata.amorous/tender-i: - Sura.Brightling-tAruNya.youth.s-i: -

the sundara.beautiful-: -

by/with sundara.beautiful-Ihita.desired/sought.for-i: -

pezala.xxx-anyonya.xxx-ghana.thick/cloud=prema.xxx-rasa.xxx-adhika.xxx-i: 

.

~vlm.p.9 They passed their time in the amorous dalliances of god-like youths. Their personal beauty was graced by their generous pastimes of their mutual fondness and affection.

and they found their love delightful

.

they were young Brightling demigods

with every wonted wantonness and mutual deep tenderness

.

x

xx

07

08 09

 

10

प्रहेलिकाभिर्_आख्यानैस्_तथैव_आक्षर-मुष्टिभिः ।

prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara-muSTibhi: |

अष्टापदैर्_बहुद्यूतैस्_तथा गूढ-चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥

aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha-caturthakai: ||3|16|10||

.

they would play at riddles, and tell tales;

they would play finger-games, and Chess

and likewise many other games

also, even "The Secret Fourth*"

.

prahelikAbhir_AkhyAnais_x

tathaiva_AkSara-muSTibhi: x

aSTApadair_bahudyUtais_x

tathA gUDha-caturthakai: x

.

* gUDha-caturthaka – perhaps blindfold chess??? das....@gmail.com

~vlm.p.10 They amused each other with clever remarks and witticisms and solution of riddles, with story telling and playing tricks of hold-fists, and with various games of chess and dice.

~vlm.p.10 They amused each other with clever remarks and witticisms and solution of riddles, with story telling and playing tricks of hold-fists, and with various games of chess and dice.

~vlm.p.11 They diverted themselves by reading dramas and stories, and by interpreting stanzas difficult even for the learned. And sometimes they roamed about cities, towns and villages.

~vlm.p.12.They decorated their bodies with wreaths of flowers and ornaments of various kinds. They feasted on a variety of flavors, and moved about with playful negligence.

 

11

नाटक~आख्यायिकाभिश्_च श्लोकैर्_विन्दु-मति-क्रमैः ।

nATaka~AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu-mati-kramai: |

देश.काल-विभागैश्_च नगर-ग्राम-चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥

deza.kAla-vibhAgai:_ca nagara-grAma-ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||

.

nATaka~AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu-mati-kramai: |

deza.kAla-vibhAgai:_ca nagara-grAma-ceSTitai: x

.

they recited tales of the heroes

and uttered poems

carefully

as they passed thru time and place

as they made their journey thru cities, towns, and villages

.

* var. typo KG - <dezakala>

~vlm.p.11 They diverted themselves by reading dramas and stories, and by interpreting stanzas difficult even for the learned. And sometimes they roamed about cities, towns and villages.

 

12

स्रग्दाम-माला-वलितैर् नाना-भरण-योजनैः ।

sragdAma-mAlA-valitai:_nAnA-bharaNa-yojanai: |

लीला-विलोल-चलनैर्_विचित्र-रस-भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥

lIlA-vilola-calanai:_vicitra-rasa-bhojanai: ||3|16|12||

.

by/with

sragdAma.xxx-mAlA.garland/wreath-valita.xxx.s-i: x

nAnA.various-bharaNa.bear/supporting-yojana.xxx.s-i: x

lIlA.play-vilola.rolling/glance-calana.motion/stirring.s-i: x

vicitra.various/surprising-rasa.xxx-bhojana.xxx-i: x

.

bedecked

with garlands & flowery wreaths & many other ornaments

they danced

and they romanced

feasting on all the flavors of their love

...

.

x

xx10 11 12

 

13

आर्द्र-कुङ्कुम-कर्पूर-ताम्बूली-दल-चर्वणैः ।

Ardra-kuGkuma-karpUra-tAmbUlI-dala-carvaNai: |

फुल्ल-पुष्प-लता-गुञ्जा-देह-गोप-नख-व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥

phulla-puSpa-latA-guJjA-deha-gopa-nakha-vraNai: ||3|16|13||

.

Ardra-kuGkuma-karpUra-tAmbUlI-dala-carvaNai: x

phulla-puSpa-latA-guJjA-deha-gopa-nakha-vraNai: x

sucking.on saffron&camphor.spiced-mouth.watering betel leaves

sheltered by flowering vines

they soothed the tender scratches of their love

...

.

~vlm.p.13. They chewed betel leaves mixed with moistened mace, camphor and saffron. They hid the love marks on their bodies under the wreaths of flowers and coral that adorned them.

 

14

समालम्भन-लीलाभिर्_माला-प्रहरण-क्रमैः ।

samAlambhana-lIlAbhi:_mAlA-praharaNa-kramai: |

गृहे कुसुम-दोलाभिर्_अन्योन्यम् दोलन-क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥

gRhe kusuma-dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana-kramai: ||3|16|14||

.

samAlambhana-lIlAbhi: x

mAlA-praharaNa-kramai: x

gRhe kusuma-dolAbhi: x

anyonyam dolana-kramai: x

.

playfully oiling their limbs

each.to.each

pelting each-other with flower.blossoms

.

at home

they would swing in flowery swings

pushing each.other back and forth

.

~vlm. They played the frolics of "hide and find" (Beng. lukichuri)...

~vlm.p.14 They frolicked playing hide and seek, tossing wreaths and garlands, and swinging one another in cradles decorated with flowers.

~MoT. ... "samAlambhanam" aGga-rAga-karaNam ||3|16|

 

15

नौयान-युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।

nau.yAna-yugma,hasti.azva.dAnta.uSTra.Adi+gama~Agamai: |

जल-केलि-विलासेन परस्पर-समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥

jala-keli-vilAsena paraspara-samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||

.

on.board a boat or elephant  

or drawn by horses

or riding tuskers, then camels

going&coming

playing at watersports

splashing each other in their play

...

~vlm.p.15 They went on trips in pleasure-boats, and on yokes of elephants and tame camels. They played in their pleasure-ponds by splashing water on one another.

* by/with nauyAna.ship/sailing-yugma.pair/even.not.odd-hasti.elephant-azva.horse-dAnta.tusker/elephant-uSTra.xxx-Adi.beginning.with/&c-+gama.going-Agama.coming-i: - by/with jala.water-keli.play/party-vilAsa.play/diversion-ena - by/with paraspara.mutual-samukSaNa.sprinkling/watering-i:

 

x

xx13 14 15

 

16

नृत्य-गीत-कला~आलास्य-ताल-ताण्डव-मण्डनैः ।

nRtya-gIta-kalA~AlAsya-tAla-tANDava-maNDanai: |

संगीतकैः संकथनैर्_वीणा-मुरज-वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA-muraja-vAdanai: ||3|16|16||

.

nRtya-gIta-kalA~AlAsya-tAla-tANDava-maNDanai: x

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA-muraja-vAdanai: x

.

they made their love in dance and song

to the beat of the Doomsday tANDava*

* the dance we see in the familiar Shiva Nátarája statue

they made their love

with the telling of stories

voiced to the music of strings and drums

.

~vlm.p.16 They had their manly and feminine dances: the sprightly tandava and the merry lasya. They sang songs with masculine and feminine voices, the kala and giti. They had enjoyed harmonious and pleasing music, playing stringed and percussion instruments.

 

17

उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर-वृक्षेषु वर-वीथिषु ।

udyAneSu sarit.tIra-vRkSeSu vara-vIthiSu |

अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल~दोल=अवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥

anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla~dola=avadolanai: ||3|16|17||

.

in/when  udyAna.garden/park.s-eSu - sarit.stream-tIra.shore/bank-vRkSa.tree/trunk.s-eSu - vara.Boon/wish\best-vIthi.row/road-s-Su -  anta:pura.Inner.city/women's.quarter-s-eSu – harmya.harem-eSu  - in harems -  by/with phulla.blown/expanding-dola.swing-avadolana.swinging.back&forth-i:

.  

they made their love

in gardens,

in the groves on river-shores,

in shady lanes,

in the Inner.City* harem,

floating on swings like wind-blown flowers

.

**var. KG typo phullAdola.

~vlm.p.17 In their flowery conveyances they passed through gardens and pathways, by rivers and on highways, and into the inner apartments of their royal palaces.

O*tt. #anta:pura - Inner-City: not the modern slum, but the same term used by Chinese Emperors for their home palace. "This term refers specifically to the room(s) used by the ladies in large palaces. The menfolk are not usually allowed an entry here (including the King without the permission of the Lady)." KDM * ~jd. the term «harmya» is usually translated as mansion, home, hearth. <harmya> = "harem", as the heart of the anta:pura, is my own conjecture.

* in/when  udyAna.garden/park.s-eSu - sarit.stream-tIra.shore/bank-vRkSa.tree/trunk.s-eSu - vara.Boon/wish\best-vIthi.row/road-s-Su -  anta:pura.Inner.city/women's.quarter-s-eSu – harmya.harem-eSu  - in harems -  by/with phulla.blown/expanding-dola.swing-avadolana.swinging.back&forth-i:

 

 

 

 

 

18

सा तथा सुख-संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।

sA tathA sukha-saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |

एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प-शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥

ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa-zAlinI ||3|16|18||

.

sA.she/it - tathA.thus/in.that.way – su.good-kha.space-saMvRddhA.xxx- x

tasya.of.that - praNayinI.xxx- priyA.xxx- x

ekadA.xxx- cintayAmAsa.xxx- x

subhrU.xxx-: saMkalpa.Concept-zAlinI.xxx- xx

so

Lîlâ's pleasure grew and grew as Padma's loving life-consort

but

–once–

she had this thought

&

the smoothness of her brow grew knotted with a troubling thought

:

~vlm.p.18 The loving and beloved Queen Lîlâ, being thus brought up in pleasure and indulgence, at one time thought within herself with a wistful heart,

x

xx16 17 18

 

Lîlâ asked herself—

 

19

प्राणेभ्यो_ऽपि प्रियो_भर्ता मम_एष* जगती.पति: ।

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |

यौवन~उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद्_अजर~अमर: ॥३।१६।१९॥

yauvana~ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|19||

.

he's dearer than my very breath,

my husband,

this lord of my world,

the blessing of my youth

:

but

will he never meet old age and death

?

~sv ... What should I do in order that he and I may live for ever enjoying the pleasures of life?

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: x

yauvana~ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara~a.mara: x

.

~vlm.p.19 "How will my lord and ruler of earth, who is in the bloom of youth and prosperity and who is dearer to me than my life, be free from old age and death?

 

20

भर्त्रा_अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग-स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।

bhartrA_anena saha~uttuGga-stanI kusuma-sadmasu |

कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग-शतान्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥

katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga-zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||

.

bhartrA_anena  - by/with this my protector -  

saha.xxx-uttuGga.xxx-stanI.xxx- x

kusuma.flower-sadma.xxx-su x

katham.¿how- svaira.xxx-m ciram.for.long- kAnta.beautiful-A.-f.-

rama.in/when love

in/when yuga-zatAni – for a hundred Ages - aham.I

.

after that

whom will I sit beside

on my couch of lotuses

O

let him stroke my swelling breasts for an entire Age

—

for a hundred Ages

!

~vlm.p.20 And how will I enjoy his company on beds of flowers in the palace, possessed of my youth and free-will, for long, long hundreds of years?

 

21

तथा यते यत्नम् अतस्_तपो~जप-यम~ईहितैः ।

tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:~japa-yama~Ihitai: |

रजनीश-मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद्_अजर~अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥

rajanIza-mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|21||

.

tathA yate yatnam atas_tapas-japa-yama=Ihitai: |

rajanIza-mukho rAjA yathA syAd_a.jara~a.mara:  - x

.

well then

I'll do devoted works, austerities, hard tapas,

I'll chant mantras according to the rules

all.for this purpose

:

that my moon-faced lord and king may be free

from senility and death

.

~vlm.p.21 Therefore I will endeavor with all my vigilance, prayers, austerities and efforts to know how this moon-faced prince may become free from death and decline.

x

xx19 20 21

 

22

ज्ञान-वृद्धान्_तपो-वृद्धान् विद्या-वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।

jJAna-vRddhAn_tapa:~vRddhAn vidyA-vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
पृच्छामि तावद्_मरणम् कथम् न स्याद्_नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥

pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||

.

jJAna-vRddhAn_tapo-vRddhAn vidyA-vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti  - x

.

there are

those with abundance of Wisdom,

those with abundance of yogic Energy,

those with abundance of Learning,

the twiceborn Brahmins

—

I'll ask them all

"How can there be no death for a human being?"

~vlm.p.22 I will ask the most knowing, the most austere, and the very learned brAhmaNas how men may evade death."

~vlm.p.23 She accordingly invited the brAhmaNas and honored them with presents, and humbly asked them to tell her how men might become immortal on earth.

~vlm.p.24 The brAhmaNas replied, "Great queen, holy men may obtain success in everything by their austerities, prayers and observance of religious rites, but nobody can ever attain to immortality here below."

 

Vasishtha continued—

23

इत्य्_आनीय_अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।

iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |

अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद्_इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥

amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||

.

iti.so AnIya.bringing.brot- atha.next/then - sampUjya.full.worship/adoring – dvija.twiceborn.Brâhmin.s-An papraccha.asked - sA.she/it - nata.bowing.to/facing-A.-f.- amaratva.immortality-m katham.¿how – Vipra.Seer.A.-f.-: bhavet.becomes - iti.so - punar.again: punar.again

.

so

she invited them

and so

she honored the TwiceBorn

and asked

—

"how can he be brought to immortality?"

 

she asked those Seers once

and asked again

.

~vlm.p.23 She accordingly invited the brAhmaNas and honored them with presents, and humbly asked them to tell her how men might become immortal on earth.

* iti.so AnIya.bringing.brot- atha.next/then - sampUjya.full.worship/adoring – dvija.twiceborn.Brâhmin.s-An papraccha.asked - sA.she/it - nata.bowing.to/facing-A.-f.- amaratva.immortality-m katham.¿how – Vipra.Seer.A.-f.-: bhavet.becomes - iti.so - punar.again: punar.again

 

and the Vipra.Seers said—

24

तपो~जप-यमैर्_देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध-सिद्धय: ।

tapas-japa-yamai:_devi samastA: siddha-siddhaya: |

सम्प्राप्यन्ते_ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥

samprApyante_*maratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||

.

tapas-japa-yamai:_devi samastA: siddha-siddhaya: x

samprApyante_*maratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate x

.

by following the rules of tapas and mantra,

Divine Majesty,

the siddha.Adepts get their Powers,

but never immortality

!

~vlm.p.24 The brAhmaNas replied, "Great queen, holy men may obtain success in everything by their austerities, prayers and observance of religious rites, but nobody can ever attain to immortality here below."

x

xx22 23 24

 

Vasishtha went.on—

25

इत्य्_आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।

iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |

इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया_एव_आशु भीता प्रिय-वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya-viyogata: ||3|16|25||

.

iti_AkarNya dvija-mukhAt

cintayAm.Asa sA puna: x

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu

bhItA priya-viyogata: x

.

hearing these words of the TwiceBorn

she took a little further thought

and once again her thoughts dwelt in the fear of losing her darling

.

~vlm.p.25 Hearing this from the mouths of the brAhmaNas, she thought again in her own mind, and with fear for the death of her loving lord.

 

then Lîlâ said—

26

मरणम् भर्तुर्_अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद्_भविष्यति ।

maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |

तत्-सर्व.दु:ख-निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥

tat-sarva.du:kha-nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||

.

if

death should come to me before my husband

—should that be our Fate—

then

I will be free from my suffering,

and I shall find my state of happiness within mySelf

.

maraNam bhartu:_agre me x

yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati

x

tat-sarva.du:kha-nirmuktA x

saMsthAsye sukham Atmani

x

.

~vlm.p.26 "Should it happen that I come to die before my lord, then I shall be released from all pain of separation from him, and be quite at rest in myself.

 

27

अथ वर्ष-सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन्_मरिष्यति ।

atha varSa-sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |

तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो_गेहान्_न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥

tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||

.

atha

varSa-sahasreNa

bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati x

tat kariSye tathA

yena

jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati  - x

.

but if

after a century of love

he should die first

then I must myself find some means whereby

his Living.jíva will not leave

his home

.

~vlm.p.27 But if my husband should happen to die before me, even after a thousand years of our lives, I shall so manage it that his soul may not depart from the confines of this house.

x

xx

Vasishtha went.on—

25

then Lîlâ said—

26

27

 

28

तद्-भ्रमाद्_भर्तृ-जीवे_ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध~आन्त-मण्डपे ।

tat~bhramAt_bhartR-jIve_*smin nije zuddha~Anta-maNDape |

भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥

bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||

.

tat~bhramAt_bhartR-jIve_*smin

nije zuddha~Anta-maNDape |

bhartrA vilokitA nityam

ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham  - x

.

here

in the Inner City,

in his private Tomb,

he will never go wandering

and here

I'll happily remain with him

.

~vlm.p.28 The spirit of my lord will rove about the holy vault in this inner apartment and I shall feel the satisfaction of his presence at all times."

~vlm.p.28 The spirit of my lord will rove about the holy vault in this inner apartment and I shall feel the satisfaction of his presence at all times."

~vlm.p.29 "For this purpose, I will start this very day to worship Saraswatî, the goddess of wisdom, and offer my prayers to her, and observe fasts and other rites to my heart’s content."

~vlm.p.30 Having so determined, she began to observe the strict rituals of the scriptures without her lord’s knowledge.

 

29

अद्य_एव_आरभ्य_एतद्_अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।

adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |

जप~उपवास-नियमैर् आ-तोषम् पूजयाम्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥

japa~upavAsa-niyamai: A-toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||

.

Adya.primal/first- eva.very/only – Arabhya.begun/beginning.with - etat.this artha.meaning/thing.m devI.Goddess/Divinity-m jJapti.apprehended.vision-m sarasvatI.Sarasvatî the River.Goddess-m | by/with japa.mantra.chant-upavAsa.fasting/vow-niyama.mental.restraint/pious.act.s-i: AtoSa.fully.content-m – pUjay.worship/honoring-Ami aham – am I

.

so

today

I will cultivate the vision of

the River Goddess

sarasvatí

:

with mantra-chanting

&

fasting

I'll satisfy her with worship

.

~AB. jJapti: cit.rUpam || vasiShTha continued—

* Adya.primal/first- eva.very/only – Arabhya.begun/beginning.with - etat.this artha.meaning/thing.m devI.Goddess/Divinity-m jJapti.apprehended.vision-m sarasvatI.Sarasvatî the River.Goddess-m | by/with japa.mantra.chant-upavAsa.fasting/vow-niyama.mental.restraint/pious.act.s-i: AtoSa.fully.content-m – pUjay.worship/honoring-Ami aham – am I

 

30

इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा_एव वर.अङ्गना ।

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara~AGganA |

यथाशास्त्रम् चचार_उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||

...

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara~aGganA |

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA x

.

so she resolved, that very best of women, saying nothing to her lord

and

in accordance with shástra teaching

she began her fierce austerities

~vlm.p.30 Having so determined, she began to observe the strict rituals of the scriptures without her lord’s knowledge.

x

xx28 29 30

 

31

त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत-पारणा ।

trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta-pAraNA |

देव-द्विज-गुरु-प्राज्ञ-विद्वत्-पूजा-परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥

deva-dvija-guru-prAjJa-vidvat-pUjA-parAyaNA ||3|16|31||

.

...

making the Three.day Fast

and

she repeated it

again & again

and

after her long fasts

she worshipped the Gods

.

of/for the tri.three-rAtra.nights-sya - of/for the trirAtra.three.night.fast-sya in/when paryanta.border/limit-e kRta.done/made-pAraNa.conclusion/fulfilling-A.-f.- |

deva.God-dvija.twiceborn.Brâhmin-guru.Guru/teacher-prAjJa.xxx-vidvat.xxx-pUjA.xxx-parAyaNa.xxx-A.-f.-

.

~vlm.p.31 She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third night. She entertained the gods, brAhmaNas, priests and holy people with feasts and due honors.

~vlm.p.31 She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third night. She entertained the gods, brAhmaNas, priests and holy people with feasts and due honors.

~vlm.p.32 She performed her daily ablutions, she distributed alms, and she practiced austerities and meditation. In all of these she was painstakingly observant of the rules of pious devotion.

~vlm.p.33 She also attended to her unaware husband at the stated times. To the utmost, she took care of him and performed her duties as required by law and custom.

 

32

स्नान-दान-तपो~ध्यान-नित्य~उद्युक्त-शरीरिका ।

snAna-dAna-tapa:~dhyAna-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA |

सर्व.आस्तिक्य-सदाचार-कारिणी क्लेश-हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥

sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI kleza-hAriNI ||3|16|32||

.

she would spend her time

with Brahmins, and Gurus, Scholars, and the Wise,

with sacred baths, and charity, austerity,

and Meditation constantly,

full of the faith that all her Works would overcome all her troubles

.

snAna-dAna-tapas-dhyAna-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA

x bath-gift-austerity-meditation-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA

sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI

x sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI

kleza-hAriNI x

.

~vlm.p.32 She performed her daily ablutions, she distributed alms, and she practiced austerities and meditation. In all of these she was painstakingly observant of the rules of pious devotion.

 

33

यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।

yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |

तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम्_अपरिज्ञात-तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta-tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||

.

yathA.kAlam

yathA.udyogam yathAzAstram yathA.kramam x

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta-tatsthitim xx

she did

everything at the proper time,

with proper effort,

everything according to shástra,

in due order

—

and

she kept her husband happy

(tho he did not understand her state)

.

~vlm.p.33 He practiced raja yoga, at first by remaining silent with a graceful countenance.

~vlm.p.33 She also attended to her unaware husband at the stated times. To the utmost, she took care of him and performed her duties as required by law and custom.

vlm

x

xx31 32 33

 

34

त्रिरात्र-शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम-शालिनी ।

trirAtra-zatam evam sA bAlA niyama-zAlinI |

अनारतम् तपो-निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट-चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥

anAratam tapa:~niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa-ceSTayA ||3|16|34||

.

a hundred trirAtra fasts

so the girl

with mental.restraint/pious.act-zAlin.possessed

constantly/continually

remained intent upon the pains of her sacrificial ritual

.  

~vlm.p.34 Thus observant of her vows, with resolute and persevering pains-taking and unfailing austerity, the young queen passed a hundred of her three-night ceremonies.

* trirAtra.three.night.fast-zata.hundred-m evam.so- sA.she/the- bAlA.girl – niyama.mental.restraint/pious.act-zAlin.possessed.of/equipped.with-I-f.- +  anAratam.continually – tapas.Sacrifice/Rite-niSTha.intent/based.on-Am atiSThat.was.stay/remaining –  by/with kaSTa.painful-ceSTA.exertion/activity-ayA

 

35

त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च_अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।

trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |

तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥

tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||

.

and of trirAtra.three.night.fast.s-ANAm x

when a zata.hundred-e ca atha.next/then - were pUjita.worship/honored-A.-f.- pratimAnita.xxx-A | tuSTa.xxx-A bhagavat.xxx-I gaurI.xxx - vAc.speech/voice-IzA.Lady- samuvAca.xxx – tAm.her

.

and then at last

the Golden Lady, the Goddess of Speech

was pleased

and spoke thus to her

:

x

.

~vlm.35 With his steady mind, he cast off the external sensations afar from him like a rich and brilliant gem casts off its outer coating and rubbish, then scatters its rays to a distance.

~vlm.p.35 Saraswatî, the fair goddess of speech, was pleased at the completion of Lîlâ’s hundredth three-night ritual in the goddess’ honor, performed with all outward and spiritual courtesy. The goddess spoke to her saying,

 

The River Goddess Sarasvatî said—

36

निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ-भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।

nirantareNa tapasA bhartR-bhakti.atizAyinA |

परितुष्टा_अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥

parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||

.

nirantareNa tapasA x

bhartR-bhakti-atizAyinA x

parituSTA_asmi te vatse x

gRhANa varam Ipsitam xx

I

am delighted with you,

dear,

and your continual austerity,

and your great devotion to your husband

.

now

take the boon you wish

.

~vlm.36 He compressed his external sensations without coming in contact with them, like trees contracting their sap in the cold season.

~vlm.p.36 "I am pleased, my child, with your continued devotion to me, and your constant devotion to your husband. Now ask the boon that you would have of me."

x

xx 34 35 36

 

The QUEEN cried.out—

37

जय जन्म-जरा-ज्वाला-दाह-दोष-शशि-प्रभे ।

jaya janma-jarA-jvAlA-dAha-doSa-zazi-prabhe |

जय हार्द~आन्धकार~ओघ-निवारण-रवि-प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥

jaya hArda~AndhakAra~ogha-nivAraNa-ravi-prabhe ||3|16|37||

.

jaya janma-jarA-jvAlA-dAha-doSa-zazi-prabhe x

jaya hArda~AndhakAra~ogha-nivAraNa-ravi-prabhe x

.

glory

in the radiant Moon

whose light burns away birth, old age, and death

!

glory

in the radiant Sun,

whose light illuminates the heart's blindness

!

~vlm.37 He stopped the circulation of his respiration to the nine openings of his body and their passing through the mouth and anus. By means of his breath control he compressed the winds in the internal cells of his body.

~vlm.p.37 Queen Lîlâ replied, "Be victorious, O moon-bright goddess, to end all the pains of our birth and death, and the troubles, afflictions and evils of this world. Like the sun, put to flight the darkness of our affections and afflictions in this life.

 

38

अम्ब मातर्_जगद्-मातर्_त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।

amba mAtar jagat-mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |

इदम् वर-द्वयम् देहि यद्_अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||

.

amba mAtar jagat-mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm x

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe x

.

momma,

Mother,

World-Mother,

please

bestow this mercy upon me

:

grant me this boon,

—this double boon—

which I request of you, pure one

!

~vlm.p.38 Save me, O goddess and parent of the world. Have pity on this wretched devotee and grant her these two boons that she begs of you."

 

39

एकम् तावद्_विदेहस्य भर्तुर्_जीवो_मम_आम्बिके ।

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |
अस्माद्_एव हि मा या_आसीन्_निज~अन्तःपुर-मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥

asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija~anta:pura-maNDapAt ||3|16|39||

.

first

I ask this of you, Mother

:

when my husband is bodiless, let his jíva not go from here,

his shrine will be here in the Inner City

.

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva: mama_Ambike x
asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija~anta:pura-maNDapAt x

.

~vlm.p.39 "The one is that after my husband is dead, his soul may not go beyond the precincts of this shrine in the inner apartment.

x

xx37 38 39

 

40

द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये_ऽहम् यदा यदा ।

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_*ham yadA yadA |

दर्शनाय वर~आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥

darzanAya vara~ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||

.

and secondly

Great Goddess

whenever I ask it of you

let me know your presence in keeping with your boon

:

grant me the sight of you

.

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_*ham yadA yadA x

darzanAya vara~ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam x

.

~vlm.p.40 The second is that whenever I call you, you shall hear my prayer, appear before me, and give me your sight and blessing."

 

Vasishtha continued—

41

इत्य्_आकर्ण्य जगन्~माता तव_आस्त्व्_एवम् इति स्वयम् ।

iti_AkarNya jagat~mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |

उक्त्वा_अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय_ऊर्मिर्_इव_अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||

.

iti_AkarNya jagat~mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam x

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave x

.

the Mother of this world

when she heard this

made this reply

:

"So be it for you!"

and

saying so

she disappeared

just as a wave subsides into the settling sea

.

~vlm.p.41 Hearing this, the goddess Saraswatî said, "Be it so,"and immediately disappeared in the air, just like a wave subsides in the sea from where it had come into view.

 

42

अथ सा राज-महिषी परितुष्टा_इष्ट.देवता ।

atha sA rAja-mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |

श्रुत-गीता_इव हरिणी बभूव_आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥

zruta-gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda‑dhAriNI ||3|16|42||

.

atha sA rAja-mahiSI x

parituSTA_iSTa.devatA x

zruta-gItA_iva hariNI x

babhUva_Ananda‑dhAriNI x

.

then

she, the Chief and only Queen of the King,

was happy as a goddess,

like a deer hearing a sweet song,

overflowing with Ananda.Happiness

.

~vlm.p.42 The queen being blessed by the presence and good grace of the goddess, was as delighted as a doe at hearing sweet music.

x

xx40 41 42

 

 

 

 

 

43

पक्षा* मास.ऋतु-कटके दिनारे वर्ष-दण्डके ।

pakSA mAsa.Rtu-kaTake dinAre varSa-daNDake |

क्षण-नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य्_अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥

kSaNa-nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||

.

pakSA.fortnight.s - in/when mAsa.month-Rtu.season-kaTaka.bracelet-e

dina.cut/ifc.day-ara.time-wheel.spoke-e – days that are spokes in the wheel of time - varSa.year/ifc.-raining-daNDaka.staff/rod-e – the yearly.beating rain -

kSaNa.instant/moment-nAbhi.nave/center-au – at the middle of the moment - spandamaye – invibrant mode - kAla.cakre – on the wheel of time - vahati.flowing : atha.next/then... -  

.  

the wheel of Time

went on turning,

the moments,

days,

fortnights,

months,

years

:

the whirling wheel of time

….

.

~vlm.p.43 The wheel of time rolled on its two semicircles of fortnights, the spikes of months, the arcs of the seasons, the loops of days and nights, and the orbits of years. The axle, composed of fleeting moments, gave constant momentum to the wheel.

* pakSA.fortnight.s - in/when mAsa.month-Rtu.season-kaTaka.bracelet-e - dina.cut/ifc.day-ara.time-wheel.spoke-e – days that are spokes in the wheel of time - varSa.year/ifc.-raining-daNDaka.staff/rod-e – the yearly.beating rain - kSaNa.instant/moment-nAbhi.nave/center-au – at the middle of the moment - spandamaye – invibrant mode - kAla.cakre – on the wheel of time - vahati.flowing : atha.next/then... -  

 

44

अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम_आस्या: पत्युस्_तच्~चेतनम् तनौ ।

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat~cetanam tanau |

संदृश्यमानम् एव_आशु शुष्क-पत्र-रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka-patra-rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||

.

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat~cetanam tanau |

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka-patra-rasa:_yathA  - x

.

and so it was

 

•

 

one day

her Lord of Love left his body,

and it grew stiff and still,

and it began to fade,

looking like a dry, withered leaf

.

there his body, wounded by war, lay in its Inner-City shrine

.

~vlm.p.44 The perceptions of King Padma entered into his subtle body and in a short time, he looked as dry as a withered leaf without its juicy gloss.

 

45

रण-खण्डित-देहे_ऽस्मिन् मृते_ऽन्तःपुर-मण्डपे ।

raNa-khaNDita-dehe_*smin mRte_*nta:pura-maNDape |

निर्जला नलिनी_इव_आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||

.

raNa-khaNDita-dehe_*smin mRte_*nta:pura-maNDape x

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau  - x

.

with this body

wounded by war

dead in the Inner.City Tomb

she was a lotus in a drought

and she began to fade away

.

~vlm.p.45 The dead body of the warlike king was laid over a tomb inside the palace. Queen Lîlâ began to fade away at its sight, like a lotus flower without the waters of its birth.

x

xx43 44 45

 

46

विष~उष्ण-श्वसन-ध्वस्त-सकल~आधर-पल्लवा ।

viSa~uSNa-zvasana-dhvasta-sakala~Adhara-pallavA |

प्राप सा मरण~आवस्थाम् सशल्या_इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥

prApa sA maraNa~AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||

.

viSa~uSNa-zvasana-dhvasta-sakala~Adhara-pallavA x

prApa sA maraNa~AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA x

.

her sighs, provoked by her husband’s death,

were like the crying of a deer wounded by an arrow.

~vlm.p.46 Her lips grew pale from the hot and poisoned breath of her sorrow. She was in the agony of death, like a doe mortally wounded by an arrow.

 

47

प्राप सा तपसा_आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |

दीप ज्वाला-लवे क्षीणे सद्म-श्रीर्_इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥

dIpa‑jvAlA-lave kSINe sadma-zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||

.

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate x

dIpa‑jvAlA-lave kSINe sadma-zrI:_iva bhUSitA x

.

the fire of her tapas grew dark

when he came to his death,

:

she was like a blazing lamp

when it sputters.out and the house goes dark

.

so

she

was

.

~vlm.p.47 At the death of her lord, her eyes were covered in darkness like a house becomes dark when its light is extinguished.

 

48

कार्श्यम्_आप क्षणेन_आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |

यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार-विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra-vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||

.

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA x

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra-vidhUsarA x

.

and

in a little while

she grew thin,

her youth grown to saplessness,

as when a river-current flows too far,

and sinks in dry dust

.

~vlm.p.48 In her sad melancholy, she became leaner every moment. She became like a dried channel covered with dirt instead of water.

*jd. the river sarasvatI is said to sink into the desert

and rise from underground where rivers meet at triveNI.

x

xx46 47 48

 

49

क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन-मूका वियोगिनी ।

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna-mUkA viyoginI |

बभूव चक्रवाकी_इव मानिनी मरण-उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥

babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa~unmukhI ||3|16|49||

.

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram x

mauna-mUkA viyoginI x

babhUva chakravAkI_iva x

mAninI maraNa~unmukhI x

.

now

she roars her grief;

now

she cannot keep silent

—

like the red goose chakravAka longing for rain,

she cries

finding herself face-to-face with death

.

~vlm.p.49 She moved one moment and was then mute as a statue. She was about to die of grief, like the ruddy goose at the separation of her mate.

 

50

अथ ताम् अतिमात्र-विह्वलाम्

atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAm

स.कृप~आकाश-भवा सरस्वती ।

sa.kRpa~AkAza-bhavA sarasvatI |

शफरीम् ह्रद-शोष-विह्वलाम्

zapharIm hrada-zoSa-vihvalAm

प्रथमा वृष्टिर्_इव_अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥

prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||

.

then

seeing her distress

Sarasvatí, the River Goddess,

is overcome with pity

:

as.if she saw a carp stranded in a dry pond,

she looses a rain of compassion upon her

.

atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAm

sa.kRpa~AkAza-bhavA sarasvatI |

zapharIm hrada-zoSa-vihvalAm

prathamA vRSTi:_iva_anu.akampata |

~vlm.p.50 Then the ethereal goddess Saraswatî took pity on the excess of her grief, and showed as much compassion for Lîlâ’s relief as the first shower of rain does to dying fishes in a drying pond.

x

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सर्ग ३.१६

वसिष्ठ* उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

भूतल~आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य-दयिता-पति: ।

bhUtala~ApsarasA sArdham ananya-dayitA-pati: |

अकृत्रिम-प्रेम-रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥

akRtrima-prema-rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||

उद्यान-वन-गुल्मेषु तमाल-गहनेषु च ।

udyAna-vana-gulmeSu tamAla-gahaneSu ca |

पुष्प-मण्डप-तल्पेषु लता-वलय-सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥

puSpa-maNDapa-talpeSu latA-valaya-sadmasu ||3|16|2||

पुष्प~अन्तःपुर-शय्यासु पुष्प-सम्भार-वीथिषु ।

puSpa~anta:pura-zayyAsu puSpa-sambhAra-vIthiSu |

वसन्त~उद्यान-दोलासु क्रीडा-पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥

vasanta~udyAna-dolAsu krIDA-puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||

चन्दन-द्रुम-शैलेषु संतानक-तलेषु च ।

candana-druma-zaileSu samtAnaka-taleSu ca |

कदम्ब-नीप-गेहेषु पारिभद्र~उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥

kadamba-nIpa-geheSu pAribhadra~udareSu ca ||3|16|4||

विकसत् कुन्द-मन्दार-मकरन्द-सुगन्धिषु ।

vikasat kunda-mandAra-makaranda-sugandhiSu |

वसन्त-वन-जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल-मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥

vasanta-vana-jAleSu kUjat kokila-mAliSu ||3|16|5||

नाना.अरण्य-तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु-दीप्तिषु ।

nAnA.araNya-tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu-dIptiSu |

नि.झरिषु तरत् तार-सीकरा-सार-वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥

ni.jhariSu tarat tAra-sIkarA-sAra-varSiSu ||3|16|6||

शैलानाम् मणि-मणिक्य-शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।

zailAnAm maNi-mANikya-zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |

देवर्षि-मुनि-गेहेषु दूर-पुण्य~आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥

devarSi-muni-geheSu dUra-puNya~AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||

कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।

kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |

वन-स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥

vana-sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||

सुरतैः सुर-तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर~ईहितैः ।

suratai: sura-tAruNyai: sundara: sundara~Ihitai: |

पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम-रस~अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥

pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema-rasa~adhikai: ||3|16|9||

प्रहेलिकाभिर्_आख्यानैस्_तथैव_आक्षर-मुष्टिभिः ।

prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara-muSTibhi: |

अष्टापदैर्_बहुद्यूतैस्_तथा गूढ-चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥

aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha-caturthakai: ||3|16|10||

नाटक~आख्यायिकाभिश्_च श्लोकैर्_विन्दु-मति-क्रमैः ।

nATaka~AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu-mati-kramai: |

देश.काल-विभागैश्_च नगर-ग्राम-चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥

deza.kAla-vibhAgai:_ca nagara-grAma-ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||

स्रग्दाम-माला-वलितैर् नाना-भरण-योजनैः ।

sragdAma-mAlA-valitai:_nAnA-bharaNa-yojanai: |

लीला-विलोल-चलनैर्_विचित्र-रस-भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥

lIlA-vilola-calanai:_vicitra-rasa-bhojanai: ||3|16|12||

आर्द्र-कुङ्कुम-कर्पूर-ताम्बूली-दल-चर्वणैः ।

Ardra-kuGkuma-karpUra-tAmbUlI-dala-carvaNai: |

फुल्ल-पुष्प-लता-गुञ्जा-देह-गोप-नख-व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥

phulla-puSpa-latA-guJjA-deha-gopa-nakha-vraNai: ||3|16|13||

समालम्भन-लीलाभिर्_माला-प्रहरण-क्रमैः ।

samAlambhana-lIlAbhi:_mAlA-praharaNa-kramai: |

गृहे कुसुम-दोलाभिर्_अन्योन्यम् दोलन-क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥

gRhe kusuma-dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana-kramai: ||3|16|14||

नौ.यान-युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।

nau.yAna-yugma=hasti.azva.dAntoSTra.Adi+gama~Agamai: |

जल-केलि-विलासेन परस्पर-समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥

jala-keli-vilAsena paraspara-samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||

नृत्य-गीत-कला~आलास्य-ताल-ताण्डव-मण्डनैः ।

nRtya-gIta-kalA~AlAsya-tAla-tANDava-maNDanai: |

संगीतकैः संकथनैर्_वीणा-मुरज-वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA-muraja-vAdanai: ||3|16|16||

उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर-वृक्षेषु वर-वीथिषु ।

udyAneSu sarit.tIra-vRkSeSu vara-vIthiSu |

अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल~आदोल=आवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥

anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla~Adola=Avadolanai: ||3|16|17||

सा तथा सुख-संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।

sA tathA sukha-saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |

एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प-शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥

ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa-zAlinI ||3|16|18||

प्राणेभ्यो_ऽपि प्रियो_भर्ता मम_एष* जगती.पतिः ।

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |

यौवन~उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद्_अजर~अमरः ॥३।१६।१९॥

yauvana~ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|19||

भर्त्रा_अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग-स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।

bhartrA_Anena saha~uttuGga-stanI kusuma-sadmasu |

कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग-शतान्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥

katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga-zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||

तथा यते यत्नम् अतस्_तपो~जप-यम~ईहितैः ।

tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:~japa-yama~Ihitai: |

रजनीश-मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद्_अजर~अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥

rajanIza-mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|21||

ज्ञान-वृद्धान्_तपो-वृद्धान् विद्या-वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।

jJAna-vRddhAn_tapa:~vRddhAn vidyA-vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
पृच्छामि तावद्_मरणम् कथम् न स्याद्_नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥

pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||

वसिष्ठ* उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य्_आनीय_अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।

iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |

अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद्_इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥

amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||

विप्रा* ऊचु: ।

viprA* Ucu: |

तपो~जप-यमैर्_देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध-सिद्धय: ।

tapas-japa-yamai:_devi samastA: siddha-siddhaya: |

सम्प्राप्यन्ते_ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥

samprApyante_*maratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||

वसिष्ठ* उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य्_आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।

iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |

इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया_एव_आशु भीता प्रिय-वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya-viyogata: ||3|16|25||

लीला_उवाच ।

lIlA_uvAca |

मरणम् भर्तुर्_अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद्_भविष्यति ।

maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |

तत्-सर्व.दु:ख-निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥

tat-sarva.du:kha-nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||

अथ वर्ष-सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन्_मरिष्यति ।

atha varSa-sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |

तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो_गेहान्_न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥

tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||

तद्-भ्रमाद्_भर्तृ-जीवे_ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध~आन्त-मण्डपे ।

tat~bhramAt_bhartR-jIve_*smin nije zuddha~Anta-maNDape |

भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥

bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||

अद्य_एव_आरभ्य_एतद्_अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।

adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |

जप~उपवास-नियमैर् आ-तोषम् पूजयाम्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥

japa~upavAsa-niyamai: A-toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||

इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा_एव वर.अङ्गना ।

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara~AGganA |

यथाशास्त्रम् चचार_उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||

त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत-पारणा ।

trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta-pAraNA |

देव-द्विज-गुरु-प्राज्ञ-विद्वत्-पूजा-परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥

deva-dvija-guru-prAjJa-vidvat-pUjA-parAyaNA ||3|16|31||

स्नान-दान-तपो~ध्यान-नित्य~उद्युक्त-शरीरिका ।

snAna-dAna-tapa:~dhyAna-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA |

सर्व.आस्तिक्य-सदाचार-कारिणी क्लेश-हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥

sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI kleza-hAriNI ||3|16|32||

यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।

yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |

तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम्_अपरिज्ञात-तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta-tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||

त्रिरात्र-शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम-शालिनी ।

trirAtra-zatam evam sA bAlA niyama-zAlinI |

अनारतम् तपो-निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट-चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥

anAratam tapa:~niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa-ceSTayA ||3|16|34||

त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च_अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।

trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |

तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥

tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||

सरस्वती_उवाच ।

sarasvatI_uvAca |

निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ-भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।

nirantareNa tapasA bhartR-bhakti.atizAyinA |

परितुष्टा_अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥

parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||

जय जन्म-जरा-ज्वाला-दाह-दोष-शशि-प्रभे ।

jaya janma-jarA-jvAlA-dAha-doSa-zazi-prabhe |

जय हार्द~आन्धकार~ओघ-निवारण-रवि-प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥

jaya hArda~AndhakAra~ogha-nivAraNa-ravi-prabhe ||3|16|37||

अम्ब मातर्_जगद्-मातर्_त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।

amba mAtar jagat-mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |

इदम् वर-द्वयम् देहि यद्_अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||

एकम् तावद्_विदेहस्य भर्तुर्_जीवो_मम_आम्बिके ।

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |
अस्माद्_एव हि मा या_आसीन्_निज~अन्तःपुर-मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥

asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija~anta:pura-maNDapAt ||3|16|39||

द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये_ऽहम् यदा यदा ।

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_*ham yadA yadA |

दर्शनाय वर~आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥

darzanAya vara~ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||

वसिष्ठ* उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य्_आकर्ण्य जगन्~माता तव_आस्त्व्_एवम् इति स्वयम् ।

iti_AkarNya jagat~mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |

उक्त्वा_अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय_ऊर्मिर्_इव_अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||

अथ सा राज-महिषी परितुष्टा_इष्ट.देवता ।

atha sA rAja-mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |

श्रुत-गीता_इव हरिणी बभूव_आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥

zruta-gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda‑dhAriNI ||3|16|42||

पक्षा* मास.ऋतु-कटके दिनारे वर्ष-दण्डके ।

pakSA mAsa.Rtu-kaTake dinAre varSa-daNDake |

क्षण-नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य्_अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥

kSaNa-nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||

अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम_आस्या: पत्युस्_तच्~चेतनम् तनौ ।

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat~cetanam tanau |

संदृश्यमानम् एव_आशु शुष्क-पत्र-रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka-patra-rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||

रण-खण्डित-देहे_ऽस्मिन् मृते_ऽन्तःपुर-मण्डपे ।

raNa-khaNDita-dehe_*smin mRte_*nta:pura-maNDape |

निर्जला नलिनी_इव_आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||

विष~उष्ण-श्वसन-ध्वस्त-सकल~आधर-पल्लवा ।

viSa~uSNa-zvasana-dhvasta-sakala~Adhara-pallavA |

प्राप सा मरण~आवस्थाम् सशल्या_इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥

prApa sA maraNa~AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||

प्राप सा तपसा_आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |

दीप ज्वाला-लवे क्षीणे सद्म-श्रीर्_इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥

dIpa‑jvAlA-lave kSINe sadma-zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||

कार्श्यम्_आप क्षणेन_आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |

यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार-विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra-vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||

क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन-मूका वियोगिनी ।

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna-mUkA viyoginI |

बभूव चक्रवाकी_इव मानिनी मरण-उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥

babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa~unmukhI ||3|16|49||

अथ ताम् अतिमात्र-विह्वलाम्

atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAm

स.कृप~आकाश-भवा सरस्वती ।

sa.kRpa~AkAza-bhavA sarasvatI |

शफरीम् ह्रद-शोष-विह्वलाम्

zapharIm hrada-zoSa-vihvalAm

प्रथमा वृष्टिर्_इव_अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥

prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||

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३०१७

fm3017 1.ap25-26 TELEPORTATION .z57

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzzxht8e9423nov/fm3017%201.ap25-26%20TELEPORTATION%20.z57.docx?dl=0

[Jiva Das]

 

FM.3 complete

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8a8up1f6qscqyn/FM.3.1-122%20end.docx?dl=0

fm3016 1.ap23-24 TWO LOVERS .z50

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk04b44au98adgl/fm3016%201.ap23-24%20TWO%20LOVERS%20.z50.docx?dl=0

 

सर्ग ३.१६

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

भूतल.आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य.दयिता.पति: ।

bhUtala.ApsarasA sArdham ananya.dayitA.pati: |

अकृत्रिम.प्रेम.रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥

akRtrima.prema.rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||

उद्यान.वन.गुल्मेषु तमाल.गहनेषु च ।

udyAna.vana.gulmeSu tamAla.gahaneSu ca |

पुष्प.मण्डप.तल्पेषु लता.वलय.सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥

puSpa.maNDapa.talpeSu latA.valaya.sadmasu ||3|16|2||

पुष्प.अन्तःपुर.शय्यासु पुष्प.सम्भार.वीथिषु ।

puSpa.anta:pura.zayyAsu puSpa.sambhAra.vIthiSu |

वसन्त.उद्यान.दोलासु क्रीडा.पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥

vasanta.udyAna.dolAsu krIDA.puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||

चन्दन.द्रुम.शैलेषु संतानक.तलेषु च ।

candana.druma.zaileSu samtAnaka.taleSu ca |

कदम्ब.नीप.गेहेषु पारिभद्र.उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥

kadamba.nIpa.geheSu pAribhadra.udareSu ca ||3|16|4||

विकसत् कुन्द.मन्दार.मकरन्द.सुगन्धिषु ।

vikasat kunda.mandAra.makaranda.sugandhiSu |

वसन्त.वन.जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल.मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥

vasanta.vana.jAleSu kUjat kokila.mAliSu ||3|16|5||

नाना.अरण्य.तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु.दीप्तिषु ।

nAnA.araNya.tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu.dIptiSu |

नि.झरिषु तरत् तार.सीकरा.सार.वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥

ni.jhariSu tarat tAra.sIkarA.sAra.varSiSu ||3|16|6||

शैलानाम् मणि.मणिक्य.शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।

zailAnAm maNi.mANikya.zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |

देवर्षि.मुनि.गेहेषु दूर.पुण्य.आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥

devarSi.muni.geheSu dUra.puNya.AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||

कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।

kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |

वन.स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥

vana.sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||

सुरतैः सुर.तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर.ईहितैः ।

suratai: sura.tAruNyai: sundara: sundara.Ihitai: |

पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम.रस.अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥

pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema.rasa.adhikai: ||3|16|9||

प्रहेलिकाभिर् आख्यानैस् तथैव आक्षर.मुष्टिभिः ।

prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara.muSTibhi: |

अष्टापदैर् बहुद्यूतैस् तथा गूढ.चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥

aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha.caturthakai: ||3|16|10||

नाटक.आख्यायिकाभिश् च श्लोकैर् विन्दु.मति.क्रमैः ।

nATaka.AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu.mati.kramai: |

देश.काल.विभागैश् च नगर.ग्राम.चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥

deza.kAla.vibhAgai:_ca nagara.grAma.ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||

स्रग्दाम.माला.वलितैर् नाना.भरण.योजनैः ।

sragdAma.mAlA.valitai:_nAnA.bharaNa.yojanai: |

लीला.विलोल.चलनैर् विचित्र.रस.भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥

lIlA.vilola.calanai:_vicitra.rasa.bhojanai: ||3|16|12||

आर्द्र.कुङ्कुम.कर्पूर.ताम्बूली.दल.चर्वणैः ।

Ardra.kuGkuma.karpUra.tAmbUlI.dala.carvaNai: |

फुल्ल.पुष्प.लता.गुञ्जा.देह.गोप.नख.व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥

phulla.puSpa.latA.guJjA.deha.gopa.nakha.vraNai: ||3|16|13||

समालम्भन.लीलाभिर् माला.प्रहरण.क्रमैः ।

samAlambhana.lIlAbhi:_mAlA.praharaNa.kramai: |

गृहे कुसुम.दोलाभिर् अन्योन्यम् दोलन.क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥

gRhe kusuma.dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana.kramai: ||3|16|14||

नौ.यान.युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।

nau.yAna.yugma=hasti.azva.dAntoSTra.Adi+gama.Agamai: |

जल.केलि.विलासेन परस्पर.समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥

jala.keli.vilAsena paraspara.samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||

नृत्य.गीत.कला.आलास्य.ताल.ताण्डव.मण्डनैः ।

nRtya.gIta.kalA.AlAsya.tAla.tANDava.maNDanai: |

संगीतकैः संकथनैर् वीणा.मुरज.वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA.muraja.vAdanai: ||3|16|16||

उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर.वृक्षेषु वर.वीथिषु ।

udyAneSu sarit.tIra.vRkSeSu vara.vIthiSu |

अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल.आदोल=आवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥

anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla.Adola=Avadolanai: ||3|16|17||

सा तथा सुख.संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।

sA tathA sukha.saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |

एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प.शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥

ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa.zAlinI ||3|16|18||

प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि प्रियो भर्ता मम एष जगती.पतिः ।

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |

यौवन.उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद् अजर.अमरः ॥३।१६।१९॥

yauvana.ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|19||

भर्त्रा अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग.स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।

bhartrA_Anena saha.uttuGga.stanI kusuma.sadmasu |

कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग.शतान्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥

katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga.zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||

तथा यते यत्नम् अतस् तपो.जप.यम.ईहितैः ।

tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:.japa.yama.Ihitai: |

रजनीश.मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद् अजर.अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥

rajanIza.mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|21||

ज्ञान.वृद्धान् तपो.वृद्धान् विद्या.वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।

jJAna.vRddhAn_tapa:.vRddhAn vidyA.vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
पृच्छामि तावद् मरणम् कथम् न स्याद् नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥

pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य् आनीय अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।

iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |

अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद् इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥

amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||

विप्रा ऊचु: ।

viprA* Ucu: |

तपो.जप.यमैर् देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध.सिद्धय: ।

tapas.japa.yamai:_devi samastA: siddha.siddhaya: |

सम्प्राप्यन्ते ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥

samprApyante_amaratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य् आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।

iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |

इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया एव आशु भीता प्रिय.वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya.viyogata: ||3|16|25||

लीला उवाच ।

lIlA_uvAca |

मरणम् भर्तुर् अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद् भविष्यति ।

maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |

तत्.सर्व.दु:ख.निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥

tat.sarva.du:kha.nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||

अथ वर्ष.सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन् मरिष्यति ।

atha varSa.sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |

तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान् न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥

tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||

तद्.भ्रमाद् भर्तृ.जीवे ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध.आन्त.मण्डपे ।

tat.bhramAt_bhartR.jIve_asmin nije zuddha.Anta.maNDape |

भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥

bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||

अद्य एव आरभ्य एतद् अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।

adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |

जप.उपवास.नियमैर् आ.तोषम् पूजयाम्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥

japa.upavAsa.niyamai: A.toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||

इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा एव वर.अङ्गना ।

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara.AGganA |

यथाशास्त्रम् चचार उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||

त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत.पारणा ।

trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta.pAraNA |

देव.द्विज.गुरु.प्राज्ञ.विद्वत्.पूजा.परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥

deva.dvija.guru.prAjJa.vidvat.pUjA.parAyaNA ||3|16|31||

स्नान.दान.तपो.ध्यान.नित्य.उद्युक्त.शरीरिका ।

snAna.dAna.tapa:.dhyAna.nitya.udyukta.zarIrikA |

सर्व.आस्तिक्य.सदाचार.कारिणी क्लेश.हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥

sarva.Astikya.sadAcAra.kAriNI kleza.hAriNI ||3|16|32||

यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।

yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |

तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम् अपरिज्ञात.तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta.tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||

त्रिरात्र.शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम.शालिनी ।

trirAtra.zatam evam sA bAlA niyama.zAlinI |

अनारतम् तपो.निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट.चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥

anAratam tapa:.niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa.ceSTayA ||3|16|34||

त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।

trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |

तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥

tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||

सरस्वती उवाच ।

sarasvatI_uvAca |

निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ.भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।

nirantareNa tapasA bhartR.bhakti.atizAyinA |

परितुष्टा अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥

parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||

जय जन्म.जरा.ज्वाला.दाह.दोष.शशि.प्रभे ।

jaya janma.jarA.jvAlA.dAha.doSa.zazi.prabhe |

जय हार्द.आन्धकार.ओघ.निवारण.रवि.प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥

jaya hArda.AndhakAra.ogha.nivAraNa.ravi.prabhe ||3|16|37||

अम्ब मातर् जगद्.मातर् त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।

amba mAtar jagat.mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |

इदम् वर.द्वयम् देहि यद् अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||

एकम् तावद् विदेहस्य भर्तुर् जीवो मम आम्बिके ।

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |

अस्माद् एव हि मा या आसीन् निज.अन्तःपुर.मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥

asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija.anta:pura.maNDapAt ||3|16|39||

द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये ऽहम् यदा यदा ।

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_aham yadA yadA |

दर्शनाय वर.आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥

darzanAya vara.ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

इत्य् आकर्ण्य जगन्.माता तव आस्त्व् एवम् इति स्वयम् ।

iti_AkarNya jagat.mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |

उक्त्वा अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय ऊर्मिर् इव अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||

अथ सा राज.महिषी परितुष्टा इष्ट.देवता ।

atha sA rAja.mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |

श्रुत.गीता इव हरिणी बभूव आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥

zruta.gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda.dhAriNI ||3|16|42||

पक्षा मास.ऋतु.कटके दिनारे वर्ष.दण्डके ।

pakSA mAsa.Rtu.kaTake dinAre varSa.daNDake |

क्षण.नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य् अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥

kSaNa.nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||

अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम आस्या: पत्युस् तच्.चेतनम् तनौ ।

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat.cetanam tanau |

संदृश्यमानम् एव आशु शुष्क.पत्र.रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka.patra.rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||

रण.खण्डित.देहे ऽस्मिन् मृते ऽन्तःपुर.मण्डपे ।

raNa.khaNDita.dehe_asmin mRte_anta:pura.maNDape |

निर्जला नलिनी इव आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||

विष.उष्ण.श्वसन.ध्वस्त.सकल.आधर.पल्लवा ।

viSa.uSNa.zvasana.dhvasta.sakala.Adhara.pallavA |

प्राप सा मरण.अवस्थाम् सशल्या इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥

prApa sA maraNa.AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||

प्राप सा तपसा आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |

दीप ज्वाला.लवे क्षीणे सद्म.श्रीर् इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥

dIpa.jvAlA.lave kSINe sadma.zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||

कार्श्यम् आप क्षणेन आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |

यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार.विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra.vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||

क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन.मूका वियोगिनी ।

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna.mUkA viyoginI |

बभूव चक्रवाकी इव मानिनी मरण.उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥

babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa.unmukhI ||3|16|49||

अथ ताम् अतिमात्र.विह्वलाम्

atha tAm atimAtra.vihvalAm

स.कृप.आकाश.भवा सरस्वती ।

sa.kRpa.AkAza.bhavA sarasvatI |

शफरीम् ह्रद.शोष.विह्वलाम्

zapharIm hrada.zoSa.vihvalAm

प्रथमा वृष्टिर् इव अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥

prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||

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oॐm

 

 

FM.3.16

 

TWO LOVERS

 

VASISHTHA said—

 

भूतल.आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य.दयिता.पति: ।

bhUtala.ApsarasA sArdham ananya.dayitA.pati: |

अकृत्रिम.प्रेम.रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥

akRtrima.prema.rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||

.

SHE

was like a heavenly Nymph come down to earth

.

HE

having no other wife to love

loved her only

 

totally

 

and so

he spent his days with her

...

bhUtala.xx.Apsarasa.xx.A sArdham.xx ananya.xx.dayitA.xx.pati.xx: | akRtrima.xx.prema.love/affection/kindness.rasana.taste.m sas.he/it

reme.he.delighted kAnta.lovely/beautiful//lover/husband.yA tayA.w.that/it.f.

.

* Nymph - Apsarasa – **ap . water . *sarasa . the line of the apsara water.nymphs . VLM. speculates: "The Apsaras are the Abisares of Ptolemy and Absairs of the Persians: a term applied to the fairy race in the watery valley of Cashmere, supposed to be the site of Paradise.

*vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.

bhUtala.Apsarasa.A . A Nymph on Earth . sArdham.together.with, . ananya.dayitA.pati: . a husband with no other wife + akRtrima.unfeigned/honest .prema.rasam . sa reme . he delighted . kAnta.yA tayA . in that beauty

 

उद्यान.वन.गुल्मेषु तमाल.गहनेषु च ।

udyAna.vana.gulmeSu tamAla.gahaneSu ca |

पुष्प.मण्डप.तल्पेषु लता.वलय.सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥

puSpa.maNDapa.talpeSu latA.valaya.sadmasu ||3|16|2||

.

in gardens

in groves & bushes

&

in thick acacia forests

lying on couches in pavilion tents

entwined like budding vines

...

*vlm. and forests of tamara trees.

They also played in pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves of flowers.

 

पुष्प.अन्तःपुर.शय्यासु पुष्प.सम्भार.वीथिषु ।

puSpa.anta:pura.zayyAsu puSpa.sambhAra.vIthiSu |

वसन्त.उद्यान.दोलासु क्रीडा.पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥

vasanta.udyAna.dolAsu krIDA.puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||

.

on flowery harem beds

on flowery roads

on garden.swings in spring

&

playing in lotus.pomds

...

*vlm. In spring in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens,

and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.

 

चन्दन.द्रुम.शैलेषु संतानक.तलेषु च ।

candana.druma.zaileSu samtAnaka.taleSu ca |

कदम्ब.नीप.गेहेषु पारिभद्र.उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥

kadamba.nIpa.geheSu pAribhadra.udareSu ca ||3|16|4||

.

they played on hills covered in sandalwood;

at the foot of a Kalpa Tree;

&

at home

beneath a bountifully.orange.blossomed=Kadamba.tree;

or the hollow of a Neem.tree

...

 

विकसत् कुन्द.मन्दार.मकरन्द.सुगन्धिषु ।

vikasat kunda.mandAra.makaranda.sugandhiSu |

वसन्त.वन.जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल.मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥

vasanta.vana.jAleSu kUjat kokila.mAliSu ||3|16|5||

.

beneath the blossoming jasmine & coral trees

with the honey.sweet blossoms of a springtime forest

(surrounded by cooing cuckoos)

...

*vlm.p.5 They sat beside beds of kunda and mandara plants,

fragrant with the smell of full.blown flowers,

and they strayed about the spring.green woods

resounding with the melody of nightingales’ notes.

 

नाना.अरण्य.तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु.दीप्तिषु ।

nAnA.araNya.tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu.dIptiSu |

नि.झरिषु तरत् तार.सीकरा.सार.वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥

ni.jhariSu tarat tAra.sIkarA.sAra.varSiSu ||3|16|6||

.

and

in the grassy forests of the hills

in soft light and bright light

:

they would splash below a waterfall whose spray made a rain of stars

on mountain.slopes where rubies stood in piles

.

 

शैलानाम् मणि.मणिक्य.शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।

zailAnAm maNi.mANikya.zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |

देवर्षि.मुनि.गेहेषु दूर.पुण्य.आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥

devarSi.muni.geheSu dUra.puNya.AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||

.

on mountains sprouting rubies and wishing.stones

in the houses of prophets and silent Munis

and faraway holy Âshramas

.

*vlm. ...mountain ledges overlaid with gems, minerals and richest stones,

as wells as the shrines of gods and saints...

 

कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।

kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |

वन.स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥

vana.sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||

.

among the blooming lotuses

they danced

:

among white lotuses

in black forests full of flowers and sweet fruit

they played

.

सुरतैः सुर.तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर.ईहितैः ।

suratai: sura.tAruNyai: sundara: sundara.Ihitai: |

पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम.रस.अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥

pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema.rasa.adhikai: ||3|16|9||

.

and they found their love delightful

two youthful Brightling demigods

with every wonted wantonness and mutual deep tenderness

.

 

प्रहेलिकाभिर् आख्यानैस् तथैव आक्षर.मुष्टिभिः ।

prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara.muSTibhi: |

अष्टापदैर् बहुद्यूतैस् तथा गूढ.चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥

aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha.caturthakai: ||3|16|10||

.

they would play at riddles, and tell tales;

they would play finger.games, and Chess

and likewise many other games

including even "Military*Secret"

.

* gUDha.caturthaka – perhaps blindfold chess??? das....@gmail.com

 

नाटक.आख्यायिकाभिश् च श्लोकैर् विन्दु.मति.क्रमैः ।

nATaka.AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu.mati.kramai: |

देश.काल.विभागैश् च नगर.ग्राम.चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥

deza.kAla.vibhAgai:_ca nagara.grAma.ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||

.

They would recite the tales of heroes

and utter poems

as they passed thru time and place

making their journey thru cities, towns, and villages

.

स्रग्दाम.माला.वलितैर् नाना.भरण.योजनैः ।

sragdAma.mAlA.valitai:_nAnA.bharaNa.yojanai: |

लीला.विलोल.चलनैर् विचित्र.रस.भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥

lIlA.vilola.calanai:_vicitra.rasa.bhojanai: ||3|16|12||

.

arrayed

with garlands & flowery wreaths & many other ornaments

they played

dancing and romancing

feasting on all the flavors of their love

...

.

आर्द्र.कुङ्कुम.कर्पूर.ताम्बूली.दल.चर्वणैः ।

Ardra.kuGkuma.karpUra.tAmbUlI.dala.carvaNai: |

फुल्ल.पुष्प.लता.गुञ्जा.देह.गोप.नख.व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥

phulla.puSpa.latA.guJjA.deha.gopa.nakha.vraNai: ||3|16|13||

.

sucking.on

saffron&camphor.spiced-mouth.watering=betel.leaves

sheltered.by

flowering vines that soothed the tender scratches of their love

...

.

समालम्भन.लीलाभिर् माला.प्रहरण.क्रमैः ।

samAlambhana.lIlAbhi:_mAlA.praharaNa.kramai: |

गृहे कुसुम.दोलाभिर् अन्योन्यम् दोलन.क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥

gRhe kusuma.dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana.kramai: ||3|16|14||

.

playfully each would oil the limbs of each

:

pelting each.other with flower.blossoms

at home

they would swing in flowery swings

pushing each.other back and forth

.

*vlm. They played the frolics of "hide and find" (Beng. lukichuri)...

*MoT. ... "samAlambhanam" aGga.rAga.karaNam ||

 

नौयान.युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।

nau.yAna.yugma,hasti.azva.dAnta.uSTra.Adi+gama.Agamai: |

जल.केलि.विलासेन परस्पर.समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥

jala.keli.vilAsena paraspara.samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||

.

aboard a boat

astride an elephant

or drawn by horses or tuskers or camels

going&coming

.

playing at watersports

splashing each other in their play

...

नृत्य.गीत.कला.आलास्य.ताल.ताण्डव.मण्डनैः ।

nRtya.gIta.kalA.AlAsya.tAla.tANDava.maNDanai: |

संगीतकैः संकथनैर् वीणा.मुरज.वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA.muraja.vAdanai: ||3|16|16||

.

they made their love in dance and song

to the beat of the Doomsday Tândava*

* the dance we see in the familiar Shiva Nâta.râja statue

they made their love

with the telling of stories

voiced to the music of strings and drums

.

उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर.वृक्षेषु वर.वीथिषु ।

udyAneSu sarit.tIra.vRkSeSu vara.vIthiSu |

अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल.दोल=अवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥

anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla.dola=avadolanai: ||3|16|17||

.

they made their love

in gardens,

in the groves on river.shores,

in shady lanes,

in the Inner.City* harem, floating on swings like wind.blown flowers

.

* "Inner.City" = anta:pura . Inner.City: not the modern slum, but the Women's Quarter of the Royal Palace, where "the menfolk are not usually allowed to enter (even the King without the permission of his Lady)." KDM * .jd. the term «harmya» is usually translated as mansion, home, hearth. Here <harmya> = "harem", the heart of the anta:pura, is my own conjecture.

 

 

 

सा तथा सुख.संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।

sA tathA sukha.saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |

एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प.शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥

ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa.zAlinI ||3|16|18||

.

so

Lîlâ's pleasure grew and grew as Padma's loving life.consort

but

–once–

she had this thott

&

the smoothness of her brow grew knotted by her troubled thinking

:

LÎLÂ asked herself—

 

प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि प्रियो भर्ता मम एष जगती.पति: ।

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |

यौवन.उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद् अजर.अमर: ॥३।१६।१९॥

yauvana.ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|19||

.

HE

is dearer than my very breath,

my husband, this lord of my world, the blessing of my youth

:

but

will he never meet old age and death

?

*vlm. "How will my lord ... be free from old age and death?

 

भर्त्रा अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग.स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।

bhartrA_anena saha.uttuGga.stanI kusuma.sadmasu |

कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग.शतान्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥

katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga.zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||

.

&

after that

who will lie next to me on my couch of lotuses

O

let him stroke my swelling breasts

for an entire Age

—

for a hundred Ages

!

 

तथा यते यत्नम् अतस् तपो.जप.यम.ईहितैः ।

tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:.japa.yama.Ihitai: |

रजनीश.मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद् अजर.अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥

rajanIza.mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|21||

.

well then

I'll do devoted works, austerities, hard tapas,

I'll chant mantras according to the rules

all.for.this.purpose

:

"May my moon.faced man, my lord and king, be free

from senility and death"

.

ज्ञान.वृद्धान् तपो.वृद्धान् विद्या.वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।

jJAna.vRddhAn_tapa:.vRddhAn vidyA.vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
पृच्छामि तावद् मरणम् कथम् न स्याद् नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥

pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||

.

there are

people with abundance of Wisdom,

people with abundance of yogic Energy,

people with abundance of Learning (the twiceborn Brahmins)

—

I'll ask them all

"How can there be no death for a human being?"

.

Vasishtha continued—

 

इत्य् आनीय अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।

iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |

अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद् इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥

amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||

.

so

she invited them

and so

she honored the TwiceBorn

and asked

—

"How can he be brought to immortality?"

 

she asked those Seers once

and asked again

.

and the VIPRA.SEERS replied—

 

तपो.जप.यमैर् देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध.सिद्धय: ।

tapas.japa.yamai:_devi samastA: siddha.siddhaya: |

सम्प्राप्यन्ते ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥

samprApyante_amaratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||

.

"By following the rules of Tapas"

..

"And Mantra, Divine Majesty" ..

..

"The Siddha.Adepts get their Powers,

but never immortality!"

.

VASISHTHA went.on—

 

इत्य् आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।

iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |

इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया एव आशु भीता प्रिय.वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya.viyogata: ||3|16|25||

.

Hearing these words of the TwiceBorn

she took to a little further thinking

and once again her thotts all dwelt in fear--

the fear of losing her darling

.

Then LÎLÂ reasoned—

 

मरणम् भर्तुर् अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद् भविष्यति ।

maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |

तत्.सर्व.दु:ख.निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥

tat.sarva.du:kha.nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||

.

If

death should visit me before my husband

—should that be our Fate—

then

I will be free from my suffering,

and I shall find my state of happiness within mySelf

.

 

अथ वर्ष.सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन् मरिष्यति ।

atha varSa.sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |

तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान् न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥

tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||

.

but if

after a century of love

he should die first

then I must myself find some means whereby

his Living.Jîva will not leave

his home

.

 

तद्.भ्रमाद् भर्तृ.जीवे ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध.आन्त.मण्डपे ।

tat.bhramAt_bhartR.jIve_asmin nije zuddha.Anta.maNDape |

भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥

bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||

.

here

in the Inner City,

will be his Private Tomb,

he will never go wandering

and here

I'll happily remain with him

.

अद्य एव आरभ्य एतद् अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।

adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |

जप.उपवास.नियमैर् आ.तोषम् पूजयाम्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥

japa.upavAsa.niyamai: A.toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||

.

so

today

I will cultivate the vision of the River Goddess Sarasvatî

:

with mantra.chanting & fasting I'll satisfy her

with my worship of her

.

 

VASISHTHA continued—

 

इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा एव वर.अङ्गना ।

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara.AGganA |

यथाशास्त्रम् चचार उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||

...

So she resolved, that very best of women, saying nothing to her lord

and

in accordance with Shâstra teaching

she began to practice fierce austerities

.

 

त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत.पारणा ।

trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta.pAraNA |

देव.द्विज.गुरु.प्राज्ञ.विद्वत्.पूजा.परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥

deva.dvija.guru.prAjJa.vidvat.pUjA.parAyaNA ||3|16|31||

.

...

making the Three.day Fast

she repeated it

again & again

and

after her long fasts

she worshipped the Gods

.

*vlm. She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third night.

 

स्नान.दान.तपो.ध्यान.नित्य.उद्युक्त.शरीरिका ।

snAna.dAna.tapa:.dhyAna.nitya.udyukta.zarIrikA |

सर्व.आस्तिक्य.सदाचार.कारिणी क्लेश.हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥

sarva.Astikya.sadAcAra.kAriNI kleza.hAriNI ||3|16|32||

.

She spent her time

with Brahmins & Gurus, with Scholars & the Wise,

with sacred baths, and charity, austerity,

and Meditation constantly,

full of the faith that all her Works would overcome all her troubles

.

यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।

yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |

तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम् अपरिज्ञात.तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta.tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||

.

she did everything at the proper time,

with proper effort,

everything according to Shâstra,

in due order

&

all the while she kept her husband happy

(tho he did not understand her state)

.

 

त्रिरात्र.शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम.शालिनी ।

trirAtra.zatam evam sA bAlA niyama.zAlinI |

अनारतम् तपो.निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट.चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥

anAratam tapa:.niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa.ceSTayA ||3|16|34||

.

A hundred Three.night Fasts

so the girl

restraining her mind, possessed by piety

was constantly intent.upon the pains of her sacrificial rite

.

 

 

त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।

trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |

तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥

tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||

.

Then

at last

the Golden Lady, the Goddess of Speech

was pleased

and spoke thus to her

:

 

The River Goddess SARASVATÎI said—

 

निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ.भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।

nirantareNa tapasA bhartR.bhakti.atizAyinA |

परितुष्टा अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥

parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||

.

I

am delighted with you,

dear,

and your continual austerity,

and your great devotion to your husband

.

NOW

take the boon you wish ror your reward

!

 

The QUEEN cried.out—

 

जय जन्म.जरा.ज्वाला.दाह.दोष.शशि.प्रभे ।

jaya janma.jarA.jvAlA.dAha.doSa.zazi.prabhe |

जय हार्द.आन्धकार.ओघ.निवारण.रवि.प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥

jaya hArda.AndhakAra.ogha.nivAraNa.ravi.prabhe ||3|16|37||

.

GLORY

in the radiant Moon

whose light burns away birth, old age, and death

!

GLORY

in the radiant Sun,

whose light illuminates the heart's blindness

!

अम्ब मातर् जगद्.मातर् त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।

amba mAtar jagat.mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |

इदम् वर.द्वयम् देहि यद् अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||

.

Momma, Mother, World.Mother,

please

bestow this mercy upon me

:

grant me this boon—this double boon—which I request of you, pure one

!

एकम् तावद् विदेहस्य भर्तुर् जीवो मम आम्बिके ।

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |

अस्माद् एव हि मा या आसीन् निज.अन्तःपुर.मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥

asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija.anta:pura.maNDapAt ||3|16|39||

.

FIRST

I ask this of you, Mother

:

when my husband is bodiless, let his Jîva not go.away from here :

his shrine will be here in the Harem

.

द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये ऽहम् यदा यदा ।

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_aham yadA yadA |

दर्शनाय वर.आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥

darzanAya vara.ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||

.

&

SECOND

Great Goddess

whenever I ask it of you let me know your presence

in keeping with your boon

:

grant me the sight of you

.

 

VASISHTHA continued—

 

इत्य् आकर्ण्य जगन्.माता तव आस्त्व् एवम् इति स्वयम् ।

iti_AkarNya jagat.mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |

उक्त्वा अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय ऊर्मिर् इव अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||

.

The Mother of this world

when she heard this

made this reply

:

"So be it for you!"

and

saying so

she disappeared

just as a wave subsides into the settling sea

.

अथ सा राज.महिषी परितुष्टा इष्ट.देवता ।

atha sA rAja.mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |

श्रुत.गीता इव हरिणी बभूव आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥

zruta.gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda.dhAriNI ||3|16|42||

.

then

she, Lîlâ, the Chief and only Queen of King Padma,

was happy as a goddess,

like a deer hearing a sweet song,

overflowing with Ananda.Happiness

.

 

 

पक्षा मास.ऋतु.कटके दिनारे वर्ष.दण्डके ।

pakSA mAsa.Rtu.kaTake dinAre varSa.daNDake |

क्षण.नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य् अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥

kSaNa.nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||

.

The wheel of Time

kept.on.turning

in moments, days, fortnights, months, years

:

the whirling wheel of time

….

.

अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम आस्या: पत्युस् तच्.चेतनम् तनौ ।

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat.cetanam tanau |

संदृश्यमानम् एव आशु शुष्क.पत्र.रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka.patra.rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||

.

and so it was

until

one day her Lord of Love left his body

&

it grew stiff and still

&

it began to fade,

looking like a dry, withered leaf

&

there

his body, wounded by war, lay in its Inner.City-Harem=shrine

.

रण.खण्डित.देहे ऽस्मिन् मृते ऽन्तःपुर.मण्डपे ।

raNa.khaNDita.dehe_asmin mRte_anta:pura.maNDape |

निर्जला नलिनी इव आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||

.

Beside this body wounded by war, dead, in the Harem.Tomb

she sat, a lotus in a drought, and began to fade away

:

विष.उष्ण.श्वसन.ध्वस्त.सकल.आधर.पल्लवा ।

viSa.uSNa.zvasana.dhvasta.sakala.Adhara.pallavA |

प्राप सा मरण.अवस्थाम् सशल्या इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥

prApa sA maraNa.avasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||

.

poisonous heat covered her lips

like a wounded doe on the brink of death

.

*vlm.p.46 Her lips grew pale from the hot and poisoned breath of her sorrow. She was in the agony of death, like a doe mortally wounded by an arrow.

 

प्राप सा तपसा आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |

दीप ज्वाला.लवे क्षीणे सद्म.श्रीर् इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥

dIpa.jvAlA.lave kSINe sadma.zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||

.

the fire of her Tapas.Austerity grew dark

when he came to his death,

:

she had been a blazing lamp

but now

it sputters.out and the house goes dark

.

so

she

was

:  

*vlm.p.47 At the death of her lord, her eyes were covered in darkness like a house becomes dark when its light is extinguished.

 

कार्श्यम् आप क्षणेन आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |

यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार.विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra.vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||

.

and

in a little while

she grew thin,

her youth grown to saplessness,

like a river.current flowing too far and sinking into the dry dust

.

*jd. The river Sarasvatî is said to sink into the desert

and later rise from underground where rivers meet at triveNI.

 

क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन.मूका वियोगिनी ।

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna.mUkA viyoginI |

बभूव चक्रवाकी इव मानिनी मरण.उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥

babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa.unmukhI ||3|16|49||

.

now

she weeps her lament now she cannot keep silent

—

like the red goose Chakravâka longing for rain

she cries aloud

finding herself face.to.face with death

.

अथ ताम् अतिमात्र.विह्वलाम्

atha tAm atimAtra.vihvalAm

स.कृप.आकाश.भवा सरस्वती ।

sa.kRpa.AkAza.bhavA sarasvatI |

शफरीम् ह्रद.शोष.विह्वलाम्

zapharIm hrada.zoSa.vihvalAm

प्रथमा वृष्टिर् इव अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥

prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||

.

but then

seeing her distress

Sarasvatií, the River Goddess,

is overcome with pity

:

as.if she saw a carp stranded in a dry pond,

she looses a rain of compassion upon her

.

 

.

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FM.3.16



*TWO LOVERS*



*VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL said—*

भूतल.आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य.दयिता.पति: ।

bhUtala.ApsarasA sArdham ananya.dayitA.pati: |

अकृत्रिम.प्रेम.रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥

akRtrima.prema.rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||

.

*SHE*

*was like a heavenly Nymph come down to earth*

*.*

*HE*

*having no other wife to love*

*loved her only*



*totally*



*and so*

*he spent his days with her*

*...*

bhUtala

Apsarasa

sArdham

ananya

dayitA

pati

akRtrima

~2*prema.*love/affection/kindness*

~2*rasana.*taste *



reme*.he.delighted*

.

* Nymph - Apsarasa – **ap . water . *sarasa . the line of the apsara
water.nymphs . VLM. speculates: "The Apsaras are the Abisares of Ptolemy
and Absairs of the Persians: a term applied to the fairy race in the watery
valley of Cashmere, supposed to be the site of Paradise.

*vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an
undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with
a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.

bhUtala.Apsarasa.A . *A Nymph on Earth . *sArdham.*together.with,* .
ananya.dayitA.pati: . *a husband with no other wife* *+ *akRtrima.
*unfeigned/honest* .prema.rasam . sa reme . *he delighted* . kAnta.yA tayA
. *in that beauty*

उद्यान.वन.गुल्मेषु तमाल.गहनेषु च ।

udyAna.vana.gulmeSu tamAla.gahaneSu ca |

पुष्प.मण्डप.तल्पेषु लता.वलय.सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥

puSpa.maNDapa.talpeSu latA.valaya.sadmasu ||3|16|2||

.

*in gardens*

*in groves & bushes*

*& *

*in thick acacia forests *

*lying on couches in pavilion tents *

*entwined like budding vines*

*... *

*vlm. and forests of tamara trees.

They also played in pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves
of flowers.



पुष्प.अन्तःपुर.शय्यासु पुष्प.सम्भार.वीथिषु ।

puSpa.anta:pura.zayyAsu puSpa.sambhAra.vIthiSu |

वसन्त.उद्यान.दोलासु क्रीडा.पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥

vasanta.udyAna.dolAsu krIDA.puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||

.

*on flowery harem beds*

*on flowery roads*

*on garden.swings in spring*

*&*

*playing in lotus.ponds*

*: *

चन्दन.द्रुम.शैलेषु संतानक.तलेषु च ।

candana.druma.zaileSu samtAnaka.taleSu ca |

कदम्ब.नीप.गेहेषु पारिभद्र.उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥

kadamba.nIpa.geheSu pAribhadra.udareSu ca ||3|16|4||

.

*they played on hills covered in sandalwood;*

*at the foot of a Kalpa Tree;*

*& *

*at home *

*beneath a bountifully.orange.blossomed=Kadamba.tree;*

*or the hollow of a Neem.tree*

*...*

विकसत् कुन्द.मन्दार.मकरन्द.सुगन्धिषु ।

vikasat kunda.mandAra.makaranda.sugandhiSu |

वसन्त.वन.जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल.मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥

vasanta.vana.jAleSu kUjat kokila.mAliSu ||3|16|5||

.

*beneath the blossoming jasmine & coral trees*

*with the honey.sweet blossoms of a springtime forest*

*(surrounded by cooing cuckoos)*

*...*

*vlm.p.5 They sat beside beds of kunda and mandara plants,

fragrant with the smell of full.blown flowers,

and they strayed about the spring.green woods

resounding with the melody of nightingales’ notes.



नाना.अरण्य.तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु.दीप्तिषु ।

nAnA.araNya.tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu.dIptiSu |

नि.झरिषु तरत् तार.सीकरा.सार.वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥

ni.jhariSu tarat tAra.sIkarA.sAra.varSiSu ||3|16|6||

.

*and*

*in the grassy forests of the hills*

*in soft light and bright light*

*:*

*they would splash below a waterfall whose spray made a rain of stars*

*on mountain.slopes where rubies stood in piles*

*. *

शैलानाम् मणि.मणिक्य.शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।

zailAnAm maNi.mANikya.zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |

देवर्षि.मुनि.गेहेषु दूर.पुण्य.आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥

devarSi.muni.geheSu dUra.puNya.AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||

.

*on mountains sprouting rubies and wishing.stones*

*in the houses of prophets and silent Munis*

*and faraway holy Âshramas*

*.*

*vlm. ...mountain ledges overlaid with gems, minerals and richest stones,

as wells as the shrines of gods and saints...



कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।

kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |

वन.स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥

vana.sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||

.

*among the blooming lotuses*

*they danced*

*:*

*among white lotuses*

*in black forests full of flowers and sweet fruit*

*they played *

.

सुरतैः सुर.तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर.ईहितैः ।

suratai: sura.tAruNyai: sundara: sundara.Ihitai: |

पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम.रस.अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥

pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema.rasa.adhikai: ||3|16|9||

.

*and they found their love delightful*

*two youthful Brightling demigods*

*with every wonted wantonness and mutual deep tenderness*

*.*

प्रहेलिकाभिर् आख्यानैस् तथैव आक्षर.मुष्टिभिः ।

prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara.muSTibhi: |

अष्टापदैर् बहुद्यूतैस् तथा गूढ.चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥

aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha.caturthakai: ||3|16|10||

.

*they would play at riddles, and tell tales;*

*they would play finger.games, and Chess*

*and likewise many other games*

*including even "Military*Secret"*

*. *

* gUDha.caturthaka – perhaps blindfold chess??? das....@gmail.com



नाटक.आख्यायिकाभिश् च श्लोकैर् विन्दु.मति.क्रमैः ।

nATaka.AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu.mati.kramai: |

देश.काल.विभागैश् च नगर.ग्राम.चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥

deza.kAla.vibhAgai:_ca nagara.grAma.ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||

.

*They would recite the tales of heroes*

*and utter poems*

*as they passed thru time and place*

*making their journey thru cities, towns, and villages*

*. *

स्रग्दाम.माला.वलितैर् नाना.भरण.योजनैः ।

sragdAma.mAlA.valitai:_nAnA.bharaNa.yojanai: |

लीला.विलोल.चलनैर् विचित्र.रस.भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥

lIlA.vilola.calanai:_vicitra.rasa.bhojanai: ||3|16|12||

.

*arrayed*

*with garlands & flowery wreaths & many other ornaments*

*they played *

*dancing and romancing *

*feasting on all the flavors of their love*

*...*

*.*

आर्द्र.कुङ्कुम.कर्पूर.ताम्बूली.दल.चर्वणैः ।

Ardra.kuGkuma.karpUra.tAmbUlI.dala.carvaNai: |

फुल्ल.पुष्प.लता.गुञ्जा.देह.गोप.नख.व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥

phulla.puSpa.latA.guJjA.deha.gopa.nakha.vraNai: ||3|16|13||

.

*sucking.on*

*saffron&camphor.spiced-mouth.watering=betel.leaves*

*sheltered.by <http://sheltered.by>*

*flowering vines that soothed the tender scratches of their love*

*...*

*.*

समालम्भन.लीलाभिर् माला.प्रहरण.क्रमैः ।

samAlambhana.lIlAbhi:_mAlA.praharaNa.kramai: |

गृहे कुसुम.दोलाभिर् अन्योन्यम् दोलन.क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥

gRhe kusuma.dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana.kramai: ||3|16|14||

.

*playfully each would oil the limbs of each*

*:*

*pelting each.other with flower.blossoms*

*at home*

*they would swing in flowery swings*

*pushing each.other back and forth*

*.*

*vlm. They played the frolics of "hide and find" (Beng. lukichuri)...

*MoT. ... "samAlambhanam" aGga.rAga.karaNam ||



नौयान.युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।

nau.yAna.yugma,hasti.azva.dAnta.uSTra.Adi+gama.Agamai: |

जल.केलि.विलासेन परस्पर.समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥

jala.keli.vilAsena paraspara.samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||

.

*aboard a boat *

*astride an elephant*

*or drawn by horses or tuskers or camels*

*going&coming*

*. *

*playing at watersports*

*splashing each other in their play*

*...*

नृत्य.गीत.कला.आलास्य.ताल.ताण्डव.मण्डनैः ।

nRtya.gIta.kalA.AlAsya.tAla.tANDava.maNDanai: |

संगीतकैः संकथनैर् वीणा.मुरज.वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥

saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA.muraja.vAdanai: ||3|16|16||

.

*they made their love in dance and song*

*to the beat of the Doomsday Tândava**

* the dance we see in the familiar Shiva Nâta.râja statue

*they made their love*

*with the telling of stories*

*voiced to the music of strings and drums*

*.*

उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर.वृक्षेषु वर.वीथिषु ।

udyAneSu sarit.tIra.vRkSeSu vara.vIthiSu |

अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल.दोल=अवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥

anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla.dola=avadolanai: ||3|16|17||

.

*they made their love*

*in gardens,*

*in the groves on river.shores,*

*in shady lanes,*

*in the Inner.City* harem, floating on swings like wind.blown flowers*

*.*

* "Inner.City" = anta:pura . Inner.City: not the modern slum, but the
Women's Quarter of the Royal Palace, where "the menfolk are not usually
allowed to enter (even the King without the permission of his Lady)." KDM *
.jd. the term «harmya» is usually translated as mansion, home, hearth. Here
<harmya> = "harem", the heart of the anta:pura, is my own conjecture.







सा तथा सुख.संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।

sA tathA sukha.saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |

एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प.शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥

ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa.zAlinI ||3|16|18||

.

*so*

*Lîlâ's pleasure grew and grew as Padma's loving life.consort*

*but*

*–once**–*

*she had this thott*

*&*

*the smoothness of her brow grew knotted by her troubled thinking*

*:*

*LÎLÂ asked herself—*

प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि प्रियो भर्ता मम एष जगती.पति: ।

prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |

यौवन.उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद् अजर.अमर: ॥३।१६।१९॥

yauvana.ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|19||

.

*HE*

*is dearer than my very breath,*

*my husband, this lord of my world, the blessing of my youth*

*:*

*but*

*will he never meet old age and death*

*?*

*vlm. "How will my lord ... be free from old age and death?



भर्त्रा अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग.स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।

bhartrA_anena saha.uttuGga.stanI kusuma.sadmasu |

कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग.शतान्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥

katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga.zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||

.

*& *

*after that*

*who will lie next to me on my couch of lotuses*

*O*

*let him stroke my swelling breasts*

*for an entire Age*

*—*

*for a hundred Ages*

*!*

तथा यते यत्नम् अतस् तपो.जप.यम.ईहितैः ।

tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:.japa.yama.Ihitai: |

रजनीश.मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद् अजर.अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥

rajanIza.mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|21||

.

*well then*

*I'll do devoted works, austerities, hard tapas,*

*I'll chant mantras according to the rules*

*all.for.this.purpose*

*:*

*"May my moon.faced man, my lord and king, be free*

*from senility and death"*

*.*

ज्ञान.वृद्धान् तपो.वृद्धान् विद्या.वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।

jJAna.vRddhAn_tapa:.vRddhAn vidyA.vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
पृच्छामि तावद् मरणम् कथम् न स्याद् नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥

pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||

.

*there are*

*people with abundance of Wisdom,*

*people with abundance of yogic Energy,*

*people with abundance of Learning (the twiceborn Brahmins)*

*—*

*I'll ask them all*

*"How can there be no death for a human being?"*

.

*Vasishtha continued— *

इत्य् आनीय अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।

iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |

अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद् इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥

amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||

.

*so*

*she invited them*

*and so*

*she honored the TwiceBorn*

*and asked*

*—*

*"How can he be brought to immortality?"*



*she asked those Seers once*

*and asked again*

*. *

*and the VIPRA.SEERS replied—*

तपो.जप.यमैर् देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध.सिद्धय: ।

tapas.japa.yamai:_devi samastA: siddha.siddhaya: |

सम्प्राप्यन्ते ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥

samprApyante_amaratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||

.

*"By following the rules of Tapas" *

*.. *

*"And Mantra, Divine Majesty" .. *

*..*

*"The Siddha.Adepts get their Powers,*

*but never immortality!" *

*. *

*VASISHTHA went.on—*

इत्य् आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।

iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |

इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया एव आशु भीता प्रिय.वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥

idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya.viyogata: ||3|16|25||

.

*Hearing these words of the TwiceBorn*

*she took to a little further thinking*

*and once again her thotts all dwelt in fear--*

*the fear of losing her darling*

*.*

*Then LÎLÂ reasoned—*

मरणम् भर्तुर् अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद् भविष्यति ।

maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |

तत्.सर्व.दु:ख.निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥

tat.sarva.du:kha.nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||

.

*If*

*death should visit me before my husband*

*—should that be our Fate—*

*then*

*I will be free from my suffering,*

*and I shall find my state of happiness within mySelf*

*.*

अथ वर्ष.सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन् मरिष्यति ।

atha varSa.sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |

तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान् न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥

tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||

.

*but if*

*after a century of love*

*he should die first*

*then I must myself find some means whereby*

*his** Living.Jîva** will not leave*

*his home*

*.*

तद्.भ्रमाद् भर्तृ.जीवे ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध.आन्त.मण्डपे ।

tat.bhramAt_bhartR.jIve_asmin nije zuddha.Anta.maNDape |

भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥

bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||

.

*here*

*in the Inner City,*

*will be his Private Tomb,*

*he will never go wandering*

*and here*

*I'll happily remain with him*

*. *

अद्य एव आरभ्य एतद् अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।

adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |

जप.उपवास.नियमैर् आ.तोषम् पूजयाम्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥

japa.upavAsa.niyamai: A.toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||

.

*so*

*today*

*I will cultivate the vision of the River Goddess Sarasvatî*

*:*

*with mantra.chanting & fasting I'll satisfy her *

*with my worship of her*

*. *



*VASISHTHA continued—*

इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा एव वर.अङ्गना ।

iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara.AGganA |

यथाशास्त्रम् चचार उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥

yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||

*...*

*So she resolved, that very best of women, saying nothing to her lord*

*and*

*in accordance with Shâstra teaching*

*she began to practice fierce austerities*

*. *

त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत.पारणा ।

trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta.pAraNA |

देव.द्विज.गुरु.प्राज्ञ.विद्वत्.पूजा.परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥

deva.dvija.guru.prAjJa.vidvat.pUjA.parAyaNA ||3|16|31||

.

*...*

*making the Three.day Fast*

*she repeated it*

*again & again*

*and*

*after her long fasts*

*she worshipped the Gods*

*.*

*vlm. She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third night.



स्नान.दान.तपो.ध्यान.नित्य.उद्युक्त.शरीरिका ।

snAna.dAna.tapa:.dhyAna.nitya.udyukta.zarIrikA |

सर्व.आस्तिक्य.सदाचार.कारिणी क्लेश.हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥

sarva.Astikya.sadAcAra.kAriNI kleza.hAriNI ||3|16|32||

.

*She spent her time*

*with Brahmins & Gurus, with Scholars & the Wise,*

*with sacred baths, and charity, austerity,*

*and Meditation constantly,*

*full of the faith that all her Works would overcome all her troubles*

*.*

यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।

yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |

तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम् अपरिज्ञात.तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥

toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta.tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||

.

*she did everything at the proper time,*

*with proper effort,*

*everything according to Shâstra,*

*in due order*

*& *

*all the while she kept her husband happy*

*(tho he did not understand her state)*

*.*

त्रिरात्र.शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम.शालिनी ।

trirAtra.zatam evam sA bAlA niyama.zAlinI |

अनारतम् तपो.निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट.चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥

anAratam tapa:.niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa.ceSTayA ||3|16|34||

.

*A hundred Three.night Fasts*

*so the girl*

*restraining her mind, possessed by piety*

*was constantly intent.upon the pains of her *s*acrificial rite*

*.*

त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।

trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |

तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥

tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||

.

*Then*

*at last*

*the Golden Lady, the Goddess of Speech*

*was pleased*

*and spoke thus to her*

*:*



*The River Goddess SARASVATÎI said—*

निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ.भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।

nirantareNa tapasA bhartR.bhakti.atizAyinA |

परितुष्टा अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥

parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||

.

*I*

*am delighted with you,*

*dear,*

*and your continual austerity,*

*and your great devotion to your husband*

*.*

*NOW*

*take the boon you wish ror your reward*

*! *



*The QUEEN cried.out—*

जय जन्म.जरा.ज्वाला.दाह.दोष.शशि.प्रभे ।

jaya janma.jarA.jvAlA.dAha.doSa.zazi.prabhe |

जय हार्द.आन्धकार.ओघ.निवारण.रवि.प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥

jaya hArda.AndhakAra.ogha.nivAraNa.ravi.prabhe ||3|16|37||

.

*GLORY*

*in the radiant Moon*

*whose light burns away birth, old age, and death*

*!*

*GLORY*

*in the radiant Sun,*

*whose light illuminates the heart's blindness*

*! *

अम्ब मातर् जगद्.मातर् त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।

amba mAtar jagat.mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |

इदम् वर.द्वयम् देहि यद् अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥

idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||

.

*Momma, Mother, World.Mother,*

*please*

*bestow this mercy upon me*

*:*

*grant me this boon—this double boon—which I request of you, pure one*

*! *

एकम् तावद् विदेहस्य भर्तुर् जीवो मम आम्बिके ।

ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |
अस्माद् एव हि मा या आसीन् निज.अन्तःपुर.मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥

asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija.anta:pura.maNDapAt ||3|16|39||

.

*FIRST*

*I ask this of you, Mother*

*:*

*when my husband is bodiless, let his** Jîva not go.away from here :*

*his shrine will be here in the Harem*

*. *

द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये ऽहम् यदा यदा ।

dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_aham yadA yadA |

दर्शनाय वर.आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥

darzanAya vara.ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||

.

*& *

*SECOND *

*Great Goddess*

*whenever I ask it of you let me know your presence *

*in keeping with your boon*

*:*

*grant me the sight of you*

*.*



*VASISHTHA continued— *

इत्य् आकर्ण्य जगन्.माता तव आस्त्व् एवम् इति स्वयम् ।

iti_AkarNya jagat.mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |

उक्त्वा अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय ऊर्मिर् इव अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥

uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||

.

*The Mother of this world*

*when she heard this*

*made this reply*

*:*

*"So be it for you!"*

*and*

*saying so*

*she disappeared*

*just as a wave subsides into the settling sea*

*.*

अथ सा राज.महिषी परितुष्टा इष्ट.देवता ।

atha sA rAja.mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |

श्रुत.गीता इव हरिणी बभूव आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥

zruta.gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda.dhAriNI ||3|16|42||

.

*then*

*she, Lîlâ, the Chief and only Queen of King Padma,*

*was happy as a goddess,*

*like a deer hearing a sweet song,*

*overflowing with Ananda.Happiness*

*. *

पक्षा मास.ऋतु.कटके दिनारे वर्ष.दण्डके ।

pakSA mAsa.Rtu.kaTake dinAre varSa.daNDake |

क्षण.नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य् अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥

kSaNa.nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||

.

*The wheel of Time*

*kept.on.turning*

*in moments, days, fortnights, months, years*

*:*

*the whirling wheel of time*

*….*

*. *

अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम आस्या: पत्युस् तच्.चेतनम् तनौ ।

antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat.cetanam tanau |

संदृश्यमानम् एव आशु शुष्क.पत्र.रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥

saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka.patra.rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||

.

*and so it was*

*until *

*one day her Lord of Love left his body *

*& *

*it grew stiff and still *

*& *

*it began to fade,*

*looking like a dry, withered leaf*

*& *

*there *

*his body, wounded by war, lay in its Inner.City-Harem=shrine*

*. *

रण.खण्डित.देहे ऽस्मिन् मृते ऽन्तःपुर.मण्डपे ।

raNa.khaNDita.dehe_asmin mRte_anta:pura.maNDape |

निर्जला नलिनी इव आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥

nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||

.

*Beside this body wounded by war, dead, in the Harem.Tomb*

*she sat, a lotus in a drought, and began to fade away*

*: *

विष.उष्ण.श्वसन.ध्वस्त.सकल.आधर.पल्लवा ।

viSa.uSNa.zvasana.dhvasta.sakala.Adhara.pallavA |

प्राप सा मरण.अवस्थाम् सशल्या इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥

prApa sA maraNa.avasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||

.

*poisonous heat* *covered her lips*

*like a wounded* *doe on the brink of death*

*.*

*vlm.p.46 Her lips grew pale from the hot and poisoned breath of her
sorrow. She was in the agony of death, like a doe mortally wounded by an
arrow.



प्राप सा तपसा आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।

prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |

दीप ज्वाला.लवे क्षीणे सद्म.श्रीर् इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥

dIpa.jvAlA.lave kSINe sadma.zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||

.

*the fire of her Tapas.Austerity grew dark*

*when he came to his death,*

*:*

*she had been a blazing lamp*

*but now*

*it sputters.out and the house goes dark*

*.*

*so*

*she*

*was*

*: *

*vlm.p.47 At the death of her lord, her eyes were covered in darkness like
a house becomes dark when its light is extinguished.



कार्श्यम् आप क्षणेन आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।

kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |

यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार.विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥

yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra.vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||

.

*and*

*in a little while*

*she grew thin,*

*her youth grown to saplessness,*

*like a river.current flowing too far and sinking into the dry dust*

*.*

*jd. The river Sarasvatî is said to sink into the desert

and later rise from underground where rivers meet at triveNI.



क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन.मूका वियोगिनी ।

kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna.mUkA viyoginI |

बभूव चक्रवाकी इव मानिनी मरण.उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥

babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa.unmukhI ||3|16|49||

.

*now*

*she weeps her lament now she cannot keep silent*

*—*

*like the red goose Chakravâka longing for rain*

*she cries aloud*

*finding herself face.to.face with death*

*. *

अथ ताम् अतिमात्र.विह्वलाम्

atha tAm atimAtra.vihvalAm

स.कृप.आकाश.भवा सरस्वती ।

sa.kRpa.AkAza.bhavA sarasvatI |

शफरीम् ह्रद.शोष.विह्वलाम्

zapharIm hrada.zoSa.vihvalAm

प्रथमा वृष्टिर् इव अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥

prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||

.

*but then*

*seeing her distress*

*Sarasvatií, the River Goddess,*

*is overcome with pity*

*:*

*as.if she saw a carp stranded in a dry pond,*

*she looses a rain of compassion upon her*

*. *



*.*

*o*ॐ*m*

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FM3016 TWO LOVERS

सर्ग ३.१६

sarga 3.16

santoSaH paramo lAbhaH satsaGgaH paramA gatiH |
vicAraH paramaM jJAnaM zamo hi paramaM sukham ||

सन्तोषः परमो लाभः सत्सङ्गः परमा गतिः।
विचारः परमं ज्ञानं शमो हि परमं सुखम्॥
Contentment is the highest gain, Good Company the highest course,
Enquiry the highest wisdom, and Peace the highest enjoyment.
-- Yoga Vasishtha


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> *o*ॐ*m*
>
>
>
>
>
> FM.3.16
>
>
>
> *TWO LOVERS*
>
>
>
> *VASISHTHA said—*

>
>
>
> भूतल.आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य.दयिता.पति: ।
>
> bhUtala.ApsarasA sArdham ananya.dayitA.pati: |
>
> अकृत्रिम.प्रेम.रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥
>
> akRtrima.prema.rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||
>
> .
>

> *SHE*
>
> *was like a heavenly Nymph come down to earth*
>
> *.*
>
> *HE*
>
> *having no other wife to love*
>
> *loved her only*
>
>
>
> *totally*
>
>
>
> *and so*
>
> *he spent his days with her*
>
> *...*
>
> bhUtala*.xx*.Apsarasa*.xx*.A sArdham*.xx* ananya*.xx*.dayitA*.xx*.pati
> *.xx*: | akRtrima*.xx*.prema.*love/affection/kindness*.rasana.*taste*.m
> sas.*he/it*
>
> reme*.he.delighted* kAnta*.lovely/beautiful//lover/husband*.yA tayA
> *.w.that/it*.*f.*

>
> .
>
> * Nymph - Apsarasa – **ap . water . *sarasa . the line of the apsara
> water.nymphs . VLM. speculates: "The Apsaras are the Abisares of Ptolemy
> and Absairs of the Persians: a term applied to the fairy race in the watery
> valley of Cashmere, supposed to be the site of Paradise.
>
> *vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an
> undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with
> a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.
>

> bhUtala.Apsarasa.A . *A Nymph on Earth . *sArdham.*together.with,* .
> ananya.dayitA.pati: . *a husband with no other wife* *+ *akRtrima.
> *unfeigned/honest* .prema.rasam . sa reme . *he delighted* . kAnta.yA
> tayA . *in that beauty*

>
>
>
> उद्यान.वन.गुल्मेषु तमाल.गहनेषु च ।
>
> udyAna.vana.gulmeSu tamAla.gahaneSu ca |
>
> पुष्प.मण्डप.तल्पेषु लता.वलय.सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥
>
> puSpa.maNDapa.talpeSu latA.valaya.sadmasu ||3|16|2||
>
> .
>

> *in gardens*
>
> *in groves & bushes*
>
> *& *
>
> *in thick acacia forests *
>
> *lying on couches in pavilion tents *
>
> *entwined like budding vines*
>
> *... *

>
> *vlm. and forests of tamara trees.
>
> They also played in pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves
> of flowers.
>
>
>
> पुष्प.अन्तःपुर.शय्यासु पुष्प.सम्भार.वीथिषु ।
>
> puSpa.anta:pura.zayyAsu puSpa.sambhAra.vIthiSu |
>
> वसन्त.उद्यान.दोलासु क्रीडा.पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥
>
> vasanta.udyAna.dolAsu krIDA.puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||
>
> .
>

> *on flowery harem beds*
>
> *on flowery roads*
>
> *on garden.swings in spring*
>
> *&*
>
> *playing in lotus.pomds*
>
> *...*

>
> *vlm. In spring in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens,
>
> and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.
>
>
>
> चन्दन.द्रुम.शैलेषु संतानक.तलेषु च ।
>
> candana.druma.zaileSu samtAnaka.taleSu ca |
>
> कदम्ब.नीप.गेहेषु पारिभद्र.उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥
>
> kadamba.nIpa.geheSu pAribhadra.udareSu ca ||3|16|4||
>
> .
>

> *they played on hills covered in sandalwood;*
>
> *at the foot of a Kalpa Tree;*
>
> *& *
>
> *at home *
>
> *beneath a bountifully.orange.blossomed=Kadamba.tree;*
>
> *or the hollow of a Neem.tree*
>
> *...*

>
>
>
> विकसत् कुन्द.मन्दार.मकरन्द.सुगन्धिषु ।
>
> vikasat kunda.mandAra.makaranda.sugandhiSu |
>
> वसन्त.वन.जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल.मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥
>
> vasanta.vana.jAleSu kUjat kokila.mAliSu ||3|16|5||
>
> .
>

> *beneath the blossoming jasmine & coral trees*
>
> *with the honey.sweet blossoms of a springtime forest*
>
> *(surrounded by cooing cuckoos)*
>
> *...*

>
> *vlm.p.5 They sat beside beds of kunda and mandara plants,
>
> fragrant with the smell of full.blown flowers,
>
> and they strayed about the spring.green woods
>
> resounding with the melody of nightingales’ notes.
>
>
>
> नाना.अरण्य.तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु.दीप्तिषु ।
>
> nAnA.araNya.tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu.dIptiSu |
>
> नि.झरिषु तरत् तार.सीकरा.सार.वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥
>
> ni.jhariSu tarat tAra.sIkarA.sAra.varSiSu ||3|16|6||
>
> .
>

> *and*
>
> *in the grassy forests of the hills*
>
> *in soft light and bright light*
>
> *:*
>
> *they would splash below a waterfall whose spray made a rain of stars*
>
> *on mountain.slopes where rubies stood in piles*
>
> *. *

>
>
>
> शैलानाम् मणि.मणिक्य.शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।
>
> zailAnAm maNi.mANikya.zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |
>
> देवर्षि.मुनि.गेहेषु दूर.पुण्य.आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥
>
> devarSi.muni.geheSu dUra.puNya.AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||
>
> .
>

> *on mountains sprouting rubies and wishing.stones*
>
> *in the houses of prophets and silent Munis*
>
> *and faraway holy Âshramas*
>
> *.*

>
> *vlm. ...mountain ledges overlaid with gems, minerals and richest stones,
>
> as wells as the shrines of gods and saints...
>
>
>
> कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।
>
> kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |
>
> वन.स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥
>
> vana.sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||
>
> .
>

> *among the blooming lotuses*
>
> *they danced*
>
> *:*
>
> *among white lotuses*
>
> *in black forests full of flowers and sweet fruit*
>
> *they played *

>
> .
>
> सुरतैः सुर.तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर.ईहितैः ।
>
> suratai: sura.tAruNyai: sundara: sundara.Ihitai: |
>
> पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम.रस.अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥
>
> pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema.rasa.adhikai: ||3|16|9||
>
> .
>

> *and they found their love delightful*
>
> *two youthful Brightling demigods*
>
> *with every wonted wantonness and mutual deep tenderness*
>
> *.*

>
>
>
> प्रहेलिकाभिर् आख्यानैस् तथैव आक्षर.मुष्टिभिः ।
>
> prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara.muSTibhi: |
>
> अष्टापदैर् बहुद्यूतैस् तथा गूढ.चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥
>
> aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha.caturthakai: ||3|16|10||
>
> .
>

> *they would play at riddles, and tell tales;*
>
> *they would play finger.games, and Chess*
>
> *and likewise many other games*
>
> *including even "Military*Secret"*
>
> *. *

>
> * gUDha.caturthaka – perhaps blindfold chess??? das....@gmail.com
>
>
>
> नाटक.आख्यायिकाभिश् च श्लोकैर् विन्दु.मति.क्रमैः ।
>
> nATaka.AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu.mati.kramai: |
>
> देश.काल.विभागैश् च नगर.ग्राम.चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥
>
> deza.kAla.vibhAgai:_ca nagara.grAma.ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||
>
> .
>

> *They would recite the tales of heroes*
>
> *and utter poems*
>
> *as they passed thru time and place*
>
> *making their journey thru cities, towns, and villages*
>
> *. *

>
> स्रग्दाम.माला.वलितैर् नाना.भरण.योजनैः ।
>
> sragdAma.mAlA.valitai:_nAnA.bharaNa.yojanai: |
>
> लीला.विलोल.चलनैर् विचित्र.रस.भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥
>
> lIlA.vilola.calanai:_vicitra.rasa.bhojanai: ||3|16|12||
>
> .
>

> *arrayed*
>
> *with garlands & flowery wreaths & many other ornaments*
>
> *they played *
>
> *dancing and romancing *
>
> *feasting on all the flavors of their love*
>
> *...*
>
> *.*

>
> आर्द्र.कुङ्कुम.कर्पूर.ताम्बूली.दल.चर्वणैः ।
>
> Ardra.kuGkuma.karpUra.tAmbUlI.dala.carvaNai: |
>
> फुल्ल.पुष्प.लता.गुञ्जा.देह.गोप.नख.व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥
>
> phulla.puSpa.latA.guJjA.deha.gopa.nakha.vraNai: ||3|16|13||
>
> .
>

> *sucking.on*
>
> *saffron&camphor.spiced-mouth.watering=betel.leaves*
>
> *sheltered.by <http://sheltered.by>*
>
> *flowering vines that soothed the tender scratches of their love*
>
> *...*
>
> *.*

>
> समालम्भन.लीलाभिर् माला.प्रहरण.क्रमैः ।
>
> samAlambhana.lIlAbhi:_mAlA.praharaNa.kramai: |
>
> गृहे कुसुम.दोलाभिर् अन्योन्यम् दोलन.क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥
>
> gRhe kusuma.dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana.kramai: ||3|16|14||
>
> .
>

> *playfully each would oil the limbs of each*
>
> *:*
>
> *pelting each.other with flower.blossoms*
>
> *at home*
>
> *they would swing in flowery swings*
>
> *pushing each.other back and forth*
>
> *.*

>
> *vlm. They played the frolics of "hide and find" (Beng. lukichuri)...
>
> *MoT. ... "samAlambhanam" aGga.rAga.karaNam ||
>
>
>
> नौयान.युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।
>
> nau.yAna.yugma,hasti.azva.dAnta.uSTra.Adi+gama.Agamai: |
>
> जल.केलि.विलासेन परस्पर.समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥
>
> jala.keli.vilAsena paraspara.samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||
>
> .
>

> *aboard a boat *
>
> *astride an elephant*
>
> *or drawn by horses or tuskers or camels*
>
> *going&coming*
>
> *. *
>
> *playing at watersports*
>
> *splashing each other in their play*
>
> *...*

>
> नृत्य.गीत.कला.आलास्य.ताल.ताण्डव.मण्डनैः ।
>
> nRtya.gIta.kalA.AlAsya.tAla.tANDava.maNDanai: |
>
> संगीतकैः संकथनैर् वीणा.मुरज.वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥
>
> saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA.muraja.vAdanai: ||3|16|16||
>
> .
>

> *they made their love in dance and song*
>
> *to the beat of the Doomsday Tândava**

>
> * the dance we see in the familiar Shiva Nâta.râja statue
>

> *they made their love*
>
> *with the telling of stories*
>
> *voiced to the music of strings and drums*
>
> *.*

>
> उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर.वृक्षेषु वर.वीथिषु ।
>
> udyAneSu sarit.tIra.vRkSeSu vara.vIthiSu |
>
> अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल.दोल=अवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥
>
> anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla.dola=avadolanai: ||3|16|17||
>
> .
>

> *they made their love*
>
> *in gardens,*
>
> *in the groves on river.shores,*
>
> *in shady lanes,*
>
> *in the Inner.City* harem, floating on swings like wind.blown flowers*
>
> *.*

>
> * "Inner.City" = anta:pura . Inner.City: not the modern slum, but the
> Women's Quarter of the Royal Palace, where "the menfolk are not usually
> allowed to enter (even the King without the permission of his Lady)." KDM *
> .jd. the term «harmya» is usually translated as mansion, home, hearth. Here
> <harmya> = "harem", the heart of the anta:pura, is my own conjecture.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> सा तथा सुख.संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।
>
> sA tathA sukha.saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |
>
> एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प.शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥
>
> ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa.zAlinI ||3|16|18||
>
> .
>

> *so*
>
> *Lîlâ's pleasure grew and grew as Padma's loving life.consort*
>
> *but*
>
> *–once**–*
>
> *she had this thott*
>
> *&*
>
> *the smoothness of her brow grew knotted by her troubled thinking*
>
> *:*
>
> *LÎLÂ asked herself—*

>
>
>
> प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि प्रियो भर्ता मम एष जगती.पति: ।
>
> prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |
>
> यौवन.उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद् अजर.अमर: ॥३।१६।१९॥
>
> yauvana.ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|19||
>
> .
>

> *HE*
>
> *is dearer than my very breath,*
>
> *my husband, this lord of my world, the blessing of my youth*
>
> *:*
>
> *but*
>
> *will he never meet old age and death*
>
> *?*

>
> *vlm. "How will my lord ... be free from old age and death?
>
>
>
> भर्त्रा अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग.स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।
>
> bhartrA_anena saha.uttuGga.stanI kusuma.sadmasu |
>
> कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग.शतान्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥
>
> katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga.zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||
>
> .
>

> *& *
>
> *after that*
>
> *who will lie next to me on my couch of lotuses*
>
> *O*
>
> *let him stroke my swelling breasts*
>
> *for an entire Age*
>
> *—*
>
> *for a hundred Ages*
>
> *!*

>
>
>
> तथा यते यत्नम् अतस् तपो.जप.यम.ईहितैः ।
>
> tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:.japa.yama.Ihitai: |
>
> रजनीश.मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद् अजर.अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥
>
> rajanIza.mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara.a.mara: ||3|16|21||
>
> .
>

> *well then*
>
> *I'll do devoted works, austerities, hard tapas,*
>
> *I'll chant mantras according to the rules*
>
> *all.for.this.purpose*
>
> *:*
>
> *"May my moon.faced man, my lord and king, be free*
>
> *from senility and death"*
>
> *.*

>
> ज्ञान.वृद्धान् तपो.वृद्धान् विद्या.वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।
>
> jJAna.vRddhAn_tapa:.vRddhAn vidyA.vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
> पृच्छामि तावद् मरणम् कथम् न स्याद् नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥
>
> pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||
>
> .
>

> *there are*
>
> *people with abundance of Wisdom,*
>
> *people with abundance of yogic Energy,*
>
> *people with abundance of Learning (the twiceborn Brahmins)*
>
> *—*
>
> *I'll ask them all*
>
> *"How can there be no death for a human being?"*
>
> .
>
> *Vasishtha continued— *

>
>
>
> इत्य् आनीय अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।
>
> iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |
>
> अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद् इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥
>
> amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||
>
> .
>

> *so*
>
> *she invited them*
>
> *and so*
>
> *she honored the TwiceBorn*
>
> *and asked*
>
> *—*
>
> *"How can he be brought to immortality?"*
>
>
>
> *she asked those Seers once*
>
> *and asked again*
>
> *. *
>
> *and the VIPRA.SEERS replied—*

>
>
>
> तपो.जप.यमैर् देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध.सिद्धय: ।
>
> tapas.japa.yamai:_devi samastA: siddha.siddhaya: |
>
> सम्प्राप्यन्ते ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥
>
> samprApyante_amaratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||
>
> .
>

> *"By following the rules of Tapas" *
>
> *.. *
>
> *"And Mantra, Divine Majesty" .. *
>
> *..*
>
> *"The Siddha.Adepts get their Powers,*
>
> *but never immortality!" *
>
> *. *
>
> *VASISHTHA went.on—*

>
>
>
> इत्य् आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।
>
> iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |
>
> इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया एव आशु भीता प्रिय.वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥
>
> idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya.viyogata: ||3|16|25||
>
> .
>

> *Hearing these words of the TwiceBorn*
>
> *she took to a little further thinking*
>
> *and once again her thotts all dwelt in fear--*
>
> *the fear of losing her darling*
>
> *.*
>
> *Then LÎLÂ reasoned—*

>
>
>
> मरणम् भर्तुर् अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद् भविष्यति ।
>
> maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |
>
> तत्.सर्व.दु:ख.निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥
>
> tat.sarva.du:kha.nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||
>
> .
>

> *If*
>
> *death should visit me before my husband*
>
> *—should that be our Fate—*
>
> *then*
>
> *I will be free from my suffering,*
>
> *and I shall find my state of happiness within mySelf*
>
> *.*

>
>
>
> अथ वर्ष.सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन् मरिष्यति ।
>
> atha varSa.sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |
>
> तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान् न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥
>
> tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||
>
> .
>

> *but if*
>
> *after a century of love*
>
> *he should die first*
>
> *then I must myself find some means whereby*
>
> *his** Living.Jîva** will not leave*
>
> *his home*
>
> *.*

>
>
>
> तद्.भ्रमाद् भर्तृ.जीवे ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध.आन्त.मण्डपे ।
>
> tat.bhramAt_bhartR.jIve_asmin nije zuddha.Anta.maNDape |
>
> भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥
>
> bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||
>
> .
>

> *here*
>
> *in the Inner City,*
>
> *will be his Private Tomb,*
>
> *he will never go wandering*
>
> *and here*
>
> *I'll happily remain with him*
>
> *. *

>
> अद्य एव आरभ्य एतद् अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।
>
> adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |
>
> जप.उपवास.नियमैर् आ.तोषम् पूजयाम्य् अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥
>
> japa.upavAsa.niyamai: A.toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||
>
> .
>

> *so*
>
> *today*
>
> *I will cultivate the vision of the River Goddess Sarasvatî*
>
> *:*
>
> *with mantra.chanting & fasting I'll satisfy her *
>
> *with my worship of her*
>
> *. *
>
>
>
> *VASISHTHA continued—*

>
>
>
> इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा एव वर.अङ्गना ।
>
> iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara.AGganA |
>
> यथाशास्त्रम् चचार उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥
>
> yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||
>

> *...*
>
> *So she resolved, that very best of women, saying nothing to her lord*
>
> *and*
>
> *in accordance with Shâstra teaching*
>
> *she began to practice fierce austerities*
>
> *. *

>
>
>
> त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत.पारणा ।
>
> trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta.pAraNA |
>
> देव.द्विज.गुरु.प्राज्ञ.विद्वत्.पूजा.परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥
>
> deva.dvija.guru.prAjJa.vidvat.pUjA.parAyaNA ||3|16|31||
>
> .
>

> *...*
>
> *making the Three.day Fast*
>
> *she repeated it*
>
> *again & again*
>
> *and*
>
> *after her long fasts*
>
> *she worshipped the Gods*
>
> *.*

>
> *vlm. She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third night.
>
>
>
> स्नान.दान.तपो.ध्यान.नित्य.उद्युक्त.शरीरिका ।
>
> snAna.dAna.tapa:.dhyAna.nitya.udyukta.zarIrikA |
>
> सर्व.आस्तिक्य.सदाचार.कारिणी क्लेश.हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥
>
> sarva.Astikya.sadAcAra.kAriNI kleza.hAriNI ||3|16|32||
>
> .
>

> *She spent her time*
>
> *with Brahmins & Gurus, with Scholars & the Wise,*
>
> *with sacred baths, and charity, austerity,*
>
> *and Meditation constantly,*
>
> *full of the faith that all her Works would overcome all her troubles*
>
> *.*

>
> यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।
>
> yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |
>
> तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम् अपरिज्ञात.तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥
>
> toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta.tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||
>
> .
>

> *she did everything at the proper time,*
>
> *with proper effort,*
>
> *everything according to Shâstra,*
>
> *in due order*
>
> *& *
>
> *all the while she kept her husband happy*
>
> *(tho he did not understand her state)*
>
> *.*

>
>
>
> त्रिरात्र.शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम.शालिनी ।
>
> trirAtra.zatam evam sA bAlA niyama.zAlinI |
>
> अनारतम् तपो.निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट.चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥
>
> anAratam tapa:.niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa.ceSTayA ||3|16|34||
>
> .
>

> *A hundred Three.night Fasts*
>
> *so the girl*
>
> *restraining her mind, possessed by piety*
>
> *was constantly intent.upon the pains of her *s*acrificial rite*
>
> *.*

>
>
>
>
>
> त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।
>
> trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |
>
> तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥
>
> tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||
>
> .
>

> *Then*
>
> *at last*
>
> *the Golden Lady, the Goddess of Speech*
>
> *was pleased*
>
> *and spoke thus to her*
>
> *:*
>
>
>
> *The River Goddess SARASVATÎI said—*

>
>
>
> निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ.भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।
>
> nirantareNa tapasA bhartR.bhakti.atizAyinA |
>
> परितुष्टा अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥
>
> parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||
>
> .
>

> *I*
>
> *am delighted with you,*
>
> *dear,*
>
> *and your continual austerity,*
>
> *and your great devotion to your husband*
>
> *.*
>
> *NOW*
>
> *take the boon you wish ror your reward*
>
> *! *
>
>
>
> *The QUEEN cried.out—*

>
>
>
> जय जन्म.जरा.ज्वाला.दाह.दोष.शशि.प्रभे ।
>
> jaya janma.jarA.jvAlA.dAha.doSa.zazi.prabhe |
>
> जय हार्द.आन्धकार.ओघ.निवारण.रवि.प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥
>
> jaya hArda.AndhakAra.ogha.nivAraNa.ravi.prabhe ||3|16|37||
>
> .
>

> *GLORY*
>
> *in the radiant Moon*
>
> *whose light burns away birth, old age, and death*
>
> *!*
>
> *GLORY*
>
> *in the radiant Sun,*
>
> *whose light illuminates the heart's blindness*
>
> *! *

>
> अम्ब मातर् जगद्.मातर् त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।
>
> amba mAtar jagat.mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |
>
> इदम् वर.द्वयम् देहि यद् अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥
>
> idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||
>
> .
>

> *Momma, Mother, World.Mother,*
>
> *please*
>
> *bestow this mercy upon me*
>
> *:*
>
> *grant me this boon—this double boon—which I request of you, pure one*
>
> *! *

>
> एकम् तावद् विदेहस्य भर्तुर् जीवो मम आम्बिके ।
>
> ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |
> अस्माद् एव हि मा या आसीन् निज.अन्तःपुर.मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥
>
> asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija.anta:pura.maNDapAt ||3|16|39||
>
> .
>

> *FIRST*
>
> *I ask this of you, Mother*
>
> *:*
>
> *when my husband is bodiless, let his** Jîva not go.away from here :*
>
> *his shrine will be here in the Harem*
>
> *. *

>
> द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये ऽहम् यदा यदा ।
>
> dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_aham yadA yadA |
>
> दर्शनाय वर.आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥
>
> darzanAya vara.ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||
>
> .
>

> *& *
>
> *SECOND *
>
> *Great Goddess*
>
> *whenever I ask it of you let me know your presence *
>
> *in keeping with your boon*
>
> *:*
>
> *grant me the sight of you*
>
> *.*
>
>
>
> *VASISHTHA continued— *

>
>
>
> इत्य् आकर्ण्य जगन्.माता तव आस्त्व् एवम् इति स्वयम् ।
>
> iti_AkarNya jagat.mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |
>
> उक्त्वा अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय ऊर्मिर् इव अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥
>
> uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||
>
> .
>

> *The Mother of this world*
>
> *when she heard this*
>
> *made this reply*
>
> *:*
>
> *"So be it for you!"*
>
> *and*
>
> *saying so*
>
> *she disappeared*
>
> *just as a wave subsides into the settling sea*
>
> *.*

>
> अथ सा राज.महिषी परितुष्टा इष्ट.देवता ।
>
> atha sA rAja.mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |
>
> श्रुत.गीता इव हरिणी बभूव आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥
>
> zruta.gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda.dhAriNI ||3|16|42||
>
> .
>

> *then*
>
> *she, Lîlâ, the Chief and only Queen of King Padma,*
>
> *was happy as a goddess,*
>
> *like a deer hearing a sweet song,*
>
> *overflowing with Ananda.Happiness*
>
> *. *

>
>
>
>
>
> पक्षा मास.ऋतु.कटके दिनारे वर्ष.दण्डके ।
>
> pakSA mAsa.Rtu.kaTake dinAre varSa.daNDake |
>
> क्षण.नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य् अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥
>
> kSaNa.nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||
>
> .
>

> *The wheel of Time*
>
> *kept.on.turning*
>
> *in moments, days, fortnights, months, years*
>
> *:*
>
> *the whirling wheel of time*
>
> *….*
>
> *. *

>
> अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम आस्या: पत्युस् तच्.चेतनम् तनौ ।
>
> antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat.cetanam tanau |
>
> संदृश्यमानम् एव आशु शुष्क.पत्र.रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥
>
> saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka.patra.rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||
>
> .
>

> *and so it was*
>
> *until *
>
> *one day her Lord of Love left his body *
>
> *& *
>
> *it grew stiff and still *
>
> *& *
>
> *it began to fade,*
>
> *looking like a dry, withered leaf*
>
> *& *
>
> *there *
>
> *his body, wounded by war, lay in its Inner.City-Harem=shrine*
>
> *. *

>
> रण.खण्डित.देहे ऽस्मिन् मृते ऽन्तःपुर.मण्डपे ।
>
> raNa.khaNDita.dehe_asmin mRte_anta:pura.maNDape |
>
> निर्जला नलिनी इव आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥
>
> nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||
>
> .
>

> *Beside this body wounded by war, dead, in the Harem.Tomb*
>
> *she sat, a lotus in a drought, and began to fade away*
>
> *: *

>
> विष.उष्ण.श्वसन.ध्वस्त.सकल.आधर.पल्लवा ।
>
> viSa.uSNa.zvasana.dhvasta.sakala.Adhara.pallavA |
>
> प्राप सा मरण.अवस्थाम् सशल्या इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥
>
> prApa sA maraNa.avasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||
>
> .
>

> *poisonous heat* *covered her lips*
>
> *like a wounded* *doe on the brink of death*
>
> *.*

>
> *vlm.p.46 Her lips grew pale from the hot and poisoned breath of her
> sorrow. She was in the agony of death, like a doe mortally wounded by an
> arrow.
>
>
>
> प्राप सा तपसा आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।
>
> prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |
>
> दीप ज्वाला.लवे क्षीणे सद्म.श्रीर् इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥
>
> dIpa.jvAlA.lave kSINe sadma.zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||
>
> .
>

> *the fire of her Tapas.Austerity grew dark*
>
> *when he came to his death,*
>
> *:*
>
> *she had been a blazing lamp*
>
> *but now*
>
> *it sputters.out and the house goes dark*
>
> *.*
>
> *so*
>
> *she*
>
> *was*
>
> *: *

>
> *vlm.p.47 At the death of her lord, her eyes were covered in darkness like
> a house becomes dark when its light is extinguished.
>
>
>
> कार्श्यम् आप क्षणेन आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।
>
> kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |
>
> यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार.विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥
>
> yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra.vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||
>
> .
>

> *and*
>
> *in a little while*
>
> *she grew thin,*
>
> *her youth grown to saplessness,*
>
> *like a river.current flowing too far and sinking into the dry dust*
>
> *.*

>
> *jd. The river Sarasvatî is said to sink into the desert
>
> and later rise from underground where rivers meet at triveNI.
>
>
>
> क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन.मूका वियोगिनी ।
>
> kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna.mUkA viyoginI |
>
> बभूव चक्रवाकी इव मानिनी मरण.उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥
>
> babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa.unmukhI ||3|16|49||
>
> .
>

> *now*
>
> *she weeps her lament now she cannot keep silent*
>
> *—*
>
> *like the red goose Chakravâka longing for rain*
>
> *she cries aloud*
>
> *finding herself face.to.face with death*
>
> *. *

>
> अथ ताम् अतिमात्र.विह्वलाम्
>
> atha tAm atimAtra.vihvalAm
>
> स.कृप.आकाश.भवा सरस्वती ।
>
> sa.kRpa.AkAza.bhavA sarasvatI |
>
> शफरीम् ह्रद.शोष.विह्वलाम्
>
> zapharIm hrada.zoSa.vihvalAm
>
> प्रथमा वृष्टिर् इव अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥
>
> prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||
>
> .
>

> *but then*
>
> *seeing her distress*
>
> *Sarasvatií, the River Goddess,*
>
> *is overcome with pity*
>
> *:*
>
> *as.if she saw a carp stranded in a dry pond,*
>
> *she looses a rain of compassion upon her*
>
> *. *
>
>
>
> *.*
>
> *o*ॐ*m*

>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:59 PM jivadas <das....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> DAILY READINGS th 25 April, 2019
>>
>> fm5054 2.ap24..26 uddAlaka's further Enquiry .z82
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/otdvejp8o4lao45/fm5053%202.ap24..26%20uddAlaka%27s%20further%20Enquiry%20.z82.docx?dl=0
>>
>> fm7067 3.ap25 STONE VISION .z45
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/81vyc37qleseyys/fm7067%203.ap25%20STONE%20VISION%20.z45.docx?dl=0
>>
>> fm3017 1.ap25-26 TELEPORTATION .z57
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzzxht8e9423nov/fm3017%201.ap25-26%20TELEPORTATION%20.z57.docx?dl=0
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> fm3016 1.ap23-24 TWO LOVERS .z50
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk04b44au98adgl/fm3016%201.ap23-24%20TWO%20LOVERS%20.z50.docx?dl=0
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>> *o*ॐ*m*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *TWO LOVERS*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Vasishtha said—*
>>
>> *3.16.01*

>>
>> भूतल~आप्सरसा सार्धम् अनन्य-दयिता-पति: ।
>>
>> bhUtala~ApsarasA sArdham ananya-dayitA-pati: |
>>
>> अकृत्रिम-प्रेम-रसम् स रेमे कान्तया तया ॥३।१६।१॥
>>
>> akRtrima-prema-rasam sa reme kAntayA tayA ||3|16|1||
>>
>> .
>>
>> bhUtala~ApsarasA sArdham x
>>

>> ananya-dayitA-pati: *x*
>>
>> akRtrima-prema-rasam x
>>
>> sa reme kAntayA tayA *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *she *
>>
>> *was like a heavenly Nymph come down to earth*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *he *
>>
>> *having no other wife to love *
>>
>> *loved her only *
>>
>>
>>
>> *totally *
>>
>>
>>
>> *and so *
>>
>> *he spent his days with her*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> * Nymph - Apsarasa – in the line of the apsara water-nymphs ~ vlm.
>> speculates: The Apsaras are the Abisares of Ptolemy and Absairs of the
>> Persians: a term applied to the fairy race in the watery valley of
>> Cashmere, supposed to be the site of Paradise.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an
>> undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with
>> a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.1. This husband with a single wife enjoyed the pleasure of an
>> undivided and sincere love in the company of his only consort, just as with
>> a heavenly nymph (apsara) on earth.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.2 The seats of their youthful play were gardens and groves, tree
>> gardens of shrubs, and forests of tamara trees. They also played in
>> pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves of flowers.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.3 They delighted themselves in the inner apartments on beds decked
>> with fragrant flowers, and on walks strewn with fresh blossoms. In spring
>> they amused themselves in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens,
>> and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.
>>
>>
>>
>> 02
>>
>> उद्यान-वन-गुल्मेषु तमाल-गहनेषु च ।
>>
>> udyAna-vana-gulmeSu tamAla-gahaneSu ca |
>>
>> पुष्प-मण्डप-तल्पेषु लता-वलय-सद्मसु ॥३।१६।२॥
>>
>> puSpa-maNDapa-talpeSu latA-valaya-sadmasu ||3|16|2||
>>
>> .
>>

>> udyAna-vana-gulmeSu tamAla-gahaneSu ca *x*
>>
>> puSpa-maNDapa-talpeSu latA-valaya-sadmasu *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *in gardens *
>>
>> *in groves & bushes *
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *in thick acacia forests;*
>>
>> *on couches in pavilion tents;*
>>
>> *on seats entwined with budding vines*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.2 The seats of their youthful play were gardens and groves, tree
>> gardens of shrubs, and forests of tamara trees. They also played in
>> pleasant tree gardens of vines and delightful alcoves of flowers.
>>
>>
>>
>> 03
>>
>> पुष्प~अन्तःपुर-शय्यासु पुष्प-सम्भार-वीथिषु ।
>>
>> puSpa~anta:pura-zayyAsu puSpa-sambhAra-vIthiSu |
>>
>> वसन्त~उद्यान-दोलासु क्रीडा-पुष्करिणीषु च ॥३।१६।३॥
>>
>> vasanta~udyAna-dolAsu krIDA-puSkariNISu ca ||3|16|3||
>>
>> .
>>
>> puSpa~anta:pura-zayyAsu x
>>
>> puSpa-sambhAra-vIthiSu x
>>
>> vasanta~udyAna-dolAsu x
>>
>> krIDA-puSkariNISu ca
>>

>> *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *on flowery beds*
>>
>> *in flowery paths*
>>
>> *on garden-swings in spring *
>>
>> *they *
>>
>> *made their love *
>>
>> *and sometimes beside lotus-ponds*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.3 They delighted themselves in the inner apartments on beds decked
>> with fragrant flowers, and on walks strewn with fresh blossoms. In spring
>> they amused themselves in the swinging cradles of their pleasure gardens,
>> and in summer heat they rowed in their boats.
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx*1.12.1 *02 03

>>
>>
>>
>> 04
>>
>> चन्दन-द्रुम-शैलेषु संतानक-तलेषु च ।
>>
>> candana-druma-zaileSu samtAnaka-taleSu ca |
>>
>> कदम्ब-नीप-गेहेषु पारिभद्र~उदरेषु च ॥३।१६।४॥
>>
>> kadamba-nIpa-geheSu pAribhadra~udareSu ca ||3|16|4||
>>
>> .
>>
>> candana-druma-zaileSu samtAnaka-taleSu ca x
>>

>> kadamba-nIpa-geheSu pAribhadra~udareSu ca *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *on hills covered in sandalwood;*
>>
>> *at the foot of a kalpa Tree;*
>>
>> *at home, *
>>
>> *beneath bountifully-orange.blossomed=kadamba.trees;*
>>
>> *in the hollow of a neem tree*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.4 Their favorite summer resorts were hills overgrown with
>> sandalwood and the shade of forests, the groves of nipa and kadamba trees,
>> and canopies of paribhadra and devadaru cedars.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.4 Their favorite summer resorts were hills overgrown with
>> sandalwood and the shade of forests, the groves of nipa and kadamba trees,
>> and canopies of paribhadra and devadaru cedars.
>>
>>
>>
>> 05
>>
>> विकसत् कुन्द-मन्दार-मकरन्द-सुगन्धिषु ।
>>
>> vikasat kunda-mandAra-makaranda-sugandhiSu |
>>
>> वसन्त-वन-जालेषु कूजत् कोकिल-मालिषु ॥३।१६।५॥
>>
>> vasanta-vana-jAleSu kUjat kokila-mAliSu ||3|16|5||
>>
>> .
>>
>> vikasat x
>>
>> kunda-mandAra-makaranda-sugandhiSu x
>>
>> vasanta-vana-jAleSu x
>>
>> kUjat kokila-mAliSu
>>

>> *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *beneath the blossoming jasmine *
>>
>> *& *
>>
>> *coral trees with honey-sweet blossoms *
>>
>> *in the springtime forest *
>>
>> *surrounded by cooing cuckoos*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.5 They sat beside beds of kunda and mandara plants, fragrant with
>> the smell of full-blown flowers, and they strayed about the spring-green
>> woods resounding with the melody of nightingales’ notes.
>>
>>
>>
>> 06
>>
>> नाना.अरण्य-तृणानाम् च स्थलेषु मृदु-दीप्तिषु ।
>>
>> nAnA.araNya-tRNAnAm ca sthaleSu mRdu-dIptiSu |
>>
>> नि.झरिषु तरत् तार-सीकरा-सार-वर्षिषु ॥३।१६।६॥
>>
>> ni.jhariSu tarat tAra-sIkarA-sAra-varSiSu ||3|16|6||
>>
>> .
>>

>> nAnA.araNya-tRNAnAm ca - *of forest.meadow-grasses then - *sthaleSu - *in
>> beds - *
>>
>> mRdu-dIptiSu *x*

>>
>> ni.jhariSu tarat x
>>
>> tAra-sIkarA-sAra-varSiSu x
>>
>> zailAnAm maNi-mANikya-zilAnAm phalakeSu ca xx
>>

>> *. *
>>
>> *and *
>>
>> *in the grassy forests of the hills *
>>
>> *in soft light and bright light*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *they would splash below a waterfall whose spray made a rain of stars*
>>
>> *on mountain-slopes where rubies stood in piles*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.6 They enjoyed the glossy beds of grassy tufts, the mossy seats of
>> woods and lawns, and water-falls flooding the level lands with showers of
>> rain.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx04 05 06
>>
>>
>>
>> 07
>>
>> शैलानाम् मणि-मणिक्य-शिलानाम् फलकेषु च ।
>>
>> zailAnAm maNi-mANikya-zilAnAm phalakeSu ca |
>>
>> देवर्षि-मुनि-गेहेषु दूर-पुण्य~आश्रमेषु च ॥३।१६।७॥
>>
>> devarSi-muni-geheSu dUra-puNya~AzrameSu ca ||3|16|7||
>>
>> .
>>
>> ...
>>

>> *and in/when *zaila.*stony/rocky-*AnAm maNi.*WishingStone/jewel*
>> -mANikya.*ruby-*zilA.*stone/rock.s-*nAm.*of/for –* *and in/when *phalaka.
>> *fruit/result.s-*eSu ca | *in/when *devarSi.*Devarshi.Godwise-*muni.
>> *silent.Muni-*geha.*house.s-*eSu *–* *and **in/when* dUra.*far*
>> */distant-*puNya.*pious/sacred-Ashrama.s-*eSu
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *they visited the homes of munis*
>>
>> *and Godly Dewarshis in distant sacred Ashramas *
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.7 They often visited mountain ledges overlaid with gems, minerals
>> and richest stones, as wells as the shrines of gods and saints, holy
>> hermitages and other places of pilgrimage.
>>

>> * *in/when *devarSi.*Devarshi.Godwise-*muni.*silent.Muni-*geha.*house-*eSu
>> *–* *and **in/when* dUra.*far**/distant-*puNya.*pious/sacred-Ashrama.s-*
>> eSu

>>
>>
>>
>> 08
>>
>> कुमुद्वतीषु फुल्लासु स्मेरासु नलिनीषु च ।
>>
>> kumudvatISu phullAsu smerAsu nalinISu ca |
>>
>> वन-स्थलीषु कृष्णासु फुल्लासु फलिनीषु च ॥३।१६।८॥
>>
>> vana-sthalISu kRSNAsu phullAsu phalinISu ca ||3|16|8||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *in/when *
>>
>> kumud.*white.lily-*vat.*like*.*s-*ISu
>>
>> phulla.*blown/expanding.s-*Asu
>>
>> smera.*expanding\smiling.s-*Asu
>>
>> *and in/when *
>>
>> nalini.*lotus/pond.s-*ISu ca x
>>
>> *in/when *vana.*forest*-sthali.*dry.land-s-*ISu
>>
>> kRSNa.*dark-*Asu x
>>
>> phulla.*blown/expanding*.*s-*Asu
>>
>> *and in/when *phalin.*fruit.bearing/reaping-*ISu ca
>>
>> .
>>
>> *among the blooming lotuses *
>>
>> *they danced *
>>
>> *amid white lotuses *
>>
>> *in dark forests that teemed with flowers and sweet fruit*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.8 They frequently haunted lakes of full-blown lotuses and lilies,
>> smiling kumudas of various colors, and woodlands darkened by green foliage
>> and overhung with flowers and fruit.
>>

>> ** in/when *kumud.*white.lily-*vat.*like*.*s-*ISu phulla.
>> *blown/expanding.s-*Asu smera.*expanding\smiling.s-*Asu *and in/when *
>> nalini.*lotus/pond.s-*ISu ca - *in/when *vana.*forest*-sthali.
>> *dry.land-s-*ISu kRSNa.*dark-*Asu - phulla.*blown/expanding*.*s-*Asu *and
>> in/when *phalin.*fruit.bearing/reaping-*ISu ca

>>
>>
>>
>> 09
>>
>> सुरतैः सुर-तारुण्यैः सुन्दरः सुन्दर~ईहितैः ।
>>
>> suratai: sura-tAruNyai: sundara: sundara~Ihitai: |
>>
>> पेशल.अन्योन्य.घन=प्रेम-रस~अधिकैः ॥३।१६।९॥
>>
>> pezala.anyonya.ghana=prema-rasa~adhikai: ||3|16|9||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *by/with* surata.*amorous/tender-*i: - *Sura.Brightling*-tAruNya.
>> *youth.s-*i: -
>>
>> *the *sundara.*beautiful-*: -
>>
>> *by/with* sundara.*beautiful-*Ihita.*desired/sought.for-*i: -
>>
>> pezala.*xxx-*anyonya.*xxx-*ghana.*thick/cloud*=prema.*xxx-*rasa.*xxx-*
>> adhika.*xxx-*i:
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.9 They passed their time in the amorous dalliances of god-like
>> youths. Their personal beauty was graced by their generous pastimes of
>> their mutual fondness and affection.
>>

>> *and they found their love delightful*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *they were young Brightling demigods *
>>
>> *with every wonted wantonness and mutual deep tenderness*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> *x*
>>
>> xx
>>
>> *07 *

>>
>> 08 09
>>
>>
>>
>> 10
>>
>> प्रहेलिकाभिर्_आख्यानैस्_तथैव_आक्षर-मुष्टिभिः ।
>>
>> prahelikAbhi:_AkhyAnai:_tathA_eva_AkSara-muSTibhi: |
>>
>> अष्टापदैर्_बहुद्यूतैस्_तथा गूढ-चतुर्थकैः ॥३।१६।१०॥
>>
>> aSTApadai:_bahudyUtai:_tathA gUDha-caturthakai: ||3|16|10||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *they would play at riddles, and tell tales;*
>>
>> *they would play finger-games, and Chess *
>>
>> *and likewise many other games*
>>
>> *also, even "The Secret Fourth*"*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> prahelikAbhir_AkhyAnais_x
>>
>> tathaiva_AkSara-muSTibhi: *x*
>>
>> aSTApadair_bahudyUtais_x
>>
>> tathA gUDha-caturthakai: *x *
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> * gUDha-caturthaka – perhaps blindfold chess??? das....@gmail.com
>>
>> ~vlm.p.10 They amused each other with clever remarks and witticisms and
>> solution of riddles, with story telling and playing tricks of hold-fists,
>> and with various games of chess and dice.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.10 They amused each other with clever remarks and witticisms and
>> solution of riddles, with story telling and playing tricks of hold-fists,
>> and with various games of chess and dice.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.11 They diverted themselves by reading dramas and stories, and by
>> interpreting stanzas difficult even for the learned. And sometimes they
>> roamed about cities, towns and villages.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.12.They decorated their bodies with wreaths of flowers and
>> ornaments of various kinds. They feasted on a variety of flavors, and moved
>> about with playful negligence.
>>
>>
>>
>> 11
>>
>> नाटक~आख्यायिकाभिश्_च श्लोकैर्_विन्दु-मति-क्रमैः ।
>>
>> nATaka~AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu-mati-kramai: |
>>
>> देश.काल-विभागैश्_च नगर-ग्राम-चेष्टितैः ॥३।१६।११॥
>>
>> deza.kAla-vibhAgai:_ca nagara-grAma-ceSTitai: ||3|16|11||
>>
>> .
>>
>> nATaka~AkhyAyikAbhi:_ca zlokai:_vindu-mati-kramai: |
>>

>> deza.kAla-vibhAgai:_ca nagara-grAma-ceSTitai: *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *they recited tales of the heroes *
>>
>> *and uttered poems *
>>
>> *carefully *
>>
>> *as they passed thru time and place*
>>
>> *as they made their journey thru cities, towns, and villages*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> * var. typo KG - <dezakala>
>>
>> ~vlm.p.11 They diverted themselves by reading dramas and stories, and by
>> interpreting stanzas difficult even for the learned. And sometimes they
>> roamed about cities, towns and villages.
>>
>>
>>
>> 12
>>
>> स्रग्दाम-माला-वलितैर् नाना-भरण-योजनैः ।
>>
>> sragdAma-mAlA-valitai:_nAnA-bharaNa-yojanai: |
>>
>> लीला-विलोल-चलनैर्_विचित्र-रस-भोजनैः ॥३।१६।१२॥
>>
>> lIlA-vilola-calanai:_vicitra-rasa-bhojanai: ||3|16|12||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *by/with*
>>
>> sragdAma.*xxx-*mAlA.*garland/wreath-*valita.*xxx.s-*i: x
>>
>> nAnA.*various*-bharaNa.*bear/supporting-*yojana.*xxx.s-*i: x
>>
>> lIlA.*play*-vilola.*rolling/glance**-*calana.*motion/stirring.s*-i: x
>>
>> vicitra*.various/surprising*-rasa.*xxx-*bhojana.*xxx-*i: *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *bedecked *
>>
>> *with garlands & flowery wreaths & many other ornaments *
>>
>> *they danced *
>>
>> *and they romanced *
>>
>> *feasting on all the flavors of their love*
>>
>> *... *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *x*

>>
>> xx10 11 12
>>
>>
>>
>> 13
>>
>> आर्द्र-कुङ्कुम-कर्पूर-ताम्बूली-दल-चर्वणैः ।
>>
>> Ardra-kuGkuma-karpUra-tAmbUlI-dala-carvaNai: |
>>
>> फुल्ल-पुष्प-लता-गुञ्जा-देह-गोप-नख-व्रणैः ॥३।१६।१३॥
>>
>> phulla-puSpa-latA-guJjA-deha-gopa-nakha-vraNai: ||3|16|13||
>>
>> .
>>

>> Ardra-kuGkuma-karpUra-tAmbUlI-dala-carvaNai: *x*
>>
>> phulla-puSpa-latA-guJjA-deha-gopa-nakha-vraNai: *x *
>>
>> *sucking.on saffron&camphor.spiced-mouth.watering betel leaves*
>>
>> *sheltered by flowering vines *
>>
>> *they soothed the tender scratches of their love*
>>
>> *...*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.13. They chewed betel leaves mixed with moistened mace, camphor
>> and saffron. They hid the love marks on their bodies under the wreaths of
>> flowers and coral that adorned them.
>>
>>
>>
>> 14
>>
>> समालम्भन-लीलाभिर्_माला-प्रहरण-क्रमैः ।
>>
>> samAlambhana-lIlAbhi:_mAlA-praharaNa-kramai: |
>>
>> गृहे कुसुम-दोलाभिर्_अन्योन्यम् दोलन-क्रमैः ॥३।१६।१४॥
>>
>> gRhe kusuma-dolAbhi:_anyonyam dolana-kramai: ||3|16|14||
>>
>> .
>>
>> samAlambhana-lIlAbhi: x
>>

>> mAlA-praharaNa-kramai: *x*
>>
>> gRhe kusuma-dolAbhi: x
>>
>> anyonyam dolana-kramai: *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *playfully oiling their limbs *
>>
>> *each.to.each *
>>
>> *pelting each-other with flower.blossoms*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *at home*
>>
>> *they would swing in flowery swings *
>>
>> *pushing each.other back and forth*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm. They played the frolics of "hide and find" (Beng. lukichuri)...
>>
>> ~vlm.p.14 They frolicked playing hide and seek, tossing wreaths and
>> garlands, and swinging one another in cradles decorated with flowers.
>>
>> ~MoT. ... "samAlambhanam" aGga-rAga-karaNam ||3|16|
>>
>>
>>
>> 15
>>
>> नौयान-युग्म.हस्त्य्.अश्व.दान्तोष्ट्र.आदि+गम.आगमैः ।
>>
>> nau.yAna-yugma,hasti.azva.dAnta.uSTra.Adi+gama~Agamai: |
>>
>> जल-केलि-विलासेन परस्पर-समुक्षणैः ॥३।१६।१५॥
>>
>> jala-keli-vilAsena paraspara-samukSaNai: ||3|16|15||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *on.board a boat or elephant *
>>
>> *or drawn by horses *
>>
>> *or riding tuskers, then camels *
>>
>> *going&coming *
>>
>> *playing at watersports *
>>
>> *splashing each other in their play*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.15 They went on trips in pleasure-boats, and on yokes of elephants
>> and tame camels. They played in their pleasure-ponds by splashing water on
>> one another.
>>

>> * *by/with* nauyAna.*ship/sailing-*yugma.*pair/even.not.odd-*hasti.
>> *elephant-*azva.*horse-*dAnta.*tusker/elephant-*uSTra.*xxx-*Adi.
>> *beginning.with/&c-*+gama.*going-*Agama.*coming-*i: *- by/with* jala.
>> *water*-keli.*play/party*-vilAsa.*play/diversion-*ena - *by/with*
>> paraspara.*mutual*-samukSaNa.*sprinkling/watering-*i:
>>
>>
>>
>> *x*

>>
>> xx13 14 15
>>
>>
>>
>> 16
>>
>> नृत्य-गीत-कला~आलास्य-ताल-ताण्डव-मण्डनैः ।
>>
>> nRtya-gIta-kalA~AlAsya-tAla-tANDava-maNDanai: |
>>
>> संगीतकैः संकथनैर्_वीणा-मुरज-वादनैः ॥३।१६।१६॥
>>
>> saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA-muraja-vAdanai: ||3|16|16||
>>
>> .
>>

>> nRtya-gIta-kalA~AlAsya-tAla-tANDava-maNDanai: *x*
>>
>> saMgItakai: saMkathanai:_vINA-muraja-vAdanai: *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *they made their love in dance and song*
>>
>> *to the beat of the Doomsday tANDava* *

>>
>> * the dance we see in the familiar Shiva Nátarája statue
>>

>> *they made their love *
>>
>> *with the telling of stories*
>>
>> *voiced to the music of strings and drums*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.16 They had their manly and feminine dances: the sprightly tandava
>> and the merry lasya. They sang songs with masculine and feminine voices,
>> the kala and giti. They had enjoyed harmonious and pleasing music, playing
>> stringed and percussion instruments.
>>
>>
>>
>> 17
>>
>> उद्यानेषु सरित्.तीर-वृक्षेषु वर-वीथिषु ।
>>
>> udyAneSu sarit.tIra-vRkSeSu vara-vIthiSu |
>>
>> अन्तःपुरेषु हर्म्येषु फुल्ल~दोल=अवदोलनैः ॥३।१६।१७॥
>>
>> anta:pureSu harmyeSu phulla~dola=avadolanai: ||3|16|17||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *in/when * udyAna.*garden/park.s-*eSu - sarit.*stream*-tIra.*shore/bank-*
>> vRkSa.*tree/trunk.s-*eSu - vara.*Boon/wish\best*-vIthi.*row/road-s-*Su *-
>> *anta:pura.*Inner.city/women's.quarter-s-*eSu – harmya.*harem-*eSu -*
>> in harems - by/with* phulla.*blown/expanding-*dola.*swing-*avadolana.
>> *swinging.back&forth-*i:
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *they made their love *
>>
>> *in gardens, *
>>
>> *in the groves on river-shores,*
>>
>> *in shady lanes,*
>>
>> *in the Inner.City* harem,*
>>
>> *floating on swings like wind-blown flowers*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> **var. KG typo phull*A*dola.

>>
>> ~vlm.p.17 In their flowery conveyances they passed through gardens and
>> pathways, by rivers and on highways, and into the inner apartments of their
>> royal palaces.
>>
>> O*tt. #anta:pura - Inner-City: not the modern slum, but the same term
>> used by Chinese Emperors for their home palace. "This term refers
>> specifically to the room(s) used by the ladies in large palaces. The
>> menfolk are not usually allowed an entry here (including the King without
>> the permission of the Lady)." KDM * ~jd. the term «harmya» is usually

>> translated as mansion, home, hearth. <*harm*ya> = "*har*e*m*", as the

>> heart of the anta:pura, is my own conjecture.
>>

>> * *in/when * udyAna.*garden/park.s-*eSu - sarit.*stream*-tIra.
>> *shore/bank-*vRkSa.*tree/trunk.s-*eSu - vara.*Boon/wish\best*-vIthi.
>> *row/road-s-*Su *- *anta:pura.*Inner.city/women's.quarter-s-*eSu –
>> harmya.*harem-*eSu -* in harems - by/with* phulla.*blown/expanding-*
>> dola.*swing-*avadolana.*swinging.back&forth-*i:

>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 18
>>
>> सा तथा सुख-संवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया ।
>>
>> sA tathA sukha-saMvRddhA tasya praNayinI priyA |
>>
>> एकदा चिन्तयाम्.आस सुभ्रूः संकल्प-शालिनी ॥३।१६।१८॥
>>
>> ekadA cintayAm.Asa subhrU: saMkalpa-zAlinI ||3|16|18||
>>
>> .
>>

>> sA.*she/it -* tathA.*thus/in.that.way –* su.*good-*kha.*space-*saMvRddhA.
>> *xxx-* x
>>
>> tasya.*of.that* - praNayinI.*xxx-* priyA.*xxx-* x
>>
>> ekadA.*xxx-* cintayAmAsa.*xxx-* x
>>
>> subhrU.*xxx-*: saMkalpa.*Concept*-zAlinI.*xxx-* xx
>>
>> *so*
>>
>> *Lîlâ's pleasure grew and grew as Padma's loving life-consort*
>>
>> *but*
>>
>> *–**once**–*
>>
>> *she had this thought*
>>
>> *& *
>>
>> *the smoothness of her brow grew knotted with a troubling thought*
>>
>> *:*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.18 The loving and beloved Queen Lîlâ, being thus brought up in
>> pleasure and indulgence, at one time thought within herself with a wistful
>> heart,
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx16 17 18
>>
>>
>>
>> *Lîlâ asked herself—*

>>
>>
>>
>> 19
>>
>> प्राणेभ्यो_ऽपि प्रियो_भर्ता मम_एष* जगती.पति: ।
>>
>> prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: |
>>
>> यौवन~उल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथम् स्याद्_अजर~अमर: ॥३।१६।१९॥
>>
>> yauvana~ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|19||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *he's dearer than my very breath,*
>>
>> *my husband,*
>>
>> *this lord of my world,*
>>
>> *the blessing of my youth*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *but *
>>
>> *will he never meet old age and death*
>>
>> *?*

>>
>> ~sv ... What should I do in order that he and I may live for ever
>> enjoying the pleasures of life?
>>

>> prANebhya:_api priya:_bhartA mama_eSa* jagatI.pati: *x*
>>
>> yauvana~ullAsavAn zrImAn katham syAt_a.jara~a.mara: *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.19 "How will my lord and ruler of earth, who is in the bloom of
>> youth and prosperity and who is dearer to me than my life, be free from old
>> age and death?
>>
>>
>>
>> 20
>>
>> भर्त्रा_अनेन सह.उत्तुङ्ग-स्तनी कुसुम.सद्मसु ।
>>
>> bhartrA_anena saha~uttuGga-stanI kusuma-sadmasu |
>>
>> कथम् स्वैरम् चिरम् कान्ता रमे युग-शतान्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२०॥
>>
>> katham svairam ciram kAntA rame yuga-zatAni_aham ||3|16|20||
>>
>> .
>>

>> bhartrA_anena -* by/with this my protector - *
>>
>> saha.*xxx-*uttuGga.*xxx-*stanI.*xxx-* x
>>
>> kusuma.*flower-*sadma.*xxx-*su x
>>
>> katham.*¿how*- svaira.*xxx-*m ciram.*for.long*- kAnta.*beautiful*-A.
>> *-f.-*
>>
>> rama.*in/when love*
>>
>> *in/when *yuga-zatAni – *for a hundred Ages - *aham.*I*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *after that *
>>
>> *whom will I sit beside *
>>
>> *on my couch of lotuses*
>>
>> *O *
>>
>> *let him stroke my swelling breasts for an entire Age*
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> *for a hundred Ages*
>>
>> *!*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.20 And how will I enjoy his company on beds of flowers in the
>> palace, possessed of my youth and free-will, for long, long hundreds of
>> years?
>>
>>
>>
>> 21
>>
>> तथा यते यत्नम् अतस्_तपो~जप-यम~ईहितैः ।
>>
>> tathA yate yatnam ata:_tapa:~japa-yama~Ihitai: |
>>
>> रजनीश-मुखो_राजा यथा स्याद्_अजर~अमरः ॥३।१६।२१॥
>>
>> rajanIza-mukha:_rAjA yathA syAt_a.jara~a.mara: ||3|16|21||
>>
>> .
>>
>> tathA yate yatnam atas_tapas-japa-yama=Ihitai: |
>>

>> rajanIza-mukho rAjA yathA syAd_a.jara~a.mara: * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *well then*
>>
>> *I'll do devoted works, austerities, hard tapas, *
>>
>> *I'll chant mantras according to the rules *
>>
>> *all.for this purpose*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *that my moon-faced lord and king may be free*
>>
>> *from senility and death*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.21 Therefore I will endeavor with all my vigilance, prayers,
>> austerities and efforts to know how this moon-faced prince may become free
>> from death and decline.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx19 20 21
>>
>>
>>
>> 22
>>
>> ज्ञान-वृद्धान्_तपो-वृद्धान् विद्या-वृद्धान् अहम् द्विजान् ।
>>
>> jJAna-vRddhAn_tapa:~vRddhAn vidyA-vRddhAn aham dvijAn |
>> पृच्छामि तावद्_मरणम् कथम् न स्याद्_नृणाम् इति ॥३।१६।२२॥
>>
>> pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti ||3|16|22||
>>
>> .
>>
>> jJAna-vRddhAn_tapo-vRddhAn vidyA-vRddhAn aham dvijAn |

>> pRcchAmi tAvat_maraNam katham na syAt_nRNAm iti * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *there are *
>>
>> *those with abundance of Wisdom,*
>>
>> *those with abundance of yogic Energy,*
>>
>> *those with abundance of Learning,*
>>
>> *the twiceborn Brahmins *
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> *I'll ask them all*
>>
>> *"How can there be no death for a human being?"*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.22 I will ask the most knowing, the most austere, and the very
>> learned brAhmaNas how men may evade death."
>>
>> ~vlm.p.23 She accordingly invited the brAhmaNas and honored them with
>> presents, and humbly asked them to tell her how men might become immortal
>> on earth.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.24 The brAhmaNas replied, "Great queen, holy men may obtain
>> success in everything by their austerities, prayers and observance of
>> religious rites, but nobody can ever attain to immortality here below."
>>
>>
>>

>> *Vasishtha continued— *

>>
>> 23
>>
>> इत्य्_आनीय_अथ सम्पूज्य द्विजान् पप्रच्छ सा नता ।
>>
>> iti_AnIya_atha sampUjya dvijAn papraccha sA natA |
>>
>> अमरत्वम् कथम् विप्राः भवेद्_इति पुनः पुनः ॥३।१६।२३॥
>>
>> amaratvam katham viprA: bhavet_iti puna: puna: ||3|16|23||
>>
>> .
>>

>> iti.*so* AnIya.*bringing.brot-* atha.*next/then *- sampUjya.*full.worship/adoring
>> –* dvija.*twiceborn.Brâhmin.s-*An papraccha.*asked -* sA.*she/it -* nata.*bowing.to/facing-
>> <http://bowing.to/facing->*A.*-f.- *amaratva.*immortality-*m katham.*¿how
>> *– *Vipra.Seer*.A.*-f.-*: bhavet.*becomes -* iti.*so* - punar.*again*:
>> punar.*again*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *so*
>>
>> *she invited them*
>>
>> *and so*
>>
>> *she honored the TwiceBorn*
>>
>> *and asked*
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> *"how can he be brought to immortality?"*
>>
>>
>>
>> *she asked those Seers once*
>>
>> *and asked again*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.23 She accordingly invited the brAhmaNas and honored them with
>> presents, and humbly asked them to tell her how men might become immortal
>> on earth.
>>

>> * iti.*so* AnIya.*bringing.brot-* atha.*next/then *- sampUjya.*full.worship/adoring
>> –* dvija.*twiceborn.Brâhmin.s-*An papraccha.*asked -* sA.*she/it -* nata.*bowing.to/facing-
>> <http://bowing.to/facing->*A.*-f.-* amaratva.*immortality-*m katham.*¿how
>> *– *Vipra.Seer*.A.*-f.-*: bhavet.*becomes -* iti.*so* - punar.*again*:
>> punar.*again*
>>
>>
>>
>> *and the Vipra.Seers said—*

>>
>> 24
>>
>> तपो~जप-यमैर्_देवि समस्ता: सिद्ध-सिद्धय: ।
>>
>> tapas-japa-yamai:_devi samastA: siddha-siddhaya: |
>>
>> सम्प्राप्यन्ते_ऽमरत्वम् तु न कदाचन लभ्यते ॥३।१६।२४॥
>>
>> samprApyante_*maratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate ||3|16|24||
>>
>> .
>>
>> tapas-japa-yamai:_devi samastA: siddha-siddhaya: x
>>

>> samprApyante_*maratvam tu na kadA.cana labhyate *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *by following the rules of tapas and mantra,*
>>
>> *Divine Majesty,*
>>
>> *the siddha.Adepts get their Powers,*
>>
>> *but never immortality*
>>
>> *!*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.24 The brAhmaNas replied, "Great queen, holy men may obtain
>> success in everything by their austerities, prayers and observance of
>> religious rites, but nobody can ever attain to immortality here below."
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx22 23 24
>>
>>
>>
>> *Vasishtha went.on—*

>>
>> 25
>>
>> इत्य्_आकर्ण्य द्विज.मुखाच् चिन्तयाम्.आस सा पुनः ।
>>
>> iti_AkarNya dvija.mukhAt cintayAm.Asa sA puna: |
>>
>> इदम् स्व.प्रज्ञया_एव_आशु भीता प्रिय-वियोगतः ॥३।१६।२५॥
>>
>> idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu bhItA priya-viyogata: ||3|16|25||
>>
>> .
>>
>> iti_AkarNya dvija-mukhAt
>>

>> cintayAm.Asa sA puna: *x*
>>
>> idam sva.prajJayA_eva_Azu
>>
>> bhItA priya-viyogata: *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *hearing these words of the TwiceBorn*
>>
>> *she took a little further thought*
>>
>> *and once again her thoughts dwelt in the fear of losing her darling*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.25 Hearing this from the mouths of the brAhmaNas, she thought
>> again in her own mind, and with fear for the death of her loving lord.
>>
>>
>>

>> *then Lîlâ said—*

>>
>> 26
>>
>> मरणम् भर्तुर्_अग्रे मे यदि दैवाद्_भविष्यति ।
>>
>> maraNam bhartu:_agre me yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati |
>>
>> तत्-सर्व.दु:ख-निर्मुक्ता संस्थास्ये सुखम् आत्मनि ॥३।१६।२६॥
>>
>> tat-sarva.du:kha-nirmuktA saMsthAsye sukham Atmani ||3|16|26||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *if*
>>
>> *death should come to me before my husband*
>>
>> *—should that be our Fate—*
>>
>> *then*
>>
>> *I will be free from my suffering,*
>>
>> *and I shall find my state of happiness within mySelf*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> maraNam bhartu:_agre me x
>>
>> yadi daivAt_bhaviSyati
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> tat-sarva.du:kha-nirmuktA x
>>
>> saMsthAsye sukham Atmani
>>

>> *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.26 "Should it happen that I come to die before my lord, then I
>> shall be released from all pain of separation from him, and be quite at
>> rest in myself.
>>
>>
>>
>> 27
>>
>> अथ वर्ष-सहस्रेण भर्ता.आदौ चेन्_मरिष्यति ।
>>
>> atha varSa-sahasreNa bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati |
>>
>> तत् करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो_गेहान्_न यास्यति ॥३।१६।२७॥
>>
>> tat kariSye tathA yena jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati ||3|16|27||
>>
>> .
>>
>> atha
>>
>> varSa-sahasreNa
>>
>> bhartA.Adau cet_mariSyati x
>>
>> tat kariSye tathA
>>
>> yena
>>

>> jIva:_gehAn_na yAsyati * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *but if *
>>
>> *after a century of love *
>>
>> *he should die first *
>>
>> *then I must myself find some means whereby*
>>
>> *his** Living.jíva** will not leave*
>>
>> *his home*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.27 But if my husband should happen to die before me, even after a
>> thousand years of our lives, I shall so manage it that his soul may not
>> depart from the confines of this house.
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx
>>
>> *Vasishtha went.on—*
>>
>> 25
>>
>> *then Lîlâ said—*

>>
>> 26
>>
>> 27
>>
>>
>>
>> 28
>>
>> तद्-भ्रमाद्_भर्तृ-जीवे_ऽस्मिन् निजे शुद्ध~आन्त-मण्डपे ।
>>
>> tat~bhramAt_bhartR-jIve_*smin nije zuddha~Anta-maNDape |
>>
>> भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यम् निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥३।१६।२८॥
>>
>> bhartrA vilokitA nityam ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham ||3|16|28||
>>
>> .
>>
>> tat~bhramAt_bhartR-jIve_*smin
>>
>> nije zuddha~Anta-maNDape |
>>
>> bhartrA vilokitA nityam
>>

>> ni.vatsyAmi yathAsukham * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *here*
>>
>> *in the Inner City,*
>>
>> *in his private Tomb,*
>>
>> *he will never go wandering*
>>
>> *and here*
>>
>> *I'll happily remain with him*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.28 The spirit of my lord will rove about the holy vault in this
>> inner apartment and I shall feel the satisfaction of his presence at all
>> times."
>>
>> ~vlm.p.28 The spirit of my lord will rove about the holy vault in this
>> inner apartment and I shall feel the satisfaction of his presence at all
>> times."
>>
>> ~vlm.p.29 "For this purpose, I will start this very day to worship
>> Saraswatî, the goddess of wisdom, and offer my prayers to her, and observe
>> fasts and other rites to my heart’s content."
>>
>> ~vlm.p.30 Having so determined, she began to observe the strict rituals
>> of the scriptures without her lord’s knowledge.
>>
>>
>>
>> 29
>>
>> अद्य_एव_आरभ्य_एतद्_अर्थम् देवीम् ज्ञप्तिम् सरस्वतीम् ।
>>
>> adya_eva_Arabhya_etat_artham devIm jJaptim sarasvatIm |
>>
>> जप~उपवास-नियमैर् आ-तोषम् पूजयाम्य्_अहम् ॥३।१६।२९॥
>>
>> japa~upavAsa-niyamai: A-toSam pUjayAmi_aham ||3|16|29||
>>
>> .
>>

>> Adya.*primal/first-* eva.*very**/only *– Arabhya.*begun/beginning.with -*
>> etat.*this* artha.*meaning/thing*.m devI.*Goddess/Divinity-*m jJapti.
>> *apprehended.vision-*m sarasvatI.*Sarasvatî the River.Goddess*-m |
>> *by/with* japa.*mantra.chant-*upavAsa.*fasting/vow-*niyama.
>> *mental.restraint/pious.act.s-*i: AtoSa.*fully.content-*m – pUjay.
>> *worship/honoring-*Ami aham – *am I*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *so*
>>
>> *today*
>>
>> *I will cultivate the vision of *
>>
>> *the River Goddess *
>>
>> *sarasvatí*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *with mantra-chanting *
>>
>> *& *
>>
>> *fasting*
>>
>> *I'll satisfy her with worship*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> ~AB. jJapti: cit.rUpam || *vasiShTha continued—*
>>
>> * Adya.*primal/first-* eva.*very**/only *– Arabhya.*begun/beginning.with
>> -* etat.*this* artha.*meaning/thing*.m devI.*Goddess/Divinity-*m jJapti.
>> *apprehended.vision-*m sarasvatI.*Sarasvatî the River.Goddess*-m |
>> *by/with* japa.*mantra.chant-*upavAsa.*fasting/vow-*niyama.
>> *mental.restraint/pious.act.s-*i: AtoSa.*fully.content-*m – pUjay.
>> *worship/honoring-*Ami aham – *am I*

>>
>>
>>
>> 30
>>
>> इति निश्चित्य सा नाथम् अनुक्त्वा_एव वर.अङ्गना ।
>>
>> iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara~AGganA |
>>
>> यथाशास्त्रम् चचार_उग्रम् तथा नियमम् आस्थिता ॥३।१६।३०॥
>>
>> yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA ||3|16|30||
>>

>> *...*

>>
>> iti nizcitya sA nAtham anuktvA_eva vara~aGganA |
>>

>> yathA.zAstram cacAra_ugram tathA niyamam AsthitA *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *so she resolved, that very best of women, saying nothing to her lord*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *in accordance with shástra teaching *
>>
>> *she began her fierce austerities*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.30 Having so determined, she began to observe the strict rituals
>> of the scriptures without her lord’s knowledge.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx28 29 30
>>
>>
>>
>> 31
>>
>> त्रिरात्रस्य त्रिरात्रस्य पर्यन्ते कृत-पारणा ।
>>
>> trirAtrasya trirAtrasya paryante kRta-pAraNA |
>>
>> देव-द्विज-गुरु-प्राज्ञ-विद्वत्-पूजा-परायणा ॥३।१६।३१॥
>>
>> deva-dvija-guru-prAjJa-vidvat-pUjA-parAyaNA ||3|16|31||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *...*
>>
>> *making the Three.day Fast*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *she repeated it *
>>
>> *again & again*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *after her long fasts*
>>
>> *she worshipped the Gods*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *of/for the* tri.*three*-rAtra.*nights-*sya - *of/for the* trirAtra.
>> *three.night.fast*-sya *in/when *paryanta.*border/limit*-e kRta.
>> *done/made*-pAraNa.*conclusion/fulfilling-*A.*-f.-* |
>>
>> deva.*God*-dvija.*twiceborn.Brâhmin-*guru*.Guru/teacher*-prAjJa.*xxx-*
>> vidvat.*xxx-*pUjA.*xxx-*parAyaNa.*xxx-*A.*-f.-*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.31 She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third
>> night. She entertained the gods, brAhmaNas, priests and holy people with
>> feasts and due honors.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.31 She kept her fasts and broke them at the end of every third
>> night. She entertained the gods, brAhmaNas, priests and holy people with
>> feasts and due honors.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.32 She performed her daily ablutions, she distributed alms, and
>> she practiced austerities and meditation. In all of these she was
>> painstakingly observant of the rules of pious devotion.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.33 She also attended to her unaware husband at the stated times.
>> To the utmost, she took care of him and performed her duties as required by
>> law and custom.
>>
>>
>>
>> 32
>>
>> स्नान-दान-तपो~ध्यान-नित्य~उद्युक्त-शरीरिका ।
>>
>> snAna-dAna-tapa:~dhyAna-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA |
>>
>> सर्व.आस्तिक्य-सदाचार-कारिणी क्लेश-हारिणी ॥३।१६।३२॥
>>
>> sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI kleza-hAriNI ||3|16|32||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *she would spend her time*
>>
>> *with Brahmins, and Gurus, Scholars, and the Wise,*
>>
>> *with sacred baths, and charity, austerity, *
>>
>> *and Meditation constantly,*
>>
>> *full of the faith that all her Works would overcome all her troubles*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> snAna-dAna-tapas-dhyAna-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA
>>
>> *x* *bath*-*gift*-*austerity*-*meditation*-nitya~udyukta-zarIrikA
>>
>> sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI
>>
>> *x *sarva.Astikya-sadAcAra-kAriNI
>>
>> kleza-hAriNI *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.32 She performed her daily ablutions, she distributed alms, and
>> she practiced austerities and meditation. In all of these she was
>> painstakingly observant of the rules of pious devotion.
>>
>>
>>
>> 33
>>
>> यथाकालम् यथोद्योगम् यथाशास्त्रम् यथाक्रमम् ।
>>
>> yathA.kAlam yathA.udyogam yathA.zAstram yathA.kramam |
>>
>> तोषयाम्.आस भर्तारम्_अपरिज्ञात-तत्स्थितिम् ॥३।१६।३३॥
>>
>> toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta-tat.sthitim ||3|16|33||
>>
>> .
>>
>> yathA.kAlam
>>
>> yathA.udyogam yathAzAstram yathA.kramam x
>>
>> toSayAm.Asa bhartAram aparijJAta-tatsthitim xx
>>

>> *she did *
>>
>> *everything at the proper time,*
>>
>> *with proper effort,*
>>
>> *everything according to shástra,*
>>
>> *in due order*
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *she kept her husband happy *
>>
>> *(tho he did not understand her state)*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.33 He practiced raja yoga, at first by remaining silent with a
>> graceful countenance.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.33 She also attended to her unaware husband at the stated times.
>> To the utmost, she took care of him and performed her duties as required by
>> law and custom.
>>
>> vlm
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx31 32 33
>>
>>
>>
>> 34
>>
>> त्रिरात्र-शतम् एवम् सा बाला नियम-शालिनी ।
>>
>> trirAtra-zatam evam sA bAlA niyama-zAlinI |
>>
>> अनारतम् तपो-निष्ठाम् अतिष्ठत् कष्ट-चेष्टया ॥३।१६।३४॥
>>
>> anAratam tapa:~niSThAm atiSThat kaSTa-ceSTayA ||3|16|34||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *a hundred trirAtra fasts*
>>
>> *so the girl *
>>
>> with *mental.restraint/pious.act-*zAlin.*possessed *
>>
>> constantly/*continually *
>>
>> *remained intent upon the pains of her *s*acrificial ritual*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.34 Thus observant of her vows, with resolute and persevering
>> pains-taking and unfailing austerity, the young queen passed a hundred of
>> her three-night ceremonies.
>>

>> * trirAtra.*three.night.fast*-zata.*hundred**-*m evam.*so*- sA.*she/the-*
>> bAlA.*girl –* niyama.*mental.restraint/pious.act-*zAlin.
>> *possessed.of/equipped.with-*I*-f.-* + anAratam.*continually* – tapas.
>> *Sacrifice/Rite*-niSTha.*intent/based.on-*Am atiSThat.*was.stay/remaining
>> –* *by/with* kaSTa.*painful*-ceSTA.*exertion/activity*-ayA

>>
>>
>>
>> 35
>>
>> त्रिरात्राणाम् शते च_अथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता ।
>>
>> trirAtraNAm zate ca_atha pUjitA pratimAnitA |
>>
>> तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वाग्.ईशा समुवाच ताम् ॥३।१६।३५॥
>>
>> tuSTA bhagavatI gaurI vAc.IzA sam.uvAca tAm ||3|16|35||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *and of* trirAtra.*three.night.fast.s*-ANAm x
>>
>> *when a *zata.*hundred*-e ca atha.*next/then *- *were* pUjita.
>> *worship/honored-*A.*-f.-* pratimAnita.*xxx-*A | tuSTa.*xxx-*A bhagavat.
>> *xxx-*I gaurI.*xxx -* vAc.*speech/voice*-IzA.*Lady-* samuvAca.*xxx –*
>> tAm.*her*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *and then at last *
>>
>> *the Golden Lady, the Goddess of Speech *
>>
>> *was pleased*
>>
>> *and spoke thus to her*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.35 With his steady mind, he cast off the external sensations afar
>> from him like a rich and brilliant gem casts off its outer coating and
>> rubbish, then scatters its rays to a distance.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.35 Saraswatî, the fair goddess of speech, was pleased at the
>> completion of Lîlâ’s hundredth three-night ritual in the goddess’ honor,
>> performed with all outward and spiritual courtesy. The goddess spoke to her
>> saying,
>>
>>
>>

>> *The River Goddess Sarasvatî said—*

>>
>> 36
>>
>> निरन्तरेण तपसा भर्तृ-भक्त्य्.अतिशायिना ।
>>
>> nirantareNa tapasA bhartR-bhakti.atizAyinA |
>>
>> परितुष्टा_अस्मि ते वत्से गृहाण वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥३।१६।३६॥
>>
>> parituSTA_asmi te vatse gRhANa varam Ipsitam ||3|16|36||
>>
>> .
>>
>> nirantareNa tapasA x
>>
>> bhartR-bhakti-atizAyinA x
>>
>> parituSTA_asmi te vatse x
>>
>> gRhANa varam Ipsitam xx
>>

>> *I*
>>
>> *am delighted with you,*
>>
>> *dear,*
>>
>> *and your continual austerity,*
>>
>> *and your great devotion to your husband*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> *now*
>>
>> *take the boon you wish*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.36 He compressed his external sensations without coming in contact
>> with them, like trees contracting their sap in the cold season.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.36 "I am pleased, my child, with your continued devotion to me,
>> and your constant devotion to your husband. Now ask the boon that you would
>> have of me."
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx 34 35 36
>>
>>
>>
>> *The QUEEN cried.out—*

>>
>> 37
>>
>> जय जन्म-जरा-ज्वाला-दाह-दोष-शशि-प्रभे ।
>>
>> jaya janma-jarA-jvAlA-dAha-doSa-zazi-prabhe |
>>
>> जय हार्द~आन्धकार~ओघ-निवारण-रवि-प्रभे ॥३।१६।३७॥
>>
>> jaya hArda~AndhakAra~ogha-nivAraNa-ravi-prabhe ||3|16|37||
>>
>> .
>>

>> jaya janma-jarA-jvAlA-dAha-doSa-zazi-prabhe *x*
>>
>> jaya hArda~AndhakAra~ogha-nivAraNa-ravi-prabhe *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *glory*
>>
>> *in the radiant Moon*
>>
>> *whose light burns away birth, old age, and death*
>>
>> *!*
>>
>> *glory*
>>
>> *in the radiant Sun,*
>>
>> *whose light illuminates the heart's blindness*
>>
>> *!*

>>
>> ~vlm.37 He stopped the circulation of his respiration to the nine
>> openings of his body and their passing through the mouth and anus. By means
>> of his breath control he compressed the winds in the internal cells of his
>> body.
>>
>> ~vlm.p.37 Queen Lîlâ replied, "Be victorious, O moon-bright goddess, to
>> end all the pains of our birth and death, and the troubles, afflictions and
>> evils of this world. Like the sun, put to flight the darkness of our
>> affections and afflictions in this life.
>>
>>
>>
>> 38
>>
>> अम्ब मातर्_जगद्-मातर्_त्रायस्व कृपणाम् इमाम् ।
>>
>> amba mAtar jagat-mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm |
>>
>> इदम् वर-द्वयम् देहि यद्_अहम् प्रार्थये शुभे ॥३।१६।३८॥
>>
>> idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe ||3|16|38||
>>
>> .
>>
>> amba mAtar jagat-mAtar trAyasva kRpaNAm imAm x
>>

>> idam varadvayam dehi yat_aham prArthaye zubhe *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *momma,*
>>
>> *Mother,*
>>
>> *World-Mother,*
>>
>> *please*
>>
>> *bestow this mercy upon me*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *grant me this boon,*
>>
>> *—this double boon—*
>>
>> *which I request of you, pure one*
>>
>> *!*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.38 Save me, O goddess and parent of the world. Have pity on this
>> wretched devotee and grant her these two boons that she begs of you."
>>
>>
>>
>> 39
>>
>> एकम् तावद्_विदेहस्य भर्तुर्_जीवो_मम_आम्बिके ।
>>
>> ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva:_mama_Ambike |
>> अस्माद्_एव हि मा या_आसीन्_निज~अन्तःपुर-मण्डपात् ॥३।१६।३९॥
>>
>> asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija~anta:pura-maNDapAt ||3|16|39||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *first *
>>
>> *I ask this of you, Mother*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *when my husband is bodiless, let his* *jíva** not go from here,*
>>
>> *his shrine will be here in the Inner City*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> ekam tAvat_videhasya bhartu:_jIva: mama_Ambike *x*
>> asmAt_eva hi mA yA_AsIt_nija~anta:pura-maNDapAt *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.39 "The one is that after my husband is dead, his soul may not go
>> beyond the precincts of this shrine in the inner apartment.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx37 38 39
>>
>>
>>
>> 40
>>
>> द्वितीयम् त्वाम् महादेवि प्रार्थये_ऽहम् यदा यदा ।
>>
>> dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_*ham yadA yadA |
>>
>> दर्शनाय वर~आर्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥३।१६।४०॥
>>
>> darzanAya vara~ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam ||3|16|40||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *and secondly*
>>
>> *Great Goddess*
>>
>> *whenever I ask it of you*
>>
>> *let me know your presence in keeping with your boon*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *grant me the sight of you*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> dvitIyam tvAm mahAdevi prArthaye_*ham yadA yadA *x*
>>
>> darzanAya vara~ArthAya tadA me dehi darzanam *x *
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.40 The second is that whenever I call you, you shall hear my
>> prayer, appear before me, and give me your sight and blessing."
>>
>>
>>

>> *Vasishtha continued— *

>>
>> 41
>>
>> इत्य्_आकर्ण्य जगन्~माता तव_आस्त्व्_एवम् इति स्वयम् ।
>>
>> iti_AkarNya jagat~mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam |
>>
>> उक्त्वा_अन्तर्धानम् अगमत् प्रोत्थाय_ऊर्मिर्_इव_अर्णवे ॥३।१६।४१॥
>>
>> uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave ||3|16|41||
>>
>> .
>>

>> iti_AkarNya jagat~mAtA tava_Astu_evam iti svayam *x*
>>
>> uktvA_antar.dhAnam agamat protthAya_Urmi:_iva_arNave *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *the Mother of this world*
>>
>> *when she heard this*
>>
>> *made this reply*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *"So be it for you!"*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *saying so*
>>
>> *she disappeared*
>>
>> *just as a wave subsides into the settling sea*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.41 Hearing this, the goddess Saraswatî said, "Be it so,"and
>> immediately disappeared in the air, just like a wave subsides in the sea
>> from where it had come into view.
>>
>>
>>
>> 42
>>
>> अथ सा राज-महिषी परितुष्टा_इष्ट.देवता ।
>>
>> atha sA rAja-mahiSI parituSTA_iSTa.devatA |
>>
>> श्रुत-गीता_इव हरिणी बभूव_आनन्द धारिणी ॥३।१६।४२॥
>>
>> zruta-gItA_iva hariNI babhUva_Ananda‑dhAriNI ||3|16|42||
>>
>> .
>>
>> atha sA rAja-mahiSI x
>>
>> parituSTA_iSTa.devatA x
>>
>> zruta-gItA_iva hariNI x
>>

>> babhUva_Ananda‑dhAriNI *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *then*
>>
>> *she, the Chief and only Queen of the King,*
>>
>> *was happy as a goddess,*
>>
>> *like a deer hearing a sweet song,*
>>
>> *overflowing with Ananda.Happiness*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.42 The queen being blessed by the presence and good grace of the
>> goddess, was as delighted as a doe at hearing sweet music.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx40 41 42
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 43
>>
>> पक्षा* मास.ऋतु-कटके दिनारे वर्ष-दण्डके ।
>>
>> pakSA mAsa.Rtu-kaTake dinAre varSa-daNDake |
>>
>> क्षण-नाभौ स्पन्दमये काल.चक्रे वहत्य्_अथ ॥३।१६।४३॥
>>
>> kSaNa-nAbhau spandamaye kAla.cakre vahati_atha ||3|16|43||
>>
>> .
>>

>> pakSA.*fortnight.s - in/when *mAsa*.month*-Rtu.*season*-kaTaka.
>> *bracelet-*e
>>
>> dina.*cut/*ifc.*day*-ara.*time-wheel.spoke-*e – *days that are spokes in
>> the wheel of time - *varSa.*year/*ifc.-*rain*ing*-*daNDaka.*staff/rod-*e *–
>> the yearly.beating rain - *
>>
>> kSaNa.*instant/moment*-nAbhi.*nave/center**-*au – *at the middle of the
>> moment - *spandamaye – *invibrant mode - *kAla.cakre – *on the wheel of
>> time - *vahati*.flowing :* atha.*next/then... *-
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *the wheel of Time*
>>
>> *went on turning,*
>>
>> *the moments,*
>>
>> *days,*
>>
>> *fortnights,*
>>
>> *months,*
>>
>> *years*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *the whirling wheel of time*
>>
>> *….*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> ~vlm.p.43 The wheel of time rolled on its two semicircles of fortnights,
>> the spikes of months, the arcs of the seasons, the loops of days and
>> nights, and the orbits of years. The axle, composed of fleeting moments,
>> gave constant momentum to the wheel.
>>

>> *** pakSA.*fortnight.s - in/when *mAsa*.month*-Rtu.*season*-kaTaka.
>> *bracelet-*e - dina.*cut/*ifc.*day*-ara.*time-wheel.spoke-*e – *days
>> that are spokes in the wheel of time - *varSa.*year/*ifc.-*rain*ing*-*
>> daNDaka.*staff/rod-*e *– the yearly.beating rain - *kSaNa.
>> *instant/moment*-nAbhi.*nave/center**-*au – *at the middle of the moment
>> - *spandamaye – *invibrant mode - *kAla.cakre – *on the wheel of time - *
>> vahati*.flowing :* atha.*next/then... *-

>>
>>
>>
>> 44
>>
>> अन्तर्धिम् आजगाम_आस्या: पत्युस्_तच्~चेतनम् तनौ ।
>>
>> antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat~cetanam tanau |
>>
>> संदृश्यमानम् एव_आशु शुष्क-पत्र-रसो यथा ॥३।१६।४४॥
>>
>> saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka-patra-rasa:_yathA ||3|16|44||
>>
>> .
>>
>> antardhim AjagAma_AsyA: patyu:_tat~cetanam tanau |
>>

>> saMdRzyamAnam eva_Azu zuSka-patra-rasa:_yathA * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *and so it was*
>>
>>
>>
>> *•*
>>
>>
>>
>> *one day*
>>
>> *her Lord of Love left his body,*
>>
>> *and it grew stiff and still,*
>>
>> *and it began to fade,*
>>
>> *looking like a dry, withered leaf*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> *there his body, wounded by war, lay in its Inner-City shrine*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.44 The perceptions of King Padma entered into his subtle body and
>> in a short time, he looked as dry as a withered leaf without its juicy
>> gloss.
>>
>>
>>
>> 45
>>
>> रण-खण्डित-देहे_ऽस्मिन् मृते_ऽन्तःपुर-मण्डपे ।
>>
>> raNa-khaNDita-dehe_*smin mRte_*nta:pura-maNDape |
>>
>> निर्जला नलिनी_इव_आसौ पराम् म्लानिम् उपाययौ ॥३।१६।४५॥
>>
>> nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau ||3|16|45||
>>
>> .
>>
>> raNa-khaNDita-dehe_*smin mRte_*nta:pura-maNDape x
>>

>> nirjalA nalinI_iva_asau parAm mlAnim upAyayau * -* *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *with this body*
>>
>> *wounded by war*
>>
>> *dead in the Inner.City Tomb*
>>
>> *she was a lotus in a drought*
>>
>> *and she began to fade away*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.45 The dead body of the warlike king was laid over a tomb inside
>> the palace. Queen Lîlâ began to fade away at its sight, like a lotus flower
>> without the waters of its birth.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx43 44 45
>>
>>
>>
>> 46
>>
>> विष~उष्ण-श्वसन-ध्वस्त-सकल~आधर-पल्लवा ।
>>
>> viSa~uSNa-zvasana-dhvasta-sakala~Adhara-pallavA |
>>
>> प्राप सा मरण~आवस्थाम् सशल्या_इव मृगी यथा ॥३।१६।४६॥
>>
>> prApa sA maraNa~AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA ||3|16|46||
>>
>> .
>>
>> viSa~uSNa-zvasana-dhvasta-sakala~Adhara-pallavA x
>>

>> prApa sA maraNa~AvasthAm sazalyA_iva mRgI yathA *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *her sighs, provoked by her husband’s death,*
>>
>> *were like the crying of a deer wounded by an arrow.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.46 Her lips grew pale from the hot and poisoned breath of her
>> sorrow. She was in the agony of death, like a doe mortally wounded by an
>> arrow.
>>
>>
>>
>> 47
>>
>> प्राप सा तपसा_आन्धत्वम् तस्मिन् मरणम् आगते ।
>>
>> prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate |
>>
>> दीप ज्वाला-लवे क्षीणे सद्म-श्रीर्_इव भूषिता ॥३।१६।४७॥
>>
>> dIpa‑jvAlA-lave kSINe sadma-zrI:_iva bhUSitA ||3|16|47||
>>
>> .
>>

>> prApa sA tapasA_Andhatvam tasmin maraNam Agate *x*
>>
>> dIpa‑jvAlA-lave kSINe sadma-zrI:_iva bhUSitA *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *the fire of her tapas grew dark*
>>
>> *when he came to his death,*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *she was like a blazing lamp*
>>
>> *when it sputters.out and the house goes dark*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> *so *
>>
>> *she *
>>
>> *was*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.47 At the death of her lord, her eyes were covered in darkness
>> like a house becomes dark when its light is extinguished.
>>
>>
>>
>> 48
>>
>> कार्श्यम्_आप क्षणेन_आसौ बाला विरसताम् गता ।
>>
>> kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA |
>>
>> यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोत: क्षये क्षार-विधूसरा ॥३।१६।४८॥
>>
>> yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra-vidhUsarA ||3|16|48||
>>
>> .
>>

>> kArzyam Apa kSaNena_asau bAlA virasatAm gatA *x*
>>
>> yathA srotasvinI srota: kSaye kSAra-vidhUsarA *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *in a little while*
>>
>> *she grew thin,*
>>
>> *her youth grown to saplessness,*
>>
>> *as when a river-current flows too far,*
>>
>> *and sinks in dry dust*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.48 In her sad melancholy, she became leaner every moment. She
>> became like a dried channel covered with dirt instead of water.
>>
>> *jd. the river sarasvatI is said to sink into the desert
>>
>> and rise from underground where rivers meet at triveNI.
>>

>> *x*

>>
>> xx46 47 48
>>
>>
>>
>> 49
>>
>> क्षिप्रम् आक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रम् मौन-मूका वियोगिनी ।
>>
>> kSipram AkrandinI kSipram mauna-mUkA viyoginI |
>>
>> बभूव चक्रवाकी_इव मानिनी मरण-उन्मुखी ॥३।१६।४९॥
>>
>> babhUva chakravAkI_iva mAninI maraNa~unmukhI ||3|16|49||
>>
>> .
>>
>> kSipram AkrandinI kSipram x
>>

>> mauna-mUkA viyoginI *x*
>>
>> babhUva chakravAkI_iva x
>>
>> mAninI maraNa~unmukhI *x *
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *now*
>>
>> *she roars her grief;*
>>
>> *now*
>>
>> *she cannot keep silent*
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> *like the red goose chakravAka longing for rain,*
>>
>> *she cries*
>>
>> *finding herself face-to-face with death*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> ~vlm.p.49 She moved one moment and was then mute as a statue. She was
>> about to die of grief, like the ruddy goose at the separation of her mate.
>>
>>
>>
>> 50
>>
>> अथ ताम् अतिमात्र-विह्वलाम्
>>
>> atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAm
>>
>> स.कृप~आकाश-भवा सरस्वती ।
>>
>> sa.kRpa~AkAza-bhavA sarasvatI |
>>
>> शफरीम् ह्रद-शोष-विह्वलाम्
>>
>> zapharIm hrada-zoSa-vihvalAm
>>
>> प्रथमा वृष्टिर्_इव_अन्वकम्पत ॥३।१६।५०॥
>>
>> prathamA vRSTir_iva_anvakampata ||3|16|50||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *then*
>>
>> *seeing her distress*
>>
>> *Sarasvatí, the River Goddess,*
>>
>> *is overcome with pity*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *as.if she saw a carp stranded in a dry pond,*
>>
>> *she looses a rain of compassion upon her*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAm
>>
>> sa.kRpa~AkAza-bhavA sarasvatI |
>>
>> zapharIm hrada-zoSa-vihvalAm
>>
>> prathamA vRSTi:_iva_anu.akampata |
>>
>> ~vlm.p.50 Then the ethereal goddess Saraswatî took pity on the excess of
>> her grief, and showed as much compassion for Lîlâ’s relief as the first
>> shower of rain does to dying fishes in a drying pond.
>>

>> *x*
>>
>> xx49 50
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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