manual SHOBNMK

03075

03075001 damayanty uvAca

03075001a na mAm arhasi kalyANa pApena parizaGkitum
'It behoveth thee not, O blessed one, to suspect any fault in me.

03075001c mayA hi devAn utsRjya vRtas tvanM niSadhAdhipa
O ruler of the Nishadhas, passing over the celestials themselves, I choose thee as my lord.

03075002a tavAbhigamanArthanM tu sarvato brAhmaNA gatAH
It was to bring thee hither that the brAhmaNas had gone out in all directions,

03075002c vAkyAni mama gAthAbhir gAyamAnA dizo daza
even to all the sides of the horizon, singing my words, in the form of ballads.

03075003a tatas tvAmM brAhmaNo vidvAn parNAdo nAma pArthiva
At last, O king, a learned brAhmaNa named parNada

03075003c abhyagacchat kosalAyAm RtuparNanivezane
had found thee in Kosala in the palace of RtuparNa.

03075004a tena vAkye hRte samyak prativAkye tathAhRte
When thou hadst returned a fit answer to those words of his, it was then,

03075004c upAyo 'yamM mayA dRSTo naiSadhAnayane tava
O Naishadha, that I devised this scheme to recover thee.

03075005a tvAm Rte na hi loke 'nya ekAhnA pRthivIpate
Except thee, O lord of earth, there is no one in this world, who in one day

03075005c samartho yojanazataGM gantum azvair narAdhipa
can clear, O King, a hundred yojanas with horses.

03075006a tathA cemau mahIpAla bhaje 'haJM caraNau tava
O monarch, touching thy feet

03075006c yathA nAsatkRtaGM kiJM cin manasApi carAmy aham
I can swear truly that I have not, even in thought, committed any sin.

03075007a ayaJM carati loke 'smin bhUtasAkSI sadAgatiH
May the all-witnessing Air that courseth through this world,

03075007c eSa muJcatu me prANAn yadi pApaJM carAmy aham
take my life, if I have committed any sin.

03075008a tathA carati tigmAMzuH pareNa bhuvanaM sadA
May the Sun that ever courseth through the sky

03075008c sa vimuJcatu me prANAn yadi pApaJM carAmy aham
take my life, if I have committed any sin.

03075009a candramAsH sarvabhUtAnAm antaz carati sAkSivat
May the Moon, that dwelleth within every creature as a witness,

03075009c sa vimuJcatu me prANAn yadi pApaJM carAmy aham
take my life, if I have committed any sin.

03075010a ete devAs trayaH kRtsnaM trailokyaM dhArayanti vai
Let the three gods that sustain the triple worlds in their entirety,

03075010c vibruvantu yathAsatyam ete vAdya tyajantu mAm
declare truly, or let them forsake me today.'

03075011a evam ukte tato vAyur antarikSAd abhASata
And thus addressed by her, the Wind-god said from the sky,

03075011c naiSA kRtavatI pApanM nala satyamM bravImi te
'O nala, I tell thee truly that she hath done no wrong.

03075012a rAjaJ zIlanidhisH sphIto damayantyA surakSitaH
O king, Damayanti, well guarding the honour of thy family, hath enhanced it.

03075012c sAkSiNo rakSiNaz cAsyA vayanM trIn parivatsarAn
Of this we are the witnesses, as we have been her protectors for these three years.

03075013a upAyo vihitaz cAyanM tvadartham atulo 'nayA
It is for thy sake that she hath devised this unrivalled scheme,

03075013c na hy ekAhnA zataGM gantA tvad Rte 'nyaH pumAn iha
for, except thee, none on earth is capable of travelling in a single day a hundred yojanas.

03075014a upapannA tvayA bhaimI tvaJM ca bhaimyA mahIpate
O monarch, thou hast obtained bhIma's daughter, and she hath also obtained thee.

03075014c nAtra zaGkA tvayA kAryA saGMgaccha saha bhAryayA
Thou needst not entertain any suspicion but be united with thy partner.'

03075015a tathA bruvati vAyau tu puSpavRSTiH papAta ha
And after the Wind-god had said this, a floral shower fell there

03075015c devadundubhayo nedur vavau ca pavanazH zivaH
and the celestial kettle-drum began to play, and auspicious breezes began to blow.