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bhagavan pUrvabhAryaiSA kathaM me kathyatAm iti

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' .aiSA kathaM me kathyatAm iti

bhagavan = (hey) your holiness

bhagavan pUrva- = previous; eastern

bhagavan pUrva-bhAryA = wife

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' eSA = this one (@f, su)

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' .aiSA katham = how?

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' .aiSA kathaM me = my, (is) mine, I have (Gas); to me, for me (Ge); by me (TA)

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' .aiSA kathaM me kathyatAm = let it be told

bhagavan pUrva-bhAry'' .aiSA kathaM me kathyatAm iti = (close quote); saying, thinking

“Tell me, reverend sir, how was she my wife before?”

tato jagAda sa muniH zrUyatAM yadi kautukam

tatas = and then; from it; and from there; then; from then on

tato jagAda = spoke

tato jagAda sa = that one, he, it (only used before consonant); with (when @former)

tato jagAda sa munis = sage, saint

tato jagAda sa muniH zrUyatAm = let it be heard

tato jagAda sa muniH zrUyatAM yadi = if

tato jagAda sa muniH zrUyatAM yadi kautukam = curiosity

Then the hermit said: “Listen, if you feel curious on the point.

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babhUva dharmasenAkhyas tAmraliptyAM purA vaNik

babhUva dharmasen'-Akhyas tAmraliptyAM purA vaNik

babhUva = was, became, there was

babhUva dharmasena- = pn

babhUva dharmasen'-Akhyas = called

babhUva dharmasen'-Akhyas tAmraliptyAm = tp

babhUva dharmasen'-Akhyas tAmraliptyAM purA = anciently

babhUva dharmasen'-Akhyas tAmraliptyAM purA vaNig = merchant (vaNij-)

163bb. The Adventures of PuSkarAkSa and VinayavatI in a Former Life

There was in old time a merchant in TAmraliptI, named Dharmasena,

vidyullekheti nAmnA ca bhAryA tasyAbhavac chubhA

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca bhAryA tasy' .Abhavac chubhA

vidyullekhA = pn

vidyullekh'' iti = (close quote); saying, thinking

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA = by name

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca = and

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca bhAryA = wife

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca bhAryA tasya = his, its

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca bhAryA tasy' abhavad = was, there was, became, appeared (laG)

vidyullekh'' .eti nAmnA ca bhAryA tasy' .Abhavac zubhA = good luck, lucky

and he had a beautiful wife named VidyullekhA.

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sa daivAn muSitaz cauraiH zastraiz cAbhyAhato vaNik

sa daivAn@ muSitaz cauraiH zastraiz c' .AbhyAhato vaNik

sa = that one, he, it (only used before consonant); with (when @former)

sa daivAd = destiny

sa daivAn@ muSitas = robbed, mugged

sa daivAn@ muSitaz caurais = thieves

sa daivAn@ muSitaz cauraiH zastrais = weapons

sa daivAn@ muSitaz cauraiH zastraiz ca = and

sa daivAn@ muSitaz cauraiH zastraiz c' abhyAhatas = was wounded, hit

sa daivAn@ muSitaz cauraiH zastraiz c' .AbhyAhato vaNig = merchant (vaNij-)

As it happened he was robbed by bandits and wounded with weapons by them,

mumUrSur niragAd vahniM praveSTuM bhAryayA saha

mumUrSus = (that were) about to die

mumUrSur niragAd = went out

mumUrSur niragAd vahnim = fire

mumUrSur niragAd vahniM praveSTum = to enter

mumUrSur niragAd vahniM praveSTuM bhAryayA = with wife

mumUrSur niragAd vahniM praveSTuM bhAryayA saha = with (usually with @third, or @former)

and longing for death, he went out with his wife to enter the fire.

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apazyatAm akasmAc ca tAv ubhAv api daMpatI

apazyatAm = both saw

apazyatAm akasmAd = (with no cause:) randomly, suddenly, by chance

apazyatAm akasmAc ca = and

apazyatAm akasmAc ca tau = those two, they two

apazyatAm akasmAc ca tAv ubhau = both

apazyatAm akasmAc ca tAv ubhAv api = even, too (enclitic); maybe? (starts yes/no questions); any-, some- (turns who into someone etc.)

apazyatAm akasmAc ca tAv ubhAv api daMpatI = couple (dual)

AkAzenAgataM haMsamithunaM rucirAkRti

AkAzen' AgataM haMsa-mithunaM rucir'-AkRti

AkAzena = sky, space

AkAzen' Agatam = (that) came

AkAzen' AgataM haMsa- = royal goose (translate as "swan")

AkAzen' AgataM haMsa-mithunam = couple

AkAzen' AgataM haMsa-mithunaM rucira- = beautiful, pleasant, nice, splendid

AkAzen' AgataM haMsa-mithunaM rucir'-AkRti = (@cyan) shape, beauty

And the two saw suddenly a beautiful couple of swans coming through the air.

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tatas tadgatacittau tau pravizya dahanaM mRtau

tatas tad-gata-cittau tau pravizya dahanaM mRtau

tatas = and then; from it; and from there; then; from then on

tatas tad- = that, he, them, she, it; and then, so, therefore

tatas tad-gata- = gone; the past

tatas tad-gata-cittau = thoughts

tatas tad-gata-cittau tau = those two, they two

tatas tad-gata-cittau tau pravizya = went in and

tatas tad-gata-cittau tau pravizya dahanam = forest fire

tatas tad-gata-cittau tau pravizya dahanaM mRtau = dead

Then they entered the fire, and died with their minds fixed on those swans,

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar bhAryApatI ubhau

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar bhAryA-patI: ubhau

rAjahaMsau = swan

rAjahaMsau samutpannau = (were) reborn

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar = again

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar bhAryA- = wife

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar bhAryA-patI = husband, lord

rAjahaMsau samutpannau punar bhAryA-patI: ubhau = both

and so the husband and wife were born in the next birth as swans.

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itthaM te pUrvabhAryAsAv ity ukto vijitAsunA

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA 'sAv ity ukto vijitAsunA

ittham = and that's how; thus

itthaM te = they; your (enclitic); to you (enclitic)

itthaM te pUrva- = previous; eastern

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA = wife

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA asau = that, he, it

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA 'sAv iti = (close quote); saying, thinking

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA 'sAv ity uktas = told, said, addressed

itthaM te pUrva-bhAryA 'sAv ity ukto vijitAsunA = pn

Thus VinayavatI was your wife in a former birth.”

muninA puSkarAkSaH sa rAjA taM punar abravIt

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa rAjA taM punar abravIt

muninA = sage, saint

muninA puSkara- = (n.) blue lotus

muninA puSkar'-akSas = eye

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa = that one, he, it (only used before consonant); with (when @former)

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa rAjA = king

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa rAjA tam = him; it; that

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa rAjA taM punar = again

muninA puSkar'-.AkSaH sa rAjA taM punar abravId = said

When the hermit VijitAsu said this to PuSkarAkSa, the king asked him another question:

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katham agnipravezasya tasyAghaughavighAtinaH

katham agni-pravezasya tasy' .Agh'-.augha-vighAtinaH

katham = how?

katham agni- = fire

katham agni-pravezasya = entering

katham agni-pravezasya tasya = his, its

katham agni-pravezasya tasy' agha- = (n.) fault, impurity, sin

katham agni-pravezasya tasy' .Agh'-ogha- = heap, mass; flood, stream

katham agni-pravezasya tasy' .Agh'-.augha-vighAtinas = destroyer

pakSiyonAv abhUj janma bhagavan phalam AvayoH

pakSi-yonAv abhUj janma bhagavan phalam AvayoH

pakSi- = bird (pakSin-)

pakSi-yonau = in the womb (yoni-)

pakSi-yonAv abhUd = was, there was, became, appeared (luG)

pakSi-yonAv abhUj janma = birth; lifetime, life

pakSi-yonAv abhUj janma bhagavan = (hey) your holiness

pakSi-yonAv abhUj janma bhagavan phalam = fruit, result

pakSi-yonAv abhUj janma bhagavan phalam Avayos = of we two, our

“How comes it, hermit, that the entering the fire, which atones for a multitude of sins, produced in our case the fruit of birth in the nature of a bird?”

1202159

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM taM sa pratyabravIn muniH

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM taM sa pratyabravIn@ muniH

iti = (close quote); saying, thinking

ity uktavantam = that had said

ity uktavantaM rAjAnam = king

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM tam = him; it; that

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM taM sa = that one, he, it (only used before consonant); with (when @former)

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM taM sa pratyabravId = he replied

ity uktavantaM rAjAnaM taM sa pratyabravIn@ munis = sage, saint

Thereupon the hermit replied:

yadbhAvitAtmA mriyate jantus tad rUpam aznute

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate jantus tad rUpam aznute

yad- = the one which; because, as

yad-bhAvita- = developed, evolved, great

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA = oneself; soul

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate = dies

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate jantus = creature, living being

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate jantus tad = that, he, them, she, it; and then, so, therefore

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate jantus tad rUpam = (n.) form, shape; good form, beauty

yad-bhAvit'-AtmA mriyate jantus tad rUpam aznute = enjoys, eats, experiences; gets to, arrives, reaches

“A creature receives the form of that which it was contemplating at the moment of death.