raEmpadm¤vacEd|   shamaÏy|   p¤raE¢ht:   .
upayaE   ¢nrpayaE{ymÞma¢Br¢B¢c¢Ótt:   ¡2¡

raEmpad|

to Romapada

uvac

said

id|

this

shamaÏy|

in the company of ministers

p¤raE¢ht:

priest

upay:

method

¢nrpay:

without danger

Ay|

this

AÞma¢B:

by us

A¢B¢c¢Ótt:

thought over

§Üy½¦ÄñaE   vncrÞtps¯ÞvaÒyaynE   rt:   .
An¢BM:   s   nar£Na|   ¢vxyaNa|   s¤KÞy   c   ¡3¡

§Üy½¦Äñ:

Rishyasrunga

vncr:

moving in the forest

tp:ÞvaÒyaynE

in tapas and study of scriptures

rt:	immersed in

An¢BM:

not aware of

s:

he

nar£Na|

of women

¢vxyaNa|

other sensual

s¤KÞy

pleasant experience

c

and

 
i¢Ód#yaTIr¢BmtWnIr¢cäOp#ma¢T¢B:   .
  p¤rmanay¢yÝyam:   ¢Xp#|   caÒyvs£ytam¯   ¡4¡  

i¢Ód#yaTI:

through the objects of the senses

A¢BmtW:

desirable

nr¢cäOp#ma¢T¢B:

capable of attracting the minds of men

p¤r|	to the city

Aanay¢yÝyam:

will fetch him

¢Xp#|

quickly

c

and

AÒyvs£ytam¯

may orders be issued

g¢NkaÞtæO   gÅCÓt¤   ãpvÏy:   Þvl|k]ta:   .
p#laE×y   ¢v¢vDaEpayWranEÝyÓt£h   sÏk]ta:   ¡5¡

g¢Nka:

dancing girls

tæO

there

gÅCÓt¤

go

ãpvÏy:

beautiful

Þvl|k]ta:

glamorously dressed

p#laE×y

having enticed

¢v¢vDaEpayW:

through various means

AanEÝy¢Ót

will bring

ih

here

sÏk]ta:

being respected

Thus   spake   the   family   priest   to   Romapada,   who   was   in   the   company   of   his ministers:   `We   have   hit   upon   this   plan,   which   is   safe.   That   forest-dweller Rishyasrunga,   given   to   austerities   and   the   study   of   scriptures,   is   unaware of   women   and   sensual   pleasures.   We   shall   bring   him   to   this   city   ere   long through   the   objects   of   the   senses   which   are   capable   of   swaying   the   minds of   people   and   may   orders   be   issued.   Let   beautiful   and   well-decked   dames   go   thither   and   he   (Rishyasrunga),   being   enticed   through   various   modes,   they would   gain   respect   and   bring   him   here   (2-5).
 
½¤Ïva   tTE¢t   raja   c   p#Ïy¤vac   p¤raE¢htm¯   .
  p¤raE¢htaE   m¢ÓæONà   tTa   c@à   tE   tda   .
varm¤ÁyaÞt¤   tÅC¦Ïva   vn|   p#¢v¢vS¤mIht¯   ¡6¡

½¤Ïva

on hearing

tTa

so it

i¢t

be

raja

king

c

and

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

p¤raE¢htm¯

to the priest

p¤raE¢ht:

priest

m¢ÓæON:

ministers

c

and

tTa

likewise

c@:

did

c

and

tE

those

tda

then

varm¤Áya:

the beautiful dancing girls

t¤

also

tt¯

that

½¤Ïva

on hearing

vn|

forest

p#¢v¢vS¤:

entered

mht¯

big

 
The   king,   having   listened   to   the   family   priest,   said:   `So   be   it'.   At   that   time   the   family   priest   and   those   ministers   proceeded   on   those   lines. The   beauteous   damsels   also,   upon   hearing   this   plan,   entered   the dense   forest   (6).
 
Aa½mÞya¢vÑ¥rE{¢Þmn¯   yÏn|   kvI¢Ót   dSInE   .
§¢xp¤æOÞy   D£rÞy   ¢nÏyma½mva¢sn:   ¡7¡

Aa½mÞy

of the hermitage

A¢vÑ¥rE

not far

A¢Þmn¯

this

yÏn|

an effort

kvI¢Ót

made

dSInE

to gain a glimpse

§¢xp¤æOÞy

of the son of the sage

D£rÞy

wise

¢nÏy|

always

Aa½mva¢sn:

living in the hermitag

e  
They   strove   to   gain   a   glimpse   of   the   son   of   the   sage   (Rishyasrunga),   who was   established   in   mental   resoluteness   and   residing   permanently   in  the penance  grove,  by  moving  about  not  far   from   the   hermitage   (7).
 
¢pt¤:   s   ¢nÏysÓt¤¾aE   na¢tc@am   ca½mat¯   ¡8¡

¢pt¤:

of the father

s:

he

¢nÏysÓt¤¾:

ever satisfied

n

not

A¢tc@am

stir out

c

also

Aa½mat¯

from the penance grove

 
He   also,   always   attending   on   his   father   and   contented   with   that   service, never   stirred   out   of   the   penance   grove   (8).
 
n   tEn   jÓmp#B¦¢t   ¾p¥vI|   tp¢Þvna   .
ÞæO£   va   p¤man¯   va   yÅcaÓyt¯   sÏv|   ngrra¾®jm¯   ¡9¡

n

not

tEn

by him

jÓmp#B¦¢t

ever since birth

¾p¥vI|

seen earlier

tp¢Þvna

always engaged in penance

ÞæO£

woman

va

or

p¤man¯

man

va

or

yt¯

any

c

and

AÓyt¯

other

sÏv|

being

ngrra¾®jm¯

born in the city or the countryside

Always   given   to   penance,   ever   since   his   birth,   he   has   never   seen   a   lass   or a   lad   or   anything   that   was   born   in   a   city   or   countryside   (9).
    
tt:   kda¢cäO|   dESmajgam   yÅCya   .
¢vBÎfks¤tÞtæO   taàapÜy¹raÄñna:   ¡10¡

tt:	thereafter

kda¢ct¯

once

t|

that

dES|

place

Aajgam

came

yÅCya

by chance

¢vBÎfks¤t:

the son of Vibhandaka

tæO

there

ta:

those

c

and

ApÜyt¯

saw

vraÄñna:

gorgeous maidens

 
Sometime   thereafter,   the   son   of   Vibhandaka   (Rishyasrunga)   accidentally came   to   that   place   and   there   chanced   to   see   those   beautiful   damsels   (10).