`O!   Realised   one!   Pray,   tell   us   who   you   are.   Why   do   you
move   about singly   in   this   terrible   and   uninhabited   forest?   Why
do   you   stay   here?   We are   desirous   of   knowing   all   these'   (12).
 
A¾ãpaÞtaÞtEn   kaØyãpa   vnE   ¢ÞæOy:   .
hadaIäOÞy   m¢tjaIta   AaÁyat¤|   ¢ptr|   Þvkm¯   ¡13¡

A¾ãpa:

(beautiful) forms not seen earlier

ta:	they (those)

tEn

by him

kaØyãpa:

desirable appearance

vnE	in the forest

¢ÞæOy:

(at) the women

hadaIt¯

out of a liking for

tÞy

to him

m¢t:

idea

jata

arose

AaÁyat¤|

to tell about

¢ptr|

father

Þvkm¯

his

 
There   arose   in   his   mind   a   desire   to   tell   all   about   his   father,
out   of   a liking   for   those   ladies   who   were   extremely   beautiful
and   hitherto   not   seen in   that   form   in   the   forest   (13).
 
¢pta   ¢vBÎfkaE{Þmak|   tÞyah|   s¤t   AaWrs:   .
§Üy½¦Äñ   i¢t   Áyat|   nam   kmI   c   mE   B¤¢v   ¡14¡  

¢pta

father

¢vBÎfk:

Vibhandaka

AÞmak|

our

tÞy

to him

Ah|

I

s¤t:

son

AaWrs:

own

§Üy½¦Äñ:

Rishyasrunga

i¢t

named

Áyat|

wellknown

nam

named

kmI

action

c

and

mE

my

B¤¢v	in this world

`Our   father   is   known   as  Vibhandaka  and  I  am   his  own  son  and
my   name   is Rishyasrunga. My  life  is  an  open  book  in  this  world   (14).
    
iha½mpdaE{Þmak|   sm£pE   S¤BdSIna:   .
k¢rÝyE   vaE{æO   p¥ja|   vW   svaIsa|   ¢v¢Dp¥vIkm¯   ¡15¡

ih

here

Aa½mpd:

penance-grove

AÞmak|

our

sm£pE

nearby

S¤BdSIna:

O! Of auspicious looks!

k¢rÝyE

(I shall) offer

v:

you

AæO

here

p¥ja|

worship

vW

verily

svaIsa|

to all

¢v¢Dp¥vIkm¯

as ordained in the scriptures

 
Our   penance   grove   is   near   at   hand.   (O!   Beauteous   ones!)
O!   Ones   with auspicious   looks!   I   would   offer   to   all   of   you
my   respectful   worship   as ordained   in   the   scriptures'   (15).
 
§¢xp¤æOvc:   ½¤Ïva   svaIsa|   m¢tras   vW   .
tda½mpd|   d#¾¤|   jÂm¤:   svaIà   tEn   ta:   ¡16¡

§¢xp¤æOvc:

words of the son of the sage

½¤Ïva

on hearing

svaIsa|

to everyone

m¢t:

desire

Aas

arose

vW

verily

tt¯

that

Aa½mpd|

hermitage

d#¾¤|

to see

jÂm¤:

went

svaI:

all

c

and

tEn

with him

ta:

they

 
Upon   hearing   those   words   of   the   son   of   the   sage,   there   grew
a   desire   in the   hearts   of   all   of   them   and   they   went   with   him
to   see   that   (his) penance   grove   (16).
 
gtana|   t¤   tt:   p¥jam¦¢xp¤æOàkar   h   .
idmrÃy¢md|   paï¢md|   m¥l¢md|   Plm¯   ¡17¡

gtana|

to those who had come

t¤	immediately

tt:

there

p¥ja|

welcome

§¢xp¤æO:

son of the sage

ckar

extended

h

indeed

id|

this

ArÃy|

water to sip

id|

this

paï|	water to wash the feet

id|

this

m¥l|

root

id|

this

Plm¯

fruit

 
That   son   of   the   seer,   to   those   who   had   come   there,   extended   welcome   and respccts   at   once,   saying   `This   is   water   for   you   to   wash   your   feet,   here   is water   for   you   to   sip,   these   are   the
roots   and   fruits   for   your   consumption'. What   more   to   say?   (17)
 
p#¢tg¦/   c   ta|   p¥ja|   svaI   ev   sm¤Ïs¤ka:   .
§xEB£taà   S£G#|   ta   gmnay   m¢t|   dD¤:   ¡18¡

p#¢tg¦/

accepting

c

and

ta|

that

p¥ja|

hospitality

svaI:

all

ev	immediately

sm¤Ïs¤ka:

greatly enthused

§xE:	of the sage

B£ta:

afraid

c

even then

S£G#|

quickly

ta:

they

gmnay

to return

m¢t|

minds

dD¤:

thought

 
With   great   enthusiasm,   all   of   them   accepted   all   that   welcome
and   courtesy but   the   thought   arose   in   their   minds   to   return   quickly,   owing   to   fear   of the   sage   (Vibhandaka)   (18).
 
AÞmakm¢p   m¤Áya¢n   Plan£ma¢n   vW   ¢¹j   .
g¦haN   p#¢t   Bd#|   tE   BXyÞv   c   ma   ¢crm¯   ¡19¡

AÞmak|

ours

A¢p

also

m¤Áya¢n

specially chosen

Pla¢n

fruits

ima¢n

these

vW

verily

¢¹j	O! Brahmin!

g¦haN

please accept

p#¢t

in return

Bd#|	auspiciousness

tE

to you

BXyÞv

please partake of the eats

c

and

ma

no

¢crm¯

tarrying

 
(They   addressed   Rishyasrunga)   `O!   Twice-born!   May   you   accept   these   fine fruits   in   return   from   us,   may   you   partake   of   them,
let   there   be   no   delay, may   all   auspiciousness   be   yours'   (19).
  
ttÞtaÞt|   sma¢lHÂy   svaI   hxIsm¢Óvta:   .
maEdkan¯   p#dѤÞtÞmW   Bßya|à   ¢v¢vDan¯   S¤Ban¯   ¡20¡    

tt:

then

ta:

they

t|

him

sma¢lHÂy

embracing

svaI	all of them

hxIsm¢Óvta:

full of joy

maEdkan¯

flourcovered sweet balls

p#dѤ:

gave

tÞmW

to him

Bßya|

eats

c

and

¢v¢vDan¯

a variety of

S¤Ban¯

delicious

Then,   all   of   them   with   great   joy   embraced   him   and   gave   him   fine   varieties of   eats   and   flour-covered   sweet   balls   (20).