O!   King!   Not   for   a   hundred   thousand,   nor   even   for   a  hundred   crores of   cows   will   I   barter   Sabala.   Nor   will   I   do   so   for heaps
and   heaps   of   silver   (11).
 
n   p¢rÏyagmhEIy|   mÏskaSad¢rÓdm           .
Saát£   Sbla   m/|   k£¢tIraÏmvtaE   yTa   ¡ 12¡

n

not

p¢rÏyag|

abandoning

AhaI

merits

iy|	this (Sabala)

mt¯

my

skaSat¯

possession (from)

A¢rÓdm

O! Depressor of foes!

Saát£

permanently

Sbla

Sabala

m/|

with me

k£¢tI:

reputation

AaÏmvt:

the wise one

yTa	in what manner

 
O!   Depressor   of   enemies!   As   for   the   wise   one,   reputation   alone
is   everything;   in   that   manner,     this   Sabala   is   always   mine and   it   is   not meet that  this   one   is   given   away   to   anyone   from   me   (12)  
AÞya| hÛy| c kÛy| c   p#aNyaæOa   tTWv   c   .
AayäOm¢g"haEæO|   c   b¢lhaEImÞtTWv   c        ¡ 13¡

AÞya|

in her

hÛy|	the sacrificial oblations to the gods

c

and

kÛy|	sacrificial oblations to the manes

c

and

p#aNyaæOa

the inhalation and exhalation of breath

tTa	in that manner

ev

also

c

and

AayäO|

dependent

A¢g"haEæO|

the fire sacrifice at Sunrise and Sunset

c

and

b¢l:	offerings to animals

haEm:

ritualistic oblations

tTa	in that manner

ev

only

c

and

 
All   my   activities   like   worship   of   the   gods,   rituals   for   my  manes,
the   morning   and   evening   fire   rituals   I   perform   daily,   the offerings
to   other   living   beings   I   make,   the   offerings   into   the   sacred   fire
as   oblations,   my   very   breath   are   all   dependent   upon   this one (13).
 
Þvahakarvxz¯karaW   ¢vïaà   ¢v¢vDaÞtTa   .
AayäOmæO   rajxI   svImEta°   s|Sy:       ¡ 14¡

Þvahakarvxz¯karaW

the secret chants known as `Svaha' and `Vasat'

¢vïa:

all knowledge

c

and

¢v¢vDa:

various

tTa	in the same way

AayäO|

dependent

AæO	in this (Sabala)

rajxI

O! Royal sage!

svI|

all

etan¯

these

n

no

s|Sy:

doubt

O! Royal   sage!   The   sacred   formulae   known   as  `Swaha' and `Vasat'
and   the   various   branches   of   knowledge   are   all   reposited   in   this
one,   without   doubt   (14).
 
svIÞvmEtÏsÏyEn   mm   t¤¢¾kr£   sda     .
karNWbIh^B£   raj°   daÞyE   Sbla|   tv   ¡ 15¡

svIÞv|

everything

ett¯	this (Sabala)

sÏyEn

truly

mm

mine

t¤¢¾kr£

cause for my happiness

sda

always

karNW:

reasons

bh^¢B:

that abound

rajn¯

O! King!

n

never

daÞyE

shall

Sbla|

Sabala

tv

to you

 
O!   King!   At   all   times,   by   various   activities,   she   provides
satisfaction   and   fulfillment.   This   one   is   my   everything. I   will
not   be   able   to   part   with   her, in   your favour  at  any   cost'  (15).
 
v¢s¿EnWvm¤³Þt¤   ¢váa¢mæOaE{b#v£äOt:     .
s|rÖDtrmÏyTI|   vaÀy|   vaÀy¢vSard:   ¡ 16¡

v¢s¿En

by Vasishta

ev|	in this manner

u³:

spoken to

t¤

at once

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

Ab#v£t¯

replied

tt:

then

s|rÖDtr|

revealing the state of restlessness

AÏyTI|

exceedingly

vaÀy|

words

vaÀy¢vSard:

adept in speaking

Being   spoken   to   by   Vasishta   in   this   strain,   Viswamitra, the   one   who   is   an   adept   in   speaking,   thereupon   spoke  the following words,   which   revealed   the   highly   troubled   state   of   his   mind.   (16).
 
hWrÎykßyag#WvEyaÓs¤vNaIÄð¤SB¥¢xtan¯        .
dda¢m   k¸raNa|   tE   sh*a¢N   ct¤dIS   ¡ 17¡

hWrÎykßyag#WvEyan¯

golden girdles around their waist and gold chains around their necks

vNaIÄð¤SB¥¢xtan¯

with hooks,made of gold, used to control elephants

dda¢m

shall give

k¸raNa|

elephants

tE

they

sh*a¢N

thousands

ct¤dIS

fourteen

`I   shall   give   you   as   barter   (for   Sabala)   fourteen   thousand elephants
decorated   with   girdles   and   chains   made   of   gold   around   their   neck
and   with   golden   hooks   to   control   them     (17).  
hWrÎyana|   rTana|   c   áEtaáana|   ct¤y¤Ijam¯   .
dda¢m   tE   StaÓy¾aW   ¢k¢ÄðN£StB¥¢xtan¯     ¡ 18¡

hWrÎyana|

of gold

rTana|

chariots

c

and

áEt

white

Aáana|

horses

ct¤y¤Ijam¯

yoked with four horses

dda¢m

shall give

tE

to you

Sta¢n

hundreds

A¾aW

eight

¢k¢ÄðN£StB¥¢xtan¯

ornamented with hundreds of jingle bells

 
I   shall   also   give   you   eight   hundred   chariots,   yoked   with   white
horses   fully   decked   with   gold,   with   four   horses   to   each   chariot
and   each   chariot   being   decorated   with   hundreds   of jingle bells (18).
 
hyana|   dESjatana|   k¤ljana|   mhaWjsam¯   .
sh*mEk|   dS   c   dda¢m   tv   s¤v#t    ¡ 19¡

hyana|

horses

dESjatana|

bred and brought up in various countries

k¤ljana|

of the variety of thoroughbreds

mhaWjsam¯

with great power and speed

sh*|	a thousand

ek|

one

dS

ten

c

and

dda¢m

shall give

tv

to you

v#t	O! One of excellent vows!

O!   One   of   excellent   vows!   Born in various countries, thorough-breds
and   fleet-footed,   I   shall   give   you   eleven   thousand   horses   (19).
 
nanavNI¢vB³ana|   svÏsana|   tTWv   c         .
ddaØyEka|   gva|   kaE¢z|   Sbla   d£yta|   mm   ¡ 20¡  

nanavNI¢vB³ana|

of various colours and distinguishable because of that

svÏsana|

along with the young ones (the calves)

tTa

moreover

ev

also

c

and

dda¢m

I shall give

eka|

one

gva|

cows

kaE¢z|

a crore

Sbla

Sabala

d£yta|

may be given to

mm

me

 
I   shall   also   give   you   a   crore   of   cows,   of   various   colours   and   with calves.   May   Sabala   be   given   to   me   (20).