`O!   King!   For   what   purpose   are   you   engaging   in   penance?
Whatever   is   in   your   mind,   may   you   speak   out.   I   am   ready
to   grant   you   boons.   Whatever   is   the   boon   you   desire,   may
that   be   sought'   (14).
 
evm¤³Þt¤   dEvEn   ¢váa¢mæOaE   mhatpa: .
p#¢NpÏy   mhadEv¢md|   vcnmb#v£t¯      ¡ 15¡

ev|

like this

u³:	being spoken

t¤	thereafter

dEvEn

by Lord Siva

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mhatpa:

of austerities severe

p#¢NpÏy

prostrating

mhadEv|

to Lord Siva

id|

like this

vcn|

words

Ab#v£t¯

said

That   Viswamitra   of   great   penance,   being   spoken   to   in   this
manner   by   the   Lord,   prostrating   in   front   of   the   Lord   of   Lords
(Mahadeva)   submitted   the   following   words   (15).
 
y¢d   t¤¾aE   mhadEv   Dn¤vIdaE   mmanG   .
saÄñaEpaÄñaEp¢nxd:   srhÞy:   p#d£ytam¯  ¡ 16¡

y¢d

if

t¤¾:

pleased

mhadEv

O! Great Lord!

Dn¤vId:

the science of archery

mm

my

AnG	O! Sinless one!

saÄñaEpaÄñaEp¢nxd:

with all its components

srhÞy:

with all the secrets

p#d£ytam¯

may it be granted

 
`O!   Greatest   among   gods!   O!   Perfect   one!   If   you   are   pleased
(with   my   devotion   to   you),   may   you   bestow   upon   me   the   science
and   art   of   archery,   with   all   its   limbs,   auxilliaries   and   secret
formulae   (16).
 
ya¢n   dEvEx¤   caÞæOa¢N   danvEx¤   mh¢xIx¤  .
gÓDvIyXrX:s¤   p#¢tBaÓt¤   mmanG       ¡
tv   p#sadaëvt¤   dEvdEv   mmE¢Ôstm¯     ¡ 17¡

ya¢n

whichever

dEvEx¤

with the gods

c

and

AÞæOa¢N

weapons

danvEx¤

with the demons

mh¢xIx¤

with the great sages

gÓDvIyXrX:s¤

Gandharvas, Yakshas and Rakshasas

p#¢tBaÓt¤

must be made my property

mm

my

AnG	O! Sinless one!

tv

your

p#sadat¯

with grace

Bvt¤	be fulfilled

dEvdEv

O! God of gods!

mm

my

iI¢Ôstm¯

ambition

 
O!   Sinless   one!   O!   God   of   gods!   All   those   arrows   and   missiles
wielded   by   the   gods,   demons,   great   sages,   Gandharvas,   Yakshas
and   Rakshasas   may   be   under   my   command.   May   this   wish   of   mine be   fulfilled   through   your   grace'   (17).
 
evm¢ÞÏv¢t   dEvESaE   vaÀym¤ÀÏva   ¢dv|   gt:   ¡ 18¡

ev|

so

AÞt¤

be it

i¢t

thus

dEvES:

the Lord of gods

vaÀy|

words

uÀÏva

speaking

¢dv|	to the world of the gods

gt:

went

 
Saying   the   words   `so   be   it',   the   Lord   of   Lord   thereafter
departed   to   (His)   heavenly   abode   (18).
 
p#aÔy   caÞæOa¢N   raj¢xI¢vIáa¢mæOaE   mhabl: .
dpIN   mhta   y¤³aE   dpIp¥NaI{BväOda       ¡ 19¡

p#aÔy

having obtained

c

and

AÞæOa¢N

weapons

raj¢xI:

the royal sage

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mhabl:

of great might

dpIN	due to arrogance

mhta	of a high order

y¤³:

attached

dpIp¥NI:

full of arrogance

ABvt¯

became

tda

then

That   royal   sage   Viswamitra,   of   great   prowess,   having   attained
all   these   weapons,   gew   greatly   haughty   and   became   puffed   up
with   arrogance   (19).
 
¢vvDImanaE   v£yIN   sm¤d#   iv   pvI¢N   .
htmEv   tda   mEnE   v¢s¿m¦¢xsäOmm¯     ¡ 20¡

¢vvDIman:

developing

v£yIN

due to valour

sm¤d#:

the ocean

iv

like

pvI¢N

at the high tide

ht|	having been killed

ev

indeed

tda

then

mEnE	(he) thought

v¢s¿|

Vasishta

§¢xsäOmm¯

the best among sages

At   that   juncture,   overflowing   with   prowess,   like   the   water   in
the   ocean   rising   during   the   tidal   times,   (he)   considered   that
the  best  among  sages  Vasishta  as  already  having  been  vanquished  (20).