105. Chapter 105

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । मुहूर्तद्वितयेनाथ बोधमाप महीपतिः । प्रावृषेण्याम्बुनिर्मुक्तमम्भोरुहमिवोत्तमम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | muhūrtadvitayenātha bodhamāpa mahīpatiḥ | prāvṛṣeṇyāmbunirmuktamambhoruhamivottamam || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—After a couple of hours the king returned to his senses, like the lotus flower resuming its beauty, after the mists of the rainy weather are over.

आसनात्साङ्गदोत्तंसः प्रबुद्धोऽसावकम्पयत् । सवनाभोगशृङ्गाग्र्यो भूकम्प इव पर्वतः ॥ २ ॥

āsanātsāṅgadottaṃsaḥ prabuddho'sāvakampayat | savanābhogaśṛṅgāgryo bhūkampa iva parvataḥ || 2 ||

He shook his body decorated with ornaments upon his seat; as a mountain shakes with its peaks and woods at an earthquake.

बभूवाथ प्रबुद्धोऽसावासनोपरि कम्पितः । विक्षुब्ध इव पातालवारणे शङ्कराचलः ॥ ३ ॥

babhūvātha prabuddho'sāvāsanopari kampitaḥ | vikṣubdha iva pātālavāraṇe śaṅkarācalaḥ || 3 ||

His seat also shook under him as he came to his sense and moved his body, just as the seat of Siva on the Kailasa mountain, is shaken by the movement of the infernal elephant.

पतन्तं धारयामासुस्तं पुरोगा नृपं भुजैः । मेरुं प्रलयविक्षुब्धं कुलशैलास्तटैरिव ॥ ४ ॥

patantaṃ dhārayāmāsustaṃ purogā nṛpaṃ bhujaiḥ | meruṃ pralayavikṣubdhaṃ kulaśailāstaṭairiva || 4 ||

As he was about to fall down from the horseback, he was held up by and supported upon the arms of his attendants; as the mount Meru is kept from falling, by the hills at its feet and sides.

पुरोगैर्धार्यमाणोऽसौ पर्याकुलमतिर्नृपः । वीचिविक्षोभितस्येन्दोर्बभार वनमाः श्रियः ॥ ५ ॥

purogairdhāryamāṇo'sau paryākulamatirnṛpaḥ | vīcivikṣobhitasyendorbabhāra vanamāḥ śriyaḥ || 5 ||

The attendants bore the prince, in the deranged state of his mind upon their arms; as the still waters of the sea bear the figure of the moon that is disturbed by the waves.

कोऽयं प्रदेशः कस्येयं सभेति स नृपः शनैः । दध्वान मज्जदम्भोजकोशस्थ इव षट्पदः ॥ ६ ॥

ko'yaṃ pradeśaḥ kasyeyaṃ sabheti sa nṛpaḥ śanaiḥ | dadhvāna majjadambhojakośastha iva ṣaṭpadaḥ || 6 ||

The king asked them softly saying, what place was it and whose court it was; as the bee shut up in the flower cup of the lotus, asked it when it is about to sink in the water saying:—Ah! where am I, and where am I going?

अथोवाच सभा देव किमेतदिति सादरम् । रणन्मधुकरी भानुं दृष्टराहुमिवालिनी ॥ ७ ॥

athovāca sabhā deva kimetaditi sādaram | raṇanmadhukarī bhānuṃ dṛṣṭarāhumivālinī || 7 ||

The Courtiers then respectfully asked the king, what was the matter with him; with a voice as sweet as the lotus utters to the sun when he is eclipsed by Rahu.

अथैनं परिपप्रच्छुः पुरोगा मन्त्रिणस्तथा । प्रलयोल्लाससंत्रस्तं मार्कण्डेयमिवामराः ॥ ८ ॥

athainaṃ paripapracchuḥ purogā mantriṇastathā | pralayollāsasaṃtrastaṃ mārkaṇḍeyamivāmarāḥ || 8 ||

The attendants also with all the ministerial officers, asked him about his case; as the gods terrified at the great deluge, asked the sage Markandeya concerning the occurrence.

त्वयीत्थं संस्थिते देव वयमत्यन्तमाकुलाः । अभेद्यमपि भिन्दन्ति निर्निमित्तं भ्रमा मनः ॥ ९ ॥

tvayītthaṃ saṃsthite deva vayamatyantamākulāḥ | abhedyamapi bhindanti nirnimittaṃ bhramā manaḥ || 9 ||

Lord! we were greatly dismayed, said they, upon seeing you in that plight; because the stoutest hearts are broken by accidents proceeding from unknown causes.

आपातरमणीयेषु पर्यन्तविरसेषु च । भोगेष्विव विकल्पेषु केषु ते लुलितं मनः ॥ १० ॥

āpātaramaṇīyeṣu paryantaviraseṣu ca | bhogeṣviva vikalpeṣu keṣu te lulitaṃ manaḥ || 10 ||

What were those pleasant objects of your desire, that had so much bewitched your mind? Since you know that all the objects which appear pleasant for the present, prove to be bitter at the end. Gaudia principium nostri sunt saepe doloris. Ovid. Pleasure is often the introduction to pain, and amid the roses fierce Repentence rears her snaky crest. Thomson. So: Pleasure is pain, when drunk without a rein.

सततोदारवृत्तासु कथासु परिशीतलम् । मनस्ते निर्मलं कस्मात्संभ्रमेषु निमज्जति ॥ ११ ॥

satatodāravṛttāsu kathāsu pariśītalam | manaste nirmalaṃ kasmātsaṃbhrameṣu nimajjati || 11 ||

How could your clear understanding, which has been pacified by the grand doctrines and precepts of the wise, fall in to the false fascinations of the foolish?

तुच्छालम्बनमालूनविशीर्णं लोकवृत्तिषु । मनो मोहमुपादत्ते न महत्त्वविजृम्भितम् ॥ १२ ॥

tucchālambanamālūnaviśīrṇaṃ lokavṛttiṣu | mano mohamupādatte na mahattvavijṛmbhitam || 12 ||

The minds of fools are fascinated by the trivial and tawdry trifles of common people; but they are of no value to the high minded as one like yourself.

सातत्येन हि यैवास्य मनसो वृत्तिरुत्थिता । शरीरमदमत्तासु तामेवैतद्विधावति ॥ १३ ॥

sātatyena hi yaivāsya manaso vṛttirutthitā | śarīramadamattāsu tāmevaitadvidhāvati || 13 ||

Those who are elated by the pride of their bodies, have their minds always excited by ungovernable passions, which take their lead through life.

अतुच्छालम्बनं धीरं प्रबुद्धं गुणहारि च । तवापि हि मनश्चित्रमालूनमिव लक्ष्यते ॥ १४ ॥

atucchālambanaṃ dhīraṃ prabuddhaṃ guṇahāri ca | tavāpi hi manaścitramālūnamiva lakṣyate || 14 ||

Your mind is elevated above common things, it is calm and quiet and enlightened by truth; and fraught with excellent qualities; yet it is strange to find it out of its wits.

अनभ्यस्तविवेकं हि देशकालवशानुगम् । मन्त्रौषधिवशं याति मनो नोदारवृत्तिमत् ॥ १५ ॥

anabhyastavivekaṃ hi deśakālavaśānugam | mantrauṣadhivaśaṃ yāti mano nodāravṛttimat || 15 ||

The mind unpracticed to reasoning, is led away by the currents of time and place, but the noble-minded are not subject to the influence of incantations and enchanting spells.

नित्यमात्तविवेकस्य कथमालूनशीर्णता । धुनोति विततं चेतो वात्येव विबुधाचलम् ॥ १६ ॥

nityamāttavivekasya kathamālūnaśīrṇatā | dhunoti vitataṃ ceto vātyeva vibudhācalam || 16 ||

It is impossible for the reasoning mind to be weakened or deranged, the high mind like the mount towering of Meru, is not to be shaken by the boisterous winds.

इति जातानुगीर्णस्य भूपतेः कान्तिराननम् । भूषयामास शीतांशुं मासान्त इव पूर्णता ॥ १७ ॥

iti jātānugīrṇasya bhūpateḥ kāntirānanam | bhūṣayāmāsa śītāṃśuṃ māsānta iva pūrṇatā || 17 ||

Thus consoled by his companions, the countenance of the king resumed its colour; as the face of the full moon collects its brightness, in the bright fortnight of the month.

रराज राजा सौम्यास्यमुन्मीलितविलोचनः । गते हिमर्तावुल्लासिपुष्पौघ इव माधवः ॥ १८ ॥

rarāja rājā saumyāsyamunmīlitavilocanaḥ | gate himartāvullāsipuṣpaugha iva mādhavaḥ || 18 ||

The moon-like face of the king was brightened by his full open eyes, as the vernal season is beautified by the blooming blossoms, after the winter frost has passed away.

अथातिसंभ्रमाश्चर्यखिन्नास्मृतिमुखो बभौ । आसन्नमृत्युरालोक्य राहुमिन्दुरिवाम्बरे ॥ १९ ॥

athātisaṃbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukho babhau | āsannamṛtyurālokya rāhumindurivāmbare || 19 ||

The king's face shone forth with astonishment, and it was mixed with fear, at the remembrance of the charm of the magician; as the moon shines pale in the sky, after her deliverance from the shadow of an eclipse.

ऐन्द्रजालिकमालोक्य प्रोवाचाथ हसन्निव । बभुं हिंसात्मकं दृष्ट्वा सर्परूपीव तक्षकः ॥ २० ॥

aindrajālikamālokya provācātha hasanniva | babhuṃ hiṃsātmakaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarparūpīva takṣakaḥ || 20 ||

He saw the magician and said to him with a smile, as the serpent takshaka addresses his enemy—the weasel.

जाल्म जालजटालेन किमेतद्भवता कृतम् । येनास्पन्दप्रसन्नोऽब्धिः क्षणादेत्य प्रसन्नताम् ॥ २१ ॥

jālma jālajaṭālena kimetadbhavatā kṛtam | yenāspandaprasanno'bdhiḥ kṣaṇādetya prasannatām || 21 ||

You trickster, said he, what was this snare which thou didst entrap me in, and how was it that thou didst perturb my tranquil soul by thy wily trick, as a gale disturbs the calm of the sea.

चित्रं चित्रा हि देवस्य पदार्थशतशक्तयः । सुशक्तमपि मे चित्तं याभिर्मोहे निवेशितम् ॥ २२ ॥

citraṃ citrā hi devasya padārthaśataśaktayaḥ | suśaktamapi me cittaṃ yābhirmohe niveśitam || 22 ||

How wonderful are the captivating powers of spells, which they have derived from the Lord, and whose influence had overpowered on the strongest sense of my mind.

क्व वयं लोकपर्यायकृतान्तपदवेदिनः । क्व मनोमोहदायिन्यो वितताः प्रकृतापदः ॥ २३ ॥

kva vayaṃ lokaparyāyakṛtāntapadavedinaḥ | kva manomohadāyinyo vitatāḥ prakṛtāpadaḥ || 23 ||

What are these bodies of men, that are subject to death and disease and what are our minds that are so susceptible of errors, and lead us to continued dangers.

अप्यभ्यस्तमहाज्ञानं मनस्तिष्ठति देहके । कदाचिन्मोहमादत्ते क्षणं मतिमतामपि ॥ २४ ॥

apyabhyastamahājñānaṃ manastiṣṭhati dehake | kadācinmohamādatte kṣaṇaṃ matimatāmapi || 24 ||

The mind residing in the body, may be fraught with the highest knowledge, and yet the minds of the wisest of men, are liable to errors and illusion.

इदमाश्चर्यमाख्यानं श्रूयतां रे सभासदः । मम शाम्बरिकेणेह यन्मुहूर्तं प्रदर्शितम् ॥ २५ ॥

idamāścaryamākhyānaṃ śrūyatāṃ re sabhāsadaḥ | mama śāmbarikeṇeha yanmuhūrtaṃ pradarśitam || 25 ||

Hear ye courtiers! the wonderful tale of the adventures, which I passed through under this sorcery, from the moment that I had met this magician at first.

दृष्टवानहमेतस्मिन्बह्वीः कार्यदशाश्चलाः । मुहूर्तं प्रार्थितोऽध्वस्तशक्रसृष्टिरिवालजः ॥ २६ ॥

dṛṣṭavānahametasminbahvīḥ kāryadaśāścalāḥ | muhūrtaṃ prārthito'dhvastaśakrasṛṣṭirivālajaḥ || 26 ||

I have seen so many passing scenes in one single moment under this wizard, as had been shown of old by Brahma in his destruction of the theurgy of Indra.

इत्युक्त्वोन्मुखनेत्रेषु सभ्येषु स हसन्निव । राजा वर्णयितुं चित्रं वृत्तान्तमुपचक्रमे ॥ २७ ॥

ityuktvonmukhanetreṣu sabhyeṣu sa hasanniva | rājā varṇayituṃ citraṃ vṛttāntamupacakrame || 27 ||

Having said so, the king began to relate smilingly to his courtiers, the strange wonders which he had beheld in his state of hallucination.

राजोवाच । इह विविधपदार्थसंकुलायां ह्रदनदपत्तनपर्वताकुलायाम् । कुलशिखरिसमुद्रसंकरायां भुवि विभवावलितोऽस्त्ययं प्रदेशः ॥ २८ ॥

rājovāca | iha vividhapadārthasaṃkulāyāṃ hradanadapattanaparvatākulāyām | kulaśikharisamudrasaṃkarāyāṃ bhuvi vibhavāvalito'styayaṃ pradeśaḥ || 28 ||

The king said:—I beheld a region full with objects of various kinds, such as rivers and lakes, cities and mountains, with many boundary hills, and the ocean girding the earth around.