सकामा रिपवस्तेऽद्य दृष्ट्वा तां दुःखिता भृशम् । त्वां वियुक्तं च रमया हसिष्यन्ति दिवानिशम्
Your enemies, desiring their own ends, will see her deeply distressed today, and you separated from Ramā; they will mock you day and night.
रमां रमय देवेश त्वदुत्सङ्गगतां कुरु । सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नां सुशीलां च सुरूपिणीम्
O Lord of the gods, delight Ramā; let her rest upon your lap, she who is endowed with all marks of excellence, virtuous, and beautiful.
सुखितो भव तां प्राप्य वल्लभां चारुहासिनीम् । कान्ताविरहजं दुःखं स्मराम्यहमनातुरः
Be happy, having attained that beloved one with a lovely smile; I remember, without distress, the sorrow born from separation from my own beloved.
मम भार्या मृता विष्णो दक्षयज्ञे सती यदा । तदाहं दुःसहं दुःखं भुक्तवानम्बुजेक्षण
When my wife, Satī, died in Dakṣa’s sacrifice, O lotus-eyed Viṣṇu, I endured unbearable grief at that time.
संसारेऽस्मिन्नरः कोऽपि माभून्मत्सदृशोऽपरः । मनसाकरवं शोकं तस्या विरहपीडितः
In this world, no man has been like me; I bore sorrow in my heart, afflicted by the pain of her separation.
कालेन महता प्राप्ता मया गिरिसुता पुनः । तपस्तप्त्वातिदुःसाध्यं या दग्धा तु रुषाध्वरे
After a long time, I again obtained the daughter of the mountain, having performed extremely difficult austerities; she who was burned in the sacrificial fire out of anger.
हरे किं सुखमापन्नं त्वया सन्त्यज्य कामिनीम् । एकाकी तिष्ठता कालं सहस्रवत्सरात्मकम्
O Hari, what happiness did you gain by abandoning your beloved, living alone for a time spanning a thousand years?
गत्वाश्वास्य महाभागां समानय निजालयम् । माभूत्कोऽपीह संसारे विमुक्तो रमया तया
Go, comfort the blessed one, and bring her to your own abode; let no one in this world be separated from Ramā as you are.
कृत्वा तुरगरूपं त्वं भज तां कमलालयाम् । उत्पाद्य पुत्रमायुष्मंस्तामानय शुचिस्मिताम्
Taking the form of a horse, approach her who dwells in the lotus; beget a long-lived son and bring her, pure-smiling, back.
व्यास उवाच हरिराकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं चित्ररूपस्य भारत । तथेत्युक्त्वा तु तं दूतं प्रेषयामास शङ्करम्
Vyāsa said: Hari, hearing those words of the wondrous form, replied, 'So be it,' and sent that messenger to Śaṅkara.
गते दूतेऽथ भगवान्वैकुण्ठात्कामसंयुतः । जगाम धृत्वा तत्राशु वाजिरूपं मनोहरम्
When the messenger departed, the blessed one, filled with desire, left Vaikuṇṭha and swiftly took on a charming horse form.
यत्र सा वडवारूपं कृत्वा तपति सिन्धुजा । विष्णुस्तं देशमासाद्य तामपश्यद्धयीं स्थिताम्
There, where she, the daughter of the ocean, was performing austerities in the form of a mare, Viṣṇu arrived at that place and saw her standing as a horse.
सापि तं वीक्ष्य गोविन्दं हयरूपधरं पतिम् । ज्ञात्वा वीक्ष्य स्थिता साध्वी विस्मिता साश्रुलोचना
She, seeing Govinda, her husband, in the form of a horse, recognized him and stood amazed, with tearful eyes, steadfast and virtuous.
तयोस्तु सङ्गमस्तत्र प्रवृत्तो मन्मथार्तयोः । कालिन्दीतमसासङ्गे पावने लोकविश्रुते
There, union occurred between the two, afflicted by love, in the pure and renowned darkness of the Yamunā.
सगर्भा सा तदा जाता वडवा हरिवल्लभा । सुषुवे सुन्दरं बालं तत्रैव सुगुणोत्तरम्
Then she, the beloved of Hari, became pregnant and gave birth right there to a beautiful child, excellent in virtues.
तामाह भगवान्वाक्यं प्रहस्य समयाश्रितम् । त्यजाद्य वाडवं देहं पूर्वदेहा भवाधुना
The blessed one spoke to her, smiling and bound by agreement: 'Now, abandon the mare’s body; become as you were before.'
गमिष्यावः स्ववैकुण्ठमावां कृत्वा निजं वपुः । तिष्ठत्वत्र कुमारोऽयं त्वया जातः सुलोचने
'We will go to our own Vaikuṇṭha, taking our true forms; let this son you have borne, O beautiful-eyed one, remain here.'
लक्ष्मीरुवाच स्वदेहसम्भवं पुत्रं कथं हित्वा व्रजाम्यहम् । स्नेहः सुदुस्त्यजः कामं स्वात्मजस्य सुरर्षभ
Lakṣmī said: 'How can I leave my son, born from my own body, and depart? The affection for one’s own child, O best of gods, is very hard to give up.'
का गतिः स्यादमेयात्मन् बालस्यास्य नदीतटे । अनाथस्यासमर्थस्य विजनेऽल्पतनोरिह
O unfathomable one, what fate awaits this child, helpless and powerless, abandoned on the riverbank in this desolate place?
अनाश्रयं सुतं त्यक्त्वा कथं गन्तुं मनो मम । समर्थं सदयं स्वामिन् भवेदम्बुजलोचन
How can my mind allow me to leave this son, who has no refuge? O lotus-eyed Lord, may you, who are compassionate and capable, protect him.
दिव्यदेहौ ततो जातौ लक्ष्मीनारायणावुभौ । विमानवरसंविष्टौ स्तूयमानौ सुरैर्दिवि
Then, Lakshmi and Narayana, both with divine forms, appeared, seated in a splendid aerial chariot, praised by the gods in heaven.
गन्तुकामं पतिं प्राह कमला कमलापतिम् । गृहाणेमं सुतं नाथ नाहं शक्तास्मि हापितुम्
Desiring to depart, Kamala spoke to her husband, the Lord of Kamala: 'Take this child, O Lord; I am not able to abandon him.'
प्राणप्रियोऽस्ति मे पुत्रः कान्त्या त्वत्सदृशः प्रभो । गृहीत्वैनं गमिष्यावो वैकुण्ठं मधुसूदन
My son is dearer to me than life itself, O Lord, and in beauty he resembles you. Let us take him and go to Vaikuntha, O slayer of Madhu.
हरिरुवाच मा विषादं प्रिये कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि वरानने । तिष्ठत्वयं सुखेनात्र रक्षा मे विहिता त्विह
Hari said: 'O beloved, do not grieve, O beautiful-faced one. Let this child remain here happily; I have arranged for his protection here.'
कार्यं किमपि वामोरु वर्तते महदद्भुतम् । निबोध कथयाम्यद्य सुतस्यात्र विमोचने
O slender-waisted one, a great and wondrous task is at hand. Listen as I tell you now about the deliverance of this child.
तुर्वसुर्नाम विख्यातो ययातितनुजो भुवि । हरिवर्मेति पित्रास्य कृतं नाम सुविश्रुतम्
There is a king on earth, famed as Turvasu, son of Yayati; his father gave him the well-known name Harivarma.
स राजा पुत्रकामोऽद्य तपस्तपति पावने । तीर्थे वर्षशतं जातं तस्य वै कुर्वतस्तपः
That king, desiring a son, is now performing austerities at a sacred place. A hundred years have passed as he continues his penance.
तस्यार्थे निर्मितः पुत्रो मयायं कमलालये । तत्र गत्वा नृपं सुभ्रु प्रेरयिष्यामि साम्प्रतम्
For his sake, O Kamalalaya, I have created this son. I will now go and inspire the king to come here.
तस्मै दास्याम्यहं पुत्रं पुत्रकामाय कामिनि । गृहीत्वा स्वगृहं राजा प्रापयिष्यति बालकम्
O beautiful one, I will give this son to the king who longs for a child. The king will take the boy and bring him to his own house.
व्यास उवाच इत्याश्वास्य प्रियां पद्मां कृत्वा रक्षां च बालके । विमानवरमारुह्य प्रययौ प्रियया सह
Vyasa said: Thus consoling his beloved Padma and ensuring the child's protection, he ascended the splendid aerial chariot and departed with his beloved.