Text 33]
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
783
TEXT 32
अहो रूपमहो धैर्यमहो अस्या नवं वयः । मध्ये कामयमानानामकामेव विसर्पति ॥३२॥
aho rūpam aho dhairyam aho asyā navam vayaḥ madhye kāmayamānānām akāmeva visarpati
aho—oh; rūpam—what beauty; aho—oh; dhairyam—what self-control; aho—oh; asyāḥ—her; navam—budding; vayaḥ—youth; madhye—in the midst; kāmayamānānām—of those passionately longing for; akāmā—free from passion; iva—like; visarpati—walking with us.
TRANSLATION
The demons praised her: Oh, what a beauty! What rare self-control! What a budding youth! In the midst of us all, who are passionately longing for her, she is moving about like one absolutely free from passion.
TEXT 33
वितर्कयन्तो बहुधा तां सन्ध्यां प्रमदाकृतिम् । अभिसम्भाव्य विश्रम्भात्पर्यपृच्छन् कुमेधसः ॥३३॥
vitarkayanto bahudhā tām sandhyām pramadākṛtim abhisambhāvya viśrambhāt paryapṛcchan kumedhasaḥ
vitarkayantaḥ—indulging in speculations; bahudhā—various kinds; tām—her; sandhyām—the evening twilight; pramadā—a young woman; ākṛtim—in the form of; abhisambhāvya—treating with great respect; viśrambhāt—fondly; paryapṛcchan—questioned; kumedhasaḥ—wicked-minded.
TRANSLATION
Indulging in various speculations about the evening twilight, which appeared to them endowed with the form of a young woman, the wicked-minded asuras treated her with respect and fondly spoke to her as follows.