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Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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तथैकपुरुषं राष्ट्रं बिलं चादृष्टनिर्गमम् । 
  बद्धरूपां स्त्रियं चापि पुमांसं पुंश्चलीपतिम् ॥ ७ ॥ 
  नदीमुभयतोवाहां पञ्चपञ्चाद्भुतं गृहम् । 
  क्वचिद्धंसं चित्रकथं क्षौरपव्यं स्वयं भ्रमि ॥ ८ ॥
uvāca cātha haryaśvāḥ 
  katham srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ 
  adrṣṭvāntam bhuvo yūyam 
  bāliśā bata pālakāḥ
tathaika-puruṣam rāṣṭram 
  bilam cādrṣṭa-nirgamam 
  bahu-rūpām striyam cāpi 
  pumāmsam pumścalī-patim
nadīm ubhayato vāhām 
  pañca-pañcādbhutam gṛham 
  kvacid dhamsam citra-katham 
  kṣaura-pavyam svayam bhrami
uvāca—he said; ca—also; atha—thus; haryaśvāḥ—O Haryaśvas, sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa; katham—why; srakṣyatha—you will beget; vai—indeed; prajāḥ—progeny; adrṣṭvā—having not seen; antam—the end; bhuvaḥ—of this earth; yūyam—all of you; bāliśāḥ—inexperienced; bata—alas; pālakāḥ—although ruling princes; tathā—so also; eka—one; puruṣam—man; rāṣṭram—kingdom; bilam—the hole; ca—also; adrṣṭa-nirgamam—from which there is no coming out; bahu-rūpām—taking many forms; striyam—the woman; ca—and; api—even; pumāmsam—the man; pumścalī-patim—the husband of a prostitute; nadīm—a river; ubhayataḥ—in both ways; vāhām—which flows; pañca-pañca—of five multiplied by five (twenty-five); adbhutam—a wonder; gṛham—the house; kvacit—somewhere; hamsam—a swan; citra-katham—whose story is wonderful; kṣaura-pavyam—made of sharp razors and thunderbolts; svayam—itself; bhrami—revolving.