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The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
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sādhayiṣye tathātmānam sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam kim punar manujendrāṇām iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ
saḥ—he, Saubhari Muni; vicintya—thinking to himself; apriyam—not liked; strīṇām—by the women; jaraṭhaḥ—being infirm because of old age; aham—I; asat-mataḥ—not desired by them; valī—wrinkled; palitaḥ—grey-haired; ejat-kaḥ—with the head always trembling; iti—in this way; aham—I; pratyudāḥṛtaḥ—rejected (by them); sādhayiṣye—I shall act in such a way; tathā—as; ātmānam—my body; sura-strīṇām—to the celestial women of the heavenly planets; abhīpsitam—desirable; kim—what to speak of; punaḥ—yet; manuja-indrāṇām—of the daughters of worldly kings; iti—in this way; vyavasitaḥ—determined; prabhuḥ—Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.
TRANSLATION
Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings.
TEXT 43
मुनिः प्रवेशितः क्षत्रा कन्यान्तः पुरमृद्धिमत् ।
वृतः स राजकन्याभिरेकं पञ्चाशता वरः ॥४३॥
muniḥ praveśitaḥ kṣatrā kanyāntaḥpuram ṛddhimat vṛtaḥ sa rāja-kanyābhir ekaṁ pañcāśatā varaḥ
muniḥ—Saubhari Muni; praveśitaḥ—admitted; kṣatrā—by the palace messenger; kanyā-antaḥpuram—into the residential quarters of the