Text 43] The Downfall of Saubhari Muni 203

sadhayisye tathatmanam
sura-strindm abhipsitam

kim punar manujendranadm
iti vyavasitah prabhuh

sah—he, Saubhari Muni; vicintya—thinking to himself; apriyam—
not liked; strinam—by the women; jarathah—being infirm because of
old age; aham—I; asat-matah—not desired by them; vali—wrinkled;
palitah—grey-haired; ejat-kah—with the head always trembling;
itiin this way; aham—I; pratyudahrtah—rejected (by them);
sddhayisye—I shall act in such a way; tatha—as; atmanam—my body;
sura-strindm—to the celestial women of the heavenly planets;
abhipsitam—desirable; kim—what to speak of; punah—yet; manuja-
indrandm—of the daughters of worldly kings; iti—in this way;
vyavasitah—determined; prabhuh—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 yogi. 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

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munih pravesitah ksatra
kanyantahpuram rddhimat

vrtah sa raja-kanyabhir
ekam paricdsata varah

munih—Saubhari Muni; pravesitah—admitted; ksatra—by the palace
messenger; kanyd-antahpuram—into the residential quarters of the
