Text 54] The Downfall of Saubhari Muni 213

TRANSLATION

In the beginning I was alone and engaged in performing the
austerities of mystic yoga, but later, because of the association of
fish engaged in sex, I desired to marry. Then I became the husband
of fifty wives, and in each of them I begot one hundred sons, and
thus my family increased to five thousand members. By the in-
fluence of the modes of material nature, I became fallen and
thought that I would be happy in material life. Thus there is no
end to my material desires for enjoyment, in this life and the next.

TEXT 53
waa Te Be facnt -araarlea: |
qd wages: §ofaeaant: 143i

evar vasan grhe kalam
virakto nydsam asthitah

vanam jagamdnuyayus
tat-patnyah pati-devatah

evam—in this way; vasan—living; grhe—at home; kalam—passing
away time; viraktah—became detached; nydsam—in the renounced
order of life; dsthitah—became situated; vanam—in the forest;
Jagama—he went; anuyayuh—was followed by; tat-patnyah—all his
wives; pati-devatah—because their only worshipable object was their
husband.

TRANSLATION

In this way he passed his life in household affairs for some time,
but then he became detached from material enjoyment. To
renounce material association, he accepted the vanaprastha order
and went to the forest. His devoted wives followed him, for they
had no shelter other than their husband.

TEXT 54

ST AA TTA TTA |
aearfahrarcar «gaat TAA UII
