Text 25] The Dynasty of Amsuman 21
varito madayantyadpo
rusatih paddayor jahau
disah kham avanim sarvam
pasyan jivamayam nrpah
raksah-krtam —having been done by the Raksasa only; tat—that serv-
ing of human flesh; viditvé—after understanding; cakre—(Vasistha)
performed; dvddasa-varsikam—twelve years of penance for atonement;
sah—that Saudasa; api—also; apah-afjalim—a palmful of water;
ddaéya—taking; gurum—his spiritual master, Vasistha; saptum—to
curse; samudyatah—was preparing; wéiritah—being forbidden;
madayantyd—by his wife, who was also known as Madayanti; apah—
water; rusatih—strong by chanting of a mantra; paddayoh jahau—threw
on his legs; disah—all directions; kham—in the sky; avanim—on the
surface of the world; sarvam—everywhere; pasyan—seeing; jiva-
mayam—full of living entities; nrpah—the King.
TRANSLATION
When Vasistha understood that the human flesh had been
served by the Raksasa, not by the King, he undertook twelve years
of austerity to cleanse himself for having cursed the faultless King.
Meanwhile, King Saudasa took water and chanted the sapa-mantra,
preparing to curse Vasistha, but his wife, Madayanti, forbade him
to do so. Then the King saw that the ten directions, the sky and the
surface of the globe were full of living entities everywhere.
TEXT 25
THA AAT: We HATTA TAT? |
SATS TE THREE Ast RII
raksasam bhavam dpannah
pade kalmasatam gatah
vyavaya-kdle dadrse
vanauko-dampati dvijau
