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प्रणिधानेन धैर्येण रूपेण वयसा च मे । मनः प्रविष्टो देवर्षे गुणकेश्याः पतिर्वरः॥५-१०१-२१॥
praṇidhānena dhairyeṇa rūpeṇa vayasā ca me । manaḥ praviṣṭo devarṣe guṇakeśyāḥ patirvaraḥ
english translation
मातलिं प्रीतिमनसं दृष्ट्वा सुमुखदर्शनात् । निवेदयामास तदा माहात्म्यं जन्म कर्म च॥५-१०१-२२॥
Seeing Mātali delighted at the sight of fair-visaged Sumukha, he then recounted Sumukha’s greatness—his lineage, his birth, and his deeds.
english translation
ऐरावतकुले जातः सुमुखो नाम नागराट् । आर्यकस्य मतः पौत्रो दौहित्रो वामनस्य च॥५-१०१-२३॥
“Sumukha by name, a king among the Nāgas, was born in the lineage of Airāvata. He is regarded as the grandson of Āryaka, and also as the daughter’s son of Vāmana.”
english translation
एतस्य हि पिता नागश्चिकुरो नाम मातले । नचिराद्वैनतेयेन पञ्चत्वमुपपादितः॥५-१०१-२४॥
“His father, O Mātali, was the Nāga named Cikura. Not long thereafter, he was brought to death by Vainateya (Garuḍa).”
english translation
ततोऽब्रवीत्प्रीतमना मातलिर्नारदं वचः । एष मे रुचितस्तात जामाता भुजगोत्तमः॥५-१०१-२५॥
Then Mātali, pleased at heart, spoke to Nārada: “This foremost of serpents is acceptable to me as a son-in-law, revered one.”
english translation