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यक्षो वाप्यथ वा देवो गन्धर्वो राक्षसोऽपि वा । न हि मानुषरूपोऽसि को वार्थः काङ्क्षितस्त्वया॥५-११९-१६॥
“Are you a Yakṣa, or a Deva, a Gandharva, or even a Rākṣasa? You do not appear to be of human form. What objective do you seek?”
english translation
ययातिरुवाच । ययातिरस्मि राजर्षिः क्षीणपुण्यश्च्युतो दिवः । पतेयं सत्स्विति ध्यायन्भवत्सु पतितस्ततः॥५-११९-१७॥
Yayāti said: “I am Yayāti, a royal seer. My merit is exhausted, and I have fallen from heaven. Reflecting, ‘May I fall among the virtuous,’ I therefore fell among you.”
english translation
राजान ऊचुः । सत्यमेतद्भवतु ते काङ्क्षितं पुरुषर्षभ । सर्वेषां नः क्रतुफलं धर्मश्च प्रतिगृह्यताम्॥५-११९-१८॥
The kings said: “May what you desire be fulfilled, O best of men. Accept from all of us the fruits of our sacrifices and the dharma we have amassed.”
english translation
ययातिरुवाच । नाहं प्रतिग्रहधनो ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो ह्यहम् । न च मे प्रवणा बुद्धिः परपुण्यविनाशने॥५-११९-१९॥
Yayāti said: “I am not a Brāhmaṇa whose livelihood is the acceptance of gifts; I am a Kṣatriya. Nor is my judgment inclined to diminish another’s merit.”
english translation
नारद उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु मृगचर्याक्रमागताम् । माधवीं प्रेक्ष्य राजानस्तेऽभिवाद्येदमब्रुवन्॥५-११९-२०॥
Nārada said: At that very time, seeing Mādhavī arriving in the course of roaming for the hunt, those kings greeted her and spoke as follows.
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