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ततस्तत्र महानासीद्ब्राह्मणः संशितव्रतः । शैखावत्यस्तपोवृद्धः शास्त्रे चारण्यके गुरुः॥५-१७३-११॥
Then there was there a distinguished brāhmaṇa of disciplined vows—Śaikhāvatya—advanced in austerity and a teacher of the forest-dwelling scriptural tradition (Āraṇyaka).
english translation
आर्तां तामाह स मुनिः शैखावत्यो महातपाः । निःश्वसन्तीं सतीं बालां दुःखशोकपरायणाम्॥५-१७३-१२॥
The great ascetic, the sage Śaikhāvatya, addressed her as she stood in distress—sighing, virtuous and still young, wholly absorbed in grief and sorrow.
english translation
एवं गते किं नु भद्रे शक्यं कर्तुं तपस्विभिः । आश्रमस्थैर्महाभागैस्तपोनित्यैर्महात्मभिः॥५-१७३-१३॥
Since matters stand thus, O gentle lady, what can be done by ascetics—by those fortunate, great-souled ones who dwell in the hermitage and are ever steadfast in austerity?
english translation
सा त्वेनमब्रवीद्राजन्क्रियतां मदनुग्रहः । प्रव्राजितुमिहेच्छामि तपस्तप्स्यामि दुश्चरम्॥५-१७३-१४॥
But she said to him, “O king, grant me your favor: here I wish to renounce the world and undertake severe, arduous austerity.”
english translation
मयैवैतानि कर्माणि पूर्वदेहेषु मूढया । कृतानि नूनं पापानि तेषामेतत्फलं ध्रुवम्॥५-१७३-१५॥
Surely, through my own folly, I committed sinful deeds in former embodiments; this, indeed, is the certain and fixed fruit of those actions.
english translation