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तस्योपविष्टस्य ततो विश्रान्तस्योपशृण्वतः । पुनरेव कथां चक्रुः कन्यां प्रति वनौकसः॥५-१७४-१६॥
After he had sat down and rested, and while he listened, the forest-dwellers again took up the account concerning the maiden.
english translation
अम्बायास्तां कथां श्रुत्वा काशिराज्ञश्च भारत । स वेपमान उत्थाय मातुरस्याः पिता तदा । तां कन्यामङ्कमारोप्य पर्याश्वासयत प्रभो॥५-१७४-१७॥
O Bhārata, having heard that account about Ambā, the king of Kāśī—her mother’s father—rose up trembling; lifting the maiden onto his lap, he consoled her, O lord.
english translation
स तामपृच्छत्कार्त्स्न्येन व्यसनोत्पत्तिमादितः । सा च तस्मै यथावृत्तं विस्तरेण न्यवेदयत्॥५-१७४-१८॥
He asked her fully, from the beginning, about the origin of her misfortune; and she reported to him in detail what had occurred.
english translation
ततः स राजर्षिरभूद्दुःखशोकसमन्वितः । कार्यं च प्रतिपेदे तन्मनसा सुमहातपाः॥५-१७४-१९॥
Thereupon that royal sage, overwhelmed by sorrow and grief, resolved in his mind upon the course of action, for he was one of mighty austerity.
english translation
अब्रवीद्वेपमानश्च कन्यामार्तां सुदुःखितः । मा गाः पितृगृहं भद्रे मातुस्ते जनको ह्यहम्॥५-१७४-२०॥
Trembling and deeply distressed, he said to the afflicted maiden: “Do not go to your father’s house, auspicious one; for I am truly your mother’s father.”
english translation