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प्रतिपत्स्यति राजा स पिता ते यदनन्तरम् । तत्र वत्स्यसि कल्याणि सुखं सर्वगुणान्विता । न च तेऽन्या गतिर्न्याय्या भवेद्भद्रे यथा पिता॥५-१७४-६॥
That king—your father—will duly receive you thereafter. There, O fortunate one, you will live comfortably, endowed with every good quality. And for you, O gentle one, no other course would be as proper as returning to your father.
english translation
पतिर्वापि गतिर्नार्याः पिता वा वरवर्णिनि । गतिः पतिः समस्थाया विषमे तु पिता गतिः॥५-१७४-७॥
A woman’s proper refuge is either her husband or her father, O excellent-complexioned one. When circumstances are stable, the husband is the refuge; but in adverse conditions, the father is the refuge.
english translation
प्रव्रज्या हि सुदुःखेयं सुकुमार्या विशेषतः । राजपुत्र्याः प्रकृत्या च कुमार्यास्तव भामिनि॥५-१७४-८॥
For renunciant wandering is exceedingly difficult—especially for a delicate young woman; and by nature, for a king’s daughter and an unmarried maiden such as you, O passionate one.
english translation
भद्रे दोषा हि विद्यन्ते बहवो वरवर्णिनि । आश्रमे वै वसन्त्यास्ते न भवेयुः पितुर्गृहे॥५-१७४-९॥
“O gentle lady, O fair-complexioned one, many hardships indeed attend you while you dwell in an āśrama; such troubles would not arise in your father’s house.”
english translation
ततस्तु तेऽब्रुवन्वाक्यं ब्राह्मणास्तां तपस्विनीम् । त्वामिहैकाकिनीं दृष्ट्वा निर्जने गहने वने । प्रार्थयिष्यन्ति राजेन्द्रास्तस्मान्मैवं मनः कृथाः॥५-१७४-१०॥
Then those brāhmaṇas spoke to the ascetic woman: “Seeing you here alone in a secluded, dense forest, kings may seek you; therefore do not set your mind upon this course.”
english translation