Mahabharat
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स तपस्वी मृदुर दान्तॊ धर्मे तपसि चॊद्यतः तपॊ ऽतप्यन महत तीव्रं सुदुश्चरम अरिंदम ॥ ५-९-६ ॥
‘Given to austerities, gentle and self-controlled, he devoted himself to a life of religious practices. Yet his penances, O subduer of foes, were rigid, terrible, and of an exceedingly severe nature.’ ॥ 5-9-6 ॥
english translation
sa tapasvI mRdura dAntò dharme tapasi còdyataH tapò 'tapyana mahata tIvraM suduzcarama ariMdama ॥ 5-9-6 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतस्य दृष्टवा तपोवीर्य सत्यं चामिततेजस: । विषादमगमच्छक्र इन्द्रोडयं मा भवेदिति ॥ ५-९-७॥
And beholding the austerities, courage, and truthfulness of this one possessed of immeasurable energy, Indra became anxious, fearing lest that being should take his place.
english translation
tasya dRSTavA tapovIrya satyaM cAmitatejasa: । viSAdamagamacchakra indroDayaM mA bhavediti ॥ 5-9-7॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकथं सज्जेच्च भोगेषु न च तप्येन्महत् तपः । विवर्धमानस्त्रिशिरा: सर्व हि भुवनं ग्रसेत् ॥ ५-९-८ ॥
(And Indra reflected,) 'How may he be made to addict himself to sensual enjoyments; how may he be made to cease his practice of such rigid austerities?
english translation
kathaM sajjecca bhogeSu na ca tapyenmahat tapaH । vivardhamAnastrizirA: sarva hi bhuvanaM graset ॥ 5-9-8 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptइति संचिन्त्य बहुधा बुद्धिमान् भरतर्षभ । आज्ञापयत् सो5प्सरसस्त्वष्टपुत्रप्रलो भने ॥ ५-९-९ ॥
O bull among the Bharata lineage! That intelligent one thought about this in many ways. He then instructed the apsaras to seduce Tvashtra’s son.
english translation
iti saMcintya bahudhA buddhimAn bharatarSabha । AjJApayat so5psarasastvaSTaputrapralo bhane ॥ 5-9-9 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयथा स सज्जेत् त्रिशिरा: कामभोगेषु वै भृशम् । क्षिप्रं कुरुत गच्छध्वं प्रलोभयत मा चिरम् ॥ ५-९-१० ॥
And he commanded them, saying, 'Be quick, and go without delay, and so tempt him that the three-headed being may plunge himself into sensual enjoyment to the utmost extent.'
english translation
yathA sa sajjet trizirA: kAmabhogeSu vai bhRzam । kSipraM kuruta gacchadhvaM pralobhayata mA ciram ॥ 5-9-10 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript