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पश्य यद्यत्र ते कश्चिद्रोचते गुणतो वरः । वरयिष्याव तं गत्वा यत्नमास्थाय मातले॥५-९७-१६॥
Observe: if, among these, someone appears to you superior in qualities, then we shall go and choose him—making due effort, O Mātali.
english translation
अण्डमेतज्जले न्यस्तं दीप्यमानमिव श्रिया । आ प्रजानां निसर्गाद्वै नोद्भिद्यति न सर्पति॥५-९७-१७॥
This “egg” has been set upon the waters, as though radiant with fortune and splendor; yet, by the natural order that governs living beings, it neither breaks open nor stirs.
english translation
नास्य जातिं निसर्गं वा कथ्यमानं शृणोमि वै । पितरं मातरं वापि नास्य जानाति कश्चन॥५-९७-१८॥
I hear no account given of its birth-kind or its natural origin; no one knows its father, nor its mother.
english translation
अतः किल महानग्निरन्तकाले समुत्थितः । धक्ष्यते मातले सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥५-९७-१९॥
From this, it is said, a great fire will arise at the final time; O Mātali, it will consume the entire threefold world, with all that moves and all that stands still.
english translation
कण्व उवाच । मातलिस्त्वब्रवीच्छ्रुत्वा नारदस्याथ भाषितम् । न मेऽत्र रोचते कश्चिदन्यतो व्रज माचिरम्॥५-९७-२०॥
Kaṇva said: Having heard Nārada’s words, Mātali replied, “No one here is acceptable to me; go elsewhere—do not delay.”
english translation