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मातले कश्चिदत्रापि रुचितस्ते वरो भवेत् । अथ वान्यां दिशं भूमेर्गच्छाव यदि मन्यसे॥५-९८-१६॥
O Mātali, if there is anything here that pleases you, let it be chosen as a boon for you. Or else, if you think fit, let us go to another region of the earth.
english translation
कण्व उवाच । मातलिस्त्वब्रवीदेनं भाषमाणं तथाविधम् । देवर्षे नैव मे कार्यं विप्रियं त्रिदिवौकसाम्॥५-९८-१७॥
Kaṇva said: Then Mātali addressed him, who spoke in that manner: “O divine seer, it is not for me to do anything that would displease the dwellers of the third heaven.”
english translation
नित्यानुषक्तवैरा हि भ्रातरो देवदानवाः । अरिपक्षेण संबन्धं रोचयिष्याम्यहं कथम्॥५-९८-१८॥
For the Devas and the Dānavas, though kin, are perpetually bound in enmity. How could I approve an alliance with the opposing faction?
english translation
अन्यत्र साधु गच्छावो द्रष्टुं नार्हामि दानवान् । जानामि तु तथात्मानं दित्सात्मकमलं यथा॥५-९८-१९॥
Let us go elsewhere; I am not fit to meet the Dānavas. I know my own disposition as it is—inclined toward giving—just so is my nature.
english translation