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[यक्स] अहं ते जनकस तात धर्मॊ मृदु पराक्रम तवां दिदृक्षुर अनुप्राप्तॊ विद्धि मां भरतर्षभ ॥ ३-२९८-६ ॥

'At this, the Yaksha replied: "O dear child, I am indeed thy father—Dharma, the Lord of Justice, endowed with great power. Know, O bull among the Bharatas, that I came here longing to behold thee!"' ॥ 3-298-6 ॥

english translation

यशॊ सत्यं दमः शौचम आर्जवं हरीर अचापलम दानं तपॊ बरह्मचर्यम इत्य एतास तनवॊ मम ॥ ३-२९८-७ ॥

'Fame, truth, self-restraint, purity, candour, modesty, steadiness, charity, austerity, and brahmacharya (celibacy)—these are my very limbs.' ॥ 3-298-7 ॥

english translation

अहिंसा समता शान्तिस तपॊ शौचम अमत्सरः दवाराण्य एतानि मे विद्धि परियॊ हय असि सदा मम ॥ ३-२९८-८ ॥

'And abstention from injury, impartiality, inner peace, penance, sanctity, and freedom from malice—these are the doors through which I may be approached. And know this too, O dear one—you are ever beloved to me.' ॥ 3-298-8 ॥

english translation

दिष्ट्या पञ्चसु रक्तॊ ऽसि दिष्ट्या ते षट्पदी जिता दवे पूर्वे मध्यमे दवे च दवे चान्ते साम्परायिके ॥ ३-२९८-९ ॥

'Thou art ever dear to me! By good fortune, thou art devoted to the five; and by good fortune again, thou hast conquered the six. Of these six, two manifest in the early part of life, two in the middle, and the last two at the end—guiding men toward the next world.' ॥ 3-298-9 ॥

english translation

धर्मॊ ऽहम अस्मि भद्रं ते जिज्ञासुस तवम इहागतः आनृशंस्येन तुष्टॊ ऽसमि वरं दास्यामि ते ऽनघ ॥ ३-२९८-१० ॥

'I am, may blessings be upon thee, the Lord of Justice. I came hither to test thy virtue. Well pleased am I, O sinless one, to witness thy blameless conduct. Therefore, I shall grant thee boons.' ॥ 3-298-10 ॥

english translation