Ramayana
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एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यथाकामं च राघव । नर्मदा नाम गन्धर्वी बभूव रघुनन्दन ॥ 7-5-31 ॥
At this very time, O Raghava, O delight of the Raghus, there arose a gandharva woman named Narmada, who roamed as she pleased.
english translation
तस्याः कान्यात्रयं ह्यासीत् धीश्रीकिर्तिसमद्युति । ज्येष्ठक्रमेण सा तेषां राक्षसानामराक्षसी ॥ 7-5-32 ॥
She had three daughters, equal in radiance to wisdom (Dhi), fortune (Shri), and fame (Kirti); and that non-rakshasi, by order of seniority, gave them to those rakshasas.
english translation
कन्यास्ताः प्रददौ हृष्टा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः । त्रयाणां राक्षसेन्द्राणां तिस्रो गन्धर्वकन्यकाः ॥ 7-5-33 ॥
Full of joy, she bestowed those maidens, whose faces were like the full moon — the three gandharva daughters — upon the three lords of the rakshasas.
english translation
दत्ता मात्रा महाभागा नक्षत्रे भगदैवते । कुतदारास्तु ते राम सुकेशतनयास्तदा ॥ 7-5-34 ॥
The illustrious maidens were given by their mother under the constellation whose presiding deity is Bhaga; and so, O Rama, the sons of Sukesha became possessed of wives at that time.
english translation
चिक्रीडुः सह भार्याभिरप्सरोभिरिवामराः । ततो माल्यवतो भार्या सुन्दरी नाम सुन्दरी ॥ 7-5-35 ॥
They sported together with their wives like the immortals with the apsaras. Now Malyavan's wife was a beautiful woman named Sundari.
english translation