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प्रार्थ्यमानोऽपि बहुशः पुरुषादः स निर्घृणः॥ चखाद शिर उत्कृत्य विप्रसूनोर्दुराशयः॥ २१॥
In spite of repeated importunities the man-eating ruthless wicked demon cut off the head of the brahmin sage and devoured it.
english translation
अथ साध्वी च सा दीना विलप्य भृशदुःखिता॥ आहृत्य भर्तुरस्थीनि चितां चक्रे किलोल्बणाम् ॥ २२॥
The distressed, grief-stricken chaste lady lamented much. She gathered the bones of her husband and lighted a funeral pyre.
english translation
भर्तारमनुगच्छन्ती संविशंती हुताशनम्॥ राजानं राक्षसाकारं सा शशाप द्विजाङ्गना ॥ २३॥
The brahmin lady desirous of entering the pyre in order to follow her husband cursed the Rākṣasa king.
english translation
अद्यप्रभृति नारीषु यदा त्वं संगतो भवेः ॥ तदा मृतिस्तवेत्युक्त्वा विवेश ज्वलनं सती ॥ २४ ॥
The chaste lady entered fire after proclaiming “From now onwards if you become united with any woman in sexual embrace you will die.”
english translation