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तमुवाच विशालाक्षीं वचनं स्मितपूर्वकम् ॥ किमिदं क्रियये कर्म वाचंयम विगर्हितम् ॥ ११॥
The wide-eyed lass spoke to him smilingly—“O sage of controlled speech, why do you intend to perpetrate this despicable deed?
english translation
वसिष्ठस्य कुले रम्ये त्वं जातोऽसि महामते ॥ निषादजा त्वहम्ब्रह्मन्कथं संगो घटेत नौ ॥ १२ ॥
O most intelligent one, you are born of the beautiful family of Vasiṣṭha. O brahmin, I am the daughter of a Niṣāda. How can our union be proper?
english translation
दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म ब्राह्मणत्वं विशेषतः ॥ तत्रापि तापसत्वं च दुर्लभं मुनिसत्तम ॥ १३ ॥
O excellent sage, birth as a man is very difficult to obtain; especially that as a brahmin. Even there the state of an ascetic is very rarely achieved.
english translation
विद्यया वपुषा वाचा कुलशीलेन चान्वितः ॥ कामबाणवशं यातो महदाश्चर्यमत्र हि ॥ १४ ॥
It is extremely surprising that you endowed with learning, good physique, speech, noble birth and good conduct have become subservient to the arrows of Kāma!”
english translation
प्रवृत्तमप्यसत्कर्म कर्तुमेनं न कोऽपि ह ॥ भुवि वारयितुं शक्तः शापभीत्यास्य योगिनः ॥ १५ ॥
Then she thought within: “If this Yogin engages himself in the vicious act there is none in the world to prevent him due to his power of inflicting curse.”
english translation