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प्र मा युयुज्रे प्रयुजो जनानां वहामि स्म पूषणमन्तरेण। विश्वे देवासो अध मामरक्षन्दुःशासुरागादिति घोष आसीत्॥

pra mā yuyujre prayujo janānāṁ vahāmi sma pūṣaṇamantareṇa | viśve devāso adha māmarakṣanduḥśāsurāgāditi ghoṣa āsīt ||

THE urgings of the people have impelled me, and by,the nearest way I bring you Pusan. The Universal Gods have brought me safely. The cry was heard, Behold, Dubsasu cometh!

सं मा तपन्त्यभितः सपत्नीरिव पर्शवः। नि बाधते अमतिर्नग्नता जसुर्वेर्न वेवीयते मतिः॥

saṁ mā tapantyabhitaḥ sapatnīriva parśavaḥ | ni bādhate amatirnagnatā jasurverna vevīyate matiḥ ||

The ribs that compass me give pain and trouble me like rival wives. Indigence, nakedness, exhaustion press me sore: my mind is fluttering like a bird's.

मूषो न शिश्ना व्यदन्ति माध्यः स्तोतारं ते शतक्रतो। सकृत्सु नो मघवन्निन्द्र मृळयाधा पितेव नो भव॥

mūṣo na śiśnā vyadanti mādhyaḥ stotāraṁ te śatakrato | sakṛtsu no maghavannindra mṛḻayādhā piteva no bhava ||

As rats eat weavers' threads, cares are consuming me, thy singer, gatakratu, me. Have mercy on us once, O Indra, Bounteous Lord: be thou a Father unto us.

कुरुश्रवणमावृणि राजानं त्रासदस्यवम्। मंहिष्ठं वाघतामृषिः॥

kuruśravaṇamāvṛṇi rājānaṁ trāsadasyavam | maṁhiṣṭhaṁ vāghatāmṛṣiḥ ||

I the priests' Rsi chose as prince most liberal Kurusravana, The son of Trasadasyu's son,

यस्य मा हरितो रथे तिस्रो वहन्ति साधुया। स्तवै सहस्रदक्षिणे॥

yasya mā harito rathe tisro vahanti sādhuyā | stavai sahasradakṣiṇe ||

Whose three bays harnessed to the car bear me straight onward: I will laud The giver of a thousand meeds,

यस्य प्रस्वादसो गिर उपमश्रवसः पितुः। क्षेत्रं न रण्वमूचुषे॥

yasya prasvādaso gira upamaśravasaḥ pituḥ | kṣetraṁ na raṇvamūcuṣe ||

The sire of Upamasravas, even him whose words were passing sweet, As a fair field is to its lord.

अधि पुत्रोपमश्रवो नपान्मित्रातिथेरिहि। पितुष्टे अस्मि वन्दिता॥

adhi putropamaśravo napānmitrātitherihi | pituṣṭe asmi vanditā ||

Mark, Upamasravas, his son, mark, grandson of Mitratithi: I am thy father's eulogist.

यदीशीयामृतानामुत वा मर्त्यानाम्। जीवेदिन्मघवा मम॥

yadīśīyāmṛtānāmuta vā martyānām | jīvedinmaghavā mama ||

If I controlled Immortal Gods, yea, even were I Lord of men, My liberal prince were living still.

न देवानामति व्रतं शतात्मा चन जीवति। तथा युजा वि वावृते॥

na devānāmati vrataṁ śatātmā cana jīvati | tathā yujā vi vāvṛte ||

None lives, even had he hundred lives, beyond the statute of the Gods So am I parted from my friend.