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उदसौ सूर्यो अगादुदयं मामको भगः। अहं तद्विद्वला पतिमभ्यसाक्षि विषासहिः॥

udasau sūryo agādudayaṁ māmako bhagaḥ | ahaṁ tadvidvalā patimabhyasākṣi viṣāsahiḥ ||

YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high. I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.

अहं केतुरहं मूर्धाहमुग्रा विवाचनी। ममेदनु क्रतुं पतिः सेहानाया उपाचरेत्॥

ahaṁ keturahaṁ mūrdhāhamugrā vivācanī | mamedanu kratuṁ patiḥ sehānāyā upācaret ||

I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I: I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.

मम पुत्राः शत्रुहणोऽथो मे दुहिता विराट्। उताहमस्मि संजया पत्यौ मे श्लोक उत्तमः॥

mama putrāḥ śatruhaṇo'tho me duhitā virāṭ | utāhamasmi saṁjayā patyau me śloka uttamaḥ ||

My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen: I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.

येनेन्द्रो हविषा कृत्व्यभवद्द्युम्न्युत्तमः। इदं तदक्रि देवा असपत्ना किलाभुवम्॥

yenendro haviṣā kṛtvyabhavaddyumnyuttamaḥ | idaṁ tadakri devā asapatnā kilābhuvam ||

Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,- This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.

असपत्ना सपत्नघ्नी जयन्त्यभिभूवरी। आवृक्षमन्यासां वर्चो राधो अस्थेयसामिव॥

asapatnā sapatnaghnī jayantyabhibhūvarī | āvṛkṣamanyāsāṁ varco rādho astheyasāmiva ||

Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.

समजैषमिमा अहं सपत्नीरभिभूवरी। यथाहमस्य वीरस्य विराजानि जनस्य च॥

samajaiṣamimā ahaṁ sapatnīrabhibhūvarī | yathāhamasya vīrasya virājāni janasya ca ||

I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives, That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.