Thereafter   she   spoke   to   the   king   of   gods   in   a   happy   state   of   mind: `I   am   happy,   O!   Lord!   May   you   depart   from   this   place,   early   (21).  
AaÏman|   ma|   c   dEvES   svIda   rX   mand   .
iÓd#Þt¤   p#hsn¯   vaÀymhÚya¢mdmb#v£t¯   ¡ 22¡

AaÏman|

yourself

ma|

me

c

also

dEvES

O! Lord of the gods!

svIda

always

rX	protect yourself

mand	and my honour

iÓd#:

Indra

t¤

also

p#hsn¯

with a smile

vaÀy|

words

AhÚya|

to Ahalya

id|

like this

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

 
O!   King   of   the   gods!   May   you   protect   your   and   mine   honour'.   Indra too,smilingly   replied   to   Ahalya   in   the   following   words   (22).  
p¢rt¤¾aE{¢Þm   s¤½aE¢N   g¢mÝya¢m   yTa{{gtm¯   ¡ 23¡

p¢rt¤¾:

pleased

A¢Þm

was

s¤½aE¢N

O! One of beautiful waist!

g¢mÝya¢m

will go

yTa	in the manner

Aagtm¯

(I) came

 
`O!   One   of   beautiful   waist!   I   am   quite   pleased.   I   shall   go   away,
as   I   had   come'   (23).  
ev|   sÄñØy   t¤   tya   ¢nà@amaEzjaäOt:   .
s   s|B#maÏvrn¯   ram   S¢ÄðtaE   gaWtm|   p#¢t   ¡ 24¡

ev|	in this manner

sÄñØy

having enjoyed her company

t¤

indeed

tya

with her

¢nà@am

left

uzjat¯

from the cottage (hermitage)

tt:	thereafter

s:

he

s|B#mat¯

with an agitated mind

Ïvrn¯

with swift steps

ram

O! Rama!

S¢Äðt:

with fear

gaWtm|

Gautama

p#¢t

of

Having   enjoyed   her   company   in   this   manner,   O!   Rama!,   he   then
hastened   out   of   the   hermitage,   with   an   agitated   mind   and   entertaining fear   of   the   sage   Gautama   (24).  
gaWtm|   s   ddSaIT   p#¢vSÓt|   mham¤¢nm¯   .
dEvdanvѤDIxI|   tpaEblsm¢Óvtm¯   ¡ 25¡

gaWtm|

Gautama

s:

he

ddSI

saw

AT	immediately

p#¢vSÓt|

entering

mham¤¢nm¯

the noble sage

dEvdanvѤDIxI|

inconquerable by the gods and the demons

tpaEblsm¢Óvtm¯

possessing the power of intense austerities

 
He   then   noticed   that   great   sage   Gautama   entering   (the   hermitage),
who   was   invincible   by   both   gods   and   demons   and   who   possessed   the might   of   penance   (25).  
t£TaEIdkp¢r¢²°|   d£Ôyman¢mvanlm¯   .
BÞmaEÑG¢ltsvaIÄñm¤map¢t¢mvaprm¯   ¡ 26¡

t£TaEIdkp¢r¢²°|

wet on account of his ablutory bath in the holy waters

d£Ôyman|

coruscating splendour

iv	comparable to

Anlm¯

fire

BÞmaEÑG¢ltsvaIÄñ|

all limbs smeared with Vibhooti (the sacred ashes)

umap¢t|

the Lord of Uma (Siva)

iv

like

Aprm¯

another

 
¢SvB³|   mhaÏman|   svItÏvaTIvE¢dnm¯   .
g¦h£ts¢mD|   ram   skS|   m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯   ¡ 27¡

¢SvB³|

devotee of Lord Siva

mhaÏman|

of great eminence

svItÏvaTIvE¢dnm¯

knower of the inner truth of all statements

g¦h£ts¢mD|

having collected faggots (sacrificial fuel)

ram

O! Rama!

skS|	with Kusa grass

m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯

the eminent sage

 
è¾va   s¤rp¢tÞæOÞtaE   ¢vxÎNvdnaE{Bvt¯   ¡ 28¡

è¾va	perceiving

s¤rp¢t:

the lord of the gods

æOÞt:

shivering

¢vxÎNvdn:

with a face lined with anxiety

ABvt¯

became

 
Seeing   that   foremost   among   sages,   who   had   had   his   ablutory   bath
in   the   sacred   waters,   radiant   like   a   raging   fire,   body   smeared all   over   with   the   sacred   ash,   appearing   like   another   Lord   Siva, an   ardent   devotee   of   Lord   Siva,   high-souled,   knower   of everything   about   the   ultimate   Reality,   holding   the   sacrificial fuel   in   his   hand   and   having   the   sacred   grass   in   his   grasp,   the chief-de-gods   became   tremulous,   with   his   face   drooping   (26-28).  
AT   è¾va   sh*aX|   m¤¢nvExDr|   m¤¢n:   .
Ѥv¦IäO|   v¦äOsØp°aE   raExa¹cnmb#v£t¯   ¡29¡

AT

at once

è¾va

seeing

sh*aX|

the thousand-eyed (Indra)

m¤¢nvExDr|

having assumed the look of the sage

m¤¢n:

the sage (Gautama)

Ѥv¦IäO|

of evil ways

v¦äOsØp°:

full of correct conduct

raExat¯

in great anger

vcn|

words

Ab#v£t¯

said

 
Then,   on   seeing   that   wicked-minded,   thousand-eyed   one,   dressed
in   the   attire   of   a   sage,   that   seer   of   extremely   righteous   conduct
spoke   thus,   inflamed   with   anger   (29).  
mm   ãp|   smaÞTay   k]tvan¢s   ѤmItE   .
AktIÛy¢md|   tÞma¢¹PlÞÏv|   B¢vÝy¢s   ¡ 30¡

mm

my

ãp|

form

smaÞTay

taking on

k]tvan¯

done

A¢s	(you) have

ѤmItE

of wicked disposition

AktIÛy|

undesirable

id|

this

tÞmat¯

therefore

¢vPl:

without testicles

Ïv|

you

B¢vÝy¢s

will be

`O!   Senseless   one!   Having   put   on   my   form   and   appearance, you   have   done   what   ought   not   to   have   been   done.   Hence,   may you   be   rendered   without   your   testicles'   (30).