Dashak 3 · Samāsa 3

Second marriage occurred; previous sorrow forgotten; he settled in considering samsāra happiness.

He became extremely miserly; did not eat his fill; for a coin, suddenly gave up life.

Even at the end of ages he does not spend; hoards and hoards again; where is sad-vāsanā in him?

He himself does not do dharma; stops others who do; always slanders the noble.

Cannot do merit himself; if done, cannot bear to see; mocks with the mind — 'this should not be' — so.

[Sinful acts continue]

Rejects gods and devotees; tyrannizes all with brute force; pierces all creatures with harsh words.

Abandoning ethics, he lives unethically; full of pride, he swells always.

Cheated the ancestors; did no pakṣa-śrāddha; in some way swindled the family-deity.

[A brother-in-law came; she was fed akṣat; guest-scene described — social mockery.]

Never likes Hari-kathā; God not required at all; considers bath-sandhyā vain — 'why do it?'

Hoarded wealth out of craving; himself commits betrayal of trust; mad with intoxication of youth.

Youth filled the body; steadfastness not held; did what ought-not-be-done — great sin.

Wife was taken, but young; could not hold patience in belly; by sense-craving he finally cast off acquaintance.

Mother and sister he does not consider; became sinful adulterer; punished at king's door — yet does not change.

On seeing another's wife, desire arises in belly; by wrongdoing he becomes wearied; yet repeats it.

Thus much sin was done; no auspicious-or-inauspicious remained; by that sin, sorrow suddenly filled the body.

Disease filled the body; he became consumption-stricken; he reaps his own done-sins quickly.

The body burst with pain; the whole nose collapsed; the mark [of beauty] went, became inauspicious.

Body weakened; many ailments arose; youthful strength halted; he became emaciated.

Pains struck all limbs; body ruined; he trembles shaken — no strength.

Hands and feet fell off; worms entered all limbs; on seeing [him], small and great began to spit.

A drain of filth set up; around, refuse rose; extremely emaciated — life would not go.

'Now give me death, O God; much pain has come to life'; [he] does not know, perhaps, the store of his sin.

He weeps profusely in sorrow; as he looks at his body, so he writhes in pitiable dejection.

Such great pain happened; all was dispersed; thieves broke in and took his wealth.

Neither this world nor the next; prārabdha stood strange; he ate his own filth and urine in sorrow.

The sin-material exhausted; day by day the ailment subsided; the physician gave medicine; treatment occurred.

Dying, dying, he survived; to him again birth occurred; people say he fell back among humans.

He brought another wife; set up a good household; adopted extreme self-interest intellect, again.

Some splendour was gathered; everything heaped up again; but the house was ruined — no progeny (santāna).

Without son-progeny, he is sorrowful; publicly named 'barren'; to clear that, 'at least let a daughter come now.'

Many efforts; many vows made to gods; pilgrimages, vows, fasts; dharaṇa-pāraṇa set up.

Sensual pleasure stopped; barrenness made them sorrowful; then the family-deity was pleased; increase came.

On that child, extreme love; both of them do not bear to be parted even for a moment; if anything, they wail with prolonged cry.

Thus they, sorrowful, worshipped many deities; then the child died suddenly — by previous sin.

Great sorrow arose; the house filled with wailing; 'why did God leave us — making us barren?'

'What shall we do with wealth? Let it go — let there be offspring; for a child's sake, one must renounce all.'

Barrenness-stigma gone; then 'dead-child-parent' name was stuck; it cannot be cleared, however much is done; by that sorrow they wail.

'Why was our lineage cut? Alas, O God, the lineage has drowned; why was the family-goddess angered? The family-lamp is extinguished.'

'Now, if I see a child's face, I will walk in joy through mud; I will even hook-pierce myself before the family-goddess.'

'Mother, I will be your ghost, name myself as your sweepings; I will wear a nose-ring — fulfil my desire!' Many vows made to many deities; many gosāvīs were sought; whole scorpions were swallowed.

Efforts made toward possession-spirits; many offerings placed; bananas and coconuts offered to brāhmaṇas; amṛta-dāna given.

Many sorcery-rites performed; out of son-greed, shields were offered; yet destiny is adverse — no son. Going under trees [for ritual], fruit-bearing trees are scorched; many such sins they commit for son-greed.

Abandoning all splendour, their life grew windy; then Khaṇḍerāva and the family-goddess were pleased.

Now desires are fulfilled; husband-and-wife rejoice; listeners, be attentive — in the next samāsa.