सोऽनुध्यायंस्तदेवाघं बलवद्विग्रहाकुल: । कथं मृजाम्यात्मरज: प्रसीदेद् वाच्युत: कथम् ॥ ४० ॥ किं कृत्वा साधु मह्यं स्यान्न शपेद् वा जनो यथा । अदीर्घदर्शनं क्षुद्रं मूढं द्रविणलोलुपम् ॥ ४१ ॥ दास्ये दुहितरं तस्मै स्त्रीरत्नं रत्नमेव च । उपायोऽयं समीचीनस्तस्य शान्तिर्न चान्यथा ॥ ४२ ॥
so ’nudhyāyaṁs tad evāghaṁ balavad-vigrahākulaḥ kathaṁ mṛjāmy ātma-rajaḥ prasīded vācyutaḥ katham kim kṛtvā sādhu mahyaṁ syān na śaped vā jano yathā adīrgha-darśanaṁ kṣudraṁ mūḍhaṁ draviṇa-lolupam dāsye duhitaraṁ tasmai strī-ratnaṁ ratnam eva ca upāyo ’yaṁ samīcīnas tasya śāntir na cānyathā
- saḥ
- he
- anudhyāyan
- pondering over
- tat
- that
- eva
- indeed
- agham
- offense
- bala-vat
- with those who are powerful
- vigraha
- about a conflict
- ākulaḥ
- worried
- katham
- how
- mṛjāmi
- will I cleanse
- ātma
- of myself
- rajaḥ
- the contamination
- prasīdet
- may become satisfied
- vā
- or
- acyutaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- katham
- how
- kim
- what
- kṛtvā
- doing
- sādhu
- good
- mahyam
- for me
- syāt
- there may be
- na śapet
- may not curse
- vā
- or
- janaḥ
- the people
- yathā
- so as
- adīrgha
- short-ranged
- darśanam
- whose vision
- kṣudram
- petty
- mūḍham
- befooled
- draviṇa
- after wealth
- lolupam
- avaricious
- dāsye
- I will give
- duhitaram
- my daughter
- tasmai
- to Him
- strī
- of women
- ratnam
- the jewel
- ratnam
- the jewel
- eva ca
- as well
- upāyaḥ
- means
- ayam
- this
- samīcīnaḥ
- effective
- tasya
- His
- śāntiḥ
- pacification
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- anyathā
- otherwise
Pondering over his grievous offense and worried about the possibility of conflict with the Lord’s mighty devotees, King Satrājit thought, “How can I cleanse myself of my contamination, and how may Lord Acyuta become satisfied with me? What can I do to regain my good fortune and avoid being cursed by the populace for being so short-sighted, miserly, foolish and avaricious? I shall give my daughter, the jewel of all women, to the Lord, together with the Syamantaka jewel. That, indeed, is the only proper way to pacify Him.”