हंस स्वागतमास्यतां पिब पयो ब्रूह्यङ्ग शौरे: कथां दूतं त्वां नु विदाम कच्चिदजित: स्वस्त्यास्त उक्तं पुरा । किं वा नश्चलसौहृद: स्मरति तं कस्माद् भजामो वयं क्षौद्रालापय कामदं श्रियमृते सैवैकनिष्ठा स्त्रियाम् ॥ २४ ॥
haṁsa svāgatam āsyatāṁ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṁ dūtaṁ tvāṁ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṁ purā kiṁ vā naś cala-sauhṛdaḥ smarati taṁ kasmād bhajāmo vayaṁ kṣaudrālāpaya kāma-daṁ śriyam ṛte saivaika-niṣṭhā striyām
- haṁsa
- O swan
- su-āgatam
- welcome
- āsyatām
- please come and sit down
- piba
- please drink
- payaḥ
- milk
- brūhi
- tell us
- aṅga
- dear one
- śaureḥ
- of Śauri
- kathām
- news
- dūtam
- messenger
- tvām
- you
- nu
- indeed
- vidāma
- we recognize
- kaccit
- whether
- ajitaḥ
- the unconquerable one
- svasti
- well
- āste
- is
- uktam
- spoken
- purā
- long ago
- kim
- whether
- vā
- or
- naḥ
- to us
- cala
- fickle
- sauhṛdaḥ
- whose friendship
- smarati
- He remembers
- tam
- Him
- kasmāt
- for what reason
- bhajāmaḥ
- should worship
- vayam
- we
- kṣaudra
- O servant of Him who is petty
- ālāpaya
- tell Him to come
- kāma
- desire
- dam
- who bestows
- śriyam
- the goddess of fortune
- ṛte
- without
- sā
- she
- eva
- alone
- eka-niṣṭhā
- exclusively devoted
- striyām
- among women
Welcome, swan. Please sit here and drink some milk. Give us some news of the descendant of Śūra, dear one. We know you are His messenger. Is that invincible Lord doing well, and does that unreliable friend of ours still remember the words He spoke to us long ago? Why should we go and worship Him? O servant of a petty master, go tell Him who fulfills our desires to come here without the goddess of fortune. Is she the only woman exclusively devoted to Him?