एकदासौ वनं यात: पितृसन्देशकृद् द्विज: । आदाय तत आवृत्त: फलपुष्पसमित्कुशान् ॥ ५८ ॥ ददर्श कामिनं कञ्चिच्छूद्रं सह भुजिष्यया । पीत्वा च मधु मैरेयं मदाघूर्णितनेत्रया ॥ ५९ ॥ मत्तया विश्लथन्नीव्या व्यपेतं निरपत्रपम् । क्रीडन्तमनुगायन्तं हसन्तमनयान्तिके ॥ ६० ॥
ekadasau vanam yatah pitr-sandesa-krd dvijah adaya tata avrttah phala-puspa-samit-kusan dadarsa kaminam kancic chudram saha bhujisyaya pitva ca madhu maireyam madaghurnita-netraya mattaya vislathan-nivya vyapetam nirapatrapam kridantam anugayantam hasantam anayantike
- ekada
- once upon a time
- asau
- this Ajamila
- vanam yatah
- went to the forest
- pitr
- of his father
- sandesa
- the order
- krt
- carrying out
- dvijah
- the brahmana
- adaya
- collecting
- tatah
- from the forest
- avrttah
- returning
- phala-puspa
- fruits and flowers
- samit-kusan
- two kinds of grass, known as samit and kusa
- dadarsa
- saw
- kaminam
- very lusty
- kancit
- someone
- sudram
- a fourth-class man, a sudra
- saha
- along with
- bhujisyaya
- an ordinary maidservant or prostitute
- pitva
- after drinking
- ca
- also
- madhu
- nectar
- maireyam
- made of the soma flower
- mada
- by intoxication
- aghurnita
- moving
- netraya
- her eyes
- mattaya
- intoxicated
- vislathat-nivya
- whose dress was slackened
- vyapetam
- fallen from proper behavior
- nirapatrapam
- without fear of public opinion
- kridantam
- engaged in enjoyment
- anugayantam
- singing
- hasantam
- smiling
- anaya
- with her
- antike
- close by
Once this brahmana Ajamila, following the order of his father, went to the forest to collect fruit, flowers and two kinds of grass, called samit and kusa. On the way home, he came upon a sudra, a very lusty, fourth-class man, who was shamelessly embracing and kissing a prostitute. The sudra was smiling, singing and enjoying as if this were proper behavior. Both the sudra and the prostitute were drunk. The prostitute’s eyes were rolling in intoxication, and her dress had become loose. Such was the condition in which Ajamila saw them.