रक्ष:कृतं तद् विदित्वा चक्रे द्वादशवार्षिकम् । सोऽप्यपोऽञ्जलिमादाय गुरुं शप्तुं समुद्यत: ॥ २३ ॥ वारितो मदयन्त्यापो रुशती: पादयोर्जहौ । दिश: खमवनीं सर्वं पश्यञ्जीवमयं नृप: ॥ २४ ॥
raksah-krtam tad viditva cakre dvadasa-varsikam so ’py apo-’njalim adaya gurum saptum samudyatah varito madayantyapo rusatih padayor jahau disah kham avanim sarvam pasyan jivamayam nrpah
- raksah-krtam
- having been done by the Raksasa only
- tat
- that serving of human flesh
- viditva
- after understanding
- cakre
- (Vasistha) performed
- dvadasa-varsikam
- twelve years of penance for atonement
- sah
- that Saudasa
- api
- also
- apah-anjalim
- a palmful of water
- adaya
- taking
- gurum
- his spiritual master, Vasistha
- saptum
- to curse
- samudyatah
- was preparing
- varitah
- being forbidden
- madayantya
- by his wife, who was also known as Madayanti
- apah
- water
- rusatih
- strong by chanting of a mantra
- padayoh jahau
- threw on his legs
- disah
- all directions
- kham
- in the sky
- avanim
- on the surface of the world
- sarvam
- everywhere
- pasyan
- seeing
- jiva-mayam
- full of living entities
- nrpah
- the King
When Vasistha understood that the human flesh had been served by the Raksasa, not by the King, he undertook twelve years of austerity to cleanse himself for having cursed the faultless King. Meanwhile, King Saudasa took water and chanted the sapa-mantra, preparing to curse Vasistha, but his wife, Madayanti, forbade him to do so. Then the King saw that the ten directions, the sky and the surface of the globe were full of living entities everywhere.