Section 4.2
Original Sanskrit
4.2.1 तदु ह जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायणः षट्शतानि गवां निष्कमश्वतरीरथं तदादाय प्रतिचक्रमे तꣳ हाभ्युवाद ॥ १ ॥
4.2.2 रैक्वेमानि षट्शतानि गवामयं निष्कोऽयमश्वतरीरथोऽनु म एतां भगवो देवताꣳशाधि यां देवतामुपास्स इति ॥ २ ॥
4.2.3 तमु ह परः प्रत्युवाचाह हारेत्वा शूद्र तवैव सह गोभिरस्त्विति तदु ह पुनरेव जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायणः सहस्रं गवां निष्कमश्वतरीरथं दुहितरं तदादाय प्रतिचक्रमे ॥ ३ ॥
4.2.4 तꣳ हाभ्युवाद रैक्वेदꣳ सहस्रं गवामयं निष्कोऽयमश्वतरीरथ इयं जायायं ग्रामो यस्मिन्नास्सेऽन्वेव मा भगवः शाधीति ॥ ४ ॥
4.2.5 तस्या ह मुखमुपोद्गृह्णन्नुवाचाजहारेमाः शूद्रानेनैव मुखेनालापयिष्यथा इति ते हैते रैक्वपर्णा नाम महावृषेषु यत्रास्मा उवास स तस्मै होवाच ॥ ५ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
4.2.1 Janashruti Pautrayana took six hundred cows, a gold necklace, and a mule-drawn chariot, and went to him. He said:
4.2.2 "Raikva, here are six hundred cows, here is a gold necklace, here is a mule-drawn chariot. Revered sir, instruct me in the deity on whom you meditate."
4.2.3 The other answered, "Ah, take them away, Shudra! Let the necklace remain yours, together with the cows." Then Janashruti Pautrayana took a thousand cows, a gold necklace, a mule-drawn chariot, and his daughter, and went to him again.
4.2.4 He said, "Raikva, here are a thousand cows, here is a gold necklace, here is a mule-drawn chariot, here is a wife, and here is the village where you dwell. Revered sir, instruct me."
4.2.5 Raising her face, Raikva said, "You have brought these, Shudra. Through this face alone you will make me speak." These are the villages called Raikvaparna among the Mahavrishas, where he stayed for Janashruti. He said to him:
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
4.2.1 Janashruti Pautrayana took six hundred cows, a gold necklace, and a mule-drawn chariot and went to Raikva. He said to him:
4.2.2 "Raikva, here are six hundred cows, here is a gold necklace, and here is a mule-drawn chariot. Sir, teach me about the god you meditate on."
4.2.3 Raikva answered, "Ah, Shudra! Keep it, along with the cows!" Then Janashruti Pautrayana took a thousand cows, a gold necklace, a mule-drawn chariot, and his daughter and went to him again.
4.2.4 He said to him, "Raikva, here are a thousand cows, here is a gold necklace, here is a mule-drawn chariot, here is a wife for you, and here is the village where you live. Sir, please teach me."
4.2.5 Lifting her face, Raikva said, "You have brought these, Shudra. Through this face alone you will get me to speak." The places in the Mahavrisha country where he lived for Janashruti are called Raikvaparna. He then taught him.
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