Section 4.4
Original Sanskrit
4.4.1 सत्यकामो ह जाबालो जबालां मातरमामन्त्रयाञ्चक्रे ब्रह्मचर्यं भवति विवत्स्यामि किङ्गोत्रोन्वहमस्मीति ॥ १ ॥
4.4.2 सा हैनमुवाच नाहमेतद्वेद तात यद्गोत्रस्त्वमसि बह्वहं चरन्ती परिचारिणी यौवने त्वामलभे साहमेतन्न वेद यद्गोत्रस्त्वमसि जबाला तु नामाहमस्मि सत्यकामो नाम त्वमसि स सत्यकाम एव जाबालो ब्रवीथा इति ॥ २ ॥
4.4.3 स ह हारिद्रुमतं गौतममेत्योवाच ब्रह्मचर्यं भगवति वत्स्याम्युपेयां भगवन्तमिति ॥ ३ ॥
4.4.4 तꣳ होवाच किङ्गोत्रो नु सोम्यासीति स होवाच नाहमेतद्वेद भो यद्गोत्रोऽहमस्म्यपृच्छं मातरꣳ सा मा प्रत्यब्रवीद्बह्वहं चरन्ती परिचरिणी यौवने त्वामलभे साहमेतन्न वेद यद्गोत्रस्त्वमसि जबाला तु नामाहमस्मि सत्यकामो नाम त्वमसीति सोऽहꣳ सत्यकामो जाबालोऽस्मि भो इति ॥ ४ ॥
4.4.5 तꣳ होवाच नैतदब्राह्मणो विवक्तुमर्हति समिधꣳ सोम्याहरोप त्वा नेष्ये न सत्यादगा इति तमुपनीय कृशानामबलानां चतुःशता गा निराकृत्योवाचेमाः सोम्यानुसंव्रजेति ता अभिप्रस्थापयन्नुवाच नासहस्रेणावर्तेयेति स ह वर्षगणं प्रोवास ता यदा सहस्रꣳ संपेदुः ॥ 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.
4.4.1 Satyakama Jabala addressed his mother Jabala: "Mother, I wish to live as a sacred student. What is my lineage?"
4.4.2 She answered, "My child, I do not know your lineage. I moved about a great deal as a servant, and in my youth I bore you. I do not know your lineage. My name is Jabala; your name is Satyakama. Say that you are Satyakama Jabala."
4.4.3 He went to Haridrumata Gautama and said, "Revered sir, I wish to live with you as a sacred student. May I come to you?"
4.4.4 He asked him, "Dear one, what is your lineage?" He answered, "Sir, I do not know my lineage. I asked my mother, and she answered, 'I moved about a great deal as a servant, and in my youth I bore you. I do not know your lineage. My name is Jabala; your name is Satyakama.' So, sir, I am Satyakama Jabala."
4.4.5 He said to him, "No one who is not a brahmin could speak thus. Bring fuel, dear one; I will initiate you. You have not departed from truth." After initiating him, he separated out four hundred lean and weak cows and said, "Follow these, dear one." As he drove them away, Satyakama said, "I will not return with fewer than a thousand." He lived away for a number of years. When the cows had become a thousand:
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.
4.4.1 Satyakama Jabala said to his mother Jabala, "Mother, I want to live as a student of sacred learning. What family line do I belong to?"
4.4.2 She told him, "Son, I don't know what family line you belong to. When I was young, I worked as a servant and moved about a great deal. That was when I had you. I don't know what family line you belong to. But my name is Jabala, and your name is Satyakama. So call yourself Satyakama Jabala."
4.4.3 He went to Haridrumata Gautama and said, "Sir, I want to live with you as a student of sacred learning. May I come to you?"
4.4.4 Gautama asked him, "My boy, what family line do you belong to?" He said, "Sir, I don't know what family line I belong to. I asked my mother, and she told me, 'When I was young, I worked as a servant and moved about a great deal. That was when I had you. I don't know what family line you belong to. But my name is Jabala, and your name is Satyakama.' So, sir, I am Satyakama Jabala."
4.4.5 Gautama told him, "Someone who is not a brahmin could not say this. Bring firewood, my boy. I will accept you as a student. You have not turned away from the truth." After accepting him, he separated out four hundred thin, weak cows and said, "My boy, follow these cows." As Satyakama drove them away, he said, "I won't return with fewer than a thousand." He stayed away for years, until they reached a thousand.
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