prāpto yadṛcchayā kūpe
yayātir mṛgayāṁ caran
prāpto yadṛcchayā kūpe
jalārthī tāṁ dadarśa ha
When Śarmiṣṭhā had gone home, King Yayāti, while engaged in a hunting excursion, by chance went to the well to drink water and saw Devayānī.
|| 9.18.19 ||
dattvā svam uttaraṁ vāsas
tasyai rājā vivāsase
gṛhītvā pāṇinā pāṇim
ujjahāra dayā-paraḥ
King Yayāti immediately gave the naked girl his upper cloth, and being compassionate, he caught her hand by his own and lifted her out.
|| 9.18.20-21 ||
taṁ vīram āhauśanasī
prema-nirbharayā girā
rājaṁs tvayā gṛhīto me
pāṇiḥ para-purañjaya
hasta-grāho 'paro mā bhūd
gṛhītāyās tvayā hi me
eṣa īśa-kṛto vīra
sambandho nau na pauruṣaḥ
With words saturated with affection, Devayānī said to King Yayāti: O great hero, O King! Conqueror of the cities of your enemies! You have accepted my hand. May no one else accept my hand which has been accepted by you. This relationship has been created by the Lord, not by any human.
The King asked her about her family. She replied that she was the daughter of Śukrācārya (auśanasī).
|| 9.18.22 ||
yad idaṁ kūpa-magnāyā
bhavato darśanaṁ mama
na brāhmaṇo me bhavitā
hasta-grāho mahā-bhuja
kacasya bārhaspatyasya
śāpād yam aśapaṁ purā
Because of the will of the Lord, falling in the well, I have met you. After I cursed Kaca, the son of the learned scholar Bṛhaspati, he cursed me by saying that I would not have a brāhmaṇa for a husband.
“Previously I had cursed Kaca.” Kaca, the son of Bṛhaspati, learned how to live eternally from Śukrācārya. Devayānī desired him as her husband. He refused, since she was the daughter of his guru. She became angry and cursed him, saying that his knowledge would become useless. He cursed her, saying that she would not get a brāhmaṇa husband.
|| 9.18.23 ||
yayātir anabhipretaṁ
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