Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p6

6.p6

ity āśīrvādaṃ dadau. tato rājā tam āsana upaveśayitvā 'bravīt: bho brāhmaṇa, kutaḥ samāgataḥ? teno 'ktam: aham atrai 'va jagadambikāparicaryāṃ kurvaṅs tiṣṭhāmi. nityam asyāḥ sevāṃ kurvato me pañcāśadvarṣāṇi jātāni. ahaṃ brahmacārī. adya niśāvasāne devatā māṃ svapne samāgatyā 'bhaṇat: bho brāhmaṇa, tvam etāvantaṃ kālaṃ mama paricaryayā kaṣṭaṃ gato 'si; tavā 'haṃ prasannā jātā 'smi. tarhi tvam idānīṃ gṛhasthāśramaṃ svīkuru, putram utpādya, paścān mokṣe mano nidhehi. anyathā tava gatir nā 'sti. uktaṃ ca:

Then the king seated him on a chair and said: “O brahmin, from where have you come?” He said: “I stay right here, performing service to the Mother of the Universe. Fifty years have passed for me while performing her service daily. I am a student of the Veda. Today, at the end of the night, the goddess came to me in a dream and said: ‘O brahmin, you have suffered hardship for so long in my service; I have become pleased with you. Therefore, now enter the householder stage, father a son, and afterwards set your mind on liberation. Otherwise, there is no high destiny for you.’ And it is said: