SanskritIASTMeaning
इति संचिन्त्य सर्वे स्मiti saṃcintya sarve smathus resolving, all of us
प्रतीचीम् दिशम् आश्रिताःpratīcīm diśam āśritāḥtook refuge toward the western quarter,
कुशस्थलीम् पुरीम् रम्याम्kuśasthalīm purīm ramyāmat Kushasthali, the delightful city,
रैवतेन उपशोभिताम्raivatena upaśobhitāmadorned by [the mountain] Raivata;
पुनः निवेशनम् तस्याम्punaḥ niveśanam tasyāmsettlement there once more
कृतवन्तः वयम् नृपkṛtavantaḥ vayam nṛpawe established, O king,
तथा एव दुर्ग-संस्कारम्tathā eva durga-saṃskāramand likewise the strengthening of the fortress,
देवैः अपि दुरासदम्devaiḥ api durāsadamunassailable even by the gods;
स्त्रियः अपि यस्याम् युध्येयुःstriyaḥ api yasyām yudhyeyuḥ[where] even women could fight,
किम् पुनः वृष्णि-पुंगवाःkim punaḥ vṛṣṇi-puṃgavāḥnot to speak of the bulls of the Vrishnis;
तस्याम् वयम् अमित्र-घ्नtasyām vayam amitra-ghnain it we, O slayer of foes,
निवसामः अकुतोभयाःnivasāmaḥ akutobhayāḥdwell, fearing nothing from any quarter;
प्रतीचींpratīcīṃoriginal form "pratīcīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुशस्थलींkuśasthalīṃoriginal form "kuśasthalīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुरींpurīṃoriginal form "purīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रम्यांramyāṃoriginal form "ramyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रैवतेनोपशोभिताम्raivatenopaśobhitāmoriginal form "raivatenopaśobhitām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुनर्punaroriginal form "punar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निवेशनंniveśanaṃoriginal form "niveśanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतवन्तोkṛtavantooriginal form "kṛtavanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वयंvayaṃoriginal form "vayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथैवtathaivaoriginal form "tathaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुर्गसंस्कारंdurgasaṃskāraṃoriginal form "durgasaṃskāraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवैर्devairoriginal form "devair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्त्रियोstriyooriginal form "striyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्यांyasyāṃoriginal form "yasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुनर्punaroriginal form "punar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृष्णिपुंगवाःvṛṣṇipuṃgavāḥoriginal form "vṛṣṇipuṃgavāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अमित्रघ्नamitraghnaoriginal form "amitraghna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निवसामोnivasāmooriginal form "nivasāmo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽकुतोभयाः'kutobhayāḥoriginal form "'kutobhayāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here exile turns into the founding of an impregnable stronghold. It is telling that the righteous turn a forced retreat into a new order: the wise draw from calamity the foundation of future strength. Thus scripture shows patience and foresight as the path to restoration; and what follows tells of the clan's joy in their new home.