यथा सत्येन मे धर्मो यथा सत्येन पावकः ॥
प्रीतः शक्रश् च सत्येन तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥
अष्टकस् त्व् अथ राजर्षिः कौशिको माधवीसुतः ॥
अनेकशतयज्वानं वचनं प्राह धर्मवित् ॥
शतशः पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश् च चिताः प्रभो ॥
क्रतवो वाजपेयाश् च तेषां फलम् अवाप्नुहि ॥
न मे रत्नानि न धनं न तथान्ये परिच्छदाः ॥
क्रतुष्व् अनुपयुक्तानि तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥
यथा यथा हि जल्पन्ति दौहित्रास् तं नराधिपम् ॥
तथा तथा वसुमतीं त्यक्त्वा राजा दिवं ययौ ॥
yathā satyena me dharmo yathā satyena pāvakaḥ ||
prītaḥ śakraś ca satyena tena satyena khaṃ vraja ||
aṣṭakas tv atha rājarṣiḥ kauśiko mādhavīsutaḥ ||
anekaśatayajvānaṃ vacanaṃ prāha dharmavit ||
śataśaḥ puṇḍarīkā me gosavāś ca citāḥ prabho ||
kratavo vājapeyāś ca teṣāṃ phalam avāpnuhi ||
na me ratnāni na dhanaṃ na tathānye paricchadāḥ ||
kratuṣv anupayuktāni tena satyena khaṃ vraja ||
yathā yathā hi jalpanti dauhitrās taṃ narādhipam ||
tathā tathā vasumatīṃ tyaktvā rājā divaṃ yayau ||
«'As my dharma rests on truth, as fire is pleased by truth, and Shakra is pleased by truth, by that truth go to heaven.' Then Ashtaka, the royal sage, Kaushika, son of Madhavi, who knew dharma, spoke to him who had performed many hundreds of sacrifices: 'By the hundreds I have performed Pundarika rites, Gosava sacrifices, and offerings, O lord; receive their fruit. Neither jewels, nor wealth, nor other possessions have I left unused in the sacrifices; by that truth, go to heaven.' And as each of the daughter's grandsons in turn spoke thus to that lord of men, the king would leave the earth and rise toward heaven.»
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Ashtaka adds the fruit of his many sacrifices, showing that all his possessions were turned into sacred action. Here the meaning of Madhavi's path comes to completion: her sons, each through his own dharma, become a support for Yayati and lift him back upward.