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एवम् विराग-वसनाःevam virāga-vasanāḥThus, in dyed [bright] garments,
बहिः-माल्य-अनुलेपनाःbahiḥ-mālya-anulepanāḥopenly in garlands and unguents, —
सत्यम् वदत के यूयम्satyam vadata ke yūyamspeak the truth: who are you?
सत्यम् राजसु शोभतेsatyam rājasu śobhatetruth becomes royal men well;
चैत्यकम् च गिरेः शृङ्गम्caityakam ca gireḥ śṛṅgamand Chaityaka, the mountain's peak,
भित्त्वा किम् इव सद्म नःbhittvā kim iva sadma naḥhaving broken it, [as though] what is our dwelling to you? —
अद्वारेण प्रविष्टाः स्थadvāreṇa praviṣṭāḥ sthayou entered not through the gate,
निर्भयाः राज-किल्बिषात्nirbhayāḥ rāja-kilbiṣātunafraid of the king's punishment;
कर्म च एतत् विलिङ्गस्यkarma ca etat viliṅgasyaand this deed of one in disguise —
किम् वा अद्य प्रसमीक्षितम्kim vā adya prasamīkṣitamwhat [purpose] is now contemplated?
वदध्वम् वाचि वीर्यम् चvadadhvam vāci vīryam cashow forth valor in speech as well,
ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतःbrāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥespecially [as befits] a brahmin;
एवम् च माम् उपस्थायevam ca mām upasthāyaand, having thus approached me,
कस्मात् च विधिना अर्हणाम्kasmāt ca vidhinā arhaṇāmwhy the honor, offered by rite,
प्रणीताम् नः न गृह्णीतpraṇītām naḥ na gṛhṇītabrought by us, do you not accept?
कार्यम् किम् च अस्मत्-आगमेkāryam kim ca asmat-āgameand what purpose is there in your coming to us?"
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विरागवसनाvirāgavasanāoriginal form "virāgavasanā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहिर्माल्यानुलेपनाःbahirmālyānulepanāḥoriginal form "bahirmālyānulepanāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सत्यंsatyaṃoriginal form "satyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यूयंyūyaṃoriginal form "yūyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सत्यंsatyaṃoriginal form "satyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैत्यकंcaityakaṃoriginal form "caityakaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शृङ्गंśṛṅgaṃoriginal form "śṛṅgaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निर्भयाnirbhayāoriginal form "nirbhayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजकिल्बिषात्rājakilbiṣātoriginal form "rājakilbiṣāt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैतद्caitadoriginal form "caitad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वाद्यvādyaoriginal form "vādya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वदध्वंvadadhvaṃoriginal form "vadadhvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीर्यंvīryaṃoriginal form "vīryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कस्माच्kasmācoriginal form "kasmāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विधिनार्हणाम्vidhinārhaṇāmoriginal form "vidhinārhaṇām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रणीतांpraṇītāṃoriginal form "praṇītāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नोnooriginal form "no", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कार्यंkāryaṃoriginal form "kāryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चास्मदागमेcāsmadāgameoriginal form "cāsmadāgame", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the king, despite his distaste for their disguise, appeals to truth: 'speak the truth — truth becomes royal men well.' It is telling that even an enemy honors truthfulness as the ornament of the noble. Thus the verse shows that love of truth is the common possession of the worthy, enemies included; what follows is Krishna's reply.