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उवाच चाथ हर्यश्वाः
कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः अदृष्ट्वान्तं भुवो यूयं ।
बालिशा बत पालकाः तथैकपुरुषं राष्ट्रं ।
बिलं चादृष्टनिर्गमम् बहुरूपां स्त्रियं चापि ।
पुमांसं पुंश्चलीपतिम् नदीमुभयतो वाहां ।
पञ्चपञ्चाद्भुतं गृहम् क्वचिद्धंसं चित्रकथं ।
क्षौरपव्यं स्वयं भ्रमि ॥ ८ ॥

uvaca catha haryasvah

katham sraksyatha vai prajah

adrstvantam bhuvo yuyam

balisa bata palakah

tathaika-purusam rastram

bilam cadrsta-nirgamam

bahu-rupam striyam capi

pumamsam pumscali-patim

nadim ubhayato vaham

panca-pancadbhutam grham

kvacid dhamsam citra-katham

ksaura-pavyam svayam bhrami

uvaca-he said; ca-also; atha-thus; haryasvah-O Haryasvas, sons of Prajapati Daksa; katham-why; sraksyatha-you will beget; vai-indeed; prajah-progeny; adrstva-having not seen; antam-the end; bhuvah-of this earth; yuyam-all of you; balisah-inexperienced; bata-alas; palakah-although ruling princes; tatha-so also; eka-one; purusam-man; rastram-kingdom; bilam-the hole; ca-also; adrsta-nirgamam-from which there is no coming out; bahu-rupam-taking many forms; striyam-the woman; ca-and; api-even; pumamsam-the man; pumscali-patim-the husband of a prostitute; nadim-a river; ubhayatah-in both ways; vaham-which flows; panca-panca-of five multiplied by five (twenty-five); adbhutam-a wonder; grham-the house; kvacit-somewhere; hamsam-a swan; citra-katham-whose story is wonderful; ksaura-pavyam-made of sharp razors and thunderbolts; svayam-itself; bhrami-revolving.