Text 41-42

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sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁ
jaraṭho ‘ham asan-mataḥ
valī-palita ejat-ka
ity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ

sādhayiṣye tathātmānaṁ
sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam
kiṁ punar manujendrāṇām
iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ

Synonyms

saḥ—he, Saubhari Muni; vicintya—thinking to himself; apriyam—not liked; strīṇām—by the women; jaraṭhaḥ—being infirm because of old age; Aham—I; asat-matah—not desired by them; vali—wrinkled; palitah—grey-haired; ejat-Kah—with the head always trembling; iti—in this way; Aham—I; pratyudahrtah—rejected (by them); sādhayiṣye—I shall act in such a way; tatha—as; atmanam—my body; sura-strīṇām—to the celestial women of the heavenly planets; abhīpsitam—desirable; kim—what to speak of; punaḥ—yet; manuja-indrāṇām—of the daughters of worldly kings; iti—in this way; vyavasitah—determined; prabhuḥ—Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic. 

Translation

Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings. 

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