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8. tatrâiva Visvabhūty-ākhyo brāhmaṇaḥ śruti-śāstra-vit.
brāhman v Anundhari?" tasva prītyai śrutir ivâparā
At that very place there lived a brahmin named Viśvabhūti who knew the Vedas and the manuals. His wife was Anundharī, loved [by him] like another Veda.
9. a-bhūtām etayoh putrau vișâmrta-kytôpamau
Kamatho Marubhūtiś ca pāpa-dharmāv ivâparau
They got two sons, one as if made of poison and the other of nectar: Kamatha and Marubhūti, images of Evil and the Doctrine.
10. Varunā jvāvaso bhāryā dvitīvasya Vasundhari!
mantrinau tau mahīpasva kanīvān nīti-vit tayoh
The wife of the older one was Varunā, of the second, Vasundhari. Both men were ministers of the king. The younger of the two was a politician.
11. Vasundhari-nimittena sad-ācāram satām matam
Marubhūtim dur-ācāro jaghāna Kamatho 'dhamah
Because of Vasundharī the lowly (and) wicked Kamatha killed the virtuous Marubhūti. who was esteemed by good men.
12. Malave Kubjakákhvane vipule sallaki-vane
Marubhūtir abhūn mrtvā Vajraghoṣo dvipâdhipah
1
SC 245.5 and Bhd 1.23 call Aravinda king of Potana. Vikrama is not mentioned in my sources.
20 SC 245, 7 has Anundhari, Hemac., Tri" IX 2, 11, Anucidharā.
21
In ŚC 245.9 and Hemac., Trio IX 2, 12: Vasundhara.
- This was a case of the reverse relation of the common niyoga, (the custom of a brother-in law being allowed sexual relations with his elder brother's widow; see also Bollée 2005: 19) in that the elder brother Kamatha approached Vasundharī, the wife of his younger brother, because of her husband Marubhūti's ascetic behavour, details of which are recounted by Hemac., Trio IX 2, 18ff. and Bhd 1,673ff. An early case also of stalking? On Marubhūti, see Jaini 2003.
