Verse 20

¹³A daughter with lotus eyes was born to Kandu of Pramloca. She was cast away, and the trees took her up, sons of the king. ¹⁴As she lay crying, wasted with hunger, King Soma, moved with pity, put into her mouth a forefinger that rained nectar. ¹⁵Your father, who follows me, has ordered you to the begetting of people. Marry that girl of the fine hips there, and do not delay. ¹⁶All of you keep a duty that is not divided; and let this fine-waisted one keep a duty that is not divided too, her heart given over to you as a wife. ¹⁷For a thousand thousand of the years of the gods, and with great strength, you will enjoy the good things of earth, and by my favour those of heaven as well.

¹⁸Then, your hearts ripened by an unfailing devotion to me, you will be weary of this hell and will come to my own dwelling. ¹⁹And for men who are given to their houses, but whose works are skilful and whose hours go by in talk of me, houses are not held to be a bondage. ²⁰That which is ever new in the heart, the knower: this is Brahman, say those who speak of Brahman. Having gone to it, they are not bewildered, they do not grieve, they do not exult.