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Pancharatra: Tillottama, the rare beauti without difect, created by grandfather Four heads and thousand eyes coming out indicates a hidden meaning to the story.
नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Nārada said;)
Nārada said.
ततो देवर्षयः सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः । जग्मुस्तदा परामार्तिं दृष्ट्वा तत्कदनं महत् ॥१-२०३-१॥
tato devarṣayaḥ sarve siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ । jagmus tadā parāmārtiṃ dṛṣṭvā tat kadanaṃ mahat ॥1-203-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - divine sages; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; च (ca) - and; परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - supreme sages; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; तदा (tadā) - then; परामार्तिम् (parāmārtim) - great distress; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तत् (tat) - that; कदनम् (kadanam) - slaughter; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(Then all the divine sages, perfected beings, and supreme sages went, having seen that great distress and that great slaughter.)
Then all the divine sages, perfected beings, and supreme sages, upon witnessing that great distress and the immense slaughter, departed.
तेऽभिजग्मुर्जितक्रोधा जितात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः । पितामहस्य भवनं जगतः कृपया तदा ॥१-२०३-२॥
te'bhijagmur jitakrodhā jitātmāno jitendriyāḥ । pitāmahasya bhavanaṃ jagataḥ kṛpayā tadā ॥1-203-2॥
[ते (te) - they; अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - approached; जितक्रोधाः (jitakrodhāḥ) - who have conquered anger; जितात्मानः (jitātmānaḥ) - who have conquered themselves; जितेन्द्रियाः (jitendriyāḥ) - who have conquered the senses; पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya) - of the grandsire; भवनम् (bhavanam) - house; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; कृपया (kṛpayā) - with compassion; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They, who have conquered anger, who have conquered themselves, who have conquered the senses, then approached the house of the grandsire of the world with compassion.)
Those who had conquered anger, self, and senses, then approached the house of the grandsire of the world with compassion.
ततो ददृशुरासीनं सह देवैः पितामहम् । सिद्धैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिश्चैव समन्तात्परिवारितम् ॥१-२०३-३॥
tato dadṛśur āsīnaṃ saha devaiḥ pitāmaham । siddhair brahmarṣibhiś caiva samantāt parivāritam ॥1-203-3॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; आसीनम् (āsīnam) - seated; सह (saha) - together with; देवैः (devaiḥ) - with the gods; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather (Brahmā); सिद्धैः (siddhaiḥ) - with the Siddhas; ब्रह्मर्षिभिः (brahmarṣibhiḥ) - with the Brahmarṣis; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides; परिवारितम् (parivāritam) - surrounded;]
(Then they saw the Grandfather (Brahmā) seated together with the gods, surrounded on all sides by Siddhas and Brahmarṣis.)
Then they beheld the Grandfather Brahmā seated with the gods, surrounded on all sides by Siddhas and Brahmarṣis.
तत्र देवो महादेवस्तत्राग्निर्वायुना सह । चन्द्रादित्यौ च धर्मश्च परमेष्ठी तथा बुधः ॥१-२०३-४॥
tatra devo mahādevastatrāgnirvāyunā saha । candrādityau ca dharmaśca parameṣṭhī tathā budhaḥ ॥1-203-4॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; देवः (devaḥ) - god; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - great god; तत्र (tatra) - there; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni; वायुना (vāyunā) - with Vāyu; सह (saha) - together; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; आदित्यौ (ādityau) - and sun; च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Dharma; च (ca) - and; परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Parameṣṭhī; तथा (tathā) - also; बुधः (budhaḥ) - Budha;]
(There, the god Mahādeva, there Agni together with Vāyu; the moon and the sun, and Dharma, and Parameṣṭhī, also Budha.)
There are the god Mahādeva, Agni with Vāyu, the moon and the sun, Dharma, Parameṣṭhī, and also Budha.
वैखानसा वालखिल्या वानप्रस्था मरीचिपाः । अजाश्चैवाविमूढाश्च तेजोगर्भास्तपस्विनः ॥१-२०३-५॥
vaikhānasā vālakhilyā vānaprasthā marīcipāḥ । ajāścaivāvimūḍhāśca tejogarbhāstapasvinaḥ ॥1-203-5॥
[वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - Vaikhānasa sages; वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - Vālakilya sages; वानप्रस्थाः (vānaprasthāḥ) - forest-dwelling sages; मरीचिपाः (marīcipāḥ) - Marīcipa sages; अजाः (ajāḥ) - Aja sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अविमूढाः (avimūḍhāḥ) - not-deluded sages; च (ca) - and; तेजोगर्भाः (tejogarbhāḥ) - those whose womb is brilliance; तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics;]
(Vaikhānasa sages, Vālakilya sages, forest-dwelling sages, Marīcipa sages, Aja sages and indeed not-deluded sages and those whose womb is brilliance, ascetics.)
The Vaikhānasa, Vālakilya, forest-dwelling, Marīcipa, and Aja sages, as well as the undeluded and those whose essence is brilliance, all these are ascetics.
ऋषयः सर्व एवैते पितामहमुपासते ॥१-२०३-५॥
ṛṣayaḥ sarva evaite pitāmaham upāsate ॥1-203-5॥
[ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - seers; sages; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; एते (ete) - these; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather; (Brahmā); उपासते (upāsate) - worship; revere;]
(The seers, all these indeed, worship the Grandfather.)
All these sages indeed worship the Grandfather (Brahmā).
ततोऽभिगम्य सहिताः सर्व एव महर्षयः । सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः कर्म सर्वमेव शशंसिरे ॥१-२०३-६॥
tato'bhigamya sahitāḥ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ । sundopasundayoḥ karma sarvameva śaśaṃsire ॥1-203-6॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages; सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः (sundopasundayoḥ) - of Sunda and Upasunda; कर्म (karma) - act; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; शशंसिरे (śaśaṃsire) - reported;]
(Then, having approached together, all the great sages indeed reported all the act of Sunda and Upasunda.)
Then all the great sages, having come together, reported in full the deeds of Sunda and Upasunda.
यथाकृतं यथा चैव कृतं येन क्रमेण च । न्यवेदयंस्ततः सर्वमखिलेन पितामहे ॥१-२०३-७॥
yathākṛtaṃ yathā caiva kṛtaṃ yena krameṇa ca । nyavedayaṃstataḥ sarvamakhilena pitāmahe ॥1-203-7॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; in the manner; how; as it is; as per; as was; as has been; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; performed; accomplished; यथा (yathā) - as; in the manner; how; as it is; as per; as was; as has been; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; exactly; just; surely; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; performed; accomplished; येन (yena) - by whom; by which; by what means; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in order; sequentially; step by step; च (ca) - and; न्यवेदयम् (nyavedayam) - I reported; I informed; I conveyed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; after that; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything; अखिलेन (akhilena) - entirely; wholly; completely; पितामहे (pitāmahe) - to the grandsire; to the grandfather; to the patriarch;]
(As done, and just as it was done, by whom and in order, I reported then all entirely to the grandsire.)
I reported everything exactly as it was done, by whom and in what order, completely to the grandsire.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे ते चैव परमर्षयः । तमेवार्थं पुरस्कृत्य पितामहमचोदयन् ॥१-२०३-८॥
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve te caiva paramarṣayaḥ । tamevārthaṃ puraskṛtya pitāmaham acodayan ॥1-203-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवगणाः (devagaṇāḥ) - the groups of gods; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - the supreme sages; तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - indeed; अर्थम् (artham) - purpose; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the forefront; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire; अचोदयन् (acodayan) - urged;]
(Then all the groups of gods and those supreme sages, having placed that very purpose at the forefront, urged the grandsire.)
Then all the hosts of gods and the supreme sages, having placed that very purpose before them, urged the grandsire (Brahmā).
ततः पितामहः श्रुत्वा सर्वेषां तद्वचस्तदा । मुहूर्तमिव सञ्चिन्त्य कर्तव्यस्य विनिश्चयम् ॥१-२०३-९॥
tataḥ pitāmahaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ tadvacastadā । muhūrtamiva sañcintya kartavyasya viniścayam ॥1-203-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; तद्वचः (tadvacaḥ) - those words; तदा (tadā) - then; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment; इव (iva) - as if; सञ्चिन्त्य (sañcintya) - having considered; कर्तव्यस्य (kartavyasya) - of the duty; विनिश्चयम् (viniścayam) - decision;]
(Then the grandsire, having heard those words of all, then, as if for a moment, having considered, (made) the decision of the duty.)
Then the grandsire, having heard the words of all, paused for a moment as if in thought, and then decided what ought to be done.
तयोर्वधं समुद्दिश्य विश्वकर्माणमाह्वयत् । दृष्ट्वा च विश्वकर्माणं व्यादिदेश पितामहः ॥ सृज्यतां प्रार्थनीयेह प्रमदेति महातपाः ॥१-२०३-१०॥
tayor vadhaṃ samuddiśya viśvakarmāṇam āhvayat । dṛṣṭvā ca viśvakarmāṇam vyādideśa pitāmahaḥ ॥ sṛjyatāṃ prārthanīy eha pramadeti mahātapāḥ ॥1-203-10॥
[तयोः (tayoh) - of those two; वधम् (vadham) - killing; समुद्दिश्य (samuddiśya) - having aimed at; विश्वकर्माणम् (viśvakarmāṇam) - Viśvakarman (the divine architect); आह्वयत् (āhvayat) - summoned; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; च (ca) - and; विश्वकर्माणम् (viśvakarmāṇam) - Viśvakarman; व्यादिदेश (vyādideśa) - ordered; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire (Brahmā); सृज्यताम् (sṛjyatām) - let be created; प्रार्थनीया (prārthanīyā) - worthy of being desired; इह (iha) - here; प्रमदा (pramadā) - woman; इति (iti) - thus; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - the great ascetic;]
(Having aimed at the killing of those two, he summoned Viśvakarman. And having seen Viśvakarman, the grandsire ordered: "Let a woman, worthy of being desired, be created here," thus (said) the great ascetic.)
With the intention of killing those two, he summoned Viśvakarman. Upon seeing Viśvakarman, the grandsire (Brahmā) commanded: "Let a desirable woman be created here," said the great ascetic.
पितामहं नमस्कृत्य तद्वाक्यमभिनन्द्य च । निर्ममे योषितं दिव्यां चिन्तयित्वा प्रयत्नतः ॥१-२०३-११॥
pitāmahaṃ namaskṛtya tadvākyam abhinandya ca । nirmame yoṣitaṃ divyāṃ cintayitvā prayatnataḥ ॥1-203-11॥
[पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the grandsire; (Brahmā) नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed; (after saluting) तत् (tat) - that; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having approved; (having welcomed) च (ca) - and; निर्ममे (nirmame) - created; योषितम् (yoṣitam) - woman; दिव्याम् (divyām) - divine; चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - having considered; प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - with effort;]
(Having bowed to the grandsire, having approved that speech and, having considered with effort, he created a divine woman.)
After bowing to the grandsire and approving his words, he thoughtfully and diligently created a divine woman.
त्रिषु लोकेषु यत्किञ्चिद्भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । समानयद्दर्शनीयं तत्तद्यत्नात्ततस्ततः ॥१-२०३-१२॥
triṣu lokeṣu yatkiñcidbhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam । samānayaddarśanīyaṃ tattadyatnāttatastataḥ ॥1-203-12॥
[त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three; (locative plural of 'tri', three;) लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - worlds; (locative plural of 'loka', world;) यत् (yat) - whatever; (relative pronoun;) किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; (indefinite pronoun;) भूतं (bhūtaṃ) - being; (past participle of 'bhū', to be;) स्थावर (sthāvara) - immobile; (adjective;) जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - mobile; (adjective;) समानयत् (samānayat) - brought together; (causative past of 'sam-√nī', to bring together;) दर्शनीयं (darśanīyaṃ) - fit to be seen; (adjective;) तत् (tat) - that; (demonstrative pronoun;) तत् (tat) - that; (demonstrative pronoun;) यत्नात् (yatnāt) - by effort; (ablative of 'yatna', effort;) ततः (tataḥ) - from there; (ablative of 'tatas', then, from there;) ततः (tataḥ) - from there; (ablative of 'tatas', then, from there;);]
(In the three worlds, whatever being, immobile or mobile, he brought together, fit to be seen, that, by effort, from there, from there.)
He gathered, by effort, whatever beings—immobile or mobile—were fit to be seen in the three worlds, from here and there.
कोटिशश्चापि रत्नानि तस्या गात्रे न्यवेशयत् । तां रत्नसङ्घातमयीमसृजद्देवरूपिणीम् ॥१-२०३-१३॥
koṭiśaś cāpi ratnāni tasyā gātre nyaveśayat । tāṃ ratnasaṅghātamayīm asṛjad devarūpiṇīm ॥1-203-13॥
[कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - in crores; by crores; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; रत्नानि (ratnāni) - gems; jewels; तस्या (tasyāḥ) - her; गात्रे (gātre) - on the body; न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he placed; he set; ताम् (tām) - her; रत्नसङ्घातमयीम् (ratnasaṅghātamayīm) - composed of a mass of gems; असृजत् (asṛjat) - he created; देवरूपिणीम् (devarūpiṇīm) - divine in form;]
(He placed gems by crores also on her body. He created her, composed of a mass of gems, divine in form.)
He adorned her body with countless gems and created her, a being made of a mass of jewels, divine in form.
सा प्रयत्नेन महता निर्मिता विश्वकर्मणा । त्रिषु लोकेषु नारीणां रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत् ॥१-२०३-१४॥
sā prayatnena mahatā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā । triṣu lokeṣu nārīṇāṃ rūpeṇāpratimābhavat ॥1-203-14॥
[सा (sā) - she; प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - by effort; महता (mahatā) - by great (one); निर्मिता (nirmitā) - created; विश्वकर्मणा (viśvakarmaṇā) - by Viśvakarman; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in three; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - worlds; नारीणां (nārīṇāṃ) - of women; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by form; अप्रतिमा (apratimā) - unrivaled; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(She, created by the great Viśvakarman with effort, became unrivaled in form among women in the three worlds.)
She, who was created with great effort by Viśvakarman, became the unrivaled beauty among women in all the three worlds.
न तस्याः सूक्ष्ममप्यस्ति यद्गात्रे रूपसम्पदा । न युक्तं यत्र वा दृष्टिर्न सज्जति निरीक्षताम् ॥१-२०३-१५॥
na tasyāḥ sūkṣmam api asti yad gātre rūpasampadā । na yuktaṃ yatra vā dṛṣṭir na sajjati nirīkṣatām ॥1-203-15॥
[न (na) - not; तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her; सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle; अपि (api) - even; अस्ति (asti) - is; यत् (yat) - which; गात्रे (gātre) - in the body; रूपसम्पदा (rūpasampadā) - by beauty's wealth; न (na) - not; युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper; यत्र (yatra) - where; वा (vā) - or; दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - sight; न (na) - not; सज्जति (sajjati) - attaches; निरीक्षताम् (nirīkṣatām) - of the observers;]
(There is not even the subtlest thing in her body, by the wealth of beauty, which is not proper, or where the sight of observers does not attach.)
In her body, endowed with the wealth of beauty, there is not even the slightest thing that is not proper, nor is there any part where the gaze of onlookers does not linger.
सा विग्रहवतीव श्रीः कान्तरूपा वपुष्मती । जहार सर्वभूतानां चक्षूंषि च मनांसि च ॥१-२०३-१६॥
sā vigrahavatīva śrīḥ kāntarūpā vapuṣmatī । jahāra sarvabhūtānāṃ cakṣūṃṣi ca manāṃsi ca ॥1-203-16॥
[सा (sā) - she; विग्रहवती (vigrahavatī) - embodied; इव (iva) - as if; श्रीः (śrīḥ) - splendor; कान्त (kānta) - lovely; रूपा (rūpā) - form; वपुष्मती (vapuṣmatī) - possessing a body; जहार (jahāra) - took away; सर्वभूतानां (sarvabhūtānāṃ) - of all beings; चक्षूंषि (cakṣūṃṣi) - eyes; च (ca) - and; मनांसि (manāṃsi) - minds; च (ca) - and;]
(She, as if embodied splendor, lovely in form, possessing a body, took away the eyes and minds of all beings.)
She, appearing as if the very embodiment of splendor, beautiful in form and possessing a radiant body, captivated the eyes and minds of all beings.
तिलं तिलं समानीय रत्नानां यद्विनिर्मिता । तिलोत्तमेत्यतस्तस्या नाम चक्रे पितामहः ॥१-२०३-१७॥
tilaṃ tilaṃ samānīya ratnānāṃ yadvinirmitā । tilottametyatastasyā nāma cakre pitāmahaḥ ॥1-203-17॥
[तिलं (tilaṃ) - sesame seed; तिलं (tilaṃ) - sesame seed; समानीय (samānīya) - having gathered; रत्नानां (ratnānāṃ) - of jewels; यत् (yat) - which; विनिर्मिता (vinirmitā) - was made; तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottama (name); इति (iti) - thus; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; तस्या (tasyā) - her; नाम (nāma) - name; चक्रे (cakre) - made; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire (Brahmā);]
(Having gathered sesame seed by sesame seed from the jewels, that which was made, therefore her name the grandsire made 'Tilottama'.)
The grandsire (Brahmā), having gathered sesame seeds from the jewels, created her, and therefore named her 'Tilottama'.
पितामह उवाच॥
pitāmaha uvāca॥
[पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Grandfather said.)
The grandfather said.
गच्छ सुन्दोपसुन्दाभ्यामसुराभ्यां तिलोत्तमे । प्रार्थनीयेन रूपेण कुरु भद्रे प्रलोभनम् ॥१-२०३-१८॥
gaccha sundopasundābhyāmasurābhyāṃ tilottame । prārthanīyena rūpeṇa kuru bhadre pralobhanam ॥1-203-18॥
[गच्छ (gaccha) - go; सुन्दोपसुन्दाभ्याम् (sundopasundābhyām) - by Sundā and Upasundā; असुराभ्याम् (asurābhyām) - by the two asuras; तिलोत्तमे (tilottame) - O Tilottamā; प्रार्थनीयेन (prārthanīyena) - desirable; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - with form; कुरु (kuru) - do; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; प्रलोभनम् (pralobhanam) - temptation;]
(Go, O Tilottamā, by Sundā and Upasundā, by the two asuras, with desirable form, do, O auspicious one, temptation.)
O Tilottamā, go to the two asuras, Sundā and Upasundā, and with your desirable form, O auspicious one, create temptation for them.
त्वत्कृते दर्शनादेव रूपसम्पत्कृतेन वै । विरोधः स्याद्यथा ताभ्यामन्योन्येन तथा कुरु ॥१-२०३-१९॥
tvatkṛte darśanādeva rūpasampatkṛtena vai । virodhaḥ syādyathā tābhyāmanyonyena tathā kuru ॥1-203-19॥
[त्वत्कृते (tvat-kṛte) - for your sake; दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from seeing; एव (eva) - indeed; रूपसम्पत्कृतेन (rūpa-sampat-kṛtena) - by the one endowed with beauty; वै (vai) - indeed; विरोधः (virodhaḥ) - conflict; स्यात् (syāt) - may arise; यथा (yathā) - just as; ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - between those two; अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - with each other; तथा (tathā) - so; कुरु (kuru) - do;]
(For your sake, indeed, from seeing, by the one endowed with beauty, indeed, conflict may arise; just as between those two with each other, so do.)
For your sake, indeed, conflict may arise from seeing the one endowed with beauty; just as there is conflict between those two with each other, so act accordingly.
नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(Nārada said;)
Nārada said.
सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय नमस्कृत्य पितामहम् । चकार मण्डलं तत्र विबुधानां प्रदक्षिणम् ॥१-२०३-२०॥
sā tatheti pratijñāya namaskṛtya pitāmaham । cakāra maṇḍalaṃ tatra vibudhānāṃ pradakṣiṇam ॥1-203-20॥
[सा (sā) - she; तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised; नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the grandsire; चकार (cakāra) - she did; मण्डलं (maṇḍalam) - circumambulation; तत्र (tatra) - there; विबुधानाम् (vibudhānām) - of the gods; प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - rightwise (circumambulation);]
(She, having thus promised, having bowed to the grandsire, performed the circumambulation there of the gods to the right.)
She agreed, bowed to the grandsire, and then performed a rightwise circumambulation of the gods there.
प्राङ्मुखो भगवानास्ते दक्षिणेन महेश्वरः । देवाश्चैवोत्तरेणासन्सर्वतस्त्वृषयोऽभवन् ॥१-२०३-२१॥
prāṅmukho bhagavān āste dakṣiṇena maheśvaraḥ । devāś caiva uttareṇāsan sarvatas tṛṣayo 'bhavan ॥1-203-21॥
[प्राङ्-मुखः (prāṅ-mukhaḥ) - facing east; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; आस्ते (āste) - sits; दक्षिणेन (dakṣiṇena) - on the south side; महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheshvara (the great lord, Shiva); देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - on the north side; आसन् (āsan) - were seated; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; त् (tṛ) - ascetics; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(Facing east, the revered one sits; Maheshvara is on the south side; the gods indeed were seated on the north side; on all sides, ascetics and sages became (present).)
The revered one sat facing east, with Maheshvara on the south side. The gods were seated on the north, and ascetics and sages were present on all sides.
कुर्वन्त्या तु तया तत्र मण्डलं तत्प्रदक्षिणम् । इन्द्रः स्थाणुश्च भगवान्धैर्येण प्रत्यवस्थितौ ॥१-२०३-२२॥
kurvantyā tu tayā tatra maṇḍalaṃ tatpradakṣiṇam । indraḥ sthāṇuśca bhagavāndhairyeṇa pratyavasthitau ॥1-203-22॥
[कुर्वन्त्या (kurvantyā) - by her doing; by the one performing; तु (tu) - but; however; तया (tayā) - by her; तत्र (tatra) - there; मण्डलं (maṇḍalam) - circle; sacred space; तत्प्रदक्षिणम् (tatpradakṣiṇam) - its circumambulation; going around it; इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra; the lord of gods; स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Sthāṇu; (epithet of Śiva); च (ca) - and; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; the blessed one; धैर्येण (dhairyeṇa) - with courage; with patience; प्रत्यवस्थितौ (pratyavasthitau) - stood firm; remained steadfast;]
(By her performing there the circle and its circumambulation, Indra and Sthāṇu, the revered ones, stood firm with courage.)
But as she performed the circle and its circumambulation there, Indra and Sthāṇu (Śiva), the revered ones, stood steadfast with courage.
द्रष्टुकामस्य चात्यर्थं गतायाः पार्श्वतस्तदा । अन्यदञ्चितपक्ष्मान्तं दक्षिणं निःसृतं मुखम् ॥१-२०३-२३॥
draṣṭukāmasya cātyarthaṃ gatāyāḥ pārśvatastadā | anyadañcitapakṣmāntaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ niḥsṛtaṃ mukham ॥1-203-23॥
[द्रष्टुकामस्य (draṣṭukāmasya) - of one desiring to see; च (ca) - and; अत्यर्थं (atyartham) - excessively; गतायाः (gatāyāḥ) - of (her) who had gone; पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - to the side; तदा (tadā) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; अञ्चित (añcita) - bent; पक्ष्मान्तं (pakṣmāntam) - at the end of the eyelashes; दक्षिणं (dakṣiṇam) - right; निःसृतं (niḥsṛtam) - emerged; मुखम् (mukham) - face;]
(Of one desiring to see, and excessively, of her who had gone to the side, then, another, bent at the end of the eyelashes, the right, emerged face.)
Then, as she had gone to the side, the one who desired to see, her right face, with eyelashes bent, emerged excessively.
पृष्ठतः परिवर्तन्त्याः पश्चिमं निःसृतं मुखम् । गतायाश्चोत्तरं पार्श्वमुत्तरं निःसृतं मुखम् ॥१-२०३-२४॥
pṛṣṭhataḥ parivartantyāḥ paścimaṃ niḥsṛtaṃ mukham । gatāyāścottaraṃ pārśvam uttaraṃ niḥsṛtaṃ mukham ॥1-203-24॥
[पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from the back; परिवर्तन्त्याः (parivartantyāḥ) - of (her) turning around; पश्चिमं (paścimam) - western; निःसृतं (niḥsṛtam) - emerged; मुखम् (mukham) - face; गतायाः (gatāyāḥ) - of (her) having gone; च (ca) - and; उत्तरं (uttaram) - northern; पार्श्वम् (pārśvam) - side; उत्तरं (uttaram) - northern; निःसृतं (niḥsṛtam) - emerged; मुखम् (mukham) - face;]
(From the back, as she turned, the western face emerged. And as she moved, the northern side, the northern face emerged.)
As she turned, her western face appeared from the back; and as she moved forward, her northern face appeared from the northern side.
महेन्द्रस्यापि नेत्राणां पार्श्वतः पृष्ठतोऽग्रतः । रक्तान्तानां विशालानां सहस्रं सर्वतोऽभवत् ॥१-२०३-२५॥
mahendrasya-api netrāṇām pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ-agrataḥ । raktāntānām viśālānām sahasram sarvataḥ-abhavat ॥1-203-25॥
[महेन्द्रस्य (mahendrasya) - of Mahendra; (Indra) अपि (api) - also; नेत्राणां (netrāṇām) - of eyes; पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - at the sides; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - at the back; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - at the front; रक्तान्तानां (raktāntānām) - of bloodshot; विशालानां (viśālānām) - of large; सहस्रं (sahasram) - a thousand; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; अभवत् (abhavat) - there was;]
(Of Mahendra also, of eyes at the sides, at the back, at the front, of bloodshot, of large, a thousand on all sides there was.)
Even for Mahendra, there were a thousand large, bloodshot eyes on all sides—at the sides, at the back, and at the front.
एवं चतुर्मुखः स्थाणुर्महादेवोऽभवत्पुरा । तथा सहस्रनेत्रश्च बभूव बलसूदनः ॥१-२०३-२६॥
evaṃ caturmukhaḥ sthāṇurmahādevo'bhavatpurā । tathā sahasranetraśca babhūva balasūdanaḥ ॥1-203-26॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; चतुर्मुखः (caturmukhaḥ) - four-faced; स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - the firm one; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - the great god; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; पुरा (purā) - formerly; तथा (tathā) - in the same way; सहस्रनेत्रः (sahasranetraḥ) - thousand-eyed; च (ca) - and; बभूव (babhūva) - became; बलसूदनः (balasūdanaḥ) - destroyer of Bala;]
(Thus, the four-faced, the firm one, the great god became formerly. In the same way, the thousand-eyed and the destroyer of Bala became.)
Thus, formerly, the four-faced firm one, the great god, came into being. Likewise, the thousand-eyed destroyer of Bala also came into being.
तथा देवनिकायानामृषीणां चैव सर्वशः । मुखान्यभिप्रवर्तन्ते येन याति तिलोत्तमा ॥१-२०३-२७॥
tathā devanīkāyānām ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ । mukhāny abhipravartante yena yāti tilottamā ॥1-203-27॥
[तथा (tathā) - in that manner; देवनिकायानाम् (devanikāyānām) - of the groups of gods; ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in every way; मुखानि (mukhāni) - mouths; अभिप्रवर्तन्ते (abhipravartante) - move towards; येन (yena) - by whom; याति (yāti) - goes; तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottama (name of the celestial nymph);]
(In that manner, from the groups of gods and sages indeed in every way, mouths move towards (her), by whom Tilottama goes.)
In this way, wherever Tilottama goes, the mouths of all the gods and sages turn towards her.
तस्या गात्रे निपतिता तेषां दृष्टिर्महात्मनाम् । सर्वेषामेव भूयिष्ठमृते देवं पितामहम् ॥१-२०३-२८॥
tasyā gātre nipatitā teṣāṃ dṛṣṭirmahātmanām । sarveṣāmeva bhūyiṣṭhamṛte devaṃ pitāmaham ॥1-203-28॥
[तस्या (tasyā) - of her; गात्रे (gātre) - on the body; निपतिता (nipatitā) - fallen; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - gaze; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; एव (eva) - indeed; भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly; ऋते (ṛte) - except; देवम् (devam) - the god; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather (Brahmā);]
(Of her, on the body, fallen, of them, the gaze, of the great-souled; of all indeed, mostly, except, the god, grandfather (Brahmā).)
Their gaze, the gaze of the great-souled, fell upon her body; for all, except the god, the grandfather (Brahmā), it was mostly so.
गच्छन्त्यास्तु तदा देवाः सर्वे च परमर्षयः । कृतमित्येव तत्कार्यं मेनिरे रूपसम्पदा ॥१-२०३-२९॥
gacchantyāstu tadā devāḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ । kṛtamityeva tatkāryaṃ menire rūpasampadā ॥1-203-29॥
[गच्छन्त्याः (gacchantyāḥ) - of (her) who was going; तु (tu) - but; तदा (tadā) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; सर्वे (sarve) - all; च (ca) - and; परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - the supreme sages; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; इति (iti) - thus; एव (eva) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - act; मेनिरे (menire) - considered; रूपसम्पदा (rūpasampadā) - by the wealth of beauty;]
(Of (her) who was going, but then the gods, all and the supreme sages, considered that act as done indeed by the wealth of beauty.)
But as she was departing, then all the gods and the supreme sages considered that act as accomplished indeed by her wealth of beauty.
तिलोत्तमायां तु तदा गतायां लोकभावनः । सर्वान्विसर्जयामास देवानृषिगणांश्च तान् ॥१-२०३-३०॥
tilottamāyāṃ tu tadā gatāyāṃ lokabhāvanaḥ । sarvānvisarjayāmāsa devānṛṣigaṇāṃśca tān ॥1-203-30॥
[तिलोत्तमायाम् (tilottamāyām) - in Tilottamā; (locative singular) तु (tu) - but; तदा (tadā) - then; गतायाम् (gatāyām) - having gone; (locative singular feminine) लोकभावनः (lokabhāvanaḥ) - the creator of the worlds; (nominative singular masculine) सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; (accusative plural masculine) विसर्जयामास (visarjayāmāsa) - dismissed; देवान् (devān) - the gods; (accusative plural masculine) ऋषिगणान् (ṛṣigaṇān) - the groups of sages; (accusative plural masculine) च (ca) - and; तान् (tān) - them; (accusative plural masculine);]
(But then, when Tilottamā had gone, the creator of the worlds dismissed all those gods and groups of sages.)
But when Tilottamā had departed, the creator of the worlds dismissed all the gods and the groups of sages.
