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नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(Nārada said;)
Nārada said.
विनीय दुःखमबला सा त्वतीवायतेक्षणा। उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा लतेवावर्जिता तदा ॥१२-२५०-१॥
vinīya duḥkhamabalā sā tvatīvāyatekṣaṇā। uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā latevāvarjitā tadā ॥12-250-1॥
[विनीय (vinīya) - having removed; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow; अबला (abalā) - the weak woman; सा (sā) - she; त्वतीव (tvatīva) - very much; आयतेक्षणा (āyatekṣaṇā) - with wide eyes; उवाच (uvāca) - said; प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with joined palms; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; लता (latā) - like a creeper; इव (iva) - as if; आवर्जिता (āvarjitā) - bent; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Having removed sorrow, the weak woman, she, very much with wide eyes, said, with joined palms, having become, like a creeper, as if bent, then.)
Then, having removed her sorrow, that weak woman, with very wide eyes, bent like a creeper, joined her palms and spoke.
त्वया सृष्टा कथं नारी मादृशी वदतां वर। रौद्रकर्माभिजायेत सर्वप्राणिभयङ्करी ॥१२-२५०-२॥
tvayā sṛṣṭā kathaṃ nārī mādṛśī vadatāṃ vara। raudrakarmābhijāyeta sarvapraṇibhayaṅkarī ॥12-250-2॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; सृष्टा (sṛṣṭā) - created; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; नारी (nārī) - woman; मादृशी (mādṛśī) - like me; वदतां (vadatām) - of speakers; वर (vara) - O best; रौद्रकर्मा (raudrakarmā) - of fierce deeds; अभिजायेत (abhijāyeta) - would be born; सर्वप्राणि (sarvapraṇi) - to all beings; भयङ्करी (bhayaṅkarī) - causing fear;]
(By you created how woman like me, O best of speakers, of fierce deeds would be born, causing fear to all beings.)
O best of speakers, how could a woman like me, created by you, who performs fierce deeds and causes fear to all beings, be born?
बिभेम्यहमधर्मस्य धर्म्यमादिश कर्म मे। त्वं मां भीतामवेक्षस्व शिवेनेश्वर चक्षुषा ॥१२-२५०-३॥
bibhemy aham adharmasya dharmy am ādiśa karma me। tvaṃ māṃ bhītām avekṣasva śivena īśvara cakṣuṣā ॥12-250-3॥
[बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I fear; अहम् (aham) - I; अधर्मस्य (adharmasya) - of unrighteousness; धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous; आदिश (ādiśa) - instruct; कर्म (karma) - action; मे (me) - to me; त्वम् (tvam) - you; माम् (mām) - me; भीताम् (bhītām) - fearful; अवेक्षस्व (avekṣasva) - look upon; शिवेन (śivena) - with auspicious; ईश्वर (īśvara) - lord; चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - eye;]
(I fear unrighteousness; instruct me in righteous action; you, look upon me, who am fearful, with the auspicious eye of the Lord.)
I am afraid of unrighteousness; instruct me in righteous action; please look upon me, who am fearful, with the auspicious eye of the Lord.
बालान्वृद्धान्वयःस्थांश्च न हरेयमनागसः। प्राणिनः प्राणिनामीश नमस्तेऽभिप्रसीद मे ॥१२-२५०-४॥
bālān vṛddhān vayaḥ-sthāṁś ca na hared am-anāgasaḥ। prāṇinaḥ prāṇinām īśa namas te'bhprasīda me ॥12-250-4॥
[बालान् (bālān) - children; वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - the aged; वयःस्थान् (vayaḥ-sthān) - those of mature age; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; हरेयम् (hareyam) - should I take away; अनागसः (am-anāgasaḥ) - of the innocent; प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings; प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings; ईश (īśa) - O Lord; नमः (namaḥ) - obeisance; ते (te) - to you; अभिप्रसीद (abhiprasīda) - be gracious; मे (me) - to me;]
(Children, the aged, those of mature age and (others) I should not take away, O Lord, of the innocent living beings. O Lord of living beings, obeisance to you, be gracious to me.)
O Lord of living beings, I should not take away the lives of children, the aged, or those of mature age who are innocent. O Lord, I bow to you; please be gracious to me.
प्रियान्पुत्रान्वयस्यांश्च भ्रातॄन्मातॄः पितॄनपि। अपध्यास्यन्ति यद्देव मृतांस्तेषां बिभेम्यहम् ॥१२-२५०-५॥
priyān putrān vayasyāṃś ca bhrātṝn mātṝḥ pitṝn api। apadhyāsyanti yad deva mṛtāṃs teṣāṃ bibhemy aham॥12-250-5॥
[प्रियान् (priyān) - dear; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; वयस्यान् (vayasyān) - friends; च (ca) - and; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; मातॄः (mātṝḥ) - mothers; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; अपि (api) - also; अपध्यास्यन्ति (apadhyāsyanti) - will imagine; यत् (yat) - that; देव (deva) - O god; मृतान् (mṛtān) - the dead; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I fear; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Dear sons, friends, and brothers, mothers, fathers also, will imagine that, O god, the dead of them; I fear, I.)
O god, I am afraid that the dear sons, friends, brothers, mothers, and fathers of those who have died will imagine them.
कृपणाश्रुपरिक्लेदो दहेन्मां शाश्वतीः समाः। तेभ्योऽहं बलवद्भीता शरणं त्वामुपागता ॥१२-२५०-६॥
kṛpaṇāśruparikledo dahe nmāṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ। tebhyo' haṃ balavadbhītā śaraṇaṃ tvāmupāgatā ॥12-250-6॥
[कृपण (kṛpaṇa) - miserable; अश्रु (aśru) - tears; परिक्लेदः (parikledaḥ) - soaking; दहेत् (dahet) - may burn; माम् (mām) - me; शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal; समाः (samāḥ) - years; तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from them; अहम् (aham) - I; बलवत् (balavat) - very much; भीता (bhītā) - afraid; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; उपागता (upāgatā) - have approached;]
(The soaking from the miserable tears may burn me for eternal years. From them, I, very much afraid, have approached you for refuge.)
The soaking of miserable tears may burn me for endless years. Out of great fear of them, I have come to you for refuge.
यमस्य भवने देव यात्यन्ते पापकर्मिणः। प्रसादये त्वा वरद प्रसादं कुरु मे प्रभो ॥१२-२५०-७॥
yamasya bhavane deva yātyante pāpakarmiṇaḥ। prasādaye tvā varada prasādaṃ kuru me prabho ॥12-250-7॥
[यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama; (god of death); भवने (bhavane) - in the abode; (house); देव (deva) - O god; (divine one); यात्यन्ते (yātyante) - they go; (proceed); पापकर्मिणः (pāpakarmiṇaḥ) - evil-doers; (those of sinful actions); प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I propitiate; (make pleased); त्वा (tvā) - you; (thee); वरद (varada) - O bestower of boons; (grantor of wishes); प्रसादं (prasādaṃ) - grace; (favor); कुरु (kuru) - do; (make); मे (me) - for me; (to me); प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; (master);]
(O god, evil-doers go to the abode of Yama. O bestower of boons, I propitiate you; O lord, do grace for me.)
O god, those who perform sinful actions go to the abode of Yama. O bestower of boons, I beseech you; O lord, please bestow your grace upon me.
एतमिच्छाम्यहं कामं त्वत्तो लोकपितामह। इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादाच्च तपस्तप्तुं सुरेश्वर ॥१२-२५०-८॥
etam icchāmi ahaṃ kāmam tvatto lokapitāmaha। iccheyam tvatprasādāc ca tapas taptuṃ sureśvara ॥12-250-8॥
[एतम् (etam) - this; (object) इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire; अहम् (aham) - I; कामम् (kāmam) - wish; desire; त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; लोकपितामह (lokapitāmaha) - O grandsire of the world; इच्छेयं (iccheyam) - I would wish; त्वत्-प्रसादात् (tvat-prasādāt) - by your grace; च (ca) - and; तपः (tapas) - austerity; penance; तप्तुम् (taptum) - to perform; सुरेश्वर (sureśvara) - O lord of the gods;]
(This I desire, O grandsire of the world, this wish from you. I would wish, by your grace and favor, O lord of the gods, to perform austerity.)
O grandsire of the world, this is the wish I desire from you. O lord of the gods, by your grace, I wish to perform austerities.
पितामह उवाच॥
pitāmaha uvāca॥
[पितामह (pitāmaha) - paternal grandfather; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(paternal grandfather said;)
The paternal grandfather said.
मृत्यो सङ्कल्पिता मे त्वं प्रजासंहारहेतुना। गच्छ संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजा मा च विचारय ॥१२-२५०-९॥
mṛtyo saṅkalpitā me tvaṃ prajāsaṃhārahetunā। gaccha saṃhara sarvāstvaṃ prajā mā ca vicāraya ॥12-250-9॥
[मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death; सङ्कल्पिता (saṅkalpitā) - appointed; मे (me) - by me; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; प्रजासंहारहेतुना (prajāsaṃhārahetunā) - for the purpose of destruction of beings; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; संहर (saṃhara) - destroy; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; अस्त्वं (astvaṃ) - you; प्रजा (prajā) - creatures; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; विचारय (vicāraya) - consider;]
(O Death, appointed by me for the purpose of destruction of beings, go, destroy all creatures; do not consider.)
O Death, you have been appointed by me for the destruction of beings. Go and destroy all creatures; do not hesitate or consider further.
एतदेवमवश्यं हि भविता नैतदन्यथा। क्रियतामनवद्याङ्गि यथोक्तं मद्वचोऽनघे ॥१२-२५०-१०॥
etadevam avaśyaṃ hi bhavitā naitad anyathā। kriyatām anavadyāṅgi yathoktaṃ mad-vaco'naghe ॥12-250-10॥
[एतदेवम् (etadevam) - exactly thus; in this very manner; अवश्यं (avaśyam) - certainly; inevitably; हि (hi) - indeed; for; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; shall happen; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise; in another way; क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done; may it be performed; अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O faultless-limbed one; यथोक्तम् (yathoktam) - as said; as stated; मद्वचः (mad-vacaḥ) - my word; my speech; अनघे (anaghe) - O sinless one;]
(Exactly thus, certainly indeed it will be; this will not be otherwise. Let it be done, O faultless-limbed one, as stated, my word, O sinless one.)
This will certainly happen exactly as stated; it cannot be otherwise. O faultless one, let my words be carried out as I have said, O sinless one.
नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Nārada said;)
Nārada said.
एवमुक्ता महाबाहो मृत्युः परपुरञ्जय। न व्याजहार तस्थौ च प्रह्वा भगवदुन्मुखी ॥१२-२५०-११॥
evamuktā mahābāho mṛtyuḥ parapurañjaya। na vyājahāra tasthau ca prahvā bhagavadunmukhī ॥12-250-11॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ता (uktā) - having been addressed; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death; परपुरञ्जय (parapurañjaya) - conqueror of enemy cities; न (na) - not; व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; च (ca) - and; प्रह्वा (prahvā) - humbled; भगवदुन्मुखी (bhagavadunmukhī) - turned towards the Lord;]
(Thus addressed, O mighty-armed conqueror of enemy cities, Death did not speak, but stood humbled, turned towards the Lord.)
O mighty-armed conqueror of enemy cities, when thus addressed, Death remained silent and stood humbly, facing the Lord.
पुनः पुनरथोक्ता सा गतसत्त्वेव भामिनी। तूष्णीमासीत्ततो देवो देवानामीश्वरेश्वरः ॥१२-२५०-१२॥
punaḥ punarathoktā sā gatasattveva bhāminī। tūṣṇīmāsīttato devo devānāmīśvareśvaraḥ ॥12-250-12॥
[पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अथ (atha) - then; उक्ता (uktā) - spoken; सा (sā) - she; गतसत्त्वा (gatasattvā) - having lost vitality; इव (iva) - as if; भामिनी (bhāminī) - the lady; तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silent; आसीत् (āsīt) - remained; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; ईश्वरेश्वरः (īśvareśvaraḥ) - the lord of lords;]
(Again and again then spoken she, as if having lost vitality, the lady, remained silent; then the god, the lord of lords of the gods.)
Again and again she was addressed, but the lady, as if bereft of life, remained silent; then the god, the lord of lords among the gods, acted.
प्रससाद किल ब्रह्मा स्वयमेवात्मनात्मवान्। स्मयमानश्च लोकेशो लोकान्सर्वानवैक्षत ॥१२-२५०-१३॥
prasasāda kila brahmā svayamevātmanātmavān। smayamānaś ca lokeśo lokān sarvān avaikṣata ॥12-250-13॥
[प्रससाद (prasasāda) - became pleased; किल (kila) - indeed; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; एव (eva) - indeed; आत्मना (ātmanā) - by (his) self; आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed; स्मयमानः (smayamānaḥ) - smiling; च (ca) - and; लोकेशः (lokeśaḥ) - the lord of the worlds; लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; अवैक्षत (avaikṣata) - looked upon;]
(Brahmā indeed became pleased, himself indeed, self-possessed, and the lord of the worlds, smiling, looked upon all the worlds.)
Brahmā, truly pleased and self-possessed, smiled and gazed upon all the worlds as the lord of the worlds.
निवृत्तरोषे तस्मिंस्तु भगवत्यपराजिते। सा कन्यापजगामास्य समीपादिति नः श्रुतम् ॥१२-२५०-१४॥
nivṛttarōṣe tasmiṁstu bhagavatyaparājitē। sā kanyāpajagāmāsya samīpāditi naḥ śrutam ॥12-250-14॥
[निवृत्त (nivṛtta) - ceased; रोषे (roṣe) - anger; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him; तु (tu) - but; भगवति (bhagavati) - the venerable; अपराजिते (aparājite) - unconquered; सा (sā) - she; कन्या (kanyā) - maiden; अपजगाम (apajagāma) - departed; अस्य (asya) - from his; समीपात् (samīpāt) - proximity; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - to us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - has been heard;]
(When the anger had ceased in him, in the venerable unconquered one, that maiden departed from his proximity—thus it has been heard by us.)
It is said that when the anger subsided in the venerable unconquered one, the maiden left his presence.
अपसृत्याप्रतिश्रुत्य प्रजासंहरणं तदा। त्वरमाणेव राजेन्द्र मृत्युर्धेनुकमभ्ययात् ॥१२-२५०-१५॥
apasṛtyāpratiśrutya prajāsaṃharaṇaṃ tadā। tvaramāṇeva rājendra mṛtyurdhenukamabhyayāt ॥12-250-15॥
[अपसृत्य (apasṛtya) - having withdrawn; अप्रतिश्रुत्य (apratiśrutya) - without promising; प्रजा (prajā) - subjects; संहरणं (saṃharaṇam) - destruction; तदा (tadā) - then; त्वरमाण (tvaramāṇa) - hastening; एव (eva) - indeed; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death; धेनुकम् (dhenukam) - Dhenuka; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached;]
(Having withdrawn without promising, the destruction of the subjects then, hastening indeed, O king, Death approached Dhenuka.)
O King, having withdrawn without making a promise regarding the destruction of the subjects, Death, hastening, then approached Dhenuka.
सा तत्र परमं देवी तपोऽचरत दुश्चरम्। समा ह्येकपदे तस्थौ दश पद्मानि पञ्च च ॥१२-२५०-१६॥
sā tatra paramaṃ devī tapo'carat duścaram। samā hyekapade tasthau daśa padmāni pañca ca ॥12-250-16॥
[सा (sā) - she; तत्र (tatra) - there; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; देवी (devī) - goddess; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; अचरत् (acarat) - performed; दुश्चरम् (duścaram) - difficult to practice; समा (samā) - year; हि (hi) - indeed; एकपदे (ekapade) - on one foot; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; दश (daśa) - ten; पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses; पञ्च (pañca) - five; च (ca) - and;]
(She there the supreme goddess performed austerity difficult to practice. For a year indeed on one foot she stood, ten lotuses and five.)
There, the supreme goddess performed extremely difficult austerities. For a whole year, she stood on one foot, upon fifteen lotuses.
तां तथा कुर्वतीं तत्र तपः परमदुश्चरम्। पुनरेव महातेजा ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१२-२५०-१७॥
tāṃ tathā kurvatīṃ tatra tapaḥ paramaduścaram। punareva mahātejā brahmā vacanamabravīt ॥12-250-17॥
[तां (tāṃ) - her; तथा (tathā) - thus; कुर्वतीं (kurvatīṃ) - doing; तत्र (tatra) - there; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; परमदुश्चरम् (paramaduścaram) - extremely difficult to perform; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great splendor; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; वचनम् (vacanam) - word; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Her thus doing there austerity extremely difficult to perform, again indeed of great splendor Brahmā word spoke.)
As she was thus engaged in performing that extremely difficult austerity there, Brahmā, the one of great splendor, again spoke these words.
कुरुष्व मे वचो मृत्यो तदनादृत्य सत्वरा। तथैवैकपदे तात पुनरन्यानि सप्त सा ॥१२-२५०-१८॥
kuruṣva me vaco mṛtyo tadanādṛtya satvarā। tathaivaikapade tāta punaranyāni sapta sā ॥12-250-18॥
[कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do; (imperative, from √kṛ); मे (me) - my; (genitive singular of aham); वचः (vacaḥ) - word; (speech, utterance); मृत्यः (mṛtyo) - O Death; (vocative of mṛtyu); तत् (tat) - that; (pronoun); अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - without regarding; (having disregarded); सत्वरा (satvarā) - quickly; (with haste); तथा एव (tathā eva) - in the same way; (just so); एकपदे (ekapade) - in one step; (at once); तात (tāta) - O dear; (vocative, affectionate address); पुनः (punaḥ) - again; (once more); अन्यानि (anyāni) - other; (others, different); सप्त (sapta) - seven; (the number seven); सा (sā) - she; (pronoun, feminine);]
(Do my word, O Death, having disregarded that, quickly. In the same way, O dear, at once, again, the other seven, she.)
O Death, do as I say, quickly disregarding that. In the same way, O dear, at once, she again (does) the other seven.
तस्थौ पद्मानि षट्चैव पञ्च द्वे चैव मानद। भूयः पद्मायुतं तात मृगैः सह चचार सा ॥१२-२५०-१९॥
tasthau padmāni ṣaṭ caiva pañca dve caiva mānada। bhūyaḥ padmāyutaṃ tāta mṛgaiḥ saha cacāra sā ॥12-250-19॥
[तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पञ्च (pañca) - five; द्वे (dve) - two; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मानद (mānada) - O bestower of honor; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; पद्मायुतं (padmāyutaṃ) - ten thousand lotuses; तात (tāta) - O dear one; मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - with deer; सह (saha) - together; चचार (cacāra) - wandered; सा (sā) - she;]
(She stood (by) six, and indeed five, and two, O bestower of honor. Again, O dear one, she wandered with deer together (by) ten thousand lotuses.)
She stood by six, five, and two lotuses, O bestower of honor. Then, O dear one, she wandered together with the deer among ten thousand lotuses.
पुनर्गत्वा ततो राजन्मौनमातिष्ठदुत्तमम्। अप्सु वर्षसहस्राणि सप्त चैकं च पार्थिव ॥१२-२५०-२०॥
punargatvā tato rājan maunam ātiṣṭhad uttamam। apsu varṣasahasrāṇi sapta ca ekaṃ ca pārthiva ॥12-250-20॥
[पुनः (punaḥ) - again; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; मौनम् (maunam) - silence; आतिष्ठत् (ātiṣṭhat) - he observed; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme; अप्सु (apsu) - in the waters; वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and; एकम् (ekam) - one; च (ca) - and; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king;]
(Again, having gone then, O king, he observed supreme silence in the waters for seven thousand and one years, O king.)
Then, O king, having returned, he practiced the highest silence in the waters for seven thousand and one years.
ततो जगाम सा कन्या कौशिकीं भरतर्षभ। तत्र वायुजलाहारा चचार नियमं पुनः ॥१२-२५०-२१॥
tato jagāma sā kanyā kauśikīṃ bharatarṣabha। tatra vāyujalāhārā cacāra niyamaṃ punaḥ ॥12-250-21॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; जगाम (jagāma) - went; सा (sā) - she; कन्या (kanyā) - maiden; कौशिकीं (kauśikīṃ) - to Kauśikī (the river); भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas; तत्र (tatra) - there; वायुजलाहारा (vāyujalāhārā) - subsisting on air and water; चचार (cacāra) - practiced; नियमं (niyamaṃ) - austerity; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Then she, the maiden, went to Kauśikī, O bull among the Bharatas. There, subsisting on air and water, she practiced austerity again.)
Then the maiden went to the river Kauśikī, O best of the Bharatas. There, living only on air and water, she again undertook austerities.
ततो ययौ महाभागा गङ्गां मेरुं च केवलम्। तस्थौ दार्विव निश्चेष्टा भूतानां हितकाम्यया ॥१२-२५०-२२॥
tato yayau mahābhāgā gaṅgāṃ meruṃ ca kevalam। tasthau dārviva niśceṣṭā bhūtānāṃ hitakāmyayā ॥12-250-22॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ययौ (yayau) - she went; महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - the highly fortunate one; गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to Gaṅgā; मेरुम् (merum) - to Meru; च (ca) - and; केवलम् (kevalam) - only; तस्थौ (tasthau) - she stood; दारु-इव (dāru-iva) - like wood; निश्चेष्टा (niśceṣṭā) - motionless; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; हितकाम्यया (hitakāmyayā) - with the desire for welfare;]
(Then the highly fortunate one went to Gaṅgā and to Meru only. She stood motionless like wood, with the desire for the welfare of beings.)
Then the highly blessed lady went to Gaṅgā and to Meru alone. She stood still like a piece of wood, wishing for the welfare of all beings.
ततो हिमवतो मूर्ध्नि यत्र देवाः समीजिरे। तत्राङ्गुष्ठेन राजेन्द्र निखर्वमपरं ततः ॥ तस्थौ पितामहं चैव तोषयामास यत्नतः ॥१२-२५०-२३॥
tato himavato mūrdhni yatra devāḥ samījire। tatrāṅguṣṭhena rājendra nikharmamaparaṃ tataḥ ॥ tasthau pitāmahaṃ caiva toṣayāmāsa yatnataḥ ॥12-250-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from there; हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of Himavat (the Himalaya); मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the summit; यत्र (yatra) - where; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; समीजिरे (samījire) - assembled; तत्र (tatra) - there; अङ्गुष्ठेन (aṅguṣṭhena) - with the thumb; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; निखर्वम् (nikharvam) - to the depth of a span; अपरम् (aparam) - another; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - Brahmā; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - gratified; यत्नतः (yatnataḥ) - with effort;]
(From there, on the summit of Himavat, where the gods assembled, there, O king, with the thumb, to the depth of a span, another (place), then Brahmā stood and indeed gratified (him) with effort.)
From there, on the summit of the Himalayas where the gods had assembled, O king, with his thumb, to the depth of a span, at another place, then Brahmā stood and earnestly gratified him.
ततस्तामब्रवीत्तत्र लोकानां प्रभवाप्ययः। किमिदं वर्तते पुत्रि क्रियतां तद्वचो मम ॥१२-२५०-२४॥
tatastāmabravīttatra lokānāṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ। kimidaṃ vartate putri kriyatāṃ tadvaco mama ॥12-250-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ताम् (tām) - her; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तत्र (tatra) - there; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of worlds; प्रभवाप्ययः (prabhavāpyayaḥ) - origin and dissolution; किम् (kim) - what; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वर्तते (vartate) - is happening; पुत्रि (putri) - O daughter; क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done; तत् (tat) - that; वचः (vacaḥ) - word; मम (mama) - my;]
(Then her, there, the origin and dissolution of worlds said: What is this that is happening, O daughter? Let that my word be done.)
Then, the origin and dissolution of worlds said to her there: "O daughter, what is this that is happening? Let my word be carried out."
ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्मृत्युर्भगवन्तं पितामहम्। न हरेयं प्रजा देव पुनस्त्वाहं प्रसादये ॥१२-२५०-२५॥
tato'bravītpunarmṛtyurbhagavantaṃ pitāmaham। na hareyaṃ prajā deva punastvāhaṃ prasādaye ॥12-250-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death; भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - O venerable; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather; न (na) - not; हरेयम् (hareyam) - I should take away; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures; देव (deva) - O god; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; प्रसादये (prasādaye) - request;]
(Then Death again spoke to the venerable grandfather: 'O god, I should not take away the creatures again; I request you.')
Then Death again addressed the venerable grandfather: 'O god, I do not wish to take away the creatures again; I request you.'
तामधर्मभयत्रस्तां पुनरेव च याचतीम्। तदाब्रवीद्देवदेवो निगृह्येदं वचस्ततः ॥१२-२५०-२६॥
tām adharma-bhaya-trastām punar eva ca yācatīm। tadā abravīt devadevo nigṛhya idaṃ vacas tataḥ ॥12-250-26॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; अधर्म (adharma) - unrighteousness; भय (bhaya) - fear; त्रस्ताम् (trastām) - afflicted; पुनः (punar) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; याचतीम् (yācatīm) - begging; तदा (tadā) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; देवदेवः (devadevaḥ) - the god of gods; निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - restraining; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(Her, afflicted by fear of unrighteousness, again indeed and begging; then the god of gods, restraining, said this speech then.)
Seeing her, afflicted by fear of unrighteousness and again begging, then the god of gods, restraining her, spoke these words.
अधर्मो नास्ति ते मृत्यो संयच्छेमाः प्रजाः शुभे। मया ह्युक्तं मृषा भद्रे भविता नेह किञ्चन ॥१२-२५०-२७॥
adharmo nāsti te mṛtyo saṃyacchemaḥ prajāḥ śubhe। mayā hyuktaṃ mṛṣā bhadre bhavitā neha kiñcana ॥12-250-27॥
[अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness; न (na) - not; अस्ति (asti) - is; ते (te) - to you; मृत्यः (mṛtyaḥ) - O Death; संयच्छेमाः (saṃyacchemaḥ) - we should restrain; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures; शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one; मया (mayā) - by me; हि (hi) - indeed; उक्तं (uktaṃ) - spoken; मृषा (mṛṣā) - falsely; भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle one; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything;]
(Unrighteousness is not (present) for you, O Death; we should restrain these creatures, O auspicious one. By me indeed it was spoken falsely, O gentle one; nothing will be here.)
There is no unrighteousness in you, O Death; we should restrain these beings, O auspicious one. What I said before was false, O gentle one; nothing of that will happen here.
धर्मः सनातनश्च त्वामिहैवानुप्रवेक्ष्यते। अहं च विबुधाश्चैव त्वद्धिते निरताः सदा ॥१२-२५०-२८॥
dharmaḥ sanātanaś ca tvām ihaiva anupravekṣyate। ahaṃ ca vibudhāś caiva tvaddhite niratāḥ sadā ॥12-250-28॥
[धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; च (ca) - and; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; इह (iha) - here; एव (eva) - indeed; अनुप्रवेक्ष्यते (anupravekṣyate) - is entered into; अहम् (aham) - I; च (ca) - and; विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the wise; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वद्धिते (tvaddhite) - for your benefit; निरताः (niratāḥ) - engaged; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Righteousness, eternal and indeed, is entered into you here. I and the wise, indeed, are always engaged in your benefit.)
Eternal righteousness is established in you here. I and the wise are always devoted to your welfare.
इममन्यं च ते कामं ददामि मनसेप्सितम्। न त्वा दोषेण यास्यन्ति व्याधिसम्पीडिताः प्रजाः ॥१२-२५०-२९॥
imam anyaṃ ca te kāmaṃ dadāmi manas-epsitam। na tvā doṣeṇa yāsyanti vyādhi-sampīḍitāḥ prajāḥ ॥12-250-29॥
[इमम् (imam) - this; (accusative singular masculine) अन्यम् (anyaṃ) - other; (accusative singular masculine) च (ca) - and; ते (te) - to you; कामम् (kāmam) - desire; wish; ददामि (dadāmi) - I give; मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind; इप्सितम् (ipsitam) - desired; wished; न (na) - not; त्वा (tvā) - you; दोषेण (doṣeṇa) - by fault; by defect; यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go; will proceed; व्याधि (vyādhi) - disease; सम्पीडिताः (sampīḍitāḥ) - afflicted; oppressed; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects; people;]
(This other desire of yours, wished by the mind, I give. Not by fault will your subjects, afflicted by disease, go (away).)
I grant you this other wish you desire in your mind. Your subjects, afflicted by disease, will not perish because of any fault of yours.
पुरुषेषु च रूपेण पुरुषस्त्वं भविष्यसि। स्त्रीषु स्त्रीरूपिणी चैव तृतीयेषु नपुंसकम् ॥१२-२५०-३०॥
puruṣeṣu ca rūpeṇa puruṣastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi। strīṣu strīrūpiṇī caiva tṛtīyeṣu napuṃsakam ॥12-250-30॥
[पुरुषेषु (puruṣeṣu) - among men; च (ca) - and; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by form; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - will become; स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - among women; स्त्रीरूपिणी (strīrūpiṇī) - having the form of a woman; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तृतीयेषु (tṛtīyeṣu) - among the third (neuter); नपुंसकम् (napuṃsakam) - neuter;]
(Among men, by form, you will become a man; among women, indeed having the form of a woman; and among the third, neuter.)
You will assume the form of a man among men, of a woman among women, and of a neuter among the third gender.
सैवमुक्ता महाराज कृताञ्जलिरुवाच ह। पुनरेव महात्मानं नेति देवेशमव्ययम् ॥१२-२५०-३१॥
saivamuktā mahārāja kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha। punareva mahātmānaṃ neti deveśamavyayam ॥12-250-31॥
[सा (sā) - she; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ता (uktā) - having been addressed; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined palms; उवाच (uvāca) - said; ह (ha) - indeed; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the great-souled one; नेति (neti) - not this; देवेशम् (deveśam) - the lord of the gods; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - the imperishable;]
(She, thus addressed, O great king, with joined palms, indeed said; again indeed to the great-souled one, 'not this', to the imperishable lord of the gods.)
Thus addressed, she, with joined palms, spoke again to the great-souled, imperishable lord of the gods, saying 'not this', O great king.
तामब्रवीत्तदा देवो मृत्यो संहर मानवान्। अधर्मस्ते न भविता तथा ध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे ॥१२-२५०-३२॥
tāmabravīttadā devo mṛtyo saṃhara mānavān। adharmaste na bhavitā tathā dhyāsyāmyahaṃ śubhe ॥12-250-32॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; (accusative singular of sā, she) अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; (3rd person singular, perfect, from √brū, to speak) तदा (tadā) - then; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; मृत्यः (mṛtyo) - O Death; (vocative of mṛtyu, death) संहर (saṃhara) - destroy; (imperative, from sam-√hṛ, to take away, destroy) मानवान् (mānavān) - humans; (accusative plural of mānava, human) अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness; ते (te) - for you; न (na) - not; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; (future participle of √bhū, to be) तथा (tathā) - thus; ध्यास्यामि (dhyāsyāmi) - I will meditate; (1st person singular, future, from √dhyai, to meditate) अहम् (aham) - I; शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one; (vocative of śubha, auspicious);]
(Then the god said to her: O Death, destroy humans. Unrighteousness will not be for you; thus I will meditate, O auspicious one.)
Then the god said to her: "O Death, destroy the humans. Unrighteousness will not be yours; thus, O auspicious one, I will contemplate."
यानश्रुबिन्दून्पतितानपश्यं; ये पाणिभ्यां धारितास्ते पुरस्तात्। ते व्याधयो मानवान्घोररूपाः; प्राप्ते काले पीडयिष्यन्ति मृत्यो ॥१२-२५०-३३॥
yānaśrubindūnpatitānapaśyaṃ; ye pāṇibhyāṃ dhāritāste purastāt. te vyādhayo mānavānghorarūpāḥ; prāpte kāle pīḍayiṣyanti mṛtyo ॥12-250-33॥
[यान (yāna) - vehicle; अश्रुबिन्दून् (aśrubindūn) - tear-drops; पतितान् (patitān) - fallen; अपश्यं (apaśyaṃ) - I saw; ये (ye) - which; पाणिभ्यां (pāṇibhyām) - by the hands; धारिताः (dhāritāḥ) - held; ते (te) - those; पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - before; ते (te) - those; व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases; मानवान् (mānavān) - humans; घोररूपाः (ghorarūpāḥ) - terrible form; प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when arrived; काले (kāle) - at the time; पीडयिष्यन्ति (pīḍayiṣyanti) - will torment; मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death;]
(I saw the tear-drops fallen from the vehicle; those which were held by the hands before. Those diseases of terrible form, O Death, will torment humans when the time arrives.)
O Death, I saw the tear-drops fallen from the vehicle, those which were previously held by the hands. Those terrible diseases will torment humans when the time comes.
सर्वेषां त्वं प्राणिनामन्तकाले; कामक्रोधौ सहितौ योजयेथाः। एवं धर्मस्त्वामुपैष्यत्यमेयो; न चाधर्मं लप्स्यसे तुल्यवृत्तिः ॥१२-२५०-३४॥
sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ prāṇinām antakāle; kāmakrodhau sahitau yojoyethāḥ. evaṃ dharmas tvām upaiṣyaty ameyo; na cādharmam lapsyase tulyavṛttiḥ ॥12-250-34॥
[सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings; अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the final time; कामक्रोधौ (kāmakrodhau) - desire and anger; सहितौ (sahitau) - together; योजयेथाः (yojayethāḥ) - should join; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; उपैष्यति (upaiṣyati) - will approach; अमेयः (ameyaḥ) - immeasurable; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness; लप्स्यसे (lapsyase) - you will obtain; तुल्यवृत्तिः (tulyavṛttiḥ) - one of equal conduct;]
(Of all living beings, at the final time, you should join desire and anger together. Thus, righteousness, immeasurable, will approach you; and you, of equal conduct, will not obtain unrighteousness.)
At the end of all beings' lives, you should unite desire and anger together. In this way, immeasurable righteousness will come to you, and as one who acts equally, you will not incur unrighteousness.
एवं धर्मं पालयिष्यस्यथोक्तं; न चात्मानं मज्जयिष्यस्यधर्मे। तस्मात्कामं रोचयाभ्यागतं त्वं; संयोज्याथो संहरस्वेह जन्तून् ॥१२-२५०-३५॥
evaṃ dharmaṃ pālayiṣyasyathoktaṃ; na cātmānaṃ majjayiṣyasyadharme. tasmātkāmaṃ rocayābhyāgataṃ tvaṃ; saṃyojyātho saṃharasveha jantūn ॥12-250-35॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - duty; पालयिष्यस्य (pālayiṣyasi) - you will protect; अथ (atha) - then; उक्तं (uktaṃ) - spoken; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; आत्मानं (ātmānaṃ) - yourself; मज्जयिष्यस्य (majjayiṣyasi) - you will immerse; अधर्मे (adharme) - in unrighteousness; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; कामं (kāmaṃ) - desire; रोचय (rocaya) - accept; अभ्यागतं (abhyāgataṃ) - arrived; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; संयोज्य (saṃyojya) - having united; अथ (atho) - then; संहर (saṃhara) - withdraw; स्व (sve) - your; इह (iha) - here; जन्तून् (jantūn) - creatures;]
(Thus, you will protect duty as spoken; and you will not immerse yourself in unrighteousness. Therefore, accept the desire that has arrived, you; having united, then withdraw your creatures here.)
Thus, if you protect duty as instructed, you will not immerse yourself in unrighteousness. Therefore, accept the desire that has come to you; unite and then withdraw your creatures here.
सा वै तदा मृत्युसञ्ज्ञापदेशा; च्छापाद्भीता बाढमित्यब्रवीत्तम्। अथो प्राणान्प्राणिनामन्तकाले; कामक्रोधौ प्राप्य निर्मोह्य हन्ति ॥१२-२५०-३६॥
sā vai tadā mṛtyu-saṃjñā-apadeśā; cchāpād-bhītā bāḍham-ity-abravīt-tam. atho prāṇān prāṇinām-antakāle; kāma-krodhau prāpya nirmohya hanti ॥12-250-36॥
[सा (sā) - she; वै (vai) - indeed; तदा (tadā) - then; मृत्युसञ्ज्ञापदेशा (mṛtyu-saṃjñā-apadeśā) - having the designation of 'Death'; च्छापात् (cchāpāt) - from the curse; भीता (bhītā) - frightened; बाढम् (bāḍham) - certainly; इति (iti) - thus; अब्रवीत्तम् (abravīt-tam) - she said to him; अथ (atha) - then; उ (u) - indeed; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - the life-breaths; प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings; अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the final time; कामक्रोधौ (kāma-krodhau) - desire and anger; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; निर्मोह्य (nirmohya) - having deluded; हन्ति (hanti) - kills;]
(She indeed then, having the designation of 'Death', frightened from the curse, certainly thus said to him. Then indeed, at the final time, having attained desire and anger, having deluded, kills the life-breaths of living beings.)
She, then known as 'Death', frightened by the curse, certainly said this to him. Then, at the final moment, desire and anger arise, delude, and destroy the life-breaths of living beings.
मृत्योर्ये ते व्याधयश्चाश्रुपाता; मनुष्याणां रुज्यते यैः शरीरम्। सर्वेषां वै प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते; तस्माच्छोकं मा कृथा बुध्य बुद्ध्या ॥१२-२५०-३७॥
mṛtyorye te vyādhayaścāśrupātā; manuṣyāṇāṃ rujyate yaiḥ śarīram. sarveṣāṃ vai prāṇināṃ prāṇanānte; tasmācchokaṃ mā kṛthā budhya buddhyā ॥12-250-37॥
[मृत्योर् (mṛtyor) - of death; ये (ye) - which; ते (te) - those; व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases; च (ca) - and; अश्रुपाता (aśrupātā) - causing tears; मनुष्याणां (manuṣyāṇām) - of men; रुज्यते (rujyate) - is afflicted; यैः (yaiḥ) - by which; शरीरम् (śarīram) - body; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; वै (vai) - indeed; प्राणिनां (prāṇinām) - of living beings; प्राणनान्ते (prāṇanānte) - at the end of life; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शोकं (śokaṃ) - grief; मा (mā) - do not; कृथा (kṛthā) - make; बुध्य (budhya) - understand; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect;]
(Those diseases of death which cause tears, by which the body of men is afflicted; indeed, at the end of life of all living beings, therefore, do not make grief, understand with intellect.)
The diseases of death that bring tears and afflict the bodies of men—these come to all living beings at the end of life. Therefore, do not grieve; understand this with your intellect.
सर्वे देवाः प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते; गत्वा वृत्ताः संनिवृत्तास्तथैव। एवं सर्वे मानवाः प्राणनान्ते; गत्वावृत्ता देववद्राजसिंह ॥१२-२५०-३८॥
sarve devāḥ prāṇināṃ prāṇanānte; gatvā vṛttāḥ saṃnivṛttās tathaiva. evaṃ sarve mānavāḥ prāṇanānte; gatvā vṛttā devavad rājasiṃha ॥12-250-38॥
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; प्राणिनां (prāṇināṃ) - of living beings; प्राणनान्ते (prāṇanānte) - at the end of life; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; वृत्ताः (vṛttāḥ) - ceased; संनिवृत्ताः (saṃnivṛttāḥ) - withdrawn; तथैव (tathaiva) - just so; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans; प्राणनान्ते (prāṇanānte) - at the end of life; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; वृत्ताः (vṛttāḥ) - ceased; देववत् (devavat) - like the gods; राजसिंह (rājasiṃha) - O king;]
(All gods, at the end of the life of living beings, having gone, have ceased, have withdrawn just so. Thus, all humans, at the end of life, having gone, have ceased like the gods, O king.)
All gods, at the end of the lives of beings, depart and cease to exist, withdrawing just so. In the same way, all humans, at the end of life, depart and cease, like the gods, O king.
वायुर्भीमो भीमनादो महौजाः; सर्वेषां च प्राणिनां प्राणभूतः। नानावृत्तिर्देहिनां देहभेदे; तस्माद्वायुर्देवदेवो विशिष्टः ॥१२-२५०-३९॥
vāyurbhīmo bhīmanādo mahaujāḥ; sarveṣāṃ ca prāṇināṃ prāṇabhūtaḥ। nānāvṛttirdehināṃ dehabhede; tasmādvāyurdevadevo viśiṣṭaḥ ॥12-250-39॥
[वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - terrible; भीमनादः (bhīmanādaḥ) - having a terrible sound; महौजाः (mahaujāḥ) - of great energy; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; च (ca) - and; प्राणिनां (prāṇinām) - of living beings; प्राणभूतः (prāṇabhūtaḥ) - the source of life; नानावृत्तिः (nānāvṛttiḥ) - varied functions; देहिनां (dehinām) - of embodied beings; देहभेदे (dehabhede) - in the difference of bodies; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; देवदेवः (devadevaḥ) - god of gods; विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - distinguished;]
(Wind, terrible, having a terrible sound, of great energy; and of all living beings, the source of life. Varied functions of embodied beings in the difference of bodies; therefore, wind, the god of gods, is distinguished.)
Vāyu, the wind, is terrible, of mighty roar and great energy; he is the very life of all living beings. With varied functions in the bodies of embodied beings, therefore Vāyu, the god of gods, is unique and distinguished.
सर्वे देवा मर्त्यसञ्ज्ञाविशिष्टाः; सर्वे मर्त्या देवसञ्ज्ञाविशिष्टाः। तस्मात्पुत्रं मा शुचो राजसिंह; पुत्रः स्वर्गं प्राप्य ते मोदते ह ॥१२-२५०-४०॥
sarve devā martyasañjñāviśiṣṭāḥ; sarve martyā devasañjñāviśiṣṭāḥ. tasmāt putraṃ mā śuco rājasiṃha; putraḥ svargaṃ prāpya te modate ha ॥12-250-40॥
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; देवा (devāḥ) - gods; मर्त्यसञ्ज्ञा (martyasañjñā) - designation as mortals; विशिष्टाः (viśiṣṭāḥ) - distinguished; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मर्त्या (martyāḥ) - mortals; देवसञ्ज्ञा (devasañjñā) - designation as gods; विशिष्टाः (viśiṣṭāḥ) - distinguished; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; मा (mā) - do not; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve; राजसिंह (rājasiṃha) - O king lion; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; ते (te) - your; मोदते (modate) - rejoices; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(All gods are distinguished by the designation as mortals; all mortals are distinguished by the designation as gods. Therefore, do not grieve for your son, O king lion; your son, having attained heaven, indeed rejoices.)
All gods are called mortals at times, and all mortals are sometimes called gods. Therefore, O king, do not grieve for your son; your son, having reached heaven, is now rejoicing.
एवं मृत्युर्देवसृष्टा प्रजानां; प्राप्ते काले संहरन्ती यथावत्। तस्याश्चैव व्याधयस्तेऽश्रुपाताः; प्राप्ते काले संहरन्तीह जन्तून् ॥१२-२५०-४१॥
evaṃ mṛtyur devasṛṣṭā prajānāṃ; prāpte kāle saṃharantī yathāvat. tasyāś caiva vyādhayas te'śrupātāḥ; prāpte kāle saṃharantīha jantūn ॥12-250-41॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; देवसृष्टा (devasṛṣṭā) - created by the gods; प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of beings; प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when arrived; काले (kāle) - at the time; संहरन्ती (saṃharantī) - she who withdraws; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as is proper; तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases; ते (te) - they; अश्रुपाताः (aśrupātāḥ) - tear-fallers; प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when arrived; काले (kāle) - at the time; संहरन्ति (saṃharanti) - they withdraw; इह (iha) - here; जन्तून् (jantūn) - creatures;]
(Thus, death created by the gods for beings, when the time arrives, withdraws as is proper. And indeed, her diseases, those tear-fallers, when the time arrives, withdraw here the creatures.)
Thus, death, created by the gods for living beings, comes at the appointed time and takes them away as is proper. And indeed, her diseases, those bringers of tears, also come at the appointed time and take away creatures here.
