13.127
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (the proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke, declared);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततो नारायणसुहृन्नारदो भगवानृषिः। शङ्करस्योमया सार्धं संवादं प्रत्यभाषत ॥१३-१२७-१॥
tato nārāyaṇasuhṛnnārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ। śaṅkarasyomayā sārdhaṃ saṃvādaṃ pratyabhāṣata ॥13-127-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; नारायणसुहृत् (nārāyaṇasuhṛt) - friend of Nārāyaṇa; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the illustrious; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; शङ्करस्य (śaṅkarasya) - of Śaṅkara; उमया (umayā) - with Umā; सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with; संवादम् (saṃvādam) - conversation; प्रत्-अभाषत (praty-abhāṣata) - spoke (to);]
(Then the friend of Nārāyaṇa, Nārada, the illustrious sage, spoke the conversation to Śaṅkara together with Umā.)
Then the illustrious sage Nārada, friend of Nārāyaṇa, addressed Śaṅkara and Umā with these words. (13-127-1)
तपश्चचार धर्मात्मा वृषभाङ्कः सुरेश्वरः। पुण्ये गिरौ हिमवति सिद्धचारणसेविते ॥१३-१२७-२॥
tapaś cacāra dharmātmā vṛṣabhāṅkaḥ sureśvaraḥ। puṇye girau himavati siddhācāraṇasevite॥13-127-2॥
[तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; ascetic practice; चचार (cacāra) - practised; performed; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - virtuous-souled; one whose nature is righteousness; वृषभाङ्कः (vṛṣabhāṅkaḥ) - one who has the bull (Nandi) as his mark; सुरेश्वरः (sureśvaraḥ) - lord of the gods; पुण्ये (puṇye) - holy; meritorious; गिरौ (girau) - on the mountain; हिमवति (himavati) - in the Himalaya; सिद्धचारणसेविते (siddhācāraṇasevite) - attended by siddhas and charaṇas;]
(Austerity practised the virtuous-souled, who bears the bull as his mark, the lord of the gods, on the holy mountain Himalaya attended by siddhas and charaṇas.)
The virtuous-souled lord of the gods, who bears the bull as his emblem, practised austerity on the holy Himalayan mountain, attended by siddhas and charaṇas. (13-127-2)
नानौषधियुते रम्ये नानापुष्पसमाकुले। अप्सरोगणसङ्कीर्णे भूतसङ्घनिषेविते ॥१३-१२७-३॥
nānauṣadhiyute ramye nānāpuṣpasamākule। apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇe bhūtasaṅghaniṣevite॥13-127-3॥
[नानौषधियुते (nānauṣadhiyute) - endowed with various herbs; रम्ये (ramye) - beautiful; नानापुष्पसमाकुले (nānāpuṣpasamākule) - abounding with various flowers; अप्सरोगणसङ्कीर्णे (apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇe) - crowded with groups of apsarases; भूतसङ्घनिषेविते (bhūtasaṅghaniṣevite) - attended by assemblies of spirits;]
(In the beautiful (place) endowed with various herbs, abounding with various flowers, crowded with groups of apsarases, attended by assemblies of spirits.)
In the beautiful place filled with various herbs and many kinds of flowers, thronged by groups of apsarases and attended by assemblies of spirits. (13-127-3)
तत्र देवो मुदा युक्तो भूतसङ्घशतैर्वृतः। नानारूपैर्विरूपैश्च दिव्यैरद्भुतदर्शनैः ॥१३-१२७-४॥
tatra devo mudā yukto bhūtasaṅghaśatair vṛtaḥ। nānārūpair virūpaiś ca divyaiḥ adbhutadarśanaiḥ॥13-127-4॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - joined; भूतसङ्घशतैः (bhūtasaṅghaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of assemblies of beings; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; नानारूपैः (nānārūpaiḥ) - with various forms; विरूपैः (virūpaiḥ) - with strange forms; च (ca) - and; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - divine; अद्भुतदर्शनैः (adbhutadarśanaiḥ) - with wonderful appearances;]
(There the god, joined with joy, surrounded by hundreds of assemblies of beings, with various forms, with strange forms, and with divine, wonderful appearances.)
There the god, filled with joy, was surrounded by hundreds of beings in assemblies, displaying varied, strange, and divine, wonderful forms. (13-127-4)
सिंहव्याघ्रगजप्रख्यैः सर्वजातिसमन्वितैः। क्रोष्टुकद्वीपिवदनैरृक्षर्षभमुखैस्तथा ॥१३-१२७-५॥
siṃha-vyāghra-gaja-prakhyaiḥ sarva-jāti-samanvitaiḥ। kroṣṭuka-dvīpi-vadanaiḥ ṛkṣa-ṛṣabha-mukhaiḥ tathā ॥13-127-5॥
[सिंहव्याघ्रगजप्रख्यैः (siṃha-vyāghra-gaja-prakhyaiḥ) - by those resembling lions, tigers, and elephants; सर्वजातिसमन्वितैः (sarva-jāti-samanvitaiḥ) - endowed with all kinds (of forms/species); क्रोष्टुकद्वीपिवदनैः (kroṣṭuka-dvīpi-vadanaiḥ) - with the faces/mouths of jackals and panthers; ऋक्षर्षभमुखैः (ṛkṣa-ṛṣabha-mukhaiḥ) - with the faces of bears and bulls; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
(By those resembling lions, tigers, and elephants, endowed with all kinds (of forms), with the faces of jackals and panthers, with the faces of bears and bulls likewise.)
Resembling lions, tigers, and elephants, possessing all kinds of forms, with faces of jackals, panthers, bears, and bulls as well. (13-127-5)
उलूकवदनैर्भीमैः श्येनभासमुखैस्तथा। नानावर्णमृगप्रख्यैः सर्वजातिसमन्वयैः ॥ किंनरैर्देवगन्धर्वैर्यक्षभूतगणैस्तथा ॥१३-१२७-६॥
ulūka-vadanaiḥ bhīmaiḥ śyena-bhāsa-mukhaiḥ tathā। nānā-varṇa-mṛga-prakhyaiḥ sarva-jāti-samanvayaiḥ ॥ kiṁnaraiḥ deva-gandharvaiḥ yakṣa-bhūta-gaṇaiḥ tathā ॥13-127-6॥
[उलूकवदनैः (ulūka-vadanaiḥ) - with owl-faced ones; भीमैः (bhīmaiḥ) - terrible; श्येनभासमुखैः (śyena-bhāsa-mukhaiḥ) - with hawk and vulture-faced; तथा (tathā) - also; नानावर्णमृगप्रख्यैः (nānā-varṇa-mṛga-prakhyaiḥ) - resembling beasts of many colors; सर्वजातिसमन्वयैः (sarva-jāti-samanvayaiḥ) - consisting of all kinds (species); किंनरैः (kiṁnaraiḥ) - with Kiṁnaras; देवगन्धर्वैः (deva-gandharvaiḥ) - with divine Gandharvas; यक्षभूतगणैः (yakṣa-bhūta-gaṇaiḥ) - with groups of Yakṣas and Bhūtas; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(With owl-faced terrible ones, with hawk and vulture-faced (ones) also; resembling beasts of many colors, consisting of all kinds; with Kiṁnaras, divine Gandharvas, groups of Yakṣas and Bhūtas also.)
There were terrible beings with faces of owls, hawks, and vultures; resembling animals of many colors, comprising all species; together with Kiṁnaras, divine Gandharvas, and hosts of Yakṣas and Bhūtas also. (13-127-6)
दिव्यपुष्पसमाकीर्णं दिव्यमालाविभूषितम्। दिव्यचन्दनसंयुक्तं दिव्यधूपेन धूपितम् ॥ तत्सदो वृषभाङ्कस्य दिव्यवादित्रनादितम् ॥१३-१२७-७॥
divya-puṣpa-samākīrṇaṁ divya-mālā-vibhūṣitam। divya-candana-saṁyuktaṁ divya-dhūpena dhūpitam ॥ tat-sadaḥ vṛṣabhāṅkasya divya-vāditra-nāditam ॥13-127-7॥
[दिव्यपुष्पसमाकीर्णं (divyapuṣpasamākīrṇam) - filled with divine flowers; दिव्यमालाविभूषितम् (divyamālāvibhūṣitam) - adorned with divine garlands; दिव्यचन्दनसंयुक्तं (divyacandanasamyuktam) - joined with divine sandalwood; दिव्यधूपेन (divyadhūpena) - by divine incense; धूपितम् (dhūpitam) - perfumed; तत्सदः (tat-sadaḥ) - that hall; वृषभाङ्कस्य (vṛṣabhāṅkasya) - of him who has the bull as emblem; दिव्यवादित्रनादितम् (divyavāditranāditam) - resounding with divine music;]
(Filled with divine flowers, adorned with divine garlands, joined with divine sandalwood, perfumed by divine incense, that hall of him who has the bull as emblem, resounding with divine music.)
That hall of the bull-bannered one was filled with divine flowers, adorned with divine garlands, anointed with divine sandalwood, perfumed with divine incense, and resounded with divine music. (13-127-7)
मृदङ्गपणवोद्घुष्टं शङ्खभेरीनिनादितम्। नृत्यद्भिर्भूतसङ्घैश्च बर्हिणैश्च समन्ततः ॥१३-१२७-८॥
mṛdaṅga-paṇava-udghuṣṭaṃ śaṅkha-bherī-nināditam। nṛtyadbhiḥ bhūta-saṅghaiś ca barhiṇaiś ca samantataḥ ॥13-127-8॥
[मृदङ्गपणवोद्घुष्टं (mṛdaṅga-paṇava-udghuṣṭam) - resounded with drums and kettledrums; शङ्खभेरीनिनादितम् (śaṅkha-bherī-nināditam) - reverberated by conch-shells and great drums; नृत्यद्भिः (nṛtyadbhiḥ) - by those who are dancing; भूतसङ्घैः (bhūta-saṅghaiḥ) - by groups of spirits; च (ca) - and; बर्हिणैः (barhiṇaiḥ) - by peacocks; च (ca) - and; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(Resounded with drums and kettledrums, reverberated by conch-shells and great drums, by dancing groups of spirits and peacocks all around.)
All around, the place echoed with the sounds of mṛdaṅga and paṇava drums, conch-shells, and bherī drums, as groups of spirits and peacocks danced everywhere. (13-127-8)
प्रनृत्ताप्सरसं दिव्यं दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितम्। दृष्टिकान्तमनिर्देश्यं दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥१३-१२७-९॥
pranṛttāpsarasaṃ divyaṃ divyastrīgaṇasevitam। dṛṣṭikāntamanirdeśyaṃ divyamadbhutadarśanam ॥13-127-9॥
[प्रनृत्ताप्सरसं (pranṛttāpsarasaṃ) - filled-with-dancing-apsarases; दिव्यं (divyaṃ) - divine; दिव्य-स्त्री-गण-सेवितम् (divya-strī-gaṇa-sevitam) - attended-by-groups-of-divine-women; दृष्टिकान्तम् (dṛṣṭikāntam) - captivating-to-the-eye; अनिर्देश्यं (anirdeśyam) - indescribable; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; अद्भुत-दर्शनम् (adbhuta-darśanam) - wonderful-in-appearance;]
(Filled with dancing apsarases, divine, attended by groups of divine women, captivating to the eye, indescribable, divine, wonderful in appearance.)
It was filled with dancing apsarases, divine, served by groups of celestial women, captivating to the sight, indescribable, divine, and marvelously beautiful in appearance. (13-127-9)
स गिरिस्तपसा तस्य भूतेशस्य व्यरोचत। स्वाध्यायपरमैर्विप्रैर्ब्रह्मघोषैर्विनादितः। षट्पदैरुपगीतैश्च माधवाप्रतिमो गिरिः ॥१३-१२७-११॥
sa giris tapasā tasya bhūteśasya vyarocata। svādhyāya-paramair viprair brahma-ghoṣaiḥ vināditaḥ। ṣaṭpadair upa-gītaiś ca mādhava-apratimaḥ giriḥ ॥13-127-11॥
[स (sa) - that; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; तपसा (tapasā) - by penance; तस्य (tasya) - of him; भूतेशस्य (bhūteśasya) - of the lord of beings; व्यारोचत (vyarocata) - shone; स्वाध्यायपरमैः (svādhyāya-paramaiḥ) - engaged in Vedic recitation; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by the brahmins; ब्रह्मघोषैः (brahma-ghoṣaiḥ) - with Vedic chants; विनादितः (vināditaḥ) - resounded; षट्पदैः (ṣaṭpadaiḥ) - by bees; उपगीतैः (upa-gītaiḥ) - with (their) sung; च (ca) - and; माधवप्रतिमः (mādhava-apratimaḥ) - equal to Mādhava (Krishna/Vishnu); गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain;]
(That mountain by penance of him, the lord of beings, shone. Resounded with Vedic chants by brahmins engaged in Vedic recitation, and with songs by bees, the mountain, equal to Mādhava, (shone).)
That mountain, due to the austerity of the lord of beings, shone brilliantly. It resounded with Vedic chants recited by brahmins engaged in Vedic study, and with songs of bees, the mountain—resembling Mādhava—shone forth. (13-127-11)
तं महोत्सवसङ्काशं भीमरूपधरं पुनः। दृष्ट्वा मुनिगणस्यासीत्परा प्रीतिर्जनार्दन ॥१३-१२७-१२॥
taṁ mahotsavasaṅkāśaṁ bhīmarūpadharaṁ punaḥ। dṛṣṭvā munigaṇasyāsītparā prītirjanārdana ॥13-127-12॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; महोत्सवसङ्काशं (mahotsavasaṅkāśam) - festival-like; भीमरूपधरं (bhīmarūpadharam) - assuming a terrifying form; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; मुनिगणस्य (munigaṇasya) - of the group of sages; आसीत् (āsīt) - there was; परा (parā) - supreme; प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - joy; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana;]
(Him festival-like, assuming a terrifying form again, having seen, of the group of sages there was supreme joy, O Janārdana.)
O Janārdana, upon seeing him, who was festival-like and assuming a terrifying form again, the group of sages experienced supreme joy. (13-127-12)
मुनयश्च महाभागाः सिद्धाश्चैवोर्ध्वरेतसः। मरुतो वसवः साध्या विश्वेदेवाः सनातनाः ॥१३-१२७-१३॥
munayaś ca mahābhāgāḥ siddhāś caiva ūrdhvaretasaḥ। maruto vasavaḥ sādhyā viśvedevāḥ sanātanāḥ ॥13-127-13॥
[मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; च (ca) - and; महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - greatly fortunate; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ऊर्ध्वरेतसः (ūrdhvaretasaḥ) - who have upward-flowing energy (celibate); मरुतः (marutaḥ) - Maruts (wind-gods); वसवः (vasavaḥ) - Vasus (a class of deities); साध्याः (sādhyāḥ) - Sādhyas (a class of deities); विश्वेदेवाः (viśvedevāḥ) - Viśvedevas (all the gods); सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal;]
(Sages and greatly fortunate ones, and perfected beings indeed, who have upward-flowing energy; Maruts, Vasus, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, eternal.)
The sages, the greatly fortunate, the perfected beings with upward-flowing energy, as well as the Maruts, Vasus, Sādhyas, and the eternal Viśvedevas. (13-127-13)
यक्षा नागाः पिशाचाश्च लोकपाला हुताशनाः। भावाश्च सर्वे न्यग्भूतास्तत्रैवासन्समागताः ॥१३-१२७-१४॥
yakṣā nāgāḥ piśācāś ca lokapālā hutāśanāḥ। bhāvāś ca sarve nyagbhūtās tatraiva āsan samāgatāḥ॥13-127-14॥
[यक्षा (yakṣā) - yakṣas; नागाः (nāgāḥ) - nāgas; पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - piśācas; च (ca) - and; लोकपाला (lokapālā) - guardians of the worlds; हुताशनाः (hutāśanāḥ) - fires (Agnis); भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - beings; च (ca) - and; सर्वे (sarve) - all; न्यग्भूताः (nyagbhūtāḥ) - subdued; तत्र (tatra) - there; एव (eva) - indeed; आसन (āsan) - were; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled;]
(yakṣas nāgas piśācas and guardians of the worlds fires beings and all subdued there indeed were assembled.)
The yakṣas, nāgas, piśācas, guardians of the worlds, fires, beings—and all others—were gathered there, subdued. (13-127-14)
ऋतवः सर्वपुष्पैश्च व्यकिरन्त महाद्भुतैः। ओषध्यो ज्वलमानाश्च द्योतयन्ति स्म तद्वनम् ॥१३-१२७-१५॥
ṛtavaḥ sarvapuṣpaiś ca vyakiranta mahādbhutaiḥ। oṣadhyo jvalamānāś ca dyotayanti sma tad vanam ॥13-127-15॥
[ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons; सर्वपुष्पैः (sarvapuṣpaiḥ) - with all flowers; च (ca) - and; व्यक्षिरन्त (vyakiranta) - were showering; महाद्भुतैः (mahādbhutaiḥ) - marvelous (things); ओषध्यः (oṣadhyaḥ) - herbs; ज्वलमानाः (jvalamānāḥ) - shining; च (ca) - and; द्योतयन्ति (dyotayanti) - were illuminating; स्म (sma) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; वनम् (vanam) - forest;]
(The seasons with all flowers and marvelous (things) were showering; the shining herbs also were illuminating indeed that forest.)
The seasons showered marvelous flowers, and the shining herbs also illuminated that forest. (13-127-15)
विहगाश्च मुदा युक्ताः प्रानृत्यन्व्यनदंश्च ह। गिरिपृष्ठेषु रम्येषु व्याहरन्तो जनप्रियाः ॥१३-१२७-१६॥
vihagāś ca mudā yuktāḥ prā-nṛtyan vy-anadan ca ha। giri-pṛṣṭheṣu ramyeṣu vy-āharanto janapriyāḥ॥13-127-16॥
[विहगाः (vihagāḥ) - birds; च (ca) - and; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined; प्रानृत्यन् (prā-nṛtyan) - dancing about; व्यनदन् (vy-anadan) - crying out loudly; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; गिरिपृष्ठेषु (giri-pṛṣṭheṣu) - on the mountain slopes; रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - charming; व्याहरन्तः (vy-āharantaḥ) - uttering (sounds); जनप्रियाः (janapriyāḥ) - dear to people;]
(Birds and with joy joined, dancing about, crying out loudly and indeed, on charming mountain slopes, uttering (sounds), dear to people.)
The birds, joined with joy, danced and cried out, uttering their delightful sounds on the beautiful mountain slopes, endearing themselves to people. (13-127-16)
तत्र देवो गिरितटे दिव्यधातुविभूषिते। पर्यङ्क इव विभ्राजन्नुपविष्टो महामनाः ॥१३-१२७-१७॥
tatra devo giri-taṭe divya-dhātu-vibhūṣite। paryaṅka iva vibhrājan-nupaviṣṭo mahā-manāḥ ॥13-127-17॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; गिरितटे (giri-taṭe) - on the mountain slope; दिव्यधातुविभूषिते (divya-dhātu-vibhūṣite) - adorned with divine minerals; पर्यङ्कः (paryaṅkaḥ) - a couch; इव (iva) - like; विभ्राजन् (vibhrājan) - shining; उपविष्टः (upaviṣṭaḥ) - seated; महामनाः (mahā-manāḥ) - great-minded;]
(There the god, on the mountain slope adorned with divine minerals, shining like a couch, the great-minded (one) was seated.)
There, the god of great mind sat on the mountain slope adorned with divine minerals, shining like a couch. (13-127-17)
व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरधरः सिंहचर्मोत्तरच्छदः। व्यालयज्ञोपवीती च लोहिताङ्गदभूषणः ॥१३-१२७-१८॥
vyāghracarmāmbaradharaḥ siṃhacarmottaracchadaḥ। vyālayajñopavītī ca lohitāṅgadabhūṣaṇaḥ ॥13-127-18॥
[व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरधरः (vyāghracarmāmbaradharaḥ) - tiger-skin-cloth-wearer; सिंहचर्मोत्तरच्छदः (siṃhacarmottaracchadaḥ) - lion-skin-upper-garment; व्यालयज्ञोपवीती (vyālayajñopavītī) - serpent-sacred-threaded; च (ca) - and; लोहिताङ्गदभूषणः (lohitāṅgadabhūṣaṇaḥ) - red-armlet-adorned;]
(Tiger-skin-cloth-wearer, lion-skin-upper-garment, serpent-sacred-threaded, and red-armlet-adorned.)
He is clad in a garment of tiger-skin, has a lion-skin as an upper covering, wears a sacred thread made of serpent, and is adorned with red armlets. (13-127-18)
हरिश्मश्रुर्जटी भीमो भयकर्ता सुरद्विषाम्। अभयः सर्वभूतानां भक्तानां वृषभध्वजः ॥१३-१२७-१९॥
hariśmaśru-jaṭī bhīmaḥ bhayakartā suradviṣām। abhayaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhaktānāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ॥13-127-19॥
[हरिश्मश्रु (hariśmaśru) - having tawny beard; जटी (jaṭī) - having matted hair; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - terrible; भयकर्ता (bhayakartā) - generator of fear; सुरद्विषाम् (suradviṣām) - of the enemies of the gods; अभयः (abhayaḥ) - giver of fearlessness; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; भक्तानाम् (bhaktānām) - of devotees; वृषभध्वजः (vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ) - bull-bannered (Shiva);]
(Hariśmaśru, jaṭī, bhīma, fear-maker of the enemies of the gods. Fearless to all beings, to devotees the bull-bannered (Shiva).)
He with tawny beard and matted locks, the terrible one, the generator of fear among the enemies of the gods; the giver of fearlessness to all beings, to devotees—the bull-bannered (Shiva). (13-127-19)
दृष्ट्वा तमृषयः सर्वे शिरोभिरवनीं गताः। विमुक्ताः सर्वपापेभ्यः क्षान्ता विगतकल्मषाः ॥१३-१२७-२०॥
dṛṣṭvā tam ṛṣayaḥ sarve śirobhir avanīṃ gatāḥ. vimuktāḥ sarva-pāpebhyaḥ kṣāntā vigata-kalmaṣāḥ ॥13-127-20॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तम् (tam) - him; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - the sages; सर्वे (sarve) - all; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with (their) heads; अवनीम् (avanīm) - earth; गताः (gatāḥ) - having gone; विमुक्ताः (vimuktāḥ) - freed; सर्वपापेभ्यः (sarva-pāpebhyaḥ) - from all sins; क्षान्ताः (kṣāntāḥ) - forbearing; विगतकल्मषाः (vigata-kalmaṣāḥ) - devoid of blemish;]
(Having seen him, all the sages, with (their) heads, went to the earth, freed from all sins, forbearing, devoid of blemish.)
Having seen him, all the sages bowed their heads to the earth, being freed from all sins, patient, and free from all impurity. (13-127-20)
तस्य भूतपतेः स्थानं भीमरूपधरं बभौ। अप्रधृष्यतरं चैव महोरगसमाकुलम् ॥१३-१२७-२१॥
tasya bhūtapateḥ sthānaṃ bhīmarūpadharaṃ babhau। apradhṛṣyataraṃ caiva mahoragasamākulam ॥13-127-21॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; भूतपतेः (bhūtapateḥ) - of the lord of beings; स्थानं (sthānam) - place; भीमरूपधरं (bhīmarūpadharam) - assuming a terrifying form; बभौ (babhau) - shone; अप्रधृष्यतरं (apradhṛṣyataraṃ) - most unassailable; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; महोऽरगसमाकुलम् (mahoragasmākulam) - filled with great serpents;]
(Of him, of the lord of beings, the place, assuming a terrifying form, shone. Most unassailable and indeed filled with great serpents.)
The place of that lord of beings shone, assuming a terrifying form, most unassailable and indeed filled with great serpents. (13-127-21)
क्षणेनैवाभवत्सर्वमद्भुतं मधुसूदन। तत्सदो वृषभाङ्कस्य भीमरूपधरं बभौ ॥१३-१२७-२२॥
kṣaṇenaiva abhavat sarvam adbhutaṃ madhusūdana. tat sadaḥ vṛṣabhāṅkasya bhīma-rūpa-dharaṃ babhau ॥13-127-22॥
[क्षणेनैव (kṣaṇena eva) - in an instant indeed; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana; तत् (tat) - that; सदः (sadaḥ) - assembly hall; वृषभाङ्कस्य (vṛṣabhāṅkasya) - of Vṛṣabhāṅka (name or epithet, literally 'the one who has a bull as a mark', usually Śiva); भीमरूपधरम् (bhīma-rūpa-dharam) - bearing a terrible form; बभौ (babhau) - shone;]
(In an instant indeed, all became wonderful, O Madhusūdana. That assembly hall of Vṛṣabhāṅka, bearing a terrible form, shone.)
O Madhusūdana, in a moment everything became wondrous. That assembly hall of Vṛṣabhāṅka, bearing a terrifying form, shone brightly. (13-127-22)
तमभ्ययाच्छैलसुता भूतस्त्रीगणसंवृता। हरतुल्याम्बरधरा समानव्रतचारिणी ॥१३-१२७-२३॥
tam abhyayāc chailasutā bhūta-strī-gaṇa-saṁvṛtā. hara-tulyāmbara-dharā samāna-vrata-cāriṇī ॥13-127-23॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; शैलसुता (śailasutā) - daughter of the mountain; भूतस्त्रीगणसंवृता (bhūta-strī-gaṇa-saṁvṛtā) - surrounded by groups of female spirits; हरतुल्य (hara-tulya) - equal to Hara; अम्बरधरा (ambara-dharā) - clad in similar garments; समानव्रतचारिणी (samāna-vrata-cāriṇī) - practising the same observances;]
(Him approached the daughter of the mountain, surrounded by groups of female spirits, clad in garments equal to Hara, practising the same observances.)
The daughter of the mountain, surrounded by groups of female spirits, approached him, wearing attire like Hara and engaging in the same observances. (13-127-23)
बिभ्रती कलशं रौक्मं सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवम्। गिरिस्रवाभिः पुण्याभिः सर्वतोऽनुगता शुभा ॥१३-१२७-२४॥
bibhratī kalaśaṁ raukmaṁ sarvatīrthajalaudbhavam। girisravābhiḥ puṇyābhiḥ sarvato'nugatā śubhā ॥13-127-24॥
[बिभ्रती (bibhratī) - carrying; कलशं (kalaśam) - pot; रौक्मं (raukmam) - golden; सर्वतीर्थ (sarvatīrtha) - all holy places; जलोद्भवम् (jalodbhavam) - arising from water; गिरिस्रवाभिः (girisravābhiḥ) - by mountain-flows; पुण्याभिः (puṇyābhiḥ) - by auspicious; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; अनुगता (anugatā) - accompanied; शुभा (śubhā) - fortunate; ॥१३-१२७-२४॥ (॥13-127-24॥) -;]
(Carrying a golden pot arising from the water of all holy places, accompanied on all sides by auspicious mountain-streams, the fortunate one.)
Carrying a golden pot formed from the water of all sacred places, accompanied on all sides by auspicious mountain-streams, the auspicious one. (13-127-24)
पुष्पवृष्ट्याभिवर्षन्ती गन्धैर्बहुविधैस्तथा। सेवन्ती हिमवत्पार्श्वं हरपार्श्वमुपागमत् ॥१३-१२७-२५॥
puṣpavṛṣṭyābhivarṣantī gandhair bahuvidhais tathā। sevantī himavatpārśvaṃ harapārśvam upāgamat ॥13-127-25॥
[पुष्पवृष्ट्या (puṣpavṛṣṭyā) - with a shower of flowers; अभिवर्षन्ती (abhivarṣantī) - pouring forth; raining upon; गन्धैः (gandhaiḥ) - with fragrances; बहुविधैः (bahuvidhaiḥ) - of many kinds; तथा (tathā) - thus; सेवन्ती (sevantī) - serving; attending; हिमवत् (himavat) - Himalaya; पार्श्वं (pārśvaṃ) - side; हर (hara) - Hara; पार्श्वम् (pārśvam) - side; उपागमत् (upāgamat) - approached;]
(With a shower of flowers pouring forth, with fragrances of many kinds thus, serving the side of the Himavat, she approached the side of Hara.)
Showering flowers and spreading many kinds of fragrance, thus attending to the side of the Himalaya, she approached the side of Hara. (13-127-25)
ततः स्मयन्ती पाणिभ्यां नर्मार्थं चारुदर्शना। हरनेत्रे शुभे देवी सहसा सा समावृणोत् ॥१३-१२७-२६॥
tataḥ smayantī pāṇibhyāṃ narmārthaṃ cārudarśanā। hara-netre śubhe devī sahasā sā samāvṛṇot॥13-127-26॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्मयन्ती (smayantī) - smiling; पाणिभ्यां (pāṇibhyām) - with the two hands; नर्मार्थं (narmārtham) - in jest; for the sake of sport; चारुदर्शना (cārudarśanā) - having a lovely appearance; हरनेत्रे (hara-netre) - Hara's (Śiva's) eyes; शुभे (śubhe) - auspicious; देवी (devī) - the goddess; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; सा (sā) - she; समावृणोत् (samāvṛṇot) - covered; enclosed;]
(Then, smiling, with the two hands, in jest, the lovely-looking, at Hara's auspicious eyes, the goddess suddenly she covered.)
Then, smiling, the lovely-faced goddess suddenly covered Hara's (Śiva's) auspicious eyes with her two hands as a playful gesture. (13-127-26)
संवृताभ्यां तु नेत्राभ्यां तमोभूतमचेतनम्। निर्होमं निर्वषट्कारं तत्सदः सहसाभवत् ॥१३-१२७-२७॥
saṃvṛtābhyāṃ tu netrābhyāṃ tamobhūtam acetanam। nirhomaṃ nirvaṣaṭkāraṃ tat sadah sahasā abhavat॥13-127-27॥
[संवृताभ्यां (saṃvṛtābhyām) - by the closed; (dual, instrumental); तु (tu) - but; नेत्राभ्यां (netrābhyām) - eyes; (dual, instrumental); तमोभूतम् (tamobhūtam) - having the nature of darkness; अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious; निर्होमम् (nirhomaṃ) - without oblation (sacrifice); निर्वषट्कारम् (nirvaṣaṭkāraṃ) - without the Vaṣaṭ call (ritual exclamation); तत् (tat) - that; (neuter nominative singular); सदः (sadah) - assembly-hall; mansion; heavenly abode; (neuter nominative singular); सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; (3rd person singular past);]
(By the closed eyes but, having the nature of darkness, unconscious, without oblation, without the Vaṣaṭ call, that assembly-hall suddenly became.)
But when the eyes were closed, that assembly became suddenly dark, unconscious, lacking oblations and Vaṣaṭ calls. (13-127-27)
जनश्च विमनाः सर्वो भयत्राससमन्वितः। निमीलिते भूतपतौ नष्टसूर्य इवाभवत् ॥१३-१२७-२८॥
janaś ca vimanāḥ sarvo bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ। nimīlite bhūtapatau naṣṭasūrya ivābhavat॥13-127-28॥
[जनः (janaḥ) - people; च (ca) - and; विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - distressed in mind; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - everyone; भयत्राससमन्वितः (bhayatrāsasamanvitaḥ) - filled with fear and terror; निमीलिते (nimīlite) - when closed; भूतपतौ (bhūtapatau) - the lord of beings; नष्टसूर्यः (naṣṭasūryaḥ) - with the sun lost; इव (iva) - like; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(And the people, everyone, distressed in mind, filled with fear and terror, when the lord of beings was closed, became like with the sun lost.)
And all the people became downcast and filled with fear and terror; when the lord of beings was closed (departed), they became like those bereft of the sun. (13-127-28)
ततो वितिमिरो लोकः क्षणेन समपद्यत। ज्वाला च महती दीप्ता ललाटात्तस्य निःसृता ॥१३-१२७-२९॥
tato vitimiro lokaḥ kṣaṇena samapadyata। jvālā ca mahatī dīptā lalāṭāt tasya niḥsṛtā ॥13-127-29॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वितिमिरः (vitimiraḥ) - free from darkness; लोकः (lokaḥ) - world; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - became; ज्वाला (jvālā) - flame; च (ca) - and; महती (mahatī) - great; दीप्ता (dīptā) - blazing; ललाटात् (lalāṭāt) - from (the) forehead; तस्य (tasya) - his; निःसृता (niḥsṛtā) - issued forth;]
(Then the world became free from darkness in an instant. And a great blazing flame issued forth from his forehead.)
Then, in an instant, the world became free from darkness, and a great blazing flame came forth from his forehead. (13-127-29)
तृतीयं चास्य सम्भूतं नेत्रमादित्यसंनिभम्। युगान्तसदृशं दीप्तं येनासौ मथितो गिरिः ॥१३-१२७-३०॥
tṛtīyaṃ cāsya sambhūtaṃ netram ādityasaṃnibham। yugāntasadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ yenāsau mathito giriḥ॥13-127-30॥
[तृतीयं (tṛtīyam) - third; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - of him; सम्भूतं (sambhūtam) - arisen; नेत्रम् (netram) - eye; आदित्यसंनिभम् (ādityasaṃnibham) - like the sun; युगान्तसदृशं (yugāntasadṛśam) - like the end of an age; दीप्तं (dīptam) - shining; येन (yena) - by which; असौ (asau) - that; मथितः (mathitaḥ) - was churned; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain;]
(And his third eye, arisen, like the sun, shining, like the end of an age, by which that mountain was churned.)
And his third eye, which arose and shone like the sun and the end of an age, was the one by which that mountain was consumed. (13-127-30)
ततो गिरिसुता दृष्ट्वा दीप्ताग्निसदृशेक्षणम्। हरं प्रणम्य शिरसा ददर्शायतलोचना ॥१३-१२७-३१॥
tato girisutā dṛṣṭvā dīptāgni-sadṛśekṣaṇam। haraṃ praṇamya śirasā dadarśāyata-locanā ॥13-127-31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; गिरिसुता (girisutā) - daughter of the mountain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; दीप्ताग्निसदृशेक्षणम् (dīptāgni-sadṛśa-ikṣaṇam) - with eyes resembling blazing fire; हरम् (haraṃ) - Hara (Śiva); प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (her) head; ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw; आयतलोचना (āyata-locanā) - the large-eyed (lady);]
(Then the daughter of the mountain, having seen him whose eyes resembled blazing fire, having bowed (to) Hara with (her) head, the large-eyed (lady) saw.)
Then the daughter of the mountain, with her wide eyes, saw Hara—whose eyes shone like blazing fire—and bowed her head before him. (13-127-31)
दह्यमाने वने तस्मिन्सशालसरलद्रुमे। सचन्दनवने रम्ये दिव्यौषधिविदीपिते ॥१३-१२७-३२॥
dahyamāne vane tasmin saśālasa-raladrume | sacandana-vane ramye divyauṣadhi-vidīpite ||13-127-32||
[दह्यमाने (dahyamāne) - being burned; (in ablative/locative form); वने (vane) - in the forest; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; सशालसरलद्रुमे (saśālasa-raladrume) - with śāla and sarala-trees; सचन्दनवने (sacandana-vane) - with sandalwood-forest; रम्ये (ramye) - beautiful; दिव्यौषधिविदीपिते (divyauṣadhi-vidīpite) - illuminated by divine herbs;]
(In that forest, being burned, with śāla and sarala-trees, with sandalwood forest, beautiful, illuminated by divine herbs.)
In that forest, as it was burning, filled with śāla and sarala-trees, beautiful with sandalwood groves and lit up by divine herbs. (13-127-32)
मृगयूथैर्द्रुतैर्भीतैर्हरपार्श्वमुपागतैः। शरणं चाप्यविन्दद्भिस्तत्सदः सङ्कुलं बभौ ॥१३-१२७-३३॥
mṛgayūthair drutair bhītair harapārśvam upāgataiḥ | śaraṇaṃ cāpy avindadbhiḥ tat-sadaḥ saṅkulaṃ babhau ||13-127-33||
[मृगयूथैः (mṛgayūthaiḥ) - by herds of deer; द्रुतैः (drutaiḥ) - swift; quickly; भीतैः (bhītaiḥ) - frightened; हरपार्श्वम् (harapārśvam) - to the side of Hara (Śiva); उपागतैः (upāgataiḥ) - having come near; having approached; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; shelter; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अविन्दद्भिः (avindadbhiḥ) - having found; तत्-सदः (tat-sadaḥ) - that assembly; that hall; सङ्कुलम् (saṅkulam) - crowded; filled; बभौ (babhau) - shone; appeared;]
(By herds of deer, swift, frightened, having approached the side of Hara (Śiva), and also having found refuge, that assembly appeared crowded.)
That hall appeared crowded, as frightened herds of deer swiftly approached the side of Hara (Śiva) and found refuge there. (13-127-33)
ततो नभःस्पृशज्वालो विद्युल्लोलार्चिरुज्ज्वलः। द्वादशादित्यसदृशो युगान्ताग्निरिवापरः ॥१३-१२७-३४॥
tato nabhaḥ-spṛśa-jvālo vidyut-lolārcir-ujjvalaḥ। dvādaśāditya-sadṛśo yugānta-agniḥ-iva-aparaḥ ॥13-127-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; नभःस्पृशज्वालः (nabhaḥ-spṛśa-jvālaḥ) - with flames touching the sky; विद्युल्लोलार्चिः (vidyut-lolā-arciḥ) - having flickering fire like lightning; उज्ज्वलः (ujjvalaḥ) - brilliant; द्वादशादित्यसदृशः (dvādaśa-āditya-sadṛśaḥ) - resembling twelve suns; युगान्ताग्निः (yugānta-agniḥ) - the fire at the end of the age; इव (iva) - like; अपरः (aparaḥ) - another;]
(Then, with flames touching the sky, brilliant with flickering fire like lightning, resembling twelve suns, another (one) like the fire at the end of the age.)
Then, another person appeared with flames reaching up to the sky, brilliant with lightning-like flashes, resembling twelve suns, like the fire at the end of an age. (13-127-34)
क्षणेन तेन दग्धः स हिमवानभवन्नगः। सधातुशिखराभोगो दीनदग्धवनौषधिः ॥१३-१२७-३५॥
kṣaṇena tena dagdhaḥ sa himavān abhavat nagaḥ। sa-dhātu-śikhara-ābhogaḥ dīna-dagdha-vana-auṣadhiḥ ॥13-127-35॥
[क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; तेन (tena) - by him; दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt; स (sa) - that; हिमवान् (himavān) - Himavat (the Himalaya); अभवन् (abhavat) - became; नगः (nagaḥ) - mountain; सधातुशिखराभोगः (sa-dhātu-śikhara-ābhogaḥ) - with minerals and summit expanse; दीनदग्धवनौषधिः (dīna-dagdha-vana-auṣadhiḥ) - with miserable, burnt forest herbs;]
(In a moment by him burnt, that Himavat became a mountain; with minerals and summit expanse, with miserable, burnt forest herbs.)
In a moment, burnt by him, that Himavat became a mountain—with mineral peaks and spread, with its forest herbs miserably scorched and destroyed. (13-127-35)
तं दृष्ट्वा मथितं शैलं शैलराजसुता ततः। भगवन्तं प्रपन्ना सा साञ्जलिप्रग्रहा स्थिता ॥१३-१२७-३६॥
taṁ dṛṣṭvā mathitaṁ śailaṁ śailarājasutā tataḥ। bhagavantaṁ prapannā sā sāñjalipragrahā sthitā ॥13-127-36॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; मथितं (mathitaṁ) - churned; शैलं (śailaṁ) - mountain; शैलराजसुता (śailarājasutā) - daughter of the king of mountains; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भगवन्तं (bhagavantaṁ) - the Lord; प्रपन्ना (prapannā) - having taken refuge; सा (sā) - she; साञ्जलिप्रग्रहा (sāñjalipragrahā) - with palms joined in reverence; स्थिता (sthitā) - stood;]
(Him having seen, the churned mountain, the daughter of the king of mountains then, the Lord having taken refuge, she with palms joined in reverence, stood.)
Then, seeing the mountain churned, the daughter of the king of mountains stood with palms joined, having taken refuge in the Lord. (13-127-36)
उमां शर्वस्तदा दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीभावागतमार्दवाम्। पितुर्दैन्यमनिच्छन्तीं प्रीत्यापश्यत्ततो गिरिम् ॥१३-१२७-३७॥
umāṁ śarvas tadā dṛṣṭvā strī-bhāva-āgata-mārdavām। pitur dainyam anicchantīṁ prītyā apaśyat tato girim ॥13-127-37॥
[उमाम् (umāṁ) - Umā (Pārvatī, accusative singular); शर्वः (śarvaḥ) - Śarva (Śiva, nominative singular); तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; स्त्रीभावगतमार्दवाम् (strī-bhāva-āgata-mārdavām) - her who had attained (āgata) the gentleness (mārdava) resulting from being a woman (strī-bhāva); पितुः (pituḥ) - of her father; दैन्यम् (dainyam) - distress; dejection; अनिच्छन्तीम् (anicchantīm) - her not desiring; प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection; with pleasure; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; then; गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (Himalaya, accusative singular);]
(Śarva (Śiva), then, having seen Umā, who had attained the gentleness of womanhood, not desiring her father's distress, with affection saw then the mountain.)
Then Śarva (Śiva), having seen Umā, gentle by virtue of her womanhood and unwilling for her father’s dejection, affectionately looked upon the mountain. (13-127-37)
ततोऽभवत्पुनः सर्वः प्रकृतिस्थः सुदर्शनः। प्रहृष्टविहगश्चैव प्रपुष्पितवनद्रुमः ॥१३-१२७-३८॥
tato'bhavat punaḥ sarvaḥ prakṛtisthaḥ sudarśanaḥ। prahṛṣṭavihagaś caiva prapuṣpitavanadrumaḥ ॥13-127-38॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; प्रकृतिस्थः (prakṛtisthaḥ) - in natural state; सुदर्शनः (sudarśanaḥ) - beautiful; प्रहृष्टविहगः (prahṛṣṭavihagaḥ) - cheerful birds; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रपुष्पित (prapuṣpita) - full of blossoms; वनद्रुमः (vanadrumaḥ) - forest trees;]
(Then became again all in natural state, beautiful, cheerful birds and indeed full of blossoms forest trees.)
Then again, everything became pleasant in its natural state; the forest trees were filled with blossoms, and the birds were cheerful. (13-127-38)
प्रकृतिस्थं गिरिं दृष्ट्वा प्रीता देवी महेश्वरम्। उवाच सर्वभूतानां पतिं पतिमनिन्दिता ॥१३-१२७-३९॥
prakṛtisthaṃ giriṃ dṛṣṭvā prītā devī maheśvaram। uvāca sarvabhūtānāṃ patiṃ patimaninditā ॥13-127-39॥
[प्रकृतिस्थं (prakṛtistham) - situated in nature; गिरिं (girim) - mountain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; प्रीता (prītā) - pleased; देवी (devī) - the goddess; महेश्वरम् (maheśvaram) - Maheśvara; उवाच (uvāca) - said; सर्वभूतानां (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; पतिं (patiṃ) - the lord; पतिमनिन्दिता (patimaninditā) - the irreproachable wife;]
(Having seen the mountain situated in nature, the pleased goddess said to Maheśvara, the irreproachable wife, the lord of all beings.)
After seeing the mountain set in nature, the pleased goddess and irreproachable wife addressed Maheśvara, the lord of all beings. (13-127-39)
भगवन्सर्वभूतेश शूलपाणे महाव्रत। संशयो मे महाञ्जातस्तं मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१३-१२७-४०॥
bhagavan sarvabhūteśa śūlapāṇe mahāvrata। saṃśayo me mahān jātaḥ taṃ me vyākhyātum arhasi॥13-127-40॥
[भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; सर्वभूतेश (sarvabhūteśa) - lord of all beings; शूलपाणे (śūlapāṇe) - holder of the trident; महाव्रत (mahāvrata) - O great vow-holder; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; मे (me) - to me; महान् (mahān) - great; जातः (jātaḥ) - has arisen; तम् (tam) - that; मे (me) - for me; व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to;]
(O revered one, lord of all beings, holder of the trident, O great vow-holder, for me a great doubt has arisen. That for me to explain, you ought to.)
O revered one, lord of all beings, trident-holder, O great vow-observer, a great doubt has arisen for me. Please explain that to me. (13-127-40)
किमर्थं ते ललाटे वै तृतीयं नेत्रमुत्थितम्। किमर्थं च गिरिर्दग्धः सपक्षिगणकाननः ॥१३-१२७-४१॥
kimarthaṁ te lalāṭe vai tṛtīyaṁ netram utthitam। kimarthaṁ ca girir dagdhaḥ sa-pakṣigaṇa-kānanaḥ ॥13-127-41॥
[किमर्थं (kimartham) - for what reason; ते (te) - your; ललाटे (lalāṭe) - on the forehead; वै (vai) - indeed; तृतीयं (tṛtīyam) - third; नेत्रम् (netram) - eye; उत्थितम् (utthitam) - arisen; किमर्थं (kimartham) - for what reason; च (ca) - and; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt; सपक्षिगणकाननः (sa-pakṣigaṇa-kānanaḥ) - with the forests of hosts of birds;]
(For what reason is your third eye arisen indeed on the forehead? And for what reason was the mountain burnt with the forests of hosts of birds?)
For what reason did your third eye arise on your forehead? And for what purpose was the mountain, along with all its bird-filled forests, burned? (13-127-41)
किमर्थं च पुनर्देव प्रकृतिस्थः क्षणात्कृतः। तथैव द्रुमसञ्छन्नः कृतोऽयं ते महेश्वर ॥१३-१२७-४२॥
kimarthaṃ ca punar deva prakṛtisthaḥ kṣaṇāt kṛtaḥ। tathaiva druma-sañchannaḥ kṛto'yaṃ te maheśvara ॥13-127-42॥
[किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what reason; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punar) - again; देव (deva) - O god; प्रकृतिस्थः (prakṛtisthaḥ) - situated in the original state; क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in a moment; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; द्रुमसञ्छन्नः (druma-sañchannaḥ) - covered by trees; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made; अयम् (ayam) - this; ते (te) - by you; महेश्वर (maheśvara) - O great Lord;]
(For what reason and again, O god, the one situated in the original state was made, in a moment? In the same way, covered by trees, this was made by you, O great Lord.)
O great Lord, for what reason, and again, O god, was the one in his original state created in a moment? Likewise, why was this (being) covered by trees also made by you? (13-127-42)
महेश्वर उवाच॥
maheśvara uvāca॥
[महेश्वर (maheśvara) - great lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Great lord said;)
The great lord said.
नेत्रे मे संवृते देवि त्वया बाल्यादनिन्दिते। नष्टालोकस्ततो लोकः क्षणेन समपद्यत ॥१३-१२७-४३॥
netre me saṁvṛte devi tvayā bālyād anindite। naṣṭā-lokas tato lokaḥ kṣaṇena samapadyata ॥13-127-43॥
[नेत्रे (netre) - eyes; मे (me) - my; संवृते (saṁvṛte) - covered; देवि (devi) - O goddess; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from childishness; अनिन्दिते (anindite) - O irreproachable one; नष्टालोकः (naṣṭā-lokaḥ) - lost sight; ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; लोकः (lokaḥ) - world (here: vision, sight); क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - was attained (came to pass);]
(Eyes my covered O goddess by you from childishness O irreproachable one; lost sight thereupon world (vision) in an instant was attained.)
O goddess, when my eyes were covered by you out of childishness, O irreproachable one, then sight was lost and the world disappeared in an instant. (13-127-43)
नष्टादित्ये तथा लोके तमोभूते नगात्मजे। तृतीयं लोचनं दीप्तं सृष्टं ते रक्षता प्रजाः ॥१३-१२७-४४॥
naṣṭāditye tathā loke tamobhūte nagātmaje। tṛtīyaṃ locanaṃ dīptaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ te rakṣatā prajāḥ ॥13-127-44॥
[नष्ट-Adित्ये (naṣṭāditye) - when the sun was lost; तथा (tathā) - thus; लोके (loke) - in the world; तमो-भूते (tamo-bhūte) - being filled with darkness; नग-आत्मज (naga-ātmaje) - O son of the mountain; तृतीयं (tṛtīyam) - the third; लोचनं (locanam) - eye; दीप्तं (dīptam) - shining; सृष्टं (sṛṣṭam) - was created; ते (te) - by you; रक्षता (rakṣatā) - to protect; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures;]
(When the sun was lost, thus, in the world being full of darkness, O son of the mountain, the third eye shining was created by you to protect the creatures.)
When the sun was lost and the world was plunged into darkness, O son of the mountain, your shining third eye was created to protect all creatures. (13-127-44)
तस्य चाक्ष्णो महत्तेजो येनायं मथितो गिरिः। त्वत्प्रियार्थं च मे देवि प्रकृतिस्थः क्षणात्कृतः ॥१३-१२७-४५॥
tasya cākṣṇo mahattejo yenāyaṁ mathito giriḥ। tvatpriyārthaṁ ca me devi prakṛtisthaḥ kṣaṇātkṛtaḥ॥13-127-45॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of his; चाक्ष्णः (cākṣṇaḥ) - of the eye; महत् (mahat) - great; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; येन (yena) - by which; अयम् (ayam) - this; मथितः (mathitaḥ) - churned; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; त्वत्प्रियार्थम् (tvatpriyārtham) - for your dear sake; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - by me; देवि (devi) - O goddess; प्रकृतिस्थः (prakṛtisthaḥ) - in the natural state; क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - from the moment; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made;]
(Of his eye's great splendor, by which this mountain was churned; for your dear sake and by me, O goddess, from the moment the natural state was made.)
It was by the great radiance of his eye, O goddess, that this mountain was churned; and for your sake, I have restored it to its natural state immediately. (13-127-45)
उमोवाच॥
umovāca॥
[उमा (umā) - Umā; goddess Parvati; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Umā said;)
Umā said.
भगवन्केन ते वक्त्रं चन्द्रवत्प्रियदर्शनम्। पूर्वं तथैव श्रीकान्तमुत्तरं पश्चिमं तथा ॥१३-१२७-४६॥
bhagavan kena te vaktraṃ candravat priyadarśanam। pūrvaṃ tathaiva śrīkāntam uttaraṃ paścimaṃ tathā ॥13-127-46॥
[भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; केन (kena) - by what; ते (te) - your; वक्त्रं (vaktraṃ) - face; चन्द्रवत् (candravat) - like the moon; प्रियदर्शनम् (priyadarśanam) - delightful to behold; पूर्वं (pūrvaṃ) - the east; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; श्रीकान्तम् (śrīkāntam) - splendorous; उत्तरं (uttaram) - north; पश्चिमं (paścimam) - west; तथा (tathā) - similarly;]
(O Lord, by what (means) your face, like the moon, delightful to behold, (is) in the east, likewise splendorous, (and in the) north, (and in the) west, similarly.)
O Lord, how is your face, delightful like the moon, present in the east, just so splendid in the north, and similarly in the west? (13-127-46)
दक्षिणं च मुखं रौद्रं केनोर्ध्वं कपिला जटाः। केन कण्ठश्च ते नीलो बर्हिबर्हनिभः कृतः ॥१३-१२७-४७॥
dakṣiṇaṃ ca mukhaṃ raudraṃ kenordhvaṃ kapilā jaṭāḥ। kena kaṇṭhaś ca te nīlo barhibarhanibhaḥ kṛtaḥ ॥13-127-47॥
[दक्षिणं (dakṣiṇam) - southern; च (ca) - and; मुखं (mukham) - face; रौद्रं (raudram) - fierce; केन (kena) - by whom; ऊर्ध्वं (ūrdhvam) - upwards; कपिला (kapilā) - tawny; जटाः (jaṭāḥ) - matted locks; केन (kena) - by whom; कण्ठः (kaṇṭhaḥ) - neck; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; नीलः (nīlaḥ) - blue; बर्हिबर्हनिभः (barhibarhanibhaḥ) - having the appearance of feathers of a tail; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made;]
(And (your) fierce southern face, by whom (were they made)? Upwards, tawny matted locks (were made), by whom? And your neck, blue, appearing like the tail feathers, (was) made (by whom)?)
And who made your fierce southern face? By whom were your tawny matted locks upwards (arranged)? By whom was your neck made blue, resembling the tail feathers? (13-127-47)
हस्ते चैतत्पिनाकं ते सततं केन तिष्ठति। जटिलो ब्रह्मचारी च किमर्थमसि नित्यदा ॥१३-१२७-४८॥
haste cai tat pinākaṃ te satataṃ kena tiṣṭhati. jaṭilo brahmacārī ca kimartham asi nityadā ॥13-127-48॥
[हस्ते (haste) - in (your) hand; च (ca) - and; एतत् (etat) - this; पिनाकम् (pinākaṃ) - Pināka (the bow); ते (te) - your; सततम् (satataṃ) - always; केन (kena) - by what; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains; जटिलः (jaṭilaḥ) - matted-haired (one); ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī) - celibate (one); च (ca) - and; किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what reason; असि (asi) - are (you); नित्यदा (nityadā) - always;]
(In (your) hand and this Pināka (bow) your always by what remains? Matted-haired, celibate and for what reason are (you) always?)
Why does this Pināka bow always remain in your hand? And for what reason are you always a matted-haired celibate? (13-127-48)
एतं मे संशयं सर्वं वद भूतपतेऽनघ। सधर्मचारिणी चाहं भक्ता चेति वृषध्वज ॥१३-१२७-४९॥
etaṁ me saṁśayaṁ sarvaṁ vada bhūtapate'nagha. sadharmacāriṇī cāhaṁ bhaktā ceti vṛṣadhvaja ॥13-127-49॥
[एतं (etaṁ) - this; (accusative, singular, masculine) मे (me) - my; (genitive, singular, first person pronoun) संशयं (saṁśayam) - doubt; (accusative, singular) सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all; (accusative, singular, neuter) वद (vada) - speak; (imperative, singular, second person) भूतपते (bhūtapate) - O lord of beings; (vocative, singular) अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; (vocative, singular) सधर्मचारिणी (sadharmacāriṇī) - one following the same dharma; (nominative, singular, feminine) च (ca) - and; अहं (ahaṁ) - I; (nominative, singular, first person pronoun) भक्ता (bhaktā) - devoted; (nominative, singular, feminine) च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; वृषध्वज (vṛṣadhvaja) - O bull-bannered one; (vocative, singular, epithet of Śiva);]
(This my doubt all speak O lord of beings O sinless one. One following the same dharma and I devoted and thus O bull-bannered one (13-127-49))
O lord of beings, O sinless one, tell me all this doubt of mine. I am one who follows the same dharma, and I am devoted—thus, O Bull-bannered one. (13-127-49)
एवमुक्तः स भगवाञ्शैलपुत्र्या पिनाकधृक्। तस्या वृत्त्या च बुद्ध्या च प्रीतिमानभवत्प्रभुः ॥१३-१२७-५०॥
evam-uktaḥ sa bhagavāñ-śailaputryā pinākadhṛk। tasyā vṛttyā ca buddhyā ca prītimān abhavat prabhuḥ॥13-127-50॥
[एवमुक्तः (evam-uktaḥ) - thus addressed; स (sa) - he; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed one; शैलपुत्र्या (śailaputryā) - by the daughter of the mountain; पिनाकधृक् (pinākadhṛk) - the wielder of Pināka (Śiva's bow); तस्या (tasyā) - her; वृत्त्या (vṛttyā) - by conduct; च (ca) - and; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect; च (ca) - and; प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - pleased; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the Lord;]
(Thus addressed, he, the blessed one, wielder of Pināka, by the daughter of the mountain, by her conduct and by her intellect and, pleased became the Lord.)
Thus addressed by the daughter of the mountain, the blessed Lord, wielder of Pināka, became pleased with her conduct and intellect. (13-127-50)
ततस्तामब्रवीद्देवः सुभगे श्रूयतामिति। हेतुभिर्यैर्ममैतानि रूपाणि रुचिरानने ॥१३-१२७-५१॥
tatastāmabravīddevaḥ subhage śrūyatāmiti। hetubhir yair mama etāni rūpāṇi rucirānane ॥13-127-51॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ताम् (tām) - to her; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; सुभगे (subhage) - O fortunate one; श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard; इति (iti) - thus; हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by the reasons; यैः (yaiḥ) - by which; मम (mama) - my; एतानि (etāni) - these; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; रुचिरानने (rucirānane) - O lovely-faced one;]
(Then to her the god said, "O fortunate one, let it be heard thus: by the reasons by which my these forms, O lovely-faced one.")
Then the god said to her, "O fortunate one, listen: by what causes these forms of mine (arose), O lovely-faced one." (13-127-51)
