pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: विना भर्चा च रुद्रेण भविष्यति न संशयः। वंशे तथैव नाम्ना तु ख्याति यास्यति चेप्सिताम्॥ विकर्णश्च महादेवं तथा भक्तसुखावहम्। प्रसाद्य भगवान् सिद्धि प्राप्तवान् मधुसूदन॥
English: And you will have that son without the help of a husband, simply through the favour of Rudra. Forsooth, that son, born in the family of his father, shall become known for his merit, and assume a name after you. The illustrious Vikarna also, destroyer of Madhu, full of devotion 10 Mahadeva, pleased him with severe penances and got high and happy success.
Sanskrit: शाकल्यः संशितात्मा वै नववर्षशतान्यपि। आराधयामास भवं मनोयज्ञेन केशव॥
English: Shakalya, too, of controlled soul worshipped Bhava in a mental sacrifice that he celebrated for nine hundred years, O Keshava.
Sanskrit: तं चाह भगवांस्तुष्टो ग्रन्थकारो भविष्यसि। वत्साक्षया च ते कीर्तिपैलोक्ये वै भविष्यति॥
English: Pleased with him, the illustrious god said to him You will become a great author. O son, your fame shall be eternal in the three worlds.
Sanskrit: रुद्र उवाच अक्षयं च कुलं तेऽस्तु महर्षिभिरलंकृतम्। भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठः सूत्रकर्ता सुतस्तव॥
English: The illustrious Rudra said Your family also shall never come to an end and shall be adomed by many great Rishis born in it! Your son will become the foremost of Brahmanas and will make thc Sutras of your work.
Sanskrit: सावर्णिश्चापि विख्यात ऋषिरासीत् कृते युगे। इह तेन तपस्तप्तं षष्टिवर्षशतान्यथ॥
English: There was a celebrated Rishi named Savarni in the golden age. Here in this hermitage, he practised sevcrc pchances for six thousand years.
Sanskrit: तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो जगौ देवगुरुर्गुरुः । तमाह भगवान् रुद्रः साक्षात् तुष्टोऽस्मि तेऽनघ। ग्रन्थकृल्लोकविख्यातो भविताऽस्यजरामरः॥ गीतेन वादितव्येन नित्यं मामनुयास्यसि।
English: Pleased with him, Mahadeva, that preceptor I am pleased with you, O sinless one. Without being subject to decrepitude or death, you will become an author celebrated through all the worlds. No one shall cqual you in energy and penances. You will always serve me with your songs and instrumental music.
Sanskrit: शक्रेण तु पुरा देवो वाराणस्यां जनार्दन। आराधितोऽभूद् भक्तेन दिग्वासा भस्मगुण्ठितः॥१०५
English: In days of yore, Shakra also, in Varanasi, filled with devotion, O Janarddana, worshipped Mahadeva who has space, alone for his dress and who is smeared with ashes as an agreeable unguent.
Sanskrit: आराध्य स महादेवं देवराजमवाप्तवान्। नारदेन तु भक्त्याऽसौ भव आराधित: पुरा॥
English: Having worshipped Mahadeva thus, he acquired the sovereignty of the celestials. Narada also, in days of yore, worshipped the great Bhava with devotion of heart.
Sanskrit: प्रबोधितो महातेजास्तं चापि शृणु विस्तरम्। तेजसा तपसा कीर्त्या त्वत्समो न भविष्यति॥ साक्षात् पशुपतिस्तात तच्चापि शृणु माधव।
English: Hear also in full for what object, O you of great power, I invoked with controlled senses and mind that illustrious god gified with Supreme energy. Hear also, O Madhava, how formerly I succeeded in secing that god of gods, that Lord of all creatures, O lord.
Sanskrit: तत्सर्वं निखिलेनाद्य कथयिष्यामि तेऽनघ। मयाऽपि च यथा दृष्टो देवदेवः पुरा विभो॥
English: I shall, O sinless one, tell you fully all that I succeeded in obtaining from that god of gods, viz., Maheshvara.
Sanskrit: व्याघ्रपाद इति ख्यातो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः। यदर्थं च मया देवः प्रयतेन तथा विभो॥ प्रबोधितो महातेजास्तं चापि शृणु विस्तरम्। यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं देवदेवान्महेश्वरात्॥
English: Formerly in the golden age, O son, there was a Rishi of great fame, named Vyaghrapada. O lord, listion from me in prolics all that by which I pacified Mahadeva, the great spendorous god with apurpose. O sinles, whatever I got from Maheshvara, the god of the gods, during long long past; I will tell you all that in detail. He was celebrated for his knowledge and mastery over the Vedas and their auxiliaries.
Sanskrit: तस्याहमभवं पुत्रो धौम्यश्चापि ममानुजः॥ कस्यचित् त्वथ कालस्य धौम्येन सह माधव। आगच्छमाश्रमं क्रीडन् मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्॥
English: I was born as the son of that Rishi and Dhaumya was born as my younger brother. On a certain occasion, O Madhava, accompanied by Dhaumya, I arrived at the hermitage of certain Rishi of purified souls.
Sanskrit: तत्रापि च मया दृष्टा दुह्यमाना पयस्विनी। लक्षितं च मया क्षीरं स्वादुतो ह्यमृतोपमम्॥
English: There I saw a cow that was being milked. And I saw the milk and it appeared to me to resemble nectar itself in taste.
Sanskrit: ततोऽहमब्रुवं बाल्याज्जननीमात्मनस्तथा। क्षीरोदनसमायुक्तं भोजनं हि प्रयच्छ मे॥ नेदं क्षीरोदनं मातर्यत् त्वं मे दत्तवत्यसि।
English: I then came home, and actuated by childishness, I addressed my mother and said Give me some food prepared with milk.
Sanskrit: अभावाच्चैव दुग्धस्य दुःखिता जननी तदा। ततः पिष्टं समालोड्य तोयेन सह माधव॥ आवयोः क्षीरमित्येव पानार्थं समुपानयत्। अथ गव्यं पयस्तात कदाचित् प्राशितं मया॥ पित्राहं यज्ञकाले हि नीतो ज्ञातिकुलं महत्।
English: There was no milk in the house, and accordingly my mother, was much sorry at my asking for it. My mother took a piece of cake and boiled it in water, O Madhava. The water became whitened and my mother placed it before us, saying that it was milk and asked us to drink it. I had before that drunk milk on one occasion, for my father had, at the time of a sacrifice, taken me to the house of some of our great kinsmen.
Sanskrit: तत्र साक्षरते देवी दिव्या गौः सुरनन्दिनी॥ तस्याहं तत् पयः पीत्वा रसेन ह्यमृतोपमम्। ज्ञात्वा क्षीरगुणांश्चैव उपलभ्य हि सम्भवम्॥ स च पिष्टरसस्तात न मे प्रीतिमुपावहत्।
English: A celestial cow, who delights the gods, was being milked on that occasion. Drinking her milk that resembled nectar in taste, I knew the virtues of milk. I, therefore, at once understood the substance that my mother offered me, for milk. Verily, the taste of that cake, O son, did not give me any pleasure whatever.
Sanskrit: ततोऽहमब्रुवं बाल्याज्जननीमात्मनस्तथा। नेदं क्षीरोदनं मातर्यत् त्वं मे दत्तवत्यसि।
English: Moved by childishness I then addressed my mother, saying O mother, which you have given me is not any preparation of milk.
Sanskrit: ततो मामब्रवीन्माता दुःखशोकसमन्विता॥ पुत्रस्नेहात् परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय माधव।
English: Filled with grief and sorrow at this, and embracing me from affection and smelling my head, O Madhava, she said to me.
Sanskrit: कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्॥ वने निवसतां नित्यं कन्दमूलफलाशिनाम्।
English: Whence, O child, can ascetics of purified souls get food prepared with milk? Such men always live in the forest and live upon bulbs and roots and fruits.
Sanskrit: कुतः क्षीरं वनस्थानां मुनीनां गिरिवासिनाम्। आस्थितानां नदीं दिव्यां वालखिल्यैर्निषेविताम्॥१२३
English: Whence shall we, who live by the banks of rivers which are the resort of the Valakhilyas, we, who have mountains and forests for our home whence, indeed, O child, shall we get milk?
Sanskrit: पावनानां वनाशानां वनाश्रमनिवासिनाम्॥ ग्राम्याहारनिवृत्तानामारण्यफलभोजिनाम्।
English: We, dear child, live on air and on water. We live in asylums in the midst of forests and woods. We habitually abstain from all sorts of food that are taken by person living in villages and towns. We are accustomed to only such food as are supplied by the forest products.
Sanskrit: नास्ति पुत्र पयोऽरण्ये सुरभीगोत्रवर्जिते॥ नदीगह्वरशैलेषु तीर्थेषु विविधेषु च। तपसा जप्यनित्यानां शिवो नः परमा गतिः॥ अप्रसाद्य विरूपाक्षं वरदं स्थाणुमव्ययम्। कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स सुखानि वसनानि च॥ तं प्रपद्य सदा वत्स सर्वभावेन शङ्करम्।
English: There cannot be any milk, O child, in the forest where there are no offspring of Surabhi. Living on the banks of rivers, or in caves or on mountainbreasts, or in shrines and other places of the kind, we pass our time in the practice of penances and the recitation of sacred Mantras, Shiva being our highest refuge. Without pleasing the boongiving, Sthanu of undecaying glory him, who has three eyes whence, O child, can one get food prepared with milk and good dresses and other objects of enjoyment in the world? Do you devote yourself wholemindedly, O dear son, to Shankara.
Sanskrit: तत्प्रसादाच्च कामेभ्यः फलं प्राप्स्यसि पुत्रक॥ जनन्यास्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन्। प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा इदमम्बामचोदयम्॥ कोऽयमम्ब महादेवः स कथं च प्रसीदति।
English: Through his favour, O child, you are sure to obtain all such objects of wishes. Hearing those words of my mother, O destroyer of enemies, that day, I joined my hands in respect and bowing to her, said O mother, who is this Mahadeva? How can one please him?
Sanskrit: कुत्र वा वसते देवो द्रष्टव्यो वा कथंचन॥ तुष्यते वा कथं शो रूपं तस्य च कीदृशम्। कथं ज्ञेयः प्रसन्नो वा दर्शयेज्जननि मम॥
English: Where does that god live? How may he be seen? With what does he become pleased? What also is the form of Sharva? How may one succeed in knowing him? If pleased, will he, O mother, appear before me?
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ता तदा कृष्ण माता मे सुतवत्सला। मूर्धन्याघ्राय गोविन्द सबाष्पाकुललोचना॥
English: After I had said these words, O Krishna, to my mother, she, filled with parental affection, smelt my head, O Govinda, her eyes bathed in tears.
Sanskrit: प्रमार्जन्ती च गात्राणि मम वै मधुसूदन। दैन्यमालम्ब्य जननी इदमाह सुरोत्तम॥
English: Gently patting my body, o destroyer of Madhu, my mother, adopting a tone of great humility, addressed me in the following words, O best of the gods.
Sanskrit: अम्बोवाच दुर्विज्ञेयो महादेवो दुराधारो दुरन्तकः। दुराबाधश्च दुर्ब्रह्यो दुर्दश्यो ह्यकृतात्मभिः॥
English: My mother said It is difficult for persons of impure souls to know Mahadeva. These men are incapable of bearing him in their hearts or understanding him at all. They cannot retain him in their minds. They cannot seize him nor can they see him.
Sanskrit: यस्य रूपाण्यनेकानि प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः। स्थानानि च विचित्राणि प्रसादाश्चाप्यनेकशः॥
English: Wise men say that his forms are manifold. Many are the places in which he lives. Many are the forms of his Grace.
Sanskrit: को हि तत्त्वेन तद् वेद ईशस्य चरितं शुभम्। कृतवान् यानि रूपाणि देवदेवः पुरा किल।
English: Who is there who can understand in full all the excellent deeds, of Isha, or of all the forms that he has assumed in days of yore?
Sanskrit: क्रीडते च तथा शर्वः प्रसीदति यथा च वै॥ हृदिस्थः सर्वभूतानां विश्वरूपो महेश्वरः।
English: Who can describe how Sharva sports and how he becomes pleased? Maheshvara of universal form lives in the hearts of all Creatures.
Sanskrit: भक्तानामनुकम्पार्थं दर्शनं च यथाश्रुतम्॥ मुनीनां ब्रुवतां दिव्यमीशानचरितं शुभम्।
English: While ascetics discoursed on the auspicious and excellent deeds of Ishana, I have heard from then how, moved by mercy towards his worshippers, he grants them a sight of his body.
Sanskrit: कृतवान् यानि रूपाणि कथितानि दिवौकसैः॥ अनुग्रहार्थं विप्राणां शृणु वत्स समासतः। तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥
English: For showing a favour to the Brahmanas, the dwellers of heaven have recited for their information the various forins which were assumed by Mahadeva in days of yore. You have asked me about these. I shall recite them to you, O) son.
Sanskrit: अम्बोवाच ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेन्द्राणां रुद्रादित्याश्विनामपि। विश्वेषामपि देवानां वपुर्धारयते भवः॥
English: My mother said Bhava assumes the forins of Brahman and Vishnu and the king of the gods: of the Rudras, the Adityas, and the Ashvins; and of those gods called Vishvedevas.
Sanskrit: नराणां देवनारीणां तथा प्रेतपिशाचयोः। किरातशबराणां च जलजानामनेकश:॥
English: He assumes the forins also of men and women, of Pretas and Pishachas, of Kiratas and Shabaras, and of all aquatic animal. That illustrious god assumes the forms of also those Shabaras who live in the woods and forests.
Sanskrit: करोति भगवान् रूपमाटव्यशबराण्यपि। कूर्मो मत्स्यस्तथा शङ्खः प्रवालाकुरभूषणः॥
English: He assumes the forms of tortoises and fishes and conchs. He assumes the form of those corals which are used as ornaments by men.
Sanskrit: यक्षराक्षससाणां दैत्यदानवयोरपि। वपुर्धारयते देवो भूयश्च विलवासिनाम्॥
English: He assumes the forms of also Yakshas and Rakshasas and Snakes, of Daityas and Danavas. The illustrious god assumes the forms of all creatures too which live in holes.
Sanskrit: व्याघ्रसिंहमृगाणां च तरक्ष्वृक्षपतत्रिणाम्। उलूकश्वशृगालानां रूपाणि कुरुतेऽपि च॥
English: He assumes the forms of tigers and lions and deer, of wolves and bears and birds, of owls and of jackals as well.
Sanskrit: हंसकाकमयूराणां कृकलासकसारसाम्। रूपाणि च बलाकानां गृध्रचक्राङ्गयोरपि॥
English: He assumes the forms of swans and crows and peacocks, of chameleons and lizards and storks. He assumes the forms of cranes and vultures and Chakravakas.
Sanskrit: करोति वा स रूपाणि धारयत्यपि पर्वतम्। गोरूपं च महादेवो हस्त्यश्वोष्ट्रखराकृतिः॥
English: He assumes the forms of Chasas and of mountains also. O son, Mahadeva assumes the forms of kine and elephants and horses and camels and asses.
Sanskrit: छागशार्दूलरूपश्च अनेकमृगरूपधृक्। अण्डजानां च दिव्यानां वपुर्धारयते भवः॥
English: He assumes the forms of also goats and pards and various other animals. Bhava assumes the forins of various kinds of birds of beautiful plumage.
Sanskrit: दण्डी छत्री च कुण्डी च द्विजानां धारणस्तथा। पण्मुखो वै बहुमुखस्त्रिनेत्रो बहुशीर्षकः॥
English: It is Mahadeva who assumes the form of the Sanyasin bearing the Darda (emblem of mendicancy), and also of the king with the Chhatra and the Brahman with the calabash. He sometimes becomes six faced and sometimes becomes multifaced. He sometimes assumes forins having three eyes and forms having many heads.
Sanskrit: अनेककटिपादश्च अनेकोदरवक्त्रधृक्। अनेकपाणिपार्श्वश्च अनेकगणसंवृतः॥
English: And he sometimes assumes forms having many millions of legs and forms having numberless stomachs and faces, and forms gified Hili numberless arms and numberless sides. Ile sometimes appears surrounded by numberless spirits and ghosts.
Sanskrit: ऋपिगन्धर्वरूपश्च सिद्धचारणरूपधृक्। भस्मपाण्डुरगात्रश्च चन्द्रार्धकृतभूषणः॥
English: He assumes the forms of Rishis and (iandharvas, and of Siddhas and Charanas. He assumes a form wlich is rendered whilc with the ashes he smears on it and adorned with a hall-moon on the forchvad.
Sanskrit: अनेकरावसंघुष्टश्चानेकस्तुतिसंस्कृतः। सर्वभूतान्तक: सर्वः सर्वलोकप्रतिष्ठितः॥
English: Adored with various hymns uttered with Various kinds of voice and adored with various Mantras fraught with encomiums, he, who is Sometimes called Sharva. is the Destroyer of all creatures in the universe, and it is upon hiin, again, that all creatures rest as common basis.
Sanskrit: सर्वलोकान्तरात्मा च सर्वगः सर्ववाद्यपि। सर्वत्र भगवान् ज्ञेयो हृदिस्थः सर्वदेहिनाम्॥
English: Mahadeva is the soul of all crcatures. He pervades all things. He is the speaker of all subjects. He lives everywhcre and should be known as living in the hearts of all creatures in the universe.
Sanskrit: यो हि यं कामयंत् कामं यस्मिन्नर्थेऽळते पुनः। तत् सर्वं वेत्ति देवेशस्तं प्रपद्य यदीच्छसि॥
English: on their He knows the desire of every worshipper of his. He becomes acquainted with the object with which one pays hiin adorations. Do you, then, seek the protection of that king of the gods.
Sanskrit: नन्दते कुप्यते चापि तथा हुंकारयत्यपि। चक्री शूली गदापाणिर्मुसली खङ्गपट्टिशी॥
English: He sometimes rejoices, and sometimes becomes irate, and sometimes litters the syllable Hun with a very loud noise. He sometimes arms himself with the discus, sometimes with the trident, sometimes with the mace, sometimes with the heavy mullets, sometimes with the scimitar, and sometimes with the battle-axe.
Sanskrit: भूधरो नागमौजी च नागकुण्डलकुण्डली। नागयज्ञोपवीती च नागचर्मोत्तरच्छदः॥
English: He assumes the form of Shesha who keeps up the world on his head. He has snakes for his belt, and his cars are decked with car rings made of snakes. Snakes forin also the sacred thread he wears. An clephant skin is his upper garinent.
Sanskrit: हसते गायते चैव नृत्यते च मनोहरम्। वादयत्यपि वाद्यानि विचित्राणि गणैर्युतः॥
English: He sometimes laughs and sometimes sings and sometimes dances most beautifully. Surrounded by numberless spirits and ghosts, he sometimes plays on musical instruments. Various are the instruments upon which he plays, and sweet the sounds they yield.
Sanskrit: वल्गते जृम्भते चैव रुदते रोदयत्यपि। उन्मत्तमत्तरूपं च भाषते चापि सुस्वरः॥
English: He sometimes wanders, sometimes yawns, sometimes cries, and sometimes causes others to cry. He sometimes assumes the guise of a mad man, and sometimes of a drunkard, and he sometimes utters sweet words.
Sanskrit: अतीत हसते रौद्रस्रासयन् नयनैर्जनम्। जागर्ति चैव स्वपिति जृम्भते च यथासुखम्॥
English: Endued with dreadful fierceness, he sometimes laughs loudly, frightening all creatures with his eyes. He sometimes sleeps and sometimes remains awake, and sometimes yawns as he pleases.
Sanskrit: जपते जप्यते चैव तपते तप्यते पुनः। ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति युञ्जते ध्यायतेऽपि च॥
English: He sometimes recites sacred Mantras and sometimes becomes the god of those Mantras which are recited. He sometimes practises penances and sometimes becomes the god for whose adoration those penances are practised. He sometimes make gifts and sometimes receives those gifts; sometimes disposes himself in Yoga and sometimes becomes the object of the Yoga of others.
Sanskrit: वेदीमध्ये तथा यूपे गोष्ठमध्ये हुताशने। दृश्यते दृश्यते चापि बालो वृद्धो युवा तथा॥
English: He may be seen on the sacrificial platform or in the sacrificial stake; in the midst of the cowpen or in the fire. He may not again be seen there. He may be seen as a boy or as an old man.
Sanskrit: क्रीडते ऋषिकन्याभिर्ऋषिपत्नीभिरेव च। ऊर्ध्वकेशो महाशेफो नग्ना विकृतलोचनः॥
English: He sports with the daughters and the wives of the Rishis. His hair is long and erect. He is perfectly nude for he has the horizon for his dress. He has terrible eyes.
Sanskrit: गौरः श्यामस्तथा कृष्णः पाण्डुरो धूमलोहितः। विकृताक्षो विशालाक्षो दिग्वासाः सर्ववासकः॥१६२
English: He is fair, he is darkish, he is dark, he is pale, he is of the colour of smoke, and he is red. He has eyes large and terrible. He has empty space for his covering and he covers all things.
Sanskrit: अरूपस्याद्यरूपस्य अतिरूपाद्यरूपिणः। अनाद्यन्तमजस्यान्तं वेत्स्यते कोऽस्य तत्त्वतः॥
English: Who is there that can truly understand the limits of Mahadeva who is formless, who is made up of illusion, who is of the form of all actions in the universe, who assumes the form of Hiranyagharbha, and who is without beginning and end, and birth.
Sanskrit: हृदि प्राणो जनो जीवो योगात्मा योगसंज्ञितः। ध्यानं तत्परमात्मा च भावग्राह्यो महेश्वरः॥
English: He lives in the heart (of every creature). He is the vital air, he is the mind, and he is the individual soul. He is the soul of Yoga, and he is called Yoga. He is the Yoga meditation into which Yogins enter. He is the Supreme Soul. Indeed, Maheshvara is capable of being apprehended not by the senses but through only the Soul seizing his existence.
Sanskrit: वादको गायनश्चैव सहस्रशतलोचनः। एकवक्त्रो द्विवक्त्रश्च त्रिवक्त्रोऽनेकवक्त्रकः॥
English: Hearing those words of my mother, O destroyer of enemies, from that day my devotion was directed to Mahadeva, having nothing clse for its object.
Sanskrit: तद्भक्तस्तद्गतो नित्यं तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः। भज पुत्र महादेवं ततः प्राप्स्यसि चेप्सितम्॥
English: He plays on various musical instruments. He is a vocalist. He has a hundred thousand eyes. He has one mouth, he has two mouths, he has three mouths, and he has many mouths.
Sanskrit: जनन्यास्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन्। मम भक्तिर्महादेवे नैष्ठिकी समपद्यत॥
English: Devoting yourself to him, fixing your heart upon him, depending upon him, and accepting him as your one refuge, do you, O son, worship Mahadeva and then all your wishes will bear fruits!
Sanskrit: ततोऽहं तप आस्थाय तोषयामास शङ्करम्। एकं वर्षसहस्रं तु वामाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः॥
English: I, then, began the practice of the austerest penances for pleasing Shankara. For one thousand years I stood on my left toe.
Sanskrit: एकं वर्षशतं चैव फलाहारस्ततोऽभवम्। द्वितीयं शीर्णपर्णाशी तृतीयं चाम्बुभोजनः॥
English: After that I passed one thousand years, living only upon fruits. The next one thousand years I passed, living upon the fallen leaves of trees. The next thousand years I passed, living upon water only.
Sanskrit: शतानि सप्त चैवाहं वायुभक्षस्तदाभवम्। एक वर्षसहस्रं तु दिव्यमाराधितो मया॥
English: After that I passed seven hundred ycars, living on air only. In this way I worshipped Mahadeva for a full thousand divine years.
Sanskrit: ततस्तुष्टो महादेवः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः। एकभक्त इति ज्ञात्वा जिज्ञासां कुरुते तदा॥ शक्ररूपं स कृत्वा तु सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वृतः। सहस्राक्षस्तदा भूत्वा वज्रपाणिर्महायशाः॥
English: After this, the powerful Mahadeva the Lord of all the universe became propitiated with me. Desirous of determining whether I was solely devoted to him only, he appeared before me in the form of Shakra surrounded by all the gods. As the celebrated Shakra, he had a thousand eyes on his body and was armed with the thunderbolt.
Sanskrit: सुधावदातं रक्ताक्षं स्तब्धकर्ण मदोत्कटम्। आवेष्टितकरं घोरं चतुर्दष्ट्रं महागजम्॥ समास्थितः स भगवान् दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा। आजगाम किरीटी तु हारकेयूरभूषितः॥
English: And he rode on an elephant which was entirely white, with eyes red, ears folded, the temporal juice trickling down his cheeks, with trunk contracted, dreadful to look at and having four tusks. Indeed riding on such an elephant, the illustrious king of the gods seemed to shine with his energy. With a beautiful crown on his head and adorned with garlands round his neck and bracelets round his arms, he came where I was.
Sanskrit: पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि। सेव्यमानोऽप्सरोभिश्च दिव्यगन्धर्वनादितैः॥
English: A white umbrella was held over his head. And he was served by many Apsaras, and many Gandharvas sang his praise.
Sanskrit: ततो मामाह देवेन्द्रस्तुष्टस्तेऽहं द्विजोत्तम। वरं वृणीष्व मत्तस्त्वं यत् ते मनसि वर्तते॥
English: Addressing me he said, ( foremost of twice borns, I have been pleased with you. Beg of me whatever boon you wish.
Sanskrit: शक्रस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा नाहं प्रीतमनाऽभवम्। अब्रुवंश्च तदा हृष्टो देवराजमिदं वचः॥ नाहं त्वत्तो वरं काक्षे नान्यस्मादपि दैवतात्। महादेवादृते सौम्य सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
English: Hearing these words of Shakra I was not gladdened. O Krishna, I answered the king of the gods in these words, I do not wish any boon from you, or from any other god. O amiable deity, I tell you truly that it is Mahadeva only from whom I may ask for boons.
Sanskrit: सत्यं सत्यं हि नः शक्र वाक्यमेतत् सुनिश्चितम्। न यन्महेश्वरं मुक्त्वा कथाऽन्या मम रोचते॥
English: True it is, O Shakra, true are those words that I say to you. No other words are at all agreeable to me except those about Maheshvara.
Sanskrit: पशुपतिवचनाद् भवामि सद्यः कृमिरथवा तरुरप्यनेकशाखः। अपशुपतिवरप्रसादजा मे त्रिभुवनराज्यविभूतिरप्यनिष्टा॥
English: Commanded by that Lord of all creatures, I am ready to become a worm or a tree with many branches. If not acquired through the favour of Mahadeva's boons I would not accept the very sovereignty of the three worlds.
Sanskrit: जन्म श्वपाकमध्येऽपि मेऽस्तु हरचरणवन्दनरतस्य। मा वानीश्वरभक्तो भवानि भवनेऽपि शक्रस्य॥
English: I may be born among the very Shvapakas but I will still be devoted to the feet of Hara! Without, again, being devoted to that Lord of all creatures, I would not like to be born in the palace of Indra himself.
Sanskrit: वाय्वम्बुभुजोऽपि सतो नरस्य दुःखक्षयः कुतस्तस्य। भवति हि सुरासुरगुरौ यस्य न विश्वेश्वरे भक्तिः॥
English: If a person has no devotion to that Lord of the universe that Master of the gods and the Asuras his misery will not terminate even if from want of food he has to live upon only air and water.
Sanskrit: अलमन्याभिस्तेषां कथाभिरप्यन्यधर्मयुक्ताभिः। येषां न क्षणमपि रुचितो हरचरणस्मरणविच्छेदः।
English: Those persons who do not like to live even a moment without thinking of Mahadeva's feet, have no necessity of other subjects fraught with other kinds of morality and righteousness,
Sanskrit: हरचरणनिरतमतिना भवितव्यमनार्जवं युगं प्राप्य। संसारभयं न भवति हरभक्तिरसायनं पीत्वा॥
English: When the unrighteous or sinful cycle comes, one should never pass a moment without devoting his heart upon Mahadeva. One, who has drunk the ambrosia of the devotion to Hara, becomes freed from the fear of the world.
Sanskrit: दिवसं दिवसाधु वा मुहूर्तं वा क्षणं लवम्। न ह्यलब्धप्रसादस्य भक्तिर्भवति शङ्करे॥
English: One, who has not acquired the favour of Mahadeva, can never succeed to devote himself to Mahadeva for a single day or for half a day or for a moment or for a Kshana or for a Lava.