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叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

1. O excellent sage, while 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 was engaged in penance thus for attaining 艢颈惫补, a long time elapsed but 艢颈惫补 did not appear.

2. Then Himavat came there along with his wife, sons and ministers and spoke to 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, who had resolved to continue her penance.

Himavat said:鈥�

3. O 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, O fortunate one, do not torture yourself by this penance. Dear girl, 艢颈惫补 is not to be seen. Certainly he is detached.

4. You are a young woman of tender limbs. You will be overpowered and exhausted by this penance. There is no doubt about it. I am speaking the truth.

5. Hence, O comely lady, get up. Come back to our house. Of what avail is 艢颈惫补 by whom 碍腻尘补 has been reduced to ashes?

6. O goddess, hence not being emotional, 艢颈惫补 will not come to claim you as the excellent lady. Why do you yearn for him?

7. Just as the moon in the sky cannot be caught, O sinless girl, so also 艢颈惫补 is inaccessible. Know this.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

8-9. The same thing was said by 惭别苍腻, Sahya^[1] mountain, Meru,^[2] Mandara^[3], 惭补颈苍腻办补^[4] and 碍谤补耻帽肠补^[5] and others, The unafflicted 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 was thus sought to be dissuaded by various arguments.

10. When she was thus addressed by all of them, she with a broad smile, spoke to Himavat.

笔腻谤惫补迟墨 said:鈥�

11. O father, O mother, O kinsmen, have all of you forgotten what I had said formerly. Even now listen to my vow.

12. This great God by whom 碍腻尘补 has been burnt in fury is detached (you say). I shall propitiate him, by means of penance. He is favourably disposed to His devotees.

13. All of you please go to your respective abodes with delight. He will certainly be pleased. You need not be anxious over this.

14. With my penance alone here itself, I shall bring Him who burnt 碍腻尘补 and the mountainous forest.

15. 厂补诲腻艣颈惫补 can be easily served through penance. Ye fortunate Sirs, please know this truth. I am telling you the truth.

16. After addressing thus, her father Himalaya, her mother 惭别苍补办腻, her brothers 惭补颈苍腻办补 and Mandara, the eloquent 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, the daughter of the king of mountains, kept quiet.

17. Thus addressed by 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, the lord of mountains and the other mountains went back the way they came, surprised within and praising her.

18. After all of them had departed, she with firm resolve in the great Truth, accompanied by her maids performed a severe penance.

19. O excellent sage, by that great penance the three worlds including the gods, Asuras and men, nay all the mobile and immobile beings, became heated.

20-21. The 笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈蝉, the Guhyakas and others experienced great distress but could not understand the reason thereof. The gods, Asuras, 驰补办峁�a蝉, Kinnaras, 颁腻谤补峁嘺蝉, Siddhas, 厂腻诲丑测补蝉, the sages, the serpents and the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 too had the same experience^[6].

22. All of them, Indra and others, who were extremely agitated, took leave of their preceptor and sought refuge in me on the mountain Sumeru. All their limbs had been scorched.

23. Devoid of splendour, and agitated excessively they bowed to and eulogised me. They spoke simultaneously thus.

The gods said:鈥�

24. 鈥淥 lord, the whole of this universe consisting of the mobile and immobile has been created by you. Why is it scorched so much? We do not understand.

25. O 叠谤补丑尘腻, please tell us the reason. O lord, you shall protect us, the gods whose bodies have been scorched. There is none else to protect us鈥�.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

26-27. On hearing their words I remembered 艢颈惫补 and pondered over everything. I realised that the universe was scorched as a result of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨鈥檚 penance. Accompanied by them I hastened respectfully to the milk ocean to inform 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 about it.

28. Reaching that place along with the gods, I saw 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 shining lustrously on a splendid seat. Bowing to and eulogising him with palms joined in reverence I spoke.

29. 鈥淪ave, save, O 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, save us who have sought refuge in you, being scorched by the great and severe penance of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨.

30. On hearing these words of mine on behalf of the heaven-dwellers, lord 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 seated on the Serpent couch^[7] spoke to us:鈥�

痴颈峁ａ箛耻 said:鈥�

31. The entire reason has been known to me. It is caused by 笔腻谤惫补迟墨鈥檚 penance. I shall now go to lord 艣iva accompanied by all of you.

32. O gods, we shall request lord 艢颈惫补 to approach 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 and marry her for the welfare of all the worlds.

33. We shall do everything necessary to make the 笔颈苍腻办补-bearing lord of the gods go there to grant the boon to 艢颈惫腻.

34. Therefore now we shall go to the place where the great lord 艢颈惫补 of severe penance, the conferrer of all auspicious things, stays.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

35. On hearing those words of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, the gods and the rest became excessively afraid of 艢颈惫补, the furious, the annihilator and the one desirous of burning everything.

The gods said:鈥�

36. We dare not go near the great lord 艢颈惫补 who is very terrifying, furious and who has the burning brilliance of the deadly fire of dissolution.

37. Undoubtedly he will burn us all in His anger as 碍腻尘补, the indefatigable god, has been burnt by him.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

38. O sage, on hearing the words of Indra and others, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, the lord of 尝补办峁�m墨 spoke these words, consoling all the gods.

痴颈峁ａ箛耻 said:鈥�

39. O gods, listen with pleasure and attention to my words. The lord, the destroyer of the fear of gods, will not consume you in fire.

40. Considering 艢颈惫补 to be benevolent you shall shrewdly seek refuge in Him.

41. We shall all seek refuge in 艢颈惫补, the ancient 笔耻谤耻峁�a, the lord, of excellent features, greater than the greatest, the supreme self, the great one resorting to penance.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

42. Thus urged by the great lord 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 they set out desirous of seeing the 笔颈苍腻办补-bearing lord 艢颈惫补.

43. At first 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and others who were anxious to see the penance of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 went to her hermitage which was on the way.

44. On seeing the excellent penance of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 and being enveloped by her refulgence they bowed to her who was engaged in penance and who had brilliant features.

45. After praising the penance of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 whose body was achievement personified, the gods went to the place where the bull-bannered lord was present.

46. After reaching there the gods sent you in, O sage, and stood at a distance from 艢颈惫补 who had reduced 碍腻尘补 to ashes. They were watching.

47. O 狈腻谤补诲补, you the fearless devotee of 艢颈惫补 approached 艢颈惫补 and saw the lord extremely pleased.

48. O sage, you came back again and beckoning to the gods, with effort you took them, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and others, to Him.

49. Then 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and other gods went there and saw lord 艢颈惫补, favourably disposed to His devotees, delighted and comfortably seated.

50-51. Then 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, the gods, the Siddhas, the sages and I bowed to and eulogised 艢颈惫补 seated in the Yogic posture, surrounded by the 骋补峁嘺蝉. He was seated in the form. of penance. We eulogised Him with hymns from the Vedas and Upani峁�ads.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

It is one of the seven principal mountain ranges in India, a part of the Western Ghats at some distance from the sea. For details see P. 164.

[2]:

It is a fabulous mountain, variously identified, supposed to be situated in the centre of the earth.

[3]:

It is a great mountain which the Gods used for churning the ocean. It is supposed to be the mountain so named in Bh膩galpur. For details see P. 48.

[4]:

See Note No. 12. P. 494

[5]:

It is a mountain in the 贬颈尘腻濒补测补? stretching from 碍补颈濒腻蝉补 to the south. It is personified here.

[6]:

Siddhas, 厂腻诲丑测补蝉, 驰补办峁�a蝉, Kinnaras, 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉, N膩gas and Guhyakas are a class of semi-divine beings, thousands in number, of great purity and holiness, who reside in the 贬颈尘腻濒补测补s attending on 艢颈惫补.

笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈蝉 are the ten lords of created beings first created by 叠谤补丑尘腻.

[7]:

痴颈峁ａ箛耻 is represented in human form slumbering on the serpent 艢别峁�a and floating on the waters of the ocean.