अव्यक्तं तु परं ब्रह्म व्यक्तं शब्दमयं स्मृतम् 3.4.8.
The unmanifest is the supreme Brahman; the manifest is said to be composed of sound.
वृषरूपधरो मुख्यो नन्दियानः स्मृतो बुधैः
The foremost, bearing the form of a bull, is known by the wise as Nandiyāna.
सप्तहस्तस्त्रिधा बद्धो नित्यशुद्धो मुखे स्थितः
With seven hands, bound in three ways, ever pure, he is established at the mouth.
द्वौद्वौ शृंगौ च शिरसोर्नंदियानस्य वै स्मृतौ
It is remembered that Nandiyāna has two horns on his head.
रूढिश्च योगरूढिश्च शब्दौ तस्य शिरोद्वयम्
Rūḍhi and Yogarūḍhi are the two names for his two heads.
संवंधश्चाधिकारश्च भुजास्तस्य वृषस्य वै
Connection and authority are said to be the arms of that bull.
ताभ्यां बद्धश्च स वृषो नन्दियानाथ ते नमः
By those two, the bull is bound; O Nandiyāna, I bow to you.
जातश्च वृषलिंगाभ्यां सोऽहंकारो हरिः स्वयम्
And from the two bull-forms is born the ego, which is Hari himself.
इति ज्ञानं हृदि प्राप्य तदा सिद्धान्तकौमुदीम्
Thus, having attained this knowledge in the heart, one reaches the Siddhānta-Kaumudī.
एकदा गणको धीमान्सत्यदत्तमुवाच ह हाटं कुरु महाराज सांप्रतं बहुवृत्तिदम् ।। 3.4.8.
Once, the wise astrologer spoke to Satyadatta: 'O great king, now establish a market that yields many profits.'
इति श्रुत्वा तथा कृत्वा डिंडिमध्वनिना पुरे
Hearing this and acting accordingly, the sound of drums resounded in the city.
अक्रीतं यस्य वै वस्तु हाटेऽस्मिन्वैश्यकोविदैः
Whatever goods were unsold in this market by the expert merchants—
इति श्रुत्वा शूद्रजनाश्चक्रुर्नानाविधं वसु
Hearing this, the people of the Śūdra class brought forth various kinds of wealth.
एकदा लोहकारश्च दारिद्रं लोहरूपिणम्
Once, a blacksmith, poor and in the form of iron—
अक्रीतं पुरुषं राजा ज्ञात्वा लोहदरिद्रकम् कोशागारे तदा राज्ञा स्थापितोभूद्दरिद्रकः
The king, knowing the man who was unsold and poor in iron, placed that poor man in the royal treasury.
निशीथे तम उद्भूते कर्म धर्मश्च मा तथा
At midnight, when darkness arose, do not act thus regarding duty and action.
तत्पश्चात्सत्यपुरुषो राजानमिदमब्रवीत् कर्मणा रहितो धर्मो भूतले न स्थिरो भवेत्
After that, the truthful person said this to the king: Without action, righteousness cannot remain firm upon the earth.
धर्मेण रहिता लक्ष्मीर्न शोभेत कदाचन
Without righteousness, prosperity never appears beautiful at any time.
इत्युक्त्वा गन्तुमिच्छंतं गृहीत्वा करयोर्नृपः
Having spoken thus, as he wished to depart, the king took hold of his hands.
न त्याज्यो हि मया देव भवान्किङ्गन्तुमर्हति 3.4.8.
O lord, you are not to be abandoned by me; why do you wish to go?
तत्पश्चाच्च स्वयं लक्ष्मीस्तद्गेहे गंतुमुद्यता
Then, afterwards, prosperity herself prepared to go to his house.
अचला भव भो मातस्तर्हि मन्मदिरं व्रज
O mother, then remain unmoving, or else go to the intoxicating one.
पुरोधसं तं गणकं समाहूय नृपोत्तमः
The best of kings summoned that priestly astrologer.
पुत्रजन्मनि काले तु संप्राप्तं तेन वै धनम्
At the time of the son's birth, wealth indeed came to him.
पूषा नाम ततो जातं मार्गशीर्षे शुभे दिने
Then a son named Pūṣā was born on an auspicious day in Mārgaśīrṣa.
सूर्ये तु मोक्षमगमद्देवदेवप्रसादतः
By the grace of the god of gods, he attained liberation in the sun.
पूषा नाम वचो देवानुवाच मधुरस्वरम्
The one named Pūṣā spoke sweetly to the gods.
उज्जयिन्यामहं देवा यास्ये रुद्रपशोर्गृहे
O gods, I shall go to Ujjayinī, to the house of Rudrapaśu.
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्पूषा पुत्रो जातो द्विजस्य वै
Having spoken thus, the blessed Pūṣā was born as the son of the twice-born.
जातमात्रं च तं पुत्रं पिता काष्ठकटाहके 3.4.8.
As soon as that son was born, his father placed him in a wooden bowl.