बभूवुस्तौ महाभक्त्या प्रणम्य ललितेश्वरीम्
Those two, with great devotion, having bowed to Laliteśvarī, became so.
व्यज्ञापयदिदं वाक्यं भक्तिनिर्भरमानसः
With a mind overflowing with devotion, he made this request.
तत्त्वदीयकटाक्षस्य प्रसादात्पुनरागतम्
By the grace of the glance of the knower of truth, he returned again.
इत्युक्ता परमेशानी तमाह मकरध्वजम्
Thus addressed, the supreme goddess spoke to the wielder of the makara-banner.
मत्प्रसादाज्जगत्सर्वं मोहयाव्याहताशुग
By my favor, bewilder the entire world without hindrance, O swift arrow.
पर्वतस्य सुतां गौरीं परिणेष्यति सत्वरम्
He will soon marry Gauri, the daughter of the mountain.
सर्वेषां देहमाविश्य दास्यन्ति रतिमुत्तमाम्
Entering the bodies of all, you will grant them supreme pleasure.
देहदाहं विधातुं ते न समर्थो भविष्यति
You will not be able to cause the burning of the body.
प्रयातो ऽसौ कातरात्मा त्वद्बाणाहतमानसः
He departed, his heart fearful, his mind struck by your arrow.
अवश्यं क्लीबतैव स्यात्तेषां जन्मनिजन्मनि
Certainly, impotence will occur for them in every birth.
तानगम्यासु नारीषु पातयित्वा विनाशय
Cast them down and destroy them among women who are unattainable.
तेषां कामसुखं सर्वं संपादय समीप्सितम्
Fulfill all their desired pleasures of love.
तथेति शिरसा बिभ्रत्सांजलिर्निर्ययौ ततः
Saying 'so be it,' he bowed his head, with joined palms, and departed from there.
बहवः शोभनाकारा मदना विश्वमोहनाः
Many Madanas, beautiful in form and enchanting the world, appeared.
पुनः स्थाण्वाश्रमं प्राप चन्द्रमौलेर्जिगीषया
Again, with the desire to conquer, he reached the hermitage of the steadfast one, the moon-crested.
रागेण पीठमर्देन मन्दानिलरयेण च
With passion, with the crushing of the seat, and with the gentle movement of the wind.
शृङ्गारवीरसंपन्नो रत्यालिङ्गितविग्रहः
Endowed with the heroism of love, his form embraced by pleasure.
मदनारेरभिमुखं प्राप्य निभय आस्थितः
Facing the enemy of Madana, he approached and stood without fear.
दूरीचकार वैराग्यं तपस्तत्त्याज दुष्करम्
He cast away detachment and abandoned the difficult austerity.
तामेव पार्वतीं ध्यात्वा भूयोभूयः स्मरातुरः
Again and again, afflicted by love, he meditated only on Parvati.
भूयोभूयो गिरिसुतां पूर्वदृष्टामनुस्मरन्
Again and again, recalling the mountain's daughter as he had seen her before,
न चन्द्ररेखा नो गङ्गा देहतापच्छिदे ऽभवत्
Neither the crescent moon nor the waters of the Ganges could relieve the heat of his body.
आहृते पुष्पशयने विलुलोठ मुहुर्मुहुः
When the flower-bed was brought, he tossed and turned upon it repeatedly.
पुष्पतल्पान्तरं गत्वा व्यचेष्टत मुहुर्मुहुः
Having moved to another part of the flower-bed, he restlessly shifted again and again.
न हिमानीपयसि वा निवृत्तस्तद्वपुर्ज्वरः
Nor did the fever in his body subside in icy water.
भूयः शैलसुतारूपं चित्रपट्टे नखैर्लिखत्
Once more, he drew the form of the mountain's daughter upon a decorated cloth with his nails.
तामालिख्य ह्रिया नम्रां वीक्षमाणां कटाक्षतः
Having depicted her, he gazed at her, bashful and humble, with sidelong glances.
भूयसा स्मरतापेन विव्यथे विषमेक्षणः
With the burning pain of remembrance, his gaze became troubled and unsteady.
तथैव संल्लपन्सार्धमुन्मादेनोपपन्नया
In the same way, he conversed with her, possessed by a kind of madness.
तत्कथासुधया नीतसमस्तरजनीदिनः
With the nectar of tales about her, he spent all his days and nights.