न कन्यामतिनिर्लिप्तयोगिने दातुमर्हति
One should not give a daughter to a yogin who is utterly detached.
नानुरूपाय पुत्राय पिता कन्या ददाति चेत् 4.41.
If a father gives his daughter to a son who is not suitable, it is not proper.
न हि दास्याम्यहं कन्यामिच्छया शूलपाणिने
I will not give my daughter willingly to the wielder of the trident.
हिमालयवचः श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठो विधिनन्दनः
Hearing the words of Himālaya, Vasiṣṭha, son of Vidhī, spoke.
वसिष्ठ उवाच सर्वं जानाति शास्त्रज्ञो निर्मलज्ञानचक्षुषा
Vasiṣṭha said: One who knows the scriptures, with the pure eye of knowledge, knows everything.
असत्यमहितं पश्चात्साम्प्रतं श्रुतिसुन्दरम्
What is false and unwholesome later may now sound pleasing to the ear.
आपातप्रीतिजनकं परिणामसुखावहम्
It brings immediate delight, and in the end, brings happiness.
श्रुतिमात्रात्सुधातुल्यं सर्वकाले सुखावहम्
Simply hearing it is like nectar, bringing happiness at all times.
एवं च त्रिविधं शैल नीतिशास्त्रनिरूपितम्
Thus, O mountain, threefold conduct is described in the treatises on ethics.
बाह्यसंपद्विहीनश्च शंकरस्त्रिदशेश्वरः
Śaṅkara, lord of the gods, is outwardly lacking in wealth.
आपातभ्रमसंपत्तिर्विद्युच्छ्रीरिव नाशिनी
Apparent fortune is deceptive and perishes like a flash of lightning.
गृही ददाति स्वसुतां राज्यसंपत्तिशालिने 4.41.
A householder gives his daughter to one endowed with royal prosperity.
को वदेच्छंकरो दुःखी कुबेरो यस्य किंकरः
Who would say Śaṅkara is poor, when Kubera is his servant?
निर्गुणः परमात्मा च य ईशः प्रकृतेः परः
He is the qualityless Supreme Self, the Lord beyond nature.
स एकः सृष्टिसंहारे स सर्वः सृष्टिकर्मणि
He alone is in creation and dissolution; he is all in the work of creation.
य ईशस्त्रिविधां मूर्तिं विधत्ते सृष्टिकर्मणि
He, the Lord, assumes three forms in the work of creation.
ब्रह्मा च ब्रह्मलोकस्थो विष्णुः क्षीरोदवासकृत्
Brahmā dwells in Brahmaloka, Viṣṇu abides in the Milk Ocean.
श्रीकृष्णश्च द्विधाभूतो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः
Śrī Kṛṣṇa appears in two forms: with two arms and with four arms.
तस्य देवस्य तेंऽशाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara are portions of that divine Lord.
कृष्णः सृष्ट्युन्मुखश्चापि प्रकृतिं तत्र निर्ममे
Kṛṣṇa, intent on creation, fashioned Prakṛti there.
ततो डिम्भः समुद्भूतस्तन्मध्ये च महाविराट्
Then, from that, the cosmic egg arose, and within it, the great Virāṭ appeared.
नाभिपद्मोद्भवो ब्रह्मा तस्यैव जलशायिनः 4.41.
From the navel-lotus of the one who lies upon the waters, Brahmā was born.
महाविष्णुर्वामपार्श्वात्संभूतो विष्णुरेव च
From the left side of Mahāviṣṇu, Viṣṇu himself was manifested.
धत्ते चतुर्विधां मूर्तिं प्रकृतिः कृष्णसंभवा
Prakṛti, originating from Kṛṣṇa, assumes a fourfold form.
कृष्णवामांगसंभूता राधा रासेश्वरी स्वयम्
Rādhā, the sovereign of the rāsa dance, was born from Kṛṣṇa’s left side.
वक्षःस्थलोद्भवा लक्ष्मीः सर्वसंपत्स्वरूपिणी
Lakṣmī, the embodiment of all prosperity, was born from his chest.
निहत्य दानवान्सर्वान्देवेभ्यश्च श्रियं ददौ
Having slain all the Dānavas, she bestowed prosperity upon the gods.
नाम्ना सती शिवं प्राप दक्षस्तस्मै ददौ च ताम्
By name Satī, she attained Śiva; Dakṣa gave her to him.
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या मेनका तव गेहिनी
Menakā, the mind-born daughter of the ancestors, became your wife.
शिवा शिवस्य पत्नीयं शैल जन्मनिजन्मनि
Śivā, wife of Śiva, is born as the daughter of the mountain in each birth.