स्थातुमेतेषु निन्द्येषु नाधिकारस्तव प्रभो
You have no authority to remain among these blameworthy ones, O Lord.
यास्यामि पतिसेवायै गच्छ तात स्वमन्दिरम् प्रसन्नवदनः श्रीमानतीव विनयं वचः
I will go to serve my husband; go, dear father, to your own house. With a cheerful face, adorned with fortune, she spoke with great humility.
वरं गृहाण दास्यामि मत्परित्राणकारिणि ।। 4.42.
Choose a boon; I will grant it to you, O protector of me.
रूपवान्गुणवान्साध्वि संततं स्थिरयौवनः
May he be handsome, virtuous, devoted, and always in the prime of youth.
चिरजीवी भवतु स मार्कण्डेयात्परः सुते
May he live long, surpassing even Markandeya, O daughter.
विष्णुभक्तः शिवसमः सिद्धस्तु कपिलात्परः
May he be a devotee of Vishnu, equal to Shiva, accomplished, and surpassing even Kapila.
गृहा भवन्तु ते साध्वि कुबेरभवनाधिकाः
May your homes, O virtuous one, surpass even the mansions of Kubera.
स्वभर्तुरधिकानां च भविष्यसि न संशयः
You will become greater than all other wives of your husband, without doubt.
सा तं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य प्रणम्य स्वगृहं ययौ
She, having circumambulated him and bowed, went to her own house.
पतिव्रतां प्रशशंस प्रतिसंसदि संसदि
He praised her chastity in every assembly.
पश्चाद्बभूव सत्पुत्रा तद्भर्तुरधिका गुणैः
Later, she had a virtuous son, surpassing her husband in qualities.
रक्ष सर्वबन्धुवर्गानात्मनः सर्वसंपदम् 4.42.
Protect all your relatives and all your wealth.
लग्नाधिपे च लग्नस्थे चन्द्रे स्वतनयान्विते
When the lord of the ascendant is in the ascendant, and the Moon is joined with one's own children,
मार्गशीर्षे चन्द्रवारे सर्वदोषविवर्जिते
In Mārgaśīrṣa month, on a Monday, when all faults are absent,
सदपत्यप्रदेऽतीव पतिसौभाग्यदायिनि
It bestows good offspring and greatly grants the good fortune of a husband.
अत्यन्तप्रेमाविच्छेदप्रदायिनि परात्परे
It gives unbroken, supreme love, O Supreme One.
जगदम्बां जगत्पित्रे मूलप्रकृतिमीश्वरीम्
To the Mother of the world, to the Father of the world, to the primal Nature, to the Lady of Lords,
आविर्भूता पुरा कल्पे देवानां रक्षणाय च
She manifested in a former age for the protection of the gods.
अस्याः स्वतेजसा दैत्याः केचिद्दग्धाः पलायिताः
By her own splendor, some demons were burned, some fled,
बिलं प्रविविशुः केचिन्मूर्च्छां प्रापुश्च केचन
Some entered into holes, and some fell unconscious.
निःशत्रवो बभूवुस्ते सुरा अस्याः प्रसादतः 4.42.
By her favor, the gods became without enemies.
दक्षश्च विधिवद्देवीं प्रददौ शूलपाणये
Dakṣa, according to the rite, gave the goddess to the wielder of the trident.
बभूव कलहः शैल तेन शूलभृता महान्
Because of that, a great conflict arose between the mountain and the trident-bearer.
दक्षश्च सगणो रुष्टः प्रययौ स्वालयं तदा
Then Dakṣa, angry with his attendants, went to his own abode.
न ददौ यज्ञभागं च मात्सर्याच्छूलपाणये
Out of jealousy, he did not give a share of the sacrifice to the trident-bearer.
निर्भर्त्स्य च बहुतरं हृदयेन विदूयता
He harshly reproached him many times, with a heart full of pain.
भविष्यं कथयामास त्रिकालज्ञा परात्परा
The supreme knower of the three times began to speak of the future.
पलायनं च देवानां यज्ञस्थानाद्गिरीश्वरम्
She told of the flight of the gods from the sacrificial place and of the Lord of Mountains.
जयं शंकरसैन्यानां स्वात्मनो मृत्युमेव च
She spoke of the victory of Śaṅkara’s armies and also of her own death.
निर्माणं नेत्ररसः प्रबोधं च जनार्दनात्
She described the creation, the essence of the eye, and the awakening by Janārdana.