अस्माभिः पूजिता विप्रा युषमाभिः पूजिताः सुराः । परस्परं स्नेहपात्रं चेदमाचरणं द्विज
We have honored the brāhmaṇas, and you have honored the gods; this mutual affection, O twice-born, is the proper conduct.
अहमेवं त्वया शप्तो मया शप्तो भवान्भव । अन्यथा मां वदन्त्येवं सूर्य निस्तेजसं जनाः
Thus I have been cursed by you, and you have been cursed by me; otherwise, people would say that I, Sūrya, am without brilliance.
पराभूतः क्षत्रियेण भविष्यसि द्विजेश्वर । मरणं क्षत्रियास्त्रेण भवतश्च भविष्यति
You will be defeated by a kṣatriya, O lord of brāhmaṇas, and your death will come by the weapon of a kṣatriya.
सूर्यस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप ब्राह्मणः पुनः । तं शशापातिरक्तास्यः शंभुना निर्जितो भवान्
Hearing the words of Sūrya, the brāhmaṇa became angry again; his mouth reddened with rage, he cursed him: 'You will be vanquished by Śaṃbhu.'
उभयोः कलहं ज्ञात्वा कश्यपेन सह व्रज । आजगाम स्वयं ब्रह्मा विधाता जगतामपि
Knowing the quarrel between the two, Brahmā himself, the creator of the worlds, came together with Kaśyapa.
आगत्य ब्रह्मा संत्रस्तं बोधयामास भास्करम् । मुनिश्रेष्ठं च धर्मज्ञं धर्मज्ञानां गुरोर्गुरुः
Having arrived, Brahmā instructed the frightened Bhāskara and the foremost sage who knows righteousness, being himself the guru of those who know righteousness.
ब्रह्मोवाच क्षमस्व भास्कर त्वं च साक्षान्नारायणो भवान् । युष्माकं परिपाल्यश्चाप्यवध्यो ब्राह्मणाः सदा
Brahmā said: Forgive, O Bhāskara, for you are verily Nārāyaṇa; and brāhmaṇas are always to be protected and inviolable by you.
अहं करोमि भवतो विप्रशापान्तमुल्बणम् । अत्राहमागतस्त्रस्तो भृगुणा प्रेरितस्ततः
I will bring an end to the terrible curse of the brāhmaṇa upon you; I have come here, frightened, sent by Bhṛgu.
स्फुटोऽहं प्रेरितश्चापि कश्यपेन मरीचिना । शान्तो भव सुरक्षेष्ठ साक्षीत्वं सर्वकर्मणाम्
I have been clearly sent by Kaśyapa and Marīci; be at peace, O best of gods, and be the witness of all actions.
कुत्रचिद्दिवसे ब्रह्मंस्त्वं तत्र कुत्रचित्क्षणम् । भविष्यसि घनाच्छन्नः सद्यो मुक्तो भविष्यसि
On some day, O Brahman, you will be covered by clouds for a moment in that place, and immediately you will be released.
न्यूनातिरक्ते वर्षे च राहुग्रस्तो भविष्यसि । तत्रादृश्यश्च केषांचित्पुण्यदृश्यो हि कस्यचित्
In a year with excess or deficiency, you will be seized by Rāhu; there, you will be invisible to some, and visible as auspicious to others.
अन्यथा सर्वकालेन पुण्यदृश्यो भवान्भुवि । त्वां दृष्ट्वा च नमस्कृत्य सर्वे निष्पापिनो जनाः
Otherwise, at all times on earth, you will be seen as auspicious; and all sinless people, seeing you, will bow in reverence.
जन्मसप्ताष्टरिः फाङ्कचतुर्थे दशमे तथा । जन्मर्क्षे निधनै नणामदृश्यस्त्वं भविष्यसि
On the seventh, eighth, fifteenth, fourth, and tenth days from birth, and at the birth star, you will be invisible at death.
अस्तकाले घनाच्छन्ने मध्याहनस्थे जलेऽपि वा । अर्धोदिते च काने च पापदृश्यो भविष्यसि
At dusk, when covered by clouds, at midday, or even in water, when half-risen or in a forest, you will be seen as inauspicious.
भार्यादुःखनिमित्तेन भार्यया हेतुभूतया । श्वशुरेण शालकेन हततेजा भविष्यसि
Because of suffering caused by your wife, and with your wife as the reason, your brilliance will be destroyed by your father-in-law, Shālaka.
अन्यथा तव तेजश्च संज्ञा सहितुमक्षमा । मालीसुमालियुद्धे च शंभुना त्वं पराचितः
Otherwise, your radiance and awareness would be unbearable; in the battle between Māli and Sumāli, you were defeated by Śambhu.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सूर्य च बोधयामास ब्राह्मणम् । नम्रं शापपराभूतं लज्जितं कोपितं व्रज
Having spoken thus, Sūrya instructed the brāhmaṇa, who was bowed down, overcome by a curse, ashamed, and angered, to return.
हे विप्र श्वगृहं गच्छ गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम् । त्वत्तेजसा क्षणेनैव भस्मीभूतं भवेज्जगत्
O brāhmaṇa, go to your home, go, child, as you wish; by your radiance alone, the world could be reduced to ashes in a moment.
सूर्यस्त्वत्परिपाल्यश्च भवान्सूर्यस्य नित्यशः । परस्परं च पूज्यश्च संबन्धः पोष्यपोष्कः
You are always to be protected by Sūrya, and you, in turn, are always Sūrya's; both are to be honored by each other, the relationship being one of mutual support.
हर्यशेन क्षत्रियेण कार्तवीर्यार्जुनेन च । भविष्यसि न संदेहः पराभूतो द्विजो मृतः
By Haryaśva, a kṣatriya, and by Kārtavīryārjuna, you will be defeated, O twice-born, and there is no doubt you will die.
पुरा ते प्राक्तनं सर्व कदाचिन्न हि खण्डितम् । नारायणाश्च स्वांशोन तव पुत्रो भविष्यति
In the past, all your former glory was never diminished; and Nārāyaṇa himself, as a portion of himself, will become your son.
त्रिः सप्तकृत्वो जगतीं निःक्षत्रां च करिष्यति । मृत्युस्ते यशसो बीजं भदिष्यति महीतले
He will make the earth devoid of kṣatriyas twenty-one times; your death will become the seed of fame upon the earth.
इत्येवमुक्त्ता ब्रह्मा च ययौ गेहं व्रजेश्वर । प्रययौ जमदग्निश्च भास्करश्च स्वमन्दिरम्
Having thus spoken, Brahmā went to his home, O lord of Vraja; Jamadagni and Bhāskara also returned to their own abodes.
इत्येवं कथितं तात आख्यानं पुण्यकारकम् । राहुग्रस्तो भास्करश्चाप्यदृश्यो येन हेतुना
Thus, dear one, the auspicious story has been told, by which Bhāskara was seized by Rāhu and became invisible.
चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रो भाद्रे मासि सितासिते । अदृश्यो नष्टरूपश्च श्रूयतां येन हेतुरा
On the fourth day, when the moon rises in the bright and dark halves of the month of Bhādra, he becomes invisible and lost in form—listen to the reason for this.
राहुग्रस्तः कलङ्की वा पुराशप्तो मया पितः । सर्व त्वां कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम्
Once, my father was seized by Rāhu, stained, and cursed by me; I will tell you this ancient story in full.
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
Thus ends the great and auspicious account of the birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the conversation between Nārada and the blessed Nanda.
अथाशोतितमोऽध्यायः श्रीकृष्ण उवाच पुरा तारा गुरोः पत्नी नवयौवनसंयुता । रत्नभूषणभूषाढ्या वरसूक्ष्माम्बरा सती
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Long ago, Tārā, the wife of the guru, endowed with youthful beauty, adorned with jeweled ornaments and fine garments, was chaste.
सुश्रोणी सस्मिता रम्य सुन्दरी सुमनोहरा । अतीव कबरीरम्या मालतीमाल्यभूषिता
She had beautiful hips, a gentle smile, was charming, lovely, and exceedingly attractive, with especially delightful hair, adorned with garlands of jasmine.
मिन्दूरबिन्दुना साकं चारुचंदनबिन्दुभि। । कस्तूरीबिन्दुनाऽधश्च भालमध्यस्थलोज्ज्वला
With a dot of vermilion, lovely marks of sandalwood, and a spot of musk below, her forehead shone brightly in the middle.