गच्छ गंगे शिवस्थानं ब्रह्मस्थानं सरस्वति
Go, O Sarasvati, to the place of Shiva, to the place of Brahma, to the Ganga.
सुसाध्या यस्य पत्नी च सुशीला च पतिव्रता
He whose wife is easily managed, virtuous, and devoted to her husband,
पतिव्रता यस्य पत्नी स च मुक्तः शुचिः सुखी
He whose wife is devoted to her husband is liberated, pure, and happy.
इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथो विरराम च नारद
Having spoken thus, the Lord of the worlds, Nārada, became silent.
ताश्च सर्वाः समालोच्य क्रमेणोचुः सदीश्वरम्
Then all of them, after due consideration, spoke in turn to the Lord.
सरस्वत्युवाच सत्स्वामिना परित्यक्ताः कुत्र जीवन्ति काः स्त्रियः ।।2.6.
Sarasvati said: If abandoned by a virtuous husband, where do such women live?
देहत्यागं करिष्यामि ध्रुवं योगेन भारते
I will surely give up my body through yoga in Bhārata.
गंगोवाच देहत्यागं करिष्यामि निर्दोषाया वधं लभ
Ganga said: I will give up my body; grant death to one who is faultless.
निर्दोषकामिनीत्यागं कुरुते यो जनो भवे
Whoever abandons a faultless, loving woman in this world,
लक्ष्मीरुवाच प्रसादं कुरु चास्मभ्यं सदीशस्य क्षमा वरा
Lakshmi said: Grant us your favor, and forgiveness from the Lord.
भारतं भारतीशापाद्यास्यामि कलया यदि
If, by the curse of Bhāratī, I go to Bhārata in a portion of myself,
दास्यन्ति पापिनः पापं मह्यं स्नानावगाहनात्
then sinners will give their sins to me by bathing and immersing themselves.
कलया तुलसीरूपा धर्मध्वजसुता सती
By a portion of myself, I will become Tulasī, the virtuous daughter of Dharmadhvaja.
वृक्षरूपा भविष्यामि तदधिष्ठातृदेवता
I will become in the form of a tree, the presiding deity over it.
गंगा सरस्वतीशापाद्यदि यास्यति भारतम्
If, by the curse of Sarasvatī, Gaṅgā goes to Bhārata,
गंगाशापेन सा वाणी यदि यास्यति भारतम् 2.6.
If, by the curse of Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī goes to Bhārata,
तां वाणीं ब्रह्मसदनं गंगां वा शिवमन्दिरम्
then let Sarasvatī go to the abode of Brahmā, or Gaṅgā to the temple of Śiva.
इत्युक्त्वा कमला कान्तपदं धृत्वा ननाम च
Having spoken thus, Lakṣmī, holding the feet of her beloved, bowed down.
उवाच पद्मनाभस्तां प्रभां कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि
Padmanābha spoke to her, drawing her radiance to his own chest.
नारायण उवाच समतां च करिष्यामि शृणु तत्क्रममेव च
Nārāyaṇa said: I will bring about equality; listen now to the sequence of events.
भारती यातु कलया सरिद्रूपा च भारतम्
Let Bhāratī go in a portion of herself, and as a river, to Bhārata.
भगीरथेन नीता सा गंगा यास्यति भारतम्
That Gaṅgā, brought by Bhagīratha, will go to Bhārata.
तत्रैव चन्द्रमौलेश्च मौलिं प्राप्स्यति दुर्लभम्
There, she will attain the rare crown of the moon-crested Lord.
कलांशांशेन गच्छ त्वं भारते कमलोद्भवे
You, O lotus-born one, go to Bhārata with a portion of your energy.
कलेः पञ्चसहस्रे च गते वर्षे च मोक्षणम्
When five thousand years of Kali have passed, there will be liberation.
सम्पदां हेतुभूता च विपत्तिः सर्वदेहिनाम् 2.6.
Calamity, which is the cause of prosperity, will befall all embodied beings.
मन्मन्त्रोपासकानां च सतां स्नानावगाहनात्
For those devoted to worship with my mantra, by bathing and immersion,
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सन्त्यसंख्यानि सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, the holy places on earth are innumerable.
मन्मन्त्रोपासका भक्ता भ्रमन्ते भारते सति
Those who worship Me with mantra and devotion wander throughout Bharata when it exists.
मद्भक्ता यत्र तिष्ठन्ति पादं प्रक्षालयन्ति च
Wherever My devotees reside and wash their feet,