स्वप्नवन्नश्वरं तुच्छमसत्यं मृत्युकारणम्
Like a dream, perishable, insignificant, untrue, and the cause of death.
यथा बडिशमांसं च मत्स्यापातसुखप्रदम्
Just as flesh on a hook gives pleasure to the fish that is caught.
इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तत्र विरराम विधेः पुरः
Having spoken thus, Nārada became silent before the Creator.
ब्रह्मा कोपपरीतश्च शशाप तनयं द्विज 1.8.
Brahmā, overcome by anger, cursed his son, O twice-born.
ब्रह्मोवाच क्रीडामृगश्च त्वं साध्यो योषिल्लुब्द्धधश्च लम्पटः
Brahma said: You will be a playful deer, eager for women, greedy, and lustful.
स्थिरयौवनयुक्तानां रूपाढ्यानां मनोहरः
Charming to those endowed with steady youth and abundant beauty.
शृङ्गारशास्त्रवेत्ता च महाशृङ्गारलोलुपः
A knower of the science of love, exceedingly attached to passion.
गन्धर्वाणां च सुवरः सुस्वरश्च सुगायनः
Among the Gandharvas, you will have a beautiful voice, melodious and skilled in singing.
प्राज्ञो मधुरवाक् शान्तः सुशीलः सुन्दरः सुधीः
Wise, sweet-spoken, calm, virtuous, handsome, and of good intellect.
ताभिर्दिव्यं लक्षयुगं विहृत्य निर्जने वने
With them, you will enjoy a divine hundred thousand years in a secluded forest.
वत्स वैष्णवसंसर्गाद्वैष्णवोच्छिष्टभोजनात्
O child, by association with Vaiṣṇavas and eating food left by Vaiṣṇavas,
ज्ञानं दास्यामि ते दिव्यं पुनरेव पुरातनम्
I will again grant you that ancient divine knowledge.
ब्रह्मेत्युक्त्वा सुतं विप्र विरराम जगत्पतिः
Having spoken thus, Brahma, the lord of the world, became silent to his son.
नारद उवाच स्रष्टुस्तपस्वीशस्याहो क्रोधोऽयं मय्यनाकरः ।। 1.8.
Nārada said: Alas, the anger of the ascetic creator has not fallen upon me.
शपेत्परित्यजेद्विद्वान्पुत्रमुत्पथगामिनम्
A wise man should abandon or curse a son who goes astray.
जनिर्भवतु मे ब्रह्मन्यासु यासु च योनिषु
May my birth be among those who are devoted to Brahman, in whatever wombs they may be.
पुत्रश्चेज्जगतां धातुर्नास्ति भक्तिर्हरेः पदे
If a son of the sustainer of the worlds has no devotion to the feet of Hari,
जातिस्मरो हरेर्भक्तियुक्तः सूकरयोनिषु
Let him be born with remembrance of past lives and devotion to Hari, even in the wombs of swine.
गोविन्दचरणाम्भोजभक्तिमाध्वीकमीप्सितम्
Desiring the honey-like devotion to the lotus feet of Govinda.
तीर्थानि स्पर्शमिच्छन्ति वैष्णवानां पितामह
O grandsire, even the holy places wish for the touch of Vaiṣṇavas.
मन्त्रोपदेशमात्रेण नरा मुक्ताश्च भारते
By the mere instruction of a mantra, men are liberated in Bhārata.
कोटिजन्मार्जितात्पापान्मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रतः
By merely receiving the mantra, sins accumulated over millions of births are destroyed.
पुत्रान्दारांश्च शिष्यांश्च सेवकान्बान्धवांस्तथा
Sons, wives, disciples, servants, and also relatives—
यो दर्शयत्यसन्मार्गं शिष्यैर्विश्वासितो गुरुः 1.8.
A guru who, having gained the trust of disciples, shows them the wrong path—
स किंगुरुः स किंतातः स किंस्वामी स किंसुतः
What kind of teacher is he, what kind of father, what kind of master, what kind of son?
शप्तो निरपराधेन त्वयाऽहं चतुरानन
O Four-faced One, I have been cursed by you without fault.
कवचस्तोत्रपूजाभिः सहितस्ते मनुर्मनोः
With armor, hymns, and worship, Manu along with his mind—
अपूज्यो भव विश्वेषु यावत्कल्पत्रयं पितः
May you, O father, be unworthy of worship among all beings for three kalpas.
अधुना यज्ञभागस्ते व्रतादिष्वपि सुव्रत
Now, O virtuous one, your share in sacrifices and in vows is lost.
इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तत्र विरराम पितुः पुरः
Having spoken thus, Nārada there became silent before his father.