चन्द्रं च शुक्रभवने तं प्रपन्नं च विज्वरम्
And they found Chandra in the house of Shukra, free from fever.
इति श्रुत्वा शुनासीरो नतवक्त्रो बृहस्पतिम्
Hearing this, Shunashira, with bowed head, approached Brihaspati.
महेन्द्र उवाच भयं त्यज महाभाग सर्वं भद्रं भविष्यति
Mahendra said: 'Abandon fear, O greatly fortunate one; all will turn out well.'
त्वया नहि जितः शुक्रो न मया दितिनन्दनः
Shukra has not been conquered by you, nor have I conquered the son of Diti.
गच्छ शीघ्रं ब्रह्मलोकमस्माभिः सार्द्धमेव च 2.59.
Go quickly to Brahmaloka together with us.
इत्युक्त्वा तु महेन्द्रश्च सन्तप्तो गुरुणा सह
Having spoken thus, Mahendra, afflicted, went with his teacher.
तत्र दृष्ट्वा च ब्रह्माणं ननाम गुरुणा सह
There, seeing Brahma, he bowed together with his teacher.
महेन्द्रवचनं श्रुत्वा हसित्वा कमलोद्भवः
Hearing Mahendra’s words, the lotus-born laughed.
ब्रह्मोवाच तस्मै ददाति दुःखं च शास्ता कृष्णः सनातनः
Brahma spoke: To him, the eternal Krishna, the teacher, gives suffering.
अहं स्रष्टा च सृष्टेश्च पाता विष्णुः सनातनः
I am the creator, and Vishnu, the eternal, is the protector of creation.
निरन्तरं सर्वसाक्षी धर्मो वै सर्वकारणम्
Dharma is the constant witness of all and the cause of everything.
बृहस्पतिरुतथ्यश्च संवर्तश्च जितेन्द्रियः
Bṛhaspati, Utathya, and Saṃvarta, who has conquered his senses.
संवर्ताय कनिष्ठाय न च किञ्चिद्ददौ गुरुः
To Saṃvarta, the youngest, the teacher gave nothing.
मध्यमस्योतथ्यकस्य सतीं भार्यां च गुर्विणीम्
To Utathya, the middle one, he gave his wife, Gurvi.
यो हरेद्भ्रातृजायां च कामी कामादकामुकीम् 2.59.
Whoever, driven by desire, takes his brother’s wife, whether she is willing or not,
स याति कुम्भीपाकं च यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरम्
He goes to Kumbhīpāka until the moon and sun endure.
तस्मादुत्तीर्य्य पापी च विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः
After crossing over, the sinner is born as a worm in excrement.
ततो भवेन्महापापी वर्षकोटिसहस्रकम्
Then he becomes a great sinner for a thousand million years.
गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि कुक्कुरः
He is born as a vulture for a thousand million births, and as a dog for a hundred births.
ददाति यो न दायं च बलिष्ठो दुर्बलाय च
Whoever, though strong, does not give inheritance to the weak,
नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
Unexperienced karma does not perish, even in hundreds of millions of kalpas.
जगद्गुरोः शिवस्यापि गुरुपुत्रो बृहस्पतिः
Bṛhaspati, the son of the teacher, is also the teacher of Shiva, the lord of the world.
सर्वे समूहा देवानां सन्नद्धाश्च सवाहनाः
All the hosts of the gods, fully armed and with their vehicles, were assembled.
पश्चादहं च यास्यामि पुण्यं तन्नर्म्मदातटम्
Afterwards, I too shall go to that holy bank of the Narmada.
महेन्द्र उवाच मृत्युञ्जयस्य शम्भोश्च गुरुपुत्रो बृहस्पतिः ।। 2.59.
Mahendra said: The son of the preceptor, Bṛhaspati, is of Mṛtyuñjaya Śambhu.
अङ्गिरास्तव पुत्रश्च तत्पुत्रश्च बृहस्पतिः
Aṅgirā is your son, and his son is Bṛhaspati.
ब्रह्मोवाच इमां पुराप्रवृत्तिं च कथयामि निशामय
Brahmā said: Listen, I shall tell you this ancient account.
मृतवत्सा कर्म्मदोषाद्भार्य्या चाङ्गिरसः पुरा
Once, due to a fault in ritual action, the wife of Aṅgirā lost her child.
व्रतं पुंसवनं नाम वर्षमेकं चकार सा
She performed the rite called Puṃsavana for one year.
तदाऽऽगत्य च गोलोकात्परमात्मा कृपामयः
Then, the Supreme Self, full of compassion, came from Goloka.