देव्युत्सवदिदृक्षायां देवीनामानुकीर्तने । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the desire to witness Devi's festival, and in the recitation of Devi's names, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
देवीभक्तस्य सान्निध्ये देवीभक्तार्चने तथा । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the presence of a devotee of Devi, and likewise in the worship of Devi's devotees, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
शिवोत्सवदिदृक्षायां शिवभक्तस्य पूजने । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the desire to witness Shiva's festival, and in the worship of Shiva's devotee, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
रुद्राक्षं बिल्वपत्रे च तथा शुद्धे च भस्मनि । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In rudraksha, in bilva leaves, and likewise in pure ash, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
श्रौतस्मार्तसदाचारे ज्ञानमार्गे तथैव च । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In Vedic and Smarta conduct, and likewise in the path of knowledge, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
अद्वैतज्ञाननिष्ठायां शान्तिदान्त्यादिसाधने । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the pursuit of nondual knowledge, and in the practice of peace, self-restraint, and similar disciplines, you will always be averse, O lowest of Brahmins.
नित्यकर्माद्यनुष्ठानेऽप्यग्निहोत्रादिसाधने । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
Even in the performance of daily duties and in the practice of Agnihotra and similar rites, you are always turned away, O lowest of Brahmins.
स्वाध्यायाध्ययने चैव तथा प्रवचनेऽपि च । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the study and recitation of the Veda, and likewise in teaching, you are always turned away, O lowest of Brahmins.
गोदानादिषु दानेषु पितृश्राद्धेषु चैव हि । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In gifts such as the donation of cows, and in offerings to ancestors, you are always turned away, O lowest of Brahmins.
कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणे चैव प्रायश्चित्ते तथैव च । भवतानुन्मुखा यूयं सर्वदा ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa penances, and likewise in acts of atonement, you are always turned away, O lowest of Brahmins.
श्रीदेवीभिन्नदेवेषु श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्विताः । शङ्खचक्राद्यङ्किताश्च भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In deities other than Śrī Devī, you are filled with faith and devotion, and marked with symbols like the conch and discus, O lowest of Brahmins.
कापालिकमतासक्ता बौद्धशास्त्ररताः सदा । पाखण्डाचारनिरता भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
You are attached to the Kāpālika doctrine, always delighting in Buddhist scriptures, and devoted to heretical practices, O lowest of Brahmins.
पितृमातृसुताभ्रातृकन्याविक्रयिणस्तथा । भार्याविकयिणस्तद्वद्भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
You sell your fathers, mothers, sons, brothers, and daughters, and likewise your wives; thus you become the lowest of Brahmins.
वेदविक्रयिणस्तद्वत्तीर्थविक्रयिणस्तथा । धर्मविक्रयिणस्तद्वद्भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
You sell the Vedas, and likewise sell holy places, and in the same way sell righteousness; thus you become the lowest of Brahmins.
पाञ्चरात्रे कामशास्त्रे तथा कापालिके मते । बौद्धे श्रद्धायुता यूयं भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
In the Pāñcarātra, Kāmaśāstra, and Kāpālika doctrines, and with faith in Buddhism, you become the lowest of Brahmins.
मातृकन्यागामिनश्च भगिनीगामिनस्तथा । परस्त्रीलम्पटाः सर्वे भवत ब्राह्मणाधमाः
You go to your mothers and daughters, and likewise to your sisters; all of you are addicted to other men's wives, O lowest of Brahmins.
युष्माकं वंशजाताश्च स्त्रियश्च पुरुषास्तथा । मद्दत्तशापदग्धास्ते भविष्यन्ति भवत्समाः
The women and men born in your lineage, scorched by the curse I have given, will become like you.
किं मया बहुनोक्तेन मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी । गायत्री परमा भूयाद्युष्मासु खलु कोपिता
Why should I say more? The primal goddess, Gāyatrī, the supreme, has indeed become angry with you.
अन्धकूपादिकुण्डेषु युष्माकं स्यात्सदा स्थितिः । व्यास उवाच वाग्दण्डमीदृशं कृत्वाप्युपस्पृश्य जलं ततः
Your dwelling shall always be in blind wells and similar pits. Vyāsa said: Having uttered such words of censure, he then purified himself with water.
जगाम दर्शनार्थं च गायत्र्याः परमोस्तुकः । प्रणनाम महादेवीं सापि देवी परात्परा
He went to see Gāyatrī, the supreme goddess, and bowed to the great goddess, who is beyond the beyond.
ब्राह्मणानां कृतिं दृष्ट्वा स्मयं चित्ते चकार ह । अद्यापि तस्या वदनं स्मययुक्तं च दृश्यते
Seeing the act of the Brahmins, she smiled in her heart; even today, her face is seen with a smile.
उवाच मुनिवर्यं तं स्मयमानमुखाम्बुजा । भुजङ्गायार्पितं दुग्धं विषायैवोपजायते
With a smiling lotus-face, she spoke to that best of sages: 'Milk offered to a serpent becomes poison.'
शान्तिं कुरु महाभाग कर्मणो गतिरीदृशी । इति देवीं प्रणम्याथ ततोऽगात्स्वाश्रमं प्रति
'Bring peace, O highly fortunate one; such is the outcome of action.' Having bowed to the goddess, he then went to his own hermitage.
ततो विप्रैः शापदग्धैर्विस्मृता वेदराशयः । गायत्री विस्मृता सर्वैस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
Then, by the curse of the Brahmins, the collections of the Vedas were forgotten; Gāyatrī was forgotten by all, and this became a wonder.
ते सर्वेऽथ मिलित्वा तु पश्चात्तापयुतास्तथा । प्रणेमुर्मुनिवर्यं तं दण्डवत्पतिता भुवि
Then all of them, united and filled with deep remorse, prostrated themselves flat on the ground before that eminent sage.
नोचुः किञ्चन वाक्यं तु लज्जयाधोमुखाः स्थिताः । प्रसीदेति प्रसीदेति प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः
They did not utter a single word, standing with faces lowered in shame, only repeating again and again, 'Be gracious, be gracious, be gracious.'
प्रार्थयामासुरभितः परिवार्य मुनीश्वरम् । करुणापूर्णहृदयो मुनिस्तान्समुवाच ह
Surrounding the lordly sage, they fearfully pleaded with him; the sage, his heart full of compassion, spoke to them.
कृष्णावतारपर्यन्तं कुम्भीपाके भवेत्स्थितिः । न मे वाक्यं मृषा भूयादिति जानीथ सर्वथा
Your stay in Kumbhipaka will last until the end of Krishna's incarnation; know for certain that my words will not prove false.
ततः परं कलियुगे भुवि जन्म भवेद्धि वाम् । मदुक्तं सर्वमेतत्तु भवेदेव न चान्यथा
After that, in the Kali age, you will be born on earth; all this that I have spoken will surely come to pass, and not otherwise.
मच्छापस्य विमोक्षार्थं युष्माकं स्याद्यदीषणा । तर्हि सेव्यं सदा सर्वैर्गायत्रीपदपङ्कजम्
If you desire release from my curse, then all of you must always worship the lotus feet of Gayatri.