इत्युक्ता गिरिजा तेन मुक्तकण्ठा पिनाकिना उवाच कोपरक्ताक्षी भ्रुकुटीकुटिलानना
Thus addressed by him, Girijā replied with open voice, her eyes reddened in anger, her face twisted in a frown.
स्वकृतेन जनः सर्वो जाड्येन परिभूयते अवश्यमर्थी प्राप्नोति खण्डनां जनमण्डले
By one's own actions, everyone is overcome by dullness; inevitably, one who desires something receives reproach among people.
तपोभिर्दीर्घचरितैर् यच्च प्रार्थितवत्यहम् तस्या मे नियतस्त्वेष ह्य् अवमानः पदे पदे
Whatever I have sought through long-performed austerities, that is always met with humiliation at every step.
नैवास्मि कुटिला शर्व विषमा नैव धूर्जटे सविषयस्त्वं गतः ख्यातिं व्यक्तदोषाकराश्रयः
I am not crooked, O Śarva, nor harsh, O Dhūrjaṭi; you have gone to the realm of sense-objects, seeking fame and the shelter of manifest faults.
नाहं पूष्णो ऽपि दशना नेत्रे चास्मि भगस्य हि आदित्यश्च विजानाति भगवान्द्वादशात्मकः
I am not in Pūṣan's teeth, nor in Bhaga's eyes; the twelve-formed sun god knows this, O Lord.
मूर्ध्नि शूलं जनयसि स्वैर्दोषैर्मामधिक्षिपन् यस्त्वं मामाह कृष्णेति महाकालेति विश्रुतः
You place the trident on my head, reproaching me with your own faults; you call me Kṛṣṇā and Mahākālī, as I am renowned.
यास्याम्यहं परित्यक्त्वा चात्मानं तपसा गिरिम् जीवन्त्या नास्ति मे कृत्यं धूर्तेन परिभूतया
I shall depart, abandoning myself in austerity upon the mountain; for a living woman, there is nothing to be done when insulted by a deceiver.
निशम्य तस्या वचनं कोपतीक्ष्णाक्षरं भवः उवाचाविष्टसंभ्रान्तिप्रणयोन्मिश्रया गिरा
Hearing her words, sharp with anger, Bhava replied with speech mingled with anxious affection.
अनात्मज्ञासि गिरिजे नाहं निन्दापरस्तव त्वद्भक्तिबुद्ध्या कृतवांस् तवाहं नामसंश्रयम्
O Daughter of the Mountain, I am not one who delights in slander, nor am I ignorant of the self; I have uttered your name only with a mind devoted to you.
विकल्पः स्वस्थचित्ते ऽपि गिरिजे नैव कल्पना यद्येवं कुपिता भीरु त्वं तवाहं न वै पुनः
Even when the mind is steady, O Daughter of the Mountain, doubt does not arise; if it is so, timid one, you need not be angry with me again.
नर्मवादी भविष्यामि जहि कोपं शुचिस्मिते शिरसा प्रणतश्चाहं रचितस्ते मयाञ्जलिः
I will speak playfully; dispel your anger, O one with a pure smile. With my head bowed, I have offered you this reverent salutation.
स्नेहेनाप्यवमानेन निन्दितेनैति विक्रियाम् तस्मान्न जातु रुष्टस्य नर्मस्पृष्टो जनः किल
Even affection, disrespect, or reproach causes disturbance; therefore, it is said that one touched by jest should never be angry.
अनेकैश्चाटुभिर्देवी देवेन प्रतिबोधिता कोपं तीव्रं न तत्याज सती मर्मणि घट्टिता
Though the goddess was addressed by the god with many gentle words, Sati, deeply hurt, did not abandon her intense anger.
अवष्टब्धम् अथास्फाल्य वासः शंकरपाणिना विपर्यस्तालका वेगाद् यातुमैच्छत शैलजा
Then, her garment seized by Śaṅkara’s hand, her hair disheveled, the daughter of the mountain, in haste, wished to depart.
तस्या व्रजन्त्याः कोपेन पुनराह पुरान्तकः सत्यं सर्वैरवयवैः सुतासि सदृशी पितुः
As she was leaving in anger, the destroyer of cities spoke again: 'Truly, in every way, O daughter, you are like your father.'
हिमाचलस्य शृङ्गैस्तैर् मेघजालाकुलैर्नभः तथा दुरवगाह्येभ्यो हृदयेभ्यस्तवाशयः
Just as the sky is obscured by the peaks of Himālaya, thick with clusters of clouds, so too your heart is difficult to fathom.
काठिन्याङ्कस्त्वमस्मभ्यं वनेभ्यो बहुधा गता कुटिलत्वं च वर्त्मभ्यो दुःसेव्यत्वं हिमादपि संक्रान्तिं सर्वदैवेति तन्वङ्गि हिमशैलराट्
From the forests you have gained hardness, from the paths crookedness, from the snow difficulty in approach, and from the king of mountains, O slender one, you have always taken on coldness.
इत्युक्ता सा पुनः प्राह गिरिशं शैलजा तदा कोपकम्पितमूर्धा च प्रस्फुरद्दशनच्छदा
Thus addressed, the daughter of the mountain replied to Śiva, her head trembling with anger and her teeth tightly clenched.
मा सर्वान्दोषदानेन निन्दान्यान्गुणिनो जनान् तवापि दुष्टसंपर्कात् संक्रान्तं सर्वमेव हि
Do not reproach all the virtuous by attributing every fault to them; indeed, all your defects have arisen from your own wicked associations.
व्यालेभ्यो ऽनेकजिह्वत्वं भस्मना स्नेहबन्धनम् हृत्कालुष्यं शशाङ्कात्तु दुर्बोधित्वं वृषादपि
From serpents you have gained many tongues, from ashes your bonds of affection, from the moon impurity of heart, and from the bull, incomprehensibility.
तथा बहु किमुक्तेन अलं वाचा श्रमेण ते श्मशानवासान् निर्भीस् त्वं नग्नत्वान्न तव त्रपा निर्घृणत्वं कपालित्वाद् दया ते विगता चिरम्
Why say more? Enough of your tiresome words. You dwell in cremation grounds without fear, you are naked and feel no shame, you bear a skull and have long been devoid of compassion.
इत्युक्त्वा मन्दिरात्तस्मान् निर्जगाम हिमाद्रिजा
Having spoken thus, the daughter of Himālaya departed from the temple.
तस्यां व्रजन्त्यां देवेशगणैः किलकिलो ध्वनिः क्व मातर्गच्छसि त्यक्त्वा रुदन्तो धाविताः पुनः
As she was leaving, the hosts of the lord of the gods cried out in lamentation, 'Mother, where are you going, leaving us?' and, weeping, they ran after her.
विष्टभ्य चरणौ देव्या वीरको बाष्पगद्गदम् प्रोवाच मातः किंत्वेतत् क्व यासि कुपितान्तरा
Planting himself at the goddess’s feet, Vīraka, his voice choked with tears, said: 'Mother, what is this? Where are you going, filled with anger?'
अहं त्वामनुयास्यामि व्रजन्तीं स्नेहवर्जिताम् नो चेत्पतिष्ये शिखरात् तपोनिष्ठे त्वयोज्झितः
'I will follow you as you go, though you are without affection; otherwise, I will cast myself from the peak, abandoned by you, devoted to austerities.'
उन्नाम्य वदनं देवी दक्षिणेन तु पाणिना उवाच वीरकं माता शोकं पुत्रक मा कृथाः
Lifting her face with her right hand, the goddess spoke to Vīraka: 'Do not grieve, my child.'
शैलाग्रात्पतितुं नैव न चागन्तुं मया सह युक्तं ते पुत्र वक्ष्यामि येन कार्येण तच्छृणु
It is not proper for you, my son, either to fall from the mountain peak or to come with me. I will tell you the reason; listen to it.
कृष्णेत्युक्त्वा हरेणाहं निन्दिता चाप्यनिन्दिता सार्हं तपः करिष्यामि येन गौरीत्वमाप्नुयाम्
Because I was called 'Kṛṣṇā' by Hari, I have been both reproached and not reproached. Therefore, I shall undertake such austerity as will grant me the state of Gaurī.
एष स्त्रीलम्पटो देवो यातायां मय्यनन्तरम् द्वाररक्षा त्वया कार्या नित्यं रन्ध्रान्ववेक्षिणा
This god is infatuated with women; after I depart, you must always guard the entrance, being ever watchful for any breach.
यथा न काचित् प्रविशेद् योषिदत्र हरान्तिकम् दृष्ट्वा परांस्त्रियं चात्र वदेथा मम पुत्रक
So that no woman may enter here to approach Hara, if you see another woman here, you must inform me, my son.