न त्वेव कुर्यां मधुसूदनस्य दिने सुपुण्ये ऽन्ननिषेवणं हि
But I would never partake of food on the auspicious day of Madhusudana.
आहूय जननीं शीघ्रं नाम्ना संध्यावलीं शुभाम्
He quickly summoned his mother, the auspicious Sandhyavali, by name.
पालयन्तीं धरां सर्वां पादविन्यासविक्रमैः
She protected the entire earth with the strides of her feet.
श्राविता मोहिनी वाक्यं पितुर्वाक्यं तथैव च
Mohini heard the words of her father, and likewise those of her mother.
भोजनाय स्थितामेनां नृपस्य हरिवासरे
She stood ready for the meal on the day sacred to Hari, in the king’s presence.
तथा विधीयतामेवं कुशलं चोभयोर्भवेत्
Let it be arranged thus, so that welfare may be for both.
मोहिनीं श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्राह ब्रह्मसुता तदा
Then the son of Brahma addressed Mohini with gentle words.
नास्वादयति पापान्न संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
He does not taste impure food when the day of Hari arrives.
सदा भवति या नारी भर्तुर्वचनकारिणी
The woman who always acts according to her husband’s words is blessed.
यद्यनेन पुरा देवि तव दत्तः करो गिरौ
If, O goddess, you were once given a hand by him on the mountain,
यद्देयं तद्ददात्येष ह्यदेयं प्रार्थयस्व मा
Whatever may be given, he gives; but do not ask for what cannot be given.
न भुक्तं येन सुभगे शैशवे ऽपि हरेर्दिने
O fortunate one, he has never eaten, even in childhood, on the day of Hari.
कामं वरय वामोरुवरमन्यं सुदुर्लभम्
Choose, O slender-thighed one, any other boon you desire, however rare.
मन्यसे यदि मां देवि धर्माङ्गदविरोहिणीम्
If you consider me, O goddess, as one who does not oppose Dharmangada,
सप्तद्वीपसमेतं हि ससरिद्वनपर्वतम्
Together with the seven continents, along with rivers, forests, and mountains,
भर्तुरर्थे विशालाक्षि प्रसीद तनुमध्यमे
For the sake of your husband, O wide-eyed, slender-waisted one, be gracious.
अकार्यं कारयेत्पापा सा नारी निरये वसेत्
A sinful woman who causes wrongdoing will dwell in hell.
सूकरीं योनिमाप्नोति चाण्डालीं च ततः परम्
She attains the womb of a sow, and then that of a Chandala.
निवारितासि वामोरु सखीभावेन सुंदरि
You have been restrained, O beautiful one with lovely thighs, in the manner of a friend.
किं पुनः सखिसंस्थायास्तव पद्मनिभानने
What then, O lotus-faced one, of your status as a companion?
उवाच कनकाभां तां भर्तुर्ज्येष्ठां प्रियां तदा
Then he spoke to her, golden-hued, the eldest and beloved wife of her husband.
विद्वद्भिर्मुनिभिर्य्यत्तु गीयते नारदादिभिः
That which is sung by the learned, by sages such as Narada,
क्रियतामपरं देवि मरणादधिकं तव
Let something else be done, O goddess, greater than death for you.
कस्येष्टमात्महननं कस्येष्टं विषभक्षणम्
Who desires self-destruction? Who desires the drinking of poison?
व्याघ्रसिंहाभिगमनं समुद्रतरणं तथा
The approach of tigers and lions, and likewise the crossing of the ocean,
अपथ्यभक्षणं लोके तथाभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणम्
The eating of what is unwholesome in the world, and likewise the eating of what is forbidden,
छेदनं तृणकाष्ठानां लोष्टानामवमर्द्दनम्
The cutting of grass and wood, the crushing of clods,
दैवाविष्टो वरारोहे नरः सर्वं करोति वै
A man possessed by fate, O beautiful-hipped one, indeed does everything.
नरकार्हे नरो देवि करोत्यशुभकर्म तत्
A man destined for hell, O goddess, performs that inauspicious deed.
यादृशेन हि भावेन योनौ शुक्रं समुत्सृजेत्
Just as, with whatever disposition, a man emits semen into the womb,