मुग्धया तव रूपेण प्रेषितो यमसादनम्
Because of your beauty, I, bewildered, was sent to the abode of Yama.
भजस्व मां विशालाक्ष भक्तां वै कामरूपिणीम्
Accept me, O wide-eyed one, a devotee who can assume any form at will.
राक्षस्याः कामतप्तायाः कुमार्याः सन्निधौ शुभे
In the presence of the demoness, burning with desire, and the maiden, O auspicious one.
सुभगे नीतिशास्त्रेषु विश्वस्तव्या न योषितः
O fortunate one, in the treatises on conduct, women are not to be trusted.
मत्तो रूपाधिकं मत्वा परं पुरुषलंपटा
Thinking there is someone more handsome than me, women are eager for other men.
सो ऽहं विश्वासभावेन विश्वस्तस्ते वरानने
So I, trusting you, O beautiful-faced one, became confident in you.
व्यापादय यथेच्छं वा त्वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि भामिनि
Do with me as you wish, O beautiful one; I have surrendered myself to you.
आत्मा ते सर्वथा देयः प्रतीकारस्य हेतवे
Your very self must be given in every way, as the cause for recompense.
ततो ऽहं नोत्तरं वच्मि परं किञ्चित्सुलोचने
Therefore, O bright-eyed one, I will not say anything further in reply.
विश्वस्तहिंसनं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्महत्या समं भवेत्
Brahman, to harm one who trusts is equal to the killing of a Brahmin.
पतिं तथापि गर्हेयं विश्वस्तं घातये कथम्
Yet, how could I reproach or kill a husband who trusts me?
केचिन्मनुष्याः पटवो धर्मसूक्ष्मत्वचिन्तने
Some humans are skilled in pondering the subtlety of dharma.
श्रूयते च पुराणेषु किञ्चिदत्र निगद्यते
It is heard in the Purāṇas, and something is spoken here about this.
दशावतारग्रहणे दुःखं प्राप्तमनेकधा
In the taking of the ten incarnations, much suffering was endured in many ways.
विलापं कुरुते नागपाशबन्धादिकर्मसु
He laments during acts such as being bound by the serpent noose and others.
हा कष्टमित्यस्रदृगादिचेष्टः पार्थोग्रसनादिकभृत्यकृत्यः
Alas, how terrible! Thus he acts with tearful eyes, as a servant performing duties like eating fierce food.
कन्यात्वविध्वसकवीर्यजन्मा कानीनसंज्ञो ऽनुजदारगामी
Born as a hero who destroys maidenhood, known as Kānīna, he goes to another's wife.
दिधिषू तनयः साक्षाद्वसुः स्त्रीवादमृत्युभाक्
Desiring knowledge, the son is directly a Vasu, but receives death through the accusation of being a woman.
तेषां संकीर्तनं पुण्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्
The recounting of their deeds is meritorious, pure, and destroys sin.
यं ध्यायन्ति स्मरन्त्यद्धा योगमूर्तिः सनातनः
He whom they meditate upon and remember truly is the eternal embodiment of yoga.
श्रीनृसिंहो ऽसुरध्वंसी देवदेवाधिदैवतम्
Śrī Nṛsiṃha, destroyer of demons, is the supreme deity of the gods.
संसारवासनाध्वंसी स्वर्णाक्षभवनस्थितिः
He destroys the attachments of worldly existence, and resides in the golden-eyed abode.
ईश्वरः क्षत्रसंहारभ्रूणहत्यादिकर्मकृत्
The Lord performs acts such as the destruction of warriors and the killing of embryos.
लोकग्लानिकरो जातः कुर्वन्धर्मानुरोधतः
He is born as the remover of the world's distress, acting in accordance with dharma.
नारायणपरो नारो नरो नरहितो ऽमरः
A man devoted to Nārāyaṇa is no ordinary man; he is a benefactor of humanity, and indeed, immortal.
वेदबाह्यार्थसंयुक्तशास्त्री वेदोपकार कृत्
He who studies scriptures that include meanings beyond the Vedas, and who acts for the benefit of the Vedas,
येन लोकोपकारार्थं वासिष्ठं शास्त्रमुत्तमम्
He by whom the excellent Vasiṣṭha scripture was composed for the welfare of the world,
यः स्वयं रामचन्द्रस्य गुरुः सर्वेश्वरस्य च
He who himself was the guru of Rāmacandra, the Lord of all,
यो दमित्वा विभुर्विन्ध्यं वातापिं सागरं स्थितः
He who, being mighty, subdued Vindhya, Vātāpi, and the ocean,
यो विधिः कर्मसाक्ष्यादिवन्द्यो मान्यः पितामहः
He who is the ordinance, the witness of actions, the one to be worshipped and honored, the grandsire,