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,
यः शिवः शिवदः साक्षात्प्रकृतीशः परात्परः
He who is Śiva, the giver of auspiciousness, the very lord of nature, supreme beyond the supreme,
तस्माद्द्विज सदाचारो निषेव्यो विधिना विधिः
Therefore, O twice-born, a man of good conduct should be served as the ordinance, according to rule.
स शान्तिमाप्नुयादग्र्यां धम्यामुभयसंस्थिताम्
May he attain the highest and most righteous peace, established in both worlds.
तन्मया साधितो धर्मः सर्वोत्तमधनात्मना
The dharma established by him, who is united with the highest wealth of the Self, is supreme.
यदा समागतो भर्ता मम कन्यां समाहरन्
When the lord arrived and took my daughter in marriage,
मया पृष्टः कथं नाम कन्येयं समुपाहृता
I asked him, 'By what means has this maiden been brought here?'
तन्निशम्याह मां बद्धा स्वयं चास्थानि दर्शनात्
Hearing this, he replied to me, bound by his own steadfastness and by the sight of righteousness,
न ते तत्त्वदृशो ज्ञेया न सा भार्या विरोधिनी
Those who see the truth are not to be doubted; a wife who is hostile is not a true wife.
सा भार्यान्या कर्मवल्लीरूपा संसारदायीनी
Another wife, resembling a creeper of actions, brings about worldly bondage.
अलीकं नैव वक्तव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि
One must not speak falsehood, even if life itself is at the throat.