शुभं वाप्यशुभं विप्र तं तु शान्तं विदुर्बुधाः
Whether auspicious or inauspicious, O Brahmin, the wise know it to be pacified.
एवमादि विदित्वा तु नायं भर्ता निपातितः
Knowing thus, this husband has not been cast down.
गतिं प्रयातः कृतिनां त्वद्धस्तविनिपातितः
He has attained the path of the virtuous, having been struck down by your hand.
त्वत्प्राणरक्षणे धर्मो ममाभूद्द्विजसत्तम
In protecting your life, O best of twice-born, my dharma was fulfilled.
राक्षसीं योनिमापन्ना राक्षसस्य प्रिया ह्यहम्
I have entered the lineage of the rakshasas and am indeed the beloved of a rakshasa.
धर्मकामदुघा धेनुः संतोषो नन्दनं वनम्
The cow that yields dharma and desire, contentment, and the delightful forest of Nandana.
वैतरण्यां पतन्भर्ता मयोद्धृत इहाभवत्
The husband, falling into the Vaitarani, was rescued by me and became present here.
इयं त्वसंगिनी भार्या भविष्यति पितुर्गृहे
This wife, who is not attached, will remain in her father's house.
मत्संगमात्पूर्वमेव या भार्या विप्र ते ऽभवत्
Before my association, O Brahmin, the wife who was yours.
सापि तिर्यग्गतिं प्राप्य मुच्यते मदनुग्रहात्
She too, having attained the path of animals, is released by my grace.
कन्दलीति च विख्याता तनयौर्वमुनेर्द्विज
And she became known as Kandalī, the daughter of the ancient sage.
पुरुषो मे सहभवो दमितो धर्मकारणात्
A man, my companion, was restrained by me for the sake of righteousness.
तं पतिं प्राप्य विप्रेन्द्र प्राक्कर्मवशागा ह्यहम्
Having obtained that husband, O foremost of Brahmins, I was subject to the force of previous actions.
किञ्चित्पापावशेषेण राक्षसीं योनिमागता
Due to a remnant of sin, I was born in a demoness's womb.
गोभिलो नाम तेजस्वी स त्वया विनिपातितः
There was a powerful one named Gobhila, who was slain by you.
कस्याश्चिद्राजकन्यायाः स्त्रियाऽरब्धा मृतिस्तव
For a certain royal maiden, O woman, death was begun by you.
शुभस्य बलमापन्ना जाता तव सहायिनी
Having attained the strength of auspiciousness, I was born as your companion.
भार्याथ पापिना ब्रह्मंस्तेन व्यापादितो मया
Then, O Brahmin, as the wife of that sinful one, I was destroyed by him.
ततस्त्वां गोपयिष्यामि सर्वभावेन कामुक
Therefore, I will protect you with all my being, O passionate one.
कृत्स्नस्य पुरुषस्येह सन्निधौ व्याहृतो मया
In the presence of that entire man here, I have declared this.
मद्वाक्ये भवता स्थेयं सर्वकृत्येषु मानद
You must act according to my words in all matters, O giver of honor.
प्रतिपेदे वचः सर्वं यत्कृतं हि तया तदा
She accepted all the words, and did exactly as she was told at that time.
करेणुरूपिणी भूत्वा पृष्ठे कृत्वा पतिं मम
Taking the form of a female elephant, she placed my husband on her back.
ययावाकाशमार्गेण काशीमभि मुलोचने
She traveled by the path of the sky to Kāśī, O wide-eyed one.
त्रिभिर्मुहूर्तैः संप्राप्ता काशीं विश्वेशमन्दिरम्
In three muhūrtas she reached Kāśī, the temple of Lord Viśveśvara.
इयं पापतरोः कान्त कुठारा परिकीर्तिता
O beloved, this is called the axe of the tree of sin.
कर्मबीजोपशमनी सर्वेषां गतिदायिका
It destroys the seeds of karma and grants liberation to all.
नावैष्णवे स्थले मुक्तिः सर्वस्य तु कदाचन
There is never liberation for anyone in a place that is not Vaiṣṇava.
मुक्तिदा सर्वजन्तूनां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी
It grants liberation to all beings and destroys all sins.
सर्वलोकैककर्तारं भ्राजमानं स्वतेजसा
To the sole creator of all worlds, shining with his own brilliance,