तत्र युद्धं महज्जातं दैत्यसंक्षयकारकम् । देवैश्च विष्णुना युद्धे मम पुत्रा निपातिताः
There arose a great war, bringing destruction to the Daityas; in battle, my sons were struck down by the gods and by Viṣṇu.
तथैव तव पुत्रास्ते देवदेवेन चक्रिणा । वने गतान्यथा सिंहो द्रावयेत्स्वेन तेजसा
Likewise, your sons were driven away by the god with the discus, as a lion would scatter them with his own power.
तथा ते मामकाः पुत्रा निहताः शङ्खपाणिना । कालनेमिमुखं सैन्यं दुर्जयं ससुरासुरैः
Thus, my sons were slain by Śaṅkhapāṇi; the army led by Kālanemi, invincible even with gods and demons, was destroyed.
नाशितं मर्दितं सर्वं द्रावितं विकलीकृतम् । स्वैरर्चिभिर्यथा वह्निस्तृणानि ज्वालयेद्वने
All was annihilated, crushed, scattered, and thrown into confusion, as fire would burn grass in the forest with its own flames.
तथा दैत्यगणान्सर्वान्निर्दहत्येव केशवः । मम पुत्रा मृता देवि बहुशस्तव नंदनाः
In the same way, Keśava utterly burns up all the hosts of Daityas; O goddess, my sons have died many times, and so have your children.
वह्निं प्राप्य यथा सर्वे शलभा यांति संक्षयम् । तथा ते दानवाः सर्वे हरिं प्राप्य क्षयं गताः
Just as all moths perish when they encounter fire, so too did all your Dānavas meet their end upon encountering Hari.
एवमेतं हि वृत्तांतं दितिः शुश्राव दारुणम् । दितिरुवाच- वज्रपातोपमं भद्रे वदस्येवं कथं मम
Thus Diti heard this dreadful account; Diti said: O gentle one, tell me—how has this happened to me, like a blow from the thunderbolt?
एवमाभाष्य तां देवी मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह । हा हा कष्टमिदं जातं बहुदुःखं प्रतापकम्
Having spoken thus to her, the goddess fainted and fell to the ground, crying, 'Alas, alas! What a terrible, painful, and tormenting thing has occurred!'
रुरोद करुणं साथ पुत्रशोकसुपीडिता । तां दृष्ट्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठ उवाच वचनं शुभम्
Stricken with intense grief for her sons, she wept bitterly; seeing her, the best of sages spoke these auspicious words.
मा रोदिषि च भद्रं ते नैवं शोचंति त्वद्विधाः । सत्ववंतो महाभागे लोभमोहेन वर्जिताः
Do not weep, and may good come to you; those like you, O noble lady, endowed with courage and free from greed and delusion, do not grieve in this way.
कस्य पुत्रा हि संसारे कस्य देवी सुबांधवाः । नास्तिकस्येह केनापि तत्सर्वं श्रूयतां प्रिये
Whose sons are there in this world, O goddess, and who truly has dear relatives? For the one who denies the Self, none of these exist—listen to this, beloved.
दक्षस्यापि सुता यूयं सुन्दर्यश्चैव मामकाः । भवतीनामहं भर्ता कामनापूरकः शुभे
You are daughters of Dakṣa, and my own are beautiful as well; I am the husband of you all, O auspicious one, fulfilling your desires.
योजकः पालकश्चैव रक्षकोस्मि वरानने । कस्माद्वैरं कृतं क्रूरैरसुरैरजितात्मभिः
I am the one who unites, protects, and guards you, O lovely-faced one; why, then, have the cruel Asuras with uncontrolled minds created enmity?
तव पुत्रा महाभागे सत्यधर्मविवर्जिताः । तेन दोषेण ते सर्वे तव दोषेण वै शुभे
O noble lady, your sons were devoid of truth and righteousness; because of that fault—all of them, and indeed because of your own fault, O auspicious one—
निहता वासुदेवेन दैवतैस्तु निपातिताः । तस्माच्छोको न कर्तव्यः सत्यमोक्षविनाशनः
They were slain by Vāsudeva and cast down by the gods; therefore, you should not grieve, for grief destroys truth and liberation.
शोको हि नाशयेत्पुण्यं क्षयात्पुण्यस्य नश्यति । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज विघ्नरूपं वरानने
Indeed, grief destroys merit, and when merit is lost, all is lost; therefore, abandon grief, O lovely-faced one, for it is an obstacle.
आत्मदोषप्रभावेण दानवा मरणं गताः । देवा निमित्तभूताश्च नाशिताः स्वेन कर्मणा
By the power of their own faults, the Dānavas met death; the gods were merely the instruments, destroyed by their own actions.
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे समागच्छ सुखं प्रति । एवमुक्त्वा महायोगी तां प्रियां दुःखभागिनीम्
Knowing this, O noble lady, come to embrace happiness; having spoken thus, the great yogi addressed his beloved, who was afflicted with sorrow.
विषादाच्च निवृत्तोसौ विरराम महामतिः
Freed from despair, that wise one ceased speaking.
दितिरुवाच- सत्यमुक्तं त्वया नाथ सर्वमेव न संशयः । भर्तृस्नेहं परित्यज्य गता सापत्न्यजं द्विज
Diti said: All that you have said, O lord, is true—there is no doubt; abandoning affection for my husband, I have gone to the house of my co-wife, O twice-born one.
अभिमानेन दुःखेन मानभंगेन सत्तम । महादुःखेन संतप्ता करिष्ये प्राणमोचनम्
Because of pride, sorrow, and humiliation, O best of the good, tormented by great grief, I will end my life.
कश्यप उवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि यथा शांतिर्भविष्यति । न कः कस्य भवेत्पुत्रो न माता न पिता शुभे
Kaśyapa said: Listen, I will tell you how peace will come; for truly, no one is anyone's son, nor mother, nor father, O auspicious one.
न भ्राता बांधवः कस्य न च स्वजनबांधवाः । एवं संसारसंबंधो मायामोहसमन्वितः
No one is truly a brother or a relative, nor are one's own people truly kin; such is the connection in worldly existence, pervaded by the delusion of illusion.
स्वयमेव पिता देवि स्वयं माताथ बांधवाः । स्वयं स्वजनवर्गश्च स्वयं धर्मः सनातनः
One is oneself the father, O Devi, oneself the mother and the relatives; oneself is the group of one's own people, and oneself is the eternal dharma.
आचारेण नरो देवि सुखित्वमुपजायते । अनाचारेण पापेन नाशं याति तथा ध्रुवम्
By right conduct, O Devi, a person attains happiness; by unrighteous and sinful conduct, he certainly meets destruction.
क्रूरयोनिं प्रयात्येवं नरो देवि न संशयः । कर्मणा सत्यहीनेन महापापेन मोहतः
A person, O Devi, surely attains a cruel birth through actions lacking in truth, through great sin, and through delusion—of this there is no doubt.
रिपुत्वे वर्त्तते मर्त्यः प्राणिनां नित्यसंस्थितः । रिपवस्तस्य वर्तन्ते यत्र तत्र न संशयः
A mortal who dwells in enmity is always surrounded by enemies among living beings; wherever he goes, there his enemies exist—of this there is no doubt.
मैत्रेण वर्तते मर्त्यो यदा लोके प्रिये शुभे । तदा तस्य भवंत्येव मित्राः सर्वत्र भामिनि
When a mortal acts with friendship in the world, O beloved and auspicious one, then indeed he has friends everywhere, O beautiful lady.
कृषिकारो यदा देवि छन्नं बीजं सुसंस्थितम् । यादृशं तु भवत्येव तादृशं फलमश्नुते
Just as when a farmer, O Devi, sows a well-placed seed in secret, he reaps a fruit corresponding exactly to that seed.
तथा तव च पुत्रैश्च साधुभिः स्पर्धितं सह । कर्मणस्तस्य तत्प्राप्तं फलं भुंक्ष्व सुसंस्थितम्
In the same way, whatever was contested by you and your sons with the virtuous, the fruit of that action is surely experienced, well-established.