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.
तव पुत्रा महाभागे तपः शांति विवर्जिताः । तेन पापेन ते सर्वे पतिता वै महत्पदात्
Your sons, O highly fortunate one, were devoid of austerity and peace; because of that sin, all of them have fallen from the great state.
एवं ज्ञात्वा शमं गच्छ मुंच दुःखं सुखं तथा । कस्य पुत्राश्च मित्राणि कस्य स्वजन बांधवाः
Knowing this, attain tranquility, abandon both sorrow and happiness; whose are sons and friends, whose are one's own people and relatives?
आत्मकर्मानुसारेण सुखं जीवंति जंतवः । परार्थे चिंतनं देवि तत्त्वज्ञानेन पंडिताः
Living beings experience happiness according to their own actions; the wise, O Devi, think of others' welfare through true knowledge.
न कुर्वंति महात्मानो व्यर्थमेव न संशयः । पंचभूतात्मकं कायं केवलं संधिजर्जरम्
Great souls do not act in vain, of this there is no doubt; the body, composed of the five elements, is merely held together by joints and is fragile.
आत्ममित्रं कृतं तेन सर्वं देवि सुखाशया । आत्मा नाम महापुण्यः सर्वगः सर्वदर्शकः
By making the self one's friend, O Devi, everything is accomplished with the hope of happiness; the self is called supremely virtuous, all-pervading, and all-seeing.
सर्वसिद्धिस्तु सर्वात्मा सात्विकः सर्वसिद्धिदः । एवं सर्वमयो देवि भ्रमत्येको निरञ्जनः
The all-pervading self, O Devi, is the giver of all accomplishments, is pure, and grants all perfections; thus, the one who is all, wanders alone, stainless.
भ्रमता निर्जने येन मूर्तिमंतो द्विजोत्तमाः । चत्वारो दर्शिताः पुण्या मूर्तिमंतो महौजसः
While wandering in solitude, by whom were seen four embodied, virtuous, and greatly powerful best of twice-born ones.
पंचमः श्वसनश्चैव पूर्वाणां मित्रमेव च । अथो आत्मा समायातो ज्ञानसाहाय्यमेव वा
The fifth is breath, indeed, the friend of the former ones; and then the self arrived, or perhaps for the sake of assisting knowledge.
स तान्दृष्ट्वा महात्मा वै ज्ञानमात्मा समब्रवीत् । ज्ञान पश्य अमी पंच मंत्रयंतः परस्परम्
Having seen them, the great soul, knowledge itself, spoke to the self: 'O knowledge, see, these five are consulting among themselves.'
एतान्गत्वाब्रवीहि त्वं यूयं क इति पृच्छ ह । ज्ञानं वाक्यं परं श्रुत्वा सार्थं तस्य महात्मनः
Go to them and ask, 'Who are you?'—having heard the supreme and meaningful words of that great soul, O knowledge.