प्रतिपालयितव्यस्ते जन्मकालोऽस्य धीरया
You must patiently wait for the time of his birth.
एवं शप्त्वा ततो देवि विनतां मातरं स्वकम्
Having thus cursed, the goddess then addressed her own mother Vinatā.
हाहा मया नृशंसेन माता स्वजननी स्वका माता देहारणिः पुंसां माता दुःखसहा परा ।।5.2.76.
Alas! By me, so cruelly, my own mother has been wronged— a mother is the source of the body for men, a mother endures the greatest suffering.
गर्भक्लेशे परं दुःखं माता जानाति यादृशम्
A mother alone knows the extreme pain of the suffering of pregnancy.
गुरूणामेव सर्वेषां माता गुरुतरा स्मृता
Of all teachers, the mother is considered the greatest.
यदि पिंडप्रदानं तु गयायां कुरुते सुतः न च मातृविहीनस्य ममत्वं कुरुते पिता
Even if a son performs the offering of the ball of rice at Gayā, the father does not show affection to one who is without a mother.
विकलो मातृहीनस्तु पुत्रो हि प्रोच्यते तदा तदा शून्यं जगत्सर्वं यदा माता वियुज्यते
A son without a mother is called incomplete; the whole world becomes empty when the mother is lost.
सोऽहं पापसमाचारो जातो मातृविहिंसकः
I have become a sinner, one who has harmed his mother.
जातोऽहं विकलांगस्तु प्राक्कृतेनैव कर्मणा
I have been born with defective limbs, due to actions from a previous life.
एवं विलपतस्तस्य कश्यपस्य सुतस्य च
As he, the son of Kaśyapa, was lamenting in this way—
दृष्ट्वारुणं सुदुःखार्त्तं विलपंतं पुनः पुनः
Seeing Aruṇa, overwhelmed with great sorrow, lamenting again and again—
अरुणोऽयमहो रौति कश्यपस्यात्मसंभवः
This Aruṇa, alas, cries out—born from Kaśyapa himself.
उत्पादितोऽयमल्पाहैरर्द्धकायो महाबलः मोहेन विलपंतं च श्रेयो मे भविता धुवम् 5.2.76.
He has been born with a half-formed body, but great strength, and though lamenting in delusion, surely good will come to me.
इति संचिंत्य मनसि वाक्यैर्मध्वमृतोपमैः
Thinking thus in his mind, with words as sweet as honey and nectar—
तात कश्यपदायाद विनतागर्भसंभव
O son, heir of Kaśyapa, born from Vinatā's womb—
भाविनोऽर्था भवंतीह दुःखस्य च सुखस्य च
Future events of both sorrow and happiness come to pass here.
यदि तेस्ति घृणा चित्ते शप्तात्मजननी त्वया
If there is compassion in your heart, O mother of the cursed son,
उत्तरे देवदेवस्य यात्रेशस्य च पुण्यदम्
then undertake the auspicious pilgrimage of the Lord of gods, Yātreśa.
अरुणस्त्वेवमुक्तस्तु नारदेन महात्मना
Thus addressed by the great sage Nārada, Aruṇa,
ददर्श तत्र तल्लिंगं तेजःकूटोपमं शुभम्
there saw that liṅga, shining and auspicious, like a peak of light.
लिंगेनोक्तोऽरुणो देवि सारथ्यं कुरु सर्वदा
The liṅga spoke: 'O Aruṇa, always serve as charioteer.'
मया दत्तं तु सामर्थ्यं सूर्यस्य पुरतः सदा
'The power has been given by me to always stand before Sūrya.'
त्वन्नाम्ना त्रिषु लोकेषु ख्यातोऽहमरुणेश्वरः 5.2.76.
'By your name, I am renowned in the three worlds as Aruṇeśvara.'
ये मां पश्यंति सततं त्वन्नाम्ना चारुणेश्वरम्
'Those who always see me as Aruṇeśvara, bearing your name,'
मोदिष्यंति कुलैः सार्द्धं पितृमातृसमुद्भवैः
'will rejoice together with their families, along with their ancestors and mothers.'
न दुःखं जायते तेषां ये पश्यंति रवेर्द्दिने
'Suffering does not arise for those who behold me on the day of the Sun.'
यः पश्यति चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णायामरुणेश्वरम्
'Whoever sees Aruṇeśvara on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight,'
स नेष्यति पितॄन्स्वर्गे नरकस्थान्न संशयः शुंडीरस्वामिनो यात्रा कृता तेन न संशयः
'will lead their ancestors to heaven from hell—of this there is no doubt. The pilgrimage of Śuṇḍīrasvāmin is accomplished by him, without doubt.'
इत्युक्तस्तेन लिंगेन विनतानंदनस्तदा
Thus addressed by that liṅga, the son of Vinatā then—
अस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्यात्कश्यपस्यात्मसंभवः
By the greatness of this liṅga, the offspring of Kaśyapa—