न चास्ति तव सामर्थ्यं क्वापि कस्यापि निश्चितम्
Indeed, you have no capacity anywhere, for anyone, that is certain.
न तादृङ्नेदसि प्रायः क्वापि ज्ञातो महामते
You are generally not known to possess such qualities, O wise one.
कर्तव्यश्चेत्तदाकार्यः स्याच्चेत्संपत्ति रीदृशी
If there is something to be done, it should be accomplished; if such prosperity exists, let it be so.
साक्षाच्च सर्वे मंत्रा वै साक्षाद्यज्ञपुमानसौ साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा स्वयं चैष भृगुर्वै कर्मकांडवित्
All the mantras are present directly, as is the personification of sacrifice; Brahma himself is here, and Bhrigu is expert in ritual.
अयं पूषा भगस्त्वेष इयं देवी सरस्वती
Here is Pūṣā, and Bhaga; this is the goddess Sarasvati.
त्वं च दीक्षां शुभां प्राप्तो देव्या च शतरूपया
You have received the auspicious initiation, along with the goddess of a hundred forms.
स्वयमेव हि कुर्वीत धर्मकार्यं प्रयत्नतः 4.2.87.
One should personally perform the duty of dharma with diligence.
सप्तविंशतिभिः सार्धं पत्नीभिस्तव कार्यकृत्
Your task is accomplished together with your twenty-seven wives.
दीक्षितो राजसूयस्य दत्तत्रैलोक्यदक्षिणः त्रयोदशमिताभिश्च भार्याभिस्तव कार्यकृत्
Initiated for the royal sacrifice, you have given the reward of the three worlds; your task is accomplished with thirteen wives.
हविः कामदुघा सूते कल्पवृक्षः समित्कुशान्
The wish-fulfilling cow produces the oblation, and the wish-granting tree provides the sacred fuel and grass.
विश्वकर्माप्यलंकारान्कुरुतेभ्यागतर्त्विजाम्
Viśvakarma himself prepares ornaments for the arriving priests.
स्वयंलक्ष्मीरलंकुर्याद्यावै चात्र सुवासिनीः
Lakshmi herself adorns the noble women present here.
सर्वे सुखाय मे दक्ष वीक्षमाणस्य सर्वतः
All are for my happiness, Daksha, as I observe everything.
जीवहीनो यथा देहो भूषितोपि न शोभते
Just as a lifeless body, though adorned, does not shine.
इत्थं दधीचिवचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षः प्रजापतिः
Hearing these words of Dadhichi, Daksha, the lord of creatures,
पूर्वस्तुत्याति संहृष्टो दृष्टो योसौ दधीचिना
became exceedingly delighted, for he had previously been praised by Dadhichi.
प्रत्युवाचाथ तं विप्रं वेपमानांगयष्टिकः 4.2.87.
Then, with trembling limbs, he addressed that sage.
दीक्षामहमहो प्राप्तः कर्तुं नायाति किंचन
Ah, I have now attained initiation; nothing remains to be done.
भवान्केन समाहूतो यदत्रागान्महाजडः
By whom were you summoned, O great dullard, that you have come here?
सर्वमंगलमांगल्यो यत्र श्रीमानयं हरिः
Where the glorious Hari is present, who is the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious,
यत्र वज्रधरः शक्रः शतयज्ञैकदीक्षितः
where Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, is initiated in a hundred sacrifices,
तं त्वंचोपमिमीषेमुं श्मशानेन महामखम्
do you wish to compare this great sacrifice to a cremation ground?
श्रीदोस्ति यत्र श्रीदाता साक्षाद्यत्राशुशुक्षणिः
Where there is prosperity, where the giver of prosperity is manifest, where the swift destroyer is present,
देवाचार्यः स्वयं यत्र क्रतोराचार्यतागतः
where the divine preceptor himself has come to preside as the priest of the sacrifice,
यत्रार्त्विज्यं भजंतेऽमी वसिष्ठप्रमुखर्षयः
where these sages, headed by Vasistha, are engaged in priestly duties,
निशम्येति मुनिः प्राह दधीचिर्ज्ञानिनां वरः
Hearing this, the sage Dadhichi, foremost among the wise, spoke.
तथापि शांभवी शक्तिर्वेदे विष्णुः प्रपठ्यते 4.2.87.
Yet, even so, the power of Shambhu is declared in the Veda, and Vishnu is recited.
दीक्षितो योश्वमेधानां शतस्य कुलिशायुधः
He who, armed with the thunderbolt, has been initiated in a hundred horse sacrifices,
पुनराराध्य भूतेशं प्रापैकाममरावतीम्
again worshipping the Lord of beings, attained the single city of the immortals.
बलं तस्याखिलैर्ज्ञातं श्वेतं पाशयतः पुरा
His strength was known to all, when he once bound the white one with a noose.