तस्मात्त्वयैव कर्तव्यमाह्वानं परमेष्ठिना २.
Therefore, you alone must issue the invitation, as ordained by the supreme lord.
सर्वैरेव हि गंतव्यं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः॥ २.
Indeed, all must go to the place where the great god Maheśvara is.
दाक्षायण्या समेतं तमानयध्वं त्वरान्विताः २.
Bring him here swiftly, together with Dākṣāyaṇī.
यस्य स्मृत्या च नामोक्त्या समग्रं सुकृतं भवेत् २.
By whose remembrance or utterance of name, all merit becomes complete.
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहसन्नाह दुष्टधीः २.
Hearing those words, the wicked-minded one laughed and said:
यस्मिन्वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च कर्माणिविविधानि च २.
In whom the Vedas, sacrifices, and various actions abide.
सत्यलोकात्समायातो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः २.
Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds, came from the realm of truth.
तथा सुरगणैः साकमागतः सुरराट् स्वयम् २.
Likewise, the king of the gods himself arrived together with the hosts of gods.
येये यज्ञोचिताः शांतास्तेते सर्वे समागताः २.
All those who are peaceful and devoted to sacrifice have assembled here.
अत्रैव च किमस्माकं रुद्रेणापि प्रयोजनम्. २.
What need do we have for Rudra here as well?
अकुलीनो ह्यसौ विप्रा नष्टो नष्टप्रियः सदा २.
He is not of noble lineage, O Brahmins; he is lost, always bereft of loved ones.
आत्मसंभावितो मूढःस्तब्धो मौनी समत्सरः २.
Self-conceited, foolish, arrogant, silent, and envious.
तस्मात्त्वया न वक्तव्यं पुनरेवं वचोद्विज २.
Therefore, you must not speak such words again, O twice-born.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य दधीचिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ २.
Hearing those words, Dadhichi spoke.
सर्वेषामृषिवर्याणां सुराणां भावितात्मनाम् २.
Among all the eminent sages and the gods of noble spirit,
विनाशोऽपि महान्सद्योह्यत्रत्यानां भविष्यति २.
A great destruction will soon befall those present here.
यज्ञवाटाच्च दक्षस्य त्वरितः स्वाश्रमं ययौ २.
From Daksha's sacrificial enclosure, he quickly went to his own hermitage.
गतः शिवप्रियो वीरो दधीचिर्नाम नामतः २.
Dadhichi, known by name, beloved of Shiva, the valiant one, departed.
वेदबाह्य दुराचारास्त्याज्यास्ते ह्यत्र कर्मणि २.
Those who are outside the Vedas and of bad conduct must be rejected from this rite.
यज्ञं मे सफलं विप्राः कुर्वंतु ह्यचिरादिव २.
O Brahmins, let my sacrifice be fruitful; perform it without delay.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र पर्वते गंधमादने २.
Meanwhile, on Mount Gandhamadana,
दाक्षायणी महादेवी चकार विविधास्तदा २.
Daksha's daughter, the great goddess, engaged in various activities at that time.
क्रीडासक्ता तदा देवी ददर्शाथ महासती २.
Absorbed in play, the goddess, the great Sati, was seen there.
क्व गमिष्यति चंद्रोऽयं विजये पृच्छ सत्वरम् २.
Where will this moon go? Ask quickly, O Vijaya.
कथितं तेन तत्सर्वं दक्षस्यैव मखादिकम् कथयामास तत्सर्वं यदुक्तं शशिना भृशम्॥ २.
He narrated everything about Daksha's sacrifice and related all that the moon had earnestly spoken.
विमृश्य कारणं देवी किमाह्वानं करोति न २.
The goddess, reflecting on the reason, wondered why she was not being invited.
पृच्छामि शंकरं चाद्य कारणं कृतनिश्चया २.
Today, with firm resolve, I will ask Śaṅkara the reason.
ददर्शतं सभामध्ये त्रिलोचनमवस्थितम् २.
There, in the midst of the assembly, they saw the Three-eyed One seated.
बाणो भृंगिस्तथा नंदी शैलादो हि महातपाः २.
Bāṇa, Bhṛṅgi, Nandī, and the great ascetic Śailāda were present.
धूम्राक्षो धूम्रकेतुश्च धूम्रपादस्तथैव च २.
Dhūmrākṣa, Dhūmraketu, and likewise Dhūmrapāda were also there.