तदानीमेव भो देवाः पार्वती मदनं च सा २२.
At that very moment, O gods, Parvati and Madana were there.
एवं विमृश्य भो देवाः कार्या कार्यविचारणा २२.
Thus, O gods, you must deliberate on what is to be done and what is to be considered.
यूयं सर्वे च निष्कामा मया नास्त्यत्र संशयः २२.
All of you are without desire; there is no doubt about this for me.
तपः परमसंयुक्ताः पारयामः सुदुष्करम् २२.
Endowed with supreme austerity, we have accomplished what is most difficult.
यूयं समाधिना तेन मदनेन च विस्मृतम् २२.
Through that concentration, you have forgotten Madana.
क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहाद्भ्रमते मनः सर्वैरेव च मंतव्यं मद्वाक्यं नान्यथा क्वचित्॥ २२.
From anger comes delusion; from delusion, the mind wanders. All must consider my words; never otherwise, anywhere.
एवं विश्राव्य भगवान्स हि देवो वृषध्वजः २२.
Thus, having spoken, the blessed god, the bearer of the bull-banner, proclaimed.
तूष्णींभूतोऽभवच्छंभुर्ध्यानमाश्रित्य वै पुनः २२.
Shambhu became silent, entering meditation once again.
ध्यानास्थितं च तं दृष्ट्वा नन्दौ सर्वान्विसृज्य तान् २२.
Seeing him established in meditation, Nandin dismissed all those assembled.
यतागतेन मार्गेण गच्छध्वं मा विलंबितम् २२.
Go by the way you came; do not delay.
गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु समाधिस्थोऽभवद्भवः २२.
When all had departed, Bhava remained absorbed in meditation.
परात्परतरं स्वच्छं निर्मलं निरवग्रहम् २२.
He became established in what is beyond the highest, pure, spotless, and free from obstruction.
भानुर्नभात्यग्निरथो शशी वा न ज्योतिरेवं न च मारुतो न हि २२.
The sun does not shine, nor fire, nor the moon; thus, there is no light, nor wind at all.
अनिर्द्देश्य मचिन्त्यं च निर्विकारं निरामयम् २२.
It is indescribable, inconceivable, changeless, and free from affliction.
शब्दातीनं निर्गुणं निर्विकारं सत्तामात्रं ज्ञानगम्यं त्वगम्यम् २२.
Beyond sound, without qualities, changeless, pure existence, knowable by knowledge, yet unattainable.
तद्वस्तुभूतो भगवान्स ईश्वरः पिनाकपाणिर्भगवान्वृध्वजः २२.
That reality is the Lord, the ruler, the wielder of the Pinaka bow, the blessed one, the bull-bannered.
गिरिजा हि तदा देवी तताप परमं तपः २२.
Girijā, the goddess, then performed supreme austerity.
विजित्य तपसा देवी पार्वती परमेण हि २२.
Having conquered through her austerity, the goddess Parvati by the highest means.
यदा जितस्तया देव्या तपसा वृषभध्वजः २२.
When the bull-bannered one was conquered by the goddess through her austerity.
जगाम त्वरितेनैव देवदेवः पिनाकधृक् २२.
The god of gods, wielder of the Pinaka bow, came swiftly.
वेदिकोपरि विन्यस्तां यथैव शशिनः कलाम् २२.
He placed her upon the altar, just as one places a digit of the moon.
ब्रह्मचारिस्वरूपेण महेशो भगवान्भवः किमर्थमालिमध्यस्था तन्वी सर्वांगसुन्दरी॥ २२.
In the form of a celibate, the great Lord, the blessed Bhava, asked: 'Why does this slender, beautiful woman stand among the garlanded ones?'
केयं कस्य कुतो याता किमर्थं तप्यते तपः २२.
Who is she, whose daughter, from where has she come, and for what purpose does she perform austerity?
तदोवाच जया रुद्रं तपसः कारणं परम्॥ २२.
Then Jayā spoke to Rudra, the supreme cause of her austerity.
हिमाद्रेर्दुहितेयं वै तपसा रुद्रमीश्वरम् २२.
She is the daughter of Himādrī, performing austerity for Rudra, the Lord.
तपस्तताप सुमहत्सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमम् २२.
She performed a great austerity, difficult for all to surpass.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्याः प्रहस्येदमुवाच ह २२.
Hearing her words, he laughed and spoke thus.
मूढेयं पार्वती सख्यो न जानाति हिताहितम् २२.
This Parvati is foolish, friends; she does not know what is beneficial or harmful.
सोऽमंगलः कपाली च श्मशानालय एव च २२.
He is inauspicious, a skull-bearer, and dwells in the cremation ground.
अनया हि वृतो रुद्रो यदा सख्यः समेष्यति २२.
When Rudra is chosen by her, friends, he will come together with her.