हता तस्य जनिर्नाभूत्कथं पाप दुरात्मना॥ ३.
His birth was destroyed; how could such a wicked, evil-minded one exist?
श्मशानस्तंभ येनाहं दत्ता तुभ्यं कृतंत्वाय ३.
The post of the cremation ground, which I have given to you, has been made for you.
नेतुमिच्छसि मां तत्र यत्र क्षारोदकं सदा ३.
Do you wish to take me there, where there is always briny water?
गच्छ वा तिष्ठ वा वृद्ध वस वा काकवच्चिरम् ३.
Go, or stay, O elder, or dwell for a long time like a crow.
विपुलं शिष्यमादिश्य गृह एकोऽत्र आगतः ३.
Having instructed his excellent disciple, he came alone to the house.
चिंतां सुविपुलां प्राप्तो नरके दुष्कृती यथा ३.
He was seized by great anxiety, as a wrongdoer is in hell.
नरो हि गृहिणीहीनो अर्धदेह इति स्मृतः ३.
Indeed, a man without a wife is considered half a person.
अनयोर्हि फलं ग्राह्यं सारता नात्र काचन ३.
Of these two, the fruit is to be accepted; there is no doubt as to the essence here.
अनयोर्हिफलं ग्राह्यं सारता नात्र काचन ३.
Of these two, only the true fruit should be accepted; there is no doubt about the essence here.
औत्तानपादिरस्पृश्य उत्तमो हि सुरैः कृतः ३.
Auttanapada is untouchable; he was made supreme by the gods.
यामि वा तत्कथं पादौ चलतो मे कथंचन ३.
How can I go there, and how can my feet move at all?
अतोऽहमतिमुह्यामि भृशं शोचामि रोदिमि ३.
Therefore I am greatly bewildered, I grieve intensely, and I weep.
साधुसाध्वित्यथोवाच तं सुभद्रोऽप्यहं तथा ३.
Then Subhadra also said to him, 'Well done, well done,' just as I did.
चिन्तयावश्च मनसि प्रतीकारं मुनेरुभौ ३.
Both of us considered in our minds a remedy for the sage.
परार्थाय भवत्येष पुरुषोऽन्ये पुरीषकाः ३.
This person exists for the sake of others; the rest are but excrement.
मा मुने परिखिद्यस्व देवशर्मन्स्थिरो भव ३.
O sage, do not be disheartened; Devaśarman, remain steadfast.
गमिष्याम्याश्रमं त्वं च नात्रापि परिहास्यते ३.
I will go to the hermitage, and you will not be abandoned here.
एवं ते वदमानस्य आयुरस्तु शतं समाः ३.
As you speak thus, may you live a hundred years.
हर्षस्थाने विषादश्च पुनर्मां बाधते श्रृणु ३.
Listen: even in a place of joy, sorrow again afflicts me.
कथमेतन्महत्कर्म कारयामि मुधावद ३.
How can I accomplish this great deed in vain?
शापितोऽसि मया प्राणैर्यथा वच्मि तथा कुरु ३.
I have cursed you; act as I say, with your very life.
श्राद्धं गंगार्णवे चात्र मत्पितॄणां त्वमाचर चतुर्भागं प्रदास्यामि एवमेवैतदाचर॥ ३.
Perform the śrāddha for my ancestors here at the confluence of the Ganges; I will grant you a fourth part—do exactly so.
यद्येवं तव संतोषस्त्वेवमस्तु मुनीश्वर ३.
If this is your satisfaction, so be it, O lord of sages.
देवशर्मा ततो हृष्टो दत्त्वा पुण्यं त्रिवाचिकम् ३.
Then Devaśarman, delighted, gave the meritorious threefold utterance.
एवंविधो नारदासौ मही सागरसंगमः ३.
Such was that Nārada, and the earth at the meeting of the oceans.
इति श्रुत्वा फाल्गुनाहं हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ३.
Hearing thus, I, Phālguna, spoke with a voice choked with joy.
यूयं वयं गमिष्यामो महीतीरं सुशोभनम् ३.
You and I shall go to the splendid bank of the earth.
मम चैवं वचः श्रुत्वा भृगुः सह मयययौ ३.
And upon hearing my words, Bhrigu departed together with me.
तद्दृष्ट्वा चातिहृष्टोहमासं रोमांचकंचुकः ३.
Seeing that, I became exceedingly joyful, my body thrilled with goosebumps.
त्वत्प्रसादात्करिष्यामि भृगो स्थानमनुत्तमम् ३.
By your grace, Bhrigu, I shall establish the supreme place.