कारणानुगतं कार्यमिदं शुक्रादभूद्वपुः १२.
This act, following its cause, has arisen; the body came from Shukra.
तदस्यापि कृते पापं शत्रुषड्वर्गनिर्जिताः १२.
Even for his sake, sin is committed by those conquered by the sixfold host of enemies.
तद्ब्रह्मण इहोत्पन्नः सिकताद्वयसम्भवः १२.
Thus, born here from Brahma, originating from the union of sand and wind,
तथापि वैष्णवी माया मोहयत्यविवेकिनम् १२.
Still, the Vaishnava illusion deludes the undiscerning.
दन्ताश्चलाश्चला लक्ष्मीर्यौवनं जीवितं नृप १२.
Teeth are unstable, fortune is unstable, youth is unstable, and life is unstable, O king.
इति विज्ञाय संसारसारं च चलाचलम् १२.
Thus, understanding the essence of worldly existence as both stable and unstable,
चिरायुर्भगवानेव श्रूयते भुवनत्रये १२.
Only the Lord is said to have long life in the three worlds.
प्रतिकल्पं मच्छरीरादेकरोमपरिक्षयः १२.
With each cosmic cycle, from my body, a single hair is lost.
पश्य जानुप्रदेशं मे द्व्यंगुलं रोमवर्जितम् १२.
Look at my knee region, two fingers wide, devoid of hair.
इत्थं निशम्य तद्वाक्यं स प्रहस्यातिविस्मितः १२.
Hearing those words, he smiled, greatly astonished.
पृच्छामि त्वामहं ब्रह्मन्यदायुरिदमीदृशम् १२.
I ask you, O Brahman, how did you obtain such a lifespan?
श्रृणु भूप प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वजन्मसमुद्भवाम् १२.
Listen, O king, I will tell you the origin from my previous birth.
अहमासं पुरा शूद्रो दरिद्रोऽतीवभूतले १२.
I was once a Shudra, extremely poor, upon the earth.
ततो मया महल्लिंगं जालिमध्यगतं तदा १२.
Then, I approached the great linga, which was within a net.
ततः प्रविश्य तद्वारि पीत्वा स्नात्वा च शांभवम् १२.
After entering, I drank and bathed in that water belonging to Shambhu.
अथ क्षुत्क्षामकंठोऽहं श्रीकंठं तं नमस्य च १२.
Then, with a throat parched from hunger, I bowed to Shri Kantha.
ततोऽहं ब्राह्मणगृहे जातो जातिस्मरः सुतः १२.
After that, I was born in a Brahmin's house, a son who remembered his past birth.
स्मरन्विलसितं मिथ्या सत्याभासमिदं जगत् १२.
Remembering, I saw the world as false, only appearing to be true.
तेन विप्रेण वार्धक्ये समाराध्य महेश्वरम् १२.
By that Brahmin, in old age, having worshipped Maheshvara,
ततः स विप्रो वात्सल्यादगदान्सुबहून्मम १२.
Then that Brahmin, out of affection, gave me many medicines.
मंत्रवादान्बहून्वैद्यानुपायानपरानपि १२.
He gave me many mantras, physicians, and various remedies.
निरीक्ष्य मूढतां हास्यमासीन्मनसि मे तदा १२.
Observing their foolishness, laughter arose in my mind at that time.
संपूज्य कमलैः शंभुं ततः शयनमभ्यगाम् १२.
Having worshipped Śaṃbhu with lotuses, he then went to his bed.
संबंधिभिः प्रतीतोऽथ फलाहारमवस्थितः १२.
Satisfied among his relatives, he remained subsisting on fruits.
अथ वर्षशतस्यांते वरदः शशिशेखरः १२.
Then, at the end of a hundred years, the boon-giver, the moon-crested one, appeared.
अजरामरता नास्ति नामरूपभृतोयतः १२.
There is no freedom from old age and death for those who possess name and form.
इति शंभोर्वचः श्रुत्वा मया वृतिमिदं तदा १२.
Having heard these words of Śaṃbhu, I then made this request.
ततस्तव गणो भूयामिति मेऽभीप्सितो वरः १२.
Therefore, 'May I become your attendant'—this was the boon I desired.
अहं तपसिनिष्ठश्च ततः प्रभृति चाभवम् १२.
From that time onward, I became steadfast in ascetic practice.
ब्रध्नाब्जैरितरैर्वपि कमलैर्नात्र संशयः १२.
There is no doubt that worship with lotuses, or with other flowers, is effective.