अमूर्तोऽपि ह्ययं भद्रे कार्यं सर्वं पतिस्तव २४.
Though formless, O gentle one, your husband accomplishes all tasks.
यदा विष्णुश्च भविता वसुदेवात्मजो विभुः २४.
When Vishnu, the mighty one, is born as the son of Vasudeva,
सा प्रणम्य ततो रुद्रमिति प्रोक्ता रतिस्ततः २४.
Then Rati, bowing to Rudra, spoke thus.
देवर्षे वर्ण्यते चेयं कथा पीयूषसोदरा २५.
O divine sage, this story is narrated, akin to nectar's own sibling.
भगवान्स्वां सतीं भार्यां वधार्थं चापि तारकम् २५.
The blessed one, his own wife Sati, and also Taraka for the purpose of destruction.
त्वयैवोक्तं स विरहात्सत्यास्तप्यति वै तपः २५.
It was you who said: he suffers from separation from Sati, and thus performs austerity.
सत्यमेतत्पुरा पार्थ भवस्येदं मनीषितम् २५.
This is true, O Partha, formerly it was the intention of Bhava.
तपो विना शुद्धदेहो न कथंचन जायते २५.
Without austerity, a pure body is never produced.
महत्कर्माणि यानीह तेषां मूलं सदा तपः २५.
All great deeds here have austerity as their constant root.
एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवो दर्पितं तं ददाह तु २५.
For this reason, the god burned that arrogant one.
विहाय सगणो देवः कैलासं समपद्यत २५.
Abandoning him, the god, with his attendants, proceeded to Kailasa.
जीवितं स्वं विनिंदंती बभ्रामेतस्ततश्चसा २५.
She, scorning her own life, wandered from there.
कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि २५.
Who are you, whose daughter are you, O auspicious one, and why do you weep?
निवेदिते तथा रत्या शैलः संभ्रांतमानसः २५.
When Rati had thus informed him, the mountain was filled with anxious thoughts.
सा तत्र पितरौ प्राह सखीनां वदनेन च २५.
There she spoke to her parents, and also through the words of her friends.
देहवासं परित्यक्ष्ये प्राप्स्ये वाभिमतं पतिम् २५.
I will abandon this body, or I will obtain the husband I desire.
नियमैर्विविधैस्तस्माच्छोषयिष्ये कलेवरम् २५.
Therefore, by various disciplines, I will dry up this body.
श्रुत्वेति वचनं माता पिता च प्राह तां शुभाम् २५.
Hearing these words, her mother and father spoke to that auspicious one.
सोढुं क्लेशात्मरूपस्य तपसः सौम्यदर्शने २५.
It is difficult to endure the suffering inherent in ascetic practice, O gentle one.
भाविनोर्था भवंत्येव नरस्यानिच्छतोपि हि २५.
Indeed, destined outcomes come to pass for a person, even if he does not wish for them.
यदिदं भवतो वाक्यं न सम्यगिति मे मतिः २५.
This statement of yours, I do not consider to be correct.
त्किंचिद्दैवाद्धठात्किंचित्किंचिदेव स्वभावतः २५.
Some things arise by fate, some by boldness, and some simply by one's own nature.
ब्रह्मणा चापि ब्रह्मत्वं प्राप्तं किलतपोबलात् २५.
Even Brahma attained the state of Brahma through the power of asceticism.
अध्रुवेण शरीरेण यद्यभीष्टं न साध्यते २५.
If one's desired goal is not accomplished with this impermanent body,
यस्य देहस्य धर्मोऽयं क्वचिज्जायेत्क्वचिन्म्रियेत् २५.
The dharma of a body is such that it is born in some places and dies in others.
बाल्ये च यौवने चापि वार्धक्येपि विनश्यति २५.
In childhood, youth, and even in old age, it perishes.
इत्युक्त्वा स्वसखीयुक्ता पितृभ्यां साश्रु वीक्षिता २५.
Having spoken thus, surrounded by her friends, she was gazed upon with tears by her parents.
तत्रां बराणि संत्यज्य भूषणानि च शैलजा २५.
There, the daughter of the mountain abandoned her garments and ornaments.
ईश्वरं हृदि संस्थाप्य प्रणवाभ्यसनादृता २५.
Establishing the Lord in her heart, she devoted herself to the practice of the Pranava.
त्रिस्नाता पाटलापत्रभक्षकाभूच्छतं समाः २५.
Having bathed three times, she subsisted on leaves of the patala tree for a hundred years.