नाहं मुष्णामि नयने नेत्रहंता भवान्भव २७.
I do not destroy the eyes; you, O Bhava, are the destroyer of the eye.
मूर्ध्नि शूलं जनयसे स्वैर्दोषैर्मामदिक्षिपन् २७.
You create the trident on your head, reproaching me for faults that are your own.
यास्याम्यहं परित्यक्तुमात्मानं तपसा गिरिम् २७.
I will go, abandoning you, to the mountain for austerity.
निशम्य तस्या वचनं कोपतीक्ष्णाक्षरं भवः २७.
Hearing her words, sharp with the edge of anger, Bhava—
न तत्त्वज्ञासि गिरिजे नाहं निंदापरस्तव २७.
O Daughter of the Mountain, you do not know the truth; I am not one who finds fault with you.
विकल्पः स्वच्छचित्तेति गिरिजैषा मम प्रिया २७.
This wavering is because your mind is pure, O Girijā, and for that I am fond of you.
अस्मादृशानां कृष्णांगि प्रवर्तंतेऽन्यथा गिरः २७.
Words from people like us, O dark-limbed one, sometimes turn out otherwise.
नर्मवादी भविष्यामि जहि कोपं सुचिस्मिते २७.
I will speak playfully; give up your anger, O one with a lovely smile.
दीनेनाप्यपमानेन निंदिता नमि विक्रियाम् २७.
Even when insulted by someone lowly, I do not lose my composure.
इत्यनेकैश्चाटुवाक्यैः सूक्तैर्देवेन बोधिता २७.
Thus, with many flattering and pleasing words, the god tried to console her.
अवष्टब्धावथ क्षिप्त्वा पादौ शंकरपाणिना २७.
Then, holding her fast, he threw himself at her feet with his hand.
तस्यां व्रजन्त्यां कोपेन पुनराह पुरांतकः २७.
As she walked away in anger, the destroyer of cities spoke again.
हिमाचलस्य श्रृंगैस्तैर्मेघमालाकुलैर्मनः २७.
My mind is troubled by those peaks of Himāchala, wreathed in clouds.
काठिन्यं कष्टमस्मिंस्ते वनेभ्यो बहुधा गतम् २७.
The harshness and hardness in you has come in many ways from those forests.
संक्रांतं सर्वमेवैतत्तव देवी हिमाचलात् २७.
All of this has passed to you, O goddess, from Himāchala.
कोपकंपितधूम्रास्या प्रस्फुरद्दशनच्छदा २७.
With lips trembling in anger, her mouth smoky, her teeth bared.
तवापि दुष्टसंपर्कात्संक्रांतं सर्वमेवहि २७.
Indeed, all of this has come to you as well from wicked association.
हृत्कालुष्यं शशांकात्ते दुर्बोधत्वं वृषादपि २७.
From the moon you have taken impurity of heart, and from the bull, difficulty in understanding.
श्मशानवास आसीस्त्वं नग्नत्वान्न तव त्रपा २७.
You have lived in cremation grounds; you have no shame because of your nakedness.
व्रजंती गिरिजाऽपश्यत्सखीं मातुर्महाप्रभाम् २८.
As Girijā was going, she saw her friend, her mother's mighty attendant.
सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा २८.
And seeing the daughter of the mountain, her heart overcome with affection—
सा चास्यै सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम् २८.
She told her everything: the reason for her anger with Śaṃkara.
नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिंदिते २८.
O faultless one, you are always the goddess of the king of mountains.
तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि यद्विधेयं तवाधुना २८.
Therefore, I shall now tell you what must be done by you.
त्वयाख्येयं मम शुबे युक्तं पश्चात्करोम्यहम् २८.
O auspicious one, you must tell me, and then I will do what is proper.
रम्ये तत्र महाशृंगे नानाश्चर्योपशोभिते २८.
There, on that beautiful great peak adorned with many wonders—
तपस्तेपे गिरिसुता पुत्रेण परिपालिता २८.
The daughter of the mountain performed austerities, protected by her son.
यथा न काचित्प्रविशेद्योषिदत्र हरांतिके २८.
So that no woman may enter here near Hara.
शीघ्रमेव करिष्यामि ततो युक्तमनंतरम् २८.
I will do it very quickly, and then immediately what is appropriate.
मातुराज्ञा सुतो ह्लाद प्लावितांगो गतज्वरः २८.
The son, joyful and his body filled with delight, free from fever, obeyed his mother's command.