तृतीय एष मंतुरप्यहो कथं नु सह्यते
This is the third time you have spoken—alas, how can it be endured?
अयं च केतकच्छदो यदाप कूटसाक्षिताम्
And when this one, with a ketaka blossom as his crest, bore false witness—
शप्त्वैवमेतौ गिरिशः प्रीत्या विष्णुमभाषत
Thus cursing them, Giriśa affectionately addressed Viṣṇu.
ननु त्वमंगान्मे जातस्सात्त्विकोऽसि विशेषतः
Indeed, you are born from my body; you are especially endowed with sattva.
न तवातः परं जातु भक्तिहानिर्भवेन्मयि
Therefore, at no time shall there ever be any loss of devotion towards me from you.
इत्यनुग्रहकृतं त्रिलोचनं भक्तिभाजि निरहंक्रिये हरौ
Thus, out of compassion, the three-eyed one showed favor to the devotee of the egoless Hari.
विना भायैक्यसुलभं भवदीयमनुग्रहम्
Except through fear, your grace is not easily obtained.
अकर्तृकाणि वाक्यानि ऐश्वर्यं ते निरत्ययम्
Your words are not uttered by yourself, and your sovereignty is unassailable.
को विष्णुः कोऽहमेते वा दिक्पाला वासवादयः
Who is Viṣṇu? Who am I? Who are these guardians of the directions, and Indra and the others?
पतिस्त्वं पार्वतीनाथ पशवो वयमप्यमी
You are the Lord, O husband of Pārvatī; we and all these others are but cattle.
षड्विंशत्तत्त्वरूपस्त्वमभितश्चाभिवर्त्तसे
You are the embodiment of the twenty-six principles, and you pervade everything on all sides.
किरातः किल देवस्त्वं सारमेयैः किलागमैः
Indeed, you are the god who appeared as a hunter, accompanied by the Sārameyas, as is told.
देव दक्षाध्वरे पूर्वं वरिभद्रस्त्वदाज्ञया
O god, formerly at Dakṣa's sacrifice, Virabhadra acted by your command.
तव कालाग्निरूपस्य सर्वब्रह्मांडदाहिनः
In your form as the fire of time, you burn up all the cosmic eggs.
कृतापराधः शूलेन त्वया दीर्णो जलंधरः
Jalandhara, having committed offense, was pierced by you with the trident.
अधारयिष्यत्कण्ठेन कालकूटं न चेद्भवान् 1.3.2.16.
If you had not held the Kālakūṭa poison in your throat, who could have borne it?
देवदारुवने पूर्वं मुनीन्केवलकर्मठान्
Formerly, in the Devadāru forest, you subdued the sages who were intent only on ritual action.
अंघ्रिणाक्रांतवान्नो चेदत्युग्रां त्वमपस्मृतिम्
If you had not trampled us underfoot, we would have fallen into terrible delusion.
अर्धनारीश्वरं रूपं त्वया चेन्न प्रकाशितम्
If you had not revealed the form of Ardhanārīśvara, the Lord who is half woman—
भवता स्तंभितः शम्भो संरंभाज्जंभजिद्भुजः
By you, O Śambhu, the proud one with conquering arms was restrained.
भिक्षोः कपालमापूर्य रुधिरेणात्मनो हरिः
Hari filled the skull of the mendicant with his own blood.
न चेदशिक्षयः सर्वशस्त्रास्त्राण्यनुकंपया
If you had not taught compassion, all weapons and missiles would have been used.
नृहरिं शरभाकारः समहार्षीन्न चेद्भवान्
If you had not assumed the forms of Narasimha and Sharabha, the great sages would not have survived.
त्वमाचकृक्षः कल्पाब्धौ कैवर्त्तो मत्स्यकच्छपौ
You became the boatman in the ocean of the cosmic cycle, as the Fish and the Tortoise.
एकोने पद्मसाहस्रे स्वनेत्रेण कृतार्चनम्
With one of your own thousand lotus eyes, you performed worship.
धूर्जटिः सृष्टिकर्तृत्वं पुनरस्याभ्यमन्यत ।। 1.3.2.16.
Dhūrjaṭi again considered himself the creator of the universe.
समँज्यासु द्विजानां च पूजनं चानुशिष्टवान्
He instructed the twice-born in the equal string and in worship.
गुरुं स्मरतो मामेव जाग्रतं सृष्टिरक्षयोः
For one who remembers me as the guru, whether awake or during creation and dissolution,
इह प्रदेशे युवयोर्यन्मयानुग्रहः कृतः
In this very place, whatever favor I have granted to you both,
योजनत्रयमात्रेऽस्मिन्क्षेत्रे निवसतां नृणाम्
For those who dwell in this region within three yojanas,