माभैष्ट भद्र कालेन तथा प्रतिविधीयते
Do not fear, O blessed one; in time, it will be countered accordingly.
दत्ताभयान्मुकुंदादीन्विसृज्यांधकसूदनः
Having granted safety, Andhakasudana dismissed Mukunda and the others.
कदाचिन्मर्मलक्ष्येण प्रीत्या कालीति निंदिता
Once, because of a hidden wound, she was affectionately called 'Kali.'
यत्रोत्क्षिप्तवती चर्म स्वेच्छया परमेश्वरी 1.3.2.17.
There, the supreme goddess cast off her skin by her own will.
सा च त्वक्कौशिकी नाम्ना काली विंध्याद्रिवासिनी
And she, named Kauśikī of the skin, is Kālī, dwelling on Mount Vindhya.
देवी च गौरी शिखरे तस्मिन्नेव मनोहरे
And the goddess Gaurī was on that same beautiful peak.
क्रमेण दौर्हृदवती भूत्वा प्रासूत पार्वती
Gradually, having become one with longing, she gave birth to Pārvatī.
तौ चागमविदः प्राहुर्नारायणचतुर्मुखौ
Those two, Nārāyaṇa and the Four-faced One, are said by the tradition to have spoken.
वर्धमानौ च तौ बालौ पित्रोरालोकमानयोः
And those two children, growing, gazed upon their parents.
जातु वीणानिनादेन कदाचिच्चित्रलेखनैः
Sometimes with the sound of the vīṇā, sometimes with drawing pictures,
जातु विद्यागमालापैः कदाचिच्चित्रवस्तुभिः
Sometimes with conversations about knowledge and tradition, sometimes with wondrous objects,
पुष्पावचयनैर्जातु कदाचिद्वारिखेलनैः
Sometimes with the gathering of flowers, sometimes with playing in the water,
मैनाकेनार्चितौ जातु मेनया जातु पूजितौ
Sometimes honored by Maināka, sometimes worshipped by Menā,
जातु द्यूतविनोदेन गतिगोष्ठ्या कदाचन 1.3.2.17.
Sometimes with the amusement of dice, sometimes with lively conversations,
द्यूतनिर्जितमाच्छिद्य पत्युरुत्संगतां गतम्
Taking back what was lost in dice, she went to her husband, filled with delight.
इति तौ पितरौ चराचराणां निवसंतौ कनकाचलादिकेषु
Thus those two parents of all moving and unmoving beings dwelt among the golden mountains and others.
पक्वान्नपानैस्सा तत्र पर्य्यतर्पयत प्रजाः
There she satisfied the people with cooked food and drink.
जातु संध्यानुसंधानमुकुलीकृतलोचनम्
Sometimes, with eyes closed in meditation at twilight,
ध्यायते नूनमधुना कापि सौभाग्यशालिनी
Surely now some fortunate woman is meditating.
कथं विज्ञायते पुंसां कुटिला मानसी स्थितिः
How can the crooked state of men's minds be known?
मयि दाक्षिण्यमेवास्य मन्ये मनसि चेद्रहः
If today he has kindness toward me in his heart, I think it is so.
अद्यप्रभृति ते दासस्तपोभिः क्रीत इत्यपि
From today onward, I am your servant, purchased by austerities—so he says.
असमानानुरागेषु नारीणां मूढचेतसाम्
In women of deluded minds, love is not equal or constant.
इति प्रणयरोषेण देव्याः कलुषचेतसः
Thus, through the mingling of affection and anger, the goddess’s mind became troubled.
वाष्पवारिप्लवे तस्या आताम्रे च विलोचने
Her eyes, reddened and awash with tears, were flooded with streams of weeping.
यत्तस्याधीनतिलकं भ्रुवोर्युगमभज्यत 1.3.2.18.
The mark of her tilaka, dependent on her brows, was broken apart.
अंतर्मन्युभरेणास्याः कंपते स्माधरच्छदः
From the weight of her inner anger, her lower lip trembled.
अतीव रज्यमाने तत्पार्वत्या गंडमंडलम्
Parvati’s cheeks were exceedingly flushed with emotion.
अंतर्वेपधुतौ तस्याश्चकंपाते पयोधरौ
Within, her breasts quivered, shaken by inner trembling.
अचिंतयच्च संभूय सौभाग्याभावतो ननु
She thought to herself, surely this is due to my lack of good fortune.