अन्यानपि प्रेषयामि मत्पार्श्वपरिवर्तिनः
I send others also, who revolve around my side.
विचार्येति महादेवः समाहूय गजाननम्
Thus, Mahādeva, having summoned Gajānana, deliberated.
तत्रस्थितोपि संसिद्धयै यतस्व सहितो गणैः 4.2.55.
Even while remaining there, strive for perfection together with the Gaṇas.
आधाय शासनं मूर्ध्नि गणाधीशोथ धूर्जटेः
The lord of Gaṇas then placed the command of Dhūrjaṭi upon his head.
शंभोः काश्यागमोपायं चिंतयन्मंदराद्रितः
Thinking of Śambhu's method for entering Kāśī, from Mount Mandara—
प्राप्य वाराणसीं तूर्णमाशु स्यंदनगो विभुः
The mighty one swiftly reached Vārāṇasī, riding his chariot.
नक्षत्रपाठको भूत्वा वृद्धः प्रत्यवरोधगः
Having become an old man, a reciter of the stars, he was confined within the inner quarters.
स्वयमेव निशाभागे स्वप्नं संदर्शयन्नृणाम्
He himself, in the portion of the night, shows dreams to people.
भवद्भिरद्य रात्रौ यद्दृष्टं स्वप्नविचेष्टितम्
Whatever dream activities you saw tonight while sleeping,
स्वपता भवता रात्रौ तुर्ये यामे महाह्रदः
While you were sleeping at night, in the fourth watch, there was a great lake.
तदंबुपिच्छिले पंके मग्नोन्मग्नोसि भूरिशः
There, in the muddy, slippery water, you were repeatedly submerged and emerged.
काषायवसनो मुंडः प्रैक्ष्यहो भवतापि यः
Wearing ochre garments, shaven-headed, you also saw someone.
रात्रौ सूर्यग्रहो दृष्टो महानिष्टकरो ध्रुवम्
At night, you saw a solar eclipse, which certainly brings great misfortune.
प्रतीच्यां रविरागत्य प्रोद्यंतं व्योम्नि शीतगुम् 4.2.56.
The sun, coming from the west, was rising in the sky, emitting cold.
युगपत्केतुयुगलं युध्यमानं परस्परम्
At the same time, you saw a pair of comets fighting each other.
विशीर्यत्केशदशनं नीयमानं च दक्षिणे
With hair and teeth falling out, being led to the south.
प्रासादध्वजभंगोयस्त्वयैक्षत निशाक्षये
The breaking of the palace banner, which you saw at the end of the night.
नगरी प्लाविता स्वप्ने तरंगैः क्षीरनीरधेः
The city was flooded in a dream by waves of a milk-white cloud.
स्वप्ने वानरयानेन यत्त्वमूढोसि दक्षिणाम्
In a dream, you became bewildered, going southward in a monkey-drawn chariot.
रुदती या त्वया दृष्टा महिलैका निशात्यये
The woman you saw weeping at the end of the night.
देवालयस्य कलशो यत्त्वया वीक्षितः पतन्
The temple’s finial, which you saw falling.
पुरी परिवृता स्वप्ने मृगयूथैः समंततः
The city, surrounded in a dream on all sides by packs of wild animals.
आतायियूकगृध्राद्यैः पुरीमुपरिचारिभिः
By robbers, owls, vultures, and others moving about above the city.
स्वप्नोत्पातानिति बहूञ्शंसञ्शंसन्नितस्ततः 4.2.56.
Thus, recounting many dream-omens from here and there.
केषांचित्पुरतो वादीद्ग्रहचारं प्रदर्शयन्
In the presence of some, he began to expound the movement of the planets.
सोयं धूमग्रहो व्योम्नि भित्त्वा सप्तर्षिमंडलम्
This smoky planet, piercing the constellation of the Seven Sages in the sky,
अतिचारगतो मंदः पुनर्वक्राध्व संस्थितः
Having transgressed its path, the slow-moving one again stands in the retrograde course.
व्यतीते वासरे योयं भूकंपः समपद्यत
On the day that has passed, this earthquake occurred.
उदीच्यादक्षिणाशायां येयमुल्का प्रधाविता
From the northern to the southern direction, this meteor sped forth.
उन्मूलितो महामूलो महानिलरयेण यः
A great root was uprooted by the force of a mighty wind.