तृतीयं भक्षयामास बोधपुत्रं निशाचरी
The night-wandering demoness devoured the third, the son of Bodha.
गुरुणा समनुज्ञातं क्रियतामभिवादनम्
With the teacher’s permission, let the salutation be performed.
वंद्या मे कतमा माता जनित्री पालिनी च वा
Which mother of mine is to be honored—she who gave birth or she who raised me?
नन्वियं ते महाभाग जनित्री जनकात्मजा
Is not this noble lady, daughter of Janaka, your birth mother?
आनंद उवाच चैत्रस्य प्रसवित्रीयं चैत्रोऽयं द्विजवेश्मनि
Ānanda said: She is the mother who gave birth in the month of Caitra, and this is Caitra, in the house of a twice-born.
गुरुराह ततः कस्त्वं चैत्रः को वा त्वयोच्यते
The teacher then said: Who are you, and who is this Caitra of whom you speak?
न वेद्मि किंचिन्मोहेन भ्रमंति मम बुद्धयः
I know nothing due to confusion; my thoughts are bewildered.
कः कस्य पुत्रो विप्रर्षे को वा कस्य न बांधवः
Who is whose son, O sage among brāhmaṇas, and who is not related to whom?
अतः संसारता हंति संसारं प्राणिनामिह
Thus, the state of worldly existence destroys, and worldly existence is for living beings here.
ब्रह्मपुत्रस्य दुष्टस्य दुःसहस्य सुता भुवि 5.2.33.
On earth, she is the daughter of the wicked, unbearable son of Brahmā.
मातृद्वयं मया प्राप्तमस्मिन्नेव हि जन्मनि
I have obtained two mothers in this very birth.
सोऽहं तपः करिष्यामि चैत्र आनीयतामिति
Therefore, I shall perform austerity; bring Caitra here.
तस्मान्निवर्त्त्य ममता मनुमेने च तं प्रति
Therefore, turning away from attachment, he considered him accordingly.
सन्मान्य ब्राह्मणं येन पुत्रबुद्ध्या स पालितः
He, by whom the brāhmaṇa was honored and cared for as a son, was protected.
इंद्रेश्वरस्य देवस्य पश्चिमे लिंगमुत्तमम्
The supreme liṅga of the god Indreśvara is in the west.
तपस्यंतं ततस्तं तु देवः प्राह शुचिस्मिते
Then, as he was practicing austerity, the god spoke to him, O pure-smiled one.
मनुना भवता भाव्यं षष्ठेन व्रज तत्कुरु
You must act according to the sixth Manu; go and do that.
इत्युक्तो देवदेवेन तथेत्याह महामतिः
Thus addressed by the Lord of gods, the wise one replied, 'So be it.'
पुत्रानुत्पादयामास लिंगस्यास्य समर्चनात्
By worshipping this liṅga, he brought forth sons.
आनंदेन यतः प्राप्ता सिद्धिर्देवि सुदुर्ल्लभा 5.2.33.
O goddess, because of this, he attained a most difficult accomplishment, with joy.
ये पश्यंति विशालाक्षि आनंदेश्वरमीश्वरम्
Those who see Ānandeśvara, the Lord, O wide-eyed one,
येषां क्षीणं नृणां पापं कोटिजन्मशतोद्भवम्
for those people, the sins accumulated over a hundred million births are destroyed.
तदैव पुरुषो मुक्तो जन्ममृत्युजरादिभिः
At that very moment, a man is freed from birth, death, old age, and the rest.
मयोक्तं मुक्तिदं नृणामानन्देश्वरदर्शनम् अत्र देवैर्विशालाक्षि पूजितं लिंगमुत्तमम्
I have declared that the sight of Ānandeśvara grants liberation to people; here, O wide-eyed goddess, the supreme liṅga is worshipped by the gods.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O goddess, this power of his, which destroys sin, has been described to you.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
By merely seeing him, one is freed from all sins.
वितस्तायास्तटे रम्ये ब्राह्मणो निवसन्पुरा
Once, on the beautiful bank of the Vitastā, there lived a brāhmaṇa.
ज्ञातिभिश्च परित्यक्तो दुष्टया भार्यया तथा
He was abandoned by his relatives and also by his wicked wife.
तेनाहं सुतकामेन तोषितो गिरिगह्वरे
Desiring a son, he pleased me in a mountain cave.
तस्य पुत्रः समुत्पन्नः कंथामध्यादयो निजः
A son was born to him, who took up his own garment from the neck.