पातालादागमच्छुक्रः खमाश्रमपदं मुनिः
Śukra, the sage, came up from the netherworld to his hermitage in the sky.
मेघलेखामिवाकाशे संध्यारागेण रञ्जिताम्
Like a streak of cloud in the sky, tinged with the hue of twilight.
कः क्रीडति सरोषेण सममाशीविषेण हि
Who plays with anger as one would with a venomous serpent?
यस्त्वां सुद्धसमाचारां विध्वंसयति पापकृत्
He who destroys you, pure in conduct, is a doer of evil.
रुदन्ती व्रीडयोपेता मन्दं मन्दमुवाच ह
She, weeping and filled with shame, spoke slowly and softly.
बलादनाथा रुदती नीताहं वचनीयताम्
Helpless by force, I am led away, weeping, to be spoken for.
उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
Having purified himself with water, he became clean and spoke these words.
गौरवं च तिरस्कृत्य च्युतधर्मारजा कृता
Setting aside respect, she was made a queen fallen from righteousness.
सप्तरात्रान्तराद् भस्म ग्राववृष्ट्या भविष्यति
After seven nights, there will be ashes from a rain of stones.
त्वं पापमोक्षार्थमिहैव पुत्रि तिष्ठस्व कल्याणि तपश्चरन्ती
Remain here, daughter, practicing austerity for the sake of liberation from sin, O blessed one.
जगाम शिष्यसहितः पातालं दानवालयम्
He went, together with his disciples, to the netherworld, the abode of the demons.
महता ग्राववरषेण सप्तरात्रान्तरे तदा
Then, with a great shower of stones, after seven nights.
आलयं राक्षसानां तु कृतं देवेन शंभुना
The abode of the rakshasas was made by the god Shambhu.
भस्मभूतान् प्राकृतांस्तु महान्तं च पराभवम्
He reduced the ordinary ones to ashes and brought about a great defeat.
प्राकृतापि दहेन्नारी किमुताहोद्रिनन्दिनी
Even an ordinary woman can burn; how much more so the daughter of the mountain?
द्रष्टुमप्यमितौजस्कः किमु योधयितुं रणे
He is of immeasurable strength, difficult even to behold—how much more to fight in battle?
वाक्यमाह महातेजाः प्रह्लादं चान्धकासुरः
The mighty Andhaka demon spoke these words to Prahlada.
एकाकी धर्मरहितो भस्मारुणितविग्रहः
Alone, devoid of righteousness, his body reddened with ashes.
स कथं वृषपत्राक्षाद् बिभेति स्त्रीमुखेक्षकात्
How does he, with eyes like a bull's leaf, fear the gaze of a woman's face?
न सम्यगुक्तं भवता विरुद्धं धर्मतोर्ऽथतः
What you have said is not correct; it is contrary to dharma and meaning.
गजेन्द्रमशकाभ्यां च रुक्मपाषाणयोरिव
Like the elephant and the mosquito, or gold and stone.
तावदेवान्तरं चास्ति भवतो वा हरस्य च
Such is the difference between you and Hara.
शृणुष्व वाक्यं देवर्षेरसितस्य महात्मनः
Listen to the words of the great-souled devarṣi Asita.
स्वदारतुष्टः परदारवर्जो नतस्य लोके भयमस्ति किञ्चित्
He who delights in his own wife and avoids others' wives—such a person has nothing to fear in this world.
परार्थदारेष्सुरवर्णसंगमी सुखं न विन्देत परत्र चेह
But one who covets another's wife, even if he is of noble caste, finds no happiness here or hereafter.
धर्मान्वितो ऽभून्मनुरर्कपुत्रः स्वदारसंतुष्टमनास्त्वगस्त्यः
Manu, son of the Sun, was devoted to dharma; Agastya was content in mind with his own wife.
तेजोन्विताः शापवरक्षमाश्च जाताश्च सर्वे सुरसिद्धपूज्याः
All of them became endowed with brilliance, patient with curses and boons, and worthy of worship by gods and siddhas.
परोपतापी नमुचिर्दुरात्मा पराबलेप्सुर्नहुषश्च राजा
Namuci, the wicked one who harmed others, and King Nahusha, who coveted another's strength—
अवर्णसंगी यदुस्त्तमौजा एते विनष्टास्त्वनयात् पुरा हि
Yadu and Utkamaujā, who consorted with women of other castes—these were destroyed in ancient times by unrighteousness.
धर्महीना नरा यान्ति रौरवं नरकं महत्
Men devoid of dharma go to the great hell called Raurava.