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सूत उवाच ॥ इति शप्तो महेशेन दाधीचिस्स सुदर्शनः ॥ जडत्वं प्राप्तवान्सद्यश्शिवमायाविमोहितः॥ ३१॥
Sūta said:— Cursed thus by lord Śiva, Sudarśana, the son of Dadhīci, attained insensibility immediately, deluded by Śiva’s. Māyā.
english translation
एतस्मिन्समये विप्रा दधीचिः शैवसत्तमः ॥ ग्रामान्तरात्समायातो वृत्तान्तं श्रुतवाँश्च सः ॥ ३२ ॥
O brahmins, meanwhile Dadhīci, the excellent devotee of Śiva, returned from the other village and heard the details.
english translation
शिवेन भर्त्सितः सोऽपि दुःखितोऽभूदतीव हि ॥ रुरोद हा हतोऽश्मीति दुःखेन सुतकर्मणा ॥ ३३ ॥
He too was rebuked by Śiva. Hence he felt much distressed. He cried—“Oh I am doomed by this foul deed of my son.”
english translation
पुनःपुनरुवाचेति स दधीचिस्सतां मतः ॥ अनेनेदं कुपुत्रेण हतं मे कुलमुत्तमम् ॥ ३४ ॥
Dadhīci, honoured amongst the good, grumbled again and again—“My excellent family is damned by the misbehaviour of my vicious son.
english translation
स पुत्रोऽपि हतो भार्यां पुंश्चलीं कृतवान्द्रुतम् ॥ पश्चात्तापमनुप्राप्य स्वपित्रा परिभर्त्सितः ॥ ३५ ॥
That son too is doomed. He has taken a vicious slut to his wife.” Thus the son was rebuked by his father who repented.
english translation