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कृत्वोपकारमेतस्या गमिष्यामीत्युवाच सा॥ शिवोऽपि ध्यानसम्बद्धो मुनेरत्रेर्मुनीश्वराः ॥ ३६॥
O great sages, Śiva too, drawn by the meditation of Atri, stationed himself there in full digits. He did not go to Kailāsa.
english translation
पूर्णांशेन स्थितस्तत्र कैलासं तं जगाम ह॥ पंचाशच्च तथा चात्र चत्वारि ऋषिसत्तमाः ॥ ३७॥
O excellent sages, fifty-four years had elapsed. There was no rain at all.
english translation
वर्षाणि च गतान्यासन्वृष्टिर्नैवाभवत्तदा ॥ यावच्चाप्यत्रिणा ह्येवं तपसा ध्यानमाश्रितम् ॥ ३८ ॥
Years passed and there was no rain As long as Atri continued to meditate in this way by austerities.
english translation
अनसूया तदा नैव गृह्णामीतीषणा कृता ॥ एवं च क्रियमाणे हि मुनिना तपसि स्थिते ॥ अनसूयासुभजने यज्जातं श्रूयतामिति॥ ३९॥
Anasuya then refused to take it. And while the sage was thus engaged in austerities Listen to what happened to Anasuya and Subhajana.
english translation