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सुधर्मोवाच ॥ निर्मितं चेश्वरेणैव कथं चैवान्यथा भवेत् ॥ आशां त्यज प्रिये त्वं च परिचर्य्यां कुरु प्रभोः ॥ ३१॥
Sudharmā said:— O beloved, how can what is ordained by the lord be otherwise. Cast off your vain hopes. Render service to the lord.
english translation
इत्युक्त्वा तु स्वयं विप्र आशां परिविहाय च ॥ धर्मकार्यरतस्सोऽभूच्छंकरध्यानतत्परः ॥ ३२ ॥
After saying so and giving up hope himself, the brahmin became engaged in sacred rites and meditation on Śiva.
english translation
सा सुदेहाग्रहं नैव मुमोचात्मजकाम्यया ॥ प्रत्युवाच पतिं प्रेम्णा सांजलिर्नतमस्तका ॥ ३३ ॥
Yearning for a son Sudehā did not leave off her pleadings. With palms joined in reverence and bending her head she lovingly said to her husband.
english translation
मयि पुत्रो न चास्त्वन्या पत्नीं कुरु मदाज्ञया ॥ तस्यां नूनं सुतश्चैव भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ ३४॥
Sudehā said:— Let there be no son born of me. With my consent you shall take another wife. Undoubtedly she will bear you a son.
english translation
सूत उवाच ॥ तदैव प्रथितो वै स ब्रह्मणश्शैवसत्तमः ॥ उवाच स्वप्रियां तां च सुदेहां धर्म तत्परः ॥ ३५॥
Sūta said:— Requested thus by his beloved wife, that brahmin the most excellent of the devotees of Śiva and fond of sacred rites spoke to her.
english translation