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यदा नैव हरस्तुष्टो बभूव हरये द्विजाः ॥ तदा स भगवान्विष्णुर्विचारे तत्परोऽभवत्॥ १६॥
O brahmins, when Śiva was not pleased with Viṣṇu, the latter began to think anxiously.
english translation
विचार्यैवं स्वमनसि सेवनं बहुधा कृतम् ॥ तथापि न हरस्तुष्टो बभूवोतिकरः प्रभुः ॥ १७॥
After thinking thus he rendered him various services. Still, lord Śiva, indulging in divine sports was not satisfied.
english translation
ततस्तु विस्मितो विष्णुर्भक्त्या परमयान्वितः ॥ सहस्रैर्नामभिः प्रीत्या तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम् ॥ १८ ॥
Surprised much at this, Viṣṇu, endowed with great devotion, eulogised lord Śiva by reciting his thousand names with pleasure.
english translation
प्रत्येकं कमलं तस्मै नाममंत्रमुदीर्य च ॥ पूजयामास वै शंभुं शरणागतवत्सलम् ॥ १९ ॥
Repeating every name, he worshipped Śiva, favourably disposed towards those who seek refuge in him? with a lotus flower.
english translation
परीक्षार्थं विष्णुभक्तेस्तदा वै शंकरेण ह ॥ कमलानां सहस्रात्तु हृतमेकं च नीरजम् ॥ २०॥
In order to test the piety of Viṣṇu, one of the thousand lotus-flowers was taken away by Śiva.
english translation