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सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ ततो हिरण्याक्षसुतः कदाचित्संश्रावितो नर्मयुतैर्मदांधैः॥ तैर्भ्रातृभिस्संप्रयुतो विहारे किमंध राज्येन तवाद्य कार्यम् ॥ १ ॥
Sanatkumāra said: Once Andhaka, the son of Hiraṇyākṣa, was addressed jokingly by his haughty cousins in the course of their sports and games : O blind fellow, what will you do with kingdom?
english translation
हिरण्यनेत्रस्तु बभूव मूढः कलिप्रियं नेत्रविहीनमेव ॥ यो लब्धवांस्त्वां विकृतं विरूपं घोरैस्तपोभिर्गिरिशं प्रसाद्य ॥ २ ॥
Hiraṇyākṣa was a fool who adopted you as son who are bereft of eyesight, fond of quarrel, ugly and hideous, after propitiating Śiva by means of severe penances.
english translation
स त्वं न भागी खलु राज्यकस्य किमन्यजातोऽपि लभेत राज्यम् ॥ विचार्यतां तद्भवतैव नूनं वयं तु तद्भागिन एव सत्यम् ॥ ३ ॥
You cannot lay claim to the kingdom. Can a person other than the son of a king ever aspire for the kingdom? You yourself can ponder over it. At the most we can give you some share.
english translation
सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ तेषां तु वाक्यानि निशम्य तानि विचार्य बुद्ध्या स्वयमेव दीनः ॥ ताञ्छांतयित्वा विविधैर्वचोभिर्गतस्त्वरण्यं निशि निर्जनं तु ॥ ४ ॥
Sanatkumāra said: On hearing their words Andhaka was distressed. He thought over the matter intelligently. He then appeased his cousins with various words. In the night he went to a desolate forest.
english translation
वर्षायुतं तत्र तपश्चचार जजाप जाप्यं विधृतैकपादः ॥ आहारहीनो नियमोर्द्ध्वबाहुः कर्त्तुं न शक्यं हि सुरा सुरैर्यत् ॥ ५ ॥
For ten thousand years he performed a severe penance, repeating mantras. He stood on one leg, observed fast and lifted up his arms continuously. In short, he performed a penance that no god or Asura could do.
english translation