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॥ नारद उवाच ॥ कृष्णे गते द्वारकायाम निरुद्धेन भार्यया ॥ अकार्षीत्किं ततो बाणस्तत्त्वं वद महामुने ॥१॥
Nārada said: O great sage, when Kṛṣṇa left for Dvārakā along with Aniruddha and his wife, what did Bāṇa do? Please narrate the same to me.
english translation
सनत्कुमार उवाच॥ कृष्णे गते द्वारकायामनिरुद्धेन भार्यया ॥ दुःखितोऽभूत्ततो बाणस्स्वाज्ञानं संस्मरन्हृदा ॥२॥
Sanatkumāra said: When Kṛṣṇa left for Dvārakā with Aniruddha and his wife, Bāṇa was distressed thinking on his previous ignorance.
english translation
ततो नन्दीशिवगणो बाणं प्रोवाच दुःखितम् ॥ दैत्यं शोणितदिग्धांगमनुता पसमन्वितम् ॥३॥
Then Nandin, a gaṇa of Śiva, spoke to the grief-stricken Daitya Bāṇa whose limbs were smeared with blood and who repented repeatedly.
english translation
॥ नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ बाण शंकरसद्भक्त मानुतापं कुरुष्व भोः ॥ भक्तानुकंपी शंभुर्वै भक्तवत्सलनामधृक्॥४॥
Nandiśvara said: O Bāṇa, devotee of Śiva, do not repent. Śiva is compassionate towards his devotees. Hence he is called Bhaktavatsala (i.e. favourably disposed to the devotees).
english translation
तदिच्छया च यज्जातं तज्जातमिति चेतसा ॥ मन्यस्व भक्तशार्दूल शिवं स्मर पुनःपुनः॥५॥
O foremost among devotees, whatever has happened, has happened at his will. Consider this and remember Śiva again and again.
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