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इदं रूपं परित्यज्य निजं रूपांतरं मुने ॥ परिगृह्यांतिके तस्यास्तपश्चर्यां निदर्शयन् ॥ ४१ ॥
O sage, abandon this form of yours. Disguise yourself and approach her to demonstrate the mode of penance.
english translation
इदं स्वरूपं भवतो दृष्ट्वा पूर्वं यथात्र वाम् ॥ नाप्नुयात्साऽथ किंचिद्वै ततो रूपांतरं कुरु ॥४२॥
You shall assume another form lest she should be embarrassed as before on seeing your natural form and features.
english translation
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥नारदेत्थं वसिष्ठो मे समाज्ञप्तो दयावता ॥ यथाऽस्विति च मां प्रोच्य ययौ संध्यांतिकं मुनिः ॥ ४३ ॥
Brahmā said: O Nārada, Vasiṣṭha was thus ordered by me out of pity. The sage too told me “so be it” and approached Sandhyā.
english translation
तत्र देवसरः पूर्णं गुणैर्मानससंमितम् ॥ ददर्श स वसिष्टोथ संध्यां तत्तीरगामपि॥। ४४ ॥
Vasiṣṭha saw the celestial lake full of Gaṇas and resembling the Mānasa lake. He saw Sandhyā too on its bank.
english translation
तीरस्थया तया रेजे तत्सरः कमलोज्ज्वलम् ॥ उद्यदिंदुसुनक्षत्र प्रदोषे गगनं यथा ॥ ४५ ॥
With her seated on its bank, the lake, full of splendid lotuses, appeared like the sky in the dusk with the moon rising and the stars twinkling.
english translation