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नारद त्वं मनश्शंभोर्लोंकानन्यचरो मुने ॥ निर्विकारो महेशानमनोवृत्तिकरस्तदा ॥ २१ ॥
O sage Nārada, with your mind fixed on Śiva, and desirous of carrying out His orders you went to various worlds without any mental aberration.
english translation
काले गते बहुतरे मम पुत्रः प्रजापतिः ॥ नाशं निशम्य पुत्राणां नारदादन्वतप्यत ॥ २२ ॥
When much time elapsed, my son Prajāpati heard that the extinction of his sons was due to Nārada and became distressed.
english translation
मुहुर्मुहुरुवाचेति सुप्रजात्वं शुचां पदम् ॥ शुशोच बहुशो दक्षश्शिवमायाविमोहितः ॥२३॥
He frequently mused like this—“A multitude of sons brings only disaster”. Dakṣa who was deluded by Śiva’s illusion bewailed thus in many ways.
english translation
अहमागत्य सुप्रीत्या सांत्वयं दक्षमात्मजम् ॥ शांतिभावं प्रदर्श्यैव देवं प्रबलमित्युत ॥ २४ ॥
I went over to him and consoled my son Dakṣa out of love and reminded him that fate is all powerful. I pointed out the way to calmness.
english translation
अथ दक्षः पंचजन्या मया स परिसांत्वितः ॥ सबलाश्वाभिधान्् पुत्रान् सहस्रं चाप्यजीजनत् ॥ २५ ॥
On being consoled by me, Dakṣa begot a thousand sons named Sabalāśvas in the daughter of Pañcajana.
english translation