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Shiva Purana

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तदाप्रभृति लक्ष्मीशो गोपवेषोभवत्तथा ॥ अयासीत्तत्र सुप्रीत्या गोपगोपोगवां पतिः ॥ ३१ ॥

Thenceforth lord of Lakṣmī assumed the guise of a cowherd. The lord of cowherds, cowherdesses and the cows wandered there with pleasure.

english translation

सोपि विष्णुः प्रसन्नात्मा जुगोप निखिलं जगत् ॥ नानावतारस्संधर्ता वनकर्ता शिवाज्ञया ॥ ३२ ॥

The delightful Viṣṇu protected the universe taking up various incarnations and sustaining it at the bidding of Siva.

english translation

इदानीं स चतुर्द्धात्रावातरच्छंकराज्ञया ॥ रामोहं तत्र भरतो लक्ष्मणश्शत्रुहेति च ॥ ३३ ॥

Now He has taken a fourfold incarnation at the bidding of Śiva. I who am Rāma, and my brothers Bharata, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna are His incarnations.

english translation

अथ पित्राज्ञया देवि ससीतालक्ष्मणस्सति ॥ आगतोहं वने चाद्य दुःखितौ दैवतो ऽभवम् ॥ ३४ ॥

O Goddess Satī, at the bidding of my father I have come to the forest. Unfortunately I have fallen in deep distress.

english translation

निशाचरेण मे जाया हृता सीतेति केनचित् ॥ अन्वेष्यामि प्रियां चात्र विरही बंधुना वने ॥ ३५ ॥

My wife Sītā has been abducted by a demon. I am now seeking my beloved, separated from her and devoid of my kinsmen.

english translation