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अर्चितयत्तदा सेति कथं यास्यामि शंकरम् ॥ शंकरं द्रष्टुकामाहं पृष्टा वक्ष्ये किमुत्तरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
She mused to herself—“How can I return to Śiva?” Of course I am desirous of seeing Śiva but what reply shall I give when He were to ask me?
english translation
अथ प्रोवाच पितरं दक्षं तं दुष्टमानसम् ॥ निश्श्वसंती रुषाविष्टा सा सती त्रिजगत्प्रसूः ॥ ३७ ॥
Satī, the mother of the three worlds, heaving sighs of wrath told her father Dakṣa, the evil-minded.
english translation
सत्युवाच ॥ यो निंदति महादेवं निंद्यमानं शृणोति वा ॥ तावुभौ नरकं यातौ यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ॥ ३८ ॥
Satī said: He who reproaches Śiva and he who hears such reproaches, both of them go hell and stay there as long as the moon and the sun exist.
english translation
तस्मात्त्यक्ष्याम्यहं देवं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् ॥ किं जीवितेन मे तात शृण्वंत्यानादरं प्रभोः ॥ ३९ ॥
Hence I shall cast off my body and enter the fire. O father, of what avail is this life unto me who am unfortunate enough to hear contemptuous remarks about my lord?
english translation
यदि शक्तस्स्वयं शंभोर्निंदकस्य विशेषतः ॥ छिंद्यात् प्रसह्य रसनां तदा शुद्ध्येन्न संशयः ॥2-2-29-४०॥
If a powerful person cuts off the tongue of the man who makes such disrespectful remarks about Śiva both of them will be absolved of sins.
english translation