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॥ सूत उवाच ॥ ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य विधेरमितधीमतः ॥ पप्रच्छ नारदः प्रीत्या विस्मितस्तं द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १ ॥
Sūta said: After hearing these words of Brahmā of immeasurable intellect, Nārada the brahmin was surprised and he lovingly asked him thus.
english translation
॥ नारद उवाच ॥ ॥ शिवं विहाय दक्षस्य सुरैर्यज्ञं हरिर्गतः ॥ हेतुना केन तद् ब्रूहि यत्रावज्ञाऽ भवत्ततः ॥२॥
Nārada said: Please tell me for what reason did Viṣṇu go to the sacrifice of Dakṣa along with the devas but leaving off Śiva, for there so much of ignominy was in store for him?
english translation
जानाति किं स शंभुं नो हरिः प्रलयविक्रमम् ॥ रणं कथं च कृतवान् तद्गणैरबुधो यथा ॥ ३ ॥
Does not Viṣṇu know Śiva who has the power of dissolution? Why did he fight with his Gaṇas like a foolish insensible man?
english translation
एष मे संशयो भूयांस्तं छिंधि करुणानिधे ॥ चरितं ब्रूहि शंभोस्तु चित्तोत्साहकरं प्रभो ॥ ४ ॥
O Merciful one, this is my great doubt. Please clarify it O lord, narrate the story of Śiva to us that heightens the enthusiasm in our mind.
english translation
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ द्विजवर्य शृणु प्रीत्या चरितं शशिमौलिनः ॥ यत्पृच्छते कुर्वतश्च सर्वसंशयहारकम् ॥ ५ ॥
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmin, listen with pleasure to the story of the moon-crested lord which dispels our doubts.
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