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हिमाचल उवाच ॥ कस्मान्मयानया सार्द्धं नागंतव्यं तदुच्यताम् ॥ सेवने किमयोग्येयं नाहं वेद्म्यत्र कारणम् ॥ २६ ॥
Himācala said: Let this be kindly mentioned why this girl cannot accompany me here. Is she unworthy of your service? I do not know the reason thereof.
english translation
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ ततोऽब्रवीद्गिरिं शंभुः प्रहसन्वृषभध्वजः ॥ लोकाचारं विशेषेण दर्शयन्हि कुयोगिनाम् ॥ २७ ॥
Brahmā said: Particularly pointing out the worldly conduct of fake ascetics, the bull-bannered god Śiva laughingly spoke to the mountain.
english translation
शंभुरुवाच ॥ इयं कुमारी सुश्रोणी तन्वी चन्द्रानना शुभा ॥ नानेतव्या मत्समीपे वारयामि पुनः पुनः ॥ २८ ॥
Śiva said:This auspicious slender-bodied maiden of comely hips and moon-like face should not be brought near me. I forbid you again and again.
english translation
मायारूपा स्मृता नारी विद्वद्भिर्वेदपारगैः ॥ युवती तु विशेषेण विघ्नकर्त्री तपस्विनाम् ॥२९॥
A woman is a phase of illusion. As the scholars who have mastered the Vedas say particularly, a young damsel is a hindrance to ascetics.
english translation
अहं तपस्वी योगी च निर्लिप्तो मायया सदा ॥ प्रयोजनं न युक्त्या वै स्त्रिया किं मेस्ति भूधर ॥2-3-12-३० ॥
O mountain, I am an ascetic, a yogin, never affected by illusion. Of what avail is a woman thrust on me?
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