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अमंगलवपुर्धारी निर्लज्जोऽसदनोऽकुली ॥ कुवेषी प्रेतभूतादिसंगी नग्नौ हि शूलभृत् ॥४६॥
The trident-bearing Śiva has an inauspicious body, is free from shame and has no home or pedigree. He is naked and ill-featured. He associates with ghosts and goblins and the like.
english translation
स धूर्तस्तव विज्ञानं विनाश्य निजमायया ॥ मोहयामास सद्युक्त्या कारयामास वै तपः ॥४७॥
That rogue of a sage has destroyed your discretion with his deception. He has deluded you with apparently good arguments and made you perform this penance.
english translation
ईदृशं हि वरं लब्ध्वा किं सुखं संभविष्यति ॥ विचारं कुरु देवेशि त्वमेव गिरिजात्मजे॥४६॥
O great Goddess, daughter of the mountain, you alone think within yourself how much pleasure could be derived by getting such a bridegroom.
english translation
प्रथमं दक्षजां साध्वी विवाह्य सुधिया सतीम् ॥ निर्वाहं कृतवान्नैव मूढः किंचिद्दिनानि हि ॥४९॥
At first he married Satī, the chaste daughter of Dakṣa, eagerly but the fool that he was he could not maintain the household even for a few days.
english translation
तां तथैव स वै दोषं दत्त्वात्याक्षीत्स्वयं प्रभुः ॥ ध्यायन्स्वरूप मकलमशोकमरमत्सुखी ॥2-3-25-५०॥
He accused her and forsook her Himself. The lord went on meditating on His own form, free from stains and sorrows and sported happily.
english translation