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न जाने कस्य पुत्रोऽयमस्य ज्ञातात्र कोपि न ॥ यतः पृच्छाम्यस्य जन्य जाता च करुणा मयि ॥ २१॥
I do not know his parentage. There is none who knows him. Whom can I enquire about the details of his birth? But I feel drawn towards him.
english translation
इच्छाम्येनं पोषितुं हि बालमौरसपुत्रवत् ॥ संप्रष्टुं नोत्सहेऽज्ञात्वा कुलजन्मादि चास्य वै ॥ २२ ॥
Without knowing his birth and parentage I shall not touch him although I wish to nourish him and bring him up as a child born of me.”
english translation
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ इति संचिन्त्यमानायां तस्यां विप्रवरस्त्रियाम् ॥ कृपां चकार महतीं शंकरो भक्तवत्सल॥ २३॥
Nandīśvara said:— While the excellent brahmin lady was musing thus, Śiva favourably disposed to his devotees, took pity.
english translation
दध्रे भिक्षुस्वरूपं हि महालीलो महेश्वरः॥ सर्वथा भक्तसुखदो निरुपाधिः स्वयं सदा ॥ २४॥
Lord Śiva of great sports, bestower of happiness on devotees in every respect, unconditionally for ever, by himself assumed the form of a mendicant.
english translation
तत्राजगाम सहसा स भिक्षुः परमेश्वरः ॥ यत्रास्ति संदेहवती द्विजस्त्री ज्ञातुमिच्छती ॥ २५ ॥
The mendicant who was lord Śiva himself suddenly came to the place where the doubting brahmin lady, desirous of knowing the details, was standing.
english translation