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किङ्कर्तव्यं क्व गन्तव्यमस्माभिरधुना युधि॥ समर्था अपि वै सर्वे सत्यपाशेन यन्त्रिताः ॥ २१॥
What shall be done now? Where shall we go? Though we can fight now we have been restrained by the bonds of truth.
english translation
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ एतस्मिन्समये व्यासो भस्मभूषितमस्तकः ॥ रुद्राक्षाभरणश्चायाज्जटाजूटविभूषितः ॥ २२॥
Nandīśvara said:— In the meantime Vyāsa came there with the ashes decorating his forehead, with Rudrākṣa as an ornament and well bedecked in matted hair.
english translation
पञ्चाक्षरं जपन्मंत्रं शिवप्रेमसमाकुलः ॥ तेजसां च स्वयंराशिस्साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ॥ २३॥
He was repeating the five-syllabled mantra. He was fully engrossed in the love of Śiva. He was a heap of lustrous brilliance, a manifestation of virtue itself.
english translation
तन्दृष्ट्वा ते तदा प्रीता उत्थाय पुरतः स्थिताः ॥ दत्त्वासनं तदा तस्मै कुशाजिनसुशोभितम् ॥ २४॥
When they saw him they were delighted and they stood up to welcome him. Offering him a seat of deer-hide brightened by Kuśa grass they waited in front of him.
english translation
तत्रोपविष्टं तं व्यासं पूजयन्ति स्म हर्षिताः॥ स्तुतिं च विविधां कृत्वा धन्याः स्म इति वादिनः ॥ २५ ॥
When he was duly seated they honoured him with great delight after eulogising him in various ways and saying “Ah! we are blessed”.
english translation