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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ मया सह पिता हृष्टः सुप्रणम्य महेश्वरम् ॥ उटजं स्वं जगामाशु निधिं लब्ध्वेव निर्धनः ॥ ४६॥
Nandīśvara said:— My delighted father after bowing to the great lord returned to his hut with me, as pleased as an indigent person who had struck a treasure-trove.
english translation
यदा गतोहमुटजं शिलादस्य महामुने ॥ तदाहं तादृशं रूपं त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यमास्थितः॥ ४७॥
O great sage, when I reached the hut I cast off my divine form and assumed the human one.
english translation
मानुष्यमास्थितं दृष्ट्वा पिता मे लोकपूजितः ॥ विललापातिदुःखार्त्तः स्वजनैश्च समावृतः ॥ ४८॥
After seeing me assuming human form, my father, honoured by the world, was distressed and so lamented surrounded by his own people.
english translation
जातकर्मादिकान्येव सर्वाण्यपि चकार मे ॥ शालंकायनपुत्रो वै शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः ॥ ४९ ॥
The son of Śālaṅkayana Śilāda fond of his son performed all the post-natal rites for me.
english translation
वेदानध्यापयामास सांगोपांगानशेषतः ॥ शास्त्राण्यन्यान्यपि तथा पञ्चवर्षे पिता च माम् ॥ ५०॥
Within five years my father taught me all the Vedas with their Aṅgas and Upāṅgas as well as other sacred texts.
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