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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ तीव्रेण तपसानेन देव्या किमिह साध्यते ॥ तपःफलानां सर्वेषां त्वदधीना हि सिद्धयः ॥ २६ ॥
Brahmā said:— What is being striven for, O goddess, by means of this penance? The benefits of penances are under your control.
english translation
यश्चैव जगतां भर्ता तमेव परमेश्वरम् ॥ भर्तारमात्मना प्राप्य प्राप्तञ्च तपसः फलम् ॥ २७ ॥
The fruit of the penance has been obtained by you in having obtained lord Śiva as your husband, who alone is the lord of all worlds.
english translation
अथवा सर्वमेवैतत्क्रीडाविलसितं तव ॥ इदन्तु चित्रं देवस्य विरहं सहसे कथम् ॥ २८ ॥
Or all this is only a form of your divine sport. But this is surprising how you can bear separation from the lord.
english translation
देव्युवाच ॥ सर्गादौ भवतो देवादुत्पत्तिः श्रूयते यदा ॥ तदा प्रजानां प्रथमस्त्वं मे प्रथमजः सुतः ॥ २९ ॥
The Goddess (devī) said:— When at the beginning of creation as mentioned in the Vedas you are born of lord Śiva you are the first of my creation, my first-born son.
english translation
यदा पुनः प्रजावृद्ध्यै ललाटाद्भवतो भवः ॥ उत्पन्नो ऽभूत्तदा त्वं मे गुरुः श्वशुरभावतः ॥ ३० ॥
When for multiplying the subjects, Śiva was born of your forehead you became my father-in-law and so elder to me.
english translation