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नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते बंधवे विश्वयोनये । सहिष्णवे सर्वदोषाणां शंभवे शैलधन्वने ११ ।
Obeisance to Thee, the lord, the kinsman, the originator of the universe, the forbearing, the forgiver of defects, the benevolent one, wielding the mountain as his bow.
english translation
ईश्वर उवाच । अराजभयमेतद्वै जगत्सर्वं न शिष्यति । ततस्त्वं जहि दंडार्हं वह लोकधुरं शिशो १२ ।
Īśvara said: O child, the whole universe will be ruined if it loses the fear of a king Hence you mete out punishment to the guilty and bear the burden of administering this universe
english translation
वरं ददामि ते तत्र गृहाण दुर्लभं परम् । वैतानिकेषु गृह्येषु यज्ञे च भवान् गुरुः १३ ।
I shall grant you another boon which is very difficult to get. In all domestic and public sacrifices you will be the presiding deity.
english translation
निष्फलस्त्वदृते यज्ञः सांगश्च सहदक्षिणः । अथाह देवः कितवं केतकं कूटसाक्षिणम् १४ ।
Even though a sacrifice is complete with all the ancillary rites and offerings of monetary gifts, it will be fruitless without you. Then the lord turned to the deceitful Ketaka flower guilty of perjury.
english translation
रे रे केतक दुष्टस्त्वं शठ दूरमितो व्रज । ममापि प्रेम ते पुष्पे मा भूत्पूजास्वितः परम् १५ ।
“O you Ketaka flower, you are roguish and deceitful. Go away from here. Hereafter I have no desire to include you in my worship.”
english translation