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叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

1. O best of my sons, O intelligent one, listen to the description of the great penance of 厂补苍诲丑测腻 on hearing which sins are quelled instantly.

2. When 痴补蝉颈峁ａ弓丑补 went back to his abode after instructing her in the rites of penance, 厂补苍诲丑测腻 was greatly pleased on learning the procedure of penance.

3. On the bank of the lake 叠峁沨补濒濒辞丑颈迟补 she began to perform penance after she had put on the dress of a person of blissful mind.

4. She worshipped 艢颈惫补 with the mantra taught by 痴补蝉颈峁ａ弓丑补 as the adjunct of penance in the manner explained by him.

5. A period of four Yugas elapsed during which she continued her great penance with mind fixed and duly concentrated on 艢颈惫补.

6. Propitiated by her penance 艢颈惫补 was greatly delighted. He revealed Himself to her within and without as well as in the heaven.

7. 艢颈惫补 became visible to her in the form in which she was meditating upon him.

8. She rejoiced much on seeing in front of her, the lord 艢颈惫补 with face beaming with delight, in the same form as she was meditating on.

9. 鈥淲hat shall I say? How shall I eulogise?鈥� in this agitation she closed her eyes with fear.

10. As she remained with eyes shut, 艢颈惫补 entered her heart and blessed her with divine wisdom, divine speech and divine eyes.

11. She thus acquired divine wisdom, divine eyes and divine speech. Directly pereciving the lord of 顿耻谤驳腻 she eulogised the lord of the worlds.

厂补苍诲丑测腻 said:鈥�

12. That which has no specific form, that which can be known through perfect knowledge; that which is neither gross, nor subtle, nor high; that which is to be meditated upon by Yogins within themselves鈥攐beisance be to Thee who art of this sort and the creator of the worlds.

13. I bow to Thee, lord 艢颈惫补, whose form is like a road to heaven, beyond the path of darkness, and who art calm, pure, changeless incomprehensible through worldly knowledge, self-illuminated and unaltered.

14. Obeisance to Thee whose form is solitary, pure, luminous, free from illusion, knowledge-cum-bliss, naturally undecaying, eternal bliss, delighted at the outcome of truth and prosperity and productive of glory.

15. Obeisance to Thee whose form can be imagined in the nature of 痴颈诲测腻 (Perfect Knowledge), which is different from insentient things, 厂腻迟迟惫颈办补 in will, that which should be meditated on as the form of 膧迟尘补苍, which is the utmost essence and which is the holiest of all sanctifying objects.

16. Obeisance to Thee, the Yogin whose Sagu峁嘺 form is pure, lovely, bedecked in jewels, as white and clean as camphor and which holds in its hand the desired boon, fearlessness, the trident and the scalp.

17. Obeisance to Thee whose forms are the sky, the earth, the quarters, the waters, the fire and the Eternal time.

18. Obeisance, obeisance to 艢颈惫补 of unmanifest form from whom unmanifest primordial nature and 笔耻谤耻峁�a issued forth as its effect.

19. Obeisance, obeisance to Thee who createst this universe in the form of 叠谤补丑尘腻, who sustainest it in the form of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and who destroyest it in the form of Rudra.

20. Obeisance, obeisance to the cause of causes, to the bestower of divine nectar, wisdom and prosperity; to the best-ower of the prosperity of all other worlds, and the luminous greatest of the great.

21. Obeisance to Thee, 艢颈惫补, beyond whose region no other world exists; from whose umbilical region arose the earth, the quarters, the sun, the moon, the cupid, the devas and the ether.

22. Thou art, the greatest supreme soul. Thou art 艢颈惫补, the various lores, the pure Brahman, the supreme Brahman and the utmost object of deliberation.

23. How can I adequately eulogise lord 艢颈惫补 who is inexpressible by words, is incomprehensible to the mind, is the cause of the world and has no beginning, no middle, no end.

24. How can he be described by me, whose forms even 叠谤补丑尘腻 and other Gods or sages of great austerity cannot describe.

25. O lord, Thou art attributeless. How can Thy attributes be known to me, a mere woman? Even the Gods including Indra and Asuras do not know it.

26. Obeisance to Thee, O Lord 艢颈惫补, obeisance to Thee, O personification of penance; O 艢颈惫补, lord of the Gods, be pleased, obeisance be to Thee again and again.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

2 7. Being thus eulogised and having heard her words 艢颈惫补 favourably disposed to the devotees became highly pleased.

28-29. Her body originally clad in barks of trees and deer-hide had by this time been completely covered by clusters of matted hair hanging down from the head and her face appeared like a lotus threatened by frost. On seeing her 艢颈惫补 melted with pity and said to her.

艢颈惫补 said:鈥�

30. O gentle lady, I am delighted by your great penance and this eulogy. O auspiciously intelligent woman, you can choose your boon.

31. Whatever boon seems to be useful to you and is desired by you I shall grant it to you. I am delighted by your rites.鈥�

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

32. On hearing these words of 艢颈惫补 who was delighted, 厂补苍诲丑测腻 was highly pleased and she said after repeated obeisance.

厂补苍诲丑测腻 said:鈥�

33-34. O Lord 艢颈惫补, if I am to be favoured with the boon, if I am considered worthy of receiving a boon, if I am purified of that sin, if the lord is delighted with my penance, let the first boon chosen by me be granted.

35. Let no living being, O lord of the Gods, born in this atmosphere be full of lust at the time of its nativity.

36. This is another boon chosen by me that no other woman shall become so famous in the three worlds as I have become or shall become.

37. No creation of mine shall become lustful or fall anywhere degraded. He who becomes my husband shall be my intimate friend of pure mind.

38. Any person who looks at me with lustful eyes shall lose his manliness and become a eunuch.

39. On hearing the words of that woman who had become freed of sin 艢颈惫补 who is favourably disposed to His devotees and who was delighted at what she had said, spoke as follows.

[艢颈惫补 said:鈥擼

40. O lady 厂补苍诲丑测腻, listen. Your sin has been reduced to ashes. I have abandoned my anger towards you. By this penance you have become pure.

41. O gentle lady 厂补苍诲丑测腻, whatever you have asked I grant you entirely. I am delighted by this excellent penance of yours.

42. (In all living beings) the first stage shall be infancy, the second childhood, the third youth and the fourth stage shall be old age.

43. When the third stage in life is reached, the living beings shall become lustful. In some cases it shall be at the end of the second stage.

44. This new limitation is imposed by me as a result of your penance. No living being shall be lustful at the time of its nativity.

45. You will attain such a pure chastity as will not be attained by any other woman in the three worlds.

46. Excepting your husband whoever looks at you with lustful eyes shall immediately become impotent and weak.

47. Your husband shall be one endowed with great fortune, penance and comely features. He shall live for a period of seven Kalpas along with you.

48. Thus I have granted you all the boons requested by you. I shall tell you another incident that transpired in the previous birth.

49. That you would cast off your body in the fire has been foretold. I shall tell you the means thereof. You will certainly carry it out.

50. Let that be performed by you at the twelve-year-sacrifice of the sage 惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈 in the blazing sacrificial fire ere long.

51. In the ridge of this mountain, on the banks of this river 颁补苍诲谤补产丑腻驳腻, 惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈 is performing a great penance in his hermitage.

52. You go there unobserved by the sages. Thanks to my favour, you will become his fire-born daughter.

53. If you have chosen in your mind a desirable bridegroom as your husband, you shall think of him while you consign your body into the fire.

54-55. O 厂补苍诲丑测腻, while you were performing severe penance鈥攚hich had lasted for four yugas鈥攊n the earlier part of Tret膩 Yuga, after the K峁泃a Yuga had elapsed, 顿补办峁�a had begotten many chaste daughters who were also duly married.

56. He gave twenty seven of his daughters to the moon in marriage. But the moon had a special liking for only 搁辞丑颈峁嚹� and he neglected others.

57-59. Hence, the moon was cursed by 顿补办峁�a, the redemption being, when he sees the Ether he would find her there. At that time the Gods had come near you but since you were having your mind fixed in me, the Gods in the company of 叠谤补丑尘腻 were not seen by you. The river 颁补苍诲谤补产丑腻驳腻 arose being created by 叠谤补丑尘腻 for the redemption of the moon from the curse. It was then that 惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈 arrived here.

60. There is none equal to him in penance. There has never been such a person, nor will there ever be one. He has now started the sacrifice of 闯测辞迟颈峁ａ弓辞尘补 of many great rites.

61. In that blazing sacrificial fire you shall cast off your body. You are pure now. May your other desires be also fulfilled.

62. O Hermitess, these things have been ordained by me for my own end. O fortunate woman, do as I instruct you. Go to the sacrifice of that sage.

Thus after instructing her for her welfare the lord vanished from the scene.