O lotus-eyed beauty! since the villainous Dakshan

hasn’t even informed us about the rites,

if you happen to go there he will abuse you

in public; have no doubts about that.

 

My girl, O mild-mannered wife,

my dear, please hear my words

 

Sloka:

Dakshan gets very angry on hearing that Siva has suddenly left with his daughter. He forgets that Siva is the Supreme Lord, and thinks of him merely as his son-in-law. Nursing a big grudge against Siva, Daksha spoke to the gods with contempt.

 

Alas! alas! you are in love with him?

What’s his greatness? It’s your bad fate

 

His home is the mountains, and an ox his vehicle

snakes draped on his body, your wish is doomed

 

Lord Siva must marry me

O Brahmin, please hear my wish

have mercy on me, bless me

 

Sloka:

To test his beloved Sathi, who was in deep meditation, Lord Siva appeared before her as an elderly Brahmin and spoke thus.

 

Though we have several daughters

I never felt so much love towards one

My mind is overjoyed and I have today

earned the respect of all the three worlds

 

Sloka:

As Daksha entered the Kalindi waters that washes off one’s sins and took the conch sitting on the lotus leaf it transformed itself into a beautiful girl. Daksha, with unbounded joy, imagines that Siva’s consort has come as his daughter and hands over the baby to his wife.

Sloka:

One morning King Daksha went to bathe in the sacred Yamuna. He was wonder-struck by the beauty of the river.

To see you in a happy mood is what

I always desire, my handsome husband

 

To serve one’s husband is a woman’s duty

I am here to listen to your every wish

 

O lotus-eyed, will the partridge hesitate

when it sees its paramour the moon?