Amen

 Jai Sri Ganesha,

Parvati has practised Penance,

The Magnitude of which cannot be estimated,

Kindly accept her now, 

Hearing the entreaty of Brahma and remembering the words of Lord Rama, Shiva gladly said, Amen,

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Natural habit

 Jai Sri Ram,

O ocean of compassion, 

Having meted out punishment,

Good masters shower their grace as a matter of course,

Such is the natural habit,

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glad event

 Jai Sri Ram,

They long to witness your wedding with their eyes, My Lord,

O humbler of the pride of love,

Devise some means whereby we may be enabled to feast our eyes on this glad event,

Having burnt the god of love you have done well in granting a boon to Rati,

May Lord bless all,

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Dominating impulse

 Jai Sri Ram,

To this Brahma replied,

Lord, you are the inner ruler of all,

My master my devotion to you urges me to make the following submission,

The heart of all the immortals is seized with a dominating impulse,

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Shiva

 Jai Sri Ram,

Shiva, who is an ocean of compassion,

And has a bull emblazoned on his Standard,

Said, tell me, immortals, 

What has brought you here,

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Thence

 Jai Sri Ram,

Thence all the gods,

Including Vishnu and Brahma, 

Went where the all-merciful Shiva was,

They severally extolled and won the pleasure of the lord whose crest is adorned by the crescent, 

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Vaikuntha

 Jai Sri Ram,

Hearing the words of Shankara,

Rati went away,

I now proceed to relate the subsequent part of the story,

When Brahma and the other gods received all the tidings, they repaired to Vaikuntha,

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Prayumana

 Jai Sri ram,

When Sri Krishna will descend in the line of Yadu,

To relieve the earth of its heavy burden,

Your lord will born again as his son Prayumana, 

This prediction of mine will never be untrue,

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Meet him again

 Jai Sri Ram,

Prophesied as follows,

Henceforth, O Rati, your husband shall be called by the name of ananga,

He shall dominate all even without a body,

Now hear how you meet him again,

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Easy to placate

Jai Sri Ram,

She approached Sankara,

And making loving entreaties in divergent forms,

She stood before the Lord with clasped hands,

Seeing helpless woman, the benevolent Lord Shiva, who is so easy to placate, prophesied,

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Rati

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Yogis were freed from torments,

While Rati, wife of the god of love,

Fainted as soon as she heard of the fate of her Lord,

Weeping and wailing and mourning in the various ways she approached Sankara,

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Striving

Jai Sri Ram,

The gods were alarmed,

While the demons were gratified,

The Thought of loss of sense delights made the voluptuary sad,

And while the striving Yogis were relieved of a thorn as it were,

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Third Eye

Jai Sri Ram,

Shiva then uncovered His third eye,

The moment he looked at the god of love,

Latter was reduced to ashes,

A loud wail went up through the universe,

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Sri Ekadasi Today

Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Ekadasi today, a day of the light divine which may enlighten the truth of self for the cause eternal,

Apart from it, it may help devotees to rediscover self in context to fulfill aspirations,

Little by little imperfections and difficulties sidetrack the self, bliss of the self manifest for self to ease the day to day task of the journey,

And help spirit find joy even in mild and tiny tasks of self rather than exacerbating self to overcome them and ultimately paves the cool path for burning soul in friction with life,

May Lord bless all,

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The Trance

 Jai Sri Ram,

The trance was now broken and Sambhu awoke,

The Lord's mind was much agitated, Opening his eyes,

He looked all round,

When saw cupid hiding behind mango leaves, Shiva into a Rage, which made all the three spheres tremble,

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Bow of flowers

Jai Sri Ram,

He joined his five arrows to his bow of flowers,

And casting an angry look drew the string home to his very ears,

He discharged the five arrows,

which smote the breast of Shiva,

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numberless stratagems

 Jai Sri Ram,

The god of love with his army of followers exhausted all his numberless stratagems, 

Shiv's unbroken trance, however, could not be disturbed,

This made cupid angry,

 Seeing a beautiful bough of a mango, the god of love climbed up to it in a mood of frustration,

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Beauty of the forest

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Beauty of the forest beggared description,

A cool, gentle, and fragrant breeze blossomed in lakes and swarms of charming bees hummed on them,

Swans, cuckoos and parrots uttered their sweet notes,

While Celestial damsels sang and danced,

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Delightful aspects

 Jai Sri Ram,

Woods and groves, wells and ponds,

And all the quarters of heaven assumed a most delightful aspect,

Everywhere nature overflowed with love as it were,

The sight aroused passion even in dead souls,

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young trees laden with flower

 Jai Sri Ram,

Ultimately he resolved upon death,

And devise a Plan,

He forthwith manifested the lovely spring,

The king of all seasons, rows of young trees laden with flower appeared so charming,

May Lord bless all,

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Felt shy

 Jai Sri Ram,

He felt shy in retreating,

And was incapable of doing anything,

Ultimately he resolved upon death,

And devised a plan,

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spell of drunkenness is over

Jai Sri Ram,

All living beings regained their peace of mind at once,

Even as the intoxicated feel relieved when their spell of drunkenness is over,

The god of the love was struck with terror at the sight of Bhawan Rudra,

Who is difficult to conquer and so hard to comprehend,

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sight of Shiva,

 Jai Sri Ram,

The wonder lasted for an hour or so,

Till the god of love reached Sambhu,

Cupid trembled at the sight of Shiva,

The whole world returned to itself,

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Nobody could remain self-possessed,

 Jai Sri Ram,

For nearly an hour this wonderful game of love lasted in the universe,

Nobody could remain self-possessed,

The hearts of all were stolen by the god of love,

They alone could hold their own against him, to whom the hero of Raghu's race extended his protection,

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animate and inanimate creation

 Jai Sri Ram,

Those who lately looked upon the animate and inanimate creation as full of Brahma,

Now Saw it as full the fair sex,

Women perceived the whole world as full of men,

While latter behold it as full of women,

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under the influence of lust

 Jai Sri Ram,

Even Siddhas that spiritual adepts,

Great sages, who have no attraction for the world,

And Yogis give up their Yogas under the influence of lust,

Even great yogis and ascetics were completely possessed by lust, to say nothing of the low minded people,

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eternal slaves of passion

 Jai Sri Ganesha,

The whole world was blinded with passion and agitated,

The Chakravaka bird that ruddy geese regarded neither day nor night, gods, demons human beings and Kinnaraa, serpents, evil spirits fiends, ghosts and vampire, 

I have refrained from dwelling on the condition of these,

Knowing them to be eternal slaves of passion,

May Lord bless all,

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Sri Ekadasi today

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Ekadasi today to meet the truth of inner quest with a mild application of self in faith with,

Indeed an eternal cult for devotees of Lord Vishnu to reach at,

Indeed a great giver on the sphere of life and truth and tangible support to the spirit in the journey,

Sri Ekadasi is truly a special chapter for spirit to recover self from the wildness of Maya and address self favorable in the light of truth and cause, devotees may achieve the motto of being a pilgrim on the planet with adoration of the day in truth of simplicity,

May Lord bless all,

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Sri Ganga Dushera

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Ganga Dushera is being celebrated in the spirit of truth and devotion to mark the day in spirit with self,

Sri Ganga, a perennial source of blessings for spirit, a truth to sanctify the life, a light to enlighten the path of journey,

Sri Ganga help devotees to recover from the falsehood of momentary effects and respective tempetations, impart eternal strength to sustain in the spirit of truth,

Sri Ganga not just a river or celestial stream but a message to man to struggle and carry on with its truth to meet the fate to merge in Ocean irrespective of all odds,

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victim of lust,

 Jai Sri Ram,

Where such was reported to be the case with inanimate creation, 

Who can relate the doing of sentient beings,

Beasts that walk on the land and birds traversing the air, and water,

Lost all sense of time and become the victim of lust,

May Lord bless all,

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Rivers in spat rushed

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Minds of all were seized with lust,

The boughs of trees bent low at the sight of creepers,

Rivers in spat rushed to meet the ocean,

Lakes and ponds united in love with one another,

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LUST

 Jai Sri Ram,

Who is that superhuman being with two heads, 

To conquer whom the lord of Rati, Love,

Who has lifted his bow and arrows in Rage,

Whatever creature existed in the world, animate or inanimate and bearing masculine or feminine appellations transgressed their natural bounds and were completely possessed by LUST, 

May Lord bless all,

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What power will save us,

 Jai Sri Ram,

Everybody said, 

My goodness, what is going to happen,

What power will save us,

Who is that superhuman being with two heads, 

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mountain caves

 Jai Sri Ram,

Viveka took to flight with his associates,

His great warriors turned their back on the field of battle,

They all went and hid themselves in mountain caves in the forms of sacred Books at that time,

There was commotion in the world,

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flied in panic,

 Jai Sri Ram,

The whole army of Viveka, discriminating knowledge,

Continence, religious vows, self-restraint of many kinds,

Fortitude, piety, spiritual wisdom, and the knowledge of qualified divinity both with form and without form, 

Morality, muttering of prayers, Yoga-contemplative union with god, dispassion, and so on, fled in panic,

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love betrayed his anger,

 Jai Sri Ram,

He then exhibited his power, 

And brought the whole world under his sway,

When the god of love betrayed his anger,

All the barriers imposed by the Vedas were swept away in a moment,

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hostility to shiva would mean sure death

Jai Sri Ram,

So saying god of love bowed his head to all,

And departed with his associates,

The bow of flowers in his  hand while leaving,

Love thought within himself that hostility to shiva would mean sure death to him,

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benevolence

 Jai Sri Ram,

I expect no good results for myself from hostility to Shambhu,

However, I shall do your work,

For the Vedas say benevolence in the highest virtue,

The saints ever praise him who lays down his life in the service of others,

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with a smile,

 Jai Sri Ram,

The god of love, armed with five arrows,

And a fish emblazoned on his standard, appear on the scene,

The gods told him all their distress,

Hearing their tale, the love god pondered and spoke thus with a smile,

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Prevail on him to marry

Jai Sri Ram,

Prevail on him to marry even against His will,

In this way alone may the interests of the gods be served,

The idea is excellent, everyone said,

The gods then prayed with great devotion,

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Send him to shiva,

 Jai Sri Ram,

Approaching cupid, the god of love,

Send him to shiva,

Let him disturb the serenity of Sankara's mind,

Then we shall go and bow our head at Siva's feet,

May Lord Bless All,

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Shiva

Jai Sri Ram,

She has undergone penance for winning the hand of Sambhu,

While Shiva has renounced everything, 

And sit absorbed in contemplation, 

Though it is most unseemly, yet hear one proposal of mine,

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Sri Ekadasi today, day of sri Vishnu Pada Puja,

 Jai Sri Ram,

God will help you, 

And the plan will succeed,

Sati, who left her body at the sacrifice performed by Daksha,

Has been born again in the house of Himachal, 

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act accordingly

 Jai Sri Ram,

The demon shall die only,

When there is a son sprung from the loins of Shambhu,

For he alone can subdue the demon in battle,

Hearing what I say, act accordingly,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,

They then went to Virinchi-Brahma,

And told him their grievances, 

The creator found all the gods miserable,

Brahma reassured them all saying,

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He was invincible

 Jai Sri Ram,

All the gods were robbed of their happiness and prosperity,

Knowing neither age nor death,

He was invincible,

The Gods fought many a battle with him and lost them,

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Taraka

 Jai Sri Ram,

The all-wise Shambhu then concentrated his mind and began to meditate on the Lord Raghus,

A demon, Taraka by Name, flourished in those days, 

His strength of arm, glory, and majesty were great indeed,

He conquered all the spheres as well as the guardians of those spheres, 

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Seven seers

 Jai Sri Ram,

The seven seers then called on Shiva,

And told him the whole history of Uma,

Shiva was enraptured to hear her love,

And the Saptrishies gladly went home,

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Again and again

 Jai Sri Ram,

Bowing their head at the feet of Parvati,

They departed, a thrill ran through their frame again and again,

The sages went and despatched Himvan to Girija,

And he with many entreaties brought her Home,

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all glory to you,

 Jai Sri Ram,

Seeing Parvati's devotion the enlightened sages exclaimed,

Glory, all glory to you,

O Bhavani, Mother of the universe,

You are the Maya, while Shiva is God himself, you are the parents of the whole universe,

May Lord bless all,

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It is already Late,

Jai Sri Ram,

I fall at your feet, Continue Parvati,

The mother of the Universe,

Please return to your home,

It is already Late,

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I must wed Sambhu or remain

 Jai Sri Ram,

As for myself, I must wed Sambhu or remain,

No matter if I have to continue the struggle for ten million lives,

I will not disregard Narada's admonition, 

Even if Sambhu himself tells me a hundred times to do so, 

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Such games

Jai Sri Ram,

But now I have staked my life for Sambhu,

Who will weigh his merits and demerits,

If you are specially bent upon uniting a pair and cannot help negotiating a match,

There is no dearth of suitors and maidens and those who take delight in such games know no weariness,

May Lord bless all,

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repository of all virtues

Jai Sri Ram,

The great God Shiva may be full of faults,

And Vishnu may be a repository of all virtues,

One is, however, concerned with him alone gladdens one's heart,

Had you meet me earlier, O great Sages-i would have listened to your advice with reverence,

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full or desolate

 Jai Sri Ram,

Gold is another product of rock which does not abandon its character even on being consigned to fire,

I may not ignore Narada's  advice,

Whether my house is full or desolate, I fear not,

He who has no faith in the words of his preceptor cannot easily attain either happiness or success even in a dream,

May Lord bless all,

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