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Prajaanaatham naatha prasabhamabhikam svaam duhitaram
gatam rohidbhuutaam riramayisumrisyasya vapusaa /
Dhanuspaaneryaatam divamapi sapatraakritamamum
trasantam te'dyaapi tyajati na mrigavyaadharabhasah //22//

Paraphrase (PR): Oh Lord (naathá)!, Your (te) violent fury (rabhasáh) in the form of a hunter (mrigavyaadha), even now (adyá-ápi) does not (ná) abandon (tyajati) that (amum) lord (naatham) of (all) living beings (prajaa) --i.e. Brahmaa or the Creator in the well-known trilogy-- who was wounded (sapatraa-kritam)by (the arrows of the aforesaid) huntsman with bow in hand (dhanuspaaneh) (and) ran away (yaatam) even (ápi) to Heaven (divam) fearful (of You) (trasantam). (All that happened because Brahmaa) got (gatam) exceedingly (prasabham) lustful (abhikam) after his own (svaam) daughter (duhitaram). (In fact, he took on) the form --vápus-- (vapusaa) of a white-footed antelope (risyasya) to have sexual intercourse (with her) (riramayisum) (when she) became (bhuutaam) a red deer (rohit) (for flying away from him). (22)

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Svalaavanyaashamsaa dhritadhanusamahnaaya trinava-
tpurah plustam dristvaa puramathana puspaayudhamapi /
Yadi strainam devii yamanirata dehaardhaghatanaa-
davaiti tvaamaddhaa bata varada mugdhaa yuvatayah //23//

Paraphrase (PR): Oh Destroyer (mathana) of the (three) cities (pura)!, if (yádi) the goddess (Paarvatii) (devii), (whose) hope (aashamsaa) is based on her own (svá) beauty and charm (laavanya), even (ápi) having previously (puras) seen (dristvaa) (how) Puspaayudha --lit. "flower-armed", an epithet for Kaamadeva, the god of love-- (puspaayudham) armed with a bow (dhritadhanusam) (was) instantly (ahnaaya) scorched (plustam) (by You) as (vat) a blade of grass (trina), (still) thinks (avaiti) of You (tvaam) to be ruled by a woman (strainam), oh You who are devoted (nirata) to (all kinds of) restraints (yáma)!, because (she) occupies (ghatanaat) a half (ardhá)of (Your) body (deha)... (well,) oh (bata) Grantor (da) of boons (vará), the young women (yuvatayah) (are) most certainly (addhaa) inexperienced and simple (mugdhaah)! (23)

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Shmashaanesvaakriidaa smarahara piishaacaah sahacaraa-
shcitaabhasmaalepah sragapi nrikarotiiparikarah /
Amaangalyam shiilam tava bhavatu naamaivamakhilam
tathaapi smartriinaam varada paramam mangalamasi //24//
 

Paraphrase (PR): Oh Destroyer (hara) of Smara --i.e. Kaamadeva or the god of love-- (smara)!,(Your) playing-place (aakriidaa) (is) in the crematoria (shmashaanesu), (and) the Pishaaca-s --a class of demons-- (pishaacaah) (are Your) companions (sahacaraah). (You) smear (aalepah) (Your own body) with the ashes (bhasma) of the funeral piles (citaa), (and) even (ápi) (wear) a garland (srak) (formed from) multitude (parikarah) of human (nri) skulls (karotii). Thus (evám), (may) all (akhilam) Your (táva) behavior (shiilam) be (bhavatu) called (naama) "unauspicious" (amaangalyam)!... however (táthaa-ápi), oh Grantor (da) of boons (vará)!, You are (ási) the Highest (paramám) Welfare (mangalam)for those who remember (You) (smartriinaam). (24)

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