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1. balavantai anaḍvāhai lāńgalam vahetām

2strong ox plough should-carry-pull

2. śivās te panthānas

blessings your paths

3. lakṣmīs viṣṇos bhāryā

Laksmi Vishnu’s wife

4. hŗdye ṣa pumān param brahma dhyāyati

in-heart the man highest Brahma contemplates

5. bāhubhyām bhūbhŗt kŗtasnam jagat ajayat

with-2arms king entire world conquered

6. kena pathā bhavān sakhyā saha agacchat

by-which-path you with-friend went-did-go

7. padā mām aspŗśat sakhā

with-foot me touched friend

8. pumbhis saha strīs āgamayat rājā

with-men women invited king

9. he yuvan panthānam me darśaya

hey young-one path for-me let-show

10. adbhis pādai kṣālayati eṣa parivrāj

with-waters 2feet washes this wanderer

11. strī patye rupakāṇi arpayati

woman for-husband coins hands-over

12. ekenākṣṇā yas na kincit paśyati tam kāṇam vadanti

with-one-eye who anything sees, to-one-eyed they-say

13. dyaus pitā pŗthivī ca mātā vas rakṣatām

sky father and earth mother you-all let-2protect

14. ete pumānsas hŗdayeṣu pāpam gūhayanti

these men in-hearts sin hide

15. brahmaghnā na sanbhāṣeta na ca tam adhyāpayet yājayet vā

with-brahman-killer no should-converse and

him should-teach or should-sacrifice

16. asurebhya:s bhayāt nānavā devatās pālanam prārthayanta

from-demons from-fear men Gods protection asked

tābhis ca śivābhis pāpā asurās aghātyanta

and with-those-blessings bad demons were-killed

17. mahān udīcām rājā daridrais pathi tiṣṭhadbhis śiṣyais

great north king with-poor on-road with-standing-students

sanbhāṣamāṇa: tebhya: bhikṣām yacchati

conversing, to-them alms gives