नैच्छत्त्वमस्युत्पथग इति देवश्चुकोप ह । शूलमुद्यम्य तं हन्तुमारेभे तिग्मलोचन: ॥ ६ ॥ पतित्वा पादयोर्देवी सान्त्वयामास तं गिरा । अथो जगाम वैकुण्ठं यत्र देवो जनार्दन: ॥ ७ ॥
naicchat tvam asy utpatha-ga iti devaś cukopa ha śūlam udyamya taṁ hantum ārebhe tigma-locanaḥ patitvā pādayor devī sāntvayām āsa taṁ girā atho jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṁ yatra devo janārdanaḥ
- na aicchat
- he did not desire this (embrace)
- tvam
- you
- asi
- are
- utpatha-gaḥ
- a transgressor of the path (of religion)
- iti
- so saying
- devaḥ
- the lord (Śiva)
- cukopa ha
- became angry
- śūlam
- his trident
- udyamya
- raising
- tam
- him (Bhṛgu)
- hantum
- to kill
- ārebhe
- was about
- tigma
- fierce
- locanaḥ
- whose eyes
- patitvā
- falling
- pādayoḥ
- at (Lord Śiva’s) feet
- devī
- Goddess Devī
- sāntvayām āsa
- pacified
- tam
- him
- girā
- with words
- atha u
- then
- jagāma
- (Bhṛgu) went
- vaikuṇṭham
- to the spiritual planet of Vaikuṇṭha
- yatra
- where
- devaḥ janārdanaḥ
- Lord Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
But Bhṛgu refused his embrace, telling him, “You are a deviant heretic.” At this Lord Śiva became angry, and his eyes burned ferociously. He raised his trident and was about to kill Bhṛgu when Goddess Devī fell at his feet and spoke some words to pacify him. Bhṛgu then left that place and went to Vaikuṇṭha, where Lord Janārdana resides.