Passage 1
वायव ऊचुः— कल्पान्ते यत्कलितसुमहावृद्धयो वेगवन्तः सप्ताकूपारजलभरं क्षोभयामः समन्तात्। सम्प्रेरयामो नवजलधरान् पुष्करावर्तकान् सोऽयं मातस्तव बलभरः कीदृशो वर्णनीयः॥१॥
The winds said: “At the end of an age we become immensely swollen and powerful, churning the waters of the seven oceans on every side and driving the new clouds called Puṣkara and Āvartaka. Mother, even this is only the weight of your power—how could that power itself be described?
Passage 2
स्थेयं तावत्कनकगिरिणा यत्प्रकाशीकृतं सद् यस्मिन् वाति प्रलयसमये स्वैरमेवास्तमेति। जालान्तस्तेऽप्यणुकणसमाः सन्ति चोड्डीयमानाः सोऽयं वेगो न किमपि भवेदर्पितायां भवत्याम्॥२॥
Golden Mount Meru can remain standing only so long as the manifest world endures; when the wind blows freely at dissolution, even it disappears. Yet those vast powers are no more than flying atomic particles within your net. When offered back to you, this force amounts to nothing at all.
Passage 3
पापस्तोमप्रलयकरणी विश्वमेतत्पुनीते यदज्ञानं विषयरहितं जीवमज्ञं चिरेण। सा ते शक्तिः पवनमसकौ शब्दिता स्पर्शहेतो यस्याभावाच्छव इति धृतः शोचमुक्तः श्मशाने॥३॥
Your power destroys heaps of sin and purifies this universe; in time it removes the ignorance that leaves a living being insensible to truth. Called wind because it is the cause of touch, its absence makes a body a corpse, released from sensation and carried to the cremation ground.
Passage 4
गङ्गाद्यास्ते चरणरजस्योद्धूतमाहात्म्यभाजो यच्चैतन्यं तदपि परमं प्राणनेनैव मर्त्याः। इत्थं मातस्तव गुणगणः कीर्त्यमानश्च वेद्यां सोऽपि श्रुत्या श्रवणपुटयोः कल्मषं निर्धुनीते॥४॥
The Gaṅgā and other sacred rivers possess greatness raised from the dust of your feet, while mortals possess their highest consciousness only through breath. Mother, when the host of your qualities is thus celebrated in sacred speech, merely hearing it through the hollows of the ears shakes away impurity.
Passage 5
जनकनरेन्द्रनन्दिनि भवत्प्रणयैकवशः सुखितगवेन्द्रधाम्न्युदियाप स ते रमणः। अथ रतिखिन्नं सुप्तमदृकं मिथुनं भवतोः क्वचिदपि वीजयाम सरयूजलसङ्गमिनः॥५॥
Delight of King Janaka, your beloved is wholly governed by love for you and arose in the blessed lord of the cows' abode. May we winds, mingled with the Sarayū's water, sometimes fan the two of you when, wearied by love-play, the divine couple rests with closed eyes.
Passage 6
नमो युवाभ्यां ताभ्यां यौ सहजासुखितात्मजौ। तयोरेका त्वमत्रासि द्वितीयो दशरथालये॥६॥
Homage to the two of you, the children of Sahajā and Sukhita: one of that pair is you here, while the second dwells in Daśaratha's home.
Passage 7
तवावगाहनक्रियावितीर्णतीर्थतां मयात्यचिन्त्यशक्तिभाविते प्रसज्य साकेतोदके। महाघनष्टचेतनं नितान्तकल्मषाक्रान्तं समस्तमुक्तमुन्नतैर्नरं प्रपावयामहे॥७॥
By your bathing, the water of Sāketa receives sacred power beyond thought. Entering that water and raising it into the clouds, we rain it down to purify people whose awareness has been destroyed by great sin and who are utterly overcome by impurity.
Passage 8
मातः सम्प्रति चित्रकूटशिखरिश्रेष्ठप्ररूढान् वयं सच्छिद्रान्तरवेणुभूरुहवरानापूर्य निष्क्रामिणः। मन्द्रध्वानकणाः सदैव निभृतं गायामहे त्वद्गुणान् श्रीमन्नन्दनराजिनीसुजनिते येऽधिप्रमोदाटवि॥८॥
Mother, entering and passing through the hollow bamboo trees growing high upon magnificent Mount Citrakūṭa, we produce deep notes and quietly sing forever the qualities you display in Pramoda forest, O glorious daughter born from Nanda and Rājinī.
Passage 9
त्वद्भक्तिव्रजतहृदा भववेदनाभिः सन्तप्तसर्ववपुषां सुमहोष्मरूपैः। अन्तः प्रविश्य निभृतं वयमाश्वसन्तः प्रज्वालयाम भवदुःखहुताशराशिम्॥९॥
Entering quietly into people whose hearts move toward devotion to you and whose whole bodies burn with the immense heat of worldly pain, we give them breath and fan away the massed sacrificial fire of suffering in existence.
Passage 10
वयमेकोनपञ्चाशन्मातस्त्वच्चरणाब्जयोः। रजांस्यादाय शिरसा लोकेषु विकिरामहे॥१०॥
Mother, we forty-nine winds take the dust of your lotus feet upon our heads and scatter it through all the worlds.
Passage 11
भक्त्यर्थं भविकार्थं च भूत्यर्थं भूपमानिनाम्। भक्तानामभ्युदयार्थं दाहार्थं चाप्यघेधसाम्॥११॥
We scatter it for devotion, for spiritual becoming, for prosperity among those who honor the earth, for the advancement of devotees, and for burning away the sins of the wicked.
Passage 12
त्वत्कीर्तिपुण्डरीकेभ्यो वयमादाय सौरभम्। प्रसादयामः सर्वत्र पूतं येन जगद्भवेत्॥१२॥
Taking fragrance from the lotuses of your fame, we spread serenity everywhere so that the world may become pure.
Passage 13
त्वद्विलासाटवीमम्ब वयं तेऽनन्यसेवकाः। शोभाविशेषसम्पत्त्यै मन्दमान्दोलयामहे॥१३॥
Mother, as your exclusive servants we gently stir the forest of your play so that it may possess a special abundance of beauty.
Passage 14
सम्प्रेरयामः सरयूतीरभूमीतलस्पृशः। परस्परादत्तहस्तौ युवां वै यत्र तिष्ठथः॥१४॥
We set in motion the breezes touching the ground along the Sarayū's bank, where the two of you stand with hands joined to one another.
Passage 15
कदा मातस्तीरे त्रिदशतरुपुष्पप्रकारिणीं सरय्वम्भोवेणीं मधुरमकरन्दद्रववतीम्। ददामः पाद्यार्घाचमनमधुपर्कैस्तपनधीः युताः शुद्धात्मानो वयमिह युवाभ्यां सविनयम्॥१५॥
Mother, when may we, pure in heart and joined to the warmth of devotion, humbly offer the two of you upon the riverbank the braided waters of the Sarayū, bearing celestial flowers and liquid sweet nectar, as water for the feet, arghya, sipping water, and the honeyed welcome?
Passage 16
अयोध्याप्रासादोपरि विहरतोरम्ब युवयोः प्रकामं दम्पत्योर्विहृतिभवसस्वेदवपुषोः। वहन्तः सौरभ्यं त्रिभुवनजनोन्मादनकरं कृतार्था यास्यामः क्व नु परित्यज्य सविधम्॥१६॥
Mother, when the two of you sport atop Ayodhyā's palace, your bodies perspiring freely from the married couple's play, we carry the fragrance that enchants the inhabitants of all three worlds. Fulfilled there, where could we go after abandoning your side?
Passage 17
वयं वै तिष्ठामः प्रगुणवति तत्रैव सविधे वने वा हर्म्ये वा यदि यदि युवां यत्र भवथः। नमस्यन्तो नित्यं कृतमति युवाभ्यां फलभरैर्नमद्भिः श्रीखण्डप्रभृतितरुभिर्मूर्ध्नि वपुषा॥१७॥
Excellent one, we shall remain close by wherever the two of you may be—in forest or palace—bowing eternally with fixed resolve, while sandalwood and the other trees bend their bodies and fruit-laden crowns before you.
Passage 18
इति निगद्य समीरणपुङ्गवा जनकभूपसुताचरणाब्जयोः। जगृहुरुद्गतभक्तिविशेषजप्रणयवन्मनसो विनयोन्मुखाः॥१८॥
Having spoken thus, the foremost winds, their loving minds turned toward humility and filled with a special upsurge of devotion, took refuge at the lotus feet of King Janaka's daughter.”