पृथिव्यां पुत्रास्ते जननि बहवः सन्ति सरलाः परं तेषां मध्ये विरलतरलोऽहं तव सुतः। मदीयोऽयं त्यागः समुचितमिदं नो तव शिवे कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति॥ ३ ॥
pṛthivyāṁ putrāste janani bahavaḥ santi saralāḥ paraṁ teṣāṁ madhye viralataralo’haṁ tava sutaḥ | madīyo’yaṁ tyāgaḥ samucitamidaṁ no tava śive kuputro jāyeta kvacidapi kumātā na bhavati || 3 ||
Translation
On earth, O Mother, your many sons are sincere; however, among them, I, your fickle son, am rare; this neglect of mine is not appropriate for you, O auspicious one; a bad son may be born somewhere, but a bad mother never exists.
Word by word
- pṛthivyām
- on earth
- putrāḥ
- sons
- te
- your
- janani
- O Mother
- bahavaḥ
- many
- santi
- are
- saralāḥ
- sincere
- param
- however
- teṣām
- among them
- madhye
- in the midst
- virala
- rare
- taralaḥ
- fickle
- aham
- I
- tava
- your
- sutaḥ
- son
- madīyaḥ
- my
- ayam
- this
- tyāgaḥ
- neglect
- samucitam
- appropriate
- idam
- this
- no
- not [na + u = no, visarga sandhi]
- śive
- O auspicious one
- kuputraḥ
- bad son [ku + putraḥ = kuputraḥ, consonant sandhi]
- jāyeta
- may be born
- kvacit
- somewhere
- api
- even
- kumātā
- bad mother [ku + mātā = kumātā, consonant sandhi]
- na
- not
- bhavati
- exists
Meaning
The devotee acknowledges that while the Goddess has many sincere devotees, they are fickle and neglectful, yet affirm that the Goddess, as a compassionate mother, never abandons her children.