Seeing the cheerless Parvata kneeling before him with joined palms, Narada, himself more disspirited, said to him.-You had cursed me first, saying,-Be you a monkey!-After you had said so to me, I cursed you from anger, saying,-From this day you will not live in heaven. You should not have done so, since you are like a son to me.-The two saints then released each other from their mutual curses.
तमुवाचा ततो दृष्ट्वा पर्वतं नारदस्तथा॥ कृताञ्जलिमुपासीनं दीनं दीनतरः स्वयम्। त्वयाहं प्रथमं शप्तो वानरस्त्वं भविष्यसि॥ इत्युक्तेन मया पश्चाच्छप्तस्त्वमपि मत्सरात्। अधप्रभृति वै वासं स्वर्गे नावाप्स्यसीति ह॥ तव नैतद्धि विसदृशं पुत्रस्थाने हि मे भवान्। न्यवर्तयेतां तौ शापावन्योन्येन तदा मुनी॥