निधिप्रवरमुख्यौ च शङ्खपद्मौ धनेश्वरौ। सर्वान्निधीन्प्रगृह्याथ उपास्तां वै धनेश्वरम्
The foremost treasures, Śaṅkha and Padma, the lords of wealth, having gathered all treasures, serve the lord of wealth.
सा सभा तादृशी रम्या मया दृष्टान्तरिक्षगा। पितामहसभां राजन्कीर्तयिष्ये निबोध ताम्
Such a splendid assembly, moving in the sky, I have seen; O king, I will describe to you the assembly of the Grandfather, listen to it.
पितामहसभां तात कथ्यमानां निबोध मे। शक्यते या न निर्देष्टुमेवंरूपेति भारत
O father, listen to my account of the Grandfather's assembly, which cannot be described as it truly is, O Bhārata.
पुरा देवयुगे राजन्नादित्यो भगवान्दिवः। आगच्छन्मानुषं लोकं दिदृक्षुर्विगतक्लमः
Once, in the age of the gods, O king, the blessed Āditya, free from fatigue, came from heaven desiring to see the human world.
चरन्मानुषरूपेण सभां दृष्ट्वा स्वयम्भुवः। स तामकथयन्मह्यं दृष्ट्वा तत्त्वेन पाण्डव
Wandering in human form, he saw the assembly of Svayambhu; having seen it in truth, he described it to me, O Pāṇḍava.
अप्रमेयां सभां दिव्यां मानसीं भरतर्षभ। अनिर्देश्यां प्रभावेण सर्वभूतमनोरमाम्
That immeasurable, divine, mind-born assembly, O best of Bharatas, indescribable in its splendor, delightful to all beings.
श्रुत्वा गुणानहं तस्याः सभायाः पाण्डवर्षभ। दर्शनेप्सुस्तथा राजन्नादित्यमिदमब्रुवम्
Hearing the virtues of that assembly, O best of the Pāṇḍavas, desiring to see it, I spoke thus to Āditya.
भगवन्द्रष्टुमिच्छामि पितामहसभां शुभाम्। येन वा तपसा शक्या कर्मणा वाऽपि गोपते
Blessed one, I wish to see the auspicious assembly of the Grandfather, whether by austerity or by action, O lord of cattle.
औषधैर्या तथा युक्तैरुत्तमा पापनाशिनी। तन्ममाचक्ष्व भगवन्पश्येयं तां सभां यथा
By medicines or by suitable means, supreme and destroyer of evil, tell me, blessed one, how I may see that assembly.
स तन्मम वचः श्रुत्वा सहस्रांशुर्दिवाकरः। प्रोवाच भारतश्रेष्ठ व्रतं वर्षसहस्रकम्
Hearing my words, the thousand-rayed sun spoke, O best of Bharatas: 'A vow of a thousand years.'
ब्रह्मव्रतमुपास्स्व त्वं प्रयतेनान्तरात्मना। ततोऽहं हिमवत्पृष्ठे समारब्दो महाव्रतम्
Undertake the vow of Brahman, with inner purity and devotion; then I began a great vow on the slopes of the Himalaya.
ततः स भगवान्सूर्यो मामुपादाय वीर्यवान्। आगच्छत्तां सभां ब्राह्मीं विपाप्मा विगतक्लमः ?
Then that glorious Sun, full of power, took me up and brought me to that assembly of Brahman, free from sin and fatigue.
एवंरूपेति सा शक्या न निर्देष्टुं नराधिप। क्षणेन हि बिभर्त्यन्यदनिर्देश्यं वपुस्तथा
Such is her form, O king, that she cannot be described; for in a moment she assumes another, equally indescribable body.
न वेद परिमाणं वा संस्थानं चापि भारत। न च रूपं मया तादृक् दृष्टपूर्वं कदाचन
Neither her measure nor her shape is known, O Bhārata; nor have I ever before seen such a form as hers.
सुसुखा सा सदा राजन्न शीता न च घर्मदा। न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिं प्राप्यतां प्राप्तुवन्त्युत
She is ever delightful, O king, neither cold nor causing heat; there is no hunger, thirst, or fatigue to be found there.
नानारूपैरिव कृता मणिभिः सा सुभास्वरैः। स्तम्भैर्न च धृता सा तु शाश्वती न च सा क्षरा
She seems made of many forms, like gems of splendid brilliance; she is not supported by pillars, she is eternal and does not decay.
दिव्यैर्नानाविधैर्भावैर्भासद्भिरमितप्रभैः
With divine and manifold forms, shining with boundless radiance,
अति चन्द्रं च सूर्यं च शिखिनं च स्वयम्प्रभा। दीप्यते नाकपृष्ठस्था भर्त्सयन्वीव भास्करम्
She outshines the moon, the sun, and fire by her own light; she blazes on the summit of heaven, as if rebuking the sun.
तस्यां स भगवानास्ते विदधद्देवमायया। स्वयमेकोऽनिशं राजन्सर्वलोकपितामहः
There, the Blessed Lord abides, performing his divine magic; he alone, unceasingly, O king, is the grandsire of all worlds.
उपतिष्ठन्ति चाप्येनं प्रजानां पतयः प्रभुम्। दक्षः प्रचेताः पुलहो मरीचिः कश्यपः प्रभुः
And to him approach the lords of beings, as their master: Daksha, Prachetas, Pulaha, Marichi, and the mighty Kasyapa.
भृगुरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च गौतमोऽथ तथाङ्गिराः। पुलस्त्यश्च कतुश्चैव प्रह्लादः कर्दमस्तथा
Bhrigu, Atri, Vasistha, Gautama, and also Angiras; Pulastya, Kratu, Prahlada, and likewise Kardama.
अथर्वाङ्गिरसश्चैव वालखिल्या सरीचिपाः। मनोऽन्तरिक्षं विद्याश्च वायुस्तेजो जलं मही
Atharvan and Angiras as well, the Valakhilyas and the Saricipas; Mind, Space, Knowledge, Wind, Light, Water, and Earth.
शब्दस्पर्शौ तथा रूपं रसो गन्धश्च भारत। प्रकृतिश्च विकारश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं भुवः
Sound and touch, form, taste, and smell, O Bhārata; nature and transformation, and whatever else is the cause of the world.
अगस्त्यश्च महातेजा मार्कण्डेयश्च वीर्यवान्। जमदग्निर्भरद्वाजः संवर्तश्च्यवनस्तथा
Agastya, of great splendor, Markandeya, full of might; Jamadagni, Bharadvaja, Samvarta, and also Cyavana.
दुर्वासाश्च महाभाग ऋष्णशृङ्गश्च धार्मिकः। सनत्कुमारो भगवान्योगाचार्यो महातपाः
Durvasa, greatly blessed, Rishyasringa, righteous; the venerable Sanatkumara, master of yoga, great in austerity.
असितो देवलश्चैव जैगीषव्यश्च तत्त्ववित्। ऋषभो जितशत्रुश्च महावीर्यस्तथा मणिः
Asita and Devala, and Jaigishavya, knower of truth; Rishabha, Jitashatru, mighty in valor, and likewise Mani.
आयुर्वेदस्तथाऽष्टाङ्गो देहवांस्तत्र भारत। चन्द्रमाः सह नक्षत्रैरादित्यश्च गभस्तिमान्
Ayurveda, with its eight branches, embodied there, O Bhārata; the Moon with the stars, and the radiant Sun.
वायवः क्रतवश्चैव सङ्कल्पः प्राण एव च। मूर्तिमन्तो महात्मानो महाव्रतपरायणाः
The winds, the sacrifices, resolve, and indeed life-breath itself; all embodied, great-souled, devoted to great vows.
एते चान्ये च बहवो ब्रह्माणं समुपस्थिताः। अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च हर्षो द्वेषस्तपो दमः
These and many others have come before Brahmā: wealth, righteousness, desire, joy, aversion, austerity, and self-restraint.
आयान्ति तस्यां सहिता गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः। विंशतिः सप्त चैवान्ये लोकपालाश्च सर्वशः
There also arrive, together in that place, hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases, twenty-seven others, and all the guardians of the worlds.