तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं तयोस्तस्य च भारत। एकार्णवे तदा घोरे त्रैलोक्ये जलतां गते
A terrible battle took place then between those two and him, O Bhārata, in that dreadful single ocean, when the three worlds had become filled with water.
तदभूत्तुमुलं युद्धं वर्षसङ्ख्यासहस्रशः। न च तावसुरौ युद्धे तदा श्रममवापतुः
That battle was tumultuous, lasting for thousands of years, yet those two asuras did not grow weary in the fight.
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तौ दैत्यौ युद्धदुर्मदौ। ऊचतुः प्रीतमनसौ देवं नारायणं प्रभुम्
Then, after a long time, those two daityas, intoxicated by battle, spoke with pleased hearts to the Lord Nārāyaṇa.
प्रीतौ स्वस्तव युद्धेन श्लाघ्यस्त्वं मृत्युरावयोः। आवां जहि न यत्रोर्वा सलिलेन पिरप्लुता
We are pleased with your battle, and you are worthy of praise; let you be our death, but do not slay us where the earth is submerged in water.
हतौ च तव पुत्रत्वं प्राप्नुयाव सुरोत्तम। यो ह्यानां युधि निर्जेता तस्यावां विहितौ सुतौ
And when we are slain, O best of gods, may we obtain the status of your sons; for whoever defeats us in battle, to him we are destined to be sons.
तयोस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा तदा नारायणः प्रभुः। तौ प्रहस्य मृधे दैत्यौ दोर्भ्यां च समपीडयम्
Hearing their words, then the Lord Nārāyaṇa laughed, and in battle seized those two daityas with his arms.
ऊरुभ्यां निधनं चक्रे तावुभौ मधुकैठबौ। तौ हतौ चाप्लुतौ तोये वपुर्भ्यामेकतां गतौ
With his thighs he brought about the destruction of both Madhu and Kaitabha; and when they were slain, they fell into the water, their bodies becoming one.
मेदो मुमुचतुर्दैत्यौ मज्जमानौ जलोर्मिभिः। मेदसा तज्जलं व्याप्तं ताभ्यामन्तर्दधे तदा
As they were sinking, the two daityas released fat, and with the waves of water, that fat spread throughout the water and disappeared.
नारायणश्च भगवानसृजद्विविधाः प्रजाः। दैत्ययोर्मेदसा छन्ना सर्वा राजन्वसुन्धरा
And the blessed Nārāyaṇa created various beings; the whole earth, O king, was covered by the fat of the two daityas.
तदाप्रभृति कौन्तेय मेदिनीति स्मृता मही। प्रभावात्पद्मनाभस्य शाश्वती च कृता नृणाम्
From that time, O son of Kunti, the earth has been called 'Medinī'—because of the power of Padmanābha, she became eternal among men.
प्रादुर्भावसहस्राणि समतीतान्यनेकशः। यथाशक्ति तु वक्ष्यामि शृणु तान्कुरुनन्दन
Thousands of manifestations have passed, in many ways; I will tell you of them as I am able—listen to them, O joy of the Kurus.
पुरा कमलनाभस्य स्वपतः सागराम्भसि। पुष्करे यत्र सम्भूता देवा ऋषिगणैः सह
Long ago, as the lotus-naveled one slept upon the ocean, in the lotus there arose the gods together with groups of sages.
एष पौष्करिको नाम प्रादुर्भावः प्रकीर्तितः। पुराणैः कथ्यते यत्र वेदश्रुतिसमाहितः
This manifestation called 'Pauṣkarika' is proclaimed, which is described in the Purāṇas, where the Vedas and their recitations are established.
वाराहस्तु श्रुतिसुखः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः। यत्र विष्णुः सुरश्रेष्ठो वाराहं रूपमास्थितः
The Varāha manifestation, pleasing to hear, is of the great soul, where Viṣṇu, the best of gods, assumed the form of a boar.
उज्जहार महीं तोयात्सशैलवनकाननाम्। वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुर्दन्तश्चितीमुखः
He lifted up the earth from the waters, along with its mountains, forests, and groves—his feet were the Vedas, his tusks the sacrificial post, his teeth the altar's mouth.
अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः। अहोरात्रेक्षणो दिव्यो वेदाङ्गः श्रुतिभूषणः
His tongue was fire, his hair was darbha grass, his head was Brahman, the great ascetic; his eyes were day and night, divine, his limbs the Vedas, adorned with the sacred utterances.
आज्यनासः स्रुवं तुण्डं सामघोषस्वनो महान्। धर्मसत्यमयः श्रीमान्कर्मविक्रमसत्कृतः
He was resplendent, filled with the sound of the Sāman chants, his mouth an offering ladle, his snout a sacrificial spoon; he was made of righteousness and truth, adorned with glory, and honored for his deeds and valor.
प्रायश्चित्तमुखो धीरः पशुजानुर्महावृषः। औद्गात्रहोमलिङ्गोऽसौ पशुबीजमहौषधिः
His mouth was the gateway to expiation, steadfast and patient, resembling a great bull, compassionate to sacrificial animals; he bore the marks of the Udgātṛ's oblation, the seed of sacrificial beasts, and the essence of sacred herbs.
बाह्यन्तरात्मा मन्त्रास्थिविकृतः सौम्यदर्शनः। वेदिस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्याभिवेगवान्
He was both the inner and outer soul, formed from the power of mantras, gentle in appearance; his shoulders were the altar, his fragrance that of oblations, and he moved swiftly toward offerings to gods and ancestors.
प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान्नानादीक्षाभिरूर्जितः। दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महाशास्त्रमयो महान्
His body was like the eastern sacrificial enclosure, radiant, mighty through various initiations; his heart was the southern quarter, a yogi, vast and composed of great scriptures.
उपाकर्मोष्ठरुचकः प्रावर्ग्यावर्तभूषणः। शालापत्नीसहायो वै मणिशृङ्गसमुच्छ्रितः
He was adorned with the marks of preliminary rites on his lips, decorated with the Prāvargya vessel; accompanied by the wives of the officiating priests, he stood tall with a crest like a jeweled horn.
एवं यज्ञवराहो वै भूत्वा विष्णुः सनातनः। महीं सागरपर्यन्तां सशैलवनकाननाम्
Thus, having assumed the form of the sacrificial boar, the eternal Viṣṇu lifted up the earth, with its mountains, forests, and groves, extending to the ocean's edge.
कार्णवजले भ्रष्टामेकार्णवगतः प्रभुः। मज्जन्तीं सलिले तस्मिन्स्वदेवीं पृथिवीं तदा
When the earth, his own goddess, had fallen into the oceanic waters, the Lord entered the single ocean and saw her sinking in those waters.
उज्जहार विषाणेन मार्गण्डेयस्य पश्यतः। शृङ्गेण यः समुद्धृत्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया
He raised her up with his tusk before Mārkaṇḍeya's eyes; having lifted her with his horn, desiring the welfare of the worlds.
सहस्रशीर्षो देवेशो निर्ममे जगतीं प्रभुः। एवं यज्ञवराहेण भूतभव्यभवात्मना
The Lord, the thousand-headed ruler of the gods, created the earth; thus, by the sacrificial boar, who is the soul of past, present, and future.
उद्धृता पृथिवी देवी पूज्या वै सागराम्बरा। निहता दानवाः सर्वे देवदेवेन विष्णुना
The goddess Earth, clothed in the ocean, was thus raised up and made worthy of worship; all the Dānavas were slain by Viṣṇu, the god of gods.
वाराहः कथितो ह्येष नारसिंहमतो शृणु। यत्र भूत्वा मृगेन्द्रेण हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः
Thus the story of the Boar has been told; now hear of the Man-Lion, in whose form Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain by the lord of beasts.
दैत्येन्द्रो बलवान्त्राजन्सुरारिर्बलगर्वितः। हिरण्यकशिपुर्नाम आसीत्रैलोक्यकण्टकः
The mighty king of the Daityas, enemy of the gods and proud of his strength, named Hiraṇyakaśipu, was a thorn to the three worlds.
दैत्यानामादिपुरुषो वीर्येणाप्रतिमो बली। प्रविश्य जलधं राजंश्चकार तप उत्तमम्
He was the primeval being among the Daityas, unmatched in power and strength; entering the ocean, O king, he performed supreme austerities.
दशवर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च। व्रतोपवासतस्तस्थौ स्याणुमौनव्रतो दृढः
For ten thousand times ten years and five hundred more, he stood firm in vow and fasting, steadfast in the practice of silence and restraint.