तस्मिन्युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते चायुषः क्षये। अनावृष्टिर्महाराज जायते बहुवार्षिकी
At the end of a thousand ages, when the span of life is exhausted, O great king, a long drought arises.
ततस्तान्यल्पसाराणि सत्वानि क्षुधितानि वै। प्रलयं यान्ति भूयिष्ठं पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते
Then, those creatures with little strength, afflicted by hunger, mostly perish upon the earth, O lord of the earth.
ततो दिनकरैर्दीप्तैः सप्तभिर्मनुजाधिप। पीयते सलिलं सर्वं समुद्रेषु सरित्सु च
Afterwards, O ruler of men, the seven blazing suns drink up all the water from the oceans and rivers.
यच्च रकाष्ठं तृणं चापि शुष्कं चार्द्रं च भारत। सर्वं तद्भस्मसाद्भूतं दृश्यते भरतर्षभ
Whatever is wood, grass, dry or moist, O descendant of Bharata, all is seen to become ashes.
ततः संवर्तको वह्निर्वायुना सह भारत। लोकमाविशते पूर्वमादित्यैरुपशोषितम्
Then, O Bharata, the fire of destruction, together with the wind, enters the world, which has already been dried up by the suns.
ततः स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा प्रविश्य च रसातलम्। रदेवदानवयक्षाणां भयं जनयते महत्
That fire, breaking through the earth and entering the underworld, causes great fear among the gods, demons, and yakshas.
निरदहन्नागलोकं च यच्च किंचित्क्षिताविह। अधस्तात्पृथिवीपाल सर्वं नाशयते क्षणात्
Burning the realm of nagas and whatever else exists below the earth, O protector of the earth, it destroys everything in an instant.
ततो योजनविंशानां सहस्राणि शतानि च। निर्दहत्यशिवो वायुः स च संवर्तकोऽनलः
Then, the wind and the destructive fire burn hundreds of thousands of yojanas.
सदेवासुरगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम्। ततो दहति दीप्तः स सर्वमेव जगद्विभुः
That blazing lord burns all the worlds, including gods, demons, gandharvas, yakshas, nagas, and rakshasas.
ततो गजकुलप्रख्यास्तजिन्मालाविभूषिताः। उत्तिष्ठन्ति महामेघा नभस्यद्भुतदर्शनाः
Then, great clouds, adorned with rows of elephant-like forms and skins, rise up in the sky, wondrous to behold.
केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः। केचित्किञ्जल्कसंकाशाः केचित्पीताः पयोधराः
Some are dark like blue lotuses, some resemble white water lilies, some are like pollen, and some are yellow like rain-bearing clouds.
केचिद्धारिद्रसंकाशाः कारण्डवनिभास्तथा। केचित्कमलपत्राभाः केचिद्धिङ्गुलसप्रभाः
Some are like turmeric, some resemble ducks, some have the hue of lotus petals, and some shine like red arsenic.
केचित्पुरवराकाराः केचिद्गजकुलोपमाः। केचिदञ्जनसंकाशाः केचिन्मकरसन्निभाः
Some are shaped like city fortresses, some resemble herds of elephants, some are dark like collyrium, and some are like crocodiles.
विद्युन्मालापिनद्धाङ्गाः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति वै घनाः। घोररूपा महाराज घोरस्वननिनादिताः
Clouds, their bodies bound with garlands of lightning, rise up, O king, terrifying in form and resounding with dreadful noise.
ततो जलघराः सर्वं व्याप्नुवनति नभस्तलम्। `गर्जन्तः पृथिवीपाल पृथिवीधरसन्निभाः
Then, the rain clouds, covering the entire sky, roar, O protector of the earth, resembling the mountains of the earth.
तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सपर्वतवनाकरा। आपूर्यते महाराज सलिलौघपरिप्लुता
By them, O great king, the whole earth, with its mountains, forests, and lakes, is filled and flooded by torrents of water.
ततस्ते जलदा घोरा राविणः पुरुषर्षभ। पर्वतान्प्लावयन्त्याशु चोदिताः परमेष्ठिना
Then those fierce, thunderous clouds, O best of men, urged by the supreme lord, quickly inundate the mountains.
वर्षमाणा महत्तोयं पूरयन्तो वसुंधराम्। सुघोरमशिवं रौद्रं नाशयनति च पावकम्
Pouring forth great waters and flooding the earth, they destroy the fire, terrifying, inauspicious, and fierce.
ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि पयोदास्त उपप्लवे। धाराभिः पूरयन्तो वै चोद्यमाना महात्मना
Then, for twelve years, the clouds poured down torrents of rain, driven on by the great soul.
ततः समुद्रः स्वां वेलामतिक्रामति भारत। पर्वताश्च विदीर्यन्ते मही चापि विदीर्यते
After that, O Bharata, the ocean overflows its shores, mountains are rent asunder, and the earth itself is split.
सर्वतः सहसा भ्रान्तास्ते पयोदा नभस्तलम्। संवेष्टयित्वा नश्यन्ति वायुवेगपराहताः
Suddenly, those clouds, whirling everywhere, envelop the sky and are destroyed, struck by the force of the wind.
कततस्तं मारुतं घोरं स्वयंभूर्मनुजाधिप। आदिः पद्मालयो देवः पीत्वा स्वपिति भारत
Then, O king of men, the Self-born Lord, the god whose abode is the lotus, drinks in that terrible wind and sleeps.
तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे। नष्टे देवासुरगणए यक्षराक्षसवर्जिते
In that dreadful single ocean, with all that is moving and unmoving destroyed, with gods, asuras, yakshas, and rakshasas gone,
निर्मनुष्ये महीपाल निःश्वापदमहीरुहे। अनन्तरिक्षे लोकेऽस्मिन्भ्रमाम्येकोऽहमातुरः
With no humans, O protector of the earth, no beasts or trees, in that world without sky, I wandered alone, afflicted.
एकार्णवे जले घोरे विचरन्पार्थिवोत्तम। अपश्यन्सर्वभूतानि वैक्लब्यमगमं ततः
Roaming in that terrible, single ocean, O best of kings, seeing no living beings, I fell into despair.
ततः सुदीर्घं गत्वाऽहं प्लवमानो धराधिप। श्रान्तः क्वचिन्न शरणं लब्धवानस्म्यतन्द्रितः
Then, after journeying for a very long time, floating, O lord of the earth, weary but ever alert, I found no refuge anywhere.
ततः कदाचित्पश्यामि तस्मिन्सलिलसंनिघौ। न्यग्रोधं सुमहान्तं वै विशालं पृथिवीपते
Then, at some moment, I saw, near those waters, a great and vast banyan tree, O king.
शाखायां तस्य वृक्षस्य विस्तीर्णायां नराधिप। पर्यङ्के पृथिवीपाल दिव्यास्तरणसंस्तृते
On a broad branch of that tree, O ruler of men, there was a couch spread with divine coverings.
उपविष्टं महाराज पद्मेन्दुसदृशाननम्। फुल्लपद्मविशालाक्षं बालं पश्यामि भारत
Seated there, O great king, I saw a child with a face like the moon and lotus, with wide eyes like blossoming lotuses.
ततो मे पृतिवीपाल विस्मयः सुमहाभूत्। कथं त्वयं शिशुः शेते लोके नाशमुपागते
Then, O protector of the earth, I was struck with great wonder: how does this child lie here, when the world has perished?