यद्यत्र न रुचिः काचिदेहि गच्छाव मातले । तं नयिष्यामि देशं त्वां वरं यत्रोपलप्स्यसे
If you do not find any place pleasing, Matali, let us go; I will take you to a land where you will obtain your desired boon.
इदं रसातलं नाम सप्तमं पृथिवीतलम्। यत्रास्ते सुरभिर्माता गवाममृतसंभवा
This is called Rasatala, the seventh layer of the earth, where Surabhi, the mother of cows born from nectar, resides.
क्षरन्ती सततं क्षीरं पृथिवीसारसंभवम् । षण्णं रसानां सारेण रसमेकमनुत्तमम्
She constantly pours forth milk, originating from the essence of the earth; with the essence of the six tastes, she produces a single, supreme flavor.
अमृतेनाभितृप्तस्य सारमुद्गिरतः पुरा। पितामहस्य वदनादुदतिष्ठदनिन्दिता
Long ago, when Pitamaha was fully satisfied by nectar, its essence flowed from his mouth, and she arose, faultless.
यस्याः क्षीरस्य धाराया निपतन्त्या महीतले। ह्रदः कृतः क्षीरनिधिः पवित्रं परमुच्यते
From the stream of her milk falling upon the earth, a lake was formed, a reservoir of milk, which is called supremely pure.
पुष्पितस्येव फेनेन पर्यन्तमनुवेष्टितम्। पिबन्तो निवसन्त्यत्र फेनपा मुनिसत्तमाः
Its edges are surrounded by foam, as if blossoming; the best of sages dwell here, drinking and living on the foam.
फेनपा नाम ते ख्याताः फेनाहाराश्च मातले। उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्ते येषां बिभ्यति देवताः
They are known as the Phenapas, Matali, those who subsist on foam; they practice intense austerities, and even the gods fear them.
अस्याश्चतस्रो धेन्वोऽन्या दिक्षु सर्वासु मातले। निवसन्ति दिशां पाल्यो धारयन्त्योदिशःस्म ताः
There are four other cows of hers, Matali, dwelling in all directions; they guard the quarters and sustain the regions.
पूर्वां दिशं धारयते सुरूपा नाम सौरभी । दक्षिणां हंसिका कनाम धारयत्यपरां दिशम्
Surūpā, called Saurabhī, holds the eastern direction; Haṃsikā, named Kanāma, holds the southern direction.
पश्चिमा वारुणी दिक्च धार्यते वै सुभद्रया। महानुभावया नित्यं मातले विश्वरूपया
Subhadrā, of great power and always manifesting all forms, holds the western direction, O Mātali.
सर्वकामदुघा नाम धेनुर्धारयते दिशम्। उत्तरां मातले धर्म्यां तथैलविलसंश्रिताम्
The cow named Sarvakāmadughā holds the northern direction, O Mātali, which is righteous and adorned with oil.
आसां त पयसा मिश्रं पयो निर्मथ्य सागरे । मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा देवैरसुरसंहितैः
From their milk, mixed together, milk was churned in the ocean, using Mandara as the churning rod, by the gods allied with the asuras.
अद्धृता वारुणी लक्ष्मीरमृतं चापि मातले। उच्चैःश्रवाश्चाश्वराजो मणिरत्नं च कौस्तुभम्
Vāruṇī, Lakṣmī, and nectar were obtained, O Mātali; Uccaiḥśravā, the king of horses, and the Kaustubha jewel were also produced.
सुधाहारेषु च सुधां स्वधाभोजिषु च स्वधाम्। अमृतं चामृताशेषु सुरभी क्षरते पयः
Among streams of nectar, nectar flows; among those who eat svadhā, svadhā flows; and among the immortal ones, Surabhī pours forth milk.
अत्र गाथा पुरा गीता रसातलनिवासिभिः । पौराणी श्रूयते लोके गीयते या मनीषिभिः
Here, a song was sung long ago by the dwellers of the netherworld; an ancient verse is heard in the world, sung by the wise.
न नागलोके न स्वर्गे न विमाने त्रिविष्टपे। परिवासः सुखस्तादृक् रसातलतले यथा
Neither in the world of nāgas, nor in heaven, nor in the celestial city Triviṣṭapa, is there such happiness of residence as in the netherworld.
इयं भोगवती नाम पुरी वासुकिपालिता। यादृशी देवराजस्य पुरी वर्याऽमरावती
This city is called Bhogavatī, guarded by Vāsuki; it is as splendid as Amarāvatī, the city of the king of gods.
एष शेषः स्थितो नागो येनेयं धार्यते सदा। तपसा लोकमुख्येन प्रभावसहिता मही
This is Śeṣa, the serpent, by whom this earth is always supported, endowed with power through asceticism, the foremost in the worlds.
श्वेताचलनिभाकारो दिव्याभरणभूषितः । सहस्रं धारयन्मूर्ध्नां ज्वालाजिह्वो महाबलः
He has the appearance of the white mountain, adorned with divine ornaments, bearing a thousand heads, with flaming tongues and immense strength.
इह नानाविधाकारा नानाविधविभूषणाः। सुरसायाः सुता नागा निवसन्ति गतव्यथाः
Here, the sons of Surasā, the nāgas, dwell free from sorrow, of various forms and adorned with various ornaments.
मणिस्वस्तिकचक्राङ्काः कमण्डलुकलक्षणाः। सहस्रसंख्या बलिन सर्वे रौद्राः स्वभावतः
Marked with jewels, svastikas, and wheels, and characterized by water pots, all are mighty, numbering in thousands, and fierce by nature.
सहस्रशिरसः केचित्केचित्पञ्चशताननाः । शतशीर्षास्तथा केचित्केचित्रिशिरसोऽपि च
Some have a thousand heads, some five hundred faces, some a hundred heads, and some even three heads.
द्विपञ्चशिरसः केचित्केचित्सप्तसुखास्तथा। महाभोगा महाकायाः पर्वताभोगभोगिनः
Some have fifty heads, some seven happy ones; they are of great hoods and great bodies, and their coils resemble mountains.
बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। नागानामेकवंशानां यथाश्रेष्ठं तु मे श्रुणु
Here are many thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of millions of nāgas of one lineage; hear from me the foremost among them.
वासुकिस्तक्षकश्चैव कर्कोटकधनञ्जयौ। कालीयो नहुषश्चैव कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ
Vāsuki, Takṣaka, Karkoṭaka, Dhanañjaya, Kāliya, Nahuṣa, and both Kambala and Aśvatara.
बाह्यकुण्डो मणिर्नागस्तथैवापूरणः खगः। वामनश्चैलपत्रश्च कुकुरः कुकुणस्तथा
Bāhyakuṇḍa, Maṇi, Nāga, Apūraṇa, Khaga, Vāmana, Ailapatra, Kukura, and Kukuṇa as well.
आर्यको नन्दकश्चैव तथा कलशपोतकौ । कैलासकः पिञ्जरको नागश्चैरावतस्तथा
Āryaka and Nandaka, as well as Kalaśapota and Kailāsaka, Piñjaraka, Nāga, and also Airāvata;
सुमनोमुखो दधिमुखः शङ्खो नन्दोपनन्दकौ । आप्तः कोटरकश्चैव शिखी निष्ठूरिकस्तथा
Sumanomukha, Dadhimukha, Śaṅkha, Nandopānandaka, Āpta, Koṭaraka, Śikhī, and Niṣṭhūrika;
तित्तिरिर्हस्तिभद्रश्च कुमुदो माल्यपिण्डकः। द्वौ पद्मौ पुण्डरीकश्च पुष्पो मुद्गरपर्णकः
Tittiri, Hastibhadra, Kumuda, Mālyapiṇḍaka, two named Padma, Puṇḍarīka, Puṣpa, and Mudgaraparṇaka;
करवीरः पीठरकः संवृत्तो वृत्त एव च। पिण्डारो बिल्वपत्रश्च मूषिकादः शिरीषकः
Karavīra, Pīṭharaka, Saṃvṛtta, Vṛtta, Piṇḍāra, Bilvapatra, Mūṣikāda, and Śirīṣaka;