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;
दिलीपः शङ्खशीर्षश्च ज्योतिष्कोऽथापराजितः । कौरव्यो धृतराष्ट्रश्च कुहुरः कृशकस्तथा
Dilīpa, Śaṅkhaśīrṣa, Jyotiṣka, Aparājita, Kauravya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Kuhura, and Kṛśaka;
विरजा धारणश्चैव सुबाहुर्मुखरो जयः । बधिरान्धौ विशुण्डिश्च विरसः सुरसस्तथा
Virajā, Dhāraṇa, Subāhu, Mukhara, Jaya, Badhira, Andha, Viśuṇḍi, Virasa, and Surasa;
एते चान्ये च बहवः कश्यपस्यात्मजाः स्मृताः । मातले पश्य यद्यत्र कश्चित्ते रोचते वरः
These and many others are remembered as the sons of Kaśyapa. Mātali, see if there is anyone among them whom you find agreeable.
मातलिस्त्वेकमव्यग्रः सततं संनिरीक्ष्य वै। पप्रच्छ नारदं तत्र प्रीतिमानिव चाभवत्
But Mātali, unhurried, after observing them all, asked Nārada there, and seemed to be pleased.
स्थितो य एष पुरतः कौरव्यस्यार्यकस्य तु। द्युतिमान्दर्शनीयश्च कस्यैष कुलनन्दनः
Who is this one standing before Āryaka, the Kaurava, radiant and handsome? Whose noble offspring is he?
कः पिता जननी चास्य कतमस्यैष भोगिनः। वंशस्य कस्यैष महान्केतुभूत इव स्थितः
Who is his father and who is his mother? To which of these serpents does he belong? Of what lineage is he, who stands as a great banner?
प्रणिधानेन धैर्येण रूपेण वयसा च मे। मनः प्रविष्टो देवर्षे गुणकेश्याः पतिर्वरः
By his attention, courage, appearance, and age, O divine sage, my mind is drawn to him, the excellent husband for Guṇakeśī.
मातलिं प्रीतमनसं दृष्ट्वा सुमुखदर्शनात्। निवेदयामास तदा माहात्म्यं जन्म कर्म च
Seeing Mātali pleased and with a cheerful face, Nārada then described his greatness, birth, and deeds.
ऐरावतकुले जातः सुमुखो नाम नागराट्। आर्यकस्य मतः पौत्रो दौहित्रो वामनस्य च
Born in the lineage of Airāvata is the serpent-king named Sumukha, considered the grandson of Āryaka and the daughter's son of Vāmana.
एतस्य हि पिता नागश्चिकुरो नाम मातले। नचिराद्वैतनेयेन पञ्चत्वमुपपादितः
His father is the serpent named Cikura, O Mātali, who not long ago was brought to death by Garuḍa.