हिरण्याक्षप्रभृतयो दानवेन्द्रा महोरगाः
Hiraṇyākṣa and others, the chiefs of the Dānavas and great serpents.
स्वायंभुवो मनुः पूर्वं ततः स्वारोचिषोऽभवत्
First was Svāyambhuva Manu; after him came Svārociṣa.
वैवस्वतोऽयमधुना वर्तते मनुरुत्तमः
Now, the excellent Manu Vaivasvata is reigning.
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा एकादश तथाश्विनौ
The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras—eleven in number—and the two Aśvins.
विप्रचित्तिहिरण्याख्यौ दैत्यदानवसत्तमौ
Vipracitti and Hiraṇya, foremost among the Daityas and Dānavas.
पञ्चाशद्गुणितकोटियोजनानां महत्तया 4.2.
With a greatness measuring fifty crore yojanas multiplied.
पिण्डेन च सहस्राणि सप्ततिर्जलमध्यतः
And with seventy thousand spheres in the midst of water.
लोका लोकः परतरः पर्वतोऽग्रमहोच्छ्रयः
Worlds, a world beyond, and a mountain of highest summit.
नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिकस्तथैवात्यन्तिको लयः
There is dissolution: occasional, natural, and absolute.
उत्पद्यते स्वयं यस्मात्तत्तस्मिन्नेव लीयते
Whatever arises spontaneously, dissolves into that very same.
यथर्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये
Just as seasonal signs, of various forms, appear in turn.
प्रतिलीनेषु भूतेषु विबुद्धः सकलं जगत्
When the elements are dissolved, the whole world awakens.
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते
Violent and gentle, soft and harsh, dharma and adharma, truth and untruth.
भूर्दशगुणेन पयसा संवृता तच्च तेजसा
The earth is enveloped tenfold by water, and that by fire.
भूतादिना तथाकाशं भूतादिर्महतावृतः
Beginning with the elements, so too space; the elements are covered by the great.
एवं विधानामण्डानां सहस्राणि शतानि च 4.2.
In this way, hundreds and thousands of such spheres exist.
वैकुण्ठकोष्ठगतमेतदशेषतायां ख्यातं जगत्सुरनरोरगसिद्धनद्धम्
This is known as the world, filled with gods, humans, serpents, siddhas, and bound beings, situated in the Vaikuṇṭha chamber in its entirety.
मायादर्शनवर्णनम् कीदृशी कृष्ण सा माया विष्णोरमिततेजसः
Description of the vision of Māyā.
वासुदेवः सगरुडः सचक्रश्च श्रिया सह
What kind of Māyā is that, O Kṛṣṇa, belonging to Viṣṇu of boundless brilliance?
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामः कुंडलाभ्यां विभूषितः
Vāsudeva, with Garuḍa and the discus, together with Śrī.
तस्य द्रष्टुमथाभ्यागान्नारदो मुनिसत्तमः
Dark as a blue lotus petal, adorned with two earrings.
संशयं परिपृच्छामि भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि
To see him, Nārada, the foremost sage, approached.
तस्या दर्शय मे रूपं मायायाः पुरुषोत्तम
O Supreme Person, show me the form of that illusion.
आब्रह्मस्तंबपर्यंतं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
From Brahma down to a blade of grass, with all the gods, demons, and humans—
एवमुक्तस्तु मुनिना देवदेवो जनार्दनः
Thus addressed by the sage, the god of gods, Janardana,
भूयोऽपि मोहयामास सोमग्राहेण नारदम्
Again deluded Narada by means of the lunar eclipse.
मायां दर्शय मे देव नान्यदस्ति प्रयोजनम् 4.3.
O god, show me the illusion; there is no other purpose.
अडुल्यग्रेण संगृह्य नारदं मुनि पुङ्गवम्
Seizing Narada, the foremost of sages, by the tip of his garment,
ऋग्वेदसदृशः साक्षाद्विष्णुर्ब्रह्मवदास्थितः
Vishnu, standing there like Brahma, appeared exactly as described in the Rigveda,
शिखी कमंडलुधृतो मृगचर्मोपवीतकः
With a topknot, holding a water-pot, wearing a deerskin as his sacred thread,