पुंसः परतरं सर्वं व्याप्य जन्म विकल्पवत् शब्दादिहीनम् अजरं वृद्धिक्षयविवर्जितम्
You pervade everything beyond man, with birth and variety, devoid of sound and the senses, ageless, free from growth and decay.
त्वत्तो ऽमरास् तु पितरो यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसाः सिद्धाश् चाप्सरसस् त्वत्तो मनुष्याः पशवः खगाः
From you arise the immortals, ancestors, yakshas, gandharvas, rakshasas, siddhas, apsaras, humans, animals, and birds.
सरीसृपा मृगाः सर्वे त्वत्तश् चैव महीरुहाः यच् च भूतं भविष्यद् वा किंचिद् अत्र चराचरे
All reptiles and beasts, and likewise the great trees, whatever exists or will exist, whether moving or unmoving, comes from you.
अमूर्तं मूर्तम् अथवा स्थूलं सूक्ष्मतरं तथा तत् सर्वं त्वं जगत्कर्तर् नास्ति किंचित् त्वया विना
Whether formless or with form, gross or most subtle, all that is, you are the creator of the world; nothing exists apart from you.
मया संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् भ्रमता भगवन् सदा तापत्रयाभिभूतेन न प्राप्ता निर्वृतिः क्वचित्
O Lord, as I have wandered in this cycle of worldly existence, always afflicted by the threefold miseries, I have never found true peace anywhere.
दुःखान्य् एव सुखानीति मृगतृष्णाजलाशयः मया नाथ गृहीतानि तानि तापाय मे ऽभवन्
Master, I have taken sufferings as if they were pleasures, like water in a mirage, but these have only brought me pain.
राज्यम् उर्वी बलं कोशो मित्रपक्षस् तथात्मजाः भार्या भृत्यजना ये च शब्दाद्या विषयाः प्रभो
O Lord, kingdom, land, power, treasury, friends and allies, sons, wife, servants, and all objects of the senses such as sound—
सुखबुद्ध्या मया सर्वं गृहीतम् इदम् अव्यय परिणामे च देवेश तापात्मकम् अभून् मम
I have accepted all these as sources of happiness, thinking them imperishable, but in the end, O Lord of gods, they became sources of suffering for me.
देवलोकगतिं प्राप्तो नाथ देवगणो ऽपि हि मत्तः साहाय्यकामो ऽभूच् छाश्वती कुत्र निर्वृतिः
Even after attaining the realm of the gods, O Lord, the hosts of gods sought my help; where, then, is lasting peace to be found?
त्वाम् अनाराध्य जगतां सर्वेषां प्रभवास्पदम् शाश्वती प्राप्यते केन परमेश्वर निर्वृतिः
O Supreme Lord, without worshipping you, the source of all creation, who can attain eternal peace?
त्वन्मायामूढमनसो जन्ममृत्युजरादिकान् अवाप्य पापान् पश्यन्ति प्रेतराजानम् अन्तरा
Those whose minds are deluded by your māyā, after undergoing birth, death, old age, and the rest, commit sins and see the lord of the dead in between.
ततः पाशशतैर् बद्धा नरकेष्व् अतिदारुणम् प्राप्नुवन्ति महद् दुःखं विश्वरूपम् इदं तव
Then, bound by hundreds of fetters, they suffer terribly in hells, experiencing great pain—this, O Lord, is your universal form.
अहम् अत्यन्तविषयी मोहितस् तव मायया ममत्वागाधगर्तान्ते भ्रमामि परमेश्वर
I, being extremely attached to sense objects, have been deluded by your māyā, O Supreme Lord, and wander at the bottom of the deep pit of possessiveness.
सो ऽहं त्वां शरणम् अपारम् ईशम् ईड्यं संप्राप्तः परमपदं यतो न किंचित् संसारश्रमपरितापतप्तचेता निर्विण्णे परिणतधाम्नि साभिलाषः
Thus, I have come to you, the boundless, praiseworthy Lord, as my refuge—where there is no trace of worldly toil or suffering, my mind weary and longing for the supreme state.
इत्थं स्तुतस् तदा तेन मुचुकुन्देन धीमता प्राहेशः सर्वभूतानाम् अनादिनिधनो हरिः
Thus praised by the wise Mucukunda, the eternal Lord Hari, master of all beings, spoke.
यथाभिवाञ्छितांल् लोकान् दिव्यान् गच्छ नरेश्वर अव्याहतपरैश्वर्यो मत्प्रसादोपबृंहितः
O king, go to the celestial worlds as you desire, endowed with unobstructed sovereignty, increased by my grace.
भुक्त्वा दिव्यान् महाभोगान् भविष्यसि महाकुले जातिस्मरो मत्प्रसादात् ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्स्यसि
After enjoying great divine pleasures, you will be born in a noble family, retaining memory of your past lives by my grace, and then you will attain liberation.
इत्य् उक्तः प्रणिपत्येशं जगताम् अच्युतं नृपः गुहामुखाद् विनिष्क्रान्तो ददृशे सो ऽल्पकान् नरान्
Thus addressed, the king bowed to the infallible Lord of the worlds, and, departing from the cave's mouth, saw only a few men.
ततः कलियुगं ज्ञात्वा प्राप्तं तप्तुं ततो नृपः नरनारायणस्थानं प्रययौ गन्धमादनम्
Then, realizing that the Kali age had arrived, the king went to Gandhamādana, the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, to perform austerities.
कृष्णो ऽपि घातयित्वारिम् उपायेन हि तद्बलम् जग्राह मथुराम् एत्य हस्त्यश्वस्यन्दनोज्ज्वलम्
Krishna, by strategy, destroyed the enemy's forces, and, coming to Mathurā, took possession of splendid elephants, horses, and chariots.
आनीय चोग्रसेनाय द्वारवत्यां न्यवेदयत् पराभिभवनिःशङ्कं बभूव च यदोः कुलम्
Bringing them to Ugrasena in Dvārakā, he presented them; and the Yadu clan became fearless of defeat.
बलदेवो ऽपि विप्रेन्द्राः प्रशान्ताखिलविग्रहः ज्ञातिदर्शनसोत्कण्ठः प्रययौ नन्दगोकुलम्
O best of Brahmins, Balarāma, having pacified all conflicts and longing to see his relatives, went to Nandagokula.
ततो गोपाश् च गोप्यश् च यथापूर्वम् अमित्रजित् तथैवाभ्यवदत् प्रेम्णा बहुमानपुरःसरम्
Then the cowherds and the cowherd women, as before, were addressed by Amitrajit with affection and deep respect.
कैश् चापि संपरिष्वक्तः कांश्चित् स परिषस्वजे हासं चक्रे समं कैश्चिद् गोपगोपीजनैस् तथा
Some embraced him, and he embraced some; with others, he shared laughter together, along with the cowherd men and women.
प्रियाण्य् अनेकान्य् अवदन् गोपास् तत्र हलायुधम् गोप्यश् च प्रेममुदिताः प्रोचुः सेर्ष्यम् अथापराः
The cowherds spoke many loving words to Halāyudha there, and the cowherd women, joyful with love, spoke as well, while others spoke with jealousy.
गोप्यः पप्रच्छुर् अपरा नागरीजनवल्लभः कच्चिद् आस्ते सुखं कृष्णश् चलत्प्रेमरसाकुलः
Other cowherd women asked, 'O beloved of the city women, does Krishna, whose heart is restless with the movement of love, dwell happily?'
अस्मच्चेष्टोपहसनं न कच्चित् पुरयोषिताम् सौभाग्यमानम् अधिकं करोति क्षणसौहृदः
'Does Krishna, even for a moment of friendship, mock our actions and thereby increase the pride of fortune among the city women?'
कच्चित् स्मरति नः कृष्णो गीतानुगमनं कृतम् अप्य् असौ मातरं द्रष्टुं सकृद् अप्य् आगमिष्यति
'Does Krishna remember our following him in song? Will he ever come, even once, to see his mother?'
अथवा किं तदालापैः क्रियन्ताम् अपराः कथाः यद् अस्माभिर् विना तेन विनास्माकं भविष्यति
'But what use are such conversations? Let us speak of other things, for just as we are without him, so he will be without us.'
पिता माता तथा भ्राता भर्ता बन्धुजनश् च कः न त्यक्तस् तत्कृते श्माभिर् अकृतज्ञस् ततो हि सः
'For his sake, who among us has not abandoned father, mother, brother, husband, and kin? He is ungrateful, therefore so are we.'