ते ऽपि तल्लक्षणद्रव्यकारणानुगता द्विजाः एवम् अव्याकृतात् पूर्वं जायन्ते महदादयः
Those too, O twice-born, follow the characteristics, substances, and causes of that (original); thus, from the unmanifest, the great elements and others are born.
विशेषान्तास् ततस् तेभ्यः संभवन्ति सुरादयः तेभ्यश् च पुत्रास् तेषां तु पुत्राणां परमे सुताः
From those, further distinctions arise, and from them come the gods and others; from them their sons, and from their sons, the supreme offspring.
बीजाद् वृक्षप्ररोहेण यथा नापचयस् तरोः भूतानां भूतसर्गेण नैवास्त्य् अपचयस् तथा
Just as there is no decrease in a tree when it sprouts from a seed, so too, in the creation of beings, there is no diminution.
संनिधानाद् यथाकाशकालाद्याः कारणं तरोः तथैवापरिणामेन विश्वस्य भगवान् हरिः
Just as space, time, and so on, are present by proximity as causes for the tree, so too, by transformation, is the universe (sustained) by the blessed Hari.
व्रीहिबीजे यथा मूलं नालं पत्त्राङ्कुरौ तथा काण्डकोषास् तथा पुष्पं क्षीरं तद्वच् च तण्डुलः
Just as from a grain of rice come the root, stalk, leaves, and sprout, so too the stem, sheath, flower, milk, and likewise the grain.
तुषाः कणाश् च सन्तो वै यान्त्य् आविर्भावम् आत्मनः प्ररोहहेतुसामग्र्यम् आसाद्य मुनिसत्तमाः
The husk and the grains, indeed, come forth from themselves, O best of sages, having obtained the necessary means for sprouting.
तथा कर्मस्व् अनेकेषु देवाद्यास् तनवः स्थिताः विष्णुशक्तिं समासाद्य प्ररोहम् उपयान्ति वै
In the same way, in the many actions, the bodies of gods and others remain; having attained the power of Viṣṇu, they proceed to sprout forth.
स च विष्णुः परं ब्रह्म यतः सर्वम् इदं जगत् जगच् च यो यत्र चेदं यस्मिन् विलयम् एष्यति
And that Viṣṇu is the supreme Brahman, from whom this entire universe arises, and into whom this world will ultimately dissolve.
तद् ब्रह्म परमं धाम सदसत् परमं पदम् यस्य सर्वम् अभेदेन जगद् एतच् चराचरम्
That Brahman is the supreme abode, the highest state beyond being and non-being, by whose indivisible essence this entire world, moving and unmoving, exists.
स एव मूलप्रकृतिर् व्यक्तरूपी जगच् च सः तस्मिन्न् एव लयं सर्वं याति तत्र च तिष्ठति
He alone is the root-prakriti, manifest in form, and He is the world; into Him alone all things dissolve, and in Him they abide.
कर्ता क्रियाणां स च इज्यते क्रतुः स एव तत्कर्मफलं च तस्य यत् युगादि यस्माच् च भवेद् अशेषतो हरेर् न किंचिद् व्यतिरिक्तम् अस्ति तत्
He is the agent of actions, He is worshipped as the sacrifice, He alone is the fruit of that action; from whom the beginning of the age arises, and apart from Hari, nothing whatsoever exists.
तारामयं भगवतः शिशुमाराकृति प्रभोः दिवि रूपं हरेर् यत् तु तस्य पुच्छे स्थितो ध्रुवः
The form of the Lord in the sky, composed of stars, is that of a dolphin; in its tail is fixed Dhruva.
सएष भ्रमन् भ्रामयति चन्द्रादित्यादिकान् ग्रहान् भ्रमन्तम् अनु तं यान्ति नक्षत्राणि च चक्रवत्
He, revolving, causes the revolution of the planets such as the Moon and Sun; the stars follow him as he moves, like spokes in a wheel.
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ तारा नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह वातानीकमयैर् बन्धैर् ध्रुवे बद्धानि तानि वै
The Sun, Moon, stars, and planets, bound to Dhruva by bands made of wind, are indeed fastened there.
शिशुमाराकृति प्रोक्तं यद् रूपं ज्योतिषां दिवि नारायणः परं धाम तस्याधारः स्वयं हृदि
That form in the sky of the luminaries, called the dolphin, is the supreme abode of Nārāyaṇa, who is established as its very support in the heart.
उत्तानपादतनयस् तम् आराध्य प्रजापतिम् स ताराशिशुमारस्य ध्रुवः पुच्छे व्यवस्थितः
Having worshipped the Lord of creatures, the son of Uttānapāda, Dhruva, is established at the tail of the constellation-dolphin.
आधारः शिशुमारस्य सर्वाध्यक्षो जनार्दनः ध्रुवस्य शिशुमारश् च ध्रुवे भानुर् व्यवस्थितः
Janārdana is the support of the dolphin and the overseer of all; the dolphin is the support of Dhruva, and the Sun is established in Dhruva.
तद् आधारं जगच् चेदं सदेवासुरमानुषम् येन विप्रा विधानेन तन् मे शृणुत सांप्रतम्
By that support, this world, including gods, asuras, and humans, is upheld; O sages, now hear from me the manner in which this is so.
विवस्वान् अष्टभिर् मासैर् ग्रसत्य् अपो रसात्मिकाः वर्षत्य् अम्बु ततश् चान्नम् अन्नादम् अखिलं जगत्
Vivasvān, in eight months, absorbs the waters that are the essence of sap; then he causes rain, and from that comes food, and all the world is sustained by food.
विवस्वान् अंशुभिस् तीक्ष्णैर् आदाय जगतो जलम् सोमं पुष्यत्य् अथेन्दुश् च वायुनाडीमयैर् दिवि
Vivasvān, with his sharp rays, draws up the water of the world; then Soma nourishes it, and the Moon, by means of channels of air, in the sky.
जलैर् विक्षिप्यते ऽभ्रेषु धूमाग्न्यनिलमूर्तिषु न भ्रश्यन्ति यतस् तेभ्यो जलान्य् अभ्राणि तान्य् अतः
The waters are scattered in the clouds by forms of vapor, fire, and wind; from these, the clouds do not lose the waters, and thus they are retained.
अभ्रस्थाः प्रपतन्त्य् आपो वायुना समुदीरिताः संस्कारं कालजनितं विप्राश् चासाद्य निर्मलाः
The waters, situated in the clouds, fall down, driven by the wind; having acquired the purification produced by time, O sages, they become pure.
सरित्समुद्रा भौमास् तु तथापः प्राणिसंभवाः चतुष्प्रकारा भगवान् आदत्ते सविता द्विजाः
The blessed Sun takes up four kinds of water, O twice-born: from rivers and oceans, from the earth, and from living beings.
आकाशगङ्गासलिलं तथाहृत्य गभस्तिमान् अनभ्रगतम् एवोर्व्यां सद्यः क्षिपति रश्मिभिः
The radiant one, having taken the water of the celestial Ganges, immediately sends it down to the earth with his rays, even when there are no clouds.
तस्य संस्पर्शनिर्धूतपापपङ्को द्विजोत्तमाः न याति नरकं मर्त्यो दिव्यं स्नानं हि तत् स्मृतम्
O best of the twice-born, a mortal whose sins and stains are washed away by contact with that water does not go to hell; for that is called a divine bath.
दृष्टसूर्यं हि तद् वारि पतत्य् अभ्रैर् विना दिवः आकाशगङ्गासलिलं तद् गोभिः क्षिप्यते रवेः
That water, seen by the Sun, falls from the sky without clouds; that water of the celestial Ganges is cast down by the rays of the Sun upon the cows.
कृत्तिकादिषु ऋक्षेषु विषमेष्व् अम्बु यद् दिवः दृष्ट्वार्कं पतितं ज्ञेयं तद् गाङ्गं दिग्गजोह्नितम्
When water falls from the sky upon the uneven constellations beginning with Kṛttikā, having seen the sun, it should be understood as Ganges water, born from the directions' elephants.
युग्मर्क्षेषु तु यत् तोयं पतत्य् अर्कोद्गितं दिवः तत् सूर्यरश्मिभिः सद्यः समादाय निरस्यते
But when water falls from the sky upon the paired constellations, rising with the sun, it is immediately taken up and removed by the sun’s rays.
उभयं पुण्यम् अत्यर्थं नृणां पापहरं द्विजाः आकाशगङ्गासलिलं दिव्यं स्नानं द्विजोत्तमाः
Both kinds are exceedingly holy, O twice-born, removing sin for people; the celestial Ganges water is divine, O best of the twice-born, for bathing.
यत् तु मेघैः समुत्सृष्टं वारि तत् प्राणिनां द्विजाः पुष्णात्य् ओषधयः सर्वा जीवनायामृतं हि तत्
The water released by clouds, O twice-born, nourishes all living beings; it sustains all plants, for it is truly nectar for life.