देदानां व्यसनं चैव वेदव्यासैर्महात्मभिः
The adversity of the Vedas is also recounted by the great-souled Vyasa sages.
मन्वन्तरक्रमश्चैव कालज्ञानं च कीर्त्यते
The sequence of Manvantaras and the knowledge of time are declared.
ब्रह्मादिभिस्तेजनिता दक्षेणैव च धीमता
Creation was produced by Brahma and others, and also by the wise Daksha.
ध्रुवस्यौत्तानपादस्य प्रजासर्गोपवर्णनम्
The account of the generation of progeny by Dhruva and Uttanapada is narrated.
प्रभुणा चैव वैन्येन भूमिदोहप्रवर्तता
The initiation of the milking of the earth by the lord Vena is described.
ब्रह्मादिभिः पूर्वमेव दुग्धा चैयं वसुंधरा
This earth was previously milked by Brahma and others.
दक्षस्य कीर्त्यत जन्म समस्यांशेन धीमतः
The birth of Daksha, the wise one, is recounted in part.
मन्वादिका भविष्यन्ति आख्यानैबर्हुभिर्वृताः
Stories beginning with Manu and others will be narrated, adorned with many accounts.
ब्रह्मादिकोश उत्पत्तिर्भृग्वदीनां च कीर्त्यते
The origin of the Brahmā egg and the creation of the sages beginning with Bhṛgu are described.
दक्षस्य कीर्त्यते सर्गो ध्यानाद्वैवस्वतान्तरे
The creation of Dakṣa is recounted, as well as the meditation during the Vaivasvata Manvantara.
नाशयामास शापाय मानसो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
The mind-born son of Brahmā destroyed (the creation) for the sake of a curse.
मरुत्प्रवाहे मरुतो दित्यां देव्यां च संभवः
The origin of the Maruts in the current of the winds, and their birth from the goddess Diti, is told.
देवत्वमिन्द्रवासेन वायुस्कन्धेषु चाश्रमः
Their divinity through the abode of Indra, and their dwelling in the hosts of Vāyu, is described.
सर्वभूतपिशाचानां यक्षणां पक्षिवीरुधाम्
The account of all beings, spirits, Yakṣas, birds, and plants is given.
मार्तण्डमण्डलं कृत्स्नं जन्मैरावतहस्तिनः
The entire orb of the sun and the birth of Airāvata, the elephant, are described.
भृगूणां विस्तरश्चोक्तस्तथा चाङ्गिरसामपि
The lineage of the Bhṛgus is explained in detail, as well as that of the Aṅgirasas.
पराशरस्य च मुनेः प्रजानां यत्र विस्तरः
And the sage Parāśara, where the lineage of the peoples is elaborated.
इच्छाया विस्तरश्चोक्त आदित्यस्य ततः परम्
The detailed account of the will of Āditya is then narrated.
बृहद्बलानां संक्षेपादिक्ष्वाक्वाद्याः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
The Bṛhadbalas are mentioned in summary, and the Ikṣvāku and other lineages are recounted.
कीर्त्यते विस्तरात्सर्गे ययातेरपि भूपतेः
The creation is described in detail, as well as the lineage of King Yayāti.
क्रोधादनन्तरं चोक्तस्तथा वंशस्य विस्तरः
After wrath, the expansion of the lineage is also narrated.
देवावृधस्यान्धकस्य धृष्टेश्चपि महात्मनः
The accounts of Devāvṛdha, Andhaka, and the great-souled Dhṛṣṭa are given.
विशोधमनुसंप्राप्तिर्मणिरत्नस्य धीमतः
The acquisition of the jewel by the wise Maṇiratna is described.
शूरस्य जन्म चाप्युक्तं चरितं च माहात्मनः
The birth of Śūra and the deeds of that great soul are also told.
वासुदेवस्य देव क्यां विष्णोरमिततेजसः
The divine acts of Vāsudeva, the immeasurably radiant Viṣṇu, are recounted.
देवासुरे समुत्पन्ने विष्णुना स्त्रीवधे कृते
When the gods and demons arose, Viṣṇu performed the slaying of a woman.
भृगुश्चोत्थापयामास दिव्यां शुक्रस्य मातरम्
And Bhṛgu caused the divine mother of Śukra to rise.
नारसिहप्रभृतयः कीर्त्यन्ते पापनाशनाः
The Narasiṃha and others are mentioned, destroyers of sin.
वरप्रदान कृत्तेन यत्र शर्वस्तवः कृतः
Where, by granting boons, the hymn to Śarva was composed.
जयन्त्या सह शक्रेण यत्र शुको महात्मनि
Where Śuka, the great-souled, was with Jayantī and Indra.