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.
बृहस्पतिश्च तं शुकं शशाप स महाद्युतिः
And Bṛhaspati, of great splendor, cursed that Śuka.
तुर्वसुश्चात्र दौहित्रो यवीयान्यो यदोरभूत्
There, Turvasu, the younger grandson, was born of Yadu.
अनुवंश्यामहात्मानस्तेषां पार्थिवसत्तमाः
Their descendants, of great soul, were the best of kings.
आतिथ्यस्य तु विब्रर्षेः सप्तधा धर्मसंश्रयात्
The hospitality of Vibrarṣa was divided sevenfold, based on righteousness.
हरवंशयशःस्पर्शः शन्तनोर्वीर्यशब्दनम्
The touch of the glory of the lineage of Hara, and the fame of Śantanu's valor.
अनागतानांसंघानां प्रभूणां चोपवर्णनम्
And the description of the future hosts of mighty ones.
नैमित्तिकाः प्राकृतिका यथैवात्यन्तिकाः स्मृताः
The occasional, the natural, and likewise the ultimate are remembered.
अनादृष्टिर्भास्करस्य घोरः संवर्त्तकानलः
The disappearance of the sun, and the terrible fire of dissolution.
भुवादीनां च लोकानां सप्तानां चोपवर्णनम्
And the description of the seven worlds, beginning with the earth.
ब्रह्मणोयोजनाग्रेण परिमाणविनिर्णयः
The determination of the measurement of Brahmā by yojanas.
सर्वेषां चैव सत्त्वानां परिणामविनिर्णयः
And the determination of the transformation of all beings.
गतिरूर्द्धमधश्चोक्ता धर्माधर्मसमाश्रया
The upward and downward courses are described, based on righteousness and unrighteousness.
असंख्यया च दुःखानि ब्रह्मणश्चाप्यनित्यता
And the countless sufferings, and even the impermanence of Brahmā.
दुर्लभत्वं च मोक्षस्य वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनात्
And the difficulty of attaining liberation, due to the perception of faults through detachment.
नानात्वदर्शनाच्छुद्धस्तवस्तत्र निवर्त्तते
When the perception of diversity ceases, your pure essence is withdrawn there.
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य न बिभेति कुतश्चन
Having attained the bliss of Brahman, one does not fear anything at all.
कीर्त्यते जगतश्चत्र सर्गप्रलयविक्रियाः
Here are recounted the creations, dissolutions, and transformations of the world.
कीर्त्यते ऋषिवर्गस्य सर्गः पापप्रणाशनः
The creation of the group of sages, which destroys sin, is also described.
सौदासास्थिग्रहश्चास्य विश्वामित्रकृतेन तु
And the gathering of Saudāsa’s bones by Viśvāmitra is told here.
संजज्ञे पितृकन्यायां व्यासश्चापि महामुनिः
The great sage Vyāsa was also born from the daughter of a Pitṛ.