अनन्तम कृतात्मानमनादिनिधनं च यत्
He is infinite, self-constituted, without beginning or end.
नैकयोजनसाहस्रं विप्रकृष्टमनावृतम्
It is separated by thousands of yojanas, vast and unbounded.
देवानामप्यविदितं व्यवहारविवर्जितम्
Even the gods do not know it; it is beyond all dealings.
मर्यादायामनन्तस्य देवस्यायतनं महत्
This is the great abode, the boundary of the infinite God.
महतो देवदेवस्य मर्यादा या व्यवस्थिताः
The boundaries established for the great God of gods—
ते लोका इत्यभिहिता जगतस्च न संशयः
These are called the worlds of the universe, without doubt.
सप्तस्कन्धस्तथा वायोः सब्रह्मसदना द्विजाः
There are seven layers, O twice-born, and the abodes of Brahma as well.
प्रमाणमेतज्जगत एष संसारसागरः
This is the measure of the universe, this is the ocean of transmigration.
विचित्रा जगतः सा वै प्रकृतिर्ब्रह्मणः स्थिता
This wondrous nature of the universe is established as the nature of Brahman.
अतीन्द्रियेर्महाभागैः सिद्धैरपि न लक्षितः
Even by the most blessed perfected beings, it is not perceived by the senses.
मानसस्य तु देहस्य अनन्तस्य द्विजोत्तमाः
O best of twice-born, this is the mental body of the infinite one.
अनन्त एष सर्वत्र एवं ज्ञानेषु पठ्यते
This infinite is spoken of everywhere in the teachings.
यः पद्मनाभनाम्ना तु तत्कार्त्स्न्येन च कीर्त्तितः
He who is called by the name Padmanabha is thus described in his entirety.
भूमौ रसातले चैव आकाशे पवने ऽनले
On earth, in the netherworld, in the sky, in the wind, in fire—
तथा तमसि विज्ञेय एष एव महाद्युतिः
So also in darkness, he alone is to be known as the great radiant one.
सर्वलोकेषु लोकेश इज्यते बहुधा प्रभुः
In all worlds, the Lord of worlds is worshipped in many forms, the mighty one.
आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्ते ऽविकारिणः
By the relation of support and supported, the modifications belong to the unchanging one.
परस्परधिकाश्चैव प्रविष्टास्ते परस्परम्
They enter into each other, being mutually superior in various ways.
प्रागासन्नविशेषास्तु विशेषो ऽन्यविशेषणात्
The earlier states were undifferentiated; distinction arises from other differentiation.
गुणोपचयसारेण परिच्छेदो विशेषतः
Through the essence of the accumulation of qualities, separation occurs distinctly.
भूतेभ्यः परतस्तेभ्यो व्यालोका सा धरा स्मृता
Beyond the elements, and further beyond them, that illumination is known as the earth.
पात्रे महति पात्राणि यथैवान्तर्गतानि तु
Just as smaller vessels are contained within a larger vessel,
तथा ह्यालोक आकाशे भेदास्त्वन्तर्गता मताः
So too, the divisions of illumination within space are considered to be contained.
यावदेतानि भूतानि तावदुत्पत्तिरुच्यते
As long as these elements exist, so long is their origin spoken of.
प्रत्या ख्याय तु भूतानि कार्योत्पर्त्तिन विद्यते
When the elements are withdrawn, there is no production of effects.
कारणात्मकास्तथैक स्युर्भेदा ये महदादयः
Those divisions beginning with the great principle are of the nature of causes, and are one.
सप्तद्वीपसमुद्राड्यो याथातथ्यन वै द्विजाः
O twice-born, the regions of the seven continents and oceans are as they truly are.
वैश्वरूप्रधानस्य परिणामैकदेशिकः
The transformation pertains to only a part of the universal form of the chief principle.
एवंभूतगणाः सप्त सन्निविष्टाः परस्परम्
Thus, seven groups of such beings are established together.
एतावदेव श्रोतव्यं संनिवेशे तु पार्थेवे
Only this much should be heard regarding the arrangement of the earthly realm.