यं गर्भं सुषुवे गङ्गा पावकाद्दीप्ततेजसम्
The child whom Ganga bore, radiant with fiery energy,
हिरण्मयं ततश्चके यज्ञवाटं महात्मनाम्
Then he made a golden sacrificial altar for the great souls.
स प्रविश्य ततः सत्रे तेषाममिततेजसाम्
He entered then into the sacrifice of those of immeasurable brilliance.
तं दृष्ट्वा महादाश्वर्यं यज्ञवाटं हिरण्मयम्
Seeing that wondrous golden sacrificial altar,
नैमिषेयास्ततस्तस्य चुक्रुधुर्नृपतिं भृशम्
The Naimishiyas then became greatly angry with the king.
तपोनिष्ठाश्च राजानं मुनयो देवचोदिताः
The ascetics, prompted by the gods, opposed the king.
और्वशेयैस्ततस्तस्य युद्धं चक्रे नृपो भुवि
Then, the king fought a battle on earth with the descendants of Urvashi.
स तेष्ववभृथेष्वेव धर्म्मशीलो महीपतिः
That righteous king, among them at the ablutions, remained steadfast in dharma.
शान्तयित्वा तु राजानं तदा ब्रह्मविदस्तथा
Then, having calmed the king, those knowers of Brahman acted accordingly.
बभूव सत्रे तेषां तु ब्रह्मचर्यं महात्मनाम्
In their sacrificial assembly, the great souls observed celibacy.
वैखानसैः प्रियसखैर्वाल खिल्यैर्मरीचिभिः
With dear friends, the Vaikhānasas, the Vālakhilyas, and the Marīcis.
वितृदेवाप्सरःसिद्धैर्गन्धर्वोरगचारणैः
Along with the Pitṛs, gods, Apsarases, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Nāgas, and Cāraṇas.
स्तोत्रशस्त्रैर्गृहैर्देवान्पितॄन्पित्र्यैश्च कर्मभिः
Through hymns, weapons, houses, and rituals for the gods, ancestors, and ancestral spirits.
आराधने स सस्मार ततः कर्मान्तरेषु च
In worship, he remembered them, and likewise in other rites.
व्याजह्रुर्मुनयो वाचं चित्राक्षरपदां शुभाम्
The sages uttered auspicious speech, adorned with varied syllables and words.
वितण्डावचनैश्चैव निजघ्नुः प्रतिवादिनः
And with disputational statements, they defeated their opponents.
न तत्र हारितं किञ्चिद्विविशुर्ब्रह्मराक्षसाः
Nothing was lost there; the Brahma-rākṣasas entered.
प्रायश्चित्तं दरिद्रं च न तत्र समजायत
Neither penance nor poverty arose there.
एवं च ववृधे सत्रं द्वादशाब्दं मनीषिणाम्
Thus the sacrificial assembly of the wise flourished for twelve years.
वृद्धाद्या ऋत्विजो वीरा ज्योतिष्टोमान् पृथक्पृथक्
The officiating priests, beginning with the elders, performed Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices separately.
समाप्तयज्ञो यत्रास्ते वासुदेवं महाधिपम्
Where the completed sacrifice was, Vasudeva, the great lord, was present.
प्रचोदितः स्ववंशार्थं स च तानब्रवीत्प्रभुः
Urged for the sake of his own lineage, the lord spoke to them.
अणिमादिभिरष्टाभिः सूक्ष्मैरङ्गैः समन्वितः
Endowed with eight subtle limbs, beginning with aṇimā and the others.
सप्तस्कन्धा भृताः शाखाः सर्वतोयाजराजरान्
The branches, bearing seven trunks, were ageless and ever-flowing with water.
व्यूहत्रयाणां सूतानां कुर्वन् सत्रं महाबलः
The mighty one conducted the sacrificial assembly for the charioteers of the three divisions.
प्राणाद्या वृत्तयः पञ्च धारणानां स्ववृत्तिभिः
The five functions, beginning with prāṇa, each with their own activities, belonged to the dhāraṇās.
आकाशयोनिर्द्विगुणः शाब्दस्पर्शसमन्वितः
With space as its source, possessing a double nature, endowed with sound and touch.
भारत्यार्ः श्लक्ष्णया सर्वान्मुनीन्प्रह्लादयन्निव
With gentle and pleasant speech, as if delighting all the sages.
पुराम नियता विप्राः कथामकथयद्विभुः
Long ago, O twice-born, the mighty one narrated the tale.
ऋषीणां च परं चैतल्लोकतत्त्वमनुत्तमम्
And to the seers, this supreme and excellent truth of the worlds.