सिनीवाली कुहूश्चैव राका चानुमतिस्तथा
Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā, and Anumati as well—
नभोनभस्याविषऊर्जसंज्ञौ सहःसहस्याविति दक्षिणं स्यात्
Nabho and Nabhasya, Aviṣa and Ūrja, Saha and Sahasya—these are the southern ones.
आर्तवाश्च ततो ज्ञेया पञ्चाब्दा ब्रह्मणाः सुताः
Next are to be known the Ārtavas, five years, the sons of Brahmā.
तस्मादृतुमुखी ज्ञेया अमावास्यास्य पर्वणः
Therefore, the new moon is to be known as the gateway to the seasons for this rite.
पर्व ज्ञात्वा न मुह्येत पित्र्ये दैवे च मानवः
Knowing the proper time, a person does not become confused in ancestral or divine rites.
आलोकात्तु स्मृतो लोको लोकालोकः स उच्यते
From the light, the world is remembered; it is called Lokāloka.
चत्वारस्ते महात्मानस्तिष्टन्त्याभूतसंप्लवात्
There stand four great beings, from the flood of non-being.
हिरण्यरोमा पर्जन्यः केतुमान्राजसश्च यः
They are Hiraṇyaromā, Parjanya, Ketumān, and Rājasa.
लोकपालाः स्थिता ह्येते लोकालोके चतुर्दिशम्
These are the guardians of the worlds, stationed in the four directions at Lokāloka.
पितृयानः स वै पन्था वैश्वानरपथाद्वहिः
The path of the ancestors is indeed outside the Vaiśvānara path.
लोकस्य संतानकराः पितृयानपथे स्थिताः
Those who cause the continuation of the world are established on the path of the ancestors.
प्रारभन्ते लोककामास्तेषां पन्थाः स दक्षिणाः
Desiring worlds, they set forth; their path is the southern one.
संतप्तास्तपसा चैव मर्यादाभिः श्रुतेन च
They are purified by austerity, by observance of boundaries, and by learning.
पश्चिमाश्चैव पूर्वेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्वपि
The later ones are born from the earlier ones, even at the time of their demise.
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीमाङ्गृहमेधिनाम्
There are eighty-eight thousand sages who are householders.
क्रियावतां प्रसंख्यैषा ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे
This enumeration is of those who, possessing ritual action, entered the cremation grounds.
इच्छाद्वेषप्रवृत्त्या च मैथुनोपगमेन वै
Through inclination, aversion, activity, and indeed through sexual union,
एतैस्तैः कारणैः सिद्धा ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे
By these various causes, those who attained perfection entered the cremation grounds.
नागवीथ्युत्तरो यश्च सप्तर्षिगणदक्षिणः
One is north of the Nāga street, and another is south of the group of Seven Sages.
यत्र ते वासिनः सिद्धा विमला ब्रह्मचारिणः
There reside perfected beings, pure and devoted to celibacy.
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम्
There are eighty-eight thousand sages who retain their seed upwards.
ते संप्रयोगाल्लोकस्य मैथुनस्य च वर्जनात्
By abstaining from union and from sexual intercourse with the world,
पुनश्चाकामसंयोगाच्छब्दादेर्देषदर् शनात्
Again, by union without desire and by perceiving defects in sound and other senses,
आभूतसंप्लवस्थानाममृतत्वं विभाव्यते
Among those who remain at the time of the cosmic dissolution, immortality is manifested.
ब्रूणहत्याश्वमेधाभ्यां पुण्यपापकृतो ऽपरे
Others are distinguished by merit and demerit, through the killing of a fetus and the horse sacrifice.
उर्द्ध्वोत्तरमृषिभ्यस्तु ध्रुवो यत्र स वै स्मृतः
Above and beyond the sages, Dhruva is remembered as residing there.
धर्मध्रुवाद्यास्तिष्ठन्ति यत्र ते लोकसाधकाः
There, those who uphold worlds, such as Dharma and Dhruva, remain.
भविष्याणि च सर्वाणि तेषां वक्ष्याम्यनुक्रमम्
I will declare in order all their future events.
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोश्चारं ग्रहाणां चैव सर्वशः
The movement of the sun and moon, and likewise of all the planets.
अव्यूहेन च सर्वाणि तथैवासंकरेण वा
All these, either in sequence or without confusion.