यश्चायं वर्तते कल्पो वाराहः सांप्रतः शुभः
And this present cycle, the auspicious Varaha Kalpa, exists now.
तस्य चास्य च कल्पस्य मध्यावस्थां निबोधत
Understand the intermediate state of this and that cycle.
अन्यः प्रवर्त्तते कल्पो जनलोकादयः पुनः
Another cycle begins, along with Janaloka and the others, again.
व्युच्छिद्यन्ते प्रजाः सर्वाः कल्पान्ते सर्वशस्तदा
All beings are destroyed completely at the end of the cycle.
मन्वन्तरे युगाख्यानामविच्छिन्नास्तु संधयः
In the Manvantaras, the junctions of the Yugas remain uninterrupted.
उक्ता ये प्रक्रियार्थेन पूर्वकल्पाः समासतः
Those previous cycles spoken of for the sake of procedure, in summary.
आसीत्कल्पे व्यतीते वै परर्द्धात्परमस्तु यः
There was a cycle in the past, beyond the great half-period.
प्रथमः सांप्रतस्तेषां कल्पों यो वर्तते द्विजाः
Among those, the first cycle is the one presently existing, O twice-born.
एष संस्थितकालस्तु प्रत्याहारस्ततः स्मृतः
This is the period of stability; thereafter, withdrawal is remembered.
चतुर्युगसहस्रति सह मन्वन्तरैः पुरा
Formerly, with a thousand sets of four Yugas, together with the Manvantaras.
तस्मिन्काले तदा देवा आसन्वैमानिकास्तु ये
At that time, the gods who dwell in the celestial realms existed.
अष्टाविंशतिरेवैताः कोट्यस्तु सुकृतात्म नाम्
There were exactly twenty-eight crores of these virtuous beings.
त्रीणि कोटिशतान्यासन् कोट्यो द्विनवतिस्तथा
There were three hundred crore, and also ninety-two crore.
एकैकस्मिंस्तु कल्पे वै देवा वैमानिकाः स्मृताः
In each cycle, the gods called 'celestial beings' are remembered.
देवाश्च पितरश्चैव ऋषयो ऽमृतपास्तथा
The gods, the ancestors, the seers, and the immortals as well,
वर्णाश्रमातिरिक्ताश्च तस्मिन्काले तु खे सुराः
And those beyond caste and stage of life—at that time, the gods in the sky,
तुल्यनिष्ठाभवन्सर्वे प्राप्ते ह्याभूतसंप्लवे
All became equal in their steadfastness when the great dissolution approached.
त्रैलोक्यवासिनो देवा इह तानाभिमानिनः
The gods dwelling in the three worlds here, those identified with their forms,
कल्पावसानिका देवास्त स्मिनप्राप्ते ह्युपप्लवे
The gods who remain until the end of the cycle, when that dissolution arrived,
महर्लोकाय संविग्नास्ततस्ते दधिरे मनः
Disturbed, they set their minds on the world of Maharloka.
विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः
All, abundant in purity, attained perfection through the mind.
ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैस्तद्भवैश्चापरैर्जनैः
With brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and other people of various births,
स्ततस्ते जनलोकाय सोद्वेगा दधिरे मनः
Then, troubled, they set their minds on the world of Janaloka.
एवं देवयुगानां तु सहस्राणि परस्परम्
Thus, thousands of ages of the gods passed, one after another.
तैः कल्पवासिभिः सार्द्धं जन आसादितस्तु वै
Along with those who dwell for a cycle, they indeed reached the world of Janaloka.
गत्वा ते ब्रह्मलोकं वै अपरावर्त्तिनीं गतिम्
Having gone to Brahmaloka, the path from which there is no return,
भवन्ति ब्रह्मणा तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च
They become equal to Brahma in form and in experience.
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सह
Having attained the bliss of Brahma, they are liberated along with Brahma.
मानार्चनाभिः संबद्धास्तदा तत्कालभाविताः
Bound by measures and worship, they were then influenced by the conditions of that time.
तथातु भाविते सेवां तथानन्दः प्रवर्तते
When thus influenced, service is performed, and in the same way, joy arises.