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.
तैः सार्द्ध वर्द्धते तेषां कार्याणि करणानि च
Together with them, their actions and instruments increase.
विनिवृत्ताधिकारणां स्वेन धर्मेण तिष्ठताम्
Those whose authority has ceased remain established in their own duty.
प्राकृते करणोपेताः स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थिताः
Endowed with natural instruments, they are settled only in their own self.
पुरुषान्यबहुत्वेन प्रतीता तत्प्रवर्तते
Because of the multiplicity of persons, that activity is perceived.
संयोगे प्रकृतिर्ज्ञैया मुक्तानां तत्त्वदर्शिनाम्
For the liberated and the knowers of truth, nature is to be understood in union.
अभावः पुनरुत्पन्नः शान्तानामर्चिषामिव
Non-existence arises again, like the flames of those who are at peace.
एतैः सार्धं महर्लोकस्तदानासादितस्तु वै
Along with these, the Maharloka is then attained.
गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचाश्च मानुषा ब्राह्मणादयः
Gandharvas and others, Piśācas, humans, and Brahmins and the rest—
तिष्ठत्सु तेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवासिषु
While they dwell at that time among the inhabitants of the earth,
तत्सप्तरश्मयो भूत्वा एकैको जायते रविः
Then, becoming the seven rays, each one becomes a sun.
जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैवनद्यः सर्वे च पर्वताः
All moving and unmoving beings, as well as all rivers and mountains,
तदा तु विवशाः सर्वे निर्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मि भिः
Then, all are helpless, burned by the rays of the sun.
दग्धदेहास्तदा ते तु धूतपापायुगान्तरे
Their bodies burned at that time, their sins cleansed at the end of the age,
ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपैर्जनैर्जनाः
Then, those people are born again among people of similar form.
पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह मानसा ब्रह्मणः सुताः
In the new creation, the mind-born sons of Brahmā come into being here.
निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तदा सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः
And when the worlds are burned by the seven suns at that time,
सामुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपः सर्वाश्च पार्थिवाः
The oceanic and the cloud-born waters, and all terrestrial waters,
आगतागतिकं चैव यदा तत्सलिलं बहु
And all the water that comes and goes in abundance,
आभाति यस्मात् स्वाभासो भाशब्दो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु
Because of which its own radiance appears, and the sound 'bhā' is used for pervasion and brilliance,
तदन्तस्तनुते यस्मात्सर्वां पृथ्वीं समन्त ततः
Because it spreads within and throughout the whole earth on all sides,