यज्ञे चाहूय तौ प्रोक्तौ त्यजन्तामसुरा द्विजौ
In the sacrifice, after summoning them, it was declared that the two Brahmins should abandon the demons.
एवं तत्यजतुस्तौ तु षण्डामकारै तदा सुरान्
Thus, at that time, those two with eunuch-like forms abandoned the gods.
देवासुरान्पराभाव्य शण्डामर्कावुपागमन्
The gods, having defeated the demons, approached the eunuch-like pair.
बाध्यमानास्तदा देवैर्विविशुस्ते रसातलम्
Then, being oppressed by the gods, they entered the netherworld.
ततः प्रभृति शापेन भृगुनैमित्तिकेन च
From that time onward, due to a curse and because of Bhrigu's agency,
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थान मधर्मस्य प्रणाशनम्
the establishment of righteousness and the destruction of unrighteousness was to be carried out.
मनुष्यवध्यांस्तान्सर्वान्ब्रह्मा व्याहरत प्रभुः
The lord Brahmā declared all of them to be fit for killing by humans.
यज्ञं प्रवर्त्तयामास वैन्यो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
In the interval of Vainya and Vaivasvata, a sacrifice was initiated.
चतुर्थ्यां तु युगाख्यायामापन्नेषु सुरेष्वथ
Then, when the gods had fallen in the fourth age called Yuga,
द्वितीयो नरसिंहो ऽभूद्रौद्रः सुतपुरस्सरः
The second incarnation, Narasiṃha, fierce and accompanied by his son, appeared.
द्विजो भूत्वा शुभे काले बलिं वैरोचनं जगौ
Becoming a Brahmin at an auspicious time, he approached Bali, the son of Virocana.
दातुमर्हसि मे राजन्विक्रमांस्त्रीनिति प्रभुः
The lord said, 'O king, you ought to grant me three steps.'
वामनं तं च विज्ञाय ततो ऽदान्मुदितः स्वयम्
Recognizing him as Vāmana, Bali joyfully gave them himself.
त्रिभिः क्रमैर्विश्वमिदं जगदाक्रामत प्रभुः
With three strides, the lord traversed this entire universe.
प्रकाशयन्दिशः सर्वाः प्रदिशश्च महायशाः
The illustrious one illuminated all the directions and the intermediate quarters.
आसुरीं श्रियमाहृत्य त्रींल्लोकांश्च जनार्द्दनः
Janārdana, having taken away the demonic prosperity and the three worlds,
नमुचिः शंबरश्चैव प्रह्रादश्चैव विष्णुना
Namuci, Shambara, and Prahlada were indeed slain by Vishnu.
महाभूतानि भूतात्मा सविशेषाणि माधवः
Madhava, the soul of beings, became the great elements along with their distinctions.
तस्य गात्रे जगत्सर्वमात्मानमनुपश्यति
In his body, one perceives the entire universe as his own self.
तद्वै रूपमुपेन्द्रस्य देवादानवमानवाः
That very form of Upendra is beheld by gods, demons, and humans.
बलिः सितो महापाशैः सबन्धुः ससुत्दृद्गणः
Bali, bound with mighty fetters, along with his kin and steadfast followers—
ततः सर्वामरैश्वर्यं दत्त्वेन्द्राय महात्मने
Then, having given all the sovereignty of the immortals to the great-souled Indra—
एतास्तिस्रः समृतास्तस्य दिव्याः संभूतयः शुभाः
These three are remembered as his auspicious and divine manifestations.
त्रेतायुगे तु दशमे दत्तात्रेयो बभूव ह
Indeed, in the tenth Treta Yuga, Dattatreya was born.
पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां तु त्रेतायां संबभूव ह
In the fifth and fifteenth Treta Yugas, he indeed appeared.
एकोनविंशयां त्रेतायां सर्वक्षत्रान्तकृद्विभुः
In the nineteenth Treta Yuga, the lord who destroyed all the Kshatriyas appeared.
चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा
In the twenty-fourth Yuga, Rama, with Vasistha as his priest—
अष्टमो द्वापरे विष्णुरष्टाविंशे पराशरात्
In the eighth Dvapara, Vishnu, in the twenty-eighth, from Parashara—
तथैव नवमे विष्णुरदित्याः कश्यपात्मजः
Likewise, in the ninth, Vishnu, son of Kashyapa and Aditi—
अप्रमेयो नियोगश्च यतकामवरो वशी
Immeasurable, the master of commands, the bestower of desired boons, self-controlled—