सर्वे मन्वन्तरेद्राश्च विज्ञेयास्तुल्यलक्षणाः
All the stars in each Manvantara should be understood as having similar characteristics.
त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
All beings in the three worlds, those with movement and those that are fixed, exist.
भूतापवादिनो हृष्टा मध्यस्था भूतवादिनः
Those who deny the existence of beings are delighted; those who affirm beings are neutral.
अग्नीध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः
Agnīdhra, Kāśyapa, Paulastya, and Māgadha are among them.
शुक्रश्चैव तु वासिष्ठः पौलहो मुक्त एव च
Śukra, Vāsiṣṭha, Paulaha, and Mukta are also included.
उरुर्गुरुश्च गंभीरो बुद्धः शुद्धः शुचिः कृती
Urur, Guru, Gambhīra, Buddha, Śuddha, Śuci, and Kṛtī.
सावर्णा मनवो ह्येते चत्वारो ब्रह्मणः सुताः
These four Sāvarṇa Manus are sons of Brahmā.
भौत्यस्यैवाधिपत्ये तु तूर्णं कल्पस्तु पूर्यते
When the rule over the elements is established, the Kalpa is quickly completed.
निःशेषेषु तु सर्वेषु तदा मन्वन्तरेष्विह
Then, in all the Manvantaras here, everything is exhausted.
सप्तैते भार्गवा देवा अन्ते मन्वन्तरे तदा
These seven Bhārgava gods appear at the end of the Manvantara.
पितृभिर्मनुभिः सार्द्धं क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे तदा
Then, when the Manvantara is finished, the ancestors together with the Manus.
ततः स्थाना नि शुभ्राणि स्थानिनां तानि वै तदा
Then, the pure places of the established ones remain at that time.
ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरेष्विह
Then, when those rulers of the three worlds have passed away here.
अजिताद्या गणा यत्र आयुष्मन्तश्चतुर्दश
There, the groups beginning with Ajita, fourteen in number, are long-lived.
सशरीराश्च श्रूयन्ते जनलोके सहानुगाः
They are heard to remain in the world of Janas, together with their followers, in bodily form.
भूतादिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरां तेषु तेषु वै
Among the remaining beings, the immovable ones are found in each of those places.
देवेषु च गतेष्वूर्द्ध्वं सायुज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्
When the gods ascend, those who dwell for a kalpa attain union.
संस्थापयति वै सर्गमहर्दृष्ट्वा युगक्षये
He establishes creation again, having witnessed the great dissolution at the end of the age.
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां ते ऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
Those who know day and night call the night the end of a thousand ages.
त्रिविधिः सर्वभूतानामित्येष प्रतिसंचरः
This is the threefold dissolution of all beings.
प्रतिसर्गे तु भूतानां प्राकृतः करणक्षयः
At the re-creation of beings, the destruction of the natural faculties occurs.
ततः संहृत्य तान्ब्रह्मा देवांस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनः
Then Brahma withdraws those gods who dwell in the three worlds.
सुषुप्सुर्भगवान्ब्रह्मा प्रजाः संहरते तदा
The blessed Brahma, desiring sleep, then absorbs the creatures.
तत्रात्मस्थाः प्रजाः कर्तुं प्रपेदे स प्रजापतिः
There, the lord of creatures resolved to create beings established within himself.
तया यान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि वृथिवीतले
By that, those beings of little essence on the earth's surface—
सप्तरश्मिरथो भूत्वा उदत्तिष्ठद्विभावसुः
The radiant one, becoming a chariot with seven rays, rose up.
हरीतारश्मयस्तस्यदीप्यमानास्तु सप्ततिः
His green rays, seventy in number, shine forth.
भौमं काष्ठेन्धनं तेजो भृशमद्भिस्तु दीप्यते
The earthly fuel is ignited intensely by the brilliance of waters.
नावृष्ट्या तपते सूर्य्यो नावृष्ट्या परिषिच्यते
The sun burns without rain, and without rain he is drenched.
तस्मादपः पिबन्यो वै दीप्यते रविरंबरे
Therefore, drinking the waters, the sun blazes in the sky.