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.
तेनाहारेण संदीप्ताः सूर्याः सप्त भवन्त्युत
By that nourishment, the seven suns become inflamed.
चतुर्लोकमिमं सर्वं दहन्ति शिखिनस्तदा
Then, the flaming ones burn all this fourfold world.
दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निप्रतापिनः
The seven radiant ones blaze forth, empowered by the fire at the end of the age.
स्वं समावृत्य तिष्ठन्ति निर्दहन्तो वसुंधराम्
Enveloping themselves, they remain, scorching the earth.
साद्रिनद्यर्णवा पृथ्वी निस्नेहा समपद्यत
The earth, along with its mountains, rivers, and oceans, became devoid of moisture.
अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक् च संरूद्धा सूर्यरश्मिभिः
Below, above, and across, it was blocked by the rays of the sun.
एकत्वमुपयातानामेकज्वाला भवत्युत
Of those that had become one, a single flame indeed arises.
चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा
With its radiance, it swiftly burns up all these four worlds.
निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिः कूर्मपृष्ठसमा भवेत्
The earth becomes without trees and grass, level like the back of a tortoise.
सर्वमेव तदर्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जाज्वल्यते घनः
All of it, filled with those flames, blazes intensely like a solid mass.
ततस्तानि प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च
Then those things dissolve and return to the state of earth.
सर्वं तद्भस्मसाच्चक्रे सर्वात्मा पावकस्तु सः
That Fire, the soul of all, turned everything into ashes.
पिबत्यपः समिद्धो ऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन्
The blazing fire, resting upon the earth, drinks up the waters.
लोकान्संहरते दीप्तो घोरः संवर्त्तको ऽनलः
That fierce, blazing fire of dissolution consumes the worlds.
निर्दह्यान्ते तु पातालं वायुलोकमथादहत्
After burning up, it scorches Pātāla and then the realm of wind.
योजनानां सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च
Thousands, ten-thousands, and hundreds of millions of leagues,
गन्धर्वांश्च पिशाचांश्च समहोरगराक्षसान्
The Gandharvas, Piśācas, as well as the great serpents and Rākṣasas,
भूर्लोकं च भुवर्ल्लोकं स्वर्लोकं च महस्तथा
The world of earth, the world above, the heaven, and also the great world,
व्याप्तेषु तेषु लोकेषु तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमथाग्निना
When these worlds are pervaded across and above by fire,
अयोगुडनिभं सर्वं तदा ह्येवं प्रकाशते
Then, indeed, everything appears like a mass of iron.