तस्मिन्युगसहस्रान्ते दिवसे ब्रह्मणो गते
When a thousand ages have passed and a day of Brahma comes to its end,
तदा तु सर्वे व्यापारा निवर्त्तन्ते प्रजापतेः
then all the activities of the Lord of creatures cease.
तदा स भवति ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
At that time, Brahma becomes the thousand-eyed, thousand-footed one.
सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजापतिस्त्रयी मयो यः पुरुषो निरुच्यते
He is the thousand-armed, the first Lord of creatures, the Person described as the embodiment of the three Vedas.
हिरण्यगर्भः पुरुषो महान्वै संपठ्यते वै रजसः परस्तात्
The Golden-embryo, the great Person, is indeed declared to exist beyond the realm of rajas.
सुषुप्सुरप्रकाशेप्सुः स रात्रिं कुरुते प्रभुः
Desiring rest and the cessation of manifestation, that Lord makes it night.
पश्यन्ति तं महात्मानं कालं सप्त महर्षयः जनलोकं विवर्त्तास्ते तपसा लब्धचक्षुषः
The seven great seers, endowed with vision through austerity, behold that great-souled Time as they move about in Janaloka.
भृग्वादयो महात्मानः पूर्वे व्याख्यातलक्षणाः
The great souls beginning with Bhrigu, who were previously described and characterized,
ब्रह्माणं ते तु पश्यन्ति सदा ब्राह्मीषु रात्रिषु
they always behold Brahma during the nights of Brahma.
कल्पानां परमेष्टि त्वात्तस्मादाद्यः स पठ्यते
Because he is the supreme lord of the kalpas, he is therefore called the first.
एवमेशायित्वा तु ह्यात्मन्येव प्रजापतिः
Thus, having withdrawn everything, the Lord of creatures abides in his own self.
ततः स वसते रात्रिं तमस्येकार्णवे जले
Then he dwells through the night in the darkness, in the waters of the single ocean.
मनः सिसृक्षया युक्तः सर्गाय निदधे पुनः
With his mind intent on creation, he again places it for the sake of manifestation.
ब्राह्मे नैमित्तिके तस्मिन्कल्पिते वै प्रसंयमे
At that time, during the Brahma's incidental dissolution, when everything is restrained,
ततो धग्धेषु भूतेषु सर्वेष्वादित्यरशिमभिः
then, when all beings have been burned up by the rays of the sun,
गन्धर्वादीनि सत्त्वानि पिशायान्तानि सर्वशः
all beings, from Gandharvas down to Pisacas,
तिर्यग्योनीनि नरके यानि यानि गतान्यपि
and all those who have gone into animal wombs or to hell,
जले तान्युपपद्यन्ते यावत्संप्लवते जगत्
they enter into the waters, remaining there until the world is flooded.
जायन्ते हि पुनस्तानि सर्वभूतानि कृतस्नशः
Indeed, all beings are born again, having completed their previous cycle.
तेषामपि च सिद्धानां निधनोत्पत्तिरुच्यते
Even among those perfected ones, birth and death are spoken of.
तथा जन्मनिरोधश्च भूतानामिह दृश्यते
Likewise, the cessation of birth among beings is observed here.
यथा सर्वाणि भूतानां जायन्ते वर्षणेष्विह
Just as all beings are born during the seasons of rainfall here,
यथार्त्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये
So, in the cycle of seasons, various forms and signs appear and change.
प्रत्याहारे विसर्गे च गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
In withdrawal and release, there are fixed and moving courses.
ब्रह्माणं सर्वभूतानि महायोगं महेश्वरम्
All beings, Brahma, the great yoga, and the great Lord,
व्यक्तो ऽव्यक्तो महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
The manifest and unmanifest, the great god—this entire world belongs to him.
पूर्वं प्रयातेन यथात्वथापस्तेनैव तेनैव तु स्वर्व्रजन्ति
Just as before, by the same path and means, they ascend to heaven.
मर्त्यास्तु देहान्तरभावितत्वाद्रवेर्वशादूर्ध्वमधश्चरन्ति
Mortals, due to the influence of different bodies, move upward or downward according to their actions.
तद्भाविताः ख्यातिवशाश्च धर्म्याः पुनर्विसर्गेण भवन्ति सत्त्वाः
Those influenced by that, and by the force of reputation, the righteous beings are born again through release.
मन्वन्तराणि यानि स्युर्व्याख्यातानि मया द्विजाः
The cycles of Manus that exist have been explained by me, O twice-born.