समासेन मया विप्रा भूयस्तं वर्त्तयामि वः
O Brahmins, I shall now briefly tell you further about them.
मरीचिः कश्यपो दक्षो वसिष्ठश्चाङ्गिरा भृगुः
Marīci, Kaśyapa, Dakṣa, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgirā, and Bhṛgu—
पूर्वं ते संप्रसूयन्ते ब्रह्मणो मानसा इह
These were previously mentally created here by Brahmā.
कल्पदाहेषु तु सदा तथा कालेषु तेषु वै
Indeed, at the destruction of the kalpa and at those times,
शिखाः संवर्त्तकाग्नेर्याः प्राप्नुवन्ति सवासनाः
Those who possess desires reach the flames of the fire of dissolution.
महर्लोकेषु दीप्तेषु जनमेवाश्रयन्ति ते
In the blazing worlds of Maharloka, they take refuge only in the people.
तेषां ते तुल्यसामर्थ्या स्तुल्यमूर्त्तिधरास्तथा
Among them, those who have equal power and likewise bear similar forms,
व्युष्टायां तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तयोनितः
When the night has passed, from Brahmā whose origin is unmanifest,
स्वायंभुवादयः सर्वे मरीच्यन्तास्तु साधकाः
All the accomplished ones, beginning with Svāyambhuva and ending with Marīci,
यामादयः क्रमेणैव कनिष्ठाद्याः प्रजापतेः
The Yāmas and others, in order from the youngest onward, are of Prajāpati.
देवान्वये देवता हि सप्त संभूत यः स्मृताः
In the line of the gods, the seven deities are indeed said to have arisen.
आवर्त्तमाना देवास्ते क्रमेणैतेन सर्वशः
These gods, recurring in order, all proceed in this way.
ततस्ते वै गणाः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा भावेष्वनित्यताम्
Then, seeing impermanence in all states, all those groups,
निवृत्तवृत्त्यः सर्वे ऽत्रस्थाः सुमनसस्तथा
All those present here, having ceased their activities, are of good mind.
ततो ऽनेनैव कालेन नित्ययुक्तास्तपस्विनः
Then, in this very time, those ever-engaged in austerity,
इहोत्पन्नास्ततस्ते वै स्थानान्यापूरयन्त्युत
Those who are born here then indeed fill the stations.
एवं देवगणाः सर्वे दशकृत्वो निवर्त्यवै
Thus, all the hosts of gods were turned back ten times.
पूर्णोपूर्णो ततः कल्पेस्थित्वा वैराजके पुनः
Then, after the completion and incompletion of the kalpa, they again remained in the Vairāja period.
एतस्मिन्ब्रह्मलोके तु कल्पे वैराजके गते
In this Brahmā-loka, when the Vairāja kalpa had passed,
एवं पूर्वानुपूर्व्येण ब्रह्मलोकगतेन वै
In this way, in due succession, those who had reached Brahmā-loka,
एवं देवयुगानीह व्यतीतानि सहस्रशः
Thus, thousands of divine ages have passed here.
न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण तेषां वक्तुं प्रविस्तरम्
It is not possible to recount them all in detail, one after another.
एवमेव न संदेहो यथावत्कथितं मया
Just so, without doubt, I have related it as it truly is.
सूतमाहुः पुराणज्ञं व्यासशिष्यं महामतिम्
They addressed Sūta, the knower of the Purāṇas, the wise disciple of Vyāsa.
तिष्ठन्ति चैव यत्कालं तन्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
Tell us, exactly and truly, how long they remain there.
सूतः पौराणिको वाक्यं विनयेनेदम ब्रवीत्
Sūta, the Purāṇic reciter, spoke these words with humility:
आभूतसंप्लवास्तत्र दश तिष्ठन्ति ते ऽज्वराः
There, during the cosmic floods, those ten remain free from affliction.
स्थितलोकस्थितत्वाच्च तेषां भूतं न विद्यते
Because they abide in the realm of stability, for them there is no past.
एवमेव महाभागाः प्रणवं संप्रविश्य ह
Just so, O greatly fortunate ones, having entered the sacred syllable Om,
एवमुक्त्वा तदा सर्वे ब्रह्माण्डाध्यवसायि नः
Having thus spoken, then all of them, intent on the cosmic egg,