तत्रैव संप्रलीयन्ते शान्ता दीपर्चिषो यथा
There itself they dissolve, peaceful, like the flames of a lamp.
लोकं तं समनुप्राप्य सर्वे ते भावनामयम्
Having attained that world, all of them, composed of thought,
वैराजेभ्यस्तथैवोर्द्ध्व मन्तरे षड्गुणे ततः
Just so, above the Vairājas, then in the intermediate sixfold (realms),
ते सर्वे प्रणवात्मानो बुद्धिशुद्धतया स्थिताः
All of them, having the nature of Om, remain established in purity of intellect.
द्वन्द्वैस्ते नाभिभूयन्ते भावत्रयविवर्जिताः
They are not overcome by dualities, being free from the three states of existence.
प्रभावविजयैश्वर्यस्थितिवैराग्यदर्शनः
They are seen as possessing power, victory, sovereignty, stability, and detachment.
ब्रह्मणा सहदेवैश्च संप्राप्ते प्रतिसंचरे
When the cosmic dissolution arrives, along with Brahmā and the gods,
अव्यक्ते संप्रलीयन्ते सर्वे ते क्षणदर्शिनः
All those who perceive only the moment are dissolved into the unmanifest.
देवर्षयो ब्रह्मसत्रं सनातनमुपासते
The divine sages worship the eternal Brahma-satra.
कर्माभ्यासकृतां श्रद्धां वेदान्तेषूपलक्ष्यते
Faith born of the practice of action is recognized in the Vedāntas.
हित्वा शरीरं पाप्मानममृतत्वाय ते गाताः
Having abandoned the body and sin, they have gone to immortality.
शान्ताः प्रणिहितात्मानो दयावन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः
Peaceful, with minds intent, compassionate, and self-controlled,
अकामयुक्तैर्ये वीरास्तपोभिर्दग्धकिल्बिषाः
Those heroes, free from desire and whose sins are burned by austerity,
यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति ह्यमरा ब्रह्मणा सह
Having gone there, the immortals do not grieve, together with Brahmā.
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो निगद सत्तम
We wish to know this—please tell us, O best of beings.
शृणुध्वं मे परार्द्धस्य परिसंख्यां परस्यच
Listen to me as I enumerate the measure of a parārddha and the supreme.
विज्ञेयमासहस्रं तु सहस्राणि दशायुतम्
Know that a thousand times a thousand is called ten thousand thousand.
तथा शतसहस्राणां दशप्रयुतमुच्यते
Likewise, ten times a hundred thousand is said to be a prayuta.
अर्बुदं दशकोट्यस्तु ह्यब्जं कोटिशतं विदुः
Ten million is called an arbuda, and a hundred million is known as an abja.
दशकोटिसहस्राणि निखर्वमिति तं विदुः
Ten thousand times ten million is called a nikharva.
सहस्रं तु सहस्राणां कोटीनां पद्ममुच्यते
A thousand times a thousand of ten million is called a padma.
गुणितानि समुद्रं वै प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
Those who know numbers say that when multiplied, it is called a samudra.
कोटीसहस्रप्रयुतं मध्यमित्यभिसंज्ञितम्
A hundred million times a thousand is called the 'middle' unit.
परार्द्धं द्विगुणं चापि परमाहुर्मनीषिणः
Twice that is called 'parārddha', the highest, by the wise.
विज्ञेयमयुतं तस्मान्नियुतं प्रयुतं ततः
From that, 'ayuta' should be known, then 'niyuta', then 'prayuta'.
खर्वं चैव निखर्वं च शङ्कुः पद्मन्तथैव च
'Kharva', 'nikharva', 'shaṅku', and 'padma' likewise.
एवमष्टादशैतानि स्थानानि गणनाविधौ
Thus, these eighteen are the places in the method of calculation.
कल्पसंख्याप्रवृत्तस्य परार्द्धो ब्रह्ममः स्मृतः
For those engaged in counting kalpas, 'parārddha' is remembered as Brahma's measure.
पर एव परार्द्धश्च संख्यातः संख्याया मया
The 'para' and 'parārddha' have been enumerated by me in the reckoning.
परा शक्तिः परो धर्मः पराविद्या परा धृतिः
Supreme is the power, supreme is the virtue, supreme is the knowledge, supreme is the steadfastness.