ब्रह्मोवाच योगेन प्राणांस्तत्याज पुनः शापान्ममैव हि ।। 1.17.
Brahmā said: By yoga, he gave up his life, but again, it was by my own curse.
कालं लक्षयुगं व्याप्य स्थितिरस्य महीतले
After spanning a period of a hundred thousand ages, his existence remained on earth.
अस्य कालावशेषस्य किञ्चिदस्ति द्विजोत्तम
Of this remaining time, O best of twice-born, only a little is left.
दास्यामि जीवदानं च स्वयं विष्णोः प्रसादतः
I myself shall grant him the gift of life, by the grace of Viṣṇu.
नागतो हरिरत्रेति त्वया यत्कथितं द्विज
O brāhmaṇa, as you have said, 'Hari has not come here'—
स्वेच्छामयः परं ब्रह्म भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
The Supreme Brahman is of the nature of free will, the embodiment of compassion for devotees.
विषिश्च व्याप्तिवचनो नुश्च सर्वत्रवाचकः
The term 'viṣi' denotes pervasiveness, and 'nu' signifies universality everywhere.
अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि वा
Whether impure or pure, or in any state whatsoever,
कर्मारम्भे च मध्ये वा शेषे विष्णुं च यः स्मरेत्
At the beginning of action, in the middle, or at the end, whoever remembers Viṣṇu,
अहं स्रष्टा च जगतां विधाता संहरो हरः
I am the creator of worlds, the arranger, and Hara is the destroyer.
कालः संहरते लोकान्यमः शास्ता च पापिनाम् 1.17.
Time dissolves the worlds; Yama is the ruler of the sinful.
सर्वेशा या च सर्वाद्या प्रकृतिः सर्वसूः पुरा
That Prakṛti, the origin of all, the essence of everything, existed before all.
महेश्वर उवाच वेदानधीत्य भवता ज्ञातः कः सार एव च
Maheśvara said: Having studied the Vedas, who has known their essence?
शिष्यः कस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य कस्त्वं नाम्ना च भो द्विज
Whose disciple are you, O best of sages? Who are you by name, O twice-born?
विडम्बयसि देवांश्च विष्णुमस्माकमीश्वरम्
You mock the gods and Viṣṇu, our Lord.
यस्मिन्गते पतेद्देहो देहिनां परमात्मनि
When the body falls, the soul enters the Supreme Self.
जीवस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बश्च मनो ज्ञानं च चेतना
The living being, its reflection, the mind, knowledge, and consciousness,
निद्रा दया च तन्द्रा च क्षुत्तृष्णा पुष्टिरेव च
Sleep, compassion, drowsiness, hunger, thirst, and nourishment,
प्रयाति यत्पुरः शक्तिरीश्वरे गमनोन्मुखे
The power that proceeds forward when the Lord is about to depart,
ईश्वरे च स्थिते देही क्षमश्च सर्वकर्मसु
When the Lord abides, the embodied one is capable in all actions.
स्वयं ब्रह्मा च जगतां विधाता सर्वकारकः 1.17.
Brahmā himself is the arranger of worlds and the cause of all actions.
युगलक्षं तपस्तप्तं श्रीकृष्णस्य च वेधसा
A pair of hundred thousand austerities were performed by the creator for Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
असंख्यकालं सुचिरं तपस्तप्तं हरेर्मया
For countless ages, I performed severe austerities for Hari.
अधुना पञ्चवक्त्रेण यन्नामगुणकीर्तनम्
Now, with five mouths, I praise His name and qualities.
मत्तो याति च मृत्युश्च यन्नामगुणकीर्त्तनात्
By the chanting of My name and qualities, even death departs from Me.
सर्वब्रह्माण्डसंहर्त्ताऽप्यहं मृत्युंजयाभिधः
Even as the destroyer of all universes, I am known as the Conqueror of Death.
काले तत्र विलीनोऽहमाविर्भूतस्ततः पुनः
At the proper time, I dissolve there and then manifest again.
गोलोके यः स वैकुण्ठे श्वेतद्वीपे स एव च
He who is in Goloka is the same one in Vaikuntha and also in Svetadvipa.
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः
A Manvantara consists of seventy-one divine ages (yugas).
एतत्संख्याविशिष्टस्य शतवर्षायुषो विधेः
This is the reckoning for the lifespan of Brahma, who lives for a hundred such years.