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.
अहं कलानामृषभः कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः 1.17.
Among all portions, I am the foremost, the Supreme Self of Krishna.
इत्युक्त्वा शङ्करस्तत्र विरराम च शौनक
Having spoken thus, Shankara there became silent, O Shaunaka.
धर्म उवाच सर्वान्तरात्मा प्रत्यक्षोऽप्रत्यक्षश्च दुरात्मनः
Dharma said: The inner Self of all, both manifest and unmanifest to the wicked.
अधुनाऽपि सभां विष्णुर्नायात इति यद्वचः
Now also, the statement that Vishnu has not come to the assembly.
महन्निन्दा भवेद्यत्र नैव साधु शृणोति ताम्
Where there is great slander, the virtuous do not listen to it.
श्रुत्वा दैवान्महन्निन्दां श्रीविष्णोः स्मरणाद् बुधः
Upon hearing great slander of Shri Vishnu by the gods, the wise remember Him.
कामतोऽकामतो वाऽपि विष्णुनिन्दां करोति यः
Whoever, whether intentionally or unintentionally, speaks slander of Vishnu,
कुम्भीपाके पचति स यावद्धि ब्रह्मणो वयः
He is cooked in Kumbhipaka hell for as long as Brahma's lifespan.
प्राणी च नरकं याति श्रुतं तत्रैव चेद्ध्रुवम्
And if a living being hears such slander there, he certainly goes to hell.
अप्रत्यक्षं च कुरुते किं वा तं च न मन्यते
Or if he acts as if it is untrue or disregards it,