कतींद्राणां समूहश्च त्वया दृष्टः श्रुतोऽथवा
How many groups of Indras have you seen or heard of?
शक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य विप्रबालकः
Hearing Śakra’s words, the young brahmin laughed.
जानामि कश्यपं तात तव तातं प्रजापतिम् 4.47.
Dear one, I know Kaśyapa, your father, the lord of creatures.
पिपीलिकासमूहं च व्यायतं धनुषां शतम् 4.47.
A hundred bows, stretched out, matched the length of an army of ants.
ब्राह्मण उवाच 4.47.
The brāhmaṇa spoke.
कर्मणा स्वाङ्गहीनश्च स्वाङ्गवृद्धश्च कर्मणा
By action, one may be deprived of his own limbs, and by action, one’s limbs may be enhanced.
सुखदं पुण्यदं सारं नरकार्णवतारकम् 4.47.
It brings happiness, merit, and essence, and delivers from the ocean of hell.
कटं कथं मस्तके ते लोमचक्रं च वक्षसि ।। 4.47.
Why is there a scar on your head and a circle of hair on your chest?
दुर्लभं श्रीहरेर्दास्यं भक्तिर्मुक्तिर्गरीयसी 4.47.
Service to Lord Hari is rare; devotion is greater than liberation.
विश्वकर्माणमानीय प्रियमुक्त्वा शतक्रतुः
Having summoned Viśvakarman, Śatakratu spoke affectionately to him.
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं शक्रदर्पविमोचनम् 4.47.
Thus, everything concerning the removal of Indra's pride has been recounted.
श्रीराधिकोवाच दर्पभङगं रवेश्चापि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
Śrī Rādhikā said: I wish to hear, in truth, about the breaking of the Sun's pride.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच माली सुमाली दैत्येन्द्रौ दीप्तिं कर्तुं समुद्यतौ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Mālī and Sumālī, lords of the Daityas, endeavored to display their brilliance.
महासंपन्मदोन्मत्तौ शंकरस्य वरेण च
Intoxicated by great wealth and pride, and empowered by Śaṃkara's boon,
रुष्टः सूर्यः स्वशूलेन तौ जघानावलीलया
The angry Sun, with his own spear, effortlessly struck them down.
भक्तापायं च विज्ञाय शंकरो भक्तवत्सलः
Śaṃkara, ever affectionate to his devotees, understood the danger to his devotees.
तौ च नत्वा शिवं भक्त्या जग्मतुर्निजमन्दिरम्
Those two, bowing to Śiva with devotion, returned to their own abode.
दृष्ट्वा संहारकर्तारं जिघांसन्तं हरं रविः
Seeing Hara, the destroyer, intent on killing, the Sun fled.
दुद्राव च महादेवो ब्रह्मणो निलयं रुषा
The great god, enraged, ran to the abode of Brahmā.
दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा हरं रुष्टं तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
Seeing Hara angry, Brahmā praised the supreme lord.
ब्रह्मोवाच त्वयैव सृष्टं सृष्टेश्च समारम्भे जगद्गुरो ।। 4.48.
Brahmā said: O teacher of the world, at the beginning of creation, it was you alone who created.
आशुतोष महाभाग प्रसीद भक्तवत्सल
O easily pleased, greatly fortunate one, be gracious, lover of devotees.
ब्रह्मस्वरूप भगवन्सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारण
O Lord, embodiment of Brahman, cause of creation, maintenance, and dissolution,
स्वयं ब्रह्मा स्वयं शेषो धर्मः सूर्यो हुताशनः
You yourself are Brahmā, you are Śeṣa, Dharma, the Sun, and Fire.
ऋषयो मुनयश्चैव त्वां निषेव्य तपोधनाः
Sages and ascetics, rich in austerity, worship you.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा ब्रह्मा तं सूर्यमानीय भक्तितः
Having thus spoken, Brahmā brought the Sun with devotion.
शंभुस्तमाशिषं कृत्वा विधिं नत्वा जगद्विधिः
Śaṃbhu, having bestowed that blessing, the creator of the world bowed to the Creator.
इति धातृकृतं स्तोत्रं संकटे यः पठेन्नरः
Whoever recites this hymn composed by the Creator in times of distress—
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च मग्नपोते महार्णवे
—at the king’s gate, in a cremation ground, when sinking in a boat, or in the great ocean—
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डे नारायणनारदसंवादे श्रीकृष्णराधासंवादे अष्टचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter in the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada, and of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, in the Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma section of the great Purāṇa, Śrī Brahmavaivarta.