वर्षः पञ्चविधो ज्ञेयः कालसंख्यां निबोध मे
Know that the year is of five kinds; listen to my reckoning of time.
वर्षे पूर्णे नराणां च देवानां च दिवानिशम् देवानां च युगो ज्ञेयः कालसंख्याविदां मतः
When a year is complete, for both humans and gods, day and night; the yuga of the gods is known according to those who know the reckoning of time.
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः
A manvantara for the gods is seventy-one yugas.
अष्टाविंशतिमे चेन्द्रे गते ब्राह्मं दिवानिशम्
When the twenty-eighth Indra has passed, the day and night of Brahma occurs.
प्रलयः प्राकृतो ज्ञेयस्तत्रादृष्टा वसुन्धरा
Then, the dissolution called prākṛta is to be known; at that time, the earth is unseen.
ऋषयो जीविनः सर्वे लीनाः कृष्णे परात्परे
All the sages who are living merge into Krishna, the Supreme.
लये प्राकृतिकेऽतीते पाते च ब्रह्मणो मुने
O sage, when the primordial dissolution occurs and Brahma falls.
एवं नश्यन्ति सर्वाणि ब्रह्माण्डान्यखिलानि च
In this way, all the universes and everything within them are destroyed.
निमेषमात्रः प्रलयो यत्र विश्वं जलप्लुतम् 2.7.
There is a dissolution lasting only a moment, during which the whole world is submerged in water.
एवं कतिविधा सृष्टिर्लयः कतिविधोऽपि वा
Thus, how many kinds of creation are there, and how many kinds of dissolution as well?
सृष्टीनां च कलानां च ब्रह्माण्डानां च नारद
O Narada, concerning the creations, the divisions of time, and the universes,
ब्रह्माण्डानां च सर्वेषामीश्वरश्चैक एव सः
He alone is the Lord of all the universes.
ब्रह्मादयश्च तस्यांशास्तस्यांशश्च महाविराट्
Brahma and the others are his portions, and Mahāvirāṭ is also a portion of his portion.
स च कृष्णो द्विधाभूतो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः
That Krishna appears in two forms: with two arms and with four arms.
ब्रह्मादितृणपर्य्यन्तं सर्वं प्राकृतिकं भवेत्
Everything from Brahma down to the blade of grass is of the nature of Prakriti.
विद्ध्येकं सृष्टिमूलं तत्सत्यं नित्यं सनातनम्
Know that the one root of creation is true, eternal, and everlasting.
निरुपाधिं निराकारं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
It is without attributes, without form, yet assumes a form to show grace to devotees.
द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं गोपवेषं किशोरकम्
He is two-armed, holding a flute, dressed as a cowherd, and youthful.
करोति धाता ब्रह्माण्डं ज्ञानात्मा कम लोद्भवः 2.7.
The creator, born from the lotus, whose essence is knowledge, fashions the universe.
यस्य ज्ञानाद्यत्तपसा सर्वेशस्तत्समो महान्
By whose knowledge and austerity the Lord of all arises, and none is greater than him.
महामाया च प्रकृतिः सर्वशक्तिमतीश्वरी
Mahāmāyā is Prakriti, the supreme goddess endowed with all powers.
सावित्री वेदमाता च वेदाधिष्ठातृदेवता
Savitri is the mother of the Vedas and the presiding deity of the Vedas.
सर्वविद्याधिदेवी सा पूज्या च विदुषां पुरा
She is the goddess presiding over all knowledge and is revered by the wise since ancient times.
यत्सेवया यत्तपसा प्रदात्री सर्वसंपदाम्
By whose service and austerity, she grants all wealth.
यत्सेवया यत्तपसा सर्वविश्वेषु पूजिता
By whose service and by whose austerity she was worshipped among all the worlds,
सर्वेश्वरी सर्ववन्द्या सर्वेशं प्राप या पतिम्
The sovereign of all, worthy of reverence by all, who obtained the Lord of all as her husband,
कृष्णवामांशसम्भूता कृष्णप्रेमाधिदेवता
Born from the left portion of Krishna, she is the presiding deity of Krishna's love,
सर्वाधिकं च रूपं च सौभाग्यं मानगौरवम् 2.7.
She possesses surpassing beauty, good fortune, and honored dignity.
तपश्चकार सा पूर्वं शतशृङ्गे च पर्वते
Formerly, she performed austerities on the mountain called Shataśṛṅga,
कृशां निःश्वासरहितां दृष्ट्वा चन्द्रकलोपमाम्
Seeing her emaciated, breathless, yet resembling a digit of the moon,