पुष्करे भास्करक्षेत्रे दशलक्षगुणं फलम्
At Pushkara and in the field of the Sun, the fruit is a hundred thousand times ten.
सामान्यब्राह्मणे दानं सममेव फलं लभेत्
Giving to an ordinary Brahmin yields the same fruit.
विष्णुमन्त्रोपासके च बुधे कोटिगुणं फलम्
But to a wise devotee engaged in Vishnu-mantra worship, the fruit is a crore-fold.
यथा दण्डेन सूत्रेण शरावेण जलेन च
Just as with a stick, a thread, a vessel, or with water—
तथैव कर्मसूत्रेण फलं धाता ददाति च
So too, by the thread of karma, the Creator bestows the fruit.
स विधाता विधातुश्च पातुः पाता जगत्त्रये
He is the Creator, the ordainer, the protector, and the sustainer of the three worlds.
महाविपत्तौ संसारे यः स्मरेन्मधुसूदनम् 2.37.
In great calamity, in the cycle of existence, whoever remembers Madhusudana—
इत्येवमुक्त्वा जीवश्च समालिङ्ग्य सुरेश्वरम्
Having thus spoken, the soul embraced the lord of the gods.
नारायण उवाच बृहस्पतिं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह
Narayana said: With Brihaspati at their head, together with all the hosts of gods—
शीघ्रं गत्वा ब्रह्मलोकं दृष्ट्वा च कमलोद्भवम्
They quickly went to Brahma's world and saw the lotus-born one.
वृत्तान्तं कथयामास सुराचार्यो विधिं विभुम्
The preceptor of the gods related the events to the mighty Creator.
ब्रह्मोवाच बृहस्पतेश्च शिष्यस्त्वं सुराणामधिपः स्वयम्
Brahma said: You are the disciple of Brihaspati and yourself the lord of the gods.
मातामहस्ते दक्षश्च विष्णुभक्तः प्रतापवान्
His maternal grandfather is Daksha, a devoted follower of Vishnu and endowed with great power.
माता पतिव्रता यस्य पिता शुद्धो जितेन्द्रियः
His mother is devoted to her husband, and his father is pure and has mastered his senses.
जनः पैतृकदोषेण दोषान्मातामहस्य च
A person is affected by the faults of his father and also by those of his maternal grandfather.
सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवान्सर्वदेहेष्ववस्थितः
The Blessed Lord, the inner soul of all, abides within every body.
मनोऽहमिन्द्रियेशश्च ज्ञानरूपो हि शङ्करः
The mind, the lord of the senses, and knowledge itself are indeed forms of Shankara.
निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः 2.38.
Sleep and other powers—all these are energies, portions of Nature.
आत्मनीशे गते देहात्सर्वे यान्ति ससंभ्रमात्
When the Lord of the self departs from the body, all [powers] hastily follow.
अहं शिवश्च शेषश्च विष्णुर्धर्मो महान्विराट्
I, Shiva, Shesha, Vishnu, Dharma, the Great One, and Virat—
शिवेन पूजितं पादपद्मं पुष्पेण येन च
By whomsoever the lotus feet are worshipped with a flower, and by Shiva—
तत्पुष्पं मस्तके यस्य कृष्णपादाब्जतश्च्युतम्
That flower, fallen from Krishna’s lotus feet, is placed upon whose head—
दैवेन वञ्चितस्त्वं च दैवं च बलवत्तरम्
You have been deceived by fate, and fate is indeed most powerful.
कृष्णं न मन्यते यो हि श्रीनाथं सर्ववन्दितम्
He who does not regard Krishna, the Lord of Lakshmi, worshipped by all—
शतयज्ञेन या लब्धा दीक्षितेन त्वया पुरा
That which was obtained by you before, through a hundred sacrifices and consecration—
अधुना गच्छ वैकुण्ठं मया च गुरुणा सह
Now go to Vaikuntha, together with me and your teacher.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ब्रह्मा सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह
Having thus spoken, Brahma, along with all the hosts of gods—
तत्र गत्वा परं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम् 2.38.
Having gone there, they saw the Supreme Brahman, the Blessed Lord, the Eternal One.
ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डशतकोटिसमप्रभम्
He was radiant like ten billion midday summer suns.
चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैश्च सरस्वत्या स्तुतं नतम्
He was praised and bowed to by Sarasvati and attendants with four arms.