भक्तिव्यवहितं मिथ्याभ्रममेव तु नश्वरम्
That which is devoid of devotion is merely false delusion and perishable.
न मन्ये जलरेखेति नृपत्वं केन गण्यते
I do not consider kingship to be of any value, like a line drawn on water.
लालसां विष्णुभक्तिं ते संप्रापयितुमागतः
I have come to grant you the longing for devotion to Viṣṇu.
समुद्धृतश्च पतितो घोरे निम्ने भवार्णवे
One who has fallen into the dreadful deep ocean of worldly existence is lifted out.
ते पुनन्त्युरुकालेन कृष्णभक्ताश्च दर्शनात्
Those devoted to Kṛṣṇa purify others even by their sight, in due course of time.
पुत्रे न्यस्य प्रियां साध्वीं गच्छ वत्स वनं द्रुतम्
Entrust your beloved wife to your son, dear one, and quickly go to the forest.
श्रीकृष्णं भज राधेशं परमात्मा नमीश्वरम्
Worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Rādhā, the Supreme Self, the revered Lord.
दिक्पालाश्च दिगीशाश्च भ्रमन्त्येवास्य मायया ।। 2.53.
The guardians of the directions and the lords of the quarters wander about by his māyā.
निशापतिः शशी शश्वत्सस्यसुस्निग्धताकरः
The lord of night, the moon, is always the source of gentle nourishment for crops.
काले वर्षति शक्रश्च दहत्यग्निश्च कालतः
At the proper time, Indra sends rain and Agni burns according to time.
कालः संहरते काले काले सृजति पाति च
Time withdraws at the appointed time; at the proper time it creates and sustains.
स्वदेशे पर्वताश्चैव स्वाः पातालाः स्वदेशतः
Mountains remain in their own regions, and the heavens and netherworlds in theirs.
शैलसागरसंयुक्ताः पातालाः सप्त चैव हि
The seven netherworlds are indeed joined with mountains and oceans.
सन्त्येव प्रतिविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
Indeed, in every universe exist Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others.
आपातालाद्ब्रह्मलोकपर्य्यन्तं डिम्बरूपकम्
From Pātāla up to Brahmaloka, it is in the form of an egg.
नाभिपद्मे विराड्विष्णोः क्षुद्रस्य जलशायिनः
In the navel-lotus of the cosmic Viṣṇu, the small one who lies on the waters.
एवं सोऽपि शयानस्स्याज्जलतल्पे सुविप्लुते
In this way, he too lies upon the vast bed of water.
कालभीतश्च कालेशं कृष्णमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। । महाविष्णोर्लोमकूपसाधारः सोऽस्ति विस्तृते 2.53.
Fearing time, he contemplates Kṛṣṇa, the Lord, his own Self, who is the master of time; he is common to the pores of Mahāviṣṇu's body, and is vast.
महाविष्णोर्गात्रलोम्नां ब्रह्माण्डानां च भूमिप
O King, the universes arise from the body hairs of Mahāviṣṇu.
महाविष्णुः प्राकृतिकः सोऽपि डिम्बोद्भवः सदा
That Mahāviṣṇu, born from the egg, is also of material nature.
सर्वाधारो महान्विष्णुः कालभीतः स शङ्कितः
The great Viṣṇu, the support of all, is fearful of time and anxious.
एवं च सर्वविश्वस्था ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
In this way, all the lords of the universe—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others—exist.
सा सर्वबीजरूपा च मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
She, the original Prakṛti, the sovereign, is the form of all seeds.
एवं सर्वे कालभीताः प्रकृतिः प्राकृतास्तथा
Thus, all are afraid of time, as is Prakṛti and the material elements.
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं महाज्ञानं सुदुर्लभम्
Thus, all this most rare great knowledge has been explained.
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादान्तर्गतहरगौरीसंवादे राधोपाख्याने सुयज्ञं प्रत्यतिथ्युपदेशो नाम त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, named 'The Instruction to Suyajña on Hospitality,' in the narrative of Rādhā, within the dialogue of Hara and Gaurī, which is part of the Nārada-Nārāyaṇa conversation, in the Prakṛti section of the second book of the great Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa.
राजोवाच कालभीतस्य कति च कालमाया मुनीश्वर
The king said: O best of sages, how many ages are there for one who fears time?
क्षुद्रस्य कतिचित्कालं ब्रह्मणः प्रकृतेस्तथा
How many ages are there for the small one, for Brahmā, and for Prakṛti as well?
अन्येषां वै जनानां च प्राकृतानां परं वयः
And what is the supreme lifespan for other beings, both material and beyond?
विश्वानामूर्ध्वभागे च कस्स्याद्वा लोक एव सः
And in the upper part of the universes, whose world is that?