नाडीजंघो बकश्चैव सर्वे नष्टाश्च तत्र वै
Nadijangha and Baka, all of them, were destroyed there.
ब्रह्मलोकं ययुः सर्वे ब्रह्मपुत्रादयस्तथा
All the sons of Brahma and others went to Brahmaloka.
एवं शताब्दपर्य्यन्तं परमायुः प्रजापतेः
Thus, the supreme lifespan of the progenitor extends up to a hundred years.
देवमाता च सावित्री वेदा धर्म्मादयस्तथा 2.54.
The mother of the gods, Savitri, the Vedas, Dharma, and others likewise.
नारायणे प्रलीनाश्च विश्वस्था वैष्णवास्तथा
Those established in the world, as well as the Vaiṣṇavas, are dissolved into Nārāyaṇa.
मृत्युञ्जये महादेवे प्रलीनः स तमो गुणः
The quality of darkness is dissolved into Mṛtyuñjaya, the great god.
नारायणस्य शम्भोश्च महाविष्णोश्च निश्चितम्
Certainly, Nārāyaṇa, Śambhu, and Mahāviṣṇu are one.
कृष्णो निमेषरहितो निर्गुणः प्रकृते परः
Kṛṣṇa is beyond the blink of an eye, without qualities, and transcends nature.
निर्गुणस्य च नित्यस्य चाद्यन्तरहितस्य च
Of the one who is without qualities, eternal, and free from beginning and end,
षष्टिदण्डात्मिकास्तस्या वासरश्च प्रकीर्त्तितः
Her day is said to consist of sixty daṇḍas.
एवं गते शताब्दे च श्रीकृष्णे प्रकृतेर्लयः
When a hundred years have thus passed, Śrī Kṛṣṇa merges nature.
सर्वान्संहृत्य सा चैका महाविष्णोः प्रसूश्च या
Having withdrawn all, she alone remains, who is the source of Mahāviṣṇu.
बुद्ध्यधिष्ठातृदेवी च श्रीकृष्णस्यैव निर्गुणाम् 2.54.
And the goddess who presides over intellect is also the qualityless one of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवीं च प्रेम्णा प्राणाधिकां वराम्
And the goddess who presides over life-breath, most excellent and dearer than life itself.
नारायणश्च शम्भुश्च संहृत्य स्वगणान्बहून्
Nārāyaṇa and Śambhu, having withdrawn their many attendants,
गोपा गोप्यश्च गावश्च सवत्साश्च नराधिप । महाविष्णौ विलीनाश्च ते सर्वे क्षुद्रविष्णवः
The cowherds, the cowherd women, the cows, and the calves, O king, all those minor Viṣṇus are dissolved into Mahāviṣṇu.
प्रकृतिर्योगनिद्रा च श्रीकृष्णनयनद्वये
Nature and yogic sleep are in the two eyes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
प्रकृतेर्वासरो यावन्मितः कालः प्रकीर्त्तितः
The measured time of nature's day is declared.
अमूल्य रत्नतल्पे च वह्निशुद्धांशुकार्चिते
On a priceless jeweled couch, adorned with garments purified by fire,
पुनः प्रजागरे तस्य सर्वसृष्टिर्भवेत्पुनः
When he awakens again, all creation arises again.
तद्वन्दनं तत्स्मरणं तस्य ध्यानं तदर्चनम् 2.54.
His praise, his remembrance, his meditation, and his worship.
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं यद्यन्मृत्युञ्जयाच्छ्रुतम्
All this has been told to you, whatever was heard from Mṛtyuñjaya.
सुयज्ञ उवाच ब्रह्मणोऽन्ते विलीनश्च सत्त्वं मृत्युञ्जये शिवे
Suyajña said: At the end of Brahmā's life, sattva is absorbed into Mṛtyuñjaya Śiva.
शिवो लीनो निर्गुणे च श्रीकृष्णे प्राकृते लये
Śiva is absorbed into the qualityless Śrī Kṛṣṇa, at the dissolution of nature.
कथं प्रसूर्महाविष्णोर्मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
How is the primal nature, the sovereign goddess, the source of Mahāviṣṇu, born?
सुतपा उवाच संहर्त्री सर्वलोकानां ब्रह्मादीनां नराधिप
Sutapā said: She who withdraws all worlds, including Brahmā and the rest, O king,
कतिधा मृत्युकन्यानां ब्रह्मणां कोटिशो लये ।। कालेन लीनः शम्भुश्च सत्त्वरूपे च निर्गुणे
How many times, in the dissolution of countless Brahmās, do the daughters of Death arise? By time, Śambhu is absorbed, both in the form of sattva and in the qualityless.
मृत्युकन्या जिता शश्वच्छिवेन गुरुणा मम
The daughter of Death has always been conquered by my revered teacher, Śiva.
शम्भुर्नारायणस्यैव प्रकृतेश्च नराधिप
Śambhu belongs to Nārāyaṇa and to Prakṛti, O king.
स्वयं पुमान्निर्गुणश्च कालेन सगुणः स्वयम्
He himself is the person, without qualities, and by time, he himself becomes with qualities.