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Having withdrawn all, she alone remains, who is the source of Mahāviṣṇu.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Nārāyaṇa and Śambhu, having withdrawn their many attendants,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.
तदंशस्तत्समः शश्वद्यथा वह्नेः स्फुलिङ्गवत् 2.54.
He is an eternal portion, equal to that, just as a spark is to fire.
कल्पे कल्पे जितास्ते ते नश्वरा मृत्युकन्यया
In every cycle, they are conquered by the perishable daughter of Death.
कतिधा ब्रह्मणां पातो यन्निमेषण भूमिप
How many times does the fall of Brahmā occur in the blink of an eye, O king?
चकार वीर्याधानं च पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने
He performed the act of depositing his energy in the sacred forest of Vṛndāvana.
गर्भं दधार सा राधा यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः
Rādhā bore the embryo for as long as was the lifespan of Brahmā.
चुकोप डिम्भं सा दृष्ट्वा हृदयेन विदूयता
Seeing the child, she became angry, her heart greatly disturbed.
त्यक्त्वाऽपत्य महादेवी रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः
The great goddess abandoned the child and wept again and again.
बभूव तस्माडिम्भाच्च सर्वाधारो महाविराट्
From that child arose the great Virāṭ, the support of all.
सुयज्ञ उवाच शापो मे वररूपश्चाप्यभवद्भक्तिकारणम्
Suyajña said: My curse also became a boon, for the sake of devotion.
सुदुर्लभा हरेर्भक्तिः सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गला
Devotion to Hari is extremely rare, the most auspicious among all auspicious things.