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.
यथा भक्तिर्मम भवेच्छ्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि 2.54.
May devotion to me arise in Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul.
नह्यम्मयानि तीर्थानि न देवा मृच्छिलामयाः
Neither the sacred places created by me, nor the gods made of clay and stone,
सर्वेषामाश्रमाणां च द्विजातेर्जातिरुत्तमा
Among all hermitages, the birth of a brāhmaṇa is the highest.
कृष्णमन्त्रोपासकश्च कृष्णभक्तिपरायणः
One who worships the Kṛṣṇa-mantra and is devoted to Kṛṣṇa-bhakti,
त्वां वैष्णवं द्विजश्रेष्ठं महाज्ञानार्णवं परम्
You are a Vaiṣṇava, O best of brāhmaṇas, a great ocean of supreme knowledge.
अधुनाऽहं गलत्कुष्ठी तव शापान्महामुने
Now I, afflicted by leprosy, am so because of your curse, O great sage.
सुतपा उवाच सा च याननुगृह्णाति तेभ्यो भक्तिं ददाति च
Sutapā said: She who shows compassion gives them devotion.
यांश्च माया मोहयति तेभ्यस्तां न ददाति च
Those whom Māyā deludes, to them she does not give it.
कृष्णप्रेममयीं शक्तिं प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवताम्
The power filled with love for Kṛṣṇa is the presiding deity of life.
शीघ्रं यास्यासि गोलोकं तदनुग्रहसेवया
You will quickly go to Goloka by serving her grace.