तपश्चक्रे ततस्तत्र लक्षवर्षं च वायुभुक्
Then, subsisting on air, he performed austerities there for one hundred thousand years.
गोपगोपीपरिवृतं द्विभुजं मुरलीधरम्
He saw the two-armed bearer of the flute, surrounded by cowherds and cowherdesses.
दृष्ट्वाऽनुज्ञां गृहीत्वा च प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः
Having seen him, receiving his permission, and bowing again and again,
यः शिवः सृष्टिसंहर्त्ता स च स्रष्टुर्ललाटजः
He who is Śiva, the creator and destroyer, is also the one born from the creator’s forehead.
सृष्टिकारणभूताश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara are the causes of creation.
तेऽपि देवाः प्राकृतिकाः प्राकृतश्च महाविराट्
Even those gods are products of nature, and so is the great cosmic person.
न शक्तः परमेशोऽपि तां शक्तिं प्रकृतिं विना
Even the supreme lord is not able to act without that power, without Prakṛti.
सा च कृष्णे तिरोभूय सृष्टिसंहारकारके
That power, having merged into Kṛṣṇa, becomes the cause of creation and dissolution.
कुलालश्च कटं कर्तुं यथाऽशक्तो मृदं विना 3.40.
Just as a potter is unable to make a pot without clay,
सा च शक्तिः सृष्टिकाले पञ्चधा चेश्वरेच्छया
That power, at the time of creation, divides fivefold by the will of the Lord.
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी या कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
She is the goddess presiding over life, belonging to Kṛṣṇa, the supreme self.
ऐश्वर्य्याधिष्ठातृदेवी सर्वमङ्गलकारिणी
She is the goddess presiding over sovereignty, the bestower of all auspiciousness.
विद्याधिष्ठातृदेवी या परमेशस्य दुर्लभा
She who is the goddess presiding over knowledge, who is most difficult to attain even for the Supreme Lord,
बुद्ध्यधिष्ठातृदेवी या सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
She who is the goddess presiding over intellect, who is the very embodiment of all powers,
वागधिष्ठातृदेवी या शास्त्रज्ञानप्रदा सदा
She who is the goddess presiding over speech, who always bestows knowledge of the scriptures,
पञ्चधाऽऽदौ स्वयं देवी मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
In the beginning, the goddess herself became fivefold, the primal nature, the sovereign Lady.
योषितः प्रकृतेरंशाः पुमांसः पुरुषस्य च
Women are portions of Prakriti, and men are of Purusha.
सृष्टिश्च प्रतिविश्वेषु ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मोद्भवा सदा
And creation in every universe, O Brahman, always arises from Brahma.
दत्तदत्तं ज्ञानमिदं राम मह्यं च पुष्करे 3.40.
This knowledge, O Rama, was given and received by me at Pushkara.
इत्युक्त्वा कार्त्तवीर्य्यश्च रामं नत्वा च सस्मितः
Having spoken thus, Kartavirya bowed to Rama with a smile.
रामस्ततो राजसैन्यं ब्रह्मास्त्रेण जघान ह
Then Rama struck down the royal army with the Brahma weapon.
एवं त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वश्च क्रमेण च वसुन्धराम्
In this way, three times seven times, he traversed the earth in succession.
गर्भस्थं मातुरङ्कस्थं शिशुं वृद्धं च मध्यमम्
Whether in the womb, on the mother's lap, as a child, old, or in the prime of life,
कार्त्तवीर्य्यश्च गोलोकं त्वगमत्कृष्णसन्निधिम्
Kartavirya then went to Goloka, into the presence of Krishna.
त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां महीं दृष्ट्वा महेश्वरः
Having seen the earth emptied of kings three times seven, the great Lord,
देवाश्च मुनयो देव्यः सिद्धगन्धर्वकिन्नराः
The gods, sages, goddesses, perfected beings, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras,
स्वर्गे दुन्दुभयो नेदुर्हर्षशब्दो बभूव ह
In heaven, the drums resounded and a sound of joy arose.
ब्रह्मा भृगुश्च शुक्रश्च वाल्मीकिश्च्यवनस्तथा
Brahma, Bhrigu, Shukra, Valmiki, and also Chyavana,
पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गाः सानन्दाश्च समन्विताः ।। 3.40.
All were filled with joy, their bodies bristling with delight.
प्रणनाम च तान्रामो दण्डवत्पतितो भुवि
And Rama bowed to them, falling prostrate upon the ground.