(नारायणाख्यो लोकानामनुग्रहरसैकदृक् ।) देवीमाराधयन्तास्ते स च सर्वैश्च पूज्यते । आत्मव्यूहेनेज्ययासौ सन्निधत्ते समाहितः
(Known as Nārāyaṇa, the single-minded bestower of grace upon the worlds,) they worship the Goddess, and he too is honored by all; by his own emanation and worship, he is present there, fully concentrated.
इलावृते तु भगवान् पद्मजाक्षिसमुद्भवः । एक एव भवो देवो नित्यं वसति साङ्गनः
In Ilāvṛta, the Blessed Lord, born from the lotus-eyed one, alone, as the god Bhava, eternally dwells there with his attendants.
तत्क्षेत्रे नापरः कश्चित्प्रवेशं वितनोति च । भवान्याः शापतस्तत्र पुमान्तस्त्री भवति स्फुटम्
In that sacred place, no one else is permitted entry; by the curse of Bhavani, any man who enters there is clearly transformed into a woman.
भवानीनाथकैः स्वीणामसंख्यैर्गणकोटिभिः । संरुध्यमानो देवेशो देवं सङ्कर्षणं भजन्
Surrounded by countless hosts of Bhavani's own attendants, the Lord of the gods, seeking refuge, worshipped Sankarshana.
आत्मना ध्यानयोगेन सर्वभूतहितेच्छया । तां तामसीं तुरीयां च मूर्तिं प्रकृतिमात्मनः
With his own mind absorbed in meditation, desiring the welfare of all beings, he approached that tamasic and transcendent form of his own nature.
उपधावते चैकाग्रमनसा भगवानजः । श्रीभगवानुवाच ॐनमो भगवते महापुरुषाय सर्वगुणसंख्यानायानन्तायाव्यक्ताय नम इति
The Blessed Lord, with one-pointed mind, approached her, the unborn one, and said: 'Om, obeisance to the Blessed Great Person, to the one whose qualities are countless, to the infinite, to the unmanifest—obeisance.'
भजे भजन्यारणपादपङ्कजं भगस्य कृत्स्नस्य परं परायणम् । भक्तेष्वलं भावितभूतभावनं भवापहं त्वा भव भावमीश्वरम्
I worship the lotus feet of the Supreme Refuge of all prosperity, the ultimate goal, who is sufficient for the devotees, who cherishes those devoted to him, who removes the suffering of existence—O Lord of existence, I worship you, the Lord of all beings.
न यस्य मायागुणकर्मवृत्तिभि- र्निरीक्षितो ह्यण्वपि दृष्टिरज्यते । ईशे यथा नो स्त्रतमन्युरंहसा कस्तं न मन्येत जिगीषुरात्मनः
He whose vision is not disturbed in the slightest by the activities of maya, qualities, or actions—just as the Lord is not agitated by sudden anger—who would not honor him, who seeks victory over himself?
असद्दृशो यः प्रतिभाति मायया क्षीबेव मध्वासवताग्रलोचनः । न नागवध्वोऽर्हण ईशिरे ह्रिया यत्पादयोः स्पर्शनधर्षितेन्द्रियाः
He who appears, through maya, as something other than he is—like a drunken man sees honey as water—yet the wives of the serpents are not worthy to worship him, for their senses are overpowered by the mere touch of his feet.
यमाहुरस्य स्थितिजन्मसंयमं त्रिभिर्विहीनं यमनन्तमॄषयः । न वेद सिद्धार्थमिव क्यचित्स्थितं भूमण्डलं मूर्धसहस्रधामसु
The sages declare that his maintenance, creation, and dissolution are free from the three gunas and endless; no one knows his true purpose, just as no one can fully know the earth among the thousand-peaked abodes.
यस्याद्य आसीद् गुणविग्रहो महान् विज्ञानधिष्ण्यो भगवानजः किल । यत्सवतोऽहं त्रिवृता स्वतेजसा वैकारिकं तामसमैन्द्रियं सृजे
He in whom, at the beginning, the great form of qualities arose, who is established in knowledge, who is truly the unborn Lord—by whose own power I create, in threefold ways, the vaikārika, tamasic, and indriya forms.
एते वयं यस्य वशे महात्मनः स्थिताः शकुन्ता इव सूत्रयन्त्रिताः । महानहंवैकृततामसेन्द्रियाः सृजाम सर्वे यदनुग्रहादिदम्
We, who are under the control of that great soul, stand like birds bound by a string; all of us, endowed with the great ego, the transformed tamasic and indriya forms, create by his grace all this.
यन्निर्मितां कर्ह्यपि कर्मपर्वणीं मायां जनोऽयं गुरुसर्गमोहितः । न वेद निस्तारणयोगमञ्जसा तस्मै नमस्ते विलयोदयात्मने
This world, deluded by the great creation, does not know the means of liberation from the maya he has fashioned, bound to the cycles of action; to him, the essence of dissolution and creation, I bow.
श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं स भगवान् रुद्रो देवं सङ्कर्षणं प्रभुम् । इलावृतमुपासीत देवीगणसमाहितः
Sri Narayana said: Thus, the Blessed Rudra, attended by the hosts of goddesses, worshipped the Lord Sankarshana in Ilavrita.
तथैव धर्मपुत्रोऽसौ नाम्ना भद्रश्रवा इति । तत्कुलस्यापि पतयः पुरुषा भद्रसेवकाः
In the same way, the son of Dharma, named Bhadraśravas, and the lords of his lineage, the men devoted to Bhadra, also worshipped.
भद्राश्ववर्षे तां मूर्तिं वासुदेवस्य विश्रुताम् । हयमूर्तिभिदा तां तु हयग्रीवपदाङ्किताम्
In the land of Bhadrāśva, they worshipped that renowned form of Vāsudeva, known as the horse-headed one, marked with the feet of Hayagrīva.
परमेण समाध्यन्यवारकेण नियन्त्रिताम् । एवमेव च तां मूर्तिं गृणन्त उपयान्ति च
Restrained by supreme concentration and unwavering meditation, in the same way, they praised and approached that form.
भद्रश्रवस ऊचुः ॐ नमो भगवते धर्मायात्मविशोधनाय नम इति । अहो विचित्रं भगवद्विचेष्टितं घ्नन्तं जनोऽयं हि मिषन्न पश्यति । ध्यायन्न सद्यर्हि विकर्म सेवितुं निर्हृत्य पुत्रं पितरं जिजीवुषुः
Bhadraśravas and his followers said: 'Om, obeisance to the Blessed Lord of Dharma, the purifier of the self, obeisance.' Ah, how wondrous are the Lord's deeds! Though people are struck down, they do not see; though they meditate, they are not ready to abandon wrong actions; desiring to live, they abandon both son and father.
वदन्ति विश्वं कवयः स्म नश्वरं पश्यन्ति चाध्यात्मविदो विपश्चितः । तथापि मुह्यन्ति तवाज मायया सुविस्मितं कृत्यमजं नतोऽस्मि तम्
The wise declare that the universe is perishable, and those who know the self perceive this; yet, even so, they are bewildered by your maya, O unborn one. Your deeds are truly astonishing; I bow to you.
विश्वोद्भवस्थाननिरोधकर्म ते ह्यकर्तुरङ्गीकृतमप्यपावृतः । युक्तं न चित्रं त्वयि कार्यकारणे सर्वात्मनि व्यतिरिक्ते च वस्तुतः
Your acts of creation, maintenance, and dissolution of the universe, though you are the non-doer, are openly accepted; it is not surprising, for in you, who are both the cause and effect, the all-pervading and the transcendent, all things exist in reality.
वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान् रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रहः । प्रत्याददे वै कवयेऽभियाचते तस्मै नमस्ते वितथेहिताय ते
At the end of the age, when the Vedas are concealed by darkness, you, taking the form of the horse-headed one, retrieve them from the netherworld for the sage who seeks them; to you, whose actions are never in vain, I bow.
एवं स्तुवन्ति देवेशं हयशीर्षं हरिं च ते । भद्रश्रवसनामानो वर्णयन्ति च तद्गुणान्
Thus, those named Bhadraśravas praise the Lord of the gods, the horse-headed Hari, and describe his qualities.
एषां चरितमेतद्धि यः पठेच्छ्रावयेच्च यः । पापकंचुकमुत्सृज्य देवीलोकं व्रजेच्च सः
Whoever recites or has others listen to this account of theirs, casting off the cloak of sin, will go to the realm of the Goddess.
भुवनकोशवर्णने हरिवर्षकेतुमालरम्यकवर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच हरिवर्षे च भगवान्नृहरिः पापनाशनः । वर्तते योगयुक्तात्मा भक्तानुग्रहकारकः
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In Harivarṣa, the blessed Nṛhari, destroyer of sin, abides, his mind joined to yoga, bestowing grace upon his devotees.
तस्य तद्दयितं रूपं महाभागवतोऽसुरः । पश्यन्भक्तिसमायुक्तः स्तौति तद्गुणतत्त्ववित्
That great devotee among asuras, seeing his beloved form, filled with devotion and knowing his true qualities, offers praise.
प्रह्लाद उवाच ॐ नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय नमस्तेजस्तेजसे आविराविर्भव वज्रदंष्ट्र कर्माशयान् रन्धय रन्धय तमो ग्रस ग्रस ॐ स्वाहा । अभयं ममात्मनि भूयिष्ठाः स्वस्त्यस्तु विश्वस्य खलः प्रसीदतां ध्यायन्तु भूतानि शिवं मिथो धिया । मनश्च भद्रं भजतादधोक्षजे आवेश्यतां नो मतिरप्यहैतुकी
Prahlāda said: Om, obeisance to the blessed Narasiṃha! O blazing one, appear, appear! With adamantine fangs, destroy the roots of my karmic desires, devour the darkness, devour! Om, svāhā! Grant me fearlessness within myself. May there be well-being for the world; may the wicked become gentle; may all beings contemplate peace together; may our minds delight in the transcendent Lord, and may our devotion, though causeless, be absorbed in him.
मागारदारात्मजवित्तबन्धुषु सङ्गो यदि स्याद्भगवत्प्रियेषु नः । यः प्राणवृत्त्या परितुष्ट आत्मवान् सिद्ध्यत्यदूरान्न तथेन्द्रियप्रियः
If attachment to home, wife, children, wealth, and relatives arises, but not to those dear to the Lord, then one who is self-satisfied and content with the necessities of life attains perfection, not one who seeks the pleasures of the senses.
यत्सङ्गलब्धं निजवीर्यवैभवं तीर्थं मुहुः संस्पृशतां हि मानसम् । हरत्यजोऽन्तः श्रुतिभिर्गतोऽङ्गजं को वै न सेवेत मुकुन्दविक्रमम्
The mind of one who repeatedly touches the holy places gained through association with the mighty and their own strength is cleansed of inner impurity by the unborn Lord through the scriptures; who indeed would not serve the heroic Mukunda?
यस्यास्ति भक्तिर्भगवत्यकिञ्चना सर्वैर्गुणैस्तत्र समासते सुराः । हरावभक्तस्य कुतो महद्गुणा मनोरथेनासति धावतो बहिः
Wherever there is pure devotion to the Lord, all divine qualities assemble there; but in one without devotion to Hari, how can there be great qualities, as he runs outwardly after illusions in vain imagination?
हरिर्हि साक्षाद्भगवाञ्छरीरिणा- मात्मा झषाणामिव तोयमीप्सितम् । हित्वा महांस्तं यदि सज्जते गृहे तदा महत्त्वं वयसा दम्पतीनाम्
Hari, the Lord himself, is the indwelling soul of embodied beings, just as water is desired by fish; if one abandons him and becomes attached to home, then greatness is found only in the age of a married couple.