रम्यके नामवर्षे च मूर्तिं भगवतः पराम् । मात्स्यां देवासुरैर्वन्द्यां मनुः स्तौति निरन्तरम्
In the region called Ramyaka, Manu constantly praises the supreme form of the Lord, the Matsya incarnation, who is worshipped by gods and demons alike.
मनुरुवाच ॐ नमो भगवते मुख्यतमाय नमः सत्त्वाय प्राणायौजसे बलाय महामत्स्याय नमः । अन्तर्बहिश्चाखिललोकपालकै- रदृष्टरूपो विचरस्युरुस्वनः । स ईश्वरस्त्वं य इदं वशे नय- न्नाम्ना यथा दारुमयीं नरः स्त्रियम्
Manu said: Om, homage to the Supreme Lord, the foremost, homage to the essence of existence, to the vital force, to strength, to the great Matsya. Unseen by all the guardians of the worlds, you move everywhere, resounding greatly. You are the Lord who governs this world, just as a man leads a wooden woman by name.
यं लोकपालाः किल मत्सरज्वरा हित्वा यतन्तोऽपि पृथक् समेत्य च । पातुं न शेकुर्द्विपदश्चतुष्पदः सरीसृपं स्थाणु यदत्र दृश्यते
Whom even the guardians of the worlds, afflicted by envy, could not protect, despite their efforts together and separately—the bipeds, quadrupeds, reptiles, and immobile beings seen here.
भवान् युगान्तार्णव ऊर्मिमालिनि क्षोणीमिमामोषधिवीरुधां निधिम् । मया सहोरुक्रम तेऽज ओजसा तस्मै जगत्प्राणगणात्मने नमः
You, at the end of the age, with the waves of the cosmic ocean, are the repository of earth, herbs, and plants. Along with me, O mighty one, you, the unborn, by your power, are the soul of all living beings. To you I offer homage.
एवं स्तौति च देवेशं मनुः पार्थिवसत्तमः । मत्स्यावतारं देवेशं संशयच्छेदकारणम्
Thus Manu, the foremost among kings, praises the Lord of the gods, the Matsya incarnation, who is the cause of dispelling doubts.
ध्यानयोगेन देवस्य निर्धूताशेषकल्मषः । आस्ते परिचरन्भक्त्या महाभागवतोत्तमः
Through meditation and yoga upon the Lord, freed from all impurities, he remains, serving with devotion, as the supreme and most fortunate devotee.
भुवनकोशवर्णने हिरण्मयकिम्पुरुषवर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच हिरण्मये नाम वर्षे भगवान्कूर्मरूपधृक् । आस्ते योगपतिः सोऽयमर्यम्णा पूज्य ईड्यते
Description of the cosmic regions: The region called Hiraṇmaya is where the Lord, assuming the form of a tortoise, resides as the master of yoga, worshipped and praised by Aryaman.
अर्यमोवाच ॐ नमो भगवते अकूपाराय सर्वसत्त्वगुण- विशेषणाय नोपलक्षितस्थानाय नमो वर्ष्मणे नमो भूमे नमोऽवस्थानाय नमस्ते । यद्रूपमेतन्निजमाययार्पित- मर्थस्वरूपं बहुरूपरूपितम् । संख्या न यस्यास्त्ययथोपलम्भना- त्तस्मै नमस्तेऽव्यपदेशरूपिणे
Aryaman said: Om, homage to the Lord, who is the unfathomable, the distinguisher of all qualities of beings, whose place cannot be discerned. Homage to the form, to the earth, to the state, to you. This form, offered by your own power, is the essence of objects, manifesting in many forms. It cannot be counted, nor apprehended by ordinary means. Homage to you, whose form cannot be defined.
जरायुजं स्वेदजमण्डजोद्भिदं चराचरं देवर्षिपितृभूतमैन्द्रियम् । द्यौः खं क्षितिः शैलसरित्समुद्रं द्वीपग्रहर्क्षेत्यभिधेय एकः
The one who is called by a single name encompasses all: born from womb, sweat, egg, and sprout; moving and unmoving; gods, sages, ancestors, spirits, and Indra; sky, space, earth, mountains, rivers, oceans, islands, planets, and stars.
यस्मिनसंख्येयविशेषनाम- रूपाकृतौ कविभिः कल्पितेयम् । संख्या यया तत्त्वदृशापनीयते तस्मै नमः सांख्यनिदर्शनाय ते
In whom countless distinctions of name, form, and shape are imagined by poets; whose enumeration is dispelled by those who see the truth. Homage to you, the exemplar of Sāṅkhya philosophy.
एवं स्तुवति देवेशमर्यमा सह वर्षपैः । गीयते चापि भजते सर्वभूतभवं प्रभुम्
Thus Aryaman, along with the inhabitants of the region, praises and worships the Lord of all beings, the source of all existence.
तथोत्तरेषु कुरुषु भगवान्यज्ञपूरुषः । आदिवाराहरूपोऽसौ धरण्या पूज्यते सदा
In the northern Kurus, the Lord, as the Yajña Puruṣa, always worshipped, assumes the original form of the boar and is revered by the earth.
सम्पूज्य विधिवद्देवं तद्भक्त्यार्द्रार्द्रहृत्कजा । भूमिः स्तौति हरिं यज्ञवाराहं दैत्यमर्दनम्
Having properly worshipped the Lord, with devotion and a heart softened by love, the earth praises Hari, the sacrificial boar, the destroyer of demons.
भूरुवाच ॐ नमो भगवते मन्त्रतत्त्वलिङ्गाय यज्ञक्रतवे महाध्वरावयवाय महावराहाय नमः कर्मशुक्लाय त्रियुगाय नमस्ते
The Earth said: Om, homage to the Lord, whose essence is mantra and symbol, the agent of sacrifice, the constituent of great rituals, the great boar. Homage to the pure in action, to the three ages. Salutations to you.
यस्य स्वरूपं कवयो विपश्चितो गुणेषु दारुष्विव जातवेदसम् । मज्जन्ति मथ्ना मनसा दिदृक्षवो गूढं क्रियार्थेर्नम ईरितात्मने
Whose true form, like fire in wood, is concealed within qualities; the wise, desiring to see, plunge their minds in contemplation, but it remains hidden. Homage to you, whose nature is expressed through action.
द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुभिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- निंरस्तमायाकृतये नमोऽस्तु ते
To you, whose self is perceived through substances, actions, causes, and agents, through the qualities of Māyā and objects; whose form is revealed by inquiry and the excellence of intellect, dispelling the darkness of illusion—homage to you.
करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेष्मितुमीक्षितुर्गुणैः । माया यथाऽयो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे
Salutations to you, the witness of qualities and actions, who, like a stone, supports and restrains the world's existence, creation, and dissolution according to your will, and whose māyā, as desired, moves about—just as a stone is the support for the wheel.
प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे यो मां रसाया जगदादिसूकरः । कृत्वाग्रदंष्ट्रं निरगादुदन्वतः क्रीडन्निवेभः प्रणतास्मि तं विभुम्
I bow to that Lord who, taking the form of the primeval Boar at the beginning of creation, slew the obstructing demon in battle, and, placing the earth upon his prominent tusk, rose from the ocean, sporting like a great elephant.
किम्पुरुषे वर्षेऽस्मिन्भगवन्तं दाशरथिं च सर्वेशम् । सीतारामं देवं श्रीहनुमानादिपूरुषं स्तौति
In this region of Kimpuruṣa, Hanuman, the foremost of monkeys, praises the Lord, the descendant of Daśaratha, the supreme ruler, Sītā's beloved Rāma, the divine being, the primeval person.
ॐ नमो भगवते उत्तमश्लोकाय नम इति । आर्यलक्षणशीलव्रताय नम उपशिक्षितात्मने उपासितलोकाय नमः । साधुवादनिकषणाय नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय महापुरुषाय महाभागाय नम इति । यत्तद्विशुद्धानुभवात्ममेकं स्वतेजसा ध्वस्तगुणव्यवस्थम् । प्रत्यक् प्रशान्तं सुधियोपलम्भनं ह्यनामरूपं निरहं प्रपद्ये
Om, obeisance to the Blessed One, the praised in excellent verses; obeisance to the one of noble marks, character, and vows; obeisance to the self-trained, worshipped by the worlds; obeisance to the touchstone of the words of the virtuous; obeisance to the god of the Brāhmaṇas, the great person, the greatly fortunate. I take refuge in that one pure, self-realized essence, whose own radiance has destroyed the arrangement of qualities, who is the inner self, tranquil, accessible to the wise, nameless, formless, and devoid of ego.
मर्त्यावतारस्त्विह मर्त्यशिक्षणं रक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विभो । कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्ऽऽरमतः स्व आत्मनः सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य
O Lord, your descent among mortals is not only for instructing humanity and slaying the demons, but how else could the Lord, whose own self is ever blissful, experience the sufferings caused by Sītā?
न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तमः सक्तस्विलोक्यां भगवान्वासुदेवः । न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीत न लक्षणं चापि विहातुमर्हति
Truly, that Supreme Self, the best friend of the self-realized, the Blessed Vāsudeva, is not attached to worldly things; he does not suffer impurity caused by a woman, nor should he abandon his own true nature.
न जन्म नूनं महतो न सौभगं न वाङ् न चुद्धिर्नाकृतिस्तोषहेतुः । तैर्यद्विसृष्टानपि नो वनौकस- श्चकार सख्ये बत लक्ष्मणाग्रजः
Neither birth, nor greatness, nor good fortune, nor speech, nor intellect, nor form is the cause of satisfaction; yet, though he created them, the Lord, elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, befriended the forest-dwellers—how wonderful!
सुरोऽसुरो वाप्यथवा नरोऽनरः सर्वात्मना यः सुकृतज्ञमुत्तमम् । भजेत रामं मनुजाकृतिं हरिं य उत्तराननयत्कोसलान् दिवम्
Whether god, demon, human, or non-human, whoever with all their being worships Rāma, the supreme knower of virtue, Hari in human form, who led the people of Kosala to heaven, attains the highest.
श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं किम्पुरुषे वर्षे सत्यसन्धं दृढव्रतम् । रामं राजीवपत्राक्षं हनुमान् वानरोत्तमः
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Thus, in the land of Kimpuruṣa, Hanuman, the best of monkeys, praises Rāma, steadfast in truth and firm in vows, lotus-eyed, the Lord.
स्तौति गायति भक्त्या च संपूजयति सर्वशः । य एतच्छृणुयाच्चित्रं रामचन्द्रकथानकम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति रामसलोकताम्
He praises, sings, and worships him with devotion in every way; whoever hears this wondrous tale of Rāmacandra, with a mind purified of all sins, attains the same world as Rāma.
भुवनकोशवर्णने भारतवर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच भारताख्ये च वर्षेऽस्मिन्नहमादिजपूरुषः । तिष्ठामि भवता चैव स्तवनं क्रियतेऽनिशम्
Description of the regions of the world: Description of Bhāratavarṣa. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In this land called Bhārata, I, the primeval person, reside, and you continually offer praise to me.
नारद उवाच ॐ नमो भगवते उपशमशीलायोपरतानात्म्याय नमोऽकिञ्चनवित्ताय ऋषिऋषभाय नरनारायणाय परमहंसपरमगुरवे आत्मारामाधिपतये नमो नम इति । कर्तास्य सर्गादिषु यो न बध्यते न हन्यते देहगतोऽपि दैहिकैः । द्रष्टुर्न दृश्यस्य गुणैर्विदूष्यते तस्मै नमोऽसक्तविविक्तसाक्षिणे
Nārada said: Om, obeisance to the Blessed One, whose nature is tranquility, who is detached from ego, who possesses nothing, the foremost of sages, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, supreme swan, supreme teacher, lord of the self-delighted; repeated obeisance. He who is the creator of the universe but is not bound in creation, who is not slain though embodied, who is not tainted by the qualities of the seen or the seer—salutations to that unattached, distinct witness.
इदं हि योगेश्वरयोगनैपुणं हिरण्यगर्भो भगवाञ्जगाद यत् । यदन्तकाले त्वयि निर्गुणे मनो भक्त्या दधीतोज्झितदुष्कलेवरः
This is indeed the skill in yoga of the Lord of Yogis, which the blessed Hiraṇyagarbha declared: that at the time of death, one should fix the mind on you, the qualityless one, with devotion, having abandoned the impure body.
यथैहिकामुष्मिककामलम्पटः सुतेषु दारेषु धनेषु चिन्तयन् । शङ्केत विद्वान् कुकलेवरात्यया- द्यस्तस्य यत्नः श्रम एव केवलम्
Just as a man greedy for worldly and otherworldly pleasures worries about sons, wife, and wealth, so the wise man, fearing the loss of the impure body, exerts himself—but his effort is only toil in vain.