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.
तन्नः प्रभो त्वं कुकलेवरार्पितां त्वं माययाहं ममतामधोक्षज । भिन्द्याम येनाशु वयं सुदुर्भिदां विधेहि योगं त्वयि नः स्वभावजम्
O Lord, you are the master; I am bound by attachment to this impure body through your māyā, O Transcendent One. Please break this difficult bondage of mine quickly; grant us the yoga that arises from our own nature and is fixed in you.
एवं स्तौति सदा देवं नारायणमनामयम् । नारदो मुनिशार्दूलः प्रज्ञाताखिलसारदृक्
Thus, Nārada, the best of sages, ever praises the faultless Lord Nārāyaṇa, who knows the essence of all things.
अस्मिन् वै भारते वर्षे सरिच्छैलास्तु सन्ति हि । तान्प्रवक्ष्यामि देवर्षे शृणुष्वैकाग्रमानसः
In this land of Bhārata, there are indeed many rivers and mountains; I will describe them to you, O sage of the gods, listen with focused mind.
मलयो मङ्गलप्रस्थो मैनाकश्च त्रिकूटकः । ऋषभः कूटकः कोल्लः सह्यो देवगिरिस्तथा
Malaya, Maṅgalaprastha, Maināka, Trikūṭa, Ṛṣabha, Kūṭaka, Kolla, Sahya, and Devagiri—these are the mountains.
ऋष्यमूकश्च श्रीशैलो व्यङ्कटाद्रिर्महेन्द्रकः । वारिधारश्च विन्ध्यश्च मुक्तिमानृक्षपर्वतः
Ṛṣyamūka, Śrīśaila, Vyaṅkaṭādri, Mahendra, Vāridhāra, Vindhya, Muktimān, and Ṛkṣaparvata—
पारियात्रस्तथा द्रोणश्चित्रकूटगिरिस्तथा । गोवर्धनो रैवतकः ककुभो नीलपर्वतः
Pāriyātra, Droṇa, Citrakūṭa mountain, Govardhana, Raivataka, Kakubha, and Nīlaparvata—
गौरमुखश्चेन्द्रकीलो गिरिः कामगिरिस्तथा । एते चान्येऽप्यसंख्याता गिरयो बहुपुण्यदाः
Gauramukha, Indrakīla, and Kāmagiri—these and countless other mountains grant great merit.
एतदुत्पन्नसरितः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । पानावगाहनस्नानदर्शनोत्कीर्तनैरपि
From these arise hundreds and thousands of rivers, which by drinking, bathing, immersion, seeing, or praising,
नाशयन्ति च पापानि त्रिविधानि शरीरिणाम् । ताम्रपर्णी चन्द्रवशा कृतमाला वटोदका
destroy the threefold sins of embodied beings: Tāmraparṇī, Candravaśā, Kṛtamālā, and Vaṭodakā.
वैहायसी च कावेरी वेणा चैव पयस्विनी । तुङ्गभद्रा कृष्णवेणा शर्करावर्तका तथा
Vaihāyasī, Kāverī, Veṇā, Payasvinī, Tuṅgabhadrā, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, and Śarkarāvartakā as well.