त्वामेव पुत्रमिच्छामि त्वया वा सदृशं सतम्
I desire you alone as a son, or one who is truly like you.
न जाने परमं भावं याथातथ्येन ते शिव
I do not know your highest nature in its true reality, O auspicious one.
प्रसीद तव पादाब्जं नमामि शरणं गतः
Be gracious; I bow to your lotus feet, having sought refuge.
व्याजहार तदा पुत्रं समालोक्य जनार्दनम्
Then, seeing Janardana, he addressed his son.
विज्ञानमैश्वरं दिव्यमुत्पत्स्यति तवानघ
Divine knowledge, lordly and pure, will arise in you, O sinless one.
तथा कुरुष्व देवेश मया लोकपितामह
So do this, O lord of gods, by me, O ancestor of the worlds.
भविष्यति तवेशानो योगक्षेमवहो हरिः
Hari, the lord, will be the bearer of your yoga and welfare.
संस्पृश्य देवं ब्रह्माणं हरिं वचनमब्रवीत्
Touching the god Brahma, Hari spoke these words.
वरं वृणीष्वं नह्यावां विभिन्नौ परमार्थतः
Choose a boon, for we two are not truly different in essence.
प्राह प्रसन्नया वाचा समालोक्य चतुर्मुखम्
He spoke with a pleased voice, gazing at the four-faced one.
पश्यामि परमात्मानं भक्तिर्भवतु मे त्वयि
I behold the supreme self; may devotion to you arise in me.
भवान् सर्वस्य कार्यस्य कर्ताहऽमधिदैवतम्
You are the agent of all actions; I am the subordinate deity.
भवान् सोमस्त्वहं सूर्यो भवान् रात्रिरहं दिनम्
You are Soma, I am Surya; you are night, I am day.
भवान् ज्ञानमहं ज्ञाता भवान् मायाहमीश्वरः
You are knowledge, I am the knower; you are maya, I am the lord.
यो ऽहं सुनिष्कलो देवः सो ऽपि नारायणः परः
The god who is I, completely without parts, is also the supreme Narayana.
पालयैतज्जगत् कृत्स्नं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
Protect this entire world, with gods, asuras, and humans.
धामैकमव्यक्तमनन्तशक्तिः
The one abode, unmanifest, of infinite power.
तदेव सुमहत् पद्मं भेजे नाभिसमुत्थितम्
He entered that great lotus, which had arisen from the navel.
महासुरौ समायातौ भ्रातरौ मधुकैटभौ
The two great demons, the brothers Madhu and Kaitabha, appeared together.
कर्णान्तरसमुद्भूतौ देवदेवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः
They arose from between the ears of the god of gods, the wielder of Śārṅga.
त्रैलोक्यकण्टकावेतावसुरौ हन्तुमर्हसि
These two demons are the torment of the three worlds; you ought to destroy them.
आज्ञापयामास तयोर्वधार्थं पुरुषावुभौ
He commanded that both of them, the two men, be slain.
व्यनयत् कैटभं विष्णुर्जिष्णुश्च व्यनयन्मधुम्
Viṣṇu subdued Kaitabha, and Jishnu subdued Madhu.
बभाषे मधुरं वाक्यं स्नेहाविष्टमना हरिः
Hari, his mind filled with affection, spoke sweet words.
नाहं भवन्तं शक्नोमि वोढुं तेजामयं गुरुम्
I am unable to bear you, O mighty one made of splendor.
अवाच वैष्णवीं निद्रामेकीभूयाथ विष्णुना
Viṣṇu and the goddess Nidrā, united as one, fell silent.
ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यो ऽसौ सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
Then Brahmā, known as Nārāyaṇa, slept upon the waters.
अनाद्यनन्तमद्वैतं स्वात्मानं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
He, the beginningless, endless, non-dual self, called Brahman.
ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां वैष्णवं भावमाश्रितः
Assuming the Vaiṣṇava disposition, he created creation in that very form.
ऋभुं सनत्कुमारं च पुर्वजं तं सनातनम्
He created Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra, the ancient and eternal one.