यस्मात्प्रवृत्तयश्चास्य संकाशाद् अभिसंधिताः तस्माद्वृत्तेन प्रीतेन तुभ्यं दत्तं स्वयम्भुवा
Because his undertakings were resolved with clarity, therefore, by his virtuous conduct, this was granted to you by the Self-born.
देवराज्ये बलिर्भाव्य इति मामीश्वरो ऽब्रवीत् तस्माददृश्यो भूतानां कालापेक्षः स तिष्ठति
'Bali will become king of the gods,' the Lord told me; therefore, he remains invisible to beings, awaiting the proper time.
प्रीतेन चापरो दत्तो वरस्तुभ्यं स्वयम्भुवा तस्मान्निरुत्सुकस्त्वं वै पर्यायं सहितो ऽसुरैः
Another boon was also given to you by the Self-born, out of satisfaction; therefore, you should remain unconcerned, together with the Asuras, until the appointed time.
न हि शक्यं मया तुभ्यं पुरस्ताद् विप्रभाषितुम् ब्रह्मणा प्रतिषिद्धो ऽहं भविष्यं जानता विभो
I was not able to tell you this before, O mighty one, for Brahmā forbade me, knowing the future.
इमौ च शिष्यौ द्वौ मह्यं समाव् एतौ बृहस्पतेः दैवतैः सह संसृष्टान् सर्वान्वो धारयिष्यतः
These two disciples of mine, both from Bṛhaspati, have come to me; together with the gods, they will sustain all beings.
इत्युक्ता ह्य् असुराः सर्वे काव्येनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा हृष्टास्तेन ययुः सार्धं प्रह्लादेन महात्मना
Thus addressed, all the Asuras, with Kāvyā whose deeds are pure, joyfully departed together with the great-souled Prahlāda.
अवश्यं भाव्यमर्थं तु श्रुत्वा शुक्रेण भाषितम् सकृदाशंसमानास्तु जयं शुक्रेण भाषितम् दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे ततो देवान्समाह्वयन्
Hearing what Śukra had said about what must certainly come to pass, and having once hoped for victory as Śukra spoke, all the armed Asuras then challenged the gods.
देवास्तदासुरान्दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे समुपस्थितान् सर्वे संभृतसम्भारा देवास्तान् समयोधयन्
Seeing the Asuras assembled for battle, all the gods, having gathered their forces, engaged them in combat.
देवासुरे तदा तस्मिन् वर्तमाने शतं समाः अजयन्नसुरा देवांस् ततो देवा ह्य् अमन्त्रयन्
In that battle between gods and Asuras, which lasted a hundred years, the Asuras defeated the gods; then the gods consulted among themselves.
यज्ञेनोपाह्वयामस् तौ ततो जेष्यामहे ऽसुरान् तदोपामन्त्रयन्देवाः शण्डामर्कौ तु ताव् उभौ
'Let us summon those two by sacrifice; then we shall defeat the Asuras.' Thus the gods invited Śaṇḍa and Amarka.
यज्ञे चाहूय तौ प्रोक्तौ त्यजेतामसुरान् द्विजौ वयं युवां भजिष्यामः सह जित्वा तु दानवान्
Having summoned them to the sacrifice, the gods said to those two Brahmins, 'Abandon the Asuras; we will honor you both after we have conquered the Dānavas.'
एवं कृताभिसंधी तौ शण्डामर्कौ सुरास्तथा ततो देवा जयं प्रापुर् दानवाश्च पराजिताः
Thus, having made an agreement, Śaṇḍa and Amarka sided with the gods; then the gods gained victory, and the Dānavas were defeated.
शण्डामर्कपरित्यक्ता दानवा ह्य् अबलास्तथा एवं दैत्याः पुरा काव्यशापेनाभिहतास्तदा
Abandoned by Śaṇḍa and Amarka, the Dānavas became powerless; thus, in ancient times, the Daityas were struck down by Kāvyā's curse.
काव्यशापाभिभूतास्ते निराधाराश्च सर्वशः निरस्यमाना देवैश्च विविशुस्ते रसातलम्
Overcome by Kāvyā's curse, deprived of all support, and expelled by the gods, they entered the netherworld.
एवं निरुद्यमा देवैः कृताः कृच्छ्रेण दानवाः ततः प्रभृति शापेन भृगोर्नैमित्तिकेन तु
Thus, having been restrained by the gods, the Dānavas were subdued with great difficulty; from that time onward, by the incidental curse of Bhṛgu, this came to be.
जज्ञे पुनः पुनर्विष्णुर् धर्मे प्रशिथिले प्रभुः कुर्वन्धर्मव्यवस्थानम् असुराणां प्रणाशनम्
Again and again, Viṣṇu was born whenever righteousness declined, establishing the order of dharma and bringing about the destruction of the Asuras.
प्रह्लादस्य निदेशे तु न स्थास्यन्त्यसुराश्च ये मनुष्यवध्यास्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मेति व्याहरत्प्रभुः
By the command of Prahlāda, those Asuras who would not remain, and all who were destined to be slain by men, the Lord declared them all to be 'Brahmins.'
धर्मान्नारायणस्यांशः सम्भूतश् चाक्षुषे ऽन्तरे यज्ञं वै वर्तयामासुर् देवा वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
From dharma, a portion of Nārāyaṇa arose in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara; the gods maintained the sacrifice in the Vaivasvata Manvantara.
प्रादुर्भावे ततस्तस्य ब्रह्मा ह्य् आसीत्पुरोहितः युगाख्यायां चतुर्थ्यां तु आपन्नेषु सुरेषु वै
At the manifestation of that one, Brahmā was the chief priest; in the fourth Yuga, when the gods were afflicted, this was so.
सम्भूतस्तु समुद्रान्ते हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे द्वितीये नरसिंहाख्ये रुद्रो ह्य् आसीत्पुरोहितः
At the end of the ocean, for the slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu, in the second incarnation known as Narasiṃha, Rudra was the chief priest.
बलिसंस्थेषु लोकेषु त्रेतायां सप्तमं प्रति तृतीये वामनस्यार्थे धर्मेण तु पुरोधसा
When Bali ruled the worlds in the seventh Tretā Yuga, and in the third, for the sake of Vāmana, the chief priest acted according to dharma.
एतास् तिस्रः स्मृतास्तस्य दिव्याः सम्भूतयो द्विजाः मानुषाः सप्त यान्यास्तु शापजास्ता निबोधत
These three are remembered as his divine manifestations, O twice-born; the other seven, which are human and born of a curse, listen to them now.
त्रेतायुगे तु प्रथमे दत्तात्रेयो बभूव ह नष्टे धर्मे चतुर्थांशे मार्कण्डेयपुरःसरः
In the first Tretā Yuga, Dattātreya appeared; when a fourth part of dharma was lost, he was accompanied by Mārkaṇḍeya and others.
पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां च त्रेतायां संबभूव ह मान्धाता चक्रवर्ती तु तदोत्तङ्कपुरःसरे
In the fifteenth Tretā Yuga, the fifth manifestation occurred: King Māndhātā, the universal sovereign, together with Uttaṅka and others.
एकोनविंश्यां त्रेतायां सर्वक्षत्रान्तकृद्विभुः जामदग्न्यस्तथा षष्ठो विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः
In the nineteenth Tretā Yuga, the sixth was the mighty Jāmadagnya, destroyer of all Kṣatriyas, accompanied by Viśvāmitra and others.
चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा सप्तमो रावणस्यार्थे जज्ञे दशरथात्मजः
In the twenty-fourth Yuga, Rāma was born, with Vasiṣṭha as his chief priest; the seventh, for the sake of Rāvaṇa, was the son of Daśaratha.
अष्टमे द्वापरे विष्णुर् अष्टाविंशे पराशरात् वेदव्यासस्तथा जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः
In the eighth Dvāpara, Viṣṇu appeared; in the twenty-eighth, Vedavyāsa was born from Parāśara, accompanied by Jātūkarṇya and others.
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानम् असुराणां प्रणाशनम् बुद्धो नवमको जज्ञे तपसा पुष्करेक्षणः देवसुन्दररूपेण द्वैपायनपुरःसरः
To establish the order of dharma and destroy the Asuras, the ninth, Buddha, was born through austerity, lotus-eyed, in a form beautiful as a god, accompanied by Dvaipāyana and others.
तस्मिन्नेव युगे क्षीणे संध्याशिष्टे भविष्यति कल्की तु विष्णुयशसः पाराशर्यपुरःसरः
In that very age, when it declines and only the twilight remains, Kalki will arise, famed as Viṣṇu, accompanied by the son of Parāśara.
दशमो भाव्यसम्भूतो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः सर्वांश्च भूतांस् तिमितान् पाषण्डांश्चैव सर्वशः
The tenth, to be born in the future, accompanied by Yājñavalkya, will utterly destroy all beings, the wicked and heretics alike.