पर्जन्यः पवमानस्तु द्वितीयः सो ऽनुदृश्यते पावकोष्णः समूह्यस्तु वोत्तरे सो ऽग्निरुच्यते
Parjanya and Pavamāna are the second; he is not seen. The fire called Pāvaka, warm and collected, is said to be in the north.
हव्यसूदो ह्य् असंमृज्यः शामित्रः स विभाव्यते शतधामा सुधाज्योती रौद्रैश्वर्यः स उच्यते
The oblation-consuming fire, not to be cleansed, is called Śāmitra; he is distinguished. Śatadhāmā, radiant with pure ghee, is said to possess fierce lordship.
ब्रह्मज्योतिर् वसुधामा ब्रह्मस्थानीय उच्यते अजैकपादुपस्थेयः स वै शालामुखो यतः
Brahmajyoti, with the earth as his domain, is called the one established in Brahman. The one to be approached by Ajaikapād is the Śālāmukha, from whom he originates.
अनिर्देश्यो ह्यहिर्बुध्न्यो बहिरन्ते तु दक्षिणौ पुत्रा ह्येते तु सर्वस्य उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः
The indescribable Ahirbudhnya is outside and at the southern end; these are his sons. All are to be approached by the twice-born, as remembered.
ततो विहरणीयांस्तु वक्ष्याम्यष्टौ तु तान्सुतान् हौत्रियस्य सुतो ह्यग्निर् बर्हिषो हव्यवाहनः
Next, I will speak of those eight who are to be moved about; the son of the Hotṛ, the fire of the sacrificial grass, the carrier of oblations.
प्रशंस्यो ऽग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयः संसहायकः सुतो ह्यग्नेर् विश्ववेदा ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिरुच्यते
The praiseworthy fire, Pracetā, is the second, the helper; the son of Agni, Viśvaveda, is called the Brahman’s reciter.
अपां योनिः स्मृतः स्वाम्भः सेतुर्नाम विभाव्यते धिष्ण्य आहरणा ह्येते सोमेनेज्यन्त वै द्विजैः
The origin of waters is remembered as Svāmbhaḥ, known as Setu. The Dhiṣṇya fires are those brought forth; these are worshipped with Soma by the twice-born.
ततो यः पावको नाम्ना यः सद्भिर्योग उच्यते अग्निः सो ऽवभृथो ज्ञेयो वरुणेन सहेज्यते
Then the fire called Pāvaka, which is spoken of by the virtuous as joined, is to be known as Avabhṛtha; it is worshipped together with Varuṇa.
हृदयस्य सुतो ह्यग्नेर् जठरे ऽसौ नृणां पचन् मन्युमाञ्जठरश्चाग्निर् विद्धाग्निः सततं स्मृतः
The son of Agni in the heart is in the belly, cooking for men; the fiery belly is always remembered as the pierced fire.
परस्परोत्थितो ह्यग्निर् भूतानीह विभुर्दहन् अग्नेर्मन्युमतः पुत्रो घोरः संवर्तकः स्मृतः
The fire arising from mutual interaction burns the beings here; the son of Agni, endowed with wrath, is remembered as the fierce Samvartaka.
पिबन्नपः स वसति समुद्रे वडवामुखे समुद्रवासिनः पुत्रः सहरक्षो विभाव्यते
Drinking the waters, he dwells in the mouth of the submarine fire; the son of the ocean-dwelling one, Saharakṣa, is distinguished.
सहरक्षस्तु वै कामान् गृहे स वसते नृणाम् क्रव्यादग्निः सुतस्तस्य पुरुषान्यो ऽत्ति वै मृतान्
Saharakṣa dwells in the home of men, fulfilling desires; his son, the flesh-eating fire, consumes the dead among men.
इत्येते पावकस्याग्नेर् द्विजैः पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः ततः सुतास्तु सौवीर्याद् गन्धर्वैरसुरैर् हृताः
Thus, these sons of Pāvaka Agni are proclaimed by the twice-born; then, his sons of great strength were carried off by Gandharvas and Asuras.
मथितो यस्त्वरण्यां तु सो ऽग्निराप समिन्धनम् आयुर् नाम्ना तु भगवान् पशौ यस्तु प्रणीयते
The fire churned in the forest obtained fuel; the blessed one named Āyus is led to the animal.
आयुषो महिमान्पुत्रो दहनस्तु ततः सुतः पाकयज्ञेष्व् अभीमानी हुतं हव्यं भुनक्ति यः
The son of Āyus, of great power, is the burning one; he is the son who, in the cooking sacrifice, consumes the offered oblation.
सर्वस्माद्देवलोकाच्च हव्यं कव्यं भुनक्ति यः पुत्रो ऽस्य सहितो ह्यग्निर् अद्भुतः स महायशाः
He is the son who consumes oblations and ancestral offerings from all the worlds of the gods; his companion, the wondrous Agni, is of great renown.
प्रायश्चित्तेष्वभीमानी हृतं हव्यं भुनक्ति यः अद्भुतस्य सुतो वीरो देवांशस्तु महान्स्मृतः
He who is proud in expiatory rites consumes the stolen oblation; the son of Adbhuta is a heroic one, and among the gods he is remembered as the great one.
विविधाग्निस्ततस्तस्य तस्य पुत्रो महाकविः विविधाग्निसुतादर्काद् अग्नयो ऽष्टौ सुताः स्मृताः
Then, from him, the various fires arose; his son is the great sage, and from the sons of the various fires, due to heat, eight fires are remembered as born.
काम्यास्विष्टिष्वभीमानी रक्षोहायतिकृच्च यः सुरभिर्वसुमान्नादो हर्यश्वश्चैव रुक्मवान्
He who is proud in desired offerings and who destroys demons and enemies—Surabhi, Vasuman, Nada, Haryashva, and also Rukmavan—
प्रवर्ग्यः क्षेमवांश्चैव इत्यष्टौ च प्रकीर्तिताः शुच्यग्नेस्तु प्रजा ह्येषा अग्नयश्च चतुर्दश
Pravargya and Kṣemavan—thus, eight are proclaimed; these are the progeny of the pure fire, and indeed, there are fourteen fires.
इत्येते ह्यग्नयः प्रोक्ताः प्रणीता ये हि चाध्वरे समतीते तु सर्गे ये यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः
Thus, these fires have been described—those who are established in the sacrifice, and those who existed in the past creation, along with the best of the gods of the night.
स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वम् अग्नयस्ते ऽभिमानिनः एते विहरणीयेषु चेतनाचेतनेष्विह
In the previous interval of Svāyambhuva, these proud fires existed; here, among the animate and inanimate, they move about.
स्थानाभिमानिनो ऽग्नीध्राः प्रागासन्हव्यवाहनाः काम्यनैमित्तिकाद्यास्ते ये ते कर्मस्ववस्थिताः
The Agnīdhra priests, who are attached to their stations, formerly bore the oblations; those who are of the desired and occasional types, they are established in the rites.
पूर्वे मन्वन्तरे ऽतीते शुक्रैर्यामैश्च तैः सह एते देवगणैः सार्धं प्रथमस्यान्तरे मनोः
In the previous Manvantara that has passed, together with the Shukras and Yamas, these, along with the divine hosts, existed in the first interval of Manu.
इत्येता योनयो ह्यक्ताः स्थानाख्या जातवेदसाम् स्वारोचिषादिषु ज्ञेयाः सवर्णान्तेषु सप्तसु
Thus, these origins, called stations, of the knowers of fire have been established; they are to be understood in the seven Savarni cycles, beginning with Svarocisha.
तैरेवं तु प्रसंख्यातं साम्प्रतानागतेष्विह मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु लक्षणं जातवेदसाम्
Thus, by them, the characteristics of the knowers of fire have been enumerated for all the Manvantaras that have come and will come.
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु नानारूपप्रयोजनैः वर्तन्ते वर्तमानैश्च यामैर्देवैः सहाग्नयः
In all the Manvantaras, with various forms and purposes, the fires exist together with the present Yamas and gods.
अनागतैः सुरैः सार्धं वत्स्यन्तो ऽनागतास्त्वथ इत्येष प्रचयो ऽग्नीनां मया प्रोक्तो यथाक्रमम् विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छथ
And with the gods yet to come, those yet to be will dwell; thus, the succession of fires has been told by me in order and detail—what else would you wish to hear?
इदानीं प्राह यद्विष्णुः पृष्टः परममुत्तमम् तदिदानीं समाचक्ष्व धर्माधर्मस्य विस्तरम्
Now, tell in detail that supreme and highest matter which Viṣṇu spoke when asked, the full account of righteousness and unrighteousness.
एवमेकार्णवे तस्मिन् मत्स्यरूपी जनार्दनः विस्तारमादिसर्गस्य प्रतिसर्गस्य चाखिलम्
Thus, in that single ocean, Janārdana in the form of a fish narrated in full the origin and the entire re-creation.