तेन वर्षसहस्रेण शासितं क्षितिमण्डलम्
By him, the realm of the earth was ruled for a thousand years.
आरोपयित्वा गरुडे कृत्वा रूपं चतुर्भुजम्
Having mounted Garuḍa and assumed a four-armed form,
यदि स्थास्यति देवेश माधव्यां माधवप्रियः
If the beloved of Mādhavī, Lord of the gods, remains,
एष दण्डः पटो ह्येष तव पद्भ्यां विसर्जितः
This staff, this cloth, has been cast away by your feet.
रुक्माङ्गदेन देवेश धन्या सा स धृतो यया
O Lord of the gods, she is blessed by whom the golden-limbed one was held.
किमपत्येन जातेन मातुः क्लेशकरेण हि
What is the use of a child born, if he brings suffering to his mother?
वृथाशूला हि जननी जाता देव कुपुत्रिणी
Indeed, O god, a mother who bears a wicked son is afflicted in vain.
यः पितुर्नोद्धरेत्पक्षं विद्यया वा बलेन वा
He who does not support his father, whether by knowledge or by strength,
धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च प्रतीपो यो भवेत्सुतः
A son who opposes his father in righteousness, wealth, or desire,
एका हि वीरसूरेव विरञ्चे नात्र संशयः
Only she who gives birth to a hero is truly a mother, O Brahmā; there is no doubt in this.
नेदं व्यवस्थितं देव क्षितौ केनापि भूभुजा
This has not been established on earth by any king, O god.
प्रवादमानं पटहं सुघोरं प्रलोपमानं ममविश्ममार्गम्
The dreadful drum resounding, echoing along my wondrous path,
सद्गुणेषु च संतापः स तापो मरणान्तिकः
And sorrow for the virtuous—such pain leads only to death.
तमुपोष्य कथं सौरे न गच्छति नरस्त्विति
Having served him, how does a man not attain the sun?
दशाश्वमेधी पुनरेति जन्म कष्णप्रणामी न पुनर्भवाय
He who performs ten Aśvamedha sacrifices is born again, but one who bows to Kṛṣṇa is not born again.
जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते यस्य हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम्
On whose tongue dwells the two-syllabled name 'Hari',
अन्नमश्नन्सुरापक्वं मरणे यो हरिं स्मरेत्
One who, while eating food cooked with liquor, remembers Hari at the time of death,
स याति विष्णुसायुज्यं विमुक्तो भवबन्धनैः
he attains union with Vishnu, freed from the bonds of worldly existence.
यस्मिन्संगीयते सो ऽपि चिन्त्यते पुरुषोत्तमः
Wherever he is sung, there too the Supreme Person is contemplated.
गङ्गांभः पूतपुण्यत्वे स नरः समतां व्रजेत्
By the purifying merit of Ganga's water, that man attains equality.
कथं शासति दुर्मेधास्तस्य वासरसेविनम्
How can the wicked-minded rule over one who enjoys the essence of the day?
तदस्माकं कृतं मानं मे तत्त्वं नावबुध्यसे
This honor was done by us; you do not understand its true nature.
कृत्स्नायासेन संयुक्तः स तैर्निग्राह्यते पुनः
He, burdened with complete effort, is again restrained by them.
स्वामिप्रसादात्सिद्धास्ते विनिन्युर्व्वै नियोगिनम्
By the master's grace, those accomplished ones led the appointed one.
कथं संयमिता तेषां बाल्याद्भास्करनन्दन
How are they restrained from childhood, O son of the Sun?
करोमि तव साहाय्यं हरिभक्तैर्न भास्करे
I shall assist you, but not with devotees of Hari, O Sun.
सर्वेषामेव देवानामादिस्तुपुरुषोत्तमः
Among all the gods, the Supreme Person is the foremost.
व्याजेनापि कृता यैस्तु द्वादशी पक्षयोर्द्वयोः
Even by pretense, those who observe the twelfth day in either fortnight,
विपर्ययो ब्रह्मपदात्सुपुण्यात्कृतेव मार्गे सह विष्णुभक्तैः
If there is a reversal from the state of Brahma, then, by great merit, it is as if performed on the path together with devotees of Vishnu.
नाहं गच्छामि योगान्तं पुनरेव जगत्पते
I do not reach the end of yoga, O Lord of the world, again.