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.
तमेकं देवताश्रेष्ठं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
When the day of Hari arrives, I approach that one, the highest among the gods.
स मे शत्रुर्महान्देव तेन लुप्तः पटो मम
He is my great enemy, O god; because of him, my garment was lost.
कृतकृत्यो भविष्यामि गयापिण्डप्रदो यथा
I shall become accomplished, as one who gives the funeral offering at Gaya.
उपोषितः स्तुतोवापि न नियम्या मया हि ते
Whether fasting or praised, they are not to be restrained by me.
सौतिरुवाच
The sūta said:
र्चितयामास देवेशो विरिञ्चिः कुशलाञ्छनः
The lord of the gods, Virinchi, skilled in creation, fashioned them.
भूतत्रासनमात्रं तु रूपं स जगृहे विभुः
The mighty one assumed a form solely to instill fear among beings.
सर्वयोषिद्वरा देवीमनसा निर्भिता बभौ
The goddess, foremost among all women, shone, her mind unshaken.
दृष्ट्वा पितामहस्तां तु रूपद्रविणसंयुताम्
Seeing her, adorned with beauty and wealth, the grandsire gazed upon her.
प्रत्यवायभयाद्ब्रह्या चक्षुषी संन्यमीलयत्
Out of fear of sin, Brahmā closed his eyes.