तदाख्याहि समायात एतत्प्रष्टुं सयाजकः
Tell me, O sage, who has come here with the sacrificial priests to ask this.
तद्वदस्वाधिकः कस्मादस्मद्भ्यो ऽपि दिवि स्थितः
Explain, why is he superior, dwelling in heaven, even beyond us?
दानेन वा तपोभिर्वा कथमेतादृशः प्रभो
Is it by charity or by austerities, O Lord, that he has attained such greatness?
प्रोवाच विनयाविष्टः पूर्ववृत्तं यथाविधि
He spoke, filled with humility, recounting the former events as prescribed.
एकस्मिन् दिवसे शक्र मनवश्च चतुर्दश
On a certain day, O Indra, there were fourteen Manus.
इन्द्राणां चैव सर्वेषां मन्वादीनां च वासव
And likewise, O Vasava, all the Indras and the progenitors beginning with Manu.
तेषां नामानि वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
I shall tell you their names; listen attentively.
उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा
Uttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, and also Ākṣuṣa.
नवमो दक्षसावर्णिः सर्वदेवहिते रतः
The ninth is Dakṣa Sāvarṇi, devoted to the welfare of all the gods.
ततस्तु रुद्रसावर्णी रोचमानस्ततः स्मृतः
Then comes Rudra Sāvarṇi, and after him Rocamāna is remembered.
देवानिन्द्रांश्च वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व विबुधर्षभ
I shall tell you the gods and Indras; listen, O foremost among the wise.
शचीपतिः समाख्यातस्तेषामिन्द्रो महापतिः
Śacīpati is named as their Indra, the great lord.
विपश्चिन्नाम देवेन्द्रं सर्वसंपत्समन्वितः
Vipascin is the name of the lord of the gods, endowed with all prosperity.
तेषामिन्द्रः सुशान्तिश्च तृतीये परिकीर्तितः
Among them, Suśānti is named as the Indra in the third cycle.
विभानामा देवपतिः पञ्चमः परिकीर्तितः
Vibhāna is named as the fifth lord of the gods.
आर्याद्या विबुधाः प्रोक्तास्तेषा मिन्द्रो मनोजवः
The noble ones beginning with Ārya are called the gods; among them, Indra is swift as the mind.
इन्द्रः पुरन्दरः प्रोक्तः सर्वकामसमन्वितः
Indra, known as Purandara, is said to possess all desires.
विष्णुपूजाप्रभावेण तेषामिन्द्रो बलिः स्मृतः
By the power of worshipping Viṣṇu, among them Indra is remembered as Bali.
सुवासनाद्या विबुधा दशमे परिकीर्तिताः
The gods beginning with Suvāsana are described in the tenth.
विहॄङ्गॄमाद्या देवाश्च तेषामिन्द्रो वृषः स्मृतः
The gods beginning with Vihṝṅgṝmā; among them, Indra is remembered as Vṛṣa.
क्रभुवनामा च देवेन्द्रो हरिनाभास्तथा सुराः
Krabhuvana is named as the king of the gods, and Harinābha and other deities likewise.
दिवस्पतिर्महावीर्यस्तेषामिन्द्रः प्रकीर्तितः
Divaspati, of great might, is declared as Indra among them.
एवं ते मनवः प्रोक्ता इन्द्रा देवाश्च तत्त्वतः
Thus, the Manus and the Indras and gods have been described in truth.
एकस्मिन्ब्रह्मदिवसे स्वाधिकारं प्रभुञ्जते
In one day of Brahmā, they exercise their respective authority.
कर्त्तारो बहवः संति तत्संख्यां वेत्ति कोविदः
There are many creators; the learned know their number.
तेषां संख्या न संख्यातु शक्तो ऽस्म्यद्य द्विजोत्तम
I am not able to enumerate their number today, O best of twice-born.
चत्वारो मनवो ऽतीता मम श्रीश्चातिविस्तरा
Four Manus have passed, and my glory is exceedingly vast.
ततः परं गमिष्यामि कर्मभूमिं शृणुष्व मे
After that, I shall proceed to the realm of action; listen to me.
वदतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
For those who speak and listen, it destroys all sins.
स्थितश्च भूमिभागे वै अमेध्यामिषभोजनः
One who remains in a portion of the earth, eating impure meat.