गोमती चन्द्रभागेड्या सरयूस्ताम्रपर्णिसूः
She is the Gomati, the Chandrabhaga, the Sarayu, and the daughter of the Tamraparni.
एतन्नामसहस्रं तु युग्मरूपस्य नारद
O Nārada, this is the thousand names of the two-formed one.
महापापप्रशमनं वन्ध्यात्वविनिवर्तकम्
It removes great sins and turns back barrenness.
पापापहं वैरिहरं राधामाधवभक्तिदम्
It destroys sin, removes enemies, and bestows devotion to Rādhā and Mādhava.
राधासंगसुधासिंधौ नमो नित्यविहारिणे
Salutations to the eternal enjoyer in the ocean of nectar that is Rādhā’s company.
जगल्लयविधात्री च सर्वेशी सर्वसूतिका
She is the creatrix of the dissolution of the world, the sovereign of all, the mother of all.
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं दिव्यं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
This is the divine bestower of enjoyment and liberation—what more do you wish to hear?
महातन्त्रविधानं नः कुमारोक्तं त्वयोदितम्
The great tantra teaching spoken by Kumāra has been related by you to us.
यदिहोदितमस्मभ्यं त्वयातिकरुणात्मना
What you have told us here, O most compassionate one—
भूयः पप्रच्छ किं साधो कुमारं विदुषां वरम्
Again, the sage asked Kumāra, the foremost of the wise, what more there was.
सनत्कुमारमप्याह प्रणम्य ज्ञानिनां वरम्
Sanatkumāra, the best of the wise, was also addressed after being saluted.
तत्रापि कृष्णमन्त्राणां वैभवं ह्युदितं महत्
There, too, the great glory of Kṛṣṇa mantras was declared.
तस्या अंशावताराणां चरितं मन्त्रपूर्वकम्
The deeds of her partial incarnations, preceded by mantra, were recounted.
शक्तेस्तन्त्राण्यनेकानि शिवोक्तानि मुनीश्वर
Many tantras of the Power, spoken by Śiva, O best of sages, are there.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः
Hearing those words of the great-souled Nārada,
शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि राधांशानां समुद्भवम्
Hear, O Nārada, I will tell you the origin of Rādhā’s portions.
या तु राधा मया प्रोक्ता कृष्णार्द्धाङ्गसमुद्भवा
That Rādhā, of whom I have spoken, arose from half the body of Kṛṣṇa.
तेजोमण्डलमध्यस्था दृश्यदृश्यस्वरूपिणी
She stands at the center of the radiant sphere, possessing both visible and invisible forms.
कृष्णस्य वामभागात्तु जातो नारायणः स्वयम्
From the left side of Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa himself was born.
ततः कृष्णो महालक्ष्मीं दत्त्वा नारायणाय च
Then Kṛṣṇa gave Mahālakṣmī to Nārāyaṇa.
अथ गोलोकनाथस्य गोम्नां विवरतो मुने
O sage, then, from the opening of the cows of the Lord of Goloka—
प्राणतुल्यप्रियाः सर्वे बभूवुः पार्षदा विभोः
All the attendants of the Lord became as dear to him as his own life.
राधातुल्याः सर्वतश्च राधादास्यः प्रियंवदाः
All around, there were those equal to Rādhā, and maidservants of Rādhā, speaking sweetly.
आविर्बभूव सा दुर्गा विष्णुमाया सनातनी
Then she appeared—Durgā, the eternal power of Viṣṇu.
परिपूर्णतमा तेजः स्वरूपा त्रिगुणात्मिका
She is the embodiment of the most complete energy, of triple nature.
या तु संसारवृक्षस्य बीजरूपा सनातनी
She, the eternal one, is the seed-form of the tree of worldly existence.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सस्त्रीकस्तु चतुर्मुखः
Meanwhile, there, the four-faced one appeared, together with his consort.
कमण्डलुधरो जातस्तपस्वी नाभितो हरेः
Holding a water-pot, ascetic, he was born from the navel of Hari.
निषसादासने रम्ये विभोस्तस्याज्ञया मुने
By the command of the Lord, O sage, he sat upon a beautiful seat.
वामार्द्धाङ्गो महादेवो दक्षार्द्धो गोपिकापतिः
Mahādeva, with his left half, and the Lord of the Gopīs, with his right half—