प्रजास्तत्सुखसंवृद्धा जरामृ त्युविवर्जिताः
The people, growing in happiness, were free from old age and death.
यौवनस्थाश्च निर्द्वंद्वाः सततं धर्मसंश्रयाः
They remained youthful, free from dualities, always devoted to righteousness.
अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी स्वादवद्भिः फलैर्युता
The earth yielded sweet fruits without being ploughed or sown.
एवं व्रजति काले वै राज्ञि राज्यं प्रकुर्वति
Thus, as time passed, the king continued to rule the kingdom.
प्रजानां बहुदुःखानि मुहुः कुर्वंत्यनेकशः
But the people began to experience many and repeated sufferings.
तथा संह्रियमाणेषु लोकेषु नृपसत्तमः
And as the worlds were being withdrawn, the best of kings—
तेनैवाप्यायितो लोकः सुखी जातो यशस्विनि संवर्त्तो वारिदो भूत्वा मेघान्वै विन्यपातयत्
By him the world was nourished and became happy, O illustrious one; Saṃvartta, becoming a rain-cloud, poured down the rains.
ततस्तु मारुतो भूत्वा नृपतिस्तामधारयत्
Then the king, becoming the wind, sustained that rain.
न यज्ञा न जपो होमो न च पक्तिरवर्त्तत 5.2.74.
No sacrifices, no recitation, no oblation, nor any cooking took place.
ततः स राजा तं दृष्ट्वा त्वभवद्धव्यवाहनः
Then, seeing that, the king became the bearer of offerings.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि त्वया सार्द्धं समागतः
Meanwhile, O Goddess, I arrived together with you.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे सकिंनरमहोरगाः
Then all the hosts of gods, along with kinnaras and great serpents,
भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च ये चान्ये गगनेचराः
Spirits, pretas, piśācas, and others who move through the sky,
गंगा च यमुना सिंधुश्चंद्रभागा सरस्वती
The Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sindhu, Candrabhāgā, and Sarasvatī,
विपाशा देविका पुण्या शरयूः कौशिकी तथा
Vipāśā, Devikā the holy, Śarayū, and Kauśikī as well,
पारा वेद स्मृतिश्चैव वेत्रघ्नी नर्मदा शिवा
Pārā, Veda, Smṛti, Vetraghnī, Narmadā, and Śivā,
पुष्करश्च प्रयागश्च प्रभासो नैमिषस्तथा ।। पृथुतीर्थोदकश्चैव तथैवामरकंटकः
Puṣkara and Prayāga, Prabhāsa and Naimiṣa likewise, the broad-tanked Pṛthutīrtha, and also Amarakaṇṭaka,
गंगाद्वारः कुशावर्त्तो बिल्वको नीलपर्वतः
Gaṅgādvāra, Kuśāvarta, Bilvaka, and Nīlaparvata,
भृगुतुंगः सुकुक्षश्चाप्यजगंधश्च पार्वति 5.2.74.
Bhṛgutuṅga, Sukukṣa, and Ajagaṃdha as well, O Pārvatī,
स्थानानि च समस्तानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च
And all the sacred places and holy shrines,
मुनयो वालखिल्याश्च वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
The sages and Vālakhilyas, and the four Vedas as well,
अनंतरं मया मेरुः स्थलाकारः कृतस्ततः नियुक्ताः सागराः पार्श्वे चत्वारो लवणादयः
Immediately, I made Meru in the form of land; then the four oceans, salty and others, were placed at its sides.
अथ व्याकुलतां प्राप्तः स च राजा रिपुंजयः
Then that king Ripuṃjaya became overwhelmed with distress.
तेजसा दह्यमानोऽपि मदीयेन वरानने
Even as he was being burned by my radiance, O beautiful-faced one,
स्थलेस्मिन्नृप राजाहं मयाप्युक्तं विनोदतः
On this earth, O king, I too spoke to him in a friendly manner.
तेनाहं सर्वतो दृष्टो वाङ्मये सचराचरे
By him I was seen everywhere, in speech, in all that moves and does not move.
प्रभावमतुलं दृष्ट्वा मदीयं व्यापकं परम् भूयःस्तुतोऽपि तेनाहं तुष्टो वै तस्य भूपतेः
Seeing my incomparable, supreme, all-pervading power, he praised me again, and I was pleased with that king.
भक्तिर्मे सुदृढा भूयात्त्वयि सर्वॆश शाश्वती। तुष्टोहं तेन वाक्येन पुनः प्रोक्तो मया नृप ॥ 5.2.74.
May my devotion to you, O Lord of all, be firm and eternal; I was pleased by those words, and again I spoke to the king.
एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा पुनर्मां ब्रूहि पार्थिव । हृदि स्थितश्च ते कामः सर्वकालं भविष्यति
Having said, 'So it shall be,' speak to me again, O King; the desire that abides in your heart will remain there at all times.
अधृष्यः सर्वेदेवानां सर्वदा संभविष्यसि
You will always be invulnerable to all the gods.