अन्ये सुरा सुराः कुत्र भस्मीभूता लयं गताः १०.
Where are the other gods and demons, who were reduced to ashes and dissolved?
व्यासप्रसादात्सकलं वेत्थ त्वं नापरो हि तत् १०.
By Vyāsa's grace, you know everything; indeed, there is no one else who knows thus.
इति पृष्टस्तदा सर्वैर्मुनिभिर्भावितात्मभिः १०.
Thus questioned at that time by all the sages whose minds were purified,
यदा ब्रह्मांडमध्यस्था व्याप्ता देवा विषाग्निना तदा विज्ञापितः शंभुर्हेरंबेन महात्मना॥ १०.
When the gods dwelling in the center of the cosmic egg were pervaded by the poison of the fire, then Śaṃbhu was informed by the great-souled Heramba.
हे रुद्र हे महादेव हे स्थाणो ह जगत्पते १०.
O Rudra, O Mahādeva, O Sthāṇu, O Lord of the universe,
भयेन मति मोहात्त्वां नार्च्चयंति च मामपि १०.
Out of fear and confusion of mind, they do not worship you nor me.
एवमभ्यर्थितस्तेन पिनाकी वृषभध्वजः १०.
Thus entreated by him, Pinākī, the one bearing the bull as his emblem,
लिंगरूपोऽब्रवीच्छंभुर्निराकारो निरामयः १०.
Śaṃbhu, in the form of the liṅga, spoke—formless, free from affliction.
हेरंब श्रृणु मे वाक्यं श्रद्धया परया युतः १०.
Heramba, listen to my words, endowed with supreme faith.
स्थितिं करोत्यहंकारः प्रलयोत्पत्तिमेव च १०.
Ego creates sustenance, as well as dissolution and origination.
मायाविरहितं शांतं द्वैताद्वैतपरं सदा १०.
That which is devoid of illusion, peaceful, always transcending duality and non-duality,
यदि त्वं केवलो ह्यात्मा परमानन्दलक्षणः १०.
If you are indeed the pure Self, characterized by supreme bliss,
नानारूपं कथं जातं सुरासुरविलक्षणम् १०.
How then has the manifold form arisen, distinct from gods and demons?
भूतग्रामैश्चतुर्भिश्च नानाभेदैः समन्वितैः १०.
With the four groups of beings, endowed with various distinctions,
परस्परविरोधेन ज्ञानवादेन मोहिताः १०.
Through mutual opposition and debate about knowledge, they are deluded.
ज्ञाननिष्ठाश्च ये केचित्परस्परविरोधिनः १०.
And those who are established in knowledge, yet mutually opposed,
अहं गणश्च कुत्रत्याः क्व चायं वृषभः प्रभो १०.
Where am I, where is the group, and where is this bull, O Lord?
कृताः सर्वे महाभागाः सात्त्विका राजसाश्च वै १०.
All have been created, O greatly fortunate ones, both those of sattva and rajas.
कालशक्त्या च जातानि रजःसत्त्वतमांसि च १०.
By the power of time, have arisen the qualities of rajas, sattva, and tamas.
परिदृश्यमानमेतच्चानश्वरं परमार्थतः १०.
This which is seen is impermanent, but in the highest truth it is not so.
यावद्गणेशसंयुक्तो भाषमाणः सदाशिवः १०.
As long as Sadāśiva, accompanied by Gaṇeśa, was speaking,
शिवरूपा जगद्योनिः कार्यकारणरूपिणी १०.
She, who is the source of the universe in the form of Śiva, embodies both cause and effect.
एका स्थिता परा शक्तिर्ब्रह्मविद्यात्मलक्षणा १०.
The supreme power, characterized by the knowledge of Brahman, alone abides.
प्रकृत्यन्तर्गतं सर्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् १०.
All this world, moving and unmoving, is contained within Prakṛti.
साक्षात्प्रकृत्याः संभूतो गणेशो भगवानभूत् १०.
The blessed Gaṇeśa was directly born from Prakṛti.
शिवेन सह संग्रामो ह्यभूत्तस्य महात्मनः १०.
There was a battle between him, the great-souled one, and Śiva.
तस्य दृष्ट्वा ह्यजेयत्वं गजारूढस्य तत्तदा १०.
Then, seeing the invincibility of the one mounted on the elephant,
तदा स्तुतो महादेवः परशक्त्या परंतपः १०.
At that time, the great god, the scorcher of foes, was praised by the supreme power.
तदा वृतो महादेवो वरेण परमेण हि १०.
Then the great god was granted a supreme boon.
त्वां न जानात्ययं मूढः प्रकृत्यंशसमुद्भवः १०.
This deluded one, born from a portion of Prakṛti, does not know you.