वेदेष्वाहुर्विराड्रूपं त्वामेकरूपमीदृशम् २२.
In the Vedas, they declare you as the cosmic form, the singular form such as this.
महातलं चास्य गुल्फौ जंघे चापि तलातलम् २२.
The great netherworld is your ankles, and the lower regions are your shins.
महीतलं च जघनं नाभिश्चास्य नभस्तलम् २२.
The earth is your hips, and the navel is the realm of the sky.
ग्रीवा महश्चवदनं जनलोकः प्रकीर्त्यते २२.
The neck is the world of the great, and the mouth is called the world of beings.
चन्द्रसूर्यौ च नयने दिशः श्रोत्रे नासिकाश्विनौ २२.
The moon and sun are your eyes, the directions are your ears, and the Ashvins are your nostrils.
एवं ये ते विराड्रूपं संस्मरंत उपासते २२.
Thus, those who meditate upon your cosmic form worship you.
एवं स्थूलं प्राणिमध्यं च शूक्ष्मं भावेभावे भावितं त्वां गृणंति २२.
In this way, those who contemplate you as gross, as the center of living beings, and as subtle in every state, praise you.
एवं स्तुतो विरंचिस्तु कृपयाभिपरिप्लुतः २२.
Thus praised, Brahma was filled with compassion.
सर्वे भवन्तो दुःखार्ताः परिम्लानमुखांबुजाः २२.
All of you are afflicted by sorrow, with faces like wilted lotuses.
ममैवयं कृतिर्देवा भवतां यद्वडम्बना २२.
This act of mine, O gods, is for your sake, as you are oppressed.
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं धार्मिकं चोर्जितं महत् २२.
Whatever being possesses greatness, virtue, and power,
तन्नूनं मम भग्नौ च बाहू तेन दुरात्मना २२.
That indeed, my arms have been broken by that wicked one.
योऽसौ वज्रांगतनयस्त्वया दत्तवरः प्रभो २२.
He, the son of Vajranga, to whom you granted a boon, O Lord,
यत्तन्महीसमुद्रस्य तटं शार्विकतीर्थकम् २२.
That which is the shore of the great ocean, the holy place of Sharvī,
ऋद्धयः सर्वदेवानां गृहीतास्तेन सर्वतः २२.
The prosperity of all the gods has been seized by him everywhere.
चंद्रसूर्यौ ग्रहास्तारा यच्चान्यद्देवपक्षतः २२.
The moon, the sun, the planets, the stars, and whatever else belongs to the gods' side.
वयं च विधृता स्तेन बहूपहसितास्तथा २२.
We have been restrained and mocked as thieves by many.
तद्वयं शरणं प्राप्ताः पीडिताः क्षुत्तृषार्दिताः २२.
Therefore, afflicted and tormented by hunger and thirst, we have come to you for refuge.
इत्युक्तः स्वात्मभूर्देवः सुरैर्दैत्यविचेष्टितम् २२.
Thus addressed, the self-born god heard from the gods about the actions of the Daitya.
अवध्यस्तारको दैत्यः सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः २२.
The Daitya Tāraka cannot be slain by any of the gods or asuras.
मया च वरदानेन च्छन्दयित्वा निवारितः॥ २२.
And by granting him a boon, I myself, having been pleased, made him invulnerable.
तपसा स हिदीप्तोऽभूत्त्रैलोक्यदहनात्मकः २२.
By his austerity, he became blazing, capable of burning the three worlds.
स च सप्तदिनो बालः शंकराद्यो भविष्यति २२.
A child, born after seven days, will arise from Śaṃkara.
सतीनामा तु या देवी विनष्टा दक्षहेलया २२.
The goddess named Satī was destroyed due to Dakṣa’s disrespect.
शंकरस्य च तस्याश्च यत्नः कार्यः समागमे २२.
Śaṃkara and she must strive for union.
इत्युक्तास्त्रिदशास्तेन साक्षात्कलयोनिना २२.
Thus were the gods addressed by him, the direct source of creation.
ततो गतेषु देवेषु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः २२.
Then, when the gods had departed, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds,
ततो भगवती रात्रिरुपतस्थे पितामहम् २२.
Then the goddess Night approached the grandsire.
विभावरि महाकार्यं विबुधानामुपस्थितम् २२.
O Night, a great task concerning the gods has arisen.
तारकोनाम दैत्येंद्रः सुरकेतुरनिर्ज्जितः २२.
Tāraka, the lord of the Daityas, the banner of the gods, is unconquered.