पलायध्वमहो देवाः शक्तिश्चेद्वः पलायितुम् ३२.
Flee, O gods, if you have the power to flee!
किं न श्रुतः पुरा गीतः श्लोकः स्वायंभुवेन यः अपस्मारीषु चैवापि सर्वे ते संशयं गताः॥ ३२.
Has the verse sung long ago by Svayambhu not been heard? All those afflicted by apasmara have fallen into doubt.
प्रत्यक्षं तदिदं सर्वमाधुना चात्र दृस्यते॥ ३२.
All this is now plainly seen before your eyes.
अज्ञासिष्म पुरैवैतद्रुद्रभक्तं न हंत्यसौ ३२.
We knew this before: one devoted to Rudra is not slain.
अथैष यदि दैत्येंद्रं न निहंति कुबुद्धिमान् ३२.
If this one does not slay the demon king, he is of wicked mind.
अद्य मे विपुलं बाह्वोर्बलं पश्यत दैत्याधमं नाशयामि मुष्टिनैकेन पश्यत॥ ३२.
Today, behold the great strength of my arms; I will destroy the vile demon with a single fist—watch!
मया हि दक्षिणो बाहुर्दत्तश्च भवतां सदा ३२.
Indeed, my right arm has always been given to you all.
येंऽबरे ये च पाताले भुवि ये च महासुराः ३२.
Those in the sky, those in the netherworld, those on earth, and the great asuras.
एवमुक्ता जगन्नाथो मुष्टिमुद्यम्य दक्षिणम् ३२.
Having spoken thus, the Lord of the universe raised his right fist.
तस्मिन्धावति गोविंदे चचाल भुवनत्रयम् ३२.
As Govinda rushed forward, the three worlds trembled.
धावतश्चापि कल्पांतं रुद्रकल्पस्य तस्य याः ३२.
And as he ran, for the duration of a Rudra-kalpa, the worlds shook.
ततोंऽतरिक्षे वाचश्च प्रोचुः सिद्धाः स्वयं तदा ३२.
Then, in the sky, the Siddhas themselves spoke words.
अनादृत्येव तद्वाक्यं ब्रुवन्नान्यत्करोम्यहम् ३२.
Disregarding those words, he said, 'I will do something else.'
उवाच वाचं साधूंश्च यत्नात्पालयतां फलम् ३२.
He spoke words, and to the virtuous, he said, 'The fruit comes to those who strive to protect.'
अथापश्यन्महासेनो रुद्रं यांतं च तारकम् ३२.
Then Mahasena saw Rudra and Taraka departing.
जगच्च क्षुब्धमत्यर्थं स्वां प्रतिज्ञां पुरा कृताम् ३२.
The world was greatly disturbed, recalling the vow made earlier.
आकाशवाणीं श्रृण्वंश्च किं स्कन्द त्वं विषीदसी ३२.
Hearing the voice in the sky, 'Why, Skanda, do you despair?'
स्थापयेर्लिगमीशस्य मोक्षो हत्याशतैरपि ३२.
Establish the linga of the Lord; liberation comes even after a hundred killings.
अथोत्प्लुत्य मयूरात्स प्रहसन्निव केशवम् ३२.
Then, leaping from the peacock, he laughed as if at Kesava.
जानामि त्वामहं विष्णो महाबुद्धिपराक्रमम् ३२.
I know you, O Vishnu, of great wisdom and valor.
त्वमेव हंता दैत्यानां देवानां परिपालकः ३२.
You alone are the slayer of demons and the protector of the gods.
क्षणार्धं पश्य मे वीर्यं भास्करो लोहितायते ३२.
For half a moment, see my strength; the sun turns red.
विरोषोऽभूत्तमालिंग्य वचनं केशवोऽब्रवीत् ३२.
Embracing him, Kesava spoke these words.
स्मरात्मानं यदर्थं त्वमुत्पन्नोऽसि महेश्वरात् सुरविप्रकृते जन्म जीवितं च महात्मनाम्॥ ३२.
Remember yourself, for which you were born from Maheshvara: the birth and life of the great souls is for the disturbance of the gods.
रुद्रस्य देव्या गंगायाः कृत्तिकानां च तेजसा साधूनां च कृते यस्य धनं वीर्यं च संपदः॥ ३२.
From the energy of Rudra, Devi, Ganga, and the Krittikas, and for the sake of the virtuous, whose wealth, strength, and prosperity are his.
सफलं तस्य तत्सर्वं नान्यथा रुद्रनंदन॥ ३२.
All that is fruitful for him, not otherwise, O son of Rudra.
अद्य धर्मश्च देवाश्च गावः साध्याश्च ब्राह्मणाः ३२.
Today, dharma, the gods, the cows, the Sādhyas, and the Brahmins—
या गतिः शिवत्यागेन त्वत्त्यागेन च केशव ३२.
The state attained by abandoning Shiva, and by abandoning you, O Keśava—
या गतिः श्रुतित्यागेन साध्वी भार्यातिपीडनात् निष्ठुरस्य गतिर्या च तां गतिं यामि केशव॥ ३२.
The state attained by abandoning the scriptures, by tormenting a virtuous wife, and the state of one who is cruel—O Keśava, I go to that state.
इत्युक्ते सुमहान्नादः संप्रजज्ञे दिवौकसाम् ३२.
When this was spoken, a great sound arose among the dwellers of heaven.