प्रणिपत्य नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं मुहुर्जगौ
Having bowed down, he repeatedly sang, 'Salutations to you, salutations to you!'
पुनः प्रसीद पापस्य क्षमाथीले प्रसीद मे
Again he said, 'Be gracious to me, forgive my sins, be gracious to me.'
एवं स्तुता भगवती स्वयमुत्थाय पार्थिवम्
Thus praised, the Goddess herself raised the king up.
अतो नेत्रत्रयं दत्तं द्वे बाह्ये चांतरं परम्
Then she granted him three eyes—two outer and one supreme inner eye.
नाहं कोपं यत्र तत्र दर्शयामि वृकोदर 1.2.65.
I do not display anger everywhere, O Vṛkodara.
नैतत्प्रियं च कृष्णस्य भ्रातुर्मे क्रोधमाचरम्
This act was not pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, my brother, nor did I become angry.
त्वं च निन्दसि मां नित्यं तच्च जाने वृकोदर
And you constantly reproach me; that, O Vṛkodara, I know.
तदेवं नैव भूयस्ते प्रकर्तव्यं कथंचन
Therefore, such conduct must never be repeated by you in any way.
तदिदानीं सर्वमेवं क्षन्तव्यं च परस्परम्
So now, let everything be mutually forgiven in this manner.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिराविर्भवेद्धरिः
Whenever there is a decline of righteousness, Hari manifests.
इदानीं च हरिर्जातो वसुदेवसुतो भुवि
And now Hari has been born on earth as the son of Vasudeva.
तद्यथा भगवान्कृष्णो मम भ्राताभिपूजितः
Thus, let the venerable Kṛṣṇa, my brother, be duly honored.
ये भीमभगिनीत्येवं मां स्तोष्यंति नरोत्तमाः
Those noble men who praise me as Bhīmabhaginī in this way,
त्वं च भ्रातुर्जयं वीर प्रदास्यसि महारणे 1.2.65.
And you, O hero, will grant your brother victory in the great battle.
कृत्वा राज्यं च वर्षाणि षट्त्रिंशत्तदनन्तरम्
Having ruled the kingdom for thirty-six years thereafter,
अस्मिन्नेव ततो देशे लोहोनाम महासुरः
In this very land, then, a great demon named Loha will arise.
ततस्तं सर्वभूतानामवध्यं भवतां कृते
Then, by your action, he will become invulnerable to all beings.
निस्तीर्य च हिमं सर्वं निमग्नाः बालुकार्णवे
Having crossed all the snow, they will be submerged in the sandy ocean.
अन्धो यत्र कृतो लोहो लोहाणाभिधया पुरम्
There, Loha will be made blind, and the city will be known as Lohāṇa.
ततः कलियुगे प्राप्ते केलो नाम भविष्यति
Then, when the Kali age arrives, one called Kelo will appear.
वैलाकश्चापरो भक्तो भविष्यति ममोत्तमः
Another, named Vailāka, will become my supreme devotee.
लोहाणासंस्थितां चैव येर्चयिष्यंति मां जनाः
And those people who worship me established in Lohāṇa,
अंधानां च प्रदास्यामि भावीनि नयनान्यहम्
I will grant future eyes to the blind.
पादांगुष्ठेन च भवांस्तत्र कुंडं विधास्यति 1.2.65.
There, you will create a pool with your big toe.
मत्स्यानां नेत्रनेत्रस्थतेजस्तन्मात्रमुत्तमम्
The supreme essence of the radiance found in the eyes of fish,
एवं मम महास्थानं कलौ ख्यातं भविष्यति
Thus, my great abode will become renowned in the Kali age.
लोहाणाख्यं महाबाहो नाम केलेश्वरीति च
O mighty-armed one, it will be called Lohāṇa, and also named Keleśvara.
धर्मारण्ये वसिष्यामि भवतां त्राणकारणात्
I will dwell in Dharmāraṇya for the sake of your protection.
धर्मारण्ये स्थितां चैव येऽर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः
And those men who worship me established in Dharmāraṇya,
स्नात्वा महीसागरे च तेषां दास्यामि वांछितम्
Having bathed in the great ocean, I will grant them their desires.