तीर्थं लक्ष्मीनृसिंहाख्यं गोपिगोविंद दक्षिणे
To the south of Gopī-Govinda is the tīrtha named Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha.
तदग्रे शेषतीर्थं च शेषमाधवसन्निधौ
In front of that is Śeṣa tīrtha, near Śeṣa Mādhava.
शंखमाधवतीर्थं च तदवाच्यां सुनिर्मलम् 4.2.58.
There is also the pure Śaṅkha Mādhava tīrtha, to the northwest.
तदग्रे च हयग्रीवं तीर्थं परमपावनम्
In front of that is the tīrtha of Hayagrīva, supremely purifying.
पिंडं च तत्र निर्वाप्य हयग्रीवस्य सन्निधौ हायग्रीवीं श्रियं प्राप्य समुच्येत सपूर्वजः
There, after offering piṇḍa in the presence of Hayagrīva, one attains the fortune of Hayagrīva and is liberated along with one's ancestors.
भूमौ तिलांतरायां यत्तत्र तीर्थान्यनेशः
On the earth, in the region between the sesame fields, there are other countless tīrthas.
उद्दिष्टानां तु तीर्थानामेतेषां कलशोद्भव इदानीं प्रस्तुतं विप्र शृणु वक्ष्यामि तेग्रतः
Of these tīrthas that have been mentioned, these arise from the water-pot; now, O brāhmaṇa, listen as I explain them to you in order.
तस्यां मूर्तौ समावेश्य कैशव्यामथ केशवः
Then Keśava, having entered that image, took on the form of Kaiśavyā.
क्व निर्गतं च हरिणा प्राप्य काशीं षडानन
Where did it go, and how did Hari reach Kāśī, O Six-faced One?
ब्रुवे तत्कारणमिति क्षणमात्रं निशामय
I shall tell you the reason for this; listen for just a moment.
संप्राप्य पुण्यसंभारैः प्राज्ञो वाराणसीं पुरीम्
Having attained the city of Vārāṇasī through the accumulation of merit, the wise one arrived.
अतः प्रतिकृतिः स्वीया तत्र काश्यां मुरारिणा 4.2.58.
Therefore, his own likeness was established there in Kāśī by Murāri.
किंचित्काश्या उदीच्यां च गत्वा देवेन चक्रिणा
Having gone somewhat north of Kāśī, by the god who bears the discus,
ततस्तु सौगतं रूपं शिश्राय श्रीपतिः स्वयम्
Then the Lord of Fortune himself assumed the form of a Buddhist.
श्रीः परिव्राजिका जाता नितरां सुभगाकृतिः
Śrī became a wandering ascetic, exceedingly beautiful in form.
विश्वयोनिं जगद्धात्रीं न्यस्तहस्ताग्रपुस्तकाम्
She, the womb of the universe and sustainer of the world, holding a book at the tip of her hand.
अत्यद्भुत महाप्राज्ञो निःस्पृहः सर्ववस्तुषु
The supremely wise one, utterly unattached to all things, was most wondrous.
अपृच्छत्परमं धर्मं संसारविनिमोचकम्
He asked about the supreme dharma, which liberates from the cycle of existence.
धर्मार्थशास्त्रकुशलं ज्ञानविज्ञानशालिनम्
Skilled in the treatises of dharma and artha, endowed with knowledge and wisdom.
स्तंभनोच्चाटनाकृष्टि वशीकर्मादिकोविदम्
Expert in the arts of immobilization, expulsion, attraction, and enchantment.
पीततद्गीतपीयूष मृगपूगैरुपासितम्
Having drunk the nectar of his song, he was worshipped by herds of deer.
वृक्षैरपि पतत्पुष्पच्छलैःकृतसमर्चनम् 4.2.58.
Even the trees honored him with showers of falling flowers.
शिष्यं विनयकीर्तिं तं महाविनयभूषणम्
That disciple, Vinayakīrti, adorned with great humility.
अनादिसिद्धः संसारः कर्तृकर्मविवर्जितः
Samsāra is beginningless and perfected, devoid of agent and action.
ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यंतं यावद्देहनिबंधनम्
From Brahmā down to the pillars, as far as the bondage of the body.
यद्ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राद्यास्तथाख्या देहिनामिमाः
Those called Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and others, likewise these embodied beings.
देहो यथा स्मदादीनां स्वकालेन विलीयते
Just as the body of myself and others dissolves in its own time,
विचार्यमाणे देहेस्मिन्नकिंचिदधिकं क्वचित्
When this body is examined, there is nothing extra anywhere.
निजाहारपरीमाणं प्राप्य सर्वोपि देहभृत्
Every embodied being attains only the measure of sustenance proper to itself.
यथा वितृषिताः स्याम पीत्वा पेयं मुदा वयम्
Just as, having drunk what is to be drunk with delight, we become free from thirst,