त्रयीमयस्तुरीयोयस्तुर्यातीतोखिलात्मकः
He who is composed of the three Vedas, who is the fourth beyond, and who is the essence of all.
प्रावर्तंत यतो वेदाः सांगाः सर्वस्य योनयः
From whom the Vedas with their limbs arose, the source of all.
वृषभो यस्त्रिधाबद्धो रोरवीति महोमयः
He is the bull bound in three ways, who bellows, filled with greatness.
शृंगश्चत्वारि यस्यासन्हस्तासः सप्त एव च
He whose horns are four, and whose feet are seven.
यदंतर्लीनमखिलं भूतं भावि भवत्पुनः
When all that exists, past, present, and future, is merged within him.
लीनं मृग्येत यत्रैतदाब्रह्मस्तंबभाजनम्
Where all is merged and sought, that is the vessel from Brahmā to the pillar.
पंचार्था यत्र भासंते पंचब्रह्ममयं हि यत्
Where the five elements shine, for it is composed of the five Brahmas.
तमालोक्य ततो वेधा लिंगरूपिणमीश्वरम् 4.2.73.
Having seen him, the Creator, in the form of the liṅga, as Lord.
नानावर्णस्वरूपाय वर्णानां पतये नमः 4.2.73.
Salutations to him of many colors and forms, the Lord of the castes.
शब्दब्रह्म नमस्तुभ्यं परब्रह्म नमोस्तुते 4.2.73.
O Śabda-Brahman, salutations to you; O Supreme Brahman, salutations to you.
सर्वभुक्सर्वकर्ता त्वं सर्वसंहारकारक 4.2.73.
You are the eater of all, the doer of all, the cause of all destruction.
त्वमेव हि शरण्यं मे त्वमेव हि गतिः परा 4.2.73.
You alone are my refuge; you alone are my highest goal.
सुरश्रेष्ठ तपःश्रेष्ठ सर्वाम्नाय निधिर्भव 4.2.73.
O best among gods, best in austerity, be the repository of all traditions.
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तीर्थानि सह सागरैः 4.2.73.
On the eighth and the fourteenth days, the sacred places together with the oceans.
केवलं भूमिभाराय जन्मिनो जन्म तस्य वै 4.2.73.
Indeed, beings are born solely for the burden of the earth.
स्तुवन्ब्रह्म स्तवेनैव स्वात्मना विहितेन हि ।।4.2.73.
He praised Brahma with a hymn composed by his own self.
ब्रह्मस्तवमिमं जप्त्वा त्रिकालं परिवत्सरम्
Reciting this hymn to Brahma three times a day for a year—
पद्मकल्पे तु या वृत्ता दमनस्य द्विजन्मनः
Now, in the Padma Kalpa, there occurred the story of Damana, the twice-born.
भारद्वाजस्य तनयो दमनो नाम नामतः
Damana was the son of Bharadvaja, so named by name.
संसारदुःखबहुलं जीवितं चापि चंचलम्
Life, full of the many pains of worldly existence, is also unstable.
कांचिद्दिशं समालंब्य निर्वेदं परमं गतः
Taking up a certain direction, he attained supreme dispassion.
प्रतितीर्थं प्रतिनदि स बभ्राम तपोयुतः
He wandered, endowed with austerity, to every sacred ford and river.
अध्युवास स तावंति संयतेंद्रियमानसः
He dwelt there for some time, with senses and mind restrained.
मनोरथोपदेष्टा च कुत्रचित्क्वापि नेक्षितः
The instructor of his desires was nowhere to be seen.
रेवातटे निरैक्षिष्ट तीर्थं चामरकंटकम्
On the bank of the Reva, he beheld the holy place Amarakaṇṭaka.
दृष्ट्वा हृष्टमना आसीच्चेतः स्थैर्यमवाप ह
Seeing it, his mind became joyful and he attained steadiness of heart.
विभूतिभूषिततनून्कृतलिंगसमर्चनान् 4.2.74.
He saw those whose bodies were adorned with sacred ashes, engaged in the worship of the liṅga.
स्वस्थोपविष्टान्स्वपुरोरग्रतोऽचलमानसान्
Seated at ease before him in their own city, their minds unshaken.
प्रबद्धहस्तयुगलः प्रणमतरकंधरः
With hands joined and head bowed, he offered his reverence.
वार्धकेन समाक्रांतस्तपसा कृशविग्रहः
Overcome by old age, his body emaciated by austerity.