विस्मयोत्फूल्लनयनाः संस्तुवन्ति जनार्दनम्
With eyes wide in astonishment, they praised Janārdana.
गजेन्द्रमोक्षणं दृष्ट्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
Having seen the liberation of the elephant-king, he spoke these words.
प्राप्नुयात् परमां सिद्धिं दुःस्वप्नस्तस्य नश्यति
He attains the highest perfection; his evil dreams are destroyed.
गजेन्द्रमोक्षणेनेह सद्यः पापात् प्रमुच्यते
By the liberation of the elephant here, one is instantly freed from sin.
यस्मिन् किलोक्ते बहुपापबन्धनात् लभ्येत मोक्षो द्विरदेन यद्वत्
By reciting this, indeed, one is released from many bonds of sin, just as the elephant obtained liberation.
तं देवगुह्यं पुरुषं पुराणं वन्दाम्यहं लोकपतिं वरेण्यम्
I bow to that divine, secret, ancient Person, the lord of the worlds, the most excellent.
यं कीर्त्य संश्रुत्य तथा विचिन्त्य पापापनोदं पुरुषो लभेत
By praising, hearing, and contemplating him, a person obtains the dispelling of sin.
परपीडारुचिः क्षुद्रः स्वभावादपि निर्घृणः
He delighted in harming others, was base, and by nature merciless.
स त्वायुषि परिक्षिणे जज्ञे घोरो निशाचरः
When his life was nearly spent, a terrible night-wanderer was born.
क्रुरैश्चक्रे ततो वृत्तिं राक्षसत्वाद् विशेषतः
He made his living by cruel deeds, especially due to his demonic nature.
तेनैव कर्मदोषेण नान्यां वृत्तिमरोचयत्
Because of that very fault in his actions, he did not choose any other livelihood.
चखाद रौद्रकर्मासौ बाहुगोचरमागतम्
He devoured, with fierce deeds, whatever came within the reach of his arms.
जगाम च महान् कालः परिणामं तथा वयः
And a great span of time passed, and likewise age advanced.
महाभागमूर्ध्वभुजं यथावत्संयतेन्द्रियम्
He was most noble, with arms raised upward, always self-controlled in his senses.
योगाचार्यं शुचिं दक्षं वासुदेवपरायणम्
A master of yoga, pure, skillful, wholly devoted to Vāsudeva.
प्रतीच्यां शार्ङ्गधृग्विष्णुर्विष्णुः खड्गी ममोत्तरे
In the west, Viṣṇu, bearer of the bow Śārṅga, stands armed with a sword at my north.
क्रोडरूपी हरिर्भूमौ नारसिंहो ऽम्बरे मम
Hari, in the form of a boar, is on the earth; Nṛsiṃha is in the sky for me.
अस्यांशुमाला दुष्प्रेक्ष्या हन्तुं प्रेतनिशाचरान्
This garland of rays, hard to behold, is for the destruction of ghosts and night-wandering spirits.
रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां डाकिनीनां च शातनी
The destroyer of demons, spirits, fiends, and ḍākinīs.
तिर्यङ्मनुष्यकूष्माण्डप्रेतादीन् हन्त्वशेषतः
Let it utterly destroy beasts, men, kūṣmāṇḍas, ghosts, and the rest.
ते यान्तु सौम्यतां सद्यो गरुडेनेव पन्नगाः
May they become gentle at once, like serpents subdued by Garuḍa.
प्रेता विनायकाः क्रूरा मनुष्या जृम्भकाः खगाः
Ghosts, Vināyakas, cruel men, yawning spirits, and birds—
सर्वे भवन्तु मे सौम्या विष्णुचक्ररवाहताः
Let all of them become gentle to me, struck by the sound of Viṣṇu’s discus.
बलौजसां च हर्तारश्छायाविध्वंसकाश्च ये
Those who steal strength and energy, and those who destroy shadows—
कूष्माण्डास्ते प्रणश्यन्तु विष्णुचक्ररवाहताः
Let those kūṣmāṇḍas perish, struck by the sound of Viṣṇu’s discus.
ममास्तु देवदेवस्य वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्
May it be so for me, by the praise of Vāsudeva, the god of gods.
तमीड्यमीशानमनन्तमच्युतं जनार्दनं प्रणिपतितो न सीदति
He who bows to that praiseworthy Lord, the infinite, unchanging Janārdana, does not fall.
ऋतेन तेनाच्युतनामकीर्तनात्प्रणाशमेतु त्रिविधं ममासुभम्
By this truth, by the praise of Acyuta’s name, may my threefold misfortune be destroyed.
संस्थितो ऽसावपि बली राक्षसः समुपाद्रवत्
Even that mighty Rākṣasa, though stationed, approached.
निर्धूतवेगः सहसा तस्थौ मासचतुष्टयम्
His force was suddenly driven away, and he stood for four months.