संपूज्य विधिवच्चक्रमिदं स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्
After duly worshipping, she recited this hymn.
सहस्रांशुं सहस्राभं सहस्रारं सुनिर्मलम्
To the thousand-rayed, thousand-brilliant, thousand-spoked, supremely pure one—
तुण्डे त्रिशूलधृक् शर्व आरामूले महाद्रयः
Who bears a trident in his mouth, Śarva, at the root of the grove, the great mountain—
जवे यस्य स्थितो वायुरापोग्निः पृथिवी नभः
In whose speed abide wind, water, fire, earth, and sky—
बाह्मतो मुनयो यस्य बालखिल्यादयस्तथा
From whom sages arise, as do the Bālakhilyas and others—
यन्मे पापं शरीरोत्थं वाग्जं मानसमेव च
Whatever sin is mine, arising from body, speech, or mind—
यन्मे कुलोद्भवं पापं पैतृकं मातृकं तथा
Whatever sin is mine, ancestral, maternal, or from my lineage—
त्वन्नामकीर्तनाच् चक्र दुरितं यातु संक्षयम्
By the chanting of your name, O Cakra, may all that evil be destroyed.
संस्मरन् पुण्डरीकाक्षं सर्वपापप्रणासनम्
Remembering Puṇḍarīkākṣa, the destroyer of all sins—
निश्चक्रामाथ पातालाद् विषुवे दक्षिमे मुने
Then he emerged from the netherworld at the southern solstice, O sage.
परमामापदं प्राप्य सस्मार स्वपितामहम्
Having reached the utmost distress, he remembered his grandsire.
दृष्ट्वा तस्थौ महातेजाः सार्घपात्रो बलिस्तदा
Seeing him, the mighty and radiant Bali stood with the sacrificial vessel.
तरणे यो भवेत् पोतस्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
You should explain to me that which serves as a boat for crossing the sun.
विचिन्त्य प्राह वचनं संसारे यद्वितं परम्
Reflecting, he spoke these words: 'That which is supreme knowledge in the world—'
प्रवक्ष्यामि हितं ते ऽद्य तथानेयेषां हितं बले
Today I shall tell you what is beneficial for you, and likewise what is beneficial for these others, O Bali.
विषमविषयतोये मज्जतामप्लावानां भवति शरणमेको विष्णुपोतो नराणाम्
For those who are drowning, without support, in the perilous waters of sense-objects, the single refuge for people is the boat of Viṣṇu.
परिहर मधुसूदनप्रन्नान् प्रभुरहमन्यनृणां न वैष्णवानाम्
Avoid those who are devoted to Madhusūdana; I am the lord over other men, but not over the Vaiṣṇavas.
ये विष्णुभक्ताः पुरुषाः पृथिव्यां यमस्य ते निर्विषया भवन्ति
Those men on earth who are devotees of Viṣṇu become beyond the reach of Yama.
तावेव केवलं शलाघ्यौ यौ तत्पूजाकरौ करौ
Only those two hands are truly praiseworthy which perform the worship of Him.
न यौ पूजितुं शक्तौ हरिपादाम्बुजद्वयम्
Those two hands which are unable to worship the twin lotus feet of Hari are not so.
रोगोवान्यो न सा जिह्वा या न वक्ति हरेर्गुणान्
That tongue which does not speak the virtues of Hari is not a tongue, but something else diseased.
यः पादपङ्कजं विष्णोर्न पूजयति भक्तितः
He who does not worship Viṣṇu’s lotus feet with devotion—
मृता अपि न शोच्यास्ते सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
Even if they die, such people are not to be mourned; this I declare to be true, true indeed.
दृश्यं स्पृस्यमदृश्यञ्च तत्सर्वं केशवात्मकम्
All that is seen, touched, and unseen—indeed, all of it is the essence of Keśava.
तेनार्चिता न संदेहो लोकाः सामरदानवाः
By worshipping Him, without doubt, all the worlds, including gods and demons, are worshipped.
तथा गुणा हि देवस्य त्वसंख्यातास्तु चक्रिणः
Likewise, the virtues of the Lord, the wielder of the discus, are indeed countless.
समाश्रयन्ते भवभीतिनाशनं संसारगर्ते न पतन्ति ते पुनः
Those who take refuge in Him, destroyer of the fear of becoming, do not fall again into the pit of worldly existence.
न ते परिभवं यान्ति न मृत्योरुद्विजन्ति च
They do not suffer disgrace, nor do they fear death.
न तेषां यमसालोक्यं न च ते नरकौकसः
They do not go to the realm of Yama, nor do they dwell in hell.
विप्रा दानवशार्दूल विष्णुभक्ता व्रजन्ति याम्
O best of Dānavas, O brāhmaṇas, the devotees of Viṣṇu attain that state.