मायां सांवर्त्तकीं गृह्य पूरयाम्यखिलं जगत्
Taking up the dissolving illusion, I fill the entire universe.
अनन्तमायया चाहं धारयामि स्वपामि च
With endless illusion, I both sustain and sleep.
देवा यत्र निलीयन्ते सा माया मम कीर्त्तिता
Where the gods take refuge—that is called my illusion.
धारितासि च सुश्रोणि वारान् सप्तदशैव तु
O beautiful-hipped one, you have been upheld for seventeen floods.
मम् मायाबलं ह्येतद्येन तिष्ठाम्यहं जले 125.
This is the power of my illusion, by which I remain in the waters.
तेऽपि मायां न जानन्ति मम मायाविमोहिताः
Even they do not know the illusion, being deluded by my illusion.
मायां पितृमयीं ह्येतां गृह्णामीति च तत्त्वतः
Truly, I take up this illusion composed of the ancestors.
ऋषिर्मायानुसारेण स्त्रिया योनिं प्रवेशितः
The sage, following illusion, entered the womb of a woman.
कराभ्यामञ्जलिं कृत्वा वाक्यमेतत्तदब्रवीत्
Having joined his hands in reverence, he spoke these words.
स्त्रीत्वं चैव पुनः प्राप्तं स्त्रीयोनिं चैव प्रापितः
He again obtained womanhood and was placed in a woman's womb.
तस्य ब्राह्मणमुख्यस्य स्त्रीत्वे यत्कर्म पापकम्
Whatever sinful act was done in womanhood by that foremost Brahmin—
मधुरं वाक्यमादाय प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
Taking up sweet words, he replied to the Earth.
माया मम विशालाक्षि रोहिणी लोमहर्षिणी
O wide-eyed one, Rohiṇī, my Māyā is wondrous and hair-raising.
गतो गतीरनेकाश्च उत्तमाधममध्यमाः
She has taken on many forms and paths—excellent, middling, and low.
यथा ब्राह्मणमुख्येन प्राप्ता स्त्रीयोनिरेव च 125.
Just as, through the foremost of Brāhmaṇas, the origin of women was attained.
ममैवाराधनपरो मम कर्मपरायणः
He was devoted to my worship and steadfast in performing my deeds.
अयं दीर्घेण कालेन तस्य तुष्टोऽस्मि सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, over a long period, I became pleased with him.
ततस्तस्य मया देवि दत्त्वा दर्शनमुत्तमम्
Then, O goddess, I granted him a supreme vision.
वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव यद्धृदि वर्त्तते
Choose a boon, auspicious one, whatever abides in your heart.
अथवेच्छसि तं स्वर्गं यत्र सौख्यं वराङ्गनाः
Or if you desire that heaven where happiness and lovely women dwell—
यत्र सर्वा दिव्यरूपा भवन्त्यप्सरसः पराः ततो मम वचः श्रुत्वा स च ब्राह्मणपुंगवः
Where all the celestial nymphs possess divine forms—having heard my words, that eminent Brāhmaṇa—
अथ नो कुप्यसे देव वरं समनुयाचते
Then, O god, if you are not angered, I will ask for a boon.
न चाहं कांचनं गावो न च स्त्रीराज्यमेव च
I do not desire gold, nor cows, nor women, nor even a kingdom.
तथा स्वर्गसहस्राणामेकं चापि न रोचते 125.
Nor does even a single one among thousands of heavens please me.
ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा समया तत्र भाषितः
Then, having heard his words, an agreement was spoken there.
देवा अपि न जानन्ति विष्णुमायाविमोहिताः
Even the gods do not know, being deluded by Viṣṇu's Māyā.
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं मायया च प्रचोदितः
Prompted by Māyā, he spoke sweet words.
तव देव प्रसादेन ममैवं दीयतां वरः
By your grace, O god, may this boon be granted to me.
गच्छ कुब्जाम्रके गङ्गास्नातो मायां तु गच्छसि कुब्जाम्रके देवि विप्रो मम मायाभिलाषुकः
Go to Kubjāmra, bathe in the Gaṅgā, and you will attain Māyā; O goddess, at Kubjāmra the Brāhmaṇa desired my Māyā.
स्थापयित्वा यथान्यायं तीर्थमाराधयद्यथा
Having properly established the sacred place, he worshipped as was fitting.