Varaha Purana

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.

अवगाह्य ततो गङ्गां सर्वगात्रे च क्लेदिते

Then, after immersing himself in the Ganga, his whole body became soaked.

हृदयेऽचिन्तयत्तत्र गर्भक्लेशेन पीडितः

There, afflicted by the pain of being in the womb, he reflected in his heart.

योऽहं निषादगर्भेऽस्मिन्वसामि नरकेषु च 125.

I, who now dwell in this Niṣāda womb and in these hellish states—

योऽहं निषादगर्भेऽस्मिन्पीडास्ति मलसंकुले

I, who am in this Niṣāda womb, suffer in this mass of filth.

पुरीषमूत्रसङ्कीर्णे मांसशोणितकर्द्दमे

Mixed with excrement and urine, in the mire of flesh and blood,

बहुरोगसमाकीर्णे बहुदुःखतमाकुले

Surrounded by many diseases, overwhelmed by manifold sufferings—

कुतो विष्णुः कुतो वाहं कुतो गङ्गाजलानि च

Where is Viṣṇu? Where am I? Where are the waters of the Ganga?

एवं चिन्तयमानस्तु शीघ्रं गर्भाद्विनिःसृतः

Thinking thus, he quickly emerged from the womb.

अजायत ततः कन्या निषादस्य गृहे तदा

Then, at that time, a daughter was born in the house of the Niṣāda.

न च संज्ञायते किंचिद्विष्णुमायाविमोहिता

But, bewildered by Viṣṇu's illusion, she was not aware of anything.

पुत्रान्दुहितरश्चैव जनयामास मायया

Through that illusion, she gave birth to sons and daughters.

जीवानि चैव सततं घातितानि ततस्ततः

And living beings were constantly killed here and there.

गम्यागम्यं न जानाति मायाजालेन मोहितः 125.

Deluded by the net of illusion, he did not know what should or should not be done.

घटं गृहीत्वा विड्लिप्तवस्त्रक्षालनकारणात्

Taking a pot, for the purpose of washing soiled clothes,

स्नातुं गङ्गाजले स्थित्वा विगाहयति जाह्नवीम्

She stood in the waters of the Ganga to bathe, and entered the Jahnavi.

जातस्तपोधनस्तत्र दण्डी कुण्डीधरः पुनः

There, a sage devoted to austerity was born again, holding a staff and water-pot.

वस्त्रादि दर्शितं चैव यत्र संस्थापितं पुरा

And the cloth and other items that had been shown and placed there before—

विप्रेण ज्ञातुकामेन विष्णुमायां यथा पुरा

By a brāhmaṇa, desiring to know Viṣṇu's illusion as before.

वासो गृह्णाति सव्रीडो योगं च परिचिन्तयन्

He puts on his garment with shame, reflecting upon the practice of yoga.

ततो विन्दति चात्मानं तपसा यत्तदा कृतम्

Then, through the austerity he had performed at that time, he comes to realize himself.