तेषां तु ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद्ब्रह्महत्यासु चिह्नितः
Among them, there was a certain brahmin marked by the sin of brahmahatya.
प्रत्यक्षा दृश्यते सर्वैर्ब्रह्महत्यास्वरूपिणी
The embodiment of brahmahatya was visibly seen by all.
न गता पूर्वमेवासीद्वैकुण्ठे स्नानमाचरत्
He had not gone before; he performed ablution at Vaikuntha.
किमेतत्किमिति प्राहुर्धारा प्रति वसुन्धरे
O Earth, they asked, 'What is this? What is this?'
केन कारणदोषेण धारा त्यक्त्वा गता द्विजम्
By what fault or cause did the stream abandon the twice-born and depart?
वैकुण्ठे तु निमग्नोऽयं ब्रह्महत्या गता ततः १६३.
When he was immersed in Vaikuṇṭha, then the sin of killing a Brahmin departed from him.
इत्युक्तस्तैर्देवदेवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
Thus addressed by them, the Lord of the gods vanished there itself.
वैकुण्ठतीर्थे यः स्नाति मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
Whoever bathes at the Vaikuṇṭha tīrtha is freed from all sins.
सूत उवाच नाम्ना गन्धर्वकुण्डं तु तीर्थानां तीर्थमुत्तमम्
Sūta said: By name, Gandharva-kuṇḍa is the foremost of all holy places.
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते
O Devi, a man who bathes there rejoices together with the Gandharvas.
विंशतिर्योजनानां तु माथुरं मम मण्डलम्
My region of Mathurā extends for twenty yojanas.
कर्णिकायां स्थितो देवि केशवः क्लेशनाशनः
O Devi, Keśava, the remover of suffering, abides at the center.
तत्र मध्ये मृता ये तु तेषां मुक्तिर्वसुन्धरे
O Vasundharā, those who die in the middle there attain liberation.
दृष्ट्वा तं देवदेवेशं किं मनः परितप्यते
Having seen that Lord of gods, why should the mind feel sorrow?
नासौ पतति संसारे यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
He does not fall into worldly existence until the great dissolution.
यं दृष्ट्वा तु नरो याति मुक्तिं नास्त्यत्र संशयः १६३.
There is no doubt that whoever sees him attains liberation.
महाकायां सुरूपां च केशवाकारसन्निभाम्
Of great form, beautiful, and resembling the form of Keśava.
कृते युगे तु राजासीन्मान्धाता नाम नामतः
In the Kṛta Yuga, there was a king named Māndhātā.
तस्य तुष्टेन हि मया प्रतिमेयं समर्पिता
To him, pleased with his devotion, I gave this image.
यदा तु मथुरां प्राप्य लवणोऽयं निपातितः
When he reached Mathurā, this Lavaṇa was slain.
पुण्येयं प्रतिमा दिव्या तैजसी दिव्यरूपिणी
This image is holy, divine, made of brilliance, and of celestial form.
मनसा निर्मिता तेन वाराही प्रतिमा शुभा
By his mind, that auspicious image of Vārāhī was created.
इन्द्रेणाराधितो देवि कपिलो मुनिसत्तमः
O Devi, Kapila, the foremost of sages, was worshipped by Indra.
देवे लब्धे वरारोहे शक्रो हर्षसमन्वितः
When the boon was obtained by the beautiful one, Indra was filled with joy.
इन्द्रेण तु तदा प्राप्तं दिव्यं ज्ञानमनुत्तमम्
At that time, Indra received from him the supreme divine knowledge.
इन्द्रलोकं गतः सोऽथ स्वर्गं जेतुं महाबलः १६३.
Then, the mighty one went to Indra's world to conquer heaven.
रावणेन जिता देवाः शक्रश्चैव महाबलः
The gods were defeated by Ravana, and so was mighty Indra.
प्रविश्य रावणस्तत्र गृहे रत्नविभूषिते
There, Ravana entered a house adorned with jewels.
तेन संमोहितो देवि रावणो नाम राक्षसः
O Devi, that Rakshasa named Ravana was deluded by him.
दामोदर हषीकेश हिरण्याक्षविदारण
O Damodara, Hrishikesha, slayer of Hiranyaksha,