कूर्मरूप नमस्तेऽस्तु नारायण नमोस्तु ते
Salutations to you, O Narayana, in the form of a tortoise; salutations to you.
निरीक्षितुं न शक्नोमि प्रष्टुं चैव गुणव्रत
O virtuous one, I am unable to look at you or even to ask.
मम त्वं भक्तिनम्रस्य प्रसादं कुरु सर्वदा
Always bestow your grace upon me, who am bowed in devotion to you.
सौम्यरूपोऽभवद्देवो लोक नाथो जनार्दनः
The god, Janardana, lord of the worlds, assumed a gentle form.
देव त्वं स्वल्पकायोऽसि नाहमुद्धरणक्षमः १६३.
O god, you are of small body; I am not capable of lifting you.
अहं त्वां नेतुमिच्छामि पुरीं लङ्कामनुत्तमाम्
I wish to take you to the unsurpassed city of Lanka.
श्रीवराह उवाच कपिलस्य वचः श्रुत्वा रावणो वाक्य मब्रवीत्
Shri Varaha said: Hearing the words of Kapila, Ravana spoke.
त्वद्दर्शनात्समुत्पन्ना भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी
Unwavering devotion has arisen in me from seeing you.
भक्तिमुद्वहतस्तस्य लघु वेषोऽभवत्तदा
As he bore devotion, his form became light.
आनयामास लङ्कायां स्थापयित्वा स्वके गृहे
He brought him to Lanka, after placing him in his own house.
अयोध्याधिपती रामो हन्तुं राक्षसपुङ्गवम्
Rama, the lord of Ayodhya, slew the foremost among the Rakshasas.
विभीषणश्च लङ्काया आधिपत्येऽभिषेचितः
And Vibhishana was consecrated as the ruler of Lanka.
श्रीराम उवाच देवो मे दीयतां रक्षः शक्रलोकाद्य आगतः
Sri Rama said: 'Give me the deity, the Rakshasa who has come today from the world of Indra.'
अहन्यहनि पूजामि देवं वाराहरूपिणम्
Day after day, I worship the god in the form of Varaha.
ततः समर्पयामास कपिलं दिव्यरूपिणम् १६३.
Then he offered Kapila, who had a divine form.
अयोध्यायां स्थापयित्वा पूजयामास तं तदा
Having established him in Ayodhya, he worshipped him at that time.
लवणस्य वधार्थं हि शत्रुघ्नं प्रेषयत्तदा
Then, for the purpose of killing Lavana, he sent Shatrughna.
चतुरङ्गबलोपेतो जगाम मथुरां प्रति
Accompanied by a fourfold army, he went towards Mathura.
घातयित्वा तु शत्रुघ्नः प्रविश्य मथुरां पुरीम्
Having slain (Lavana), Shatrughna entered the city of Mathura.
षड्विंशतिसहस्राणि वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्
Twenty-six thousand Brahmins, accomplished in the Vedas and Vedangas,
एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजितः
When one Brahmin is fed, it is as if a crore are fed.
लवणस्य वधं श्रुत्वा राघवो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
Hearing of Lavana's death, Raghava spoke these words.
राघवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शत्रुघ्नो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
Hearing Raghava's words, Shatrughna spoke.
दीयतां मम देवोऽयं यदि मे वरदो भवान्
Grant me this deity, if you are indeed a giver of boons to me.
नय शत्रुघ्न देवं त्वं दिव्यं वाराहरूपिणम् १६३.
Take, O Shatrughna, the divine god in the form of Varaha.
धन्यास्ते माथुरा लोकाः पश्यन्ति कपिलं सदा
Blessed are the people of Mathura, who always behold Kapila.
अनुलिप्तश्च शत्रुघ्न सर्वपापं व्यपोहति
And Shatrughna, being anointed, removes all sin.
सर्वं हरति वै पापं मोक्षं चैव प्रयच्छति
He indeed destroys all sin and also grants liberation.
देवमादाय शत्रुघ्नो जगाम मथुरां पुरीम्
Taking the deity, Shatrughna went to the city of Mathura.
तत्र मध्ये तु संस्थाप्य पूजयामास राघवः
There, in the center, Raghava installed and worshipped him.