युगान्तेष्वन्तको यश्च यश्च लोकान्तकान्तकः। सेतुर्यो लोकसेतूनां मेध्यो यो मेध्यकर्म्मणाम् ।। ३५.
He who is the ender at the end of the ages, and the destroyer of the destroyers of worlds; the bridge among the bridges of the worlds, the pure among those of pure deeds.
वेद्यो यो वेदविदुषां प्रभुर्यः प्रभवात्मनाम्। सोमभूतस्तु भूतानामग्निभूतोऽग्निवर्चसाम् ।। ३५.
He who is to be known by the knowers of the Veda, the lord of those who possess creative power; who became Soma among beings, and fire among those radiant with fire.
मनुष्याणां मनोभूतस्तपोभूतस्तपस्विनाम् । विनयो नयतृप्तानां तेजस्तेजस्विनामपि ।। ३५.
He became the mind among men, austerity among ascetics; humility among those satisfied with discipline, and brilliance even among the brilliant.
विग्रहो विग्रहाणां यो गतिर्गतिमतामपि। आकाश प्रभवो वायुर्वायुप्राणा हुताशनः ।। ३५.
He is the form among forms, the goal even of those who have goals; the wind born of space, the vital breath, the fire of oblations.
दिवा हुताशनप्राणाः प्राणोऽग्नेर्मधुसूदनः। रसोऽभवच्छोणितं वै शोणितान्मांसमुच्यते ।। ३५.
By day, the fire of oblations is the vital breath; the vital breath of fire is Madhusudana; sap became blood, and from blood, flesh is said to arise.
मांसात्तु मेदसो जन्म मेदसोऽस्थि निरूप्यते। अस्थ्ना मज्जा समभवन्मज्जातः शुक्रसम्भवः ।। ३५.
From flesh arises fat, from fat is produced bone; from bone comes marrow, and from marrow is the origin of semen.
शुक्राद्घर्भः समभवद्रसमूलेन कर्म्मणा। तत्रापि प्रथमञ्चापस्ताः सौम्यराशिरुच्यते ।। ३५.
From semen, the embryo is produced, by the action rooted in sap; among these, first are the waters, which are called the lunar mass.
गर्भोष्मसम्भवो ज्ञेयो द्वितीयो राशिरुच्यते। शुक्रं सोमात्मकं विद्यादार्त्तवं पावकात्मकम् ।। ३५.
The embryo is known to arise from heat as the second mass; semen is to be understood as lunar in nature, menstrual blood as fiery in nature.
भावौ रसानुगावेतौ वीर्य्ये च शशिपावकौ। कफवर्गेऽभवच्छुक्रं पित्तवर्गे च शोणितम् ।। ३५.
These two states follow sap, and in potency are the moon and fire; in the phlegmatic group, semen arises, and in the bilious group, blood.
कफस्य हृदयं स्थानं नाभ्यां पित्तं प्रतिष्ठितम्। देहस्य मध्ये हृदयं स्थानन्तु मनसः स्मृतम् ।। ३५.
The heart is the seat of phlegm, the navel is the seat of bile; the heart is remembered as the seat of the mind in the middle of the body.
नाबिकोष्ठान्तरं यत्तु तत्र देवो हुताशनः। मनः प्रजापतिर्ज्ञेयं कफः सोमो विभाव्यते ।। ३५.
The inner region of the navel is where the god of fire resides; the mind is to be known as Prajapati, and phlegm is understood as Soma.
पित्तमग्निः स्मृतावेतावग्निसोमात्मकं जगत्। एवं प्रवर्त्तितो गर्भो वर्त्ततेऽम्बुदसन्निभः ।। ३५.
Bile is fire; these two, fire and Soma, are said to be the essence of the world; thus the embryo develops, resembling a mass of water.
वायुः प्रवेशनं चक्रे सङ्गतः परमात्मना। स पञ्चधा शरीरस्थो विद्यते वर्द्धयेत् पुनः ।। ३५.
The wind, united with the supreme self, entered; it exists in the body in fivefold form, and again causes growth.
प्राणापानौ समानश्च उदानो व्यान एव च। प्राणोऽस्य परमात्मानं वर्द्धयन् परिवर्त्तते ।। ३५.
Prāṇa and Apāna, Samāna, Udāna, and Vyāna; Prāṇa, increasing the supreme self, moves within.
अपानः पश्चिमं कायमुदानोर्द्ध्वशरीरगः। व्यानो व्यानस्यते येन समानः सर्व्वसन्धिषु ।। ३५.
Apāna moves in the lower body, udāna rises upward in the body; vyāna pervades everywhere, and samāna is present in all the joints.
भूतावाप्तिस्ततस्तस्य जायतेन्द्रियगोचरा। पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ।। ३५.
From that, the perception of the elements arises, accessible to the senses: earth, air, space, water, and the fifth, fire.
सर्व्वेन्द्रिया निविष्टास्तं स्वं स्वं योगं प्रचक्रिरे। पार्थिवं देहमाहुस्तं प्राणात्मानं च मारुतम् ।। ३५.
All the senses are established there, each performing its own function; that is called the earthly body, and the vital self is said to be the wind.
छिद्राण्याकाशयोनीनि जलास्रावं प्रवर्त्तते । तेजश्चक्षुःष्विता ज्योत्स्ना तेषां यन्नामतः स्मृतम्। सङ्ग्रामा विषयाश्चैव यस्य वीर्य्यात्प्रवर्त्तिताः ।। ३५.
Openings are born from space, and the flow of fluids is set in motion; fire becomes sight, and its brilliance is called light; the senses and their domains arise from its power.
इत्येतान् पुरुषः सर्व्वान् सृजँल्लोकान् सनातनः। नैधनेऽस्मिन् कथं लोके नरत्वं विष्णुरागतः ।। ३५.
Thus, the eternal Person creates all these worlds; how then, in this mortal world, did Viṣṇu take on human form?
एष नः संशयो धीमन्नेष वै विस्मयो महान् । कथं गतिर्गतिमतामापन्नो मानुषीं तनुम् ।। ३५.
This is our doubt, O wise one, and truly a great wonder: how did the one who moves among the movers come to possess a human body?
श्रोतुमिच्छामहे विष्णोः कर्म्माणि च यथाक्रमम्। आश्चर्य्याणि परं विष्णुर्वेददेवैश्च कथ्यते ।। ३५.
We wish to hear, in due order, of Viṣṇu's deeds; Viṣṇu is described by the Vedas and sages as possessing wondrous qualities.
विष्णोरुत्पत्तिमाश्चर्य्यं कथयस्व महामते। एतदाश्चर्य्यमाख्यानं कथ्यतां वै सुखावहम् ।। ३५.
Tell us, O great-minded one, the marvelous origin of Viṣṇu; recount this wondrous story, which brings happiness.
प्रख्यातबलवीर्य्यस्य प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः। कर्म्मणाश्चर्य्यभूतस्य विष्णोः सत्त्वमिहोच्यताम् ।। ३५.
Let the being of Viṣṇu, renowned for strength and valor, his manifestations and wondrous deeds, be described here.
अहञ्च कीर्त्तयिष्यामि प्रादुर्भावं महात्मनः। यथा स भगवाञ्जातो मानुषेषु महातपाः ।। ३५.
I shall now recount the manifestation of the great-souled one, how that blessed one, of great austerity, was born among men.
सप्तसप्ततपः प्रोक्ता भृगुशापेन मानुषे। जायते च युगान्तेषु देवकार्य्यर्थसिद्धये ।। ३५.
Seventy-seven births have been spoken of, as a result of Bhṛgu's curse, in which he is born at the end of each age to accomplish the purpose of the gods.
तस्य दिव्यतनुं विष्णोर्गदतो मे निबोधत। युगधर्म्मे परावृत्ते काले च शिथिले प्रभुः ।। ३५.
Hear from me about the divine body of Viṣṇu; when the law of the age declines and time grows weak, the Lord appears.
कर्तुं धर्म्मव्यवस्थानं जायते मानुषेष्विह। भृगोः शापनिमित्तेन देवासुरकृतेन च ।। ३५.
To establish righteousness, he is born among men here, due to the curse of Bhṛgu and the deeds of gods and asuras.
कथं देवासुरकृते अध्याहारमवाप्नुयात्। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामो वृत्तं दैवासुरं कथम् ।। ३५.
How did he, because of the deeds of gods and asuras, obtain another birth? We wish to know how the conflict between gods and asuras occurred.
दैवासुरं यथावृत्तं ब्रुवतस्तन्निबोधत। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यस्त्रैलोक्यं प्राक् प्रशासति ।। ३५.
Listen as I recount the story of the gods and asuras as it happened: the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu once ruled the three worlds.
बलिनाधिष्ठितं राष्ट्रं पुनर्लोकत्रये क्रमात्। सख्यमासीत्परं तेषां देवानामसुरैः सह ।। ३५.
The realm was governed by Bali in turn, throughout the three worlds; there was great friendship between the gods and asuras.