क्रियतां तन्महाभागा मम भारावतारणम् । यथा रसातलं नाहं गच्छेयमतिविह्वला ॥ ५,१.
Therefore, O illustrious ones, let the removal of my burden be accomplished, so that I, overwhelmed, may not sink into the netherworld.
इत्याकर्ण्य धरावाक्यमशेषैस्त्रिदशेश्वरैः । भुवो भारावतारार्थं ब्रह्मा प्राह प्रचोदितः ॥ ५,१.
Hearing the words of the Earth, all the lords of the gods, for the purpose of relieving the Earth's burden, prompted Brahmā to speak.
ब्रह्मोवाच यथाह वसुधा सर्वं सत्यमेव दिवौकसः । अहं भवो भवन्तश्च सर्वे नारायणात्मकाः ॥ ५,१.
Brahmā said: Just as the Earth has spoken, so it is, O dwellers in heaven; I, Śiva, and all of you are of the essence of Nārāyaṇa.
विभूतयश्च यास्तस्य तासामेव परस्परम् । आधिक्यन्यू६ अताबाध्यबाधकत्वेन वर्तते ॥ ५,१.
And the powers that belong to Him, among them, superiority and inferiority, the states of oppressor and oppressed, exist in relation to one another.
तदागच्छत गच्छामः क्षीराब्धेस्तटमुत्तमम् । तत्राराध्य हरिं तस्मै सर्वं विज्ञापयाम वै ॥ ५,१.
Then let us go to the excellent shore of the Milky Ocean; there, by worshipping Hari, we shall present everything to him.
सर्वथैव जगत्यर्थे स सर्वात्मा जगन्मयः । सत्त्वांशेनावतीर्योर्व्यां धर्मस्य कुरुते स्थितिम् ॥ ५,१.
For the sake of the world, that all-pervading soul, the essence of the universe, descends to earth in a portion of his pure being and upholds righteousness.
श्रीपराशर उवाच इत्युक्त्वा प्रययो तत्र सह देवैः पितामहः । समाहितमनाश्चैवं तुष्टाव गरुडध्वजम् ॥ ५,१.
Śrī Parāśara said: Having spoken thus, the Grandfather went there together with the gods, and with a concentrated mind, he praised the bearer of Garuḍa.
ब्रह्मोवाच द्वे विद्ये त्वमनाम्नायपरा चैवापरा तथा । त एव भवतो रूपे मूर्तामूर्तात्मिके प्रभो ॥ ५,१.
Brahmā said: You are indeed the two forms of knowledge, the higher and the lower, as declared in the tradition; these are your forms, O Lord, both with and without form.
द्वे ब्रह्मणी त्वणीयोतिस्थूलात्मन्सर्व सर्ववित् । शब्दब्रह्मपरं चैव ब्रह्म ब्रह्ममयस्य यत् ॥ ५,१.
You are the twofold Brahman: the subtle and the gross, O all-knowing one; the Brahman of sound and the supreme Brahman, which is the essence of all that is Brahman.
ऋग्वेदस्त्वं यजुर्वेदःसामवेदस्त्वथर्वणः । शिक्षाकल्पो निरुक्तं च च्छन्दो ज्योतिषमेव च ॥ ५,१.
You are the Ṛgveda, the Yajurveda, the Sāmaveda, and the Atharvaveda; instruction, ritual, etymology, meter, and astrology are also you.
इतिहासपुराणे च तथा व्याकरणं प्रभो । मीमांसा न्यायशास्त्रं च धर्मशास्त्राण्यधोक्षज ॥ ५,१.
The histories and the Purāṇas, as well as grammar, O Lord; Mīmāṃsā, the science of logic, and the treatises on dharma, O transcendent one, are you.
आत्माऽत्मदेहगुणवद्विचाराचारि यद्वच । तदप्याद्यपते नान्यदध्यात्मात्मस्वरूपवत् ॥ ५,१.
Whatever is spoken regarding the self, its body, and its qualities, O primal Lord, is nothing other than the true nature of the self.
त्वमव्यक्तमनिर्देश्यमचिन्त्यानामवर्मवत् । अपाणिपादरूपं च शुद्धं नित्यं परात्परम् ॥ ५,१.
You are the unmanifest, the indescribable, the inconceivable, without armor; of form without hands or feet, pure, eternal, and supreme beyond the highest.
शृणोष्यकर्णः परिपश्यसि त्वमचक्षुरूपो बहुरूपरूपः । अपादहस्तो जवनो ग्रहीता त्वं वेत्सि सर्वं च सर्ववेद्यः ॥ ५,१.
You hear without ears, you see without eyes, you are of many forms and yet formless; without feet or hands you move swiftly and grasp, you know all and are the object of all knowledge.
अणोरणीयां समसत्स्वरूपं त्वां पश्यतो ज्ञाननिवृत्तिरग्र्या । धीरस्य धीरस्य बिभर्ति नान्यद्वरेण्यरूपात्परतः परात्मन् ॥ ५,१.
You, subtler than the subtle, are the true form in all; for one who perceives you, supreme knowledge arises, and for the wise, nothing else is upheld except your most excellent form, O supreme self.
त्वं विश्वनाभिर्भुवनस्य गोप्ता सर्वाणि भूतानि तवान्तराणि । यद्भूतभव्यं यदणोरणीयः पुमांस्त्वमेकः प्रकृतेः परस्तात् ॥ ५,१.
You are the support of the universe, the protector of the worlds; all beings are within you. Whatever was, whatever will be, you alone, subtler than the subtle, are beyond nature.
एकश्चतुर्धा भगवान्हुताशो वर्चोविभूतं जगतो ददासि । त्वं विश्वतश्चक्षुरनन्तमूर्ते त्रेधा पदं त्वं निदधासि धातः ॥ ५,१.
The one Lord, fourfold, is the fire that receives offerings; you bestow radiance and glory upon the world. With infinite forms and eyes everywhere, you, O creator, establish the threefold step.
यथाग्निरेको बहुधा समिध्यते विकारभेदैरविकाररूपः । तथा भवान्सर्वगतैकरूपी रूपाण्यशेषाण्यनुपुष्यतीश ॥ ५,१.
Just as one fire, though unchanged in essence, blazes forth in many ways through various transformations, so you, present everywhere in a single form, manifest all forms without exception, O Lord.
एकं तवाग्र्यं परमं पदं यत्पश्यन्ति त्वां सूरयो ज्ञानदृश्यम् । त्वत्तो नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति स्वरूपं यद्वा भूतं यच्च भव्यं परात्मन् ॥ ५,१.
That one supreme, highest state of yours, which the wise see as knowable through knowledge, is unique; apart from you, O supreme self, there is nothing else—no other true form, no past or future.
व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपस्त्वं समष्टिव्यष्टिरूपवान् । सर्वज्ञःसर्वनित्सर्वशक्तिज्ञानबलर्धिमान् ॥ ५,१.
You are of manifest and unmanifest nature, possessing both collective and individual forms; all-knowing, all-pervading, endowed with all power, knowledge, strength, and prosperity.
अन्यूनश्चाप्यवृद्धिश्च स्वाधीनो नादिमान्वशी । क्लमतन्द्री भयक्रोधकामादिभिरसंयुतः ॥ ५,१.
You are neither diminished nor increased, self-dependent, without beginning, sovereign; untouched by fatigue, sloth, fear, anger, desire, and the like.
निरवद्यः परः प्राप्तेर्निरधिष्ठोऽक्षरः क्रमः । सर्वेश्वरः पराधारो धाम्नां धामात्मकोऽक्षयः ॥ ५,१.
Faultless, supreme, beyond attainment, unseated, imperishable order; Lord of all, the supreme support, the essence of all radiance, imperishable.
सकलावरणानीतनिरालंबनभावन । महाविभूतिसंस्थान नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम ॥ ५,१.
O Supreme Person, whose meditation is free from all coverings and supports, whose abode is great majesty—salutations to you.
नाकारणात्कारणाद्वा कारणाकारणान्न च । शरीरग्रहणं वापि धर्मत्राणाय केवलम् ॥ ५,१.
There is no taking of a body from cause or without cause, nor from cause and non-cause; it is only for the protection of dharma.
श्रीपराशर उवाच इत्येवं संस्तवं श्रुत्वा मनसा भगवानजः । ब्रह्माणमाह प्रीतेन विश्वरूपं प्रकाशयन् ॥ ५,१.
Śrī Parāśara said: Having heard this praise, the unborn Lord, revealing his universal form, spoke to Brahmā with delight in his mind.
श्रीभगवानुवाच भोभो ब्रह्मंस्त्वया मत्तःसह देवैर्यदिष्यते । तदुच्यतामशेषं च सिद्धमेवावधार्यताम् ॥ ५,१.
The Blessed Lord said: O Brahmā, if you and the gods desire anything from me, let it be spoken fully and know that it is already accomplished.
श्रीपराशर उवाच ततो ब्रह्मा हरेर्दिव्य विश्विरूपमवेक्ष्य तत् । तुष्टाव भूयो देवेषु साध्वसावनतात्मसु ॥ ५,१.
Śrī Parāśara said: Then Brahmā, seeing Hari's divine universal form, praised him again among the gods, whose hearts were filled with awe and reverence.
ब्रह्मोवाच नमो नमस्तेस्तु सहस्रकृत्वःसहस्रबाहो बहुवक्त्रपाद । नमोनमस्ते जगतः प्रवृत्तिविनाशसंस्थानकराप्रमेय ॥ ५,१.
Brahmā said: Salutations, salutations to you a thousand times, O thousand-armed, with many faces and feet; salutations to you, immeasurable one, who causes the creation, destruction, and maintenance of the world.
सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्मातिबृहत्प्रमाम गरीयसामप्यतिगौरवात्मन् । प्रधानबुद्धीन्द्रियवत्प्रधानमूलात्परात्मन्भगवन्प्रसीद ॥ ५,१.
O Lord, subtle beyond the subtlest, vast beyond measure, heavier than the heaviest, supreme soul beyond the root of matter, intellect, and senses—be gracious.
एषा मही देव महीप्रसूतैर्महासुरैः पीडितशैलबन्धा । परायणं त्वां जगतामुपैति भारावतारार्थमपारसार ॥ ५,१.
O God, this earth, bound by mountains and oppressed by great demons born of the earth, approaches you, the refuge of the worlds, for the removal of its burden, O unfathomable one.