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.
एते वयं वृत्ररिपुस्तथायं नासत्यदस्त्रौ वरुणस्तथैव । इमे च रुद्रा वसवःससूर्याःसमीरणाग्निप्रसुखास्तथान्ये ॥ ५,१.
We are here—Indra, the enemy of Vṛtra, the two Aśvins, Varuṇa, Rudras, Vasus, Sūryas, Vāyu, Agni, and others who bring happiness.
सुराःसमस्ताःसुरनाथकार्यमेभिर्मया यच्च तदीश सर्वाम् । आज्ञापयाज्ञां परिपालयन्तस्तवैव तिष्ठाम सदास्तदोषाः ॥ ५,१.
All the gods, O Lord of the gods, are always ready to carry out your commands; whatever task you assign, we shall fulfill, remaining ever at your service.
श्रीपराशर उवाच एवं संस्तूयमानस्तु भगवान्परमेश्वरः । उज्जहारात्मनः केशौ सितकृष्णौ महामुने ॥ ५,१.
Śrī Parāśara said: Thus praised, the supreme Lord drew from himself two hairs, one white and one black, O great sage.
उवाच च सुरानेतौ मत्केशौ वसुधातले । अवतीर्य भुवो भारक्लेशहानिं करिष्यतः ॥ ५,१.
He said to the gods: These two hairs of mine, descending to the earth, will bring relief from the burden of the world.
सुराश्च सकलाःस्वांशैरवतीर्य महीतले । कुर्वन्तु युद्धमुन्मत्तैः पूर्वोत्पन्नैर्महासुरैः ॥ ५,१.
Let all the gods descend to earth with their own portions and wage war against the mad, previously arisen great demons.
ततः क्षयमशेषास्ते दैतेया धरमीतले । प्रयास्यन्ति न संदेहो मद्दृपातविचूर्णिताः ॥ ५,१.
Then, those demons on earth will be utterly destroyed; there is no doubt—they will be shattered by my descent.
वसुदेवस्य या पत्नी देवकी देवतोपमा । तत्रायमष्टमो गर्भो मत्केशो भविता सुराः ॥ ५,१.
The wife of Vasudeva, Devakī, who is like a goddess, will bear the eighth embryo—my hair—O gods.
अवतीर्य च तत्रायं कंसं घातयिता भुवि । कालनेमीं समुद्भूतमित्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे हरिः ॥ ५,१.
Descending there, he will slay Kaṃsa on earth and the reborn Kālanemi; having spoken thus, Hari vanished.
अदृश्याय ततस्तस्मै प्रणिपत्य महामुने । मेरुपृष्ठं सुरा जग्मुरवतेरुश्च भूतले ॥ ५,१.
Then, becoming invisible to him, the gods bowed to the great sage and went to the summit of Meru, and descended to earth.
कंसाय चाष्टमो गर्भो देवक्या धरणीधरः । भविष्यतीत्याच चक्षे भगवान्नारदो मुनिः ॥ ५,१.
And Nārada, the sage, declared to Kaṃsa that the eighth embryo of Devakī, O sustainer of the earth, will be born.