क्वोपशान्तो मनोमोहः क्वातीतास् सकलैषणाः । विरामरहितं कुत्र तात विश्रमणं चिरम्
Where does the mind’s confusion find peace? Where have all desires truly ceased? Father, where is that place of rest without end or interruption?
किं प्राप्येह समस्तेभ्यः प्राप्तेभ्यस् तृप्तिमान् पुमान् । किं दृष्ट्वा दर्शनं भूयो न तातोपकरोत्य् अलम्
What, when attained among all attainments here, brings a person true contentment? What, once seen, leaves no further longing for any other vision?
अत्यन्तबहवो ऽप्य् एते भोगा हि न सुखावहाः । क्षोभयन्ति मनो मोहे पातयन्ति सताम् अपि
Even though these enjoyments are exceedingly many, they do not bring happiness; they disturb the mind with delusion and cause even the virtuous to fall.
तत् तात विततानन्दसुन्दरं किञ्चिद् एव मे । तादृक् कथय यत्रस्थश् चिरं विश्रान्तिम् एम्य् अहम्
Therefore, Father, tell me of that which is truly beautiful and filled with boundless bliss, where, abiding there, I may find lasting repose.
इत्य् आकर्ण्य पुरा निशाकरकरस्पर्धापरार्ध्योल्लसत्पुष्पापूरकृतावगुण्ठनपटस्योक्तं तले तेन मे । पित्रा स्वर्गहृतस्य सागरतरोस् संरोपितस्याजिरे स्फाराकाररसायनासवसमं मोहोपशान्त्यै वचः
Having heard this, beneath a canopy woven of flowers shining with a radiance rivaling the moon’s rays, in the courtyard of the ocean-borne tree planted by my father who had won heaven, he spoke words equal to the nectar of immortality, for the pacification of delusion.
अस्ति पुत्रातिविततो देशो विपुलकोटरः । त्रैलोक्यानां सहस्राणि यत्र मान्ति बहून्य् अपि
There is, O son, a vast region, expansive and cavernous, where thousands of worlds are believed to exist.
यत्र नाम्भोधरा नापि सागरा वा न चाद्रयः । न वनानि न तीर्थानि न नद्यो न सरांसि च
There, there are no clouds, nor oceans, nor mountains; no forests, no sacred places, no rivers, nor lakes.
न मही नापि चाकाशो न द्यौर् नो पवनादयः । न चन्द्रार्कौ न लोकेशा न देवा न च दानवाः
There is no earth, nor sky, nor heaven, nor wind and the like; no moon or sun, no lords of worlds, no gods, nor demons.
न भूतयक्षरक्षांसि न गुल्मा न वनश्रियः । न काष्ठतृणभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि वा
There are no spirits, yakṣas, or rākṣasas, no thickets, nor forest beauty; no trees, grasses, beings—neither immobile nor mobile.
नापो न ज्वलनं नाशा नोर्ध्वं नाधो न विष्टपम् । नालोको न तमो नाहं न हरीन्द्रहरादयः
There is no water, no fire, no directions, neither above nor below, nor any region; no world, no darkness, neither I, nor Hari, Indra, Hara, and others.
एक एवास्ति सुमहांस् तत्र राजा महाद्युतिः । सर्वकृत् सर्वगस् सर्वस् स च तूष्णीं व्यवस्थितः
There exists only one, supremely great king of immense splendor, who is the doer of all, present everywhere, everything, and yet remains silent.
तेन सङ्कल्पितो मन्त्री सर्वसम्मन्त्रणोन्मुखः । अघटं घटयत्य् आशु घटं विघटयत्य् अलम्
By his will, a minister is conceived, ever intent on all deliberations; he swiftly accomplishes the impossible and effortlessly undoes the possible.
भोक्तुं किञ्चिन् न शक्नोति न च जानाति किञ्चन । राजार्थं केवलं सर्वं करोत्य् अज्ञो ऽपि सन् सदा
He cannot enjoy anything, nor does he know anything; yet, though ignorant, he always does everything solely for the king.
स एव सर्वकार्यैककर्ता तस्य महीपतेः । राजा केवलम् एकान्ते स्वस्थ एवावतिष्ठते
He alone is the sole doer of all actions for that king; the king remains quietly established in himself, apart.
आधिव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः कस् स देशो महाद्युतिः । कथम् आसाद्यते वापि केन वाधिगतः प्रभो
Who is that land, radiant and free from affliction and disease? How is it attained, or by whom has it been reached, O Lord?
कस् स तादृग्विधो मन्त्री राजा वापि महाबलः । हेलालूनजगज्जालैर् यो ऽस्माभिर् अपि नो जितः
Who is that kind of minister, or king of great strength, who, even with the tangled webs of the world tossed about playfully, has not been conquered by us?
अपूर्वम् एतद् आख्यानं ममामरभयप्रद । कथयापनयास्मान् मे हृद्व्योम्नस् संशयाम्बुदम्
This account is unprecedented, bestowing fearlessness upon me; by telling it, dispel for me the cloud of doubt in the sky of my heart.
स तत्र मन्त्री भगवान् देवासुरगणैस् सुत । समेतैर् लक्षगुणितैर् अपि नाक्रम्यते मनाक्
There, the minister is the Blessed One, son of the hosts of gods and demons; even when united with hundreds of thousands, he is not overcome in the least.
नासौ सहस्रनयनो न यमो न धनेश्वरः । नामरो नासुरो वापि यदि पुत्रक जीयते
He is not Indra with a thousand eyes, nor Yama, nor the lord of wealth; he is neither mortal nor demon, nor, my child, is he ever defeated.
तत्रासिमुसुलप्रासवज्रचक्रगदादयः । हेतयः कुण्ठतां यान्ति दृषदीवोत्पलाहतिः
There, swords, maces, spears, thunderbolts, discs, clubs, and other weapons become blunt, like lotus blows upon stone.
गम्यो ऽसौ नास्त्रशस्त्राणां न भटोत्कटकर्मणाम् । तेन देवासुरास् सर्वे सर्वदैव वशीकृताः
He cannot be reached by weapons or missiles, nor by the fierce deeds of warriors; thus, all gods and demons are always brought under his control.
अविष्णुनापि तेनैव हिरण्याक्षादयो ऽसुराः । पातिताः कल्पवातेन मेरुकल्पद्रुमा इव
Even without Viṣṇu, those very asuras like Hiraṇyākṣa were cast down by the wind of the age, just as wish-fulfilling trees on Mount Meru are felled.
नारायणादयो देवा अपि सर्वावबोधिनः । तेनाक्रम्य यथाकामम् अवटेषु निवेशिताः
Even gods such as Nārāyaṇa, fully awakened, were subdued by him and placed wherever he wished, in the hollows.
तत्प्रसादेन साटोपं पञ्चमात्रशरस् स्मरः । त्रैलोक्यम् इदम् आक्रम्य सम्राड् इव विवल्गति
By his grace, the god of love, armed with five arrows and full of pride, roams through the three worlds like a sovereign.
सुरासुरौघगर्ह्यो ऽपि गुणहीनो ऽपि दुर्मतिः । दुराकृतिर् अपि क्रोधस् तत्प्रसादेन जृम्भते
Even one despised by crowds of gods and demons, lacking virtue, of poor understanding, and ugly form, finds his anger swelling by that grace.
देवासुरसमूहानां सङ्गरो यत् पुनः पुनः । तद् एतत् क्रीडनं तस्य मन्त्रिणो मन्त्रशालिनः
The repeated battles among groups of gods and demons are merely the play of that minister, skilled in mantras.
स मन्त्री केवलं पुत्र तेनैव प्रभुणा यदि । जीयते तत् सुजेयो ऽसाव् अन्यथा त्व् अचलाचलः
That minister alone, O son, is victorious if supported by that lord; otherwise, he is immovable like a mountain.
तस्यैव तत्प्रभोः काले जेतुं तं मन्त्रिणं निजम् । इच्छा सञ्जायते तेन जीयते ऽसाव् अयत्नतः
At the time of that lord, the wish arises to conquer his own minister; by that, he is easily overcome.
त्रैलोक्यवलनामल्लम् उल्लासितजगत्त्रयम् । जेतुं चेद् अस्ति ते शक्तिस् तत् पराक्रमवान् असि
If you have the strength to defeat the wrestler who shakes the three worlds and delights all creation, then you are truly mighty.
तस्मिन्न् अभ्युदिते सूर्ये त्रैलोक्यकमलाकराः । इमे विकासम् आयान्ति विलीयन्ते लयं गते
When that sun rises, the lotuses of the three worlds unfold; when it sets, they close and dissolve.