गृहस्थस् स ददर्शाथ कल्पितं नगरं हरिः । मणिमुक्ताप्रवालादिकृतप्राकारमन्दिरम्
There, as a householder, Hari beheld a city conjured by imagination, with mansions and ramparts made of jewels, pearls, coral, and the like.
नगरान्तर्गतो ऽपश्यत् ततो जनपदं हरिः । नानाद्रिग्रामगोवाटपत्तनारण्यसंयुतम्
Entering the city, Hari then saw the surrounding region, filled with various mountains, villages, cattle-pens, towns, and forests.
तादृग्रतिश् चेतितवान् स शक्रो भुवणं ततः । साद्रिद्यूर्वीनदीशांशं सक्रियाकालकल्पनम्
With such a course of thought, that Indra conceived a world containing mountains, earth, rivers, quarters, and the divisions of time and action.
तादृग्रतिश् चेतितवान् स शक्रस् त्रिजगत् ततः । सपातालमहीव्योमविष्टपार्कादिपर्वतम्
With such a course of thought, that Indra conceived the three worlds, with nether regions, earth, sky, celestial realms, sun, and other mountains.
तत्रातिष्ठत् सुरेशत्वे स भोगभरभूषितः । पुत्रो बभूव तस्याथ कुन्दो नामातिवीर्यवान्
There he remained as lord of the gods, adorned with the abundance of enjoyments; then, a son was born to him, named Kunda, of great valor.
ततो जीवितपर्यन्ते त्यक्त्वा देहम् अनिन्दितः । निर्वाणम् आययौ शक्रो निस्स्नेह इव दीपकः
Then, at the end of his life, blameless, he cast off his body; Indra attained liberation, like a lamp extinguished, free from attachment.
कुन्दस् त्रैलोक्यराजो ऽभूज् जनयित्वा सुतं शुभम् । कालेन जीवितस्यान्ते प्राप्तवान् परमं पदम्
Kunda, having become the king of the three worlds and having begotten a virtuous son, at the end of his life attained the supreme state.
तत्पुत्रो ऽपि तथैवाथ कृत्वा राज्ये सुतं निजम् । जगाम जीवितस्यान्ते पावनं परमं पदम्
His son, in the same way, after installing his own son on the throne, at the end of his life reached the pure and supreme state.
एवं पौत्रसहस्राणि समतीतानि सुन्दर । तत्राद्यापि सुरेशस्य येषां राज्ये स्थितो ऽंशकः
In this way, thousands of grandsons have passed, O beautiful one, among whom even now a portion of the lord of the gods remains established in the kingdom.
इत्य् अद्य यावद् अमरेश्वरवंश एष सङ्कल्पितो जगति वंशपदं विधत्ते । तस्मिन् क्षते ऽपि गलिते ऽपि हते ऽपि नष्टे क्वाप्य् अम्बरे दिनकरातपपावनाणौ
Thus, up to today, this lineage of the lord of immortals, having been conceived in the world, establishes the line of succession; even if it is wounded, diminished, destroyed, or lost somewhere in the sky, it is purified by the rays of the sun.
तस्य शक्रस्य कुलजẖ कश्चिद् आसीत् सुराधिपः । तत्रोत्तमगुणश् श्रीमान् पाश्चात्या यस्य सा तनुः
In that lineage of Śakra there was someone, a lord of the gods by birth, who was endowed with excellent qualities and whose body was of the western region.
अथेन्द्रकुलपुत्रस्य तस्य तत्र बभूव ह । प्रतिभाज्ञानसम्प्राप्तिर् बृहस्पतिगिरोदिता
Then, to that son of the Indra-lineage, there arose there the attainment of intelligence and knowledge, as declared by the words of Bṛhaspati.
ततो विदितवेद्यो ऽसौ यथाप्राप्तानुवृत्तिमान् । चकार जगतां राज्यम् आज्यपानाम् अधीश्वरः
Then, being one to be known and having understood, acting according to what was obtained, he ruled the kingdoms of the worlds as the lord of those who offer oblations.
युयुधे दानवैस् सार्धम् अजयत् सर्वशात्रवान् । शतं चकार यज्ञानाम् अज्ञानोत्तीर्णमानसः
He fought together with the Dānavas and conquered all his enemies; having crossed beyond ignorance in his mind, he performed a hundred sacrifices.
उवास कार्यवशतो बिसवालान्तरे चिरम् । अन्यान्य् अपि च वृत्तान्तशतान्य् अनुबभूव ह
By force of circumstances, he dwelt for a long time within the hollow of a lotus stalk, and experienced hundreds of other events as well.
कदाचिद् आसीत् तस्येच्छा प्रबोधबलशालिनः । ब्रह्मतत्त्वम् अवेक्षे ऽहं यथावद् ध्यानवान् इति
Once, a desire arose in him, endowed with the power of awakening: 'I will contemplate the true nature of Brahman as it is.'
सो ऽपश्यत् प्रणिधानेन तत एकान्तसंस्थितः । स बाह्याभ्यन्तराशेषकरणत्यागशान्तधीः
Then, established in solitude, with a mind calmed by the abandonment of all external and internal activities, he perceived through deep meditation.
सर्वशक्ति परं ब्रह्म सर्ववस्तुमयं ततम् । सर्वथा सर्वदा सर्वं सर्वैस् सर्वत्र सर्वगम्
He saw the supreme Brahman, all-powerful, pervading all things, always and everywhere everything, present in all, everywhere, all-pervading.
सर्वतḫ पाणिपादान्तं सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतश् श्रुतिमल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य संस्थितम्
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and faces everywhere, with ears everywhere in the world, established, enveloping all.
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणैर् मुक्तं सर्वेन्द्रियगुणान्वितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच् चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च
Free from the qualities of all senses, yet possessing all the qualities of the senses; unattached, yet supporting all; without attributes, yet the enjoyer of attributes.
बहिर् अन्तश् च भूतानाम् अचरं चरम् एव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात् तद् अविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्
Both within and without all beings, unmoving and yet moving; due to its subtlety, it is unknowable, far away and yet near.
सर्वत्र चन्द्रार्कमयं सर्वत्रैव धरामयम् । सर्वत्र पर्वतमयं सर्वत्राब्धिमयं तथा
Everywhere composed of moon and sun, everywhere composed of earth, everywhere composed of mountains, and likewise everywhere composed of oceans.
सर्वत्र सारगुरुकं सर्वत्रैव नभोमयम् । सर्वत्र संसृतिमयं सर्वत्रैव जगन्मयम्
Everywhere is the essence, the weight, everywhere is the expanse of space; everywhere is the flow of transmigration, everywhere is the universe itself.
सर्वत्रैव च मोक्षात्म सर्वत्रैवाद्यचिन्मयम् । सर्वत्र सर्वार्थमयं सर्वतस् सर्ववर्जितम्
Everywhere is the nature of liberation, everywhere is the primal consciousness; everywhere is the essence of all meanings, and everywhere is that which is free from all.
घटे वटे पटे कुड्ये शकटे वानरे नरे । धाम्नि व्योम्नि तराव् अद्राव् अनिले सलिले ऽनले
In the pot, in the banyan tree, in the cloth, in the wall, in the cart, in the monkey, in the man; in the abode, in space, in the star, in the mountain, in the wind, in water, in fire—
नानाचारविकाराणि विविधावृत्तिमन्ति च । परमाण्वंशमात्रे ऽपि त्रिजगन्ति ददर्श सः
He saw, even in the smallest atom, the three worlds with their various customs, transformations, and manifold activities.
मरिचस्यान्तरे तैक्ष्ण्यं शून्यत्वम् इव वाङ्ग खे । त्रिजगत् सत्य् असति च विद्यते चिन्मयात्मनि
Within a ray of light, as sharpness; as emptiness in the sky or in speech—so, in the consciousness-self, the three worlds exist as both real and unreal.
इत्य् एवं भावयन् मुक्तभावया शुद्धसंविदा । शक्रẖ क्रमेण तेनैव स निर्वाणम् अवाप्तवान्
Thus, contemplating in this way with the pure awareness of a liberated state, Indra gradually attained nirvana by that very means.
तस्याभवद् यश् शक्रस्य पुत्रḫ परपुरञ्जयः । सो ऽपि क्रमेण तेनैव तथैव ध्यानवान् अभूत्
To that Indra was born a son, Parapurañjaya; he too, in the same manner, became absorbed in meditation over time.
ध्यानेन सर्वम् एकत्र पश्यंश् चिरम् उदारधीः । ददर्शेमम् असौ सर्गम् अस्मदीयं महामतिः
With noble intellect, seeing everything as one through meditation for a long time, that great-minded one beheld this very creation of ours.