ततस् स्वजगदाकाशपूर्वापरनिरीक्षया । स्थिताहं धारणां बद्ध्वा सापि मे सिद्धिम् आगता
Then, observing my own world-space, both past and future, I remained established in concentration, and it brought me accomplishment.
अथ स्वजगतो दृष्ट्वा हृदयं तस्य बाह्यगा । अहं दृष्टवती स्थूलां लोकालोकशिरश्शिलाम्
Then, seeing the heart of his world as external, I perceived the massive summit of the mountain that divides the world and the unmanifest.
एतावतापि कालेन दम्पत्योर् आवयोर् मुने । परं द्रष्टुम् अभूद् इच्छा न काचन कदाचन
Even after all this time, O sage, neither my husband nor I ever had any desire to see the Supreme.
मद्भर्ता केवलं शुद्धवेदार्थैकान्तचिन्तया । न च यातं न चायातं वेत्त्य् अहो विगतैषणः
My husband, absorbed solely in the pure contemplation of the meaning of the Vedas, is free from all desires and does not know whether he has come or gone.
तेनासौ मत्पतिर् विद्वान् अपि न प्राप्तवान् परम् । अद्य सो ऽहं च वाञ्छावḫ प्रयत्नेन परं पदम्
Therefore, although my husband is learned, he has not attained the Supreme; but today, with effort, I desire that highest state.
तद् एताम् अर्थितां ब्रह्मन् सफलीकर्तुम् अर्हसि । महताम् अर्थिनो व्यर्था न कदाचन केचन
Therefore, O Brahman, you ought to fulfill this wish; for the desires of the great are never in vain.
भ्रमन्ती सिद्धसेनासु सदा नभसि मानद । त्वद् ऋते नेह पश्यामि घनाज्ञानबलानलम्
O bestower of honor, wandering always among the hosts of siddhas in the sky, I see here no fire of knowledge strong enough to dispel the darkness except for you.
ब्रह्मन् विनैव करुणाकर कारणेन सन्तो यतो ऽर्थिजनवाञ्छितपूरणानि । कुर्वन्ति तेन शरणागतताम् उपेतां माम् अर्हसीह न तिरस्करणेन योक्तुम्
O Brahman, compassionate one, even without a reason, the virtuous fulfill the wishes of those who seek them; therefore, having taken refuge in you, I am not to be rejected.
अथेत्य् उक्तवती पृष्टा सा मया कल्पितासना । सङ्कल्पितासनेनाशु स्थितेन नभसि स्थिता
Then, having spoken thus, she was questioned by me; she created a seat by imagination and, seated swiftly upon that imagined seat, remained suspended in the sky.
कथं शिलोदरे बाले त्वद्विधानां भवेत् स्थितिः । कथं सञ्चलनं तत्र किमर्थं तत्र वास्पदम्
How, O young one, is it possible for beings like you to remain inside a rock? How is movement possible there, and for what purpose is that place?
मुने यथेदं भवतां जगत् स्फारं विराजते । तथास्माकं जगत् तत्र सर्गसंहारयुक् स्थितम्
Sage, just as this world appears vast and splendid to you, so too does our world exist there, endowed with creation and dissolution.
यथेहेमास् तथा तत्र त्रैलोक्यस्थितयस् स्थिताः । वहन्ति सरितस् स्फारा निवसन्त्य् अम्बरे ऽमराः
Just as there are seasons here, so too the states of the three worlds exist there; mighty rivers flow, and immortals dwell in the sky.
स्फुरन्ति नागाḫ पाताले तिष्ठन्त्य् आत्मनि पर्वताः । आपश् छलच्छलायन्ते वहन्ति व्योम्नि वायवः
Serpents move in the netherworld, mountains stand within the self, waters play in various forms, and winds blow in the sky.
अर्णवा अर्णसा भान्ति यान्त्य् अन्तं शनकैḫ प्रजाः । भूतान्य् अजस्रं जायन्ते म्रियन्ते ऽविरतं तथा
Oceans shine with waves; beings gradually reach their end; creatures are constantly born and die without ceasing.
वान्ति वाता वहन्त्य् आपो भान्ति चाभान्ति खे सुराः । तिष्ठन्त्य् अगास् समुद्यन्ति ग्रहाḫ पान्ति महीं नृपाः
Winds blow, waters flow, gods appear and disappear in the sky; fires remain, planets rise, and kings protect the earth.
देवासुरमनुष्याणां व्यवहारपरम्पराः । लोलाḫ प्रवृत्ता आकल्पम् आसमुद्रम् इवापगाः
The endless dealings among gods, demons, and humans continue, restless as rivers flowing to the sea, until the end of the age.
दिनपद्मानि भूलोकसरस्य् आकल्पम् आनभः । लोलाभ्रालीनि फुल्लानि मीलितोन्मीलितान्य् अलम्
The day-lotuses of the earth's lake, for countless ages, are like restless clouds—blossoming, closing, and opening again and again.
चन्द्रश् चर्चां चतुर्दिक्कं चन्दनेनात्मतेजसा । रचयन् रात्रिरोहिण्योस् तमो हन्त्य् अपि हृद्गतम्
The moon, spreading its radiance in all directions with its own cool light, weaves the beauty of night for Rohini, dispelling even the darkness within the heart.
स्वदशास्वादनरता वातयन्त्रप्रचारिता । रोदस्सद्मनि सूर्याख्या दीप्यते दिवि दीपिका
Delighting in her own state, moved by the mechanism of wind, the lamp called the sun shines in the celestial mansion of the sky.
ब्रह्मसङ्कल्पितो ऽरुद्धो वातसञ्चारवारिभिः । खे ऽनिशं चक्रम् ऋक्षाणां घुणावर्तो विवर्तते
Unrestrained, conceived by the will of Brahman, the wheel of stars constantly revolves in the sky, driven by the currents of wind and water.
भूततण्डुलम् आ सृष्टेḫ पिनष्टि ध्रुवकीलकः । नियत्या चालितो रोदẖकवाटो ऽम्भोदघर्घरः
The fixed pole grinds the grain of elements as it was created; by necessity, the gate of the sky is moved, roaring like a water-filled cloud.
द्वीपाब्धिशैलैर् भूपीठं विमाननगरैर् नभः । दैत्यदानवनागौघैḫ पूर्णं पातालमण्डलम्
The earth is filled with continents, oceans, and mountains; the sky with palaces and cities; and the nether world with hosts of demons, titans, and serpents.
कुण्डलं त्रिजगल्लक्ष्म्या नीलं आकाशमण्डलम् । स्थितं चञ्चलम् आचारचञ्चलायास् स्फुरन्मणि
The blue expanse of space is the earring of the fortune of the three worlds, unstable and trembling like a flashing jewel, restless with the movements of beings.
बुद्ध्यादिरहितां स्पन्दसंविदं वायवीम् इव । स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव सूक्ष्माम् आदाय जायते
Taking up the subtle vibration-consciousness, devoid of intellect and the rest, like the wind, both the immobile and the moving are born.
मुनिर् मौनैर् धरा वार्भिर् मारुतैẖ कपिचापलम् । आकाशैर् अवकाशित्वं तेजोभिर् भासनं श्रितम्
The sage attains silence through earth, fluidity through water, restlessness through wind, spaciousness through space, and radiance through fire.
वृक्सोर्व्यब्ध्यद्रिखनॄणां प्राणिनो ऽन्तस् स्फुरन्त्य् अलम् । मृतिजन्मोन्मुखाẖ कीटसुरासुरजलौकसः
Within trees, earth, water, mountains, and men, the life-force vibrates abundantly; insects, gods, demons, and leeches are all oriented toward birth and death.
ससुरासुरगन्धर्वाẖ कालẖ कलयते प्रजाः । दोर्भिẖ कल्पयुगाब्दैश् श्वश् श्वḫ पशून् इव पालकः
Time, with its two arms of epochs and ages, herds gods, demons, and gandharvas, just as a keeper drives cattle day after day.
अनन्तविपुलागाधगम्भीरे कालसागरे । उत्पत्योत्पत्य लीयन्ते ऋत्वावर्तविवृत्तयः
In the endless, vast, and unfathomable ocean of time, the cycles of seasons arise and dissolve again and again.
चतुर्दशविधा वातवेल्लिता भूतपांसवः । नाशाकाशे विलीयन्ते शरदम्भोदलीलया
The fourteen kinds of elemental dust, tossed by the wind, dissolve into the sky of dissolution like autumn clouds vanish in the sky.
भुवनं बोधयन्ती द्यौश् चन्द्रार्ककरचामरैः । स्थिताकाशांशुकाकल्पं तारकोत्करशेखरा
The sky, crowned with clusters of stars, awakens the world with the fan-like rays of the moon and sun, appearing as if draped in a garment of stillness.