पुरमण्डलदैत्याग्निसुरनागविवस्वताम् । निकुरुम्बं दधद् व्योम्नि मषकानाम् इवोच्चयम्
Bearing the clustered masses of cities, demons, fires, gods, serpents, and the sun in the sky, like the gathering of mosquitoes.
नश्यन् नगवराभोगभागैर् भग्नसुरालयैः । आवर्तघर्घरारावैर् जलम् ऊर्ध्वम् अधो ऽनलम्
Perishing with the fragments of great mountains, ruined abodes of gods, and the roaring tumult of whirlpools, water rises upward and fire descends below.
कुर्वज् जलाद्रिनिष्पेषैर् दिक्पालपुरकुट्टनम् । निपतद्देवदैत्येन्द्रसिद्धगन्धर्वपत्तनम्
By the crushing of water and mountains, the guardians’ city walls are battered, and the cities of gods, demons, lords, siddhas, and gandharvas fall down.
कुट्टनं पर्वतादीनां प्रशान्ताङ्गाररूपिणाम् । वातैẖ कुर्वत् पदार्थानाम् आसारं रजसाम् इव
The pounding of mountains and others, whose forms are soothed embers, is made by winds, producing a shower of particles as if of dust.
पुराण्य् अमरदैत्यानां भ्रमद्भित्तीनि शातयत् । रत्नैẖ खनखनायन्ति पयांसीव पयस्वताम्
Ancient walls of gods and demons are shattered, and jewels strike and pierce, as waters do among the wealthy.
पूर्णाम्बरं परिपतल्लोकसप्तकमन्दिरैः । चक्रावृत्त्या भ्रमद्रूपैर् अपरैस् सागरैर् इव
The full expanse of the sky is scattered with the seven worlds’ mansions falling, spinning in circular motion, resembling the seas.
हेमस्फटिकवैडूर्यससारमणिमन्दिरैः । दिवḫ पतद्भिर् आकीर्णम् उद्यज्झणझणस्वनैः
The heavens are filled with palaces of gold, crystal, beryl, and precious gems falling, accompanied by the rising sound of clattering.
उत्पेतुर् धूमभस्माब्दाḫ पेतुर् धारापुरोत्कराः । उन्ममज्जुस् तरङ्गौघा ममज्जुर् भूतलाद्रयः
Clouds of smoke and ash arose, torrents of water poured forth, waves surged up, and mountains emerged from the earth.
आवर्तघर्घरारावा मिथोविदलनोद्यताः । जुघूर्णुर् अर्णवाẖ कीर्णाḫ पर्णवत्प्रौढपर्वताः
The oceans, roaring with the grinding sound of their swirling waves, surged forth to crush one another, tossing about, strewn with mountains grown immense like leaves.
क्रन्दच्छिष्टामरगणं दलत्सज्जीवभूतकम् । भ्रमत्केतुशतोत्पातं दुष्प्रेक्षम् अभवज् जगत्
The world became dreadful, filled with the wailing remnants of the gods, the destruction of living beings, and hundreds of blazing comets whirling about—impossible to behold.
मृतार्धमृतया भूतसन्तत्यानिललोलया । अभून् नीरन्ध्रम् आकाशं जीर्णपर्णसवर्णया
The sky became dense, without a gap, filled with the restless winds of a half-dead, half-living host of beings, resembling a mass of withered leaves.
जगद् आसीत् पतच्छृङ्गस्थूलधारौघनिर्भरम् । भ्रश्यद्बृहद्गिरिपुरव्रातपूर्णसरिच्छतम्
The world was covered with torrents pouring from the peaks of falling mountains, and hundreds of rivers filled with the ruins of collapsing great mountain cities.
शाम्यच्छमशमाशब्दशतसङ्गिहुताशनम् । चलाब्धिवलनादोलालोलशैलसरित्तटम्
The fire, joined by the countless sounds of ceasing and unceasing destruction, raged on, while the shores of rivers and mountains trembled, shaken by the rolling of the moving ocean.
तृणराशिसरिन्न्यायमिश्रद्वीपार्णवोत्करम् । अत्यन्तदूरदिग्व्योमक्षणज्वालामहावनम्
There were heaps of islands and oceans mixed together like piles of grass and rivers, and a great forest of flames flashed for a moment across the farthest reaches of space and direction.
वर्षशाम्यद्धुताशोत्थभस्मामोदपतत्सुरम् । भूतपूर्वजगद्भूतं परिविस्मृतसर्गकम्
The gods fell, their bodies perfumed with the ashes of fires now dying out with the rain; the world, as it had existed before, became as if it had forgotten its own creation.
निरर्गलोल्लसन्नादं सार्गलोपशमक्रमम् । सर्गलोभोल्लसच्छेषं वर्गलोकविवर्जितम्
There arose an unrestrained, resounding tumult, gradually silencing all other noises; what remained was the last trace of the world's craving for creation, with all realms now abandoned.
अनारतविपर्यासकारिमारुतनिर्धुतम् । बीजराशिम् इवाजस्रं पूयमानं पुनḫ पुनः
Like a heap of seeds constantly scattered by the ceaseless, deluding wind, it is repeatedly stirred up again and again.
उल्मुकान्योऽन्यनिष्पेषवह्नि चूर्णसुवर्णजैः । रजोभिर् विवृतैर् हेमकुट्टिमाकाशकोटरम्
Like brands of fire, or the sparks produced by friction, or the dust of powdered gold, the sky-vault of the golden palace is filled with particles blown about.
भूमण्डलबृहत्खण्डैर् भ्रष्टैस् सद्वीपसागरैः । पूर्णसप्तमपातालं लुठत्पातालमण्डलैः
With vast fragments of the earth, along with its continents and oceans, fallen and scattered, and the seven netherworlds tossed about in their orbits.
आसप्तमसुतालान्तम् आमहीतलपर्वतम् । आव्योमैकार्णवीभूतं पूर्णं प्रलयवायुभिः
Up to the seventh netherworld, with mountains upon the earth, and the sky turned into a single ocean, all is filled by the winds of dissolution.
एकार्णवो ऽथ ववृधे शनैश् शीघ्रं सरिच्छतैः । भुवने जडकल्लोलैẖ कोपो मूर्खाशये यथा
Then the single ocean gradually swelled, swiftly, with hundreds of rivers, its dull waves rising in the world, just as anger surges in the mind of a fool.
मुसुलोपमया पूर्वं ततस् स्तम्भनिभाङ्गया । ततस् तालद्रुमाकारधारयासारसारया
At first, with a flood like pounding pestles, then with a force like pillars, and then with a torrent resembling the trunks of palm trees.
ततो नदीप्रवाहोग्रजलपातैकपातया । सप्तद्वीपमहीपीठसममेदुरमेघया
Then, with the fierce downpour of river-currents, falling in a single cascade, and with clouds as dense as the earth's seven island-continents.
वह्निर् विदाहकृद् वृष्ट्या शमम् अभ्याययौ तथा । शास्त्रसज्जनसद्दृष्ट्या मौर्ख्यम् आपत्प्रदं यथा
The fire that brought destruction was subdued by the rain, just as folly that brings calamity is subdued by the vision of scripture and the wise.
ऊर्ध्वाधरस्थपरिवृत्तपदार्थजातम् अन्तẖक्वणत्खनखनायितशैलमज्जम् । ब्रह्माण्डकोटरम् अभूद् विधुरं कुबाललीलाविलोलम् इव बिल्वफलं विशुष्कम्
The cavity of the cosmic egg became desolate, its upper and lower regions turned about, filled with the echoing, metallic clatter of collapsing mountains—like a withered bael fruit, tossed about in a child's play, dry and hollow within.
वातवर्षहिमोत्पातघातभग्ने धरातले । जलवेगो ऽगमद् वृद्धिं कलाव् इव महीपतिः
On the earth, shattered by storms, rains, hail, and calamities, the surge of waters grew ever greater, just as a king's power increases in times of strife.
गङ्गाप्रवाहप्रतिमधारापातविवर्धितैः । सरित्सहस्रैस् सहसा मेरुमन्दरसुन्दरैः
With thousands of rivers, their streams swelling like the flow of the Ganges, suddenly beautifying Meru and Mandara mountains as they poured down.
आदित्यपथसम्प्राप्तकन्दरो जडमन्थरः । एकार्णवस् समुच्छून आसीन् मूर्ख इवेश्वरः
A single ocean, sluggish and inert, filled the caves that reached the sun's path—like a foolish lord, bloated and unmoving.
विपुलावर्तवृत्त्यान्तर् विवृताद्रितरत्तृणः । स्फुरत्तुङ्गतरङ्गाग्रनिगीर्णादित्यमण्डलः
Within its vast, whirling eddies, mountains and grass were swept away; the sun's orb was swallowed by the crest of its leaping waves.
मेरुमन्दरकैलासविन्ध्यसह्यजलेचरः । चलितावनिपङ्कान्तर्लीनव्यालमृणालकः
The waters swept over Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vindhya, and Sahya; forests were uprooted, and serpents vanished into the mud.