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.
अर्धदग्धद्रुमवनव्यूहावलनसङ्कटः । त्रैलोक्यभस्मसम्मृष्टिमषीकर्दमकुत्सितः
Half-burnt forests and groves were tossed about in the tumult; the three worlds were smeared with the muddy ink of their own ashes.
नभस्स्तम्भबृहद्धारानालभास्करपुष्करः । धाराजलमहाम्भोदविलीननलिनीदलः
The sky was filled with massive columns of water, obscuring the sun's lotus; the great flood submerged even the lotus leaves floating on the streams.
दिण्डीरपर्वतप्रान्तप्राप्तवृत्तान्तवारिदः । भ्रमदिन्द्रानलार्केन्दुपुरपत्तनपूरनौः
A flood of waters, bearing news from the slopes of the Dindira mountain, with ships filling the cities of the gods, fire, and moon, surges forth.
काष्ठवत्प्रोह्यमानोग्रसुरासुरनरोत्करः । शनैẖक्रमोच्छूनतया लिहन्न् आदित्यमण्डलम्
A mass of gods, demons, and men is swept away like logs, and as it gradually swells, it seems to lick the orb of the sun.
तरत्तारतरारावधारासारसमुद्भवैः । बुद्बुदैḫ परिसन्दिग्धप्रोह्यमानमहाचलः
A great mountain is tossed about, surrounded by bubbles arising from the roaring, surging streams of stars and planets.
भ्रमद्बुद्बुदविश्रान्तभ्रान्तकल्पान्तवारिदः । उत्तारकैस् तैर् नयनैḫ पश्यन्न् अपरवारिदम्
A deluge at the end of an age, filled with swirling bubbles, comes to rest, and with those rescuers—its waves—looks upon the other ocean.
महाप्रलयवार्योघघोषघुङ्घुमितान्तरः । एकप्रवाहापहृतसर्वोर्वीकुलपर्वतः
Within, the tumult of the great flood's waters resounds, and a single current sweeps away all the earth's mountains and lands.
चण्डवातकृतापूर्वजलौघकुलपर्वतः । महाघुरुघुरारावघर्घरोग्रपयोरयः
Mountains and lands are heaped up by fierce winds and unprecedented torrents, while the dreadful, rumbling roar of the great flood resounds.
ब्रह्माण्डकुड्यसङ्घट्टपरावृत्तिभिर् उद्धतः । कुर्वन् योजनलक्षाणि विनतान्य् उन्नतानि च
It surges, rebounding from the walls of the cosmic egg, making leagues by the hundred thousand sink and rise.
तृणैर् इव तरङ्गेषु दोलान्दोलनम् अद्रिभिः । कुर्वद्भिर् उपलाघातभग्नभास्करमण्डलः
Mountains are tossed and swung on the waves like blades of grass, and the blows of stones shatter the disk of the sun.