तत ऊर्मिगिरिव्रातवेगैर् आवलिताखिलैः । विच्छिन्नाẖ कल्पजलदा जल एव विलिल्यिरे
Then, with the force of mountain-like waves sweeping all, the clouds of the aeon were torn apart and dissolved into the water itself.
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र दृष्टवान् अहम् अम्बरात् । यावद् अभ्युत्थितं भीमं भूतं किञ्चिन् नभोऽन्तरात्
Meanwhile, there I saw from the sky something immense and terrifying rising from within the atmosphere.
कल्पान्तजलदाकारं कृष्णम् आपूरिताम्बरम् । आकल्पं सम्भृतं नैशं देहेनेवोत्थितं तमः
It appeared as a cloud at the end of an aeon, black and filling the sky, amassed for ages, night-like, rising as if it were embodied darkness.
तरुणादित्यलक्षाणां तेज आभासुरं दधत् । आदित्यत्रयसङ्काशैस् स्थिरविद्युत्त्रयोल्बणैः
It bore the brilliance of a hundred thousand young suns, shining with the intensity of three suns, and with three fierce, steady flashes of lightning.
नेत्रैर् आभासुरमुखं ज्वालापुञ्जान् समुद्गिरत् । पञ्चाननं दशभुजं त्रिनेत्रं शूलपाणिकम्
With eyes, a radiant face emitting clusters of flames; five-faced, ten-armed, three-eyed, holding a trident.
अमान्तम् अन्तमुक्ते ऽपि व्योम्नीव वितताकृतिम् । खम् इवासिवरश्यामं देहम् आदाय संस्थितम्
Though without beginning or end, its form extended like the sky; taking on a body dark as a rain cloud, established there.
स्थितम् एकार्णवापूर्णाद् ब्रह्माण्डाद् बहिर् अम्बरे । व्योमेव हस्तपादादिसन्निवेशेन लक्षितम्
Standing outside the universe, filling the single ocean in the sky; discernible in the heavens by the arrangement of hands, feet, and other limbs.
घोणानिलपरावृत्तिविधुतैकमहार्णवम् । गोविन्दम् इव दोर्दण्डक्षोभितक्षीरसागरम्
With the great ocean stirred by the turning of the wind from the nostrils; like Govinda agitating the milk ocean with his mighty arms.
कल्पार्णवजलापूरं पुंस्त्वेनेव समुत्थितम् । मूर्तियुक्तम् अहङ्कारम् अकारणकम् आगतम्
Rising as if filled with the waters of the ocean of time, manifesting masculinity; endowed with form, ego appearing without cause.
कुलाचलबृहद्वृन्दम् इवोड्डयनडम्बरैः । पक्षौघैर् उत्थितं व्योम समस्तम् अभिपूरयत्
Like a vast host of great mountains, with tumultuous wings rising; filling the entire sky with its multitude.
ततस् त्रिशूलनयनैर् मया रुद्रो ऽयम् इत्य् असौ । दूराद् एव परिज्ञाय परमेशो नमस्कृतः
Then, by the trident and the three eyes, I recognized from afar: 'This is Rudra,' and I bowed to the Supreme Lord.
किं स तादृग्विधो रुद्रẖ किं कृष्णẖ किं महाकृतिः । किं पञ्चवदनẖ कस्माद् दशबाहुẖ क्व तिष्ठति
Is Rudra truly of such a form? Is he dark? Is he of great stature? Why five-faced, why ten-armed, and where does he reside?
किं त्रिनेत्रẖ किम् उग्रात्मा किम् एकẖ किंप्रयोजनः । केनेरितẖ किम् अकरोत् क्वायासीद् वद मे मुने
Who is the Three-Eyed One? Who is fierce in spirit? Who is the One, and what is his purpose? By whom was he impelled, what did he do, where was he? Tell me, O sage.
काकुत्स्थ रुद्रनामासाव् अहङ्कारस् तथोत्थितः । विषमैकाभिमानात्मा मूर्तिर् अस्यामलं नभः
O Kakutstha, that Rudra named so is the ego arisen thus, whose nature is the pride of singularity, whose form is the stainless sky.
व्योमाकृतिस् स भगवान् व्योमवर्णामलो महान् । चिद्व्योममात्रसारत्वाद् आकाशात्मा स उच्यते
That blessed one has the form of space, vast and pure as the sky; because his essence is only the consciousness-sky, he is called the Self of space.
सर्वभूतात्मभूतत्वात् सर्वगत्वान् महाकृतिः । यानि तस्यानुषक्तानि पञ्चज्ञानेन्द्रियाण्य् अलम्
Because he is the self of all beings and pervades all, his form is great; the five sense organs that are connected to him are indeed his faces.
तानि तस्य मुखान्य् आहुस् तपद्रूपाणि सर्वतः । कर्मेन्द्रियाणि विषयास् ते हि तस्य भुजा दश
Those are called his faces, manifesting as ascetic forms on every side; the organs of action and their objects are his ten arms.
सर्वभूतभरैस् सार्धं ब्रह्मणा परम् एयुषा । यदासौ सम्परित्यक्तस् तदासौ मूर्तिम् आगतः
Together with the burdens of all beings and with the supreme Brahman, when he is completely abandoned, then he assumes a form.
स चाकाशैकरूपात्मा नास्ति तस्य हि साकृतिः । तथा दृश्यत एवासौ भ्रान्तिमात्रं न मूर्तिमान्
And he, whose essence is only the form of space, truly has no form; thus he only appears to be seen, but it is mere illusion, not a real embodiment.
चिदाकाशगते स्फारे भूताकाशे स तिष्ठति । देहे च सर्वभूतानां नित्यं वायुर् इवेश्वरः
Abiding in the vast expanse of the sky of consciousness, he stands in the elemental sky, and in the bodies of all beings, always like the wind, O Lord.
सर्वभूतपरित्यक्तस् तस्मिन् काले खमूर्तिमान् । क्षोभम् एत्य क्षणं क्षीणḫ परमां शान्तिम् एष्यति
Having abandoned all beings, at that time, he who has the form of space, after experiencing a moment of agitation, will attain supreme peace.
ये गुणा ये त्रयẖ कालाश् चित्ताहङ्कारबुद्धयः । प्रणवस्य च ये वर्णा ये च वेदास् तथा त्रयः
The qualities, the three times, mind, ego, intellect, the syllables of Om, and likewise the three Vedas—
रुद्रस्य तस्य ते नेत्रसन्निवेशेन संस्थिताः । त्रिशूलं तेन त्रैलोक्यं गृहीतं करकोटरे
All these are established in the arrangement of the eyes of that Rudra; by that, the trident, the three worlds are held in the hollow of his hand.
यस्मात् तद्व्यतिरेकेण सर्वभूतगणेष्व् अपि । अन्यन् न विद्यते किञ्चिद् देहात्मैव ततस् स्थितः
Therefore, apart from that, even among all groups of beings, there is nothing else; thus, only the embodied self remains.
सर्गसत्तोपलम्भात्मा स्वभावो ऽस्य प्रयोजनम् । ईरितश् शिवरूपेण चिन्मात्राकाशरूपिणा
His nature is the apprehension of creation and existence; this is his purpose, proclaimed in the form of Shiva, whose nature is pure consciousness and space.
तेनैव च निगीर्णस् सन् परमां शान्तिम् एष्यति । निर्मलाकाशरूपात्मा कृष्ण इत्य् एष ईश्वरः
Being absorbed into that, he attains supreme peace; his essence is pure, space-like—this is Krishna, the Lord.
कृत्वाकल्पं जगत् सर्वं तत् पीत्वैकार्णवं तदा । सम्प्रयाति परां शान्तिम् अभूयस्सन्निवृत्तये
Having made the entire world into a single epoch, then having absorbed it into one ocean, he proceeds to supreme peace for the sake of non-becoming.
अनन्तरं मया दृष्टस् तत्रासौ यावद् उद्यमात् । प्रवृत्तḫ प्राणवेगेन तम् आक्रष्टुं महार्णवम्
Immediately after, I saw him there, striving with all his might, rushing with the force of life to draw in that great ocean.
अथ तस्य मुखं स्फारं ज्वालामालाकुलान्तरम् । प्राणकृष्टो महाम्भोधिर् वाडवाग्निम् इवाविशत्
Then, as the life-force was drawn forth, the vast mouth, filled within with a garland of flames, entered the great ocean like the submarine fire.
स एव वाडवो भूत्वा वह्निर् आकल्पम् अर्णवे । अहङ्कारḫ पिबत्य् अम्बु रुद्रस् सर्वं तु तत् तदा
That very fire, becoming the submarine fire, for an age in the ocean, Rudra, the ego, drank up all the waters.