12.202
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ युधि सत्यपराक्रम। श्रोतुमिच्छामि कार्त्स्न्येन कृष्णमव्ययमीश्वरम् ॥१२-२०२-१॥
pitāmaha mahāprājña yudhi satyaparākrama। śrotumicchāmi kārtsnyena kṛṣṇamavyayamīśvaram ॥12-202-1॥
[पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather; महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - greatly wise; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; सत्यपराक्रम (satyaparākrama) - truly valiant; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; कार्त्स्न्येन (kārtsnyena) - in entirety; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable; ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - Lord;]
(Grandfather, greatly wise, truly valiant in battle, I wish to hear in entirety about Kṛṣṇa, the imperishable Lord.)
O grandfather, greatly wise and truly valiant in battle, I wish to hear in full about Kṛṣṇa, the imperishable Lord.
यच्चास्य तेजः सुमहद्यच्च कर्म पुरातनम्। तन्मे सर्वं यथातत्त्वं प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ ॥१२-२०२-२॥
yaccāsya tejaḥ sumahadyacca karma purātanam। tanme sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ prabrūhi bharatarṣabha ॥12-202-2॥
[यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; कर्म (karma) - action; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - as it truly is; प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Which and his splendor very great and which action ancient, that to me all as it truly is tell, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, tell me all about his very great splendor and ancient actions as they truly are.
तिर्यग्योनिगतं रूपं कथं धारितवान्हरिः। केन कार्यविसर्गेण तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥१२-२०२-३॥
tiryagyonigataṃ rūpaṃ kathaṃ dhāritavān hariḥ। kena kāryavisargeṇa tanme brūhi pitāmaha ॥12-202-3॥
[तिर्यग्योनिगतं (tiryagyonigataṃ) - entered into the womb of an animal; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; धारितवान् (dhāritavān) - has borne; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Viṣṇu); केन (kena) - by what; कार्यविसर्गेण (kāryavisargeṇa) - by the act of creation; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather;]
(How did Hari (Viṣṇu) bear the form entered into the womb of an animal? By what act of creation did he do that? Tell me that, O Grandfather.)
O Grandfather, tell me how Hari (Viṣṇu) assumed the form that entered the womb of an animal, and by what act of creation he did so.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
पुराहं मृगयां यातो मार्कण्डेयाश्रमे स्थितः। तत्रापश्यं मुनिगणान्समासीनान्सहस्रशः ॥१२-२०२-४॥
purāhaṃ mṛgayāṃ yāto mārkaṇḍeyāśrame sthitaḥ। tatrāpaśyaṃ munigaṇānsamāsīnān sahasraśaḥ ॥12-202-4॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; अहम् (aham) - I; मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting; यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone; मार्कण्डेयाश्रमे (mārkaṇḍeyāśrame) - in the hermitage of Markandeya; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having stayed; तत्र (tatra) - there; अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; मुनिगणान् (munigaṇān) - groups of sages; समासीनान् (samāsīnān) - seated; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by the thousands;]
(Formerly I, having gone hunting, stayed in the hermitage of Markandeya. There I saw groups of sages seated by the thousands.)
Once, I went hunting and stayed at the hermitage of Markandeya. There, I saw thousands of sages seated together.
ततस्ते मधुपर्केण पूजां चक्रुरथो मयि। प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां प्रत्यनन्दमृषीनहम् ॥१२-२०२-५॥
tataste madhuparkeṇa pūjāṃ cakruratho mayi। pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ pratyanandamṛṣīnaham ॥12-202-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; मधुपर्केण (madhuparkeṇa) - with madhuparka (a traditional offering of honey, curds, etc.); पूजां (pūjām) - worship; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they performed; अथ (atha) - then; मयि (mayi) - to me; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; च (ca) - and; तां (tāṃ) - that; पूजां (pūjām) - worship; प्रत्यनन्दन् (pratyanandan) - they welcomed; ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages; अहम् (aham) - I; ॥१२-२०२-५॥ (॥12-202-5॥) - (verse number; not translated);]
(Then they performed worship with madhuparka; then, to me, having received that worship, I welcomed the sages.)
Then they performed the worship with madhuparka; after receiving that worship for me, I welcomed the sages.
कथैषा कथिता तत्र कश्यपेन महर्षिणा। मनःप्रह्लादिनीं दिव्यां तामिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥१२-२०२-६॥
kathaiṣā kathitā tatra kaśyapena maharṣiṇā। manaḥprahlādinīṃ divyāṃ tām ihaikamānāḥ śṛṇu ॥12-202-6॥
[कथा (kathā) - story; एषा (eṣā) - this; कथिता (kathitā) - has been told; तत्र (tatra) - there; कश्यपेन (kaśyapena) - by Kaśyapa; महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by the great sage; मनःप्रह्लादिनीं (manaḥprahlādinīṃ) - delighting the mind; दिव्यां (divyāṃ) - divine; ताम् (tām) - that; इह (iha) - here; एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with single-mindedness; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen;]
(This story has been told there by the great sage Kaśyapa; listen here with single-mindedness to that divine, mind-delighting (story).)
This story, which delights the mind and is divine, was narrated there by the great sage Kaśyapa; now, listen to it here with full attention.
पुरा दानवमुख्या हि क्रोधलोभसमन्विताः। बलेन मत्ताः शतशो नरकाद्या महासुराः ॥१२-२०२-७॥
purā dānavamukhyā hi krodhalobhasamanvitāḥ। balena mattāḥ śataśo narakādyā mahāsurāḥ ॥12-202-7॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; दानवमुख्याः (dānavamukhyāḥ) - chiefs of the Dānavas; हि (hi) - indeed; क्रोधलोभसमन्विताः (krodhalobhasamanvitāḥ) - endowed with anger and greed; बलेन (balena) - with strength; मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; नरकाद्याः (narakādyāḥ) - Naraka and others; महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - great Asuras;]
(Formerly, the chiefs of the Dānavas, indeed endowed with anger and greed, intoxicated with strength, by hundreds, Naraka and others, great Asuras.)
In ancient times, the chiefs of the Dānavas, such as Naraka and others, who were filled with anger and greed and intoxicated by their strength, numbered in the hundreds among the great Asuras.
तथैव चान्ये बहवो दानवा युद्धदुर्मदाः। न सहन्ते स्म देवानां समृद्धिं तामनुत्तमाम् ॥१२-२०२-८॥
tathaiva cānye bahavo dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ। na sahante sma devānāṃ samṛddhiṃ tāmanuttamām ॥12-202-8॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - Dānavas; युद्धदुर्मदाः (yuddhadurmadāḥ) - arrogant due to battle; न (na) - not; सहन्ते (sahante) - endure; स्म (sma) - indeed; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; समृद्धिम् (samṛddhim) - prosperity; ताम् (tām) - that; अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed;]
(In the same way and others, many Dānavas, arrogant due to battle, did not indeed endure the prosperity of the gods, that unsurpassed (prosperity).)
Likewise, many other Dānavas, intoxicated by battle, could not bear the unsurpassed prosperity of the gods.
दानवैरर्द्यमानास्तु देवा देवर्षयस्तथा। न शर्म लेभिरे राजन्विशमानास्ततस्ततः ॥१२-२०२-९॥
dānavairardyamānāstu devā devarṣayastathā। na śarma lebhire rājanviśamānastatastataḥ ॥12-202-9॥
[दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the Dānavas; अर्द्यमानाः (ardyamānāḥ) - being oppressed; तु (tu) - but; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - the divine sages; तथा (tathā) - also; न (na) - not; शर्म (śarma) - happiness; peace; लेभिरे (lebhire) - obtained; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विशमानाः (viśamānāḥ) - wandering; ततः (tataḥ) - here and there; ततः (tataḥ) - here and there;]
(But the gods and the divine sages, being oppressed by the Dānavas, O king, did not obtain happiness, wandering here and there.)
O king, the gods and divine sages, oppressed by the Dānavas, wandered here and there and found no peace.
पृथिवीं चार्तरूपां ते समपश्यन्दिवौकसः। दानवैरभिसङ्कीर्णां घोररूपैर्महाबलैः ॥ भारार्तामपकृष्टां च दुःखितां संनिमज्जतीम् ॥१२-२०२-१०॥
pṛthivīṃ cārtarūpāṃ te samapaśyandivaukasaḥ। dānavairabhisaṅkīrṇāṃ ghorarūpairmahābalaiḥ ॥ bhārārtāmapakṛṣṭāṃ ca duḥkhitāṃ saṃnimajjatīm ॥12-202-10॥
[पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth (accusative singular); च (ca) - and; अर्तरूपां (artarūpāṃ) - in a form of distress; ते (te) - they; समपश्यन् (samapaśyan) - saw together; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - the dwellers of heaven; दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the Dānavas (demons); अभिसङ्कीर्णां (abhisaṅkīrṇāṃ) - overrun; घोररूपैः (ghorarūpaiḥ) - of terrible forms; महाबलैः (mahābalaiḥ) - of great strength; भारार्ताम् (bhārārtām) - oppressed by burden; अपकृष्टां (apakṛṣṭāṃ) - dragged away; च (ca) - and; दुःखितां (duḥkhitāṃ) - afflicted; संनिमज्जतीम् (saṃnimajjatīm) - sinking down;]
(The dwellers of heaven saw the earth, in a form of distress, overrun by the Dānavas of terrible forms and great strength, oppressed by burden, dragged away, afflicted, and sinking down.)
The gods beheld the earth, overwhelmed by powerful and terrifying Dānavas, weighed down by suffering, dragged away, and sinking in distress.
अथादितेयाः सन्त्रस्ता ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रुवन्। कथं शक्यामहे ब्रह्मन्दानवैरुपमर्दनम् ॥१२-२०२-११॥
athāditeyāḥ santrastā brahmāṇam idam abruvan। kathaṃ śakyāmahe brahman dānavair upamardanam ॥12-202-11॥
[अथ (atha) - then; आदितेयाः (āditeyāḥ) - the sons of Aditi; सन्त्रस्ता (santrastā) - frightened; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - to Brahmā; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - said; कथम् (katham) - how; शक्यामहे (śakyāmahe) - are we able; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā; दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the Dānavas; उपमर्दनम् (upamardanam) - oppression;]
(Then the sons of Aditi, frightened, said this to Brahmā: "How are we able, O Brahmā, to withstand the oppression by the Dānavas?")
Then, the frightened sons of Aditi said to Brahmā, "O Brahmā, how can we withstand the oppression of the Dānavas?"
स्वयम्भूस्तानुवाचेदं निसृष्टोऽत्र विधिर्मया। ते वरेणाभिसंमत्ता बलेन च मदेन च ॥१२-२०२-१२॥
svayambhūstānuvācedaṃ nisṛṣṭo'tra vidhirmayā। te vareṇābhisaṃmattā balena ca madena ca ॥12-202-12॥
[स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - self-born; (Brahmā;) तान् (tān) - them; उवाच (uvāca) - said; इदं (idaṃ) - this; निसृष्टः (nisṛṣṭaḥ) - dispatched; अत्र (atra) - here; विधिः (vidhiḥ) - the Creator; मया (mayā) - by me; ते (te) - they; वरेण (vareṇa) - by boon; अभिसंमत्ता (abhisaṃmattā) - fully consented; बलेन (balena) - by strength; च (ca) - and; मदेन (madena) - by pride; च (ca) - and;]
(The self-born (Brahmā) said this to them: 'Dispatched here by me, they, fully consented by boon, by strength and by pride.')
Brahmā, the self-born, said to them: 'Dispatched here by me, they have been fully empowered by boon, strength, and pride.'
नावभोत्स्यन्ति संमूढा विष्णुमव्यक्तदर्शनम्। वराहरूपिणं देवमधृष्यममरैरपि ॥१२-२०२-१३॥
nāvabhotsyanti saṁmūḍhā viṣṇumavyaktadarśanam। varāharūpiṇaṁ devamadhṛśyamamarairapi ॥12-202-13॥
[न (na) - not; अवभोत्स्यन्ति (avabhotsyanti) - will understand; संमूढाः (saṁmūḍhāḥ) - completely deluded ones; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Viṣṇu; अव्यक्तदर्शनम् (avyaktadarśanam) - whose form is unmanifest; वराहरूपिणम् (varāharūpiṇam) - having the form of a boar; देवम् (devam) - the god; अधृष्यम् (adhṛśyam) - unperceivable; अमरैः (amaraiḥ) - by the immortals; अपि (api) - even;]
(Not will understand completely deluded ones Viṣṇu whose form is unmanifest, having the form of a boar, the god, unperceivable even by the immortals.)
The completely deluded will not understand Viṣṇu, whose form is unmanifest, who is the god in the form of a boar, unperceivable even by the immortals.
एष वेगेन गत्वा हि यत्र ते दानवाधमाः। अन्तर्भूमिगता घोरा निवसन्ति सहस्रशः ॥ शमयिष्यति श्रुत्वा ते जहृषुः सुरसत्तमाः ॥१२-२०२-१४॥
eṣa vegena gatvā hi yatra te dānavādhamāḥ। antarbhūmigatā ghorā nivasanti sahasraśaḥ ॥ śamayiṣyati śrutvā te jahṛṣuḥ surasattamāḥ ॥12-202-14॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; हि (hi) - indeed; यत्र (yatra) - where; ते (te) - those; दानवाधमाः (dānavādhamāḥ) - lowest among Dānavas; अन्तर्भूमिगता (antarbhūmigatā) - gone beneath the earth; घोरा (ghorā) - terrible; निवसन्ति (nivasanti) - dwell; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; शमयिष्यति (śamayiṣyati) - will subdue; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; ते (te) - they; जहृषुः (jahṛṣuḥ) - rejoiced; सुरसत्तमाः (surasattamāḥ) - best among the gods;]
(This, having gone with speed indeed where those lowest among Dānavas, gone beneath the earth, terrible, dwell by thousands, will subdue. Having heard, they, the best among the gods, rejoiced.)
He will quickly go to where those vile Dānavas, thousands of terrible ones dwelling beneath the earth, are, and subdue them. Hearing this, the best of the gods rejoiced.
ततो विष्णुर्महातेजा वाराहं रूपमाश्रितः। अन्तर्भूमिं सम्प्रविश्य जगाम दितिजान्प्रति ॥१२-२०२-१५॥
tato viṣṇur-mahātejā vārāhaṃ rūpam-āśritaḥ। antarbhūmiṃ sampraviśya jagāma ditijān-prati ॥12-202-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - of great splendor; वाराहम् (vārāham) - boar; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - assumed; अन्तर्भूमिम् (antarbhūmim) - into the earth; सम्प्रविश्य (sampraviśya) - having entered; जगाम (jagāma) - went; दितिजान् (ditijān) - the sons of Diti (demons); प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then Viṣṇu, of great splendor, having assumed the form of a boar, having entered into the earth, went towards the sons of Diti (demons).)
Then Viṣṇu, resplendent, took the form of a boar, entered the earth, and proceeded towards the demons, the sons of Diti.
दृष्ट्वा च सहिताः सर्वे दैत्याः सत्त्वममानुषम्। प्रसह्य सहसा सर्वे सन्तस्थुः कालमोहिताः ॥१२-२०२-१६॥
dṛṣṭvā ca sahitāḥ sarve daityāḥ sattvam-amānuṣam। prasahya sahasā sarve santasthuḥ kālamohitāḥ ॥12-202-16॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; च (ca) - and; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; सर्वे (sarve) - all; दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - the Daityas (demons); सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - nature; अमानुषम् (amānuṣam) - non-human; प्रसह्य (prasahya) - by force; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सन्तस्थुः (santasthuḥ) - stood; कालमोहिताः (kālamohitāḥ) - deluded by Time;]
(Having seen, and together, all the Daityas, the non-human nature, by force, suddenly, all stood, deluded by Time.)
Seeing this, all the Daityas together, perceiving the non-human nature, suddenly and forcibly stood still, deluded by Time.
सर्वे च समभिद्रुत्य वराहं जगृहुः समम्। सङ्क्रुद्धाश्च वराहं तं व्यकर्षन्त समन्ततः ॥१२-२०२-१७॥
sarve ca samabhidrutya varāhaṃ jagṛhuḥ samam। saṅkruddhāśca varāhaṃ taṃ vyakarṣanta samantataḥ ॥12-202-17॥
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; च (ca) - and; समभिद्रुत्य (samabhidrutya) - having rushed together; वराहं (varāham) - the boar; जगृहुः (jagṛhuḥ) - seized; समम् (samam) - together; सङ्क्रुद्धाः (saṅkruddhāḥ) - enraged; च (ca) - and; वराहं (varāham) - the boar; तम् (tam) - him; व्यक्षर्षन्त (vyakarṣanta) - were dragging; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides;]
(All and having rushed together the boar seized together. Enraged and the boar him were dragging on all sides.)
All of them, having rushed together, seized the boar together. Enraged, they dragged the boar on all sides.
दानवेन्द्रा महाकाया महावीर्या बलोच्छ्रिताः। नाशक्नुवंश्च किञ्चित्ते तस्य कर्तुं तदा विभो ॥१२-२०२-१८॥
dānavendrā mahākāyā mahāvīryā balocchritāḥ। nāśaknuvanśca kiñcitte tasya kartuṃ tadā vibho ॥12-202-18॥
[दानवेन्द्राः (dānavendrāḥ) - lords of the Dānavas; महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - of great bodies; महावीर्याः (mahāvīryāḥ) - of great strength; बलोच्छ्रिताः (balocchritāḥ) - exalted in power; न (na) - not; अशक्नुवन् (aśaknuvan) - were able; च (ca) - and; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - even a little; ते (te) - they; तस्य (tasya) - of him; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; तदा (tadā) - then; विभो (vibho) - O lord;]
(The lords of the Dānavas, of great bodies, of great strength, exalted in power, were not able, even a little, they, of him, to do, then, O lord.)
O lord, at that time, the lords of the Dānavas, who were of great bodies, great strength, and exalted power, were not able to do even a little against him.
ततोऽगमन्विस्मयं ते दानवेन्द्रा भयात्तदा। संशयं गतमात्मानं मेनिरे च सहस्रशः ॥१२-२०२-१९॥
tato'gamānvismayaṃ te dānavendrā bhayāttadā। saṃśayaṃ gatamātmānaṃ menire ca sahasraśaḥ ॥12-202-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अगमन् (agaman) - they went; विस्मयम् (vismayam) - astonishment; ते (te) - they; दानव-इन्द्राः (dānava-indrāḥ) - lords of the Dānavas; भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear; तदा (tadā) - then; संशयम् (saṃśayam) - doubt; गत-आत्मानम् (gata-ātmānam) - lost self; मेनिरे (menire) - they considered; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Then, they (the) lords of the Dānavas, from fear, went (into) astonishment; then, by thousands, they considered themselves as having lost (their) self in doubt and.)
Then, the lords of the Dānavas, struck by fear, became astonished; by the thousands, they thought themselves lost in doubt.
ततो देवादिदेवः स योगात्मा योगसारथिः। योगमास्थाय भगवांस्तदा भरतसत्तम ॥१२-२०२-२०॥
tato devādidevaḥ sa yogātmā yogasārathiḥ। yogamāsthāya bhagavāṃstadā bharatasattama ॥12-202-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देव-अदि-देवः (deva-adi-devaḥ) - god-prime-god; सः (saḥ) - he; योग-आत्मा (yoga-ātmā) - union-self; योग-सारथिः (yoga-sārathiḥ) - union-charioteer; योगम् (yogam) - union; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed one; तदा (tadā) - then; भरत-सत्तम (bharata-sattama) - best of the Bharatas;]
(Then the god, the prime god, he, the union-self, the union-charioteer, having resorted to union, the blessed one, then, best of the Bharatas.)
Then, O best of the Bharatas, the blessed Lord, the supreme among gods, himself the soul of yoga and the charioteer of yoga, having resorted to yoga at that time.
विननाद महानादं क्षोभयन्दैत्यदानवान्। संनादिता येन लोकाः सर्वाश्चैव दिशो दश ॥१२-२०२-२१॥
vinanāda mahānādaṃ kṣobhayandaityadānavān। saṃnāditā yena lokāḥ sarvāścaiva diśo daśa ॥12-202-21॥
[विननाद (vinanāda) - he thundered; महानादं (mahānādaṃ) - great sound; क्षोभयन् (kṣobhayān) - agitating; दैत्यदानवान् (daityadānavān) - Daityas and Dānavas; संनादिता (saṃnāditā) - resounded; येन (yena) - by whom; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; दश (daśa) - ten;]
(He thundered a great sound, agitating the Daityas and Dānavas; by whom all the worlds and indeed the ten directions were resounded.)
He let out a mighty roar that shook the Daityas and Dānavas; by that roar, all the worlds and the ten directions resounded.
तेन संनादशब्देन लोकाः सङ्क्षोभमागमन्। सम्भ्रान्ताश्च दिशः सर्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः ॥१२-२०२-२२॥
tena saṁnādaśabdena lokāḥ saṅkṣobhamāgaman। sambhrāntāś ca diśaḥ sarvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ॥12-202-22॥
[तेन (tena) - by that; संनादशब्देन (saṁnādaśabdena) - by the reverberating sound; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; सङ्क्षोभम् (saṅkṣobham) - agitation; आगमन् (āgaman) - came; सम्भ्रान्ताः (sambhrāntāḥ) - disturbed; च (ca) - and; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; शक्रपुरोगमाः (śakrapurogamāḥ) - headed by Śakra;]
(By that reverberating sound, the worlds came to agitation. And all the directions and the gods headed by Śakra were disturbed.)
By that reverberating sound, the worlds were agitated; all directions and the gods led by Śakra became disturbed.
निर्विचेष्टं जगच्चापि बभूवातिभृशं तदा। स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव तेन नादेन मोहितम् ॥१२-२०२-२३॥
nirviceṣṭaṃ jagaccāpi babhūvātibhṛśaṃ tadā। sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva tena nādena mohitam ॥12-202-23॥
[निर्विचेष्टम् (nirviceṣṭam) - motionless; without activity; जगत् (jagat) - the world; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; बभूव (babhūva) - became; अतिभृशम् (atibhṛśam) - exceedingly; intensely; तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; स्थावरम् (sthāvaram) - immobile; stationary; जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - moving; animate; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तेन (tena) - by that; नादेन (nādena) - by the sound; मोहितम् (mohitam) - bewildered; deluded;]
(Motionless the world also became exceedingly then; immobile and moving indeed by that sound bewildered.)
At that time, the entire world became utterly motionless; both the immobile and the moving beings were bewildered by that sound.
ततस्ते दानवाः सर्वे तेन शब्देन भीषिताः। पेतुर्गतासवश्चैव विष्णुतेजोविमोहिताः ॥१२-२०२-२४॥
tataste dānavāḥ sarve tena śabdena bhīṣitāḥ। peturgatāsavaścaiva viṣṇutejovimohitāḥ ॥12-202-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - Dānavas; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; भीषिताः (bhīṣitāḥ) - frightened; पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell; गतासवः (gatāsavaḥ) - whose life had departed; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विष्णुतेजः (viṣṇutejaḥ) - Viṣṇu's energy; विमोहिताः (vimohitāḥ) - bewildered;]
(Then they, all the Dānavas, frightened by that sound, fell, their life departed, and indeed, bewildered by Viṣṇu's energy.)
Then all the Dānavas, terrified by that sound, fell dead, bewildered by the energy of Viṣṇu.
रसातलगतांश्चैव वराहस्त्रिदशद्विषः। खुरैः संदारयामास मांसमेदोस्थिसञ्चयम् ॥१२-२०२-२५॥
rasātalagatāṃścaiva varāhastridaśadviṣaḥ। khuraiḥ saṃdārayāmāsa māṃsamedosthisañcayam ॥12-202-25॥
[रसातल (rasātala) - netherworld; गतान् (gatān) - gone; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वराह (varāha) - boar; त्रिदशद्विषः (tridaśadviṣaḥ) - enemies of the gods; खुरैः (khuraiḥ) - with hooves; संदारयामास (saṃdārayāmāsa) - tore apart; मांस (māṃsa) - flesh; मेदः (medaḥ) - fat; अस्थि (asthi) - bone; सञ्चयम् (sañcayam) - heap;]
(The boar, indeed, with his hooves tore apart the heap of flesh, fat, and bone of the enemies of the gods who had gone to the netherworld.)
The boar, with his hooves, tore apart the heap of flesh, fat, and bone of the enemies of the gods who had gone to the netherworld.
नादेन तेन महता सनातन इति स्मृतः। पद्मनाभो महायोगी भूताचार्यः स भूतराट् ॥१२-२०२-२६॥
nādena tena mahatā sanātana iti smṛtaḥ। padmanābho mahāyogī bhūtācāryaḥ sa bhūtarāṭ ॥12-202-26॥
[नादेन (nādena) - by the sound; तेन (tena) - by that; महता (mahatā) - great; सनातन (sanātana) - eternal; इति (iti) - thus; स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is remembered; पद्मनाभः (padmanābhaḥ) - Padmanabha; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - the great yogi; भूताचार्यः (bhūtācāryaḥ) - the teacher of beings; सः (saḥ) - he; भूतराट् (bhūtarāṭ) - the lord of beings;]
(By the sound, by that great (one), he is remembered as eternal thus. Padmanabha, the great yogi, the teacher of beings, he (is) the lord of beings.)
Because of that great sound, he is known as the eternal one. Padmanabha, the great yogi and teacher of beings, is the lord of all beings.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे पितामहमुपाब्रुवन्। नादोऽयं कीदृशो देव नैनं विद्म वयं विभो ॥ कोऽसौ हि कस्य वा नादो येन विह्वलितं जगत् ॥१२-२०२-२७॥
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve pitāmaham upābruvan। nādo'yaṃ kīdṛśo deva nainaṃ vidma vayaṃ vibho ॥ ko'sau hi kasya vā nādo yena vihvalitaṃ jagat ॥12-202-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवगणाः (devagaṇāḥ) - the hosts of gods; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the Grandfather (Brahmā); उपाब्रुवन् (upābruvan) - addressed; नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; अयम् (ayam) - this; कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind; देव (deva) - O god; न (na) - not; एनम् (enam) - this; विद्म (vidma) - we know; वयम् (vayam) - we; विभो (vibho) - O mighty one; कः (kaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - is that; हि (hi) - indeed; कस्य (kasya) - whose; वा (vā) - or; नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; येन (yena) - by which; विह्वलितम् (vihvalitam) - agitated; जगत् (jagat) - the world;]
(Then all the hosts of gods addressed the Grandfather. O god, what kind of sound is this? O mighty one, we do not know this. Who indeed is that? Or whose sound is this by which the world has been agitated?)
Then all the gods approached Brahmā and said: "O god, what is this sound? O mighty one, we do not know it. Who is that, or whose sound is this by which the world has been disturbed?"
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विष्णुर्वाराहं रूपमास्थितः। उदतिष्ठन्महादेवः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ॥१२-२०२-२८॥
etasminn-antare viṣṇur vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ। udatiṣṭhan mahādevaḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ ॥12-202-28॥
[एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this; (locative singular of idam) अन्तरे (antare) - interval; in the meantime; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; (the deity) वाराहम् (vārāham) - boar; (accusative singular, as form) रूपम् (rūpam) - form; (accusative singular) आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - assumed; taken up; उदतिष्ठन् (udatiṣṭhan) - arose; ascended; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - the great god; (epithet of Viṣṇu here) स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - being praised; महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages;]
(In this interval, Viṣṇu, having assumed the form of a boar, the great god arose, being praised by the great sages.)
Meanwhile, Viṣṇu assumed the form of a boar; the great god arose, praised by the great sages.
पितामह उवाच॥
pitāmaha uvāca॥
[पितामह (pitāmaha) - paternal grandfather; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(paternal grandfather said;)
The paternal grandfather said.
निहत्य दानवपतीन्महावर्ष्मा महाबलः। एष देवो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावनः ॥१२-२०२-२९॥
nihatya dānavapatīn mahāvarṣmā mahābalaḥ। eṣa devo mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ॥12-202-29॥
[निहत्य (nihatya) - having slain; दानवपतीन् (dānavapatīn) - the lords of the Dānavas; महावर्ष्मा (mahāvarṣmā) - of great stature; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength; एष (eṣa) - this; देवः (devaḥ) - god; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - whose self is all beings; भूतभावनः (bhūtabhāvanaḥ) - creator of beings;]
(Having slain the lords of the Dānavas, of great stature, of great strength, this god, the great yogi, whose self is all beings, the creator of beings.)
Having slain the lords of the Dānavas, this god of great stature and strength, the great yogi, whose self is all beings and who is the creator of beings.
सर्वभूतेश्वरो योगी योनिरात्मा तथात्मनः। स्थिरीभवत कृष्णोऽयं सर्वपापप्रणाशनः ॥१२-२०२-३०॥
sarvabhūteśvaro yogī yonirātmā tathātmanaḥ। sthirībhavata kṛṣṇo'yaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ ॥12-202-30॥
[सर्वभूतेश्वरो (sarvabhūteśvaraḥ) - lord of all beings; योगी (yogī) - one who is united (with the supreme); योनिः (yoniḥ) - origin; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; तथा (tathā) - likewise; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self; स्थिरीभवत् (sthirībhavat) - becomes steady; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; अयम् (ayam) - this; सर्वपापप्रणाशनः (sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ) - destroyer of all sins;]
(The lord of all beings, the yogi, the origin, the self, likewise of the self, becomes steady; this Kṛṣṇa is the destroyer of all sins.)
Kṛṣṇa, the lord of all beings, the yogi, the origin and the self, who is also the self of all, becomes steady; this Kṛṣṇa is the destroyer of all sins.
कृत्वा कर्मातिसाध्वेतदशक्यममितप्रभः। समायातः स्वमात्मानं महाभागो महाद्युतिः ॥१२-२०२-३१॥
kṛtvā karmātisādhv etad aśakyam amitaprabhaḥ। samāyātaḥ svam ātmānaṃ mahābhāgo mahādyutiḥ ॥12-202-31॥
[कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; कर्म (karma) - action; अतिसाधु (atisādhu) - very well; एतत् (etat) - this; अशक्यम् (aśakyam) - impossible; अमितप्रभः (amitaprabhaḥ) - of immeasurable radiance; समायातः (samāyātaḥ) - having arrived; स्वम् (svam) - own; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - greatly fortunate; महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - of great splendor;]
(Having done this action very well, which is impossible, the one of immeasurable radiance, greatly fortunate and of great splendor, having arrived at his own self.)
Having accomplished this impossible deed most excellently, the one of immeasurable radiance, greatly fortunate and of great splendor, returned to his true self.
पद्मनाभो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावनः ॥१२-२०२-३१॥
padmanābho mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ॥12-202-31॥
[पद्मनाभः (padmanābhaḥ) - lotus-naveled; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - whose self is all beings; भूतभावनः (bhūtabhāvanaḥ) - creator of beings;]
(Lotus-naveled, great yogi, whose self is all beings, creator of beings.)
He is the lotus-naveled, the great yogi, whose self is all beings, and the creator of all beings.
न सन्तापो न भीः कार्या शोको वा सुरसत्तमाः। विधिरेष प्रभावश्च कालः सङ्क्षयकारकः ॥१२-२०२-३२॥
na santāpo na bhīḥ kāryā śoko vā surasattamāḥ। vidhireṣa prabhāvaśca kālaḥ saṅkṣayakārakaḥ ॥12-202-32॥
[न (na) - not; सन्तापः (santāpaḥ) - affliction; न (na) - not; भीः (bhīḥ) - fear; कार्या (kāryā) - should be made; शोकः (śokaḥ) - grief; वा (vā) - or; सुरसत्तमाः (surasattamāḥ) - O best among the gods; विधिः (vidhiḥ) - fate; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; प्रभावः (prabhāvaḥ) - power; च (ca) - and; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; सङ्क्षयकारकः (saṅkṣayakārakaḥ) - cause of destruction;]
(Not affliction, not fear should be made, nor grief, O best among the gods. This is fate, and power, and time, the cause of destruction.)
O best among the gods, do not give in to affliction, fear, or grief. This is fate, power, and time, which bring about destruction.
लोकान्धारयतानेन नादो मुक्तो महात्मना ॥१२-२०२-३२॥
lokāndhārayatānena nādo mukto mahātmanā ॥12-202-32॥
[लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; धारयता (dhārayatā) - by sustaining; एनेन (enena) - by this; नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul;]
(By this sustaining of the worlds, the sound was released by the great soul.)
By this act of sustaining the worlds, the great soul released the sound.
स एव हि महाभागः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः। अच्युतः पुण्डरीकाक्षः सर्वभूतसमुद्भवः ॥१२-२०२-३३॥
sa eva hi mahābhāgaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ। acyutaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ sarvabhūtasamudbhavaḥ ॥12-202-33॥
[स (sa) - he; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - greatly fortunate one; सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः (sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ) - honored by all worlds; अच्युतः (acyutaḥ) - the infallible one; पुण्डरीकाक्षः (puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ) - lotus-eyed one; सर्वभूतसमुद्भवः (sarvabhūtasamudbhavaḥ) - origin of all beings;]
(He indeed, for, is the greatly fortunate one, honored by all worlds, the infallible one, the lotus-eyed one, the origin of all beings.)
He is indeed the greatly fortunate one, honored by all worlds, the infallible and lotus-eyed, the origin of all beings.
