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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.

मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे किं श्रेयः पुरुषस्य हि। बन्धुनाशे महीपाल राज्यनाशेऽपि वा पुनः ॥१२-२२०-१॥

magnasya vyasane kṛcchre kiṃ śreyaḥ puruṣasya hi। bandhunaśe mahīpāla rājyanaśe'pi vā punaḥ ॥12-220-1॥

[मग्नस्य (magnasya) - of the one who is immersed; व्यासने (vyasane) - in calamity; कृच्छ्रे (kṛcchre) - in difficulty; किं (kiṃ) - what; श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good; benefit; पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man; हि (hi) - indeed; बन्धुनाशे (bandhunaśe) - in the loss of relatives; महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O king; राज्यनाशेऽपि (rājyanaśe'pi) - even in the loss of kingdom; वा (vā) - or; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]

(Of the one who is immersed in calamity, in difficulty, what good, O king, is there indeed for a man, in the loss of relatives or even in the loss of kingdom again?)

O king, when a man is immersed in calamity and difficulty, what benefit can there be for him, whether he loses his relatives or even his kingdom again?

त्वं हि नः परमो वक्ता लोकेऽस्मिन्भरतर्षभ। एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तन्मे वक्तुमिहार्हसि ॥१२-२२०-२॥

tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo vaktā loke'smin bharatarṣabha। etad bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tan me vaktum ihārhasi ॥12-220-2॥

[त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; नः (naḥ) - to us; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker; लोके (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; भरतरर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - bull among the Bharatas; एतत् (etat) - this; भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful); पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; इह (iha) - here; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; ॥१२-२२०-२॥ (॥12-220-2॥) - ;]

(You indeed are to us the supreme speaker in this world, O bull among the Bharatas. This I ask you; that to me, to speak here, you ought.)

You truly are the foremost speaker in this world, O best of the Bharatas. Therefore, I ask you this; please tell me this here.

भीष्म उवाच॥

bhīṣma uvāca॥

[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]

(Bhīṣma said;)

Bhīṣma said.

पुत्रदारैः सुखैश्चैव वियुक्तस्य धनेन च। मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे धृतिः श्रेयस्करी नृप ॥१२-२२०-३॥

putradāraiḥ sukhaiz caiva viyuktasya dhanena ca। magnasya vyasane kṛcchre dhṛtiḥ śreyaskarī nṛpa ॥12-220-3॥

[पुत्रदारैः (putradāraiḥ) - by sons and wives; सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - by pleasures; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वियुक्तस्य (viyuktasya) - of one separated; धनेन (dhanena) - by wealth; च (ca) - and; मग्नस्य (magnasya) - of one immersed; व्यासने (vyasane) - in calamity; कृच्छ्रे (kṛcchre) - in difficulty; धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - fortitude; श्रेयस्करी (śreyaskarī) - most beneficial; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]

(By sons and wives, by pleasures, and indeed by wealth, of one separated, of one immersed in calamity, in difficulty, fortitude is most beneficial, O king.)

O king, for one who is separated from sons, wives, pleasures, and wealth, and who is immersed in great calamity, fortitude is the most beneficial.

धैर्येण युक्तस्य सतः शरीरं न विशीर्यते। आरोग्याच्च शरीरस्य स पुनर्विन्दते श्रियम् ॥१२-२२०-४॥

dhairyeṇa yuktasya sataḥ śarīraṃ na viśīryate। ārogyācca śarīrasya sa punarvindate śriyam ॥12-220-4॥

[धैर्येण (dhairyeṇa) - by courage; युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - of the one endowed; सतः (sataḥ) - of the good; शरीरं (śarīram) - body; न (na) - not; विशीर्यते (viśīryate) - is destroyed; आरोग्याच् (ārogyāc) - from health; च (ca) - and; शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body; सः (saḥ) - he; पुनः (punar) - again; विन्दते (vindate) - obtains; श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity;]

(The body of the good person endowed with courage is not destroyed. And from the health of the body, he again obtains prosperity.)

The body of a virtuous person endowed with courage does not perish. Through bodily health, he regains prosperity.

यस्य राज्ञो नरास्तात सात्त्विकीं वृत्तिमास्थिताः। तस्य स्थैर्यं च धैर्यं च व्यवसायश्च कर्मसु ॥१२-२२०-५॥

yasya rājño narāstāt sāttvikīṃ vṛttim āsthitāḥ। tasya sthairyaṃ ca dhairyaṃ ca vyavasāyaś ca karmasu ॥12-220-5॥

[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; नराः (narāḥ) - men; तात (tāta) - O dear; सात्त्विकीं (sāttvikīṃ) - sattvic (pure, virtuous); वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - conduct; आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - have adopted; तस्य (tasya) - his; स्थैर्यं (sthairyaṃ) - steadfastness; च (ca) - and; धैर्यं (dhairyaṃ) - courage; च (ca) - and; व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - resolve; च (ca) - and; कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions;]

(Of whom, O dear, the men have adopted sattvic conduct of the king; his steadfastness and courage and resolve in actions.)

O dear, when the king's men adopt a virtuous (sattvic) conduct, then his steadfastness, courage, and resolve in actions are assured.

अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। बलिवासवसंवादं पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर ॥१२-२२०-६॥

atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। balivāsavasaṃvādaṃ punareva yudhiṣṭhira ॥12-220-6॥

[अत्रैव (atraiva) - right here; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; बलि (bali) - Bali; वासव (vāsava) - Indra; संवादम् (saṃvādam) - dialogue; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]

(Right here, they cite this ancient history: the dialogue between Bali and Vāsava, again indeed, O Yudhiṣṭhira.)

Right here, O Yudhiṣṭhira, they recount this ancient story: the conversation between Bali and Indra, once again.

वृत्ते देवासुरे युद्धे दैत्यदानवसङ्क्षये। विष्णुक्रान्तेषु लोकेषु देवराजे शतक्रतौ ॥१२-२२०-७॥

vṛtte devāsure yuddhe daityadānavasaṅkṣaye। viṣṇukrānteṣu lokeṣu devarāje śatakratau ॥12-220-7॥

[वृत्ते (vṛtte) - having occurred; देवासुरे (devāsure) - between gods and asuras; युद्धे (yuddhe) - battle; दैत्यदानवसङ्क्षये (daityadānavasaṅkṣaye) - in the destruction of Daityas and Dānavas; विष्णुक्रान्तेषु (viṣṇukrānteṣu) - traversed by Viṣṇu; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds; देवराजे (devarāje) - in the king of gods; शतक्रतौ (śatakratau) - in Śatakratu (Indra);]

(Having occurred, in the battle between gods and asuras, in the destruction of Daityas and Dānavas, in the worlds traversed by Viṣṇu, in the king of gods, in Śatakratu (Indra).)

When the battle between the gods and asuras had taken place, and the Daityas and Dānavas were destroyed, in the worlds traversed by Viṣṇu, Indra, the king of the gods, (prevailed).

इज्यमानेषु देवेषु चातुर्वर्ण्ये व्यवस्थिते। समृध्यमाने त्रैलोक्ये प्रीतियुक्ते स्वयम्भुवि ॥१२-२२०-८॥

ijyamāneṣu deveṣu cāturvarṇye vyavasthite। samṛdhyamāne trailokye prītiyukte svayambhuvi॥12-220-8॥

[इज्यमानेषु (ijyamāneṣu) - being worshipped; देवेषु (deveṣu) - among the gods; चातुर्वर्ण्ये (cāturvarṇye) - in the fourfold order; व्यवस्थिते (vyavasthite) - being established; समृध्यमाने (samṛdhyamāne) - being prosperous; त्रैलोक्ये (trailokye) - in the three worlds; प्रीतियुक्ते (prītiyukte) - endowed with joy; स्वयम्भुवि (svayambhuvi) - in the self-born (Brahmā);]

(When the gods were being worshipped, the fourfold order was established, the three worlds were prosperous, and the self-born (Brahmā) was endowed with joy.)

When the gods were worshipped, the fourfold social order was established, the three worlds flourished, and Brahmā himself was filled with joy.

रुद्रैर्वसुभिरादित्यैरश्विभ्यामपि चर्षिभिः। गन्धर्वैर्भुजगेन्द्रैश्च सिद्धैश्चान्यैर्वृतः प्रभुः ॥१२-२२०-९॥

rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyām api ca ṛṣibhiḥ। gandharvair bhujagendraiś ca siddhaiś ca anyair vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ॥12-220-9॥

[रुद्रैः (rudraiḥ) - by the Rudras; वसुभिः (vasubhiḥ) - by the Vasus; आदित्यैः (ādityaiḥ) - by the Ādityas; अश्विभ्याम् (aśvibhyām) - by the two Aśvins; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by sages; गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by the Gandharvas; भुजगेन्द्रैः (bhujagendraiḥ) - by the lords of serpents; च (ca) - and; सिद्धैः (siddhaiḥ) - by the Siddhas; च (ca) - and; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the Lord;]

(By the Rudras, by the Vasus, by the Ādityas, by the two Aśvins also and by sages, by the Gandharvas, by the lords of serpents and by the Siddhas and by others, surrounded, the Lord.)

The Lord was surrounded by the Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, the two Aśvins, sages, Gandharvas, lords of serpents, Siddhas, and others.

चतुर्दन्तं सुदान्तं च वारणेन्द्रं श्रिया वृतम्। आरुह्यैरावतं शक्रस्त्रैलोक्यमनुसंययौ ॥१२-२२०-१०॥

caturdantaṃ sudāntaṃ ca vāraṇendraṃ śriyā vṛtam। āruhya airāvataṃ śakraḥ trailokyam anusam-yayau ॥12-220-10॥

[चतुर्दन्तम् (caturdantam) - four-tusked; सुदान्तम् (sudāntam) - well-tamed; च (ca) - and; वारणेन्द्रम् (vāraṇendram) - lord of elephants; श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor; वृतम् (vṛtam) - enveloped; आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted; ऐरावतम् (airāvatam) - Airavata; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra (Indra); त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds; अनुसंययौ (anusam-yayau) - proceeded through;]

(Śakra (Indra), having mounted Airavata, the four-tusked, well-tamed lord of elephants enveloped with splendor, proceeded through the three worlds.)

Indra, having ascended Airavata, the splendid, four-tusked, well-tamed lord of elephants, traversed the three worlds.

स कदाचित्समुद्रान्ते कस्मिंश्चिद्गिरिगह्वरे। बलिं वैरोचनिं वज्री ददर्शोपससर्प च ॥१२-२२०-११॥

sa kadācitsamudrānte kasmiṃścidgirigahvare। baliṃ vairocaniṃ vajrī dadarśopasasarpa ca ॥12-220-11॥

[स (sa) - he; कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; समुद्र-अन्ते (samudra-ante) - at the end of the ocean; कस्मिंश्चित् (kasmiṃścit) - in some; गिरि-गह्वरे (giri-gahvare) - mountain-cave; बलिं (baliṃ) - Bali; वैरोचनिं (vairocaniṃ) - the son of Virocana; वज्री (vajrī) - the wielder of the thunderbolt; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; उपससर्प (upasasarpa) - approached; च (ca) - and;]

(He at some time at the end of the ocean in some mountain-cave Bali, the son of Virocana, the wielder of the thunderbolt saw, approached and.)

Once, at the end of the ocean, in a certain mountain-cave, the wielder of the thunderbolt saw and approached Bali, the son of Virocana.

तमैरावतमूर्धस्थं प्रेक्ष्य देवगणैर्वृतम्। सुरेन्द्रमिन्द्रं दैत्येन्द्रो न शुशोच न विव्यथे ॥१२-२२०-१२॥

tamairāvatamūrdhasthaṃ prekṣya devagaṇairvṛtam। surendramindraṃ daityendro na śuśoca na vivyathe ॥12-220-12॥

[तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular of saḥ) ऐरावत (airāvata) - Airāvata; (the elephant) मूर्धस्थम् (mūrdhastham) - standing on the head; (mūrdhan - head, stham - standing) प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen; (from pra-īkṣ, to see) देवगणैः (devagaṇaiḥ) - by the groups of gods; (deva - god, gaṇa - group, instrumental plural) वृतम् (vṛtam) - surrounded; (from vṛ, to surround) सुरेन्द्रम् (surendram) - the lord of gods; (sura - god, indra - lord) इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra; (accusative singular) दैत्येन्द्रः (daityendraḥ) - the lord of the Daityas; (daitya - demon, indra - lord) न (na) - not; शुशोच (śuśoca) - grieved; (from śuc, to grieve) न (na) - not; विव्यथे (vivyathe) - was disturbed; (from vyath, to be agitated);]

(Having seen him (Indra) standing on Airāvata's head, surrounded by the groups of gods, the lord of the Daityas neither grieved nor was disturbed.)

When the lord of the Daityas saw Indra, standing atop Airāvata and surrounded by the hosts of gods, he neither felt sorrow nor was shaken.

दृष्ट्वा तमविकारस्थं तिष्ठन्तं निर्भयं बलिम्। अधिरूढो द्विपश्रेष्ठमित्युवाच शतक्रतुः ॥१२-२२०-१३॥

dṛṣṭvā tam avikārasthaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ nirbhayaṃ balim | adhirūḍho dvipaśreṣṭham ity uvāca śatakratuḥ ||12-220-13||

[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तम् (tam) - him; अविकारस्थम् (avikārastham) - remaining unperturbed; तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing; निर्भयम् (nirbhayam) - fearless; बलिम् (balim) - Bali; अधिरूढः (adhirūḍhaḥ) - mounted; द्विपश्रेष्ठम् (dvipaśreṣṭham) - on the best elephant; इति (iti) - thus; उवाच (uvāca) - said; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra;]

(Having seen him, Bali, standing unperturbed and fearless, Indra, mounted on the best elephant, thus said.)

Seeing Bali standing unshaken and fearless, Indra, mounted on the best of elephants, spoke these words.

दैत्य न व्यथसे शौर्यादथ वा वृद्धसेवया। तपसा भावितत्वाद्वा सर्वथैतत्सुदुष्करम् ॥१२-२२०-१४॥

daitya na vyathase śauryād atha vā vṛddhasevayā| tapasā bhāvitatvād vā sarvathaitat suduṣkaram ॥12-220-14॥

[दैत्य (daitya) - demon; न (na) - not; व्यथसे (vyathase) - you are distressed; शौर्यात् (śauryāt) - from valor; अथ (atha) - or; वा (vā) - or; वृद्धसेवया (vṛddhasevayā) - by service to elders; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; भावितत्वात् (bhāvitatvāt) - from spiritual cultivation; वा (vā) - or; सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way; एतत् (etat) - this; सुदुष्करम् (suduṣkaram) - very difficult;]

(O demon, you are not distressed either from valor, or by service to elders, or by austerity, or from spiritual cultivation; in every way, this is very difficult.)

O demon, you are not shaken by valor, nor by serving elders, nor by austerity or spiritual cultivation; in every way, this is extremely difficult.

शत्रुभिर्वशमानीतो हीनः स्थानादनुत्तमात्। वैरोचने किमाश्रित्य शोचितव्ये न शोचसि ॥१२-२२०-१५॥

śatrubhir vaśam ānīto hīnaḥ sthānād anuttamāt। vairocane kim āśritya śocitavye na śocasi॥12-220-15॥

[शत्रुभिः (śatrubhiḥ) - by enemies; वशम् (vaśam) - control; आनीतः (ānītaḥ) - brought; हीनः (hīnaḥ) - deprived; स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from position; अनुत्तमात् (anuttamāt) - unsurpassed; वैरोचने (vairocane) - O son of Virocana; किम् (kim) - what; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to; शोचितव्ये (śocitavye) - in what is to be lamented; न (na) - not; शोचसि (śocasi) - do you grieve;]

(By enemies, brought under control, deprived from unsurpassed position, O son of Virocana, what having resorted to, in what is to be lamented, do you not grieve?)

O son of Virocana, having been brought under the control of enemies and deprived of your unsurpassed position, what support do you rely on that you do not grieve in a situation that calls for sorrow?

श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्य स्वजातीनां भुक्त्वा भोगाननुत्तमान्। हृतस्वबलराज्यस्त्वं ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि ॥१२-२२०-१६॥

śraiṣṭhyaṃ prāpya svajātīnām bhuktvā bhogān anuttamān। hṛtasvabalarājyas tvaṃ brūhi kasmān na śocasi॥12-220-16॥

[श्रैष्ठ्यं (śraiṣṭhyam) - excellence; superiority; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; स्वजातीनां (svajātīnām) - of one's own people; भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed; भोगान् (bhogān) - pleasures; enjoyments; अनुत्तमान् (anuttamān) - unsurpassed; highest; हृत (hṛta) - deprived; taken away; स्वबलराज्यः (svabalarājyaḥ) - own strength and kingdom; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; speak; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; न (na) - not; शोचसि (śocasi) - do you grieve;]

(Having attained excellence among your own people, having enjoyed unsurpassed pleasures, you, deprived of your own strength and kingdom, tell me, why do you not grieve?)

After attaining supremacy among your own people and enjoying the highest pleasures, now that your strength and kingdom have been taken away, tell me, why do you not grieve?

ईश्वरो हि पुरा भूत्वा पितृपैतामहे पदे। तत्त्वमद्य हृतं दृष्ट्वा सपत्नैः किं न शोचसि ॥१२-२२०-१७॥

īśvaro hi purā bhūtvā pitṛpaitāmahe pade। tattvam adya hṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sapatnaiḥ kiṃ na śocasi ॥12-220-17॥

[ईश्वरो (īśvaraḥ) - lord; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरा (purā) - formerly; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; पितृपैतामहे (pitṛpaitāmahe) - of father and grandfather; पदे (pade) - in the position; तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - that (position); अद्य (adya) - today; हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken away; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सपत्नैः (sapatnaiḥ) - by rivals; किं (kiṃ) - why; न (na) - not; शोचसि (śocasi) - do you grieve;]

(Lord indeed formerly having become in the position of father and grandfather, that (position) today having been taken away by rivals, having seen, why do you not grieve?)

Once you were indeed the lord, occupying the position of your father and grandfather; now, seeing that position taken away by rivals, why do you not grieve?

बद्धश्च वारुणैः पाशैर्वज्रेण च समाहतः। हृतदारो हृतधनो ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि ॥१२-२२०-१८॥

baddhaś ca vāruṇaiḥ pāśair vajreṇa ca samāhataḥ। hṛtadāro hṛtadhano brūhi kasmān na śocasi॥12-220-18॥

[बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound; च (ca) - and; वारुणैः (vāruṇaiḥ) - by Varuṇa's (nooses); पाशैः (pāśaiḥ) - by nooses; वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - by the thunderbolt; च (ca) - and; समाहतः (samāhataḥ) - struck; हृतदारः (hṛtadāraḥ) - whose wife is taken; हृतधनः (hṛtadhanaḥ) - whose wealth is taken; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; न (na) - not; शोचसि (śocasi) - do you grieve;]

(Bound and by Varuṇa's nooses, by the thunderbolt and struck; whose wife is taken, whose wealth is taken, tell why do you not grieve?)

You are bound by Varuṇa's nooses and struck by the thunderbolt; your wife and wealth have been taken away—tell me, why do you not grieve?

भ्रष्टश्रीर्विभवभ्रष्टो यन्न शोचसि दुष्करम्। त्रैलोक्यराज्यनाशे हि कोऽन्यो जीवितुमुत्सहेत् ॥१२-२२०-१९॥

bhraṣṭaśrīr vibhavabhraṣṭo yanna śocasi duṣkaram। trailokyarājyanāśe hi ko'anyo jīvitum utsaheta ॥12-220-19॥

[भ्रष्टश्रीः (bhraṣṭaśrīḥ) - one whose fortune is lost; विभवभ्रष्टः (vibhavabhraṣṭaḥ) - one whose wealth is lost; यत् (yat) - that; न (na) - not; शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve; दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult; त्रैलोक्यराज्यनाशे (trailokyarājyanāśe) - in the destruction of the sovereignty of the three worlds; हि (hi) - indeed; कः (kaḥ) - who; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live; उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - would be able; ॥१२-२२०-१९॥ (॥12-220-19॥) - ;]

(One whose fortune is lost, whose wealth is lost—that you do not grieve is difficult. Indeed, in the destruction of the sovereignty of the three worlds, who else would be able to live?)

It is difficult not to grieve when one has lost both fortune and wealth. Truly, when the sovereignty of all three worlds is destroyed, who else could endure to live?

एतच्चान्यच्च परुषं ब्रुवन्तं परिभूय तम्। श्रुत्वा सुखमसम्भ्रान्तो बलिर्वैरोचनोऽब्रवीत् ॥१२-२२०-२०॥

etaccānyacca paruṣaṃ bruvantaṃ paribhūya tam। śrutvā sukhamasambhrānto balirvairocano'bravīt ॥12-220-20॥

[एतत् (etat) - this; च (ca) - and; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; च (ca) - and; परुषम् (paruṣam) - harsh; ब्रुवन्तम् (bruvantam) - speaking; परिभूय (paribhūya) - disregarding; तम् (tam) - him; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; सुखम् (sukham) - calmly; असम्भ्रान्तः (asambhrāntaḥ) - unagitated; बलिः (baliḥ) - Bali; वैरोचनः (vairocanaḥ) - son of Virocana; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]

(This and other harsh words, speaking, disregarding him, having heard, calmly, unagitated, Bali, son of Virocana, said.)

Having calmly and unagitatedly heard him speaking these and other harsh words, Bali, the son of Virocana, spoke.

निगृहीते मयि भृशं शक्र किं कत्थितेन ते। वज्रमुद्यम्य तिष्ठन्तं पश्यामि त्वां पुरंदर ॥१२-२२०-२१॥

nigṛhīte mayi bhṛśaṃ śakra kiṃ katthitena te। vajramudyamya tiṣṭhantaṃ paśyāmi tvāṃ puraṃdara ॥12-220-21॥

[निगृहीते (nigṛhīte) - having been restrained; मयि (mayi) - in me; भृशं (bhṛśam) - greatly; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; किं (kiṃ) - what; कत्थितेन (katthitena) - by boasting; ते (te) - of you; वज्रम् (vajram) - thunderbolt; उद्यस्य (udyamya) - having raised; तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; पुरंदर (puraṃdara) - O Purandara;]

(Having been restrained in me greatly, O Śakra, what (is achieved) by your boasting? I see you, O Purandara, standing having raised the thunderbolt.)

O Śakra, since I have been greatly restrained, what is the use of your boasting? I see you, O Purandara, standing with the thunderbolt raised.

अशक्तः पूर्वमासीस्त्वं कथञ्चिच्छक्ततां गतः। कस्त्वदन्य इमा वाचः सुक्रूरा वक्तुमर्हति ॥१२-२२०-२२॥

aśaktaḥ pūrvam āsīs tvaṃ kathaṃcit śaktatāṃ gataḥ। kas tvad anya imā vācaḥ sukrūrā vaktum arhati॥12-220-22॥

[अशक्तः (aśaktaḥ) - not able; powerless; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly; previously; अासीः (āsīs) - you were; त्वम् (tvaṃ) - you; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - somehow; by some means; शक्तताम् (śaktatām) - ability; power; गतः (gataḥ) - attained; reached; कः (kaḥ) - who; त्वत् (tvat) - than you; other than you; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; इमाः (imāḥ) - these; वाचः (vācaḥ) - words; speeches; सुक्रूराः (sukrūrāḥ) - very harsh; very cruel; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; अर्हति (arhati) - is worthy; deserves;]

(You were powerless before; somehow you have attained power. Who other than you is worthy to speak these very harsh words?)

You were powerless before, but somehow you have gained strength. Who else but you could be worthy to utter such harsh words?

यस्तु शत्रोर्वशस्थस्य शक्तोऽपि कुरुते दयाम्। हस्तप्राप्तस्य वीरस्य तं चैव पुरुषं विदुः ॥१२-२२०-२३॥

yastu śatrorvaśasthasya śakto'pi kurute dayām। hastaprāptasya vīrasya taṃ caiva puruṣaṃ viduḥ ॥12-220-23॥

[यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - but; शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy; वशस्थस्य (vaśasthasya) - being in the power; शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable; अपि (api) - even; कुरुते (kurute) - does; दयाम् (dayām) - compassion; हस्तप्राप्तस्य (hastaprāptasya) - who has come within grasp; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero; तम् (tam) - him; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man; विदुः (viduḥ) - they know;]

(But who, even being capable, shows compassion to an enemy who is in his power, him, who has come within the grasp of a hero, they indeed know as a man.)

But he who, though capable, shows compassion to an enemy in his power—him, who has come within the grasp of a hero, they indeed recognize as a true man.

अनिश्चयो हि युद्धेषु द्वयोर्विवदमानयोः। एकः प्राप्नोति विजयमेकश्चैव पराभवम् ॥१२-२२०-२४॥

aniścayo hi yuddheṣu dvayor vivadamānayoḥ। ekaḥ prāpnoti vijayam ekaś caiva parābhavam ॥12-220-24॥

[अनिश्चयः (aniścayaḥ) - uncertainty; हि (hi) - indeed; युद्धेषु (yuddheṣu) - in battles; द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of two; विवदमानयोः (vivadamānayoḥ) - contending; disputing; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains; विजयम् (vijayam) - victory; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat;]

(Uncertainty indeed in battles of two contending; one attains victory, and one indeed defeat.)

There is always uncertainty in battles between two disputants; one attains victory, and the other indeed meets defeat.

मा च ते भूत्स्वभावोऽयं मया दैवतपुङ्गव। ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां विक्रमेण जितो बलात् ॥१२-२२०-२५॥

mā ca te bhūtsvabhāvo'yaṃ mayā daivatapuṅgava। īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vikrameṇa jito balāt ॥12-220-25॥

[मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; भूत्स्वभावः (bhūtsvabhāvaḥ) - innate nature; अयम् (ayam) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; दैवतपुङ्गव (daivatapuṅgava) - O foremost among the gods; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the lord; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; विक्रमेण (vikrameṇa) - by prowess; जितः (jitaḥ) - conquered; बलात् (balāt) - by force;]

(Do not let this be your innate nature, O foremost among the gods, by me. The lord of all beings has been conquered by prowess, by force.)

Do not let this be your nature, O foremost of the gods. The lord of all beings has been conquered by prowess and by force.

नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक्र त्वया कृतम्। यत्त्वमेवङ्गतो वज्रिन्यद्वाप्येवङ्गता वयम् ॥१२-२२०-२६॥

naitadasmatkṛtaṃ śakra naitacchakra tvayā kṛtam। yattvamevaṅgato vajrinyadvāpyevaṅgatā vayam ॥12-220-26॥

[न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; अस्मत् (asmat) - by us; कृतं (kṛtam) - done; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; यत् (yat) - which; त्वम् (tvam) - you; एवम् (evam) - thus; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; वज्रिन् (vajrin) - O wielder of the thunderbolt; यद् (yad) - which; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; एवम् (evam) - thus; गताः (gatāḥ) - gone; वयम् (vayam) - we;]

(Not this by us done, O Śakra, not this, O Śakra, by you done. Which you thus have gone, O wielder of the thunderbolt, or even thus have gone we.)

O Śakra, this was not done by us, nor was this done by you. Whether you have gone thus, O wielder of the thunderbolt, or we have gone thus.

अहमासं यथाद्य त्वं भविता त्वं यथा वयम्। मावमंस्था मया कर्म दुष्कृतं कृतमित्युत ॥१२-२२०-२७॥

aham āsaṃ yathā adya tvaṃ bhavitā tvaṃ yathā vayam। mā avamaṃsthā mayā karma duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam iti uta ॥12-220-27॥

[अहम् (aham) - I; आसं (āsaṃ) - was; यथा (yathā) - just as; अद्य (adya) - today; त्वम् (tvaṃ) - you; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; त्वम् (tvaṃ) - you; यथा (yathā) - just as; वयम् (vayam) - we; मा (mā) - do not; अवमंस्था (avamaṃsthā) - despise; मया (mayā) - by me; कर्म (karma) - action; दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil deed; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; इति (iti) - thus; उत (uta) - indeed;]

(I was just as you are today; you will be just as we are. Do not despise the evil deed done by me, thus indeed.)

I was once as you are today; you will become as we are. Do not look down upon the evil act I have done, thus indeed.

सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणाधिगच्छति। पर्यायेणासि शक्रत्वं प्राप्तः शक्र न कर्मणा ॥१२-२२०-२८॥

sukhaduḥkhe hi puruṣaḥ paryāyeṇādhigacchati। paryāyeṇāsi śakratvaṃ prāptaḥ śakra na karmaṇā ॥12-220-28॥

[सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - happiness-sorrow; (dual, locative) हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in turn; by succession; अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - attains; पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in turn; by succession; असि (asi) - you are; शक्रत्वं (śakratvaṃ) - Indra-hood; state of being Indra; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; न (na) - not; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action;]

(Indeed, a person attains happiness and sorrow in turn. In turn, O Śakra, you have attained the state of Indra, not by action.)

A person experiences both happiness and sorrow in succession. In the same way, O Śakra, you have attained the position of Indra not through your actions.

कालः काले नयति मां त्वां च कालो नयत्ययम्। तेनाहं त्वं यथा नाद्य त्वं चापि न यथा वयम् ॥१२-२२०-२९॥

kālaḥ kāle nayati māṃ tvāṃ ca kālo nayatyayam। tenāhaṃ tvaṃ yathā nādya tvaṃ cāpi na yathā vayam ॥12-220-29॥

[कालः (kālaḥ) - time; (nom. sg. m.) काले (kāle) - in time; (loc. sg. m.) नयति (nayati) - leads; (3rd sg. pres.) माम् (mām) - me; (acc. sg.) त्वाम् (tvām) - you; (acc. sg.) च (ca) - and; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; (nom. sg. m.) नयति (nayati) - leads; (3rd sg. pres.) अयम् (ayam) - this; (nom. sg. m.) तेन (tena) - by him; (inst. sg. m.) अहम् (aham) - I; (nom. sg.) त्वम् (tvam) - you; (nom. sg.) यथा (yathā) - as; in the manner; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; त्वम् (tvam) - you; (nom. sg.) च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; even; न (na) - not; यथा (yathā) - as; in the manner; वयम् (vayam) - we; (nom. pl.);]

(Time in time leads me, you and time leads this. By him I you as not today, you also not as we.)

Time, in due course, leads me and you; time leads this one as well. Therefore, I am not as I was today, nor are you as we were.

न मातृपितृशुश्रूषा न च दैवतपूजनम्। नान्यो गुणसमाचारः पुरुषस्य सुखावहः ॥१२-२२०-३०॥

na mātṛpitṛśuśrūṣā na ca daivatapūjanam। nānyo guṇasamācāraḥ puruṣasya sukhāvahaḥ ॥12-220-30॥

[न (na) - not; मातृपितृशुश्रूषा (mātṛpitṛśuśrūṣā) - service to mother and father; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; दैवतपूजनम् (daivatapūjanam) - worship of deities; न (na) - not; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; गुणसमाचारः (guṇasamācāraḥ) - practice of virtues; पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a person; सुखावहः (sukhāvahaḥ) - bringer of happiness;]

(Not service to mother and father, nor worship of deities, nor any other practice of virtues is the bringer of happiness for a person.)

Neither service to parents, nor worship of deities, nor any other virtuous conduct brings true happiness to a person.

न विद्या न तपो दानं न मित्राणि न बान्धवाः। शक्नुवन्ति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम् ॥१२-२२०-३१॥

na vidyā na tapo dānaṃ na mitrāṇi na bāndhavāḥ। śaknuvanti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālena pīḍitam ॥12-220-31॥

[न (na) - not; विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge; न (na) - not; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; दानम् (dānam) - charity; न (na) - not; मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends; न (na) - not; बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives; शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - are able; परित्रातुम् (paritrātum) - to protect; नरम् (naram) - a man; कालेन (kālena) - by time; पीडितम् (pīḍitam) - afflicted;]

(Not knowledge, not austerity, not charity, not friends, not relatives are able to protect a man afflicted by time.)

Neither knowledge, nor austerity, nor charity, nor friends, nor relatives can save a man who is afflicted by fate.

नागामिनमनर्थं हि प्रतिघातशतैरपि। शक्नुवन्ति प्रतिव्योढुमृते बुद्धिबलान्नराः ॥१२-२२०-३२॥

nāgāminamanarthaṃ hi pratighātaśatairapi। śaknuvanti prativyoḍhumṛte buddhibalānnarāḥ ॥12-220-32॥

[न (na) - not; अगामिनम् (agāminam) - not-coming (future); अनर्थम् (anartham) - misfortune; हि (hi) - indeed; प्रतिघातशतैः (pratighātaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of obstacles; अपि (api) - even; शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - are able; प्रतिव्योढुम् (prativyoḍhum) - to withstand; ऋते (ṛte) - without; बुद्धिबलात् (buddhibalāt) - from the strength of intellect; नराः (narāḥ) - men;]

(Not the future misfortune indeed, even by hundreds of obstacles, are able to be withstood without the strength of intellect by men.)

Men cannot withstand future misfortune, even with hundreds of obstacles, unless they have the strength of intellect.

पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानां परित्राता न विद्यते। इदं तु दुःखं यच्छक्र कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥१२-२२०-३३॥

paryāyair hanyamānānāṃ paritrātā na vidyate। idaṃ tu duḥkhaṃ yac chakra kartāham iti manyate ॥12-220-33॥

[पर्यायैः (paryāyaiḥ) - by turns; by alternatives; हन्यमानानां (hanyamānānām) - of those being killed; of those being struck; परित्राता (paritrātā) - protector; savior; न (na) - not; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; दुःखं (duḥkhaṃ) - suffering; pain; यत् (yat) - which; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; O Indra; कर्ताऽहम् (kartā'ham) - I am the doer; I am the agent; इति (iti) - thus; मन्यते (manyate) - thinks; considers;]

(By turns, of those being killed, a protector does not exist. This, but, suffering, which, O Śakra, 'I am the doer'—thus, thinks.)

There is no protector for those who are being killed in turns. This suffering, O Śakra, is because one thinks, 'I am the doer.'

यदि कर्ता भवेत्कर्ता न क्रियेत कदाचन। यस्मात्तु क्रियते कर्ता तस्मात्कर्ताप्यनीश्वरः ॥१२-२२०-३४॥

yadi kartā bhavetkartā na kriyeta kadācana। yasmāttu kriyate kartā tasmātkartāpyanīśvaraḥ ॥12-220-34॥

[यदि (yadi) - if; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; भवेत् (bhavet) - were; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; न (na) - not; क्रियेत (kriyeta) - would be done; कदाचन (kadācana) - at any time; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; तु (tu) - but; क्रियते (kriyate) - is done; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; अपि (api) - also; अनीश्वरः (anīśvaraḥ) - not independent;]

(If the doer were the doer, it would not be done at any time. But because the doer is done, therefore the doer also is not independent.)

If the agent were truly the agent, action would never occur. But since the agent is made to act, therefore the agent too is not independent.

कालेन त्वाहमजयं कालेनाहं जितस्त्वया। गन्ता गतिमतां कालः कालः कलयति प्रजाः ॥१२-२२०-३५॥

kālena tvāhamajayaṃ kālenāhaṃ jitastvayā। gantā gatimatāṃ kālaḥ kālaḥ kalayati prajāḥ ॥12-220-35॥

[कालेन (kālena) - by time; त्वा (tvā) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; अजयं (ajayam) - conquered; कालेन (kālena) - by time; अहम् (aham) - I; जितः (jitaḥ) - conquered; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; गन्ता (gantā) - will go; गतिमताम् (gatimatām) - of the swift; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; कलयति (kalayati) - counts; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures;]

(By time I conquered you; by time I was conquered by you. Time will go of the swift; time counts creatures.)

By time I conquered you, and by time I was conquered by you. Time moves on for the swift; time counts all creatures.

इन्द्र प्राकृतया बुद्ध्या प्रलपन्नावबुध्यसे। केचित्त्वां बहु मन्यन्ते श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्तं स्वकर्मणा ॥१२-२२०-३६॥

indra prākṛtayā buddhyā pralapannāvabudhyase। kecittvāṃ bahu manyante śraiṣṭhyaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmaṇā ॥12-220-36॥

[इन्द्र (indra) - O Indra; प्राकृतया (prākṛtayā) - by natural; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - intellect; प्रलपन् (pralapan) - babbling; अवबुध्यसे (avabudhyase) - you perceive; केचित् (kecit) - some; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; बहु (bahu) - much; मन्यन्ते (manyante) - think; श्रैष्ठ्यम् (śraiṣṭhyam) - superiority; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - attained; स्वकर्मणा (svakarmaṇā) - by one's own action;]

(O Indra, babbling with natural intellect, you perceive. Some think you have attained much superiority by your own action.)

O Indra, speaking with a natural intellect, you think you understand; some consider you to have attained great superiority by your own actions.

कथमस्मद्विधो नाम जानँल्लोकप्रवृत्तयः। कालेनाभ्याहतः शोचेन्मुह्येद्वाप्यर्थसम्भ्रमे ॥१२-२२०-३७॥

katham asmad-vidho nāma jānan loka-pravṛttayaḥ। kālena abhyāhataḥ śocet muhyet vā api artha-sambhrame ॥12-220-37॥

[कथम् (katham) - how; अस्मद्विधः (asmad-vidhaḥ) - one like me; नाम (nāma) - indeed; जानन् (jānan) - knowing; लोकप्रवृत्तयः (loka-pravṛttayaḥ) - the ways of the world; कालेन (kālena) - by time; अभ्याहतः (abhyāhataḥ) - afflicted; शोचेत् (śocet) - should grieve; मुह्येत् (muhyet) - should be deluded; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; अर्थसम्भ्रमे (artha-sambhrame) - in confusion regarding purpose;]

(How should one like me, indeed, knowing the ways of the world, afflicted by time, grieve or even be deluded in confusion regarding purpose?)

How could someone like me, who knows the ways of the world, truly grieve or become confused about purpose, even when afflicted by time?

नित्यं कालपरीतस्य मम वा मद्विधस्य वा। बुद्धिर्व्यसनमासाद्य भिन्ना नौरिव सीदति ॥१२-२२०-३८॥

nityaṃ kālaparītasya mama vā madvidhasya vā। buddhirvyasanamāsādya bhinnā nauriva sīdati ॥12-220-38॥

[नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; कालपरीतस्य (kālaparītasya) - of one afflicted by time; मम (mama) - my; वा (vā) - or; मद्विधस्य (madvidhasya) - of one like me; वा (vā) - or; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having encountered; भिन्ना (bhinnā) - broken; नौः (nauḥ) - boat; इव (iva) - like; सीदति (sīdati) - sinks;]

(Always, for one afflicted by time, for me or for one like me, the intellect, having encountered misfortune, like a broken boat, sinks.)

For one afflicted by time, whether it is me or someone like me, the intellect, when struck by misfortune, sinks like a broken boat.

अहं च त्वं च ये चान्ये भविष्यन्ति सुराधिपाः। ते सर्वे शक्र यास्यन्ति मार्गमिन्द्रशतैर्गतम् ॥१२-२२०-३९॥

ahaṃ ca tvaṃ ca ye ca anye bhaviṣyanti surādhipāḥ। te sarve śakra yāsyanti mārgam indraśatair gatam ॥12-220-39॥

[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; च (ca) - and; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will become; सुराधिपाः (surādhipāḥ) - lords of the gods; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go; मार्गम् (mārgam) - path; इन्द्रशतैः (indraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of Indras; गतम् (gatam) - gone;]

(I and you and those others who will become lords of the gods, all of them, O Śakra, will go the path gone by hundreds of Indras.)

O Śakra, I, you, and all the other future lords of the gods will all follow the path that hundreds of Indras have already taken.

त्वामप्येवं सुदुर्धर्षं ज्वलन्तं परया श्रिया। काले परिणते कालः कालयिष्यति मामिव ॥१२-२२०-४०॥

tvām apy evaṃ sudurdharṣaṃ jvalantaṃ parayā śriyā। kāle pariṇate kālaḥ kālayiṣyati mām iva॥12-220-40॥

[त्वाम् (tvām) - you; (accusative singular) अपि (api) - also; एवम् (evam) - thus; सुदुर्धर्षम् (sudurdharṣam) - very difficult to assail; ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - blazing; परया (parayā) - with supreme; श्रिया (śriyā) - splendor; काले (kāle) - when time; परिणते (pariṇate) - has matured; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; कालयिष्यति (kālayiṣyati) - will bring to end; माम् (mām) - me; इव (iva) - just as;]

(You also, thus very difficult to assail, blazing with supreme splendor, when time has matured, time will bring to end just as me.)

Even you, who are so difficult to overcome and blazing with supreme splendor, when the time is ripe, time will bring to an end, just as it did to me.

बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि दैतेयानां युगे युगे। अभ्यतीतानि कालेन कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥१२-२२०-४१॥

bahūnīndrasahasrāṇi daiteyānāṃ yuge yuge। abhyatītāni kālena kālo hi duratikramaḥ ॥12-220-41॥

[बहूनि (bahūni) - many; इन्द्रसहस्राणि (indrasahasrāṇi) - Indras by the thousands; दैतेयानाम् (daiteyānām) - of the Daiteyas (demons); युगे युगे (yuge yuge) - in every age; अभ्यतीतानि (abhyatītāni) - have passed away; कालेन (kālena) - by time; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; हि (hi) - indeed; दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - difficult to overcome;]

(Many thousands of Indras of the Daiteyas have passed away in every age by time; for time indeed is difficult to overcome.)

In every age, countless Indras among the Daiteyas have passed away, for time is truly insurmountable.

इदं तु लब्ध्वा त्वं स्थानमात्मानं बहु मन्यसे। सर्वभूतभवं देवं ब्रह्माणमिव शाश्वतम् ॥१२-२२०-४२॥

idaṃ tu labdhvā tvaṃ sthānam ātmānaṃ bahu manyase। sarvabhūtabhavaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇam iva śāśvatam ॥12-220-42॥

[इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; स्थानम् (sthānam) - position; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; बहु (bahu) - much; मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider; सर्वभूतभवम् (sarvabhūtabhavam) - source of all beings; देवम् (devam) - god; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā; इव (iva) - like; शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal;]

(But having obtained this position, you consider yourself much (great), like the eternal Brahmā, the god who is the source of all beings.)

But having attained this position, you think highly of yourself, as if you were the eternal Brahmā, the god who is the source of all beings.

न चेदमचलं स्थानमनन्तं वापि कस्यचित्। त्वं तु बालिशया बुद्ध्या ममेदमिति मन्यसे ॥१२-२२०-४३॥

na cedam acalaṃ sthānam anantaṃ vāpi kasyacit। tvaṃ tu bāliśayā buddhyā mamedam iti manyase ॥12-220-43॥

[न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; इदम् (idam) - this; अचलम् (acalam) - immovable; स्थानम् (sthānam) - place; अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone; त्वम् (tvam) - you; तु (tu) - but; बालिशया (bāliśayā) - with childish; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - understanding; मम (mama) - my; इदम् (idam) - this; इति (iti) - thus; मन्यसे (manyase) - you think;]

(Not if this immovable place is endless or even of anyone; but you, with childish understanding, think thus: 'this is mine'.)

If this immovable place is not endless or does not belong to anyone, still, with childish understanding, you think, 'this is mine.'

अविश्वास्ये विश्वसिषि मन्यसे चाध्रुवं ध्रुवम्। ममेयमिति मोहात्त्वं राजश्रियमभीप्ससि ॥१२-२२०-४४॥

aviśvāsye viśvasiṣi manyase cādhruvaṃ dhruvam। mameyamiti mohāttvaṃ rājaśriyamabhīpsasi ॥12-220-44॥

[अविश्वास्ये (aviśvāsye) - in the unreliable; विश्वसिषि (viśvasiṣi) - you trust; मन्यसे (manyase) - you think; च (ca) - and; अध्रुवं (adhruvaṃ) - impermanent; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - permanent; ममेयम् (mameyam) - this is mine; इति (iti) - thus; मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; राजश्रियम् (rājaśriyam) - royal prosperity; अभीप्ससि (abhīpsasi) - you desire;]

(In the unreliable you trust, you think the impermanent is permanent; out of delusion you, thinking 'this is mine', desire royal prosperity.)

You trust what is unreliable, and consider the impermanent to be permanent; out of delusion, thinking 'this is mine', you desire royal prosperity.

नेयं तव न चास्माकं न चान्येषां स्थिरा मता। अतिक्रम्य बहूनन्यांस्त्वयि तावदियं स्थिता ॥१२-२२०-४५॥

neyaṃ tava na cāsmākaṃ na cānyeṣāṃ sthirā matā। atikramya bahūnanyāṃstvayi tāvadiyaṃ sthitā ॥12-220-45॥

[नेयम् (neyaṃ) - this (feminine); तव (tava) - your; of you; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others; स्थिरा (sthirā) - firm; steadfast; मता (matā) - opinion; view; अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed; having gone beyond; बहून् (bahūn) - many; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - others (feminine); त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; for now; इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine); स्थिता (sthitā) - remains; stands;]

(This (opinion) is not yours, nor ours, nor of others, firm; having surpassed many others, this (opinion) remains in you for now.)

This opinion is not firmly held by you, nor by us, nor by others; having surpassed many others, for now this remains with you.

कञ्चित्कालमियं स्थित्वा त्वयि वासव चञ्चला। गौर्निपानमिवोत्सृज्य पुनरन्यं गमिष्यति ॥१२-२२०-४६॥

kañcitkālamiyaṃ sthitvā tvayi vāsava cañcalā। gaurnipānamivotsṛjya punaranyaṃ gamiṣyati ॥12-220-46॥

[कञ्चित् (kañcit) - for some; (a certain amount of time); कालम् (kālam) - time; (period); इयं (iyaṃ) - this (feminine); स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stayed; (after staying); त्वयि (tvayi) - with you; (in you); वासव (vāsava) - O Indra; (epithet of Indra); चञ्चला (cañcalā) - fickle; (unsteady); गौर् (gaur) - cow; (feminine); निपानम् (nipānam) - watering place; (drinking trough); इव (iva) - like; (as if); उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having left; (abandoning); पुनः (punaḥ) - again; (once more); अन्यम् (anyam) - another; (different one); गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go; (will proceed);]

(For some time this (fickle one), having stayed with you, O Indra, like a cow leaving a watering place, will go to another after abandoning (you) again.)

O Indra, this fickle one, after staying with you for a while, will, like a cow leaving a watering place, abandon you and go to another again.

राजलोका ह्यतिक्रान्ता यान्न सङ्ख्यातुमुत्सहे। त्वत्तो बहुतराश्चान्ये भविष्यन्ति पुरंदर ॥१२-२२०-४७॥

rājalokā hyatikrāntā yānna saṅkhyātumutsahe। tvatto bahutarāścānye bhaviṣyanti puraṃdara ॥12-220-47॥

[राजलोका (rājalokāḥ) - royal persons; हि (hi) - indeed; अतिक्रान्ताः (atikrāntāḥ) - have passed away; यान् (yān) - whom; न (na) - not; सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to count; उत्सहे (utsahe) - am able; त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; बहुतराः (bahutarāḥ) - more numerous; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be; पुरंदर (puraṃdara) - O Indra;]

(Royal persons indeed have passed away whom I am not able to count. From you, more numerous others will be, O Indra.)

Countless royal persons have indeed passed away before, O Indra, and in the future, there will be many more than you.

सवृक्षौषधिरत्नेयं ससरित्पर्वताकरा। तानिदानीं न पश्यामि यैर्भुक्तेयं पुरा मही ॥१२-२२०-४८॥

savṛkṣauṣadhiratneyaṃ sasaritparvatākarā। tānidānīṃ na paśyāmi yairbhukteyaṃ purā mahī ॥12-220-48॥

[स-वृक्ष-औषधि-रत्न-इयं (sa-vṛkṣa-auṣadhi-ratna-iyaṃ) - with-trees-herbs-gems-this; स-सरित्-पर्वत-आकरा (sa-sarit-parvata-ākarā) - with-rivers-mountains-mines; तानि (tāni) - those; इदानीं (idānīṃ) - now; न (na) - not; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom; भुक्ता (bhuktā) - enjoyed; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; मही (mahī) - earth;]

(This earth, with trees, herbs, and gems, with rivers, mountains, and mines—those (features) I do not see now, by whom this earth was formerly enjoyed.)

I no longer see the trees, herbs, gems, rivers, mountains, and mines on this earth, which were once enjoyed by those people in the past.

पृथुरैलो मयो भौमो नरकः शम्बरस्तथा। अश्वग्रीवः पुलोमा च स्वर्भानुरमितध्वजः ॥१२-२२०-४९॥

pṛthurailo mayo bhaumo narakaḥ śambarastathā। aśvagrīvaḥ pulomā ca svarbhānuramita-dhvajaḥ ॥12-220-49॥

[पृथुः (pṛthuḥ) - Pṛthu; (a proper name); ऐलः (ailaḥ) - Aila; (descendant of Ilā); मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya; (a proper name); भौमः (bhaumaḥ) - Bhauma; (son of Bhūmi); नरकः (narakaḥ) - Naraka; (a proper name); शम्बरः (śambaraḥ) - Śambara; (a proper name); तथा (tathā) - also; similarly; अश्वग्रीवः (aśvagrīvaḥ) - Aśvagrīva; (horse-necked one); पुलोमा (pulomā) - Pulomā; (a proper name); च (ca) - and; स्वर्भानुः (svarbhānuḥ) - Svarbhānu; (a proper name); अमितध्वजः (amita-dhvajaḥ) - Amita-dhvaja; (one with immeasurable banner);]

(Pṛthu, Aila, Maya, Bhauma, Naraka, Śambara also, Aśvagrīva, Pulomā and Svarbhānu, Amita-dhvaja.)

Pṛthu, Aila, Maya, Bhauma, Naraka, Śambara, Aśvagrīva, Pulomā, Svarbhānu, and Amita-dhvaja were also present.

प्रह्रादो नमुचिर्दक्षो विप्रचित्तिर्विरोचनः। ह्रीनिषेधः सुहोत्रश्च भूरिहा पुष्पवान्वृषः ॥१२-२२०-५०॥

prahrādo namucir dakṣo vipracittir virocanaḥ। hrīniṣedhaḥ suhotraś ca bhūrihā puṣpavān vṛṣaḥ ॥12-220-50॥

[प्रह्रादः (prahrādaḥ) - Prahrāda; (a proper name); नमुचिः (namuciḥ) - Namuci; (a proper name); दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; (a proper name); विप्रचित्तिः (vipracittiḥ) - Vipracitti; (a proper name); विरोचनः (virocanaḥ) - Virocana; (a proper name); ह्री-निषेधः (hrī-niṣedhaḥ) - Hrīniṣedha; (a proper name); सुहोत्रः (suhotraḥ) - Suhotra; (a proper name); च (ca) - and; भूरिहा (bhūrihā) - Bhūrihā; (a proper name); पुष्पवान् (puṣpavān) - Puṣpavān; (a proper name); वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - Vṛṣa; (a proper name);]

(Prahrāda, Namuci, Dakṣa, Vipracitti, Virocana, Hrīniṣedha, Suhotra and Bhūrihā, Puṣpavān, Vṛṣa.)

Prahrāda, Namuci, Dakṣa, Vipracitti, Virocana, Hrīniṣedha, Suhotra, Bhūrihā, Puṣpavān, and Vṛṣa.

सत्येषुरृषभो राहुः कपिलाश्वो विरूपकः। बाणः कार्तस्वरो वह्निर्विश्वदंष्ट्रोऽथ नैरृतः ॥१२-२२०-५१॥

satyeṣurṛṣabho rāhuḥ kapilāśvo virūpakaḥ। bāṇaḥ kārtasvaro vahnirviśvadaṃṣṭro'tha nairṛtaḥ ॥12-220-51॥

[सत्येषुः (satyeṣuḥ) - in the truthful ones; ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - the bull; राहुः (rāhuḥ) - Rahu; कपिलाश्वः (kapilāśvaḥ) - having tawny horses; विरूपकः (virūpakaḥ) - the deformed one; बाणः (bāṇaḥ) - Bana; कार्तस्वरः (kārtasvaraḥ) - Kārtasvara; वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire; विश्वदंष्ट्रः (viśvadaṃṣṭraḥ) - having universal fangs; अथ (atha) - then; नैरृतः (nairṛtaḥ) - Nairrita;]

(In the truthful ones, the bull, Rahu, having tawny horses, the deformed one, Bana, Kārtasvara, fire, having universal fangs, then Nairrita.)

Among the truthful, the bull, Rahu, the one with tawny horses, the deformed one, Bana, Kārtasvara, fire, the one with universal fangs, and then Nairrita.

रित्थाहुत्थौ वीरताम्रौ वराहाश्वो रुचिः प्रभुः। विश्वजित्प्रतिशौरिश्च वृषाण्डो विष्करो मधुः ॥१२-२२०-५२॥

ritthāhutthau vīratāmrāu varāhāśvo ruciḥ prabhuḥ। viśvajitpratiśauriśca vṛṣāṇḍo viṣkaro madhuḥ॥12-220-52॥

[रित्थाहुत्थौ (ritthāhutthau) - Rittha and Ahuttha; (proper names); वीरताम्रौ (vīratāmrāu) - Vīra and Tāmra; (proper names); वराहाश्वः (varāhāśvaḥ) - Varāha and Aśva; (proper names); रुचिः (ruciḥ) - Ruci; (proper name); प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord; master; विश्वजित् (viśvajit) - Viśvajit; (proper name); प्रतिशौरिः (pratiśauriḥ) - Pratiśauri; (proper name); च (ca) - and; वृषाण्डः (vṛṣāṇḍaḥ) - Vṛṣāṇḍa; (proper name); विष्करः (viṣkaraḥ) - Viṣkara; (proper name); मधुः (madhuḥ) - Madhu; (proper name);]

(Rittha and Ahuttha, Vīra and Tāmra, Varāha and Aśva, Ruci, lord, Viśvajit, Pratiśauri and Vṛṣāṇḍa, Viṣkara, Madhu.)

Rittha and Ahuttha, Vīra and Tāmra, Varāha and Aśva, Ruci, the lord, Viśvajit, Pratiśauri, Vṛṣāṇḍa, Viṣkara, and Madhu.

हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव कैटभश्चैव दानवः। दैत्याश्च कालखञ्जाश्च सर्वे ते नैरृतैः सह ॥१२-२२०-५३॥

hiraṇyakaśipuścaiva kaiṭabhaścaiva dānavaḥ। daityāśca kālakhañjāśca sarve te nairṛtaiḥ saha ॥12-220-53॥

[हिरण्यकशिपुः (hiraṇyakaśipuḥ) - Hiraṇyakaśipu; (a demon king; hiraṇya - gold; kaśipu - cushion;) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कैटभः (kaiṭabhaḥ) - Kaiṭabha; (a demon;) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दानवः (dānavaḥ) - demon; (descendant of Danu;) दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - Daityas; (descendants of Diti;) च (ca) - and; कालखञ्जाः (kālakhañjāḥ) - Kālakhañjas; (a class of demons; kāla - time; khañja - lame;) च (ca) - and; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ते (te) - they; नैरृतैः (nairṛtaiḥ) - with Nairṛtas; (followers of Nairṛta, a class of demons;) सह (saha) - together;]

(Hiraṇyakaśipu and indeed Kaiṭabha and indeed the demon; Daityas and Kālakhañjas and all they together with Nairṛtas.)

Hiraṇyakaśipu, Kaiṭabha, the Dānava, the Daityas, the Kālakhañjas, and all of them together with the Nairṛtas.

एते चान्ये च बहवः पूर्वे पूर्वतराश्च ये। दैत्येन्द्रा दानवेन्द्राश्च यांश्चान्याननुशुश्रुम ॥१२-२२०-५४॥

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pūrve pūrvatarāś ca ye। daityendrā dānavendrāś ca yāṃś cānyān anuśuśruma ॥12-220-54॥

[एते (ete) - these; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; पूर्वे (pūrve) - former; पूर्वतराः (pūrvatarāḥ) - still earlier; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; दैत्येन्द्राः (daityendrāḥ) - lords of the Daityas; दानवेन्द्राः (dānavendrāḥ) - lords of the Dānavas; च (ca) - and; यान् (yān) - whom; च (ca) - and; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; अनुशुश्रुम् (anuśuśrum) - we have heard of;]

(These and others and many former and still earlier who, lords of the Daityas and lords of the Dānavas and whom and others we have heard of.)

We have heard of these and many others, both former and still earlier, the lords of the Daityas and Dānavas, and others as well.

बहवः पूर्वदैत्येन्द्राः सन्त्यज्य पृथिवीं गताः। कालेनाभ्याहताः सर्वे कालो हि बलवत्तरः ॥१२-२२०-५५॥

bahavaḥ pūrvadaityendrāḥ santyajya pṛthivīṃ gatāḥ। kālenābhyāhatāḥ sarve kālo hi balavattaraḥ ॥12-220-55॥

[बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; पूर्व (pūrva) - former; दैत्येन्द्राः (daityendrāḥ) - lords of the Daityas; सन्त्यज्य (santyajya) - having abandoned; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; गताः (gatāḥ) - departed; कालेन (kālena) - by time; अभ्याहताः (abhyāhatāḥ) - overpowered; सर्वे (sarve) - all; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; हि (hi) - indeed; बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - stronger;]

(Many former lords of the Daityas, having abandoned the earth, departed. All were overpowered by time, for time indeed is stronger.)

Many former Daitya kings abandoned the earth and departed; all were overcome by time, for time is indeed the strongest force.

सर्वैः क्रतुशतैरिष्टं न त्वमेकः शतक्रतुः। सर्वे धर्मपराश्चासन्सर्वे सततसत्रिणः ॥१२-२२०-५६॥

sarvaiḥ kratuśatairiṣṭaṃ na tvamekaḥ śatakratuḥ। sarve dharmaparāścāsansarve satatasatriṇaḥ ॥12-220-56॥

[सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all; क्रतुशतैः (kratuśataiḥ) - by hundreds of sacrifices; इष्टं (iṣṭam) - offered; न (na) - not; त्वम् (tvam) - you; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - O Indra (epithet: performer of a hundred sacrifices); सर्वे (sarve) - all; धर्मपराः (dharmaparāḥ) - devoted to dharma; च (ca) - and; आसन् (āsan) - were; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सततसत्रिणः (satatasatriṇaḥ) - constant performers of sacrifices;]

(By all, by hundreds of sacrifices, was offered, not you alone, O Indra; all were devoted to dharma and all were constant performers of sacrifices.)

It was not only you, O Indra, who offered hundreds of sacrifices; all were devoted to dharma and all were constant performers of sacrifices.

अन्तरिक्षचराः सर्वे सर्वेऽभिमुखयोधिनः। सर्वे संहननोपेताः सर्वे परिघबाहवः ॥१२-२२०-५७॥

antarikṣacarāḥ sarve sarve'bhimukhayodhinaḥ। sarve saṃhananopetāḥ sarve parighabāhavaḥ ॥12-220-57॥

[अन्तरिक्षचराः (antarikṣacarāḥ) - those who move in the sky; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सर्वे (sarve) - all; अभिमुखयोधिनः (abhimukhayodhinaḥ) - those who fight face-to-face; सर्वे (sarve) - all; संहनन-उपेताः (saṃhanana-upetāḥ) - endowed with compactness; सर्वे (sarve) - all; परिघबाहवः (parighabāhavaḥ) - those whose arms are like iron clubs;]

(All are those who move in the sky, all are face-to-face fighters, all are endowed with compactness, all have arms like iron clubs.)

All of them move through the sky, all are warriors who face their enemies directly, all possess strong and compact bodies, and all have arms like iron clubs.

सर्वे मायाशतधराः सर्वे ते कामचारिणः। सर्वे समरमासाद्य न श्रूयन्ते पराजिताः ॥१२-२२०-५८॥

sarve māyāśatadharāḥ sarve te kāmacāriṇaḥ। sarve samaram āsādya na śrūyante parājitāḥ ॥12-220-58॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; माया (māyā) - illusion; शत (śata) - hundred; धराः (dharāḥ) - bearers; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ते (te) - they; काम (kāma) - desire; चारिणः (cāriṇaḥ) - wanderers; सर्वे (sarve) - all; समरम् (samaram) - battle; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; न (na) - not; श्रूयन्ते (śrūyante) - are heard; पराजिताः (parājitāḥ) - defeated;]

(All bearers of a hundred illusions, all those wanderers in desire, all, having approached the battle, are not heard as defeated.)

All those who possess a hundred illusions, all those who move according to desire, none of them, having entered the battle, are heard to have been defeated.

सर्वे सत्यव्रतपराः सर्वे कामविहारिणः। सर्वे वेदव्रतपराः सर्वे चासन्बहुश्रुताः ॥१२-२२०-५९॥

sarve satyavrataparāḥ sarve kāmavihāriṇaḥ। sarve vedavrataparāḥ sarve cāsanbahuśrutāḥ ॥12-220-59॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; सत्यव्रतपराः (satyavrataparāḥ) - devoted to true vows; सर्वे (sarve) - all; कामविहारिणः (kāmavihāriṇaḥ) - engaged in pleasures; सर्वे (sarve) - all; वेदव्रतपराः (vedavrataparāḥ) - devoted to Vedic vows; सर्वे (sarve) - all; च (ca) - and; असन् (asan) - were; बहुश्रुताः (bahuśrutāḥ) - well-versed in many (scriptures);]

(All were devoted to true vows, all were engaged in pleasures. All were devoted to Vedic vows, and all were well-versed in many (scriptures).)

All were devoted to truth and vows, all enjoyed pleasures. All were devoted to Vedic vows, and all were learned in many scriptures.

सर्वे संहतमैश्वर्यमीश्वराः प्रतिपेदिरे। न चैश्वर्यमदस्तेषां भूतपूर्वो महात्मनाम् ॥१२-२२०-६०॥

sarve saṃhatamaiśvaryam īśvarāḥ pratipedire। na ca aiśvaryamadaḥ teṣām bhūtapūrvaḥ mahātmanām ॥12-220-60॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; संहतम् (saṃhatam) - united; ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - sovereignty; ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - lords; प्रतिपेदिरे (pratipedire) - attained; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; ऐश्वर्यमदः (aiśvarya-madaḥ) - arrogance of sovereignty; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; भूतपूर्वः (bhūta-pūrvaḥ) - ever before; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls;]

(All the lords attained united sovereignty. And among those great souls, there was never before arrogance of sovereignty.)

All the lords attained united sovereignty. Among those great souls, there had never previously been any arrogance born of sovereignty.

सर्वे यथार्थदातारः सर्वे विगतमत्सराः। सर्वे सर्वेषु भूतेषु यथावत्प्रतिपेदिरे ॥१२-२२०-६१॥

sarve yathārthadātāraḥ sarve vigatamatsarāḥ। sarve sarveṣu bhūteṣu yathāvatpratipedire ॥12-220-61॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; यथार्थदातारः (yathārthadātāraḥ) - givers of what is real; सर्वे (sarve) - all; विगतमत्सराः (vigatamatsarāḥ) - free from envy; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - towards all; भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - in beings; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as is proper; प्रतिपेदिरे (pratipedire) - behaved;]

(All were givers of what is real, all were free from envy. All behaved towards all beings as is proper.)

All were true givers, all were without envy. All behaved towards all beings as was appropriate.

सर्वे दाक्षायणीपुत्राः प्राजापत्या महाबलाः। ज्वलन्तः प्रतपन्तश्च कालेन प्रतिसंहृताः ॥१२-२२०-६२॥

sarve dākṣāyaṇīputrāḥ prājāpatyā mahābalāḥ। jvalantaḥ pratapantaś ca kālena pratisaṃhṛtāḥ ॥12-220-62॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; दाक्षायणीपुत्राः (dākṣāyaṇīputrāḥ) - sons of Dākṣāyaṇī; प्राजापत्या (prājāpatyā) - descendants of Prajāpati; महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - of great strength; ज्वलन्तः (jvalantaḥ) - blazing; प्रतपन्तः (pratapantaḥ) - burning; च (ca) - and; कालेन (kālena) - by time; प्रतिसंहृताः (pratisaṃhṛtāḥ) - withdrawn;]

(All the sons of Dākṣāyaṇī, descendants of Prajāpati, of great strength, blazing, burning, and by time withdrawn.)

All the mighty sons of Dākṣāyaṇī, descendants of Prajāpati, who were blazing and burning, were ultimately withdrawn by time.

त्वं चैवेमां यदा भुक्त्वा पृथिवीं त्यक्ष्यसे पुनः। न शक्ष्यसि तदा शक्र नियन्तुं शोकमात्मनः ॥१२-२२०-६३॥

tvaṃ caivemāṃ yadā bhuktvā pṛthivīṃ tyakṣyase punaḥ। na śakṣyasi tadā śakra niyantuṃ śokamātmanaḥ ॥12-220-63॥

[त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; इमां (imām) - this; यदा (yadā) - when; भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; त्यक्ष्यसे (tyakṣyase) - you will abandon; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; न (na) - not; शक्ष्यसि (śakṣyasi) - you will be able; तदा (tadā) - then; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; नियन्तुम् (niyantum) - to restrain; शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of yourself;]

(You and indeed this, when having enjoyed the earth, you will abandon again; not will you then, O Śakra, be able to restrain the sorrow of yourself.)

O Śakra, when you have enjoyed this earth and must abandon it again, then you will not be able to restrain your own sorrow.

मुञ्चेच्छां कामभोगेषु मुञ्चेमं श्रीभवं मदम्। एवं स्वराज्यनाशे त्वं शोकं सम्प्रसहिष्यसि ॥१२-२२०-६४॥

muñcechchhāṃ kāmabhogeṣu muñcemaṃ śrībhavaṃ madam। evaṃ svarājyanāśe tvaṃ śokaṃ samprasahiṣyasi ॥12-220-64॥

[मुञ्च (muñca) - abandon; let go; इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire; wish; कामभोगेषु (kāmabhogeṣu) - in sensual enjoyments; मुञ्च (muñca) - abandon; let go; इमम् (imam) - this; श्रीभवम् (śrībhavam) - prosperity-born; मदम् (madam) - pride; arrogance; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; स्वराज्यनाशे (svarājyanāśe) - in the loss of own kingdom; त्वम् (tvam) - you; शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow; सम्प्रसहिष्यसि (samprasahiṣyasi) - you will endure; you will bear;]

(Abandon desire for sensual enjoyments, abandon this prosperity-born pride. Thus, in the loss of your own kingdom, you will endure sorrow.)

Give up desire for sensual pleasures and this pride born of prosperity. In this way, when you lose your own kingdom, you will be able to bear the sorrow.

शोककाले शुचो मा त्वं हर्षकाले च मा हृषः। अतीतानागते हित्वा प्रत्युत्पन्नेन वर्तय ॥१२-२२०-६५॥

śokakāle śuco mā tvaṃ harṣakāle ca mā hṛṣaḥ। atītānāgate hitvā pratyutpannena vartaya ॥12-220-65॥

[शोककाले (śokakāle) - in the time of sorrow; शुचः (śucaḥ) - grieve; मा (mā) - do not; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; हर्षकाले (harṣakāle) - in the time of joy; च (ca) - and; मा (mā) - do not; हृषः (hṛṣaḥ) - rejoice; अतीतानागते (atītānāgate) - past and future; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; प्रत्युत्पन्नेन (pratyutpannena) - with the present; वर्तय (vartaya) - conduct yourself;]

(In the time of sorrow, do not grieve, you; in the time of joy, also do not rejoice. Having abandoned the past and future, conduct yourself with the present.)

Do not grieve in times of sorrow, nor exult in times of joy. Let go of the past and the future, and live in the present.

मां चेदभ्यागतः कालः सदायुक्तमतन्द्रितम्। क्षमस्व नचिरादिन्द्र त्वामप्युपगमिष्यति ॥१२-२२०-६६॥

māṃ ced abhyāgataḥ kālaḥ sadāyuktam atandritam। kṣamasva nacirād indra tvām api upagamiṣyati ॥12-220-66॥

[माम् (mām) - me; चेत् (cet) - if; अभ्यागतः (abhyāgataḥ) - has come; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; सदा (sadā) - always; युक्तम् (yuktam) - engaged; अतन्द्रितम् (atandritam) - untiring; क्षमस्व (kṣamasva) - forgive; न (na) - not; चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time; इन्द्र (indra) - O Indra; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अपि (api) - also; उपगमिष्यति (upagamiṣyati) - will approach;]

(If time, always engaged and untiring, has come to me, forgive, O Indra; not after a long time, it will approach you also.)

If the destined time, ever engaged and untiring, has come to me, forgive me, O Indra; before long, it will come to you as well.

त्रासयन्निव देवेन्द्र वाग्भिस्तक्षसि मामिह। संयते मयि नूनं त्वमात्मानं बहु मन्यसे ॥१२-२२०-६७॥

trāsayanniva devendra vāgbhistakṣasi mām iha। saṃyate mayi nūnaṃ tvam ātmānaṃ bahu manyase॥12-220-67॥

[त्रासयन् (trāsayan) - causing fear; इव (iva) - as if; देवेंद्र (devendra) - O Indra of the gods; वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words; तक्षसि (takṣasi) - you are tormenting; माम् (mām) - me; इह (iha) - here; संयते (saṃyate) - in the restrained; मयि (mayi) - in me; नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - yourself; बहु (bahu) - much; मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider;]

(As if causing fear, O Indra of the gods, with words you are tormenting me here; in the restrained me, indeed, you consider yourself much.)

O Indra of the gods, you seem to be tormenting me here with words as if to frighten me; since I am self-restrained, you surely think highly of yourself.

कालः प्रथममायान्मां पश्चात्त्वामनुधावति। तेन गर्जसि देवेन्द्र पूर्वं कालहते मयि ॥१२-२२०-६८॥

kālaḥ prathamam āyān māṃ paścāt tvām anudhāvati। tena garjasi devendra pūrvaṃ kāla-hate mayi ॥12-220-68॥

[कालः (kālaḥ) - time; प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first; आयान् (āyān) - having come; माम् (mām) - me; पश्चात् (paścāt) - after; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - pursues; तेन (tena) - by him; गर्जसि (garjasi) - you roar; देवेन्द्र (devendra) - O Indra of the gods; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; कालहते (kāla-hate) - struck down by time; मयि (mayi) - when I;]

(Time first came to me, after (that) pursues you. By him you roar, O Indra of the gods, before (when) I was struck down by time.)

Time first approached me, and then pursues you. Because of that, O Indra of the gods, you boast now, but earlier, when I was struck down by time.

को हि स्थातुमलं लोके क्रुद्धस्य मम संयुगे। कालस्तु बलवान्प्राप्तस्तेन तिष्ठसि वासव ॥१२-२२०-६९॥

ko hi sthātum alaṃ loke kruddhasya mama saṃyuge। kālas tu balavān prāptas tena tiṣṭhasi vāsava ॥12-220-69॥

[कः (kaḥ) - who; हि (hi) - indeed; स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to stand; अलम् (alam) - capable; लोके (loke) - in the world; क्रुद्धस्य (kruddhasya) - of the enraged; मम (mama) - my; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; तु (tu) - but; बलवान् (balavān) - powerful; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - has arrived; तेन (tena) - therefore; तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand; वासव (vāsava) - O Vāsava (Indra);]

(Who indeed is capable to stand in the world against my enraged self in battle? But time, being powerful, has arrived; therefore, you stand, O Vāsava.)

Who in this world can stand against me when I am enraged in battle? Yet, O Vāsava, it is because the powerful force of time has arrived that you are able to stand.

यत्तद्वर्षसहस्रान्तं पूर्णं भवितुमर्हति। यथा मे सर्वगात्राणि नस्वस्थानि हतौजसः ॥१२-२२०-७०॥

yattad-varṣa-sahasrāntaṃ pūrṇaṃ bhavitum arhati। yathā me sarva-gātrāṇi na sva-sthāni hata-ojasaḥ ॥12-220-70॥

[यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; वर्षसहस्रान्तम् (varṣa-sahasrāntam) - at the end of a thousand years; पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - complete; भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to become; अर्हति (arhati) - deserves; यथा (yathā) - just as; मे (me) - my; सर्वगात्राणि (sarva-gātrāṇi) - all limbs; न (na) - not; स्वस्थानि (sva-sthāni) - in their own place; हतौजसः (hata-ojasaḥ) - with strength destroyed;]

(Which, that, at the end of a thousand years, complete, to become, deserves; just as my all limbs not in their own place, with strength destroyed.)

That which deserves to be completed at the end of a thousand years, just as all my limbs, with their strength destroyed, are not in their own place.

अहमैन्द्रच्च्युतः स्थानात्त्वमिन्द्रः प्रकृतो दिवि। सुचित्रे जीवलोकेऽस्मिन्नुपास्यः कालपर्ययात् ॥१२-२२०-७१॥

aham aindraś cyutaḥ sthānāt tvam indraḥ prakṛto divi। sucitre jīvaloke'smin upāsyaḥ kālaparyayāt ॥12-220-71॥

[अहम् (aham) - I; ऐन्द्रात् (aindrāt) - from Indra's (position); च्युतः (cyutaḥ) - fallen; स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from position; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra; प्रकृतः (prakṛtaḥ) - appointed; दिवि (divi) - in heaven; सुचित्रे (sucitre) - well-adorned; जीवलोके (jīvaloke) - in the world of living beings; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; उपास्यः (upāsyaḥ) - to be worshipped; कालपर्ययात् (kālaparyayāt) - by the change of time;]

(I, fallen from Indra's position, you, Indra, appointed in heaven; in this well-adorned world of living beings, to be worshipped by the change of time.)

I have fallen from the position of Indra, and you have been appointed as Indra in heaven; in this beautiful world of living beings, you are to be worshipped as time changes.

किं हि कृत्वा त्वमिन्द्रोऽद्य किं हि कृत्वा च्युता वयम्। कालः कर्ता विकर्ता च सर्वमन्यदकारणम् ॥१२-२२०-७२॥

kiṁ hi kṛtvā tvam indro 'dya kiṁ hi kṛtvā cyutā vayam। kālaḥ kartā vikartā ca sarvam anyad akāraṇam ॥12-220-72॥

[किं (kiṁ) - what; हि (hi) - indeed; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra; अद्य (adya) - today; किं (kiṁ) - what; हि (hi) - indeed; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; च्युता (cyutā) - fallen; वयम् (vayam) - we; कालः (kālaḥ) - Time; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; विकर्ता (vikartā) - transformer; च (ca) - and; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause;]

(What indeed having done, you, Indra, today? What indeed having done, fallen we? Time is the doer and transformer and all else is without cause.)

What have you done today, Indra? What have we done to fall? Time is the doer and transformer; everything else is without cause.

नाशं विनाशमैश्वर्यं सुखदुःखे भवाभवौ। विद्वान्प्राप्यैवमत्यर्थं न प्रहृष्येन्न च व्यथेत् ॥१२-२२०-७३॥

nāśaṃ vināśam-aiśvaryaṃ sukha-duḥkhe bhava-abhavau। vidvān prāpya evaṃ atyarthaṃ na prahṛṣyet na ca vyathet॥12-220-73॥

[नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction; विनाशम् (vināśam) - annihilation; ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - prosperity; सुखदुःखे (sukha-duḥkhe) - pleasure and pain; भवाभवौ (bhava-abhavau) - existence and non-existence; विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise person; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; एवम् (evam) - thus; अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - excessively; न (na) - not; प्रहृष्येत् (prahṛṣyet) - should rejoice; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; व्यथेत् (vyathet) - should be distressed;]

(Destruction, annihilation, prosperity, pleasure and pain, existence and non-existence—having obtained these thus, the wise person should not excessively rejoice nor be distressed.)

A wise person, upon encountering destruction, annihilation, prosperity, pleasure and pain, or existence and non-existence, should neither be excessively elated nor distressed.

त्वमेव हीन्द्र वेत्थास्मान्वेदाहं त्वां च वासव। विकत्थसे मां किं बद्धं कालेन निरपत्रप ॥१२-२२०-७४॥

tvam-eva hīndra vetthāsmān vedāhaṃ tvāṃ ca vāsava। vikatthase māṃ kiṃ baddhaṃ kālena nirapatrapa ॥12-220-74॥

[त्वम् (tvam) - you; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - surely; इन्द्र (indra) - Indra; वेत्थ (vettha) - know; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; वेद (veda) - know; अहम् (aham) - I; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; च (ca) - and; वासव (vāsava) - Vāsava (another name for Indra); विकत्थसे (vikatthase) - you boast; माम् (mām) - me; किम् (kim) - why; बद्धम् (baddham) - bound; कालेन (kālena) - by time; निरपत्रप (nirapatrapa) - shameless one;]

(You indeed, O Indra, surely know us; I know you also, O Vāsava. You boast to me—why, shameless one, (when I am) bound by time?)

You, Indra, truly know us; I also know you, O Vāsava. Why do you boast to me, shameless one, when I am bound by time?

त्वमेव हि पुरा वेत्थ यत्तदा पौरुषं मम। समरेषु च विक्रान्तं पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम् ॥१२-२२०-७५॥

tvam eva hi purā vettha yat tadā pauruṣaṃ mama। samareṣu ca vikrāntaṃ paryāptaṃ tan-nidarśanam ॥12-220-75॥

[त्वम् (tvam) - you; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; पुरा (purā) - formerly; वेत्थ (vettha) - you know; यत् (yat) - that which; तदा (tadā) - at that time; पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - manliness; मम (mama) - my; समरेषु (samareṣu) - in battles; च (ca) - and; विक्रान्तम् (vikrāntam) - valiant; पर्याप्तम् (paryāptam) - sufficient; तत् (tat) - that; निदर्शनम् (nidarśanam) - proof;]

(You indeed formerly know that which at that time (was) my manliness; and in battles, (my) valiant (deeds are) sufficient proof of that.)

You yourself know well my former manliness; my valor in battles is sufficient proof of that.

आदित्याश्चैव रुद्राश्च साध्याश्च वसुभिः सह। मया विनिर्जिताः सर्वे मरुतश्च शचीपते ॥१२-२२०-७६॥

ādityāś caiva rudrāś ca sādhyāś ca vasubhiḥ saha। mayā vinirjitāḥ sarve marutaś ca śacīpate ॥12-220-76॥

[आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - the Ādityas; (solar deities) च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; रुद्राः (rudrāḥ) - the Rudras; (storm deities) च (ca) - and; साध्याः (sādhyāḥ) - the Sādhyas; (a class of deities) च (ca) - and; वसुभिः (vasubhiḥ) - with the Vasus; (elemental deities) सह (saha) - together with; मया (mayā) - by me; विनिर्जिताः (vinirjitāḥ) - completely conquered; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मरुतः (marutaḥ) - the Maruts; (wind deities) च (ca) - and; शचीपते (śacīpate) - O lord of Śacī; (epithet of Indra);]

(The Ādityas and indeed the Rudras and the Sādhyas and together with the Vasus, all have been completely conquered by me, and the Maruts, O lord of Śacī.)

O lord of Śacī, all the Ādityas, Rudras, Sādhyas, Vasus, and Maruts have been completely conquered by me.

त्वमेव शक्र जानासि देवासुरसमागमे। समेता विबुधा भग्नास्तरसा समरे मया ॥१२-२२०-७७॥

tvam-eva śakra jānāsi devāsurasamāgame। sametā vibudhā bhagnās-tarasā samare mayā ॥12-220-77॥

[त्वम् (tvam) - you; एव (eva) - indeed; शक्र (śakra) - Śakra (Indra, O Indra); जानासि (jānāsi) - know; देव (deva) - gods; असुर (asura) - asuras (demons); समागमे (samāgame) - in the coming together (battle); समेता (sametā) - assembled; विबुधा (vibudhā) - the wise (gods); भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, defeated; तरसा (tarasā) - by force; समरे (samare) - in battle; मया (mayā) - by me;]

(You indeed, O Śakra, know (that) in the coming together of gods and asuras, the assembled gods were defeated by force in battle by me.)

You alone, O Indra, know that in the battle between gods and asuras, the assembled gods were forcefully defeated by me in the fight.

पर्वताश्चासकृत्क्षिप्ताः सवनाः सवनौकसः। सटङ्कशिखरा घोराः समरे मूर्ध्नि ते मया ॥१२-२२०-७८॥

parvatāś cāsakṛt kṣiptāḥ savanāḥ savanaukasaḥ. saṭaṅkaśikharā ghorāḥ samare mūrdhni te mayā ॥12-220-78॥

[पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains; च (ca) - and; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - hurled; सवनाः (savanāḥ) - with peaks; सवनौकसः (savanaukasaḥ) - inhabitants of the peaks; सटङ्कशिखराः (saṭaṅkaśikharāḥ) - with jagged summits; घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible; समरे (samare) - in battle; मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head; ते (te) - your; मया (mayā) - by me;]

(Mountains and repeatedly hurled, with peaks, inhabitants of the peaks, with jagged summits, terrible, in battle, on your head, by me.)

Mountains with jagged and terrible summits, along with their inhabitants, were repeatedly hurled by me in battle upon your head.

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्कालो दुरतिक्रमः। न हि त्वां नोत्सहे हन्तुं सवज्रमपि मुष्टिना ॥१२-२२०-७९॥

kiṁ nu śakyaṁ mayā kartuṁ yat kālo duratikramaḥ। na hi tvāṁ notsahe hantuṁ savajram api muṣṭinā॥12-220-79॥

[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; शक्यं (śakyaṁ) - possible; मया (mayā) - by me; कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do; यत् (yat) - which; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - hard to transgress; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; न (na) - not; उत्सहे (utsahe) - am able; हन्तुं (hantuṁ) - to kill; सवज्रम् (savajram) - with thunderbolt; अपि (api) - even; मुष्टिना (muṣṭinā) - with fist;]

(What indeed is possible for me to do, since time is hard to transgress? Indeed, I am not able to kill you even with a thunderbolt, with my fist.)

What can I possibly do, since time cannot be overcome? Truly, I am not able to kill you, even with a thunderbolt or with my fist.

न तु विक्रमकालोऽयं क्षमाकालोऽयमागतः। तेन त्वा मर्षये शक्र दुर्मर्षणतरस्त्वया ॥१२-२२०-८०॥

na tu vikramakālo'yaṃ kṣamākālo'yamāgataḥ। tena tvā marṣaye śakra durmarṣaṇatarastvayā ॥12-220-80॥

[न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; विक्रमकालः (vikramakālaḥ) - time of valor; अयम् (ayam) - this; क्षमा (kṣamā) - forbearance; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; अयम् (ayam) - this; आगतः (āgataḥ) - has come; तेन (tena) - by that; त्वा (tvā) - you; मर्षये (marṣaye) - I forgive; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; दुर्मर्षणतरः (durmarṣaṇataraḥ) - more difficult to forgive; त्वया (tvayā) - by you;]

(Not but time of valor this, forbearance time this has come. By that, you I forgive, O Śakra, more difficult to forgive by you.)

But this is not the time for valor; this is the time for forbearance. Therefore, I forgive you, O Śakra, though you are even more difficult to forgive.

त्वं मा परिणते काले परीतं कालवह्निना। नियतं कालपाशेन बद्धं शक्र विकत्थसे ॥१२-२२०-८१॥

tvaṃ mā pariṇate kāle parītaṃ kālavahninā। niyataṃ kālapāśena baddhaṃ śakra vikatthase ॥12-220-81॥

[त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; मा (mā) - not; परिणते (pariṇate) - having elapsed; काले (kāle) - in time; परीतम् (parītam) - overcome; कालवह्निना (kālavahninā) - by the fire of time; नियतं (niyataṃ) - certainly; कालपाशेन (kālapāśena) - by the noose of time; बद्धम् (baddham) - bound; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; विकत्थसे (vikatthase) - you boast;]

(You, not when time has elapsed, overcome by the fire of time, certainly by the noose of time bound, O Śakra, you boast.)

O Śakra, you boast even though, when time has passed, you are overcome and bound by the fire and noose of time.

अयं स पुरुषः श्यामो लोकस्य दुरतिक्रमः। बद्ध्वा तिष्ठति मां रौद्रः पशुं रशनया यथा ॥१२-२२०-८२॥

ayaṃ sa puruṣaḥ śyāmo lokasya duratikramaḥ। baddhvā tiṣṭhati māṃ raudraḥ paśuṃ raśanayā yathā ॥12-220-82॥

[अयं (ayaṃ) - this; स (sa) - he; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark; लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world; दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - hard to overcome; बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands; माम् (mām) - me; रौद्रः (raudraḥ) - fierce; पशुम् (paśum) - beast; रशनया (raśanayā) - with a rope; यथा (yathā) - as;]

(This he man dark of the world hard to overcome. Having bound stands me fierce beast with a rope as.)

This dark man, who is hard to overcome in the world, stands having bound me, fierce, like a beast with a rope.

लाभालाभौ सुखं दुःखं कामक्रोधौ भवाभवौ। वधो बन्धः प्रमोक्षश्च सर्वं कालेन लभ्यते ॥१२-२२०-८३॥

lābhālābhau sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ kāmakrodhau bhavābhavau। vadho bandhaḥ pramokṣaś ca sarvaṃ kālena labhyate॥12-220-83॥

[लाभ (lābha) - gain; अलाभौ (alābhau) - loss; सुखं (sukham) - happiness; दुःखं (duḥkham) - sorrow; काम (kāma) - desire; क्रोधौ (krodhau) - anger; भव (bhava) - existence; अभवौ (abhavau) - non-existence; वधः (vadhaḥ) - death; बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage; प्रमोक्षः (pramokṣaḥ) - liberation; च (ca) - and; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; कालेन (kālena) - by time; लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained;]

(Gain, loss, happiness, sorrow, desire, anger, existence, non-existence, death, bondage, and liberation—all are obtained by time.)

Gain and loss, happiness and sorrow, desire and anger, existence and non-existence, death, bondage, and liberation—everything is attained in time.

नाहं कर्ता न कर्ता त्वं कर्ता यस्तु सदा प्रभुः। सोऽयं पचति कालो मां वृक्षे फलमिवागतम् ॥१२-२२०-८४॥

nāhaṃ kartā na kartā tvaṃ kartā yastu sadā prabhuḥ। so'yaṃ pacati kālo māṃ vṛkṣe phalam ivāgatam ॥12-220-84॥

[न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; न (na) - not; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; त्वम् (tvam) - you; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - indeed; सदा (sadā) - always; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - master; सः (saḥ) - he; अयम् (ayam) - this; पचति (pacati) - ripens; कालः (kālaḥ) - Time; माम् (mām) - me; वृक्षे (vṛkṣe) - on the tree; फलम् (phalam) - fruit; इव (iva) - like; आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived;]

(Not I (am) the doer, not (are) you the doer; the doer is indeed always the master. He, this Time, ripens me like a fruit arrived on the tree.)

I am not the doer, nor are you; the true doer is always the supreme master. It is Time that ripens me, just as a fruit ripens on the tree when its time has come.

यान्येव पुरुषः कुर्वन्सुखैः कालेन युज्यते। पुनस्तान्येव कुर्वाणो दुःखैः कालेन युज्यते ॥१२-२२०-८५॥

yānyeva puruṣaḥ kurvansukhaiḥ kālena yujyate। punastānyeva kurvāṇo duḥkhaiḥ kālena yujyate ॥12-220-85॥

[यानि (yāni) - which; (things) एव (eva) - indeed; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing; सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - with pleasures; कालेन (kālena) - by time; युज्यते (yujyate) - is joined; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; तानि (tāni) - those; एव (eva) - indeed; कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing; दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - with pains; कालेन (kālena) - by time; युज्यते (yujyate) - is joined;]

(Which indeed (things) a man doing with pleasures by time is joined. Again those indeed doing with pains by time is joined.)

Whatever actions a man performs with pleasure, in time he is united with them; again, performing those same actions, he is united with pain in time.

न च कालेन कालज्ञः स्पृष्टः शोचितुमर्हति। तेन शक्र न शोचामि नास्ति शोके सहायता ॥१२-२२०-८६॥

na ca kālena kālajñaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ śocitum arhati। tena śakra na śocāmi nāsti śoke sahāyatā ॥12-220-86॥

[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; कालेन (kālena) - by time; कालज्ञः (kālajñaḥ) - knower of time; स्पृष्टः (spṛṣṭaḥ) - touched; शोचितुम् (śocitum) - to grieve; अर्हति (arhati) - deserves; तेन (tena) - by that; शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra; न (na) - not; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; शोके (śoke) - in grief; सहायता (sahāyatā) - help;]

(And the knower of time touched by time does not deserve to grieve. By that, O Śakra, I do not grieve; there is no help in grief.)

The one who understands time, when affected by time, should not grieve. Therefore, O Śakra, I do not grieve, for there is no assistance in grief.

यदा हि शोचतां शोको व्यसनं नापकर्षति। सामर्थ्यं शोचतो नास्ति नाद्य शोचाम्यहं ततः ॥१२-२२०-८७॥

yadā hi śocatāṃ śoko vyasanaṃ nāpakarṣati। sāmarthyaṃ śocato nāsti nādya śocāmyahaṃ tataḥ ॥12-220-87॥

[यदा (yadā) - when; हि (hi) - indeed; शोचतां (śocatām) - of those who grieve; शोकः (śokaḥ) - grief; व्यसनं (vyasanam) - calamity; न (na) - not; अपकर्षति (apakarṣati) - removes; सामर्थ्यं (sāmarthyam) - strength; शोचतः (śocataḥ) - of the one who grieves; नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore;]

(When indeed for those who grieve, grief does not remove calamity, strength does not exist for the one who grieves; therefore, today I do not grieve.)

When grief does not remove calamity for those who grieve, and strength does not exist for the grieving, therefore, today I do not grieve.

एवमुक्तः सहस्राक्षो भगवान्पाकशासनः। प्रतिसंहृत्य संरम्भमित्युवाच शतक्रतुः ॥१२-२२०-८८॥

evam-uktaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ bhagavān pākāśāsanaḥ। prati-saṃhṛtya saṃrambham ity-uvāca śatakratuḥ ॥12-220-88॥

[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed; सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - thousand-eyed; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; पाकशासनः (pākāśāsanaḥ) - the subduer of Pāka (Indra); प्रतिसंहृत्य (prati-saṃhṛtya) - having withdrawn; संरम्भम् (saṃrambham) - anger; इति (iti) - thus; उवाच (uvāca) - said; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - the hundred-sacrificed (epithet of Indra);]

(Thus having been addressed, the thousand-eyed, the venerable subduer of Pāka (Indra), having withdrawn his anger, thus said, the hundred-sacrificed (Indra).)

Thus addressed, Indra, the thousand-eyed and venerable subduer of Pāka, withdrew his anger and spoke as follows.

सवज्रमुद्यतं बाहुं दृष्ट्वा पाशांश्च वारुणान्। कस्येह न व्यथेद्बुद्धिर्मृत्योरपि जिघांसतः ॥१२-२२०-८९॥

savajramudyataṃ bāhuṃ dṛṣṭvā pāśāṃś ca vāruṇān। kasyeha na vyathed buddhir mṛtyor api jighāṃsataḥ ॥12-220-89॥

[सवज्रम् (savajram) - with thunderbolt; उद्यतं (udyatam) - raised; बाहुं (bāhuṃ) - arm; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पाशान् (pāśān) - nooses; च (ca) - and; वारुणान् (vāruṇān) - of Varuṇa; कस्य (kasya) - whose; इह (iha) - here; न (na) - not; व्यथेत् (vyathet) - would be disturbed; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - mind; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; अपि (api) - even; जिघांसतः (jighāṃsataḥ) - of one desiring to kill;]

(Having seen the arm raised with the thunderbolt and the nooses of Varuṇa, whose mind here would not be disturbed, even of death desiring to kill?)

Who here would not have their mind shaken, seeing an arm raised with the thunderbolt and the nooses of Varuṇa, even if it were death itself seeking to slay?

सा ते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी। ब्रुवन्न व्यथसे स त्वं वाक्यं सत्यपराक्रम ॥१२-२२०-९०॥

sā te na vyathate buddhir acalā tattvadarśinī। bruvann vyathase sa tvaṃ vākyaṃ satyaparākrama ॥12-220-90॥

[सा (sā) - she; ते (te) - your; न (na) - not; व्यथते (vyathate) - is disturbed; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; अचला (acalā) - unwavering; तत्त्वदर्शिनी (tattvadarśinī) - perceiving reality; ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking; न (na) - not; व्यथसे (vyathase) - you are disturbed; सः (saḥ) - he; त्वम् (tvam) - you; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word; सत्यपराक्रम (satyaparākrama) - one whose valor is truth;]

(She, your intellect, not is disturbed, unwavering, perceiving reality. Speaking, not you are disturbed, he you, word, one whose valor is truth.)

That intellect of yours, unwavering and perceiving reality, is not disturbed. While speaking, you are not disturbed; you are one whose valor is truth.

हो हि विश्वासमर्थेषु शरीरे वा शरीरभृत्। कर्तुमुत्सहते लोके दृष्ट्वा सम्प्रस्थितं जगत् ॥१२-२२०-९१॥

ho hi viśvāsam artheṣu śarīre vā śarīrabhṛt। kartum utsahate loke dṛṣṭvā samprasthitaṃ jagat ॥12-220-91॥

[हो (ho) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; विश्वासम् (viśvāsam) - trust; अर्थेषु (artheṣu) - in objects; शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body; वा (vā) - or; शरीरभृत् (śarīrabhṛt) - the embodied (soul); कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; उत्सहते (utsahate) - is able; लोके (loke) - in the world; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सम्प्रस्थितम् (samprasthitam) - set forth; जगत् (jagat) - the world;]

(Indeed, for trust in objects, in the body, or the embodied (soul), is able to do in the world, having seen the world set forth.)

Indeed, in this world, seeing that the world is set in motion, one is able to act, whether trusting in objects, the body, or the embodied soul.

अहमप्येवमेवैनं लोकं जानाम्यशाश्वतम्। कालाग्नावाहितं घोरे गुह्ये सततगेऽक्षरे ॥१२-२२०-९२॥

aham apy evam evainaṃ lokaṃ jānāmy aśāśvatam। kālāgnāv āhitaṃ ghore guhye satatage'kṣare ॥12-220-92॥

[अहम् (aham) - I; अपि (api) - also; एवम् (evam) - thus; एव (eva) - indeed; एनम् (enam) - this; लोकम् (lokam) - world; जानामि (jānāmi) - know; अशाश्वतम् (aśāśvatam) - impermanent; काल-अग्नौ (kāla-agnau) - in the fire of time; आहितम् (āhitam) - placed; घोरे (ghore) - terrible; गुह्ये (guhye) - secret; सतत-गे (satata-ge) - constantly moving; अक्षरे (akṣare) - imperishable;]

(I also thus indeed know this world as impermanent, placed in the fire of time, in the terrible, secret, constantly moving, imperishable.)

I too know this world in the same way—as impermanent, set in the fire of time, within the terrible, secret, ever-moving imperishable.

न चात्र परिहारोऽस्ति कालस्पृष्टस्य कस्यचित्। सूक्ष्माणां महतां चैव भूतानां परिपच्यताम् ॥१२-२२०-९३॥

na cātra parihāro'sti kālaspṛṣṭasya kasyacit। sūkṣmāṇāṃ mahatāṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ paripacyatām ॥12-220-93॥

[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; परिहारः (parihāraḥ) - removal; अस्ति (asti) - is; कालस्पृष्टस्य (kālaspṛṣṭasya) - of one touched by time; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone; सूक्ष्माणाम् (sūkṣmāṇām) - of the subtle; महताम् (mahatām) - of the great; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; परिपच्यताम् (paripacyatām) - of those being matured;]

(And here, there is no removal for anyone touched by time; of the subtle and the great beings indeed, of those being matured.)

Here, there is no escape for anyone touched by time; both subtle and great beings, as they mature, are subject to it.

अनीशस्याप्रमत्तस्य भूतानि पचतः सदा। अनिवृत्तस्य कालस्य क्षयं प्राप्तो न मुच्यते ॥१२-२२०-९४॥

anīśasyāpramattasya bhūtāni pacataḥ sadā। anivṛttasya kālasya kṣayaṃ prāpto na mucyate ॥12-220-94॥

[अनीशस्य (anīśasya) - of one who is not a master; अप्रमत्तस्य (apramattasya) - of one who is not vigilant; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; पचतः (pacataḥ) - of one who cooks; सदा (sadā) - always; अनिवृत्तस्य (anivṛttasya) - of one who does not turn back; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; न (na) - not; मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released;]

(Of one who is not a master, not vigilant, the beings are always cooked. Of time that does not turn back, when destruction is attained, one is not released.)

For one who lacks mastery and vigilance, beings are always consumed. When the irreversible time brings destruction, there is no release.

अप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तेषु कालो जागर्ति देहिषु। प्रयत्नेनाप्यतिक्रान्तो दृष्टपूर्वो न केनचित् ॥१२-२२०-९५॥

apramattaḥ pramatteṣu kālo jāgarti dehiṣu। prayatnenāpyatikrānto dṛṣṭapūrvo na kenacit ॥12-220-95॥

[अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - not-negligent; प्रमत्तेषु (pramatteṣu) - among the negligent; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; जागर्ति (jāgarti) - remains awake; देहिषु (dehiṣu) - among embodied beings; प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort; अपि (api) - even; अतिक्रान्तः (atikrāntaḥ) - has passed; दृष्टपूर्वः (dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ) - previously seen; न (na) - not; केनचित् (kenacit) - by anyone;]

(Not-negligent among the negligent, time remains awake among embodied beings. Even with effort, the previously seen (time) has not been passed by anyone.)

Time, ever alert among the negligent embodied beings, is never overcome by anyone, no matter how much effort is made; no one has ever seen it surpassed.

पुराणः शाश्वतो धर्मः सर्वप्राणभृतां समः। कालो न परिहार्यश्च न चास्यास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥१२-२२०-९६॥

purāṇaḥ śāśvato dharmaḥ sarvapraṇabhṛtāṃ samaḥ। kālo na parihāryaśca na cāsyāsti vyatikramaḥ ॥12-220-96॥

[पुराणः (purāṇaḥ) - ancient; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; सर्वप्राणभृतां (sarvapraṇabhṛtām) - of all living beings; समः (samaḥ) - equal; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; न (na) - not; परिहार्यः (parihāryaḥ) - avoidable; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - of him; अस्ति (asti) - there is; व्यतिक्रमः (vyatikramaḥ) - transgression;]

(Ancient, eternal is dharma, equal to all living beings. Time is not avoidable, and there is no transgression of it.)

Dharma is ancient and eternal, impartial to all living beings. Time cannot be avoided, nor can its course be transgressed.

अहोरात्रांश्च मासांश्च क्षणान्काष्ठाः कला लवान्। सम्पिण्डयति नः कालो वृद्धिं वार्धुषिको यथा ॥१२-२२०-९७॥

ahorātrāṃś ca māsāṃś ca kṣaṇān kāṣṭhāḥ kalā lavān। sampiṇḍayati naḥ kālo vṛddhiṃ vārdhuṣiko yathā॥12-220-97॥

[अहोरात्रान् (ahorātrān) - days and nights; च (ca) - and; मासान् (māsān) - months; च (ca) - and; क्षणान् (kṣaṇān) - moments; काष्ठाः (kāṣṭhāḥ) - kāṣṭhas (units of time); कलाः (kalāḥ) - kalās (units of time); लवान् (lavān) - lavās (units of time); सम्पिण्डयति (sampiṇḍayati) - combines; नः (naḥ) - our; कालः (kālaḥ) - Time; वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth; वार्धुषिकः (vārdhuṣikaḥ) - old age; यथा (yathā) - just as;]

(Time combines our days and nights, months, moments, kāṣṭhas, kalās, and lavās, just as a vārdhuṣika (one who causes growth) does growth and old age.)

Time merges all our days and nights, months, moments, and the smallest units, bringing about our growth and old age, just as an agent of aging would.

इदमद्य करिष्यामि श्वः कर्तास्मीति वादिनम्। कालो हरति सम्प्राप्तो नदीवेग इवोडुपम् ॥१२-२२०-९८॥

idam-adya kariṣyāmi śvaḥ kartāsmīti vādinam। kālo harati samprāpto nadī-vega ivoḍupam॥12-220-98॥

[इदम् (idam) - this; अद्य (adya) - today; करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; कर्तास्मि (kartāsmi) - I am the doer; इति (iti) - thus; वादिनम् (vādinam) - one who speaks; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; हरति (harati) - takes away; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - having arrived; नदीवेगः (nadī-vegaḥ) - river's current; इव (iva) - like; उडुपम् (uḍupam) - a log; ॥१२-२२०-९८॥ (॥12-220-98॥) - ॥12-220-98॥;]

(Time, having arrived, takes away the one who says, "I will do this today, I will do it tomorrow, I am the doer," just like the river's current (takes away) a log.)

Time, when it arrives, sweeps away the person who says, "I will do this today, I will do it tomorrow, I am the doer," just as the current of a river carries away a log.

इदानीं तावदेवासौ मया दृष्टः कथं मृतः। इति कालेन ह्रियतां प्रलापः श्रूयते नृणाम् ॥१२-२२०-९९॥

idānīṃ tāvadevāsaū mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kathaṃ mṛtaḥ। iti kālena hriyatāṃ pralāpaḥ śrūyate nṛṇām ॥12-220-99॥

[इदानीं (idānīṃ) - now; तावत् (tāvat) - just then; एव (eva) - indeed; असौ (asau) - he; मया (mayā) - by me; दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen; कथम् (katham) - how; मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; इति (iti) - thus; कालेन (kālena) - by time; ह्रियतां (hriyatām) - let it be taken away; प्रलापः (pralāpaḥ) - delirium; श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men;]

(Now just then indeed he by me seen, how dead? Thus by time let it be taken away, delirium is heard of men.)

Now, just then, it is heard among men: "He was just seen by me, how is he dead?"—such delirium is carried away by time.

नश्यन्त्यर्थास्तथा भोगाः स्थानमैश्वर्यमेव च। अनित्यमध्रुवं सर्वं व्यवसायो हि दुष्करः ॥ उच्छ्राया विनिपातान्ता भावोऽभावस्थ एव च ॥१२-२२०-१००॥

naśyantyarthāstathā bhogāḥ sthānamaiśvaryameva ca। anityamadhruvaṃ sarvaṃ vyavāsāyo hi duṣkaraḥ ॥ ucchrāyā vinipātāntā bhāvo'bhāvastha eva ca ॥12-220-100॥

[नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - are destroyed; अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - objects; (of value;) तथा (tathā) - likewise; भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - enjoyments; स्थानम् (sthānam) - position; ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - prosperity; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent; अध्रुवम् (adhruvam) - unstable; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - undertaking; हि (hi) - indeed; दुष्करः (duṣkaraḥ) - difficult; उच्छ्रायाः (ucchrāyāḥ) - risings; विनिपातान्ताः (vinipātāntāḥ) - ending in downfall; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - existence; अभावस्थः (abhāvasthaḥ) - situated in non-existence; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]

(Objects are destroyed; likewise enjoyments, position, and prosperity indeed and. Impermanent, unstable, all undertaking indeed difficult. Risings ending in downfall, existence situated in non-existence indeed and.)

Objects, enjoyments, position, and prosperity are all destroyed; everything is impermanent and unstable, and any undertaking is indeed difficult. All rise ends in downfall; existence itself is always accompanied by non-existence.

सा ते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी। अहमासं पुरा चेति मनसापि न बुध्यसे ॥१२-२२०-१०१॥

sā te na vyathate buddhiracalā tattvadarśinī। ahamāsaṃ purā ceti manasāpi na budhyase ॥12-220-101॥

[सा (sā) - she; ते (te) - your; न (na) - not; व्यथते (vyathate) - is disturbed; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; अचला (acalā) - unmoving; तत्त्वदर्शिनी (tattvadarśinī) - perceiving reality; अहम् (aham) - I; आसं (āsaṃ) - was; पुरा (purā) - formerly; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; मनसा (manasā) - by mind; अपि (api) - even; न (na) - not; बुध्यसे (budhyase) - you understand;]

(She, your intellect, not is disturbed, unmoving, perceiving reality. I was formerly thus, and by mind even not you understand.)

Your intellect, which is unmoving and perceives reality, is not disturbed. You do not understand, even by your mind, that I existed formerly as such.

कालेनाक्रम्य लोकेऽस्मिन्पच्यमाने बलीयसा। अज्येष्ठमकनिष्ठं च क्षिप्यमाणो न बुध्यसे ॥१२-२२०-१०२॥

kālenākramya loke'smin pacyamāne balīyasā। ajyeṣṭham akaniṣṭhaṃ ca kṣipyamāṇo na budhyase॥12-220-102॥

[कालेन (kālena) - by time; आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having overpowered; लोके (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; पच्यमाने (pacyamāne) - being cooked (ripened, matured); बलीयसा (balīyasā) - by the stronger; अज्येष्ठम् (ajyeṣṭham) - not the eldest; अकनिष्ठम् (akaniṣṭham) - not the youngest; च (ca) - and; क्षिप्यमाणः (kṣipyamāṇaḥ) - being thrown (cast, tossed about); न (na) - not; बुध्यसे (budhyase) - you perceive;]

(By time, having overpowered, in this world, being cooked (ripened) by the stronger, not the eldest, not the youngest, and, being thrown, you do not perceive.)

Overpowered by time, in this world, as the stronger ripens (destroys) all, you are tossed about, neither the eldest nor the youngest, and you do not perceive it.

ईर्ष्याभिमानलोभेषु कामक्रोधभयेषु च। स्पृहामोहाभिमानेषु लोकः सक्तो विमुह्यति ॥१२-२२०-१०३॥

īrṣyābhimānalobheṣu kāmakrodhabhayeṣu ca। spṛhāmohābhimāneṣu lokaḥ sakto vimuhyati ॥12-220-103॥

[ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) - envy; अभिमान (abhimāna) - pride; लोभेषु (lobheṣu) - in greeds; काम (kāma) - desire; क्रोध (krodha) - anger; भयेषु (bhayeṣu) - in fears; च (ca) - and; स्पृहा (spṛhā) - longing; मोह (moha) - delusion; अभिमानेषु (abhimāneṣu) - in prides; लोकः (lokaḥ) - people; सक्तः (saktaḥ) - attached; विमुह्यति (vimuhyati) - becomes deluded;]

(In envy, pride, greeds, desire, anger, fears, and in longing, delusion, prides, people attached become deluded.)

People, being attached to envy, pride, greed, desire, anger, fear, longing, delusion, and pride, become deluded.

भवांस्तु भावतत्त्वज्ञो विद्वाञ्ज्ञानतपोन्वितः। कालं पश्यति सुव्यक्तं पाणावामलकं यथा ॥१२-२२०-१०४॥

bhavāṃstu bhāvatattvajño vidvāñjñānataponvitaḥ। kālaṃ paśyati suvyaktaṃ pāṇāvāmalakaṃ yathā ॥12-220-104॥

[भवान् (bhavān) - you; (honorific); तु (tu) - but; indeed; भावतत्त्वज्ञः (bhāvatattvajñaḥ) - knower of the true nature of reality; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise; learned; ज्ञानतपः (jñānatapaḥ) - austerity of knowledge; अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - endowed with; कालम् (kālam) - time; पश्यति (paśyati) - sees; सुव्यक्तम् (suvyaktam) - very clearly; पाणौ (pāṇau) - in (one's) hand; आमलकम् (āmalakam) - āmalaka fruit (Emblica officinalis); यथा (yathā) - just as; like;]

(You, indeed, knower of the true nature of reality, wise, endowed with the austerity of knowledge, see time very clearly, just as (one sees) an āmalaka fruit in (one's) hand.)

You, truly a knower of the essence of reality, wise and endowed with the austerity of knowledge, perceive time as clearly as one sees an āmalaka fruit in their hand.

कालचारित्रतत्त्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः। वैरोचने कृतात्मासि स्पृहणीयो विजानताम् ॥१२-२२०-१०५॥

kālacāritratattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ। vairocane kṛtātmāsi spṛhaṇīyo vijānatām ॥12-220-105॥

[काल (kāla) - time; चारित्र (cāritra) - conduct; तत्त्व (tattva) - principle; ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - knower; सर्व (sarva) - all; शास्त्र (śāstra) - scriptures; विशारदः (viśāradaḥ) - expert; वैरोचने (vairocane) - O son of Virocana; कृतात्मा (kṛtātmā) - self-controlled; असि (asi) - you are; स्पृहणीयः (spṛhaṇīyaḥ) - worthy of emulation; विजानताम् (vijānatām) - among the wise;]

(Knower of the principles of time and conduct, expert in all scriptures, O son of Virocana, you are self-controlled, worthy of emulation among the wise.)

O son of Virocana, you are one who knows the principles of time and conduct, an expert in all scriptures, self-controlled, and worthy of emulation among the wise.

सर्वलोको ह्ययं मन्ये बुद्ध्या परिगतस्त्वया। विहरन्सर्वतोमुक्तो न क्वचित्परिषज्जसे ॥१२-२२०-१०६॥

sarvaloko hy ayaṃ manye buddhyā parigataḥ tvayā। viharansarvatomukto na kvacit pariṣajjase ॥12-220-106॥

[सर्वलोकः (sarvalokaḥ) - all worlds; हि (hi) - indeed; अयम् (ayam) - this; मन्ये (manye) - I think; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect; परिगतः (parigataḥ) - comprehended; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; विहरन् (viharān) - moving about; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated; न (na) - not; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere; परिषज्जसे (pariṣajjase) - you are bound;]

(All worlds indeed, this I think, by intellect comprehended by you; moving about everywhere liberated, not anywhere you are bound.)

I believe that you have comprehended all worlds by your intellect; moving about everywhere, you remain liberated and are not bound anywhere.

रजश्च हि तमश्च त्वा स्पृशतो न जितेन्द्रियम्। निष्प्रीतिं नष्टसन्तापं त्वमात्मानमुपाससे ॥१२-२२०-१०७॥

rajaś ca hi tamaś ca tvā spṛśato na jitendriyam। niṣprītiṃ naṣṭasantāpaṃ tvam ātmānam upāsase॥12-220-107॥

[रजः (rajaḥ) - passion; च (ca) - and; हि (hi) - indeed; तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness; च (ca) - and; त्वा (tvā) - you; स्पृशतः (spṛśataḥ) - touching; न (na) - not; जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has conquered the senses; निष्प्रीतिम् (niṣprītim) - free from delight; नष्टसन्तापम् (naṣṭasantāpam) - one whose suffering is destroyed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self; उपाससे (upāsase) - worship;]

(Passion and indeed darkness, touching you who have not conquered the senses, (lead to) neither delight nor destroyed suffering; you worship the self.)

When passion and darkness touch you, O one who has not conquered the senses, you neither attain delight nor freedom from suffering; you worship only your own self.

सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां निर्वैरं शान्तमानसम्। दृष्ट्वा त्वां मम सञ्जाता त्वय्यनुक्रोशिनी मतिः ॥१२-२२०-१०८॥

suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nirvairaṃ śāntamānasam। dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ mama sañjātā tvayyanukrośinī matiḥ ॥12-220-108॥

[सुहृदम् (suhṛdam) - good-hearted; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; निर्वैरम् (nirvairam) - free from enmity; शान्तमानसम् (śāntamānasam) - with a peaceful mind; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; मम (mama) - my; सञ्जाता (sañjātā) - arisen; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; अनुक्रोशिनी (anukrośinī) - compassionate; मतिः (matiḥ) - thought;]

(Good-hearted towards all beings, free from enmity, with a peaceful mind; having seen you, in me has arisen a compassionate thought towards you.)

Seeing you, who are good-hearted towards all beings, free from enmity, and with a peaceful mind, a compassionate thought has arisen in me towards you.

नाहमेतादृशं बुद्धं हन्तुमिच्छामि बन्धने। आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मो अनुक्रोशस्तथा त्वयि ॥१२-२२०-१०९॥

nāhametādṛśaṃ buddhaṃ hantumicchāmi bandhane। ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmo anukrośastathā tvayi ॥12-220-109॥

[न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; एतादृशम् (etādṛśam) - such; बुद्धम् (buddham) - wise (one); हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - wish; बन्धने (bandhane) - in bondage; आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṃsyam) - compassion; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; अनुक्रोशः (anukrośaḥ) - pity; तथा (tathā) - likewise; त्वयि (tvayi) - towards you;]

(I do not wish to kill such a wise one in bondage. Compassion is the supreme duty; likewise, pity towards you.)

I do not wish to kill such a wise person who is in bondage. Compassion is the highest duty, and so is pity towards you.

मोक्ष्यन्ते वारुणाः पाशास्तवेमे कालपर्ययात्। प्रजानामपचारेण स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महासुर ॥१२-२२०-११०॥

mokṣyante vāruṇāḥ pāśās taveme kālaparyayāt। prajānāmapacāreṇa svasti te'stu mahāsura ॥12-220-110॥

[मोक्ष्यन्ते (mokṣyante) - are released; (from mokṣa, to release; passive, plural, present) वारुणाः (vāruṇāḥ) - of Varuṇa; (relating to Varuṇa, the deity of cosmic order; nominative plural masculine) पाशाः (pāśāḥ) - bonds; (fetters, snares; nominative plural masculine) तव (tava) - your; (genitive singular of tvam, you) इमे (ime) - these; (nominative plural masculine) कालपर्ययात् (kālaparyayāt) - by lapse of time; (from kāla, time + paryayāt, by change/turn) प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of beings; (genitive plural of prajā, creatures, subjects) अपचारेण (apacāreṇa) - by misconduct; (instrumental singular of apacāra, misconduct, offence) स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; (auspiciousness, welfare) ते (te) - to you; (dative singular of tvam, you) अस्तु (astu) - may it be; (imperative of as, to be) महासुर (mahāsura) - O great asura; (vocative singular, great demon/divine being);]

(Are released the bonds of Varuṇa, these of yours, by lapse of time; by misconduct of beings, well-being to you, O great Asura, may it be.)

The bonds of Varuṇa, these of yours, are released in due course of time; due to the misconduct of beings, may well-being be yours, O great Asura.

यदा श्वश्रूं स्नुषा वृद्धां परिचारेण योक्ष्यते। पुत्रश्च पितरं मोहात्प्रेषयिष्यति कर्मसु ॥१२-२२०-१११॥

yadā śvaśrūṃ snuṣā vṛddhāṃ paricāreṇa yokṣyate। putraś ca pitaraṃ mohāt preṣayiṣyati karmasu ॥12-220-111॥

[यदा (yadā) - when; श्वश्रूं (śvaśrūm) - mother-in-law (accusative singular); स्नुषा (snuṣā) - daughter-in-law (nominative singular); वृद्धां (vṛddhām) - aged; परिचारेण (paricāreṇa) - by service; योक्ष्यते (yokṣyate) - will be engaged; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; च (ca) - and; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father (accusative singular); मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion; प्रेषयिष्यति (preṣayiṣyati) - will send; कर्मसु (karmasu) - to works;]

(When the daughter-in-law will engage the aged mother-in-law in service, and the son, out of delusion, will send the father to works.)

When the daughter-in-law makes the aged mother-in-law serve, and the son, out of delusion, sends his father to work.

ब्राह्मणैः कारयिष्यन्ति वृषलाः पादधावनम्। शूद्राश्च ब्राह्मणीं भार्यामुपयास्यन्ति निर्भयाः ॥१२-२२०-११२॥

brāhmaṇaiḥ kārayiṣyanti vṛṣalāḥ pādadhāvanam। śūdrāś ca brāhmaṇīṃ bhāryām upayāsyanti nirbhayāḥ ॥12-220-112॥

[ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by Brāhmaṇas; कारयिष्यन्ति (kārayiṣyanti) - will cause to be done; वृषलाः (vṛṣalāḥ) - outcastes; पादधावनम् (pādadhāvanam) - washing of the feet; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras; च (ca) - and; ब्राह्मणीं (brāhmaṇīm) - Brāhmaṇa woman; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; उपयास्यन्ति (upayāsyanti) - will approach (for marriage or union); निर्भयाः (nirbhayāḥ) - fearless;]

(Outcastes will cause the Brāhmaṇas to wash their feet. Śūdras, too, will approach the Brāhmaṇa woman as a wife, fearless.)

Outcastes will make Brāhmaṇas wash their feet. Śūdras will also, without fear, take a Brāhmaṇa woman as their wife.

वियोनिषु च बीजानि मोक्ष्यन्ते पुरुषा यदा। सङ्करं कांस्यभाण्डैश्च बलिं चापि कुपात्रकैः ॥१२-२२०-११३॥

viyoniṣu ca bījāni mokṣyante puruṣā yadā। saṅkaraṃ kāṃsyabhāṇḍaiśca baliṃ cāpi kupātrakaiḥ ॥12-220-113॥

[वियोनिषु (viyoniṣu) - in improper wombs; च (ca) - and; बीजानि (bījāni) - seeds; मोक्ष्यन्ते (mokṣyante) - are released; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons; यदा (yadā) - when; सङ्करं (saṅkaraṃ) - confusion (of castes); कांस्यभाण्डैः (kāṃsyabhāṇḍaiḥ) - with bronze vessels; च (ca) - and; बलिं (baliṃ) - offering; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कुपात्रकैः (kupātrakaiḥ) - by unworthy vessels; ॥१२-२२०-११३॥ (॥12-220-113॥) -;]

(In improper wombs and seeds are released when persons, confusion (of castes), with bronze vessels and offering also by unworthy vessels.)

When people are born in improper wombs and seeds are released, there is confusion of castes; offerings are made with bronze vessels and also by unworthy vessels.

चातुर्वर्ण्यं यदा कृत्स्नमुन्मर्यादं भविष्यति। एकैकस्ते तदा पाशः क्रमशः प्रतिमोक्ष्यते ॥१२-२२०-११४॥

cāturvarṇyaṃ yadā kṛtsnam unmaryādaṃ bhaviṣyati। ekaikaste tadā pāśaḥ kramaśaḥ pratimokṣyate ॥12-220-114॥

[चातुर्वर्ण्यम् (cāturvarṇyam) - the fourfold order; (of society); यदा (yadā) - when; (at the time when); कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entirely; wholly; उन्मर्यादम् (unmaryādam) - without boundaries; without limits; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will become; (will be); एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one; every single; ते (te) - of them; (of those); तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; पाशः (pāśaḥ) - bond; fetter; क्रमशः (kramaśaḥ) - successively; in order; प्रतिमोक्ष्यते (pratimokṣyate) - will be released; will be loosened;]

(When the fourfold order (of society) will become entirely without boundaries, then each one of those bonds will be released in order.)

When the fourfold order of society becomes completely without boundaries, then each of those bonds will be successively released.

अस्मत्तस्ते भयं नास्ति समयं प्रतिपालय। सुखी भव निराबाधः स्वस्थचेता निरामयः ॥१२-२२०-११५॥

asmattas te bhayaṃ nāsti samayaṃ pratipālaya। sukhī bhava nirābādhaḥ svasthacetā nirāmayaḥ ॥12-220-115॥

[अस्मत्तः (asmattas) - from us; ते (te) - to you; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; न (na) - not; अस्ति (asti) - is; समयम् (samayam) - agreement; प्रतिपालय (pratipālaya) - observe; सुखी (sukhī) - happy; भव (bhava) - be; निराबाधः (nirābādhaḥ) - free from obstacles; स्वस्थचेताः (svasthacetā) - of sound mind; निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - free from disease;]

(From us to you, there is no fear. Observe the agreement. Be happy, free from obstacles, of sound mind, free from disease.)

You have nothing to fear from us. Keep your agreement. Be happy, free from obstacles, healthy in mind, and free from illness.

तमेवमुक्त्वा भगवाञ्शतक्रतुः; प्रतिप्रयातो गजराजवाहनः। विजित्य सर्वानसुरान्सुराधिपो; ननन्द हर्षेण बभूव चैकराट् ॥१२-२२०-११६॥

tam evam uktvā bhagavāñ śatakratuḥ; pratiprayāto gajarāja-vāhanaḥ. vijitya sarvān asurān surādhipaḥ; nananda harṣeṇa babhūva caikarāṭ. ॥12-220-116॥

[तम् (tam) - him; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra; प्रतिप्रयातः (pratiprayātaḥ) - departed; गजराजवाहनः (gajarāja-vāhanaḥ) - he who has the king of elephants as his vehicle; विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; असुरान् (asurān) - asuras; सुराधिपः (surādhipaḥ) - the lord of the gods; ननन्द (nananda) - rejoiced; हर्षेण (harṣeṇa) - with joy; बभूव (babhūva) - became; च (ca) - and; एकराट् (caikarāṭ) - the sole sovereign;]

(Having thus spoken to him, the venerable Indra, he who has the king of elephants as his vehicle, departed. Having conquered all the asuras, the lord of the gods rejoiced, became filled with joy, and was the sole sovereign.)

After saying this to him, the venerable Indra, riding the king of elephants, departed. Having conquered all the asuras, the lord of the gods rejoiced with great happiness and became the sole ruler.

महर्षयस्तुष्टुवुरञ्जसा च तं; वृषाकपिं सर्वचराचरेश्वरम्। हिमापहो हव्यमुदावहंस्त्वरं; स्तथामृतं चार्पितमीश्वराय ह ॥१२-२२०-११७॥

maharṣayas tuṣṭuvur añjasā ca taṃ; vṛṣākapiṃ sarvacarācāreśvaram। himāpaho havyam udāvahaṃs tvaraṃ; stathāmṛtaṃ cārpitam īśvarāya ha ॥12-220-117॥

[महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages; तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - praised; अञ्जसा (añjasā) - directly; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - him; वृषाकपिं (vṛṣākapiṃ) - Vṛṣākapi (epithet of Hanuman); सर्वचराचरेश्वरम् (sarvacarācāreśvaram) - lord of all moving and unmoving beings; हिमापहः (himāpahaḥ) - remover of snow; हव्यम् (havyam) - offering; उदावहन् (udāvahan) - brought forth; त्वरम् (tvaram) - quickly; स्त (sta) - and; अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar; च (ca) - and; अर्पितम् (arpitam) - offered; ईश्वराय (īśvarāya) - to the Lord; ह (ha) - indeed;]

(Great sages praised him directly and (praised) Vṛṣākapi, the lord of all moving and unmoving beings. The remover of snow quickly brought forth the offering and nectar, and offered (them) to the Lord indeed.)

The great sages directly praised him and Vṛṣākapi, the lord of all beings. The remover of snow quickly brought forth the offering and nectar, and indeed offered them to the Lord.

द्विजोत्तमैः सर्वगतैरभिष्टुतो; विदीप्ततेजा गतमन्युरीश्वरः। प्रशान्तचेता मुदितः स्वमालयं; त्रिविष्टपं प्राप्य मुमोद वासवः ॥१२-२२०-११८॥

dvijottamaiḥ sarvagatair abhiṣṭuto; vidīptatejā gatamanyur īśvaraḥ. praśāntacetā muditaḥ svamālayaṃ; triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya mumoda vāsavaḥ ॥12-220-118॥

[द्विजोत्तमैः (dvijottamaiḥ) - by the best among twice-born; सर्वगतैः (sarvagataiḥ) - by those who are omnipresent; अभिष्टुतः (abhiṣṭutaḥ) - praised; विदीप्ततेजा (vidīptatejā) - having blazing energy; गतमन्युः (gatamanyuḥ) - whose anger had subsided; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the lord; प्रशान्तचेता (praśāntacetā) - with a tranquil mind; मुदितः (muditaḥ) - joyful; स्वमालयं (svamālayaṃ) - his own abode; त्रिविष्टपं (triviṣṭapam) - heaven; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; मुमोद (mumoda) - rejoiced; वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra;]

(Praised by the best among twice-born who are omnipresent, the lord whose anger had subsided and who had blazing energy, with a tranquil mind and joyful, having reached his own abode, heaven, Indra rejoiced.)

Indra, praised by the foremost of the twice-born who are present everywhere, his anger calmed and his energy blazing, joyfully returned to his own abode in heaven and rejoiced.