13.143
कृष्णमाहात्म्यम्
kṛṣṇamāhātmyam
[कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness;]
(Kṛṣṇa greatness.)
The greatness of Kṛṣṇa.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (a proper noun, the name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
ब्राह्मणानर्चसे राजन्सततं संशितव्रतान्। कं तु कर्मोदयं दृष्ट्वा तानर्चसि नराधिप ॥१३-१४३-१॥
brāhmaṇānarcase rājan satataṃ saṃśitavratān। kaṃ tu karmodayaṃ dṛṣṭvā tānarcasi narādhipa ॥13-143-1॥
[ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brāhmaṇas; (accusative plural;) अर्चसे (arcase) - you worship; (second person singular, present) राजन् (rājan) - O king; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; संशितव्रतान् (saṃśitavratān) - those of firm vows; (accusative plural;) कं (kaṃ) - which; whom; तु (tu) - but; कर्मोदयं (karmodayaṃ) - rise of action (performance of ritual act); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तान् (tān) - them (accusative plural); अर्चसि (arcasi) - you worship; (second person singular, present) नराधिप (narādhipa) - lord of men; (O king;);]
(Brāhmaṇas you worship, O king, constantly, those of firm vows. Which but rise of action having seen, them you worship, O lord of men (O king). (13-143-1))
O king, you constantly worship brāhmaṇas who have firm vows. But, having seen which rise of ritual action, whom among them do you worship, O lord of men? (13-143-1)
कां वा ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिं दृष्ट्वा महाव्रत। तानर्चसि महाबाहो सर्वमेतद्वदस्व मे ॥१३-१४३-२॥
kāṁ vā brāhmaṇapūjāyāṁ vyuṣṭiṁ dṛṣṭvā mahāvrata। tānarcasi mahābāho sarvametad vadasva me ॥13-143-2॥
[कां (kāṁ) - which; वा (vā) - or; ब्राह्मणपूजायां (brāhmaṇapūjāyāṁ) - in the worship of brāhmaṇas; व्युष्टिं (vyuṣṭim) - absence (deficiency); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; महाव्रत (mahāvrata) - O great vow (one who has taken great vows); तान् (tān) - them; अर्चसि (arcasi) - do you worship; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; वदस्व (vadasva) - please tell; मे (me) - to me;]
(Which or in the worship of brāhmaṇas, the absence having seen, O great vow, them do you worship, O mighty-armed? All this please tell to me.)
O mighty-armed, having seen what deficiency in the worship of brāhmaṇas, O great vow-bearer, do you worship them? Please tell me all this. (13-143-2)
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (a proper noun, the name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - he said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said;
एष ते केशवः सर्वमाख्यास्यति महामतिः। व्युष्टिं ब्राह्मणपूजायां दृष्टव्युष्टिर्महाव्रतः ॥१३-१४३-३॥
eṣa te keśavaḥ sarvam ākhyāsyati mahāmatiḥ। vyuṣṭiṃ brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ dṛṣṭavyuṣṭir mahāvrataḥ॥13-143-3॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; ते (te) - to you; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आख्यास्यति (ākhyāsyati) - will tell; महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great-minded; व्युष्टिं (vyuṣṭim) - dawn; ब्राह्मणपूजायाम् (brāhmaṇapūjāyām) - in the worship of the Brāhmaṇa; दृष्टव्युष्टिः (dṛṣṭavyuṣṭiḥ) - having seen the dawn; महाव्रतः (mahāvrataḥ) - the great vow-holder;]
(This to you Keśava all will tell, great-minded; the dawn, in the worship of the Brāhmaṇa, having seen the dawn, the great vow-holder.)
This Keśava, great of intellect, will tell you everything; at dawn, during the worship of the Brāhmaṇa, having seen the dawn, the great vow-observer. (13-143-3)
बलं श्रोत्रे वाङ्मनश्चक्षुषी च; ज्ञानं तथा न विशुद्धं ममाद्य। देहन्यासो नातिचिरान्मतो मे; न चातितूर्णं सविताद्य याति ॥१३-१४३-४॥
balaṃ śrotre vāṅ-manaś-cakṣuṣī ca; jñānaṃ tathā na viśuddhaṃ mamādya। dehanyāso nāticirān-mato me; na cātitūrṇaṃ savitādya yāti ॥13-143-4॥
[बलं (balaṃ) - strength; श्रोत्रे (śrotre) - in the ear; वाङ्मनः (vāṅ-manaḥ) - speech-mind; चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - in the eyes; च (ca) - and; ज्ञानं (jñānam) - knowledge; तथा (tathā) - likewise; न (na) - not; विशुद्धं (viśuddham) - pure; मम (mama) - of me; अद्य (adya) - today; देहन्यासः (dehanyāsaḥ) - placement of the body; न (na) - not; अतिचिरात् (aticirāt) - for a very long time; मतः (mataḥ) - considered; मे (me) - by me; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अतितूर्णं (atitūrṇam) - very quickly; सविता (savitā) - the sun; अद्य (adya) - today; याति (yāti) - goes;]
(Strength in the ear, speech-mind, and eyes, and knowledge likewise, is not pure of me today. Placement of the body is not considered by me as (for) a very long time, and the sun also does not go very quickly today.)
Today, my strength in hearing, speech, mind, and vision, as well as my knowledge, is not clear. I do not consider establishing the body to take too long, and the sun too does not travel very quickly today. (13-143-4)
उक्ता धर्मा ये पुराणे महान्तो; ब्राह्मणानां क्षत्रियाणां विशां च। पौराणं ये दण्डमुपासते च; शेषं कृष्णादुपशिक्षस्व पार्थ ॥१३-१४३-५॥
uktā dharmā ye purāṇe mahānto; brāhmaṇānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśāṃ ca. paurāṇaṃ ye daṇḍam-upāsate ca; śeṣaṃ kṛṣṇād-upaśikṣasva pārtha ॥13-143-5॥
[उक्ता (uktā) - spoken; declared; धर्मा (dharmā) - dharmas; duties; ये (ye) - which; who; पुराणे (purāṇe) - in the Purāṇa; in ancient text; महान्तो (mahānto) - great; noble; ब्राह्मणानां (brāhmaṇānāṃ) - of the Brāhmaṇas; क्षत्रियाणां (kṣatriyāṇāṃ) - of the Kṣatriyas; विशां (viśāṃ) - of the Vaiśyas; च (ca) - and; पौराणं (paurāṇaṃ) - of the Purāṇa; ancient; ये (ye) - who; दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - rod; punishment; authority; उपासते (upāsate) - worship; observe; practice; च (ca) - and; शेषं (śeṣaṃ) - the rest; remainder; कृष्णात् (kṛṣṇāt) - from Kṛṣṇa; उपशिक्षस्व (upaśikṣasva) - learn; obtain instruction; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; O Arjuna;]
(Spoken dharmas which in the Purāṇa (are) great (for) Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, and Vaiśyas; ancient who rod (discipline) worship also; the rest from Kṛṣṇa learn, O Pārtha.)
The duties which are declared in the Purāṇa as great for Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, and Vaiśyas, and those who follow the ancient discipline, O Pārtha, the rest learn from Kṛṣṇa. (13-143-5)
अहं ह्येनं वेद्मि तत्त्वेन कृष्णं; योऽयं हि यच्चास्य बलं पुराणम्। अमेयात्मा केशवः कौरवेन्द्र; सोऽयं धर्मं वक्ष्यति संशयेषु ॥१३-१४३-६॥
ahaṃ hyenaṃ vedmi tattvena kṛṣṇaṃ; yo'yaṃ hi yaccāsya balaṃ purāṇam। ameyātmā keśavaḥ kauravendra; so'yaṃ dharmaṃ vakṣyati saṃśayeṣu ॥13-143-6॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; हि (hi) - indeed; एनम् (enam) - this (person); वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know; तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa; यः (yaḥ) - who; अयम् (ayam) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; यत् (yat) - what; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; बलम् (balam) - strength; पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - of immeasurable soul; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava; कौरवेन्द्र (kauravendra) - O chief of the Kauravas; सः (saḥ) - he; अयम् (ayam) - this (person); धर्मम् (dharmaṃ) - dharma; वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will declare; संशयेषु (saṃśayeṣu) - in doubts;]
(I indeed know this Kṛṣṇa in truth; who indeed he is and also what his ancient strength is. The one of immeasurable soul, Keśava—this one, O chief of the Kauravas, will declare dharma in (times of) doubts.)
I truly know this Kṛṣṇa, who he is, and the ancientness of his strength. Keśava, whose soul is immeasurable—he will declare dharma in times of doubt, O chief of the Kauravas. (13-143-6)
कृष्णः पृथ्वीमसृजत्खं दिवं च; वराहोऽयं भीमबलः पुराणः। अस्य चाधोऽथान्तरिक्षं दिवं च; दिशश्चतस्रः प्रदिशश्चतस्रः ॥ सृष्टिस्तथैवेयमनुप्रसूता; स निर्ममे विश्वमिदं पुराणम् ॥१३-१४३-७॥
kṛṣṇaḥ pṛthvīmasṛjat khaṃ divaṃ ca; varāho'yaṃ bhīmabalaḥ purāṇaḥ. asya cādho'thāntarikṣaṃ divaṃ ca; diśaś catasraḥ pradiśaś catasraḥ ॥ sṛṣṭis tathaiveyam anuprasūtā; sa nirmame viśvam idaṃ purāṇam ॥13-143-7॥
[कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; (the one who is dark/black; a name of Viṣṇu); पृथ्वीम् (pṛthvīm) - earth (accusative singular); असृजत् (asṛjat) - created; (he sent forth; expelled); खं (khaṃ) - sky; ether; दिवं (divaṃ) - heaven; (sky, atmosphere); च (ca) - and; वराहः (varāhaḥ) - boar; (incarnation of Viṣṇu); अयम् (ayam) - this; भीमबलः (bhīmabalaḥ) - of terrible strength; पुराणः (purāṇaḥ) - ancient; (primeval); अस्य (asya) - of this; च (ca) - and; अधः (adhaḥ) - below; downward; अथ (atha) - then; also; अन्तरिक्षं (antarikṣaṃ) - atmosphere; midspace; दिवं (divaṃ) - heaven; (sky, atmosphere); च (ca) - and; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; quarters; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four (feminine); प्रदिशः (pradiśaḥ) - sub-directions; intermediate directions; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four (feminine); सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation; तथा (tathā) - thus; in this way; एव (eva) - indeed; just so; इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine); अनुप्रसूता (anuprasūtā) - subsequently produced; born after; स (sa) - he; निर्ममे (nirmame) - created; fashioned; विश्वम् (viśvam) - universe; all; इदं (idaṃ) - this; पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient; primeval;]
(Kṛṣṇa created the earth, the sky, and heaven; this boar of terrible strength, the ancient one. And of this, below and then the atmosphere and heaven; four directions and four sub-directions. Thus this creation indeed has been subsequently produced; he created this ancient universe.)
Kṛṣṇa created the earth, the sky, and heaven; this boar of immense strength, the ancient one. And for this, beneath is the nether region, then the atmosphere and heaven; there are four directions and four intermediate directions. Thus, this creation has arisen in just this way; he fashioned this ancient universe. (13-143-7)
अस्य नाभ्यां पुष्करं सम्प्रसूतं; यत्रोत्पन्नः स्वयमेवामितौजाः। येनाच्छिन्नं तत्तमः पार्थ घोरं; यत्तत्तिष्ठत्यर्णवं तर्जयानम् ॥१३-१४३-८॥
asya nābhyāṃ puṣkaraṃ samprasūtaṃ; yatrotpannaḥ svayamevāmitaujāḥ। yenāchinnaṃ tattamaḥ pārtha ghoraṃ; yattattiṣṭhatyarṇavaṃ tarjayānam ॥13-143-8॥
[अस्य (asya) - of this; नाभ्यां (nābhyām) - from the navel; पुष्करं (puṣkaram) - lotus; सम्प्रसूतं (samprasūtam) - completely sprung up; यत्र (yatra) - where; उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - born; स्वयमेव (svayameva) - by himself only; अमितौजाः (amitaujāḥ) - of immeasurable energy; येन (yena) - by whom; आच्छिन्नं (āchinnaṃ) - has been cut off; तत्तमः (tattamaḥ) - that darkness; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; घोरं (ghoram) - terrible; यत् (yat) - which; तत्तिष्ठति (tattiṣṭhati) - that remains; अर्णवं (arṇavam) - ocean; तर्जयानम् (tarjayānam) - threatening (or frightening);]
(From his navel the lotus is completely sprung up; where was born by himself indeed one of immeasurable energy. By whom that terrible darkness, O Pārtha, has been cut off; which that ocean threatening remains.)
From his navel arose a lotus, on which was born, by himself alone, one of immeasurable energy. By whom that terrible darkness, O Pārtha, was dispelled; and there remains that ocean, fearsome and formidable. (13-143-8)
कृते युगे धर्म आसीत्समग्र; स्त्रेताकाले ज्ञानमनुप्रपन्नः। बलं त्वासीद्द्वापरे पार्थ कृष्णः; कलावधर्मः क्षितिमाजगाम ॥१३-१४३-९॥
kṛte yuge dharma āsītsamagra; stretākāle jñānam anuprapannaḥ। balaṁ tv āsīd dvāpare pārtha kṛṣṇaḥ; kalāvadharmaḥ kṣitim ājagāma ॥13-143-9॥
[कृते युगे (kṛte yuge) - in the Kṛta Yuga; in the age called Kṛta; धर्म (dharma) - righteousness; law; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; समग्र (samagra) - entire; complete; स्त्रेताकाले (stretākāle) - in the Tretā age; at the time called Tretā; ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge; अनुप्रपन्नः (anuprapannaḥ) - was attained; बलम् (balaṁ) - strength; तु (tu) - but; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; द्वापरे (dvāpare) - in Dvāpara (age); पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; Arjuna; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness; क्षितिम् (kṣitim) - earth; आजगाम (ājagāma) - came; arrived;]
(In the Kṛta Yuga, righteousness was complete; in the Tretā age, knowledge was attained. But in the Dvāpara, O Pārtha, strength was; in the Kali age, unrighteousness came to earth.)
In the Kṛta Yuga, righteousness was complete; in the Tretā Yuga, knowledge prevailed. In the Dvāpara Yuga, O Pārtha, strength was dominant; but in the Kali Yuga, unrighteousness descended upon the earth. (13-143-9)
स पूर्वदेवो निजघान दैत्या; न्स पूर्वदेवश्च बभूव सम्राट्। स भूतानां भावनो भूतभव्यः; स विश्वस्यास्य जगतश्चापि गोप्ता ॥१३-१४३-१०॥
sa pūrvadevo nijaghāna daityān; sa pūrvadevaś ca babhūva samrāṭ। sa bhūtānāṃ bhāvano bhūtabhavyaḥ; sa viśvasyāsya jagataś cāpi goptā॥13-143-10॥
[स (sa) - he; पूर्वदेवः (pūrvadevaḥ) - the ancient god; निजघान (nijaghāna) - slew; दैत्यान् (daityān) - demons; सः (saḥ) - he; पूर्वदेवः (pūrvadevaḥ) - the ancient god; च (ca) - and; बभूव (babhūva) - became; सम्राट् (samrāṭ) - sovereign; सः (saḥ) - he; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; भावनः (bhāvanaḥ) - producer; भूतभव्यः (bhūtabhavyaḥ) - of the past and future; सः (saḥ) - he; विश्वस्य (viśvasya) - of the universe; अस्य (asya) - this; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; गोप्ता (goptā) - protector; ॥१३-१४३-१०॥ (॥13-143-10॥) -;]
(He the ancient god slew demons; he the ancient god and became sovereign. He of beings producer of past and future; he of the universe of this world and also protector.)
He, the ancient god, slew the demons; he, the ancient god, also became the sovereign. He is the creator of beings, the lord of past and future; he is also the guardian of this world and all the universe. (13-143-10)
यदा धर्मो ग्लायति वै सुराणां; तदा कृष्णो जायते मानुषेषु। धर्मे स्थित्वा स तु वै भावितात्मा; परांश्च लोकानपरांश्च याति ॥१३-१४३-११॥
yadā dharmo glāyati vai surāṇāṃ; tadā kṛṣṇo jāyate mānuṣeṣu. dharme sthitvā sa tu vai bhāvitātmā; parāṃś ca lokān aparāṃś ca yāti ॥13-143-11॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; ग्लायति (glāyati) - declines; वै (vai) - indeed; सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods; तदा (tadā) - then; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; जायते (jāyate) - is born; मानुषेषु (mānuṣeṣu) - among men; धर्मे (dharme) - in dharma; स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having abided; सः (saḥ) - he; तु (tu) - but; वै (vai) - indeed; भावितात्मा (bhāvitātmā) - possessing a purified self; परान् (parān) - higher (worlds); च (ca) - and; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अपरान् (aparān) - lower (worlds); च (ca) - and; याति (yāti) - he attains;]
(When dharma indeed declines of the gods, then Kṛṣṇa is born among men. In dharma having abided, he but indeed, possessing a purified self, both higher worlds and lower worlds he attains.)
Whenever dharma of the gods declines, then Kṛṣṇa is born among men. Abiding in dharma, he, possessing a purified self, attains both the higher and the lower worlds. (13-143-11)
त्याज्यांस्त्यक्त्वाथासुराणां वधाय; कार्याकार्ये कारणं चैव पार्थ। कृतं करिष्यत्क्रियते च देवो; मुहुः सोमं विद्धि च शक्रमेतम् ॥१३-१४३-१२॥
tyājyāṃstyaktvāthāsurāṇāṃ vadhāya; kāryākārye kāraṇaṃ caiva pārtha. kṛtaṃ kariṣyatkriyate ca devo; muhuḥ somaṃ viddhi ca śakrametam ॥13-143-12॥
[त्याज्यान् (tyājyān) - those to be abandoned; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; अथ (atha) - then; असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the asuras (demons); वधाय (vadhāya) - for the killing; कार्याकार्ये (kāryākārye) - in (matters of) what should be done and not done; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna); कृतम् (kṛtam) - what is done; करिष्यत् (kariṣyat) - what will be done; क्रियते (kriyate) - what is being done; च (ca) - and; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again; सोमम् (somaṃ) - Soma; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; च (ca) - and; शक्रम् (śakram) - Śakra (Indra); एतम् (etam) - this;]
(Having abandoned those to be abandoned, then, for the killing of the asuras; in what should and should not be done, the cause indeed—O Pārtha!—what is done, what will be done, what is being done also, the god, again and again; Soma know, and this Śakra.)
O Pārtha, having given up those who should be abandoned, for the destruction of the asuras: in matters of what should and should not be done, the true cause, indeed, is the god—everything done, to be done, or being done happens through him; know Soma and this Śakra to be the same. (13-143-12)
स विश्वकर्मा स च विश्वरूपः; स विश्वभृद्विश्वसृग्विश्वजिच्च। स शूलभृच्छोणितभृत्कराल; स्तं कर्मभिर्विदितं वै स्तुवन्ति ॥१३-१४३-१३॥
sa viśvakarmā sa ca viśvarūpaḥ; sa viśvabhṛd-viśvasṛg-viśvajic ca. sa śūlabhṛc choṇitabhṛt-karāla; staṃ karmabhir viditaṃ vai stuvanti ॥13-143-13॥
[स (sa) - he; विश्वकर्मा (viśvakarmā) - all-doer; स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; विश्वरूपः (viśvarūpaḥ) - having all forms; स (sa) - he; विश्वभृत् (viśvabhṛt) - supporter of all; विश्वसृक् (viśvasṛk) - creator of all; विश्वजित् (viśvajit) - conqueror of all; च (ca) - and; स (sa) - he; शूलभृत् (śūlabhṛt) - bearer of the trident; शोणितभृत् (śoṇitabhṛt) - bearer of blood; कराल (karāla) - terrible; स्तम् (staṃ) - him; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; विदितम् (viditam) - known; वै (vai) - indeed; स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise;]
(He all-doer, he and having all forms; he supporter of all, creator of all, and conqueror of all. He bearer of trident, bearer of blood, terrible; him, known by actions, indeed, they praise (13-143-13))
He is the all-doer, he is also of all forms; he is the supporter, creator, and conqueror of all. He is the wielder of the trident, the bearer of blood, the fearsome one; him, known by his deeds, they indeed praise. (13-143-13)
तं गन्धर्वा अप्सरसश्च नित्य; मुपतिष्ठन्ते विबुधानां शतानि। तं राक्षसाश्च परिसंवहन्ते; रायस्पोषः स विजिगीषुरेकः ॥१३-१४३-१४॥
taṁ gandharvā apsarasaś ca nitya; mupatiṣṭhante vibudhānāṁ śatāni। taṁ rākṣasāś ca parisaṁvahante; rāyaspoṣaḥ sa vijigīṣur ekaḥ ॥13-143-14॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; गन्धर्वा (gandharvā) - Gandharvas; अप्सरसश्च (apsarasaś ca) - and Apsarases; नित्य (nitya) - always; मुपतिष्ठन्ते (mupatiṣṭhante) - (they) attend on; विबुधानां (vibudhānāṁ) - of the gods; शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds; तं (taṁ) - him; राक्षसाश्च (rākṣasāś ca) - and Rākṣasas; परिसंवहन्ते (parisaṁvahante) - (they) massage all around; रायस्पोषः (rāyaspoṣaḥ) - prosperity (of wealth); स (sa) - he; विजिगीषुरेकः (vijigīṣur ekaḥ) - alone desirous of victory;]
(Him Gandharvas and Apsarases always attend; of the gods hundreds. Him and Rākṣasas all around massage; prosperity of wealth—he (who is) alone desirous of victory.)
The Gandharvas and Apsarases always attend upon him; hundreds of the gods serve him. The Rākṣasas also massage him on all sides; he, alone, full of prosperity and eager for victory. (13-143-14)
तमध्वरे शंसितारः स्तुवन्ति; रथन्तरे सामगाश्च स्तुवन्ति। तं ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्ममन्त्रैः स्तुवन्ति; तस्मै हविरध्वर्यवः कल्पयन्ति ॥१३-१४३-१५॥
tam adhvare śaṁsitāraḥ stuvanti; rathantare sāmagāś ca stuvanti. taṁ brāhmaṇā brahmamantraiḥ stuvanti; tasmai havir adhvaryavaḥ kalpayanti ॥13-143-15॥
[तमध्वरे (tam adhvare) - him in the sacrifice; शंसितारः (śaṁsitāraḥ) - praisers; स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise; रथन्तरे (rathantare) - in the Rathantara (melody); सामगाश्च (sāmagāś ca) - and singers of Sāma Veda; स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise; तं (taṁ) - him; ब्राह्मणा (brāhmaṇā) - Brāhmaṇas; ब्रह्ममन्त्रैः (brahmamantraiḥ) - with brahman mantras; स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; हविरध्वर्यवः (havis adhvaryavaḥ) - oblation Adhvaryu priests; कल्पयन्ति (kalpayanti) - they prepare;]
(Him in the sacrifice praisers praise; in the Rathantara, the Sāma singers also praise. Him the Brāhmaṇas with brahman mantras praise; to him, the Adhvaryu priests prepare the oblation.)
The praisers glorify him at the sacrifice; in the Rathantara melody, the singers of the Sāma Veda praise him too. The Brāhmaṇas extol him with brahman mantras; the Adhvaryu priests offer him the oblation. (13-143-15)
स पौराणीं ब्रह्मगुहां प्रविष्टो; महीसत्रं भारताग्रे ददर्श। स चैव गामुद्दधाराग्र्यकर्मा; विक्षोभ्य दैत्यानुरगान्दानवांश्च ॥१३-१४३-१६॥
sa paurāṇīṃ brahmaguhāṃ praviṣṭo; mahīsatraṃ bhāratāgre dadarśa. sa caiva gāmuddadhā rāgryakarmā; vikṣobhya daityānuragān dānavāṃś ca ॥13-143-16॥
[स (sa) - he; पौराणीं (paurāṇīm) - ancient; ब्रह्मगुहां (brahmaguhām) - the cave of Brahman; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - having entered; महीसत्रं (mahīsatram) - great sacrifice on earth; भारताग्रे (bhāratāgre) - at the forefront of India; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; स (sa) - he; चैव (caiva) - and indeed; गाम् (gām) - the earth; उद्दधार (uddadhāra) - he uplifted; अग्र्यकर्मा (agryakarmā) - of excellent deeds; विक्षोभ्य (vikṣobhya) - after having agitated; दैत्यान् (daityān) - the Daityas; अनुरगान् (anuragān) - those attached (in affection); दानवान् (dānavān) - the Dānavas; च (ca) - and;]
(He, having entered the ancient cave of Brahman, saw the great sacrifice on earth at the forefront of India. He, indeed of excellent deeds, uplifted the earth, having agitated the Daityas, those attached (in affection), and the Dānavas.)
Having entered the ancient cave of Brahman, he saw the great sacrifice at the forefront of India. And he, of excellent deeds, uplifted the earth after stirring up the Daityas, those devoted (to her), and the Dānavas. (13-143-16)
तस्य भक्षान्विविधान्वेदयन्ति; तमेवाजौ वाहनं वेदयन्ति। तस्यान्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिवं च; सर्वं वशे तिष्ठति शाश्वतस्य ॥१३-१४३-१७॥
tasya bhakṣān vividhān vedayanti; tam eva ājau vāhanam vedayanti. tasya antarikṣam pṛthivī divaṃ ca; sarvaṃ vaśe tiṣṭhati śāśvatasya ॥13-143-17॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - foods; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; वेदयन्ति (vedayanti) - cause to be known (offer); तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - alone; आजौ (ājau) - in a battle; वाहनम् (vāhanam) - vehicle; वेदयन्ति (vedayanti) - present; तस्य (tasya) - of him; अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - the mid-space; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; दिवम् (divam) - heaven; च (ca) - and; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; वशे (vaśe) - under control; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains; शाश्वतस्य (śāśvatasya) - of the eternal;]
(Of him, various foods they offer; him alone in battle as vehicle they present. Of him, the mid-space, earth, and heaven also; all under control remains of the eternal.)
They offer various kinds of food to him; they present him alone as a vehicle in battle. The mid-space, the earth, and even heaven—everything remains under the control of the Eternal One. (13-143-17)
स कुम्भरेताः ससृजे पुराणं; यत्रोत्पन्नमृषिमाहुर्वसिष्ठम्। स मातरिश्वा विभुरश्ववाजी; स रश्मिमान्सविता चादिदेवः ॥१३-१४३-१८॥
sa kumbharetaḥ sasṛje purāṇaṃ; yatrātpannamṛṣimāhurvasiṣṭham। sa mātarishvā vibhuraśvavājī; sa raśmimānsavitā cādidevaḥ ॥13-143-18॥
[स (sa) - he; कुम्भरेताः (kumbharetaḥ) - whose seed (retaḥ) was in a pot (kumbha); ससृजे (sasṛje) - created; पुराणं (purāṇam) - ancient; यत्र (yatra) - where; उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - produced; born; ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage; आहु: (āhuḥ) - they call; वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - Vasiṣṭha; स (sa) - he; मातरिश्वा (mātariśvā) - Mātariśvan; विभु: (vibhuḥ) - pervading; mighty; अश्ववाजी (aśvavājī) - having horse as vehicle; स (sa) - he; रश्मिमान् (raśmimān) - possessed of rays; सविता (savitā) - Savitṛ (the Sun); च (ca) - and; आदिदेवः (ādidevaḥ) - the primordial god;]
(He whose seed was in a pot created the ancient (being); where the sage whom they call Vasiṣṭha was produced. He is Mātariśvan, pervading, horse-vehicled; he is possessed of rays, Savitṛ, and the primordial god. (13-143-18))
He whose seed was placed in a pot created the ancient being, from whom was born the sage whom they call Vasiṣṭha. He is Mātariśvan, the pervading one with the horse as his vehicle; he is the radiant Savitṛ and the primeval god. (13-143-18)
तेनासुरा विजिताः सर्व एव; तस्य विक्रान्तैर्विजितानीह त्रीणि। स देवानां मानुषाणां पितॄणां; तमेवाहुर्यज्ञविदां वितानम् ॥१३-१४३-१९॥
tenāsurā vijitāḥ sarva eva; tasya vikrāntair vijitāni iha trīṇi. sa devānām mānuṣāṇām pitṝṇām; tam eva āhuḥ yajñavidām vitānam ||13-143-19||
[तेन (tena) - by him; असुराः (asurāḥ) - demons; विजिताः (vijitāḥ) - conquered; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; तस्य (tasya) - of him; विक्रान्तैः (vikrāntaiḥ) - by (his) heroic deeds; विजितानि (vijitāni) - are conquered; इह (iha) - here; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; सः (saḥ) - he; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of men; पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors; तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - indeed; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; यज्ञविदाम् (yajñavidām) - of the knowers of sacrifice; वितानम् (vitānam) - spreader;]
(By him the demons all indeed conquered; of him by heroic deeds three (are) conquered here. He (is) of the gods, of men, of the ancestors; him indeed they say (he is) the spreader of the knowers of sacrifice.)
By him, all the demons were indeed conquered; by his heroic deeds, three (worlds) are conquered here. He is (the lord) of the gods, men, and ancestors; him alone the knowers of sacrifice declare as the spreader (upholder) (of sacrifice). (13-143-19)
स एव कालं विभजन्नुदेति; तस्योत्तरं दक्षिणं चायने द्वे। तस्यैवोर्ध्वं तिर्यगधश्चरन्ति; गभस्तयो मेदिनीं तापयन्तः ॥१३-१४३-२०॥
sa eva kālaṁ vibhajannudeti; tasyottaraṁ dakṣiṇaṁ cāyane dve. tasyaivordhvaṁ tiryagadhashcaranti; gabhastayo medinīṁ tāpayantaḥ ॥13-143-20॥
[स (sa) - he; (that one); एव (eva) - indeed; verily; कालं (kālam) - time; (period); विभजन् (vibhajan) - dividing; (apportioning); उदEti (udeti) - ascends; rises; तस्य (tasya) - of him; of it; उत्तरं (uttaram) - northern; दक्षिणं (dakṣiṇam) - southern; च (ca) - and; अयने (ayane) - courses; (paths; solstices); द्वे (dve) - two; तस्य एव (tasya eva) - of him indeed; ऊर्ध्वं (ūrdhvam) - upwards; above; तिर्यक् (tiryak) - across; horizontally; अधः (adhaḥ) - below; downward; चरन्ति (caranti) - move; go; wander; गभस्तयः (gabhastayaḥ) - rays (of light); मेदिनीं (medinīm) - the earth; तापयन्तः (tāpayantaḥ) - warming; heating;]
(He indeed, dividing time, rises; of him (there are) two courses, northern and southern. Of him indeed, above, across, below, move (the) rays, warming the earth.)
He alone, dividing time, rises; he has two courses — northern and southern. His rays move above, across, and below, warming the earth. (13-143-20)
तं ब्राह्मणा वेदविदो जुषन्ति; तस्यादित्यो भामुपयुज्य भाति। स मासि मास्यध्वरकृद्विधत्ते; तमध्वरे वेदविदः पठन्ति ॥१३-१४३-२१॥
taṁ brāhmaṇā vedavido juṣanti; tasyādityo bhām-upayujya bhāti. sa māsi māsyadhvarakṛd-vidhatte; tam adhvare vedavidaḥ paṭhanti ॥13-143-21॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; (that one;) ब्राह्मणा (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; (Brahmin priests;) वेदविदः (vedavidaḥ) - knowers of the Veda; (those who know Veda;) जुषन्ति (juṣanti) - enjoy; (accept, revere;) तस्य (tasya) - of him; (of that;) आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the Sun; (the sun;) भाम् (bhām) - radiance; (light;) उपयुज्य (upayujya) - having used; (having appropriated;) भाति (bhāti) - shines; (appears;) सः (saḥ) - he; (that one;) मासि मासि (māsi māsi) - in every month; (month by month;) अध्वरकृत् (adhvarakṛt) - performer of sacrifice; (he who does the ritual;) विधत्ते (vidhatte) - arranges; (assigns;) तम् (tam) - him; (that one;) अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice; (in the ritual;) वेदविदः (vedavidaḥ) - knowers of the Veda; (those who know Veda;) पठन्ति (paṭhanti) - recite; (read aloud;) १३-१४३-२१ (13-143-21) - (verse number;);]
(Him Brāhmaṇas, knowers of the Veda, enjoy; of him, the Sun, having appropriated radiance, shines. He, month by month, the performer of sacrifice arranges; him, in the ritual, knowers of the Veda recite. (13-143-21))
Brāhmaṇas, who know the Veda, revere him; the Sun, having taken his radiance, shines. Month by month, the performer of sacrifice arranges for him; in the ritual, the knowers of the Veda recite him. (13-143-21)
स एकयुक्चक्रमिदं त्रिनाभि; सप्ताश्वयुक्तं वहते वै त्रिधामा। महातेजाः सर्वगः सर्वसिंहः; कृष्णो लोकान्धारयते तथैकः ॥ अश्नन्ननश्नंश्च तथैव धीरः; कृष्णं सदा पार्थ कर्तारमेहि ॥१३-१४३-२२॥
sa ekayukcakram idaṃ trinābhi; saptāśvayuktaṃ vahate vai tridhāmā. mahātejāḥ sarvagaḥ sarvasiṃhaḥ; kṛṣṇo lokān dhārayate tathaikaḥ || aśnann anaśnaṃś ca tathaiva dhīraḥ; kṛṣṇaṃ sadā pārtha kartāram ehi ||13-143-22||
[स (sa) - he; एकयुक्चक्रम् (ekayukcakram) - with one yoked wheel; इदं (idaṃ) - this; त्रिनाभि (trinābhi) - having three naves (hubs); सप्ताश्वयुक्तं (saptāśvayuktaṃ) - yoked with seven horses; वहते (vahate) - bears; वै (vai) - indeed; त्रिधामा (tridhāmā) - having three abodes; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - possessing great brilliance; सर्वगः (sarvagaḥ) - all-pervading; सर्वसिंहः (sarvasiṃhaḥ) - lion among all; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds; धारयते (dhārayate) - upholds; तथ (tatha) - thus; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; अश्नन् (aśnan) - eating; अनश्नन् (anaśnan) - not eating; च (ca) - and; तथैव (tathaiva) - in like manner; धीरः (dhīraḥ) - the wise; कृष्णं (kṛṣṇaṃ) - Kṛṣṇa; सदा (sadā) - always; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna); कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer; एहि (ehi) - approach;]
(He, with one yoked wheel, this (chariot) having three naves, yoked with seven horses, bears indeed, having three abodes. Possessing great brilliance, all-pervading, the lion among all, Kṛṣṇa upholds the worlds thus alone. Eating and not eating, in like manner, the wise (should) always approach Kṛṣṇa, O Pārtha, as the doer.)
He with a single-yoked wheel, this one of three naves, drawn by seven horses, moves on having three abodes. Endowed with great brilliance, pervading all, lion of all, Kṛṣṇa alone upholds the worlds. Whether eating or not eating, likewise the wise should always, O Pārtha, approach Kṛṣṇa as the doer. (13-143-22)
स एकदा कक्षगतो महात्मा; तृप्तो विभुः खाण्डवे धूमकेतुः। स राक्षसानुरगांश्चावजित्य; सर्वत्रगः सर्वमग्नौ जुहोति ॥१३-१४३-२३॥
sa ekadā kakṣagato mahātmā; tṛpto vibhuḥ khāṇḍave dhūmaketuḥ. sa rākṣasānuragāṃścāvajitya; sarvatragaḥ sarvamagnau juhoti ॥13-143-23॥
[स (sa) - he; एकदा (ekadā) - once; कक्षगतः (kakṣagataḥ) - entered the enclosure (or forest); महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled; तृप्तः (tṛptaḥ) - satisfied; विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the all-pervader; खाण्डवे (khāṇḍave) - in Khāṇḍava (forest); धूमकेतुः (dhūmaketuḥ) - Dhūmaketu (the Fire-god); स (sa) - he; राक्षसानुरगान् (rākṣasānuragān) - those favored by Rākṣasas; च (ca) - and; अवजित्य (avajit-ya) - having conquered; सर्वत्रगः (sarvatragaḥ) - the one who goes everywhere; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अग्नौ (agnau) - into the fire; जुहोति (juhoti) - offers (oblations);]
(He once, entered the enclosure, the great-souled, satisfied, the all-pervader, in Khāṇḍava, Dhūmaketu. He, having conquered those favored by Rākṣasas and, the one who goes everywhere, offers all into the fire.)
Once, Dhūmaketu, the great-souled Fire-god, having entered the Khāṇḍava forest, being satisfied and all-pervading, after conquering all those favored by the Rākṣasas, offered everything into the fire. (13-143-23)
स एवाश्वः श्वेतमश्वं प्रयच्छ; त्स एवाश्वानथ सर्वांश्चकार। त्रिवन्धुरस्तस्य रथस्त्रिचक्र; स्त्रिवृच्छिराश्चतुरस्रश्च तस्य ॥१३-१४३-२४॥
sa evāśvaḥ śvetam aśvaṃ prayaccha; tsa evāśvān atha sarvāṃś cakāra. trivandhuraḥ tasya rathaḥ tricakraḥ; trivṛtśirāḥ caturasraś ca tasya ॥13-143-24॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; एव (eva) - indeed; अश्वः (aśvaḥ) - the horse; श्वेतम् (śvetam) - white; अश्वम् (aśvam) - horse; प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give; त्सः (tsaḥ) - he (tatsandhi after semicolon); एव (eva) - indeed; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses (accusative plural); अथ (atha) - then; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; चकार (cakāra) - made; त्रिवन्धुरः (trivandhuraḥ) - having three yokes; तस्य (tasya) - his; रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; त्रिचक्रः (tricakraḥ) - three-wheeled; त्रिवृत्-शिराः (trivṛt-śirāḥ) - having three heads (front parts); चतुरस्रः (caturasraḥ) - quadrangular; च (ca) - and; तस्य (tasya) - his;]
(He indeed, the horse, give the white horse; he indeed then made all the horses. His chariot is with three yokes, three wheels; having three fronts and being quadrangular is his.)
He himself, as the horse, gave the white horse; he himself then created all the horses. His chariot had three yokes, three wheels; with three fronts and quadrangular was his. (13-143-24)
स विहायो व्यदधात्पञ्चनाभिः; स निर्ममे गां दिवमन्तरिक्षम्। एवं रम्यानसृजत्पर्वतांश्च; हृषीकेशोऽमितदीप्ताग्नितेजाः ॥१३-१४३-२५॥
sa vihāyo vyadadhāt pañcanābhiḥ; sa nirmame gāṃ divam antarikṣam। evaṃ ramyān asṛjat parvatāṃś ca; hṛṣīkeśo'mitadīptāgnitejāḥ ॥13-143-25॥
[स (sa) - he; विहायो (vihāyaḥ) - vihāya (having cast off) + yaḥ (who); व्यदधात् (vyadadhāt) - he made; he established; पञ्चनाभिः (pañcanābhiḥ) - with five spokes; (pañca - five; nābhi - spoke; instrumental plural); स (sa) - he; निर्ममे (nirmame) - he created; he formed; गाम् (gām) - the earth; दिवम् (divam) - the heaven; अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - the mid-space; एवम् (evam) - thus; रम्यान् (ramyān) - beautiful; असृजत् (asṛjat) - he created; पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains; च (ca) - and; हृषीकेशः (hṛṣīkeśaḥ) - Hṛṣīkeśa (epithet of Viṣṇu); अमितदीप्ताग्नितेजाः (amitadīptāgnitejāḥ) - whose radiance is like unlimited blazing fire;]
(He, having cast off, made with five spokes; he created the earth, the heaven, the mid-space. Thus, the beautiful mountains also he created; Hṛṣīkeśa, whose radiance is like unlimited blazing fire (13-143-25))
He, having cast away, formed with five spokes; he created the earth, heaven, and the mid-space. In this way he also created the beautiful mountains—Hṛṣīkeśa, whose radiance is like a limitless blazing fire. (13-143-25)
स लङ्घयन्वै सरितो जिघांस; न्स तं वज्रं प्रहरन्तं निरास। स महेन्द्रः स्तूयते वै महाध्वरे; विप्रैरेको ऋक्सहस्रैः पुराणैः ॥१३-१४३-२६॥
sa laṅghayan vai sarito jighāṁsa; nsa taṁ vajraṁ praharan taṁ nirāsa. sa mahendraḥ stūyate vai mahādhvare; viprair eko ṛk-sahasraiḥ purāṇaiḥ ॥13-143-26॥
[स (sa) - he; लङ्घयन् (laṅghayan) - crossing; वै (vai) - indeed; सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers; जिघांसन् (jighāṁsan) - wishing to slay; स (sa) - he; तं (taṁ) - him; वज्रम् (vajram) - thunderbolt; प्रहरन्तं (praharantam) - striking; निरास (nirāsa) - repelled; स (sa) - he; महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - Mahendra (the great Indra); स्तूयते (stūyate) - is praised; वै (vai) - indeed; महाध्वरे (mahādhvare) - in the great sacrifice; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by the sages; एकः (ekaḥ) - solely; ऋक्सहस्रैः (ṛk-sahasraiḥ) - by thousands of Ṛg (hymns); पुराणैः (purāṇaiḥ) - ancient;]
(He, indeed crossing rivers, wishing to slay, he repelled him striking with the thunderbolt. That great Indra is praised, indeed, in the great sacrifice by the sages alone, with thousands of ancient Ṛk (hymns). (13-143-26))
He, while crossing the rivers and wishing to slay, repelled him who was striking with the thunderbolt. That great Indra is indeed praised by the sages alone in the great sacrifice, with thousands of ancient Ṛk hymns. (13-143-26)
दुर्वासा वै तेन नान्येन शक्यो; गृहे राजन्वासयितुं महौजाः। तमेवाहुरृषिमेकं पुराणं; स विश्वकृद्विदधात्यात्मभावान् ॥१३-१४३-२७॥
durvāsā vai tena nānyena śakyo; gṛhe rājan vāsayituṃ mahaujāḥ। tam evāhur ṛṣim ekaṃ purāṇam; sa viśvakṛd vidadhāty ātmabhāvān ॥13-143-27॥
[दुर्वासा (durvāsā) - Durvāsā (proper noun, name of a sage); वै (vai) - indeed; truly; तेन (tena) - by him; न (na) - not; अन्येन (anyena) - by another; by anyone else; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house; राजन् (rājan) - O king; वासयितुं (vāsayitum) - to be made to stay; to lodge; महौजाः (mahaujāḥ) - of great energy; mighty; तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - indeed; only; आहुः (āhuḥ) - (they) say; ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage; एकम् (ekam) - one; unique; पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient; सः (saḥ) - he; विश्वकृत् (viśvakṛt) - creator of all; maker of the universe; विधधाति (vidadhāti) - arranges; bestows; assigns; आत्मभावान् (ātmabhāvān) - states of beings; own forms; states of existence;]
(Durvāsā indeed by him, not by another, is possible in the house, O king, to be made to stay, mighty. Him only (they) say sage, one, ancient. He, creator of all, arranges the states of beings.)
O king, only he of great energy can have Durvāsā stay in his house; no one else can do so. That ancient sage, whom they declare to be unique, himself the creator of all, arranges the states of beings. (13-143-27)
वेदांश्च यो वेदयतेऽधिदेवो; विधींश्च यश्चाश्रयते पुराणान्। कामे वेदे लौकिके यत्फलं च; विष्वक्सेने सर्वमेतत्प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-२८॥
vedāṃś ca yo vedayate'dhidevo; vidhīṃś ca yaś cāśrayate purāṇān. kāme vede laukike yat phalaṃ ca; viṣvaksene sarvam etat pratīhi ॥13-143-28॥
[वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; वेदयते (vedayate) - knows; अधिदेवः (adhidevaḥ) - the presiding deity; विधीन् (vidhīn) - rites; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; आश्रयते (āśrayate) - resorts to; पुराणान् (purāṇān) - the Purāṇas; कामे (kāme) - in desire; वेदे (vede) - in the Veda; लौकिके (laukike) - in the worldly; यत् (yat) - whatever; फलं (phalaṃ) - fruit; च (ca) - and; विष्वक्सेने (viṣvaksene) - O Viṣvaksena; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - understand;]
(And he who knows the Vedas, the presiding deity; and he who resorts to the rites and the Purāṇas; whatever fruit is (obtained) in desire, in the Veda, in the worldly (sphere), and O Viṣvaksena, all this understand.)
O Viṣvaksena, know and understand all this: whoever knows the Vedas (the presiding deity), whoever resorts to rites and Purāṇas, and whatever fruit in desire, in the Veda, and in the world—know all this.
ज्योतींषि शुक्लानि च सर्वलोके; त्रयो लोका लोकपालास्त्रयश्च। त्रयोऽग्नयो व्याहृतयश्च तिस्रः; सर्वे देवा देवकीपुत्र एव ॥१३-१४३-२९॥
jyotīṁṣi śuklāni ca sarvaloke; trayo lokā lokapālāstrayaśca। trayo'gnayo vyāhṛtayaśca tisraḥ; sarve devā devakīputra eva ॥13-143-29॥
[ज्योतींषि (jyotīṁṣi) - lights; शुक्लानि (śuklāni) - bright; च (ca) - and; सर्वलोके (sarvaloke) - in all worlds; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; लोकपालाः (lokapālāḥ) - protectors of the worlds; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; च (ca) - and; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - fires; व्याहृतयः (vyāhṛtayaḥ) - vyāhṛtis; च (ca) - and; तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three; सर्वे (sarve) - all; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; देवकीपुत्रः (devakīputraḥ) - son of Devakī; एव (eva) - indeed;]
(Lights bright and in all worlds; three worlds, protectors of worlds three and; three fires, vyāhṛtis and three; all gods the son of Devakī indeed.)
The bright lights in all worlds, the three worlds, the three guardians of the worlds, the three fires, and the three vyāhṛtis—indeed, all these gods are the son of Devakī. (13-143-29)
संवत्सरः स ऋतुः सोऽर्धमासः; सोऽहोरात्रः स कला वै स काष्ठाः। मात्रा मुहूर्ताश्च लवाः क्षणाश्च; विष्वक्सेने सर्वमेतत्प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-३०॥
saṁvatsaraḥ sa ṛtuḥ so'rdhamāsaḥ; so'horātraḥ sa kalā vai sa kāṣṭhāḥ. mātrā muhūrtāś ca lavāḥ kṣaṇāś ca; viṣvaksene sarvam etat pratīhi ॥13-143-30॥
[संवत्सरः (saṁvatsaraḥ) - year; स (sa) - he; ऋतुः (ṛtuḥ) - season; सः (saḥ) - he; अर्धमासः (ardhamāsaḥ) - half-month; सः (saḥ) - he; अहोरात्रः (ahorātraḥ) - day-and-night; स (sa) - he; कला (kalā) - part; वै (vai) - indeed; स (sa) - he; काष्ठाः (kāṣṭhāḥ) - time-divisions; मात्रा (mātrā) - measure; मुहूर्ताः (muhūrtāḥ) - muhurtas; च (ca) - and; लवाः (lavāḥ) - instants; क्षणाः (kṣaṇāḥ) - moments; च (ca) - and; विष्वक्सेने (viṣvaksene) - O Viṣvaksena; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - know;]
(Year, he, season, he, half-month, he, day-and-night, he, part, indeed, he, time-divisions; measure, muhurtas and instants, moments and; O Viṣvaksena, all this know.)
O Viṣvaksena, know that the year is he, the season is he, the half-month is he, the day-and-night is he, the part is indeed he, the time-divisions are he; measures, muhurtas and instants and moments—all this is he. (13-143-30)
चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहनक्षत्रताराः; सर्वाणि दर्शान्यथ पौर्णमास्यः। नक्षत्रयोगा ऋतवश्च पार्थ; विष्वक्सेनात्सर्वमेतत्प्रसूतम् ॥१३-१४३-३१॥
candrādityau grahanakṣatratārāḥ; sarvāṇi darśānyatha paurṇamāsyaḥ. nakṣatrayogā ṛtavaśca pārtha; viṣvaksenātsarvametatprasūtam ॥13-143-31॥
[चन्द्रादित्यौ (candrādityau) - moon and sun; ग्रहनक्षत्रताराः (grahanakṣatratārāḥ) - planets, constellations, stars; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; दर्शान्यथ (darśānyatha) - new moon sacrifices and also; पौर्णमास्यः (paurṇamāsyaḥ) - full moon sacrifices; नक्षत्रयोगाः (nakṣatrayogāḥ) - junctions of constellations; ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons; च (ca) - and; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; विष्वक्सेनात् (viṣvaksenāt) - from Viṣvaksena; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रसूतम् (prasūtam) - is produced;]
(moon and sun; planets, constellations, stars; all new moon sacrifices and also full moon sacrifices; junctions of constellations, seasons and O Pārtha; from Viṣvaksena all this is produced.)
O Pārtha, the moon and sun, planets, constellations, stars, all new and full moon sacrifices, the conjunctions of constellations and the seasons — all this is produced from Viṣvaksena. (13-143-31)
रुद्रादित्या वसवोऽथाश्विनौ च; साध्या विश्वे मरुतां षड्गणाश्च। प्रजापतिर्देवमातादितिश्च; सर्वे कृष्णादृषयश्चैव सप्त ॥१३-१४३-३२॥
rudrādityā vasavo’thāśvinau ca; sādhyā viśve marutāṃ ṣaḍgaṇāś ca. prajāpatis devamātāditis ca; sarve kṛṣṇā dṛṣayaś caiva sapta ॥13-143-32॥
[रुद्र-अदित्या (rudra-adityā) - Rudras and Ādityas; वसवः (vasavaḥ) - Vasus; अथ (atha) - then; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - Aśvins; च (ca) - and; साध्याः (sādhyāḥ) - Sādhyas; विश्वे (viśve) - Viśvas; मरुतां षट्-गणाः (marutāṃ ṣaṭ-gaṇāḥ) - six classes of Maruts; च (ca) - and; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati; देवमाता अदितिः (devamātā aditiḥ) - Aditi the mother of gods; च (ca) - and; सर्वे (sarve) - all; कृष्णाः ऋषयः (kṛṣṇāḥ ṛṣayaḥ) - Krishna sages; च एव (ca eva) - and indeed; सप्त (sapta) - seven;]
(Rudras and Ādityas, Vasus, then Aśvins and; Sādhyas, Viśvas, six groups of Maruts and; Prajāpati, Aditi the mother of gods and; all the dark sages indeed seven (in number).)
The Rudras and Ādityas, the Vasus, then the Aśvins; the Sādhyas, Viśvas, and the six classes of Maruts; Prajāpati, Aditi the mother of the gods; and all seven of the Krishna sages as well. (13-143-32)
वायुर्भूत्वा विक्षिपते च विश्व; मग्निर्भूत्वा दहते विश्वरूपः। आपो भूत्वा मज्जयते च सर्वं; ब्रह्मा भूत्वा सृजते विश्वसङ्घान् ॥१३-१४३-३३॥
vāyur bhūtvā vikṣipate ca viśva; magnir bhūtvā dahate viśvarūpaḥ. āpo bhūtvā majjayate ca sarvaṃ; brahmā bhūtvā sṛjate viśvasaṅghān ॥13-143-33॥
[वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; विक्षिपते (vikṣipate) - scatters; च (ca) - and; विश्व (viśva) - the universe; मग्निः (magniḥ) - fire; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; दहते (dahate) - burns; विश्वरूपः (viśvarūpaḥ) - the one of universal form; आपः (āpaḥ) - waters; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; मज्जयते (majjayate) - makes to sink; च (ca) - and; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; सृजते (sṛjate) - creates; विश्वसङ्घान् (viśvasaṅghān) - all the world groups;]
(Having become the wind, he scatters the universe; having become fire, the one of universal form burns; having become waters, he makes all sink; having become Brahmā, he creates all the world groups.)
Becoming the wind, he scatters the universe; as fire, the all-formed one burns; as water, he submerges everything; as Brahmā, he creates the worlds. (13-143-33)
वेद्यं च यद्वेदयते च वेदा; न्विधिश्च यश्चाश्रयते विधेयान्। धर्मे च वेदे च बले च सर्वं; चराचरं केशवं त्वं प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-३४॥
vedyaṃ ca yad vedayate ca vedāḥ; nvidhiś ca yaś cāśrayate vidheyān. dharme ca vede ca bale ca sarvaṃ; carācaraṃ keśavaṃ tvaṃ pratīhi ॥13-143-34॥
[वेद्यं (vedyam) - that which is to be known; च (ca) - and; यत् (yat) - which; वेदयते (vedayate) - makes known; च (ca) - and; वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas; नु (nu) - indeed; विधिः (vidhiḥ) - ritual injunction; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; आश्रयते (āśrayate) - depends on; विधेयान् (vidheyān) - that which is to be enjoined; धर्मे (dharme) - in dharma; च (ca) - and; वेदे (vede) - in the Veda; च (ca) - and; बले (bale) - in strength; च (ca) - and; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; चराचरं (carācaram) - the moving and unmoving; केशवम् (keśavam) - Keśava; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - perceive;]
(That which is to be known and which the Vedas make known, and the ritual injunction, and who depends on that which is to be enjoined. In dharma, in the Veda, and in strength, all the moving and unmoving—Keśava, you perceive.)
That which is to be known, which the Vedas reveal, the ritual injunction and that which relies on what is enjoined—in dharma, in the Veda, in strength, all that is moving and unmoving, O Keśava, you comprehend all of it. (13-143-34)
ज्योतिर्भूतः परमोऽसौ पुरस्ता; त्प्रकाशयन्प्रभया विश्वरूपः। अपः सृष्ट्वा ह्यात्मभूरात्मयोनिः; पुराकरोत्सर्वमेवाथ विश्वम् ॥१३-१४३-३५॥
jyotirbhūtaḥ paramo'sau purastāt prakāśayan prabhayā viśvarūpaḥ| apaḥ sṛṣṭvā hyātmabhūr ātmayonih purākarot sarvam evātha viśvam॥13-143-35॥
[ज्योतिर्भूतः (jyotirbhūtaḥ) - having become light; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; असौ (asau) - that (being); पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front; at first; प्रकाशयन् (prakāśayan) - illuminating; प्रभया (prabhayā) - by radiance; विश्वरूपः (viśvarūpaḥ) - of universal form; अपः (apaḥ) - waters; सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created; हि (hi) - indeed; आत्मभूः (ātmabhūḥ) - self-born; आत्मयोनिः (ātmayoniḥ) - having self as origin; पुरा (purā) - formerly; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; made; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; अथ (atha) - then; विश्वम् (viśvam) - universe;]
(Having become light, the supreme (being), that (one) at first, illuminating with radiance, of universal form, having created waters indeed, self-born, of self as origin, formerly did all indeed, then (created) the universe.)
That supreme being, having become light and appearing first, illuminating with his radiance, and of universal form, indeed created the waters—he, self-born and self-originated, formerly made all this and then the entire universe. (13-143-35)
ऋतूनुत्पातान्विविधान्यद्भुतानि; मेघान्विद्युत्सर्वमैरावतं च। सर्वं कृष्णात्स्थावरं जङ्गमं च; विश्वाख्याताद्विष्णुमेनं प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-३६॥
ṛtūnutpātān vividhāny adbhutāni; meghān vidyut sarvam airāvataṁ ca। sarvaṁ kṛṣṇāt sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ ca; viśvākhyātād viṣṇum enaṁ pratīhi॥13-143-36॥
[ऋतून् (ṛtūn) - seasons; उत्पातान् (utpātān) - portents; विविधानि (vividhāni) - various; अद्भुतानि (adbhutāni) - wondrous things; मेघान् (meghān) - clouds; विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; ऐरावतम् (airāvatam) - Airāvata; च (ca) - and; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; कृष्णात् (kṛṣṇāt) - from Kṛṣṇa; स्थावरम् (sthāvaram) - the stationary; जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - the moving; च (ca) - and; विश्वाख्यातात् (viśvākhyātāt) - from the renowned-in-the-world; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Viṣṇu; एनम् (enam) - this; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - perceive;]
(seasons; portents; various; wondrous things; clouds; lightning; all; Airāvata; and; all; from Kṛṣṇa; the stationary; the moving; and; from the renowned-in-the-world; Viṣṇu; this; perceive.)
Perceive seasons, portents, various wondrous things, clouds, lightning, everything, Airāvata and all that is stationary and moving from Kṛṣṇa—perceive this Viṣṇu who is renowned in the world. (13-143-36)
विश्वावासं निर्गुणं वासुदेवं; सङ्कर्षणं जीवभूतं वदन्ति। ततः प्रद्युम्नमनिरुद्धं चतुर्थ; माज्ञापयत्यात्मयोनिर्महात्मा ॥१३-१४३-३७॥
viśvāvāsaṃ nirguṇaṃ vāsudevaṃ; saṅkarṣaṇaṃ jīvabhūtaṃ vadanti. tataḥ pradyumnam aniruddhaṃ caturtha; mājñāpayaty ātmayonir mahātmā ॥13-143-37॥
[विश्वावासं (viśvāvāsam) - one who is abode of all; (viśva - all; āvāsa - dwelling;) निर्गुणं (nirguṇam) - devoid of qualities; वासुदेवं (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva; (son of Vasudeva;) सङ्कर्षणं (saṅkarṣaṇam) - Saṅkarṣaṇa; (another name of Balarāma;) जीवभूतं (jīvabhūtam) - consisting of living being; (jīva - living; bhūta - being;) वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; प्रद्युम्नम् (pradyumnam) - Pradyumna; अनिरुद्धं (aniruddham) - Aniruddha; चतुर्थ (caturtha) - the fourth; माज्ञापयति (mājñāpayati) - orders; commands; आत्मयोनिः (ātmayoniḥ) - self-born; (Brahmā; ātma - self; yoni - origin;) महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul;]
(One who is the abode of all, devoid of qualities, Vāsudeva; Saṅkarṣaṇa, consisting of living being, they say. Thereafter, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, the fourth, self-born, great soul, commands.)
They say that Vāsudeva, the abode of all and devoid of qualities, is followed by Saṅkarṣaṇa, who constitutes the living being; then come Pradyumna and Aniruddha as the third and fourth. The self-born great soul commands thus. (13-143-37)
स पञ्चधा पञ्चजनोपपन्नं; सञ्चोदयन्विश्वमिदं सिसृक्षुः। ततश्चकारावनिमारुतौ च; खं ज्योतिरापश्च तथैव पार्थ ॥१३-१४३-३८॥
sa pañcadhā pañcajanopapannaṃ; sañcodayan viśvam idaṃ sisṛkṣuḥ. tataś cakārāvanim ārutau ca; khaṃ jyotir āpaś ca tathaiva pārtha ॥13-143-38॥
[स (sa) - he;, पञ्चधा (pañcadhā) - into five forms;, पञ्चजन-उपपन्नं (pañcajana-upapannaṃ) - endowed with five beings;, सञ्चोदयन् (sañcodayan) - impelling;, विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe;, इदं (idaṃ) - this;, सिसृक्षुः (sisṛkṣuḥ) - wishing to create;, ततः (tataḥ) - then;, चकार (cakāra) - made;, आवनिम् (āvanim) - earth;, आरतौ (ārutau) - and air;, च (ca) - and;, खं (khaṃ) - space;, ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light;, आपः (āpaḥ) - waters;, च (ca) - and;, तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise;, पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna);]
(He, into five forms, endowed with five beings, impelling this universe, wishing to create. Then he made earth and air, and space, light, and waters likewise, O Pārtha.)
He, wishing to create this universe, divided it into five forms endowed with five beings. Then, O Pārtha, he made earth, air, space, light, and waters likewise. (13-143-38)
स स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैवमेत; च्चतुर्विधं लोकमिमं च कृत्वा। ततो भूमिं व्यदधात्पञ्चबीजां; द्यौः पृथिव्यां धास्यति भूरि वारि ॥ तेन विश्वं कृतमेतद्धि राज; न्स जीवयत्यात्मनैवात्मयोनिः ॥१३-१४३-३९॥
sa sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caivameta; caturvidhaṃ lokamimaṃ ca kṛtvā. tato bhūmiṃ vyadadhātpañca-bījāṃ; dyauḥ pṛthivyāṃ dhāsyati bhūri vāri ॥ tena viśvaṃ kṛtametaddhi rājan; sa jīvatyātmanaivātmayoniḥ ॥13-143-39॥
[स (sa) - he;},{ स्थावरं (sthāvaram) - immobile;},{ जङ्गमं (jaṅgamam) - mobile;},{ च (ca) - and;},{ एव (eva) - indeed;},{ अमेत (amet(a)) - this;},{ चतुर्विधं (caturvidham) - fourfold;},{ लोकम् (lokam) - world;},{ इमं (imaṃ) - this;},{ च (ca) - and;},{ कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made;},{ ततः (tataḥ) - then;},{ भूमिं (bhūmiṃ) - earth;},{ व्यदधात् (vyadadhāt) - established;},{ पञ्चबीजां (pañca-bījām) - with five seeds;},{ द्यौः (dyauḥ) - heaven;},{ पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on earth;},{ धास्यति (dhāsyati) - will place;},{ भूरि (bhūri) - much;},{ वारि (vāri) - water;},{ तेन (tena) - by him;},{ विश्वं (viśvam) - universe;},{ कृतम् (kṛtam) - created;},{ एतत् (etat) - this;},{ हि (hi) - indeed;},{ राजन् (rājan) - O king;},{ स (sa) - he;},{ जीवयति (jīvaty(a)) - gives life;},{ आत्मना (ātmanā) - by himself;},{ एव (eva) - indeed;},{ आत्मयोनिः (ātmayoniḥ) - self-born;]
(He, having made this fourfold world, both immobile and mobile, then established the earth with five seeds. Heaven will place abundant water on the earth. By him, O king, indeed, this universe was created. That self-born one himself gives life by himself.)
He created this fourfold world, consisting of both immobile and mobile beings, established the earth with five seeds, and heaven will send abundant water onto the earth. By him, O king, this universe has been created, and the self-born one himself gives it life. (13-143-39)
ततो देवानसुरान्मानुषांश्च; लोकानृषींश्चाथ पितॄन्प्रजाश्च। समासेन विविधान्प्राणिलोका; न्सर्वान्सदा भूतपतिः सिसृक्षुः ॥१३-१४३-४०॥
tato devānasurān mānuṣāṁś ca; lokān ṛṣīṁś cātha pitṝn prajāś ca. samāsena vividhān prāṇilokān sarvān sadā bhūtapatiḥ sisṛkṣuḥ ॥13-143-40॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवान् (devān) - gods; असुरान् (asurān) - asuras (demons); मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - men; च (ca) - and; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; ऋषींश्च (ṛṣīṁś ca) - and sages; अथ (atha) - and then; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors; प्रजाश्च (prajāś ca) - and beings; समासेन (samāsena) - summarily; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; प्राणिलोकान् (prāṇilokān) - worlds of living beings; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सदा (sadā) - always; भूतपतिः (bhūtapatiḥ) - lord of beings; सिसृक्षुः (sisṛkṣuḥ) - desiring to create;]
(Then gods, asuras, men, and also worlds and sages, and then ancestors and beings; concisely, various worlds of living beings, all—always the lord of beings desiring to create.)
Then, desiring to create, the lord of beings (bhūtapatiḥ) always (sadā) created all—the gods, asuras, men, sages, ancestors, beings, and various worlds of living beings (prāṇilokān)—summarily (samāsena). (13-143-40)
शुभाशुभं स्थावरं जङ्गमं च; विष्वक्सेनात्सर्वमेतत्प्रतीहि। यद्वर्तते यच्च भविष्यतीह; सर्वमेतत्केशवं त्वं प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-४१॥
śubhāśubhaṁ sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ ca; viṣvaksenātsarvametatpratīhi। yadvartate yacca bhaviṣyatīha; sarvametatkeśavaṁ tvaṁ pratīhi ॥13-143-41॥
[शुभाशुभं (śubhāśubham) - auspicious inauspicious; स्थावरं (sthāvaram) - immobile; जङ्गमं (jaṅgamam) - mobile; च (ca) - and; विष्वक्सेनात् (viṣvaksenāt) - from Viṣvaksena; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - know; यद् (yad) - which; वर्तते (vartate) - exists; यच्च (yacca) - and which; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; इह (iha) - here; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; केशवं (keśavam) - Keśava; त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - know;]
(Auspicious inauspicious, immobile, mobile and; all this from Viṣvaksena know. Which exists and which will be here; all this Keśava you know. (13-143-41))
Know that all things, whether auspicious or inauspicious, immobile or mobile, come from Viṣvaksena. Whatever exists here and whatever will exist hereafter—know all this is Keśava, you. (13-143-41)
मृत्युश्चैव प्राणिनामन्तकाले; साक्षात्कृष्णः शाश्वतो धर्मवाहः। भूतं च यच्चेह न विद्म किं चि; द्विष्वक्सेनात्सर्वमेतत्प्रतीहि ॥१३-१४३-४२॥
mṛtyuścaiva prāṇināmantakāle; sākṣātkṛṣṇaḥ śāśvato dharmavāhaḥ। bhūtaṃ ca yaccēha na vidma kiṃ ci; dviṣvaksenātsarvametatpratīhi ॥13-143-42॥
[मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of the living beings; अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the last time; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; धर्मवाहः (dharmavāhaḥ) - bearer of dharma; भूतम् (bhūtam) - that which has existed; च (ca) - and; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; इह (iha) - here; न (na) - not; विद्म (vidma) - we know; किं चित् (kiṃ cit) - anything; द्विष्वक्सेनात् (dviṣvaksenāt) - from Dviṣvaksena (name of Kṛṣṇa); सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रतीहि (pratīhi) - you must understand;]
(Death and indeed, at the last time of living beings; directly Kṛṣṇa, eternal bearer of dharma. That which has existed and which here we know not anything; from Dviṣvaksena (Kṛṣṇa), all this you must understand.)
Death at the last moment of living beings is verily Kṛṣṇa himself, the eternal bearer of dharma. Whatever has existed, and whatever here we do not know—understand all this as coming from Dviṣvaksena (Kṛṣṇa). (13-143-42)
यत्प्रशस्तं च लोकेषु पुण्यं यच्च शुभाशुभम्। तत्सर्वं केशवोऽचिन्त्यो विपरीतमतो भवेत् ॥१३-१४३-४३॥
yat praśastaṃ ca lokeṣu puṇyaṃ yac ca śubhāśubham। tat sarvaṃ keśavo'cintyo viparītam ato bhavet ॥13-143-43॥
[यत् (yat) - which; प्रशस्तं (praśastam) - praised; च (ca) - and; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in worlds; पुण्यं (puṇyam) - merit; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - auspicious and inauspicious; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वं (sarvam) - all; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava; अचिन्त्यः (acintyaḥ) - inconceivable; विपरीतम् (viparītam) - the reverse; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be;]
(Which is praised and in worlds merit, and which auspicious and inauspicious; all that, Keśava (the inconceivable one), may be the reverse, therefore.)
Whatever is praised or virtuous or considered auspicious or inauspicious in the worlds, all that, in the case of the inconceivable Keśava, may be the reverse. (13-143-43)
एतादृशः केशवोऽयं स्वयम्भू; र्नारायणः परमश्चाव्ययश्च। मध्यं चास्य जगतस्तस्थुषश्च; सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रभवश्चाप्ययश्च ॥१३-१४३-४४॥
etādṛśaḥ keśavo'yaṃ svayambhūr nārāyaṇaḥ paramaś cāvyayaś ca. madhyaṃ cāsya jagatas tasthuṣaś ca; sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavaś cāpyayaś ca ॥13-143-44॥
[एतादृशः (etādṛśaḥ) - such as this; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava; अयम् (ayam) - this; स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - self-born; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; च (ca) - and; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - imperishable; च (ca) - and; मध्यम् (madhyam) - the center; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - of this; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; तस्थुषः (tasthuṣaḥ) - of all that stands (exists); च (ca) - and; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin; च (ca) - and; अप्ययः (apyayaḥ) - dissolution; च (ca) - and;]
(Such as this Keśava, this self-born, Nārāyaṇa, supreme and imperishable, and the center of this world and of all that stands; the origin and the dissolution of all beings.)
Such is Keśava, this self-born Nārāyaṇa, the supreme, the imperishable, the center of the world and all that exists; he is the origin and the dissolution of all beings. (13-143-44)
