Vishnu Takes the Boar Form and Slays the Danavas

Verse 1 (12.208.1)

पितामह महाप्राज्ञ युधि सत्यपराक्रम । श्रोतुमिच्छामि कार्त्स्न्येन कृष्णमव्ययमीश्वरम् ॥

pitāmaha mahāprājña yudhi satyaparākrama | śrotumicchāmi kārtsnyena kṛṣṇamavyayamīśvaram

Grandfather, you of great wisdom, steadfast in valor in battle, I wish to hear in full about Krishna, the imperishable Lord.

Note on the text: Corrected वृष्णम् → कृष्णम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.202.1c reads kṛṣṇam avyayam īśvaram).

Verse 2 (12.208.2)

यच्चास्य तेजः सुमहद्यच्च कर्म पुरा कृतम् । तन्मे सर्वं यथातत्त्वं ब्रूहि त्वं पुरुषर्षभ ॥

yaccāsya tejaḥ sumahadyacca karma purā kṛtam | tanme sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ brūhi tvaṃ puruṣarṣabha

Tell me all of it just as it truly is, O best of men: his great splendor, and the deed he did in ancient times.

Verse 3 (12.208.3)

तिर्यग्योनिगतो रूपं कथं धारितवान्प्रभुः । केन कार्यनिसर्गेण तमाख्याहि महाबल ॥

tiryagyonigato rūpaṃ kathaṃ dhāritavānprabhuḥ | kena kāryanisargeṇa tamākhyāhi mahābala

How did the Lord take on a form born of an animal? For what purpose and undertaking was it? Tell me that, O mighty one.

Verse 4 (12.208.4)

पुराऽहं मृगयां यातो मार्कण्डेयाश्रमे स्थितः । तत्रापश्यं मुनिगणान्समासीनान्सहस्रशः ॥

purā'haṃ mṛgayāṃ yāto mārkaṇḍeyāśrame sthitaḥ | tatrāpaśyaṃ munigaṇānsamāsīnānsahasraśaḥ

Long ago I went hunting and stayed at the hermitage of Markandeya. There I saw thousands of sages seated together.

Verse 5 (12.208.5)

ततस्ते मधुपर्केण पूजां चक्रुरथो मयि । प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां प्रत्यनन्दमृषीनहम् ॥

tataste madhuparkeṇa pūjāṃ cakruratho mayi | pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ pratyanandamṛṣīnaham

Then they honored me with the madhuparka offering, and having received that honor, I greeted the sages in return.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.202.5c): Wikisource printed the end of line 1 (चक्रुरथो मयि) again in place of the end of line 2; line 2 now reads प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां प्रत्यनन्दमृषीनहम्.

Verse 6 (12.208.6)

कथैषा कथिता तत्र कश्यपेन महर्षिणा । मनः प्रह्लादिनीं दिव्यां तामिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥

kathaiṣā kathitā tatra kaśyapena maharṣiṇā | manaḥ prahlādinīṃ divyāṃ tāmihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

There the great sage Kashyapa told this tale, divine and delighting the mind. Listen to it here with a single mind.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रह्वादिनीं → प्रह्लादिनीं (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.202.6c reads prahlādinīṃ).

Verse 7 (12.208.7)

पुरा दानवमुख्या हि क्रोधलोभसमन्विताः । बलेन मत्ताः शतशो नरकाद्या महासुराः ॥

purā dānavamukhyā hi krodhalobhasamanvitāḥ | balena mattāḥ śataśo narakādyā mahāsurāḥ

Long ago the chief Danavas, filled with anger and greed and drunk with strength, hundreds of great asuras led by Naraka,

Verse 8 (12.208.8)

तथैव चान्ये बहवो दानवा युद्धदुर्मदाः । न सहन्ते स्म देवानां समृद्धिं तामनुत्तमाम् ॥

tathaiva cānye bahavo dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ | na sahante sma devānāṃ samṛddhiṃ tāmanuttamām

and many other Danavas besides, wild in battle, could not bear the unsurpassed prosperity of the gods.

Verse 9 (12.208.9)

नरकाद्या महाघोरा हिरण्याक्षमुपाश्रिताः । उद्योगं परमं चक्रुर्देवानां निग्रहे तदा ॥

narakādyā mahāghorā hiraṇyākṣamupāśritāḥ | udyogaṃ paramaṃ cakrurdevānāṃ nigrahe tadā

Naraka and the rest, dreadful ones, took refuge with Hiranyaksha, and then made their utmost effort to subdue the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.8d*0551 (lines 01–02). Corrected नराकाद्या → नरकाद्या (misprint in Wikisource; CE reads narakādyā) and removed a stray opening backtick (wiki mark).

Verse 10 (12.208.10)

नियुतं वत्सराणां तु वायुभक्षोऽभवत्तदा । हिरण्याक्षो महारौद्रो लेभे देवात्पितामहात् । वरानचिन्त्यानतुलाञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

niyutaṃ vatsarāṇāṃ tu vāyubhakṣo'bhavattadā | hiraṇyākṣo mahāraudro lebhe devātpitāmahāt | varānacintyānatulāñśataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

For a niyuta of years Hiranyaksha, most terrible, lived on air alone, and from the god, the Grandfather, he won boons beyond thought and beyond measure, in hundreds and in thousands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.8d*0551 (lines 03–05). Removed a stray closing apostrophe (wiki mark).

Verse 11 (12.208.11)

दानवैरर्द्यमानास्तु देवा देवर्षयस्तथा । न शर्म लेभिरे राजन्क्लिश्यमानास्ततस्ततः ॥

dānavairardyamānāstu devā devarṣayastathā | na śarma lebhire rājankliśyamānāstatastataḥ

Tormented by the Danavas, the gods and the divine sages found no peace, O king, harassed on every side.

Verse 12 (12.208.12)

पृथिवीमार्तरूपां ते समपश्यन्दिवौकसः । दानवैरभिसंकीर्णां घोररूपैर्महाबलैः । भारार्तामप्रहृष्टां च दुःखितां संनिमज्जतीम् ॥

pṛthivīmārtarūpāṃ te samapaśyandivaukasaḥ | dānavairabhisaṃkīrṇāṃ ghorarūpairmahābalaiḥ | bhārārtāmaprahṛṣṭāṃ ca duḥkhitāṃ saṃnimajjatīm

The dwellers in heaven saw the Earth in distress, crowded with fearsome, mighty Danavas, weighed down, joyless, sorrowing and sinking.

Verse 13 (12.208.13)

गृहीत्वा पृथिवी देवी पाताले न्यवसत्तदा । ततस्त्रैलोक्यमखिलं निरोषधिगणान्वितम् । निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारमभूत्सर्वं समन्ततः ॥

gṛhītvā pṛthivī devī pātāle nyavasattadā | tatastrailokyamakhilaṃ niroṣadhigaṇānvitam | niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāramabhūtsarvaṃ samantataḥ

Seized, the goddess Earth then lived in Patala. Then all the three worlds, deprived of their hosts of herbs, were everywhere without Vedic recitation and without the vashat call.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.10f*0552 (lines 01–03). Removed stray quote marks (wiki marks).

Verse 14 (12.208.14)

अथादितेयाः संत्रस्ता ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रुवन् । कथं शक्ष्यामहे ब्रह्मन्दानवैरभिमर्दनम् ॥

athāditeyāḥ saṃtrastā brahmāṇamidamabruvan | kathaṃ śakṣyāmahe brahmandānavairabhimardanam

Then the sons of Aditi, terrified, said this to Brahma: "How, O Brahman, shall we bear being crushed by the Danavas?"

Verse 15 (12.208.15)

हिरण्याक्षेण भगवन्गृहीतेयं वसुन्धरा । न शक्ष्यामो वयं तत्र प्रवेष्टुं जलदुर्गमम् ॥

hiraṇyākṣeṇa bhagavangṛhīteyaṃ vasundharā | na śakṣyāmo vayaṃ tatra praveṣṭuṃ jaladurgamam

"Lord, Hiranyaksha has seized this Earth. We cannot enter there, for the waters make it impassable."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.11d*0553 (lines 01–02). Removed a stray opening backtick (wiki mark). The gods' speech carries on from verse 14; no speaker heading is printed, and the input gave it to Bhishma.

Verse 16 (12.208.16)

तानाह भगवान्ब्रह्मा मुनिरेव प्रसाद्यताम् । अगस्त्योऽसौ महातेजाः पातु तज्जलमञ्जसा ॥

tānāha bhagavānbrahmā munireva prasādyatām | agastyo'sau mahātejāḥ pātu tajjalamañjasā

Lord Brahma said to them: "Let the sage alone be propitiated. Let the greatly radiant Agastya swiftly drink up that water."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.11d*0553 (lines 03–04).

Verse 17 (12.208.17)

तथेति चोक्त्वा ते देवा मुनिमूचुर्मुदान्विताः । त्रायस्व लोकान्विप्रर्षे जलमेतत्क्षयं नय ॥

tatheti coktvā te devā munimūcurmudānvitāḥ | trāyasva lokānviprarṣe jalametatkṣayaṃ naya

Saying "So be it," the gods, filled with joy, said to the sage: "Save the worlds, O brahmin sage; bring this water to its end."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.11d*0553 (lines 05–06).

Verse 18 (12.208.18)

तथेति चोक्त्वा भगवान्कालानलसमद्युतिः । ध्यायञ्जलादनिवहं स क्षणेन पपौ जलम् ॥

tatheti coktvā bhagavānkālānalasamadyutiḥ | dhyāyañjalādanivahaṃ sa kṣaṇena papau jalam

Saying "So be it," the Lord, radiant as the fire of dissolution, collecting his thought, drank the whole mass of water in a moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.11d*0553 (lines 07–08).

Verse 19 (12.208.19)

शोषिते तु समुद्रे च देवाः सर्षिपुरोगमाः । ब्रह्माणं प्रणिपत्योचुर्मुनिना शोषितं जलम् । इति भूयः समाचक्ष्व किं करिष्यामहे विभो ॥

śoṣite tu samudre ca devāḥ sarṣipurogamāḥ | brahmāṇaṃ praṇipatyocurmuninā śoṣitaṃ jalam | iti bhūyaḥ samācakṣva kiṃ kariṣyāmahe vibho

When the ocean had been drained, the gods with the sages at their head bowed to Brahma and said: "The sage has drunk up the water. Tell us further, Lord, what we are to do."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.11d*0553 (lines 09–11).

Verse 20 (12.208.20)

स्वयंभूस्तानुवाचेदं निसृष्टोऽत्र विधिर्मया ॥

svayaṃbhūstānuvācedaṃ nisṛṣṭo'tra vidhirmayā

The Self-born said to them: "The means has been laid down here by me."

Note on the text: Line is 12.202.12a; the CE's line 12c opens the next verse.

Verse 21 (12.208.21)

ते वरेणाभिसंपन्ना बलेन च मदेन च । नावबुद्ध्यन्ति संमूढा विष्णुमव्यक्तदर्शनम् । वराहरूपिणं देवमधृष्यममरैरपि ॥

te vareṇābhisaṃpannā balena ca madena ca | nāvabuddhyanti saṃmūḍhā viṣṇumavyaktadarśanam | varāharūpiṇaṃ devamadhṛṣyamamarairapi

"Made arrogant by their boon, by their strength and by their pride, those deluded ones do not recognize Vishnu, whose form is unseen, the god in the form of a boar, whom even the immortals cannot overcome.

Note on the text: Lines are 12.202.12c, 13a and 13c. The whole verse is Brahma's speech (introduced in verse 20); no heading is printed, and the input gave it to Bhishma.

Verse 22 (12.208.22)

एष वेगेन गत्वा हि यत्र ते दानवाधमाः । अन्तर्भूमिगता घोरा निवसन्ति सहस्रशः । शमयिष्यति तच्छ्रुत्वा जहृषुः सुरसत्तमाः ॥

eṣa vegena gatvā hi yatra te dānavādhamāḥ | antarbhūmigatā ghorā nivasanti sahasraśaḥ | śamayiṣyati tacchrutvā jahṛṣuḥ surasattamāḥ

He will go swiftly to where those vile Danavas, dreadful, live by thousands within the earth, and will quell them." Hearing this, the best of the gods rejoiced.

Verse 23 (12.208.23)

ततो विष्णुर्महातेजा वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । अन्तर्भूमिं संप्रविश्य जगाम दितिजान्प्रति ॥

tato viṣṇurmahātejā vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ | antarbhūmiṃ saṃpraviśya jagāma ditijānprati

Then Vishnu of great splendor, taking the form of a boar, entered the depths of the earth and went toward the sons of Diti.

Verse 24 (12.208.24)

दृष्ट्वा च सहिताः सर्वे दैत्याः सत्वममानुषम् । प्रसह्य तरसा सर्वे संतस्थुः कालमोहिताः ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca sahitāḥ sarve daityāḥ satvamamānuṣam | prasahya tarasā sarve saṃtasthuḥ kālamohitāḥ

All the Daityas together, seeing the superhuman being, rushed upon him with force and stood their ground, deluded by Time.

Verse 25 (12.208.25)

ततस्ते समभिद्रुत्य वराहं जगृहुः समम् । संक्रुद्धाश्च वराहं तं व्यकर्षन्त समन्ततः ॥

tataste samabhidrutya varāhaṃ jagṛhuḥ samam | saṃkruddhāśca varāhaṃ taṃ vyakarṣanta samantataḥ

Then they rushed at him together and seized the boar all at once, and in a rage they dragged him this way and that from every side.

Verse 26 (12.208.26)

दानवेन्द्रा महाकाया महावीर्यबलोच्छ्रिताः । नाशक्नुवंश्च किंचित्ते तस्य कर्तुं तदा विभो ॥

dānavendrā mahākāyā mahāvīryabalocchritāḥ | nāśaknuvaṃśca kiṃcitte tasya kartuṃ tadā vibho

But the Danava chiefs, huge of body, mighty and swollen with strength, could do nothing at all to him then, O lord.

Verse 27 (12.208.27)

ततोऽगच्छन्विस्मयं ते दानवेन्द्रा भयं तथा । संशयं गतमात्मानं मेनिरे च सहस्रशः ॥

tato'gacchanvismayaṃ te dānavendrā bhayaṃ tathā | saṃśayaṃ gatamātmānaṃ menire ca sahasraśaḥ

Then those Danava chiefs fell into amazement and fear, and by the thousands they thought themselves in peril.

Verse 28 (12.208.28)

ततो देवाधिदेवः स योगात्मा योगसारथिः । योगमास्थाय भगवांस्तदा भरतसत्तम ॥

tato devādhidevaḥ sa yogātmā yogasārathiḥ | yogamāsthāya bhagavāṃstadā bharatasattama

Then the god of gods, the soul of yoga, the charioteer of yoga, the Blessed One, resorting to yoga, O best of the Bharatas,

Verse 29 (12.208.29)

विननाद महानादं क्षोभयन्दैत्यदानवान् । सन्नादिता येन लोकाः सर्वाश्चैव दिशो दश ॥

vinanāda mahānādaṃ kṣobhayandaityadānavān | sannāditā yena lokāḥ sarvāścaiva diśo daśa

let out a great roar, shaking the Daityas and Danavas, so that the worlds and all the ten directions resounded.

Verse 30 (12.208.30)

तेन सन्नादशब्देन लोकानां क्षोभ आगमत् । संश्रान्ताश्च दिशः सर्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः ॥

tena sannādaśabdena lokānāṃ kṣobha āgamat | saṃśrāntāśca diśaḥ sarvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ

At the thunder of that sound the worlds were thrown into turmoil, and all the quarters were bewildered, and the gods with Shakra at their head.

Verse 31 (12.208.31)

निर्विचेष्टं जगच्चापि बभूवातिभृशं तदा । स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव तेन नादेन मोहितम् ॥

nirviceṣṭaṃ jagaccāpi babhūvātibhṛśaṃ tadā | sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva tena nādena mohitam

Then the whole world became utterly motionless; all things moving and unmoving were stunned by that roar.

Verse 32 (12.208.32)

ततस्ते दानवाः सर्वे तेन नादेन भीषिताः । पेतुर्गतासवश्चैव विष्णुतेजः प्रमोहिताः ॥

tataste dānavāḥ sarve tena nādena bhīṣitāḥ | peturgatāsavaścaiva viṣṇutejaḥ pramohitāḥ

Then all those Danavas, terrified by that roar and bewildered by Vishnu's might, fell down lifeless.

Verse 33 (12.208.33)

त्रस्तांश्च देवानालोक्य ब्रह्मा प्राह पितामहः । योगेश्वरोऽयं भगवान्वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । नर्दमानोऽत्र संयाति मा भैष्ट सुरसत्तमाः ॥

trastāṃśca devānālokya brahmā prāha pitāmahaḥ | yogeśvaro'yaṃ bhagavānvārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ | nardamāno'tra saṃyāti mā bhaiṣṭa surasattamāḥ

Seeing the gods afraid, Brahma the Grandfather said: "This is the blessed lord of yoga, who has taken the form of a boar. He comes here roaring. Do not fear, best of gods."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.24d*0554 (lines 01–03). Removed a stray opening backtick (wiki mark).

Verse 34 (12.208.34)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो ब्रह्मा नमश्चक्रे पितामहः । देवता मुनयश्चैव विष्णुं वै मुक्तिहेतवे ॥

evamuktvā tato brahmā namaścakre pitāmahaḥ | devatā munayaścaiva viṣṇuṃ vai muktihetave

Having said this, Brahma the Grandfather bowed to Vishnu, and so did the gods and the sages, for the sake of liberation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.24d*0554 (lines 04–05).

Verse 35 (12.208.35)

ततो हरिर्महातेजा ब्रह्माणमभिनन्द्य च । रसातलगतश्चापि वराहस्त्रिदशद्विषाम् । खुरैर्विदारयामास मांसमेदोस्थिसंचयान् ॥

tato harirmahātejā brahmāṇamabhinandya ca | rasātalagataścāpi varāhastridaśadviṣām | khurairvidārayāmāsa māṃsamedosthisaṃcayān

Then Hari of great splendor greeted Brahma, and the Boar, gone down to Rasatala, tore with his hooves the heaps of flesh, marrow and bone of the enemies of the gods.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the star line 12.202.24d*0554_06 (vulgate only); lines 2 and 3 are 12.202.25a and 25c. Removed a stray apostrophe after line 1 (wiki mark).

Verse 36 (12.208.36)

नादेन तेन महता सनातन इति स्मृतः । पद्मनाभो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावनः ॥

nādena tena mahatā sanātana iti smṛtaḥ | padmanābho mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ

From that great roar he is remembered as Sanatana: the lotus-navelled, the great yogi, the Self of beings, the maker of beings.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 12.202.26c (bhūtācāryaḥ sa bhūtarāṭ); Wikisource's reading is a recension variant (the page's own footnote records the CE-type reading), so it is kept.

Verse 37 (12.208.37)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे पितामहमुपाद्रवन् । तत्र गत्वा महात्मानमूचुश्चैव जगत्पतिम् ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve pitāmahamupādravan | tatra gatvā mahātmānamūcuścaiva jagatpatim

Then all the hosts of the gods ran to the Grandfather, and having gone there, they said to the great-souled lord of the world:

Note on the text: Line 1 is 12.202.27a (Wikisource reads upādravan for the CE's upābruvan); line 2 is the star line 12.202.27b*0555_01.

Verse 38 (12.208.38)

नादोऽयं कीदृशो देव नैनं विद्म वयं प्रभो । कोऽसौ हि कस्य वा नादो येन विह्वलितं जगत् । देवाश्च दानवाश्चैव मोहितास्तस्य तेजसा ॥

nādo'yaṃ kīdṛśo deva nainaṃ vidma vayaṃ prabho | ko'sau hi kasya vā nādo yena vihvalitaṃ jagat | devāśca dānavāścaiva mohitāstasya tejasā

"What kind of sound is this, O god? We do not know it, Lord. Who is it, and whose is the sound by which the world is shaken? Gods and Danavas alike are stunned by his might."

Note on the text: Lines are 12.202.27c, 27e and the star line 12.202.27f*0556_01. Corrected नेतं → नैनं and कोसौ → कोऽसौ (misprints in Wikisource; CE reads nainaṃ vidma and ko 'sau). Spoken by the gods (no heading printed; the input gave it to Bhishma).

Verse 39 (12.208.39)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विष्णुर्वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । उदतिष्ठन्महाबाहो स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ॥

etasminnantare viṣṇurvārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ | udatiṣṭhanmahābāho stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

Meanwhile Vishnu, in the form of a boar, rose up, O mighty-armed one, praised by the great sages.

Verse 40 (12.208.40)

दिव्यं------ युद्धमासीन्महात्मनोः । हिरण्याक्षस्य विष्णोश्च सर्वसंक्षोभकारणम् ॥

divyaṃ------ yuddhamāsīnmahātmanoḥ | hiraṇyākṣasya viṣṇośca sarvasaṃkṣobhakāraṇam

"There was a divine battle between those two great beings, Hiranyaksha and Vishnu, the cause of the upheaval of all things.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.28d*0557 (lines 00–02; its line 00 is the heading "pitāmaha uvāca" printed here as 12-208-40x). Removed a stray opening backtick (wiki mark). The gap marked ------ is a lacuna in the CE as well (six syllables, "* * * * * *"). Under the printed heading the verse reads as narrative; the printed heading is kept.

Verse 41 (12.208.41)

जघान च हिरण्याक्षमन्तर्भूमिगतं हरिः । तदाकर्ण्य महातेजा ब्रह्मा मधुरमब्रवीत् ॥

jaghāna ca hiraṇyākṣamantarbhūmigataṃ hariḥ | tadākarṇya mahātejā brahmā madhuramabravīt

And Hari killed Hiranyaksha, who had gone into the interior of the earth." Hearing that, Brahma of great splendor spoke sweetly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.202.28d*0557 (lines 03–04). Removed stray quote marks (wiki marks). The verse is third-person narration (it says "Brahma spoke") but sits under the printed heading पितामह उवाच (12-208-40x), which is kept.

Verse 42 (12.208.42)

निहत्य दानवपतीन्महावर्ष्मा महाबलः । एष देवो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावनः ॥

nihatya dānavapatīnmahāvarṣmā mahābalaḥ | eṣa devo mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ

"Having slain the chiefs of the Danavas, this god of mighty frame and mighty strength, the great yogi, the Self of beings, the maker of beings,

Note on the text: The page prints this speaker heading (12-208-42x) as पीतामह उवाच, a misspelling; given here as पितामह (Brahma).

Verse 43 (12.208.43)

सर्वभूतेश्वरो योगी मुनिरात्मा तथाऽऽत्मनः । स्थिरीभवत कृष्णोऽयं सर्वविध्नविनाशनः ॥

sarvabhūteśvaro yogī munirātmā tathā''tmanaḥ | sthirībhavata kṛṣṇo'yaṃ sarvavidhnavināśanaḥ

lord of all beings, yogi, sage, the Self of the self: be at ease, for this is Krishna, destroyer of all obstacles.

Verse 44 (12.208.44)

कृत्वा कर्मातिसाध्वेतदशक्यममितप्रभः । समायातः स्वमात्मानं महाभागो महाद्युतिः ॥

kṛtvā karmātisādhvetadaśakyamamitaprabhaḥ | samāyātaḥ svamātmānaṃ mahābhāgo mahādyutiḥ

Having done this deed, so excellent and impossible for others, the boundlessly radiant, greatly fortunate and greatly splendid one has returned to his own Self.

Note on the text: Lines are 12.202.31a and 31c.

Verse 45 (12.208.45)

पद्मनाभो महायोगी पुराणपुरुषोत्तमः । न संतापो न भीः कार्या शोको वा सुरसत्तमैः ॥

padmanābho mahāyogī purāṇapuruṣottamaḥ | na saṃtāpo na bhīḥ kāryā śoko vā surasattamaiḥ

The lotus-navelled, the great yogi, the ancient Supreme Person: let the best of the gods feel neither distress, nor fear, nor grief.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to 12.202.31e (second half read पुराणपुरुषोत्तमः in Wikisource, a recension variant of bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ); line 2 is 12.202.32a.

Verse 46 (12.208.46)

विधिरेष प्रभावश्च कालः संक्षयकारकः । लोकान्धारयता तेन नादो मुक्तो महात्मना ॥

vidhireṣa prabhāvaśca kālaḥ saṃkṣayakārakaḥ | lokāndhārayatā tena nādo mukto mahātmanā

This is ordained, this is his power; it is Time, the destroyer. In upholding the worlds, that great-souled one has let out this roar.

Note on the text: Lines are 12.202.32c and 32e.

Verse 47 (12.208.47)

स एष हि महाबाहुः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । अच्युतः पुण्डरीकाक्षः सर्वभूतादिरीश्वरः ॥

sa eṣa hi mahābāhuḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | acyutaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ sarvabhūtādirīśvaraḥ

He is indeed the mighty-armed one, bowed to by all the worlds: Achyuta, the lotus-eyed, the Lord, the beginning of all beings."

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पुण्डरीकाक्षः (wiki encoding mark). The Wikisource page ends here, without its closing colophon; the CE verse is 12.202.33.