Prayers of Jambudvipa's Regions

Verse 1 (bhagavata.5.18.1)

श्रीशुक उवाच तथा च भद्रश्रवा नाम धर्मसुतस्तत्कुलपतयः पुरुषा भद्राश्ववर्षे साक्षाद्भगवतो वासुदेवस्य प्रियांतनुं धर्ममयीं हयशीर्षाभिधानां परमेण समाधिना सन्निधाप्येदमभिगृणन्त उपधावन्ति ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca tathā ca bhadraśravā nāma dharma-sutas tat-kula-patayaḥ puruṣā bhadrāśva-varṣe sākṣād bhagavato vāsudevasya priyāṁ tanuṁ dharmamayīṁ hayaśīrṣābhidhānāṁ parameṇa samādhinā sannidhāpyedam abhigṛṇanta upadhāvanti.

Shukadeva Gosvami said: Likewise, in Bhadrashva-varsha, Bhadrashrava, son of Dharma and lord of that land, together with his people, brings near, through the deepest meditative absorption, that beloved form of Bhagavan Vasudeva Himself known as Hayashirsha, dharma's own embodiment, and worships Him, reciting this hymn.

Verse 2 (bhagavata.5.18.2)

भद्रश्रवस ऊचुः ॐ नमो भगवते धर्मायात्मविशोधनाय नम इति ॥ २ ॥

bhadraśravasa ūcuḥ oṁ namo bhagavate dharmāyātma-viśodhanāya nama iti.

Bhadrashrava said: Om. Obeisance to the Blessed Lord Dharma, who purifies the self. Obeisance unto Him.

Verse 3 (bhagavata.5.18.3)

अहो विचित्रं भगवद्विचेष्टितंघ्नन्तं जनोऽयं हि मिषन्न पश्यति । ध्यायन्नसद्यर्हि विकर्म सेवितुंनिर्हृत्य पुत्रं पितरं जिजीविषति ॥ ३ ॥

aho vicitraṁ bhagavad-viceṣṭitaṁ ghnantaṁ jano ’yaṁ hi miṣan na paśyati dhyāyann asad yarhi vikarma sevituṁ nirhṛtya putraṁ pitaraṁ jijīviṣati

Ah, how strange is the working of the Lord's illusive power! Though watching it happen before his very eyes, this man does not see it. Even while contemplating some wrong deed, having disposed of his own father or son, he still longs to go on living to enjoy its fruits.

Verse 4 (bhagavata.5.18.4)

वदन्ति विश्वं कवयः स्म नश्वरंपश्यन्ति चाध्यात्मविदो विपश्चितः । तथापि मुह्यन्ति तवाज माययासुविस्मितं कृत्यमजं नतोऽस्मि तम् ॥ ४ ॥

vadanti viśvaṁ kavayaḥ sma naśvaraṁ paśyanti cādhyātmavido vipaścitaḥ tathāpi muhyanti tavāja māyayā suvismitaṁ kṛtyam ajaṁ nato ’smi tam

The wise declare this universe to be perishable, and those learned in the knowledge of the self see this too, yet, O unborn Lord, even they are bewildered by Your maya. This deed of Yours is most astonishing indeed; I bow down to You, the unborn one.

Verse 5 (bhagavata.5.18.5)

विश्वोद्भवस्थाननिरोधकर्म तेह्यकर्तुरङ्गीकृतमप्यपावृतः । युक्तं न चित्रं त्वयि कार्यकारणेसर्वात्मनि व्यतिरिक्ते च वस्तुतः ॥ ५ ॥

viśvodbhava-sthāna-nirodha-karma te hy akartur aṅgīkṛtam apy apāvṛtaḥ yuktaṁ na citraṁ tvayi kārya-kāraṇe sarvātmani vyatirikte ca vastutaḥ

Though the work of creating, sustaining and dissolving the universe is attributed to You, You are, in truth, not its doer, and no covering conceals You. This is no wonder in one such as You, who are both cause and effect, the Self of all, and yet, in reality, apart from it all.

Verse 6 (bhagavata.5.18.6)

वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान्रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रहः । प्रत्याददे वै कवयेऽभियाचतेतस्मै नमस्तेऽवितथेहिताय इति ॥ ६ ॥

vedān yugānte tamasā tiraskṛtān rasātalād yo nṛ-turaṅga-vigrahaḥ pratyādade vai kavaye ’bhiyācate tasmai namas te ’vitathehitāya iti

At the end of the age, He who, taking the form of a horse-headed man, recovered from Rasatala the Vedas that darkness had hidden away, and restored them to the sage who implored Him for them, obeisance to Him, whose every undertaking is unfailingly true.

Verse 7 (bhagavata.5.18.7)

हरिवर्षे चापि भगवान्नरहरिरूपेणास्ते । तद्रूपग्रहणनिमित्तमुत्तरत्राभिधास्ये । तद्दयितं रूपं महापुरुषगुणभाजनो महाभागवतो दैत्यदानवकुलतीर्थीकरणशीलाचरितः प्रह्लादोऽव्यवधानानन्यभक्तियोगेन सह तद्वर्षपुरुषैरुपास्ते इदं चोदाहरति ॥ ७ ॥

hari-varṣe cāpi bhagavān nara-hari-rūpeṇāste; tad-rūpa-grahaṇa-nimittam uttaratrābhidhāsye; tad dayitaṁ rūpaṁ mahā-puruṣa-guṇa-bhājano mahā-bhāgavato daitya-dānava-kula-tīrthīkaraṇa-śīlā-caritaḥ prahlādo ’vyavadhānānanya-bhakti-yogena saha tad-varṣa-puruṣair upāste idaṁ codāharati.

In Hari-varsha too, Bhagavan dwells in the form of the Man-Lion; the reason He assumed that form I shall relate later. That beloved form is worshiped by Prahlada, the great devotee, a vessel of every quality of the Supreme Person, whose very character has made holy the entire line of demons, together with the people of that land, through unbroken and single-minded devotion, and he recites this hymn.

Verse 8 (bhagavata.5.18.8)

ॐ नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय नमस्तेजस्तेजसे आविराविर्भव वज्रनख वज्रदंष्ट्र कर्माशयान् रन्धय रन्धय तमो ग्रस ग्रस ॐ स्वाहा । अभयमभयमात्मनि भूयिष्ठा ॐ क्ष्रौम् ॥ ८ ॥

oṁ namo bhagavate narasiṁhāya namas tejas-tejase āvir-āvirbhava vajra-nakha vajra-daṁṣṭra karmāśayān randhaya randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svāhā; abhayam abhayam ātmani bhūyiṣṭhā oṁ kṣraum.

Om. Obeisance to Bhagavan Narasimha. Obeisance to the effulgence of effulgences! Manifest Yourself, manifest Yourself! O one with nails of thunderbolt, O one with fangs of thunderbolt, tear apart, tear apart the seat of our fruitive impulses! Devour, devour the darkness of our ignorance! Om, svaha. Let there be, in the self, fearlessness, utter fearlessness. Om, kshraum.

Verse 9 (bhagavata.5.18.9)

स्वस्त्यस्तु विश्वस्य खलः प्रसीदतां ध्यायन्तु भूतानि शिवं मिथो धिया । मनश्च भद्रं भजतादधोक्षजे आवेश्यतां नो मतिरप्यहैतुकी ॥ ९ ॥

svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje āveśyatāṁ no matir apy ahaitukī

May there be well-being throughout the universe, and may the malicious be pacified. May all beings think auspiciously of one another. May the mind, too, turn to what is truly good and devote itself to the One beyond the senses; and may our understanding become fixed on Him, free of any ulterior motive.

Verse 10 (bhagavata.5.18.10)

मागारदारात्मजवित्तबन्धुषु सङ्गो यदि स्याद्भगवत्प्रियेषु नः । यः प्राणवृत्त्या परितुष्ट आत्मवान् सिद्ध्यत्यदूरान्न तथेन्द्रियप्रियः ॥ १० ॥

māgāra-dārātmaja-vitta-bandhuṣu saṅgo yadi syād bhagavat-priyeṣu naḥ yaḥ prāṇa-vṛttyā parituṣṭa ātmavān siddhyaty adūrān na tathendriya-priyaḥ

If we must feel attachment, to home, wife, children, wealth and kin, then let it be, instead, to those who are dear to the Lord. One who is self-possessed and satisfied simply with what sustains the life-breath attains perfection swiftly; not so one who is fond of sense-pleasure.

Verse 11 (bhagavata.5.18.11)

यत्सङ्गलब्धं निजवीर्यवैभवं तीर्थं मुहुः संस्पृशतां हि मानसम् । हरत्यजोऽन्तः श्रुतिभिर्गतोऽङ्गजं को वै न सेवेत मुकुन्दविक्रमम् ॥ ११ ॥

yat-saṅga-labdhaṁ nija-vīrya-vaibhavaṁ tīrthaṁ muhuḥ saṁspṛśatāṁ hi mānasam haraty ajo ’ntaḥ śrutibhir gato ’ṅgajaṁ ko vai na seveta mukunda-vikramam

That treasure of His own power, won through the company of devotees, the unborn Lord, entering by way of the ears, again and again washes away the impurity within the hearts of those who thus repeatedly touch this holy place. Who, then, would not serve the mighty deeds of Mukunda?

Verse 12 (bhagavata.5.18.12)

यस्यास्ति भक्तिर्भगवत्यकिञ्चना सर्वैर्गुणैस्तत्र समासते सुराः । हरावभक्तस्य कुतो महद्गुणा मनोरथेनासति धावतो बहिः ॥ १२ ॥

yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ

In one who has unalloyed devotion to Bhagavan, every good quality, together with the gods themselves, comes to dwell. But in one devoid of devotion to Hari, how can there be any true excellence, he who runs after unreal things outside himself, driven by nothing but the whims of his own mind?

Verse 13 (bhagavata.5.18.13)

हरिर्हि साक्षाद्भगवान् शरीरिणा- मात्मा झषाणामिव तोयमीप्सितम् । हित्वा महांस्तं यदि सज्जते गृहे तदा महत्त्वं वयसा दम्पतीनाम् ॥ १३ ॥

harir hi sākṣād bhagavān śarīriṇām ātmā jhaṣāṇām iva toyam īpsitam hitvā mahāṁs taṁ yadi sajjate gṛhe tadā mahattvaṁ vayasā dampatīnām

Hari alone is, in truth, the very Self of every embodied being, just as water is what fish long for above all. If a person of great stature, forsaking Him, clings instead to household life, then his greatness amounts to no more than that of an inexperienced young couple.

Verse 14 (bhagavata.5.18.14)

तस्माद्रजोरागविषादमन्यु- मानस्पृहाभयदैन्याधिमूलम् । हित्वा गृहं संसृतिचक्रवालं नृसिंहपादं भजताकुतोभयमिति ॥ १४ ॥

tasmād rajo-rāga-viṣāda-manyu- māna-spṛhā-bhayadainyādhimūlam hitvā gṛhaṁ saṁsṛti-cakravālaṁ nṛsiṁha-pādaṁ bhajatākutobhayam iti

Therefore, having given up the household, the very wheel of worldly transmigration and the root of passion, attachment, despair, anger, pride, craving, fear and wretchedness, one should worship the feet of Narasimha, which alone grant fearlessness from every side.

Verse 15 (bhagavata.5.18.15)

केतुमालेऽपि भगवान् कामदेवस्वरूपेण लक्ष्म्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया प्रजापतेर्दुहितृणां पुत्राणां तद्वर्षपतीनां पुरुषायुषाहोरात्रपरिसङ्ख्यानानां यासां गर्भा महापुरुषमहास्त्रतेजसोद्वेजितमनसां विध्वस्ता व्यसवः संवत्सरान्ते विनिपतन्ति ॥ १५ ॥

ketumāle ’pi bhagavān kāmadeva-svarūpeṇa lakṣmyāḥ priya-cikīrṣayā prajāpater duhitṝṇāṁ putrāṇāṁ tad-varṣa-patīnāṁ puruṣāyuṣāho-rātra-parisaṅkhyānānāṁ yāsāṁ garbhā mahā-puruṣa-mahāstra-tejasodvejita-manasāṁ vidhvastā vyasavaḥ saṁvatsarānte vinipatanti.

In Ketumala-varsha too, Bhagavan dwells in the form of Kamadeva, for the pleasure of Lakshmi. There, the sons and daughters of Prajapati Samvatsara, the rulers of that land who are reckoned as the days and nights of a human lifetime, worship Him, daughters whose wombs, their minds thrown into agitation by the splendor of the Great Person's mighty weapon, miscarry at the end of every year, the unborn child destroyed and lifeless.

Verse 16 (bhagavata.5.18.16)

अतीव सुललितगतिविलासविलसितरुचिरहासलेशावलोकलीलया किञ्चिदुत्तम्भितसुन्दरभ्रूमण्डलसुभगवदनारविन्दश्रिया रमां रमयन्निन्द्रियाणि रमयते ॥ १६ ॥

atīva sulalita-gati-vilāsa-vilasita-rucira-hāsa-leśāvaloka-līlayā kiñcid-uttambhita-sundara-bhrū-maṇḍala-subhaga-vadanāravinda-śriyā ramāṁ ramayann indriyāṇi ramayate.

By the play of a glance touched with a faint and graceful smile born of His gentle, playful movements, and by the beauty of His lotus face, made lovelier still as He slightly arches His exquisite brows, He delights Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune, and in delighting her, delights the senses of all.

Verse 17 (bhagavata.5.18.17)

तद्भगवतो मायामयं रूपं परमसमाधियोगेन रमा देवी संवत्सरस्य रात्रिषु प्रजापतेर्दुहितृभिरुपेताहःसु च तद्भर्तृभिरुपास्ते इदं चोदाहरति ॥ १७ ॥

tad bhagavato māyāmayaṁ rūpaṁ parama-samādhi-yogena ramā devī saṁvatsarasya rātriṣu prajāpater duhitṛbhir upetāhaḥsu ca tad-bhartṛbhir upāste idaṁ codāharati.

That manifest form of the Lord, goddess Rama worships in the deepest meditative absorption, during the nights of the year's cycle together with the daughters of Prajapati, and during the days together with their husbands, the sons of Prajapati. And she recites this hymn.

Verse 18 (bhagavata.5.18.18)

ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रूं ॐ नमो भगवते हृषीकेशाय सर्वगुणविशेषैर्विलक्षितात्मने आकूतीनां चित्तीनां चेतसां विशेषाणां चाधिपतये षोडशकलायच्छन्दोमयायान्नमयायामृतमयाय सर्वमयाय सहसे ओजसे बलाय कान्ताय कामाय नमस्ते उभयत्र भूयात् ॥ १८ ॥

om hrāṁ hrīṁ hrūṁ oṁ namo bhagavate hṛṣīkeśāya sarva-guṇa-viśeṣair vilakṣitātmane ākūtīnāṁ cittīnāṁ cetasāṁ viśeṣāṇāṁ cādhipataye ṣoḍaśa-kalāya cchando-mayāyānna-mayāyāmṛta-mayāya sarva-mayāya sahase ojase balāya kāntāya kāmāya namas te ubhayatra bhūyāt.

Om hram hrim hrum. Om, obeisance to Bhagavan Hrishikesha, whose very self is distinguished by every quality, master of intention, of the states of consciousness, and of the varieties of mind; possessed of sixteen parts, composed of the sacred meters, of food, of nectar, of all things. Obeisance to strength, to vigor, to power, to the beloved, to desire, obeisance to You. May this be so for us in both worlds.

Verse 19 (bhagavata.5.18.19)

स्त्रियो व्रतैस्त्वा हृषीकेश्वरं स्वतो ह्याराध्य लोके पतिमाशासतेऽन्यम् । तासां न ते वै परिपान्त्यपत्यं प्रियं धनायूंषि यतोऽस्वतन्त्राः ॥ १९ ॥

striyo vratais tvā hṛṣīkeśvaraṁ svato hy ārādhya loke patim āśāsate ’nyam tāsāṁ na te vai paripānty apatyaṁ priyaṁ dhanāyūṁṣi yato ’sva-tantrāḥ

Women worship You, the very master of the senses, self-sufficient in Yourself, through their religious vows, and yet still hope for some other husband in this world. But such a husband, for such women, can never truly protect their beloved children, their wealth, or their span of life, since he himself is not independent.

Verse 20 (bhagavata.5.18.20)

स वै पतिः स्यादकुतोभयः स्वयं समन्ततः पाति भयातुरं जनम् । स एक एवेतरथा मिथो भयं नैवात्मलाभादधि मन्यते परम् ॥ २० ॥

sa vai patiḥ syād akutobhayaḥ svayaṁ samantataḥ pāti bhayāturaṁ janam sa eka evetarathā mitho bhayaṁ naivātmalābhād adhi manyate param

He alone, Himself free from all fear, who protects the fear-stricken on every side, can truly be called a husband. He alone, for were it otherwise, there would be fear between the two; and He regards nothing as superior to the attainment of His own Self.

Verse 21 (bhagavata.5.18.21)

या तस्य ते पादसरोरुहार्हणं निकामयेत्साखिलकामलम्पटा । तदेव रासीप्सितमीप्सितोऽर्चितो यद्भग्नयाच्ञा भगवन् प्रतप्यते ॥ २१ ॥

yā tasya te pāda-saroruhārhaṇaṁ nikāmayet sākhila-kāma-lampaṭā tad eva rāsīpsitam īpsito ’rcito yad-bhagna-yācñā bhagavan pratapyate

The woman who longs only for the worship of Your lotus feet, even if in every other way given over to desire, receives from You exactly what she seeks; and she who worships You for some worldly object likewise attains her desire and is thereby honored as fulfilled. But once her petition is granted, O Lord, she is left burning with regret.

Verse 22 (bhagavata.5.18.22)

मत्प्राप्तयेऽजेशसुरासुरादय- स्तप्यन्त उग्रं तप ऐन्द्रियेधियः । ऋते भवत्पादपरायणान्न मां विन्दन्त्यहं त्वद्धृदया यतोऽजित ॥ २२ ॥

mat-prāptaye ’jeśa-surāsurādayas tapyanta ugraṁ tapa aindriye dhiyaḥ ṛte bhavat-pāda-parāyaṇān na māṁ vindanty ahaṁ tvad-dhṛdayā yato ’jita

O unconquerable, unborn Lord, to attain me, both gods and demons undertake severe austerities, though their minds remain fixed on sense-objects. But apart from those devoted wholly to Your feet, none find me, for I dwell within the heart of Your devotee alone, O Unconquered One.

Verse 23 (bhagavata.5.18.23)

स त्वं ममाप्यच्युत शीर्ष्णि वन्दितं कराम्बुजं यत्त्वदधायि सात्वताम् । बिभर्षि मां लक्ष्म वरेण्य मायया क ईश्वरस्येहितमूहितुं विभुरिति ॥ २३ ॥

sa tvaṁ mamāpy acyuta śīrṣṇi vanditaṁ karāmbujaṁ yat tvad-adhāyi sātvatām bibharṣi māṁ lakṣma vareṇya māyayā ka īśvarasyehitam ūhituṁ vibhur iti

O infallible one, that lotus hand of Yours, which You place, in mercy, upon the heads of Your devotees who worship it, bear it, I pray, upon my head as well. Though I bear Your mark upon Your breast, O most excellent Lord, I regard it, by Your illusive power, as no more than false pride, for who can truly fathom the intent of the Supreme Controller?

Verse 24 (bhagavata.5.18.24)

रम्यके च भगवतः प्रियतमं मात्स्यमवताररूपं तद्वर्षपुरुषस्य मनोः प्राक्प्रदर्शितं स इदानीमपि महता भक्तियोगेनाराधयतीदं चोदाहरति ॥ २४ ॥

ramyake ca bhagavataḥ priyatamaṁ mātsyam avatāra-rūpaṁ tad-varṣa-puruṣasya manoḥ prāk-pradarśitaṁ sa idānīm api mahatā bhakti-yogenārādhayatīdaṁ codāharati.

In Ramyaka-varsha, Manu, the ruler of that land, to whom Bhagavan's most beloved Fish-incarnation was earlier revealed, worships that form even now with great devotion, and recites this hymn.

Verse 25 (bhagavata.5.18.25)

ॐ नमो भगवते मुख्यतमाय नमः सत्त्वाय प्राणायौजसे सहसे बलाय महामत्स्याय नम इति ॥ २५ ॥

oṁ namo bhagavate mukhyatamāya namaḥ sattvāya prāṇāyaujase sahase balāya mahā-matsyāya nama iti.

Om, obeisance to the most excellent Bhagavan. Obeisance to the very essence of being, to the breath of life, to vigor, to might, to strength, obeisance to the great fish incarnation. Obeisance to Him.

Verse 26 (bhagavata.5.18.26)

अन्तर्बहिश्चाखिललोकपालकै- रदृष्टरूपो विचरस्युरुस्वनः । स ईश्वरस्त्वं य इदं वशेऽनय- न्नाम्ना यथा दारुमयीं नरः स्त्रियम् ॥ २६ ॥

antar bahiś cākhila-loka-pālakair adṛṣṭa-rūpo vicarasy uru-svanaḥ sa īśvaras tvaṁ ya idaṁ vaśe ’nayan nāmnā yathā dārumayīṁ naraḥ striyam

Within and without, unseen even by all the guardians of the worlds, You move about, Your presence resounding mightily. You are the Controller who, by name alone, brings this whole creation under Your rule, as a man might control a wooden doll fashioned to resemble a wife.

Verse 27 (bhagavata.5.18.27)

यं लोकपालाः किल मत्सरज्वरा हित्वा यतन्तोऽपि पृथक्समेत्य च । पातुं न शेकुर्द्विपदश्चतुष्पदः सरीसृपं स्थाणु यदत्र दृश्यते ॥ २७ ॥

yaṁ loka-pālāḥ kila matsara-jvarā hitvā yatanto ’pi pṛthak sametya ca pātuṁ na śekur dvi-padaś catuṣ-padaḥ sarīsṛpaṁ sthāṇu yad atra dṛśyate

You whom the guardians of the worlds, though consumed with envy and striving both apart and together, could still never manage to protect in Your place, whether the two-footed, the four-footed, or any creeping or rooted thing seen in this world.

Verse 28 (bhagavata.5.18.28)

भवान् युगान्तार्णव ऊर्मिमालिनि क्षोणीमिमामोषधिवीरुधां निधिम् । मया सहोरु क्रमतेऽज ओजसा तस्मै जगत्प्राणगणात्मने नम इति ॥ २८ ॥

bhavān yugāntārṇava ūrmi-mālini kṣoṇīm imām oṣadhi-vīrudhāṁ nidhim mayā sahoru kramate ’ja ojasā tasmai jagat-prāṇa-gaṇātmane nama iti

O unborn Lord, at the ocean that engulfed the world at the end of the age, garlanded with waves, You bore up this earth, the storehouse of every herb and plant, and roamed with mighty speed, carrying me along with You. Obeisance to You, who are the very life-breath of the universe.

Verse 29 (bhagavata.5.18.29)

हिरण्मयेऽपि भगवान्निवसति कूर्मतनुं बिभ्राणस्तस्य तत्प्रियतमां तनुमर्यमा सह वर्षपुरुषैः पितृगणाधिपतिरुपधावति मन्त्रमिमं चानुजपति ॥ २९ ॥

hiraṇmaye ’pi bhagavān nivasati kūrma-tanuṁ bibhrāṇas tasya tat priyatamāṁ tanum aryamā saha varṣa-puruṣaiḥ pitṛ-gaṇādhipatir upadhāvati mantram imaṁ cānujapati.

In Hiranmaya-varsha too, Bhagavan dwells, bearing the form of a tortoise. Aryama, the lord of the ancestral spirits, together with the people of that land, worships that most beloved form of His, softly murmuring this mantra.

Verse 30 (bhagavata.5.18.30)

ॐ नमो भगवते अकूपाराय सर्वसत्त्वगुणविशेषणायानुपलक्षितस्थानाय नमो वर्ष्मणे नमो भूम्ने नमो नमोऽवस्थानाय नमस्ते ॥ ३० ॥

oṁ namo bhagavate akūpārāya sarva-sattva-guṇa-viśeṣaṇāyānu-palakṣita-sthānāya namo varṣmaṇe namo bhūmne namo namo ’vasthānāya namas te.

Om, obeisance to Bhagavan, the shoreless one, marked by every quality of pure being, whose true dwelling cannot be perceived. Obeisance to Your greatness, obeisance to Your vastness, obeisance, obeisance to Your state of rest. Obeisance to You.

Verse 31 (bhagavata.5.18.31)

यद्रूपमेतन्निजमाययार्पित- मर्थस्वरूपं बहुरूपरूपितम् । सङ्ख्या न यस्यास्त्ययथोपलम्भनात्- तस्मै नमस्तेऽव्यपदेशरूपिणे ॥ ३१ ॥

yad-rūpam etan nija-māyayārpitam artha-svarūpaṁ bahu-rūpa-rūpitam saṅkhyā na yasyāsty ayathopalambhanāt tasmai namas te ’vyapadeśa-rūpiṇe

This form of Yours, bestowed by Your own creative power, though seeming to be a real object in itself, is manifested in countless shapes; and because it cannot truly be reckoned through the improper vision of the senses, obeisance to You, whose actual form lies beyond all designation.

Verse 32 (bhagavata.5.18.32)

जरायुजं स्वेदजमण्डजोद्भिदं चराचरं देवर्षिपितृभूतमैन्द्रियम् । द्यौः खं क्षितिः शैलसरित्समुद्र- द्वीपग्रहर्क्षेत्यभिधेय एकः ॥ ३२ ॥

jarāyujaṁ svedajam aṇḍajodbhidaṁ carācaraṁ devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtam aindriyam dyauḥ khaṁ kṣitiḥ śaila-sarit-samudra- dvīpa-graharkṣety abhidheya ekaḥ

Beings born from the womb, born from sweat, born from the egg, or sprouted from the earth; moving and unmoving things, gods, sages, ancestors and all creatures, together with the objects of the senses; the heavens, outer space, the earth with its mountains, rivers, oceans and islands, the planets and the stars, though called by many names, all this is but one: You alone.

Verse 33 (bhagavata.5.18.33)

यस्मिन्नसङ्ख्येयविशेषनाम- रूपाकृतौ कविभिः कल्पितेयम् । सङ्ख्या यया तत्त्वदृशापनीयते तस्मै नमः साङ्ख्यनिदर्शनाय ते इति ॥ ३३ ॥

yasminn asaṅkhyeya-viśeṣa-nāma- rūpākṛtau kavibhiḥ kalpiteyam saṅkhyā yayā tattva-dṛśāpanīyate tasmai namaḥ sāṅkhya-nidarśanāya te iti

This creation, with its countless distinct names, forms and shapes, has been fashioned by the wise as a means of understanding, that same reckoning by which one who sees the truth sets aside the illusion of multiplicity. Obeisance to You, the very demonstration of Sankhya philosophy.

Verse 34 (bhagavata.5.18.34)

उत्तरेषु च कुरुषु भगवान् यज्ञपुरुषः कृतवराहरूप आस्ते तं तु देवी हैषा भूः सह कुरुभिरस्खलितभक्तियोगेनोपधावति इमां च परमामुपनिषदमावर्तयति ॥ ३४ ॥

uttareṣu ca kuruṣu bhagavān yajña-puruṣaḥ kṛta-varāha-rūpa āste taṁ tu devī haiṣā bhūḥ saha kurubhir askhalita-bhakti-yogenopadhāvati imāṁ ca paramām upaniṣadam āvartayati.

And in Uttara Kuru, Bhagavan Yajnapurusha resides, having taken the form of the Boar. There, goddess Bhu, the Earth herself, together with the Kurus, worships Him with unwavering devotion, repeatedly reciting this most excellent Upanishadic hymn.

Verse 35 (bhagavata.5.18.35)

ॐ नमो भगवते मन्त्रतत्त्वलिङ्गाय यज्ञक्रतवे महाध्वरावयवाय महापुरुषाय नमः कर्मशुक्लाय त्रियुगाय नमस्ते ॥ ३५ ॥

oṁ namo bhagavate mantra-tattva-liṅgāya yajña-kratave mahā-dhvarāvayavāya mahā-puruṣāya namaḥ karma-śuklāya tri-yugāya namas te.

Om, obeisance to Bhagavan, whose very sign is the essence of the sacred mantras, who is Himself the sacrifice and its performance, whose limbs are the great sacrificial rites, the Supreme Person. Obeisance to Him who is made pure through righteous action, who is known as Tri-yuga. Obeisance to You.

Verse 36 (bhagavata.5.18.36)

यस्य स्वरूपं कवयो विपश्चितो गुणेषु दारुष्विव जातवेदसम् । मथ्नन्ति मथ्ना मनसा दिदृक्षवो गूढं क्रियार्थैर्नम ईरितात्मने ॥ ३६ ॥

yasya svarūpaṁ kavayo vipaścito guṇeṣu dāruṣv iva jāta-vedasam mathnanti mathnā manasā didṛkṣavo gūḍhaṁ kriyārthair nama īritātmane

Just as one who wishes to see the fire hidden within wood brings it forth by the churning of the fire-stick, so too the wise, desiring to behold You concealed within the material qualities, churn with the mind, seeking You through the purpose of ritual action. Obeisance to that Self who is thus pointed to, though never fully grasped.

Verse 37 (bhagavata.5.18.37)

द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुनिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- र्निरस्तमायाकृतये नमो नमः ॥ ३७ ॥

dravya-kriyā-hetv-ayaneśa-kartṛbhir māyā-guṇair vastu-nirīkṣitātmane anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātma-buddhibhir nirasta-māyākṛtaye namo namaḥ

The objects of enjoyment, the workings of the senses, the deities who govern them, the body, time and ego, all these are creations of Your maya. Yet those whose intelligence, through careful inquiry, comes to exceed the ordinary self behold You as the silent witness standing behind them all, Your true form untouched by that same maya. Obeisance, obeisance to You.

Verse 38 (bhagavata.5.18.38)

करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेप्सितमीक्षितुर्गुणैः । माया यथायो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे ॥ ३८ ॥

karoti viśva-sthiti-saṁyamodayaṁ yasyepsitaṁ nepsitam īkṣitur guṇaiḥ māyā yathāyo bhramate tad-āśrayaṁ grāvṇo namas te guṇa-karma-sākṣiṇe

He by whose mere will, sought or unsought by the qualities of the one who perceives, brings about the world's maintenance, restraint and arising; and maya, bound to Him as its support, moves as iron moves under the influence of a lodestone. Obeisance to You, the witness of all qualities and deeds.

Verse 39 (bhagavata.5.18.39)

प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे यो मां रसाया जगदादिसूकरः । कृत्वाग्रदंष्ट्रे निरगादुदन्वतः क्रीडन्निवेभः प्रणतास्मि तं विभुमिति ॥ ३९ ॥

pramathya daityaṁ prativāraṇaṁ mṛdhe yo māṁ rasāyā jagad-ādi-sūkaraḥ kṛtvāgra-daṁṣṭre niragād udanvataḥ krīḍann ivebhaḥ praṇatāsmi taṁ vibhum iti

Having crushed in battle the demon who opposed You, You, the primeval Boar of the universe, lifted me upon the tip of Your tusk and rose up out of the depths of the ocean, playful as an elephant carrying a lotus. I bow down to You, the all-pervading Lord.