The Description of Vishnu's Fourfold Vyuha

Verse 1 (padma.6.229.1)

पार्वत्युवाच- विस्तरेण ममाख्याहि देवसर्गमनुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मादि त्रिदिवश्रेष्ठाः कथं जाताः सनातनाः । ईश्वरस्यावतारांश्च विस्तरेण वदस्व मे ।

pārvatyuvāca vistareṇa mamākhyāhi devasargamanuttamam brahmādi tridivaśreṣṭhāḥ kathaṁ jātāḥ sanātanāḥ īśvarasyāvatārāṁśca vistareṇa vadasva me

Parvati said: Tell me in detail the supreme creation of the gods; how were Brahma and the other eternal chiefs of the three heavens born? Tell me in detail also the incarnations of the Lord.

Verse 2 (padma.6.229.2)

रुद्र उवाच- आकाशानिलतेजोंबु भुवः सृष्टा यथाक्रमम् । तासां मध्येऽसृजद्ब्रह्मा अगाधजलमर्णवम् ।

rudra uvāca ākāśānilatejoṁbu bhuvaḥ sṛṣṭā yathākramam tāsāṁ madhye'sṛjadbrahmā agādhajalamarṇavam

Rudra said: Ether, air, fire, water, and earth were created in due order; among them Brahma created the fathomless ocean of water.

Verse 3 (padma.6.229.3)

अस्मिन्नेकार्णवीभूते जलमायावटच्छदे । आदाय सर्व्वभूतानि योगनिद्रां ययौ हरिः ।

asmiṁnekārṇavībhūte jalamāyāvaṭacchade ādāya sarvvabhūtāni yoganidrāṁ yayau hariḥ

In this, when it had become a single ocean, with the water covered by the canopy of maya, Hari, having taken in all beings, went into yoga-sleep.

Verse 4 (padma.6.229.4)

स जगत्स्रष्टुकामस्तु योगनिद्रामुपेयिवान् । तया रेमे चिरं कालं मायया मधुसूदनः ।

sa jagatsraṣṭukāmastu yoganidrāmupeyivān tayā reme ciraṁ kālaṁ māyayā madhusūdanaḥ

He, desiring to create the universe, entered yoga-sleep; by that maya, Madhusudana sported for a long time.

Verse 5 (padma.6.229.5)

तस्यां तु जनयामास कालात्मानमनुत्तमम् । कलाकाष्ठादि भूता ये पक्षमासादिरूपिणः ।

tasyāṁ tu janayāmāsa kālātmānamanuttamam kalākāṣṭhādi bhūtā ye pakṣamāsādirūpiṇaḥ

In that sleep he generated the supreme essence of Time — the kalas, kashthas and the rest, in the forms of the fortnight, month, and so on.

Verse 6 (padma.6.229.6)

तस्मिन्काले हरेर्न्नाभिपंकजं मुकुलाकृति । विकसत्सर्वजगतो बीजभूतं सुवर्चसम् ।

tasmiṁkāle harerṁnābhipaṁkajaṁ mukulākṛti vikasatsarvajagato bījabhūtaṁ suvarcasam

At that time, from Hari's navel, a lotus, bud-shaped, blossoming as the seed of the entire universe, radiant —

Verse 7 (padma.6.229.7)

उदस्थादुदभूत्तत्र ब्रह्मा च सुमहामतिः । स जगत्स्रष्टुकामस्तु रजोगुणविचोदितः । तुष्टाव योगनिद्रायां शयानं परमेश्वरम् ।

udasthādudabhūttatra brahmā ca sumahāmatiḥ sa jagatsraṣṭukāmastu rajoguṇavicoditaḥ tuṣṭāva yoganidrāyāṁ śayānaṁ parameśvaram

— arose there, and from it was born Brahma, of very great intellect. He, desiring to create the universe, impelled by rajas, praised the Supreme Lord lying in yoga-sleep.

Verse 8 (padma.6.229.8)

ब्रह्मोवाच- नमोस्तु विष्णवे तुभ्यं सर्गस्थित्यंतहेतवे । जगद्भूषणभूषाय श्रीमते विश्वरूपिणे ।

brahmovāca namostu viṣṇave tubhyaṁ sargasthityaṁtahetave jagadbhūṣaṇabhūṣāya śrīmate viśvarūpiṇe

Brahma said: Salutation to you, Vishnu, cause of creation, maintenance, and destruction; the ornament of the universe's ornaments, glorious, of universal form.

Verse 9 (padma.6.229.9)

नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च । जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः ।

namo brahmaṁyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṁdāya namonamaḥ

Salutation to the god devoted to Brahmins, the benefactor of cows and Brahmins; salutation again and again to Krishna, Govinda, benefactor of the world.

Verse 10 (padma.6.229.10)

प्रधानकालरूपाय पुरुषायेश्वराय च । नमः प्रपंचरूपाय निष्प्रपंचस्वरूपिणे ।

pradhānakālarūpāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca namaḥ prapaṁcarūpāya niṣprapaṁcasvarūpiṇe

Salutation to you of the form of Pradhana and Time, the Person, the Lord; salutation to you of the form of the manifest world, yet of unmanifest nature.

Verse 11 (padma.6.229.11)

नारायणाय विश्वाय विश्वेशाय नमोनमः । श्रीभूलीलाधिपतये ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने ।

nārāyaṇāya viśvāya viśveśāya namonamaḥ śrībhūlīlādhipataye brahmaṇe paramātmane

Salutation again and again to Narayana, the universe, the lord of the universe; to Brahman, the Supreme Self, the lord of the sport of Shri and Bhu.

Verse 12 (padma.6.229.12)

नमोस्तु वासुदेवाय विश्वरूपाय शार्ङ्गिणे । त्रयीनाथाय हरये विश्वनाथस्वरूपिणे ।

namostu vāsudevāya viśvarūpāya śārṁgiṇe trayīnāthāya haraye viśvanāthasvarūpiṇe

Salutation to Vasudeva, of universal form, wielder of the Sharnga bow; to Hari, lord of the three Vedas, of the nature of the lord of the universe.

Verse 13 (padma.6.229.13)

अनंतकल्याणगुणपरिपूर्णाय ते नमः । जगच्च सर्व्वं स्वपिति त्वयि सुप्ते जगन्मये ।

anaṁtakalyāṇaguṇaparipūrṇāya te namaḥ jagacca sarvvaṁ svapiti tvayi supte jagaṁmaye

Salutation to you, full of endless auspicious qualities. When you, comprising the universe, sleep, the entire universe sleeps too.

Verse 14 (padma.6.229.14)

वृतं सर्वं जगन्नाथ प्रपंचे सचराचरम् । त्वमेव कारणं कर्त्ता कार्य्यं च त्रिगुणोद्भवम् ।

vṛtaṁ sarvaṁ jagaṁnātha prapaṁce sacarācaram tvameva kāraṇaṁ karttā kāryyaṁ ca triguṇodbhavam

This entire universe, moving and unmoving, O lord of the universe, is enveloped in the manifest world. You alone are the cause, the agent, and the effect born of the three gunas.

Verse 15 (padma.6.229.15)

स्रष्टा ध्याता विधाता च त्वमेव परमेश्वरः । जागर्षिशुद्धसत्वस्थस्तवनिद्रा कुतःप्रभो । देवत्वयि स्थितालोकाः समाधिष्ठाः सनातनाः ।

sraṣṭā dhyātā vidhātā ca tvameva parameśvaraḥ jāgarṣiśuddhasatvasthastavanidrā kutaḥprabho devatvayi sthitālokāḥ samādhiṣṭhāḥ sanātanāḥ

You alone are the creator, the meditator, and the ordainer, the Supreme Lord. Waking, situated in pure sattva — whence, O lord, is your sleep? The worlds situated in you are eternal, held in a state of trance.

Verse 16 (padma.6.229.16)

शिव उवाच- एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो ब्रह्मणा परमेश्वरः । उत्तस्थौ शयनात्तस्माद्विमुक्तो योगनिद्रया ।

śiva uvāca evamukto hṛṣīkeśo brahmaṇā parameśvaraḥ uttasthau śayanāttasmādvimukto yoganidrayā

Shiva said: Thus addressed by Brahma, Hrishikesha, the Supreme Lord, rose from that couch, freed from yoga-sleep.

Verse 17 (padma.6.229.17)

नियम्य योगनिद्रां तां जगत्स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे । अचिंत्यस्तत्क्षणाद्देवो जगतां प्रभुरच्युतः ।

niyaṁya yoganidrāṁ tāṁ jagatsraṣṭuṁ pracakrame aciṁtyastatkṣaṇāddevo jagatāṁ prabhuracyutaḥ

Restraining that yoga-sleep, he began to create the universe. That inconceivable god, the imperishable master of the worlds, instantly —

Verse 18 (padma.6.229.18)

चिंतयित्वा जगत्सर्वमसृजत्स पुमांस्ततः । लोकान्सर्व्वांस्तदा ह्यप्सु गतमंडं हिरण्मयम् ।

ciṁtayitvā jagatsarvamasṛjatsa pumāṁstataḥ lokāṁsarvvāṁstadā hyapsu gatamaṁḍaṁ hiraṁmayam

— having contemplated the entire universe, that Person then created all the worlds; then the golden cosmic egg, having gone into the waters,

Verse 19 (padma.6.229.19)

सप्तद्वीपान्समुद्रांतान्मेदिनी भूधरैर्युतान् । सहैकाण्डकटाहेन नाभिपद्मेऽसृजत्प्रभुः ।

saptadvīpāṁsamudrāṁtāṁmedinī bhūdharairyutān sahaikāṁḍakaṭāhena nābhipadme'sṛjatprabhuḥ

— with its seven continents ending in oceans, the earth with its mountains, together with the shell of the single egg, he created in his navel-lotus.

Verse 20 (padma.6.229.20)

तदण्डमध्ये चास्थानमीश्वरः कृतवान्हरिः । अथ नारायणंकस्तु दध्यावध्यात्मचेतसा ।

tadaṁḍamadhye cāsthānamīśvaraḥ kṛtavāṁhariḥ atha nārāyaṇaṁkastu dadhyāvadhyātmacetasā

Within that egg, Hari, the Lord, made his own abode. Then he meditated upon Narayana with an inward-turned mind.

Verse 21 (padma.6.229.21)

ध्यानांते तस्य भालात्तु स्वेदबिंदुरजायत । स बिंदुर्बुद्बुदाकारः पृथिव्यामपतत्क्षणात् ।

dhyānāṁte tasya bhālāttu svedabiṁdurajāyata sa biṁdurbudbudākāraḥ pṛthivyāmapatatkṣaṇāt

At the end of that meditation, a drop of sweat arose from his brow. That drop, bubble-shaped, fell upon the earth in an instant.

Verse 22 (padma.6.229.22)

तस्मात्तु बुद्बुदात्सोऽहमुत्पन्नोस्मि वरानने । त्र्यक्षस्त्रिशूलहस्तोऽहं जटामुकुटमंडितः ।

tasmāttu budbudātso'hamutpaṁnosmi varānane tryakṣastriśūlahasto'haṁ jaṭāmukuṭamaṁḍitaḥ

From that very bubble I was born, O fair-faced one. Three-eyed, trident in hand, adorned with a matted-hair crown —

Verse 23 (padma.6.229.23)

किंकरोमीति देवेशमवोचं विनयान्वितः । ततो नारायणो देवो मामित्याह मुदान्वितः ।

kiṁkaromīti deveśamavocaṁ vinayāṁvitaḥ tato nārāyaṇo devo māmityāha mudāṁvitaḥ

— I asked the Lord of the gods, humbly, 'What shall I do?' Then the god Narayana, delighted, said to me:

Verse 24 (padma.6.229.24)

कर्त्तासि जगतो रुद्र संहारं भीमदर्शनम् । साक्षात्संकर्षणांशेन संहारार्थे वरानने ।

karttāsi jagato rudra saṁhāraṁ bhīmadarśanam sākṣātsaṁkarṣaṇāṁśena saṁhārārthe varānane

'You are the doer, O Rudra, of the fearsome destruction of the universe' — I was born directly from a portion of Sankarshana, O fair one, for the purpose of destruction.

Verse 25 (padma.6.229.25)

तस्मान्नारायणाद्देवि उत्पन्नोस्मि भयंकरः । नियोज्य मां तु संहारे पुनरेव जनार्दनः ।

tasmāṁnārāyaṇāddevi utpaṁnosmi bhayaṁkaraḥ niyojya māṁ tu saṁhāre punareva janārdanaḥ

Therefore, O goddess, I, the fearsome one, was born from that Narayana. Having appointed me to destruction, Janardana again —

Verse 26 (padma.6.229.26)

नेत्राभ्यामसृजच्चंद्रसूर्य्यौ ध्वांतापहारिणौ । वायुं दिशश्च श्रोत्राभ्यामिंद्राग्नीमुखतोऽसृजत् ।

netrābhyāmasṛjaccaṁdrasūryyau dhvāṁtāpahāriṇau vāyuṁ diśaśca śrotrābhyāmiṁdrāgnīmukhato'sṛjat

— from his two eyes created the moon and sun, dispellers of darkness; the wind and the directions from his ears; Indra and Agni from his mouth.

Verse 27 (padma.6.229.27)

नासाभ्यां वरुणं मित्रमसृजत्पंकजेक्षणः । बाहुभ्यामखिलान्देवान्ससाध्यान्समरुद्गणान् ।

nāsābhyāṁ varuṇaṁ mitramasṛjatpaṁkajekṣaṇaḥ bāhubhyāmakhilāṁdevāṁsasādhyāṁsamarudgaṇān

From his nostrils, the lotus-eyed one created Varuna and Mitra; from his arms, all the gods together with the Sadhyas and the host of Maruts.

Verse 28 (padma.6.229.28)

समस्तरोमकूपेभ्यो रत्नान्योषधयस्तथा । त्वचि शैलान्समुद्राश्च गवाद्याः पशवस्तथा ।

samastaromakūpebhyo ratnāṁyoṣadhayastathā tvaci śailāṁsamudrāśca gavādyāḥ paśavastathā

From all his pores, gems and herbs; from his skin, mountains and oceans; and cattle and other animals likewise.

Verse 29 (padma.6.229.29)

मुखतो ब्राह्मणः सृष्टो बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियस्तथा । ऊर्व्वोर्वैश्यस्ततः पद्भ्यां शूद्रश्चैवमजायत ।

mukhato brāhmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭo bāhubhyāṁ kṣatriyastathā ūrvvorvaiśyastataḥ padbhyāṁ śūdraścaivamajāyata

From his mouth the brahmin was created; from his arms, the kshatriya; from his thighs, the vaishya; and from his feet, the shudra was thus born.

Verse 30 (padma.6.229.30)

एवं सृष्ट्वा जगत्सर्व्वमचेतनमवस्थितम् । विश्वरूपेण देवेशो यस्यांतरमधिष्ठितः ।

evaṁ sṛṣṭvā jagatsarvvamacetanamavasthitam viśvarūpeṇa deveśo yasyāṁtaramadhiṣṭhitaḥ

Having thus created the entire universe, which remains inert without him. The Lord of the gods, of universal form, within whom all this abides —

Verse 31 (padma.6.229.31)

शक्त्या विना हरेस्तस्य नोन्मेषो विद्यते यतः । तस्मात्सर्वजगत्प्राणो विष्णुरेव सनातनः ।

śaktyā vinā harestasya noṁmeṣo vidyate yataḥ tasmātsarvajagatprāṇo viṣṇureva sanātanaḥ

— for without the power of that Hari there is no manifestation of anything. Therefore the eternal Vishnu alone is the life-breath of the entire universe.

Verse 32 (padma.6.229.32)

स एवाव्यक्तरूपः सन्परमात्मा व्यवस्थितः । सर्गस्थितिलयं ब्रह्मा स्वयमेव प्रवर्त्तते ।

sa evāvyaktarūpaḥ saṁparamātmā vyavasthitaḥ sargasthitilayaṁ brahmā svayameva pravarttate

He alone, though of unmanifest form, abides as the Supreme Self. Brahma himself carries out creation, maintenance, and dissolution.

Verse 33 (padma.6.229.33)

षाड्गुण्यपरिपूर्णोऽसौ वासुदेवः सनातनः । त्रिगुणादात्मनोरूपं चतुर्द्धा कुरुते जगत् ।

ṣāḍguṁyaparipūrṇo'sau vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ triguṇādātmanorūpaṁ caturddhā kurute jagat

This eternal Vasudeva, full of the six-fold glory, from the three gunas of his own self, makes the universe fourfold.

Verse 34 (padma.6.229.34)

प्रद्युम्नमूर्त्तिर्भगवान्सर्वैश्वर्य्यसमन्वितः । विधेः प्रजापतीनां च कालस्य च जनस्य च ।

pradyuṁnamūrttirbhagavāṁsarvaiśvaryyasamaṁvitaḥ vidheḥ prajāpatīnāṁ ca kālasya ca janasya ca

In the form of Pradyumna, the Lord, endowed with all lordship, governs Vidhi, the Prajapatis, Time, and beings —

Verse 35 (padma.6.229.35)

अंतर्य्यामित्वमापन्नो सर्गं सम्यक्करोति हि । सेतिहासांस्ततो वेदान्ददौ तस्मै महात्मने ।

aṁtaryyāmitvamāpaṁno sargaṁ saṁyakkaroti hi setihāsāṁstato vedāṁdadau tasmai mahātmane

— having become their indwelling controller, he properly effects creation. He then gave the Itihasas and the Vedas to that great soul.

Verse 36 (padma.6.229.36)

प्रद्युम्नस्यांशभागोऽसौ ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । जगत्सर्गस्थितिं सर्व्वं प्रकरोत्यंशसंभवः ।

pradyuṁnasyāṁśabhāgo'sau brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ jagatsargasthitiṁ sarvvaṁ prakarotyaṁśasaṁbhavaḥ

Brahma, the grandfather of the worlds, is a portion of Pradyumna; born of that portion, he effects the entire creation and maintenance of the universe.

Verse 37 (padma.6.229.37)

अनिरुद्धश्च भगवाञ्छक्तितेजः समन्वितः । मनूनां पार्थिवानां च कालस्य च जनस्य च ।

aniruddhaśca bhagavāṁchaktitejaḥ samaṁvitaḥ manūnāṁ pārthivānāṁ ca kālasya ca janasya ca

And the glorious Aniruddha, endowed with power and radiance, governs the Manus, kings, Time, and beings —

Verse 38 (padma.6.229.38)

स्थितिं करोति भगवानंतर्य्यामित्वमास्थितः । संकर्षणो महाविष्णुर्विद्याबलसमन्वितः ।

sthitiṁ karoti bhagavānaṁtaryyāmitvamāsthitaḥ saṁkarṣaṇo mahāviṣṇurvidyābalasamaṁvitaḥ

— the Lord effects their maintenance, having become their indwelling controller. Sankarshana, the great Vishnu, endowed with knowledge and strength —

Verse 39 (padma.6.229.39)

कालस्य सर्वभूतानां रुद्रस्य च यमस्य च । अंतर्य्यामित्वमास्थाय जगत्संहरते प्रभुः ।

kālasya sarvabhūtānāṁ rudrasya ca yamasya ca aṁtaryyāmitvamāsthāya jagatsaṁharate prabhuḥ

— having become the indwelling controller of Time, of all beings, of Rudra, and of Yama, the Lord destroys the universe.

Verse 40 (padma.6.229.40)

इत्यंतर्य्याम्यवस्थायामंतर्य्यामित्वमात्मनः । मत्स्यः कूर्म्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः ।

ityaṁtaryyāṁyavasthāyāmaṁtaryyāmitvamātmanaḥ matsyaḥ kūrṁmo varāhaśca narasiṁho'tha vāmanaḥ

Thus, in the state of being the indweller, these are the self's states of indwelling. Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, then Vamana,

Verse 41 (padma.6.229.41)

रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्की च ते दश । एते तु विभवावस्था ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः ।

rāmo rāmaśca kṛṣṇaśca buddhaḥ kalkī ca te daśa ete tu vibhavāvasthā brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ

Rama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki — these ten. These are the manifest incarnate states of Brahman, the Supreme Self.

Verse 42 (padma.6.229.42)

नृसिंहरामकृष्णेषु षाड्गुण्यं परिकीर्तितम् । परावस्था तु देवस्य दीपादुत्पन्न दीपवत् ।

nṛsiṁharāmakṛṣṇeṣu ṣāḍguṁyaṁ parikīrtitam parāvasthā tu devasya dīpādutpaṁna dīpavat

In Narasimha, Rama, and Krishna the full six-fold glory is declared. But the transcendent state of the god is like a lamp lit from a lamp.

Verse 43 (padma.6.229.43)

सा ह्यवस्था हरेरस्य शृणुष्व गिरिजे शुभे । वैकुंठं परमं लोकं विष्णुलोकमनुत्तमम् ।

sā hyavasthā harerasya śṛṇuṣva girije śubhe vaikuṁṭhaṁ paramaṁ lokaṁ viṣṇulokamanuttamam

That state of Hari — hear it, O auspicious Girija. Vaikuntha, the supreme world, the unsurpassed world of Vishnu;

Verse 44 (padma.6.229.44)

श्वेतदीपं स्वरूपं तु क्षीरसागरमुत्तमम् । एवं चतुर्द्धा व्यूहं तु सम्यगुक्तं महर्षिभिः ।

śvetadīpaṁ svarūpaṁ tu kṣīrasāgaramuttamam evaṁ caturddhā vyūhaṁ tu saṁyaguktaṁ maharṣibhiḥ

Shvetadvipa, of that same nature; and the excellent Ocean of Milk — thus fourfold is the vyuha, well declared by the great sages.

Verse 45 (padma.6.229.45)

जलावरणमध्ये तु वैकुंठं कारणं शुभम् । कोटिवैश्वानरप्रख्यं सर्वं धर्म्मवदव्ययम् ।

jalāvaraṇamadhye tu vaikuṁṭhaṁ kāraṇaṁ śubham koṭivaiśvānaraprakhyaṁ sarvaṁ dharṁmavadavyayam

In the midst of the enveloping waters, Vaikuntha, the cause, auspicious, blazing like millions of fires, entirely like dharma, undecaying —

Verse 46 (padma.6.229.46)

आमोदमंदारकरैर्वृक्षैर्वह्निभिरास्थितम् । नानामणिमयं दिव्यं विमानकोटिभिर्य्युतम् ।

āmodamaṁdārakarairvṛkṣairvahnibhirāsthitam nānāmaṇimayaṁ divyaṁ vimānakoṭibhiryyutam

— filled with fragrant Mandara trees and with sacrificial fires, made of many jewels, divine, furnished with millions of celestial chariots.

Verse 47 (padma.6.229.47)

यदुक्तं परमं धाम तादृक्लक्षणसंस्थितम् । तस्मिन्वैकुंठनगरे नानारत्नसमुज्ज्वले ।

yaduktaṁ paramaṁ dhāma tādṛklakṣaṇasaṁsthitam tasmiṁvaikuṁṭhanagare nānāratnasamujjvale

That which was declared as the supreme abode, of such described characteristics — in that Vaikuntha city, brilliant with various gems,

Verse 48 (padma.6.229.48)

मध्ये देवजयारामं पुरं रम्यमनुत्तमम् । चतुर्द्वारसमायुक्तं हेमप्राकारतोरणम् ।

madhye devajayārāmaṁ puraṁ raṁyamanuttamam caturdvārasamāyuktaṁ hemaprākāratoraṇam

— in its midst is the beautiful, unsurpassed city called Devajayarama, furnished with four gates, golden ramparts and archways,

Verse 49 (padma.6.229.49)

चंडादिद्वारपालाद्यैः कुमुदाद्यैश्च रक्षितम् । नानामणिमयैर्दिव्यैर्गृहैः पंक्तिभिरावृतम् ।

caṁḍādidvārapālādyaiḥ kumudādyaiśca rakṣitam nānāmaṇimayairdivyairgṛhaiḥ paṁktibhirāvṛtam

— guarded by gatekeepers beginning with Chanda and Kumuda, surrounded by rows of houses made of various divine gems,

Verse 50 (padma.6.229.50)

विततं पंचपद्माभिर्योजनैश्च समंततः । सहस्रयोजनोत्तुंगैः प्रासादैः कोटिभिर्वृतम् ।

vitataṁ paṁcapadmābhiryojanaiśca samaṁtataḥ sahasrayojanottuṁgaiḥ prāsādaiḥ koṭibhirvṛtam

— extending five padmas of yojanas on every side, surrounded by millions of palaces a thousand yojanas high,

Verse 51 (padma.6.229.51)

आरूढयौवनैर्द्दिव्यैः पुंभिः स्त्रीभिश्च शोभितम् । स्त्रियश्च पुरुषाश्चास्मिन्सर्वलक्षणशोभिताः ।

ārūḍhayauvanairddivyaiḥ puṁbhiḥ strībhiśca śobhitam striyaśca puruṣāścāsmiṁsarvalakṣaṇaśobhitāḥ

— adorned with divine men and women in the flower of youth. And in it, men and women adorned with every auspicious mark,

Verse 52 (padma.6.229.52)

समरूपाश्च श्रीविष्णोः सर्व्वालंकारभूषिताः । दिव्यस्रग्वस्त्रसंछन्ना दिव्यचंदनभूषिताः ।

samarūpāśca śrīviṣṇoḥ sarvvālaṁkārabhūṣitāḥ divyasragvastrasaṁchaṁnā divyacaṁdanabhūṣitāḥ

— of forms like Shri Vishnu's own, adorned with every ornament, clothed in divine garlands and garments, adorned with divine sandal paste,

Verse 53 (padma.6.229.53)

मोदंते तत्र देवेश भक्त्या त्वात्ममनोरमे । मंत्राष्टाक्षरसंसिद्धा भक्त्या षोडशरूपया ।

modaṁte tatra deveśa bhaktyā tvātmamanorame maṁtrāṣṭākṣarasaṁsiddhā bhaktyā ṣoḍaśarūpayā

— rejoice there, O lord of the gods, with devotion, in that place delightful to the self. Accomplished through the eight-syllabled mantra, through devotion in its sixteen forms,

Verse 54 (padma.6.229.54)

वृतास्तत्पदमाविश्य मोदंते मनसीप्सितम् । गत्वास्मिन्न निवर्तंते विष्णुना सह संस्थिताः ।

vṛtāstatpadamāviśya modaṁte manasīpsitam gatvāsmiṁna nivartaṁte viṣṇunā saha saṁsthitāḥ

— surrounded by such devotees, having entered that abode, they rejoice as their minds desire. Having gone there, they do not return, being established together with Vishnu.

Verse 55 (padma.6.229.55)

अविच्छिन्नात्मना ते वै विष्णुना संगताः शुभाः । तत्समानसुखं नित्यं प्राप्नुवंति मनीषिणः ।

avicchiṁnātmanā te vai viṣṇunā saṁgatāḥ śubhāḥ tatsamānasukhaṁ nityaṁ prāpnuvaṁti manīṣiṇaḥ

Auspicious ones, united with Vishnu with an unbroken selfhood, the wise attain an eternal happiness equal to His own.

Verse 56 (padma.6.229.56)

यत्रतत्र हरेर्लोकानाविश्य शुभचेतसः । प्राप्नुवंति पुनः स्वर्गं स्वर्गस्थाइव जंतवः ।

yatratatra harerlokānāviśya śubhacetasaḥ prāpnuvaṁti punaḥ svargaṁ svargasthāiva jaṁtavaḥ

Wherever devotees of pure mind enter Hari's worlds, they attain heaven again and again, like beings dwelling in heaven.

Verse 57 (padma.6.229.57)

यथा सौमित्रि भरतौ यथा संकर्षणादयः । तथा तेपि च जायंते सत्यलोके यथेच्छया ।

yathā saumitri bharatau yathā saṁkarṣaṇādayaḥ tathā tepi ca jāyaṁte satyaloke yathecchayā

As Saumitri and Bharata, as Sankarshana and the others, so they too are born in Satyaloka, as they wish,

Verse 58 (padma.6.229.58)

पुनस्तेनैव यास्यंति तत्पदं शाश्वतं परम् । न कर्म्मबंधनं जन्म वैष्णवानां च विद्यते ।

punastenaiva yāsyaṁti tatpadaṁ śāśvataṁ param na karṁmabaṁdhanaṁ jaṁma vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca vidyate

— and by that same they will go again to that eternal, supreme abode. There is no bondage of karma, no further birth for Vaishnavas.

Verse 59 (padma.6.229.59)

विष्णोरनुचरत्वं हि मोक्षयाहुर्मनीषिणः । न दास्यममरेशस्य बंधनं परिकीर्तितम् ।

viṣṇoranucaratvaṁ hi mokṣayāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ na dāsyamamareśasya baṁdhanaṁ parikīrtitam

The wise declare that being a follower of Vishnu is itself liberation. Servitude to the Lord of the immortals is not declared to be bondage.

Verse 60 (padma.6.229.60)

सर्वबंधननिर्मुक्ता हरिदासा निरामयाः । आब्रह्मभुवनाँ लोकाः पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणाः ।

sarvabaṁdhananirmuktā haridāsā nirāmayāḥ ābrahmabhuvanā~ lokāḥ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇāḥ

Freed from all bondage, the servants of Hari are free from affliction. The worlds up to Brahma's realm are characterized by eventual return,

Verse 61 (padma.6.229.61)

कर्मबंधमया दुःखमित्रासख्यभयप्रदाः । बह्वाया सफला देवि जनिनाशकहेतवः ।

karmabaṁdhamayā duḥkhamitrāsakhyabhayapradāḥ bahvāyā saphalā devi janināśakahetavaḥ

— full of the suffering of karma-bondage, giving rise to enmity, friendship, and fear. Even lengthy lifespans, O goddess, bearing fruit, are but causes for the destruction of further birth.

Verse 62 (padma.6.229.62)

सुखभोगस्तु यन्नॄणां विषमिश्राशनं यथा । स्वर्गसंस्थान्नरान्दृष्ट्वा क्षीणे कर्म्मणि देवताः ।

sukhabhogastu yaṁnṝṇāṁ viṣamiśrāśanaṁ yathā svargasaṁsthāṁnarāṁdṛṣṭvā kṣīṇe karṁmaṇi devatāḥ

The pleasure-enjoyment of men is like food mixed with poison. Seeing men situated in heaven, when their merit is exhausted, the gods —

Verse 63 (padma.6.229.63)

कुपिताः पातयन्त्येव संसृतौ कार्य्यबंधने । तस्मात्स्वर्गसुखं देवि बहुधायाससाधनम् ।

kupitāḥ pātayaṁtyeva saṁsṛtau kāryyabaṁdhane tasmātsvargasukhaṁ devi bahudhāyāsasādhanam

— grow angry and cast them down again into the bondage of action in worldly existence. Therefore, O goddess, the pleasure of heaven, achieved through much toil,

Verse 64 (padma.6.229.64)

अनित्यं कुटिलं दुःखमिश्रं योगी परित्यजेत् । सततं संस्मरेद्विष्णुं सर्वदुःखौघनाशनम् ।

anityaṁ kuṭilaṁ duḥkhamiśraṁ yogī parityajet satataṁ saṁsmaredviṣṇuṁ sarvaduḥkhaughanāśanam

— is impermanent, deceptive, mixed with sorrow; the yogi should abandon it. One should constantly remember Vishnu, the destroyer of the mass of all sorrow.

Verse 65 (padma.6.229.65)

नामोच्चारणमात्रेण प्राप्नुवंति परं पदम् । तस्मात्तु वैष्णवं लोकं गौरि संप्रार्थयेत्सुधीः ।

nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa prāpnuvaṁti paraṁ padam tasmāttu vaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ gauri saṁprārthayetsudhīḥ

By the mere utterance of his name, devotees attain the supreme state. Therefore, O fair one, the wise should earnestly pray for that Vaishnava world.

Verse 66 (padma.6.229.66)

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया देवं भजेत करुणांबुधिम् । स सर्वज्ञानगुणवान्रक्षत्येव न संशयः ।

bhaktyā tvanaṁyayā devaṁ bhajeta karuṇāṁbudhim sa sarvajṁānaguṇavāṁrakṣatyeva na saṁśayaḥ

One should worship the Lord, the ocean of compassion, with unwavering devotion. He, possessed of all knowledge and virtue, surely protects — of this there is no doubt.

Verse 67 (padma.6.229.67)

तस्मादष्टाक्षरं मन्त्रं जप्त्वा सुखतरं शुभम् । संप्राप्नोति परं लोकं वैष्णवं सर्वकामदम् ।

tasmādaṣṭākṣaraṁ maṁtraṁ japtvā sukhataraṁ śubham saṁprāpnoti paraṁ lokaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ sarvakāmadam

Therefore, having recited the eight-syllabled mantra, with the greatest ease and auspiciousness, one attains the supreme, Vaishnava world, granting all desires.

Verse 68 (padma.6.229.68)

तस्मिन्मणिमये तल्पे सहस्रसूर्य्यरश्मिनि । विमाने शुशुभे दिव्ये संस्थितो भगवान्हरिः ।

tasmiṁmaṇimaye talpe sahasrasūryyaraśmini vimāne śuśubhe divye saṁsthito bhagavāṁhariḥ

On that jeweled couch, radiant with a thousand suns' rays, on a divine celestial chariot, the glorious Hari sat resplendent.

Verse 69 (padma.6.229.69)

तत्र चाधारशक्त्यादि धृते पीठे हिरण्मये । नानारत्नमये दिव्ये नानावर्णसमन्विते ।

tatra cādhāraśaktyādi dhṛte pīṭhe hiraṁmaye nānāratnamaye divye nānāvarṇasamaṁvite

There, upon a golden seat borne by Adharashakti and the other powers, made of various jewels, divine, of many colors,

Verse 70 (padma.6.229.70)

तस्मिन्नष्टदले पद्मे मंत्राक्षरपदे शुभे । कर्णिकायां सुरम्यायां लक्ष्मीबीजशुभाक्षरे ।

tasmiṁnaṣṭadale padme maṁtrākṣarapade śubhe karṇikāyāṁ suraṁyāyāṁ lakṣmībījaśubhākṣare

— on that eight-petaled lotus, in the seat of the mantra's syllables, auspicious, in its beautiful pericarp, on the auspicious syllable that is Lakshmi's seed-mantra,

Verse 71 (padma.6.229.71)

तस्मिन्वालार्कसाहस्रकोटितुल्य समप्रभे । दिव्ये नारायणः श्रीमानासीनः पंकजासने ।

tasmiṁvālārkasāhasrakoṭitulya samaprabhe divye nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānāsīnaḥ paṁkajāsane

— of a splendor equal to a thousand million rising suns, the glorious, divine Narayana sat, on his lotus-seat.

Verse 72 (padma.6.229.72)

तस्य दक्षिणके पार्श्वे जगन्माता हिरण्मयी । गृहीत्वा चामरान्दिव्यान् दिव्यमाल्यविभूषणा ।

tasya dakṣiṇake pārśve jagaṁmātā hiraṁmayī gṛhītvā cāmarāṁdivyān divyamālyavibhūṣaṇā

On his right side, the golden mother of the universe, holding divine yak-tail fans, adorned with divine garlands and ornaments,

Verse 73 (padma.6.229.73)

वसुपात्रं मातुलुंगं स्वर्णपद्मं धृतं करैः । वामतः पृथिवीदेवी नीलोत्पलदलद्युतिः ।

vasupātraṁ mātuluṁgaṁ svarṇapadmaṁ dhṛtaṁ karaiḥ vāmataḥ pṛthivīdevī nīlotpaladaladyutiḥ

— held a vessel of treasure, a citron fruit, a golden lotus in her hands. On his left, the goddess Earth, of the radiance of a blue lotus-petal,

Verse 74 (padma.6.229.74)

नानाभरणसंयुक्ता विचित्रांबरभूषिता । सा धृत्वा चोर्द्ध्वबाहुभ्यां रम्यं रक्तोत्पलद्वयम् ।

nānābharaṇasaṁyuktā vicitrāṁbarabhūṣitā sā dhṛtvā corddhvabāhubhyāṁ raṁyaṁ raktotpaladvayam

— adorned with various ornaments, clothed in wondrous garments — she held, with her two raised arms, a beautiful pair of red lotuses;

Verse 75 (padma.6.229.75)

इतराभ्यां धृतं देव्या धान्यपात्रयुगं तथा । गृहीत्वा चामरान्दिव्यान्शक्तयो विमलादिकाः ।

itarābhyāṁ dhṛtaṁ devyā dhāṁyapātrayugaṁ tathā gṛhītvā cāmarāṁdivyāṁśaktayo vimalādikāḥ

— and with her other two, the goddess held a pair of grain-vessels. Holding divine yak-tail fans, the powers beginning with Vimala,

Verse 76 (padma.6.229.76)

दलाग्रेषु समासीनाः सर्वलक्षणशोभिताः । तासां मध्ये समासीनो भगवानच्युतो हरिः ।

dalāgreṣu samāsīnāḥ sarvalakṣaṇaśobhitāḥ tāsāṁ madhye samāsīno bhagavānacyuto hariḥ

— seated on the tips of the petals, adorned with every auspicious mark. In their midst sat the glorious, imperishable Hari,

Verse 77 (padma.6.229.77)

शंखचक्रगदापद्मपाणिभिर्दिव्यभूषणैः । केयूरांगदहाराद्यैर्भूषणै रूपशोभितः ।

śaṁkhacakragadāpadmapāṇibhirdivyabhūṣaṇaiḥ keyūrāṁgadahārādyairbhūṣaṇai rūpaśobhitaḥ

— with hands holding the conch, discus, mace, and lotus, adorned with divine ornaments, resplendent with beauty through armlets, bracelets, necklaces and the like,

Verse 78 (padma.6.229.78)

प्रातरुद्यत्सहस्रांशु कुण्डलाभ्यां विराजितः । पूर्वोक्तैस्त्रिदशैर्न्नित्यैः सेवितः परमेश्वरः ।

prātarudyatsahasrāṁśu kuṁḍalābhyāṁ virājitaḥ pūrvoktaistridaśairṁnityaiḥ sevitaḥ parameśvaraḥ

— resplendent with two earrings like the rising thousand-rayed sun at dawn, that Supreme Lord, served by the previously mentioned eternal thirty gods,

Verse 79 (padma.6.229.79)

आस्ते वैकुण्ठनगरे नित्ये सत्ये च भोगवान् । श्रीमदष्टाक्षरं मंत्रं सिद्धानां वै मनीषिणाम् ।

āste vaikuṁṭhanagare nitye satye ca bhogavān śrīmadaṣṭākṣaraṁ maṁtraṁ siddhānāṁ vai manīṣiṇām

— dwells in the city of Vaikuntha, eternal, true, full of enjoyment. The glorious eight-syllabled mantra, known only to the accomplished wise —

Verse 80 (padma.6.229.80)

गम्यं तद्वैष्णवं लोकं नेतरेषां कथंचन । इत्येवं प्रथमं व्यूहं कथितं ते वरानने ।

gaṁyaṁ tadvaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ netareṣāṁ kathaṁcana ityevaṁ prathamaṁ vyūhaṁ kathitaṁ te varānane

— through it alone is that Vaishnava world reachable, by no other means for anyone. Thus has this first vyuha been told to you, O fair-faced one.

Verse 81 (padma.6.229.81)

द्वितीयं वैष्णवं लोकं शृणु वक्ष्यामि सुव्रते । योऽयं नित्य इति ख्यातो लोकाग्र्यो वैष्णवः स्मृतः ।

dvitīyaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi suvrate yo'yaṁ nitya iti khyāto lokāgryo vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ

Now hear the second Vaishnava world, O one of good vows, which I shall tell. That which is known as 'the Eternal,' remembered as the foremost of Vaishnava worlds —

Verse 82 (padma.6.229.82)

तं लोकं विपुलं पुण्यं शुद्धं सत्वमयं शुभम् । मध्याह्नसूर्य्यसाहस्रयुगपद्भासितं तदा ।

taṁ lokaṁ vipulaṁ puṁyaṁ śuddhaṁ satvamayaṁ śubham madhyāhnasūryyasāhasrayugapadbhāsitaṁ tadā

— that vast, meritorious world, pure, composed of sattva, auspicious, illumined then as if by a thousand midday suns simultaneously.

Verse 83 (padma.6.229.83)

कल्पांतेऽपि न लीयेत तत्वलोकं महत्तरम् । मम ब्रह्मादिदेवानां न द्रष्टुमपि शक्यते ।

kalpāṁte'pi na līyeta tatvalokaṁ mahattaram mama brahmādidevānāṁ na draṣṭumapi śakyate

Even at the end of a kalpa it does not dissolve — that greater world of truth. It cannot be seen even by me, by Brahma, or by the other gods.

Verse 84 (padma.6.229.84)

सर्वं कल्पद्रुमवनैः परिपूर्णं समंततः । सुधाम्बुपरिपूर्णाभिर्दीर्घिकाभिः समन्वितम् ।

sarvaṁ kalpadrumavanaiḥ paripūrṇaṁ samaṁtataḥ sudhāṁbuparipūrṇābhirdīrghikābhiḥ samaṁvitam

It is filled everywhere with groves of wish-fulfilling trees, furnished with long pools brimming with nectar-water,

Verse 85 (padma.6.229.85)

स्वर्णरत्नमयैर्दिव्यैः पंकजैरुपशोभितम् । जलदग्निनिभैर्दिव्यैर्भूषणैः कोटिभिर्वृतम् ।

svarṇaratnamayairdivyaiḥ paṁkajairupaśobhitam jaladagninibhairdivyairbhūṣaṇaiḥ koṭibhirvṛtam

— adorned with divine lotuses of gold and gems, surrounded by millions of divine ornaments like clouds and fire,

Verse 86 (padma.6.229.86)

निरंतरं सामभिश्च कूजितैः कोकिलादिभिः । ऊह्यमानैर्गन्धर्वृक्षैः पुष्पकैरपि शोभितम् ।

niraṁtaraṁ sāmabhiśca kūjitaiḥ kokilādibhiḥ ūhyamānairgaṁdharvṛkṣaiḥ puṣpakairapi śobhitam

— constantly resounding with Sama chants and the cooing of cuckoos and other birds, adorned also with fragrant celestial trees swaying and with flowering trees.

Verse 87 (padma.6.229.87)

ऊनषोडशवर्षाब्दैर्दिव्यनारीनरैर्वृतम् । सर्वलक्षणशोभाढ्यैर्दिव्यकल्पविभूषणैः ।

ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣābdairdivyanārīnarairvṛtam sarvalakṣaṇaśobhāḍhyairdivyakalpavibhūṣaṇaiḥ

It is filled with divine men and women of an age just under sixteen years, rich with every auspicious mark and divine, wish-granting ornaments.

Verse 88 (padma.6.229.88)

तत्रप्रदेशे रम्येषु देशेषु कमलापतिम् । मुदितैः पतिभिः सार्द्धमर्चयंति स्म योषितः ।

tatrapradeśe raṁyeṣu deśeṣu kamalāpatim muditaiḥ patibhiḥ sārddhamarcayaṁti sma yoṣitaḥ

In its beautiful regions, women, together with their joyful husbands, worship the Lord of Lakshmi.

Verse 89 (padma.6.229.89)

तत्प्रसादोपलभ्यं वै सुखमश्नन्ति सर्वदा । गायंति परमानंदं कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् ।

tatprasādopalabhyaṁ vai sukhamaśnaṁti sarvadā gāyaṁti paramānaṁdaṁ kṛṣṇasya caritaṁ mahat

They ever enjoy the happiness obtainable by his grace; they sing the great deeds of Krishna in supreme bliss.

Verse 90 (padma.6.229.90)

पद्मेक्षणाः पद्महस्ताः पद्मया सदृशः शुभाः । दिव्यस्रग्वसनोपेताः क्रीडंति स्म सुयोषितः ।

padmekṣaṇāḥ padmahastāḥ padmayā sadṛśaḥ śubhāḥ divyasragvasanopetāḥ krīḍaṁti sma suyoṣitaḥ

Lotus-eyed, lotus-handed, beautiful ones equal to Padma herself, clothed in divine garlands and garments, the fair women sport there;

Verse 91 (padma.6.229.91)

शंखचक्रगदापद्मधरा भूषणभूषिताः । स्रग्विणः पीतवसनाः पुरुषास्तत्र संस्थिताः ।

śaṁkhacakragadāpadmadharā bhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ sragviṇaḥ pītavasanāḥ puruṣāstatra saṁsthitāḥ

and the men there, bearing the conch, discus, mace, and lotus, adorned with ornaments, garlanded, clad in yellow garments, dwell there.

Verse 92 (padma.6.229.92)

अनन्यस्पर्शनात्तत्र स्त्रीपुंसोः क्रीडमानयोः । भवत्यनुदिनं वृद्धं हरिभक्तिसुखं रसम् ।

anaṁyasparśanāttatra strīpuṁsoḥ krīḍamānayoḥ bhavatyanudinaṁ vṛddhaṁ haribhaktisukhaṁ rasam

From their unparalleled touch, as the couples sport, the rasa of the joy of devotion to Hari grows day by day.

Verse 93 (padma.6.229.93)

तन्मध्येंतःपुरं रम्यं वासुदेवस्य शोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्प्पूरकुंकुमोदकसंयुतम् ।

taṁmadhyeṁtaḥpuraṁ raṁyaṁ vāsudevasya śobhitam caṁdanāgurukarppūrakuṁkumodakasaṁyutam

In their midst is the beautiful inner palace of Vasudeva, resplendent, filled with sandal, aloe-wood, camphor, and saffron-water,

Verse 94 (padma.6.229.94)

नानापुष्पविमानाद्यैः सर्वतः समलंकृतम् । तन्मध्ये कल्पवृक्षस्य च्छायायां कमलासने ।

nānāpuṣpavimānādyaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṁkṛtam taṁmadhye kalpavṛkṣasya cchāyāyāṁ kamalāsane

— adorned all around with various flowers, celestial chariots, and the like. In its midst, in the shade of a wish-fulfilling tree, on a lotus-seat,

Verse 95 (padma.6.229.95)

विचित्रश्लक्ष्णपर्यंके शुभास्तरणसंवृते । दिव्यगंधसुशोभाढ्यैर्नानापुष्पपरिच्छदैः ।

vicitraślakṣṇaparyaṁke śubhāstaraṇasaṁvṛte divyagaṁdhasuśobhāḍhyairnānāpuṣpaparicchadaiḥ

— on a wondrous, smooth couch, covered with an auspicious spread, with divine fragrance, richly adorned with various flower-hangings,

Verse 96 (padma.6.229.96)

तस्मिन्मनोरमे दिव्ये समासीनः श्रिया सह । ईश्वर्य्या सह देवेशो वासुदेवः सनातनः ।

tasmiṁmanorame divye samāsīnaḥ śriyā saha īśvaryyā saha deveśo vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ

— on that enchanting, divine couch, seated together with Shri, together with his consort Ishvari, sits the eternal Lord of the gods, Vasudeva —

Verse 97 (padma.6.229.97)

सुधांशुकोटिसंकाशो दिव्याभरणभूषितः । सुवर्णशुभ्रयुगल श्लक्ष्णनासांचिताननः ।

sudhāṁśukoṭisaṁkāśo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ suvarṇaśubhrayugala ślakṣṇanāsāṁcitānanaḥ

— radiant as millions of moons, adorned with divine ornaments, his face graced with a pair of golden-fair, smooth nostrils,

Verse 98 (padma.6.229.98)

स्निग्धायतसुलावण्यकपोलाभ्यां विराजितः । नीलकुंचितकेशाढ्यो रक्ताब्जदललोचनः ।

snigdhāyatasulāvaṁyakapolābhyāṁ virājitaḥ nīlakuṁcitakeśāḍhyo raktābjadalalocanaḥ

— resplendent with glossy, wide, most beautiful cheeks, rich with dark, curling hair, his eyes like red lotus petals,

Verse 99 (padma.6.229.99)

मंदारकेतकीजाती कैरवीकृतशेखरः । स्निग्धबिम्बफलाभौष्ठः सुस्मिताननपंकजः ।

maṁdāraketakījātī kairavīkṛtaśekharaḥ snigdhabiṁbaphalābhauṣṭhaḥ susmitānanapaṁkajaḥ

— his crest adorned with Mandara, Ketaki, and Jati flowers and white water-lilies, his lips glossy like a bimba fruit, his lotus-face gently smiling,

Verse 100 (padma.6.229.100)

अनर्घ्यमौक्तिकाभासदंतावलिविराजितः । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगः कस्तूरीतिलकांकितः ।

anarghyamauktikābhāsadaṁtāvalivirājitaḥ haricaṁdanaliptāṁgaḥ kastūrītilakāṁkitaḥ

— resplendent with a row of teeth radiant as priceless pearls, his body anointed with sandal paste, marked with a musk-tilaka,

Verse 101 (padma.6.229.101)

उन्नतांसभुजैर्दीर्घैश्चतुर्भिरुपशोभितः । जपाकुसुमसंकाशकरपल्लवशोभितः ।

uṁnatāṁsabhujairdīrghaiścaturbhirupaśobhitaḥ japākusumasaṁkāśakarapallavaśobhitaḥ

— adorned with four long arms and raised shoulders, his tender hands radiant like hibiscus flowers,

Verse 102 (padma.6.229.102)

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभाभ्यां च शोभितः पृथुवक्षसा ।

śrīvatsakaustubhābhyāṁ ca śobhitaḥ pṛthuvakṣasā

— adorned with the Shrivatsa mark and the Kaustubha jewel, his broad chest resplendent —

Verse 103 (padma.6.229.103)

मुक्तामयैः सुशोभाढ्यैर्दिव्यस्रग्भिरलंकृतः । बालार्कसदृशज्योत्स्ना पीतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः ।

muktāmayaiḥ suśobhāḍhyairdivyasragbhiralaṁkṛtaḥ bālārkasadṛśajyotsnā pītavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ

— beautifully adorned with divine garlands rich with pearls, clad in yellow garments like the light of the rising sun,

Verse 104 (padma.6.229.104)

माणिक्यनूपुरोपेत पद्मपत्रविराजितः । अकलंकितचंद्राभ नखपंक्तिविराजितः ।

māṇikyanūpuropeta padmapatravirājitaḥ akalaṁkitacaṁdrābha nakhapaṁktivirājitaḥ

— his lotus-like feet adorned with ruby anklets, resplendent with a row of nails like the spotless moon,

Verse 105 (padma.6.229.105)

रक्तोत्पलनिभश्लक्ष्ण शुभ्रांघ्रिकरपंकजः । पांचजन्यरथांगाभ्यां बाहुयुग्मविराजितः ।

raktotpalanibhaślakṣṇa śubhrāṁghrikarapaṁkajaḥ pāṁcajaṁyarathāṁgābhyāṁ bāhuyugmavirājitaḥ

— his lotus-hands and feet smooth and radiant like a red lotus, his pair of arms resplendent with the Panchajanya conch and the discus,

Verse 106 (padma.6.229.106)

इतराभ्यां श्रियो गात्रमाश्लिष्यन्निजवक्षसि । श्लिष्यद्विद्युल्लतोद्गीथ शिताभ्र इव राजते ।

itarābhyāṁ śriyo gātramāśliṣyaṁnijavakṣasi śliṣyadvidyullatodgītha śitābhra iva rājate

— and with the other two arms embracing Shri's form to his own chest, shining like a streak of lightning clinging to a white cloud,

Verse 107 (padma.6.229.107)

सप्तजांबूनदश्लक्ष्ण शुभांघ्रियुगपंजकः । अत्र क्रीडति देवेशो वासुदेवः सनातनः ।

saptajāṁbūnadaślakṣṇa śubhāṁghriyugapaṁjakaḥ atra krīḍati deveśo vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ

— his pair of beautiful feet like polished gold — there the eternal Lord of the gods, Vasudeva, sports.

Verse 108 (padma.6.229.108)

तप्तकांचनसंकाशा सर्वाभरणभूषिता । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिलचंद्रराविविराजिता ।

taptakāṁcanasaṁkāśā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā susnigdhanīlakuṭilacaṁdrarāvivirājitā

Shri, of a hue like molten gold, adorned with every ornament, her hair glossy, dark, and curling like the moon and sun combined,

Verse 109 (padma.6.229.109)

मंदारपारिजातादि दिव्यपुष्पविराजिता । कर्णावतंस शोभाढ्या चिकुरांतालिसन्निभा ।

maṁdārapārijātādi divyapuṣpavirājitā karṇāvataṁsa śobhāḍhyā cikurāṁtālisaṁnibhā

— resplendent with divine flowers beginning with Mandara and Parijata, her ear-ornaments beautiful, her curling locks like a swarm of bees,

Verse 110 (padma.6.229.110)

पीनोन्नतस्तनाभ्यां च पीडंति हरिवक्षसि । केयूरांगदहाराद्यैर्भूषणैरुपशोभिता ।

pīnoṁnatastanābhyāṁ ca pīḍaṁti harivakṣasi keyūrāṁgadahārādyairbhūṣaṇairupaśobhitā

— pressing against Hari's chest with her full, raised breasts, adorned with armlets, bracelets, necklaces and the like,

Verse 111 (padma.6.229.111)

आरूढयौवना नित्यं सर्वलोकेशसुंदरी । तत्र क्रीडति लोकेश पत्या सह निरंतरम् ।

ārūḍhayauvanā nityaṁ sarvalokeśasuṁdarī tatra krīḍati lokeśa patyā saha niraṁtaram

— ever in the flower of youth, the beauty of the lord of all worlds — there she sports continually with her husband, the lord of the worlds.

Verse 112 (padma.6.229.112)

स एव वासुदेवोऽत्र सर्वभूतमनोहरः । क्रीडते सर्वलोकेस्मिन्सर्वकामप्रदो नृणाम् ।

sa eva vāsudevo'tra sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ krīḍate sarvalokesmiṁsarvakāmaprado nṛṇām

He, that same Vasudeva, the enchanter of the minds of all beings, sports in that world, the granter of every desire to men.

Verse 113 (padma.6.229.113)

अत्राष्टशक्तयो लक्ष्म्यास्तनवः परितः स्थिताः । रमा च रुक्मिणी सीता पद्मा पद्मालया शिवा ।

atrāṣṭaśaktayo lakṣṁyāstanavaḥ paritaḥ sthitāḥ ramā ca rukmiṇī sītā padmā padmālayā śivā

There, the eight powers of Lakshmi, her very forms, stand all around: Rama, Rukmini, Sita, Padma, Padmalaya, Shiva,

Verse 114 (padma.6.229.114)

सुलक्षणा सुशीला च रतिकामप्रदाश्च ताः । शंखचक्रगदापद्म शार्ङ्गाद्यैर्हेतिभिस्तथा ।

sulakṣaṇā suśīlā ca ratikāmapradāśca tāḥ śaṁkhacakragadāpadma śārṁgādyairhetibhistathā

Sulakshana, and Sushila — these grant love and desire. With the conch, discus, mace, lotus, Sharnga bow and other weapons —

Verse 115 (padma.6.229.115)

परितः पुष्कराकारैस्तं लोकं परिरक्षते । एवं द्वितीयं रूपं च सम्यक्ते शुभदर्शने ।

paritaḥ puṣkarākāraistaṁ lokaṁ parirakṣate evaṁ dvitīyaṁ rūpaṁ ca saṁyakte śubhadarśane

— shaped like lotuses all around, they protect that world. Thus this second form has been properly—

Verse 116 (padma.6.229.116)

संक्षेपतो मया प्रोक्तं न शक्यं विस्तरेण हि । द्वादशाक्षरमंत्रं वै ये जपंति सुखाह्वयम् ।

saṁkṣepato mayā proktaṁ na śakyaṁ vistareṇa hi dvādaśākṣaramaṁtraṁ vai ye japaṁti sukhāhvayam

— told to you in brief, O fair-faced one; it cannot be told in full detail. Those who recite the twelve-syllabled mantra, the joy-bestowing one —

Verse 117 (padma.6.229.117)

ते प्राप्नुवंति सततं शाश्वतं शुभमक्षयम् । न वेदाध्ययनैर्यज्ञैर्न व्रतैर्नोपवासतः ।

te prāpnuvaṁti satataṁ śāśvataṁ śubhamakṣayam na vedādhyayanairyajṁairna vratairnopavāsataḥ

— they ever attain that eternal, auspicious, imperishable state. Not through Vedic study, nor sacrifices, nor vows, nor fasting,

Verse 118 (padma.6.229.118)

न प्राप्यं वैष्णवं लोकं विना दास्येन कुत्रचित् । तस्माद्दास्यं हरेर्भक्तं भजेतानन्यमानसः ।

na prāpyaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ vinā dāsyena kutracit tasmāddāsyaṁ harerbhaktaṁ bhajetānaṁyamānasaḥ

— is that Vaishnava world attainable, by any means, without servitude. Therefore one should cultivate the servitude of Hari's devotees, with an undivided mind;

Verse 119 (padma.6.229.119)

प्राप्नोति परमां सिद्धिं कर्मबंधविमोचनीम् । एवं संप्रोच्यते देवि द्वितीयं व्यूहमव्ययम् ।

prāpnoti paramāṁ siddhiṁ karmabaṁdhavimocanīm evaṁ saṁprocyate devi dvitīyaṁ vyūhamavyayam

— one attains supreme perfection, releasing one from the bondage of karma. Thus is declared, O goddess, this second, imperishable vyuha.

Verse 120 (padma.6.229.120)

तृतीयं तु परं व्यूहं शृणु वक्ष्यामि पार्वति । तोयाब्धेरुत्तरं कूलं श्वेतद्वीपे महामते ।

tṛtīyaṁ tu paraṁ vyūhaṁ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi pārvati toyābdheruttaraṁ kūlaṁ śvetadvīpe mahāmate

Now hear the third supreme vyuha, O Parvati, which I shall tell. On the northern shore of the ocean of water, on Shvetadvipa, O wise one,

Verse 121 (padma.6.229.121)

संदर्शनाय योगानां सनकादि महात्मनाम् । सनकश्च सनंदश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः ।

saṁdarśanāya yogānāṁ sanakādi mahātmanām sanakaśca sanaṁdaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ

— for the sight of the yogis, the great souls beginning with Sanaka — Sanaka, Sanandana, and the third, Sanatana,

Verse 122 (padma.6.229.122)

सनत्कुमारजाताश्च वोढुः पंचशिखस्तथा । सप्तैते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा योगिनः सुमहौजसः ।

sanatkumārajātāśca voḍhuḥ paṁcaśikhastathā saptaite brahmaṇaḥ putrā yoginaḥ sumahaujasaḥ

— Sanatkumara, and the fifth, Vodhu, and Panchashikha — these seven sons of Brahma, yogis of very great power,

Verse 123 (padma.6.229.123)

विरक्ताः सर्वभोगेषु शुद्धाः सत्वगुणाः सदा । भगवद्दर्शनोद्भूतसुखैकरससेविनः ।

viraktāḥ sarvabhogeṣu śuddhāḥ satvaguṇāḥ sadā bhagavaddarśanodbhūtasukhaikarasasevinaḥ

— dispassionate toward all enjoyments, pure, ever of the quality of sattva, savoring the sole taste of the bliss born of the vision of the Lord —

Verse 124 (padma.6.229.124)

नरनारायणाद्याश्च श्वेतद्वीपे वसंति ये । तेषां संदर्शनार्थाय तत्र संनिहितो हरिः ।

naranārāyaṇādyāśca śvetadvīpe vasaṁti ye teṣāṁ saṁdarśanārthāya tatra saṁnihito hariḥ

— Nara and Narayana and others dwell on that Shvetadvipa. For the sake of being seen by them, Hari is present there,

Verse 125 (padma.6.229.125)

शुभ्रांशुकोटिसंकाशे नानारत्नमयोज्ज्वले । श्वेतद्वीपे महायोगि सेविते भयवर्जिते ।

śubhrāṁśukoṭisaṁkāśe nānāratnamayojjvale śvetadvīpe mahāyogi sevite bhayavarjite

— on Shvetadvipa, radiant as millions of white rays, brilliant with various jewels, served by great yogis, free from fear.

Verse 126 (padma.6.229.126)

तत्रोद्यानानि रम्याणि पारिजातसमानि वै । संतानकलताकीर्णं चन्दनद्रुममंडितम् ।

tatrodyānāni raṁyāṇi pārijātasamāni vai saṁtānakalatākīrṇaṁ caṁdanadrumamaṁḍitam

There are beautiful groves like the Parijata, filled with celestial Santanaka creepers, adorned with sandal trees,

Verse 127 (padma.6.229.127)

फुल्लपद्मोत्पलोपेतं नानातोयालयैर्युतम् । तन्मध्ये नगरी रम्या नाम्ना चैरावती शुभा ।

phullapadmotpalopetaṁ nānātoyālayairyutam taṁmadhye nagarī raṁyā nāṁnā cairāvatī śubhā

— filled with blooming lotuses and water-lilies, furnished with various pools of water. In their midst is a beautiful city named Airavati, auspicious,

Verse 128 (padma.6.229.128)

नानारत्नमयैर्दिव्यैर्विमानैरुपशोभिता । दिव्यस्त्रीपुंभिराक्रांता बहुप्रासादसंकुला ।

nānāratnamayairdivyairvimānairupaśobhitā divyastrīpuṁbhirākrāṁtā bahuprāsādasaṁkulā

— adorned with divine chariots of various jewels, thronged with divine men and women, crowded with many palaces.

Verse 129 (padma.6.229.129)

तन्मध्येऽन्तपुरं रम्यं रत्नद्रुमसमाकुलम् । बालसूर्यनिभैस्तुंगैः प्रासादैर्बहुभिर्वृतम् ।

taṁmadhye'ṁtapuraṁ raṁyaṁ ratnadrumasamākulam bālasūryanibhaistuṁgaiḥ prāsādairbahubhirvṛtam

In its midst is the beautiful inner palace, crowded with jeweled trees, surrounded by many towering palaces like the young sun.

Verse 130 (padma.6.229.130)

तन्मध्ये मंडपं दिव्यं मणिकांचनशोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्पूरकुंकुमामोदवाशितम् ।

taṁmadhye maṁḍapaṁ divyaṁ maṇikāṁcanaśobhitam caṁdanāgurukarpūrakuṁkumāmodavāśitam

In its midst is a divine pavilion, adorned with jewels and gold, fragrant with sandal, aloe-wood, camphor, and saffron,

Verse 131 (padma.6.229.131)

नानाकुसुमशोभाढ्यैर्वितानैः समलंकृतम् । दिव्याप्सरः समाकीर्णं सामगानोपशोभितम् ।

nānākusumaśobhāḍhyairvitānaiḥ samalaṁkṛtam divyāpsaraḥ samākīrṇaṁ sāmagānopaśobhitam

— adorned with canopies rich with various flowers, thronged with divine celestial women, graced with the singing of the Sama.

Verse 132 (padma.6.229.132)

मध्ये सिंहासनं तत्र सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभम् । तन्मध्येऽष्टदलं पद्मं चंद्रबिंबमिवापरम् ।

madhye siṁhāsanaṁ tatra sūryavaiśvānaraprabham taṁmadhye'ṣṭadalaṁ padmaṁ caṁdrabiṁbamivāparam

In its midst is a lion-throne, radiant as the sun and fire; in its midst is an eight-petaled lotus, like another orb of the moon.

Verse 133 (padma.6.229.133)

तन्मध्ये कर्णिकायां तु समासीनो जनार्दनः । शुद्धजांबूनदप्रख्यो मुक्ताहारविभूषितः ।

taṁmadhye karṇikāyāṁ tu samāsīno janārdanaḥ śuddhajāṁbūnadaprakhyo muktāhāravibhūṣitaḥ

In its midst, in the pericarp, sits Janardana, of the hue of pure gold, adorned with a pearl garland,

Verse 134 (padma.6.229.134)

शंखचक्रगदापद्मशक्तिहस्तचतुष्टयः । हारकेयूरकटकैरंगुलीयैश्च शोभितः ।

śaṁkhacakragadāpadmaśaktihastacatuṣṭayaḥ hārakeyūrakaṭakairaṁgulīyaiśca śobhitaḥ

— his four hands holding the conch, discus, mace, lotus, and Shakti, adorned with necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and rings,

Verse 135 (padma.6.229.135)

सुवर्णपंकजप्रख्यः पदयुग्मविराजितः । संतानकनिभैः शुभ्रैर्नखपंक्तिविराजितः ।

suvarṇapaṁkajaprakhyaḥ padayugmavirājitaḥ saṁtānakanibhaiḥ śubhrairnakhapaṁktivirājitaḥ

— like a golden lotus, resplendent with his pair of feet, resplendent with a row of nails white as the Santanaka flower,

Verse 136 (padma.6.229.136)

षोडशाब्दवयो रूपयौवनेन विराजितः । विशालभालदेशे तु कुंकुमेन सुगंधिना ।

ṣoḍaśābdavayo rūpayauvanena virājitaḥ viśālabhāladeśe tu kuṁkumena sugaṁdhinā

— resplendent with the form and youth of sixteen years of age, on his broad forehead, with fragrant saffron —

Verse 137 (padma.6.229.137)

रचितेनोर्ध्वपुंड्रेण सीमंतेनोपशोभितः । मथितामृतफेनाभ शुक्लवस्त्रसुवेष्टितः ।

racitenordhvapuṁḍreṇa sīmaṁtenopaśobhitaḥ mathitāmṛtaphenābha śuklavastrasuveṣṭitaḥ

— adorned with a parting-line graced by an applied Urdhva-pundra, wrapped in white garments like the froth of churned nectar,

Verse 138 (padma.6.229.138)

मुक्तामयाभ्यां शुभ्राभ्यां कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः । पद्मासनसमासीनो जगन्मोहनविग्रहः ।

muktāmayābhyāṁ śubhrābhyāṁ kuṁḍalābhyāṁ virājitaḥ padmāsanasamāsīno jagaṁmohanavigrahaḥ

— resplendent with two white, pearl-made earrings, seated in lotus-posture, of a form enchanting the universe.

Verse 139 (padma.6.229.139)

वामांके संस्थिता देवी तस्य दिव्यस्वरूपिणी । तस्यैव सदृशी लक्ष्मीः शीलसुष्टुगुणादिभिः ।

vāmāṁke saṁsthitā devī tasya divyasvarūpiṇī tasyaiva sadṛśī lakṣmīḥ śīlasuṣṭuguṇādibhiḥ

Seated on his left side is the goddess, of divine form, equal to him — Lakshmi, in her character, virtues, and qualities,

Verse 140 (padma.6.229.140)

पद्मकिंजल्कसंकाशा यौवनारंभशोभिता । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना तप्तकांचनभूषणा ।

padmakiṁjalkasaṁkāśā yauvanāraṁbhaśobhitā sarvalakṣaṇasaṁpaṁnā taptakāṁcanabhūṣaṇā

— resembling the pollen of a lotus, resplendent with the beginning of youth, endowed with every auspicious mark, adorned with molten-gold ornaments,

Verse 141 (padma.6.229.141)

दिव्यस्रग्वसनोपेता नीलकुंचितमूर्धजा । चतुर्भुजैर्विराजंती केयूराङ्गदभूषिता ।

divyasragvasanopetā nīlakuṁcitamūrdhajā caturbhujairvirājaṁtī keyūrāṁgadabhūṣitā

— clothed in divine garlands and garments, her hair dark and curling, resplendent with four arms, adorned with armlets and bracelets,

Verse 142 (padma.6.229.142)

मुक्ताहारैर्विराजंती मंदारांचितशीर्षजा । श्लक्ष्णनासापुटयुता लसद्दंतिवरा जिता ।

muktāhārairvirājaṁtī maṁdārāṁcitaśīrṣajā ślakṣṇanāsāpuṭayutā lasaddaṁtivarā jitā

— resplendent with pearl necklaces, her head adorned with Mandara flowers, of smooth nostrils, her fine teeth like radiant jasmine buds,

Verse 143 (padma.6.229.143)

कस्तूरीतिलकोपेता नासाग्रांचित मौक्तिका । स्वर्णकुंभसमप्रख्य पीनोन्नतपयोधरा ।

kastūrītilakopetā nāsāgrāṁcita mauktikā svarṇakuṁbhasamaprakhya pīnoṁnatapayodharā

— adorned with a musk-tilaka, a pearl set at the tip of her nose, her breasts full and raised like golden pots,

Verse 144 (padma.6.229.144)

दिव्यकुंकुमलिप्तांगी पद्ममालोपशोभिता । वस्त्रपात्रं मातुलिड्गं दर्पणं हेमपंकजम् ।

divyakuṁkumaliptāṁgī padmamālopaśobhitā vastrapātraṁ mātuliḍgaṁ darpaṇaṁ hemapaṁkajam

— her body anointed with divine saffron, adorned with a lotus garland; a garment, a vessel, a citron fruit, a mirror, and a golden lotus —

Verse 145 (padma.6.229.145)

करपद्मधृता देवी चेतसाभीष्टदायिनी । तस्यैताः सदृशास्तत्र शक्तयः परितो हरेः ।

karapadmadhṛtā devī cetasābhīṣṭadāyinī tasyaitāḥ sadṛśāstatra śaktayaḥ parito hareḥ

— held in her lotus-hands, the goddess, bestower of the heart's desire. Around Hari, similar to her, are her powers —

Verse 146 (padma.6.229.146)

ईशावास्या महादेवी जाह्नवी कमलालया । सावित्री सर्वगा पद्मा शक्तयः परिकीर्तिताः ।

īśāvāsyā mahādevī jāhnavī kamalālayā sāvitrī sarvagā padmā śaktayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ

Ishavasya, Mahadevi, Jahnavi, Kamalalaya, Savitri, Sarvaga, Padma — these are declared to be her powers;

Verse 147 (padma.6.229.147)

श्रद्धा मेधा धृतिः प्रज्ञा धारणा शांतिरेव च । श्रुतिस्मृतिर्धृतिर्मेधा वृद्धिर्बुद्धिर्मनीषिणी ।

śraddhā medhā dhṛtiḥ prajṁā dhāraṇā śāṁtireva ca śrutismṛtirdhṛtirmedhā vṛddhirbuddhirmanīṣiṇī

Shraddha, Medha, Dhriti, Prajna, Dharana, and Shanti; Shruti, Smriti, Dhriti, Medha, Vriddhi, wise Buddhi —

Verse 148 (padma.6.229.148)

दास्यस्ते ताः श्रियः प्रोक्ताः सर्वकार्यस्य कारिकाः । अनंतवैनतेयादि देवता नित्यकिंकराः ।

dāsyaste tāḥ śriyaḥ proktāḥ sarvakāryasya kārikāḥ anaṁtavainateyādi devatā nityakiṁkarāḥ

— these Shris are declared to be his servants, the doers of every task. Ananta, Vainateya, and the other deities, his eternal attendants,

Verse 149 (padma.6.229.149)

साध्या मरुद्गणाश्चैव सेवंते नित्यदेवताः । प्रासादेषु विमानेषु वनेषु नगरेषु च ।

sādhyā marudgaṇāścaiva sevaṁte nityadevatāḥ prāsādeṣu vimāneṣu vaneṣu nagareṣu ca

— the Sadhyas and the hosts of Maruts, the eternal deities, serve him. In palaces, celestial chariots, groves, and cities,

Verse 150 (padma.6.229.150)

तत्प्रसादोपलब्धेषु भोगेष्वत्रानुरंजिताः । क्रीडंती सततं नित्या हेयनिष्फलवर्जिताः ।

tatprasādopalabdheṣu bhogeṣvatrānuraṁjitāḥ krīḍaṁtī satataṁ nityā heyaniṣphalavarjitāḥ

— delighted in the enjoyments obtained by his grace, they ever sport there, eternal, free from anything base or fruitless.

Verse 151 (padma.6.229.151)

ये विष्णुमंत्रजप्तारः सततं श्रद्धयान्विताः । ये द्वादशीव्रते युक्तास्तत्पदं यांति तेऽव्ययम् ।

ye viṣṇumaṁtrajaptāraḥ satataṁ śraddhayāṁvitāḥ ye dvādaśīvrate yuktāstatpadaṁ yāṁti te'vyayam

Those who constantly, with faith, recite the mantra of Vishnu, those devoted to the Dvadashi vow, go to that imperishable abode.

Verse 152 (padma.6.229.152)

न वेदैर्न च दानैश्च न यज्ञैर्न व्रतैरपि । प्राप्तुं च शक्यं गिरिजे विष्णुलोकं सनातनम् ।

na vedairna ca dānaiśca na yajṁairna vratairapi prāptuṁ ca śakyaṁ girije viṣṇulokaṁ sanātanam

Not by the Vedas, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifices, nor even by vows can that eternal world of Vishnu be attained, O Girija;

Verse 153 (padma.6.229.153)

भक्त्या चानन्यया प्राप्तुं शक्यं विष्णुपदं नृणाम् । तस्मात्संपूजयेन्नित्यं भक्त्या देवं जनार्दनम् ।

bhaktyā cānaṁyayā prāptuṁ śakyaṁ viṣṇupadaṁ nṛṇām tasmātsaṁpūjayeṁnityaṁ bhaktyā devaṁ janārdanam

it can be attained by men only through unwavering devotion. Therefore one should constantly worship, with devotion, the god Janardana —

Verse 154 (padma.6.229.154)

कीर्तनं नाममात्रं च ध्यायन्मंत्रं जपेत्सदा । जुहुयात्तर्पयेद्भक्त्या सर्वगं सर्वकामदम् ।

kīrtanaṁ nāmamātraṁ ca dhyāyaṁmaṁtraṁ japetsadā juhuyāttarpayedbhaktyā sarvagaṁ sarvakāmadam

— through kirtana, through the mere chanting of his name, meditating, ever reciting the mantra; one should offer oblations and libations with devotion, to the all-pervading, all-desire-granting one.

Verse 155 (padma.6.229.155)

एवमुक्तं तृतीयं तु व्यूहं तु परमात्मनः । स्वरूपं तव सुश्रोणि यथाप्रोक्तं पुरातनैः ।

evamuktaṁ tṛtīyaṁ tu vyūhaṁ tu paramātmanaḥ svarūpaṁ tava suśroṇi yathāproktaṁ purātanaiḥ

Thus has been told this third vyuha of the Supreme Self — its true nature, O fair-hipped one, as declared by the ancients.

Verse 156 (padma.6.229.156)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि चतुर्थं व्यूहमुत्तमम् । दिवौकसां रक्षणार्थं दुग्धाब्धौ परमेश्वरः ।

ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi caturthaṁ vyūhamuttamam divaukasāṁ rakṣaṇārthaṁ dugdhābdhau parameśvaraḥ

Now beyond this I shall tell the fourth, supreme vyuha. For the protection of the celestials, the Supreme Lord dwells in the ocean of milk,

Verse 157 (padma.6.229.157)

सुधांशुकोटिसंकाशः सहस्राक्षेण शोभिते । पुरंदरसयूथैस्तु च्छादिते दुग्धवारिधौ ।

sudhāṁśukoṭisaṁkāśaḥ sahasrākṣeṇa śobhite puraṁdarasayūthaistu cchādite dugdhavāridhau

— radiant as millions of moons, adorned by Sesha of a thousand eyes, covered with the retinue of Indra, in that ocean of milk —

Verse 158 (padma.6.229.158)

तस्मिन्ननंतपर्यंके शेतेऽसौ विस्तृते शुभे । दिव्यासनसमासीनः पद्मनाभोऽच्युतो हरिः ।

tasmiṁnanaṁtaparyaṁke śete'sau vistṛte śubhe divyāsanasamāsīnaḥ padmanābho'cyuto hariḥ

— on that vast, auspicious serpent-couch of Ananta, he lies, the lotus-navelled, imperishable Hari,

Verse 159 (padma.6.229.159)

नीलजीमूतसंकाशः पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणः । विवस्वत्कोटिसंकाश किरीटेन विराजितः ।

nīlajīmūtasaṁkāśaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ vivasvatkoṭisaṁkāśa kirīṭena virājitaḥ

— seated on a divine seat, dark as a blue rain-cloud, with eyes elongated like lotus petals, resplendent with a crown radiant as millions of suns,

Verse 160 (padma.6.229.160)

नानारत्नोज्ज्वलद्दिव्यं कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः । बालार्कसदृशज्योत्स्ना पीतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः ।

nānāratnojjvaladdivyaṁ kuṁḍalābhyāṁ virājitaḥ bālārkasadṛśajyotsnā pītavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ

— resplendent with two earrings blazing with various jewels, wrapped in yellow garments with a splendor like the young sun,

Verse 161 (padma.6.229.161)

स्फुरद्रक्तारविंदाभ हस्तांघ्रितलशोभितः । हारकेयूरकटकैरंगुलीयैर्विराजितः ।

sphuradraktāraviṁdābha hastāṁghritalaśobhitaḥ hārakeyūrakaṭakairaṁgulīyairvirājitaḥ

— his hands and the soles of his feet resplendent, like a radiant red lotus, adorned with necklaces, armlets, bracelets and rings,

Verse 162 (padma.6.229.162)

शंखचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गखड्गहस्तैर्विभूषितः । सुपुष्पफलशाखाढ्यकल्पवृक्षैर्विराजितः ।

śaṁkhacakragadāśārṁgakhaḍgahastairvibhūṣitaḥ supuṣpaphalaśākhāḍhyakalpavṛkṣairvirājitaḥ

— adorned with hands holding the conch, discus, mace, Sharnga bow, and sword, resplendent with wish-fulfilling trees rich with beautiful flowers, fruits, and branches,

Verse 163 (padma.6.229.163)

विश्वस्य जन्ममरण नाभिपंकजशोभितः । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगः सर्वाभरणभूषितः ।

viśvasya jaṁmamaraṇa nābhipaṁkajaśobhitaḥ haricaṁdanaliptāṁgaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

— graced with the lotus-navel, the source of the birth and dissolution of the universe, his body anointed with sandalwood, adorned with every ornament,

Verse 164 (padma.6.229.164)

मंदारपारिजातादि दिव्यपुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिलकबरीकृतकेशवान् ।

maṁdārapārijātādi divyapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ susnigdhanīlakuṭilakabarīkṛtakeśavān

— with Mandara, Parijata, and other enchanting divine flowers, his hair braided glossy, dark, and curling,

Verse 165 (padma.6.229.165)

श्लक्ष्णोन्नतसुनासांस जानुयुग्मविराजितः । मणिविद्रुमशाखाढ्य नूपुराङ्घ्रिविराजितः ।

ślakṣṇoṁnatasunāsāṁsa jānuyugmavirājitaḥ maṇividrumaśākhāḍhya nūpurāṁghrivirājitaḥ

— resplendent with a smooth, high, fine nose and a pair of knees, resplendent with anklets on feet decorated with branches of jewel and coral,

Verse 166 (padma.6.229.166)

अकलंकितचंद्राभ नखपंक्तिविराजितः । अशोकपुष्पसंकाश रक्तोष्ठमुखपंकजः ।

akalaṁkitacaṁdrābha nakhapaṁktivirājitaḥ aśokapuṣpasaṁkāśa raktoṣṭhamukhapaṁkajaḥ

— resplendent with a row of nails like a spotless moon, his lotus-face and red lips like an Ashoka flower,

Verse 167 (padma.6.229.167)

अनर्घ्यमुक्तिकाभास दंतपंक्तिविराजितः । संपूर्णचंद्रप्रतिम स्मितवक्त्रसुशोभितः ।

anarghyamuktikābhāsa daṁtapaṁktivirājitaḥ saṁpūrṇacaṁdrapratima smitavaktrasuśobhitaḥ

— resplendent with a row of teeth radiant as priceless pearls, his gently smiling face like the full moon;

Verse 168 (padma.6.229.168)

आरूढयौवनः श्रीमान्कोमलावयवोज्ज्वलः । शरण्यः सर्वलोकानां सर्वलोकफलप्रदः ।

ārūḍhayauvanaḥ śrīmāṁkomalāvayavojjvalaḥ śaraṁyaḥ sarvalokānāṁ sarvalokaphalapradaḥ

glorious, in the flower of youth, radiant with soft limbs, the refuge of all the worlds, the giver of the fruit to all the worlds.

Verse 169 (padma.6.229.169)

सदृशी तस्य देवी तु रूपशीलगुणादिभिः । तप्तकांचनसंकाशा तप्तकांचनभूषणा ।

sadṛśī tasya devī tu rūpaśīlaguṇādibhiḥ taptakāṁcanasaṁkāśā taptakāṁcanabhūṣaṇā

His goddess, equal to him in form, character, and virtues, of a hue like molten gold, adorned with molten-gold ornaments,

Verse 170 (padma.6.229.170)

तरुणी रूपलावण्या कान्तिशीलगुणान्विता । दुग्धाब्धिफेनसंकाश शुभवस्त्रेण वेष्टिता ।

taruṇī rūpalāvaṁyā kāṁtiśīlaguṇāṁvitā dugdhābdhiphenasaṁkāśa śubhavastreṇa veṣṭitā

— youthful, of beauty and loveliness, endowed with radiance, character, and virtue, wrapped in an auspicious garment like the foam of the ocean of milk,

Verse 171 (padma.6.229.171)

मंदारकेतकी जाती पुष्पार्चितशिरोरुहा । कस्तूरीतिलकोपेता रत्नसीमंतशोभिता ।

maṁdāraketakī jātī puṣpārcitaśiroruhā kastūrītilakopetā ratnasīmaṁtaśobhitā

— her hair adorned with Mandara, Ketaki, and Jati flowers, adorned with a musk-tilaka, her hair-parting resplendent with jewels,

Verse 172 (padma.6.229.172)

नानावर्णसुशोभाढ्या कर्णभूषणभूषिता । प्रवालसदृशज्योत्स्ना रक्तधारसुविस्मिता ।

nānāvarṇasuśobhāḍhyā karṇabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā pravālasadṛśajyotsnā raktadhārasuvismitā

— richly adorned with various colors, adorned with ear-ornaments, her radiance like coral, greatly astonished by the flowing redness of her lips,

Verse 173 (padma.6.229.173)

मत्तभृङ्गोपमैः स्निग्धैरलकैः सुविराजिता । तनुमध्या विशालाक्षी पीनोन्नतपयोधरा ।

mattabhṛṁgopamaiḥ snigdhairalakaiḥ suvirājitā tanumadhyā viśālākṣī pīnoṁnatapayodharā

— beautifully adorned with glossy locks like intoxicated bees, of a slender waist and wide eyes, full and raised breasts,

Verse 174 (padma.6.229.174)

चतुर्हस्तैर्विराजंती सर्वाभरणभूषिता । उद्बाहुभ्यां धृता देवी हेमपद्मयुगं शुभम् ।

caturhastairvirājaṁtī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā udbāhubhyāṁ dhṛtā devī hemapadmayugaṁ śubham

— resplendent with four hands, adorned with every ornament; with her raised arms the goddess held a beautiful pair of golden lotuses,

Verse 175 (padma.6.229.175)

इतराभ्यां समाश्लिष्य भर्तारं निबिडं स्थिता । आलोकयंती सततं त्रिदशांश्च कटाक्षकै ।

itarābhyāṁ samāśliṣya bhartāraṁ nibiḍaṁ sthitā ālokayaṁtī satataṁ tridaśāṁśca kaṭākṣakai

— and with her other two, closely embracing her husband, gazing constantly upon the thirty gods with her sidelong glance.

Verse 176 (padma.6.229.176)

निरीक्षितास्तया देव्या धन्यास्ते सततं शिवे । तत्र देवा विमानस्थाः सिद्धचारणकिन्नराः ।

nirīkṣitāstayā devyā dhaṁyāste satataṁ śive tatra devā vimānasthāḥ siddhacāraṇakiṁnarāḥ

Those gazed upon by that goddess are ever blessed, O auspicious one. There the gods, standing in their celestial chariots, the Siddhas, Charanas, and Kinnaras,

Verse 177 (padma.6.229.177)

गायंति सततं देवीमानंदाश्रुपरिप्लुताः । दैतेयैर्बाध्यमानैस्तु ब्रह्मरुद्रादिभिः सुरैः ।

gāyaṁti satataṁ devīmānaṁdāśrupariplutāḥ daiteyairbādhyamānaistu brahmarudrādibhiḥ suraiḥ

— constantly sing of the goddess, overwhelmed with tears of joy. When, oppressed by the demons, the gods beginning with Brahma and Rudra —

Verse 178 (padma.6.229.178)

संस्तूयमानस्तत्रेशो देवानामभयं ददौ । देवानामभयं दत्त्वा सर्वदेवेश्वरो हरिः ।

saṁstūyamānastatreśo devānāmabhayaṁ dadau devānāmabhayaṁ dattvā sarvadeveśvaro hariḥ

— praised the Lord there, he granted the gods freedom from fear. Having granted the gods freedom from fear, Hari, the lord of all the gods,

Verse 179 (padma.6.229.179)

राक्षसान्हंतुमारेभे जगत्संरक्षणाय वै । एवं चतुर्थं व्यूहं तु हरेः प्रोक्तं तवानघे ।

rākṣasāṁhaṁtumārebhe jagatsaṁrakṣaṇāya vai evaṁ caturthaṁ vyūhaṁ tu hareḥ proktaṁ tavānaghe

— began to slay the demons, for the protection of the universe. Thus has this fourth vyuha of Hari been told to you, O sinless one.

Verse 180 (padma.6.229.180)

किमन्यच्छ्रोतुकामासीत्तद्ब्रवीमि वरानने । धन्यासि कृतकृत्यासि भक्तासि पुरुषोत्तमे ।

kimaṁyacchrotukāmāsīttadbravīmi varānane dhaṁyāsi kṛtakṛtyāsi bhaktāsi puruṣottame

What else do you wish to hear? Tell me, O fair-faced one. Blessed are you, fulfilled are you, a devotee of Purushottama are you.