Linga Purana — Chapter 17
LiP 17.1
एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तः सह्यादीनां समुद्भवः यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि श्रावयेद्वा द्विजोत्तमान्
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ sahyādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvā dvijottamān
Thus, in brief, the origin of the Sahya and the other (mountains) has been told; whoever should recite it, or hear it, or cause the best of the twice-born to hear it —
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LiP 17.2
स याति ब्रह्मसायुज्यं प्रसादात्परमेष्ठिनः कथं लिङ्गमभूल्लिङ्गे समभ्यर्च्यः स शङ्करः
sa yāti brahmasāyujyaṃ prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ kathaṃ liṅgamabhūlliṅge samabhyarcyaḥ sa śaṅkaraḥ
he attains union with Brahman by the grace of the Supreme One. How did the liṅga come to be, (and) how is that Śaṅkara to be worshipped in a liṅga?
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LiP 17.3
किं लिङ्गं कस् तथा लिङ्गी सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि एवं देवाश् च ऋषयः प्रणिपत्य पितामहम्
kiṃ liṅgaṃ kas tathā liṅgī sūta vaktumihārhasi evaṃ devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ praṇipatya pitāmaham
What is the liṅga, and who is the possessor of the liṅga? Sūta, you are fit to speak of this here. Thus the gods and the seers too, having bowed to the Grandfather (Brahmā),
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LiP 17.4
अपृच्छन् भगवंल्लिङ्गं कथमासीदिति स्वयम् लिङ्गे महेश्वरो रुद्रः समभ्यर्च्यः कथं त्विति
apṛcchan bhagavaṃlliṅgaṃ kathamāsīditi svayam liṅge maheśvaro rudraḥ samabhyarcyaḥ kathaṃ tviti
asked: "Lord, how did the liṅga itself come to be? And how is Rudra, the Great Lord, to be worshipped in a liṅga?
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LiP 17.5
किं लिङ्गं कस् तथा लिङ्गी सो ऽप्याह च पितामहः प्रधानं लिङ्गमाख्यातं लिङ्गी च परमेश्वरः
kiṃ liṅgaṃ kas tathā liṅgī so 'pyāha ca pitāmahaḥ pradhānaṃ liṅgamākhyātaṃ liṅgī ca parameśvaraḥ
What is the liṅga, and who is the possessor of the liṅga?" And he, the Grandfather, said: "Pradhāna (primal matter) is declared to be the liṅga, and the possessor of the liṅga is the Supreme Lord.
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LiP 17.6
रक्षार्थमंबुधौ मह्यं विष्णोस्त्वासीत् सुरोत्तमाः वैमानिके गते सर्गे जनलोकं सहर्षिभिः
rakṣārthamaṃbudhau mahyaṃ viṣṇostvāsīt surottamāḥ vaimānike gate sarge janalokaṃ saharṣibhiḥ
For the sake of protection in the ocean it was Viṣṇu's (work) for me, O best of gods, when the creation had gone, in its celestial-car state, to the Janaloka together with the seers.
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LiP 17.7
स्थितिकाले तदा पूर्णे ततः प्रत्याहृते तथा चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सत्यलोकं गते सुराः
sthitikāle tadā pūrṇe tataḥ pratyāhṛte tathā caturyugasahasrānte satyalokaṃ gate surāḥ
Then, when the period of subsistence was complete and (all) was thereupon withdrawn, at the end of the thousand four-yuga (cycles), when (all) had gone to the Satyaloka, O gods,
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LiP 17.8
विनाधिपत्यं समतां गते ऽन्ते ब्रह्मणो मम शुष्के च स्थावरे सर्वे त्व् अनावृष्ट्या च सर्वशः
vinādhipatyaṃ samatāṃ gate 'nte brahmaṇo mama śuṣke ca sthāvare sarve tv anāvṛṣṭyā ca sarvaśaḥ
when at the end all had come, without any overlordship, to a uniform state — my Brahmā-state — and when all that is immobile was dried up on every side by drought,
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LiP 17.9
पशवो मानुषा वृक्षाः पिशाचाः पिशिताशनाः गन्धर्वाद्याः क्रमेणैव निर्दग्धा भानुभानुभिः
paśavo mānuṣā vṛkṣāḥ piśācāḥ piśitāśanāḥ gandharvādyāḥ krameṇaiva nirdagdhā bhānubhānubhiḥ
beasts, men, trees, piśācas, the flesh-eaters, the gandharvas and the rest were burnt up in due order by the rays of the sun.
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LiP 17.10
एकार्णवे महाघोरे तमोभूते समन्ततः सुष्वापांभसि योगात्मा निर्मलो निरुपप्लवः
ekārṇave mahāghore tamobhūte samantataḥ suṣvāpāṃbhasi yogātmā nirmalo nirupaplavaḥ
When (all) was one great and terrible ocean, become darkness on every side, he whose self is yoga slept upon the water, stainless and untroubled,
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LiP 17.11
सहस्रशीर्षा विश्वात्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् सहस्रबाहुः सर्वज्ञः सर्वदेवभवोद्भवः
sahasraśīrṣā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt sahasrabāhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadevabhavodbhavaḥ
thousand-headed, the self of all, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-armed, all-knowing, the source of the coming-to-be of all the gods,
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LiP 17.12
हिरण्यगर्भो रजसा तमसा शङ्करः स्वयम् सत्त्वेन सर्वगो विष्णुः सर्वात्मत्वे महेश्वरः
hiraṇyagarbho rajasā tamasā śaṅkaraḥ svayam sattvena sarvago viṣṇuḥ sarvātmatve maheśvaraḥ
through rajas Hiraṇyagarbha, through tamas Śaṅkara himself, through sattva the all-pervading Viṣṇu, and in being the self of all, Maheśvara;
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LiP 17.13
कालात्मा कालनाभस्तु शुक्लः कृष्णस्तु निर्गुणः नारायणो महाबाहुः सर्वात्मा सदसन्मयः
kālātmā kālanābhastu śuklaḥ kṛṣṇastu nirguṇaḥ nārāyaṇo mahābāhuḥ sarvātmā sadasanmayaḥ
the self of time, the navel of time, white, and black, and without qualities; Nārāyaṇa, the mighty-armed, the self of all, made of the existent and the non-existent.
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LiP 17.14
तथाभूतमहं दृष्ट्वा शयानं पङ्कजेक्षणम् मायया मोहितस्तस्य तमवोचममर्षितः
tathābhūtamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ paṅkajekṣaṇam māyayā mohitastasya tamavocamamarṣitaḥ
Seeing him in such a state, the lotus-eyed one lying asleep, deluded by his māyā I said to him, impatiently:
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LiP 17.15
कस्त्वं वदेति हस्तेन समुत्थाप्य सनातनम् तदा हस्तप्रहारेण तीव्रेण स दृढेन तु
kastvaṃ vadeti hastena samutthāpya sanātanam tadā hastaprahāreṇa tīvreṇa sa dṛḍhena tu
"Say who you are!" — rousing the Eternal One with my hand; then, by that hand-blow, sharp and hard,
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LiP 17.16
प्रबुद्धो ऽहीयशयनात् समासीनः क्षणं वशी ददर्श निद्राविक्लिन्ननीरजामललोचनः
prabuddho 'hīyaśayanāt samāsīnaḥ kṣaṇaṃ vaśī dadarśa nidrāviklinnanīrajāmalalocanaḥ
the self-controlled one awoke from his serpent couch and, sitting for a moment, his spotless lotus eyes moist with sleep, saw
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LiP 17.17
मामग्रे संस्थितं भासाध्यासितो भगवान् हरिः आह चोत्थाय भगवान् हसन्मां मधुरं सकृत्
māmagre saṃsthitaṃ bhāsādhyāsito bhagavān hariḥ āha cotthāya bhagavān hasanmāṃ madhuraṃ sakṛt
me standing before him; the Lord Hari, invested with splendour, arose and, smiling, spoke to me sweetly, once:
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LiP 17.18
स्वागतंस्वागतं वत्स पितामह महाद्युते तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्मितपूर्वं सुरर्षभाः
svāgataṃsvāgataṃ vatsa pitāmaha mahādyute tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā smitapūrvaṃ surarṣabhāḥ
"Welcome, welcome, child, Grandfather, greatly resplendent one!" Hearing that speech of his, prefaced by a smile, O bulls among the gods,
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LiP 17.19
रजसा बद्धवैरश् च तमवोचं जनार्दनम् भाषसे वत्स वत्सेति सर्गसंहारकारणम्
rajasā baddhavairaś ca tamavocaṃ janārdanam bhāṣase vatsa vatseti sargasaṃhārakāraṇam
and bound in enmity through rajas, I said to that Janārdana: "You address as 'child, child' the cause of creation and dissolution,
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LiP 17.20
माम् इहान्तःस्मितं कृत्वा गुरुः शिष्यमिवानघ कर्तारं जगतां साक्षात् प्रकृतेश् च प्रवर्तकम्
mām ihāntaḥsmitaṃ kṛtvā guruḥ śiṣyamivānagha kartāraṃ jagatāṃ sākṣāt prakṛteś ca pravartakam
smiling inwardly at me here, O sinless one, as a teacher at a pupil — at me who am the very maker of the worlds and the setter-in-motion of prakṛti,
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LiP 17.21
सनातनमजं विष्णुं विरिञ्चिं विश्वसंभवम् विश्वात्मानं विधातारं धातारं पङ्कजेक्षणम्
sanātanamajaṃ viṣṇuṃ viriñciṃ viśvasaṃbhavam viśvātmānaṃ vidhātāraṃ dhātāraṃ paṅkajekṣaṇam
(me,) the eternal, the unborn Viṣṇu, Viriñci (Brahmā), the source of the universe, the Self of the universe, the ordainer, the sustainer, the lotus-eyed one—
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LiP 17.22
किमर्थं भाषसे मोहाद् वक्तुमर्हसि सत्वरम् सो ऽपि मामाह जगतां कर्ताहमिति लोकय
kimarthaṃ bhāṣase mohād vaktumarhasi satvaram so 'pi māmāha jagatāṃ kartāhamiti lokaya
"Why do you speak out of delusion? Speak quickly, if you would." And he too said to me, "Look: I am the maker of the worlds."
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LiP 17.23
भर्ता हर्ता भवान् अङ्गाद् अवतीर्णो ममाव्ययात् विस्मृतो ऽसि जगन्नाथं नारायणमनामयम्
bhartā hartā bhavān aṅgād avatīrṇo mamāvyayāt vismṛto 'si jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam
"You are the sustainer and the destroyer, (yet) you have descended from my imperishable body; you have forgotten (that I am) the lord of the worlds, Nārāyaṇa, free from ill,
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LiP 17.24
पुरुषं परमात्मानं पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् विष्णुमच्युतमीशानं विश्वस्य प्रभवोद्भवम्
puruṣaṃ paramātmānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam viṣṇumacyutamīśānaṃ viśvasya prabhavodbhavam
the Person, the supreme Self, much invoked, much praised, Viṣṇu, the unfalling, the ruler, the origin and arising of the universe."
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LiP 17.25
तवापराधो नास्त्यत्र मम मायाकृतं त्विदम् शृणु सत्यं चतुर्वक्त्र सर्वदेवेश्वरो ह्ययम्
tavāparādho nāstyatra mama māyākṛtaṃ tvidam śṛṇu satyaṃ caturvaktra sarvadeveśvaro hyayam
"There is no fault of yours in this; this is (something) wrought by my own māyā. Hear the truth, four-faced one: he indeed is the lord of all the gods,
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LiP 17.26
कर्ता नेता च हर्ता च न मयास्ति समो विभुः अहमेव परं ब्रह्म परं तत्त्वं पितामह
kartā netā ca hartā ca na mayāsti samo vibhuḥ ahameva paraṃ brahma paraṃ tattvaṃ pitāmaha
the maker, the leader and the destroyer; there is no mighty one equal to me. I alone am the supreme brahman, the supreme reality, O grandfather.
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LiP 17.27
अहमेव परं ज्योतिः परमात्मा त्वहं विभुः यद्यद्दृष्टं श्रुतं सर्वं जगत्यस्मिंश्चराचरम्
ahameva paraṃ jyotiḥ paramātmā tvahaṃ vibhuḥ yadyaddṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ sarvaṃ jagatyasmiṃścarācaram
I alone am the supreme light; I am the supreme Self, the all-pervading one. Whatever is seen or heard, all that is moving and unmoving in this world—
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LiP 17.28
तत्तद्विद्धि चतुर्वक्त्र सर्वं मन्मयमित्यथ मया सृष्टं पुराव्यक्तं चतुर्विंशतिकं स्वयम्
tattadviddhi caturvaktra sarvaṃ manmayamityatha mayā sṛṣṭaṃ purāvyaktaṃ caturviṃśatikaṃ svayam
know each and every one of them, four-faced one, to be wholly made of me. By me was formerly created, of my own accord, the unmanifest, comprising the twenty-four (principles).
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LiP 17.29
नित्यान्ता ह्यणवो बद्धाः सृष्टाः क्रोधोद्भवादयः प्रसादाद्धि भवानण्डान्य् अनेकानीह लीलया
nityāntā hyaṇavo baddhāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ krodhodbhavādayaḥ prasādāddhi bhavānaṇḍāny anekānīha līlayā
For the bound atoms (souls), whose end is eternity, were created, arising from anger and so on; but by (my) grace you (created) here in play the many egg-worlds.
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LiP 17.30
सृष्टा बुद्धिर्मया तस्याम् अहङ्कारस्त्रिधा ततः तन्मात्रापञ्चकं तस्मान् मनः षष्ठेन्द्रियाणि च
sṛṣṭā buddhirmayā tasyām ahaṅkārastridhā tataḥ tanmātrāpañcakaṃ tasmān manaḥ ṣaṣṭhendriyāṇi ca
By me intellect was created; in it (arose) the threefold ego-sense; from that the group of five subtle elements; from that the mind and the six sense-faculties,
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LiP 17.31
आकाशादीनि भूतानि भौतिकानि च लीलया इत्युक्तवति तस्मिंश् च मयि चापि वचस् तथा
ākāśādīni bhūtāni bhautikāni ca līlayā ityuktavati tasmiṃś ca mayi cāpi vacas tathā
and in play the elements beginning with ether, and the things made of them." When he had spoken thus, and I too (had spoken) words likewise,
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LiP 17.32
आवयोश्चाभवद्युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् प्रलयार्णवमध्ये तु रजसा बद्धवैरयोः
āvayoścābhavadyuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam pralayārṇavamadhye tu rajasā baddhavairayoḥ
there arose a battle between us two, most terrible, making the hair stand on end, in the midst of the ocean of dissolution, our enmity fixed through (the quality of) rajas.
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LiP 17.33
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे लिङ्गम् अभवच्चावयोः पुरः विवादशमनार्थं हि प्रबोधार्थं च भास्वरम्
etasminnantare liṅgam abhavaccāvayoḥ puraḥ vivādaśamanārthaṃ hi prabodhārthaṃ ca bhāsvaram
In this interval a shining liṅga appeared before us two, in order to quell the dispute and to awaken (us),
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LiP 17.34
ज्वालामालासहस्राढ्यं कालानलशतोपमम् क्षयवृद्धिविनिर्मुक्तम् आदिमध्यान्तवर्जितम्
jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ kālānalaśatopamam kṣayavṛddhivinirmuktam ādimadhyāntavarjitam
rich with a thousand garlands of flame, like a hundred fires of time, free of waning and waxing, without beginning, middle or end,
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LiP 17.35
अनौपम्यमनिर्देश्यम् अव्यक्तं विश्वसंभवम् तस्य ज्वालासहस्रेण मोहितो भगवान् हरिः
anaupamyamanirdeśyam avyaktaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam tasya jvālāsahasreṇa mohito bhagavān hariḥ
incomparable, indescribable, unmanifest, the source of the universe. By its thousand flames the lord Hari was bewildered,
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LiP 17.36
मोहितं प्राह मामत्र परीक्षावो ऽग्निसंभवम् अधोगमिष्याम्यनलस्तंभस्यानुपमस्य च
mohitaṃ prāha māmatra parīkṣāvo 'gnisaṃbhavam adhogamiṣyāmyanalastaṃbhasyānupamasya ca
and, bewildered, he said to me here: "Let us two examine this fire-born (pillar). I shall go downward, (to the base) of this incomparable pillar of fire,
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LiP 17.37
भवानूर्ध्वं प्रयत्नेन गन्तुमर्हसि सत्वरम् एवं व्याहृत्य विश्वात्मा स्वरूपमकरोत्तदा
bhavānūrdhvaṃ prayatnena gantumarhasi satvaram evaṃ vyāhṛtya viśvātmā svarūpamakarottadā
and you should go upward, quickly, with effort." Having spoken thus, the Self of the universe then took on his own form:
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LiP 17.38
वाराहमहमप्याशु हंसत्वं प्राप्तवान्सुराः तदाप्रभृति मामाहुर्ह् अंसं हंसो विराडिति
vārāhamahamapyāśu haṃsatvaṃ prāptavānsurāḥ tadāprabhṛti māmāhurh aṃsaṃ haṃso virāḍiti
the boar-form; and I too at once attained the state of a goose, O gods. From that time on they call me haṃsa, "haṃsa the vast one."
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LiP 17.39
हंसहंसेति यो ब्रूयान् मां हंसः स भविष्यति सुश्वेतो ह्यनलाक्षश् च विश्वतः पक्षसंयुतः
haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyān māṃ haṃsaḥ sa bhaviṣyati suśveto hyanalākṣaś ca viśvataḥ pakṣasaṃyutaḥ
Whoever should say "haṃsa, haṃsa," that man will become haṃsa, me—brilliant white, fire-eyed, and winged on every side.
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LiP 17.40
मनो ऽनिलजवो भूत्वा गतो ऽहं चोर्ध्वतः सुराः नारायणो ऽपि विश्वात्मा नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम्
mano 'nilajavo bhūtvā gato 'haṃ cordhvataḥ surāḥ nārāyaṇo 'pi viśvātmā nīlāñjanacayopamam
Having become swift as thought and wind, I went upward, O gods; and Nārāyaṇa too, the Self of the universe, (took the boar-form) resembling a heap of dark collyrium,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.41
दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतम् मेरुपर्वतवर्ष्माणं गौरतीक्ष्णाग्रदंष्ट्रिणम्
daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam meruparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ gauratīkṣṇāgradaṃṣṭriṇam
(a form) ten yojanas broad and a hundred yojanas long, with the bulk of Mount Meru, having white sharp-tipped tusks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.42
कालादित्यसमाभासं दीर्घघोणं महास्वरम् ह्रस्वपादं विचित्राङ्गं जैत्रं दृढम् अनौपमम्
kālādityasamābhāsaṃ dīrghaghoṇaṃ mahāsvaram hrasvapādaṃ vicitrāṅgaṃ jaitraṃ dṛḍham anaupamam
with a radiance like the sun of doomsday, long-snouted, loud-voiced, short-legged, of variegated body, victorious, firm, without compare —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.43
वाराहमसितं रूपम् आस्थाय गतवानधः एवं वर्षसहस्रं तु त्वरन्विष्णुरधोगतः
vārāhamasitaṃ rūpam āsthāya gatavānadhaḥ evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tvaranviṣṇuradhogataḥ
having assumed that black boar form, he went downward; thus for a thousand years Viṣṇu hastened, going below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.44
नापश्यदल्पमप्यस्य मूलं लिङ्गस्य सूकरः तावत्कालं गतो ह्यूर्ध्वम् अहमप्यरिसूदनः
nāpaśyadalpamapyasya mūlaṃ liṅgasya sūkaraḥ tāvatkālaṃ gato hyūrdhvam ahamapyarisūdanaḥ
The boar did not see even a little of the root of this liṅga; and I too, the slayer of foes, went upward for just that long,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.45
सत्वरं सर्वयत्नेन तस्यान्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छया श्रान्तो ह्यदृष्ट्वा तस्यान्तम् अहङ्कारादधोगतः
satvaraṃ sarvayatnena tasyāntaṃ jñātumicchayā śrānto hyadṛṣṭvā tasyāntam ahaṅkārādadhogataḥ
swiftly, with every effort, in the wish to know its end; and wearied, not having seen its end, I came down from egotism.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.46
तथैव भगवान् विष्णुः श्रान्तः संत्रस्तलोचनः सर्वदेवभवस्तूर्णम् उत्थितः सः महावपुः
tathaiva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śrāntaḥ saṃtrastalocanaḥ sarvadevabhavastūrṇam utthitaḥ saḥ mahāvapuḥ
Just so the Lord Viṣṇu, wearied, his eyes terrified — he of mighty frame, the being of all the gods, rose up at once,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.47
समागतो मया सार्धं प्रणिपत्य महामनाः मायया मोहितः शंभोस् तस्थौ संविग्नमानसः
samāgato mayā sārdhaṃ praṇipatya mahāmanāḥ māyayā mohitaḥ śaṃbhos tasthau saṃvignamānasaḥ
and came together with me; the great-minded one, bowing down, bewildered by Śambhu's māyā, stood with agitated mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.48
पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतश्चैव चाग्रतः परमेश्वरम् प्रणिपत्य मया सार्धं सस्मार किमिदं त्विति
pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataścaiva cāgrataḥ parameśvaram praṇipatya mayā sārdhaṃ sasmāra kimidaṃ tviti
Bowing down together with me behind, at the side, and in front of the Supreme Lord, he pondered, "What then is this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.49
तदा समभवत्तत्र नादो वै शब्दलक्षणः ओमोमिति सुरश्रेष्ठाः सुव्यक्तः प्लुतलक्षणः
tadā samabhavattatra nādo vai śabdalakṣaṇaḥ omomiti suraśreṣṭhāḥ suvyaktaḥ plutalakṣaṇaḥ
Then there arose there a sound having the character of speech (śabda): "Om, om" — O best of gods — very distinct, of the prolated form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.50
किमिदं त्विति संचिन्त्य मया तिष्ठन्महास्वनम् लिङ्गस्य दक्षिणे भागे तदापश्यत्सनातनम्
kimidaṃ tviti saṃcintya mayā tiṣṭhanmahāsvanam liṅgasya dakṣiṇe bhāge tadāpaśyatsanātanam
Thinking "What then is this?", standing with me, he then saw that eternal great sound on the right side of the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.51
आद्यवर्णमकारं तु उकारं चोत्तरे ततः मकारं मध्यतश्चैव नादान्तं तस्य चौमिति
ādyavarṇamakāraṃ tu ukāraṃ cottare tataḥ makāraṃ madhyataścaiva nādāntaṃ tasya caumiti
The first letter, A, and then U in the north, and M in the middle, and the end of its sound as "Om";
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.52
सूर्यमण्डलवद्दृष्ट्वा वर्णमाद्यं तु दक्षिणे उत्तरे पावकप्रख्यम् उकारं पुरुषर्षभः
sūryamaṇḍalavaddṛṣṭvā varṇamādyaṃ tu dakṣiṇe uttare pāvakaprakhyam ukāraṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
the bull among men, having seen the first letter in the south like the disk of the sun, and in the north the letter U resembling fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.53
शीतांशुमण्डलप्रख्यं मकारं मध्यमं तथा तस्योपरि तदापश्यच् छुद्धस्फटिकवत् प्रभुम्
śītāṃśumaṇḍalaprakhyaṃ makāraṃ madhyamaṃ tathā tasyopari tadāpaśyac chuddhasphaṭikavat prabhum
and likewise in the middle the letter M resembling the disk of the cool-rayed moon — above that he then saw the Lord, like pure crystal,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.54
तुरीयातीतम् अमृतं निष्कलं निरुपप्लवम् निर्द्वन्द्वं केवलं शून्यं बाह्याभ्यन्तरवर्जितम्
turīyātītam amṛtaṃ niṣkalaṃ nirupaplavam nirdvandvaṃ kevalaṃ śūnyaṃ bāhyābhyantaravarjitam
beyond the fourth (state), immortal, without parts, free from disturbance, free from pairs of opposites, alone, void, devoid of outer and inner,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.55
सबाह्याभ्यन्तरं चैव सबाह्याभ्यन्तरस्थितम् आदिमध्यान्तरहितम् आनन्दस्यापि कारणम्
sabāhyābhyantaraṃ caiva sabāhyābhyantarasthitam ādimadhyāntarahitam ānandasyāpi kāraṇam
and yet with outer and inner, and abiding both outside and inside, without beginning, middle, or end, the cause even of bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.56
मात्रास्तिस्रस्त्वर्धमात्रं नादाख्यं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम् ऋग्यजुःसामवेदा वै मात्रारूपेण माधवः
mātrāstisrastvardhamātraṃ nādākhyaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam ṛgyajuḥsāmavedā vai mātrārūpeṇa mādhavaḥ
The three measures (of Om) and the half-measure called nāda are termed brahman; Mādhava indeed is the Ṛg-, Yajur-, and Sāma-veda in the form of the measures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.57
वेदशब्देभ्य एवेशं विश्वात्मानमचिन्तयत् तदाभवदृषिर्वेद ऋषेः सारतमं शुभम्
vedaśabdebhya eveśaṃ viśvātmānamacintayat tadābhavadṛṣirveda ṛṣeḥ sāratamaṃ śubham
From the words of the Veda alone he meditated on the Lord, the Self of all; then there arose the ṛṣi (verse), the Veda, the most excellent, auspicious essence of the ṛṣi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 17.58
तेनैव ऋषिणा विष्णुर् ज्ञातवान् परमेश्वरम् चिन्तया रहितो रुद्रो वाचो यन्मनसा सह
tenaiva ṛṣiṇā viṣṇur jñātavān parameśvaram cintayā rahito rudro vāco yanmanasā saha
By that very ṛṣi Viṣṇu came to know the Supreme Lord; Rudra is devoid of (all) thinking — speech together with mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 17.59
अप्राप्य तं निवर्तन्ते वाच्यस्त्वेकाक्षरेण सः एकाक्षरेण तद्वाच्यम् ऋतं परमकारणम्
aprāpya taṃ nivartante vācyastvekākṣareṇa saḥ ekākṣareṇa tadvācyam ṛtaṃ paramakāraṇam
not reaching him, turn back; but he is to be expressed by the single syllable. By the single syllable that which is to be expressed is the truth, the supreme cause,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.60
सत्यमानन्दममृतं परं ब्रह्म परात्परम् एकाक्षरादकाराख्यो भगवान्कनकाण्डजः
satyamānandamamṛtaṃ paraṃ brahma parātparam ekākṣarādakārākhyo bhagavānkanakāṇḍajaḥ
the real, bliss, immortal, the supreme brahman higher than the highest. From the single syllable the Lord called A, born from the golden egg (arises);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.61
एकाक्षरादुकाराख्यो हरिः परमकारणम् एकाक्षरान्मकाराख्यो भगवान्नीललोहितः
ekākṣarādukārākhyo hariḥ paramakāraṇam ekākṣarānmakārākhyo bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ
From the single syllable, the part called U is Hari, the supreme cause; from the single syllable, the part called M is the Lord Nīlalohita (the blue-and-red one).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.62
सर्गकर्ता त्वकाराख्यो ह्य् उकाराख्यस्तु मोहकः मकाराख्यस् तयोर् नित्यम् अनुग्रहकरो ऽभवत्
sargakartā tvakārākhyo hy ukārākhyastu mohakaḥ makārākhyas tayor nityam anugrahakaro 'bhavat
The one called A is the maker of creation, while the one called U is the deluder; the one called M became forever the bestower of grace upon those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.63
मकाराख्यो विभुर्बीजी ह्य् अकारो बीजमुच्यते उकाराख्यो हरिर्योनिः प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः
makārākhyo vibhurbījī hy akāro bījamucyate ukārākhyo hariryoniḥ pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ
The one called M is the Lord, the possessor of the seed; A is called the seed; the one called U is Hari, the womb, the lord of pradhāna and puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.64
बीजी च बीजं तद्योनिर् नादाख्यश् च महेश्वरः बीजी विभज्य चात्मानं स्वेच्छया तु व्यवस्थितः
bījī ca bījaṃ tadyonir nādākhyaś ca maheśvaraḥ bījī vibhajya cātmānaṃ svecchayā tu vyavasthitaḥ
The seed-possessor, the seed, and its womb — and Maheśvara is he who is called nāda; the seed-possessor, having divided himself, abides thus by his own will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.65
अस्य लिङ्गादभूद्बीजम् अकारो बीजिनः प्रभोः उकारयोनौ निक्षिप्तम् अवर्धत समन्ततः
asya liṅgādabhūdbījam akāro bījinaḥ prabhoḥ ukārayonau nikṣiptam avardhata samantataḥ
From his liṅga arose the seed, (namely) A, of the Lord who possesses the seed; cast into the womb which is U, it grew on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.66
सौवर्णमभवच्चाण्डम् आवेष्ट्याद्यं तदक्षरम् अनेकाब्दं तथा चाप्सु दिव्यमण्डं व्यवस्थितम्
sauvarṇamabhavaccāṇḍam āveṣṭyādyaṃ tadakṣaram anekābdaṃ tathā cāpsu divyamaṇḍaṃ vyavasthitam
And that primal syllable, enveloping (it), became a golden egg; and thus for many years the divine egg remained in the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.67
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते द्विधा कृतमजोद्भवम् अण्डम् अप्सु स्थितं साक्षाद् आद्याख्येनेश्वरेण तु
tato varṣasahasrānte dvidhā kṛtamajodbhavam aṇḍam apsu sthitaṃ sākṣād ādyākhyeneśvareṇa tu
Then, at the end of a thousand years, the egg standing in the waters, from which Aja (Brahmā) arose, was made into two directly by the Lord named Ādya (the First).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.68
तस्याण्डस्य शुभं हैमं कपालं चोर्ध्वसंस्थितम् जज्ञे यद्द्यौस्तदपरं पृथिवी पञ्चलक्षणा
tasyāṇḍasya śubhaṃ haimaṃ kapālaṃ cordhvasaṃsthitam jajñe yaddyaustadaparaṃ pṛthivī pañcalakṣaṇā
Of that egg the auspicious golden shell that stood above was born as the sky; the other (half) became the earth with its five characteristics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.69
तस्मादण्डोद्भवो जज्ञे त्व् अकाराख्यश्चतुर्मुखः स स्रष्टा सर्वलोकानां स एव त्रिविधः प्रभुः
tasmādaṇḍodbhavo jajñe tv akārākhyaścaturmukhaḥ sa sraṣṭā sarvalokānāṃ sa eva trividhaḥ prabhuḥ
From that egg was born the four-faced one called A; he is the creator of all the worlds, and he alone is the threefold Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.70
एवमोमोमिति प्रोक्तम् इत्याहुर्यजुषां वराः यजुषां वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋचः सामानि सादरम्
evamomomiti proktam ityāhuryajuṣāṃ varāḥ yajuṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā ṛcaḥ sāmāni sādaram
"Thus is 'om, om' declared" — so said the foremost of the Yajus texts; and having heard the speech of the Yajus texts, the Ṛcs and the Sāmans reverently (spoke):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.71
एवमेव हरे ब्रह्मन्न् इत्याहुः श्रुतयस्तदा ततो विज्ञाय देवेशं यथावच्छ्रुतिसंभवैः
evameva hare brahmann ityāhuḥ śrutayastadā tato vijñāya deveśaṃ yathāvacchrutisaṃbhavaiḥ
"Just so, O Hari, O Brahman" — thus the śrutis then said. Then, having rightly understood the Lord of gods by means of (mantras) arising from the śruti,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.72
मन्त्रैर्महेश्वरं देवं तुष्टाव सुमहोदयम् आवयोः स्तुतिसंतुष्टो लिङ्गे तस्मिन्निरञ्जनः
mantrairmaheśvaraṃ devaṃ tuṣṭāva sumahodayam āvayoḥ stutisaṃtuṣṭo liṅge tasminnirañjanaḥ
with mantras he praised the god Maheśvara of great majesty. Delighted by the praise of us two, the stainless one, in that liṅga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.73
दिव्यं शब्दमयं रूपम् आस्थाय प्रहसन् स्थितः अकारस्तस्य मूर्धा तु ललाटं दीर्घमुच्यते
divyaṃ śabdamayaṃ rūpam āsthāya prahasan sthitaḥ akārastasya mūrdhā tu lalāṭaṃ dīrghamucyate
having taken on a divine form made of sound, stood laughing. A is his head, while the long (ā) is said to be his forehead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.74
इकारो दक्षिणं नेत्रम् ईकारो वामलोचनम् उकारो दक्षिणं श्रोत्रम् ऊकारो वाममुच्यते
ikāro dakṣiṇaṃ netram īkāro vāmalocanam ukāro dakṣiṇaṃ śrotram ūkāro vāmamucyate
I is the right eye, ī the left eye; u is the right ear, and ū is said to be the left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.75
ऋकारो दक्षिणं तस्य कपोलं परमेष्ठिनः वामं कपोलम् ॠकारो ऌ ॡ नासापुटे उभे
ṛkāro dakṣiṇaṃ tasya kapolaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ vāmaṃ kapolam ṝkāro ḷ ḹ nāsāpuṭe ubhe
Ṛ is the right cheek of that supreme one, ṝ the left cheek; ḷ and ḹ are the two nostrils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.76
एकारम् ओष्ठमूर्द्ध्वश् च ऐकारस्त्वधरो विभोः ओकारश् च तथौकारो दन्तपङ्क्तिद्वयं क्रमात्
ekāram oṣṭhamūrddhvaś ca aikārastvadharo vibhoḥ okāraś ca tathaukāro dantapaṅktidvayaṃ kramāt
E is the upper lip and ai the lower lip of the Lord; o and likewise au are the two rows of teeth, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.77
अमस्तु तालुनी तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमतः कादिपञ्चाक्षराण्यस्य पञ्च हस्तानि दक्षिणे
amastu tālunī tasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ kādipañcākṣarāṇyasya pañca hastāni dakṣiṇe
Aṃ and aḥ are the two palates of that wise god of gods; the five letters beginning with k are his five hands on the right.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.78
चादिपञ्चाक्षराण्येवं पञ्च हस्तानि वामतः टादिपञ्चाक्षरं पादस् तादिपञ्चाक्षरं तथा
cādipañcākṣarāṇyevaṃ pañca hastāni vāmataḥ ṭādipañcākṣaraṃ pādas tādipañcākṣaraṃ tathā
Likewise the five letters beginning with c are the five hands on the left; the five letters beginning with ṭ are a foot, and so too the five beginning with t.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.79
पकारमुदरं तस्य फकारः पार्श्वमुच्यते बकारो वामपार्श्वं वै भकारं स्कन्धमस्य तत्
pakāramudaraṃ tasya phakāraḥ pārśvamucyate bakāro vāmapārśvaṃ vai bhakāraṃ skandhamasya tat
P is his belly, ph is said to be the (right) side, b is indeed the left side, and bh is his shoulder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.80
मकारं हृदयं शंभोर् महादेवस्य योगिनः यकारादिसकारान्तं विभोर्वै सप्त धातवः
makāraṃ hṛdayaṃ śaṃbhor mahādevasya yoginaḥ yakārādisakārāntaṃ vibhorvai sapta dhātavaḥ
M is the heart of Śambhu, of Mahādeva the yogin; from y to s are the seven bodily constituents of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.81
हकार आत्मरूपं वै क्षकारः क्रोध उच्यते तं दृष्ट्वा उमया सार्धं भगवन्तं महेश्वरम्
hakāra ātmarūpaṃ vai kṣakāraḥ krodha ucyate taṃ dṛṣṭvā umayā sārdhaṃ bhagavantaṃ maheśvaram
The syllable ha is indeed the form of the self; the syllable kṣa is called wrath. Having seen him, the Lord Maheśvara, together with Umā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.82
प्रणम्य भगवान् विष्णुः पुनश्चापश्यदूर्द्ध्वतः ओङ्कारप्रभवं मन्त्रं कलापञ्चकसंयुतम्
praṇamya bhagavān viṣṇuḥ punaścāpaśyadūrddhvataḥ oṅkāraprabhavaṃ mantraṃ kalāpañcakasaṃyutam
and having bowed down, the Lord Viṣṇu again beheld above (him) a mantra arisen from the syllable Oṃ, joined with the five parts (kalās),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.83
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं सुभाष्टत्रिंशदक्षरम् मेधाकरम् अभूद्भूयः सर्वधर्मार्थसाधकम्
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ subhāṣṭatriṃśadakṣaram medhākaram abhūdbhūyaḥ sarvadharmārthasādhakam
resembling pure crystal, well-spoken, of thirty-eight syllables; it became further a bestower of wisdom, accomplishing the aims of all duties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.84
गायत्रीप्रभवं मन्त्रं हरितं वश्यकारकम् चतुर्विंशतिवर्णाढ्यं चतुष्कलमनुत्तमम्
gāyatrīprabhavaṃ mantraṃ haritaṃ vaśyakārakam caturviṃśativarṇāḍhyaṃ catuṣkalamanuttamam
(He beheld) the mantra arisen from the Gāyatrī, green, causing subjugation, rich in twenty-four letters, of four parts, unsurpassed;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.85
अथर्वमसितं मन्त्रं कलाष्टकसमायुतम् अभिचारिकमत्यर्थं त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छुभाक्षरम्
atharvamasitaṃ mantraṃ kalāṣṭakasamāyutam abhicārikamatyarthaṃ trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram
(and) the Atharva mantra, black, joined with the eight parts, exceedingly (fit) for hostile magic, of thirty-three auspicious syllables;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.86
यजुर्वेदसमायुक्तं पञ्चत्रिंशच्छुभाक्षरम् कलाष्टकसमायुक्तं सुश्वेतं शान्तिकं तथा
yajurvedasamāyuktaṃ pañcatriṃśacchubhākṣaram kalāṣṭakasamāyuktaṃ suśvetaṃ śāntikaṃ tathā
(and one) joined with the Yajurveda, of thirty-five auspicious syllables, joined with the eight parts, bright white, and (fit) for the rite of appeasement;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.87
त्रयोदशकलायुक्तं बालाद्यैः सह लोहितम् सामोद्भवं जगत्याद्यं वृद्धिसंहारकारणम्
trayodaśakalāyuktaṃ bālādyaiḥ saha lohitam sāmodbhavaṃ jagatyādyaṃ vṛddhisaṃhārakāraṇam
(and one) joined with thirteen parts, red, together with Bālā and the rest, arisen from the Sāman, beginning with the Jagatī (metre), the cause of increase and of destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 17.88
वर्णाः षडधिकाः षष्टिर् अस्य मन्त्रवरस्य तु पञ्च मन्त्रांस् तथा लब्ध्वा जजाप भगवान् हरिः
varṇāḥ ṣaḍadhikāḥ ṣaṣṭir asya mantravarasya tu pañca mantrāṃs tathā labdhvā jajāpa bhagavān hariḥ
The letters of this best of mantras are sixty-six; and having thus obtained the five mantras, the Lord Hari muttered (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.89
अथ दृष्ट्वा कलावर्णम् ऋग्यजुःसामरूपिणम् ईशानमीशमुकुटं पुरुषास्यं पुरातनम्
atha dṛṣṭvā kalāvarṇam ṛgyajuḥsāmarūpiṇam īśānamīśamukuṭaṃ puruṣāsyaṃ purātanam
Then, having seen him who is coloured with the parts (kalās), who has the form of the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma (Vedas), Īśāna, crowned with the Lord, whose face is the Puruṣa, the ancient one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 17.90
अघोरहृदयं हृद्यं वामगुह्यं सदाशिवम् सद्यः पादं महादेवं महाभोगीन्द्रभूषणम्
aghorahṛdayaṃ hṛdyaṃ vāmaguhyaṃ sadāśivam sadyaḥ pādaṃ mahādevaṃ mahābhogīndrabhūṣaṇam
whose heart is Aghora, the lovely one, whose secret part is Vāma, Sadāśiva, whose foot is Sadyaḥ (Sadyojāta), the Great God, adorned with the great lord of serpents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.91
विश्वतः पादवदनं विश्वतो ऽक्षिकरं शिवम् ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपतिं सर्गस्थितिसंहारकारणम्
viśvataḥ pādavadanaṃ viśvato 'kṣikaraṃ śivam brahmaṇo 'dhipatiṃ sargasthitisaṃhārakāraṇam
who has feet and faces on every side, eyes and hands on every side, Śiva, the overlord of Brahmā, the cause of creation, maintenance and destruction —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 17.92
तुष्टाव पुनरिष्टाभिर् वाग्भिर् वरदमीश्वरम्
tuṣṭāva punariṣṭābhir vāgbhir varadamīśvaram
he praised again, with cherished words, the Lord who grants boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition