Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 98
PdP 2 98.1
सूत उवाच- एवमुक्ते शुभे वाक्ये विज्वलेन महात्मना ।। कुंजलो वदतां श्रेष्ठः स्तोत्रं पुण्यमुदैरयत्
sūta uvāca- evamukte śubhe vākye vijvalena mahātmanā || kuṃjalo vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ stotraṃ puṇyamudairayat
Sūta said: When this auspicious speech had been uttered by the great-souled Vijvala, Kuñjala, the best of speakers, set forth the meritorious hymn.
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PdP 2 98.2
ध्यात्वा नत्वा हृषीकेशं सर्वक्लेशविनाशनम् ।। सर्वश्रेयः प्रदातारं हरेः स्तोत्रमुदीरितम्
dhyātvā natvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarvakleśavināśanam || sarvaśreyaḥ pradātāraṃ hareḥ stotramudīritam
Having meditated on and bowed to Hṛṣīkeśa, the destroyer of all afflictions, the bestower of every good, the hymn of Hari was uttered:
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PdP 2 98.3
वासुदेवाभिधानं तत्सर्वश्रेयः प्रदायकम् ।। मोक्षद्वारं सुखोपेतं शांतिदं पुष्टिवर्द्धनम्
vāsudevābhidhānaṃ tatsarvaśreyaḥ pradāyakam || mokṣadvāraṃ sukhopetaṃ śāṃtidaṃ puṣṭivarddhanam
that (hymn) called "Vāsudeva," the bestower of every good, the door of liberation, attended by happiness, granting peace, increasing prosperity,
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PdP 2 98.4
सर्वकामप्रदातारं ज्ञानदं ज्ञानवर्द्धनम् ।। वासुदेवस्य यत्स्तोत्रं विज्वलाय प्रकाशितम्
sarvakāmapradātāraṃ jñānadaṃ jñānavarddhanam || vāsudevasya yatstotraṃ vijvalāya prakāśitam
the granter of all wishes, the giver of knowledge, the increaser of knowledge — the hymn of Vāsudeva which was revealed to Vijvala,
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PdP 2 98.5
वासुदेवाभिधानं चाप्रमेयं पुण्यवर्द्धनम् ।। सोऽवगम्य पितुः सर्वं विज्वलः पक्षिणांवरः
vāsudevābhidhānaṃ cāprameyaṃ puṇyavarddhanam || so'vagamya pituḥ sarvaṃ vijvalaḥ pakṣiṇāṃvaraḥ
and the naming of Vāsudeva, immeasurable, increasing merit. Having learned it all from his father, Vijvala, the best of birds,
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PdP 2 98.6
तत्रगंतुंप्रचक्रामपितुःपृष्टंतदानृप ।। एवं गंतुं कृतमतिं विज्वलं ज्ञानपारगम्
tatragaṃtuṃpracakrāmapituḥpṛṣṭaṃtadānṛpa || evaṃ gaṃtuṃ kṛtamatiṃ vijvalaṃ jñānapāragam
then set out to go there, O king, having asked his father('s leave). To Vijvala, who had gone to the far shore of knowledge and had thus made up his mind to go,
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PdP 2 98.7
उवाच पुत्रं धर्मात्मा उपकारसमुद्यतम्
uvāca putraṃ dharmātmā upakārasamudyatam
the righteous one spoke — to his son, who was eager to do a good turn (for another).
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PdP 2 98.8
कुंजल उवाच- पुत्र तस्य महज्जाने पातकं भूपतेः शृणु ।। यतो गत्वा पठ स्वत्वं सुबाहोश्चोपशृण्वतः
kuṃjala uvāca- putra tasya mahajjāne pātakaṃ bhūpateḥ śṛṇu || yato gatvā paṭha svatvaṃ subāhoścopaśṛṇvataḥ
Kuñjala said: Son, hear of that king's great sin with regard to knowledge; therefore go there and recite it yourself, with Subāhu listening.
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PdP 2 98.9
यथायथा श्रोष्यति स्तोत्रमुत्तमं तथा तथा ज्ञानमयो भविष्यति ।। श्रीवासुदेवस्य न संशयो वै तस्य प्रसादात्सुशिवं मयोक्तम्
yathāyathā śroṣyati stotramuttamaṃ tathā tathā jñānamayo bhaviṣyati || śrīvāsudevasya na saṃśayo vai tasya prasādātsuśivaṃ mayoktam
The more he hears the supreme hymn of Śrī Vāsudeva, the more he will become made of knowledge — of this there is no doubt; by his grace I have spoken what is most blessed.
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PdP 2 98.10
आमंत्र्य स गुरुं पश्चादुड्डीय लघुविक्रमः ।। आनंदकाननं पुण्यं संप्राप्तो विज्वलस्तदा
āmaṃtrya sa guruṃ paścāduḍḍīya laghuvikramaḥ || ānaṃdakānanaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃprāpto vijvalastadā
Having taken leave of his teacher, then, flying up with light and swift motion, Vijvala at that time reached the holy Ānandakānana (Forest of Bliss).
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PdP 2 98.11
वृक्षच्छायां समाश्रित्य उपविष्टो मुदान्वितः । समालोक्य स राजानं विमानेनागतं पुनः
vṛkṣacchāyāṃ samāśritya upaviṣṭo mudānvitaḥ | samālokya sa rājānaṃ vimānenāgataṃ punaḥ
Taking shelter in the shade of a tree he sat down, filled with joy, having seen the king come once more in a celestial car.
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PdP 2 98.12
एष्यत्यसौ कदा राजा सुबाहुः प्रियया सह ।। पातकान्मोचयिष्यामि स्तोत्रेणानेन वै कदा
eṣyatyasau kadā rājā subāhuḥ priyayā saha || pātakānmocayiṣyāmi stotreṇānena vai kadā
"When will that king Subāhu come with his beloved? When shall I release him from his sin by this hymn?"
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PdP 2 98.13
तावद्विमानः संप्राप्तः किंकिणीजालमंडितः ।। घंटारवसमाकीर्णो वीणावेणुसमन्वितः
tāvadvimānaḥ saṃprāptaḥ kiṃkiṇījālamaṃḍitaḥ || ghaṃṭāravasamākīrṇo vīṇāveṇusamanvitaḥ
Just then the celestial car arrived, ornamented with networks of tiny bells, filled with the sound of bells, accompanied by lutes and flutes,
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PdP 2 98.14
गंधर्वस्वरसंघुष्टश्चाप्सरोभिः समन्वितः ।। सर्वकामसमृद्धस्तु अन्नोदकविवर्जितः
gaṃdharvasvarasaṃghuṣṭaścāpsarobhiḥ samanvitaḥ || sarvakāmasamṛddhastu annodakavivarjitaḥ
resounding with the voices of gandharvas and attended by apsarases, abounding in every desirable thing, but destitute of food and water.
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PdP 2 98.15
तस्मिन्याने स्थितो राजा सुबाहुः प्रियया सह ।। समुत्तीर्णो विमानात्स सुतार्क्ष्य प्रियया सह
tasminyāne sthito rājā subāhuḥ priyayā saha || samuttīrṇo vimānātsa sutārkṣya priyayā saha
Stationed in that vehicle was king Subāhu with his beloved; he stepped down from the celestial car, O son of Tārkṣya, together with his beloved.
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PdP 2 98.16
शस्त्रमादाय तीक्ष्णं तु यावत्कृंतति तच्छवम् ।। तावद्धि विज्वलेनापि समाह्वानं कृतं तदा
śastramādāya tīkṣṇaṃ tu yāvatkṛṃtati tacchavam || tāvaddhi vijvalenāpi samāhvānaṃ kṛtaṃ tadā
But just as he took up the sharp blade and was cutting up that corpse, at that moment Vijvala called out to him.
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PdP 2 98.17
भो भोः पुरुषशार्दूल देवोपम भवानिदम् ।। करोति निर्घृणं कर्म नृशंसैर्न च शक्यते
bho bhoḥ puruṣaśārdūla devopama bhavānidam || karoti nirghṛṇaṃ karma nṛśaṃsairna ca śakyate
"Ho there, tiger among men, godlike one! You are doing this pitiless deed, which not even by cruel men can be done—"
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PdP 2 98.18
कर्तुं पुरुषशार्दूल कोऽयं विधिविपर्ययः ।। दुष्कृतं साहसं कर्म निंद्यं लोकेषु सर्वदा
kartuṃ puruṣaśārdūla ko'yaṃ vidhiviparyayaḥ || duṣkṛtaṃ sāhasaṃ karma niṃdyaṃ lokeṣu sarvadā
"—to do, tiger among men! What reversal of the rule is this? An evil-done, reckless act, always to be censured among the worlds."
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PdP 2 98.19
वेदाचारविहीनं तु कस्मात्प्रारब्धवानि ह ।। तन्मे त्वं कारणं सर्वं कथयस्व यथा तथा
vedācāravihīnaṃ tu kasmātprārabdhavāni ha || tanme tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ kathayasva yathā tathā
"Why indeed have you undertaken what is devoid of the Vedas and of (proper) practice? Tell me all the reason for that, just as it is."
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PdP 2 98.20
इत्येवं भाषितं तस्य विज्वलस्य महात्मनः ।। समाकर्ण्य महाराजः स्वप्रियां वाक्यमब्रवीत्
ityevaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tasya vijvalasya mahātmanaḥ || samākarṇya mahārājaḥ svapriyāṃ vākyamabravīt
Having heard this speech thus spoken by that great-souled Vijvala, the great king said these words to his own beloved:
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PdP 2 98.21
प्रिये वर्षशतं भुक्तं मयेदं पापकर्मणा ।। कदा न भाषितं केन यथायं परिभाषते
priye varṣaśataṃ bhuktaṃ mayedaṃ pāpakarmaṇā || kadā na bhāṣitaṃ kena yathāyaṃ paribhāṣate
"Beloved, for a hundred years this has been eaten by me, an evildoer; when has anyone ever spoken (to me) as this one now addresses (me)?"
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PdP 2 98.22
ममैवं पीड्यमानस्य क्षुधया हृदयं प्रिये ।। निर्गतं चोत्सुकं कांते शांतिश्चित्ते प्रवर्तते
mamaivaṃ pīḍyamānasya kṣudhayā hṛdayaṃ priye || nirgataṃ cotsukaṃ kāṃte śāṃtiścitte pravartate
"Beloved, as I was thus tormented by hunger, my heart, dear one, went out and was full of longing—(now) calm arises in my mind."
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PdP 2 98.23
यावदस्य श्रुतं वाक्यं सर्वदुःखस्य शांतिदम् ।। तावच्चित्ते समाह्लादो वर्तते चारुहासिनि
yāvadasya śrutaṃ vākyaṃ sarvaduḥkhasya śāṃtidam || tāvaccitte samāhlādo vartate cāruhāsini
"As soon as his words were heard, which give calm to all suffering, at once gladness arises in my mind, O you of lovely smile."
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PdP 2 98.24
कोयं देवो नु गंधर्वः सहस्राक्षो भविष्यति ।। मुनीनां स्याद्वचः सत्यं यदुक्तं मुनिना पुरा
koyaṃ devo nu gaṃdharvaḥ sahasrākṣo bhaviṣyati || munīnāṃ syādvacaḥ satyaṃ yaduktaṃ muninā purā
"Who is this—a god, or a gandharva, or could he be the Thousand-Eyed One? The word of the sages must be true, which was spoken by the sage long ago."
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PdP 2 98.25
एवमाभाषितं श्रुत्वा प्रियस्यानंतरं प्रिया ।। राजानं प्रत्युवाचाथ भार्या पतिपरायणा
evamābhāṣitaṃ śrutvā priyasyānaṃtaraṃ priyā || rājānaṃ pratyuvācātha bhāryā patiparāyaṇā
Having heard her beloved's words thus spoken, the beloved, the wife devoted to her husband, then replied to the king:
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PdP 2 98.26
सत्यमुक्तं त्वया नाथ इदमाश्चर्यमुत्तमम् ।। यथा ते वर्तते कांत मम चित्ते तथा पुनः
satyamuktaṃ tvayā nātha idamāścaryamuttamam || yathā te vartate kāṃta mama citte tathā punaḥ
"What you have said is true, my lord: this is a supreme marvel. As it is with you, dear one, so again it is in my mind."
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PdP 2 98.27
पक्षिरूपधरः कोऽयं पृच्छते हितकारिवत् ।। एवमाभाषितं श्रुत्वा प्रियायाः पृथिवीपतिः
pakṣirūpadharaḥ ko'yaṃ pṛcchate hitakārivat || evamābhāṣitaṃ śrutvā priyāyāḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
"Who is this, bearing the form of a bird, who questions (us) like one acting for our welfare?" Having heard his beloved thus speak, the lord of the earth,
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PdP 2 98.28
बद्धांजलिपुटोभूत्वा पक्षिणं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।। सुबाहुरुवाच- स्वागतं ते महाप्राज्ञ पक्षिरूपधरः प्रभो
baddhāṃjalipuṭobhūtvā pakṣiṇaṃ vākyamabravīt || subāhuruvāca- svāgataṃ te mahāprājña pakṣirūpadharaḥ prabho
with his palms joined in reverence, spoke these words to the bird. Subāhu said: "Welcome to you, greatly wise one, O lord who bears the form of a bird!
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PdP 2 98.29
शिरसा भार्यया सार्द्धं तव पादांबुजद्वयम् ।। नमस्करोम्यहं पुण्यमस्तु नस्त्वत्प्रसादतः
śirasā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ tava pādāṃbujadvayam || namaskaromyahaṃ puṇyamastu nastvatprasādataḥ
"With my head, together with my wife, I make obeisance to the pair of your lotus-feet; may merit be ours through your grace."
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PdP 2 98.30
भवान्कः पक्षिरूपेण पुण्यमेवं प्रभाषते ।। यादृशं क्रियतेकर्म पूर्वदेहेन सत्तम
bhavānkaḥ pakṣirūpeṇa puṇyamevaṃ prabhāṣate || yādṛśaṃ kriyatekarma pūrvadehena sattama
"Who are you, who in the form of a bird speak thus of merit? Whatever deed is done with a former body, O best of beings—
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PdP 2 98.31
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वापि तदिहैव प्रभुज्यते ।। अथ तेनात्मकं वृत्तं तस्याग्रे च निवेदितम्
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vāpi tadihaiva prabhujyate || atha tenātmakaṃ vṛttaṃ tasyāgre ca niveditam
"—whether well done or ill done, that is fully experienced right here." Then by him his own history was set forth before him,
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PdP 2 98.32
यथोक्तं कुंजलेनापि पित्रा पूर्वं श्रुतं तथा ।। कथयस्वात्मवृत्तांतं भवान्को मां प्रभाषते
yathoktaṃ kuṃjalenāpi pitrā pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ tathā || kathayasvātmavṛttāṃtaṃ bhavānko māṃ prabhāṣate
just as it had been told by Kuñjala too, and just as it had earlier been heard from his father. "Tell (me) the account of yourself: who are you who speak to me?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.33
सुबाहुं प्रत्युवाचेदं वाक्यं पक्षिवरस्तदा ।। विज्वल उवाच- शुकजात्यां समुत्पन्नः कुंजलोनाम मे पिता
subāhuṃ pratyuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ pakṣivarastadā || vijvala uvāca- śukajātyāṃ samutpannaḥ kuṃjalonāma me pitā
Then the best of birds spoke these words in reply to Subāhu. Vijvala said: "Born in the parrot species, Kuñjala by name was my father.
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PdP 2 98.34
तस्याहं विज्वलो नाम तृतीयस्तु सुतेष्वहम् ।। नाहं देवो न गंधर्वो न च सिद्धो महाभुज
tasyāhaṃ vijvalo nāma tṛtīyastu suteṣvaham || nāhaṃ devo na gaṃdharvo na ca siddho mahābhuja
"I am his (son), Vijvala by name, and I am the third among his sons. I am no god, no gandharva, and no siddha, O mighty-armed one.
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PdP 2 98.35
नित्यमेव प्रपश्यामि कर्म चैवं सुदारुणम् ।। कियत्कालं महत्कर्म साहसाकारसंयुतम्
nityameva prapaśyāmi karma caivaṃ sudāruṇam || kiyatkālaṃ mahatkarma sāhasākārasaṃyutam
"Every day I keep seeing this deed of yours, so very terrible. For how long (more) will you (do) this great act joined with recklessness—
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PdP 2 98.36
करिष्यसि महाराज तन्मे कथय सांप्रतम् ।। सुबाहुरुवाच- वासुदेवाभिधानं यत्पूर्वमुक्तं हि ब्राह्मणैः
kariṣyasi mahārāja tanme kathaya sāṃpratam || subāhuruvāca- vāsudevābhidhānaṃ yatpūrvamuktaṃ hi brāhmaṇaiḥ
“…will you do, great king? Tell me that now.” Subāhu said: “That which is called the name of Vāsudeva, which was formerly spoken by the brāhmaṇas—
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PdP 2 98.37
श्रोष्याम्यहं यदा भद्र गतिं स्वां प्राप्नुयां तदा ।। पुण्यात्मना भाषितं वै मुनिना संयतात्मना
śroṣyāmyahaṃ yadā bhadra gatiṃ svāṃ prāpnuyāṃ tadā || puṇyātmanā bhāṣitaṃ vai muninā saṃyatātmanā
when I shall hear it, good sir, then I shall attain my own goal—(that) which was spoken by the holy-souled sage of restrained self.
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PdP 2 98.38
तदाहं पातकान्मुक्तो भविष्यामि न संशयः ।। विज्वल उवाच- तवार्थे पृच्छितस्तातस्तेन मे कथितं च यत्
tadāhaṃ pātakānmukto bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || vijvala uvāca- tavārthe pṛcchitastātastena me kathitaṃ ca yat
then I shall be freed from sin, there is no doubt.” Vijvala said: “For your sake my father was asked, and what he told me,
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PdP 2 98.39
तत्तेद्याहं प्रवक्ष्यामि शाश्वतं शृणु सत्तम
tattedyāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi śāśvataṃ śṛṇu sattama
that eternal (teaching) I shall now declare to you; listen, best of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.40
ॐअस्य श्रीवासुदेवाभिधानस्य स्तोत्रस्य नारदऋषिरनुष्टुप्छंदः । ॐकारोदेवता सर्वपातकनाशनार्थे चतुर्वर्गसाधनार्थे च जपे विनियोगः । ॐनमो भगवते वासुदेवाय इति मंत्रः । पावनं परमं पुण्यं वेदज्ञं वेदमंदिरम् ।। विद्याधारं भवाधारं प्रणवं वै नमाम्यहम्
oṃasya śrīvāsudevābhidhānasya stotrasya nāradaṛṣiranuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ | oṃkārodevatā sarvapātakanāśanārthe caturvargasādhanārthe ca jape viniyogaḥ | oṃnamo bhagavate vāsudevāya iti maṃtraḥ | pāvanaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vedajñaṃ vedamaṃdiram || vidyādhāraṃ bhavādhāraṃ praṇavaṃ vai namāmyaham
Om. Of this hymn called Śrī-Vāsudeva, the seer is Nārada, the metre is anuṣṭubh, Oṃkāra is the deity; its application in recitation is for the destruction of all sins and for the attainment of the four aims (of life). The mantra is: “Om, homage to the Lord Vāsudeva.” Purifying, supreme, holy, knower of the Veda, temple of the Veda, support of knowledge, support of existence—that Praṇava indeed I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.41
निरावासं निराकारं सुप्रकाशं महोदयम् ।। निर्गुणं गुणसंबद्धं नमामि प्रणवं परम्
nirāvāsaṃ nirākāraṃ suprakāśaṃ mahodayam || nirguṇaṃ guṇasaṃbaddhaṃ namāmi praṇavaṃ param
Without dwelling, without form, well-shining, of great arising, without qualities (yet) connected with the qualities—I salute the supreme Praṇava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.42
महाकांतं महोत्साहं महामोहविनाशनम् ।। आचिन्वंतं जगत्सर्वं गुणातीतं नमाम्यहम्
mahākāṃtaṃ mahotsāhaṃ mahāmohavināśanam || ācinvaṃtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ guṇātītaṃ namāmyaham
Greatly beloved, of great vigour, destroyer of great delusion, gathering up the whole world, beyond the qualities—him I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.43
भाति सर्वत्र यो भूत्वा भूतानां भूतिवर्द्धनः।। अभयं भिक्षुसंबद्धं नमामि प्रणवं शिवम्
bhāti sarvatra yo bhūtvā bhūtānāṃ bhūtivarddhanaḥ|| abhayaṃ bhikṣusaṃbaddhaṃ namāmi praṇavaṃ śivam
He who, having become (all), shines everywhere as the increaser of the well-being of beings—the fearless one, bound to (or: attached to) mendicants, the auspicious Praṇava, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.44
गायत्रीसाम गायंतं गीतं गीतप्रियं शुभम् ।। गंधर्वगीतभोक्तारं प्रणवं प्रणमाम्यहम्
gāyatrīsāma gāyaṃtaṃ gītaṃ gītapriyaṃ śubham || gaṃdharvagītabhoktāraṃ praṇavaṃ praṇamāmyaham
Singing the Gāyatrī chant, sung, fond of song, auspicious, the enjoyer of the songs of the Gandharvas—the Praṇava I bow to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.45
विचारं वेदरूपं तं यज्ञस्थं भक्तवत्सलम् ।। योनिं सर्वस्य लोकस्य ॐकारं प्रणमाम्यहम्
vicāraṃ vedarūpaṃ taṃ yajñasthaṃ bhaktavatsalam || yoniṃ sarvasya lokasya oṃkāraṃ praṇamāmyaham
Reflection, having the form of the Veda, present in the sacrifice, tender to devotees, the womb of the whole world—the syllable Om I bow to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.46
तारकं सर्वभूतानां नौरूपेण विराजितम् ।। संसारार्णवमग्नानां नमामि प्रणवं हरिम्
tārakaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ naurūpeṇa virājitam || saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ namāmi praṇavaṃ harim
The ferryman of all beings, shining in the form of a boat for those sunk in the ocean of transmigration—I salute the Praṇava, Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.47
सर्वलोकेषु वसते एकरूपेण नैकधा ।। धामकैवल्यरूपेण नमामि प्रणवं शिवम्
sarvalokeṣu vasate ekarūpeṇa naikadhā || dhāmakaivalyarūpeṇa namāmi praṇavaṃ śivam
He dwells in all the worlds in a single form, not in many ways, in the form of the abode that is absolute isolation—I salute the auspicious Praṇava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.48
सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मतरं शुद्धं निर्गुणं गुणनायकम् ।। वर्जितं प्राकृतैर्भावैर्वेदस्थानं नमाम्यहम्
sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ śuddhaṃ nirguṇaṃ guṇanāyakam || varjitaṃ prākṛtairbhāvairvedasthānaṃ namāmyaham
Subtle, subtler (still), pure, without qualities (yet) lord of the qualities, free from the states belonging to material nature, the abode of the Veda—him I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.49
देवदैत्यवियोगैश्च वर्जितं तुष्टिभिः सदा ।। दैवैश्च योगिभिर्ध्येयं तमोंकारं नमाम्यहम्
devadaityaviyogaiśca varjitaṃ tuṣṭibhiḥ sadā || daivaiśca yogibhirdhyeyaṃ tamoṃkāraṃ namāmyaham
Ever free from the separations of gods and demons and from satisfactions, to be meditated on by the gods and by yogins—that Oṃkāra I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.50
व्यापकं विश्ववेत्तारं विज्ञानं परमं शुभम् ।। शिवं शिवगुणं शांतं वंदे प्रणवमीश्वरम्
vyāpakaṃ viśvavettāraṃ vijñānaṃ paramaṃ śubham || śivaṃ śivaguṇaṃ śāṃtaṃ vaṃde praṇavamīśvaram
Pervading, the knower of the universe, supreme auspicious knowledge, benign, of benign qualities, tranquil—I praise the Praṇava, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.51
यस्य मायां प्रविष्टास्तु ब्रह्माद्याश्च सुरासुराः।। न विंदंति परं शुद्धं मोक्षद्वारं नमाम्यहम्
yasya māyāṃ praviṣṭāstu brahmādyāśca surāsurāḥ|| na viṃdaṃti paraṃ śuddhaṃ mokṣadvāraṃ namāmyaham
Into whose māyā the gods and demons, with Brahmā at their head, having entered, do not find the supreme pure one—the door of liberation, him I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.52
आनंदकंदाय विशुद्धबुद्धये शुद्धाय हंसाय परावराय।। नमोऽस्तु तस्मै गणनायकाय श्रीवासुदेवाय महाप्रभाय
ānaṃdakaṃdāya viśuddhabuddhaye śuddhāya haṃsāya parāvarāya|| namo'stu tasmai gaṇanāyakāya śrīvāsudevāya mahāprabhāya
To the root of bliss, to him of wholly pure intelligence, to the pure one, to the Swan, to him who is high and low—homage be to that leader of the hosts, to Śrī Vāsudeva of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.53
श्रीपांचजन्येन विराजमानं रविप्रभेणापि सुदर्शनेन ।। गदाब्जकेनापि विराजमानं प्रभुं सदैनं शरणं प्रपद्ये
śrīpāṃcajanyena virājamānaṃ raviprabheṇāpi sudarśanena || gadābjakenāpi virājamānaṃ prabhuṃ sadainaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Him who shines with the glorious Pāñcajanya (conch) and with the Sudarśana (discus) of sun-like brilliance, who shines also with mace and lotus—that Lord I ever approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.54
यं वेदगुह्यं सगुणं गुणानामाधारभूतं सचराचरस्य ।। यं सूर्यवैश्वानरतुल्यतेजसं तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
yaṃ vedaguhyaṃ saguṇaṃ guṇānāmādhārabhūtaṃ sacarācarasya || yaṃ sūryavaiśvānaratulyatejasaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Him who is the secret of the Veda, possessed of qualities, the very support of the qualities, of (all) that moves and moves not, whose brilliance equals the sun and fire—to that Vāsudeva I go for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.55
क्षुधानिधानं विमलं सुरूपमानंदमानेन विराजमानम् । यं प्राप्य जीवंति सुरादिलोकास्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
kṣudhānidhānaṃ vimalaṃ surūpamānaṃdamānena virājamānam | yaṃ prāpya jīvaṃti surādilokāstaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
The laying to rest of hunger, spotless, of fair form, shining with the measure of bliss, on reaching whom the worlds of gods and the rest live—to that Vāsudeva I go for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.56
तमोघनानां स्वकरैर्विनाशं करोति नित्यं परिकर्महेतुः ।। उद्द्योतमानं रविदीप्ततेजसं तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
tamoghanānāṃ svakarairvināśaṃ karoti nityaṃ parikarmahetuḥ || uddyotamānaṃ ravidīptatejasaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
With its own rays it constantly works the destruction of dense darkness, being the cause of (all) attendant service — him, blazing forth with the sun's burning brilliance, that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.57
यो भाति सर्वत्र रविप्रभावैः करोति शोषं च रसं ददाति ।। यः प्राणिनामंतरगः स वायुस्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
yo bhāti sarvatra raviprabhāvaiḥ karoti śoṣaṃ ca rasaṃ dadāti || yaḥ prāṇināmaṃtaragaḥ sa vāyustaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
He who shines everywhere with the sun's powers, who causes drying up and gives moisture; who moves within living beings as the wind — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.58
स्वेच्छानुरूपेण स देवदेवो बिभर्ति लोकान्सकलान्महीपान् ।। संतारणे नौरिव वर्तते यस्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
svecchānurūpeṇa sa devadevo bibharti lokānsakalānmahīpān || saṃtāraṇe nauriva vartate yastaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
That god of gods, according to his own will, upholds the worlds and all the kings of the earth; who acts like a boat for the crossing over — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.59
अंतर्गतो लोकमयः सदैव पचत्यसौ स्थावरजंगमानाम् ।। स्वाहामुखो देवगणस्य हेतुस्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
aṃtargato lokamayaḥ sadaiva pacatyasau sthāvarajaṃgamānām || svāhāmukho devagaṇasya hetustaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Entered within, consisting of the worlds, he always digests (the food) of things unmoving and moving; he whose mouth is the ritual cry svāhā, the cause of the host of gods — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.60
रसैः सुपुण्यैः सकलैः सहैव पुष्णाति सौम्यो गुणदश्च लोके ।। अन्नानि योनिर्मल तेजसैव तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
rasaiḥ supuṇyaiḥ sakalaiḥ sahaiva puṣṇāti saumyo guṇadaśca loke || annāni yonirmala tejasaiva taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Gentle, and a giver of good qualities in the world, he nourishes the foods together with all the wholly meritorious saps, by his own spotless energy, O source — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.61
अस्त्येव सर्वत्र विनाशहेतुः सर्वाश्रयः सर्वमयः स सर्वः ।। विना हृषीकैर्विषयान्प्रभुंक्ते तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
astyeva sarvatra vināśahetuḥ sarvāśrayaḥ sarvamayaḥ sa sarvaḥ || vinā hṛṣīkairviṣayānprabhuṃkte taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
He surely exists everywhere, the cause of destruction, the support of all, made of all, he is all; without sense organs he enjoys the objects of sense — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.62
जीवस्वरूपेण बिभर्ति लोकांस्ततः स्वमूर्तान्सचराचरांश्च ।। निष्केवलो ज्ञानमयः सुशुद्धस्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
jīvasvarūpeṇa bibharti lokāṃstataḥ svamūrtānsacarācarāṃśca || niṣkevalo jñānamayaḥ suśuddhastaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
In the form of the individual soul he upholds the worlds, and thence his own embodied (forms) with the moving and unmoving; unmixed (with anything else), made of knowledge, wholly pure — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.63
दैत्यांतकं दुःखविनाशमूलं शांतं परं शक्तिमयं विशालम् ।। यं प्राप्य देवा विनयं प्रयांति तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
daityāṃtakaṃ duḥkhavināśamūlaṃ śāṃtaṃ paraṃ śaktimayaṃ viśālam || yaṃ prāpya devā vinayaṃ prayāṃti taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
The ender of the demons, the root of the destruction of suffering, tranquil, supreme, made of power, vast; on reaching whom the gods become humble — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.64
सुखं सुखांतं सुखदं सुरेशं ज्ञानार्णवं तं मुनिपं सुरेशम् ।। सत्याश्रयं सत्यगुणोपविष्टं तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
sukhaṃ sukhāṃtaṃ sukhadaṃ sureśaṃ jñānārṇavaṃ taṃ munipaṃ sureśam || satyāśrayaṃ satyaguṇopaviṣṭaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Happiness, the end of happiness, the giver of happiness, the lord of the gods, that ocean of knowledge, the chief of sages, lord of the gods; the resort of truth, seated in the quality of truth — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.65
यज्ञांगरूपं परमार्थरूपं मायान्वितं मापतिमुग्रपुण्यम् ।। विज्ञानमेकं जगतां निवासं तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
yajñāṃgarūpaṃ paramārtharūpaṃ māyānvitaṃ māpatimugrapuṇyam || vijñānamekaṃ jagatāṃ nivāsaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Him whose form is the members of the sacrifice, whose form is the highest goal, attended by māyā, the lord of Mā (Lakṣmī), of terrible merit; the one knowing, the dwelling of the worlds — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.66
अंभोधिमध्ये शयनं हितस्य नागांगभोगे शयनं विशाले ।। श्रीपादपद्मद्वयमेव तस्य तद्वासुदेवस्य नमामि नित्यम्
aṃbhodhimadhye śayanaṃ hitasya nāgāṃgabhoge śayanaṃ viśāle || śrīpādapadmadvayameva tasya tadvāsudevasya namāmi nityam
In the midst of the ocean is the resting place of the benefactor, his couch upon the broad coils of the serpent's body: just that pair of glorious lotus-feet of his, of that Vāsudeva, I salute always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.67
पुण्यान्वितं शंकरमेव नित्यं तीर्थैरनेकैः परिसेव्यमानम् ।। तत्पादपद्मद्वयमेव तस्य श्रीवासुदेवस्य अघापहं तत्
puṇyānvitaṃ śaṃkarameva nityaṃ tīrthairanekaiḥ parisevyamānam || tatpādapadmadvayameva tasya śrīvāsudevasya aghāpahaṃ tat
Endowed with merit, ever verily bringing about welfare, waited upon all around by many sacred fords: that very pair of lotus-feet of his, of the glorious Vāsudeva, is the remover of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.68
पादांबुजं रक्तमहोत्पलाभमंभोजसल्लिंगजयोपयुक्तम् ।। अलंकृतं नूपुरमुद्रिकाभिः श्रीवासुदेवस्य नमामि नित्यम्
pādāṃbujaṃ raktamahotpalābhamaṃbhojasalliṃgajayopayuktam || alaṃkṛtaṃ nūpuramudrikābhiḥ śrīvāsudevasya namāmi nityam
The lotus-foot with the sheen of a great red water-lily, ... fit for victory, adorned with anklets and rings: (that foot) of the glorious Vāsudeva I salute always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.69
देवैः सुसिद्धैर्मुनिभिः सदैव नुतं सुभक्त्या उरगाधिपैश्च ।। तत्पादपंकेरुहमेवपुण्यं श्रीवासुदेवस्य नमामि नित्यम्
devaiḥ susiddhairmunibhiḥ sadaiva nutaṃ subhaktyā uragādhipaiśca || tatpādapaṃkeruhamevapuṇyaṃ śrīvāsudevasya namāmi nityam
Praised always with good devotion by the gods, the accomplished ones, the sages, and by the lords of serpents: that very meritorious lotus-foot of the glorious Vāsudeva I salute always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.70
यस्यापि पादांभसि मज्जमानाः पूता दिवं यांति विकल्मषास्ते ।। मोक्षं लभंते मुनयः सुतुष्टास्तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
yasyāpi pādāṃbhasi majjamānāḥ pūtā divaṃ yāṃti vikalmaṣāste || mokṣaṃ labhaṃte munayaḥ sutuṣṭāstaṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Those who plunge into the water of whose feet, purified and freed of stain, go to heaven; and the sages, well contented, obtain release — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.71
पादोदकं तिष्ठति यत्र विष्णोर्गंगादितीर्थानि सदैव तत्र ।। पिबंति येद्यापि सपापदेहास्ते यांति शुद्धाः सुगृहं मुरारेः
pādodakaṃ tiṣṭhati yatra viṣṇorgaṃgāditīrthāni sadaiva tatra || pibaṃti yedyāpi sapāpadehāste yāṃti śuddhāḥ sugṛhaṃ murāreḥ
Where the water from Viṣṇu's feet stands, there are always the Gaṅgā and the other holy fords; whoever drink it, even with bodies full of sin, they go, made pure, to the fair house of Murāri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.72
पादोदकेनाप्यभिषिच्यमाना उग्रैश्च पापैः परिलिप्तदेहाः ।। ते यांति मुक्तिं परमेश्वरस्य तस्यैव पादौ सततं नमामि
pādodakenāpyabhiṣicyamānā ugraiśca pāpaiḥ pariliptadehāḥ || te yāṃti muktiṃ parameśvarasya tasyaiva pādau satataṃ namāmi
Those who are sprinkled with the water of (his) feet, though their bodies be smeared with grievous sins, they go to liberation from the supreme Lord: those very feet of his I salute constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.73
नैवेद्यमात्रेण सुभक्षितेन सुचक्रिणस्तस्य महात्मनस्तु ।। श्रीवाजपेयस्य फलं लभंते सर्वार्थयुक्ताश्च नरा भवंति
naivedyamātreṇa subhakṣitena sucakriṇastasya mahātmanastu || śrīvājapeyasya phalaṃ labhaṃte sarvārthayuktāśca narā bhavaṃti
Merely by the food-offering of that great-souled bearer of the fair discus, when it has been well eaten, they gain the fruit of the glorious Vājapeya sacrifice, and men become possessed of all their aims.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.74
नारायणं तं नरकाधिनाशनं मायाविहीनं सकलं गुणज्ञम् ।। यं ध्यायमानाः सुगतिं प्रयांति तं वासुदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
nārāyaṇaṃ taṃ narakādhināśanaṃ māyāvihīnaṃ sakalaṃ guṇajñam || yaṃ dhyāyamānāḥ sugatiṃ prayāṃti taṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Nārāyaṇa, the destroyer of the lord of hell, free of māyā, complete, the knower of the qualities, meditating on whom (men) go to a good state — that Vāsudeva I approach for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.75
यो वंद्यस्त्वृषिसिद्धचारणगणैर्देवैः सदा पूज्यते ।। यो विश्वस्य विसृष्टिहेतुकरणे ब्रह्मादिदेवप्रभुः ।। यः संसारमहार्णवे निपतितस्योद्धारको वत्सल-। स्तस्यैवापि नमाम्यहं सुचरणौ भक्त्या वरौ पावनौ
yo vaṃdyastvṛṣisiddhacāraṇagaṇairdevaiḥ sadā pūjyate || yo viśvasya visṛṣṭihetukaraṇe brahmādidevaprabhuḥ || yaḥ saṃsāramahārṇave nipatitasyoddhārako vatsala-| stasyaivāpi namāmyahaṃ sucaraṇau bhaktyā varau pāvanau
He who is to be praised, who is ever worshipped by the hosts of seers, siddhas and cāraṇas and by the gods; who, in bringing about the cause of the emitting forth of the universe, is the master of Brahmā and the (other) gods; who is the affectionate rescuer of one fallen into the great ocean of transmigration — his fair feet, excellent and purifying, I too salute with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 98.76
यो दृष्टो मखमंडपे सुरगणैः श्रीवामनः सामगः ।। सामोद्गीतकुतूहलः सुरगणैस्त्रैलोक्य एकः प्रभुः ।। कुर्वंतं नयनेक्षणैः शुभकरैर्निष्पापतां तद्बले-। स्तस्याहं चरणारविंदयुगलं वंदे परं पावनम्
yo dṛṣṭo makhamaṃḍape suragaṇaiḥ śrīvāmanaḥ sāmagaḥ || sāmodgītakutūhalaḥ suragaṇaistrailokya ekaḥ prabhuḥ || kurvaṃtaṃ nayanekṣaṇaiḥ śubhakarairniṣpāpatāṃ tadbale-| stasyāhaṃ caraṇāraviṃdayugalaṃ vaṃde paraṃ pāvanam
He who was seen in the sacrificial pavilion by the hosts of gods, blessed Vāmana, the chanter of the Sāman, delighting in the loud singing of the Sāman, with the hosts of gods, the one Lord of the three worlds — (him) who with his auspicious, sanctifying glances made that (son) of Bali free of sin: his pair of lotus feet, supremely purifying, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.77
राजंतं द्विजमंडले मखमुखे ब्रह्मश्रियाशोभितं ।। दिव्येनापि सुतेजसा करमयं यं चेंद्रनीलोपमम् । देवानां हितकाम्यया सुतनुजं वैरोचनस्यापि तं-। याचंतं मम दीयतां त्रिपदकं वंदे प्रभुं वामनम्
rājaṃtaṃ dvijamaṃḍale makhamukhe brahmaśriyāśobhitaṃ || divyenāpi sutejasā karamayaṃ yaṃ ceṃdranīlopamam | devānāṃ hitakāmyayā sutanujaṃ vairocanasyāpi taṃ-| yācaṃtaṃ mama dīyatāṃ tripadakaṃ vaṃde prabhuṃ vāmanam
Him, shining in the circle of the twice-born at the opening of the sacrifice, adorned with the splendour of Brahman, made of rays even by (his) divine radiance, and like a sapphire; that fair-limbed youth who, out of desire for the good of the gods, begged even of the son of Virocana, 'Let three paces be given to me' — I salute Lord Vāmana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 98.78
तं द्रष्टुं रविमंडले मुनिगणैः संप्राप्तवंतं दिवं ।। चंद्रार्कास्तमयांतरे किल पदा संच्छादयंतं तदा ।। तस्यैवापि सुचक्रिणः सुरगणाः प्रापुर्लयं सांप्रतं-। का ये विश्वविकोशकेतमतुलं नौमि प्रभोर्विक्रमम्
taṃ draṣṭuṃ ravimaṃḍale munigaṇaiḥ saṃprāptavaṃtaṃ divaṃ || caṃdrārkāstamayāṃtare kila padā saṃcchādayaṃtaṃ tadā || tasyaivāpi sucakriṇaḥ suragaṇāḥ prāpurlayaṃ sāṃprataṃ-| kā ye viśvavikośaketamatulaṃ naumi prabhorvikramam
(Him) whom, to behold, (the sages) went to heaven with the throngs of sages in the orb of the sun; who then indeed covered (all) with his foot in the interval between the setting of moon and sun; and in him, the bearer of the good discus, the hosts of gods now attained dissolution — I praise the incomparable striding of the Lord, which is the banner (?) of the unfolding of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain