pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच ततो मामतिविश्वस्तं संरूढशरविक्षतम्। देवराजो विगृह्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Arjuna said : Then the lord of the gods, seeing me, highly faithful and wounded with a arrows and acknowledging me as his own, duly spoke these words. me
Sanskrit: दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वाणि त्वयि तिष्ठन्ति भारत। न त्वाभिभवितुं शक्तो मानुषो भुवि कश्चन॥
English: "O Bharata, all the celestials weapons are with you; (therefore) no mortal on earth shall by any means be capable of conquering you.
Sanskrit: भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णः शकुनिः सह राजभिः। संग्रामस्थस्य ते पुत्र कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्॥
English: O son, when you will be engaged in battle, Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karma, Shakuni, together with (other) kings, shall not approach (in strength) a sixteenth part of yours."
Sanskrit: इदं च मे तनुत्राणं प्रायच्छन्मघवान् प्रभुः। अभेद्यं कवचं दिव्यं स्रजं चैव हिरण्मयीम्॥
English: The lord Maghavan gave this impenetrable celestials armour capable of protecting the body, this golden garland,
Sanskrit: देवदत्तं च मे शङ्ख पुनः प्रादान्महारवम्। दिव्यं चेदं किरीटं मे स्वयमिन्द्रो युयोज ह॥
English: And also this conch, Devadatta, emitting forth loud roars. (And) Indra himself fixed this coronet (on my head).
Sanskrit: ततो दिव्यानि वस्त्राणि दिव्यान्याभरणानि च। प्रादाच्छक्रो ममैतानि रुचिराणि बृहन्ति च॥
English: Shakra then granted me these precious and beautiful celestials garments and these hcavenly ornaments.
Sanskrit: एवं सम्पूजितस्तत्र सुखमसम्युषितो नृप। इन्द्रस्य भवने पुण्ये गन्धर्वशिशुभिः सह॥
English: Thus, O king, duly honoured, I dwelt cheerfully in the abode of Indra with the children of the Gandharvas.
Sanskrit: ततो मामब्रवीच्छक्रः प्रीतिमानमरैः सह। समयोऽर्जुन गन्तुं ते भ्रातरो हि स्मरन्ति ते॥
English: Then Shakra, well pleased, unanimously with the immortals spoke to me: “O Arjuna, the time for your departure has (now) arrived, your brothers are thinking of you.”
Sanskrit: एवमिन्द्रस्य भवने पञ्च वर्षाणि भारत। उषितानि मया राजन् स्मरता द्यूतजं कलिम्॥
English: Thus, O monarch, remembering the troubles brought on (us) by gambling I passed (these) five years in the abode of Indra.
Sanskrit: ततो भवन्तमद्राक्षं भ्रातृभिः परिवारितम्। गन्धमादनपादस्य पर्वतस्यास्य मूर्धनि।॥
English: Then did I behold you surrounded by (my other) brothers on the summit of the lower range of the mountain Gandhamadana.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच दिष्ट्याधनंजयास्त्राणि त्वया प्राप्तानि भारत। दिष्ट्या चाराधितो राजा देवानामीश्वरः प्रभुः॥
English: Yudhishthira said: O Dhananjaya, fortunately you have obtained these celestials weapons and it is by good luck too, that you have worshipped the lord king of the celestials.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या च भगवान् स्थाणुर्देव्या सह परंतप। साक्षाद् दृष्टः स्वयुद्धेन तोषितश्च त्वयानघ॥
English: And luckily, O tormentor of foes, O sinless being, you have beheld that very god, Sthanu himself, together with the goddess and pleased them by fighting
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या च लोकपालैस्त्वं समेतो भरतर्षभ। दिष्ट्या वर्धामहे पार्थ दिष्ट्यासि पुनरागतः॥
English: And O the best of the Bharatas, luckily it is that you have obtained an interview with the Lokapalas. It is because you are fortunate that we have prospered and fortunately you have come back.
Sanskrit: अद्य कृत्स्नां महीं देवीं विजितां पुरमालिनीम्। मन्ये च धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रानपि वशीकृतान्॥
English: Today do I consider the entire earth, adorned with cities, as conquered and the sons of Dhritarashtra as subdued.
Sanskrit: इच्छामि तानि चास्त्राणि द्रष्टुं दिव्यानि भारत। यैस्तथा वीर्यवन्तस्ते निवातकवचा हताः॥
English: O Bharata, (now) I wish to see those celestials weapons by means of which you destroyed the powerful Nivatakavachas.
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच श्वः प्रभाते भवान् द्रष्टा दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः। निवातकवचा घोरा यैर्मया विनिपातिताः॥
English: Arjuna said : You will behold tomorrow morning all those celestials weapons whereby the Nivatakavachas were slain.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमागमनं तत्र कथयित्वाधनंजयः। भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वै रजनी तामुवास ह॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Having thus related the events in connection with his arrival there, Dhananjaya passed that night there together with all his brothers.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मोवाच अहंकारात् प्रसूतानि महाभूतानि पञ्च वै। पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्॥
English: Brahman said From Egoism were, indeed, born the five great elements. They are earth, air, ether, water and light numbering the fifth.
Sanskrit: तेषु भूतानि मुह्यन्ति महाभूतेषु पञ्चसु। शब्दस्पर्शनरूपेषु रसगन्धक्रियासु च॥
English: In these five great clements, in the matter of the operations of sound, touch, colour, tasie, and smell, all creatures become deluded.
Sanskrit: महाभूतविनाशान्ते प्रलये प्रत्युपस्थिते। सर्वप्राणभृतां धीरा महदभ्युद्यते भयम्॥
English: When at the close of the destruction of the great elements, the dissolution of the universe comes, O wisemen, a great fear possesses all living creatures.
Sanskrit: यद् यस्माज्जायते भूतं तत्र तत् प्रविलीयते। लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमानि जायन्ते चोत्तरोत्तरम्॥
English: Every existent object is dissolved into that from which it is produced. The dissolution takes place in an order that is the reverse of that in which creation occurs. Indeed, as regards birth, they are born from one another.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रलीने सर्वस्मिन् भूते स्थावरजङ्गमे। स्मृतिमन्तस्तदा धीरा न लीयन्ते कदाचन॥
English: Then, when all existent objects, mobile and immobile, become become dissolved, wise men possessed of a powerful memory never dissolve.
Sanskrit: शब्दः स्पर्शस्तथा रूपं रसो गन्धश्च पञ्चमः। क्रियाः करणनित्याः स्युरनित्या मोहसंज्ञिताः॥
English: Sound, touch, colour, taste, and smell numbering the fifth, are effects. They are, however, inconstant, and called by the name of delusion.
Sanskrit: लोभप्रजनसम्भूता निर्विशेषा ह्यकिंचनाः। मांसशोणितसंघाता अन्योन्यस्पोपजीविनः॥ बहिरात्मान इत्येते दीनाः कृपणजीवनः। प्राणापानावुदानश्च समानो व्यान एव च॥ अन्तरात्मनि चाप्येते नियताः पञ्च वायवः। वाड्मनोबुद्धिभिः सार्द्धमिदमष्टात्मकं जगत्॥
English: Generated by the production of cupidity, not different from one another, without reality, connected with flesh and blood, and depending upon one another, existing outside the soul, these are all helpless and powerless. Prana and Apana, and Udana and Samana and Vyana, these five vital airs are always closely attached to the soul. Together with speech, mind, and understanding, they form the universe of eight ingredients.
Sanskrit: त्वध्राणश्रोत्रचढूंषि रसना वाक् च संयताः। विशुद्धं च मनो यस्य बुद्धिश्चाव्यभिचारिणी॥ अष्टौ यस्याग्नयो ह्येते न दहन्ते मनः सदा। स तद् ब्रह्म शुभं याति तस्माद् भूयो न विद्यते॥
English: He whose skin, nose, ear, eyes, tongue, and speech are controlled, whose mind is pure, and whose understanding deviates not (from the right path), and whose mind is never burnt by those eight fires, succeeds in acquiring that auspicious Brahma than which nothing superior exists.
Sanskrit: एकादश च यान्याहुरिन्द्रियाणि विशेषतः। अहंकारात् प्रसूतानि तानि वक्ष्याम्यहं द्विजाः॥
English: I shall now, O twice-born ones, mention particularly, those which have been called the eleven organs and which have originated from Egoism.
Sanskrit: श्रोत्रं त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी। पादौ पायुरुपस्थश्च हस्तौ वाग् दशमी भवेत्॥
English: They are the ear, the skin, the two eyes, the longue, the nose for the fifth, the two feet, the lower duct, the organ of generation, the two hands, and speech forming the tenth.
Sanskrit: इन्द्रियग्राम इत्येष मन एकादशं भवेत्। एतं ग्रामं जयेत् पूर्वं ततो ब्रह्म प्रकाशते॥
English: These form the group of organs, with mind numbering as the eleventh. One should first subdue this group. Then will Brahma shine forth (in him).
Sanskrit: बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चाहुः पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियाणि च। श्रोत्रादीन्यपि पञ्चाहुद्धियुक्तानि तत्त्वतः॥
English: Five amongst these are called organs of knowledge, and five, organs of action. The five beginning with the ear are connected with knowledge.
Sanskrit: अविशेषाणि चान्यानि कर्मयुक्तानि यानि तु। उभयत्र मनो ज्ञेयं बुद्धिस्तु द्वादशी भवेत्॥
English: The rest, however, which are connected with action, are without distinction. The mind should be considered as belonging to both. The understanding is the twelfth in the top.
Sanskrit: इत्युक्तानीन्द्रियाण्येतान्येकादश यथाक्रमम्। मन्यन्ते कृतमित्येवं विदित्वा तानि पण्डिताः॥
English: Thus have been enumerated the eleven organs in due order. Learned man, having understood these, think they have done everything.
Sanskrit: अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वं विविधमिन्द्रियम्। आकाशं प्रथमं भूतं श्रोत्रमध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: I shall, after this, enumerate all the various orgains. Space (or Ether) is the first. As connected with the soul, it is called the ear.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं तथा शब्दो दिशस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। द्वितीयं मारुतो भूतं त्वगध्यात्म च विश्रुता॥
English: As connected with objects, it is sound. The presiding deity (of this) is the quarters. The Wind is the second. As connected with the soul, it is known as the skin.
Sanskrit: स्पष्टव्यमधिभूतं च विद्युत् तत्राधिदैवतम्। तृतीयं ज्योतिरित्याहुश्चक्षुरध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is known as objects of touch; and the presiding deity there is touch. The third is said to be Light. As connected with the soul, it is known as the eye.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं ततो रूपं सूर्यस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। चतुर्थमापो विज्ञेयं जिह्वा चाध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is colour; and the sun is its deity. The fourth should be known as Water. As connected with the soul, it is said to be the tongue.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं रसश्चात्र सोमस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। पृथिवी पञ्चमं भूतं घ्राणश्चाध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is taste and the presiding deity there is Soma. The fifth is Earth. As connected with the soul, it is said to be the nose.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं तथा गन्धो वायुस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। एषु पञ्चसु भूतेषु त्रिषु यश्च विधिः स्मृतः॥
English: As comected with objects it is scent; and the presiding deity there is the wind. Thus has the manner been described of how the five entities are divided into sets of three.
Sanskrit: अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वं विविधमिन्द्रियम्। पादावध्यात्ममित्याहुर्ब्राह्मणास्तत्त्वदर्शिनः॥
English: After this I shall describe everything about the various (other) organs. Brahmanas knowing the truth say that the two feet are mentioned as connected with the soul.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं तु गन्तव्यं विष्णुस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। अवाग्गतिरपानश्च पायुरध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is motion; and Vishnu is there the presiding deity. The Apana air, whose motion is downward, as connected with the soul, is called the lower duct.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं विसर्गश्च मित्रस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। प्रजनः सर्वभूतानामुपस्थोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is the excreta that is ejected; and the presiding deity there is Mitra. As connected with the soul, the organ of generation is mentioned, the producer of all beings.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं तथा शुक्र दैवतं च प्रजापतिः। हस्तावध्यात्ममित्याहुरध्यात्मविदुषो जनाः॥
English: As connected with objects, it is the vital sec; and the presiding deity is Prajapati. The two hands are mentioned as connected with the soul by persons knowing the relations of the soul.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं च कर्माणि शक्रस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। वैश्वदेवी तत: पूर्वा वागध्यात्ममिहोच्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is actions; and the presiding deity there is Indra. Next, connected with the soul is speech which relates to all the celestials.
Sanskrit: वक्तव्यमधिभूतं च बह्विस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। अध्यात्मं मन इत्याहुः पञ्चभूतात्मचारकम्॥
English: As connected with objects, it is what is spoken. The presiding deity there is Agni. As connected with the soul, the mind is mentioned, which moves within the soul of the five elements.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं च संकल्पश्चन्द्रमाश्चाधिदैवतम्। अहंकारस्तथाध्यात्म सर्वसंसारकारकम्॥
English: As connected with objects, it is the mental operation; and the presiding deity is the moon. As connected with the soul is Egoism, which is the cause of the entire course of worldly life.
Sanskrit: अभिमानोऽधिभूतं च रुद्रस्तत्राधिदैवतम्। अध्यात्मं बुद्धिरित्याहुः घडिन्द्रियविचारिणी॥
English: As connected with objects, it is consciousness of self; and the presiding deity there is Rudra. As connected with the soul is the understanding, which moves the six senses.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं तु मन्तव्यं ब्रह्मा तत्राधिदैवतम्। त्रीणि स्थानानि भूतानां चतुर्थं नोपपद्यते॥
English: As connected with objects, it is that which is to be understood, and the presiding deity there is Brahman. Three are the seats of all existent objects. A fourth is not possible.
Sanskrit: स्थलमास्तथाऽऽकाशं जन्म चापि चतुर्विधम्। अण्डजोद्भिज्जसंस्वेदजरायुजमथापि च॥
English: These are land, water, and ether. The birth is fourfold. Some are born of eggs; some are born of germs which; spring upwards, passing through the earth; some are born of fifth; and some are born of fleshy balls in wombs.
Sanskrit: चतुर्धा जन्म इत्येतद् भूतग्रामस्य लक्ष्यते। अपराण्यथ भूतानि खेचराणि तथैव च॥
English: Thus the birth of all living creatures is of four kinds. Now, there are other inferior beings and likewise those which range the sky.
Sanskrit: अण्डजानि विजानीयात् सर्वाश्चैव सरीसृपान्। स्वदेजाः कृमयः प्रोक्ता जन्तवश्च यथाक्रमम्॥
English: These should be known to be born of eggs as also those which crawl on their breasts. Insects are said to be born of fifth, as also other creatures of a like description.
Sanskrit: जन्म द्वितीयमित्येजज्जघन्यतरमुच्यते। भित्त्वा तु पृथिवीं यानि जायन्ते कालपर्ययात्॥ उद्भिज्जानि च तान्याहुर्भूतानि द्विजसत्तमाः। द्विपादबहुपादानि तिर्यग्गतिमतीनि च॥ जरायुजानि भूतानि विकृतान्यपि सत्तमाः। द्विविधा खलु विज्ञेया ब्रह्मयोनिः सनातनी॥ तपः कर्म च यत्पुण्यमित्येष विदुषां नयः। विविधं कर्म विज्ञेयमिज्या दानं च तन्मखे॥ जातस्याध्ययनं पुण्यमिति वृद्धानुशासनम्। एतद् यो वेत्ति विधिवद् युक्तः स स्याद् द्विजर्षभाः।।
English: This is said to be the second mode of birth and is inferior. Those living creatures which take birth after the lapse of sometime, bursting through the earth, are said to be germ-born beings, O foremost of twice-bom persons! Creatures of two fect or of many fect, and those which move crookedly, are the beings born of wombs. Among them are some which are deformed, you best of men! The eternal womb of Brahma should be known to be of two kinds, viz., penance and meritorious acts. Such is the doctrine of the learned. Action should be understood to be of various kinds, such as sacrifice, gifts made at sacrifices, and the meritorious duty of study for every one that is born; such is the teaching of the ancients. He who duly understands this, comes to be considered as possessed of Yoga, you chief of twice-born persons.
Sanskrit: विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्य इति चैव निवोधता यथावदध्यात्मविधिरेष वः कीर्तितो मया॥
English: Know also that such a man becomes freed too from all his sins. I have thus described to you duly the doctrine of spiritual science.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानमस्य हि धर्मज्ञाः प्राप्तं ज्ञानवतामिह। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्च महाभूतानि पञ्च च। सर्वाण्येतानि संधाय मनसा सम्प्रधारयेत्॥
English: You Rishis knowing all duties, a knowledge of this is gained by those who are considered as persons, viz., the senses, the objects of the senses, and the five great elements, one should keep them in the mind.
Sanskrit: क्षीणे मनसि सर्वस्मिन् च जन्मसुखमिष्यते। ज्ञानसम्पन्नसत्त्वानां तत् सुखं विदुषां मतम्॥
English: When everything is immersed in the mind, one no longer regards highly the pleasures of life. Learned men, whose understandings are furnished with knowledge, consider that as true happiness.
Sanskrit: अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूक्ष्मभावकरीं शिवाम्। निवृत्तिं सर्वभूतेषु मृदुना दारुणेन च॥
English: I shall, after this, tell you of renunciation about all entities by means gentle and hard, which produces attachment to subtle topics and which is fraught with auspiciousness.
Sanskrit: गुणागुणमनासङ्गमेकचर्यमनन्तरम्। एतद् ब्रह्ममयं वृत्तमाहुरेकपदं सुखम्॥
English: That conduct which consists in treating the qualities as not qualities, which is shorn of attachment, which is living alone, which does not recognise distinctions, and which is full of Brahma, is the root of all happiness.
Sanskrit: विद्वान् कूर्म इवाङ्गानि कामान् संहत्य सर्वशः। विरजाः सर्वतो मुक्तो यो नरः स सुखी सदा॥
English: The learned man who takes all desires himself from all sides like thc tortoise withdrawing all its limbs, who is devoid of passion, and who is freed from everything, becoming always happy.
Sanskrit: कामानात्मनि संयम्य क्षीणतृष्णः समाहितः। सर्वभूतसुहृन्मित्रो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते॥
English: Controlling all desires within the soul, killing his thirst, concentrated in mediation, and becoming the friend of good heart towards all creatures, he succeeds in becoming fit for assimilation with Brahma.
Sanskrit: इन्द्रियाणां निरोधेन सर्वेषां विषयैषिणाम्। मुनेर्जनपदत्यागादध्यात्माग्निः समिध्यते॥
English: Through suppression of all the senses which always hanker after their objects, and abandonment of inhabited places, the spiritual fire blazes forth in the man of contemplation.
Sanskrit: यथाग्निरिन्धनैरिद्धो महाज्योतिः प्रकाशते। तथेन्द्रियनिरोधेन महानात्मा प्रकाशते॥
English: As a fire, fed with fuel, becomes bright on account of the burning flames it puts forth, so, on account of the repression of the senses, the great soul puts forth its effulgence.
Sanskrit: यदा पश्यति भूतानि प्रसन्नात्माऽऽत्मनो हृदि। स्वयंज्योतिस्तदा सूक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मं प्रन्पोत्यनुत्तमम्॥
English: When one with a tranquil soul sees all entities in his own heart, then, lighted by his own effulgence, one attains to that which is subtler than the subtle and which is peerless in excellence.
Sanskrit: अग्नी रूपं पयः स्रोतो वायुः स्पर्शनपेव च। मही पङ्कधरं घोरमाकाशश्रवणं तथा॥ रोगशोकसमाविष्टं पञ्चस्रोतःसमावृतम्। पञ्चभूतसमायुक्तं नवद्वारं द्विदैवतम्॥ रजस्वलमथादृश्यं त्रिगुणं च त्रिधातुकम्। संसर्गाभिरतं मूढं शरीरमिति धारणा॥
English: It is settled that the body has fire for colour, water for blood and other liquids, wind for sense of touch, earth for the hideous holder of mind (viz., flesh and bones, etc.), space (or ether) for sound; that it is pervaded by disease and sorrow; that it is overwhelmed by five currents; that it is made up of the five elements; that it has nine doors and two deities; that it is full of passion; that it is unfit to be seen; that it made up of three qualities; that it has three elements, (viz., wind, bile, and phlegm); that it is delighted with attachments of every kind; that it is full of delusion.
Sanskrit: दुश्चरं सर्वलोकेऽस्मिन् सत्त्वं प्रति समाश्रितम्! एतदेव हि लोकेऽस्मिन् कालचक्र प्रवर्तते॥ एतन्महार्णवं घोरमगाधं मोहसंज्ञितम्। विक्षिपेत् संक्षिपेच्चैव बोधयेत् सामरं जगत्॥
English: It is difficult of being moved in this mortal world, and it rests on the understanding as its stay. That body is, in called delusion. It is this body which stretches forth, contracts, and awakens the universe with the immortals.
Sanskrit: कामं क्रोध भयं लोभमभिद्रोहमथानृतम्। इन्द्रियाणां निरोधेन सतस्त्यजति दुस्त्यजान्॥
English: By controlling the senses, one renounces lust, anger, fear, cupidity, enmity, and falsehood, which are cternal and, therefore, highly difficult to renounce.
Sanskrit: यस्यैते निर्जिता लोके त्रिगुणाः पञ्चधातवः। व्योमि तस्य परं स्थानमानन्त्यमथ लभ्यते॥
English: He who has controlled these in this world, viz., the three qualities and the five elements of the body, has the Highest for his seat in the celestial region. By him is Infinity attained.
Sanskrit: पञ्चेन्द्रियमहाकूलां मनोवेगमहोदकाम्। नदीं मोहह्रदां तीर्खा कामक्रोधावुभौ जयेत्॥
English: Crossing the river which has the five senses for its steep banks, the mental inclinations for its powerful waters, and delusion for its lake, one should control both lust and anger,
Sanskrit: स सर्वदोषनिर्मुक्तस्ततः पश्यति तत्परम्। मनो मनसि संधाय पश्यन्नात्मानमात्मनि॥
English: Such a man, freed from all faults, then sces the Highest, concentrating the mind within the mind and sceing self in self.
Sanskrit: सर्ववित् सर्वभूतेषु विन्दत्यात्मानमात्मनि। एकधा बहुधा चैव विकुर्वाणस्ततस्ततः॥
English: Understanding all things, he sees his self, with self, in all creatures, sometimes as one and sometimes as various, changing form from time to time.
Sanskrit: ध्रुवं पश्यति रूपाणि दीपाद् दीपशतं यथा। स वै विष्णुश्च वरुणोऽग्निः प्रजापतिः॥
English: Forsooth, he can perceive numerous bodies like a hundred lights from one light. Indeed, he is Vishnu and Mitra, and Varuna and Agni, and Prajapati.
Sanskrit: स हि धाता विधाता च स प्रभुः सर्वतोमुखः। हृदयं सर्वभूतानां महानात्मा प्रकाशते॥
English: He is the Creator and the ordainer; he is the powerful Lord, with faces turned in all directions. In him, the heart of all creatures, the great soul, becomes resplendent.
Sanskrit: तं विप्रसंघाश्च सुरासुराश्च यक्षाः पिशाचाः पितरो वयांसि। रक्षोगणा भूतगणाश्च सर्वे महर्षयश्चैव सदा स्तुवन्ति॥
English: All the learned Brahmanas, celestials, Asuras, Yakshas, Pishachas, the departed manes, birds, Rakshasas, goblins, and all the great Rishis, laud Him.
Sanskrit: सुपर्ण उवाच यस्मादुत्तार्यते पापाद् यस्मान्निःश्रेयसोऽश्नुते। अस्मादुत्तारणबलादुत्तरेत्युच्यते द्विज॥
English: Suparna said Since a man is absolved from his sins in this quarter and since he attains salvation here, it is called North (Uttara), O twice born one, from its power of absolution (uttarana).
Sanskrit: उत्तरस्य हिरण्यस्य परिवापश्च गालव। मार्गः पश्चिमपूर्वाभ्यां दिग्भ्यां वै मध्यमः स्मृतः॥
English: And since the north, which is the region of gold (and other treasures) stretches between the west and the east therefore is it called the central region.
Sanskrit: अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ। नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्मो वसते जनः॥
English: In this region, the north, which is the best, O best among the twice born, none that is not tranquil, none that has not brought his soul under control and none that is vicious, lives.
Sanskrit: अत्र नारायणः कृष्णो जिष्णुश्चैव नरोत्तमः। बदर्यामाश्रमपदे तथा ब्रह्मा च शाश्वतः॥
English: Here lives Narayana, the ever victorious Krishna, that best among men in the hermitage of Badri and so does Brahma.
Sanskrit: अत्र वै हिमवत्पृष्ठे नित्यमास्ते महेश्वरः। प्रकृत्या पुरुषः सार्धं युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः॥
English: Here on the breast of the Himayat mountain even lives Maheshvara who is endued with effulgence like that of the fire which blazes at the termination of each Yuga, like Purusha in company with Prakriti.
Sanskrit: न स दृश्यो मुनिगणैस्तथा देवैः सवासवैः। गन्धर्वयक्षसिद्धैर्वा नरनारायणादृते॥
English: He is invisible by the group of Munis as also by the gods along with Vasava and by the Gandharvas and Yakshas who have attained salvation, indeed by all save by Nara and Narayana.
Sanskrit: अत्र विष्णुः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रचरणोऽव्ययः। सहस्रशिरसः श्रीमानेकः पश्यति मायया।॥
English: Here lives the eternal Vishnu of a thousand eye, a thousand feet and a thousand heads who appears one with the aid of illusion.
Sanskrit: अत्र राज्येन विप्राणां चन्द्रमाश्चाभ्यषिच्यत। अत्र गङ्गां महादेवः पतन्तीं गगनाच्च्युताम्॥
English: Here was the moon entrusted with the kingship over regenerate persons and here Mahadeva let fall the Ganga, which descended from the sky,
Sanskrit: प्रतिगृह्य ददौ लोके मानुषे ब्रह्मवित्तम। अत्र देव्या तपस्तप्तं महेश्वरपरीप्सया॥
English: After receiving her on his head, to the world of men, O you best among those that know Brahma; here was asceticism practiced by the goddess (Uma) with the desire of getting Maheshvara for her husband.
Sanskrit: अत्र कामश्च रोषश्च शैलचोमा च सम्बभुः। अत्र राक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च गालव॥ आधिपत्येन कैलासे धनदोऽप्यभिषेचितः। अत्र चैत्ररथं रम्यमत्र वैखानसाश्रमः॥
English: Here were born Kama (the god of love) Rosha (the ire of Shiva), the Kailasa mountain as also Uma; and here, O Galava, over the Rakshasas and Yakshas and Gandharvas, was the giver of wealth (Kubera) anointed king in the Kailasa; here is suitable the pleasure garden of Kubera-the enchanting Chaitraratha and here is situate the hermitage of the class of Rishis known as Vaikhanas.
Sanskrit: अत्र मन्दाकिनी चैव मन्दरश्च द्विजर्षभ। अत्र सौगन्धिकवनं नैर्ऋतैरभिरक्ष्यते॥
English: Here are situate the Mandakini (river) and the Mandara (mountain) O best among the twice born and here is the wood named Saugandhanika which is guarded by Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: शाद्वलं कदलीस्कन्धमत्र संतानका नगाः। अत्र संयमनित्यानां सिद्धानां स्वैरचारिणाम्॥
English: Here are plains covered with green grass and groups of plantain trees and the celestial trees, the Santanakas and in this quarter the Siddhas, who have ever their passions under control and who always roam about at their pleasure,