pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: इत्युक्तो दैत्यपतिना शक्रो विस्मयमागमत्। प्रीतिमांश्च तदा राजस्तद्वाक्यं प्रत्यपूजयत्॥
English: Thus addressed by the king of the Daityas, Shakra became filled with wonder and lauded those words, O king, with a cheerful heart.
Sanskrit: स तदाभ्यर्च्य दैत्येन्द्रं त्रैलोक्यपतिरीश्वरः। असुरेन्द्रमुपामन्त्र्य जगाम स्वं निवेशनम्॥
English: The king of the three worlds then, having adored the lord of the Daityas, took his leave and proceeded to his own quarter.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच शतक्रतुरथापश्यद् बलेर्दीप्तां महात्मनः। स्वरूपिणी शरीराद्धि निष्कामन्तीं तदा श्रियम्॥
English: Bhishma said “After this, the god of a hundred sacrifices saw the goddess of Prosperity, in her own embodied, but shining, form, issue out of the body of the great Vali.
Sanskrit: तां दृष्ट्वा प्रभया दीप्तां भगवान् पाकशासनः। विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासवः॥
English: Beholding the goddess blazing with radiance, the illustrious chastiser of Paka, addressed Vali thus with eyes expanded in wonder.
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच बले केयमपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी। त्वत्त: स्थिता सकेयूरा दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा।॥
English: Shakra said 'O Vali, who is this one, thus shining effulgently, thus adorned with a crown, thus adorned with golden bracelets on her upper arms, and thus emitting a halo on all sides on account of her energy that is issuing out of your body.'
Sanskrit: बलिरुवाच न हीमामासुरी वेदि न दैवीं च न मानुषीम्। त्वमेनां पृच्छ वा मा वा यथेष्टं कुरु वासव॥
English: Vali said I do not know whether she is an Asura woman or a celestial one, or a human one. You may or may not ask her yourself. Do what pleases you."
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच का त्वं बलेरपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी। अजानतो ममाचक्ष्व नामधेयं शुचिस्मिते॥
English: Shakra said 'O You of sweet smiles, who are you who are so effulgent and adorned with plumes that thus issue from the body of Vali! I do not know you, kindly tell me your name.
Sanskrit: का त्वं तिष्ठसि मामेवं दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा। हित्वा दैत्यवरं सुभ्र तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः॥
English: Who, indeed, are you that thus stand here as Maya herself, shining with your own splendour, after having left the lord of the Daityas? O, tell me this as I ask you.'
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच न मां विरोचनो वेद नायं वैरोचनो बलिः। आहुर्मी दुःसहेत्येवं विधिति च मां विदुः॥
English: Virochana did not know, me, His son this Vali knows me not. The learned called me by the name of Dusshaha (born with difficulty). Some knew me by the name of Vidhitsa (desire for action).
Sanskrit: भूतिर्लक्ष्मीति मामाहुः श्रीरित्येवं च वासव। त्वं मां शक न जानीषे सर्वे देवा न मां विदुः॥
English: I have other names also, O Vasava! They are Bhuti, Lakshmi, and Shree (prosperity). You know me not, O Shakra, nor does any one among the gods know me.'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच किमिदं त्वं मम कृते उताहो बलिनः कृते। दुःसहे विजहास्येनं चिरसंवासिनी सती॥
English: Shakra said-'O lady who is difficult of being borne, why do you leave Vali now after having lived in him for a long time? It is owing to any act of mine or is it owing to any act of Vali's.'
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच नो धाता न विधाता मां विदधाति कथंचन। कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागा-मैनं शक्रावमन्यथाः॥
English: Shree said 'Neither the Creator nor the Ordainer governs me. It is Time that takes me from one place to another. Do not, O Shakra, disrespect Vali.'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच कथं त्वया बलिस्त्यक्तः किमर्थं वा शिखण्डिनि। कथं च मां न जह्यास्त्वं तन्मे ब्रूहि शुचिस्मिते॥
English: Shakra said 'Why O goddess adorned with plumes, do you leave Vali? Why also do you approach me? Tell me this, O you of sweet smiles!
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच सत्ये स्थितास्मि दाने च व्रते तपसि चैव हि। पराक्रमे च धर्मे च पराचीनस्ततो बलिः॥
English: Shree said 'I reside in truth, in gifts, in good vows, in penances in prowess, and in virtue! Vali has fallen off from all these.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मण्योऽयं पुरा भूत्वा सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः। अभ्यसूयद् ब्राह्मणानामुच्छिष्टश्चास्पृशद् घृतम्॥
English: Formerly he was devoted to the Brahmanas. He was truthful and had mastered his passions. Latterly, however, he began to entertain feelings of animosity towards the Brahmanas and touched clarified butter with impure hands.
Sanskrit: यज्ञशीलः सदा भूत्वा मामेव यजत स्वयम्। प्रोवाच लोकान् मूढात्मा कालेनोपनिपीडितः॥
English: Formerly he was always used to perform sacrifices. At last, blinded by ignorance and possessed by Time he began to brag before all persons, saying that his adorations towards me were ceaseless.
Sanskrit: अपाकृता ततः शक्र त्वयि वत्स्यामि वासवा अप्रमत्तेन धार्यास्मि तपसा विक्रमेण च॥
English: Leaving him I shall henceforth, O Shakra, live in you! You should bear me vigilantly, and with penances and prowess.
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच नास्ति देवमनुष्येषु सर्वभूतेषु वा पुमान्। यस्त्वामेको विषहितुं शक्नुयात् कमलालये॥
English: Shakra said O you who live in lotuses, there is not a single person among gods, men, and all creatures, that can bear you for ever!
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच नैव देवो न गन्धर्वो नासुरो न च राक्षसः। यो मामेको विषहितुं शक्तः कश्चित् पुरंदर॥
English: 'Truly, O Purandara, there is none among gods, Gandharvas, Asuras, or Rakshasas, who can bear me for ever!'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच तिष्ठेथा मयि नित्यं त्वं यथा तद् ब्रूहि मे शुभे। तत् करिष्यामि ते वाक्यमृतं तद् वक्तुमर्हसि॥
English: Shakra said O auspicious lady, tell me how I should behave so that you may live in me perpetually. I shall, forsooth, obey your commands. You should answer me truly.'
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच स्थास्यामि नित्यं देवेन्द्र यथा त्वयि निबोध तत्। विधिना वेददृष्टेन चतुर्धा विभजस्व माम्॥
English: Shree said four parts 'O King of the deities, I shall tell you as to how I may be entitled to live in you perpetually. Divide me into four according to the Vedic injunction.'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच अहं वै त्वां निधास्यामि यथाशक्ति यथाबलम्। न त मेऽतिक्रमः स्याद् स्याद् वै सदा लक्ष्मि तवान्तिके॥
English: Shakra said I shall give you habitations according to their strength and power in bearing you. As regards myself, I shall always take care, O Lakshmi, that I may not offend you in any way.
Sanskrit: भूमिरेव मनुष्येषु धारिणी भूतभाविनी। सा ते पादं तितिक्षेत समर्था हीति मे मतिः॥
English: Amongst men, the Earth, that mother of all things, bears them all. She shall bear a fourth part of yourself. I think she has the strength to do so.
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं भूमौ प्रतिष्ठितः। द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु॥
English: Shree said-Here, I give up a quarter of myself. Let it be placed on the Earth. Do you, next, make a proper distribution, O Shakra, for my second quarter.
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच आप एव मनुष्येषु द्रवन्त्यः परिचारिणीः। तास्ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलमापस्तितिक्षितुम्॥
English: Shakra said 'The waters, among men, in their liquid form, do various services to men. Let the waters bear a fourth part of your person. They have the strength to bear a fourth part of you person. They have the strength to bear a portion of yours.'
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितः। तृतीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु॥
English: 'I give up another quarter of mind that is to be placed in the waters. Do you, next, O Shakra, assign a proper place for my third quarter.
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच यस्मिन् वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च यस्मिन् देवा: प्रतिष्ठिताः। तृतीयं पादमग्निस्ते सुधृतं धारयिष्यति॥
English: Shakra said 'The Vedas, the sacrifices, and the gods are all established in Fire. Fire will bear your third quarter, when it is placed therein.'
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमग्नौ प्रतिष्ठितः। चतुर्थं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु॥
English: Shree said 'Here I give up my third quarter which is to be placed in Fire. Do you, O Shakra, after this, ! assign a proper place for my last quarter!'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच ये वै सन्तो मनुष्येषु ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः। ते ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलं सन्तस्तितिक्षितुम्॥
English: Shakra said They who are good among men devoted to Brahmanas, and truthful in speech, may bear your fourth quarter. The good have the power to it.
Sanskrit: श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं सत्सु प्रतिष्ठितः। एवं हि निहिता शक्र भूतेषु परिधत्स्व माम्॥
English: Shree said “Here, I give up my fourth quarter that is to be placed among the good. My portions thus given to different creatures, do you continue to protect me, O Shakra.'
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच भूतानामिह यो वै त्वां मया विनिहितां सतीम्। उपहन्यात् स मे धृष्यस्तथा शृण्वन्तु मे वचः॥ ततस्त्यक्तः श्रिया राजा दैत्यानां बलिरब्रवीत्। यावत् पुरस्तात् प्रतपेत् तावद् वै दक्षिणां दिशम्। पश्चिमां तावदेवापि तथोदीची दिवाकरः॥
English: Shakra said ‘Listen to my words. I have thus distributed you among different creatures. Those among creatures that will offend you shall be punished by me.-The king of the Daityas, viz., Vali, thus left by Shree, then said, at present the Sun shines equally in the east, west, north and south.
Sanskrit: तथा मध्यंदिने सूर्यो नास्तमेति यदा तदा। पुनर्देवासुरं युद्धं भावि जेतास्मि वस्तदा॥
English: When, however, withdrawing himself from all quarters, the Sun will shine only upon the region of Brahman that is situate in the middle of Sumeru, then will again take place a great battle between the gods and the Asuras, and in that fight I shall certainly defeat all of you.
Sanskrit: सर्वलोकान् यदाऽऽदित्य एकस्थस्तापयिष्यति। तदा देवासुरे युद्धे जेताहं त्वां शतक्रतो॥
English: When withdrawing himself from all quarters, the Sun will shine fixedly upon only the region of Brahman, then will again take place a great battle between the gods and the Asuras, and in the fight I shall certainly defeat all of you..
Sanskrit: शक्र उवाच ब्रह्मणोऽस्मि समादिष्टो न हन्तव्यो भवानिति। तने तेऽहं बले वज्रं न विमुञ्चामि मूर्धनि॥
English: Shakra said Brahman has commanded me, saying that I should never kill you. It is, therefore, O Vali, that I do not hurl my thunderbolt upon your head.
Sanskrit: यथेष्टं गच्छ दैत्येन्द्र स्वस्ति तेऽसतु महासुर। आदित्यो नैव तपिता कदाचिन्मध्यत: स्थितः॥
English: Go wherever you like, O king of the Daityas! O great Asuras, peace to you! No time will come when the sun will shine from only the meridian.
Sanskrit: स्थापितो ह्यस्य समयः पूर्वमेव स्वयम्भुवा। अजस्रं परियात्येष सत्येनावतपन् प्रजाः॥
English: The self-create has before this ordinated the laws which regulate the Sun's motions. Giving light and heat to all creatures, he shines continually.
Sanskrit: अयनं तस्य षण्मासानुत्तरं दक्षिणं तथा। येन संयाति लोकेषु शीतोष्णे विसृजन् रविः॥
English: For six months he travels in a northward course and then for the other six in a southward course. The Sun travels by these courses, creating winter and summer for all creatures.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु दैत्येन्द्रो बलिरिन्द्रेण भारत। जगाम दक्षिणामाशामुदीची तु पुरंदरः॥
English: Bhishma said Thus addressed by Indra, O Bharata, Vali the king of the Daityas proceeded towards the south. Purandara proceeded towards the north.
Sanskrit: इत्येतद् बलिना गीतमनहंकारसंज्ञितम्। वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षः खमेवारुरुहे तदा॥
English: After having listened to the wrong of Vali which were marked by no pride, the thousandeyed Indra then ascended the skies.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे किं श्रेयः पुरुषस्य हि। बन्धुनाशे महीपाल राज्यनाशेऽथवा पुनः॥
English: Yudhisthira said What, indeed, is good for a man who is sunk in dire distress, consequent on the loss of friends or kingdom, O king.
Sanskrit: त्वं हि नः परमो वक्ता लोकेऽस्मिन् भरतर्षभ। एतद् भवन्तं पृच्छामि तन्मे तवं वक्तुमर्हसि॥
English: In this world, O foremost of Bharata's race, you are the greatest of our instructors! I ask you this. You should tell me what I ask."
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच पुत्रदारैः सुखैश्चैव वियुक्तस्य धनेन वा। मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे धृतिः श्रेयस्करी नृप॥ धैर्येण युक्तस्य सत: शरीरं न विशीर्यते।
English: 'Fortitude is of the greatest good, O king, for one who has been deprived of sons and wives and pleasures of every sort and wealth, and who has been plunged into dire distress. The body is never emaciated of one who is always endued with fortitude.
Sanskrit: विशोकता सुखं धत्ते धत्ते चारोग्यमुत्तमम्॥ आरोग्याच्च शरीरस्य स पुनर्विन्दते श्रियम्।
English: Want of sorrow carries happiness with it, and also health which is a superior possession. Again, on account of this health, one may acquire prosperity.
Sanskrit: यच्च प्राज्ञो नरस्तात सात्त्विकी वृत्तिमास्थितः॥ तस्यैश्वर्यं च धैर्यं च व्यवसायश्च कर्मसु।
English: That wise man, O sire, who always follows righteous conduct succeeds in acquiring prosperity, patience, and perseverance in the accomplishment of all his objects.
Sanskrit: अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्॥ बलिवासवसंवादं पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर।
English: Regarding it is cited the old discourse between Vali and Vasava,OYudhisthira.
Sanskrit: वृत्ते देवासुरे युद्धे दैत्यदानवसंक्षये॥ विष्णुक्रान्तेषु लोकेषु देवराजे शतक्रतो।
English: After the battle between the gods and the demons in which a large number of Daityas and Danavas fell, had come to a close, Vali became king. He was deceived by Vishnu who once more established his supremacy over all the worlds. The god of a hundred sacrifices was once more invested with the sovereignty of the celestials.
Sanskrit: इज्यमानेषु देवेषु चातुर्वर्ण्य व्यवस्थिते॥ समृद्धमात्रे त्रैलोक्ये प्रीतियुक्ते स्वयम्भुवि।
English: After the celestial adininistration had thus been re-established, and the four orders of men had been re-established in performance of their respective duties, the three worlds once inore swelled with prosperty, and the Self-create . became glad of heart.
Sanskrit: रुद्रैर्वसुभिरादित्यैरश्विभ्यामपि चर्षिभिः॥ गन्धर्वैर्भुजगेन्दैश्च सिद्धैश्चान्यैर्वृतः प्रभुः। चतुर्दन्तं सुदान्तं च वारणेन्द्रं श्रिया वृतम्। आरुरािवतं शक्रस्त्रैलोक्यमनुसंययौ॥
English: At that time, accompanied by the Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas, the Ashvins, the celestial Rishis, the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, and other superior orders of beings, the powerful Shakra seated on his four-tusked prince of elephants, called Airavata, marched through all the worlds.
Sanskrit: स कदाचित् समुद्रान्ते कस्मिश्चिद् गिरिगह्वरे। बलिं वैरोचनि वज्री ददर्शोपससर्य च॥
English: One day, while thus engaged, the holder of the thunderbolt was Virochana's son Vali within a certain mountain cave on the seashore. Seeing the king of Danavas, he came near him.
Sanskrit: तमैरावतमूर्धस्थं प्रेक्ष्य देवगणैर्वृतम्। सुरेन्द्रमिन्द्रं दैत्येन्द्रो न शुशोच न विव्यथे॥
English: Seeing the king of gods, viz., Indra, thus seated on the back of Airavata and surrounded by the several orders of the celestials, the king of the Daityas displayed no signs of sorrow or agitation.
Sanskrit: दृष्ट्वा तमविकारस्थं तिष्ठन्तं निर्भयं बलिम्। अधिरूढो द्विपश्रेष्ठमित्युवाच शतक्रतुः॥
English: Seeing Vali unmoved and fearless, Indra also addressed him from the back of his king of elephants, saying,-
Sanskrit: दैत्य न व्यथसे शौर्यादथवा वृद्धसेवया। तपसा भावितत्वाद् वा सर्वथैतत् सुदुष्करम्॥
English: How is it, O Daitya, that you are so unmoved? Is it owning to your heroism or to your having waited reverentially upon elders? Is it owning to your mind having been purified by penances? To whatever cause it may be due, this mood of mind is surely very difficult to attain.
Sanskrit: शत्रुभिर्वशमानीतो हीनः स्थानादनुत्तमात्। वैरोचने किमाश्रित्य शोचितव्ये न शोचसि॥
English: Hurled from the highest position, you are now shorn of all your possessions and have been brought under the sway of your enemies. O Virochana's son what is that by adopting which you to do not grieve although it is time for grief.
Sanskrit: श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्य स्वजातीनां महाभोगाननुत्तमान्। हतस्वरत्नराज्यस्त्वं ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि॥
English: Formerly, when you were the king of your own order, you enjoyed matchless pleasures. Now, however, you are shorn of your riches and jewels and sovereignty. Tell us why you arc so unmoved.
Sanskrit: ईश्वरो हि पुरा भूत्वा पितृपैतामहे पदे। तत्त्वमद्य हृतं दृष्ट्वा सपत्नैः किं न शोचसि॥
English: You were ere this a god, seated on the throne of your father and grandfathers. Finding yourself deprived to-day by your enemies, why do you not grieve?
Sanskrit: बद्धश्च वारुणैः पाशैर्वज्रेण च समाहतः। हतदारो हृतधनो ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि॥
English: You are fettered with Varuna's noose and has been struck with my thunderbolt. Your wives and riches have been taken away. Tell us why you do not grieve.
Sanskrit: नष्टश्रीविभवभ्रष्टो यन्न शोचसि दुष्करम्। त्रैलोक्यराज्यनाशे हि कोऽन्यो जीवितुमुत्सहेत्॥
English: Shorn of prosperity and fallen away from affluence, you do not gricve. This indeed, is something very remarkable. Who else, O Vali, then one like you, could dare lives thus after being shorn of the sovereignty of the three worlds?
Sanskrit: एतच्चान्यच्च परुषं ब्रुवन्तं परिभूय तम्। श्रुत्वा सुखमसम्भ्रान्तो बलिवैरोचनोऽब्रवीत्॥
English: Hearing without any pain these and other cutting words that Indra said asserting the while his own superiority over him. Vali the son of Virochana fearlessly answered him thus.
Sanskrit: बलिरुवाच निगृहीते मयि भृशं शक्र किं कत्थितेन ते। वज्रमुद्यम्य तिष्ठन्तं पश्यामि त्वां पुरंदर॥
English: When calamities have assailed me, O Shakra, what do you gain by such brag now? To-day I see you, O Purandara stand before me with the thunder-bolt upraised in your hand.
Sanskrit: अशक्तः पूर्वमासीस्त्वं कथञ्चिच्छक्ततां गतः। कस्त्वदन्य इमां वाचं सुत्रां वक्तुमर्हति॥
English: Formerly, however, you could not behave so. Now you have somehow gained that power. Indeed, who else save you could give vent to such cruel words?
Sanskrit: यस्तु शत्रोर्वशस्थस्य शक्तोऽपि कुरुते दयाम्। हस्तप्राप्तस्य वीरस्य तं चैव पुरुषं विदुः॥
English: That person who, though able to punish, shows mercy towards a heroic enemies, defeated and brought under his control, is indeed a great man.
Sanskrit: अनिश्चयो हि युद्धेषु द्वयोर्विवदमानयोः। एकः प्राप्नोति विजयमेकश्चैव पराजयम्॥
English: When two persons fight, victory is indeed doubtful. One of the two surely becomes victorious, and the other is defeated.
Sanskrit: मा च तेऽभूत् स्वभावोऽयमिति ते देवपुङ्गवा ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां विक्रमेण जितो बलात्॥
English: O king of gods, let not your nature be so. Do not think that you have become the king of all creatures after having defeated all with your might and prowess.
Sanskrit: नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक कृतं त्वया। यत् त्वमेवंगतो वज्रिन् यद्वाप्येवंगता वयम्॥
English: That we have become so is not, O Indra, the result of our acts. That you have become so, ) holder of the thunderbolt, is not the result of any act of yours.
Sanskrit: अहमासं यथाद्य त्वं भविता त्वं यथा वयम्। मावमंस्था मया कर्म दुष्कृतं कृतमित्युत।॥
English: What I am now you will be in time. Do not disregard me, thinking that you have performed a highly difficult feat.
Sanskrit: सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणाधिगच्छति। पर्यायेणासि शक्रत्वं प्राप्तः शक्र न कर्मणा॥
English: A person gets happiness and misery one after another in course of Time. You have, O Shakra, gained sovereignty of the universe in courses of Time but not by virtue of any particular merit in you.
Sanskrit: काल: काले नयति मां त्वां च कालोनयत्ययम्। तेनाहं त्वं यथा नाद्यं त्वं चापि न यथा वयम्॥
English: It is Time that leads me on in his course. That same time leads you also onward. It is, therefore, that I am not what you are to-day, and you also are not what we are.
Sanskrit: न मातृपितृशुश्रूषा न च दैवतपूजनम्। नान्यो गुणसमाचारः पुरुषस्य सुखावहः॥
English: Dutiful services to parents, respectful adoration of deities, due practice of any good quality,-none of these can confer happiness on any one.
Sanskrit: न विद्या न तपो दानं न मित्राणि न बान्धवाः। शक्नुवन्ति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम्॥
English: Neither knowledge nor penances, nor gifts, nor friends, nor kinsmen, can save one who is afflicted by Time.
Sanskrit: नागामिनमनर्थं हि प्रतिघातशतैरपि। शक्नुवन्ति प्रतिव्योढुमृते बुद्धिबलान्नराः॥
English: Even by a thousand means, men cannot avert an impending danger. Intelligence and strength are useless in such cases.
Sanskrit: पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानां परित्राता न विद्यते। इदं तु दुःखं यच्छक कर्ताहमिति मन्यसे॥
English: None can save men who are afflicted by Time's course. Because, O Shakra, you consider yourself as the actor therefore it is the root of all sorrow.
Sanskrit: यदि कर्ता भवेत् कर्ता न क्रियेत कदाचन। यस्मात्तु क्रियते कर्ता तस्मात् कर्ताप्यनीश्वरः॥
English: If the seeming performner of an act is the real actor thereof, that doer then would not himself be the creation of some one else (viz., the God). Therefore, because the seeming doer is himself the creation of another, that another is the Supreme Being superior to whom there is nothing else.
Sanskrit: कालेनाहं त्वामजयं कालेनाहं जितस्त्वया। गन्ता गतिमतां काल: कालः कलयति प्रजाः॥
English: Helped by Time I had defeated you. Helped by time you have defeated me. It is Time which moves all beings.
Sanskrit: इन्द्र प्राकृतया बुद्ध्या प्रजलयं नावबुद्ध्यसे। केचित् त्वां बहु मन्यन्ते श्रेष्ठ्यं प्राप्तं स्वकर्मणा।॥
English: O Indra, because your intelligence is very mean you do not see that destruction awaits all things! Some, indeed, respect you as one who has acquired by his own acts the sovereignty of the universe.
Sanskrit: कथमस्मद्विधो नाम जानल्लोकप्रवृत्तयः। कालेनाभ्याहतः शोचेन्मुह्येद् वाप्यथ विभ्रमेत्॥
English: But, how can one like us who know the course of the world, grieve for having been afflicted by Time, or allow our understanding to be stupefied, or give way to the influence of error?
Sanskrit: नित्यं कालपरीतस्य मम वा मद्विधस्य वा। बुद्धिर्व्यसनमासाद्य भिन्ना नौरिव सीदति॥
English: Even when we are possessed by Time, coming in contact with a calamity, shall my understanding or that of one like me allow itself to be destroyed like a wrecked vessel at sea.
Sanskrit: अहं च त्वं च ये चान्ये भविष्यन्ति सुराधिपाः। ते सर्वे शक यास्यन्ति मार्गमिन्द्रशतैर्गतम्॥
English: Myself, yourself, and all those who will in future become the kings of the deities, shall have, O Shakra, to follow the way along which hundreds of Indras have gone before you.
Sanskrit: त्वामप्येवं सुदुर्धर्षं ज्वलन्तं परया श्रिया। काले परिणते कालः कालयिष्यति मामिव॥
English: When your hour will be full, Time will surely destroy you like me,-who are now so invincible and who now shine with matchless splendour.
Sanskrit: बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि दैवतानां युगे युगे। अभ्यतीतानि कालेन कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः॥
English: In time's course many thousands of Indras and of gods have been swept off cycle after cycle. Time, Indeed, is irresistible.
Sanskrit: इदं तु लब्ध्वा संस्थानमात्मानं बहु मन्यसे। सर्वभूतभवं देवं ब्रह्माणमिव शाश्वतम्॥
English: Having secured your present position, you think too much of yourself, even as the Creator of all beings, the divine and eternal Brahman.
Sanskrit: न चेदमचलं स्थानमनन्तं वापि कस्यचित्। त्वं तु बालिशया बुद्ध्या ममेदमिति मन्यसे॥
English: Having secured your present position of yours. With none did it last for ever. On account of a foolish understanding, you consider it immutable and eternal.
Sanskrit: अविश्वस्ते विश्वसिषि मन्यसे वाध्रुवे ध्रुवम्। नित्यं कालपरीतात्मा भवत्येवं सुरेश्वर॥
English: You trust in that which is not worthy of trust. You consider that to be eternal which is not eternal. O king of the gods, one who is possessed and stupefied by Time really considers himself thus.
Sanskrit: ममेयमिति मोहात् त्वं राजश्रियमभीप्ससि। नेयं तव न चास्माकं न चान्येषां स्थिरा सदा॥
English: Actuated by folly you consider your present regal prosperity as yours. Know, however, that it is not permanent either for me or for you or for others.
Sanskrit: अतिक्रम्य बहूनन्यांस्त्वयि तावदियं गता। कंचित् कालमियं स्थित्वा त्वयि वासव चञ्चला॥ गौर्निपानमिवोत्सृज्य पुनरन्यं गमिष्यति।
English: It had belonged to numberless persons before you. Passing over them it has now become yours. It will say with you, O Vasava, for sometime and then prove its fickleness. Like a cow leaving one drinking ditch for another, it will surely leave you for somebody else.
Sanskrit: राजलोका ह्यतिक्रान्ता यान्न संख्यातुमुत्सहे॥ त्वत्तो बहुतराश्चान्ये भविष्यन्ति पुरंदर।
English: So many kings have gone before you that I venture not to calculate them. In the future also, O Purandara, numberless sovereigns will rise after you.
Sanskrit: सवृक्षौषधिरत्नेयं सहसत्त्ववनाकरा॥ तानिदानीं च पश्यामि यैर्भुक्तेयं पुरा मही।
English: I do not see those kings now that had formerly enjoyed this Earth with her trees, plants, gems, living creatures, waters and mines.