Having   listened   to   the   (prayerful)   words   of   the   celestials, the
Lord   Grandsire   replied   to   them,   who   were   extremely   terrified
and   confused   in   mind   due   to   the   strength   of   those   indulging
 in the   destruction   (i.e.the   sons   of   Sagara)   (1).
 
yÞyEy|   vs¤Da   k]Ïs"a   vas¤dEvÞy   D£mt:     .
m¢hx£   maDvÞyWxa   s   ev   Bgvan¯   p#B¤:   ¡ 2¡

yÞy

whose

iy|

she

vs¤Da

earth

k]Ïs"a

full

vas¤dEvÞy

of Vasudeva

D£mt:

wise

m¢hx£

queen

maDvÞy

of Madhava

exa

this

s:

he

ev

alone

Bgvan¯

overlord

p#B¤:

Lord

ka¢pl|   ãpmaÞTay   DaryÏy¢nS|   Dram¯         .
tÞy   kaEpa¢g"na   dÂDa   B¢vÝy¢Ót   n¦paÏmja:   ¡ 3¡

ka¢pl|

of sage Kapila

ãp|

the form

AaÞTay

taking

Dary¢t

bearing

A¢nS|

constantly

Dram¯

the earth

tÞy

his

kaEpa¢g"na

by the fire of wrath

dÂDa:

burnt

B¢vÝy¢Ót

will be

n¦paÏmja:

the princes

  `
This   entire   earth   is   the   senior   consort   of   Lord  Madhava. That
Lord,   which   wise   one's   wife   she   is,   is   constantly   bearing   this
earth.   He   will   assume   the   form   of   sage  Kapila  and  through the
fire   of   his   wrath,   these   princes   will   be   burnt.   (2-3).
 
p¦¢TÛyaàa¢p   ¢nBIdaE   ¾   ev   snatn:     .
sgrÞy   c   p¤æOaNa|   ¢vnaSaE{d£GIj£¢vnam¯   ¡ 4¡

p¦¢TÛya:

of the earth

c

and

A¢p

moreover

¢nBId:

the splitting up

¾:	are predestined

ev

also

snatn:

becoming necessary at periodic intervals

sgrÞy

of Sagara

c

and

p¤æOaNa|

of the sons

¢vnaS:

destruction

Ad£GIj£¢vnam¯

short-lived

 
Also,   the   splitting   up   of   the   earth   at   periodical intervals and  the
destruction   of   the   short-lived   sons   of   Sagara   are   predestined'   (4).
 
¢ptamhvc:   ½¤Ïva   æOy¢ÞæO|Sd¢r|dm   .
dEva:   prms|¶¾a:   p¤njIÂm¤yITagtm¯   ¡ 5¡

¢ptamhvc:

the words of the Grandsire

½¤Ïva

on hearing

æOy¢ÞæO|St¯

thirty-three

A¢r|dm

O! Destroyer of foes!

dEva:

the gods

prms|¶¾a:

extremely pleased

p¤n:	thereafter

jÂm¤:

returned

yTagtm¯

as they came

  `
O! Suppressor   of   foes!   The   thirty   three   (crores)   of   gods, having   heard   the   words   of   the   Grandsire,   became   exceedingly happy  and   returned,   as   they   had   come   (5).
 
sgrÞy   c   p¤æOaNa|   p#aѤras£ÓmhaÏmnam¯   .
p¦¢TÛya|   ¢Bïmanaya|   ¢nGaItsm¢n:Þvn:    ¡ 6¡

sgrÞy

of Sagara

c

and

p¤æOaNa|

sons

p#aѤras£t¯

arose in front

mhaÏmnam¯

of the highsouled

p¦¢TÛya|

the earth

¢Bïmanaya|

when being dug up

¢nGaItsm¢n:Þvn:

a sound like thunder

 
When   the   earth   was   being   dug   up,   a   sound   like   thunder   arose
in front   (was   heard   by)   of   those   high-souled   sons   of   Sagara   (6).  
ttaE   ¢BÏva   mh£|   svaI|   k]Ïva   ca¢p   p#d¢XNm¯   .
s¢hta:   sagra:     svI   ¢ptr|   vaÀymb#¤vn¯   ¡ 7¡

tt:	thereafter

¢BÏva

after having dug up

mh£|

the earth

svaI|

entire

k]Ïva

having

c

and

A¢p

also

p#d¢XNm¯

circumambulation

s¢hta:

returning together

sagra:

the sons of Sagara

svI

all

¢ptr|

to the father

vaÀy|

words

Ab#¤vn¯

said

 
Thereafter,   having   completely   dug   up   the   earth,   all   those sons of
Sagara   together   came   to   (their)   father,   circumambulated   him   and
then   spoke   the   following   words   (7).
 
p¢r@aÓta   mh£svaI   sÏvvÓtà   s¥¢dta:   .
dEvdanvrXa|¢s   ¢pSacaErgp°ga:  ¡ 8¡

p¢r@aÓta

has been dug up

mh£

earth

svaI

entire

sÏvvÓt:

mighty

c

and

s¥¢dta:

were tormented

dEv

the gods

danv	the demons

rXa|¢s

the wicked ones

¢pSac

the ghouls

urg	the serpents

p°ga:

the reptiles

 
`We   have   completely   dug   up   and   examined   the   entire   earth;
mighty   serpents,   reptiles   and   ghouls   have   been   destroyed,   as
also tormented   are   the   gods,   demons   and   the   devils   (8).  
n   c   pÜyamhE{á|   tmáhtaIrmEv   c         .
¢k|   k¢rÝyam   Bd#|   tE   b¤¢ÑGræO   ¢vcayItam¯   ¡ 9¡ 

n

not

c

and

pÜyamhE

see

Aá|

the horse

t|	the person

AáhtaIr|

who has stolen the horse

ev

also

c

and

¢k|

what

k¢rÝyam

should be done

Bd#|	may be pleased to say

tE

you

b¤¢ÑG:

thought over

AæO	in this matter

¢vcayItam¯

considered

 
We   did   not   find   the   horse   nor   the   one   who   has   stolen   the   horse. May   you   be   pleased   to   instruct   us   as   to   what   we   may
do   next. In   this   matter,   may   you   consider   (the   next   step)'   (9).  
tExa|   t¹cn|   ½¤Ïva   p¤æOaNa|   rajsäOm:   .
smÓy¤rb#v£¹aÀy|   sgraE   rG¤nÓdn  ¡10¡

tExa|

their

tt¯

those

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

upon hearing

p¤æOaNa|

of the sons

rajsäOm:

the best among kings

smÓy¤:

with great anger

Ab#v£t¯

said

vaÀy|

words

sgr:

Sagara

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

 
That   best   among   kings   Sagara,   upon   hearing   these   words   of
those sons   (of   his),   O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!,   uttered
the following   words   in   a   fit   of   anger   (10).