वस्त्रं दग्ध्वा समुत्तस्थौ ज्वलदग्निः सुरेश्वरः
Burning up his garment, the blazing fire rose up, O lord of the gods.
कृष्णस्तद्वर्द्धनं दृष्ट्वा ससर्जापः स्वलीलया
Seeing that increase, Krishna, by his own play, created water.
विश्वौघं प्लावयामास मुखबिंदुजलं द्विज
He flooded the universe with water arising from a drop from his mouth, O twice-born.
ततःप्रभृति तेनाग्निस्तोयान्निर्वाणतां व्रजेत्
From that time onward, fire is extinguished by water.
उत्तस्थौ तज्जलादेकः पुमान्स वरुणः स्मृतः
From those waters, a single man arose—he is known as Varuna.
आविर्बभूव कन्यैका तद्वह्नेर्वामपार्श्वतः
From the left side of that fire, a single maiden appeared.
जलेशस्य वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव सा 1.4.
From the left side of the lord of waters, a single maiden was born.
बभूव पवनः श्रीमान्विभोर्निश्वासवायुतः
The glorious wind arose, born from the breath of the Supreme.
तस्य वायोर्वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव ह
From the left side of that wind, indeed, a maiden was born.
कृष्णस्य कामबाणेन रेतःपातो बभूव ह
By the arrow of desire from Krishna, a discharge of seed occurred.
सहस्रवत्सरान्ते तड्डिम्भरूपं बभूव ह
At the end of a thousand years, it took the form of a water-bubble.
यस्यैक लोमविवरे विश्वैकस्य व्यवस्थितिः
In a single pore of whose body abides the entirety of the universe.
स एव षोडशांशोऽपि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
He is but a sixteenth part even of Krishna, the Supreme Soul.
महार्णवे शयानः स पद्मपत्रं यथा जले
He lay upon the great ocean, like a lotus leaf upon water.
तौ जलाच्च समुत्थाय ब्रह्माणं हन्तुमुद्यतौ
They arose from the waters, intent on slaying Brahma.
बभूव मेदिनी कृत्स्ना कार्त्स्न्येन मेदसा तया
The entire earth came into being from that very marrow.
मम संदेहभेदार्थं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
For the removal of my doubt, you ought to explain this to me.
सर्वादिसृष्टिकथनं यन्मया कथितं द्विज
All the account of the creation at the beginning, as I have related, O twice-born one,
सर्वादिसृष्टौ क्लृप्तौ च नारायणमहेश्वरौ
At the beginning of all creation, Narayana and Maheshvara were established.
सर्वादौ ब्रह्मकल्पस्य चरितं कथितं द्विज
At the very beginning of the Brahma-kalpa, the narrative was told, O twice-born one.
ब्राह्मवाराहपाद्माश्च कल्पाश्च त्रिविधा मुने
O sage, the Brahma, Varaha, and Padma kalpas are threefold.
सत्यं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम्
Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali—these are the four yugas.
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः
A manvantara consists of seventy-one divine yugas.
त्रिशतैश्च षष्ट्यधिकैर्दिनैर्वर्षं च ब्रह्मणः
And a year of Brahma is made up of three hundred and sixty such days.
एतन्निमेषकालस्तु कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
This is but the blink of an eye in the time of Krishna, the Supreme Soul.
क्षुद्रकल्पा बहुतरास्ते संवर्तादयः स्मृताः 1.5.
There are many lesser kalpas, known as the cycles of dissolution and so on.
ब्रह्मणश्च दिनेनैव स कल्पः परिकीर्तितः
A single day of Brahma is described as a kalpa.
ब्राह्मवाराहपाद्माश्च त्रयः कल्पा निरूपिताः
Three kalpas are designated: Brahma, Varaha, and Padma.
ब्राह्मे च मेदिनीं सृष्ट्वा स्रष्टा सृष्टिं चकार सः
In the Brahma kalpa, the Creator fashioned the earth and performed creation.
वाराहे तां समुद्धृत्य लुप्तां मग्नां रसातलात्
In the Varaha kalpa, he lifted the earth, which had been lost and submerged in the netherworld.