गुलिकः प्राञ्जलिः प्राह क्षमस्वेति पुनः पुनः
Gulika, with joined palms, repeatedly said, 'Forgive me.'
गतपापो लुबग्दकश्च ह्यनुतापीदमब्रवीत्
The hunter, freed from sin and now repentant, spoke this:
तानि सर्वाणि नष्टानि विप्रेन्द्र तव दर्शनात्
All those sins have been destroyed, O best of Brahmins, by your sight.
कथं मे निष्कृतिर् भूयो यामि कं शरणं विभोः
How shall I atone again? To whom shall I seek refuge, O Lord?
अत्रापि पापजालानि कृत्वा कां गतिमाप्नुयाम्
Having committed these nets of sin here, what state shall I attain?
प्रातिक्रिया नैव कृता मयैषां गतिश्च का स्यान्ममजन्म किं वा
No remedy has been made by me for these; what will be my fate, or what will my next birth be?
कथं च यत्पापफलं हि भोक्ष्ये कियत्सु जन्मस्वहमुग्रकर्मा
And how long must I endure the fruit of my sins, being one of fierce deeds, through how many births?
अन्तस्तापाग्निसंतप्तः सद्यः पञ्चत्वमागतः
Burned within by the fire of remorse, he immediately met his end.
विष्णुपादोदकेनैवमभ्यषिञ्चन्महामतिः
Then the wise one anointed him with water from Vishnu’s feet.
दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य मुनिमेतदथाब्रवीत्
Ascending a divine aerial chariot, he then spoke to the sage:
विमुक्तस्त्वत्प्रसादेन महापातककञ्चुकात्
Freed by your grace from the armor of great sin,
तथैव सर्वपापानि विनष्टान्यतिवेगतः
In the same way, all sins have been utterly destroyed.
प्रापितो ऽस्मि त्वया तस्मात्तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
By you, I have been brought to that supreme abode of Vishnu.
तस्मान्नतो ऽस्मि ते विद्वन्मत्कृतं तत्क्षमस्व च
Therefore, O wise one, I bow to you; forgive what I have done.
प्रदक्षिणात्रयं कृत्वा नमस्कारं चकार सः
Having performed three circumambulations, he offered his salutations.
अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णः प्रपेदे हरिमन्दिरम्
Surrounded by groups of Apsaras, he reached the temple of Hari.
शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय तुष्टाव कमलापतिम्
Placing his joined palms on his head, he praised the Lord of Lakshmi.
वरेण तेनोक्तङ्को ऽपि प्रपेदे परमं पदम्
By the boon granted by him, Uktaṅka also attained the supreme abode.
उक्तङ्कः पुण्यपुरुषः कीदृशं लब्धवान्वरम्
What kind of boon did the virtuous Uktaṅka obtain?
पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव भक्तितः
Seeing the greatness of the water from the feet, he praised with devotion.
चक्राब्जशार्ङ्गीसिधरं महान्तं स्मृतार्तिनिघ्नं शरणं प्रपद्ये
I take refuge in the great Lord, bearer of the discus, lotus, bow, and sword, destroyer of great distress remembered, the shelter.
यत्क्रोधजो हॄन्ति जगञ्च रुद्रस्तमादिदेवं प्रणतो ऽस्मि विष्णुम्
I bow to Vishnu, the primeval God, from whose anger Rudra arises and by whom the world is dissolved.
वेदान्तवेद्यं पुकुषं पुराणं तैजोनिधिं विष्णुमहं प्रपन्नः
I take refuge in Vishnu, the ancient, the pure, the one known through Vedanta, the treasure of radiance.
ज्ञानैकवेद्यो भगवाननादिः प्रसीदतां व्यष्टिस प्रष्टिरुपः
May the Lord, known only through knowledge, beginningless, singular, and the cause of all, be gracious to me.
नित्यः प्रपन्नार्ति हरः परात्मा दयांबुधिर्मे वरदस्तु भघूयात्
May the eternal, remover of the distress of those who seek refuge, the supreme self, ocean of compassion, grant me a boon.
त्वमेव तत्सर्वमनन्तसारं त्वत्तः परं नास्ति यतः परात्मन्
You alone are all this, of infinite essence; there is nothing beyond you, O supreme self.
निरञ्जनं निर्मलमप्रमेयं पश्यन्ति सन्तः परमार्थसंज्ञम्
The pure, stainless, immeasurable one is seen by the good as the true reality.
तथैव सर्वेष्वर एक एव प्रदृश्यते भिन्न इवारिवलात्मा
In the same way, the one Lord of all appears as if different, like the soul in various bodies.
त एव मायारहितास्तदेव पसअयन्ति सर्वात्मकमात्मरुपम्
Those free from illusion see that very one, the all-pervading, as their own self.
समस्तमेतदुद्भूतं यतो यत्र प्रतिष्टितम्
From whom all this arises and in whom it is established.