ශ්ලෝකඃ
වෛකුංඨ වර්ධිතබලෝऽථ භවත්ප්රසාදා-
දංභෝජයෝනිරසෘජත් කිල ජීවදේහාන් ।
ස්ථාස්නූනි භූරුහමයානි තථා තිරශ්චාං
ජාතිං මනුෂ්යනිවහානපි දේවභේදාන් ॥1॥
Meaning
වෛකුංඨ - O Lord of Vaikuntha loka !; වර්ධිත-බලඃ -අථ - (Brahmaa) whose strength had enhanced then; භවත්-ප්රසාදාත්- - by Thy grace; අංභෝජ්යෝනිඃ - - the lotus born (Brahmaa); අසෘජත් කිල - created it is said; ජීවදේහාන් - bodies for jeevas; ස්ථානූනි - the non-moving entities (trees etc.); භූරුහමයානි - which grow on the earth; තථා තිරශ්චාං ජාතිං - and animals, birds etc.; මනුෂ්ය-නිවහාන්-අපි - and also human kind; දේවභේදාන් - and various divine beings;
Translation
O Lord of Vaikuntha! by Thy grace, with increased spiritual powers, Brahmaa started creation. He created varieties of beings, those that grow on earth and are non-moving like trees etc., as well as the moving, like animals birds etc., human beings and various divine beings. These serve as bodies for the jeevas to enter into.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
මිථ්යාග්රහාස්මිමතිරාගවිකෝපභීති-
රජ්ඤානවෘත්තිමිති පංචවිධාං ස සෘෂ්ට්වා ।
උද්දාමතාමසපදාර්ථවිධානදූන -
ස්තේනේ ත්වදීයචරණස්මරණං විශුද්ධ්යෛ ॥2॥
Meaning
මිථ්යා-ආග්රහ- - false apprehension; අස්මිමති-රාග- - egoism, attachment; විකෝප-භීතිඃ- - anger and fear; අජ්ඤානවෘත්තිම්-ඉති - effects of ignorance, these; පංචවිධාං - of five kinds; ස සෘෂ්ට්වා - Brahmaa having created; උද්දාම-තාමස-පදාර්ථ-විධාන්-අදූනඃ- - and repenting for having created these extremely taamasic qualities; තේනේ - resorted to; ත්වදීය-චරණ-ස්මරණං - on Thy lotus feet contemplation; විශුද්ධ්යෛ - for self purification;
Translation
Brahma then created the five-fold effects of ignorance,which are wrong apprehension, egoism, attachment, anger and fear. Having created these extremely negative qualities and repenting for doing so, he resorted to meditate on Thy lotus feet for self purification.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තාවත් සසර්ජ මනසා සනකං සනංදං
භූයඃ සනාතනමුනිං ච සනත්කුමාරම් ।
තේ සෘෂ්ටිකර්මණි තු තේන නියුජ්යමානා-
ස්ත්වත්පාදභක්තිරසිකා ජගෘහුර්න වාණීම් ॥3॥
Meaning
තාවත් සසර්ජ මනසා - then he created from his mind; සනකං සනංදං - (sages) Sanaka, Sananda; භූයඃ සනාතනමුනිං ච සනත්කුමාරං - also Sanaatana Muni and Sanat kumara; තේ සෘෂ්ටිකර්මණි තු - they , in the job of creation; තේන නියුජ්යමානාඃ - - by Brahmaa, though asked to engage; ත්වත්-පාද-භක්ති-රසිකා - (these sages) who were immersed in devotion to Thy feet; ජගෘහුඃ -න වාණීම් - did not heed (his) words;
Translation
Brahmaa then from his mind created Sanaka, Sananda, Sanaatana Muni and Sanat Kumaras.Even though they were directed by Brahmaa to engage in the work of creation, they did not heed his words because they were highly devoted to Thy feet.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තාවත් ප්රකෝපමුදිතං ප්රතිරුංධතෝऽස්ය
භ්රූමධ්යතෝऽජනි මෘඩෝ භවදේකදේශඃ ।
නාමානි මේ කුරු පදානි ච හා විරිංචේ-
ත්යාදෞ රුරෝද කිල තේන ස රුද්රනාමා ॥4॥
Meaning
තාවත් - then; ප්රකෝපම්-උදිතං - the anger which arose in him; ප්රතිරුංධතඃ - - and who was suppressing it; අස්ය භ්රූමධ්යතඃ - - from his (Brahmaa's) middle of the eyebrows; අජනි මෘඩඃ - was born Mrida; භවත්-ඒක-දේශඃ - who was a part incarnation of Thine; නාමානි මේ කුරු - provide me with names; පදානි ච - and abodes; හා විරිංච- - O Brahmaa; ඉති-ආදෞ රුරෝද - thus at once he cried out; කිල තේන ස රුද්රනාමා - because of that he came to be known as Rudra;
Translation
A great anger arose in Brahma, because he was refused his bidding by his mental sons, which he tried to suppress. This caused the birth of Mrida from between his eyebrows, who is a part incarnation of Thine. Mrida at once cried out and told Brahmaa to provide him with names and abodes. Thus Mrida came to be known as Rudra.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ඒකාදශාහ්වයතයා ච විභින්නරූපං
රුද්රං විධාය දයිතා වනිතාශ්ච දත්වා ।
තාවංත්යදත්ත ච පදානි භවත්ප්රණුන්නඃ
ප්රාහ ප්රජාවිරචනාය ච සාදරං තම් ॥5॥
Meaning
ඒකාදශ-ආහ්වයතයා - with eleven names; ච විභින්න-රූපං - and different forms; රුද්රං විධාය - to Rudra giving; දයිතාඃ වනිතාඃ -ච දත්වා - and also giving eleven dear wives; තාවංති-අදත්ත ච පදානි - and as many abodes were also given; භවත්-ප්රණුන්නඃ - (then) impelled by Thee; ප්රාහ ප්රජා-විරචනාය - (Brahmaa) requested for the creation of beings; ච සාදරං තම් - to him (Rudra) humbly;
Translation
Brahmaa then prompted by Thee, gave Rudra eleven names, forms, abodes and as many wives and humbly requested him to help in the creative process.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
රුද්රාභිසෘෂ්ටභයදාකෘතිරුද්රසංඝ-
සංපූර්යමාණභුවනත්රයභීතචේතාඃ ।
මා මා ප්රජාඃ සෘජ තපශ්චර මංගලායේ-
ත්යාචෂ්ට තං කමලභූර්භවදීරිතාත්මා ॥6॥
Meaning
රුද්ර-අභිසෘෂ්ට- - Rudra's creation; භයද-ආකෘති-රුද්රසංඝ- - (consisting) of fierce looking hosts of Rudraas; සංපූර්යමාණ-භුවනත්රය- - filling up the three worlds; භීත-චේතාඃ - and getting frightened by them; මා මා ප්රජාඃ සෘජ - (Brahmaa said) do not, do not procreate any more beings; තපඃ -චර - do penance; මංග්ලාය- - for the welfare (of the world); ඉති-ආචෂ්ට තං කමලභූඃ - - thus said the lotus born Brahmaa to him; භවත-ඊරිතාත්මා - by Thee being prompted from within;
Translation
Rudraa's creation consisted of fierce looking Rudras,which were filling up the three worlds. Brahmaa was frightened by them, and from within being prompted by Thee, told Rudra not to create any more beings, and asked him to do penance for the benefit of the world.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තස්යාථ සර්ගරසිකස්ය මරීචිරත්රි-
ස්තත්රාඞිගරාඃ ක්රතුමුනිඃ පුලහඃ පුලස්ත්යඃ ।
අංගාදජායත භෘගුශ්ච වසිෂ්ඨදක්ෂෞ
ශ්රීනාරදශ්ච භගවන් භවදංඝ්රිදාසඃ ॥7॥
Meaning
තස්ය-අථ - thereafter, from him (Brahmaa); සර්ග-රසිකස්ය - who was intent on creation; මරීචිඃ -අත්රිඃ - - Mareechi, Atri; තත්ර-අඞිගරාඃ - and also Angiraas; ක්රතුමුනිඃ පුලහඃ පුලස්ත්යඃ - Kratumuni, Pulaha, Pulastya; අංගාත්-අජායත - from his body were born; භෘගුඃ-ච වසිෂ්ඨ-දක්ෂෞ - also Bhrigu, Vasishtha and Dakshas; ශ්රී-නාරදඃ -ච - and Shri Naarada; භගවන් - O Lord!; භවත්-අංඝ්රි-දාසඃ - who is devoted to Thy lotus feet;
Translation
Brahmaa, who was intent on creation, from his own body created (the sages) Mareechi, Atri, Angiraas, Kratumuni, Pulaha, Pulastya, Bhrigu, Vasishtha, the Dakshas and also Shri Naarada, who is a devotee of Thy lotus feet.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ධර්මාදිකානභිසෘජන්නථ කර්දමං ච
වාණීං විධාය විධිරංගජසංකුලෝऽභූත් ।
ත්වද්බෝධිතෛස්සනකදක්ෂමුඛෛස්තනූජෛ-
රුද්බෝධිතශ්ච විරරාම තමෝ විමුංචන් ॥8॥
Meaning
ධර්ම-ආදිකාන්-අභිසෘජන්- - Dharmadevas and others having created; අථ කර්දමං ච - and also Kardama; වාණීං විධාය - then after creating Saraswati; විධිඃ - - Brahmaa; අංගජ-සංකුලඃ -අභූත් - was afflicted by desire; ත්වත්-බෝධිතෛඃ - - (then) prompted by Thee; සනක-දක්ෂ-මුඛෛඃ - - by Sanaka, Daksha and others; තනූජෛඃ-උද්බෝධිතඃ -ච - by his own sons enlightened; විරරාම - refrained; තමඃ විමුංචන් - and gave up ignorance;
Translation
Brahmaa further created Dharmadeva, sage Kardama and then Saraswati. He was then overcome with desire for her, his own creation. However, prompted by Thee, Sanaka Daksha and his other sons enlightened him and he gave up desire, being disillusioned.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
වේදාන් පුරාණනිවහානපි සර්වවිද්යාඃ
කුර්වන් නිජානනගණාච්චතුරානනෝऽසෞ ।
පුත්රේෂු තේෂු විනිධාය ස සර්ගවෘද්ධි-
මප්රාප්නුවංස්තව පදාංබුජමාශ්රිතෝභූත් ॥9॥
Meaning
වේදාන් පුරාණ-නිවහාන්- - the Vedas and all the Puraanas; අපි සර්ව-විද්යාඃ - also all the other branches of learning; කුර්වන් නිජ-ආනන-ගණාත්- - bringing out from all his faces; චතුඃ-ආනන-අසෞ - that four faced (Brahmaa); පුත්රේෂු තේෂු විනිධාය - to his those sons having imparted; ස සර්ග-වෘද්ධිම්-අප්රාප්නුවන්- - and he unable to further the creation; තව පදාංබුජම්-ආශ්රිතඃ - අභූත් - at Thy lotus feet took refuge;
Translation
Brahmaa then brought out the Vedas and all the Puraanas and all the other branches of learning, from his four faces and taught them to his sons. He then found himself unable to further the process of creation and so he took refuge at Thy lotus feet.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ජානන්නුපායමථ දේහමජෝ විභජ්ය
ස්රීපුංසභාවමභජන්මනුතද්වධූභ්යාම් ।
තාභ්යාං ච මානුෂකුලානි විවර්ධයංස්ත්වං
ගෝවිංද මාරුතපුරේශ නිරුංධි රෝගාන් ॥10॥
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ජානන්-උපායම්-අථ - knowing the technique then; දේහම්-අජඃ විභජ්ය - Brahmaa, dividing his body into two; ස්ත්රී-පුංස-භාවම්-අභජත්- - assumed the forms of female and male; මනු-තත්-වධූභ්යාම් - as Manu and his wife (Shataroopaa); තාභ්යාං ච - through them; මානුෂ-කුලානි විවර්ධයන්- - then multiplying the human race; ත්වං ගෝවිංද් මාරුතපුරේශ - Thou O Govind! Lord of Guruvaayur!; නිරුංධි රෝගාන් - (kindly) eradicate my ailments;
Translation
Then prompted by Thee and knowing the technique Brahmaa, from the two sides of his body created the male and the female, named Manu and his wife Shataroopa. Through them he then multiplied the human race. Thou O Govinda! Lord of Guruvaayur! kindly eradicate my ailments.
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