bhavān yugāntārṇava ūrmi-mālini
bhavān yugāntārṇava ūrmi-mālini
kṣoṇīm imām oṣadhi-vīrudhāṁ nidhim
mayā sahoru kramate 'ja ojasā
tasmai jagat-prāṇa-gaṇātmane nama iti
Holding up the earth, the storehouse of herbs and plants, as well as me, you roamed about with great speed at the end of the last Manvantara which was filled with waves. I offer respects to the controller of all beings in the universe.
Your visible form manifests by bhakti. I, a dim likeness of a devotee, am the witness to this. Holding (this verb should be supplied) the earth along with me, you move about. O unborn Lord (aja)! At the end of the Manvantara you roam about. I offer respects to you who control the living beings of the universe.
|| 5.18.29 ||
hiraṇmaye 'pi bhagavān nivasati kūrma-tanuṁ bibhrāṇas tasya tat priyatamāṁ tanum aryamā saha varṣa-puruṣaiḥ pitṛ-gaṇādhipatir upadhāvati mantram imaṁ cānujapati.
In Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu resides in the form of a tortoise. Aryamā, the chief resident of Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, along with the other inhabitants of that land, worship this beloved form of the Lord. They chant the following hymns.
He worships that form, which is most beloved (tat-priyatamām).
|| 5.18.30 ||
oṁ namo bhagavate akūpārāya sarva-sattva-guṇa-viśeṣaṇāyānupalakṣita-sthānāya namo varṣmaṇe namo bhūmne namo namo 'vasthānāya namas te.
I offer respects to the Supreme Lord, the tortoise, a form of śuddha-sattva, having an invisible abode of Vaikuṇṭha, who has a huge, all-pervading body, and who acts as the support of all things.
I offer respects to the turtle (akūpārāya), who has a form (viśeṣanāya) of perfect (sarva) sattva, a form of śuddha-sattva, who has a Vaikuṇṭha abode invisible to all, who has a huge body (varṣmaṇe), who is all-pervading (bhūmne), who is the support (avasthānāya).
|| 5.18.31 ||
yad-rūpam etan nija-māyayārpitam
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