05066001a arjuno vAsudevaz ca dhanvinau paramArcitau 'saJjaya said, 'Those adorable bowmen, arjuna and vAsudeva,
05066001c kAmAd anyatra samMbhUtau sarvAbhAvAya samMmitau who are perfectly equal unto each other in respect of their godlike nature, have taken their births of their own will.
05066002c cakranM tad vAsudevasya mAyayA vartate vibho O lord, the discus owned by vAsudeva, of abundant energy, occupieth a space full five cubits in diameter, is capable also of being hurled at the foe (in forms large or small) according to the will of the wielder himself, and it dependeth on illusion.
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05066003a sApahnavamM pANDaveSu pANDavAnAM susamMmatam Always conspicuous by its effulgence, it is invisible to the kurus;
05066003c sArAsArabalaJM jJAtvA tat samAsena me zRNu and in ascertaining the strength or weakness of the pANDavas, that discus offers the best ground.
05066004a narakaM zambaraJM caiva kaMsaJM caidyaJM ca mAdhavaH The formidable naraka and zambara and kaMsa and (Sisupala) the chief of Chedis... Indeed, janArdana, that scion of madhu's race
05066004c jitavAn ghorasaGMkAzAn krIDann iva janArdanaH endued with great might, vanquished them (in seeming playfulness:) without an effort.
05066005a pRthivIJM cAntarikSaJM ca dyAJM caiva puruSottamaH
05066005c manasaiva viziSTAtmA nayaty AtmavazaM vazI Possessed of divinity and of soul superior to everything, that most exalted of male beings can, by his will alone, bring the earth, firmament, and heaven under his control.
05066006a bhUyo bhUyo hi yad rAjan pRcchase pANDavAn prati Thou askest me repeatedly, O king, about the pANDavas
05066006c sArAsArabalaJM jJAtunM tan me nigadatazH zRNu for knowing their strength and weakness. Listen now to all that in brief.
05066007a ekato vA jagat kRtsnam ekato vA janArdanaH If the whole universe be placed on one scale and janArdana on the other,
05066007c sArato jagataH kRtsnAd atirikto janArdanaH even then janArdana will outweigh the entire universe.
05066008a bhasma kuryAj jagad idamM manasaiva janArdanaH janArdana, at his pleasure, can reduce the universe to ashes,
05066008c na tu kRtsnaJM jagac chaktamM bhasma kartuJM janArdanam but the entire universe is incapable of reducing janArdana to ashes.
05066009a yatasH satyaM yato dharmo yato hrIr ArjavaM yataH Wherever there is truthfulness, wherever virtue, wherever modesty, wherever simplicity,
05066009c tato bhavati govindo yataH kRSNas tato jayaH even there is Govinda. And thither where kRSNa is, success must be.
05066010a pRthivIJM cAntarikSaJM ca divaJM ca puruSottamaH
05066010c viceSTayati bhUtAtmA krIDann iva janArdanaH That soul of all creatures, most exalted of male beings, janArdana, makes, as if in sport, the entire earth, the firmament, and the heaven move.
05066011a sa kRtvA pANDavAn satraM lokaM samMmohayann iva Making the pANDavas the indirect means, and beguiling the whole world.
05066011c adharmaniratAn mUDhAn dagdhum icchati te sutAn janArdana wisheth to blast thy wicked sons that are all addicted to sin.
05066012a kAlacakraJM jagaccakraM yugacakraJM ca kezavaH The wheel of Time, the wheel of the Universe, and the wheel of the Yuga,
05066012c Atmayogena bhagavAn parivartayate 'nizam Endued with divine attributes, kezava, by the power of his soul causeth them to revolve incessantly.
05066013a kAlasya ca hi mRtyoz ca jaGgamasthAvarasya ca
05066013c Izate bhagavAn ekasH satyam etad bravImi te And I tell thee truly that glorious Being is alone the Lord of Time, of Death, and of this Universe of mobile and immobile objects.
05066014a Izann api mahAyogI sarvasya jagato hariH
05066014c karmANy Arabhate kartuGM kInAza iva durbalaH That great ascetic Hari, though the Lord of the whole Universe, still betaketh himself to work, like a humble labourer that tilleth the fields.
05066015a tena vaJcayate lokAn mAyAyogena kezavaH
05066015c ye tam eva prapadyante na te muhyanti mAnavAH Indeed, kezava beguileth all by the aid of His illusion. Those men, however, that have attained to Him are not deceived.''
