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नापश्यदल्पमप्यस्य मूलं लिंगस्य सूकरः ॥ तावत्कालं गतश्चोर्द्ध्वमहमप्यरिसूदन ॥६१॥
The Boar did not find even the smallest trace of the root of the Liṅga. O, destroyer of enemies, I too spent the same time in going up.
english translation
सत्वरं सर्वयत्नेन तस्यान्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छया ॥ श्रान्तो न दृष्ट्वा तस्यांतमहं कालादधोगतः ॥६२॥
From a desire to know its top as quickly as possible I exerted myself and was exhausted. Unable to see the top I came down after some time.
english translation
तथैव भगवान्विष्णुश्चांतं कमललोचनः ॥ सर्वदेवनिभस्तूर्णमुत्थितस्स महावपुः ॥ ६३ ॥
Similarly, lord Viṣṇu, the lotus-eyed, too became weary. Appearing like the lord of everything in his huge body he too rose up.
english translation
समागतो मया सार्द्धं प्रणिपत्य भवं मुहुः ॥ मायया मोहितश्शंभोस्तस्थौ संविग्नमानसः ॥ ६४ ॥
As soon as he came up, we bowed to Śiva again and again. He stood aside with a gloomy mind as he too was deluded by the illusion of Śiva.
english translation
पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतश्चैव ह्यग्रतः परमेश्वरम् ॥ प्रणिपत्य मया सार्द्धं सस्मार किमिदं त्विति ॥६५॥
We bowed down to Liṅga at His back, sides and in front. He mused within himself “What can this be?”
english translation