Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
सत्यधर्ममयः श्रीमान् कर्मविक्रमसत्कृतः / प्रायश्चित्तनखो घोरः पशुजानुर्महामखः
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmān karmavikramasatkṛtaḥ / prāyaścittanakho ghoraḥ paśujānurmahāmakhaḥ
He is auspicious, made of truth and dharma, honoured for the valour of his sacred acts. Atonement is as his claws, terrible in majesty; the sacrificial beasts are his knees—he is the Mahāmākha, the great sacrifice itself.