देहत्यागश्च राजर्षेर्विष्णुरातस्य धीमत: । शाखाप्रणयनमृषेर्मार्कण्डेयस्य सत्कथा । महापुरुषविन्यास: सूर्यस्य जगदात्मन: ॥ ४५ ॥
deha-tyāgaś ca rājarṣer viṣṇu-rātasya dhīmataḥ śākhā-praṇayanam ṛṣer mārkaṇḍeyasya sat-kathā mahā-puruṣa-vinyāsaḥ sūryasya jagad-ātmanaḥ
- deha-tyāgaḥ
- the relinquishing of his body
- ca
- and
- rāja-ṛṣeḥ
- by the saintly king
- viṣṇu-rātasya
- Parīkṣit
- dhī-mataḥ
- the intelligent
- śākhā
- of the branches of the Vedas
- praṇayanam
- the dissemination
- ṛṣeḥ
- from the great sage Vyāsadeva
- mārkaṇḍeyasya
- of Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi
- sat-kathā
- the pious narration
- mahā-puruṣa
- of the universal form of the Lord
- vinyāsaḥ
- the detailed arrangement
- sūryasya
- of the sun
- jagat-ātmanaḥ
- who is the soul of the universe
There are also an account of the passing away of the wise and saintly King Viṣṇurāta [Parīkṣit], an explanation of how Śrīla Vyāsadeva disseminated the branches of the Vedas, a pious narration concerning Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, and a description of the detailed arrangement of the Lord’s universal form and His form as the sun, the soul of the universe.