इदं सवितर्वि जानीहि षड्यमा एक एकजः । तस्मिन् हापित्वमिच्छन्ते य एषामेक एकजः
Know this, O Savitar: six are born together, one is single-born; in him they wish to rest, who is their single-born.
आविः सन् निहितं गुहा जरन् नाम महत्पदम् । तत्रेदं सर्वमार्पितमेजत्प्राणत्प्रतिष्ठितम्
Manifest, yet hidden in the secret, the ancient, the great place; there all this is established, moves, breathes, and is sustained.
एकचक्रं वर्तत एकनेमि सहस्राक्षरं प्र पुरो नि पश्चा । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यदस्यार्धं क्व तद्बभूव
A single wheel revolves with a single rim, a thousand spokes, moving forward and backward; with half of it, it generated the whole world of beings—where did its other half go?
पञ्चवाही वहत्यग्रमेषां प्रष्टयो युक्ता अनुसंवहन्ति । अयातमस्य ददृशे न यातं परं नेदीयोऽवरं दवीयः
Drawn by five, the foremost of these is carried; the yokes are fastened, following in succession; its course is unseen, not having gone, nor is its going seen—one is not nearer, the other not farther.
तिर्यग्बिलश्चमस ऊर्ध्वबुध्नस्तस्मिन् यशो निहितं विश्वरूपम् । तदासत ऋषयः सप्त साकं ये अस्य गोपा महतो बभूवुः
The ladle is crosswise, with its base above; in it is placed the glory, of manifold forms; there sat together the seven sages, who became the guardians of its greatness.
या पुरस्ताद्युज्यते या च पश्चाद्या विश्वतो युज्यते या च सर्वतः । यया यज्ञः प्राङ्तायते तां त्वा पृच्छामि कतमा सर्चाम्
That which is yoked in front, that which is yoked behind, that which is yoked on all sides, and that which is yoked everywhere—by which the sacrifice is extended forward—of these, which one, I ask you, is the sacred verse?
{२६} यदेजति पतति यच्च तिष्ठति प्राणदप्राणन् निमिषच्च यद्भुवत्। तद्दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वरूपं तत्संभूय भवत्येकमेव
Whatever moves, flies, or stands still, whatever breathes or does not breathe, whatever blinks or becomes—this, the earth, of manifold forms, he upholds; by coming together, it becomes one alone.
अनन्तं विततं पुरुत्रानन्तमन्तवच्चा समन्ते । ते नाकपालश्चरति विचिन्वन् विद्वान् भूतमुत भव्यमस्य
Endless, stretched out in many places, infinite, yet bounded on all sides—he, the guardian of heaven, moves about, searching, the wise one, both what has been and what will be of this.
प्रजापतिश्चरति गर्भे अन्तरदृश्यमानो बहुधा वि जायते । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यदस्यार्धं कतमः स केतुः
The Lord of creatures moves within the womb, unseen, yet is born in many forms; with half of him, he generated the whole world of beings—of his other half, which sign is that?
ऊर्ध्वं भरन्तमुदकं कुम्भेनेवोदहार्यम् । पश्यन्ति सर्वे चक्षुषा न सर्वे मनसा विदुः
He bears the water upward, as if with a vessel to be drawn; all see him with their eyes, but not all know him with their mind.
दूरे पूर्णेन वसति दूर ऊनेन हीयते । महद्यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तस्मै बलिं राष्ट्रभृतो भरन्ति
He dwells far away with fullness, but with lack he is diminished; the great lord in the midst of the world, to him the rulers of the people bring tribute.
यतः सूर्यः उदेत्यस्तं यत्र च गच्छति । तदेव मन्येऽहं ज्येष्ठं तदु नात्येति किं चन
From where the sun rises and where it sets—that alone I consider the greatest; nothing at all surpasses that.
ये अर्वाङ्मध्य उत वा पुराणं वेदं विद्वांसमभितो वदन्ति । आदित्यमेव ते परि वदन्ति सर्वे अग्निं द्वितीयं त्रिवृतं च हंसम्
Those who speak of the present, the middle, or the ancient knowledge, all around—these all declare the sun as the first, fire as the second, and the triple-winged swan.
सहस्राह्ण्यं वियतावस्य पक्षौ हरेर्हंसस्य पततः स्वर्गम् । स देवान्त्सर्वान् उरस्युपदद्य संपश्यन् याति भुवनानि विश्वा
With a thousand days, the two wings of the swift swan fly through the sky to heaven; he, placing all the gods on his breast, beholding, goes to all the worlds.
सत्येनोर्ध्वस्तपति ब्रह्मणार्वाङ्वि पश्यति । प्राणेन तिर्यङ्प्राणति यस्मिन् ज्येष्ठमधि श्रितम्
By truth he blazes upward, by the sacred word he looks downward; by breath he moves across, in whom the greatest is established.
यो वै ते विद्यादरणी याभ्यां निर्मथ्यते वसु । स विद्वान् ज्येष्ठं मन्येत स विद्याद्ब्राह्मणं महत्
Whoever knows your two kindling sticks, by which the treasure is produced—he, being wise, should consider the greatest; he should know the great Brāhmaṇa.
{२७} अपादग्रे समभवत्सो अग्रे स्वराभरत्। चतुष्पाद्भूत्वा भोग्यः सर्वमादत्त भोजनम्
At first, he was born without feet, then he bore the sound at the beginning; becoming four-footed, fit for enjoyment, he took all food as his own.
भोग्यो भवदथो अन्नमदद्बहु । यो देवमुत्तरावन्तमुपासातै सनातनम्
He became fit for enjoyment, and then gave much food; whoever worships the eternal god, the one who is beyond, attains him.
सनातनमेनमाहुरुताद्य स्यात्पुनर्णवः । अहोरात्रे प्र जायेते अन्यो अन्यस्य रूपयोः
They call him eternal, yet today he may become new again; day and night are born, each with a different form.
शतं सहस्रमयुतं न्यर्बुदमसंख्येयं स्वमस्मिन् निविष्टम् । तदस्य घ्नन्त्यभिपश्यत एव तस्माद्देवो रोचतेष एतत्
A hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred million—innumerable are his own parts established within him; these, seeing, they strike at him, therefore the god shines forth—this is that.
बालादेकमणीयस्कमुतैकं नेव दृश्यते । ततः परिष्वजीयसी देवता सा मम प्रिया
A child, one very small, and another who is not seen at all; that goddess, more embracing than these, is dear to me.
इयं कल्याण्यजरा मर्त्यस्यामृता गृहे । यस्मै कृता शये स यश्चकार जजार सः
This auspicious one, ageless, is the immortal in the mortal's house; for whom she is made to lie, he who made her, he is worn out.
त्वं स्त्री त्वं पुमान् असि त्वं कुमार उत वा कुमारी॥ त्वं जीर्णो दण्डेन वञ्चसि त्वं जातो भवसि विश्वतोमुखः
You are woman, you are man; you are boy and also girl. You are the old one who walks with a staff; you are born, becoming one with faces in all directions.
उतैषां पितोत वा पुत्र एषामुतैषां ज्येष्ठ उत वा कनिष्ठः । एको ह देवो मनसि प्रविष्टः प्रथमो जातः स उ गर्भे अन्तः
You are their father or their son; you are among them the eldest or the youngest. The one god, entered into the mind, was born first; he is within the womb.
पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदचति पूर्णं पूर्णेन सिच्यते । उतो तदद्य विद्याम यतस्तत्परिषिच्यते
From fullness, fullness arises; fullness is filled with fullness. May we know today from where that is poured forth.
एषा सनत्नी सनमेव जातैषा पुराणी परि सर्वं बभूव । मही देव्युषसो विभाती सैकेनैकेन मिषता वि चष्टे
This one is ancient, ever new, born again and again; she became all, the ancient one. The great goddess, the dawn, shines forth, and with each one, she is seen by the seer.
{२८} अविर्वै नाम देवतर्तेनास्ते परीवृता । तस्या रूपेणेमे वृक्षा हरिता हरितस्रजः
Avirvai is the name of the goddess, by whom all is surrounded; by her form, these trees are green, adorned with green garlands.
अन्ति सन्तं न जहात्यन्ति सन्तं न पश्यति । देवस्य पश्य काव्यं न ममार न जीर्यति
She does not abandon one who is near, yet she does not see one who is near. Behold the wonder of the god: she neither dies nor grows old.
अपूर्वेणेषिता वाचस्ता वदन्ति यथायथम् । वदन्तीर्यत्र गच्छन्ति तदाहुर्ब्राह्मणं महत्
Urged by the unprecedented, they speak words as is fitting; wherever they go, those who speak are said to be the great Brāhmaṇa.
यत्र देवाश्च मनुष्याश्चारा नाभाविव श्रिताः । अपां त्वा पुष्पं पृछामि यत्र तन् मायया हितम्
Where gods and humans, like spokes in a hub, are established, I ask you, flower of the waters, where that is, set by illusion.