ತಸ್ಮಿನ್ನಿರ್ಮನುಜೇಽರಣ್ಯೇ ಪಿಪ್ಪಲೋಪಸ್ಥ ಆಶ್ರಿತಃ । ಆತ್ಮನಾತ್ಮಾನಮಾತ್ಮಸ್ಥಂ ಯಥಾಶ್ರುತಮಚಿನ್ತಯಮ್
In that wild place, sheltered under a pipal tree, I contemplated self and Self within the self exactly as I had heard.
ಧ್ಯಾಯತಶ್ಚರಣಾಂಭೋಜಂ ಭಾವನಿರ್ಜಿತಚೇತಸಾ । ಔತ್ಕಣ್ಠ್ಯಾಶ್ರುಕಲಾಕ್ಷಸ್ಯ ಹೃದ್ಯಾಸೀನ್ಮೇ ಶನೈರ್ಹರಿಃ
Fixing my gaze on the master of my feet and lips, with a mind victorious over emotion, tears welling from my eyes, slowly may Hari dwell in my heart.
ಪ್ರೇಮಾತಿಭರನಿರ್ಭಿನ್ನ ಪುಲಕಾಙ್ಗೋಽತಿನಿರ್ವೃತಃ । ಆನಂದಸಂಪ್ಲವೇ ಲೀನೋ ನಾಪಶ್ಯಮುಭಯಂ ಮುನೇ
Overwhelmed by love, my limbs trembled and collapsed; immersed in a flood of bliss, O sage, I could not perceive any danger.
ರೂಪಂ ಭಗವತೋ ಯತ್ತನ್ ಮನಃಕಾನ್ತಂ ಶುಚಾಪಹಮ್ । ಅಪಶ್ಯನ್ ಸಹಸೋತ್ತಸ್ಥೇ ವೈಕ್ಲವ್ಯಾದ್ ದುರ್ಮನಾ ಇವ
When I suddenly beheld that auspicious, pure‑removing form of the Lord, my heart sank as if seized by faintness and despair.
ದಿದೃಕ್ಷುಸ್ತದಹಂ ಭೂಯಃ ಪ್ರಣಿಧಾಯ ಮನೋ ಹೃದಿ । ವೀಕ್ಷಮಾಣೋಽಪಿ ನಾಪಶ್ಯಂ ಅವಿತೃಪ್ತ ಇವಾತುರಃ
Again and again I wished to see it, fixing my heart and mind upon it; though I strove to look, I could not — like one insatiably sick.
ಏವಂ ಯತನ್ತಂ ವಿಜನೇ ಮಾಮಾಹಾಗೋಚರೋ ಗಿರಾಮ್ । ಗಂಭೀರಶ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಣಯಾ ವಾಚಾ ಶುಚಃ ಪ್ರಶಮಯನ್ನಿವ
Thus striving, I spoke words beyond hearing: with deep, soft speech as if pacifying the pure‑hearted I uttered it aloud.
ಹನ್ತಾಸ್ಮಿನ್ ಜನ್ಮನಿ ಭವಾನ್ ಮಾ ಮಾಂ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಿಹಾರ್ಹತಿ । ಅವಿಪಕ್ವಕಷಾಯಾಣಾಂ ದುರ್ದರ್ಶೋಽಹಂ ಕುಯೋಗಿನಾಮ್
Alas, in this birth you are not fit to behold me; among those of immature temperament I am hard to see, O ascetic.
ಸಕೃದ್ ಯದ್ ದರ್ಶಿತಂ ರೂಪಂ ಏತತ್ಕಾಮಾಯ ತೇಽನಘ । ಮತ್ಕಾಮಃ ಶನಕೈಃ ಸಾಧು ಸರ್ವಾನ್ ಮುಞ್ಚತಿ ಹೃಚ್ಛಯಾನ್
Once the form was shown for your sake, faultless one; gradually, as you rightly long for it, the desire for me frees all attachments in the heart.
ಸತ್ಸೇವಯಾಽದೀರ್ಘಯಾ ತೇ ಜಾತಾ ಮಯಿ ದೃಢಾ ಮತಿಃ । ಹಿತ್ವಾವದ್ಯಮಿಮಂ ಲೋಕಂ ಗನ್ತಾ ಮಜ್ಜನತಾಮಸಿ
By long, faithful service your mind toward me has become firm; having abandoned the impermanent world, go — you are sinking into darkness.
ಮತಿರ್ಮಯಿ ನಿಬದ್ಧೇಯಂ ನ ವಿಪದ್ಯೇತ ಕರ್ಹಿಚಿತ್ । ಪ್ರಜಾಸರ್ಗನಿರೋಧೇಽಪಿ ಸ್ಮೃತಿಶ್ಚ ಮದನುಗ್ರಹಾತ್
Bind your mind to me so it never falls into peril; even to prevent the creation of beings, remember me by my grace.