पूर्वा दिशं गतो नित्यमुदयाचलमक्रमम्
He who always goes to the eastern direction, ascending the mountain of sunrise.
नाशयित्वा तमो यस्तु क्रियाः सर्वाः प्रवर्तयेत्
He who, having destroyed darkness, sets all actions in motion.
गार्हपत्येन विधिना तद्वद्धार्येण कर्मणा प्रोक्षणीयव्रतं चैव अवभृथं तथैव च
By the method of the gārhapatya fire, and likewise by the prescribed act of the ācārya, as well as the rite of sprinkling and the avabhṛtha bath.
सर्वानिमांश्च यश्चक्रे हव्यभागप्रदान्मुखे 1.157.
He who made all these, giving the shares of the oblations at the mouth.
भागार्थे मधुधानाय चक्रे यो यज्ञकर्मणि
He who, for the sake of shares and for the honey-offering, performed the sacrificial act.
यज्ञानि च द्रव्याणि यज्ञांश्चापि सऋत्विजः
He who made the sacrifices, the materials, the sacrifices themselves, and also the officiating priests.
विबभाज पुरा सर्वं पारमेष्ठयेन कर्मणा
Long ago, by the supreme act, he divided all things.
क्षणान्कलाश्च काष्ठाश्च कालवैकल्यमेव च
Moments, minutes, and hours, and even the divisions of time.
ऋतवः कालयोगाश्च प्रमाणं विविधं नृषु
The seasons, the conjunctions of time, and the various measures among people.
सृष्टा लोकास्त्रयोनंता येन ज्ञानेन वर्त्मना
The worlds, threefold and endless, were created by the path of knowledge.
प्रणामत्रयपूर्वेण योगेन रमते च यः
He who delights through yoga preceded by the threefold salutation.
यो गतिर्वृषयुक्तानां गतिर्योऽपापकर्मणाम्
He who is the movement of those yoked to virtue, and the movement of those with evil deeds.
धातुवैद्यस्य यो वेत्ता चतुराश्रमसंश्रयः
He who knows the essence of the elements, who abides in the four stages of life.
अग्नीषोमात्मकं ज्योतिर्योगीशः क्षणदांतकः 1.157.
The lord of yogis, whose light is of the nature of Agni and Soma, who is the ender of nights.
यं परं परमं प्राहुः परमात्मानमच्युतम्
Whom they call the supreme, the highest, the imperishable Supreme Self.
युगांतेष्वतंको यस्तु यश्च लोकांतकोत्तमः
He who is the terror at the end of the ages, and the highest at the end of the worlds.
वेत्ता यो वेदविदुषां प्रभुर्यः प्रभविष्णुनाम्
He who is the knower among those learned in the Vedas, the lord among the mighty.
मानुषाणां मनोभूतस्तपोभूतस्तपस्विनाम्
He who is the mind among humans, the austerity among ascetics.
विग्रहो विग्रहाणां च गतिर्गतिमतामपि देवाहुतिप्रदानोद्यत्प्राणाग्निस्तमनाशनः
He is the form among forms, the movement among movers, the fire of breath striving for the offering to the gods, the eater of darkness.
रसाद्धि शोणितं भवति शोणितान्मांसमुच्यते
From essence, blood arises; from blood, flesh is said to be produced.
अस्थिमज्ज्ञः समभवत्ततो वै शुक्रमादिशेत् तत्रापः प्रथमो भागः स सौम्यो राशिरुच्यते
Bone and marrow are formed; then semen is said to arise. There, water is the first part, which is called the lunar portion.
ततः क्ष्मासंभवो ज्ञेयो द्वितीयो राशिरुच्यते
Then, the origin from earth is to be known as the second portion.
भवो रसात्मकस्तेषां वीर्यं च शशिपावकम्
Their origin is of essence; their vigor is the fire and the moon.
कफस्य पृथिवी स्थानं पित्तं नाभौ प्रतिष्ठितम् नाभिकोष्ठांतरस्थं तु तत्र देवो दिवाकरः ।।1.157.
The place of phlegm is earth; bile is established in the navel. The sun god dwells within the navel cavity.
मनः प्रजापतिर्ज्ञेयः कफः सोमो विभाव्यते
The mind is to be known as Prajapati; phlegm is manifest as Soma.
एवं प्रवर्तिते गर्भे वर्धितेंऽबुदसन्निभे
Thus, when the embryo is established and grows, resembling a water bubble.
ततोंऽगानि विसृजते बिभर्ति परिवर्तयन्
Then he releases the limbs, sustaining them as he transforms.
प्राणोस्य प्रथमं स्थानं वर्धयन्परिवर्तते व्यानोऽथ व्यापको देहे समानः सन्निवर्तते
His breath, being the first seat, grows and circulates; then vyāna, the all-pervading one in the body, and samāna, return to their places.
भूतावाप्तिस्ततस्तस्य जायतींद्रियगोचरा
From that, the attainment of the elements arises, and the range of the senses is born.
तस्येंद्रियाणि पिष्टानि स्वंस्वं योगं प्रचक्रमुः
His senses, having been formed, each engaged in their own function.