यजन्ति त्वाम् अहरहस् त्वां मूर्तित्वं समाश्रितम् पिता माता च सर्वस्य दैवतं त्वं हि शाश्वतम्
They worship you day and night, taking refuge in your forms; you are the eternal divinity, the father and mother of all.
यजसे पितरं कं त्वं देवं वापि न विद्महे
Which ancestor or god should you worship? We do not know.
अवाच्यम् एतद् वक्तव्यं परं गुह्यं सनातनम् त्वयि भक्तिमति ब्रह्मन् प्रवक्ष्यामि यथातथम्
This is not to be spoken, yet it must be told; it is the supreme, eternal secret. Because you are devoted, O Brahmin, I will declare it to you just as it is.
यत् तत् सूक्ष्मम् अविज्ञेयम् अव्यक्तम् अचलं ध्रुवम् इन्द्रियैर् इन्द्रियार्थैश् च सर्वभूतैर् विवर्जितम्
That which is subtle, unknowable, unmanifest, unmoving, and constant—devoid of the senses, sense-objects, and all beings—
स ह्य् अन्तरात्मा भूतानां क्षेत्रज्ञश् चैव कथ्यते त्रिगुणाद् व्यतिरिक्तो ऽसौ पुरुषश् चैव कल्पितः
He is indeed called the inner self of beings, and also the knower of the field; distinct from the three qualities, he is also conceived as the Person.
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् सैव बुद्धिर् इति स्मृतः महान् इति च योगेषु प्रधानम् इति कथ्यते
He is known as the blessed Hiraṇyagarbha, as intellect, as the great principle in yoga, and as the primordial matter.
सांख्ये च कथ्यते योगे नामभिर् बहुधात्मकः स च त्रिरूपो विश्वात्मा शर्वो ऽक्षर इति स्मृतः
In Sāṃkhya he is described, in yoga by many names and forms; he is threefold, the soul of the universe, remembered as Śarva and the imperishable.
धृतम् एकात्मकं तेन त्रैलोक्यम् इदम् आत्मना अशरीरः शरीरेषु सर्वेषु निवसत्य् असौ
By him, who is of single essence, this threefold world is sustained; bodiless, he dwells within all bodies.
वसन्न् अपि शरीरेषु न स लिप्येत कर्मभिः ममान्तरात्मा तव च ये चान्ये देहसंस्थिताः
Though residing in bodies, he is not tainted by actions; he is the inner self of mine, of yours, and of all others who dwell in bodies.
सर्वेषां साक्षिभूतो ऽसौ न ग्राह्यः केनचित् क्वचित् सगुणो निर्गुणो विश्वो ज्ञानगम्यो ह्य् असौ स्मृतः
He is the witness of all, yet cannot be grasped by anyone anywhere; possessed of qualities and without qualities, universal, he is known as attainable through knowledge.
सर्वतःपाणिपादान्तः सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुखः सर्वतःश्रुतिमांल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य तिष्ठति
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and faces everywhere, with ears everywhere in the world, he stands pervading all.
विश्वमूर्धा विश्वभुजो विश्वपादाक्षिनासिकः एकश् चरति वै क्षेत्रे स्वैरचारी यथासुखम्
With the universe as his head, arms, feet, eyes, and nose, he alone moves in the field, freely, as he pleases.
क्षेत्राणीह शरीराणि तेषां चैव यथासुखम् तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते
Here, the bodies are the fields; he, the soul of yoga, knows them as he wishes, and thus is called the knower of the field.
अव्यक्ते च पुरे शेते पुरुषस् तेन चोच्यते विश्वं बहुविधं ज्ञेयं स च सर्वत्र उच्यते
He lies in the unmanifest city, and thus is called the Person; the universe, manifold and knowable, is said to be him everywhere.
तस्मात् स बहुरूपत्वाद् विश्वरूप इति स्मृतः तस्यैकस्य महत्त्वं हि स चैकः पुरुषः स्मृतः
Therefore, because of his manifold forms, he is remembered as the Universal Form; yet his greatness is one, and he is remembered as the One Person.
महापुरुषशब्दं हि बिभर्त्य् एकः सनातनः स तु विधिक्रियायत्तः सृजत्य् आत्मानम् आत्मना
He alone, eternal, bears the name 'Great Person'; subject to the order of creation, he brings forth himself by himself.
शतधा सहस्रधा चैव तथा शतसहस्रधा कोटिशश् च करोत्य् एष प्रत्यगात्मानम् आत्मना
He, the inner self, creates himself a hundredfold, a thousandfold, a hundred thousandfold, and by the millions.
आकाशात् पतितं तोयं याति स्वाद्वन्तरं यथा भूमे रसविशेषेण तथा गुणरसात् तु सः
Just as water fallen from the sky enters the earth, each according to its own quality, so does he enter the essence of qualities.
एक एव यथा वायुर् देहेष्व् एव हि पञ्चधा एकत्वं च पृथक्त्वं च तथा तस्य न संशयः
As the single wind, though one, becomes fivefold in bodies, so too is his unity and diversity—of this there is no doubt.
स्थानान्तरविशेषाच् च यथाग्निर् लभते पराम् संज्ञां तथा मुने सो ऽयं ब्रह्मादिषु तथाप्नुयात्
Just as fire, by differences of place, attains distinct names, so, O sage, does he attain such designations among Brahmā and the others.
यथा दीपसहस्राणि दीप एकः प्रसूयते तथा रूपसहस्राणि स एकः संप्रसूयते
Just as from a single lamp, thousands of lamps are kindled, so from the One, thousands of forms are produced.
यदा स बुध्यत्य् आत्मानं तदा भवति केवलः एकत्वप्रलये चास्य बहुत्वं च प्रवर्तते
When he realizes his own self, then he becomes alone; but when dissolution into oneness occurs, multiplicity arises from him.
नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् अक्षयश् चाप्रमेयश् च सर्वगश् च स उच्यते
In this world, there is nothing—whether moving or unmoving—that is eternal; he alone is said to be imperishable, immeasurable, and all-pervading.
तस्माद् अव्यक्तम् उत्पन्नं त्रिगुणं द्विजसत्तमाः अव्यक्ताव्यक्तभावस्था या सा प्रकृतिर् उच्यते
Therefore, O best of twice-born, from the unmanifest is produced the threefold nature; that which abides as both manifest and unmanifest is called Prakriti.
तां योनिं ब्रह्मणो विद्धि यो ऽसौ सदसदात्मकः लोके च पूज्यते यो ऽसौ दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि
Know that as the womb of Brahman, which is of the nature of both being and non-being, and which is revered in the world in all rites, both divine and ancestral.
नास्ति तस्मात् परो ह्य् अन्यः पिता देवो ऽपि वा द्विजाः आत्मना स तु विज्ञेयस् ततस् तं पूजयाम्य् अहम्
There is truly no one higher than that—not father, nor even god, O twice-born; he is to be known as the self, and therefore I worship him.
स्वर्गेष्व् अपि हि ये केचित् तं नमस्यन्ति देहिनः तेन गच्छन्ति देवर्षे तेनोद्दिष्टफलां गतिम्
Even those who dwell in heaven, embodied beings, bow to him; by him they attain the path of the gods and the fruit destined by the seers.
तं देवाः स्वाश्रमस्थाश् च नानामूर्तिसमाश्रिताः भक्त्या संपूजयन्त्य् आद्यं गतिश् चैषां ददाति सः
The gods and those established in their own ashramas, taking refuge in his various forms, worship with devotion the primordial one, and he grants them their goal.
स हि सर्वगतश् चैव निर्गुणश् चैव कथ्यते एवं मत्वा यथाज्ञानं पूजयामि दिवाकरम्
He is indeed said to be all-pervading and without qualities; thus, understanding as much as I know, I worship the Sun.
ये च तद्भाविता लोक एकतत्त्वं समाश्रिताः एतद् अप्य् अधिकं तेषां यद् एकं प्रविशन्त्य् उत
And those people whose minds are absorbed in him, who have taken refuge in the one principle, for them this too is supreme—that they enter the One.