सर्वप्राणात्मने तुभ्यं गुणदेहाय वै नमः
Salutations to you, the soul of all living beings, whose body is composed of qualities.
नीलकण्ठाय देवाय चिताभस्माङ्गरागिणे
Salutations to the divine blue-throated one, whose limbs are smeared with ashes from the pyre.
श्मशानवासिने नित्यं प्रेतरूपाय वै नमः
Salutations to you who dwell always in the cremation ground, who assume the form of spirits.
आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां सांख्यैः पुरुष उच्यते
The soul of all beings is called 'puruṣa' by the Sāṅkhya philosophers.
ऋषीणां च वसिष्ठस्त्वं देवानां वासवस्तथा
Among sages, you are Vasiṣṭha; among gods, you are Vāsava.
आरण्यानां च सर्वेषां सिंहस्त्वं परमेश्वरः
Among all forest creatures, you are the lion, O Supreme Lord.
सर्वथा वर्त्तमानो ऽपि योयो भावो भविष्यति
Whatever state exists, or will exist, in any manner—
कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च विषादो मद एव च
Desire, anger, greed, dejection, and intoxication—
महासंहरणे प्राप्ते त्वया देव कृतात्मना
When the great dissolution arrives, O God, you, having become the Self, bring it about.
तेनाग्निना तदा लोका अर्चिर्भिः सर्वतो वृताः
Then, by that fire, the worlds are enveloped everywhere by flames.
यानि चान्यानिभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
And whatever other beings exist, stationary or moving—
अस्माकं दह्यमानानां त्राता भव सुरेश्वर
O Lord of the gods, be our protector as we are being consumed.
महेश्वर महाभाग प्रभो शुभनिरीक्षक
O great Lord Maheśvara, master of auspicious vision.
रूपकोटिसहस्रेषु रूपकोटिशतेषु च
Among thousands of millions of forms, and among hundreds of millions of forms.
ततस्तु भगवानीश इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
Then the blessed Lord spoke these words.
यथोक्तकारिणो दान्ता विप्रा ध्यानपरायणाः
Those who act as instructed, who are restrained, and who are devoted to meditation, O Brāhmans.
न चेमानप्रियं ब्रूयादमुत्रेह हितार्थवान्
Let them not speak what is displeasing here or elsewhere, but always speak for the welfare of others.
एवं चरथ भद्रं वो मत्तः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यथ
Act in this way; may good fortune be yours. From me, you will attain perfection.
अपगतभयलोभमोहचिन्ताः सह पतिताः महसा शिरोभिरूहुः
Freed from fear, greed, delusion, and anxiety, they bowed together with their heads in radiance.
गन्धोदकैः सुशुद्धैश्च कुशपुष्पविमिश्रितैः
With pure scented water, mixed with sacred grass and flowers.
गायन्ति विविधैर्गुह्यैर् हुंकारैश्चापि सुस्वरैः
They sang with various secret chants and with melodious hums.
अर्द्ध नारीशरीराय सांख्ययोगप्रवर्त्तिने
To the one whose body is half female, who initiates the practice of Sāṃkhya and Yoga.
कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयाय व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने
To the one clad in a black antelope skin, wearing a serpent as sacred thread.
मृगपतिवरचर्मवाससे ते पृथुपरशो च नमोस्तु शङ्कराय
To the one dressed in the skin of the lord of beasts, with a broad axe, salutations to Śaṅkara.
वर्णधर्मपराश्चैव चेरुस्ते मुनिसत्तमाः
The foremost sages devoted themselves to the duties of their castes and disciplines.
प्रीतोस्मि युष्मत्तपसा वरं वृणुत मुव्रताः
I am pleased by your austerity; O vow-holders, choose a boon.
भृग्वङ्गिरा वसिष्ठश्च विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च
Bhṛgu, Aṅgirā, Vasiṣṭha, and likewise Viśvāmitra.
मरीचिः कश्यपश्चापि संवर्तश्च महातपाः
Marīci, Kaśyapa, and also Saṃvarta, the great ascetic.
सेव्यासेव्यत्वं तु विभो एतदिच्छाम वेदितुम्
O Lord, we wish to know the distinction between what is to be served and what is not to be served.
अग्निर्ह्यहं सोमयुतः सोमश्चाग्निमुपश्रितः
I am Agni united with Soma, and Soma is established in Agni.