विवेश दीक्षितं तद्वै ब्राह्मणं सोमयाजिनम्
That god entered the initiated Brāhmaṇa, the performer of Soma sacrifices.
तस्मान्नेमं परिवदेन्नाश्लीलं चास्य कीर्त्तयेत्
Therefore, one should not speak ill of him, nor recount anything improper about him.
एवं युक्तान् द्विजानुग्रो देवस्तान्न हिनस्ति वै
The god does not harm those twice-born who are thus devoted.
अष्टमं नाम यत् प्रोक्तं महादेवेति ते मया
The eighth name, which I have declared to you as 'Mahādeva,'
इत्युक्ते यन्मन स्तस्य संकल्पकमभूत्प्रभोः
When this was spoken, that lord's mind became intent on resolve.
तस्माद्विभाव्यते ह्येष महादेवस्तु चन्द्रमाः
Therefore, it is understood that Mahādeva is indeed the Moon.
महादेवः स्मृतः सोमस्तस्यात्मा ह्यौषधीगणः
Mahādeva is remembered as Soma; his essence is truly the host of medicinal plants.
न हन्ति तं महादेवो य एवं वेद तं प्रभुम्
Mahādeva does not harm the one who knows him thus as the Lord.
एकरात्रौ समेयातां सूर्या चन्द्रमसावुभौ
On a single night, both the Sun and the Moon come together.
रुद्राविष्टं सर्वमिदं तनुभिर्न्नामभिश्च ह
All this is pervaded by Rudra, through his forms and names.
सूर्यस्य यत्प्रकाशेन वीक्षन्ते चक्षुषा प्रजाः
By the light of the Sun, creatures see with their eyes.
अद्यते पीयते चैव ह्यन्नपानादिकाम्यया
It is by his desire that food and drink are eaten and drunk.
यया धत्ते प्रजाः सर्वाः स्थिरीभूतेन तेजसा
By that steadfast energy, he sustains all creatures.
या च स्थिता शरीरेषु भूतानां प्राणवृत्तिभिः
That which abides in the bodies of beings as the activity of life-breaths,
पीताशितानि पचति भूतानां जठरेष्विह
He digests what is drunk and eaten in the stomachs of beings here.
यानीह शुषिराणि स्युर्देहेष्वन्तर्गतानि वै
Whatever cavities exist here within bodies, indeed, those within,
वैतान्यादीक्षितानां तु या स्थितिर्ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
The state of those initiated from Vaitānya, who are expounders of Brahman,
यत्तु संकल्पकं तस्य प्रजास्विह समास्थितम्
That which is the source of resolve, among the creatures here, is established.
नवोनवो यो भवति जायमानः पुनःपुनः
That which is ever new, arising again and again,
महादेवो ऽमृतात्मा स चन्द्रमा अम्मयः स्मृतः
Mahādeva, whose essence is immortal, is remembered as the Moon, free from impurity.
पत्नी सुवर्च्चला तस्याः पुत्रश्चास्य शनैश्चरः
His wife is Suvarcalā, and his son is Śanaiścara.
तस्या धात्री स्मृता पत्नी पुत्रश्च उशना स्मृतः
Her wife is remembered as Dhātrī, and her son is known as Uśanā.
तस्याः पत्नी विकेशी तु पुत्रो ऽस्याङ्गारकः स्मृतः
Her wife is Vikeśī, and her son is remembered as Aṅgāraka.
तस्याः पत्नी शिवा नाम पुत्रश्चास्या मनोजवः
Her wife is named Śivā, and her son is Manojava.
नाम्ना पशुपतेर्या तु तनुरग्निर्द्विजैः स्मृता
The form of Paśupati, by name, is remembered by the twice-born as Agni.
नाम्ना षष्ठस्य या भीमा तनुराकाशमुच्यते
The formidable form of the sixth, by name, is called Ākāśa.
अग्रा तनुः सप्तमी या दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः स्मृतः
The foremost, the seventh form, is remembered as the initiated Brāhmaṇa.
नाम्नाष्टमस्य महस्तनुर्या चन्द्रमाः स्मृतः
The great form of the eighth, by name, is remembered as the Moon.
इत्येतास्तनवस्तस्य नामभिः सह कीर्तिताः
Thus these forms of his have been recounted together with their names.
सूर्येप्सूर्व्यां तथा वायावग्नौ व्योम्न्यथ दीक्षिते
In the Sun, the Earth, likewise in Wind, Fire, and Space, and in the initiated,