नारायण उवाच आध्यात्मिको महायोगो न ज्ञातो योगिनामवि । स च नानाप्रकारश्च सर्वं वेत्ति हरिः स्वयम्
Nārāyaṇa said: The supreme yogic knowledge is not known even to the yogis; it has many forms, and Hari himself knows them all.
किंचिदाध्यात्मिकं चैव गोनोके राधिकेश्वरः । सुप्रीतः कथायामास त्रिपुरारिं यथा मुने
In Goloka, the Lord of Rādhā, pleased, narrated some of this spiritual wisdom, O sage, just as he once told Tripurāri.
सहस्रेन्द्रनिपातान्तं तपः कुर्वन्तमीश्वरम् । श्रेष्ठं ज्येष्ठं वैष्णवानां वरिष्ठं च तपस्विनाम्
He saw the Lord, the foremost and eldest among the Vaiṣṇavas, the best of ascetics, performing austerities until the fall of a thousand Indras.
पुष्करे दुष्करं तप्त्वा पाद्मे पाद्मं च पद्मजः । दृष्ट्वा तं सादरं कृष्ण उवाच किंचिदेवतम्
Having performed severe austerities at Puṣkara, and the Padma at Padma, the lotus-born beheld him with reverence, and Kṛṣṇa spoke a little to the god.
शतेन्द्रपातपर्यन्तं कठोरेण कृशोदरम् । निश्चेष्टमस्थिसारं च कृपया च कृपानिधिः
With a body emaciated by harsh austerities lasting as long as a hundred Indras, motionless, reduced to skin and bones, the ocean of mercy spoke out of compassion.
सिंहक्षेत्रे पुरा धर्मं मत्तातं धर्मिणां वरम् । चतुर्दशेन्द्रावच्छिन्नं तपस्तप्त्वा कृशोदरम्
In ancient times, in the lion's field, the best among the righteous, my father, performed austerities, emaciated, for a period marked by fourteen Indras.
पपाठाऽऽयात्मिकं किंचित्कृपया च कृपानिधिः । किचिच्छतेन्द्रावच्छिन्नं मां तपन्तमुवाच सः
The ocean of mercy recited some spiritual wisdom, and seeing me performing austerities for a period marked by a hundred Indras, he spoke to me.
किंचित्सनत्कुमारं च तपन्तं सुचिरं परम् । सुतपन्तमनन्तं च किंचिच्चोवाच नारद
He spoke a little to Sanatkumāra, who was engaged in long and supreme austerities, and also to Ananta, who was performing great penance, O Nārada.
चिरं तपन्तं कपिलं हिमशैले तपस्विनम् । पुष्करे भास्करे किंचित्तपन्तं दुष्करं तपः
He spoke a little to Kapila, the ascetic performing austerities for a long time on the snowy mountain, and to Bhāskara at Puṣkara, undertaking severe penance.
उवाच किंचित्प्रह्लादं किंचिद्दुर्वाससं भृगुम् । एवं निगूढं भक्तं च कृप्या भक्तवत्सलः
He spoke a little to Prahlāda, to Durvāsas, and to Bhṛgu; thus, out of compassion, the Lord, who loves his devotees, addressed his hidden devotee.
क्रीडाकनोवरे रम्ये यदुवाच कृपानिधिः । शोकार्तां राधिकां तच्च कथायामि निशामय
In the beautiful grove of play, the ocean of mercy, Yadu, spoke: Listen as I recount to you the story of Rādhikā, afflicted by sorrow.
विरसं रसिकां दृष्ट्वा वासयित्वा च वक्षसि । उवाचाऽऽध्यात्मिकं किंचिद्योगिनीं योगिनां गुरुः
Seeing the connoisseur of rasa now devoid of taste, and having embraced her to his chest, the guru of yogis spoke some spiritual wisdom to the yoginī.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच जातिस्मरे स्मराऽऽत्मानं कथं विस्मरसि प्रिये । सर्वं गोलोकवृत्तान्तं सुदाम्नः शापमेव च
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O one who remembers past births, why do you forget yourself, beloved? All the events of Goloka, and even Sudāmā's curse, you know.
शापात्किंचिद्दिनं दीने त्वद्विच्छेदो मया सह । भविष्यति महाभागे मेलनं पुनरावयोः
Because of the curse, O noble lady, there will be a brief separation between us for a few days; but soon, our reunion will come again.
पुनरेव गमिष्यामि गोलोकं तं निजालयम् । गत्वा गोपाङ्गनाभिश्च गोपैर्गोलोकवासिभिः
Again I will go to Goloka, that my own abode, together with the cowherd women and the cowherds who dwell in Goloka.
अधुनाऽऽध्यात्मिकं किंचित्तवां वदामि निशामय । शोकध्नं हर्षदं सारं सुखदं मानसस्य च
Now, I will tell you something of the highest spiritual truth—listen: it is the essence that removes sorrow, brings joy, and gives happiness to the mind.
अहं सर्वान्तरात्मा च निर्लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु । विद्यमानश्च सर्वेषु सर्वत्रादृष्ट एव च
I am the inner self of all, untouched by all actions; present in all beings, everywhere, yet unseen.
वायुश्चरति सर्वत्र यथैव सर्ववस्तुषु । न च लिप्तस्तथैवाहं साक्षी च सर्वकर्मणाम्
Just as the wind moves everywhere among all things, yet remains untouched, so too am I—the witness of all actions.
जीवो मत्प्रतिबिम्बश्च सर्वत्र सर्वजीविषु । भोक्ता शुभाशुभानां च कर्ता च कर्मणां सदा
The individual soul is my reflection in all living beings; always the experiencer of good and bad, and the doer of actions.
यथा चलघटेष्वेव मण्डलं चन्द्रमुर्ययोः । भग्नेषु तेषु संश्लिष्टस्तयोरेव तथा मयि
Just as the image of the moon appears in moving water pots, and when they break, the image remains united with the moon, so it is with me.
जीवः श्लिष्टस्तथा काले मृतेषु जीविषु प्रिये । आवां च विद्यमानौ च सततं सर्वजन्तुषु
In the same way, the soul is joined for a time with living beings, O beloved, and we both are always present in all creatures.
आधारश्चाहमाधेयं कार्य च कारणं विना । अये सर्वाणि द्रव्याणि नश्वराणि च सुन्दरि
I am the support, the supported, the effect, and the cause, O beautiful one; all substances are perishable.
आविर्भावाधिकाः कुत्र कुत्रचिन्न्यूनमेव च । ममांशाः केऽपि देवाश्च केचिद्देवाःकलास्तथा
My portions appear with greater or lesser manifestation in various places; some gods are my parts, and some are portions of my energies.
केचित्कलाः कलांशांशास्तदंशांशाश्च केचन । मदंशा प्रकृतिः सूक्ष्मा साच मूर्त्याच पञ्चधा
Some are portions of energies, some are portions of those portions; my own portion is subtle nature, which is also manifest in five forms.
सरस्वती च कमला दुर्गा त्वं चापि वेदसूः । सर्वे देवाः प्राकृतिका यावन्तो मूर्तिधारिणः
Sarasvati, Kamala, Durga, and you, O mother of the Vedas—all gods who possess forms are of nature's origin.
अहमात्मा नित्यदेही भक्तध्यानानुरोधतः । ये ये प्रकृतिका राधे ते नष्टाः प्राकृते लये
I am the self, eternal in form, responsive to the devotion and meditation of my devotees; O Radha, all those of nature are destroyed at the dissolution of nature.
अहमेवाऽऽसमेवाग्रे पश्चादप्यहमेव च । यथाऽहं च तथा त्वं च यथा धावल्यदुग्धयोः
I alone existed before, and I alone exist afterwards; as I am, so are you, just as whiteness is in milk.
भेदः कदाऽपि न भवेन्निश्चितं च तथाऽऽवयोः । अहं महान्विराट् सुषटौ विश्वानि यस्य लोमसु
There is never any difference between us, this is certain; I am the great cosmic form, the universal being, in whose pores the worlds exist.
अंशस्त्वं तत्र महती स्वांशेन तस्य कामिनी । आहं क्षुद्रविराट् सृष्टौ विश्वं यन्नाभिपद्मतः
You are a portion there, the great one, my beloved, by your own part; I am the lesser cosmic form in creation, from whose navel-lotus the world arises.
अयं विष्णोर्लोमकूपे वासो मे चांशतः सति । तस्य स्त्री त्वं च बृहती स्वाशने सुभगा तथा
This universe dwells in a pore of Vishnu's body, and I am present there as a portion; you, O fortunate one, are his great consort, by your own part.