आश्रमाणां गृहस्थोऽहं संन्यासी च विवेकिनाम् । सुदर्शनं च शस्त्राणां कुशलं च शुभाशिषाम्
Among the stages of life, I am the householder; among those who discern, I am the renunciant; among weapons, I am the Sudarshana; among auspicious blessings, I am skillfulness.
एश्वर्याणां महाज्ञानं वैराग्यं च सुखेष्वहम् । मि (इ) ष्टवाक्यं प्रीतिदेषु दानेषु चाऽऽत्मदानकम्
Among powers, I am great knowledge; among pleasures, I am detachment; among words that bring delight, I am pleasing speech; among gifts, I am the gift of the self.
संचयेषु धर्मकर्म कर्मणां च मदर्चनम् । कठोरेषु तपश्चाहं फलेषु मोक्ष एव च
Among accumulations, I am righteous action; among actions, I am worship of me; among austerities, I am the severe penance; among fruits, I am liberation.
अष्टसिद्धिषु प्राकाम्यमहं काशीपुरीषु च । नगरेषु तथा काञ्ची स देशो यत्र वैष्णवः
Among the eight siddhis, I am prakamya; among cities, I am Kashi; likewise, among towns, I am Kanchi—the land where Vaishnavas dwell.
सर्वाधारेषु स्थूलेषु अहमेव महान्विराट् । परमाणुरहं विश्वे महासूक्ष्मेषु नित्यशः
Among all foundations and gross things, I alone am the great Virat; in the universe, among the most subtle, I am the supreme atom, eternally.
वैद्यानामश्विनीपुत्रौ जौषधीषु रसायनम् । धन्वन्तरीर्मन्त्रविदां विषादः क्षयकारिणाम्
Among physicians, I am the Ashvini twins; among medicines, I am the elixir; among those who know mantras, I am Dhanvantari; among those who cause decline, I am despair.
रागाणां मेघमल्लारः कामोदस्तत्प्रियासु च । मत्पार्षदेषु श्रीदामा मद्वन्वुष्वहमुद्धवः
Among musical modes, I am Meghamallara; among those dear to that mode, I am Kamoda; among my attendants, I am Shridama; among my forest dwellers, I am Uddhava.
पशुजन्तुषु गौश्चहं चन्दनं काननेषु च । तीर्थपूतश्च पूतेषु निःशङ्केषु च वैष्णवः
Among animals, I am the cow; among forest trees, I am sandalwood; among the pure, I am purified by pilgrimage; among the fearless, I am the Vaishnava.
न वैष्णवात्परः प्राणी मन्मन्त्रोपासकश्च यः । वृक्षेष्वङ्कुररूपोऽहमाकारः सर्ववस्तुषु
There is no being greater than a Vaishnava, nor one who worships me with mantra; among trees, I am the sprout; among all objects, I am their form.
अहं च सर्वभूतेषु मयि सर्वे च संततम् । यथा वृक्षे फलान्येव फलेषु चाङ्कुरस्तरोः
I am present in all beings, and all are always in me—just as fruits are in the tree, and in the fruits, the sprout of the tree.
सर्वकारणरूपोऽहं न च मत्कारणं परम् । सर्वेशीऽहं न मेऽपीशो ह्यहं कारणकारणम्
I am the form of all causes, and there is no higher cause than me; I am the supreme mistress of all, and for me there is no lord; indeed, I am the cause of all causes.
सर्वेषां सर्वबीजानां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । मन्मायामोहितजना मां न जानन्ति पापिनः
The wise declare me to be the source of all beings and all seeds; but those deluded by my own maya, the sinful, do not know me.
पापग्रस्तेन दुर्बुद्ध्या विधिना वञ्चितेन च । स्वात्माऽहं सर्वजन्तूनां स्वाम्यहं नादृतः स्वयम्
Though I am the very self of all creatures, and their true master, I am not honored by those whose minds are clouded by sin and deceived by fate.
यत्राहं शक्तयस्तत्र क्षुत्पिपासादयस्तथा । गते मयि तथा यान्ति नरदेहे (वे) यथाऽनुगाः
Wherever I am, there too are the powers, along with hunger, thirst, and the rest; when I depart, they also depart from the human body, following after me.
हे व्रजेश नन्द तात ज्ञानं ज्ञात्वा व्रजं व्रज । कथयस्व च तां राधां यशोदां ज्ञानमेव च
O king of Vraja, Nanda, my father, having understood this knowledge, go to Vraja and tell Radha, Yashoda, and also impart this knowledge.
ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानं व्रजेशश्च जगाम स्वानुगैः सह । गत्वा च कथयामास ते द्वे च योषितां वरे
Having understood this knowledge, the lord of Vraja went together with his followers; and arriving there, he spoke it to those two foremost among women.
ते च सर्वे जहः शोकं महाज्ञानेन नारद । कृष्णो यद्यपि निर्लिप्तो मायेशो मायया रतः
And all of them, O Narada, abandoned their sorrow through this great knowledge; though Krishna is untouched, the lord of maya, yet he delights in maya.
यशोदया प्रेरितश्च पुनरागत्य माधवम् । तुष्टाव परमानन्दं नन्दश्च नन्दनन्दनम्
Urged by Yashoda, Nanda returned to Madhava and praised the blissful one, the son of Nanda.
सामवेदोक्तस्तोत्रेण कृतेन ब्रह्मणा पुरा । पुत्रस्य पुरतः स्थित्वा रुरोद च पुनः पुनः
Standing before his son, he recited the hymn from the Sama Veda, composed by Brahma in ancient times, and wept again and again.
अथ चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णः परमानन्दः परिपूर्णतमः प्रभुः । परमात्मा च परमो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः
Narayana said: Sri Krishna, the supreme bliss, the most complete lord, the supreme self, is the highest, bestower of grace to devotees.
भुवो भारावतरणो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः । परात्पनस्तु भगवान्ब्रह्मेशशेषवन्दितः
He who relieves the burden of the earth, who is beyond qualities and beyond nature, the supreme soul, the blessed lord, worshipped by Brahma, Shiva, and Shesha.
तुष्टो नन्दस्तवं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच जगत्पतिः । आगच्छन्तं गोकुलाच्च विरहज्वरकातरम्
Pleased by Nanda's hymn, the lord of the world spoke to him as he came from Gokula, afflicted by the fever of separation.
श्रीभगवानुवाच गच्छ नन्दव्रजं नन्द त्यज शोकं भ्रमं भुवि । शृणु सत्यं परं ज्ञानं शोकग्रन्थिनिकृन्तनम्
The Blessed Lord said: Go, Nanda, to Vraja; abandon sorrow and confusion on earth; hear the supreme truth, the highest knowledge, which cuts the knot of grief.
वायुश्च भूमिराकाशो जलं तेजश्च पञ्चमम् । उक्तः श्रुतिगणैरेतैः पञ्चभूतैश्च नित्यशः
Air, earth, space, water, and the fifth, fire—these are declared by the many scriptures to be the five elements, always present.
सर्वैषां देहिनां तात देहश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मिथ्याभ्रमः कृत्रिमश्च स्वप्नवन्माययाऽन्वितः
The body of all embodied beings, O father, is made of these five elements; it is a false, artificial illusion, like a dream, endowed with maya.
देहं गृह्णन्ति सर्वैषां पञ्चभूतानि नित्यशः । मायासंकेतरूपं तदभिज्ञानं भ्रमात्मकम्
These five elements always assume the form of the body for all; that form, marked by maya, is recognized through delusion.
को वा कस्य सुनस्तात का स्त्री कस्य पतिस्तु वा । कर्मणा भ्रमणं शश्वत्सर्वेषां भूरिजन्मनि
Who is whose son, O father? Who is a woman, and whose husband is she? Through karma, all wander endlessly, in countless births.
कर्मणा जायन्ते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकं कर्मणा च प्रपद्यते
By karma beings are born, and by karma alone they perish; happiness, sorrow, fear, and grief—all are attained through karma.
केषां वा जन्म स्वर्गेषु केषां वा ब्रह्मणो गृहे । केषां विप्रेषु क्षत्रेषु केषां वा बैश्यशूद्रयोः
For some, birth occurs in the heavenly realms; for others, in the house of Brahma. For some, among Brahmins and Kshatriyas; for others, among Vaishyas and Shudras.
अतिनीचेषु केषां वा केषां कृमिषु विट्सु च । पशुपक्षिषु केषां वा केषां वा क्षुद्रजन्तुषु
For some, among those of extremely low status; for others, among worms and in excrement. For some, among animals and birds; for others, among small creatures.