संत्रस्तो भगवान्कृष्णो बोधयामास यत्नतः । परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ददौ तस्मै जगत्पतिः
The Lord Krishna, anxious, carefully awakened him; the Lord of the world bestowed supreme spiritual knowledge upon him.
श्रीभगवानुवाच हे नन्द जनकश्रेष्ठ सर्वश्रेष्ठ व्रजेश्वर । चेतनं कुरु कल्याम ज्ञानं च परमं श्रृणु
The Blessed Lord said: O Nanda, best of fathers, foremost among all, king of Vraja, compose yourself, O auspicious one, and listen to the supreme knowledge.
परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनां च सुदुल्रभम् । वेदशास्त्रे गोपनीयं तुभ्यमेव ददाम्यहम्
This supreme spiritual knowledge is exceedingly rare even for the wise; concealed in the Vedas and scriptures, I give it to you alone.
निबोध श्रूयतां नन्द सानन्दः सुसमाहितः । जन्ममृत्युचराव्याधिर्यदभ्यासान्न जायते
Hear attentively, O Nanda, with joy and concentration: by its practice, birth, death, old age, and disease do not arise.
स्थिरो भव महाराज व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा सदानन्दः शोकमोहविवर्जितः
Be steadfast, O great king, lord of Vraja, return to Vraja; having attained knowledge, you will be ever joyful, free from sorrow and delusion.
जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं संसारं सचराचरम् । प्रभाते स्वप्नवन्मिथ्या मोहकारणमेव च
All of existence, both moving and unmoving, is like a water bubble; in the morning, it is like a dream—false, and the cause of delusion.
मिथ्याकृत्रिमनिर्माणहेतुश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मायया सत्यबुद्ध्या च प्रतीतिं जायते नरः
The cause of false, artificial creation is the five elements; by maya and the conviction of reality, a person perceives it.
कामक्रोधरोभमोहैर्वेष्टितः सर्वकर्मसु । मायया मोहितः शश्वज्ज्ञानहीनश्च दुर्बलः
Bound by desire, anger, pride, and delusion in all actions, deluded by maya, he is ever deprived of knowledge and weak.
निद्रातन्द्राक्षुत्पिपासाक्षमाश्रद्धादयादिभिः । लज्जा शान्तिर्धृतिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिश्चाऽऽभिश्च वेष्टितः
Enveloped by sleep, lethargy, hunger, thirst, patience, faith, compassion, modesty, peace, fortitude, nourishment, satisfaction, and fear.
मनोबुद्धिचेतनाभिः प्राणज्ञानात्मभिः सह । संसक्तः सर्वदेवैश्च यथा वृक्षश्च वायसैः
Attached through mind, intellect, consciousness, life-force, knowledge, and self, together with all the gods, just as a tree is surrounded by crows.
अहमात्मा च सर्वेशः सर्वज्ञानात्मकः स्मृतः । मनो ब्रह्मा च प्रकृतिर्बुद्धिरुपा सनातनी
I am the Self, the Lord of all, remembered as the essence of all knowledge; the mind is Brahma, nature is the eternal intellect.
प्राणा विष्णुश्चेतना सा पद्मा तु चाधिदेवता । मयि स्थिते स्थिताः सर्वे गतास्तेऽपिगते मयि
Life-force is Vishnu, consciousness is Padma, and she is the presiding deity; when I am present, all are present, and when I depart, they depart as well.
अस्माभिश्च विना देहः सद्यः पतति निश्चितम् । पाञ्चभूतो विलीनश्च पञ्चभूतेषु तत्क्षणम्
Without me, the body immediately falls, certainly; composed of the five elements, it dissolves into the five elements at that moment.
नामसंकेतरूपं च निष्फलं मोहकारणम् । शोकश्चाज्ञानिनां तात ज्ञानितां नास्ति किंचन
Name, designation, and form are fruitless and the cause of delusion; O father, sorrow belongs to the ignorant, for the wise there is nothing at all.
निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृते कलाः । लोभादयो ह्यधर्माशास्तथाऽहंकारपञ्चमः
Sleep and other powers, all these are aspects of Prakriti; greed and similar unrighteous impulses, as well as the fifth, egoism.
ते ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राशा गुणाः सत्त्वादयस्त्रयः । ज्ञानात्मकः शिवो ज्योतिरहमात्मा च निर्गुणः
Those qualities—Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra—are the three gunas: sattva and others; Shiva is of the nature of knowledge, light, and I am the self, beyond qualities.
यदा विशामि प्रकृतौ तदाऽहं सगुणः स्मृतः । सगुणा विषया विष्णुप्रह्मरुद्रादयस्तथा
Whenever I enter into Prakriti, then I am considered as possessing qualities; those with qualities are the objects—Vishnu, Brahma, Rudra, and others likewise.
धर्मो मदंशो विषयी शोषः सूर्यः कलानिधिः । एवं सर्वे सत्कलांशा मुनिमन्वादयःसुराः
Dharma is a portion of intoxication, the object is dryness, the sun is the repository of arts; thus, all the virtuous portions—sages, Manus, and gods.
सर्वदेहे प्रविष्टोऽहं न लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु । जीवन्मुक्तश्च मद्भक्तो जन्ममृत्युजराहरः
I enter into all bodies, yet am untouched by all actions; my devotee is liberated while living, and is free from birth, death, and old age.
सर्वसिद्धेश्वरः श्रीमान्कीर्तिमान्पण़्डितः कविः । चतुर्स्त्रिशद्विधः सिद्धः सर्वकर्मोपहारकः
He is the lord of all accomplishments, glorious, renowned, learned, and a poet; perfected in thirty-four ways, the bestower of all actions.
तमुपैमि स्वयं सिद्धं भक्तस्त्वन्यन्न वाञ्छति । द्वाविंशतिविधं सिद्धं सिद्धिसाधनकारणम्
I myself approach that perfected one; the devotee desires nothing else; the twenty-two kinds of perfection are the means for attaining perfection.
मन्मुखाच्छूयतां नन्द सिद्धमन्त्रं गृहाण च । अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यं महिमा तथा
Hear from my mouth, O Nanda, the perfected mantra and receive it: aṇimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, and also mahimā.
ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च तथा कामावसायिता । दूरश्रवणमेवेति परकायप्रवेशनम्
Mastery, control, fulfillment of desires, hearing from afar, entering another's body.
मनोयायित्वमेवेति सर्वज्ञत्वमभीप्सितम् । वह्निस्तम्भं जलस्तम्भं चिरंजीवित्वमेव च
Traveling by mind, omniscience, fire-stopping, water-stopping, and long life.
वायुस्तम्भं क्षुत्पिपासानिद्रास्तम्भनमेव च । कायव्यूहं च वाक्सिद्धिं मृतानयनमौप्सितम्
Stopping wind, hunger, thirst, and sleep; bodily transformation, speech-perfection, and the desired bringing back of the dead.
सृष्टीनां करणं चैव प्राणाकर्षणमेव च । ॐ सर्वेश्वरेश्वराय सर्वदिघ्नविनाशिने मधुसूदनाय स्वाहेति
Creation of worlds and drawing in of life-force; 'Om, to the Lord of all lords, destroyer of all directions, Madhusudana, svaha.'
अयं सन्त्रो महागूढः सर्वेषां कल्पपादपः । सामवेदे च कथितः मिद्धानां सर्वमिद्धिदः
This mantra is most secret, the wish-fulfilling tree for all; it is spoken in the Sama Veda, and grants all desired attainments to the wise.
अनेन योगिनः सिद्धा मुनीन्द्राश्च सुरास्तथा । शतलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेत्सताम्
By this, yogis, perfected sages, and gods too, attain perfection; by reciting it a hundred thousand times, mantra-perfection is achieved by the virtuous.
यदि नारायणक्षेत्रे हविष्यान्नरतो जपेत् । गत्वा कुरु जपं तातकाशिकां मणिकर्णिकाम्
If one recites it in the field of Narayana, while eating sacrificial food, or goes to Kashi and Maṇikarṇika to perform the recitation.
श्रृशु नारायणक्षेत्रै जलाधस्तच्चतुष्टयम् । अत्र नारायणः स्वामी नान्यः स्वामी कदाचन
Hear about the four Narayana fields beneath the waters; here, Narayana is the Lord, and no other is ever the Lord.