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.
ज्ञानं चात्र मृते लोके मूर्तिर्भवति तस्य वै । व्रतं विनाऽपि मन्त्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः
Here, knowledge becomes embodied in the world of the dead; even without observance, by the mantra, one is liberated while living—no doubt.
व्रजं कुरु पवित्रं च व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । पापं यद्दर्शने तात कथयामि निशामय
Go to the pure Vraja, O Lord of Vraja, go to Vraja; I will tell you, dear one, listen, of the sin destroyed by its sight.
दुःस्वप्नं पापबौजं च केवलं विघ्नकारणम् । गोघ्नं च ब्राह्मणघ्नं वा कृतघ्नं कृटिलं तथा
An evil dream, sinful food, and anything that causes obstacles; the killing of a cow, the killing of a Brahmin, ingratitude, and deceit.
देवघ्नं पितृमातृघ्नं पापं विश्ववासघातिनम् । मिथ्यासाक्षिप्रदातारं यं चाऽऽतिथ्यविवञ्चनम्
The killing of a deity, the killing of one's father or mother, sin, the slaying of a universal benefactor; bearing false witness and deceiving a guest.
ग्रामयाजिनमेवेति देवविप्रस्वहारिणम् । अश्वत्थघातिनं दुष्टं शिवविष्णुविनिन्दकम्
One who sacrifices for the village alone, who steals from gods or Brahmins; the wicked killer of a fig tree, and one who reviles Shiva or Vishnu.
अदीक्षितमनाचारं संध्याहीनं द्विजं तथा । देवलं वृषवाहं च शूद्राणां सूपकारकम्
A twice-born who is undedicated, without proper conduct, who neglects the twilight rites; a temple servant, a bull-handler, and one who cooks for Shudras.
शवदाहं च शूद्राणां शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजिनम् । अवीरां छिन्ननासां च देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकाम्
One who cremates corpses for Shudras, who eats food from Shudra funeral rites; a woman without virtue, with a severed nose, and one who reviles gods or Brahmins.
पदिभक्तिविङीनां च विष्णुभक्तिविहीनकाम् । शूद्राणां विधवां चैव चाण्डालीं व्यभिचारिणीम्
One devoid of devotion to the feet, lacking devotion to Vishnu; a Shudra widow, a Chandala woman, and one who is adulterous.
शश्वत्कोपयुतं दुष्टमृणग्रस्तं च जारजम् । चौरं मिथ्यावादिनं च शरणागतयायिनम्
One who is perpetually angry, wicked, afflicted by debt, born of adultery; a thief, a liar, and one who abandons those who seek refuge.
मांसापहारिणं चैव ब्रह्मणं वृषलीपतिम् । ब्राह्मणीगामिरं शूद्र द्विजं वाधुर्षिकं तथा
One who takes meat, a Brahmin who marries a low-caste woman; a Brahmin who goes to a Shudra woman, or a twice-born who acts as a butcher.