पुंसां लक्षं पितॄणां च शतं मातामहस्य च
For men, a hundred thousand; for ancestors, a hundred; and for the maternal grandfather,
सहोदरं कलत्रं च वक्तुं शिष्यं च किङ्करम्
A brother, a wife, as well as a disciple and a servant,
स्वात्मानं च सतीर्थ्यं च गुरुपत्नीं गुरोः सुतम्
One's own self, a fellow pilgrim, the guru's wife, and the guru's son,
मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः
By the mere act of receiving the mantra, a man becomes liberated while living.
अनेकजन्मपर्य्यन्तं दीक्षाहीनो भवेन्नरः
Without initiation, a man remains so for countless births.
सप्तजन्मसु देवानां कृत्वा सेवां स्वकर्मतः
Serving the gods for seven births, according to one's own actions,
जन्मत्रयं भास्करं च सेवित्वा मानवः शुचिः
After serving the Sun for three lifetimes, a man becomes pure.
जन्मत्रयं तं निषेव्य निर्विघ्नश्च भवेन्नरः 2.36.
By serving him for three lifetimes, a man becomes free from obstacles.
तदा ज्ञानप्रदीपेन समालोच्य महामतिः
Then, with the lamp of knowledge, the wise one reflects.
प्रकृतिं विष्णुमायां च दुर्गां दुर्गतिनाशिनीम्
He contemplates Prakriti, Vishnu's Maya, Durga, the destroyer of misfortune.
वाणीरूपां च पद्मां च भद्रां कृष्णप्रियात्मिकाम्
Also Sarasvati in the form of speech, Lakshmi, Bhadrā, and the beloved essence of Krishna.
तत्प्रसादाद्भवेज्ज्ञानी ज्ञानानन्दं तदा भजेत्
By her grace, one becomes wise and then attains the bliss of knowledge.
शिवं शिवस्वरूपं च शिवदं शिवकारणम्
He contemplates Shiva, the embodiment of auspiciousness, the giver and cause of auspiciousness.
सुखदं मोक्षदं चैव दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्
The giver of happiness and liberation, the bestower of all wealth.
इन्द्रत्वं च मनुत्वं च दातुं शक्तं च लीलया
He is able, by his play, to grant the status of Indra or Manu.
जन्मत्रयं तमाराध्य चाशुतोषप्रसादतः
By worshipping him for three lifetimes, and through his easily obtained grace,
वरदस्य वरेणैव हरिभक्तिं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
By the boon of the giver of boons, one certainly attains devotion to Hari.
निर्म्मलज्ञानदीपेन प्रदीप्तेन च तत्त्ववित् 2.36.
With the pure lamp of knowledge burning, the knower of truth shines.
दयानिधेः प्रसादेन निर्मलज्ञानमालभेत् ११! यत्र देहे लभेन्मन्त्रं तद्देहावधि भारते
By the grace of the ocean of compassion, one attains pure knowledge; wherever he receives the mantra in the body, in that body in Bharata,
तत्पाञ्चभौतिकं त्यक्त्वा बिभृयाद्दिव्यरूपकम्
Abandoning that body made of the five elements, he assumes a divine form.
परमानन्दसंयुक्तो मोहादिषु विवर्जितः
United with supreme bliss, free from delusion and the like.
पुनश्च न पिबेत्क्षीरं धृत्वा मातृस्तनं परम्
He does not again drink milk, nor take the mother's breast as before.
स्वधर्मिणां च भिक्षूणां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
For monks devoted to their own dharma, there is no further birth.
अयं निरूपितो धात्रा स्वधर्मस्तीर्थसेविनाम्
This is the dharma established by the Creator for those who observe holy places.
व्रतोपवासरत इत्युक्तो वै विष्णुसेविनाम्
One who is devoted to vows and fasting is said to be a servant of Viṣṇu.
समा बुद्धिर्यस्य शश्वत्स संन्यासीति कीर्तितः
He whose mind is always even is called a renunciant.
नित्यं प्रवासी नैकत्र स्यात्संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः 2.36.
He who is always a wanderer and does not stay in one place is called a renunciant.
किन्तु किंचिन्न याचेत स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
But he who does not beg for anything at all is called a renunciant.
ध्यायेन्नारायणं शश्वत्स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who always meditates on Nārāyaṇa is called a renunciant.
सर्वं ब्रह्ममयं पश्येत्स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who sees everything as pervaded by Brahman is called a renunciant.