दृष्टादृष्टविभेदेऽस्मिन्प्राक्त्वत्तो वै पुमान्परः । नान्यः कोऽपि तृतीयोऽस्ति प्रमेये सुविचारिते
In this distinction between seen and unseen, the supreme person arises from you alone; there is no other, no third, when the object of knowledge is thoroughly examined.
न मिथ्या वेदवाक्यं वै कल्पनीयं कदाचन । विरोधोऽयं मयाऽत्यन्तं हृदये तु विशङ्कितः
Never should the words of the Veda be considered false or imagined; this contradiction has been deeply pondered in my heart.
एकमेवाद्वितीयं यद्ब्रह्म वेदा वदन्ति वै । सा किं त्वं वाप्यसौ वा किं सन्देहं विनिवर्तय
That which the Vedas declare as the one, non-dual Brahman—are you that, or is it someone else? Remove my doubt.
निःसंशयं न मे चेतः प्रभवत्यविशङ्कितम् । द्वित्वैकत्वविचारेऽस्मिन्निमग्नं क्षुल्लकं मनः
My mind is not free from doubt, nor is it unwavering; in this inquiry into duality and unity, my small mind is immersed.
स्वमुखेनापि सन्देहं छेत्तुमर्हसि मामकम् । पुण्यभोगाच्च मे प्राप्ता सङ्गतिस्तव पादयोः
You should dispel my doubt with your own words; by the merit of my past deeds, I have attained the fortune of reaching your feet.
पुमानसि त्वं स्त्री वासि वद विस्तरतो मम । ज्ञात्वाऽहं परमां शक्तिं मुक्तः स्यां भवसागरात्
Are you male or female? Tell me in detail; knowing your supreme power, I may be liberated from the ocean of worldly existence.
ब्रह्मणे श्रीदेव्या उपदेशवर्णनम् ब्रह्मोवाच इति पृष्टा मया देवी विनयावनतेन च । उवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णमाद्या भगवती हि सा
Description of the teaching of the Goddess to Brahma. Brahma said: Thus questioned by me, with humility and reverence, the primordial Bhagavati spoke gentle words.
देव्युवाच सदैकत्वं न भेदोऽस्ति सर्वदैव ममास्य च । योऽसौ साहमहं योऽसौ भेदोऽस्ति मतिविभ्रमात्
The Goddess said: There is always oneness, no division, between myself and this one; I am that, and that am I—any sense of difference arises from confusion of the mind.
आवयोरन्तरं सूक्ष्मं यो वेद मतिमान्हि सः । विमुक्तः स तु संसारान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
He who knows the subtle distinction between us, being truly wise, is liberated from worldly existence; there is no doubt about this.
एकमेवाद्वितीयं वै ब्रह्म नित्यं सनातनम् । द्वैतभावं पुनर्याति काल उत्पित्सुसंज्ञके
Brahman is truly one, without a second, eternal and ancient; but when the desire to create arises, duality appears again.
यथा दीपस्तथोपाधेर्योगात्सञ्जायते द्विधा । छायेवादर्शमध्ये वा प्रतिबिम्बं तथावयोः
Just as a lamp, by the association with a limiting adjunct, appears as two; so too, like a shadow or a reflection in a mirror, is the distinction between us.
भेद उत्पत्तिकाले वै सर्गार्थं प्रभवत्यज । दृश्यादृश्यविभेदोऽयं द्वैविध्ये सति सर्वथा
Difference arises at the time of creation, O unborn one, for the purpose of manifestation; this division into seen and unseen always exists when there is duality.
नाहं स्त्री न पुमांश्चाहं न क्लीबं सर्गसंक्षये । सर्गे सति विभेदः स्यात्कल्पितोऽयं धिया पुनः
I am neither woman, nor man, nor neuter at the dissolution of creation; when creation exists, difference is imagined again by the mind.
अहं बुद्धिरहं श्रीश्च धृतिः कीर्तिः स्मृतिस्तथा । श्रद्धा मेधा दया लज्जा क्षुधा तृष्णा तथा क्षमा
I am intellect, I am prosperity, fortitude, fame, memory, faith, intelligence, compassion, modesty, hunger, thirst, and forgiveness.
कान्तिः शान्तिः पिपासा च निद्रा तन्द्रा जराजरा । विद्याविद्या स्पृहा वाञ्छा शक्तिश्चाशक्तिरेव च
I am beauty, peace, thirst, sleep, drowsiness, old age and youth; knowledge and ignorance, desire and longing, power and powerlessness as well.
वसा मज्जा च त्वक्चाहं दृष्टिर्वागनृतानृता । परा मध्या च पश्यन्ती नाड्योऽहं विविधाश्च याः
I am fat, marrow, and skin; I am sight, speech, truth and falsehood; I am the supreme, the intermediate, and the seeing speech, and all the various channels in the body.
किं नाहं पश्य संसारे मद्वियुक्तं किमस्ति हि । सर्वमेवाहमित्येवं निश्चयं विद्धि पद्मज
What is there in this world that is not myself? What exists apart from me? Know with certainty, O Lotus-born, that all is truly myself.
एतैर्मे निश्चितै रूपैर्विहीनं किं वदस्व मे । तस्मादहं विधे चास्मिन्सर्गे वै वितताभवम्
Tell me, what exists that is devoid of these forms of mine? Therefore, O Creator, in this creation I have become all-pervading.
नूनं सर्वेषु देवेषु नानानामधरा ह्यहम् । भवामि शक्तिरूपेण करोमि च पराक्रमम्
Indeed, among all the gods, I am the underlying basis of their various forms; I become power itself and perform mighty deeds.
गौरी ब्राह्मी तथा रौद्री वाराही वैष्णवी शिवा । वारूणी चाथ कौबेरी नारसिंही च वासवी
I am Gauri, Brahmi, Raudri, Varahi, Vaishnavi, Shiva; also Varuni, Kauberi, Narasimhi, and Vasavi.
उत्पन्नेषु समस्तेषु कार्येषु प्रविशामि तान् । करोमि सर्वकार्याणि निमित्तं तं विधाय वै
When all effects arise, I enter them and perform every action, establishing that cause.
जले शीतं तथा वह्नावौष्ण्यं ज्योतिर्दिवाकरे । निशानाथे हिमा कामं प्रभवामि यथा तथा
In water, I am coolness; in fire, heat; in the sun, light; in the moon, chill—wherever desired, I manifest accordingly.
मया त्यक्तं विधे नूनं स्पन्दितुं न क्षमं भवेत् । जीवजातं च संसारे निश्चयोऽयं ब्रुवे त्वयि
Without me, O Creator, nothing can stir; all living beings in the world depend on this certainty, which I declare to you.
अशक्तः शङ्करो हन्तुं दैत्यान्किल मयोज्झितः । शक्तिहीनं नरं ब्रूते लोकश्चैवातिदुर्बलम्
Shankara is powerless to slay demons when deprived of me; the world calls a man without power exceedingly weak.
रुद्रहीनं विष्णुहीनं न वदन्ति जनाः किल । शक्तिहीनं यथा सर्वे प्रवदन्ति नराधमम्
People do not speak of one lacking Rudra or Vishnu, but all call a powerless man base among men.
पतितः स्खलितो भीतः शान्तः शत्रुवशं गतः । अशक्तः प्रोच्यते लोके नारुद्रः कोऽपि कथ्यते
One fallen, stumbling, fearful, subdued by enemies, is called powerless in the world; none is ever called 'non-Rudra.'
तद्विद्धि कारणं शक्तिर्यथा त्वं च सिसृक्षसि । भविता च यदा युक्तः शक्त्या कर्ता तदाखिलम्
Know that power is the cause; as you wish to create, when joined with power, the agent accomplishes everything.
तथा हरिस्तथा शंभुस्तथेन्द्रोऽथ विभावसुः । शशी सूर्यो यमस्त्वष्टा वरुणः पवनस्तथा
So too Hari, Shambhu, Indra, Agni, the moon, the sun, Yama, Tvaṣṭā, Varuṇa, and Vāyu—
धरा स्थिरा तदा धर्तुं शक्तियुक्ता यदा भवेत् । अन्यथा चेदशक्ता स्यात्परमाणोश्च धारणे
The earth remains firm only when endowed with power; otherwise, it is unable even to support an atom.
तथा शेषस्तथा कूर्मो येऽन्ये सर्वे च दिग्गजाः । मद्युक्ता वै समर्थाश्च स्वानि कार्याणि साधितुम्
So also Śeṣa, Kūrma, and all other guardians of the directions, when joined with me, are capable of accomplishing their own tasks.