स्त्रष्टा पाता वासुदेवो विश्वात्मा विश्वतोमुखः
Vāsudeva is the creator and protector, the soul of the universe, facing all directions.
तारकः पुरुषो ह्यात्मा केवलं परमं पदम्
He is the deliverer, the person, the self, the one supreme state.
सान्ता सत्या सदानन्दा परं पदमिति श्रुतिः
Peaceful, true, ever-blissful—this, the Upaniṣad calls the supreme state.
एषैव सर्वभूतानां गतीनामुत्तमा गतिः
This alone is the highest goal among all the paths of beings.
पश्याम्यशेषमेवेदं यस्तद् वेद स मुच्यते
I see all this as one; whoever knows this is liberated.
एकमेव विजानीध्वं ततो यास्यथ निर्वृतिम्
Know only the One; then you will attain bliss.
ये भिन्नदृष्ट्यापीशानं पूजयन्तो न मे प्रियाः
Those who worship the Lord with divided vision are not dear to me.
पच्यमाना न मुच्यन्ते कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
Though they are cooked (in suffering), they are not freed, even in hundreds of millions of aeons.
यथावदिह विज्ञाय ध्येयः सर्वापदि प्रभुः
Having understood properly here, the Lord should be meditated upon in every difficulty.
नेमुर्नारायणं देवं देवीं च हिमशैलजाम्
They do not bow to Nārāyaṇa, the god, nor to the goddess, daughter of the Himalaya.
भवानीपादयुगले नारायणपदाम्बुजे
At the twin feet of Bhavānī, at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa.
न पश्यन्ति जगत्सूतिं तद्भुतमिवाभवत्
They do not see the source of the world; it became as if a wonder.
मोहितो गिरिजां देवीमाहर्तुं गिरिमाययौ
Deluded, he went to the mountain to seize the goddess Girijā.
तत्रैवाविरभूद् दैत्यैर्युद्धाय पुरुषोत्तमः
There, the Supreme Person appeared, ready to battle the demons.
स कालरुद्रो ऽभिजगाम देवः
That god, Kālarudra, approached.
जगाम देवो ऽपि सहस्त्रबाहुः
The god with a thousand arms also arrived.
स्त्रिलोकदृष्टिर्भगवानिवार्कः
The blessed one, whose form is seen by women throughout the worlds, shone like the sun.
पपात देवोपरि पुष्पवृष्टिः
A shower of flowers fell upon the god.
र् गणैरशेषैरमपप्रधानैः
With all the hosts of the Gaṇas, chief among them, present.
विमानमारुह्य विहीनसत्त्वः
Mounting his celestial vehicle, devoid of vitality.
व्याजहार महादेवं भैरवं भूतिभूषणम्
He addressed Mahādeva, Bhairava, adorned with ashes.
त्वामृते भगवान् शक्तो हन्ता नान्यो ऽस्य विद्यते
Except for you, O Lord, no one else is able to slay him.
स्तूयते विविधैर्मन्त्रर्वेदविद्भिर्विचक्षणैः
He is praised with various mantras by wise Veda-knowers.
निरीक्ष्य विष्णुं हनने दैत्यन्द्रस्य मतिं दधौ
Seeing Viṣṇu, he resolved to kill the lord of the demons.
स्तुवन्ति भैरवं देवमन्तरिक्षचरा जनाः
Those who move in the sky praise the god Bhairava.
त्वमग्निः सर्वभूतानामन्तश्चरसि नित्यशः
You are the fire that eternally dwells within all beings.
त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं महादेवस्त्वं धाम परमं पदम्
You are Brahmā, you are Mahādeva, you are the supreme abode, the highest state.
महाविभूतिर्देवेशो जयाशेषजगत्पते
Greatly powerful, lord of the gods, victorious ruler of all worlds.
त्रिशूलाग्रेषु विन्यस्य प्रननर्त सतां गतिः
Placing himself at the tips of the trident, he danced—the refuge of the virtuous.
प्रणेमुरीश्वरं देवं भैरवं भवमोचकम्
They bowed to the lord, the god Bhairava, liberator from existence.