नमस्करिष्ये न यतो ऽन्यदस्ति
I shall offer obeisance, for there is nothing else.
तं ब्रह्मपारं भवतः स्वरूपम्
That boundless Brahman, your true nature,
स्वयंभुवं त्वां शरणं प्रपद्ये
I seek refuge in you, the self-born.
सब्रह्मपारं प्रणतो ऽस्मि नित्यम्
I bow always to the one who transcends Brahman.
कालं बृहन्तं भवतः स्वरूपम्
The vast Time, your true nature,
पिनाकिनं त्वां शरणं व्रजामि
I go for refuge to you, the wielder of the Pinaka bow.
पपात दण्डवद् भूमौ प्रोच्चरन् प्रणवं परम्
He fell prostrate on the ground, uttering the supreme Om.
ज्ञानमानन्दमद्वैतं कोटिकालाग्निसन्निभम्
Knowledge, bliss, non-duality, blazing like millions of fires of time.
निलिल्ये विमले लिङ्गे तद्भुतमिवाभवत्
He merged into the pure linga, and it became wondrous.
न कश्चिद् वेत्ति तमसा विद्वानप्यत्र मुह्यति
No one knows; even the learned are bewildered by darkness.
भक्तः पापविशुद्धात्मा रुद्रसामीप्यमाप्नुयात्
A devotee, purified from sin, attains closeness to Rudra.
प्रातर्मध्याह्नसमये स योगं प्राप्नुयात् परम्
At dawn, midday, and evening, he attains the highest yoga.
द्रक्ष्यामः सततं देवं पूजयामो ऽथ शूलिनम्
We shall always see the god and worship the wielder of the trident.
उवास तत्र युक्तात्मा पूजयन् वै कपर्दिनम्
There, with a disciplined mind, he dwelt, worshipping the matted-haired one.
द्रष्टुं ययौ मध्यमेशं बहुवर्षगणान् प्रभुः
The lord went to see the ruler of the middle, after many years.
नदीं विमलपानीयां दृष्ट्वा हृष्टो ऽभवन्मुनिः
Seeing the river with pure water, the sage became delighted.
चकार भावपूतात्मा स्नानं स्नानविधानवित्
With a mind purified by devotion, he performed the bath, knowing well the prescribed rites.
पूजयामास लोकादिं पुष्पैर्नानाविधैर्भवम्
He worshipped the origin of the worlds, Bhava, with many kinds of flowers.
मध्यमेश्वरमीशानमर्चयामास शूलिनम्
He honored Madhyameśvara, the Lord, the wielder of the trident.
द्रष्टुं समागता रुद्रं मध्यमेश्वरमीश्वरम्
They assembled to see Rudra, the Lord Madhyameśvara.
जटिला मुण्डिताश्चापि शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतिनः
There were ascetics with matted hair and shaven heads, wearing sacred threads of white.
ब्रह्मचर्यरताः शान्ता वेदान्तज्ञानतत्पराः
Devoted to celibacy, peaceful, intent on the knowledge of Vedānta.
पूजयित्वा यथान्यायमिदं वचनमब्रुवन्
Having worshipped as prescribed, they spoke these words.
प्रोचुः पैलादयः शिष्यास्तानृषीन् ब्रह्मभावितान्
Paila and the other disciples addressed those sages absorbed in Brahman.
व्यासः स्वयं हृषीकेशो येन वेदाः पृथक् कृताः
Vyāsa himself, Hṛṣīkeśa, by whom the Vedas were divided.
अंशांशेनाभवत् पुत्रो नाम्ना शुक इति प्रभुः
By a portion of himself, the Lord became a son named Śuka.
प्रपन्नः परया भक्त्या यस्य तज्ज्ञानमैश्वरम्
He who, having taken refuge with supreme devotion, attained his divine knowledge.
नेमुरव्यग्रमनसः प्रोचुः सत्यवतीसुतम्
With undistracted minds, they bowed and addressed the son of Satyavatī.
प्रिसादाद् देवदेवस्य यत् तन्माहेश्वरं परम्
That which is the supreme Maheśvara, the grace of the God of gods—
क्षिप्रं पश्येम तं देवं श्रुत्वा भगवतो मुखात्
May we quickly see that God, having heard from the mouth of the Blessed One.