अज्ञानेनावृतं लोको विज्ञानं तेन मुह्यति
The world is covered by ignorance; because of that, knowledge is confused.
अज्ञानमितरत् सर्वं विज्ञानमिति मे मतम्
All else is ignorance; knowledge alone, in my view, is real.
सर्ववेदान्तसारं हि योगस्तत्रैकचित्तता
Indeed, yoga is the essence of all Vedanta, for it is the state of single-pointed mind.
योगज्ञानाभियुक्तस्य नावाप्यं विद्यते क्वचित्
For one engaged in the knowledge of yoga, there is nothing unattainable anywhere.
एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स तत्त्ववित्
He who sees Sāṃkhya and Yoga as one is a knower of the truth.
मज्जन्ति तत्र तत्रैव न त्वात्मैषामिति श्रुतिः
They sink here and there, but not the Self—so declares the scripture.
ज्ञानयोगाभियुक्तस्तु देहान्ते तदवाप्नुयात्
But one devoted to knowledge and yoga attains That at the end of the body.
कीर्तितः सर्ववेदेषु सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः
The all-pervading Self, facing all directions, is proclaimed in all the Vedas.
सर्वतः पाणिपादो ऽहमन्तर्यामी सनातनः
I am the Inner Ruler, eternal, with hands and feet everywhere.
अचक्षुरपि पश्यामि तथाकर्णः शृणोम्यहम्
Though without eyes, I see; though without ears, I hear.
प्राहुर्महान्तं पुरुषं मामेकं तत्त्वदर्शिनः
Those who see the truth call me the one great Person.
निर्गुणामलरूपस्य यत्तदैश्वर्यमुत्तमम्
That supreme power belongs to me, whose form is pure, stainless, and without qualities.
वक्ष्ये समाहिता यूयं शृणुध्वं ब्रह्मवादिनः
I shall declare it; be attentive, O knowers of Brahman, and listen with concentrated minds.
प्रेरयामि तथापीदं कारणं सूरयो विदुः
Yet I set this in motion; the wise know this as the cause.
प्रविष्टा मम सायुज्यं लभन्ते योगिनो ऽव्ययम्
Yogis who have entered into union with me attain the imperishable.
लभन्ते परमां शुद्धिं निर्वाणं ते मया सह
They attain supreme purity and liberation together with me.
प्रसादान्मम योगीन्द्रा एतद् वेदानुशासनम्
By my grace, O lords of yoga, this is the teaching of the Veda.
मदुक्तमेतद् विज्ञानं सांख्ययोगसमाश्रयम्
This knowledge I have spoken, grounded in Sāṃkhya and Yoga.
तेभ्यः सर्वमिदं जातं तस्माद् ब्रह्ममयं जगत्
From them all this has arisen; therefore, the world is pervaded by Brahman.
सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति
In the world, it abides everywhere, pervading all, as heard in the scriptures.
सर्वाधारं सदानन्दमव्यक्तं द्वैतवर्जितम्
The eternal foundation, ever-blissful, unmanifest, and free from duality.
निर्विकल्पं निराभासं सर्वावासं परामृतम्
Without distinctions, without appearance, the abode of all, the supreme nectar.
निर्गुणं परमं व्योम तज्ज्ञानं सूरयो विदुः
Qualityless, the supreme expanse—this knowledge is known by the wise.
सो ऽहं सर्वत्रगः शान्तो ज्ञानात्मा परमेश्वरः
I am that, all-pervading, peaceful, the self of knowledge, the supreme Lord.
मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्
All beings abide in me; whoever knows this is truly a knower of the Veda.
तयोरनादिरुद्दिष्टः कालः संयोजकः परः
Of these two, the beginningless one is declared to be time, the supreme uniter.
तदात्मकं तदन्यत् स्यात् तद्रूपं मामकं विदुः
That is its own nature; the other is different. They know my form as that.
या सा प्रकृतिरुद्दिष्टा मोहिनी सर्वदेहिनाम्
That which is called Prakriti, the enchantress of all embodied beings.
अहङ्कारविमुक्तत्वात् प्रोच्यते पञ्चविंशकः
Because of freedom from ego, it is called the twenty-fifth principle.
विज्ञानशक्तिर्विज्ञाता ह्यहङ्कारस्तदुत्थितः
The power of discernment is the knower; indeed, ego arises from that.