यक्षरक्षः पिशाचाश्च स्थिताः शास्त्रे स्वयंभुवः
Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas are established in the ordinance of the self-born.
ऋतवः पक्षमासाश्च स्थिताः शास्त्रे प्रजापतेः
The seasons, fortnights, and months are established in the ordinance of the progenitor.
पराश्चैव परार्धाश्च कालभेदास्तथा परे
And the supreme and the supreme portions, as well as the divisions of time, are likewise beyond.
नियोगादेव वर्तन्ते देवस्य परमात्मनः
They all exist only by the command of the Supreme Soul.
ब्रह्माण्डानि च वर्तन्ते सर्वाण्येव स्वयंभुवः
All the cosmic eggs exist, indeed, by the self-born one.
प्रवृत्तानि पदार्थौघैः सहितानि समन्ततः
They have arisen, accompanied on all sides by multitudes of elements.
वहिष्यन्ति सदैवाज्ञां परस्य परमात्मनः
They always carry out the command of the Supreme Self.
भूतादिरादिप्रकृतिर्नियोगे मम वर्तते
The primal nature, the origin of beings, operates under my direction.
माया विवर्तते नित्यं सापीश्वरनियोगतः
Māyā constantly transforms, and she too acts by the command of the Lord.
आत्मासौ वर्तते नित्यमीश्वरस्य नियोगतः
This Self always exists by the direction of the Lord.
सापि विद्या महेशस्य नियोगवशवर्तिनी
That knowledge, too, is under the control of Maheśa’s command.
मयैव प्रेर्यते कृत्स्नं मय्येव प्रलयं व्रजेत्
By me alone is all this set in motion, and into me alone does it dissolve.
परमात्मा परं ब्रह्म मत्तो ह्यन्यन्न विद्यते
The Supreme Self, the Supreme Brahman—other than me, nothing is known.
ज्ञात्वा विमुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात्
Knowing this, a being is freed from the bondage of birth and worldly existence.
यं ज्ञात्वा पुरुषो मुक्तो न संसारे पतेत् पुनः
Knowing whom, a person is liberated and does not fall again into worldly existence.
नित्यानन्दं निर्विकल्पं तद्धाम परमं मम
That is my supreme abode: eternal, blissful, and without distinction.
मायाविनामहं देवः पुराणो हरिरव्ययः
I am that ancient, imperishable Lord, Hari, the wielder of māyā.
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्वसूनामस्मि पावकः
Among the Ādityas, I am Viṣṇu; among the Vasus, I am Pāvaka.
ऐरावतो गजेन्द्राणां रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्
Among lordly elephants, I am Airāvata; among wielders of weapons, I am Rāma.
शिल्पिनां विश्वकर्माहं प्रह्लादो ऽस्म्यमरद्विषाम्
Among artisans, I am Viśvakarman; among the foes of the immortals, I am Prahlāda.
वीराणां वीरभद्रो ऽहं सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः
Among heroes, I am Vīrabhadra; among the perfected ones, I am the sage Kapila.
वज्रं प्रहरणानां च व्रतानां सत्यमस्म्यहम्
Among weapons, I am the thunderbolt; among vows, I am truth.
आश्रमाणां च गार्हस्थमीश्वराणां महेश्वरः
Of all the stages of life, I am the householder; among the lords, I am the great Lord.
कुबेरः सर्वयक्षाणां गणेशानां च वीरकः
Among all the Yakṣas, I am Kubera; among the leaders of the Gaṇas, I am Vīraka.
वायुर्बलवतामस्मि द्वीपानां पुष्करो ऽस्म्यहम्
Among those possessing strength, I am the wind; among islands, I am Puṣkara.
वेदानां सामवेदो ऽहं यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्
Among the Vedas, I am the Sāma Veda; among the Yajur texts, I am the Śatarudriya.
सूक्तानां पौरुषं सूक्तं ज्येष्ठसाम च सामसु
Among hymns, I am the Puruṣa Sūkta; among the Sāma chants, the Jyeṣṭha Sāman.
ब्रह्मावर्तस्तु देशानां क्षेत्राणामविमुक्तकम्
Among lands, I am Brahmāvarta; among sacred fields, Avimuktaka.
भूतानामस्म्यहं व्योम सत्त्वानां मृत्युरेव च
Among beings, I am space; among living creatures, I am death itself.
गतीनां मुक्तिरेवाहं परेषां परमेश्वरः
Among paths, I am liberation; among the highest, I am the Supreme Lord.