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.
तत्सर्वं प्रतिजानीध्वं मम तेजोविजृम्भितम्
Know all this to be the manifestation of my own radiance.
तेषां पतिरहं देवः स्मृतः पशुपतिर्बुधैः
Of them, I am the Lord, the god remembered by the wise as Paśupati.
मामेव मोचकं प्राहुः पशूनां वेदवादिनः
The knowers of the Veda declare me alone to be the liberator of beings.
मामृते परमात्मानं भूताधिपतिमव्ययम्
Apart from me, the Supreme Self, the imperishable Lord of beings, there is none.
एते पाशाः पशुपतेः क्लेशाश्च पशुबन्धनाः
These are the bonds of Paśupati, and the afflictions that bind beings.
एताः प्रकृतयस्त्वष्टौ विकाराश्च तथापरे
These are the eight primal natures, and likewise other modifications.
पायूपस्थं करौ पादौ वाक् चैव दशमी मता
The anus, the generative organ, the two hands, the two feet, and speech are considered the tenth.
त्रयोविंशतिरेतानि तत्त्वानि प्राकृतानि तु
These twenty-three are the primary principles of nature.
अनादिमध्यनिधनं कारणं जगतः परम्
The beginningless, middleless, and endless cause, the supreme cause of the world.
साम्यावस्थितिमेतेषामव्यक्तं प्रकृतिं विदुः
The state of equilibrium of these is known as the unmanifest, the primal nature.