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.
गुणानां बुद्धिवैषम्याद् वैषम्यं कवयो विदुः
The wise know that diversity among qualities arises from differences in understanding.
मय्यर्पितानि कर्माणि निबन्धाय विमुक्तये
Actions offered to me lead either to bondage or to liberation.
क्लेशाख्यानचलान् प्राहुः पाशानात्मनिबन्धनान्
They call those bonds, known as afflictions, the fetters that bind the self.
मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता सा शक्तिर्मयि तिष्ठति
The root-prakriti, unmanifest, is the power that abides in me.
विकारा महदादीनि देवदेवः सनातनः
The evolutes, beginning with the great principle, belong to the eternal Lord of gods.
तमाहुरग्र्यं पुरुषं पुराणम्
They call him the supreme, primeval Person.
येनासौ तरते जन्तुर्घोरं संसारसागरम्
By whom a creature crosses the dreadful ocean of worldly existence.
एकाकी भगवानुक्तः केवलः परमेश्वरः
He is alone, the blessed one, called the sole, supreme Lord.
मूलं मायाभिधानं तु ततो जातमिदं जगत्
The root, called māyā, from that this world has arisen.
तन्मात्राणि महाभूतानीन्द्रियाणि च जज्ञिरे
From it were born the subtle elements, the great elements, and the senses.