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.
तस्मिन् जज्ञे महाब्रह्मा मच्छक्त्या चोपबृंहितः
Within that was born the great Brahmā, strengthened by my power.
न मां पश्यन्ति पितरं मायया मम मोहिताः
Deluded by my māyā, they do not see me, their father.
तासां माया परा योनिर्मामेव पितरं विदुः
Of those, māyā is the supreme source; they know me alone as the father.
स धीरः सर्वलोकेषु न मोहमधिगच्छति
That steadfast one, in all worlds, does not fall into delusion.
ओङ्कारमूर्तिर्भगवानहं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः
I am the Lord, embodied as the syllable Om, Brahmā, and Prajāpati.
विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति
He who sees the imperishable amid the perishing, he truly sees.
न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति पराङ्गतिम्
He does not harm himself by himself, and thus attains the highest state.
प्रधानविनियोगज्ञः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
He who knows the function of pradhāna attains the supreme Brahman.
षडाहुरङ्गानि महेश्वरस्य
The six limbs of the Great Lord are declared.
बन्धः प्रोक्तो विनियोगो ऽपि तेन
Bondage is spoken of, as well as its application by him.
न्महेश्वरः पुरुषः सत्यरूपः
The Great Lord is the Person, the embodiment of truth.
बीजं विश्वं देव एकः स एव
He alone is the seed, the universe, the one god.
महादेवः प्रोच्यते वेदविद्भिः
He is called Mahadeva by those who know the Vedas.
स बुद्धिमान् बुद्धिमतीत्य तिष्ठति
He, being wise, stands beyond even the wise.
तन्नो वद महादेव विश्वरूपः कथं भवान्
Tell us, how are you, O Mahadeva, of universal form?
मायानिमित्तमत्रास्ति सा चात्मानमपाश्रिता
Here, the cause is Māyā, and it depends upon the Self.
तन्निमित्तः प्रपञ्चो ऽयमव्यक्तादभवत् खलु
Because of that cause, this manifest world indeed arose from the unmanifest.
अहमेव परं ब्रह्म मत्तो ह्यन्यन्न विद्यते
I alone am the supreme Brahman; truly, nothing else exists apart from me.
एकत्वे च पृथक्त्वे च प्रोक्तमेतन्निदर्शनम्
This is declared as the illustration of unity and diversity.
अकारणं द्विजाः प्रोक्तो न दोषो ह्यात्मनस्तथा
O twice-born, it is said to be without cause; likewise, there is no fault in the Self.