Kurma Purana

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.

तस्मिन् दिवि स्थितं नित्यमव्यक्तं भाति केवलम्

In that heaven, the unmanifest, eternal, and solitary, shines.

एकया मम सायुज्यमनादिनिधनं ध्रुवम्

By union with me alone, one attains the eternal, beginningless, and endless state.

अनादिमध्यं तिष्ठन्तं युज्यते ऽविद्यया किल

Abiding without beginning or middle, it is indeed joined by ignorance.

तदक्षरं परं ज्योतिस्तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम्

That imperishable, supreme light is the highest abode of Vishnu.

तदेव च जगत् कृत्स्नं तद् विज्ञाय विमुच्यते

That alone is the entire world; knowing that, one is liberated.

आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान् विभेति न कुतश्चन

Knowing the bliss of Brahman, the wise man fears nothing at all.

नित्यानन्दी भवति ब्रह्मभूतः

One who has become identified with Brahman is perpetually joyful.

आत्मानन्दी भवति ब्रह्मभूतः

One who has become identified with Brahman delights in the Self.

यत्र गत्वा न निवर्तेत भूयः

Having gone there, one does not return again.

विभ्राजमानं विमलं व्योम धाम

That radiant, pure, and sky-like abode—

ब्रह्मानन्दी भगवानीश एषः

He, the Lord, is Brahman, the enjoyer of supreme bliss.

तेषां शान्तिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम्

For them alone is eternal peace, not for others.

सर्वव्यापी च भगवान् न तस्मादन्यदिष्यते

The Lord is all-pervading; nothing else is desired apart from Him.

गोपनीयं विशेषेण योगिनामपि दुर्लभम्

This must be especially kept secret; it is difficult to attain even for yogis.

स्वयञ्ज्योतिः परं तत्त्वं परे व्योम्नि व्यवस्थितम्

The supreme reality, self-luminous, is established in the highest sky.

निर्गुणं शुद्धविज्ञानं तद् वै पश्यन्ति सूरयः

That is without qualities, pure consciousness; the wise behold it.

पश्यन्ति तत् परं ब्रह्म यत्तल्लिङ्गमिति श्रुतिः

They see that supreme Brahman, which is the mark—so declares the scripture.

नहि तद् विद्यते ज्ञानं यतस्तज्ज्ञायते परम्

There is no knowledge of That, for That is the knower of all.

अज्ञानमितरत् सर्वं यस्मान्मायामयं जगत्

All else is ignorance, for the world is made of illusion.

ममात्मासौ तदेवेमिति प्राहुर्विपश्चितः

The wise declare, 'That indeed is my Self.'