मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं परमं पदम्
By my grace, he attains the eternal supreme state.
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा मामेकं शरणं व्रजेत्
Becoming free from hope and possessiveness, one should take refuge in me alone.
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तो ऽपि नैव तेन निबध्यते
Even though engaged in action, he is not bound by it.
शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति तत्पदम्
Performing only bodily actions, he does not attain that state.
कुर्वतो मत्प्रसादार्थं कर्म संसारनाशनम्
By performing actions for my grace, one destroys worldly bondage.
मामुपैष्यति योगीशं ज्ञात्वा मां परमेश्वरम्
Knowing me as the Supreme Lord, the yogi attains me.
कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं मम सायुज्यमाप्नुयुः
Those who constantly speak of me attain union with me.
नाशयामि तमः कृत्स्नं ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता
I dispel all darkness with the radiant lamp of knowledge.
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्
For those ever devoted, I bear the burden of their welfare and spiritual progress.
तेषां तदन्तं विज्ञेयं देवतानुगतं फलम्
The result they attain, accompanied by the deities, should be understood as having an end.
मद्भावनासमायुक्ता मुच्यन्ते ते ऽपि भावतः
Even those endowed with devotion to me are liberated by that very state.
मामेव संश्रयेदीशं स याति परमं पदम्
One who takes refuge in me, the Lord, alone, attains the supreme state.
यजेच्चामरणाल्लिङ्गे विरक्तः परमेश्वरम्
One should worship the Supreme Lord in the liṅga, with detachment, until death.
एकेन जन्मना तेषां ददामि परमैश्वरम्
To such persons, I grant supreme lordship in a single birth.
ज्ञानात्मकं सर्वगतं योगिनां हृदि संस्थितम्
It is knowledge in essence, all-pervading, established in the hearts of yogis.
यत्र क्वचन तल्लिङ्गमर्चयन्ति महेश्वरम्
Wherever the liṅga of the Great Lord is worshipped, in any place,
रत्नादौ भावयित्वेशमर्चयेल्लिङ्गमैश्वरम्
Having conceived the Lord in a jewel or other substance, one should worship the liṅga of the Supreme Lord.
तस्माल्लिङ्गे ऽर्चयेदीशं यत्र क्वचन शाश्वतम्
Therefore, one should worship the eternal Lord in the liṅga, wherever it may be.
काष्ठादिष्वेव मूर्खाणां हृदि लिङ्गन्तुयोगिनाम्
For the ignorant, the liṅga is in wood and such; for yogis, it is in the heart.
यावज्जीवं जपेद् युक्तः प्रणवं ब्रह्मणो वपुः
Engaged in practice, one should recite the praṇava, the form of Brahman, for as long as life lasts.
एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा स याति परमं पदम्
Alone, with mind and self controlled, he attains the supreme state.
सो ऽपीश्वरप्रसादेन याति तत् परमं पदम्
He too, by the grace of the Lord, attains that supreme state.
ददाति तत् परं ज्ञानं येन मुच्येत बन्धनात्
He grants that supreme knowledge by which one is freed from bondage.
तेनैव जन्मना ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा याति शिवं पदम्
Having attained knowledge in that very life, one reaches the auspicious state.
सर्वे तरन्ति संसारमीश्वरानुग्रहाद् द्विजाः
All cross over worldly existence by the grace of the Lord, O twice-born.
धर्मं समाश्रयेत् तस्मान्मुक्तये नियतं द्विजाः
Therefore, O twice-born, one should always adhere to dharma for the sake of liberation.
धार्मिकायैव दातव्यं भक्ताय ब्रह्मचारिणे
It should be given only to the righteous, to the devoted, to the celibate.
व्याजहार समासीनं नारायणमनामयम्
He spoke to Nārāyaṇa, the flawless one, who was seated.
दातव्यं शान्तचित्तेभ्यः शिष्येभ्यो भवता शिवम्
This auspicious teaching should be given by you to disciples of peaceful mind.
हिताय सर्वभक्तानां द्विजातीनां द्विजोत्तमाः
For the benefit of all devoted twice-born, O best of twice-born.