न तस्य परमं किञ्चित् पदं समधिगम्यते
No supreme state at all is attained by him.
संहरत्येष भगवान् कालो भूत्वा महेश्वरः
This Lord, becoming Time, withdraws everything, being Maheśvara.
एष चक्री च वज्री च श्रीवत्सकृतलक्षणः
He is the one who bears the discus and the thunderbolt, marked with the Śrīvatsa.
द्वापरे भगवान् कालो धर्मकेतुः कलौ युगे
In Dvāpara, the Lord is Time; in the Kali age, he is the banner of Dharma.
तमो ह्यग्नी रजो ब्रह्मा सत्त्वं विष्णुरिति प्रभुः
Darkness is Agni, passion is Brahma, and purity is Vishnu, the Lord.
यत्र तिष्ठति तद् ब्रह्म योगेन तु समन्वितम्
Where that abides, that is Brahman, truly united with yoga.
सा हि नारायणो देवः परमात्मा सनातनः
He indeed is Narayana, the god, the supreme soul, eternal.
स एव मोहयेत् कृत्स्नं स एव परमा गतिः
He alone deludes the whole, and he alone is the highest goal.
एकशृङ्गो महानात्मा पुराणो ऽष्टाक्षरो हरिः
The great-souled, ancient Hari, with one horn and eight syllables.
एकमूर्तिरमेयात्मा नारायण इति श्रुतिः
Of one form, of immeasurable nature—so the scripture declares Narayana.
स्तूयते विविधैर्मन्त्रैर्ब्राह्मणैर्धर्ममोक्षिभिः
He is praised with various mantras by Brahmins who seek virtue and liberation.
शेते योगामृतं पीत्वा यत् तद् विष्णोः परं पदम्
Having drunk the nectar of yoga, he rests—that is the supreme abode of Vishnu.
मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता गीयते वैदिकैरजः
The unmanifest root-nature is sung by the Vedic seers as unborn.
अजस्य नाभौ तद् बीजं क्षिपत्येष महेश्वरः
In the navel of the unborn, that seed is cast by the great Lord.
महान्तं पुरुषं विश्वमपां गर्भमनुत्तमम्
The great Person, the universe, the unsurpassed embryo of the waters.
देवदेवं महादेवं भूतानामीश्वरं हरम्
The god of gods, the great god, Hara, the lord of beings.
विष्णुना सह संयुक्तः करोति विकरोति च
United with Vishnu, he creates and transforms.
स वेदान् प्रददौ पूर्वं योगमायातनुर्मम
He, the embodiment of yogic power, first gave the Vedas—so I declare.
तमेव मुक्तये ज्ञात्वा व्रजेत शरणं भवम्
Knowing him alone for liberation, one should seek refuge in Bhava.
प्रणम्य देवं ब्रह्माणं पृच्छन्ति स्म सुदुः खिताः
Having bowed to the god Brahma, they, greatly distressed, questioned him.
ब्रूहि विश्वामरेशान त्राता त्वं शरणैषिणाम्
Speak, O Lord of the immortals and the universe! You are the protector of those who seek refuge.
तल्लिङ्गानुकृतीशस्य कृत्वा लिङ्गमनुत्तमम्
Having made the supreme liṅga, imitating the marks of that liṅga's lord.
वैदिकैरेव नियमैर्विविधैर्ब्रह्मचारिणः
The celibates, observing various Vedic disciplines,
तपः परं समास्थाय गृणन्तः शतरुद्रियम्
Having undertaken supreme austerity, recited the Śatarudriya hymn.
सर्वे प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा शूलपाणिं प्रपद्यथ
All, with joined palms, approached the wielder of the trident.
यं दृष्ट्वा सर्वमज्ञानमधर्मश्च प्रणश्यति
Seeing whom, all ignorance and unrighteousness are destroyed.
जग्मुः संहृष्टमनसो देवदारुवनं पुनः
With joyful hearts, they again went to the Devadāru forest.
अजानन्तः परं देवं वीतरागा विमत्सराः
Unaware of the Supreme God, free from passion and envy,
नदीनां च विविक्तेषु पुलिनेषु शुभेषु च
In secluded and auspicious riverbanks,
केचिदभ्रावकाशास्तु पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठिताः
Some stood in the open sky, balanced on the tips of their toes.