प्रोवाचोन्निद्रपद्माक्षं पीतवाससमच्युतम्
He addressed the lotus-eyed, yellow-robed, undecaying one, who was in deep sleep.
ज्ञानं ब्रह्मैकविषयं परमानन्दसिद्धिदम्
Knowledge, whose sole object is Brahman, grants the attainment of supreme bliss.
किं करिष्यामि योगेश तन्मे वद जगन्मय
What should I do, O Lord of Yoga? Tell me, O embodiment of the universe.
उवाच सस्मितं वाक्यमशेषजगतो हितम्
He spoke, smiling, words that were for the good of the entire world.
ज्ञानेन भक्तियोगेन पूजनीयो न चान्यथा
He is to be worshipped by knowledge and the yoga of devotion, and not otherwise.
प्रवृतिं चापि मे ज्ञात्वा मोक्षार्थोश्वरमर्चयेत्
Knowing also my activity, one seeking liberation should worship the Lord.
अद्वैतं भावयात्मानं द्रक्ष्यसे परमेश्वरम्
Contemplate the Self as non-dual, and you will see the Supreme Lord.
अन्या च भावना ब्राह्मी विज्ञेया सा गुणातिगा
Another contemplation, Brahmic, should be known as transcending the qualities.
अशक्तः संश्रयेदाद्यामित्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
If one is unable, one should resort to the original (practice); this is the Vedic teaching.
समाराधय विश्वेशं ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
Worship the Lord of the universe completely; then you will attain liberation.
किं कार्यं कारणं कस्त्वं प्रवृत्तिश्चापि का तव
What is the effect, what is the cause, who are you, and what is your activity?
नित्यानन्दं स्वयञ्ज्योतिरक्षरं तमसः परम्
The eternal bliss, self-luminous, imperishable, beyond darkness.
कार्यं जगदथाव्यक्तं कारणं शुद्धमक्षरम्
The effect is the world, and the unmanifest; the cause is the pure, imperishable.
सर्गस्थित्यन्तकर्तृत्वं प्रवृत्तिर्मम गीयते
My activity is said to be creation, maintenance, and dissolution.
ततस्त्वं कर्मयोगेन शाश्वतं सम्यगर्चय
Therefore, you should properly worship the eternal by the discipline of action.
ज्ञानं च कीदृशं दिव्यं भावनात्रयसंस्थितम्
And what is that divine knowledge, established in the threefold contemplation?
कानि तेषां प्रमाणानि पावनानि व्रतानि च
What are their valid means, their purifying vows?
ब्रूहि मे पुण्डरीकाक्ष यथावदधुनाखिलम्
Tell me everything as it truly is, O lotus-eyed one, right now.
यथावदखिलं सर्वमवोचं मुनिपुङ्गवाः
O foremost of sages, I have spoken everything completely and properly.
अनुगृह्य च तं विप्रं तत्रैवान्तर्हितो ऽभवम्
And having blessed that brahmin, I became invisible right there.
आराधयामास परं भावपूतः समाहितः
Purified in mind and intent, he worshipped the Supreme.
संन्यस्य सर्वकर्माणि परं वैराग्यमाश्रितः
Renouncing all actions, he took refuge in supreme detachment.
संप्राप्य भावनामन्त्यां ब्राह्मीमक्षरपूर्विकाम्
He attained the final contemplation, preceded by the imperishable of Brahman.
यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासाः काङ्क्षन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणः
That state which the sleepless, breath-conquered seekers of liberation desire.
आकाशेनैव विप्रेन्द्रो योगैश्वर्यप्रभावतः
By the power of yogic mastery, the best of brahmins moved through the sky.
दृष्ट्वान्ये पथि योगीन्द्रं सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयो ययुः
Seeing the lord of yogis on the path, accomplished sages and brahmarshis approached.
स्थानं तद्योगिभिर्जुष्टं यत्रास्ते परमः पुमान्
That place, cherished by yogis, where the Supreme Person abides.
विवेश चान्तर्भवनं देवानां च दुरासदम्
And he entered the inner abode, inaccessible even to the gods.
अनादिनिधनं देवं देवदेवं पितामहम्
The god who is without beginning or end, the god of gods, the grandsire—
तन्मध्ये पुरुषं पूर्वमपश्यत् परमं पदम्
In the midst of that, he beheld the primordial Person, the supreme abode.