नमामि रूपं तव कालसंज्ञम्
I honor your form known as Time.
नतो ऽस्मि रूपं तव शेषसंज्ञम्
I bow to your form known as Śeṣa.
नतो ऽस्मि रूपं तव रुद्रसंज्ञम्
I bow to your form known as Rudra.
नमामि ते रूपमिदं नमासि
I honor this form of yours, which is to be revered.
नमो भगवतीशानि शिवायै ते नमो नमः
Salutations to you, O divine Lady, O auspicious one, I bow again and again.
त्वामेव शरणं यास्ये प्रसीद परमेश्वरि
I will take refuge in you alone; be gracious, O Supreme Lady.
जगन्मातैव मत्पुत्री संभूता तपसा यतः
The mother of the universe has become my daughter, born of my austerity.
मेनाशेषजगन्मातुरहो वुण्यस्य गौरवम्
Ah, the greatness of Menā, mother of all worlds, is indeed wondrous.
नमामि तव पादाब्जं व्रजामि शरणं शिवाम्
I honor your lotus feet; I seek refuge in the auspicious one.
आज्ञापय महादेवि किं करिष्यामि शङ्करि
Command me, O great goddess, O Śaṅkarī, what shall I do?
संप्रेक्षणमाणो गिरिजां प्राञ्जलिः पार्श्वतो ऽभवत्
Observing Girijā, he stood nearby with joined palms.
सस्मितं प्राह पितरं स्मृत्वा पशुपतिं पतिम्
With a smile, she spoke to her father, remembering Paśupati, her husband.
उपदेशं गिरिश्रेष्ठ सेवितं ब्रह्मवादिभिः
The supreme teaching, honored by the knowers of Brahman, was imparted.
सर्वशक्तिसमायुक्तमनन्तं प्रेरकं परम्
It is endowed with all powers, infinite, the supreme mover.
तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो भूत्वा तदेव शरणं व्रज
Be steadfast and devoted to that alone; seek refuge in that alone.
सर्वयज्ञतपोदानैस्तदेवार्चय सर्वदा
Worship that alone always, with all sacrifices, austerities, and gifts.
ममोपदेशात् संसारं नाशयामि तवानघ
By my instruction, O sinless one, I destroy your bondage to worldly existence.
संसारसागरादस्मादुद्धराम्यचिरेण तु
From this ocean of worldly existence, I will quickly lift you up.
प्राप्याहं ते गिरिश्रेष्ठ नान्यथा कर्मकोटिभिः
You will attain me, O best of mountains, not otherwise, even by millions of actions.
अध्यात्मज्ञानसहितं मुक्तये सततं कुरु
Always practice, for liberation, that which is united with knowledge of the Self.
श्रुतिस्मृतिभ्यामुदितो धर्मो यज्ञादिको मतः
Dharma, beginning with sacrifice, is declared by the Veda and Smṛti.
तस्मान्मुमुक्षुर्धर्मार्थो मद्रूपं वेदमाश्रयेत्
Therefore, one desiring liberation should resort to my form, the Veda, for the sake of dharma.
ऋग्यजुः सामरूपेण सर्गादौ संप्रवर्तते
In the beginning of creation, it proceeds in the form of Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma.
ब्राह्मणादीन् ससर्जाथ स्वे स्वे कर्मण्ययोजयत्
Then he created the Brāhmaṇas and others, assigning each to their own duties.
तेषामधस्ताद् नरकांस्तामिस्त्रादीनकल्पयत्
Below them, he established hells such as Tāmisra.
यो ऽन्यत्ररमतेसो ऽसौनसंभाष्यो द्विजातिभिः
He who delights elsewhere—he is not to be spoken with by the twice-born.
श्रुतिस्मृतिविरुद्धानि निष्ठा तेषां हि तामसी
Their resolves, opposed to the Veda and Smṛti, are indeed of darkness.
एवंविधानि चान्यानि मोहनार्थानि तानि तु
And other such things, too, exist for the purpose of delusion.
मया सृष्टानि शास्त्राणि मोहायैषां भवान्तरे
The scriptures created by me are for the delusion of these beings in another existence.
तत् प्रयत्नेन कुर्वन्ति मत्प्रियास्ते हि ये नराः
Therefore, those men who are devoted to me strive diligently in this matter.