उद्वेग मानवा मूर्खाः किं न यान्ति हि पापिनः
Why would not sinful, foolish men, full of anxiety, go to ruin?
तल्लब्ध्वा परलोकार्थं यत्नं कुर्य्याद्विचक्षणः
Having obtained this, the wise should strive for the good of the next world.
लभन्ते परमं स्थानं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
They attain the supreme state, which is difficult to return from.
यस्मिंश्च विलयं याति स संसारस्य मोचकः
He in whom dissolution occurs is the liberator from worldly existence.
तं समभ्यर्च्य देवेशं संसारात्परिमुच्यते
By worshipping that Lord of gods, one is freed from worldly existence.
संसारपाशबद्धानां दुःखानि सुबहूनि च
For those bound by the fetters of worldly existence, there are indeed many sufferings.
येनोपायेन मोक्षः स्यात्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन
By what means can liberation be attained? Tell me that, O possessor of austerity.
भुज्यन्ते च मुनिश्रेष्ठ तेषां नाशः कथं भवेत्
And, O best of sages, how can their sufferings be destroyed?
कामाल्लोभाभिभूतः स्याल्लोभात्क्रोधपरायणाः
Overcome by desire, a man becomes greedy; from greed, he becomes given to anger.
प्रनष्टबुद्धिर्मनुजः पुनः पापं करोति च
A man whose intellect is lost again commits sin.
यथा देहभ्रमत्यक्त्वा मोक्षभाक्स्यात्तथा वद
Just as one attains liberation after leaving the body, speak in that manner.
यस्मात्संसारदुःखान्नो मोक्षोपायमभीप्ससि
Because you desire a means of liberation from the sufferings of worldly existence—
हरिश्च पालको रुद्रो नाशकः स हि मोक्षदः
Hari is the protector, Rudra is the destroyer; he indeed is the giver of liberation.
तं विद्यान्मोक्षदं विष्णुं नारायणमनामयम्
Know that Vishnu, Narayana, free from affliction, is the giver of liberation.
तमुग्रमजरं देवं ध्यात्वा दुःखात्प्रमुच्यते
By meditating on that mighty, ageless god, one is freed from suffering.
ज्ञानरुपं सदानन्दं प्राहुर्वैमोक्षसाधनम्
They declare that knowledge, ever-blissful in form, is the means to liberation.
समर्चयन्ति तं विद्याच्छाश्वतस्थानदं हरिम्
Know that those who worship Hari, the giver of the eternal abode, are wise.
हृदि पश्यन्ति यं सत्यं तं जामीहि सुखावहम्
Those who see the true one in their heart, know him as the bringer of happiness.
आकाशमध्यगः पूर्णस्तं प्राहुर्मोक्षदं नृणाम्
They declare that the one who is full, abiding in the midst of space, is the giver of liberation to men.
अनूपमो ऽखिलाधारस्तां देवं शरणं व्रजेत्
He is incomparable, the support of all; one should take refuge in that god.
तं प्राहुर्मोक्षदं विष्णुं मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
The seers who know the truth declare that Vishnu is the giver of liberation.
स एव कर्मफलदो मोक्षदो ऽकामकर्मणाम्
He alone gives the fruits of actions and grants liberation to those whose actions are free from desire.
भुङ्क्ते य ईश्वरो ऽव्यक्तस्तं प्राहुर्मोक्षदं प्रभुम्
The Lord, who is unmanifest and enjoys all, is declared to be the master who gives liberation.
ददाति शाश्वतं स्थानं तं दयालुं समर्चयेत्
One should worship that compassionate one who grants the eternal abode.
जरामरणनिर्मुक्तो मोक्षदः सो ऽव्ययो हरिः
Hari, imperishable, free from old age and death, is the giver of liberation.
अमृतत्वं भजन्त्याशु तं विदुः पुरुषोत्तमम्
Those who know that supreme person quickly attain immortality.
परात्परतरं यञ्च तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
And that which is higher than the highest, that is the supreme abode of Vishnu.
परिपूर्णं ज्ञानमयं विदुर्मोक्षप्रताधकम्
They know that which is complete, consisting of knowledge, as the bestower of liberation.
य उपास्ते सदा योगी स याति परमं पदम्
The yogi who always worships attains the supreme state.
कामर्द्यैवर्जितोयोगी लभते परमं पदम्
The yogi who is free from desire and hatred attains the supreme state.