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.
तदुपायं यथातत्त्वं ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर
Tell me, O best of speakers, the true means to that, just as it is.
यज्ज्ञानं भक्तिमूलं च भक्तिः कर्मवतां तथा
What is the knowledge whose root is devotion, and what is devotion for those who act?
येन जन्मसहस्रेषु तस्य भक्तिर्भवेद्धरौ
By which, over thousands of births, devotion to Hari arises in him.
श्रद्धया परया चैव सर्वं पापं प्रणश्यति
By supreme faith, indeed, all sin is destroyed.
सैव बुद्धिः समाख्याता ज्ञानशब्देन सूरिभिः
That very understanding is declared by the wise as knowledge.
योगस्तु द्विविधः प्रोक्तः कर्मज्ञानप्रभेदतः
Yoga is said to be of two kinds, distinguished as action and knowledge.
क्रियायोगरतस्तस्माच्छ्रद्धया हरिमर्चयेत्
Therefore, one devoted to the yoga of action should worship Hari with faith.
प्रतिमाः केशवस्यैता पूज्य एतासु भक्तितः
These images of Keśava are to be worshipped; in these, devotion is to be shown.
तस्मात्सर्वगतं विष्णुं पूजयेद्भक्तिसंयुतः
Therefore, one should worship Viṣṇu, who is present everywhere, with devotion.
अनीर्ष्या च दया चैव योगयोरूभयोः समाः
Freedom from envy and compassion are equal in both yogas.