व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरुपेण जगह्याप्य व्यवस्थिता
She is established in the world, pervading it in the forms of manifest and unmanifest.
सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानामेकः कारणतां गतः
She alone has become the cause of creation, preservation, and destruction.
तस्मात्परतरो देवो नित्यैत्यभिधीयते
Therefore, the Supreme God is called eternal.
रक्षां करोति यो देवो जगतां परतः पुमान्
He is the God who protects, who is beyond all worlds, the Supreme Person.
तस्मात्परतरं यत्तदव्ययं परमं पदम्
Therefore, that which is higher than the highest is the imperishable, supreme state.
यः परः कालपुपाख्यो योगिध्येयः परात्परः
He who is beyond, known as Kālapurusha, is meditated upon by yogis as the Supreme of the supreme.
ज्ञानैकवेद्यः परमः सञ्चिदानन्दविग्रहः
He is the supreme, known only through knowledge, whose form is consciousness and bliss.
देहीति प्रोच्यते मूढैरहो ऽज्ञानविडम्बनम्
Fools call him 'body'—alas, what a mockery of ignorance!
मूर्तित्रयं समापन्नः सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारणम्
He assumes three forms, being the cause of creation, preservation, and dissolution.
स एवानन्दरुपात्मा तस्मान्नास्त्यपरो मुने
He alone is the Self of blissful form; therefore, O sage, there is none other.
भिन्नाभिन्नस्वरुपेण स्थितो वै परमेश्वरः
The Supreme Lord abides in both distinct and non-distinct forms.
विश्वोत्पत्तेर्निदानत्वात्प्रकृतिः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
Because she is the cause of the universe’s manifestation, she is called Prakriti by the wise.
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चेति कालश्चेति त्रिधा भवेत्
Prakriti, Purusha, and Time—these threefold are established.
शुद्धं यत्परमं धाम तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
That pure, supreme abode is the highest state of Vishnu.
गुणरुपीगुणाधारोजगतामादिकृद्विभुः
He is the all-pervading one, the originator of the worlds, the support of qualities, and the very form of qualities.
महान्प्रादुरभूद्धुद्धिस्ततो ऽहं समवर्त्तत
From him arose Mahat (the great principle), then intellect (buddhi), and from that, I (aham) came forth.
तन्मात्रेभ्यो हि जातानि भूतानि जगतः कृते
From the subtle elements were indeed born the beings for the sake of the world.
यथाक्रमं कारणतामेकैकस्योपयान्ति च
In due order, each one assumes the role of cause for the next.
तिर्यग्योनिगताञ्जन्तून्पशुपक्षिमृगादिकान्
Creatures born in the animal wombs—such as cattle, birds, and wild beasts—
ततो वैमानुषं सर्गं कल्पयामास पह्मजः
After that, the lotus-born created the class of human beings.
एभिः पुत्रैरिदं व्याप्तं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
By these sons, this world has been filled, with gods, demons, and humans.
तपश्च सत्यमित्येवं लोकाः सत्योपरि स्थिताः
Austerity and truth—thus, the worlds are established upon truth.
महातलं च विप्रेन्द्र ततो ऽधच्च रसातलम्
And, O best of Brahmins, below that is Mahatala, and beneath it, Rasatala.
एष सर्वेषु लोकेषु लोकनाथांश्च सृष्टवान्
He created the lords of the worlds in all realms.
वर्त्तनादीनि सर्वाणि यथायोग्यंमकल्पयत्
He arranged all the modes of existence and activities according to their proper order.
लोकालोकश्च भूम्यन्ते तन्मध्ये सत्प सागराः
Lokāloka is at the end of the earth, and in between are the seven oceans.
बाह्या नद्यश्च विख्याता जनाश्चामरसन्निभाः
The famous external rivers and people resembling Amaras are there.
क्रौञ्चशाकौ पुष्करश्च ते सर्वे देवभूमयः
Krauncha, Shaka, and Pushkara—all these are realms of the gods.
लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर्दधिक्षीरजलैः समम्
Together with salt, sugarcane juice, wine, clarified butter, curds, milk, and water.
ज्ञेया द्विगुणविस्तरा लोकालोकाञ्च पर्वतात्
The worlds are known to be twice the breadth of the Lokāloka mountain.