योऽसौ व्याप्यस्थितो नित्यं स वै नारायणः स्मृतः । नाराश्चेति सर्वपुंसां समूहाः परिकीर्तिताः
He who pervades and abides in all, eternally—He indeed is called Nārāyaṇa. 'Nārāḥ' are declared to be the assemblies of all beings.
गतिरालंबनं तेषां तस्मान्नारायणः स्मृतः । नराज्जातानि तत्वानि नाराणीति विदुर्बुधाः
Their goal and support is Him; therefore, He is remembered as Nārāyaṇa. The wise know that the principles are born from 'nara', and thus are called 'nārāṇi'.
तान्येव चायनं तस्य तेन नारायणस्स्मृतः । कल्पांतेपि जगत्कृत्स्नं ग्रसित्वा येन धार्यते
Those very aggregates are His path; hence, He is called Nārāyaṇa. At the end of the aeon, having absorbed the entire world, by whom it is sustained.
पुनः संसृज्यते येन स वै नारायणः स्मृतः । चराचरं जगत्कृत्स्नं नार इत्यभि धीयते
By whom it is again created—He indeed is called Nārāyaṇa. The entire moving and unmoving world is referred to as 'nāra'.
तस्य वासं गतिर्येन तेन नारायणः स्मृतः । नारो नराणां संघातस्तस्यासावयनं गतिः
His abode and goal is that; therefore, He is called Nārāyaṇa. 'Nāra' is the assembly of beings, and for them, He is the path and destination.
तेनासौ मुनिभिर्नित्यं नारायण इतीरितः । प्रभवन्ति यतो लोका महाब्धौ पृथुफेनवत्
Therefore, He is always called Nārāyaṇa by the sages; from whom the worlds arise, like great foam on the vast ocean.
पुनर्यस्मात्प्रलीयन्ते तस्मान्नारायणः स्मृतः । यो वै नित्यपदे नित्यो नित्यमुक्तैकभोगवान्
And into whom they again dissolve—therefore, He is remembered as Nārāyaṇa. He who is eternal in the eternal abode, ever-liberated, enjoying supreme bliss.
ईशः सर्वस्य जगतः स वै नारायणः स्मृतः । नारायणः परंब्रह्म तत्वं नारायणः परम्
He, the Lord of all the worlds, is indeed called Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Brahman; the highest truth is Nārāyaṇa.
यच्च किंचिज्जगत्यस्मिन्दृश्यते श्रूयतेऽपि वा । अंतर्बंहिश्च तत्सर्वं व्याप्य नारायणः स्थितः
Whatever is seen or heard in this world, whether within or without—all of it is pervaded and sustained by Nārāyaṇa.
अपहतपाप्मा पुरुषः सर्वभूतांतरस्थितः । दिव्यएकस्सदा नित्यो हरिर्नारायणोऽच्युतः
He who is sinless, the Supreme Person, dwelling within all beings, the one divine, ever-eternal Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the infallible.
यस्तु द्रष्टा च द्रष्टव्यं श्रोता श्रोतव्यमेव च । स्प्रष्टा च स्पर्शितव्यश्च ध्याता ध्यातव्यमेव च
He who is the seer and the seen, the hearer and the heard, the toucher and the touched, the meditator and the meditated upon.
वक्ता च वाच्यं ज्ञाता च ज्ञातव्यं चिदचिज्जगत् । तच्च सर्वं हरिः श्रीशो नारायण उदाहृतः
He who is the speaker and the spoken, the knower and the known, the sentient and insentient world—all that is Hari, the glorious Lord, called Nārāyaṇa.
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स लोकान्सर्वतो व्याप्य अत्यतिष्ठद्दशांगुलम्
The Purusha has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; having pervaded all worlds in every direction, he extends beyond them by ten fingers' breadth.
यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यं तत्सर्वं नारायणो हरिः । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेन विराट्पुमान्
Whatever has existed and whatever will exist, all of it is Narayana, Hari; and he is the lord of immortality, as well as the Virat Purusha who subsists by food.
स एव पुरुषो विष्णुर्वासुदेवोऽच्युतो हरिः । हिरण्मयोऽथ भगवान्सोऽमृतः शाश्वतः शिवः
That very Purusha is Vishnu, Vasudeva, the infallible Hari; he is golden, the blessed one, immortal, eternal, and auspicious.
पतिर्विश्वस्य जगतः सर्वलोकेश्वरं प्रभुः । हिरण्यगर्भाः सविता अनंतोऽसौ महेश्वरः
He is the master of the universe, the lord of all worlds, the sovereign; he is Hiranyagarbha, Savita, Ananta, and the great lord.
भगवानिति शब्दोऽयं तथा पुरुष इत्यपि । वर्त्तते निरुपाधिश्च वासुदेवोऽखिलात्मनि
The term 'Bhagavan' as well as 'Purusha' are used for him; Vasudeva, the soul of all, exists without any attributes.
ईश्वरो भगवान्विष्णुः परमात्मा जगत्सुहृत् । शास्ता चराचरस्यैको यतीनां परमा गतिः
The lord, Bhagavan Vishnu, is the supreme self, the friend of the world; he alone is the ruler of the moving and unmoving, and the highest goal of ascetics.
यो वेदादौ स्वरः प्रोक्तो वेदांते च प्रतिष्ठितः । तस्य प्रकृतिलीनस्य यः परः स महेश्वरः
He who is spoken of as the syllable at the beginning of the Vedas and established at their end, whose essence is merged in nature, that supreme one is the great lord.
योसावकारो वै विष्णुर्योऽसौ नारायणो हरिः । स एव पुरुषो नित्यः परमात्मा महेश्वरः
That form is indeed Vishnu, that is Narayana, Hari; he alone is the eternal Purusha, the supreme self, the great lord.
यस्मादुद्भूतमैश्वर्यं यस्मिन्कस्मिंश्च वर्तते । तस्मिन्नीश्वरशब्दोऽपि प्रोच्यते मुनिभिस्तथा । निरुपाधीश्वरत्वं हि वासुदेवे प्रतिष्ठितम्
Wherever lordship arises, wherever it is present, there the term 'Ishvara' is also used by sages; for attribute-less lordship is established in Vasudeva.
आत्मेश्वर इति प्रोक्तो वेदवादैः सनातनैः । तस्मान्महेश्वरत्वं तु वासुदेवे प्रतिष्ठितम्
He is called 'Atmeshvara' by the eternal Vedic teachings; therefore, the status of the great lord is established in Vasudeva.
असौ त्रिपाद्विभूतेस्तु लीलया अपि चेश्वरः । विभूतिद्वयमैश्वर्यं तस्यैव सकलात्मनः
He is the lord even of the threefold manifestation, by his play; the twofold manifestation of lordship belongs to him, the soul of all.
श्रीभूनीलापतिर्योसावीश्वरस्स उदाहृतः । तस्मात्सर्वेश्वरत्वं तु वासुदेवे प्रतिष्ठितम्
He who is the lord of Sri, Bhumi, and Nila is declared as Ishvara; therefore, the status of lord of all is established in Vasudeva.
असौ यज्ञेश्वरो यज्ञो यज्ञभुक्यज्ञकृद्विभुः । यज्ञभुग्यज्ञपुरुषः स एव परमेश्वरः
He is the lord of sacrifice, the sacrifice itself, the enjoyer of sacrifice, the maker of sacrifice, the all-pervading one; the enjoyer of sacrifice, the sacrificial Purusha, he alone is the supreme lord.
यज्ञेश्वरो हव्यसमस्तकव्यभोक्ता व्ययात्मा हरिरीश्वरोऽत्र । तत्संनिधानादपयांति सद्यो रक्षांस्यशेषाण्यसुराश्च सर्वे
The lord of sacrifice, the enjoyer of all offerings and oblations, the imperishable Hari, the lord here; by his presence, all demons and all asuras immediately depart.
योऽसौ विराट्त्वमापन्नो हरिर्भूतो जनार्दनः । संतर्पयति लोकांस्त्रीन्स एव परमेश्वरः
He who has assumed the cosmic form, who is Hari, Janardana, nourishes the three worlds; he alone is the supreme lord.
येन पूर्णेन हविषा देवा यज्ञमतन्वत । तस्माद्यज्ञात्समुत्पन्ना ये के चोभयादतः
By whom, with complete offerings, the gods performed sacrifice; from that sacrifice arose those who partake of both sides.
तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । तस्मादश्वा अजायंत गावश्च पुरुषादयः
From that sacrifice, all offerings, the Rig and Sama hymns were born; from it horses were produced, as well as cows and men.
पुरुषस्य तनोरस्य सर्वयज्ञमयस्य वै । हरेः सर्वं समुद्भूतं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
From the body of this Purusha, who is composed of all sacrifices, everything in the world, both stationary and moving, has arisen from Hari.