युक्तं चतुर्भुजं शांतं ध्यायन्नर्च्चेत्समाहितः । ब्राह्मणैः पूजितैरेव पूजितोऽयं न संशयः
Meditating on him, united, four-armed, peaceful, one should worship with concentration; when worshipped by brāhmaṇas, he is indeed worshipped, without doubt.
निर्भर्त्सितैश्च तैर्भूप भवेन्निर्भर्त्सितो विभुः । निगमो धर्मशास्त्रं च यदाधारे प्रवर्तते
When reproached by them, O king, the Lord is reproached; the Veda and Dharmaśāstra operate according to their foundation.
विप्रास्ते वैष्णवीमूर्तिः पावनी परमा मता
Those brāhmaṇas are considered the supreme, purifying Vaiṣṇava form.
सर्वं शुभं जगति धर्मत एव लभ्यं धर्मो गतिर्निगमतो नृपधर्मशास्त्रात् । नूनं तयोरपि गतिर्भुवि भूमिदेवास्तैरर्चितैरिह जगत्पतिरर्चितः स्यात्
All auspiciousness in the world is attained only through dharma; dharma is the path from the Veda and the king's Dharmaśāstra. Surely, the earth gods are the path for both; when worshipped, the Lord of the world is worshipped here.
न यज्ञयोगैर्न तपोभिरन्यैर्न योगयुक्त्या न समर्चनेन । तथा विभुस्तुष्यति देवदेवो यथा मही दैवततोषणेन
Neither by sacrifices, nor by austerities, nor by other yogic practices, nor by worship, does the Lord of gods become as pleased as by the satisfaction of the earth gods.
ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मवेदप्रवर्तकः । ब्राह्मणैरेव तुष्येत तोषितं ब्रह्मदैवतम्
He is devoted to Brahman, knows Brahman, is Brahmā, the promoter of the Brahman-Veda; he is pleased only by brāhmaṇas, and the Brahman deity is satisfied when they are satisfied.
नरकेऽपि चिरं मग्नाः पूर्वजा ये कुलद्वये । तदैव यांति ते स्वर्गं यदार्च्चति सुतो हरिम्
Even those ancestors of both lineages who have long been submerged in hell, at that very moment attain heaven when a son worships Hari.
किं तेषां जीवितेनेह पशुवच्चेष्टितेन किम् । येषां न प्रवणं चित्तं वासुदेवे जगन्मये
What is the value of their life here, or of actions like those of animals, for those whose minds are not inclined toward Vāsudeva, the all-pervading Lord?
ध्यानं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्न दृष्टं तु केनचित् । श्रूयतां भूपकैवल्यं केवलं मलवर्जितम्
I shall declare to you his meditation, which has not been seen by anyone; listen, O king, to the pure and stainless state of liberation.
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो निश्चलो वायुवर्जितः । प्रज्वलन्नाशयेत्सर्वमंधकारं महामते
Just as a lamp placed in a windless spot, unmoving and untouched by air, burns steadily and dispels all darkness, O wise one,
तद्वद्दोषविहीनात्मा भवत्येव निरामयः । निराशो निश्चलो वीरोनमित्रं न रिपुस्तथा
So too, the self, free from faults, becomes truly healthy, without hope, unmoving, heroic, with neither friend nor enemy.
शोकहर्षौ विषादश्च न लोभो मत्सरो भ्रमः । संभ्रमालापमोहैश्च सुखदुःखैर्विमुच्यते
He is freed from sorrow and joy, despondency, greed, envy, delusion, agitation, confusion, error, and from pleasure and pain.
विषयैश्चापि सर्वैश्च इंद्रियाणां प्रमुच्यते । तदा स केवलज्ञानी कैवल्यत्वं प्रजायते
He is also released from all sense objects and from the senses themselves; then, being one with pure knowledge, he attains the state of liberation.
ज्वालाकर्मप्रसंगेन दीपस्तैलं प्रशोषयेत् । वर्त्याधारेण राजेंद्र निर्द्वन्द्वो वायुवर्जितः
Through the action of its flame, a lamp dries up its oil, O king, being steady and untouched by wind, with the wick as its support.
कज्जलं वमते पश्चात्तैलस्यापि महामते । कृष्णा संदृश्यते रेखा दीपस्याग्रे महामते
Afterwards, O wise one, it emits soot from the oil; a black line appears at the tip of the lamp, O wise one.
स्वयमाकृष्य तत्तैलं तेजसा निर्मलोभवेत् । काये चांतः स्थितस्तद्वत्कर्मतैलं प्रशोषयेत्
Drawing in that oil by its own radiance, it becomes pure; in the same way, when the self is established within the body, it dries up the oil of karma.
विषयान्कज्जलं कृत्वा प्रत्यक्षान्संप्रदर्शयेत् । ज्वालावन्निर्मलो भूत्वा स्वयमेव प्रकाशयेत्
Turning sense objects into soot, it reveals them directly; becoming pure like a flame, it shines forth by itself.
क्रोधलोभादिभिः संज्ञैर्वायुभिः परिवर्जितः । निःस्पृहो निश्चलो भूत्वा तेजश्च स्वयमुज्ज्वलेत्
Freed from the winds of anger, greed, and the like, being desireless and unmoving, its own radiance shines forth.
त्रैलोक्यं पश्यते सर्वं स्वस्थानस्थं स्वतेजसा । केवलज्ञानरूपोऽयं मया ते परिकीर्तितः
By its own radiance, it sees all the three worlds established in their own place; this form of pure knowledge I have described to you.
ध्यानं चैव प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विविधं तस्य चक्रिणः । केवलज्ञानरूपेण दृश्यते परचक्षुषा
I shall also declare the twofold meditation of him who bears the discus; in the form of pure knowledge, he is seen by the vision of others.
योगयुक्ता महात्मानः परमार्थपरायणाः । यं न पश्यंति मुग्धास्तु सर्वज्ञं सर्वदर्शकम्
Great souls endowed with yoga, devoted to the highest truth, see him who is all-knowing and all-seeing, but the deluded do not.
हस्तपादविहीनश्च सर्वत्र परिगच्छति । सर्वं गृह्णाति त्रैलोक्यं स्थावरं जंगमं पुनः
Though without hands and feet, he moves everywhere; he grasps all the three worlds, both the unmoving and the moving.
नासामुखविहीनस्तु घ्राति भक्षति भूपते । अकर्णः शृणुते सर्वं सर्वसाक्षी जगत्पतिः
Though without nose and mouth, O king, he smells and eats; though earless, he hears everything—the Lord of the world, the witness of all.
अरूपो रूपसंबद्धः पंचवर्गवशं गतः । सर्वलोकस्य यः प्राणः पूज्यते सचराचरैः
Though formless, he is connected with forms, subject to the fivefold categories; he, who is the life of all worlds, is worshipped by all beings, moving and unmoving.
अजिह्वो वदते सर्वं वेदशास्त्रानुगं तथा । अत्वचः स्पर्शमेवापि सर्वेषामेव विंदति
Though tongueless, he speaks all in accordance with the Vedas and scriptures; though skinless, he perceives the touch of all things.
सदानंदो विविक्ताक्ष एकरूपो निराश्रयः । निर्गुणो निर्ममो व्यापी सगुणो निर्मलोऽनघः
He is ever-blissful, with senses withdrawn, of one form, without dependence; without qualities, without possessiveness, all-pervading, with qualities, pure, and sinless.
अवश्यः सर्ववश्यात्मा सर्वदः सर्ववित्तमः । तस्य माता न चैवास्ति स वै सर्वमयो विभुः
Unconstrained, yet the controller of all, the giver of all, the knower of all; he has no mother, for he is the all-pervading Lord.
एवं सर्वमयं ध्यानं यश्च पश्यत्यनन्यधीः । स याति परमं स्थानममूर्त्तममृतोपमम्
Whoever, with undistracted mind, beholds this all-pervading meditation, attains the supreme, formless, deathless state.
द्वितीयं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व महामते । मूर्त्ताकारं तु साकारं निराकारं निरामयम्
Now I shall declare the second; listen to it, O wise one: it is with form, with shape, yet formless and free from affliction.
ब्रह्मांडं सर्वमतुलं वासितं यस्य वासनात् । स तस्माद्वासुदेवस्तु प्रोच्यते नृपनंदन
The entire, incomparable cosmic egg is pervaded by his fragrance; therefore, O delight of kings, he is called Vāsudeva.