अष्टाभिश्च त्रिभिश्चैवं द्वाभ्यां चैकेन वा पुनः कालेनात्मगुणैश्चापि कृत्स्नमेव जगत् स्वयम्
By eight, by three, by two, or by one, again, through time and the qualities of the self, the entire world is manifested by him alone.
गुणैरारभ्य कर्माणि स्वभावादीनि योजयेत् तेषामभावे नाशः स्यात्कृतस्यापि च कर्मणः
Beginning with the qualities, actions are joined to nature and others; in their absence, even actions already performed are destroyed.
कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः
When action is exhausted, another follows; thus he proceeds according to the principle. He alone is the origin, the cause of union for the enjoyer and the enjoyment.
परस्त्रिकालादकलस्स एव परमेश्वरः सर्ववित् त्रिगुणाधीशो ब्रह्मसाक्षात्परात्परः
He is beyond the three times, without time, the supreme lord, all-knowing, master of the three qualities, directly Brahman, the highest of the high.
तं विश्वरूपमभवं भवमीड्यं प्रजापतिम् देवदेवं जगत्पूज्यं स्वचित्तस्थमुपास्महे
We worship him, the lord of creation, the source of existence and nonexistence, praised by all, god of gods, honored by the world, abiding in our own mind.
कालादिभिः परो यस्मात्प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते धर्मावहं पापनुदं भोगेशं विश्वधाम च
Because the universe is transformed by time and others, we worship the lord of enjoyment, the abode of the world, who brings virtue and removes sin.
तमीश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतम् पतिं पतीनां परमं परस्ताद्विदाम देवं भुवनेश्वरेश्वरम्
We know that god, the supreme among lords, the great lord, the highest among deities, the lord of lords, the supreme beyond all, the ruler of the world and its rulers.
न तस्य विद्येत कार्यं कारणं च न विद्यते न तत्समो ऽधिकश्चापि क्वचिज्जगति दृश्यते
He has neither work nor cause; nothing equal or greater is seen anywhere in the world.
परास्य विविधा शक्तिः श्रुतौ स्वाभाविकी श्रुता ज्ञानं बलं क्रिया चैव याभ्यो विश्वमिदं कृतम्
His supreme powers are manifold, innate as declared in scripture: knowledge, strength, and action, by which this universe is created.
तस्यास्ति पतिः कश्चिन्नैव लिंगं न चेशिता कारणं कारणानां च स तेषामधिपाधिपः
He has no master, no mark, no ruler; he is the cause of causes, the lord of their lords.
न चास्य जनिता कश्चिन्न च जन्म कुतश्चन न जन्महेतवस्तद्वन्मलमायादिसंज्ञकाः
He has no creator, nor birth from anywhere; nor are there causes of birth like impurity or illusion.
स एकस्सर्वभूतेषु गूढो व्याप्तश्च विश्वतः सर्वभूतांतरात्मा च धर्माध्यक्षस्स कथ्यते
He alone, hidden in all beings, pervades everywhere; he is the inner self of all beings, called the overseer of righteousness.
सर्वभूताधिवासश्च साक्षी चेता च निर्गुणः एको वशी निष्क्रियाणां बहूनां विवशात्मनाम्
He is the abode of all beings, witness, consciousness, without qualities; the one master among many inactive, among many compelled souls.
नित्यानामप्यसौ नित्यश्चेतनानां च चेतनः एको बहूनां चाकामः कामानीशः प्रयच्छति
He is eternal among the eternal, conscious among the conscious; the one, though desireless, grants desires to the many.
सांख्ययोगाधिगम्यं यत्कारणं जगतां पतिम् ज्ञात्वा देवं पशुः पाशैस्सर्वैरेव विमुच्यते
Having realized, through Sāṃkhya and Yoga, that cause who is the Lord of the worlds, and knowing that God, the soul is released from all bonds.
विश्वकृद्विश्ववित्स्वात्मयोनिज्ञः कालकृद्गुणी प्रधानः क्षेत्रज्ञपतिर्गुणेशः पाशमोचकः
He is the creator of the universe, the knower of the universe, self-born, the knower of origins, the maker of time, endowed with qualities, the primordial one, the lord of the field-knower, the lord of qualities, the liberator from bonds.
ब्रह्माणं विदधे पूर्वं वेदांश्चोपादिशत्स्वयम् यो देवस्तमहं बुद्ध्वा स्वात्मबुद्धिप्रसादतः
He who formerly created Brahmā and himself taught the Vedas—having known that God, through the clarity of my own understanding, I have realized him.
मुमुक्षुरस्मात्संसारात्प्रपद्ये शरणं शिवम् निष्फलं निष्क्रियं शांतं निरवद्यं निरंजनम्
Desiring liberation from this cycle of existence, I take refuge in Śiva, who is without fruit, without action, peaceful, faultless, and stainless.
अमृतस्य परं सेतुं दग्धेंधनमिवानिलम् यदा चर्मवदाकाशं वेष्टयिष्यंति मानवाः
He is the supreme bridge to immortality, like wind to burnt fuel; when people try to wrap the sky as with a hide,
तदा शिवमविज्ञाय दुःखस्यांतो भविष्यति
then, without knowing Śiva, the end of suffering will come.
तपःप्रभावाद्देवस्य प्रसादाच्च महर्षयः अत्याश्रमोचितज्ञानं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्
By the power of austerity and the grace of the god, the great sages obtained knowledge beyond the stages of life, pure and destroyer of sin.
वेदांते परमं गुह्यं पुराकल्पप्रचोदितम् ब्रह्मणो वदनाल्लब्धं मयेदं भाग्यगौरवात्
This supreme secret of the Vedānta, taught in ancient times, I have received from the mouth of Brahmā, by the greatness of my fortune.
नाप्रशांताय दातव्यमेतज्ज्ञानमनुत्तमम् न पुत्रायाशुवृत्ताय नाशिष्याय च सर्वथा
This unsurpassed knowledge should not be given to one who is not peaceful, nor to a son of bad conduct, nor ever to an unworthy disciple.
यस्य देवे पराभक्तिर्यथा देवे तथा गुरौ तस्यैते कथिताह्यर्थाः प्रकाशंते महात्मनः
For one who has supreme devotion to God, and just as to God, so to the teacher, to that great soul these meanings become manifest.
अतश्च संक्षेपमिदं शृणुध्वं शिवः परस्तात्प्रकृतेश्च पुंसः स सर्गकाले च करोति सर्वं संहारकाले पुनराददाति
Therefore, hear this summary: Śiva is beyond both nature and soul; at the time of creation he does all, and at the time of dissolution he withdraws all again.
कालादुत्पद्यते सर्वं कालदेव विपद्यते न कालनिरपेक्षं हि क्वचित्किंचन विद्यते
From time everything arises, and by time, O god, everything perishes; for nothing exists anywhere independent of time.
यदास्यांतर्गतं विश्वं शश्वत्संसारमण्डलम् सर्गसंहृतिमुद्राभ्यां चक्रवत्परिवर्तते
When the universe, the eternal cycle of transmigration, is contained within him, by the gestures of creation and dissolution, it revolves like a wheel.
ब्रह्मा हरिश्च रुद्रश्च तथान्ये च सुरासुराः यत्कृतां नियतिं प्राप्य प्रभवो नातिवर्तितुम्
Brahmā, Hari, Rudra, and other gods and demons, having attained the destiny set by him, cannot go beyond their origin.
भूतभव्यभविष्याद्यैर्विभज्य जरयन् प्रजाः अतिप्रभुरिति स्वैरं वर्तते ऽतिभयंकरः
Dividing beings by past, present, and future, he ages the creatures; he is supremely powerful, acts freely, and is exceedingly terrifying.
क एष भगवान् कालः कस्य वा वशवर्त्ययम् क एवास्य वशे न स्यात्कथयैतद्विचक्षण
Who is this blessed Time? Over whom does he rule? And who is not under his control? Tell me this, O wise one.