पुरुषाख्यो मनुश्शंभुः शतरूपा शिवप्रिया दक्षस्साक्षान्महादेवः प्रसूतिः परमेश्वरी
The one known as Purusha is Manu, Shambhu; Shatarupa is dear to Shiva; Daksha is truly Mahadeva, and Prasuti is the Supreme Lady.
रुचिर्भवो भवानी च बुधैराकूतिरुच्यते भृगुर्भगाक्षिहा देवः ख्यातिस्त्रिनयनप्रिया
Ruci is Bhava, and Bhavani is called by the wise as Akuti; Bhrigu is the god who destroyed Bhaga's eyes, and Khyati is dear to the three-eyed one.
मरीचिभगवान्रुद्रः संभूतिश्शर्ववल्लभा गंगाधरो ऽंगिरा ज्ञेयः स्मृतिः साक्षादुमा स्मृता
Marichi is the blessed Rudra, Sambhuti is Sharva's beloved; Gangadhara is known as Angiras, and Smriti is truly called Uma.
पुलस्त्यः शशभृन्मौलिः प्रीतिः कांता पिनाकिनः पुलहस्त्रिपुरध्वंसी तत्प्रिया तु शिवप्रिया
Pulastya is the one with the moon-crested crown, and Priti is the beloved of Pinakin; Pulaha is the destroyer of Tripura, and his beloved is dear to Shiva.
क्रतुध्वंसी क्रतुः प्रोक्तः संनतिर्दयिता विभोः त्रिनेत्रो ऽत्रिरुमा साक्षादनसूया स्मृता बुधैः
The destroyer of sacrifices is called the sacrifice; devotion is beloved of the Lord; the three-eyed is not three-eyed here; Uma herself is remembered as Anasuya by the wise.
कश्यपः कालहा देवो देवमाता महेश्वरी वसिष्ठो मन्मथारातिर्देवी साक्षादरुंधती
Kashyapa is Time's destroyer, the god; the mother of gods is Maheshvari; Vasishtha is the enemy of Manmatha; the goddess is truly Arundhati.
शंकरः पुरुषास्सर्वे स्त्रियस्सर्वा महेश्वरी सर्वे स्त्रीपुरुषास्तस्मात्तयोरेव विभूतयः
Shankara is all men; all women are Maheshvari; all men and women are thus their manifestations.
विषयी भगवानीशो विषयः परमेश्वरी श्राव्यं सर्वमुमारूपं श्रोता शूलवरायुधः
The Lord is the enjoyer; the Supreme Goddess is the object enjoyed; all that is to be heard is of Uma's form; the hearer is the wielder of the trident.
प्रष्टव्यं वस्तुजातं तु धत्ते शंकरवल्लभा प्रष्टा स एव विश्वात्मा बालचन्द्रावतंसकः
All that is to be asked is held by Shankara's beloved; the questioner is the universal Self, adorned with the crescent moon.
द्रष्टव्यं वस्तुरूपं तु बिभर्ति वक्तवल्लभा द्रष्टा विश्वेश्वरो देवः शशिखंडशिखामणिः
All that is to be seen is borne by the beloved of the speaker; the seer is the Lord of the universe, the god with the moon-crested crown.
रसजातं महादेवी देवो रसयिता शिवः प्रेयजातं च गिरिजा प्रेयांश्चैव गराशनः
The essence of taste is Mahadevi; Shiva is the taster; the essence of affection is Girija; the eater of affection is Girisha.
मंतव्यवस्तुतां धत्ते सदा देवी महेश्वरी मंता स एव विश्वात्मा महादेवो महेश्वरः
The state of being thought is always held by the goddess Maheshvari; the thinker is the universal Self, the great god Maheshvara.
बोद्धव्यवस्तुरूपं तु बिभर्ति भववल्लभा देवस्स एव भगवान्बोद्धा मुग्धेन्दुशेखरः
The state of being understood is borne by Bhava's beloved; the god himself is the knower, the lord crowned with the tender moon.
प्राणः पिनाकी सर्वेषां प्राणिनां भगवान्प्रभुः प्राणस्थितिस्तु सर्वेषामंबिका चांबुरूपिणी
Prana is Pinaki, the lord of all beings; the state of being in prana is Ambika, the one of water-form, for all.
बिभर्ति क्षेत्रतां देवी त्रिपुरांतकवल्लभा क्षेत्रज्ञत्वं तदा धत्ते भगवानंतकांतकः
The goddess, beloved of Tripurantaka, bears the state of being the field; the lord, destroyer of death, bears the state of being the knower of the field.
अहः शूलायुधो देवः शूलपाणिप्रिया निशा आकाशः शंकरो देवः पृथिवी शंकरप्रिया
Day is the god with the trident weapon; night is dear to the wielder of the trident; space is the god Shankara; earth is beloved of Shankara.
समुद्रो भगवानीशो वेला शैलेन्द्रकन्यका वृक्षो वृषध्वजो देवो लता विश्वेश्वरप्रिया
The ocean is the lord; the shore is the daughter of the mountain king; the tree is the god with the bull-banner; the creeper is beloved of the Lord of the universe.
पुंल्लिंगमखिलं धत्ते भगवान्पुरशासनः स्त्रिलिंगं चाखिलं धत्ते देवी देवमनोरमा
The lord, ruler of cities, bears all masculine forms; the goddess, delight of the gods, bears all feminine forms.
शब्दजालमशेषं तु धत्ते सर्वस्य वल्लभा अर्थस्वरूपमखिलं धत्ते मुग्धेन्दुशेखरः
The beloved of all bears the entire web of words; the lord crowned with the tender moon bears the entire nature of meaning.
यस्य यस्य पदार्थस्य या या शक्तिरुदाहृता सा सा विश्वेश्वरी देवी स स सर्वो महेश्वरः
For whatever entity, whichever power is declared, that is the goddess, ruler of the universe; that is the lord, Maheshvara.
यत्परं यत्पवित्रं च यत्पुण्यं यच्च मंगलम् तत्तदाह महाभागास्तयोस्तेजोविजृंभितम्
Whatever is supreme, whatever is pure, whatever is virtuous, whatever is auspicious, the blessed ones say: all that is the expansion of their radiance.
यथा दीपस्य दीप्तस्य शिखा दीपयते गृहम् तथा तेजस्तयोरेतद्व्याप्य दीपयते जगत्
Just as the flame of a lamp illuminates a house, so the radiance of these two, pervading, illuminates the world.
तृणादिशिवमूर्त्यंतं विश्वख्यातिशयक्रमः सन्निकर्षक्रमवशात्तयोरिति परा श्रुतिः
The supreme revelation declares that, from grass and so on up to the form of Shiva, the extraordinary sequence of manifestation in the universe occurs according to the order of proximity between the two.
सर्वाकारात्मकावेतौ सर्वश्रेयोविधायिनौ पूजनीयौ नमस्कार्यौ चिंतनीयौ च सर्वदा
These two possess all forms and bestow every good; they are always to be worshipped, saluted, and contemplated.
यथाप्रज्ञमिदं कृष्ण याथात्म्यं परमेशयोः कथितं हि मया ते ऽद्य न तु तावदियत्तया
O Krishna, according to my understanding, I have explained to you today the true nature of the Supreme Lords, but not yet in its entirety.
तत्कथं शक्यते वक्तुं याथात्म्यं परमेशयोः महतामपि सर्वेषां मनसो ऽपि बहिर्गतम्
How can the true nature of the Supreme Lords be spoken? It lies beyond even the minds of all the great ones.
अंतर्गतमनन्यानामीश्वरार्पितचेतसाम् अन्येषां बुद्ध्यनारूढमारूढं च यथैव तत्
For those whose minds are wholly dedicated to the Lord, it is internal; for others, it is not established in the intellect, or only as it is.
येयमुक्ता विभूतिर्वै प्राकृती सा परा मता अप्राकृतां परामन्यां गुह्यां गुह्यविदो विदुः
This manifest glory, as previously described, is considered material; those who know the secret know another, supreme, immaterial, and hidden glory.
यतो वाचो निवर्तंते मनसा चेन्द्रियैस्सह अप्राकृती परा चैषा विभूतिः पारमेश्वरी
That supreme, immaterial glory of the Lord is where words, along with the mind and senses, turn back, unable to reach.
सैवेह परमं धाम सैवेह परमा गतिः सैवेह परमा काष्ठा विभूतिः परमेष्ठिनः
That alone is the highest abode here, that alone is the supreme goal here, that alone is the utmost limit—the glory of the Supreme Lord.