मयैवमसकृद्देवि प्रतिज्ञातं धरातले पतितो ऽपि विमुच्येत मद्भक्तो विद्ययानया
O Goddess, I have repeatedly declared this on earth: even if my devotee falls, by means of this knowledge, he is liberated.
कर्मायोग्यो भवेन्मर्त्यः पतितो यदि सर्वथा कर्मायोगेन यत्कर्म कृतं च नरकाय हि ततः कथं विमुच्येत पतितो विद्यया ऽनया
If a mortal is unfit for action and falls in every way, then by the ineligibility for action, whatever deed is done leads to hell; so how could one fallen be freed by this knowledge?
तथ्यमेतत्त्वया प्रोक्तं तथा हि शृणु सुन्दरि रहस्यमिति मत्वैतद्गोपितं यन्मया पुरा
What you have said is true; therefore, listen, O beautiful one, to this secret which I once concealed, considering it to be so.
समंत्रकं मां पतितः पूजयेद्यदि मोहितः नारकी स्यान्न सन्देहो मम पञ्चाक्षरं विना
If one who has fallen, deluded, worships me with the mantra, there is no doubt he becomes hell-bound if it is without my five-syllabled mantra.
अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च ये चान्ये व्रतकर्शिताः तेषामेतैर्व्रतैर्नास्ति मम लोकसमागमः
Those who subsist on water or air, and others who are emaciated by vows—by these vows alone, they do not attain my world.
भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेणैव यो हि मां सकृदर्चयेत् सो ऽपि गच्छेन्मम स्थानं मन्त्रस्यास्यैव गौरवात्
Whoever worships me even once with devotion using the five-syllabled mantra, he too attains my abode, due to the greatness of this mantra.
तस्मात्तपांसि यज्ञाश्च व्रतानि नियमास्तथा पञ्चाक्षरार्चनस्यैते कोट्यंशेनापि नो समः
Therefore, austerities, sacrifices, vows, and observances—even in a fraction of a crore—are not equal to the worship of the five-syllabled mantra.
बद्धो वाप्यथ मुक्तो वा पाशात्पञ्चाक्षरेण यः पूजयेन्मां स मुच्येत नात्र कार्या विचारणा
Whether bound or liberated from bonds, whoever worships me with the five-syllabled mantra is freed—there is no need for further consideration.
अरुद्रो वा सरुद्रो वा सकृत्पञ्चाक्षरेण यः पूजयेत्पतितो वापि मूढो वा मुच्यते नरः
Whether without anger or with anger, whoever worships with the five-syllabled mantra, even if fallen or deluded, that person is liberated.
षडक्षरेण वा देवि तथा पञ्चाक्षरेण वा स ब्रह्मांगेन मां भक्त्या पूजयेद्यदि मुच्यते
O Goddess, whether with the six-syllabled or the five-syllabled mantra, if one worships me with devotion in the proper manner, he is liberated.
पतितो ऽपतितो वापि मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत् मम भक्तो जितक्रोधो सलब्धो ऽलब्ध एव वा
Whether fallen or not, my devotee worships me with this mantra, whether he has conquered anger or not, whether he has attained or not.
अलब्धालब्ध एवेह कोटिकोटिगुणाधिकः तस्माल्लब्ध्वैव मां देवि मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
Whether attained or not attained here, he is many millions of times greater; therefore, O Goddess, having attained me, one should worship me with this mantra.
लब्ध्वा संपूजयेद्यस्तु मैत्र्यादिगुणसंयुतः ब्रह्मचर्यरतो भक्त्या मत्सादृश्यमवाप्नुयात्
But whoever, having attained, worships me endowed with qualities like friendliness, devoted to celibacy and with devotion, attains likeness to me.
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन भक्तास्सर्वेधिकारिणः मम पञ्चाक्षरे मंत्रे तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठतरो हि सः
Why say much more? All my devotees are capable of everything; among them, the one devoted to the five-syllabled mantra is the most excellent.
पञ्चाक्षरप्रभावेण लोकवेदमहर्षयः तिष्ठंति शाश्वता धर्मा देवास्सर्वमिदं जगत्
By the power of the five-syllabled mantra, the worlds, the Vedas, the great sages, the eternal laws, the gods, and all this universe are sustained.
प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे सर्वं प्रकृतिमापन्नं तत्र संलयमेष्यति
When dissolution arrives and all that is moving and unmoving is destroyed, everything returns to its primal nature and merges there.
एको ऽहं संस्थितो देवि न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कुत्रचित् तदा वेदाश्च शास्त्राणि सर्वे पञ्चाक्षरे स्थिताः
Then I alone remain, O Goddess; there is no second anywhere. At that time, the Vedas and all the scriptures are established in the five-syllabled mantra.
ते नाशं नैव संप्राप्ता मच्छक्त्या ह्यनुपालिताः ततस्सृष्टिरभून्मत्तः प्रकृत्यात्मप्रभेदतः
They do not reach destruction, for they are protected by my power; then creation arises from me, through the distinction of nature and self.
गुणमूर्त्यात्मनां चैव ततोवांतरसंहृतिः तदा नारायणश्शेते देवो मायामयीं तनुम्
Then, when the dissolution of the inner qualities takes place, the god Nārāyaṇa, embodying the qualities, lies down, assuming a body made of Māyā.
आस्थाय भोगिपर्यंकशयने तोयमध्यगः तन्नाभिपंकजाज्जातः पञ्चवक्त्रः पितामहः
Reclining upon the serpent-bed in the midst of the waters, from the lotus arising from his navel was born the five-faced Grandfather.
सिसृक्षमाणो लोकांस्त्रीन्न सक्तो ह्यसहायवान् मुनीन्दश ससर्जादौ मानसानमितौजसः
Desiring to create the three worlds, unattached and without assistance, the ten great sages, born from his mind and possessing immense energy, were first created.
तेषां सिद्धिविवृद्ध्यर्थं मां प्रोवाच पितामहः मत्पुत्राणां महादेव शक्तिं देहि महेश्वर
For the sake of their attainment and growth, the Grandfather addressed me: 'O Great Lord, bestow power upon my sons, O Maheśvara.'
इत्येवं प्रार्थितस्तेन पञ्चवक्त्रधरो ह्यहम् पञ्चाक्षराणि क्रमशः प्रोक्तवान्पद्मयोनये
Thus requested by him, I, bearing five faces, spoke the five sacred syllables in order to the Lotus-born.
स पञ्चवदनैस्तानि गृह्णंल्लोकपितामहः वाच्यवाचकभावेन ज्ञातवान्मां महेश्वरम्
The Grandfather of the worlds, with his five faces, received them, and through the relationship of word and meaning, he came to know me, Maheśvara.
ज्ञात्वा प्रयोगं विविधं सिद्धमंत्रः प्रजापतिः पुत्रेभ्यः प्रददौ मंत्रं मंत्रार्थं च यथातथम्
Having understood the various applications, the Lord of creatures, accomplished in mantra, gave the mantra and its meaning to his sons, just as it was.
ते च लब्ध्वा मंत्ररत्नं साक्षाल्लोकपितामहात् तदाज्ञप्तेन मार्गेण मदाराधनकांक्षिणः
And they, having received the jewel of mantras directly from the Grandfather of the worlds, following the prescribed path, desired my worship.
मेरोस्तु शिखरे रम्ये मुंजवान्नाम पर्वतः मत्प्रियः सततं श्रीमान्मद्भक्तै रक्षितस्सदा
On the beautiful summit of Meru stands a mountain named Munjavat, ever dear to me, splendid, and always protected by my devotees.
तस्याभ्याशे तपस्तीव्रं लोकं स्रष्टुं समुत्सुकाः दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु वायुभक्षास्समाचरन्
Near that place, eager to create the world, they performed intense austerity for a divine thousand years, subsisting on air.
तेषां भक्तिमहं दृष्ट्वा सद्यः प्रत्यक्षतामियाम् ऋषिं छंदश्च कीलं च बीजशक्तिं च दैवतम्
Seeing their devotion, I immediately became manifest before them, along with the seer, the meter, the pin, the seed-power, and the deity.
न्यासं षडंगं दिग्बंधं विनियोगमशेषतः प्रोक्तवानहमार्याणां जगत्सृष्टिविवृद्धये
For the increase of the world's creation, I taught them the sixfold nyāsa, the binding of directions, and all the applications, in their entirety.