तात सर्वं परिज्ञेयं ज्ञानमत्रैव वै यतः ५.
Dear one, all knowledge must be understood, for knowledge truly resides here.
विचित्रं भाषसे बाल ज्ञातोऽत्रार्थश्च कस्त्वया ५.
Child, you speak in a strange way; what meaning have you truly grasped here?
एकत्रिंशत्सहस्राणि पठित्वापि त्वया पितः ५.
Even after you have recited thirty-one thousand verses, O father,
अयमयं चायमिति धर्मो यो दर्शनोदितः ५.
This is right, that is right—such is the dharma proclaimed by various views.
उपदेशं पठस्येव नैवार्थज्ञोऽसि तत्त्वतः ५.
You recite the teaching, but you do not truly know its meaning in essence.
तत्ते ब्रवीमि तद्वाक्यं मोहमार्तंडमद्भुतम्॥ ५.
Therefore, I will tell you that statement, the wondrous sun that dispels delusion.
अकारः कथितो ब्रह्मा उकारो विष्णुरुच्यते ५.
The letter 'A' is said to be Brahmā; the letter 'U' is called Viṣṇu.
अर्धमात्रा च या मूर्ध्नि परमः स सदाशिवः ५.
And the half-syllable at the crown is the supreme Sadāśiva.
ॐकारस्य च माहात्म्यं याथात्म्येन न शक्यते ५.
The true greatness of Om cannot be fully expressed.
पुनर्यत्सारसर्वस्वं प्रोक्तं तच्छ्रूयतां परम् ५.
Now hear again the supreme essence and entirety that has been declared.
स्वायंभुवश्च स्वारोचिरौत्तमो रैवतस्तथा ५.
Svāyaṃbhuva, Svārociṣa, Uttama, and Raivata,
सावर्णिर्ब्रह्मसावर्णी रुद्रसावर्णिरेव च ५.
Sāvarṇi, Brahmasāvarṇi, and Rudrasāvarṇi as well,
रौच्यो भौत्यस्तथा चापि मनवोऽमी चतुर्दश ५.
Raucya, Bhautya, and these fourteen Manus,
कृष्णः श्यामस्तथा धूम्रः सुपिशंगः पिशंगकः ५.
Kṛṣṇa, Śyāma, Dhūmra, Supiśaṅga, and Piśaṅgaka,
वैवस्वतः क्षकारश्च तात कृष्णः प्रदृश्यते ५.
Vaivasvata, Kṣakāra, and Kṛṣṇa are seen, dear one.
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The twelve Ādityas are remembered as beginning with 'ka' and ending with 'aṣṭha.'
भगो विवस्वान्पूषा च सविता दशमस्तथा ५.
Bhaga, Vivasvat, Pūṣan, and Savitṛ are the tenth as well.
जघन्यजः स सर्वेषामादित्यानां गुणाधिकः ५.
He is the youngest among all the Ādityas, yet surpasses them in qualities.
कपाली पिंगलो भीमो विरुपाक्षो विलोहितः ५.
Kapālī, Piṅgala, Bhīma, Virūpākṣa, and Vilohita—
भकाराद्याः षकारांता अष्टौ हि वसवो मताः ५.
Those beginning with 'bha' and ending with 'ṣa' are considered the eight Vasus.
प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च अष्टौ ते वसवः स्मृताः ५.
Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa—these eight are remembered as the Vasus.
अनुस्वारो विसर्गश्च जिह्वामूलीय एव च ५.
Anusvāra, visarga, and also jihvāmūlīya are included.
स्वेदजाश्चोद्भिजाश्चेति तत जीवाः प्रकीर्तिताः ५.
Those born from sweat and those arisen spontaneously are thus called living beings.
ये पुमांसस्त्वमून्देवान्समाश्रित्य क्रियापराः ५.
Those men who, resorting to these gods, are devoted to action—
चतुर्णां जीवयोनीनां तदैव परिमुच्यते ५.
They are then released from the four kinds of birth of living beings.
यस्मिञ्छास्त्रे त्वमी देवा मानिता नैव पापिभिः ५.
In whichever scripture these gods are honored, there is no sin.
अमी च देवाः सर्वत्र श्रौते मार्गे प्रतिष्ठिताः ५.
And these gods are established everywhere on the path of Vedic ritual.
तदमून्ये व्यतिक्रम्य तपो दानमथो जपम् ५.
But neglecting these, one pursues austerity, charity, or recitation.
अहो मोहस्य माहात्म्यं पश्यताविजितात्मनाम् ५.
Behold the greatness of delusion among those whose selves are unconquered.
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा पिताभूदतिविस्मितः ५.
Hearing these words, his father became extremely astonished.