गृहीत्वा नियमं तोयबिंदुं वर्षशतेऽग्निवत् ४०.
Observing a vow, he took a drop of water, as if it were fire for a hundred years.
कश्चित्तोयभृतं कुम्भं गृहीत्वा नर आव्रजत् ४०.
Then a certain man approached, carrying a water-filled pot.
अद्य ते नियमः पूर्णस्तोयमेतन्महामते ४०.
Today your observance is complete, O wise one, and this water is full.
को भवान्वर्णतो ब्रूहि किमाचारश्च तत्त्वतः ४०.
Who are you? Tell me your caste and your conduct in truth.
न जाने पितरौ स्वीयौ नष्टौ वा सर्वथा न हि ४०.
I do not know my own parents; they are lost to me entirely.
आचारैश्चापि धर्मैश्च न कार्यं मम किंचन ४०.
For me, there is nothing to be done with customs or duties.
यद्येवं नोदकं तुभ्यं ग्रहीष्याम्यस्मि कर्हिचित् ४०.
If this is so, I will never accept water from you.
न ज्ञायते कुलं यस्य बीजशुद्धिं विना ततः ४०.
One whose lineage is unknown, without purity of seed, is not recognized.
यश्च रुद्रं न जानाति रुद्रभक्तश्च यो नहि ४०.
And one who does not know Rudra, or is not a devotee of Rudra,
अज्ञात्वा यः शिवं भुंक्ते कथ्यते सोऽत्र ब्रह्महा ४०.
Who eats without knowing Shiva is here called a slayer of Brahmins.
गंगोदकुम्भः स्याद्यद्वत्तन्मध्ये मद्यबिंदुना ४०.
A pot of Ganga water becomes as if tainted by a drop of liquor.
हीनवर्णश्च यः स्याद्धि शिवभक्तोऽपि नैव सः ४०.
And one of low caste, even if a devotee of Shiva, is not accepted.
एतेन तव वाक्येन हास्यं संजायते मम ४०.
By your statement, laughter arises in me.
सदा सर्वेषु भूतेषु शिवो वसति नित्यशः ४०.
Shiva always dwells eternally in all beings.
आत्मनश्च परस्यापि यः करोत्यंतरो हरम् ४०.
Whoever makes a distinction between oneself and another, that is the thief.
अथवा का हि पानीये भवेदशुचिता वद ४०.
Or else, tell me, what impurity could there be in water?
पूर्णश्च पयसा कस्मिन्नेषामशुचिता कुतः॥ ४०.
When it is filled with milk, how could there be impurity in any of these?
अथ चेन्मम संसर्गादशुचित्वं च मीयते ४०.
But if impurity is measured by contact with me,
कुतः पृथिव्यां चरसि खे त्वं नैव चरस्युत ४०.
Why do you walk upon the earth? Or do you not walk at all?
सर्वभूतेषु चेदेवं शिव एवेति चोच्यते ४०.
If it is so that Shiva is said to be in all beings,
शुद्ध्यर्थं तेन विश्वस्य स्थापिता संस्थितिर्यथा ४०.
For the sake of the purification of the universe, that order was established as it is.
ससर्जेति पुरा धाता रूपात्मकमिदं जगत् ४०.
Long ago, the Creator brought forth this world, consisting of forms.
स च नामप्रपञ्चस्तु चतुर्द्धा भिद्यते किल ४०.
And that manifest world of names is indeed divided into four parts.
तत्र ध्वनिर्नादमयो वर्णाश्चाकारपूर्वकाः ४०.
Therein, sound is composed of resonance, and syllables are preceded by forms.
तच्चापि वाक्यं त्रिविधं भवेदिति श्रुतेर्मतम् ४०.
And that speech is considered to be threefold, according to the teaching of the scriptures.
कांतासंमतमेवापि वाक्यं हि त्रिविधं विदुः ४०.
Even what is approved by beloved ones is known to be threefold speech.
तथा श्रुतिस्मृती चोभे प्राहतुः प्रभुसंमतम् ४०.
Thus, both the revealed and remembered texts declare what is approved by the Lord.
सुहृद्वत्प्रतिबोध्यैनं प्रवर्तयति तत्त्वतः ४०.
Like a friend enlightening him, he truly sets him in motion towards reality.
प्रभुवाक्यं स्मृतं यच्च सबाह्याभ्यंतरं शुचि ४०.
That which is called the Lord’s speech is pure, both outwardly and inwardly.
तदेतत्पालनीयं स्याद्भूमिजानां श्रुतिर्वदेत् ४०.
This, the tradition says, should be observed by those born on earth.