तद्वत्सर्वमिदं लोके दुःखं दुःखेन शाम्यति ४२.
In the same way, all this suffering in the world is ended only by suffering.
दुःखैराकुलितं ज्ञात्वा निर्वेदं परमाप्नुयात् ४२.
Knowing that everything is afflicted by suffering, one should attain supreme dispassion.
ज्ञानेन तं परं ज्ञात्वा विष्णुं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् ४२.
Knowing that Supreme by knowledge, one attains liberation in Viṣṇu.
राजहंसो यथा शुद्धः काकामेध्यप्रदर्शकः ४२.
Just as the royal swan is pure and discerns filth shown by crows,
अविद्यायनमत्युग्रं नानाकर्मातिशाखिनम् ४२.
So too, ignorance is exceedingly fierce, with many branches of various actions.
मोहांधकारतिमिरं लोभव्यालसरीसृपम् ४२.
It is the darkness of delusion, a thicket of serpents of greed.
तदतीत्य महादुर्गं प्रविष्टोऽस्मि महद्वनम् ४२.
Having crossed that great fortress, I have entered the great forest.
न च बिभ्यति केषांचिन्नास्य बिभ्यति केचन॥ ४२.
And there are some who do not fear it, nor does anyone fear it.
तस्मिन्वने सप्तमहाद्रुमास्तु सप्तैव नद्यश्च फलानि सप्त ४२.
In that forest, there are seven great trees, seven rivers, and seven kinds of fruits.
पंचवर्णानि दिव्यानि चतुर्वर्णानि कानिचित् ४२.
There are five divine colors, and some are of four colors.
सृजंतः पादपास्तत्र व्याप्य तिष्ठन्ति तद्वनम्॥ ४२.
The trees there spread out, producing, and stand throughout that forest.
सप्त स्त्रियस्तत्र वसंति सत्यस्त्ववाङ्मुख्यो भानुमतो भवंति ४२.
Seven women dwell there, truthful and foremost in speech, and they belong to Bhānumat.
सप्तैव गिरयश्चात्र धृतं यैर्भुवनत्रयम् ४२.
There are also seven mountains here, by which the three worlds are upheld.
तेजश्चाभयदानत्वमद्रोहः कौशलं तथा ४२.
Radiance, granting fearlessness, non-injury, and skill are also present.
इत्येते गिरयो ज्ञेयास्तस्मिन्विद्यावने स्थिताः ४२.
These mountains should be understood as established in that forest of knowledge.
निर्ममत्वं तपश्चात्र सन्तोषः सप्तमो ह्रदः ४२.
Non-possessiveness, austerity, contentment, and the seventh is the lake.
पुष्पादिपूजा द्वितीया तृतीया च प्रदक्षिणा ४२.
Worship with flowers and the like is the second, and circumambulation is the third.
षष्ठी ब्रह्मैकता प्रोक्ता सप्तमी सिद्धिरेव च ४२.
The sixth is declared as unity with Brahman, and the seventh is attainment.
ब्रह्मा धर्मो यमश्चाग्निरिंद्रो वरुण एव च॥ ४२.
Brahmā, Dharma, Yama, Agni, Indra, and also Varuṇa.
धनदश्च ध्रुवादीनां सप्तकानर्चयंत्यमी ४२.
And Dhanada; these seven are worshipped by the followers of Dhruva and others.
आत्मतृप्ता यतो यांति शांता दांताः परात्परम् ४२.
Those who are satisfied in themselves, peaceful, restrained, go beyond the highest.
सरितः केचिदाहुः स्म सप्तैव ज्ञानवित्तमाः ४२.
Some wise ones say there are seven rivers here as well.
ब्रह्मैव समिधस्तत्र ब्रह्माग्निर्ब्रह्म संस्तरः ४२.
Brahman itself is the fuel there; Brahman is the fire, Brahman is the altar.
एतदेवेदृशं सूक्ष्मं ब्रह्मचर्यं विदुर्बुधाः ४२.
The wise know this subtle brahmacarya to be just so.
एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता हृद्येव तिष्ठन्पुरुषं प्रशास्ति ४२.
There is one teacher, not a second; the teacher, abiding in the heart, instructs the person.
एको गुरुर्नास्ति तथा द्वितीयो हृदि स्थितस्तमहं नृ ब्रवीमि ४२.
There is one guru, not a second; abiding in the heart, I declare him to be the darkness-destroyer.
एको बंधुर्नास्ति ततो द्वितीयो हृदी स्थितं तमहमनुब्रवीमि ४२.
There is no other true friend but the one who dwells in the heart; him I declare to you.
ब्रह्मचर्यं च संसेव्यं गार्हस्थ्य श्रृणु यादृशम् ४२.
One should practice celibacy; now listen to the nature of household life.
मच्चित्ता सा सदा मातर्मम सर्वार्थसाधनी ४२.
O Mother, she whose mind is always fixed on me becomes the accomplisher of all my purposes.
मनो बुद्धिश्च सप्तैते दीप्यंते पावका मम ४२.
My mind and intellect, together with these seven, shine forth as my fires.