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.
मंतव्यमथ बोद्धव्यं सप्तैताः समिधो मम ४२.
These seven—what is to be thought and what is to be understood—are my fuel-sticks.
एवंविधेन यज्ञेन यजाम्यस्मि तमीश्वरम् ४२.
With such a sacrifice as this, I worship that Lord.
न मे स्वभावेषु भवंति लेपास्तोयस्य बिंदोरिव पुष्करेषु ४२.
No stains adhere to my nature, just as water-drops do not cling to lotus leaves.
न सज्जते कर्मसु भोगजालं दिवीव सूर्यस्य मयूखजालम्॥ ४२.
Pleasures arising from actions do not attach to me, just as the rays of the sun do not cling to the sky.
एवंविधेन पुत्रेण मा मातर्दुःखिनी भव ४२.
With such a son, O Mother, do not be sorrowful.
इति पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा विस्मिता इतराभवत् ४२.
Hearing her son's words, she became astonished.
लोकेषु ख्यातिमायाति ततो मे स्याद्यशः परम् ४२.
He attains fame among people, and thus my supreme renown is established.
प्रहृष्टस्तस्य तैर्वाक्यैर्विस्मितः प्रादुरास च ४२.
Delighted by those words, he appeared, filled with wonder.
जगदुद्भासयन्भासा सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः ४२.
He shone forth, illuminating the world, radiant as ten million suns.
मूर्ध्नि बद्धांजलिं धीमानैतरेयोऽथ तुष्टुवे॥ ४२.
Then the wise son of Itara, with hands joined upon his head, praised him.
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते वासुदेवाय धीमहि ४२.
Salutations to you, O Lord, Vāsudeva; we contemplate you.
नमो विज्ञानमात्राय परमानंदमूर्तये ४२.
Salutations to the one who is pure consciousness, whose form is supreme bliss.
आत्मानंदानुरुद्धाय सम्यक्तयक्तोर्मये नमः ४२.
Salutations to him who is supported by the bliss of the Self, who is rightly established in yoga.
वचस्युपरते प्राप्यो य एको मनसा सह ४२.
He who is attained when speech ceases, who is one with the mind—him I salute.
यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं तिष्ठत्यपैति जायते ४२.
In whom this universe abides, from whom it arises, in whom it remains, into whom it dissolves, and from whom it is born.
यं न स्पृशंति न विदुर्मनोबुद्धींद्रियासवः ४२.
Whom the mind, intellect, senses, and vital airs neither touch nor comprehend.
देहेंद्रियप्राणमनोधियोऽमी यदंशब्द्धाः प्रचरंति कर्मसु ४२.
In whom these—body, senses, life-breath, mind, and intellect—move about in actions as mere fragments.
चतुर्भिश्च त्रिभिर्द्वाभ्यामेकधा प्रणमामि तम् ४२.
To Him I bow, who is one, who is expressed as four, three, and two.
हित्वा गतीर्मोक्षकामा यं भजंति दशात्मकम् ४२.
Those who desire liberation, abandoning all paths, worship Him who is of tenfold nature.
ॐनमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महानुभावाय विभूतिपतये सकलसात्वतपरिवृढनिकरकरकमलोत्पलकुड्मलोपलालितचरणारविंदयुगल परमपरमेष्ठिन्नमस्ते॥ ४२.
Om, obeisance to the Blessed Great Person, of great power, Lord of all glories, whose twin lotus feet are fondled by the budding lotuses of the hands of the assembly of all the exalted Sātvatas—supreme and most supreme Lord, I bow to You.