तमन्तपुरुषं रुद्रं प्रणतो ऽस्मि सनातनम्
I bow to that eternal Rudra, the inner person.
यो वै नृत्यति रुद्रात्मा प्रणतो ऽस्मि जनार्दनम्
I bow to that destroyer of beings, whose essence is Rudra, who indeed dances.
संभूता यस्य देवस्य सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
I bow to that all-pervading Lord from whom all have arisen.
यस्यांशभूता देवस्य सर्वगं तं नतो ऽस्मयहम्
I bow to that all-pervading Lord, of whom all are portions.
एकांशभूता देवस्य सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
I bow to that all-pervading Lord, of whom all are but a single portion.
यः सर्वमध्यगो ऽनन्तः सर्वगं तं नमाम्यहम्
I bow to that all-pervading infinite one who abides in the midst of all.
विष्णुरेवं तथा पापं ममाशेषं प्रणश्यतु
Thus, by Viṣṇu, may all my sins be destroyed.
यच्च ज्ञानपरिच्छेद्यं पापं नश्यतु मे तथा
And may the sin that is discerned by knowledge likewise perish for me.
अनेकजन्मकर्मोत्थं पापं नश्यतु मे तथा
And may the sin arising from actions over many births likewise perish for me.
संध्ययोश्च कृतं पापं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
The sin committed at the junctions of the day, by deed, mind, or speech—
कृतं यदशुभं कर्म कायेन मनसा गिरा
Whatever inauspicious act has been done by body, mind, or speech—
तत् क्षिप्रं विलयं यातु वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्
May that quickly come to dissolution through the praise of Vāsudeva.
परपीडोद्भवां निन्दां कुर्वता यन्महात्मनाम्
The reproach that arises from harming others, when directed at great souls,
तद् यातु विलयं तोये यथा लवणभाजनम्
Let that be dissolved in water, just as a vessel of salt disappears.
वयःपरिणतौ यच्च यच्च जन्मातरे कृतम्
Whatever was done in other births, and whatever was done in the course of life,
प्रयातु विलयं तोये यथा लवणभाजनम्
Let it be dissolved in water, just as a vessel of salt disappears.
जनार्दनाय कृष्णाय नमो भूयो नमो नमः
Salutations again and again to Janārdana, to Kṛṣṇa.
अरिष्टकेशिचणूरदेवारिक्षयिणे नमः
Salutations to Him who slew Ariṣṭa, Keśi, Caṇūra, and the enemies of the gods.
को ऽन्यो नाशयति बलाद् दर्पं हैहयभूपतेः
Who else can forcibly destroy the pride of the king of the Haihayas?
वधिष्यति दशग्रीवं कः सामात्यपुरःसरम्
Who will slay Daśagrīva, together with his ministers and city?
निहन्ताप्यथबा शास्ता देवदेव भविष्यति
He alone will be the slayer or the chastiser, the god of gods.
इष्टानिष्टप्रसंगेभ्यो ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो ऽपि वा
Whether through knowledge or ignorance, by association with what is desired or undesired,
महापातकसंज्ञं वा तथा चैवोपपातकम्
Whether it is called a great sin, or likewise a subsidiary sin,
नाशयेद् योगिनां सर्वमामपात्रमिवाम्भसि
Let all of it be destroyed for the yogins, as raw meat in water.
अहन्यहनि यो दद्यात् पठत्येतच्च तत्समम्
Whoever gives or recites this daily, it is equal to both.
विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
He attains the world of Viṣṇu—this is truly what I declare.
राक्षसस्त्रस्तसर्वाङ्गं तथा मामेष मुञ्चतु
Let this demon, terrified in all his limbs, thus release me.
अकामेन द्विजो भूयस्तमाह रजनीचरम्
The twice-born, without desire, again addressed the night-wanderer.
विष्णोः सारस्वतं स्तोत्रं यज्जगाद सरस्वती
The hymn to Viṣṇu composed by Sarasvatī—
जगादैनं स्तवं विष्णोः सर्वेषां चोपशान्तिदम्
She spoke this hymn to Viṣṇu, which brings peace to all.