प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते। अप्रमत्तेन चेद्वध्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ।। २०.
Om is the bow, the self is truly the arrow, and Brahman is said to be the target; if, with concentration, one strikes, he becomes one with that, like an arrow.
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म गुहायां निहितं पदम्। ओमित्येतत्रयो वेदास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रयोऽग्नयः। विष्णुक्रमास्त्रयस्त्वेते ऋक्सामानि यजूंषि च ।। २०.
Om, the single-syllabled Brahman, is the supreme state hidden in the cave; Om—these are the three Vedas, the three worlds, the three fires, the three steps of Vishnu, and the Ṛk, Sāman, and Yajus hymns.
मात्राश्चात्र चतस्रस्तु विज्ञेयाः परमार्थतः। तत्र युक्तश्च यो योगी तस्य सालोक्यतां व्रजेत् ।। २०.
Here, four measures are to be understood in their highest sense; the yogi who is established in them attains to the same world.
अकारस्त्वक्षरो ज्ञेय उकारः स्वरितः स्मृतः। मकारस्तु प्लुतो ज्ञेयस्त्रिमात्र इति संज्ञितः ।। २०.
The letter 'a' is to be known as short, 'u' is called medium, and 'm' is to be known as long; thus, it is designated as having three measures.
अकारस्त्वथ भूर्लोक उकारो भुवरुच्यते। सव्यञ्जनो मकारश्च स्वर्ल्लोकश्च विधीयते ।। २०.
'A' is said to be the earth world, 'u' is called the mid-region, and the consonant 'm' is prescribed as the heavenly world.
ओङ्कारस्तु त्रयो लोकाः शिरस्तस्य त्रिविष्टपम्। भुवनान्तञ्च तत्सर्वं ब्राह्मं तत्पदमुच्यते ।। २०.
The syllable Om is the three worlds; its head is heaven, and all the worlds up to their end are called the Brahman state.
मात्रापदं रुद्रलोको ह्यमात्रस्तु शिवं पदम्। एवन्ध्यानविशेषेण तत्पदं समुपासते ।। २०.
The measured state is the world of Rudra; the unmeasured is the state of Shiva. In this way, through special meditation, that state is worshipped.
तस्माद्धयानरतिर्नित्यममात्रं हि तदक्षरम्। उपास्यं हि प्रयत्नेन शाश्वतं पदमिच्छता ।। २०.
Therefore, one who always delights in meditation should diligently worship that unmeasured syllable, desiring the eternal state.
हृस्वा तु प्रथमा मात्रा ततो दीर्घा त्वनन्तरम्। ततः प्लुतवती चैव तृतीया उपदिश्यते ।। २०.
The first measure is short, then the second is long, and the third, which is taught, is like the prolonged.
एतास्तु मात्रा विज्ञेया यथावदनुपूर्वशः । यावच्चैव तु शक्यन्ते धार्यन्ते तावदेव हि ।। २०.
These measures are to be understood properly and in order; they are to be held only as long as one is able.
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिं ध्यायन्नात्मनि यः सदा । अत्राष्टमात्रमपिचेच्छृणुयात्फलमाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
Whoever always meditates within himself on the senses, mind, and intellect, and hears even the eighth measure here, attains the fruit.
मासे मासेऽश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः । न स तत् प्राप्नुयात् पुण्यं मात्रया यदवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
Even one who performs the horse sacrifice every month for a hundred years does not obtain the merit that is gained by a single measure.
अब्बिन्दुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासे मासे पिबेन्नरः। संवत्सरशतं पूर्णं मात्रया तदवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
Whoever drinks water without a drop, using a blade of grass, every month for a full hundred years, attains that by a measure.
इष्टापूर्त्तस्य यज्ञस्य सत्यवाक्ये च यत् फलम्। अभक्षणे च मांसस्य मात्रया तदवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
The fruit that comes from sacrifices, gifts, truthfulness, and abstaining from meat is attained by a measure.
स्वाम्यर्थे युध्यमानानां शूराणामनिवर्त्तिनाम्। यद्भवेत्तत् फलं दृष्टं मात्रया तदवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
The reward seen for brave warriors who fight for their lord and do not turn back is attained by a measure.
न तथा तपसोग्रेण न यज्ञैर्भूरिदक्षिणैः। यत् फलं प्राप्नुयात् सम्यग् मात्रया तदवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
Not by severe austerity, nor by sacrifices with many gifts, does one obtain the fruit that is fully gained by a measure.
तत्र वै योऽर्द्धमात्रो यः प्लुतो नामोपदिश्यते। एषा एव भवेत् कार्या गृहस्थानान्तु योगिनाम् ।। २०.
There, what is called the half-measure, which is prolonged, should indeed be practiced by householders and yogis.
एषा चैव विशेषेण ऐश्वर्यसमलक्षणा। योगिनान्तु विशेषेण ऐश्वर्ये ह्यष्टलक्षणे। अणिमाद्येति विज्ञेया तस्माद्युञ्जीत तां द्विजः ।। २०.
This, in particular, is marked by lordly powers; for yogis especially, it is known as the eightfold power, beginning with animā; therefore, the twice-born should practice it.
एवं हि योगी संयुक्तः शुचिर्द्दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः। आत्मानं विन्दते यस्तु स सर्वं विन्दते द्विजः ।। २०.
Thus, the yogi who is disciplined, pure, self-controlled, and master of his senses, finds his own self; and whoever finds his self, O twice-born, finds all.
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि वेदोपनिषदस्तथा। योगज्ञानादवाप्नोति ब्राह्मणो ध्यानचिन्तकः ।। २०.
The Brāhmaṇa who contemplates through meditation attains the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas, as well as the Upaniṣads, through yogic knowledge.
सर्वभूतलयो भूत्वा अभूतः स तु जायते। योगी सङ्क्रमणं कृत्वा याति वै शाश्वतं पदम् ।। २०.
Having become the abode of all beings, he who is unborn is then born; the yogi, having accomplished the transition, indeed attains the eternal state.
अपि चात्र चतुर्हस्तां ध्यायमानश्चतुर्मुखीम्। प्रकृतिं विश्वरूपाख्यां दृष्ट्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा ।। २०.
Moreover, here, meditating upon the four-handed, four-faced form, and beholding the nature called 'universal form' with divine vision—
अजामेतां लोहितशुक्लकृष्णां बह्वीः प्रजाः सृजमानां स्वरूपाम्। अजो ह्येको जुषमाणोऽनुशेते जहात्येनां भुक्तभोगामजोऽन्यः। अष्टाक्षरां षोडशपाणिपादां चतुर्मुखीं त्रिशिखामेकश्रृङ्गाम्। आद्यामजां विश्वसृजां स्वरूपां ज्ञात्वा बुधास्त्वमृतत्वं व्रजन्ति। ये ब्राह्मणाः प्रणवं वेदयन्ति न ते पुनः संसरन्तीह भूयः ।। २०.
This unborn one, red, white, and black, generating many offspring, is its own form; the one unborn enjoys and lies beside her, another unborn one abandons her after experiencing enjoyment; knowing the eight-syllabled, sixteen-handed and sixteen-footed, four-faced, three-crested, single-horned, primordial, unborn, creator of the universe, own form, the wise attain immortality; those Brahmins who know the Pranava do not again undergo rebirth here.
इत्येतदक्षरं ब्रह्म परमोङ्कारसंज्ञितम्। यस्तु वेदयते सम्यक् तथा ध्यायति वा पुनः ।। २०.
This imperishable Brahman, known as the supreme Om, whoever fully knows it or meditates upon it again—
संसारचक्रमुत्सृज्य मुक्तबन्धनबन्धनः। अचलं निर्गुणं स्थानं शिवं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः। इत्येतद्वै मया प्रोक्तमोङ्कारप्राप्तिलक्षणम् ।। २०.
Abandoning the cycle of worldly existence, freed from bondage and liberation, he attains the unmoving, attributeless, auspicious state without doubt; thus I have spoken the mark of attainment through Om.
नमो लोकेश्वराय सङ्कल्पकल्पग्रहणाय महान्तमुपतिष्ठते तद्वो हितं यद्ब्रह्मणे नमः। सर्वत्र स्थानिने निर्गुणाय सम्भक्तयोगीश्वराय च ।। पुष्करपर्णमिवाद्भिर्विशुद्धमिव ब्रह्ममुपतिष्ठेत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां पवित्रं पवित्रेण परिपूरितेन पवित्रेण ह्रस्वन्दीर्घप्लुतमिति तदेतमोङ्कारमशब्दमस्पर्शमरूपमरसमगन्धं पर्युपासीत अविद्येशानाय विश्वरूपो न तस्य अविद्येशानाय नमो योगीश्वरायेति च येन द्यौरुग्रा पृथिवी च दृढा येन स्वस्तनितं येन नाकस्तयोरन्तरिक्षमिमे वरीयसो देवानां हृदयं विश्वरूपो न तस्य प्राणापानौपम्यं चास्ति ओङ्कारोविश्वविश्वा वै यज्ञः यज्ञो वै वेदः वेदो वै नमस्कारः नमस्कारो रुद्रः नमो रुद्राय योगेश्वराधिपतये नमः। इति सिद्धिप्रत्युपस्थानं सायंप्रातर्मध्याह्ने नमः इति।। सर्वकामफलोरुद्रः। यथा वृन्तात् फलं पक्वं पवनेन समीरितम्। नमस्कारेण रुद्रस्य तथा पापं प्रणश्यति ।। २०.
Salutations to the Lord of the world, who grasps the wish-tree of resolve, the great one is worshipped; that which is beneficial to you, salutations to Brahman; abiding everywhere, attributeless, and to the Lord of yogis who is wholly devoted; like the lotus leaf purified by water, let one worship Brahman, pure among the pure, filled with purity, with purity short, long, and drawn out—thus let one worship this Om, soundless, untouchable, formless, tasteless, scentless; let one worship the universal form, the lord of ignorance, but there is no lord of ignorance for him; salutations to the Lord of yogis; by whom the sky is vast, the earth firm, by whom thunder resounds, by whom heaven and the space between are sustained, these are the heart of the gods, universal form, for whom there is no comparison to breath or exhalation; Om is all, sacrifice is all, sacrifice is the Veda, Veda is salutation, salutation is Rudra; salutations to Rudra, master of yogis; thus the approach to perfection, morning, evening, midday, salutations; Rudra is the giver of all desired fruits; just as ripe fruit falls from the stalk by the wind, so sin perishes by salutation to Rudra.
यथा रुद्रनमस्कारः सर्वधर्मफलो ध्रुवः। अन्यदेवनमस्कारो न तत् फलमवाप्नुयात् ।। २०.
Just as salutation to Rudra is surely the fruit of all dharmas, salutation to other gods does not yield that fruit.
तस्मात् त्रिषवणं योगी उपासीत महेश्वरम्। दशाविस्तारकं ब्रह्म तथा च ब्रह्म विस्तरम् ।। २०.
Therefore, the yogi should worship Maheshvara three times daily, the tenfold expansive Brahman, and likewise the expansion of Brahman.
ओङ्कारं सर्वतः काले सर्वं विहितवान् प्रभुः। तेन तेन तु विष्णुत्वं नमस्कारं महायशाः ।। २०.
The Lord has established Om everywhere and at all times; by that, the illustrious one attains the state of Vishnu and salutation.
नमस्कारस्तथा चैव प्रणवस्तुवते प्रभुम् । प्रणवं स्तुवते यज्ञो यज्ञं संस्तुवते नमः। नमस्तुवति वै रुद्रस्तस्माद्रुद्रपदं शिवम् ।। २०.
Salutation, likewise, and Pranava praise the Lord; Pranava praises sacrifice, sacrifice praises salutation; salutation praises Rudra, therefore Rudra's auspicious state.