विद्याविद्ये भवान्सत्यमसत्यं त्वं विषामृते । प्रवृत्तं च निवृत्तं च कर्म वेदोदितं भवान्
You are knowledge and ignorance, truth and untruth, poison and nectar; you are both action and renunciation, and the actions prescribed in the Vedas.
समस्तकर्मभोक्ता च कर्मोपकरणानि च । त्वमेव विष्णो सर्वाणि सर्वकर्मफलं च यत्
You alone, O Viṣṇu, are the enjoyer of all actions and the instruments of action; whatever is the fruit of all actions, that too is you.
मय्यन्यत्र तथान्येषु भूतेषु भुवनेषु च । तवैवाव्याप्तिरैश्वर्यगुणसंसूचिकी प्रभो
In me, in others, in all beings, and in all worlds, O Lord, your pervasion is only indicated by your qualities of sovereignty.
त्वां योगिनश्चिंतयन्ति त्वां यजंति च याजकाः । हव्यकव्यभुगेकस्त्वं पितृदेवस्वरूपधृक्
You are contemplated by yogis, you are worshipped by sacrificers; you alone are the enjoyer of offerings to gods and ancestors, bearing the forms of both.
रूपं महत्ते स्थितमत्र विश्वं ततश्च सूक्ष्मं जगदेतदीश । रूपामि सर्वाणि च भूतभेदास्तेष्वन्तरात्माख्यमतीव सूक्ष्मम्
Your great form is established here as the universe, and then as the subtle world, O Lord; all forms and distinctions of beings are yours, and within them, the innermost self, exceedingly subtle.
तस्माच्च सूक्ष्मादिविश्षोणानामगोचरे यत्परमात्मरूपम् । किमप्यचिन्त्यं तव रूपमस्ति तस्मै नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तमाय
And beyond that subtlety, in what is imperceptible to the senses, is your supreme self; there is a form of yours, O Supreme Person, which is inconceivable—salutations to that.
सर्वभूतेषु सर्वात्मन्या शक्तिरपरा तव । गुणाश्रया नमस्तस्यै शाश्वतायै सुरेश्वर
In all beings, in all selves, your power, O Lord of gods, is the eternal one, resting on qualities; salutations to her.
यातीतगोचरा वाचां मनसां चाविश्षोणा । ज्ञानिज्ञानपरिच्छेद्या तां वन्दे स्वेश्वरीं पराम्
She is beyond the reach of speech and mind, O Viṣṇu; she cannot be grasped by knowledge or ignorance—salutations to that supreme sovereign power.
ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय तस्मै भगवते सदा । व्यतिरिक्तं न यस्यास्ति व्यतिरिक्तोखिलस्य यः
Om, salutations always to that blessed Vāsudeva, who is not separate from anything, and from whom nothing is separate.
नमस्तस्मै नमस्तस्मै नमस्तस्मै महात्मने । नाम रूपं न यस्यैको योस्तित्वेनोपलभ्यते
Salutations to that great soul, again and again; he who is not apprehended as either name or form, nor as a single entity.
यस्यावताररूपाणि समर्चन्ति दिवौकसः । अपश्यन्तः परं रूपं नमस्तस्मै महात्मने
To that great soul, whose incarnate forms are worshipped by the gods, though they do not see his supreme form—salutations to him.
योन्तस्तिष्ठन्नशेषस्य पश्यतीशः शुभाशुभम् । तं सर्वसाक्षिणं विश्वं नमस्ये परमेश्वरम्
I bow to that supreme Lord, who, abiding within all, sees the auspicious and inauspicious, the witness of all, the universe itself.
नमोस्तु विष्णवे तस्मै यस्या भिन्नमिदं जगत् । ध्येयः स जगतामाद्यः स प्रसीदतु मेऽव्ययः
Salutations to that Viṣṇu, by whose power this world is diverse; he, the first of beings, worthy of meditation—may that imperishable one be gracious to me.
यत्रोतमेतत्प्रोतं च विश्वमक्षरमव्ययम् । आधारभूतः सर्वस्य स प्रसीदतु मे हरिः
May Hari, the support of all, in whom and by whom this imperishable, undecaying universe is woven and interlaced, be gracious to me.
ॐ नमो विष्णवे तस्मै नमस्तस्मै पुनः पुनः । यत्र सर्वं यतः सर्वं यः सर्वसंश्रयः
Om, salutations again and again to that Viṣṇu, in whom all exists, from whom all arises, who is the refuge of all.
सर्वगत्वादनन्तस्य स एवाहमवस्थितः । मत्तः सर्वमहं सर्वं मयि सर्वं सनातने
By the all-pervasiveness of the infinite, I alone am established; all is from me, I am all, all abides in me, the eternal.
अहमेवाक्षयो नित्यः परमात्मात्मसंश्रयः । ब्रह्मसंज्ञोऽहमेवाग्रे तथान्ते च परः पुमान्
I alone am the imperishable, eternal, the supreme self, the refuge of the self; I am called Brahman at the beginning, and at the end, the supreme person.
एवं सञ्चिन्तयन् विष्णुमभोदेनात्मनो द्रिज । त्मयत्वमवाप्याग्रय मेने चात्मानमच्युतम्
Thus contemplating Viṣṇu with a pure mind, O brāhmaṇa, he attained unity with him, and regarded his own self as the infallible one.
विसस्मार तथात्मानं नान्यत् किञ्चिदजानत । अहमेवाव्ययोऽनन्तः परमात्मेत्यचिन्तयत्
He forgot his individual self and knew nothing else; he thought, 'I alone am the imperishable, infinite, supreme self.'
तस्य तदभावनायोगात् क्षीणापापस्य वे क्रमात् । शुद्ध ऽन्तः करणो विष्णुस्तस्थौ ज्ञानमयेऽच्युतः
By the practice of such contemplation, and as his sins diminished, his inner being became pure, and Viṣṇu, the infallible one, stood forth as knowledge itself.
योगप्रभावात् प्रह्लादि जाते विष्णुमयेऽसुरे । चलत्युरगबन्धैस्तैर्म्मैत्रय त्रटितं क्षणात्
By the power of yoga, as Prahlāda became filled with Viṣṇu, the bonds of the serpents were instantly broken, O Maitraya.
भ्रान्तग्राहगणः सोर्म्मर्ययौ क्षोभ महार्णवः । चचाल च मही सर्वा सशौलवनकानना
The great ocean was agitated, its hosts of waves disturbed; the whole earth, with its mountains, forests, and groves, trembled.
स च तं शेलमम्पातं दैत्यैर्न्यस्तमथोपरि । प्रक्षिप्य तस्मात् सलिलान्निश्चक्राम महामतिः
Then, casting off the great stone placed upon him by the demons, that wise one emerged from the waters.
दृष्ट्वा च स जगदू भूयो गगनाद्यु पलक्षणम् । प्रह्लदोऽस्मीति सस्मार पुनरात्मानमात्मना
Seeing again the world, the sky, and its marks, Prahlāda remembered himself as himself.
तुष्टाव च पुनर्धीमाननादिं पुरुषोत्तमम् । एकाग्रमतिरव्यग्रो यतवाक्कायमानसः
And again, the wise one praised the primeval, supreme person, with mind concentrated, undisturbed, his speech, body, and mind restrained.
ऊँ नमः परमार्थार्थ स्थूलसूक्ष्मक्षराक्षर । व्यक्ताव्यक्त कलातीत सकलेश निरंञ्जन
Om, salutations to the highest reality, the meaning of the highest truth, gross and subtle, perishable and imperishable, manifest and unmanifest, beyond divisions, lord of all, stainless one.
गुणाञ्जन गुणाधार निर्गुणात्मन् गुणस्थिर । मूर्त्तामूर्त्त महामूर्त्ते सूक्ष्ममूर्त्ते स्फुटास्फुट
Supporter of qualities, foundation of qualities, whose essence is beyond qualities, stable in qualities; with form and without form, of great form, of subtle form, clear and unclear.
करालसौम्यरूपात्मन् विद्याविद्यालयाच्युत । सदसद्रूप सद्भाव सदसद्भावभावन
Of fierce and gentle form, abode of knowledge and ignorance, O infallible one; of the form of existence and non-existence, of true being, creator of the states of existence and non-existence.
नित्यानित्यप्रपञ्जात्मन् निष्प्रपञ्चामालश्रित । एकानिक नमस्तुभ्यं वासुदेवादिकारण
O One whose nature is both eternal and non-eternal manifestation, who is untouched by illusion and pure, who is singular and unique—salutations to You, the original cause, O Vāsudeva.
यः स्थूलसूक्ष्मः प्रकटः प्रकाशो यःसर्व्भूतो न च सर्व्वभूतः । विश्वं यतश्चैतदविश्वहेतो र्नमोऽस्तु तस्मै पुरुषोत्तमाय
He who is gross and subtle, manifest and luminous, who is all beings yet not all beings—salutations to that Supreme Person, from whom this universe arises and who is the cause of the non-universe.