एष देवो विश्वकर्मा महात्मा सदा जनानां हृदये संनिविष्टः हृदा मनीषा मनसाभिकॢप्तो य एतद् विदुर् अमृतास् ते भवन्ति
This divine, maker of all, great soul, is always established in the hearts of people; by heart, intellect, and mind he is approached; those who know this become immortal.
यदातमस् तन् न दिवा न रात्रिर् न सन् न चासच् छिव एव केवलः तद् अक्षरं तत् सवितुर् वरेण्यं प्रज्ञा च तस्मात् प्रसृता पुराणी
When that darkness is, there is neither day nor night, neither being nor non-being; only Shiva alone; that imperishable, that most excellent of Savitṛ, from whom ancient wisdom has arisen.
नैनम् ऊर्ध्वं न तिर्यञ्चं न मध्ये परिजग्रभत् न तस्य प्रतिमा अस्ति यस्य नाम महद् यशः
No one has grasped Him above, across, or in the middle; He has no likeness; whose very name is of great glory.
न संदृशे तिष्ठति रूपम् अस्य न चक्षुषा पश्यति कश्चनैनं हृदा हृदिस्थं मनसा य एनम् एवं विदुर् अमृतास् ते भवन्ति
His form does not stand within the range of sight; no one sees Him with the eye. Those who know Him dwelling in the heart, by the heart and mind, they become immortal.
अजात इत्य् एवं कश्चिद् भीरुः प्रपद्यते रुद्र यत् दक्षिणं मुखम् तेन मां पाहि नित्यम्
Some fearful person, thinking 'Unborn,' takes refuge; O Rudra, by Your auspicious face, always protect me.
मा नस् तोके तनये मा न आयुषि मा नो गोषु मा नो अश्वेषु रीरिषः वीरान् मा नो रुद्र भामितो वधीर् हविष्मन्तः सदम् इत् त्वा हवामहे
Do not harm our children, nor our lifespan, nor our cattle, nor our horses; O Rudra, do not strike down our heroes, O praised one; we always invoke You with offerings.
द्वे अक्षरे ब्रह्मपरे त्व् अनन्ते विद्याविद्ये निहिते यत्र गूढे क्षरं त्व् अविद्या ह्य् अमृतं तु विद्या विद्याविद्ये ईशते यस् तु सो ऽन्यः
There are two eternal syllables, supreme Brahman and infinite, where knowledge and ignorance are hidden; the perishable is ignorance, the immortal is knowledge; and He who rules over both knowledge and ignorance is another.
यो योनिं योनिम् अधितिष्ठत्य् एको विश्वानि रूपाणि योनीश् च सर्वाः ऋषिं प्रसूतं कपिलं यस् तम् अग्रे ज्ञानैर् बिभर्ति जायमानं च पश्येत्
He who alone presides over the womb of all wombs, who forms all forms and all wombs, who upholds the sage Kapila, born at the beginning, with knowledge, and sees the one being born.
एकैकं जालं बहुधा विकुर्वन्न् अस्मिन् क्षेत्रे संहरत्य् एष देवः भूयः सृष्ट्वा पतयस् तथेशः सर्वाधिपत्यं कुरुते महात्मा
Making each net manifold, in this field this God withdraws them; having created again, He is the Lord of lords, the great soul who exercises sovereignty over all.
सर्वा दिश ऊर्ध्वम् अधश् च तिर्यक् प्रकाशयन् भ्राजते यद् वानड्वान् एवं स देवो भगवान् वरेण्यो योनिस्वभावान् अधितिष्ठत्य् एकः
Shining forth, illuminating all directions—above, below, and across—like the sun, so does that blessed, venerable God, alone preside over the natures of all wombs.
यच् च स्वभावं पचति विश्वयोनिः पाच्यांश् च सर्वान् परिणामयेद् यः सर्वम् एतद् विश्वम् अधितिष्ठत्य् एको गुणांश् च सर्वान् विनियोजयेद् यः
The universal womb cooks its own nature, and transforms all that is to be cooked; He alone presides over this whole universe and assigns all the qualities.
तद् वेदगुह्योपनिषत्सु गूढं तद् ब्रह्मा वेदते ब्रह्मयोनिं ये पूर्वं देवा ऋषयश् च तद् विदुस् ते तन्मया अमृता वै बभूवुः
That which is hidden in the secret Upaniṣads, that Brahman is known by Brahmā as the source of Brahman; those gods and seers who knew it before became immortal, identified with That.
गुणान्वयो यः फलकर्मकर्ता कृतस्य तस्यैव स चोपभोक्ता स विश्वरूपस् त्रिगुणस् त्रिवर्त्मा प्राणाधिपः संचरति स्वकर्मभिः
He who is associated with qualities, the doer of actions and their results, and also the enjoyer of what is done, who is of manifold forms, threefold in qualities and paths, the lord of life, moves according to his own deeds.
अङ्गुष्ठमात्रो रवितुल्यरूपः संकल्पाहंकारसमन्वितो यः बुद्धेर् गुणेनात्मगुणेन चैव आराग्रमात्रो ह्य् अवरो ऽपि दृष्टः
Of the size of a thumb, with a form like the sun, endowed with will and ego, by the quality of intellect and by its own quality, though the smallest, is seen as the tip of a hair.
वालाग्रशतभागस्य शतधा कल्पितस्य च भागो जीवः स विज्ञेयः स चानन्त्याय कल्पते
The living being is to be known as the hundredth part of the tip of a hair divided again a hundredfold; and yet it is capable of infinity.
नैव स्त्री न पुमान् एष न चैवायं नपुंसकः यद् यच् छरीरम् आदत्ते तेन तेन स युज्यते
He is neither female, nor male, nor neuter; as He assumes each body, so He is joined with it.
संकल्पनस्पर्शनदृष्टिमोहैर् ग्रासाम्बुवृष्ट्या चात्मविवृद्धिजन्म कर्मानुगान्य् अनुक्रमेन देही स्थानेषु रूपाण्य् अभिसंप्रपद्यते
Through will, touch, sight, and delusion, through food, water, and rain, the embodied self, following actions, is born and grows, and in due order assumes forms in various places.
स्थूलानि सूक्ष्माणि बहूनि चैव रूपाणि देही स्वगुणैर् वृणोति क्रियागुणैर् आत्मगुणैश् च तेषां संयोगहेतुर् अपरो ऽपि दृष्टः
The embodied self chooses many gross and subtle forms by its own qualities, by qualities of action and of self; and another is seen as the cause of their union.
अनाद्यनन्तं कलिलस्य मध्ये विश्वस्य स्रष्टारम् अनेकरूपं विश्वस्यैकं परिवेष्टितारं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः
Knowing the beginningless and endless God, the creator of the world, of many forms, the sole enveloping Lord of the universe, one is freed from all bonds.
भावग्राह्यम् अनीडाख्यं भावाभावकरं शिवं कलासर्गकरं देवं ये विदुस् ते जहुस् तनुम्
Those who know the God who is grasped by being, called the nestless, the maker of being and non-being, the auspicious, the creator of parts, they abandon the body.
स्वभावम् एके कवयो वदन्ति कालं तथान्ये परिमुह्यमानाः देवस्यैष महिमा तु लोके येनेदं भ्राम्यते ब्रह्मचक्रम्
Some wise thinkers speak of inherent nature, others of time, while many are bewildered; but this is the greatness of the divine, by which this world and the wheel of Brahman revolve.
येनावृतं नित्यम् इदं हि सर्वं ज्ञः कालकालो गुणी सर्वविद्यः तेनेशितं कर्म विवर्तते ह पृथिव्याप्तेजोऽनिलखानि चिन्त्यम्
By whom all this is perpetually enveloped—he is the knower, the master of time, endowed with qualities, omniscient; by him, action is directed and unfolds, and earth, water, fire, air, and space are to be contemplated.
तत् कर्म कृत्वा विनिवर्त्य भूयस् तत्त्वस्य तत्त्वेन समेत्य योगम् एकेन द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर् अष्टभिर् वा कालेन चैवात्मगुणैश् च सूक्ष्मैः
Having performed that action and withdrawn again, attaining union with the essence of truth by truth, whether by one, two, three, or eight means, by time and by subtle qualities of the self.
आरभ्य कर्माणि गुणान्वितानि भावांश् च सर्वान् विनियोजयेद् यः तेषाम् अभावे कृतकर्मनाशः कर्मक्षये याति स तत्त्वतो ऽन्यः
Beginning actions endowed with qualities, and assigning all states, whoever does so—when these cease, the destruction of performed actions occurs; with the exhaustion of action, he attains the true essence, not another.
आदिः स संयोगनिमित्तहेतुः परस् त्रिकालाद् अकलो ऽपि दृष्टः तं विश्वरूपं भवभूतम् ईड्यं देवं स्वचित्तस्थम् उपास्य पूर्वम्
He is the origin, the cause of union and its reason, transcending the three times, though himself timeless; him, the all-formed, the source of existence, the worthy deity, established in one's own mind, should be worshipped first.
स वृक्षकालाकृतिभिः परो ऽन्यो यस्मात् प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते ऽयं धर्मावहं पापनुदं भगेशं ज्ञात्वात्मस्थम् अमृतं विश्वधाम
He is beyond the forms of tree, time, and shape, from whom this world undergoes transformation; knowing the lord of fortune, who brings righteousness and removes evil, established within oneself, immortal, the abode of all.
तम् ईश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतं पतिं पतीनां परमं परस्ताद् विदाम देवं भुवनेशम् ईड्यम्
We know that supreme great lord of lords, that highest divinity among deities, the master of masters, who is beyond all; we know the divine, the lord of the world, worthy of worship.
न तस्य कार्यं करणं च विद्यते न तत्समश् चाभ्यधिकश् च दृश्यते परास्य शक्तिर् विविधैव श्रूयते स्वाभाविकी ज्ञानबलक्रिया च
He has neither work nor instrument; nor is there anyone equal or superior to him; his supreme power is heard to be manifold, and his knowledge, strength, and action are inherent.
न तस्य कश्चित् पतिर् अस्ति लोके न चेशिता नैव च तस्य लिङ्गं स कारणं करणाधिपाधिपो न चास्य कश्चिज् जनिता न चाधिपः
He has no master in the world, nor ruler, nor any mark; he is the cause, the lord of instruments and their masters; nor has he any creator or overlord.
यस् तन्तुनाभ इव तन्तुभिः प्रधानजैः स्वभावतः देव एकः स्वम् आवृणोति स नो दधाद् ब्रह्माप्ययम्
Like a spider with threads, by his own nature, the one divine covers himself with threads born of the primordial; may that Brahman sustain us.