वेदवेदान्तसिद्धान्ततर्कपौराणगीतिभिः । यो गीतस् स कथं ह्य् आत्मा विज्ञातो याति विस्मृतिम्
One who sings with the conclusions of the Vedas, Vedanta, logic, Puranas, and songs—how can such a self, once known, fall into forgetfulness?
सैवेह देव भोगाली सुभगापीयम् अद्य मे । अन्तर् न स्वदते स्वच्छे त्वयि दृष्टे परापरे
O divine one, this delightful array of pleasures is today pleasing to me; yet, within, it does not taste sweet, when you, the pure and supreme, are seen.
त्वया विमलदीपेन भानुः प्रकटतां गतः । त्वया शीततुषारेण चन्द्रश् शिशिरतां गतः
By you, the sun has become manifest with the lamp of purity; by you, the moon has become cool with the chill of snow.
त्वयैते गुरवश् शैलास् त्वयैते द्युचरा धृताः । त्वयैवेयं धरा धीरा त्वयैवाम्बरम् अम्बरम्
By you, these mighty mountains stand; by you, these sky-dwellers are sustained; by you alone, this steadfast earth exists; by you alone, the sky is sky.
दिष्ट्या मत्ताम् असि प्राप्तो दिष्ट्या त्वत्ताम् अहं गतः । अहं त्वं त्वम् अहं देव दिष्ट्या भेदो ऽस्ति नावयोः
By fortune, you have attained intoxication; by fortune, I have attained you. I am you, you are me, O divine one; by fortune, there is no division between us.
अहं त्वम् इति शब्दाभ्यां पर्यायाभ्यां महात्मनः । तव वा मम वा साधो सम्पृक्ताभ्यां नमो नमः
Salutations again and again to the great Self, who is called by the interchangeable words 'I' and 'you', O noble one, whether as yours or as mine, when these are blended together.
नमो मह्यम् अनन्ताय निरहङ्काररूपिणे । नमो मह्यम् अरूपाय नमश् शमनसद्मने
Salutations to myself, the infinite one, whose nature is free from ego; salutations to myself, the formless one, salutations to the abode of peace.
मय्य् आत्मनि समे स्वच्छे साक्षिभूते निराकृतौ । दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्ने स्वात्मन्य् एवेह तिष्ठति
In me, the Self, equal, pure, witness-like, without form, unconfined by direction, time, or anything else—only my own Self abides here.
मनः प्रक्षोभम् आयाति स्फुरन्तीन्द्रियसंविदः । शक्तिर् उल्लसति स्फारा प्राणापानप्रवाहिनी
The mind becomes agitated; the senses’ awareness flashes forth; the power that moves the currents of prāṇa and apāna shines expansively.
वहन्ति देहयन्त्राणि कृष्टान्य् आशावरत्रया । चर्ममांसास्थिदिग्धानि मनस्सारथिमन्ति च
The body-machines, drawn by the triple cord of desire, carry along, smeared with skin, flesh, and bone, and having the mind as their charioteer.
अयं संविद्वपुर् अहं न क्वचिन् न कृतास्पदः । देहः पततु वोदेतु स्वयाभिमतयेच्छया
This awareness-body, which is 'I', is never established anywhere; let the body fall or move as it wishes, by its own will.
चिराद् अहम् अहं जातस् स्वात्मलाभश् चिराद् अयम् । चिराद् उपशमं यामि कल्पस्यान्ते जगद् यथा
After a long time, I have become 'I'; after a long time, I have attained my own Self; after a long time, I go to peace, as the world does at the end of an age.
चिरात् संसारगामित्वाद् दीर्घसंसारवर्त्मनि । विश्रान्तो ऽस्मि चिरश्रान्तः कल्पस्यान्त इवानिलः
After a long time, journeying through saṃsāra on its long path, I, long weary, have found rest, like the wind at the end of an age.
सर्वातीताय सर्वाय तुभ्यं मह्यं नमो नमः । तेभ्यो ऽपि च नमो ऽस्त्व् एव ये त्वां मां प्रवदन्ति वा
Salutations again and again to you, who transcend all, who are all, to you, to me; and also salutations indeed to those who speak of you or of me.
अखिलानन्तसम्भोगा न स्पृष्टा दोषदृष्टिभिः । जयत्य् अकृतसम्भारा साक्षिता परमात्मनः
Victorious is that witness of the Supreme Self, untouched by faults or their perception, whose enjoyment of all endless pleasures is not experienced, and who has made no preparations.
आत्मन् पुष्प इवामोदश् शस्त्रपिण्ड इवानलः । तिले तैलम् इवास्मिंस् त्वं सर्वत्र वपुषि स्थितः
O Self, just as fragrance is in a flower, fire in a piece of wood, or oil in sesame seeds, so you are present in every body.
हंसि पासि ददासि त्वम् अवस्फूर्जसि वल्गसि । अनहङ्कृतिरूपो ऽपि चित्रेयं तव मायिता
You kill, you protect, you give, you thunder, you leap—yet, though your nature is without ego, this wondrous magic of yours appears.
जयसीश ज्वलद्दीप्तिस् सर्वम् उन्मीलयञ् जगत् । जयस्य् अपगतारम्भं जगद् भूयो निमीलयन्
Victory to you, Lord, blazing with radiant light, who opens up the entire world; and victory to you, who, having withdrawn all initiative, closes the world again.
परमाणोस् तवैवान्तर् इदं संसारमण्डलम् । वटश् च वटधानायां बभूवास्ति भविष्यति
Within even an atom of you lies this entire sphere of worldly existence; and the banyan tree exists, has existed, and will exist within the seed of the banyan.
हयद्विपरथाकारैर् यद्वत् खे दृश्यते ऽम्बुदः । तद्वद् आलक्ष्यसे देव पदार्थशतविभ्रमैः
Just as a cloud in the sky appears in forms of horses, elephants, and chariots, so, O Lord, you are perceived through the manifold illusions of countless objects.
भवानां भूरिभङ्गानाम् अभावाय भवाधिपः । भव भावविमुक्तात्मा भावाभावबहिष्कृतः
You are the Lord of existence for the dissolution of the many forms of becoming; exist as the Self free from all states, excluded from both being and non-being.
जहि मानं मदं कोपं कालुष्यं क्रूरतां तथा । न महान्तो निमज्जन्ति प्राकृते गुणसङ्कटे
Abandon pride, arrogance, anger, impurity, and cruelty; great souls do not sink into the mire of ordinary qualities.
प्राक्तनीर् दीर्घदौरात्म्यदशास् स्मृत्वा पुनः पुनः । को ऽहं किं तद् बभूवेति हस मुक्ताच्छटासितम्
Recall again and again those long-past, wretched states; ask yourself, 'Who was I? What was that?'—and laugh with the smile of one who is truly free.
ते प्रयातास् समारम्भा गतास् ते दग्धवासराः । येषु चिन्तानलज्वालाजालजीर्णो भवान् अभूत्
Those undertakings have passed away, those days are gone and burned up, in which you were consumed by the net of worries and the fire of anxiety.
अद्य त्वं देहनगरे राजा स्फारमनोरथः । न दुःखैर् गृह्यसे नापि सुखैर् व्योम करैर् इव
Today, you are the king in the city of the body, with vast desires; you are not seized by sorrows nor by pleasures, just as the sky is untouched by the rays of the sun or moon.
अद्येन्द्रियदुरश्वांस् त्वं जित्वा जितमनोगजः । भोगारीन् अभितो भङ्क्त्वा साम्राज्यम् अधितिष्ठसि
Today, having subdued the unruly horses of the senses and conquered the elephant of the mind, breaking the enemies of enjoyment all around, you hold sovereignty.
अपाराम्बरपान्थस् त्वम् अजस्रास्तमयोदयः । अवभासकरो नित्यं बहिर् अन्तश् च भास्करः
You are the traveler of the boundless sky, with ceaseless risings and settings; always shining, you are the sun both within and without.
सर्वदैवासि संसुप्तश् शक्त्या संवेद्यसे विभो । भोगालोकनलीलार्थं कामिन्या कामुको यथा
You are always present, even when all gods are asleep; by your power, you are perceived, O sovereign, for the sake of the play of enjoyment and light, just as a lover is known by his beloved.
दृक्क्षुद्राभिर् उपानीतं दूराद् रूपमधु त्वया । पीयते स्वीकृतं शक्त्या नेत्रवातायनस्थया
The honey of forms, brought from afar by the bees of perception, is drunk by you, accepted by your power, as you sit at the window of the eyes.
ब्रह्माण्डकोटरोद्वान्ताः प्राणापानचरास् त्वया । गतागतैर् ब्रह्मपुरे सम्प्रेक्ष्यन्ते प्रतिक्षणम्
The boundaries of countless universes, traversed by the movements of inhalation and exhalation, are observed by you in the city of Brahman at every moment, as they come and go.