असत् तद् अनभिव्यक्तं पदार्थानां प्रकाश्यते । त्वया तत्त्वं यथा पक्त्रा मांसानां स्वादवेदनम्
That which is unreal and unmanifest becomes apparent through you, just as the true taste of meat is known by the tongue.
विद्यमानापि वस्तुश्रीर् न स्थिता त्वयि न स्थिते । वनितारूपलावण्यसत्तेव गतचक्षुषः
Even if the splendor of an object exists, it does not remain if you are not present—like the beauty and charm of a woman for one whose sight is gone.
सद् अपीह न सत्तायै वस्तु नाकलितं त्वया । तुष्टये न स्वलावण्यं मकुराप्रतिबिम्बितम्
Even if something exists here, it does not attain reality unless it is perceived by you—just as one's own beauty does not bring satisfaction unless reflected in a mirror.
लुठति त्वां विना देहः काष्ठलोष्टसमः क्षितौ । सन्न् अप्य् असत्तयैवात्तो यामास्व् इव रविं विना
Without you, the body rolls on the ground like a log or a clod of earth; though present, it is as if absent, like the night-watches without the sun.
सुखदुःखक्रमः प्राप्य भवन्तं परिनश्यति । प्राकाश्यम् आसाद्य यथा तमस् तेजो ऽथ वा हिमम्
The sequence of pleasure and pain, upon reaching you, is dissolved—just as darkness vanishes upon the arrival of light, or frost before the sun.
त्वदालोकनयैवैते स्थितिं यान्ति सुखादयः । सूर्यालोकनया प्रातर् वर्णाश् शुक्लादयो यथा
By the very act of beholding you, happiness and the like come into existence, just as colors such as white appear in the morning through the light of the sun.
लब्धात्मानो विनश्यन्ति सम्बन्धक्षण एव ते । ते तमांसीव दीपस्य दृष्टाव् एव व्रजन्त्य् अलम्
Once they have attained their own nature, they perish at the very moment of connection; just as darkness vanishes instantly when a lamp is seen.
तमस्ता तमसो दीपासत्तायां स्फुटतां गता । दीपसम्बन्धसमये सा चोत्पत्य विनश्यति
The darkness, which is the essence of darkness, becomes manifest when the lamp is absent; but at the moment of contact with the lamp, it arises and then disappears.
तथैव सुखदुःखश्रीर् दृष्ट्वैव त्वाम् अनामयम् । जायते जातमात्रैव सर्वनाशेन नश्यति
In the same way, the glory of happiness and sorrow, upon seeing you who are free from disease, arises immediately and, with universal destruction, is extinguished.
भङ्गुरत्वाद् इह स्थातुं कालं नाणुम् अपि क्षमा । निमेषलक्षभागाख्या तन्वी कालकला यथा
Because of its fragility, it cannot remain even for a moment here; like the subtle portion of time called the hundred-thousandth part of a blink, so is the delicate time-measure.
गत्वरी नश्वरी तन्वी सुखदुःखादिभावना । स्फुरति त्वत्प्रसादेन त्वयि दृष्टे विलीयते
The conception of happiness, sorrow, and the rest is fleeting, perishable, and subtle; it flashes forth by your grace, and dissolves upon seeing you.
त्वदालोकक्षणोद्भूता त्वदालोकक्षणक्षया । मृतैव जाता जातैव मृता केनोपलक्ष्यते
Born in the instant of your vision, and perishing in the instant of your vision, it is both dead and born; who can perceive this?
क्षणम् अप्य् अस्थिरं वस्तु कथं कार्यकरं भवेत् । तरङ्गैर् उत्पलाकारैर् माला कथम् इवोम्भ्यते
How can a thing that is unstable even for a moment serve as an agent or instrument? How can a garland be strung with waves shaped like lotuses?
यदि जातविनिर्नष्टं क्रियां वस्त्व् अकरिष्यत । तदारंस्यत लोको ऽयं मालां कृत्वा तडिद्गुणैः
If a thing, once arisen and then destroyed, could perform actions, then this world would string together a garland made of lightning threads.
इमां सुखादिकां लक्ष्मीं विवेकिजनचेतसि । स्थितस् सन् नैव गृह्णासि न जहासि समस्थिते
Though you remain established in discernment, in the mind of the wise, you neither grasp nor abandon this prosperity, which consists of pleasure and the like, while remaining steady.
अविवेकिनि यो ऽसि त्वं स भवात्मन् यदृच्छया । तद्रूपकथनेनालं ममामलपदास्पद
You, who are undiscriminating, are the embodied self by mere chance; there is no need for me to describe such a nature, which is far from my pure state.
निरीहेण निरंशेन निरहङ्कृतिना त्वया । सतैवाप्य् असतेवापि कर्तृत्वम् उररीकृतम्
By you, who are desireless, partless, and free from ego, doership is assumed, whether you exist or do not exist.
जय प्रोड्डामराकार जय शान्तिपरायण । जय सर्वागमातीत जय सर्वागमास्पद
Victory to you, whose form is bold and splendid! Victory to you, devoted to peace! Victory to you, who transcend all scriptures! Victory to you, who are the abode of all scriptures!
जय जात जयाजात जय क्षत जयाक्षत । जय भाव जयाभाव जय जेय जयाजय
Victory to the born, victory to the unborn! Victory to the wounded, victory to the unwounded! Victory to being, victory to non-being! Victory to the conqueror, victory to the unconquered!
उल्लसाम्य् उपशाम्यामि तिष्ठाम्य् अतिगतो ऽस्मि च । जयी जयामि जीवामि नमो मह्यं नमो ऽस्तु ते
I shine forth, I become tranquil, I remain, and I have gone beyond. I am victorious, I conquer, I live. Salutations to myself, salutations to you.
त्वयि स्थिते मयि विगतामयात्मनि स्वसंस्थितौ व्यपगतरागरञ्जने । क्व बन्धवः क्व च विपदः क्व सम्पदो भवाभवौ क्व शमम् उपैमि शाश्वतम्
With you established, and myself abiding in the self free from desire, with all coloring of passion gone—where are relatives, where are calamities, where are riches, where are birth and death? Where do I attain eternal peace?
इति सञ्चिन्तयन्न् एव प्रह्लादः परवीरहा । निर्विकल्पं परानन्दसमाधिं समुपाययौ
Thus contemplating, Prahlada, the conqueror of enemies, attained the absorption of supreme bliss, free from all distinctions.
निर्विकल्पसमाधिस्थश् चित्रार्पित इवाचलः । शैलाद् इव समुत्कीर्णो बभौ स्वपदम् आस्थितः
Established in the undifferentiated samadhi, he shone unmoving like a painted image, as if he had emerged from a mountain, abiding in his own state.
तथाथ तिष्ठतस् तस्य कालो बहुतरो ययौ । स्वे गृहे भुवनस्थस्य मेरोर् इव सुरद्विषः
As he remained thus, a long time passed for him, dwelling in his own home in the world, like the enemy of the gods on Mount Meru.
बोधितो ऽप्य् असुराधीशैर् नाबुध्यत महामतिः । अकाले बहुसेको ऽपि बीजकोशाद् इवाङ्कुरः
Even when awakened by the lords of the demons, the great-minded one did not awaken; like a sprout that does not emerge from the seed-pod before its time, even though many seasons pass.
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि पीनांसो ऽतिष्ठद् एकदृक् । शान्त एवासुरपुरे मत्तार्णव इवोपलः
For five thousand years, strong-bodied and single-minded, he remained calm in the city of the demons, like a stone in a raging ocean.
परानन्ददशैकान्तपरिणामितया तया । निरानन्दम् अनाभासम् इवाभासपदं गतः
Transformed by the exclusive state of supreme bliss, he reached a condition that seemed devoid of joy and appearance, as if it were a place of mere semblance.
एतावताथ कालेन तद्रसातलमण्डलम् । बभूवाराजकं तीक्ष्णमात्स्यन्यायकदर्थितम्
In that span of time, the realm of Rasatala became leaderless, harshly afflicted by the law of the stronger prevailing over the weaker.
हिरण्यकशिपौ क्षीणे समाधौ तत्सुते स्थिते । न बभूवापरः कश्चिद् राजा दनुसुतालये
When Hiranyakashipu perished and his son remained in samadhi, no other king arose in the abode of the descendants of Danu.
असुरेशार्थिनां तेषां दानवानां समाधितः । परेणापि प्रयत्नेन प्रह्लादो न व्यबुध्यत
Though the leaders of the demons sought him with great effort, Prahlada, absorbed in samadhi, did not awaken.