Tandi's Hymn to Mahadeva

Verse 1 (13.47.1)

ऋषिरासीत्कृते तात तण्डिरित्येव विश्रुतः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेन देवः समाधिना ॥

ṛṣirāsītkṛte tāta taṇḍirityeva viśrutaḥ | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tena devaḥ samādhinā

Dear one, in the Krita age there was a sage famed by the name of Tandi. For ten thousand years he worshipped the God with deep concentration.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.012a,c.

Verse 2 (13.47.2)

आराधितोऽभूद्भक्तेन तस्योदर्कं निशामय । स दृष्टवान्महादेवमस्तौषीच्च स्तवैर्विभुम् ॥

ārādhito'bhūdbhaktena tasyodarkaṃ niśāmaya | sa dṛṣṭavānmahādevamastauṣīcca stavairvibhum

Hear how that devotee's worship ended: he beheld Mahadeva, the all-pervading, and praised him with hymns.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.012e and 013a (the first line closes the three-line CE verse 12; the second opens CE verse 13).

Verse 3 (13.47.3)

इति तण्डिस्तपोयोगात्परमात्मानमव्ययम् । चिन्तयित्वा महात्मानमिदमाह सुविस्मितः ॥

iti taṇḍistapoyogātparamātmānamavyayam | cintayitvā mahātmānamidamāha suvismitaḥ

Thus, by the power of his austerity, Tandi contemplated the imperishable Supreme Self, the great soul, and filled with wonder he spoke these words:

Note on the text: Stray square bracket "[" before the verse removed (the page encloses the whole passage, verses 3-11, in square brackets). Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_01-02 (the passage 013b*0151_01-20 as a whole is printed in the critical edition's apparatus). No Appendix I passage occurs in 13,016.

Verse 4 (13.47.4)

यं पठन्ति सदा साङ्ख्याश्चिन्तयन्ति च योगिनः । परं प्रधानं पुरुषमधिष्ठातारमीश्वरम् ॥

yaṃ paṭhanti sadā sāṅkhyāścintayanti ca yoginaḥ | paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣamadhiṣṭhātāramīśvaram

"He whom the Sankhyas ever recite and the yogis contemplate, the supreme Pradhana, the Person, the presiding Lord;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_03-04.

Verse 5 (13.47.5)

उत्पत्तौ च विनाशे च कारणं यं विदुर्बुधाः । देवासुरमुनीनां च परं यस्मान्न विद्यते ॥

utpattau ca vināśe ca kāraṇaṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ | devāsuramunīnāṃ ca paraṃ yasmānna vidyate

he whom the wise know as the cause of origin and of destruction, than whom nothing is higher among gods, asuras and sages;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_05-06.

Verse 6 (13.47.6)

अजं तमहमीशानमनादिनिधनं प्रभुम् । अत्यन्तसुखिनं देवमनघं शरणं व्रजे ॥

ajaṃ tamahamīśānamanādinidhanaṃ prabhum | atyantasukhinaṃ devamanaghaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraje

that unborn Ishana, without beginning or end, the Lord, utterly blissful, the blameless God: I take refuge in him."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_07-08.

Verse 7 (13.47.7)

एवं ब्रुवन्नेव तदा ददर्श तपसां निधिम् । तमव्ययमनौपम्यमचिन्त्यं शाश्वतं ध्रुवम् ॥

evaṃ bruvanneva tadā dadarśa tapasāṃ nidhim | tamavyayamanaupamyamacintyaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam

As he spoke thus, he saw then the treasure of austerities, the imperishable, the incomparable, the unthinkable, the eternal, the unchanging,

Note on the text: Corrected तपसान्निधिम् → तपसां निधिम् (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive plural 'tapasām' was run into 'nidhim' with a doubled न; the critical edition reads tapasāṃ nidhim). Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_09-10.

Verse 8 (13.47.8)

निष्कलं सकलं ब्रह्म निर्गुणं गुणगोचरम् । योगिनां परमानन्दमक्षरं मोक्षसंज्ञितम् ॥

niṣkalaṃ sakalaṃ brahma nirguṇaṃ guṇagocaram | yogināṃ paramānandamakṣaraṃ mokṣasaṃjñitam

who is without parts and with parts, Brahman without qualities yet the object of qualities, the supreme bliss of yogis, the imperishable, known as liberation,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_11-12.

Verse 9 (13.47.9)

मनोरिन्द्राग्निमरुतां विश्वस्य ब्रह्मणो गतिम् । अग्राह्यमचलं शुद्धं बुद्धिग्राह्यं मनोमयम् ॥

manorindrāgnimarutāṃ viśvasya brahmaṇo gatim | agrāhyamacalaṃ śuddhaṃ buddhigrāhyaṃ manomayam

the final resort of Manu, Indra, Agni and the Maruts, of the whole universe and of Brahma; ungraspable, unmoving, pure, grasped by the intellect, made of mind,

Note on the text: Stray zero-width non-joiner after गतिम् removed. Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_13-14.

Verse 10 (13.47.10)

दुर्विज्ञेयमसङ्ख्येयं दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभिः । योनिं विश्वस्य जगतस्तमसः परतः परम् । परं पुराणं पुरुषं परेभ्यः परतः परम् ॥

durvijñeyamasaṅkhyeyaṃ duṣprāpamakṛtātmabhiḥ | yoniṃ viśvasya jagatastamasaḥ parataḥ param | paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ parebhyaḥ parataḥ param

hard to know, beyond counting, hard to reach for those whose selves are unperfected, the source of the whole world, beyond the darkness, higher than the highest, the supreme ancient Person, higher than the highest.

Note on the text: Corrected असङ्ख्ये → असङ्ख्येयं and योनि → योनिं (misprints in Wikisource; dropped letters; the critical edition reads asaṃkhyeyam and yoniṃ). Third line restored from the critical edition (star passage 13,016.013b*0151_17, 'paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ parebhyaḥ parataḥ param'): Wikisource prints only lines _15, _16, _18, _19, _20 of this star passage and has lost line _17. Lines 1-2 = 13,016.013b*0151_15-16.

Verse 11 (13.47.11)

यः प्राणवन्तमात्मानं ज्योतिर्जीवस्थितं मनः । तं देवं दर्शनाकाङ्क्षी बहून्वर्षगणानृषिः । तपस्युग्रे स्थितो भूत्वा दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव चेश्वरम् ॥

yaḥ prāṇavantamātmānaṃ jyotirjīvasthitaṃ manaḥ | taṃ devaṃ darśanākāṅkṣī bahūnvarṣagaṇānṛṣiḥ | tapasyugre sthito bhūtvā dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva ceśvaram

He who is the breathing self, the light that abides in the living being, the mind: that God, longing to see him, the sage stood for many years in fierce austerity; and when he had seen him, he praised the Lord.

Note on the text: Three-line verse. Stray closing square bracket and the page's double danda (।।]) removed; verse-end mark normalised. Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.013b*0151_18-20.

Verse 12 (13.47.12)

पवित्राणां पवित्रस्त्वं गतिर्गतिमतांवर ॥

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitrastvaṃ gatirgatimatāṃvara

You are the purest of the pure, the goal, and the best of those who reach a goal.

Note on the text: Single line as printed on the page = critical edition 13,016.013c. The line 13,016.013a-b* (the star passage) that precedes it in the critical edition is printed above as verses 3-11.

Verse 13 (13.47.13)

अत्युग्रं तेजसां तेजस्तपसां परमं तपः । विश्वावसुहिरण्याक्षपुरुहूतनमस्कृत ॥

atyugraṃ tejasāṃ tejastapasāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ | viśvāvasuhiraṇyākṣapuruhūtanamaskṛta

You are the fiercest blaze among radiances, the highest austerity among austerities, honoured with homage by Vishvavasu, Hiranyaksha and Puruhuta.

Note on the text: Corrected नमस्तृत → नमस्कृत (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped क; the critical edition reads namaskṛta). Critical edition 13,016.013e and 014a.

Verse 14 (13.47.14)

भूरिकल्याणद विभो परं सत्यं नमोस्तु ते । जातीमरणभीरूणां यतीनां यततां विभो ॥

bhūrikalyāṇada vibho paraṃ satyaṃ namostu te | jātīmaraṇabhīrūṇāṃ yatīnāṃ yatatāṃ vibho

O all-pervading giver of abundant good, the supreme truth: homage to you! O Lord of the ascetics who strive in fear of birth and death,

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.014c and 015a. (Wikisource reads 'परं सत्यं' where the critical edition has 'purusatya'.)

Verse 15 (13.47.15)

निर्वाणद सहस्रांशो नमस्तेऽस्तु सुखाश्रय । ब्रह्मा शतक्रतुर्विष्णुर्विश्वेदेवा महर्षयः ॥

nirvāṇada sahasrāṃśo namaste'stu sukhāśraya | brahmā śatakraturviṣṇurviśvedevā maharṣayaḥ

giver of liberation, thousand-rayed one, refuge of happiness: homage to you! Brahma, Indra, Vishnu, the Vishvedevas and the great sages

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.015c and 016a.

Verse 16 (13.47.16)

न विदुस्त्वां तु तत्त्वेन कुतो वेत्स्यामहे वयम् । त्वत्तः प्रवर्तते सर्वं त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

na vidustvāṃ tu tattvena kuto vetsyāmahe vayam | tvattaḥ pravartate sarvaṃ tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

do not know you in truth; how then could we know you? From you everything proceeds, and in you everything is established.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.016c and 017a. Wikisource reads 'सर्वं ... सर्वं' in the second line where the critical edition has 'kālaḥ ... kālaś ca līyate' (recension variant).

Verse 17 (13.47.17)

कालाख्यः पुरुषाख्यश्च ब्रह्माख्यश्च त्वमेव हि । तनवस्ते स्मृतास्तिस्रः पुराणज्ञैः सुरर्षिभिः ॥

kālākhyaḥ puruṣākhyaśca brahmākhyaśca tvameva hi | tanavaste smṛtāstisraḥ purāṇajñaiḥ surarṣibhiḥ

You alone are what is called Time, what is called the Person, and what is called Brahma. These three forms of yours are declared so by the gods and sages who know the Puranas.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.017c and 018a.

Verse 18 (13.47.18)

अधिपौरुषमध्यात्ममधिभूताधिदैवतम् । अधिलोकाधिविज्ञानमधियज्ञस्त्वमेव हि ॥

adhipauruṣamadhyātmamadhibhūtādhidaivatam | adhilokādhivijñānamadhiyajñastvameva hi

You alone are the governing principle of the person, of the self, of the elements and of the divinities, of the worlds, of knowledge, and of sacrifice.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.018c and 018e.

Verse 19 (13.47.19)

त्वां विदित्वाऽऽत्मदेवस्थं दुर्विदं दैवतैरपि । विद्वांसो यान्ति निर्मुक्ताः परं भावमनामयम् ॥

tvāṃ viditvā''tmadevasthaṃ durvidaṃ daivatairapi | vidvāṃso yānti nirmuktāḥ paraṃ bhāvamanāmayam

Knowing you, who abide in the divine self and are hard to know even for the gods, the wise go free to the supreme state, free from all affliction.

Verse 20 (13.47.20)

अनिच्छतस्तव विभो जन्ममृत्युरनेकतः । द्वारं तु स्वर्गमोक्षाणामाक्षेप्ता त्वं ददासि च ॥

anicchatastava vibho janmamṛtyuranekataḥ | dvāraṃ tu svargamokṣāṇāmākṣeptā tvaṃ dadāsi ca

Without any wish of your own, O Lord, birth and death take their many forms; you are the door to heaven and to liberation; you both bar the way and grant it.

Verse 21 (13.47.21)

त्वं वै स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च कामः क्रोधस्त्वमेव च । सत्वं रजस्तमश्चैव अधश्चोर्ध्वं त्वमेव हि ॥

tvaṃ vai svargaśca mokṣaśca kāmaḥ krodhastvameva ca | satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva adhaścordhvaṃ tvameva hi

You are heaven and liberation, desire and anger too; you are sattva, rajas and tamas, and what is below and what is above.

Note on the text: Corrected रजस्ममश्चैव → रजस्तमश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; wrong consonant, 'tamas' is meant; the critical edition reads rajas tamaś caiva).

Verse 22 (13.47.22)

ब्रह्मा भवश्च विष्णुश्च स्कन्देन्द्रौ सविता यमः । वरुणेन्दू मनुर्धाता विधाता त्वं धनेश्वरः ॥

brahmā bhavaśca viṣṇuśca skandendrau savitā yamaḥ | varuṇendū manurdhātā vidhātā tvaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ

Brahma, Bhava, Vishnu, Skanda and Indra, Savitar, Yama, Varuna and the Moon, Manu, Dhatar, Vidhatar: you are all these, and you are Dhaneshvara, the lord of wealth.

Verse 23 (13.47.23)

भूर्वायुः सलिलाग्निश्च खं वाग्बुद्धिः स्थितिर्मतिः । कर्म सत्यानृते चोभे त्वमेवास्ति च नास्ति च ॥

bhūrvāyuḥ salilāgniśca khaṃ vāgbuddhiḥ sthitirmatiḥ | karma satyānṛte cobhe tvamevāsti ca nāsti ca

Earth, air, water and fire, space, speech, intellect, steadiness, understanding, action, truth and falsehood both: you alone are what is and what is not.

Note on the text: Wikisource's first line ('भूर्वायुः सलिलाग्निश्च खं वाग्बुद्धिः स्थितिर्मतिः') is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.023a ('bhūr vāyur jyotir āpaś ca vāg buddhis tvaṃ matir manaḥ').

Verse 24 (13.47.24)

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्च प्रकृतिभ्यः परं ध्रुवम् । विश्वाविश्वपरो भावश्चिन्त्याचिन्त्यस्त्वमेव हि ॥

indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ dhruvam | viśvāviśvaparo bhāvaścintyācintyastvameva hi

The senses and the objects of the senses, and what is beyond nature, the unchanging; the state beyond the world and the not-world, the thinkable and the unthinkable: you alone.

Verse 25 (13.47.25)

यच्चैतत्परमं ब्रह्म यच्च तत्परमं पदम् । या गतिः साङ्ख्ययोगानां स भवान्नात्र संशयः ॥

yaccaitatparamaṃ brahma yacca tatparamaṃ padam | yā gatiḥ sāṅkhyayogānāṃ sa bhavānnātra saṃśayaḥ

That which is the supreme Brahman, that which is the highest state, the goal of the followers of Sankhya and Yoga: you are that, without doubt.

Verse 26 (13.47.26)

नूनमद्य कृतार्थाः स्म नूनं प्राप्ताः सतां गतिम् । यां गतिं प्रार्थयन्तीह ज्ञाननिर्मलबुद्धयः ॥

nūnamadya kṛtārthāḥ sma nūnaṃ prāptāḥ satāṃ gatim | yāṃ gatiṃ prārthayantīha jñānanirmalabuddhayaḥ

Surely today we are fulfilled; surely we have reached the goal of the good, the goal that those whose minds are made spotless by knowledge seek here.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रार्तयन्तीह → प्रार्थयन्तीह (misprint in Wikisource; 'prārtayanti' is not a word, the evident form is 'prārthayanti', 'they seek'; the critical edition has a different verb here, prāpnuvantīha).

Verse 27 (13.47.27)

अहो मूढाः स्म सुचिरमिमं कालमचेतसा । यन्न विद्मः परं देवं शाश्वतं यं विदुर्बुधाः ॥

aho mūḍhāḥ sma suciramimaṃ kālamacetasā | yanna vidmaḥ paraṃ devaṃ śāśvataṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ

Ah, how foolish we were for so long, senseless, that we did not know the supreme God, the eternal one whom the wise know!

Note on the text: Corrected अयो → अहो (misprint in Wikisource; the exclamation 'aho' is meant; the critical edition reads aho mūḍhāḥ sma).

Verse 28 (13.47.28)

सेयमासादिता साक्षात्त्वद्भक्तिर्जन्मभिर्मया । भक्तानुग्रहकृद्देवो यं ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते ॥

seyamāsāditā sākṣāttvadbhaktirjanmabhirmayā | bhaktānugrahakṛddevo yaṃ jñātvā'mṛtamaśnute

Now, after many births, devotion to you has been won by me in person: devotion to the God who shows favour to his devotees, knowing whom one attains immortality.

Note on the text: Wikisource's first line ('सेयमासादिता साक्षात्त्वद्भक्तिर्जन्मभिर्मया') is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.028a ('so \'yam āsāditaḥ sākṣād bahubhir janmabhir mayā').

Verse 29 (13.47.29)

देवासुरमुनीनां तु यच्च गुह्यं सनातनम् । गुहायां निहितं ब्रह्म दुर्विज्ञेयं मुनेरपि ॥

devāsuramunīnāṃ tu yacca guhyaṃ sanātanam | guhāyāṃ nihitaṃ brahma durvijñeyaṃ munerapi

That which is secret and eternal even for gods, asuras and sages, the Brahman hidden in the cave, hard to know even for a sage, is this one.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मि → ब्रह्म (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; the critical edition reads brahma).

Verse 30 (13.47.30)

स एष भगवान्देवः सर्वकृत्सर्वतोमुखः । सर्वात्मा सर्वदर्शी च सर्वगः सर्ववेदिता ॥

sa eṣa bhagavāndevaḥ sarvakṛtsarvatomukhaḥ | sarvātmā sarvadarśī ca sarvagaḥ sarvaveditā

This is that Blessed God, maker of all, facing every way, the self of all, seeing all, going everywhere, knowing all.

Verse 31 (13.47.31)

देहकृद्देहभृद्देही देहभुग्देहिनां गतिः । प्राणकृत्प्राणभृत्प्राणी प्राणदः प्राणिनां गतिः ॥

dehakṛddehabhṛddehī dehabhugdehināṃ gatiḥ | prāṇakṛtprāṇabhṛtprāṇī prāṇadaḥ prāṇināṃ gatiḥ

Maker of bodies, bearer of bodies, embodied, enjoyer of bodies, the refuge of the embodied; maker of breath, bearer of breath, the living being, giver of breath, the refuge of living beings.

Note on the text: The two lines are in the opposite order from the critical edition: first line = 13,016.031c, second line = 13,016.031a.

Verse 32 (13.47.32)

अध्यात्मगतिरिष्टानां ध्यायिनामात्मवेदिनाम् । अपुनर्भवकामानां या गतिः सोऽयमीश्वरः ॥

adhyātmagatiriṣṭānāṃ dhyāyināmātmavedinām | apunarbhavakāmānāṃ yā gatiḥ so'yamīśvaraḥ

He is the spiritual goal of the cherished, of the meditative, of the knowers of the Self; and whatever the goal of those who seek no rebirth, that is this Lord.

Verse 33 (13.47.33)

अयं च सर्वभूतानां शुभाशुभगतिप्रदः । अयं च जन्ममरणे विदध्यात्सर्वजन्तुषु । अयं संसिद्धिकामानां या गतिः सोऽयमीश्वरः ॥

ayaṃ ca sarvabhūtānāṃ śubhāśubhagatipradaḥ | ayaṃ ca janmamaraṇe vidadhyātsarvajantuṣu | ayaṃ saṃsiddhikāmānāṃ yā gatiḥ so'yamīśvaraḥ

He is the giver of good and evil destinies to all beings. He ordains birth and death among all creatures. And whatever the goal of those who seek perfection, that is this Lord.

Note on the text: Corrected सोयमीस्वरः → सोऽयमीश्वरः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श and the avagraha dropped; compare verse 32). Three-line verse as printed on the page: lines 1-2 = critical edition 13,016.033a,c; the third line is a vulgate line that replaces the critical edition's 13,016.034a-c ('ayaṃ ca siddhikāmānām ṛṣīṇāṃ siddhidaḥ prabhuḥ / ayaṃ ca mokṣakāmānāṃ dvijānāṃ mokṣadaḥ prabhuḥ'), which Wikisource does not have. The page prints the verse-end as a single danda; normalised.

Verse 34 (13.47.34)

भूराद्यान्सर्वभुवनानुत्पाद्य सदिवौकसः । दधाति देवस्तनुभिरष्टाभिर्यो बिभर्ति च ॥

bhūrādyānsarvabhuvanānutpādya sadivaukasaḥ | dadhāti devastanubhiraṣṭābhiryo bibharti ca

Having brought forth all the worlds beginning with the earth, together with the dwellers in heaven, the God upholds and sustains them with his eight forms.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.035a,c. Wikisource reads 'बिभर्ति च' where the critical edition has 'vibharti ... dadāti ca' (recension variant).

Verse 35 (13.47.35)

अतः प्रवर्तते सर्वमस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । अस्मिंश्च प्रलयं याति अयमेकः सनातनः ॥

ataḥ pravartate sarvamasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | asmiṃśca pralayaṃ yāti ayamekaḥ sanātanaḥ

From him everything proceeds, and in him everything is established; and into him everything dissolves. He alone is eternal.

Verse 36 (13.47.36)

अयं स सत्यकामानां सत्यलोकः परं सताम् । अपवर्गश्च मुक्तानां कैवल्यं चात्मवेदिनाम् ॥

ayaṃ sa satyakāmānāṃ satyalokaḥ paraṃ satām | apavargaśca muktānāṃ kaivalyaṃ cātmavedinām

He is the world of Truth for those whose desires are true, the highest of the good; he is the final release of the liberated, the aloneness of the knowers of the Self.

Verse 37 (13.47.37)

अयं ब्रह्मादिभिः सिद्धैर्गुहायां गोपितः प्रभुः । देवासुरमनुष्याणामप्रकाशो भवेदिति ॥

ayaṃ brahmādibhiḥ siddhairguhāyāṃ gopitaḥ prabhuḥ | devāsuramanuṣyāṇāmaprakāśo bhavediti

Brahma and the other perfected ones have hidden this Lord in the cave, so that he should not be revealed to gods, asuras and men.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रुभुः → प्रभुः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads prabhuḥ).

Verse 38 (13.47.38)

तं त्वां देवासुरनरास्तत्त्वेन न विदुर्भवम् । मोहिताः खल्वनेनैव हृदिस्थेनाप्रकाशिना ॥

taṃ tvāṃ devāsuranarāstattvena na vidurbhavam | mohitāḥ khalvanenaiva hṛdisthenāprakāśinā

Gods, asuras and men do not truly know you, Bhava, for they are deluded by that very one who dwells unrevealed in the heart.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.039a,c. Wikisource's second line ('मोहिताः खल्वनेनैव हृदिस्थेनाप्रकाशिना') differs from the critical edition's 'mohitāḥ khalv anenaiva hṛcchayena praveśitāḥ' (recension variant). The page prints no verse-end mark; added.

Verse 39 (13.47.39)

ये चैनं प्रतिपद्यन्ते भक्तियोगेन भाविताः । तेषामेवात्मनात्मानं दर्शयत्येष हृच्छयः ॥

ye cainaṃ pratipadyante bhaktiyogena bhāvitāḥ | teṣāmevātmanātmānaṃ darśayatyeṣa hṛcchayaḥ

But to those who approach him, nurtured by the discipline of devotion, to them alone this dweller in the heart shows the Self through the self.

Verse 40 (13.47.40)

यं ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्जन्म मरणं चापि विद्यते । यं विदित्वा परं वेद्यं वेदितव्यं न विद्यते ॥

yaṃ jñātvā na punarjanma maraṇaṃ cāpi vidyate | yaṃ viditvā paraṃ vedyaṃ veditavyaṃ na vidyate

Knowing him, there is no more birth, nor even death; knowing him, nothing higher remains to be known.

Verse 41 (13.47.41)

यं लब्ध्वा परमं लाभं नाधिकं मन्यते बुधः । यां सूक्ष्मां परमां प्राप्तिं गच्छन्नव्ययमक्षयम् ॥

yaṃ labdhvā paramaṃ lābhaṃ nādhikaṃ manyate budhaḥ | yāṃ sūkṣmāṃ paramāṃ prāptiṃ gacchannavyayamakṣayam

Gaining him, the wise man thinks no gain greater; reaching that subtle, supreme attainment, he goes to the imperishable, the undecaying.

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.042a,c; the second line is a vulgate variant ('यां सूक्ष्मां परमां प्राप्तिं गच्छन्नव्ययमक्षयम्' for 'prāṇasūkṣmāṃ parāṃ prāptim āgacchaty akṣayāvahām').

Verse 42 (13.47.42)

यं साङ्ख्या गुणतत्त्वज्ञाः साङ्ख्यशास्त्रविशारदाः । सूक्ष्मज्ञानतराः सूक्ष्मं ज्ञात्वा मुच्यन्ति बन्धनैः ॥

yaṃ sāṅkhyā guṇatattvajñāḥ sāṅkhyaśāstraviśāradāḥ | sūkṣmajñānatarāḥ sūkṣmaṃ jñātvā mucyanti bandhanaiḥ

Him whom the Sankhyas, who know the qualities and the principles, masters of the Sankhya treatises, deeply versed in subtle knowledge, know as the subtle one, and are freed from their bonds;

Note on the text: The page prints no verse-end mark; added. Critical edition 13,016.043a,c.

Verse 43 (13.47.43)

यं च वेदविदो वेद्यं वेदान्ते च प्रतिष्ठितम् । प्राणायामपरा नित्यं यं विशन्ति जपन्ति च ॥

yaṃ ca vedavido vedyaṃ vedānte ca pratiṣṭhitam | prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ yaṃ viśanti japanti ca

him whom the knowers of the Veda know as the one to be known, established in the Vedanta, and whom those devoted to breath-control ever enter and recite:

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.044a,c.

Verse 44 (13.47.44)

ओंकाररथमारुह्य ते विशन्ति महेश्वरम् । अयं स देवयानानामादित्यो द्वारमुच्यते ॥

oṃkārarathamāruhya te viśanti maheśvaram | ayaṃ sa devayānānāmādityo dvāramucyate

riding the chariot of Om, they enter Maheshvara. He is called the Sun, the door of the paths of the gods;

Note on the text: First line is the critical edition's star line 13,016.044d*0152_01 (not in the critical edition text proper); second line = 13,016.045a.

Verse 45 (13.47.45)

अयं च पितृयानानां चन्द्रमा द्वारमुच्यते । एष काष्ठा दिशश्चैव संवत्सरयुगादि च ॥

ayaṃ ca pitṛyānānāṃ candramā dvāramucyate | eṣa kāṣṭhā diśaścaiva saṃvatsarayugādi ca

and he is called the Moon, the door of the paths of the fathers. He is the measures of time, the quarters, the year, the yuga and the rest.

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 13,016.045c; second line ('एष काष्ठा दिशश्चैव संवत्सरयुगादि च') is the vulgate variant of 13,016.046a ('eṣa kālagatiś citrā saṃvatsarayugādiṣu').

Verse 46 (13.47.46)

दिव्यादिव्यः परो लाभ अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे । एनं प्रजापतिः पूर्वमाराध्य बहुभिः स्तवैः ॥

divyādivyaḥ paro lābha ayane dakṣiṇottare | enaṃ prajāpatiḥ pūrvamārādhya bahubhiḥ stavaiḥ

He is the supreme gain, divine and not divine, in the southern and the northern course of the sun. Prajapati, having worshipped him of old with many hymns,

Note on the text: First line is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.046c; second line = 13,016.047a.

Verse 47 (13.47.47)

प्रजार्थं वरयामास नीललोहितसंज्ञितम् । ऋग्भिर्यमनुशासन्ति तत्त्वे कर्मणि बह्वृचाः ॥

prajārthaṃ varayāmāsa nīlalohitasaṃjñitam | ṛgbhiryamanuśāsanti tattve karmaṇi bahvṛcāḥ

chose for the sake of creatures the one called Nilalohita, whom the Rigvedic priests praise with Rik verses in the essential rite,

Note on the text: Corrected क्रग्भिः → ऋग्भिः (misprint in Wikisource; क for the vowel ऋ; the critical edition reads ṛgbhiḥ). First line is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.047c ('varayām āsa putratve ...'); second line = 13,016.048a ('tantre' there; 'तत्त्वे' here, kept).

Verse 48 (13.47.48)

यजुर्भिर्यत्त्रिधा वेद्यं जुह्वत्यध्वर्यवोऽध्वरे । सामभिर्यं च गायन्ति सामगाः शुद्धबुद्धयः ॥

yajurbhiryattridhā vedyaṃ juhvatyadhvaryavo'dhvare | sāmabhiryaṃ ca gāyanti sāmagāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ

whom the Adhvaryus offer in the sacrifice with Yajus formulas as the one to be known in three ways, and whom the Sama singers, pure in mind, sing with Saman chants,

Note on the text: Critical edition 13,016.048c and 049a.

Verse 49 (13.47.49)

ऋतं सत्यं परं ब्रह्म स्तुवन्त्याथर्वणा द्विजाः । यज्ञस्य परमा योनिः पतिश्चायं परः स्मृतः ॥

ṛtaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ brahma stuvantyātharvaṇā dvijāḥ | yajñasya paramā yoniḥ patiścāyaṃ paraḥ smṛtaḥ

whom the Atharvan Brahmins praise as the Right, the True, the supreme Brahman; he is remembered as the supreme source of sacrifice and its supreme lord.

Note on the text: Corrected परिश्चायं → पतिश्चायं (misprint in Wikisource; 'pariḥ' is not a word; the critical edition reads patiś cāyam). First line is the critical edition's star line 13,016.049b*0153_01 (not in the critical edition text proper); second line = 13,016.049c.

Verse 50 (13.47.50)

रात्र्यहः श्रोत्रनयनः पक्षमासशिरोभुजः । ऋतुवीर्यस्तपोधैर्यो ह्यब्दगुह्योरुपादवान् ॥

rātryahaḥ śrotranayanaḥ pakṣamāsaśirobhujaḥ | ṛtuvīryastapodhairyo hyabdaguhyorupādavān

Night and day are his ears and eyes; the fortnights and months his head and arms; the seasons his vigour; austerity and steadfastness his own; the year his secret part, his thighs and feet.

Verse 51 (13.47.51)

मृत्युर्यमो हुताशश्च कालः संहारवेगवान् । कालस्य परमा योनिः कालश्चायं सनातनः ॥

mṛtyuryamo hutāśaśca kālaḥ saṃhāravegavān | kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaścāyaṃ sanātanaḥ

Death, Yama, the devouring fire, and Time, swift in destruction: he is the supreme source of Time, and he himself is eternal Time.

Verse 52 (13.47.52)

चन्द्रादित्यौ सनक्षत्रौ ग्रहाश्च सह वायुना । ध्रुवः सप्तर्षयश्चैव भुवनाः सप्त एव च ॥

candrādityau sanakṣatrau grahāśca saha vāyunā | dhruvaḥ saptarṣayaścaiva bhuvanāḥ sapta eva ca

The moon and the sun with the stars, the planets together with the wind, the Pole Star, the seven sages, and the seven worlds:

Note on the text: Wikisource reads 'ग्रहाश्च सह वायुना' where the critical edition has 'sagrahau saha vāyunā' (recension variant).

Verse 53 (13.47.53)

प्रधानं महदव्यक्तं विशेषान्तं सवैकृतम् । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं भूतादि सदसच्च यत् ॥

pradhānaṃ mahadavyaktaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ savaikṛtam | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ bhūtādi sadasacca yat

Pradhana, Mahat, the Unmanifest, with the particulars and their modifications, everything from Brahma down to a blade of grass, the source of the elements, and whatever is real and unreal:

Verse 54 (13.47.54)

अष्टौ प्रकृतयश्चैव प्रकृतिभ्यश्च यः परः । अस्य देवस्य यद्भागं कृत्स्नं सम्परिवर्तते ॥

aṣṭau prakṛtayaścaiva prakṛtibhyaśca yaḥ paraḥ | asya devasya yadbhāgaṃ kṛtsnaṃ samparivartate

the eight Prakritis, and what is beyond the Prakritis: all that revolves is a part of this God.

Verse 55 (13.47.55)

एतत्परममानन्दं यत्तच्छाश्वतमेव च । एषा गतिर्विरक्तानामेष भावः परः सताम् ॥

etatparamamānandaṃ yattacchāśvatameva ca | eṣā gatirviraktānāmeṣa bhāvaḥ paraḥ satām

This is supreme bliss, this is the eternal; this is the goal of the dispassionate, this is the highest state of the good.

Verse 56 (13.47.56)

एतत्पदमनुद्विग्नमेतद्ब्रह्म सनातनम् । शास्त्रवेदाङ्गविदुषामेतद्ध्यानं परं पदम् ॥

etatpadamanudvignametadbrahma sanātanam | śāstravedāṅgaviduṣāmetaddhyānaṃ paraṃ padam

This is the state without agitation, this is eternal Brahman; for those who know the scriptures and the Vedangas, this is the supreme object of meditation, the highest abode.

Verse 57 (13.47.57)

इयं सा परमा काष्ठा इयं सा परमा कला । इयं सा परमा सिद्धिरियं सा परमा गतिः ॥

iyaṃ sā paramā kāṣṭhā iyaṃ sā paramā kalā | iyaṃ sā paramā siddhiriyaṃ sā paramā gatiḥ

This is the supreme limit, this the supreme fraction; this is the supreme perfection, this the supreme goal.

Verse 58 (13.47.58)

इयं सा परमा शान्तिरियं सा निर्वृतिः परा । यं प्राप्य कृतकृत्याः स्म इत्यमन्यन्त योगिनः ॥

iyaṃ sā paramā śāntiriyaṃ sā nirvṛtiḥ parā | yaṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyāḥ sma ityamanyanta yoginaḥ

This is supreme peace, this the highest repose; having reached it, the yogis thought, "We have done all that was to be done."

Note on the text: Wikisource's last word is योगिनः where the critical edition has vedhasaḥ (recension variant).

Verse 59 (13.47.59)

इयं तुष्टिरियं सिद्धिरियं श्रुतिरियं स्मृतिः । अध्यात्मगतिरिष्टानां विदुषां प्राप्तिरव्यया ॥

iyaṃ tuṣṭiriyaṃ siddhiriyaṃ śrutiriyaṃ smṛtiḥ | adhyātmagatiriṣṭānāṃ viduṣāṃ prāptiravyayā

This is contentment, this is perfection, this is revelation, this is tradition; this is the unfailing attainment of the learned whose goal is the spiritual path.

Verse 60 (13.47.60)

यजतां कामयानानां मखैर्विपुलदक्षिणैः । या गतिर्यज्ञशीलानां सा गतिस्त्वं न संशयः ॥

yajatāṃ kāmayānānāṃ makhairvipuladakṣiṇaiḥ | yā gatiryajñaśīlānāṃ sā gatistvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

For those who sacrifice with desire, with rites of rich gifts, whatever the goal of the devoted sacrificers, that goal is you, without doubt.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line ('या गतिर्यज्ञशीलानां सा गतिस्त्वं न संशयः') is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.060c ('yā gatir daivatair divyā sā gatis tvaṃ sanātana').

Verse 61 (13.47.61)

सम्यग्योगजपैः शान्तिर्नियमैर्देहतापनैः । तप्यतां या गतिर्देव परमा सा गतिर्भवान् ॥

samyagyogajapaiḥ śāntirniyamairdehatāpanaiḥ | tapyatāṃ yā gatirdeva paramā sā gatirbhavān

For those who practise austerity through right yoga and recitation, through peace, observances and mortification of the body, whatever the highest goal, O God, that goal is you.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads 'सम्यग्योगजपैः शान्तिः ...' where the critical edition has 'japyahomavrataiḥ kṛcchrair ...' (recension variant).

Verse 62 (13.47.62)

कर्मन्यासकृतानां च विरक्तानां ततस्ततः । या गतिर्ब्रह्मसदने सा गतिस्त्वं सनातन ॥

karmanyāsakṛtānāṃ ca viraktānāṃ tatastataḥ | yā gatirbrahmasadane sā gatistvaṃ sanātana

For those who have renounced action and are dispassionate toward this and that, whatever goal lies in the abode of Brahma, that goal is you, eternal one.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मिसदने → ब्रह्मसदने (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; the critical edition reads brahmabhavane).

Verse 63 (13.47.63)

अपुनर्भवकामानां वैराग्ये वर्ततां च या । प्रकृतीनां लयानां च सा गतिस्त्वं सनातन ॥

apunarbhavakāmānāṃ vairāgye vartatāṃ ca yā | prakṛtīnāṃ layānāṃ ca sā gatistvaṃ sanātana

For those who desire no rebirth, who abide in dispassion, and for those who are absorbed in the Prakritis, whatever their goal, that goal is you, eternal one.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line ('प्रकृतीनां लयानां च') is a vulgate variant of critical edition 13,016.063c ('vikṛtīnāṃ layānāṃ ca').

Verse 64 (13.47.64)

ज्ञानविज्ञानयुक्तानां निरुपाख्या निरञ्जना । कैवल्या या गतिर्देव परमा सा गतिर्भवान् ॥

jñānavijñānayuktānāṃ nirupākhyā nirañjanā | kaivalyā yā gatirdeva paramā sā gatirbhavān

For those devoted to knowledge and discernment, the goal that is beyond description, stainless, and of utter aloneness, the highest goal, O God, is you.

Verse 65 (13.47.65)

वेदशास्त्रपुराणोक्ताः पञ्च ता गतयः स्मृताः । त्वत्प्रसादाद्धि लभ्यन्ते न लभ्यन्तेऽन्यथा विभो ॥

vedaśāstrapurāṇoktāḥ pañca tā gatayaḥ smṛtāḥ | tvatprasādāddhi labhyante na labhyante'nyathā vibho

These five goals are declared in the Vedas, the treatises and the Puranas. They are won only by your grace, not otherwise, O all-pervading Lord.

Verse 66 (13.47.66)

इति तण्डिस्तपोराशिस्तुष्टावेशानमात्मना । जगौ च परमं ब्रह्म यत्पुरा लोककृज्जगौ ॥

iti taṇḍistaporāśistuṣṭāveśānamātmanā | jagau ca paramaṃ brahma yatpurā lokakṛjjagau

Thus Tandi, a mass of austerity, praised Ishana with his whole self, and sang that supreme Brahman which the maker of the worlds sang of old.

Note on the text: Corrected तुष्टावेसानमात्मना → तुष्टावेशानमात्मना (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads tuṣṭāveśānam). Speaker: the page prints this verse under Tandi's heading (तण्डिरुवाच), but it is Upamanyu's narration of the hymn's close ('Thus Tandi praised ...'), and Tandi's own speech ends at verse 65; given to Upamanyu. Critical edition 13,016.066a,c.

Verse 67 (13.47.67)

एवं स्तुतो महादेवस्तण्डिना ब्रह्मवादिना । उवाच भगवान्देव उमया सहितः प्रभुः ॥

evaṃ stuto mahādevastaṇḍinā brahmavādinā | uvāca bhagavāndeva umayā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ

Thus praised by Tandi, the knower of Brahman, the Blessed God Mahadeva, the Lord, together with Uma, spoke.

Note on the text: The page's heading उपमन्युरुवाच corresponds to the critical edition's star line 13,016.066d*0154_00. Not in the critical edition text proper: star passage 13,016.066d*0154_01-02.

Verse 68 (13.47.68)

ब्रह्मा शतक्रतुर्विष्णुर्विश्वेदेवा महर्षयः । न विदुस्त्वामिति ततस्तुष्टः प्रोवाच तं शिवः ॥

brahmā śatakraturviṣṇurviśvedevā maharṣayaḥ | na vidustvāmiti tatastuṣṭaḥ provāca taṃ śivaḥ

Then, pleased at the words "Brahma, Indra, Vishnu, the Vishvedevas and the great sages do not know you," Shiva said to him:

Verse 69 (13.47.69)

अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव भविता दुःखवर्जितः । यशस्वी तेजसा युक्तो दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः ॥

akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva bhavitā duḥkhavarjitaḥ | yaśasvī tejasā yukto divyajñānasamanvitaḥ

"You shall be imperishable and unfailing, free from sorrow, renowned, full of radiance and endowed with divine knowledge.

Note on the text: Shiva's speech to Tandi (no heading printed; it fills the whole verse, so given to Shiva, as the critical edition does not head it separately either). Critical edition 13,016.068a,c.

Verse 70 (13.47.70)

ऋषीणामभिगम्यश्च सूत्रकर्ता सुतस्तव । मत्प्रसादाद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ भविष्यति न संशयः ॥

ṛṣīṇāmabhigamyaśca sūtrakartā sutastava | matprasādāddvijaśreṣṭha bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Your son will be one whom the sages may approach, and the maker of the aphorisms. By my grace, best of Brahmins, this will be so; there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Continuation of Shiva's speech (no heading printed); critical edition 13,016.069a,c.

Verse 71 (13.47.71)

कं वा कामं ददाम्यद्य ब्रूहि यद्वत्स काङ्क्षसे । प्राञ्जलिः स उवाचेदं त्वयि भक्तिर्दृढाऽस्तु मे ॥

kaṃ vā kāmaṃ dadāmyadya brūhi yadvatsa kāṅkṣase | prāñjaliḥ sa uvācedaṃ tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā'stu me

What wish shall I grant you today? Tell me what you desire, dear child." With folded hands he said: "May my devotion to you be firm."

Note on the text: First line is Shiva's speech, second line the narrator's report of Tandi's reply (and his words); the verse is mixed, so kept with the narrator Upamanyu. Critical edition 13,016.070a,c. Wikisource reads 'भक्तिर्दृढाऽस्तु' ('दृढाऽस्तु'); kept.

Verse 72 (13.47.72)

एतान्दत्त्वा वरान्देवो वन्द्यमानः सुरर्षिभिः । स्तूयमानश्च विबुधैस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

etāndattvā varāndevo vandyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ | stūyamānaśca vibudhaistatraivāntaradhīyata

Having granted these boons, the God, honoured by the gods and sages and praised by the immortals, vanished on the spot.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads 'एतान्दत्त्वा वरान्' where the critical edition has 'evaṃ dattvā varaṃ' (recension variant). The page repeats the heading उपमन्युरुवाच before this verse (no change of speaker).

Verse 73 (13.47.73)

अन्तर्हिते भगवति सानुगे यादवेश्वर । ऋषिराश्रममागम्य ममैतत्प्रोक्तवानिह ॥

antarhite bhagavati sānuge yādaveśvara | ṛṣirāśramamāgamya mamaitatproktavāniha

When the Blessed Lord had vanished with his retinue, O lord of the Yadavas, the sage came to my hermitage and told me all this.

Verse 74 (13.47.74)

यानि च प्रथितान्यादौ तण्डिराख्यातवान्मम । नामानि मानवश्रेष्ठ तानि त्वं शृणु सिद्धये ॥

yāni ca prathitānyādau taṇḍirākhyātavānmama | nāmāni mānavaśreṣṭha tāni tvaṃ śṛṇu siddhaye

And the names that Tandi told me at the outset, famed ones, O best of men: hear them, for your success.

Note on the text: Corrected मानानि → नामानि (misprint in Wikisource; the letters ना and मा are transposed; the critical edition reads nāmāni). The page prints no half-verse mark after मम; added.

Verse 75 (13.47.75)

दश नामसहस्राणि देवेष्वाह पितामहः । सर्वस्य शास्त्रेषु तथा दश नामशतानि च ॥

daśa nāmasahasrāṇi deveṣvāha pitāmahaḥ | sarvasya śāstreṣu tathā daśa nāmaśatāni ca

Brahma, the Grandfather, declared ten thousand names among the gods; and in the treatises there are likewise ten hundred names of Sarva.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads 'देवेष्वाह ... सर्वस्य शास्त्रेषु' where the critical edition has 'vedeṣv āha ... śarvasya śāstreṣu' (recension variant).

Verse 76 (13.47.76)

गुह्यानीमानि नामानि तण्डिर्भगवतोऽच्युत । देवप्रसादाद्देवेशः पुरा प्राह महात्मने ॥

guhyānīmāni nāmāni taṇḍirbhagavato'cyuta | devaprasādāddeveśaḥ purā prāha mahātmane

These are the secret names of the Blessed Lord, O Achyuta, which Tandi received: by the favour of the God, the Lord of the gods told them long ago to that great soul.