1. All this—whatever exists in this changing universe—is
enveloped by the Lord. Protect the Self by renunciation. Lust not after any
man's wealth.
2. If a man wishes to live a hundred
years on this earth, he should live performing action. For you, who cherish
such a desire and regard yourself as a man, there is no other way by which you
can keep work from clinging to you.
3. Verily, those worlds of the asuras
are enveloped in blind darkness; and thereto they all repair after death who
are slayers of Atman.
4. That non—dual Atman, though never
stirring, is swifter than the mind. The senses cannot reach It, for It moves
ever in front. Though standing still, It overtakes others who are running.
Because of Atman, Vayu, the World Soul apportions the activities of all.
5. It moves and moves not; It is far
and likewise near. It is inside all this and It is outside all this.
6. The wise man beholds all beings in
the Self, and the Self in all beings; for that reason he does not hate anyone.
7. To the seer, all things have verily
become the Self: what delusion, what sorrow, can there be for him who beholds
that oneness?
8. It is He who pervades all—He who is
bright and bodiless, without scar or sinews, pure and by evil unpierced; who is
the Seer, omniscient, transcendent and uncreated. He has duly allotted to the
eternal World—Creators their respective duties.
9. Into a blind darkness they enter who
are devoted to ignorance (rituals); but into a greater darkness they enter who
engage in knowledge of a deity alone.
10. One thing, they say, is obtained
from knowledge; another, they say, from ignorance. Thus we have heard from the
wise who have taught us this.
11. He who is aware that both knowledge
and ignorance should be pursued together, overcomes death through ignorance and
obtains immortality through knowledge.
12. Into a blind darkness they enter who
worship only the unmanifested prakriti; but into a greater darkness they enter
who worship the manifested Hiranyagarbha.
13. One thing, they say, is obtained
from the worship of the manifested; another, they say, from the worship of the
unmanifested. Thus we have heard from the wise who taught us this.
14. He who knows that both the
unmanifested prakriti and the manifested Hiranyagarbha should be worshipped
together, overcomes death by the worship of Hiranyagarbha and obtains
immortality through devotion to prakriti.
15. The door of the Truth is covered by
a golden disc. Open it, O Nourisher! Remove it so that I who have been
worshipping the Truth may behold It.
16. O Nourisher, lone Traveller of the
sky! Controller! O Sun, Offspring of Prajapati! Gather Your rays; withdraw Your
light. I would see, through Your grace, that form of Yours which is the
fairest. I am indeed He, that Purusha, who dwells there.
17. Now may my breath return to the
all—pervading, immortal Prana! May this body be burnt to ashes! Om. O mind,
remember, remember all that I have done.
18. O Fire, lead us by the good path for
the enjoyment of the fruit of our action. You know, O god, all our deeds.
Destroy our sin of deceit. We offer, by words, our salutations to you.
Om. That is full; this is full. This fullness has been
projected from that fullness.
When this fullness merges in that fullness, all that remains is fullness.
Om. Peace! Peace! Peace!