Bhagavatapurana 10.40
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10.40.1
Śrī Akrūra said: / I bow to you, the cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, the primeval, imperishable Puruṣa, / from the lotus calyx of whose navel Brahmā appeared, and from whom this universe has arisen.
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Earth, water, fire, wind, space, the source [ego], / the cosmic intellect, the unmanifest nature and its products, mind, the senses, / all sense objects, and all the gods, who are the causes of the world, are parts of your body.
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These entities, beginning with Brahmā, caught up in that which is not the self, do not know your true nature; / Brahmā, bound by the gunas of your creative power, does not know your true nature beyond the gunas.
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The yogins worship you directly, the Supreme Person and Lord, / along with the individual self, the elemental world, and the presiding deities, O virtuous devotees.
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And some twice-born versed in Vedic rituals, by means of the threefold knowledge, / truly worship you through elaborate sacrifices under the names of various gods having diverse forms.
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Some, however, having renounced all actions and attained tranquility, / worship you, the embodiment of knowledge, by means of the sacrifice of knowledge, as knowers.
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And others, their selves purified, by the method enjoined by you, / absorbed in you, worship you alone, who possess multiple forms yet one single form.
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Others worship you alone in the form of Śiva, by the path spoken by Śiva, / according to the differing traditions of multiple teachers, as the Lord.
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All indeed worship you, the Lord who comprises all gods, / even those who are devoted to other deities, although their minds are directed elsewhere, O Lord.
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Just as rivers originating from mountains and filled by rain, O Lord, / enter the ocean from every side, so all paths ultimately reach you.
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Purity, passion, and darkness are the qualities of your material nature; / in them indeed all created beings are woven, from Brahmā down to immovable objects.
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Obeisance to you whose vision is unattached, the self of all and witness to all intellects.
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This flow of the qualities, created by ignorance, proceeds through the bodies of gods, humans, and beasts.
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Fire is your mouth, the earth your feet, the sun your eye, the sky your navel, and the directions your ear;
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Fire is your mouth, the earth your feet, the sun your eye, the sky your navel, and the directions your ear;
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heaven is your head, the chiefs of gods your arms, the oceans your abdomen, and the wind is conceived as your breath and strength.
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Trees and plants are your body hair, clouds are the hair on the head of the Supreme, the mountains are your bones and nails;
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Trees and plants are your body hair, clouds are the hair on the head of the Supreme, the mountains are your bones and nails;
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night and day are your blinking, Prajāpati is your penis, and rain is considered your virility.
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In you, the imperishable Puruṣa, the worlds are fashioned with their protectors, teeming with numerous living beings, / just as aquatic creatures move about in water, or gnats in an udumbara fruit made of mind.
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Whatever forms you assume here for the purpose of divine play, / through them people, having their grief wiped away, joyfully sing your glory.
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Obeisance to the primal Fish who moved upon the waters of the ocean of dissolution; / obeisance to you with the head of a horse, the death of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
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Obeisance to the vast Tortoise who bore Mount Mandara; / obeisance to the form of the Boar whose divine play was the lifting of the earth.
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Obeisance to you, the marvelous Lion, who dispels the fear of virtuous people; / obeisance to you, the Dwarf who stepped across the three worlds.
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Obeisance to the lord of the Bhṛgus who cut down the forest of proud warriors; / obeisance to you, the best of the Raghus, who put an end to Rāvaṇa.
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Obeisance to you, Vāsudeva, and obeisance to Saṅkarṣaṇa; / obeisance to Pradyumna and Aniruddha, the Lord of the Sātvatas.
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Obeisance to Buddha, the pure, who bewilders the Daityas and Dānavas; / obeisance to you in the form of Kalki, the slayer of the warrior-kings who have become like barbarians.
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O Lord, this world of living beings is bewildered by your creative power; / holding the false notion of 'I' and 'mine', it wanders on the paths of karma.
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And I too, deluded, wander among my body, children, home, / wife, wealth, kin, and the like, taking to be real what is like a dream, O all-pervading Lord.
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Having inverted understanding regarding things that are impermanent, not the self, and painful, / delighting in dualities and enveloped in darkness, I do not know you, the true beloved of the self.
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Just as a foolish person leaves behind water covered by plants born from it / and runs toward a mirage, so I have turned my back on you.
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Pitiable in mind, I am unable to restrain my mind ruined by desire and action, / carried hither and thither by the turbulent senses.
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Thus I have approached your feet, difficult to attain for the wicked; and even that, O Lord, I consider to be your grace.
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When a person is to attain liberation from the cycle of rebirth, O lotus-navelled Lord, then the mind turns to you through the service of virtuous devotees.
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Obeisance to the embodiment of pure consciousness, the cause of all perception, / the master of the person and primordial matter, Brahman of boundless power.
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Obeisance to you, Vāsudeva, the abode of all beings; / O Hṛṣīkeśa, obeisance to you; protect me who have surrendered to you, O Lord.
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- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
Linked texts (1)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit