Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 5
KuP 2 5.1
व्यास उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा भगवान् योगिनां परमेश्वरः । ननर्त परमं भावमैश्वरं संप्रदर्शयन्
vyāsa uvāca etāvaduktvā bhagavān yogināṃ parameśvaraḥ / nanarta paramaṃ bhāvamaiśvaraṃ saṃpradarśayan
Vyāsa said: Having said only this much, the Blessed One, the supreme lord of yogins, danced, fully displaying his lordly state.
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KuP 2 5.2
तं ते ददृशुरीशानं तेजसां परमं निधिम् । नृत्यमानं महादेवं विष्णुना गगने ऽमले
taṃ te dadṛśurīśānaṃ tejasāṃ paramaṃ nidhim / nṛtyamānaṃ mahādevaṃ viṣṇunā gagane 'male
They saw him, Īśāna, the supreme treasury of splendours, Mahādeva, dancing with Viṣṇu in the stainless sky.
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KuP 2 5.3
यं विदुर्योगतत्त्वज्ञा योगिनो यतमानसाः । तमीशं सर्वभूतानामाकशे ददृशुः किल
yaṃ viduryogatattvajñā yogino yatamānasāḥ / tamīśaṃ sarvabhūtānāmākaśe dadṛśuḥ kila
Him whom the yogins who know the truth of yoga, with restrained minds, know — that Lord of all beings they saw, it is said, in the sky.
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KuP 2 5.4
यस्य मायामयं सर्वं येनेदं प्रेर्यते जगत् । नृत्यमानः स्वयं विप्रैर्विश्वेशः खलु दृश्यते
yasya māyāmayaṃ sarvaṃ yenedaṃ preryate jagat / nṛtyamānaḥ svayaṃ viprairviśveśaḥ khalu dṛśyate
He whose (power) all this made of māyā is, by whom this world is set in motion — that Lord of the universe was indeed seen by the brahmins dancing of his own accord.
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KuP 2 5.5
यत् पादपङ्कजं स्मृत्वा पुरुषो ऽज्ञानजं भयम् । जहति नृत्यमानं तं भूतेशं ददृशुः किल
yat pādapaṅkajaṃ smṛtvā puruṣo 'jñānajaṃ bhayam / jahati nṛtyamānaṃ taṃ bhūteśaṃ dadṛśuḥ kila
Remembering whose lotus-feet a man abandons the fear born of ignorance — that Lord of beings they saw, it is said, dancing.
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KuP 2 5.6
यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासाः शान्ता भक्तिसमन्विताः । ज्योतिर्मयं प्रपश्यन्ति स योगी दृश्यते किल
yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsāḥ śāntā bhaktisamanvitāḥ / jyotirmayaṃ prapaśyanti sa yogī dṛśyate kila
He whom the sleepless, breath-conquering, tranquil ones, endowed with devotion, behold as made of light — that yogin is indeed (now) seen.
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KuP 2 5.7
यो ऽज्ञानान्मोचयेत् क्षिप्रं प्रसन्नो भक्तवत्सलः । तमेव मोचकं रुद्रमाकाशे ददृशुः परम्
yo 'jñānānmocayet kṣipraṃ prasanno bhaktavatsalaḥ / tameva mocakaṃ rudramākāśe dadṛśuḥ param
He who, being gracious, fond of his devotees, would quickly release (one) from ignorance — that very Rudra, the liberator, the supreme one, they saw in the sky.
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KuP 2 5.8
सहस्रशिरसं देवं सहस्रचरणाकृतिम् । सहस्रबाहुं जटिलं चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखरम्
sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ sahasracaraṇākṛtim / sahasrabāhuṃ jaṭilaṃ candrārdhakṛtaśekharam
The god with a thousand heads, with a thousand feet in form, with a thousand arms, with matted hair, wearing the half-moon as his crest;
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KuP 2 5.9
वसानं चर्म वैयाघ्रं शूलासक्तमहाकरम् । दण्डपाणिं त्रयीनेत्रं सूर्यसोमाग्निलोचनम्
vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ śūlāsaktamahākaram / daṇḍapāṇiṃ trayīnetraṃ sūryasomāgnilocanam
clothed in a tiger's skin, his great hand holding fast to the trident, with a staff in hand, having the three Vedas for his eyes, with sun, moon and fire for his eyes;
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KuP 2 5.10
ब्रह्माण्डं तेजसा स्वेन सर्वमावृत्य च स्थितम् । दंष्ट्राकरालं दुर्धर्षं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्
brahmāṇḍaṃ tejasā svena sarvamāvṛtya ca sthitam / daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ durdharṣaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham
standing having covered the whole egg of Brahmā with his own radiance, terrible with his fangs, unassailable, of brilliance equal to ten million suns;
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KuP 2 5.11
अण्डस्थं चाण्डबाह्यस्थं बाह्यमभ्यन्तरं परम् । सृजन्तमनलज्वालं दहन्तमखिलं जगत् । नृत्यन्तं ददृशुर्देवं विश्वकर्माणमीश्वरम्
aṇḍasthaṃ cāṇḍabāhyasthaṃ bāhyamabhyantaraṃ param / sṛjantamanalajvālaṃ dahantamakhilaṃ jagat / nṛtyantaṃ dadṛśurdevaṃ viśvakarmāṇamīśvaram
abiding within the egg and abiding outside the egg, outer and inner, supreme, creating (and) with flames of fire burning the whole world — the god, the maker of all, the Lord, they saw dancing.
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KuP 2 5.12
महादेवं महायोगं देवानामपि दैवतम् । पशूनां पतिमीशानं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरव्ययम्
mahādevaṃ mahāyogaṃ devānāmapi daivatam / paśūnāṃ patimīśānaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotiravyayam
the Great God, the great yoga, the deity even of the gods, the lord of the bound creatures, the Ruler, the imperishable light of lights;
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KuP 2 5.13
पिनाकिनं विशालाक्षं भेषजं भवरोगिणाम् । कालात्मानं कालकालं देवदेवं महेश्वरम्
pinākinaṃ viśālākṣaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇām / kālātmānaṃ kālakālaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram
the bearer of the Pināka, the wide-eyed, the medicine for those sick with worldly existence, whose self is Time, the Time of Time, god of gods, the Great Lord;
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KuP 2 5.14
उमापतिं विरूपाक्षं योगानन्दमयं परम् । ज्ञानवैराग्यनिलयं ज्ञानयोगं सनातनम्
umāpatiṃ virūpākṣaṃ yogānandamayaṃ param / jñānavairāgyanilayaṃ jñānayogaṃ sanātanam
the husband of Umā, the odd-eyed, made of the bliss of yoga, supreme, the abode of knowledge and dispassion, the eternal knowledge-yoga;
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KuP 2 5.15
शाश्वतैश्वर्यविभवं धर्माधारं दुरासदम् । महेन्द्रोपेन्द्रनमितं महर्षिगणवन्दितम्
śāśvataiśvaryavibhavaṃ dharmādhāraṃ durāsadam / mahendropendranamitaṃ maharṣigaṇavanditam
whose sovereign power and majesty are everlasting, the support of dharma, hard to approach, bowed to by great Indra and Upendra, praised by the hosts of great seers;
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KuP 2 5.16
आधारं सर्वशक्तीनां महायोगेश्वरेश्वरम् । योगिनां परमं ब्रह्म योगिनां योगवन्दितम् । योगिनां हृदि तिष्ठन्तं योगमायासमावृतम्
ādhāraṃ sarvaśaktīnāṃ mahāyogeśvareśvaram / yogināṃ paramaṃ brahma yogināṃ yogavanditam / yogināṃ hṛdi tiṣṭhantaṃ yogamāyāsamāvṛtam
the support of all powers, the lord of the great lords of yoga, the supreme Brahman of the yogins, revered by the yoga of the yogins, dwelling in the heart of yogins, enveloped by the māyā of yoga.
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KuP 2 5.17
क्षणेन जगतो योनिं नारायणमनामयम् । ईश्वरेणैकतापन्नमपश्यन् ब्रह्मवादिनः
kṣaṇena jagato yoniṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam / īśvareṇaikatāpannamapaśyan brahmavādinaḥ
In an instant the speakers of Brahman saw Nārāyaṇa, the womb of the world, free from ill, become one with the Lord.
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KuP 2 5.18
दृष्ट्वा तदैश्वरं रूपं रुद्रनारायणात्मकम् । कृतार्थं मेनिरे सन्तः स्वात्मानं ब्रह्मवादिनः
dṛṣṭvā tadaiśvaraṃ rūpaṃ rudranārāyaṇātmakam / kṛtārthaṃ menire santaḥ svātmānaṃ brahmavādinaḥ
Having seen that lordly form consisting of Rudra and Nārāyaṇa, those good men, the speakers of Brahman, deemed themselves to have attained their purpose.
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KuP 2 5.19
सनत्कुमारः सनको भृगुश्च सनातनश्चैव सनन्दनश्च । रुद्रो ऽङ्गिरा वामदेवाथ शुक्रो महर्षिरत्रिः कपिलो मरीचिः
sanatkumāraḥ sanako bhṛguśca sanātanaścaiva sanandanaśca / rudro 'ṅgirā vāmadevātha śukro maharṣiratriḥ kapilo marīciḥ
Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, and Bhṛgu, and Sanātana, and Sanandana, Rudra, Aṅgiras, Vāmadeva, then Śukra, the great seer Atri, Kapila, Marīci —
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KuP 2 5.20
दृष्ट्वाथ रुद्रं जगदीशितारं तं पद्मनाभाश्रितवामभागम् । ध्यात्वा हृदिस्थं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना बद्ध्वाञ्जलिं स्वेषु शिरःसु भूयः
dṛṣṭvātha rudraṃ jagadīśitāraṃ taṃ padmanābhāśritavāmabhāgam / dhyātvā hṛdisthaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā baddhvāñjaliṃ sveṣu śiraḥsu bhūyaḥ
then, having seen Rudra, the ruler of the world, with him of the lotus-navel occupying his left side, having meditated on him dwelling in the heart, having bowed with the head, again making the añjali upon their own heads,
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KuP 2 5.21
ओङ्कारमुच्चार्य विलोक्य देवम् अन्तःशरीरे निहितं गुहायाम् । समस्तुवन् ब्रह्ममयैर्वचोभिर् आनन्दपूर्णायतमानसास्ते
oṅkāramuccārya vilokya devam antaḥśarīre nihitaṃ guhāyām / samastuvan brahmamayairvacobhir ānandapūrṇāyatamānasāste
uttering Oṃ and beholding the god placed within the body in the cave (of the heart), they praised (him) with words made of Brahman, their minds grown full of bliss.
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KuP 2 5.22
मुनय ऊचुः त्वामेकमीशं पुरुषं पुराणं प्राणेश्वरं रुद्रमनन्तयोगम् । नमाम सर्वे हृदि सन्निविष्टं प्रचेतसं ब्रह्ममयं पवित्रम्
munaya ūcuḥ tvāmekamīśaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ prāṇeśvaraṃ rudramanantayogam / namāma sarve hṛdi sanniviṣṭaṃ pracetasaṃ brahmamayaṃ pavitram
The sages said: We all bow to you, the one Lord, the ancient Puruṣa, the lord of breath, Rudra of endless yoga, seated in the heart, the wise one, made of Brahman, purifying.
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KuP 2 5.23
त्वां पश्यन्ति मुनयो ब्रह्मयोनिं दान्ताः शान्ता विमलं रुक्मवर्णम् । ध्यात्वात्मस्थमचलं स्वे शरीरे कविं परेभ्यः परमं तत्परं च
tvāṃ paśyanti munayo brahmayoniṃ dāntāḥ śāntā vimalaṃ rukmavarṇam / dhyātvātmasthamacalaṃ sve śarīre kaviṃ parebhyaḥ paramaṃ tatparaṃ ca
The sages, self-controlled and at peace, behold you, the womb of Brahman, the stainless one of golden hue, having meditated (upon you) as seated in the self, unmoving, within their own body — the seer, higher than the highest and beyond that too.
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KuP 2 5.24
त्वत्तः प्रसूता जगतः प्रसूतिः सर्वात्मभूस्त्वं परमाणुभूतः । अणोरणीयान् महतो महीयां- स्त्वामेव सर्वं प्रवदन्ति सन्तः
tvattaḥ prasūtā jagataḥ prasūtiḥ sarvātmabhūstvaṃ paramāṇubhūtaḥ / aṇoraṇīyān mahato mahīyāṃ- stvāmeva sarvaṃ pravadanti santaḥ
From you the world's bringing-forth has issued; you are the self of all, you have become the finest atom; smaller than the small, greater than the great — the good declare that you alone are everything.
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KuP 2 5.25
हिरण्यगर्भो जगदन्तरात्मा त्वत्तो ऽधिजातः पुरुषः पुराणः । संजायमानो भवता विसृष्टो यथाविधानं सकलं ससर्ज
hiraṇyagarbho jagadantarātmā tvatto 'dhijātaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ / saṃjāyamāno bhavatā visṛṣṭo yathāvidhānaṃ sakalaṃ sasarja
Hiraṇyagarbha, the inner self of the world, the ancient Puruṣa, was born from you; and being (thus) generated and sent forth by you, he created the whole (universe) according to rule.
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KuP 2 5.26
त्वत्तो वेदाः सकलाः संप्रसूता- स्त्वय्येवान्ते संस्थितिं ते लभन्ते । पश्यामस्त्वां जगतो हेतुभूतं नृत्यन्तं स्वे हृदये सन्निविष्टम्
tvatto vedāḥ sakalāḥ saṃprasūtā- stvayyevānte saṃsthitiṃ te labhante / paśyāmastvāṃ jagato hetubhūtaṃ nṛtyantaṃ sve hṛdaye sanniviṣṭam
From you all the Vedas have been brought forth; in you alone, at the end, they find their resting-place. We behold you, who are the cause of the world, dancing, seated in our own heart.
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KuP 2 5.27
त्वयैवेदं भ्राम्यते ब्रह्मचक्रं मायावी त्वं जगतामेकनाथः । नमामस्त्वां शरणं संप्रपन्ना योगात्मानं चित्पतिं दिव्यनृत्यम्
tvayaivedaṃ bhrāmyate brahmacakraṃ māyāvī tvaṃ jagatāmekanāthaḥ / namāmastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ saṃprapannā yogātmānaṃ citpatiṃ divyanṛtyam
By you alone is this wheel of Brahman turned; you are the wielder of māyā, the one lord of the worlds. Having come to (you as our) refuge, we bow to you, whose self is yoga, the lord of consciousness, whose dance is divine.
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KuP 2 5.28
पश्यामस्त्वां परमाकाशमध्ये नृत्यन्तं ते महिमानं स्मरामः । सर्वात्मानं बहुधा सन्निविष्टं ब्रह्मानन्दमनुभूयानुभूय
paśyāmastvāṃ paramākāśamadhye nṛtyantaṃ te mahimānaṃ smarāmaḥ / sarvātmānaṃ bahudhā sanniviṣṭaṃ brahmānandamanubhūyānubhūya
We behold you dancing in the midst of the supreme space; we call to mind your greatness — the self of all, entered manifoldly (into all), experiencing again and again the bliss of Brahman.
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KuP 2 5.29
ओङ्कारस्ते वाचको मुक्तिबीजं त्वमक्षरं प्रकृतौ गूढरूपम् । तत्त्वां सत्यं प्रवदन्तीह सन्तः स्वयंप्रभं भवतो यत्प्रकाशम्
oṅkāraste vācako muktibījaṃ tvamakṣaraṃ prakṛtau gūḍharūpam / tattvāṃ satyaṃ pravadantīha santaḥ svayaṃprabhaṃ bhavato yatprakāśam
The syllable Om is what names you, the seed of liberation; you are the imperishable, whose form is hidden in Nature. Therefore the good here declare you to be the real, self-luminous, since the light is yours.
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KuP 2 5.30
स्तुवन्ति त्वां सततं सर्ववेदा नमन्ति त्वामृषयः क्षीणदोषाः । शान्तात्मानः सत्यसंधा वरिष्ठं विशन्ति त्वां यतयो ब्रह्मनिष्ठाः
stuvanti tvāṃ satataṃ sarvavedā namanti tvāmṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇadoṣāḥ / śāntātmānaḥ satyasaṃdhā variṣṭhaṃ viśanti tvāṃ yatayo brahmaniṣṭhāḥ
All the Vedas praise you constantly; the seers whose faults are worn away bow to you; ascetics of tranquil selves, true to their pledge, fixed in Brahman, enter you, the most excellent.
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KuP 2 5.31
एको वेदो बहुशाखो ह्यनन्तस् त्वामेवैकं बोधयत्येकरूपम् । वेद्यं त्वां शरणं ये प्रपन्ना- स्तेषां शान्तिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम्
eko vedo bahuśākho hyanantas tvāmevaikaṃ bodhayatyekarūpam / vedyaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ ye prapannā- steṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām
For the Veda is one, endless, with many branches, and it makes known you alone, the one of a single form. Those who have taken refuge in you, who are to be known — theirs is everlasting peace, and not (that) of others.
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KuP 2 5.32
भवानीशो ऽनादिमांस्तेजोराशिर् ब्रह्मा विश्वं परमेष्ठी वरिष्ठः । स्वात्मानन्दमनुभूयाधिशेते स्वयं ज्योतिरचलो नित्यमुक्तः
bhavānīśo 'nādimāṃstejorāśir brahmā viśvaṃ parameṣṭhī variṣṭhaḥ / svātmānandamanubhūyādhiśete svayaṃ jyotiracalo nityamuktaḥ
You, sir, are the Lord, without beginning, a mass of light, Brahmā, the universe, the highest-placed, the most excellent; experiencing the bliss of your own self you lie above (all) — light itself, unmoving, eternally free.
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KuP 2 5.33
एको रुद्रस्त्वं करोषीह विश्वं त्वं पालयस्यखिलं विश्वरूपः । त्वामेवान्ते निलयं विन्दतीदं नमामस्त्वां शरणं संप्रपन्नाः
eko rudrastvaṃ karoṣīha viśvaṃ tvaṃ pālayasyakhilaṃ viśvarūpaḥ / tvāmevānte nilayaṃ vindatīdaṃ namāmastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ saṃprapannāḥ
You alone are Rudra: here you make the universe, you, whose form is the universe, protect it entire; and in the end this (universe) finds its resting-place in you alone. Having come to (you as our) refuge, we bow to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.34
त्वामेकमाहुः कविमेकरुद्रं प्राणं बृहन्तं हरिमग्निमीशम् । इन्द्रं मृत्युमनिलं चेकितानं धातारमादित्यमनेकरूपम्
tvāmekamāhuḥ kavimekarudraṃ prāṇaṃ bṛhantaṃ harimagnimīśam / indraṃ mṛtyumanilaṃ cekitānaṃ dhātāramādityamanekarūpam
They call you the one seer, the one Rudra, breath, the vast one, Hari, Agni, the Lord, Indra, Death, the wind, the discerning one, the Ordainer, the Sun, the one of many forms.
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KuP 2 5.35
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् । त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषोत्तमो ऽसि
tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam / tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā sanātanastvaṃ puruṣottamo 'si
You are the supreme imperishable that is to be known; you are the highest repose of this universe; you are unchanging, the guardian of the eternal law; you are the everlasting one, you are the highest Person.
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KuP 2 5.36
त्वमेव विष्णुश्चतुराननस्त्वं त्वमेव रुद्रो भगवानधीशः । त्वं विश्वनाभिः प्रकृतिः प्रतिष्ठा सर्वेश्वरस्त्वं परमेश्वरो ऽसि
tvameva viṣṇuścaturānanastvaṃ tvameva rudro bhagavānadhīśaḥ / tvaṃ viśvanābhiḥ prakṛtiḥ pratiṣṭhā sarveśvarastvaṃ parameśvaro 'si
You alone are Viṣṇu, you are the four-faced one, you alone are Rudra, the blessed overlord; you are the navel of the universe, Nature, the foundation; you are the lord of all, you are the supreme Lord.
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KuP 2 5.37
त्वामेकमाहुः पुरुषं पुराण- मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् । चिन्मात्रमव्यक्तमचिन्त्यरूपं खं ब्रह्म शून्यं प्रकृतिं निर्गुणं च
tvāmekamāhuḥ puruṣaṃ purāṇa- mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt / cinmātramavyaktamacintyarūpaṃ khaṃ brahma śūnyaṃ prakṛtiṃ nirguṇaṃ ca
They call you the one ancient Puruṣa, sun-coloured, beyond darkness, mere consciousness, unmanifest, of inconceivable form — space, Brahman, the void, Nature, and free of qualities.
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KuP 2 5.38
यदन्तरा सर्वमिदं विभाति यदव्ययं निर्मलमेकरूपम् । किमप्यचिन्त्यं तव रूपमेतत् तदन्तरा यत्प्रतिभाति तत्त्वम्
yadantarā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti yadavyayaṃ nirmalamekarūpam / kimapyacintyaṃ tava rūpametat tadantarā yatpratibhāti tattvam
That within which all this shines forth, which is unchanging, spotless, of a single form — this form of yours is something inconceivable; that within which (all this) appears is the real.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.39
योगेश्वरं रुद्रमनन्तशक्तिं परायणं ब्रह्मतनुं पवित्रम् । नमाम सर्वे शरणार्थिनस्त्वां प्रसीद भूताधिपते महेश
yogeśvaraṃ rudramanantaśaktiṃ parāyaṇaṃ brahmatanuṃ pavitram / namāma sarve śaraṇārthinastvāṃ prasīda bhūtādhipate maheśa
We all, seeking refuge, bow to you: the lord of yoga, Rudra, of endless power, the highest goal, whose body is Brahman, the purifier. Be gracious, O lord of beings, great Lord.
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KuP 2 5.40
त्वत्पादपद्मस्मरणादशेष- संसारबीजं विलयं प्रयाति । मनो नियम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादयामो वयमेकमीशम्
tvatpādapadmasmaraṇādaśeṣa- saṃsārabījaṃ vilayaṃ prayāti / mano niyamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādayāmo vayamekamīśam
By remembering your lotus feet the whole seed of transmigration goes to dissolution. Restraining the mind and laying down the body (in prostration), we propitiate the one Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.41
नमो भवायास्तु भवोद्भवाय कालाय सर्वाय हराय तुभ्यम् । नमो ऽस्तु रुद्राय कपर्दिने ते नमो ऽग्नये देव नमः शिवाय
namo bhavāyāstu bhavodbhavāya kālāya sarvāya harāya tubhyam / namo 'stu rudrāya kapardine te namo 'gnaye deva namaḥ śivāya
Homage be to Bhava, to him from whom existence arises, to Kāla, to Sarva, to Hara — to you. Homage be to you, Rudra with braided hair; homage to Agni; O god, homage to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.42
ततः स भगवान् देवः कपर्दी वृषवाहनः । संहृत्य परमं रूपं प्रकृतिस्थो ऽभवद् भवः
tataḥ sa bhagavān devaḥ kapardī vṛṣavāhanaḥ / saṃhṛtya paramaṃ rūpaṃ prakṛtistho 'bhavad bhavaḥ
Then that blessed god, the braided-haired one, borne by the bull, having withdrawn his supreme form, Bhava became established in his natural state.
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KuP 2 5.43
ते भवं भूतभव्येशं पूर्ववत् समवस्थितम् । दृष्ट्वा नारायणं देवं विस्मिता वाक्यमब्रुवन्
te bhavaṃ bhūtabhavyeśaṃ pūrvavat samavasthitam / dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ vismitā vākyamabruvan
Seeing Bhava, the lord of what has been and what will be, standing as before, (and) the god Nārāyaṇa, they were amazed and spoke these words:
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KuP 2 5.44
भगवन् भूतभव्येश गोवृषाङ्कितशासन । दृष्ट्वा ते परमं रूपं निर्वृताः स्म सनातन
bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa govṛṣāṅkitaśāsana / dṛṣṭvā te paramaṃ rūpaṃ nirvṛtāḥ sma sanātana
"O Lord, ruler of past and future, whose command is marked by the bull, O eternal one, having seen your supreme form we are content.
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KuP 2 5.45
भवत्प्रसादादमले परस्मिन् परमेश्वरे । अस्माकं जायते भक्तिस्त्वय्येवाव्यभिचारिणी
bhavatprasādādamale parasmin parameśvare / asmākaṃ jāyate bhaktistvayyevāvyabhicāriṇī
By your grace there arises in us an unwavering devotion to you alone, the stainless, the supreme, the highest lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.46
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामो माहात्म्यं तव शङ्कर । भूयो ऽपि तव यन्नित्यं याथात्म्यं परमेष्ठिनः
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmo māhātmyaṃ tava śaṅkara / bhūyo 'pi tava yannityaṃ yāthātmyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Now we wish to hear, O Śaṅkara, of your greatness, and further of that eternal true nature of you, the highest one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 5.47
स तेषां वाक्यमाकर्ण्य योगिनां योगसिद्धिदः । प्राहः गम्भीरया वाचा समालोक्य च माधवम्
sa teṣāṃ vākyamākarṇya yogināṃ yogasiddhidaḥ / prāhaḥ gambhīrayā vācā samālokya ca mādhavam
He, the giver of the attainment of yoga, having heard the words of those yogins, and having looked at Mādhava, spoke with a deep voice:
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