Pūrva-tāpanī 1
Sourceॐ सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-रूपाय कृष्णायाक्लिष्ट-कारिणे नमो वेदान्त-वेद्याय गुरवे बुद्धि-साक्षिणे
oṃ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpāya kṛṣṇāyākliṣṭa-kāriṇe namo vedānta-vedyāya gurave buddhi-sākṣiṇe
English translation
I offer obeisance to Kṛṣṇa, who possesses a form of eternity, knowledge and bliss absolute, whose every act is untroubled, who is the object of knowledge identified by the Vedānta, and who is the guru, the witness present in the intelligence.
Pūrva-tāpanī 2
Sourceॐ. मुनयो ह वै ब्राह्मणम् ऊचुः: कः परमो देवः? कुतो मृत्युर् बिभेति? कस्य विज्ञानेनाखिलं विज्ञातं भवति? केनेदं विश्वं संसरतीति.
oṃ. munayo ha vai brāhmaṇam ūcuḥ: kaḥ paramo devaḥ? kuto mṛtyur bibheti? kasya vijñānenākhilaṃ vijñātaṃ bhavati? kenedaṃ viśvaṃ saṃsaratīti.
English translation
OM. The sages, it is recalled, asked of Brahmā, “Who is the supreme god? Of what is death afraid? By knowing what can all things be fully known? By whom is the universe made to turn?’
Pūrva-tāpanī 3
Sourceतद् उ होवाच ब्राह्मणः । कृष्णो वै परमं दैवतं । गोविन्दान् मृत्युर् बिभेति । गोपी-जन-वल्लभ-ज्ञानेन तज्-ज्ञानं भवति । स्वाहयेदं संसरतीति ।
tad u hovāca brāhmaṇaḥ | kṛṣṇo vai paramaṃ daivataṃ | govindān mṛtyur bibheti | gopī-jana-vallabha-jñānena taj-jñānaṃ bhavati | svāhayedaṃ saṃsaratīti |
English translation
Brahmā answered: Verily, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme deity. Death is afraid of Govinda and by knowing Gopī-jana-vallabha one knows all things. This world is made to turn by Svāhā.
Pūrva-tāpanī 4
Sourceतद् उ होचुः । कः कृष्णः । गोविन्दश् च कोऽसाव् इति । गोपी-जन-वल्लभः कः । का स्वाहेति ॥
tad u hocuḥ | kaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ | govindaś ca ko'sāv iti | gopī-jana-vallabhaḥ kaḥ | kā svāheti ||
English translation
The Sages then asked, “Who is Kṛṣṇa? And who Govinda? Who who is Gopī-jana-vallabha? And what is Svāhā?“
Pūrva-tāpanī 5
Sourceतान् उवाच ब्राह्मणः । पाप-कर्षणो गो-भूमि-वेद-विदितो विदिता गोपी-जन-विद्या-कला-प्रेरकस् तन्-माया चेति स-कलं परं ब्रह्मैव तत् ॥
tān uvāca brāhmaṇaḥ | pāpa-karṣaṇo go-bhūmi-veda-vidito viditā gopī-jana-vidyā-kalā-prerakas tan-māyā ceti sa-kalaṃ paraṃ brahmaiva tat ||
English translation
Brahmā answered them, saying: “[Kṛṣṇa is the one who] destroys our sins; Govinda is he who is the knower of and is known to the cows, earth and the Vedas; Gopī-jana-vallabha is he who inspires the wisdom and arts of the gopīs; Svāhā is his māyā. All these taken together is the Para-brahman in his full glory."
Pūrva-tāpanī 6
Sourceयो ध्यायति रसति भजति सो ऽमृतो भवति सो ऽमृतो भवतीति.
yo dhyāyati rasati bhajati so 'mṛto bhavati so 'mṛto bhavatīti.
English translation
Whoever meditates upon him, chants his mantra and worships him becomes immortal. He becomes immortal.
Pūrva-tāpanī 7
Sourceते होचुः । किं तद्-रूपम् । किं रसनम् । कथं वाहो तद्-भजनम् । तत् सर्वं विविदिषताम् आख्याहीति ॥
te hocuḥ | kiṃ tad-rūpam | kiṃ rasanam | kathaṃ vāho tad-bhajanam | tat sarvaṃ vividiṣatām ākhyāhīti ||
English translation
The sages asked, “What is his form? What is his mantra?17 And how does one engage in his worship? Please explain all these things to us, for we are so eager to learn.”
Pūrva-tāpanī 8
Sourceतद् उ होवाच हैरण्यः । गोप-वेशम् अभ्राभं तरुणं कल्प-द्रुमाश्रितम् ।
tad u hovāca hairaṇyaḥ | gopa-veśam abhrābhaṃ taruṇaṃ kalpa-drumāśritam |
English translation
The golden one answered: “[That form is] dressed as a cowherd, has the color of a cloud, young, and standing under a desire tree.”
Pūrva-tāpanī 9-11
Sourceतद् इह श्लोका भवन्ति सत्-पुण्डरीक-नयनं मेघाभं वैद्युताम्बरम् । द्वि-भुजं ज्ञान-मुद्राढ्यं वन-मालिनम् ईश्वरम् ॥ गोप-गोपी-गवावीतं सुर-द्रुम-तलाश्रयम् । दिव्यालङ्करणोपेतं रत्न-पङ्कज-मध्य-गम् ॥ कालिन्दीजलकल्लोलसङ्गिमारुतसेवितम् । चिन्तयन् चेतसा कृष्णं मुक्तो भवति संसृतेः ॥ इति
tad iha ślokā bhavanti sat-puṇḍarīka-nayanaṃ meghābhaṃ vaidyutāmbaram | dvi-bhujaṃ jñāna-mudrāḍhyaṃ vana-mālinam īśvaram || gopa-gopī-gavāvītaṃ sura-druma-talāśrayam | divyālaṅkaraṇopetaṃ ratna-paṅkaja-madhya-gam || kālindījalakallolasaṅgimārutasevitam | cintayan cetasā kṛṣṇaṃ mukto bhavati saṃsṛteḥ || iti
English translation
The following verses are a meditation on this form [which accompany this mantra]: The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa has eyes like perfect lotus petals; his bodily color is that of a monsoon cloud, while his garments are the color of lightning. He has two arms, and his hands are held in the jṣāna-mudrā (middle finger to thumb); he is wearing a garland of forest flowers; He is surrounded by cowherd men, cowherd girls and cows, and he sits, decorated with divine ornaments, in a jewelled lotus at the foot of a heavenly desire tree; He is served by the pleasant breezes which are moistened by the spray from the waters of the Kālindī. Anyone who meditates on Kṛṣṇa in this way will be liberated from repeated births and deaths. Here ends the meditation.
Pūrva-tāpanī 12
Sourceचोम्म्नेन्तर्य् ओन् थे तेxत्: चोम्मेन्तरिएस् प्-ज् सेपरते थे फ़िर्स्त् सेन्तेन्चे फ़्रोम् थे रेस्त् ओफ़् थे तेxत्. थिस् सेएम्स् उन्नेचेस्सर्य्. ब्य् चोर्रेच्त्ल्य् सेएस् थे एन्तिरे बित् अस् फ़ोर्मिन्ग् अ सिन्ग्ले wहोले. [रस्यं पुना रसनम् । इस् अ रेअदिन्ग् फ़ोउन्द् इन् क्क् अन्द् थे प्ज् चोम्मेन्तर्य्. इति अफ़्तेर् रसनम् इस् ओन्ल्य् इन् ब्य्. ब्य् रेअद्स् थे सेच्तिओन् अफ़्तेर् पञ्चाङ्गम् अस् द्याव्-आभूमि-सूर्याचन्द्रमसाग्निः, wहिछ् अप्पेअर्स् इन्चोर्रेच्त्.
Commnentary on the text: Commentaries P-J separate the first sentence from the rest of the text. This seems unnecessary. BY correctly sees the entire bit as forming a single whole. [rasyaṃ punā rasanam | is a reading found in KK and the PJ commentary. iti after rasanam is only in BY. BY reads the section after pañcāṅgam as dyāv-ābhūmi-sūryācandramasāgniḥ, which appears incorrect.
English translation
Now, I will explain his mantra: The first portion [of the mantra] consists of kṛṣṇāya preceded by kāma [the seed-syllable], a combination of “water,” “earth,” the vowel “ī,” and the “moon.” The second consists of govindāya, the third of gopī-jana, and the fourth, vallabhāya. The fifth portion is svāhā. By chanting this five-part incantation, one attains the five-limbed Brahman, which consists of the earth and the heavens, the sun, moon and fire.
Pūrva-tāpanī 13
Sourceतद् एष श्लोकः । क्लीम् इत्य् एतद् आदाव् आदाय कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय गोपीजनवल्लभायेति । बृहद्-भानव्यासकृद् उच्चरेद् योऽ सौ गतिस् तस्यास्ति मंक्षु नान्या गतिः स्यात् ॥ इति ।
tad eṣa ślokaḥ | klīm ity etad ādāv ādāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopījanavallabhāyeti | bṛhad-bhānavyāsakṛd uccared yo' sau gatis tasyāsti maṃkṣu nānyā gatiḥ syāt || iti |
English translation
In this connection, the following verse is given: One first utters the seed klīṃ, following it with kṛṣṇāya, govindāya and then gopī-jana-vallabhāya. One who even utters this mantra only once, concluding with the “great daughter of the sun” (i.e., svāhā), will attain the supreme destination—he will know no other destination.
Pūrva-tāpanī 14
Sourceभक्तिर् अस्य भजनम् । तद् इहामुत्रोपाधि-नैरास्येनामुष्मिन् मनः-कल्पनम् । एतद् एव च नैष्कर्म्यम् ॥
bhaktir asya bhajanam | tad ihāmutropādhi-nairāsyenāmuṣmin manaḥ-kalpanam | etad eva ca naiṣkarmyam ||
English translation
Devotion is his worship. Such worship consists of the application of the imagination of the mental faculties on him without any desires for this life or the next. This verily is salvation, the freedom from the bondage of one’s actions.
Pūrva-tāpanī 15
Sourceकृष्णं तं विप्रा बहुधा यजन्ति गोविन्दं सन्तं बहुधाऽऽराधयन्ति । गोपीजनवल्लभो भुवनानि दध्रे स्वाहाश्रितो जगद् ऐजत् सुरेताः ॥
kṛṣṇaṃ taṃ viprā bahudhā yajanti govindaṃ santaṃ bahudhā''rādhayanti | gopījanavallabho bhuvanāni dadhre svāhāśrito jagad aijat suretāḥ ||
English translation
The brāhmaṇas have copiously sacrificed to that Kṛṣṇa. They have worshiped him as Govinda. He is Gopī-jana-vallabha who has taken hold of the planets. Taking shelter of Svāhā, he became the semen virile that quickened the universe.
Pūrva-tāpanī 16
Sourceवायुर् यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो जन्ये जन्ये पञ्चरूपो बभूव कृष्णस् तथैकोऽपि जगद्-धितार्थं शब्देनासौ पञ्च-पदो विभातीति
vāyur yathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo janye janye pañcarūpo babhūva kṛṣṇas tathaiko'pi jagad-dhitārthaṃ śabdenāsau pañca-pado vibhātīti
English translation
Just as the air enters into the universe and takes five forms in each body, so too does Kṛṣṇa, though one, take this five-sectioned form of sound for the welfare of the world.
Pūrva-tāpanī 17
Sourceते होचुः । उपासनम् एतस्य परमात्मनो गोविन्दस्याखिलाधारिणो ब्रूहीति ॥
te hocuḥ | upāsanam etasya paramātmano govindasyākhilādhāriṇo brūhīti ||
English translation
The sages asked, “Tell us the means of worshiping [upāsanā] the supreme soul Govinda, who contains everything.”
Pūrva-tāpanī 18
Sourceतान् उवाच । यत् तस्य पीठं हैरण्याष्ट-पलाशम् अम्बुजं तद्-अन्तरालिके ऽनलास्र-युगं तदन्तराद्य्-अर्णाखिल-बीजं कृष्णाय नम इति बीजार्ढ्यं स-ब्रह्माणम् आधाय, अनङ्ग-गायत्रीं यथावद्व्यालिख्य भू-मण्डलं शूल-वेष्टितं कृत्वाङ्ग-वासुदेव-रुक्मिण्य्-आदि-ख-शक्तीन्द्रादि-वसुदेवादि-पार्थादि-निध्य्-आवीतं यजेत् । सन्ध्यासु प्रतिपत्तिभिर् उपचारैस् तेनास्याखिलं भवत्य् अखिलं भवतीति ॥
tān uvāca | yat tasya pīṭhaṃ hairaṇyāṣṭa-palāśam ambujaṃ tad-antarālike 'nalāsra-yugaṃ tadantarādy-arṇākhila-bījaṃ kṛṣṇāya nama iti bījārḍhyaṃ sa-brahmāṇam ādhāya, anaṅga-gāyatrīṃ yathāvadvyālikhya bhū-maṇḍalaṃ śūla-veṣṭitaṃ kṛtvāṅga-vāsudeva-rukmiṇy-ādi-kha-śaktīndrādi-vasudevādi-pārthādi-nidhy-āvītaṃ yajet | sandhyāsu pratipattibhir upacārais tenāsyākhilaṃ bhavaty akhilaṃ bhavatīti ||
English translation
Brahmā replied, “One should sacrifice (yajet) to the seat (pīṭhaṃ) [of the mantra] which has the following characteristics: it has the shape of a golden lotus flower with eight petals, within which is described a six-pointed star made of two inverted triangles; at the centre of this star the mantra Kṛṣṇāya namaḥ is written, preceded by the foremost of all seeds (i.e. klīṃ); one should also write the mantra which gives the root meaning of the seed and, in the proper place, the Kāma-gāyatrī. One should then surround the circle of the earth with protective tridents and in the joints (between the petals, I suppose), the various other expansions, deities and energies are worshiped in āvaraṇa-pūjā, starting with the bodily limbs, then followed by Vāsudeva, Rukmiṇī, etc., the energies of the sky, Indra, etc., his parents, Vasudeva, etc., his friends Arjuna, etc. By making appropriate offerings signifying surrender at the three junctures of the day, the mantra will bestow upon the worshiper boundless rewards, it will bestow boundless rewards.
Pūrva-tāpanī 19
Sourceतद् इह श्लोका भवन्ति एको वशी सर्वगः कृष्ण ईड्य एकोऽपि सन् बहुधा यो विभाति । तं पीठगं येऽनुयजन्ति धीरा- स्तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषाम् ॥
tad iha ślokā bhavanti eko vaśī sarvagaḥ kṛṣṇa īḍya eko'pi san bahudhā yo vibhāti | taṃ pīṭhagaṃ ye'nuyajanti dhīrā- steṣāṃ sukhaṃ śāśvataṃ netareṣām ||
English translation
So, in this connection, there are a number of verses: The one, all-pervading controller is the worshipable Kṛṣṇa. Though one he appears in multiple forms. Those sages who constantly worship him upon his throne (pīṭha) attain permanent happiness, and not others.
Pūrva-tāpanī 20
Sourceनित्यो नित्यानां चेतनश् चेतनाना- मेको बहूनां यो विदधाति कामान् । तं पीठगं येऽनुभवन्ति धीरा- स्तेषां सिद्धिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम् ॥
nityo nityānāṃ cetanaś cetanānā- meko bahūnāṃ yo vidadhāti kāmān | taṃ pīṭhagaṃ ye'nubhavanti dhīrā- steṣāṃ siddhiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām ||
English translation
There is but a single eternal amongst all eternal beings, a single conscious entity amongst all conscious beings; only one who fulfills the desires of the many. Those sages who meditate constantly upon him, seated on his throne, shall attain everlasting perfection—others shall not.
Pūrva-tāpanī 21
Sourceएतद् धि विष्णोः परमं पदं ये नित्योद्युक्ताः संयजन्ते न कामान् । तेषाम् असौ गोप-रूपः प्रयत्नात् प्रकाशयेद् आत्म-पदं तदैव ॥
etad dhi viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ ye nityodyuktāḥ saṃyajante na kāmān | teṣām asau gopa-rūpaḥ prayatnāt prakāśayed ātma-padaṃ tadaiva ||
English translation
For those who are constantly engaged in worshiping this supreme situation of Viṣṇu, rather than their material desires, he immediately appears in the form of a cowherd boy and carefully reveals his own abode (ātma-padam) at that very time.
Pūrva-tāpanī 22
Sourceयो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो विद्यास् तस्मै गोपायति स्म कृष्णः । तं ह देवम् आत्म-बुद्धि-प्रकाशं मुमुक्षुर् वै शरणम् अनुव्रजेत ॥
yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhāti pūrvaṃ yo vidyās tasmai gopāyati sma kṛṣṇaḥ | taṃ ha devam ātma-buddhi-prakāśaṃ mumukṣur vai śaraṇam anuvrajeta ||
English translation
He who at the beginning of the creation brought Brahmā into being and then entrusted him with all knowledge is Kṛṣṇa. One seeking liberation should take refuge in that divine being who is the revealer of the spiritual intelligence by which one knows the self.
Pūrva-tāpanī 23
Sourceओंकारेणान्तरितं ये जपन्ति गोविन्दस्य पञ्च-पदं मनुम् । तेषाम् असौ दर्शयेद् आत्म-रूपं तस्मान् मुमुक्षुर् अभ्यसेन् नित्य-शान्त्यै ॥
oṃkāreṇāntaritaṃ ye japanti govindasya pañca-padaṃ manum | teṣām asau darśayed ātma-rūpaṃ tasmān mumukṣur abhyasen nitya-śāntyai ||
English translation
To those who chant this five-sectioned Govinda mantra preceded and followed by the oṃkāra, he shows his personal form. Therefore anyone who seeks liberation should constantly repeat this mantra in order to gain eternal peace.
Pūrva-tāpanī 24
Sourceएतस्माद् अन्ये पञ्च-पदाद् अभूवन् गोविन्दस्य मनवो मानवानाम् । दशार्णाद्यास् तेऽपि सङ्क्रन्दनाद्यैर् अभ्यस्यन्ते भूति-कामैर् यथावत् ॥
etasmād anye pañca-padād abhūvan govindasya manavo mānavānām | daśārṇādyās te'pi saṅkrandanādyair abhyasyante bhūti-kāmair yathāvat ||
English translation
All other Govinda mantras used by human beings, such as that of ten-syllables, are derived from this five-part mantra. Meditation on it should be practiced as done by Indra and others who sought material power and opulence.
Pūrva-tāpanī 25
Sourceयद् एतस्य स्वरूपार्थं वाचावेदयन्ति ते पप्रच्छुः । तदु होवाच । ब्रह्म-सवनं चरतो मे ध्यातः स्तुतः परमः परार्धान्ते सोऽबुध्यत । गोप-वेशो मे पुरुषः पुरस्ताद् आविर्बभूव ॥
yad etasya svarūpārthaṃ vācāvedayanti te papracchuḥ | tadu hovāca | brahma-savanaṃ carato me dhyātaḥ stutaḥ paramaḥ parārdhānte so'budhyata | gopa-veśo me puruṣaḥ purastād āvirbabhūva ||
English translation
Because these mantras reveal in sound the essential form of the Supreme Lord, the sages then asked [for more details about its nature]. Brahmā answered, “As I performed the brahma-savana, I meditated and praised that Supreme Person who awoke [from his yoga-nidrā] at the end of my long night. That Supreme Person appeared before me in the dress of a cowherd boy.”
Pūrva-tāpanī 26
Sourceततः प्रणतो मयाऽनुकूलेन हृदा मह्यम् अष्टादशार्णं स्वरूपं सृष्टये दत्त्वान्तर्हितः । पुनः सिसृक्षतो मे प्रादुरभूत् । तेष्व् अक्षरेषु भविष्यज्-जगद्-रूपं प्रकाशयन् । तद् इह क-काराद् आपो ल-कारात् पृथिवी ईतोऽग्निर् बिन्दोर् इन्दुस् तत्-सम्पातात् तद्-अर्क इति क्लीं-काराद् असृजम् । कृष्णाय-पदाद् आकाशं खाद् वायुर् इत्य् उत्तरात् सुरभिं विद्यां प्रादुरकार्षम् । तद्-उत्तरात् स्त्री-पुंसादि चेदं सकलम् इदं सकलम् इदम् इति ॥
tataḥ praṇato mayā'nukūlena hṛdā mahyam aṣṭādaśārṇaṃ svarūpaṃ sṛṣṭaye dattvāntarhitaḥ | punaḥ sisṛkṣato me prādurabhūt | teṣv akṣareṣu bhaviṣyaj-jagad-rūpaṃ prakāśayan | tad iha ka-kārād āpo la-kārāt pṛthivī īto'gnir bindor indus tat-sampātāt tad-arka iti klīṃ-kārād asṛjam | kṛṣṇāya-padād ākāśaṃ khād vāyur ity uttarāt surabhiṃ vidyāṃ prādurakārṣam | tad-uttarāt strī-puṃsādi cedaṃ sakalam idaṃ sakalam idam iti ||
English translation
Then, as I paid my obeisances to him, he became favorable to me and, after giving me the eighteen-syllable form of himself for the sake of engaging in the creation, he disappeared. Then, when I wished to engage in the activity of creation, he reappeared to me and revealed to me that the form of the future universe was present in the very letters of the eighteen-syllable mantra. That is, water arises from the letter ka, the earth from the letter la; from ī arises fire; from the bindu, the moon. From the combination of all these letters, the sun. So all these things were created by me out of the sacred syllable klīm. Then from the word kṛṣṇāya, I manifested the sky. From the ether came the air. From the next word came I produced the numerous wish-fulfilling cows and various types of knowledge. Then from the next came this entire creation of male and female forms.
Pūrva-tāpanī 27
Sourceएतस्यैव यजनेन चन्द्र-ध्वजो गत-मोहम् आत्मानं वेदेत्य् ओंकारान्तरालिकं मनुम् आवर्तयेत् सङ्ग-रहितोऽभ्यानयत् ॥
etasyaiva yajanena candra-dhvajo gata-moham ātmānaṃ vedety oṃkārāntarālikaṃ manum āvartayet saṅga-rahito'bhyānayat ||
English translation
By practicing this very same mantra, he whose symbol is the moon came to know himself, free from illusion. Thus anyone who repeats this mantra with praṇava at its beginning and end, free from attachment, have a experience of the Parameśvara who is beyond material sensory experience.
Pūrva-tāpanī 28
Sourceतद् विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम् । तस्माद् एनं नित्यम् अभ्यसेन् नित्यम् अभ्यसेद् इति ॥
tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam | tasmād enaṃ nityam abhyasen nityam abhyased iti ||
English translation
The godly always see that supreme abode of Viṣṇu, which is like the sun expanding through the infinite sky. Therefore, one should always repeat this mantra. One should always repeat this mantra.
Pūrva-tāpanī 29
Sourceतेxत्: ब्य् एदितिओन् गिवेस् कैवल्यस्य सृत्यै अन्द् नोतेस् सिद्ध्यै अस् अन् अल्तेर्नतिवे. अवभासं इन् स्म्, य्म् अन्द् पुरीदास. सततम् आवर्तयेत् इस् रेपेअतेद् इन् ब्य् ओन्ल्य्.
Text: BY edition gives kaivalyasya sṛtyai and notes siddhyai as an alternative. Avabhāsaṃ in SM, YM and Purīdāsa. Satatam āvartayet is repeated in BY only.
English translation
Some people say that earth arose from the mantra’s first element, water from the second, fire from the third, air from the fourth and ether from the final element. One who wishes to attain to the kaivalya state of liberation should constantly repeat this Vaiṣṇava mantra which reveals Kṛṣṇa and is uttered in five portions.
Pūrva-tāpanī 30-31
Sourceतद् अत्र गाथाः । यस्य पूर्व-पदाद् भूमिर् द्वितीयात् सलिलोद्भवः । तृतीयात् तेज उद्भूतं चतुर्थाद् गन्ध-वाहनः । पञ्चमाद् अम्बरोत्पत्तिस् तम् एवैकं समभ्यसेत् । चन्द्रध्वजोऽगमद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् अव्ययम् ॥
tad atra gāthāḥ | yasya pūrva-padād bhūmir dvitīyāt salilodbhavaḥ | tṛtīyāt teja udbhūtaṃ caturthād gandha-vāhanaḥ | pañcamād ambarotpattis tam evaikaṃ samabhyaset | candradhvajo'gamad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam avyayam ||
English translation
The following verses give confirmation of the preceding statements: One should exclusively culture this mantra from whose first segment, earth was produced, from whose second segment, water, from whose third segment fire was produced, from whose fourth segment, the air which carries fragrances, and from the fifth, the sky. By so doing, Candradhvaja went to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
Pūrva-tāpanī 32
Sourceततो विशुद्धं विमलं विशोकम् अशेष-लोभादि-निरस्त-सङ्गम् । यत् तत्-पदं पञ्च-पदं तद् एव स वासुदेवो न यतोऽन्यद् अस्ति ॥
tato viśuddhaṃ vimalaṃ viśokam aśeṣa-lobhādi-nirasta-saṅgam | yat tat-padaṃ pañca-padaṃ tad eva sa vāsudevo na yato'nyad asti ||
English translation
The five-part mantra is the abode of the completely pure and untainted Supreme, where there is no grief and in which contact with greed and desire have been absolutely defeated. Verily, it is Vāsudeva, other than whom there is nothing.
Pūrva-tāpanī 33
Sourceतम् एकं गोविन्दं सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहं पञ्च-पदं वृन्दावन-सुर-भूरुह-तलासीनं सततं समरुद्-गणोऽहं परमया स्तुत्या तोषयामि ॥
tam ekaṃ govindaṃ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaṃ pañca-padaṃ vṛndāvana-sura-bhūruha-talāsīnaṃ satataṃ samarud-gaṇo'haṃ paramayā stutyā toṣayāmi ||
English translation
I, along with the Maruts, constantly endeavor to please with glorious panegyrics that one Supreme Lord Govinda, whose five-fold form is transcendental existence, consciousness and bliss, who is seated at the base of a wish-fulfilling tree in Vṛndāvana.
Pūrva-tāpanī 34
Sourceॐ नमो विश्व-रूपाय विश्व-स्थित्य्-अन्त-हेतवे । विश्वेश्वराय विश्वाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥
oṃ namo viśva-rūpāya viśva-sthity-anta-hetave | viśveśvarāya viśvāya govindāya namo namaḥ ||
English translation
Om. Salutations to the form of the universe, the cause of universal preservation and destruction. Salutations to Govinda, the Lord of the Universe, who is indeed the universe itself.
Pūrva-tāpanī 35
Sourceनमो विज्ञान-रूपाय परमानन्द-रूपिणे । कृष्णाय गोपीनाथाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥
namo vijñāna-rūpāya paramānanda-rūpiṇe | kṛṣṇāya gopīnāthāya govindāya namo namaḥ ||
English translation
I offer salutations to Kṛṣṇa, the husband of the gopīs, the master of the cows and cowherds. He is the embodiment of realized knowledge and possesses a form of supreme bliss.
Pūrva-tāpanī 36
Sourceनमः कमलनेत्राय नमः कमलमालिने । नमः कमलनाभाय कमलापतये नमः ॥
namaḥ kamalanetrāya namaḥ kamalamāline | namaḥ kamalanābhāya kamalāpataye namaḥ ||
English translation
Salutions to the lotus-eyed Lord! Salutations to the lotus-garlanded Śyāmasundara! Salutations to the lord from whose navel the creation lotus sprouted! Salutations to the husband of the Goddess of Fortune!
Pūrva-tāpanī 37
Sourceबर्हापीडाभिरामाय रामायाकुण्ठ-मेधसे । रमा-मानस-हंसाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥
barhāpīḍābhirāmāya rāmāyākuṇṭha-medhase | ramā-mānasa-haṃsāya govindāya namo namaḥ ||
English translation
I bow down repeatedly to Govinda, [who is also known as] Rāma. His beauty is increased by a crown of peacock feathers and his intelligence is unrestricted. He is like a swan in the pool of the Goddess of Fortune Ramā’s mind.
Pūrva-tāpanī 38
Sourceकंस-वंश-विनाशाय केशि-चाणूर-घातिने । वृषभ-ध्वज-वन्द्याय पार्थ-सारथये नमः ॥
kaṃsa-vaṃśa-vināśāya keśi-cāṇūra-ghātine | vṛṣabha-dhvaja-vandyāya pārtha-sārathaye namaḥ ||
English translation
Salutations to the Lord who destroyed Kaṃsa and all his retinue; who killed Keśī and Cāṇūra, who is the object of Śiva’s prayers and who is the charioteer of Arjuna.
Pūrva-tāpanī 39
Sourceवेणु-वादन-शीलाय गोपालायाहि-मर्दिने । कालिन्दी-कूल-लोलाय लोल-कुण्डल-धारिणे ॥
veṇu-vādana-śīlāya gopālāyāhi-mardine | kālindī-kūla-lolāya lola-kuṇḍala-dhāriṇe ||
English translation
Salutations to the cowherd who is addicted to playing on his flute, who defeated the snake Aghāsura, who enjoys playing on the banks of the Kalindī and who wears swinging earrings.
Pūrva-tāpanī 40
Sourceवल्लवी-वदनाम्भोज-मालिने नृत्य-शालिने । नमः प्रणत-पालाय श्री-कृष्णाय नमो नमः ॥
vallavī-vadanāmbhoja-māline nṛtya-śāline | namaḥ praṇata-pālāya śrī-kṛṣṇāya namo namaḥ ||
English translation
I make repeated salutations to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, garlanded by the lotus eyes of the cowherd girls, the joyous dancer who protects those who surrender to him.
Pūrva-tāpanī 41
Sourceनमः पाप-प्रणाशाय गोवर्धन-धराय च । पूतना-जीवितान्ताय तृणावार्तासु-हारिणे ॥
namaḥ pāpa-praṇāśāya govardhana-dharāya ca | pūtanā-jīvitāntāya tṛṇāvārtāsu-hāriṇe ||
English translation
Salutations to you, O Lord, the destroyer of sin, the lifter of Govardhana. Salutations to you who put an end to the lives of Pūtanā and Tṛṇāvarta.
Pūrva-tāpanī 42
Sourceनिष्कलाय विमोहाय शुद्धायाशुद्ध-वैरिणे । अद्वितीयाय महते श्री-कृष्णाय नमो नमः ॥
niṣkalāya vimohāya śuddhāyāśuddha-vairiṇe | advitīyāya mahate śrī-kṛṣṇāya namo namaḥ ||
English translation
I offer repeated salutations to the incomparably great Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who cannot be divided, in whom there is no illusion, who cannot be equalled, who is pure and the enemy of all impurity.
Pūrva-tāpanī 43
Sourceप्रसीद परमानन्द प्रसीद परमेश्वर । आधि-व्याधि-भुजङ्गेन दष्टं माम् उद्धर प्रभो ॥
prasīda paramānanda prasīda parameśvara | ādhi-vyādhi-bhujaṅgena daṣṭaṃ mām uddhara prabho ||
English translation
O Lord, O supreme joy! Be merciful to me, O Supreme Lord, be merciful to me. Deliver me, O Lord, who have been bitten by the snake of disease and distress.
Pūrva-tāpanī 44
Sourceश्री-कृष्ण रुक्मिणी-कान्त गोपी-जन-मनोहर । संसार-सागरे मग्नं माम् उद्धर जगद्-गुरो ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa rukmiṇī-kānta gopī-jana-manohara | saṃsāra-sāgare magnaṃ mām uddhara jagad-guro ||
English translation
O Kṛṣṇa! Husband of Rukmiṇī! Stealer of the gopīs’ minds! O spiritual master of the universe! Deliver me who have fallen into the ocean of material existence.
Pūrva-tāpanī 45
Sourceकेशव क्लेश-हरण नारायण जनार्दन । गोविन्द परमानन्द मां समुद्धर माधव ॥
keśava kleśa-haraṇa nārāyaṇa janārdana | govinda paramānanda māṃ samuddhara mādhava ||
English translation
O Keśava! Deliverer from distress! Nārāyaṇa! O Janārdana! O Govinda! Supreme form of bliss! Mādhava! Please deliver me.
Pūrva-tāpanī 46
Sourceअथैवं स्तुतिभिर् आराधयामि यथा यूयं तथा पञ्च-पादं जपन्तः श्री-कृष्णं ध्यायन्तः संसृतिं तरिष्यथेति होवाच हैरण्यः ॥
athaivaṃ stutibhir ārādhayāmi yathā yūyaṃ tathā pañca-pādaṃ japantaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ dhyāyantaḥ saṃsṛtiṃ tariṣyatheti hovāca hairaṇyaḥ ||
English translation
Thus then is how I worshiped him with these panegyrics. Now you should meditate on Kṛṣṇa in the same way, chanting the five-fold mantra. By so doing, you will cross over the ocean of material existence. So Brahmā concluded his discourse to the sages.
Pūrva-tāpanī 47
Sourceअमुं पञ्च-पदं मन्त्रम् आवर्तयेद् यः स यात्य् अनायासतः केवलं पदं तत् । अनेजद् एकं मनसो जवीयो- नैतद् देवा आप्नुवन् पूर्वम् अर्शद् इति ॥
amuṃ pañca-padaṃ mantram āvartayed yaḥ sa yāty anāyāsataḥ kevalaṃ padaṃ tat | anejad ekaṃ manaso javīyo- naitad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arśad iti ||
English translation
Whoever chants the five-fold mantra will easily attain to the undivided realm of liberation which is described in the Īśopaniṣat, “The Lord, though fixed in his abode is swifter than the mind, so that none of the gods can capture him, however quickly they may run. He knows all before everyone else.”
Pūrva-tāpanī 48
Sourceतस्मात् कृष्ण एव परो देवस् तं ध्यायेत् तं रसयेत् तं यजेत् तं भजेद् इति ॐ तत् सद् इति ॥
tasmāt kṛṣṇa eva paro devas taṃ dhyāyet taṃ rasayet taṃ yajet taṃ bhajed iti oṃ tat sad iti ||
English translation
Therefore, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme deity. One should meditate on him, one should relish him and one should engage in his worship with a desire to serve him. This is the scriptural conclusion.