Śvetāśvataropaniṣad (another edition) · Chapter 3

ya eko jālavān īśata īśanībhiḥ sarvāṃl lokān īśata īśanībhiḥ
ya evaika udbhave sambhave ca ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti //

eko hi rudro na dvitīyāya tasthur ya imāṃl lokān īśata īśanībhiḥ
pratyaṅ janāṃs tiṣṭhati sañcukocānta-kāle saṃsṛjya viśvā bhuvanāni gopāḥ //

viśvataś cakṣur uta viśvato-mukho viśvato-bāhur uta viśvatas-pāt
saṃ[*6] bāhubhyāṃ dhamati sampatatrair dyāv-ābhūmī janayan deva ekaḥ [*7] //

yo devānāṃ prabhavaś codbhavaś ca viśvādhipo rudro maharṣiḥ
hiraṇyagarbhaṃ janayāmāsa pūrvaṃ sa no buddhyā śubhayā saṃyunaktu //

yā te rudra śivā tanūr aghorāpāpa-kāśinī
tayā nas tanuvā śantamayā giriśantābhicākaśīhi [*8] //

yābhiṣuṃ giriśanta haste bibharṣy astave
śivāṃ giritra tāṃ kuru mā hiṃsīḥ puruṣaṃ jagat [*9] //

tataḥ paraṃ brahma paraṃ bṛhantaṃ yathānikāyaṃ sarva-bhūteṣu gūḍham
viśvasyaikaṃ pariveṣṭitāram īśaṃ taṃ jñātvāmṛtā bhavanti //

vedāham etaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam āditya-varṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
tam eva viditvātimṛtyum eti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate 'yanāya [*10] //

yasmāt paraṃ nāparam asti kiṃcid yasmān nāṇīyo na jyāyo 'sti kaścit
vṛkṣa iva stabdho divi tiṣṭhaty ekas tenedaṃ pūrṇaṃ puruṣeṇa sarvam //

tato yad uttarataraṃ tad arūpam anāmayam
ya etad vidur amṛtāste bhavanti athetare duḥkham evāpi yanti //

sarvānana-śiro-grīvaḥ sarva-bhūta-guhāśayaḥ
sarva-vyāpī sa bhagavāṃs tasmāt sarva-gataḥ śivaḥ //

mahān prabhur vai puruṣaḥ sattvasyaiṣa pravartakaḥ
sunirmalām imāṃ prāptim īśāno jyotir avyayaḥ //

aṅguṣṭha-mātraḥ puruṣo 'ntarātmā sadā janānāṃ hṛdaye sanniviṣṭaḥ
hṛdā manīṣo[*11] manasābhikḷpto ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti //

sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt
sa bhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtvā [a]tyatiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam //

puruṣa evedaṃ sarvaṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhavyam
utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yad annenātirohati [*12] //

sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṃ tat sarvato 'kṣi-śiro-mukham
sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati //

sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriya-vivarjitam
sarvasya prabhum īśānaṃ sarvasya śaraṇaṃ bṛhat[*13] //

nava-dvāre pure dehī haṃso lelāyate bahiḥ
vaśī sarvasya lokasya sthāvarasya carasya ca //

apāṇi-pādo javano grahītā paśyaty acakṣuḥ sa śṛṇoty akarṇaḥ
sa vetti vedyaṃ na ca tasyāsti vettā tam āhur agryaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam //

aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān ātmā guhāyāṃ nihito 'sya jantoḥ
tam akratuḥ paśyati vīta-śoko dhātuḥ prasādān mahimānam īśam [*14] //

vedāham etam ajaraṃ purāṇaṃ sarvātmānaṃ sarva-gataṃ vibhutvāt
janma-nirodhaṃ pravadanti yasya brahma-vādino hi pravadanti nityam //