तस्मिन्निर्मनुजेऽरण्ये पिप्पलोपस्थ आश्रितः । आत्मनात्मानमात्मस्थं यथाश्रुतमचिन्तयम्
In that wild place, sheltered under a pipal tree, I contemplated self and Self within the self exactly as I had heard.
ध्यायतश्चरणांभोजं भावनिर्जितचेतसा । औत्कण्ठ्याश्रुकलाक्षस्य हृद्यासीन्मे शनैर्हरिः
Fixing my gaze on the master of my feet and lips, with a mind victorious over emotion, tears welling from my eyes, slowly may Hari dwell in my heart.
प्रेमातिभरनिर्भिन्न पुलकाङ्गोऽतिनिर्वृतः । आनंदसंप्लवे लीनो नापश्यमुभयं मुने
Overwhelmed by love, my limbs trembled and collapsed; immersed in a flood of bliss, O sage, I could not perceive any danger.
रूपं भगवतो यत्तन् मनःकान्तं शुचापहम् । अपश्यन् सहसोत्तस्थे वैक्लव्याद् दुर्मना इव
When I suddenly beheld that auspicious, pure‑removing form of the Lord, my heart sank as if seized by faintness and despair.
दिदृक्षुस्तदहं भूयः प्रणिधाय मनो हृदि । वीक्षमाणोऽपि नापश्यं अवितृप्त इवातुरः
Again and again I wished to see it, fixing my heart and mind upon it; though I strove to look, I could not — like one insatiably sick.
एवं यतन्तं विजने मामाहागोचरो गिराम् । गंभीरश्लक्ष्णया वाचा शुचः प्रशमयन्निव
Thus striving, I spoke words beyond hearing: with deep, soft speech as if pacifying the pure‑hearted I uttered it aloud.
हन्तास्मिन् जन्मनि भवान् मा मां द्रष्टुमिहार्हति । अविपक्वकषायाणां दुर्दर्शोऽहं कुयोगिनाम्
Alas, in this birth you are not fit to behold me; among those of immature temperament I am hard to see, O ascetic.
सकृद् यद् दर्शितं रूपं एतत्कामाय तेऽनघ । मत्कामः शनकैः साधु सर्वान् मुञ्चति हृच्छयान्
Once the form was shown for your sake, faultless one; gradually, as you rightly long for it, the desire for me frees all attachments in the heart.
सत्सेवयाऽदीर्घया ते जाता मयि दृढा मतिः । हित्वावद्यमिमं लोकं गन्ता मज्जनतामसि
By long, faithful service your mind toward me has become firm; having abandoned the impermanent world, go — you are sinking into darkness.
मतिर्मयि निबद्धेयं न विपद्येत कर्हिचित् । प्रजासर्गनिरोधेऽपि स्मृतिश्च मदनुग्रहात्
Bind your mind to me so it never falls into peril; even to prevent the creation of beings, remember me by my grace.