Chapter Three - Kuru bhuṅkṣva ca (तृतीयोध्यायः - कुरु भुङ्क्ष्व च)
कुरु भुङ्क्ष्व च कर्म निजं नियतं हरिपादविनम्रधिया सततम्। हरिरेव परो हरिरेव गुरुः हरिरेव जगत्पितृमातृगतिः ॥१॥
Always perform and experience your own allotted karma with your mind bowed at Hari’s feet. Hari alone is supreme; Hari alone is the teacher; Hari alone is the father, mother, and refuge of the world. (1)
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न ततोस्त्परं जगतीड्यतमं परमात् परतः पुरुषोत्तमतः। तदलं बहुलोकविचिन्तनया प्रवणं कुरु मानसमीशपदे ॥२॥
There is nothing higher than him or more worthy of praise in the world—nothing beyond the Supreme, nothing higher than Puruṣottama. Therefore, enough of contemplating many worlds; set your mind upon the Lord’s feet. (2)
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यततोपि हरेः पदसंस्मरणे सकलं ह्यघमाशु लयं व्रजति। स्मरतस्तु विमुक्तिपदं परमं स्फुटमेष्यति तत्किमपाक्रियते ॥३॥
Even when one merely strives to remember Hari’s feet, all sin quickly dissolves; but for one who remembers them, the supreme state of liberation will certainly come. Why, then, is that cast aside? (3)
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श?ृणुतामलसत्यवचः परमं शपथेरितमुच्छ्रितबाहुयुगम्। न हरेः परमो न हरेः सदृशः परमः स तु सर्वचिदात्मगणात् ॥४॥
Hear this supreme, spotless, true declaration, uttered under oath with both arms raised: none is higher than Hari, and none is equal to Hari. He indeed is higher than the entire host of conscious selves. (4)
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यदि नाम परो न भवेत् स हरिः कथमस्य वशे जगदेतदभूत्। यदि नाम न तस्य वशे सकलं कथमेव तु नित्यसुखं न भवेत् ॥५॥
If Hari were not supreme, how did this world come under his control? If everything were not under his control, why, then, would it not be eternally happy? (5)
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न कर्मविमामलकालगुणप्रभृतीशमचित्तनु तद्धि यतः। चिदचित्तनु सर्वमसौ तु हरिर्यमयेदिति वैदिकमस्ति वचः ॥६॥
Karma, measure, impurity, time, the qualities, and the like—being insentient forms—would not govern the Lord; for there is a Vedic declaration that Hari himself governs everything, all sentient and insentient forms. (6)
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व्यवहारभिदापि गुरोर्जगतां न तु चित्तगता स हि चोद्यपरम्। बहवः पुरुषाः पुरुषप्रवरो हरिरित्यवदत् स्वयमेव हरिः ॥७॥
Even though the teacher of the worlds makes distinctions in his dealings, they are not merely in his mind; this is indeed beyond objection. Hari himself said, “There are many persons; Hari is the foremost person.” (7)
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चतुराननपूर्वविमुक्तगणा हरिमेत्य तु पूर्ववदेव सदा। नियतोच्चविनीचतयैव निजां स्थितिमापुरिति स्म परं वचनम् ॥८॥
Having reached Hari, however, the hosts of liberated beings headed by the Four-faced One attained their own stations forever, exactly as before and strictly according to the fixed hierarchy of higher and lower ranks. This indeed is the supreme declaration. (8)
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आनन्दतीर्थसन्नाम्ना पूर्णप्रज्ञाभिधायुजा। कृतं हर्यष्टकं भक्त्या पठतः प्रियते हरिः ॥९॥
Hari is pleased with one who devotedly recites this octet of verses to Hari, composed by Ānandatīrtha, who bears the name Pūrṇaprajña. (9)
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इति श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थभगवत्पादाचार्यविरचिते द्वादशस्तोत्रे तृतीयोध्यायः।
Thus ends the third chapter of the Dvādaśastotra, composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya.
