Chapter Three - Kuru bhuṅkṣva ca (तृतीयोध्यायः - कुरु भुङ्क्ष्व च)
कुरु भुङ्क्ष्व च कर्म निजं नियतं हरिपादविनम्रधिया सततम्। हरिरेव परो हरिरेव गुरुः हरिरेव जगत्पितृमातृगतिः ॥१॥
kuru bhuṅkṣva ca karma nijaṁ niyataṁ haripādavinamradhiyā satatam। harirēva parō harirēva guruḥ harirēva jagatpitr̥mātr̥gatiḥ ॥1॥
[कुरु (kuru) - perform; भुङ्क्ष्व (bhuṅkṣva) - experience; च (ca) - and; कर्म (karma) - karma; निजम् (nijam) - your own; नियतम् (niyatam) - allotted; हरि-पाद-विनम्र-धिया (hari-pāda-vinamra-dhiyā) - with your mind bowed at Hari’s feet; सततम् (satatam) - always; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; एव (ēva) - alone; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; एव (ēva) - alone; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; एव (ēva) - alone; जगत्-पितृ-मातृ-गतिः (jagat-pitr̥-mātr̥-gatiḥ) - the world’s father, mother, and refuge;]
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॥
na tatōstparaṁ jagatīḍyatamaṁ paramāt parataḥ puruṣōttamataḥ। tadalaṁ bahulōkavicintanayā pravaṇaṁ kuru mānasamīśapadē ॥2॥
[न (na) - nothing; ततः + अस्ति (tataḥ + asti) - is higher than him; परम् (param) - higher; जगति + ईड्यतमम् (jagati + īḍyatamam) - more worthy of praise in the world; परमात् (paramāt) - beyond the Supreme; परतः (parataḥ) - further beyond; पुरुषोत्तमतः (puruṣōttamataḥ) - than Puruṣottama; तत् + अलम् (tat + alam) - therefore enough; बहु-लोक-विचिन्तनया (bahu-lōka-vicintanayā) - of contemplating many worlds; प्रवणम् (pravaṇam) - inclined; कुरु (kuru) - make; मानसम् (mānasam) - your mind; ईश-पदे (īśa-padē) - toward the Lord’s feet;]
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॥
yatatōpi harēḥ padasaṁsmaraṇē sakalaṁ hyaghamāśu layaṁ vrajati। smaratastu vimuktipadaṁ paramaṁ sphuṭamēṣyati tatkimapākriyatē ॥3॥
[यततः + अपि (yatataḥ + api) - even for one striving; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; पद-संस्मरणे (pada-saṁsmaraṇē) - in remembrance of the feet; सकलम् (sakalam) - all; हि (hi) - indeed; अघम् (agham) - sin; आशु (āśu) - quickly; लयम् (layam) - dissolution; व्रजति (vrajati) - undergoes; स्मरतः (smarataḥ) - for one who remembers; तु (tu) - but; विमुक्ति-पदम् (vimukti-padam) - state of liberation; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - certainly; एष्यति (ēṣyati) - will come; तत् (tat) - that; किम् (kim) - why; अपाक्रियते (apākriyatē) - is cast aside;]
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॥
śa?r̥ṇutāmalasatyavacaḥ paramaṁ śapathēritamucchritabāhuyugam। na harēḥ paramō na harēḥ sadr̥śaḥ paramaḥ sa tu sarvacidātmagaṇāt ॥4॥
[श?ृणुत + अमल-सत्य-वचः (śa?r̥ṇuta + amala-satya-vacaḥ) - hear the spotless true declaration; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; शपथ-ईरितम् (śapatha-īritam) - uttered under oath; उच्छ्रित-बाहु-युगम् (ucchrita-bāhu-yugam) - with both arms raised; न (na) - there is none; हरेः (harēḥ) - than Hari; परमः (paramaḥ) - higher; न (na) - there is none; हरेः (harēḥ) - to Hari; सदृशः (sadr̥śaḥ) - equal; परमः (paramaḥ) - higher; सः (saḥ) - he; तु (tu) - indeed; सर्व-चिदात्म-गणात् (sarva-cidātma-gaṇāt) - than the entire host of conscious selves;]
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॥
yadi nāma parō na bhavēt sa hariḥ kathamasya vaśē jagadētadabhūt। yadi nāma na tasya vaśē sakalaṁ kathamēva tu nityasukhaṁ na bhavēt ॥5॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; नाम (nāma) - indeed; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; न (na) - not; भवेत् (bhavēt) - were; सः (saḥ) - he; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; कथम् (katham) - how; अस्य (asya) - his; वशे (vaśē) - under control; जगत् (jagat) - world; एतत् (ētat) - this; अभूत् (abhūt) - came to be; यदि (yadi) - if; नाम (nāma) - indeed; न (na) - not; तस्य (tasya) - his; वशे (vaśē) - under control; सकलम् (sakalam) - everything; कथम् (katham) - how; एव (ēva) - indeed; तु (tu) - then; नित्यसुखम् (nityasukham) - eternally happy; न (na) - not; भवेत् (bhavēt) - would be;]
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॥
na karmavimāmalakālaguṇaprabhr̥tīśamacittanu taddhi yataḥ। cidacittanu sarvamasau tu hariryamayēditi vaidikamasti vacaḥ ॥6॥
[न (na) - not; कर्म-विमा-मल-काल-गुण-प्रभृति (karma-vimā-mala-kāla-guṇa-prabhr̥ti) - karma, measure, impurity, time, qualities, and the like; ईशम् (īśam) - the Lord; अचित्-तनु (acit-tanu) - insentient forms; तत् (tat) - that; हि (hi) - indeed; यतः (yataḥ) - because; चित्-अचित्-तनु (cit-acit-tanu) - sentient and insentient forms; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; असौ (asau) - he; तु (tu) - but; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; यमयेत् (yamayēt) - would govern; इति (iti) - thus; वैदिकम् (vaidikam) - Vedic; अस्ति (asti) - there is; वचः (vacaḥ) - declaration;]
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॥
vyavahārabhidāpi gurōrjagatāṁ na tu cittagatā sa hi cōdyaparam। bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣapravarō harirityavadat svayamēva hariḥ ॥7॥
[व्यवहार-भिदा (vyavahāra-bhidā) - distinction in dealings; अपि (api) - even though; गुरोः (gurōḥ) - of the teacher; जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds; न तु (na tu) - but not; चित्त-गता (citta-gatā) - present only in the mind; स (sa) - this; हि (hi) - indeed; चोद्य-परम् (cōdya-param) - beyond objection; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons; पुरुष-प्रवरः (puruṣa-pravaraḥ) - the foremost person; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; इति (iti) - thus; अवदत् (avadat) - said; स्वयम् एव (svayam ēva) - himself; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
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॥
caturānanapūrvavimuktagaṇā harimētya tu pūrvavadēva sadā। niyatōccavinīcatayaiva nijāṁ sthitimāpuriti sma paraṁ vacanam ॥8॥
[चतुरानन-पूर्व-विमुक्त-गणाः (caturānana-pūrva-vimukta-gaṇāḥ) - hosts of liberated beings headed by the Four-faced One; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; एत्य (ētya) - having reached; तु (tu) - however; पूर्ववत् + एव (pūrvavat + ēva) - exactly as before; सदा (sadā) - forever; नियत-उच्च-विनीचतया + एव (niyata-ucca-vinīcatayā + ēva) - strictly according to the fixed gradation of higher and lower ranks; निजाम् (nijām) - their own; स्थितिम् (sthitim) - station; आपुः (āpuḥ) - attained; इति (iti) - thus; स्म (sma) - indeed; परम् (param) - supreme; वचनम् (vacanam) - declaration;]
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॥
ānandatīrthasannāmnā pūrṇaprajñābhidhāyujā। kr̥taṁ haryaṣṭakaṁ bhaktyā paṭhataḥ priyatē hariḥ ॥9॥
[आनन्दतीर्थ-सन्नाम्ना (ānandatīrtha-sannāmnā) - by one named Ānandatīrtha; पूर्णप्रज्ञ-अभिधा-युजा (pūrṇaprajña-abhidhā-yujā) - bearing the name Pūrṇaprajña; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - composed; हरि-अष्टकम् (hari-aṣṭakam) - octet of verses to Hari; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; पठतः (paṭhataḥ) - of one who recites; प्रियते (priyatē) - is pleased; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
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।
iti śrīmadānandatīrthabhagavatpādācāryaviracitē dvādaśastōtrē tr̥tīyōdhyāyaḥ।
[इति (iti) - thus; श्रीमत् + आनन्दतीर्थ + भगवत्पादाचार्य + विरचिते (śrīmat + ānandatīrtha + bhagavatpādācārya + viracitē) - composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya; द्वादशस्तोत्रे (dvādaśastōtrē) - in the Dvādaśastotra; तृतीयः + अध्यायः (tr̥tīyaḥ + adhyāyaḥ) - the third chapter;]
Thus ends the third chapter of the Dvādaśastotra, composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya.
