Chapter Three - Kuru bhuṅkṣva ca (तृतीयोध्यायः - कुरु भुङ्क्ष्व च)
kuru bhuṅkṣva ca karma nijaṁ niyataṁ haripādavinamradhiyā satatam। harirēva parō harirēva guruḥ harirēva jagatpitr̥mātr̥gatiḥ ॥1॥
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)
na tatōstparaṁ jagatīḍyatamaṁ paramāt parataḥ puruṣōttamataḥ। tadalaṁ bahulōkavicintanayā pravaṇaṁ kuru mānasamīśapadē ॥2॥
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)
yatatōpi harēḥ padasaṁsmaraṇē sakalaṁ hyaghamāśu layaṁ vrajati। smaratastu vimuktipadaṁ paramaṁ sphuṭamēṣyati tatkimapākriyatē ॥3॥
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)
śa?r̥ṇutāmalasatyavacaḥ paramaṁ śapathēritamucchritabāhuyugam। na harēḥ paramō na harēḥ sadr̥śaḥ paramaḥ sa tu sarvacidātmagaṇāt ॥4॥
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)
yadi nāma parō na bhavēt sa hariḥ kathamasya vaśē jagadētadabhūt। yadi nāma na tasya vaśē sakalaṁ kathamēva tu nityasukhaṁ na bhavēt ॥5॥
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)
na karmavimāmalakālaguṇaprabhr̥tīśamacittanu taddhi yataḥ। cidacittanu sarvamasau tu hariryamayēditi vaidikamasti vacaḥ ॥6॥
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)
vyavahārabhidāpi gurōrjagatāṁ na tu cittagatā sa hi cōdyaparam। bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣapravarō harirityavadat svayamēva hariḥ ॥7॥
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)
caturānanapūrvavimuktagaṇā harimētya tu pūrvavadēva sadā। niyatōccavinīcatayaiva nijāṁ sthitimāpuriti sma paraṁ vacanam ॥8॥
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)
ānandatīrthasannāmnā pūrṇaprajñābhidhāyujā। kr̥taṁ haryaṣṭakaṁ bhaktyā paṭhataḥ priyatē hariḥ ॥9॥
Hari is pleased with one who devotedly recites this octet of verses to Hari, composed by Ānandatīrtha, who bears the name Pūrṇaprajña. (9)
iti śrīmadānandatīrthabhagavatpādācāryaviracitē dvādaśastōtrē tr̥tīyōdhyāyaḥ।
Thus ends the third chapter of the Dvādaśastotra, composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya.
