तं त्वामहं ब्रह्म परं पुमांसं प्रत्यक्स्रोतस्यात्मनि संविभाव्यम् । स्वतेजसा ध्वस्तगुणप्रवाहं वन्दे विष्णुं कपिलं वेदगर्भम् ॥ ८ ॥
tam tvam aham brahma param pumamsam pratyak-srotasy atmani samvibhavyam sva-tejasa dhvasta-guna-pravaham vande visnum kapilam veda-garbham
- tam
- unto Him
- tvam
- You
- aham
- I
- brahma
- Brahman
- param
- supreme
- pumamsam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pratyak-srotasi
- turned inwards
- atmani
- in the mind
- samvibhavyam
- meditated upon, perceived
- sva-tejasa
- by Your own potency
- dhvasta
- vanished
- guna-pravaham
- the influence of the modes of material nature
- vande
- I offer obeisances
- visnum
- unto Lord Visnu
- kapilam
- named Kapila
- veda-garbham
- the repository of the Vedas.
I believe, my Lord, that You are Lord Visnu Himself under the name of Kapila, and You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Brahman! The saints and sages, being freed from all the disturbances of the senses and mind, meditate upon You, for by Your mercy only can one become free from the clutches of the three modes of material nature. At the time of dissolution, all the Vedas are sustained in You only.