कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्य: सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमस: परस्तात् प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्
kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāram aṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt prayāṇa-kāle manasāchalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena chaiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśhya samyak sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣham upaiti divyam
Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (32 words)
What is to be remembered, described in a chain of epithets: the seer, the ancient, the ruler, smaller than the smallest, sustainer of all, of inconceivable form, sun-coloured, beyond all darkness. Each epithet is a handhold for a mind that needs somewhere to rest.