Invocation and the disciple's question

1

paraṃ parasyāḥ prakṛter anādim ekaṃ niviṣṭaṃ bahudhā guhāsu | sarvālayaṃ sarvacarācarasthaṃ tvām eva viṣṇuṃ śaranaṃ prapadye ||

2

ātmāmburāśau nikhilo 'pi loko magno 'pi nācāmati nekṣate ca | āścaryam etan mṛgatṛṣṇikābhe bhavāmburāśau ramate mṛṣaiva ||

3

garbhagṛhavāsasambhavajanmajarāmaraṇaviprayogābdhau | jagad ālokya nimagnaṃ prāha guruṃ prāñjaliḥ śiṣyaḥ ||

4

tvaṃ sāṅgavedavettā bhettā saṃśayagaṇasya ṛtavaktā | saṃsārārṇavataraṇapraśnaṃ pṛcchāmy ahaṃ bhagavan ||

5

dīrghe 'smin saṃsāre saṃsarataḥ kasya kena sambandhaḥ | karma śubhāśubhaphaladam anubhavati gatāgatair iha kaḥ ||

6

karmaguṇajālabaddho jīvaḥ saṃsarati kośakāra iva | mohāndhakāragahanāt tasya kathaṃ bandhanān mokṣaḥ ||

7

guṇapuruṣavibhāgajñe dharmādharmau na bandhakau bhavataḥ | iti gaditapūrvavākyaiḥ prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ ca me brūhi ||

8

ity ādhāro bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ śiṣyeṇa taṃ sa hovāca | viduṣām apy atigahanaṃ vaktavyam idaṃ śṛṇu tathāpi tvam ||

9

satyam iva jagad asatyaṃ mūlaprakṛter idaṃ kṛtaṃ yena | taṃ praṇipatyopendraṃ vakṣye paramārthasāram idam ||