Invocation

That is complete. This is complete. Completeness is manifested from the completed. Taking everything away from the completeness, the entirety remains.

Verse 1

All activity in this universe is inhabited by a supreme consciousness. Enjoy what it provides you, and do not desire the wealth of others.

Verse 2

Even in performing actions, one should wish to live a hundred years. In this way, and by no other, one remains free from entanglement in action.

Verse 3

Demonic are those worlds covered by blindness and ignorance. As they approach death, the killer of the self approaches them.

Verse 4

It is motionless, unitary, faster than mind, out of reach of the deities themselves. Standing still, it passes through the flow of others and puts force into the wind.

Verse 5

It moves, and it is motionless. It is distant, and it is near. It is within all, and it is outside all this.

Verse 6

To one who sees the self in all beings, and all beings in the self, the self does not conceal itself.

Verse 7

When one sees the same self in all beings, what delusion or grief is there to be seen?

Verse 8

Permeating all, bright and pure, without a body, unaffected by evil, is the wise ancient prophet who surrounds the many things that were distributed countless years ago.

Verse 9

Those who worship ignorance enter a dark misery, and those who gratify themselves with knowledge enter an even darker misery.

Verse 10

One result comes from knowledge, and another result comes from ignorance. We have heard this from the wise who showed it to us.

Verse 11

One who simultaneously perceives knowledge and ignorance together can cross over death with ignorance and reach the immortal by knowledge.

Verse 12

Those who worship destruction enter a dark misery, and those who delight in creation enter an even darker misery.

Verse 13

One thing comes from creation, and another comes from destruction. We have heard this from the wise who showed it to us.

Verse 14

One who perceives creation and destruction together, crosses death with destruction and attains immortality through creation.

Verse 15

The face of truth is concealed in a golden vessel. Reveal it, Pushan, so I may witness true Dharma.

Verse 16

To Pushan, to the solitary sage, to Yama, to Surya, son of Prajapati, spread your rays of light and bring together your brilliance! I behold your most illustrious form, for I am one with the primal source of the universe.

Verse 17

We should blow the immortal air, then return the body to ashes. Om! To my mind, remember my deeds, remember them! To my mind, remember my deeds, remember them!

Verse 18

Lead us, Agni, by the good path, to the enjoyment of the fruits of our deeds, knowing all our deeds. Remove the sin of deceit from within us. We sing your many praises!