अनादिनिधनाव् एतौ उभाव् एवेश्वरौ मतौ तत्त्वसंज्ञाव् उभाव् एव प्रोच्येते ज्ञानचिन्तकैः
Both these are considered beginningless and endless lords; both are called by the name of principle by those who contemplate knowledge.
सर्गप्रलयधर्मित्वाद् अव्यक्तं प्राहुर् अव्ययम् तद् एतद् गुणसर्गाय विकुर्वाणं पुनः पुनः
Because it possesses the nature of creation and dissolution, the unmanifest is called imperishable; it repeatedly transforms for the production of qualities.
गुणानां महदादीनाम् उत्पद्यति परस्परम् अधिष्ठानं क्षेत्रम् आहुर् एतद् वै पञ्चविंशकम्
Of the qualities, beginning with the great one, they mutually arise; this, they say, is the substratum, the field, and is the twenty-fifth.
यद् अन्तर्गुणजालं तु तद् व्यक्तात्मनि संक्षिपेत् तद् अहं तद् गुणैस् तैस् तु पञ्चविंशे विलीयते
That which is the inner web of qualities is gathered into the manifest self; that, with those qualities, is dissolved into the twenty-fifth.
गुणा गुणेषु लीयन्ते तद् एका प्रकृतिर् भवेत् क्षेत्रज्ञो ऽपि तदा तावत् क्षेत्रज्ञः संप्रणीयते
The qualities merge into the qualities; then only primordial nature remains. The knower of the field, too, is drawn along to that extent.
यदाक्षरं प्रकृतिर् यं गच्छते गुणसंज्ञिता निर्गुणत्वं च वै देहे गुणेषु परिवर्तनात्
When primordial nature, called the qualities, attains the imperishable, then, due to the transformation of the qualities in the body, there is indeed freedom from qualities.
एवम् एव च क्षेत्रज्ञः क्षेत्रज्ञानपरिक्षयात् प्रकृत्या निर्गुणस् त्व् एष इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम
In the same way, the knower of the field, when knowledge of the field is exhausted, is by nature free from qualities—so we have heard.
क्षरो भवत्य् एष यदा गुणवती गुणेष्व् अथ प्रकृतिं त्व् अथ जानाति निर्गुणत्वं तथात्मनः
This one becomes perishable when endowed with qualities among the qualities; but when he knows primordial nature, he likewise knows his own freedom from qualities.
तथा विशुद्धो भवति प्रकृतेः परिवर्जनात् अन्यो ऽहम् अन्येयम् इति यदा बुध्यति बुद्धिमान्
Thus, by renouncing primordial nature, he becomes pure; when the wise one realizes, 'I am other, this is other,'
तदैषो ऽव्यथताम् एति न च मिश्रत्वम् आव्रजेत् प्रकृत्या चैष राजेन्द्र मिश्रो ऽन्यो ऽन्यस्य दृश्यते
Then he attains unshakable peace and does not fall into mixture. By nature, O king, this one appears mixed with another.
यदा तु गुणजालं तत् प्राकृतं विजुगुप्सते पश्यते च परं पश्यंस् तदा पश्यन् नु संसृजेत्
But when he shuns that web of qualities born of nature and sees the supreme, seeing thus, does he then still create involvement?
किं मया कृतम् एतावद् यो ऽहं कालनिमज्जनः यथा मत्स्यो ह्य् अभिज्ञानाद् अनुवर्तितवाञ् जलम्
What have I done, who have been submerged in time? Just as a fish, by its own knowledge, follows the water,
अहम् एव हि संमोहाद् अन्यम् अन्यं जनाज् जनम् मत्स्यो यथोदकज्ञानाद् अनुवर्तितवान् इह
So I, out of delusion, have followed one after another, person after person, just as a fish, knowing water, follows it here.
मत्स्यो ऽन्यत्वम् अथाज्ञानाद् उदकान् नाभिमन्यते आत्मानं तद् अवज्ञानाद् अन्यं चैव न वेद्म्य् अहम्
A fish, out of ignorance, does not consider other water as different; so, out of ignorance, I do not know myself or another.
ममास्तु धिक् कुबुद्धस्य यो ऽहं मग्न इमं पुनः अनुवर्तितवान् मोहाद् अन्यम् अन्यं जनाज् जनम्
Shame on me, of misguided mind, who, submerged, have again followed, out of delusion, one after another, person after person.
अयम् अनुभवेद् बन्धुर् अनेन सह मे क्षयम् साम्यम् एकत्वतां यातो यादृशस् तादृशस् त्व् अहम्
This companion experiences destruction with me; having attained sameness and unity, as he is, so am I.
तुल्यताम् इह पश्यामि सदृशो ऽहम् अनेन वै अयं हि विमलो व्यक्तम् अहम् ईदृशकस् तदा
Here I see equality; I am indeed like him. He is clearly pure; I am also like that.
यो ऽहम् अज्ञानसंमोहाद् अज्ञया संप्रवृत्तवान् संसर्गाद् अतिसंसर्गात् स्थितः कालम् इमं त्व् अहम्
I, through ignorance and delusion, have acted ignorantly; by association and excessive association, I have remained in this condition for this time.
सो ऽहम् एवं वशीभूतः कालम् एतं न बुद्धवान् उत्तमाधममध्यानां ताम् अहं कथम् आवसे
Thus, overpowered, I did not realize this time passing. How shall I escape the states of superior, inferior, and middling?
समानमायया चेह सहवासम् अहं कथम् गच्छाम्य् अबुद्धभावत्वाद् इहेदानीं स्थिरो भव
How can I, through equal illusion, continue cohabitation here, being unawakened? Now, become steadfast here.
सहवासं न यास्यामि कालम् एतं विवञ्चनात् वञ्चितो ह्य् अनया यद् धि निर्विकारो विकारया
I will not continue cohabitation for this time, being deceived; for I have been deceived by her, who is changeless by change.
न तत् तदपराद्धं स्याद् अपराधो ह्य् अयं मम यो ऽहम् अत्राभवं सक्तः पराङ्मुखम् उपस्थितः
That is not another's fault; this fault is mine, for I became attached here and turned away from the supreme.
ततो ऽस्मिन् बहुरूपो ऽथ स्थितो मूर्तिर् अमूर्तिमान् अमूर्तिश् चाप्य् अमूर्तात्मा ममत्वेन प्रधर्षितः
Then, in this (body), the one of many forms abides—formless yet possessing form, and also formless in essence—overpowered by the sense of 'mine.'
प्रकृत्या च तया तेन तासु तास्व् इह योनिषु निर्ममस्य ममत्वेन विकृतं तासु तासु च
And by that very nature, through it, in these various wombs here, though inherently without possessiveness, he is altered by the sense of 'mine' in each and every one.
योनिषु वर्तमानेन नष्टसंज्ञेन चेतसा समता न मया काचिद् अहंकारे कृता मया
Dwelling in wombs, with a mind that has lost awareness, I have made no equality through egoism; none was established by me.
आत्मानं बहुधा कृत्वा सो ऽयं भूयो युनक्ति माम् इदानीम् अवबुद्धो ऽस्मि निर्ममो निरहंकृतः
Having made himself manifold, he again unites me; now I am awakened—free from possessiveness and ego.
ममत्वं मनसा नित्यम् अहंकारकृतात्मकम् अपलग्नाम् इमां हित्वा संश्रयिष्ये निरामयम्
I will abandon this ever-attached sense of 'mine,' which is rooted in the mind and fashioned by ego, and I will seek refuge in the state free from affliction.
अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहम् अचेतसा क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैवैकम् अनया सह
With this (state), I shall attain equanimity, not with that unmindful one; my well-being is with this, never with that alone.
एवं परमसंबोधात् पञ्चविंशो ऽनुबुद्धवान् अक्षरत्वं निगच्छति त्यक्त्वा क्षरम् अनामयम्
Thus, through supreme awakening, the twenty-fifth (principle) realizes the imperishable, having abandoned the perishable and attained the state free from affliction.
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तधर्माणं सगुणं निर्गुणं तथा निर्गुणं प्रथमं दृष्ट्वा तादृग् भवति मैथिल
The unmanifest, possessing the qualities of the manifest, is both with qualities and without; seeing the unqualified first, one becomes thus, O Maithila.