न रूपरसगन्धाश्च नाहं कर्ता न वागपि
He is not form, taste, or smell; I am not the doer, nor even speech.
न माया नैव च प्राश्चैतन्यं परमार्थतः
He is not māyā, nor the fruits of action; in truth, he is pure consciousness.
तद्वदैक्यं न संबन्धः प्रपञ्चपरमात्मनोः
Likewise, there is no unity or connection between the world and the Supreme Self.
तद्वत् प्रपञ्चपुरुषौ विभिन्नौ परमार्थतः
In the same way, the world and the person are truly distinct.
नहि तस्य भवेन्मुक्तिर्जन्मान्तरशतैरपि
For him, there is no liberation, even after hundreds of births.
विकारहीनं निर्दुः खमानन्दात्मानमव्ययम्
The imperishable Self is changeless, free from suffering, space-like, and of the nature of bliss.
सा चाहङ्कारकर्तृत्वादात्मन्यारोप्यते जनैः
But this is falsely attributed to the self by people, due to ego and the sense of doership.
भोक्तारमक्षरं शुद्धं सर्वत्र समवस्थितम्
The imperishable, pure enjoyer is present everywhere.
अज्ञानादन्यथा ज्ञानं तच्च प्रकृतिसंगतम्
Due to ignorance, knowledge appears otherwise, and that is joined with nature.
अहङ्काराविवेकेन कर्ताहमिति मन्यते
Because of non-discrimination with ego, one thinks, 'I am the doer.'
प्रधानं प्रकृतिं बुद्ध्वा कारणं ब्रह्मवादिनः
The knowers of Brahman declare that the primal nature is the cause.
स्वात्मानमक्षरं ब्रह्म नावबुद्ध्येत तत्त्वतः
One does not truly realize the imperishable Self, Brahman.
रगद्वेषादयो दोषाः सर्वे भ्रान्तिनिबन्धनाः
All faults such as attachment and aversion are rooted in delusion.
तद्वशादेव सर्वेषां सर्वदेहसमुद्भवः
It is only by their power that all bodies arise for all beings.
एकः स भिद्यते शक्त्या मायया न स्वभावतः
He is one, divided by power—by illusion, not by his own nature.
भेदो व्यक्तस्वभावेन सा च मायात्मसंश्रया
Difference appears due to manifest nature, and that depends on the essence of illusion.
अन्तः करणजैर्भावैरात्मा तद्वन्न लिप्यते
Just as the self is not tainted by thoughts arising in the inner faculty, so too here.
उपाधिहीनो विमलस्तथैवात्मा प्रकाशते
When free from limiting adjuncts and pure, the self shines forth in the same way.
अर्थस्वरूपमेवाज्ञाः पश्यन्त्यन्ये कुदृष्टयः
The ignorant, with distorted vision, see only the external form of the object.
दृश्यते ह्यर्थरूपेण पुरुषैर्भ्रान्तिदृष्टिभिः
Indeed, those with deluded vision perceive it in the form of the object.
रक्तिकाद्युपधानेन तद्वत् परमपूरुषः
Just as with the covering of a red cloth and the like, so too is the Supreme Person.
उपासितव्यो मन्तव्यः श्रोतव्यश्च मुमुक्षुभिः
He is to be worshipped, reflected upon, and heard about by those seeking liberation.
योगिनो ऽव्यवधानेन तदा संपद्यते स्वयम्
For yogis, without obstruction, at that time he is realized directly.
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
Then, the self in all beings becomes Brahman.
एकीभूतः परेणासौ तदा भवति केवलः
United with the Supreme, he then becomes alone—pure and singular.
तदासावमृतीभूतः क्षेमं गच्छति पण्डितः
Then, having become immortal, the wise one attains peace.
तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
From that alone, Brahman expands at that time.
मायामात्रं जगत् कृत्स्नं तदा भवति निर्वृतः
Then, the entire world is known as mere illusion, and he becomes content.
केवलं ब्रह्मविज्ञानं जायते ऽसौ तदा शिवः
Then, only the knowledge of Brahman arises; he is then auspicious.
तद्वदात्माक्षरेणासौ निष्कलेनैकतां व्रजेत्
In the same way, he attains unity with the imperishable self, which is without parts.