बन्धाशाम् अथ मोक्षाशां सुखदुःखदशाम् अपि । त्यक्त्वा सदसदाशां च तिष्ठाक्षुब्धमहाब्धिवत्
Having given up the desire for bondage, the desire for liberation, and the states of pleasure and pain, as well as the hope for what is real or unreal, remain undisturbed like a great ocean.
अजरामरम् आत्मानं बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमतां वर । जरामरणशङ्काभिर् मा मनः कलुषं कृथाः
Knowing yourself to be ageless and immortal, O best of the wise, do not let your mind be tainted by the fear of old age and death.
पदार्थजातं नेदं ते नायम् अप्य् असि राघव । किञ्चित् तदन्यद् एवेदम् अन्य एवासि शाश्वतः
This collection of objects is not yours, nor are you this, O Raghava; this is something else entirely, and you are ever different.
असदभ्युत्थिते विश्वे सत्ये वा सततं स्थिते । त्वयि तत्ताम् उपगते तृष्णायास् सङ्गमः कुतः
When the universe arises from the unreal or abides always in the real, and you have attained that reality, how can there be any union with the fatigue of craving?
अन्यश् च राम मनसि पुरुषस्य विचारिणः । जायते निश्चयस् साधो स्फाराकारश् चतुर्विधः
Moreover, O Rama, in the mind of the discerning person, there arises a fourfold firm conviction, vast in form.
आपादमस्तकम् अहं मातापितृविनिर्मितः । इत्य् एको निश्चयो राम बन्धायासद्विलोकनात्
From head to foot, 'I am made by my mother and father'—this is one conviction, O Rama, which binds, due to the perception of the unreal.
अतीतस् सर्वभावेभ्यो वालाग्राद् अप्य् अहं तनुः । इति द्वितीयो मोक्षाय निश्चयो जायते सताम्
'I am a body, completely distinct from all beings, even by the tip of a hair'—this second conviction arises among the noble for liberation.
जगज्जालपदार्थात्मा सर्वदैवाहम् अक्षतः । तृतीयो निश्चयश् चेत्थं मोक्षायैव रघूद्वह
I am always unbroken, the essence of all things in the net of the world; this third conviction, O descendant of Raghu, is indeed for liberation.
अहं जगच् चासद् इदं शून्यं व्योमसमं सदा । एवम् एष चतुर्थो ऽपि निश्चयो मोक्षसिद्धये
I and the world are unreal; this is empty, ever like the sky; thus, this fourth conviction also is for the attainment of liberation.
निश्चयेषु चतुर्ष्व् एवं बन्धाय प्रथमस् स्मृतः । त्रयो मोक्षाय कथिताश् शुद्धभावनयोम्भिताः
Of these four convictions, the first is remembered as bondage; the other three, imbued with pure contemplation, are described as leading to liberation.
एतेषां प्रथमः प्रोतस् तृष्णया बन्धयोग्यया । शुद्धतृष्णास् त्रयस् स्वच्छा जीवन्मुक्ता विलासिनः
Among these, the first is strung with desire and fit for bondage; the other three, with pure desire, are clear and delight in the state of the liberated while living.
सर्वम् आत्माहम् एवेति निश्चयो यो महामते । तम् आदाय विषादाय न भूयो याति ते मतिः
O great-minded one, the conviction that 'all is truly myself'—when you hold to this, your mind does not again fall into sorrow.
तिर्यग् ऊर्ध्वम् अधस्ताच् च व्यापको महिमात्मनः । सर्वम् आत्मेति तेनान्तर् निश्चयेन न बध्यसे
The greatness of the self pervades everywhere—across, above, and below; with the conviction that all is the self, you are not bound within.
शून्यं प्रकृतिमाये च ब्रह्म विज्ञानम् इत्य् अपि । शिवः पुरुष ईशेति नित्यम् आत्मैव कथ्यते
Emptiness, nature, illusion, Brahman, knowledge, Shiva, person, Lord—all these are always spoken of as the self alone.
सदा सर्वं सद् एवेदं नेह द्वित्वान्यते क्वचित् । विद्यते विद्यया व्याप्तं जगन् नेतरयान्धया
Always, all this is truly one; nowhere here is there any duality or otherness; the world is pervaded by knowledge, not by blind ignorance.
आपातालम् अनन्तात्मा पूरितो ऽम्बुभिर् अम्बुधिः । आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं जगद् आपूर्णम् आत्मना
The ocean, whose essence is infinite, is filled with water down to the lowest depths; the universe, from Brahma to the smallest blade of grass, is completely pervaded by the Self.
ऋतं सर्वम् इदं नित्यं नानृतं विद्यते क्वचित् । वार्य् एव सकलो ऽम्भोधिर् न तरङ्गादयः पृथक्
All this is truth, eternal; nowhere does untruth exist. The entire ocean is only water—waves and the like are not separate from it.
पृथक् कटककेयूरनूपुरादि न काञ्चनात् । भिन्नास् तरुतृणाकारकोटयश् चैव नात्मनः
Bracelets, armlets, anklets, and so on are not distinct from gold; likewise, countless forms of trees and grasses are not separate from the Self.
द्वैताद्वैतसमुद्भेदैर् जगन्निर्माणलीलया । परमात्ममयी शक्तिर् अद्वैतैव विजृम्भते
Through the play of creation, with its divisions of duality and non-duality, the supreme power, composed of the Supreme Self, manifests as non-dual alone.
आत्मीये परकीये च सर्वस्मिन्न् एव सर्वदा । नष्टे वोपचिते कार्ये सुखदुःखे गृहाण मा
In what is one's own and what is another's, in everything and always, whether something is lost or gained, in pleasure and pain—do not grasp or reject.
भावाद्वैतम् उपाश्रित्य सत्ताद्वैतमयात्मकः । कर्माद्वैतम् अनादृत्य द्वैताद्वैतमयो भव
Relying on the non-duality of being, whose nature is the non-duality of existence, disregarding the non-duality of action, become one whose nature is both duality and non-duality.
भवभूमिषु भीमासु भवभावनयानया । मा पतोत्पातपूर्णासु नदीष्व् अन्धः करी यथा
On the dreadful grounds of existence, through this process of imagining existence, do not, like a blind elephant, fall into rivers filled with calamities.
द्वित्वं न सम्भवति सर्वगते महात्मन्य् आत्मन्य् अथैक्यम् अपि च द्वितयोदितात्म । अद्वैतम् ऐक्यरहितं सततोदितं च सर्वं न किञ्चिद् अपि चाहुर् अतस् स्वरूपम्
Duality does not arise in the all-pervading great Self, nor does unity, which comes from duality. Non-duality, free from unity, is ever manifest; thus, they say nothing at all is the true nature.
नैवाहम् अस्मि न च नाम जगन्ति सन्ति सर्वं च विद्यत इदं ननु निर्विकारम् । विज्ञानमात्रम् अवभासत एव शान्तं नासन् न सज् जगद् अहं च सदेति विद्धि
I am not; nor is there any name, nor do worlds exist. All this is only consciousness, indeed unchanging. Only pure awareness shines forth, peaceful; know that neither the world nor I exist as real or unreal.
परमम् अमृतम् आद्यं भासनं सर्वभासाम् अजम् अजरम् अचिन्त्यं निष्क्रमं निर्विकारम् । विगतकरणजालम् जीवनं जीवशक्तेस् सकलकलनहीनं कारणं कारणानाम्
The supreme, primordial immortality is the radiance behind all radiances, unborn, undecaying, inconceivable, without origin, unchanging; free from the web of senses, the life-force of all living beings, devoid of all constructs, the cause of all causes.
सततम् उदितम् ईशं व्यातते चित्प्रकाशे स्थितम् अनुभवबीजं स्वात्मभावोपदेश्यम् । स्वदनम् अनु चितो ऽन्तर् ब्रह्म सर्वं सदैतत् त्वम् अहम् अपि जगच् चेत्य् अस्तु ते निश्चयो ऽन्तः
Ever manifest as the Lord, pervading the light of consciousness, established as the seed of experience, taught as the essence of one's own self; tasting this within consciousness, let your conviction be: 'Brahman is everything, always; you, I, and the world.'
मुक्ताशयानां महताम् अहतानां कुदृष्टिभिः । स्वभावो ऽयं महाबाहो लीलया चरताम् इह
O mighty-armed one, this is the nature of the great ones whose minds are liberated and unharmed, who move here freely, unaffected by distorted views.
विहरन्न् अपि संसारे जीवन्मुक्तमना मुनिः । आदिमध्यान्तविरसा विहसञ् जागतीर् गतीः
Even while living in the world, the sage whose mind is liberated laughs at all worldly paths, being free from beginning, middle, and end.
सर्वप्रकृतकार्यस्थो मध्यस्थस् सर्ववृत्तिषु । ध्येयं तं वासनात्यागम् अवलम्ब्य व्यवस्थितः
Remaining amidst all natural actions, impartial in every activity, he is to be contemplated, established by abandoning all tendencies.
सर्वत्र विगतोद्वेगस् सर्वार्थपरिपोषकः । विवेकोद्यानतुष्टात्मा प्रबोधोपवने स्थितः
Everywhere free from anxiety, nourishing all purposes, his mind delights in the garden of discernment, standing in the grove of awakening.