ममैतद् वपुर् आनीलं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् । सर्वसौभाग्यसीमान्तो ह्य् अस्मिञ् जगति वल्गति
This is my airy form, bearing the conch, discus, and mace; the summit of all good fortune shines in this world.
अहम् अस्मिन् समुद्भूतः पद्मासनगतस् सदा । निर्विकल्पसमाधिस्थः परां निर्वृतिम् आगतः
I have arisen here, always seated in the lotus posture, established in the absorption beyond thought, having attained supreme contentment.
अहं त्रिनेत्रयाकृत्या गौरीवक्त्राब्जषट्पदः । सर्गान्ते संहरामीदं कूर्मो ऽङ्गपटलं यथा
I, taking the form of the three-eyed one, am the bee at Gauri’s lotus face; at the end of creation, I withdraw this world, as a tortoise draws in its limbs.
अहम् ऐन्द्रेण रूपेण त्रिलोकीमठिकाम् इमाम् । पालयामि क्रमप्राप्तां मठिकाम् इव तापसः
I, in the form of Indra, protect this threefold world, which has come in due order, just as an ascetic tends his hermitage.
अहं तृणलतागुल्मजालं रसतया स्थितः । उत्थापयामि चिद्भूमेः कूपाद् उरुलताम् इव
I, as the essence, abide in the mass of grass, creepers, and bushes, and I raise them from the well of the field of consciousness, as one lifts a creeper.
स्वलीलार्थम् इदं चारु जगदाडम्बरं ततम् । मयाभिजातबालेन पङ्कक्रीडनकं यथा
For the sake of my own play, this beautiful spectacle of the world is spread out by me, who am self-born, just as a child plays with mud.
मयीदम् अर्प्यते सर्वं सत्तां मां प्राप्य गच्छति । मत्परित्यक्तम् एतच् च सद् अप्य् एव न किञ्चन
All this is offered into me; when beings attain me, they are absorbed; and even if this exists apart from me, it is truly nothing at all.
मयि स्फारे चिदादर्शे प्रतिबिम्बं यद् आगतम् । तद् अस्ति नेतरत् तस्मान् मत्तो ऽन्यन् नेह विद्यते
Whatever reflection appears in me, the vast mirror of consciousness, that alone exists; nothing else—therefore, nothing exists here apart from me.
कुसुमेष्व् अहम् आमोदः पद्मपत्त्रेष्व् अहं छविः । छविष्व् अहं रूपकला रूपेष्व् अनुभवो ऽप्य् अहम्
In flowers I am fragrance; in lotus leaves I am sheen; in sheens I am the art of form, and in forms, I am the very experience.
यद् यत् किञ्चिद् इदं दृश्यं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् । सर्वसङ्कल्परहितं तच् चित्तत्त्वम् अहं परम्
Whatever is seen in this world, whether moving or unmoving, all of it is free from any conception; that supreme essence of consciousness, I am.
आप्या रसमयी शक्तिर् अण्वोघविवृतोदया । सा यथा दारुकुड्येषु तथाहं सर्ववस्तुषु
The pervasive, essence-filled power that arises with the emergence of the subtle and the gross—just as it is present in wooden logs, so am I present in all things.
परमां ताम् अहं सर्वपदार्थान्तरवर्तिताम् । उपेत्य संविद्वैचित्र्यं प्रतनोमि स्वयेच्छया
Having attained that supreme reality, which abides within all objects, I manifest the diversity of consciousness by my own will.
घृतं यथान्तः पयसि रसशक्तिर् यथा जले । चिच्छक्तिस् सर्वभावेषु तथान्तर् अहम् आस्थितः
Just as ghee is within milk, just as the essence-power is within water, so too am I, the power of consciousness, established within all beings.
इदं जगत् त्रिकालस्थं चिति मय्य् एव संस्थितम् । चेत्योपचाररहितं वस्तुजातम् इवावनौ
This world, existing in the three times, abides only in my consciousness, devoid of the designation of 'object,' like a collection of things upon the earth.
भरिताशेषदिक्कुक्षिस् त्यक्तसङ्कोचविभ्रमः । सर्वस्थस् सर्वधर्ता च विराट् सम्राड् अहं स्थितः
With all directions filled as my womb, having abandoned all limitation and confusion, present everywhere, the supporter of all, I stand as the vast, sovereign ruler.
अपूर्वम् अनिबद्धेन्द्रम् अशस्त्रदलितामरम् । अप्रार्थितं मे सम्प्राप्तं जगद्राज्यम् इदं ततम्
This unprecedented, unbound, lordless, unconquered, and unsolicited sovereignty over the world has come to me, pervading all.
अहो नु विततात्मास्मि न माम्य् आत्मात्मनात्मनि । कल्पान्तपवनोच्छून एकार्णव इवार्णवे
Indeed, I am expanded as the all-pervading self; there is no 'me' apart from the self within the self, like the single ocean left after the wind at the end of an age has swept everything away.
नात्मन्य् अन्तम् अवाप्नोमि स्वच्छे ऽन्तस् स्वोदिते स्वयम् । क्षीरवारिनिधौ पङ्गुस् सरीसृप इव स्फुरन्
I do not find any limit within myself, clear and self-luminous inside; I stir like a crippled reptile in a sea of milk-water.
स्वल्पेयं मठिका ब्राह्मी जगन्नाम्नी सुसङ्कटा । गजो बिल्व इवास्यां मे न माति विपुलं वपुः
This little hut of Brahman, called the world, is very narrow; like an elephant in a bilva fruit, my vast form cannot fit within it.
विरिञ्चसदनात् पारे तत्त्वान्ते ऽप्य् आहरत् पदम् । प्रसरत्य् एव मे रूपम् अद्यापि न निवर्तते
Even beyond the abode of Brahma, at the farthest end of reality, my form extends and still does not cease, but continues to expand.
अयं नामाहम् इत्य् अन्तः कुतो निरवलम्बना । अपर्यन्ताकृतेर् एषा किलासीत् स्वल्पता मम
How could there be, within, the notion 'I am this named self' without any support? This supposed smallness was only due to my endless form.
भवान् अयम् अहं चायम् इति मिथ्यैव विभ्रमः । को देहः को ऽप्य् अदेहो वाप्य् अपारवपुषश् चितः
The idea 'this is the world, this is myself' is a mere illusion; what body, or what absence of body, can there be for the infinite consciousness?
वराकाः पेलवधियो बभूवुर् मे पितामहाः । ये साम्राज्यम् इदं त्यक्त्वा रेमिरे ऽर्थविभूतिषु
My ancestors, whose minds were feeble, were pitiable indeed; abandoning this empire, they delighted in the pursuit of wealth.
क्वेयं किल महादृष्टिर् भरिता ब्रह्मबृंहिता । क्व सरीसृपभीमाभी रती राज्यविभूतिभिः
Where is this great vision, filled and expanded by Brahman, and where is the pleasure, like that of a fearful reptile, in the enjoyments of royal power?
अनन्तानन्तसम्भोगा परोपशमशालिनी । शुद्धेयं चिन्मयी दृष्टिर् जयत्य् अखिलदृष्टिषु
This pure, consciousness-filled vision, endless in its enjoyments and endowed with supreme peace, prevails over all other visions.
सर्वभावान्तरस्थाय चेत्यमुक्तचिदात्मने । प्रत्यक्चेतनरूपाय मह्यम् एव नमो नमः
Salutations again and again to the one whose nature is pure consciousness, who abides within all beings, whose form is the inner awareness, and who is myself.
जयाम्य् अहम् अहं जातो जीर्णसंसारसंसृतिः । प्राप्तः प्राप्तो मयात्मायं जीवामि च जयामि च
I have conquered; I am born anew, freed from the worn-out cycle of worldly existence. I have attained my true self; I live and I am victorious.
इदम् उत्तमसाम्राज्यं बोधं सन्त्यज्य शाश्वतम् । न रमे ऽहम् अरम्यासु राज्यदुःखविभूतिषु
Having abandoned the everlasting sovereignty of supreme knowledge, I do not delight in the joyless glories and sufferings of royal power.
दारुवारिदृषन्मात्रे लुलुभे यो धरातले । धिग् वराकम् अनात्मज्ञं तं पितामहकीटकम्
Shame on that pitiable, ignorant one—like a worm in the grandfather’s wood—who, on this earth, craves only what is seen in wood and water.
अविद्यैकात्मभिर् द्रव्यैर् अविद्यामयम् आज्यपम् । अज्ञेन सन्तर्पयता किं नाम गुरुणा कृतम्
What has the teacher really accomplished by offering oblations made of ignorance, using substances composed of ignorance, to one who is ignorance itself?