तुल्यकालपरामृष्टत्रिकालकलनाशता । अनन्तानुभवाभोगा परिपूर्णैव शुद्धचित्
The pure mind, ever complete, experiences countless joys, being unaffected by distinctions of past, present, and future, and is free from the calculations of time.
परामृष्टत्रिकालाया दृष्टानन्तदृशश् चितः । समतापरपर्याया पूर्णतैवावशिष्यते
When consciousness is untouched by the three times and witnesses infinite perceptions, only fullness, which is another name for equanimity, remains.
तुल्यकालावबुद्धेन मृदुना कटुना च चित् । समेन समताम् एति मधुनिष्ठानुभूतिवत्
Whether gentle or harsh, consciousness that perceives equally in all times attains equanimity, just as one who experiences the essence of honey.
त्यक्तसङ्कल्पकलया सूक्ष्मया चिदवस्थया । सर्वभावानुगतया सत्ताद्वैतैकरूपया
By abandoning the play of thoughts and resting in the subtle state of consciousness, which follows all states and has the single form of nondual existence, one attains equanimity.
विचित्रापि पदार्थश्रीर् अन्योऽन्यवलितान्तरा । तुल्यकालानुभवनात् साम्येनैवानुभूयते
Even the diverse splendor of objects, interwoven with each other, is experienced with sameness through equal perception at all times.
भावेन भावम् आश्रित्य भावस् त्यजति दुःखिताम् । प्रेक्ष्य भावम् अभावेन भावस् त्यजति तुष्टताम्
By relying on one state, another state abandons sorrow; seeing a state through its absence, another state abandons satisfaction.
कालत्रयम् उपेक्षित्र्या हीनायाश् चेत्यबन्धनैः । चितश् चेत्यम् उपेक्षित्र्यास् समतैवावशिष्यते
When the three times are disregarded and the bonds of thought are diminished, only equanimity remains in consciousness through the neglect of objects.
याति वाचाम् अगम्यत्वाद् असत्ताम् इव शाश्वतीम् । नैरात्म्यसिद्धान्तदशाम् उपयातेव तिष्ठति
It passes beyond the reach of speech, as if attaining a state of eternal nonexistence; it abides as though entering the condition established by the doctrine of non-self.
भवत्य् आत्मा तथा ब्रह्म नकिञ्चिच् चाखिलं च वा । परमोपशमे लीना मोक्षनाम्ना परोच्यते
In this way, the Self becomes Brahman, or nothing at all, or even the entirety; when merged in the highest quiescence, it is spoken of as 'liberation.'
सङ्कल्पकलिता त्व् एषा मन्दाभासतया जगत् । न सम्यक् पश्यतीदं चिद् दृष्टिः पटलिनी यथा
But this world, arising from imagination, appears only as a faint semblance; consciousness, veiled by illusion, does not see this rightly, like vision obscured by a covering.
ईहानीहामयैर् अन्तर् या चिद् आवलिता मलैः । सा हि नोत्पतितुं शक्ता पाशबद्धेव पक्षिणी
That consciousness, enveloped within by impurities made of desire and aversion, is truly unable to rise up, like a bird bound by a tether.
सङ्कल्पकलनेनैव ये केचन जना इमे । पतिता मोहजालेषु विनेत्रा इव पक्षिणः
Indeed, all these people, through the fabrication of imagination, have fallen into the net of delusion, like birds deprived of sight.
सङ्कल्पजालवलितैर् विषयावटपातिभिः । पदवी गतबाधेयं न दृष्टा मत्पितामहैः
This path, obstructed by the snares of imagination and the guards of sense-objects, was not seen by my forefathers.
दिनैः कतिपयैर् एव स्फुरित्वा धरणीतले । वराकास् तेन ते नष्टा मषकाः कुहरेष्व् इव
After flickering for only a few days upon the earth, those wretches are lost by that (delusion), like gnats in crevices.
अज्ञास्यन् यदि ते तत्त्वं भोगदुःखार्थिनस् ततः । भावाभावान्धकूपेषु नापतिष्यन् हताशयाः
If those seekers of pleasure and pain had known the truth, they would not have fallen, their hopes destroyed, into the dark pits of existence and nonexistence.
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन जन्तवः । धराविवरमग्नानां कीटानां समतां गताः
Creatures, overcome by the duality and delusion arising from desire and aversion, become like insects fallen into a crevice in the earth.
ईहितानीहिताकारा कलनामृगतृष्णिका । सत्यावबोधमेघेन यस्य शान्ता स जीवति
For one whose mind's fabrications—actions done and undone, and the mirage of calculation—have been stilled by the cloud of true understanding, that one truly lives.
कुतः किलास्याश् शुद्धाया अविच्छिन्नामलाकृतेः । चन्द्रिकाया रुचः कोष्णाः कलङ्ककलनाश् चितः
How could there be any stains or heat of imagined blemishes in this pure, uninterrupted, stainless radiance—like the light of the moon?
आत्मने ऽस्तु नमो मह्यम् अविच्छिन्नचिदात्मने । लोकालोकमणे देव चिरेणाधिगतो ऽस्य् अहो
Salutations to my own Self, the undivided consciousness-Self; O divine jewel of the seen and unseen worlds, at last you have been attained—how wondrous!
परामृष्टो ऽसि लब्धो ऽसि प्रोदितो ऽसि चिराय च । उद्धृतो ऽसि विकल्पेभ्यो यो ऽसि सो ऽसि नमो ऽस्तु ते
You have been touched, found, revealed, and after long ages, rescued from all doubts; you are what you are—salutations to you!
मह्यं तुभ्यम् अनन्ताय तुभ्यं मह्यं शिवात्मने । नमो देवातिदेवाय पराय परमात्मने
Salutations to me, to you, the infinite; to you, to me, the auspicious Self; salutations to the God beyond gods, the supreme, the highest Self.
गतघनम् इव पूर्णम् इन्दुबिम्बं गतकलनावरणं स्वम् एव रूपम् । स्ववपुषि मुदितं स्वयं स्वसंस्थं स्वयम् उदितं स्वरसं स्वयं नमामि
I bow to that which is full like a cloudless moon, its own form unmasked by phases, rejoicing in its own body, self-established, self-risen, and of its own essence.
ॐ इत्य् आकारिताकारो विकारपरिवर्जितः । आत्मैवायं इदं सर्वं यत् किञ्चिज् जगतीगतम्
That which is shaped by the sound 'Om', free from all modification, is the Self alone—this entire world, whatever exists within it.
मेदोऽस्थिमांसमज्जासृगतीतो ऽप्य् एष चेतनः । अन्तरस्थो ऽपि सूर्यादीन् प्रकाशयति दीपकः
This consciousness, though it transcends fat, bone, flesh, and marrow, and dwells within, illuminates the sun and others like a lamp.
उष्णीकरोति दहनं रसयत्य् अमृतो रसं । इन्द्रियानुभवान् भुङ्क्ते भोगान् इव महीपतिः
It heats like fire, savors nectar as nectar, and enjoys sensory experiences as a king enjoys pleasures.
तिष्ठन्न् अपि हि नासीनो गच्छन्न् अपि न गच्छति । शान्तो ऽपि व्यवहारस्थः कुर्वन्न् अपि न लिप्यते
Though standing, it does not stand; though sitting, it does not sit; though moving, it does not move. Though peaceful, it remains engaged in activity; though acting, it is untouched.
पूर्वम् अद्य तथेदानीम् इहामुत्रोभयत्र च । पिहितो ऽपिहितो ऽप्य् एष समस् सर्वासु वृत्तिषु
Whether before, now, or later; here, there, or in both places; whether concealed or revealed, it remains equal in all states.
उद्भवन्यग्भवाभावभावनाभिर् इतस् ततः । ब्रह्मादितृणपर्यन्तं जगद् आवर्तयन् स्थितः
Through thoughts of arising, merging, and absence, it abides, revolving the world from Brahma down to grass.
नित्यस्पन्दमयो नित्यम् अपि देवात् सदागतेः । स्थाणोर् अप्य् अक्रियो नित्यम् आकाशाद् अप्य् अलेपकः
Always composed of perpetual movement, yet ever unmoving; always inactive, untouched even more than space.
मनांसि क्षोभयत्य् एष पल्लवान् इव मारुतः । वाहयत्य् अक्षपङ्क्तिं वा स्वाश्वालीम् इव सारथिः
It stirs minds like the wind stirs leaves, and drives the senses like a charioteer drives his horses.