भवानां भूरिभङ्गानाम् अभावाय भवाधिपः । भव भावविमुक्तात्मा भावाभावबहिष्कृतः
You are the Lord of existence for the dissolution of the many forms of becoming; exist as the Self free from all states, excluded from both being and non-being.
जहि मानं मदं कोपं कालुष्यं क्रूरतां तथा । न महान्तो निमज्जन्ति प्राकृते गुणसङ्कटे
Abandon pride, arrogance, anger, impurity, and cruelty; great souls do not sink into the mire of ordinary qualities.
प्राक्तनीर् दीर्घदौरात्म्यदशास् स्मृत्वा पुनः पुनः । को ऽहं किं तद् बभूवेति हस मुक्ताच्छटासितम्
Recall again and again those long-past, wretched states; ask yourself, 'Who was I? What was that?'—and laugh with the smile of one who is truly free.
ते प्रयातास् समारम्भा गतास् ते दग्धवासराः । येषु चिन्तानलज्वालाजालजीर्णो भवान् अभूत्
Those undertakings have passed away, those days are gone and burned up, in which you were consumed by the net of worries and the fire of anxiety.
अद्य त्वं देहनगरे राजा स्फारमनोरथः । न दुःखैर् गृह्यसे नापि सुखैर् व्योम करैर् इव
Today, you are the king in the city of the body, with vast desires; you are not seized by sorrows nor by pleasures, just as the sky is untouched by the rays of the sun or moon.
अद्येन्द्रियदुरश्वांस् त्वं जित्वा जितमनोगजः । भोगारीन् अभितो भङ्क्त्वा साम्राज्यम् अधितिष्ठसि
Today, having subdued the unruly horses of the senses and conquered the elephant of the mind, breaking the enemies of enjoyment all around, you hold sovereignty.
अपाराम्बरपान्थस् त्वम् अजस्रास्तमयोदयः । अवभासकरो नित्यं बहिर् अन्तश् च भास्करः
You are the traveler of the boundless sky, with ceaseless risings and settings; always shining, you are the sun both within and without.
सर्वदैवासि संसुप्तश् शक्त्या संवेद्यसे विभो । भोगालोकनलीलार्थं कामिन्या कामुको यथा
You are always present, even when all gods are asleep; by your power, you are perceived, O sovereign, for the sake of the play of enjoyment and light, just as a lover is known by his beloved.
दृक्क्षुद्राभिर् उपानीतं दूराद् रूपमधु त्वया । पीयते स्वीकृतं शक्त्या नेत्रवातायनस्थया
The honey of forms, brought from afar by the bees of perception, is drunk by you, accepted by your power, as you sit at the window of the eyes.
ब्रह्माण्डकोटरोद्वान्ताः प्राणापानचरास् त्वया । गतागतैर् ब्रह्मपुरे सम्प्रेक्ष्यन्ते प्रतिक्षणम्
The boundaries of countless universes, traversed by the movements of inhalation and exhalation, are observed by you in the city of Brahman at every moment, as they come and go.
देहपुष्पे त्वम् आमोदो देहेन्दौ त्व् अमृतामृतम् । रसस् त्वं देहविटपे शैत्यं देहहिमे भवान्
You are the fragrance in the flower of the body, the nectar and non-nectar in the body’s moon; you are the taste in the tree of the body, and you are the coolness in the body’s snow.
त्वय्य् अस्ति चिन्मयस् स्नेहश् शरीरक्षीरसर्पिषि । त्वम् अन्तर् अस्य देहस्य दारुण्य् अग्निर् इव स्थितः
Within you abides the affection made of consciousness in the milk and ghee of the body; you dwell inside this body like fire within wood.
त्वम् अपाम् उत्तमास्वादः प्राकाश्यं तेजसाम् अपि । अवगन्ता त्वम् अर्थानां त्वं भासाम् अवभासकः
You are the supreme taste in waters, the radiance even among lights; you are the knower of objects, and you are the illuminator of all lights.
स्पन्दस् त्वं सर्ववायूनां त्वं मनोहस्तिनो मदः । प्रज्ञानलशिखायास् त्वं प्राकाश्यं तैक्ष्ण्यम् एव च
You are the vibration of all winds, the exhilaration of the mind-elephant; you are the brilliance and sharpness of the flame of intelligence.
त्वद्वशाद् दीपवन् माया क्वापि सम्प्रविलीयते । दीपवत् पुनर् अन्यत्र समुदेति कुतो ऽपि सा
By your power, illusion dissolves somewhere like a lamp, and like a lamp, it arises again elsewhere from some source.
त्वयि संसारवर्तिन्यः पदार्थावलयस् तथा । कटकाङ्गदकेयूरयुक्तयः कनके यथा
In you, who revolve as the world-process, the circles of objects exist, just as bracelets, armlets, and anklets exist in gold.
भवान् अयम् अयं चाहं त्वं शब्दैर् एवमादिभिः । स्वयम् एवात्मनात्मानं लीलया स्तौषि वक्षि च
This is you, this is I, and so on—by such words and the like, you yourself praise and speak of yourself, playfully, by your own self.
मन्दानिलविनुन्नो ऽब्दो गजाश्वनरदृष्टिभिः । यथा संलक्ष्यते व्योम्नि तथा त्वं भूतदृष्टिभिः
Just as a cloud, moved by a gentle breeze, appears in the sky in forms resembling elephants, horses, and men, so too are you perceived in various forms by the senses.
यथा हयगजाकारैर् ज्वाला लसति वह्निषु । तथैवाव्यतिरिक्तस् त्वं दृश्यैर् वससि सृष्टिषु
Just as flames in fire shine forth in shapes like horses and elephants, in the same way, you, undivided and unchanged, dwell in all created things as their appearances.
त्वं ब्रह्माण्डकमुक्तानाम् अच्छिन्नस् तन्तुर् आततः । क्षेत्रं त्वं भूतसस्यानां चिद्रसायनसेकिनाम्
You are the unbroken thread stretched through the pearls of universes; you are the field for the crops of elements, the one who pours the nectar of consciousness.
असत् तद् अनभिव्यक्तं पदार्थानां प्रकाश्यते । त्वया तत्त्वं यथा पक्त्रा मांसानां स्वादवेदनम्
That which is unreal and unmanifest becomes apparent through you, just as the true taste of meat is known by the tongue.
विद्यमानापि वस्तुश्रीर् न स्थिता त्वयि न स्थिते । वनितारूपलावण्यसत्तेव गतचक्षुषः
Even if the splendor of an object exists, it does not remain if you are not present—like the beauty and charm of a woman for one whose sight is gone.
सद् अपीह न सत्तायै वस्तु नाकलितं त्वया । तुष्टये न स्वलावण्यं मकुराप्रतिबिम्बितम्
Even if something exists here, it does not attain reality unless it is perceived by you—just as one's own beauty does not bring satisfaction unless reflected in a mirror.
लुठति त्वां विना देहः काष्ठलोष्टसमः क्षितौ । सन्न् अप्य् असत्तयैवात्तो यामास्व् इव रविं विना
Without you, the body rolls on the ground like a log or a clod of earth; though present, it is as if absent, like the night-watches without the sun.
सुखदुःखक्रमः प्राप्य भवन्तं परिनश्यति । प्राकाश्यम् आसाद्य यथा तमस् तेजो ऽथ वा हिमम्
The sequence of pleasure and pain, upon reaching you, is dissolved—just as darkness vanishes upon the arrival of light, or frost before the sun.
त्वदालोकनयैवैते स्थितिं यान्ति सुखादयः । सूर्यालोकनया प्रातर् वर्णाश् शुक्लादयो यथा
By the very act of beholding you, happiness and the like come into existence, just as colors such as white appear in the morning through the light of the sun.
लब्धात्मानो विनश्यन्ति सम्बन्धक्षण एव ते । ते तमांसीव दीपस्य दृष्टाव् एव व्रजन्त्य् अलम्
Once they have attained their own nature, they perish at the very moment of connection; just as darkness vanishes instantly when a lamp is seen.
तमस्ता तमसो दीपासत्तायां स्फुटतां गता । दीपसम्बन्धसमये सा चोत्पत्य विनश्यति
The darkness, which is the essence of darkness, becomes manifest when the lamp is absent; but at the moment of contact with the lamp, it arises and then disappears.
तथैव सुखदुःखश्रीर् दृष्ट्वैव त्वाम् अनामयम् । जायते जातमात्रैव सर्वनाशेन नश्यति
In the same way, the glory of happiness and sorrow, upon seeing you who are free from disease, arises immediately and, with universal destruction, is extinguished.
भङ्गुरत्वाद् इह स्थातुं कालं नाणुम् अपि क्षमा । निमेषलक्षभागाख्या तन्वी कालकला यथा
Because of its fragility, it cannot remain even for a moment here; like the subtle portion of time called the hundred-thousandth part of a blink, so is the delicate time-measure.