इमे वयम् इमे शैला भूतानीमान्य् अयं भवान् । इदं जगद् इदं व्योम मा देहम् अवधीरय
These are we, these are the mountains, these are the beings, this is you, this is the world, this is the sky—do not despise the body.
पीवराज्ञानयोगेन यस्य पर्याकुलं मनः । दुःखानि विनिकृन्तन्ति मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose mind is agitated by the weighty union with ignorance, sufferings cut him down, and death reigns over him.
कृशो ऽतिदुःखी मूढो ऽहम् एताश् चान्याश् च भावनाः । मतिं यस्यावलुम्पन्ति मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose mind is seized by thoughts such as 'I am weak, extremely miserable, and deluded,' and others like these, death reigns over him.
आशापाशनिबद्धो ऽन्तर् इतश् चेतश् च नीयते । यो विलोलमनोवृत्त्या मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose inner self is bound by the cords of desire and is dragged here and there by restless mental activity, death reigns over him.
यस्य तृष्णाः प्रभञ्जन्ति हृदयं हृतभावनाः । कुगेहम् इव गर्गट्यो मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose heart is shattered by cravings, whose thoughts are stolen away, like rats breaking down a wretched house, death reigns over him.
चित्तवृत्तिलता यस्य तालोत्तालमनोवने । फलिता सुखदुःखाभ्यां मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose vine of mental tendencies has borne fruit of pleasure and pain in the forest of the mind, swaying like a palm tree, death reigns over him.
रोमराजिलताजालं यस्येमं देहदुर्द्रुमम् । अनर्थौघो हरत्य् उच्चैर् मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose body, that wretched tree, is covered with a network of hair like lines, and is loudly swept away by a flood of misfortune, death reigns over him.
यस्य स्वदेहविपिनम् आधिव्याधिदवाग्नयः । दहन्ति लोलाङ्गलतं मरणं तस्य राजते
For one whose own bodily forest is burned by the wildfires of affliction and disease, and whose restless limbs are scorched, death reigns over him.
कामकोपात्मको यस्य स्फुरत्य् अजगरस् तनौ । अन्तश् शुष्कद्रुमस्येव मरणं तस्य राजते
For one in whose body the serpent of desire and anger stirs, as within a dry tree, death reigns over him.
यो ऽयं देहपरित्यागस् तल् लोके मरणं स्मृतम् । न सता नासता तेन कारणं वेद्यवेदिनाम्
What is called death in that world is merely the abandonment of the body; for those who know and those who do not, it is neither truly real nor unreal.
यस्य नोत्क्रामति मतिस् स्वात्मतत्त्वावलोकनात् । यथार्थदर्शिनो ज्ञस्य जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one whose mind does not depart from the contemplation of the truth of their own self, whose vision is as it truly is, life shines forth.
यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर् यस्य न लिप्यते । यस् समस् सर्वभावेषु जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one whose sense of 'I' is absent, whose intellect is unstained, who is equal in all conditions, life shines forth.
यो ऽन्तश्शीतलया बुद्ध्या रागद्वेषविमुक्तया । साक्षिवत् पश्यतीदं हि जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one who, with a mind cooled within and freed from attachment and aversion, perceives all as a witness, life shines forth.
येन सम्यक् परिज्ञाय हेयोपादेयम् उज्झता । चित्तस्यान्ते ऽर्पितं चित्तं जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one who, having fully discerned what is to be accepted and rejected, has renounced them, and has placed the mind at the end of the mind, life shines forth.
अवस्तुसदृशे वस्तुन्य् अस्तसङ्कल्पनामले । येनालीनं कृतं चेतो जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one whose mind has been merged in the pure reality, resembling the absence of objects and free from all conceptualization, life shines forth.
सत्यां दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्य लीलयेयं जगत्क्रिया । क्रियते ऽवासनं येन जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one who, holding to the vision of truth, effortlessly performs the actions of the world without any latent impressions, life shines forth.
नान्तस् तुष्यति नोद्वेगम् एति यो विहरन्न् अपि । हेयोपादेयसम्प्राप्तौ जीवितं तस्य शोभते
For one who, even while acting, neither rejoices nor is disturbed within, and remains unaffected by what is to be accepted or rejected, life shines forth.
शुद्धपक्षश् च शुद्धश् च हंसौघस् सरसो यथा । यस्माद् गुणौघो निर्याति जीवितं तस्य शोभते
Just as a flock of pure swans in a lake is pure, so too is the one from whom a multitude of virtues arises—his life shines forth.
यस्मिञ् श्रुतिपथं याते दृष्टे स्मृतिम् उपागते । आनन्दं यान्ति भूतानि जीवितं तस्य शोभते
In whom, when the path of hearing is attained and direct perception and memory arise, all beings find joy—his life shines forth.
यस्योदयेन हृदयेषु जनाम्बुजानि जीवालिमन्ति सकलानि विकासवन्ति । तस्यावभाति चिरजीवितम् अक्षयेन्दोर् आपूर्णतेव दनुजेश्वर नेतरस्य
By whose rising, the lotuses of people's hearts, filled with the essence of life, all blossom—his long life shines, like the ever-full moon, not like that of the lord of demons.
स्थैर्यं देहस्य दृष्टस्य जीवितं प्रोच्यते बुधैः । देहान्तरार्थं देहस्य सन्त्यागो मरणं स्मृतम्
The stability of the seen body is called life by the wise; the abandonment of the body for another purpose is known as death.
द्वाभ्याम् एवासि पक्षाभ्याम् आभ्यां मुक्तो महामते । किं ते मरणम् अस्तीह किं वा जीवितम् अस्ति ते
With these two wings alone, O wise one, you are liberated; what is death to you here, or what is life to you?
निदर्शनार्थम् एतत् तु मयोक्तम् अरिमर्दन । न त्वं जीवसि सर्वज्ञ म्रियसे न कदाचन
This has been said only for illustration, O destroyer of foes; you, O all-knowing one, neither live nor ever die.
देहसंस्थो ऽप्य् अदेहत्वाद् अदेहो ऽसि विदेहदृक् । व्योमसंस्थो ऽप्य् असक्तत्वाद् अव्योमैव हि मारुतः
Though established in the body, you are bodiless due to your bodiless vision; though abiding in space, you are truly spaceless, like the wind, because you are unattached.
स्पर्शसम्बोधकारित्वाद् देह एवासि सुव्रत । उत्सेधारोधकत्वेन खम् उत्सेधस्य कारणम्
Because you cause the awareness of touch, you are indeed the body, O noble one; just as space is the cause of elevation by its capacity to support.
प्रबुद्धो ज्ञातवस्तुत्वाद् एव त्वम् असि नासि च । इयत्तैकपरिच्छिन्नं रूपम् अज्ञेषु दुःखितम्
Awakened, knowing the reality of things, you are, and yet you are not; the limited, defined form exists only among the ignorant and is afflicted.
सर्वदा सर्वम् एवासि चित्प्रकाशपरैकधीः । को देहः को ऽप्य् अदेहस् ते यं गृह्णासि जहासि वा
At all times, you are everything, your mind established solely in the radiance of consciousness; what is the body, or what is bodilessness, that you would take up or abandon?
समुदेतु वसन्तो वा वातु वा प्रलयानिलः । भावाभावविहीनस्य किम् अभ्यागतम् आत्मनः
Let spring arise, or let the wind of dissolution blow—what comes to one whose self is free from coming and going?
प्रलुठत्स्व् अपि शैलेषु कल्पाग्निषु दहत्स्व् अपि । वहत्सूत्पातवातेष्व् अप्य् आत्मात्मन्य् एव तिष्ठति
Even if mountains are shattered, or the fires of aeons burn, or the winds of destruction carry all away, the Self remains established in itself.
सर्वभूतानि तिष्ठन्तु समम् एव प्रयान्तु वा । नश्यन्तु वाथ वर्धन्ताम् आत्मात्मन्य् एव तिष्ठति
Let all beings remain, or let them all depart equally; let them perish or let them grow—still, the Self remains established in itself.