रूपालोकमनस्कारान् सत्ताकालक्रियाक्रमान् । कुम्भकारो घटम् इव चेतो हन्ति करोति च
Through forms, perceptions, intentions, existence, time, and sequences of actions, the mind, like a potter with clay, destroys and creates.
आबालम् एतत् पुरुषैस् सर्वैर् एवानुभूयते । स्वप्नभ्रमवद् आवेगरागरोगादिदृष्टिषु
From childhood onward, all people experience this— in perceptions of agitation, passion, disease, and the like— just as in a dream or illusion.
चित्ते वृत्तान्तलक्षाणि संस्थितान्य् आत्तवासने । पादपे फलपुष्पाणि मूलाक्रान्तावनाव् इव
Events and their marks, established in the mind by latent impressions, are like fruits and flowers on a tree rooted in the earth.
त्यक्तावनेर् विटपिनो भूयः पत्त्राणि नो यथा । निर्वासनस्य जीवस्य पुनर् जन्मादि नो तथा
Just as a tree, once uprooted, does not produce leaves again, so too, for a being whose latent impressions are gone, there is no further birth and the like.
यत्रानन्तं जगज्जालं संस्थितं तेन चेतसा । श्वपचत्वं प्रकटितं यदि तद् विस्मयो ऽत्र किम्
When the mind in which this endless web of worlds abides reveals the state of an outcaste, why should there be any wonder in that?
अवबुद्धा श्वपचता प्रतिभासवशात् त्वया । यथैवानल्पसंरम्भा विचित्रापि विकारदा
You have perceived the state of an outcaste due to the force of appearance, just as even a minor disturbance can give rise to various transformations.
तथैवातिथिर् आयातो भुक्तवान् सुप्तवान् द्विजः । कथां कथितवांश् चेति दृष्टवान् असि विभ्रमम्
In the same way, you saw that a guest arrived, ate, slept, and told stories— all of this was an illusion you perceived.
तथैवोत्थाय गच्छामि प्राप्तो ऽहं हूनमण्डलम् । इमे हूना इमे ग्रामा दृष्टवान् इत्य् असि भ्रमम्
Likewise, when you rose and went, you thought, 'I have reached the land of the Hunas; these are the Hunas, these are their villages'— this too was an illusion you perceived.
तथैवेदं कटञ्जस्य प्राक्तनं लुठितं गृहम् । जनैर् उक्तः कटञ्जश् च दृष्टवान् इत्य् असि भ्रमम्
In the same way, you saw the former house of Kaṭañja lying in ruins, heard people say 'This is Kaṭañja,'— all this too was an illusion you perceived.
तथैव कीरनगरं प्राप्तो ऽस्मि कथितं च मे । कीरैश् श्वपचराजत्वं दृष्टवान् इत्य् असि भ्रमम्
In the same way, I arrived at the city of the kīras, and it was told to me, 'You have seen the rule of the outcaste by the kīras'—this is your delusion.
एवं सर्वं त्वया दृष्टं मोहजालं द्विजोत्तम । यत् सत्यम् इति जानासि यच् चासत्यम् अवैषि च
In this way, O best of twice-born, all that you have seen is a net of delusion—what you know as true and what you consider untrue.
वासनावलितं चेतः किं नाम न न पश्यति । साधितं दृश्यते स्वप्ने वर्षसाध्यं प्रयोजनम्
A mind colored by impressions—what does it not see? Even in a dream, one perceives as accomplished in an instant what would take years to achieve.
नातिथिर् न च हूनास् ते न कीरास् ते न तत् पुरम् । सर्वम् एव महाबुद्धे व्यामोहाद् दृष्टवान् असि
There was no guest, nor those Hūnas, nor those kīras, nor that city; O great-minded one, you saw all of it due to great confusion.
गच्छता भवता हूनदेशं पान्थेन कन्दरे । कस्मिंश्चिद् विप्र विश्रान्तं कुरङ्गेणेव कानने
As you, O traveler, were going to the land of the Hūnas, you rested somewhere, O brahmin, like a deer in the forest.
तथैव श्रममूढत्वाद् इदं तद् धूनमण्डलम् । इदं तच् छ्वपचागारम् इति दृष्टं न सत्यतः
In the same way, due to exhaustion and confusion, you saw 'this is the circle of the Hūnas,' 'this is the house of the outcaste,' but not in reality.
तथैव कीरनगरं दृष्टवान् असि तत् तथा । तथैव नान्यथा वापि मायार्थी हि भवान् द्विज
Likewise, you saw the city of the kīras just so, and not otherwise; for you, O brahmin, are one who pursues illusion.
सर्वदैव समग्रासु विहरन्न् असि दृष्टवान् । दिक्षु प्रोन्मत्तक इव विभ्रमं मनसा मुने
Always, in all directions, you wander and see confusion with your mind, O sage, like a madman.
तद् उत्तिष्ठ निजम् कर्म कुर्वंस् तिष्ठोपशान्तधीः । न स्वकर्म विना श्रेयः प्राप्नुवन्तीह मानवाः
Therefore, rise up and perform your own duty with a mind at peace; for without their own actions, people here do not attain the highest good.
इति निगदितवान् स पद्मनाभो वनगततापसवृन्दपूज्यमानः । विबुधमुनिगणैः पवित्रहस्तैर् वृत उदधिं निजम् आस्पदं जगाम
Thus spoke Padmanabha, honored by the ascetics dwelling in the forest; surrounded by the pure-handed hosts of wise sages, he returned to his own abode, the ocean.
अथ गाधिर् गते विष्णौ पुनर् हूनादिकाञ् जनान् । स्वसम्मोहविचारार्थं बभ्रामाभ्रम् इवाम्बरे
Then, after Vishnu departed, Gadhi again wandered among the people of the Huna and other lands, like a cloud in the sky, seeking to reflect on his own bewilderment.
उपलभ्य तथैवात्मवृत्तान्तं जनतस् ततः । हरिम् आराधयाम् आस पुनर् अद्रिगुहागतः
Having thus realized his own story among the people, he again worshipped Hari, who was dwelling in a mountain cave.
आजगामैनम् अल्पेन कालेनाथ जनार्दनः । सकृदाराधनेनैव माधवो याति बन्धुताम्
Then Janardana came to him in a short time; for with even a single act of worship, Madhava becomes a friend.
उवाच गाधिं भगवान् मयूरम् इव वारिदः । किं त्वं प्रार्थयसे भूयस् तपसेति प्रसादवान्
The blessed Lord, gracious as a raincloud to a peacock, spoke to Gadhi: 'Why do you again seek austerity? What do you desire?'
भ्रान्तो ऽस्मि देव षण्मासान् हूनकीरजनास्पदम् । तत्र व्यभिचरत्य् अस्मद्वृत्तान्तो न कथास्व् अपि
O Lord, I have wandered for six months among the Huna and Kirata peoples; yet nowhere, not even in their stories, is there any mention of my own account.
मायया हूनभूर् दृष्टा त्वयेत्य् उक्तो ऽस्मि किं प्रभो । मोहनाशाय महतां वचो नो मोहवृद्धये
I was told, 'You saw the land of the Hunas by illusion'; but, Lord, is the word of the great for the destruction of delusion, or for the increase of confusion?
काकतालीययोगेन चेतसि श्वपचस्थितिः । सर्वेषां हूनकीराणां तथैव प्रतिबिम्बिता
By a chance conjunction, the state of an outcaste appears in the mind; in the same way, the reflections of all the lowly and the birds are seen.
तेनाङ्ग तव वृत्तान्तं सत्यं यत् कथयन्ति ते । प्रतिभासो हि नायाति पुनर् अप्रतिभासताम्
Therefore, O dear one, whatever account they relate to you as true—know that an appearance does not revert again to non-appearance.
केनचिच् छ्वपचेनान्ते ग्रामस्य रचितं गृहं । तत् तथा यत् त्वया दृष्टम् इष्टकाखण्डतां गतम्
A house at the edge of a village was built by some outcaste; just as you saw it, it turned into a heap of broken bricks.
कदाचित् प्रतिभैकैव बहूनाम् अपि जायते । काकतालीयगतिवद् विचित्रा हि मनोगतिः
Sometimes, a single vision arises for many people, just as the movement of a crow and a palm fruit coincide; for the workings of the mind are indeed strange.
तथा हि बहवस् स्वप्नम् एकं पश्यन्ति मानवाः । स्वापभ्रमदमैरेयमदमन्थरचित्तवत्
In the same way, many people see one dream, like those whose minds are made sluggish by sleep, confusion, wine, or intoxication.