सकर्तृकर्मकरणान् स्वान् स्पर्शान् अन्तर् अस्पृशन् । निर्विकल्पनिरालम्बस् स्वचिन्मात्रपरो भव
Without inwardly touching your own perceptions of agent, action, and instrument, and established in the supportless, undivided state—be devoted to pure consciousness alone.
जाग्रत्य् एव हि सौषुप्तीं भावयन् सुस्थिरां स्थितिम् । सर्वम् अस्तीति सञ्चिन्त्य सत्तैकात्मवपुर् भव
By contemplating deep sleep even while awake, and reflecting that all is existence, become one whose very form is the unity of being.
नानानानादशामुक्तो युक्तो मुक्ततयाशये । समग्रकलनादीपस् स्वचिन्मात्रपरो भव
Freed from the state of manifoldness and non-manifoldness, established in the intention of liberation, be the lamp that illumines all calculation—be devoted to pure consciousness alone.
आत्मतापरते त्यक्त्वा निर्विभागो जगत्स्थितौ । वज्रस्तम्भवद् आत्मानम् अवलम्ब्य स्थिरो भव
Having abandoned the sense of self and other, undivided amidst the world, relying on your own self like a pillar of diamond, be steadfast.
छित्त्वान्तर् मानसान् पाशान् आशारूपान् उदारया । धिया धैर्यैकधारिण्या निर्धर्माधर्मतां व्रज
Cutting the inner bonds of the mind, which take the form of hopes, with noble and steadfast intelligence, attain a state beyond both virtue and vice.
समासादयतस् तत्त्वं स्वसंवेदनम् इत्य् अलम् । विषं हालाहलम् अपि यास्यत्य् अमृततां तव
Once you attain the essence, which is self-awareness, even deadly poison will become nectar for you.
तदोदेति महामोहस् संसृतिभ्रमकारणम् । निर्मलाया निरंशायास् स्वसंवित्तेश् च्युतिर् यदा
Then arises the great delusion, the cause of wandering in transmigration, when there is a fall from the pure, partless self-awareness.
तदा सङ्क्षीयते मोहस् संसृतिभ्रमकारणम् । निर्मलायां निरंशायां स्वसंवित्तौ स्थितिर् यदा
Delusion, the cause of wandering in transmigration, is diminished when there is abiding in the pure, partless self-awareness.
स्वरूपम् अनुयातस्य तीर्णस्याशामहार्णवम् । प्रसरिष्यति ते संवित् सूर्यांशुर् इव सर्वतः
For one who has followed their true nature and crossed the ocean of hope, your awareness will shine everywhere like the rays of the sun.
स्वभावम् आलोकयत आनन्दमयसंस्थितेः । रसायनम् अपि स्वादु राम प्रतिविषायते
For one established in the state of bliss, O Rama, even the elixir of life appears tasteless when observing their own nature.
तैर् न लज्जामहे पुम्भिर् ये स्वभावम् उपागताः । शेषाः पुरुषनामानो गर्दभा दीर्घबाहवः
We are not ashamed before those men who have attained their own nature; the rest, though called men and long-armed, are but donkeys.
पर्वताः खर्वतां यान्ति पुरो ऽद्रेर् इव दन्तिनः । परां कोटिं प्रयातस्य स्वसंवित्त्युन्नतस्थितेः
Mountains become dwarfed before one who has reached the highest peak, established in the exaltation of self-awareness, just as elephants make a hill seem small.
आदृश्यद्रष्टृसीम्नो ऽन्तस् सूर्यादीन्य् अखिलान्य् अपि । न तेजांस्य् उपकुर्वन्ति स्वसंविद्दिव्यचक्षुषः
For one whose inner vision is at the boundary of the invisible seer, even the sun and all the luminaries do not add brightness to the divine eye of self-awareness.
अवस्तुतां व्रजन्त्य् एते मध्याह्न इव दीपकाः । अर्कादयो महालोकविधाव् अधिगतात्मनः
These, like lamps at midday, lose their substance; the sun and others, in the great order of the world, for one who has realized the Self.
तेजोऽंशुषु प्रभावेषु बलेष्व् अतिमहत्स्व् अपि । सर्वेषून्नतियुक्तेषु तत्त्वज्ञः परमोन्नतः
Even in rays of light, in radiances, in powers, and in all things endowed with greatness, the knower of truth is supremely exalted.
भान्ति भासा यथा सूर्यवह्नीन्दुमणितारकाः । तथा जगति राजन्ते ज्ञातज्ञेया नरोत्तमाः
Just as the sun, fire, moon, jewels, and stars shine with their own light, so too, in the world, those noble ones who know the knower and the known shine forth.
धराविवरकीटेभ्यो गर्दभेभ्यो ऽपि मानवाः । तिर्यग्भ्यश् चाप्य् अतत्त्वज्ञा राम तुच्छतरास् स्मृताः
Humans who lack true knowledge are considered even more insignificant than earth-burrowing insects, donkeys, and other animals, O Rama.
तावत् सम्मोहवेतालो देहो यावद् अनात्मवान् । आत्मज्ञ एव संयुक्तश् चेतनेनेति तद्विदः
The body remains a ghoul of delusion as long as there is absence of Self-knowledge; only the knower of the Self is said by the wise to be endowed with consciousness.
अनात्मज्ञो हि दुर्देहः प्रस्फुरन्न् अपि भूतले । शव एव भ्रमत्य् उच्चैर् आत्मज्ञस् तु सचेतनः
Indeed, one ignorant of the Self is a wretched body, though moving about on earth; he wanders like a corpse, while the knower of the Self is truly conscious.
दूरम् आत्मज्ञता याति चित्ते पीवरतां गते । आलोकलक्ष्मीर् अमला महामेघ इवोत्थिते
Self-knowledge departs far away when the mind becomes fattened, just as the pure radiance of light disappears when a great cloud arises.
भोगाभोगतिरस्कारैः कार्श्यं नेयं मनश् शनैः । रसापहारैस् तज्ज्ञेन कालेनाजीर्णपर्णवत्
By turning away from enjoyment and non-enjoyment, the wise one gradually brings leanness to the mind, as by withdrawing sap, a leaf withers over time.
अनात्मन्य् आत्मभावेन देहमात्रास्थयानया । पुत्रदारकुटुम्बैश् च चेतो गच्छति पीनताम्
By identifying the non-self as the self, and by clinging only to the body, the mind becomes bloated through attachment to sons, wives, and family.
अहङ्कारविकारेण ममतामलहेलया । इदं ममेति भावेन चेतो गच्छति पीनताम्
Through the distortion of ego and the impurity of possessiveness, with the notion 'this is mine,' the mind becomes swollen.
जरामरणदुःखेन व्यर्थम् उन्नतिम् ईयुषा । दोषाशीविषकोशेन चेतो गच्छति पीनताम्
By seeking vain elevation amidst the suffering of old age and death, and by the sheath of faults like venomous snakes, the mind becomes bloated.
दुराशाक्षीरपानेन भोगानिलबलेन च । आस्थादानेन चानेन चित्ताहिर् याति पीनताम्
By drinking the milk of vain hopes, by the force of the wind of enjoyments, and by holding fast to these, the serpent of the mind swells.
आधिव्याधिविलासेन समाश्वासेन संसृतौ । हेयादेयप्रयत्नेन चेतो गच्छति पीनताम्
Through the play of distress and disease, by false consolation in worldly existence, and by striving for what is to be accepted or rejected, the mind becomes bloated.
आगमापायवपुषा विषवैषम्यशंसिना । भोगाभोगेन पीनेन चित्ताहिर् याति पीनताम्
With the body subject to coming and going, proclaiming the imbalance of poison, and by indulgence and abstinence, the serpent of the mind swells.
शरीरदुश्श्वभ्रचिरप्ररूढं चिन्ताचयोच्चाकृतिमञ्जरीकम् । जरामृतिव्याधिफलावनम्रं कामोपभोगौघविकासिपुष्पम्
The poisonous tree of the mind, whose blossom is the cluster of anxieties long grown in the barren soil of the body, whose flower is the expansion of desires, bowed down by the fruits of old age, death, and disease—
विचारसारक्रकचेन चित्तविषद्रुमं त्वं द्रुतम् इन्दुकल्प । आशामहाशाखम् अशङ्कम् एव च्छिन्द्धि प्रसह्यार्द्रविकल्पपत्त्रम्
Swiftly cut down, without hesitation, the poisonous tree of the mind with the saw of true inquiry, O moon-like one, along with its great branches of hope and its tender leaves of moist imagination.
मत्तं क्षणं चैकतटोपवेशविश्रान्तिसौख्येष्व् असमर्थम् उग्रम् । आलोडनोत्कं सुजनक्रमाब्जषण्डस्य चण्डं सुखदुःखगण्डम्
The mind, intoxicated and fierce, is incapable even for a moment of resting in the happiness of solitary seclusion; it is violently agitated, like a swarm of bees in the lotus of good conduct, and is a harsh mass of pleasure and pain.