तद् यथा समतोदेति सूर्यांशुर् इव सर्वगा । मतौ मम मुने मान्य तथा करुणया कुरु
Therefore, O venerable sage, by your compassion, make equanimity arise in my mind as the sun’s rays arise everywhere.
स्वायत्तेन स्वसंस्थेन स्वेनोपायेन भूपते । एषा मनःपेलवता हिमवत् प्रविलीयते
O king, by its own power, abiding in itself and by its own means, this mind, like snow, melts away on Mount Meru.
स्वविचारणयैवाशु शाम्यत्य् अन्तर् मनोज्वरः । शरदागममात्रेण मिहिका महती यथा
By self-inquiry alone, the fever of the mind quickly subsides, just as great mist vanishes at the mere arrival of autumn.
स्वेनैव मनसा स्वानि स्वशरीरगतानि च । विचारयेन्द्रियाण्य् अन्तः कीदृशान्य् अथ कानि वा
With your own mind, examine your own senses, including those residing in your body: what are they like, and what are they?
को ऽहं कथम् इदं किं वा कथं मरणजन्मनी । विचारयान्तर् एतत् त्वं महत्ताम् अलम् एष्यसि
Who am I? How is this? What is this? How do birth and death occur? Reflect inwardly on these matters, and you will attain greatness.
विचारेण परिज्ञातस्वभावस्य सतस् तव । हर्षामर्षदृशश् चेतस् तोलयिष्यन्ति नाचलम्
When you have understood your true nature through inquiry, your mind will not be disturbed by feelings of joy or resentment.
मनस् स्वं रूपम् उत्सृज्य शमम् एष्यति विज्वरम् । भूतपूर्ववपुर् भूत्वा तरङ्गः पयसीव ते
Your mind, having abandoned its own form, will reach peace free from affliction, becoming like a wave that returns to its previous state in water.
तिष्ठद् एव मनो रूपं परित्यक्ष्यति ते ऽनघ । कलङ्कविकलं काल ऋत्वन्तरगताव् इव
Even while the mind remains, it will relinquish its form, O sinless one, just as time leaves behind its blemished and incomplete seasons.
अनुकम्प्या भविष्यन्ति श्रीमन्तस् सर्व एव ते । दृष्टतत्त्वस्य तुष्टस्य जनाः पितुर् इवावनौ
All the prosperous people will become compassionate toward you, as people are toward a satisfied father who has seen the truth.
विवेकदीपदृष्टात्मा मेर्वब्धिनभसाम् अपि । अधः करिष्यसि नृप महत्ताम् उत्तमार्थदाम्
With the lamp of discernment seeing the Self, you will bring even Mount Meru, the ocean, and the sky below you, O king, attaining supreme greatness.
महत्ताम् आगतं चेतस् तव संसारवृत्तिषु । न निमङ्क्ष्यति हे साधो गोष्पदेष्व् इव वारणः
When your mind attains greatness in the activities of the world, O noble one, it will not sink, just as an elephant does not sink in a puddle.
कृपणं तु मनो राजन् पेलवे ऽपि निमज्जति । कार्ये गोष्पदतोये ऽपि जीर्णाङ्गो मषको यथा
O King, the pitiable mind sinks even in the slightest matter, just as an aged insect is submerged even in a puddle of water.
चेतो वासनया पङ्के कीटवत् परिमज्जति । दृश्यमात्रावलम्बिन्या स्वया दीनतया तया
The mind, through the mire of its tendencies, becomes entangled like a worm, due to its own weakness, clinging only to what is seen.
तावत् तावन् महाबाहो स्वयं सन्त्यज्यते ऽखिलम् । यावद् यावत् परालोकः परमात्मैव शिष्यते
O mighty-armed one, everything is gradually abandoned by itself, until only the Supreme Self remains at the end, when the other world alone is left.
तावत् प्रक्षाल्यते धातुर् यावद् धेमैव शिष्यते । तावद् आलोक्यते सर्वं यावद् आत्मैव लक्ष्यते
Just as the ore is washed until only pure gold remains, so all is examined until only the Self is recognized.
सर्वं सर्विकया बुद्ध्या स्वयं सर्वत्र सर्वदा । सर्वथा सम्परित्यज्य स्वात्मनात्मोपलभ्यते
Everything, by means of an all-encompassing understanding, is wholly and always relinquished everywhere; then, by one's own Self, the Self is realized.
यावत् सर्वं न सन्त्यक्तं तावद् आत्मा न लभ्यते । सर्ववस्तुपरित्यागे शेष आत्मेति कथ्यते
As long as all is not abandoned, the Self is not attained; when all objects are renounced, what remains is called the Self.
यावद् अन्यन् न सन्त्यक्तं तावत् सामान्यम् एव हि । वस्तु नासाद्यते साधो स्वात्मलाभे तु का कथा
As long as the other is not abandoned, only the general thing is reached; O noble one, the true thing is not attained—what then of attaining the Self?
यत्र सर्वात्मना स्वात्मलाभाय पतति स्वयम् । त्यक्तान्यकार्यः प्राप्नोति तन् नाम नृप नेतरत्
Where one wholly casts oneself for the attainment of the Self, having abandoned all other pursuits, O King, that alone is attainment—not anything else.
आत्मावलोकनार्थं तु तस्मात् सर्वं परित्यजेत् । सर्वं किञ्चित् परित्यज्य यच् छिष्टं तत् परं पदम्
Therefore, for the sake of self-realization, one should abandon everything; having given up all things whatsoever, what remains is the supreme state.
सकलकारणकार्यपरम्परामयजगद्गतवस्तुविजृम्भितम् । अलम् अपास्य मनस् स्ववपुस् ततः परिविलूय च यच् छुभम् अस्ति तत्
Having cast aside from the mind all that is manifest as the world, which consists of the endless chain of causes and effects, and having thoroughly discarded even one's own body, whatever auspiciousness remains, that alone is real.
इत्य् उक्त्वा भगवान् एनं सुरघुं रघुनन्दन । ययौ स्वाम् एव ककुभं माण्डव्यो मौनमण्डनः
Having spoken thus to Suraghu, O descendant of Raghu, the venerable sage Maṇḍavya, adorned with silence, departed to his own direction.
गते वरमुनौ राजा गत्वैकान्तम् अनिन्दितम् । धिया सञ्चिन्तयाम् आस को नामाहम् इति स्वयम्
When the noble sage had gone, the blameless king withdrew to a secluded place and began to reflect in his mind, 'Who indeed am I?'
नाहं मेरुर् न मे मेरुर् जगन् नाहं न मे जगत् । नाहं शैला न मे शैला न धराहं न मे धरा
I am not Mount Meru, nor is Meru mine; I am not the world, nor is the world mine; I am not the mountains, nor are the mountains mine; I am not the earth, nor is the earth mine.
किरातमण्डलं नेदं मम नाहं च मण्डलम् । निजसङ्केतमात्रेण केवलं देश एष मे
This region of the Kirātas is not mine, nor am I this region; by mere convention this land is called mine.
त्यक्तो मयैष सङ्केतो नाहं देशो न चैष मे । इदानीं नगरं शिष्टम् एष एवात्र निश्चयः
I have abandoned this designation; I am not the land, nor is it mine; now only the city remains—this is my conclusion here.
पताकापुरपट्टाढ्या भृत्योपवनसङ्कुला । गजाश्वसामन्तयुता पुरी नाहं न मे पुरी
The city, adorned with banners and districts, crowded with servants and gardens, filled with elephants, horses, and vassals—I am not the city, nor is the city mine.
व्यर्थसङ्केतसम्बद्धं सङ्केतविगमे क्षतम् । भोगवृन्दं कलत्रं च नाहं नैतन् ममाखिलम्
Pleasures bound by futile convention are harmed when that convention is lost; wife and all enjoyments are not me, nor are they mine at all.
एवं सभृत्यं सबलं सवाहनपुरान्तरम् । नाहं राज्यं न मे राज्यं सङ्केतो ह्य् अयम् आकुलः
In the same way, the kingdom with its servants, army, vehicles, and inner city—this is not me, nor is the kingdom mine; this convention is indeed confused.
देहमात्रम् अहं मन्ये हस्तपादादिसंयुतम् । तद् एतत् तावद् आश्व् अन्तर् अहम् आलोकयाम्य् अलम्
I consider myself to be only the body, endowed with hands, feet, and so on; for now, I observe this much within myself.