अनन्ताकारकार्यासु नासीच् चेष्टासु खेदवान् । भूयो भूयः प्रयुक्तासु दिनमालास्व् इवेश्वरः
In countless actions and undertakings, he felt no fatigue, even when repeatedly engaged, like a lord in the cycles of day and night.
ततः प्रभृति सो ऽतिष्ठत् सर्वेहाविगतज्वरम् । समासमे स्वके कार्ये जलौघो ऽग्र इवानते
From then on, he remained free from all fever of striving, steadily established in his own work, like a stream of water flowing at its crest.
हर्षामर्षविनिर्मुक्तः प्रकृतं कार्यम् आचरन् । उदारगम्भीरवपुर् जहाराम्बुनिधेश् श्रियम्
Freed from joy and anger, performing his natural duties, with a noble and profound presence, he took on the splendor of the ocean.
सुषुप्तसमधर्मिण्या चित्तवृत्त्या व्यराजत । निष्कम्पया प्रकाशिन्या दीपस् स्वशिखयेव सः
He shone with a mental state akin to deep sleep—steady and luminous—like a lamp glowing with its own flame.
न निर्घृणो दयावान् नो न द्वन्द्वी नाप्य् अमत्सरः । न सुखी नासुखी नार्थी नानर्थी स बभूव ह
He was neither cruel nor compassionate, neither caught in dualities nor jealous; neither happy nor unhappy, neither seeking nor avoiding gain.
समदर्शनया नित्यं वृत्त्या चामलधीरया । अन्तश्शीतलया रेजे परिपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बवत्
With constant equanimity and pure-mindedness, and a coolness within, he radiated like a full moon.
सर्वं चित्तत्त्वकचनं जगद् इत्य् अवलोक्य सा । प्रशान्तसुखदुःखश्रीस् तस्य पूर्णा मतिर् बभौ
Seeing the entire world as the essence of consciousness, his mind became complete, tranquil amidst pleasure and pain, and full of splendor.
उल्लसन् विलसन् घूर्णंस् तिष्ठन् गच्छञ् श्वसन् स्वपन् । अभूत् स स्वसमाधिस्थः प्रबुद्धश् चिल्लयं गतः
Whether rising, shining, spinning, standing, going, breathing, or sleeping, he remained established in his own samadhi, awakened, having attained the abode of consciousness.
स कुर्वन् विगतासङ्गं राज्यं राजीवलोचनः । अतिष्ठद् अक्षताकारो भूरिवर्षशतान्य् अथ
Engaged in action without attachment, the lotus-eyed king ruled for many hundreds of years, his form uninjured.
सन्निवेशम् इमं देहनामकं तदनु स्वयम् । स जहौ तेजसाक्रान्तो रूपं हिमकणो यथा
Then, filled with radiance, he abandoned this structure called the body by his own will, just as a drop of dew vanishes.
विवेश परम् आद्यं तत् कारणं कारणेश्वरम् । प्रज्ञया सरिता वारिपूरः पूर्णम् इवाम्बुधिम्
He entered the supreme, the primal cause, the Lord of causes, by means of wisdom, as a river full of water merges into the full ocean.
अधिगतविमलैकरूपतेजा गगनदशां समुपेत्य शान्तशोकः । अलम् अभवद् असौ परं स्वरूपं घटखम् इवाम्बरसंयुतं महात्मा
Having attained the pure, singular radiance of his own nature, reaching the state of the sky, free from sorrow, that great soul became one with his highest self, like a pot-space united with the vast sky.
एतां दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्य न मनः परितप्यते । घोरे तमसि निर्मग्नं लब्धदीपश् शिशुर् यथा
Relying on this vision, the mind is not tormented, just as a child immersed in deep darkness finds relief upon obtaining a lamp.
विवेकावस्थया चेतस् तन्व्यैवायाति निर्वृतिम् । पतञ् श्वभ्रे दृढतृणप्रचयालम्बनाद् इव
With the mind established in discernment, one attains peace, just as someone falling into an abyss finds support by grasping a firm bundle of grass.
बुद्ध्वैतां पावनीं दृष्टिं भावयित्वाप्य् उदाहरन् । नित्यम् एकसमाधानो भव भूषितभूतलः
Having understood and contemplated this purifying vision, and repeatedly reciting it, always remain established in samadhi, adorned upon the earth.
कथम् एकसमाधानं कीदृशं वा मुनीश्वर । वाताहतमयूराङ्गरुहलोलं मनो भवेत्
O sage among sages, how can the mind, struck by the wind and restless like the feathers of a peacock, attain single-pointed concentration, and what is its nature?
शृणु तस्यैव सुरघोः प्रबुद्धस्य सतस् तदा । पर्णादस्य च राजर्षेस् संवादम् इमम् अद्भुतम्
Listen to this marvelous conversation between Suragha, awakened and noble, and the royal sage Parṇāda.
राघवैकसमाधानबोधितायोदितात्मनोः । परस्परसमालापम् इमं प्रकटयामि ते
I shall reveal to you the mutual dialogue between Rāghava and the one awakened to single-pointed concentration, each expressing their own insight.
बभूव पारसीकानां पार्थिवः परवीरहा । परिघो नाम विख्यातः परिघस् स्यन्दने यथा
There was a king among the Persians, renowned as Parigha, destroyer of enemy heroes, famed as Parigha just as a bar is known in a chariot.
स बभूव परं मित्रं सुरघो रघुनन्दन । नन्दनोद्यानसंस्थस्य मदनस्येव माधवः
Suragha became his closest friend, O delight of the Raghu lineage, just as Mādhava is to Madana in the garden of Nandana.
कदाचित् परिघस्याभूद् अकाण्डं मण्डले महत् । कल्पान्त इव संसारे प्रजादुष्कृतदोषजम्
Once, a great calamity befell Parigha's realm, sudden and vast, arising from the misdeeds of the people, like the end of an age in the cycle of existence.
विनेशुर् जनतास् तत्र बह्व्यः क्षुत्क्षतजीविताः । ज्वलिते विपिने वह्नौ यथा भूतपरम्पराः
Many people perished there, their lives lost to hunger, just as successive beings are consumed in a blazing forest fire.
तद्दुःखं परिघो दृष्ट्वा विषादम् अतुलं ययौ । तत्याज चाखिलं राज्यं दग्धं ग्रामम् इवाध्वगः
Seeing that suffering, Parigha fell into incomparable despair and abandoned his entire kingdom, as a traveler leaves a village that has been burned.
प्रजानाशप्रतीकारेष्व् असमर्थो विरागवान् । जगाम विपिनं कर्तुं तपो जिनमुनीन्द्रवत्
Unable to prevent the destruction of his people, yet possessing detachment, he went to the forest to perform austerity, like the supreme sage Jina.
पौराणाम् अपरिज्ञातः कस्मिंश्चिद् दूरकानने । स उवास विरक्तात्मा लोकान्तर इवापरे
Unknown to the citizens, in some distant forest, he dwelled with a mind free from attachment, as if in another world.
तपश् चरञ् शान्तमतिर् दान्तः कन्दरमन्दिरः । स्वयं शीर्णानि शुष्काणि तत्र पर्णान्य् अभक्षयत्
Practicing austerity with a tranquil mind, self-controlled, dwelling in a cave, he ate there only fallen, dry leaves by himself.
चिरं हुताशवच् छुष्कपर्णान्य् एवाथ भक्षयन् । पर्णाद इति नामासौ प्राप मध्ये तपस्विनाम्
For a long time, consuming only dry leaves like fire consumes fuel, he became known among the ascetics as Parṇāda, the leaf-eater.
ततः प्रभृति पर्णादनामा राजर्षिसत्तमः । जम्बुद्वीपे बभूवासौ विख्यातो मुनिसद्मसु
From then on, that best of royal sages, called Parṇāda, became renowned in the hermitages of sages throughout Jambudvīpa.
ततो वर्षसहस्रेण तपसा दारुणात्मना । प्रापद् अभ्यासवशतो ज्ञानम् आत्मप्रसादजम्
Then, after a thousand years, through severe austerity and the force of practice, he attained knowledge born of the clarity of the self.
बभूव विगतद्वन्द्वो नीरागस् समदर्शनः । निरीहो निरनुक्रोशो जीवन्मुक्तः प्रबुद्धधीः
He became free from dualities, without passion, seeing all equally, indifferent, without pity or attachment, liberated while living, with awakened understanding.