नयने रूपनिर्मग्ने क्षोभः क इव देहिनः । गर्दभे पल्वलोन्मग्ने कैव सेनापतेः क्षतिः
When the eyes are absorbed in forms, what disturbance is there for the embodied one? Just as, when a donkey is stuck in a marsh, what harm comes to the general?
रूपकर्दमम् एतन् मानय नास्वादयाधम । नश्यत्य् एतन् निमेषेण भवन्तम् अपि हिंसति
Regard this mire of forms with respect, but do not taste it, O noble one; it perishes in a moment and even brings harm to you.
येनैव सख्यं क्रियते य एवाभ्यनुगम्यते । तदीयैः कर्मभिः क्षिप्रं प्राज्ञश् शूरो ऽपि बध्यते
Whatever one befriends, whatever one pursues, by the actions associated with that, even a wise and heroic person is quickly bound.
उत्पन्नध्वंसि सम्पातमात्रहृद्यम् असन्मयम् । रूपम् आश्रय मा नेत्र विनाशायाविनाशिने
Do not rely on form, O eye, which arises and perishes, delights only for a moment, and is unreal; it leads to destruction, not to the imperishable.
साक्षिवत् त्वं स्थितं नेत्र रूपं आत्मनि तिष्ठति । आलोकः कालवशतस् त्वम् एकः किं प्रतप्यसे
The form remains in the self as if witnessed by the eye; you are the one light, subject to the flow of time—why do you grieve?
सलिलस्पन्दवद् दृष्टिः पिञ्छिकेवाम्बरोत्थिता । स्वजातिबन्धात् स्फुरति तव चित्त किम् आगतम्
Just as a ripple arises in water, or a spray rises up into the air, so your mind stirs within its own kind—what has come into it?
स्वल्पाम्भसीव शफरे चित्ते स्फुरणधर्मिणि । स्वयं स्फुरत्य् अहङ्कार त्वम् अयं प्रोत्थितः कुतः
As a fish moves in a small amount of water, so in the mind, which is by nature active, the sense of 'I' arises on its own—where has this 'I am' come from?
आलोकरूपयोर् नित्यं जडयोस् स्फुरतोर् मिथः । आधाराधेययोश् चित्त व्यर्थम् आकुलता तव
O mind, between form and perception, which are both inert and ever flickering, and between support and supported, your agitation is pointless.
रूपालोकमनस्काराः परस्परम् असङ्गिनः । संसक्ता इव लक्ष्यन्ते वदनादर्शबिम्बवत्
Forms, perceptions, and mental impressions appear to be connected with each other, though in reality they are unconnected—like the reflection of a face in a mirror.
अज्ञानजन्तुना ह्य् एते श्लिष्टा जाता निरन्तराः । अज्ञाने ज्ञानगलिते पृथक् तिष्ठन्त्य् असन्मयाः
Indeed, through ignorance these have become closely joined together, appearing as one; but when ignorance is dispelled by knowledge, they stand apart, being unreal.
मनःकलनया ह्य् एते सुसम्बद्धाः परस्परम् । रूपालोकमनस्कारा दारूणि जतुना यथा
By the mind's own imagining, these—forms, perceptions, and mental impressions—are tightly bound together, just as pieces of wood are joined by resin.
स्वमनोमनने तन्तौ मनोऽभ्यासेन यत्नतः । विचाराच् छेदम् आयाते छिन्नैवाज्ञानभावना
When, through repeated practice and careful reflection, the thread of one's own thought is cut, then the notion born of ignorance is truly severed.
अज्ञानसङ्क्षयात् क्षीणे मनस्य् एते पुनर् मिथः । रूपालोकमनस्कारास् सङ्घटन्ते न केचन
When ignorance is destroyed and the mind is purified, these—forms, perceptions, and mental impressions—no longer come together at all.
सर्वेषां चित्तम् एवान्तर् इन्द्रियाणां प्रबोधकम् । तद् एव तस्माद् उच्छेद्यं पिशाच इव मन्दिरात्
The mind alone is the awakener within all the senses; therefore, it must be eradicated, like a demon from a temple.
चित्त वल्गसि मिथ्यैव दृष्टो ऽन्तो भवतो मया । आद्यन्तेषु सुतुच्छस् त्वं वर्तमाने ऽपि न ह्य् असि
Mind, you leap about in vain; I have seen your end. You are utterly empty at the beginning and end, and even in the present you do not truly exist.
मुधा पञ्चभिर् आकारैः किम् अन्तः परिवल्गसि । यस् त्वां त्व् आम् इति जानाति तस्यैतत् परिवल्ग्यते
Why do you vainly leap within in five forms? For the one who knows you as 'you' and 'me,' this leaping occurs.
त्वद्वल्गनं मे कुमनो न मनाग् अपि तुष्टये । मायानरस्पन्द इव व्यर्थं वृत्तिषु दह्यसे
Your leaping, O wicked mind, brings me not the slightest satisfaction; like the movement of a phantom, you are burned uselessly in your activities.
तिष्ठ वा गच्छ वा चित्त नासि मे शठ जीवसि । प्रकृत्यासि मृतं नित्यं विचारात् सुमृतं स्थितम्
Stay or go, mind; you are not alive for me, deceitful one. By nature you are always dead, and through discernment, you are firmly established as well-dead.
निस्तत्त्वं त्वं जडं भ्रातश् शठ नित्यमृताकृते । मूढ एव त्वयाज्ञेन वञ्च्यते न विचारवान्
You are insubstantial, inert, brother, deceitful, always appearing as dead; only the foolish are deceived by you, not those who are discerning.
वयम् आज्ञातवन्तस् त्वां मौर्ख्येणानुसृतं भवेत् । मृतम् अस्माकम् अद्यासि दीपानां तिमिरं यथा
We have recognized you; you persist through ignorance. Today you are dead to us, like darkness to lamps.
शठेन भवता दीर्घं कालं देहगृहं मम । उपरुद्धम् अभूत् पूर्वं साधुसंसर्गवर्जितम्
For a long time, my body-house was obstructed by you, deceitful one, lacking the company of the good.
जडे प्रेतसमाकारे गते त्वयि मनश्शठे । सर्वसज्जनसंसेव्यं इदं देहगृहं स्थितम्
When you, deceitful mind, have become inert and corpse-like, this body-house remains fit for the service of all virtuous people.
पूर्वम् एवासि नास्य् एव सम्प्रत्य् अपि जडं शठम् । न भविष्यसि चेदानीं किं वेताल न लज्जसे
You were never truly its own before, nor are you now; inert and deceitful. If you will not cease now, O vetala, do you not feel shame?
सह तृष्णापिशाचीभिस् सह कोपादिगुह्यकैः । निर्गच्छ चित्तवेताल शरीरसदनान् मम
Depart, O vetala of the mind, along with the goblins of craving and the spirits of anger and the rest, from my body-house.
दिष्ट्या विवेकमन्त्रेण निर्गतो देहमन्दिरात् । प्रमत्तचित्तवेतालः कुवृकः कन्दराद् इव
By fortune, through the mantra of discrimination, the reckless vetala of the mind has left the temple of the body, like a wicked beast from a cave.
अहो नु चित्रं सुमहज् जडेन क्षणभङ्गिना । मनश्शठेन सर्वो ऽयं नीतो विवशतां जनः
Ah, how astonishing and immense! By this inert, fleeting, deceitful mind, all people have been led into helplessness.
कस् ते पराक्रमः किं ते बलं कस् ते समाश्रयः । यदि वल्गसि माम् एव जनतां बाधसे तथा
What is your prowess, what is your strength, what is your refuge? If you leap upon me, you likewise trouble the people.
शठात्मैवासि न मया दीनचित्तक मार्यसे । मृतम् इत्य् अवबुद्धं त्वम् अद्य केवलम् अज्ञ हे
You are only a deceitful self, not subdued by me, O wretched mind; you are realized as dead today, ignorant one.
एतावन्तम् अहं कालं त्वां ज्ञात्वा जीवदास्थितम् । क्लिष्टः प्रभूतभङ्गासु चिरं संसृतिरात्रिषु
For so long I have known you as abiding in life; I have suffered greatly, through countless disruptions, in the nights of transmigration.
चित्तं मृतं हि नास्तीह त्व् इत्य् अद्यावगतं मया । तेन त्वदाशां सन्त्यज्य तिष्ठाम्य् आत्मनि केवलः
Truly, today I have realized that the mind does not exist here as something dead; therefore, abandoning hope in it, I remain established solely in the Self.