दिनान्ते स समाधातुं पुनर् एव मनो मुनिः । विवेश काञ्चिद् विततां विजनां विन्ध्यकन्दराम्
At the end of the day, that sage again entered into deep meditation, withdrawing his mind into a remote and spacious cave in the Vindhya mountains.
तद् एवाथानुसन्धानम् अत्यजत् समम् इन्द्रियैः । चेतसा कथयाम् आस दृष्टलोकपरावरः
Then, having withdrawn his inquiry along with his senses, he began to reflect with a mind that had seen the true nature of the world, both its surface and its depths.
पूर्वम् एवेन्द्रियगणो मया परिहृतस् स्फुटम् । इदानीं चिन्तया नार्थः पुनर् विततया मम
Previously, I had clearly restrained the group of senses; now, there is no purpose for further extended thought.
अस्ति नास्तीति कलनां भङ्क्त्वा मृद्वीं लताम् इव । शेषे तु बद्धसंस्थानं तिष्ठाम्य् अचलशृङ्गवत्
Having broken the gentle vine of speculation—'is' and 'is not'—I remain firmly established, like the peak of a mountain.
उदितो ऽस्तङ्गत इव स्वस्तङ्गत इवोदितः । समस् समरसाभासस् तिष्ठामि स्वस्थतां गतः
I stand as one who has arisen yet set, as one who has set yet arisen; I remain in equanimity, appearing the same in all states, having attained inner peace.
प्रबुद्धो ऽपि सुषुप्तस्थस् सुषुप्तस्थः प्रबुद्धवान् । तुर्यम् आलम्ब्य कार्यान्तं तिष्ठामि स्तम्भितस्थितिः
Awake, yet abiding in deep sleep; in deep sleep, yet awake—resting in the fourth state, beyond, I remain unmoving until all activity ceases.
स्थिरस् स्थाणुर् इवैकान्ते स्वान्तान्ते सर्वतस् स्थिते । सत्त्वसामान्यसाम्ये हि तिष्ठाम्य् अपगतामयः
Steady, like a motionless pillar in solitude, with my inner self established everywhere, I remain in the equality of pure being, free from all affliction.
इति सञ्चिन्त्य स ध्याने पुनस् तस्थौ दिनानि षट् । ततः प्रबोधम् आपन्नः क्षणसुप्त इवाध्वगः
Thus reflecting, he remained absorbed in meditation for six days; then, like a traveler waking from a brief sleep, he came to full awareness.
एवंसिद्धस् स भगवान् वीतहव्यो महातपाः । विजहार चिरं कालं जीवन्मुक्ततया तया
Thus accomplished, the venerable Vītahavya, great in austerity, lived for a long time in the state of liberation while still alive.
वस्तु नाभिननन्दासौ न निनिन्द कदाचन । न जगाम तथोद्वेगं न च हर्षम् अवाप ह
He neither rejoiced in nor condemned any object at any time; he did not experience agitation, nor did he attain delight.
गच्छतस् तिष्ठतश् चैव तस्येयम् अभवद् धृदि । विनोदाय स्वचित्तस्य कथा स्वमनसा सह
Whether going or standing still, this was his disposition: to entertain his own mind with stories, together with his own thoughts.
अव्ययेन्द्रियवर्गेश मनश् शमवता त्वया । पश्यानन्दसुखं कीदृग् इदम् आसादितं ततम्
O master of the undiminished senses, with a mind established in tranquility, see what kind of blissful happiness has been attained, pervading all.
एषैवानारतं तस्मान् नीरागैव दशा त्वया । अवलम्ब्या परित्याज्यं चापलं चलतां वर
Therefore, this very state—free from passion and ever undisturbed—must be upheld by you; fickleness, O best of the steadfast, is to be abandoned.
भो भो इन्द्रियचौरा हे हताशा हतनामकाः । युष्माकं नायम् आत्मास्ति न भवन्तस् तथात्मनि
Ho there, you thieves of the senses, you whose hopes and names are destroyed! This self does not belong to you, nor do you exist in the self in that way.
व्रजताशु विनाशान्तम् आशा वो विफलीकृताः । न समर्थास् समाक्रान्तौ भवन्तो भङ्गुराश्रयाः
As you swiftly proceed toward your end in destruction, your hopes are rendered fruitless; you are not capable of seizing, for you rest upon what is fragile.
वयम् आत्मेति यैषा वो बभूव किल वासना । तत्त्वविस्मृतिजा सा हि दृष्टरज्जुभुजङ्गवत्
That notion, 'I am the self,' which once arose among you, is born of forgetting the truth—just as a snake is imagined upon seeing a rope.
अनात्मन्य् आत्मता सैषा सैषा वस्तुन्य् अवस्तुता । अविचाराद् बभूवेह विचारेण क्षयं गता
The sense of self in what is not the self, and the sense of reality in what is unreal—these arise here from lack of inquiry, but are destroyed through investigation.
भवन्तो ऽन्ये वयं चान्ये ब्रह्मान्यत् कर्तृता परा । अन्यो भोक्तान्य आदत्ते को दोषः कस्य कीदृशः
Some are called 'others,' and we are called 'others'; Brahman is said to be different, supreme is said to be the doer; another is the enjoyer, another takes—whose fault is it, and of what kind?
वनेभ्यो दारु सञ्जातं रज्जवो वेणुचर्मणी । वासी चायःफलान्य् एवं तक्षा ग्रासार्थम् उद्यतः
Wood comes from the forests, ropes from bamboo, hides from animals, and axes from iron ore; thus, the carpenter is set to work for the sake of his livelihood.
इत्थं यथेह सामग्र्या स्वशक्तिस्थपदार्थया । सम्पन्नः काकतालीयाद् रथो गृहवराकृतिः
In this way, when all the materials are present, each with its own inherent power, a cart or a house is completed, sometimes merely by coincidence, like a crow alighting on a palm tree.
सम्पन्नः काकतालीयात् स्वशक्तिनिरतेन्द्रियः । तथैव किल कायो ऽयं केव कस्यात्र खण्डना
Just as, by coincidence, a cart is completed, though its parts have no independent will, so too is this body formed—who, then, can truly claim to refute this?
विस्मृतिर् विस्मृता दूरं स्मृतिस् स्फुटम् अनुस्मृता । सत् सज् जातम् असच् चासत् क्षयि क्षीणं स्थिरं स्थितम्
Forgetfulness is itself forgotten and goes far away; memory is clearly remembered; the real becomes real, the unreal becomes unreal; the perishable perishes, and the stable remains stable.
एवंविधेन भगवान् विचारेण महातपाः । सो ऽतिष्ठन् मुनिशार्दूलो बहून् वर्षगणान् इह
In this way, the blessed sage of great austerity abided here for many years, established in such inquiry.
अपुनर्भवनायैव यत्र चिन्तान्तम् आगता । मूढता च सुदूरस्था तत्रासाव् अवसत् सदा
There, where thought comes to its end and delusion is far removed, he always dwelled, intent on non-return.
यथाभूतपदार्थौघदर्शनोत्थम् अनन्तकम् । ध्यानाश्वासनम् आलम्ब्य सो ऽवसत् पुरुषस् सदा
Relying on the meditation-breathing that arises from perceiving the multitude of things as they truly are, that person always abided.
हेयादेयसमासङ्गत्यागादानदृशोः क्षये । पदे परमपूर्णात्मा सो ऽवसत् स्वान्तशान्तिदे
By the cessation of the notions of acceptance and rejection, and of the perspectives of taking and giving up, he abided in the supreme, complete Self, in the peace of his own heart.
सो ऽगस्त्यपुत्रो भगवान् वीतहव्यो विवासनः । विदेहमुक्ततां प्राप्तो यथा कालेन तच् छृणु
That blessed son of Agastya, Vītahavya, the renunciate, attained the state of bodiless liberation; hear how that happened in due course.
त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि सप्तवर्षशतानि च । पुण्याश्रम उषित्वेह तथा मेरौ सुरालये
For thirty thousand years and seven hundred years, he dwelled in the holy hermitage here, and likewise on Mount Meru, the abode of the gods.
वीतहव्यमुनेर् आसीद् इच्छानिच्छाच्छचेतसः । विदेहे केवलीभावे सीमान्ते जन्मकर्मणाम्
For the sage Vītahavya, whose mind was free from desire and aversion, in the state of pure bodilessness, the boundary of birth and action was reached.
संसारासङ्गसन्त्यागरसासववरेच्छया । विवेश स तयैकान्ते विन्ध्याद्रेर् हेमकन्दरम्
With the noble wish for the nectar of detachment from worldly entanglements, he entered, in solitude, the golden cave of Mount Vindhya.