यथा बालस्य वेतालस् स्वसङ्कल्पोद्भवो भवेत् । पुरुषत्वं यथा स्थाणोस् संवेद्यं संविदस् तथा
Just as a child's goblin is born from his own imagination, or manhood in a statue, so too is the sense-object in consciousness.
एतन् मिथ्या विदुर् ज्ञानं सम्यग्ज्ञानाद् विलीयते । रज्ज्वाम् इव भुजङ्गत्वं द्वीन्दुत्वं स्वीक्षिताद् इव
This knowledge is known to be false; it dissolves through true knowledge, just as the perception of a snake in a rope, or the seeing of two moons, disappears upon correct seeing.
शुद्धैव संवित् त्रिजगत् संवेद्यं नान्यद् अस्त्य् अलम् । इत्य् अन्तर् निश्चयो रूढस् सम्यग्ज्ञानं विदुर् बुधाः
Pure consciousness alone is the object of experience in the three worlds; nothing else exists. This firm conviction within is known by the wise as true knowledge.
पूर्वं दृष्टम् अदृष्टं वा यद् अस्याः प्रतिभासते । संविदस् तत् प्रयत्नेन मार्जनीयं विजानता
Whatever appears to this consciousness, whether seen before or unseen, must be carefully cleansed by one who knows.
तदमार्जनमात्रं हि महासंसारतां गतम् । तत्प्रमार्जनमात्रं तु मोक्ष इत्य् अभिधीयते
Merely failing to cleanse it leads to great bondage in worldly existence; but cleansing it alone is called liberation.
संवेदनम् अनन्ताय दुःखाय जननात्मने । असंवित्तिर् अजाड्यस्था सुखायाजननात्मने
Awareness gives rise to endless suffering and the sense of birth; absence of awareness, free from dullness, brings happiness and the sense of not being born.
अजडो गलितानन्दस् त्यक्तसंवेदनो भव । असंवेद्यः प्रबुद्धात्मा यस् त्वं स त्वं रघूद्वह
Be free from dullness, let bliss fade, and abandon awareness; the awakened self that is beyond awareness, O Rama, is truly you.
अजडश् चाप्य् असंवित्तिः कीदृशो भवति प्रभो । असंवित्तौ च जाड्यं तत् कथं वा विनिवार्यते
O Lord, what is the nature of absence of dullness and absence of awareness? And in the absence of awareness, how is dullness prevented?
यस् सर्वत्रानवस्थास्थो विश्रान्तास्थो न कुत्रचित् । जीवो न विन्दते किञ्चिद् असंविद् अजडो हि सः
He who is not established anywhere, who finds rest nowhere, and whose soul does not grasp anything—he is without awareness and free from dullness.
संविद्वस्तुदशालम्बस् स यस्येह न विद्यते । सो ऽसंविद् अजडः प्रोक्तः कुर्वन् कार्यशतान्य् अपि
He whose consciousness has no support in any object here is said to be without awareness and free from dullness, even while performing hundreds of actions.
संवेद्येन हृदाकाशो मनाग् अपि न लिप्यते । यस्यासाव् अजडो ऽसंविज् जीवन्मुक्तश् च कथ्यते
The space of the heart, though capable of being experienced, is not tainted in the least; one whose awareness is thus unclouded is called a liberated being while still alive.
यदा न भाव्यते किञ्चिन् निर्वासनतयात्मनि । बालमूकादिविज्ञानम् इव च स्थीयते स्थिरम्
When nothing is imagined within, due to the absence of latent impressions, and consciousness remains steady like the awareness of a child or a mute person,
तदा जाड्यविनिर्मुक्तम् असंवेदनम् आततम् । आश्रितं भवति प्राज्ञ यस्माद् भूयो न लिप्यते
Then, freed from dullness, a pervasive non-cognition arises, which the wise one attains and by which he is no longer affected.
समस्तवासनात्यागान् निर्विकल्पसमाधितः । नीलत्वम् इव खात् स्फार आनन्दस् सम्प्रवर्तते
From the abandonment of all mental impressions and from absorption in non-dual samadhi, a vast bliss arises, spreading like blueness in the sky.
योगिनस् तत्र लीनस्य निस्संवेदनसंविदः । तन्मयत्वाद् अनाद्यन्तं तद् अप्य् अन्तर् विलीयते
For the yogi merged there, whose awareness is devoid of sensation, even that state dissolves within due to complete identification with it, having neither beginning nor end.
गच्छंस् तिष्ठन् स्पृशञ् जिघ्रन्न् अपि तेन स उच्यते । अजडो गलितानन्दस् त्यक्तसंवेदनस् सुखी
Whether walking, standing, touching, or smelling, he is called undeluded, with dissolved bliss, having abandoned sensation, and is happy.
एतां दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्य कष्टया नष्टचेष्टया । तर दुःखाम्बुधेः पारम् अपारगुणसागरः
Holding firmly to this vision, with exhausted effort and activity, cross to the other shore of the ocean of sorrow, O you whose virtues are boundless.
यथा बीजाद् बृहद्वृक्षो व्योम व्याप्नोति कालतः । तथैवेदं स्वसङ्कल्पात् संवेद्यं संविदुत्थितम्
Just as from a seed, in time, a great tree spreads and fills the sky, so too, from one's own intention, the knowable arises from consciousness.
यदा सङ्कल्प्य सङ्कल्पं संवित् संविन्दते वपुः । तदास्य जन्मजालस्य सैव गच्छति बीजताम्
When consciousness conceives a notion and experiences a form, then that alone becomes the seed of the web of births.
जनयित्वात्मनात्मानं मोहयित्वा पुनः पुनः । स्वयं मोक्षं नयत्य् अन्ते संवित् सर्वत्र राघव
Having generated itself by itself and deluded itself again and again, consciousness ultimately leads itself to liberation everywhere, O Raghava.
यद् एव भावयत्य् एषा तद् एव भवति क्षणात् । नटवद् भूमिकां त्यक्त्वा स्वम् आयाति चिराद् वपुः
Whatever this consciousness imagines, that itself becomes reality in an instant; like an actor leaving the stage, its form returns to itself after a long time.
देवो नागो ऽसुरो यक्षो रक्षः पुङ्किन्नरो गजः । आत्मैवास्या विलासिन्या जगन्नट्याः प्रनृत्यति
God, serpent, demon, yaksha, rakshasa, kinnara, elephant—all these are but the Self dancing in the playful cosmic drama.
बद्ध्वात्मानं रुदित्वा च कोशकारः क्रिमिर् यथा । चिरात् केवलताम् एति स्वयं संवित् स्वभावतः
Binding itself and lamenting, just as a silkworm does, after a long time consciousness attains its own pure state by its very nature.
जगज्जलधिजालानां संविज् जलम् अलं तथा । यथैवापूर्य दिक्चक्रं स्फुरत्य् अद्र्यादितां गता
Consciousness is indeed the water for all the waves of the ocean of the world; just as, filling the circle of directions, it flashes forth having reached the state of a mountain and so on.
द्यौः क्षमा वायुर् आकाशं पर्वतास् सरितो दिशः । इत्य् अस्या वीचयः प्रोक्तास् संवित्सलिलसन्ततेः
Heaven, earth, wind, space, mountains, rivers, and directions—these are said to be the waves of the continuous stream of the water of consciousness.
संविन्मात्रं जगत् सर्वं द्वितीया नास्ति कल्पना । इत्य् एव सम्यग्ज्ञानेन संविद् गच्छति नान्यताम्
All this world is only pure consciousness; there is no second thing imagined. By this true knowledge, consciousness does not become anything else.
यदा न विन्दते किञ्चित् स्पन्दते न न चोपति । स्वात्मन्य् एव स्थितिं याति संविन् नालिप्यते तदा
When one perceives nothing, neither stirs nor ceases, and abides solely in one's own self, then consciousness is not tainted.
अथास्यास् संविदो राम सन्मात्रं बीजम् उच्यते । सत्त्वमात्राद् उदेत्य् एषा प्राकाश्यम् इव तेजसः
O Rama, the pure being alone is said to be the seed of this consciousness; from mere existence, it arises, just as radiance comes from light.
द्वे रूपे तत्र सत्ताया एकं नानाकृति स्थितम् । द्वितीयम् एकरूपं तु विभागो ऽयं तयोश् शृणु
There are two forms of existence: one is manifold in appearance, the other is of a single form; listen to the distinction between these two.
घटता पटता तत्ता त्वत्ता मत्तेति कथ्यते । सत्तारूपं विभागेन यत् तु नानाकृति स्थितम्
The state of being a pot, a cloth, an essence, your-ness, or intoxication—these are called the manifold forms of existence, distinguished by diversity.