परमार्थावबोधाय दोषापाकरणाय च । शृणु राघव तत्त्वेन वक्ष्यमाणम् इदं मया
For the sake of true understanding and the removal of error, listen, Raghava, as I now speak this to you in reality.
अस्थिस्थूणं नवद्वारं रक्तमांसावलेपनम् । शरीरसदनं राम न केनचिद् इदं कृतम्
This body, a house of bones with nine gates, smeared with blood and flesh, O Rama, has not been made by anyone.
आभासमात्रम् एवेदम् इत्थम् एवावभासते । द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमाकारं सद् असच् च व्यवस्थितम्
This appears merely as an appearance; it shines forth just so, like the illusion of two moons, established as both real and unreal.
द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमविधौ द्विचन्द्रत्वं सद् एव हि । वस्तुतश् चैक एवेन्दुस् स्थितिर् देहे तथैव हि
In the illusion of seeing two moons, there is truly only one moon; in reality, there is only one, and so it is with the body as well.
देहप्रत्ययकाले हि देहो ऽयं सन् व्यवस्थितः । असन्न् एव वस्तुतस् स प्रोक्तस् सदसदात्मकः
At the time of bodily perception, this body is considered existent; but in reality, it is said to be non-existent, having the nature of both existence and non-existence.
स्वप्नस् स्वप्नविधौ सत्यस् त्व् अन्यदा स मुधैव हि । बुद्बुदो बुद्बुदविधौ सत्यो मिथ्यैव चान्यदा
A dream is real during the state of dreaming, but at other times it is indeed false; a bubble is real while it lasts, but at other times it is unreal.
देहो देहावधौ सत्यो ऽप्य् असत्य इतरावधौ । प्रतिभासावधौ तापे जलं सद् असद् अन्यदा
The body is real as long as the body lasts, but unreal at other times; water appears real in a mirage, but at other times it is not.
प्रतिभासावधौ देहस् सन्न् असंस् त्व् अन्यदा स्मृतः । आभासमात्रम् एवेदम् इत्थं सम्प्रति भासते
In the moment of appearance, the body is considered real, but at other times it is said to be unreal; thus, this now appears as mere appearance.
अयं नामाहम् इत्य् अन्तर् गृहीतमननं स्थितम्
This notion, 'I am so-and-so,' is an idea held within the mind.
मांसास्थिमयनिर्माणं देहो नान्यद् इति भ्रमम् । त्यज सङ्कल्पनिर्माणा देहास् सन्ति सहस्रशः
The belief that the body, made of flesh and bone, is the self—abandon this delusion born of imagination; there are thousands of bodies created by thought.
वरतल्पगतो येन स्वप्ने देहेन दिक्तटम् । परिभ्रमसि हे राम स देहस् ते क्व संस्थितः
O Rama, when lying on your bed, you wander in dreams with another body to distant lands—where is that body of yours established?
जागरायां मनोराज्ये येन स्वर्गपुरान्तरम् । परिभ्रमसि मेरुं वा स देहस् ते क्व संस्थितः
When awake, in the kingdom of thought, you roam to heavenly cities or even Mount Meru—where is that body of yours established?
स्वप्नेष्व् अपि च यस् स्वप्नस् तत्र येन महीतटान् । परिभ्रमसि हे राम स देहस् ते क्व संस्थितः
Even within dreams, when you dream again and wander over the earth with yet another body—O Rama, where is that body of yours established?
गतैर् देहैर् मनोराज्ये महाविभवभूमिषु । परिभ्रमसि येनेह स देहस् ते क्व संस्थितः
With bodies that have passed, in the realm of imagination, you roam lands of great wealth—by which body do you do this here, and where is that body established?
मनोराज्ये मनोराज्ये विचित्रा या जगत्क्रियाः । प्रकरोषि महाबाहो यैर् देहैस् ते क्व संस्थिताः
In the kingdom of imagination, O mighty-armed one, you perform countless wondrous acts with many bodies—where are those bodies of yours established?
विलासिन्यानुरागिण्या येन सङ्कल्पकान्तया । निर्वृतिं यासि देहेन स देहस् ते क्व संस्थितः
With a body formed by desire, you attain delight with an imagined beloved—where is that body of yours established?
एते राम यथा देहा मानसस्पन्दसन्मयाः । तथैव तादृगारम्भो देहो ऽयं मानसस् स्मृतः
O Rama, just as these bodies are composed of the vibrations of the mind, so too, this very body is regarded as an undertaking formed by the mind.
इदं धनम् अयं देहो देशो ऽयम् इति यो भ्रमः । तत् सर्वं चित्तवीर्यस्य सङ्कल्पस्य विजृम्भितम्
The notions such as 'this is wealth,' 'this is the body,' or 'this is a place'—all of these are manifestations of the power of the mind’s resolve.
दीर्घं स्वप्नम् इमं विद्धि दीर्घं वा चित्तविभ्रमम् । दीर्घं वापि मनोराज्यं संसारं रघुनन्दन
Know this as a long dream, or as a prolonged confusion of the mind, or as an extended realm of imagination—this worldly existence, O descendant of Raghu.
प्रबोधम् एष्यसि यदा परम् आत्मेच्छया स्वया । द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं तदा सम्यग् इदम् ऊर्ध्वाद् अधो यथा
When you awaken by your own supreme will, then you will truly see all this, above and below, just as it is.
स्वप्नसङ्कल्पकलने यथान्येव जगत्स्थितिः । तथैवेयं हि सङ्कल्पकलना काचिद् एव ह
Just as, when the fabrications of dream and imagination dissolve, the world appears differently, so too, this is merely some construction of imagination.
यथा पूर्वं मयोत्पत्तिः प्रोक्ता कमलजन्मनः । मनसस् स्वयम् एवान्तस् सङ्कल्पकलनोद्भवा
As I previously described the origin of the lotus-born (Brahma), so too, within the mind itself, all arises from the formation of imagination.
विचित्ररचनोपेतम् अनन्तशतविभ्रमम् । सङ्कल्पकलनामात्रं तथेदम् अवभासते
Endowed with wondrous creations and countless illusions, all this appears as nothing but a formation of imagination.
यथा कलित आभासो मनसो ऽब्जजतागतौ । देहवच् चिन्तितो देहस् स्थितो ऽन्यस् तद्वद् एव हि
Just as the appearance conceived in the mind during the journey of the lotus-born is like a body imagined, yet another body stands apart—so it is here as well.
प्राक्प्रवाहचिराभ्यस्तो वासनाविलयेन यः । तथैव दृश्यते देहस् तदाकृत्युदयेन सः
Just as a body long accustomed to a certain current continues to appear so, even after the dissolution of latent impressions, it is seen to arise in the same form.
पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन सङ्कल्पो ह्य् अयम् एव चेत् । अन्यथा भाव्यते राम भूयते तद् इहान्यथा
By personal effort and determination alone does this intention arise; otherwise, O Rama, if thought is otherwise, then the result here is also otherwise.
अयं सो ऽहं ममायं च संसार इति भाविते । सत्यो ऽयं भासते राम भावनादार्ढ्यसम्भवः
When one contemplates, 'I am this, this is mine, this is the world,' O Rama, this appears as real, arising from the firmness of that contemplation.
भावितं तीव्रवेगेन यद् एवाशु तद् एव च । सर्वत्र दृश्यते राम कान्तेवात्यन्तवल्लभा
Whatever is intensely contemplated with great force, O Rama, that alone is quickly seen everywhere, just as a beloved wife is seen as supremely dear.
अहर्व्यापृतिर् अभ्यस्ता यथा स्वप्ने ऽपि दृश्यते । तथा सम्भावनाभ्यस्तस् संसारो ऽप्य् अवलोक्यते
Just as an occupation practiced throughout the day appears even in dreams, so too does the world, when repeatedly imagined, come to be perceived.
यथा स्वप्नावधौ क्षिप्रम् अहर्वद् अवभासते । तथेदं सर्वकालस्थम् अपि संलक्ष्यते चिरम्
Just as the events of the day swiftly appear during the span of a dream, so too does this world, though present at all times, seem to endure for long.