सङ्कल्पिताप्रबोधेन जाड्याच् चित् स्वप्रबोधिनी । शबलं रूपम् आसाद्य सङ्कल्पान् यात्य् अनारतम्
Through imagined ignorance, consciousness, though inherently self-luminous, assumes a variegated form and continually enters into various imaginations.
अनन्तसङ्कल्पमयी जाड्यसङ्कल्पपीवरी । चिज् जाड्याद् देहम् आयाति पयः पाषाणताम् इव
Consciousness, made of endless imaginations and swollen with the imagination of dullness, takes on a body from dullness, just as water becomes stone.
ततश् चित्तमनोमोहमायेति विहिताभिधा । जाड्यं निपुणम् आश्रित्य संसारे जायते मुने
Then, O sage, what is called the delusion of mind and consciousness arises, taking support in dullness, and is born in the cycle of worldly existence.
मोहसात्म्यम् उपायाता तृष्णानिगडपीडिता । कामकोपभयोपेता भावाभावातिपातिनी
Having attained the essence of delusion, bound by the chains of craving, accompanied by desire, anger, and fear, it rushes through the extremes of being and non-being.
त्यक्तानन्तनिजाभोगा व्यवच्छेदविकारिणी । दुःखदावानलातप्ता शोकाशनिकृशाशया
Having abandoned countless natural enjoyments, subject to interruptions and changes, scorched by the wildfire of sorrow, and with a mind emaciated by the thunderbolt of grief.
इयम् अस्मीति भावेन शून्येन विकलीकृता । भेदमात्रगृहीतास्था परं दैन्यम् उपागता
With the empty notion, 'This is me,' it is rendered unstable, holding to nothing but mere difference, and has come to utter wretchedness.
मग्ना मोहमहापङ्के पङ्के जीर्णेव दन्तिनी । भावाभावलतादोलापरिलोलशरीरका
Sunk in the great mire of delusion, like an old elephant in mud, its body is tossed by the swinging creeper of being and non-being.
असारावरसंसारविकारव्यवहारिणी । तापोपतप्तहृदया रागरोगानुसारिणी
Engaged in the worthless and tasteless transformations of worldly life, its heart scorched by affliction, following the disease of passion.
निजयूथपरिभ्रष्टा मृगीवावशतां गता । आविर्भावोदिताकारा तिरोभावे ऽस्तम् आगता
Separated from its own herd, like a deer fallen into helplessness, it appears with the rise of manifestation and disappears at dissolution.
स्वसङ्कल्पोपयातासु भीता सम्भ्रमदृष्टिषु । पलायते ऽप्य् असत्यासु वेतालीष्व् इव बालिका
Arriving through its own imagination, frightened among confused sights, it flees even from the unreal, like a little girl from goblins.
उष्ट्रीव मधुनो बिन्दुं वाञ्छते भावितं सुखम् । अवान्तरपरिभ्रष्टा दोषाद् दोषं पतत्य् अधः
Like a she-camel longing for a drop of water, she desires imagined pleasure; having fallen from inner balance due to fault, she descends from one fault to another.
परं वैवश्यम् आयाति सङ्कटात् सङ्कटं गता । दुःखाद् दुःखे निपतिता विपदो विपदि स्थिता
She comes to utter helplessness, passing from one distress to another; falling from sorrow into sorrow, she stands amid calamity after calamity.
नानानर्थगणोपेता चेष्टापरवशाशया । कष्टात् कष्टम् अनुप्राप्ता परितापानुतापिनी
Endowed with countless misfortunes, her intentions subject to restless action, she moves from hardship to hardship, tormented and full of regret.
क्रमान् नवे नवे बन्धे ऽवैदग्ध्यं समुपागता । विचित्रबन्धनिर्माणपरा क्रिमिपदं गता
Gradually entering ever-new bonds, she loses her discernment; intent on creating strange new fetters, she reaches the state of a worm.
सर्वतश्शङ्करे भीता प्राणात्ययम् उपागता । क्षीणतोयेव शफरी विवर्तनपरायणा
Frightened on every side by danger, she comes near to the end of life; like a fish in drying water, she is given over to constant agitation.
बाल्ये विवशसर्वार्था यौवने चिन्तयाहृता । वार्द्धके मृतिदुःखात्ता मृता कर्मवशीकृता
In childhood, helpless in all things; in youth, seized by anxiety; in old age, struck by the pain of death; and in death, subject to the force of karma.
जायते दुःखशबला म्रियते जननोन्मुखी । करोत्य् आवेशविवशा निगिरत्य् आर्तिधारिणी
She is born marked by suffering, dies facing birth again; acting under compulsion, she devours and bears affliction.
गच्छति श्रमसन्तप्ता भवत्य् अम्बुदभङ्गुरा । रोदित्य् आक्रान्तहृदया पराक्रन्दति तापिता
She goes on, scorched by toil, and is as fragile as a water bubble; she weeps with a heart overcome, and cries out in distress.
अप्सरास् स्वर्गनगरे नागी पातालकोटरे । असुरी दैत्यविवरे नरस्त्री वसुधातले
An apsaras dwells in the city of heaven, a nāgī in the depths of the underworld, an asurī in the cavern of demons, and a human woman upon the surface of the earth.
राक्षसी राक्षसाधारे वानरी वनकोटरे । सिंही गिरीन्द्रशिखरे किन्नरी कुलपर्वते
A rākṣasī abides in the abode of rākṣasas, a she-monkey in the hollow of the forest, a lioness on the summit of the king of mountains, and a kinnari on a noble mountain.
विद्याधरी देवगिरौ व्याली चावनिगर्तके । लता तरौ खगी नीडे वीरुत् सानौ वने मृगी
A vidyādhari dwells on the divine mountain, a serpent-woman in a pit of the earth, a creeper on a tree, a bird in its nest, a shrub on a hill, and a doe in the forest.
शेते नारायणो ऽम्भोधौ ध्यानी ब्रह्मपुरे ऽब्जजः । कान्तासखो हरश् शैले स्वर्गे सुरवरो हरिः
Nārāyaṇa rests upon the ocean, the lotus-born meditates in the city of Brahmā, Śiva delights with his beloved on the mountain, and Hari, chief of the gods, in heaven.
दिनं करोति तीक्ष्णांशुर् वर्षत्य् अम्बुधरो जलम् । करोति रजनीम् इन्दुर् धत्ते नीरं महोदधिः
The sun with sharp rays creates the day, the rain-cloud pours down water, the moon brings forth the night, and the great ocean holds the waters.
ऋतुचक्रं प्रवहति सहकालर्क्षमण्डलम् । दिनरात्रितयोदेति तेजस्तिमिरता क्वचित्
The cycle of seasons moves along with the circuit of time and constellations; day and night arise, and at times there is light, at times darkness.
क्वचिद् बीजरसोल्लासः क्वचित् पाषाणमौनिनी । क्वचिन् नदी रसवहा क्वचित् कुसुमविस्तृतिः
Somewhere there is the exuberance of sap in seeds, elsewhere the silence of stones; in one place a river carries its waters, in another flowers spread in abundance.
क्वचित् फलावलीपाकः क्वचित् क्वाथो ऽनलादिभिः । क्वचिच् छैत्यं हिमेन्द्वादि क्वचित् खादि नकिञ्चन
In some places fruits ripen in clusters, elsewhere there is boiling by fire and the like; somewhere there is a stūpa of snow and so forth, elsewhere there is nothing at all.
क्वचिद् उज्ज्वलिताकारा क्वचित् कृष्णा क्वचित् सिता । क्वचिन् नीलाथ हरिता क्वचिद् अग्निः क्वचिन् मही
At times she appears radiant, at times dark, at times white; sometimes blue or green, sometimes as fire, sometimes as earth.
सर्वात्मत्वात् सर्वगत्वात् सर्वशक्तितयेद्धया । सर्वत्वाद् एकरूपैव खाद् अप्य् अच्छैव सा परा
Because she is the self of all, present everywhere, and endowed with all powers, she alone is the one form, pure even in the sky.
चिच् चिनोति यथात्मानं येन यत्र यथा यदा । तत् तथाशु भवत्य् अम्बुरयाद् वीच्यादिता यथा
As consciousness shapes itself—by whom, where, how, and when—so it quickly becomes, just as a wave arises from water.
हंसी क्रौञ्ची बकी काकी सरसीसारसी वृकी । पिकी बलाका हरिणी वानरी करिणी शुनी
A swan, a crane, a heron, a crow, a waterfowl, a vulture, a cuckoo, a stork, a deer, a monkey, an elephant, a dog—