आतिवाहिकदेहा चिज् जीवतां समुपागता । भावनात् पञ्चकीभूता द्रव्यम् अस्मीति वेत्त्य् अलम्
The subtle body, which is consciousness, comes to living beings; through imagination, it becomes composed of the five elements and knows, 'I am this substance.'
तद् द्रव्यं प्राणिना भुक्तम् आशु गच्छति वीर्यताम् । ततो ऽहं प्राणवाञ् जातो वेत्तीत्य् अनुभवात्मकम्
When that substance is consumed by a living being, it quickly becomes energy; from that, the sense of 'I am alive' arises, which is of the nature of experience.
अहन्तादिक्रमेणाशु पञ्चकानुभवक्रमात् । स्थावरं जङ्गमं यद् यद् वेत्ति तत् तद् भवत्य् अलम्
Through the sequence of ego and so on, and through the successive experience of the five elements, whatever stationary or moving thing is known, that very thing it surely becomes.
काकतालीययोगेन दृढाभ्यासक्षयेण च । वासनान्तरसंश्लेषात् पूर्वम् आकारम् उज्झति
By chance association, or by the exhaustion of strong habit, and by the merging of another impression, the previous form is abandoned.
द्वित्वस्वसंविदा द्वित्वम् एकस्यैव प्रवर्तते । पुंसो वेतालसम्पर्काद् वेताल इव भासुरः
Through the awareness of duality, duality arises in the one; just as, by contact with a ghost, a person appears as a ghost.
अद्वित्ववेदनाद् द्वित्वम् आत्मनो विनिवर्तते । न करोमीति सङ्कल्पात् पुरुषस्येव कर्तृता
When the knowledge of non-duality arises, duality in oneself ceases; just as, by the thought 'I do not act,' the sense of doership in a person disappears.
परमार्थतया द्वित्वं न किलात्मनि विद्यते । अविकारादिमत्त्वेन सर्वगत्वेन सर्वदा
In reality, duality does not exist in the Self at all, for it is ever unchanging, the source of all qualities, and all-pervading.
यत् स्वसङ्कल्परचितम् असङ्कल्पक्षयं हि तत् । यथा मुने मनोराज्यं गन्धर्वनगरं यथा
Whatever is constructed by one's own imagination ceases when imagination ends, O sage, just as a kingdom in the mind or a city of the Gandharvas vanishes.
सङ्कल्परचनं क्लेशो न सङ्कल्पविनाशनम् । सङ्कल्पयत्नो गन्धर्वपुर्यास् सृष्टौ न तु क्षये
The creation of thoughts is suffering, not their dissolution; effort in imagining is present in the formation of the city of the Gandharvas, not in its destruction.
पुष्टसङ्कल्पमात्रेण यद् इदं दुःखम् आगतम् । तद् असङ्कल्पमात्रेण क्षयि कात्र कदर्थना
Whatever suffering has arisen merely from the strengthening of thought—by the mere absence of thought, it perishes; why insist further here?
यत् किञ्चिद् अपि सङ्कल्प्य नरो दुःखे निमज्जति । न किञ्चिद् अपि सङ्कल्प्य सुखम् अक्षयम् अश्नुते
Whenever a person imagines anything at all, he sinks into suffering; but by imagining nothing at all, he enjoys unending happiness.
सङ्कल्पव्यालनिर्मुक्तं स्थितं चेत् तव चेतनम् । तदानन्दवनोद्याने त्वम् उच्चैः परिराजसे
If your consciousness stands free from the serpent of thought, then you shine forth supremely in the garden of bliss.
स्वविवेकानिलैः कृत्वा सङ्कल्पजलदक्षयम् । परां निर्मलताम् एहि शरदीव नभोऽन्तरम्
By dispelling the cloud of thought with the wind of your own discernment, attain supreme purity, like the autumn sky within.
सङ्कल्पसरितं मत्तां मतियन्त्रेण शोषयन् । तत्रोह्यमानम् आत्मानं समाश्वास्य भवामनाः
Drying up the intoxicated river of thought with the machine of the mind, comfort your self there and become tranquil.
सङ्कल्पानिलनिर्धूतं भ्रान्तं पर्णतृणांशवत् । भूताकाशे त्वम् आत्मानम् अवलम्ब्यावलोकय
Shaken by the wind of thought, wandering like leaves and blades of grass—rely on your self in the space of being and observe.
स्वसङ्कल्पककालुष्यं विनिवार्यात्मनात्मनः । परं प्रसादम् आसाद्य परमानन्दवान् भव
By removing the impurity of your own thoughts with your own self, attaining supreme clarity, become one who possesses the highest bliss.
सर्वशक्तितयेहात्मा यद् यथा भावयत्य् अलम् । तत् तथा पश्यति तदा स्वसङ्कल्पविजृम्भितम्
Here, the Self, endowed with all powers, perceives exactly as it conceives; whatever it imagines, it sees, for it is manifested by its own thought.
सङ्कल्पमात्रम् एवेदं जगन् मिथ्या समुत्थितम् । असङ्कल्पनमात्रेण ब्रह्मन् क्वापि विलीयते
This world has arisen falsely, being nothing but mere imagination; by the cessation of imagination alone, O Brahman, it dissolves somewhere.
सङ्कल्पवातवलितं जन्मज्वालाकदम्बकम् । असङ्कल्पानिलस्पर्शाद् दीपवत् परिशाम्यति
The cluster of births, fanned by the wind of imagination, is extinguished like a lamp by the touch of the wind of non-imagination.
तृष्णाकरञ्जलतिकाम् इमां रूढिम् उपागताम् । सङ्कल्पमूलोद्धरणात् परिशोषवतीं कुरु
This creeper of thirst, which has grown strong, should be dried up by uprooting its root—imagination.
प्रतिभाससमुत्थानं प्रतिभासपरिक्षयम् । यथा गन्धर्वनगरं तथा संसृतिविभ्रमः
The arising and ceasing of appearances is like a city in the clouds; so too is the delusion of transmigration.
प्राकृतो ऽस्मीति विस्मृत्या तावच् छोचति भूमिपः । भूमिपो ऽस्मीति सञ्जाता यावन् नास्य हृदि स्मृतिः
A common man grieves as long as he forgets, 'I am the king'; but when the memory, 'I am the king,' arises, that grief no longer remains in his heart.
नश्यते जातया ब्रह्मन् प्राक्स्मृतिर् वर्तमानया । शरदेवोपगतया प्रावृड् जाड्यविकारिणी
O Brahman, the previous memory is destroyed by the arising of the present one, just as the rainy season, when it arrives, brings dullness and changes to the earth.
घनप्रवाहा यैव स्याच् चित्तेहा सैव वर्धते । य एवोच्चैस् स्वरस् तन्त्र्यास् स एवाक्रामति श्रुतिम्
Whatever strong current exists in the mind here, that alone increases; just as whatever note is struck loudly on the string, that alone reaches the ear.
अहम् एको ऽहम् आत्मा त्व् इत्य् एकां भावय भावनाम् । तया भावनया युक्तस् स एव त्वं भवस्य् अलम्
Contemplate this one thought: 'I am the one Self, I alone am.' With this contemplation, you become established as that very Self—this is sufficient.
एवं ह्य् असम्भवद् इदं त्व् अविभागभास्वद् ब्रह्मत्वम् उत्तमपदं परम् एव देवः । पूजांशपूजनसुपूजकपूज्यरूपं किञ्चिन् नकिञ्चिद् इव चित्तपनैकमूर्तिः
In this way, the supreme state of Brahman arises—undivided, radiant, and beyond conception. It is the divine, appearing as worship, the portion offered, the excellent worshipper, and the worshipped; it is like something and nothing, the one form of consciousness alone.
इत्थं स्थितम् इदं विश्वं सदसद् देवरूपि च । द्वैतैक्यपदनिर्मुक्तं मुक्तद्वैतैक्यम् अप्य् उत
Thus, this universe stands as both existent and nonexistent, appearing as the divine; it is free from the notions of duality and unity, and even transcends liberated duality and unity.
चितेः कलङ्कवद् रूपम् इति संसारितां गतम् । अकलङ्कम् असंसारि तच् चाभिन्नं द्वयात्मकम्
The form of consciousness, when tainted, leads to worldly existence; when untainted and free from worldly bonds, it remains undivided, yet appears as dual.
इयम् अस्मीति सम्प्राप्तकलङ्का चिन् निबध्यते । एताम् एव कलां बुद्ध्वा स्वत्वाभिन्नां विमुच्यते
When consciousness acquires the stain of 'I am this,' it becomes bound; realizing this very limitation as not separate from oneself, one is liberated.
चिद् अर्थाकारताभावाद् द्वित्वात् सत्त्वं समुज्झती । सुखदुःखादितां धत्ते नसत्यां सद् इति क्षणात्
When consciousness lacks the form of objectivity, duality ceases and pure being is abandoned; then, in an instant, it assumes the state of pleasure, pain, and so on, though these are not truly real.