स्वसत्तामात्रसम्पन्नम् इदम् अस्मिन् स्वतेजसि । न किञ्चिद् अपि सम्पन्नम् अन्यद् औष्ण्याद् इवानले
In this, which is filled only with its own being and radiance, nothing else is accomplished—just as nothing but heat is accomplished in fire.
गर्भीकृतमहामेरुं परमाणुम् अमुं विदुः
They know that this minute atom contains within itself the great Meru mountain.
गर्भीकृतमहाकल्पो निमेषो ऽयम् उदाहृतः । आक्रान्तकल्पेनानेन न सन्त्यक्ता निमेषता
This instant is said to contain within itself a great age; yet, even when pervaded by an age, it does not lose its instant-ness.
वालाग्रकाद् अप्य् अणुना व्याप्तानेनाखिला मही । सप्ताब्धिवलयाप्य् उर्वी नास्यान्तम् अधिगच्छति
This pervades the whole earth, even with an atom smaller than the tip of a hair; yet, even the earth encircled by the seven oceans does not reach its limit.
अकुर्वन्न् एव संसाररचनां कर्तृतां गतः । कुर्वन्न् एव महाकर्म न करोत्य् एव किञ्चन
Without acting, he attains the state of doer of the world's creation; while acting in great deeds, he truly does nothing at all.
द्रव्यम् अप्य् एव निर्द्रव्यो निर्द्रव्यो ऽपि हि द्रव्यवत् । अकायो ऽपि महाकायो महाकायो ऽप्य् अकायवान्
He is substance, yet without substance; without substance, yet as if substantial; bodiless, yet of great body; of great body, yet bodiless.
अद्याप्य् एष सदा प्रातः प्रातर् अप्य् अद्यतां गतः । न चायम् अद्य न प्रातस् त्व् अद्य प्रातश् च वा सदा
Even now, he is always today and morning, yet he has gone beyond today and morning; and he is not this day, nor morning, nor always today and morning.
हुण्डुभिल्लिघले मत्तशुलुपिण्ठिलिसालघे । वेल्लिघिल्लिसलावोललासगुग्गुलुसुस्सुनी
Huṇḍubhillighale mattaśulupiṇṭhilisālaghe, vellighillisalāvolalāsaguggulusussunī.
इत्याद्य् अनर्थकं वाक्यं तथा सत्यं स एव च । न तद् अस्ति न यत् स स्यान् न तद् अस्ति न यत् त्व् असौ
Such meaningless speech, and yet it is true, and he is just so; there is nothing that is not him, and there is nothing that is not he.
यस्मै सर्वं यतस् सर्वं यस् सर्वं सर्वतश् च यः । यश् च सर्वमयो नित्यं तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः
To whom all belongs, from whom all arises, who is all, and who is everywhere; who is ever all-pervading—salutations to that Self of all.
पत्त्रान्तरालगहनेन विलासवत्या हेलाविलोलघनगर्जितया मलेन । मल्लेन मल्लपदमालितमालवानां लक्ष्मीलताविवलिता वलितेव पुष्टिः
Like the playfulness of a vine hidden among leaves, swaying with the careless roaring of the wind, adorned by the dust of wrestlers in the wrestling ground, the fullness of prosperity appears as if entwined with the creeper of fortune.
इत्यादिकापि शब्दानाम् अर्थश्रीस् सत्यरूपिणी । तस्मिन् सर्वेश्वरे सर्वसत्तामणिसमुद्गके
Thus, even the meanings of words, the wealth of meaning in the form of truth, are contained in that Lord of all, the jewel-casket of all existence.
का नाम विमला भासस् तस्मिन् परमचिन्मणौ । न कचन्ति विचिन्वन्ति विचित्राणि जगन्ति याः
What are those pure rays of light in that supreme gem of consciousness, which do not move about or seek out the various worlds?
एषा बीजकणान्तस्स्था चित्सत्ता स्ववपुर्मयम् । बुद्ध्वा मृत्कालवार्यादि करोत्य् अङ्कुरचोदनम्
This existence of consciousness, abiding within the seed-atom, having become its own form, perceives earth, time, water, and so on, and initiates the sprouting impulse.
फेनावर्तविवर्तान्तर्वर्तिनी रसरूपिणी । कचितेन्द्रियसम्बन्धे करोति स्पन्दम् अम्भसाम्
Residing within the inner whorls of foam and eddies, taking the form of essence, it produces vibration among waters when connected with the sense organs.
एषा कुसुमगुच्छेषु गन्धरूपेण संस्थिता । कचन्ती घ्राणरन्ध्रेषु करोति परिफुल्लनम्
Abiding in clusters of flowers as fragrance, it moves into the channels of the nose and causes the experience of full blossoming.
शिलाङ्गस्था शिलाङ्गत्वं नयन्ती सत्यतापदम् । सर्गाधारदशां धत्ते गिरीन्द्रस्थितिलीलया
Dwelling in the body of a stone, bringing about the state of stonehood, it assumes the condition of the foundation of creation, playfully sustaining the mountain-lord.
पवनस्पन्दकोशात्मरूपिणी च त्वगिन्द्रियम् । संसाधयत्य् आत्मसुतं पितेवात्मपराजयात्
Taking the form of the essence within the sheath of air's vibration, it perfects the sense of touch, as a father brings up his own son, out of his own being.
अशेषसारसम्पिण्डम् अप्य् आत्मानं खसिद्धये । भावयित्वा नकिञ्चित्त्वम् इव खत्वं करोत्य् अलम्
Having conceived itself, the mass of all essence, for the realization of space, it makes itself, like space, entirely void of anything.
स्वसत्ताप्रतिबिम्बाभम् आकाशमकुरोदरे । धत्ते कल्पनिमेषाङ्कं कालाख्यम् अमलं वपुः
Resembling the reflection of its own being in the womb of space, it assumes the pure form called time, marked by the blink of imagination.
आमहापञ्चमेशानपरिणामम् अनामया । इदम् इत्थम् इदं नेति नियतिर् भवति स्वयम्
In the fifth stage, free from disease and transformation, this certainty arises by itself: 'This is so, this is not so.'
साक्षिणि स्फार आभासे ध्रुवे दीप इव क्रियाः । सत्य् एतस्मिन् प्रकाशन्ते जगच्चित्रपरम्पराः
In the witness, vast and luminous, unchanging like a lamp, actions appear; upon this reality, the endless variety of the world is displayed.
परमाकाशनगरनाट्यमण्डपभूमिषु । स्वशक्तिनृत्तं संसारं पश्यन्ती साक्षिवत् स्थिता
Standing as a witness in the city of supreme space, on the stage of the cosmic theater, she observes the dance of her own power as the cycle of worldly existence.
शिवस्यास्य जगन्नाथ शक्तयस् ताः कथं स्थिताः । साक्षिता काथ किं तासां नृत्तं स्यात् कियद् एव वा
How do these powers of Śiva, Lord of the universe, abide? What is their witnesshood? What is their dance, and how great is it?
स्वभावाचलशान्तस्य शिवस्य परमात्मनः । सोम्य चिन्मात्ररूपस्य सर्वस्यानाकृतेर् अपि
Of Śiva, the supreme Self, serene, unmoving by nature, whose form is pure consciousness, even without any shape—
इच्छासत्ता व्योमसत्ता कालसत्ता तथैव च । तथा नियतिसत्ता च महासत्ता च सुव्रत
The existence of will, the existence of space, the existence of time, likewise the existence of order, and the great existence, O noble one—
ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः कर्तृताकर्तृतापि च । इत्यादिकानां शक्तीनाम् अन्तो नास्ति शिवात्मनि
The power of knowledge, the power of action, doership and non-doership as well—of such powers and others, there is no end in the Self of Śiva.
शक्तयः कुत एतास् ता बहुत्वं कथम् आसु च । उदयश् च कथं देव भेदाभेदश् च कीदृशः
Whence are these powers? How do they become many? How do they arise, O Lord? And what is the nature of their difference and non-difference?
शिवस्यानन्तरूपस्य यैषा चिन्मात्रतात्मनः । एषा हि शक्तिर् इत्य् उक्ता नास्माद् भिन्ना मनाग् अपि
This very power, which is called the energy of Shiva, who is of infinite forms and whose essence is pure consciousness, is not in the slightest degree different from him.
ज्ञत्वकर्तृत्वभोक्तृत्वसाक्षित्वादिविभावनात् । शक्तयो विविधं रूपं धारयन्ति बहूदयम्
Because of the various manifestations such as knowing, acting, enjoying, witnessing, and so on, these powers assume many forms and arise in manifold ways.