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.
शिवशक्त्याख्ययैको ऽपि बहुवद् भासते स्वतः । सर्वशक्त्यात्मनैकेन शिवेनैव शिवात्मसु । अर्थेष्व् अर्थितया सत्सु साक्षिवत् कल्पितात्मसु
Though Shiva and Shakti are one, they appear as many by themselves; the one Shiva, who is the essence of all powers, alone shines forth in those whose nature is Shiva, in the objects that are desired, and in the imagined selves, just as a witness.
एता जगति नृत्यन्ति ब्रह्माण्डे नृत्तमण्डपे । कालेन नर्तकेनेव क्रमेण परिशिक्षिताः
These (powers) dance in the world, on the stage of the cosmic egg, trained in succession as if by the dancer called Time.
या सा परम्परैतासाम् एषा नियतिर् उच्यते । क्रिया प्रकृतिर् इच्छा सा कालेत्यादिकृताभिधा
That which is the sequence of these (powers) is called destiny; it is also called action, nature, or will, and is named according to time and other factors.
आमहारुद्रपर्यन्तम् इदम् इत्थम् इति स्थितेः । आतृणं पद्मजस्पन्दनियमान् नियतिस् स्मृता
Because of the fixed order from the beginningless to Rudra, this sequence is called destiny, which governs the trembling of the lotus-born (Brahma) down to a blade of grass.
नियतिर् नित्यम् उद्वेगवर्जिता परमोर्जिता । एषा नृत्यति खे नित्यं जगज्जालकनाटकम्
Destiny is ever free from agitation and supremely powerful; she eternally dances in the sky, performing the drama of the net of the world.
नानारसविलासाढ्यं विवर्ताभिनयान्वितम् । कल्पक्षणहतानेकपुष्करावर्तघर्घरम्
Endowed with the play of various emotions and accompanied by the gestures of transformation, she resounds with the tumult of countless whirlpools of lotuses struck down in a moment of an aeon.
सर्वर्तुकुसुमाकीर्णधरागोलकमन्दिरम् । भूयो भूयः पतद्वर्षभूरिस्वेदजलोत्करम्
A globe of earth, the abode adorned with flowers of all seasons, again and again showered with abundant drops of sweat-like rain.
पयोदपल्लवालोलनीलाम्बरकृतभ्रमम् । पूर्णसंशुष्कसप्ताब्धिरत्नाढ्यवलयाकुलम्
Its blue sky, swaying like the fresh shoots of clouds, creates an illusion; filled with rings of gems, it contains oceans that are sometimes full, sometimes dried up for seven years.
यामापक्ष्मदिनप्रेक्षाकटाक्षाशारिताम्बरम् । मज्जनोन्मज्जनव्यग्रकुलाद्रिकुलशेखरम्
The sky is shaded by the sidelong glances of day and night, whose eyelids are the hours; mountain peaks are crowned by the restless rising and sinking of creatures.
भ्रमच्छशिमणिप्रोतगङ्गामुक्तालतात्रयम् । चतुर्दशविधानन्तभूतरोमनतोन्नतम्
The three strands of the Ganges, strung with pearls of wandering moonbeams, rise and fall; the world is raised by the countless hairs—meaning the infinite beings—of the fourteenfold creation.