अवस्त्व् एतद् विकल्पात्म चित्तादि शशशृङ्गवत् । सर्वत्वाद् आत्मनस् तस्मात् तद् विबोधाद् विलीयते
This mind and the like, being of the nature of conceptualization, are unreal, like the horns of a hare. Because the Self is all, they dissolve upon realization.
चित्तं सत्त्वं समायातं कञ्चित् कालं जगत्स्थितौ । विहृत्य तुर्यावस्थायां तुर्यातीतं भवत्य् अतः
The mind becomes being for a certain time during the existence of the world; after functioning, in the state beyond the fourth, it becomes transcendent of even the fourth.
ब्रह्मैव भूरिभुवनभ्रमविभ्रमौघैर् इत्थं स्थितं समम् अनेकतयैकम् एव । सर्वात्म सम्भवति नेतरद् अङ्ग किञ्चिच् चैत्तादि काञ्चनहृदीव हि सन्निवेशः
Brahman alone, established thus amidst the multitude of wanderings and confusions of countless worlds, remains the same, one in many forms. All arises from the Self; nothing else is a component. The arrangement of mind and the like is like gold in a golden heart.
अत्रेमाम् अवबोधाय विस्मयोत्फुल्लकारिणीम् । अपूर्वाम् एव सङ्क्षेपाद् राम रम्यां कथां शृणु
Now, for your understanding, listen, O Rama, to this delightful story, brief yet wondrous and unprecedented, which causes amazement.
योजनानां सहस्राणि विपुलं विमलं स्फुटम् । युगैर् अप्य् अजरद्रूपम् अस्ति बिल्वफलं महत्
There exists a great bilva fruit, vast, pure, and clear, thousands of yojanas in extent, whose ageless form endures through ages.
अविनाशरसाधारं सुधामधुरसारवत् । पुराणम् अपि बालेन्दुदलमार्दवसुन्दरम्
It is the repository of the essence of immortality, possessing the sweetness of nectar, ancient yet beautiful with the softness of young moonbeams.
व्यूढसह्यमहामेरुमन्दराद्रितृणावलेः । महाकल्पान्तवात्याया अपि वेगैर् अचालितम्
Even the mighty winds at the end of a great age cannot move it, though it stands amidst the clustered peaks of Sahya, Mahāmeru, and Mandara, as if they were mere blades of grass.
योजनायुतकोटीनां कोटिलक्षशतैर् अपि । वैपुल्येनापरिच्छेद्यं फलम् आद्यं जगत्स्थितेः
Its vastness cannot be measured, even by hundreds of millions of leagues multiplied by countless hundreds of millions; such is the original fruit of the world's existence.
अस्य बिल्वफलस्योच्चैर् ब्रह्माण्डानि समीपतः । हरन्ति लीलां शैले ऽधो राजिकाकणपद्धतेः
The lofty fruit of this bilva tree draws the universes near, as if playfully pulling them down like tiny mustard seeds beneath a mountain.
स्यन्दमानरसापूरां स्वाद्वीं रसचमत्कृतिम् । यस्यातिशेते नो कश्चिद् अपि राघव षड्रसः
Its juice flows abundantly, sweet and astonishing in taste; O Rāghava, none of the six flavors surpass it.
न कदाचन पाकेन पातान्तेन समेति यत् । सदैव पक्वम् अप्य् अङ्ग जरसा यन् न बाध्यते
It never ripens by cooking or by falling to the ground; though always mature, it is never afflicted by decay.
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राद्या जरढाः केचिद् एव नो । यस्योत्पत्तिं विजानन्ति मूलं वा वृक्षम् एव वा
Only a few, such as Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Rudra, know its origin, root, or the tree itself; most are aged and do not.
अदृष्टाङ्कुरवृक्षस्य त्व् अदृष्टकुसुमोद्गतेः । अस्तम्भमूलशाखस्य फलम् एवावलोक्यते
Of this tree, whose sprout and blossom have never been seen, whose trunk, root, and branches are unseen, only the fruit is visible.
एकपिण्डघनाकारव्याततस्थौल्यशालिनः । यस्योत्पत्तिविकारादिपरिणामो न दृश्यते
Its form is a single, dense mass, spread out and immense; no one perceives its origin, transformation, or any change.
समस्तफलसारस्य फलस्यास्य महाकृतेः । मज्जान्तर् अस्ति विततो निर्विकारो रसान्तरः
Within the marrow of this great fruit, which is the essence of all fruits, there is a pervasive, changeless inner sap.
शिलान्तर् इव नीरन्ध्रस् स्यन्दमानेन्दुबिम्बवत् । रसं स्वसंविदास्वाद्यं स्यन्दमान ऋतामृतम्
Like the interior of a solid stone, without any cavity, or like the flowing orb of the moon, there is a nectar streaming forth, delightful to one's own awareness.
सेकस् सकलसौख्यानां शीतलालोककारकः । शैलाभो ऽमृतपिण्डाभो मण्ड आत्मफलस्थितेः
This stream, the source of all happiness, creates a cool radiance; resembling a mountain or a lump of nectar, it is the essence established in the fruit of the self.
तस्मात् परममज्जा तु यासौ स्वाद्वी चमत्कृतिः । अन्तर् अक्षुभिता नित्यम् अनन्या श्रीफलाङ्गतः
Therefore, the supreme marrow is that which is sweet and wondrous, always undisturbed within, unique, and arising from the body of the blessed fruit.
स्वसन्निवेशवैचित्र्यम् अनन्यत्वफलाङ्गकम् । अत्यजन्त्या तया तन्व्या स्थूलयाप्य् अतिबालया
With its own distinctive arrangement, bearing the mark of uniqueness, it is not abandoned even by that slender, subtle, or exceedingly delicate form.
इयम् अस्मीति कलनाद् असत्सदन्यतामलम् । भेदाद्य् असम्भवद् इदं स्वयम् उत्पाद्य भावितम्
Through the notion 'I am this,' the distinction between real and unreal arises; from division, this is produced and imagined by itself.
अहङ्कला समुदयसमनन्तरम् एव सा । वलिताकाशशब्दाङ्गत्रैलोक्यपरमाणुभिः
Immediately after the emergence of the sense of 'I,' it is accompanied by the elements of space, sound, and the atoms of the three worlds.
इत्य् अनुक्रमतो याता सा संविच्छक्तिरूपताम् । मज्जा प्राक्सन्निवेशं स्वं तम् एवाप्य् असमुज्झती
Thus, in succession, this power of consciousness attains its own form; the marrow, prior to its own arrangement, does not abandon itself.
संविच्छक्त्या तया तत्र ततस् तरलरूपया । निज एव परे रूपे दृग् इत्थं सम्प्रसारिता
By that power of consciousness, which is of a subtle and shifting form, the perceiving awareness is thus extended into its own and other forms.
इदं व्योममहानन्तम् इयं कालमहाकला । इयं नियतिर् उद्युक्ता क्रियेयं स्पन्दधर्मिणी
This is the vast, infinite space; this is the great time, the supreme destroyer; this is the determined destiny, and this is action, endowed with the nature of vibration.
अयं सङ्कल्पविस्तारस् त्व् अयम् आशाभरभ्रमः । रागद्वेषस्थितिर् इयं हेयोपादेयधीर् इयम्
This is the expansion of intention, and this is the confusion born of hope; this is the state of attraction and aversion, and this is the mind that grasps and rejects.
इयं त्वत्ता त्व् इयं मत्ता तत्तेयं संस्थितिस् त्व् इयम् । ब्रह्माण्डौघो ऽयम् ऊर्ध्वस्थस् त्व् अयम् अग्रे ऽयम् अप्य् अधः
This is the origin from you, this is the origin from me, this is from that, and this is the state from that; this is the multitude of universes, this is above, this is in front, and this too is below.
अयं पुरः पार्श्वतो ऽयं पश्चाद् आराद् दवीयसि । इदं भूतं वर्तमानं भविष्यत् त्व् इदम् इत्य् अपि
This is before, this is beside, this is behind, this is far away, more distant; this is the past, this is the present, and this too is the future.
इदम् अन्तस्स्थितानल्पकल्पनाम्भोरुहालयम् । ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपापिण्डक्रीडामण्डपमण्डलम्
This is the abode within, filled with countless lotuses of imagination; the dome of the universe, the sphere where the play of worlds unfolds.
अनन्तकलनातत्त्वपरिपल्लविता हरेः । हृदब्जकर्णिका चेयं लोकपद्माक्षमालिका
Nourished by the endless principles of creation, this is the lotus-heart’s core of Hari, the garland of world-lotuses with eyes as their jewels.
इयं कीर्णमहारुद्रकणाङ्कुरितकोटरा । दीर्घाध्वपदवी ध्वान्तध्वंसनेहाप्रभाविनी
This is the path scattered with the seeds of great Rudras, the long road, radiant with the oil of darkness-dispelling light.