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.
अयं मेरुः ककुप्पत्त्रजगत्पङ्कजकर्णिका । स्फुरदिन्दुमधूल्लासलम्पटामरषट्पदा
This Mount Meru is the central pericarp of the lotus-world, where the six-petaled bees of passion delight in the radiant nectar of the shining moon.
इयम् उद्दामसौगन्ध्या स्वर्गश्रीपुष्पमञ्जरी । जगज्जरढवृक्षस्य रजोनरकमूलिनः
This is the cluster of heavenly flowers, exuberant with fragrance, adorning the tree of the world, whose roots are sunk in the hell of darkness.
इयं च ताराकिञ्जल्का ब्रह्माण्डकतटस्थिता । अपारापारपर्यन्ता व्योमनीलसरोजिनी
And this is the pollen of stars, resting at the edge of the cosmic egg, extending to the farthest limits of the boundless blue-lotus sky.
इयं क्रियासरिद् वाततरङ्गतरणावली । सर्गावर्तविवर्तस्था भूरिभूतपरम्परा
This is the river of action, a succession of waves stirred by the wind, abiding in the whirlpools of creation, a vast lineage of countless beings.
इयं तमोभ्रमरिणी क्षणकल्पादिपल्लवा । तेजःकेसरिणी कालनलिनी व्योमपङ्कजा
This is the bee of darkness, with shoots of moments and aeons; the lion of fire, the lotus of time, the sky-born lotus.
इमा भावविकाराढ्या जरामृतिविषूचिकाः । विद्याविद्याविकाराढ्या इमाश् शास्त्रार्थदृष्टयः
These are the fevers of transformation—old age, death, and disease—rich in the modifications of existence; and these, full of the changes of knowledge and ignorance, are the various views of the meaning of the scriptures.
इति सा तस्य बिल्वस्य निजा मज्जाचमत्कृतिः । स्वकल्पसन्निवेशान्तर् एवैवंकृतसंस्थितिः
Thus, the marvel of that bilva tree's own inner essence abides, established only within the arrangements of its own imagination.
शान्ता स्वस्था निराबाधा सोम्येतरतयोज्झिता । कर्तृत्वम् अप्य् अकर्तृत्वं कृत्वा कृत्वैव संस्थिता
Peaceful, self-possessed, free from disturbance, untouched by duality, it remains established, having made both doership and non-doership its own.
एकैकिकैव विविधेव विभाव्यमाना नैकात्मिका न विविधा ननु सैव सैव । सत्यास्थिता सकलशान्तिसमैकरूपा सर्वात्मिकातिमहती चितिर् एव शक्तिः
Though it appears as many and various, it is not truly manifold nor of many natures; it is indeed the same, ever the same. Abiding in truth, of the nature of supreme peace and unity, this consciousness alone is the all-pervading, infinite power.
भगवन् सर्वधर्मज्ञ त्वयैषा बिल्वरूपिणी । महाचिद्घनसत्तेति कथितेति मतिर् मम
O Lord, knower of all dharmas, you have described this as the bilva fruit, as the mass of supreme consciousness; thus is my understanding.
चिन्मज्जरूपम् अखिलम् अहन्तादीदम् आततम् । न मनाग् अपि भेदो ऽस्ति द्वैतैक्यकलनात्मकः
All this, from the sense of 'I' onward, is pervaded by the essence of consciousness; there is not the slightest division, whether of duality or unity, in its nature.
यथा ब्रह्माण्डकूष्माण्डमज्जा मेर्वादिसंस्थितिः । तथा चिद्बिल्वमज्जेयं ब्रह्माण्डाद्या जगत्स्थितिः
Just as the yolk is within the shell of an egg, or as Mount Meru stands within the world, so too, within the bilva fruit of consciousness, is contained the existence of the universe, from the cosmic egg onward.
सृष्टिश् चिद्बिल्वमज्जस्य जगदाख्या चमत्कृतिः । स्थिता सुषुप्तसोम्यान्तस् शिलान्तस् सन्निवेशवत्
The creation arising from the core of the bilva of consciousness is called the world, a marvel; it remains, in deep sleep or in the stone's interior, as if in a state of latent arrangement.
अत्रेमाम् इन्दुवदन चित्रां विस्मयकारिणीम् । वर्ण्यमानां मया रम्याम् अन्याम् आख्यायिकां शृणु
Now, O moon-faced one, listen as I narrate to you another delightful and wondrous tale, charming and astonishing, which I shall describe.
स्निग्धा स्पष्टा मृदुस्पर्शा महाविस्तारशालिनी । निबिडा नित्यनीरन्ध्रा क्वचिद् अस्ति महाशिला
In it there is a great stone, smooth, clear, soft to the touch, vast in expanse, dense, ever unbroken, and without any fissure.
तस्याम् अन्तः प्रफुल्तानि पद्मानि सुबहून्य् अपि । कर्णिकाजातमूलानि मूलान्तःकर्णिकानि च । ऊर्ध्वमूलान्य् अधोमूलान्य् अमूलानीतराणि च
Within it, many lotuses bloom, their stalks and roots arising from the center, with roots above, roots below, rootless, and of other kinds as well.
तेषां च निकटे सन्ति शङ्खाश् शतसहस्रशः । चक्रौघाश् च महाकाराः पद्मवत् सन्निवेशिनः
Near them are countless conch shells, and great masses of discs, arranged in patterns like lotuses.
सत्यम् एतन् मया दृष्टा तादृशी सा महाशिला । सालिग्रामे हरेर् धाम्नि विद्यते परिवारिणी
Truly, I have seen such a great stone, surrounded by these, in Shaligrama, the abode of Hari.
एवम् एतद् विजानासि दृष्टवान् असि ताश् शिलाः । यो यश् च तत्र पाषाणस् स सर्वस् तादृगन्तरः
Thus you know this; you have seen those stones—whatever stone is there, all are of the same nature within.
मया त्व् इयम् अपूर्वैव शिलेयं वर्ण्यते तव । यस्याम् अन्तर् महाकुक्षौ सर्वम् अस्ति च नास्ति च
But now I describe to you this unique stone, within whose vast core everything both exists and does not exist.