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.
चिच्छिलैषा मयोक्ता ते यस्याम् अन्तर् जगन्ति खे । घनत्वैकात्मकत्वादिवशाद् एषा शिलेव चित्
This is the conscious stone I spoke of, within which worlds float in space; due to its nature of compactness, it appears as a stone, yet it is consciousness.
अप्य् अत्यन्तघनाङ्गाया अनीरन्ध्राकृतेर् अपि । विद्यते ऽन्तः परं ब्रह्म व्योम्नीव विपुलानिलः
Even though its form is utterly solid and without any opening, within it exists the supreme Brahman, like vast air within the sky.
द्यौः क्षमा वायुर् आकाशं पर्वतास् सरितो दिशः । सन्ति तस्यां शिला सा च सुषिरा न मनाग् अपि
Heaven, earth, wind, space, mountains, rivers, and directions are all within that stone, yet the stone itself is not hollow in the least.
अस्याम् एकघनाङ्गात्म जगत्पद्मं विजृम्भते । एतस्माद् वस्तुनो नान्यद् अन्यच् च द्व्यात्मकं च वा
From this single, solid core, the lotus of the world unfolds; apart from this reality, there is nothing else—neither another nor a dual nature.
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच् चिच्छिलायां सालभञ्जिका । तथास्ति तत्र तत् सर्वं संस्थानं वस्तुनो यथा
The past, present, and future exist in the stone as the image of the maiden on the sala tree; in that way, all forms are present there, just as the shape of an object is within it.
उपलान्तस् सन्निवेशो नानात्माप्य् एकपिण्डताम् । यथा धत्ते तथैषा चित् पिण्डाकारैकिका घना
Just as various arrangements of stones, though different in nature, appear as a single mass, so too does consciousness, though compact, seem to take the form of a single solid entity.
यथा पद्मश् शिलाकोशाद् अभिन्नो ऽपि वपुर्मयः । तथा सर्गश् चितो रूपाद् अभिन्नो ऽपि वपुर्मयः
Just as a lotus, though not separate from the stone matrix, is a form made of substance, so too is creation, though not different from the form of consciousness, a manifestation made of substance.
सुषुप्तावस्थया चक्रपद्मलेखाश् शिलोदरे । यथा स्थिताश् चितेर् अन्तस् तथेयं जगदावली
As in deep sleep, the outlines of wheels and lotuses remain within the stone, so too does this series of worlds exist within consciousness.
शिलान्तः पद्मलेखाली मरिचान्तश् चमत्कृतिः । नोदेति नास्तम् आयाति यथा सर्गस् तथा चितौ
Just as the lines of lotuses within the stone or the marvel within a ray do not arise or set, so too does creation not arise or cease within consciousness.
यथापरन्ध्रो ऽनन्यो ऽन्तर्मज्जा बिल्वे निरन्तरः । तथा लभ्यविकाराढ्या चितौ ब्रह्माण्डमण्डली
Just as the inner pulp is not different from the bilva fruit and is continuous within, so too is the cosmic sphere, endowed with all possible modifications, found within consciousness.
विकारादि तद् एवेति बुद्धैवोक्तिर् अनर्थिका । तत्तां समुपयात्य् आशु जलबिन्दुर् इवाम्भसि
The statement that modifications and the rest are nothing but that (consciousness) is only a conventional expression; it quickly attains its true nature, like a drop of water merging into the sea.
अनन्तत्वाच् चितेर् एतद् विकारादि चितेर् इति । उक्त्या सम्पद्यते तच् च तल्लयेन विलीयते
Because consciousness is infinite, the statement 'modifications are of consciousness' is made; by such speech, that (modification) is accomplished and dissolves by merging into that (consciousness).
ब्रह्मैवेदं विकारादि विकाराद्यर्थवर्जितम् । वर्जनावर्जने ऽर्थस्य ब्रह्मैवानन्ततावशात्
This is indeed Brahman, from which all modification arises, yet which is free from the objects of modification; whether objects are included or excluded, by the infinitude of Brahman, it is only Brahman.
ब्रह्मस्थिति विकारादि ब्रह्मैवोत्पादितं क्रमात् । अत्रान्यार्थविदं विद्धि मृगतृष्णाम्भसा समाम्
The state of Brahman, along with all modifications, is sequentially produced by Brahman alone; know that any other understanding of objects is like water in a mirage.
बीजं पुष्पफलान्तस्स्थं बीजान्तं नान्यतात्मकम् । तादृशी बीजसत्ता सा भवित्री या तथोत्तरम्
The seed, the flower, and the fruit are all contained within the seed, and nothing else is their essence; such is the being of the seed, and whatever comes forth is of that very nature.
चिद्घने चिद्घनत्वं यत् स एव त्रिजगत्क्रमः । एकत्वम् अनयोर् द्वित्वम् एकाभावे द्वयोः क्षतिः
The compact mass of consciousness is itself the state of being consciousness; this alone is the order of the three worlds. The unity of these two is duality, and without the one, both are impaired.
जगद् अन्यग्भवोत्पत्ति न कदाचिद् अनीदृशम् । चिद् अचिन् न कदाचिन् न द्वयम् एतन् मिथो द्वयम्
The arising of the world as something other is never otherwise; consciousness and non-consciousness are never not both—these two are mutually dual.
महाशिलान्तरे ऽभेद्ये लेखात्मास्ति यथा बहु । तदन्यानन्यमज्जादि चिद्घने त्रिजगद्गतिः
Just as, within a great, unbroken rock, many lines may exist, so too, within the mass of consciousness, the course of the three worlds is neither other nor non-other, neither inside nor outside.
यथा शिलान्तर् लेखादि भिद्यते न शिलाङ्गतः । तत्सारत्वात् तथा मन्तृकर्तृत्वादि जगच् चितेः
Just as the lines within a rock are not separate from the substance of the rock, so too, the doership and agency of the world are not apart from consciousness, because of its essential nature.
यथा शिलान्तर् अब्जानां स्पन्दास्पन्दभवाभवाः । विषयत्वं न गच्छन्ति कर्तारो जगतस् तथा
Just as the arising or non-arising, movement or stillness, of lotuses within a rock do not become objects of experience, so too, the makers of the world do not become objects.