ब्रह्मणि त्व् आत्मनात्मैव स्थितः कचति बिम्बति । द्वैतीभवत्य् अदेहो ऽपि चिन्मयत्वात् स्वभावतः
But in Brahman, the Self alone abides, shines, and is reflected; even without a body, due to its nature as pure consciousness, it appears as duality.
यद् यथैवात्मकचनं चेतितं कचतात्मना । असत्यम् अपि तन् नेह व्यभिचारि कदाचन
Whatever is thus illumined by the shining Self, even if unreal, never deviates from that appearance here.
हेमत्वकटकत्वे द्वे सत्यासत्यस्वरूपिणी । हेम्नि भाण्डमतौ यद्वच् चित्त्वाचित्त्वे तथात्मनि
The states of being gold and being a bracelet are both real and unreal; just as a vessel is imagined in gold, so too are consciousness and unconsciousness imagined in the Self.
सर्वगत्वाच् चितेश् चित्त्वं नित्यं मनसि विद्यते । हेमत्वं कटकस्येव जडता च स्थितान्यदा
Because consciousness is all-pervading, the quality of consciousness always exists in the mind; just as the goldness of a bracelet remains, so too does inertness abide at other times.
चित्त्वजाड्यात्मकं चित्तं दृढं भावयति स्वयम् । यदा यथैव यद्भावं तदा भवति तत् तथा
The mind, which is of the nature of consciousness and inertness, itself firmly assumes whatever state it contemplates; at whatever time, in whatever manner, whatever state is conceived, then it becomes exactly that.
काले काले चिता जीवस् त्व् अन्यो ऽन्यो भवति स्वयम् । भाविताकारवान् अन्तर् वासनाकणिकोदयात्
At different times, the consciousness becomes a living being, each distinct from the other, possessing the form that has been contemplated within, arising from the subtle impressions.
स्वप्ने दृष्टो यथा ग्रामो याति सत्यात्मतां क्षणम् । देहाद् देहं तथा याति जीवो ऽयं प्रतिभात्मकम्
Just as a village seen in a dream attains a momentary reality, so too does this conscious being move from body to body, manifesting as an appearance.
प्रतिभासो यथा स्वप्ने नरः कुड्यं पटं भवेत् । भवत्य् असत्यम् एवैवं देहाद् देहान्तरं स नः
As in a dream, a person may see a wall or a cloth, which are merely appearances and not real, so too is the transition from one body to another for us, only an unreal appearance.
असत्यम् एव म्रियते त्व् असत्यं जायते पुनः । जीवस् स्वप्रतिभासेन स्वप्नवत् स्वान्यरूपवत्
Only the unreal dies, and the unreal is born again; the living being, by its own appearance, is like a dream, taking on its own or another's form.
कालेनैतावता रूपम् इदं त्याज्यं मयेत्य् असौ । प्राकृतं निश्चयं रूढं भवत्य् अनुभवत् स्वतः
In time, this form is to be abandoned with the thought, 'This is mine,' and so, through experience, a firmly established natural conviction arises by itself.
वस्तु दृष्टम् अदृष्टं च स्वप्ने समनुभूयते । जीवस्वप्नं जगद्रूपं विद्धि वेद्यविदां वर
Objects seen and unseen are experienced in a dream; know, O best of those who know and are known, that the world is like a dream of the living being.
अजाग्रद्द्रष्टृदृश्यो यस् सो ऽभिधानादिना विना । न स्वप्नो भिद्यते स्वस्माद् अच्छात् संवित्तिमात्रकात्
That which is the seer and the seen without waking, without name or other attributes, is not distinguished from the dream; it is pure consciousness alone, clear and undivided.
अन्यपूर्वाभिधबृहत्स्वप्नं पश्यति ना यथा । अप्राग्दृष्टं तथैषा स्वं चेतनं चित् प्रपश्यति
Just as one does not see in a dream something that was never previously heard of, in the same way, this consciousness perceives only what has been previously experienced.
प्राक्कृता वासनाद्याशु पौरुषेणैव जीयते । ह्यःकुकर्माद्य यत्नेन प्रयाति हि सुकर्मताम्
Impressions formed earlier are quickly overcome by deliberate effort; through striving, even bad actions of yesterday become good actions today.
मोक्षाद् ऋते न शाम्यन्ति जीवानां चक्षुरादयः । उन्मज्जन्ति निमज्जन्ति केवलं देशकालतः
Except through liberation, the senses such as sight do not come to rest in living beings; they merely rise and subside again and again, according to place and time.
चित्त्वस्य कलनात् तस्य देहो ऽग्र इव तिष्ठति । पञ्चात्मा भावितो ऽसत्यो महायक्षश् शिशोर् इव
Because of the activity of consciousness, its body appears as if real; composed of five elements, it is imagined, unreal, like a great demon to a child.
मनो बुद्धिर् अहङ्कारस् तथा तन्मात्रपञ्चकम् । इति पुर्यष्टकं प्रोक्तं देहो ऽसाव् आतिवाहिकः
Mind, intellect, ego, and the five subtle elements—these are called the eightfold subtle body; this is the so-called 'carrying' body.
अमूर्त एव चित्तात्मा खत्वम् अस्यातिपीनता । वाततास्य महागुल्फो देहतास्य सुमेरुता
The essence of consciousness is formless, yet its vastness is like the sky; its mobility is like the wind, its great ankle is the body, and its massiveness is like Mount Meru.
द्विरवस्थः क्रमेणैष निरवस्थस् तु मुक्तिभाक् । सुषुप्ततैकावस्थास्य जडा क्रोडीकृतोदया
This (subtle body) has two states in succession, but for the liberated it has no state at all; in deep sleep, it has a single state, its faculties withdrawn and inert.
स्वप्नतास्येतरावस्था देहप्रत्ययशालिनी । आमोक्षं भ्रमतीहायम् इति स्थावरजङ्गमैः
Its other states are dream-like, characterized by identification with the body; until liberation, it wanders here among the immobile and the moving.
कदाचिद् धि सुषुप्तस्थः कदाचित् स्वप्नसंस्थितः । आतिवाहिकदेहो ऽयं सर्वस्यैवावतिष्ठते
Sometimes, indeed, while in deep sleep, and sometimes while in the state of dream, this subtle body persists for everyone.
यदा सुषुप्तभावस्थो भाविदुःखप्रबोधनः । तदाकाशोपलसमस् तिष्ठत्य् अनुदिताकृतिः
When one is in the state of deep sleep, destined for awakening through future suffering, then one remains like a stone in space, with an unmanifest form.
स्थावराद्यास्व् अवस्थासु कल्पवृक्षदशासु च । भवत्य् एष सुषुप्तस्थो घनमोहश् शिलाघनः
In the various states, from immobile beings and in the conditions of wish-fulfilling trees, this one remains in deep sleep, dense with delusion, like a mass of stone.
सुषुप्ततास्य जडता स्वप्नो ऽस्येयं तु संसृतिः । यः प्रबोधो ऽस्य सा मुक्तिस् तज् जाग्रत् सा च तुर्यता
His deep sleep is dullness; his dream is this transmigration; his awakening is liberation; that which is waking is the fourth state.
जीवप्रबोधो मुक्तिर् हि सा चेह द्विविधोच्यते । एका जीवन्मुक्ततेति द्वितीयादेहमुक्तता
The awakening of the soul is liberation, and it is said to be of two kinds here: one is liberation while living, the other is liberation from the body.
जीवन्मुक्तिर् हि तुर्यत्वं तुर्यातीतं परं ततः । मुक्तिर् जीवप्रबोधो हि स च बुद्धिप्रयत्नतः
Liberation while living is the fourth state, and beyond the fourth is the supreme; liberation is the awakening of the soul, and it comes through the effort of intellect.
ज्ञानप्रमाणो जीवो ऽन्तर् यज् जानाति हि तन्मयः । जानातु ज्ञप्तिम् एवातो भवत्य् आशु स तन्मयः
The soul is the measure of knowledge within; whatever it knows, it becomes that; therefore, let it know pure awareness, and it quickly becomes that.
पश्यतीमम् अयं जीवस् सुदीर्घं स्वप्नविभ्रमम् । मिथ्योदितं स्वहृदये स्वच्छ एव शिलीकृते
This soul observes the long confusion of dreams, falsely arising in its own heart, clear and crystallized.
जीवाणोर् अन्तर् अस्त्य् अस्य न किञ्चिच् चित्कलां विना । ताम् एवान्यतया पश्यन् मुधैव परिशोचति
Within this living atom, there is nothing apart from a ray of consciousness; seeing that as something other, one grieves in vain.
जीवाणोर् अन्तर् अस्त्य् अस्य न किञ्चित् परमाद् ऋते । यत्र तत्र जगद् दृष्टम् अहो मायाविजृम्भितम्
Within this living atom, there is nothing except the Supreme; wherever the world is seen, behold, it is the play of illusion.