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.
स्थाल्यन्तः क्वथदम्बूनां यथान्नानां भ्रमोदयः । जीवाणूनां तथा स्वान्तर् मिथ्या संसरणोदयः
Just as the stirring of various foods arises from the boiling water within a pot, so too, within living atoms, the apparent cycle of worldly existence arises falsely.
बन्धो ऽस्य वासनावत्त्वं मोक्षस् स्याद् वासनाक्षयः । वासनातो ऽस्य सौषुप्ती स्वाप्नी च स्फुरति स्थितिः
Its bondage is the presence of latent tendencies; liberation is the exhaustion of those tendencies. From these tendencies arise its states of deep sleep and dream.
घनवासनमोहो ऽयं सुषुप्तात्मा जडस् स्मृतः । तदन्तर्भाविना स्वप्नेनावश्यम्भाविनान्वितः
This mass of delusive tendencies is called the self of deep sleep, regarded as inert; within it, inevitably, dreams arise from what lies inside.
वासनावेशनिद्रालुर् जीवः पश्यति विभ्रमम् । यदास्य वासनानिद्रा क्षीयते बुध्यते तदा
The living being, overcome by the sleep of tendencies, perceives confusion; when the sleep of tendencies is exhausted, then he awakens.
वासनोक्ता दृश्यरतिर् दृश्यत्वं च न विद्यते । हेम्नीव कटकादित्वं सर्वात्मन्य् आत्मना क्वचित्
The delight in objects, spoken of as arising from tendencies, does not truly exist; just as the form of a bracelet does not exist in gold, so in the all-pervading Self, there is nothing but the Self.
अबोधाद् एतद् अभवद् विलीनं चेत् प्रबोधतः । तद् वास्यवासनायास् तु क्षयाद् उदय एव वः
From ignorance, this has arisen and is dissolved; from awakening, it is resolved. For you, its rise and fall depend solely on the exhaustion of latent tendencies.
घनं स्ववासनामोहं क्षपयित्वा सुषुप्तगः । तनुवासनताम् एत्य स्वप्नं पश्यति संसृतिम्
Having dispelled the dense delusion of one's own latent tendencies, one enters deep sleep; then, upon attaining subtle impressions, one perceives the dream of worldly existence.
घनवासनमोहो ऽयं जीवस् स्थावरतादिभाक् । मध्यस्थवासनस् तिर्यक् पुरुषस् तनुवासनः
This dense delusion of latent impressions causes the soul to take the state of immovable beings and so on; with intermediate impressions, it becomes an animal, and with subtle impressions, a human.
यदान्तर् जीवितेनात्ता बहिर् जीवा घटादयः । जीवैक्याद् उभयोस् सत्ता ग्राह्यग्राहकयोस् ततः
When, inwardly, the soul is experienced as the living principle, and outwardly, as pots and other objects, then, due to the unity of the soul, the existence of both the perceiver and the perceived arises.
आत्मनात्मा समालीढो बहिर् अन्तर् यदा चिता । तदा ग्राह्यग्रहणधीर् मृगतृष्णेव सोदया
When the Self is embraced by the Self, both outwardly and inwardly as consciousness, then the cognition of perceiver and perceived arises, like a mirage appearing.
नेह सन्त्यज्यते किञ्चिन् नेह किञ्चन गृह्यते । बाह्यान्तरकलाकारश् चिदात्मैकः प्रकाशते
Here, nothing is abandoned and nothing is grasped; the one consciousness-self, appearing as the forms of inner and outer, alone shines forth.
त्रिजगच् चिच्चमत्कारस् त्व् अलं भेदविकल्पनैः । चेतितास् स्मश् चिति चिता बाह्याद्य् अन्यन् न विद्महे
The three worlds are but a wonder of consciousness; enough of the distinctions of difference. We are only consciousness, known by consciousness; we know nothing else, whether external or otherwise.
अब्धेर् यथामलम् अपास्तसमस्तभेदं स्वाद्व् अच्छम् एव सकलं द्रवम् एकशुद्धम् । सर्वं तथेदम् अपहस्तितभेदजातम् आद्यं परं पदम् अनामयम् एव बुद्धम्
Just as the pure water of the ocean, free from all distinctions, is entirely sweet, clear, and a single pure fluid, so too is this supreme, original, and flawless state—free from all forms of difference—known as the highest, peaceful abode.
यो जीवस्योदितस् स्वप्नो नानाकलनकोमलः । तम् इमं विद्धि संसारं न सत्यं नाप्य् असन्मयम्
That dream of the soul, which arises adorned with various imaginations—know that as this worldly existence; it is neither real nor entirely unreal.
न पुंस इव जीवस्य स्वप्नस् सम्भवति क्वचित् । तेनैते जागता भावा जाग्रत्स्वप्नैकतात्र हि
Just as a man does not dream while awake, so too, for the individual soul, there is never a dream; therefore, all these waking phenomena are, in truth, a unity of waking and dream.
जीवस्वप्नम् इदं दीर्घं क्षिप्रं च प्रतिभासते । असत्यम् अप्य् अवस्तुत्वाद् विद्धि वेद्यविदां वर
This long dream of the individual soul sometimes appears brief; though unreal, due to its lack of substance, know this, O best of the wise, to be so.
स्वप्नात् स्वप्नान्तरम् इव गच्छन्तो जीवजीवकाः । असत्यम् एव पश्यन्ति घनसत्यतया चिरम्
Passing from one dream to another, the living beings perceive what is unreal as if it were solid reality, and do so for a long time.
अजडा जडतां याता जाड्ये चाजाड्यतोदिता । असत्ये सत्यता जाता जीवानुभवमोहतः
The non-inert has come to possess inertness, and in inertness, non-inertness arises; truth appears in the unreal, due to the delusion of individual experience.
स्थाणोर् अप्य् अन्तर् अखिलं पश्यन्तस् त्रिजगद्भ्रमम् । भ्रमन्ति स्वप्नसम्भ्रान्ता इह जीवाहिराशयः
Even within a motionless object, seeing the entire world’s illusion, the living beings, whose hearts are bewildered by dream, wander here in confusion.
सर्वगत्वाद् अनन्तस्य स्वस्य जीवस्य वै चितेः । यद् भावयन्ति चेतन्ति तद् एवाश्व् एति सत्यताम्
Because the consciousness of the infinite self is all-pervading, whatever the individual soul imagines or thinks, that alone quickly attains the status of reality.