प्रेक्षणाद् एव संशान्ते त्व् अहम्भावे निरास्पदे । न विद्मः केन किं कस्य बध्यते वाथ मुच्यते
When, through observation alone, the sense of 'I' is completely pacified and has no support, we do not know by whom, what, or for whom anything is bound or liberated.
सङ्कल्प एव च चितेर् बुद्धश् चेद् अविभागवान् । तद् असङ्कल्पम् अस्पन्दं सर्वं जातम् अवारितम्
If intention alone is the awakened state of consciousness and is undivided, then all that arises without intention or vibration is unrestricted.
स्पन्दे ऽस्पन्दतयैवात्ते तन्मयत्वात् सदा चिता । सङ्क्षीण एव संसारो निस्स्पन्दे चिद्घने स्थिते
In vibration and non-vibration, both are sustained by consciousness due to its pervasiveness; indeed, when consciousness abides as pure, motionless awareness, the cycle of worldly existence is diminished.
चित्तेज एव चित्स्पन्द इति बुद्धे निरन्तरम् । व्यतिरिक्तश् चितस् स्पन्दो न कश्चिद् अवशिष्यते
The movement of consciousness is itself the energy of consciousness, continuously present in awareness; apart from this movement of consciousness, nothing else remains.
अस्मिन् दृश्यमये दीर्घस्वप्ने स्वप्नान्तरं व्रजन् । न ज्ञो मोहम् उपादत्ते सर्वगत्वात् स्वसंविदः
In this visible, dream-like long dream, as one enters another dream, the knower does not acquire delusion, because self-awareness is all-pervading.
यत्रोदेति प्रसभम् अनिशं सर्वसंवित्तिसत्ता यस्मिन्न् एते सकलकलनाकारटङ्का लगन्ति । उत्पद्यन्ते स्वदनसुभगं यत्र सर्वोपलम्भा ध्यानेनैनं तम् अवगमय प्रत्यगात्मानम् अन्तः
Where the existence of all awareness arises forcefully and ceaselessly, where all these marks of calculation and imagination attach, where all experiences arise delightfully—through meditation, realize that innermost self within.
एनम् आहुः परं तत्त्वं विद्ध्य् एनं परमं पदम् । वेद्म्य् एनम् एकम् एवाहम् एष एवास्ति नेतरः
They call this the supreme reality; know this as the highest state. I know this as the one alone; this alone exists, not anything else.
य एष प्रत्यगात्मान्तस् सर्वसत्तैकदर्पणः । एतस्माद् इदम् उत्पन्नं जगद् बीजाद् इव द्रुमः
This inner self, the witness within, is the single mirror of all existence; from this, the world arises, as a tree from a seed.
बुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तादि वर्जयित्वा जडात्मकम् । यत्रानुभवितान्तस् ते तद् विद्धि परमं पदम्
Setting aside intellect, ego, mind, and the inert elements—where your innermost experiencer abides, know that as the supreme state.
शुद्धानुभवमात्रं यन् मनोबुद्ध्यादिवर्जितम् । महाचिदभिधं पुण्यं तद् एतत् परमं पदम्
That which is pure experience alone, free from mind and intellect, is called the great consciousness, auspicious—this is the supreme state.
तत्स्था एते महारूपा ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादयः । विभूतिभिस् स्फुरन्त्य् उच्चैर् जनास् तुष्टनृपा इव
Abiding in that, those of great form—Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and others—shine forth with their powers, as satisfied kings among their people.
आकाशगमनाद्याभिः क्रीडाभिः क्रीड्यते चिरम् । तत्स्थेनैव जनेनेह स्वर्गे स्वर्गौकसा यथा
With playful powers such as moving through space, one enjoys for a long time, just as one dwelling in heaven delights in heavenly pleasures.
तत् प्राप्य नाङ्ग म्रियते तत् प्राप्याङ्ग न शोच्यते । तत् प्राप्य क्षीयते नाङ्ग तत् प्राप्याङ्ग न बध्यते
Having attained that, O dear one, one does not die; having attained that, one does not grieve; having attained that, one is not diminished; having attained that, one is not bound.
अपारपरमाकाशरूपिणः परमात्मनः । सत्तासामान्यरूपं चेन् मनाग् अपि विभाव्यते
If even slightly the common essence of existence of the supreme self, whose form is the infinite and the boundless sky, is apprehended—
तत् तन्निमेषमात्रेण जन्तुर् मुक्तमना मुनिः । कुर्वन् संसारकर्माणि न भूयः परितप्यते
In that very moment, the living being whose mind is liberated, though engaged in worldly actions, no longer suffers.
मनो बुद्धिर् अहङ्कार इति यत्र क्षयं गतम् । सत्तासामान्यम् आभानं किं तत् कीदृशम् उच्यते
Where mind, intellect, and ego have ceased, what is that common existence, that radiance—how is it described, what is it like?
यद् ब्रह्म सर्वदेहस्थं भुङ्क्ते पिबति वल्गति । आदत्ते विनिहन्त्य् अत्ति संवित्संवेद्यवर्जितम्
That Brahman, present in all bodies, enjoys, drinks, moves, takes, destroys, eats—yet is devoid of consciousness and objects of consciousness.
तत् सर्वगतम् आद्यन्तरहितं स्थितम् ऊर्जितम् । सत्तासामान्यम् अखिलं वस्तुतत्त्वम् इहोच्यते
That which is everywhere, without beginning or end, established and powerful—the universal existence, the essence of all reality—is spoken of here.
तत् स्थितं खतया व्योम्नि शब्दे शब्दतया स्थितम् । स्पर्शे स्थितं स्पर्शतया त्वचि तत् त्वक्तया स्थितम्
It abides as space in the sky, as sound in sound, as touch in touch, as skin in skin.
रसे लीनं रसतया रसनायां च तत्तया । रूपे रूपतया दृष्टं नेत्रे लीनं च दृक्तया
It is merged as taste in taste, as the essence of the tongue; seen as form in form, merged in the eye as the essence of sight.
घ्राणे घ्राणतया दृष्टं गन्धे गन्धतयोदितम् । पुष्टं कायतया काये भूमाव् अपि च भूतया
Perceived as smell in the nose, manifest as fragrance in scent; sustained as body in the body, and as earth in the ground.
पयस्तया च पयसि वायौ वायुतया स्थितम् । तेजस्तया तेजसि च बुद्धौ बुद्धितया गतम्
Abiding as water in water, as air in air; as fire in fire, and as intellect in intellect.
मनस्तया मनस्य् अन्तर् अहङ्कृत्याप्य् अहङ्कृतौ । रूढं संविदि संवित्त्या चिति चित्त्वेन चोत्थितम्
The mind abides as mind, the sense of 'I' as ego, and consciousness is established in consciousness, manifesting as awareness.
वृक्षे वृक्षतया लग्नं पटे पटतया स्थितम् । घटे घटतया रूढं वटे वटतया स्थितम्
It is fixed in a tree as 'tree-ness', in a cloth as 'cloth-ness', established in a pot as 'pot-ness', and in a banyan tree as 'banyan-ness'.
स्थावरे स्थावरत्वेन जङ्गमत्वेन जङ्गमे । पाषाणत्वेन पाषाणे चेतनत्वेन चेतने
In the immobile, it is as immobility; in the moving, as mobility; in a stone, as stone-ness; in the conscious, as consciousness.
अमरेष्व् अमरत्वेन नरत्वेन नरेषु च । तिर्यक्त्वेन च तिर्यक्षु क्रिमित्वेन क्रिमिस्थितौ
In immortals, it is as immortality; in humans, as humanity; in animals, as animality; in worms, as worm-ness.
कालक्रमे कालतया ऋताव् ऋतुतयानया । तुटिक्षणनिमेषादौ संस्थितस् तत्तया विभुः
In the sequence of time, it is as time; in seasons, as season-ness; in moments, instants, and blinks, it abides as their very nature, the all-pervading.
शुक्ले शुक्लतया जातं कृष्णे कृष्णतया स्थितम् । क्रियासु स्पन्दरूपेण नियतौ नियमेन च
In the white, it appears as whiteness; in the black, as blackness; in actions, as the form of movement; in order, as orderliness.
संस्थितस् संस्थितौ स्थित्या नाशे नाशतया स्थितः । उत्पत्तिरूपेणोत्पत्ताव् आस्थितः परमेश्वरः
It abides in existence as existence, in destruction as destruction, and in creation as the very form of creation—the Supreme Lord.
बाल्ये बाल्येन विश्रान्तो यौवने यौवनेन च । जरसा च जरारूपे मरणे मरणेन च
It rests in childhood as childhood, in youth as youth, in old age as old age, and in death as death.