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.
इति सर्वपदार्थानाम् अभिन्नः परमेश्वरः । कल्लोलशीकरोर्मीणाम् अब्धाव् इव पयोभरः
Thus, the Supreme Lord, undivided among all objects, is like the fullness of water in the ocean, present in the waves, the spray, and the billows.
नानातैषा त्व् असत्यैषा सत्येनानेन चैव हि । कल्पिता चित्स्वभावेन वेतालश् शिशुना यथा
This diversity is false; it is imagined by consciousness, just as a goblin is imagined by a child, and it exists only through this reality.
सर्वत्र संस्थितिमता विगतामयेन व्याप्तं मयेदम् अखिलं विविधैर् विलासैः । चिद्रूपिणैव कलिताकलितात्मनेति सर्वोपशान्तमतिर् आस्स्व सुखं महात्मन्
All this, with its various displays, is pervaded by me, who am established everywhere, free from materiality, and of the nature of consciousness—whether conceived or unconceived as self; therefore, O great soul, abide happily with a mind at perfect peace.
इत्य् उक्तवत्य् अथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायन्तनाय विधये ऽस्तम् इनो जगाम । स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरैश् च सहाजगाम
When the sage had spoken thus, the day turned toward evening, and the sun set; the assembly, having offered their salutations, went to bathe as the rays of the sun faded into dusk.
यथास्माकं मुने स्वप्नपुरपत्तनमण्डलम् । तथैव पद्मजादीनां यदि देहपरिग्रहः
Just as, O sage, the city and its surroundings in our dream appear to us, so too is the embodiment of beings like Brahma and others, if it exists.
तथैवेदं च सञ्जातं यदि सर्वम् असन्मयम् । तद् अस्माकं दृढतरः प्रत्ययः कथम् उत्थितः
In the same way, if all this has arisen and is entirely unreal, then how has our conviction become so firm?
अस्मत्सर्गवद् आभाति पूर्वसर्गप्रजापतिः । स्वजीवप्रतिभासात्मा विद्यते न तु वास्तवः
The progenitor of previous creations appears just like our own creation—existing only as the reflection of one's own soul, not as an actual reality.
सर्वगत्वाच् चितेस् सर्वं जीवस् सर्वत्र संसृतिः । सा चासत्या दर्शनोत्था सम्यग्दर्शननाशिनी
Because consciousness is all-pervading, the individual soul and transmigration are everywhere; but this is false, arising from perception, and is destroyed by true understanding.
स्वप्नाभः प्रतिभासो ऽस्य य एष स्वयम् उत्थितः । अहन्ताप्रत्ययैकात्मा स एवातिदृढस् स्थितः
This appearance, like a dream, which has arisen of itself, is established very firmly as the single essence of the sense of 'I'-ness.
स्वप्ने क्षणविनाशित्वं यथा पुंसा न दृश्यते । सर्गस्वप्ने तथैवैतद् ब्रह्मणापि न लक्ष्यते
Just as a person does not perceive the momentary disappearance in a dream, so too, in this dream of creation, even Brahma does not perceive it.