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.
स्वप्नो ऽग्रपुरुषस्यास्य प्रतिभासश् च यो भवेत् । रामास्मदादिसर्गात्मा भवेत् तादृश एव सः
The dream or appearance that belongs to this primordial person is of the same kind as the creation consisting of Rama, myself, and others.
यत् स्वप्नपुरुषाज् जातं तत् स्वप्नपुरुषात्मकम् । भवतीत्य् अनुभूतं हि यद् बीजं तत् फलं यथा
Whatever is born from the dream-person is of the nature of the dream-person; for it is experienced that the fruit is like the seed.
असत्यम् एव तद् विद्धि यद् असत्येन साध्यते । असत्य् अर्थे समर्थे ऽपि न युक्तं भावबन्धनम्
Know that whatever is accomplished by what is unreal is itself unreal; even if an unreal object appears capable, it is not proper to form attachments to it.
असत्य् अर्थे समर्थे ऽपि सत्ता भावनसम्भवा । यतस् तेन परित्याज्यम् असद्भावनभावनम्
Even if an unreal object appears capable, its existence arises only from imagination; therefore, the cultivation of belief in unreality should be abandoned.
दृढप्रत्ययिनस् स्वप्नपुरुषाद् यत् समुत्थितम् । भवत्य् आत्मनि सर्गादि दृढप्रत्ययम् एव तत्
Whatever arises from the dream-person who is firmly convinced, such as creation and so on, is itself only a firm conviction within oneself.
निमेषमात्रम् एवायं सर्गस्वप्नस् स्फुरन् स्थितः । तस्मिन् निमेष एवास्मत्कल्पता परिकल्पिता
This dream of creation endures only for the blink of an eye; within that very instant, the span of our entire world-age is imagined.
सुदीर्घस्वप्नषण्डो ऽयं यथोदेति प्रजापतेः । सर्गाद्यास् सर्वभूतानां प्रत्येकम् उदितास् तथा
Just as this long succession of dreams arises from the Lord of creation, so too, the beginnings of creation and all beings arise individually in the same way.
चित्तत्त्वस्यैव भावेन सर्गस्वप्नपरम्पराः । स्फुरन्त्य् अम्भो द्रवत्वेन यथावर्तविवर्तनैः
By the very nature of consciousness, the series of dreams of creation shine forth, just as water displays its liquidity through the movement of its waves.
यदा स्वप्नात्मिकैवेयं सर्गलक्ष्मीर् न वास्तवी । इदं सम्भवतीदं नो वेत्य् अतः प्रलयं गतम्
When this splendor of creation is of the nature of a dream and not real, then the notions 'this comes into being' or 'this does not' have reached dissolution.
यद् यथा यादृशं दृष्टं तत् तादृग् विद्यते तथा । न हि पर्यनुयुज्यन्ते स्वप्नविभ्रमनीतयः
Whatever is seen, in whatever manner and form, exists just so; for the confusions of dreams are not subject to logical inquiry.
न तद् अस्ति जगत्य् अस्मिन् यन् न सम्भवति भ्रमे । विचित्रास् त्रिषु लोकेषु दृश्यन्ते वस्तुदृष्टयः
There is nothing in this world that does not occur in delusion; wondrous perceptions of objects are seen in the three worlds.
जलमध्ये ज्वलत्य् अग्निर् यथाब्धौ वडवानलः । नगराण्य् अम्बरे सन्ति यथा वैमानिकाश्रयाः
As fire blazes in the midst of water, like the submarine fire in the ocean, and as cities exist in the sky, supported by aerial means,
शिलास्व् अब्जानि जायन्ते हेमाद्राव् इव पादपाः । एकागे सर्वपुष्पाणि सन्ति कल्पतरौ यथा
Lotuses are born in rocks, as trees on the golden mountain, and all flowers exist together on the wish-fulfilling tree.
शिलाः फलन्ति फलवद् यथा रत्नगुलुच्छकाः । शिलान्तः प्राणिनस् सन्ति भेका इव शिलान्तरे
Stones bear fruit like fruit-bearing trees, gems grow on rocky clusters, and living beings dwell inside stones, like frogs within rocks.
दृषदो वारि निर्याति चन्द्रकान्तोपलाद् इव । निमेषेण घटो याति पटतां शापवान् इव
Just as water flows from the moonstone, so too does it emerge from stone; in an instant, a pot is destroyed, like one cursed among the weavers.
स्वासत्ताम् अपि बुध्यन्ते स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा । अधोगामि जलं व्योम्नि डीयते ऽभ्रगतं यथा
They become aware even of their own death in a dream, just as water going downward appears to fly in the sky like a cloud.
वितानम् इव खे वारि तिष्ठति स्वर्नदी यथा । उड्डीयन्ते शिलास् स्थूलाः पक्षवन्तो ऽद्रयो यथा
Water remains spread out in the sky like a canopy, just as the golden river does; massive stones fly up, as if mountains had wings.
शिलातः प्राप्यते सर्वं ननु चिन्तामणेर् इव । चिन्तितानि फलन्त्य् आशु देवोद्यानान्तरेष्व् इव
Everything is obtained from stone, just as from the wish-fulfilling gem; whatever is thought of quickly bears fruit, as in the gardens of the gods.
तान्य् एव न फलन्त्य् आशु मोक्षादीनीव राघव । अचेतनो ऽपि कुरुते कर्म यन्त्रपुमान् इव
Yet those very things do not quickly bear fruit, just as liberation and the like, O Raghava; even the insentient performs action, like a mechanical man.
एवमादिस् तथान्यश् च विचित्रारम्भविभ्रमः । दृष्टश् शम्बरगन्धर्वविलासैर् अप्य् असम्भवः
In this way, and in other ways as well, there are bewildering and marvelous beginnings; even the playful wonders of Shambara and the Gandharvas are not possible.