भावाभावादिकलनां नीत्वा चिन्मयतां चिता । शमोल्लासविलासान्ते समम् आस्स्व यथासुखम्
Having led the mind beyond all notions of being and non-being, abide in pure consciousness; at the end of the play of peace and delight, remain at ease as you wish.
स्पन्दास्पन्दौ कल्पनाकल्पनांशौ चित्त्वान् नान्यौ चित् त्व् अनामा निरंशा । सर्वाकारानावृतिश् शान्तसत्ता सत्त्वापूर्णैकार्णवाभा स्थितेति
Movement and non-movement are but aspects of imagination and non-imagination; apart from consciousness, there is nothing else. Consciousness is nameless, without parts, the peaceful existence in which all forms are unobstructed, the state that is a single ocean full of being.
सुषुप्तमौनवान् भूत्वा धूत्वा द्वित्वैकरूपिणीम् । कलनां कान्त चिद्रूपस् तिष्ठावष्टभ्य तत् पदम्
Having become silent as in deep sleep, having dispelled the dual and single forms of thought, the one whose essence is consciousness, beautiful and radiant, stands firmly established in that supreme state.
वाङ्मौनम् अक्षमौनं च काष्ठमौनं च वेद्म्य् अहम् । सुषुप्तमौनं मौनेशं ब्रह्मन् ब्रूहि किम् उच्यते
I know the silence of speech, the silence of the senses, and the silence like a log; but, O Brahman, tell me what is called the silence of deep sleep, the lord of silence.
द्विविधः प्रोच्यते राम मुनिर् मुनिवरैर् इह । एकः काष्ठतपस्वी च जीवन्मुक्तस् तथेतरः
O Rama, sages of distinction declare that there are two kinds of sages here: one is the ascetic like a log, and the other is liberated while living.
अभावितात्मा शुष्कायां क्रियायां बद्धनिश्चयः । हठाज् जितेन्द्रियग्रामो मुनिस् स्यात् काष्ठतापसः
One whose mind is unrefined, who is fixed in dry, mechanical action, who forcibly subdues the group of senses—such a sage is called an ascetic like a log.
यथाभूतम् इदं बुद्ध्वा भावितात्मात्मनि स्थितः । लोकोपमो ऽपि तृप्तो ऽन्तर् यस् स मुक्तमुनिस् स्मृतः
Having understood things as they are, one whose mind is refined and established in the Self, who is content inwardly even while appearing like others in the world, is remembered as a liberated sage.
एतयोर् यो भवेद् भावश् शान्तयोर् मुनिनाथयोः । चित्तनिश्चयरूपात्मा मौनशब्देन स स्मृतः
The disposition that arises in either of these two peaceful sages, whose nature is firm resolve of mind, is referred to by the term 'silence.'
चतुष्प्रकारम् आहुस् तन् मौनं मौनविदो जनाः । वाङ्मौनम् अक्षमौनं च काष्ठं सौषुप्तम् एव च
Those who know silence speak of it as fourfold: the silence of speech, the silence of the senses, the silence like a log, and the silence of deep sleep.
वाङ्मौनं वचसां रोधो बलाद् इन्द्रियनिग्रहः । अक्षमौनं परित्यागश् चेष्टानां काष्ठसञ्ज्ञकम्
The silence of speech is the restraint of words; the silence of the senses is the forceful control of the senses; the silence like a log is the abandonment of actions.
मनोमौनं पञ्चमं यत् तन् मृते काष्ठतापसे । भवेत् सुषुप्तमौनाख्यं जीवन्मुक्ते हि जीवति
The fifth, mental silence, when present in the ascetic who is like a log after death, becomes known as the silence of deep sleep; but in the living liberated, it exists while alive.
त्रिषु मौनविशेषेषु विषयः काष्ठतापसः । सुषुप्तमौनावस्थायाश् चतुर्थ्याश् चैव मुक्तधीः
Among the three special kinds of silence, the domain belongs to the ascetic like a log, to the state of deep sleep silence, and to the fourth, the liberated mind.
वाङ्मौनं मौनम् इत्य् एव सिद्धं तच् च मनःकला- । मलिनं जीवबन्धाय तत्रस्थाः काष्ठतापसाः
Speech silence is indeed called silence, but it is tainted by the activity of the mind; it binds the living being, and those ascetics like logs remain in it.
हठाद् वा योगयुक्त्यैव यस् स्वाक्षाणां विनिग्रहः । तद् अक्षमौनम् इत्य् आहुस् तत्रस्थाः काष्ठतापसाः
By force or by yogic method, whoever restrains his own senses, that is called sense silence, say those ascetics like logs who dwell in it.
अस्मरन् संस्मरन् वापि दृश्यं वाग्द्वयम् अस्पृशन् । अपश्यन्न् एव पश्यन्तीं काष्ठमौनी हि तिष्ठति
Whether not remembering or remembering, or not touching the duality of speech, or not seeing even while seeing, the ascetic in log-like silence remains thus.
प्रस्फुरच्चित्तकलनम् एतन् मौनत्रयं स्मृतम् । सम्भवत्य् अज्ञमुनिषु न तु तज्ज्ञेषु लीलया
This threefold silence, which is the activity of the mind that flickers, is remembered; it occurs among ignorant sages, but not among those who are wise, for whom it happens effortlessly.
नात्रोपादेयता ज्ञानाम् एतन् मौनत्रयं किल । लीलया हेलया वापि तज्ज्ञाः कुर्वन्ति वा न वा
There is no necessity for knowledge here; this threefold silence, indeed, the wise may practice playfully or negligently, or may not practice at all.
इदं सुषुप्तमौनं तु जीवन्मुक्तमतिस्थितम् । अपुनर्जन्मने जन्तोश् शृणु श्रवणभूषणम्
This silence of deep sleep is established in the living liberated; listen, O ornament of listeners, it is for the creature who will not be reborn.
नात्र संयम्यते वाणी त्रिविधा नापि चोज्झ्यते । नोल्लास्यन्ते न जीयन्ते समस्तेन्द्रियसंविदः
Here, speech is neither restrained nor abandoned in its threefold forms; all the functions of the senses neither arise nor are suppressed.
नानाताकलनेयं हि न वल्गति न शाम्यति । चेतो न चेतो नाचेतो न सन् नासन् न खं न गौः
This is not the play of diversity; it neither flourishes nor ceases; the mind is not mind, nor not-mind, not being, not non-being, not space, nor earth.
अविभागम् अनायासं यद् अनाद्यन्तम् आसितम् । ध्यायतो धावतश् चैव सौषुप्तं मौनम् अङ्ग तत्
That which is indivisible, effortless, beginningless and endless, and remains whether one contemplates or moves about—O dear one, that is the silence of deep sleep.
यथाभूतम् इमं बुद्ध्वा जगन्नानात्वविभ्रमम् । यद् आसितम् असङ्गेहं सौषुप्तं मौनम् अङ्ग तत्
Having realized this as it truly is—the bewilderment of the world's diversity—what remains, untouched and unattached, O dear one, is the silence of deep sleep.
अनेकसंविद्रूपात्म चैकम् एवेदम् आततम् । इत्य् आसितम् अनन्तं यत् सौषुप्तं मौनम् अङ्ग तत्
This alone, pervading as the one essence of the many forms of consciousness, is what remains infinite—O dear one, that is the silence of deep sleep.
आकाशं नैव चाकाशं सर्वम् अस्मि न चास्मि च । इति स्थितं समं शान्तं यत् तन् मौनं सुषुप्तवत्
Neither space nor not-space, I am all and yet not all—what abides thus, even and peaceful, is that silence like deep sleep.
सर्वं शून्यं निरालम्बं शान्तं विज्ञप्तिमात्रकम् । न सन् नासद् इति स्वस्थम् आसितं मौनम् उत्तमम्
All is void, without support, peaceful, mere awareness; not being nor non-being—what remains thus established is the supreme silence.
भावाभावदशोन्मेषविशेषैर् वितथोत्थितैः । संविदो यद् अनामर्शस् तन् मौनं परमं विदुः
That awareness which is untouched by the false distinctions of arising and ceasing, of existence and non-existence—they know that as the highest silence.
असतैव सतेवान्तश् चेतसा वृत्तिरूपिणा । यद् अनावर्तनं संविद्वृत्तेस् तन् मौनम् अक्षयम्
When the movement of the mind, whether towards the unreal or the real, ceases to recur, that unbroken awareness is the imperishable silence.
नाहम् अस्मि न चान्यो ऽस्ति न मनो न च मानसम् । इति संविदसंवित्तिर् अविच्छिन्नातिमौनता
When there is the awareness that 'I am not, nor is there another, nor mind, nor anything mental,' this uninterrupted recognition is the supreme silence.
अहम् अस्मि जगच् चास्ति त्व् अस्तिशब्दार्थमात्रकम् । सत्तासामान्यम् एवेति सौषुप्तं मौनम् उच्यते
When there is the sense 'I exist, the world exists, you exist'—merely as the meaning of the word 'existence,' and only as the commonality of being—this is called the silence of deep sleep.
सत्त्वात् संविद एवान्यास् स्वप्नादिकलनाः कुतः । अनन्तम् एव सौषुप्तं सर्वं मौनम् अतस् ततम्
Since all dream-like imaginations arise only from consciousness, how could they exist apart from it? Deep sleep is infinite, and thus all is pervaded by silence.