विश्रान्ता सुचिरश्रान्ता घनलब्धपदात्मनि । सर्वोपमातीततया जगामाव्यपदेश्यताम्
Having found rest after long fatigue, established in the state of dense realization, she transcended all comparison and reached inexpressibility.
इति सा महिषी तस्य चूडाला वरवर्णिनी । स्वल्पेनैव हि कालेन ययौ विदितवेद्यताम्
Thus, that queen Cūḍālā, radiant in beauty, in a very short time attained the state where all that is to be known is known.
यथायम् आगतः कश्चिज् जागतस् स्पन्दविभ्रमः । यथा च लीयते सर्वं तत् तज् ज्ञातवती बभौ
She understood how some vibration of waking arises, and how all this dissolves—she shone, having known that.
अदृष्टसकलभ्रान्तौ पदे विश्रान्तिम् एत्य सा । रराज शरदच्छाभ्रमालेव गतसम्भ्रमा
Having attained rest in the state where all delusions are unseen, she shone, free of agitation, like a clear autumn cloud.
अनाकुलसमालोके आशश्वासात्मनात्मनि । जरद्गुर् इव शैलाग्रं सतृणं प्राप्य संस्थिता
With undisturbed vision, her own self assured in itself, she stood firm like an old mountain on a grassy peak.
स्वविवेकघनाभ्यासवशाद् आत्मोदयेन सा । शुशुभे शोभना पुष्पलतेवाभिनवोद्गता
By the force of deep practice in discernment and the arising of the Self, she shone beautifully, like a newly blossomed flowering vine.
अथ ताम् अनवद्याङ्गीं कदाचित् स शिखिध्वजः । अपूर्वशोभाम् आलोक्य स्मयमान उवाच ह
Then, once, Śikhidhvaja, beholding her flawless form and unprecedented beauty, spoke with a smile.
भूयो यौवनयुक्तेव मण्डितेव पुनः पुनः । अधिकं राजसे तन्वि जगद्राज्यवती यथा
Again and again you shine, slender one, as if endowed with youth, as if adorned, as if you possessed the sovereignty of the world.
प्रपीतामृतसारेव लब्धालभ्यपदेव च । आनन्दापूरपूर्णेव राजसे ऽतितरां प्रिये
You appear, beloved, as one who has drunk the essence of immortality, attained the unattainable state, and is filled with the fullness of bliss.
उपशान्तं च कान्तं च दधाना सुन्दरं वपुः । अभिभूयेन्दुम् आयासि श्रियं काम् अपि कामिनि
Bearing a tranquil and lovely body, O beautiful one, you surpass even the moon in radiance and possess a splendor beyond compare.
अभोगकृपणं शान्तम् ऊर्जितं समतां गतम् । गम्भीरं च प्रसन्नं च चेतः पश्यामि ते प्रिये
I see your mind, dear one, free from enjoyment, peaceful, strong, established in equanimity, profound and serene.
तृणीकृतत्रिभुवनं पीताखिलजगत्त्रयम् । अनन्तोद्भासुरं सौम्यं मनः पश्यामि ते प्रिये
I see your mind, dear one, that regards the three worlds as straw, that has absorbed all the worlds, infinite, radiant, and gentle.
न केनचिन् महाभागे विभवानन्दवस्तुना । चेतस् तव तुलाम् एति मेरुक्षीराब्धिसुन्दरम्
O greatly fortunate one, your mind, beautiful as Meru, the ocean, and the moon, is not equaled by any wealth or joy whatsoever.
तैर् एव बालकदलीमृणालाङ्कुरकोमलैः । अङ्गैस् स्थितिम् अनुज्झद्भिर् वृद्धिं यातेव लक्ष्यसे
With limbs as soft as young plantain, lotus stalks, and sprouts, and retaining their grace, you appear as if you are growing ever more radiant.
तथा तेनैव तेनैव सन्निवेशेन संस्थिता । अन्यताम् उपयातासि लतेवर्तुविपर्यये
In the same way, with that very same arrangement, you have remained—yet you have assumed another form, like a creeper at the change of season.
किं त्वया पीतम् अमृतं प्राप्तं साम्राज्यम् एव वा । अमृत्यवे वा सम्प्राप्तः प्रयोगो योगयुक्तिभिः
Have you drunk the nectar of immortality, or attained sovereignty itself? Or have you, by yogic methods, achieved some means to conquer death?
राज्याच् चिन्तामणेर् वापि त्रैलोक्याद् वा त्वयाधिकम् । अप्राप्यं किम् अनुप्राप्तं नीलोत्पलविलोचने
O blue-lotus-eyed one, what unattainable thing have you obtained—something greater than a kingdom, or the wish-fulfilling gem, or even the three worlds?
नकिञ्चित् किञ्चिदाकारम् इदं त्यक्त्वाहम् आगता । नकिञ्चित्किञ्चिदाकारं तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
Having abandoned this nothingness that appears as something, I have come; and by that, I, the fortunate one, remain established in that which is nothing yet appears as something.
यत् किञ्चिद् यन् नकिञ्चिच् च तज् जानामि यथास्थितम् । यथोदयं यथानाशं तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
I know whatever is something and whatever is nothing, just as they are—how they arise and how they cease; by that, I, the fortunate one, remain established.
भोगैर् अभुक्तैस् तुष्यामि भुक्तैर् इव सुदूरगैः । न हृष्यामि न कुप्यामि तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
I am content with enjoyments not experienced, just as with those enjoyed from afar; I neither rejoice nor become angry—by that, I, the fortunate one, remain established.
एकैवाकाशसङ्काशे केवले हृदये रमे । न रमे राजलीलासु तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
I delight alone in the heart, which is like the sky, solitary and pure; I do not delight in royal amusements—by that, I, the fortunate one, remain established.
आत्मन्य् एव हि तिष्ठामि न वनोद्यानसद्मसु । न भोगौघेषु शय्यासु तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
I abide only in the Self, not in forests, gardens, or palaces, nor in heaps of enjoyments or on beds—by that, I, the fortunate one, remain established.
जगतां प्रभुर् एवास्मि नकिञ्चिन्मात्ररूपिणी । इत्य् आत्मन्य् एव तिष्ठामि तेनाहं श्रीमती स्थिता
I am indeed the master of the worlds, yet I am of the nature of mere nothingness; thus I abide in myself alone, and by this I remain truly blessed.
अन्यैवाहम् इयं नाहम् अन्या चेयं च वाप्य् अहम् । सर्वम् अस्मि नकिञ्चिद् वा तेनाहं श्रीमती स्थिता
I am other than this, and this is not myself; yet this too may be myself, or I may be all, or nothing at all; thus I remain truly blessed.
यत् पश्यामि न पश्यामि तत् पश्याम्य् अन्यद् एव यत् । इति सम्यक् प्रपश्यामि तेनाहं श्रीमती स्थिता
What I see, I do not see; what I perceive is something else entirely; thus I perceive rightly, and by this I remain truly blessed.
न सुखं प्रार्थये नार्थं नानर्थं चेतरां स्थितिम् । यथाप्रप्तेन तुष्यामि तेनाहं श्रीमती स्थिता
I do not desire pleasure, nor wealth, nor misfortune, nor any other state; I am content with whatever comes, and by this I remain truly blessed.
तनुविद्वेषरागाभिस् तज्ज्ञाभिश् शास्त्रदृष्टिषु । रमे सह वयस्याभिस् तेनास्मि श्रीमती स्थिता
With companions who are free from attachment and aversion to the body, who possess such knowledge and see according to scripture, I delight; and by this I remain truly blessed.
पश्यामि यन् नयनरश्मिभिर् इन्द्रियैर् वा चित्तेन चेह हि तद् अङ्ग न किञ्चिद् एव । पश्यामि तद्विरहितं तु नकिञ्चिदाभं पश्यामि सम्यग् इति नाथ चिरोदयास्मि
Whatever I see here with the rays of my eyes, with the senses, or with the mind, O Lord, is truly nothing at all; what I see is devoid of that, appearing as nothing; thus, I perceive rightly and have long since attained illumination.
एवम् आत्मनि विश्रान्तां वदन्तीं तां वराननाम् । असम्बद्धप्रलापासि बालासीति वदञ् शनैः
As she spoke thus, resting in herself, that beautiful-faced one, he gently said, 'You speak disconnected words, like a child.'
भोगलम्पटया बुद्ध्या मुग्धाम् आशङ्क्य तां प्रियाम् । अबुद्ध्वा तद्गिराम् अर्थं विहस्योवाच भूपतिः
Suspecting his beloved to be naive, with a mind greedy for enjoyment, and not understanding the meaning of her words, the king laughed and spoke.