हुताशो नाशम् आगत्य सोमो भवति वै तथा । दिवसो नाशम् आगत्य रात्रिर् भवति वै यथा
Just as fire, upon perishing, becomes soma, so too, when day comes to an end, it indeed becomes night.
तमःप्रकाशयोश् छायातपयोर् दिनरात्रयोः । मध्ये विलक्षणं रूपं प्राज्ञैर् अपि न लभ्यते
The distinct form between darkness and light, between shade and sunlight, between day and night, cannot be grasped even by the wise.
सन्धिर् अप्य् आबिलो यस् स्याद् एतयोर् एव तद् वपुः । भावाभावौ यथैकस्य श्लिष्टाव् एतौ तथैव हि
Even the junction between these two is indistinct; their form is just that. Just as existence and non-existence are joined in one, so are these two.
द्वाभ्यां चैतन्यजाड्याभ्यां भूतानि प्रस्फुरन्ति हि । यथा तमःप्रकाशाभ्याम् अहोरात्रा महीतले
Indeed, all elements arise from both consciousness and inertness, just as day and night arise on earth from darkness and light.
चिद्रूपजडरूपाभ्याम् आरब्धेयं जगत्स्थितिः । जलामृताभ्यां मिश्राभ्यां द्वाभ्यां तनुर् इवैन्दवी
The existence of this world arises from the combination of consciousness and inertness, just as the lunar body is formed from the mixture of water and nectar.
प्रकाशम् अनलं सूर्यं चिद्रूपं विद्धि राघव । जडात्मकं तमोरूपं विद्धि सोमशरीरकम्
Know, O Raghava, that fire, light, and the sun are forms of consciousness; and that darkness, which is inert in nature, is to be understood as the body of the moon.
चित्सूर्ये निर्मले दृष्टे तमो नश्येद् भवामयः । व्योमसूर्ये बहिर् दृष्टे यथा कृष्णनिशातमः
When the pure sun of consciousness is seen, the darkness of worldly existence is destroyed, just as the darkness of night vanishes when the sun appears in the sky.
सोमदेहे जडे दृष्टे चित्तेजो ऽसत्यवद् भवेत् । निशीथे विलसच्चन्द्रे यथा सौरः प्रभाभरः
When the inert body of the moon is seen, the radiance of consciousness appears as if unreal, just as the brilliance of the sun seems absent when the moon shines at midnight.
सोमं प्रकटयत्य् अग्निश् चिद् देहं सुचिरप्रभा । अग्निं भासयतीन्दुश् च देहं स्वं रूपम् अर्पयन्
Fire reveals the moon, and consciousness, with its enduring radiance, reveals the body; likewise, the moon illuminates fire by imparting its own form to its body.
चिन् निष्क्रिया त्व् अनाभासा केवला नोपलभ्यते । आलोक इव दीपेन देहेनैवावगम्यते
Consciousness is actionless, without appearance, and alone is not perceived; it is known only through the body, just as light is known by a lamp.
चितश् चेत्योन्मुखत्वेन लाभस् सैव च संसृतिः । निश्चेत्यायास् तु नो लाभो निर्वाणं च तद् एव हि
When consciousness is directed toward objects, that is called attainment, and that itself is worldly existence; but when there is no objectification, there is no attainment, and that is truly liberation.
अन्योऽन्यलब्धसत्ताकाव् एवं कुड्यप्रकाशवत् । अग्नीषोमाव् इमौ विद्धि सम्पृक्तौ देहदेहिनौ
Just as two walls are revealed by each other's presence, so too, know that fire and moon—consciousness and inertness—are mutually blended as body and embodied being.
अतिशायिनि निर्वाणे जाड्ये चैवातिशायिनि । अग्नेस् सोमस्य चैवाङ्ग स्थितिर् भवति केवला
When there is supreme liberation and also in profound inertia, the state of fire and soma, O dear one, remains alone.
प्राणो ऽग्निर् उष्णप्रकृतिर् अपानश् शीतलश् शशी । छायातपवद् इत्य् एतौ संस्थितौ मुखमार्गगौ
Prāṇa is fire, its nature is heat; apāna is the moon, cool in nature. These two, like shade and sunlight, are established moving through the mouth.
अपाने शीतले सत्ताम् एत्य् उष्णः प्राणपावकः । प्रतिबिम्बम् इवादर्शे स च तस्मिंस् तथैव हि
When apāna attains coolness, the fire of prāṇa becomes warm; just as a reflection appears in a mirror, so too does it appear in that.
चिदग्निः पद्मयन्त्रस्थं सोमं वार्यात्मकं त्विषा । जनयत्य् अनुभूत्येह कुड्यालोकं यथा बहिः
The fire of consciousness generates the soma, which is of the nature of water, situated in the lotus mechanism, by its radiance—just as an inner lamp produces light on a wall outside.
संसृत्यादौ हि या काचित् संविच् छीतोष्णरूपिणी । अग्नीषोमाभिधां प्राप्ता सैव सर्गो नृणाम् इह
At the beginning of manifestation, whatever awareness takes the form of heat and cold, that is called by the name of fire and soma; this itself is the creation of beings here.
यत्र सोमकला ग्रस्ता क्षणं सूर्येण षोडशी । मुखाद् वितस्तिमात्राग्रे तत्र बद्धपदो भव
Where the sixteenth digit of soma is momentarily seized by the sun, at a distance of a span from the mouth—there, remain firmly established.
नूनं सूर्यपदं प्राप्तस् सोमो यत्र हृदम्बरे । नूनं केवलया स्थित्या तत्र बद्धपदो भव
Surely, where the sun's position is attained and soma is in the sky of the heart, surely, with a state of pure stability, remain firmly established there.
औष्ण्यम् अग्निश् चिद् आदित्यश् शैत्यं सोम उदाहृतः । यत्रैतौ प्रतिबिम्बस्थौ तत्र बद्धपदो भव
Heat is fire, consciousness is the sun, and coolness is called soma; wherever these two are reflected, there remain firmly established.
शारीरसोमसूर्याग्निसङ्क्रान्तिज्ञो भवानघ । अत्र योजनलक्षस्थं वस्तु पश्यसि निश्य् अपि । अत्र सङ्क्रान्तिकाला हि बाह्यास् तृणसमास् स्मृताः
O sinless one, you know the transitions of the body, moon, sun, and fire; here, even at night, you see an object a hundred yojanas away. In this, the external times of transition are considered as insignificant as blades of grass.
सङ्क्रान्तिम् उत्तरम् अथायनम् अङ्ग सम्यक्कालं तथा विषुवती यदि देहवातैः । अन्तर् बहिस्स्थम् इव वेत्सि यथानुभूतं तच् छोचसीह न पुनः परम् अभ्युपेतः
If, by the winds of the body, you accurately know the transitions—northern course, solstice, equinox, and so on—both within and without, as you have experienced, you grieve here but not again once you have attained the highest.
अणुतां स्थूलतां चायं यथा गच्छति योगिनाम् । देहो राम तथा सम्यग् वक्ष्यमाणम् इदं शृणु
Just as the body of yogis attains minuteness or grossness, O Rama, so too does it change; now listen as I explain this properly.
हृद्य् अब्जपत्त्रकोशोत्थः प्रस्फुरत्य् आनलः कणः । हेमभ्रमरवत् सान्ध्ये विद्युत्कण इवाम्बुदे
A spark of fire arises from the lotus-petal sheath in the heart; it flashes like a golden bee at twilight, or like a streak of lightning in a cloud.
स प्रवर्धनसंवित्त्या वात्ययेवाशु वर्धते । संविद्रूपतया नूनम् अर्कवद् याति चोदयम्
By the power of expanding awareness, it quickly grows like a whirlwind; truly, taking the form of consciousness, it rises like the sun.
सन्ध्याभ्रप्रथमार्काभो वृद्धिम् अभ्यागतः क्षणात् । गालयत्य् अखिलं साङ्गं देहं हेम यथानलः
Having swiftly grown to resemble the first sun in a twilight cloud, it melts the entire body with its limbs, just as fire melts gold.
जलस्पर्शासहो युक्त्या गालयत्य् उपलाद्य् अपि । बाह्य एवानलस्पन्द आन्तरस् तु विशेषतः
By its nature, it can melt even a stone by contact with water; the external fire is only apparent, but the inner fire is especially so.
स शरीरद्रवः पश्चाद् विधूय क्वापि नीयते । चित्क्षोभितेन प्राणेन नीहारो वात्यया यथा
Afterwards, that bodily fluid is cast off and carried somewhere, by the life-breath agitated by consciousness, just as mist is driven by the wind.
आधारनाडिनिर्हीना व्योमस्थैवावशिष्यते । शक्तिः कुण्डलिनी वह्नेर् धूमलेखेव निर्गता
When the supporting channels are absent, only the power of Kuṇḍalinī remains, abiding in space, having emerged like a wisp of smoke from fire.
क्रोडीकृतमनोबुद्धिमयजीवाद्यहङ्कृतिः । अन्तस्स्फुरच्चमत्कारा धूमलेखेव तागरी
The ego, which encompasses mind, intellect, vital force, and so on, shines within, wondrously, like a streak of smoke from burning tagara wood.