येनायं क्षोभ्यते देहो मत्तेभेनेव पादपः । तत् सन्त्यजसि चेत् पापं तन् महात्यागवान् भवान्
If you abandon that by which this body is disturbed, as a tree is shaken by a mad elephant, then you become truly great in renunciation, free from sin.
तस्मिंस् त्यक्ते भवेत् त्यक्तं सर्वं देहादि भूपते । नो चेन् निर्दग्धम् अप्य् एतद् भूयो भूयः प्ररोहति
When that is abandoned, O king, everything—body and all—is abandoned; if not, even if this is burned up, it sprouts again and again.
केनायं चाल्यते देहः किं बीजं जन्मकर्मणाम् । कस्मिंस् त्यक्ते परित्यक्तं सर्वं भवति सुन्दर
By what is this body agitated? What is the seed of birth and action? When that is abandoned, O beautiful one, all is truly renounced.
साधो न देहत्यागेन न राज्यत्यजनेन च । न चोटजादिप्लोषेण सर्वत्यागो भवेन् नृणाम्
O noble one, not by abandoning the body, nor by giving up a kingdom, nor by burning the hut and the like, does complete renunciation arise for people.
यत् सर्वं सर्वतो यच् च तस्मिन् सर्वैककारणे । सर्वस्मिन् सम्परित्यक्ते सर्वत्यागः कृतो भवेत्
When all, everywhere, and whatever exists is relinquished into that one cause of all, then, with the complete abandonment of everything, true renunciation is accomplished.
सर्वं सर्वगतं सार्वं हेयं त्याज्यं च सर्वथा । सर्वं किम् उच्यते ब्रूहि सर्वतत्त्वविदां वर
All, which is present in all, and which is to be rejected and abandoned in every way—what is truly meant by 'all'? Tell me, O best knower of all realities.
साधो सर्वकलाधारं जीवप्राणादिनामकम् । न जडं नाजडं भ्रान्तं चित्तं सर्वम् इति स्मृतम्
O noble one, the mind is called 'all,' which is the support of all faculties, known by names such as life-force and soul; it is neither inert nor non-inert, but is deluded.
राज्यादेर् अथ देहादेर् आश्रमादेर् महीपते । सर्वस्यैव मनो बीजं तरुबीजं तरोर् इव
O king, just as the seed is the cause of a tree, so the mind is the seed of everything—whether kingdom, body, or stage of life.
सर्वस्य बीजे सन्त्यक्ते सर्वं त्यक्तं भवत्य् अलम् । सम्भवासम्भवाद् भूयस् सर्वत्यागो भवेद् इति
When the seed of all is abandoned, then all is truly abandoned; thus, by relinquishing the cause, the abandonment of all is accomplished.
सर्वं धर्माद्य् अधर्मादि राज्यादि विपिनादि च । सचित्तस्य परं दुःखं निश्चित्तस्य परं सुखम्
All—righteousness and unrighteousness, kingdom and forest—brings great suffering to one with mind, but supreme happiness to one without mind.
इदं विवर्तते सर्वं चित्तम् एव जगत्तया । देहाद्याकारजालेन बीजं वृक्षतया यथा
This mind alone appears as the entire world, manifesting in forms such as body and so on, just as a seed appears as a tree with its network of branches.
पादपः पवनेनेव भूकम्पेनेव पर्वतः । भस्त्रा भस्त्राहिनेवायं देहश् चित्तेन चाल्यते
Just as a tree is moved by the wind, or a mountain by an earthquake, or a bellows by a bellows-blower, so this body is moved by the mind.
सर्वभूतोपभोग्यानां जरामरणजन्मनाम् । महामणीनां सुदृढं चित्तं विद्धि समुद्गकम्
Know the mind to be the strong casket of all the great jewels—namely, the experiences of all beings, and of old age, death, and birth.
चित्तं जीवो मनो माया प्राणश् चेत्यादिभिर् मुने । क्रियानुरूपैर् अभिधाव्यापारैश् चित्तम् उच्यते
O sage, the mind is called the living being, the intellect, illusion, and life-force; it is referred to by these and other terms, according to its various activities and functions.
चित्तं सर्वम् इति प्राहुस् तस्मिंस् त्यक्ते महीपते । सर्वाधिव्याधिसीमान्ते सर्वत्यागः कृतो भवेत्
They say that everything is mind; when that is abandoned, O king, all afflictions and their limits are left behind, and complete renunciation is accomplished.
चित्तत्यागं विदुस् सर्वत्यागं त्यागविदां वर । तस्मिन् सिद्धे महाबाहो सत्यं केनापि भूयते
Those who know the abandonment of mind understand it as the highest renunciation; when this is attained, O mighty-armed one, what truth remains to be realized by anyone?
चित्ते त्यक्ते लयं याति द्वैतम् ऐक्यं च सर्वतः । केनचिद् भूयते शान्तं स्वच्छम् एकम् अनामयम्
When the mind is abandoned, duality everywhere dissolves into unity; then, for anyone, there remains only peace—pure, single, and free from affliction.
अस्याः क्षेत्रं विदुश् चित्तं संसृतेस् सस्यसन्ततेः । क्षेत्रे त्व् अक्षेत्रतां याते शालेः क इव सम्भवः
They know the mind to be the field for the endless crop of worldly existence; but when the field itself is gone, how can the rice plant arise?
चित्तम् एव विचित्रेहं भावाभावविलासिना । विवर्तते ऽर्थभावेन जलम् ऊर्मितया यथा
Here, the mind alone manifests as the play of existence and non-existence, transforming into objects, just as water takes the form of waves.
चित्तोत्सादनरूपेण सर्वत्यागेन भूपते । सर्वम् आसाद्यते सम्यक् साम्राज्येनेव सर्वदा
Through the complete abandonment that is the dissolution of mind, O king, everything is truly attained—just as with universal sovereignty, all is ever possessed.
सर्वत्यागस्य विषयो यथैवान्यो ऽस्ति ते तथा । त्वम् अप्य् अन्यस्य भवसि त्यागिन् गृह्णासि चेन् नृप
Just as there is a distinct object for complete renunciation, so too, O king, if you accept something, you become someone else's; you are not a true renouncer.
सूत्रं मुक्ताफलेनेव जगज्जालं त्रिकालगम् । सर्वम् अन्तःकृतं तेन येन सर्वं समुज्झितम्
Like a thread running through pearls, the web of the world, existing in all three times, is entirely pervaded within by that which has abandoned all.
येन सर्वं परित्यक्तं तस्मिञ् शून्ये ऽपि संस्थितं । जगत् सर्वं त्रिकालस्थं तन्तुर् मुक्ताफले यथा
He by whom everything is abandoned, though established in emptiness, upholds the entire world existing in past, present, and future, as a thread holds pearls.
सस्नेहेनेव दीपेन तेन सर्वं प्रकाशितम् । स्थितस् सर्वं परित्यज्य यश् शान्तो ऽस्नेहदीपवत्
By that one, as by a lamp with oil, all is illuminated; having abandoned everything, he remains, peaceful, like a lamp without oil.
अस्नेहेनेव दीपेन येन सर्वं तिरोहितम् । स राजते प्रकाशात्मा समस् सस्नेहदीपवत्
By one who is like a lamp without oil, all is concealed; yet he shines, of the nature of light, impartial, like a lamp with oil.
समस्तवस्तुनिष्कासे यथा खम् अवशिष्यते । सर्वत्यागे कृते तादृग् विज्ञानम् अवशिष्यते
When all objects are removed, space alone remains; so too, when everything is renounced, such knowledge alone remains.
समस्तवस्तूदासो हि यथा खं नेतरन् नृप । सर्वसन्त्याग एवाङ्ग तथा निर्वाणम् उच्यते
Just as space is indifferent to all things, O king, and not otherwise, so too, only by complete renunciation is liberation said to be attained.
सर्वत्यागो हि शून्यात्माप्य् आश्रयस् सर्वसम्पदाम् । अनन्तानाम् उदाराणां खम् इवेदं दिवौकसाम्
Complete renunciation, though of the nature of emptiness, is the support of all riches, like this sky is for the gods—vast and noble.
सर्वत्यागरसापानाज् जरामरणभीतयः । न काश्चन प्रबाधन्ते खस्येव मललेखिकाः
For those who have drunk the nectar of complete renunciation, the fears of old age and death do not trouble them at all, just as streaks of dirt do not cling to the sky.
सर्वत्यागो महत्त्वस्य कारणं निर्मलद्युतेः । सर्वं त्यजति खं यस्मात् तस्माच् छुद्धं स्थिरं बृहत्
Complete renunciation is the cause of greatness and pure radiance; for space abandons everything, and thus it is pure, steady, and vast.