सर्वत्यागः परानन्दो दुःखम् अन्यत् सुदारुणम् । इत्य् ॐ इत्य् उररीकृत्य यद् इच्छसि तद् आचर
Complete renunciation is supreme bliss; all else is intense suffering. Therefore, having embraced 'Om', act as you wish.
सर्वं त्यजति यस् तस्य सर्वम् एवोपतिष्ठते । यथैवाम्बु विशत्य् अग्नौ तथैवायाति वारिधौ
For the one who abandons everything, all things come to him; just as water enters fire, so too does it return to the ocean.
सर्वत्यागान्तर् एवास्ति ज्ञानम् आत्मप्रसादकम् । यच् छून्यं किल भाण्डस्य तत्र रत्नादि तिष्ठति
Within complete renunciation alone is the knowledge that brings clarity to the self; just as in the emptiness of a vessel, jewels and such can be placed.
सर्वत्यागवशाद् एव हतकाले कलाव् अपि । शाक्येन विगताशङ्कं मुनिना मेरुवत् स्थितम्
It is solely by the power of complete renunciation that, even at the end of an age, the sage Shakya remained unshaken like Mount Meru, free from all fear.
सर्वत्यागो महाराज सर्वसम्पत्समाश्रयः । न गृह्णाति हि यः कश्चित् सर्वं तस्मै प्रदीयते
O great king, complete renunciation is the abode of all prosperity; for the one who grasps nothing, everything is given.
कृत्वा सर्वपरित्यागं शान्तस् स्वच्छो वियत्समः । सोम्यो भवसि यद्रूपस् तद्रूपो भव भूपते
Having performed total abandonment, you become peaceful, pure, and like the sky; O king, become of that very nature—gentle and serene.
सर्वं परित्यज्य महानुभाव त्यजस्य् अलं येन च तद् विहाय । त्यागं च सादानम् अलं विमुच्य विमुक्तरूपो भव भूमिपाल
Renounce everything, O great one; abandon even the act by which you renounce. Let go of the very idea of renunciation and its means, and become free in essence, O ruler of the earth.
एवं वदति वै कुम्भे चित्तत्यागं मुहुर् मुहुः । अन्तर् विचारयन् सोम्यो राजा वचनम् अब्रवीत्
As Kumbha spoke thus, repeatedly urging the abandonment of the mind, the gentle king reflected inwardly and replied.
हृदयाकाशविहगो हृदयद्रुममर्कटः । भूयो भूयो निरस्तं हि समायात्य् एव मां मनः
My mind, like a bird in the sky of the heart or a monkey in the tree of the heart, though driven away again and again, keeps returning to me.
जानामि नैतद् आदातुं मत्स्यं बाल इवाकुलम् । त्यागम् अस्य न जानामि चित्रम् अन्ध इवोत्तमम्
I know not how to seize it, like a restless fish eluding a child; nor do I know how to renounce it, which seems strange, like something excellent to a blind man.
चित्तस्यादौ स्वरूपं मे यथावद् भगवन् वद । ततश् चित्तपरित्यागं यथावद् भगवन् वद
O revered one, tell me truly the nature of the mind at the outset; then, O revered one, explain to me the proper way to renounce the mind.
वासनैव महाराज स्वरूपं विद्धि चेतसः । चित्तशब्दस् तु पर्यायो वासनाया उदाहृतः
Know, O great king, that the essence of the mind is simply impression (vāsanā); the word 'mind' is merely another term used for impression.
त्यागस् त्व् अस्यातिसुकरस् सुसाधस् स्पन्दनाद् अपि । रताद् अप्य् अधिकानन्दः कुसुमाद् अपि सुन्दरः
Its renunciation is exceedingly easy, more attainable than even a heartbeat; it brings greater joy than pleasure, and is more beautiful than a flower.
मूर्खस्य तु मनस्त्यागो नूनं दुस्साधतां गतः । पुक्कसस्येव साम्राज्यं तृणस्येव सुमेरुता
But for the ignorant, the abandonment of the mind is surely most difficult—like sovereignty for an outcaste, or Mount Meru for a blade of grass.
स्वरूपं वेद्मि चित्तस्य वासनामयम् आकुलम् । त्यागो ऽस्य मन्ये दुस्साधो वज्रनिर्दलनाद् अपि
I know the true nature of the mind: it is agitated, woven from latent impressions; I believe that renouncing it is more difficult than splitting a diamond.
संसृत्यामोदपुष्पस्य दुःखतैलतिलस्य च । जगद्वालमृणालस्य मोहमारुतखस्य च
The world is like a garland of the flowers of transmigration, a sesame cake of suffering, a stalk of lotus in the fire of existence, and a sky blown by the wind of delusion.
शरीरयन्त्रवाहस्य हृत्पद्मभ्रमरस्य च । अयत्नाच् चेतसस् त्यागो यथा भवति तद् वद
The body is a machine, the heart is like a lotus with a bee inside; tell me, how does the effortless abandonment of the mind take place?
सर्वनाशो ऽस्य यस् साधो चेतसस् संसृतिक्षयः । स एव चित्तसन्त्याग इत्य् उक्तं दीर्घदर्शिभिः
O noble one, the complete destruction of the mind, which is the end of transmigration, is called the abandonment of the mind by those who see deeply.
चित्तत्यागाद् अहं मन्ये चित्तनाशस् स्वसिद्धये । अभावश् चेतसो व्याधेः कथम् अस्यानुभूयते
I believe that the destruction of the mind through its abandonment is the means to self-realization; but how can the absence of the disease of the mind be experienced?
अहम्बीजद्रुमं चित्तं सशाखाफलपल्लवम् । उन्मूलय समूलं त्वम् आकाशविशदो भवन्
Uproot the tree of mind, whose seed is the sense of 'I', along with its branches, fruits, and leaves, and become clear like the sky.
चेतसः किं मुने मूलं को ऽङ्कुरः कश् च सम्भवः । काश् शाखाः के च वा स्कन्धाः कथम् उन्मूल्यते च तत्
O sage, what is the root of the mind, what is its sprout, and what is its origin? What are its branches and what are its trunks, and how is it to be uprooted?
अहमर्थोदयो यो ऽयं चिदात्मा वेदनात्मकः । एतच् चित्तद्रुमस्यास्य विद्धि बीजं जगद्गतम्
Know that the arising of the sense of 'I', which is consciousness itself and of the nature of experience, is the seed of this tree of mind that pervades the world.
अहम्भावात्मकं वित्त्वं चित्तबीजम् उदाहृतम् । परमात्मपदक्षेत्रं नेत्रं मायामयस्य तत्
The sense of 'I'-ness is called wealth, the seed of the mind; it is the field of the supreme Self, the eye of that which is made of illusion.
एतस्मात् प्रथमोद्भिन्नाद् यो ऽङ्कुरो ऽनुभवाकृतिः । निश्चयात्मा निराकारो बुद्धिर् इत्य् एव सोच्यते
From this first sprouting, the shoot that takes the form of experience, whose essence is certainty and is formless, is called intellect.
अस्य बुद्ध्यभिधानस्य याङ्कुरस्य प्रपीनता । सङ्कल्परूपिणी तस्याश् चित्तं नाम मनो ऽभिधा
The fullness of this sprout, known as intellect, is of the nature of thought; its name is mind, and it is also called 'manas'.
जीवो मिथ्योपलम्भात्मा शून्यात्माप्य् उपलोपमः । स्तम्भः कायो ऽयम् एतस्य स्नाय्वस्थिरसरञ्जितः
The individual soul, whose nature is false perception and emptiness, is like a shadow; this body is its pillar, adorned with nerves, bones, and fluids.
देशाद् देशान्तरे दूरे देशकालविदो ऽस्य याः । शाखास् ताश् चित्तवृक्षस्य दीर्घा दूरतरास् तताः
The branches of this tree of mind, which extend from place to place, far and wide, are its knowledge of space and time, and they stretch out even farther.
इन्द्रियाण्य् अथ भोगाश् च भावाभावमयोर्मयः । विटपौघा महान्तो ऽस्य शुभाशुभफलाकुलाः
The senses, pleasures, and the mixtures of existence and non-existence are its great clusters of foliage, filled with fruits both auspicious and inauspicious.
ईदृशस्यास्य चित्तस्य दुर्वृक्षस्य प्रतिक्षणम् । शाखाविलवनं कुर्वन् मूलकाषे भरं कुरु
For this mind, which is like a harmful tree, constantly prune its branches; focus your effort on cutting its root.
चित्तद्रुमस्य शाखादेः कुर्वाणो ऽहं विकर्तनम् । कथं करोमि मूलस्य निश्शेषं कषणं मुने
Though I am cutting the branches of the tree of mind, how can I, O sage, completely sever its root?