त्वां निर्मितवतो धातुर् गुणजालातिशायिनीम् । मन्ये प्रकुपिता नूनम् अरुन्धत्यादिकास् स्त्रियः
I believe that the women like Arundhati, who excel in all virtues, must surely be jealous of you, whom the Creator has fashioned surpassing all qualities.
सतीत्वरूपसौजन्यगुणरत्नसमुद्गिके । एहि मे त्वद्गुणोत्कस्य पुनर् आलिङ्गनं कुरु
O treasure chest of the jewels of chastity, beauty, virtue, and gentleness, come, embrace me again, for I am eager for your qualities.
इत्य् उक्त्वा मृगशावाक्षीं चूडालां स शिखिध्वजः । आलिलिङ्ग पुनर् गाढं नकुलो नकुलीम् इव
Having spoken thus to Cūḍālā, whose eyes were like those of a fawn, Śikhidhvaja embraced her tightly again, as a male mongoose embraces its mate.
देव शुष्कक्रियाजालपरे त्वय्य् आकुलात्मनि । तथाभूवं भृशम् अहं त्वदर्थं दुःखिता किल
O lord, while you were absorbed in dry rituals and your mind was agitated, I truly became deeply distressed for your sake.
तेन त्वदवबोधात्मा स्वार्थ एवोपपादितः । मया तद् अत्र किं देवः करोति मयि शंसनम्
Through that, your awakening to knowledge has indeed fulfilled its own purpose; so what does the lord accomplish by praising me in this matter?
त्वया यथा वरारोहे स्वार्थस् सम्पादितश् शुभः । तथेदानीं सतां सर्वास् साधयन्तु कुलस्त्रियः
Just as you, O beautiful one, have attained your noble purpose, so now may all virtuous women of noble families accomplish the same.
बुद्ध्यंशैकान्तविश्रान्तजगज्जालक देव हे । अद्य तं प्राक्तनं कच्चिन् मोहं समनुपश्यसि
O lord, support of the web of the world, resting solely in the fragment of intelligence—do you now perceive that former delusion?
इदं करोमि नेदं तु प्राप्नोमीदम् इतस् त्व् इति । अन्तर् हससि तां कच्चिद् आशापेलवतां धियः
Do you now inwardly laugh at those hopes of the mind, which used to think, 'I will do this, not that; I will obtain this, not that'—like the curses of wishful thinking?
तास् तुच्छतृष्णाकलनास् तास् सङ्कल्पकुकल्पनाः । त्वयि नाद्यावलोक्यन्ते देव व्योम्नीव पर्वताः
Those vain thirsts and false imaginations, those crooked fabrications of thought, are no longer seen in you today, O lord, just as mountains are not seen in the sky.
कस् त्वम् अद्याङ्गसम्पन्नः किंनिष्ठो ऽसि किम् ईहसे । कथं पश्यसि पाश्चात्यं देहावस्थाक्रमं प्रभो
Who are you now, endowed with all your faculties? Upon what do you stand? What do you seek? How do you view the subsequent stages of bodily existence, O master?
सुमनःपूर्णनीलाब्जमालासारविलोकने । यस्य त्वम् एव तज्ज्ञासि तद् एवाहम् उपस्थितः
Wherever you perceive the garland of blue lotuses filled with a tranquil mind, know that as myself, for I am present there.
निरीहो ऽस्मि निरंशो ऽस्मि नभस्स्वच्छो ऽस्मि निस्स्पृहः । शान्ताहमर्थरूपो ऽस्मि चिरायाहम् अहं स्थितः
I am without desire, without parts, clear as the sky, free from longing; I am peaceful, of the nature of meaning, and I have abided as myself for a long time.
तां दशाम् उपयातो ऽस्मि यतश् चण्पकवर्णिनि । प्रतिभान्ति महान्तो ऽपि शोच्या हरिजिनादयः
Having attained that state, O one of golden complexion, even the great ones like Indra and others, who are subject to sorrow, appear pitiable to me.
नकिञ्चिन्मात्रचिन्मात्रनिष्ठो ऽस्मि स्वस्थ आस्थितः । भ्रमेणालं विमुक्तो ऽस्मि संसारेणालिलोचने
I am established in pure consciousness alone, with nothing else, abiding in my own nature; I am completely free from delusion and from the world, O lotus-eyed one.
न तुष्टो ऽस्मि न खिन्नो ऽस्मि नायम् अस्मि न चेतरत् । न स्थूलो ऽस्मि न सूक्ष्मो ऽस्मि सर्वम् अस्मि च सुन्दरि
I am neither pleased nor distressed, I am not this nor anything else; I am neither gross nor subtle, yet I am all, O beautiful one.
तेजोबिम्बात् प्रयातेन भित्ताव् अपतितेन च । क्षयातिशयमुक्तेन प्रकाशेनास्मि वै समः
Like the light that, though projected from a luminous orb, does not fall upon a wall, and is untouched by increase or decrease, so am I, ever equal.
शान्तो ऽस्मि साम्यम् एवास्मि स्वच्छो ऽस्मि विगतामयः । परिनिर्वाण एवास्मि सद् अस्म्य् अतिसतीव्रते
I am peaceful, I am equanimity itself, I am pure, free from disease; I am verily supreme liberation, I am existence, firmly established in the highest vow.
यत् तद् अस्ति तद् एवास्मि वक्तुं शक्नोमि नेतरत् । तरङ्गतरलापाङ्गे गुरुस् त्वं मे नमो ऽस्तु ते
Whatever truly exists, that I am; I am able to say this and nothing else. O Guru, whose glance is as gentle as a trembling wave, I bow to you.
प्रसादेन विशालाक्ष्यास् तीर्णो ऽस्मि भवसागरात् । पुनर् मलं न गृह्णामि शतध्मातसुवर्णवत्
By the grace of the wide-eyed one, I have crossed the ocean of worldly existence; I will not take up impurity again, just as gold purified a hundred times does not become tainted.
स्वस्थश् शान्तो मृदुर् दान्तो वीतरागो निरंशधीः । सर्वातीतस् सर्वगश् च खम् इवायम् अहं स्थितः
I am tranquil, peaceful, gentle, restrained, free from passion, with a mind devoid of divisions; I have transcended all, I am all-pervading, and I remain like the sky.
एवं स्थिते महासत्त्व प्राणेश हृदयप्रिय । किम् इदानीं प्रभो ब्रूहि रोचते ते महामते
Thus established, O great-souled lord of life, beloved of my heart, what now shall I say, O wise one, that pleases you?
प्रतिषेधं न जानामि न जानाम्य् अभिवाञ्छनम् । यद् आचरसि तन्वि त्वं कदाचिद् वेद्मि तन् न वा
I do not know rejection, nor do I know desire; whatever you do, slender one, sometimes I know it, sometimes not.
मन्मनो नाशकलनां तथा स्थितिकलां प्रिये । न काञ्चिद् अनुसन्धातुं जानात्य् अम्बरसुव्रतम्
My mind does not know how to form thoughts of destruction or of continuance, dear one; it cannot pursue anything, like the vow-bound sky.
यद् एव किञ्चिज् जानासि तद् एव कुरु सुन्दरि । तद् एव धारयिष्यामि प्रतिबिम्बं यथा मणिः
Whatever you know, beautiful one, do just that; I will hold only that, as a jewel reflects only what is before it.
चेतसा विगतेच्छेन यथाप्राप्तम् अनिन्दिते । न स्तौमि न च निन्दामि यद् इच्छसि तद् आचर
With a mind free of desire, O blameless one, I neither praise nor blame whatever comes; do as you wish.
यद्य् एवं तन् महाभाग समाकर्णय मन्मतम् । आकर्ण्य जीवन्मुक्तात्मंस् तद् एवाहर्तुम् अर्हसि
If this is so, O highly fortunate one, then listen to my thought; having heard it from one who is liberated while living, you should accept just that.
सर्वत्रैक्यावबोधेन मौर्ख्यक्षयभुवाधुना । निरिच्छास् तावद् आकाशविशदास् संस्थिता वयम्
Now, by the destruction of ignorance through the realization of oneness everywhere, we remain as pure as the clear sky, free from all desire.
यादृग् एषणम् अस्माकम् तादृग् एतद् अनेषणम् । एषणानेषणे भेदश् चिन्मात्रोल्लसने हि कः
Just as is our pursuit, so is this absence of pursuit; in the radiance of pure consciousness, what distinction is there between seeking and non-seeking?
तस्माद् आद्यन्तमध्येषु ये वयं पुरुषोत्तम । मौर्ख्यम् एव परित्यज्य त एवेमे स्थिता इह
Therefore, O best of men, those of us who, at the beginning, middle, and end, have abandoned only ignorance—these alone remain established here.
साम्प्रतं प्रकृतेनेमं कालं नीत्वा क्रमेण वै । विदेहतां प्रयास्यामः प्रभो कालेन केनचित्
Now, following the natural course, we shall pass this time gradually, and, O Lord, by some means or other, attain the state beyond the body.