खे खात्मैवास्ति चिद्रूपं तत् स्वकं विद्यते वपुः । भासते यद् इदन्त्वेन नाहम् अस्मि न चानहम्
In space, only the Self of space exists, whose nature is consciousness; its own form appears as what is perceived, yet I am neither 'I' nor 'not-I.'
ततं चिद्रूपम् अस्तीदृग् यत्र स्थूलं खम् अप्य् अलम् । अणाव् इव महामेरुस् तत्संवित्तिर् हि खादिता
That all-pervading form of consciousness exists in such a way that even gross space is insignificant within it; just as Mount Meru is within an atom, so is all awareness absorbed in that space.
घनस् ततो विदाभासẖ खाद् अप्य् अतितराम् अणुः । जानाति यत् स्वभावं तद् एतत् सर्गतया स्थितम्
From the dense arises the appearance of division; even from the subtle, the most minute. Whatever knows its own nature, that alone stands as creation.
अहन्ताखादिताद्यात्म विदḫ प्रसरणं जगत् । अम्भोद्रवप्रसरणं यथावर्तादिवेष्टनम्
The expansion of the world is the unfolding of the self, consumed by the sense of 'I'; just as the spreading of water is wound by the movement of a whirlpool.
अवित्प्रसरणं शान्तम् अस्पन्दीव जलद्रवः । निस्स्पन्दपवनाकारम् आकाशहृदयोपमम्
The unexpanded is peaceful, like still water without a ripple; resembling unmoving wind, like the heart of space.
न देशकालादि जगत्प्रसरेषूपयुज्यते । घनाच् छून्यान् निराभासाद् विन्मात्रप्रसराद् ऋते
In the expansion of the world, space, time, and the rest are not applicable—except for the expansion from the dense, the void, the non-apparent, and pure consciousness.
विन्मात्रे प्रसृते काष्ठे व्योम्नि नावि जले स्थले । निद्रायां जाग्रति स्वप्ने भवेज् जगद् इवोदितम्
When pure consciousness expands, whether in wood, sky, boat, water, or land, in sleep, waking, or dream, the world seems to arise.
प्रसरणाप्रसरणे न च सम्भवतो मिथः । खाद् अप्य् अतितराच्छत्वाद् अक्षोभादेस् सदैव हि
There is no mutual occurrence of expansion and non-expansion; for even in the subtle, due to its extreme subtlety and absence of disturbance, it is ever so.
ज्ञश् चेतति न भोगादि न चैवात्मन्य् असाव् अहम् । द्रवत्वम् अम्भसीवान्तर् अद्वितीयḫ परे स्थितः
The knower is aware, but not of enjoyment or the like, nor does he think 'I am this self'; like the liquidity within water, he abides inwardly as the non-dual supreme.
धीर् ह्रीश् श्रीस् स्त्री स्मृतिẖ कीर्तिẖ कान्तिर् इत्यादिकं गणम् । न पश्यति विसङ्कल्पस् तमसीव पदान्य् अहेः
Courage, modesty, prosperity, womanhood, memory, fame, beauty, and such qualities—he does not perceive them, being free of concepts, like the feet of a snake in darkness.
ब्रह्मेन्दुबिम्बस्फुरितश् चिज्ज्योत्स्नाच्छामृतद्रवः । दिक्कालासम्भवात् सर्गो नेश्वराद् व्यतिरिच्यते
The nectar-like essence of consciousness, shining as the radiance of the full moon of Brahman, arises not from space or time, nor is creation distinct from the Lord.
अदिगाद्य् अस्फुरच् चैव परे स्फुरति भासुरम् । जगदाद्यात्मकं चित्त्वं चक्रौघत्वम् इवाम्भसि
At first, it is unmanifest; then, in the supreme, it shines forth brilliantly—the mind, which is the essence of the world, appears like a multitude of whirlpools in water.
मज्जनोन्मज्जनारावैर् विवर्तावर्तवेष्टनैः । अच्छिन्नानुपदं क्षीणा वाति सर्गसरिच् चिरम्
With the sounds of submergence and emergence, with the circling and swirling of transformations, the river of creation flows on endlessly, uninterrupted at every step, until it is exhausted.
यथावर्तैḫ पयो याति धूमो याति यथा नभः । तथा जडात्मकतया तृतीयस् सर्ग एतयोः
Just as water moves with eddies, or smoke rises into the sky, so too, in its inert aspect, this third creation arises from those two.
दारुणि क्रकचच्छेदे यथावर्तादिकं तथा । अदिगादौ परे सर्गस् तद् एतद्रूपवान् अयम्
Just as, when wood is cut with a saw, the first movement and so on occur, so too, at the beginning of the unmanifest and in the supreme, this creation takes on such a form.
संसारकदलीस्तम्भाद् विना सङ्कल्पपल्लवात् । मृदुनो ऽपि दृषत्क्रूरान् न किञ्चिल् लभ्यते ऽन्तरात्
From the stem of the plantain tree of worldly existence, without the tender shoots of imagination, nothing hard, cruel, or even firm can be obtained within.
सहस्रखुरमूर्धाक्षिकरवक्त्रेहितेहितम् । नानाद्रितरुदिग्देशसरित्प्रादेशमात्रकम्
With countless hooves, heads, eyes, hands, mouths, and actions, it is measured only by the extent of the various mountains, forests, directions, and rivers.
अन्तश्शून्यम् असारात्म बहुरागोपरञ्जितम् । स्फुरद्विरागविहितमार्जनामात्रतर्जनम्
Empty within, lacking substance, yet colored by many passions, it threatens only with the gesture of cleansing, established by the play of detachment.
ससुरासुरगन्धर्वविद्याधरमहोरगम् । जडात्मपवनस्पन्दि जडचेतनचेतितम्
With gods, demons, gandharvas, vidyādharas, great serpents; with inert, self, wind, vibration; with inert, conscious, and unconscious—
पटे चित्रमहाराज्यम् इव भासुरसुन्दरम् । परामर्शासहं चारु विकल्पस्फूर्जितं जगत्
Like a splendid and beautiful kingdom painted on a cloth, this world, resplendent and lovely, arises from the play of imagination, unable to be grasped by thought.
स्पन्दात्मनि विकल्पांशे प्रतिभासत्यरूपिणि । संवित् प्रसरति भ्रान्तौ तैलबिन्दुर् इवाम्भसि
In the vibrating self, in the portion of imagination, which is of the nature of mere appearance, consciousness spreads forth in delusion, like a drop of oil on water.
हृल्लेखाजालविसरैस् सर्गावर्तविवर्तनैः । विसरत्स्नेहसम्मिश्रजडानुशयचर्वणैः
By the spreading networks of heart-impressions, by the whirlings of the eddies of creation, by the chewing over of inert tendencies mixed with flowing attachment—
अहमित्यादिविद्रूपे विकल्पेनोन्मुखी सती । न पराद् व्यतिरिक्तैषा जलत्वाद् इव तोयता
Being inclined toward imagination, in the form of 'I am this' and so on, it is not different from the Supreme, just as the state of water is not different from water itself.
विदा नित्यस् स्व आत्मैव सर्ग इत्य् अभिधीयते । भूत्वाहम् इति तेनान्यो न सर्गो ऽस्ति न सर्गकः
Indeed, the eternal Self alone is said to be creation; having become 'I am,' there is no other creation nor creator.
स्पन्दात्मतायां शान्तायां यथा स्पन्दं जलद्रवः । न वेत्ति जगदाभासं चितḫ प्रसरणं तथा
When the vibration-nature is at peace, just as the fluidity of water does not know the appearance of waves, so too consciousness, when expanded, does not know the appearance of the world.
आवर्तत्वे तरङ्गत्वं न यथा वेत्त्य् अपां द्रवः । तथा चिद् आत्मव्योमत्वे न व्योमत्वादि वेत्ति हि
Just as, in the state of being a whirlpool, the fluidity of water does not know the state of being a wave, so too, when consciousness is established as the space-like Self, it does not know space-ness and the like.
देशकालादिनिर्माणपूर्वकं वेदनं विदः । सर्गात्मकत्वात् तेनाम्बु द्रवसाम्यं न दूरगम्
Perception arises first through the creation of space, time, and so forth; since it is of the nature of creation, the liquidity of water is not far removed from it.
मनोऽहम्भावबुद्ध्यादि यत् किञ्चिन् नाम वेदनम् । अविद्यां विद्धि यत्नेन पौरुषेणाशु नश्यति
Whatever is known as perception—whether mind, ego-sense, intellect, or anything else—know it to be ignorance; with effort and human endeavor, it is quickly destroyed.
अर्धं मिथस् सङ्कथया भागश् शास्त्रविचारणैः । आत्मप्रयत्नतश् शिष्टम् अविद्याया निवर्तते
Half of ignorance is dispelled by mutual discussion, a portion by reflection on scripture, and the remainder by one's own effort.
चतुर्भागात्मनि कृते इत्य् अविद्याक्षये क्रमात् । समकालं च यच् छिष्टं तद् अनामार्थसदसत्
When a fourth part remains in oneself, thus ignorance is gradually destroyed; and whatever remains at the same time is neither meaningful nor meaningless.