तस्य शक्रस्य कुलजẖ कश्चिद् आसीत् सुराधिपः । तत्रोत्तमगुणश् श्रीमान् पाश्चात्या यस्य सा तनुः
In that lineage of Śakra there was someone, a lord of the gods by birth, who was endowed with excellent qualities and whose body was of the western region.
अथेन्द्रकुलपुत्रस्य तस्य तत्र बभूव ह । प्रतिभाज्ञानसम्प्राप्तिर् बृहस्पतिगिरोदिता
Then, to that son of the Indra-lineage, there arose there the attainment of intelligence and knowledge, as declared by the words of Bṛhaspati.
ततो विदितवेद्यो ऽसौ यथाप्राप्तानुवृत्तिमान् । चकार जगतां राज्यम् आज्यपानाम् अधीश्वरः
Then, being one to be known and having understood, acting according to what was obtained, he ruled the kingdoms of the worlds as the lord of those who offer oblations.
युयुधे दानवैस् सार्धम् अजयत् सर्वशात्रवान् । शतं चकार यज्ञानाम् अज्ञानोत्तीर्णमानसः
He fought together with the Dānavas and conquered all his enemies; having crossed beyond ignorance in his mind, he performed a hundred sacrifices.
उवास कार्यवशतो बिसवालान्तरे चिरम् । अन्यान्य् अपि च वृत्तान्तशतान्य् अनुबभूव ह
By force of circumstances, he dwelt for a long time within the hollow of a lotus stalk, and experienced hundreds of other events as well.
कदाचिद् आसीत् तस्येच्छा प्रबोधबलशालिनः । ब्रह्मतत्त्वम् अवेक्षे ऽहं यथावद् ध्यानवान् इति
Once, a desire arose in him, endowed with the power of awakening: 'I will contemplate the true nature of Brahman as it is.'
सो ऽपश्यत् प्रणिधानेन तत एकान्तसंस्थितः । स बाह्याभ्यन्तराशेषकरणत्यागशान्तधीः
Then, established in solitude, with a mind calmed by the abandonment of all external and internal activities, he perceived through deep meditation.
सर्वशक्ति परं ब्रह्म सर्ववस्तुमयं ततम् । सर्वथा सर्वदा सर्वं सर्वैस् सर्वत्र सर्वगम्
He saw the supreme Brahman, all-powerful, pervading all things, always and everywhere everything, present in all, everywhere, all-pervading.
सर्वतḫ पाणिपादान्तं सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतश् श्रुतिमल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य संस्थितम्
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and faces everywhere, with ears everywhere in the world, established, enveloping all.
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणैर् मुक्तं सर्वेन्द्रियगुणान्वितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच् चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च
Free from the qualities of all senses, yet possessing all the qualities of the senses; unattached, yet supporting all; without attributes, yet the enjoyer of attributes.
बहिर् अन्तश् च भूतानाम् अचरं चरम् एव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात् तद् अविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्
Both within and without all beings, unmoving and yet moving; due to its subtlety, it is unknowable, far away and yet near.
सर्वत्र चन्द्रार्कमयं सर्वत्रैव धरामयम् । सर्वत्र पर्वतमयं सर्वत्राब्धिमयं तथा
Everywhere composed of moon and sun, everywhere composed of earth, everywhere composed of mountains, and likewise everywhere composed of oceans.
सर्वत्र सारगुरुकं सर्वत्रैव नभोमयम् । सर्वत्र संसृतिमयं सर्वत्रैव जगन्मयम्
Everywhere is the essence, the weight, everywhere is the expanse of space; everywhere is the flow of transmigration, everywhere is the universe itself.
सर्वत्रैव च मोक्षात्म सर्वत्रैवाद्यचिन्मयम् । सर्वत्र सर्वार्थमयं सर्वतस् सर्ववर्जितम्
Everywhere is the nature of liberation, everywhere is the primal consciousness; everywhere is the essence of all meanings, and everywhere is that which is free from all.
घटे वटे पटे कुड्ये शकटे वानरे नरे । धाम्नि व्योम्नि तराव् अद्राव् अनिले सलिले ऽनले
In the pot, in the banyan tree, in the cloth, in the wall, in the cart, in the monkey, in the man; in the abode, in space, in the star, in the mountain, in the wind, in water, in fire—
नानाचारविकाराणि विविधावृत्तिमन्ति च । परमाण्वंशमात्रे ऽपि त्रिजगन्ति ददर्श सः
He saw, even in the smallest atom, the three worlds with their various customs, transformations, and manifold activities.
मरिचस्यान्तरे तैक्ष्ण्यं शून्यत्वम् इव वाङ्ग खे । त्रिजगत् सत्य् असति च विद्यते चिन्मयात्मनि
Within a ray of light, as sharpness; as emptiness in the sky or in speech—so, in the consciousness-self, the three worlds exist as both real and unreal.
इत्य् एवं भावयन् मुक्तभावया शुद्धसंविदा । शक्रẖ क्रमेण तेनैव स निर्वाणम् अवाप्तवान्
Thus, contemplating in this way with the pure awareness of a liberated state, Indra gradually attained nirvana by that very means.
तस्याभवद् यश् शक्रस्य पुत्रḫ परपुरञ्जयः । सो ऽपि क्रमेण तेनैव तथैव ध्यानवान् अभूत्
To that Indra was born a son, Parapurañjaya; he too, in the same manner, became absorbed in meditation over time.
ध्यानेन सर्वम् एकत्र पश्यंश् चिरम् उदारधीः । ददर्शेमम् असौ सर्गम् अस्मदीयं महामतिः
With noble intellect, seeing everything as one through meditation for a long time, that great-minded one beheld this very creation of ours.
ततो ऽस्मिन् विचरन् सर्गे शक्रान्ते शक्रतां गतः । चकार जगतां राज्यं वृत्तान्तशतशोभितम्
Then, moving about in this creation, at the end of Indra’s reign, he attained the station of Indra and ruled over the worlds, adorned by hundreds of events.
विद्याधरकुलाधीश इहाद्यैव स देवराट् । तस्येन्द्रस्य कुलोत्पन्न इति विद्धि यथास्थितम्
Today, here, that king of the gods is the lord of the Vidyadhara clan; know that he was born in the lineage of that Indra, just as it is.
ततो हृदयबीजस्थप्राङ्मुखाभ्यासयोगतः । बिसजालविलासादिवृत्तान्तम् अनुभूतवान्
Then, through the practice of turning the mind toward the seed at the heart, he experienced events like the play of lotus fibers.
यथैष शक्रẖ कथितस् त्रसरेणूदरास्पदः । बिसवालास्पदश् चैतत्कुलजẖ कान्तिमान् अथ
Just as this Indra, who was described, had his abode within a speck of dust, so too this radiant one, born in that lineage, had his abode in a lotus fiber.
तथा शतसहस्राणि तत्रतश् चान्यतश् च खे । तादृशव्यवहाराणि समतीतानि सन्ति च
In the same way, hundreds of thousands of such activities have taken place and still exist here and elsewhere in the sky.
वहतीयम् अविच्छिन्ना चिरायैवं तरङ्गिणी । तात दृश्यसरित् प्रौढा मूढा रूढेव तत्पदे
This mighty river of appearances, my dear, flows on unbroken for a long time, like a powerful, deluded stream established in that state.
इति मायेयम् आदीर्घा प्रसृतोपशमोन्मुखी । सत्यावलोकमात्रातिविलयैकविलासिनी
Thus, this long expanse of illusion spreads forth, inclined toward cessation, and delights in dissolving at the mere sight of truth.
यतẖ कुतश्चिन् मायेयं यत्र क्वचन वानघ । यथा कथञ्चित् सम्पन्नमात्रैव परिदृश्यते
O sinless one, this illusion, arising from somewhere or other and appearing in various ways, is seen only as long as it has just come into being.
अहम्भावचमत्कारमात्राद् वृष्टिर् इवाम्बुदात् । जायते मिहिकेवाशु प्रेक्षामात्रविनाशिनी
The sense of 'I' arises merely from the marvel of self-awareness, like rain from a cloud, and, like dew, it swiftly vanishes at the mere glance of discernment.
मैनां पताभिमतदर्शन पश्य दृश्यमुक्तं स्वभावम् अवभासनमात्रतत्त्वम् । सर्वार्थशून्यम् अत एव च शून्यरूपम् एकं खमात्रम् इव मात्र विकल्पम् एहि
O Mind, behold your desired vision: see the nature of what is seen, which is nothing but mere appearance, empty of all substance, and thus of an empty form—one, like pure space, consisting only of conceptualization.