जीवस् सङ्कल्पमात्रात्मा यत्सङ्कल्पो ऽवतिष्ठते । हृदि भूत्वा स एवाशु बहिḫ प्रसरति स्फुटम्
The individual soul is of the nature of mere intention; whatever intention is held, that, becoming established in the heart, quickly and clearly spreads outward.
यथास्थितास्यां निश्चिन्तां वर्जयित्वाम्बरोपमाम् । न कयाचिद् अपि स्थित्या शाम्यत्य् अहम् इति भ्रमः
Except for the one who remains as she is, carefree and sky-like, the notion 'I am at rest by any particular state' is a delusion.
चिन्ता तु चिन्त्यमानापि भावनीयाम्बरोपमा । अहम्भावोपशमने शमनेन क्रमेण ते
Even when worry is contemplated, it is like the sky to be imagined; by gradually calming the sense of 'I', it is pacified in you.
तज्ज्ञा व्यवहरन्तीह भाव्यभावनवर्जितम् । अरूपालोकमननं मौनदारुनरा इव
The knower of that, acting here, is free from both imagination and non-imagination; their contemplation is formless, like silent ascetics made of wood.
अकिञ्चिद्भावनो यस् स्यात् स मुक्त इति कथ्यते । जीवन्न् आकाशविशदो बद्धस् त्व् अन्य इव स्फुटम्
One whose mind is established in nothingness is called liberated; living, he is clear as space, while another is clearly bound.
अहम् इत्य् एव शुक्रस्था संविद् आपादमस्तकम् । विसरत्य् अखिले देहे ब्रह्माण्डे ऽर्कप्रभा यथा
The consciousness situated in the semen, as 'I am', spreads from head to foot throughout the whole body, like the light of the sun in the universe.
दृङ् नेत्रं स्वदनं जिह्वा श्रुतिश् श्रोत्रं भवत्य् असौ । इत्याद्या वासनाḫ पञ्च बद्ध्वा तासु निमज्जति
The tendency arises: 'sight is the eye, taste is the tongue, hearing is the ear,' and so on; binding itself with these five inclinations, it becomes immersed in them.
विद्भावो ऽक्षतयोदेति मनो भूत्वैकदेशतः । सर्वगो ऽपि रसो भूमौ यथाङ्कुरतया मधौ
From a particular aspect, the mind arises as the sense of individuality, just as, though pervasive, the essence of taste appears in the earth as a sprout in honey.
यो भावयति भावेषु नेह रूढेष्व् अभावताम् । तस्यायत्नवतो दुẖखम् अनन्तं नोपशाम्यति
He who contemplates objects but does not become established in them as real, for him, without effort, endless suffering does not arise.
येन केनचिद् आच्छन्नो येन केनचिद् आशितः । यत्र क्वचन शायी ज्ञस् सम्राड् इव विराजते
Covered by whatever, sustained by whatever, lying wherever—such a knower shines forth like a sovereign.
वासनाभिर् उपेतो ऽपि समग्राभिर् अवासनः । अन्तश्शून्यो ऽप्य् अशून्यात्मा खम् इव श्वसनान्वितः
Even though endowed with all tendencies, he is without tendencies; though empty within, his self is not empty, like space accompanied by wind.
आसने शयने याने स्थितो यत्नेन बोध्यते । निद्रालुर् इव निर्वाणमनोमनननिर्वृतः
Whether sitting, lying down, or traveling, he is awakened with effort, like one drowsy, absorbed in liberation, beyond mind and thought, at peace.
संविन्मात्रं हि पुरुषस् सर्वगो ऽपि स तिष्ठति । स्फुटं सारे शरीरस्य यथा गन्धो ऽब्जकोटरे
Indeed, the person is pure consciousness alone; though all-pervading, he abides distinctly in the essence of the body, like fragrance in the heart of a lotus.
संविन्मात्रं विदुर् जन्तुं तस्य प्रसरणं जगत् । आत्मनिष्ठत्वम् अजगत् परमेत्य् उपदेशभूः
They know the living being as pure consciousness; the world is its expansion. Abiding in the Self, free from worldliness, is taught as the highest.
नीरसो भव भावेषु सर्वेषु विभवादिषु । पाषाणं हृदयं कृत्वा तथा भवसि भूतये
Be indifferent toward all things, whether possessions or prosperity; make your heart like stone, and thus you will exist for the sake of true being.
साधो हृदयसौषिर्यम् असौषिर्यम् इवास्तु ते । अविद्वद्वपुषो ऽवित्त्वाद् उपलस्येव राघव
O noble one, let your heart be as unyielding as if it were without softness, like the body of an ignorant person is insensible, or like a stone, O Raghava.
तज्ज्ञाज्ञयोर् अशेषेषु भावाभावेषु कर्मसु । ऋते निर्वासनत्वात् तु न विशेषो ऽस्ति कश्चन
Between the knower of truth and the ignorant, in all states of existence and non-existence, in all actions, apart from the absence of impressions, there is truly no distinction.
सत्तैवैषा विदो यत् सा भवत्य् उन्मिषिता जगत् । परं तत्त्वं निमिषिता दृग् इवानामकं ततम्
This very existence, when awakened, appears as the world to the wise; when unawakened, it is the supreme reality, pervading like the nameless faculty of seeing.
दृश्यं विनश्यत्य् अखिलं विनष्टं जायते पुनः । यन् न नष्टं न चोत्पन्नं तत् सत् तद् भव तद् भवान्
All that is seen perishes, and what has perished arises again; but that which is neither destroyed nor produced—that is reality; become that, for that is your true nature.
भावना ज्ञप्तिनिर्मूला भावितापि न विद्यते । सलिलं मृगतृष्णेव न ददाति भवाङ्कुरम्
Conception, rooted in mere cognition, does not truly exist even if it appears; like water in a mirage, it does not give rise to the sprout of becoming.
यथाभूतार्थसन्दर्शच्छिन्नाहम् इति भावना । दृष्टापि न करोत्य् अन्तर् दग्धं बीजम् इवाङ्कुरम्
The notion 'I am cut off from the perception of things as they truly are,' even when seen, does not produce any inner effect—just as a burnt seed does not produce a sprout.
कर्म कुर्वन्न् अकुर्वन् वा वीतरागो निरामयः । निर्मना नित्यनिर्वाणो मुनिर् आत्मनि तिष्ठति
Whether acting or not acting, the sage who is free from passion and affliction, whose mind is pure and who abides in perpetual liberation, remains established in the Self.
चित्तोपशान्तौ संशान्ताश् शान्तये भोगबन्धवः । न त्व् अभावपरिक्षीणाश् चित्तम् एषां किलाकरः
When the mind is tranquil, those who are peaceful are freed from the bonds of enjoyment; but their minds are not destroyed by mere absence.
अघनẖ केवलालोको बुद्धो जीवḫ परायते । स एवान्यो ऽप्य् अनन्यो ऽन्तरपराह्ण इवातपः
The awakened one is pure light without substance; the living being appears as another, yet is not different, like sunlight within and without at midday.
एकदेशस्थितात् पुंसो दूरं यातस्य चेतसः । यद् रूपम् अकलं मध्ये तद् रूपं परमात्मनः
When a person's mind travels far from its fixed place, the formless essence found in the midst is the form of the supreme Self.
चारु चिद् व्योमकर्पूरं यच् चमत्कुरुते स्वयम् । अनन्तम् अन्तर् अव्यक्तं जगद् इत्य् एव वेत्ति तत्
That which spontaneously flashes forth as the beautiful camphor of consciousness-space, knows only the infinite, unmanifest within as the world.
गतभवभ्रमभासुरम् अक्षयं शमम् उपेतम् उपेक्षितदीपवत् । स्थितम् अपीह जनं जगदीश्वरा ननु नमन्ति रमन्ति मुदा च खे
Having attained undying peace, radiant with the end of delusion about existence, and disregarding the lamp of distinctions, even while remaining here, the person is honored and rejoiced in by the lords of the world.
निराशवासनापास्तसमस्तभववासनः । उत्थाय गच्छ प्रकृतेर् अस्या मङ्किर् इवाङ्कतः
Having cast off all desires and the tendencies of worldly existence, rise up and depart from this nature, like Maṅki leaving his mark.
मङ्किनामाभवत् पूर्वं ब्राह्मणस् संशितव्रतः । स कथं शृणु निर्वाणम् आप्तवान् मद्विबोधतः
Once, there was a brahmin named Maṅki, steadfast in his vows; listen to how he attained liberation through my teaching.
अहं कदाचिद् आकाशकोशाद् अवनिम् आगतः । भवत्पितामहार्थेन केनाप्य् उपनिमन्त्रितः
Once, I descended from the vault of space to the earth, invited for the sake of your ancestor by someone.