अस्वभावात्मता सर्गस् स्वभावैकात्मता शिवः । भूयतां परमव्योम्ना शाम्यतां मेह ताम्यताम्
Let creation be recognized as having the nature of non-nature; let auspiciousness be the oneness of true nature; may all this dissolve in the supreme space, and may this torment cease.
नात्मानम् अवगच्छामि न दृश्यं न जगद्भ्रमम् । ब्रह्म शान्तं प्रविष्टो ऽस्मि ब्रह्मैवास्मि निरामयः
I do not perceive myself, nor the seen, nor the illusion of the world; I have entered the peaceful Brahman—I am Brahman alone, free from affliction.
त्वम् एव पश्यसि त्वत्त्वं मत्त्वशब्दार्थजृम्भितम् । पश्यामि शान्तम् एवाहं केवलं परमं नभः
You alone perceive your own self, manifesting as the meaning of the words 'you' and 'I'; I perceive only the peaceful, infinite sky.
ब्रह्मण्य् एव पराकाशे रूपालोकमनोमयाः । विभ्रमास् तव सञ्जाताẖ कल्पस्पन्दा इवानिले
In Brahman alone, in the supreme space, your illusions—made of form, sight, and mind—arise, like the vibrations of imagination in the wind.
ब्रह्मात्मा वेत्ति नो सर्गं सर्गात्मा ब्रह्म वेत्ति नो । सुषुप्तो वेत्ति न स्वप्नं स्वप्नस्थो न सुषुप्तकम्
The Self as Brahman does not know creation; the Self as creation does not know Brahman. One in deep sleep does not know the dream, and one in the dream does not know deep sleep.
प्रबुद्धो ब्रह्मजगतोर् जाग्रत्स्वप्नदृशोर् इव । रूपं जानाति वारूपं जीवन्मुक्तḫ प्रशान्तधीः
Just as one awake knows both the waking and dream states, so the one awakened to Brahman, with a mind at peace, knows both form and formlessness—such is the liberated sage.
यथाभूतम् इदं सर्वं परिजानाति बोधवान् । संशाम्यति च शुद्धात्मा शरदीव पयोधरः
He who is awakened knows all this as it truly is; and the pure Self becomes tranquil, like a rain cloud dissolving in autumn.
स्मृतिस्थẖ कल्पनास्थो वा यथाख्यातश् च सङ्गरः । सदसद् भ्रान्ततामात्रं तथाहन्त्वजगद्भ्रमः
Whether established in memory, in imagination, or as described in teaching, the conflict of real and unreal is only delusion—so too is the illusion of 'I' and the world.
आत्मन्य् अपि नास्ति हि या द्रष्टा यस्या न विद्यते कश्चित् । न च शून्यं नाशून्यं भ्रान्तिर् इयं भासते सेति
Even in the Self, there is no seer whose object is anything; nor is it void or not void—this appearance is merely a delusion that seems to shine forth.
अस्वभावस्वभावो ऽयं सर्गो ऽहन्तादिवेदनः । स्वभावैकस्वभावेन निर्वाणीक्रियतां स्वयम्
This creation, the sense of 'I' and so on, has a nature that is without true nature; by the one true nature alone, let liberation be attained by oneself.
यत्रादित्यो भवेत् तत्र यथालोकस् तथा भवेत् । परं विषयवैरस्यं यत्र तत्र प्रबुद्धधीः
Wherever there is the sun, there is light; in the same way, wherever there is supreme detachment from sense-objects, there is the awakened mind.
अकर्तृकर्मकरणम् अदृश्यद्रष्टृदर्शनम् । जगद् अग्राह्यम् अस्फारम् अभित्तौ चित्रम् उत्थितम्
Action, agent, and instrument are absent; the seer, seeing, and the seen are invisible; the world is ungraspable, unbounded, a marvel arisen on the unbroken reality.
न चोत्थितं किञ्चन वा शान्ते शान्तं तथा स्थितम् । अनामयं परं ब्रह्म सत्यम् अव्ययम् एव तत्
In the peaceful, nothing arises nor is there anything at rest; that is the supreme, undisturbed, true, imperishable Brahman, free from all affliction.
चिच्चमत्कारमात्रात्मकल्पनारङ्गरञ्जनाः । सङ्ख्यातुं केन शक्यन्ते खे जगच्चित्रपुत्रिकाः
Who can count the painted scrolls of the world in space—these are but displays of consciousness, mere imagined scenes colored by wonder.
रसभावविकाराढ्यं नृत्यन्त्यो ऽभिनयैर् नवैः । परमाणुं प्रति प्रायẖ खे स्फुरन्त्यो ऽम्बरात्मिकाः
Adorned with changing moods and emotions, dancing with ever-new gestures, these etheric forms shimmer toward each atom, their essence being the sky itself.
सर्वर्तुशेखरधरा दिग्बाहुलतिकाकुलाः । पातालपादलतिका ब्रह्मलोकशिरोधराः
They are garlanded with all the seasons, their arms the directions entwined like vines, their roots in the netherworld, their heads crowned by the realm of Brahma.
चन्द्रार्कलोलनयनास् तारोत्करतनूरुहाः । सप्तलोकाङ्गलतिकाḫ परितो ऽच्छाम्बराम्बराः
With eyes that move like the moon and sun, their bodies bristling with stars, these are the fingers of the seven worlds, all around shining with pure, sky-like radiance.
द्वीपाम्बुराशिवलया लोकालोकाद्रिमेखलाः । भूतभावचलज्जीवाḫ प्रवहत्प्राणमारुताः
Encircled by continents and oceans, girdled by the Lokāloka mountain, filled with living beings that move and change, they are animated by the ever-flowing breath of life.
वनोपवनविन्यासहारकेयूरभूषिताः । पुराणवेदवचनाẖ क्रियाफलविलोचनाः
Adorned with the ornaments of forests and groves, their speech is the words of the ancient scriptures and Vedas, their vision fixed on the fruits of action.
त्रिजगत्पुत्रिकानृत्तं यद् इदं दृश्यते पुरः । ब्रह्मवारिद्रवत्वं तत् तद् ब्रह्मानिलचोपनम्
This dance of the daughters of the three worlds, which is seen before us, is the liquidity of Brahman, and its movement is the play of the wind of Brahman.
अस्वभावस्थतैवास्य कारणं कारणात्मकम् । असुषुप्तस्थता स्वापे स्वप्नस्येवासती च सा
His remaining established in his own nature is the cause that is itself of the nature of cause; his not abiding in deep sleep during sleep is, like a dream, unreal.
असुषुप्तस् सुषुप्तस्थस् स्वभावं भावयन् भव । जाग्रत्य् अपि गतव्यग्रं मासत्स्वप्नम् इमं श्रय
O being, remaining unsleeping in the state of deep sleep, contemplating your own nature, even while awake, without distraction, take refuge in this dream-like state.
यज् जाग्रति सुषुप्तत्वं बोधाद् अरसम् आसनम् । तं स्वभावं विदुस् तज्ज्ञा मुक्तिस् तत्परिणामिता
That state in which, while awake, there is the condition of deep sleep, a seat devoid of the taste of knowledge—those who know that nature know liberation, which is its transformation.
अकर्तृकर्मकरणम् अदृश्यद्रष्टृदर्शनम् । अरूपालोकमननं स्थितं ब्रह्म जगत्तया
Action without doer, deed, or instrument; seeing without seer, seen, or sight; thought without form or light—such is Brahman, abiding as the world.
कान्ते कान्तं प्रकचति पूर्णे पूर्णं व्यवस्थितम् । द्वित्वैक्यरहिते भाति द्वित्वैक्यपरिवर्जितम्
The beloved shines in the beloved, the full is established in the full; it appears where duality and unity are absent, free from both duality and unity.
सति सत्यं स्थितं शान्तं सर्गात्मात्मात्मनि स्वयम् । आकाशकोशसदृशं शिलाजठरसन्निभम्
Being exists in being, tranquil, established in itself as the essence of creation and the self, resembling the expanse of space or the interior of a stone.
सुरत्नजठराकारं घनम् अप्य् अम्बरोपमम् । प्रतिबिम्बम् इव क्षुब्धम् अप्य् अक्षुब्धम् असच् च सत्
Though dense like the womb of a precious gem, it is like the sky; though agitated like a reflection, it is unagitated, both unreal and real.
भविष्यन्नवनिर्माणं चेतसीव स्थितं पुरम् । ब्रह्मबृंहितभारूपम् अभेदीकृतमानसम्
Like a city existing in the mind, ever newly created, it stands; its form is expanded as Brahman, with the mind rendered undivided.
यथा सङ्कल्पनगरं सङ्कल्पान् नैव भिद्यते । तथायं जगदाभासḫ परमार्थान् न भिद्यते
Just as the city of imagination is not different from the thoughts that form it, so this apparent world is not different from the ultimate reality.
हेमपीठम् इवानेकभविष्यत्सन्निवेशवत् । लक्ष्यमाणम् अपि स्थानं शान्तम् अव्ययम् आस्थितम्
Like a golden throne, which is seen as having many future forms, the peaceful and unchanging abode is perceived, yet remains established.