अवयवान् अवयवी यथा वेत्ति निजात्मनि । अनन्यान् आत्मनस् सर्गांस् तथैतान् बुद्धवान् अहम्
Just as the possessor of parts knows its own parts within itself, so did I comprehend these creations as not other than myself.
अद्यापि तान् अहं देहे व्योम्नि शैले जले स्थले । तथैव सर्गान् पश्यामि राम बोधैकतां गतः
Even now, in body, sky, mountain, water, and land, I see these creations in the same way, Rama, having attained oneness with awareness.
पुरो ऽस्माकम् इदम् यत् खं गृहस्यान्तर् बहिस् तथा । पूर्णम् एतज् जगद्वृन्दैर् वेत्ति बोधैकतां गतः
The space before us, which is within and outside the house, is filled with the multitude of worlds; one who has attained unity in pure awareness knows this.
यथाम्भो रसतां वेत्ति शैत्यं वेत्ति यथा हिमम् । स्पन्दं वेत्ति यथा वायुस् तथैतद् वेत्ति शुद्धधीः
Just as water knows its taste, ice knows its coldness, and wind knows its movement, so does the pure mind know this.
यो यो राम विवेकात्मा शुद्धबोधैकतां गतः । स स एवम्मयैकात्मा वेत्ति स्वात्मानम् ईदृशम्
O Rama, whoever is established in discrimination and has attained unity in pure awareness, he alone knows his own self in this manner.
अस्यां दृष्टौ परिणते वेत्तृवेदनवेद्यधीः । न काचिद् अस्त्य् अभ्युदिता विज्ञानैकात्मता यतः
When this vision is matured, the mind of the knower, the knowing, and the known does not arise; because there is only the unity of consciousness.
दिव्या दृग् अद्रिसंस्थस्य यथा योजनकोटिगान् । भावान् वेत्ति बहिश् चान्तर् एवं तद् बुद्धवान् अहम्
Just as the divine eye of one situated on a mountain perceives objects both outside and inside across millions of yojanas, so I, awakened, perceive them thus.
यथा भूमण्डलं भावान् निधिधातुरसादिकान् । वेत्त्य् एवं तन् मया बुद्धम् अनन्यद् दृश्यम् आत्मनः
Just as the earth perceives objects such as treasures and minerals, so I have understood that nothing is seen apart from the Self.
ब्रह्मन्न् अनुभवत्य् एवं त्वयि तामरसेक्षणा । सा किं कृतवती ब्रूहि कान्तार्यापाठपाठिनी
O Brahman, the lotus-eyed one experiences thus in you; tell me, what has that beloved, reciter of noble verses, accomplished?
ताम् एवार्यां पठन्ती सा तथैवानुनयान्विता । मत्समीपे नभोदेहा व्योम्नि देवीव संस्थिता
Reciting those noble verses, she, filled with the same persuasion, stood near me with a sky-like body, like a goddess established in the ether.
यथाहम् आकाशवपुस् तथैवासौ खरूपिणी । तेन दृष्टा न सा पूर्वदेहेन ललना मया
Just as I possess a form of space, so too does she have a form of ether; therefore, I did not see that woman with her previous body.
अहम् आकाशरूपात्मा सा खमात्रशरीरिणी । जगज्जालं खमात्रं तद् इति तत्र तदा स्थितम्
I am of the nature of space, and she is embodied only as ether here; this web of the world is only ether here—thus it was established there at that time.
शरीरस्थानकरणप्रयत्नप्राणसम्भवैः । यद् उदेति वचो वर्णैस् तत् कुतस् तादृशाकृतेः
Speech, which arises from the combination of body, place, organs, effort, and breath, how could that exist for such a form as this?
रूपालोकमनस्काराẖ कुतो व्योमात्मनाम् इति । ब्रूहि मे भगवंस् तत्र तथावृत्तस्य निश्चयम्
Forms, perceptions, and mental constructions—how could these exist for those whose nature is space? Tell me, O venerable one, the certainty regarding this situation.
रूपालोकमनस्काराश् शब्दपाठवचांसि च । यथा स्वप्ने नभस्य् एव सन्ति तत्र तथाम्बरे
Forms, perceptions, mental constructions, recitation of words, and speech—just as these exist in the sky within a dream, so too do they exist there in the ether.
रूपालोकमनस्कारैस् स्वप्ने चिन्नभ एव ते । यथोदेति तथा तत्र तद् दृश्यं खात्मकं स्थितम्
Forms, perceptions, and mental constructions in a dream exist only in the consciousness-sky; just as they arise there, so too does the seen object, established as of the nature of space.
न केवलं तु तद् दृश्यं यावत् त्वद्विषये वयम् । जगच् चेदं खम् एवाच्छं यथा तन् नस् तथाखिलम्
Not only that seen object, but as far as we are concerned with you, this whole world is pure ether; just as that is, so too is all this.
परमार्थमहाधातुर् वेद्यनिर्मुक्तचिद्वपुः । एवं नाम स्वयं भाति स्वभावस्यैष निश्चयः
The supreme great essence, whose consciousness-form is free from the knowable—thus, it shines by itself; this is the certainty of its own nature.
शरीरस्थानकरणसत्तायां का तव प्रमा । यथैव तेषां देहादि तथास्माकम् इदं स्थितम्
What certainty do you have regarding the existence of body, place, and instruments? Just as those—body and so on—are established for you, so too is this established for us.
यथैव तत् तथैवेदं यथैवेदं तथैव तत् । असत् सत्ताम् इव गतं सच् चासद् इव च स्थितम्
Just as that is, so is this; just as this is, so is that. The unreal appears to have reality, and the real seems to be unreal.
यथा स्वप्ने धराब्ध्यद्रिप्रजाव्यवहृतिर् नभः । तदाद्य चाहं त्वं सा च तद् इदं च तथा नभः
As in a dream, the dealings of earth, ocean, mountains, and beings appear in the sky, so too am I, you, she, and this—all like the sky.
यथा स्वप्ने नृभिर् युद्धकोलाहलगमागमाः । असन्तो ऽप्य् अनुभूयन्ते संसारनिकरास् तथा
Just as in a dream, the coming and going of people, the tumult of battle, though unreal, are experienced, so too are the multitudes of worldly existence.
वक्षि चेत् स्वप्नदृश्या श्रीẖ कस्मात् तद् असमञ्जसम् । अवाच्यम् एतद् धेतुर् हि नान्यो ऽस्त्य् अनुभवस्थितेः
If you say, 'Why is the dream-vision seen?'—that is not reasonable. The cause of this cannot be spoken; there is no other reason for the experience.
कथम् आलक्ष्यते स्वप्न इति प्रष्टुḫ प्रकथ्यते । यथैनं पश्यसीत्य् एव हेतुर् अत्रास्ति नेतरः
If you ask, 'How is a dream perceived?'—it is explained: the only reason is that you see it thus; there is no other cause here.
स्वप्नजन्तुर् इव व्योम्नि भाति प्रथमसर्गतः । प्रभृत्य् एव विराडात्मा खे खम् एव परापरे
Like a dream-creature in the sky, from the very beginning of creation, the cosmic person appears in space—indeed, the higher and lower are only space.
स्वप्नशब्देन बोधार्थं तव व्यवहराम्य् अहम् । दृश्यं त्व् इदं न सन् नासन् न स्वप्नो ब्रह्म केवलम्
I use the word 'dream' for your understanding, but this visible world is neither real nor unreal, nor a dream—it is only Brahman.
अथ राघव सा कान्ता मया कान्तानुषङ्गिणी । संविदं तन्मयीं कृत्वा पृष्टेदं दृष्टरूपिणी
Then, O Raghava, that beloved woman, attached to me, having made her consciousness one with mine, appeared before me in visible form and asked this question.
व्यवहारो यथोदेति स्वप्ने स्वप्नजनैस् सह । तथा तदा तया सार्धं व्यवहारो ममोदितः
Just as interactions arise in a dream with dream-beings, so at that time, my interaction with her arose.
यथैव स्वप्नसङ्काशो व्यवहारẖ खम् एव सः । तथैव त्वम् इमं विद्धि ममात्मानं जगच् च खम्
Just as the dealings in a dream are like empty space, so too, know this: my self and the world are like space.
यथा स्वप्ने जगद्रूपं खम् एवैवम् इदं जगत् । जाग्रदाख्यो महास्वप्नस् सर्गादौ वियदुद्भवः
As in a dream, the world appears as mere space, so also this world, called waking, is a great dream; at the beginning of creation, it arises from space.