इत्थं नाम परिप्रौढा मिथ्याज्ञानविषूचिका । शाम्यत्य् एव विचारेण पश्याभ्यासविजृम्भितम्
Thus, this deeply rooted disease of false knowledge is surely pacified by inquiry—see how practice unfolds its power.
अभ्यासेन कटुद्रव्यं भवत्य् अभिमतं मुने । अन्यस्मै रोचते निम्बं त्व् अन्यस्मै मधु रोचते
By practice, even something bitter becomes agreeable, O sage; for one person neem is pleasing, for another, honey is pleasing.
अबन्धौ घनताम् एति नैकट्याभ्यासयोगतः । यात्य् अनभ्यासतो दूरात् स्नेहो बन्धुषु तानवम्
Without kinship, closeness becomes firm through the practice of association; without practice, even affection for relatives fades with distance.
आतिवाहिकदेहो ऽयं शुद्धचिद्व्योम केवलम् । आधिभौतिकताम् एति भावनाभ्यासयोगतः
This transmigratory body is in reality pure consciousness-space alone; by the force of repeated imagination, it comes to appear as material.
आधिभौतिकदेहो ऽसौ धारणाभ्यासभावनात् । विहङ्गवत् खम् अभ्येति पश्याभ्यासविजृम्भितम्
That material body, through the repeated practice of concentration, returns to the sky-like state, like a bird—see how practice unfolds its power.
पुण्यानि यान्ति वैफल्यं वैफल्यं यान्ति मातरः । भाग्यानि यान्ति वैफल्यं नाभ्यासस् तु कदाचन
Merit comes to nothing, mothers come to nothing, fortunes come to nothing—but practice never comes to nothing.
दुस्साधास् सिद्धिम् आयान्ति रिपवो यान्ति मित्रताम् । विषाण्य् अमृततां यान्ति सन्तताभ्यासयोगतः
Difficult achievements are attained, enemies become friends, and poisons turn into nectar, all through the constant practice of yoga.
येनाभ्यासḫ परित्यक्त इष्टे वस्तुनि सो ऽधमः । कदाचिन् न तद् आप्नोति वन्ध्या स्वतनयं यथा
He who abandons practice regarding the desired object is base; he never attains it, just as a barren woman never has a child.
यद् अत्यभिमतं वस्तु स्वभ्यासो न तदर्जनात् । तद्युक्तिपूर्वकं त्याज्य आ मृत्योर् जीवितं यथा
If one’s own practice does not bring about the greatly desired object, then, guided by reason, it should be abandoned, just as life is relinquished at death.
इष्टे वस्तुनि नाभ्यासं यẖ करोति नराधमः । सो ऽनिष्टानिष्टम् आप्नोति नरकान् नरकान्तरम्
The ignoble man who does not practice regarding the desired object attains only what is undesired, moving from one hell to another.
तरन्ति सरितं स्फारां संसारीं सारसेविनः । त एवात्मविचाराख्यम् अभ्यासं न त्यजन्ति ये
Those who serve the essence cross the vast river of worldly existence; only those who do not abandon the practice called self-inquiry.
अभ्यासभासो ऽभिमतं वस्तु प्रकटयन्त्य् अलम् । प्रापयन्ति च निर्विघ्नं घटं दीपप्रभा यथा
The semblance of practice clearly reveals the desired object and brings it without obstacle, just as the light of a lamp illuminates a pot.
यथा कल्पद्रुमलतास् सुचिन्तामणयो यथा । फलन्ति शरदश् चैतास् तथैवाभ्यासभूमयः
Just as wish-fulfilling trees and precious gems yield fruit, and as autumn brings forth lotuses, so too do the grounds of practice.
इष्टवस्तु चिराभ्यासभास्वान् भासयति प्रजाः । तथेन्द्रियाख्यां देहोर्व्यां रात्रिं पश्यन्ति नो यथा
Long-practiced brilliance regarding the desired object illuminates people, just as they do not see night in the realm called the body of the senses.
सर्वस्य जन्तुजातस्य सर्ववस्त्ववभासने । सर्वदैवैक एवोच्चैर् जयत्य् अभ्यासभास्करः
For all living beings, in the illumination of all things, it is always the one sun of practice that shines supreme.
चतुर्दशविधायास् तु भूतजातेर् न कस्यचित् । सिध्यत्य् अभिमतं वस्तु विनाभ्यासम् अकृत्रिमम्
Among the fourteenfold classes of beings, no one attains the desired object without natural, unforced practice.
पौनḫपुण्येन करणम् अभ्यास इति कथ्यते । पुरुषार्थस् स एवेह तेनास्ति न विना गतिः
Repeated action is called practice; in this world, it alone is human effort—without it, there is no way forward.
दृढाभ्यासविधानेन यत्ननाम्ना स्वकर्मणा । निजवेदनजेनैव सिद्धिर् भवति नान्यथा
By the method of firm practice, called effort, through one's own actions and direct experience, accomplishment arises—never otherwise.
अभ्यासभास्वति तपत्य् अवनौ वने च वीरस्य सिध्यति न यन् न तद् अस्ति किञ्चित् । अभ्यासतो भुवि भयान्य् अभयीभवन्ति सर्वासु पर्वतगुहास्व् अपि निर्जनासु
In the radiance of practice, whatever does not succeed for the brave on earth or in the forest does not exist at all; through practice, even fears on earth become fearless, even in all the lonely mountain caves.
ततḫ प्रतीपम् अभ्यासं बोधे धारणयामले । कुर्वḫ प्रकटतां तेन जगद् एष्यति शैलगम्
Then, by applying contrary practice to the twin powers of knowledge and concentration, the world will become as clear as a mountain.
युक्तियुक्ते तयेत्य् उक्ते विद्याधर्या धरोपरि । बद्धपद्मासनो ऽथाहं समाधाव् उदितो ऽभवम्
Thus instructed by the Vidyādhari, seated in lotus posture upon the earth, I then arose into samādhi.
सर्वार्थभावनात्यागे चिन्मात्रैकान्तभावितः । अत्यजं तम् अहं पूर्वं कथार्थकलनामलम्
Having abandoned all notions of objects and established solely in pure consciousness, I previously let go of the web of conceptualizations about the subject of the story.
अथ चिद्व्योमतां प्राप्तḫ परां दृष्टिम् अहं गतः । शरत्समयसम्प्राप्तौ व्योम निर्मलताम् इव
Then, having attained the state of pure consciousness-space, I reached the highest vision, just as the sky becomes clear when autumn arrives.
ततस् सत्यावधानैकघनाभ्यासेन देहके । ममाधिभौतिकभ्रान्तिर् नूनम् अस्तम् उपागता
Thereafter, through the constant and undivided practice of true attentiveness, my delusion regarding the physical body has surely come to an end.
उदयास्तमयोन्मुक्ता सततोदयमय्य् अपि । महाचिद्व्योमता स्वच्छा प्रोदितेव तदाभवत्
Freed from rising and setting, and ever fresh in its arising, the vast and clear expanse of supreme consciousness appeared, as if newly manifest.
अथ पश्याम्य् अहं यावत् खस्यैवोपलतेव सा । वस्तुतश् च न चाकाशं नोपलḫ परम् एव तत्
Then, as I beheld it, it seemed like a stone in the sky, yet in reality it was neither sky nor stone, but something beyond both.
परमार्थघनं स्वच्छं तत् तथाभावि तादृशम् । तथाभावनया स्वात्मा मदीयो दृष्टवांस् तथा
That was truly dense with ultimate reality, clear and of such a nature; by contemplating thus, I saw my own self in the same way.
यथा स्वप्ने सुमहती दृष्टा गेहगता शिला । व्योमैव केवलं तद्वत् सा शुद्धं चिन्नभश् शिला
Just as in a dream one sees a great stone inside a house, but in truth it is only sky, so too was that pure stone the sky of consciousness.
स्वयं स्वप्नान्वितो ऽन्यस्य स्वप्नपुंस्त्वं गतो नरः । स्वप्ने ऽज्ञानप्रबुद्धस्य यादृक् तादृक् स सूपलः
A man, himself dreaming, assumes the dream-manhood of another; in the dream of one who is not awakened to knowledge, such is his stone in the dream.
स्वप्नस्थानां शिरश् छिन्नं येषां ते संसृतौ स्थिताः । कालेन ज्ञानलाभेन विना कुर्वन्ति किं किल
Those whose heads are cut off in the dream-state remain in the cycle of birth and death; without the attainment of knowledge in time, what indeed can they do?