देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यशब्दानाम् अर्थवेदनम् । भविष्यति स्वयम् असाव् आकाशविशदो ऽपि सन्
This awareness, though itself as clear as space, will naturally come to know the meaning of words such as place, time, action, substance, and sound.
इत्थं स्वानुभवेनैष व्योम्न्य् एव व्योमरूपधृत् । आतिवाहिकनामान्तर् देहस् सम्पद्यते चितः
In this way, by its own experience, this consciousness, taking on the form of space itself, attains a subtle body known as the 'mental body' within space.
एष एव चिरं कालं तत्र भावनया तया । गृह्णाति निश्चयं पूर्णम् आधिभौतिकम् आत्मनः
This very consciousness, for a long time there, through that contemplation, attains the complete conviction of its own physical embodiment.
व्योम्ना व्योम्न्य् एव रचितो निर्मलेनेति विभ्रमः । असतासत् समास्तीर्णं तापनद्या जलं यथा
The notion that it is formed in space, by space, and is pure, is a delusion—like water in a mirage, spread over what is real and unreal.
सङ्कल्पनाम् उपादत्ते स्वदेहे गगनाकृतिः । शिरश्शब्दार्थदां काञ्चित् पादशब्दार्थदां क्वचित्
It adopts, by imagination, forms in its own body—somewhere a sky-like head that gives the meaning of the word 'head,' elsewhere feet that give the meaning of the word 'foot.'
उरḫपार्श्वादिशब्दार्थमयीं क्वचिद् अनाबिलाम् । भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गशब्दाद्यर्थमयीम् अपि
Elsewhere, it takes on a chest or sides composed of the meaning of those words, or even a body made up of the meanings of words like grasping, releasing, existence, and non-existence.
नियताकारकलनां देशकालादियन्त्रिताम् । विषयोन्मुखतां याताम् इन्द्रियव्रातवेधिताम्
The fixed conception of form, constrained by space, time, and other factors, turned toward objects, is struck by the group of senses.
सो ऽणुḫ पश्यत्य् अथाकारम् आत्मनस् स्वात्मकल्पितम् । हस्तपादादिकलितं चित्तादिकलनान्वितम्
Then that subtle one perceives a form of itself, imagined by itself, endowed with hands, feet, and so on, accompanied by the constructions of mind and the like.
एवं सम्पद्यते ब्रह्मा तथा सम्पद्यते हरिः । एवं सम्पद्यते रुद्र एवं सम्पद्यते क्रिमिः
Thus does Brahma come to be, thus does Hari come to be, thus does Rudra come to be, and thus does even a worm come to be.
न च किञ्चन सम्पन्नं यथास्थितम् अवस्थितम् । शून्यं शून्ये विलसितं ज्ञप्तौ ज्ञप्तिर् विजृम्भिता
And yet, nothing is actually accomplished; all remains as it is—emptiness shining in emptiness, cognition manifesting within cognition.
प्रतिच्छन्दश् शरीराणां बीजं त्रैलोक्यवीरुधाम् । सर्गार्गडप्रदो मुक्तेस् संसारासारवारिदः
The reflection is the body of beings, the seed of the plants of the three worlds, the giver of the poison of creation, the cloud of the essence-less ocean of worldly existence, and the cause of bondage.
कारणं सर्वकार्याणां नेता कालक्रियादिषु । स चाद्यḫ पुरुषस् स्वैरम् इत्य् अनुत्थित उत्थितः
It is the cause of all effects, the leader in actions such as time and activity; and this primal person, at will, is both unarisen and arisen.
नास्य भूतमयो देहो नास्यास्थीनि शरीरके । अवष्टब्धुम् असौ मुष्ट्या शक्यते न च केनचित्
He does not have a body made of elements, nor bones in his frame; he cannot be grasped by anyone, even with a fist.
तेनाब्धिमेघसङ्ग्रामसिंहगर्जोर्जितात्मना । अपि सुप्तनरेणेव नूनं मौनवता स्थितम्
Therefore, though his nature is like the roar of a lion in the battle of ocean and cloud, he surely remains, like a sleeping man, in the stillness of silence.
जाग्रतस् स्वप्नसन्दृष्टयोधारभटवेदनम् । यथा स्मृतिगतं नासन् न सत् तद्वद् असौ स्थितः
Just as the pain from a blow seen in a dream during waking is not remembered as real, so too is that state—neither existent nor nonexistent.
बहुयोजनलक्षौघप्रमाणो ऽपि बृहद्वपुः । परमाण्वन्तरे माति लोमान्तस्स्थजगत्त्रयः
Even if the vast body measures many leagues and hundreds of thousands of yojanas, within an atom it perceives the three worlds existing inside a single hair's tip.
कुलशैलगुणौघात्मा बृहद्वृन्दात्मको ऽपि सन् । तुलायां धानकामात्रम् अपि नापूरयत्य् अजः
Though he is the essence of mountains, clans, and multitudes of qualities, and though he is the soul of great hosts, the unborn one does not fill even the weight of a seed in a balance.
जगत्कोटिशताभोगविस्तीर्णो ऽप्य् अणुमात्रकम् । वस्तुतो व्याप्तवान् एष न देशं स्वप्नशैलवत्
Though he extends across the enjoyment of hundreds of millions of world-systems, in reality he occupies only the space of an atom, not a region, like a mountain in a dream.
स्वयम्भूर् एष कथितो विराड् एष स उच्यते । ब्रह्माण्डात्मा जगद्देहो वस्तुतस् तु नभोमयः
He is called the self-born, he is named the cosmic person; he is the soul of the cosmic egg, the body of the world, but in truth, he is of the nature of space.
सनातन इति प्रोक्तो रुद्र इत्य् अपि सञ्ज्ञितः । इन्द्रोपेन्द्रमरुन्मेघशैलजालादिदेहकः
He is called eternal, and also designated Rudra; he assumes the bodies of Indra, Upendra, the wind, clouds, mountain ranges, and so on.
तेजोऽणुमात्रप्रथितं चेतित्वा प्रथमं वपुः । क्रमेण स्फारसंवित्तिर् महान् अहम् इति स्थितः
The first body, manifest as a spark of light, is known as consciousness; gradually, the expansive awareness stands as the great 'I am.'
स्पन्दसंवेदनात् तेन स्पन्द इत्य् अनुभूयते । यस् स एवानिलाभिख्यो वातस्कन्धात्मना स्थितः
Through the awareness of vibration, it is experienced as vibration; that very one is known as wind, existing as the essence of the group of airs.
प्राणापानपरिस्पन्दो वेदनाद् अनुभूयते । तेन यस् सो ऽयम् आकाशे वातस्कन्ध उदाहृतः
The movement of inhalation and exhalation is experienced as sensation; thus, what is called the cluster of wind in space is described.
चित्त्वाद् ये कल्पितास् तेन बालेनेव पिशाचकाः । तेजẖकणा असन्तो ऽपि त एते धिष्ण्यतां गताः
Those entities imagined by the mind, like goblins conjured by a child, though they are merely particles of light and not real, have attained a seeming reality.
प्राणापानपरावर्तदोला तदुदरोदिता । वातस्कन्धाभिधां धत्ते जगत् तद्धृदयं बृहत्
The oscillation of inhalation and exhalation, arising from the belly, is called the cluster of wind; this is the vast heart of the world.
प्रतिच्छन्दश् शरीराणां प्रथमं बीजम् एष सः । जगद्गतानां सर्वेषाम् आकल्पव्यवहारिणाम्
This is the first seed, the reflection of bodies, for all those who have entered the world and conduct themselves according to convention.
प्रतिच्छन्दाद् यदैतस्माद् उत्थिता जगदात्मनः । देहास् तदा यथा बाह्यम् अन्तर् एषां तथा स्थितम्
When bodies arise from this reflection of the world-self, then for them, what is outside is also present within.
चितिस् तस्याद्यबीजस्य पूर्वम् एव यथोदिता । तथैवाद्यापि जीवे ऽन्तस् तथोदेति तदीहिता
Consciousness, as previously stated, is the original seed of that; even now, in the living being, its activity arises within in the same way.
श्लेष्मपित्तानिलास् तस्य चन्द्रार्कपवनास् त्रयः । ग्रहा ऋक्षगणास् तस्य प्राणे ष्ठीवनशीकराः
Its phlegm, bile, and wind are the moon, sun, and wind; its planets and constellations are the saliva and moisture in the breath.
तस्यास्थीन्य् अद्रिजालानि मेदसो जालिका घनाः । शिरḫ पादौ त्वचं देहात् पश्यामस् तस्य नो वयम्
Its bones are like clusters of mountains, its fat is dense like a network; but we do not see its head, feet, or skin as we do in a body.