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.
वपुर् विराजो जगद् अङ्ग विद्धि सङ्कल्परूपस्य हि कल्पनात्म । आकाशशैलावनिसागरादि सर्वं चिदाकाशम् अतḫ प्रशान्तम्
Know that the radiant form of the universe is but a limb of the cosmic person, arising from imagination, whose nature is conceptualization; all—sky, mountains, earth, oceans, and the rest—is the space of consciousness, utterly tranquil.
तस्मिन् कल्पे तु सङ्कल्पे तस्य यद् वपुर् आस्थितम् । शृणु तत्र व्यवस्थेयं विचित्राचारहारिणी
Now, in that creation, in that imagination, whatever form it assumes—listen to the order established there, which is adorned with wondrous conduct.
परमं यच् चिदाकाशं तद् विराडात्मनो वपुः । आद्यन्तमध्यरहितं लघु त्व् अस्य वपुर् जगत्
That supreme space of consciousness is the body of the cosmic being; it is without beginning, end, or middle. The universe is but a light and insubstantial form of that body.
सङ्कल्परचितो ब्रह्मा स्वाण्डं सङ्कल्पनात्मकम् । वपुषḫ परितो भास्वत् पश्यत्य् आकाशम् एव तत्
Brahma, fashioned by imagination, perceives his own cosmic egg—made of imagination—as nothing but radiant space surrounding his form.
ब्रह्मात्मैष स सङ्कल्पस् स्वम् अण्डम् अकरोद् द्विधा । तैजसं तैजसाकारḫ पुष्टḫ पुष्टं विहङ्गवत्
This very imagination, which is Brahma himself, made his own egg in two parts: one luminous, of the nature of light, full and nourished, like a bird.
अण्डस्यैकं नभो दूरं गतं सम्बुद्धवान् असौ । दूरे ऽधस् संस्थितं भागं व्यतिरिक्तं च नात्मनः
Of the egg, one part, distant in the sky, he realized as awakened; the other part, situated below and far away, is distinct from himself.
ब्रह्माण्डभाग ऊर्ध्वस्थो विराजश् शिर उच्यते । अधोभागो ऽस्य पादाख्यो निरन्तं मध्यम् अत्र खम्
The upper part of the cosmic egg, where Viraj abides, is called the head; the lower part is called the feet, and the endless space in the middle is the sky.
दूरं वियुक्तयोस् सन्धिẖ खण्डयोर् अतिविस्तृता । अनन्ता व्योमलेखेति श्यामा शून्या च दृश्यते
The junction between these two distant and separated parts, vast and immeasurable, appears as an endless streak of space—dark, empty, and visible.
द्यौस् तालु विपुलं तस्य तारा रुधिरबिन्दवः । संविद्वातलवा देहे सुरासुरनरादयः
The sky is his palate, vast; the stars are drops of blood; the subtle winds of consciousness are the gods, demons, humans, and others within his body.
देहे ऽन्तẖ क्रिमयस् तस्य भूतप्रेतपिशाचकाः । लोकान्तराणि रन्ध्राणि सुषिराण्य् अस्य देहके
Within his body are worms, which are the spirits, ghosts, and goblins; the other worlds are the orifices, the hollows of his body.