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.
ब्रह्माण्डखण्डम् अस्याधो विस्तृतं पादयोस् तलम् । जानुमण्डलरन्ध्राणि पातालकुहराण्य् अधः
The lower part of the cosmic egg is the expanse of his soles; the cavities at his knees are the netherworld caves below.
जलैश् शलशलायन्ती सुषिरानेकरन्ध्रिका । भूर् अन्त्रमण्डली लोला समुद्रद्वीपवेष्टना
The waters, gurgling and flowing, are the many channels and pores; the earth is the moving coil of intestines, encircled by oceans and islands.
जलैर् गुडगुडायन्त्यो नद्यो नाड्यस् सरद्रसाः । जम्बुद्वीपं हृदम्भोजम् अस्य हेमाद्रिकर्णिकम्
The rivers, murmuring with water, are the moist veins and arteries; Jambudvīpa is his heart-lotus, with Mount Meru as its golden pericarp.
कुक्षयẖ ककुभश् शून्या यकृत्प्लीहादयो ऽचलाः । मृद्व्यस् स्निग्धाḫ पटाकारा मेदसो जालिका घनाः
His belly is the quarters; the empty spaces are the organs like liver and spleen, which are the mountains; the soft, unctuous, membranous, and dense fat is the network of clouds.
चन्द्रार्कौ लोचने तस्य ब्रह्मलोको मुखं स्मृतम् । तेजस् सोमो ऽस्य कथितश् श्लेष्मा प्रालेयपर्वतः
The moon and sun are his eyes; Brahmaloka is considered his mouth; fire and soma are his bile; phlegm is the snowy mountain.
अग्निलोकस् तथौर्वाग्निḫ पित्तम् अस्यातिदुस्सहम् । वातस्कन्धो महावाताḫ प्राणापाना हृदि स्थिताः
The world of fire and the subterranean fire are his exceedingly unbearable bile; the great winds are his shoulders; the vital and expiratory breaths are established in his heart.
कल्पद्रुमवनान्य् अस्य सर्पवृन्दानि च क्वचित् । लोमजालान्य् अनन्तानि वनान्य् उपवनानि च
In his world, there are forests of wish-fulfilling trees, clusters of serpents in some places, countless tufts of hair, forests, and groves.
ऊर्ध्वं ब्रह्माण्डखण्डं तु समस्तम् उरुमस्तकम् । ब्रह्माण्डप्रान्तरन्ध्रार्चिर् अस्य दीप्ता शिखोत्थिता
Above, the entire expanse of the cosmic egg stretches from his thighs to his head; from the opening at the end of the cosmic egg, a blazing flame arises, shining brightly.
स्वयम् एव मनस् तेन मनो नास्योपयुज्यते । आत्मैव भाज्यताम् एति किल कस्य कथं कुतः
By itself, the mind exists there, but he does not use that mind; the self alone becomes the subject—truly, for whom, how, and from where?
स्वयम् एवेन्द्रियाण्य् एष तेनान्यत्रास्तिता कृता । यतस् तत्कल्पनामात्रम् एवेन्द्रियगणẖ किल
By itself, the senses exist there, and thus their existence is established elsewhere; for the group of senses is indeed merely a projection of imagination.