अवयवावयविनोर् इवेहेन्द्रियचित्तयोः । न मनाग् अपि भेदो ऽस्ति नैक्यम् एकशरीरयोः
Just as there is no real distinction between a part and the whole, so too between the senses and the mind; there is not the slightest difference, nor are they truly one, being of a single body.
तस्य तान्य् एव कार्याणि जगतां यानि कानिचित् । सङ्कल्पा एव पुंवृत्त्या चलन्त्या रूषितद्विताः
For him, those very actions in the worlds, whatever they may be, are simply movements of intention, colored by the activity of the mind.
जागते तस्य विज्ञेये नान्ये ऽस्य मृतिजन्मनी । स एवेदं जगत् तस्मात् सङ्कल्पात्मास्ति नेतरत्
In the waking state, he alone is to be known—there is no other birth or death for him; he himself is this world, therefore the world is of the nature of intention, not otherwise.
तत्सत्तया जगत्सत्ता तन्मृत्यैव जगन् मृतम् । यादृशी स्पन्दमरुतोस् सत्तैका तादृशी तयोः
By his existence, the world exists; by his death, the world is dead; just as the movement of wind depends on existence, so it is with both.
जगद्विराजोस् सत्तैका पवनस्पन्दयोर् इव । जगद् यत् स विराड् एव यो विराट् तज् जगत् स्मृतम्
The universe and the cosmic person are but one existence, just as air and its movement are not different; what is called the universe is indeed the cosmic person, and the cosmic person is what is known as the universe.
जगद् ब्रह्मा विराट् चेति शब्दाḫ पर्यायवाचकाः । सङ्कल्पमात्रम् एवैते शुद्धचिद्व्योमरूपिणः
The words 'universe', 'Brahma', and 'cosmic person' are synonyms; all these are merely formations of thought, having the nature of pure consciousness-space.
सङ्कल्पात्मा विराड् एव खम् एवाकृतिम् आगतम् । अस्तु नाम स्वदेहान्तẖ कथं ब्रह्मैष तिष्ठति
The cosmic person is indeed of the nature of thought, appearing as space itself; let it be said that it exists within one's own body, but how does this Brahman abide there?
यथा ध्यानेन देहान्तस् तिष्ठसि त्वं यथास्थितम् । तथास्ते निजदेहे ऽन्तस् सङ्कल्पात्मा पितामहः
Just as you remain within your body through meditation, so too does the cosmic ancestor, whose nature is thought, abide within his own body.
नृणां तथा च मुख्यानां श्रीर् या ब्रह्मपुरोदरे । उत्पत्तिपुत्रिकादेहप्रतिबिम्बोपमास्ति सा
Likewise, the glory found in eminent persons, which is within the womb of Brahma, is like the reflection of a body such as that of a daughter born from creation.
यत्र त्वम् अपि देहान्तẖ कर्तुं शक्नोष्य् अलं स्थितिम् । सङ्कल्पात्मा विभुस् तत्र ब्रह्मा किं न करिष्यति
Where you too are able to maintain your presence within the body, why would not Brahma, whose nature is thought and who is all-pervading, be able to do so there?
बीजे ऽन्तस् स्थावरे ह्य् आस्ते पदार्थो यत्र जङ्गमः । किं नास्ते तत्र देहे ऽन्तर् निजे चित्कल्पनात्मकः
Just as the immobile substance remains within the seed where the moving entity is, why would not the one whose nature is consciousness and imagination abide within his own body?
साकारो गगनात्मास्तु निराकारं खम् अस्तु वा । आस्ते बहिर् अथान्तश् च भिन्ने बाह्यान्तरे न हि
Let space have form or be formless; it exists both outside and within, for in the distinction of outer and inner, there is truly no separation.
आत्मारामẖ काष्ठमौनी नजडो ऽपि दृषज्जडः । अहं त्वम् इत्यादिमयो विराड् आत्मनि तिष्ठति
The one who delights in the Self, who is silent as wood, not dull yet appearing inert, who is composed of the notions 'I' and 'you'—the cosmic person abides in the Self.
आवेष्टितोज्झितलतातृणदारुपुंवद् उच्छब्दम् अम्बुरयवच् च विचोपिताङ्गः । नानाविधे हि विहरन्न् अपि कार्यजाले तज्ज्ञश् शिलाजठरशान्तमनस्क एव
Though surrounded by creepers, grass, wood, men, and disturbed by noise like the waves of water, and though his limbs are agitated in various ways amidst the web of actions, the knower remains with a mind tranquil as the heart of a stone.
अथाग्रस्थब्रह्मलोके ब्रह्मणि ध्यानशालिनि । निक्षिप्ताक्षश् शनैर् दिक्षु दृष्टवान् अमलं ह्य् अहम्
Then, in the highest Brahma-world, as Brahma was absorbed in meditation, I slowly cast my gaze in all directions, and beheld the pure Self.
द्वितीयम् अर्कं मध्याह्ने पश्चाद् अभ्युदितं स्फुटम् । दिग्दाहम् इव दिग्वक्त्रे वनदाहम् इवाचले
I saw a second sun at midday, then another clearly rising, as if the quarters were burning at their mouths, like a forest fire on a mountain.
वह्निलोकम् इव व्योम्नि वडवाग्निम् इवार्णवे । ततो ऽपश्यम् अहं दीप्तं सूर्यं नैरृतदिङ्मुखे
In the sky, it was like a world of fire, or like submarine fire in the ocean; then I saw a blazing sun in the direction of the southwest.
सूर्यं याम्यैकदिग्भागे सूर्यम् अग्निकदिङ्मुखे । सूर्यम् ऐन्द्रैकदिग्भागे सूर्यम् ईशानदिङ्मुखे
A sun in the southern quarter, a sun in the southeast, a sun in the east, and a sun in the northeast.
सूर्यं कुबेरककुभि सूर्यं वायव्यदिक्तटे । सूर्यं वारुणदिग्भागे तेन विस्मितवान् अहम्
A sun in the north, a sun at the northwest boundary, a sun in the west; by this I was astonished.
यावद् विचारयाम्य् आशु विधिवैधुर्यम् आकुलः । उदभूद् भूतलात् तावद् अर्क और्व इवार्णवात्
While I was quickly pondering this confusion of order, suddenly, from the earth, a sun arose as if from the ocean, like the submarine fire.
एकादर्शे ऽखिलार्काणां प्रतिबिम्बम् इवोत्थितम् । उदभूत् त्रयम् अर्काणाम् अम्बरे दिग्गणाम्बरे
Just as in a single mirror the reflections of all suns appear, so three suns arose in the sky, in the vast expanse of the directions.
तद् द्वादशपरीमाणं दीप्तं वृन्दं विवस्वताम् । सर्वदिक्कं ददाहोच्चैश् शुष्कं वनम् इवानलः
That blazing cluster of radiant suns, each the size of twelve, scorched all directions intensely, like a fire burning a dry forest.
अथोदभूज् जगत्षण्डशोषणग्रीष्मवासरः । अनग्निर् अग्निदाहो द्राग् अदृश्योल्मुकगुल्मकः
Then there arose a summer day that withered the cosmic egg, burning without fire, scorching without flame, suddenly appearing with invisible meteoric clusters.
अनग्निनाग्निदाहेन तेन तामरसेक्षण । अङ्गानि दावदग्धानि स्विन्नानीव ममाभवन्
By that fireless burning, O lotus-eyed one, my limbs became as if scorched by a forest fire, drenched in sweat.
प्रदेशं तम् अथ त्यक्त्वा दूरम् आरूढवान् अहम् । दृढहस्ततलाघातहतकन्दुकवन् नभः
Then, leaving that place, I ascended far away, like a ball struck forcefully by a firm palm, into the sky.
अपश्यं गगनस्थो ऽहम् उदितं चण्डतेजसम् । तपन्तं द्वादशादित्यगणं दिक्षु दशस्व् अपि
There in the heavens I saw a host of twelve blazing suns rising, scorching in all ten directions.
बृहद्भडभडारावज्वलद्घनवनाचलम् । महाकहकहाशब्दक्वथत्सप्ताब्धिडम्बरम्
I beheld vast mountains and forests blazing like great submarine fires, and the sky boiling with the roaring sound of the seven oceans.
सज्वालोल्मुकनीरन्ध्रलोकान्तरपुरान्तरम् । ज्वालाघनघटाटोपसिन्दूरीकृतपर्वतम्
The inner worlds and cities between the worlds were filled with blazing meteors, and the peaks of mountains were reddened by the mass of flames.
डीयमानमहाङ्गारस्थिरविद्युत्ककुप्तटम् । स्फुरत्कटकटाटोपचटत्पत्तनमण्डलम्
A vast mass of embers, fixed yet flickering with flashes of lightning, covered by a canopy; a sphere resounding with crackling and clattering noises.
विदलद्भूतलोद्भूतधूमदण्डैश् शिलाघनैः । काचस्तम्भसहस्राढ्यभुवनास्थानमण्डपम्
A pavilion whose pillars are countless columns of stone, rising from the earth and emitting smoky shafts, filled with blocks of rock.