द्वैते तावद् असद्रूपे रमते ऽनुमते चितिः । परं पश्यति नो यावत् तं दृष्ट्वा तन्मयी भवेत्
Consciousness delights in duality, which is unreal, only so long as it consents; but when it perceives the supreme, seeing that, it becomes one with it.
चिति निर्वाणरूपं तत् प्रकृतिḫ परमं पदम् । प्राप्य तत्ताम् अवाप्नोति सरिद् अब्धाव् इवाब्धिताम्
Consciousness is of the nature of liberation; nature is the supreme state. Upon attaining that reality, it becomes that, just as a river becomes the ocean upon entering it.
तावद् विमोहवशतश् चितिर् आकुलेषु सर्गेषु संसरति जन्मदशाश्रितेषु । यावन् न पश्यति परं तम् अथाशु दृष्ट्वा तत्रैव मज्जति घनं मधुनीव भृङ्गी
So long as consciousness, under the sway of delusion, wanders through the tumultuous cycles of creation, bound to the states of birth, until it perceives the Supreme; and upon seeing That, it swiftly merges there, just as a bee sinks into thick honey.
सम्प्राप्य कस् त्यजति नाम तद् आत्मतत्त्वं प्राप्यानुभूय च जहाति रसायनं कः । शाम्यन्ति येन सकलानि निरन्तराणि दुẖखानि जन्ममृतिमोहमयानि राम
Who, having attained and experienced the essence of the Self, would ever abandon it? Who would forsake the elixir, Rama, by which all the uninterrupted sufferings—those woven of birth, death, and delusion—are stilled?
शृणु राम कथं तत्र महाकाशे तथास्थितः । देहभ्रान्तिं तु तां त्यक्त्वा स रुद्रो ऽप्य् उपशाम्यति
Listen, Rama, to how even Rudra, established in that vast expanse, relinquishes the illusion of the body and attains tranquility.
स रुद्रस् तौ जगत्खण्डौ तदा चित्र इवार्पिताः । निस्स्पन्दा एव तत्रासन् प्रेक्षमाणे स्थिते मयि
There, Rudra and those two fragments of the world appeared as if displayed in a painting, motionless, while I stood observing.
ततो मुहूर्तमात्रेण स रुद्रस् तौ नभोऽन्तरे । खण्डौ विलोकयाम् आस दृशार्केणेव रोदसी
Then, within a brief moment, Rudra gazed at those two fragments suspended in space, as the eye of the sun surveys the heavens.
ततो निमेषमात्रेण घोणाश्वासेन खण्डकौ । तौ समानीय चिक्षेप पातालान्तर् इवानने
Then, in the span of a blink, with a forceful breath, he drew those fragments together and cast them into the depths, as if into his mouth.
अतिष्ठद् एक एवासाव् अथ खे खम् इवाखिले । भुक्तब्रह्माण्डखण्डोग्रचण्डमण्डकमण्डलः
He alone remained, vast in the sky like the sky itself, having consumed the fierce, blazing spheres and fragments of the universe.
ततो मुहूर्तमात्रेण लघुस् सो ऽभ्रम् इवाभवत् । ततो ऽभवद् द्रुमसमस् ततस् स्तम्भनिभो ऽभवत्
Then, within a brief moment, he became light as a cloud; then he became like a tree, and after that, he took on the form of a pillar.
ततो ऽभवद् यष्टिसमस् ततḫ प्रादेशमात्रकः । ततẖ काचकणाकारो मया दृष्टस् स तादृशः
Then it became like a staff, then about a span in length; after that, I saw it take the form of a glass bead, just so.
ततस् सो ऽणुर् भवन् दृष्टो मया खाद् दिव्यदृष्टिना । परमाणुर् अथो भूत्वा तत्रैवान्तर्धिम् आययौ
Then I saw it, with my divine vision, become minute—an atom in the sky; and becoming a supreme atom, it vanished right there.
इत्य् असौ शमम् आयातश् शारदाम्बुदखण्डवत् । तादृशो ऽपि महारम्भḫ पुरḫ पश्यत एव मे
Thus, it attained stillness, like a fragment of a cloud in autumn; yet, even so, that great phenomenon unfolded before my very eyes.
इति सावरणे तेन ते ब्रह्माण्डकवाटके । विनिगीर्णे क्षुधार्तेन हरिणेनेव पर्णके
In this way, that Sāvarṇi was swallowed up in that cosmic egg-shell, just as a hungry deer devours a leaf.
अथाभून् निर्मलं व्योम शान्तं ब्रह्मैव केवलम् । अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तसंविदाकाशमात्रकम्
Then, there was only pure, tranquil space—nothing but Brahman—an expanse of consciousness without beginning, middle, or end.
इत्य् अहं दृष्टवांस् तत्र कल्पान्तम् उरुविभ्रमम् । दर्पणप्रतिबिम्बाभं शिलाशकलकोटरे
Thus I witnessed there, until the end of the aeon, that vast marvel—like a reflection in a mirror, or in the hollow of a stone fragment.
अथ ताम् अङ्गनां स्मृत्वा तां शिलां तं च विभ्रमम् । राजद्वारगतो ग्राम्य इवाहं विस्मयं गतः
Then, recalling that woman, that stone, and that marvel, I was left astonished, like a villager at the gates of a royal palace.
ताम् आलोकितवान् भूयẖ कलधौतशिलाम् अहम् । यावत् सर्वत्र सन्त्य् अत्र सर्गाẖ काल्या इवाङ्गके
Again I looked at that moon-washed stone; and everywhere, there were creations here, just as there are marks on a body.
बुद्धिनेत्रेण दृश्यन्ते दिव्याक्ष्णा वा न ते ऽन्यथा । सर्वत्र सर्वदा सर्वं यद् अस्त्य् एव तथा तदा
All that exists is perceived everywhere and always, either through the eye of intelligence or with a divine vision, but not otherwise.
दूरतḫ प्रेक्ष्यते मांसदृशा यदि च सा शिला । दृश्यते तच् छिलैवैका न तु सर्गादि किञ्चन
If, from a distance, one looks at it with the physical eye and it is a stone, then only that single stone is seen, and nothing at all of creation and the rest.
सावस्थिता शिलैवैकरूपा निबिडमण्डला । कलधौतमयी स्फारा सन्ध्याजलदसुन्दरी
That stone remains just as it is—solid, of a single form, dense and round, shining like polished moonstone, beautiful as a raincloud at dusk.
ततो ऽहं विस्मयाविष्टḫ प्रविचारितवान् पुनः । शिलायाम् अपरं भागं तथैव परया दृशा
Then, filled with wonder, I examined another part of the stone again, this time with a higher vision.
यावत् तम् अपि पश्यामि जगदारम्भमन्थरम् । तथैव सुषिराकारम् इव नानार्थसुन्दरम्
As long as I looked at that as well, I saw the slow stirring of the world's origin there, appearing hollow in form, beautiful with various meanings.
पुनर् अन्यं तथैवाहं प्रदेशं परिदृष्टवान् । सर्गसंरम्भवलितं तावन्तम् अपि तादृशम्
Again, in the same way, I observed another region, and there too I saw the same—teeming with the bustle of creation, just like before.
यं यं प्रदेशं पश्यामि शिलायास् तत्र तत्र वै । जगत् पश्याम्य् अविकलम् आदर्श इव बिम्बितम्
Whichever part of the stone I look at, here and there, I see the world reflected there in its entirety, just as in a mirror.
प्रविश्यामि जगच् चेत् तत् पश्यामीदम् इवाखिलम् । दृश्यं न चेद् बहिस्स्थस् तत् पश्याम्य् आदर्शबिम्बितम्
If I enter into the world, I see all this as if it were real; if I do not, and remain outside, I see it as a reflection in a mirror.
मयातिकौतुकेनाथ सर्वास् तस्य गिरेश् शिलाः । अन्विष्टा भूमिभागाश् च तृणगुल्मादयस् तथा
Then, with great curiosity, I examined all the rocks of that mountain, as well as the patches of earth, grasses, shrubs, and the like.
यावत् सर्वत्र तत् तादृग् जगद् अस्ति यथास्थितम् । बुद्ध्यैव दृश्यते नाक्ष्णा परया विविधाकृति
Everywhere, the world exists just as it is; it is perceived only by the intellect, not by the ordinary eye, in its various forms.
क्वचित् प्रथमसर्गात्मजायमानप्रजापति । कल्प्यमानर्क्षचन्द्रार्कदिनरात्र्यर्तुवत्सरम्
In some places, the progenitors born from the first creation are being formed, along with the arrangement of stars, moon, sun, days, nights, seasons, and years.
क्वचित् क्वचिन् महीपीठसम्पन्नजनमण्डलम् । क्वचित् किञ्चिद् अखातोग्रचतुस्सागरखातकम्
In some places, there are populated regions with land and people; in others, there are areas bordered by four ocean trenches.