इदं च मानसं चाहं सम्पन्नḫ पृथुभूतलम् । नेदं न मानसं चैव सम्पन्नो वस्तुतस् त्व् अहम्
Both this world and the mind-created world are accomplished by me; neither this nor the mind-created world truly exist—only I am truly accomplished.
अमानसं महीपीठं न सम्भवति किञ्चन । यद् असद् वेत्सि यत् सद् वा मनोमात्रकम् एव तत्
On the support of the earth without the mind, nothing at all arises; whatever you know as unreal or real is only a formation of the mind.
चिदाकाशम् अहं शुद्धं तस्य मे ऽनन्यद् आत्मनः । यच् चिन्मात्रात्मकचनं तत् सङ्कल्पाभिधं स्मृतम्
I am the pure space of consciousness; for me, there is nothing apart from the Self. Whatever is of the nature of pure consciousness is known as 'imagination' (saṅkalpa).
तन् मनस् तन् महीपीठं तज् जगत् स पितामहः । सङ्कल्पपुरवद् व्योम्नि कचत्य् एतन् मनोनभः
That is the mind, that is the earth-plane, that is the world, and that is the Creator; like a city of imagination in space, this expanse of mind moves about in the sky of consciousness.
एवं सङ्कल्पमात्रं मे मनोमात्रं तद् आततम् । धारणाभ्याससम्पुष्टं भूमण्डलम् इति स्थितम्
Thus, for me, everything is merely imagination, merely mind, spread out and strengthened by the practice of concentration, and is established as the earth-globe.
नेदं भूमण्डलं तद् वै तदन्यद् धि मनोमयम् । आकाशमात्रकचनम् अचेत्यं कचनं चितेः
This earth-globe is not truly that; it is something else, made of mind, merely a formation in space, insentient, a construct within consciousness.
तद् एवाकाशमात्रात्म तथाभूतं चिरस्थितेः । इदम्प्रत्ययलब्धत्वान् मानसत्वं समुज्झति
That very thing, whose nature is only space, abides thus for a long time; but, because it is apprehended as 'this', it loses its status as mental.
इदं स्थिरं सुकठिनं विततं भूमिमण्डलम् । अस्तीति जायते बुद्धिर् व्योम्न्य् एव चिरवेदनात्
This earth-globe, stable, solid, and extended, gives rise to the notion 'it exists' in the sky itself, due to long-standing perception.
न्यायेनेदम् इवानेन तत् स्थितं वसुधातलम् । इदं न चैवम् एवाद्य सर्गस्यादाव् उपागतम्
By this reasoning, this earth-plane appears established; yet, in the very beginning of creation, it did not arise in this way.
यथा स्वप्ने पुरत्वेन चिद् एव व्योम्नि भासते । तथा चिद् एव सर्गादाव् इदं जगद् इति स्थिता
Just as in a dream, pure consciousness alone appears as a city before oneself in space, so too, at the beginning of creation, consciousness alone stands as this world.
विद्धि चिद्रूपबालस्य मनोराज्यं जगत्त्रयम् । महीतलादिकं दृश्यम् इदं सर्गं च सर्वदा
Know that the kingdom of the mind of the one whose nature is consciousness is the three worlds; all this visible creation, from the earth and so on, is always a projection.
चिद्रूपस्यात्मनो नान्यस् सङ्कल्पस् तन्मयं जगत् । वस्तुतस् तु न पिण्डात्म न सत्यात्म न भासुरम्
For the self whose nature is consciousness, there is no other intention; this world is made of that alone. In reality, it is not a solid entity, not truly existent, nor radiant.
दृश्यम् अस्त्य् अपरिज्ञातं परिज्ञातं न विद्यते । परिज्ञानं तद् एवास्य शृणोषि यद् इदं चिरम्
The visible exists as long as it is not known; once known, it is not found. That very knowing is what you have been hearing about for so long.
सर्वं चिन्मात्रम् आकाशं प्रकचत्य् आत्मनात्मनि । भूमण्डलात्म दृश्यात्म द्वैतैक्याभ्यां विवर्जितम्
All is pure consciousness, like space, shining forth from the self within the self; it is free from both the nature of the earth and the nature of the visible, devoid of duality and unity.
मणिर् यथा स्वभावेन शुक्लपीतादिकास् त्विषः । अकुर्वन्न् एव कुरुते चिदाकाशस् तथा जगत्
Just as a jewel, by its own nature, produces white, yellow, and other colors without actually doing so, in the same way, the space of consciousness appears as the world.
यतो न किञ्चित् कुरुते न च रूपं समुज्झति । तस्मान् न मानसं नेदं किञ्चिद् अस्ति महीतलम्
Because it does nothing and does not abandon its own form, therefore, this earth and all this is not a mental creation, nor does anything exist here.
महीतलम् इवाभाति चिद्व्योमैव निरन्तरम् । आत्मन्य् एवातलं व्योम यथामलतलं स्थितम्
What appears as the earth is in fact only the uninterrupted sky of consciousness; in the self alone, the earth and sky are established, just as a spotless surface is reflected.
स्वभावमात्रकचनं तत् तदा मे तथा स्थितम् । भूमण्डलम् इवात्यच्छं खम् एव विततान्तरम्
At that time, for me, everything was established as merely the radiance of its own nature; like the earth-globe, utterly clear, it was only the expanse of space.
इदं भूमण्डलं तच् च द्वयम् एतन् महाचितेः । स्वरूपम् एव कचति तव स्वप्नपुरं यथा
This earth and its sphere, both, are but the nature of the great consciousness; they shine forth as your dream-city does.
चिरकालप्रत्ययतस् स्थिरम् इत्य् अवगम्यते । परिज्ञातं यथाभूतं चिद्व्योमैव निरन्तरम्
Because of the long-standing conviction, it is understood as stable; yet, when known as it truly is, it is nothing but the infinite space of consciousness.
इदम् आकाशमात्रात्म तद् अप्य् आकाशमात्रकम् । अज्ञानान् न परिज्ञानाज् ज्ञानान् नेदं न तत् क्वचित्
This is nothing but space, and that too is only space; through ignorance, not through knowledge, is there any distinction—by knowledge, neither this nor that exists anywhere.
त्रैलोक्यभूतजालानां कालत्रितयभाविनाम् । सम्भ्रमस्वप्नसङ्कल्पमनोराज्यदशास्थितौ
For the networks of beings in the three worlds, which exist in the three times, their state is one of confusion, dream, imagination, and fanciful sovereignty.
भूतानि च भविष्यन्ति वर्तमानानि यानि च । भूमण्डलानि तान्य् अङ्ग सत्तासामान्यताङ्गतः
All beings—those that will be, those that are, and those that have been—and all earth-spheres, O dear one, are encompassed by the common essence of existence.
अहम् एव समग्राणि तेषाम् अन्तर्गतान्य् अपि । तेन तान्य् अनुभूतानि तथा दृष्टानि चाखिलम्
I alone am all of these, even those contained within them; thus, all these are experienced and seen entirely by me.
चिन्मात्रम् एतद् अजरं पदम् आत्मतत्त्वं शुद्धात्मताम् अजहद् अङ्गगतं बिभर्ति । सर्वं यथास्थितम् इदं जगतां तु भेदं बुद्धं सद् अङ्ग न बिभर्ति तु किञ्चनापि
This is pure consciousness, the ageless state, the essence of the Self, which bears the pure Self without abandoning its presence in the limbs; all this world remains as it is, but the wise do not hold any division within it.
अनन्तरं वद ब्रह्मञ् जगन्ति भवता तदा । भूमण्डलानां हृदये कच्चित् दृष्टानि वा न वा
Next, tell me, O Brahman, whether at that time the worlds were seen in the heart of the earth-spheres by you or not.
परात्मजाग्रत्स्वप्नोर्वीमण्डलौघात्मना मया । ततो ऽनुभूतं हृदये दृष्टं च परया दृशा
By me, the supreme Self, the waking and dream worlds, with their multitude of spheres, were experienced in the heart and seen with the highest vision.
यावत् तथैव सर्वत्र जगज्जालम् अवस्थितम् । सर्वं दृश्यमयं शान्तम् अपि द्वैतमयात्मकम्
In the same way, everywhere, the web of the universe is established; all is composed of what is seen, peaceful, yet having the nature of duality.
जगन्ति सन्ति सर्वत्र सर्वत्र ब्रह्म संस्थितम् । सर्वं शून्यं परं शान्तं सर्वम् आरम्भमन्थरम्
Worlds exist everywhere, and everywhere Brahman abides; all is void, supremely tranquil, and all is slow to begin.
सर्वत्रैवास्ति पृथ्व्यादि स्थूलं तच् च न किञ्चन । चिद्व्योमैव यथा स्वप्नपुरं परम् अजं न तत्
Everywhere there are earth and the like, gross elements, yet they are nothing at all; it is only the space of consciousness, like a dream city, supreme, unborn, and not that.