शरीरनगरीनाशनिर्माणैकपरायणः । रसकिट्टकलाधातुपृथक्करणकोविदः
Devoted solely to the creation and destruction of the city of the body, he is skilled in distinguishing the essence, waste, arts, and elements.
प्रतिसूक्ष्माणुकं देहे ततो दृष्टं मया जगत् । तत्रेत्थंरूपम् आरम्भि स्फुटम् आभोगि सुस्थिरम्
I have seen, in every subtle atom of the body, the world; there, such a form arises—clear, enjoyable, and stable.
परमाणुं प्रति त्व् अत्र प्रोह्यन्त इव सर्गकाः । न च किञ्चित् किलोह्यन्ते खाकृतेẖ किम् इवोह्यते
Here, for each ultimate atom, creators seem to be propelled; yet nothing is truly propelled, for what can be propelled in what is made of space?
सचन्द्रार्कानिलाग्नीन्द्रयमवैश्रवणेश्वराः । सब्रह्महरिगन्धर्वविद्याधरमहोरगाः
With the moon, sun, wind, fire, Indra, Kubera, the lords; with Brahma, Vishnu, Gandharvas, Vidyadharas, and great serpents—
ससागरगिरिद्वीपदिगन्तरमहार्णवाः । सलोकान्तरलोकेशक्रियाकालक्रियाक्रमाः
With oceans, mountains, islands, the vast expanse of directions, and great seas; with worlds within worlds, rulers of worlds, and the succession of actions and times.
सस्वर्गभूमिपातालतललोकान्तरान्तराः । सभावाभाववैधुर्यजरामरणसम्भ्रमाः
With heavens, earths, nether realms, and countless inner worlds; with the confusion of existence and nonexistence, instability, old age, and death.
एवं नाम तदा राम भूतपञ्चकरूपिणा । मया प्रविहृतं तत्र त्रैलोक्यनलिनोदरे
Thus, O Rama, in that way, with the form of the five elements, I wandered there within the lotus of the three worlds.
रसḫ पीतो ऽनुभूतश् च क्ष्माजलानिलतेजसाम् । मूलजालेषु वृक्षाणां प्राणिनां च सता मया
The essence of earth, water, air, and fire was tasted and experienced by me, among the root networks of trees and among living beings.
रसायनघनाङ्गेषु चन्दनद्रवशोभिषु । लुठितं चन्द्रबिम्बेषु तुषारशयनेष्व् इव
I rolled among bodies dense with vital fluids, adorned with sandalwood paste, and among moonbeams, as if on beds of frost.
सर्वर्तुवनजालेषु नानामोदानि दिक्ष्व् अलम् । भुक्तानि पुष्पजालानि प्रोच्छिष्टं ददतालये
In the web of springtime, in all directions, I enjoyed the various fragrances; I consumed garlands of flowers, leaving remnants in the abode.
नतोन्नतासु मृद्वीषु स्वास्तीर्णास्व् अम्बराजिरे । सुप्तं शुभ्राभ्रमालासु नवनीतस्थलीष्व् इव
On soft, spread-out garments, neither low nor high, I slept among chains of white clouds, as if on plates of fresh butter.
सुमनḫपत्त्रमृदुषु लीनं लक्ष्मीविलासिषु । सुरसिद्धाङ्गनाङ्गेषु दूरास्तस्मरवासनम्
I was immersed in the softness of flower petals, in the playfulness of fortune; on the bodies of celestial and accomplished women, far removed from the abode of passion.
कृतẖ कुमुदकल्हारकराले नलिनीवने । कोमलẖ कलहंसीभिर् लीलाकलकलारवः
In the lotus forest, made fierce by the presence of blue and white water-lilies, the gentle sound of playful swans resounds with their melodious calls.
सरत्सरित्सिरासारमूलभूमण्डलान्विताः । अङ्गेषूढास् स्फुरद्भूता लोमालय इवाद्रयः
The rivers, with their many branches and sources, together with their root-lands, are settled upon my limbs like the trembling hairs upon a mountain.
चतुर्दिग्ग्रथितादीर्घसरित्सूत्रैस् समुद्रकैः । आदर्शैर् इव विश्रान्तम् अङ्गेषु प्रतिबिम्बिभिः
The oceans, bound in all directions by the long threads of rivers, rest upon my limbs as if reflected in mirrors.
भूतसर्गेण विभ्रान्तं सिद्धविद्याधरादिना । मद्देहे चेतितेनैव मक्षिकायौकरूपिणा
The creation of beings, bewildered by the powers of siddhas and vidyādharas, exists in my body alone, animated by the mind, like the forms of bees.
मत्प्रसादेन मुदितैर् लब्धम् अर्कादिभिर् वपुः । कृष्णरक्तसितापीतहरितैर् हारितैर् इव
By my grace, the body, joyfully obtained from the sun and other deities, is adorned with black, red, white, yellow, and green, as if decorated with various colors.
समुद्रमुद्रया सप्तद्वीपसप्तात्मरूपया । संस्थया स्थापिता भूमिḫ प्रकोष्ठे वलयोपमा
The earth, established in my forearm, is encircled by the ocean, taking the form of the seven continents and the seven inner selves, resembling a bracelet.
विद्याधरपुरन्ध्रीणां परामृष्टाङ्गयष्टिना । अदृष्टेनैव विहितḫ पुलकोल्लास आत्मना
By the unseen touch of the slender arms of the wives of the vidyādharas, a thrill of delight has arisen in me, manifesting as horripilation.
सरित्सिरासरत्साररसानि सुषिराणि च । जगन्त्य् एवास्थिजालानि ममासन् संस्थितानि च
The rivers, their branches, their essences, their waters, and their channels—these worlds were my very network of bones, and so they remained.
असङ्ख्यैर् व्योममातङ्गैश् चन्द्रार्कचलचामरैः । उडुम्बरान्तर् मषकैर् इव मद्धृदये स्थितम्
Countless celestial elephants, with the moon and sun as their moving fans, are settled within my heart, like gnats inside a fig tree.
मया पातालपादेन भूतलोदरधारिणा । खमूर्ध्नापि तदा राम न त्यक्ता परमाणुता
Even when I held the netherworld with my foot and supported the earth in my belly, and the sky upon my head, O Rama, I did not abandon my subtle minuteness.
दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वत्र सर्वदा सर्वकारिणा । सर्वात्मनाप्य् असर्वेण शून्यरूपेण संस्थितम्
In all directions, everywhere, at all times, as the doer of all, I remain established as the all, yet as the non-all, in the form of emptiness.
किञ्चित्त्वं सदकिञ्चित्त्वं साकृतित्वं निराकृति । अनुभूतं सजाड्यं च चेतनत्वम् अलं मया
I have experienced being something, being nothing, having form, being formless, awareness, dullness, and consciousness in abundance.
मैनाकमुग्धमीनस्य सागरस्याप्य् अणुं प्रति । सन्ति सर्गसहस्राणि स्वनुभूतान्य् अथो मया
Just as the ocean, though vast, is small to the fish charmed by Mount Mainaka, so too have I directly experienced thousands of creations, even within an atom.
जगन्त्य् अङ्गे मयोढानि गूढानि प्रकटानि च । प्रतिबिम्बपुराणीव मकुरेणाजडात्मना
Worlds, both hidden and manifest, have been borne in my body, like ancient cities reflected in a mirror by the non-dull self.
एवं जलानिलाग्नित्वं भूमित्वं खात्मना सता । कृतं चितेव स्वप्नेषु बत माया विजृम्भते
Thus, the states of water, air, fire, earth, and space have been assumed by consciousness, and indeed, in dreams, how wondrously does illusion unfold.
अपि तस्याम् अवस्थायां जगन्त्य् आकाशकोशके । मया दृष्टान्य् असङ्ख्यानि परमाणुकणं प्रति
Even in that state, within the cavity of space, I have seen countless worlds, each as minute as an atom.
परमाणुं प्रति व्योम परमाणुं प्रति स्थितम् । सर्गवृन्दं यथा स्वप्ने स्वप्नान्तरयुतं पुरम्
Just as the expanse of space is present within each atom, so too, in a dream, the multitude of creations appears within a city filled with countless dreams.
खम् एवाहम् अभूवं भूमण्डलं द्वीपकुण्डलम् । सर्वात्मनापि न व्याप्तं किञ्चनापि मया क्वचित्
I became the very sky itself, the earth, and the ring of continents; yet, even as the all-pervading Self, I did not encompass anything anywhere.