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.
समुत्पादयताशेषलतातरुतृणाङ्कुरान् । भूतलेन रसाकृष्ट्या मयार्थेनेव जृम्भितम्
By the earth, which produces all creepers, trees, grasses, and sprouts, through the drawing up of moisture, it is as if my intention alone has caused their flourishing.
अवदाततमे शुद्धबोधाकाशमये मयि । जगल्लक्षाणि तिष्ठन्ति न तिष्ठन्ति च कानिचित्
Within me, who am the pure, spotless, consciousness-space, countless worlds exist, and yet some do not exist at all.
चिति चारुचमत्कारं चमत्कुर्वन्ति यत् स्वतः । स्वचमत्कृतयो ऽन्तस्स्थास् तद् एतास् सृष्टिदृष्टयः
Consciousness, by its own nature, delights in its own wondrousness; these inner marvels are the visions of creation.
अनुभूतं कृतं दृष्टं यावत् क्वचन किञ्चन । परमार्थचमत्काराद् ऋते नेहोपलभ्यते
Whatever is experienced, done, or seen anywhere, is not found here except through the wonder of ultimate reality.
प्रत्येकं विश्वरूपात्मा सर्वकर्ता निरामयः । प्रबुद्धश् शुद्धबोधात्मा सर्वं ब्रह्मात्मकं यतः
Each one is the Self of all forms, the doer of all, free from affliction; awakened, of pure consciousness, for all is of the nature of Brahman.
सर्वस् सर्वत्र सर्वात्मा सर्वगस् सर्वसंश्रयः । एतत् प्रबुद्धविषयम् अप्रबुद्धं न वेद्म्य् अहम्
All, everywhere, the Self of all, all-pervading, the refuge of all—this is the domain of the awakened; I do not know the unawakened.
आकाशकोशविशदात्मनि चित्स्वरूपे येयं स्वता कचति सर्गपरम्परेति । सान्तस् तद् एव किल ताप इवान्तर् ऊष्मा भेदोपलम्भ इति नास्ति सद् अस्त्य् अनन्तम्
That which shines as selfhood in the pure space-like essence of consciousness, and which appears as the succession of creation, is in truth that very peace; it is like inner heat, for division is only an appearance—there is no real separation. The real exists, infinite and undivided.
अथैवंरूपसंवित्तेḫ परावृत्य प्रयत्नतः । तम् अम्बरकुटीकोशदेशम् आगतवान् अहम्
Then, turning my awareness back from such perceptions with effort, I arrived at that region, the subtle space-like abode.
यावत् तत्र न पश्यामि स्वदेहं क्वचन स्थितम् । पश्यामि केवलं सिद्धं कम् अप्य् अन्यं पुरस् स्थितम्
There, I did not see my own body present anywhere; I saw only a perfected being, someone else, standing before me.
उपविष्टं समाधाननिष्ठम् इष्टपदं गतम् । सोम्योदयम् इवादित्यं दग्धेन्धनम् इवानलम्
He was seated, established in deep absorption, having attained the desired state—like the moon risen, like a fire whose fuel is consumed.