स्वप्नानुभूतयो राम दृष्टान्तो ऽत्राविखण्डितः । अनुभूत्यपलापं तु यẖ कुर्यात् तेन ते ऽस्त्व् अलम्
O Rama, experiences in dreams serve here as an undoubted example; but let anyone who denies experience itself be content with their own view.
यथा स्वप्ने नरो गेहे व्यवहर्ता न दृश्यते । तथा तदा न दृष्टो ऽस्मि पुरस्स्थो ऽपि नभोगतैः
Just as a man engaged in activities at home in a dream is not seen, so too, at that time, I am not seen by those who are present, though I am there.
अहम् अन्यं प्रपश्यामि पार्थिवाकारभावनम् । माम् आतिवाहिकात्मानं न कश्चिद् अपि पश्यति
I perceive others as having physical forms, but no one perceives me, whose nature is that of a subtle traveler.
न दृश्यते विदेहत्वाद् भवान् व्योमवपुर् यदि । तत् कथं तेन सिद्धेन दृष्टो ऽसि कनकावनौ
If, due to being bodiless, you possess a form like space and are not seen, then how were you seen by that accomplished one in the golden forest?
अस्मदादिर् जनो राम यथासङ्कल्पितार्थभाक् । नासङ्कल्पितम् आप्नोति सत्यकामवपुर् यतः
O Rama, people like us experience objects as they imagine them; one with a body of fulfilled desire does not encounter what is not imagined.
व्यवहारेषु मग्नेन लौकिकेष्व् अमलात्मना । क्षणाद् विस्मार्यते पुंसा स्वातिवाहिकतात्मनः
When a pure-minded person is absorbed in worldly activities, he quickly forgets his own nature as a subtle traveler.
मया पश्यतु माम् एष इति सङ्कल्पितं तदा । तेन मां दृष्टवान् एष स्वसङ्कल्पार्थभाजनम्
At that time, it was resolved by him, 'Let me see him through myself'; thus, by his own intention, he saw me, as he was the vessel for the object of his own thought.
जनो जरढभेदत्वान् न सङ्कल्पार्थभाजनम् । स एव जीर्णभेदत्वात् सत्यकामत्वभाजनम्
Ordinary people, due to their worn-out distinctions, are not vessels for the fulfillment of their intentions; but he alone, because of his matured discernment, is a vessel for the fulfillment of true desires.
द्वयोस् तु सिद्धयोस् सिद्ध विरुद्धेप्सितयोर् मिथः । अधिकैकावदातात्मा जयी पुरुषयत्नवान्
But among two perfected beings, O Siddha, who have mutually opposed desires, the one whose mind is more pure and resolute, who strives with greater effort, prevails.
भ्रमतस् सिद्धसेनासु लोकपालपुरीषु मे । विस्मृता व्यवहारौघैस् सातिवाहिकतात्मनः
While wandering among the hosts of perfected beings and in the cities of the guardians of the world, I became forgetful, due to the multitude of activities, of my own nature as a supreme celestial attendant.
यदा तदाहम् अमरैर् व्यवहर्तुं सहाम्बरे । प्रवृत्तो न च मां कश्चित् तत्र पश्यति चञ्चलम्
Whenever I engaged with the immortals in the sky for any dealings, no one there ever saw me, though I was present and moving about.
अत्यन्तम् अप्य् आरटतश् शब्दो न श्रूयते मम । केनचित् सुरलोकेषु स्वप्नपुंस इवानघ
Even if there was a loud noise, it was never heard by me—by anyone in the realms of the gods, O sinless one—just as it is with a man in a dream.
अवष्टब्धुं प्रवृत्तस्य नान्यावष्टब्धये मम । सम्पद्यते किञ्चिद् अपि मनोमननदेहिनः
When I tried to grasp or hold on to anything, nothing at all could be grasped by me, who was only a body of thought and imagination.
एवं व्योमपिशाचो ऽहं सम्पन्नो रघुनन्दन । मयानुभूता काप्य् एषा देवागारपिशाचता
In this way, O delight of the Raghus, I became a sky-spirit; I experienced this state of being a spirit in the abodes of the gods.
पिशाचास् सन्ति लोके ऽस्मिन् किमाकाराẖ किमास्पदाः । किंजातियाẖ किमाचाराẖ कीदृशाẖ कीदृशाशयाः
Are there piśācas in this world? What forms do they have, where do they dwell? What is their kind, what are their behaviors, what are they like, and what are their intentions?
पिशाचास् सन्ति लोकेषु यादृशास् तान् इमाञ् शृणु । न सभ्यो ऽसौ न यो वक्ति प्रसङ्गापतितं वचः
There are piśācas in the worlds; listen to what they are like. He is not a gentleman who speaks words that arise merely from circumstance.
पिशाचाẖ केचिद् आकाशसदृशाश् शून्यदेहकाः । हस्तपादादिसंयुक्तां पश्यन्ति त्वम् इवाकृतिम्
Some piśācas are like the sky, with empty bodies; they see a form like yours, equipped with hands, feet, and so on.
छायया भयदायिन्या त्व् अन्यार्थभ्रमरूपया । ते चित्ताक्रमणं कृत्वा वेधयन्ति नराशयम्
With a shadow that brings fear, taking on the form of another's purpose and confusion, they penetrate the mind and disturb a person's heart.
घ्नन्त्य् अदन्ति पिबन्त्य् आशु लघुसत्त्वं चलं जनम् । बलमांसम् अथो जीवान् हिंसन्त्य् आक्रम्य चित्तकम्
They strike, bite, and drink swiftly; beings of light and restless nature, they harm strength, flesh, and even lives by seizing the mind.
आकाशसदृशाẖ केचित् केचिन् नीहारसन्निभाः । केचित् स्वप्ननराकारास् साकारा अपि खात्मकाः
Some are like the sky, some resemble mist; some have the forms of dream-people, and though they have shapes, their essence is space.
केचित् स्वप्ननरप्रख्याẖ केचित् पवनदेहकाः । केचिद् भ्रमात्मका एव सर्वे बुद्धिमनोमयाः
Some are like dream-people, some have bodies of wind; some are of the nature of delusion, yet all are made of intellect and mind.
ग्रहीतुं नैव युज्यन्ते ग्रहीतुं शक्नुवन्ति नो । आकाशशून्यवपुषḫ पश्यन्त्य् आकृतिम् आत्मनः
They are not suited to grasp, nor are they able to grasp; with bodies empty as space, they perceive their own form.
शीतातपादिविहितं सुखं दुẖखं विदन्ति च । पातुम् अत्तुम् अवष्टब्धुम् ईहन्ते शक्नुवन्ति नो
They experience pleasure and pain caused by cold, heat, and the like; they desire to drink, eat, and grasp, but are unable to do so.
इच्छाद्वेषभयक्रोधलोभमोहसमन्विताः । मन्त्रौषधतपोदानधैर्यधर्मवशीकृताः
Filled with desire, aversion, fear, anger, greed, and delusion, they are subdued by mantra, medicine, austerity, charity, patience, and righteousness.
सत्त्वावष्टम्भयन्त्रेण मन्त्रेणाराधितेन वा । दृश्यन्ते ऽपि च गृह्यन्ते कदाचित् केनचित् क्वचित्
By the mechanism of vital force or by propitiated mantra, they are sometimes seen and occasionally captured by someone, somewhere.
देवयोनिर् हि सा तेन केचिद् देवोपमर्द्धयः । केचिन् नरसमश्रीकाẖ केचिन् नागसमर्द्धयः
That is a divine birth; some possess the splendor of gods, some have the prosperity of humans, and some the grandeur of serpents.
श्वसृगालोपमाẖ केचिद् ग्रामजङ्गलवासिनः । कुल्यावकररथ्यासु वसन्ति निरयेषु च
Some resemble dogs or jackals, dwelling in villages and forests; they live in streams, pits, alleys, and even in hells.
एतद् आस्पदम् एतेषाम् इत्याकाराḫ प्रकीर्तिताः । पिशाचा एवमाचारा जन्मैषां श्रूयताम् इदम्
These are their abodes, as described in these forms; such are the ways of the pisachas. Now listen to the account of their birth.
अचेत्यचिन्मयं ब्रह्म सर्वशक्तिस्वभावतः । यत् स्थितं बुद्धम् एवान्तश् चेत्यं सङ्कल्पयत् त्व् इव
Brahman is both conscious and unconscious, inherently possessing all powers; established as pure awareness within, it imagines the perceived as you do.
तज् जीवं विद्धि स प्रौढस् त्व् अहङ्कार इति स्मृतः । सो ऽहङ्कारस् स्मृतḫ पुष्टो मन इत्य् उदितात्मभिः
Know that as the individual soul; when it matures, it is called ego. That ego, when strengthened, is referred to as mind by those who know the self.