चित्त्वात् स्वशक्तिकचनं यद् अहम्भावनं चितेः । जीवस् स्पन्दात्मकर्मात्मा भविष्यदभिधो ह्य् असौ
From the state of consciousness arises its own power, which is the sense of 'I'; this is called the living being, whose nature is vibration and action, and who will be known as such.
यच् चिच् चित्त्वेन कलनं स्वसम्पाद्याभिधार्थदिक् । व्यवच्छेदविकारैस् तद् भिद्यते ऽतो न विद्यते
Whatever is conceived as consciousness, as the mind, with its own produced names and meanings, is divided by distinctions and modifications; therefore, it is not truly existent.
चित्स्पन्दरूपिणोर् अस्ति न भेदः कर्तृकर्मणोः । स्पन्दमात्रं भवेत् कर्म स एव पुरुषस् स्मृतः
There is no separation between the agent and the action in the form of the vibration of consciousness; action is nothing but vibration, and that alone is remembered as the person.
जीवश् चित्त्वे परिस्पन्दः पुंसां चित्तं स एव च । मनस् त्व् इन्द्रियरूपं सन् नानानानैव गच्छति
The living being is the vibration within consciousness; that itself is the mind of people. The mind, being of the nature of the senses, moves in many ways.
शान्ताशेषविशेषं हि चित्प्रकाशच्छटा जगत् । कार्यकारणतादित्वं तस्माद् अन्यन् न विद्यते
Indeed, the radiance of consciousness, which is tranquil and devoid of distinctions, is the world; apart from this, there is nothing else such as cause and effect.
अच्छेद्यो ऽहम् अदाह्यो ऽहम् अक्लेद्यो ऽशोष्य एव च । नित्यस् सततगस् स्थाणुर् अचलो ऽहम् इति स्थितम्
I am unbreakable, I am unburnable, I am not subject to wetting nor drying; I am eternal, ever-present, steadfast, unmoving—this is established.
विवदन्ते यथा ह्य् अत्र विवदन्तु तथा भ्रमैः । भ्रमन्तो न वयं त्व् एते जाता विगतविभ्रमाः
Just as people argue here, let them argue as they wish in their delusions; we do not wander thus, but those who are free from confusion have arisen.
दृश्ये मूर्ते ऽज्ञसंरूढे विकारादि पृथग् भवेत् । नामूर्ते तज्ज्ञकचिते चित्खे सदसदात्मनि
In what is seen and has form, when ignorance is entrenched, distinctions such as transformation arise; but in the formless, in the consciousness that knows that, in the space of consciousness, in the essence of existence and non-existence, they do not.
चित्तरुश् चेत्यरसतश् शक्तीः कालादिनामिकाः । तनोत्य् आकाशविशदाश् चिन्मधुश्रीस् स्वमञ्जरीः
The rays of consciousness, through the flavor of objects, produce powers named time and so forth; the pure sky of consciousness, the honey of consciousness, brings forth its own blossoms.
स्वयं विचित्रं स्फुरति चित्कर्मुकम् अनाहतम् । स्वयं विचित्रं कचति चिद्रत्नम् अपकारणम्
Spontaneously, the wondrous bow of consciousness shines, unstruck; spontaneously, the marvelous gem of consciousness acts, without any cause.
स्वयं विलक्षणस्पन्दश् चिद्वायुर् अजडात्मकः । स्वयं विचित्रवलनं चिद्वारि न निखातगम्
Spontaneously, the unique vibration of consciousness arises, the wind of consciousness, whose nature is not inert; spontaneously, the diverse movement of consciousness flows, the water of consciousness, not confined to any channel.
स्वयं विचित्रधातूच्चैश् चिच्छृङ्गम् अपनिर्मितम् । स्वयं चित्ररसोल्लासा चिज्ज्योत्स्ना सततोदिता
Spontaneously, the wondrous peak of consciousness rises high, not constructed; spontaneously, the delightful radiance of consciousness shines forth, ever manifest.
स्वयं सदैव प्रकटश् चिदालोको ऽमलात्मकः । स्वयम् अस्तङ्गतेवाज्ञे ज्ञे ज्ञानाद् उदिता चितिः
The light of consciousness, ever self-revealed and pure in nature, arises on its own in the knower from knowledge, and seems to set in ignorance.
स्वयं जडेषु जाड्येन पदं सौषुप्तम् आगता । स्वयं स्पन्दि तथास्पन्दि चित्त्वाच् चितिमहानभः
By its own inertia, it attains the state of deep sleep among inert things; by its own vibration or stillness, the vast sky of consciousness becomes mind or remains as pure awareness.
चित्प्रकाशप्रकाशो हि जगद् अस्ति च नास्ति च । चिदाकाशैकशून्यत्वं जगद् अस्ति च नास्ति च
The illumination of consciousness is the light by which the world both exists and does not exist; the world is, and is not, being but the one emptiness of the space of consciousness.
चिदालोकमहारूपं जगद् अस्ति च नास्ति च । चिन्मारुतघनस्पन्दो जगद् अस्ति न चास्ति च
The world, as the great form of the light of consciousness, both exists and does not exist; as the vibration of the dense wind of consciousness, the world is and yet is not.
चिद्घनध्वान्तकृष्णत्वं जगद् अस्ति च नास्ति च । चिदर्कालोकदिवसो जगद् अस्ति न चास्ति च
The world, as the blackness of the dense darkness of consciousness, exists and does not exist; as the daylight of the sun of consciousness, the world is and is not.
चित्कज्जलरजश्शैलपरमाणुर् जगद्भ्रमः । चिदग्न्यौष्ण्यं जगल्लेखा जगच् चिच्छङ्खशुक्लता
The dust of consciousness is the illusion of the world as mountain or atom; the heat of the fire of consciousness is the world's radiance; the whiteness of the conch of consciousness is the world's brightness.
जगच् चिच्छैलजठरं चिज्जलद्रवता जगत् । जगच् चिदिक्षुमाधुर्यं चित्क्षीरस्निग्धता जगत्
The world is the belly of the mountain of consciousness; the liquidity of water is the world in consciousness; the sweetness of sugarcane is the world in consciousness; the smoothness of milk is the world in consciousness.
जगच् चिद्धिमशीतत्वं चिज्ज्वालाज्वलनं जगत् । जगच् चित्सर्पिषि स्नेहो वीचिश् चित्सरितो जगत्
The coldness of snow is the world in consciousness; the blazing of flame is the world in consciousness; the oiliness of ghee is the world in consciousness; the wave is the world in the river of consciousness.
जगच् चित्क्षौद्रमाधुर्यं जगच् चित्कनकाङ्गदम् । जगच् चित्पुष्पसौगन्ध्यं चिल्लताग्रफलं जगत्
The world is the sweetness of consciousness-honey; the world is the golden ornament of consciousness; the world is the fragrance of the flower of consciousness; the world is the fruit on the vine of consciousness.
चित्सत्तैव जगत्सत्ता जगत्सत्तैव चिद्वपुः । अत्र भेदविकारादि न खे मलम् इव स्थितम्
The very existence of consciousness is the existence of the world; the existence of the world is the very form of consciousness. Here, difference and change do not remain, just as impurity does not remain in space.
इतीदं सन्मयत्वेन सद् असद् भुवनत्रयम् । अविकल्प्यतदात्मत्वात् सत्तासत्ते तद् एव वा
Thus, by the reality of Being, the three worlds—real and unreal—are indistinguishable, for their very essence is non-different; therefore, existence and non-existence are that alone.
अवयवावयविताशब्दार्थौ शशशृङ्गवत् । अनुभूत्यपलापाय कल्पितौ यैर् धिग् अस्तु तान्
The meanings of the words 'part' and 'whole' are like the horns of a rabbit—imagined by those who wish to deny direct experience; let reproach fall upon them.
न विद्यते जगद् यत्र साद्रिद्यूर्वीनदीश्वरम् । चिदेकत्वात् प्रसङ्गस् स्यात् कस् तत्रेतरविभ्रमे
Where the world does not exist—with its mountains, earth, rivers, and lords—because only consciousness is one, how could confusion between this and that arise?
शिलाहृदयपीनापि स्वाकाशविशदैव चित् । धत्ते ऽन्तर् अखिलं शान्तं सन्निवेशं यथा शिला
Even if consciousness is dense as a stone's heart, it remains clear in its own space, and within it holds all tranquil arrangements, just as a stone does.
पदार्थनिकराकाशे त्वम् आकाशलवोपमः । त्वत्तामत्तात्मतातत्तासत्तोल्लेखा न सन्ति ते
In the expanse of objects, you are like a particle of space; for you, there are no notions such as 'you', 'that', 'me', 'self', 'being', or 'non-being'.
पल्लवान्तरलेखौघसन्निवेशवद् आततम् । अन्यानन्यात्मकम् इदं धत्ते ऽन्तश् चित् स्वभावतः
Like the arrangement of many lines within a leaf, this consciousness, by its own nature, holds within itself both the distinct and the non-distinct.
समस्तकारणौघानां कारणादिपितामहम् । स्वभावतो ऽकारणात्म चित्त्वं विद्ध्य् अनुभूतितः
Know, through direct experience, that consciousness is the root cause of all clusters of causes, the progenitor even of the Creator, and by its own nature is causeless.
न चासत्त्वम् अचेत्यायाश् चितो वाचापि सिध्यति । यद् अस्ति तद् उदेतीति दृष्टं बीजाद् इवाङ्कुरम्
And the non-existence of this consciousness, which is not an object, cannot be established even in speech; for whatever exists is seen to arise, like a sprout from a seed.