असमञ्जसम् एवैतद् यथा सर्वेश्वरेश्वरि । तथा गृहान्तः पृथिवी शैलाश् चेत्य् असमञ्जसम्
This is indeed inconceivable, O goddess of all gods; likewise, the earth and mountains within a house are equally inconceivable.
यथावद् एतद् देवेशि कथयामलया धिया । प्रसादसुगृहीते हि नोद्विजन्ते महौजसः
O goddess of the gods, please explain this properly with pure understanding; for those who are well established in grace and strength do not become disturbed.
नाहं मिथ्या वदामीदं यथावच् छृणु सुन्दरि । भेदनं नियतीनां हि क्रियते नास्मदादिभिः
I do not speak falsely; listen carefully, O beautiful one. The division of destinies is not performed by me or others like me.
विभिद्यमानाम् अन्येन स्थापयाम्य् अहम् एव याम् । मर्यादां तां मया भिन्नां को ऽपरः पालयिष्यति
When another divides it, I alone establish the boundary. If I break that boundary, who else will uphold it?
सग्रामं द्विजजीवात्मा तस्मिन्न् एव स्वसद्मनि । व्योम्न्य् एवेदं महीराष्ट्रं व्योमात्मैव प्रपश्यति
The twice-born soul, with its household and battlefield, perceives this land and its kingdoms as existing only in the sky, seeing them as sky itself.
प्राक्तनी सा स्मृतिर् लुप्ता युवयोर् उदितान्यथा । स्वप्ने जाग्रत्स्मृतिर् यद्वद् एतन्मरणम् अङ्गने
The former memory is lost, and a new one arises for you both; just as in a dream, the memory of waking is different—so is death, O lady.
यथा स्वप्ने त्रिभुवनं सङ्कल्पात् त्रिजगद् यथा । यथा कथार्थसङ्ग्रामो मरुभूमौ यथा जलं
Just as the three worlds arise in a dream from imagination, just as the three worlds are imagined, just as a story's battle is, and just as water in a desert.
तस्य ब्राह्मणगेहस्य सशैलवनपत्तना । इयम् अन्तस्स्थिता भूमिस् सङ्कल्पादर्शयोर् इव
This land, with its mountains, forests, and cities, exists within the house of the brahmin, as if inside the mirror of imagination.
असत्यैवेयम् आभाति सत्येव घनसर्गता । तस्यासत्यावभासस्य चिद्व्योम्नः कोशकोटरे
This appears unreal, yet seems real due to its dense manifestation; within the hollow of consciousness-space, for this unreal appearance.
असत्याद् यत् समुत्पन्नं स्मृत्या नाम तद् अप्य् असत् । मृगतृष्णातरङ्गिण्यास् तरङ्गो ऽपि न सत्यतः
Whatever arises from the unreal, even if named by memory, is also unreal; just as a wave in a mirage-stream is not real.
इदं त्वदीयं सदनं तद्गेहाकाशकोशगम् । विद्धि मां त्वां च सर्वं वा तच् च व्योमैव केवलम्
This house of yours, and that space within the house, know that I, you, and all this—indeed, all of it—is nothing but space alone.
स्वप्नसङ्गमसङ्कल्पस्वानुभूतिपरम्पराः । प्रमाणान्य् अत्र मुख्यानि सम्बोधाय प्रदीपवत्
Dreams, associations, intentions, and direct experiences—these are the chief means here, like lamps, for illumination and understanding.
स्थितो ब्राह्मणगेहे ऽन्तर् द्विजजीवस् तदन्तरे । ससमुद्रवना पृथ्वी स्थिताब्ज इव षट्पदी
Within the house of the Brahmin, inside dwells the twice-born soul; within that, the earth with its oceans and forests exists, just as a bee resides within a lotus.
तस्याः कस्मिंश्चिद् एकस्मिन् पेलवे कोटरोदरे । इदं पत्तनम् आभाति केशोण्डुक इवाम्बरे
Within some tiny cavity, in a minute recess of that earth, this city appears, like a hair-tip floating in the sky.
तस्मिन्न् अस्मिन् पुरे तन्वि तवेदं सदनं स्थितम् । तस्मात् किम् अणुमात्रे ऽन्तर् गजवृन्दम् इव स्थितम्
In this city, O slender one, your house stands; so how can such a multitude, like a herd of elephants, exist within something so minute?
परमाणौ परमाणौ सन्ति वत्से चिदात्मनि । अन्तर् अन्तर् जगन्तीति केनैतन् नाम सङ्ख्यते
In each and every atom, O dear one, consciousness abides; within each, worlds exist—so by whom can this truly be counted?
अष्टमं दिवसं विप्रस् स मृतः परमेश्वरि । गतो वर्षगणो ऽस्माकम् अतः कथम् इदं भवेत्
On the eighth day, O Supreme Lady, that Brahmin died; for us, many years have passed—so how can this be?
देशदैर्घ्यं यथा नास्ति कालदैर्घ्यं तथैव च । नास्त्य् एवेति यथान्यायं कथ्यमानं मया शृणु
Just as there is no real extension of space, so too there is no real extension of time; listen as I explain this properly, as it truly is.
यथैतत् प्रतिभामात्रं जगत्सर्गावभासनम् । तथैतत् प्रतिभामात्रं क्षणकल्पावभासनं
Just as this creation of the world appears only as a projection of consciousness, so too the appearance of moments and cycles of time is merely a projection of consciousness.
क्षणकल्पजगत्सर्गत्वत्तामत्तात्मजन्मनाम् । यथावत् प्रतिभासस्य वत्से क्रमम् इमं शृणु
Because the creation of the world, moments, cycles of time, and the birth of beings all arise from consciousness, listen, dear one, to the sequence of this appearance as it truly is.
अनुभूय क्षणं जीवो मिथ्यामरणमूर्छनाम् । तदैवोन्मेषमात्रेण व्योम्न्य् एव व्योमरूप्य् अपि
Having experienced a moment, the living being undergoes the illusion of death and revival; yet, with a mere opening of awareness, even in space, it assumes the form of space itself.
आधेयो ऽहम् इहाधारे स्थितो ऽहम् इति चेतति । हस्तपादादिमान् देहो ममायम् इति पश्यति
It thinks, 'I am established here in this support; I exist here,' and sees, 'This body with hands and feet is mine.'
यदैव चेतति वपुस् तदैवेदं स चेतति । एतस्याहं पितुः पुत्रो वर्षाणीमानि सन्ति मे
At the very moment it thinks of the body, it also thinks, 'I am the son of this father; these are the years I have lived.'
इमे मे बान्धवा रम्या ममेदं रम्यम् आस्पदम् । जातो ऽहम् अभवं बालो वृद्धिं यातो ऽहम् ईदृशः
'These are my delightful relatives; this is my pleasant dwelling. I was born, I was a child, and now I have grown to be like this.'
बान्धवाश् चास्य ते सर्वे तथैव विहरन्त्य् अपि । चिदाकाशघनैक्यत्वात् स्वात्मन्य् अपि भवन्ति ते
And all those relatives of his likewise move about as before; due to the unity of the dense space of consciousness, they also exist within his own self.
एवं नामोदिते ऽप्य् अस्याश् चितेस् संसारषण्डके । न किञ्चिद् अप्य् अभ्युदितं स्थितं व्योमैव निर्मलम्
Thus, even before these names arise in the forest of worldly existence, nothing at all has appeared or become established—only pure space remains.
स्वप्ने द्रष्टरि यद्वच् चित् तद्वद् दृश्ये चिद् एव सा । सर्वदैकतया तस्मात् सा स्वप्ने द्रष्टृदर्शनम्
Just as in a dream, the consciousness is both the seer and the seen; so too, in the waking world, only consciousness exists, always in unity. Therefore, in a dream, the experience of seer and seen is nothing but consciousness.
यथा स्वप्ने तथोदेति परलोकदृशा चितिः । परलोके यथोदेति तथैवेहाप्य् उदेति सा
As in a dream, so too does consciousness arise with the vision of the other world; and just as it arises in the other world, so it also arises here.
तत् स्वप्नपरलोकेहलोकानाम् असतां सतां । न मनाग् अपि भेदो ऽस्ति वीचीनाम् इव वारिणि
Thus, among dream, the other world, this world, whether unreal or real, there is not the slightest difference, just as waves are not different from water.
अतो ऽजातम् इदं विश्वम् अजातत्वाद् अनाशि च । खरूपत्वाच् च नास्त्य् एव यच् च भाति चिद् एव सा
Therefore, this universe is unborn, because it is unborn and indestructible; and because it is like space, it does not truly exist. What appears is only consciousness.