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.
यथैषा चेत्यनिर्हीना परमव्योमरूपिणी । सचेत्यापि तथैवैषा परमव्योमरूपिणी
Just as this, though not devoid of objects, is of the nature of the supreme sky, so too, even with objects, it remains of the nature of the supreme sky.
यस्माच् चेत्यम् अतो नान्यद् वीचित्वाद् इव वारिता । वीचित्वं च न चैवास्ति शशशृङ्गवद् एव हि
Since objects arise from this, there is nothing apart from it, just as waves arise from water; and even the state of being a wave does not truly exist, like the horns of a hare.
सैव चेत्यम् इवापन्ना स्वभावाद् अच्युताप्य् अलम् । तस्मान् नास्त्य् एव दृश्यो ऽर्थः कुतो ऽतो द्रष्टृदृश्यधीः
It alone appears as objects, yet by its nature it is never lost; therefore, there is truly no object to be seen, so how can there be the notion of seer and seen?
निमेषेणैव जीवस्य मृतिमोहाद् अनन्तरम् । त्रिजगत्सर्गदृश्यश्रीः प्रतिभाम् उपगच्छति
In just a moment, immediately after the delusion of death in a living being, the splendor of the perception of the three worlds arises as a mere appearance.
यथादेशं यथाकालं यथारम्भं यथाक्रमम् । यथोत्पादं यथामातृ यथापितृ यथौरसम्
According to place, according to time, according to initiation, according to sequence, according to arising, according to mother, according to father, according to lineage,
यथावयो यथासंविद् यथास्थानं यथेहितम् । यथाबन्धु यथाभृत्यं यथेहास्तमयोदयम्
According to age, according to awareness, according to location, according to intention, according to kin, according to servant, according to the setting and rising of effort,
अजातम् एव जातो ऽहम् इति पश्यति चिद्वपुः । देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यमनोबुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च
The consciousness-body perceives: 'I am born, though never actually born,' along with place, time, action, substance, mind, intellect, and senses.
झगित्य् एव मृतेर् अन्ते वपुः पश्यति यौवनम् । एषा माता पिता त्व् एष बालो ऽभूवम् अहं त्व् इति
Instantly, at the end of death, the body perceives youth; 'This is my mother, this is my father, I was a child, I am this,' thus it thinks.
नानुभूतो ऽनुभूतो वा यस् स्यात् स्मृतिमयः क्रमः । पश्चाद् उदेत्य् असौ तस्य पुष्पस्येव फलोदयः
Whether experienced or not, whatever sequence is made of memory, later that arises for him, like the fruit arising from a flower.
निमेषेणैव सकलो गत इत्य् अनुभूयते । रात्रिर् द्वादशवर्षाणि हरिश्चन्द्रे तथाप्य् अभूत्
It is felt that everything passes in a single blink; yet for Harishchandra, a night lasted twelve years.