उदेत्य् असत्यम् एवाशु तथासत्यम् प्रलीयते । भ्रान्तिर् हि भ्रमतो रज्ज्वाम् इव सर्पत्वसङ्ग्रहे
Unreal things quickly arise and just as quickly dissolve; delusion occurs for the one who is confused, just as the idea of a snake arises upon a rope.
समस्तस्याप्रबुद्धस्य मनोजातस्य कस्यचित् । विडम्बेन दृग् एवेयं मिथ्यारूढिम् उपागता
For any mind-born being who is not awakened, this perception arises as a mere imitation, taking on a false form.
स्वप्नोपलम्भं सर्गाख्यं स्वं सर्वो ऽनुभवन् स्थितः । चिरम् आवृत्तदेहात्मा भूचक्रस्फुरणं यथा
Everyone, remaining established in their own experience, perceives the so-called creation as a dream, just as one with a recurring body perceives the vibration of the earth's cycle.
ब्रह्मंल् लोकैः पुरस्स्थस्य गच्छतो योगिनो निजाम् । आतिवाहिकतां देहः कीदृशो ऽयं विलोक्यते
When the yogi, moving forward with the worlds before Brahman, proceeds, what is this body of his, seen as a vehicle for transition?
देहाद् देहान्तरप्राप्तिः पूर्वदेहविनाशदा । आतिवाहिकदेहे हि स्वप्नेष्व् इव विकस्वरा
The passage from one body to another occurs when the previous body is destroyed; indeed, the transitional body is radiant, as in dreams.
यथातापे हिमकणश् शरद्व्योम्नि सितो ऽम्बुदः । दृश्यमानो ऽप्य् अदृश्यत्वम् एत्य् एवं योगिदेहकः
Just as a drop of frost vanishes in sunlight, or a white cloud disappears in the autumn sky, so too does the yogi's body, though seen, become unseen.
झगित्य् एवाथवा कश्चिद् योगिदेहो न लक्ष्यते । सयोगिभिः पुरो वेगात् प्रोड्डीन इव खे खगः
Sometimes, the yogi's body is suddenly not perceived at all by the other yogis present, just as a bird swiftly flies up into the sky and is gone.
स्ववासनाक्रमेणैव क्वचित् केचित् कदाचन । मृतो ऽयम् इति पश्यन्ति कंचिद् योगिनम् अग्रगाः
According to their own tendencies, some people at some time see a certain yogi ahead of them and think, 'He is dead.'
भ्रान्तिमात्रं तु देहात्म तेषां तद् उपशाम्यति । सत्यबोधेन रज्जूनां सर्पबुद्धिर् इवात्मनि
For them, the identification of the body with the self is mere delusion, which subsides through true knowledge, just as the notion of a snake in a rope ceases upon recognizing the rope.
को देहः कस्य वा सत्ता कस्य नाशः कथं कुतः । स्थिरं तद् एवं यद् अभूद् अबोधः केवलं गतः
What is the body? Whose is existence? Whose is destruction? How and from where? All that was only persistent ignorance, which has now vanished.
आतिवाहिकतां याति आधिभौतिक एव किम् । उतान्य इति मे ब्रूहि येनोह्य इव न प्रभो
Does the elemental body attain the state of the subtle body, or is it something else? Tell me, O master, for I do not understand, as if I were deluded.
बहुशो ऽप्य् उक्तम् एतन् मे न गृह्णासि किम् उत्तरम् । आतिवाहिक एवास्ति नास्त्य् एवेहाधिभौतिकः
Though I have told you this many times, why do you not accept the answer? Only the subtle body exists; here, the elemental body does not exist at all.
तस्यैवाभ्यासतो ऽभ्येति साधिभौतिकतामतिः । यदा शाम्यति सैवास्य तदा पूर्वा प्रवर्तते
Through repeated practice, the notion of the elemental body arises in him; when that subsides, the former state prevails again.
तदा गुरुत्वं काठिन्यं भित्तिमत्त्वं मुधाग्रहः । शाम्येत् स्वप्ने नरस्येव बोद्धुर् बोधान् निरामयात्
Then, heaviness, hardness, solidity, and mistaken grasping would cease, just as in a dream these qualities vanish for a person due to the pure awareness of the knower.
लघुतूलसमापत्तिस् ततस् समुपजायते । स्वप्ने स्वप्नपरिज्ञानाद् यथा देहो लघूभवेत्
Then arises the experience of lightness, like cotton, just as in a dream the body becomes light through the recognition that it is a dream.
तथा बोधाद् अयं देहस् स्थूलवत् प्लुतिमान् भवेत् । अनेकदिनसङ्कल्पदेहे परिणतात्मनाम्
Likewise, through awakening, this body, though gross, becomes capable of leaping, as happens for those whose minds have matured through many days of sustained intention.
अस्मिन् देहे शवे दग्धे तत्रैव स्थितिम् ईयुषाम् । लघुदेहानुभवनम् अवश्यंभावि वै तथा
When this body, now a corpse, is burned, those who remain there will inevitably experience a subtle embodiment.
प्रबोधातिशयाद् एति जीवताम् अपि योगिनाम् । उदितायां स्मृतौ तत्र सङ्कल्पात्माहम् इत्य् अलम्
Through the intensity of awakening, even while living, yogis attain this; when memory arises there, the notion 'I am this' is formed by mere thought.
यादृशस् स भवेद् देहस् तादृशो ऽयं प्रबोधिनः । भ्रान्तिर् एवम् इयं भाति रज्ज्वाम् इव भुजङ्गता । किं नष्टम् अस्यां नष्टायां जातायां किं प्रजायते
Whatever form that body may have, such is the body of the awakened one; this illusion appears just like the appearance of a snake in a rope. When it is gone, what is lost? When it arises, what is gained?
अनन्तरं ते वास्तव्या लीले पश्यन्ति ते यदि । तत् सत्यसङ्कल्पतया बुध्यन्ते किं ततः प्रभो
If, immediately after, they see their familiar surroundings as before, and if, by the power of true resolve, they become aware—what of it, O Lord?
एवं ज्ञास्यन्ति ते राज्ञी दुःखितेयम् इह स्थिता । वयस्या काचिद् अन्येयं कुतो ऽप्य् अस्या उपागता
Thus they will think: 'The queen is here, distressed; another woman, a friend, has come to her from somewhere.'
सन्देहः क इवात्रैषां पशवो ह्य् अविवेकिनः । यथादृष्टं विचेष्टन्ते कुत एषां विचारणा
What doubt can there be for them? For creatures lacking discernment act as they see, without inquiry—how could they reflect?
यथा लोष्टो लुठन् वृक्षं वञ्चयित्वाशु गच्छति । अज्ञात्वैवाज्ञजनता तथाद्र्यग्निसुरादिकम्
Just as a clod of earth, rolling, quickly passes a tree after striking it, so too do the ignorant pass by fire, mountains, gods, and the like, without knowing.
यथा स्वप्नवपुर् बोधेन जाने क्वेव गच्छति । असत्यम् एव तद् यस्मात् तथैवेहाधिभौतिकम्
Just as, upon waking, I know not where the body of the dream went—so too, all that is experienced in this world of matter is unreal.
भगवन् स्वप्नशिखरी प्रबोधे क्वेव गच्छति । इति मे संशयं छिन्धि शरदभ्रम् इवानिलः
O Lord, where does the peak of dream go upon awakening? Please dispel my doubt, like the wind disperses an autumn cloud.
स्वप्ने भ्रमे ऽथ सङ्कल्पे पदार्थाः पर्वतादयः । संविदो ऽन्तर् मिलन्त्य् एते स्पन्दनान्य् अनिलं यथा
In dream, confusion, or imagination, objects such as mountains exist within awareness; these movements merge inward, just as wind merges into itself.
अस्पन्दस्य यथा वायोस् स्वस्पन्दो ऽन्तर् विशत्य् अलम् । अस्फुरन्ती तु तेनैव यात्य् एकत्वं तदात्मिका
Just as the movement of wind subsides into its own stillness, so too, when movement ceases, it merges into its own essence and becomes one with it.
संवित्स्वप्नार्थयोर् द्वित्वं न कदाचन लभ्यते । यथा द्रवत्वपयसोर् यथा वा स्पन्दवातयोः
There is never any duality between awareness and dream objects, just as there is no duality between liquidity and water, or between movement and wind.
यस् त्व् अत्र स्याद् द्विताबोधस् तद् अज्ञानम् अनुत्तमम् । सैषा संसृतिर् इत्य् उक्ता मिथ्याज्ञानात्मिकोदिता
If there arises here the knowledge of duality, that is supreme ignorance; this is called saṃsāra, said to arise from the false notion of duality.
सहकारिकारणानाम् अभावे किल कीदृशी । संवित् स्वप्नपदार्थानां द्वित्वं स्वप्ने निरर्थकम्
Indeed, in the absence of contributing causes, what is the nature of awareness? The duality of dream objects in the dream is meaningless.