यथा स्वप्नस् तथा जाग्रद् इदं नात्रास्ति संशयः । स्वप्ने पुरम् असद् भाति सर्गादौ भाति असज् जगत्
Just as a dream, so is the waking state—there is no doubt about this; in a dream, a city appears unreal, and at the beginning of creation, the world appears unreal.
न चार्थो भवितुं शक्तस् सत्यत्वे स्वप्नचोदितः । संविदो नित्यसत्यत्वं स्वप्नार्थानाम् असत्यता
An object indicated in a dream cannot truly exist; the eternal reality belongs to awareness, while dream objects are unreal.
झगित्य् एव यथाकाशं भवति स्वप्नपर्वतः । क्रमेण वा तथा बोधे खं भवत्य् आधिभौतिकः
Just as, in a dream, a mountain appears suddenly in the sky, or gradually, so too in waking, the elemental sky appears in stages.
उड्डीनो ऽयं मृतो वेति पश्यन्ति निकटे स्थिताः । ज्ञानातिवाहिकीभूतस्वस्वभावहता यतः
Those standing nearby see someone as flying up or as dead, because their own nature is overpowered by the force of knowledge-transference.
मिथ्यादृष्टय एवेमास् सृष्टयो मोहदृष्टयः । मायामात्रदृशो भान्ति शून्यास् स्वप्नानुभूतयः
These creations are only false perceptions, born of delusion; they appear as mere illusions, empty, like experiences in a dream.
स्वप्नानुभूतय इमा मरणान्तर्बोधभातेतरभ्रमदृशस् स्फुटसर्गभासः । भान्त्य् आतिवाहिकशरीरगतास् समस्ता मिथ्योदिता मृगनदीमरणक्रमेण
These experiences in dreams, and the perceptions between death and awakening, and other such wanderings, all appear as clear manifestations, but they all arise falsely, like the sequence of a mirage and a river's death, within the vehicle-like subtle body.
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे ज्ञप्तिर् जीवं वैदूरथं पुरः । सङ्कल्पेन रुरोधाशु मनसस् स्पन्दनं यथा
Meanwhile, awareness quickly restrained the living being, like a horse, before her, by the force of intention, just as the movement of the mind is checked.
वद देवि कियत् कालो गतो ऽयम् इह मन्दिरे । समाधौ मयि लीनायां महीपालशवे स्थिते
Tell me, Lady, how much time has passed here in this palace, while I was absorbed in samadhi and the king's corpse lay here?
इह मासस् त्व् अतिक्रान्त इह दास्याव् इमे उभे । रक्षार्थं वासकगृहे स्वपतो वहिते स्थिते
A month has passed here; these two maidservants have stayed in the inner chamber to guard you, while you slept and the body was carried here.
शृणु देहस्य किं वृत्तं तवेह वरवर्णिनि । शरीरं किल पक्षेण चोत्क्लिन्नस्नायुतां गतम्
Listen, beautiful one, to what has happened to your body here: the body, within a fortnight, has reached a state where the sinews have decayed.
निर्जीवं पतितं भूमौ संशुष्कम् इव पल्लवम् । काष्ठकुड्योपसंजातं शवं तुहिनशीतलम्
Lifeless, fallen upon the ground, dry like a withered leaf, the corpse, cold as snow, appeared beside the wooden wall.
ततो मन्त्रिभिर् आगत्य मृतैवेयम् इति स्वयम् । क्लेदलोकाद् विनिर्णीय भीत्या निष्कालितं गृहात्
Then, the ministers arrived and, declaring her dead, determined this by signs of decay, and, out of fear, removed her from the house.
बहुनात्र किम् उक्तेन नीत्वा चन्दनदारुभिः । चितौ प्रक्षिप्य सघृतं सहसा भस्मसात्कृतम्
What need is there for many words here? Having taken her, they placed her upon the funeral pyre with sandalwood and ghee, and she was swiftly reduced to ashes.
ततो राज्ञी मृते ऽत्युच्चैः कृत्वा रोदनम् आकुलः । परिवारस् तवाशेषः कृतवान् और्ध्वदेहिकम्
Afterwards, the queen's death caused loud and tumultuous lamentation; all your attendants performed the funeral rites.
इदानीं त्वाम् इहालोक्य सशरीराम् इहागताम् । परलोकाद् आगतेति महच् चित्रं भविष्यति
Now, seeing you here in bodily form, having come here, it will be considered a great marvel that you have returned from the other world.
त्वं तु तेनैव देहेन सत्यसङ्कल्पतस् सुते । दृश्यसे स्ववदातेन तेन चित्तं तवोपरि
But you, by the power of your true resolve, are seen here with that very body, your noble mind focused upon your son.
यद्वासना त्वम् अभवो देहं प्रति तद् एव ते । रूपम् अभ्युदितं बाले तेन प्राक्सदृशं तव
Whatever impression you held regarding the body, that very form has arisen in you, O child, just as it was before.
स्ववासनानुसारेण सर्वस् सर्वं हि पश्यति । दृष्टान्तो ऽत्राविसंवादी बालवेतालदर्शनम्
Everyone perceives everything according to their own impressions; the example here, without contradiction, is the vision of the child Vetala.
आतिवाहकदेहासि सम्पन्ना सिद्धसुन्दरी । विस्मृतस् तव देहो ऽसौ प्राक्तनो नयतस् स्वयम्
You have become endowed with the subtle body, O accomplished and beautiful one; your former body is forgotten and now departs on its own.
दृढातिवाहिकदृशः प्रशाम्यत्य् आधिभौतिकः । बुद्धस्य दृश्यमानो ऽपि शरन्मेघ इवाम्बरे
For one whose vision is firmly established in the subtle body, the physical affliction subsides, even if it appears to the awakened one, like a rain cloud in the sky.
रूढातिवाहिकीभावश् शवो भवति देहकः । निर्जलाम्भोदसदृशो निर्गन्धकुसुमोपमः
When the state of the subtle body is established, the physical body becomes like a corpse—like a waterless cloud, or a flower without fragrance.
अद्यारभ्य प्ररूढायाम् आतिवाहिकसंविदि । देहो विस्मृतिम् आयाति गर्भसंस्थेव यौवने
From today, as the awareness of the subtle body has matured, the body is forgotten, just as the state in the womb is forgotten in youth.
एकत्रिंशे ऽद्य दिवसे प्राप्ता वयम् इहाम्बरम् । प्रभाते मोहिते दास्यौ मयैते निद्रयाधुना
Today, on the thirty-first day, we have reached this sky; in the morning, these two maidservants were deluded by sleep.
तद् एहि यावल् लीलायै लीले सङ्कल्पलीलया । आत्मानं दर्शयावो ऽस्यै व्यवहारः प्रवर्तताम्
So come, Lila, let us reveal ourselves to her for the sake of play, by the play of thought, so that activity may proceed.
आवां तावद् इमे लीला पश्यत्व् इत्य् एव चिन्तिते । ज्ञप्त्या देव्यौ ततस् तत्र दृश्ये दीप्ते बभूवतुः
As soon as the thought arose, 'Let us appear before Lila,' the two goddesses became visible there, shining in that vision, by the power of awareness.
सा विदूरथलीलाथ समाकुलविलोचना । गृहम् आलोकयाम् आस तत् तेजःपुञ्जभासुरम्
Then Lila, wife of Viduratha, her eyes filled with wonder, gazed upon the house, radiant with that mass of light.
चन्द्रबिम्बाद् इवोत्कीर्णं धौतं हेमद्रवैर् इव । ज्वालाया इव शीतायास् सुमध्यम् इव भित्तिमत्
Like something carved from the moon's disk, washed with streams of gold, like a cool flame, or a slender vine with a solid support.
गृहम् आलोक्य पुरतो लीलाज्ञप्ती विलोक्यते । उत्थाय सम्भ्रमवती तयोः पादेषु सापतत्
Seeing the house before her, and perceiving the playful summons, she rose and, in haste, fell at their feet.
मज्जयायागते देव्यौ जयतं जीवितप्रदे । इह पूर्वम् अहं प्राप्ता भवत्योर् मार्गशोधिनी
When the queen Majjaya arrived, she said, 'Victory to you, givers of life! I have come here before you, as the one who clears your path.'
इत्य् उक्तवत्यां तस्यां ता मानिन्यो मत्तयौवनाः । उपाविशन् विष्टरेषु लता मेरुशिरस्स्व् इव
When she had spoken thus, those proud women, intoxicated by youth, sat down on the seats, like vines upon the summit of Mount Meru.