शान्तैव दृश्यसत्तास्याश् शमनं नोपयुज्यते । सतो हि मार्जनं क्लेशो नासतस् तु कदाचन
The existence of appearances is inherently peaceful; suppression is of no use. For what exists, cleansing is painful; for what does not exist, there is never any need.
ज्ञानेनाकाशरूपेण दृश्यं ज्ञेयं खरूपकम् । इत्य् एकीभूतम् आलोक्य ज्ञस् तिष्ठत्य् अम्बरोपमः
By knowledge, which is of the nature of space, the object of knowledge, also of the nature of space, is seen as one; thus, the knower abides like the sky.
पृथ्व्यादिरहितेनेदं चिद्भासैव स्वयम्भुवा । साधितं यद् असिद्धेन तन् न द्व्यात्म न साधितम्
This, devoid of earth and the rest, is only the radiance of consciousness, self-existent; what is accomplished by what is unaccomplished is neither dual in nature nor truly accomplished.
संविद् यथा या यतते सा तथा बाह्यलेखिका । विसृता सृष्टिचिन्नद्यां यावद् यत्नान् न बोधिता
Consciousness, as it strives in whatever way, so too does the external appearance; released into the stream of creative awareness, it remains unawakened until effort is made.
चिदाकाशावभासो ऽयं जगद् इत्य् एव बुध्यते । चिद्व्योम्नैवात्मनि स्वच्छे परमाणुकणं प्रति
This world is understood as a manifestation within the space of consciousness; in the pure self, within the sky of awareness, even down to the smallest atom.
एवम् अस्या मुधाभ्रान्तेः का सत्ता केव वासना । कास्था का नियतिः केहा कावश्यम्भावितोच्यताम्
Thus, what reality, what latent impression, what condition, what destiny, what embodiment, what inevitability can be spoken of regarding this deluded confusion?
सर्वं चैतद् यथादृष्टं स्थितम् इत्थम् अखण्डितम् । मायैवैवम् अनन्तेयं न च मायास्ति काचन
All this remains as it is seen, whole and undivided; it is only māyā in the infinite, yet truly, there is no māyā at all.
अहो नु परमा दृष्टिर् दर्शिता भगवंस् त्वया । दावार्चिर्दृश्यकक्ष्याणां दाहशान्तौ कलैन्दवी
Indeed, O revered one, you have revealed the supreme vision: like the moon cooling the burning of wildfire in the realm of visible objects.
अहो नु सुचिरेणैतज् ज्ञातं ज्ञातव्यम् अक्षतम् । मया यथेदं यच् चेदं यादृक् चेदं यतो यदा
Indeed, after a long time, I have come to know this indestructible knowledge: whatever this is, however this is, in whatever way and whenever it is.
शाम्यामीव द्विजश्रेष्ठ निर्वामीवाविकल्पनः । एतद् आश्चर्यम् आख्यानं व्याख्यानं शास्त्रदृष्टिषु
I seem to become calm, O best of twice-born, I seem to become free from distinctions; this wondrous narration, this explanation, is found in the vision of the scriptures.
इदं मे भगवन् ब्रूहि संशयं सर्वकोविद । तव पातुं न तृप्तो ऽस्मि श्रोत्रपात्रैर् वचोऽमृतम्
O Lord, tell me this doubt, you who know all; I am not yet satisfied by drinking your nectar-like words through the vessels of my ears.
स सर्गत्रितये कालो लीलाभर्तुर् हि योगतः । स क्वचित् किम् अहोरात्रः क्वचित् किं मासमात्रकः
Time, in the three creations, is indeed the play of the Lord through yoga; sometimes it is a single day and night, sometimes just a month.
क्वचित् किं बहुवर्षाणि कस्यचित् किं सुपेलवः । कस्यचित् किं महादीर्घः कस्यचित् किं क्षणस्थितः
Sometimes it is many years, for someone it is exceedingly brief, for another it is extremely long, and for yet another it lasts only a moment.
इति मे भगवन् ब्रूहि त्वं यथावद् अनुग्रहात् । सकृच् छ्रुतं न विश्रान्तिम् एति लोष्टे यथा जलम्
Therefore, O venerable one, kindly tell me properly out of compassion; for once heard, it does not bring rest, just as water does not stay on a clod of earth.
येन येन यदा यद् यद् यथा संवेद्यते ऽनघ । तेन तेन तदा तत् तत् तथा समनुभूयते
O sinless one, whatever, whenever, and however something is perceived, in that very way, at that very time, it is experienced.
अमृतत्वं विषं याति सदैवामृतवेदनात् । शत्रुर् मित्रत्वम् आयाति मित्रसंवित्तिवेदनात्
Immortality becomes poison through constant perception of poison; an enemy attains the status of a friend through the awareness of friendship.
यथाभावितम् एतेषां पदार्थानां निजं वपुः । तद् एव हि चिराभ्यासान् नियतेर् वशम् आगतम्
As each of these objects is conceived, so is its own form; through long practice, that alone comes under the sway of destiny.
कचनैकात्मिकैषा चिद् यथा कचति यादृशम् । तथा तत्राशु भवति तत् स्वभावैककारणात्
This consciousness, being of one essence, manifests as it is imagined; thus, there, it quickly becomes so, due to the sole cause of its own nature.
निमेषे यदि कल्पौघं प्रविदन् परिविन्दते । निमेष एव तत् कल्पीभवत्य् अत्र न संशयः
If, in a moment, one perceives a multitude of aeons, then in that very moment, those aeons come to be—of this there is no doubt.
कल्पे यदि निमेषत्वं वेत्ति कल्पो ऽप्य् असौ ततः । निमेषीभवति क्षिप्रं तादृग्रूपात्मिका हि चित्
If a kalpa perceives itself as a moment, then that kalpa quickly becomes a moment; for consciousness truly takes the form it assumes.
दुःखितस्य निशा कल्पस् सुखिनस् सैव च क्षणः । क्षणस् स्वप्ने भवेत् कल्पः कल्पश् च भवति क्षणः
For one who is suffering, a night feels like an aeon, while for the happy, that same night is but a moment; in a dream, a moment may seem an aeon, and an aeon may pass as a moment.
तथा च मृत्वा जातो ऽहं तरुणो ऽहम् अवस्थितः । यातो ऽस्मि योजनशतं स्वप्न इत्य् अनुभूयते
In the same way, I have experienced being born after death, being young, remaining in a certain state, and traveling a hundred yojanas—all within a dream.
रात्रिं द्वादशवर्षाणि हरिश्चन्द्रो ऽनुभूतवान् । लवणो भुक्तवान् आयुर् एकरात्र्यां समाश् शतम्
Harishchandra experienced twelve years in a single night; Lavana enjoyed a lifespan of a hundred years within one night.
यो निमेषः प्रजेशस्य स मनोर् जीवितं मुनेः । जीवितं यद् विरिञ्चस्य तद् दिनं किल चक्रिणः
A moment for the lord of creatures is the lifetime of Manu; the lifetime of Manu is the day of Brahma, and Brahma's lifetime is said to be a single day for Vishnu.
ध्याने प्रक्षीणचित्तस्य न दिनानि न रात्रयः । न पदार्था न च जगत् सत्यं नात्मापि योगिनः
For one whose mind has dissolved in meditation, there are no days or nights, no objects, no world—truly, not even a self for the yogi.
मधुरं कटुताम् एति कटुभावेन चिन्तितम् । कट्व् अप्य् आयाति माधुर्यं मधुरत्वेन चेतितम्
What is sweet may become bitter when thought of with bitterness; even what is bitter may turn sweet when regarded with sweetness.
मित्रबुद्ध्या द्विषन् मित्रं रिपुबुद्ध्या रिपुस् सुहृत् । भवतीति महाबाहो यथासंवेदनं जगत्
An enemy becomes a friend when regarded with the mind of friendship, and a friend becomes an enemy when regarded with hostility; O mighty-armed one, the world is as it is perceived.
अनभ्यस्ताः पदार्था ये शास्त्रपाठजपादयः । एषां संवेदनाभ्यासान् नूनम् अभ्येति सात्मता
Those objects which are not practiced—such as recitation and study of scriptures—through repeated awareness, surely become assimilated.
नौर् यायिनां भ्रमार्तानां वेदनात् तु विवर्तते । अवेदनाद् भ्रमार्तानाम् अपि नैषा विवर्तते
For travelers troubled by confusion, the boat moves by awareness; but for those troubled by confusion without awareness, it does not move.
शून्यम् आकीर्णताम् एति वेदनात् स्वप्नदृक्ष्व् इव । वेदनात् पीतम् आनीलं शुक्लं वाप्य् अनुभूयते
Emptiness becomes filled through awareness, as in those who see dreams; by awareness, yellow or white is experienced as tasted.