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.
आपद्वद् उत्सवः खेदं करोति परिमोहिनः । कुड्ये ऽपि ख इवाचारो दृष्टो धातुविकारिणः
A festival, like a calamity, brings distress to those deeply deluded; conduct is seen in the wall as in space, for one whose elements are disturbed.
असद्यक्षो विमूढानां प्राणान् अप्य् अपकर्षति । वेदनात् स्वप्नवनिता जाग्रतीव रतिप्रदा
A false demon steals even the life-breath of the bewildered; by awareness, a dream-woman gives pleasure as if awake.
यद् यथाभ्यासम् आयातं तत् तथा स्थिरतां गतम् । असद् एव नभस्य् एव नभ एव चिदात्मनि
Whatever comes through repeated practice, that attains stability in the same way; it is unreal, like the sky, and exists only in the consciousness-sky.
शतहस्तखुरच्छायानटवृत्तम् इवाततम् । गगने मानसं स्पन्दं जगद् विद्धि न वस्तु तत्
Know the movement of the world to be like the shadow-play of a hundred-hooved horse, spread out in the sky—merely a mental vibration, not a real thing.
मिथ्याज्ञानपिशाचस्य सन्दर्शनम् अनाकृति । कायामात्रकम् एवेदम् अरोधकम् अभित्तिमत्
The vision of the demon of false knowledge is without form; this is only a bodily limitation, obstructive, possessing cracks.
इदं भास्वरम् आभासं स्वप्नसन्दर्शनं चितः । अपूर्वम् एव सुप्ताया नरस्येवोदितं विदुः
This radiant appearance, this vision seen in dream by consciousness, is known to be entirely new, arising for one who is asleep, just as it appears for a man.
अखाताश् चेतति स्तम्भो यादृशं सालभञ्जिकाः । परमार्थमहास्तम्भस् सृष्टीश् चेतति तादृशम्
Just as a wooden pillar, though uncarved, stands unmoving, so does the great pillar of ultimate reality—creation—stand unmoving.
यादृशो मानवः पार्श्वे स्वप्ने क्षुब्धो महाभटैः । तादृशो ब्रह्मणस् सर्गो बुद्ध एव सुषुप्तवत्
As a man, surrounded by mighty warriors, is disturbed in a dream, so is the creation of Brahman, for the awakened one, like deep sleep.
तृणगुल्मलतायुक्तश् शिशिरान्ते यथा रसः । वासन्तस् संस्थितो भूमौ तथा सर्गः परे पदे
Just as sap, present in grass, bushes, and creepers, remains on the earth at winter’s end and is established in spring, so too is creation established in the supreme state.
यथा द्रवत्वं कनके स्थितम् अन्तर् अनुन्मिषत् । तथा स्थितः परे सर्गः खात्मा वल्गन्न् अणाव् अणौ
Just as liquidity remains within gold, latent and not manifesting outwardly, so creation remains in the supreme, the space-like Self, shining forth in the subtlest of the subtle.
सन्निवेशो यथाङ्गानाम् अङ्गिनो ऽनन्यद् आत्मनः । जगद् एवम् अनङ्गस्य खात्मनः खात्म ब्रह्मणः
Just as the arrangement of limbs is not different from the body itself, so too is the world not different from the formless, space-like Self, the space-like Brahman.
यादृग् एकनरस्वप्नयुद्धम् अन्यनरं प्रति । तादृशं सदसद्रूपं खात्मेदं व्योमगं जगत्
Just as a single man in a dream fights with another man, so too is this world, having the nature of existence and non-existence, belonging to the space-like Self, pervading space.
महाकल्पान्तसर्गादौ चित्स्वभाव इदं वपुः । कारणत्वं मिथः पश्चाद् असद् वेत्ति न वास्तवम्
At the beginning and end of great cycles, this form, whose nature is consciousness, arises; later, through mutual causation, it is known as unreal, not truly existent.
मुक्ते ऽस्मिन् ब्रह्मणि यदि ब्रह्मान्यस् स्मृतिजो भवेत् । तत्स्मृतिर् ज्ञप्तिजे सर्गे स्थितेव ज्ञप्तिमात्रतः
If, in this liberated Brahman, another Brahman were to arise from memory, then that memory, being of the nature of cognition, would appear as creation, though it is only pure cognition.
पौराणां मन्त्रिमुख्यानां विदूरथकुलक्रमः । समम् एव कथं तत्र सर्वेषां प्रतिभासितः
How did the lineage of Viduratha appear equally to all the chief ministers of the ancient times?
चितस् समनुवर्तन्ते मुख्यायास् सर्वसंविदः । यथा विपुलवात्यायास् सामान्या वातलेखिकाः
All the principal cognitions follow the chief mind, just as common gusts of wind follow a great storm.
परस्परानुभावेन तथारूपेण संविदः । कचितास् ताः प्रजापालप्रजावास्तव्यमन्त्रिणाम्
Through mutual experience, those cognitions take on a similar form among the rulers, subjects, and ministers of a kingdom.
एवंरूपात् कुलाज् जातो राजास्माकम् अयं त्व् असौ । कचिता इति वास्तव्यविदो वैदूरथे पुरे
Thus, those who know the reality in Viduratha's city say, 'This is our king, born from such a lineage,' or something similar.
कचने चित्स्वभावस्य न च कारणमार्गणम् । युक्तं महामणेर् भासाम् इवान्यत् स्वस्वभावतः
In the nature of consciousness, there is no need to seek a cause, just as the radiance of a great jewel arises naturally from its own nature.
अहम् एव कुलाचारो राजास्या भुव इत्य् अपि । विदूरथविदो रत्नाद् उदिता प्रतिभाप्रभा
Even the customs of the lineage and the kingship of this land are but the radiance of insight arising from the jewel of Viduratha's knowledge.