देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यशक्तिपर्याकुलीकृतम् । भावाद् भावान्तरं याति लोलत्वान् नटवन् मनः
Surrounded by space, time, action, substance, and power, the mind, due to its fickleness, moves from one state to another like an actor.
सद् असत्तां नयत्य् आशु सत्तां चासन् नयत्य् अलम् । तादृशान्य् एव चादत्ते सुखदुःखानि भावितम्
It quickly makes the existent into the nonexistent, and the nonexistent into the existent; and it takes on only those joys and sorrows that it has imagined.
यथानिश्चयम् आदत्ते यथैव चपलं मनः । हस्तपादादिसङ्घातस् तथा प्रयतते सदा
Just as the fickle mind grasps things according to its own uncertainty, so too do the hands, feet, and other organs always act accordingly.
ततस् सैव क्रिया चित्तसमीहितम् अलं फलम् । क्षणात् प्रयच्छति लता काले सिक्तेव तादृशम्
Then, that very action, being the intention of the mind, quickly yields its result, just as a vine produces fruit at the proper time when watered.
चित्रां क्रीडनकश्रेणीं यथा पङ्काद् गृहे शिशुः । करोत्य् एवं मनो राम विकल्पात् कुरुते जगत्
Just as a child makes a variety of playthings from mud in the house, so, O Rama, the mind, through imagination, creates the world.
मनश्शिशुजनक्रीडामृदूद्गारलवेष्व् अतः । किम् एकं तत्पदार्थेषु रूपं जगति कल्प्यते
Therefore, as the mind delights in the play of children, in their mud and babbling, why is a single form imagined as the reality among objects in the world?
करोत्य् ऋतुकरः कालो यथा रूपान्यतां तरोः । चित्तम् एवं पदार्थानां तेषाम् एवान्यताम् इह
Just as the season-bringing time causes the tree to take on different forms, so the mind alone is responsible for the various forms of objects here.
मनोरथे तथा स्वप्ने सङ्कल्पकलनासु च । गोष्पदं योजनव्यूहस् स्वासु लीलासु चेतसः
In fantasy, in dreams, and in the fabrications of thought, the mind creates, in its own play, a pond the size of a league within a cow’s hoofprint.
कल्पं क्षणीकरोत्य् एतत् क्षणं नयति कल्पताम् । मनस् तदायत्तम् अतो देशकालक्रमं विदुः
This mind makes an age into a moment, and a moment into an age; therefore, those who know say that sequence of place and time depends on the mind.
तीव्रमन्दत्वसंवेगाद् बहुत्वाल्पत्वभेदतः । विलम्बते न च चिरं न च चित्तम् अशक्तितः
Because of the intensity or slowness of effort, and the distinction of much or little, the mind is delayed, but not for long, nor due to lack of power.
व्यामोहसम्भ्रमानर्थदेशकालगमागमाः । चेतसः प्रभवन्त्य् एते पादपाद् इव पल्लवाः
Delusion, confusion, and the coming and going of objects, places, and times—all these arise from the mind, like leaves from the branches of a tree.
जलम् एव यथाम्भोधिर् औष्ण्यम् एव यथानलः । तथा विविधसंरम्भस् संसारश् चित्तम् एव हि
Just as water is the ocean, and heat is fire, so too is the manifold activity of the world nothing but the mind itself.
सकर्तृकर्मकरणं यद् इदं चेत्यम् आततम् । द्रष्टृदर्शनदृश्याढ्यं तत् सर्वं चित्तम् एव वः
All that is perceived here—agent, action, instrument, and the entire field of cognition, filled with seer, seeing, and seen—is indeed your mind alone.
चित्तं जगन्ति भुवनानि वनान्तराणि संलक्ष्यते स्वयम् उपागतम् आत्मभेदैः । केयूरमौलिकटकैस् तदतत्स्वरूपं त्यक्तैककाञ्चनधियेव जनेन हेम
The mind itself appears as worlds, realms, and forests, manifesting itself in various forms, just as gold, though one, is seen as bracelets, crowns, and armlets by people who have set aside the notion of gold as a single substance.
अत्र ते शृणु वक्ष्यामि वृत्तान्तम् इमम् अद्भुतम् । जागतीहेन्द्रजालश्रीश् चित्तायत्ता स्थिता यथा
Now listen as I relate to you this wondrous story, showing how the splendor of the world's illusion is entirely dependent on the mind.
अस्त्य् अस्मिन् वसुधापीठे नानानगवनाकुलः । उत्तराः पाण्डवा नाम स्फीतो जनपदो महान्
On this earth there is a great and flourishing land, crowded with various cities and forests, known as the Northern Pāṇḍavas.
नीरन्ध्रनवजम्बीरवनविश्रान्ततापसः । विद्याधरीकृतलतादोलोपवनपत्तनः
There, ascetics dwell in groves of fresh jambīra trees without gaps, and the parks and towns are adorned with swings made by celestial maidens from creepers.
वातोद्धूताब्जकिञ्जल्कपुञ्जपिञ्जरपर्वतः । लसत्कुसुमसम्भारवनमालावतंसकः
Its mountains are golden with clusters of pollen from lotuses scattered by the wind, and its forests are garlanded with shining masses of blossoms.
करञ्जमञ्जरीकुञ्जगुप्तपर्यन्तजङ्गलः । खर्जूरान्तरितग्रामघुङ्घुमध्वनिताम्बरः
Its wilds are bordered by thickets of karañja flowers, and the sky resounds with the jingling of villages hidden among date palms.
पाकपिङ्गमिलच्छ्रेणिशालिकेदारपिङ्गलः । नीलकण्ठरवोद्दामवनमण्डलमण्डितः
Adorned with rows of ripening paddy fields, golden millet, and wheat, with flocks of peacocks, and garlanded by splendid forests.
सारसारवसंरम्भरणत्कमलकाननः । तमालपटलानीलगिरिग्रामककुण्डलः
Resounding with the cries of cranes and sarus birds, filled with blooming lotus groves, and encircled by clusters of dark tamāla trees and blue mountain villages.
विचित्रविहगव्यूहविरावाहितकाकलिः । नदीपरिसरोन्निद्रपारिभद्रद्रुमारुणः
Echoing with the calls of various flocks of wondrous birds, and reddened by pārihadraka trees drowsing on the riverbanks.
गायत्कलमकेदारदारिकाहूतमन्मथः । पुष्पस्थलवलद्वातव्याधूतकुसुमाम्बुदः
Where the sweet singing of girls in the millet fields summons the god of love, and the wind scatters clouds of blossoms from the flower-laden meadows.
दरीगृहविनिष्क्रान्तसिद्धचारणवन्दितः । स्वर्गाद् इव समाहूय लावण्यम् अभिनिर्मितः
Honored by perfected beings and celestial wanderers emerging from their homes, as if beauty itself had been summoned from heaven and fashioned there.
गायत्किन्नरपर्यन्तकदलीषण्डमण्डितः । मन्दानिलबलोद्धूतपुष्पोपवनपाण्डुरः
Adorned with groves of banana trees at whose edges kinnara couples sing, and pale with flower gardens stirred by the gentle force of the wind.
तत्रास्ति लवणो नाम राजा परमधार्मिकः । हरिश्चन्द्रकुलोद्भूतो भूमाव् इव दिवाकरः
There reigns a king named Lavaṇa, supremely righteous, born of the lineage of Hariścandra, shining on earth like the sun.
यद्यशःकुसुमोत्तंसपाण्डुरस्कन्धमण्डलाः । तत्र शैला विराजन्ते हराः प्रोद्धूलिता इव
There the mountains stand out, their shoulders pale with the garlands of his renowned glory, as if the peaks of Hara had been shaken and adorned.
कृपाणशकलोत्कृत्तनिश्शेषारातिमण्डलात् । अरातिलोकः प्राप्नोति यदनुस्मरणाज् ज्वरम्
When all his enemies have been utterly destroyed, cut down like bits of straw, even those who are not his foes are seized by fever at the mere recollection of him.
यस्योदारसमारम्भम् आर्यलोकानुपालनम् । चरितं संस्मरिष्यन्ति हरेर् इव चिरं जनाः
People will long remember the noble deeds of one whose undertakings are generous and who protects the virtuous, just as they remember the acts of Hari.
यस्याप्सरोभिर् अद्रीन्द्रमूर्धस्व् अमरसद्मसु । विकासिपुलकोल्लासं गीयन्ते गुणगीतयः
In the celestial abodes, on the peaks of the mountains of the gods, the Apsaras sing songs of his virtues, their bodies blossoming with delight.