न च शाम्बरिकोत्थेयं माया मनसि मोहनी । अर्थस्य गृध्नवो ह्य् एते नित्यं शाम्बरिकाः किल
Nor is this illusion, arising from Shambarika, a delusion in the mind; for these so-called Shambarikas are always intent on gain.
यत्नेन प्रार्थयन्ते ऽर्थं नान्तर्धानं व्रजन्ति ते । इति सन्देहदोलायां संस्थितौ लुठिता वयम्
They strive earnestly for wealth and do not vanish; thus, we are tossed about, standing in the swing of doubt.
सभायाम् अवसं तस्याम् अहं राम तदा किल । तेन प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्टं मयैतन् नाप्ततश् श्रूतम्
O Rama, at that time I was present in that assembly; what I saw then was witnessed directly by me, not merely heard from another.
अतिबहुकलनाविवर्धिताङ्गं नय निजचित्तम् इदं शमं महात्मन् । शमम् उपगमिते परं स्वभावे परमम् उपैष्यसि पावनं पदं तत्
Direct your own mind, which has grown through excessive imagination, toward tranquility, O great-souled one; when tranquility is attained in your true nature, you will reach that supreme, pure state.
परस्मात् कारणाद् आदौ चिच् चेत्यपदपातिनी । कलनापदम् आसाद्य कलङ्ककलनान्तरम्
In the beginning, due to a cause beyond, consciousness, falling into the state of subject and object, attains the realm of imagination, and from there, further imaginations of impurity arise.
असत्स्व् एव विमोहेषु रामैवम्प्रायवृत्तिषु । घनेषु तुच्छताम् एत्य चिराय परिमज्जति
Indeed, Rama, in the delusions of unreal things, the mind, behaving in such ways, attains insignificance amidst dense illusions and remains so for a long time.
असद् एव मनोवृत्तिर् म्लाना विस्तारयत्य् अलम् । दुःखं दोषसहस्रेण वेतालम् इव बालकः
The mind's tendency toward what is unreal becomes feeble, yet it spreads extensively, bringing suffering with a thousand faults, like a child with a Vetala.
सद् एव हि महादुःखम् असत्तां नयति क्षणम् । निष्कलङ्का मनोवृत्तिर् अन्धकारम् इवार्करुक्
Even what is real, for a moment, leads to great suffering by causing unreality; a pure mental tendency dispels darkness like the sun.
नयद् अभ्याशतां दूरम् अभ्याशं दूरतां नयत् । मनो वल्गति भूतेषु बालो बालखगेष्व् इव
Bringing what is near to a distance and what is distant to nearness, the mind leaps among beings like a child among young birds.
अभयं भयम् अज्ञस्य चेतसो वासनावतः । दूरतो मुग्धपान्थस्य स्थाणुर् याति पिशाचताम्
For the ignorant one whose mind is filled with tendencies, fear arises from what is fearless; from afar, the bewildered traveler sees a tree as a demon.
शत्रुत्वं शङ्कते मित्रे कलङ्कमलिनं मनः । मदाविष्टमतिर् जन्तुर् भ्रमत् पश्यति भूतलम्
The mind, stained by impurity, suspects enmity in a friend; the creature whose intellect is seized by intoxication, wandering, sees the earth spinning.
पर्याकुले हि मनसि शशिनो जायते ऽशनिः । अमृतं विषभावेन भुक्तं याति विषक्रियाम्
When the mind is greatly disturbed, lightning arises from the moon; nectar, consumed with the nature of poison, becomes poisonous in effect.
पुरपत्तननिर्माणम् असत् सद् इव पश्यति । वासनावलितं चेतस् स्वप्नवज् जाग्रद् एव हि
The mind, colored by tendencies, sees the construction of cities and towns as real, though they are unreal; indeed, even in waking, it experiences dreams.
मोहैककारणं जन्तोर् मनसो वासनोल्बणा । उत्खातव्या प्रयत्नेन मूलच्छेदेन चैव सा
The sole cause of delusion in a being is the forceful impression of the mind; it must be diligently uprooted, cut off at the root.
वासनावागुराकृष्टो मनोहरिणको नृणाम् । परां विवशताम् एति संसारवनगुल्मके
Drawn by the snare of impressions, the mind—like a deer—of people falls helplessly into the thicket of worldly existence.
येनोच्छिन्ना विचारेण जीवस्य ज्ञेन वासना । निरभ्रस्येव सूर्यस्य तस्यालोको विराजते
When, through discernment, the impressions of a living being are destroyed, then his light shines forth, like the sun in a cloudless sky.
अतस् त्वं मन एवेदं नरं विद्धि न देहकम् । जडो देहो मनस् त्व् अत्र न जडं नाजडं विदुः
Therefore, know that it is only the mind that is the person, not the body; the body is inert, but the mind is neither inert nor non-inert, as the wise understand.
यत् कृतं मनसा राम तत् कृतं विद्धि राघव । यत् त्यक्तं मनसा राम तत् त्यक्तं विद्धि राघव
Whatever is done by the mind, O Rāma, know that as truly done; whatever is abandoned by the mind, O Rāghava, know that as truly abandoned.
मनोमात्रं जगत् कृत्स्नं मनः पर्वतमण्डलम् । मनो व्योम मनो भूमिर् मनो वायुर् मनो महान्
The entire world is only mind; the mountains are mind, the sky is mind, the earth is mind, the wind is mind, the great elements are mind.
मनो यदि पदार्थं तु तद्भावेन न योजयेत् । ततस् सूर्यादयो ऽप्य् एते न प्रकाशाः कदाचन
If the mind does not associate an object with its own conception, then even the sun and the rest never appear as luminous.
मनो मोहम् उपादत्ते यस्यासौ मूढ उच्यते । शरीरे मोहम् आपन्ने न शवे मूढ उच्यते
The mind takes up delusion; he whose mind does so is called deluded. When the body is deluded, it is not called deluded—like a corpse.
मनः पश्यद् भवत्य् अक्षि शृण्वच् श्रवणतां गतम् । त्वग्भावं स्पर्शनाद् एति घ्राणताम् एति शिङ्घनात्
The mind sees when it takes on the nature of the eye, hears when it assumes the state of the ear, becomes the sense of touch through contact, and attains the sense of smell by sniffing.
रसनाद् रसताम् एति विचित्रास्व् अत्र वृत्तिषु । नाटके नटवद् देहे मन एवाभिवर्तते
Through tasting, it becomes the sense of taste; in these various functions, the mind alone acts within the body, just as an actor performs in a play.
लघु दीर्घं करोत्य् एतत् सत्तासत्तां च गच्छति । कटुतां नयति स्वादु रिपुं नयति मित्रताम्
It makes things light or long, brings about existence or nonexistence, turns sweetness into bitterness, and makes an enemy into a friend.
य एव प्रतिभासो ऽस्य चेतसो वृत्तिवर्तिनः । तत् सद् एव हि प्रत्यक्षं तन्मात्रानुभवाद् इह
Whatever appearance arises in this mind, which operates through its functions, that alone is truly perceived here, due to the experience of the subtle elements.
प्रतिभासवशाद् एव स्वप्नार्थलितचेतसः । हरिश्चन्द्रस्य सम्पन्ना रात्रिर् द्वादशवार्षिकी
By the power of appearances alone, a single night for Hariśchandra, whose mind was absorbed in dream objects, became twelve years long.
चित्तानुभाववशतो मुहूर्तत्वं गतं युगम् । इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य वैरिञ्चपुराभ्यन्तरवर्तिनः
Through the influence of mental experience, an age became a moment for Indradyumna, who dwelled within the city of Brahma.
मनोज्ञया मनोवृत्त्या सुखतां याति रौरवम् । प्रातःप्राप्यस्वराज्यस्य सुबद्धस्येव बन्धनम्
By a delightful mental disposition, even the hell called Raurava becomes happiness; bondage feels like the royal sovereignty to one who will attain it in the morning.
जिते मनसि सर्वैव विजितैवेन्द्रियावली । शीर्यते च यथा तन्तौ दग्धे सौक्तिकमालिका
When the mind is conquered, all the senses are conquered as well; just as a pearl necklace falls apart when its thread is burned.
सर्वतस् स्थितया स्वच्छरूपया निर्विकारया । समया सूक्ष्मया नित्यं चिच्छक्त्या साक्षिभूतया
By the subtle, ever-present, witness-like power of consciousness, which remains everywhere, in its own form, unchanging and constant.