पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन चित्तम् आश्व् एव जीयते । अचित्तेनासपत्नेन पदं ब्रह्मणि धीयते
Through personal effort and diligence, the mind is conquered just as a horse; without the mind as an adversary, the state of Brahman is attained.
स्वायत्तं च सुसाधं च स्वचित्ताक्रान्तिमात्रकम् । शक्नुवन्ति न ये कर्तुं धिक् तान् पुरुषजम्बुकान्
Those who cannot accomplish what is within their own power and easily done, which is merely mastery over their own mind, shame on them—they are jackals among men.
स्वपौरुषैकसाध्येन स्वेप्सितत्यागरूपिणा । मनःप्रशममन्त्रेण विनास्ति न शुभा गतिः
Without the mantra of calming the mind, which is achieved solely by one's own effort and the renunciation of one's own desires, there is no auspicious attainment.
मनोमारणमात्रेण साध्येन स्वात्मसंविदा । निस्सपत्नम् अनाद्यन्तम् अनिङ्गनम् इहोष्यताम्
By the mere conquest of the mind, accomplished through one's own awareness, let there be here an unobstructed, beginningless, endless, and flawless state.
ईप्सितावेदनाङ्ग्यां तु मनःप्रशमनश्रियि । गुरूपदेशशास्त्रार्थमन्त्राद्या युक्तयस् तृणम्
In the glory of calming the mind, which is the limb of desired realization, teachings from the guru, scriptures, mantras, and other methods are like straw.
सर्वं सर्वगतं शान्तं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा । असङ्कल्पनशस्त्रेण च्छिन्नं चित्तगदं यदा
When the disease of the mind is cut off by the sword of non-conceptualization, then all becomes the all-pervading, peaceful Brahman.
स्वसंवेदनसाध्ये ऽस्मिन् सङ्कल्पानर्थनाशने । शान्तस्याच्छाभ्रवपुषि पुंसः केव कदर्थना
In this state, attainable by self-awareness and the destruction of the false notions of the mind, what can disturb the one whose nature is tranquil and clear as a spotless cloud?
नूनं दैवम् अनादृत्य मूढसङ्कल्पकल्पितम् । पुरुषार्थेन संवित्त्या नय चित्तम् अचित्तताम्
Certainly, disregarding fate, which is imagined by the deluded mind, lead your mind to no-mind through effort and awareness.
तां महापदवीम् एकां काम् अप्य् अनुसरंश् चिरम् । चित्तं चिद्भक्षितं कृत्वा चित्त्वाद् अपि परं भव
Pursuing that unique supreme path for a long time, having made the mind consumed by consciousness, become even beyond mind itself.
भवभावनया मुक्तो युक्तः परमया धिया । धारयात्मानम् अव्यग्रो ऽग्रस्तचित्तं चितः परम्
Freed from the notion of becoming, established in supreme understanding, hold yourself unwavering, with the mind absorbed in the highest consciousness.
परं पौरुषम् आश्रित्य नीत्वा चित्तम् अचित्तताम् । तां महापदवीम् एहि यत्र नासि न चेतरत्
Relying on supreme effort, having led the mind to no-mind, attain that supreme path where you are neither this nor anything else.
संवेदनविपर्यासरूपिणारिर् इवाबलः । जेतुम् आशु मनो राम पौरुषेनैव शक्यते
O Rama, the mind, which is like a weak enemy taking the form of mistaken perception, can indeed be quickly conquered by effort alone.
अनुद्वेगश् श्रियो मूलम् अनुद्वेगात् प्रवर्तते । जन्तोर् मनोजयो येन त्रिलोकीविजयस् तृणम्
Calmness is the root of prosperity; from calmness arises action; by conquering the mind, one for whom the conquest of the three worlds is as nothing achieves this.
न शस्त्रदहनोत्पातपाता यस्यां मनाग् अपि । स्वभावमात्रव्यावृत्तौ तस्यां केव कदर्थना
In that state where even the slightest disturbance from weapons, fire, calamities, or falling does not occur, being merely the cessation of one's own nature—what interference can there be there, and by whom?
अपि स्ववेदनाक्रान्ताव् अशक्ता ये नराधमाः । कथं व्यवहरिष्यन्ति व्यवहारदशासु ते
Those base men who are powerless even in matters concerning their own experience—how will they conduct themselves in the various situations of worldly dealings?
पुमान् दृतो ऽस्मि जातो ऽस्मि जीवामीति कुदृष्टयः । चेतसो वृत्तयो यान्ति चपलस्यासदुत्थिताः
The notions, 'I am a man,' 'I am seen,' 'I am born,' 'I am alive,' are false perceptions—these are movements of the restless mind, arising from unreality, and they pass away.
न कश्चनेह म्रियते जायते नेह कश्चन । स्वयं वेत्ति मृतिं देहे लोकम् अन्यं गतं मनः
No one here truly dies, and no one here is truly born; it is only the mind that, upon leaving the body, knows its own death and imagines itself to have gone to another world.
इतो यातं परे लोके स्फुरत्य् अन्यतया मनः । न नश्यत्य् एतद् आमोक्षम् अतो मृतिभयं कुतः
When the mind departs from here to another world, it manifests itself differently there; it does not perish until liberation—so why should there be fear of death?
देहरूपेण विचरद् इहलोके परत्र च । चित्तम् आमोक्षम् आस्ते ऽस्य रूपम् अन्यन् न विद्यते
The mind, taking the form of a body, moves about in this world and the next; until liberation, it persists—there is no other form for it.
सुते भ्रातरि भृत्यादौ क्लेश आक्रमणं नृणाम् । न स्वचित्ते स्वचैतन्यव्यावृत्त्यात्मेति मे मतिः
The suffering that arises in people regarding a son, brother, servant, or others does not occur in their own mind, because their own consciousness is not interrupted—this is my view.
तिर्यग् ऊर्ध्वम् अधस्ताच् च भूयो भूयो विचारितम् । यावन् नास्ति किलोपायश् चित्तोपशमनाद् ऋते
Having considered in every way—across, above, and below—again and again, I see that there is truly no means except the pacification of the mind.
ऋते पथ्ये तते शुद्धे बोधे हृद्य् उदिते चिति । मनोविलयमात्रेण विश्रान्तिर् उपजायते
Apart from wholesome conduct, when pure knowledge arises in the heart, by the mere dissolution of the mind, true rest is attained.
ध्यायते हृदयाकाशे चितिश् चिच्चक्रधारया । मनो मारय निश्शङ्कं त्वां प्रमथ्नन्ति नाधयः
Consciousness meditates in the space of the heart with the wheel of pure awareness; destroy the mind without fear, and sorrows will not trouble you.
यदि रम्यम् अरम्यत्वे त्वया संविदितं विदा । छिन्नान्य् एव तद् अङ्गानि चित्तस्येति मतिर् मम
If you have realized delight in what is undelightful, then those very limbs of the mind are cut off—this is my conviction.
अयं सो ऽहम् इदं तन् मे एतावन्मात्रकं मनः । तदभावनमात्रेण दात्रेणेव विलूयते
This is 'I', this is 'mine', and the mind is only this much; by merely not thinking thus, it is dissolved like a donor giving away.
छिन्नाभ्रम् अमले व्योम्नि यथा शरदि धूयते । निर्विकल्पे परे तत्त्वे तथा निर्वासनं मनः
Just as a broken cloud vanishes in the clear autumn sky, so too, in the supreme, undifferentiated reality, the mind becomes free of impressions.
वहन्ति यत्र शस्त्राग्निपवनास् तत्र भीर् भवेत् । स्वायत्ते मृदुनि स्वच्छे किम् असङ्कल्पने भयम्
Where weapons, fire, and wind operate, there may be fear; but in what is self-dependent, soft, and clear, what fear can there be in the absence of thought-constructions?
इदं श्रेय इदं नेति सिद्धम् आबालम् अक्षतम् । बालं पुत्रम् इवोदारे मनश् श्रेयसि योजयेत्
This is good, this is not—such notions are present from childhood, unbroken; like a noble parent with a child, the mind should be joined to the good.
अक्षपञ्चाननं चेतस्सिंहं संसृतिबृंहणम् । घ्नन्ति ये ते जयन्तीह निर्वाणपदपातिनः
Those who slay the five-headed lion of the senses—the lion that expands the forest of transmigration—here, they are the conquerors who attain the state of liberation.
भीमास् सम्भ्रमदायिन्यस् सङ्कल्पकलनाद् इमाः । विपदस् सम्प्रसूयन्ते मृगतृष्णा मरोर् इव
Terrifying calamities, which bring confusion, arise from the formation of thoughts, just as mirages appear in the desert.