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.
कल्पान्तपवना वान्तु यन्तु चैकत्वम् अर्णवाः । तपन्तु द्वादशादित्या नास्ति निर्मनसः क्षतिः
Let the winds of the end of the age blow, let the oceans merge into one, let twelve suns burn fiercely—there is no harm for one whose mind is free from thoughts.
मनोबीजात् समुद्यन्ति शुभाशुभफलप्रदाः । संसारषण्डका एते लोकसप्तकपल्लवाः
From the seed of the mind arise fruits of good and evil; these are the thickets of worldly existence, the shoots of the seven worlds.
असङ्कल्पनमात्रैकसाध्ये सकलसिद्धये । असङ्कल्पाभिसाम्राज्ये तिष्ठावष्टम्भतत्परः
All attainments are accomplished solely by the absence of thought; remain steadfast in the sovereignty of thoughtlessness, devoted to its support.
प्रयच्छत्य् उत्तमानन्दं क्षीयमाणं मनः क्रमात् । कषक्षीणाङ्गको ऽङ्गारो यथाङ्गारक्षयार्थिनः
As the mind gradually diminishes, it grants supreme bliss, just as a dying ember gives warmth to one seeking the end of embers.
अपि ब्रह्मकुटीलक्ष्यं मनसश् चेत् समीहितम् । तद् अणोर् अन्तरे व्यक्तं विभक्तं परिदृश्यते
Even if the mind aims at the highest abode of Brahman, it is distinctly perceived within the smallest particle, divided and manifest.
सङ्कल्पमात्रविभवेन कृतात्यनर्थं सङ्कल्पशान्तिविभवेन सुसाधितार्थम् । सन्तोषमात्रविभवेन मनो विजित्य नित्योदितेन जयम् एहि निरीहितेन
Through the power of thought alone, great misfortune is created; through the power of quiescence of thought, the desired goal is easily attained. Conquer the mind by the power of contentment alone, and achieve victory by the ever-arising, unpursued satisfaction.
परमपावनया विमनस्तया समतया मतयात्मविदाम् अति । शमितया मितयान्तर् अहन्तया यद् अवशिष्टम् अजं पदम् अस्तु तत्
May that unborn state remain, which is left when the mind is purified by supreme equanimity, by the wisdom of the knower of the Self, by the pacification and limitation of inner egoity.
यस्मिन् यस्मिन् पदार्थे हि येन येन यथा तथा । तीव्रसंवेगसम्पन्नं मनः पश्यति वाञ्छितम्
Whatever object, in whatever manner, and by whatever means, the mind intensely desires, it perceives as it wishes.
जायते म्रियते चैषा मनसस् तीव्रवेगिता । सौम्याम्बुबुद्बुदालीव निर्निमित्ता स्वभावतः
This intense momentum of the mind arises and ceases; it is causeless by nature, like a chain of bubbles in gentle water.
शीतता तुहिनस्येव कज्जलस्येव कृष्णता । लोलता मनसो रूपं तीव्रातीव्रैकरूपिणः
Just as coldness is the nature of snow, and blackness the nature of soot, so is restlessness the very form of the mind, which is of a single, exceedingly intense character.
कथम् अस्यातिलोलस्य वेगावेगैककारणम् । चलता मनसो ब्रह्मन् बलतो विनिवार्यते
How can the forceful motion of this exceedingly restless mind, whose only cause is its own momentum, be restrained by strength, O Brahman?
नेह चञ्चलताहीनं मनः क्वचन दृश्यते । चञ्चलत्वं मनोधर्मो वह्निधर्मो यथोष्णता
Nowhere is a mind without restlessness ever seen; restlessness is the nature of the mind, just as heat is the nature of fire.
यैषा हि चञ्चला स्पन्दशक्तिश् चित्तत्वसंस्थिता । तां विद्धि मानसीं शक्तिं जगदाडम्बरात्मिकाम्
This very restless power, established in consciousness, know that as the mental energy, the essence of the world's display.
स्पन्दस्पर्शाद् ऋते वायोर् यथा सत्तैव नोह्यते । तथास्ति चित्तसत्ता नो चञ्चलस्पन्दनाद् ऋते
Just as the existence of air is not known without its movement or touch, so too the existence of consciousness is only through restless vibration.
यत् तु चञ्चलताहीनं तन् मनो मृतम् उच्यते । स एव च तपश्शास्त्रप्रसिद्धो मोक्ष उच्यते
That which is free from restlessness is called the dead mind; and that alone is said to be asceticism, the liberation celebrated in the scriptures.
मनोविलयमात्रेण दुःखशान्तिर् अवाप्यते । मनोजननमात्रेण दुःखं परम् अवाप्यते
By the mere dissolution of the mind, the cessation of suffering is attained; by the mere arising of the mind, the highest suffering is obtained.
दुःखम् उत्पादयत्य् उच्चैर् उत्थितश् चित्तराक्षसः । सुखायानन्तभोग्याय तं प्रयत्नेन पातय
The demon of the mind, when it rises up, loudly produces suffering; for the sake of endless enjoyment and happiness, strive diligently to bring it down.
तस्य चञ्चलता यैषा ह्य् अविद्या नाम सोच्यते । वासनापरनाम्नी तां विचारेण विनाशय
Its fickleness is indeed called ignorance, also known by the other name 'tendency'; destroy it through discernment.
अविद्यया वासनया तयान्तश् चित्तशान्तया । विलीनया त्यागवशात् परं श्रेयो ऽधिगम्यते
By the dissolution of ignorance, which is tendency, and by the inner peace of mind—when these are dissolved through renunciation—the highest good is attained.
यत् तत् सदसतोर् मध्यं यन् मध्यं चित्त्वजाड्ययोः । तन् मनः प्रोच्यते राम द्वयदोलायिताकृति
That which is between existence and non-existence, which is between consciousness and inertness—that, O Rama, is called the mind, having the form of oscillation between the two.