अप्रबुद्धं मनो नानासञ्ज्ञाकल्पितकल्पनम् । वृत्तीर् अनुपतच् चित्रा विचित्राकृतितां गतम्
The unawakened mind, imagining various designations, follows manifold and diverse activities, assuming forms of every kind.
अप्रबुद्धम् भवेद् यावन् निद्रान्तं तावद् एव हि । सम्भ्रमं पश्यति स्वप्ने न प्रबुद्धः कदाचन
As long as one has not awakened, sleep persists; during that time, one perceives confusion in dreams, but never upon awakening.
अज्ञाननिद्राकुलितो जीवो यावन् न बोधितः । तावत् पश्यति दुर्बोधं संसारारम्भविभ्रमम्
As long as the living being is afflicted by the sleep of ignorance and has not awakened, he perceives the bewildering and incomprehensible turmoil of worldly existence.
सम्प्रबुद्धस्य मनसस् तमस् सर्वं विलीयते । कमलस्य यथा ह्य् आन्ध्यं दिनालोकविकासिनः
When the mind is fully awakened, all darkness dissolves, just as the blindness of a lotus disappears when it opens in the daylight.
चित्ताविद्यामनोजीववासनेति कृतात्मभिः । कर्मात्मेति च यः प्रोक्तस् स देही दुःखकोविदः
Those who identify themselves with mind, ignorance, mental being, and residence, and also with karma and self, are called embodied beings who are acquainted with suffering.
जडो देहो न दुःखार्हो दुःखी जीवो ऽविचारतः । अविचारो घनाज्ञानाद् अज्ञानं दुःखकारणम्
The inert body is not subject to suffering; it is the living being who suffers due to lack of discernment. Lack of discernment arises from dense ignorance, and ignorance is the cause of suffering.
शुभाशुभानां धर्माणां जीवो विषयतां गतः । अविवेकैकदोषेण कोशे नेदं महापदम्
The living being, having become attached to the domains of virtuous and unvirtuous actions, due to the single fault of indiscrimination, does not reach this supreme state.
अविवेकामयोत्तब्धं मनो विविधवृत्तिमत् । नानाकारविहारेण परिभ्रमति चक्रवत्
The mind, bound by the disease of indiscrimination and possessing various tendencies, wanders in diverse forms of play, revolving like a wheel.
उदेति रौति हन्त्य् अत्ति याति वल्गति नन्दति । मन एव शरीरे ऽस्मिन् न शरीरं कदाचन
It arises, cries, kills, eats, goes, leaps, rejoices; it is only the mind in this body, never the body itself.
यथा गृहपतिर् गेहे रथे वा सारथिर् यथा । यथा भुजङ्गो भस्त्रायां शरीरे ऽस्मिंस् तथा मनः
Just as a householder is in his house, or a charioteer in a chariot, or a serpent in its hole, so is the mind within this body.
अचले चञ्चलाकारः पादपे पवनो यथा । स्फुरत्य् एवं मनो देहे स्थितो देहो न चेतसि
As wind moves restlessly among unmoving trees, so the mind stirs within the body, though the body itself does not enter the mind.
सर्वेषु सुखदुःखेषु सर्वासु कलनासु च । मनः कर्तृ मनो भोक्तृ मानसं विद्धि मानवम्
In all experiences of pleasure and pain, and in every thought, the mind is the doer and the enjoyer; know the mind as the true person.
अत्र ते शृणु वक्ष्यामि वृत्तान्तम् इमम् अद्भुतम् । लवणो ऽसौ यथा यातश् चण्डालत्वं मनोभ्रमात्
Now listen as I tell you this marvelous story—how Lavaṇa, through a delusion of mind, came to be a chandāla.
मनः कर्मफलं भुङ्क्ते शुभं वाशुभम् एव वा । यथैतद् बुध्यसे नूनं तथाकर्णय राघव
The mind experiences the fruits of actions, whether good or bad; as you will surely understand, listen to this, O Rāghava.
हरिश्चन्द्रकुलोत्थेन लवणेन पुरानघ । एकान्तैकोपविष्टेन चिन्तितं मनसा चिरम्
Once, Lavaṇa of the Harishchandra lineage, sinless one, sat alone and pondered deeply in his mind for a long time.
पितामहो मे सुमहान् राजसूयस्य याजकः । अहं तस्य कुले जातस् तं यजे मनसा मखम्
My grandfather was great, the priest of the rājasūya sacrifice; I was born in his line, and I perform that sacrifice in my mind.
इति सञ्चिन्त्य मनसा कृत्वा सम्भारम् आदितः । राजसूयस्य दीक्षायां विवेश स महीपतिः
Thinking thus in his mind, gathering all the necessary materials, that king entered the initiation for the rājasūya sacrifice.
ऋत्विजश् चार्चयाम् आस पूजयाम् आस सन्मुनीन् । देवता वन्दयाम् आस ज्वालयाम् आस पावकम्
He worshipped the priests, honored the noble sages, saluted the deities, and kindled the sacred fire.
तस्येत्थं यजमानस्य मनस्य् उपवनान्तरे । ययौ संवत्सरस् साग्रो देवर्षिद्विजपूजया
Thus, as the sacrificer’s mind dwelled in the grove, a year passed by, filled with the worship of gods, sages, and twice-born ones.
भूतेभ्यो द्विजपूर्वेभ्यो दत्त्वा सर्वस्वदक्षिणाम् । व्यबुध्यत दिनस्यान्ते स्वस्मिन्न् उपवने नृपः
Having given all his wealth as gifts to beings and to the twice-born ancestors, the king awoke at the end of the day in his own grove.
एवं स लवणो राजा राजसूयम् अवाप्तवान् । मनसैव हि पुष्टेन युक्तस् तस्य फलेन च
In this way, King Lavaṇa attained the Rājasūya sacrifice, for his mind, being strong, was united with its result.
अतश् चित्तं नरं विद्धि भोक्तारं सुखदुःखयोः । तद् अनादाव् अनायासे सत्ये योजय राघव
Therefore, know the mind to be the experiencer of pleasure and pain in a person; in that beginningless, effortless reality, establish yourself, O Rāghava.
पूर्णे चेतसि सम्पूर्णः पुमान् नष्टे विनश्यति । देहो ऽहम् इति येषां तु निश्चयस् तैर् अलं बुधैः
When the mind is full, the person is fulfilled; when it is lost, he perishes. But those whose conviction is ‘I am the body’—the wise have no use for them.
पूर्णे विवेकवति चेतसि सम्प्रबुद्धे दुःखान्य् अलं विगलितानि विविक्तबुद्धेः । भास्वत्करप्रकटिते ननु पद्मषण्डे सङ्कोचजाड्यतिमिराणि चिरं कृतानि
When the mind is full of discernment and truly awakened, all sorrows vanish for one whose understanding is clear—just as, when the sun’s rays shine in a lotus pond, the darkness of contraction and dullness, long present, is dispelled.
राजसूयफलं प्राप्तं लवणेन खिल प्रभो । प्रमाणं किम् इवात्र स्यात् कल्पनाजालशम्बरे
Lavaṇa attained the fruit of the Rājasūya sacrifice, O lord of the field; what proof could there be in this web of imagination?
यदा शाम्बरिकः काले सम्प्राप्तो लावणीं सभाम् । तदाहम् अवसं तत्र तत् प्रत्यक्षेण दृष्टवान्
When Shambarika arrived at the assembly of Lavana at the appointed time, I was present there and witnessed it directly.
अहं सभ्यैस् ततस् तत्र गते शम्बरकारिणि । किम् एतद् इति यत्नेन पृष्टश् च लवणेन च
After Shambarika entered, I, along with the other members of the assembly, earnestly questioned Lavana about what this was.
चिन्तयित्वा मया दृष्ट्वा तत्र यत् कथितं ततः । शृणु तत् ते प्रवक्ष्यामि राम शाम्बरिकेहितम्
Having reflected and observed what was spoken there, listen, O Rama, I will tell you what happened concerning Shambarika.
राजसूयस्य कर्तारो ये हि ते द्वादशाब्दिकम् । आपद्दुःखं प्राप्नुवन्ति नानाकारदशामयम्
Those who perform the Rājasūya sacrifice experience twelve years of adversity and suffering, afflicted by various forms of misfortune.
अतश् शक्रेण गगनाद् दुःखाय लवणस्य सः । प्रहितो देवदूतो हि राम शाम्बरिकाकृतिः
Therefore, O Rama, Indra sent a divine messenger in the form of Shambarika from the heavens to bring distress upon Lavana.