अल्पकालं मया दृष्टम् एतन् नो सत्यम् इत्य् अपि । निद्राकालानुभूते ऽर्थे निद्रान्ते प्रत्ययो हि यः
Even if one thinks, 'I saw this only for a short time; it is not real,' the impression that remains at the end of sleep about what was experienced during sleep is indeed there.
स स्वप्नः कथितस् तस्य महाजाग्रत् स्थितं हृदि । चिरसन्दर्शनाभावाद् अप्रफुल्तबृहद्वपुः
That is called a dream—when, in the state of great wakefulness, it remains in the heart, not having appeared for a long time and not having manifested its vast form.
स्वप्नो जाग्रत्तयारूढो महाजाग्रत्पदं गतः । यत् क्षते वाक्षते देहे स्वप्नजाग्रन् मतं हि तत्
A dream that has risen to the status of wakefulness attains the state of great wakefulness; whatever is perceived or not perceived in the body is considered both dream and waking.
षडवस्थापरित्यागे जडजीवस्य या स्थितिः । भविष्यद्दुःखबोधाढ्या सौषुप्ती सोच्यते गतिः
When the six states are abandoned, the condition in which the dull soul remains, filled with awareness of future suffering, is called the state of deep sleep.
एते तस्याम् अवस्थायां तृणलोष्टशिलादयः । पदार्थास् संस्थितास् सर्वे पुरापाश्चात्यनूतनाः
In that state, all objects such as grass, clods, stones, and so on, whether old, new, or very recent, are all present.
सप्तावस्था इति प्रोक्ता मयाज्ञानस्य राघव । एकैका शतशाखात्र नानाविभवरूपिणी
Thus, O Raghava, I have described seven states of ignorance; each one has hundreds of branches and appears in various forms of manifestation.
जाग्रत्स्वप्नश् चिरं रूढो जाग्रत्ताम् एव गच्छति । नानापदार्थभेदेन स विकासं विजृम्भते
That which is long established as waking or dream eventually becomes wakefulness itself; through the diversity of objects, it unfolds and expands.
अस्याश् चाप्य् उदरे सन्ति महाजाग्रद्दशादृशः । तासाम् अप्य् अन्तर् अन्याश् च सन्त्य् एवं संसृतिर् घना
Within this, too, exist states like deep waking; and within those, yet others—thus, the cycles of existence are dense.
सुषुप्तस्वप्नकलने आस्व् अन्तरदशास्व् अपि । स्थिते तेनायम् अखिलस् स्थितो मोहश् शिलाघनः
Even in the states of deep sleep and dream, and in the intermediate conditions, this entire mass of delusion remains, solid like a rock.
स्वप्नात् स्वप्नान्तरं लोको मोहान् मोहान्तरं व्रजेत् । अधःपातिजलावर्त इव याति जलान्तरम्
From one dream the world enters into another dream, from one delusion into another delusion, just as a whirlpool in a river sinks into another body of water.
काश्चित् संसृतयो दीर्घस्वप्नजाग्रत्तया स्थिताः । काश्चित् पुनःपुनस् स्वप्ना जाग्रत्स्वप्नास् तथेतराः
Some cycles of existence persist as long dreams or waking states; others, again and again, as dreams, or as waking and dreaming, or otherwise.
अज्ञानभूमिर् इति सप्तपदा मयोक्ता नानाविकारदपदान्तरभेदभिन्ना । अस्यास् समुत्तरसि चारुविचारणाभिर् दृष्टे प्रबोधविमले स्वयम् आत्मनीति
This ground of ignorance, called the sevenfold path, I have described as divided by various inner distinctions of transformation; when you cross beyond this by beautiful inquiry, and see the pure awakening, you know yourself as the Self.
इमां सप्तपदां ज्ञानभूमिम् आकर्णयानघ । न यया ज्ञातया मोहपङ्के भूयो निमज्जसि
Hear about this sevenfold ground of knowledge, O sinless one; by knowing it, you will not again sink into the mire of delusion.
वदन्ति बहुभेदेन वादिनो योगभूमिकाः । मम त्व् अभिमता नूनम् इमा एव शुभप्रदाः
The disputants speak of the stages of yoga in many ways; but these alone, I truly consider, are auspicious and worthy.
अवबोधं विदुर् ज्ञानं तद् इदं साप्तभूमिकम् । मुक्तिस् तज् ज्ञेयम् इत्य् उक्ता भूमिका सप्तकात् परम्
They call knowledge 'awakening'; this is the sevenfold ground; liberation is to be known as that which is beyond the seventh stage.
सत्यावबोधो मोक्षश् चैवेति पर्यायनामनी । सत्यबोधेन जीवो ऽयं नेह भूयः प्ररोहति
True understanding and liberation are synonymous; through true understanding, this living being does not sprout again here.
ज्ञानभूमिश् शुभेच्छाख्या प्रथमा समुदाहृता । विचारणा द्वितीयात्र तृतीया तनुमानसा
The first stage, called 'pure desire,' is declared; the second is 'inquiry,' and the third is 'attenuation of mind.'
सत्त्वापत्तिश् चतुर्थी स्यात् ततो ऽसंसक्तिनामिका । पदार्थाभावनी षष्ठी सप्तमी तुर्यगा स्मृता
The fourth is 'establishment in purity,' then comes the stage named 'non-attachment'; the sixth is 'absence of conceptualization,' and the seventh is known as 'transcending the fourth.'
आसाम् अन्ते स्थिता मुक्तिस् तस्यां भूयो न शोचते । एतासां भूमिकानां त्वम् इदं निर्वचनं शृणु
Liberation stands at the end of these stages; in that, one does not grieve again. Now listen to the explanation of these stages.
स्थितः किं मूढ एवास्मि प्रेक्षे ऽहं शास्त्रसज्जनम् । वैराग्यपूर्वम् इच्छेति शुभेच्छेत्य् उच्यते बुधैः
One who thinks, 'Am I merely dull, or am I observing the scriptures and the wise? I desire, preceded by dispassion,'—this is called 'pure desire' by the wise.
शास्त्रसज्जनसम्पर्कवैराग्याभ्यासपूर्वकम् । सदाचारप्रवृत्तिर् या प्रोच्यते सा विचारणा
The conduct that arises from association with scriptures and the wise, preceded by dispassion and practice, is called 'inquiry.'
विचारणाशुभेच्छाभ्याम् इन्द्रियार्थेष्व् अरक्तता । यत्राशातनुताभावात् प्रोच्यते तनुमानसा
Where, through inquiry and pure desire, there is lack of passion for sense objects, and due to absence of longing, it is called 'attenuation of mind.'
भूमिकात्रितयाभ्यासाच् चित्ते ऽर्थविरतेर् वशात् । सत्त्वात्मनि स्थिते शुद्धे सत्त्वापत्तिर् उदाहृता
Through practice of these three stages, and by the power of detachment from objects in the mind, when one abides in the pure essence of being, it is called 'establishment in purity.'
दशाचतुष्टयाभ्यासाद् असंसङ्गफलेन वै । रूढसत्त्वचमत्कारा प्रोक्तासंसक्तिनामिका
Through the practice of the fourteenfold discipline, with the result of non-attachment, arises the wondrous steadfastness of pure being, known as the state of non-attachment.
भूमिकापाञ्चकाभ्यासात् स्वात्मारामतया दृढम् । आभ्यन्तराणां बाह्यानां पदार्थानाम् अभावनात्
By the practice of the five stages, with firm delight in one's own Self, and by not conceiving of inner or outer objects, this is attained.
परप्रयुक्तेन चिरं प्रयत्नेनार्थबोधनात् । पदार्थाभावनानाम्नी षष्ठी सञ्जायते गतिः
And through long and diligent effort, prompted by another, in understanding the meaning of things, the sixth state called 'non-conception of objects' arises.
भूमिषट्कचिराभ्यासाद् भेदस्यानुपलम्भतः । यत् स्वभावैकनिष्ठत्वं सा ज्ञेया तुर्यगा गतिः
By long practice of the sixfold stage, and by not perceiving any division, that establishment in one's own true nature is to be known as the state called 'the fourth'.
एषा हि जीवन्मुक्तेषु तुर्यावस्थेह विद्यते । विदेहमुक्तविषयं तुर्यातीतम् अतः परम्
Indeed, this is the fourth state among those liberated while living; beyond this is the 'beyond the fourth', pertaining to those liberated after the body.
ये हि नाम महाभागास् सप्तमीं भूमिकाम् इताः । आत्मारामा महात्मानस् ते महत् पदम् आगताः
Those truly blessed ones who have reached the seventh stage, delighting in the Self and great of soul, have attained the supreme state.
जीवन्मुक्ता न मज्जन्ति सुखदुःखरसस्थितौ । प्राकृतेनार्यकार्येण किंचित् कुर्वन्ति वा न वा
The liberated while living do not sink into the taste of pleasure or pain; by natural or noble action, they may act or not act at all.