न लोकान्तरता काचिन् न च सर्गादिता क्वचित् । न मेरुता नाम्बरता न मनस्ता न देहता
There is no nature of other worlds, nor any nature of creation anywhere; there is no nature of Meru, nor of sky, nor of mind, nor of body.
न महाभूतता काचिन् न च कारणता क्वचित् । न चर्तुकालकलना न भावाभाववस्तुता
There is no nature of the great elements, nor any nature of cause anywhere; there is no calculation of seasons, nor any nature of existence or nonexistence.
त्वत्ताहन्तात्मता तत्ता सत्तासत्ता न काश्चन । न क्वचिद् भेदकलना न भावाभावरञ्जना
There is no nature of 'you', 'I', 'self', 'that', existence or nonexistence; nowhere is there any calculation of difference, nor any coloring by existence or nonexistence.
सर्वं शान्तं निरालम्भं ज्ञम् अच्छं शाश्वतं शिवम् । अनामयम् अनाभासम् अनामकम् अकारणम्
All is peaceful, without support, pure consciousness, clear, eternal, auspicious, free from affliction, without appearance, without name, and without cause.
न सन् नासन् न मध्यान्तं न सर्वं सर्वम् एव च । मनोवचोभिर् अग्राह्यं शून्याशून्यं सुशाश्वतम्
It is not existence, nor non-existence, nor a middle or an end; it is not all, yet it is entirely all; it cannot be grasped by mind or speech, it is neither void nor non-void, and is supremely eternal.
अवबुद्धं महाब्रह्मन् सर्वम् एतन् मयाधुना । तथापि भूयः कथय सर्गः किम् अवलोक्यते
O great Brahman, I have now realized all this; yet, tell me again—what is seen as creation?
परे शान्तं परं नाम स्थितम् इत्थम् इदन्तया । नेह सर्गो न सर्गाख्या काचनास्ति कदाचन
The supreme peace, the highest, remains thus as 'this' and 'that'; here, there is never any creation nor even the notion of creation at any time.
महार्णवाम्भसीवाम्बु संस्थितं परमे पदे । जलं द्रवत्वात् स्पन्दीव निस्स्पन्दं परमं पदम्
Just as water remains in the ocean, so in the supreme state; water, by its liquidity, seems to move, but the supreme state is unmoving.
भास्वात्मनीव कचति न कचच् चैव तत् पदम् । भासते कचनं भासां परं त्व् अकचनं विदुः
As light shines in itself, so that state neither shines nor does not shine; what shines is called 'shining,' but the supreme is known as non-shining.
अध ऊर्ध्वं वर्जयित्वा यथाब्धेर् उदरे पयः । स्फुरत्य् एवं परे चित्त्वाद् इदं नानेव तत्परम्
Leaving aside above and below, just as water stirs within the ocean, so, from supreme consciousness, this appears as manifold, yet it is that supreme.
ईषद्विदन् स्वयं चित्त्वाद् अन्यताम् इव पश्यति । बुध्यते सर्ग इत्य् एव शमाच् छाम्यति शाश्वतम्
By a slight movement, consciousness appears as if it is other; this alone is known as creation, and from peace it subsides into the eternal.
सर्गस् तु परमार्थस्य सञ्ज्ञेत्य् एव विनिश्चयः । न नास्ति नायम् अस्त्य् अन्तर् अम्बरस्य यथाम्बरम्
Creation is merely a designation for the highest reality—this is the conclusion; it is neither absent nor present within, just as space is within space.
चित्त्वात् सर्गसमापत्तिर् अचित्त्वात् सर्गसङ्क्षयः । परे परमं संशान्ते हेम्नीव कटकभ्रमः
Through mind, creation arises; through absence of mind, creation dissolves. In the supreme, utterly tranquil, the illusion of creation is like a bracelet imagined in gold.
सन्न् एव सर्गो ऽसर्गत्वम् एति वित्त्वशमोदये । असत् सत्ताम् अवाप्नोति स्वतस् संवेदनोदये
Though creation exists, it becomes non-creation when the sense of ownership is relinquished; the unreal attains reality when self-awareness arises from itself.
संवेदनम् अहम्भावसर्गसम्भवसम्भ्रमः । असंवेदनम् आशान्तं परं विद्धि न तज् जडम्
Awareness is the arising of the sense of 'I' and the confusion of creation; know that non-awareness is the supreme peace—not inertness.
नानेन सर्गो नानायं ज्ञास्यैकात्मा शिवात्मकः । पुस्तकर्मकृता सेना मृण्मयी शिल्पिनां यथा
By this, creation is not manifold, nor is this manifold; the knower is one, of the nature of auspiciousness—like an army made of clay by craftsmen in a book or by their hands.
इदं पूर्णम् अनारम्भम् अनन्तम् अनवोदयम् । पूर्णे पूर्णं परापूरैः पूर्वम् एवावतिष्ठते
This is complete, without beginning, infinite, and without arising; in the complete, the complete stands established from the very beginning, even with the influx of other completions.
यद् अयं लक्ष्यते सर्गस् तद् ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणि स्थितम् । नभो नभसि विश्रान्तं शान्तं शान्ते शिवं शिवे
Whatever is perceived as creation, that is Brahman, abiding in Brahman; as space rests in space, peace in peace, auspiciousness in auspiciousness.
मकुरप्रतिबिम्बस्थे नगरे नगरं जने । यथा दूरम् अदूरं च तथेशे तदतत्क्रमः
As a city reflected in a mirror appears within the mirror to the people, so, in the Lord, nearness and distance, this and not-this, are all established.
असद् अभ्युत्थितं विश्वं सद् अप्य् अभ्युदितं सदा । प्रतिभासात् सदाभासम् अवस्तुत्वाद् असन्मयम्
The universe arises from the unreal, and even when it appears real, it is always merely an appearance; because it is only a semblance, it is essentially unreal.
आदर्शनगराकारे मृगतृष्णाम्बुभास्वरे । द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमाभासे सर्गे ऽस्मिन् केव सत्यता
In this creation, which resembles a city reflected in a mirror, the shimmer of water in a mirage, or the illusion of seeing two moons, where is any true reality?
मायाचूर्णपरिक्षेपाद् यथा व्योम्नि पुरभ्रमः । तथा संविदि संसारस् सारो ऽसारश् च भासते
Just as the scattering of magical powder creates the illusion of a city in the sky, so too, within consciousness, the essence and non-essence of samsara appear.
यावद् विचारदहनेन समूलदाहं दग्धा न जर्जरलतेव बलाद् अविद्या । शाखाप्रतानगहना गहनानि तावन् नानाविधानि सुखदुःखवनानि सूते
As long as ignorance, with its dense branches and thickets, is not completely burned away at the root by the fire of inquiry, it continues to produce various forests of pleasure and pain.
हेमोर्मिकादिवन् मिथ्या कचितायाः क्षयोन्मुखम् । त्वम् अहन्त्वम् अविद्यायाश् शृणु राघव कीदृशम्
Listen, Raghava, to how the dissolution of ignorance, which is woven like a wave of gold and is false, takes place, and how the sense of 'I' and 'mine' fades away.
लवणो ऽसौ महीपालस् तदा दृष्ट्वा तथा भ्रमम् । द्वितीये दिवसे गन्तुं प्रवृत्तस् तां महाटवीम्
That king Lavana, having witnessed such confusion, set out on the second day to enter that great forest.
यत् तद् दृष्टं मया दुःखम् अरण्यानीं स्मरामि ताम् । चित्तादर्शगता चित्त्वात् कदाचिल् लभ्यते च सा
I remember the suffering I saw in that wilderness; it sometimes appears in the mirror of the mind, and sometimes it is experienced.
इति निश्चित्य सचिवैस् स ययौ दक्षिणापथम् । पुनर् दिग्विजयायैव प्राप विन्ध्यमहीधरम्
Having resolved thus with his ministers, he went southward, and again, for the sake of conquest, reached the Vindhya mountains.
पूर्वदक्षिणपाश्चात्यमहार्णवतटस्थलीम् । बभ्राम कौतुकात् सर्वां व्योमवीथीम् इवोष्णरुक्
He wandered out of curiosity over the entire land along the shores of the great ocean to the east, south, and west, like the path of the sun in the sky.
अथैकस्मिन् प्रदेशे तां भित्ताव् इव पुरोगताम् । ददर्शोग्राम् अरण्यानीं परलोकमहीम् इव
Then, in one place, he saw that wild forest ahead of him, as if it were a wall, like the realm of the next world.
सर्वत्र विहरंस् तांस् तान् वृत्तान्तान् सकलान् अपि । दृष्टवान् दृष्टवांश् चैव ज्ञातवांश् च विसिस्मये
Roaming everywhere, he saw and observed all those various events, and, having understood them, he was amazed.