मनस् सर्वम् इदं राम तस्मिन्न् अन्तश् चिकित्सिते । चिकित्सितो ऽयं सकलो जन्मजालमयो भवः
O Rāma, all this exists because of the mind; when it is treated at its root, the entire network of birth-based existence is healed.
तद् एतज् जायते लोके मनो मललवाकुलम् । मनसो व्यतिरेकेण देहः क्व किल दृश्यते
Thus, this mind, troubled by a trace of impurity, arises in the world; apart from the mind, where indeed can the body be seen?
दृश्यात्यन्तासम्भवनम् ऋते नान्येन हेतुना । मनःपिशाचः प्रशमं याति कल्पशतैर् अपि
Except for the utter impossibility of its appearance, there is no other cause; the demon of the mind is pacified even after hundreds of aeons.
एतच् च सम्भवत्य् एव मनोव्याधिचिकित्सने । दृश्यात्यन्तासम्भवात्म परमौषधम् उत्तमम्
And this indeed occurs in the treatment of mental affliction: the supreme and best medicine is the realization of the utter impossibility of the world's appearance.
मनो मोहम् उपादत्ते म्रियते जायते मनः । कस्यचित् तु प्रसादेन बध्यते मुच्यते पुनः
The mind takes up delusion, the mind dies and is born; by the grace of someone, it is bound and again liberated.
स्फुरतीत्थं जगत् सर्वं चित्ते मननमन्थरे । शून्य एवाम्बरे स्फारे गन्धर्वाणां पुरं यथा
In this way, the entire world shines forth in the mind, stirred by thought, just as in vast empty space, the city of the Gandharvas appears.
मनसीदं जगत् कृत्स्नं स्फारं स्फुरति चास्ति च । पुष्पगुच्छ इवामोदस् तत्स्थस् तस्माद् इवेतरः
This whole world shines forth and exists in the mind, just as fragrance abides in a cluster of flowers—present there, but not separate from it.
यथा तिलकणे तैलं गुणो गुणिनि वा यथा । यथा धर्मिणि वा धर्मस् तथेदं मनसि स्थितम्
As oil is in the sesame seed, as a quality is in its possessor, or as a property is in its substrate, so too is this world established in the mind.
यथाम्भसि तरङ्गौघ इन्दौ द्वीन्दुभ्रमो यथा । मृगतृष्णा यथा तापे संसारश् चित्तके तथा
As a multitude of waves is in water, as the illusion of two moons is in the moon, or as a mirage is in the heat, so too is the world in the mind.
रश्मिजालं यथा सूर्ये यथालोकश् च तेजसि । यथौष्ण्यं चित्रभानौ वा मनसीदं तथा जगत्
Just as rays are in the sun, as light is in fire, and as heat is in the shining orb, so too is this world in the mind.
शैत्यं यथैव तुहिने यथा नभसि शून्यता । यथा चञ्चलता वायौ मनसीदं तथा जगत्
As coolness is in the moon, as emptiness is in space, and as restlessness is in the wind, so too is this world in the mind.
मनो जगज् जगद् अखिलं तथा मनः परस्परं त्व् अविरहितं सदैव हि । तयोर् द्वयोर् मनसि निरन्तरं क्षते क्षतं जगन् न तु जगति क्षते मनः
The mind is the world, and the world is the mind; the two are always inseparable. When the mind is disturbed, the world is disturbed; but when the world is disturbed, the mind is not necessarily disturbed.
यथायं मनसि स्फार आरम्भस् स्फुरति स्फुटम् । दृष्टान्तदृष्ट्या स्फुटया तथा कथय मे ऽनघ
Just as this vast manifestation arises clearly in the mind, O sinless one, explain to me with a clear analogy how this is so.
यथैन्दवानां विप्राणां जगन्त्य् अवपुषाम् अपि । स्थितानि जातदार्ढ्यानि मनसीदं तथा स्थितम्
Just as the worlds of the gods, seers, and even the forms of the departed are established firmly in the mind, so too is this world established in the mind.
लवणस्य यथा राज्ञश् चेन्द्रजालाकुलाकृतेः । चण्डालत्वम् अनुप्राप्तं तथेदं मनसि स्थितम्
Just as the king of salt, bewildered by magical illusion, attained the state of an outcaste, so too is this world established in the mind.
भार्गवस्य चिरं कालं स्वर्गभोगबुभुक्षया । भोगेश्वरत्वं च यथा तथेदं मनसि स्थितम्
Just as Bhargava, for a long time, due to the desire for heavenly enjoyments, attained lordship over enjoyments, so too is this world established in the mind.
भगवन् भृगुपुत्रस्य स्वर्गभोगबुभुक्षया । कथं भोगाधिनाथत्वं संसारित्वं बभूव च
O Lord, how did the son of Bhrigu, due to the desire for heavenly enjoyments, come to possess lordship over enjoyments and become bound in worldly existence?
शृणु राम पुरा वृत्तं संवादं भृगुकालयोः । सानौ मन्दरशैलस्य तमालविटपाकुले
Listen, O Rama, to the ancient story of the conversation between Bhrigu and Kālaya, which took place on the slope of Mount Mandara, thick with tamāla trees.
पुरा मन्दरशैलस्य सानौ कुसुमसङ्कुले । अतप्यत तपो घोरं कस्मिंश्चिद् भगवान् भृगुः
Long ago, on the flower-laden slope of Mount Mandara, the venerable Bhrigu performed severe austerities.
तम् उपास्ते स्म तेजस्वी बालः पुत्रो महामतिः । शुक्रस् सकलचन्द्राभः प्रकाश इव भास्करम्
His radiant son, the wise and youthful Śukra, whose brilliance rivaled the full moon, attended upon him there, as light attends the sun.
भृगुर् वरवने तस्मिन् समाधाव् एव संस्थितः । सर्वकालं समुत्कीर्णो वनोपलतलाद् इव
Bhrigu remained absorbed in samādhi in that excellent forest, unmoving at all times, like a stone resting on the forest floor.
शुक्रः कुसुमशय्यासु कलधौताब्जिनीषु च । मन्दारतरुदोलासु बालो ऽरमत लीलया
Śukra, as a boy, played at ease on beds of flowers, on shining white lotuses, and on swings hung from coral trees.
विद्याविद्यादृशोर् मध्ये शुक्रो ऽप्राप्तमहापदः । त्रिशङ्कुर् इव रोदोऽन्तर् अवर्तत तदा किल
Śukra, not yet having attained the highest state, moved between knowledge and ignorance, like Triśaṅku suspended in mid-air.
निर्विकल्पसमाधिस्थे स कदाचित् पितर्य् अथ । अव्यग्रो ऽभवद् एकान्ते जितारिर् इव भूमिपः
Once, while his father was absorbed in nirvikalpa samādhi, he found himself alone and undisturbed, like a king who has conquered his enemies.
ददर्शाप्सरसं तत्र गच्छन्तीं नभसः पथा । क्षीरोदमध्यलुलितां लक्ष्मीम् इव जनार्दनः
There he saw an apsaras passing by through the sky, as Janārdana might behold Lakṣmī, stirred from the midst of the milk ocean.
मन्दारमाल्यवलितां मन्दानिलचलालकाम् । हारिझाङ्कारिगमनां सुगन्धितनभोऽनिलाम्
She was adorned with a garland of mandāra flowers, her hair gently stirred by a soft breeze, her movement accompanied by the tinkling of anklets, and the air around her was fragrant.
लावण्यपादपलतां मदघूर्णितलोचनाम् । अमृतीकृततद्देशां देहेन्दूदयकान्तिभिः
She was like a creeper at the foot of the tree of beauty, her eyes rolling with intoxication, and that place was made nectar-like by the radiance of her moon-like body.
कान्ताम् आलोक्य तस्याभूद् उल्लासतरलं मनः । दृष्टे निर्मलपूर्णेन्दौ वपुर् अम्बुनिधेर् इव
Seeing that lovely woman, his mind became lively and restless, as when one beholds the clear, full moon reflected in the waters of the ocean.
मनसिजेषुशताहतम् आशये स परिरुध्य मनस् तदनूशनाः । विगलितेतरवृत्तितयात्मना सुरवधूमय एव बभूव सः
Struck in his heart by a hundred arrows of love, he restrained his mind and thoughts, and with all other activities dissolved, he became as if made entirely of the celestial maiden.
एषा हि ललना व्योम्नि सहस्रनयनालये । सम्प्राप्तो ऽयम् अहं स्वर्गम् आलोलसुरसुन्दरम्
This woman, indeed, is in the sky, in the abode of the thousand-eyed one; I have now reached heaven, adorned with delightful celestial maidens.