मनो मिथ्याभ्रमाल् लोके कर्तृताकर्तृतामयीम् । करोति कलनां रज्ज्वां भ्रान्तेक्षण इवाहिताम्
The mind, through false delusion, constructs in the world the notion of doership and non-doership, like the mistaken perception of a rope as a snake.
तेन मा गा मुने कोपम् आपदाम् ईदृशः क्रमः । यद् यथा तत् तथैवास्तु सत्यम् आलोकयाकुलः
Therefore, O sage, do not be angry; such is the order of events in adversity. Let things be as they are, for truth is seen in the midst of confusion.
न वयं प्रभुतार्थेन नाभिमानवशीकृताः । स्वतो हेवाकवशतः केवलं नियतौ स्थिताः
We are not governed by authority or pride; we remain only in the domain of necessity, subject to its inherent power.
प्रकृतव्यवहारेहां नियतां नियतेर् वशात् । प्राज्ञस् समनुवर्तेत नाभिमानमहातमाः
One should pursue natural duties according to the force of necessity; the wise follow this, not those who are dominated by pride.
कर्तव्यम् एव क्रियते केवलं कार्यकोविदैः । सौषुप्तीं वृत्तिम् आश्रित्य कयाचिद् अपि नाशया
Actions are performed only by those skilled in work, relying on the state of deep sleep, and not by any cause leading to destruction.
क्व सा ज्ञानमयी दृष्टिः क्व महत्त्वं क्व धीरता । मार्गे सर्वप्रसिद्धे हि किम् अन्ध इव मुह्यसि
Where is that vision made of knowledge, where is greatness, where is steadfastness? Why do you wander confused like a blind man on a path well known to all?
त्रिकालामलदर्शित्वं धारयन्न् अपि चेतसि । अविचार्य जगद्यात्रां किं मूर्ख इव मुह्यसि
Even while holding in your mind the pure perception of the three times, why do you, without considering the course of the world, become bewildered like a fool?
स्वकर्मफलपाकोत्थाम् अविचार्य दशां सुते । किं मूर्ख इव सर्वज्ञ मुधा मां शप्तुम् अर्हसि
Without reflecting on the condition of your son, which arises from the ripening of his own actions' fruits, why do you, all-knowing, foolishly deserve to curse me in vain?
देहिनाम् इह सर्वेषां शरीरं द्विविधं मुने । किं न जानासि वा देहम् एकम् अन्यन् मनोऽभिधम्
O sage, do you not know that for all embodied beings here, the body is of two kinds: one is the physical body, the other is called the mental body?
तत्र देहो जडो ऽत्यर्थं विनाशैकपरायणः । मनस् तूत्थाननियतं कदर्थात् क्षीयते न वा
Of these, the physical body is inert and entirely devoted to destruction; but the mind, being restless, is not necessarily worn away by affliction.
चतुरेण यथा साधो रथस् सारथिनोह्यते । कुर्वता किञ्चन स्वेहां देहो ऽयं मनसा तथा
Just as a chariot is moved by the charioteer using four horses, so too is this body driven by the mind, performing its own actions.
असत् सङ्कल्प्य क्रियते सच् छरीरं विनाश्यते । क्षणेन मनसा पङ्कपुरुषश् शिशुना यथा
The unreal is imagined and made real; the true body perishes. In a moment, the mind creates a man of clay, just as a child does.
चित्तम् एवेह पुरुषस् तत्कृतं कृतम् उच्यते । तद् बद्धं कलनाहेतोः कलनास्तं विमुच्यते
Here, the mind alone is the person; what is done by it is said to be done. It is bound by imagination, and by the cessation of imagination, it is freed.
अयं देह इदं नेत्रम् इदम् अङ्गम् इदं शिरः । इदं स्फारविकारं तन् मन एवाभिधीयते
This is the body, this is the eye, this is the limb, this is the head; this swelling transformation is what is called the mind.
मनो हि जीवज् जीवाख्यं निश्चायकतया तु धीः । अहङ्कारो ऽभिमानित्वान् नानात्वं त्व् इदम् एति हि
The mind is indeed the living being, called 'jīva'; discernment is intellect, and ego arises from self-identification, thus leading to diversity.
देहवासनया चेतस् त्व् अन्यानि स्वानि चेद्धया । पार्थिवानि शरीराणि सन्तीव परिपश्यति
With the inclination toward the body, the mind, by its own power, perceives other bodies and its own as if they are physical forms.
आलोकयति चेत् सत्यं तद् असत्यमयीं मनः । शरीरभावनां त्यक्त्वा परमां याति निर्वृतिम्
If the mind truly observes, then, abandoning the false notion of the body, it attains supreme peace.
तन् मनस् तव पुत्रस्य समाधौ त्वयि संस्थिते । स्वमनोरथमार्गेण दूराद् दूरतरं गतम्
That mind of your son, established in samadhi within you, has traveled far, even farther, along its own path of desire.
इदम् औशनसं त्यक्त्वा देहं मन्दरकन्दरे । प्रयातं वैबुधं सद्म नीडोड्डीनः खगो यथा
Having left this body of Ushanas in the cave of Mandara, it has gone to the celestial abode, like a bird soaring from its nest.
तत्र मन्दारकुञ्जेषु पारिजातगृहेषु च । नन्दनोद्यानषण्डेषु लोकपालपुरेषु च
There, in the groves of mandara trees, in the houses of parijata, in the clusters of Nandana gardens, and in the cities of the guardians of the worlds,
मुने चतुर्युगान्य् अष्टौ विश्वाचीं देवसुन्दरीम् । असेवत महातेजाष् षट्पदः पद्मिनीम् इव
O sage, for eight cycles of four ages, the mighty one served Vishvachi, the divine beauty, like a bee attending a lotus.
तीव्रसंवेगसम्पन्नस् स्वसङ्कल्पोपकल्पिते । अथ पुण्यक्षये जाते नीहार इव शार्वरे
Endowed with intense urgency, in a world fashioned by his own resolve, when the merit was exhausted, he vanished like mist in the night.
प्रम्लानकुसुमोत्तंसस् स्विन्नाङ्गावलयालसः । स पपात तया साकं कालपक्वं फलं यथा
With wilted flowers adorning his head, his limbs weary and adorned with sweat, he fell together with her, like a fruit ripened by time.
वैबुधं तत् परित्यज्य नभस्य् एव शरीरकम् । भूताकाशम् अथासाद्य वसुधायाम् अजायत
Abandoning that celestial form, he entered the sky as a subtle body, then, reaching the elemental space, he was born upon the earth.
आसीद् द्विजो दशार्णेषु कोसलेषु महीपतिः । धीवरो ऽङ्गमहाटव्यां हंसस् त्रिपथगातटे
He became a twice-born in Dasharna, a king in Kosala, a fisherman in the great Anga forest, a swan on the banks of the three rivers.
सूर्यवंशी नृपः पौण्ड्रे सौरस् साल्वेषु दैशिकः । कल्पं विद्याधरश् श्रीमान् धीमान् अथ मुनेस् सुतः
A king of the solar dynasty in Paundra, a devotee in Salva, a learned Vidyadhara for an age, a wise and prosperous son of a sage.
मद्रेष्व् अथ महीपालस् ततस् तापसबालकः । वासुदेव इति ख्यातस् समङ्गायास् तटे स्थितः
A ruler in Madra, then a young ascetic, known as Vasudeva, dwelling on the bank of the Samaṅgā river.
अन्यास्व् अपि विचित्रासु वासनावशतस् स्वयम् । विषमास्व् एष पुत्रस् ते चचारानन्तयोनिषु
In other strange places as well, driven by the force of his own impressions, this son of yours wandered through countless diverse births.
अभूद् विन्ध्यवने गोपः किरतः केकयेषु च । सौवीरेषु च सामन्तस् त्रैगर्तश् चैव दैशिकः
He was a cowherd in the Vindhya forest, a hunter in Kekaya, a vassal in Sauvira, and a regional chief in Trigarta.
वंशगुल्मः किरातेषु हरिणश् चीरजङ्गले । सरीसृपस् तालतले तमाले वनकुक्कुटः
Among the Kirātas is the bamboo thicket, in the wilderness the deer, beneath the palm the creeping reptile, and in the tamāla tree the wild fowl.