जटावान् अक्षवलयी जितसर्वेन्द्रियभ्रमः । तत्र वर्षशतान्य् अष्टौ संस्थितस् तपसि स्थिरे
With matted hair and a rosary, having subdued the confusion of all his senses, he remained there in firm austerity for eight hundred years.
यदीच्छसि मुने द्रष्टुं तं स्वपुत्रमनोभ्रमम् । तत् समुन्मील्य विज्ञाननेत्रम् आशु विलोकय
If you wish, O sage, to see that son whose mind wanders, then quickly open the eye of knowledge and behold him.
इत्य् उक्ते जगदीशेन कालेन समदृष्टिना । मुनिस् सञ्चिन्तयाम् आस ज्ञानाक्ष्णा तनयेहितम्
When the Lord of the universe spoke thus, the sage, with an even gaze, reflected with the eye of knowledge on his son's welfare.
ददर्श च मुहूर्तेन प्रतिभासवशाद् असौ । पुत्रोदन्तम् अशेषेण बुद्धिदर्पणबिम्बितम्
And in a moment, by the power of intuition, he saw the entire story of his son reflected in the mirror of his intellect.
पुनर् मन्दरसानुस्थां काले कालाग्रसंस्थिताम् । समङ्गायास् तटाद् एत्य विवेश स्वतनुं भृगुः
Then Bhṛgu, coming from the bank of the Samaṅgā, entered his own body again, standing on the slope of Mount Mandara at the appointed time.
विस्मयस्मेरया दृष्ट्या कालम् आलोक्य कान्तया । वीतरागम् उवाचेदं वीतरागो मुनिर् वचः
With a gaze, smiling in wonder, the passionless sage looked at Time, and spoke these words to the beloved, who was also free from passion:
भगवन् भूतभव्येश बाला वयम् अनाबिला । त्वादृशाम् एव धीर् देव त्रिकालामलदर्शिनी
O Lord, Master of past and future, we are but children, untainted; only the wise like you, O god, possess a mind that perceives the three times, pure and clear.
नानाकारं विकाराढ्या सत्येवासत्यरूपिणी । विभ्रमं जनयत्य् एषा धीरस्यापि जगद्गतिः
This course of the world, though full of many forms and changes, and appearing real though it is unreal, creates confusion even for the steadfast.
त्वम् एव देव जानासि त्वदभ्यन्तरवर्ति यत् । रूपम् अस्या मनोवृत्तेर् इन्द्रजालविधायकम्
You alone, O god, know what dwells within you—the nature of this mental activity, which produces the illusion, like a magician’s trick.
मत्पुत्रस्यास्य भगवन् मृत्युः किल न विद्यते । तेनेमं मृतम् आलोक्य जातस् सम्भ्रमवान् अहम्
O Lord, it is said that death does not exist for this son of mine; therefore, seeing him dead, I became bewildered.
अक्षीणजीवितं पुत्रं कालो मे नीतवान् इति । नियतेर् वशतो देव त्वच्छापेच्छा ममोदिता
I thought, ‘Time has taken my son, whose life was not yet spent’; but, O god, by the force of destiny, your curse has manifested in me.
न तु विज्ञातसंसारगतयो वयम् आपदम् । सम्पदं वापि गच्छामो हर्षामर्षवशं किल
But, knowing the ways of the world, we do not fall under the sway of joy or anger, whether we encounter misfortune or fortune.
अयुक्तकारिणि क्रोधः प्रसादो युक्तकारिणि । कर्तव्य इति रूढेयं सांसारी भगवन् स्थितिः
Anger arises at one who acts wrongly, and favor towards one who acts rightly—such is the established worldly condition, O Lord.
इदं कार्यम् इदं नेति यावज्जीवं जगत्क्रमः । यावद् अग्निस् स्थिता तावद् औष्ण्यदाहादिदृष्टयः
This is to be done, this is not to be done—such is the order of the world for as long as one lives; just as long as fire exists, so long are heat, burning, and the like perceived.
इदं कार्यम् इदं नेति हेया यस्य जगत्स्थितिः । तस्यैतत्सम्परित्यागो हेय एव जगद्गुरो
The existence of the world for one who thinks, 'This is to be accepted, this is to be rejected,' is itself to be abandoned, O teacher of the world, for such a person.
केवलं तानयीं चिन्ताम् अनालोक्य यदा वयम् । भगवन् भवते क्षुब्धा यातास् स्मस् तेन वाच्यताम्
It is only when we, without seeing our child, were agitated with thoughts about her, O blessed one, that we came to you; let this be spoken.
त्वयेदानीम् अहं देव स्मारितस् तनयेहितम् । समङ्गायास् तटे तेन दृष्टो ऽयं तनयो मया
Now, O Lord, by your reminder, I have seen my son on the riverbank with Samaṅgā; thus, he has been seen by me.
मन्ये जगति भूतानां द्वे शरीरे न सर्वग । मन एव शरीरं हि येनेदं भाव्यते जगत्
I think, among beings in the world, there are not two bodies; for the mind alone is the body, by which this world is conceived.
सम्यग् उक्तं त्वया ब्रह्मञ् शरीरं मन एव नः । करोति देहं सङ्कल्प्य कुम्भकारो घटं यथा
You have spoken rightly, O Brahman, that the mind alone is our body; it fashions the body by imagination, just as a potter shapes a pot.
करोत्य् अकृतम् आकारं कृतं नाशयति क्षणात् । सङ्कल्पेन मनो मोहाद् बालो वेतालकं यथा
It creates what was not formed, and instantly destroys what was made; by imagination, the mind, out of delusion, acts like a child with a clay doll.
तथा च सम्भ्रमे स्वप्नमिथ्याज्ञानादिभास्वराः । गन्धर्वनगराकारा दृष्टा मनसि शक्तयः
In the same way, in confusion, dream, and false knowledge, radiant powers appear in the mind, taking the form of illusory cities of the Gandharvas.
स्थूलदृष्टिदृशं त्व् एताम् अवलम्ब्य महामुने । पुंसो मनश् शरीरं च कायौ द्वाव् इति कथ्यते
Relying on this gross perception, O great sage, it is said that a person has two bodies: the mind and the physical body.
मनोमनननिर्माणमात्रम् एतज् जगत्त्रयम् । न सन् नासद् इव स्फारम् उदितं नेतरन् मुने
This threefold world is merely a creation of the mind’s imagination; it arises as a vast appearance, neither truly existent nor nonexistent, O sage.
चित्तदेहाङ्गलतया भेदवासनयेद्धया । द्विचन्द्रत्वम् इवाज्ञानान् नानातेयं समुत्थिता
Because of the tendency to see distinctions as mind and body, and due to the force of that habit, this diversity arises from ignorance, just as the illusion of two moons appears.
भेदवासनया बह्व्या पदार्थनिचयं मनः । भिन्नं पश्यति सर्वत्र घटावटपटादिकम्
Because of the strong habit of perceiving difference, the mind sees everywhere a multitude of objects—pots, cloth, forests, and so on—as separate.
कृशो ऽतिदुःखी मूढो ऽहम् एताश् चान्याश् च भावनाः । भावयत् स्वविकल्पोत्था याति संसारतां मनः
Thoughts such as 'I am weak, extremely miserable, deluded,' and others arise; when the mind contemplates these self-created notions, it enters into worldly existence.
मननं कृत्रिमं रूपं ममैतन् न पताम्य् अहम् । इति तत्त्यागतश् शान्तं चेतो ब्रह्म सनातनम्
But when one realizes, 'This conceptualization is artificial, it is not truly mine, I do not fall because of it,' then the mind, freed from that, becomes peaceful and attains the eternal Brahman.
यथा प्रवितते ऽम्बोधौ तते ऽनेकतरङ्गिणि । सोम्यस्पन्दमयानेककल्लोलावलिशालिनि
Just as on the vast expanse of the ocean’s shore, with its countless waves, there are many beautiful, gentle ripples arising in succession,
वार्यात्मनि समे स्वच्छे शुद्धे स्वादुनि शीतले । अविनाशिनि विस्तीर्णे महामहिमनि स्फुटे
So too, in water—calm, clear, pure, sweet, cool, indestructible, expansive, and of great splendor—
त्र्यश्रस् तरङ्गस् स्वं रूपं भावयन् स स्वभावतः । त्र्यश्रो ऽस्मीति विकल्पेन करोति स्वेन कल्पनाम्
A wave with three edges, contemplating its own form, by its own nature, imagines itself as 'I am three-edged,' and thus creates its own conception.