बहुसुखदुःखकटङ्कटा क्रियेयं परमपदास्मरणात् समागतेह । परमपदावगमात् प्रयाति नाशं विहगपतिस्मरणाद् विषव्यथेव
This activity, full of many joys and sorrows, arises from remembrance of the supreme state; upon realization of the supreme state, it perishes, just as the pain of poison vanishes when the bird’s name is recalled.
मध्याज् जितमनोमोहा दृष्टलोकपरावराः । जीवन्मुक्ता भ्रमन्तीह यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः
In the midst, those who have conquered the delusion of mind and see the world’s heights and depths wander here as liberated beings—yakshas, gandharvas, and kinnaras.
अन्ये तु काष्ठकुड्याभा मूढास् स्थावरतां गताः । अपरिक्षीणमोहास् ते किं तेषां प्रविचार्यते
Others, dull as logs or walls, have entered a state of immobility; their delusion is not exhausted—what is there to consider about them?
लोके प्रबुध्यमानानां भूतानाम् आत्मसिद्धये । विहरन्तीह शास्त्राणि कल्पितान्य् उचितात्मभिः
In this world, for beings who are awakening to self-realization, the scriptures that circulate here have been composed by those whose minds are suitably inclined.
सम्प्रबुद्धाशया ये तु दुष्कृतानां परिक्षये । तेषां शास्त्रविचारेषु निर्मला धीः प्रवर्तते
But for those whose intentions have truly awakened and whose wrongdoings are exhausted, their intellect becomes pure and engaged in the inquiry into the scriptures.
विलीयते मनोमोहस् सच्छास्त्रप्रविचारणात् । नभोविहरणाद् भानोश् शार्वरं तिमिरं यथा
The delusion of the mind dissolves through the thorough investigation of true scripture, just as the darkness of night vanishes when the sun moves through the sky.
अक्षीयमाणं हि मनो मोहायैव न सिद्धये । नीहार इव सञ्छाद्य वेताल इव वल्गति
A mind that is not being dissolved exists only for delusion, not for realization; it covers like mist and wanders like a ghost.
सर्वेषाम् एव भूतानां सुखदुःखार्थभाजनम् । शरीरं मन एवेह न तु मांसमयं मुने
O sage, for all beings here, it is the mind alone that is the vessel of pleasure and pain—not the body made of flesh.
यो ऽयं मांसास्थिसङ्घातो दृश्यते चाधिभौतिकः । मनोविकल्पितं विद्धि न देहः पारमार्थिकः
This aggregate of flesh and bones that is seen, belonging to the material world, know that it is a projection of the mind; the body is not ultimately real.
मनश्शरीरेण तव पुत्रो यत् कृतवान् मुने । तद् एव प्राप्तवान् आशु वयं नात्रापराधिनः
O sage, whatever your son did with his mind and body, that he has quickly received; in this, we are not at fault.
स्वया वासनया लोको यद् यत् कर्म करोति यः । स तथैव तद् आप्नोति नेतरस्यात्र कर्तृता
Whatever actions anyone in the world performs, driven by their own tendencies, that alone they obtain; there is no agency of another in this.
नानुसंहितम् अन्तर् यन् मनोवासनया स्वया । को नाम भुवने सो ऽस्ति तत् कर्तुं यस्य शक्तता
Who in this world has the power to accomplish that which is not already accompanied within by the inclination of one's own mind?
ये स्वर्गनरकाभोगा यास् स्वर्गनरकैषणाः । स्वमनोमननेन्दोस् स निष्ष्यन्दो मान्द्यदुःखदः
All enjoyments of heaven and hell, and all desires for heaven and hell, are but the outflow of one's own mind; their result is the dullness and suffering of inertia.
बहुनात्र किम् उक्तेन शब्दसन्दर्भकारिणा । उत्तिष्ठ भगवन् यामो यत्र ते तनयस् स्थितः
Why say much more here with elaborate words? Arise, O venerable one, let us go to where your son is situated.
सर्वं चित्तशरीरेण भुक्त्वा शुक्रः क्षणाद् इह । अद्येन्दुरश्मिसङ्घट्टात् समङ्गातापसस् स्थितः
Having experienced everything with the mental body, Śukra in a moment is now, by the union of the moon's rays, established in the heat of the sun.
तत्प्राणपवनश् चित्त्वयुक्त इन्द्वंशुगः फलम् । अवश्यायतया भूत्वा वीर्यत्वेन नरस् स्थितः
That vital wind, united with mind, bearing the fruit of the moon's rays, having become like rain, stands as virility in man.
इत्य् उक्त्वा भगवान् कालो हसन्न् इव जगद्गतीः । हस्ताद् धस्तेन जग्राह भृगुम् इन्दुम् इवांशुमान्
Having thus spoken, the venerable Kāla, as if smiling at the courses of the world, took Bhṛgu by the hand, just as the sun takes the moonbeam.
अहो नु चित्रा नियतेर् व्यवस्थेति वदञ् शनैः । भगवान् भृगुर् उत्तस्थाव् उदयाद्रेर् यथा रविः
Saying softly, 'Indeed, how wondrous are the arrangements of destiny,' the venerable Bhṛgu rose up like the sun from the eastern mountain.
तेजोनिधी सुसमसङ्गसमुत्थितौ तौ भातस् तदा वरवने सतमालजाले । तुल्योदयाव् इव नभस्य् अमले विहर्तुम् अभ्युद्यताव् अजलदौ सकलेन्दुसूर्यौ
Those two, arisen together like twin treasures of light, shone in the splendid forest amid the cluster of dark tamāla trees, like the full moon and sun ascending together in the clear sky, ready to roam as cloud and water-laden moon and sun.
इत्य् उक्तवत्य् अथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायन्तनाय विधये ऽस्तम् इनो जगाम । स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरैश् च सहाजगाम
After the sage had spoken thus, the day moved toward evening, and the sun set. The assembly, having offered their salutations, departed to bathe, accompanied by the gentle rays of the setting sun.
तौ शैलाद् अवरोहन्तौ दृष्टवन्तौ महाद्युती । नवहेमलताजालकुञ्जसुप्तान् नभश्चरान्
As they descended from the mountain, they saw celestial beings of great brilliance, sleeping in groves adorned with clusters of fresh golden creepers.
वल्लीवलयदोलाभिः क्रीडन्तीर् गगनाङ्गनाः । हरिणीमुग्धमुग्धाक्षिप्रेक्षितस्मारितोत्पलाः
Heavenly maidens played with vine bracelets and swings, their gazes innocent like deer, recalling lotuses with their enchanting eyes.
सिंहान् अध्यासितोत्तुङ्गशिलाशकलविष्टरान् । धृताकारान् इवोत्साहान् हेलादृष्टजगत्त्रयान्
They saw lions seated upon lofty fragments of rock, appearing as embodiments of vigor, gazing indifferently upon the three worlds.
तालोत्ताललतान्यस्तहस्तान् हस्तिघटापतीन् । मदावलेपनिद्रालून् मदान् मूर्तिम् इवास्थितान्
They saw elephant chiefs, their hands resting on tall palm and creeper trunks, drowsy from intoxication, standing as if embodying pride.
पुष्पकेसररक्ताङ्गपवनारुणवालधीन् । चञ्चलांश् चमरांश् चारु भूभृन्मङ्गलचालितान्
They saw camaras with bodies reddened by flower pollen and wind, their tails fluttering, beautifully moving in auspicious patterns across the earth.
कृताजस्रपतत्पुष्पधारासारनिमज्जनान् । भ्रमरान् सर्जखर्जूरशाखाशरणतां गतान्
They saw bees continually immersed in showers of falling flowers, taking refuge among the branches of sarja and date palms.
परस्परफलाघातक्ष्वेडाविजितकीचकान् । धातुपाटलसद्वक्त्रान् मर्कटान् अटनोत्कटान्
They saw monkeys, fierce in their wandering, with faces colored by minerals, making loud noises and defeating the reeds with their mutual fruit-throwing.
लतावितानसञ्छन्नसानूपवनमन्दिरान् । सिद्धान् अमरनारीभिर् मन्दारकुसुमाहतान्
Mountain slopes, groves, and palaces concealed beneath canopies of vines, where accomplished beings are attended by celestial women, adorned with mandāra flowers.
धातुपाटलनिर्वारिपयोदपटसंवृतान् । तटान् अजनसंसर्गान् बौद्धान् प्रव्राजितान् इव
Banks covered by layers of minerals and veiled by sheets of clouds, untouched by people, resembling Buddhist ascetics who have renounced worldly contact.
सरितः कुन्दमन्दारपिनद्धलहरीघटाः । सागरोत्कतयेवात्तमधुमासप्रसाधनाः
Rivers whose waves are bound by clusters of jasmine and mandāra, as if the ocean itself had seized them, decorated with the freshness of spring.