मोक्षे तु नान्यथा प्राप्तिर् इति भावितचेतसः । स्वां दृष्टिं प्रविवृण्वन्तस् स्थितास् स्वनियमभ्रमैः
Believing that liberation cannot be attained otherwise, they expound their own perspective, remaining steadfast in their chosen disciplines and convictions.
वेदान्तवादिनो बुद्ध्या ब्रह्मेदम् इति रूढया । युक्तिं शमदमोपेतां निर्णीय परिकल्प्य च
The Vedānta teachers, with their intellect firmly established in the idea that 'all this is Brahman,' determine and construct their doctrine, supported by reasoning and the practices of tranquility and self-control.
मुक्तौ तु नान्यथा प्राप्तिर् इति भावितचेतसः । स्वां दृष्टिं प्रविवृण्वन्तस् स्थितास् स्वनियमभ्रमैः
Believing that liberation cannot be attained otherwise, they expound their own perspective, remaining steadfast in their chosen disciplines and convictions.
विज्ञानवादिनो बुद्ध्या स्फुरत्स्वभ्रमरूपया । स्वां दृष्टिं प्रविवृण्वन्ति स्वैर् एव नियमभ्रमैः
The followers of the doctrine of consciousness, with an intellect manifesting in the form of their own concepts, expound their own perspective, each according to their own chosen disciplines and convictions.
आर्हतादिभिर् अन्यैश् च स्वयाभिमतयेच्छया । चित्राश् चित्रसमाचाराः कल्पिताश् शास्त्रदृष्टयः
Others, such as the Ārhatas and various groups, according to their own preferences and desires, construct diverse doctrines and practices, each with their own distinctive ways.
निर्निमित्तोत्थसौम्याम्बुबुद्बुदौघैर् इवोत्थितैः । स्वनिश्चयैर् इतिप्रौढैर् नानाकारा हि रीतयः
Just as clusters of bubbles arise from calm, causeless water, so too do the various doctrines, each firmly held, arise in many forms from individual convictions.
सर्वासाम् एव चैतासां रीतीनाम् एक आकरः । मनो नाम महाबाहो मणीनाम् इव सागरः
O mighty-armed one, the mind is the single source of all these doctrines, just as the ocean is the source of all jewels.
न निम्बेक्षू कटुस्वादू शीतोष्णौ नेन्दुपावकौ । यद् यथा मनसाभ्यस्तम् उपलब्धं तथैव तत्
Neither are neem fruits inherently bitter, nor are heat and cold, nor moon and fire; whatever is perceived is exactly as it is conceived by the mind.
यस् त्व् अकृत्रिम आनन्दस् तदर्थं प्रयतेत वै । मनस् तन्मयतां नेयं तेनासौ समवाप्यते
One should strive for that uncontrived bliss; the mind must be led to become absorbed in it, and thus it is attained.
दृश्यं संसारडिम्बस्थं तुच्छं परिजहन् मनः । तज्जाभ्यां सुखदुःखाभ्यां नावशः परिकृष्यते
Abandon the mind’s attachment to the insubstantial world of appearances; through pleasure and pain arising from it, one is helplessly dragged along.
अपवित्रम् असद्रूपं मोहनं भयकारणम् । दृश्यम् आभासम् आभोगि बन्धं मा भावयानघ
Do not regard the visible as impure, unreal, delusive, or a cause of fear; do not imagine bondage in these mere appearances, O sinless one.
मायैषा सा ह्य् अविद्यैषा भावनैषा भयावहा । संविदस् तन्मयत्वं यत् तत् कर्मेति विदुर् बुधाः
This is māyā, this is ignorance, this is imagination, and it brings fear; what is called action by the wise is the mind’s identification with it.
द्रष्टुर् दृश्यैकतानत्वं विद्धि त्वं मोहनं मनः । भ्रमायैव च तन् मिथ्या महीमक्कोलकर्मवत्
Know that the merging of seer and seen is the mind’s delusion; it is false, merely for confusion, like the actions of a child playing with earth.
दृश्यतन्मयता यैषा स्वभावस्यानुभूयते । संसारमदिरा सेयम् अविद्येत्य् उच्यते बुधैः
This absorption in the seen is experienced as the nature of the self; this is the intoxicating liquor of worldly existence, which the wise call ignorance.
अनयोपहतो लोकः कल्याणं नाधिगच्छति । भास्वरं तपनालोकं पटलान्धेक्षणो यथा
The world afflicted by this does not attain auspiciousness, just as one with blinded eyes cannot perceive the radiant light of the sun.
स्वयम् उत्पद्यते सा च सङ्कल्पाद् व्योमवृक्षवत् । असङ्कल्पनमात्रेण स्वयम् एव विनश्यति
It arises by itself from imagination, like a tree in the sky; and with the mere absence of imagination, it ceases by itself.
असङ्कल्पनमात्रेण भावनायां महामते । क्षीणायां स्वप्रसादेन विमर्शेन विलासिना
O wise one, when imagination is weakened merely by non-conceptualization, through one's own clarity and discriminating awareness, it dissolves.
असंसङ्गे पदार्थेषु सर्वेषु स्थिरतां गते । सत्यदृष्टौ प्रसन्नायाम् असत्ये क्षयम् आगते
When there is detachment from all objects and steadfastness is attained, when true perception is clear and the unreal has come to an end,
निर्विकल्पचिदच्छात्मा स आत्मा समवाप्यते । नासत्ता यस्य नो सत्ता न सुखं नापि दुःखिता
Then, the pure consciousness that is without distinctions—that is the Self—is attained, in which there is neither non-existence nor existence, neither pleasure nor pain.
केवलं केवलीभावो यस्यान्तर् उपलभ्यते । अभव्यया भावनया न चित्तेन्द्रियदृष्टिभिः
That state in which only pure being is experienced within, not through imagination, nor by the perceptions of mind or senses,
आत्मनो ऽनन्यभूताभिर् अपि यः परिवर्जितः । वासनाभिर् अनन्ताभिर् व्योमेव घनराजिभिः
That which is untouched even by endless tendencies that are not other than oneself, just as space is untouched by masses of clouds,
सन्दिग्धायां यथा रज्ज्वां सर्पत्वं तद्वद् एव हि । चिदाकाशात्मना बन्धस् त्व् अबद्धेनैव कल्पितः
Just as the illusion of a snake arises in a rope when it is unclear, so bondage is imagined in the space-like consciousness, though it is truly unbound.
कल्पितं कल्पितं वस्तु प्रतिकल्पनयान्यया । तद् एवान्यत्वम् आदत्ते खम् अहोरात्रयोर् इव
The imagined object is imagined by another imagination; that very thing assumes otherness, just as space appears different in day and night.
यद् अतुच्छम् अनायासम् अनुपाधि गतभ्रमम् । तत्तत्कल्पनया तादृक् तत् सुखायैव कल्पते
Whatever is not false, effortless, free from conditions, and devoid of confusion—by imagining it as such, it becomes a source of happiness.
शून्य एव कुसूले ऽन्तस् सिंहो ऽस्तीति भयं यथा । शून्य एव शरीरे ऽन्तर् बद्धो ऽस्मीति भयं तथा
Just as, in an empty hut, there may be fear that a lion is inside, so too, in an empty body, there is fear that one is bound.
यथा शून्ये कुसूले ऽन्तः प्रेक्ष्य सिंहो न लभ्यते । तथा संसारबन्धार्हः प्रेक्षितस् सन् न लभ्यते
Just as, upon looking inside an empty hut, a lion is not found, so too, when examined, the bondage of worldly existence is not found.
इदं जगद् अयं चाहम् इतीयं भ्रान्तिर् उत्थिता । बालानां श्यामले काले छाया वैतालिकी यथा
This notion—'this world, and I am this'—arises as delusion, like the illusory shadow seen by children in the twilight.
कल्पनावशतो जन्तोर् भावाभावाश् शुभाशुभाः । क्षणाद् असत्ताम् आयान्ति सत्ताम् अपि पुनः पुनः
Because of imagination, for a living being, the existence and non-existence of things, auspicious and inauspicious, come and go in an instant, repeatedly becoming unreal and real.
मातैव गृहिणीभावगृहीता कण्ठलम्बिनी । करोति गृहिणीकार्यं सुरतानन्ददायिनी
A mother, when regarded as a wife and embraced around the neck, performs the duties of a wife and becomes a giver of conjugal delight.
कान्तैव मातृभावेन गृहीताकण्ठलम्बिनी । दूरं विस्मारयत्य् एव मन्मथोन्मादभावनाम्
A beloved, when regarded as a mother and embraced around the neck, completely erases the passionate feelings of love.