न देशकालाव् एतेन ब्रह्माण्डेनावृतौ क्वचित् । मनाग् अपि महारूपवताप्य् आकाशरूपिणा
In this, neither place nor time exists anywhere within the cosmic egg, even in the slightest, though it appears grand and sky-like.
एतत् सङ्कल्पमात्रात्म स्वप्नदृष्टपुरोपमम् । यत्रैतत् तत्र निश्शून्यं केवलं व्योम संस्थितम्
This is merely the essence of thought, like a city seen in a dream; wherever it appears, there is nothing but pure space.
अभित्तिरागरचनम् अपि दृष्टम् असन्मयम् । अकृतं कृतम् एवैतद् व्योम्नि चित्रं विचित्रकम्
Even the construction of walls and coloring, though seen, is not real; what is unmade seems made, a marvelous painting in the sky.
मनसा कल्पितं सर्वं देहादिभुवनत्रयम् । संसृतौ कारणं चैतच् चक्षुर् आलोकने यथा
Everything—the body and the three worlds—are imagined by the mind; this is the cause of transmigration, just as vision is caused by the eye.
आभासमात्रं हि जगद् घटावटपटक्रमैः । आवर्तते न सद्रूपाः पृथक् कुड्यादयस् स्थिताः
The world is only an appearance, unfolding through pots, huts, and cloths; they do not exist as real things, nor are walls and such separately established.
मनसेदं शरीरं हि निवासार्थं प्रकल्पितम् । क्रिमिणा कोशकारेण स्वात्मकोश इव स्वयम्
This body is fashioned by the mind for the sake of dwelling, just as a worm makes its own cocoon for itself.
न तद् अस्ति न यन् नाम चेतस् सङ्कल्पमन्थरम् । न करोति न चाप्नोति दुर्गम् अप्य् अतिदुष्करम्
There is nothing that does not exist, nor any name, which the mind, slow in resolve, does not create or attain—even what is difficult or inaccessible.
सर्वशक्तौ परे देवे का नाम ननु शक्तयः । न सम्भवन्त्य् आव्रियते याभिर् अन्तर् मनोगुहा
In the Supreme, who possesses all powers, what can truly be called separate powers? There are none; it is only by these that the inner cave of the mind appears to be veiled.
सत्तासत्ते पदार्थानां सर्वेषां सर्वदैव हि । महाबाहो सम्भवतस् सर्वशक्तौ विभौ सति
O mighty-armed one, the existence or non-existence of all things always arises only because the all-powerful, all-pervading One is present.
पश्य भावनया प्राप्तं मनसा पाद्मजं वपुः । तस्मात् तत्कलनं राम सर्वशक्तियुतं विदुः
See how the lotus-born body is attained through imagination by the mind; therefore, O Rama, know that all manifestation arises endowed with all power.
स्वसङ्कल्पैः कृतास् सर्गे देवासुरनराचराः । स्वसङ्कल्पोपशमने शाम्यन्त्य् अस्नेहदीपवत्
Gods, demons, humans, and animals are created by their own thoughts at the beginning of creation; when those thoughts subside, they are extinguished, like lamps without oil.
आकाशसदृशं सर्वं कल्पनामात्रजृम्भितम् । जगत् पश्य महाबुद्धे सुदीर्घं स्वप्नम् उत्थितम्
See, O great intellect, this world, which is like space, is merely an expansion of imagination—a long dream that has arisen.
न जायते न म्रियते इह कश्चित् कदाचन । पारमार्थ्येन सुमते मिथ्या सर्वं प्रवर्तते
No one here is ever truly born or dies; in reality, O wise one, all activity is illusory.
न वृद्धिम् एति नो नाशं यत्र किञ्चित् कदाचन । रेखातरुवने तत्र कस्य नाम च खण्डना
Where nothing ever increases or perishes, what could possibly be destroyed there, as in a forest of lines drawn in the air?
भ्रमभूतं स्वकायं त्वम् अपश्यन् निपुणं दृशा । राघवाघहतस्वान्तः किम् अज्ञ इव भाषसे
You do not see your own body, which is a product of delusion, with keen insight; O Raghava, your heart afflicted by sorrow, why do you speak like one who is ignorant?
मृगतृष्णा यथा तापान् मनसो ऽतिशयात् तथा । असन्त एव दृश्यन्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादयो ऽप्य् अमी
Just as the mirage appears due to intense heat, so too, through the force of the mind, all these beings, even Brahma and the rest, are seen though they are not real.
द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमप्रख्या मनोरथवद् उत्थिताः । मिथ्याज्ञानमयास् सर्वे जगत्य् आकारराशयः
All the forms in the world arise like the illusion of two moons or as fanciful daydreams, being entirely composed of false knowledge.
यथा नौयायिनो मिथ्या स्थाणुस्पन्दमतिस् तथा । असत्यैवोत्थिता नित्यम् आकाराणां परम्परा
Just as those riding a boat mistakenly perceive stationary objects as moving, so too, the succession of forms always arises falsely, without reality.
इन्द्रजालम् इदं विद्धि मायारचितपञ्जरम् । मनोमनननिर्माणं न सन् नासद् इव स्थितम्
Know this to be a magical illusion, a cage woven by maya; it is a creation of the mind's imagination, neither truly existent nor non-existent.
ब्रह्मैवेदं जगत् सर्वम् अन्यतायास् त्व् अतः कुतः । प्रसङ्गः कीदृशः को ऽसौ क्व चासौ परितिष्ठति
This entire world is Brahman alone; where then is the possibility of otherness? What sort of connection could there be, who is that, and where does it abide?
अयं गिरिर् अयं स्थाणुर् इत्य् आडम्बरविभ्रमः । मनसो भावनादार्ढ्याद् असत् सद् इव लक्ष्यते
This mountain, this tree—such displays are mere illusions; due to the mind's strong imagination, the unreal appears as if it were real.
प्रपञ्चचतुरारम्भम् अन्तस् तुच्छम् इदं जगत् । सकामतृष्णामननं त्यक्त्वान्यद् राम भावय
This world, with its fourfold expansion, is empty within; abandon the mind's desires and thirst, and contemplate something else, O Rama.
यथा स्वप्ने महारम्भो भ्रान्तिर् एव न वस्तुसत् । दीर्घस्वप्नं तथैवेदं विद्धि चित्तोपकल्पितम्
Just as in a dream, grand undertakings are mere delusion and not reality, so too, know this long dream to be a fabrication of the mind.
दृश्यमानमहाभोगं गृह्यमाणम् अवस्तुकम् । कोशम् आशाभुजङ्गीनां संसाराडम्बरं त्यज
Abandon the display of worldly existence, which is a treasury of desires like serpents, which appears as great enjoyment but is, when grasped, without substance.
असद् एतद् इति ज्ञात्वा मात्र भावं निवेशय । अनुधावति कः प्राज्ञो विज्ञाय मृगतृष्णिकाम्
Knowing this to be unreal, establish your mind in mere awareness; who, having recognized a mirage, would pursue it, if wise?
स्वसङ्कल्पोत्थरूपाढ्यां मनोरथमयीं स्त्रियम् । यो ऽनुगच्छति मूढात्मा दुःखस्यैव स भाजनम्
He who, being deluded, follows the woman made of wishful thinking, rich in forms arising from his own imagination, becomes only a vessel of suffering.
वस्तुन्य् असति लोको ऽयं यातु कामम् अवस्तुनि । यस् तु वस्तु परित्यज्य यात्य् अवस्तु स नश्यति
Let this world, in the absence of reality, go as it will toward the unreal; but he who abandons the real and pursues the unreal is destroyed.
मनोव्यामोह एवेदं रज्ज्वाम् अहिभयं यथा । भावनामात्रवैचित्र्याच् चिरम् आवर्तते जगत्
This is only the delusion of the mind, like fear of a snake in a rope; through the mere diversity of imagination, the world revolves for a long time.
असदभ्युदितैर् भावैर् जलान्तश्चन्द्रचञ्चलैः । वञ्च्यते बाल एवेह न तत्त्वज्ञो भवादृशः
Here, only the child is deceived by states arising from unreality, like the flickering moon in water; not the knower of truth, like you.
य इमं गुणसङ्घातं भावयन् सुखम् ईहते । प्रमार्ष्टि स जडो जाड्यं वह्नाव् अप्प्रतिबिम्बिते
He who, contemplating this mass of qualities, seeks happiness, is indeed dull; he wipes away dullness in fire that does not reflect.