सूर्यांशुकचदालोलतरङ्गोत्तुङ्गमौक्तिकाः । वहन्त्यस् सरितो यत्र सन्मुक्तावलयश् चलाः
Here, rivers carry pearls rising high like the moving crests of waves stirred by the sun’s rays, and there are shifting garlands of genuine pearls.
इक्षुक्षीरादिसलिला मणिरत्नबिसाङ्कुराः । और्वानलाम्बुजा यत्र वाप्यस् सप्त महार्णवाः
Here are pools with waters of sugarcane juice, milk, and more; with gems, jewels, lotus sprouts, submarine fires, lotuses, and the seven great oceans.
अध उर्व्यां तथोर्ध्वे खे पुण्यापुण्यधनश्रियः । नरामरकिराटानां यत्रातिक्रयविक्रयौ
Below on earth and above in the sky are virtue, vice, wealth, and splendor; here are the buying and selling among humans, gods, and yakshas.
तस्मिन्न् एव जगत्य् अस्मिन् पुरे सङ्कल्पभूभुजा । क्रीडार्थम् आत्मनश् चित्रा देहाववरकाः कृताः
In this very world, in this city, the sovereign of imagination has created wondrous bodily coverings for the sake of his own play.
केचिद् गीर्वाणनामान ऊर्ध्व एव नियोजिताः । नरोरगादयः केचिद् अध एव निवेशिताः
Some, bearing the name of celestials, are stationed above; others, such as humans and serpents, are placed below.
वातयन्त्रप्रवाहेण चलन्तो मांसमृण्मयाः । सितास्थिदारवश् चित्रास् त्वग्लेपमसृणामलाः
Moved by the mechanism of wind, these bodies of flesh and clay move about; some are adorned with white bones and wood, variously smeared with skin, smooth or unclean.
केचिच् चिरेण नश्यन्ति केचिच् छीघ्रविनाशिनः । कचकृष्णोलपोल्लासरचिताच्छादनश्रियः
Some perish after a long time, some are quickly destroyed; their coverings are fashioned with shining, dark, or pale hues.
कर्णाक्षिनासाप्रमुखैर् द्वारैर् नवभिर् अन्विताः । अनारतवहत्प्राणपवनेनोष्णशीतलाः
They are endowed with nine doors, beginning with ears, eyes, and nose, and are made hot or cold by the constant movement of the vital wind.
कर्णनासास्यताल्वादिवातायनगणान्विताः । भुजाद्यङ्गप्रतोलीकाः पञ्चेन्द्रियकुदीपकाः
Fitted with groups of air-windows such as ears, nose, mouth, and palate, with limbs like arms and others as passageways, and with five lamps of the senses.
मायया रचितास् तेषु सङ्कल्पेन महामते । अहङ्कारमहायक्षाः परमालोकभीरवः
Within these, by the power of illusion and imagination, O wise one, the great goblins of ego are fashioned, fearsome even to the supreme light.
देहाववरकेष्व् अन्तर् महाहङ्कारयक्षकैः । स हि सङ्क्रीडते ऽत्यर्थम् असद् एवासदुत्थितैः
Inside these bodily coverings, with those great goblins of ego, he plays excessively with what is unreal, arising from the unreal.
यथा कुसूले मार्जारो भस्त्रायां भुजगो यथा । मुक्ताफलं यथा वेणाव् अहङ्कारस् तनौ तथा
Just as a cat in a granary, a snake in a bellows, or a pearl in a bamboo—so is the sense of 'I' in the body.
क्षणम् अभ्युदयं याति क्षणं शाम्यति दीपवत् । देहगेहेषु सङ्कल्पस् तरङ्गस् सागरेष्व् इव
Like a lamp that flares up for a moment and then subsides, so do thoughts arise and fade within the house of the body, like waves in the ocean.
भविष्यन्नवनिर्माणम् अप्य् आप्नोति तदा पुरम् । यदा सङ्कल्पितं वस्तु पुर एव प्रपश्यति
Even the city that is yet to be built appears at that time, when one perceives the imagined object as if it were already present in the city.
असङ्कल्पनमात्रेण स्वेनैवाशु विनश्यति । श्रेयसे परमायास्य नाशस् स्वो न तु सम्भवः
By merely ceasing to imagine, it quickly disappears by itself; for one's highest good, its destruction is proper, not its continuation.
स्वयं सङ्कल्पनामात्राज् जायते बालयक्षवत् । अनन्तायात्मदुःखाय नानन्दाय कदाचन
It arises solely from one's own imagination, like a child's demon, and brings endless suffering to oneself, never happiness.
इदं स्फारं जगद्दुःखं प्रतनोत्य् आत्मसत्तया । असत्तया नाशयति क्षणम् आन्ध्यं यथा तमः
This vast world of sorrow is projected by the reality of the self; by unreality, it is destroyed in an instant, like darkness by blindness.
स्वयैव दुःखदायिन्या चेष्टया परिरोदिति । काष्ठावष्टब्धवृषणः कीलोत्पाटी कपिर् यथा
By its own painful activity, it laments, like a monkey whose testicles are caught on a peg, struggling to break free.
सङ्कल्पितानन्दलवस् तिष्ठत्य् उद्धुरकन्धरम् । अकस्मात् खच्युतमधुबिन्दुभुक् करभो यथा
A drop of imagined happiness remains, its neck held high, like an elephant savoring a sudden drop of honey fallen from the sky.
स्वयं विरतिम् आयाति क्षणम् एति रतिं क्षणम् । क्षणं विकारम् आयाति सङ्कल्पो ऽभव्यबालवत्
The mind itself turns to dispassion for a moment, then to attachment for a moment; for a moment it undergoes change—like a foolish child, imagination arises and subsides.
एनं सकलभावेभ्यः कृत्वा निर्मलम् आदरात् । मतिमन्तः पदं याता यथा पुत्र तथा कुरु
Wise ones, having made this mind pure and free from all objects with care, have attained the supreme state; my son, do likewise.
त्रयस् त्व् अस्या मतेर् देहा उत्तमाधममध्यमाः । तमस्सत्त्वरजस्सञ्ज्ञाः कारणं जगतस् स्थितेः
This mind has three bodies: superior, inferior, and middling—known as darkness, purity, and activity; these are the cause of the world's existence.
तमोरूपो हि सङ्कल्पो नित्यं प्राकृतचेष्टया । परां कृपणताम् एत्य प्रयाति क्रिमिकीटताम्
Imagination of the nature of darkness always acts in a natural, instinctive way; falling into extreme misery, it descends to the state of worms and insects.
सत्त्वरूपो हि सङ्कल्पो धर्मज्ञानपरायणः । अदूरकेवलीभावस् साम्राज्यम् अधितिष्ठति
Imagination of the nature of purity is devoted to righteousness and knowledge; it attains near-liberation and holds sovereignty.
रजोरूपो हि सङ्कल्पो लोकसंव्यवहारवान् । परितिष्ठति संसारे पुत्रदारानुरञ्जितः
Imagination of the nature of activity is engaged in worldly dealings; it remains in the cycle of birth and death, attached to children and spouse.
त्रिविधं तु परित्यज्य रूपम् एतन् महामते । सङ्कल्पः परम् आयाति पदम् आत्मपरिक्षये
But, O wise one, abandoning these three forms, imagination reaches the supreme state when the self is examined.
सर्वा दृष्टीः परित्यज्य नियम्य मनसा मनः । सबाह्याभ्यन्तरार्थस्य सङ्कल्पस्य क्षयं कुरु
Abandoning all perceptions and restraining the mind by the mind, bring about the cessation of imagination concerning both external and internal objects.
यदि वर्षसहस्रान्तं तपश् चरसि दारुणम् । यदि वा लीलयात्मानं शिलया चूर्णयस्य् अलम्
Even if you perform severe austerities for a thousand years, or if you crush your own body to powder with a stone in play,
यद्य् अम्बुधिं प्रविशसि वडवाग्निम् अथापि वा । यदि वा पतसि श्वभ्रे खड्गधाराजले ऽथ वा
Even if you enter the ocean, or the submarine fire, or if you fall into a deep chasm, or upon a bed of sword-edges,
हरो यद्य् उपदेष्टा ते हरिः कमलजो ऽपि वा । अत्यन्तकरुणाक्रान्तो लोकनाथो ऽथ वाक्पतिः
Even if Shiva is your teacher, or Vishnu, or Brahma, or the lord of speech, or the lord of the world overwhelmed with supreme compassion,