पातालस्थस्य भूस्थस्य स्वर्गस्थस्यापि तत् तव । नान्यः कश्चिद् उपायो ऽस्ति सङ्कल्पोपशमाद् ऋते
Whether you are in the netherworld, on earth, or in heaven, there is no other means for you except the cessation of imagination.
अनादाव् अविकारे च सुखे परमपावने । सङ्कल्पोपशमे यत्नं पौरुषेण परं कुरु
In the beginningless, changeless, supremely pure happiness, make the highest effort, with your own strength, for the cessation of imagination.
सङ्कल्पतन्ताव् अखिला भावाः प्रोताः किलानघ । भिन्ने तन्तौ न जाने ते क्व यान्ति विशरारवः
All phenomena, O sinless one, are strung on the thread of imagination; when that thread is broken, I do not know where those waves of phenomena go.
असत् सत् सदसत् सर्वं सङ्कल्पाद् एव नान्यतः । सङ्कल्पात् सद् असच् चैवम् इह सत्यं किम् उच्यताम्
All that is unreal, real, and both real and unreal arises only from imagination, not otherwise; since both the real and unreal come from imagination, what truth can be said to exist here?
सङ्कल्प्यते यथा यद् यत् तत् तथा भवति क्षणात् । मा किञ्चिद् अपि तत्त्वज्ञ सङ्कल्पय कदाचन
Whatever is imagined, just so does it become in an instant; therefore, knower of truth, never imagine anything at all.
निस्सङ्कल्पो यथाप्राप्तव्यवहारपरो भव । चिद् अचेत्योन्मुखत्वं हि याति सङ्कल्पसङ्क्षये
Be free of mental constructs, act as situations arise; for when mental constructs are dissolved, consciousness turns toward its own pure nature, beyond objects.
उत्थायासत्यरूपेण येनासत्यमयात्मकम् । ततं जगद्दुःखम् इदं व्यर्थं सदृशम् आत्मनः
By rising up in the form of unreality, that which is of the nature of unreality has spread out as this world, which is sorrowful, futile, and similar to oneself.
तेन दुःखाय महते किं श्रितेन किलानघ । यद् अदुःखाय तत् प्राज्ञास् संश्रयन्तीह नेतरत्
O sinless one, why would anyone resort to that which brings great sorrow? The wise here seek only that which is free from sorrow, not the opposite.
अधिगतपरमार्थताम् उपेत्य प्रसभम् अपास्य विकल्पजालम् उच्चैः । अधिगमय पदं तद् अद्वितीयं विततसुखाय सुषुप्तचित्तवृत्तिः
Having attained the highest reality, forcefully casting aside the net of conceptualization, realize that nondual state whose happiness is all-pervading, with the mind in the state of deep sleep.
कीदृशस् तात सङ्कल्पः कथम् उत्पद्यते प्रभो । कथं वा वृद्धिम् आयाति कथं चैव विनश्यति
Father, what is this mental construct like, how does it arise, O Lord? How does it grow, and how does it come to an end?
अनन्तस्यात्मतत्त्वस्य सत्तासामान्यरूपिणः । चितश् चेत्योन्मुखत्वं यत् तत् सङ्कल्पाङ्कुरं विदुः
That inclination of consciousness toward objects, in the infinite reality of the Self, which is of the nature of pure existence, is known as the sprout of mental construct.
लेशतः प्राप्तसत्ताकस् स एव घनतां गतः । याति चित्तं खम् आपूर्य दृढजाड्याय मेघवत्
When it attains a slight degree of existence, it becomes dense; the mind, filling the space, becomes firmly inert, like a cloud.
भावयन्ती चितिश् चेत्यं व्यतिरिक्तम् इवात्मनः । सङ्कल्पताम् इहायाति बीजम् अङ्कुरताम् इव
When consciousness contemplates an object as if it were separate from itself, it becomes a mental construct here, just as a seed becomes a sprout.
सङ्कल्पनं हि सङ्कल्पस् स्वयम् एष प्रजायते । वर्धते स्वत एवाशु दुःखाय न सुखाय तु
For imagination itself is the act of imagining; it arises spontaneously, quickly grows by its own force, and leads only to suffering, not to happiness.
सङ्कल्पमात्रं हि भवाञ् जलमात्रं यथार्णवः । ऋते सङ्कल्पतो ऽन्या ते नास्ति संसारिता ऋता
You are nothing but a mere thought, just as the ocean is nothing but water; apart from imagination, there is truly no transmigration for you.
काकतालीययोगेन सञ्जातो ऽसि मुधैव हि । मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रत्ववद् असत्यं च वर्धसे
By a chance conjunction, you have come into being, truly in vain; like the wavering of a mirage, you grow in unreality.
निगीर्णमातुलांशस्य कनकप्रत्ययो यथा । स्वयम् अभ्येत्य् असत्यो ऽन्तस् सङ्कल्पस् ते तथा भवेत्
Just as the belief in gold arises on seeing a yellow fruit swallowed by someone, so too, an unreal thought appears within you on its own.
असत्यम् एव जातस् त्वम् असत्यम् अभिवर्धसे । अस्मिञ् जाते च विज्ञाने असत्यस् सन् विलीयसे
You are born from unreality and grow in unreality; when true knowledge arises, being unreal, you dissolve.
अयं सो ऽहम् इमे भावास् सुखदुःखमया मम । व्यर्थम् एवेति सास्थस् त्वं तेनान्तः परितप्यसे
This is me, these are my experiences, filled with pleasure and pain—thinking thus in vain, you are tormented within.
असन्न् एवास्य् अजातो ऽसि कुतो जन्म किलासतः । व्यर्थम् एवावमूढो ऽसि सङ्कल्पवशतस् स्वतः
Truly, you were never born, nor do you exist—how could there be birth from what is not? In vain, you are deluded, subject to imagination by your own nature.
मा सङ्कल्पय सङ्कल्पं भावं भावय मा स्थितौ । एतावतैव भावेन भव्यो भवसि भूतये
Do not imagine imagination, do not fixate on any state; by this very understanding, you become what is to be, for the sake of what is to be.
सङ्कल्पनाशने यत्नो न भूयांस् तव गच्छति । भावनाभावमात्रेण सङ्कल्पः क्षीयते हृदि
Your effort to destroy imagination does not go very far; by mere absence of mental construction, imagination is dissolved in the heart.
सुमनःकुसुमामर्दे किञ्चिद् व्यतिकरो भवेत् । सुसाधे ऽभावमात्रेण न तु सङ्कल्पनाशने
There may be some disturbance even in the gentle crushing of a flower, but by mere absence, it is easily done; not so in the destruction of imagination.
पुष्पाक्रान्तौ करस्पन्दयत्नः पुत्रोपयुज्यते । तद् अप्य् उपकरोत्य् अस्मिन् न सङ्कल्पपरिक्षये
The effort of the hand in plucking a flower is suitable for a child; even that helps in this, but not in the eradication of imagination.
सङ्कल्पो येन हन्तव्यस् तेन भावविपर्ययात् । अप्य् अर्धेन निमेषेण लीलयैव विहन्यते
Imagination, which is to be destroyed, can be effortlessly annihilated, even in half a moment, by the contrary mode of thought.
भावमात्रोपशमने स्वात्मनि स्वस्थम् आस्थिते । साध्यते यद् असाध्यं तत् कस्य स्यात् किम् इवामतेः
When, by mere cessation of thought, one abides established in one's own self, what is impossible to accomplish? For whom would anything be unattainable?
सङ्कल्पेनैव सङ्कल्पं मनसा स्वमनो मुने । भित्त्वा स्वात्मनि तिष्ठ त्वं किम् एतावति दुष्करम्
With imagination itself, O sage, pierce through imagination by your own mind; abide in your own self—what is so difficult in this?
उपशान्ते हि सङ्कल्पे उपशान्तम् इदं भवेत् । संसारदुःखम् अतुलं मूलाद् अपि महामते
When imagination is pacified, all this is pacified; O wise one, the incomparable suffering of worldly existence is calmed from its very root.
सङ्कल्पो हि मनो जीवश् चित्तं धीर् अथ वासना । नाम्नैवान्यत्वम् अप्य् एषां नार्थेनार्थविदां वर
Imagination, mind, individual soul, thought, intellect, and latent tendency—these differ only in name, not in substance, O best of those who know reality.
सङ्कल्पांशाद् ऋते नेह किञ्चिद् अप्य् अस्ति कुत्रचित् । तम् एव हृदयाच् छिन्द्धि किम् अन्यत् परिशोचसि
Apart from mental constructs, nothing at all exists anywhere here; cut off that very root from your heart—why do you grieve over anything else?