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?
यथैवेदं नभश् शून्यं जगच् छून्यं तथैव हि । असन्मयविकल्पोत्थे उभे एते तते यतः
Just as this sky is empty, so too is the world empty; both arise from unreal imagination, therefore they are the same.
असिद्धं सर्वम् एवैतद् यद् असिद्धेन साधितम् । सङ्कल्पेन जगत् तस्माद् भावना क्वावतिष्ठताम्
All this is indeed unaccomplished, for it is established by what is itself unaccomplished; the world is by imagination, so let imagination rest wherever it may.
सत्यास्थायाम् असत्यां तु किंनिष्ठा वासना भवेत् । वासनाक्षयतस् सिद्धिस् ततः प्राप्यं न शिष्यते
When there is no reality, what foundation can tendencies have? When tendencies are exhausted, perfection is attained and nothing remains to be gained.
तस्माद् असद् इदं सर्वं द्रष्टव्यं हेलयेद्धया । न तु भावनया तेन सुखदुःखैर् न लिप्यते
Therefore, all this should be regarded as unreal, with indifference; not by imagination—thus one is not tainted by pleasure or pain.
अवस्त्व् इतीदं निर्णीय नेहास्था सम्प्रवर्तते । आस्थाक्षये न जायेते हर्षामर्षौ भवाभवौ
Having determined that this is unreal, attachment does not arise here; when attachment ceases, joy and anger, coming and going, do not arise.
मनो मिथ्या करोतीदं सुखदुःखाभ्रविभ्रमम् । मनो जीवस् स्फुरत्य् उच्चैर् मानसं नगरं जगत्
The mind falsely creates this confusion of pleasure and pain; the living being, as mind, shines forth intensely—the world is a city of the mind.
भविष्यद् वर्तमानं च भूतं च परिवर्तयत् । वासनावशतो लोके स्फुरच्छक्ति मनस् स्थितम्
In the world, under the sway of tendencies, the mind’s manifesting power causes the future, present, and past to revolve.
करोति स्वाशयेनेमां व्यवस्थां मलिनश् चलः । आत्मनस् सदृशीं लोलां जीवो हृद्वनमर्कटः
The restless soul, impure by its own inclinations, establishes this condition—like a fickle monkey in the forest of the heart, it creates a state resembling itself.
दीर्घम् आकारम् आदाय निमेषाद् यान्ति ह्रस्वताम् । ग्रहीतुं च न युज्यन्ते सङ्कल्पा जडवीचयः
Assuming a long form, in an instant they become small; these waves of thought, dull and inert, are unable to grasp anything.
मनाग्दृष्टा विवर्धन्ते दहन्ति सपरिच्छदम् । तृणमात्रेण दीप्यन्ते सङ्कल्पा वह्निशेषवत्
When seen even slightly, they grow and burn everything around; like fire from a single blade of grass, thoughts flare up with only a spark.
जगत्प्रकटनाकाराः प्रदीप्ताः क्षणभङ्गुराः । भ्रमदा जडसंस्थानास् सङ्कल्पास् तडिदग्नयः
Thoughts, which manifest the world, blaze forth but last only a moment; unstable and inert in nature, they are like flashes of lightning-fire.
यदैवासन्न् अयं पुत्र तदैवाशु चिकित्सितुम् । शक्यते नात्र सन्देहो नासत् सद् भवति क्वचित्
O son, when this is near, it can be swiftly treated—there is no doubt in this; the unreal never becomes real anywhere.
सन् स्थितो यदि सङ्कल्पो दुश्चिकित्सस् ततो भवेत् । किं त्व् असद्भूत एवैष सुचिकित्सस् तदा भृशम्
If a thought remains established as real, it becomes difficult to cure; but if it is truly unreal, it is then easily remedied.
अकृत्रिमं चेत् संसारमलम् अङ्गारकार्ष्ण्यवत् । तद् एतत्क्षालने साधो कः प्रवर्तेत दुर्मतिः
If the impurity of worldly existence were natural, like the blackness of charcoal, then who, O wise one, would attempt to remove it?
किं त्व् एतत् तण्डुले शूकतुषकम्बुकवत् स्थितम् । यदा तदा प्रयत्नेन पौरुषेण विनश्यति
But this exists like husk, straw, and chaff in rice; therefore, with effort and human endeavor, it is destroyed.
अकृत्रिमम् अपि प्राप्तं भृशं कृत्रिमतां सुत । सुखोच्छेद्यतया ज्ञस्य संसारमलम् आततम्
Even what is naturally attained, my son, becomes artificial for the wise, because its capacity for happiness is interrupted by the impurity of worldly existence.
तण्डुलस्य यथा चर्म यथा ताम्रस्य कालिमा । नश्यति क्रियया पुत्र पुरुषस्य तथा मलम्
Just as the husk of rice or the tarnish on copper is removed by action, my son, so too is the impurity of a person dispelled.
जीवस्य तण्डुलस्येव मलं सहजम् अप्य् अलम् । नश्यत्य् एव न सन्देहस् तस्माद् उद्यमवान् भव
The impurity of the living being, like that of rice, is innate but can certainly be removed; there is no doubt. Therefore, be diligent.
असत्कल्पैर् विकल्पैर् यस् संसारो जनितो मुधा । स्तोकेनासौ लयं याति क्वासद् वस्तु किल स्थिरम्
This world is produced in vain by false imaginations and notions; gradually, it dissolves. Where is any lasting substance in what is unreal?
असत्ताम् एति संसारस् स्वां व्यवस्थां विचिन्वतः । दीपालोकाद् इवान्धत्वं द्वीन्दुत्वं स्वीक्षिताद् इव
Worldly existence loses its reality for one who examines its own nature, just as darkness disappears in the presence of a lamp, or duality vanishes when unity is perceived.