125. Chapter 125

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । सिद्धान्तोऽध्यात्मशास्त्राणां सर्वापह्नव एव हि । नाविद्यास्तीह नो माया शान्तं ब्रह्मेदमक्रमम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | siddhānto'dhyātmaśāstrāṇāṃ sarvāpahnava eva hi | nāvidyāstīha no māyā śāntaṃ brahmedamakramam || 1 ||

Vasishtha resumed:—Know Rama, that the conclusion which is arrived at in all works on spiritual philosophy, is the negation of every thing except the entity of the supreme soul; and that there is no principle of ignorance (avidya) nor that of delusion (maya), as a secondary agent under one quiescent Brahma, who is ever without a second.

शान्त एव चिदाभासे स्वच्छे समसमात्मनि । समग्रशक्तिखचिते ब्रह्मेति कलिताभिधे ॥ २ ॥

śānta eva cidābhāse svacche samasamātmani | samagraśaktikhacite brahmeti kalitābhidhe || 2 ||

The spirit of the Lord is always calm, with the serene brightness of the divine Intellect in itself; it is full of its omnipotence, and is attributed with the appellation of Brahma.

निर्णीय केचिच्छून्यत्वं केचिद्विज्ञानमात्रताम् । केचिदीश्वररूपत्वं विवदन्ते परस्परम् ॥ ३ ॥

nirṇīya kecicchūnyatvaṃ kecidvijñānamātratām | kecidīśvararūpatvaṃ vivadante parasparam || 3 ||

The Divine Spirit is ascertained by some as the formless vacuum itself, and by others as omniscience, and is called as the Lord God by most people in the world.

सर्वमेव परित्यज्य महामौनी भवानघ । निर्वाणवान्निर्मननः क्षीणचित्तः प्रशान्तधीः ॥ ४ ॥

sarvameva parityajya mahāmaunī bhavānagha | nirvāṇavānnirmananaḥ kṣīṇacittaḥ praśāntadhīḥ || 4 ||

Do you avoid all these, O sinless Rama, and remain quite silent in yourself, and be extinct in the divine essence, by restraining the actions of your heart and mind and by the tranquillity of your soul.

आत्मन्येवास्स्व शान्तात्मा मूकान्धबधिरोपमः । नित्यमन्तर्मुखो भूत्वा स्वात्मनान्तः प्रपूर्णधीः ॥ ५ ॥

ātmanyevāssva śāntātmā mūkāndhabadhiropamaḥ | nityamantarmukho bhūtvā svātmanāntaḥ prapūrṇadhīḥ || 5 ||

Have a quiet soul in yourself, and remain as a deaf and dumb man in your outward appearance; look always within yourself, and be full with the Divine Spirit.

जाग्रत्येव सुषुप्तस्थः कुरु कर्माणि राघव । अन्तः सर्वपरित्यागी बहिः कुरु यथागतम् ॥ ६ ॥

jāgratyeva suṣuptasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi rāghava | antaḥ sarvaparityāgī bahiḥ kuru yathāgatam || 6 ||

Discharge the duties of your waking state, as if you are doing them in your sound sleep; forsake every thing in your inward mind, and do whatever comes to thee outwardly, without taking any into thy heart.

चित्तसत्ता परं दुःखं चित्तासत्ता परं सुखम् । अतश्चित्तं चिदेकात्मा नय क्षयमवेदनात् ॥ ७ ॥

cittasattā paraṃ duḥkhaṃ cittāsattā paraṃ sukham | ataścittaṃ cidekātmā naya kṣayamavedanāt || 7 ||

The essence of the mind is only for one's misery, as its want is for his highest felicity; therefore the mind must be drowned in the intelligent soul, by destroying the action of the mental powers altogether.

दृष्टा रम्यमरम्यं वा स्थेयं पाषाणवत्समम् । एतावतात्मयत्नेन जिता भवति संसृतिः ॥ ८ ॥

dṛṣṭā ramyamaramyaṃ vā stheyaṃ pāṣāṇavatsamam | etāvatātmayatnena jitā bhavati saṃsṛtiḥ || 8 ||

Remain as cold as a stone, at the sight of anything, which is either delightsome or disgusting to thee; and by this means learn to subdue everything in the world under thy control.

संवेदनीयं न सुखं नासुखं न च मध्यमम् । एतावतात्मयत्नेन दुःखान्तोऽनन्त आप्यते ॥ ९ ॥

saṃvedanīyaṃ na sukhaṃ nāsukhaṃ na ca madhyamam | etāvatātmayatnena duḥkhānto'nanta āpyate || 9 ||

The objective is neither for our pleasure or pain, nor is it the intermediate state of the two; therefore it is by diligent attention to the subjective, that we can attain the end of all our misery.

आपीनमण्डलशशाङ्कवदन्तरेव श्रीमद्रसायनमयः सुखमेति तज्ज्ञः । विज्ञातसर्वभुवनत्रयवस्तुसारः कुर्वन्न नाम कुरुते परमभ्युपेतः ॥ १० ॥

āpīnamaṇḍalaśaśāṅkavadantareva śrīmadrasāyanamayaḥ sukhameti tajjñaḥ | vijñātasarvabhuvanatrayavastusāraḥ kurvanna nāma kurute paramabhyupetaḥ || 10 ||

He who has known the supreme soul, has found within himself a delight; resembling the cooling beams of the full bright moon; and being possest of the full knowledge of the essence of all things in the three worlds, performs his parts in a manner as he did not attend to them.