72. Chapter 72

राजोवाच । कालसत्ता नभःसत्ता स्पन्दसत्ता च चिन्मयी । शुद्धचेतनसत्ता च सर्वमित्यादि पावनम् ॥ १ ॥

rājovāca | kālasattā nabhaḥsattā spandasattā ca cinmayī | śuddhacetanasattā ca sarvamityādi pāvanam || 1 ||

The rajah replied:—The essences of time, vacuum and of force, are all of intellectual origin; it is the pure intellect which is the source of all, as the air is the receptacle of odours and dusts.

परमात्ममहावायौ रजः स्फुरति चञ्चलम् । कुसुमाङ्ग इवामोदस्तदतद्रूपकं स्वतः ॥ २ ॥

paramātmamahāvāyau rajaḥ sphurati cañcalam | kusumāṅga ivāmodastadatadrūpakaṃ svataḥ || 2 ||

The supreme soul is as the universal air, which breathes out the particles contained in the intellect; as the etherial air bears the fragrance from the cells of flowers.

जगदाख्ये महास्वप्ने स्वप्नात्स्वप्नान्तरं व्रजत् । रूपं त्यजति नो शान्तं ब्रह्मशान्तत्वबृंहणम् ॥ ३ ॥

jagadākhye mahāsvapne svapnātsvapnāntaraṃ vrajat | rūpaṃ tyajati no śāntaṃ brahmaśāntatvabṛṃhaṇam || 3 ||

The great Brahma of the conscious soul, passing through the dreaming world.

रम्भास्तम्भो यथा पत्रमात्रमेवान्तरान्तरम् । अन्तरन्तस्तथेदं हि विश्वं ब्रह्म विवर्त्यपि ॥ ४ ॥

rambhāstambho yathā patramātramevāntarāntaram | antarantastathedaṃ hi viśvaṃ brahma vivartyapi || 4 ||

As the stem (stambha) of plantain tree, is a folding of its pellicles plaited over one another, and having its pith hidden in the inside; so everything in the world presents its exterior coats to the view, while its substance of Brahma is deeply hid in the interior.

सद्ब्रह्मात्मादिभिः शब्दैर्यदेताभिर्विगीयते । शून्यमव्यपदेशं ते न तत्किंचिच्च किंचन ॥ ५ ॥

sadbrahmātmādibhiḥ śabdairyadetābhirvigīyate | śūnyamavyapadeśaṃ te na tatkiṃcicca kiṃcana || 5 ||

The words ens, soul and Brahma by which God is designated, are not significant of his nature, who is devoid of all designations like the empty void, and indescribable (avyapadesa) in any word in use.

या या विभाव्यते सत्ता सा सानुभवनिर्मितान् । रम्भास्तम्भवदेतावच्चिन्मात्रममलं ततम् ॥ ६ ॥

yā yā vibhāvyate sattā sā sānubhavanirmitān | rambhāstambhavadetāvaccinmātramamalaṃ tatam || 6 ||

Whatever essence is perceived by one as the product of another, is like the upper fold or plait of the plantain tree, produced by the inner one; and all such coating are but developments of the Divine Intellect lying at the bottom. (As the essence of the cloth is the thread, which is the product of cotton produced by the pod of the cotton plant, which is produced from the seed grown by the moisture of the water &c., the last of which has the Divine essence for its prime cause and source.

सूक्ष्मत्वादप्यलभ्यत्वात्परमात्मा परोऽणुकः । अनन्तत्वादसावेव प्राप्तो मेर्वादिमूलताम् ॥ ७ ॥

sūkṣmatvādapyalabhyatvātparamātmā paro'ṇukaḥ | anantatvādasāveva prāpto mervādimūlatām || 7 ||

The supreme soul is said to be a minute atom, on account of the subtility and imperceptibility of its nature; and it is said also to be the base of mountains and all other bodies, owing to the unboundedness of its extent.

अणोरप्यत्यनन्तस्य पुंसोऽस्य जगदाद्यपि । परमाणुवदाभाति प्रतीतत्वादरूपवत् ॥ ८ ॥

aṇorapyatyanantasya puṃso'sya jagadādyapi | paramāṇuvadābhāti pratītatvādarūpavat || 8 ||

The endless being though likened to a minute atom, is yet as large as to contain all these worlds as its minutest particles; which are as evident to us as the very many aerial scenes appearing in our minds in the state of dreaming.

परोऽणुरेषोऽलभ्यत्वात्पूरकत्वान्महागिरिः । सर्वावयवरूपोऽपि निरस्तावयवः पुमान् ॥ ९ ॥

paro'ṇureṣo'labhyatvātpūrakatvānmahāgiriḥ | sarvāvayavarūpo'pi nirastāvayavaḥ pumān || 9 ||

This being is likened to an atom owing to its imperceptibleness, and is also represented as a mountain on account of its filling all space;though it is the figure of all formal existence, yet it is without any form or figure of its own.

अस्य वै ज्ञप्तिमात्रस्य मज्जामात्रं जगत्त्रयी । विज्ञानमात्रमध्यं हि साधो विद्धि जगत्त्रयम् ॥ १० ॥

asya vai jñaptimātrasya majjāmātraṃ jagattrayī | vijñānamātramadhyaṃ hi sādho viddhi jagattrayam || 10 ||

The three worlds are as the fatty bulb of that pithy intelligence; for know thou righteous soul! that it is that Intelligence which dwells in and acts in all the worlds.

विज्ञानमात्रकलनाकलितं जगन्ति शान्तस्वभावसुकुमारमनन्तरूपम् । वेतालबालक पदं तदलङ्घनीयमेवं स्वयं समनुभावय शान्तमास्स्व ॥ ११ ॥

vijñānamātrakalanākalitaṃ jaganti śāntasvabhāvasukumāramanantarūpam | vetālabālaka padaṃ tadalaṅghanīyamevaṃ svayaṃ samanubhāvaya śāntamāssva || 11 ||

All these worlds are fraught with design of Intelligence, which is quiet in its nature, and exhibits endless kinds of beautiful forms of its own, know, O young vetala, that irresistible power, reflect this in thyself and keep thy quiet.