स्पन्दकारिकाः
Spandakārikāḥ
- 1 yasyonmeṣa-nimeṣābhyāṃ jagataḥ pralayodayau / taṃ śakti-cakra-vibhava-prabhavaṃ śaṅkaraṃ stumaḥ … We praise that Śaṅkara, the source of the glory of the wheel of powers, by whose opening…
- 2 yatra sthitam idaṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ yasmāc ca nirgatam … That (Spanda principle) in which this whole world of effects rests and from which it…
- 3 jāgrad-ādi-vibhede 'pi tad-abhinne prasarpati / nivartate nijān naiva … Although it streams forth amid the differentiations of waking and the other states —…
- 4 ahaṃ sukhī ca duḥkhī ca raktaś cetyādi-saṃvidaḥ / … Such cognitions as 'I am happy', 'I am miserable', 'I am attached', etc.
- 5 na duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ yatra na grāhyaṃ grāhakaṃ … That alone exists in highest truth in which there is no pain, no pleasure, no object, no…
- 6 yataḥ karaṇa-vargo 'yaṃ vimūḍho 'mūḍha-vat svayam / sahāntareṇa … From which this insentient set of sense-instruments, together with the inner wheel,…
- 7 labhate tat-prayatnena parīkṣyaṃ tattvam ādarāt / yataḥ svatantratā … One should investigate that Principle reverentially with sustained effort, for its…
- 8 na hīcchā-nodanasyāyaṃ prerakatvena vartate / api tv ātma-bala-sparśāt … He does not act as the mere impeller behind the urging of desire;
- 9 nijāśuddhyāsamarthasya kartavyeṣv abhilāṣiṇaḥ / yadā kṣobhaḥ pralīyeta tadā … When the agitation of one who, rendered incapable by innate impurity, yet hankers after…
- 10 tadāsyākṛtrimo dharmo jñatva-kartṛtva-lakṣaṇaḥ / yatas tad epsitaṃ sarvaṃ … Then his innate nature — marked by omniscience and omnipotence — reveals itself, whereby…
- 11 tam adhiṣṭhātṛ-bhāvena svabhāvam avalokayan / smayamāna ivāste yas … For one who beholds his own essential nature as the presiding agent and remains as if…
- 12 nābhāvo bhāvyatām eti na ca tatrāsty amūḍhatā / …
- 13 atas tat-kṛtrimaṃ jñeyaṃ sauṣupta-padavat sadā / na tv …
- 14 avasthā-yugalaṃ cātra kārya-kartṛtva-śabditam / kāryatā kṣayiṇī tatra kartṛtvaṃ … Here a pair of states is spoken of — that of effect and that of agent: the effect-state…
- 15 kāryonmukhaḥ prayatno yaḥ kevalaṃ so 'tra lupyate / … What is suspended (in deep sleep) is merely the effort directed toward effects;
- 16 na tu yo 'ntarmukho bhāvaḥ sarvajñatva-guṇāspadam / tasyopalabdhi-lopo … But that inward-facing Being which is the seat of omniscience — for it there is no…
- 17 tasyopalabdhā satataṃ tri-padāvyabhicāriṇaḥ / nityaṃ syāt suprabuddhasya tad-ādy-ante … For the fully awakened, the experience of that Reality — unfailing across the three…
- 18 jñāna-jñeya-svarūpiṇyā śaktyā paramayā yutaḥ / pada-dvaye vibhur bhāti … In the two states (waking and dream), the all-pervading Lord shines forth united with his…
- 19 guṇādi-spanda-niṣyandāḥ sāmānya-spanda-saṃśrayāt / labdhātma-lābhāḥ satataṃ syur jñasyāparipanthinaḥ // The particular pulsations (of the guṇas and so on) arise continually from their reliance…
- 20 aprabuddha-dhiyas tv ete sva-sthiti-sthaganodyatāḥ / pātayanti duruttāre ghore … But for the unawakened, these same (powers), bent on concealing one's true state, hurl…
- 21 ataḥ satatam udyuktaḥ spanda-tattva-viviktaye / jāgrad eva nijaṃ … Therefore, one who is ever intent on discerning the Spanda principle attains his own true…
- 22 atikruddhaḥ prahṛṣṭo vā kiṃ karomīti vā mṛśan / … Whether one is extremely enraged or overjoyed, perplexed thinking 'what shall I do?
- 23 yām avasthāṃ samālambya yad ayaṃ mama vakṣyati / …
- 24 tām āśrityordhva-mārgeṇa candra-sūryāv ubhāv api / sauṣumne 'dhvany … Resting in that (Spanda), both sun and moon, journeying upward through the suṣumnā path,…
- 25 tadā tasmin mahā-vyomni pralīna-śaśi-bhāskare / sauṣupta-padavan mūḍhaḥ prabuddhaḥ … Then, in that great Sky where sun and moon are dissolved, the ignorant one experiences it…