स्पन्दकारिकाः
Spandakārikāḥ
- 1 yathecchābhyarthito dhātā jāgrato 'rthān hṛdi sthitān / soma-sūryodayaṃ … When entreated according to his wish, the Sustainer (Spanda), having brought about the…
- 2 tathā svapne 'py abhīṣṭārthān praṇayasyānatikramāt / nityaṃ sphuṭataraṃ … Similarly, in dream too, abiding within (the central channel), it most certainly reveals…
- 3 anyathā tu svatantrā syāt sṛṣṭis tad-dharmakatvataḥ / satataṃ …
- 4 yathā hy artho 'sphuṭo dṛṣṭaḥ sāvadhāne 'pi cetasi … Just as an object first seen indistinctly — even by an attentive mind — appears later…
- 5 tathā yat paramārthena yena yatra yathā sthitam / … Likewise, that which truly exists — by whatever means, wherever, and in whatever manner —…
- 6 durbalo 'pi tad ākramya yataḥ kārye pravartate / … Even a weakling, when he takes hold of that (Spanda), engages in his task;
- 7 anenādhiṣṭhite dehe yathā sarva-jñatādayaḥ / tathā svātmany adhiṣṭhānāt … Just as in a body presided over by (Spanda) omniscience and the other powers manifest,…
- 8 glānir viluṇṭhikā dehe tasyāś cājñānataḥ sṛtiḥ / tad-unmeṣa-viluptaṃ … Languor is the robber of the body, and it issues from ignorance;
- 9 eka-cintā-prasaktasya yataḥ syād aparodayaḥ / unmeṣaḥ sa tu … That, from which — for one absorbed in a single thought — another (different) thought…
- 10 ato vindur ato nādo rūpam asmād ato rasaḥ … From this (unmeṣa) arise — for the embodied one — bindu, nāda, form, and taste, swiftly…
- 11 didṛkṣayeva sarvārthān yadā vyāpyāvatiṣṭhate / tadā kiṃ bahunoktena … When, as if eager to behold, (Spanda) abides pervading all objects — then what need of…
- 12 prabuddhaḥ sarvadā tiṣṭhej jñānenālokya gocaram / ekatrāropayet sarvaṃ … The awakened one should always remain alert, viewing the perceptual field with knowledge,…
- 13 śabda-rāśi-samutthasya śakti-vargasya bhogyatām / kalā-vilupta-vibhavo gataḥ san sa … He who, his innate glory concealed by limited power (kalā), becomes object of enjoyment…
- 14 parāmṛta-rasāpāyas tasya yaḥ pratyayodbhavaḥ / tenāsvatantratām eti sa …
- 15 svarūpāvaraṇe cāsya śaktayaḥ satatotthitāḥ / yataḥ śabdānuvedhena na … Forever active for the concealment of his real nature are these powers, since without the…
- 16 seyaṃ kriyātmikā śaktiḥ śivasya paśu-vartinī / bandhayitrī sva-mārgasthā … This same active power (kriyā-śakti) of Śiva, operating in the bound soul, is the binder;
- 17 tan-mātrodaya-rūpeṇa mano-'haṃ-buddhi-vartinā / pury-aṣṭakena saṃruddhas tad-utthaṃ pratyayodbhavam // Hemmed in by the puryaṣṭaka (eight-fold subtle body) — which consists in the arising of…
- 18 bhuṅkte para-vaśo bhogaṃ tad-bhāvāt saṃsared ataḥ / saṃsṛti-pralayasyāsya … Subject to another, he undergoes experience;
- 19 yadā tv ekatra saṃrūḍhas tadā tasya layodayau / … But when he is firmly established in the One, then, controlling the rise and dissolution…