Passage 1
श्रीशिव उवाच— अस्याः श्रीसहजेशान्यास्त्वत्पुत्र्या गोपभामिनि। महिमानमिमं वक्तुं क्षमो देवि कियानहम्॥१॥
Śrī Śiva said: Cowherd lady, how capable am I, Goddess, of expressing this majesty of Śrī Sahajeśānī, your daughter?
Passage 2
इयं कालस्वरूपेण सततं पर्युपस्थिता। ग्रहनक्षत्रतारादीन् सततं चालयत्युत॥२॥
She is ever present in the form of Time and continually sets the planets, constellations, stars, and all the rest in motion.
Passage 3
यावन्तः कालावयवास्तेऽस्या विग्रहसंश्रयाः। शिशुमारमिदं चक्रं कालमूर्तेः शरीरकम्॥३॥
All the divisions of time abide in her form. This celestial wheel called Śiśumāra is the body of Time embodied.
Passage 4
यत्र नक्षत्रताराणां मण्डलं पर्यवस्थितम्। उन्मज्जन्ति निमज्जन्ति घटीयन्त्रवदीदृशाः॥४॥
Within it the circle of constellations and stars is established; appearing like a water-wheel, they rise and sink in turn.
Passage 5
कालस्य सूक्ष्मावयवा व्यापकाः सर्वभूतगाः। पार्थिवा अप्मयाश्चैव तैजसा वायवास्तथा॥५॥
The subtle divisions of Time are all-pervading and enter every being: those of earth and water, those of fire, and those of air.
Passage 6
नाभसा मानसाश्चैव व्यापकाः कालविग्रहाः। स्थिरं स्थिरचरं चैव चरं चैवाचरं तथा॥६॥
Those of space and mind are likewise all-pervading embodiments of Time. Their modes are fixed, fixed-and-moving, moving, and unmoving.
Passage 7
स्थिरं चैव चरं चैव क्रमात् परिकीर्तिताः। शुक्लपक्षप्रतिपदि पूर्वं सूर्योदयात्किल॥७॥
The fixed and moving modes are proclaimed in sequence, beginning before sunrise on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight. The Sixty Ghaṭikās
Passage 8
षष्टिदण्डप्रमाणेन पार्थिवादीन् विभावयेत्। उषः पार्थिवकं ज्ञेयं नाभसं चारुणोदये॥८॥
One should contemplate the modes beginning with earth across the measure of sixty daṇḍas. Dawn is known as the earthly mode and the reddish sunrise as the spatial mode.
Passage 9
मन्दं मन्दतरं चैव तथा मन्दतमं भवेत्। अतिमन्दं मन्दमन्दं घटिकाः पार्थिवाश्रयाः॥९॥
Slow, slower, slowest, exceedingly slow, and slow-slow are the ghaṭikās grounded in earth.
Passage 10
धौतं धौततरं चैव तथा धौततमं भवेत्। अतिधौतं धौतधौतं घटिका आप्यसंश्रयाः॥१०॥
Washed, more washed, most washed, exceedingly washed, and washed-washed are the ghaṭikās grounded in water.
Passage 11
ज्वलितं प्रज्वलितकं सुप्रज्वलितकं तथा। अतिप्रज्वलितं चैव ज्वलिताज्वलितं तथा॥११॥
Blazing, kindled, well kindled, intensely kindled, and blazing-unblazing are the fiery modes.
Passage 12
पञ्चपद्य इमा ज्ञेयास्तैजसात्मसंश्रयाः। वेगं वेगतरं चैव तथा वेगतमं तथा॥१२॥
These five steps should be understood as grounded in the fiery principle. Swift, swifter, and swiftest follow.
Passage 13
अतिवेगं महावेगं घटिका वायवाश्रयाः। आकाशं चावकाशं च महाकाशं विकासकम्॥१३॥
Exceedingly swift and greatly swift complete the ghaṭikās grounded in air. Space, open space, great space, and expansive space follow.
Passage 14
अत्याकाशमिति ज्ञेया घटिका नाभसाश्रयाः। संकल्पं च विकल्पं च निवृत्तं च प्रवर्तकम्॥१४॥
The fifth is called transcendent space; these ghaṭikās rest in the spatial principle. Intention, alternative conception, withdrawal, and activation are mental modes.
Passage 15
अतिवृत्तकं च ज्ञेया घटिका मानसाश्रयाः। षष्टिदण्डात्मकः काल इति तुभ्यं प्रकीर्तितः॥१५॥
The fifth is known as complete transcendence; these ghaṭikās rest in mind. Thus Time, whose measure is sixty daṇḍas, has been explained to you. The Outer and Inner Brahmāṇḍa
Passage 16
एतन्मूलमिदं विश्वं बाह्याभ्यन्तरभेदतः। बाह्यं सर्वमिदं विश्वं ब्रह्माण्डात्मकमीरितम्॥१६॥
This is the basis of the universe in its external and internal divisions. The whole outer universe is declared to have the form of the cosmic egg.
Passage 17
आभ्यन्तरं तदेवेदं ब्रह्माण्डरचनात्मकम्। इडा वामवहा नाडी पिङ्गला दक्षिणाश्रया॥१७॥
That same Brahmāṇḍa is structured inwardly: the iḍā channel flows on the left, while piṅgalā rests on the right.
Passage 18
तयोर्मध्यगता सूक्ष्मा सुषुम्णेति प्रकीर्तिता। सूर्यचन्द्राग्नयस्तासु प्रतिष्ठिततमा मताः॥१८॥
Between them runs the subtle channel called suṣumṇā. Sun, moon, and fire are held to be most firmly established in these channels.
Passage 19
स्थूलसूक्ष्मप्रभेदेन पञ्चभूतानि चैव हि। तेषां मात्रा इन्द्रियाणि देवा इन्द्रादयस्तथा॥१९॥
There are the five elements in their gross and subtle divisions, their measures, the senses, and the gods beginning with Indra.
Passage 20
दिशोऽन्तरिक्षमरुतः समुद्रा गिरयस्तथा। नद्यो भूतगणाश्चैव स्वस्वस्थानसमाश्रयाः॥२०॥
The directions, mid-space, winds, oceans, mountains, rivers, and hosts of beings each occupy their proper stations there.
Passage 21
तत्रैव संश्रिता लोकाः सप्ताधः सप्त चोपरि। मूलाधारं समारभ्य षट् चक्रास्तत्र संश्रिताः॥२१॥
There too abide seven worlds below and seven above, and six centers beginning with the mūlādhāra.
Passage 22
मूलाधारे स्थितः श्रीमान् शेषो नारायणः स्वयम्। स ब्रह्मा स शिवः सेन्द्रः सोऽक्षरः परमः स्वराट्॥२२॥
In the mūlādhāra dwells glorious Śeṣa, Nārāyaṇa himself. He is Brahmā, Śiva, and Indra; he is the imperishable supreme sovereign.
Passage 23
गणेशो वाक्पतिश्चैव सर्वदेवमयात्मकः। तस्यैव शक्तयः सर्वाः प्रसृता देवतागणाः॥२३॥
He is Gaṇeśa and the Lord of Speech, whose nature contains all gods. All powers and hosts of deities issue from him alone. The Inner Lotus Centers
Passage 24
चतुर्दलं स्थानमस्य मूलाधारे प्रकीर्तितम्। गणराजस्वरूपेण स्वयं तत्र प्रतिष्ठितः॥२४॥
His four-petalled station is proclaimed in the mūlādhāra, where he himself is established in the form of Gaṇarāja.
Passage 25
लेखनीपुस्तकधरः सरस्वत्याभिमर्षितः। स्वाधिष्ठानं षड्दलं च तत्र ब्रह्मा प्रतिष्ठितः॥२५॥
Holding stylus and book and embraced by Sarasvatī, Brahmā is established in the six-petalled svādhiṣṭhāna.
Passage 26
विद्याकमण्डलुधरो निगमत्रयभूषितः। स्वशक्त्या वेदरूपिण्या गायत्र्या चाभिमर्षितः॥२६॥
He bears knowledge and the water pot and is adorned by the three Vedas; he is embraced by his own power Gāyatrī, whose form is Veda.
Passage 27
मणिपूरं दशदलं तत्र विष्णुः श्रिया युतः। शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मभूषितः शुद्धसत्त्वभाक्॥२७॥
In the ten-petalled maṇipūra stands Viṣṇu together with Śrī, adorned with conch, discus, mace, and lotus and possessing pure sattva.
Passage 28
अनाहतं रविदलं चक्रं सम्परिकीर्तितम्। तत्र रुद्रः स्वशक्त्या च पार्वत्या भाति भूषितः॥२८॥
The anāhata center is proclaimed to have twelve petals. There Rudra shines, adorned by his own power Pārvatī.
Passage 29
विशुद्धं षोडशदलं पुरुषोऽत्र प्रतिष्ठितः। प्राणाख्या जीवशक्त्या स नित्यमेवाभिमर्षितः॥२९॥
In the sixteen-petalled viśuddha the cosmic Person is established, eternally embraced by the soul-power called prāṇa.
Passage 30
सहस्राननदृक्कर्णः सहस्रपदबाहुकः। जागर्ति सर्वजीवानामधिष्ठाता स्वयं प्रभुः॥३०॥
With a thousand faces, eyes, and ears and a thousand feet and arms, the Lord himself remains awake as the indwelling ruler of every living being.
Passage 31
आज्ञाचक्रं च द्विदलं परमात्मात्र संस्थितः। चिच्छक्त्यालिङ्गितः साक्षाच्छब्दार्थानामगोचरः॥३१॥
In the two-petalled ājñā center the supreme Self is established, directly embraced by the power of consciousness and beyond the reach of words and meanings.
Passage 32
तदूर्ध्वं तत्परं स्थानं सहस्रदलकाननम्। तत्कर्णिकास्थितश्चन्द्रस्तत्र हंसः प्रतिष्ठितः॥३२॥
Above it lies the supreme station, a forest of a thousand petals. The moon rests in its pericarp, and there the transcendent haṃsa is established.
Passage 33
तत्र ब्रह्म परं दिव्यं क्षराक्षरपदातिगम्। निरीहं निर्गुणं साक्षान्नित्याकारं सुरञ्जनम्॥३३॥
There is the supreme divine Brahman, beyond the stations of perishable and imperishable, desireless and beyond the guṇas, directly eternal in form and supremely delightful.
Passage 34
वेद्यं वेदातिगं चापि सर्वोपादानकारणम्। यत्प्राप्य नातिवर्तेत तन्मयो भवति ध्रुवम्॥३४॥
It is to be known yet transcends the Vedas and is the material cause of all. One who reaches it does not pass beyond it but certainly becomes one with it.
Passage 35
बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं चैवं मया तुभ्यं प्रकीर्तितम्। सहजानन्दिनीशक्त्या सर्वमेतद्विजृम्भितम्॥३५॥
Thus I have explained the outer and inner orders to you. This entire display unfolds through Sahajānandinī's power.
Passage 36
ब्रह्मापि तन्मयं विद्धि यत्पूर्णममृताव्ययम्। रामेति यस्य वै नाम तद्रूपं वापि यन्मयम्॥३६॥
Know Brahman too to be filled with that which is complete, immortal, and imperishable—whose name is Rāma and whose form is likewise pervaded by it.