Passage 1
श्रीराम उवाच— अथ यूयमयोध्यास्थाः सर्वे वै मामका जनाः। मम लीलायां नित्यायां यूयं प्राप्ताः सदैव हि॥१॥
Śrī Rāma said: All of you who dwell in Ayodhyā are truly my own people. You have indeed entered my eternal līlā forever. Printed note: नास्ति—बड़ौ० — the first यूयं is absent in the Baroda witness.
Passage 2
प्रारब्धध्वंसमागत्य नेष्ये वः स्वान् स्वधामनि। तस्मिन् काले परिप्राप्ते आगमिष्यन्ति मद्गिरा॥२॥
When the destruction of prārabdha karma arrives, I shall lead you, my own, into my abode. When that time has fully come, at my command there will arrive—
Passage 3
दिव्यानि चैव भास्वन्ति विमानानि सहस्रशः। लक्षशः कोटिशश्चैव ह्यनेकानि समन्ततः॥३॥
divine and radiant aerial cars by the thousand, by the hundred thousand, and by the ten million, appearing in countless numbers on every side.
Passage 4
तेष्वास्थाय प्रयास्यन्ति मदीये नित्यधामनि। पशवः पक्षिणश्चापि तथान्ये नीचजातयः॥४॥
Boarding them, animals, birds, and other beings of low birth will depart for my eternal abode.
Passage 5
कुविन्दकुम्भकाराद्या आचाण्डालमथान्त्यजाः। किं पुनर्यूयमात्मस्था वर्णाश्रमसुसंस्थिताः॥५॥
So too will weavers, potters, and the rest, down to caṇḍālas and outcastes. How much more certain is this for you, who abide in the Self and are firmly established in the disciplines of varṇa and āśrama?
Passage 6
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राः स्त्रीयोनिसम्भवाः। सर्वथैव परिप्राप्ताः परमे मम धामनि॥६॥
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and those born from women's wombs have in every way attained my supreme abode.
Passage 7
यूयं रंस्यथ केलीभिः सुखरूपाभिरञ्चकैः॥७॥
You will delight in captivating sports whose very nature is bliss.
Passage 8
जना ऊचुः— अयोध्यापि परं धाम तव चेत्यनुशुश्रुम। किमर्थमेनां संत्यज्य भवान् यास्यति तत्पदम्॥८॥
The people said: We have heard that Ayodhyā too is your supreme abode. Why, then, will you abandon it and go to that realm?
Passage 9
श्रीराम उवाच— अहो जना अत्र सदा मम स्थितौ युगप्रवृत्तिर्न भवेदितोऽन्यथा। सर्वेऽपि जीवा भुवि मुक्तिभाजो भवेयुरुत्सीदति चैव लोकः॥९॥
Śrī Rāma said: People, if I remained here openly forever, the course of the ages could not proceed otherwise. Every living being upon earth would gain liberation, and the world itself would come to an end. Printed note: रिक्तो भवेत्—टि०-बड़ौ० — the Baroda witness reads “would become empty” in place of the main text's उत्सीदति.
Passage 10
ततोऽहमव्यक्तमशेषलोकैः स्वं नित्यधामाद्वयचित्सुखैकम्। अविद्यया सर्वजनानुभूतेरगोचरं सम्प्रति सम्प्रयास्ये॥१०॥
Therefore I shall now go to my own eternal abode, unmanifest to all worlds, the one nondual bliss of consciousness, inaccessible to the experience of ordinary people because of ignorance.
Passage 11
चतुष्पथस्थितं वस्तु यथा गृह्णन्ति पामराः। अपामराश्च सर्वेऽपि प्रतिबन्धो भवेत् कथम्॥११॥
Common people lay hold of an object placed at a crossroads; how, then, could access to it be restricted only to all who are not common?
Passage 12
तेन तद्गोपनीयं चेत्सज्जनैरधिकारिभिः। केवलं खलु गृह्येत नेतरैः पामरैरपि॥१२॥
Therefore, if that reality is to remain hidden, it should be grasped only by qualified good people, not by the other common people as well.
Passage 13
एवं ममाविर्भावस्य काले सर्वजगद्दृशाम्। गोचरत्वं भवत्येवेत्यन्तर्धानं करोम्यहम्॥१३॥
At the time of my manifestation I necessarily come within the sight of the whole world; therefore I withdraw from view.
Passage 14
अनायासाद्विमुच्येत य एवोपव्रजेत माम्। प्रकटं हि मदैश्वर्यं कस्य नो भाति दृक्पतः॥१४॥
Whoever merely approaches me would be liberated without effort. Before whose sight does my manifest sovereignty not shine?
Passage 15
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु यूयं सर्वेऽपि स्थिताः। सदा मया सह परं धाम रमणमञ्जनाः॥१५॥
Therefore, throughout all time, all of you remain established in the supreme abode, delighting there with me forever.
Passage 16
निर्गुणं निष्क्रियं शान्तं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम्। मायासम्बन्धरहितं निर्मलं निष्कलं तथा॥१६॥
It is beyond qualities and action, peaceful, changeless, stainless, free from every connection with māyā, pure, and without parts.
Passage 17
आत्मानन्दाकारयुक्तं सर्वतः पादपाणिकम्। सर्वतोऽक्षिश्रुतिघ्राणं सर्वतोमङ्गलालयम्॥१७॥
It possesses the form of the Self's bliss, has feet and hands everywhere, eyes, hearing, and smell everywhere, and is on every side the abode of auspiciousness.
Passage 18
सर्वतो भासमानं तद्विरजायाः परे तटे। त्रिपाद्ब्रह्मासनीकृत्य संस्थितं मत्परं पदम्॥१८॥
Shining on every side beyond the further bank of Virajā, my supreme station is established with the threefold-footed Brahman made its throne.
Passage 19
तस्यापि सारभूतं यद् बृहतोऽपि बृहत्तमम्। गणितागणितानन्दभेदेन सुनिरूपितम्॥१९॥
Its very essence is greater even than the great and is clearly defined through both numbered and unnumbered distinctions of bliss.
Passage 20
अवशा मे परा लीला तथा क्रीडामि नित्यशः। भवन्तोऽपि मया साकं क्रीडिष्यन्ति तदन्तरे॥२०॥
My supreme līlā is spontaneous, and within it I sport eternally. You too will sport there together with me.
Passage 21
इति नैश्चिन्त्यमालम्ब्य तिष्ठध्वं मामका जनाः। तावत्पूर्वोक्तविधिना मम सेवां करिष्यथ॥२१॥
My people, abide in this freedom from anxiety. Until that time, continue to serve me according to the procedure taught before.
Passage 22
इत्युक्तास्ते जनाः सर्वे पादावस्याभिवाद्य च। नमस्कृत्य च संतुष्टास्तद्विसृष्टा गृहान् ययुः॥२२॥
Thus addressed, all the people bowed at his feet. Contented, they paid homage and, dismissed by him, returned to their homes.