जौ निज मन परिहरै बिकारा। तौ कत द्वैत-जनित संसृति-दुख, संसय, सोक अपारा॥ १॥ सत्रु, मित्र, मध्यस्थ, तीनि ये, मन कोन्हें बरिआई। त्यागन, गहन, उपेच्छनीय, अहि, हाटक तृनकी नाई॥ २॥ असन, बसन, पसु बस्तु बिबिध बिधि सब मनि महँ रह जैसे। सरग, नरक, चर-अचर लोक बहु, बसत मध्य मन तैसे॥ ३॥ बिटप-मध्य पुतरिका, सूत महँ कंचुकि बिनहिं बनाये। मन महँ तथा लीन नाना तनु, प्रगटत अवसर पाये॥ ४॥ रघुपति-भगति-बारि-छालित-चित, बिनु प्रयास ही सूझै। तुलसिदास कह चिद-बिलास जग बूझत बूझत बूझै॥ ५॥
If one’s own mind abandoned its disorders, where would remain the pain of worldly existence born of duality, immeasurable doubt and grief? (1) Enemy, friend, and neutral—the mind itself has forcibly made these three, things to reject, embrace, or disregard, like snake, gold, and grass. (2) Just as food, clothing, animals, and objects of every kind all remain within the mind, so heaven, hell, and the many moving and unmoving worlds dwell within it. (3) A puppet lies hidden in wood and a garment in thread before either is fashioned; in the same way, many bodies lie latent in the mind and manifest when occasion comes. (4) When the mind is washed with the water of devotion to the Lord of Raghu, this is seen without effort. Tulsidas says: as one understands, the world is understood as the play of consciousness. (5)