Sri Rāma

1. O Bhagawan, the luminous ideations of Sukra, the son of Bhrigu, became fruitful.  Why does it not happen to others?

Sri Vasista

2. O Rāma, the body of Sukra was born of the pure (race of) Bhrigu and was not polluted by any other births.

3. The state of mind in which all kinds of desires are completely subsided, is called ‘Satyam’ the true state.  Such state is called pure consciousness.

4. Whatever a pure, poised self conceives or contemplates, it happens as such like vortices which occur in a sea (in a normal way)

5. Just as the illusions woven by Bhrigu’s son, these deformations and such designs occur in every person.  The example for this is Sukra.

6. Just as fruits and flowers which reside in a seed, the perplexities, illusions and imaginations exist in all human beings.  These are self-activated.

7. Whatever is visible as Universe and the whole world are generated in every one in an unreal fashion.  These disappear also in the same way.

8. This world is neither born nor will disappear even by a remote chance.  It is all perplexity which swells with a yawn like a self-conceited artless woman.

9. The way we see the world and its aspects, in the same way it appears to the falsified perceptions of millions of others.

10. Just as one cannot see the cities-in-dream of another person, these world-perplexities are not mutually visible.

11. Thus the multitudes of cities which are like mental conceptions do not appear to be unreal or illusory unless one has knowledge of reality.

12.  Pisachas and Yaksas exist as such in such forms.  They have fanciful bodies conceived by mind.  They are subject to intense happiness and grief.

13. O Rāma, we all possess such bodies which are self conceived.  We feel them to be real while they are false and unreal.

14. In the same way and form, all creations arise in the Supreme.  They are not real.  In unreal, false things, there can be no reality (and truth)

15. Just as one essence and sap runs through a tree and its flowers and fruit, in very one (mind) a universe exists purposely and falselessly.

16. Just as the first visitor arrives (in creation) from the self-contemplation of the first one, truth will be clearly seen by proper philosophical perception.

17. When it is perceived that this world and its various initiatives are in the womb of everyone’s mind, then the world dissolves (out of appearance).

18. This world ‘is’ and ‘is not’ because of some reflective action.  This world web is a long dream.  It is the anchor of the elephant of mind.

19. Existence of mind implies existence of world.  Existence of world is existence of mind.  If one is absent, the other is destroyed.  This can be realized through inquiry into truth.

20. Mind becomes real as the luminous reflection of that Pure Supreme.  When a dusty diamond is cleaned it becomes lustrous.

21. By constant persevering practice mind becomes pure and clean.  When it is not seized by ideations and determinations, mind becomes lustrous.

22. An unclean robe cannot display a golden hue.  Similarly an impure mind cannot attain the state of pointed attention.

Sri Rāma

22. O, Sage, hour did a world which is luminous reflection in mind attain the time-related succession of events like setting and rising?

Sri Vasista

23.  The way this world is perceived, according to ancestral scriptures, the same way it is abiding in his mind.  It is like a peacock in a peacock egg.

24. This world is in a natural sheath of That (Supreme).  From that it emerges gradually.  It is like a sprout and its fruits and flowers in a seed.

25. Siva is bound by vāsanās.  He sees in himself everything determined by those vāsanās.  The best example for this is one’s own body (seen in a dream).  World is a long dream (of such kind)

26. In everyone these world-fragments arise.  It is like the many armies seen in one’s dream.

Sri Rāma

27.  O Sage, please tell me the truth as it is.  Will these world-fragments mix with each other or remain separate?

Sri Vasista

28.  A strong and virile mind will not unite with a polluted mind.  A pure metal only can mix with another pure metal.

29. Two pure mind-stuffs can mix with each other.  Two similar waters can mix not two of different nature/types.

30. With a mind which is free of vāsanas and thus made pure, one can become enlightened and be united with the Supreme.