1. Kaha Tvam Shiho : Who are you child Kasya Kto asi gantha : Where, with whom are you going? Kim nama te : What is name yours Tvam Kuta agato asi : You from where do Come Etat Mayoktam Vada : This to me tell Charbak : speak nicely Tvam : you Mat Prethaye : For my gladness preeti vivardhano asi: gladness increasing
2. Hastamalakam uvacha : Hastamalakam tells. Na aham manushyo na cha deva yaksho : Not am I man not and god yaksha ( Spirit ) Na brahman shatriya vaishya shudraha: Not priest warrior trader or laborer Na brahmachari na grihi Vanastho bikshuhu na cha: Not Celibate not householder forest dweller and not beggar aham nija bodha rupaha: I am eternal knowledge form
3. Nimittam manaha chakshuhu adhi pravittau: Efficient cause of mind eyes etc. springs forth Nirastha akila upadhi akasha kalpaha: without every adjuncts space like Ravi loka cheshta nimittam yata yaha: Sun is world activity's efficient cause, like wise Sa nitya upalabdhi swarupo aham atma: That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
4. Yama agni ushnavat nitya bodha swarupam: Derived from fire is heat's eternally designated self-form manaha chakshuhu adhi anya bodha atma kani: mind eyes and the rest's designate the self pravartanta ashritya nishkampam ekam: Flowing forth, relying upon the steady one sa nitya upalabha swarupo aham atama: That eternal easily obtainable form is I
5. Mukha abhasako dharpane drishyamano : Face appears in mirror when seen Mukhatvat Prthaktvena na eva asti vastho : Of the face singly no things even exist Chidh abhasako Dhishu jivaha api thadhvat : Being conscious appears in intelligence of living being similarly Sa nithya upalabhi swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
6. Yatha dharpana abhava abhasahano : Just as mirror's absence reflection is destroyed Mukham vidhyate Kalpana Hinam ekam : face remains without image alone (singly) Thata dhi viyoge nirabhasako yaha : Similarly intelligence seperated without appearance is what Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
7. Manaha chakshuhu adhe Viyuktaha Swayam yo : Mind, eyes and rest without by itself which is Manaha chakshu adhe manaha Chakshu adhihi : Mind, eyes and rest's mind, eye and rest. Manaha chakshu adhehe agamya Swarupaha : Mind, eyes and rest cannot go that self form Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
8. Yaha eko vibhati svathaha shudha chetaha : Just as singly shines by itself pure intelligence Prakasha Swasupo api naneva dhishuhu: Illuminate by self form even many intelligences sharav udhak asto yatha bhanu ekaha : Pot water abides just as sun singly (one sun) Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
9. Yata aneka chakshuhu prakasho ravihi : Just as many eyes are illuminated by the sun Na kramane Prakashi karothi Prakashyam: Not serially illumination is done for the illuminated Ananeka dhiyo yastha ekaha prabodhaha : many intelligence rest on one wakefulness/consciousness Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
10. Vivasvat prabhatam yatha rupam aksham : Illuminates when light arises just as the form, in capable of Pragrahnati na abhatam evam vivasvan : promoting without illumination capability thus the sun Yadhabhat abhatayati aksham ekaha : Similarly shines, being illuminated is in capable of, (that) one Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
11. Yatha suryaha ekaha apasu anekaha chalasu: As sun though one in water while moving appears as many Sthirasu api ananyadh vibhavya swarupaha : still (water) though (sun) identified clearly its own form Chalasu prabhinasu dhisu evam ekham : In flowing intellect though one self appears different Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
12. Ghana-channa dhristihi ghana-channa arkham: A(Person with) clouded vision sees clouded sun yatha nishprabham manyathe cha athi mudhaha : As a very ignorant man thinks sun has lost the shine Thatha bhadhvath bhaathi yo mooda dhrithstehe : Similarly bounded (is the body) assumed by the ignorant man Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
13. Samastheshu vasthushu anusyutham ekham: Every object is pervaded by that one Samasthani vastuni yath na sprishanthi :Every object cannot touch it viyadhvath sada shudha achaha swarupam : Space like eternal pure and immaculate is its form Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
13. Upadhaou yatha bhedhatha san mannihinam: Just as adjuncts causes difference in crystals Thatha bhedhatha buddhi bhedeshu te api :Similarly differences (in perception of atman) appear to different intellect Yatha chandrikana jhale chanchalatvam : Just as moon in water appears to be unsteady(moving) Thatha chanchalatvam tvapihi vishno : Similarly unsteady or moving object is you Vishnu
2. Hastamalakam uvacha : Hastamalakam tells. Na aham manushyo na cha deva yaksho : Not am I man not and god yaksha ( Spirit ) Na brahman shatriya vaishya shudraha: Not priest warrior trader or laborer Na brahmachari na grihi Vanastho bikshuhu na cha: Not Celibate not householder forest dweller and not beggar aham nija bodha rupaha: I am eternal knowledge form
3. Nimittam manaha chakshuhu adhi pravittau: Efficient cause of mind eyes etc. springs forth Nirastha akila upadhi akasha kalpaha: without every adjuncts space like Ravi loka cheshta nimittam yata yaha: Sun is world activity's efficient cause, like wise Sa nitya upalabdhi swarupo aham atma: That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
4. Yama agni ushnavat nitya bodha swarupam: Derived from fire is heat's eternally designated self-form manaha chakshuhu adhi anya bodha atma kani: mind eyes and the rest's designate the self pravartanta ashritya nishkampam ekam: Flowing forth, relying upon the steady one sa nitya upalabha swarupo aham atama: That eternal easily obtainable form is I
5. Mukha abhasako dharpane drishyamano : Face appears in mirror when seen Mukhatvat Prthaktvena na eva asti vastho : Of the face singly no things even exist Chidh abhasako Dhishu jivaha api thadhvat : Being conscious appears in intelligence of living being similarly Sa nithya upalabhi swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
6. Yatha dharpana abhava abhasahano : Just as mirror's absence reflection is destroyed Mukham vidhyate Kalpana Hinam ekam : face remains without image alone (singly) Thata dhi viyoge nirabhasako yaha : Similarly intelligence seperated without appearance is what Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
7. Manaha chakshuhu adhe Viyuktaha Swayam yo : Mind, eyes and rest without by itself which is Manaha chakshu adhe manaha Chakshu adhihi : Mind, eyes and rest's mind, eye and rest. Manaha chakshu adhehe agamya Swarupaha : Mind, eyes and rest cannot go that self form Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
8. Yaha eko vibhati svathaha shudha chetaha : Just as singly shines by itself pure intelligence Prakasha Swasupo api naneva dhishuhu: Illuminate by self form even many intelligences sharav udhak asto yatha bhanu ekaha : Pot water abides just as sun singly (one sun) Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
9. Yata aneka chakshuhu prakasho ravihi : Just as many eyes are illuminated by the sun Na kramane Prakashi karothi Prakashyam: Not serially illumination is done for the illuminated Ananeka dhiyo yastha ekaha prabodhaha : many intelligence rest on one wakefulness/consciousness Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
10. Vivasvat prabhatam yatha rupam aksham : Illuminates when light arises just as the form, in capable of Pragrahnati na abhatam evam vivasvan : promoting without illumination capability thus the sun Yadhabhat abhatayati aksham ekaha : Similarly shines, being illuminated is in capable of, (that) one Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
11. Yatha suryaha ekaha apasu anekaha chalasu: As sun though one in water while moving appears as many Sthirasu api ananyadh vibhavya swarupaha : still (water) though (sun) identified clearly its own form Chalasu prabhinasu dhisu evam ekham : In flowing intellect though one self appears different Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
12. Ghana-channa dhristihi ghana-channa arkham: A(Person with) clouded vision sees clouded sun yatha nishprabham manyathe cha athi mudhaha : As a very ignorant man thinks sun has lost the shine Thatha bhadhvath bhaathi yo mooda dhrithstehe : Similarly bounded (is the body) assumed by the ignorant man Sa nityo upalabdhi Swarupo aham atma : That eternal easily obtainable form is I the self
13. Upadhaou yatha bhedhatha san mannihinam: Just as adjuncts causes difference in crystals Thatha bhedhatha buddhi bhedeshu te api :Similarly differences (in perception of atman) appear to different intellect Yatha chandrikana jhale chanchalatvam : Just as moon in water appears to be unsteady(moving) Thatha chanchalatvam tvapihi vishno : Similarly unsteady or moving object is you Vishnu
